The Sun. — London, England, 1825-08-09 00:00:00

O L D count:A) and FRESH BorriA,,t) PORT.—For SALE by PRIVATE CONTRACT, order, for acc ount o f t h e original Importer, 95 Dozen OLD CRUSTED PORT, at 425. Nr dozen; and 47 Dozen fresh Bo ttled Port, at 355, per dozen, bottles included. This Wine warranted perfectly genuine, as imported. Also 25 Dozen ?ladeiro, at 425. . per doze n; and l 3 dozen Rousillon, in French bo ttles, at 45 s per dozen, bottles included. A single dozen Tay be h a d a s sample, and any quantity forwarded to the car vilr,s to any part of the kingdom, properly packed, or delivered in three miles of London, on a letter, enclosing a Banker's bill or cash, being addressed to JOSEPH SPARROW, Sworn Wine and Spirit Broker, Fountain-Court, • No. 30, Cheapside. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS BAbik Stock ........... 3 per Cent. Red. ................ 9 231 11 3 per Cent. Con& ...... 90141 Per Cent. ............... 98, Ditto Ited. ... ............. 931 9 4 Per Cent. New ...... 104 3i Dank Long Ann. ......... 22i India Stock ............ 2721 D itto Bonk ..... 51 49 . So uth Sea Stock . jun ........... 102 DAY AT ONE O.CLOCK Old Annuities New Ditto 9O Ex. Bills 10001. 10. 24 29 Ditto 500/. lAd — Ditto Small I Id. Ditto Commercial — ' Bank for Act.— India for Acct. Cons. for Opening ... 901i1i ........-- AmPRiaIICiRESti,4O: FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK • ..... ~ percent. Neapolitan Scrip Brazilian lids .. 80i Peruvian Bonds ........... _ 11 ---- ------ 1825 "nos Ayres Portuguese Bonds Chilian, Bds, 6 per cent .... -1 ----‘— Colonibi• 100 iii Prussian, 3 per cent. 1)0 , a j 31 3. 6 per et. 85 8 Ditto New ID)oat.iislia,,os. n l e a2 r cent....... 100 Si'lus.:l3a.in'-'llN72el37:ss.Preerrcct • •••• . 2917i1 ('reek „cril) ............ 3i dis. B d, D o . ................... ti.,e.xica, 13d; .................• 7,15 37 French French : p en er tes ce , n s t. p ,. e . r . ,: .. . l. "f r . : ••ocrip, • Ip s Iv • dis. N T ' zvrip 132 x•...... 33 dis. Ex.-,hange ... —f. —c. -,etipolitan, 5 per cent. ••• PRICES OF SHAIZES AT ONE O'CLOCK. - - Per Share. 4nglo•Chilian Mining Company tiCastello a n d Espirito Santo Brazil. Mining Company 11 11 ,sasco Peruvian Alining Company r ateat La Pa and Peruvian Mining Association ••• 9 i 1 3 / \ • eyr United lexican•Mining Company 7 9} W elch Iron and Coal Mining Company 151 Alliance Fire and Life Assurance CompallY 19A (htardian Assurance Company 19 i Amer i lrand Colonial Steam Company 141 British Company I:.quitable Loan Bank Company 84 lieneral Stearn Navigation Company Irish Manufactory Company Lowe r R hine Steam Navigation Company 14 15 14 2i London and Antwerp Steam Company 5i Iletropolitan Alderney Dairy Company 4 ;err Corn Exchange 16 15 16 'earl Fishery Company, yellow Receipt 12i Ditto %Vhite 64 6 Provincial Bank of Ireland FOMEIGN MAILS. Il °llan d Flanders G ottenburnit II aniburgli - France A RP TVED. DttE. 0 0 1 1 1 t , Ai n ‘V A TRH. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. - " lu ll>, 25 tninutes after 12.1 Evening, 2 minutes after 11. SUN. ,rt Act 1 . 4 SU 1:3 , 1 QUIS DICERE FALSUM 4UDEAT , I VESDAY EVE LONDO N NING, AUGUST 9, 1825 An Express yesterday enabled us to cominu- Illeate the, result of the first part of M. de VI teLe s Plan f or t h e conversion.of the F rench debt. After , ..(“137 last, no assents to the conversion into three Per cents. could be received, but the books are to remain open, i n con f orm i ty w i th the law, till *I ., the 22(1 of September next , to allow the con versi °n of rentes into a 41 per cent. stock at par. Vir en that amount is ascertained, M. de VILLE:LE Wit] s be enabled to judge how far the sinking (Hid • , will be a d equate to the reimbursement of t ne OtiliqUithlted ; and, in the mean time, it i s to be applied to support the value of the new thnee Per cent. stock. The following is the offi cial account of the conversion into 3 per cents IiIINIISTRY OF FINANCE.—PROCES VERBAL. to u lil tile s th day of August, in the year 1825, we, Baron. La kVerie, Counsellor oeState and President of th e Committee cottrCai'co ; Count Beranger, Counsellor of State; Cornet Din. tary.6-zounsellor of St ate , charged with the functions of Secre- Pointer,oral th to the Ministry of Finance, Conamissione 3 l -_ by e ordinance of hi s Majesty, bearing date st ap ordf il :"L, for the purpose of carrying into execution the Royal of i ni nce of the Ist of May, 1825, for ascertaining the amount si nn 0 7"Pti9ris of 5 per cent. consolidated rentes, the conye ! -- virtueql!ich into 3 per cents. might have been demanded st in there th the Power accordedby the law of . the same day, t () c. f. ,liprocers verbal at great length, gives an th e form re nt , Means used to ascertain the amount of a . c c w on u v b n er . ted ,, ter rn n't Proceeds as follows) :—All these verifications ein,„ ter, Breed, and the hour of midnight having struck, the reg!s- Sioner: closed, and pl ace d toget h er b e f ore us , th e Commis det e h ave determined them conformably to the follow -1%, • Abe.' preaent d de tail () ;?ornal of documents, presenting the tse _the conversions effected up to h to st a til ' e , and amounting to - 17,700,892 fr of parties in suspense, amount .. 377,084 18,077,976 34 . ,-,.„ forl- ne Register of the first series of demen d o e . conversion, corres °tiding to the amount t c"versions effected and P that left in suspense, ar id forn,- thi, t hi ng the same sum total of 18,076,97 6 ; t ad register having been presented to us in doete n le d books, but in which the demand it!oscribed in numerical and uninterrupted order, No TTl .T el !eing with No. I. and finishing with 4t Zl 4 Ol. We have taken the last conversion. t ame e Register of demands for boo yesterday and to-day is composed - ' atea a ;r , of which the following is the detail . of five Dit to ;teries, No 472 o 248, amounting to Prh irti No, 249 to , amounting to - bitt ditto, No. Ito 122, amounting to Paul?,,No• 123 to 445, amounting to - t " ditto, No. 1 to 42, amounting to 1,676,257 4,363,907 772,786 5,400,717 396,625 Gr in hundred 30,688,268 tot al of the demands of conversion, thirty millions six ",ght fra„fid ei ghty-eight thousand two hundred and . sitqy t°,' the r„"3, composed according to the general recapitulation veep a s ":2sters of sixteen thousand three hundred and ninety "een v er Z2f: renter, the non -converted portion of which has ttet,lB2„l.by us. Closed and determined the 6th of Au . ~..hree o'clock in the morning. • . (Signed) DE LA BOUILLERIE, BE RA NGE R, Th p CORNET, DINCOURT, HOUSE!,.I'EtII °lil y articl e worth extracting in the Paris tx"B' Of Saturday, which arriv e d since Et P r eS, is ( the foll ow i ng : rom the Journal des Debuts of Saturday. ) ,Th e f , c 'tlcl PARIS, AUG. 5. 4 onlouir"'s-41 Icnving article is f rom a Mi n i ster i al Journal of -e it is still positively asserted that a treaty has . bee o ri . iia,t„„ed between the French Government and the republic r l , " (St, .I)car4eo). The Reptiwie is to pay France L,- millions of francs, out of which the Old Colonists are to be in demnified. A treaty of commerce is to throw open all the ports of Hayti to France, and the Custom-house dues are to be diminished on all French merchandise imported into that island." FRENCH Ft , , z W.—Pmt.'s A UG. 6.—Five per Cents. opened at 102 f. 50c. ; closed at 102 f. 30c.—Thr?e per Cent , . opened at 75f. 60c.; closed at 75f. 30c.---Bank Stock, 2,l9ol.—Rente de Naples (Certif. Falconnet) 89f. 40c.—Rente d'Espagne, 17f.—Royal Spanish Loan, 1323, 53}f. —Exchange on Lon don, one month, 25f. ; three months, 24f. 85c.—( Coors Au ihrntique.) Harnlmrgh Papers to the 3d, and Dutch and Flanders Journals to the 7th instant, reached our office this morning, which contain only the few annexed articles of any interest : ST. PETEitSBURGH, .JULY 20 A letter from Constantinople of 22d June, received by way of Odessa, says—" The Porte has lately given a very energetic note to the British Ambassador here, complaining of the con duct of a Captain of an English ship at the Isle o Rhodes, who had compelled the Turkish Paella commanding there, by a bombardment from his frigate, to indemnify the English Consul for robberies committed on his property by Turkish sailors. BERLIN, Jur.v 30. Mr. Jacob, from London, formerly Member of Parliament, is now here. He is travelling with instructions from the Go vernment to inquire into the state of the corn trade, the cultiva tion of corn, and the stock in the magazines of North Germany. He will visit Mr. Thaer, Count Von Itzenplitz, and some other great landholders in this neighbourhood, thence to go to the 5r. , .-ports of Pomerania, and afterwards to Poland. As far as we can learn, Mr. Jacob is said to express himself favourably for the German landholders, giving them to hope that the Eng lish Government intends to allow the free importation of corn. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBITRGH, Au&. 2.-35 9it.—Two Us. 35 6i. PETERSBURGII, JULY 19.-104. LEtrsic, JULY 29.—Three months, 6 II A. BERLIN, JULY 30.—Three months, 6 204. AMSTERDAM., AUG. 6.-39-7 ; two months, 39.5. It appears by Letters from Paris that the pro ect for the formation of a port in the plain o Grenelle, and of a canal from Park to Havre has been approved by the Council of State. Se. veral Geometricians are examining the level o the waters from the Rhine to the Marne, and from the Marne to the Seine ; the port of Paris will also communicate with the Rhine ; and the commerce of Germany with the French capital is expected to be very considerable. The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Marseilles, which says, that the communications with Egypt become difficult, on account of the plague at Alexandria, where it rages to a great extent. The most important piece of news lately received from that city is, that the plague has spread among the troops assembled near Alexan dria, and which were destined for the Morea. The Viceroy has found it necessary to order these troops to return into the interior of the country. In consequence of this event, the new expedition is deferred, and it is very possible it may not take place. Letters from Lirne to the 6th of April were received yesterday. lip to that date no impres sion had been made by the blockading force on the fortress of Callao. The trenches had been opened at the distance of about a mile from the town, and a smart fire was maintained, which, however, was answered with nearly equal spirit on the part of the besieged. The rumour of an offer having been made to capitulate is not adverted to in these letters. On Tuesday afternoon the Ambassadors of Foreign, Powers and the Minister for Foreign Affairs assembled in conference, at the house of Lord GRANVILLE, Ambassador of Great Britain. Their Excellencies remained together more than an hour.—(Paris Papers.) _ The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at Brussels on Wednesday last. ‘Ye hear that the four brothers, ROTHSCHILD, who are now at Paris, have had a conference with the Minister of the Finances, which lasted six hours.—Messrs. ROTHSCHILD, it is added, had afterwards a conference with the Syndicate of the Receivers-General.—(Galignani's Messenger.) Thursday the Mining Company of Ireland be gan smelting lead ore at 13a11ycorus, in the neighbourhood of Dublin. It is expected that they will be able to deliver the lead at 15 tons per week.—(Dublin Freeman's Journal.) A paragraph, taken from the Morning Papers, appeared in THE SUN of yesterday, stating that " in a second carriage were Lord WM. LENNOX, with Miss PATON, &e., and that the party have lately been playing at Worthing with Col. BERKELEY, his brother and other amateurs." It might be inferred that Lord W M . LENNOX had been playing at Worthing, which is not the fact. Miss PATON had been engaged for a few nights at Worthing, and then came to fulfil her en gagement at the English Opera House, where she has received the applause due to her great mu sical and theatrical talents. Mr. youttss, Kin's messenger, died on Sa turday evening last. Mr. KAYE, also a King's Messenger, died-on Sunday morninA. EXTINCTION OF THE DUBLIN STAR.—Thurs day, the Sheriff's officers and their auctioneer, Mr. Littledale, proceeded to the Star-office, and sold by auction the type, presses, and other ap. paratus belonging to that establishment. The sale was under writ of levari facins, at the suit of the King, by order of the Commissioners of Stamps, to recover certain sums due to the Stamp-office. —(Dublin Morning Post.) ANOTHER. AWFUL SUDDEN DEATH. --This morning TuostAs HUMPHREYS, Esq. a gentleman of fortune, and b rot h er to t h e B arone t, left his Inn, the Horse and. Groom, Great Portland street, in a hackney coach, for the Tower stairs, from whence he contemplated embarking by - one of the Boulogne steam packets, for the South of France. On the coachman arriving at the Tower, about five o'clock, he opened the coach door, and found the deceased lying against one of the sides, in a state of insensibility, lie endeavoured to arouse him, but could nor, and sent for a surgeon ; but ere any medical man could be found, Mr. HUMPHREYS breathed his last. As a quantity of luggage was in the coach, the driv er d e t erm ined o body t o b e remove d ; an d p u tting ticket porter in the coac h , returne d to io allowing the the Horse and Groom inn, where he deposited the deceased gentleman's body, which awaits the Incitq!t. THE THEATRE. HAY MA RIC ET.—T he whimsical Comedy, with the whimsical name, of John Burt,-by, , was revived at this Theatre last night. The part of John Buzzby, originally represented by Mr. TERRY, was last night assigned to Mr. W. FARREN.— Both of these respectable actors represented the character with effect. TEnny gave a grave cast t.) it, which made the perplexities in which he is involved more distressi►►g than they appeared last night in FA !MEN'S performance, but the humor ous colouring which the latter threw over it ren dered it not less diverting,. Mrs. II UMBY looked very pretty in Jenny Jingle—and there is, per haps, more genuine simplicity in her acting than in any other actress on the London boards. The Proprietor was wise in retaining her, and she is indebted to him for securing her a reception on the Winter boards. The Comedy went off very Well, and was followed by the last new piece, Quite correct, which, by the support i nf LISTON, Mrs. CLOVER, her daughter, Mrs. DAvisoN, and VINT NG, excited mirth, interest, and applause. Midas, went off with its usual success. There was a very genteel and numerous audience. ANECDOTE;, &c. THE ELDER ScALIGEn.—The pride of this celebrated scholar exceeds belief, and the following anecdote is a sufficient illustration :—A friend informing him by letter that he intended to mention him in a forthcoming work, desired to know what he should say of him. The answer was, as appears in his printed letters, as follows:—" Endeavour to collect your best ideas of what Massinassa, what Zenophon, era '.tat Plato were, and your. portrait will bear some, but an imperfect resem blance of me." The bittl?r of a Nobleman who kept a notoriously bad table, and was extremely irritable to his servants, gave notice to quit; and on being asked his reasons for leaving by a clergyman who recommended him to the Noble Family, replied, that it was too religious for him. " Too religious !" indignantly exclaimed the Clergyman. " What do you mean ?" " Why, really, ' what I say is the fact, and I think you will think so too—for it is Lent till the year round in the kitchen, and Passion-week in the parlour !" Ilartlib, the friend of Milton, pensioned by Cromwell for his agricultural writings, says, that old men in his days re membered the first gardeners that came over to Surrey, and sold turnips, carrots, parsnips, early peas, and rape, which were then great rarities, being imported from Holland. Cherries and hops were first planted, he says, in the reign of Henry VIII. ; artichokes and currants made their appearance in the time of Elizabeth; but even at the end of this latter period we had cherries from Flanders; onions, saffron, and liquorice from Spain, and hops from the Low Countries. Potatoes, which were first knoWn in these islands about the year 15136, continued for nearly a century to be cultivated in gardens as a curious exotic, and furnished a luxury only for tables of the richest persons in the kingdom. It appears in a manuscript account of the household expenses of Queen Ann, wife of James 1., that the price of potatoes was then Is. the pol:nd. GRAHAM'S ASCENT FROM NORWZCH. On Saturday the population of Norwich and the surrounding villages were collected in vast crowds to witness the ascent of Graham in his air balloon from the neighbourhood of that city. Richmond-hill was the centre of attraction, and it was surrounded long before the appointed time, which was six o'clock in the afternoon, by eager and expectant multitudes. Those whose curiosity led them within the limits that command a view of the process of inflation were numerous. Among them were a large proportion of elegantly-dressed females, whose persons gave brilliancy and animation to the scene. The ad mission money to this place was 3s. 6d. from each person, and a large sum must have been received. Great numbers of the rustic populatton from the adjacent country took up their position on the Alousehold-hills. They were seen at an early hour, like the " gathering of the clans," thronging to the place of ren dezvous from the hamlets and farms, with all imaginable speed, and with . as much freshness of curiosity as if aeronautic art was not less attractive now than in the first moment 'of its in vention. Waggons were crowded with the ruddy and flushed " Lavinias," coming in from the corn—field. Paulin-heath was emptied of its donkeys, to convey luxurious ploughboys and aris tocratic sweeps, and the motley groups of the weavers, dyers, and other manufacturing classes, poured from the lanes and alleys of the town, contrasting their pale looks and emaciated forms with the fresh and robust complexion and limbs of the sun burnt children of rural labour. While the filling of the balloon was going on. the sky suddenly became overcast, and at length a thunder-storm broke over the heads of the assembled crowds. who fled on every side to find shelter from the torrents of rain by which it was accompanied. It was generally thought that what ever grandeur and sublimity a flashingof lightning and pealing of thunder might give to an serial excursion, it would render it too insecure not to daunt the ambition of the most intrepid adven turer that ever wished to soar among the clouds; but the storm having somewhat abated before six o'clock, the balloon was seen to rise at the appointed time, with a slow and majestic motion. It was of very large dimensions, and composed of a splendid variety of silks. In the richly decorated car appeared Mr. Graham alone, waving a flag, while the multitudes below were fixed in silent and intense observation. The balloon had not ascended very high when it was wafted by a current of air in an easterly direction, nearly in the line of the Yarmouth road. It continued visible to the spectators in Norwich, as it slowly floated along in that course for about twenty-three minutes, when it penetrated a layer of clouds that effectually concealed its further progress. Not long after it disappeared the thunder-storm returned, with renewed violence, and the frequent flashes of lightning must have made the situation o th'e aeronaut peculiar and awful. Nothing was heard of him, in Norwich that night, but considerable apprehensions were entertained for his safety. Early on Thursday morning a serious accident occurred in one of the pits at Sheriff-hall Colliery, near Dal keith. Nine persons, what is called the " night shift," had descended into the pit to work. They had not been long there when their lights were extinguished by foul air or carbonic acid gas. One of the men, stationed at a distance from his fellows, and rather lower in the pit, was first aware of the danger, and called to the others to take care of themselves, as he was beyond the reach of aid. They instantly took shelter in another corner, and were extricated by their friends at the mouth of the mine, who had also become aware of what was going on below. Poor Drysdale, the man alluded to, unhappily perished. The acci dent was caused by gas, generated in an old waste, communi cating in some way with the working pit. When the atmosphere is dense, or the wind in a particular direction, the miners are more or less troubled with thin noxious vapour ; but it is a very long period since a similar accident occurred. Drysdale was pretty far advanced in life, and his left a family. The others are in a fair way of recovery.—(Caledonian Mercury.) SUPPOSED FRATtilcinc.—A young mat), named gin. White, who has been the greater part of his time at sea, was apprehended yesterday by Jones, .the beadle of St. George's, Hanover square, on suspicion of murdering his brother Samuel, residing in Haystack-lane, Eflgeware road, who now lies dead at St. George's Hos pital, and upon whom the Coroner has summoned a Jury to hold an Inquest. It is supposed that the. fratricide was prompteol to the horrid act to gain the affections of his brother's wife. CHILD RaoppiNo.—A fine male child was dis covered last night about nine o'clock, in a street leading from Gray's-inn-lane to Spa fields. It appears to be about six months old, and a letter imploring protection, and giving the reason for its desertioU accompanied it. A Gentleman named EnwAans, has for the present taken it under his care. On Saturday last an Inquest was taken at Wolvercott, Oxon, by Mr. CECIL, Coroner, on view of the body of William East, a little boa, two years and a half old. It appeared that the child, in the absence of the person who had the charge of him, had fallen i n t o a privy, and when taken out, was quite dead from suffocation.— Verdict—" Accidental Death." THE KING, &c. WINDSOR, AuG. B.—This afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, his MAJESTY, with his usual attendants and regular retinue, left the Royal Lodge, and drove by Cranbourn Lodge and Sandpit-gate, to Virginia Water, where the usual attend ants with every thing requisite for dinner, had previously arriv ed by the caravans. At 5 o'clock his Majesty and company sat down to dinner in the marquee appropriated for the purpose ; after which his Majesty embarked and took some excursions on the Lake. and returned to the Royal Lodge at half-past nine. Ilis Majesty enjoys excellent health. BRIGHTON, AUG. B.—Yesterday morning the Duke of York attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal. The Rev. Dr. Butcher again officiated, and preached a flaming .Anti- Catholic sermon, for the edification of his Royal Highness, in which the Reverend Divine attempted to prove that the British Protestant Church existed anteriorly to the Roman Catholic Church ! As his Royal Highness was expected to be present, thl sermon was, no doubt, prepared specially for him. The chapel was not numerously attended. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll left Brighton yesterday, after a few days' residence. The Ladies Paget also went with their Graces. Among the arrivals is Mr. Mundell ; he is suffering severely from the gout, and is come to Brighton to recruit.—Lord Bolingbroke and Mr. C. C. Greville are arrived ; the latter resides at the Pavilion. Lord Alvanley, Lord Dunwich, Lord and Lady Abingdon, &c. are also still here.—The Duchess of Dorset, a short time pre viously to her decease, purchased a house here, with the inten tion of making Brighton her permanent residence. Her Grace was very partial to the place. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c. The Earl of Powis, for his seat, Wallcott, Salop ; Lord and Lady Dynevor and family left Barrington Park, Oxfordshire, yesterday, for Dynevor Castle, South Wales ; P. Watharn, Esq., for his seat in Gloucestershire; the Hon. Thomas Wal lace, M.P. and family have left Herts, for their seat, Feather stone Castle, Northumberland ; 3lrs. Stillingfleet, for his seat in Winchester ; Captain Burton, for his seat Barham House, Herts ; C. H. Tracey, Esq., for his seat Portpool Park, Wales ; the Hon. Rev. Mr. Boscawen, for Canterbury ; Lady Fitz herbert, for her seat Tessington Hall; the Marquis of Wor cester, for Staines; Captain Leigh, for Cheltenham; Lady Johnston, and Major Weyland and family, for their seat in Herta ' • Mr. and Mrs. Best, and family, for their seat I 3 eyfield Hall, Norfolk; John Beaumont, Esq., for Derbyshire; the Hon. Lionel Dawson, for his seat at Chiswick; Joseph Scott, Esq., for Ramsgate. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, from their villa, Ditton ; The Earl of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield House, from a tour; Lady Caroline Price and her son, R. Price, Esq., M.P. at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from /Terefordshire ; Mrs. Wilson, at ditto, from a tour ; Captain i3ooker, at Read's Hotel,- Lower Grosvenor-street, from his seat in Cornwall ; Colonel and Mrs. Armstrong, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Brighton ; H. Bulmer Earle Lytton, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton ; the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Ingram, at ditto, from Kent. ,-,-, - • Th. , .'"...! - -._ A 0 1-4- k ' Qi ('''' '' ' l • l' H e i s 1 0 a . ~, r , . .‘ ) . 4 , -- • %'s-.:- , k , 4 4 4 1 ! .;1.• - lir -..1:-.-itteelk"-"'q ' - A * te, • '4 Y‘ , `,‘ I ,o' ' 0 ' PI" 4)Ar's , ~ 0 •.i . c... It - ---- -c P, , i . - .4 2 Elt Of " I- '; ' O I N .1i ''. i , .._ i'' 4 , ..,t1i 1. • ,--...... 4 fri t r- ' a :t FASHIONABLE PARTIES. ...- The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's conversazione on Sunday evening, in Arlington-street, was very elegantly at. tended. On Saturday the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Herbert and Lady Taylor, and a select party, dined with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Sarah Robinson, at Beckenham, in Kent. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and attend ed by Baroness Ahlfeldt, Mrs. Page, Col. Keate, and Colonel Prott, left Bagshot yesterday morning after breakfast, where their Royal Highnesses have been staying for some days on a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, in their travelling carriages and four for Kew, where their Royal Highnesses and suite stopped and alighted at the residence of the Royal Duke on Kew Green, with the exception of the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, who p7oceeded to town . attended by Mrs. Page, where the Princess arrived about one o'clock. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and suite afterwards arrived at the resi dence of the Duke of Cumberland, at the King's Palace; St. James's, at half-past three o'clock. Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the Duke of Gloucester left his residence, in Park-lane, for Bagshot. The Marquis of Hastings passed through Nottingham, on Tuesday last, on his way to the North, where he is gone with a party for the purpose of grouse shooting. A young and blooming heiress of Staffordshire, worth 50,0001. has eloped, it is said, with a young Gallipot of Uttoxeter.— Notwithstanding an ardent pursuit, the happy pair reached the Gretna Temple of Hymen in safety, having distanced ther pur suers by eleven hours. The Rev. W. H. Dixon, M. A., Prebendary of Ripon, &c., has been appointed by his Grace the Archbishop of York to be one of his Lordship's Chaplains.—(Durham Chronicle.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE or THE ODDS.-11 DONCASTER ETTING-ROOlll, AUG. 8. ST. LEGER. 16 to 1 agst Altisidora 20 to 1 agst Brother to Addy 20 to 1 agst Whisker colt 35 to 1 agst Pastime. 3 to 1 agst Memnon [5 to 2 agst Alderman 9 to .1 agst ltedgauntlet l 3 to 1 agst Cleveland LEWES RACES, 1825.—(CONCLUDED.)—AUGUST 6. The Town Plate of 701. for all ages. Mr. Whiteside's brother to Antonio, 6 yrs - - 1 1 Mr. Scaith's Jack Bunce, 3 yrs - - - 3 2 Mr. Brown's Maid of Kent, 5 yrs - - - 2 3 A Handicap Plate of 501. Pleats, a mile and a half. Captain Lock's b. h. Orator, 6 yrs - - - 1 1 Mr. Brown's Marksman, aged - - 2 2 Mr. Smith's b. f. by Phantom, 4 yrs - - 3 dis ALBRIGHTON RACES. The Hunters' Stakes of 18 sov. each was won in three ex cellent heats by Mr. Stanley's Marquis beating Mr. Tongue's Grey Pelisse, Mr. J. Jellicoe's Sherry, Mr. Stubb's Augusta, Mr. Biston's The Dwarf, and Mr. J. Oatley's b. h. by Turk . A Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each for thorou,h-bred horses. Mr. Wadlow's Jupiter - - Mr. Stubbs's c. by Filho da Puta - Mr. Davies's b. g. by Mulberry - A Plate for Galloways. Mr. Wadlow's br. m. Mr. Stubbs's Ruby RUSSIAN HORSE-RACING, .TUNE 25, I 1 2 2 The following account of St. Petersburgh Races will not per haps be unacceptable to our readers. The horses are well known English racers. The Stewards were—Count Matusze wie, Sir A. Malet, Bart., and Colonel Cheremeteff. Match, 2,500 rubles. Once round. Count Cheremeteff's b, c. Edward, 4 yrs old - Sir A. Malet's bl. c. Vidette, 5 yrs old - - Match, 2,000 rubles. Once round. Count Cherenreteff's br. m. Miss Noel, aged - Mr. Gisborne's b. g. Sir Harry, aged - - Sweepstakes of 1,000 rubles each, p. p. for all ages. -Heats, once round. Colonel Cheremeteff's ch. f. Nitrogen, 3 yrs . 1 Count Cheremeteff's b. c. Edward, 4 yrs - - 3 2 Count Matuszewie's b. c. Yoxall, 4 yrs (Russian) - 4 3 Count Potosi's br. f. Hope, 5 yrs - - 2 dr The Stand Plate of 1,000 rubles, free for any Horse, Heats, three versts. Mr. Dawson's b. m. Pamela, 6 yrs Mr. Romani's br. m. Julia, 5 yrs Mr..). Coke's b. g. Mercury, aged Mr. NVebster's b. m. Charlotte, aged 'KET. tween Leicester and Sherwood CRI .3 1 1 -1 2 2 -2 3 3 dead The grand Cricket Match be Forest, terminated as under : LEICESTER. First Innings - Second Ditto SHERWOOD FOREST. - 153 First Innings - - 134 - 240 I Second Ditto - - 55 393 I The Match was in favour of for 200 soy. a side. Leicester by 204 runs. It was BOXING. The battle between Joe Woods and Harry Maddox, which was to have been fought yesterday, and to which so many per sons were induced to go, was fought this morning in a field beyond Copenhagen-house. The men contended for sixteen rounds in the most determined manner, when Maddox received so severe an injury in his left shoulder as to make him yieltithe palm. Both were severely punished. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, AUG. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from the River and remain, the Loyalist, Barnes, for Prince Edwards Island Effort, M`Luclue, for Zante. The Anglesey cutter has r turned from the westward with several of the outward-bound_ Pourssiou'ex, AUG. 8.--Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the Providence, Younger, from Shediac, in 38 days. Put back his Majesty's ship Romney. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Brails ford, Wilson, from Miramichi, sailed the 14th of July. Sailed the Industry, Barclay, for Schien. FALMOUTH, AUG. 7.—Wind W.N.W. no arrivals.—Sailed the Jane, Hick, for Cork ; and the Brothers, Russell, for Greenock. LivEn roof., AUG. 7.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Eliza beth, White, from the Cape of Good Hope, sailed the 26th of May; Hesfergus, Cunningham, from Newfoundland; Wylie, from Petersburgh ; James, Young, from ditto ; and Wilhelmina, Mey, from Memel. The North Star, —, from Miramichi to Boness, was on shore, near Allonby, on Saturday, and it was feared would go to pieces. ENTERPRISE STEAM VESSEL, CAPTAIN JOUNSON, BOUND TO CALCUTTA.—Extract of a Letter from J. I!. Laston, Esq. Lieutenant R.N., commanding No. 2, Battery, at Dungeness, dated Gth August :—" The steam-vessel on her voyage for India, passed Dungeness at nine, a. m. It blows strong gale, consequently a heavy sea on from the westward. — Notwithstanding these impediments, she came up and pasAed in gallant style, pitching heavily, but did not appear to *.lke over all, neither to have much soiling motion. This heavy gait and sea will effectually try her powers. THE WEATHER, EXTRACT from a METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL for JULY', 1825, kept at the OBSERVATORY of the ROYAL ACADEDIY, GOSPORT, HANTS:— " This has been a remarkably fine and dry month, as only 0-18 inch of rain has fallen here in the Pluvia - meter near the ground, the greater part of which was received in the evening of St. Swithtn, namely, the 15th. Such an occurrence has for many centuries past been deemed on; i nous in this county of a continuance of rain, more or less, t'ot forty days ; but as none has fallen since, and on looking over the register for the last ten years, the observation does not ap pear to be supported by facts, nor can any satisfactory reason be assigned for the truth of this popular adage. So small quantity of rain has not fallen here in any month since April, 1817, when no measurable quantity was received in the rain - guage. Although we have had very hot weather, the wind has blown fresh from the N.E. nearly one third of the month, the point from which the coldest currents of air generally come ; but for this favourable circumstance both the tunamaximu anei medium heat would have been much greater ; and it rious fact, that the lower wind from that point has veered round to the S.E. on seven or eight days, for several hours ir. the hottest part of the day, which tended. materially to increase the heat; and at the decrease of the diurnal temperature it again shifted to the N.E., from whence it blew fresh through out the nights; thus it appeared to follow the apparent motion of the sun, and seems to have been influenced by the extensive heat of the direct solar rays through a rarifyieg atniosphere. The same circumstance has often occurred here in hot settled. weather. " The summer heat of this month commenced on the 11111, and from the 14th to the 21st the weather was intensely het, with scarcely any clouds or visible vapours to obstruct the al most insupportable rays of the sun—the nights too, were hot and cloudless, and productive of but little dew, considering the great evaporation in the day-time, for refreshing the fruits and vegetation. The hottest days were the 17th, 18th, and Yflth. At eight o'clock in the morning of the 19th, the thermometer in a northern aspect in the shade indicated 80 degrees, and by wood it had risen to 861 degrees (the maximum for the day, and for the month), when a fresh breeze sprung up from the S.S., and gradually lowered it. This was the greatest thermometri cal heat in the shade recorded here since the 11 th of June, 182te (when it was 17i degrees), and the hottest day and night at least during the last ten years, the mean temperature of the ex ternal air being upwards of 76 degrees ! and in the twenty-lout hours, between six and seven-tenths of an inch of water eva porated. At mid-day on the 19th, the heat of the solar rays was as certained here with two thermometers on Fahrenheit's con. struction, which were suspended near each other on a line three or four feet from a wall, in the direct rays of the sun, and in a free current of air—the one in a tin case and with a brass scale shewed 111 degrees ' • the other without a case, and with an ivory scale, only shewed 95 degrees. On being immediately removed to a brick wall in the sun's rays, the one in the tin case indicated 125 degrees, and the other 107 degrees ; so that the additional heat produced by the confined radiations in the tin case and from the brass scale in this situation, above the one with the ivory scale, was 18 degrees, and from the wall in the free air 16 degrees. Hence arise the great difference the indications of the thermometers differently made, and as given by different observers, from their not attending to their proper construction, and the most eligible situations for escerteining the real heat of the sun's rays. Even an angle in a brick wall in the sun's rays is the means of raising a thermometer eight or ten degrees higher than one placed near it in the front of at. adjoining smooth wall, arising from the confined radiations. from the bricks in the angular part ; and if two thermometers be placed in an airy parlour in very hot weather, a considerable difference will be seen in their indications if placed two or three feet above each other, although they may be on the same side of the room, and correctly made. " The following were the maximum heights of thermometers s o i n ve F h a ea h r t e , n a h s e i g ti v s ecnonbsytroubcstieorn in ve, observers r a e d n e t , p d l u a rig th cens, an esiictateeed -1 n different Journals : July 15—At Hull, Yorkshire - 91 - At Brussels - - 96 July 18—At Gheiit - -91 t At Weevil Brewery, near Gosport 82 July 19—At Bath - 90 At Cheltenham 86 -- At Dorchester - At the Royal Exchange,London 861 -- At the Observatory, Gosport 8 9 6 31 At Hereford At Romsey - 98 - At Paris - 96 July 20—At Newport, Isle of Wight - 941 " The thermometers at Dorchester and Romsey, no doubt received powerful radiations from some reflecting objects, as SO great a heat as is said to have been indicated by them in the shade, was never registered in any part of England, although the heat has been greater in some former summers. The greate.st heat in the shade hitherto recorded in this country, seems to be that at Plaistow, near London, on the 13th of July, 1808. when the thermometer rose to 96 degrees ! and here the ther mometer in the shade rose to 91 degrees on the 6th of August, 1818, and on the preceding day, at Tottenham, near London, to 93 degrees. " Heavy thunder storms have occurred in different parts of the country, from the intense heat of the atmosphere near the earth's surface ; and die number of valuable horses that have died on the roads, &c. in England and in France, are said to be unprecedented. " During several days of the hot weather, scarcely a bird of any kind was• seen out before the evening; and but few per sons could bear the heat of the sun's rays. The cattle were In duced by instinct to seek the most shady places they could find in the fields, and in general they seemed very languid in etie day-time. The heat that affects birds and cattle, undoubtedly affects the human constitution, which has . been proved in seve ral instances by the sudden death of those who were exposed to its powerful effects in their ordinary occupations. Never was there a finer season for bringing forward quickly the wheat harvest, which commenced in this neighbourhood on the 18th instant, The writer has, during the month, been through Hampshire, Surrey, and Kent, and travelled through Middle sex, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucester, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire, and in these counties the corps of wheat appeared abundant, and of an excellent quality. The early-sown - barley and oats are also very good ; but the late crops are short and thin, and will scarcely make average corps. The beans are generally blighted, and the hops very indifferent. " The evaporation here this month is unprecedented ; and from the dryness of the summer the ponds and springs are sink ing rapidly, and many of the wells in this neighbourhood are already dry. Vegetation seems to be parched from the want of refreshing rain, and the grass lands appear to be burnt up.--In France the weather is said to have been, very dry for the last three months. " The mean temperature of the external air this month, is one degree higher than the mean of July for the last eight years ; and the temperature of spring water has increased one degree and seven tenths this month. " The atmospheric and meteoric phenomena that have come within our observation this mouth, are sixteen meteors in the night time ; sheet lightning in the night of the 19th ; and one gale of wind from the N.E. " Evaporation for the month, 10,370 inches ; rain in the plu viameter, near the ground, 1,180 inches; Rain in ditto, 23 feet high 0,170 inches. Prevailing winds, `North-east. " Summary of the Weather. —A cleat sky, I 2 ; fine, with various modifications of clouds, T 5;. an 4Yercast sky without rain, ?i ; rain, I.—Total 31 days!" j .i{ :i