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THE LONDON' JOURNALS. &SRA' the i'apers; Junc 7,1825. 4 ' Diorornio. POST.] l.a the ttouse •Ot LOrds last night, the Earl of . - 14akniibury'-r'enewed his opposition to the gill fee aliving the importation of Canadian Corn. The Earl of I.iierPool again pointed out in the strongest terms the' inipUrtance and necessity of '3t iting `a liberal system towards our Co lonu s, l aft ft timid wheat. - we were recognizing - the inde. pin'ilitice of those of- Powers—an - inde. 40111t1 never hare . beem sought - for, if 'those Pnvvers• 'had attecl as we . are now (Ming. - of "the lauded interest how eier was to strong, that his Lordship thought it, prodent - - to - make some concessions. lie firstof feted to- reduce the duration of the Bill ? which ViAti'llnlithited; to three years. As thii. did riot — 'Silefice - opOosition, he came down to two ;. and arlait'obtairted that the hostile nit:Ric:M should be I -4;thdrawn; by consenting that the Bill s h ou ld '. lifbut one year anti till the end- of the then next Session."—ln the Commons the grant of ' Let'year tu the Duke of Cumberland, for tee education of his son, was again opposed. Mr. Brougham first moved that the House should go acoriimittee on the Bill that day six months; bit his motion was rejected by a majority of 30, tt:e numbers- being 143 - to t 13. - He then pro .4.ed to rednci the grant to 3,0001. and to limit its duration to the minority of the young Prince. This produced a good deal of discussiori, and evert brought Mr. Canning into the field in sup port of the original grant. Tho n ex t di v i s i on -4as -therefore stronger than the first, and the Bill was carried through the Committee by a majority of 38, the numbers being on this last - oCcasion 15'2. to 114. [NEW TIM Es.] On Friday last the College Lands' Mortgage Rill-was withdrawn tis . a Public Bill, with the in terttion 'of presenting it as a private one. We look upon this legislative measure, whether it be called a public or private Bill, as of great im portance to the general interests of academical education. •CoMplaints'have long been made of the imperfect accommodation afforded at the University of Oxford, in particular, to students. Many more young men are constantly applying for admission than can possibly be received, con sistently with the rule, common, we believe, to all the Colleges (if not also to the Halls) not to suffer undergraduates to lodge out. Whether this rule itself might not be modified we shall not enquire. Perhaps it might be sufficient to apply it only to Students under two years standing ; but, at all events, it would he ,lighly desirable that the Colleges in general should be enlarged. Probably some legal impediments have hitherto stood in the way of such enlargement ; but these, we - trust, will be wholly removed by the legislative measures in agitation, for enabling the College more easi lyto avail themselves of their funds, for the purpose of building. The evil, as things now stand, is very considerable. Parents are obliged to apply, perhaps three years beftire hand, to pro. core . admission for their sons ; and the natural consequence is, that the wealthier and inure in fluential persons obtain education for their chil dren, when thoSe to whom it is really more essen- Cil are deprived of that advantage. A second consequence is, to render the University a place of greater expence, inasmuch as young men of fortune are usually little disposed to cultivate habits of economy. And a third consequence will probably result in future (if, as it has not already done so) fro:n this state of thi ngs , name l y , that the discipline of the-University %rill, be re- Inked.- We look upon this subject as matter of deep national interest. We wish the advantages of our English Universities, great and striking as those advantages are, to be extended as widely as possible within the sphere in which they can be serviceable. If not, our young countrymen will naturally he driven'to - other sources of itiL struction, perhaps even to foreign Universities ; and the evil . consequences of such a tircuthsUroce it is . :notditEzu I( CO 'anticipate, one of the Commission , which, with great simpli city,. force, and clearness, ftiliovss' out a suit in • Chaotery from the earliest to'the final stage, de-' , tects a long list of practical' incumbrances on the proceedings, and suggests the remedies which 'occur to him. ' The author would sweep away at once the Six. Clerks, with the 1 A- 60 'Clerks in Court," forming - altogether a band of 66 Officers„ who seem to existlor" no earthly pu r p o s e but to icripede the proceedings at every step, to load each cause . vith a multitude of extra expences, and'tp swell. tke ~patronage of the presiding Judges. Why Should .ndt the equity solicitOrS be suffered to manage the business of their 'clients, without the intervention of this brittle Of public, officers, in the same manner as 'the' attornies at common law are enabled to keep an 'uninterrupted . conflict with the Coast" itself ?• Why;iigain, should a de fendant be compelled to pay exorbitantly for a copy of the bill filed - against him, instead of re ceiving it, - as a matter of right, from the 'plaintiff:?. Why should stick cruel delay's be interposed-be tween the several stages of the suit in Chaneery ?. Why should the Masters be permitted to idle all their time but three or four hours'in each day-?' We are happy to learn; from good authority,:that several of the witnesses have spokeh"out. • [asnawtsto cmtosrscr.r.j The language- of large - Landholders on the subject of the proposition to admit Corn from Canada', on payment of a certain duty, betrays an intense selfishness; for which we were pre pared, but at the same time an arrogant defiance of public opinion for which we were not equally prepared, All the exertions of all the Re formers, and ails the' Radicals of the country, for years, would be comparatively inoperative on the country, compared with the almost constant spectacle of a Ministry eager to promote the prosperity of all classes of the community ; but bearded and' beat down by a proud and overbearing Aristocracy. The merchants, manu facturers, and'artizans, made a sacrifice of their prejudices, and the result has justified the most sanguine anticipations of Ministers. The Corn Laws, by far the most important of all the restrictions, which heavily tax the industry of the country for the sake of the landholders, into whose pockets it puts far less than it takes from those of the people, ought to have been first repealed. They were reserved for the end ; and at length Ministers were obliged to give way.— A colony possessing abundance of land, fertile in grain, languishes for want of an outlet for its productions; and Ministers go down on their knees as it were to be the Landholders, to ob tain their consent to a measure which would have the effect of cementing the union between the Colony and the parent State. Here even they have been obliged to yield to their opponents.— Lord King remarked on this state of things cut tingly enough, " There was more good seed sown he believed, in the Treasury, but there were rank Irish weeds, and rank Scotch weeds and some rank English weeds, which he was afraid would smother the good seed. He did not see many landed gentlemen among the disciples to the modern Treasury doctrines.—They sa luted the Consul opposite (the Earl of Liver pool) with an open front, but they obey only the Dictator there, the Caesar on the Wool sack. Ile did not think it was right for the whole community to he t►►xed to keep up high prices arid high rents, and if he were the First Lord of the Treasury, and perceived the landed Gentlemen refractory, Lie would turn in the ' cows among them." - Lord, Liverpool followed up this taunt by a most submissive appeal to their selfishness—" If the growers of corn (he said) were to act upon the most selfish "view to their own interest, they would find their advantage in pursuing the most liberal syStem towards America generally, and towards their own Colonies in particular. So far from exposing them to any danger, it would prove their security against the only danger that could he supposed to exist. The danger of the Agriculturists, if any, was to be found in the state of the European markets, and even in that view of the subject, a liberal policy towards America and the Colonies, was the most likely to be advisable to ourselves." All tf►is, wever, was poured into unwilling ears. [BRITISH Pll ESS. 'V observe with regret, by the Dublin Papers, at the Irish Catholics are about to assume a CTL.Ti7 TIM. 2.5.1 Sir Francis - Burdett bring,s forward this even. (fig his rnOtion - for printing the (•Vidence received before the Criandery. Commission. ' This is an important - mutton, and' on - a frightful 'sublect. Undoubtedly the evidence ought to he imide PUtilic - without delay: Nothing ought to - he canceatedL- , -at least ho concealnien't ought to : he prcifunged• for . one titinceisary hour--=in what - rerates to the almises of that syStern-L---or,coitvert ing'tiffivlrraseiftn4 syStern of AL fiSe - Ve filch hangs iiiidn• Ate' peOpl of "England like a 'nightmare,. andlmal:ps Englisli 1. - q t ity - the laughing.SfOrk"of air nattoitiliftrif' . ( - I . qie - which it afflicts and - Op.' presses. 1i i's dasiritble that, ad no bright - ati-: poles have - bterrlforrtrid of the results: or'this -1 -, faittb'iti - tutfinifs*sifort; witli Lord tlildtiai the bead of it,,the. pirbtfc' wolf-id - be et:a:la-fed, as - soatt-11 - sites.` siet4' Ita';.-rdie.*t - :th ir•j u d grit . , ire; If !r-ciaild-'.fo'r* •16 - tilfrfilite'it'sludttla liiipar,'in:the di•tigetic:e al.' rea-dr displaif , tt,in : 'tHe.leettiseof .. i, , q4ll.,s; which., - itivililthetibli-e-aiiiipfed;:iind in thiqarticitint"as' it , 6ll:3l'i itittifie'bt t'4•evidetice'colfecite'd since 'the flrSr estab.lishMent 'of flie; 'commtS4iisni 'lll . the evisk.nce yet offered iiitbeenstitli.as to vindicate' cliff' Cotirts -of ch•it'rtiery . - frbut cue or Imre o the', charges universally .brought a. , „iainst. thorn, wt are' si'lettilitiffogi'Who gti - Vi::tiiifi:,Werof - granting or r,e first ng ,mo lio u . s- in Parlianint_ will2ncrt 'with- hl d'= frotti Sir Fra'n , t4l- . R1.1-ii!ifte 'tti -, ." - 'fiiPkns' t ... f . ' j6lbita'rirlyel.d'irieri'i iiiffiiisiiii - :t;ircf so favour . . -. 116/(i" to 'the accused. " If; '4;st, 'the other fi - artj', I ; [THE PUBLIC t.coorut.l the charge 'rshunid—be'-"rathi>l.-ficrpported than ; Advices were received Yesdterday from . Calcnt ta weakOßed'Airihe 'testirriartY4' . 7tite--'nniion :Aas to the sth - a VehruarY, froM Madras to the Stli, liti; , untioolvtedi-.: li'ght - ''to' E Tfre- ; beitifit bf iiic'!! and from Bombay to , Lite ' 1 ath. T 'ailliki hey utfee itd4l iiiitif coitiiienWiite . to' 'itil'slii - hliek - and'repte? the March- -Of the ar t y f r o m 'Ch i t t a WCT g ; and I Sel'ii.itiligriS. . TiO, CohsiitutiC•ii. of the Court- 4, this is the only novelty they conirwiniclte with erdwri - rosex . pAPts'of -it'Ottltif. 4 itti , -.iiifysl. ;iiicit.iit-t- : : ' respect to the wa r against the Burniese. Tire force idtfirpliVrf WitkVrif - gtiteS - ' Orhicire . `riq..ent . .. intro at tlte' m ou th of 'the I r raw a ddy; notwithstaildiilk Atctipti,. - tO Ole- delay . of `justic6.tuta.tlfe ruin' of the decisive triumph 'it..had obtained, did jnot' of the-suitor, - Witicie seeqt;:throtigh - merearci- seem inclined to follo w tit) its advantages. It :darit;- - -n . stiort 'ptiti-ytfOt '4-6-te n : . 4 3 ,' r 'F;eiiiiibfat.re occupied dint position'at the• - cornmenrement of soiteiiori- itchl - rei&d - aii ileiier Co I` r, May last year, a n d was s F I till there in ebruary I dangerous attitude of hostility and defiance. The strength of their cause has always consisted in the loyalty of their . deineanour ; but if it be true that thtNollowinf.; extract from the Dublin Iriarti lng Register states the views and designs of the Catholic leaders, we know not how to reconcile then" with the ptdfessioni of respect and submis sion to the laivs which they have so often and so earnestly made Wtra;r•ta TO 13F: DOVE ?—the question-is incessantly and May:he answered by a speech as lengthy as one of the M4gee'rhapso,flies. At present we will, content , - ourselves, with announcing the following trifes :=There iw to-be a new Cith6llc ASsecisuon ; there is to be 'it revived collection of the rant;, there are"" to be weekly, and sometimes daily-meetings. Meretinon7, - - 7 :We deprecate these ill-advised and mischievous attempts' to - .treat with contempt .the solemn de cision of tile Legislature, because no.good effect can possibly result from such a line of - .:ontruct. The Catholics cannot rationally hope 'to prevail over the law to what purpose, then, do .. they' put - thernsetves in array agahst : jc? We thought' that Mr. _knew better the coarse he should (olloW.. 11c. is. resolved, how ever, it appears;. tO"set bienseif up in opposition to Parliarrient; - ind to 'filthily was said: cif the di';ptisftiOn of the to abStain from 41t unseemly:struggle. the constituted autho rities of the 'Jana: • . this year; but tte tvltole conduct of this war is a tissue of anomalies. "Thy'' last accounts from 'Chittagong are datPd th td of Jainuaty, at which time the enemy had men at Munydon, and 4000 at Zeadh. '`~Part of the troops un der Genera) Morrisciikv:ere in possession of Ra mon oil the 13th of the same 'month; and it was expected, that the whale would in two weeks, from this date, enter the Burmese territories. EVIORNINGI VItIIALD. ) The King of France h_as . d:one,_ and even taken credit for an act , at his Coronation, of very doubt- Jul media and of a cu r i ou s sor t in is . Constitntional Monarchy. Ile - appears, of his own will and '' power, to have changed the Coronation Oath. lie altered or omitted, it is said, 'the parts - about heretics2-and.tOok that.which relates to the Order of the Holy GhOst with such reservations as to admit of his conferring the order on Proteitants. 'Whatever the object, this is evidently a most ar bitrary act, as affecting the rights of the Cham liers ; and if he invades the most obvious mat ters of legislative enactments in other respects . thus freely, the French hold their Constitu tional rights by a very insecure tenure.— The, motive assigned, is to prove that he has no' intention of returning to the spirit and institutions of - the..old Monarchy. If he was not so disposed before his Coronation, there is now one matter at least which he probably would wish to manage in the old way— it is the freedom of publication. The Paris Journals, not immediately ruled or salaried by the Court and Ministry, all but sneer at the failure of the spectacle—and a plan is devised to take off this pursuit of ridicule from it, by start ing another spectacle, with which Paris is to be astonished. This is a new opera, by Ros sini, composed for the occasion—to rival or excel in splendour—The Triumph of Trajan, composed for the return of Buonaparte af ter his short but celebrated German campaign. One benefit-, at least, the Coronation has done to humanity—it has produced pardons and amnes ties for a great number of persons in prison or in exile —among whom are some of the Generals whose zeal for Buonaparte had kept still without the pale of fOrgiveness. The remission, however, extends to none or very few of those officers who were engaged in later transactions, .and took re fuge in Spain by joining the Constitutionalists. SINGULAR IDIOTCY. TILBOURG, MAY 15.—A few days ago an in_ teresting little girl, six years of age, suddenly disappeared from home ; the most scrutinizing researches were made in the neigh bourhood without success. The unhappy parents, at the ex piration of two days, offered a reward cf 23 florins to any per son who could give them information respecting their lost child. A youth, sixteen years of age, known by the name of the Silly Shepherd (he had received this appellation from the general be lief that he was an ideot), presented himself to the parents, and assured diem that he knew where the . child was to be found ; they followed , him to a common, about half a mile distant from their habitation—the ideot pointed to a hillock, designating it as the spot where the lost child was concealed. The distracted father tore away the fresh earth, and he saw the feet of a human being; it was carefully removed from the grave, and the wretched pa rents beheld their child deprived of life. The following are the only particulars that have hitherto been collected respecting this mysterious and dreadful event. The young shepherd, whose natural imbecility of mind prevented him being employ ed in any other occupation than in tending a few sheep, had been ordered by his master to remain on the common till the even ing ; at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon several children came to this place, and the shepherd joining them in their infantile amuse.. rnents, it was at length proposed to play at what they calla fune ral. One of the children was to personify the departed indivi dual, the shepherd was to have the two-fold occupation of clergyman and sexton, and the others were to be mourners.— The idiot dug a hole four feet and a half in depth and very narrow. They seized the unfortunate little girl, and having placed her, notwithstanding her cries, in the grave, with her head downwards, they all ran away, went to their respective .homes, and thought no more about the poor child. The shep herd remained, filled up the hole with the earth, and then re turned to his dwelling. This dreadful occurrence has caused the greatest sensation in this neighbourhood. The young shep herd has been sent to prison in Bois le Duc ; he has undergone several exeminations, but all the investigations only tend to prove that he is unable to distinguish between right and wrong. Three children of the ages of nine, eight, and seven, have also been examined ; they were of the party, but thought, naturally enough, that the shepherd would not l ea v e th e p oor li tt l e g i r l , - in the grave. Letters from Paris of Thursday state that a notice has been issued by the Bank of France to all those per , sons who have deposited French scrip or stock as a security for money borrowed with that establishment, that the whole must be redeemed within three months. As the scrip of the last French loan has long been paid up, and the term of redemp tion has been once extended at the request of 'the holders, there appears to be nothing in this notice which ought t o b e construed into a deviation from the regular practice of the French. Bank ; but the particular period at which the' call is made will bear the interpretation which is put upon it in some of the letters, that the Bank is drawing in all its dis posable capital for the purpose of assisting the Government in the great measure of the reduction of the interest of the debt, but - which i not expected' to succeed to any extent, notivith, standing all the efforts of 31. de Villele and his adherents, the general rate of interest throughout France not being sufficient to lo* to produce' the requisite number of assents to the conversion of the debt into etock of a lower denomination. ' DREADFUL Fi RE AT GENEVA,--A Letter, dated Geneva, May 19, contains the following particulars:— " Last night was a night of terror to the inhabitants of, this town. A dreadful conflagration broke out in the Street des Belles Filler, at about an hour after midnight. A fine new. . building and three or four other houses have been wholly re due,ed to ashes, and eeveiel others have received considerable damage. In addition to this sad catastrophe, we have to add . the, melancholy intelligence' that 10 or 12 persofii have fallen victims to their zeal and devotion. They ran to give their as.; Sistance; thinking they weidel be best enabled to master the fire from the leads, and not foreieeing the danger, the leads 'gave way, and these brave individuals were precipitated, 'without a chance of recovery, into the burning mass beneath. Amongst the victims of this sad ealainity is the son of Mr. Synaic Vernet Pietet; a-fine izornieing young man only 22 years of age,' and several of the firemen. The d eso l a ti o n negeneral. The whole City of Gen'e'va was exposed to the greatest danger. . The fire would - have • been dreadful if the wind, Which blew Violently from the north before mid-night, had not suddenly gone down. It began to. blow again at s i x i n the morning, but by that t i me the fire was'nearly eictinghished. THE LiON.NERO. AND THE DoGs.—fFrom the Si rerssbury WhateVer may be the' result of the ;preparations , for , this mortal combat, it 'is certain that the field of battle is now already provided.. Mr. Wombwell - on - Monday- last inspected the cage or'den(Whichhas been built by Messrs. Draytoniana Rowlands in this town f," inciex- PTessed great confidence of retaining,. not only his 5,000 guineas, but the lordly biute on whose head they are staked.. — The ' den is 57 feet in circumference, 15 feet high, formed of 'strong iron bars 7 or 8 inches distant from each other, and cover- 1 in with a wooden roof, removable at pleasure with its board ed floor. The whole will be fixed upon axle-trees and wheels. Mr. Wonibwell will:h ot say When the' battle is to take place. A gentleman ofShrewsbury has offered to secure him 1,000 1 . if he wo u ld fi g h t i t in this neighbourhood; this, at present, is refused. The prices to see the battle will be as follows : Boxes, 31. 3s. ; Pit, 2/..25. t' Gallery', It. Is. • Friday night, a shocking . accident happened at "the Caledoni an Th eatre. Edinburg h, to Y oung Woolford. He was perf orm i ng i n the Battle of FV - Oer i o° , when his horse reared and fell back'. %Vpolford torttinately fell to one side, otherwise he might have crushed to death ; but his foOt being entangled in the stirrup, was shattered to such a degree ihif it was reared - at'npiatatlon Mould be necessary. PITT CLUBS. The ANNLVERSARY of the BOLTON PITT CLUE.' The. Patint Express contains a long and_ interesting report 'oral* celebration of Mr. Pitt's birth-day in that town. Its length, of necessity, excludes it from our columns, but we cannot resist the pleasure of g i v i ng a b r i e f out li ne of the pro. ceedings. The Members of the Bolton Pitt Club dined together at the Commercial Inn, on Saturday, the 28th ult. A bat of the lamented Statesman was placed at one end of the room, surrounded with laurel, and a label, with the words, " The Pilot that weathered the Storm." 'Dinner was on the table a little before sit. The 'Chairman, -William Bolling, Esq., was supported by the Rev. J. Slade, Colonel 'Fletcher, Wil :Earn Hutton, Richard Ainsworth, •J. and T. Ridgway, &qrs. - The Vice-President, Mr. Chadwick, was supported by Messrs. Kay, A. Haworth, Kearsley, Watkins, jun., Matthevii, and others. .. After the cloth was removed the President gave-- • " His Majesty the King and Duke of Lancaster, and may he continue to reign in the hearts of his people; three times three. The Bolton band ? stationed in the gallery, played " God: save the King," which was also sung by the Gentlertien, alternately, in verse and chorus. " The Duke of York and the other branches of the Royal Family 4 " tune, " Duke of York's March." " The memory of his late Majesty George the Third," drank in solemn silence ; tune,'" The Old Hundredth Psalm." The PRE3IDEIf T then rose to propose a toast, to which he felt himself incompetent to do adequate justice. It was his duty to propose the memory of one who was endeared to the hearts of all who were present. It was impossible for us to appreciate the benefits which had resulted from his policy, nor could they he appreciated in our time: He was an example worthy to be imitated by us alt. He would not trespass any longer upon the patience of the company, but he ifould pro. pose, " The me:nory of the Right Honourable William Pitt." Drank in solemn silence. Tune " The Dead March in Saul." A series of appropriate toasts and loyal speeches followed. Mr. HULTON spoke more than once. Ile closed his last animated address to the Meeting by proposing, as a toast, that friend of the Reformed Religion--" The Duke of York."—. Much as the applause was which had been elicited at the an, nunciation of some of the former toasts, it sunk into insignifi cance in comparison with this. Three times three was given three times over. After this toast had been drank, which was a little aftes ten, the Chairman, accompanied by a number of Gentlemen, retired. THE CARLISLE PITT CLUB. The twelfth anniversary dinner of the Carlisle Pitt Club took place at the Bush Inn on Alonday last, %Vii. HODGSON, Esq., in the Chair. The cloth having been removed, the Chairman gave—" The King," and the usual toasts complimentary to the other branches of the Royal Family. These were followed by the "Army and " Navy," associated with their Royal Highnesses of York and Clarence. The next toast was " The Lord• Lieutenant of the County," with three times three, and great applause. " The Memory of the late Right Hon. William Pitt" was drank in silence, company standing. The Chairman next proposed in succession—the Members for the county—the Members for the City—the Lord Bishop of the Diocese—his Majesty's Ministers drank with loud applause)._ the Members tbr Westmorland—the Duke of York as a Peer of Parliament--the Lord Chancellor—May the principles of Mr. Pitt ever animate the Councils of Great Britain, itc. A great number of oth er to as t s f o ll owe d, and several gentle men exercised their musical powers with happy effect. THE WEATHER. EXTRACT from a METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL for MAY, 1826, kept at the O BSE R VATORY o f t h e R OYAL A CADEMY, GOSPORT, HANTS " The first part of this month was wet, and the latter part generally dry. Several sudden transitions have occurred in the temperature of the air, as is commonly the case in May, and there were slight frosts in the nights ofthe 18th, 14th, 27th, and 28th. Some of the days and nights have been thirteen degrees colder than others; and the decrease in temperature between the 24th and 28th was thirty degrees ! The showers of rain and heavy dews after the hot sunshine, have been found beneficial for the grass lands, the young wheats, and to vegetation in general. From the thundery state of the pre vailing compound modifications of clouds, produced by op posing currents of air, several blighty days have been expe rienced, which, with the before-mentioned frosty nights, did great injury to the wall fruits, and destroyed 'a great part of the " pears, plums, &c., th at seemed to have been firmly se t. In the nights of the 4th, sth, 15th, and 23d, there was much sheet lightning, which sometimes terminated in storms of rain and loud claps of thunder from the poising Nimbi ; and the greater part of the day of the 28th, we had vivid lightning and thunder, accompanied with heavy passing showers of rain and hail. As often as thunder clouds have appeared in the day time, the upper and under currents of air have either crossed each other at right angles, or met from nearly opposite points of the compass, and from the position of the vanes and the mo tion of the clouds, their electric state appeared to have been oc casioned by their different united temperatures. " The mean temperature of the external air this month, is two and a half degrees higher than that of last May, and up. wards of one degree higher than the mean of that month for a long series of years. The mean temperature of spring water has increased one degree this month. " The atmospheric and metoric phenomena that have come within our observation this period, are four solar halos, six me teors, two rainbow's, lightning six different nights, thunder on two; and four gales of wind, on days on which they have pre. veiled. namely, three from N.E. and one from S.E. " The double rainbow that appeared between six and seven o'clock in the evening of the 28th instant, was remarkable for its continuance, and its many bows of colours. The yellow, orange, and feint violet of both the interior and exterior bow, were very bright for nearly a quarter of an hour. Under the yellow of the interior bow there were three light crimson bows, with two light green bows between them ; so that eight distinct bows of colours composed the interior rainbow. -a circumstance that seldom happens in the appearance of this beautiful me. teoric Iris. " Evaporation for the month, 4,900 inches ; rain in the plu. viameter, near the ground, 2,995 inches ' • rain in ditto, 23 feet high, 2,730 inches; prev a ili n g wind s , N.E. " Seth 'of the prevailing. Winds.—N. 3 • N.E. 7 ; E. 4 ; S.E. 4i : 8 3 ; S.W. 4; W. 3 ; N.W. 21-31 days. " Clot - dr.—Cirrus, 21 ; Cirrocumulus, 21 ; Cirrostratus, 29 ; Stratus, 1 ; Cumulus, 25 ; Cumulostratus, 27 ; .Nimbus, 18. Suenenone of the Weather..A clear sky 4 ; fine, with vari ous modification, of clouds, .17 ; an overt:let sky without rain, 4 ; rain 54 ;-31 days." " GOSPORT OBSERVATORY, MAY 31, 1825. " ECLIPSE OF THE Moose.— The southern side of the Earth's shadow came in contact with the Earth's northern limb, at Ilh. 48m. 345. p.m. mean time here. The greatest shade upon the Moon's upper limb, or middle of the eclipse, was at 12h. lm. 19s. and at the end . of the eclipse at 121 i. 15m. 50s. There was no interesting appearance in this eclipse, - as it was merely an apparent contact of the 'Earth's shadow with the Moon's upper limb as they passed each other, the great es t elm slow of the Earth upon the Moon's *disc being only the 58th part of her diameter: viewed through an achromatic telescope, it appeared very little mare than a Penumbra .upon. the Moon's northern limb, as the latter wars well defined at the middle of theeclipse. For a quarter of an hour before the beginning of the eclipse; the lunar light on the ti:E. side of the Moon gra duelly diminished in br:ghtness. This arose liens two circurn e stances, namely, the approach of the Penumbra towards the Moon, and the motion of the Earth's shadow and the Moon's towards each other; as si "contrary apPearance to this pheno menon took . place at the separation , of: the shadow front the Mooh." A. Letter. from , Frankfort says, an epidemy has shewn itself among the horses there, as ha; been,the case in.the North of Europe aniot.linalaiide dangerous, with () I t ' the'eiceptioa• that the sy ' npto i Saturday', fast t . fast Mrs. Ventura, alias Lady Cockburn, appeared before If. M. Dyer,. Esq., the sitting Magistrate,. at Marlborough-street, to establish her claim to the pansy. of Saint George's, Hanover-square. Lady Cockburn's dress exhibited a most wretched appearance, and proved, beyond a doubt, th at want and penury have of late 4e:a her constint compani( ms .• , O n that l ady - instituting a'cri , initial action against f Signor Ventura, he _produced a Sir James•Cookburzt, - IVITO claimed thi first Airs Ventura, as his wife, and from whom he gated, he Inver was divorced. The result was, the acquittal of Ventura, and which left the fe male, who was 'married 'to each of these gentlemen, destitute. After that transaction', each said she had no claim*on them ; being destitute, and without the means of gaining a livelihood, she was compelled to apply to the parish for relief, and which was given temporirily; in conseqUenee of which, Mr: Grist, the assistant overseer, endeavoured to discover Sir ' 7-Cockburn, and went to Admiral Sir G. Cock6urn, but who proved not to be 'the Periort: After eonsiderable difficulty, he, however, found the Sir J. Cockburn to,' be It clerk, in' the. Slaves' Colo nial Office, in consequence of which, %Ir. Grist, on Saturday, relieved Lady Cockburn, at the 'office, with 2Kid previous 'to Somoluning Sir.j.,COck.burn, to show cause why he reftWed to Maintain his unfortunate lady. LONDON MARKETS. uaga4.n. The highest price a`,' Bread in the Metropolis, is load. far the 41b. loaf—there .are others whin sell (torn a halfpenny to three halfpence below that rate. IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN'teINTIrEEE. Erigtsti. , •Trish.' • Foteig,l. 4',59.3 . 4,8t0 ',35 1;3 '930 . • Vitleht . Malt Oats.., Rye Beans . Peas Tares ... Rapeseed Brank Mustard ... seeds.. Flout Linseed -; Id 6,995 1,1100 . , SEEDS, Jiine 6. New English R.Clovvr. pet cwt —s 45s 60.5..-fine-70s Old Ditto 2Bs 4 65--11110 - 52 s .544 New Foreign ditto 4'2s 509,—fitie5ts 58s Old ditto ditto 25s 40s—fine 49s 4tis New Whiteditto 49s 57s.Vtie tilt 6es Old ditto 375463-;-litte 59s 57. New Trefoil.. per cwt i 4s 20s6ne 51 1 41 ei s Old ditto —s —I —s—tine —6 , New Ribgt ass —s —b --:.5.;-IStse -•-•41 Old ditto — s—s - -;4-zfiue 48, English Carraway Seeds 35s 395--fine 414 —s Foreign ditto —s —s —s—tirae —4 Coriander do. Os Od 104 ITV-afir:i 19. St. F0i11.... pe r (it Rye-Grass 94s 26s— fi ne284 34 3 . Macey ditto —s -.-9 Linseed for feeding 35s 44s—fine 48s Ditto, lot crushing —4 —s-=lifisi --• Canary Seed 84s .90s-i-fine 92. White Mustard Seed.. tier bushel B - 9s-zlne - 10s ed 9s 1 1 9 5 5 s 1 0 5 (1.- - fi fi n n : —.I 8s Brown ditto 'fitritip Seeds Tares 3i.ed—fine .53 Od Rape Seed .... per last —l —1 241 261 Os NEWCLITE A ND L F .ADENHALL MARKETS, Junr - u. • fly the Carcase. Beef 3s ad to 4s 8,1 Veal 3s 4tl to 5 012 Mutton ..... 3s 4d to 4s 6tl Pork 46 Chl to SA 4d Lamb, 4s 6d to Cs - Ocl. • - SMITHFIELD HAY MARK-ET, jii.n.e...4. Clover,O. isss od to loss Od Hay, Old 75s Od to 87e 64 —lnf. . 65s Od to 80s ad —New lot. 601 Od to 70s Od —New —s Od to —s od Straw .... 38i Od to 40, od ST. JAMES'S. Hay Gas Od to 95s Od Clover .....90s Od t o . lob s a d I New Ditto —e Od t o — s od Straw ....37s ed to sls Ott WHIT ECHAPEL. Clover Bos Od to 110 s Od Hay 6Gs Od to 90 s ad I Straw ....42s od to 48 s Od — loft rior —9 ad to —s Od PRICE OF lioPs, per Cwt., June G. Kent Pockets Sussex Pocket s per cwt. Essex Pockets Farnham, flue 11 Os to 131 13 , —Seconds, 9I Os tot 11 Os Kent Wigs Suisex Bags l6os. IROs.. to Essex Bags —s. .per cwt. inss. to to per cwt. Old Duty laid at 50,000 i. RAW HIDES. Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordimerv - .... - 2s 6d to 9s od 3s 201 to 3s 40, Market Calf .. each.. Ss Od Middlings 2s tod to Ss od Lamb's..:. Vs Otl to OiOd SHEEP SKINS. Polled ~ Os Od to Os Oe. I She:it - 141gs .. Os Od to Os sod Downs Os Od to os Od 1 Lambs ls 9,1 to 30 Od PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dressing Hides., Common Hides laid to led Crop Hides, 35 to aslbs for cutting 164 • to 174 Ditto .... 40 to 451bs Ditto .... 45 to 50Ibs l9d to 914 Calf Skins..s to 401lis Ditto 45 to 551bs 96d to 304 Ditto 55 to 7.51bs 93d to 9.5 d Small Seals (Greenland) _ 17 id to 184 Tanned Horse Hides l3d to 154 Spanish Horse Hides l4d to 19,1 PRICES OF TALLOW, SO Town Tallow 4O Od —s Od Yellow Russia :its od —s Od White ditto.. 373 Od —s Od Soap ditto.... 35s Oil —s Od tiicltin4 Stuff 30s Oa —s ad Ditto Rough.. 90; Od —s od AP, &c. Per 1 I Mi.—June ti. Yellow Ft ortp rig Moiled.. Curd go Graves . Good DreKs ctls Od PRICE OF CANDLES, ' , nom TALLOW Price of Candles, per dozen, 65 6d a is ----I1louIds; 946 d. 6d per dozen allowed for ready money. . . . PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Ston e of 811).—,Tune - I'rke of Tallow (as stated by the Tallovy!ter's), 2i. 2d. COAL MARKET, Ju Nr. 6. Ships at Market. Ships sold 17i Newcastle - - 15} 9 Sunderland - 9 - • Price. 30s 6d to 384 6a 30s 64 to 38A Oci A hearing took place on Thursday and Fri daylapt before Edward Carter, Esq. one of :the Magistrates of the Borough, relative to - the lugger Coureur de Bologne, cap tured off Beaehy H ea d o n the 2lst ult., by his Majesty's ship Brazen. The - following Englishmen were found on "board her, viz :—James Graves, Thomas Lock. Stephen Cluxrch, James Becket, John Long, Thos. Files, and Jas. Bass, besides 11 Fo reigners. The Latter were prosecuted for the peandtyof 100/. each. for being concerned in a smuggling transaction, within one league of the British Coast; James Graves and Thomas Lock, were sued for a similar penaltY, being' nfit to serve in his Ma jesty's Naval Seryice ; and the others being fit for such service, were prosecuted, 'To be impressed into it accordingly. It ap peared in evidence, that the vessel was discovered on Saturday, the 21st of May, about five o'clock in the afternoon,'ViStant - about five or six miles from the' Brazen, and apparently about two or three miles from Btathy Head; and that upon the. Brazen giving her chase, she was distinctly seen thkow overboard, several b a l es Of goo d s , one o f whiCh was aft,erwkirtis picked up, and found to contain silk articles, of trench manu facture : the other- bales having sunk, could not be re covered. On - the part of the defence, some of th.e Fo reigners were called to prove that the lugger was employed as a Pilot-boat, and had come to this side of the Channel to look for any ship that might want piloting into _a French Port ; that the seven Englishmen had accidentally come on board, from Rye, for a passage to France for which they had engaged to pay 2/. each. It no t being dearly proved that the. lugger was discovered within a league of the British land, the Foreigners were acquitted ; but all the Englishmen were found guilty, and convicted, viz: James Graves and - Thomas Lock, each in the penalty of 1001., and the others tobe sent tosea, on it Foreign station, for five years.—(l.larnpihire Telegraph.) BIRTHS. On Sunday evening, at his Lo r d s hip' s h ouse i n U pper Brook street, the Countess of Kinnoul, of a daughter. On the 31st ult., the lady of C a pt a i n Fead, R.N., of a son. On the 4th, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Dawson, of a daughter. Mrs. Charles Wayte, in Regent-street, on Sunday last, ()fa daughter. DIED. In Piccadilly, on the6th inst., Solonian_ Burr, Esq., of Luton, Bedfordshire. Yesterday, at Brook -green, Thoma,s,,Cowie, Esq.„ of Long' acre, in his 66th year. On &tidily, the sth- inst., at his house in Cond u it- street , Sir. Henry Carr Ibbetson, Bart., of Pentohpark, Yorkshire, aged 56. On the sth inst., at Langley park, Bucks, Sit-Robert Bate son Harvey, Bart., in the 78th year of his age: On the 2d inst., at the Rectory_house, Nrtenintil, Kimbol ton, the Very Reit.. Professor Martyry, the 89th year of his age. On the 14th ult., Anne, fourth daughter of , Benjarnin Black den, Esq. On the bth inst„ Benjamin Blackclen,, Esq., of Bledlovr house, in the county, of f Printed and ['obit hecrfor the PRotiftzt-Toag, at the SUIT. OFFICF, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS.