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lieved to be most Ldvan'ageous to the public service, —the responsibility and the duty of Ministers became a perfect mockery.—(Hear, hear.)—The Noble Lord had said that the Committee of Finance had a right to reject the opinion of the Duke of Wellington. He ad mitted that they had, and be hoped at the same time the Noble Lord would concede to Ministers the right of differ ing from the Committee, and of submitting to Parliament what they conceived to be best for the public service.— Hear.)—And who were the individuals who enterta ned the opinion that the continuance of the office in dispute would tend to promote the public service ? They were those who had followed up the example set by their prede cessors, and who, having filled the office of Master-Gene ral, had been constantly occupied in endeavours to reduce the expenditure of the establishment. None had laboured with more zeal and greater success in this way than the Duke of Wellington, who, during the period when he was Master-General, was so far from manifesting a dispo sition to encourage superfluous expense, that the Ordnance Estimates had been reduced in amount by 1,000,0001. ; and there never was a case in which so much unnecessary esta blishment had been reduced, and so much patronage lost to the Government.—(Hear.)—Much had been said with re spect to the discontinuance of the Finance Committee, but he was sure that many of those gentlt-men who regretted its non-existence thought that Government were more able to examine thoroughly into the different departments of the State, and propose reduction. Indeed, a Finance Committee, in consequence of its being unable to examine into details, might become an authority to Government for expenditure rather than reduction.--(Hear, hear, hear.)—Among the recommendations of the Finance Committee was one, that inquiry should be prosecuted by the Government, as they could do more than any Finance Committee. Had the Government disregarded that recommendation? They had shown every respect to the Committee of Finance, and since it had closed its labours great reductions had been made in the Civil Establish ments of the Ordnance, as advised by the Committee. By the labour of officers in that department reductions had been effected to the extent of 27,8001. Further reductions to the amount of 4,500/. were in contemplation, and would be carried into effectbefore the next estimates were brought forward. Having stated these facts, he was relieved from the necessity of saying any thing on the charge which had been brought against the Government, of treating the Fi nance Committee with disrespect. The Committee had not been continued, in order that Government might themselves examine into every department of the State. It was not, therefore, from any desire on the part of the Go vernment to shrink from inquiry, but from a desire to un dertake inquiry, that the Committee was not re-appointed. The Hon. Gentleman had said that there was some incon sistency in his (Mr. Peel's) declining to adopt the recom mendation of the Finance Committee with respect to the office of Lieutenant-General, when he showed himself so strict an advocate for the Treasurership of the Navy. But this Hon. Gentleman must see that his argument partook of a fallacy. The Hon. Baronet proposed a vote of con demnation against the Government for retaining the office of Treasurer of the Navy with a salary of 2,0001. a-year. His (Mr. Peel's) argument was, that it was not fair to visit the Government with a vote of condemnation, when fley adopted the recommendation of the Finance Com mittee, which was the only guide from which they could I.atn what was the opinion of the House. By adopting that recommendation of the Committee he showed no in consistency between the course he was now pursuing and that which he pursued on a former occasion. Since the dis cussion in 1823, the House had not adverted to the saving of expenditure effected in the Ordnance Department and the additional duties imposed. Since that period the comptroller of the barracks, with a salary of 1,500/., had been abolished, and by the duties, which had been trans ferred to the Ordnance Department, a saving of 4,6801. had been effected. The duties of Lieutenant-General were various. They related to the Recruiting Department to the Examination of Cadets, and other subjects. The Hon. Baronet had said that in the present distressed state of the country, the Lieut.-General, being a useless officer, ought to be dismissed. If he were a useless officer, be ought to be dismissed at any time, whether the country was dis tressed or not ; but if, by dismissing him, the efficiency of the service would be impaired, the Government would not be justified in abolishing the office in order to court popularity in a time of distress.—(Hear, bear.)—The question for the House to consider was, whether or not the office was a proper one. But the Hon. Baronet inferred, that Government defended the present vote on the ground of preserving the influence of the Crown in that House, and had accused him of casting a longing eye to the times of Sir Robert Walpole and Mr. Pelham, when two hun dred-and-eeventy, servants of the Government filled the benches of that Houle. The Hon. Baronet had expressed an opinion in favour 'of a return to those good old times, and he (Mr. Peel) had only referred to them to show what was the state of the influence of the Crown in the House at that time. The Hon. Baronet said this office was maintained for the purpose of increasing the influence of the Clown. In enumerating the illustrious names of those who had filled the calumniated office of Lieutenant- General of the Ordnance, he appealed to the House to decide, whether these appointments were more likely to have been the result of a desire to court-tbe favor of Par liamentary influence, or from a desire to enlist in the military service during times of peace, those officers who had rendered themselves most conspicuous by their exertions and character during war.—(Hear, bear.).....When the office became vacant in 1522, the first offer of it was made to Lord Hopetoun. The objec tion to that situation is, that it- was accompanied, as his Lordship was told, with incessant labour, and almost per petual residence in London. On these grounds Lord Uopetoun refused the situation. The next officer to whom ;t was offered on the same conditions, and by whom it was on the same grounds refused, was Lord Hill. The third offer was made to Lord Beresford, and accepted.— On its resignation by that Noble Lord, it was filled for a short time by his Right Hon. Friend, Sir George Murray, whose exertions in war, and whose glorious campaigns had so greatly distinguished him.—(Hear, hear.) When the office was resigned by him, it was offered to Sir Wm. Cliuton, who soon after retired.—(Laughter). He was surprised at the sneer and laugh of Hon. Gentlemen with respect to what he had said of the retirement of Sir Wm. Clinton ; but he was not now called upon to defend the exercise of the prerogative of the Crown, in the removal of any of its servants. He thought he had heard enough of the necessity of an unanimous Government. He thought he had heard enough of this in the case of those who voted on the measure of last year, when, if his Majesty's Minis ters had been defeated by those who opposed that measure, they would have heard enough of the weaknesss of the Government in allowing itself to be so. But to return to the point from which his attention had been for a moment diverted it had been said that this office was filled by men of great family and much parliamentary in. finance; but he thought it was rather a subject of con gratulation that the best blood of England should have been shed in those fields of glory where its honour had been so bravely asserted, and if such men had so distinguished themselves, was the fact of their con nection with high and noble families to deprive them of their well-earned reward ?---(Hear, hear.) Mise rable, indeed, would be the reward of those Hon. and Gallant Officers, if, after all their great services, his Noble Friend at the head of the Government were to say to ow* men as Lord Hopetoun, Lord Hill, Lord Somerset, end those others of his gallant companions in arms,— "'Tis true you have distinguished yourself by most heroic efforts in the service of your country—'tis true you have, in times of peril, appeared as the intrepid asserters of her honour-26s true you are entitled to reward, and are emi nently qualified to be placed in a situation where your country may derive still farther benefit by your military skill,—but it is also true, that you are descended of great families, connected with much parliamentary influence, and I must not recommend you to an office of which you are every way so worthy, lest I should incur a sneer at having made the recommendation with a view to that in fluence." Such language would be unworthy of his Noble Friend, and unworthy of the country in whose service he and his gallant companions so honourably distinguished themselves. In conclusion, the Right Hon. Gentleman expressed a hope that the vote of that night would not have the effect of declaring that this office was kept not tor a reward for military merit, and be had not put it on that ground, but was retained for the purpose of the in fluence which might be gained by a single vote.—(Hear.) Mr. C. GRANT said that hie Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Peel) had himself fallen into the error of which he had ac cused his Hon. Friend the Member for Cumberland, who brought forward this motion. In the speech with which he had just favoured the House, his Right Hon. Friend had drawn their attention to any thing rather than to the par ticular question on which they were to be called upon to vote.—(Hear.) —His Right Hon. Friend had mixed up a great variety of topics, but with no little ingenuity had left out of his consideration a:together the utility of this office. What did his Right Hon. Friend's speech consist of? —an introduction of the four finance reports—an account of pen.. sions and superannuations—an eulogium on the Noble Duke at the head of the Government, in the justice of which be fully concurred—a panegyrie on the gallant feats of those distinguished officers who held this office in the Ordnance, or to whom it was offered, and a dissertation on the ad vantages of a united cabinet.—(Hear. l —But if his Right Hon. Friend found a united government so necessary as to feel warraiated in dismissing a gallant officer from his situation for an expression of an opinion opposed to 1 that government on one great measure, why had certain persons in civil situations been allowed to remain to struggle against that measure? He (Mr. Grant) admitted the great and valuable services of those dis tinguished officers whose names had been mentioned in connexion with this situation ; but he must say, that those illustrious names had not been fairly dealt with in coupling them with a useless place, and in exposing them to some share of the obloquy which must reflect on them from a connexion with such office. He must protest against the tone which had been assumed in the course of this debate (he did not say by his Right Hon. Friend Mr. Peel), as if it were a matter of extravagant presumption in any man whose brows were not covered with laurels to dispute the authority of the Duke of Wellington on this question. He (Mr. Grant) had a very high respect for the authority of the Noble Duke, and also for that of the Hon. and Gallant Secretary at War, but the House was here called upon to act for itself, and should not be influenced by the dictum of any man, however deservedly high his charac ter. The Noble Duke at the head of the Government could not do otherwise than submit the matter for the opinion of the House, and he hoped that opinion would be pronounced, in resistance to that tone in which the House was ad dressed on the subject. It was in evidence before them, and no man had pretended to controvert the fact, that the business of the Ordnance might be performed by one assiduous person. No doubt a Lieutenant-General was found useful when the head of the office was absent—when, for instance, the Duke of Marlborough was at Blenheim— when Lord Cornwallis was acting as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—the attention of a Lieutenant-General was re quired, and found very useful in the absence of the princi pal ; and at the very time when the office was offered to Lord Hopetoun, the Noble Duke at the head of the office was engaged on an important diplomatic mission abroad. They had, then, the authority of the Finance Committee, supported by that of the Military Commission of 1822, for saying that one person could discharge the business of the office ; but they had, in addition, this important fact, that for 14 months the gallant officer who held the office of Lieutenant-General was engaged in the command of the army at Lisbon.—(Hear.) What became during this time of that vast detail of important business which the Lieu tenant was daily to superintend—of the thousands of pen sions to be paid—of the 3,000 or 4,000 persons atWoolwich, and ether places,whom he was obliged to know personally, and to be in daily communication with ? What became of all these during that long period of absence? Why to vote, after these facts, that the office of Lt.-General of the Ord nance was necessary, would be as much in the face of com mon sense, and against the evidence of facts, as was the reso • lution which voted that a 11. note and Is. were equal in value to a golden guinea, at a moment when every man in the country was convinced of the reverse. The Right Hon. Gentleman then went on to contend that this ques tion derived great importance, not so much from its nomi nal amount, as from the present situation of the country. They had heard much of public opinion. Never was there a time when it was more fully brought to bear upon that House. Such was the diffusion of knowledge and the communication of intelligence, that scarcely was any vote of importance carried in that House when it was discussed and canvassed in every part of the country—not merely amongst the higher and those who were usually termed the enlightened, but amongst the lower and now not less enlightened class of the community. But beyond this the House had already made for itself a strong impression in the good opinion of the country. It had forced consider.. able reductions of taxation on the Government; would it not be strange, then, particularly after the memorable vote of Friday evening, that it should now refuse to do its duty where a similar principle was involved? Let him also remind them that they were in a short time to have under their consideration the superannuation. If, in the dis charge of their duty, they should feel obliged to press hard upon a very valuable set of public servants—the clerks in public departments—would it not be inconsistent to allow themselves on this night to be turned round by the in . . fluence which the Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance could throw round him.--(Hear, hear.) Colonel WOOD contended that his Right Hon. Friend who spoke last had not proved that this office was unneces sary. Great stress had been laid on the opinion of the Fi- nance Committee ; but the evidence of that Committee and their report was printed, and the House had already twice decided upon the question of the Lieut.-Generalship of the Ordnance by a large majority; on one occasion he believed, by 200 and odd to 92. This was decided the year before last ; but last it was passed once, and if it were not considered as a useful office, it would not have escaped the vigilance of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen. It was said, the situation of the country was now changed, and that it was in great distress. He regretted that distress as much as any man, but he was glad to say that it was fast disappearing, and that things were rapidly improving. —(A cry of " Where?")—lds would not be led into a discussion different from that before the House; but in reply to the interrogation of the Hon. Member he would say, the improvement was found in a place where it wou'd be sensibly felt by the agricultural interest—he meant Mark-lane.—(Hear, hear.)—The Hon. and Gallant Mem ber then went to contend that questions of the greatest im portance to the country were delayed by such discussions as the present, which, in amount of saving, could be no sensible value to the country. He trusted, however, that after Easter, when these questions came to be discussed the benches would be as fully attended as at present. Mr. C. W. WYNN contended that the true principle of economy was that which gave an efficient performance of the public service. The public service required the as sistance of the Lieutenant-Gneneral of the Ordnance. This had been decided by the opinions of all those who held the office, and who were best acquainted with its duties. It was true the Lieutenant-General was at one time absent for fourteen months, but it did not follow, that because the duty of an office was performed by others for a time in the absence of the party who held it, the office was therefore unnecessary. The duty of First Lord of the Treasury was for a time, in the administration of Mr. Fox, performed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but was that a rea son why the office should be abolished ? Thinking the office necessary for the due performance of the Ordnance Department, he should adhere to the votes he gave on this subject in 1820 and Is2B. Sir J. GRAHAM, i❑ reply, said, that if the argutnent of the Hon. and Gallant Member (Colonel Wood) were correct as to the high price of corn, it was an additional reason why no unnecessary place should be kept up, be cause the great pressure on the people arose from high prices of necessaries and the low rate of wages. After the able answer given by his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. C. Grant) to the arguments of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Peel), be would not detain the House, but he would revert briefly to one or two points in the discussion. He had not expected that the forbearance of himself, and those who acted with him, in not having brought forward any measure last year of a party nature that could in any degree tend to weaken Ministers, would have been construed into an approval of measures which they (the Opposition) had before opposed. As to the cashiering of Sir William Clinton—for so he would call it—the term used for which, by the Right Honourable Gentleman, had called forth his cheer, he must say, that though he liked a united and a strong Government, he should also like to see it a bold and a just Government; and he could not apply either term to the present administration in reference to their treatment of that Gallant Officer, and the difference between it and the conduct they held to others. The Attorney-General of that day was dismissed because he acted openly and boldly against the measures of the Government. Sir W. Clin• ton's offence was in not having voted at all ; but there were others, and he had no objection to state who they were— the Chief Commissioner• of Woods and Forests, the Judge Advocate-General, the Secretary of the hoard of Control, and some others, were allowed to oppose the Government, and to continue in their places.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet then proceeded to argue th ►t the Board of Ord nance was differently constituted now from what it was a few years ago, and that therefore there was a much stronger reason for the assertion that the business could be super intended by the Master-General without the aid of a Lieu tenant-General. He did not bring forward this motion with a view of attacking the Government; on the con trary, he wished to see the Government strong ; but to be strong it must pay a deference to public opinion. He would contend that it could only exist by the support of public opinion.—(Hear.) He would contend that they must reform abuses, instead of keeping them up for the purposes of Parliamentary influence. The danger they ran in doing so was this,—that the time would come when the public would see only the abuse, and instead of amending would altogether abate what they considered a nuisance. Mr. PEEL and Sir H. HARDINCE severally explained. The Committee then divided, when the numbers were. . _ _. _ . . For the Amendment, 124 f Against it, 200 I Majority, 76 The original resolution was then put and carried. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. On Friday last the body of a man was found Upon the top of a hill in the parish of Edderton, who it is supposed must have been (lead for ten or fourteen days before the discovery was made. He had a strange aver sion to enter a d well i ng -house, and never wou ld ta k e shel ter in any place, unless he was forced to do so. It is sup posed that he must have perished from the inclemency of the weather and from hunger,winvernese Courier. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. ......92%%y4 3% per Cent. shut Ditto Red. per Cent. Ann. ...••• 102%M% Ditto, 1826 shut Bank L. Ann. Ditto 30 years Ditto 50 - India Stock shut Ditto Bonds Bl 82 pm. 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Ditto ............50 0 2d. 77 78 pm. lid. 77 78 pm. Ditty Small 2d. 77 79 pm. Ditto lid. 71 79 pm. Bank fbr Account 219 India for Account Cons. for April l 6 92%%3.i THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan — Peruvian Bonds 20% Portuguese Bonds % !Prussian, Old Ditto, New Russian '11034% Spanish. :821 ........ 143434 34 ;-- 1823 'French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. ,---- Exchange —t. 3 per cent —f. —c.. Exchange THE INTELLIGENCE. T HE largest Thirty-two Column Paper published at 7d. An Edition of this Paper, containing all the News of the Week, up to Saturday Afternoon at Three o'clock, and more valuable Market information, including the Foreign Markets, than any other Weekly Paper, is printed on Saturday Afternoon for transmission by Post. The Sunday Edition will give, in addition to important, official, and authentic News, Domestic Occurrences and interesting Literary Articles, very full Reports of all the Law Courts, Police Offices, &c. of Saturday. Orders are received by all News-venders and Clerks of the Road. Office for Advertisements, No. 11, Crane-court, Fleet-- street. , . ocry rtr __ult . LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1830. The Motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, for abolishing the office of Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, was last night lost by a majority of 76 ; 200 being against his motion, and 124 in its favour. That the office is un necessary is best proved by the fact, that Marshal BERESFORD while retain ing it was absent eighteen months in Portu gal ! l—and yet a majority of Honourable Members say, that it cannot be dispensed with ! Verily, these Members would change their opi nions if the money were to be paid out of their own pockets. But the day may came when they will confess their mistake. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT last night made the most sensible speech uttered by the Member for Westminster during the present Session. He confessed that the Corn Laws were the great obstacle to the due working of the principles of free trade, and consequently to the improved condition of the people. To show that he was really in earnest, the Honourable Baronet gave notice that he would himself submit a motion for the total repeal of the Corn Laws with the least possible delay ! All we can say is, that we , wish him hearty success—for until the trade in Corn be free, the country is working, and has been working the principles of free trade against the tide. A Dutch Mail has brought Papers of late dates, but their contents are not particularly im portant. Preparations were making at Varna which seemed to indicate that the Russian Head quarters would shortly be transferred to that fortress, but we think it unlikely that DIEBITSCR will re-cross the Balkan before the terms of the Treaty of Adrianople are first strictly complied with. The following are a few extracts : SAXONY, MARCH 4. His Majesty the King has granted permission to the city of Leipsic to open a new loan of 2,400,000 dollars, at the interest of three per cent., for the purpose of wholly paying off the loan of three millions of dollars at four per cent. contracted for in 1822. AGRAM, MARCH 4. The latest accounts from Jassy, of the 20th of January, say that, after an interval of fifteen days, in which no case of plague hail been heard of, fresh and very malignant symptoms of plague had appeared in two of the suburbs and in three different places in the city itself. Lieutenant- General Von Rudiger, who is at the head of the Board of Health, had, therefore, again put in force all the measures of precaution before hand, and done every thing to resist the progress of the contagion. Similar precautions are taken in the country. In Bucharest also a fresh case of plague had occurred in the middle of January. The plague is also in two of the Russian hospitals, but they are cut off from all communication. The accounts from the country are favourable. In Servia and Bosnia there were no symptoms of contagion in the middle of February, and in Rumelia the plague had not spread. The accounts from Little Wallachia are also satisfactory. BERLIN, MARCH 20. It is affirmed that Duke Charles of Mecklenburgh, bro ther-in-law of the Duke of Cumberland, and Commander of the Prussian Guards, lately called together all the officers under his command, and declared to them that all the reports which had been spread by some newspapers re specting his brother•in-law were wholly groundless, and he therefore enjoined them to contradict them on all oc casions. It is said, that the Duke** Cumberland has ex pressed a desire to return to this capital ; but it has been intimated to him, that it would be more agreeable if he gave up the idea of his visit. WARSAW, MARCH IS. The weather being very mild, with frequent rain, we expect that the ice in the Vistula will be entirely broken up in a few days. The bridge between Warsaw and Prague has been removed. Since 1821, there have been English Missionaries in this city, who are zealously exerting: themselves in con verting the Jews. From Warsaw, as a central point, they extend their operations to the provinces. Here, in the capital the Governors receive private and public in structions. The Missionaries have a chapel of their own for divine service. They also promote their object by the distribution of religious books. 111AacH 23.—The German and Dutch Papers continue to give melancholy accounts of the effects of the inunda tion is various parts of Germany. By accounts from Malta to the 12th instant, it is stated on the preceding day the Russian fleet had sailed for the Baltic. Accounts have reached us this morning from Tripoli, to the Bth February, the crops were by no means favourable. In the preceding month a whole mountain has sunk near Me surata, the northern boundary of the Syrtis, and all attempts to approach the ch asm h a d b een pre ve nted by the emission of s u lph ureo us vapours, from which it is inferred that a volcano has been formed there. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T AWL TR 0' CL 0 CK. Accounts have been received from Chili to the 10th of January. They give a very unfavourable account of the state of affairs in that country. We have no arrivals of ship letters this morning, conse quently we are very barren of information. Consols, which left off yesterday at 921 for the Ac. count, opened at the same price this morning, since which the market has improved to 92} ;I, and 921 4 for money ; but there is no business doing. They state from Paris that the grand work for the new elections are preparing by the Minister of the Interior. Circulars have been sent off, and new ones are despatched daily to the different Prefects, with instructions in what manner persons are to be chosen for the approaching elec tion. In the Foreign Market it is settling-day, and they are busy in making up their accounts. Greek Bonds are ra ther higher, owing to an improvement in Holland of 1 per cent. ENGLISH FUNDS. 31 per Cent. New 4 per Cent., 1021 / 4 per Cent. 1826, India Bonds, 81 82 Exchequer Bills. '77 78 FUNDS. Greek, S 9 401 Mexican, 31 1 Peruvian, 20 1 Portuguese, 59 1 Prussian, Russian, 110/ Spanish, 141 1- Two O'CLOCK. The Consol Market continues without the least anima- Bank Stock, India Stock, 3 per Cent. Cum. 92i Do. for Account, 92 Ditto Reduced, FOREIG. Brazilian, 71/ 2 Buenos Ayres, 32 34 Chilian, Colombian, 21 I Danish, 75i / French, 5 per Cent. 106 7 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 83i 4i tion, and. the fluctuation during the morning has been from 921 i to 92/ for the Account. At present they are 921 sellers. We have no political information, and every thing ap. pears dull in the City for want of arrival,. In the Foreign Market the settling of accounts is going off favourable. Up to the present hour we do not hear of any express from Paris. 7 HI?EE O' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 92k. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). HAY MA RKETS.—( A t per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 8 to £2 18 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Nye-grass Hay 4 0 5 5 Clover Hay 3 13 5 5 Oat Straw £2 4to £2 81 Wheat Straw... 2 10 2 14 A great supply, and a dull trade ; prices stationary. - SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 8 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 10... Generally Oat Straw £2 4to £2 8 I Wheat Straw 2 8 2 10 A good supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quoted. WINDSOR, MARCH 29. We are happy to state that the KING is completely re covered from his slight indisposition, and that he has re sumed his airings in the Great Park. This afternoon, accompanied by the Lonn STEWARD, his MAJESTY, fol lowed bya portion of the Royal Suite, in the pony phaetons, left the Castle about two o'clock, and proceeded through the Frogmore grounds to the Royal Lodge, where his 111A JEsTv alighted and partook of refreshments. He after wards drove along the margin of Virginia Water Lake to the Belvidere, and from thence to Cranford Lodge, where considerable alteration has lately been made by removing the trees and shrubbery, and throwing the building en tirely open to the Castle. His MAJESTY returned about five o'clock after an airing of three hours, and at seven en tained his suite at dinner. This morning, at nine o'clock, his Royal Highness th• Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived at the Castle on a visit to his MAJESTY, with whom he had the honour of breakfasting in the Library. The Royal Duke continued his visit until half-past eleven o'clock, when he returned to his residence. His MAJESTY will leave the Castle on the 19th or the 20th of April for the Metropolis, and is expected to remain at St. James's Palace six weeks. From the magnitude of the alterations at the Royal Lodge, it is found impossible to have them in readiness for occu pancy until the beginning of August next, and his MA. JESTY will consequently continue his summer's residence at _ . the Castle, where he will entertain his company during the first meeting of Ascot Heath Races. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Wm. Fitzroy, in Great Cumberland-place, from his seat, Hambledon Cottage, Bucks ; Sir John Lowther, Bart. and Hon. Lady Elizabeth Lowther, in Grosvenor-square, from their seat in Yorkshire; Earl de la Warr, in Upper Grosvenor-street, from his seat, Bourn Hall, Cambridgeshire; Mr. and Mrs. Moss, at the Burlington Hotel, from Liverpool ; Captain Wilkinson, at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Brighton ; Colonel and Mrs. Gore Langton, in Grosvenor-square, from Southampton ; Capt. and Mrs. H. Ramsden, in Curzon-street, May-fair, from York. shire; the Rev. J. Browniow, at the Albany, from Ireland; the Countess of Farnham, at her seat, Catton Hall, Litchfield, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and family, at the London Hotel Albemarle-street, from the Isle of Wight; Lord Atcheson, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jerm3n-street, from a tour. DEPARTURES. Sir Roger and Lady Gresley, for their seat, Drakelow Hall, Worcestershire; the Rev. Charles Golding, from Morley's Hotel, Cockspur.street, for Colchester; Miss Holding, from Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Edinburgh ; Henry Alexander, Esq. M.P., from his house in Upper Harley street, on a tour; Wm. Sitwell, Esq. from the British Hotel, Jermyn.street, for Cam. bridge ; J. Howell, Esq. from ditto, for Bath ; Lieut. Gooch, R.N. and Mrs. Gooch, from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Sivewright, from ditto, on a tour ; R. B. Gardener, Esq. from ditto; the Rev. Mr. Palmer and B. Buck, Esq. from ditto, on a tour; John Morris, Esq. from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Captain Falwesser, from ditto.; FASHIONS FOR APRIL. (From the Lady's Magazine. Improved Series.) MeaNING DaEss.—Plain Batiste gown of a light tint of apple green, or primrose colour. A standing ruff of book-muslin very fully plaited, and bordered with vandyked edging of Bedford lace. The gown wraps on one side, the ruff gradually narrows to the folding, and the edging alone meets the belt. White book.muslin sleeves; they are full nearly to the wrist ; the upper part is sup ported by a stiffening beneath. A fulling is put on the skirt of the dress, nearly as high as the knees; it is parted and headed by a rouleau of satin to match the dress. The cap is of fine Bed ford lace, primrose-coloured gauze riband; coloured velvet bands to the wrists. WALKING DRESS.—Hat of bright peach-blossom satin; it is lined with white satin or plush ; a pipe of peach satin passes just inside the white lining. A very beautiful feather, of various shades of lilac mixed with white, and made of mohair silk, in the shape of a bird of paradise plume. Ribands inside and outside of the hat of peach.coloured gauze. The pelisse of peach-coloured satin or gros de Naples; the collar, shoulder-pieces, belt, cufik, and trimmings, of velvet, two shades deeper. The upper sleeve is cut in deep scollops of the material of the pelisse, from beneath which falls a very broad chenille or feather fringe, the colour of the velvet. The pelisse is closed with knots of cord, the same shade as the velvet. The chemissette is seen at the throat, the ruffles small and little seen. This dress is still more worn in the colour of Saxon green. BALL DaEss.--The dress of vapeur crape. The short sleeves are parted into two divisions, the upper much fuller and larger than the under. Round the corsage is placed a double fall of vandyked blonde, very deep on the back and shoulders, but nar rowing to points in front, which are confined under a pearl or silver ornament. The skirt is trimmed with two scolloped falls of chenille fringe, the colour of the dress ; each scollop is headed by a satin knot. The ornaments of the hair are of blonde, being what the French call barbes ; on one side is placed a bird of para dise plume or a silk feather; round the throat is a narrow ve:vet riband, clasped with pearl or silver band of white satin, edged with vapeur-coloured satin. EVENING DRESS.—Hat of blue satin, or gauze of the sam e co . lour as the dress, but some shades lighter; the feathers blue and white. The gown rich blue gros des Inds; vandyked satin epaulettes fall low on the sleeves, and are brought round the back of the corsage, which is left quite plain in front, and made very tight to the shape. A deeper blonde than usual stands up round the neck. The sleeves are en beret—at top, and very tight to the lower part of the arm; at the knees the hem is headed with a narrow silk fringe, a braided rouleau, sometimes a very small ' pipe of satin. The place of the boa is supplied by a long transpa. rent scarf of gauze, figured with coloured satin, or a blonde gauze rolled on the neck like the boa. Caps, dress hats, or the hair, very much covered by barbs. of blonde, aro universally worn on the Contineut by ladies of all ages. M'CAItTHY LAUNEY, and his paramour, ELLart Corrram., were executed at Tralee on Monday, for the murder of the husband of the latter. Seven young children of the wretched woman stood at the foot of the gallows; and the sister of the male prisoner smoked her pipe near the body after the execution. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—On Sunday evening two females, named ELIZABETII FRANCIS and SUSAN PATERSON, destroyed themselves at their lodgings, 43, Brook-street, Ratcliffe, in the following manner : PATERSON was the wife of a mate of a West Indian an, and FRANCIS had cohabited with PATERSON'S brother. On Sunday morning some dispute arose between them on the subject of FRANCIS'S connexion with PATERSON'S bro ther. FRANCIS shortly after left the house, and returned' with a pint measure in her hand, and holding it up, said, I have poisoned myself." PATERSON, imagini.ig that she only spoke in jest, took the measure, and scraping off a portion of whitish powder, which adhered to its sides, put it into her month, and said it was nothing more than simple magnesia. She then poured some water into the measure, and, rinsing it about, drank off the contents of the dreg.. In a few minutes both females experienced the most excruciating torture. It was discovered they had taken arsenic, and they died in a short time. SHIPPING INIELLIGENCE --(TrIIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 29.—Wind S.—Arrived from London, the George, for the Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 29.--Wind S.E.--Arrived from London, the Eclipse, Davis, for the Cape. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Marshal Blucher, from St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Alliance, Tulloch, from Leghorn. LIYxRPOOL, MARCH 28.—Arrived the Dunlop, Gowan, from Virgiaia ; Jane, Baird, from St. John's, N. B. ; Mariner, from Alexandria ; Thalia, Hammond, from Trieste; Sylla, White, from Marseilles; and Lady Amherst, Miller, from Leghorn. Sailed the Ardent, Timmons, for Rio Janeiro ; Richard Hill, Norris, for Grenada; Allerton, Gill, for Jamaica; Antioch, Rich, for Vera Cruz ; Congress, Lightbody, for Barbadoes ; Peppel, Reas, for Africa ; and John, Adair, for Naples. Arrived off Port, the Norad, Jay, from Gallipoli. BELFAST, MARCH 27.—The Anne, Cornet, from Li verpool to Lame, was on share on Wallaus Rocks this morning, but is expected to be got off without damage. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. EI-TARTS SMITH, IN THE MATTER 01 WALKER, A BANKRUPT. A question of rather a novel nature was brought before the Court upon this petition, namely, whether the Court could refuse to grant the bankrupt's certificate, on the ground of the badness of the Commission, when the peti tion did not pray that it might be set aside. The petition prayed for the disallowance of the bankrupt's certificate, in consequence of the commission being a friendly one, con certed between the bankrupt and the petitioning creditor. Mr. Ross and Mr. AIONTAGU appeared for the peti tioners, contending that the commission might be taken to be good as against the bankrupt, who had procured its issuing in concert with the petitioning creditor, although in every other respect it might be considered bad, and one liable to be superseded. The VICE-CHANCELLOR wished Mr. Montagu to in form him if he was aware of any precedent of the Court doing what was now asked? Mr. MONTAGU thought the Court had adopted such a course in Mr. Roscoe's bankruptcy, which some years ago occupied so much of the attention of the Court. The COURT thought itself bound to allow the certificate during the standing of the commission, unless some sta tutory ground of disallowance intervened. Such being his Honour's opinion, he felt himself bound to dismiss the pe tition with costa. Mr. MONTAGU intimated that it was the intention of his clients to appeal from the decision of his Honour ; and requested that the issuing of the certificate mightibe stayed till to-morrow. His HONOUR did not think himself justified in staying the certificate further, and ordered it immediately to be issued. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Frederick Haldane, late a clerk in the East India House, with a salary of 1801. a year, was brought up for a final bearing and adjudication. The insolvent was before the Court on the 22d instant, when a report of his case appeared in The Sun of that evening. The Court were extremely displeased with the conduct of the insolvent on account of his extravagance, he having contracted debts with tradesmen to the amount of near 2,0001., and the case stood adjourned, in order to ascertain whether the petitioner was likely to be reinstated in his former situation, with the ulterior view of touching his salary. This day Mr. S. Pardy, clerk to Mr. Squires, the in solvent's attorney, deposed that he on Saturday last waited upon Mr. Auber, at the India House, when that gentle man gave him a verbal answer, that the insolvent stood dismissed from the service of the Company; but be (Mr. Auber) refused to give a certificate of that fact, it being dissonent to the standing order of the House. In consideration of the insolvent having by his impru dence lost his situation, and that under the present extra vagance being deemed no sin, the Court ordered him to be discharged forthwith. DUBLIN, MARCH 27.—Mr. O'CONNELL arrived here this morning, and will take his departure for Downpatrick on Tuesday. A meeting has been called at the Parliamentary Intelligence Office, for Monday, when Mr. O'CoIoTELL will submit his plan fsr the formation of a new Society for the improvement of Ireland, which lie intends to base upon the principle of national union, to tally excluding all sectarian views. Indeed, as Irish so ciety is at present constituted, it would be quite idle to hope for the success of any sectarian association. The ob ject of Mr. O'CoNNELL, and those who approve of his project, is to raise up, in the place of the present inopera tive " Society for the Improvement of Ireland," a con federacy of all parties and creeds, to attend to Irish inte rests, and press upon the Legislature measures for the benefit of this country. GLASGOW.—A Society has just been formed in Glasgow to co-operate with the Society for improving the system of Church Patronage in Scotland ; HENRY KNox, Esq. President, JOHN ROBERTSON and PATRICK FALCONER, Esqrs., Vice-Presidents, Messrs. lIUCIS BROWN, jun., THOMAS MTWAN, ANDREW APGEORGE, ROBERT TAYLOR, JOHN FLEMING, R. B. STEWART, ALEXANDER BANNATYNE, H. KNOX, jun., and JAMES TnomsoN, Directors, W. T. NIMMO, Treasurer, W. Mows's, Secretary. It is obviously of great consequence to the Society to obtain so respectable a footing in Glas gow; but this, considering the nature of the cause, and the intelligence and enterprise of that city, is just what might have been expected. We would add, that if esta blishments in this island, and in this age, are to retain their influence, they must purify themselves, so as to be fit to contend with the rivalship of the unprivileged churches, and the opposition of those who are indifferent about all chcrchmanship ; and this seems very much the object of the Church Patronage Society. The establish ment of the Society in Glasgow will probably lead to the formation of a number of auxiliaries in the neighbouring parishes.—Scotsman. During the past week the boats engaged in the mackerel fishery at Penzance have been more than or dinarily successful. Several boats' crews sold their fish for the London and Bristol markets, for which they imme diately proceeded with a favourable wind.— West Briton. SUICIDE.—The following melancholy event has produced a strong and painful sensation in this town. Early on Monday morning, Mr. JAMES FRASER, painter, Bridge-street, was missed from his lodgings. At six o'clock as a man was proceeding up the north bank of the River Ness towards the Bught Mills, he found near the spring called the General's Well, a pair of boots, a hat, and a snuff-box, containing three half crown pieces. In side one of the boots was a slip of paper on which the fol lowing lines were written with a pencil Fare thee well and if for ever, Still for ever fare thee well. God bless you all, and may you never follow my example. JAMES FRASER." Mr. FRASER was between 30 and 40 years of age. He was an excellent tradesman and generally respected. Pe cuniary embarrassment caused by some recent failures in this town, is supposed to have hurried him into this awful step. For the last three weeks, he had exhibited symptoms of despondency, and was daily and hourly in dread of ruin and disgrace. The body his not yet been found, and from the high state of the river, it is but. too probable that it has been carried out to sea.—lnverness Courier. On Friday last the Forrester coach, on ar riving at the foot of the hill, near Mem Tor, Castleton, Derbyshire, was upset by a sudden gust of wind. There were nine outside passengers at the time, but fortunately not any of them sustained serious injury from the accident —Macclesfield Cou►ier. The cruelty of the fair sex is felt strongly in this quarter. A young man who intended to have accom panied the first emigration, has met with no less than thirteen love disappointments, and has accordingly re nounced the idea of crossing the Atlantic. Another, in this immediate neighbourhood, having been jilted, has gone deranged, being the second in one family who has had that misfortune.—Perth Courier. Four brutal fellows named SAMUEL DAKIN, 19, JOHN MACDONALD, 21, JOSEPH HAZLEDINE, 18, and JAMES HoLLINSHEAD, 18, were on Monday last, fully committed by the Mayor of this borough to the assizes for trial, on a charge of having severally committed a rape upon the body of MARTHA Fox, the preceding Tuesday evening. The prosecutrix, a girl about eighteen years of age, was about half past seven in the evening, returning from her employment as a silk weaver to her residence in Sutton, by a circuitous route, for the purpose of accom panying another girl to her abode ; and when at the bot tom of Richmond Hill met the prisoners, the first named of whom carried her into an an adjoining field, and effected his diabolical intentions. The other prisoners, and a man named PHILLIPS, not in custody, stood by and perpetrated a similar outrage is succession„ -Macclesfield Courier ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. KINGSTON.-(THIS DAY.) The business of the Assize commenced this morning. " Mr. Justice BAILEY presided in the Criminal Court, and the Lord Chief Justice TINDAL presides at Nisi Prius. The usual formalities having been gone through, and the Grand Jury sworn, at which Sir R. Taanwicr, Bart. was foreman, the Learned Judge delivered the following charge : There way one case which stood early in the calendar. It was a charge of murder. There could be no doubt that if two persons went out to fight a duel, and used weapons of a nature to inflict death, or say severe injury, that should either kill the other it was murder ; and that it was not only murder against the principal who actually caused the fatal event, but also that it was murder as againit the seconds, both of the surviving and of the deceased parties. This undoubtedly was the law of the land. It would be for them to consider how far one of the charged parties was affected by that part of the law which rendered the second equally guilty with the principal. The party to whom be alluded was a young man of the name of Burne. In read ing over the depositions, he was sorry to find the Magic• trate had suffered matters to be introduced which ought not to exist, and which were calculated to prejudice one of the accused parties. It was one of the principal features, and a most excellent featnre it was of the English law, to keep distinct and apart from the knowledge of the parties who might have to try the accused individual, all particu lars of circumstances or acts connected with his former life which might be calculated to raise a prejudice, or excite an unfavourable opinion, in the mind of any one against the party accused. CORK ELECTION. (From the Cork Constitution of Saturday.) TWELFTH DAY—(FRIDAY.) The Assizes now holding, and the Freeholders' booths being closed, have considerably reduced the interest which this unprecedented Election had excited—the " Protestant Settlers," however, are still brought up to the poll, and do not hesitate to tender their votes as sworn Freemen of Cork. The polling was exceedingly slow until about two o'clock, when Captain Hutchinson, M. P. for Tipperary, came up with agents and others in the interest of Lord Donoughmore, to vote for Mr. Newenhatn. This excited a deep sensation throughout the city—the liberals were quite in ecstacy; while the friends of Mr. Callaghan, and indeed numbers who were neutral during the contest, loudly expressed their indignation at such an interference at this critical period. This reinforcement enabled Mr. Newen ham to bring up what he had lost in the early part of the day. At four the candidates and their friends were as usual on the hustings, but the concourse of people in the Court was not so great as on former occasions. The Sheriff ar rived ir. refew minutes, and declared the poll as follows Freemen. For Mr. Newenham 1,6 Mr. Callaghan l6 GROSS POLL. For Mr. Callaghan Mr. Newenham Majority for Mr. Callaghan.... —ls THIRTEENTH DAY—(SsruzDAY.) An express copy of the Second Edition of the Cork Southern Reporter, forwarded considerably after post hour on Saturday evening, and receives! in London this. day, gives the close of this very hard fought contest, when Mr. Callaghan was returned by a majority of sixteen—he laving polled four on that day, and his adversary only one. The voters being exhausted, Mr. Newenham then resigned. STATE OF THE GROSS POLL. For Mr. Callaghan ll7l Mr. Newenham . Majority for Mr. Callaghan -16 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT, MARCH 27.—We understand, from good authority, that orders hare been sent from this country for the recal of the Asia, Ocean, Isis, and the whole of the bomb-vessels from the Mediterranean. His Majesty's surveying -vessel, Heels, Commander Harding, is on her way home from the coast of Africa, sad may be expected to arrive in the course of a few days. Mr. John Dennis, Purser, is appointed to the Nautilus. The Conflict, ten-gun brig, was commissioned yester day for the African station, by Lieutenant Geo. Smithery (1811.) Thai magnificent ship the Caledonia, 120, which has been re-built from the keel, and is now the largest vessel in the world, is expected to go out of dock this morning, there not being water enough to float her yesterday. Remaining in Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Blanche, Conflict, Goldfinch, Nightingale, Kingfisher, and Meteor and Echo steamers. Iu Barnpool—Undaunted. Sound—Leveret, and Sir Charles Forbes convict ship. In Catwater—lsabella, Brazilian. APPOINTMENTS.-Commander C. Hotham and Lieut. Garrett to the Cordelia, re-commissioned. Commander W. R. Bamber, and Lieutenants W. H. Dore, F. W. A. Smith, and W. B. Chamberlain, to the Ordinary at Ports mouth. Commander E. Belcher, to the Hecla, surveying vessel on the coast of Africa, vice Boteler, deceased. Lieut. Woodruffe, to be Chief Officer in the Coast Guard Service. Mr. W. Roe, Surgeon, to the Sheerness Or dinary. —Devonport Telegraph. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL S. The betting again underwent an alteration yesterday. The Mummer fell back to 10 to 1, and no friends : they account for this by his not having been seen out of his stable for the last two or three days. The Yorkshire horse was also out of favour ; Lord Exeter's two were in general de- mend, and Mahmoud became a somewhat better favourite for the Riddlesworth. Captain Arthur also looked up. Nothing done in the Oaks or St. Leger. The betting closed as follows : RIDDLESWORTH. 7 to 4 agst Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt 4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud (taken) 5 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Sal colt 5 to 4 on two agst the field (taken) COLUMN STAKES. Even between Mummer and Cressida. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt 8i to 1 agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt 10 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's The Mummer 12 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 12 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Sal colt 13 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's Cetus 20 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler 25 to 1 agst Mr. Ramabottom's Zucharelli 25 to 1 apt Lord Exeter's Red Rover 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur 50 to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor's Thermometer (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Lord Exeter's Augusta colt (taken) 500 even on Mouse agst Cressida, Mummer, and Bruns. wicker, severally. 13 to 1 agst Zucharelli and Red Rover (taken) It has been determined to establish a political union in Macclesfield, the members to subscribe one penny per week, in furtherance of the objects in view. A meeting was called at the Roebuck Inn, on Monday even ing last, to consider of the propriety of forming such a society, when only one person attending, he was under the necessity of proposing, seconding, putting, and de ciding upon the adoption of his own resolutions,, which went to advocate the measure.—Macclesfield Courier. BIRTHS. On the 26th inst. at Thurston! Hall, Norfolk, the Lady Catherine Boils u, of a son. On the 26th inst. in Wilton-crescent, the lady of John Oyle, Esq. of a daughter. DIED. On the 27th inst. at his seat, South Lytchet, Dorset shire, Sir Claude Scott, Bart., of Bruton-street, in the 88th year of his age. On the 28th inst. at Bridge House, Barnes, Miss Foun taine, daughter of the late Rev. T. Fountaine, a Preben dary of Worcester, and Chaplain to his late Majesty. On the 29th inst. in his 35th year, David Latouche, Esq. eldest son of the late Colonel Latouche, many years . M.P. for the county of Carlow. On the 28th inst. at his town residence, Crown-cotut, , Old Change, Cheapside, James Milner, Esq. aged 61. On the 26th inst. at Cheltenham, Lieut.-Col. Thomas Greentree, of the East India Company on the island of St. Helena. On the 28th inst. Mr. Thomas Wilkins, of the Vern lain Arms Hotel, St. Albans, Herts. On the 20th inst. at Doncaster Castle, in the 76th year of her age, Mary Fownes Luttrell, relict of the late John Fownes Luttrell, Esq. M.P. r PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, AD THE SUN ()mei, 112, STRAND, LONDON.