The Sun. — London, England, 1821-09-10 00:00:00

THE KING. -01"03r THE DUBLIN CORRESPONDENT, SEPT. 6.] '‘ETURN OF THE ROYAL SQUADRON TO DUN. '"t4'l"r•----CORtEary to all expectation, the Royal squadron returned to Dunleary Harbour, at five o'cl e ck- yesterday even i ng . Th ey went down in f all out styl e , w i t hi n t h e Banks, nearly to Wick th"ew) when the wind came directly round and aded th em, so that they could not possibly get through the swash (the deep water between the I(is h Bank and Arklow Bank), which is so nar row, that, to guide mariners, there are two light ' 'lous es built on Wicklow H ea d, w hi c h must be b rought in a line to the eyoof the helmsman, in order to give a right direction to th e vesse l, l est sh e might touch on either side of the banks. The .Isquadron, therefore, was obliged to put about, nd at fi ve O'cl oc k came to t h e i r old moorings in nunleary Harbou r , a ft er h av i ng b een at sea seven hours. sitio The R oyal flotilla this day occupied their po rei n in Du n l eary H arbour. The Royal Save gn rode at single anchor, close in shore; all 1/11.-e other vessels were at anchor clear of the New - ` F ief end_ topsails and courses in the brails, and , a Pparently ready for,a start. The wind was foul Jo; a passage down the Channel. re7eF AIt TS.---:Airiongst the various, indeed,. numberless, iii ve'tns of the Ring's beneficial and gracious disposition mani to cusses and descriptions of our countrymen, th e l'ave great pleasure in recording_ his Majesty's solicitude for .000 pro of the Fine Arts in Ireland and on the present °f t t e lln.c wehave only to regret that the Artists were deprived Ir ot k s li g it honour of his Majesty's personal view of Omit we c.oY o n e h cause assigned in the subsequent letter, which Pubitdi authority MY D e hibition Phoenix Park, A ugust 31,1321. LOrd,—The King fully intended visiting the. Pc _ ship n„to-Morrow, of which I was to have given your Lord vegie_u"ce this evening : but his Majesty feeling some 'neon dbli from his excursion to the Curragh this day, he is i gu i‘ t i o !Vizi (Nish his intention. naez t of t a .l.estv's solicitude for the Arts, renders this derS . fige i . b eg his• plan a very great regret to his Majesty, which Atith Y l7 l. , l4o rdship to convey . to the Members of the Academy, Tity. , 1a ship sincere wishes for their success and rose lemb ant rther to request your Lordship to assure the e rs of hisfu protection. I have the honour to be, Vour t My dear Lord, -4° tuship's much obliged and obedient humble servant, To th e R- Signed) B. BLOOMFIELD. toi tt , Ilo ( n. the Earl of Ormonde. 1" o f REPLY TO TEE ADDRESS OF THE BAPTISTS IN IRELAND. Dublin Castle, Sept. 1, 1821. d ren of nave laid before the Ring the loyal and dutiful Ad -411(1 I ha` the Protestant Dissenters of the Baptists of Ireland ; w as pleede the satisfaction of acquainting you, fhat his Majesty Pleased to receive the same in the most gracious manner. I have the honour to be, Sir, R ey. Your most obedient h um bl e S ervant , west. SIDMOUT fade th e to his Majesty leaving Dublin, be di ejtA e following charitable Donations, viz.—To the Men perkee 4-Issociation, 2001. ; to the Sick and Indigent Room kate s ' 100 1. ; to the Magdalen Asylum, 1001. ; to the Pe i° theOrphan-_School, 1001. ; to the Lying-in-Hospital, 1001. ; u•Charitable Association, 501. ; to Meath Hospital, 1001. tie rinond Institution 501. • the Molyncaux Asylum, 501. tha,„°.rset Institution 501. ; the Poor of the Liberty,. 1001. ; Lock-P-44i Ca.stlenock, &c. 1001. ; St. Werburgh's Parish,. 501. ; Ret , 3 ,opitentiary, 501. Meath Charitable Loan, 1001. &ran tiend Society, 501. ; and the Eye Institution, 501. i s 13, ORTSMOUTIf, SEPT. 7.---The Royal squadron , nourly expected this evening : the usual pre rarati .4 . °Hs at the Sally -port for the disembarkation il l tl ni : s , Majesty were made. In the course of this. It a lll ng a guard of honour will march to the to tter side. His Majesty, it is said, will proceed `` o"rn im mediktely, and, return to honour the - ortst sAltb.nisc.ripiltiOinth Regatta" with his presence. The fl(l e Ira' sir list is filling fast; it is patronised by triViiiinteral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, Major- James Lyon, and all the naval and arY characters in the port and neighbourhood. the eit:?orning verY th•C°RN-E t i XCIIANGE SEPT. lo.—The supply of thin, lnd.but little New Wheat at Market, o s, ' t e l l part of which had been housed before the late heavy ,1 qualit °se which have been out in the wet are very indifferent tia t l e _ 3r ; the best Wheats made 10s. advance since Monday ; M o , 3/ Peas A t .t, a b out anu Beans, about 35., and Oats, the supply 41pday. 38- d earer.—Flour /Os. per sack dearer since last iy4tieea,..t. ....................... 603 84s nj.e...r... ........., ... . ...... 26s 34s ble t.. ................. 308 328 e ase ...• .. .....32s 36s Grey Peas 3os 34 Beans 08s 34s Oats ` , Os 28s Flour, per sack Os 70s cc ile_tt.irer from Tortola, dated 21st . of July, says, RC N e independents on the Main are evidently ab ° n g ground ; the late decisive battle at Ca ttbotizi° ,evinces it. The Patriots frequently hover ,r s. 13° u ' tnes e small islands, and peep into our har 'Ns', C ur neighbours the Danes, at St. Tl.lO - I continuevery' unhealthy ; one Danish oa te , . i t „ed , has buried five Captains in six weeks.-- 'l4', one of our Methodist preachers, the Rev. F -41)111:1ry aged , 7..5, I)l.4'%'act o f ' letter It dry ~, a from Ca .. lcutta, dated Fe , ere , ter 1821 i---" Our Government bonds ,Nt. n'esterday at the astonishing price of 15 ;,,,dtr:eurn !" To this complexion are our ter "t"1 finance brought at last, even here . , . l'Aioitsil?ahY violent tirades and happy prophetic I,.e sterd 'll the ?receding half century. at onlittisiihoatidaaYiohnigs Royal Highness the Duke of interview with Earl BATIIURtiT, .1,'.1 S . liSe!,'" Great Stanhope-street, May-fair. 3 e ti I‘l:rtati-ori7Y night, at half-past eleven o'clock, in ti s l e e H St, jLt L ONDONDERRY arrived . at his Nor t h artero,,:.oes s-square. The Marchioness, Neste Cray nof the same day, arrived . from rd "Y . ) In order to meet his . Lordship. left towajfafternoon the Marquis and Marchioness ,as # °r North Cray. This day the Mar . - to rdsl i i, ° arrive in town from North Cray. His Mar "ay b e - '; has o rdered that his travelling equipage heco tbn 14 readiness by Wednesday, in order to Itec'earltY bis -MAJESTY. tha t th n • lette o f from Port-au-Prince mention tlaughtee,vrid°w CIIRISTOPIIE, with her two qA tt „,. s ) Was to sail from that port on the Ist ,1,11645 t, f or this country. , 11 e Count B li . . d d cn mp to the I Peror of R • 'MAIN, AI - e- ''' Nily , h_ ussiA,-the Countess BALMAIN and 1, Caven%v? arrived at Marshal Thom son's Ho i Th e c oulsh-square, from St. Helena. 4 , 4 ltich ;,,"tess FiTzwtwAm's state of health I l lit to ._ 'improved i k ., a Abbey ) and the last accounts from t to co 4ti : i t; l e tt ! that her Ladyship's health is til'llvosOß, D . EPT, 7.--Their Royal Highnesses III M I:Iuke " I d D uchess of CLARENCE, accompa- Ni t by the D u k e me It s 3 ' tt ) a rrive ' '-'. SAXE MEININGEN, and their th t ln ly p i ''., at th e 0 (i,.._ fl a il( ) where Castle this morning, from the Royal visitors viewed l/1 4 ,, il it l e s ' s : and ,: the Round Tower. Their_ Royal .11. tetu - r s n laioltmeZards stopped at Froginorz:, on ROYAL NAVY, &c. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. ./ORTSMOITTII, SEPT. 9.--:-Wind S.—Arrived yesterday as Majesty's shi Confiance from Jaica. Passedy for the .Downs the - Du nira, Hamilton, from China. Sailed the Estafette, Wilson, for Memel. Arrived to-day the Cumber land, Mattison, from Dantzic. PLY.MOu TIT, SEP T. B.—Wind E.--Arrived the Union, Jeffery, from Sierra Leone, in 88 days, for London • Como, Wilkinson, from London for Mogadore then Betsy, ' Hunter, from Prince Edward's Island. Sailed Carlotta, Wolf, for St. Petersburgh. PLymotrril, *SEPT. B.—Wind W —Arrive I the Loyalist, Parkin, from London for St. John's, N. 13., with loss of main top-mast. S a il e d th e Alli es, Gi rton, for Corunna. COWES, SEPT. B.—Arrived the Clarkstone, Service, from London for Quebec, with troops. MILFORD, SEPT. 7..—. The Amelia, Masterman, from Cork for Newport, parted her anchor on the sth inst. at the entrance of St. Bride's Bay to the North of this llarbour, and having brought up further in her anchor broke, but a Pilot got on board, and succeeded in running her into a safe roadstead on the south-side of the Bay, named. Goldtop, a good anchorage ; in the event of any vessel being driven into this dangerous Bay, and one which as affording shelter when in imminent danger, it is desirable it should be more known by Masters of vessels. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 7.—The Four Sons,- Dysart, from hence for St. Andrew's, N. B, was lost last Tuesday night .upon the Stockholm shore, about two miles south of the Corn wall Light House; crew saved. The George Symes, Bibby, from this port to Quebec, was lost last Tuesday near Strang ford • crew, and part of the cargo, saved. WHITEHAVEN, SEPT. 7.—Arrived the Providence Success, Bowes, from Liverpool to St. John's, N. 8., with - lost of both topmasts. DOVER, SEPT. 9.—Arrived the Vriendschap, Cook, from Lhorn for Am s t er d am , d eta i ne d by h i s Majesty ' s ship Severn. HARWICH, SEPT. B.—Arrived the Lady Nepean packet, with a mail, from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Lord Nelson packet, for ditto; Prince of Orange packet for Holland ; and Charlotte packet for Gottenburg ; each with a mail. SCARBORODGII, SEPT. 7.—Arrived the Charles, Watson, from Dieppe, with considerable damage. • SHIELDS, SEPT. B.—The Surly cutter has brought in here the Danish lugger, Galathea, Hollandes, of and from Altona, with a quantity of spirits on board. DEAL, SEPT. 9 . - --Wind S.—Arrived and sailed for the river yesterday, the Caledonia, Mozely; from St. Domingo ; Prince, Braithwaite ;_ and 'William Parker, Prang ue ll, f rom Quebec ; Betsy, Read, from Grenada ; Albion, Iceton, from Quebec, for Yarm out h ; and Naiad, Hutchinson, from Fayal ; the latter remains. Came down from tile River and sailed, with the whole of the outward-bound,. the Ganges, Chivers, for Madras, &c. ; Criterion, Avery, for New-York ; Perseus, Jackson, and Charles Forbes, Choak, for St. John's N. B. ; Essex, Robertson, foe Bordeaux ; Jane, Russel, for Mira rnichi ; and Aichibald, Richardson, for Barbadoes. Arrived to-day, and sailed for the River, the Dunira, Hamilton, and Niarquess of - Huntly, ‘Leod,. from China; Ann, Lewis,.from Miramichi, and several more, names not known. The Ann remains. Put back, the Ganges, for Madras, &c. Came down from the Ri ver an d remain, tie Samuel and Sarah, Campbell, for Africa ; Euxine, Jordain, for Lima ; Jane, ISl'Clure, for Jamaica, and Britomart, Peach, for Van Dieman's Land. COWES, SEPT. 7.—The ship Crisis, of Sunderland, Meed, master, arrived on Wednesday, from the Isle of Cuba, with sugar for orders ; and yesterday the Spanish brig, St. Juan Baptista, R. J. Sidro de Gorrandona, , from Loridon bound out to Bilboa. Accounts have arrived from Madeira of the middle of July. It was supposed that some fresh regulations would be adopted, imposing a duty on foreign flour, wheat, and other grain, hitherto imported duty free. The three depu ties, who had been elected at Madeira under the new constitution, had sailed for Lisbon, and carried with them the remonstrances of the people against the enormous duties imposed by the United States on Madeira wines. It was sup posed that a countervailing'', duty would be laid 014 certain articles the produce of the United States. Accounts had arrived at St. Michael's, that the Governor of Terceira (who had been under confinement for refusing to consent to the new order of thing s) had been p u bli c l y mur d ere d in the streets, wit several others. The British ship Royal George, with a G overnor f or N ew South Wales, sailed from Madeira on the 10th of June. We have received Bermuda Papers to the 22d July. It appears from one of them, that a new source of commerce has arisen in the West India islands of much importance, as regards their pri vation of intercourse with the United States, under the operation of the Navigation Act. Cargoes of corn have arrived from the coast of Africa, which will amply repay the importer at the low price of one quarter of a dollar the bushel. It is described to be of a good quality, and similar to the flat corn of the northern States of America, but of a kernal smaller and whiter. It is added, that a petition has been forwarded to England by the West India planters and mer chants, praying that a direct trade may be al lowed, in British ships, to and from the Baltic. The disagreement between . Governor - LUMLEY and the inhabitants of Bermuda still exists to a great extent. Ponta afo uT 11, SEPT: B.—ThiS afternoon arrived the Con fiance sloop of war, Captain Gordon, from Port Royal, Ja maica, whence she sailed on the 30th of July, in company with the Tartar frigate, Commodore Sir George Ralph Collier, Bart. K. C. B. which ship had on board his Grace the Duke of Man chester; Governor of Jamaica, and Major-G en . Si r J. K eane, Governor of St. Lucie, who are on their passage to England. The Tartar intended to call at the Havannah. We are in formed that two days previous to the departure of the Con fiance, a packet arrived at Port Royal from Curacoa, with accounts of the successful operations of the Independents on the Spanish Main; who had, in a desperate battle, fought on the Plains of Caraboao, totally defeated the Royalist forces ; the consequence of which had been, that the Royalists were obliged to abandon Puerto Cabello and La Guira, and the in habitants were flying from Caraccas, in apprehension that the Independents would soon make an attack on that place. The Confiance left our squadron on the station, under Sir Chas. Roy ley, healthy ; the Nautilus, Capt. Isharn Chapman.; L Capt. Blois ; Parthian, Capt. Lloyd ; and Tamar, Sir 1, ham Wiseman, Bart. were lying at Port Royal the Tribune, Capt. 'Willoughby, was gone to Porto Bello; the Raleigh, Capt. Blackman, at Marycabo; the Sybille, Capt. Josias Row ley, and Surinam, Capt. Godfrey, in the Guiph of Mexico.— Lieut. John Hudson, Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Charles Rowley, died lately at Port Royal, whilst acting in the command of the Bann. it was apprehended that the crops at Jamaica would from the want of rain, none having fallen during several months. This afternoon the Dunira, from China, and the Bengal, from Ben,gal, last from St. H e l ena , passed by for the River. Sir Hudson Lowe and Staff ale passengers in the Dtinira.—Colonel Sir T. Reade landed here from St. Helena, with the Purser of the Dunira, and set off for London. The Glas g ow frigate, -Capt. B. C. D o yl e (which ship re turned from Cuxhaven on Tuesday) will be paid wages on Wednesday, and proceed to. Cowes to embaik G en . Si r Ed war d Paget, G.C.B. G overnor of. Ceylon; and suite, for that island. Major-General Reynell, on the Staff also takes hi s passage. The Semiramis frigate was commissioned morning ; by Lieut. John !Monday, for the flag of*Rear-Admiral Lord vile, who has been appointed to succeed Sir Josias Rowley, in the command of the Irish Station. Captain Huskisson is to command the Semiramis. John Irving, Esq. is to be the Secretary. Mr. Cole and Mr. McDonald,' Midshipmen, of the Sybille, have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ; Lieut. Cas well remov e d f rom - t h e S ur i nam to the Confiance, and Mr. Shippar, Master of the Tamar, to the Confiance. The Tyne, 2i1,, Captain J. K. White, will sail to-morro w f or the Jamai ca s t a ti on . Sh e will take Lord Auckland 'to Bour deaux.—(Hampshire Telegraph.) PLYMOUTII Docx, SEPT. B.—Sir T. B. Martin, Sir R. Seppings, and the Honourable Colonel Stapylton, composing the Committee of the Navy Board, arrived here, from Pem broke-yard, on Thursday, and yesterday commenced their offi cial duties in the Dock-yard. APPOINTWENTS.—Lieut. -Wm. Hobson, to the Tyne; Lieut. Andrew Baird, to the Fly ; Lieuts. Victor and Fynmore, R.M. to the Sybille, and Tamar, at Jamaica; Mr. Wm. West, Surgeon, to the Tyne. THE ARMY. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 29. MEMORANDA,—His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the Ist Regiment of Foot being permitted to resume its ori ginal designation cc First (or the Royal) Regiment of Foot," instead of the " First (or Royal Scots) Regiment of Foot."— His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the Ist (or the Royal) - Regiment of Foot bearing on its colours and appoint. ments, in addition to any other badges or devices which may have heretofore been granted to the Regiment, the words— " Egmont-op Zee," and " Sainte Lucie, in commemoration of the distinguished services of the Regiment at Egmont-op- Zee, on 2d October 1799 ; and of the diStinguished gallantry displayed by the 2d Battalion in the assault and capture of the fortress of Illorne Fortun e , i n t h e I s l and of Sainte Lucie, on 2d June 1803. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 7. ;min, - 2d Repiment of Dragoo n G uar d s, C apt. Charles Chitty, from half-pay 30th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Hickman Leland Rose, who exchanges. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Cornet and Lieuten an t Lord John B e nti nc k to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drummond, promoted in the Ist West India Refinient. Coldstream Regim en t o f F oot Guards, Lieut. rlumphrey St. John Mildmay to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purch ase , vice 'White, who retires ; Lieut. George Charles Grande) , Fitzhardinge Berkel e y, f rom h alf-pay of the Regiment, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mildmay ; Assist ant-Surgeon Sherington Gilder, from half-pay of the Regi ment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Septimus Worrell, wlio exchanges. 56th'Regh 7 nent of Foot, Lieut. Henry Edwards Hill to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gualy, promoted ; Ensign Robert Shaftoe Vicars to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice -Hill; Wil liam James Fraser, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, +ice Vicars. 79th Ditto, Lieut. Allan Cameron, from half-p a y D on ki ns Garrison Battalion, to be Paymaster, vine 111 4 Artbor, ex pet.- Seded. 2tl Weit India Regiment," Hospital-Assistant Malcolm Ritchie, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hugh Kelly, whose ap pointment has not taken place. - C_Ho &PI T AT, S Tar n—Assistan t-Surgeon Duncan Dockard to be Surgeon to the Forces; Hospital-Assistant James Chris. tie, from half-pav, to be Hospital-Assistant to the Forces, vice Robert Moir, who resigns. - BRE VET.— Colonel William Chabot, on half-pay 50th Foot, to be Major-General in the Army. - . On Monday last, th e 9l st regiment, and three squadrons of the 3d Dragoon Guards, were inspected on the Glasgow Gre6n by Major-General Sir T. Bradford. A party of flying artillery attended with two field pieces. A large crowd assembled to witness the evolutions. When the inspection wits over, the General declared himself highly satisfied with the excellent discipline and neat soldier-like appearance of the troops. As the 21st regiment are, by-and-bye, to sail for the Wcst Indies, the General was pleased to order that a number of the men be indulged with short furloughs. The Enniskillen dragoons will leave Dublin on Wednesday next for their former quarters. Ballinrobe, &c. On Monday last the 18th hussars and 19th lancers were disembodied at Newbridge barracks, ne ar N aas . Th ese exce ll ent regiments separated - with great regret. The 18th hussars, formerly the Drogheda light horse, were raised by the present Marquess of Drogheda near sixty years ago.—Upwards of 300 non-com missioned officers and privates, discharged from the army, agreeably to the King's or d er , on t h e 24 t h August, arrived in Dublin since Monday last, to be present at a Board at Kil. mainham, previous to an award of pensions being made for their services.—(Dublin Paper.) On Wednesday last a • troop of the 2nd Dragoon Guards arrived in this city from Burnley, and on the same day a com pany of the 77th foot from Rochdale. Both divisions marched yesterday morning, the cavalry for Newcastle, and the infantry , for Sunderland.—The 91st regiment, at present in the bar racks at Glasgow, is under orders for Jamaica. It is to be re lieved by the 77th, now in Sunderland barracks.—The inhabi tants of Newcastle are at present highly favoured-with the daily performance at the barracks of two of the finest military bands of music in his Majesty's service—those of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, and of the 7th regiment of. foot, or Royal Fuzileers. These perform alternately every evening from half-past 6 till 8 o'clock, during which time the gates of the extensive barrack yard are thrown open to the public.—(Durham Advertizer, Sept. 8.) THE WEATHER. (Extract from a Meteorological Journal for August 1821, kept at the Observatory of the Academy Gospdrt.) • The hot and clear sunny weather, which we have had the • greatest part of this month, has had more effect on the growing corn than the most experienced farmers could have anticipated ; and the wheat harvest commenced about the 20th in this neighbourhood. The mean temperature of the air for this month is 4 one. fifth higher than in August, 1820—and the mean temperature: of spring -water at A. M. is 53. 30., that is 1 one-fifth higher than in the preceding month. So sultry were the nights of the 22d, 23d, and 24th, that the self-registering thermometer did' not sink below 63 deg., In an exposed place, and on each of those days it rose to 80 deg. in the shade. The moderate rains till the 28th .were beneficial to the standing corn, anti to vegetation i n genera l ; b ut . f rom t h at time till the close of the month -- the weather was so wet as to cause a suspension of operations in the corn-fields ; indeed , in the moraiog of the 29th, 1 inch of rain fell here—the greatest quantity we have hitherto registered even in one day and night. From the hours in which the second 9uarter and full moon will : commence, there is reason to anticipate fair weather till the 18th of September : hence Agriculturists will have a chance of completing their harvest under favour. able circumstances--- - -and should the crops in other places turn out equal to those in Hampshire, there will be no grounds for farmers to complain that they are not favoured with at least • average crops : yet it must be acknowledged that they will no t be so abundant as in the two preceding' years, on account o the diminished mean te m p era t ure t hi s - year . f The atmospheric and meteoric phenomena that have come within our observation this month are-2 coloured parlielia, - 1 solar halo, 2 rainbows, 74 meteors of various sizes, in the evenings (many of them with trains), which have uniformly presaged wind and rain ; lightning in the evenings of the 6th, Bth, and 24th ; and six strong gales of wind, or days on which they have prevailed, viz. two from the east, one from the south. west, and three from the west. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—ThiS morning these Sessions commenced at Hicks's Hall, before Mr. CONST, Chairman, and a Bench of Magistrates. 'There is nothing very particular before the Grand Jury, merely the usual routine of presentments, assaults, &c. The Court was occupied during the morning with hearing assault charges, none of which possessed the slightest interest. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—About three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, Capt. GARDINER, smack owner, of this port, with a party of friends, set sail in a boat to drink tea on board his vessel, lying at anchor in the harbour. When about a quarter of a mile from the shore one of the women's bonnets was blown off, and in gibing the boat in order to get it (the wind blowing fresh, and the main sheet fast on the contrary side), the boat upset, by which dreadful accident the wife of Capt. GARDINER, his daughter, aged 13, an apprentice of the age of 17, and Mrs. MILES (who had a child in her arms about two years old), were unfortunately drowned. The Cap tain, his son, a youth of seven years of age, and an apprentice, together with another person, and Mrs. MILES'S child, were preserved from a watery grave by boats from the shore, which went in every direction to render assistance. This shock ing event was witnessed by a number of persons on the beach, who had seen the party embark.— The bodies only of Mrs. GARDINER and Mrs. MILES have been picked up.— (Ipswich Journal.) A letter from Barbadoes, dated July 24, to a gentleman in Bath, says, in a postscript—" After our ponds and cisterns being completely dry, and many wells failing in water for several mouths, a merciful Providencz has, in last night, bestow ed on us a plentiful supply (for present purposes at least,) reviving our depressed spirits ; and even our hopes." REGISTER OF FASHION. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of York .entertained a select party of distinguished personages, at York House, Stable-yard, St. James's. Mr. and Mrs. Coutts may almost be said to keep open house at Brighton, where they have a pretty constant succession of Friendly parties from London. Yesterday their Highnesses Prince Nicolas and Prince Paul Esterhazy, accompanied by Count Illetternich,, Count Joseph Esterhazy, Chevalier de kloret, Baroii Stermer, M. de Me mann, and others of their suite, _set out from Chandos House for the Priory, near Stanmore, to dine with the Earl and Coun tess of Aberdeen. t - • CowEs, SEPT. 7.-11'44. the .utmost. satisfaction we no ti ce the number of visitors thafdailz continue coming over to this part.of the island, and altlifitikli 'many Pamilieshave taken their departure latterly, their places have been filled up almost imme diately by others ;.• so that nearlyall the lodging houses are still in requisition, with the exception of one or tiva , only, the site of which, with other circumstances, preclude their being te nanted. • TING:INTELLIG_ ENCE. PONTEFRACT RACES, AVErilvEsniY, SEPT. 5. A Gold Cup, value 100g5.,. for - all ageS. Sir E. S. Dods-,Vorth's, ch. c. St. Patrick, 4 yrs old 1 Mr. Lacnbton's gr. c. Dunsinane, 4 yrs • • 2 Mr. Petre's br. c. Waverley, 4 yrs ' . • 3 Mr. Sykes's b. C. by Golumpus, 3 yrs . • • 4 The Foal Stakes of 30gs each; 10,gs ft. for three-yr_olds. Mr. llouldsworth.'s b. f. by Orville . walked over. Fifty Pounds, for all ages. • ' Mr. Ferguson's ch. f. Lady of the Vale, 4 yrs . 1 1 Mr. Bell's b. c. J e h u , 4 yrs • • • 4 2 Mr. Armstrong's b. c. by Cardinal York or Langton 5 3 Mr. Yarburugh' s br. f. Prim e Mi n i ster, 3 yrs . 2 4 Sir 11. Nelthorp e ' s br. f. 3 yrs . . • 3dr THURSDAY. A Sweepstakes of 20gs each, for 2 y r olds. Mr. Wyvill's b. fr NI archesa, sistdt to Nly Lady ' . 1 Colonel Croft's ch. f. by Comus . • . . 2 Mr. Houldsworth's ch. f. by Walton . . • ..• . 3 Mr. Wilson's b - . c. by Woful • -• . 4 Sweepstakes of 20 g s e ac h, wit h 20gs added, for 3 yr old fillies. Mr. Ifouldsworth'sb. by Orville . . I Sir J. Byn g ' s b. Niadona . Mr. Bell's b. by Fitz-Teazle . -- ' • • • The Ledstone Stakes of 25gs each, for 3 yr olds. Ld Milton's b. f. Amelia, by Raphael . . Mr. Wilson's b. c. by \Viiitelock •" . . • The Borough Members'vrate of 701. for all ages. Lambton's br. c. Borodino, 4 yrs old . *. Ferguson's ch. E Lady of the Vale, 4 yrs Ridsdale's ch. h. Swift, 5 yrs old - Houldsworth's b. c. Henry, 3 yrs Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Betting at Pontefract on the Doncaster St. Leger. 5 to 2 asst Gustavus 10 to 1 agst illy Lady sto 1 Spigot 11 to 1 Statesman 8 to 1 -- N ingt-un 17 to 1 —." Sandbeck. _ . WARWICK RACES, Tirtrnspalr, .SEPT. G. The Gold. Cup, value 100 gs,. and 200 gs added in specie, by 30 Subscribers at 10,gs each Mr. Charlton's b. h. Master Harry . . .. . • I Sir E. Smyth's bl. c . Gl eaner • . • air. West's b. h. Fitz Orville . . Z . . . Mr. Mytton' s gr . h. Claudius . ••- ••• • 4 • A capital race, and well contested. . ' 7 , -•• • - -- - .• Sweepstakes of Higs each, for 2 yr-olds. . -'' . ' 'Gen. Grosvenor's Betty Hint • . 1 . Mr. West's ch. f. by Pyldener . . . A very pretty sporting race. Sweepstakes of 10 gs ea t , f or 3 yr-O ld s. Mr. West's b. - t - Barbara, by. Fyldener • . . 1 Mr. Lawley's bl. f. by S orcerer . Mr. Dormer's b. c. Haddon, by Pericles . 8 Lord Newport's b. f. Rubm, by ltubchs . • • 4 • ~.. A Maiden Plate of .C5O, given by the Members for the Borough - . .:of Warwick. Mr. Wilkinson's b. f. by Crispin . • ~ • Mr. Sadler's b. c. Black' Legs . .. Mr. Griffith's ch. c. by Brigliadora .. . 31 r. Cooke's ch. m. Pomona • - . • . Dlr. Williams's ch. f. A m y . . This was an excellent race. - The Town Subscription of Fifty Pounds. Id-Starnford's b. c. Peter Lely . Mr. Pryse's gr. in. Undine Mr. Sadler's ch. f. Steeltrap . An admirable race. 2 - 2 3 3 The Annual Cricket Match between the Gentlemen of Ken. sington and Chelsea, for 500 guineas, will be played next Thurs. day in Mr. llamston's field, facing Kensington Workhouse. COURTS OF CONSERVANCY.—On Saturday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Conservancy at the Town-hall, Southwark, when he received the Report of the Jury appointed to examine the present state of the river Thames, particularly with respect to the gas establishments in the Middlesex district. The report stated, that "the nuisance from the establishment of the South London Gas Company still continued. The jury were so fortunate as to come on the spot at the precise time that the gas water was running into the river, which it contaminated to a visible, extent of at least thirty yards from the stream. They bottled some of it for experiment, and had found it poisonous to a most serious degree. The poor of the neighbourhood made loud complaints of the nuisance, and stated, that the water was rendered in general quite unfit fnr culinary pur poS'es. Some bottles of the gas water were pro duced for the inspection of the Lord Mayor. A juror stated, that when the jury went below they procured a quantity of live fish, eels and floun ders, which they put in a vessel containing a quantity of fresh water, and added a portion of gas Nvater to them. The result was, that all the eels died in les4 than four minutes and a half : the flounders died in a minute after they were put in. Another Court of Conservancy was held on the same day at the Swan Inn, Westminster bridge. The report of this Jury stated, that numerous witnesses had been examined on the subject of the gas. Some fishermen who had ob- tallied their living on the river from infancy, de clared that if the practice was not stopped, the fishing would be ultimately destroyed ; on passing the gas works they had had the fish in the wells of their boats destroyed at one time by the gas water. The report further stated, that the Jury had caused the bed of the river close by the Vauxhall-bridge to be dragged, when they found the rubbish brought up strongly impregnated with the residuum discharged from the gas works. The Lord Mayor ordered prosecutions against the parties offending. Sir CHARLES OGLE, Bart. has made a third donation of 201. and has sent a very acceptable present of old linen, for the use of the County Hos pital.—( Hampshire Chronicle.) Cffn.rtas—Lo r d Henry Seymour, from Oxford, for Cowes, in the Isl e o f Wi g ht; E arl Howe, from Atherstone, for Sud bury; Mrs. Milward, from Lower Brook-street, for Bushy Park, Herts ; Lord A r th ur C a l t h orpe, from Grosvenor-.square, for Ryde, in the Isle of Wight;, Mr. Thomas Willett, jun. for Holley Grove, near Bushey; Earl of Bridgwater, from Here ford, ibr Salop ; Colonel and Mrs. - Luttrell, from Brighton, for Ramsgate; Mr. William Haldimand.; M P. from Grosvenor street, for Ipswich ; Mr. and Mrs. Graroshaw, for Portsmouth ; Mr. George Byng, M. P. from Wrotham Park, near Barnet, for town; Major-General Sir Robert Wilson, for Paris; Earl of Chichester, from Brighton for Lewes; 111. Cholmondeley, on a tour. DEPARTURES.—CampbeII 111 ajo ri banks , Esq., and Mrs. Majoribanks, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square, for Leeds. ARRivAr.s.—Count Balmain, Aid-de-Camp to his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, and Countess Bahrain and family, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from St. He lena ; Sir John Buchan, Bart., and Lady Buchan, at ditto, from France. 2 3 3 ; 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 4 • 5 4 THE THEATRE. On Saturday evening a new melo-drame was brought forward at Drury-lane Theatre, under the title of Geraldi Duval, or The Banditti of Bo hemia. The story of this piece was derived from one of Mrs. OPI E'S tales, and bad been pre viously introduced at the Surrey Theatre, under the name of The Ruffian Boy. The following is an outline of the fable Ge ra idi Du va l (-'Jr. COOPER) has aspired to the hand of Ethelind, Countess of Altenberg iSS SMITHSON), but is re jected with disdain. - In revenge, he attempts her life, but is prevented ; convicted of the crime, branded, and condemned to perpetual imprisonment. After six years' confinement he succeeds in effecting his escape. Hi s fi rst s t ep i s to unite him self with a b an d of- robbers, who elect him their chief. From that moment he devotes all his energies to revenge on Ethelind, the cause of his punishment and infamy. She is become the wife of Count Altenbe:g (Mr. BAnyAuD) a Bohemian Noble man, and as he is beloved by Ethelind, both are included by Duval in his dreadful purpose.. In the disguise of a be_ggar he gains access to th e gar d en o f C ount Al tenberg, finds Ethelind alone, and reveals his design, but awes her by the most dreadful threats into concealment. Altenberg is next, b3r a stratagem, led into the neighbourhood of the robbers'cave, when he is attacked, wounded, and thrown into a pldce of security. Duval himself then heads the enterprise of carrying off the Countess, and she is brought into the same cave with her husband,whereDuval had de termined to consummate his revenge by destroying-them both with.his own hand.- They find a friend, however, in Barbara (Mrs. EGERT 0 x) the wife of Sternholf (Mr. SMITH) one of the princi pal robbers, who determines, if potsible, to save them. The de sign is 'Sitspected, and she is ordered to leave the cavern, but contrives-to conceal herself, a nd g i ves h er cloak and hat to ount Altenberg, who escapes unperceived. Meantime Ethelind is brought in insensible in the arms of. Duval, who waits only for her recovery to resider her conscious of her approaching fate, ,and then to plunge his dagger in her breast. A clock stands in the cave, the hand of which points to within a few , minutes of Midnight, and Ethelind is informed that - its striking will be her death knell. At the moment he is about-to strike, Count Al tenberg having raised his vassals, appears in the back ground of the cavern, and Duval falls‘by a pistol shot. ••• ThiS piece is another- sacrifice to the depraved _taste of the limes, which seems to delight in the horrific, in dramatit composition and theatrical performance. Simple nature, genuine feeling and probability, appear to be utterly disregarded in both. Modern tragedies are calculated tc terrify and astound the imagination rather than to im prove the heart ; and modern acting is spreading the .contagion of affected familiarity and stiff den transitions, with all the concomitants of tap, scratch, and howl. The piece of Saturday is like numberless others of a similar description, which abound with woods, caverns, explo sions, &c. &c., and. which have been repeated too frequently to make a powerful impression.— It would be a waste of time to enter into a critical analysis of the present work, and to ask how the base born son of a peasant should pretend to be a suitor to a high-born Lady,- and resent her re jection, or how the menacing Assassin should So easily gain admission into a palace and a gar den ; and what had become of all the numerous servants, when such intrusions took Phfce, -and when danger was constantly apprehended ?- It is,' however, but justice to the performers•iti-ge neral to say that the piece wanted no support of theatrical merit; and it may be properly added, that it is some indication of improving taste;* that the manly and natural style of COOPER'S atting haS evidently raised him in general estimation. Madame CATALAN! gave her first Concert on Saturday evening, at the Assembly Rooms, in Ship-street, Brighton, which vy. or.tendeti oy-all the rank and fashion at present there. DESTRUCTIVE VIRE IN GRACECHURCH-STREET. —Between two and three o'clock yesterday morning, a destructive fire broke out in the back part of the premises of Mr. Riant, cheesemonger, the - corner of White hart-court, Gracechurch street. The flames soon reached the house of Mr. Fossick, umbrella-maker, and then communi cated to the extensive premises of Messrs Pew tress and Low, stationers, and to those of Mr. Bull, linew.draper. In less than an hour, the whole line of buildings was one body of fire; the engines from all quarters of the town were collected with the greatest expedition, and hay. ing been put in motion, the firemen played with extraordinary exertion. The devouring element was then spreading its ravages to the premises of Messrs. Masterrnan and CO. bankers, -it having already caught the Quakers' Meeting-house, which is adjoining, and was enveloped in flames notwithstanding the promptitude of the firemen: The roof of Messrs. Masterman's house was con siderably damaged, and also that of Messrs. Spooner, Atwood, and Co. the bankers. The church of St. Benedict, at the co ner of Fenehurch-street, was filled with various property, and butter and cheese were piled to a great height on the pavement; unhappily, whilst two firemen belonging to the London Assurance, named Joseph Round and William. Perkins, and another man, whose name we could not learn, were strenuously exerting themselves to extricate some property from the house of Mr. Riant, the roof fell in, and all three were buried underneath. Round was soon after taken out - with his skull fractured, and his thigh bro ken ; he was conveyed to the hospital, but died soon afterwards. The other two were quite dead. By the exertion of the firemen; - the flames were subdued by ten o'clock, but not till the premises of Mr. Riant, Mr. Fossick, Messrs. Pewtress • and Low, Mr. Bull, and the Quakers' Meeting house were entirely reduced to ruins. We have not been able to ascertain the cause of the con'- flagration, neither have we learned what quail. tity of property has been destroyed, hut we should consider it to be immense. We were in formed the parties are all insured. Many other houses were slightly damaged. DREADFUL FIRE THIS MORNING.—About five o'clock this morning a dreadful fire broke out at the house of Mr. MyEns . , pencil-maker, 37, Princes-street, Soho, which in less than twenty minutes consumed the whole, and greatly da maged the houses on the opposite side of the street. At one time the house of Mr. Clinet, stationer, was on fire, but by his timely and incessant exertions it was put out, although the window frame and curtains of his bed-room were on fire. It is not exactly known how many lives were lost.l Mr. Myers and oue of his sons jumped out of the second floor window, were dangerously wounded, and carried to the hospital ; another of his sons is missing, and it is feared fell a prey to the devouring element. The whole of the house was let out in lodgings; and many poor families are now in the Church yard, without having saved the least article, some without clothes on. t L\