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SIIIPN:tWS. LOSS OF. THE ABEONA TRANSPORT. LPURIXEII. PARTICULAIIS. — i — it is • with th 1 / 3 °B t Poignant regret- we have to communicate the au Oancholy fate of the Aberrna transport of tGTI s, under the charge of Lieutenant MunoE, of vi el -lloyalNavy, which sailed from Greenock in etoberlast, with settlers for the Cape of Good 110-pe. On the 25th of Nusieinber, about noon, in latitude 4 deg. 30111 1 n. North, and longitude 25 deg.3o nit n. West, the Abeona tinf ortunattly caught fire, and was bnr,nt,under circumstances °f the most awful and distressing nature. Out of- a crew Of Persow, and 141 emigrants, men, NA'nmeii, and children n ' a hing a total •uf 161 persos, folly '43 ale saved. These are hapi,i;} ail safely landed at 1,13 1 )on, awl have suhsequentl . t sailed in the Royal Charlotte, merchant brig., for Greenock, except 10 orphan boys, whom the Gentlemen of the Billfish r4e t () TY, at Lisbon, have talen snider their kind protection. Ale fire broke out in the after store-room, whilst the Chief 114 te was occupied in some necessary business there ; and s► 'cll was the awful progress of the flames, ,that mrly 3 small I,oats could he got overboard, helot e the flames consumed the 1441 ", k• c. necessary fir hoisting out the tong, boat. In three three small boats forty-nine Persons werr rcceivud ' °4 haard with so scanty a supply of provisions, that the conse 94 'ni:ts must hate been almost tgtt t 1 y dreadful with the tin . ti n'tly fate of those left on board, had not a Portuguese ship ft°ol ßalii4, hound to Lisbon, ►cost providentially fallen in *l th them at dav-light next mor ning, and received them on in whit:loller ;vete safety and hospitably conveyed to ''' 44 ll, after cruising ahout the fatal spot tilktrurn, in hopes " f 'd ,, teron t : some of the miserahle sufferers who might have t;hli i4' to part of the wreck, but without staxe;s. °f a crew consistinz of 21 persons, 14 are saved,. including ti MOnant Mudge, the Agent ; Mr. Fisher, the Surgeon ; the M aster 91 the ship; the Second Mate ; the First Mate, in The most feiling manner, refusinz to go into the boats, saying 414 1 he Wouid abide the fate f those left on hoard. tl'.e ti it rants , consisting in all of 31 litn, 24 women, . 55 , n d 30 girls,'only 10 men, three women, 16 boys,and girls are caved Lilts Of 'the persons saved have been sent to the Chief Ma gistres r>fClisisgow and Greenock for the information of the f.rienas of the respective parties in that country, and having betll favoured with a copy thereof (from official authority), Pthhsh the same fir the satisfaction of those in England may have had friend; or relations on board this ill-fated Vtss e t , NAMES or• PERSONS SAVED. lie it. 'Mudge, Agent, R.N.; Mr. Fisher. Surgeon, R.N ; Mr. Jai - ars Pritchard, Maste'r ; Mr. Lodi, Second Mate ; Mr. S ages, Carpente'r, leA tN—Bastoo, Mains, Jordan, Lawson, Reece, Paterson, l itmderson, Edwards (boy), and Robinson (boy). El ll GaA.N . rs—Waiter Kay, Colin *Lire'', Thomas Reid, Ellett Baltardie„John Chit*, John Nl'Ltan, Hector Ninn- "e, James Bright, Catherine Kay (woman), Catherine Barrie Niary Barrie (girl), Isa. Freeland (girl), Mary Nijsaac • ( ; 41 ), James M'Lucky (boy), Thomas Barrie (bny), Georg (boy), Williat Barrie (boy), Robert Barrie `(boy), Archibald Barrie (boy), Alexander Barrie (boy), Lindsay I'dttrson (boy), Coarles Coverly (boy), Thomas Core! ly Alexander Bain (boy), Jolla Bain (boy), and William I risaac (boy). PAsse.xi..itas---Boswell (man), Bottam (man), Nary Suffield rwti,“3l.), Isabella Boswell (woman), Chailiute'StiOeltl . I sAr lla Boswell (girll,GiqirgeSuffield (boy), Thomas Sat*ld - and William Boswell (boy). PORTSnat7TII, JAN. H.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Hind from a ertnze. Sailed the Eurapd, Talbert. far London. HAFturietr, .Ixlv. 1 t .—Put hack the Lord Nelson and Lord Zuttcau packets for Cuxhaven; and Thetis, do., for Gotten hurgih, MaNTßose, JAN. Sisters, Watt, of Kincardine, Riga for Hull, carve on shore last night about half a mile south of bur Ness ; crew - saved, but the vessel and cargo will be completely liist. PLvsetount, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Silva, Hill, from Dublin fOr London, witli loss of mainmast and foremast tpritng. FALZIOUTII, JAN. 9.-L-Arrived off this Port the Stitedy, Siovilis, from Lisbon, in 7 days. W EYMnUTp, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Hagland, Kollberg, • h 'rn Hyeres, steps Toulon, leak;, and with loss of anchor kid cable. DAATMOUTII, JAN. 10.—The Skylark remains in the same t) i thation, and seems to have received no injury in the late tkles; if the weather should moderate she may be got off in 4 : k w days. D EAL, JAN. 11.—The weather continues very thick, con 2'lliently we cannot learn the name of the vessel on shore.— flown from the Hirer the Neptune, Absolan, for Per• . . na 'lltmc o; Progress, Talbert, for Honduras; Peters4urgli packet, T ea t, for Bourdeaux; Nelson, Falkin, for Jamaica; Nosten, for Havre; Lavinia, Brooks, for Pernam "" ; and Thomas and Mary, Standiland, for Charente ; they • l' "t sailed with the whole of the outward. bound. Arrived 44 4 tailed for the River the Loyalty, Atkinson, for Jamaica ; "a Nimble, Milne, for Cadiz. Letters from Lisbon, of the 29th ult. state, That the election of Deputies to the Cortes ter urinated throughout the' kingdom on the 24th, ' 4 1.1 that nearly all have been on the popular side 14 the exclusion of the nobility. The day for ' , , s4 etnbling the Cortes had been postponed to the .7 0th of January. he Amsterdam Courant of the 6th inst. has e following :—" By accounts from Arnham, of ii .A.4th, we find that tie, rivers in all that pro -I,lce are haM frozen, so that the Rhine is pass ,.,l°,lt in some places by heavily loaded waggons. t lhe account s f rom o th er pl aces s t a t e , e ith er th a t "e.riv ers are hard, frozen, so as to be passed in' Safety, or full of floating ice"—(Ainsterdain Cott 74nt, Jan. 6.) s OMPLETE RADICALS. --. We think Messrs. "VEWRIGIIT S , the Contractors for the present P°Pnlar Lottery, ought to be termed Complete Tanks, as th e y h ave a l most ext i ngu i s h e d lanks, made double the Number of Prizes there usually are,and given the unprecedented Number 'tf Nine 21,000 Prizes ! In fact, such a . I Tadical Reform in the Lottery System has been , 4 2 1 rPoted; that they deserve well of their Coun and no doubt, they will be rewArded, and soon.; as th e D r a w i ng b eg i ns the Ai, the 1 , 1 •43 r when Pa r li amen t mee t, on w hi c h d ay, at AtaEt. i t=ree e e 21,000 must be drawn. FOR THE EniToa---isiotwithstan ling the many im pr • meats of every kind that have ht-en illtl-o duced in this Country', since the time of STER.NH, it may atilt be said, with this facetious writer, that, in some particu'ars, " they manage things better in France." Aniong the plans Which gave me most pleasure during the course of a late tour through that country, was that adopted to form a permanent fund for the relief of the poor. It is the practice of almost 'every tra veller in that kingdorn to complain loudly of the anno3ance he ,experiefices front the host of beggars that surround his carriage 'at every post, and nothing can be indeed more Un pleasant than the varied tones upOh which the words CluiriV,s'il vous plait, are continually rung It is concluded from this, that in your ears. France is overrun with paupers; but those who have seen much of that country, must know that this conclusion. , when drawn generally, is cer tainly erroneous. On the northern roads, and in large towns, this is indeed most frequently the case; bin in the less frequented carts, and in deed almost throughout the South, you arc no more annoyed by beggars than in England. if some children run fo - - a while_along the side of your carriage, their claims upon your compassion are so much weakened by their healthy and well fed appearance, that the most - compassionate do not hesitate to give a refusal, which appears to be but little felt by the mendicant urchins. whose object in chacing you, as I have observed more than once to be the case, seems as much their own amusement as the hopes of obtainipg a few so/s. In France, however, or every where else, every considerable town contains many beings whose existence depends solely upon the charitable donations of their more wealthy fellow-subjects. But in France the maintenance of these helpless people is not exacted from the housekeeper, nor levied upon the profits of the industrious culti ' vator. Besides thy money devoted to this laud able purpose in various ways by the wealthy, and •in addition to the sums arising from the weekly collections in places of public worship, and that which is found in . the troncs or poor boxes, hung up in all the churches, a consider able sum is nightly gathered i❑ every place of public amusement throughout the whole extent of the country. in addition to the price of ad mission to plays, balls, concerts, panoramas, &c. a small tax, proportionate to the price paid, is imposed, the amount of which is applied to the service of the poor ; hence not only this burden -falls upon those who are best able to bear it, but every individual who lays out something for his own amusement, enjoys at the same time the pleasing reflection that he contributes his mite towards alleviating the distresses of his fellow creatutes. Surely such an example is worthy of imitation! Aud at a time, when to ease the bur thens which the most imperious necessity has imposed, and must continue to _impose, upon the population of this country, should be the priu-. cipal object, as it must be the most pleasing em ployment of every truly patriotic Statesman, the possibility of adopting any measure that can tend, in some degree, to relieve the Agriculturist from the oppressive weight of the Poor Laws, as they now exist, should be considtred as a matter of the highest importance by our Legislators, to whose wisdom the present appeal is made, and from whose well-directed efforts the country anticipates with confidence the most fortunate results. Paddington House. A. P. At a Meeting of the Worcestershire Agricultu ral Association, for the protection of Agriculture, on the 30th ult., Resolutions were entered into, stating—That the distress under which the Agricultural Interests of this Country has -long been labouring, has during the last year most ra pidly and alarmingly increased—That there seemed no prospect of relief till the cause of the present distress under which the whole commu nity is suffering, be fully ascertained—That it is the duty of Parliament immediately to enter into a full inquiry, with a view of applying an ade quate remedy, as longer delay must produce the total ruin of the Agricultural Interest, and put it out of the power of Parliament itself to avert the impending danger—That Petitions founded upon the Resolutions, be drawn up, and that another meeting be held for the purpose of taking such Petitions into consideration. On the 4th instant the Archbishop of Boua- BEAUX blessed, in grand pomp, the bed-quilt which is to be presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of BOURDEAUX, in the name of the City of Bourdeaux. Captain STEVE:Cr:9N has resigned the situatioi of Master of the Ceremonies at Leamington, o the ground of ill health ; and a Mr. STENTON bas commenced an active canvass in the hope of sac c.eeding him.—Other Candidates are expected to offer. Pitched Corn Markets, toll free, are now esta blishing in several of the principal towns in the West of England, which are already numerously attended by the neighbouring farmers. At the late public dinner, given at Chester to the Duke of WELLINGTON, the following toast was drank :—" The Memory of the late Sir Henry Walton Ellis, and all the brave men who fell so gloriously at Waterloo." When this toast was given, the illustrious Hero seemed deeply affected by the recollections which it called up. FAT SHEEP.-Three three-year-old wethers, and two ewes, were lately slaughtered at Ciren cester, which weighed, Ist wither, 601bs. per quarter ; 2a ditto, 541bs ; 3d ditto, 511bs. ; Ist ewe, 431bs. per quarter; .2d ditto, 391bs. These sheep were bred by Mr. E. Wood, of Dry Lease, Siddington, near Cirencester, and fed on grass, hay, and turnips only. BISHOP OF EXETER. [Pro;yl the Exeter Post, . „ We announced in our last paper that is con sequence of the inclemency of the, weather, the usual public reception of the Loan BISHOP of this Dioc'etie. on his first arrival in this City, by the Right Worshipful the Mayor and Chamber, &c. was unavoidably given up ; but the weather proving more favourableson Thursday morning,lt was delermined to receive hiS Lordship with the customary forms and ceremonies as first intebd ed. At three o'clock on ThurSday afternoon his . Lordship was met, near SuMmerland,place, _ _ by the Master and Children of the Episcopal Charity Schools, and hiS Lordship's 'carriage having stopped, the senior boy, ROBERT GAR -1:ASro; addressed hini in the following Speech, which he delivered in a clear and deliberate Laurier ".11r LonnL.WE, the poor Charity Children of this City' and Parish of St. 'Thomas the Apostle, do most humbly beg leave to congratulate your Lordship on:your happy arrival in you'r Diocese, and implore that your Lordship would be a Pa tron unto us.—We are in number 250, clothed and educated by the charity of the good people of this City, and 'of the said Parish of St. the Apostle, at first prompted fher . eto by the kind persnasiOn and good example of Bishop Blackall, one of your LOrdship's predecessors, and encouraged and aaimated in the sane good design by all his successors• May their memories be for ever blessed l—The same good ProvidenCe which at first raised these schools has continued them fur 111 years, during which period, some thousands of poOr children 'have been instructed by their benefactors in the duty they owe to GOd and to their neighbours, and many of theho are now living comfortably in the world, industrious Mcinbers of Society, true to the Church, and loyal to the King.—This, my Lord, is the state of us, who now entreat your Lordship's blessing and protection.—May your Lordship enjoy long life and full health to govern the Church." The Right Rev. Prelate replied in the most kind and condescending terms, regretted the in convenience incurred by the children in this in clement weather, expressed his satisfaction on reaching his Diocese, and assured them he would patronise their schools as his predecesors had done. He also presented the boy with a guinea. His Lordship's carriage then moved on to East gate, where, at the house of the Rev. C. Collyns, Master of the Free Grammar School, who accompanied him into the city, he was met by the Mayor, Common Council, and Incorpo rated Trades. After remaining here about half an hour, the civic procession was again formed, and the Bishop having taken his station on the Mayor's left hand, proceeded to the Cathedral on foot. At Broad-gate, the principal entrance to the Close, or. Precinct of the Church, his Lordship was met by the Precentor, Sub-Dean, Chancellor, Canons, Prebends, Lay Officers of the Ecclesiastical Court, and Choir ; and the Mayor introduced him to the Precentor. With this addition to the procession they advanced down the Yard to the Cathedral.; the Civic body en tered the Church, the Dignitaries and Choir re turned to the Chapter-house through the Clois- tens, whilst his Lordship retired - into Bishop Grandison's Chapel (which is between the real and apparent front of Church) to robe. Be ing attired in his episcopal habit, he was, the►► conducted to the Chapter-house, and introduced by Mr. Precentor Bartlam, to the other Digni taries ; after which they returned through the Cloisters to the West entrance, preceded by the Choir. On his Lordship's entering the Church, the organ and choir commenced the Te Deurn, and confirmed it . as the procession advanced up the nave into the choir, where his Lordship took his episcopal seat, and the afternoon service commenced at a rmarter past four. During the anthem (from Handel, including his Hallelujah chorus),the Bishop seemed muchimpressed with the powerful tones of our noble organ. The Cathedral was well lighted up, and the effect of the whole was grand and 'impressive. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 11.—There will be Congre gations on the following days of the Lent Terrn Saturday Jan. 20, (bachelors' Commencement). Wednesday Jan. 24, at eleven. Wednesday Feb. t 4, at eleven. Wednesday Feb. 28, at eleven. Wednesday Mar. 14, at eleven. Friday April 6, at ten. (M.A. Inceptors.) Friday April 13, at ten. (End of Term.) SIR WILLIAM BROWNE'S MEDALS.—Subjects for the present year : FOR THE GREEK ODE : 'SZ•rzavas o'TirE,o3opzos. FOR THE LATIN ODE : MARIA Scotorztrn Regina. FOR THE EPIGRAMS : Ez'ocgEv al.ta o•roucisagcay. PORSON PRIZE.—The passage fixed upon for the present year is, SHAKESPEARE, OTHELLO. Act I. Scene 111. OrHL`LLu's Apology: Beginning with ,duel till she comes, as -truly as to Heaven." And ending with '• Here comes the Lady, let her witness it." The metre to be Tragicuw lantbieum Trimetrum Acata leeticum. The following Gentlemen were ordained a Buckdeti. on Sunday the 31st ult. by,the Lord Bishop of Lincoln ; DEACONS. William Peel, B. A. Brasenose Colic4e, Oxon. James Boardman Cartwright, B. A. Queen's College, Camp Charles Tlpirnas Glad win, S.C.L. Jesus College, 'Cambridge Thomas Pearse, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. Joseph Dodsworth, Lineohi College, Oxon. Robert Wood, literate. James Carr, literate. By Lett. Liint.from Bis.'op of Durhant. PRIESTS. Hon. Charles George Perceval, Christ Church, Oxon. Bohr' t Burnaby, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. 11 illiam Ward, ILA. Queen's College, Cambridge. J. Bainbridge Smith, Curate •.,f Grcethani, Lincolnshire. Edward Grose Smith, B. A. Caius C;illege, Cambridge. Richard Conington, B.A. Lincoln College, Oxon. _ _ The lion. Charles George Perceval has been instituted to the Rectory of Calverton, Bucks, on the presentation of his father, Lord Arden. Lady Hon sous;, at her seat, Whitton Park, near Twickenham . , entertained 'the neighbour hood on. Tuesday last withan .:elegaut ball ,and supper. - • . FOR. TILE SUN. DERBY COUNTY MEETING. Ma..Eol.cort--"-As you will probably receive for insertion an account of the Public_ Meeting held at ihrhy. this day, the Requisitionists pre sent, with Myself, feel, it our duty' to send you a literal statement of ;what took place upon that occasion, which we defy any person- present to contradict. ~ A Requisition for a County Meeting was most numerously and respectably signed for the ‘C sole purpose of assuring his MAJESTY of. our loyalty, and unalterable attachment to our glorious Con stitution." It was the most earnest wish of those who framed the Address founded upon this Re quisition, to avoid the insertion of a single word which could justifiably provoke political difference or discussion; and so far from intending to express any sentiment Which would be objectionable to any person 'of common loyalty, we solemnly de clare, that if we had heard that his MAJESTY had called other Ministers to his Councils, we shoUld'haVe been equally anxious to make this public expreSsion of our principles, which were intended as a contrast to those detestable opi nions which are so zealously and generally incul—. Cated by traitors and revolutionists, and whicit tend not only to bring the Throne and the Le gislature, not only the Aristocracy and Gentry without any exception of party, but even the Judgment Seat and the Altar into contempt an& degradation. We entered the County Hall with an Address in, strict unison with these principles,,when im mediate uproar and confusion commenced with nut intermission, and the attempts of the Higit Sheriff himself to restore order Were utterly fruitless. It is but justice to the Duke of DE VONSHIRE to declare, that he exerted himself. to the utmost to procure a hearing for the Mover and Seconder of the Address, but in vain. The Requisitionists did me the honouk to, name me to propose the Address„and I did ultimateLy offer a few words to the Meeting, which were utterly inaudible, and not one word of the Address could be collected but by the immediate bystanders. His Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE. then came forward, and an immediate hearing was obtained. for him. He proposed an amended Address, the matter of which was totally extraneous to the " sole object" for which the Meeting was called. The clamour was so much increased upon the in troduction of the QUEEN'S name, that all appeal to argument was utterly hopeless, and the Re quisitionists, and those Gentlemen who were prepared to support the Address, were ulti mately . compelled to withdraw to another place, for the' purpoSe of entering their solemn Protest against such disgraceful and riotous preiceedings, and of drawing up an Address to his, MAJEsTY in the precise words of the original Address, which we earnestly invite all loyal and well affected persons to sanction by their signatures. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, GY.O. CREWE, Ch»irman of a Meeting of the Requisitionists, held at this place immediately alter retiring from the County Hall. King's Head, Derby, Jan'. 8, ;821. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, JAN. 11, 1331. 0 to 1 ngst Prudence 2 to 1 agst Gustavus 3 to I agst Charn► I 16 to 1 agst Morel 17 to 1 agst Joke I '2O to t agst Parasol. OAKS. sto 1 ;lot Mv Lady I 3to 1 agst Emily sto ‘2 agst Sister to Steel- 10 to 1 agst Zeal. trap SAINT LEGER. to i agsl Jacl. Spigot. MONUMENT TO SHAKSPEARE.—A general meet ing of the inhabitants of Stratford-on-Avon and its neighourhood was held on the lgth' ult. to con sider the propriety of erecting at Stratford a Na tional Monument in the form of a Theatre, to the memory of the "Bard of Avon." A Committee was appointed to digest a plan, who are to correspond with a Loudon Committee ; the celebrated Mr. Mathews, with Mr. Bunn, Manager of the Birmingham Theatre,. and . Mr. Crisp, Manager of the Cheltenham and other Theatres, addressed the meeting at some length, and appeared very zealous for the exe cution of the design. It is thought that ample funds will be found; his Majesty's patronage is confidently expected. Mr. Bunn informed, the Meeting, that the very spot on which Shakspeare spent his latter days, and breathed his last, was now to be bought. It appeared that a piece of ground about. 85 feet by . 45 feet was necessary, and this identical piece precisely corresponds with such exigency. Simplicity of a .Female Prisoner.--The late Counsellor E n, Chairman of the Quarter Ses sions of - the Co. Dublin, was so rernarkablefor his lenity to Women, that a female prisoner was seldom convicted in his Court. During the time the hu mane Barrister presided,a prim-looking woman was put to the bar of the Commission Court, at which presided the equally humane, though, perhaps, not so gallanl, Baron S—. She was indicted for uttering forged Bank-notes. According to usual form of law, the Clerk of the Crown asked the prisoner if she was ready to take her trial ? 'With becoming disdian, she answered, No'.—She was told by the Clerk,she must 'give her reasons why. As if scorning to hold conversation with the fellow, she thus, addressed his Lordship— "My Lord, I won't be tried here at all. I'll be tried by my Lord E ." The simplicity of the woman, coupled with the well-known charac ter of E .caused a roar of laughter in the Court, which even the Bench could not re sist. Baron S , with his usual mildness, was about to explain the impossibility of her being tried,by the popular Judge,and said---" lle Can't try you—," when the woman stopped him short, and with an inimitable sneer, exclaiined=7-" Can't try me ! 1 beg your pardon, my Lord, *e tried me twice before." She was tried, however; and for the third time acquitted