The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-08 00:00:00

frequently to be, hie Lordship was never more mis taken than in supposing that the sentiments of Mr. COBEETT can have the smallest influence in any place, or with any body of men of sense or principle. In the House of Commons, Mr. M. FITZGERALD gave notice of a Motion, for the Ist of May, recom mending that the House should take such course as may be best calculated to realise the policy on which th e Union of Great Britain and Ireland was recom mended to the Legislatures of both Countries. This will, in fact, be another effort to carrying the Catholic Question. We expressed yesterday our deep regret at the un fortunate result of the division on the Catholic Ques tion ; and we do not envy that construction of mind which was able to resist the weight of argument dis played' in the eloquent speeches of Sir F. BURDETT, PLUNICETT, Mr. BROUGHAM, and Mr. CAN NING. We will not, however, deny that caution is a virtue, though not one of the most attractive or amiable. The whole argument on one side rests on the presump tion that Catholics will not keep faith with Protestants, notwithstanding the absurdity of the idea that Catho lics disregard oaths, wheiz an oath is the only obstacle to their sitting in Parliament. But we do not know what answer could be given to the charge that might be made by Catholics against the good faith and vera city of Protestants. In the first place Catholics were subjected to their present disabilities on the atrocious perjury of TITUS OATES; (not to talk of the legal murder of Lord STAFFORD and many others on the testimony of the same veracious Protestant.) Then "tries the Treaty of Limerick, most basely quibbled "'ay by a Royal Protestant of "immortal memory," and lastly the Irish Union,obtained under the encouraged ex pectation, if not positive promise, of Catholic Emancipa ti°ll.--but for which Union, from the known sentiments of th e Irish Representatives, Catholics would now be Sittin g in th e Irish House of Commons, and enjoying the rights of citizenship. There is one part of Mr. CANNING'S speech which deserves particular attention ; it is that in which he s ays, that " concessions to be made to persons situated as the Catholics were, should never be made the sub ject of bargain and sale," that " Parliament should 'quire, deliberate, and determine, as to the course which it was wise and upright and expedient 10 pursue, and haVing done that, should not in 'ite th e Catholics to accept or reject, but call on t hem to ob e y,' With this sentiment we cordially 4 gree : for are not the self-termed representatives of the Catholics, the Bishops, or their Association, the very persons most likely to throw obstacles in the way of amicable arrangement ? Would not such an event Put a n end to their importance ; and can they be de sirous, of promoting it ? To bring this principle into operation—why could n ot emancipation be , granted, and rational secu rities enforced by pains . and penalties ? For instance, al,,ong with that, boon, why not insist on the KING'S veto in the nomination of Bishops ? It is practised in other Catholic countries, and is perfectly reasonable. Enforce obedience if you please by what may be now called the amusing penalties of a premunire, ° i r by expatriation, or by fine and imprisonment. ~t Is surely better that the Catholic Bishops that have an unreasonable cause of complaint than o n_ the great body of the Irish nation should have nethich is too well founded. Nave We regret that the MASTER of the ROLLS should N ir e!rgued so unfairly with regard to the authority of the . , rITT's opinion. Because in a preliminary stage of hem'3llsiness, no mention was made of the sec l urities, onour argued that the Bill must necessarily want p i n and as Mr. PITT wished for securities, ergo, Mr. h nw 'r's authority was against the motion. Nothing, teno r o f W e that great Minister's life. • b rz e rejoic e t o see that the Knight of KERRY is to 410 i ur iv i'vard the Question in another shape on the W itte ' t3e ri 'V- One would rather have lost a friend at oatotchhan in a skirmish—and this sort of conso fight to the late defeat. It was a glorious Vezoci and more splendid eloquence has seldom been e atho ,,within th e walls of St. STEPHEN'S. Let t h ose 'es act with temper, and trust their cause to c apab , great leaders, who have shown themselves so te of fighting , • , th e their battles, and the prediction of hat for Foreign Affairs, must soon be fulfilled. " th at e no doubt," says the Right Hon. Gentleman, Catholito argument and to discussion distaste (to the itself ri c C laims will will give way ; and that which is . b e i on ght and just and equitable and humane, will not tourtry,ere it finds an echo in the bosom of this A Lee ma il has 'ward Island his Majesty's mo t • by this, 41 4. It was brought home been Packet bri E mu l ous, which arrived Falmouth, received at g has hay' T In g s ailed from Barbadoes on ,c}rt°la, 30th I and St.Thomas's 10th Feb. of *January, the '23d the 13th January, By thi s G a zettes to conveyance Demerara and the North J an South' u 18 26, have been received at . . Aanerica Coff ee House. American The following is an abstract ' • , o f their contents :...... we have cra m 1. ttie üba(' Papers of the 20th of December Hon. Robert _een furnished with °eB f the Address of the to his HaYne; SPeaker a C°PY o bl in that Island 2 hich Exeelle of the House of Assem Yr reasons W infl ne.,Y t h e Governor, in which are detailed the menda -..,uencea tele Rouse • d l' ' to adopt certain recoin Bill. tion s o f t h e Earl liatia in ee ining Consolidated Slave Laws . l, The aiectiOnal4le unit, ii! their . , s despatch are field,principally as rega r d i i the tag parts of his Lordship of the whip in the and the establislitn:nna of females, the disuse . and in this, docu t of co mpulsory manumission ments areshown in which have been come to on these i luPport of the conclusions Barbadoes imports a' d edition of the lobe, of the 4th in P ints.---A second hands, con taing a despatch frio t aut, has just been put into our Governor of that island, and tran • „,,„ 2 11 Earl Bathurst to the Asseni_ bl ' reference --"'ed d 7 his E 11 cto the House of . . y, in to the ' ee ' xce en y • e Slaves from Foreign Colonies, an d Whi c h h at ZP e f a l l l of .Fugitiv remarkable conclusion : " You will understand, th a o t • owing remar . Run-away Slaves must not, on their arrival gtt in future Foreign remov ; removed and that You will deal with them as Alien Frad°es'bee People of Colour." The Rouse of Assembly tendered ee to his Excellency their senti !onto on this document, in which the dilate at length on the impolicy and injustice of depriving the s ubjects of foreign Powers of heir pmperty in a manner so feelings, and which .' ' . repugnant to their interests most eventually prove highly detrimental to the made of our Colonies. It appears that the Barbadoes Paper bad an attack ox the Legislature of the island of Tobago, in conse quence of some remarks which that body had thought fit officially LO make on the subject of the nom ination of that dependency of the Barbadoes diocese. Their c plaints arose from the appoint ment% of catechists appointed° •)), the Bishop, and placed under the R ector of • t. b at the expence of the Colonists, when two-thierdvearY pans 2 proprietary population dia dem from th . of the propri England. A meet , a communion of the Church of inf haq been held at Demerara, fo r the purpose 9f exteu- ding religion generally, and to the Negro population in particular, at so short a notice that they complain it was imp ossible for the planters to attend, at which to use the words of the Editor, the Lord Bishop addressed the meeting and bore himself more in the character of a dictator above all :aw, and unobservant of the au thorised customs of all public meetings. The Bishop's open de claration was that the opinion of the muting did not signify, as two or three getting together was quite sufficient for the purpose to establish a Branch Society. It is to be regretted that these feuds exist, particularly as it is observed the expense of taxation for building churches and chapels, amounts to the sum of 50,0001., besides the endowments for each Rector of 5001. ster ling, each of which has to be provided by additional taxation on the Colony, which is divided into 11 parishes, making the aggre gate amount of these livings 5,5001. per annum. We received this morning the Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th of February, and Frankfort papers of the Ist inst., but their contents are not important. A Frankfort Paper gives a curious mode of making a white cross in the Heavens, which must in a great measure stagger the belief of those enthusiasts, who recently witnessed the white cross at Poictiers. Were natural causes better understood, we should have less of these wonders ; but to the ignorant every thing ex traordinary, or surpassing their comprehension, is per fectly miraculous : BERLIN, FEB. 22. Her Majesty, the reigning Empress of Russia, will . come to Berlin, in the Spring, on a visit to his Majesty, her father, and afterwards go to EMs. Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager of Bavaria, is expected. Apartments are already prepared for her in the Royal Palace. Privy Counsellor, Von Bulow, who goes to London as ambas sador, in the room of Baron Maltzahn, is a native of Mecklenburg, and son-in-law to the Minister of State, Baron Von Humboldt. RATISBON, FEB. 23. Yesterday being the birth-day of his Serene Highness; the Prince of Tour and Taxis, her Highness the Princess Maria Sophia, Dorothea, (born 4th March, 1800) was solemnly betrothed to his Royal Highness Prince Paul of Wirtemburg, (born June 25, 1797.) How TO MAKE A WHITE CROSS IN THY HEAVENS.—A Frank fort paper explains the appearance of a white cross in the sky, lately reported to have been seen by 3 or 400 persons, in a little town near Poictiers, as an optical illusion. The experiment which serves to prove this may easily be made by any person without any expense, in the following manner : —Cut out a cross ofblack paper and lay it on a sheet of white paper, look stedfastly for some time at the black cross, and then upon any other white or black surface, and you will see on the latter a bright cross of the same form. This phenomenon is accounted for by the doctrine of Physiological Colours, which is treated at length in Goethe's Doctrine of Co lours. If you turn your eye from the black cross to a surface at some distance—for instance the ceiling of the room, you will see the bright cross magnified according to the simple laws of optics. —The cross erected by the Missionaries in the square before the church, may have been black, or some dark colour, and the church behind it white, or light colour ; the audience probably fixed their eyes intently on the cross ; when the speaker mentioned the appear ance of the cross to the Emperor Constantine, it was natural that the audience should look up to the heavens, and those who had previously gazed on the dark cross would now see a bright cross in the azure firmament. Favourable optical circumstances with respect to light and shade, sensibility of the nerves of many of the audience, and the state of their minds, may have contributed to render the phenomenon more striking, more defined, and more durable. VIENNA, FEE. 22. The funeral of the unfortunate Abbe Plank took place on the .Bth. His pupils dug the grave with their own hands, and fol lowed the corpse, which was stabbed in many places, to the bury ing ground. The people, who were assembled in great numbers, followed the venerable old man to the grave with testimonies of profound regret. His murderer, who styled himself Count, is only Chevalier Von Jaroszinsky, but of a very distinguished family. The Message of the Mexican PRESIDENT, at the opening of the Second Constitutional Congress, on the Ist of January, has been received, but is too long for insertion to-day. It presents a very flattering view of the affairs of the Republic which is daily in creasing in wealth, power, and happiness. A few years only are wanting to bring the vast resources of that country into operation—they are at present like the precious metals of Mexico, buried in the bosom of the Republic. A generous feeling of patriotism seems to pervade the people, and their love of country will in crease in proportion to their own comforts and the freedom enjoyed under a liberal Constitution. Our City Correspondent gives the following news :—Accounts from Madrid of the 21st Feb. state, that General Longa has left Valladolid for Azeralo, where he was informed of the proceedings taken against him, when he immediately gave over the command of Old Castile to Marshal Escudero, Governor of Zamora.— The Marquis Chaves appeared near Orense at the head of seven hundred men, and on his advance towards Celanova, he was met by four companies of infantry, under the command of Col:Pereysa, who told him he bad orders that he must lay d own his arms, on which the Marquis preferred to re-enter Tras_os. Montes. On the insurgents arriving on the Guadiana they were disarmed. A letter from Cadiz of the 11th February states, that a revolu tion has taken place amongst the military at Ceuta, the regiments of Africa and Lealtad, have refused to embark for the Canaries. Letters from La Guayra, of the 29th January, have been re ceived, but their contents are unimportant; every thing remained in a state of tranquillity. Bolivar haJ issued orders to receive only hard dollars in future at the Custom-house. A letter from Tropes, of 28th Feb. says that Lord Cochrane left that day for Greece, on board a brig fitted out by the Com mittee at Paris. By the Henry, Captain Bonney, files of Van Dieman Papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee House, to the late date of the 10th November, 1826. The Henry sailed on the 14th for England. It appears the intention of removing the seat of Government from Hobart Town to Brighton, was abandoned, which would have occasioned an expence of 20,0001., without any material benefit. Bush-rangers still continued to in fest the Colony of Sydney. At the date of the last accounts, a gang of 40 had escaped into the b us h es . O n th e 14th October , his Majesty's ship olage, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, ar rived at Port Jackson, on th e 17th f rom T r i ncoma lee, from whence she sailed on the 26th of A ugus t, i n compan y with the TVarspite, 74, with Commodore Si r J ames B r i s b ane an d f am ily o n board, from which vessel the Volage parted company on the 15th of the same month in Bass's Straits, so that the Warspite must have arrived at Sydney before this. Complaints are made of the atrocities which are committed by the Aborigi na l N at i ves on i the lives and prope rties of individual resident in r emo t e di s t r i cts. Considerable jealousy see ms to exist among the Settlers against the Van Dieman's Land Company. The reported re-appointment of Colonel Sorrell, which had been pressed on Government, which had come out in the Hugh Crawford, had given great satisfac tion. Three Bush Rangers had been re-captured who had escaped from Launceston gaol ; in the interval they com mitted several depredations among the settlers in the interior, nine persons had been executed for Bush ranging and robberies; this took place in different parts of the country. A private letter from Sydney mentions, that a Mr. Win. Parker, of George-street, merchant, had blown his brains out. His Majesty's sloop Fly had beer seizing all the Hawkesbury fishing-boats, and had fired at the Governor Arthur for refusing to pay pilotage. Th e comin g harvest at Sydney wears a most promising aspect, but the cater pillar had made its appearance in some places; Wheat was selling at 6s. 3d. per bushel sterling. At Launceston, Wheat was as low as ss. per bushel, several thousands (16,000) of which had been shipped this season, from thence for Sydney. Upwards of eighty prisoners were confined in Launceston gaol, secluded from the King's Stores, which is a very insecure place. A Chief Justice was anxiously expected. A letter of the 30th of October and 3d of November from Sydney, mention a complete hurricane had been experienced there, and several of the towns in the sister Colony. Sydney looked quite desolate. The lady of Gov. Darling, was safely delivered of a son on the 3d of November. Dunn, the notorious bushranger, had been captured and com mitted to gaol. A Native tiger had been killed ; these animals are formed by nature similar to the kangaroo, the female bring forth their young in the same manner, and have also a false belly or bag to carry their progeny ; they are much more formidable than the Native dog, and fortunately less numerous ; a reward, it was hoped, would be offered for • their destruction, to any one who destroyed one, and bring him into town. The lifidera, Captain Clindon t had arrived at Hobart Town, She bad on board 112 Merino sheep, a fine bull, and three heifers, all of which died on the passage. Eighty rams, from the flocks of Mr. John M'Arthur, had been sold, averaging about 201. per bead. The Government Order which had been is , ar2d relative to grants of land, and terms on which they were to be held, had occasioned the most bitter complaints of the colonists, the surveyors were employed in re-measuring all th e old grants, and taking away where there is any excess, and they threaten to address the home Government direct upon the subject. The late Surveyor-General, G. W. Evans, with his lady and family, proceed by the ship Henry ; he is expected to return to the colony in the course of eighteen months. The Se.• preme Court had been occupied with some parties charged with embezzlement in the Naval and Treasury Departments; a verdict of not guilty has been taken. We understand that the arrangement which had been intended with regard to the naval commands at Portsmouth and Plymouth has been altered. Admiral the Earl of Northesk is to be Com mander-in-Chief at Plymouth, instead of succeeding Admiral Sir George Martin, at Portsmouth, and Admiral Sir Robert Stopford is to be Commander-in-Chief, at the latter port, instead of at Plymouth, to which he had been before nominated. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The only alteration in the price of Consols since the opening at 82 i t , has been 82k +, and they are now 82k, with little or no business ; India Bonds are 55 6; and Exchequer Bills, 35 6 pm. Colombian are 40+ 1 ; Mexican, 6 per Cent. Bonds, 6134 9 ; Spanish, 12+ 1; Portuguese remain at 751 6 ; and Greek, 16+4. Three per Cent. Consols, 82 ; Ditto for account, 82 ; India Bonds, 55 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 35 6 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS.-Brazilian, 65 6 ; Buenos Ayres, 52 4 ; Chilian, 36 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 404 1 ; Danish, 604 1+; Mexican 5 per Cent. 57 ; Ditto, 6 per Bent. 684 9 ; Peruvian, 35 6 ; Portuguese, 751 6 ; Greek, 16+ 4 ; Russian, 86i 7+; Spanish, 121 1. MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 40 dis. ; United Mexican, 12 11 dis. ; Real del Monte, 90 pm. ; Tlaxpuxahua, 30 5 pm. ; Bra zilian, 3 4 pm. ; Bolivar, par 1 pm. ; Colombian 18 per Share ; Pasco Peruvian, 5 6 per Share ; Potosi, 34 6 per Share. Two o' Clock. Consols remain at 132 i ; 4 per Cents. 97k. THREE 0' CLOCK Consols, 82k, no business. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. Consols 82k Danish Bonds 61 Do. for Ac, 82k Greek Do. 1825 16i Brazilian Bonds 65i Mexican Do. 1825, 694 Buenos Ayres Do. 53 Peruvian Do. 35 Chili= Do. Russian Do. Columbian, 1824, 40,4 Spanish Do. 1211 THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Lowland Meadow Hay X 4 otos 0 I Clover Hay £4 10 to 610 Upland Ditto '5 0 6 6 Oat Straw Rye-grass Hay Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last r i , ,tc•tc:d. SMITHFIELD. Lowland Meadow Hay.f3 10 to 4 10 Clover Hay generally £4 10 to 6 0 Upland Ditto Rye-grass Hay New Meadow - Hay .... 0 0 0 0 Wheat Ditto A limited supply, and a brisk trade; prices as on Tuesday. ADELPHI THEATRE. A new entertainment entitled Portraits and Sketches in Town and Country was produced last night by Mr. Yates at this popular little Theatre. It is eccentric and amusing as a whole, though somewhat too long and disfigured with those verbal atrocities— Puns. Its nature and tendency were explained by Mr. Yates in a very felicitous—and what is still better—a short speech. The chief scenes in the piece were, " Artists," "Paddington Stages," " Cress's Menagerie," " Fly Duet," " Astley's Amphitheatre," and " Mansion House Ball." The " Fly Duet," in particular, was eminently happy, Mr. Yates supposes himself just arrived at a wretched country inn where he finds no society—scarcely even accommodation; in order, therefore, to while away the tedious hours, he seats himself by the windows, and busily watches two flies, who were no doubt coquetting with each other, as flies invariably do— blue bottles especially—during the summer months. He gives us in a very quaint and humorous manner the conversation that took place between these amorous animalculte. The last scene, how ever, in which Mr. Yates gives imitations of seven well-known dramatic characters, and in which he represents them as sitting in judgment on a new play, was by far the best of the whole, and elicited universal applause. Should the entertainment be cur tailed, it will, no doubt, prove highly successful : at present it is tedious, from its inconsiderate length. The house, we were glad to perceive, was fully and respectably attended. IRELAND. DARINGI ATTACK ♦ND DETERMINED RESISTANCE.---On Sun day night last, about half-past eleven o'clock, a desperate attack was made on the house of Patrick Foley, Esq., of Ballyinn, near Lismore.—Cork Paper. _ On Friday se'nnight, the out offices of Thomas Reilly, of Kil mihile, County Clare, were maliciously set on fire and almost con sumed, with four cows, a horse, and two goats. DREADFUL ATTACK OK THE POLICE OF CARRICK-ON-SUIR.- , - As the Poljce, stationed in Carrick-on-Suir, were, on Sunday last, escorting to a Magistrate a man of the name 'of Gallvy, for having in his possession several barrels of potatoes that were stolen on the preceding night out of the house of James Rowe, they were attacked by a desperate mob, with stones, some of which struck, cut, and knocked down the Police who were executing the warrant of a Magistrate at the time.— Clonmell Paper. There is scarcely any gentleman in the country who has dope more good to his immediate neighbours than Thomas Jackson, of Millgrove, near Caher, Esq. But his unblemished character and extensive benevolence could not screen him from the mur derer's threat, and the Rockites intended execution ; on Monday last, a notice was left near his hall door, threatening him with the same instantaneous death which was inflicted on John Barry, if he did not turn away some men in his employment, respecting whom he received, some time before,: one of the usual notices, signed Captain Rock.—lbid. On Tuesday night last, the house of Michael Dalton, of Cloug billeigh, near Golden, was attacked by a party of armed men, who fired a shot through the door.—lbid. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE RING. SAVAGE AND WALLACE.—The fight between these men took place on Tuesday last, near Finchley Common, when, after fight ing 127 rounds in 2 hours and 47 minutes, Savage was declared the victor. DOBELL AND BAILEY.—This fight took place in the same ring in which Savage and Wallace had fought, and was decided in favour of Dobell, after fighting SS rounds in 37 minutes. BENEFIT OF Yoaxsltutz RoatNsow. 7 —The late brave but unfortunate opponent of Young Gas took his benefit yesterday at the Tennis Court, and received, as he deserved, a marked en couragement. The Court was crowded with amateurs of respecta bility,. and the highest satisfaction was expressed at the sports. Among the exhibitors were Lennox and Clarke, Ike Dodd and Fisher, Murphy, seu., and the Bristol Baker, Murphy, jun. and Define, Gaynor and Holt, the latter of whom was severely handled, Scroggins and Dick Ayres, Young Dutch Sa m an d Castles, and, as a wind-up, Tom Spring anti Robinson ; the lat ter was a most finished specimen of first-rate science. Spring was well received, and appeared to be in excellent health an d spirits ; there is som e no tion of his intending again to pitch his tent among his old friends.—At the conclusion of the performance, Robinson expressed his sincere gratitude for the very handsome manner in which he had been received, and announced that he should be ready on Monday night to make a match W i t h y oung Gas for 2001. a s id e , an d wou ld be at Tom Cribb's for th a t pur pose..---Wallace chewed, and exhibited marked sympto ms o f hi s long and arduous struggle on the preceduig day. Savag e s till re mains in a state of grea t wea kness, at the Swan, at Whetstone. BANK FAILURE, AT WARRINGTON.— it ap pears that Mr. Edward Turner, the respectable banker of War rington, has been obliged to suspend his payments for the present. The following notification was posted up at the Bank on Wed nesday last :—" Mr. Edward Turner finds himself under the painful necessity of closing his Bank for the present. While he has no doubt of being able to pay every demand upon him in full, within a reasonable period, some time will be required to enable him to settle his affairs, and this indulgence will, he trusts, be granted to him. A meeting of the creditors will b e h e ld on Mon day next, at the Bank, at twelve o'clock in the forenoon—when a statement of his (Mr. Turner's) affairs will be laid before them.— Warriniiton, Feb, 48, 28R7." —Pottery Mercury, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 7.—Wind S.W.—The chief part of last night it blew very hard from S. and W., and towards morning mode rated, and became fine about 10 A.M. ?he Deal boatmen suc ceeded in rescuing the Master and three of the crew from the rig ging of the schooner which sunk yesterday on the Goodwin Sand. She proves to be the Hope, Woodford, of London, from Falmouth to Sheerness. One of the crew perished. Arrived, the Colombia, Delano, from London ; and the Ocean transport, from Lisbon. Remain with the East Indianian, the Sarah, Juno, Baltic, Ja maica, Nile, Golconda, Electra, Margaret Hall, &c., all well., PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Arrived, the Rains transport, from Jamaica, sailed Jan. 14; and the Canada, Sinclair, from London to Bahia. -Passed, the Maria, Devards, for Batavia. Arrived, the Ada, Friend, from Demerara, sailed Jan. 28. FALMOUTH, MARCH 6.—lt has been blowing a tremendous gale from W. S.W., but the whole of the shipping in the roads and harbour ride well. Arrived, the Indiana, —, from Rio; and the Emulous packet, from the Islands. MARGATE, MARCII 7. —Wind W. S.W.—The chief part of last night it blew hard; arrived the Thomas Tonkin from St. Michael's, with damage. Off port, Henry Burnley, from Van Dieman's Land, with loss of anchor and chain. COWES, MARCH 7.—The Mercury, Betsy, Sophia, Dromo, and Antonio, have commenced discharging to repair. YARMOUTH, MARCH 7.—A fleet of about 100 sail put back to the Roads yesterday from the southward ; there was a heavy gale at W. S.W. to N.N.W. last night. The Phebe, Sales, from Hull to London, has been assisted into the Roads with the loss of her main-mast ; the Urania, Cook, from Shields to London, has been assisted in by two boats, having . struck some wreck off Ald bocough, she has discharged part of her cargo, but will proceed with extra hands. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF DUBLIN. JUDGMENT. Lord REDESDALE said that this was an information filed by his Majesty's Attorney-General, for Ireland, on behalf of several house holders of Dublin, against the Corporation and Treasurer of the city of Dublin, in consequence of an investigation which took place re specting rates and duties levied on the householders, for the purpose of remunerating the Corporation for supplying water to the city of Dublin. The question now for the consideration of their Lord ships, was whether the mode of proceeding adopted for the pur pose of compelling the Corporation to account for the rates and duties according to the Act of Parliament relating thereto, was the proper mode, or whether a different mode was pointed out by the legislature. On looking into the notes of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, respecting the ground on which he thought proper to dismiss this information, he (Lord Redesdale) was of opinion that the Commissioners for public accounts are not authorised to investigate any other accounts than those which Government required for public purposes, and that the accounts in question did not come under that description. It appeared that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had taken upon himself to order the Corporation of Dublin to account to the Com missioners of public accounts for the rates levied for the supply of water, and the Commissioners having accordingly investigated them, found a misapplication of the funds levied to the amount of 40,0001., in consequence of which the Attorney-General filed a bill in Chan cery to compel the Corporation, to the execution of that which the Commissioners found ought to be done—namely, to refund the defalcation. This was the proper mode of proceeding, whe ther the Crown, the two Houses of Parliament, or the Commis sioners, had investigated the accounts; for he (Lord Redesdale) did not see how otherwise the Corporation of Dublin could be compelled to remedy the evil. The complaint here was, that the funds were not applied to the proper purposes, and the Crown had a right to see that they should be applied to such purposes as the Act of Parliament directed, namely, the extinction of a certain debt. The only difficulty which he (Lord Redesdale) felt on the subject was, how the Corporation could be compelled to refund the deficiency. In cases of trusts for charitable uses, the general funds of a Corporation were liable should any part of the trust be misapplied; but whether the case in question should be deemed analogous, and decided accordingly, he wag not prepared to say ; he thought that that ought to be made a matter of future consideration. Under all the circumstances.he moved " that the order made by the Court of Chancery, in Ire land, in this case, be reversed, that the Attorney-General be di. rected to re-investigate the accounts, and that the costs do await the result. The LORD CHANCELLOR adjourned the further consideration of until Monday. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. PRACTICE OF THE COURT. WILLIAM V. GOODLAND. The plaintiff in this cause is the Vicar of Hendon, and the suit was instituted for the recovery of tithes. Mr. BOTLER, on a former day, obtained an order, that the de. positions taken in the cause of Williams and Goodchild should be read as evidence in the present suit, saving all just exceptions.— The Learned Gentleman then stated, that the object of bath suits was the same, and that the defence in both was also similar, namely, that the manor in which the premises were situate had belonged to Westminster Abbey, and was therefore exempt from the payment of tithes. The evidence in Williams and Goodchild was directed to the proof of that single fact, and the present de fendant claimed exemption on the very same grounds. Mr. DUCKWORTH appeared to-day for the purpose of setting aside the order. The Vwx-Citstictuott was decidedly of opinion that the order was both irregular and unnecessary. Such orders, he ad mitted, were sometimes made very properly in cross causes, that the parties might not be put to the expence of the double produc tion of the same witnesses. There were also other cases in which such an order would be of great importance ; but, in the present instance, the application ought to have been for the production of the proceedings in the cause, and then the evidence might be read from the bill and answer, and would be admissible in any Court of Justice whatever. In answer to an observation from Mr. BOTLER, his Howourt said, that a great many abuses had crept into the practice of the Court, which it was necessary to put an end to as soon as pos sible. What, for instance, was more common than for Counsel to take orders in award cases, which it was impossible to carry into effect. It was a mere waste of money. His HoNoti it dismissed the order with costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, BAILEY AND OTHERS V. CIILVERWELL. This was an action brought by the assignees of a bankrupt, named Hal Ewell, against the defendant, who is a broker, to re cover the value of a number of beaver-skins, which the bankrupt had sent to the defendant to sell for him. _ . . The case having been proved, the Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the Court whether the skins should be estimated ac cording to their value at the time they came into defendant's pos session, or at their present value in the market. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Moses Levi Bensusan, alias Thomas Bensusan, a Jew, whose case was heard on. the sth instant, applied this morning to have his discharge made out in the first name. He stated that till he was 13 years of age he was called Moses Levi Bensusan ; but since that time be has called himself, and has been known by the name of Thomas Bensusan, which he was invariably in the habit of sign ing, till adviied by his professional friend, to sign his original name to the petition. Mr. Commissioner LAW asked him if the High Priest was present, or any ceremony performed, when he was named Moses Levi Bensusan ? The insolvent replied in the negative, to the best of his belief. The COMMISSIONER. then ordered the insolvent's attorney to file an affidavit, stating the above facts, upon the signature of which; by his first name, the insolvent should be discharged. SURREY SESSIONS-(THIS DAYS) (Before J. Scary Errs, Esq. and other Magistrates.) William Winter and Stephen Jones were indicted for steal ing on the 10th of November last a jacket, containing 18 sove reigns and 18s. fid. in silver, from Samuel Gyner. The prose cutor is a labourer, and was digging a foundation in the New road, with his jacket hanging on a post, about five yards distance from him. _ The two prisoners and another man passed, and observed him closely two or three times. On turning round to watch his jacket, he saw them snatch it and run away. He did not see them again till about a month afterwards, when he recognized them on a Sunday, gambling, at the back of Barclay's Brewhouse. lie succeeded in taking the other man, but the two prisoners got off, lie, however, gave a description of them to Reid, an officer, and he went with him and another officer to apprehend them. The Jury found both the prisoners " Guilty," and the Court, after blaming the prosecntor for his carelessness, sentenced them to l!? mouths' bard labour in the House of Correction. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. BRIGHTON, MARCH 7.—His MAJESTY, accom panied by the Marquis of Conyngham left the Pavi lion for Windsor, at a quarter to three o'clock. An immense concourse of people were assembled to wit ness his departure, which is a source of universal regret in this place. From the Pavilion to the extremity of the town, the streets were lined with persons of all descriptions, who cheered the KING as he passed. His MAJESTY looked remarkably well, and enjoys perfect health ; he wore the blue riband over a plain black coat. Mr. Huskisson was a little better yesterday, and was able to take an airing for a short time in his carriage. Yesterday Viscount Granville visited Mr. Secretary Canning. Mr. Wynn transacted business yesterday at the Fo reign Office. Lord Bexley entertained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner yesterday at his residence in Great George-street. Despatches were sent off last night from the office of the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, to General Sir William Clinton, Commander-in-Chief of the British troops in Portugal, which it is understood were in answer to those received a few days since from Sir William. Despatches from the same office were also sent last night to Malta. EARL OF LIVERPOOL.—At twelve o'clock this morning, the following Bulletin was issued :—" Lord Liverpool is making slow but satisfactory progress. He has passed another good night." MR. BROUGHAM AND MR. RAIKES..—Mr. Raikes, we understand, has made an apology to Brookes's Club, for his conduct towards Mr. Brougham. The apology has been accepted through the medium of a committee appointed to examine into the affair, Lord Fitzwilliam in the Chair. Mr. LONG WELLESLEY.—Sir H. Halford and Dr. Arnott have both publicly contradicted the report of bin Long Wellesley's having been indisposed in consequence of taking poison. His illness, they say, originated solely in nervous anxiety, brought on by the late Chancery suit. We have been pained to see an unkind paragraph in some of the London papers, relative to an amiable and accom plished lady, who is therein represented to be no longer the favourite guest of an exalted personage, as s•e was previously to her marriage. This is unfeeling towards the lady, and so far from being the case, that there have actually been no entertain ments since that event, and we have the best reason to know that she is still regarded by the illustrious personage in question, with the same feelings of paternal affection as heretofore.--Brighton Herald. Mr. Young's present engagement, at Covent-garden Theatre, will terminate this evening, when he will appear, for the last time, in the Gamester. Poole's new comedy is to be called The Wife's Stratagem ; or, More Frightened than Hurt. It will be brought out on Tuesday next ; the principal characters by Messrs. Ward, Farren, Serle, Keeley, Madame Vestris, and Mrs. Chatterley. We are informed that the Commissioners have in contemplation the erection of an esplanade in front of the town, to commence from the Gun Inn, and terminate at the entrance of the Chain Pier esplanade. If such an improvement were carried into effect it would add more to the beauty and attractions of the place than all that has been hitherto effected ; and its completion would do the greatest honour to the projectors. It is said it will not cost so much by 10,0001. as it would to alter Pool-lane.—. Brighton Paper. Ninety days only hare elapsed since the Winter Assizes at Chehnsford, and, mire:bile dicta, there are upwards of one hundred prisoners for trial. The Assizes comment* on the 12th inst. in that county. The march of roguery seems to tread very sharply on the heels of the march of intellect.—Bury Paper. A Tom' OF TIIP SUBLIME.—" The Master of the Rolls (dressed as a Master of the Rolls should be,) made a capital speech." This sentence, copied verbatim from yesterday's John Bull, reminds us of a well-known tourist, who forgot to look at Napoleon on his coronation-day, in his extacy at the supe rior importance of his robes. John Bull manifestly forgets Sir John Copley's speech, in the consideration of his dress, a circum stance, in joln's eye, of far greater consequence. Verily, dace is pa accounting for tastes. STOCK EXCHANGE CLASSICS.—Mr. Moses, who is as famous for wit at the East as Mr. Rogers. is at the West End of the Town, made a capital classical pun the other day, when it was stated on the Stock Exchange, that Mr. * was a defaulter, and offered to pay six shillings and eightpenoe in the pound. "It ish a pity," (said Mr. Moses,) "that he could not pay ten shillings down ready rnoniah, as that would be twenty shillings in the pound according to tbre proverbsh." "How do you make that Mr. Moses," asked an illiterate broker. " Cy, Bisli dot qui ekieo dat," replied the witty Israelite, " vich makes ten shillings twenty."—Literary Gazette. We have just seen a specimen of a work now in the press, which we think will create some sensation amongst the literary sad scientific circles. It is entitled "Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest," and is an attempt to teach the first principles of Natural Philosophy to the rising generation, by the aid alone of their own toys and amusement. The work is illus trated by George Ciuikshank, and the specimens which we hare seen afford a promise of great excellence. The work is not, as some may suppose, a series of Didactic Essays, but a Philuso.. phical Novel, during the progress of which the scientific informa tion is imparted and illustrated in a perfectly original manner. A most extraordinary snow, considering the lateness of the season, appears to have fallen in Scotland, and to have blocked up all the roads in the South and South West. The Mail bags dispatched from Edinburgh, on horseback, on the morn ing of the 4th, for London, lost more than 24 hours in getting to Newcastle, and arrived at the General Post Office yesterday at a quarter past 12. The bags from all places North of Newcast*, due yesterday, being still wanting. The mails from Edinburgh and Glasgow were two days missing at Carlisle when the coach came away, and one clay front Portpatrick. In the north of Sweden they have neither apples, pears, cherries, plums, nor indeed any kind of fruit, produced by cultivation ; but nature has been sufficiently bountiful to the in habitants in pouring forth a profusion of wild and delicious dain- ties. Among these, as the mat abundant, may be mentioned no less than six species of raspberries, besides white, red, and black currants, which grow wild in all the forests. tONGEVITY Iti RUSSIA.—From the lists of the births and deaths published by the Synod in St. Petersburgb, it appears, that in 18.25, there died 648 persons above 100 years of age, 32 above 120, 4 between 125 and 130, and 4 between 130 and 135 years of age. _ _ NATIONAL SOClETY.—Yesterday the General Committee held their Meeting, at St. Martin's Vestry Room Present, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Durham, Worcester, Lichfield, Gloucester, and Llandaff; Sir James Longhorn, Bart.; Rev. Archdeacons Pott and Cambridge ; Rev. Dr. D'Oyley, and other Members of the Committee. Six New. Schools were united to the Society, and Twelve Grants of Money were made in sums from 30/ to 2001. towards the erecting, en— larging, and fitting up of School Rooms. PERUVIAN MINING COMPANXv----A general meeting of Proprietors was held yesterday at the ,City of London Tavern, to receive the Annual Report of the Directors. There were between twenty and thirty Shareholders present, including a lady in weeds. Mr. H. I. Brooke was called to the Chair, and stated that the finances u' the Company were in a state of gradual improvement. UNITXD MEXICAN MINING SCHEME.--Yester day a general Lalf-yearly meeting of the Shareholders in this scheme, was held at the City of London Tavern. Mr. Bosanquet, the Bank Director, took the Chair, and expressed his confidant* that a good profit would ultimately be yielded on the Minn.— , After some further discussion, relative to the forfeited shares, mid other affairs, the meeting adjourned, to await the arrival of ac counts from Mexico. The Maidol). Agricultural Association has set an example which should be followed throughout the kingdom ; and there is uo time to lose. Whoever will take the trouble to read Mr. Canning's speech in submitting; the propositions to the House, on Thursday last, will perceive that he has not been deaf to the remonstrances contained in the numerous petitions which have been presented from the Landowners and Occupiers.— The higher duty, in the opinion of the Maldon Meeting, should commence, as respects Wheat, at 655. ; on Oats at 245. ; on Bar ley at 355. ; on Rye, Beans, and Peas at 401. The difference ie not so great as to preclude all hope of attaining that object. We shall be glad to learn the Ministers' compliance with Mr. Brougham's suggestion c postponing the discussion of the propo sition until after the Assizes. It will give that time which ought to be afforded, to obtain the public opinion as regards thein..—. ELlex gravid.