The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-27 00:00:00

Arrived. MA Due. 0 America 0 0 Brazil 0 o Buenos Alres u Donaghadeo 0 1 Dublin 0 Flanders 0 I Fran 0 G ee 0 ............_ ottenburgh I STOCKS, MARCIE 24. St. Patrick Incur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — Hibernian Bank — Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine, — Imperial Mine' • — Mining Co. of Tieland Commercial Buildings — Arrived. Due. O Guernsey& Jersey 0 O Harnburgh 2 O Holland 2 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward islands 2 Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 1 Waterford 0 At n . It ign WATER AT LONDON' BRIDOX TO-MORROW. w ri hn2...44 minutes after 2. I Evening ... 2 minutes after 3. . , s 7 -, 7. . A . 7. , , .... * 4 , -Y . ::; . '.''' ) • , - 1 4 "V c * n br , wieriz . , '' glit i , U • ..,4,1 1, .. ~f: ;7,7%, .„.. , . aff ._ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1827. The Paris Paper.' of Saturday, and the Etoile `fated Sunday morning, reached us last night, but ' th eir contents arc unimportant. It is stated in a private letter in the Consii e4tionrid, that 50,000 men are to be raised in l'O land, and that the Army of Bessarabia is to be augmented to 70,000 men. The Pitote states, on the authority of a letter fro m Corfu, that Gen. GORDON, after several Nitles s attempts, had at length succeeded in co nveying into the Citadel of Athens the sup plies sent by the Greek Government by the lie llas frigate. The following extract from the Etoile, ecli taining intelligence from Constantinople to ti ' e 2 7th Feb., shove that the SULTAN does not r : 142 in his activity, nor abandon his exertions for the conquest of Greece : (From the Etoile dated Sunday, March 25.) Nude, MARCH 25.—We have received news from i CU P ARIS, of the 27th of February. Izet MehmedPac ia, i ,„ . ` 41 by the people Kutchuk Pacha (little Pacha), has been app, N4ted Captain Pacha, and took possession of the arsenal t° ;: t ,7• Rispredecessor has obtained tho Governments of Angora, and Changiari, with the command of the Asi tof the Bosphorus. Thaine Bey, who was Petrone ana . ';' a s been promoted to the rank of Paella of two tails, wh o ,'"a skier of the fleet, in the room of Ibrahim Pacha, is naada inspector of the fortresses in the Danube. It th e a c. rl 'd this Seraskier will command the fleet, and that th e p:P t ain Pacha will remain at Constantinople, to attend „",licil and to direct the works in the arsenal. the L i * nibeaupierre has arrived at Bujukdere, where dire r 4" of hi s l e gation is situated. He went there ' Per vtl y f or th e swee t waters, without passing through men - it 1- le h a d a su i te o f 19 carriages. Many elfdetach the new troops s tationed on the road went to pay ler; M ary honours.. o l f tp e r r te has despatched 20 firmans, authorizing the , 1 EgYpt. ' 4 " . of Nedj e b Effendi has set out suddenly for Ali Pa c h -- ` e in said to have orders to announce to Mehemet direct a that the Sultan gives him the fullest powers to enact® I l ti L " r a r in the Morea and the Islands, and to per -" send 10,000 horses to Constantinople. " LIES OF THE DAY. M:drTidit' Qu otidienne.--All the letters which come . from Cpai fr '" the provinces, and from the frontiers of ' ;oint n ' l r e .. L re : "°l l to presume that hostilities are on the I r ont between Spain and Portugal.* 09f . ' 14. 4 : ' j/1 11 1 ;:.--Paaia, MARCY! 24.—Five per Cents. 70f. 20c. ; Bank Stock, 1,998 f. ; it e , t „ , e per Cents ., ss c . ; Royal Spanish Loan, 52iL -q Naples, 76f. 1 / 4 0 Suel of our readers as have looked at t h e mornin g papers will h e surprised that have n ot placed among the lies a mu l titude of ridiclo t v' t;s: reports which they con tain ; but th ough we judged are bable, we pro are not certai n that theyh m Cu b e im i from placing them aniongre false, and w e therefore abstain Etoile. the falsehood s ." Note of the His Majesty's packet, Falcon, has arrived With a Lisbon mail, bringing letters and papers 0 to the 1 0 th inst ant, i nclusive. The follow ing are extticts from the Gazette de Lisbon, but they are remarkable for nothing but that paucity of intelligence which seem s to exist in most of t he communications from Lisbon (From the Gazette o f ziabon) WaR-Orrica, MARcit de Villa Flor to the Ministe; of letter from Count the 3d of from his head-quarters at Torre Moncorvo, on of March, says, that all the information he received t " ent r: in g the rebels, confirmed the accounts of the dis_ of t he bet the commanders, and the insnbordination That it seems certain that the Spaniards i)10, ntoittPer°rlit them to pass the Douro, wherefore t Villa went ▪ (tlttlotiro to Miranda, w h e re the d Count de il Flor laPecksd to arriv e in three or four a ye, the bad weather and bad celerity. ro ads not all ow i ng hi m t o proceed with greater Gen eral Co rrea d e M ello must have en t e red Braganca to-day, and . I hop e to lean to-night whether the rebel s have rralTAa tor him or retired at his approach. " General Joae Correa de Mello writes from Alla on the • and Sends a copy of a letter from Cl AP de Brim, Ithe Rid regiment, who state, the retr eat o . of J.Or to from Alfandega da Fe to Mo l Ato which the rebels were thrown ga I c , l'r t t, and the confusion t e o approach of the r ,,iivernment troops, and their retreyat Ih e y gave out they were going to Alentlevj:rdspr o claimingl‘lirtuada hat the Don John VI. man-of-war had arri; e f r t 'rt which a revolution took place at Lisbon, and everynithino; AV changed by order of Don Pedro IV., with which theY keive the troops, who are wholly discontented. `1 MARCH lO._—The Infanta Regent, as a mark of her ''itern for the d ea th of the Empress of Brazil, will shut f c ," 111. up for a week from this day, and put on mourning e .,ti x months, and thinks it fit to order, in the King's J% 6 that the mourning shall be general. The Courts of fke shall be shut for three days ; but they dispensed time with covering the tables with black, on tic. of th e present ovic;encies of the Oats. Her Highsess has fixed to the ISth ;natant, to receive in the palace, the compliments of condolence on this mournful occasion. (Signed) " FRANCIS, Bishop of Vizeu." The Lisbon Gazettes to the 10th inclusive contain no particulars from the army. Mr. CANNING laid upon the table of the House of Commons, some very important State Papers. By the perseverance of Great Britain, in the cause of humanity, the EMPEROR of BRAZIL has been induced to enter into a Treaty fur the total abolition of the Slave Trade, by Brazilian ships and subjects. This is an import ant point gained towards the suppression of that horrid traffic, as it has been carried on to a greater extent, and under circumstances of greater atrocity by Brazilian vessels than, perhaps, by those of any other nation. The Treaty will be found in another column, together with a Treaty between this country and the United States, relative to the adjustment of the claims of American Citizens for slaves taker, during the last war. Mr. CANNING also laid on the Table the Correspondence between this Government and the United States, regarding certain commercial regulations between the United States and the British West India Colonies. Great part of this correspondence has been already published by the American Government; that part of it which has not appeared, we shall give in our Paper to-day and to-morrow—our limits not enabling us to print the whyle of it to-day. This additional correspondence is of great in terest, and we cannot describe it better than in the words of a cotemporary (the Times). ihe point chiefly dwelt upon in this supplementary correspondence is, in a great measure, that which occupied the preceding part of it; viz. the nature and extent of that right which a parent country, under the recognized usages of nations, exercises over the trade of her own colonial ter ritories. Mr. Canning asserts the peculiar, paramount, and indefeasible character of the right which, on behalf of Great Britain, he lays claim to. The clear object of Mr. Gallatin is to confound the commercial intercourse be tween foreign States and British colonies, with the trade between foreigners and the ports of Great Britain herself. We have examined, with all the coolness and vigilance we could muster, the arguments of the respective combatants, and, in our judgment, it is quite as certain that Mr. Gal latin feels the reasoning to be against him, as that he seems to plume himself on a very decided consciousness of the superiority of his own style in respect to gravity and dig nity, over that which Mr. Canning on some occasions indulges. It is now only wanting to add, that the last letter of the Foreign Secretary shuts the door upon all ne gotiations for the present, on the trade of America with the British colonies." It will be seen by Parliamentary Report, that his MAJESTY'S Ministers have, in com pliance with the general feeling of the House, consented to adjust the Duties on the Importa tion of Foreign Grain, to the Imperial instead of the Winchester measure; The former being about l-32d larger than the latter. Mr. CHARLES GRANT fixed 625., with a duty of 20s. Bd. as the price and rate of duty which most nearly corresponded with 605., and 20s. on the Winchester Quarter of Wheat. In the same way he fixed 2.35. with a duty of 12s. 4d. for the Imperial Quarter of Barley ; 255. with 9s. 3d. duty for Oats ; and 365. with 15s. 6d. duty for Rye, Pease, and Beans. This point being settled, and the averages being struck on the prices of the imperial mea sure, that standard, will, of course, become uni versal in all dealings in Corn ; and, we trust, that before the end of the Session, a Bill will be introduced to render compulsory, the use of that, and no other measure in all transactions of buying and selling articles meted by measures of capacity. We rejoice at the absenc e of minute frac tional parts of a shilling in the duties thus im posed. The difficulties in calculation would have been actually insurmountable by all un lettered corn-dealers, and might have occasioned a necessity for an extra number of clerks in the Custom-house—not to talk of a new edition of the " Ready Reckoner." The principle of the Bill we admire greatly, and are satisfied that it will tend to place this country, as far as human wisdom can, beyond the reach of those fluctuations which have so often caused incalculable evils. The history of the United Provinces has clearly proved that no amount of industry, enterprise, and capital, can long with stand the want of a fertile territory, and the ne cessity for drawing the necessaries of life from foreign countries,—and even Imperial Rome, which turned Islands and Continents into her exclusive granaries, had to lament, in her decline, a reliance upon others for existence, and the aban donment ofthat art whichC I NCI NNATUS practised and CATO praised. The other extreme is the refusal by a nation to meet the deficiencies of an unfavourable season by the superabundanc e of other countries. But both these extremes are admirably avoided in the new Corn Bill, with its inverse ratio of duties, for whilst we are prevented from seeking a " hasty greatness" with its " fatal doom," by an unlimited importation of foreign corn, and the consequently immediate prosperity (with a future commensurate revulsion) in our manufactures and commerce,—the super abundance of other countries will be w i se l y em ployed in procuring for our own, that steadiness of price which should be the great aim o f legislation. Accounts have been this morning received, announcing the loss of the Manchester trans port, during the late heavy gales of wind, on the coast of Portugal, off Viana, north of the Douro. We are happy to add, that Lieut.-Colonel Sir JOHN MAY of the Royal Artillery, and the Thole of the people on board the transport, were saved. By the Diario di Roma of the 10th instant, we are glad to perceive that the reported fall of Athens is unfounded, the Greeks having beep enabled to thr ow i n a supply of provis i ons to the garrison : CORFU, FM 16.. (By an extraordinary conveyance. ) The moat recent letters frc,te. the Levant, bring news rather more favourable respectin g , the c it a d e l of Athens. After the death of Dour::. l'abvier (as is well known) had orders to take the defe,_ , e of the fortress. He ac cordingly succeeded in entering it with 700 m en , and in concert with the 1,400 Greeks 'who were already there, ondertook great operat i ons f or th e d e f en ce of th e pl ace . This reinf orcement, however, caused the stores to fail sooner than they would otherwise have done, especially biacait. The Government being informed of this scarcity, im mediately thought of means to convey supplies into the fortress, but in the meantime the blockade of it by the Turks, had become very Strict. At length an abundant supply was put on board the Hellas frigate, and the command given to General Gordon, who at the head of 2,000 men set out for the Gulf of Egina. He cast anchor in the Pirmus, two miles from Athens, where he landed, and made linaself master of some Turkish batteries and put to flight the soldiers who defended them. Another letter of the 18th.—It is affirmed that General Gordon has succeeded in introducing into the citadel of Athens, all :the provisions that the Government had em_ barked on board the Hellas. _ _ The Greeks of some districts in Epirus had taken up arms against the Turks; but the Pacha of Arta having suddenly come up with 900 of his soldiers, soon put th em to flight, and they embarked precipitately at Drago Ales tro, for the Morea. Mr. MABERLY last night, in the Comm:ttee of Supply, attempted to draw from the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER some explanations on the subject of Financial measures, but the Right Hon. Gentleman parried the attempt with adroitness, and a bsolutely, though with his usual courtesy, declined answering any of Mr. MA BERLY'S enquiries. In doing so, we think the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did perfectly right, for nothing can be so injurious as to give information on particular parts of such a subject as Finance, before a general and comprehensive view of the whole question can be taken. Our readers will also observe, that the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained the rea sons which had induced him to postpone, till after the Easter holidays, the general explana tion of th e Financial situation of the country, which he has usually given at an early period of the Session. The Right Hon. Gentleman considered such delay to be called for by the circumstance of the a rmament for the ass i stance o f Portu ga l, and the necessity of ascertaining the effects, duration, extent, and rctual expence of that armament before any expose of the subject of Finance was given to the world. Captain HUSKISSON, of the Royal Navy, is appointed to succeed the late Mr. SMITH, as Paymaster of the Navy. Advices from St. Jago de Cuba, of the 23d of January, state that the Government had issued a Procla mation, to be in effect from the 21st of that month, per mitting the exportation of all articles, the produce of the United States of America, in British vessels. The duties had been reduced , as follows :—On barrels of flour and meal, 25 cents. (Is. Sd.), payable by the] seller, and 1 per cent. by the purchaser. The tonnage duty on British vessels, which is at present 16s. Bd., was to be reduced one half. It was generally believed at Vera Cruz when the Pyla des sailed (2d Jan.), that tile Mexican fleet would call off Carthagena, where they would be joined by the two Co lombian frigates, then proceed to Porto Rico, and take pos session of that island. Letters from Constantinople, dated the 26th February, state that a French brig was plundered by pirates, near Cape Ord, and an English brig, which sailectfroni Smyrna, on the 11th inst. under convoy of hil Majesty's ship Phi.. lomel, is said to have shared the same fate, having parted from the convoy in a gale. Lissom, MARCH 10.—Information has been received by the Prudencia, from Rio de Janeiro, of the capture of a Brazilian corvette of 22 guns, by Admiral Brown, com manding the Buenos Ayres squadron off Cape Trio. JAN. 20.--Infortnation has been received, that South American privateers are hovering about the southern coast of Brazil, but none have appeared in this part. AWFUL EXPLOSION of the COMMERCE TRADER. LANCASTER, MARCH 23.—About ten minutes before three o'clock this afternoon, the inhabitants of this town were dreadfully alarmed by a violent tremor of the earth, which extended from the south-western direction to the northward. The first indication of this shock was a slight motion of the earth, which increased for about ten seconds, and terminated by a tremendous concussion, which was felt every where, but without the least perceptible sound. The termination of this was imagined to be a visitation of the awful phenomenon of an earthquake. As the shock passed onward it increased, and every window, door, chimney, picture, or other suspended or projecting or nament, were affected by its surprising power ; and, as if by one accord, a number of persons rushed in the direction of the open plains, to the northward of the town. In this flight a peculiar incident occurred, showing the force of animal instinct. The fore-horses of one of the northern coaches, then about to proceed to its destination, stood fast and trembled excessively, and one of the leaders fell down, with every appearanc e of t error . Here and there catswere seenjumping and springing away with that extraordinary activity, which, at any other time than this, would have caused merriment. The shock was felt, it appears by the accounts from the north, at Carlisle, where the same opi nion as to its course was expressed. Near the sheep fells (a range of hilly moorland) in Westmoreland, about 2 miles from this town, the shock was very violently expe rienced, and the windows of Brougham Hall, the re sidence of Mr. Brougham, Member of Parliament, were shattered. Considerable damage was also done at Ken dal and Lowther Castles, at Milthorpe, Bolton on the Sands, Poulton, Skerton, &c. The Ulverstone carriers, describe the shock as very dreadful. The sands were hurled into the air in heavy showers, and men and horses, were over thrown in several places of that dangerous tract of sand which these poor people cross daily with peat, turf, &c. to earn something about 2s. 6d. As we have stated, every person for about ten miles, considered this a shock of an earthquake, until by the arrival of the Ulverstone over Sand coach, on Saturday night, the cause of this alarming sensation was correctly and positively stated; and by a journey to Peel Castle, about 4.0 miles from here, we are now enabled to lay before our readers the calamitous cir cumstances of it. A dogger vessel, trading coastwise from Lancaster to Liverpool, called the Commerce, commanded by Captain Haddock, of Lancaster, in pursuing its voyage, laden with clothe, was wind bound at Poulton for some days, and only got out en Wednesday night last, and took in about ten ton of gunpowder, in bags and barrels, at 13ackborough Mill. The ship proceeded on her voyage, very heavily laden, and was off Peel Castle, on the Lan cashire coast, when the accident happened. The vessel sat deeply in the water, and made but indifferent way, when shortly after 2 o'clock in the day, one of the crew observed a smoke ascending from the main hatchway. The circum stance was communicated throughout the ship, and the tar paulings were immediately raised, and through some crevices of the stowage, a thick smoke was observed forcing its way. The captain ordered the tiers in:the hold to be deluged, but in a few minutes the horrible fact of the cotton being on fire close to the gunpowder was discovered, and the crew found that the opposition of the two elements- would be useless, because that of fire bad obtained such powerful ascen dancy, that before it could by possibility be subdued, the gunpowder world i Hite, and the ship, cargo, crew and A . :, would he blown into the air; therefore, the boat was low ered instantly, and the ship being geutled, and the water admitted through her lower tier, the crew departed, being then about six miles from the shore; a strong easterly breese prevailing, the ship warped round, and losing the direction of the helm, sailed before the wind for about two minutes, when a sudden thickness of smoke arising from her] an nounced that the awful blowing up was at hand. The men say that in a few seconds after the unfortunate ship seemed lifted by her knees out of the water, and blew up momen tarily afterwards, with a most terrific explosion ; the shock they desc r ib e as d rea df u l ; th e ir boat was lif te d out of t h e water, and but f or th e c ircumstance of th e s hi p b e i ng t o windward, they must all have perished. They made for the shore, which was lined by hundreds who had witnessed the accident from the Land, and many of wh om were se riously bruised from being dashed to the ground by the f o rce of the concussion produced by the explosion. The ship was blown alm os t t o atoms, scarcely a vest i ge o f h er timbers or cargo being recov e red, and it appe ars from the circumstance of th e i r b e i ng b u t o ne explosion, th a t the powder mast have ignited in se ve ral places a t once. The damage done to the houses at Peel Castle, Backe borough, and along the immediate vicinity of the Coast, is very great; several have been blown down, and the mis chief is generally experienced. By the arrivals from the South the shod( ' it is said, was felt very forcibly at Liverpool and other places adjacent.— It was there also attributed to the partial shock of an earthquake. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Since the commencement of business this morning there has scarcely been any movement in the British Funds ; Con sols, which closed yesterday at 821 it, opened at the same price, and have been alternately buyers and sellers ; the high premium on India Bonds and Exchequer Bills still continues, the former being 59 60, and the latter, 39 40. Every thing in the Foreign market is extremely dull and inanimate, the Members of the House attending more to who shall and who shall not be on the Committee, this being the day of the election. In the mean time, the quo tations for Colombian Bonds are 411 2 ; Mexican, 6 per Cents. 704 1 ; Portuguese, 76 1. The intelligence from Oporto of the 7th inst., by the Lisbon Mail, does not con firm the disarming of the Rebels, and represents them still to be in considerable force in the province of Tras oe Men tes. Nothing new can be reported relative to Shares. Three per Cent. Console, 82i ; Ditto for account, 82k; India Bonds, 59 60 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 39 40 pm. Foxatcx FUNDS.—Brazilian, 65/ 6 ; Buenos Ayres, 52 4 ; Chilian, 35 7 ; Colombian, 1824, 414 2 ; Danish, 611 2 ; Greek, 151 16 ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 58 9 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 70 ; Peruvian, 34 5 ; Portuguese, 76 1; Russian, 874 8; Spanish, 12# 4. MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 421 40 die. ; Brazilian, 2 3 pm. ; Bolivar, par ; Colombian, 15 17 per Share ; Pasco Peruvian, 17 16 dis. ; Potosi, 30 2 per Share ; Real del Monte, 70 80 pm. ; Tlalpuxalitut, 15 25 pm. ; United Mexican, 134 124 die. Two o' Clock. Consols have advanced to S 2 ; India Bonds have also risen Is. per Cent. higher, and are 61 ; Exchequer Bills have experienced an equal advance, and are 41 pm. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 6211. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 82i Danish Bonds Do. for Ac. 82 Greek Do. 1825, 16 Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825, Buenos Ayres Do. 52 Peruvian Do. Chili= Do. Russian Do. Columbian, 1824, 41i Spanish Do. l 2 a FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. The Duke of Clarence arrived in town yes terday morning, from his scat in Bushy Park. His Royal flighness visited the new building, erecting for his future residence, in the Stable Yard, St. James's. Mr. Hunt, the architect, was in attendance to receive the Royal Duke, who inspected the edifice for a considerable time. In the aferwou his Royal Highness left town on his return to Bushy Park. • The Princess Augusta took an airing in her open carriage and four yesterday, to Battersea and its neighbourhood. The Duke of Clarence and the Ducheas of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The Duke of Buckingham had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Pall-mall. The Marquis of Clanricarde entertained a dis tinguished party to dinner on Saturday, at his house in St. James's-square ; among whom were--Prince and Princess Lieven, the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, Lord and Lady Granville, Lord Dudley and Ward, Lord Sea forth, Lord Palmerston, Mr. and Mrs. Canning, Mr. Planta, &c. The Dowager Marchioness of Hertford enter tained an elegant circle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Manchester-square. - - The Marquis of Hertford has issued cards of invited:ko two musical parties, on Wednesday the 11th, anti Tueiday the 16th of April, at his house in Piccadilly. Mr. Secretary Canning attended the House of Commons la-.t night, for a short time, for the purpose of presenting some State Papers, and to defend the Civil Con tingencies, especially those items which we extracted on Saturday, they being made the subject of. remarks. Mr. Canning, we lament to nay, appeared to be far from well ; but the falling-off in the voice was the most remarkable peculiarity, as it displayed much of the thickness and in distinctness of age. He was heard in the gallery very im perfectly, and with much difficulty; and in the House, the Members appeared to be obliged to pay extra attention to hear him.—Morning Herald. We understand that the largest assortment of fashionable straw, chip, and Leghorn bonnets is to be met with at Ralph Shepheard's, 106, Oxford-street, op posite Argyle-street. Mr. Brundish, of Caius College, Cambridge, was senior Wrangler, senior Medalist, senior Prizeman, and senior Bachelor of his year ; hence he was not inap propriately called The Grand Signior. Why are deep mathdtnaticians like soldiers ? Because they have read Cotcs.—N.B. Cotes was the author of an elaborate work, entitled " Harmonia Mensu rarum." The East India Company's ship Edinburgh arrived off Portland on the 23d inst. She left China on the 29ih of November, the Cape on the 25th of January, and St. Helena on the ith of last month. It is said that the Rev. Dr. Wellesley is to be Dean of Durham. The income is estimated at 8,0001. a-year. A letter from Munich, dated 13th March, an nounces that the Infant Don Miguel was expected in the capital of Bavaria, on his way to Paris. As Lord K. was a few days ago coming to town in a short stage, the Game Laws were moth discus sed by him and another gentleman. On bit Lordship leaving the coach, an elderly woman, who had been an attentive listener, said she presumed the man must be a poulterer.—Cornwall Gazette. The Reading Committee having expelled Mr. Spence, at the cost of 20,000/., has got the name of the Expensive Committee. A Morning Paper makes a wonderful disco very, in stating to-day, that Mr. Canning last night con firmed the report, that the Marquis of Hertford was about to proceed, on a special embassy, to St. Petcrsburgh. The Noble Marquis's appointment was Gazetted some days ago ! 1 A new work on the favourite national instru ment (the harp), in its present high state of perfection, will shortly appear; and we arc happy to learn, that our Sovereign, who uniformly patronizes native talent, has been graciously pleased to grant permission to the author, to dedicate the production to his Majesty. BLOOMSBURY AND SOUTH PANCRAS AuxtLianT BIBLE Soctur.....The Annual Meeting of the above Society, was held this day at the Freemason's Tavern, and in the absence of the Right Hor. Charles Grant, (the President of the Society), his brother, Mr. Robert Grant, w as called to the Chair. The Secretary read the report o f the Society's proceedings during the last year, from whi c h it appeared that the funs were i n a very declining st a t e. Mr. Sibthorp, the H o n. Baptist Noel, and several other gentlemen, then addressed the M eetin g , which did not On thi s ni g ht week, about ninety acres of land were ploughed up , partly on the demesne , and the rest in the iltighbourhood o f Thomastown , by the nightly C: parate until a late hour. legislators. Between four and five hundred of them at tended-""saveral hundred shots were fired ; in fact, an in cessant fire Was kept np for nearly the wh o le n ight. On the next day the following noti ce was served o n Mr. Smithwick ,to w h om a portion of the ploughed-up land belonged he doe, not i mmed i ately g i ve up the wood and roa d f i elds " Notic e i s h ereby g i ven t o black Jack Smith w i c k , if To the Distreased Poor for Potatoe Ground at a moderate rent, he will meet with the fate of B aker or Farrell* wife any person wh o stops up those sods will meet with the loss of his life and if you do not Comply with this we will shoot your Stock Burn your Daryhouse-roe s an d milk women this is Enough " Given at the Council Room gt By the Provider of the Poor "ROCK." Clonmel liera/d. TIIE FOLLOWING IS THE ENTIRE PASSAGE FROM " LET TERS PROlt coCIENET LANDS," WE GAVE IN PART yEsTEEDAT The walls around their lord, yet drear and tenantless, "Where Wonder's gaze is check'd, his voice forgot, And busy Flattery even babbles not ; The alighted squadron • pace this hall of loneliness; The vet'ran thinks of homage paid, that never left a stain, While resignation only lives to sigh the last --obey; The youth who scarce has follow'd yet one comrade's bier, While sterner eyes can scarce refrain, Recalls the tales on watch, and drops a tear, For be, the Soldier's friend, is lost for ayu. " The Lancers, who had been on duty during the day, were admitted to witness the lying in state, at the dole of Friday. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-APPEALS. .tACAULAY v. IHACKELL This was an action brought in the Court of King's Bench against the defendant, the proprietor of the John Bull newspaper, for having published a libel of and con cerning the appellant. The defendant pleaded a justifica tion, and filed a bill in the Court of Chancery for a discovery, and also for commissions to examine wit nesses in Sierra Leone and likewise in different parts of the West Indies. To this the appellant demurred, denying the truth of the libel by affidavit. The Lord Chancellor over-ruled the demurrer, and issued an injunc tion to stay all proceedings in this action in the Law Courts until the appellant should answer the bill ; and also granted an order to the respondent to sue out commissions for the examination of witnesses in the West India Islands. From these orders the appellant brought an appeal to the House of Lords, which came on for hearing yesterday, when 14, SHanwzaa addressed the House on behalf of the appellant. Mr. PEPYS was heard on the same side to-day. In support of his arguments he instanced several cases where persons brought actions for pirating copy-rights, and were refused the protection of the law courts, on the grounds that their works had an immoral tendency, and could not be beneficial to the public, he contended that on the same principle the respondents in this case, who, by their own shelving, had Lem guilty of an indictable offence, were not entitled to relief in a Court of Equity. • The LORD CHANCELLOR—Lord Mansfield has said that a person cannot lodge an indictment and bring a civil ac tion at the same time for the same offence; the appellant has brought a civil action in the result of which the public are not concerned, aa they would be in case of an indict ment. Mr. PEPYS resumed—There was no difference between the persons who endeavoured to establish their copyrights, and whom the Court refused to protect, because they had been guilty of an immoral act, and the respondent in this case—in the case of Blackenbury v. Blackenbury, where the father gave a colourable title in land to the son, in order to evade the Game Laws, and the son took advantage of the conveyance, and converted the land to his own use. The father applied to a Court of Equity for re lief, but it was refused to him, on the ground that the purpose of the conveyance was illegal, and the Court would not give relief to a person acting to evade the law. The Learned Counsel then quoted the case of Langton v. Hughes. First, Maul v. Selwyn, where a druggist brought an action against a brewer, for the amount of deleterious drugs, supplied for the purpose of adulterating beer, and the Court held that he was not entitled to recover. There was no instance of a person resting his case on his own improper conduct, getting relief in a Court of Equity. If the principle were once established that in actions of tort the defendant could file a bill of discovery in Chancery, the mischief that would resnit would be incal culable. He would instance the case of a banker bringing an action against the proprietor of a newspaper for pub lishing that he was insolvent. According to the doctrine in the present case the libeller would be entitled to file a bill, and compel the banker to submit all his books for inspection, and give an account of allhis dealings and transactions, other wise he should abandon his action. If this rule were once established, no banker nor merchant would venture to bring an action for being libelled. The LORD CHANCELLOR—There is a eingnlarity in the law of libel, that in case of an indictment the defendant will not be allowed to prove the truth in answer ; but in an action for damages he will. There was a floating opi. nion abroad that truth ought to be allowed in answer to an indictment, but, when better considered, his Lordship thought it would be an unsound principle. The law had put it this way, that if a person proceeded ought on general grounds of public evil, whether the libel were true or not, was a matter of indifference, but when an ac tion was brought for private motives, then the truth was considered a sufficient answer. Thus, if an action were brought, and the truth proved, the law had laid it down that it was no libel, then came the question, whether in such a case a Court of Law would not grant a Commis sion to assist the defendant in showing that it was not a libel. Air. PRPTS—The Court of King's Bench has said, that a Commission should not be granted unless the libeller hod the means by him of proving the truth of the libel at the time it was published. The Loan CMANCILLOR-The privilege of granting commissions was originally vested in the Court of Chancery, the common Law Courts assumed that authority, and then they presumed to , dictate to the Court of Chancery what ought to be done. Mr. PErYs—The common Law Courts have no such authority, except by compelling the parties to consent. The Learned Counsel concluded his argument by calling on the House not to establish a doctrine novel in its prin ciple and mischievous in its consequences. • The ATTORNEY GENERAL then addressed the House on behalf of the respondents. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Mr. LYNCH applied this morning for an Injunction to restrain a Mrs. Charlotte Slate, from transferring a certain amount of Stock now standing in the Bank hooks to her credit. The application could not be entertained by the Vice-Clmncellor until the lady in question had been served with the notice of it, and as the application was cx-parte, reflecting on her character, we refrain from stating the particulars until Mrs. Slate has the oppor tunity of putting in her answer. llis HoNoua was employed during the entire morning in hearing petitions. The only two possessing the slightest interest were directed to stand °Ter. LENT ASSIZES-(RECEIVED THIS DAY), LANCASTER, SATURDAY MOWING. HORRID MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS MOTHER, Raelutel _Bradley, aged 27, stood indicted for the wilful murder of her own child, at Ashton-under-Lyne. Hannah Meigall lived at Ashton-under•Lvue at Mid summer last. The p r i soner went to lodge at her house, at which time she was in a s t a t e o f pregnancy ; she remained thereabout parish, ai• e whiche was Thurston. Ab ou t Ch r i stmas shek , and then l e ft, say i ng she was going to her came back again, and brought with her a very fine female child, to which she had given birth ; she called it her dar ling, and said its name was Mary. She remained this time about a month, and, on the 16th of January, she again went away, taking the child with her, saying she should again apply to her parish. On the 18th she returned again, b u t w i t h out t h e c hild . Wi tness as k e d her where the her she must infant was ? and she replied that she bad left it with a woman to nurse. James Har.,p, constable, on the 18th January, appre hended 17 Witness ‘ t ‘ o - l ' d l l s h e was in bed, it being twelve o'clock hended the prisoner; go till ' come to takeher on a charge her child - she said, I not go with thee, I of murdering , windy on Tuesday morning, have not murdered at night ; he toldlie i r t. the child it ; and, without any promise of pardon, she said " I will and I was going along the canal with the child h my arms, when we were blown in, and I lost it."—Witness said, ~ You never fell in yourself, but you threw the child in, now tell me where you have put the poor infant, tell thee the truth ; it was very in order that it may be found and buried." She studied a little while, and then said, " I threw it into the tunnel, just at the end of the rails, and I saw it struggle in the water, and it then sunk before me." Witness then conveyed her away in custody. Thomas Higham, constable, went to the canal to search for the child, he was at work two days; he saw it picked up on the Sunday, and carried to the workhouse ; witness fetched the prisoner to look at it ; he held it in his arms and asked her if it was her child but / . she never answered. He asked her again, and received no answer ; some p er _ son standing near said, " Can't you speak, woman ?" She then said it was her child. Witness then said, " You bore this child did you." She said, "Yes." The prisoner said nothing in her defence, and the Jury without hesitation pronounced her Guilty. When Mr. Justice BATLIT was about to pass sentence on the wretched woman she was seized with a fainting fit, but through the aid of restoratives was in a short time so far recovered as to enable his Lordship to proceed. He then pronounced the awful seatenca of the law, and ordered her to he executed on Monday, and her body to be deli vered over to the surgeons to be anatomized. The wretched woman was carried from the dock in the chair in which she had eat during the CIL TIIE LATE SIR EDWARD BELLEW.--On Sunday morning, the remains of Sir E. Bellew were re moved to the parish Chapel, attended by the greatest and most respectable concourse of carriages, persons on horse back and foot, that has been ever recollected to be assembled together by the oldest man in Louth. The sacred cere monies being ended, the ceffin (the hearse following) was carried by his numerous tenantry, to the house of Barinsatb, and again deposited in the Baronet's private Chapel, to await the arrival from England of his eldest son, now Sir Patrick Bellew, who arrived in the course of the night. On Moaday morning, a little after eleven o'clock, his re mains were deposited in the family vault. —Dublin Free -771(1,7'. .Totirn(77. l ARLIAMENTARV PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE QF COMMONS. , NOTICES OF 1110;TIONS FOR THIS DAY. littin.!—Select Comanittee to inquire into the state of the ' 7 :nd other Prisc Ais for the confinement of Debtors. .c. irtenry Grattan— Return relative to the Voyages of his ndjesty's Steam P ackets from Holyhead to Howth, and tfmca Dunleary to Liverpool ; the fares for carrying passen. Nero, horses, aura carriages; together with th e expences f o r 'buildings at Dunleary. 4, Mr. Courtenay— .Select Committee on Friendly Societies. ORDER OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 7 . Marlborough election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Banffshire Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half after thrc:e. S. Names of Umbers absent to be set aside. 4. Defaulters absent at the Ballots on Wednesday 21st March to atten d. S. Writ of Right Bill—Second reading. S. Jameson' Divorce Bill—Committee, Counsel. 7 . General Turnpike Act Amendment Bill—Further consider ., ation of Report. ". Deputy Clerk of the Crown to amend Return for Reading. 9- Supply—Report. 10 . Corn Trade Acts—Report thereupon. P. Ways and Means—Report. 12 Annual Duties Bill—Third reading. 13 . Annual Indemnity Bill—Third reading 14. Copyhold Estates Bill—Report. 1 5• BLfle of exchange reading. salmon Fisheries Bill—Committee. 17..:Syring Guns .Bill—Repcirt. NOTICEId GIVEN YESTERDAY. T.hursday, March 29. 'r John Newport— Lo refer the Irish Estimates to a Select *Committ e. Friday, March 30. 1. Lord vi s count,' Palmerston—Disembodied Militia Fitimates (in Committme of .Supply). 2. Mr. flume—. Address for Copies of all Treaties at present in force bet - ween his Majesty and the King of Portugal, and every D.rreign State or Power, involving offensive or defen. sive alliance, pecuniary or other assistance, on either side. Mr, ednesdommay, Aril 25. r, Fow.tll Buxton—S Select Committee on the Mauritius Slave Trc de. • Tueday, May 15. Sin Fame—Church Establishment of Ireland. After ter. Mr. Lowell Buxton—Motion to prevent the immolation of Hin do° - .Vidows on.the funeral piles of their husbands. PRICES OF IRIS)/ S. ____ ~.. - - }tank stock - Consols, 3 per cent. 82% Gov. Stock, Si percent 88 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. Gov. Deb.l3% per cent 83% Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent --. Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct -- CITY OF ANTWERP. The fine tract of country between Ghent mini Antwerp has been universally and deservedly ad mired. It is undoubtedly the most productive spot of the same extent in Europe —not indeed in the pecuniary value ; but certainly in the abundance and quality of its produce. The two principal villages on the high road—Lokeren and St. Nicolas—in beauty, extent, and wealth, resemble cities of the se cond class. Their inhabitants wear the hue of health in a greater degree than I have beheld in any other people of this country. Every look betokens the consciousness of plenty, and enjoyment of ease. The Scheldt, with a bordering of marshy land, over which its waters formerly flowed, separates between this fruitful spot and the renowned city of Antwerp. Bishop Newton places Antwerp mid way in his line of cities famed at different periods for maritime commerce—Tyre and Venice preced ing it, and Amsterdam and London bringing up the rear. What ancient Tyre was in appearance we have no accurate and authentic information : but itg extent must have far exceeded the utmost magnitude of Antwerp ; while, compared with London, or Am sterdam, or Venice, Antwerp is in both respects ut terly insignificant. Its surprising trade and wealth, for about a century and a half, gave it a distinction to which as a city it could never have been entitled. Had the gigantic plans of Buonaparte been executed, and a new city, of which the foundations were laid, been raised on the western side of the river, it might, in his hands, have become as renowned for military strength as it once was for commercial enterprise and opulence. In such an event, ancient Antwerp would have rivalled Southwark, as a narrow and dirty suburb to the modern and magnificent city, kept at a respectful distance from it by a wide, inter vening,le hfsiostrraelceittt the called e. o Gnl Guides i L dce a o: P aap k n i i cd c u e oj d uo e su rilonlba objects , and purifying river. The splendid cathedral—the large deserted stadt aohafoduisnteht—eareaars ta t i n n a g a who thought they must say something great about it, if even they copied from each other, have pom pously drawn the public attention to its exchange, as the model from which Sir Thomas Gresham built our Royal Exchange; but who ever expects to find any resemblance between them, excepting that both are square buildini;s, will be miserably disappointed. Many a London merchant has paced Antwerp over, and passed through and through the Exchange, in eager search of itself. When I was first in the city, a broker fresh front London wished me to go with him from the inn to gaze at this object of Sir Thomas Gresham's ad miration. I took him, without mentioning it, through the centre of the very place, and we stopped several minutes to purchase some fruit. After we had left it I remarked with hesitation—" We must now I think be near the Exchange." Eager for the discovery, my companion stepped back into the very place to ask the old fruit woman the nearest way ; when her laughter forbade any other answer. The broker saw the joke; but was put into good humour by the remark that "lie had inquired for the Exchange of one of the principal merchants fre quenting it." The expectations of the stranger are, however, as much surpassed by the Cathedral, as they are dis appointed by the Exchange—but my remarks on this astonishing structure must be reserved for some future sketch of the Belgic churches. The markets of this city are generally good, and, on market days the Exchange is crowded; not, however, with the portly, embroidered, and magis terial men of commerce it once contained; but with a humbler class of trader:, mostly females, who furnish the tables of the citizens, with their berries, leaves, and roots. In one angle, from November to Fehzutry, may perchance be seen a small number of Turkey merchants ; none of them, however, wealthy or loyal enough to lend their sovereign two millions of ducats, and then to invite him to dinner for the pleasure of burning the secu rity before his eyes.--Belgic Sketches. BRUSSELS, MA RC N 21.—A letter from Augsburg gives an account of the reasons of the arrest of Father Jobbs, Confessor of the Empress of Austria. It ap pears that this ecclesiastic, who belongs to the order of the Ligorians, had a very extensive correspondence with several dignitaries of the Church residing in various European capitals. ndTehnecyacagtiaviintystofthtehiGs Governments of fe severalhavi ng gr a ea t- t gtrearcstued tendency attention of the police, part of it was seized, which was found to contain plans of an extremely dan- States. physiognomy, w. J c a l tn iar a g S ed ß w e i i t d h , c o ru f el d ty ark to an h ! savage She, a tall, deli cate-looking female, was assisted to the witnesses' steps, but seemed desirons, as commonly happens in cases of the kind, to extenuate the guilt of her brutal husband. The woman was hardly able to articulate, but abs informed them that he had often abused her, but nuyer so seriously as at the present time. When the officers took him into custody, he turned to his wife and said, " I will make you suffer for all this when lam set at liberty." 31r. Neilson, surgeon, who examined her bruises, stated that her thighs, arms, and breast, were blue with the violence which had been used towards her. It appeared also, in evidence, that the prisoner contributed nothing to his own support, or that of the family, and that he was indebted to his most deserving and industrious, but ill-requited wife, for the I means of subsistence. The Magistrate, after hearing this revolting narrative, said that he could not enter further into the case here, as the punishment which he could inflict from this place, was not at all equal to the deserts of the barbarian before Wm. The prisoner Wag then removed from the bar, and sent to the Chamber...— Glasgow Free Press. RING Dnorrtuc..--ISTiles Mullay, an old offender, w” charged at the Police-office yesterday, wits' this act of imposition, for which kind of imposture be has been long and justly celebrated. A poor Irish, simple looking lad, had, in the course of last week, landed from a w st a u r m d b a l t ed ow o n n , when h s m e n a 11 p Miles, arc el ,who which w a s steam-boat, and was journeying from the Broomielaw him,to being dropped b:, somebody, and be?" it, he addressed the stranger, " what can . this ., be? . ' Troth, I should not wonder but it's s omething, replied the honest Hibernian, I.,:jai.kithnega appearance ce o very cur i oad u ri s ntig to cleo k ,u n ae o ni w d)::l ts :seco c o : ; n elr t la e in n pg t e s r , , and sorry at his bad for tune in not being first to seize . the prize. Miles looked ens piciously around him to see if any one was return* to man a sign to follow him into a close, nobody, andwth li be e eni g ea a ,n v oafter r e: ct r it i: re i r i r rflical:iiiyisnhuetidh:feoelyes were destined to behold a glittering seal and ring ! The Irishman congratulated Miles on his good fortune, who appeared much elated, and anxious to as certain their value. A person who had the look of a well dressed mechanic, passed, as it were by accident, up the close at this instant, and was asked if he could inform them whether these articles were gold, or merely brews ? " Bras s !" sa id h e, scornfully, " I will risk 101. for th e geld that's in the m ," an d offered to pay Miles the mo ney if he w ou ld t a k e th e trouble of walking to his m as t er ' s shop, whi c h was a j e weller's of course. Miles sa id i t was a iu n i d po h ss i i s bl i e )oa fo t was rhimtogo to his shop—he was a sailor, about to tail for Dundee but added (rne ,„i n g . the I rishman,) ' , ram With me tel..n I he, " I am entitled only to the half of the money, —this young man, for tune." ~ C e rtainly," replied the other, " and the best my good 1 pany me with the articles to my shop, where I will give and accom very willing to h t fo i h i u m i thing that o t t h i la e t f p o u r ha c t el ca h i . m i an d . d : is i s T e t n i o:l l e ed r a: h. e to m w a sh i n t l h a w n y:o s i u n 51. agree to this proposal, but, happily for him, he had uo more money than be. which.wae,at.tbeir service. This was con sidered by Miles and his accomplice, rather too slender a pull, and observing their victim i Nv as in p ossess i on o f a goo d hat, beyond what he hadi mmed iate use f or , an d a s h aw l which he carried over his arm, they as k e d hi m i nto a pub lic-house, wh ere h e was persuaded t o l eave i n possess i on o f Miles the hat and shawl, and the 51., and go to the shop of the pretended mechanic to receive the money stipulated for. The mechanic, however, after taking him through several streets, left him, and he, poor fellow, was unable to find ou t th e public-house, wh ere h e h a d l e ft Miles, with the charg e o f hi s ha t and sh aw l, w hi c h i n d ee d was of littl e consequence, for Miles took care not to stop long behind. When he inquired at the shop the value of the seal and ring, he was informed they were not worth sixpence. On Thurs• day, however, the unfortunate dupe discovered Miles in the street, and had him taken into custody, but he denied ever having seen the young Irishman before. Is/o further evi dence appearing, the prisoner was remanded until some at tempts were made to find oat the public house in which the