The Sun. — London, England, 1821-03-23 00:00:00

cottpleting tie chain of information relative to the Revolution in Piedmont, and the latter Ex tract; furnishing intelligence from Naples, which demonstrates the perfect unanimity subsisting " I ° l ' 7 , the Neapolitans, and their undaunted re solution to resist with all their means the unjust aggressors of their Country. StetLy.—We have reason to think, that although it is the intention of the British Go- vernment to observe a most strict neutrality in the war between Naples., and Austria, it is likely that they will, in the present aspect. of affairs on the Continent, deem it prudent to resume the occupation of Sicily. It is to us a matter of great surprise that the convention entered into be tween Naples and Austria, and which was men tioned by Lord' Wit,stAm BENTINCK in a recent debate, was unknown to Lord CASTLLREAGH I It was certainly a breach of faith on the parr of Naples to have entered into that Treaty ; and it is highly creditable to Lord WIL L I-km BENTINGK, that lie spoke out, without re serve, on a point of so much importance to the character and honour of this Country. We are afraid Captain ROMEO is not the only indi ridual whose claims have been neglected by the Neapolitan Government ; for we believe that the respectable individual, who was the PRIMARY cause of the redemption of the Sicilians from sla very, remains. unrequited, and that he has not received any indemnification for the losses he Sustained, by the great sacrifices which he ho nourably .and disinterestedly made to achieve that 'most humane and important object. PIEDMONTESE.--It is now admitted by an tve,ning Paper, to which we recently alluded, that the Prince de CARIGNAN is no longer at the bead of the" insurgents_,"- as the Sardinian troops Were disrespectfully termed by some of our co trnporaries, but that he has been by his Sove reign appointed THE REGENT of the Kingdom.— The principles of this Illustrious Prince have Ong been known throughout the diplomatic cir cles.' Ile is not only a favourite with the people -- --but with the army—arid at the same time he possesses the confidence of his Sovereign. It is ilkewise admitted that the Piedmontese troops Were to move. on the approach of the Austrians towards Naples—and we have no doubt but that there 1 5 a perfect understanding between the Regents of the two Kingdoms. • Tan, LoTTEny.—This morning the following entlemen waited on the CHANCELLOR of the ', 7 , 1c 1" , (47En. to treat for 20,000 Lottery Tickets. -k h e soal e d biddings delivered in, and opened by the Minister, were:— . Mr. ROUSE " 13ISH SPIEWIUGHT . , 12 18 7 13 1 9 13 1 CARROLL' - 1 2 0 Messrs. HAZARn & Co. 12 12 0 When : the Gov.ernor of the Bank opened the Minister's sealed Letter, which stated, that Lord LIVERPOOL and himself had determined not to a ccept less than 131. 10s. per ticket.—The Gen tlemen are to attend again on Monday.—On I "ving the room, Mr. Roust asked the CLIAN "tr-OR of the EXCHEQUER if it was to be under .Bt°°d that 131. 10s. per ticket was his minimum illi ce; to which he replied, that 131..105. was his P4illimum price. NfriPril k DUTIES.—We present our readers d t - 1 1 fourth portion of the evidence on this sub (StlPplement, No. IV.), to which we intreat th at r Particular attention, as it will convince them dt it . t tl'e recommendation of the Committee to re- IlarC t ; t he duties on foreign wood, however conso trltdo • may be with the modern principles of Up on , 4 0(.1 commerce, is not, at least, founded Valit: a l e expectation of any real and positive ad to this country,satisfactocily demonstrated 14 3 ; r` ", u eniable testimony. To-morrow we shall the t, Supplement, . in another Suppleent, the remainder of a nd ev idence a n d p a p e rs aomprized in the report appendix of the Committee, with some gene 40°, bservations them, an also some irate- Papers not i nclude d in th d e former. VV. e find that th e chief Opposition Paper still ..ou:stinatelYPerseveres in its attempts to involve ; I na Coun try in warfare. The General Orders 2 . ° 11 1 the H orse Guards, proh ibi t i ng all O ffi cers 0 1din g C ommissions in his MAJ ESTY'S Service 1 ." rum enlisting in Foreign States, is an exem plification of - the neutrality which Ministers "v* resolved to maintain on the present con test between Austria and Naples. In the pre 4nt state of this Country Ministers have thus ac ted wisely, as even their opponents ought to ?let, ledge, since they are p er p e t ua ll y corn - Ttlulning the national distress, though with Weir usual consistency they recommend an in bterference in the disputes of other States, which ght draw on us a u i ncalculable addition to the arthen of taxation by which we are already 4*arly overwhelmed. cte are obli ge d to omit this day our Daily xtras from the LONDON JOURNALS. , 1 4 Ile KIN G h onoured the Concert of Ancient "%sic with his" presence on Wednesday,. for the rlerst time since his accession to,the throne ) at, " iiitnover-square Concert Rooms. ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS. At a GENERAL MEETING of the Committee (appointed by several of the Protestant Inhabitants of various Denomi- nations of the Cities of London and Westminster, and their Environs, in December last, to attend the progress of the Petitions which were to be presented by them to both Houses of Parliament during the last Sessions, against the Catholic Claims,) held this Fifteenth Day of November, One Thou sand Eight Hundred and ' T hirteen, at the London Tavern, STEPHEN' CATTLEY, Esq. in the Chair; The Chairman reported, that in pursuance of the Resolu tions of the General Committee, Mr. BENSLEY, Mr. ATOM.. sox, and himself, had waited on Lord Eldon, with the Peti tion to the House of Lords against the Catholic Claims; signed by Sixty-one Thousand, Seven Hundred and Forty-five Per sons, whose places of residence were set opposite to their Signe• tures, and that his Lordship had presented it to the House.— That a similar Petition to the House of Commons, subscribed in like manner by Sixty Thousand, Eight Mildred and Forty-six Persons, had been presented to that branch of the Legislature by Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, Baronet. —That it appeared by the Votes of the House of Commons, that the Bill brought into Parliament to admit Roman Catholics to the exercise of judi cial and legislative functions, had not passed into a law ; but by the Resolutions recently entered into in Ireland, by the Ro man Catholics, and publicly advertised, it was evidently their intention to apply during the present Session, to the Legisla ture to the same effect, and in which he regretted to observe, they had been encouraged by certain persons in this Kingdom, who, regardless of the consequences, and thinking that by im portunity and perseverance their object would be attained, urged the Papists to persist in their endeavours to obtain, by a Legislative measure, a radical change in the Constitution of the country, by their admission to places of power and trust. He, however, flattered himself, that the motives which had con duced to the Establishment of this Association, would stimu late its Members to increased activity, and that by availing themselves of those means which the Law afforded to his Ma jesty's Subjects of all ranks, to represent respectfully to the Legislature, their feelings and sentiments on great Public Questions ; that they would, if necessary, appeal again to Par liament against any alteration in the present Constitution of the country, in Church and State. Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Two Hundred and Fifty-one Members of the House of Commons who expressed by their Vote against the Catholic Bill, on the 24th day of May last, their opinion of the necessity of strictly adhering to and maintaining the Constitu tion of the Country in ()hutch and State, as now by Law established. Resolved unanimously, That the especial Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Right Hon. CHAS. ABBOTT, Speaker of the House of Commons, for his dignified, patriotic and highly constitutional conduct on that vital Question, and that the fol lowing Address be presented to him from this Meeting; namely—. To the Right Hon. Crinntts ABBOTT, Speaker of the House of Commons, &c. &c. Ste. " conformity with the principles . which impelled us, not long since, to Petition both Houses of Parliament against the Claims of the Roman Catholics, we feel it our duty to offer you our cordial thanks for the support given to the great cause of Constitutional freedom by the powerful and convincing Speech, reported to have been spoken by you on the twenty fourth day of May last, in a Committee of the whole House, on the recommitted Bill for the removal of the civil and military disqualifications under which his Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects are said to labour. But, we feel ourselves, Sir, more particularly obliged to you, for having, in your Address to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent at the close of the last Sessions, given due importance to the vote, by which the House of Commons had rejected the pretensions of those, who while they acknowledge a Foreign Jurisdiction, seek to administer the power and authority of the State ; and for having also as serted, in an impressive and dignified manner, on that solemn occasion, the great Constitutional maxim, that the Throne, the Parliament, and the Government of this Country are funda mentally Protestant. This maxim, Sir, was engrafted into the Constitution at the period of the Glorious Revolution in 1688 ; and its fruits have been the complete and. uninterrupted enjoy ment of Civil and Religious freedom ; the preservation, in vigour and security, of the Constitution in Church and State ; and a degree of National Prosperity unexampled in the Annals of this Country. With the utmost gratitude for your manly efforts to preserve and perpetuate these inestimable blessings, we are, Sir, &c." Resolved unanimously, That this Address be written on Vellum, and transmitted with the' Resolutions of this Meeting to the Speaker by the Chairman, and that the same be printed and sent to the Committees of the several Parishes of the Me tropolis and its Environs. Resolved unanimously, That it be recommended to the Com mittees of the several Parishes before referred to, that they;with the Members of this Committee, do use every means in their power to impress on the minds of their Representatives in Parliament the importance of this great National subject, and the impera tive necessity there exists for their attendance in Parliament on every discussion upon it. (Signed) STEPHEN CATTLEY. The Chairman having left the Chair, Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the CHAIRMAN for his zealous, able, and successful endeavours to promote the great object of this Association, and that he be requested to persevere in the same. Resolved unanimously, That these Resolutions be inserted • in the Newspapers. (Signed) RICHARD CLARKE, Sec. COPT of the SPEAKER'S Reply to the preceding Address. Palace-yard, November 20, 1813. Stu,—l have been honoured with your Letter of yesterday, together with the Resolutions and Address of the " General Committee of London Protestants," respecting my conduct on the Roman Catholic Bill, in the last Session of Parliament. It gives me great satisfaction to find, that my conduct upon that important subject has received se strong and valuable a testimony of public approbation. During the proceedings upon that Bill, it was my endeavour to resist the progress of a measure, which I conceived to be de structiVe 'of the essential character of our Established Consti tution • and my exertions shall never be wanting to maintain that character unaltered. In the Speech delivered by me at the Bar of the House of Lords, to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, at the close of the last Session of Parliament, the occasion appeared to me to require that I should advert to those proceedings ; and I stated the result accordingly, in the FAITHFUL DISCHARGE of my duty to the House of. Commons, and through the House of Commons to the Nation at large. 'have the honour to be Sir, o, Your mast "faithful and obedient Servant, (Signed) CHARLES ABBOTT. To Stephen Cattley, Esq. CoPY of a LETTER from the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of GJAHICESTER to STEPHEN CATTLET, Esq. dated 24th November, 1813. . gin,--iheitesolutions passed at the Meeting, in which you. presided, on November lath inst. are well calculated to stimu late that attention with which the renewal of the Catholic - Claims ghould be watched, hoth in Parliament and by the com munity at large. The marked approbation of the Speaker's Address is equally just, in itself, aid honourable to him. It will too, I hope,. in its operation, prove serviceable to wards the support of our Constitution ; that Constitution which is the source of happiness to the Protestants of Great Britain ; the bulwark of defence, not only to the happiness, but to the personal safety of our Protestant brethren in Ireland—brethren whose cause we ought never to desert. To you, Sir, and through you, to the Gentlemen of the Com mittee, I return thanks for the honour done me in sending me a Copy of the Resolutions, and I beg permission to add, that if I could be favoured with some few additional copies, they would be very acceptable. I am, Sir, with great respect, Your much obliged and obedient Servant, (Signed) GEORGE ISAAC GLOUCESTER. College, Winchester, November 24, 1813. To Stephen Cattley, Esq. SNIP NEWS. PORTSAIotITII, MARett 22.—Arrived the Redpole, froia a cruise; and.the Ocean transport, from the Downs. MAnclr 22.—Arrived the Castlereagh packet, with amiail from Cuxhaven. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Sailed the Ocean, Spence, for Guernsey. FALMOUTH ' MARCH 20.—Arrived the Fox packet, with mails from the Islands ; 2G days from St. Thomas's ; and Ma tilda, Henley, from Oporto for Dublin. . Sailed the Marchioness of Salisbury packet, for the Brazils ; and Lady LouiSa ditto, for America, both with mails ; and the Sally, Rundle, for Lisbon. DEAL, IVlAncit 22..--Came down froin the River and sailed. the Mary, Read, for the South Seas ; Mary Ann, Rowe, for St. Thomas's ; and' Janus, Synith, for Oporto. Rethain in the Downs the Fanny Voan, Lister ; Pearsons,. Terry ; Leeds, Lincoln ; and Amey, Fulby. GRAVESEND, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Brothers, late Stain, for Bombay. PULHELEY, MARCH 21.—The Ann, Shelton, has been got offStudwall Island, and brought in here much damaged: LIVXRPOOL, MARCH 21.—The Briton, Barry, from Poole for this port, was totally lost on the 19th instant, near Beau maris—crew saved. The Vine, Gillies, from Dublin for Workington, is on si arc on West kloyle—crew saved ; the vessel not expected to b.: got off. The Vrow Anna, Uil, sailed from hence on 15th instant for Rotterdam, has put back with damage. The Supply, Fisher, from Jamaica and the llawannah for the Cape de Verds, was totally lost on the Florida Coast on the 26th January—crew saved. 'WEST INDIA INTERCOVIISE.—An account of the Ships which cleared Outwards from the Bri tish Colonies in North America to the British West India Islands, from the years 1812 to 1818 : 1812 . - 217 Ships - . 28,875 Tons 1813 . . . . 302 - . 43,645 ---- 1814 - - - 324 - • • 49,838 1815 - - 280 . . - 45,403 -- 1816 - - 312 • • . 48,726 1817 - - 394 . 56,639 1818 to Oct. 10 - 251 . • - 31,844 In the year 1804 the Trade consisted only of 121 vessels, 15,291 tons. Rust, &c.—The quantity of RUM imported into the Port of Saint John's (only) NEw Baum wxca., in British North America, during the last year was 844,996 gallons—SUgar, 6,774 cwt.— and Molasses 549,108 gallons, and. the ships which entered that Port last year were 282, of 251,538 tons, and navigated by. 11,952 men. FREIGHTS.—There has been , within the last few days an advance of freights for Corn to the Mediterranean, from four to seven shillings. SPECIE.—Since the last regulation of the silver coinage, in 1815, down to the 28th February last, the total amount coiaed at the Mint has been 7,137,361/. 19s. of which there remains unissued at the Mint, 11,493/. Qui&x.----Yesterday, about one o'clock, her MAJESTIC arrived at Cambridge House, South Audley-street, in her state, carriage with four horses, coachman, postillion, and two foot men, all, in.state, caps and liveries. Her Majesty was attended by Lord and Lady Hood, and Mr. Austin ; and some other attendants followed lb her town carriage. The circumstance created much bustle in the neighbourhood, from the pre vailing idea that her Majesty was about to pro ceed to the Drawing. Room ;, and several hun dreds of persons immediately collected round the house ; a number of carriages also remained in the street, and every body seemed to await the issue with great anxiety.—Her Majesty, how ever, it appears, had no other object than that of inspecting the interior of the mansion; and after remaining about an hour, she again repaired to her carriage, attended as before, and drove off rapidly through the Park to Brandenburgh House, the crowd partially cheering as she passed.—(Morning Paper.) Prince LEoPoLn had a numerous party last, evening at Marlborough House. Mr. PARKiNs, the late Sheriff, highly to the honour of his character, having rescued TnomAs SKINNER from an ignominious death, to which 'he had been sentenced, in consequence of obtain-' ing positive proofs of the unhappy man's inno cence, is now laudably exerting himself in pro moting a Subscription in his favour. The pur pose of the Subscription, we understand, is not merely to afford pecuniary relief to SKINNER, but to enable him to bring to due punishment those miscreants by whose false testimony he had nearly fallen a sacrifice, but for the active and perse vering efforts of Mr. PARKINS. The case, is in teresting as well as lamentable, and we sincerely hope that , this Gentleman's meritorious endea vours will be attended with the desired success. The LORD CHANCELLOR has given judgment on one of the petitions against the PresHent of Queen's College ; but we shall defer the Report of it until his final decision on the case, when we shall present our readers with a luminous Report of the whole of the judgment. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. —We are sorry to find so few ships chartered this spring for these Colonies, and that there will be a most serious fall off in our exports to them generally. Mr. BELZONI.—This learned and persevering traveller intends, we understand, to shew to the public, in the Museum in Piccadilly, - all the curiosities which he has brought into this country, and which he has been induced to offer to the in spection of the curious at the pressing solicitation of the scientific world. We believe the first im pression of his interesting work is all sold, and that a second edition may be shortly expected. The SOCIETY of LONDON. The second General Court of this Corporation was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednes day, the 21st instant, The Members assembled at five o'clock in the full Highland dress, and having disposed of several subjects submitted to their consideration, they adjourned to celebrate the Anniversary of the Battle of Alexandria.— His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK and ALnizey, President of the Society,` arrived at six o'clock, and being soon afterwards joined by his Royal Highness Prince LEOPOLD of SAXE COBOURG, he proceeded to the Great Hall, ac companied by the Duke of ARGYLE, and fol• lowed by Sir Wm - . Cunnyngham Fairlie, Bart., Sir Wm. Grant, Admiral Fraser, General Gordon, Sir Murray .Maxwell, Col. Thornton, Col. Doyle, Col. Addenbroke, R. G. Macdonald, Esq. of Clanromald, M. P., .Col. Macdonald of the Guards, S. M‘Gillivray, Esq.,- S. Fraser, Esq., Capt. Skrene, R. N., Robert Downie, Esq . . of Appin, M. P., Grant ,Allan, ESq., James Berridge Duncan, Esq. of Damside, ,David Wilkie, Esq., R. A., James Wedderburn, Esq., Dr. Mackinnon James Gordon Duff, Esq., Colin Robertson, Esq., D;Rol;ert son, Esq., N. Atcheson, Longlands, Esq., James Berridge Duncan, jun:, Esq. of Damside, &c. &c. About one hundred Gentlemen, Members. and Visitors, sat down to a sumptuous and ele gant dinner. The tables ware tastefully deco rated with. flowers and triumphal arches, from which were suspended • various military trophies and emblematical allusions to the event which the Meeting was intended to celebrate. . During the dinner the Society's pipers, Ware gor and Clark, and Gow's admirable band, al ternately entertained the company with the most favourite national melodies ,and pibrochs ; and after the cloth was removed, 11. R. H. the Duke of York and Albany gave " Tobair na Feusag," " The King, Chief of the Highland Society," and " The Royal Family," which were all drank in the most enthusiastic manner. Tho " health of IL R. H. the Duke of York and Albany," was proposed by the'Duke of Ar gyle, and that of 11. R. H. Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg by Sir Williarri Cunnyngharn, and having been received with the greatest applause, the Royal Dukes severally returned thanks, and expressed their attachment to Highlanders ; and Prins° Leopold added, that the hospitality which he had experienced in the Highlands of Scotland had made an impression upon him which he should retain to the latest' ay of his life, " Highlanders shoulder to shoulder ;" " Sword and Plaid ;'' d Pipe and 13anng ;" " The Duke of Wellington;" " 'May the Chiefs of Clans have many followers ;" " The,Edinburgh Highland Society ;" and numerous other toasts in Gaelic fol lowed, as well as the healths of the Honorary Secretaries, James Hamilton, Esq., the late Secretary, and of the Treasurer, S. .11‘Gillivray, Esq., _ between which several Members of the Corpora-i tion and visitors favoured the company with many delightful songs. The pipers and. Gow's band continued to relieve each other, and to excite the meeting to the utmost festivity, and it was a late hour before the Royal Dukes left the meet ing, previous to which the Duke of York.ex pressed his-hopes that he should personally enjoy a sight of that country which had always been distinguished for its loyalty, and to which Na ture had imparted a grandeur correspondent with the high and heroic character of its Natives. We regret that our limits prevent us from giving a more ample account of this festive triumph of national spirit, which was enlivened by dancing and reels that were not the effect of Bacchanalian excess, but of genuine good hu mour and patriotic hilarity. CITY BusiNEss.—Yesterday a COurt of Com mon Council was held, when .the. Bridge Com mittee presented two Reports relative to London Bridge ; one respecting Mr. Dodd's sVetition, stating, that after he had been examined six days before a Committee of the House, of Commons, that Committee had ordered the whole of hiS evidence to be expunged,and the other on haying considered the Petition of the owners of coal.craft for the enlargement of the waterway, and annexing a Report from the Clerks of the Works,Messrs. Rennie, Chapman, and James Mountague. Upon considering whether a mode . formerly proposed of enlarging the water-way,as connected both with ex pense and stability, would be more expedient than erecting a new bridge, which, together with an abstract of the several proceedings, were ordered to be printed. The Committee were also direct,, ed to take such measures as they should deem expedient to enable them to form an opinion of . " the best means of remedying the inconveniences occasioned by the present contracted waterway, &c. and to report. A Meeting of the Artists of Dublin has taken place, at which it was resolved to open an An nual Exhibition of their works in that city, upon a plan nearly similar to that of the Royal Aca demy. It is not generally known, that in the library of St. John's College, Oxford, there is a picture of King Charles the First, done with a pen, the lines of which contain all the Psalms in a legible hand. The spacious new mansion about to erected opposite the Green Park, in Piccadilly, with its grounds and stabling, will occupy nearly the whole west side of Bolton-row. The Members- of the York Club, at Bath, gave a most umptuous ball and supper, on Tuesday Jot, in the Upper Assembly Rooms, to upwsrds of seven hundred La dies and Gentleman of distinction. 'The com pany were received by the Stewards ante-room. The great ,ball-room floor was beautifully chalked for the 'dances, which were kept• up with great spirit. Previous to' the elegant assemblage, separating; in morning, they partook of a dejeune. The superb dress gf the ladies, and . brilliant display of jewellery, presented a magnificent coup (Nil!. On Monday 'William Thomson, who was found guilty at the York Assizes, of the murder of his wife, was executed at York Castle. VINE ARTS%-ARCIIITIICTURg. ' Mr. So Amt has now completed IllsAlstisetpti ur Gallery connecting with the Library, at his hOuse in Linc l oln's Inn-fields. 'lie has displayed his usual ability in adapting the bidlding to its purposes upOn a limited site The ceilings ale tastefully varied in their forms, and the lights so managed as to, produce a very perfect and fine effict throUghout. . . It contains a very great Variety of architectural exatripies from Roman and Grecian works, and of enrichments, many inAhe original Marble, a great number Of beautiful marble vases and Cinerary urns, and some very fine specimens of the E•rusean, of Which one vase is unique in size, elegance of outline and or: nament. there are 7 dic; a few works in tiro, :. rtze n ; a small.statntf of Silenee is; . perhapS, matchless. The whole Museum maybe said to consist of four principtd. apartmenti ; one room is entirely corn* with Paintings by Canaletti, and Drawings by Clemssaatwand some of 4i. Sodne'4 oWn,works and designs." An original series of Paintings bY the fininortal ilogarth, and other fine Pictures by Members of our. Royal AcademY of Arts, accompany these Architectural View and Drawings. The Library is stored with almost every known work of Ar chitecture ; no cxpence has been spared in procuring the. most scarce and useful, as well as the most 'splendid publicationis.— There is beside a very general selection of :Classical Authdrs, and some valuable original manuscripts. The united Collec tion is perhaps unrivalled, considered as belonging to an indi vidual Artist, and the result of his unceasing application, tart, taste, and liberality. This Museum and its contents must highly interest and gra tify every lover of the Fine Arts, but to the Architectural Stu dent it might become what the Elgin marbles are to our Painters a nd Sculptors. With the examples it affords of the antique both in composition and detail before him, he would acquire a correctness of taste both in design and ornament, and avoid thoce false impressions to which an incompetent education and want of such models has hitherto subjected him. It is only a just tribute of praise to Mr. Soane, to observe. that hi has devoted himself through life to the unwearied study and advancement of this branch of art in the practice of which he has not been excelled by any contemporary. As Professor. of Architecture at our Royal Academy, his lectures have dis• played the great extent of his arduous research, his superior taste and scientific theoretical knowledge ; his auditors could not fail to become acquainted with architecture from its first rude shelterings of mankind advancing to usefulness, to com fort, to elegance and splendour. Through ages of varying im proVement and decline, the professor traced its progress to the times in which we live ; he did not, however, consider that the perspicuous language in which his lectures were delivered was . alone sufficient fully to elucidate his important subject, but he accompanied them with a splendid series of more than twelve hundred explanatory drawings, calculated-to instruct, and at the same time excite the zeal of the Student, and gradually to develope all the attainments necessary to qualify him for the practice of his art. Mr. SOAN unquestionably appears anxious to see establi6V., ed, for the architects of his own country, the most perfect system of education. The painter and sculptor commence their earliest studies from original works of the ancient masters, and they have ever before them the great original of those great masters, Nature! The student in architecture has been too much formed and fashioned before he could possibly study the originals that remain of those antiqneeiamples which he is expected to emu late. This is - a difficulty in architectural study, that can only. be partially overcome, and • our English Professor has done much to remove it. For this he is entitled to the applause of all who are lovers of the, fine arts, and especially of those who are desirous that our school of architecture should become pre, eminent; that our architects should successfully contst era superiority with the artists of other countries, and deserve and receive as their merited reward the highest patronage and en couragement that their own can bestow. Having had the pleasure of seeing the rare collection of val uable remains of ancient Sculpture, and the other objects of bead ty .and taste with which Mr. SoAxt's Museum abounds, we regret that *we had not an earlier opportunity ofinserting the abov e article. The whole -indeed, constitute s suc h a n assem bl age o f attractive rarities as foreigners will be induced to visit among those repo sitories of Art and Genius which have long been considered as ornaments of the Country; and we doubt not, from the wcll, known public spirit and love of the Fine Arts, whidi charkac terise the liberal possessor, that he will render it a permiu:mt source of national pleasure and instruction. Mary Ann Cat-lite, : the sister and successor of Richard Carlile, of Fleet street, has been appre /tended upon- a judge's warrant, on a charße preferred by the Constitutional Association for opposing the progress of Disloyal and Seditious Pritgiples, and was held to bail in a considerable sum to answer the charges in an indictment for the publication and sale of a seditious work.. A man of - the name of Atkinson, of the London-road, Southwark, was brought up at_ the same time tor offence : at the instance of this . Society, and not being regularly provided, With bail, was committed to Ilorsemonger Gaol. A return to an order of the House of Com mons stater the - amount of duties on inhabited houses in . Great Britain, for the year ending the sth January, 1820, at 1,239,3291. 11s. 9d. ; ditto on windows, 2,569,9901. 9s. 41 . d. Total, 3,809,3201. is. lid. • On Friday week a singular occurrence took place in Greenock. An Arabian horse, brought thither in the Clydesdale, from Calcutta, es caped from the Tontine stables, and made its' way to the graving dock, at the west quay, into which it plunged, sans ceretnonie, and alighted at the bottom, a distance of nearly twenty feet, without any apparent discomposure, and al together unhurt! After making a few gambols round the Ivanhoe steam boat, then in dock, it ascended, by the steps, with scarcely less rapi dity than it had made its descent, and was re conducted without difficulty to the stables, after •its short but perilous excursion. The Melancholy 'Accident of Shooting Miss. RADFORM-This young lady, we are sorry to learn, lies still in a hopeless state. Thcl melan choly circumstance has thrown the , friends of both parties into the greatest distress imaginable,,par ticUlarly as the..stirgeons hold out no hope of re covery: On Wednesday evening, at eight o'clock after being in. the custody. of an officer all .day-, Mesi'rs CnviLES and ...JOHN IlAwks, the two young gentlemen' who are . charged with being the tinfOrtnnate instruments in firing 'the pistol, were again brouglit' before the sitting Magistrate at liatton-garden, and as the young.tady is not dead, they were permitted to gi'Ve bail to answer the . Charge, 'themselves in2ool..each, and, fo'ur "sureties ill 100/. each. It' cannot be ascerthined which of the young gentlemen fired the fatal'shot, as each fired several times At a hat which; eras elevated on the top of a'gate post, and theyvtvete unconscious of the accident for a considerable time after it had happened.