The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-17 00:00:00

miseries Which always_retult to the people from a bad -Government. Extracts of these Papers will be found in another column. Fituctt Fumns,—April 14.—Five per Cents., 100 f. 10e. ;-Three per Cents., 70f. 90c. ; Neapolitan, 77f. 30c. ; Spanish Loan (1823), 55k. Exehanges—London, one month, 25f. 35 c. ; three months, 25f. 20c. - . We received this morning Hamburg Papers of the 14th instant, but they contain little of political importance. - Trade was very dull at 1 4 elpSle • ET. PETERSRURCH, MARCH 51. It is reported that General Count Araktschejeu will very probably be soon invested with one of the highest offices in the State. A change is going to be made in the Administration of the Post -office. The number of persons employed is to be considerably reduced, but the salaries of the officers to be incre ased. Two officers of the General Post-office will set out in a few days for Berlin and London, in order to make t hemselve s acquainted with the organisation of the Post 'Aces in these cities. At the end of last month, General Appraxin, of the Engineers, died at Moscow • and on the '7th of this month, at Lieut.-General Baron Von Driesen. A society has been formed at Moscow for the promotion of th e National Manufactures, Commerce, and Agricul ture. Several agricultural and other societies, already fttablished in that city, are united with this new society. ST. rETERSBURGH, APRIL 1. The ImPerial 111 " - -.e of the Bth June, 1808, by which all children of both sexes, whom Russian merchants have obtained from the Kirghise, either by purchase or ex change, are to receive their personal liberty at the age of twenty-five y e ars, and which ordered this humane regula tion, to be extended to the whclo Siberian line, has, by a resolution of the Council of the Empire of the 10th February, this year, confirmed by his Majesty, received the f mro of a law, for the Kalmucs and other Asiatics who come into the lands of Russian merchants as prisoners of the Kirghise. At L e i • A Frankfort on nzarax, Aram 11. tion ' T he f psicair trade remains in a the state Oder, on the of great stag con na- trary, has turned out pretty well. Leipsic loses one branch o . f trade after another, thus the trade in English yarn is transferred to Zittau. The snow, in the Saxon mountains was still from three t ? 4 ii feet deep on the 31st of March, and as th e co ld con tinued, and snow continual)y fell, it rather increa se d th an diminished, maA Dantzie Journal says, that " in the neighbourhood of th t Z it y , between.Fieginhoff and Ming, on t hi s side of b a d given way, a n d a tract o f coun b., vili,._ ° gat, the dykes -.! ,aree (German) square miles in extent, containing 31 — soy and 11,000 inhabitants, was laid under water." In Another part of our paper will be found `` Sortes Virgiliance," copied from the "TIMES" of this morning. They are worthy of the pen of I\ jnottE, to whom, report of course, attributes bln, and such of our rea d ers as are fond of ner a n d polished satire, will find no small en tenainment in perusing them. .To the charitable, 4 ° doubt, they will seem too severe. • Atrionoit the many useful inventions for the Prevention of accident and the preservation of u nlan life, none, we think, is more deserving of Iblic attention than the ingenious method of kr. Cook, of Long-acre, who has contrived an epParatus for stopping a coach at a moment's The plan is so simple as to be readily a dapted to any ve hi c l e w h atever , ' an d mus t p rove k y beneficial to those who travel with restive °r nigh-spirited horses. It is lamentable to hear °f the constant accidents occurring daily through -15,44 the coun t r y f ro m the unskilfulness of drivers the unruly nature of the horses. We are so th oroughly convinced of the peculiar efficacy of Comes method, that, we think, no stage or ! l entict,ian's co ac h oug ht t o b e w ith ou t it. In deed, an Act of Parliament ought to enforce all g ages an d mail coaches to adopt it, for it is 1 1 1 4 * more desirable to preserve the lives of his filled subjects, than to see the papers daily p with accounts of lamentable accidents and o 'nroner's inquests, from the upsetting of coaches r peopl e run over on the road by furious orals gallopping away with coaches, to the ornrninent peril of the passengers and the terrific in of beholders. In a populous town or lage th e d anger i s so much greater, and the re medy. e the more valuable. One principal re (lrotaendation of this usef u l invention is, that a L dY or gentleman, sitting inside, may stop the c'teli in a momen t, should th e h orses t a k e fright or serious danger be apprehended. This cir tnrnstance, we think, decisive of its utility, for " 41 0 would trust their lives to the continual 4 111 c of precarious accidents, when such an easy Preventive can be procured ? THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. To..(l a y is a holiday at the Bank, but both the English 4 0 4 F ore i gn Stock Ex c l aanges are open, an d some b us i ness, E nglish not of material impo r t ance, h as b een e ff ec t e d i n th e 'lglish Funds, which have shewn a disposition to advance. ' i s i nsols opene d at 82i 3 for account, and 83 i f or money; , ?3 ,,eY hav e gone up to 83k, buy ers , f or account, and are now . ; India Bonds are 67 9 ; and Exchequer Bills, 46 7 1)1 ' In the Foreign Market the chief attention of the iTeculators has been paid to Colombian Bonds which have ti :: a still further tendency to be lower, the first price at yin openin g being, as near as can be quoted, 37 ; they have 111 ee declined gradually to their present price, 35i- 6, and heY appear likely to be still heavier. It is allowed on all alktuls that the country is in a period distressed state ; they Ive n° money , and q ,4 altho ugh the opilinion islikely to recover to a more healthy state, •ts of many persons well acquainted with 4 resources are of a more favourable description ; one thing aPPear3 very certain, that no dividend on the Bonds can be veessonably expected for a long period. Mexican Bonds are rivesteady _ lye to b at 70-a i ; nothing fresh has been heard rel a _ his Majesty's hip Tweed, the premium upon which has not increased, iu fact, as the wind has gone round to the E astwa _, , ra it is unfavourable to her arrival ; in the mean tine, great anxiety still exists at her keep in g out so long. B razilian Bonds are a shade lower, being 64 + 4 .F.• Nothing at all important or new has taken place in Shares , nor has th ere been any alteration in the quotation of prices. Three per Cent. Consols 83 • Ditto for acco unt, 8 i ; India Bond; 67 9 pin. ', F , EIGNr FUNDs Exchequer Bills, 46 7 pm. tts 7 ; Chilian, 35 7 Brazilian, 64 + I- ; Buenos Ayres, ; Colombian, 1824, 36i 7+ ; Danish, 1 ,4 1; Greek, 16 i ; Mexican, 5 p er Cent , 58 9 ; i- +1 i. uitto 6 p e r Cent., 70:1 1 . ; P eruvian, 31 5 ; Portuguese, 178 1 9 ; Russian , 88 9; Spanish, 12 1 11IN Es ._Angin Mexican, 4 35 dis. ; Brazilian, 1 2 P 1 1• ; Bolivar, par ; Colombia n , 15 Id per Share ; Real r Share ; Pasco t i e 'Nvian, 17 16 dis. ; Potosi, 28 30 Unit ed Monte 95 10 0 3 Pm. ; Tlalpu xa bua, 20 30 pm. ; s'ilit e d Mexican, 1 12 dis. 83 for account, wi t h little or no Two o' Clock. 1 ' 1 11, 914° 1s remain at Bond s h ave b een Mexican a l so h ave as j,:'S ; 4 per Cent. 98,1 i ; Colombian bee '''' es 35, but are n ow 351- 6 ; 11 70 a 701 drooping and are THREE 0' CL 0 c ir. h • been made, h S ome heavy sales LivingConsols o r , L , . - (Nen unveil down to 84, sellers. F OUR, o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. tuilsols 83* IDanish Bonds Greek Do. 1825, t o.rur Ac. 32i ti ta Zilian Bonds Mexican Do. 18•)-'''r 70} Iletios Ayres Do. P eruv i an Do. ---- C ° Lti ,hit lan Do. Russian Do. I mbia n , 1824, 361 Spanish D o . '34. ELECTION COMMITTEE S. th, i t test Retford Election Committee have decided that t+ectien of the sitting Members is void. C0 t : 5. 7 1 ., ix ELECTION eIMMITTEE. — This morning the lis'ttee decided that Mr. Hamilton had failed to estab the charg e of bribery and corruption against Colonel a t , l e, the sitting Member, and they declined proceeding 'Luther in the scrutiny. UNITIID_ GENERAL GAS COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) , A Meeting of persons bolding shares in the United Ge neral Gas Company, was lath' at the Company's office, 14, King's Arms Yard, this day, pursuant to advertisement, for the purpose of confirming, or dissenting from, certain resolutions passed at - a Special general Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the City of London Tavern, on the 7th March last. Mr. LUCAS upon taking the Chair, briefly stated the object of the Meeting, and observed, that the unanimity which characterized the proceedings of the last General Meeting, led him to expect that there would be no differ ence of opinion amongst the Proprietors on the present occasion. Mr. WOODHOUSE then read the Resolutions submitted to the last General Meeting, which were to the effect, that the capital of the Company should be limited, by re. stricting the numbers of shares to 10,000 ; that the shares should be consolidated, by 2.iving each Proprietor one share of 501. of which 401. has beea paid, instead of two shares of 2501., of which 201. had been paid, and that the eligibility of voters should be arranged in accordance with the change produced by the consolidation of the shares. He concluded by moving, that those Resolutions should now be confirmed. Mr. BILL seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said, that in order toeffect the arrange ments which were contemplated by the Resolutions, the Directors had resolved that the booksi should be closed from the 25th of April to the 6th of May, which was allowing as short a period as possible to complete the necessary ar rangements. • Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and Directors, and the Meeting adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.- (THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. COUNTERFEIT SOVEREIGrS.—Sarah Brooks and Jane Gibson were charged with uttering a counterfeit so vereign. Richard Cripps swore that he lived at 32, Duke-street, West Smithfield, where he kept a retail shop. On Satur day, the prisoners came into his shop to buy a brush. They agreed to buy one, and Brooks threw down a sovereign to pay for it with. Mr. Cripps weighed it, and found it to be good. Gibson then said to her compa nion, you need not change, for I have silver, and can lend you some. Brooks took up the sovereign again. Gibson immediately added, "Oh no, I can't ; I was mistaken." Brooks then threw down another sovereign. Mr. Cripps weighed it also, but found it wanting. On mentioning this, Brooks put down the other, saying " You may have either; they are both good, as far as I know ; I took them both yesterday." They refused to say where they came from, or to give any account of themselves, and therefore the prosecutor gave them in charge to a constable, and kept both of.the sovereigns. Brook's said she had got them both from her husband, and knew nothing of either being had. James M'Donald said that Brooks was his wife. Brooks was her maiden name. He received the sovereigns from his father in Fifeshire, in Scotland, who was a joiner and cabinet maker there. He had corse with his wife to London in search of employment. As to Gibson, he knew nothing of her, further than that he and his wife had lodged in the house of a friend of her's ; but as that friend was the only one lie himself had in town, he refused to say where the house was. Gibson sad she had lived in a friend's house of Brooks's. The Solicitor from the Mint attended, and proved the counterfeit. Sir PETER LAURIE did not believe that Brooks was married ; he considered that M'Donald had been put for ward by the prisoners, and as the case was clear against them, he fully committed them to take their trial. Margaret Brunde was charged by Mr. Wallen, a shop keeper, with passing to him a bad shilling. He had re ceived a great many of them, but could not say that he had ever seen the prisoner before. The prisoner said she was a poor woman, who gained a livelihood for herself and two children by selling greens ; a woman had bought three pennyworth of her, and gave her the shilling. The Solicitor of the Mint declined to prosecute, and the • .as prisoner discharged.w Thomits Nelmes was brought up for final examination. Mr. Marsh, glover, in Wood-street, with the attendance of his clerks and pawnbrokers, distinctly proved the charge against him. He had been employed by Mr. M. as his town traveller, and the charge was, that instead of having sold gloves to the customers to whom he reported to Mr. M. he had made sales, he had pawned the goods, and ap propriated the money to his own use.—Committed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Elizabeth Brown , a bouncing dame, of gaudy exterior, residing at No. 23, Rupert-street, Haymarket, preferred a charge of indecent assault against Antoni Peto, a musta chioed foreigner, stopping at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street. She stated that at half-paat eleven o'clock last night, she was passing the above Hotel, when the defendant, attired in a cloak, came out and invited her to accompany him into the lintel, in order to take a glass of wine. She refused, and he took an indecent liberty, which induced her to push him away. His hat fell off, and she ran away, and claimed protection of a gentleman whom she saw in the street. The defendant, however, after he had given his cloak to the waiter, who was at the door of the hotel, fol lowed and kicked her in a most brutal manner, and after wards .truck her in the mouth. She then pointed out a gentleman who had witnessed the whole transaction, who gave his address, Mr. Lamden, No. 21, Jermyn-street. He corroborated the statement of the complainant, and de scribed the defendant's conduct to have been most unmanly. The waiter stated that the complainant had passed and repassed the hotel, and had first beckoned the defen dant, and that finding he would not attend her, she then struck him. The defendant himself admitted having struck her with his open hand, on her bonnet, in consequence of gross conduct on her part, hut positively denied having kicked her. Mr. CoNANT questioned the complainant as to her re spectability, and her business out at that time of night. She stated, that she was the wife of a gentleman's valet, and was going home from a friend's. The defendant was then ordered to find bail. Mr. Plank, the Chief Officer, observed to the complain ant, that these accidents happened to her very frequently (having been at this office several times before), when she re proachedhim in no measured terms, with being no friend of her's. Mr. P. thanked his stars that he was not, and she left the office in loving consultation with Mr. Lamden. The foreigner, having made his peace with her, • by the media tion of two little pieces of English gold, called Sovereigns, was also allowed to depart, with the intimation, that " woman is like a 'porcupine, not to be rashly touched." _ DEATH OF LADY MEADOWS.-011 Wed nesday morning, this amiable and excellent Lady died at Raheen, near Clc,nnael, at the age of seventy-nine years. The death of Ludy Frances Meadows has caused in this town but one feeling—that of grief and sorrow for the loss of one, whose benevolence vas as boundless as her charity was inexhaustible. Lady Frances Meadows was the widow of the late General Sir William Meadows, K. 8., and sister to the late Captain Hatnerton, of Hamerton, in this county. The remains of this justly venerated Lady will be interred at Rathronan church, an edifice that was erected at her own expence.— Tipp erary Free Press. CHRIST'S H OSPITAL.-- Th e new architec tural arrangements at Christ's Hospital are rapidly pro ceeding, and will soon be completed. The great dining hall, when finished, will exte n d 18 0 f eet i n l eng th ; it i s i n the style of the reign of Henry VIII., and is copied, with a few dissimilarities , not of a striking or o b v i ous nature, from the hall at Hampton Court Palace. When finished, it will be one of the most magnificent bauqueting-rocars in England. Thesummit of Mount Cau casus i s c l e f t into two peaks, which, a s th e A rmen i ans say, was occa sioned by the keel of the ark grazing it on its passage to Ararat. Return of Duties paid by the different Fire Offices in London, for the year 1826 : x• Sun 107,172 11 4 Phoenix Royal Exchange 48,106 9 9 County 40,680 16 6 Imperial 28,965 3 10 Guardian Protector • 24,752 9 1 Globe Atlas Alliance 16,359 12 British Union Westminster Eagle 13,392 8 5 Albion 13,053 17 7 Hand-iu-Hand ........ . London 7,411 6 11 Beacon 7,352 14 1 " • Hope 6,629 11 8 ' 1 Palladium !r - ,t7 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Aram 16.—Wind S.—Arrived from London the Lord Hungerford, Heathorne, for China ; Duke of Norfolk, Manning, for St. Kitts ; James and Theresa, Aston; for Gibraltar ; and Bolivar, Wilson, for New York. Arrived the Arethusa, Arrowsmith, from Honduras. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Wind N. by E.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Menai, from ,Chatham, for South America; and the Jessie, Winter, from London for the Cape. FALMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind N.—Sailed the Glad stone, Popplewell, for Madeira. SHEERNESS,APRIL 16.—Sailed the Manlius, Johnston, for New South Wales. GIBRALTAR, ----. —Arrives!, the Elizabeth, Mal lison, from the South Seas ; Caroline, Kidson, from Cal cutta; Atalanta, Fetch, from New South Wales ; March, Robertson, from St. 'Michael's ; Concord, Langdon, from Lisbon ; Boyne, 119iller, from Bombay; Isabella, Hanna ford, from Oporto ; and Thoth, Rector, from the Cape. Sailed, the Bullfinch, Gunter, for Elsinore; George, For ster, for 13erbice ; and Lynx, —, for La Guayra. DONEGAL, Aram 13.—A sloop of about 80 tons, laden with ruin and sugar, was driven on shore yesterday morn ing, near Ruttend, during the most severe storm of wind, rain, and hail, experienced this season—the cargo expected to be saved. The Lyra, Harvey, from 'Naples to Constantinople and Odessa, was Wrecked' on the Coast of Calabria, near Ro samer, during it gale, on the 16th ult. The Master and two of the crew were saved. The Sir Edward Banker steam-vessel, from Hamburgh to London, gives the following from her log :-- APRIL 14.—Saw the Alliance of Hull, all well; the Ann, of Hull (brig), ditto ; an American brig and ship, ditto ; the Sriaresbrook, ditto ; and, at anchor, the Diana, of Greenock, all well ; 8 brigs, 3 ships, and 3 galliots, at anchor in Cuxhaven Roads. C.M. 4 55.—Passed the red buoy, and an American ship at anchor near the light-boat. P. M. 5 15.—Saw a schooner by the wind, and a barque running for the Elbe. 7.—Heligoland, bore N.E. by E. is E., distance 10 miles. APRIL 15, A.M. 9.—Saw a brig, with yellow sides and figure-head, by the wind, standing to the Northward. At noon, saw a Norway brig, running to the Southward. N. B. The Sir Edward Bankes arrived yesterday in the River, bringing Hamburgh Papers of the 15th inst. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) . ST. JAMES'S. , X. s. X: s • X. a. X s. Lowland Mead. Hay 4 5 toy . 5 Clover Hay 5 otu7 0 Upland Ditto 3 5 ,6 JO Oat Straw 2 2 2 6 Rye-grass Hay 5 5 610 Wheat Ditto 2 6 210 Supply good,• and trade rather brisk; ptices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. X. s. X. s. X. s. £. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 4 oto 5 0 Cloy. Hay generally 5 oto 6 l 5 Upland Ditto 5 0 6 ~0 Do. extra fine 0 0 7 0 Rye-grass Hay 5 0 6 0 Oat Straw 2 0 2 4 New Meadow Hav 0 0 • 0 0 Wheat Ditto 2 4 2 8 Supply limited, trade brisk, and prices as on Saturday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. , -,APRIL 16. This being race week at Newmarket, there was not any attendance here, nor was there any betting at the sport ing houses in the west worthy of notice. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1827. MONDAY, APRIL 16. The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for all ages. A.F. Mr. Greville names h. c. The Alderman 1 Mr. Payne's b. c. Shakspeare 2 Mr. Rlasdale's ch. f. Lunacy 3 Six others started.-4 to 1 agst The Alderman-5 to 4 agst Shak. speare. Handicap Sweepstakes of 19 soya. each ; all ages. Ab. M. Mr. Vansittart's c. by Blacklock 1 Lord Verulam'B trpas Eleven others started, and three paid. Lord Exeter's Recruit, Erst. 31b. beat Mr. - Greville's "Rachel - , Sst. D.M. 200, h. ft. sweepstakes of 150 soya. each, 100 ft. for colts and fillies rising threeyeare old. T.Y.C. Lord Jersey's b. c. Chrysalis TMr. Payne's b. c. by Rainbow 2 Mr. Gretille's ch. f. Maria. 3 Mr. Rarasbottorn's ro. c. Prism 4 - - Two paid.—.l to 1 agst Maria. The Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sou. each. h. ft. Ab. M. • Lord Clarendon's f. by Partisan—Donna Clara 1 Lord Jersey's c. Glenartney 2 Six started, and seven paid.-12 to I agst Lord Clarendon's f.- 3 to 1 agst Glenartney. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each. D.M. Duke of Grafton's c. Latimer 1 Lord Vert'lam's f. by Orville 2 Lord G. H. Cavendisles c. by Partisan Mr. Greville's c. by Waterloo 4 Two paid.--13 to 4 •art 'Latimer. ' - Sweepstakes of 100 sm. each, h. ft. for fillies. D.M. - Lord Stradbroke's br. Memina. 1 Lord G. H. Cavendish's hr. by Partisan 2 Mr. Petre's sister to Hampden 3 Three paid.-2 to lon Sister to Hampden. Mr. Mills's Panic rec. ft. from Mr. Greville's Elizabeth. A.F. 500, h. ft. < - • Gen. Grosvenor's Spite rec.. ft. from Lord Orford's f by Rain.. bow T.Y.C. 200, h. ft. Lard VVharntlifte's , The Dragon rec; ft. from Lord Orford's Swiss Guide. A.F. 200, h. ft.. Lord Wharncliffe's Pastime rec. ft. from Mr. Payne's Helenua. Ms..Dilly'a br. f..by Gain,sborough, rec.lo sovs. from Mr. T. Thornhill 's br. t ChriStabelle. T.1.t..100, h. ft. iPrtsistfisrssi7a 11 , 12441IDNESbIT. • Subscription Plate of 50 son. for two-year:olds, 7st.; thres, Bst. 71b. ; and four 9st. T. Y. C. Sweepstakes of 100 sore. each, h. ft. Allies, Elst. Alb: R. M. Mr. Rogers's 'Whimper ID. of Portland's by Tireslas D. of Grafton's by Partisan Mr. Terleton't by Selim by Wothl ' Col. Wilion's Isy Ruben., LorciClarendon'sf. by Part's** Mr. Chariton' Sitpslop Mr. Nowell's b. e. by Rainbow Gen. Grosvenor's by the Flyer --- by Comus • Sweepstakes of 200 Wit each, h. ft., Sst, 41b. T. Y. C. lA. Exeter's c. by Candid ilAl. G. Cavendisli's by Partisan D. of Grafton's by Woful THE EPPING HUNT. At half-past one o'clock, Mr. Rounding, who has so long had charge of the hounds for this hunt, appeared in the field at the head of his charge ; and the stag, or rather hind (for it was one), was immediately uncarted, from near the cus tomary spot, on the declivity of Fair Mead's Bottom. The usual law having been granted, a recheat was blown, and hunters and dogs started after their prey, who at first bent his way strait across the Bottom, but shortly took a turn to the right, which brought him to a pond at the southern extremity of the Mead, into which he immediately plunged. As this chase did not occupy. 15 minutes, the sportsmen resolved to renew it, and accordingly called off the dogs, and gave.the deer another dance for escape. Again— " Each eager hound exerts His utmost speed, and stretches every nerve." Again the, barn ,was pounded, imd again ibe nimble 'deer" /Alt forth his utmoat speed; and made, not for, the " wild heaths of Ilani-Var,' but for ,as gOod a place, 'called the Loughton Thichs, where his pursuers were more than once at fault ; indeed, at one time, he was on the point of escaping, for another deer was unharboured, and it was with difficulty that the dogs were again put upon the right scent; which, however, was hardly done, when it was dis covered that the staghad made a detour, and was making for the Roehuuk public-house, whichit shortly passed, with the hounds in full c ry,— , " -- Men, dogs, hills, rocks, and woods, . . In the full concert joined." The stag now became exhausted, and, after a few more vain efforts, was overtaken, and caught in a piece of water laying between Woodford and Fair Mead's Bottom, into which it bad plunged. Thus ended a most animated chase of two hours, it being half-past three when the stag was taken. We heard of no very alarming accidents ; several were, as usual, thrown from their horses ; one or two got some slight contusions on the head, hut it is needless to say, that the brains of none were in the least injured, the thickness of the skull preventing any thing of that kind.— The annual riders were somewhat afflicted (not in the head) by the exercise ; but as all the apothecaries' shops down Whitechapel had prepared good store of diachylon plaster, we have no doubt all the hurts received at the Ep ping Hunt will soon be forgotten. CANINE FANCY.—A match will take place at the West miuster Pit, on Thuisday, between Keeper, the Somers town dog, and the well-known hound-dog, for ten sove reigns. The dogs fight 55 lbs. each. THE Rom At. YACHT CLUE.—Great preparations are snaking for the ensuing season, and there is every reason to believe that it will be a most brilliant one. The Dutch Government, in imitation of the French, has, through our Ambassador at Brussels, given the Yachts free admission into all the Ports of the Netherlandz. Lord Yarborough, the Commodore, has been deputed to solicit his Majesty, as Patron of the Club, to confer the honour of a Prize (we believe a Gold Cup), to be sailed for on a given day. Th e following Yachts are now fitting out at Cowes :—Eme raid, L. Symonds, Esq. ; Paul Pry, J. Weld, Esq. ; Ali_ rand a , J. nom, Esq. ; Earl St. Vincent, Sir H. Rivers, Bart. Julia, J. Mills, Esq. ; Imogena, Hon. R. F. Gren ville ; Sebina, J. L. Gower, Esq. ; and Antelope, Lord Willoughby De Broke. CRicr ET ...:-..The Norwich Club have taken the lease of a field at Lakenharn, with a determination to support this manly sport with spirit : they begin playing to-morrow.. 'A Norfolk Club has lately bees formed, of which. Lord Suffield is President. .-4 :!.2.4: ul. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Canning had an audience of the KING J yesterday, at his Palace, in St. James's. ' The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the' Princesses Victoria and Feodore, visited the Princess Au gusta yesterday. The. Prmeeis AUgUsta, attended by Lady Mary Taylor, left town yesterday afternoon, for the seat of the Duke and Duchess of . Clarence, at Bushy Park, on a visit to her Royal relatives for some days. Sir John Copley (the Master of the Rolls), the Earl of Harrowby, the Right Hon. F. Robinson, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Wynn, Sir N. Tindal (the Solicitor-Ge neral), Viscount Granville, the Earl of Morley, Earl Gower, the Earl of Carlisle, and Lord Seaford, visited 'Mr. Can ning yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. Baron Stiernheld, the Swedish Minister, and Count Munster, the Hanoverian Minister, also visited Mr. Canning yesterday. Mr. Croker transacted business at the Foreign Office yesterday. Mr. Huskisson had an interview with Mr. Robinson yesterday. The Duke of Wellington attended at the Office of Commander'in-Chief yesterday afternoon, and was engaged with Sir Herbert Taylor, &c., transacting official business for about two hours. Earl Bathurst came to the Colonial Office yes terday, and was occupied during a considerable time select ing and arranging different papers and documents. Mr. Dawson and Mr. Hobhouse attended at the Office of the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment yesterday. Sir Herbert Taylor has discontinued holding his levees as Military Secretary to the Commander-in- Chief, in consequence of the resignation of the Duke of Wellington. _ _ Earl Gower visited Mr. Canning on Sunday. Lord Bexley left town oir Saturday morning fur his seat at Foot's Cray. The Marquis of Clanricarde entertained the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and a distinguished party to Dinner on Saturday, at'his house in St. James's-square. The Marquis and Narchioriess of Bute ar rived at Cardiff Castle on Thursday laSt. It is said they will remain over the Assizes. Yesterday being Easter Monday, the boys educated in the Royal foundation of Christ's Hospital, marched from that school to the Mansion-house, whence they proceeded tb Christ Church, Newgatelstreet, followed by the civic pinCeision, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Al dermen, and Shrift attended bythe City Marshals, and other inferior chid oflifeeri." The' Spital sermon was preached by the Bishop Of:Chlstar : after which, the cor poration returned to the Mansion-hous e; where a dinner was provided for them. In Consequence of the recent changes in the Cabinet, not a single Minister was present, a circumstance which detracted much from the entertain ment. It was expected that Mr. Canning and Mr. Wynn would have been at the dinner, but both these Right Hon. Gentlemen sent apologies. ln the evening there was the usual ball. Arrivals at the Berners' Hotel, Berners'- street—Osgood Hanbury, Esq. from his seat, Coggleshall ; Willoughby Montague, Esq. from Dublin ; Wilshere, Esq. from Oxford ; the Rev. Ms. and Mrs. Hadon and family, from Bedfordshire. KING OF SWEDEN—(BERNADOTTE.)—His Majesty is at present, about 60 years of age, of the common size ; and his hair, which is of a glossy black, curls natu rally. His voice is uncommonly sweet and pleasing; his whole countenance has in reality a great expression of kind ness, and his manners are singularly prepossessing. It may be further remarked, that Charles John is temperate, eco nomical, and what maybe called equal in his disposition, modest in deineanour, condescending towards all rants, and deservedly popular' in highest - degree.:-L Wilson's Travels. • ' LORD 'CIIA.IqO.LiORS —The following is a list of Lord Chancellors, with the dates of their appoint ment, since the accession of his late Majesty, George the Third. It will. be 'men tkat the present venerable Lord Chancellor completed yesterday. a series of twenty-seven years of arduous public Nrvice, with the. exception of the short period of thirteen months that Lord Erskine held the Seals :—Lord fierily; January '1761, 'Lord Camden, July 1766, Lord Hardwicke, January 1770. In commission, viz. Sir Sidney Stafford Sinyth, the Hon. Henry Bathurst, and Sir Richard Aston, Jan. 1770. Earl Bathurst, Jan. 1771, Lord Thurlow, June 2, 1778. In commission, viz. Lord Loughborough, Sir Wm. Ashurst. and Sir Wm. Beaumont Hotharn, April 3, 1793. Lord Thurlow again Dec. 23, 1783. In commission, viz. Sir James Eyre, Sir Wm. iftB3`y - A - 6iir; auiC Sir Joliii - Wilson, .Tu - ne 15, 1792. Lord Loughborough, Jan. 27, 1793, Loid Eldon, April 15, 1801, Lord Erskine, Feb. 7, 1806, and Lord Eldon again, March 25, 1807. Madame. Pasta is expected in town next week, when with Signor Galli, La Semiramide will be per formed in.a fttyle:of excellence unknown in this country. Miss Foote will play Letitia Hardy, in the Belle's Stratagem this evening, at Covent-garden, being the first night of her engagement this season at that Theatre. ''A Child;" " of Shoreditch; was last week married to a Misi Man of Cripplegate. SYMPTOMS OF INNOCENCE.—lmmediately after a man Acquitted of horse-stealing at the late Hunting don ,Assizea;liad left the Coml., when speaking of the prin cipal be Observed, *bat a lie that - fellow told ; we never took thelorae-through the town at all !" Among the greatest bores " out of the House," the Thames Tunnel was one (Alderman Waith man, it must be remembered, is IN the House). Since the Tunnel people have resolved to charge the public one shilling to satisfy their curiosity, it is now considered to be a greater somt than ever. The late Dr. Home, Bishop of Norwich, among his collection of anecdotes, has the following :—ln one of our Universities there were six physicians; of two, their breath was very offensive ; one was remarkably slender; two were exceedingly quarrelsome and turbulent ; and one was very ignorant of his profession. They were called plague, pestilence, and famine, battle, murder, and sudden death. A lady being at a party with a very high black cap, surrounded with scarlet feathers, an illustrious per sonage wittily remarked, that she was like a kitchen chimney on fire." A few ,evenings ago, Mru r. C. L. was rather warmly extolling the beauty and complexion of a Miss Black to a friend. To check his ardour, his friend said that she. was painted. "So much the better," replied Mr. L., I'm fond of Rouge et Noir." The nightingale has commenced his spring course of " wood-wild melodies" in this neighbourhood : he has been heard frequently during the present week.— Berkshire Chronicle. Mr. It lately an M.P., after perusing at one of our library tables a libel on his Majesty, and a lady of his Court, indulged in language of a harsh description to wards the said lady, in the hearing of Mr. C., the nephew of the Marquis of C., and actually appealed (unconscious of the connexion) to that gentleman in corroboration of what he had asserted. Mr. C. made a sharp reply, and left the table; and immediately sent the librarian to Mr. R. with a request that he would cease from making such offensive remarks in the presence of one who was a relative. to the subject of them. Mr. R. instantly rose, and began to apologize to Mr. C., b u t th a t gen tl eman would not listen to him, and indignantly left the library. —Brighton Herald. A FAIR SU B JECT FOR APPROBATION. — .AII ingenious S un d a y .P a per observes, that " last week the Prince and Princess Esterhazy, and a large party of fa shionables, viewed the works of the Thames Tunnel, &c. The effect of the perspective, and a thirty horse power steam engine working above their heads, only supported by a wooden frame •work, excited their warmest approbation." If the fact o f this tremendous steam engine being merely supported by a wooden frame above their heads, could ex cite these visitors' approbation, how much more must their approbation have been excited, if it had tumbled down frame and all upon them? Damocles, with the sword sus pended above his head, was equally fortunate; but then he had the bad taste to be alarmed.—" Quot homilies, tot sententizt. ,, Selwyn, dining at the old Duke of Richmond's, a French Marquis was declaiming on the ingenuity of his country ; who,". said he, " were de grand e artists for de modes and de fashions, pour tout le monde ; for instance, look at de roffel (ruffle !) dat fine 'ornament for de hand and for de breast de Frenchman invent it ; and all de oder nations of Europe quickly dopt the same plan." t, True," r eplied M r . S e lwyn, " w e a ll ow th a t y o ur coun trymen have great merit in invention ; but you must at the same time admit, that though the English are not an in ventive, they are at least au improving people ; for example, to the very articles which you mention, they have made a very important and useful addition." " Les Anglois, Mistare Selvin," returned the Frenchman, stroking and pulling down the rutlies on his breast and hands, " are, -sans doute, ve elevare men ; mais js ne connois pas guelle improvement dey could have made W de roffel ; qu'est cc qu e csla, Monsieur " Why, by adding a shirt to, it, to .be cure," replied George. ..• 44 - c , iks , s,o4 6iffirytW ' • Jo tA, Psl u, THEATRES. COVENT-GARDEN. ' A new splendid melo-dramatic entertainment, in two acts, called Peter Wilkins, or The Flying Indians, was brought out last night, with consider able success, at this Theatre. It combines, if we are not mistaken, all the true and legitimate appli ances which should belong to an Easter spectacle, in an unusually felicitous degree ; scenery, machin ery, music, thunder and lightning, wild men, a cockney and a shipwreck, and ladies and gen tlemen who fly in the air in preference to walk ing on the ground (as the people in Ireland did before the Union) as naturally as Turks chew opium, or Dutchmen wear three pair of small clothes Ist once; and, taken for all in air, it seems to be the greatest hit that has been made in the way of melo drama, since the memorable season which produced Cherry and Fair Star. The plot of the piece, sits name will suggest, is taken from the old romance called Peter Wilkins; a work which is distinguished by the peculiarity that its author, after having had the talent to write a very delightful book, had the singu lar modesty, or self-denial, never to avow it—his name was not known at the time when the tale was produced, andhas never transpired to the present day. The .Covent.garden drama, however, embodies, as far as two actsswill permit, the principal features of the novel; adding several characters to the shipwreck story, in order to fill out the scene; and putting a sort of Ore, or man monster, on to the originally desert island, as the writer of an epic poem, in a fairy tale, always includes a magician or evil spirit of some description amongst his drdmatis personae, in order that his hero may have a proper enemy to display his prowess upon. These additional charac ters are not ill-selected for the purposes of burletta effect. They consist of O' Scud, an Irish sailor, played by. Mr. Power ; John Adanzs, a singing Scotch man from Perthshire, represented by Mr. Penson ; and Nicodenzus Crowquill, a law-stationer, from Fur nival's-inn, Holborn, exhibited in the person of Mr. Keeley ; the whole company of whom, besides Pe ter WilkinS himself, are found, with the wreck of the ship De la Cruz, clinging to a " loadstone island" iii the Pacific Ocean, at the rising of the curtain ; the magnetic attraction of the rock being so strong, that men's swords fly out of their scabbards as they ap proach it; and, if any one of the party had leaped on shore with nails in his shoes, he must have forth with grown to the earth, like one of the tree nymphs in 'Ovid's Metamorphoses, to a certainty ! This scene of the loadstOrie rock deserves particular mention; in deed, the scenery throughout the piece is admirable ; and for the entire satisfaction of those who are given romantic effects,we rather believe the author has made it moonlight all the way through. The Indian lake, and landscape scene, in which the two " Gauries or flying women descend, is no less fanciful ma! meritorious than the magnetic rock; the parts o 4 the flying ladies are well performed, by Miss Scott and Miss Glover; and the style of flying of these young women is so 7racefol, that we apprehend th exercise must shortly become general—particularly so well adapted as it is to the " upper" circles :—tr the horror and ruin, however, of those historian, whose occupation it is to write descriptions o waltzing and quadrille parties, and who would b( bankrupt in metaphor if " the light fantastic toe'. were to go out of fashion. Mrs. Vining played Peter Wilkins with her usual success in male character; she dances extremely well, and was encored in a duet t with Miss Glover. Mr. Power and Mr. Keely, too. are both effective in the law stationer and the sailor; and Mr. Penson did the character which was giVer to him, and in which, by the way, there was not much, very sufficiently. The great Leviathan of the play, hoWever, is Mr. Parsloe, in the character of the - .Monster of the Woods; who engages in r contest with the shipwrecked Europeans for the hand of one of the flying ladies who drops upon his island, and besides the ordinary tumbling feats of leaping by the aid of a wire, at a height of thirty feet. from one side of the stage to the other, swinging- across upon a pole- but a few feet below the prosce nium, &c. contributes - in one or two situations very considerably to the dramatic effect of the piece. Thi scene in which he breaks a hole through the roof o the house, and hangs by his toe from the opening. head downwards, to fish up Mr. Keeley, who is lying asleep in his hammock, is an excellent scene of comic paritominie; • and the battle afterwai ds be tween the same personage and the' Irish sailor, in, which the latter trips the monster up'by 'strikins him over the toes with his cudgel, and 'then se cures him by catching hold of his hind leg when he 'is down, surpasses Mr. Waterton's mode Of conquer ing crocodiles, and, 'in feet, exhibits a manlier* .of dealing with;monstert veinal Mir be reconeraendedito universar , - A' kood- many parts of the piece may be improved by curtailing the dialogue : indeed, in general the shorter the discussion is in these entertainments the better they tell. The drama concludes, at an immense expense in gauze and buckram, with the arrival of the whole popula tion of the " Land of Flight" in pursuit of their two lost Princesses ; and Peter Wilkins being invited by the King to proceed to the world of " Glums" and " Gauries" (in accomplishment of a prophecy), takes leave of the nether world in a chariot borne up by flying men; on which occasion Mr. Chapman, and three or four Master Watsons, and Miss Scott and Miss Glover, and at least a dozen corps de ballet, " Mrs. and Misses, with names too long to mention, are all seen—so that it is no Cupid of five-years-old affair—upon the wing, and among the " flies," to gether. Mr. Chapman looked, in his dress of fea thers, like a Christmas turkey half picked; and flapped his pinions, in despite of a slight appearance of apprehension, with considerable judgment and gravity. Taken as a. whole, tha r piece;went off with very great success,.ambits P roduction does credit to the raanagers...lt was announced for repetition, in conjunction with the engagement of Miss Foote to act comedy ; and if Miss Foote, and the Flying Indians together, cannot draw money at Easter, we think that the proprietors might very well forswear keeping open the house. No expence has been spared comical. upon We Pt v oeer laughednr il m k i o n r s and o, atit some right of or isro wrong— and —r and we think the house did so too—than at the last six new tragedies. • DRURY-LANE. In conformity with established usage, a new melo drumatic romance was last night produced, for the special amusement of those who pay their annual visit to the .theatre at this season of mirthful relaxa tion. It is denominated The Boy of Santillane ;or the Robber of Asturias; a title sufficiently attrac tive, since it holds out the hope of a liberal supply of combats, caverns, trap-doors, and conflagrations. The fable is founded, but with considerable altera tion, on the early portion of Le Sage's inimitable novel of Gil Bias. It is one of the dullest affairs which we have seen represented for a long time. Few of the situations are interesting or affecting—and the dialogue, serious and comic, is very wretched. It would be altogether intolerable, if the characters had not been strongly cast ; and, even with that ad vantage, it limped on most tediously. Miss Kelly was the Gil Bias of the evening, and played with fascinating grace and spirit. Her assumption of courage, when directed by her honest companions to rob Rolando, who appears in the garb of a friar, was extremely comic. Mr. Wallaek sustained the part of Rolando with a great deal of force and energy. In characters of this kind he shows much cleverness.' Mr. Harley supported the part of Corcuelo,. a chat tering innkeeper, very pleasantly. It is a meagre, ineffective Character, and we were really surprised that Mr. Harley contrived to make so much of it. Mr. Cooper appeared as Despardo, the Lieute nant, successfully. His drunken scene was uncom monly well acted. We must not omit to mention Mr. Webster, whose mode of sustaining the part of Domingo, the old Black, was truly humorous. It was one of the best hits in the whole piece, and created much laughter. Some excellent landscape d dot and architectural scenery!, by Mr. Stanfield, was ex hibited in the course of the evening, and WU gene _ • rally admired. ENGLISH OPER4 /MUSE. Mr. MatheWs continues . `t At Honii" here on the remaining, Monday's, _Thursdaii, Rilct :Saturdays, of this month. The ente r tainment, lait night - , - .Was the same that he has given.during the 1. apt... Whether it is that the audience is no,longsr restrained by the sombre solemnity of that season, or ,that Mr. Ma thews indulges now more in his ,p ec uliar vein of hu mour, certainly his observations on'Tnannere; charac ter, and peculiarities, produced more :mirk and ap plause last night than on any night since the com mencement, ADELPHI. The audience at this theatre last night, though not so numerous as on some previous occasions, was still highly respectable, and Mr. Yates never ap peared more At Home in his Portraits and Sketches. The entertainment of the evening concluded with a new monopolologue called Stop Thief. It includes a variety of characters, the most humorous of which were Jonquil Jasmine, a supposed florist, but, in fact, a sentimental friseur, and Penelope Pops, a staid maiden lady, who confesses the influence of the " tender passion," at the same moment that she apostrophises her lap-dog. Both these charac ters were admirably pourtrayed by Mr. Yates, and nothing could exceed the rapidity of his transitions and transmutations through the whole performance. COBURG. The Proprietors and Manager of this an-n:sing little Theatre have been exerting themselves to fuN ni,h a full banquet for their holiday visitors, ;,e . ! not without success. The first piece performed lad night was " an entirely new Grand Historieo•Ro , mantic Legendary Spectacle, in three acts, entiag.d, The Unhallowed Templar, or Twelve Months and a Day." This piece is, in some measure, founded nn the tale of the Crusaders, and Richard Cceur de Lion and Saladin are the leading characters. Hav ing said so much, a detail of the other personages is unnecessary ; suffice it to say, that the piece afford ed scope for the talents of Messrs. Davidge, Kemble, Rowbotham, Cobham, &c. The next piece was a new representation of the celebrated Tom and Jerry, or Life in London," which bad originally such an immense run at the Adelphi Theatre. Here again we find a detailed description unnecessary, And have only to observe that there.were but two novelties in the representation: first, the ii,troduc tion, in a scene at Tattersall's, of the wonderful ifo • - ting. L .pony, said to be, thsproperty of Cobbler ~f Fetcham • notoriety; and secondly, " a set-to with the gloves, between Parney Aaron and Dick Curtis, which appeared to plei , s.t the gods" more than :my other part of the performance. Curti's, as usual, had the best of it, although the Jew was " with him" more than °nee. Such was the value set upon iheir exhibition, that they were encored. We had Amost forgotten to state, that the second Piece was ,lescribed in the bills as a " Comic, Classic, Di lactic, Moralistic, Aristophanic, Localic, Analvctic, Terpaychoric, Panoramic, Camera.obscura-ic, Ope ratic, Extravaganza of Flash, Frolic, and Fun ; re plete with prime chaunts, rum glees, and kiddy , atches, &c. &c. l'he House was respectably, but lot numerously attended ;—it is more than probable that Greenwich Fair prevented many of the holiday folks from visiting it last night. It is but justice to state, that the scenery in both pieces is excellent. ASTLEY'S. This little theatre has displayed much spirit in the opening of its season, and the present political state of the Peninsula has b , .s.eti made the subject of dramatic exhibition. The Fee: piece was Spain .Ind Portugal ; or 17 eZels Guerillas, and was .1111 of hair-breadth escapes of loyal Constitution •ilists, who would have been ederificed to the rage if the guerillas but for the timely intervention of the British soldiery, %vho seemed especially gifted with a power of ni.iq iity for their preservation. In his piece, the ballet-acting of some of the per :ormers, particular!) , of Mr. Bradley, deserved great praise. The scenery was, throughout, excellent, although (perhaps from the difficulties of a first night), not always -rider the best management; and the arrangement of the equestrian exercises was ouch as might have been expected from Ducrow.— Among the feats of horsemanship, the names of two American candidates for Olympic fame ought not to have been forgotten. Mr. Paddington and Mr. Wilkinson, both from the circus of New York, met with a very faeotnable reception; the riding of the latter in pretended stets of drunkenness, with the horse in full gallop, drew down loud bursts of ap plause. The Company of Vaulters performed some very difficult leaps, and one of them distinguished his superior strength and agility, by turning thirteen summercets successively in the air. The performances concluded with The Widow's Vow; or 31,We:4T upon. Mistake, the humour of which consisted in the in troduction of male beings into the house of a widow lady, who had unkindly- forsworn the sex, and who admitted these intruders in the belief that they were two of her female relations, who had determined to put this trick upon her. The result may be easily imagined, and seems to be justified upon the old apothegm, that " rash vows are only made to be broken." SADLER'S WELLS. This theatre, which has recently undergone con siderable alterations, in the shape of decorations and embellishments, opened last night with.* new series of entertainments, all of which were favourably re ceived.. The first piece, a burletta, called The Lads of the Village, had in it two or three comic songs, which called forth encores from the gallery. The scenery was well painted. Mrs. S ear l e an d - her juvenile pupils danced with considerable grace and elegance, in a rural fete scene. The second piece was a meld-drama, intitled The White Wolf, or the Woman of the Wood, said to be taken from an his torical fact, to be found in German Literaiure, and, like most meld-dramas of that school, it part :ices of much improbability. The pantomime has in it many excellent scenes, and a few good tricks. The holiday folks, especially the children, laughed heartily at the reneOntres of .Harlequin, the Clown, and Pantaloon, in their chase after Columbine. The scene of the Gardens of the Fairy, " Forget-me-not," was well painted. The exhibition of an American Aloe, which by Harlequin's wand was changed• into a china-shop, was well managed. Young Grimaldi, who had a comic song to sing, forgot one of the verses, and he was, to use a sportsman's phrase," at a dead stand." Th. song was encored, which gave him an opportunity of recollecting the verse " which had slided out of his men - tory." Harlequin Hya cinth, for that is the name of the pantomime, was announced at the close, for repetition, amid the plaudits of a crowded house. SURREY. This Theatre was re-opened yesterday evening to the holiday visitors, with the domestic melo-drame (as it is now called) of G.7orge Barnwell. After the play, a Mi. Buckingham, in the character of Apollo Daggcrwood, introduced some tolerable suc cessful imitations of various London performers; the more successful, perhaps, because they were confined to a single passage of some striking scene, in which the peculiarities of the actor were strikingly visible. The attempts to imitate Mathews, Harley, Munden, and the sevei al comic performers, were decidedly the best. The performances concluded with a Pan tomime, taken from the Tales of the Genii, and called ilforad the Wizard; or, The Talisnucn of Oromanes, in which the Merchant, Abudah, after tite exercise of the accustomed eloquence " of kicks and thumps," is at last conducted to the enjoyment of the Talisman content. The tricks in this,piece were tolerably well executed; and the exertions of the Ridgw a ys and Miss Rosyer, as Clown, Harle quin, and Cclumbine, sent the audience home evi dently pleased with their night's amusement.