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slgnation, were destitute of foundation, and we trust that no event of that nature is likely to occur. His MAJESTY, it is understood, will be in town this week, and possibly some temporary arrangement may then be made for executing such part of the busi ness of the Treasury as may be suspended by the la mented illness of Lord LIVERPOOL. The Duke of York packet has arrived with a New York and Halifax Mail. She sailed from New York on the Bth February, and from Halifax on the 19th ; she brings nothing interesting from New York, later intelligence from the United States having been pre viously received. The letters from different parts of the coast arrived at Lloyd's this morning, furnish a long and lamentable list of vessels either lost or driven on shore in the late , severe gales, particularly in the Irish Channel and on the coast of Northumberland, which shipwrecks, we are sorry to add, have been attended with the loss of many lives. 'he John Bull of yesterday, judging very correctly that the.sid e w hi ch he takes on the Catholic Question has need of farther support, though apparently victori ous for the present—gives, by the way of a leading article, an essay of considerable length as a sort of sup plement to Sir J M COPLEY'S speech, which speech, would no doubt, have been still better, had " the MASTE R of the ROLLS (to quote Bull of last week), been dressed as a MASTER of the ROLLS ought to be," instead of wearing a frock coat, which we should conceive to be 'very far from an orthodox habit. We cannot command leisure at present to bestow on this le arned dissertation the attention which it, merits by reading it through, but we beg leave to express our conviction, that there is not the slightest foundation for "the most confident statements that Mr. CANNING has virtually resig,ned office." Poor Bull, it is gene rally known, would sincerely rejoice at such an event, and therefore some persons seem to have been prac tising on his credulity by bringing him agreeable fic tions, for which we suppose they have been hand somely rewarded. _ _ _ If the whole of the above-mentioned leading article, or essay, is equal to the part which we have read, we should strongly recommend Bull to publish it as a Pamphlet, and distribute it, gratis, through all parts of the Kingdom. When he talks of Religion, he is sure t o be great ; but, at the same time, we cannot help regretting, that the Church of England should have for its advocate a Paper generally evincing so little Christian charity to the feelings of mankind, whatever i ts doctrines may be. Our own idea is, that John t hinks " Religion" is synonymous with " Tythes," and having some friends possessed of good livings, he is, therefore, equally inveterate against Catholics - and Dissenters, viewing them all as men, inclined to have their share of religion, that is, of tythes. Such connection can be of no service to any Church, and surely the Church of England, strong in its own merits, is little obliged to such advocates. Trinidad Papers have be - en received at the North South American Coffee. House, to 27th of Jan. The following is an extract : “ The official letter of Lord Bathurst to the Governor of Bar rd°es, relative to runaway slaves, has excited no inconsiderable 'egtee of interest and attention in this Island. We confess that Indiagug is too strong to mark the feelings which the West I Legislature justly entertain of the communications which i re been made to them respecting runaway slaves from foreign la1:4118. We trust that the other colonies possessing local Legis , ur ei• will follow the example set them by the spirited re "4,Wistrance of the Barbadoes House of Assembly on this commu i'lestion.” T hese Papers also allege that the princip les are unjust to foreign colonies, and must eventually cause BTeat confusion, and destroy the rights of property n 4 t he principles of honesty at the throne of political fanaticism and popular clamour. Ext tract of a Letter from Memel, dated 27th February w inter, until the 13th inst., was uncommonly mild ; but ra ue b . , urt een days past, the frost has been so keen, that there is th e — h m°a ting ice along the coast, to a considerable distance from Qu e , v -1 1 e ' However, the entrance of the harbour to the Ballast thi s is still clear. There is now little prospect of an entire t h ii nav igation before the end of March. It may be well to make to - 2 1° ,: Vn for the information of these who may have intended I ron : 4 ' out ships early, in consequence of the intelligence feet be nee fourteen days ago. At present there is fifteen 1 , 4 water on the bar, a straight channel with the beacon I n " I L . we dread there will be less when the fresh water snowy runs off, as there is an immense quantity of •s 0 far n ' au t t h e Country and in Poland, and the south point extends 411 1 h e . „,7 11 to the channel opposite to the light-house, which Sev e a tir ed away, and make an alteration on the bar. 4 °r th e "' v essels have begun to load, but as there is no prospect the ' eh a tn t° Meted with s g afety, they intend to wait until the wea ogee. It is in thr City Commander of ceived; confidently reported vrow, General Cu. of such a re our forle"daY rn°rning from Gen which are said to be t to that that dispatches were itaturt t o t present in Portugal ! . Se • further ctiunetrits require immediate held, and it a support the. stat e d tt Cabinet meeting had would he taken to suPP Lishon. remfo b i e c e em n ents to he n boto an immediate measure . dated Or and i,afety ofour Army by sending more troops to 'rif e 'i n - from Antwerp,e Java the 9 t. ° aw thg is an extract of a letter _ o f th „packeet.: froAlataret 18t7, which confirms the lose All a -- - ' l ' ' .4,.. r espect the J a y a Packet are now re moved, our atlyi most clearly mg the fate of proving Raassin that elle Was tieleea received this morning ase h • struck on the havebeen Aaßla Of West Ca v i e"el keen to •, o dead b°d : p ea rov g them n found on the Pe on .the Ist. Five addition, I ea t o h w., forn, josst and on two letters were found In that a ch,,..„—vu P a rt of the Java's crew. the ilavo--"oolltaining papers addressed to : t the supposition f • he'. e ' 4 been castashes also confirming its , ng the sarne e, no traces had appeared up to yesterd ay, vessel. Of the cargo .1 e Government at Bilatittt, ALtac. 8 to have left us, and it is hoped that' ..,......Tile severe.frost seems „___ t, of which there area bove 20 in the Gees t, now lying 10 days or a fortnight. 44, vesselshe able to put' to sea in Sunder lIASIBURGII, AiA ken 'a ' been got off, en land which , ....---.The Amelia, furck, from d , ran on SUOre near Ai h .i t has The Sunder put into Cuxhaven, With loss of three rac nc ' hors and cables. port of Cuxhaven now appears to fr ee a from ice. b_Fr.ora a New Brunswick Paper of the 19th of February :--The_ pri!ash Government have consented to the naturalization of such 0_:. r e r t etv4e that of f nthoe,l.2n.ite:l States as are now in Canada ; the old form 13 G eo. ~„, 4.Oie be naturalized, except under .tt. chap. Q. t mports into the United The i but has r of 19 11 26' 1826, anlotulted in value to 96,330,075 lara. Tho t States,. in the year ending 3 s O e t n li , aMounted to about 13 ,000,000 dollars, m o cking a decrease 0111 tnillivas. T.. , _ ........____ -v. , Altl,_ y morning, th e f (4 ' L “unu esto go on eat LlvEßpoo—At twelve o ' c l oc k t h is ollowing Bu actori ll l etin was issued Lord Li verpoo l sf." TIM FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. - , This morning the City has been inundated with reports, the principal of which has been the resignation of Mr. Canning and Mr. Robinson, to which others have added Mr. Huskisson. This was spoken so confidently that it has had a considerable effect on the British Funds. Consols opened at 82 and fell immediately to 811; they recovered to SIA, and have since been 81+ alter nately buyers and sellers, are now buyers ; in the course of the morning there has been some business transacting, but nothing to warrant our saying extensive ; Exchequer Bills are 35 6 ; India Bonds, 55 7 pm. The business in the Foreign Funds Ins been rather limited ; Mexican Buds have been 681, are now 68i 4 ; Colombian, 401 ; Portuguese, 75A 6+. Shares are in a most heavy state ; Tlalpuxahua, 30 pm ; Colombian, 17 18 per Share, and nothing doing. Three per Cent. Consols, 81+ y ; Ditto for account, 811 ; India Bonds, 55 7 pm. ; Exchequer Billi., 35 6 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS.-Brazilian, 651- 64-; Buenos Ayres, 51 3 ; Chilian, 36 ; Colombian, 1824, 401: ; Danish, 60i 1/ ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 56k ; Ditto, 6 per Cent. 68A- a ; Peru vian, 341 5 ; Portuguese, 75i 61-; Greek, 161 r; Russian, 87 ; Spanish, 121 1. MzNas._Anglo Mexican, 40 35 die. ; United Mexican, 12i 11k dis. ; Tlaxpuxahua, 25 35 pm. ; Brazilian, 1k 2i pm. ; Bolivar, par 1 pm. ; Colombian 17 18 per Share ; Pasco Peru vian, & 6 per Share ; Potosi, 27 9 per Share. Two o' Clock. Consols 81i THREE O' CL 0 CK. Consols, 811 4. FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. Consols 81 1 Danish Bonds 61 2 Do. for Ac. 812 Greek Do. 1825 Brazilian Bonds 651 Mexican Do. 1825, 69 Buenos Ayres Do. 51 Peruvian Do. Chili= Do. Russian Do. 87 Columbian, 1824, 40 Spanish Do. 12k SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 11.—Wind W.—Arrived the Abercrombie, Robinson, from China. Put hack, the Brittomart and several others, outward bound. PORTS3LOUTH, MARCH 10 & 11 . —Wind S. and W. S.W.— Arrived, H.M.S. Larne, from Ceylon, sailed from Trincomalee Oct. 27, the Cape Jan. 11, and St. Helena Jan. 26. The North Briton, Richmond, from Calcutta, for Liverpool, and the Piro, Rutter, from London, were at St. Helena. The Amity, Gray, from London, was at the Cape. Also arrived the Zephyr, Nicholls, from Lisbon. The transports have come into harbour to be paid off. Passed the Circassian, for Madras and Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 9 & 10.—Wind E.S.E.--Arrived, the Regent, Morris, from Surinain ; the William d'Or, Erit, from Rio. Sailed, the Restitution, for Sierra Leone; the Minerva, Dale, for New York; the Tin Tin, Orbita, for Bilboa ; the Blues, —, for Rio ; the Rosella, Morris, for Hamburgh. FALMOUTH, FEB. 9 and 10.—Wind N.E.to E.—Arrived, the Duke if York packet, sailed Feb. 8, from New York, and from Halifax Feb. 19 ; also the Crocodile, Bitton, from Zante ; Thomas and Sarah, Harvey, from Oporto. Sailed, the Zephyr packet, for the Mediterranean ; Millicent, Ansell, for Jamaica ; Britannia, Quelch, for St. Kitt's ; Joseph, Henderson, for Trieste; Louisa, Coulthard, for Gambia; British Merchant, Stephens, for Teneriffe ; and Sir H. Stanhope, Johnson, for St. Michael's. COWES,MA RC H 11.— Arrived, the Comet,Neef, from the Haven nab ; Burrell, Metcalfe, from the Mauritius ; George, Rea, from Batavia; Mary, Mayo, from St. Petersburgh ; and Fame, Pratt, from New Orleans. Sailed, the London packet, Mackay, for Boston ; and Colombia, Delano, for New York. The Comet has on board two seamen, taken off the American schooner Leander, from Portland, for St. Michael's, which she fell in with on the 19th ult.., in lat. 41. N., long. 43. 30. W., full of water, main naast cut away, Master washed overboard, and the Mate and Cook drowned in the cabin. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN COFFEE-HOUSE. LtvintrooL, MARCH 10.—Wind S. by E.—Sailed the Man chester, Lee, William Byron, Hackstaff, Baltic, Greville, and Washington, Coffin, for New York; Alexander, Baldwin, for Philadelphia ; Alcidedee, Mounsey for Rio Janeiro ; Ann, Long, for Vera Cruz; Robert, Cannon,for Barballoes ; Thomas Batteraby, Rutherford, for Demerara; Amelia, —, for Jamaica; Malvina, Armstrong, for Para ; Rose, Johnstone, for Sierra Leone.—Arrived the Oicar, Ware, from Lima in 103 days, on 27th Feb., in lat. 39. 36., long. 30. W., exchanged signals with the Highlander, Stott, from Bahia, for this port, she had lost the head of her mainmast, and was rigging a new topmast. The Oscar has 250,000 dollars on board. Cambian, Airey, from Pernambuco, sailed 2d Feb. ; Golden Fleece, Evans, from Macao ; Home, Maxwell, from Charleston ; Penelope, Lncock, from Savannah ; Mount Vernon, from Charleston. The Union, Lloyd, from London, at Pernam buco ; Travis, from Rio, at Pernambuco ; Cognac packet, Hen- Jerson, from Newfoundland, at Pernambuco. The John Begg was to sail from Callao for this port about the 15th Jan: Off at sun-set, I ship, 1 snow, and 3 brigs. Off the Wight—Henrietta, from Charleston, fin• Bremen, 30 days out. Sailed the Colombia, Delano, far New York ; London packet, Mackay, for Boston ; Two Friends, Sayer, for Hamburgh ; Meteor, Hussleston, for Antwerp ; Enterprise, Hanadon, for ditto ; Venus, Holridge, for 'litto ; Padaug, Rogers, for ditto; Burrell, Metcalfe, for London. KING'S THEATRE. A new Ballet, entitled " La Siege de Cythere," was performed at this theatre, for the first time, on Saturday. The invasion of the Islam! of Cythera (the favourite abode, in Mythology, of Venus), by Mars, furnished the incidents of the piece, which, when judiciously curtailed—for it is insufferably long at present — will, no doubt, prove very successful. The house was crowded with fashionables, among whom (and in excellent health) we were glad to recognize his Grace of Wellington. DRURY LANE THEATRE. " Comfortable Lodgings," a new lively farce, was produced on Saturday night, on the hoards of this Theatre. It turns upon the scrapes and misfortunes of a nervous hypochondriacal old Englishman, by name Sir Hippington Miff (Liston) who has been persuaded to set out to Paris for the sake of comfort an d tranquillity. Shortly after his arrival, he discovers --or fancies that he discovers—that a domestic .plot is on the eve of being hatched against him, and hence arises his ludi crous blunders, and saturnine melancholy, which, aided by a few stale puns, make up the humour of the piece.--The farce was successful, and deservedly so. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. We strongly advise the lovers of whiab and novelty to go and see Mr. M. Henry's Whims and Wonders, as they abound in very amusing miscellaneous variety. The " Musical Glasses" are highly beautiful, its is also the celebrated "Optical Display of dif ferent Views." The whole performance, indeed from first to last, is replete with eccentric entertainment. FINE ARTS. It is highly flattering to our engravers, to find that the French painters eagerly avail themselves of every opportunity of profiting by their presence in Paris, and that the great eucourvement given to them by French booksellers has induced several'distin guished artists to fix their residence there. Reynolds, Wedgwood, and many other distinguished engravers, have, for some time past, devoted themselves principally to the reproduction of the finest works of the French pencil, and their superiority over all the native artists in the same line, is univer sally acknowledged by the French themselves. An engraving by Reynolds, from a picture by llOrace Vernet, has lately appeared, and appears from the Paris Journals to have acquired a more 1 than ordinary share of popularity. The subject of the picture consists in the escape of a prisoner, disguised in the habits of his wife--she has already partly attired him, and a young girl is as sisting her mother, in endeavouring to overcome the scruples of her father, who appears averse to the idea of saving his own life at the expence of his devoted partner's liberty. In the engraving Mr. Reynolds has ventured to introduce seve ral alterations, by which he has considerably added to the dra matic effect of the whole ; but this is a privilege which it would have been dangerous for any but an artist of first-rate eminence to have availed himself of. Upon the whole, however, the, en graving is distinguished by that richness of colouring, if such an expressio n can be allowed, and that warmth of expression, which .char ac te r i se e v e ry production of this gentleman's graver. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS—APPEALS. GARDNER V. REEVE. This was a petition presented by James Gardner and four other - burgesses of the Burgh of Kilrenny, in Scotland, to the Court of Session, praying their Lordships to find the election of Magistrates and Council, which had been made at Michaelmas, 1823, to have been illegal, contrary to the set, laws, and consti tution of the said Burgh, and to set the same accordingly. This was opposed by the respondents, James Reekie and other Magi strates of that Burgh. The Court having heard Counsel for the parties, dismissed the complaint, with costs, from which decision an appeal was made to the House of Lords. Mr. Sergeant SPAN/CIE appeared this day on behalf of the appellants. By the set of the Burgh of Kilrenny, he observed, the Town Council consisted of fifteen per sons, viz. three Bailies, the Treasurer, and eleven Burgesses. The custom of the town has been since its erection into a Royal Burgh, to elect their Bailies by a vote of the whole burgesses. The three Bailies are respectively designated as first, second, and third Baillie. • The first Bailie fills the place of chief magistrate, and his office corresponds to that of provost in other burghs. In the words of the Set, which. bears date 1710, the election of Bailies and Treasurer, proceeds in the following manner :—At Michaelmas, the inhabitants are summoned by tuck of drum to the Tolbooth to give their vote : when they convene, the Bailies who are about to leave office, give in a leet of nine persons, whereof they themselves are always three, out of which the Burgesses are to choose the three Bailies for the ensuing year ; and the Treasurer gives in a leet of three persons, whereof he him self is always one, out of which they are to elect their Treasurer for the following year, which being done, those qualified give their votes, and the plurality of votes determines the election. In 1719 a change took place in this custom, on that occasion the set, for Bailies as voted upon by the Burgesses, was composed of three separate trios or columns, each two having at the head of it the name of an old Bailie, followed by those of two other persons, and the Electors voted for 'sortie one or other of the three persons in each of these trios severally, so that in this way the BurgesSes voted for a first Bailie out of that Magistrate's Leet ; and for a second and third Bailie out of the Leets of those Magistrates re spectively. This has been the invariable custom of electing ,the officers from 1719 until 1819, when an irregularity took place in returning the three Bailies out of the two last Leets, and return= ing none out of the first; subsequent to that time the irregularity in deviating from this invariable usage, for a century,, was carried further, inasmuch as the respondents did not send down to the Burgesses three separate Leets for the offices of first, second, and third Bailies, but threw the whole into one aggregate mass of nine without any distinction or., subdivision whatsoever, whereby the Burgesses were not permitted to elect and - name one individual as their chief Magistrate or first Bailie ; a general return of three individuals having been thus obtained from the Burgesses, the Magistrates and Counsel fixed, according to some capricious rule of their own, which of these three should act as Chief Magistrate, &c. In 1823, the election took place in this manner, and Mr. Gardner, one of the appellants, who had the plurality of votes, instead of being made the first, was nominated the third Bailie, he (Mr. Sergeant Spankie) contended, that the election was void, for it was contrary to the usage practised in this Burgh for 100 years, and in Scotland, a prescription of even 40 years supersedes a Set or Charter. It was also contrary to the Set or Charter of the Burgh, which existed antecedent to the year 1719, for though the usage then was to elect the 'three Bailies out of a Leet of nine, yet they took precedence according to the plurality of votes; in support of his arguments he cited the case of Barber v. Bolton, Ist Strange, 314, where the Court held that a deviation from the clatter and a bye-law rendered the proceedings of an election void in the borough of Macclesfield; and the case of Tenant v. Johnson, ,in " Morrison on Burghs ;" the other objection to the validity of this election, was, that the Bribery Oath was not read at the election as required by Statute 16 Geo. IT. The Learned Sergeant contended, that the facts of a deviation from the usage of the Burgh for 100 years, and from the Set as antecedent to that period, and also the omission of administering the Bribery Oath, which by the law is not optional but imperative, were suf ficient to vitiate the election. Mr. KAY followed on the same side. After which the SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the House on behalf of the respondents. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he should inform the parties to-morrow when he wonld give judgment. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. COHEN V. ALOOFE AND ANOTHER. The bill in this case was filed for the specific performance of a contract, and prayed that the defendants be in the meantime re strained, by the order of the Court, from prosecuting any pro ceeding in the Civil Courts of Gibraltar, for the purpose of eject ing the plaintiff from a house which he holds at that place, under an agreement from a Mr. Cavallo. It appeared that the plaintiff originally took the house in ques tion for the term of three years, at an annual rent of three hurl- Bred pounds. It was subsequently agreed upon between the par ties that there should be an extension of this term for five years. Shortly after this latter agreement, Mr. Cavallo disposed of his in terest in the premises for 6,0001. to the defendants, who are mer chants, residing in the City of London. The defendants, though repeatedly applied to for the purpose, refused to confirm the agree ment entered into between him and the plaintiff, and are at present about to institute a suit in the civil Court at Gibraltar, for the purpose of getting possession of the premises. Among other objections to the agreement they allege that they had not due notice of it at the time they purchased Mr. Cavallo's interest in the house, and that if they were aware of the terms on which the plaintiff held it, they could not have given so large'a sum for it, and finally, they urge that the agreement ought 'not to be en forced, inasmuch as the rent was by no means adequate to the value of the house. Mr. HEALD, for the plaintiff, was proceeding to argue, that the defendants, whether they had received notice or not, were bound by all the equities of the tenant, when The VICE-CHANCELLOR enquired, whether the law of England as regarded real property, prevailed at Gibraltar. Mr. IlkALn could not give his Honour a decisive answer on the subject ; he apprehended, however, that there could be no diffi culty in the way, as the parties whom it was sought to restrain resided in England, and were therefore within the jurisdiction of the Court. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said be was unwilling to proceed fur ther without being satisfied on the point ; indeed, his own im pression was, that the law of Spain might very possibly govern real property in Gibraltar. He would, however, refer it to the Master to enquire whether the law of England prevailed there with reference to real property. OGDEN AND OTHERS V. TAYLOR AND SLATER. Mr. HART applied on the part of the plaintiffs, who are the residuary legatees under the will of the late Joshua Ogden, that the defendants, who are appointed his executors, be restrained from selling or otherwise disposing of the estate of the testator.— The bill set forth that the testator had devised all his real estate with the particular enjoyment of his household furniture to his wife during her life or widowhood, and she was further permitted to encumber the real estate with 3001. When the interest of the wife determined the entire property was to go to the plaintiffs, and the testator devised it in trust to the defendants, with directions that they should dispose of it and hand over the proceedings of the sale to the plaintiffs.—The plaintiffs now stated that the defendants, who were iu very embarrassed circumstances, were about to sell the property, although the plaintiffs (the only persons claiming any interest in it) represented to them that it could not now be advantageously disposed of. They distinctly add, that the defendant (Taylor) is in great distress, and that Slater was lately discharged under the Insolvent Act, and therefore sub mit to the Court that it would be unsafe to entrust the defendants with the proceeds of the sale. The plaintiffs, however, were un able to say whether Mrs. Ogden, the wife of the testator, had made any testamentary disposition as to the sum of 300/. Mr. SHADWELL, for the defendants, said, this appeared to be a mere attack on the characters of his clients. Mr. HART—We don't attack their character ; we o n ly say th a t they are poor—there is nothing disgraceful in being poor. Mr. SuAnwEit.—But we deny that we are poor. Taylor, for instance, swears that he is now in more affluent circum stances, and he trusts not less honest or well-disposed than when he was made executor ; and Slater denies that he ever took the benefit of the Insolvent Act ; on the contrary, h e succee ded in arranging with his creditors, and is now going on very pros perously. They were both ready t o act as the Court shou ld direct, but a difficulty presented itself, in consequence of Mrs. Ogden's having ma de a will, of which the plaintif f s protes ted their ignorance, o th e rwise they would at once hand over the e ntire property to them. The Vica-CuascEl.r.oa inquired whether the plaintiffs were prepared to pay the 300/. to the legatees under Mrs. Ogden's will. Mr. HART repli e d that the defendants had received a lar g e amount of the te s t a t or ' s property, without having as yet accounted for it ; it was, therefore, very probable that they had funds in their hands to meet that bequest. It was after some discussion arranged that, for the purpose of avoiding further litigation, the defendants should without delay, 'submit to an account and that in the mean time they shou ld take no steps towards disposing of the property, THE MARKETS -(THIS DAY). CORN-EXCHANGE. The chief part of last week the weather was so very boisterous, that the supplies - of all sorts of Grain were short; but towards the close, and again this morning, there are fair fresh arrivals of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Pease, from Essex, Kent, and, Suffolk. The top price of Flour remains unaltered, in spite of some strong attempts to advance it, the Wheat trade has, in consequence, become extremely languid, and the prices may be reported 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower than on this day se'nnight. There is also a heavy trade for Barley to-day, and very little exceeds 40s. per quarter for malting. Beans are more plentiful than of late, and Is. per quarter cheaper. Wl.ite and Grey Pease, except for seed, meet a slow sale at last quotations. There is not much trade for Oats to-day, and the prices of this article remain unaltered. All sorts of Spring Corn tit for Seed are scarce, and the prices of such considera bly exceed the annexed quotations. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. • Wheat, Red (old) ,---.. White (old) .............. Red (1826) soe. 545• .-----Tick (new) 445. 468. WIWI' ~IV Fine ................... Superfine sBs. 60s. ----Harrow (new) 475. 50s. ----- White (1826) .... 535. 565. .......................... (old) -s. -a. . . . Fine sB,s. 60s. Brank ...........- Superfine 62s. 655. Oats, Feed 26s 30s. Rye (new) 36s 40s. ----Fine 30s. 325. Barley 355. 375. - Poland - 30s. 335. .......,..„-Fine (new) ....- ... 38s. 395. ..... Fine '3ls. 365. --......Superfine 4oa. 41s. -..... Potatoe 325. 345. Malt -- Fine s7s, fibs -. Scotch 395 40a. Pease, Grey (new) -....-Maple (new) ......--....-White (new) ...............Boilers 4Bs. 525. Bran Us. 12s. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST IVERK. ..,.." < t •, C • P ;1 1 '2l From Whence. e , V. p::, .... •-, .7*:. 1 o ,•;', 1 c , • v Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. Aldborough 333 721 135 123 40 Alemouth lO3 224 Boston Carmarthen ———---———— Clay — 200 4 0 470 Cowes — 456 . Colchester t, , Harwich 341 232 1527 36 24 330 4 Leigh 906 114 209 230 114 go 44 Maidon 473 62 110 '73 . 210 64 3(10 Hull Ipswich 9B 196 1:87 104 1214 Kent Lynn 56 , 38 59 Poole — 15 goo Rye Southwold Stockton — 571 1006 Wells Weymouth — 20 350 Whitby 55 150 Woodbridge 139 384 38 15 *— 11 600 Yarmouth Arbroath Banff — 375 42 Berwick — 120 :30 Dundee Inverness --- —.—. _ 4490 4393 3561 3669 71 1151 1095 9915 IRISII. Tralce Wexford Youghall — 954 • FOREIGN. Charente Gibraltar — 515 Lanion Leghorn — 100 2490 Malta — 1320 90 Itarseilles — 320 930 Naples Palermo — Rotterdam — — —, Total AGGREGATE QUANTITY OF OTHER KINDS OF PULNE. Tares, 313—Linseed, 1819—Rapeseed, o—Brank, o—Mustard, 8-- Hemp, 69—Seeds, 50. SMITHFIELD MARKET, This day's supply having been limited, and the buyers apparently nu merous, each kind of fat stock commanded a brisk sale, Beef at an ad vance of 2d. per stone, Mutton, Veal, and Pork, at Friday's quotations. About 1000 of the beasts came from Norfolk and Suffolk, about 200 up the great North Road, and most of the remainder from Sussex and the.western and midland districts. PRICES PER STONE OF SLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to 1. d. Inferior Beasts 3 6 310 Second quality ditto 3ID 4 2 Prime large Oxen _ 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, etc 5 2 5 4 Inferior Sheep 3 6 310 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto SUPPLY, AS FEE C I Sheep. 29,120 s. d. to s. d. South Down Wethers . 4 8 5 0 Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 2 Prime small ditto 5 8 6 0 Large Hogs 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers • 5 0 5 4 Suckling Cdlves...l2s. to 38s. each. Quarter old Pigs ..10s. to 16s. each. ,EAK'S STATEMENT. Calves. Pigs. I I 132 lB5 Beast.•, 2,261 NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL MARKETS. ,At per stone, by the Carcuss. - s. d. to a. d. . s. d. to a. d. Beef . Ntutton 5 0 4 0 Pork ........................ 3 8 5 2 THE SPEAKING FRENCH GRAMMAR. By J. V. DOUVILLE, Professor of the French Language, 6, Coventry-street, Haymarket, and 2, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, London, 1827. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-Of all the works to facilitate the acquirement of the French language, I have not seen one that appears so well calculated to effect the object as the Grammar just published by M. Douville. The pupil's essays are com posed of passages and sentences used in ordinary discourse, which plan will be found a very superior performance, as the student will thereby store his mind with . phrases ne cessary for conversation. Many persons know the French language well in theory who cannot converse with a native for five minutes. It is to the practical remedy for this de fect that M. Douville chiefly applies himself. His system for imbuing the pupil with an accurate familiarity with all the various modifications produced on meaning by the tenses of the verbs is excellent. His remarks on pronun ciation have also much merit, and he displays on many oc casions considerable critical talent. The work is concluded by a Grammatical Analysis, and a Treatise on French Prosody and Versification; besides .a classified Vocabulary, a compendidm of familiar phrases, and numerous models of notes, letters of compliment and business, which will prove eminently serviceable. The execution of the whole, in short, so highly tends to render the speaking of French easy to English perSOns, that I db not hesitate warmly to recommend this work to all those who study the French language with a view to conVersation I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, London, March 8, 1827. A CORRESPONDENT. EXECUTION OF WILLIAM THOMSON FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Thursday being the day fixed for the execution at Dalkeith of William Thomson, who was convicted along with his brother, James Thomson and John Fram, of the robbery of Mr. Dickson, farmer, at Consland, a crowd began to assemble before ten o'clock in the forenoon in the neighbourhood of the jaol. At ten minutes past two, the Sheriff's officers rode briskly up to the place of exe cution, in front of the jaol, and three coaches followed, in which were the Sheriff, the Clergymen, and the unfortunate victim to the injured laws of his country. The unfortunate man joined in the prayers and hymns :with apparent sincerity, and was at last placed on the fatal drop, all the bystanders uncovering : nearly five minutes elapsed before the unhappy man dropped the signal, which closed his earthly career for ever, with apparently little pain. The unfortunate man had been frequently visited in gaol by his wife, and was so for the last time on Wednesday. The interview, and their parting, was, we are informed, less affecting than on some previous visits. The widow is left with an orphan son about five or six years of age. An unfounded report is abroad, that Thomson had confessed being concerned in the murder of a man, Ramsay Inglis, pen sioner and banksrnan at Cowpits Colliery, who mysteriously dis appeared about two years ago. But his colleagues in the crime for which he suffered, James Thomson and John Fram, have given information of the murder of Inglis, which, by their account, was perpetrated on the highway, near to Cowpits ; and, in conse quence, two thieves, named Salmon and Merrilees, have been apprehended on suspicion of the murder.—Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. TILE DEBATE OF MONDAY.—It Will be seen that Sir Francis Burdett commenced' his task on Monday evening at an early hour. Ile appeared to have been in the mood for a great exhibition of mind and feeling, and we doubt not that from him alone we shall have much to publish, in to-morrow's paper, that will be consolatory to Catholics, and that will confer honour on British eloquence. 'What will be the result? It will not be known to-morrow, or perhaps in four days hence, for assuredly there will be at least three adjournments. Will victory even then be announced? We fear not. Infatuation is upon the land. Men are blind or mad. We are not prone to despondency, but we see little in the present aspect of the times to encourage one hope for the country, unless such a hope as a peaceable and con scientious man shudders to contemplate.—. Dublin Morning Register. FASHIONABLE AND MTSCELLANEOTJS. WINDSOR, MARCH 11.—His MAJESTY attended Divine Service at his Private Chapel at the Royal Lodge this morning. The temporary weakness occasioned by the slight fit of the gout his MAJESTY experienced at Brighton, has entirely subsided ; his step was remarkably firm ; and we have great satisfaction in being enabled to state that he is now in the enjoyment of perfect health, and will in a few days resume his accustomed out-door exercise. We regret to state that Mr. Secretary Canning was indisposed on Saturday and yesterday. The Right Hon. Gentle man received visits yesterday from Lord Granville, Lord Morley, and a number of other persons of distinction. Earl Harrowby transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. On Saturday the Duke of Wellington transacted business at the Foreign Office. Mr. Huskisson's health, .we are happy to say, if 3 improving, he being now able to take airings in his carriage On Friday he paid a short visit to Mr. Canning. The Grand Duchess of Tuscany was lately delivered of a third daughter, not having yet bad a son,which occasioned an impromptu from an Italian improvisatore—that ,u the Graces had appeared, Cupid would not be long behind. Lady Wellesley is to leave this city on the 10th instant, on her way to Leamington, where it is said the " Irish Court" is in future to be held. Rumour has it that his Lordship is to accompany the Marchioness, and to proceed from thence to London, where he intends being present at the debate in the House of Lords on the Roman Catholic Question, on which sub- ject it is said that his Lordship's opinions have undergone a very considerable change within the last six months.—.—Dublin Even- ing Mail. The death of his Excellency Count Joseph Bruns sock Von Koranissa is announced in the Austrian Observer. He is described as one of the most distinguished statesmen a . Germany ; but we do not think that h i s name has ever before been mentioned in the Foreign Journals. Lord Amherst, with his suite, reached the ancient and celebrated city of Benares on the 12th of October, and had viewed all the magnificent structures which still reflect splendour on the name of Arungxebe. The Governor-General was received with great ceremony and hospitality by the Raja. An interesting Biographical Sketch of the late Dr. Kitchener, written by a well-known Literary Gentleman, will precede a posthumous publication left ready for the press by the Doctor, entitled " The Traveller's Oracle ; or, Maxims for Loco motion, being Precepts for promoting the Pleasures, Hints for preserving the Health, and Estimates of the Expenees of Persons travelling on Foot, on Horseback, in Stages, in Post-chaises, and • in Private Carriages." The scrupulousness of the Dean of Westminster in fulfilling the bequests in the will of the late Mr. Gifford was so _ _ rigid, that, to the extreme regret of the lovers of epistolary litera ture, he destroyed a most interesting and very extensive correspond ence between his deceased friend and the late accomplished Mr. George Ellis, relating principally to English literature, especially the distinguished Poets who flourished during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth - and James I. Mr. Peter Moore, the late member for Coventry, is now in the custody of a sheriff's officer, at 92, Chancery-lane, on the suit of Sir John Perring and Co., the bankers, upon a bond for 5,0001. to which he signed his name as one of the directors of the Cornwall and Devonshire Mining Company. There were five other directors who became joint sureties with him to the bond, namely—Lord Palmerston ; Mr. Sullivan, his Under Secretary at the War Office; Mr. Barrett, M.P. ; Mr. Phillip Perring; and Mr. Aston. Lord Palmerston and Mr. Sullivan have paid their proportions of 800/. each. Mr. Barrett's privilege as a Member of Parliament protects him ; and Mr. Aston is otherwise, we be-. lieve, not personally responsible. Mr. Moore positively refuse* to pay, declaring that he is neither morally nor legally responsible.— Morning Herald. • . The Marquis de Laplace, Peer of France, and Member of the Academy of Sciences and of the French Academy, - *died on the sth inst. "He was in the '7Bth year of his age. The Members of the former Academy met in the morning at the usual hour, but it was unanimously resolved their sitting should not be held. M. de Laplace has left a son, the heir to his title, who commands one of the battalions of the Artillery of the Guard. MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.--On the 19th ult. at Enniskillen; Mr. John Dorroloch, aged eights', to Miss Mary Maguire, aged eighteen—Majority in favour of the Gentle man, sixty-two! The Proprietors of Vauxhall intend, next season, to abolish entirely the out-door orchestra department of the enter tainment, which, ever since the first establishment of that fairy scene, has employed the talents of our most eminent vocalists.--- Burlettas and Ballets are to be substituted ; and those are to be given upon a grand scale. Mr. and Mrs. Fitawilliam are already engaged ; and Moncrief, instead of Planchet, is to -write and con duct the Burlettas. Miss Jarman will make her next appearance in the character of Mrs. Oakley, in the Jealous Wife. A gentleman• makes his first appearance this even ing at Drury-lane as. Othello, and Miss Brothers is to perform, for the third time, Desdemona. Mr. Thomas Moore's comedy will be brought out at Covent-garden immediately after the return of Mr. C. Kemble from his provincial tour. Poole's new comedy, forthcoming at Covent-garden, is an alteration of Shirley's play of the Gamester. Ward, Jones, W. Farren, and Madame Vestris, are to have the principal &a racter3. UNWORTHY MY NOTlCE.—Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, was informed that a person had attacked his character—" Has he the command," said the King, " ofloo,ooo men ?" Being answered in the negative, he said, Had he 100,000 men, I would declare war against him ; as he has not, I can do nothing against him." BARON VAUGHAN.—The judicial demeanour of the new Baron of the Exchequer has excited very general appro bation. • His active watchfulness of the interest of a prisoner—his patient attention to Counsel—and his general suavity of manners, induce a conviction th i at a better selection, to exercise the import ant functions of an independent British Judge, could not have been made from the Bar,—numerous and talented as that Bar UK doubterily is. Of his humane disposition there can be no question, and it was evinced on more than one occasion during our late As sizes, but in no instance in a more marked manner, than whilst the Jury were deliberating on the guilt of Giles, convicted of forgery. Addressing Mr. Jervis, the very able counsel for the prosecution, he said, " I am sure, Sir, in the event of a verdict of Guilty being returned, you will not blame me if I postpone pro nouncing- judgment till the morning, and the more especially if I should entertain any doubt on the case. I think I have put the q uestion to the Jury as I ought to do, and you must allow some degree of feeling to myself, in being for the first time placed in so distressing a situation."—Becks Chronicle. The following anecdote has excited a good deal of sensation in Prussia :—An actor of the Berlin theatre happened to be at St. Petersburgh to recover a legacy. Happening one day to mingle in the crowd of spectators assembled to enjoy a sight of the Empress while she was descending the stair of the palace to go out. her Imperial Majesty noticed him at the moment she was about to enter her carriage, and direeting him to be called forward, she asked him he were not one of her countrymen, and if she had not seen.him at Berlin. The Actor having repliedin the affirmative, her Majesty asked if there was'any service she could render him. Confounded with so much goodness, he requested the favour of being present at the festival of the Coronation at Moscow. Her Majesty promised that he should. Next day he was not a little surprised to see a handsome equipage stop before his lodgings, to conduct him to Moscow. He went to that city, where he was lodged and entertained at the Empress's expense, and admitted to all the fetes to which the Coronation gave occa sion. He was then conducted back to Petersburgh in the same way, without the journey's costing him a farthing. ANECDOTE.—The following anecdote affords a curious picture of the manners of the times in which it occurred. In the year 1286, a sow devoured the child of an artificer of Falaisa. in Normandy, celled Janet. The circumstance having come to the knowledge of the Judge, he condemned the animal to mar publicly the lex talionis. The child had had its face and arm torn ; the sow_was mutilated in the same manner, and then bun by the common hangman. The execution took place in the pub lic square, in the presence of nil the people. The judge presided on hoc seback, and in the full dress of his office. The father of the victim was compelled to be present, as a punishment for not hav ing more carefully guarded hi,. child. When the animal was brought out, it was habited in a man's dress, with a cloak, breeches• and gloves ; and a mask on its face representing a human coun tenance. The remembrance of this absurd farce was preserved by a fresco paipting, which, within the last six years, was still visible in the church of the Holy Trinity at Falaise.—Literarif Gazettes