The Sun. — London, England, 1827-07-06 00:00:00

I FROM LLOYD'S f the fit to .naely Bank m of ivate nom ad au wally iting pen )f the , ffect, f old and have king .) a of • ) • ig of kerai •isloe ,e the tel of Ler of , inner tas, esafe tar : rgbt, itt could ob rable skipplNG INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JULY s.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived from London the Elphinstome, Atkinson, for India; Achilles, Hender son, for the Cape, and sailed with the outward bound. PORTSMOUT JULY s.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E._ Sailed the Carn Brea Castle, Davey, for Bengal; New John, Kollar,, for Quebec. The Neptune, Cambridge, from Madras and Bengal, came up to Spithead. PLYMOUTH, JULY 4.---Wind S.W.—Arrived the Or well, Quick, from Prince Edward's Island ; Neptune, Silva, from Fliyal. Off the Port the Mary Ann, Spottis wood, E.om FA LXIOUTII, JULY 4.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived off the Port, Cie Vrow Maria, Van Dem Bergh, from Batavia, in 130 days.— Arrived the Emulous packet, Croker, from Bermida and, Halifax, sailed the 18th of June.—Sailed the Shaltrock cutter on a cruize. Grisoa, J uNit 7.—By accounts from Messina and Ca labia of the 13th inst., a violent gale was experienced frou the sth to the 7th, during which ten vessels were wncked ; as song them two Neapolitan, a Sicilian, and a Fexlinian, also four fishing-boats ; part of the crew lost. AMSTERDAM, JULY 3. —The Jonge Jan, Onwehuad, ` r itived at Emden ; on entering the Ems, on the 26th ult., VI! a-ground, and was obliged to discharge part of her cargo. A passsenger in the Wellington, arrived from Madras, sorts that a ship, which the Captain supposed to be the rhalia, was seen going into the Cape of Good Hope, with :oft or mizen-mast, and it was reported at St. Helena, on 13th May, that she had been at Ceylon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYISIOUTII.-The Arethusa frigate has been brought alongside the Yard for some repairs and alterations. The Hind cutter, just undocked, at this port, is to he fitted, to proceed to the Mediterranean, as tender to the Asia, flag ship on that station. IrHamoaze—Britannia, Ocean, Windsor Castle, Nightin, gale, Leveret. In Barn-Pool—Vigilant. At the Island—Royalist, Reynard. In the Sound—Dartmouth, Herald. Lieut. R. Russell is appointed to the Dartmouth, vice Mansfield; Lieut. Edw. Medley to the Plumper, in the room of Lieut. W. Hutchinson (b). Commander H. Caiger is appointed to the Java. Lieut. Rowney is promoted to the rank of Commander. Lieut. W. J. Peirse is appointed to the Wellesley ; Lieut. J. W. Young to be Agent for Transports, in the Hope. Lieuts. G. A. Sainthill, H. Berners, B. N. Gamier, and C. J. Rooke, to the Isis. We understand that the Naval Club dinner will be the next dinner after the Regatta, at which the Lord High Admiral will be present, and that it will be followed by a ball in the evening at Whiddon's Royal Hotel. Mr. Lushington is hourly expected, and it is supposed that the Herald will proceed with his Excellency direct to Madras. The Lord High Admiral having resolved to defer his visit to Portsmouth to the Ist of August, will proceed from London direct for this Port. We understand that it is at present the intention of his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral, to remain at this Port eight days, four of which he will pass at Mount Edg cumbe, and four at Saltram, the seat of Earl Morley. The Right Hon. the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe arrived on Monday last at his beautiful seat Mount Edgcumbe, from London. Mr. J. B. Kooystra, Admiralty Mate of his Majesty's ship Victory, has lately invented a screw and winch, as a substitut e for the tackle now used for the main hatchway runner, and a compressing stopper for chain cables. The latter excellent invention, by which great labour of the seamen (by the present practice) is reduced to a mere tong, and d angerous acc i dents are prevented, is ordered fitted on board his Majesty's ship Tweed, which is equipping for foreign service at Portsmouth. Mr. Kooystra was lately presented by the Society of Arts with the Vulcan Medal, for the invention of this instrument.— Plymouth Journal of Thursday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TER SALL'S. —Jv LY 5. The room was very thinly attended, and what betting took place rested nearly all on the July Stakes of next week, on whisk itssill ba.seen that zeal has most materially fallen back, as also has Eleanor, and Juryman retrograded one point. On the contrary, Folly has jumped up to be the first favourite, and Stoughton Lass has advanced three or four points. The Duke of GrAfton's Rchvena has been brought into the market, and much noticed. The Derby and Oaks were scarcely mentioned, and the Leger was dull, there being no alteration whatever therein, with the excep tion of Matilda, Lunaria, and Reviewer, each of whom have fell back a point or two. All those, of course, stood as on last betting day. JULY STA X ES—( NRWMA R X XT). 4 to 1. agst Folly (taken) 6 to 1 agst Juryman 5 to 1 apt Stoughton Lass 10 to 1 apt Zeal 6 to 1 apt Rowena 12 to 1 apt Eleanor L the üblio that judi :7,ourt iduce , ct of Ec. Its to u the KILLARNEY RACES. at he FRIDAY. Kenmare Stakes, 10 ISOM each, h. ft. ; 601. hoW added-501. by the Ear/ of Kenmare ; 2 mile heats. et of Mr. Creagh's cb. c. Falkland, 4 yrs, Sst. 71b. 1 1 rotes' Mr. Hunter's ch. f. Guiccioli, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b 2 2 )12j:et Mr. Croke?s bl. c. Pilot, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b. D the . Second place is disputed, in consequence of Guiccioli's 11, for jockey having been thrown after passing the winning post, Dale- last heat. el in SATUIDAY.—Stakes of 5 sovs. each; 50/. added by Lord The Headly ; wt. for age, 2 mile heats. that Mr. Creagh's ch. c. Falkland, 4 yrs ration Mr. Boyce's br. c. Fisherman, 4 yrs Ro- Mr. Creagh's ch. g. Corsair, aged drawn if be ---- Pre' TENNIS-COURT, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, atent HA YMARKET. 'LI o f Uncle Ben took his benefit yesterday, and a very numerous la by muster of swells took place. After amusing themselves for seine time in the shooting gallery, they adjourned to the Court, where the sports were opened by Lennox and Clark; Pick and Jones ; Mike, the Bristol Baker, and J. Stockman ; Murphy and Donovan ; Oliver Burns and Savage ; Ned Stockman and Flynn. All passed off without any thing like sparring, till the last, which was really a good set-to.— Flynn is a most active young man, and pushed the other so hard, that the latter threw him over hi. head twice, which elicited some very tumultuous expressions from the audience. Tom Belcher and Jem Ward then took up the gloves, and gave a rare treat to the Fancy, by their scientific and good-humoured set-to. Abbinet .hewed, and drew a small tribute from the Fancy for his spirited attempt with Josh Hudson's Black. Both White -headed Bob and Jem Burns showed,—the former exhibited terrible punishment, and has not yet re covered his left eye. Burns showed very little about the o the .......7 bead, except a bl ac k eye; he, however, complained of some unpleasant feelings about the ribs and arm-pits. His rvent hands appeared much swollen, to the loss of which he at tributed losing the battle. Ned Stockman challenged to recu- fight Harry Jones for 501. Jem Burns also said his money when and himself were ready for another shy with White-headed tutted Bob, wh o answered, that having fought twice within cat in eleven weeks ' he wanted so me rest , an d would rather not Ned, ' fi ght again for the next six months. ndll aud Scrog rmed ' gins then arauagel the audience. B urns Jem a again mounted .....-0 . and said he also had fought twice within six months, and inder would make a.nlateh to fight Bob in six months—his own irent ' tinm To tins, friends owever Bob made no answer, and de look dared to his ___ Nat he intended forfeiting the Si. made now down, to Ned 0 Neal, as he could not be expected If no I () fight in two months. the stage and said, that tn , d , 6 ' Josh. Hudson then . mount e d fight any man, barring Ward, for 100 Suitt, his Black would ed— • . guineas. replied, that if nobody I ilit'fr , Young Gas Blackee esvl° ' ad fi g ht him ' this, his he would.—Upon and sh oo k se hands with his i gg ie epponenent with much glee , Lau htledr he should be eel* ided, happy to fight Mister Gas•—( g •) d thank., and the Fan d ' un - Uncle lisn then retain ey eps r t e d pre- wdl pleased with the sport. won* ng iv for Inded reer, esue limos! Mr. O'CoNNELL is specially retained as lead it at ing Counsel, in a case of Breach of Pro m i se of last Ntarria g e at the ensuing Summer Assizes for riate Galway.--Cork Constitution. NEW PUBLICATIONS.--The following pular Works of Fictihn have been lately published by Mr. COLBURN, New Burlington-street, viz. _ i. D e Vere ; or, the Man of Independence, by the author of Tremaine, 4 V 012.-2. Reuben Apeley, by the author of 13tanabl et r House, 3 V 015.-3. The Third and last Series of High west ways and By-ways, 3_v019.-4. Hyde Nugent Tale of and ;liver luare The AB), i for ,iugent ; a an d ' „ illuionable Life, 3 vols.-5. The Continuation of Vivian 10d. G; tev , 3 vols.-6. Falkland, 1 vol.-7. The Second nity Aeries of Tales by the O'Hara Family, 3 vols.-8. E ng li s h . Inch attaionables Abroad, 3 vols.-9. The Prairie, by the rso au thor of 'ale Spy, 3 vole---and 10. The Natchez ;an In -44 Tale ? by the author of Atala, 3 vols. TIM MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals of all kinds of English Corn are small, but there is another good supply of Foreign Oats, and the wind be ing favourable, more vessels are coming up the river from the Baltic. The bonded Corn is this day permitted to be entered at our Custom-house, at the following duties—Wheat, 245. Bd. Barley, Beans, and Pease, ls.—and Rye, 3s. Gcl. per quarter. Oats continue to be entered, under the old law, at 4d. per quar ter duty. The Wheat trade is very heavy to-day, and rather lower prices are submitted to. Barley, Beans, and Pease, meet some demand, but not sufficient to maintain last quotations. Oats are not reported lower to-day. English Irish Foreign ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. 2,500 qrs. 30 qrs, - 1,530 Oats. I Flour. 600 qrs. 4,4soscks. 1,900 16,400 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN (WHICH GOVERNS IMPORTATION) For the Week ended June 29, 1827, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. Wheat . 40s. I'd. Oats 28s. Ild. Beans 51s. 10t1 I 8ar1ey....—,425.11d. Rye I 455. 3d. Pease.-- 50s. Od, AVERAGES IMPERIAL Of the Six WEEKS PRECEDING, Which regulate the Duties on the Liberated Bonded Corn. Wheat—.— 60s. '7d. I Oats 295. 7d. I Beans.„---525. 2d. Barley—.--425. sd. Rye 445. 4d. Pease —sos. Id SMITHFIELD MARKET. - - The Sheep, Lambs, and Calves, of this day's supply were ra ther numerous, but its numbers of Beasts and Porkers limited ; each kind of meat met with a dull sale, Beef at about 2d., Lamb at from 2d. to 4d. per stone beneath Monday's prices, at which Mutton, Veal, and Pork, were barely stationary. PRICES PER STONE OF BLES. TO SINK THE OFFALS. a. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 3 0 3.4 Large Lambs 4 8 0 0 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 2 Prime small ditto 0 0 6 0 Prime large Oxen... 4 4 4 8 Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 S Prime Scots, 410 5 2 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 4 Inferior Sheep 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs 4 0 4 4 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Small Porkers 4lO 5 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 6 Suckling Calves 128 to 40s. each. Southdown Wethers 4 8 5 0, Quarter old Pigs 10s to 16s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. ISheep and Lambs. Calves. I Pigs. 431 I 11,650 347 I 200 There were few Mulch Cows of any kind, and as few buyers of them. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d, to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef 3 6 4 8 I Veal Mutton 3 2 4 4 Pork 3 6 5 4 Lamb 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. .RKET.-.July 4. s. d. to s. d. Veal Pork 4 0 5 0 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. _ Quarter old Pigs 9s. to 14s. each Icl trade dull. RUMFORD M. s. d. to s. d. Beef 3lO 4 8 Mutton 3 8 4 6 Lianb , Suckling Calves fronil4s. to 38s ; Supply good a SOUTHALL MARKET.—JuIy 4. The supply of this day's market having been limited, and the buyers in it numerous, each kind of fat stock met with a tolera bly ready sale, at the following prices per stone of Sibs to sink the offals : Beef 4s. Od. to ss. 4d. Veal 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Mutton 8 I 4 8 Pork 4 0 5 0 Lamb - " ss. Od. to 6s. Od The foregoing quotations are, Beef from 2d. to 4d. per stone higher than those of this day se'nnight, at which Mutton, Lamb, Veal, and Pork, were stationary. Some, but not many, of th e Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs, left the market unsold. STEYNING MARKET.--July 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. Veal 4s. 10d. t o s s. 4d Mutton I 4 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. 10d. to ss. 6d. A moderately good supply, and a sluggish trade. Beef~...~.ARUNDEL MARKET.—JuIy 3. . 4s 441. to ss. Od. Vealw. 4s. Bd. to s s. j Mutton I 4 0 4 8 Pork 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. 10d. to ss. 6d. Supply good, and trade, on the whole, rather dull. CHICHESTER MARKET.—JuIy 4. 4s. Od. to 4s. 10d. 4s. 4d. to 55. (k 1 Mutton 4 0 4 8 I Pork 0 0 0 0 4s. 6d. to ss. Od, Supply of both Fat and Lean Stock tolerably good, trade with the former rather dull, with the latter moderately brisk. HAILSHAM MARKET—JuIy 4. Beef 4i. Od. to 4s. 9d. ss. Od. to se. 4d. I 4 4 4 8 Pork 0 0 0 0 Lamb 44 6d. to ss. Od. Though the Supply was, for the time of year, great, and the trade dull, most of the Stock was ultimately sold. CITY MARKETS. PLANTATION SUGARS.-The active demand which was noticed in my last continues unabated, and rather increas ing, as the orders from the country dealers are pouring in, they being rather anxious to get into Stock, having taken alarm at the deficiency of the importation there is every appearance of being this year ; the prices aze again Is. per cwt. higher, and some of the importers feel so confident of a much further advance that they will not.even show then, satrapies. The manner in which Government is acting With respect to East India and Foreign, gives much im portance to the present state of the market; an order from the Treasury is hourly expected at the Custom-house to allow the Grocers to clear home East India Sugars at the duty 295., on the same terms as the Refiners, viz, to export a proportionate quantity of Refined ; this has created a very great bustle, and the Sugars at the East India Com pany's Sale yesterday in consequence went off briskly at an advance of 3s. on their former sale ; to-day they have de clared another sale of 16,000 bags. Delivered last week from West India Docks, 3,944 hhds. 322 trs. Stock on hand in West India Docks (on the 2d instant), 22,008 hhds. 2,609 trs. Stick on hand in West India Docks (on 4th July, 1826), 26,412 hhds. 3,236 trs. FORZIGN SUGAR S . —O n I y one h ouse appears to h ave any Brazils for sale at present; they, however, are bringing them forward freely, and making extensive sales still upon the same terms as to the exporter, leaving to the buyers the responsibility of paying the duty, which remains still in doubt on the white qualities, none having yet been paid upon. An order, explanatory of the duties to be collected, was expected at the Custom-house, but has not yet arrived. Notwithstanding, the Refiners are large buyers ; one lot fine whites has been sold for export 465. per cwt. ; white Ha vannahs are held for 48s. ; there are not many here at present. REFINED SUGARS.--The great advance which has taken place on the descriptions of the raw material fit for the pans, being so much in disproportion to that on re fined goods, has induced several of the refiners to slacken their work. The demand has been extensive this week, and the advanced quotations quoted realised, the grocers being the principal purchasers, speculating upon the low goods . for exportation, to cover the quantity of East India, upon which they pay duty, under the new regulation. The shippers have done nothing in the low descriptions, but have turned their attention to the fine qualities, of which they have been considerable purchasers. In Crashed one or two extensive contracts have been made this week. COFFEE yesterday and to-day by public sale went off with considerable spirit; at an advance of Is. to 2s. per cwt. on the coloury descriptions of Plantation, of which 738 casks and 159 bags, principally Jamaica and Dominica, have been sold. In Foreign Coffee also an advance has been obtained, good ordinary St. Domingo to-day bringing 445. 6d. and ordinary 435. ; good ordinary Brazil 445. Delivered last week from West India Docks, casks 730; bags, &c. 1497. Stock on hand in West India Docks, on 2d inst., casks 11,452 ; bags, &c., 73,894. Stock on hand in West India Docks, on 4th July, 1826, casks, 13,197; bags, &c., 80,188. FRUIT.-But little alteration can be noticed this week ; about 100 butts Ctirrants have arrived from Trieste, but are not yet landed ; a parcel of Red Smyrna Raisins re cently arrived has been divided among the trade at 50s. At Cheltenham, 3500 copies of the Rev. Mr. CLOSE'S sermon on the evil consequences of at tending the Races, have been sold, and a third edition is contemplated.-- Worcester Journal. IMPORTANT TO UNMARRIED LADIES.— Matrimony, it would appear, is getting into dis repute, since, during the last week, there has not been solemnized one single marriage, by license, at that favourite temple of hymen—the Collegiate Church.—Manchester Herald. LONG SUTTON, JULY 4.—The new organ erected in the parish church of this place was opened on Sunday for divine service. The Rev. Thos. Leigh Bennett, who is sole proprietor of the tithes of the parish, with its hamlets, &c., preached on the occasion from suitable words in the 7th and Bth verses of the 57th Psalm. The congregation (which, considering the unfavour able state of the weather, was large) were highly gratified, both with the tone of the instrument and the talent displayed by Mr. Mather, the or ganist of St. Bride's, London, who presided on th e occasion. The very spirited wa y i n which the inh a bi tants h ave repa i re d an d b eaut ifi e d t h e i r chur c h was also a cause of admiration. Its neat ness and cleanliness reflect the highest credit on all concerned. It is a singular coincidence that the donor who left land for the support of an or gan and organist, and the builder of th e present livin g upwards of t wo centur i es W igan, though apar t, should both bear the name of Allen.- 4tamf9rd Mercury. KING'S THEATRE. Madame Puzzi appeared last night for her benefit on the boards of this Theatre, in Mercadante's Opera of Didone. The character she sustained was /Eneas, (the pious iEneas of Virgil) a part which was ably seconded by Madame Pasta as Didone. The per formance of the latter lady, in particular, was marked by all her wonted excellence : she seems to have enslaved all the passions, to have rendered them subservient to her purpose, and to control or subdue them as she may think fit. ' Dido, the classical reader will recollect, affords a fine and varied scope for feeling. In Virgil the tender too much predomi nates, perhaps, for truth ; softness and sensibility would scarcely be the reigning characteristics of a woman who could summon up energies sufficient to throw herself on a funeral pile. Madame Pasta took a correcter view of the subject, she infused more passion—more despair—more intense overwhelmin g phrenzy, into Didone than Virgil, with just enou g h tenderness to redeem the character of her sex, and render her interesting as well as heroic. The per formance throughout was triumphantly applauded by as full and fashionable a house as we have seen this season. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The sarcastic comedy of " The Hypocrite" w as performed last night at this theatre, on which occa sion Mr. John Reeve assumed Liston's well-k nown character of Maw-worm. The stupid simplicity of this booby Evangelist, who complains that while " he was a preaching, the boys tied brick-bats to his pious tail," met with corresponding si mp li c i ty i n the personation of Mr. John Reeve: there was, however, less comic effect about it than in Liston's performance; but what it wanted in richness it gained in probability an d adherence to n a t ure . M r . W. Farren attempted Dr. Cantwell, b u t t o t h ose acquainted with Dowton's perform ance o f t h e same character, the attempt must have appeared presump tuous—to give it no worse appellation. Dr. Cant well is a smooth, oily, sophistical hypocrite; Far ren, on the other hand, represents testy, fidgettv, nervous, dry, old gentlemen, such as Sir Peter Teazle, or Lord Ogleby ; so that his failure in the glozing Cantwell might have naturally been antici pated. The house was well attended, and Maw worm's sermon encored as usual. THE IKAU DUGONG, OR MERMAID. There is now exhibiting in Leicester-square the skeleton of a fish or sea-monster, called the Ikau Dugong, or, as the descriptive paper of the exhibitor adds, " The Mermaid of the Eastern Seas." How far the latter appellation is supported by the shape and figure of the subject itself, we must leave the public to judge. Accordi ng t o t h e common adage " every eye has its beauty ;" and, unless the walrus: and the seal can lay claims to fascination, we fear the Dugong must be content to find personal ad mirers among the poor Malays, who have given her a specific name from their language. This animal is in fact the Tricheebus Dougong of Linn us; and though never, as far as we know, personally exhi bited here before, a few specimens have reached our learned societies, and been fully described by the fo reign naturalists Diard and Duvaneil, and more lately by Sir Stamford Raffles and Sir Everard Home.— The skeleton only (though a very perfect one) is now exhibiting; but there is a very fine head of one preserved in Mr. Brookes's valuable anatomical col lection ; and, besides a small skeleton, there are two perfect Dugongs in the museum of Surgeons' Hall, one of which, if we mistake not, was dissected by Sir Everard Home; and the other resembles, and per haps is, the subject sent from Sincapore to the Royal Society in the year 1820, for the purpose of anato mical examination. In the Transactions of the Royal Society for 1820, and in the Asiatic Journal for August of the same year, will be found elaborate accounts of the Dugong, with a complete description of its habits and organization. The general form of the animal resembles that of the other cetacece. The skin is smooth and thick, with a few scattered hairs; the head is compared to that of a young elephant, hav ing its trunk cut off obliquely from above, a few inches below the forehead. There are two thick tusks projecting from the extremity of the upper jaw. The head is remarkable for the manner in which the anterior part of the upper jaw bends downward, the lower jaw being proportionally truncated. The lips, according to the accounts given by the French naturalists, are muscular and [ moveable, and the jaw-bones paved with many horny plates. It has both ears and lungs. The vertebrae or spinal bones are 52 in number-7 to the neck, 18 to the back, and 27 to the tail; ribs, 18 on each side. The sternum, or breast-bone, is similar in form to that of the human subject, but re versed in its position, and articulated to the ribs by cartilaginous union. The scapula or blade bone, the upper and lower portions of the arm, together with the thumb and fingers bear a resemblanc e t o the human, the whole of which are firmly articulated to each other, and are complete, even to the last phalanges, or tips of the thumb and fingers ; there is only one bone corresponding to the phalanges of the thumb and little finger, that belongin g to the little finger being the broadest, so that the hand appears to be reversed, the thumb occupying the place of the little finger. The dimen sions of the skeleton are—total length, 5 feet 6 in-' ches ; length of the head, 9 inches ; length of the nose, 5 inches; length of the chin, 4 inches; length of the arms and hands, 1 foot 10 inches; breadth across the breast, 1 foot 2 inches : breadth of the tail, 1 foot 6 inches. But they have been found 20 feet in length. Sir Stamford Raffles, in a communication to Sir E. Home, which was read by the latter at the Col lege of Surgeons a few years ago, states that " the food of the _Dugong appears to consist exclusively of fuci and submarine algss (sea weed), which it finds at the bottom of the shallow inlets of the sea. The position and structure of the mouth enables the ani mal to browse upon these vegetables, much in the same manner as a cow in a meadow; and the whole structure of the masticating and digestive organs show it to be truly herbivorous. The flesh resembles young beef, and is very delicate and juicy, The breasts of the adult females are said to be large.— The affection of the mother for its young is strongly mar ked, and the Malays make frequent allusion to this animal as an example of maternal affection.— When they succeed in taking a young one, they feel themselves certain of the mother, who follows it t o the margin of the sea, and allows herself to be speared or taken with the greatest ease. The young have a short, sharp cry, which they frequently re peat, and it is said they shed tears." The following is the description given of the capture of the speci men, the skeleton of which is now exhibiting ; " The mother had been observed for some days at a distance in the sea, and several boats were manned, and ordered out in pursuit of her, provided with harpoons; at length she appeared above the surface of the water, accompanied by her young one, which was immediately speared in the breast, and taken, uttering a piercing, wild, and peculiar cry, until it died from loss of blood. The mother followed the boat for nearly four miles, now approaching it, and then suddenly disappearing, beating the water violently with her tail, and using every effort which maternal fondness could suggest to regain possession of her young, until, rendered desperate by her inef fectual struggles, she rose so close to the stern of the boat, as to be herself harpooned, and, after con siderable resistance, she was also secured." We fear that the possession of this animal, how ever rare as a specimen of natural history, and worth the attention of the curious, will not advance us much in the knowledp of the Mermaid, and that we unlit be content still to have these " charmers of the deep" manufactured for us, as heretofore, by the Chinese, out of monkies heads and limbs, and salmon tails. The best of the kind we had in this country only two years ago, and for which a Japa nese knave had prevailed upon the captain of a ship a Batavia to hypothecato his cargo, for a large own of money. It wanted only the mirror or comb in either hand, to resemble exactly what the Heralds paint for us. If we are to have a mermaid, we must have a proper lady-like one ; and, by the way, we are enabled by a book that has just issued from the press, to have such a description from excellent au thority. It is a translation by Lieut. Alexander, from the Persian manuscript of Mirza Itesa Modeen, an Oriental, who was much employed by our Go vernment in India some 40 or 50 years ago, and who has left on record an interesting account of his discoveries and adventures. Speaking of the mer maid, Mirza says, " the mermaid is a beautiful woman from the head to the waist, with two breasts, a mouth like a flower, black tresses, dark eyes, of a good stature, with eyebrows lik e a bow. On seeing her countenance the hearts of lovers are wounded, and those who are inexperienced in affairs of the heart, are confounded in the snare of her enticements. Beneath her waist, the limbs and lower parts resemble a fish, with a forked tail. The effigy of this animal is placed on stems and sterns of ships. These extraordinary beings are seen by mariners near dangerous parts of the ocean, and when they appear it is a bad omen. M a y God in his mercy prevent any one froin seeing its countenance, for it is a kind of genii ! when it sits upright in the water, to its waist, and shows its face, the sailor:, viewing its countenance, lose their senses. It then calls on one of them by name; the individual called upon, on hearing its voice, becomes greatly agitated, and prepares to go upon hearing the call repeated. At the third summons he leaps into the sea, and is lost to the view of the beholders. They say, that if that person were to be bound with a chain of iron, even that could not detain him. In this way seizing men, the mermaid conveys them to a dry island, tends them carefully, and feeds them on fruits, &c., and cohabits with them. There is a story that in former days a certain vessel in distress touched at an unknown island, and found there a man who had been carried off by a mermaid. They took him on board, but he being dumb, they could not learn from him the particulars of his history." This story of Mirza's about the dumb merman is probably a version of the extravagant fable related by Nearchus, who navigated the Persian seas for Alexander the Great, and described the fear inspired among his sailors upon visiting an island which had been the abode of a Persian Circe, who allured ma riners on shore, and having seduced them by volup tuous pleasures, transformed them finally into fishes, which were thrown out to swim in the surrounding sea. The Sun, however, disapproving, as well he might, of such proceedings, obliged her not only to le a ve the island, but to restore these cruelly trans formed mortals to their original shape, whence it is sa id proceeded the nation of the Ichthyophagi, which still gives a name to this maritime district, and one of whom was, doubtless, the dumb gentleman above alluded to. But to return from fabulous to natural history,—from the Mermaid to the Ikau Dugong,— the latter somewhat resembles the upper portion of the bony fabric of the human skeleton, the head ex cepted, while the lower extremity is similar to the tail of an enormous fish, that tail however being placed in a horizontal position, to admit of the ani mal standing erect. These are the mainly striking peculiarities in the animal; and from the opportuni ties which we have described, they have become of late years well known to our comparative anatomists, although we believe this is the first public exhi bition of the animal which has taken place in this country. We have to record the death of Signor SAPIo, who was one of the most distinguished masters in the art of singing in Europe during a period when that art received perhaps even a more general attention than at the present time. He was the instructor of Mazur ANTOINETTE, and had the honour to be preferred to Prcenqx, SACCHINI, and Crr.ucK, his rivals at the French Court. Such a connec tion of course drove him from France at the breaking out of the revolution ; and so widely had his fame spread, that immediately on his arrival in this country be was appointed Singing Master to the Duchess of YORK, then to the Princess of WALES. His instruction was sought by all the highest Nobility, and for a long period he continued at the head of his profession in the fashionable world. The musical historians and critics of his day ascribe the supe riority of his style to its incomparable feeling and expres sion, while the facility with which he imparted its peculia • titles to his pupils appears to have been unique. Signor SAPIO was the father of Mr. SAPIO, the distinguished tenor of Covent-garden Theatre, and of Mr. SAPIO, the very promising young bass singer, attached to the Royal 15ca demy. He died on the night of Saturday last, aftra a short illness, in his 77th year. DISTRESSING SUlClDE.—Yesterday after noon a letter-carrier, of the Oxford-street district, in the employment of the General Post-office, entered the Green Man and Still, in Oxford -street, and after drinking some porter retired backwards, but not returning, the landlord went to learn the cause, and, breaking open the door, dis covered the unfortunate man with his throat cut in a shocking manner. A surgeon was immediately sent for, but he died shortly afterwards. He had fastened the door, by hanging his letter-bag on the inside. He bore a most excellent character at the Post-office, and was in very good circumstances. What led to the committal of the rash act is not known. He has left a wife and large family to deplore his loss. THUNDER STORm.—Since our last, a num ber of heavy showers have fallen, and the weather has been chill and unfavourable for vegetation. Yesterday at noon, this city and neighbourhood were visited by a severe thun der storm. it began in the west, and a number of the flashes of lightning were very vivid, and were followed by o f thund er . F or nearly a quarter of an hour there re markably heav y f a ll o f ra i n and mingled hail. flowed in torrents a l ong t h e streets ; and in the loud peals was a t the west end of the G rassmarket , and in other low situations, several of the houses an d ce ll ars were inun cThusevgate water , a dated. The storm, with partial i n t erm i ss i ons , l asted for w armth and sp l en d our of midsummer. The rain which accompanied the th un d er storm , Loy floodi ng cel lars, low awls, theful fully three sual hours, and the r ema i n d er of the afternoon had aim houses, o ccas i one d a var i ety of ludi crous incidents. While sundry good dames were following their culinary avocations i n t h e ki tchen of Trinity Hospi tal, the w aters sudd enly rushed into their domicile, and c i forced them to mak e a quick retreat to a more elevated apartment. A blacksmith in St. Tdary's Wynd had got a cart of Mail coals for his forge laid down, and had just commenced taking them in, when the rain forced him to desist. In a few minutes afttrwards, the street wa s inun dated w ith such t orrents , as swept t h em ent i re l y away—. His surprise and mortification were obvious in his rueful countenance, when be found that his whole cart of coals were on their w a y to the ocean.—Scotsman. MR. PEEL.—At a Chamber Meeting of the Mayor and Corporation of this city, on Friday, the I. ° llo lving Resolution was, on the motion of HENRY CLIFTON, Esq. unanimously agreed to That the freedom of this ancient and loyal city be presented to the Right Honourable ROBERT PEEL, late Secretary of State for the liDepartment, in t es ti mon y o f th e hi g h sense e the Body Corporate entertain of his consummate abilities and inflexible integrity as a Statesman, and his invariable fidelity and attach ment to the Constitution in Church and State." —Worcester Journal. WORCESTER ANT BIRMINGHAM CANAL. —At the General Assembly held in this City the Report of the Committee was gra tifying to the proprietors. It appears th a t t h e during the last half year, h as b een ore than the amount of the correspond ing 4n yesterday, noa year in 1826. Shares are se lli ng at about 501. l We are glad to understand that the project of forming a canal from this city to Glou cester is not abandoned. There is also some ex pectation that a proposition will be made for forming a boat-canal from the lower part of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal to Bristol.— Were these projects carried into effect, the water communication in this part of the Kingdom would be immensely improved. Those who are acquainted with the difficulties attendant upon the Severn navigation, are well aware that those difficulties are only partially overcome i n y the opening of the Gloucester and 4er t k e l ey Canal. --Worcester Journal. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS A Cabinet Council (the third this week) was held yesterday afternoon, at the residence of Mr. CANNING, in Downing-street, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of LANspowN, the Marquis of ANGLESEA, Mr. CANNING, the Earl of HARROWEY, the Earl of CARLISLE, Mr. Secretary BOURNE, Viscount DUDLEY, Viscount GODERICH, Viscount PALMERSTON, Mr. WYNN, Mr. HusiussoN, and Mr. TIERNEY. The Ministers met at four o'clock, and con tinned sitting till half-past five o'clock. The Duke of GLOUCESTER left his residence, Gloucester-house, Park-lane, about eleven o'clock yesterday morning, for Cheltenham. Sir JOHN MALcoLm left town yesterday morning for Portsmouth, at which place it is expected Sir Joinz will embark for the East Indies. The Duke of GRAFTON entertained a dis tinguished party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Clarges-street. The Marquis of LANSDOWN entertained a select party to dinner yesterday, at Lansdown-house, Ber. keley-square. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square. The Earl and Countess of HAREWOOD and family have left town for the seat of Mr. PORTMAN, Bry anston-hall, Dorsetshire. The Right Hon. CHARLES WYNN enter tained a large party to dinner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall. Lord FARNBOROUGH had a grand dituier party yesterday, at his house in Privy-gardens. Lady RAVENSWORTH gave a grand ball and supper yesterday evening, at her house in Portman-square, which was attended by nearly 800 of the haut ton. Mrs. NISBET entertained a select party of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Portman- square. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, we are happy to learn, is considered by Doctor DREVER, as having already derived benefit from the air of Coombe Wood. His Lord ship's general state of health is, upon the whole, much amended. His Grace the Archbishop of YORK has been pleased to collate the Rev. JOHN Runn, A.M. Vicar of Blyth, Nottinghamshire, to the Halloughton Prebend in the Collegiate Church of Southwell, vacated by the cession of the Rev. FRED. ANsoN. DINNER AT DEVONSHIRE HOUSE.—On Wednesday last, his GRACE gave a sumptuous banquet in the great hall, or saloon, to—The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Grafton and the Ladies Fitzroy, Marquis and Marchioness Palmella, Earl and Countess Grosvenor, Viscount Strangford, Lord and Lady William Bentinck, Mr. and Lady Catherine Cavendish, Viscount Morpeth, Lady Isabella Thynne, Countess of Carlisle, Viscount Templeton, Mr. and Mrs. Williams Wynn, Earl of Darlington, Hon. Mrs. Townshend, the Misses Upton, Mr. Robert Grosvenor, the Misses Wynn, Miss Stewart, Col.. Higgins, Mr. Lambton, Mr. Currey, Mr. Brougham, and the Attorney-General. MRS. ROTHSCHILD'S MUSIC PARTY-- On Tuesday this Lady had a numerous and elegant assem blage at her house in Piccadilly. A grand musical treat was provided on the occasion, which afforded the utmost delight. Miss FOSTER (a. lady of the first-rate talents) played with MoscHELEs a duet on the pianoforte in a styli of the utmost brilliancy, and the effect was striking almost beyond example. All the other performances, as well plendi seription, and afforded no l ess gratification to the splendidvocal as instrumental, we r e a l so o f th e most excelle - ai de audience. Mr. GULLY.—This cel:Airated sporting cha racter is said to have netted 'between 5,0001. and 6,0001. by his bets at the Che/".enham Races. B e f ore his depar ture he left wit h~ , "Ir.NEYLER, of the Plough Hotel Si. to be distributed amongst the following Charities :—Th( Dispenst!,ry, the Coburg Society, the Orphan Asylum, thr P:lkant School, and the National School —Cheltenhan. Chronicle. THE LATE DUKE OF YORK'S MAPS.— AI the sale of the Duke of YORE'S maps and charts yesterda) morning, by Mr. Sonmy, lot 238, the magnificent col lection of 5,500 maps, in 88 folio double cases, which we mentioned a few days ago, excited extraordinary conten tion. The principal parties were, a Gentleman deputed by the Duke of CammtlDGE, and a Mr. ThORP (as w( understood, for some public Society). After some very sharp bidding, the lot was finally knocked down for th, Duke of CAMBRIDGE at 4001. Considerable interest wa' manifested in the room during the time. A Chevalier d'lndustrie, at Paris, went to a house where there was to be a large assembly. At the tim, when the company began to arrive, be told the porter that he should wait for some ladies, who were to introduce him, and when he heard a party announced, he came forward and said, that his cousin, the lady of the house, had deputed him to receive, and particularly attend to, these ladies, a,. she was afraid they might be inconvenienced by the crowd in the reception rooms ; and, accordingly, he accompanier them every where, behaving with great politeness. When he saw his hostess disengaged, he told her that he feared his cousins, those ladies, had not presented him properly, and received her polite assurances that such a relationship was quite, a sufficient recommendation. It seems, that French belles have a little manoeuvre for display, which it to take off a valuable necklace, and throw it carelessly on the mantlepiece, as if its weight incommoded them, but, really, in order that all their guests may see and admit., it. The lady of the house performed this feat, and them, left the room for a few minutes. When she was gone, he, unknown guest said, " I should like to punish my cousin', vanity by biding her necklace. I will really carry it off." The joke was encouraged, and he accordingly left the room with it. When the owner of the necklace returned, she could not help looking and inquiring for it. " Your cousir. has Carried it off," said her friends. "My cousin !.-..your cousin, you mean," replied she —upon which a full and mortifying explanation ensued. WHIPPING A YOUNG LADY.—A Surveyor, whose wife had quarrelled with Mademoiselle Sonia, r. governess, resolved, to gratify his wife's revenge upon the latter, to treat her in a manner formerly employed toward children, but now properly banished from our schools.— He soaked a rod in vinegar for several days, and went t( • Mademoiselle SOPHIE'S house whilst she was talking with:, lady of her acquaintance; the latter he knocked aside with his fist, and then whipped the young lady. She was it consequence taken ill with a nervous fever and delirium, which lasted several days. M. F—..-- has fled, and ha , been indicted for the trespass and assault, and has been summoned to appear before the Tribunal of Justice on the 11th July.-Journal des Debats. So great was the interest taken in balloon ascents twenty-five years since, that on this day of the month, in 1802, when GARNERIN ascended at Lord', Cricket Ground, he was voluntarily favoured, at starting. with the following certificate, at the instance of hi, MIJESTY, then Panics of WALES, who, with the !at( Duchess of DEVONSHIRE, and many of the Nobility, wit nessed the sight We, the undersigned, who have men present at the ascension of M. GARNERIN with hi;, balloon this afternoon, and witnessed the entire satisfaction of the public, beg leave to recommend him to the attention of an) gentleman in whose neighbourhood he may happen t‘ , descend. - " GEORGE E. " Q. Dzvosszun2. c_LTHCART. EKSBOIVrjau. R. FORD." i)11 this occasion, was a ccompanied b y M r. LOCKYIR : ha alighted at Chingford-green, Essex, h av i nv travelled nine miles, in a direct line, in a Tl4rter Qf rif; hour. HORRID MURDER. Wednesday, July 4. A more atrocious and unparalleled instance of human butchery has seldom been recorded in modern times ( Weare's, perhaps, excepted) than that which took place in the neighbourhood of this town yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock. The unfortunate victim of the blood-thirsty assassin was the Rev. J. J os h ua Waterhouse, Fellow of Catherine-hall, Cam bridge, and rector of Coton and Little Stukeley, about 55 years of age. He has for many years resided in the rectory-house, in the latter village ; and being of rather an avaricious disposition and eccentric habits, only one room in the house was furnished—the kitchen, in which the old gentleman at all times resided. Although he farmed the land attached to the livin g , h e - kept no servants in the house, and a charwoman was in the habit of going every morning to make his bed, and perform other little duties. The house is situate nearly in the centre of the village but stands alone, in the farm yard, about fifty b yards from the street, the only entrance used at the kitchen door, which opens in th e yard and communicates by a long passage with the kitchen ; and this circumstance will some what account for the cries of 'the unfortunate man not being heard at the time of the murder. Yesterday morning he arose about five o'clock, and was occupied with his farming and other business until breakfast time, when the charwo man left, and after giving some instructions to one of his labouring men, about ten o'clock, the deceased gentleman remained alone in the house. Between this hour and eleven the murder was accomplished, and in such a way that the heart sickens at the reflection, and horror steals through the frame. Every circumstance leads to the probable sup position that the villain rapped at the door, and immediately upon its being opened by the Rev. Gentleman, attempted to knock him down with the instrument he held in his hand (supposed to have been a hatchet or bill-hook), a severe cut being inflicted on the countenance. Find ' ing himself thus assailed, he naturally attempted, as he retreated backwards up the passage, to de fend his head and face by holding up his arms, which the inhuman monster literally hacked to pieces : his hands were also dreadfully cut, as though he had vainly attempted in the struggle to wrest the weapon from the grasp of the as sailant. It was impossible for an unarmed man to stand long against another whose determina tion to annihilate his victim seems to have been as strong as it was guilty and bloody ; and when they had reached about midway up the passage, Mr. Waterhouse appears to have been rendered incapable of further resistance ; the ruffian then completed his desperate purpose, by severing the jaw quite from the ear to the chin, inflicting several wounds on the breast, and cutting the throat nearly from ear to ear 1 In this state he threw the murder e d corpse into a brewing-tub, nearly which was standi ng passage, the head partly hanging over on on e side, and the ' .egs on the other ; the bl oo d flow soue o r h t the profusion a s i i r o c r a si as e in the in ing from wounds to c‘'.. - ver the bottom of the tub. In this posi tion lie was found within twenty minutes after the crime had been done, and almost before life was extinct, by some of his labouring boys, who came in as usual, about eleven, for their morning's allowance of beer. Alarm was imme diately given, surgical assistance in vain pro cured, and every exertion set on foot to discover the murderer—unhappily without effect. In the evening an inquest was held before William Margetts, Esq., Coroner for the hundred, but no evidence was adduced calculated to fix the crime upon the party, and the inquest was adjourned till this evening, in the hope that i n the mean time something might transpire to lead to a speedy discovery. On entering the house, a most horrifying spectacle presented itself to the jury. The walls on either side of the' passage, as well as the floor, were bespattered and covered with human gore, whilst here and there lay pieces of flesh which had been hewn from the body of the murdered maxi. On reaching the mutilated corpse, every one was horror-struck ; and whilst the tear of compassion started in the eye, justice and v(in geance on the murderer were the feelings which predominated in the heart. There can be no doubt but ti that • .ie perpetra tor of the foul deed was well acquainted with the Rev. Gentleman's habits of lire, as well as the premises ; but as plunder dces not appear to have been his object, none of the drawers being ran sacked, it is supposei revenge for some real or imaginary grieva:rice was the stimulus to the murderous tansaction ; •and the deceased gen tleman's morose and unpopular disposition amongst the villagers is not unlikely to have provoked it. No murder having been committed in thi s county for nearly half a century, when Jarvis Matcham was gibbeted for the murder of a drummer-boy, committed seven years befo.:e, and from the circumstance of its being done in a po pulous village only three miles from the county town, in mid-day, it has of course excited great consternation and intense anxiety for the covery of the murderer, for whose apprehension, it is almost unnecessary to add, every exertion is diligently making ; and may just retribution speedily light upon his head ! aygToeiblisli eabiyilfo lel: vvi n g STATE OF TRADE. Business continues itt much the same state that we reported last week; the demand limited, with a Partial decline o-P price. But as this particular period of the y e ar is generally unfavourable to trade, the nresent stillness ought not to be considered an indica tion, great and be of permanent declension. We feel, on the contrary, confident, that a few weeks will see a• considerable improvement both in the demand N i v n ho r : c r e r ipA n t o ßo t :r o . for our manufactures, and in their price. We are particularly happy to state, that the late ad, full emPl°P:nent, which, - • : n va e n fi c c e ia s i in ob ‘s a •a b g g e e s h in ave tb p o rod e u ir e c e u d mstances of t: iie but weavers,also charm, particu larly where there are two or three of t h em in a _filanchester Hera id o i , rr 7 7 a comfortable j 1 iursday. .--. A Popish ‘., sewed in a piece of red cle th , , was cut from the livelihood. tail of a cow in an Irish drove, by a Young ti man in the neighh h do f - ,e gen family, they are able tl wni our oo Newton Stewart, some time ago. The Ow ner of th e t e drove, a Mr. Lindsay; Stated that he had bought the cow from ' b 1 assmone, the person mentioned in the charm : , c ttt In ncmine Patris, et Eiji et Sanctus Spi r i tus .t t I order and com d -, man jou ,in the name o f J esus of Nazareth, who sent Paul to preach to 1.1-; disciples at Jerusalem, to catch all the char .,. ,ns, maladies, wit c h cra f t, b linking, or al - I.Y °'.,ier injury done to James Passrnone's cow, and that the malady may return to themselvet again. Anien.W . i !--..Bedfast Paver. a the rate !t be ch as t any took td be•