The Sun. — London, England, 1821-02-09 00:00:00

TEE LONDON JOURNALS. rDAILY EXT,RACTS FRO'I THE MORNING PAPERS.] 1 • • ThiliiveWdefeat whieir the , -Whigs#ittstained on tg&4yrit'quess TatfiStock'Ymbtion,--Wil I pro. babVieich•lhem": to' - be::koore 'cautious ;Wand in that--itse :the basing of the 'nation, and not party itifer•eits, tivill oc - cu-ff -the "attention of Par In- that' case thecGoverarfient. too = - Avill havi;irloi&- time to fotin s:ticli; :plans lb TelieVo: the sufferf-ne:interesti of- the = gut nary: as ' circum stani.-eLial.render"'piaelledble ;.- they 14'11 -- -de - ;• "V 0 t tierniiel es- p ca I refOrm 6 4. he re& ' can be -- slifily"intro"dticetl, and 14airejilielgpbcotative brarifoli'= Of it; :-to their oPp'Onents-. • .There :are many- subjects Conne:ted-;With the Police:of - the kingdom -that i.. z hiimprornpfattentionl“lid . c.annot be introduced by Ministers.,.--without provoking misrepresentation, and exciting - popular prejudice aniT-61*.imotir. - An evil must' be a crying one, be forE,GOvetturent can venture to suggest- a suit ablre-Aiianedy: The pres-ebt Mode Of - punishing and:-"4.'epresSitig — crime is , capable of receiving g irprOVeziient. ivhich aught at once meet:the end-S , ef justice and hurnanity%' no time Ale= twee , * coin ttal and-triat is. tooqtnigi: and - a:pers son:*hO -is up 1 43 fferfcei' per; hapi-the:firstijhe has committed, is - almost cer. tain'Aii , be - ban: oii : society rile villain:= If he be innocentOntinaniry aralLz , :fkislice -revolt at the tedious imprisonment he: suffers :before._trialc as well as,af 'MO, chances of-tlepravity to, lthich .is exposes• from' .a lofig,intetcottmerwith hardened. criminals. , Also, the. ieesnt :practice of transporting felons wants te*isiptc;,and it would , be infin4Viy better _ .for the dtihoquent,As well-as for the . that the serlience ,shouM not:be for 'a limited lime, but per.pvtual i • .Imagination • cannot conceive a harder lettitAn;that of a man who returns from trans portation. -His blasted. character survives the • period: of punishment,::and forms an almost in sti;mountable bar to honest . employment. He is obliged to revert to his bad practises, , and society hes -togo.ntend with a more . experienced depre datr:7- If this wretch:- had been banished for' life, -he would try to. conform his habits ,and feelings to his sit ua ti on , and miglitin 'time be come,:a reclaimed and. useful indiVidual. Thus humanity is. decidedly in favour ,of what is - usually -called the harder sentenee; and it. has an titer recommendation, that it would render tbA...,p.unishment of death- unnecessary,.. except in cases of great enormity. --It would also make ..lined all comparison less frequent. 11e..-state of the poor receiving parochial aid.is . t*ther question that calls loudly. for inquiry andl.melio.ration. How much preferable are re forms-of.- this kind to the . scheme to which the Whigs have become of: late- such • zealous Con verts ? When it is considered that the House of Commons, constituted as it is has raised the na tion-to a pitch o f g l ory and prosperity which no rtiOdcr'!i _state has attained, it is neither just nor grateful to .niake it the constant theme of the +5;-..:.rsest invectives. It has hitherto protected our liberties with a zeal and fidelity that can only be disputed by a violent partisan. Can the public have more freedom than they actually enjoy? Greater Altitude would be licentiousness, and would cause roo;gion and ultimately despotism. The coun try certainly has difficulties to contend with ; and the:y are of no slight character ; but it has also si . "o#44" . t;Ces that are sufficient to meet and surmoun [Morning Chronicle.] o one of the many unhappy circumstances -tqtmected with the wicked and foolish proceedings inst the Queen, gave more pain to the enl_ight •etoxl admirers of the British Constitution, than 1 4ite ;tendency which they .had to diminish in the people their respect for the head of the Mo narchy. :-. The maxim that the King can do no rorrg, and that where wrong has been done, the ....responsible Ministers of the Crown are alone elwgcable with it, though, like all other maxims, it has its-occasional exceptions (of. which we have - an. instance in our. Revolution), has been found - of so much advantage in What Lord Castlereagh -:would call the working of the Constitution, that . the...-introduction of the .King himself into- the Arena of public strife and agitation, might well -, ; give rise to the most serious apprehensions.— was impossible to arraign the conduct of the Queen, without at the same time sitting in -iti4grnent on the conduct _ of her husband; : and, therefore, nothing but an overruling - necessity . could justify the commencement of -proceedings, which, under all the circumstances .. of the case, any man of common prudence must have known, would exhibit his Majesty. in a disadvantageous . point of view before his people. It _is _ not enough that the Sovereign himself ;4:iight be personally anxious to_ institute these "liroceedings : a Constitutional Ministry ought ttri yield only to those desires of the Sovereign V7hich they conceive to be innoxious, and to re : Sicri when fheir advice, is not listened to. Mini - sters, however, preferred a 'guilty compliance 7 with unwise desires to the honest discharge of ;their duty ; and without necessity, they entered on the calamitous proceedings. There is not a • Man in the country, who really believes, in his heart, that the regard for ; female purity laid claim to by Ministers, is any thing but a hypo .- 'critical pretence. • [New 71:nes.] In speaking of his Majesty's reception at Co vent-Garden, The Times has varied its strain of • falehood, from that which it applied to the case of Drury-Lane. It no longer says that the tnajori '` .ty of the persons present were ttniesrent, but it - boldly asserts that the whole " was a packed au lience." The gross folly of such an assertion must • 'be evident, not only to 'those in the house, but to tire vast number who crowded round the doors. Tosay That no single individual entered the body of the house from the stage part of the building would not perhaps be true on any night of performance, but that out of an audience of some thousands there were not more than twenty persons, We be neve may , be safely averred. The house was literally crammed in every part, and the struggles which were kept up for places some time after the play had actually commenced , sulficiently. r proved that the greater part of the persons pre sent had made their way in, by main force. As e lit~l ci'=.4l - it'iitifi -t , That on the'ciaiide . -OF -the -liiiuBe• the cries .were: generally in fivotir Queen. '- Persons who iernained among those who were waiting for 'the 'Opening of - the gallery' door, assured us' itiat They did not hear. _the: Queeo `name once Menticined, but numerous and repeated shouts of 4 " Gokl 7 'sat'e the KingT) •"_Long live . the K ing : 4 1e *as - strongly felt among this, as welt - as•anionii, superior claSses - of the audience, that his Majesty's gracious :condescension in vi , siting the would' not only be :beneficial 'to those -6C i'esOrt,=but to the trade of -the Wietrqiiiiis in - general, in giving a new spur-• and incitement' to tke attendance of the higher ranks, 'and Of - Contse fuiriiShing an increased demand for dress,.and other means of employment to - the la botiting classes. [Morning. leralfl.l By the .asconnts from Spain ft appears that there is still an impatience of the Spanish Consti tution among the refuse of the old servile party, -.consisting of some few priestS, peasants, fanatic , guerillas, and higlAway robbers, who, in theform of mere banditti„rather teaze the local Authorities than endanger the Pi4l3'lic security. It appears that the . Spanish Government suspected that Bayonne- was the focuS from which conspiracies issued against Spain. Several of the exiles, called 4 Persians," a . esided there. 'These, however, in consequence of The suspicion entertained, and probably' (though this is not stated) by order of the French Government, have left Bayonne for Paris. [The Public Ledger.] AccOrding , to the latest accounts from Lay: bach, the conferences had not yet commenced, nor were they to begin till all the Ministers had arrived. A Plenipotentiary from the King of Spain was expected among the rest; as also the Marquis de Marialva, Ambassador from the King of Portugal to the Court of France. A Berlin article of the 23d of January states; that the King of Prussia kill only repair to Congress in a certain case (we presume the declaration of war), and when his presence will be indispen: sable forsigning the definitive act of the Congress-. " The . period," it is added, " of his Majesty's departure is so much the more remote, that it is impossible to foresee when the negociations will have arrived at such a degree of maturity." [British Press.] Those who voted in the House of Commons against the Marquis of Tasistock's motion, in the hope that by so doing.they should put an end to the agitation of the question. respecting the treat ment, of the Queen, must feel themselves very much disappointed when they find Petitions night after night presented to the House upon this subject, winch lead necessarily to further discussions. Numerous Petitions were presented last night from various parts of the country, pray ing for the restoration of her Majesty's name to its place in the Liturgy. The Ministers vainly hope that the People of England will alter their feelings upon the conduct of the Government with regard to the Queen, or, as Lord Castle reagh calls it, " come to their senses," until the Ministers shall have complied with the earnest wishes of the People in this particular. On the subject of the " hole-and-corner" Addresses,• which the Treasury Writers venture to represent as conveying the sense of the Nation, we beg leave to refer our Readers to an explanation given by Sir It. Ferguson. 'The speech of the gallant General so completely exposes the trickery of the system, that we should only weaken its effect were we to describe it. The speech indeed relates only to one of these Mi nisterial Addresses, but—ex uno disce We understand that soon after the judgment of the Court of King's Bench was pronounced yesterday upon Sir Francis Burdett, several Gentlemen, the most distinguished among the ranks of the° pposition in Parliament,waited upon the worthy Baronet, and requested his permission that a subscription should be proposed to the public for the purpose of thereby raising the sum of two thousand pounds to pay the fine imposed upon him. The request was accompanied by an assurance that the acquiescence of Sir Francis would he esteemed as a favour by his political friends, who, considering the princely fortune and munificence of the worthy Baronet, could, in proposing such a measure, have no other object in view than to obtain the means of expressing their concurrence in the feelings that prompted him to write the letter which has brought upon him the unfriendly notice of the Ministers. We learn that Sir Francis*Burdett expressed his gra titude for the proposition, but requested that time may be allowed him to consider the pro priety of accepting theip The Loun I`.TAYOrt of Dublin, Alderman DAR LEY, and. some other Members of the Deputation from that city,,, dined on Wednesday at Apsley House with the Duke of I'VELLINCTON. DREADFUL. A I.•tt A T.—A private letter from Ire land, daS.ed Templemoreßarracks, Feb. 4, com municates the following very serious affair : " Yesterday an affray took place, which put our men upon their mettle. Au officer, with a serjeant, corporal, and 12 men, went out to seize a still about four miles from Roscrea. They made their seizure good ; hut, on their return, were attacked when entering a gateln a narrow defile, by about four or five hundred ragged ruf fians, who were waiting in ambuscade for our party. They rushed so suddenly upon our men that seven of them were pißioned, and their arms were taken from them in a trice ; but the serjeant, a gal lant stout fellow, although run through the lungs by 'a bayonet, and having a finger shot off, rallied with - his seven remaining firelocks, and completely boat the assailants off the field, leav ing four killed and nineteen wounded. This was not atchibi-ed without several.. of our men being wounded severOy f but none - I hope mortal ly, though these pitchforks, their . general weapons, _ inflict wounds of a sad description." Paris Papers of Tuesday last came to hand is day. A very warm discussion took place in the Chamber of Deputies on. Monday on the presentation of the Report of the Committee on the Petition of Colonel SIMON LoßalErtEs, com plaining of his having been reduced without half pay, and of his name having been struck out of the Army List. The Petitioner contested the right of the Government to deprive him of his rank, and attacked the Royal prerogative, which constitutes the KING sole Chief of his Military and Naval, Forces, and invests him with the power of select ing his Officers; and at the same time demanded to be restored to his rank and pay, and to be brought to a Court-martial. In the course of the discussion, some allusion was made by one of the Deputies VS the late explosions in the Tuileries.—This induced General Fay and M. B. CONSTANT to address the Chamber the latter of whom complained of a libel pub- fished by AT. RIB IRD, another of the Deputies, against the dignity and privileges of the Cham ber, and attributing all the late attempts against the KING and Royal Family to the speeches de- livered in that House,-- A. most stormy debate then ensued, which concluded at a late hour by M. RIBiRD disavowing any design of attacking the privileges of the Chamber. The Petition of Colonel SimoN Loantraes was rejected by the House adopting the proposition of the Committee of passing to the Order of the Day. It appears by private Letters from Naples, of a recent date, that the Government conti- nue their military preparations with an ac tivity corresponding to the danger which threatens them from abroad. The large mi litary force destined by Austria to act against Naples in case of hostilities, Ls caused some appre‘hensions in the Neapolitan capital, and even in the Parliament; the general opinion, in consequence of these critical circunistan6es, in favour of negociation. An Article of the 31st ult. frOm Augsburg states, that the last intelligence from the Con gress- is fat froin - pacific ; and it is th e firm opinion at LaybaCh; that-*ar will lie initni di' ately declared against The 'Neapolitans. It is also asserted, that the. Allied Sovereigns are of the same opinion as King 'FERDINAND, and that his Sicilian MAJEsTY will communicate to all Europe,' in an authentic declaration, his senti- meets on the present political situation of his do minions. Lord CLANWILLIAM has left the Aus trian Capital for Laybach. An Article from Frankfort of the 2d infers, from the recent conduct of the Emperor ALEX ANnra, in Poland and towards Baden, that he is decidedly hostile to the Revolution in Naples; and that his Imperial MAJESTY would act con trary to his known and declared sentiments, if he were to remain a quiet spectator, whilst a sect are working in the dark, and revolted soldiers have imposed on their SOVEREIGN a Constitution which only owes its existence to the extraordi nary situation in which Spain was placed in" 1812, but which ought never to serve fora model in the ordinary course of events. FRENCH FUNDS. - Feb. s.—Fire per Ccfits.. 53 f. cn r. Bank Stock 1497 1.. The Radicals of Paris attempt to throw ridi cule upon the Plots evidently intended to de stroy the Royal Family of FRANCE, and of which the Duke de BERRI fell a lamentable victim.. The letters from Paris , that appear in those English Journals which are too ready to receive them, have represented the recent Explosions in that city as mere contrivances of Government, in order to prepare for more restrictive Laws. But from the nature of those letters, it is by no means improbable that they are fabricated in London from verbal communications of Fo reigners, and that the enemies of Government in France are afraid of transmitting their odious falsehoods by . the channel of the Past.' That these plots are the result of revolutionary prin ciples, which infest every Monarchy in Europe, we have no doubt, and we are apprehensive that they will appear in other Countries be sides France, and with terrible success, un less the utmost vigilance prevails, and some concessions' are made to the popular feeling, which the character of the age, and the increase of political knowledge may have rendered abso lutely necessary for the security of the recpective Governments. The NAVIGATION and COLONIALS YSTEM.—The indifference which is shewn in various quarters by men of op posite- parties, to the wisdom and sound policy of our Ances tors, who founded this system, and . to the experience of en lightened practical. Statesmen in later times, who have main ' tamed and given effe c t to it, h as exc it e d much uneasiness throughout all the principal Outports, from 'an apprehension that some great sacrifices will be made to the disciples of The. Shelbourne School, who have, for almost half a century, been .attempting to throw open the carrying trade of Great Britain to the United States, and to other foreigners, and to repeal all the restrictions which have been made in favour of British ap-ricul ture, shipping, and trade. Their object is obVions to *all prac tical men. It is the interest of the mercantile advocates of these innovations, who are either British subjects or aliens, as Occasion may require, to-obtain such an alteration of the pre sent system as will admit foreign goods and produce, free of all restraints, in fdreign bottoms. To this general-principle, 'pro bably, there can be no objection in other countries, more . fa vourably 4rennistanced than Great Britain ; • but then the. • English farmer, ship-owner, and trader mus t be relieved froni the pressure of the present heaVy taxation to Which they are liable, and be placed PARI PASSU, in point of expence, with the foreigner. But even supposing it were possible, with all Lord L.s. - ssnowx'S. financial talents, that he could, , if he were once more in power, bring about such an happy state of affairs, surely :t might reasonably be expected from him, that some se curity or pledge should be given for retaining within our own power TIIE MEANS of raising, on any sudden emergency of hostilities, an adequate number of able BRITISH SEACIEN to man the Royal Navy ; we wish, therefore,. to know - how it is to be accomplished ; if foreign ships are to be let into the trade of this country on terms of reciprocity with the Britigh ship_ . owners.—The apprehensions entertained at the Outports on this national subject have led to Public Meetings,. and petitions are in a course of signature at New-. castle, North Shields, South Shields, Hartley, . Blythe, &c. against any alteration of the present duties on ~ fo reign timber and deals, and against any change in the.Naviga don and Colonial System. It is perfectly clear, that it any breach is made in these great conservative principles of the Country, there will not be any. security either for the Agricul tural or any of the other Interests of the State, which 'depend on the restrictive Statutes for protection against foreign competi, tion ; for with what', consistency or decency can an abandon ment of the Shipping and Colonial Interests, to the advocates of a free trade, be justified ; unless the ivhole trade of the. Country is thrown open in all its branches, and foreign grain; produce, and manutactures, of all sorts and descriptions, are admitted on the same •principle.—lt is candidly avowed by some of the Parliainentary Advocates for a free trade, that' their minds have been' made up many.years on the subject, and that it is vain to attempt to convince them that serious injuries will result from these innovations, and that the wealth - and happiness of the Empire will decline more rapidly than they arose, under the wise, comprehensive, and beneficial system'' of policy of our ancestors. - that policy this Empire owes its present rank and dominion, anti whenever it is - deviated from it will soon fall below the level of surrounding nations. THE KING'S COURT.-Yesterday morning at nine o'clock His MA.TESTY held a court at his Palace in Pall-mall, which was attended by the Lord-Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord of the Treasury, .the Chancelloi• of the Exchequer, the Secretaries of Stale for the Home and Colonial Department, the Master General of the Ordnance, the President of the Board of Trade, the Master of the Mint, the Lord-Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Lord Chief-Justice of the Court of King;''s Bench, &c. &c. His Majesty held a Council, to which the Recorder of London was introduced, and made his report Of tlie'convicts capitally con victed' at the Old Bailey, at: the, last .session. The court broke pp a little before 11 o'clock. At 20 mimes past 11 his Majesty left town in his travelling carriage fOr Brighton, "`escorted by a party of light-horse. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF C031310N - S. • JC/Vt'S, '8 9, Die 'ck:7110'11 ) 1-424. iThis day thelollowing,,Petitions were 'resented for Private :Bills, and other purposes • - • - ‘7 •'• • - RoAbs.—Stoke and Alford Bars. Stourbridge. ' • • - GlaSgow and_Parkhouse. • Aberdeen. Birmirighom and Stratford-upon Avon. -, - Liverpool and Prescot Roads. Inchbelly Br age arid Gla.sgow. . Manchester and Buxton. Weston arid Kedliagton. - • Hackney. . . . Shrewsbury. • . • Chatham., Ivetsey Bank and Houghton. • Bromyards. Keybery Bridge and Torquay. North Queensferry; • Elsdon. INCLOSUILES.—WaIesby, &c. Nottinghamshire. Nettswoll, Essex. Stapleford, Essex. - Raskelf, Yorkshire. Raskelf and Brafferton, Yorkshire. Great Durnfoid, Wilts. South Duffield, Yorkshire--on three Petitions. Westmorland. Fering cum Patiswick, Essex. Kilsillaghon, Dublin. Stoke.D'Aberon, Surrey. Great Bookham, Surrey. Malmsbury, Wilts: Little Barningbani, Norfolk. Bassingham, Norfolk. • "Worstead, Norfolk. ~ Farnham Royal, 'Bircks. Londesborough, Yorkishire. Broad Town and Thornhill, Wilts. Kenn, Devon. Leverington, Cambridge. PAvzs G. —Ludlow. - Saint Andrew's,' Holbtirn. • Cheltenham. Shrewsbury. JUDGES' LODGINGS.--SalOP TYTHES.—Edgbaston. RECTORIES AND CnuncuEs.--Barnwell All Saints.. Saint Pancras. 'GAS.—Dudley. Ipswich. Brentford. roplar. Metropolis. Hull. Newport, Isle of Wight. Portsea. illAnKE.TS.—Rochdale. HARBOURS.—Saltcoats. Dublin Port. WATER WORK s.--Liverpool: London and Westminster---Petitions corn: plaining, of the. rRIDGES.—CIycIe. • Cramond. GAOLS AND POLlCE.—Aifdrie. Essex. ,POOll. RATEs._Cha sea . Lincoln. CANALS.—WiIts and Berks. LOCAL IyirnovEmENTs. , --Mile End Old Town. CORPORATlONS.—.Antiniephetic Company. WOOLLEN TRADE.—Petitions complaining of the Laws re lating to the. CommtriclAL REsTßlcTioNs.—Petitions of the Merchants • _ of Edinburgh against. AGRICULTURAL DISTILESS.—Petition from the Occupiers of Land-in Gloucestershire. PETITIONS:--To-morrow (Friday) is the last Day for receiv ing Petitions for Private. Bills. ERRATUM.—In the Paragraph yesterday relating to Grain pound, for "the Towirkeads," read "the Town of Leeds." PRICE OF STOCKS TH,IS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 228. 11 I Imp. 3 per Cent.Ann.....72i 3 per Cent. R e d 73i i 1 India Stock 3 i.er Cent. Cons 72lift India Bonds 31 per Cent. B2i Ex. Bills, id 4 per Cents. 914,1 Cons. for 28th fnst... 7. 724 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. 10611 f HIGH WATER AT LONDI Morning, 48 minutes after E. IN BRIDGE TO-MORROW. I Erenitiz, fii; ntuuue•s after 6. TilE SUN. SOLE.O QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1821. SHIP NEWS. . Por r s U T FEB. B.—Arrived his Majesty's ship GreeLiri from cruise.-... Put back the Th omas , Bell.—ailed his Mt.; jesty's ship Camelion, en a crttii;e ; Caroline, Soupat, fee ilavre ; Onyx, for Honduras ; Kingston, Forrest, for =laic re and Jubilee, Fairburn, to the Nirestward. SC' LL , t, t.E . 2.1):—„5: , i,;-iarat 'casks of 'hater a'id'sone fffb;..q-;.; have beef; up on - the shores of several e` 'the adjaurit Islands. . • • . BEAT., 1 Ei,. ILL-Came' dovin from the River, the Barton', Denning' for Jamaica; and lirestinorelaticl, Robinson, foi the West The outward-bound - remain; but vrill•get - avay as_soon is - the - ebb - tide makes. ritt.lttitT -Fe TL 6 .—Arrisied'.the Corddia,:,Magec, from , : LOndon fqr. Batavia ;-.Amazon, Holder, and Latly,Pophatii,, Jenkins, frOm ditt o fot Jamaica ;' Ling, Clark, fivin ditto. fot- Viticonts ;' Mary, Cleland, from ditto for St. -- , - I.Ar4ie • Mat-. set,. Simpson,: front clittofor. Teneriffc ; and 111;11...onoWlain4k: . .am Newcastle. for Rio. Janeiro. • . . PLYilOir 'Eli, FED. " 7—Arrived the Harriet; Coming, from St. Michael's. - Sailed the Two Brothers, Coatli, fdr , Wat6rford. The Ann and William, Best, from Terceira, fonnclered at sea on'the 6th ult. OVERFLOWING OF THE Do otto.--0-iiorto pers to , the 2.7 th ult. arrived yesterday.44-Theyi ; contain further particulars of the datirage by the late Rood in. the Douro, wloicit, how., ever, was not accompanied by atr - earthquake• a* : stated in some of the forrner accounts.:4Arric. , the vossels which were lir imminent peril. we find the English brigantine, the. Fair. H-iberlria~ .i 3 lei ;s 'being. ready to sail for Loudon, with , a cargo of: wine, was forced from her-moorings,4,n4 driv.er on shore. Four rnew un fortunately lost their lives , The Alatilda, another fin& vesse4Gladeiv,Witig. wine, aad,bound; for Dublin. or Greertoa, ,alsocarried away by the iurpett, , osity .of-the eticreut and stranded. The Hanoverian' schooner, Anna Margaritta, with a cargo of sUgar, 'l ~ jo4d f,st , Genoa, was forced Aver the .I.)ar vtitbout single hand on board.. and ran aalroyiuk: git.ea . • from Oporto. Four - Portuguese yactts upset kit . the river, and sunk. A Spanish ve:,sel shared a' similar fate, as did. a number, of synatl ,craft every description- The damage sustained by tho 'vessels which withstood the force of the . torreuf„ in their hulls, masts, and rigging,. is enormous. The waters rose to an uttprecedeuted height, aril boats plied in the streets of the city. Several houses were swept away, and mauy sulrered, much in jury. At Villa Nuoya„ a great part of the,wine. magazines were destroyed, but. the ex4ent of the loss had not been ascertained. Accounts from va rious ports along the• banks of the Dottro, men tion great loss of lives and property-, hr cause queace of the rapid an d_ extrt ,ordinary dation, 13ELzoN1.-17e are sorry to learn tit All a -3 en lightened traveller has been unsuccessfully pro posed to he a Member of the Royal Society..' Ills' talent's and his works sttiely Offer fai, ptetert sions for such a distinction. Yesterday morning, Mr, iluNTErt, the Kiog'* Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, •itt Doi% ning-street, with dispatches front Lay tlo . .`°> -Mr. LITTLEWOOD, the King's 'Messenger, ar-- rived in town yesterday morning, - With - dispatchet; from Paris. Last night an Admi:ralty - Messenger left town, with dispatches f ar Naples.. • • A Board for passing invalids, as in and out pensioners of the Royal liOspitai, was held on Wednesday at Chelsea, when ' 330, who' arrived from Chatham the preceding day, belonging to the following Regiments, were admitted, viz.. 10th, 21st, 21st, 4Gtli, list, 72(1,73d, 75th, 60t1f, B.Bth, and 91st. Yesterday, about one o'clock, the Princess Aif, Guvri left her apartments at the King's Palace Pimlico, for Brighton. Lady CAsTLEac tun commences her fashion able parties to-mor7ow etening, at her house, in St. James's-square. As soon as it was perceived that the advertise ment on the part of the Victualling Office, for American flour, had given general dissatisfaction to the British Agriculturist, notice was sent round to the Mer Chants that they *ere not to Offer their tenders ; and that British flour would be sent out by Government to our Foreign; S-'ettlements which would, under proper officers,' be previously kiln dried. This ready attention on the part Of Ministers to the Agrictilintists, does them•no small honour. The following Gentlemen were...yesterday called to the degree of 13arrister at Law by thf' Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn":----HENtor 11 7 .11.KpISON, THOMAS WILLIAM WILLA.N, JAMES CAMPBELL, CHARLES BLAKE. ALLNATT, and HENRY FARRAR, Esquires. HynnoanArnicAr. K,NOWLEDGE.—The Aid sloop of war having been re-commissioned at Deptford, by that scientilic - and - zealous officer, Captain W. 11. SMYTI-!, is fitting with all possible dispatch, for the purpose_ of proceeding to the . Mediterranean, where Captain S. in co-operatien . with the members of the Austrian and Neapc,ii tan bureaus, will put in effect his excellent: design of conihming the inarithue survey of the harbours and coasts of the Mediterr i ilieaft.: Lieut. BtECII Y is appointed to AsiSt . 'Captain' S. in his Africau research. It is with much plea sure we acquaint our readers that thelast four years exertion of the ogicersof the Aid have been" duly appreciated by the Lords of the . AdmiraltY, and that every individual will receive,,the reward they so much merit,:. • RECORDER'S REPORTi—ltresterday the rtzcow der made a ,Report to his IVTAJs:ry of the fol lolying prisoners under sentence of-.death in Nor gate, viz. . - • • - .John Murphy, alias Gale,_ for rcturnn g from transTortation Thomas Elliot, Joseph Wootteri, Nirilliani Bullock, Michael Sullivan, and Midiael Harley, for highleay . -nibberies ; Tho mas Pratt, James Ryall, and James Anderson . . fir nurg/arY ; Joseph Palmer, Jam es PRinler, John Popki.ns,Josnpli and Mary Gays, for stekLling in dwelling-libuSes • and 2 - >bra:" ham llemmingway, for sr.etilego-when Tlio Elliot,. . 10 : 4 ''P a Wootten,Win. Bullock, iliichael liarley, and,Algallam- Hein" mingway, were ordered thr execution on Tuesday next. On the return 'of his MAJESTYto Carlton' House on Wednesday night, a. serious accident occurred as the cavalcade was passing- down Long-acre. 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