The Sun. — London, England, 1827-02-01 00:00:00

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols opened this morning at 794 e, they immediately ad vanced to 79i 80, and are now 80 both fiw money and account. The appearance of the market has given rise to an expectation that a further advance will take place, as there are large sums unem ployed in the City, which, it is supposed, will induce the public to etlme into the market. The prices of India Bonds and Exchequer Rills continue fully to sustain their premium, the former are 47 8, and the latter, 29 30. The Foreign Securities seem, in Colombian and Mexican Bonds, to improve, the latter are 65 1, and the former have got up to 35. Considerable expectation seems to be entertained that the effective measures and rigid economy which had been so actively put in execution in Colombia by Bolivar, Would eventually give that Government the means of recovering their credit, and enable them to discharge the dividends already, and to become, due. Russian Stock remains firm at 87 ; Portu guese, 74 5. In Shares there has latterly been some business, Tlalpuxahua are quoted at 60 70 pm. ; but, as already stated, the public have been so timid formerly that great shyness is ex hibited from this quarter, notwithstanding the excellent reports which have been circulated. Three per Cent. Consols, 80 ; Ditto for account, 80; India Bonds, 47 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 29 30 pm. Foaricar FUNDS. Brazilian, 60-.1 1 ; Buenos Agree, 54 6 ; Chilian, 30 2 ; Colombian, 18'4, 35 ; Danish, 584 84 ; Mexi• tan, 5 per Cent., 53 4. ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 65 ; Portuguese, 74 5 ; Peruvian, SO v ; Greek, 1g 14; Russian, 87 ; Spanish, 114 12i. 9 Mmes.—Angl o Mexican, 30 25 die. ; United Me x i can , 1 0 ; Brazilian, 51 I di , . ; Real del Monte, 100 10 pm. ; " 1 "" 8 , 60 80 ; Tlalpnxahua, 60 70 prn. ; Bolivar, 2 3 pm. ; Colombian, 15 16 per Share ; Potosi, 30 35 per Share. Two o' aneh. Come business has been doing in Consols as high as 801, buyers, i6 Y went hack to 80i, and are now 80+ the price ; India Bonds a re 49 premium. A rise of one per Cent. on Mexican Bonds has taken place, and they are 66. THREE O'CLOCK Consols, 801- FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. Consols 791 Danish Bonds 59 1 0. for Ac. 791 Greek Do. 1825 15 Brazilian Bonds 61+ Mexican Do. 1825, 65 Buen os Ayres Do. 51 Peruvian Do. 31 Chilian Do. 36 Russian Do. Columbian, 1824. n4l Spanish Do. 11:1 WELLESLEY CAUSE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR —Whatever may be thought of the LORD CHAN CELLOR'S deeisi on i n th e WELLEsLEY cause, the A TTORNEY-GENERAL has undoubtedly conferred a service on the country by advising its public discus.. "ion- It has turned the attention of Englishmen to a subject in which they see that they are all deeply inte rested ; and a jurisdiction has been disclosed deriving tio countenance from the common law, and subjected to no limits but the discretion of the Judge. If, as The LORD CHANCELLOR has stated, it be the pecu liar privilege of his Court to enforce the duties of the parent, it must, in a much stronger degree, be his pri vilege to enforce the duties of the child. And Mr. Justice BLACKSTONE says, that " the law does not hold the tie of nature to be dissolved by any misbe haviour of the parent, to whom the child naturally owes subjection and obedience during minority, and honour and reverence after." Now I must confess that it is not easy to sec how Mr. WELLESLEY can fulfil the duties of a father, if his children are forcibly to be removed from his custody and su perintendance ; nor can I conceive how the re verence of the children is at all likely to be Promoted by judicial interference. On the contrary I sin of opinion that the effect of it will be to create bet ween these near relations an. eternal separation. The ATTORNEY GENERAL stated that the children of Mr. WELLESLEY should not only be kept apart from their father, but should be taught to discard him f rom their affections, and, if possible, from their memory ; and perhaps for such purposes no contrivance could be more successful than the present proceeding. I d o not mean to defend Mr. WELLESLEY ; but the prejudice against him is so strong that the public is in. danger , of acquiescing too supinely in doctrines which tnough n ow doubtfully stated, may afterwards be referred to as authoritative precedents. It may, for aught I can see, be very proper to put these children under judicial regulation, but I should like to know how long this arrangement is intended to continue. If M r . WELLESLEY should reform his conduct, I s9ppose the LORD CHANCELLOR will re-invest him With the patria potestas. For it is not to imnish Mr. WELLESLEY, but to protect his children from s upposed contamination, that the Court is expected to interfere. On the other hand, if he should relapse, it will again be necessary to deprive him of his children ; and so, in order to give full effect to these principles, it is evident that the futur e gradations of this gentleman ' s moral b e h av i our must be cl o sely watched ; and the CHANCELLOR will ev ery now and then be called upon to decide upon his P ri vileges. This, I apprehend, is a jurisdiction w hich no honourable Judge would desire to exercise ; al ld, under such peculiar circumstances, I am not surprised L that the LORD CHANCELLOR has consumed 3° much time, and betrayed so much anxiety, in dis- P° B ing of the application. M. Lond on , J an . 31. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. FOX CHACES. f) n Tuesday last, Mr. Bennett, with his little pack (two hounds "d a terrier) unkennclled a very large fox in Charles's Wood, n Par Cranbrook, Devon ; he took away through Hannacombe into 'Vhiddon Wood, back again through Hannacombe and Charles's 9Nods, to Willevstone Down, where som e of th e finest sport was thown, the dogs nearly up to his brush ; he then turned back a gain through the woods, and . Mr. Bennett was thrown out, after a hard gallop of nearly three hours ; the dogs did not return to their kennel till the next morning, very much fatigued.—Sher 6°rne Journal. t The Mahon and Cobra hounds had a very ga ll an t run on rida ; they found a fox at about two o'clock, and after r unn i ng hart through ten parishes, a distance of upwards of 70 miles, th ey l ulled hint at half-past seven in the evening, within a mile of the 'PO were he was found. GALLOPING MATCH. Captain Ramsey undertook, for a stake of 300 110111. to gallop ' , ev en miles in half an hoer. The match excited great interest, 41 1r1 h eav y sums were pending. The Captain rode full I2st., and *aa allowed a second horse if he thought proper. The match I viti performed over two miles of Ascot Race-course on Monday, and b e tting was 5 and 6t04 on time. Thornton, the famous bunter, was the first horse, and he performed six miles in nine freronds within fifteen minutes. The second h orse was i n readi ')"4, and the rider across him in a twinkling. He did the five r ailer; in fourteen minutes and two secontk, winning the matt:lll,y f our seconds, as three were occupied in clanging horses. PIGEON SHOOTING. On Thu rs d a y lost, a match took pkac e near Newport, Isle of Wight, betw een Mr. 11. Toorner and Mr. E. Way, at 21 bi r d s etch, 21 yards from the trap, each pulling his own string, which vam Woo by Mr. Towner. Mr. Way shot well, but most of his birds fell oat of hounds. After this match Mr. T. killed 20 °Parrown out of 21 shots, let off at 18 yards. On Thursday last there was a grand match of pigeon shooting st lichen Ferry, near Southampton, which was attended by all the c rack shots, and the excellence of the shooting at which made it ident to all, that, in this department of sporting at least, ``There's no place like Southampton. LAW IStELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. WELLESLEY V. DUKE OF BEAUFORT. Before the doors were opened to-day, the crowd in front of them was immense, both of persons interested in the resuleof this important case, and of persons prompted hither from motives of mere curiosity. When they were opened, the rush into Court was so great, that every corner of it was almost instantaneously blocked up. There were a great number of Common Law Counsel likewise present, and, indeed, half the Learned Gentlemen in at tendance could not find accommodation with seats. The LORD CIL% NCELLOR entered the Court at a quarter before eleven o'clock, and immediately proceeded to apply himself to the case. His Loonanie commenced his judgment with saying, that the case came before him, upon two bills that were filed with respect to the fortunes of the children, by Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley, and upon a petition subsequently presented by Mr. Wellesley. It appeared, to his Lordship's mind, at least, quite clear, that about the 20th of May, 1825, Mrs. Wellesley had determined to seek a separation from her husband, by a sentence of the Eccle siastical Court; whether that determination had been abso lutely made before that time or not, did not appear. Con sidering the nature of the evidence that had been given in this case by %fr. Wellesley, the letters written by Mrs. Wellesley herself, were clearly to be considered testimony ou the part of the Misses Longs, to which the Court was bound to give attention ; and it appeared by one of them, dated on the 28th of August, 1825, that she had learned from Lord Maryborongh, that Colonel Shaw had informed him that Mr. Wellesley had declared, " if he did not obtain the possession of his children by law, he would have it by stratagem." This declaration very soon followed, which Mr. Wellesley had stated in a letter to Mr. Pittman, of whose character and honour the highest testimony had been given, and which statement ex pressed Mr. W.'s notion of the law—" that a man and his children ought to go to the devil in his own way, if he pleases :" in a poste script in the same letter, he added, " that neither God nor Devil should interpose between him and his children. lie then gave his love to Mr. Pittman, but told bins, that he was not the person to whom he offered love of an ordinary nature.—Mrs. Wel lesley, it was clear, gave instructions for the application to be made to the Court to take the possession and care of the children. Mr. W. being abroad, at that time, according to what had long been settled as the law, notwithstanding the common law right of a parent to the care and custody of his children, when the pro perty of the children was put under the eare of this Court, it could not suffer him to interfere in any manner whatever. It could not make a person responsible who resided abroad, and it had been the habit of the Court not to risk damage to children,but to prevent it if it could. Upon the application being made to the Court, the children were put into the possession of the Misses Long, with an order that they should not be removed without the leave of the Court. Mr. Wellesley came over to England upon the 14th of December, 1825, and represented by his peti tion his arrival ; he stated also, that he meant to make this country his residence, and prayed that the children might be delivered over to him. It appeared, however, that the inten tion of Mr. W. was to reside in France, and also to have his children there. This petition naturally brought on the most dis tressing discussion, which had of late occupied the Court for seve ral days. The Court would give no opinion upon whether the discretion of the gentlemen concerned in the case, had been properly exercised or not, in hearing the discussion in public; it was not the duty of the Court to pronounce any opinion upon this, still his Lordship had alway considered that cases of this sort,of such vital importance to those interested, were better discussed in private, but he could cot deny the right of the parties to have the discussion in public if they pleased, nor forget that the best security the judge had for the due discharge of his duty, was the presence of the public; and he should now discharge publicly the duty that devolved upon him, in the best possible way he could, recollecting that what he was called upon to do was a very strong act, that it stood upon principles which ought not to be adopted without the Judge's considering all the feelings of a parent's heart, and all the common law rights in a parent to his own children ; and his Lord ship earnestly and humbly ahanked God, that there was an appeal from his judgment in this case, if the parties chose to make the appeal. It had not been doubted at the Bar, that the Court had jurisdiction to interfere, and the Bar had acted well in considering the question not arguable. It might be expe dient to say a worzi or two on the nature of the law between parent and child as administered in that Court; and notwithstanding all the doubts respecting the jurisdiction that might exist, or ra ther that might have existed, hie Lordship believed that: it would he found to be absolutely necessary that such a jurisdiction should exist, suliject to correction by appeal, and subject to the most anxious rare on the part of the individual exercising it not to exer cise it erroneously, if possible. There were many learned treatises on the subjeet, and probably the result would be found to be, that the jurisdiction belonged to the King as pater patrim, having the care of those, unable to protect themselves, and founded in the obvious necessity that the law should place in some one the power of throwing that care around those in dividuals who were unable to protect themselves. It had been stated, that the Court could not exercise the jurisdic tion, unless there was property belonging to the child in Court. Whether this doctrine was tenable or not, probably founded on what Lord Hardwicke had said in a case in Ambler, namely, that there must be a suit in Court, perhaps required more attention than had yet been given to it ; but it followed of course that the Court would not act, unless it had property to act upon, because it could not take upon itself the Sustenance of all the children in the world ; and therefore in this sense only, whether the jurisdiction belonged to it or not in cases where there was no property, it could exercise it, for then it bad the means of exer cising it usefully. That this jurisdiction had long been exercised no one could deny : by law a child was considered to have a fa ther and mother ; an Act of Parliament gave a father the power of appointing a guardian, and when that guardian was appointed, h e had as strong a power as the law could enable any one to possess. But, above a century ago, when the case of Lord Beaufort was before the then Chancellor, his Lordship determined that the statute-guardian was subject to all the controul, and the same jurisdiction of this Court that a father was subject to. The then Chancellor added, that the Court was nut to proceed on doubt ' ful grounds; but that, if it had a reasonable ground for sup posing that children would not be properly treated, and as it would rath er p reven t injustice than punish injustice, on that ground would it interpose. In the case of Powell v. Clever, halilsowprtekseenctueLotrodebe argued, hipwasa Counsel ; L or d Th ur l ow would not (and it might be properly so) for he that th e Heater'stphrae c hild netas ebnhtwa Chancellor; e nc e r p roi r rn o ;c p i e p r l a l e s y n d e dated ri u eL c rLore said, th a t th e Court had a right, and it would take care to see fully kut laid had down w b e( them, in not allowing a child to have by " been sen t t o a rdveaiiadt brought up. I n A. Popish School. If this Court had not the power to interfere, what might be the consequence ? Individuals might go to the Court of King's B enc h to compel the restoration of a child to its father; but when that restoration was compelled, could that Court go on to compel the father to subscribe 55. for the mainte nance of that child ? A Magistrate might make an order, but there never had been a Mandamus in the Court of King's I3ench upon the subject ; so that unless this Court inter fered, and looking at the common law power, what ever might be the rank and expectations of a child, a father might keep it in a state of starvation.—With these observations, hie Lordship found him self in this situati o n, h umbly repro tenting his Majesty, bound by the settled law of the C ourt, and unable to retire from the discharge of his duty, in acting upon that law. He durst of the Court; Lis du notvielatethe i prin ciplest that sprung out of the practice n l e o g k r i i ng yt y Navt all toas th appcircumstan ces lytboseprinci o p f les th honestly, eease,w a i nd t judicial diligently i which ought al wa y s to be of the purest nature, to determine manfully, and manfully to declare what his individual opinion was; if he should be in error he could not help it, but had great consolation, from the reflection, that his judgment was subject to a review. In most of the eases of this sort, this Court had been enlightened by the evidence of near relations, which, it h a d cot i n th e presen t i ns t ance ; such evidence was generally drawn f rom th e ev id ence mos t reluctantly, and most painfully, and was consequently to be most relied open ; still, so far as evidence had been given by the Duke of Wellington, Lord Maryborough, and the Marquis of Wellesley, it could only amount to this, in the most forbearing way of look ing at it, that they did not consider it right to suggest to the Court, that in their opinion Mr. Wellesley ought to be entrusted with the care of his children. As to Mr. Wellesley's pecuniary circumstances, as far as the affidavit of that gentleman was to be satisfactory, that had been made since the ease closed at the bar; the objection to his haring his children on that ground was put to flight; but though his embarrassments in this respet might have been an insuperable objection ; yet, notwithstanding his Lordship was neither a friend to methodism or sectarian principles, (that had been imputed to the Misses Long), looking at religion as the foundation of all moral good here and,hereafter, he could not put p ecun i ary cons id erat i ons i n the balance, when called upon to discharge his duty, in seeing that these children had a mo ral education given to them. His LORDSHIP now entered into the nature of this particular case, and Went at great )ength thtot►gh the mass olpapers he Lad before him. He observed, that lie was not called upon to say, what was the mere consequence of an act of adultery on thelpart of a father, and he should not give an opinion upon it.— In the present case, it seemed to have received the condolence of Mrs. W., and his Lordship abstained from going at length into it; at the same time, he had no hesitation in declaring, that if a father was living in a state of adultery, ineapable of taking proper care of his children, that he was not a man of that reason and understanding, who ought to have the custody of his children ; therefore if a ease of that kind should occur again, the Court would take care that children should not be under the controul of a person so debasing himself, and so likely to injure them. There could not be the slightest doubt that the adultery between Mr. W. and Mrs. 13. had been continued and, kept up at any rate from Mr. W.'s coining to this country in Dec. 1625, to the present time, for it was absurd to say, that there had not been a continuation of it, because the parties had happened to have been at a distance from each other for the course of a fortnight ;:it had been continued till this moment, in the most shameful manner, and in a manner so disgraceful to Mrs. Bligh that his Lordship thought she ought to be hunted out of all society, and he would sooner forfeit his very life, than permit Victoria (the girl) to go into the care of Mrs. Bligh ! ! (The greatest sense of universal satisfaction throughout the Court, was loudly manifested upon his Lordship's thus express ing himself.) HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. His LORDSHIP has just concluded.—Arrived as I am, said his Lordship, at such an advanced age, I cannot l.ut feel that I am soon to appear myself before another tribunal, there to render an account of my conduct in this life, and most conscien tiously do I feel that I could not face that solemn tribunal, with the conviction of having honestly discharged my duty, were I to suffer this girl to remain with a father who has dis graced himself as Mr. Wellesley has done, by his profligate and adulterous intercourse with such a woman as Mrs. Bligh, and if I cannot allow the girl to remain with him, upon what principle of justice, I ask, can I separate the boys from their sister, and upon thispoint I have the coneurrenceof Mr. W. himself. There remains, however, one circumstance which I own has given me many a sleeplesehour, and that is, thatsi do not know who, under Heaven, can be found to undertake the guardianship of these infants, in ease my decision shall he confirmed by the House of Lords : but, if it should be confirmed, I earnestly hope some person may be found qualified for such an awfully important trust, and who will inculcate filial affection towards their father, as well as every other moral and religious duty. For myself, I can only say, that I have done my duty industriously ; I have done it pain fully ; and, if I am now wrong, I thank my God that there is an other tribunal to correct me. [When hie Lordship concluded, there was an expression of ge neral approbation throughout the Court, which had been all day thronged to excess.] VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing arguments in a case involving the accuracy of certain partnership accounts. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. CAMPBELL moved for a rule, calling on Herbert Phillips Rowel, an attorney of this Court, t. show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him, for attempting to provoke Robert Water, Esq., a magistrate of the county of Car marthen, to fight a duel.—Rule granted. PREROGATIVE COURT. IN THE GOOD; OF THOMAS WALKER. Da. Lnontwurox said, that in this case be was counsel for the Executors named in a will executed by Lieut. Walker, of the 9th Regiment of Native Infantry, who died some years since in India. The deceased left a will which was now propounded, but which the testator's father called upon the executors to prove. Mr. Walker (the father) resided at present, and had done so for seve ral years at Naples, and the a ti l Aeot of his motion now was to pray the Court to order that Mr. Walker should enter into security for the costs, should the Court think proper to condemn him in them. Dr. PMILLIIKORIK appeared to oppose the motion, which be insisted was altogether unprecedented. He also argued that the application was absolutely necessary, as the father of the testator had a right to call upon his executor, to prove his will without the possibility of the Court condemning rim in costs. The Colfax could see no injustice in granting the application, the only effect of which would be to protect the executors against vexatious proceedings on the part of Mr. Walker. As to a pre cedent, it might be found in a practice which was of every day oc currence, in which a wife sued, her husband not being in the and was ordered to give security- for costa, because otherwise she might evade the payment. This was the practice in the Courts of Common Law, as well as in Chancery. In the present instance it appeared that the party opposing bad been ab sent from the kingdom for nearly twenty years, and, under such circumstances, there could be no doubt that the executors were en titled to security for the costs.—Motion granted. /3ZARXHAW V. HUED. This ease came before the Court npon the admission of allega tions. It was a case in which two wills were propounded by different parties, and the Court was called upon to decide as to their validity. The testator was a Mrs. St. Leger, the widow of Colonel St. Leger. It appeared that she was in early life a cham bermaid, and lived with Colonel St. Leger for several years as a mistress, but shortly before his death lie thought proper to marry her, and at the same time left her a considerable property. The bulk of that property the deceased left to her husband's relatives by one will, and to her own relations by another, which was al leged to have been made subsequently, but the validity of which was now disputed. Sir J. NrcnoLr, said he would look over the allegations, amt.' see whether they could be advantageously reformed or abridged. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. John Plaistow was bronght up to be heard on his petition, and was opposed by Mr. llraTu on behalf of a creditor named Mason ; Mr. Cooag was retained by the insolvent. The insolvent, on being questioned by Mr. Heath, stated, that he was in Cheater Castle jail some months ago, and had petitioned the Court for his discharge. An opposition was then entered in the name of Berry, who was his detaining creditor. The petition was dismissed, and insolvent received his discharge from Berry on that tne debt of t that t a hisc Schedule. the same day. The discharge came through the h an d s o f insol vent's attorney ; Berry was in Liverpool a t th e ti me, and the in tim' ; id Chest er. bee D n paid had not inserted ha not ; know what had solvent ; in hinot Mr. Cooice here asked the insolvent, if he had forgotten to in sert it ? The insolvent answered yes ! Mr. HEATH then observed that the insolvent would have an swered " Yes" to any question that was iu his favour, and con tended that he could not have forgotten it. Mr. C. Cooxis observed, that the insolvent bad answered " Yes" to several questions from Mr. Heath, which were mate rially against himself, and submitted that it was very probable that the insolvent had, like many other insolvents, forgotten to insert one of his debts. The Court, on examining the schedule, observed, that the in solvent had sworn that he had never petitioned the Court before. The insolvent, on being questioned, answered that he had. The Court dismissed the petition. BEETHOVEN. Our readers will regret to learn from the subjoined letter, that the greatest musical genius of the present age, Ludwig Von Beethoven, is, by this time, most probably no more. This extra ordinary genius was born in December, 1770—he has therefore only just completed his fifty-sixth year. delivered miserably TO THE EDITOR OF THE HARMONICON. ~ VIENNA, J AN . 5 , 1827. " Agreeably t o your d es i re , we made an arran gement, b y which the f or ty vo l umes of Man d e l' s W or k s , whi c h you consigned to us as a pr esen t t o L . V on Beethoven, were ise toh l i y as mfrl:iele of in Isenayrn that ex your neewhap present gavandeit will be highly gr a tif y i ng to yon to Beethoven, d eled confined to his siek-bed, the greatest joy, and made him forget his melancholy situation. A book from an acquaintance of his in London was delivered to him at the same time with your Handel ; he took it into his hand, and laid it aside without uttering a syl lable. He then pointed with his finger to Handel's works, and said, with feeling and emphasis, ' Das ist das Wahre l'*— Beethoven is laid up with a dropsy in the abdomen, and though the operation of tapping has been performed, his physicians have pronounced him to be in extreme danger. Under these circum stances, you will find it excusable that he does not thank you in writing; but he requested m e to do it for him, and I have ac quitted myself, I hope to your satisfaction, of that eommission. " To Mr. Stumpff." " I am, &c. &c. Though M. Beethoven did not himself write a letter of thanks to Mr. Stunapff, yet he has signed his name to the document, ac knowledging the receipt of Handel's works, with a legibility with which I never saw it written before. No doubt he took every possible pains to show his friend the sense of respect he entertains for him. B. S. * That is the true thing, or the very thing. PASHIO'NABLE AND MISCELLA.NEOVS. BRIGHTON, JAN. 30.—The KING'S health con tinues good ; and we have the pleasure to state, that his spirits are improving. For the first time since his MAJESTY'S arrival, the Royal Band were employed in the Concert Room last night ; and they have orders to be in attendance this evening. There are no additions to the Royal Suite since the arrival of Lord and Lady Strathaven last night. The weather to-day has been, comparatively, fa-; vourable. The Duchess of Gloucester, with Lady Isabella Thymic, not only walked to the Chain Pier, and made ornamental purchases of fancy articles at the Saloon there, but, returning to the Palace, her Royal Highness then ascended her carriage, and visited Kemp-town ; thence, in the opposite direction, passed the whole frontier of the place to Hove ; and lastly alighted at the Palace at half-past three o'clock. Mr. Secretary Canning is gradually recovering his health—to whom, and Earl Bathurst, Messengers are frequently arriving and departing. Among the many who have left their names at the Palace to-day are—Lord and Lady Audley, Sir C. Lamb and Lady Montgomery, Lady Ann Becket, Captain and Lady E. Field ing, Lieut.-General Sir R. Jones (from Worthing), Admiral Sir John Wells (from Bolmore, near Cuekfield), Mrs. and Miss Bar rington Price, Lieut.-General Coglau, and Mr. Macduff Baxter, Attorney-General, New South Wales. The KING, report says, will himself occupy the Palace in the Park, built for the late illustrious Commander-in- Chief, until Buckingham House is finished. The outline of a magnificent Picture for the Saloon of Windsor Castle, is nearly completed. It represents his MA JESTY, reviewing the most celebrated British regiments, in the late Continental war, in the Park, with the Castle in the back ground. All the Commanding Officers are Portraits. We have reason to believe that the Marquis of Anglesea gave the idea for this admirable sketch. LEWES, JAN. 31.—The Duke of Wellington is ar rived on a shooting excursion at Maresfield Park, the scat of Sir John Shelley, Bart., to whom his Grace usually makes a visit in the course of the season. Prince Esterhazy and several other Noblemen are also at Sir John's seat ; and both the Prince and Duke are expected to be present at a County Ball, which is to take place here. The Noble sportsmen have bagged a large quan tity of gains. TIIE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.—The Duke of Devonshire, in consequence of the unexpected change in political events, has been deprived of his guy visitants. We mean the Foreign Corps Diplomatiqus ; for they, it is positively stated, have received instructions from their several Courts, not to be more than half a day's journey from town.—His Grace has, there fore, deferred his splendid doings until after the next Meeting of Parliament, when they will take place in London. There is no truth in the report of the riches of Prince Talleyrand. We know that his fine gallery of cabinet pictures (said to be among the finest in Europe) were consigned to an agent in Pall-mall, and sold privately. Mr. Alexander Baring, we believe, has no less than twenty-five of them. The Lords of the Admiralty have received des patches from Lisbon of the 19th ult., about which time Marshal Beresford was expected to leave Lisbon, on his return to England. Mr. Justice Holroyd was not on the Bench yester, day. The Learned Judge continues unable to attend the Court. On Tuesday the Lords of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council assembled at the Counsel-office, in Whitehall-place, to hear Plantation Appeals. The Lords present were—the Judges of the Arches' Court, the Lord Chief Baron, and Mr. Elliot. Their Lordships sat from 10 o'clock till half-past three. The rumours of a change in the Ministry, which are, as we have before stated, totally unfounded, have a mischie vous object in view : they are propagated by a certain anti- Liberal party, in order to imply a breach in the general union of opinion and congeniality of sentiment which actually exist on the present situation of the country. They may, however, receive some appearance of probability, if the health of Lord Westmor land's youngest daughter should unfortunately oblige his Lordship to convey her to the milder climate of Italy. But Lord West morland is only one person, in an inferior post : his secession, should it take place from the cause just intimated, cannot, there fore, be considered as constituting a change in the Ministry.— Times. Yesterday the General Committee of the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, held a Meeting at the Vestry-room of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ; present—his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishops of London and Exeter, and other members. Seven grants of money were voted, from 40/. to 1801. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Captains took leave of the Court previous to departing for their respective destinations, via. ---Captain Samuel Sark, Inglis ; Captain Ambrose Frederick Proctor, Windsor, for Bengal and China; and Captain John Peter Wilson, Irythe, for Bombay and China. Oatlands, the residence of Ap. and Mrs. Ball Hughes, has this winter suffered severely. The indications of dis solution are rapid, from the dry rot. The interior is more mag nificently furnished than almost any mansion in the kingdom. The New Bridge across the Serpentine River is ex pected to be finished by the time the summer promenade commences. Yesterday morning a private of the Royal Marines, now in Woolwich barracks, received 300 lashes on the parade, pursuant to the sentence of a Court-martial, for robbing and ill treating a young woman with whom he was on terms of intimacy. In one of the New York Papers last received, we perceive a posthumous poem, by Tom Paine, entitled The Reli gion of the Sun, announced for publication. It is said, that a new singer of great talent, Madame Briezi, is engaged for the King's Theatre. There has been some talk for several clays past of engaging Madame Vestris for the King's Theatre, but it is for six performances only. Covent-garden is said to have opposed it very keenly. Madame Vestris is to make her debut next Sattir dayin the Gazza _Ladra.—Furet. Miss Ayt on , w h o h as b een engage d at t h e King's Theatre, is a pupil of Signor Liverati, and has appeared with great success on some of the continental theatres. Mr. Ebera has also concluded an engagement for a limited number of nights with Madame Vestris, who is to appear shortly.—L e Furet. Our two vaudevilles, L' Ami' intime and Les Inse parables, the subject of which i■ the same, have given birth to a erse F oaut rt: tc e ae n lse d i , oi tf, or hmi s : (l 7 a i n i rl . cee 7 aß s b . ii.e 7 i zdzt talent. eiis i i n te. :ahl engaged c ei l csi i little pike which was represented on Tuesday last at Drury-lane, s u La n ai d dp e ot r rht t ae hi lais t p i n t ie lio e singer i n a ji g l all y r t the resources 8 great for the King's Theatre.—Le Furet. DR. FELLOWES.—The following paragraph, which first appeared in the Literary Gazette, has gone the round of the Papers :—" Dr. Fellowes has made a very princely gift to the London University—as much ground in the Regent's Park as the Council may deem requisite for a complete botanic garden." This statem en t i s w h o ll y i naccura t e . D r . Fellow's has no land in the R egen t' s P ar k, which is all Crown land. He has made no gift of land t o th e London University. It i s tr ue, he enter tains an intention, which he had mentioned to some private friends, to give, as soon as the University is established, some land elsewhere, for the purpose of a botanic garden ; but he has made no communication of such intention to the Council."__ Evening Paper. THE LATE ELOPEMENT IN PARIL-Expecta *ion is on tip-toe in the circles at the Wrest end, to ascertain who are the parties in the recent elopement from Paris, of which a very brief and indistinct notice has appeared in the papers. The lady is the Baroness IL, (laughter of Lord C., who has long taken an active part in Irish politics; his Lordship being what is called a thorough reformer, and, among the country people, in the immediate ♦icinity of his residence near Dublin, he is gene rally denominated " The poor man's Magistrate." The Baron E. has considerable property in Ireland, and he and his Lady, until a short time hack, resided in Dublin, and moved in the highest circles there. It is remarkable that the mother of the frail on• should have been guilty of a simil,c forfeiture of her matrimonial vows, as she eloped with Sir J. P., against whom Lord C. ob tained damages of 20,0001., which were, however, ne►er paid, as Sir John left his country, and died in exile. It is a farther curious coincidence, that in the two most recent elopements in high life, which have taken place in Ireland, the fair fugitives might have pleaded maternal example, as a palliation of the of fence. The other ease alluded to is, that of Mrs. M—e with the Hon. Colonel F—b —n, brother to an Irish Earl ; in this latter inotanoe, however, the parties have been since married. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAV). FROM LLOYD'S. DIAL, JAN. 31.—Wind S.W.—His Majesty's ship Glouces ter sailed for Chatham this morning. The Nimrod (American ship), Allen, for Charleston, remains witk the outward-bound. Arrived, the Security, Roes, from Batavia ; William Pitt, Robin son, from the Mauritius ; and the Hermosa, Newman, from Messina. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31,—Wind S. S.W.--Ilis Majesty's ship Wellesley came into harbour from Spithead, to be paid off. FALMOUTH, JA N. 30.—Wind S. S.W.—The French brig La Prosperitie, Norroy, from Brest to Liverpool, has arrived here on her way to the latter port. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Arrived, the Thetis transport, Clay ton, from Tobago ; Borodina transport, from :Gibraltar ; and the Daphne, from Figuera. DOVER, JAN. 31.—Wind W.—The brig Salmon River, Duke, from Sierra Leone 59 days, with timber, for London, is off here, with loss of main-top, main-top-mast, and sails, and is expected ivt next tide, to repair. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Boode, Gray, from De merara ; Euphrates, Smith, from New York ; James Wade, from Lisbon. The Industry, Berleing, from Batavia, has arrived off Hastings: The Mary, Lee, from Rio Janeiro, arrived off Sicily. The Autumn, Waters, from Cirefswald to London, was carried into Wirenhoe, yesterday, with loss of rudder, and three anchors and cables, having been on Maplin Sand, and thrown part of the cargo overboard. The Active, Weir, from Stiridedml, to Aberdeen, sunk near Whitby, on Monday, having struck on Fink. Crew saved. GRAVESEND, JAN. 31.—Arrived, Colyien :Tnion, Good, from Seville; Aliee, Fudge, from Rochfort ; Iris, from 5 1bcia Mag net, Taylor, from Nants.—Sailed, New Prospect, Ci . .."'" e, 1 " 1. Jamaica. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN COFFEE-HOU6E• LIYERPOOL, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Boode, Gray, from Deme rara ; Euphrates, Smith, from New York, sailed the 10th inst. in company with the packet ship, York, De Cost, for this port; the Howard, from Havre, was going in; Octavian, Candle', from Charleston ; James, --.., from Lisbon, in 76 days; Fairy Queen, Stevens, from Saville; General Brock, Eden, from Ant. werp. Sailed, the Aurora, Taubman, for New York; Prince' Leopold, for Brazil. Corinthian, Davie; Nimrod, Nichols; sad Josephine, Coles, from Liverpool, have arrived at New York ir Agenoria, Winton, from Liverpool, at Boston ; Hercules, Pres wick, from Greenock, at New York; the Delaware, Hamilton, for Liverpool ; and the Golconda, Simonds, for London, sailed from Virginia, on the 29th December; Mary Ann, Whiteman, - for Gibraltar, at New York ; Exchange, Banton, for Havre, at New York ; William Tell, Holdredge, from St. Petersbnrgh, at New York. The Duke of York packet, from Falmonth, at New York ; Minerva galley, from Hamburgh, at New York.—Off at ettn-set, 1 ship, 5 brigs, and 1 snow. Nsxv Oautaws, DEc. 9.—Arrived the ship Plato, with 7,000 bushels of salt ; below, the brig Nautilus, from Lisbon ; brig Missionary, from Havre ; ship Minerva, from New York ; as English brig, and the ship Lionel, from Havre—all of which are on shore. SAVANNAH, DEC. 27—CorTox.—In Uplands some business; has been done ; hnt the market has not been animated. We do not know that there has been any variation from the prices of hat week. The sales have been made from 9to 10 rents, but prin cipally at 9+, and very prime will bring 101. Sea Islands have been in good demand during the week, at from IS to 24 eente ; very fine lots at 26 ; and a sale has been made at considerably above that. SIWCATORE, Ana. 31.—The Honourable East India Com pany's ship Orwell, Captain Frazer, from England, sailed on the Ist May, has arrived here since our last, we understand that a mutiny broke out on board of her during the passage, which appeared to have been previously concerted amongst a party of the crew, 23 in number ; it was, however, opportnnely put a stop to, - - five of the ringleaders being seized and punished severely, three of . the most refractory of them were subsequently put in irons, but on the ship's entering the straits of Sunda, two of them broke loose during the night and jumped overboard. The life baoye had b een eut away from the stern, and the unfortunate men were heart ' hailing the ship several times; the darkness of the night, how ever, precluded all possibility of saving them, and it is mord than probable that they met with a lingering death, as the strong ctir , ' rent in the strait would soon have carried them out into the ocean. Cowes, JAN. 31.--Arrived the Greenock, of Leith, Miller, left Batavia, on the 10th of August, Sincapore, per orders, 15th September, off Angier 11th October, Cape of Good Hope 3d December, St. Helena 15th December, and Ascension 20th ult. ; she brings the following intelligence from Batavia :—A .skirmish had taken place at Saolo, to the eastward of Batavia, between the Dutch and insurgent troops, commanded by Djupo Megore, in which the former were completely defeated. A native prince in the Dutch service, was taken prisoner, and notwithstanding a lugs sum was offered for his ransom, Djupo Magoro had caused him to be put to death immediately. The Dutch were losing ground daily fur want of troops. The merchants were all under arms, and the troops from Borneo and Sumatra, were re velled, and on their arrival at Batavia were dying fast. LISBON. (FRO)1 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The British forces are brigaded as follows BRIGADE or GUARDS—Iet Batt. Grenadier Guards, and 2d Batt. :3d Guards, to be commanded by Major-General Sir Henry Bourerie, K. C. B. FIRST BRIGADE-4th, 10th, 23d, and 60th Foot, to be corn mended by Major-General Sir Edward Blackeney, K.C.B. SECOND BRIGADE-11th, 43d, and 63d Foot, to be com manded by Major-General Sir Thos. Arbuthnot, K.C.B. CAVALRY BRIGADE-10th Hussars, and 12th Lancers, to be commanded by Colonel Windham. ROYAL ARTILLERT—Majors Douglas, Wilgress, Taylor, and Bridges's Companies, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Webber Smith. Royal Engineers, one Company Royal Staff Corps, and a de tachment of the Royal Waggon Train, to be attached to Head- Quarters, and commanded by Lieut.-Col. Burgoyne. The following are the Heads of the Staff:— DEPUTY ADJUTANT-GENERAL.-Colonel Sir Evan Marray M' Gregor. DEPUTY QUARTER-MASTER-GENERAL.-COlOnel Sir Charles Broke Vere,' Bart., K. C. B. MILITARY SECTOSTARY..--001011e1 R. G. Hare, H.P. The whole under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Wm. Clinton, G. C.B. Previous to disembarkation, this Officer directed the following very sensible address to the army as part of his first general orders : " The Lieutenant-General commanding is very desirous, before landing any part of the British force in Portugal, to tall the at tention of every individual ender his command, to the }welsher service which this force may be required to perform, and to ex press his most earnest hope that the Officers and Soldiers will be o co rd rp er s , induced to exert themselves to the utmost in fulfilling the duties of their respective situations, so that the conduct of the B ri tish corps its satisfactiondiscipline b a y n P d Portu gal, ud m and ay withally of the British crown." al, the oldest and most faithful . g It has been stated that Lord Beresford is to have the Command i b ts e p m res ar e te e d e by the e xcelle p n e ee rfe War, but I believe that the holding of either of these Minister at ' tments is incompatible with the spirit of the Constitution. with money. a i p n p C oi h n ief of the Portuguese Army, and that he wishes also to be kingdom, are a , re of th w e hr ief tl p ie e r r e son ar e e ag up e w in a s r t ds th o e f u2esw,ooorOderin ofth isthsimugeal! particularly the monks and friars, who have great influence over the ignorant part of the people all over the country; indeed, i n keeping the people ignorant consists the wealth and strength of these locusts. It is by them and the clergy of Spain that the with roll . an d beads, and applies all the means which tan be so gions crosses rate they e th li e t y tle a t r i e m m e ak wi tg thro evez ATlhaergmuiasmoufisCahpapveraer'ss before arniy theis peroiuvuattreylypesouppipelimedvered easily used, and with so much advantage, over a Net of superstitious and wretchedly ignorant beings, to induce them to serve his purpose. Whether our army will be brought in contact with him, re.. move u unknown. pthe e oAutu anyt c oun t ry, some light upon the matter. Of Lisbon I cannot say much more than that I see little or no improvement since I was here 14 years ago. If any thing, the streets are more filthy. The situation of the town, however, when p in r a e i ;a s ra a t t io p n res to ent viewed from the river, is beautiful, and the climate is `delightful. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). HAY MA RK ET3.—(At per Load ofs Mmes.) ST. JANIS'S. Lowland Meadow Hay.f3 IS to 4 15 Clover B ay £4 lOteS a Upland Ditto Rye-graa4 Hay 4lb SIS Wheat Ditto New Meadow Hay 4lO 510 Supply good, trade dull, and prices as on Tuetday. SIIITHFIILD. Lowland la" Meadow Hay/3 s to 4 4 Clover lity= y Sate 0 air 14 la 1 46 0 Upland Ditto 5 0 Rye-grass Hay New Meadow Hay .... 4 5 4 IS Wheat Ditto llf I le A good supply, aeld'a very dug trade , at Tuesdays Meta. .'