The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-24 00:00:00

THE FUNDS. CM.,--CLIIS DAY), Twelve o' Clark. This poopi 4g ,c, nso i k opened. at.7Bf, both for money and ac.! count, have since leen.done at '7Bi, buyers, and are now sellers at that •priee i the money price . and that for the account continuing the same, - with the 'difference of one sixteenth per Cent. A re port has been in Circulation of an express having arrived, to the great fear of the Bulls, with a clip) , of the Manifesto issued some time since at Madrid, and which was communicated by telegraph a few days since, announcing that strict orders had been given to th e Spanish Generals on the frontiers to disarm all Portuguese who might enter the Spanish territories, if engaged in the cause of Don Miguel. India Bonds have improved, being 46 8 ; and Ex chequer Bills, 26 7 pm. The only business effected in the Foreign Funds has been in Mexican 6 per Cent. Bonds, which are 62 ; Colombian ; 32 3 ; Russian, 86 ; Portuguese, 73 4. Shares continue to be unattended to, and no novelty can be stated inany of their speculations. Three per Cent. Consols, '7Bl ex. div. ; Ditto for account, 78.1 j ; India Bonds, 46 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 26 7 pm. FORICION FUNDS.----Brazilian, 38 60; Buenos Ayres, 55 7 ; Chillan,"3s ; Danish, 584 ; Colombian, 1824, 32 ; Maxi- I " , s :per Cent., 51i 9.A ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 62i 3 ; Peruvian, 30 2 ; Portuguese, '73 4 ; _Greek, 14} 15 ; Russian, 86 ; Spanish, 12i 13. Ai llatk—Anglo Mexican, 37i 2:I dis. ; United Mexican, 114 I °i dis: ; Brazilian, 5 - 4 dis. ; Real del Monte, 90 100 pm. ; T la/puxaltua, 50 60 - pm. ; Rolanos, 60 80 pm. ; Bolivar, 2 3 ; Colombian, 14 16 per Share ; I'otosi, 46 8 per Share. Two o' Clock. Consols have been 79i the price, but have since retrograded to 71.2 i 7 9. It is reported that the great City Bull cal culated upon the Bears being unable to deliver Stock Yesterday to the amount called for, but has been much disappoint ed at the ample supply with which Lis demands were furnished; 4 Pei' Cents. 1926, 95k. Alexican Bonds are 63 a ex-div. ; Colombian Sq. The discount on Brazilian Mines Las also increased to 64. • THREW• 0' CL 0 CK. Three per Cent. Consols for account, 78 79. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. Consols 78/ Danish' -Bonds 581 Do. f or Ac. 78/ G ree k-D o. 1825 14/ Braiilien Bonds 602 Mexican Do. 1825, 63i Buenos Ayres Da. 55 Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. Russian Do. 86/ Columbian, 1824, 32 Spanish Do. 121 LAW INTELLIGENCE - COURT OF C HANCERY.—(Tirse DATO ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. LORD MANSFIELD. "The Los CnAricer.fort observed, that it would be remem bered, he had only given judgment in the-matter, as far as it re garded the Highgate-Scho o l ; several other charities had been brought before the Court by the Information, but he did not think any thin g had been stated at the bar with regard to those other Charitiis. Mr. HoRNE was not prepared to speak to the matter to-day, but he believed, that in bringing fotward those 'charities; no im ,putation was intended to he thrown on the trustees, but that as it W as supposed, th ey had raiiced moni es . b e l or i g i ng 't o a ll th e diff ere nt charities, by having brought them all , forward in one information .erpenee would be saved. his on LoarisittP said he should be glad to be correctly informed Monday next, whether any thing was meant to be prayed or dot, with rega r d to t h e other charities, as it was impossible to w up the decree until that was known. • M• wituast e xy onicx OF BEAUFOR T . r. HEALD resumed this case to-day, as one of Mr. Wellea leY's enuneel. 'The itatienOv tit said, with which the Lord _chancellor. bad. heard ,this case, -had been productive of .imfinite benefit to Mr. 'Wellesley; ind fOr Whichhis"Connsertender e d his 414st.grateful acknowledgements. No - other judge :would :.;exercised any thing like such p a ti ence ; t h e very counsel iu the Case were side' and fatigued with - hearing flue Yery name of it, but they could not help,as well as the Court, being rn perfect possession of all - the facts ; and for his (Mr. H.'s) own Part."-be considered Mr. W. one of the most oppressed teen that 419er lived. He was a man, who, since his return to this country, had never been able to take a walk from his house into tut garde n , an d f rom hi s garden back into his house, with having. had it p ut on a ffi davit ; a ma n , w h o h a d never been able be' ' • to see any individual, male or female, without such an individual: having been put under surveillance as well as himself; man who had never been able to walk the streets without having been watched by 'police-officem and watchmen, and his steps baying been noted down ou affidavit and detailed to the .• Public ; a man who had been thus treated, was, of course, Placed in the most afflicting situation. - It was shocking to think of it! Throw a man or woman down,_ and a mill-. titude Would immediately be 'colfected to keep that per . t owdown,.but who ever stopped to hear the praise of any one? From the Learned Couasel's most diligent research, he felt the ut , moat confid ence , that Otte single point could not-be laid h o ld o f i n ;. this case, on-which the order of this Court cou ld rest, provided that ,„• this case, was to b e aga i ns t M r . W. I t was true, the mindief COun- ',lle' might be unablertO perceive things in their true light, from the iVerest they;felt for their client; but the Court could not be so preiudiced ; and if it did see any thing in - a contrary light to that - in which it appeared to him (Mr._ H.) he should think he bad been - :decidedly wrong. It seemed to him that the sunaman of the --,;defence to Mr.. W.'s claim to have his children was, that Mr. ivas not worthy of belief ; that not being worthy of belief, ` l4 i Court was to reject hie affidavits and explanation ; that Dr. iltakeley's affidavit was to have every credit given to it ; that - Wellesley'. was- to be considered to all , intents and purposes .perjured, and that being altogether regardless au- oath, he was to' be considered unable to bring up hii children in-the pat h s of virtue and morality. But from whathad intased 'in thi s C ourt a l rea d y, w i t h re ai d to this case , no • h ru i n living h a d t h e s li g h test ground tor apprehending that Waula or could be deprived of what t.he,law of nature. entitled • duct to, namely, the custody of his children, unless the con ;41" of that' man was - such,' that if his children were hi*: hands, ail the world, by acclamation, would take them from him. Mr. Heald had felt great difficulty, for a tim e , to j",!T v .,wbaf part of the case particularly to apply himself to; but T o ;-oao finally thought that the main stress of the case against Mr. be found on the front of the very first p age o f D r . - l 'eleY'a - first affidavit ; that affidavit the Learned Counsel looked I ta L' au, taking -the w h o l e o f it t oge th er , as an a ffi davit containing ternente the most contradictory, the most improbable, the most u ntrue, and marking feelings the most dishonourable. HEALD then proceeded to expatiate, at great length, on the merent tart Of this gentleman's affidavit. . _ - 'CE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—(Tnis DAy.) WOOD r. COIIRT. in th. -.IAYENSIVENESS OF CHANCERY SUITS._ is case, which came b efore the Court this morning, a very "iuint4ekrieustrting disrnssion t oo k p l ace,_as to the propriety of Solicitors thertolendePir of the ab s t ract of titles—a. practice which h as hi •to add cons i derably to the costs in cases where estates are sold. cr, . the present occasion a motion was made on the part of a 4veilit_do,r, 'to compel the production of the abstract submitted by " ,0 a purchaser, with the observations made - by the purchaser's Ceti ne.l - Ly t4e----r,eonndoth,e several parts of it, together with the replies made Mr. I; A RT a.Counsel to these obseriations. 01,8t,„..4,iAns wopposed the motion, and stated that many of the elies`4l.%unsretitten on the margin of the abstract by the pm--Teet the ey e of % w e er. of a private nature, and never intended to enlty migh t b e _, v fndor. He thought, however, that the dif -1/c. suct:izvii,atea, if a copy were taken of the abstract. tested strongly agains t : appeared in support of the motion, pro and 'Dever resort e d to : u ch a practice. It was totally unnecessary, was shameful that s o h ci T e anY solicitor high in the profession. It on their diesrs should, by making copies of abstracts heap expense. money into their o w , ros s/lake a d v i sedly on it.for th e - mere purpose of *putting had w e ll co nsid ere d , and h, n ow ' • This w as a su bj ect which he . Mr. HART—If a pa r t y gel sel to w r it e hi s p r i va t e obeera tien a bstract, an d a ll ows his coun :: b e i mproper t h at t h ese o b se rvati,,, n th the. margin, .would it not ° Party? . h e was sorr y f or differing i, ci rl be seen by the other upo n Which he was omnipotent. Mr. Sugden en a point The `'SCE-CerANcELena--If an ahstra li,• delivered to a pur tiins of his counsel, to chaser, and he returns it with the oh3ciir‘vetant the vendor, in order that the vender's reply to these ea tri''.lgahyt to compel the - observations, it is clear that the vend or h as Production of all that passed between thern in one of th e p art i es a f terwar d s su b m i ts the abstr this w ay ; o btainvinrigv: h te :e o .i;i o on s and if ry a counsel to his coun se l, W act anil ith.the view of o ' • for his own private information, , and allow s t h is p ain , to be writt en on t h e marg i n o f t h e a b stract, he, i n mu pinion ~Opinion, puts into the heap vihat . , clearly Wionged to himself. It iq, is fact, making common, what was private property. Mr. HART—We did put it into the heap, hut surely we can sever our own property front that of a stranger! . The VrcE CilAN('ELLOß—liiiw can you . sever it ' - Mr. HART--By obliteration.:. : - - = Mr. lioaNE followed ou the same side. Mr. SUUDEN wished to make; few observations with reference to the practice which bad beer► called in question. It was im portant that it should be clearly understood whether or not So licitors were justified in making copies of abstracts, and thereby ac cumulating eapence. For his part, he did not think it at all necessary, for in case the abstract delivered to the pur chaser was lost, the original one remaining .in the hands of the vendor would still be in existence—but where was the ne cessity of sending backwards and forward the abstract itself when a sheet of paper would answer the purpose just as well. Might it not be managed iu this way, when the purchaser obtains"the opinion of his counsel in any part of the abstract, and wishes for explanation upon that point, instead of sending back the abstract itself, might he not get at the required explanations by referring to the abstract in this way—" Folio '4, when did John die?"— " Folio 7, was John deadat the time the sale took place ?"—The Learned Gentleman said, he was induced to make these observa tions, because-he thought it the duty -of all persons to reduce as much as lay in their power, the great expence.attentlaut on pro ceedings in that Court. Mr. 11...RT.—1 must give my friend credit for his public spirit. Mr. SUGDEN.—I have no wish for popular applause; but most certainly will continue to act as I have done without reference to any observations that may fa!! from Mr. Hart or any other person. The Vicx-Citaxczu.ort.—The vendor must get the abstract of the title, with all the observations written on it when it was last sent back to him by the purchaser, and alt subsequently written on it, except the opinions of Counsel proctired by the purchaser, not for the purpose of communicating them to the vendor, but for his own private guidance. Let the purchaser erase from the abstract all those opinions taken for his own private guidance, and let the erasure be made on hia affidavit. Mr. St:Gotm was afraid that the purchaser coUll be easily per ittaded to make such an affidavit as would defeat the rorder - of 41U: Court. A solicitor would byte no difficulty in so - shapitig:tht: affidavit as to induce his client to withidibe to The' better course would be to let the 'Master say what was - 7 The Vic e-CHA N6Ki.LOR consented to this litter artaniemeht. COURT OF KING'S.BENCH, .W.Esvdissrait,—(TitHLPAY,) We are sorry to state that Mr. Justice.lioLuctrn was•n9t able to attend through illness. . _ - TRIAL AT BAR. .ROB V. BRZWPQN. This was an aetiotrof trover, -brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, to try his - -right to copper ore, situated in the manor of Turington. It was-tried at Exeter. in 182-5, and,the effect of the-verdict was to wafer on.the plaintiff a right In the copper mine in dispute: A , rnle for-* new trial having been made absolute, Thelerroaxxv-GzszttaL made application to the Court this day, - for an order to- haveittried at the Bar, on the grounds that the Crown had an interest in the result. - The manor of Turing. ton was one of the 17 „manors which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall, of which his Majesty, as Duke of Cornwall, was Lord of-the Manor: The plaintiff got a lease of-the premises in.ques tion in 1810, and 14 years of it remained as --yet unexpired, -the defendant, Mr. Brenton, claimed a right to all the mines in these premises, as the representative of a Mining. Company whc had leased all the mines that were situated, in the Duchy, from the Crown. The question was, whether this Copper Mine, held under a eonventionary tenement, belonged to the tenant, or the Lord of the Manor, who was the King. Under these -circum stances he (the Attorney-Geueral), as the Officer of the Crown, applied to the Court for an Order for a Trial at Bar. Mr. Justice BAILKY—Is this application at the expence of he Crown? The ATLORNEY-GINIERAL—I undertake it .at the expence of the Crown, but though the Attorney-General was Counsel at the trial at Exeter, - yet it was On behalf of the defendant, not of the Crown. THE COURT—You may take a rule to show cause. The Aroaletrir-GrxicttAL- ,- --1 - mini take . it et your Lordships think proper to give it,. but .1 submit that am twitted, to ba.ve,it made absolute in the first instance. • Mr. Justice BwiLir Ts ihere-ani- instance- of- inch ini:erder being granted as a matter of . court*, ..where the, CruFA4l/44:410 been a party on the record.. - The ATTOF!.NEY-GINEII - 4L (footed several, but not directly iu point. - After some observations - (on -the same` bide) from Mr. Scaat,ETT and.the *.zictraa-GxNEßAr.,,the Court deferred giv ing their opinion until to...morrow. APPLICATION TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY STRUCK OFF THE ROLLS. WEBB V. SMALLCO)IB. A rule to show cause why the defendant (an attorney, residing at Bath) should not be struck off the Rolls for _intercepting the administration of justice by - concealing one Ann Raikes, the ser vant of the plaintiff (who also resided at Bath) and preventing her from giving evidence in a.suit for a divorce instituted by .tho plaintiff in the Spiritual Court against his wife, for a criminal con versation with a• Mr. Hooper, having been obtabied in the last term, . . Mr. CAMPBELL, with whom wa s M r . Russell, appeared this day to show cause against the ride. They stated, on the affidavit of the defendant, that he was only 27 years of age, and had un fortunately formed an illicit connectio n with tkie Ann Raikes, while she was in the service of the pleinmtif, privacy tyli for at- her,she h where adfre quently requested of him to procure some she might be delivered, as she was in - dread' of being obliged to af filiate the child; and that he, in consequence thereof, had her re moved, in the month of April, 1525, to a village a considerable distance from Bath, where she was secreted from her friends - nntit August, when she was - delivered'; that be had no interest in the suit, in question, not being profes sionally or otherwise concerned, and that his sole object in :cancelling her was to prevent publicity being given to her state of pregnancy ; that the plaintiff had brought an action for abduc tion against him, and received 100/. daMages, (defendant having suffered judgment to go by default). The affidavit embraced seve ral other circumstances, but of minor importance. The Learned • Counsel submitted, that as the secrecy of Ann Raikes by the defendant was don e with a view of concealing his own misconduct, not of preventing the ends of justice, and as he had already aufficieutly suffered for such misconduct, in the damages which he was called on to pay, the Court ought to discharge the rule for striking his name off the Rolls. Mr. SCAltniTr and Mr. FRIEIJXHICX WILLIAMS spoke in sup port of the rule. s s t o ro n c l iejas g r rou ns The Loan Culer JITSTICY said, that in looking at the affidavits o ev n id b e o n th ee si o d f es o , were not t i h lt ere was . cause him to he struck off the ro . against of the su p d i e e f i e o n n d a ; n i t m as t .—Rule discharged. COURT OF 'COMMON PLEAS:-:—(Tltts The Conti wits occupied in hearing mOtioni of no interest, till one - o'clock, whin trials at Nisi . Pri us commenced bef or e . the Chief hatiee. • 'PREROGATIVE COURT--(This • (Before Sir J. Ntruot.t.., - Rnt.) - This being the first sitti►tg of the Court in the present term, letters of administration were granted to several individuals, no minated by his Majesty, in cases where parties died intestate, bastards and'without lawful heir's. • . IN THE MATTER OF THE GOODS OF THOMAS GAME. This cafe having been fully argued during the last term, now came on for judgment. . Sir J. NI . CHOLL proceeded._ briefly to recapitulate the facts of the case, which were as follows :-. 7 -The testator, Thomas Game, was a large farmer, living near Winibourn, in Gloucestershire, and died in April, 1824., leaving fOur brothers. He left a will, bearing date the 20th May, 1821, which was regularly executed and attested, and on the validity of which no question arose. There was also a codicil propounded, dated only two days before the testator's death, and the validity of which was now disputed, and the Court called upon to decide whether it was a genuine in strument or a fabricated paper. The codicil was in the form of a letter, addressed to Mr. Fyer, one of the executors of the will. It set out, by , stating that the writer in looking . over the will had discovered a material mistake, which he was most anxi ous to .have corrected. He then described the alteration lie intended to make, and by which the final disposition of his property - would be materially affected. The hand-writing of the deceased, his disposition towards his brothers, and his in tention at the period of the execution of the will, were subjects which necessarily camc..nnder the careful consideration of the Court. Upon referring to the, last point, the Court took occasion to advert very strongly to the conduct of the Solicitor, who was,employed by the deceased to draw, up his will, and from whose evidence it appeared that he had made QM the draft of the bill from instructions so loose and unprofessional, that it was 4141 7 possible for the Court to arrive at any decided opinion as to the testator's real intention at the period the will was executed, After a minute and .careful, consieleration.of all.the facts bearing on the case, the Court could ,not declare that the papers propounded did not truly deecribV the intentions of the deceased. The Court therefore pronounced against the application made to set aside the codicil, and thereby decided in favour of its validity. _ Some conversation then took place between the Counsel with regard to the costs of the suit; which had been instituted by the Executors, who were alleged to have no personal interest in the decision. The Court, however, refused to make any order as to costs. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—(Tins DAY.) Mark Sherrett was opposed by I'dr. POLLOCK, MI behalf of Means. Wyatt, the ale brewers. The . insolvent, in his 'cross-examination, stated, that he had formerly borrowed of a Mr. O'Hara the sum of SOU, which enabled him to take a public-house in King-street, Drury lane. Some time afterwards he gave Mr. O'Hara a 'warrant of attorney. On the 2d of last November, a few days before he went to prison, he disposed of his house for '754/. Messrs. Tru man and Hanbury were paid .504/. oat of this sum, and about 250/.. was handed over to the defendant, who paid Mr. O'Hara 2001. in liquidation of hi 4 debt, but it appeared that Messrs. Wyatt were not paid any thing, and they now opposed him in consequence. The insolvent stated, that be gave that preference to Mr. O'Hara, because it was borrowed money. Air. HEATH, for the insolvent, contended that it was a very na tural and justifiable act, by a man who had enabled him to take the house. The only question for the Court was, whether the insolvent had given an undue preference; and, sander these cir cumstances, he hoped they would consider that he bad not. Mr. Pot.toct replied, and observed, that he saw no reason why a creditor who supported .a man in a public-house, by supplying him with ale, &C. should not have an equal right to he paid with another who had enabled him to take it. He could not think it just that the latter should wait till the former had been paid, and then, as in the present case, not get any of his debt. Under this view, he believed the Court would either remand, or order the insolvent to make some more equal distribution of his property. The case was remanded, in order to have the attendance of Mr. O'Hara. KING'S THEATRE. Paciiii's opera, semi-seria, „La Schittea in Bagdad, was last night represented for: the second time. The attend ance was, compared with that which we have recently seen, rather thin --a circumstance easily accounted for by the extreme inclemency of the ...weather... The four prin cipal characters are finely supported by Madame Caradori, and Signors Zuchelli, Curioni, and De Begnis. Madame Caradori 's first scene is beautiful as a composition, and the merit of the master was not at all obscured by the effort of the performer. Her execution is here delightfully pathetic. The scene with the Celiph (Zuchelli), which succeeds, was finely executed. - 1' Zuchelli sung , forcibly, Madame Caradori feelingly. The fino with which it con cludes, " : 4/i'.Bi la tcnira; wni an eltq' uisite• exhibition of taste and skill. Curioni, as Nadir,-the betrothed of Zora, acted the lover's part' with Cansiderable animation. His early aria, when lamenting the loss of his mistress—" Chi sa dir se in queste sPonde7---possested uncommon merit. His articulation wisi periect3 and the ornaments he intro duced were perfectly in accordance with his theme. De Begnis kept up the humour of llfustapha, a laughter-lov ing vender of shoes, with unabated vigour and adroitness. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new piece, in one act, translated, as it seems, from a French trifle, and entitled" My best-Friend, or 277/. 7s. 7d." was produced last night at this Theatre. The plot—or rather the ghost of it—was something to the following effect :—Holdfast, a bailiff (Mr. Laporte), having arrested Belcour (Mr. Cooper), for the debt which gives' the sir name to the piece, clings to him. as :all-such vampire bipeds are usually in the habit _of dinging " non missura cutem nisi plena, cruoris hirudo." )3elrour, meanwhile is on the eve of perpetrating a marriage with Ellen Scrapely (Miss Smithson), and by wa) , of an-agreeable—not to say an interesting—companion;n - the 'bailiff, resolves to accom pany him to the -house Dulcinea. Struck with the peculiar - geOtesqueness •of this " Best )Friend," as: the catchpole - insists on Belciptu'i baptizing him, Ellen Scrapely, her' Iftheromd friends resolve on finding ant who or What he is, :when, after much accurate and minute investigation, they discover (horresco referens!) that the best of friends.is neither more nor less than the best of bailiffs. On further -scrutiny it seems, however, that Belcour was kailiff-haunted, (the most truly alarming of all visitations), in consequence of his laving become responsible for .a debt contracted by Ellen Scrapely's brother. This hastens the crisis; Old Scripely consents to pay his son's debt, Ellen to marry Scrapely, and the bailiff to make himself scarce; on which the matrimonial catastrophe is forthwith brought about to the satisfaction of all parties. La Porte, as this adhesive catchpole, is the soul of the piece; his attempts, notwithstanding that na ture has so - perversely stamped him- in the mint of genuine vulgarity, to ape the gentleman, were hit off inimitably, so much so, as almost to neutralize the lumbering heaviness 'of Mr. Cooper's Belcour. We know of no earthly praise that can" possibly be higher than this. ON THE POPULAR CUPID. The figure opposite was coPied; by permission, from a lady's Valentine. To the common apprehension, it re presents only a miracle of stall-feeding -7-a babe-Lambert-- a caravan-prodigy of grossness,—but, in the romantic my thology, it is the image of the divinity of love. In sober verity; does 'such. au, incubus oppress, the fe male bosoni.? t3 4 sn, stieh aLmonater of obesity' be coeval with the gossarn* mirtireS of Sylph and Fairy in the ju venile faith ? Is this he—the buoyant Camdeo,--that, in the mind's eye of the poetess, drifts admen the Ganges in a lotus— " Pillow'd in a lotus flow'r ()witted in a summer hour, Float. he o'er a summer wave, Which would be a tall ship's grave ?" Is this personage the disproportionate partner - for whom Pastorella sigbeth,—in the smallest of cots ? Does the platonic Amanda (who is all soul) refer, .in her discourses on love, to - this palpable being, who is all body ? Or . does Belinda, indeed, believe that such a substantial Sagittarius lies umbush'd in her perilous blue eye ? It is in the legend, that a girl of Provence was smitten once, and died, by the marble Apollo : but did impassioned damsel ever dote and wither beside.the, pedestal of this preposterous effigy ? or, rather, is not the unseemly emblem' accountable for the coyness and proverbial reluctance of maidens, to the approaches of love ? I can believe in his dwelling alone in the heart,—seeing that he must occupy it to repletion ; in his constancy, be cause. looks sedentary and not apt to roam.. That he is given to melt—from his great pinbiguitude. That he burneth with a flame, for so all tat burneth ; • and bath lan gnishings, like other bodies of his tonnage. That he sighs —from his I dispute not his kneeling at ladies' feet, since it is the posture of elephants : nor his promise that the homage shall remain, eternal. I doubt not of his dyin g , b e i ng of a corpulent habit, and a short neck. Of hi s bli n d nesi, with that inflated pig's cheek. But for his lodging in Belinda's bl ue eye, my whole faith is heretic, for she bath never a sly in U.—Hood's Whims and Oddities. The immense flocks of wood-pigeons which, since the c ommencement , are to be seen near to 2,000 having been congregated in one field of twelve acres. Sir H. Featherstone choemstemr,enacr-eemtreunity o s t f ir t p i r 'e isin se g, e f r r e onr i a , t s h o e o r Featherstone haugh's keeper, at Up Park, killed 60 couples of these birds in one day, which are retailed at tid. a piece, and are in good con dition, from the abundance of their favourite food, the beech-mast. ACCIDENT AT THE CANAL, ST. JANIES's.-- Early yesterday morning, as some boys were skating on the Canal in the Park, the ice gave way, and one of them unfortunately was drowned. It is much to be lamented that the police officers are not a little more vigilant, by preventing persons from going on either of the Canals before the ice is sufficiently strong. The disturbances in Wales have been occasioned by a dispute between the Landowners and Cuttagets, on the.sub ject of enclosures. The Landowners are about to petition Par liament on the subject. The great question to be decided by the Legislature will he, whether such recognition of the labour be stowed upon land will entitle the cottagers to compensation for it. There is also the general principle of Cottage Settlement, as a re lief from Poor-rates ; involved is the discussion of the case. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS WINDSOR, JAN; 23. - -;--This day his MAJESTY will leave the Royal Lodge, about one o'clock, for the Pavilion at Brighton, where he will arrive to dinner. Yesterday nearly the whole of his Majesty's house hold domestics left the Royal Lodge for Brighton. His MAJESTY, notwithstanding his late severe affliction, and his still dejected state, is as well in health as can be expected. The inhabitants of Windsor, as well as those who came from distant parts to . view•the procession, were much disappointed, from the gloomy and sombre man ner in which it was conducted, as the light afforded was inadequate to enable the spectators to view scarcely any part of the procession. The flambeaux were not so numerously distributed as reported. The Life Guards and Foot Guards left here yester day morning, on their return to town. BRIC.4FITON, JAN. 22.—His MAJESTY will be accompanied by the Duchess of Gloucester. The Duchess has always been the favourite sister, as the Duke of York was the favourite brother, of the K ING. Earl Bathurst left town yesterday afternoon, fot Brighton. • Lord Bexley arrived in town yesterday, from his seat, at Foot's Cray, Kent. The Chancellor of the Exchequer came to town yesterday morning, from Charlton. The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas did not attend the Royal Funeral on Saturday, though stated to have been present in most of the papers. The Earl of Howth has not left the Clarendon Hotel, Bond -street, for Paris, as has been stated, his Lordship being still there. The Earl and Countess of Morley and family are expected in town on Saturday, from their seat, Saltram, Devon shire. The Mayor of Cork waited on Sir George Mur ray, at the Royal Hospital, on Thursday, and presented the Gal lant General with the freedom of the City in an elegant silver box. Dr. Hume has been sent for to attend the Duke of Wellington at Strathfieldsay. His Grace's indisposition, we are happy to learn, is not of a very serious nature. ARMY.—The last Division of the Bth Regi ment of Foot, arrived on the 14th inst., at Belfast, from Scot land. The Head Quarter's Division of the 9th Regiment of In fantry has arrived at Plymouth, from Portsmouth. The Ordnance Office is to be dissolved: the mili tary portion to be transferred to the direction of the Commander in -Chief, and the naval department to the Admiralty.—Morning Paper. The Lords of the Treasury have paid to the Trea surer of the countrof Middlesex 1,0001, as a remuneration for the use of the Guildhall, Westminster, by the Court of King's Beni.la, during the erecting of the New Court, and for repairs and altera tions occasioned thereby. For the repairs and alterations it is fit the county should he paid ; but why the public should pay for the use of a public building we do not easily understand.— Morning Paper. The Bank of Messrs. Musgrave, Garrett, and Co., linen-drapers, at Wincanton, has, we are sorry to hear, suspended its payments, but there is, we learn, strong confidence in an early payment of the claims on them, which are far front numerous.-- Sherburne Paper. Captain Scott, of the Sir Neill Campbell, which sailed from Sierra Leone so long as the 10th tilt. states, that our Government had given up the forts of Accra, Anavnaboo, and Dbccove, and that thegarrisons had arrived at Sierra Leone. The colony had been sickly for some time, but at his departure it was perfectly healthy. The Ashantees were quiet. Mr. Crockford, it is said, has at length compro mised the matter with the Officers of the Guards, by paying them 1,000/. towards rebuilding their late club-house. The rustic lodge for the gatekeeper, at the northern entrance to his MAJESTY'S cottage in Windsor Park, was on Monday destroyed by fire, between the hours of one and two o'clock. It is only within these few weeks past that fire-places have been added to these little boxes, which are stationed at th. , different gates. They are composed of the boles of fir trees fixed together afer the Swiss fashion, and the chimney being placed at the hack, and terminating with the roof, is supposed to have com municated the fire to it. A. PATHETIC REJOINDER.---A celebrated literary character in a Northern Metropolis had a black servant, whom he occasionally employed in beating covers for woodcocks and other game. On one occasion of intense frost, the native of Afric's sultry shores was nearly frozen to death by the cold and wet of the bushes, which sparkled, (but not with fire flies), on which, pathetically blowing his fingers, he was heard to exclaim, in re ply to an observation of his master, that "the woodcocks were very scarce ;" " Ah, Massa, me wish woodcock never been !" Some months ago it was proposed to establish a Magazine in Cork, and the publisher applied to an eminent literary character for Contributions. The important question of terms baying been brought on the tapir, the publisher offered something so inadequate, that the author judged fit to decline the proposal ; but before taking leave of the bookseller, recommended him to call his Magazine, The Corkscrew. THE UNDERTAKER.—A few days ago an under taker was observed to shed tears at the interment of a quack. A friend asked him the cause of it. " Why," said he, " you see I have just buried one of my best friends."—Liverpool Albion. A Gentleman of Covent-Garden Theatre, the other day, was putting on a fine French cloak. - " I bespeak that when you cast it off," observed a friend.. " I should be very sorry," was replied, " to find you taking up my abandoned habits The Opera Glass. It is in contemplation to bring forward the Gazza Ladra again at the King's Theatre; in - order to introduce Made . - moiselle Ayton; which, however, will not exclude the Pietro ii Grande of Pacini, - the parts of which are being distributed.. Mademoiselle Sontag appears to be definitively engaged, and the British public will soon enjoy the fine talente of this singer, who, it is expected, will greatly raise the reputation of the 'ltalian Opera.—Le Furet. Maclaine de Baviere, in her letters, says, that. Cha rles the First's widow, Henrietta Maria, made a clandestine mar riage with her Chevalier d'Honneur, Lord St. Alban's, who treated her extremely ill ; so that, whilst she had not a faggot to warm herself with, he had in his apartment a good lire, and a sumptuous table. He never gave the Queen a kind, word; and when . she spoke to-him, he used to say, " gate me vent cetta femme 9"— What does the woman say ? THE PATIENT.RENDERED IMPATIENT.---7A gen tleman who drank hard, being seized with a fever, had a consul tation of physicians, who, while in his bed room, disputed about the lied method of abating the thirst, and curing the fever.— " Gentlemen," said the patient, rather petulantly, " permit me to put in a word, and I'll engage to take half the trouble off your . hands : do you cure the fever, and I'll abate the thirst myself."— Licerpool Albion. The first person who published a map of the world was Sebastian Cabot, the celebrated navigator, born at; Bristol. To him also the earliest notice of the variation of the needle it. ascribed. On Thursday morning last, at Barnstaple, the tide, after having ebbed, and left the shipping in the pert all aground for half an hour, suddenly returned and floated there again. A tremendous gale of wind came nn .at high water, to which the sailors attribute the phendmenon.-21(fred. The rivers and smaller streams of Dartmoor, which are honoured ' with distinct appellations, amount to 53 ; the nameless brooks and rivulets cannot be counted ; and the bridges kept in repair at the county expense, are at least 120; all with in a district only 20 miles long by 10 wide, which is the compu ted extent of the forest and its purlieus. The recent storm has occasioned immense damage in different parts of this country as well as in Ireland. At Bolton part of a factory has been blown down ; at Liverpool the river was like the sea, and many vessels have been injured ; and at Leeds a number of buildings have been damaged. At Wexford and Kilkenny the mischief has been great; Kyle, the seat of Mr. Harvey, of the former place, is partly destroyed, and trees of a century standing have been torn up, and many buildings unroofed at other places. • rADVTNIMFITtk-'1: TO THE EDITOR 'OF THE SUN. Sts-From a feeling'of high - respeet tersiards Sir Herbert Taylor, in which I am certain the publinfully-fstrtieipate-, 1 b, 6 to state that I shall, for a few dityv - withhold - the. uNiesisio4 . o f the " Posthumous Letter of .his Royal Bicknell* the,-Do), York." I consider that, placed as Sir Herbert . is, in the painful.and delicate duty of Executor to his Royal Highnesi, be May Lai. feared lest the letter should be attributed to himsc:f. I owe either - an enquiry or an explanation to the public; and pledge myself, that the Third Edition of the Posthumous Letter shall appear on Tuesday next, the SOth inst. ; Irith full particular a, such as shall acquit me to the public, as a respectable publisher , and honourable man. I am, Sir, your very obed:ent servant, Jan. 24, 185.7. CLERC SMITH. MR. FLETCHLR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sea—Having occasion to visit this maropolie, .and being a member and warm friend of the Secession Church of 2'Cotlan4.. felt desirous of ascertaining exactly the situation of the coniregi e tions in connection with that Church in London, as also the'effects of the deeds of the Scottish Synod, with respect to the Rev. Alex. Fletcher and his congregation. From my inquiries in this city; I find that the venerable and learned body, flits United Aseociato Synod, have been deceived and imposed tilLet by gross mierepre. sentations and fallacious statements, particularly by an individual from London. That Envoy stated to the Eccleeiasticel Court, that unless means were speedily adopted to remove Mr.: Fletcher from their connection, the cause of the Seceetfee in London would be destroyed. I myself was like to have been t. ached by . the spell of powerful contagion. On arriving in this metropolis, I was determined to see sal judge for myself. Having investigated the whop of Mr. Fletcher's case, with evidence for and against, I ant now /elfectly satisfied that he has been unjustly accused, and that envy r,e his prosperity has given rise to all the unchristian proceedings Is lee'e have been instituted against him. Being satisfied on this point, I proceeded to ascere:in the real state of the three congregations in London connected v. ith the Se cession Church of Scotland, at the same time hoping find.theiu in circumstances of growing prosperity, particularly Fletcher had been compelled to separate liintseltfrorn tia.ir'coe nection. The following is thuexact result of my olieirvatic'ee; on the Sabbaths, when I visited the respective chapels in iiLte public worship On visiting the mach-famed Albion (Thapel. (now occupied the Miles lane congregation), which can contain- with'eatee ),NV: persons, there were present below, 140 ; itt thelallety, 66 rtotal, 206. In Oxendon Chapel - (Rev. Wm.. Broadfoore); which 'holds with comfort 700 persons, there were present—belowSO ; in.fte gallery, 60 ; total, 140. In Well-street Chapel (Dr; Wank:), which contains 1,000, there were present--below, 100 first gal - lery, 128 ; upper gallery, 4 ; total, 232 persons. Thu (the total * number l of these three congregations at present) is . enlY .IC7 persons I went to Finsbury Chapel (Rev. A. Fletcher's), when; to any astonishment, I found an edifice, of almost unparalleled elegance and beauty among the sacred and superb structures of -this city, crowded to excess. There could not he fewer present than 8,000 persons, besides many who were assembled *round the doors, sad could not get admittance. The numerout and elegantly dressed assemblage of respectable individuals, wrept up in attention. to most impressive an truly gospel sermon, preached by. combined with the uncommon grandeur of the interior of the building, brilliantly illuininated by a profusion of gas-lights, most tastefully arranged, certainly formed the most imposing spectacle I ever witnessed. Thus it appears that the number attending Finsbury Chapel is about five times greater than the whole num ber attending all the . di&rent chapels in London connected wit's the United Synod. To produce such changes there must have 'been a cause ; and, to Mid out this cause, 1 conversed with sever .1 tnembers of the different congregations, who unanimously and un hesitatingly stated, that the falling off of these three-congregations arose'from the treatment Mr. Fletcher and his congregation: re ceived from the Synod ; and that, unless something, wee : diatelY done by the Synod, to satisfy the minds of the.pe - Oply s. pue cause in this great city must speedily be extinguished., I have thus stated facts notorious to the people.in X.oit4.oia; and from these facts let every,_Scetsmat Judge I deeM it a duty incumbent on ine, Sir, 6 - ugliest yiani interr ing this litter" in your impartial journal,' for the .. infortnation 6t both our Ministers and Members In Scotland, and ttroldige . - Your obedient servant, A SCOTSMAN. London, January, 1827. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six—Your usual impartiality and independence, which gives a ready insertion to the different arguments adduced on any great question, lately gave a place in your columns to &letter published as a "posthumous" letter of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York. You, at the same time, expiessed a doubt as to ita.au thenticity, which I believe is no longer contended for ; indeed, the letter carries within itself sufficient evidence to render it,- as it were, Feb de se. Such means are not likely to .be of much avail in supporting the interest of any cause,; I shall therefore leave the good taste of the writer, in resorting ,to tfiecr, indthe merits of the publication, to the diciSion of the public, with whom you have contribitted" to giie it such' an extensive circulation. My immediate Object in' addressing you : id' to enquire,' whether Mr. O'Connell and hir. Shiel,' whO ap pear, at present, the prominent . advocates. of -Catholic Emancipation, are, or are not paid for-their eloquence ands exer tions, and if they are paid—by whosnl—The trump_ cf patriotism, is more frequently 'sounded, flout: pciseial., .than patriotic motives—the eloquence of the bar. is seldom gra tuitously bestowed in aid of aoy cause,, and bar., Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Shiel are sincere in itivocating the cause of the Cathotic6, their eloquence (if correctly reported) would sometimes induce rue to exclaim, " Oh ! save mefrommy friends," Bse. am, Mr. Editor, Your obedient Servant and constant Reader, 24th January, 1827. • A CATHOLIC. The writer of the Posthumous Letter may possibly-be able to answer my enquiry. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S.—(Tate DAT.) DEAL, JAN. 28.—Wind fine.--Arrived the E4rtg, Demerara, came down and sailed ; Quebec packet, Atkinson, re mains with the Netherlands. brig of war Zwalow. FALMOUTH,. JAN. 22.—Wind N.E., fresh breeici.:—The Stanmer packet, for Lisbon, and Eclipse packet, for the Brivils and Btienos Ayres, have received sailing orders, - but eith'is to await the arrival of a messenger, with despatches. 'Sailed the Sarah, Cody, for Chatham. • PoaTsmorrn, JAN. 23.—Wind N. to N.N. VI" —Arrived the Hope, Florence, from Leghorn, and is under quarantine; Le Deux SRUiI, Leger, from - Cherburgh. The Fly, Sutton, from St. Michael's, sailed the rith inst., and left about SO sad all waiting .for cargoes, the fruit season having been very backward this year. YAnMOUTH, JAN. 23.—A brig of 104. tons, *apposed under Russian colours, with P. C. N. on her stern, from Riga to Lon- Ann" passed through the Roadi this morning. GRAVESEND, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Albion, Cott, from Dun kirk ; Dart, 'Maniac, from Ostend. Sailed the Elizsbedb, for St. Domingo. The Plicenix; Le Ghent, from Rio JaneWo, has - SONIA:1 off the Lizard. CORN-EXCHANGE.—(Tfirs pay.). There are moderate - supplies of all kinds of Urain fresh in this week, and the weather continuing toasty, has tended to give rather more impulse to the sale of some articles in the Corn trade, hut we cannot yet note any improvement in prices worth notice, but the quantities of Barley,. Beans, and Oats, for sale are evi • dentiv diminishing. There is no variation in the Flour trade. AItRIVAT s. Wheat. Barley. v,951i qr.. 3,3501ra Eng............... Irish ............... Forelypi ............... Oats. Flaw. tiUO ci i rc 6.33,46‘k4 - 400 1 12-7400 About eleven o'clOck yesterday fc.-:.i.00n, a v distressing casualty, which has pr, - )ved fatal to a Mr. Frederiti Watson, of Poland -street,- Golden-square, occurred in Piccadilly, near the Haymarket. Mr. Watson was in a gig driving a very spirited horse, which from the extremely slippery- state of the road slipped once o r t w i ce, an d b ecame rest i ve , so muc h- so , t h at 'Mr: Watson could no t restra i n t h e an i ma l, w hi c h, i n th e e ff or t to plunge forw ar d, f e ll , an d o f course d as h e d t h e g i g to t h e groun d Mr. Watson w as t h rown out w i t h great v i o l ence , an d f e ll is a position with hi s h ea d near l y un d er hi s b reast . 11. was imme diately lift e d up, shop, and and was, in a state of insensibility, taken, aid- procured, but without any asal,, al int t o t` a medical unfortun a t e gen tl eman di e d a lmo s t im me diately, 'l2 extensive fracture on the frontal bone of the head having takan.place. air. Watson was extremely corpulent, and fell againsti theo n the body,cu rb'at')_ue of the foot pavement. An inquest will be be The horse was not injured.