The Sun. — London, England, 1825-03-14 00:00:00

THE THEATRES. OPERA.—The Haymarket Theatre" con tinues to attract the Fashionable World, though not to such an extent as may be expected when the join 's Theatre is fully and safely prepared for th e ir reception. - The performance on Satur day was the Burbiere di Seviglia. GARCIA and De I3EGNIS Were the chief Performers, and both excellent" in their way. A new Ballet followed, entitled La, Coquette Soumise, the Coquet Con.: Tiered: This conquest, according to general opinhiti, is only to be subdued by sincere affec tion; and such is the case of the heroine. As Merely the vehicle for dancing, it is full as inte resting as•most productions of the same descrip tion. 4lt was well received and admirably sup ported by RONZI Vcslltts and C. VESTRIS, both of whom displayed grace.and'agility.. -ENGLISH OPERA. ROUSE.-- 7 MATIIEWS was At Ilome on Saturday, and had a numerous train of laughing visitors. Cli I REES IiEmBLE is to be the Hero of the Tra gedy of Orestes in Argos, shortly to be acted at C-:ovent-garden Theatre, with a splendour equal to the high literary character which report has assig ne d to it. A new Play, with music, is to ..Precede the Tragedy. The Preciosa of Cant, attat.t VON WEBER, will 10110 W Orates, super intended by W EBER himself. Mr. KEAN, after the expiration of his engage ment at Drury-lane, goes first to Edinburgh, and thence to Brussels where he opens on Easter Mond/Iy. We regret to learn the Haymarket Theatre Company is likely to be deprived of the services or that amuing and intelligent' actress, Mrs. JONES, Avho, it appears, is labouring under a pul monary affection, of so serious a nature, as to offer little hope of her ever being able to resume Iter, professiona I duties. si, It ~. .. 1 .47 fot : r i 7, ..„ 4.. ~._ _ Ol 4.,, ,, , 0, •: i *-: '-/144-(fi""#74.'"c°l ;f'k b • ' --• - 4 -‘ l ',,,'-i?.`r.'".?4"..,,10. 1-fr c.-,NS- , il . - 1 -, - , • - ' • - y.,N-7-.... f . ) ''N- , --::"'-eZi; 01 ••-lzr,?o•' , ~-.• 6 4 '1 la FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS fir the WNEK. Tnxs EVEN IN G.—The Marchioness of Salisbury's 'Fifth Assembly: To-flohnow.—The Countess of Arran's evening party. 'WEDNESDAY.—The Countess Of Essex's Rout; Lady. Gwydyr's Assembly. TII URSDAY.—T.he Marchioness of Hertford's Grand As sembly; Countess of Arran's card party. F nrnAY.—Emily Marchioness of I,ondonderry"s Assembly. SATITHDAY.—Countess of Arran's evening party ; Lady Langford's Assembly. SUNDAY.—Mrs. r .righe ' s music party, St. James's-place. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. 11 , rs. Stuart Nicholson gave a Concert on Friday evening, which was' attended by all the leading faishionables in town. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen gave grand - dinners on Saturday last The Earl of Liverpool, at Fife House ;" Sir M. W. Ridley, on Hay Hill ; Hon. Col. Strutt, in tipper Grosvenor-street; Lord Lilford, in Grosvenor-place ;. and Mr. A. Baring, in Pic cadilly. 1;10n Friday :—The Dukeof Montrose, in Grosvenor-square ; Earl of ltoseberry, on the Terrace, in Piccadilly ; Earl Fitz- William, in Grosvenor-square. • . . . On Thursday :-=Lord Calthorpe, in Grosvenor-square ; Sir , Thoma's Hislop, - in Stratton-street ; and the Earl of Roseberry. The Duke of Devonshire gave a grand dinner to the Mem bers of the Catholic Deputation on Friday. Arriongst the dis tinguished persons present were the Duke of Norfolk; the, Marquis of Lansdown, Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl Grey,, Lord 'Holland, Lord Stourton, Lord Killeen, the Hon. Mr. Posonby, theltan."Mr. Preston, Sir F. Burdett, Bart. BL.P., Sir..T. New.- port, M.P., Mr. Tierney, M.P., Sir T. Esmond; Mr. O'Con nell, Mr. O'Gorman, Mr. O'Conner, &c. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Feodore attended Divine Service at the: Royal German chapel, St. James's, and heard a sermon by. the Rev. Dr. Kuper.—Divine Service was yesterday performed to the King's Household, at his Palace in• Pall-mall, by the. Rev. Dr. Bloomberg. ' On Saturday the Princess Sophia, paid a visit, to' the Duke _of York. _ LIBELLOUS EXTORTION. It has been reported that the supposed Writer of an infamous.publication relating to the Amours of a Courteian had attempted ,to derive an•addi tional- profit from her work, requiring hush money from persons whose names she offered to stippress., 'All who originally brought forth this liubli ration have devoted themselves to infamy. As a 'Proof . that this report is well-foOnded, Mr. --EucE, M. P., having received the following Let ter, has very properly given it. to the Public, sappressing,the names of . other parties to whom it ref ers " March 8, No. 111, Rue ds Faubortrg St. Ilogore, a Paris Stn--People are buying themselves.so fast out of my book, Afemaires of 11. Wilson," that I have no time to attend to them should be sorry not. to . give such a chance, if they chase to be out: You are quizzed most minim/A/N. Two Noble Dukes have lately ..taken my word, and. I have neve i • -named them. lam sure would say you might trust M • never to publish, or cause to be published , aug ht abo u t you, if You like to forward 2001, directly to me, else it will be too litte, as th e last voluMe, in which you shine, will be the property of the Edetor, and in his hands. Lord sa y s he w ill an s wer like u A l lt that kagree to, so, will my husband . D o j ust as you you wi ll only yourself. I get as. Much by a small boo k as w ill give me for taking you out, or more. , 1 attack no poor man,. becau se they cannot help themselves. - - ". Adieu —Mind I have no time to write again, as :what with writing books, and then altering' them for those who busy out, I • a n ` —fr" What do you think Of my..french, - V . Y"' " HARRIETTE RouiFORT, Late Wilson. . !Don t trust to bag with - yoor answer.".. ' • Add.resteckEdward Elice, Eiq. 7 M: P.; 'Mao _sired, Loficloh:. 4 The language of the Writer, is given verbatim. The words in italics are underlined in the.original. It is to b?-hoped .titt this exposure: of dar ing attempt to extort . money from the fears of timid persons, will put a stop to one of the • inost profligate , and shameless produCtions that ever imposed upon the credulity of the Public , or was. more disgraceful . . to its.turiosity. SINGULAR STORY. The Gazette of Genoa contains the following article, -which will not fail to excite conjectures :—" Cornet L--- J. a Frenchman by birth, travelling in Italy in 1773, Stopped with his wife at Modigliana, a small place in Tuscany, that she might be delivered. He wished to have an heir, and • up to that time his wishes had been diSappointed. He was resolved, if his wife gave birth to a daughter, to change the infant for a boy ; and he proposed to the gaoler of the place, a man named Chiappini, to make such an exchange. The Coun tess ,was brought to bed of a girl, and the wife of the gaoler of a son, about the same period, and the exchange was accom plished, the gaoler receiving a considerable sum of money.— The girl was accordingly baptised as the daughter of the gaoler, under the name of Maria Stella, on April 17, 1773. At four years of age she was carried to Florence, and Chiap. Pith receiving a certain sum annually for her education through the hands of a Count and Countess B—, of Faenza, the friends of Count She was instructed in music; at the age of twelve, she was obliged to gb on the stage, and ob tained great success. Lord Newborough, travelling in Italy, heard her in Florence, fell in love with her, and married her.— He gave her supposed father 10,000 crowns, a country house, and two farms. Some time after he went to England, carrying his wife with him, who bore him' two sons, still living. He died in a few years, and she then married Baron Ungern Stein berg, a Russian, by whom she had another son. Desiring to revisit her native country, after so long an absence , she re t u rned to Florenc e , where she was somewhat astonished to• find- her father receive her with more respect than tenderness, giving her t•he name of benefactress, and • not of daughter. Some rnonths afterwards, in'Deeember 1 82 1 , an apoplec ti c stroke depriv e d M ons i e ur Chiappini of the use, of speech. : Madame Sternberg hastened to visit him, and While' she was expressing her sorrow for his misfortune he seized her hand and kissed it.; !le then wished to tell her of the exchange, but was only able to mutter the -orals hdratto, harattio (exchange), the meaning of Which they lady could not comprehend. The follo win g da y Chiappini recovered' the use of his speech, but one of his 8 2Os, who knew his intention, to avow the secret to Ma dame Sternberg, prevented her. from seeing him, and say log the sick man was in g state, of stupor. Chiappini died 800 a afterwarda, and , Madame Stemberg was at the ex- Pence of his funeral, and of rutting up a monument to °is memory. She then went from Florence to Sienna. Three months afterwards she - received by the post, a letter written by the deceased, containing a declaration, that she was not his daughter, but the daughter of a man 4) f high rank whose name he concealed from her. The hand writing was proved, and witnesses sought after as to the ex :- ih ,ange ; two persons found were prese nt, and seve ral others • woo were well acquainted with the whole business. Madame Steinberg then made a reclamation to the magistrates of Faen - 21 9 in whose district Modigliana is, requiring that the register • of her birth should be corrected; after a solemn debate, the Judge decided, that " Maria Stella was in fact the daughter of Count Louis de J—, and the Countess de Jr--, natives of France; that the register in which she was inscribed as the daughter of Lorenzo Chiapini, hnd Vincenza Diligente, • • should be corrected, and that her baptism should be again following•elebrated, which accordingly took place." Madame de Stemberg being now at Genoa, has sent us the following 40 flee :.—Lady U. Sternberg exchanged, in the month of April, 1773, at Modigliana, in Tuscany,.-for a boy, the son of Lo renzo Chiappini, the jailer of that. town, informs the public, that in consequence of the confession made by the said Chiappini i n t h e l as t momen t s o f his life, and of the decision p a'Onouneed in this matter ; after a solemn hearing, by the au thority of Faenza, dated May 29, 1824, she was declared to•be -a 'daughter of Count Louis J . -- and the Countess J—,. na 7 fives of France ; the register of her birth was in consequence e Wi ve d r ltied, and she was baptized again. If any persons, how- Possess proofs or letters ,of her parents, proving still strongeru t the exchange of which she waS the object, they are re .nel. to apply to the Director of the Gazette dc Genes, and if the in tormation is correct, those who bring it shall receive'a 'h a rdproportion to its importance.—(Constitutionnel.) SPORTING. HIJ - NTOM INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF . HOUNDS IN TIM PRESENT WEEK. • Mr. Wardell Hounds, on Wednesday, at the Column in Marlborough Forest ;-Friday, 'at Silent el. The Eartof Scarborough's Fox-Hounds, on Vrediesday,.nt Jockey House; Friday, at Barnby Moor. Mr. , Dewing's, Hounds, on Wednesday, at Hindringham; Friday, at Guestwick. The Westacre Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Hilborough Swan. The Vale Harriers, on Tuesday, at Druce ; Friday, at Folke. The H. H. on Tuesday, at Matterley Gate ; Thursday; at Dummer Pillars ; Situiday, at Bradley. The Hambledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Westbury ; Friday, at Owslebury Dowrr. The Oakley Hounds., on. Thursday, at Turvey ; Saturday, at Hail Weston. • The'Qtiorndondlounds, on Tuesday, atThimley . ,• Wednes day, at Goadby'; Thursday, at Holywell hall ; Friday, at Witlinerpool ; Saturday, at Great Dalby;. - Mr. Muster's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Preston Woods.; Thursday, at Kelmarsh ; 'Friday, at Pipivell Hall. The -Dukeof Grafton's Hounds, On Wednesday, at Shoseley Ground;' Friday; at Wood End areen. The . Warwiikhhire Fox-hoUnds; on Wednesday, at Edge Hill; Friday, at Ufton Wood. The Earl of Darlington's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Witton Bridge; Friday, at Greta Bridge. The Latnbunt Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Murton in the Whiny ; Thursday, at Shinclitre ; Saturday, ,at High Cocken:' The Northumberland Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Fled don-on-the-Wall ; Friday, at Cold Law Wood. The Hurworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Low Middlest ton ; Friday, at NeaSharn. • •, - • PEDESTRIANISIIL Mr. Abernethy, the North Country Pedestrian, completed -hp l irt r ikeh to filiegow,4l2 mile& from Kingsland -road, where he resides, ori Friday Morning, at one o'clock. Het4a . etigagettto p er f or m the _distance in 6 days and 6 hours, for Merely tra velling expences, 20 sOiereip.;ti.S; and to'stalr four houre at Dum fries. He, reached Stilton, 75 milts. ) , the brit day ; Eait Het ford, 145 miles,. the second ;day; 208, the . third day ; Penrith, the fourth day, 234 miles"; Abington, the fifth day, and Glasgow the'sixth, in one hour within the time.' DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. At about half-past two o'clock on Sunday morning, the inhabitants of Holborn, Little Queen-street, and the surrounding neighbourhood, were thrown into the greatest state of alarm and confus!,n by the breaking out of a fire in the timber-yard of Messrs. Vizers, cabinet-makers, 7, Little Queen -Street. The,fire was first discovered by the watch man, in Great Queen-street, perceiving the sparks bOrne by the wind, which was then blowing rather smartly in the direction of Lincoln's-inn-fields. An alarm was quickly given, and not withstanding the advanced hour of the morning, when it might be considered difficult to obtain assistance, a great number of engines were collected • but the difficulty of obtaining .a speedy supply Of water rendered them inoperative for a long time, so that the flames, fanned by the wind,' obtained such an ascendancy as to require the incessant play of between thirty and forty engines for better than two hours before they were at all mastered; . and not until en immense quantity of property was altogether destroyed. The tire being confined within a square of lofty houses, extending one way from Great Queen street to Holborn, and from Little Queen -street to Newton street the other, the firemen found it difficult to play on it with any thing like effect; and even what was done was effected only by passing the hose through the windows, and some intervening walls, in doing which two of the firemen were precipitated from an eminence into a heap of blazing timbers, and were ' both most seriously bruised and and scorched. The premises of Messrs.Vizer, which had been partially restored since the recent conflagrations, were now totally deStroyed ; the rear. of Messrs. Bentley and Wood's, perfumers and chymists, Mr. Go,nell's, printer, the type-foundry of Mr. Pouchee, and Mr. Jaineson's coach-factory adjoining, suffered considerable damage ; and ' the various property consumed is est i m ated at between 10,0001. and 12;0001: value The inhabitants of the different houses on that sidofled from their beds in the greatest terror, and almost' in total nudity ; they were, however, accommodated by their opposite neighbours, who threw open their houses for the recep tion of them and their property, which was removed under the protection of Avory and Thompson, of the Bow-street patrol, who rendered themselves extremely active in keeping off the immense horde of thieves that were assembled ; on this, as on every similar occasion. At about seven o'clock, the fire was got completely . under ; but up to a much later hour, the streets were still lined with engines, some of which continued playing on the smouldering, ruins, to prevent its breaking forth afresh. It is remarkable that for - seven successive Sundays there has ' been afire of greater or lesser magnitude in the metropolis. INDSOIR; MAltda l 2.—We state from autho rity that there is no foundation for an assertion in one of the Morning Papers of Monday last, from which it might appear that the late melancholy ceremony at Eton, was witnessed with levity , and unconcern. We are informed from those whose duties gave them the best means of knowing the truth, that the decorum, and proper feeling generally shown by the boy s o n that occasion, was as creditable to themselves as it was honour able to the memory of their unfortunate companion. DuLL.—A meeting took place at four o'clock on Satuiday afternoon on Hurst Common, near Oakingham, perks; between P. A—rt, Esq. and a Gentleman of the name of Cr—b—e, in consequence of a dispute about a courtezan. The parties were surprised by enemies on Wingfield Plain in the morning, through the anxiety of the female. Mr. A. was shot in the shoulder in a second fire, and the ball lodged. He was conveyed home to his cottage at Shiplake, three miles from where the duel was fought, attended by Surgeon Hughes of Sunning. SOMNOLENCY. —A man who lodged at the Golden Lion, King's-bridge, Cambridge, on Thursday night last, got out of bed in his sleep, walked down All Saints'-lane to the river, paddled in the water, and returned to his lodging still asleep. He was covered.only with his shirt, and carried a candlestick in his hand. He was followed by a watchman, and several other persOns - ; and the former, at first, hardly knew whether to take him for a " spirit of health—or goblin damn -1 The landlord was aroused, and the man returned to his b e d ; )n the morning he was not aware of having been en. I gaged in any nOsturnal ranibleS. MERCANTILE SIIIPI'ING. Arrived off Dartthouth on Friday evening the Hon. Com- PfiriY 7 s ship Duke of York, frotn.China, sailed 17th November, and from St. Ilelena 2d February; Mr. James Mackenzie, 6th officer, died at China the sth October.—The Hon. Corn . pany's ships Canning and London.had not arrived at China the 17th NoveMber ;' all the other China ships of the season had arrived sometime previously--The Duchess of Athol was to sail 25th November,- and touch at the Cape.; the Thomas Coutts was to sail 28th November; Macqueen, let December . ; 'Dunira, sth December; Castle Iluntly, 10th December ; Mar quis Camden, 15th December; Earl lialc,vras ' .20th Decem ber ; William Fairley. 23d December ; Lady Melville ' 25th December; General Harris, 27th December; Sir David Scott, Ist Jan.; Orwell and Princess Amelia, 15th Jan.; Marquis of Huntly, 20th Jan. ; and the Thames, 25th Jan. Mr. Jacob Luyken, 2d officer of the Duchess of Athol, died at Penang; Mr. Andrew Pitcairne, the 3d officer of the Macqueen,- died ' soon after leaving. Sincapore ; Mr. John C. Milward , th 4th, Officer of the yawl, Harris, died a few days after leaving the Straits of Magellan.—Mr. Joseph Hodgson, purser of the Sir David Scott, was len at Penang, 111.—Mr. Carnegy, Midship • :'an of the Berwickshire, died at sea soon after leaving China ; the Berwickshire was spoke with 10th Dec. in lat. 12. S. long. 94 E., all well.—The Duke of York made the passage from St. Ilelena eo soundings in the Channel in five weeks. On the P2th December, in lat. 8., 22 S., long. 101., 48. E. saw the American ship Superb, George, from China, for Cowes ; this ship has a packet of letters for London. At the same time saw the American ships Caledonia, Beaver, - and Tobacca Plant, for New York.—The Rev. Randal Ward, Chaplain to the Bombay Establishment, has come home in the Duke of York. DEAL, SLARCH N.—Arrived the Nile, Randal, from Berbice ; Harmony, Ross, 'from Bahia ; and the Hus- Sarin, Gibson, from London for Trinidad. - -PORTSMOUTH, MAncir R.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Parthian from Newfoundland. Sailed yesterday his !Majesty's ship Samarang for the Cape of. Good Hope, and the whole of the outward-bound,''exCept the London, Purvis, for Demerara. * • ' PLT.fIOUTIT, MARC II N.W.—Off the Port the Catherine, Parker, for Trieste'; and Utriilitte, Williams, • from New Orleans: Sailed the whole of the outward-bound. FAL MOU T If, 3lAliCH.l2.—Winct. N.N.E.--Arrived . the 3lagnet•Packet from Lisbon, and the Success, Boase, from London. Sailed -the Redpole Packet foi ::Tattiaica, Sandwich -Packet for Lisbon... Chesterfield, Page, for Oporto, and Robert Juge, Baker, for Tampico. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12.—Wind N.W.---Arriyed the Wm. Neilson, White, from New Orleans ; sailed from Balize Feb.l. The Vine, Jay, from Cephalonia to Portsmouth, was driven in there on Saturday morning,, in the Shingles, and it is feared will he wrecked. The Molly, Douglas, froni Liverpool to Limerick, was driven on shore 6th inst. on the Isle of Man, and would - be obliged to discharge. The Mellish, Cole, from Calcutta, sailed from St. Helena, for London, Jan. 3h—The: Asia; Lindsay, from, Rangoon, for London, sailed from St- Helena same day ; and the Simp son, Simpson, from Bombay for 'London, left St. Helena in February—left at St. Helena the Dorothy, Garnock, from Bom hay. The Elizabeth, Thomson, &Om Rio Janeiro, is supposed to be arrived in the Downs. , TIIE MARKETS. CORN EXCIIANGE, , AIancIi 1:- . The arrivals of Wheat and Flour last week were tolerably good, but. of Barley and . . Oats t he q uantit y was v e r y lar g e.— This morning the fresh supplies or Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Pease, from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, are..only :.moderate, and there are a good many more vessels frc,lf up with Wheat and Oats front northern ports. Prime samples of Wheat are still scarce, and such have rather exceeded last.week's prices, but in othet qualities there is not much business doing. Batley, except of superfine quality, is Is. to 2s. per qr. cheaper; Beans Are very dull in saki and such parcels as are tlamp Have sold at Is: per qr. - lower. Pease sell heavily at no alteration in value. —Oats are abundant, anti the sale .is very slow, so that this article is repOrted full, ls. per qr. lower than last 11onday., In the Flour trade there is no variation. Anuivits LAst WEEx.—English Wheat, 7,426; Bar ley, 11.27-1; Malt, 6,80 ; Oats, 17,2511; Beans; 2,372 ; PeaSe, 1;376 ; Irish Wheat, 340; Oats, 19,175 ; Foreign Oats, 1,210 quarters ; Flour, 9,007 sacks. Wheat, Red (old). 52s 65s Beans, Small (new) ....42s 45s White (o ti) 56, .....485 52s Red (1824)-. 50s Ms Tick (new) .. . 36s fi 2 e , 60s 63s (old), 40s 44s Superfine ....635.72s --liarrow(new)...39s 4b White (18g4)..:52s Afisl (old) ...-14s 413 s Fine ....58s 64s Superfine ....74s 7.8 s Rye 15s 40s Barley 305..35s Fate Us 40s 43s 46s Malt s6s 84s -Fine (Ms 70s Peas Gre y - 17S 39s' 40s 414 ---LAVhite 42s 46s -Boilers 50s 54s 469 04ts, Fecd ' 7 65 22s Fine 21s 25s l'ufand ' 9 2s 24s Fine ...... 258 27s Potatoe 9 r,s 28s Fine 27s 3Qs , .scotc h sos 31s FlOur (per sack) 60s 658 - Seconds 52s 58s NOitheoWitry 528 54s Dian Us 9s GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN,FROAS THE RETURNS RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 5. Wheat, 655. IW. ; Barley, 40s. 2d. ; Oats, 24. 3d..; Rye, 295: Od.; Beans, 30s. 2d. ; Peas, 425. Bd. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, couiputed March 9, 1825, is 445. 3 . 4 d. ,per cwt. • SMITHFIELT) MARIOET, MAncit 14. The following is an accurate Report of the uurobers and prices at Smithfield Market this_morning:— .. " CATTLE AT,MARKET -„ __ _ _ Sheep __ Beasts 0 ,724 I .; 13,520 Calves To sink the Offal, per stone of %It, Beef 4s 4e, to 5s 4tl I Veal Mutton 5s 4d to 6s 4d.)' Pork ss 4d to 6s 4d Lamb Os Od to Os Od. . HAY AND ST RA. W, PER LOAD. Hay Straw - 4 ".4 Os to .1:2 Bs. STEAM-BOAT ACCTDENT. , - , --011 - Monday morn ing the steam-boat Alice, : the property of Mr. Parry, of Sea combe-ferry, took fire by some accident, whilst at anchor of that place: As soon as the fire was discovered, the men endeavoured to extinguish the flames ; but, finding their efforts unavailing, they determined to scuttle the vessel, as the only chance of saving her from total destruction. She was immediately scuttled, and sank opposite to the hotel. As ~ she lay on the edge of the bank, the ebb tide, which was remarkably strong, forced her over into deep water, where she now lies.--(Devon port Courier. ) ' ANOTHER A.CCIDE.NT,. BY.A SPRING GUN.—C. ATKINSON, an asSistant in Mr. Johrson's Academy in this place (Doncaster) haiiing Occasion to go to South Kirby on busi ness on the 3(1 instant, .and . on his returning home, passing through the bottom , of a:plantailon near Frickley Hall, about four o'clock in the afterriooti,'lWas dangerously wounded by .a spring gun ; several .shots . ltive . been extracted.—( Doncaster Gazette. ) AWFUL INSTANCE or SUDDEN DF.AT/L—A young woman, a servant who lived in Clare-court. Drury-lane, obtained leave to go and see her. friends on Sunday. She proceeded to her apartment, where she dressed herself, and on descending the stairs she fell down and expired. BIRTHS. On Saturday last, at Bildeston, the lady of the Rev. Mon tagu Oxenden, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, the lady of the Rev. George A. E. harsh, of twin sons. On Saturday. the 12th inst., in Chatham-place, the lady of W. Heygate, Esq. M.P.. of a son. The lady of W. Roffey, - Esq., of Mead-place, Lambeth, of a daughter. DIED. On Monday, the 7th inst., at Westoe, in the county of Dur ham, Mrs. Ingham, relict of the late William Ingham, Esq., of Newcastle-upo n-T y ne. On board August India ship, l ast, passage to England, on bo Ensign Robert Mends, of the 87th regiment , nep hew of the late Sir Robert .M ends. On the 12th of J anur y , at Demerara, Eliz abeth , the w ife of 12th h as of E . Lieutenant-Colonel Hare, C. 8., 27th regiment. On, the 10th inst. , Edm und Ha y , t he infant son of Daniel Gurney, Esq., and Lady Harriet Gurney. In Horbury workhouse, in the 70th year of her age, a poor woman of the name of Hannah Metcalfe, who took her bed 45 years ago owing to a disappointment in love, anti never rose from it to the day of her death. It is calculated this pauper had cost the parish 5001. TILE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extractsfrom the Morning Papers,Marchl4,lB2s. [MORNINer, POVC.], As the rumour has agaiu,6„een circulated, and apparently wititt . -very.,studtOus desire of pro ducing a particular effect,,that the opinions of Lord Liverpool, with regard to the Catholic Question have undergone sortie alteration,- we have:felt it : to' beour duty to make enquiry in a . „ quarter perfectly competent to give us accurate information upon that point, and we are :now en abled to state, in the most positive terms, that there is not even the shadow of a foundation for the report. We may as well take this opportu tunity of noticing an impudent Publication which has been recently put forth, entitled, " A Letter from the King to his Catholic subjects." We are told that people have been found silly enough to he imposed upon by this most improper and in decent. use of the name of his :Majesty. We should not otherwise have alluded to artifices which are too. gross. to deceive any but the cre dulous and Uninforthed. [TUE PUBLIC LEDGER.] Last night we received liamborgh Papers to the Bth inst 'ln an article, unde - r the head of St. Petersburgh the,aoth uit. it is said, that the Marquis de Ribeaupierre would shortly set out for Constantinople, in the capacity of Russian Ambassador. This statement, if correct, skews that all differences between the two PoWers are adjusted fOr:.the present ; .and it is highly pro bable that the, Russian Government is more in tent at this moment in putting down the pais;ion for liberty that has sprung up amouritthe Greeks, than 'gratifying its ambitious .designs oP. Tur key. But as the one cannot be secured. without the other, and as it would be more difficult to triumph over, a people who had nobly conquered their freedom, than a nation grown old in slavery, and rapidly sinking from the weight of its abuses; it is probable that the Russian Court wants to get rid of the former before they have time to "develope all the energies of which, their cansevis susceptible. This would explain the readiness with which the Emperor Alexander has consent ed, contrary to all expectation, to waive his grounds of,complaint against the Porte. We find from these : Papers, that in those parts of the kingdom of Hanover that adjoining the sea coast, an alarming scarcity of good water is experienced, in addition to the other sufferings caused by the recent inundations. Most of the wells are ren dered unfit for present use, in consequence of:the salt water penetrating into them. At Etnbden, a pailful of rain water costs from two or three stiyers; and the skippers are obliged to send up the Ems, as far as Waite, to procure water. If the evil be one of unexampled magnitude,' the humanity which it has called forth is also mark ed by unprecedented activity. Ilis Majesty, with his characteristic benevolence, has applied from his private purse the sum of two thousand pounds, for the relief of the sufferers. This is exclusive of %%hat been already contributed in money from his Majesty's funds in that kingdom, be sides wood and coni. We see that the city of Frankfort:has generously contributed 4000 rix dollars to this good work; but the relief that has been tendered as yet, is comparatively no thing to:ribe extent of the mischief; and we hope , and trust, from the nature of the connexion sub sisting between the two countries, that Eng land will do something on this melancholy occasion, that will rival some of the noblest instances of her humanity. Were even a Par liamentary; grant to be made for the purpose, we are quite confident it would receive the sanction of the British Public, who would be happy to give this public testimony of their respect for their Sovereign. Moreover, the lianoverians have more than once fought our battles, and are ready to fight them, and it is only reasonable, that in their difficulties they should feel the effects of British sympathy. [THE TIMES.] There was a public tneeting at Liverpool of Friday last, when men of all parties agreed to petition the Legislature for the repeal of the window-tax. It was well observed with respect to the Minister's profession, that the two great motives of their financial arrangements are the improvement of the condition of the less wealthy classes, and the removal of all impolitic re strictions on consumption, that the continu ance of the window-tax is directly in the teeth of their principles, inasmuch as, first, it, tie• prives the necessarily crowded population of cities of air and light, and, consequently, is very detrimental to their comfort and health ; and, secondly, it operates as a heavy restraint on the consumption of glass, on which a considerable Excise duty is paid, which duty would be greatly increased if houses were suffered to have as many windows as their inhabitants would wish, with out fear of the visit of the tax-gatherer and his - inkhorn. The inquisitorial nature of the tax is another most powerful objection to it ; it is at va riance with what used to be considereil one of the first principle of the Constitution of Eng land—that every man's home was inviolable. — It is , true, indeed, that the collector cannot, in the first instance, enter a private dwelling to count its windows, but he can call upon the resident to declare his number ; he can, by an overcharge, compel a troublesome appeal; and if the smallest arrears are due, can take violent pos session. Lord Chatham's celebrated remark, that " every man's house is his castle ; that the air of 4 4 Heaven may enter it, but the King cannot, the " King dare not," no longer applies, except, in deed, by inversion ; for by the present system the King can enter, and that by force, but the air can not, except by leave of the collector, and under the penalty of a heavy sum for admission money. Several of the offensive ingredients of this tax, it was correctly remarked by one of the speakers, applied with no less force to the house tax; and it might have been added, that the latter tax, from the capricious and arbitrary method of its assessment, is glaringly, un just as well as inquisitorial. What, indeed, can be a more monstrous specimen of injustice 4an the instance referred to at the meet- ing—that the magnificent residence of the Earl of Derby, at Knowsley, should be assessed at no higher rate than the dwelling of a Liverpool shopkeeper, which was five times smaller ? Not is this a,solitary instance : we believe that in al most every part of England the house duty is assessed in the same partial manner.' We would therefore recommend, that • all petitions for the repeal of the Window Tax should: include , also. a pruer for the repeal of the House,Tax. Let oilier towns and places show the same zeal and - unanimity as the people of Liverpool, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer will feel_it neces, sary to abandon these odious imposts : at all events, when the nature of these taxes is fairly explained, he can no longer take credit to him). self for a wish to relieve the poor, at the expeuce of those who can afford to bear their burdens a little longer. NEW TIMES] The second reading of the Dissenters' Marriage Bill conies on this evening in the House of Corn mons.—Of this Bill some • ery erroneous notions have gone abroad. Its origin may be thus traced. Prior tp the Marriage Act of 1753, the inarriagi . .s of Dissenters contracted in, the face of their con gregations were held valid in the Courts of Law. ,That Act declared all Marriages not celebrated in a Church (except by special licence) invalid ; and _Marriages could not be celebrated in . a Church otherwise than according to the ritual :of the Church of England; consequently no par ties- could contract a legal Marriage otherwise ' than :by the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England. Persons who felt'conscientiousseruples against those rites , and cermooies, proposed-vari ous means, of relief from this bUrthen. -A Bill was brought into 'Parliament,: providivi that 'cases of the marriage of certain Dissenters 'the Clergy of the Church of England should salon nize.matrimony agreeably to' the scruples of the parties to be. married. But to this it was ob jected, that in order to relieve the consciences.of the, officiating Clergy, and .moreover that the House of Commons, as such,. had no right to re gulate the rites anti ceremonies of the Church, these being subject to - a different authority, that of the Bishops, Archbishops, and King. A new mode of obviating the evil complained of was then devised. Let the Dissenter, it was said, be exempted solely from the religious cere mony which hurts his conscience ; but let him in every other respect conform to all the regulations, and pay all the dues which the churchman does. Let his banns be published in the Church, or, if he be married by licence, let the licence begiVen by the Ecclesiastical authority ; let his marriagebe registered - by the, Minister of the parish in the Parish Register, and let itiMpay to the Clergyman the same fee for registering_ which he now does for marrying,: itishort, let him gain no pecuniary profit 'by:marrying at hiS Meeting-house, nor any .other ,'benett whatever, except the liberty of contract- lug. marriage in a manner agreeable to his own conscience. A Bill to this effect was brought into the House of Lords in 1823 by Lord Lansdown, and as supported by Lord. Liverpool and the Archbishop of Canterbury. .The former of these Noble, Peers declared the object of the Bill to a certain extent expedient and neces sary, and the argument for it unanswerable. — .Jews and Quakers (his .Lordship observed) were already allowed to marry in their own forms, and why not other religious communities? The Archbishop of Canterbury observed, that the English Church was truly, a tolerat:t Church ; for this, especially, as well as for other reasons, that she lays no claim to infallibility : and (con fining the relief to matters of doctrine) his Grace declared himself friendly to, the relief proposed by the Bill. After these high authorities in favour of, some measure of relief, it is not surprising that the aggrieved parties pursue their object b e y further. applications to the Le gislature. In the farmer instance the Bill ap plied too all 'persons dissenting or differing from the. Church of England. . Objections were made to this as of too wide extent ; and therefore the present Bill is brought forward for particular re lief of the Unitarians. It is clear,, however, that if they succeed in their application, other classes of Dissenters will apply for a similar indulgence ; and upon similar principles of toleration their prayer must be granted. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Sir Francis Burdett is of opinion that field sports are entitled to particular favour, because they contribute to the health of 'Squires. The health of 'Squires is undoubtedly a matter of the greatest public concern, and some sacrifice of private property, and of the tranquillity of stags, foxes, hareS, horses, hounds, partridges, phea sants, Sz.c. may - be well made, in order to keep the country gentlemen in keen appetites ,and good digestions. They are a body of men fruges consumere nati, born for no visible pur pose but to consume the fruits of the earth, and accordingly it behoves us to keep them in eating order. When, therefore, we have the happiness to see one of these worthies fulfilling his high des tiny, performing his allotted duty, the great end of his being, by swallowing for his breakfast a couple of pounds of ham, a cold partridge, a fowl, 3 turkey's eggs, half a dozen rolls, besides some kickshaw-nonsense, such as muffins, toast with marmalade, and so forth, we glorify the Consti tution that has perpetuated so gifted a race of eaters, and in the pride of the moment when witnessing the triumph of the British sto mach, we hold the Game Laws no evil, and magnify the virtues of field sports. But on maturer reflection, when the viands are out of sight, when the prowess of the hunter's appetite is not present to dazzle our judgment, we begin to question whether the pursuit of game, with its thousand attendant mischiefs, is the only means by which the physical functions of the biped from the country, in buckskin breeches, can be preserved in good repair—if, it be the only means, break down fences, ride over crops, demoralise peasants, make and then tran sport poachers, shoot trespassers,' do all these things or a thousand more in the name of Par liament, so that the 'Squires have their health ; but if there be another way of keeping these gentle- i .