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being able to rote by proxy, is going to England to go through the ueual formalities. " Lord Seaford (Mr. Ellis) is likewise going to England with the same intentions as the English Ambassador. It is said that their friend, Mr. Canning, intends to make a grand effort in the House of Peers in favour of the Catholics. " The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from the Bavarian Colonerflf.id7:;gPr, in -.vh;ch Offirer vv. that Capts;n Hastings, commanding the Perseverance steam-boat, has de stroyed two Turkish schooners, attacked Chios, cannonaded and ruined the fort of Tschesme, on the sea side, and burnt 40 small Turkish vessels that were in the port. Colonel Heidegger, an nouncing a new attempt of Colonel Bourbake to form a light corps of Policari, adds that he is going to set out with him, and to examine with his own eyes the manner in which the Greeks make war, which does not appear to him defective, as some purely mechanical heads have thought fit to represent it. Coloael Heidegger speaks in the highest terms of Dr. Bailly." THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL. We are happy to state that his Lordship's strength has increased a little since yesterday. At nine o'clock a report was issued precisely similar to the following favourable Bulletin, to satisfy the numerous and anxious Inquirers : " Fife House, Feb. 24, Half-past Twelve o'Clock. " Lord Liverpool is quite as well as he was when the last fa vourable Reports were issued, although his Lordship has not had 1 0 much sleep during the night." To our enquiries at three o'clock, the answer was " dirt his Lordship continued much the same." The business in Parliament last night was not im portant, if we except the further postponement of the discussion on the Corn Laws, which stood for Mon day next. Mr. PEEL informed the House that he had had received a letter from Mr. CANNING, express ing his intention of appearing at his post on Mon day, if necessary, but suggesting the postponement of the measure until Tuesday. As Sir FRANCIS BURDETT had postponed his motion on the Catholic Question from the Ist to the sth of March, the Right Hon. Secretary suggested the propriety of postponing the Consolidation of the Corn Laws to Thursday the Ist of March, to which the House readily as sented. Mr. PEEL pledged himself, that the question Would certainly be brought forward on that day, and We think the sooner the country is made acquainted With the intention of Ministers on this important sub ject the better. In the House of Lords a Petition was presented by Lord LORTON from the Protestant Inhabitants of the County of Sligo against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics. His Lordship took occasion t° say, that he stood forward as the advocate of Emancipation —not that sort of Emancipation de manded by those persons, who for a number a years had been pressing their claims—but the Emancipation of the Protestants, " who, at the present moment," his Lordship, said " were the most Oppressed body of British subjects. They were a proscribed people, and, if not protected, a great por tion of them must leave the country, and the remainder , be totally annihilated.—(Hear, hear, hear !)" There can be no doubt that a great deal of acrimony exists in Ireland between the Catholics and Protest ants; but the only reasonable way by which that heart burning and jealousy can be softened away, is by re moving the grievances of the Catholics and restoring t he Confidence of their Protestant Brethren. This jrnportant subject will shortly be brought before Par liament. The New Times of this morning states, that the Earl of LIVERPOOL--- " Was so far recovered from the sudden attack he experienced hfl Saturday, that he walked across his own apartment to search fora book, which his attendants could not find. The book was that of Prayer and Thanksgiving. The Noble Earl grasped it t rifh firmness and delight, and placed it under his pillow. " We cannot picture to ourselves a more affecting sight, than "'t first returning reason of such a mind, and the first efforts of tutored bodily power, employed in searching for the Book, which laid the foundation of that pure private life, and that unspotted Publi c honour, which have marked the career of thin excellent Nobleman." We perfectly coincide in opinion with the writer of this article, and only regret that such sentiments are seldom to be found in the columns of a newspaper. HOW different is the behaviour of the Noble EARL, from the pitiful conduct infidel. Terrified at the near prospect of death—he generally seizes the first m oments of returning health to ridicule, if not to blaspheme, the name of that Being, by whose sufferance he has escaped the dangers that surrounded him, and of whose existence he lately felt too well assured. But this i 2 -ng , e acts shows more than any amount of pro fession could do, that the Premier of England, in directing her councils, has habitually applied for direc tion and assistance to the Great Disposer of events. W, e are glad to-perceive that but one feeling exists among our ccntemporaries, of whatever party, with respect to the recent actions for libel—such actions being brought, not so mu c h f or th e i mpute d i n j ury to character, but for the costs, as a farthing damages will answer the purpose of the attorney in an action for l ibel. Now, if a man choose to risk the vindication of his character for the probable damages of one farthing— be surely estimates its value at a very low standard, and we should rather think that a character of that description was hardly worth the consideration of a jury —but then every man ought to be the best judge in his own case. We sincerely trust that Mr. PEIL will turn his attention to the present anomalous state of the law of libel. What can be more preposterous than that a man who brings art action farthing dam ages , should for lib e l, an d rece i ves only a yet put the defendant to the expence of 2001. in costs? This is in effect punishing th e defendant beyond the intention of the law, for what justice is there in compelling a man to dyed pounds for c pay tw o hun onl t 7mittin g a trespass, amount i ng yto one farhin g . W e are satisfied, that if coqs were not allowed in cases of imputed libel, that attor nies would not be so ready to advise client s to institute actions unless they were sure of their own expencesbeing guaranteed before hand, in case of a verdict being re turned for th e defendant. A simple measure of this kind would go farther to repress the eagerness of attornies th an any o th er w ith which we are acquainted. A wag observed the other day that, considerin g th e !lumber of fall s t h e M e l ton men get° in hunting, in his opinion it must be situated in Brecknockshire. TIDE FUNDg-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Cock. There are very fetv transactions in the English Stock Exchange this morning, and the chief occupation of the Jobbers and Brokers has been in making up accounts preparatory to the day fixed for the settlement, the 27th inst. Consols opened at 821 it, have since been 821, sellers, and are now 821, alternately buyers and sellers ; India Bonds are a shade lower than yesterday. Iring 52 3 pm. ; whiff Exchequer lulls maintain their price, being 33 4 pm. Nothing of importance has taken place in the Foreign market, in which every thing is unusually dull and heavy, and prices much the same as yesterday ; Mexican Bonds, 681; Co lombian, 38 1 ; Brazilian, 651 6 ; and Portuguese, 761 7. Nothing new in Shares, with the exceptiun of Real del Monte, which are 80 90 pm. ; the other speculations are rather lower; Tlalpuxahua are 30 40; and Brazilian, 4 5 pm. Three per Cent. Consols, 824 ; Ditto for account, 824 ; India Bonds, 52 3 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 33 4 pm. FORXIGN FUNDS.-Brazilian, 651 6 ; Buenos Ayres, 52 4 ; Chilian, 36 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 38 1 ; Danish, 611 +; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 56171; Ditto 6 per Cent., 68 1 ; Portu guese, 76/ 71 ; Peruvian, 33 5 ; Greek, 16/ ; Russian, 89/ 901 ; Spanish, 13 1. MiNns.—Anglo Mexican, 35 321 dis. ; United Mexican, 11/ 101 :dis. ; Real del Monte, 80 90 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 30 40 pm. ; Bolivar, par, 1 pm. ; Brazilian, 4 5 pm. ; Colombian, (201. paid) 18/ 191 per Share; Potosi, 30 2 per Share; Pasco Peruvian, 5 6 per Share. _ Two o' aoek. The Consol market has receded a little, in consequence of a de faulter being just declared, but not one of the first rate; Consols, 821 i for the account. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 821, sellers. _ FOUR &CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. Consols 824 ' Danish Bonds Do. for Ac. 824 Greek Do. 1825 Brazilian Bonds 66f Mexican Do. 1825, 68 Buenos Ayres De. 54 Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. 371 Russian Do. 90 Columbian, 1824, 38 Spanish Do. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 23.—Wind W.N.W.--Passed from London the St. Andrew, Dean, for Africa; Premium, Young, for Cadiz; William, Murdock, for Teneriffe ; Milantho, —, for the West Indies. Remain the Waller, merchant transport, for Newfotu PORTSMOUTH, FIB. 23.-Wind S.W.-Arrived the Charles Grant, Hayes, from London, for Bombay and China. SCILLY, FIB. 20.-The Orisis, Thenes, for Pernambuco, hav ing struck the 7th stone, has put in here, with six feet water in her hold. GRAVESEND, Fru. 23.—Sailed, the Farquharson, Cruikshank, for India ; Africanus, Hodgson, for Africa ; and Alfred, Wilson, for Trieste. BELFAST, FEB. 21.—The Mary, of Kincardine, bound to New York, is on shore on Rathlin Island ; crew and passengers saved. The Independence, of Portland, bound to Baltimore, was aban doned on the Bth ult., having lost fore-mast and rudder ; crew saved by the Wallsend, Ramsay, from St. John's, and put on board the Howard, for Baltimore, on the day following. A sloop was driven on shore about three miles N.E. of Lame. THE RUINS OF CERIG-CENNAN CASTLE, SOUTH WALES.-A SONNET. The owlet, raven, and the speckled toad, Howl to the skies in mockery of thee, Ghlst cf departed grandeur, while abroad The emulous night-wind wafts their sullen cry, With added voice of scorn ; thro' thee they live, Yet mock the ruired home wherein they thrive.— Stranger, 'tis thus with man, he feels, lives, moves By fellow man, but the great debt repays With slight and scorn, turning the notes of praise To the deep dirge of hate : on—on he roves The path of life ; a cloud is on his brow Dark as the shadowy cloud I gaze on now Age comes, he droops, sepulchral tower, U. thee, Lonely, unwept, in ruined majesty. A SMALL POET. Extract of a private letter from Paris :—Our Papers for the last two days are full of nonsense about M. Tharin, late Bishop of Strasburg, now Preceptor to his Royal Highness the Duke of Bordeaux; that gentleman, they say, will go to Italy, on purpose to restore his health. In fact, M. Tharin requires to carry him self well, but he has no occasion for a physician. The Duke de Riviere being somewhat indisposed, the Preceptor expressed his desire of instructing the young Prince, the Noble Governor not being .resent at the lessons, which was opposite to the ancient etiquette of the French Court. The Dauphin was not pleased with that innovation; he told his Royal Father he (his Royal Highness) would, perhal s, never have chosen a friend of the Jesuits to be the Preceptor of the future King of France, but cer tainly he would not have trusted any Clergyman with that educa tion, a man of the learned and polite world being the only pre ceptor to b.: , hosen, in the present state of public spirit ; and, whatever might be his Majesty's persuasion, by no means a Jesuit should be allowed to give private and secret instructions to a French Prince, without the assistance of a 13ya1 Governor. In consequelice of this incident, the Preceptor is going to Rome. The London Adjourned Sessions were held this morning at Guildhall. Nothing, however, occurred of public interebt. SHIPWRECK.-On Sunday night last, during the gale, the schooner .Newry, of Dublin. was driven on shore near Malahide. All hands on board, we understand, perished. After the wind moderated, two of the unfortunate seamen were found dead, lashed to the rigging. —Freeman's journal. BOROUGH OF BANDON BRIDGE.-At a ineetin of the Provo s t an d F ree Burgesses held at the Town Clerk'.g Office, on Saturday the 17th inat , Benjamin Robert Sealy, Esq. lately deceased. —Cork S Green ville, Esq. was unanimously elected ' a Free Burgess, in place of R k E p . 1 -- a Reporter. MASQUERAPE AT THE KING'S T Another of these very quaint and peculiar exhibitio nE lt o ce on Thursday night at the King's Theatre. TtiepigN arenaV 9 boardedfor rth over, and formed together with the stage a spacious different characters assembled. Atone end it was lit up with a crown otBt,hireentses, o f e royal in tastefully illuminated lamps, and enlivened at both by choice bands of music. The character., however, (by way of neutralising the effect of the harmony) were sustained with more thin usual stupidity, for the wit of each masquer seemed frost bitten; PO much so, that not even Charles Wright's very po culiar Champaigne could throw it into any thing like warmth or sociality. SEDUCTION. —A Coroner's Inquest was last night held on the body of a poor girl, 20 years of age, only daughter of Mrs. Hawkes, Broadway, Ludgate-hill, who was seduced a few months since, by a blackguard bookbinder, named Fairbrother._ The Jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God." This same fellow has, we understand, seduced another girl named Cherry, with whom he has since run off to America, leaving a wife and two children, to congratulate themselves on their escape from a scoundrel. EARTHQUAKE IN WALEB.—The shock of ttn earthquake was felt at Carnarvon and its vicinity, four miles round, on Saturday last, at twenty minutes past seven o'clock r. m. Its duration was scarcely a minute. The congregation in the Dissenters' Chapel rushed out in great confusion, imagining that the building was falling. In one house a clock fell down, and in another an ornamental cup fell from the mantle-piece. In this city, and at the quarries fourteen miles off, the shock was also felt, hut not in so great a degree.—North Wales Gazette, Bangor, Feb. 15. " You horrid villain," said one man to another, " was not your father a thief, and your mother a receiver of stolen goods ?" " That may be," said the accused, " but you can't say they were tailors."—Mirror. DROLLERY IN A NEW FARCE RECENTLY PLAYED IN LONDON.--" Another thing told very well—and that was the inquiry of Billy Black, in the descriptive phraseology of the inn (so laughable in real life.) `Pray, Sir,' said the boots, shuffling up to Old Morgan, are you eighteen?' Eighteen ! no, you rascal —l'm sixty-four,' was the reply. This reminds us of a ludicrous occurrence at the Yorkshire Stingo tea-gardens, where parties squat themselves in the rustic boxes, which are numbered by way of distinction. (in one of these occasions three persons were ob served to be winging their flight rather precipitately, without call ing for their reckoning. Halloa, halloa,' said the waiter, Master, mistress, halloa! There be's two teas and a brandy and water getting over the pailings in No. 16.' "..—Stockport Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANC}RY. LEGAL PROMOTION. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN, accompanied by Mr. Baron Hullock, attended at Lincoln's Inn to-day, the former of whom Was sworn in before the Lord Chancellor as one of the Barons of the Exche quer, in the room of the retired Mr. Baron Graham. This ceremony occupied She Lord Chancellor in his pri ,, ate room so long, that it was eleven o'clock before he came into Court. HABEAS' CORPUS. IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS PARR, • ➢ANKRUPT. Mr. TiaoLtorr said, agreeable to the order he had obtained from the Court a few days ago, his client, the bankrupt in this matter, appeared in Court upon a suit of Habeas Corpus, to sue for his discharge. Mr. Rosz appeared on the other side, and thought it his duty to take the opinion of the Court upon a preliminary objection.— The order for bringing up the bankrupt bad been obtained on Tuesday; it had not been served on the Solicitors to the assignees till long after business hours on Thursday night. Affidavits had been filed by the bankrupt, bringing forward matter extrinsic of what ap peared on the return; copies of those affidavits had not been served on the assignees till late last night, and as the Court bad laid it down in the matter of Bromley, that those who represented the creditors should have reasonable time to pre pare themselves to oppose a bankrupt when he applied for his discharge, as on the present occasion, he submitted that this matter ought not to be heard to day. His Loansmixr wished to know whether the bankrupt's counsel meant to insist on the admissibility of the affidavits ? Mr. TROLLOPS did. His LORDSHIP then desired the matter to stand over till Tuesday morning. SITTINGS. His LORDSHIP said, if it would be convenient for the Bar to attend here on Wednesday, he should like to sit, and that then he should only be at the House of Lords on two days in the week. Several Gentlemen at the Bar expressed the greatest willing ness to attend on Wednesday, particularly as the pressure of busi ness here was en excessive, that they were at a loss to know to what part of it their attention ought to be first applied. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. The Court was occupied the entire of this morning in hearing arguments in Foster v. Ogden. ARCHES COURT. PORTSMOUTH V. PORTSMOUTH. In this suit, which was instituted by the Committee of the Earl of Portsmouth, for the purpose of annulling his marriage with the Countess of Portsmouth, the Court, on a former sitting, directed all proceedings to be suspended until her Ladyship's bill of costs, which had been taxed at 691., was paid. Dr. LUSHINGTON said he was now instructed to state, that the bill upon which the Court made the order was paid, and he had therefore to move that Lady Portsmouth's Proctor should be or dered to give in answers to the allegation by the first day of next Term, by which no further time would he lost in proceeding. It was also necessary that her Ladyship's Proctor should name Com missioners for the examination of witnesses, or in case of his re fusal Commissioners must be appointed ex-parte. Lady Portsmouth's Proctor said there were two other hills of costs, amounting to 1501., ready for taxation, and he hoped the Court would order a sum to be paid on account. The COURT had no objection to recommend the Committee to advance Lady Portsmouth a sum on account of costs, though no order to that effect could be made; but, as the principle was un derstood that the case could not proceed- unless her costs were paid, the Court thought Mr. Glennie's party would meet no further difficulty. If her Ladyship's bills, when taxed, were not paid, the suit must again be suspended. CUFFLEY V. CUFFLEY. This was an appeal from the Consistory Court, in which there was a judgment for the wife who prayed to be divorced from her husband, upon the ground of cruelty and adultery, by him com mitted. The husband's Proctor now appeared to state that he re linquished the appeal, and the judgment of the Court below was therefore confirmed. KING V. SAMPSON', CALLING /TERSELY' KING. This was a suit of nullity of marriage, brought by the hus band. The Consistory Court pronounced in favour of the mar riage, and the husband now appealed. The wife's Proctor now prayed the Court to allow a sum on account of alimony, as his party was in great distress, and her husband Lad sta,ed himself worth 300/. a-year. Mr. K:ng's Proctor, said his party had to support Li/ family out of that small income. Sir Jost:: NicNoLL—Aye; but hie wife must sta - v3 in the mean time•—let her have 301. on account of alimony. The Court then adjourned. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. FALSE IML ) RISON.INIENT. COWLES V. DUNBAR AND ANOTHER. Mr. ARCHBOLD opened the pleadings. Mr. GURNICY stated the case. The plaintiff was a lah , uring man, who worked at the London Docks. The defendant, Dunbar, was formerly an officer in the Middlesex Militia, but now a special pleader under the bar. The other defendant Carol!, was a constable," This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for the injury which the plaintiff sustained, in consequence of hav ing been assaulted and falsely imprisoneti by the defendants un der the following circumstances the 22d of March last, the plaintiff was carrying a chest of drawers, about seven o'clock in the morning, on the road leading to Patriot-square, near Beth nal-Green, when the defendant Dunbar seized him by the collar, shook him violently, and said he was one of those thieves who were committing depredations in the neighbourhood, at the same time he presented a pistol to him, haying, that if he offered to resist he would take him down ; he then took him to Itot”!e in the neighbourhood, and gave him ii. charge to the other defendant, wh o was a constable. The plaintiff made no resistance, but told the defendant who he was, where he lived, where he was taking the drawers to, and referral him to several persona in the neighbourhood as to his character, and the truth of his assertions, notwithstanding which, the defendants locked him up in a watehhouse, where he was kept for several hours, when the defendant discovering his error liberated him, but even then refused to apologise. The defendant pleaded a justification. Several witnesses were called on behalf of the defendants, and deposed that the plaintiff had refused to give any, account of him self, or where he was going, until after he had been put into the watch-house. The Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, as against Dunbar, —damages 1001., and acquitted Caroll. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. I.EVI U. MACKINNON. This was an action for the recovery of 261. 101. 7d. paid by the plaintiff, who is a Sheriff's officer, on account of the defend ant.—Verdict for the plaintiff. OLDHAM PETTY SESSIONS. (I3efore the Rev. J. HOLME and J. BrswicK, Esq.) A young woman of interesting appearance, came forward to affiliate her child, and her faithless sweetheart, a machine-maker, appeared at her side. Mr. HOLME asked if she had received any promise of marriage ? Young man—l don't know that I have promised her marriage. Young woman—l'm sure thou hast, several times. Man—l don't think I have. He was ori , .•_cd to pay 2s. 6d. weekly, and 2/. I Is. 6d. f or ex penses. Young woman—He told me he could get 36 5 . a-week, this last summer. Mr. HOLME-Ay, that was when he was courting you. awl no' o 0,1 do o. ha m ey , unless awl goo no' A young and simple-looking lad was brought up on a simil ar charge. Upoi being questioned, he said—" I hav e prom i st hur manage, a livin an a have a t ir h - e e i n r otlii nageu fokes, an Magistrate (to the nirl)—Why don't you a gree to be married ? —Because he never offered it till after I was put t o b e d . The Overseer said he believed the lad would have h er now , if that it; buh she would consent. - . Lad—Ah, th' sperrins ban bin put up, an om willin to have bur, acv nought to say agen it. Mr. HoLmE—Can you find her a house to go to ? Lad—Aw con find hur a gi adley place to be at fur th' present. The sold and proud-hearted girl refused the offer, and he was ordered to pay 2s. weekly. It is our melancholy duty to state, that letters have been this day officially received by the Collector of this port, an nouncing the loss of two vessels, all hands on board having perished ! One, the Friends, Edwards, coal laden, supposed to be from Swansea, off Ballycotton ; the other, the Heart of Oak, of Maryport, also coal laden, Captain's name u n k nown, near t h e old Head of Kinsal e . Not a single individual of either escaped. The Coast Guard have been active, but only succeeded in picking up a few pieces of the wrecks..-Cork Southern Reporter. FASHIONABLE AND MISaLLANIOtIS. BRIGHTON, FEB. 22.—His MAJESTY is progres sively advancing to the complete re-establishment of his health, and the cheerfulness of all classes of our residents is undiminished. The following was the reply to enquiries at the Palace up to the:latest hour this evening " The KING, after havin g ; passed a very good night, has been much better to-day." The report yesterday, that " Mr. Canning was quite well," has been most amply and pleasingly confirmed to-day. The Right Hon. Secretary went in a sedan chair to the Pavilion this afternoon, where he was honoured with an audience of his MAJESTY. The Earl of Egremont is most favourably convales cent, and no relapse is anticipated. Lord Howard de `Walden left his name at the Palace yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester arrived at Gloucester House, Park-lane, yesterday morning, from their seat at Bagshot. On her way to town, the Royal Duchess stopped at the King's Palace, Kensington, on a visit to her sister, the Prin cess Sophia. Their Royal Highnesses have come to town for the season. Letters were received at the Foreign Office, yester day, from the Duke of Cumberlanel, to his Majesty, which were forwarded to the King at Brighton. EARL OF LIVERPOOL.—His LOrdShip'l Medical attendants, Sir Henry Halford, Sir Astley Cooper, and Dr. Dreyer, had another meeting at half-past nine o'clock, last night, and held a consultation which last half an hour, when they re ported that " hip Lordship was a little better than he was in the morning." The Marquis of Clanricarde, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, arrived at the Foreign Ofnce yesterday afternoon from Brighton. His Lordship brought a number of official papers with him from Mr. Secretary Canning, who is ex pected to come to town this day. The Marchioness of Clanri carde accompanied his Lordship to town, and proceeded from the Foreign Office to their residence in St. James's-square. Mr. Serjeant Vaughan this morning took the oaths in the Lord Chancellor's private room, upon his elevation to the Bench, as one of the Barons of Exchequer, in the place of Mr. Baron Graham, who has resigned. We are happy in being able to state that Mr. Hue kisson is better. The Duke of Norfolk gave a Grand Dinner on Thursday, at his house in St. James's-square. The Marquis of Salisbury had a dinner party on Thursday, at his house in Hanover-square. The Earl of Charleville entertained a distinguished Party to Dinner yesterday, at his house in Cavendish-square.— Her Ladyship had an elegant circle of the haut ton in the evening. The Marquis of Hertford gave a splendid Dinner on Thursday to twenty-eight persons of distinction, who remained till a late hour. Earl Harrowby, Lord President of the Council, went over the interior of the new-intended Council Office yester day afternoon, which is in a very forward state. _ On Wednesday the Hon. G. Berkeley had a grand day's pigeon shooting at Cranford Bridge. The party consisted of twelve excellent shots, who after the day's sport retired to the Lodge, and partook of the Hon. Gentleman's hospitality. Lady Salisbury, Mrs. Hope, Lady Gwydyr, and Lady Belfast, are at home one day in every week, where a few Fashionables meet early and retire soon after twelve o'c.lock.— Princess Esterhary, Lady E. Stewart, Lady Gower, Mrs. Arbuth not, Lady Tankerville, Lady Jersey, Mrs. L. Fox, and Madame Falck, are the Ladies who usually meet. Mr. Robarts, M.P. has taken the celebrated and beautiful Villa of the EaH of Peshoroz.;ii, at Roehampton, for a year. THE SERPENTINE RlVER.—Crowds of Fashion ables , ere promenading on the Serpentine yesterday. We no ticed Lady Londonderry, the Duchess of Leinstrr, Lady South ampton, Prince Esterhazy, General Grosvenor, Mr. C. Greville, Lord Chesterfield, Mr. H. Vyner, Col. Russell, Col. Bulkley, &c. When am one told to the Duke of Cumberland a very improbable story, he heard him with politeness and attention : " Can you believe," was said to him, " what this man has told you?"—" The gentleman," said the Duke, " may believe what he pleases; but I hope he will indulge me in the same liberty." Literary Gazette. READING MEN.--One of the Halls of Carnbridg3 lately contained a number of men from Reading schoc:. A wag observed, that it must be the most learned of all the Halls, as there were so many reading men in it. Lord Derby once applied in the Green-room to Mr. Sheridan, for the arrear of Lady Derby's salary, and vowed he would not stir from the room till it was paid. "My dear Lord," said Sheridan, " this is too bad ; you have taken from us the brightest jewel in the world, and you now quarrel with us for a little dust she has left behind her." DINNER TO WILKIE, THE ARTIST, AT ROME. —A grand Dinner was given on the 16th ofJ!nuary last at Rome, to David Wilkie, the Painter, on which occasion an immense number of Artists were assembled, His Grace the Duke of Ha milton in the Chair. On Mr. Wilkie's health being given among the earliest toasts, that Gentleman rose and addressed the com pany in an eloquent and impressive speech. Thorwaldson the celebrated Danish sculptor, was present, as were also the Hon. Colonel Grant, of Grant, Sir Robert Liston, Sir W. Forbes, and sir Francis Mackenzie. The Duke of Marlborough, when he got old, usually passed the evening in a room which looks upon one of the courts of Blenheim House. I know the room from long habits, because it was that which was appropriated to be my bed-cham ber, after the death of the old Duchess of Bedford, whenever I came to Blenheim. In that room he played regularly every even ing at chess. When be was beat, the old man sometimes shed tears : " Every one," he sobbed out, " every one can beat me now."—Literary Gazette. ELOPEMENT.—The ever pointed arrow of " the wind-swift Cupid" has produced, during the last week, an event likely to create a considerable portion of chit-chat in certain cir cle ~ We have heard, from a correspondent on whose veracity we place the greatest reliance, that Mr. Robinson, the newly elected opulent representative for the city of Worcester, has eloped with Miss M. Read, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of a wealthy merchant residing at Poole, in Dorsetshire.— Cheltenham Chronicle. st coldnesss s s ti ao c i e il l% c ,i e ttoloif oatkicifileipa,lriva,aueccaexttelarp,tei characteristic Exeter.a pe t nit:eanidgd, F ie:db A wc,,t u uvwri X t: ht wts3ttAiati, notwithstanding n A young man, it seems—amiable, sentimental, and uxorious-- w e had, a glow, somewhat akin blood-heat, for the wife of his dour. After frequentreturned nieebtfeelri his i s gt:p.omieal with each other, in the course of which these " cooing turtles" avowed their guilty flame, it was proposed by the gentleman, and agreed to by the lady, that they should meet at midnight, in the apartments of the latter. With regret we state, that both were punctual to the hour, and that the frail fair one, pleading the high authority of the chaste Diana, b A u e s t iV on h , e i r i s , e to lf a in st e z x ,g p . edi A tiou , s e ly ry in s e h t ( a )r in t or t iLho e si ( n f g or he it r heard thrust at the is really like without the as - sur prisingone has h b o u s t v much ata ste business n i c t .s ) s s n o ta ffi y: o s d e g t o o t through effect th this sn metamorphosis, few hours, i f stairs-- o : i t g h e e s nTa bed -e when , rt 0 ojdmUosotr do o r , a i t iwe l a s e hhea completed, divorced tranipt a fur l o o pm ti sistance of Doctors' Commons--and then, Oh, heavens ! in rushed the injured and antlered husband, brimful of punch and passion. In a few minutes, however, his wife had contrived to appease him, and, after adroitly despatching him on some business or other down stairs, drew out her Lothario from his undignified conceal ment beneath the bed, and dismissed him with divers tender sa lutations. So far, so good—the gentleman departed in high luck at his successful exit ; but the dignified gravity of our history is disturbed by the assurance, that, in his haste to re-equip himself, he had jumped into the wrong breeches. Now, it was well ob served by Mr. Place, the enlightened tailor and metaphysician of Charing-cross, that clothes differ as much from each other as their wearers, and that you may walk down Regent-street without see ing two pair of inexpressibles exactly alike. So thought our ad venturer, who, in somewhat less than ten minutes, had discovered that he had not only put on the wrong breeches, but had also got possession of the wrong purse, his own being well stocked with sovereigns, while the one which he now possessed was most truly poetic in its deficienco. Thus ends the case at present, which we have here detailed in consequence of the beautiful and beneficial moral it inculcates ; namely, that if g en tl e men will go n-wooing, to the manif es t i n j ury o f t h e i r ne i g hbours' foreheads, a just Pro vidence will not fail to visit them with its severest condemnation. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORIN ran. 24.—0 n rr , -.lr,day last, in full congrepei o ,. Stephen Peter fligand, Esq. M.A. late Fellow of Exeter College, was admitted to the Professorship of Astronon, , on the foundation of Sir Henry Sarile, vacant by the death of the late Abram Ro bertson, D.D. of Christ Church ; and at the same time the Rev. Baden Powell, M.A. of Oriel College, was admitted to the Pro• tessorship of Geometr ; ,'vacated by Mr. Rigand's acceptance of the Astrenomical chair. Same day the following Degrees were conferred : DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW. Rev. George Taylor, 6t. John's, Master of Dedham Srloel. MASTI'SS OF ARTS. Rev. James Daubeny, Brasenose. Rev. Joshua Reynolds Johnson, Italia. BACHELORS OF ART& Charles John Boyle, Fellow of All Souls. John Mitchinson Calvert, ? Oriel. John David Chambers, Henry Beckley, Exeter. The Wardenship of All Souls' College, in this University, bay ing become vacant by the death of the Hon. and Right Rev. Edw. Legge, Lord Bishop of Oxford, the College have elected the Rev. Lewis Sneyd, A.M. Fellow of the Society, Rector of Head ley, in Surrey, and Chaplain to the Earl of Plymouth, to be Warden of All Souls, their election being confirmed by the nomi nation of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. On Monday last Mr. Robert Evans, B.A. of Jesus College, was elected Fellow of that Society. ECCLESIASTICAL TREFELMENTS. The Very Rev. the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church have been pleased to present the Rev. Charles Dodgson, M.A. Student, to the augmented Curacy of Daresbury, in the County and Dioce,a of Chester. The Lord Chamberlain has appointed the Rev. J. H. Seymour, M.A., Vicar of honey cum Hornton, in this county, Chaplain is Ordinary, to the King, vice the Rev. Dr. Pigott, deceased. The Rev. Thomas Lloyd Pain, M.A., of Brasenose College, is appointed by the Lord Bishop of Chester, to the Curacy of St. Thomas's, Liverpool. The Rev. Mr. Lonsdale, Chaplain to the Archbishop of Can terbury, to the Fellowship of Eton College, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Foster Pigott. The Rev. Carew Antimony St. J. Mildmay to the Rectory of Chelmsford, vacated by the Rev. J. G. Ward. The Rev. Henry Dawson to the Rectory of 'Topton, Suffolk ; patron, the King. The Rev. Robert Burnaby, B.A. has been licensed, by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, to the new church of St. George, Leicester. The Rev. Mr. Croft, of Stillington, near York, is presented to the Vicarage of Hutton Bushel, near Scarborough, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Sinclair. The Rev. Robert Tweddell, M.A. is' instituted, by the Bishop of Lincoln, to the Vicarage of Liddington with Caldecot, Rut landshire, on the presentation of the Archdeacon of Stow. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The indisposition of the Speaker continues, which induced the House to adjourn again at an early hour last evening. His illness has not assumed a serious aspect, and the ILuse adjourned last evening, partly in consideration of th,r. - : being no important busi ness to be discussed, and partly, perhaps, in the hope that the Speaker may be able to come down in renovated health, to en counter the long discussions which it is probable will take plan during the ensuing fortnight. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). DEN MARKET. t this morning's market, and the In prices of Fruit and Potatoes it Vegetables that are now take* hose of this day se'nnight. a. d. to c'i I Pears (half.siere) 4 t) 3 6 I Apples, Common 9 t 4 0 Ditto, Choice 4 0 8 0 Oranges (100) Lemons English Walnuts 1 • 9 SpanishChesnuts(peck) s 0 t 0 French ditto 9 0 lb I French Walnuts t 8 6 0 Spanish Haslenuts I Filberts (121ba.) I 0 It Grapfa 9 0 23 0 Sea Rail (plan:let) 11 Scotch Kai' (junket). 1 0 HAY MAT.:KETS.—(At per Load o'3B Trusses.) ST. JA MESS. COVENT-GAR: There was a limited supply at trade was uncommonly brisk. no material alteration, but most from the earth nearly doubled tl s. d. to s. d. Potatoes (per cwt.) 3 6 7 0 Cabbages 12 heads) 0 0 0 0 Savoys 9 0 4 0 Parsnips (dozen) Horse Radish (bundle) 3 0 6 0 Brocoli 2 0 3 6 Celery 1 6 3 6 Asparagu,(loo) lO 0 .90 0 Carrots (1:. bunches) 4 0 8 0 Turnips Cole , :ort, or Greens Leeks Spinage (half-sieve) 1 6 SI 6 Onions 3 0 5.0 Lowland Meadow HayX3 10 to 4 lo * -- Clover Hay £4 15 tog 1 , 0 Upland Ditto Rye-grass Hay Supply good, trade dull, and prices as lzst'quated. SMITHFIELD. Lowland Meadow HayX3 sto 4 5 Clover Hay enerally £ 4 10 ta4 14 I Upland Ditto Ryek.grass Hay Meadow New Hay .... 0 0 0 0 Wheat Ditto Supply good, and trade du I; prices as on Thursday. SMITHFIELD MARKET.—Frs. 25. This day's market did not exhibit more than an average Fri day's supply, but the carcass markets being full of meat, sad the trade in them very dull, each kind of stock met with a 'insist sale, at Monday's quotations. PLIERS PIS STONE CT SLBS. TO BINX TAI OfFALS. s. d. to s. d. Infc , or Beasts 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 8 Prime large Oxen 4 4 4 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 5 Inferior Shccp 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto A 4 3 Coarse-woolled ditto 3lO 4 0 Good short-horned Mulch Cows, from 23/. to 25/ Beats. 486 SUPPLY, AS TER C I Sheep. 1,5%'0 _ 4. 4. tee. a. South Down Wethers . 4 9 6 4 Large coars.: !'apes 4 L 6 1.4 Prime small ditto I 4 t arse Hogs 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers 4lO 6 $ Suckling Calres...llls. 10 60s. each. Quarter old Pigs ..10s. to His. each. , ith their mall Calf, ware worth ARK'S STATZMINT. Calves. 141 1 7g - NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stonz, by the Carcass. a. d. to'. d. a. il. to IL g• Beef 3 0 4 4 Veal Mutton 2lO 310 Pork 3 A 6 II NOTTIN'GHAM CATTLE MARKET.—Feb. Beef (it. of 14.1b.) 7c 6.1. to Sc Od. Veal 7.. Oct. bo Ys Od Mutton --- 7 6 8 0 I Pork=__...— 6 6 7 Supply moderate, and trade brisk, at improved privet. ELEGANT FURNITURE, GLASSES, Cooper, 93, Bishopmg - ate-street-Within, respectfully sp Nobility and Gentry, th a t h e con ti nues toee aulever-ydpeseririse;tiouthe of Upholstery and Cabi ne t W or k, with Glasses of of the most m treme size as well as moderate dimensions, and errry other Elide connected with the furnishing of Houses in the nsost splendid es well as the neatest style, combining elegance and 'simplicity a su with true taste, thus obtaining, at a very mo derate expence, such perior general effect, which the most laboured and oostly furniture when not well arranged, ever fails to produce. Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's -street, which is considered one of the &at in Europe for elegance and convenience, was entirely fitted tip from this Establishment, and presets u handsome specimen of the style adopted H. L. C. ma. s to r a e t x ta c i e n lle t e e d o es f i N r , c ro d r k e ff m e a c n t h p and quality a compete ma terials with an y other house in London, and at such reasonable Prices as w ill ensure him the patronage and support he has eo long enjoyed of some of the most distin g uished familiesi this kingdom. ide he b cany n. C. for easterly Some wind, .‘a•Geyre by m iYn fe a ca e n en t . . Legion, dioenm Which notrnPpermit them were uannsduceessful in their In the month of May, in the year 1749, a Dutch Monday se'nnight, East Indianian, the Amsterdam, was wrecked on the eande a little to the eastward of Bulverhithe (about two and a half miles fr om two this place), ,vben regiments ti a i n e and z falits,atoisl soldiers, e tri e s n , b el b ve l e : b ie e d ;i et washedvhe e,r e th ame e were quartered at Hastings and Bexhill, attempted to parish commenced digging the i t down to her, but owing to their not having the necessary i well as to her being so far out, the tide would she has remained covered over ever since, till the late easterly i t i o ei. n•o B r i dkesm endeavours, o b r aa e rne t d h t a o i i ultimatelythree th e de h pa o tbh u a r n s od , fnt abandoned her; about t w 0 Y winds having laid se'nnight, the paupers of Bexhill sand out of the bow of the vessel which lies nearest th e s h ore , an d shortly after turned up a cask containing 1,000 knives, which were however corroded with rust, and a b out t h ree d ozen bl ac k bottles of a globular form, W hi c h supposed to be hollands , b u t i were fill e d w i t h a c l ear li qu id, .on being owing to the bilge water. A great number of glass and china tumblers, and some square case bottles, also containing a clear liquid that smelt strongly, and on b e i ng th rown i n to the Are burnt no m ore than water , the spirit must therefore have evaporated ; t wo casks m ore of knives, with a variety of other articles, ha ve been extracted. A sale took place at Bexhill, on Saturday, when the ha amount came to lbout 401. not incla din g t glass, which r • mama unsold. There ;s an old man here of the name of Edmonds, who remembers it perfectly, —he was four teen years old at the time, and he says that there are two chests of dollars near the main pump, and that it has a great deal of lead and copper on board. She was outward bound... Brighton Paper.