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DEAL, JULY 23.-Wind S.W.—Arrived, the John, Moncrief, from London, for New South Wales, and the Plane, Barclay, for Jamaica. Last night the wind shifted to' S.E. when nearly the whole of the , outward-bound sailed, but several have since returned. Dovr a, Jetv 23.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived, off Port, the Sultana, Bhent, from New Orleans ; Especulador, from Madeira, and Ganges, Lloyd, from Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 23.—Wind Westerly.—Arrived, the Havant, Eden, fi•or Berbice. FALMOUTH, JULY 22.—Wind. S. W. -A rrived, the Royal Sovereign yacht, from Plymouth, with the Duke of Clarence and suite on board; also the Sandwich packet, from Lisbon. The Fancy, Marshal, from Memel to Hull, is lost in the East Sea. The Mary, Turner, from Newcastle to Cullendboy, was wrecked on Lissoe the lOtkinst. The crew and part of the cargo and stores saved. The Betsey, Essen, of and for Dundee, from St. Peters ups.et and sunk, near Arundhal, the 2d inst., crew saved. THE LORD MAYOR'S VOYAGE TO • RICHMOND-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship having read a few days since, in the Rev. Mr. Dillon's well-known " Voyage of Discovery to Ox ford," that there was really such a place as Richmond, and that it lay within three leagues of the Mansion-house, re solved this morning to ascertain the fact. Accordingly the state city barge was fitted out.for the imported expedition, and moored off Westminster. bridge, where, at eleven the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Sheriffs, ar rived in his state carriage. " The coachman's countenance was reserved and thoughtful, indicating a consciousness of the test by which his equestrian skill would be tried." a At a quarter after eleven, Alderman Lucas's family, Mr. Mills the Garrity Magistrate, and the Rev. Mr. Dillon, Chaplain anti .Historian to the Expedition, joined his lordship at the foot of the bridge; when the whole party instantly went on board, amid the shoot of an admiring multitude and the thunder of no less than six rusty pieces of cannon. Unfor tunately, just as the civic authorities were embark ing, it was discovered that the cook was left be hind. This was a serious omission, inasmuch as the provisions, consisting for the major part of pork and sausages, were placed chiefly. under his superintend ence ; of courec, therefore, his embarkation became a matter - of imperious necessity ; and we are happy in being able to assure the public, that as soon as the omission was discovered his Lordship's funny was sent ashore, into which the cook entered, and, without any particular peril, was conveyed on hoard his Lordship's own vessel, just as the clock from the Horse Guards struck twelve. It is the opinion of experienced travellers that the Ex pedition will reach Richmond at two o'clock, as however it will stop to take in provisions at Putney, and the Chap laiu will require time to make his ge - ographical discoveries, the exact time of its arrival cannot be calculated on. BATTERSEA, lIALY-rAST ONE O'CLOCK.-By an express jlilt arrived in town, we learn that the squadron was seen off Battersea, at half-past 'one o'clock. The natives at that hour were coming down to the shore in great numbers, but it is the opinion of Mr. Dillon, that they are not cannibals. HA3IMERSMITH, ONE O'CLOCIC.—A second express just arrived, informs us that one of the Ladies of the expedition is sea-sick. This, however, is not so much to be attributed to the turbulence of the winds and waves, as to her proximity to the sewer, whence the Grand Junction C,am pany supply London with water. The weather continues favourable, and his Lordship is confident of being able to reach Richmond. BARNES' TERRACE, QUARTER-PAST Two.—Two ves sels, having on board six Marshalinen and some bottled porter, have been just seen off Barnes in lei:. 84. ',long. Wind N.N.E. They were hailed by a coal-heaver on board a hoineward-bound barge. ',‘` Rev. Mr. Dillon's Voyage to Oxford. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(A , . ST. JA s - • .G wrund Mead. Hay 3 sto 4 5 Upland Ditto 415 Sl5 Rve_grase Hay 4 , 15 515 New Ditto 3 5 4 3 Meadow Hay Ss , Straw from quoted ; in prices of Ocrer and trade dull per Load of 56 Trusses.) .ES'S. s. £. s. Clever Hay 4 15to. a Oat s , traw Wheat Ditto llB 2 5 . to 33. per load for t than laiA [ay no alteration. titTply good, - ' SMITH .• X. s. ,E. s. 4", s. .f. s. I..niviand Mead. Hav3 10to 4 10 Cloy. Hay generally 4 13 to Ci 10 Upland Dittq, 4lO 515 Do. extra fine 0 0 7 0 Rye-grassalv 4lO 515 Oat Straw ll9 2 2 New Meadow Hay 4 0 410 Wheat Ditto 2 2 2 8 Meadow Hay ss. per load lower, Straw from 24. to 3., per load higher than on Saturday ; price:. of Clover Hay stationary. A good supply, and a sluggish trade. THE ARMY. A large detachment of Recruits arrived in town, yester day morning, from Bristol, on route to join their respective corps and depots. Detachments belonging to the Ist, 14th, 40th, and 48th, Regiments of Infantry, and the East India Company's service, have received orders to embark, this morning, on board a steam vessel, in the River, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham. A Detachment belonging to the 15th Hussars, is ordered to embark, this morning, on board a steam vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on route to Canterbury. Detachments belonging to the 85th and 87th Regiments cf Foot, are ordered to march, this morning, from West minster, for Portsmouth, on route to Albany Barracks. A Detachment belon:;ing,to the Ist Battalion.of the 60th Foot, is ordered to march, this morning, from Westminster, for Portsmouth, to embark there on board a steam-vessel for conveyance to Plymouth. Detachments belonging to the 4th, 11th, and 13th Regi ments of Light Dragoons, have received orders to march, this morning, from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot, at Maidstone. The 2d Division of the 82d Regiment of Infantry em barked on the 21st inst., on board the Flora transport, at Chatham, for the Isle of Wight. One troop of the 9th Regiment of Lancets marched, on the 19th inst., from York for Beverley. NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. Mr. DEANE, in the Chair. Receipt of Catholic Rent for this week 14/.195. Id. Several Letters, and some Census Returns were read. Mr. LAWLESS moved that a Deputation be ap pointed t o wa i t on t h e C at h o li c A rc hbishop of Dublin, to request his Grace's sanction to the Parish Priests in his Diocese, for ' the giving up one Sunday's Collection in each Parish Chapel, for the Relief of the Forty-shilling Freeholders. The Resolution having been irregular, as no notice had been given of it, there was of necessity a pre .vious motion put and carried, that the ordinary line of proceeding in these cases be waived on the pre sent occasion. The motion for the Deputation was opposed by Messrs. Dwyer and M. O'Connell, and supported by Mr. Redmond and Mr. Costello, and carried with two dissenting voices. Mr. SMITRWICX was t h en called to the Cha i r, and the Meeting ad j o urned. ---Dublin Evening Post. LOVE AND 51.J1717,i,7, -- ---":"" .. ROMANCE OF REAL Lir-E.—The following may be p re a lie i l u o l :: r , had, from her of . loving not A young lady, wisely but too well," of 11th year, net quite 15 years of age, all medicine, who enter tained a teuder affection for a student lately took his doctor's degree. During ica b i o d th. that re o f r st 3 sentimental lissom united these two young supplied a romantic charm to the studious hours of on the eve e- But, unfortunately, after the youth obtained his sled ° gree, he ceased to he love-sick ; and, b e i ng . eetting out for the country, his young mistress in vain s up_ plicated him to take, as a last favour, a lock of her b a c: • He refused her, at the same time declaring, without a ny . regard to the consequences of his hard-heartedness, that he no longer loved her. Being, however, permitted to exa mine his trunks, which were got ready for the journey, s h e , in her distraction, took out of them a portion of verdigri s , and with the greatest sang froid put it into her mouth, sucked and dissolved it in the presence of her mother and younger sister, who had not the least suspicion of what she was doing- The latter even ventured to reproach her for keeping the dainties to herself. On which she replied (laughing) " This is not for you, my dear ; 'tis only for myself." Her sufferings were soon at an end. After the funeral, a series of letters were found, giving a full account of her Jove, ber disappointment, and the cause of her un timely death. It is even said, but we can hardly credit the report / that the cause of this desperate act was an un moved *ha ms o f the last moments of one who had scaled the con . . 4 4ney of her love by the meat* of her life.—South.. Iggniltrold. - • SCENES ON BOARD A CONVICT-SHIP. FEMALE CONVICTS. (From Cunningham's " Two Years in New South Wales.") " The ship is. fitted up in the same way for the worsen as the men, excepting the addition of tables and shelves upon which to iron their clothes and stow away their tea-ware. No guard of soldiers is required here, and consequently there is no bulk head across the upper deck in midships. Their rations are the same as those enjoyed by the men, with the addition of, tea and sugar, for 'the service of which there is a kettle supplied, to each mess, and a tin-pot to each female, tea being usually made night and morning. Their oatmeal I allowed them to draw as they required it ; always keeping a store in the hospital for the 'supply of such as wished to have-gruel for suppei., under which name the mess of oatmeal slided down their throats like custard, while at the same mess formerly 'cooked for them tinder the vulgar sea-epithet of burgou, the whole of them turned up in aversion their genteel noses— so much .for the magic of A name.' . . " More accommoCation is alloWed for the women than for the men, the usual number of convict women proceeding out in one vessel seldom ex ceeding ninety; a separate apartment being usually fitted up in each ship for the accommodation of the free women (with their children) going out to join their husbands who are convicts in the colony, a certain number annually being forwarded this way by the Government to those hUsbands who behave well and can.support them.. " A similar mode of management must be adopted with the women as with the men, appointing a cer tain number of respectable old matrons of Magdalen Asylums and venerable pave peripatetics to super intend their manners and morals during the voyage, and to see the prison kept in tidy trim, none except influentials of this description being capable of mi naging the unruly throng. ." The women are more quarrelsome and more difficult to controul than the men, their tempers be ing more exciteable, and a good deal being calculated on by them in respect to the usual leniency shown their sex. They are certainly more abandoned in their expressions, too, when excited; but this pro bably arises not so much from greater profligacy of disposition, as from their having less controul over their passions and tongues. Forineily they lived promiscuously with the seamen on the passage out, and the voyage was then brought to a close much more harmoniously than now; and (strange as it . may seem) with greater benefit to the reformation, cf these females, for the period at least, when the rules of decency were not outraged in the inter course. All reformations, to be lasting, must be . gradual; for whatever is suddenly done is liable to be suddenly undone, and by bridling in their long,. indulged i nc li na ti ons b y s h eer brute force,' you pro duce no moral regeneration, but rather engender an accumulation of vice whiCh will break out with over whelming impetus when restraint is taken off. By being suffered to live in concubinage with the sailors during the voyage, they beconie initiated in themoral principle of personal 'attachment, unknown to them before. The great evil of such an arrangement was, that the sailors often married them at the end of the voyage ; when Jack,. as soon as tired of the happy state,' would take to ship again, and leave his spouse to the exercise of her own free will and meditations; while the number of females transported' being so few, in comparison to the men, the former ought certainly to ne made preserves of, to furnish wives for the latter. The truly pitiable surgeon who has hitherto endeavoured strictly to enforce the orders of the navy beard on this head during the voyage, has certainly most justly entitled himself to the full . honour of Catholic canonization on his landing. And as regards the crew themselves, really poor Jack is : •planted in a perfect garden of temptation, when among probably a hundred of such fair seducers,' and is more an object of pity than wrath. To see twenty wicked fingers beckoning to him, and twenty wicked eyes winking at him, rat one and the same time, no wonder his virtue should sometimes expe rience a fall ! " A very ingenious plan,-however (persevered in from the commencement of the interdictory system until reported to the Navy Board), afforded free scope to these amorous flirtations. The swains first gained over the Arguses in charge of the hospital; forced up the piece of board nailed over the coal hatch, which being under a bed-place, was com pletely hidden from view ; then, entering the prison, puffed out the • rush-light,' and continued there tete-a-tete with the fair penitents,' until the inqui sitive eye of day began to blink in upon them. " When you do, indeed, detect Jack in a slip, why can gravely lecture him thereupon, should he make such a defence as was once made to the captain in my presence, on an accusation of creeping through the- coal-hatch Me, Sir !' exclaimed the tar with an expression of surprise, No, Sir, I hopes I know how to behave myself better, Sir, than that ere ; if I was going about a thing of that kind, I would go about it with economy, Sir !' a defence, the meaning of which could not be readily guessed at. "„In speaking relative to each other, the women always made use of the term ladies, which they do more in sober earliest than just, and whenever the frail body' is summoned to attend for their rations, it is, g Ladies, come up for your biscuits ; Ladies, come up for your pork; Ladies, the puddings are ready,' and so forth; yet, while affecting all this gentility as a body, when particularizing each other, it is plain Poll, Kate, or Sall ; Miss being very sel dom made use of, though Mrs. usually distinguishes the married and the elderly. " innocent amusements of all kinds I encouraged among them. They danced several times weekly in the evenings throughout -. the voyage; kept up sing ing for an hour or two every night before retiring - to bed, arid had occasionally regular concerts and masquerades, at which latter, dressed nut in their gayest plumage, or disguised in fantastic habiliments, they would prolon g the frolic till bed time. Some of the passengers in the cabin would now and then go down into the prison to listen to the singers, several of whom possessed sweet and plaintive voices, while the fantastic airs and quavers of others were ridiculous. A dame of about fifty, with hair formerly nut-brown, but which time had turned into a pepper-and-salt colour (when decked out with a silk bandeau upon her head, a row of youthful' curls encircling her forehead, and a knot of artificial flowers stuck, in dandy fashion, above her ear), would warble forth the false levier that stole my heart avay,' in a manner most languish ingly amusing. This ' ancient of days' had been driven by necessity to the state of life she had led; for a more honest creature could not exist when want was kept from her door, while every word she spoke possesSed the veracity of gospel. As she affected very high airs, her sentimentality verged towards the romantic, and she lectured and re monstrated with the others in truly ludicrous style. " I had a sybil also on board bordering upOn seventy, who had been, as she declared, forty years of that period in houses of correction and prisons. The man with whom she had lived, and whose name she bore, was the last hung in chains on Pemienden Heath (I think) for highway robbery. She was a most trustworthy creature, and abominated a lie so thoroughly, that all the others were afraid to commit any misdeed in her presence, knowing old Nanny would disclose instantly the whole truth and no thing but the truth,' if called on. She was so well known at last, she said, among the Magistrates, as to be often trusted with the warrant for her own committal, without even an officer to accompany her to prison, where she declared she had spent the happiest days of her life! She kept to a certain beat in London, sometimes cadging (begging), some times travelling about as a timber merchant (match selling), and meantime picking up what she could in the cross trade (thieving); falling into good prac e in thi s way, by accostipg gentlemen for charity whom she saw chirping la the streets to the Pa phians, and on their turning about and telling her to be off, fingering adroitly their watch, pocket-book, or whatever came' handiest' to her: then gliding slowly away, grumbling all the while at their not the poor - old creature From h er ehri. veiled beldame. look, she was accounted a _sort' of witch by the nymphs of the pate, and none at first would take her into their mess, from , the opinion they entertained, that whatever evil wish she ex pressed was certain to come to pass. When any of. them strolled out formerly in an evening on profes sional pursuits, and etiCouritered . old Nanny at the outset, they knew if they could not comply with her charitable demand, they might as well turn home again, as they would have no luck for that night ! She had many whim sical and facetious anecdotes relative to her ex ploits, but the adventure she took most pride to relate, was the doing of an hospital physician. Being ill with a cough and wheezing, she proceeded with a letter of admission to the hospital, when the ex amining physician, after having looked at her tongue and felt her pulse, was called momentarily away, leaving the gold watch he had been counting the pulse with upon the table. The sight of such a gem ticking at a tempting distance before her, made Nanny's very finger-ends tingle, anti operated upon her wheezing like a doze of the " Gilead"--so, hastily snatching it up, she glided with light and nimble foot out at the door, and'had a thimble of ruin on credit of her prize, in ten minutes after the " trump had turned up." " To the general credit of my female charge be it spoken, I believe there was but one barefaced pre tender to honesty in the whole batch, and this was a tippling old lady of the bed-chamber,' known long as a connoisseur in old plate, . who had been convicted of pawning a couple of silver spoons and forks, which some plaguey particular' individual proved a' good title' 'to, and Which she was con stantly impressing most anxiously upon me (while fortifying her plea of Not guilty; by many little feel ing appeals,and moral reflections), had come by a sort of mere accident into her possession, and were pawn ed by her solely with a view to their greater security until she had an opportunity of returning them to the family out of whose house they had illegally smug gled themselves hi a bundle of dirty linen which she was carrying to the wash. Neither did ally, except this solitary immaculate, make earnest appeals to the Divinity as to the innocence of offences on board with which they were justly accused, or to attest the truth of falsehoods they were endeavouring to lull me over with; while there was not a single Scripture-quotes, such as we find so liberally abounding in men-ships, although doubtless the worthy old moralist before spoken of would have freed the ship from this stigma had she been able to read. There were it is true, several religiously dis posed individuals among them past their grand climacteric' who conned over their Bibles very sedu lously during the voyage, but who doted too lovingly upon the' ruin' to allow any moral maxims they might have imbibed profiting them much after landing. One of these, now servant to a friend of mine in Sydney (and a most excellent servant in other res pects), has never been an hotir from home yet, without being overcome by the spirit,' and requiring to be trundled to her domicile on a hand-barrow, or shouls dered like a sack of potatoes. Indeed, I have observed, that the very best servants, and• all the moralizing' and philosophizing classes amongst them, are drunk ards. The Bibles with which each female was sup plied were taken good care of ; but as they knew these would be all mustered at the end of the voyage, this consciousness might have had some effect, for the greater portion of the religious tracts whieb were . promiscuously distributed, quick!) , disappeared; and iu what way,by picking up a shred of one of them one sunny morning in November, when a coterie of these nymphs were unpapering their curls, satisfactorily demonstrated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-JULY 23. Some Very heavy betting took place to-day. Mameluke has gone back half a point, and Reviewer has receded two points, while Granby' has advanced. Nonplus still keeps his place, and though 12 .to I was taken in some instance., yet there still remained takers .at those odds. 11amettike was barked at 12001. to 10001. against the following : Reviewer, Matikl3, Litnaria, Lumley, Antiol:4, Sandi:), Translation, and Moonshino. Nothing was done 00 the Derby. S2nie little was done on the- Brighton Cup, and the 30 guineas stakes at York. At half-past the betting closed as tollows ST. LEGER. 7to o ag3t. Itiameluke (taken) 2510 1 agst Luinley's 13 to 2 agst cirisuby 31 to I agst Antiope 12 to I ag3t Nonplus (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Sancho 17 to 1 agst Matilda 1000 to 25 agst Popsy 17 to 1 agst Reviewer 100(1 to 25 agst Moonshine 18 to 1 agst Lunaria 1000 to 25 agst Coalition 20 to 1 agst Malek 1000 to 25 agst Translation 500 to 300 aftd 2030 to 1000, the field. agst Mameluke and Granby (taken). THIRTY GUINEAS SiTAICES AT YORK. 5 to 2 agst Matilda, and 4 to 1 agst any other. Nonplus and Granby not expected tostart. BRIGHTON cur. 6 to 4 apt Stumps (taken). The report that Mr. Petre had bought Iliameluke, we believe, i 3 de - stitute of truth. STAMFORD RACES.—TauxsDAY, JULY 19. A Sweepstakes of,sosovs. each, for 3 yrs old fillies, was won by Lord Exeter's ch. 1. by Soothsayer—Bess, beating the Duke of Grafton's Chloris. A Sweepstakes of 5 80V3. and 10 added, was won by Mr. Bird's Velocity, in two heats, beating two others. Lord Exeter's Plate of ISM was won in three heats by Lord Lowther's Abigail, beating Lord Exeter's Hobgoblin (who won the first heat, and bolted in the second), and Mr. Pedgrift's Mildew. ENNIS RACES.—FIRs'r D?.Y. Fitz Gerald Stakes, 101. each, and 50/. added by the Righ Hon. W. V. Fitzgerald. Lord Sligo's f. by Waxy Mr. Blake's c. by Bob Booty Mr. Daxon's.c. by Langan Croker's Paragon Three others not placed. Gold Cup given by the Right Hon. W. V. Fitz Gerald, 10 sous. each, and 100 sovs. added. Mr. Blake's Demian Delacy Mr. Blake's Napoleon 3 2 Mr. 0. G. Mahon's brother to Holtenloe 2 dr Mr. Macnamara's Regent f. SALE OF RACERS. At the Annual Sale of Racing Stock belonging to R.' Wilson, Esq., of Bildeston, by Messrs. Tattersall, the fol lowing lots were sold, most of them to General Grosve nor:— TWO-YEAR-OLDS. je. N. B. c. by Whalebone—Moses's dam (engaged in a stakes of 200-earh, Craven 1828, and the Derby)soo 0 B. 1. by Smolensk°, dam by Suttle, grandam by - . Ilainbletonian—in the Oaks . 26' 5 YEARLINGS. Ch. c. by Nicolo, dam by Jumper—Trimbush llO 0 Ch. c. by Nicolo—Delenda (in the Bildeston First Spring, 1829, C. C.) 110 5 B. c. by Wrangler—Helena (in the Bildeston, and in the Lincoln's - Inn Stakes, Crav'en 1829) 97 13 Br. t. by Nicolo—a Beninbro' mare B. 1. by Nicole—Georgina 22 1 B. f. by Nicolo—lna (in the Bildeston) 53 11 Ch. f. byNieolo—Miss Stephenson (in the Bildeston)l6B 0 Cb. f. by Nicolo—Young Rhoda (in a Sweepstakes of 100 each, First Spring, 1829, R.M.) B. 1. by Rubens—Waltonia FOALS. Br. c. by Wrangler—Georgina Br. c. by Nicolo—Young Rhoda . ..., B4 0 B. c. by Smolensk° or Wrangler—Charlotte 58 14 B. f. by Wrangler—Miss Stephenson .... 59 17 Ch. f. by Nicolo—Miss Lydia 42 0 B. f. by Nicolo—Black Diamond . B. f. by Wrangler—Helena 32 11 Ch. 1. by Nicolo—Barbara Allen Several other lots were bought in. The warm and dry weather which prevailed till Wednesday has given a yellowish tinge to the wheats on the light lands in our neighbourhood. In many places, peas have begun to be pecked, and no where are there complaints of the crop. Last year, it will be remembered, when that crop generally failed, the failure was ascribed, and probably with justice, to the devastations of the shrimp or green fly. At that time, lady birds, as well as shrimps, abounded ; and certain rustic naturalists, or rather naturals, thought proper to caluniniate the inoffensive lady-birds, and by a strange perversion of intellect, conceived that they changed their nature as well as their colour, and were metamorphosed into shrimps, As if to put this calumny to the test, the lady-birds in myriads bravely withstood the winter, and have vindicated their character—No shrimps Wive) tlis year ; Awyed the peaa,vpßuclis Chronicle. FASHIONABLE- AND, kIiStELLANtOt.TS. The Earl of CARLISLE and. Mr. TIERNEY transacted business yesterday with Mr.. CAwNING's private Secretary. Viseount.P.ALMERSTON, the Secretary at War, and Sir HEasEar TaYLoa, bad interviews with Vis count GODERICH yesterday at the C4lonial Office. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE came to town yesterday morning from his seat at Richmond. The Noble Marquis was engaged at the Home Office transacting official business. Lord CHARLES SOMERSETtransacted busi ness yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. Viscount PALMERSTON came to town yes terday. The business of the Office of the Board of Trade will be conducted by the Right Han. CHARLES GRANT, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, during the absence of the President, the Right Won. W. Hus- NrssoN. M. STURGES BOURNE transmted business at the Office of the Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place, yesterday. The Countess of MA N8 _ FIELD gave an ele gant d6eune yesterday morning at her seat; Caen-wood, which was very fashionably attesided. Lord DUDLEY entertained the Prince and Princess LiEvt:w and a distinguished party to dinner yes terday, at his house in Park-lane. The Duke of GRAFTON, the Duchess of Rumarrn, the Dowager• Marchioness of SALISBURY, and Mr. and Lady CAROLINE PouLETr, - had grand dinner parties on Sunday. Mr: EBERS is said to have received 7001. as the profits'arising from his benefit.• • The Hon. Sir HARDINGE GIFFORD, Chief Justice of Ceylon, we regret to state, died on board the Lady Kennaway Indiaman on the 30th April last, as he was returning to Europe on leave of absence. While the Duke and Duchess of St. ALBAN'S were at Leamington, the Duchess was very liberal of her money, and frequently attended the Theatre, giving 101. each night for her admission.— Worcester Herald. Dr. RAFFLES, of Liverpool, has, by the death of his brother-in-law, recently come into possession of (at least) 100,000/._Stockport Advertiser. His. MAJESTY'S private library, one of the most useful in the kingdom, remains deposited in the house in Pall-mall- lately occupied by Sir WALTER. STIRLING, until the rooms in the new Palace are ready for its reception. Lord BLOoNIFIELD and suite are among the late arrivals at the Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dawson-street, Dublin. The Address from Birmingham to Mr. F.F.,EL, has already received the signatures of the Clergy, Magis trates, and principal Inhabitants ; we understand it will remain at the public office till Monday evening next. B irmingharn Journal. The Duke and Duchess of NORTHUMBER LAND end suite arrived at Warrington, his Grace's seat, near Launceston, Cornwall, on Saturday week. Yester day the plate-caravan, and a number of horses, with his Grace's . matter of the horse, passed through this town, on their way from the south to Alnwick Castle. --Newcastle Courant. It is confidently affirmed, that his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON le -to spend some time at Ormeau with the Margois of DONEGAL. Probably he may visit Belfast about the time of the Maze Races. —Southern Reporter. JAs. DowLING, Esq. of the Home Circuit, is appointed a Judge at New South Wales. Some malicious persons, last week, poisoned the fish at Pansanger, Hats, the seat of Earl CoweEa. The :'Adifordshire cuuuty late has been ie, duced to one penny in the pound ! On Tuesday the Officers - of the 7th Hussars, 52(1 Infantry, and divers :Gentlemen in the town and neighbourhood, were engaged in a game at cricket, on our Royal ground, and, in high health and buoyant spirits, Nvere in the happiest enjoyment of the invigorating sport. They dined —or, as they termed it, lunched—upon the ground ; but the repast was sumptuous, and the best wines were in sparkling profusion. They were joined in the evening by Lords VILLIERS, UPPER C)SORY, and Ciol4- Baook. —Brighton Journal. Mr. ROBERT OWEN is returning to Europe, his speculative Community at New Harmony, in America, having failed. We hear that a very dose imitation of the notes of the Manchester Branch Bank is now in circulation. —One of these forged notes, purporting to be of the value of 11. was offered a few days ago to the Wakefield Bank, and it was with difficulty detected.— York Herald. Great mercantile distress prevails at Calcutta one eminent house stopped payment for 30 lace of rupees, another for 17, and several for smaller amounts. `VENT WORTH -AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY.— We have the pleasure of stating that a further dividend in this bankruptcy will be declared on the I l th August next, at the Court-house, Wakefield, when the Commissioners will give final attendance for the proof of debts.— York Herald. Mr. O'CONNELL, it is alleged, means to pro ceed against the Proprietors of the courier for damages for libel contained in that paper of Wednesday last; he takes this course, it would appear- for the purpose of allowing them to justify the venue he will lay in one of the Southern Counties, probably Kerry.--Dublin Evening Post. CHARLES KEMBLE has engaged Mr. KEAN to perform fifty nights at Covent-Garden Theatre, during the ensuing season, at the enormous sum of fifty pounds per night. KEMBLE, KEAN, and YOUNG are to perform together in the same Tragedies., COOPER, the popular American novelist., is about to send a new work to the press, entitled the " Red Rove'r of the Seas."—Edinburgh Observer. • A PUZZLE FOR THE CURIOUS.—Last Thurs day, in a town not one hundred miles from Trowbridge, the relatives as below surrounded one dinner table :...... O ne great grandfather Three sisters One son-in-law T w o grandfathers One brother Two d4ughters.in-law 'One grandmother Two husbands Two uncles • Three fathers Two wives • Three aunts • Two mothers One mother-in-law One nephew Four children One fathor.in-law Two nieces Three grandchildren Two broth exs-in-law Two cousins. One great grandchild Three siciers.in.law The whole party consisted of seven persons only; are all well known to the writer, who will undertake to prove the correctness of the above statement. ANOTHER PUZZLE.—In the neighbourhood of Yeovil are now living, in the same house, and at the same board A man and his wife One father-in.law Two aunts Two sons One son-in-law Two nephews Three daughters Three brothers Three nieces Two grandsons Three sisters Three first cousins One granddaughter Two brothers.in-law One great uncle One grandfather Two sisters-in-law Two great nephews Two fathers Two uncles One great niece Two mothers The whole consisting of seven individuals only. —Mirror. The Duke de MAYENNE had been sent to Spain to ask the hand of the Princess ANNE of Austria.— When he took leave of her, he asked her commands for the King. " Assure him," said the Infanta, " that lam quite impatient to see him." " Ah, Madam," said the Gouvernante, the Countess de ALTAMIE,A, " what will the King of FixaNcz think, when the Duke informs lum that you are so eager to be married ?"—" Hare you not taught me," returned the Infanta sharply, " that I must always speak the truth ?" Aram of Austria was in person tall and majestic; her countenance was dignified without being haughty. Her face, though not decidedly handsome, was very pleasing; her skin was extremely fair; and her hands and arms were considered remarkably beautiful.— She died in 1666, aged 64..--Illustrations of the Passion of Loves PLYMOUTH and DEVOiCPORT REGATTA. • PLYMOUTH, JULY The - morning opened inauspiciously,the clouds appeared in masses threat ening heavy rain, but after a few slight showers, the rain at ten o'clock ceased altogether, and the bright ening sky enticed the multitude from their dwel lings. A general and simultaneous rush from all -quarters was made towards the shore, and at noon the Hoe, from one end to the other, from the shore to the brow of the hill, was literally studded with human beings. The surrounding eminences were also occupied, as was almost every place that com manded a view of the sound. The bay itself swarmed with boats, steamers, and sailing vessels, among which the yachts of the Royal Club were distin guished by their gallant bearing, and their beautiful proportions. At twelve o'clock there could scarcely have been. less than twenty-five thousand persons present. About one hundred carriages were ranged in line along the brow of the Hoe, and marquees, booths, refreshments, Ike., were scattered in all directions. At half-past eleven their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, with a numerous suite, appeared at the mouth of Hamoaze in the Admiral's barge, from the bow of which floated the royal standard. The ,barge was attended by the Lightning steamer, followed by a line of boats con taining elegant company. Immediately on the Royal Party's appearing in sight, the vessels of war maimed their yards, and commenced firing a royal salute, the effect of which was highly imposing. Their Royal Highnesses proceeded across the Sound to the Victualling Office steps, where they were re ceived by the Hon. Gen. Stapylton, Sir James Gordon, and the officers of that establishment. They walked from the landing place to a ladder placed in front of a private entrance to the Citadel, preceded by fourteen young ladies of respectability, at the head of whom was Miss Arthur, the daughter of the Mayor, dressed in white, who strewed flowers along their path. Their Royal Highnesses then mounted the ladder, and entered the Citadel, where they were received by Sir John Cameron and his officers, the troops-at the same time firing a feu de joie, and conducted to a marquee erected on the south west platform which overlooked the Sound and the Hoe. Here the Royal Party remained nearly two hours viewing the races, and conversing affably with those around. At half-past two their Royal Highnesses appeared on the Hoe, in Sir John Cameron's carriage, 'followed by several other Noblemen's carriages full of company. Their Royal Highnesses were welcomed with the most enthu siastic cheering ; and after making ' a tour of the Hoe, they stopped at the Committees stand, where his Royal Highness expressed his great giitification to Mr. Blewett, the Secretary, and to the Commit tee, at the scene he had witnessed, and entered into some minute inquiries respecting the vessels. The Royal Pair shortly after returned through the garrison to the. Victualling-office, from whence the Duchess embarked for &threw. The Lord High Admiral left the Citadel for Mount Wise. • THE CLARENCE CUP. . At eleven o'clock precisely the following yachts started for the first prize :—/lienai, of Hastings, 163 to9a, T. A. Sm►th, Esq. ; the Harriet, of Cowes, 92 tons, Lord Belfast; and the Arrow, of Lymington, 84 tons, Joseph Weld, Esq. The wind blew a fresh gale from the south-west. In t►e second round, of twenty-three minutes past twelve, the Harriet carried away her gaff, and gave up the contest. The Menai rounded the starting boat the second time at two minutes past one (two hours from the" time of starting), and was declared the victor. The Arrow came ►n two minutes and a half after the Menai. SECOND AND THIRD CLASS• The Elizabeth, of Southampton, J. Moore, Esq., being the only vessel entered in the second class, it was agreed that she shoUld sail with the third class, the first vessel in to have the Ladies Cup, the prize intended to have been sailed for by the second class, and the second boat to carry off the silver vase in tended for third class. The vessels that started under this arrangement, were the Elizabeth, of 6outhamption, 65 tons, J. Moore, Esq. ; the Eliza beth, of Sandgate, 42 tons, Earl Darnley ; 'the Dol phin, of Cowes, 58 tons, Captain Brown, R.N. ; the Emerald, of 'Cowes, 58 tons, J. Symonds, Esq., and the Zebra, of - Southampton, 51 tons, A. Richardson, Esq. The vessels started at twelve o'clock, shortly after which the Emerald, which had taken the lead, broke her gaff, and was obliged to decline the contest. The other boats then dashed on in fine style, and a prettier race could not be witnessed. The Earl of Darnley's Elizabeth rounded the starting-boat eight minutes after, which entitles her to the third prize, a handsome silver vase. FOURTH, CLASS. The following boats started at half-past twelve : Pahnerian, 22 tons, J. Hawker, Esq. ; Betsey, 18 tons, J. Hobbard, Esq. ; Laura, 11 tons, Capt. Corry, R.N. ; Elizabeth, 21 tons, R. Scott, - Esq. ; Queen Arab, 11 tons, J.. Corbett, Esq.; Mary, 13 tons, Mr. Tyers, Guer►►sey ; Alert, 19 tons, Mr. Kent, Plymouth; Lurcher, 14 , tons, 'Mr. Ball; P au l Piy, 22 tons, I. Weld, Esq. The Betsey came in first, and rounded the starting boat at ten' minutes past three. THE TRAWLERS. The following vessels started for a purse of thirty sovereigns, at one p. tn.—John and Mary, 35 tons, Mr. Wyatt ; William and Betsey, 36 tons, Mr. I. Ellis; Elizabeth (Ist), 35 tons, W. May; Thomas and Ann, 31 tons, Mr. H. Harris ; Defiance, 30, tons, Mr. I. Bartlett ; John, 27 tons, Mr. L. Ren dall ; Speedwell, 29 *tons, Mr. 1. Blake ; Coiling wood, 48 tons, Mr. Stibbs; Elizabeth (2d) 44 tons, Mr. T. Gibbs ; and the Neatly, 41 tons, Mr. John Hooper. After some good sport, the Neatly came in first at fourteen minutes to four. ROW BOATS. Three 24-feet four-oared gigs, viz. the Alert, Mr. Little ; Flora, Mr. Glanville ; the Regatta, Mr. Wallis, started for a purse of Live sovereigns, which was won-in tine style by the Alert, a carvel-work boat built by Waterman. THE PRIZES The first prize, the Clarence Cup, made by Messrs. Runde!! and Bridges, of London. The Ladies' Cup, supplied by . Mr. Ramsey, of Devonport, weighs nearly 70 oz. The third and fourth prize, a Vase and Cup, wore furnished by Messrs. Lamport and Son, of Plymouth. The whole have been much admired for their appropriate designs and beautiful workmanship. DINNER. About 70 Gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Royal Hotel, E. LOCKYER, Esq. in the Chair, sup ported by Capt. Doling, R.N. Th© table was loaded w►th every delicacy of the season, and the utmost harmony and hilarity, prevailed to a late hour. BALL—The Ball in the evening was attended by nearly 600 fashionables, comprising most of the Nobility and Gentry of the towns and neighbour hood. At twelve o'clock their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence entered the room, where they remained until one, when they departed for Saltram. A pike four feet long, weighing 191b5., was a few days since found in a fish-pond in Biather wycke Park, choked in attempting to swallow an old duck, a portion of which in the mouth of the fish floating upon the water, led to the discovery. Whilst some workmen were employed in levelling a piece of road at Haddington, about three weeks ago, they came upon the skeleton of a human body, in the skull of which was found a leaden ball, which must have put a period to the individual's existence, either in the field of battle or by the hand of a private enemy. Al though the bones were entire they were much decayed, and shewed every symptom of having been deposited in the, earth for many years, the ball having been discovered by the skull falling to pieces in the hands of the workmen.--Scotsman. KENTUCKY M_AN'NERS. Dr. S. a Surgeon in the U. S. Army, travel ling in Kentucky, stopped at a country tavern, and called for a glass of gin toddy. There Was sitting in the bar room a tall, fierce, and savage looking fellow, with a huge pair of whiskers.-:-- The toddy was made, and as the landlord was in the act of handing it to Doctor S. the whiskered gentleman arose from his seat, took the glass from him, and nodding his head to the traveller, said, " My service to you," and drank off the toddy . without" once taking the glass from his lipS. The Doctor sunned the man of whiskers ; and judging, from his dimensions, that it would not be , good policy to quarrel with him, pocketed the affront, and ordered a second glass. The toddy was prepared, and again the I(entuckyan took the glass from the hand of the landlord, and raised it to his lips. 'When he was in the act of swallowing its contents, the Doctor drew his dirk and passed it through the cheeks and between the jaws of the drinker, to his great consternation and alarm. He dropped the glass, and instantly fled, exclaiming, " I in killed, I'm murdered." He had no sooner lefi the house than the landlord, with a smiling countenance, :echibiting symptoms of great delight, advanced towards his remaining guest, and shaking hitri cordially by the hand, exclaimed, " A real Old Kentuck by the powers ! You are the best frier I have met with for many a long year. The' fellow you have just pinked was the bully of the county, and a terror to all travellers. He has nearly ruined me _by taking his seat in my bar room regularly every day, and insulting * as lie did you, every stranger who enters niy doors Did you not observe his long nails ? has (rouged more than fifty men in his time, and I expected every moment to see him take out one of your eyes. (The Doctor had - hut one.) I think you have given him such a dose that he will not trouble my house again. Now, my good friend, if you will stay a year with me, you shall he as welcome as milk-punch in harvest tirri, and both you and your horse shall be fed upon the best, and no charge, d'ye see." The travel ler thanked him politely for his civility, but be ing under orders, and not knowing what mea sures the whiskered man might adopt to revenge the injury he had received, when he should dis- , cover that he was not actually " killed," took a ' , lass of toddy tendered by the landlord, and , took his leave, not without the most pressing in vitation- from his grateful host to make his house his home whenever he should be in that part of the country.—Philadelpkia Paper, June 14. RECEPTION OF THE BRITISH DEPUTA- TION BY THE KING OF AVA. His Majesty had remained secluded in his palace since the signature of the treaty, and wa4 ;o much annoyed with the Iwo Burman Comte missioners for having authorised the visit of our Officers, that he threatened to behead them, should he be obliged to receive the deputation. A great sensation also was created among the inhabitants of the capital, When they heard that the Chief of the Flying Artillery was on his way up, as they concluded he Was followed by the whole army, and so much did they dread our Approach, that the Woonghee sent a message to Ava on the signature ' . ;:)f the peace, t o d es i re t h e population not to be alarmed when our salute was fired. On this conduct of the King's being made known to Sir A. Campbell, he immediately sent to recall the deputation.; but, in the interim, the Golden Foot had changed his mind, 'and sent a handsome gilt war-boat to•convey the Officers to Ava. It was quite dark, before they arrived, - yet notwithstanding, the King was particularlyanx ious to receive them ; but Menzaghee and others having dissuaded him from this fancy, the au dience was fixed for the morrow. 'ln the interim, the gentlemen were conducted to the house of Nfonshoeloo, Maywoon of one of the quarters of the palace, where an excellent repast in the English style, with a profusion of wine, was pre pared for them : and on the following morning prepared to wait on his Majesty, when a discus sion arose whether 'they should wear their swords, a point whi c h w as conce d e d to the Burmabs, as being in di,ect contradiction to the established etiquette of the Court. At three o'clock the officers were summoned to proceed to the Roudaye, where another dispute arose respecting the place at which they were to take off their shoes; but it was agreed, after some demur on • the part of the Burmahs, that they should not do so till at the steps of the palace. The officers then entered the • outer gate of the palace, preceded by the presents to the King, and marching through•a line of soldiers, passed under other gateways, the last defended by seve ral pieces of cannon. Directly opposite to this was the entrance to the ball of reception, where, at the upper end, the Royal Throne was placed ; but the etiquette not permitting them to march straight up to it, they were obliged to advance in a semicircular direction, in front of the troops which were drawn up in a crescent on each side. At the entrance of the hall the shoes were taken off, and during this' time bands were playing, and dancing girls exhibiting their graces to the strangers, who then entered the hall and seated themselves on the ground at about fifty feet from the vacant throne. Above them were several members of the Royal Family ; and the rest of to te c l s the assembly was comp ose d o f th e diff erent hi g h ed the s officers in officers - of the Crown, th e w h o l e d resse d i n white muslin. Pickl then car)n'sdtal betel, e c t u e p L s, w a e s a were presented particular mark of favour, and shortly afterwards the music suddenly ceased, and a dead silence per vaded the assembly, This was succeeded by a distant t haunting, which approached nearer and nearer, until the folding doors behind the throne were thrown open by invisible hands, and dis closed to view the King advancing with slow and measured steps, and dressed in a white jacket and turban, with a splendid gold chain thrown over his shoulders. His Majesty took posses sion of the throne, and remained perfectly mo tionless, except that. he now and then applied to his betel-box, and occasionally lifted his eyes to look at the foreigners. A list of the presents from the British com missioners having . beett read, the three officers were invested with Burman titles, which the Golden Foot had been pleased to grant, and the ceremony consisted in binding on the forehead a piece of gold, on which their new rank was written ; a ruby ring, a piece of silk, two lack ered boxes and as many cups were also presen ted to each of them ; and the King, then, in an al most inaudible tone ofvoice,said something to those next him, who immediately asked aloud, whether the foreigners had any petition to prefer, and Captain Lumsden having replied that " he hoped the peace and friendship between the two great nations might b e lasting, the audience finished by the King's retiring in the same manner that he advanced. p. 403---4060--Tteo Years in Ava.