The Sun. — London, England, 1825-01-31 00:00:00

HIS 31AJES'11."S ACCESSION TO THE. THRONE. Saturday being the Anniversary of llrs MAJESTY'S ACCES SION to the Throne, the same was announced by the ringing of bells in the different churches in the metropolis, which also dis played flags on the steeples. At seven o'clock the Royal Standard was hoisted at the Tower; at ten the guard mounted for the day. The band of the Third Regiment, in full uni form, played several select pieces of music. At one o'clock the cannon was discharged. The different ships in the river and various docks also displayed their colours upon the occa sion. And this being the Anniversary of the day on which hi s Majesty was proclaimed SOVEREICN of these Realms, it has boon observed in the same manner. BRIGHTON. VELEM:LAYTON' or TUE ANNIVERSARY or MIS MAJESTY'S ACCESSION TO THE THRONE. Saturday being the fourth anniversary of our beloved So vereign's Accession to the throne, was celebrated by the inha bitants of Brighton with the usual demonstrations of joy, al though that joy was not a little damped by the circumstance of his Al 4.1 EsTY's continued and regretted absence from the Pa vilion. Early in the morning the bells were rung, the flag of England waved over the church steeples and the chain-pier, guns were tired, and the troops in the barracks were drawn out in parade,' and performed various exercises. As the day was unusually fine, all the public promenades were crowded, and although Brighton is gradually losing the greater part of her visitors, there still was enough of beauty and fashion left to render. the coup d'ail upon the Steyne, the Marine Parade, and tits Chain-pier both gratifying and imposing. THE DINNER. At six o'clock about 209 gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner at the Old Ship Hotel, J. M. Cripps, Esq. in the chair, s uPported on the right by R. Rowland, Esq. High Sheriff of the County of Sussex, and on the left by Sir David Scott. Amongst the company we observed Sir George Shiffnell, •P., T. R. Kemp, Esq. M.l'., Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., blr AL J. Tierney, Bart., the Venerable the Dean of Salisbury, Jileanrs. Lashmer, Mills, Gregory, Tamplin, Drs. Barret, Blakey, and Gilney, and a large proportion of Naval and Mi litary Officers. The band of the 12th Lancers attended and played several lively tunes during the dinner. After the cloth had been removed ; Non, nobis Donanc was sung in very good style by the vocal performers present. The CHM RmAN then rose to propose a toast, which he was h appy to say required no preface from him. He was sure every heart in that room would beat responsive to it; —(Cheers.)—and although he could not help feeling conscious that in talent and ability to express his feelings he was far inferior to those who had preceded him in that Chair, still in loyalty and devotion to their beloved Monarch he would yield to no man.—(Applause.) 1" 1 ,.e should, th ere tb re , w itho u t f ur th er p re f ace , p ro p ose —" Th e Bing, God bless him." This toast was received and drank with four times four with the most enthusiastic applause.—Air, God save flat King. The Duke of York and the Army," three times three.— Air, Duke of York's March. how nzerrily we live who soldiers " The Duke of Clarence and the Navy." Rule Britannia. Britain's best bulwarks arc her wooden walls. " The rest of the Royal Family." Hail! Star of Brunswick ! The CHAIRMAN then rose to perform a very gratifying duty in proposing the health of an honourable friend of his, who had discharged the high and constitutional office of Sheriff of the county in such a manner as secured him the respect and admi ration of his fellow-citizens, and rendered it unnecessary for him (the Chairman) to dilate upon what must be so well known - to every one present, as to preclude the necessity of comment. Ile should, therefor; propose the health of the High Sheriff of the county of Sussex. This toast was drank with great applause. • The Ilion SHE RIFF (R. Rowland, Esq.) then rose, and spoke to the following effect:—" Gentlemen, in rising to return thanks for the very handsome manner in which you hare been pleased to drink my health, I cannot divest Myself of feelings of considerable embarrassment, when I recollect the too flatter ing manner in which its announcement was made by my Ho nourable Friend near me. It would be affectation in me not to acknowledge that I feel proud of the approbation of my fellow , citizens, and although I ca nnot consent t o accept those, personal compliments which the kind partiality of my Honourable Friend has induced him to bestow upon me, I will, however, acknowledge that in the discharge of my public duty, I have • always endeavoured so to regulate my conduct as to deserve that approbation, which, I confess, is to use, as it ought to be every public man, the only reward for public exertions.— ' ( Applause.) -1 s h a ll now, however, dismiss that subject upon w hich, as has been well observed, we are all fluent, and none eloquent —the subject of self (a laugh), and proceed to a more gratifying topic—the object of our meeting here to-day. We are assembled here, Gentlemen, to celebrate the anniversary of .9tH beloved Monarch's accession—of a Monarch who has been justly called the Father of his . People, but who may be termed in a peCuliar manner the Father and Founder of this town.— ( Applause.) —I • cannot help observing a very extraordinary coincidence in the day upon which this Anniversary falls. This, gentlemen, is the 23th Jan., and the days which immediately precede and follow it are remarkable for two very extraordinary events in English history. Yesterday was the Anniversary of the glorious Revolution of 1638, and to-morrow will he that of the execution of Charles I.—(Hear !)—lt is not for me, gentle ftlen, upon an occasion like the present to discus the merits of the t wo Princes to whom those days haVe been. s so fatal. But whatever virtues the one may have been possessed of in private life, and whatever pity we may be inclined to bestow upon the unhappy f ate o f t h e ot h er, i t must b e ac k now l e d ge d , Gentlemen that neither w as c a lculated to reign over -a f ree peo ple — (Hear, hear !)—and we have very little reason to re gret that the sun of the Stuarts has set for ever, and that in the _wards of th e b eaut i ful song which you have heard to-night, " Star of Brunswick" is Lord of the Ascenesant !—(Loud and continued applause.)—Long, Gentlemen, may it continue to r • emam so ! long may we remain as at present—prosperous and happy un d er a Constitutional King ! May the people ne!er cease to feel grateful for the blessings which they have poyed under th e mild and paternal sway of the present Royal mily ! and may that Family never forget those principles ..tuch ca l led them to the Throne of these Realms ! The worthy 111 ,6 h Sheriff concluded amidst the cheers of the meeting. 14 CnaiastaN then gav e th e h ea lth of T. It. Kemp, Esq. ~.•r• and the M ag i strates o f B r i g h ton. ;r. KEMP returned th an k s . Thel health of the Earl of T•gremont, Lord Lieutenant of die County, was then drank. iowAetdtwelve o'clock the Chairman left the chair, and was fol iate hour. Several of the company ; some, however, remained till a fed at 1 • • songs sung, and we were much grati were th _ waling the veteran Incledon, who ;oined in most of e „, c P".' , and appeared in excellent health. The company appear ', highly delighted with the evening's entertainment. WINDSOR, JAN. no. . This morning her Royal Highness the Prince . ss . Augusta, ecorripanied by her Lady in Waiting, attended Divine Service la the parish church. Yesterday being the anniversary . of his 411aJesty's accession to the throne, the castle and parish church hells Tang during the d and at 12 o'clock a royal salute was tired m the B achelors' Acre. To-morrow the principal trade rnen of the town (line to ,, ether at the Star and Garter Inn in honour of the above occa's'ion.—The Roy a l Household, now in residence at the Lodge in the Great Park, have received orders to i -eave Duke ' ihr London.-His Royal Highness the ke of Sussex's birth-day was celebrated on Thursday last, with the usual rejoicings. —On Thu rs d a y even ing th e M e mbers 9f the Windsor Pigeon Shooting Club entertained a select num ber of their frienas with a ball and supper at the Castle Inn. - 1 19 room for the Occasion was most elegantly chalked with v arious app ropr i ate devices, and lighted and decorated with the greatest taste. The music was of the first order, and too much praise cannot be given to M r . Cl o d e f or hi s indefatigable exer ti-,°1'3.--On Wednesday ev en i ng t h e M em b ers o f the Windsor Catch and Glee Club held their second Concert for the season, at the Swan Inn, which was numerously attended. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. 4rile Marq u i s o f W orcester, from a tour ; the Marquis of 11esbury, from Paris; the Marqis f Donegan at the Saint J innes's Hotel, '.Termyn-street, from u o his seat in Ireland ; Earl and Countess of Falmouth, at their house in Saint James's %quare, from their seat in Berks ; the EL7I of Lauderdale, at Warren's hotel, in Regent-street, from Scotland; E ar l Beetiv e , at Gould's Hotel,- in Jermyn-street, from a tour ; rd and Lady F. 1,. Gower, in Albemarle -street, fsons the } aail of Grosvenor's seat, Eaton Hall, Cheshire ; Mr. Quin, tin Dick, in Curzon-strut, May-fair; Lady and Miss Camp bells in Brook,street ; Mrs. and Miss Daill:tld, in Park street ; Mrs. and Miss fall, in South Audley-street ; Lord Hervey, at his father's, the Earl of Bristol's scat, in St. James's.square, from a tour; the Hon. Thomas Grenville, at his house in Cleveland-square, from the Marquis of Staf ford's, West Hill, Surrey ; George Silverton, Esq. at the Cla rendon Hotel, Bond-street, from his seat in Northumberland ; Gen. Cochran, at the London Hotel, Albemarle -street; HiS Excellency, Count 3landerslop, Envoy from Wirtemburgh, and suite, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street; Lady Warren, at ditto, from Bognor; John Dancey, Esq. at do., from Kent; J. W. Spencer, Esq. and family, at ditto, from Bath. CHANuEs.—General Macdonald, for Scotland; General Sir Hussey Vivian, from Southampton, for Salisbury; Gen. and Mrs. Smith, from Salisbury, to town; 3lrs. Houblon from Essex, to town ; Mrs. and .hiss Corbett, from Bath, to town ; Mrs. and Miss Kerr, from Cheltenham tbr Bath ; J. Nairn, Esq. and Lady, for Barnett's-place, East Grinstead ; Sir William and Lady Twisdeu from Warren's hotel, Regent -street, for their seat near Tunbridge-wells ; Henry Grey Bennet, Esq.; M.P., from do., for the Duke of Bedford's, Woburn-abbey , Chevalier de Broglie from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street, for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, from do., for their seat in Oxfordshire. ~.) ~ to , 2 (V,3"r t j 4iti , ) .0 writ ~t. • ..., ..6.: , v - -- s •.. "- t , —...k si.`" - -oe• ..:,..- . o.i. , ) ..-:;,.,.. -4 4 . „;:::_ - .- -- ~,>. • ' ( PIS ) < .s , . - •g • ' 1 ,..$ .:,:' ,:::: -t 2 ♦Zit cif Y FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Duke of Norfolk entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in St. James-square. The Dowager .31archioness of Salisbury entertained a select circle of friends on Friday, at her house in Arlington.street. A fete of the most splendid description was given at the Bath Theatre to the fashionable world of that city on Wednesday evening, in honour of his Majesty's Accession. COURT MOURNING. Lard Chamberlain's Olfflee, Jan. 28. Orders fir the Court's going into mourning, on Sunday next, the 30th instant, for his late Majesty the King of tke Two SICILIES, VIZ.:— The Ladies to wear black silk, fringe or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans, and tippets. Undress—White or grey lustrings, tabbies or damasks. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. Undress--Grey frocks. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 6th of February next, viz.:— The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans, and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Thursday, the 10th of February next, the Court to go out of mourning. Yesterday the Duke of York visited the King. Yesterday divine service was performed at the King's Palace, Pall Mall, by the Rev. Dr. Blomberg. The Princess Sophia visited his Majesty on Saturday. Last evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer left town for Charlton, Kent. SPORTING. MINTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEEK. His Nsjesty's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Thorpe. The Earl-of Derby's Stag Hounds on Tuesday, at Wick ham Court ; on Friday, at Warren Farm. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Charle wood ; Saturday, at Chipstead Church. The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Crown Ash Hill ; Saturday, at Westerhatn. The Surrey Ha:lie - is, on Monday, Wednesday, and Satur day, at Sanderstead. The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at York's Wood; Thursday, at Tile llill; Saturday, at Ilay Wood. Lord Yarborough's Bounds, on Wednesday, at Crostou Long Close ; Friday, at Kingerby ; Saturday, at Roston Mill. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Tuesday, at. Castor Hang lands; Thursday, at NVaybridge Wood. Mr. Warde's Hounds, on Wednesday. at Tottenham Park; Friday, at Stype ; Saturday, at White Hill. The Chester Harriers, on Tuesday, at Caughall Bridge ; Thursday, at Trafford Bridge. The H. H. on Tuesday, at Hinton House; Thursday, at Smither's Barn ; Saturday, at Northington Down. The Hambledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Westbury ; Stephens Castle Down. The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Ravensworth ; Thursday, at Elemore ; Friday, at Edruoudsley. • RoirAr, HITNT.—His Majesty's -stag hounds met on Friday at the .Magpies, Hounslow Heath. At half-past ten o'clock a very large field of sportsmen had assembled, and shortly after wards a fine deer was turned out tir the day's enjoyment, when a very sharp and circuitous run ensued, and the deer was taken at Longford, not far from the place of starting. BRITISH'INSTITUTION.-We were gratified on Saturday last with a private view of the works of British Artists, for the Annual Exhibition in the BRlTtsu GALLERY, under the Patronage of Ilis MAJESTY, and of some of the most distin guished and enlightened characters of the Realm. Many of the Pictures appeared at the last Royal Academy Exhibition, but they are well cal culated to afford renewed pleasure to the Spec tators. We regret that we have not room at present for any attempt to do justice to the many Artists .who have exercised their talents, but we shall endeavour to resume the subject. The several productions are as va rious in merit as the subjects themselves, but there some of conspicuous excellence, particu larly the beautiful Altar-piece, representing Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene on the morning of his Resurrection. We were struck with the beauty and sublimity of this picture at the Royal Academy, and recommended it to the attention of those who are concerned in the erection of the New Churches, as a work that strongly tended to excite feelings of devotion, while it afforded au admirable specimen of Bri tish genius. The subject of the Prize offered by the Institution for the best Picture of the BATTLE of TRAFALGAR, has drawn forth the emula tion of thirty competitors. We shall not ven ture to decide on the comparative merits of the respective candidates at present, but we feel it a duty to express our humble tribute of praise to the Governors of this laudable Institution for their zeal to record that triumph of British valour, which effectually contributed to relieve Europe from the evils that oppressed it at the period of the memorable action. PROVINCIAL BANK or 111 ELAN D.-This im portant undertaking is at length formally announced by adver tisement. The shares have all been filled up some time—in deed, had the capital been six instead of two millions, the ap. plications would have covered the former amount, so decided is the opinion of monied men in favour of the Scotch system of Banking, upon which this Company is founded. The three new Banking Companies lately announced have been united into one—and very prudently, as there seems hardly room even fora single addition to the several prosperous banks al. ready existing in Scotland. With the Irish undertaking - , the case is very different ; there is a clear and extensive field for its operation—the county banks in Ireland have been dreadfully insecure; and banking business is nothing compared to what it would be, were security afforded and a good system intro duced. This is, perhaps, the most valuable mode in which British capital can be applied to Irish improvement—partly because it will give activity and power to native capital and in dustry. It is thrtunate that this undertaking was fully secured by the support of real capitalists, before the present extraordi. nary crowd of speculations came into the market; for there is a danger that the multitude of schemes (bad and good) would seriously injure, if not ru i n, even a beneficial project, by at), sorbing the money of the unwary, and distracting the attention of all parties. CATHOLIC RENT IN LONDON.—Last evening, at seven o'clock, the Fourth Meeting of this Association took place at the Roman Catholic School, in Dean -street, Soho, which was more numerously attended than on the two last oc casions. Mr. STANFIEI.D was called to the Chair, and an nounced the sum of 14/. Os. 7d. as the amount of the collections for last week, 21. 12e. Gd. of which was received at the doors.-- Upon this announcement a tremendous shout of applause fol lowed. The Meeting adjourned at half -past nine o'clock. ROYAL NAVY. PORTS 7 , i0 UT if, JAN. 29.—0 n Thursday his Majesty's sloop Martin, Captain Henry Eden, arrived from the Mediterranean station, having been employed there these three years and a half. - There is no news by her. She left Malta on the 29th DeceMber, when the Sybelle, Sparrowhawk, and Weae.le, were lying there; the Revenge (Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Neale) was at Naples; the Cambrian, Seringapatam, and Medina, at Smyrna; Cyrene, at Alexandria; Naiad and Hind, at the lonian Islands ; Alacrity, on the coast of Syria.—The Eury alus left Smyrna on the 26th December for Naples and Eng land.—The Martin is to proceed to Plymouth to be paid ofil The Shipley transport, Lieut. J. W. Pritchard, sailed this afternoon with provisions for the squadron on the South Ame rican station ; the Bridgewater, lilanderson, for Madras and Bengal • and the Carshalton, Park, for Jamaica. On Thursday evening the Thetis, 46, Sir John Phillimore, returned to Spithead, with the experimental sloops of war Champion, Orestes, and Pylades, and the Jasper brig, having been absent one month, cruising principally about fifty leagues to the Westward of Scilly, for the purpose of ascertaining, the sailing qualities of the respective ships.— The result of the various evolutions and modes of sailing adopted, to ascertain the proposed end, has been that the Orestes and Pylades have beets improved by the alterations they underwent after their first cruise; the Orestes most evidently so, as she has returned with the high character of having had the advantage over the Champion generally, on all points of sailing; but, yet, the difference between them was so trifling, on many d a y s o f t h e i r sa ili ng , as t o render it no easy task to decide which had the advantage in velocity.-- ; It was evident, throughout the trials, that the Champion can carry most sail ; that she works quicker and behaves better in a gale of wind and - a heavy sea, than either or the other ships.—Thin was so surprisingly apparent in the heavy gale of the 17th inst., as to excite the involuntary admiration of the officers of all the other ships ; she was seen standing steadily under every yard of her canvas, whilst the other ships thought proper to shorten sail. ~ This is admitted to be an invaluable property, as, in working efF a lee shore,- it may be the means of preventing shipwreck. How far the Champion may con tinue to preserve this qualification, should her masts and sails be increased to the same size as the Orestes, or whe ther she may not by such alteration regain her former pre eminent advantage in going to windward, must remain questions to be solved in a future trial. It should now be said, generally, of the three ships, that finer vessels have never been built of their class ; they have tried and out sailed every vessel they met with, including the Egeria, Martin, Scylla, Camelion, Porthian, Jaspar, and Bramble cutter ; they stand well under their canvas, and carry their gnus high out of the water. The Pylades, from the state of the weather had not much opportunity of sheaving her best state of sailing, which continues to be in light winds, though by the alterations made in her masts and her additional false keel, her weatherly qualities have been improved. She beat all the other vessels in light winds and smooth water ; and they all beat the Thetis, ex cept when that ship was going off (or before) the wind, when she beat them hollow. We have no doubt the public will think the warmest thanks and gratitude of the country are justly due to Captain Hayes, Professor Inman, and Sir Robert Sepaings (the Comptroller of time Navy), the builders of these ships, for the skill, application, and professional ardour which they have shown on this suhject ; their vessels may be taken as models for building all future ships of their class. The Lords of the Admiralty are not less entitled to time highest marks of esteem and consideration, for having put to the severest test, and promoted by all fair, honourable, and liberal means, the pretensions of each of these invaluable public servants of the Crown to practical knowledge of naval architecture, which has thus been demonsfiated, to the conviction and satisfaction of every friend to the naval service of the country, to be found ed on the most enlarged knowledge and the soundest known principles of this difficult and important science. The trial was conducted so perseveringly, and in such a manner, by Sir John Phillimore, as to prove the ships under all circumstances, so that every excellency in each might be fairly ascertained.— (Heinepsiiire Tefrn-raph.) The Thetis, 46, Capt. Sir John Phillimore, will come into harbour to-morrow, to be fitted for the reception of his Excel lency Sir Charles Stuart, and suite, who will shortly embark in her, and proceed to Lisbov and the Brazils, on a special mis sion. Eq.:volzrouT, JAN.27.—Arrived the Parthian from a cruise. Sailed the Pike, Lieut. Pennington, with dispatches for the coast of Africa ; Shamrock surveying vessel, for Exmouth ; Camelien, on a cruise; Bramble, for Falmouth. The Bartleur, 100 (formerly the Britannia), is ordered to be broken up ; she was built in 1782. Th e Mutine, 18, is in be fitted for the ser vice. Captain Ilullocke is appointed to the Redpole, 10, as a packet. Remain—Britannia, Genoa, Windsor Castle, Boadi cea, Tribune, Parthian, Nepali, and Hornet. AJELWANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JAN. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from the River and remain the Diana, Davis, for Peru ; Earl Talbut, Eve rard, for Canary Islands; John, Dawson, for Jamaica; also, the Amity, Johnson, from Ramsgate for Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Fa vourite, Mathews, front the Mediterranean ; Diadem transport, from Leith ; Elizabeth, Muller, from Copenhagen for St. Domingo ; Choice, Whitley, front the Downs for ditto. Sailed the Carshalton Park, Park, for Jamaica. fiTlllO will, JAN. 28.—Wind W.—Put in here the Pur eus, Jackson, from Liverpool for New York, sailed the 6th inst., has been as far as 2'2. W. ; on the 18th inst., in lat. 46. long. '22. sprung a serious leak, and encount e red gales of wind front S.W. to N.W. about three or four leagues front Scilly, St. Agnes, bearing S.E. struck on a sunken rock. FALMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Wind S. light airs.—Arrived the Sandwich packet from Lisbon. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet for Lisbon ; Prince Regent, Bunster, for Jersey ; and the John, Dawning, for St. Alichael's. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2D.—Wind W.S.W.--Arrived yester day the Rambler, Barney, from Virginia, sailed Ist January ; Rachel, Innis, from Pernambuco, sailed 244th ult. ; Broad Axe, Dupont, from Messina ; also to-day the Vulture, Holmes, from Wilmington; America, Chew, from New Orleans, sailed 20th December, •nd from Bahia the 21st. The Hudson, from New York for London, was spoken with the 13th instant, all well. COWES, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Boyer, illeany, from Port au-Prince; and Btisy, Penfold, from St. Michael's. Off Dover the Samuel, Maidstone, from Gibraltar; and Somers, Mackey, from Virginia. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 18.—Among the 10,509 ships which passed the Sound (to and from the North Sea) last year, there were—English. 3,542 ; Prussian, 2,080 ; Swedish, 1,304 ; Da nish, 756 ; Norwegian, 711 ; Hanoverian, 358 ; Nether lands, 400 ; ecklenburgh, 550 ; Russian, 371; America, 167 ; France, 51. THE MARKETS. ..,.. CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 31. Last week there was again considerable arrivals of all sorts of Grain, and a large report of Flour. The fresh supplies this morning consist chiefly of fair quanties of Wheat, Barley, and Beans from Essex and Kent ; also several vessels with Oats fresh in from the North. There is a tolerable free trade for W fine samples of heat at last week's prices, b u t other sorts are dull. In the Barley trade there is scarcely any thing doing, as the probability of the ports opening for this article increases. Beans fully maintain the terms last quoted. Pease of both kinds are without variation, There is a very dull trade for Oats to-day, and the prices of this day se'nnight are not quite maintained. The Flour trade is very dull at the late reduction. ARRIVALS OF LAST WEEK—English Wheat, 9,316 ; Bar ley, 14,184 ; 31a1t,11,422 ; Oats, 12,275 ; Rye 0 ; Beans, 3,580; • Peas, 1,639 ; Irish Wheat, 295 ; Oats, 5,165; Foreign Oats, 5,165 quarters; English Flour, 14,488 sacks. Wheat, Red (old) s2s 65s Beans, Small (new) ....42s 45s White (old) ...513s 76s -__________ (old) ~..43s 52s Red (1824) 50s 56s —_____ Tick (new) 33s 37s Fine 60s 63s (old) 4os 44s Superfine ....66s 70s _ Harrow (new)...39s 41t M'hite(lB24).-52s 56s I Fine sBs 64s Brank 34s 40s Superfine .. ..70s 73s Oats, Feed 2os 22s Rye lss 40s --Fine 9 3s 25s Barley 30s 34s -- Poland. 9 2s 24s --Fine 38s 40s -------.Fine 9 5s 27s Superfine 42s 45s —_ I'otatoe 9 5s 28s Malt 'Ms 66s ....._ Fine 27s 30s Fine 68s 72s -_—_.. Scotch 31s 32s Pease, Grey 37s 39s Flour (per sack) 60s 658 --Maple 40s 41s ----- Seconds s2s 58s —White .... ....... 40s 45s -____,- North Co u nt r y 52 s 54 s --Boilers 48s 52s Bran Bs 9s GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN, FROM THE RE, TURNS RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 12. Wheat, 675. Od. ; Barley, 40s. 7d. ; Oats, 235. Od.; Rye, 395. 2d. ; Beans, 395. ; Peas, 445. 6d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed January 9 6, 1823, is 335. It (1. pe r cwt. SMITHFIELD MAP.KET, JAN. 31. The following is an accurate Report o f .t h e numbers and prices at Smithfield Market this morning ; __ Beasts 2,713 I Sheep C a l ves lO7 1 Pigs To sink the Offal, per stone of UM. Beef 4s 2d to 5s 4d I Veal Mutton. .... v .. 43 10d to 53 8d I Pork ..... ~ , THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Exlractsfront the Morning. Papers, Jan. 31, 1825. [MORNING POST.] The concluding Session of the present Parlia ment, which opens on Thursday next, promises to be one of comparatively little labour to the house of Lords and Commons, but of great ho nour to his Majesty's Government. Except the affairs of Ireland, it is probable few questions will be agitated provocative of much discussion ; for upon all topics beside, whether domestic or foreign, of important interest, the views of Mi nisters are, at least in principle, exactly accord ant with the opinions and feelings of every part of the Empire. With respect to the Sister Island, we shall to-day reserve our further ob servations on it. In regard to this country, we may state that the chief business of Parliament will be, after the mere routine measures are dis posed of, to regulate the present exuberant growth of general prosperity. Among these re gulations, either a total repeal of Mr. Hume's Law in favour of combinations, or its neutraliza tion by some enactment preventing artizans and mechanics from tyrannizing over their employers and sporting with their property and welfare, is indispensable. Another subject of the utmost moment, which may be expected to occupy atten tion, is the rage for projects of all sorts which now afflicts the public. Nothing appears to us more necessary for the support of national credit and the protection for individual industry than the imposition of a legal restraint on the forma tion of bubble schemes, such as are daily blown forth into the sunshine of the Money Market.— The People at large seem to forget, that most of those " grand," " general," and " united" spe culations have no real existence, and that the ob stacles to their ever changing front " airy no things" into substantial undertakings, are morally or politically insurmountable. The other busi ness of the Session will, in a great measure, be the advancement or consummation of those liberal ameliotation in the laws relating to trade and commerce which his Majesty's Ministers have al ready commenced. That the Cabinet is both unanimous and ardent in perfecting our mercan tile system, the principles so often officially as serted sufficiently testify—while the benefits de rived from their past application ensure a conti nuance in the same wise path of policy. Indeed, hether we refer to the conduct hitherto pursued by Government, or indulge in anticipation of that which is likely to be pursued hereafter, we find room for nothing but general congratulation. It has rarely fallen to the lot of any Monarch to meet his people under more happy auspices than our Gracious Sovereign will meet his dutiful and attached subjects at the present period, or of any people to possess a Monarch so truly entitled to their entire allegiance, love, and gratitude, as George I V. [THE TIMES.] We have solicited more than once a distinct answer to an intelligible question; aud, whatever may be thought of this inquiry by Ministers— ' whom, indeed, from our souls we commiserate as th e u nw illi ng sl a ves of selfish masters,--what ever, we repeat, may be thought of the import ance of such a question by them, the Ministers, or by the Beauforts, Rutlands, and Ilarrowbys, whom they serve, it is one deep interest to Eng land and to the colonies—Have orders been dis patched, or not, to dismiss Lord Charles Somerset from his office Y We have heard some curious stories, touching the tenacity of this Governor, (by courtesy called " my Lord"), attesting, like wise, the stubbornness with which other per sons insist that he shall remain a fixed in cumbrance on the public, rather than on his own relations. The accounts are in charac ter, undoubtedly, but not the less disgust ing for that. Whatever may have occurred here, the letters from the Cape to the 23d of Novem ber announce the arrival of the Regalia from England, with Sir It. Plaskett, the new Colonial Secretary. The Colonists were, of course, im portunate to learn the name of the new Governor for whom they had been longing ; but, instead of any satisfaction upon that point, they began to fear that a certain great interest would prevail, and that their deliverance would hang upon the remote contingency of a reform in the " Commons House of Parliament." Since the new Secretary had made his appearance, his Lordship had begun to swagger not a little. lie treated the notion of a recall with sovereign ridicule, and, employing the idiom of the only profession which his Lordship had ever successfully followed (be fore that of Governor with 12,0001. per annum),' he talked of " walking over the course." If so, we are assured from many quarters, that most of the respectable inhabitants will think of walk ing in another direction, and bringing themselves, their shattered fortunes, and accumulated griev ances, to England. In the mean time, another instance of " paternal" government had occurred at the Cape. A Captain Carnell had been ac cused of harbouring the unfortunate Edwards after his attempt to escape the sentence of trans portation. On this charge Mr. Cornell was pro secuted by the Fiscal, who obtained against him a judgment of 12 months' banishment from the colony. Cornell was ill enough advised to remove the cause to the Court of Appeals, where the sole Judge was Lord Charles Somerset ! This considerate officer of justice had the humanity to annul the sentence against which Mr. Carnell remonstrated, and to grant him the mild commutation of a five years' residence at Botany Bay ! Neverthe less, the unhappy colonists had long cherished hopes, that redress might be obtained for them through the Report of the Commissioners of In quiry. These hopes, however, had latterly begun to fail. The Commissioner who stood highest in credit, was suffering under indisposi tion. An ominous intimacy had taken place be tween the family of anoth er C omm i ss i oner an d of Lord Charles; and the presentation of the (inexplicably to s ome p eo pl e , th oug h p o stponed, appare n tly s i ne di e . Th e not iot Report t u was Government newspaper, or Somerset Gazette, which had been established in illustration of the liberty of the press for the colonists, received no s upport, and was held in open derision. We trust there will be a paragraph in the King's Speech, dedicated to an especial celebration of the prosperity and happiness enjoyed by all the dependencies of England. [NEW TIMES.) We have received the Etoile of Saturday. It contains an article in answer to the Quotidienne, on the recognition of the South American Re publics by Great Britain, in which its opinions already expressed are repeated without any addi tion worthy of notice. 114 an article from Oilessa it is stated that the Greeks are divided into three principal parties, Maurocordato having declared for England, Varvaki for Russia, and Coloco troni for thesTurks. Under the date of Constan tinople, Jan. 15, it is mentioned that Colocotroui had been defeated, and had sent a very humble letter of submission to the Government. The answer was not yet known. We give some ac counts from South America from ti►e Madrid Ga zette. It is unnecessary to remark how very sus picious this channel of communication is—espe cially after the specimens of veracity which it has already given. [BRITISH PRESS.] We have given from the French Papers the latest intelligence respecting the Greeks which we believe to be authentic. The Eloile considers it to be quite confirmed that the Egyptian fleet, after its defeat off Candia, was again beaten at Spino Longa, with the loss of several vessels more. There is an idle story in the Etoile, representing the Greeks to be divided into three factions— Maurocordato for England, Varvaki for Russia, and Colocotroni for the Turks ! According to more credible accounts in the same paper, it ap pears that the Insurgent military chiefs have been completely defeated, and that Colocotroni has offered his submission. His allusion to his former services, and the death of his two sons in the revolt, is deeply affecting, and may, we hope, on certain conditions for his future good conduct, atone for his offences. The Austrians are endeavouring to pick a quarrel with the Greeks, but after this manifestation of the firmness and solidity of the Greek Government, we may expect that its ene mies will treat it with some respect. The revolt of Coloctroni, so easily and speedily subdued, has proved that Greece has nothing to fear front intestine discord, and as to the next campaign of the Sultan, if there should be one, they who, disorganised, divided, and without re sources, have frustrated four attempts to subdue them, have nothing to dread from the fifth at tack of a declining Power, which they have so often defeated in the fulness of its strength.— On the 11th December M. Minziacky had a conference with the Reis Effendi ; it was long and very friendly. On the 15th he announced to the Diplomatic Body at Constantinople that he had entered on his functions, and he has paid the customary visits. By the Lisbon Papers we received yester day we observe that the King of Portugal mani fests a sensitiveness, with respect to the press, which gives us but an unfavourable augury of the political course he intends to follow towards his people. His Most Faithful Majesty, by one order, withdraws his patronage from a Periodical, because its author had not followed the princi ples his Majesty approved. We can conceive no degradation of the royal authority greater than this paltry intermedding with these ephemeral productions. Cromwell, when urged to suppress some daring libels on his Government, snid wisely, that he cared not for paper shot. It would be well for other Rulers, we think, if they could feel or would affect a similar contempt of the pamphlets of the day. A Government has the strongest interest to know what is the state of public opinion as to its proceedings. How can it arrive at this knowledge if no voice is to be ut tered but that of praise ? 'We hear nothing for+ ther regarding the Constitutional Charter which John VI. promised to grant his subjects. lie should he advised to strengthen his throne, by supporting it with the affection of his people, in stead of issuing royal Decrees for the regulatieu of the periodical press.—(/bid.) [MORNING cnaolkucLE.] We perused with much surprise the leading article of The Times of Saturday last. It is stated, " We have received assurances respecting the India Company, that they have long been mimicking their betters, and, like the Go vernment, been retaining in their own , hands, or more probably in those of their clerks and understrappers, the prize money due to number.; of brave men, who have devoted their lives to secure, enrich, and extend the dominions of that same Company. We hope it is not true," —What does this mean ? In the first place, the writer is assured that the East India Company have been plundering the brave men who have fought their battles, and crowned them with con quest;—Secondly, he hopes his correspondent has told him a falsehood ; and then without further data, he proceeds to argue upon it as truth, and to lay charges of the most serious nature, even to the charge of suicide, at the door of the Directors ! We really think it would better become the writer, to have made himself a little acquainted with the few facts connected with the Deccan Prize Question, before lie save to the complainants of his disappointed half-pay correspondents, the importance of a lesi di ng article. The simple facts are these :_The East India Company have no more to do with the Deccan prize, than the Editor of The Times. The whole of the property captured by the Deccan army was by right, at the disposal 9f the Crown. The Crown a ppointed its own Trustees, and completely excluded , th Com pany from any participatio n. the e discussion which occupied so much time before the Lords of the Treasury, up on the respective claims of Lord Hastings an d Sir Thomas Hislop, was, we supposed, freshin every one's recollection. Since that period the q uestion as to what property should be considered Prize (for the prize.proper wa s very i nco nsiderable), has occup i e d the tion of the same authorities, and we understand it was only in the course of last week that the decision on this point was wade known to the