The Sun. — London, England, 1821-07-28 00:00:00

ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Nautilus transport which accompanied file discovery ships as a store-ship, is arrived off t "wick on her return home, having left the lit Y and Hecla off Resolution Island, on the IS t, all well ) and the crews in the highest spirits. ha ving received on board all the spare stores, Provisions, &c. with which the Nautilus was I° aded, the Fury and Hecla were about to pro ceed to Southampton Island, in the prosecution of their voyage of discovery. Resolution Island, here they stopped to take out the cargo of the 'auti/us, is in the entrance of Hudson's Strait, through which the ships were proceeding in pro ecution of th e ir i n t en d e d voyage. The follow ing is an extract of a letter brought by the Nau tilus, which contains an accurate detail, up to the time that vessel left the discovery ships, of the Progress of the expedition, and probably the last notice that can be received of it for a long Period : " His Majesty's ship Fury, Hudson's Straits, north coast of America, June 26, 1821. " We had a very fine passage to this part of t he world, and therefore I am able to tell you but little news. We reached the ice about a Week ago, since which time we have made two attempts to take the heavy stores out of the f rom transport, which accompanied us ; but, 'rorn the wind blowing upon the ice, we were obliged to stand off, as the transport had not been atrengthened so as to resist the ice ; we are now, L owever, making a third attempt, and we hope t ° get rid o f h er i n a b ou t a coup l e o f d ays or so. I Ve made a pretty long stay at the Orkneys (about a fortnight), during which time we anus ea ourselves by shooting grouse, plover, &c., or a ny thing that came in the way, for we were not V ery nice about the shooting season.—We have got a famous supply of live'and fresh provisions ?n board, that will last us till Christmas. There 13 a good deal of ice about us, but not enough to ob struct our passage forwards, if it was not for tl'e transport; but, however, we hope to get her 1, 11 : in about a day or two, if it is fine weather. e made an island about a week ago, called Re rniution Island, where we expected to see some jdians ; b u t th ere was so muc h i ce b e t ween th e llPs and the land, that we were disappointed. C ao hardly give you an idea of our intended lite without a chart, for two reasons—first, be allse thos e i n common use are so i naccura t e as t be of littl e use , an d b ecause our f u t ure course t i l l' in a great measure depend upon the state of ice : but, however, if you should ever fall in blitb a good cha r t, I w ill t e ll y o u our most pro caule course. From the Orkneys we first made i it a pe Farew e ll, th e sou th ern ex t rem ity o f Green ,. ,nd, in l a t. 60 d eg. nort h ; f rom t h ence to Hud ir's Straits, b e t ween C a p e Chidl e y an d Resolu °o Island, which is about due west of Cape he here we are at present; and from : I ' 6 e we intend to steer about north-west (if the u n'd and i ce w ill perm i t ) to try to get nort h wa id s jP .° ugh some of the inlets on the north side of se ovA -- s sol, Bay ; from thence northwards to the w h a ,,' a s seen . by Ilerne, near Coppermine river, th e e w e shall probably winter ; from thence to pl a se a, as seen by M'Kenzie; and from this t ,: n co to Behring's Straits, round Cape Horn to ritiV a t il d• We are all of us preparing our s h ai s , 'or shooting deer, which we most probably t he isle see upon the next land we fall in with, as Ale islands here abound with them. We are, I C ever, exceedingly well off in the eating way ; li 4h a tY of fresh beef, mutton, pork, poultry, eggs, kc., on board, besides 14 or 15 sheep, 22 p ort c/ cks, and as man y pi g s on b oar d th e trans ttl, • we have b e sid e s p re s er v e d pott e d f res h 8 4r a ts of all kinds, so that salt provisions we le ss ee lY need taste all the time we are out, un allewe ch oose . All t h e o ffi cers are very agree j and Capt a i n P arry I lik e ver y muc h i n d ee d ; h ' ave no dout but tat we s i Nt ee very comfortably tohgether."hall spend the 11; [ANOTHER LETTER. 4 ] / 'Majesty's Shi p Fury, Dav i s ' Stra i ts, J une 3 0, 13 2 1 . 1,44 it 'Majesty's Slit—The transport Nautilus, which has accom -11 43 thus f ar on our voyage, is about to return to 1 : 14 1 44 e1, where sh e i s expecte d to arrive ve about the end of July. 4 (10,, 13 ' a vail my se lf o f t h e opportun i ty she affords of acknow c'R th e receipt o f your ki n d l etter o f t h e 29t h o f April, and ra pt ° , f th e Ac count o f t h e T onga I s l an d s. F or t h ese, an d e 441 ' v(l wishe s f or our we lf are, I b eg you to accept my most el,htee thanks. 111 ` - 'l,k o.a Pet usal of that interesting work has already afforded to effete and much information, and should . we be so happy 4 /' ter lt i t et .the so long doubted passage into the Pacific, it 341 41 I. us invaluable assistance. In that event we should 1 7 4 5e e k t..,. 41 ' 41 t Many of the islands that are washed by that im te4ll -.4 At the Sandwich Islands we should certainly re 'l/4111d411(1 h te k for the homeward voyage ; but the Tonga 3 /;" ic h Mr. Mariner's Narrative has made doubly ine bYeit: ' ea r will be out of our track, whether we return home 14,1• re 'lllnavizating the new world, or by passing through t k. in g 44 ; l - peea n and round the Cape of Good Hope, and so ma it of the globe. ‘ arrived our voyage. has been unmarked by any incident. ll'cmved at the edge of the ice about forty miles from lluds been 4ts Et i t , ex, o n the 18th instant; since that period we have h nap e} - p l ayed in emptying the transport, an operation . m lir il a P r evalence of cold dense fogs and boisterous wea dtiliaizeteliy; it e l enter the ice in prosecution of . our voyage imme cnroparative thinness in this latitude does not pro ving ri o ° " el. us much resistance, and we may calculate upon a - ato of die northeast end of Southampton Island by the Ist About these parts, of which our geographic 11 4114 g i „ is v ery confused, there is the greatest pro ca, - }, ; ,, 0s en ding the true coast of Continental Amen iatn I‘.- ' 4l if found, we expect will lead us eventually the if r atio The ob stac l es which oppose a successful na n - 0 f such a coast are too many and obvious to war ja-qt an unbounded confidence of success. The general feeling loauld nguiihne ; an d if, by th e bl ess i ng of Providence, our timbers iihal hold to g e ther, I do not d espair of dating the next letter irltli_have the pleasur e of writing to you f r om Kamschatka. meanwhile, 41 e goodwishing y ou the enjoyment of health, and thing s we leave behind, I remain, my dear Sir, your's, &c. JOHN EDIVA RD, S urgeon o f the Fury. k ir. Martin, Registrar of the Humane Society. REGISTER OF FASHION. • THE KING'S BANQUET. .Thursday evening hiS InAjEs'ry had a nume rous and grand dinner party, at his Palace in Pall:mall, given principally to the Foreign Princes and others of distinction, sent here on special missions from the different. Sovereigns and Governments to be present at the king's Coro nation. To meet them all the Foreign Ainbassa dors and Ministers were invited, as were their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Clarence, and Cambridge ; the Marquess . of Londonderry, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Duke of Wellington, as being personally known to many of the distinguished Foreigners from his long residence abroad. 'The Duke of Montrose was in attendance on the King.—The State Rooms were opened on the occasion, in which the Royal Banquet was supplied. The Pages and other attendants appeared in their-state uni forms; the livery servants in their state liveries.— The Royal and distinguished party broke up a little before eleven o'clock, when his Majesty and his distinguished guests proceeded to honour Prince Esterhazy with their company at his splendid party. PRINCESS I:TERHAZI"S BALL AND SUPPER. Princess EsTEnnuy gave one of the most ele pant balls of the season on Thursday evening, al Chandos H ouse , Cavendish-square.—Such an assemblage of Princes has not been witnessed since the late Sovereign came to the Throne of these realms. There were no less than thirty-two scions of the reigning Houses in Europe.—The magnificent suite of drawing-rooms were most brilliantly illuminated ; the principal one was fitted up with unique taste for dancing : the whole of them were decorated with shrubs and the choicest flowers. His MAJESTY having sig nified his intention of honouring her Serene high ness with his company, arrived about a quarter past eleven o'clock in his private carriage, ac companied by Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD, and was received by her Serene highness on alight ing from his carriage, who conducted him to the ball-room, where he was most rapturously received. His Majesty was attired in a full Austrian Field Marshal's dress, and wearing various orders. Dancing then commenced with a quadrille, led off by Lord Viscount Cranborne and the Prin cess Paul Esterhazy. The supper, which con. sisted of every delicacy in season, was announced about half-past one. His Majesty took his leave' at half-past two. We are gratified to state that he looked extremely well, and was in high spirits. There were nearly four hundred persons of the first rank and distinction present ; to enumerate them would be to name all the leading per sonages in town : of the Royal FamiCy—his Royal Highness the Duke of York, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duke of Cam bridge, her Royal Highness Princess Augusta, and her Royal Highness Princess Sophia of Gloucester. Duke of WELLINGTON's Banquet to the KING. His Grace gave a most sumptuous entertain ment yesterday to his Majesty and a party of 40 other distinguished personages. At half-past seven the company sat down to one of the most judiciously arranged dinners ever seen, consisting of turtle and venison, served up on the last new service of plate, in the great ball or saloon, which has been recently erected at the east end of Apsley-house. To meet his Majesty the fol lowing attended : Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Clarence, and Cambridge ; the Princes Nicholas and Paul Esterhazy ; Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Montrose, Count Stackelbonrg, Duke de Grammont, lilarauis of Londonderry, Baron Fagel, Earls of Westmorland, lla . rrowhy, Lord Palmerston, Lord Mary_ borough, Earl of Clanwilliarn, Lord Burghersh, Count Mun ster, &e. His Majesty was attended on leaving Carlton Palace by the Master of the Horse and the Master of the Robes, and escorted by a nume rous party of the Royal Horse Guards,of which the Duke of Wellington is Colonel. His Ma jesty's entrance into his carriage was announced by the sound of trumpets, which soon collected a number of persons into Pall Mall in expecta tion of the pleasure of seeing the King, in which gratification they were however disappointed, as it was previously arranged to proceed through the Parks to the Duke of Wellington's house, which is tlfe corner of Hyde Park.--His Majesty was also expected to honour the Duke de Gram moues Grand Entertainment last night given at Alutack's Rooms. AnrwrALs.—Mrs. General Churchill and Miss Churchill, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; John Clerk, Esq. and Miss Clerk, at ditto; George Hammond, Esq. at ditto ; Henry 'Wellington, Esq. at ditto ; Mrs. and the Misses Campbell, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Oxford-street, from Brighton ; Airs. and the Misses Tharp, at ditto, from their seat, Chippenham Park, Newmarket. DEPARTURES.—Viscount and Viscountess Galway, for Worthing, Sussex ; the Marquis of Lansdown, fo r B owoo d Park, Wilts ; Lord and Lad y M ilton, for Wentworth House, York shire ; the Earl of Bridgewater, for Ashridge, Herts ; Lord and Lady Langford and family, for their seat in Berks ; Lord and Lady James Hay and family, for their seat in Scotland ; Lord and Lady Grantham and family, fbr their seat' in the Isle of Wight ; Lord Deerhurst and Colonel Willoughby Cotton, for the Isle of Wight, and thence to Ireland ; Mr. Brisco, from Devonshire-place, for. Yorkshire ; Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Warneford, from Wimpole-street, for Warneford-place, Wilts. BATA AnnivALs.—Lord Bishop of Hereford Lady A. Newman, Sir Paul Baghott, Sir C. H aw ki ns , Si r R. Vaughan, Hon. Mr. Worthington, Colonel Serle, Alaj. Tucker, Capt.and Mrs. Parry, Capt. Lewis, Capt. Morgan, Lieut. Brereton— Rev. Dr. Thompson, Rev. Mr. Herbert, Rev. Mr. King, Rev. Mr. Still, Rev. Mr. Thompson, Rev. Mr. Winglass, Rev. Mr. Walsh. • DIPROMPTU, On the recent Termination of a Trial, - by the Withdrawal of a Juryman on each side. PARODY. The factious stun the Court with loud applause, So Guilt escap'd, but Hunger won the cause. Sir CHARLES COOTE, of Ballyfm, has announced himself a candidate for the seat in the represen tation of the Queen's County, vacant by the ele vation of the Hon. W. W POLE to the Peerage ; and T. H. SKEFFINGTON, of Oriel Temple, for the seat in the representation of the County of Louth, vacant by the elevation of Mr. FOSTER to the Peerage. Lord OXMANTOWN, son of the Earl of Ross, has offered himself for the representation of 'the King's County, vacant by the appointment of JOHN PARSONS, Esq. to the office of Commis sioner in the Insolvent Court. THE CORONATION. The following gratifying letter has been ad dressed by Lord.. to Lord GwynYa, to express his M . AJESTY'S satisfaction at the ex cellent arrangements made by his Lordship in his capacity of Great Chamberlain during the late august Ceremony :--. ll'hitehall, July 21, 1321. MY Loan—l am commanded by his MAJESTY to express to your Lordship his MAJESTY'S high approbation of the ar rangements made by your Lordship in the Department of the GREAT CHAMBERLAIN Of ENGLAND, for the august Cere mony of his MAJESTY'S Coronation, and of the correctness and regularity with which they were carried into effect. . • -. • To the exemplary mann er i n w hi c h t h ese duties were per formed by your Lordship, and by those Officers who acted under your Lordship's authority, his MAJESTY is graciously pleased to consider that the order and dignity, which so pecu liarly distinguished the Ceremony, are in a degree to be as cribed, and I have to request that your Lordship will commu nicate to the persons thus referred to, the sense which his INIAJEsTY has condescended to express of their services. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Servant, The Lord OWYDYIt, Deputy Great Chamberlain • crf England, &e. WESTMINSTER Lord Great Chamberlain's Qifice, Jai 27. The public are respectfully informed, that there will be no admittance to 'Westminster Hall after Wednesday next, the Ist of August. No Tickets will be issued, as the applications have been so numerous, it has been impossible to answer-them. G WYDYR. CAMBRIDGE, JULY 27.—The Coronation Ball was held on Friday evening last, at the Town Hall, and was attended by upwards of 200 persons, among whom were several of the heads of Colleges with their ladies, many resident Members of the University, and most of the gentry and principal families of the town. The Ball was opened between 9 and 10 o'clock, and the merry dance was kept up with great spirit, until supper was announced ; after which his Majesty's health was drank with four times four, amidst reiterated acclamations. Dancing was then resumed, and continued with undiminished animation until half-past four o'clock on Saturday morning. The uni versal satisfaction expressed by every individual present, renders it highly probable that an annual ball will be instituted in ho nour of an event, which has diffused such general feelings of delight among all the inhabitants of the British empire. —The Rev. Mr. Haggitt, of Ditton, entertained the labourers of his parish and their wives, on the evening of the lath, with a sup per in honour of hi s M a j esty ' s Coronation. Tables were spread for 150 guests in a meadow at the bottom of the rectory garden, under the shade of two fine old walnut trees. The party assembled at six o'clock, when they were plentifully served with plum pudding, beef, mutton, &c. T he tabl e cloths being remo ve d, hi s Majesty's health and prosperous reign was drank with many hearty cheers, the church band playing " God save the King," " Rule Britannia," and other loyal airs. After this, they who were disposed, stood up to dance; the elder guests amusing themselves w ith looking on, and such as desired it, having the enj o y ment o f their pipes. The evening was most delightful, and happiness on every countenance. The only interruption which threatened the ge neral festivity arose from some half. dozen persons on the river, whose vociferations of " the Queen," accompanied with much common-place scurrility, were not partimlarly in unison with tile scene. But they were most unsucessful in their efforts to ue mischievous, and it is highly satisfactory to find that our unperverted villagers, hoWever they may deplore (and who does not deplore) the misconduct, which no sophistry can dis prove, have yet the good sense to see and to acquiesce in its inevitable consequences—an exclusion from that throne, to which, for upwards of h a lf a century, every virtuous woman looked for her model of female excellence, and to which ev er y profligate one would b e t oo h appy to look for a countenance for vice. ST. NEOTS% MINTINGDONSTIIIIE.—The day of his Ma jesty's Coronation was in this town celebrated with much joy., The morning.was ushered in by the ri ng i ng o f t h e c hu rc h b e ll s, and as early as nine o'clock, a proportion of the principal inha bitants, accompanied by a band of music, paraded the town, stopping at variousplaces to sing " God Save the King." At eleven the procession proceeded to church, where divine service was performed, and an excellent and appropricte sermon was preached by tha Rev. George Freer. After divine service, the inhabitants were again enlivened by the band parading the town.—At two o'clock, the poor, to the number of 1,300, were regaled with a good dinner and ale in the market-place, which had been prepared for the purpose, and at four o'clock the Gentlemen, and other principal inhabitants of the town, sat down to an excellent dinner, under an open booth erected for the occa sion. After dinner, several excellent and loyal toasts were drank..—" God save the King," " Rule Britannia," and " Old England, 0 !" were sung with great enthusiasm.—The harmony continued, without intermission, till seven o'clock in the evening, when it was partially interrupted by some persons denominating themselves the Queen's friends. Nevertheless the utmost demonstration of joy was manifested throughout the day. On the following morning, the harmony was resumed by a band of music parading the principal streets of the town, and in the afternoon a party of the inhabitants fitted up a barge, and spent several hours on thq water. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. 11RIGHTON RACES (SECOND DAY), JULY 2.6. The Brighton Stakes of lOgs each, with 60gs added by the Town ' • three-yr-olds, 7 s t four, Bg. 41b. five, Bst. 121 a. six, and aged 9st. 31b. The New Course, one mile and three quaqevs. Loral Egremont's b. c. by Canopus, 3 yrs old - I Sir J. Shelley's b. h. Ant a r, 5-y rs o ld - . 2 Mr. Walker's ch. h. Canova, 4 yrs old - - 3 Mr. Irby named M r . B o y ce ' s Sappho, 6 yrs old - 4 Sweepstakes of 50gs each, for two-yr-old colts, Bst. olb. and fillies, Bst. 21b. T. I'. C. Mr. Bouverie's c. b' Clavileno - - - 1 Mr. R. W. Walker's ch. c. by Juniper • - - 2 Lord G. H. Cavendish b. f. by Middlethorpe - - 3 Earl of Egremont's b. c. by Octavius - - 4 The Ladies' Plate of flOgs, for maiden horses ; three-yr-olds, 7st. four, Bst. 51b. five, Hat. 131 b. 'six, and aged, list. 31b. , A Heats, the New Course. Lord EirernO;tcgr.c. - b; Young Gohannah, 3 yrs. old 1 1 Mr. Gates's bl. ft. Corset, 4 yrs. old - 4 2 Mr. Constable's bl. c. Browham, 3 yrs. old . 3 3 Duke of Richmond's br. c. Chichester, 4 yrs. old - 2 4 ANECDOTE OF YOUNG BONAPARTE.—In No vember, 1819, the Emperor of .AusTaJA gave a grand chasse at SChloshoff, a magnificent sport ing domain, about forty English miles east of Vienna, on the .left bank of the Danube. —The Nobles of the Court and all the Foreign Ambassadors were present during the sports of the day's shooting. Young .NA Po- LEON, who was of the party, begged to have a gun, which the EMPEROR, after much entreaty, permitted, with strict injunctions that it might be charged with powder only. After two fires, he was rallied upon being a bad shot, and told that he had better decline a further attempt ; but at this moment he discovered the trick which had been put upon him. He now remonstrated with his grandfather, and, after , much pleading, was allowed a small charge of shot. He brought down his first bird (a pheasant), to the inexpres sible delight and admiration of the EMPEROR, and out of 11 shots he bagged nine birds, THE ARMY. .. . PORTSMOUTH, JULY 27. - -Yesterday l an d e d the 15th regiment of Foot, from Bermuda, and marched for Fort eurobi.rland.—Th e following is the distribution of.the British military force in the Lee Ward Island:— . , 4th, of King's Own, and Ist West India Regiment.:—Bar. badoes. sth Regiinenf-SL Vincefirs, five companis ; St. Lucia three ;lloinhaica, two. _ , 9th Regiment-Grenada, five companies-; Trinidad, three ; TobagO i two. 21st Regiment—Demerara, seven ccinipanies ; Bethke, three. 35th Regiment—Antigua, five companies ; St. Kitt's, three ; Nevis, one ; Montserrat, one. The Proinotiona and Appoint:l:m.l4i in the re spective Divisions of the Royal Marine Corps are as fol low Blevet Colonels Cole, Foley, and Binks, fo be Mapr-Gene rals, unattached pay. Brevet Lie - u:t::Colonels Roby, R. L ee , H. Lee, A . 1 1` Cle vertv; BOys, and Sir R. Williams, to be Lieut—Colonels. Sir R. iVilliamS, to retain command of the Royal Marine Artillery. Brevet CoWnel Al'lntosh, and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Clark, to retire on full pay. Brevet Lieutenont 2 ColnelS of the Army, and Contains of Royal Marines, Stanser: Punsmuire, Mint°, Long, I..\ir J. Malcolm, K.C.B. and ITTestropp, to be Majors. Brevet Majors Wingiec, Sheppard, Lawrence; Bartleman, Boys, and Collins, to be Pay Captains. First Lieutenants Crowther, Walker, Kendall, Cockell, Ap pleton, and Clippies, to be Captains..,„ Second Lieutenants Thompson, janies, R.M.A., Shillito, Hickman, Brutton, Luddington, find Tarrant, to be First Lieutenants. By the above arrangements the following offi cers are called into actual service Colonels Lambretch, Savage, and Abernethie; Lieutenant-Colonel Foy. Captains Colley, Spurin, Bignall, Peebles, and Turner. .. , Yesterday the Aurora transport, Lieutenant Coates, Agent, came out of quarantine from the Mediterranean. She left Malta on the 27th : the Rochtfort was the only ship of war lying there. The 90th, 18th, and part of the 36th, were in garrison at Malta ; the remaining part of the 36th were at /ante. The Aurora left Gibraltar the 29th June. There was no ship of war at Gibraltar: the troops in garrison were—the 26th, 27th, 64th, and 80th. The `6th wore expected to be re lieved by the 75thi stud %4'o'uld then embark for England. Captain POiliicki Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Frazer, of the 26th Regithent, and Rev. Mr. Mackreath, Chaplain of Gibraltar, and family, came home in the zturord. The 85th and 51A Regiments were seen up the Mediterranean. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JULY 27.—Wind iN.W.--Arrived and sailed for the River the Lady Raffles, Colwell, from Bengal; Nimble, Milne, from Cadiz ; and London, Smith, from Jamaica ; the latter remains. Came down from the River the Tolson, Pen rice, for St. Domingo ; Regard, Fligg, for Trieste ; Voast, Williams, for Malaga ; Shannon, Jolly, for Bahia ; Pomona, Robinson ; and Martha, Bond, for New South Shetland ; Tartar, Leitch, for Quebec ; and Thomas, Cunningham, for Naples. Several of the outward-bound have -Sailed. POILTSZLOUTII, JULY 27.—Wind W.N.W.—Arnved the Medusa and Virginia transports from Barbadoes. PLYMOUTH, JULY 27.--Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the Lord Exmouth, Barrett, from Prince Edward's Island ; and Perseverance, Watson, from St. John's, N. B. Arrived off the port the Choice; Harry, from Quebec for London, out six weeks. The Success, from St. John's, N. B. for Falmouth, out :5 days. was spoken by the Perseverance yesterday. There were about 6A vessels loading for England. FALMOUTH, JULY 25.—Wind S.lV.—Arrived the. Francis Fueling packet, with mails, from Corfu ; sailed 7th June • from Malta the 15th, an d f rom Gib ra l tar t h e 11th of July; spoke the 11th of July, off Gibraltar, his Majesty's brig Red pole, 14 days from Portsmouth for the Mediterranean. Also arrived the Marchioness of Salisbury packet, with mails, from the Brazils; sailed from Rio the'22d of May, from Bahia the Bth of June, and Pernambuco the 14th ; on the Bth of July spoke the Clyde East Indiaman ; sailed from Colombo the 16th of March, and from it. Helena the '4th ofJune. The Success, Lillicrap, from St. John' s , N. 8., in hauling ro u nd th e Mana cles, struck on one of the outermost rocks, and filled to the lower deck beams. DAVIS STRAITS FISHERY. Tie Lady Jane, Fleming, from Davis Straits, is arrived at Thiclds, and furnishes the following account of some of the fishing ships :—Of London, Rookwood, clean ; Neptune, do. ; Ipswich, 2 fish ;—of Dull, Friendship, clean ; Royal George, do. ; Ellison, 10 fish ; —of Grimsby, Earl Falconberg, 2 fish;--of Shields, Grenville. Bay, 8 fish; Eliza, 9 ditto. Passengers per Lady Raffles, Captain Coxwell, from Bengal, arrived off Portland, 25th instant, and the Downs, 27th : Chas. Bayley, Esq. Civil Service, to th e C a p e of Good Hope. Fon Exot.AND.—John Monckton, Esq., Thos. Fortescue, Esq. Hugh Wilkinson, Esq., Bengal Civil Ser v i ce; Col. 11. Westenra, his Majesty's Bth Light Dragoons ; Capt. ! Carroll, his Majesty's 87th Regiment; Capt. Charles Fitz gerald, 6th Bengal Cavalry ; Capt. W. D. Playfair, - Bth Bengal Infantry ; 1)r. Govan ' Bengal Medi ca l S ervice • Mrs. Chas. Bayley, Mrs. Major Hampton, Mrs. Playfair, Mrs. Carroll, Master Charles Tombs, Master Jas. Playfair, Master Lyon Playfair, Master Geo. Rankin Playfair, Master Jn. P. Hamp ton, Master Wm. Hampton, Master R. J. Hampton, Master Thomas Stackhouse, Master Charles Stackhouse, Master W. Home, Miss C. C. Hampton, Miss M. L. Playfair, Miss Ann Playfair, Miss Eliz. Oakes.—Lieut.-Colonel D. Dodgin, his Majesty's 66th Regiment, from St. Helena. An 'Officer of distinction, now in London, has just received a letter from Bombay, from which the following is an extract :—" A letter from Siraz, of the 17th of March last, confirms the report of an attack having been made upon Ge neral SMITH immediately on his landing, in which six officers were killed and wounded."—(liorn ing Paper.) We lately noticed a riot at Bandon. Several persons who had joined in the procession, and also several inhabitants of the street in which the riot took place, were indicted for the offence. The trial of the latter commenced at the county Ses sions held in the city of Cork on Friday se'n night. The trial commenced at twelve o'clock on Friday, and continued until eight o'clock in the evening, when the case for the prosecution closed. It was resumed on Saturday, and at four o'clock on that day the Juryietired, but finding it impossible to agree on a verdict, they were discharged, and the traversers were imme diately dismissed. EDINBURGH, JULY 23.—0 n Thursday an un precedented circumstance took place from the discharge of one of the last guns in the Castle, the wadding from which set fire to the grass at the foot of the rock, which from the long continu ance of dry weather, burnt like tinder. The fire at one time was of considerable breadth, and burnt with great fury to the top of the rock, occasioning the removal of some of the banners on the outer wall. The Commander and his Staff immediately set off in full gallop ; and on their way to the Castle ordered out engines from the depot at the Castlehill. They then pro ceeded to the Castle, when one of the garrison engines was also ordered out, and played over the ramparts until the flames were completely, extinguished. MOVING BOG. REPORT RELATIVE TO THE MOVIgO 800 OF irfLia. LEADY, IN THE RING'S COUNTY, MADE BY ORDER OF TILE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY; To BUKNAL SITARTHir, Esq. Scc. Ste. .. floyal alblin Society House, July 16, 1121. compliance with the request of the Royal Dublin Sotiety, convened to nie by your letter of ehe 12th inst. I have visited the Losing bog of Kilmaleady ; and finding, on rr,y re turn tO Dublin that very erroneous notions respecting its' . magnitude a l id destructive e ff ects h av e b e e n enterta tned, I . . _ . . • tliink it my daty immediately to communicate to you, for the information of he Society, some account of the nature mid ex tent of this once alarming phenomenon. Tile bog of kilinaleady, from whepce the eruption broke. out, situated about two mile to the North of the village o f Clara; in the king's County, is of considerable extent : 'it may ' probably contain about 500 acres : in many parts it is 40 feet in depth, and it is considered to be the wettest bog in the country. It is bounded on all sides, except the south, by steep ridges of land, which afe composed, at the top, of limestone gravel, and fierietith of cavernon? limestone rock, containing subterra ' nean streams but the soutlfeinFace of the hog is once to a n' - ?otiry valley, ablit a quarter of a mile in breadth,' which. for nearly half a mile in 'length; takes a southern direction in fl:e lands of iiisanisicy, and then turns at right angles to the west, and c::ntiies gradually widening for upwards of two miles, — through the centre. of this valleyflows a stream about twelve. feet in breadth, v'hich serves as a discharge foi: the waters from the bog, and the surrounding country; and finally joins the river Brusna, above the bridge of BallycumbOr. The bog of Kilmaleady, like all other deep and wet bogs, is C:. , ;t4osed, for the first eight or ten feet from the surface down wail,' of a reddish-brown spongy mass, formed of the still un deconiposed fibres of the bog moss, " sphagnum-palustre," which,.bY capilAry attraction, absorbs water in great quantity, Beneath this fibrous mass, the bog gradually becomes pulpy, till at length, towards the bottorn, it assumes the appearance, and, when examined, the consistence of a black muds, rathir heavier than water: The surface of the bog of Kilmaleady was elevated upwards of twenty feet above the level of the valley, from which it arose at a very steep angle, and its external face, owing to the un common dryness of the season, being mttch firmer than usual, *lie inhabitants of the iicinity were enabled to sink their turf holes, and cut turf at the depth of at least ten feet beneath the surface of the valley, and, in fact, until they readied the Wye clay which forms the substratum of the bog. Thus, the facesof Many of the turf banks reached the unusual height of thirty feet perpendicular; when, at length, on the 19th day of June, the loiver pulpy add muddy part of the bog, which possessed little cohesion, being unable to resist the great pressure of water from behind, gave way, and being once set in motion, floated the upper part of the bog, and continued to move with astonishing velocity along the valley to the southward, forcing before it not only the champs of turf on the edge of the bog, but even patches of the moory meadows, to the depth of several feet, the grass sur face of which heaved and turned over almost like the waves of the ocean ; so that in a very short space of time the whole valley, for the breadth of about a quarter of a mile between the bog edge and the base of the hill of Lisanisky, was covered with bog to the depth of from eight to ten feet, and appeared every where studded with green patches of moony meadow. The hill of Lisanisky retarded tile progress of the bog for some time ; at length it began to flow at right angles in its first coarse along the valley, where it turns to the west, and continued with unabated rapidity till it reached the bog road of Kilbridge (which runs directly across the valley, and is elevated 3 or 6 feet above it), and choaked up the bridge through which the waters of the stream pass. This barrier retarded the progress of the bog for 5 days; at the end of that time, the accumulation was such, from the still moving bog and the waters of the stream, that it flowed over the road, and covered the valley to the south of it for about half a mile, flowing with varied velocity, till it was again stop. ped, for a few hours, as I understand, by a second road across the valley, leading from Clara to Woodfield. Having also overcome this obstacle, it proceeded slowly westward ; and if its progress had .not been checked by the very judicious means that have been employed, the whole extent of the valuable mea dows, which compose the valley where it expands to the west:. ward, must long since have been covered.. But, when the bog had passed over the road of Kilbride, and the consternation. in the country became general, at the desire of the Lords Justices, Mr. Gregory employed Mr. Killaly, Engineer ti 3 the Directors. General of Inland Navigation, to carry into execution any works that could be devised to arrest the progress Of the bog. Mr. Killaly at once perceived, that the only feasible remedy was to draw off the water that had accumulated ; and to accomplish this end, he employed a number of labourers to open the course of the stream where it was choaked up, and also the drains throe the valley that could be directed into the stream. By this means the head of water was soon lowered, and in consequence the bog ceased to flow—and all the loose masses which flaated on the river were broken to pieces, by labourers placed at inter. vals throughout its course. Such was the situation of affairs on my arrival at the bog early on Saturday morning. During the course of the day, exerted myself to carry into execution the well-advised plan which had previously been commenced by Mr. Killaly. T o - wards evening the floating masses which came down the river, began to lessen considerably both in size and number ; and, finding every thing proceeded w ith regularity and certainty,..l „ thought it useless to remain longer. At present I entertain no apprehension of further devastation from the bog, except in the event of a very great fall of rain during the present week. Slight rains would be of service to increase the current of water, and facilitate the removal of a considerable deposit of heavy, black, bog mud, which at present fills the bottom of the stream. The general current has,. how ever, been much increased by the breaking down of the weirs on' the river Brusna, below the junction of the bog river. I shall now describe the present appearance and state of the bog and moory valley. In the centre of the bog, for the space of about a mile and a half in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, a valley has . been formed, sloping at the bottom from the original surface of the bog, to the depth of 50 feet, where the eruption first took place. In this valley or gulf, there are numberless concentric cuts, or fissures, filled with water nearly to the top. The galley between the edge of the bog and the road of Kil bride, for the length of half a mile, and an extent of b etween 60 and 80 acres, may be con s id ere d as totally destroyed. It is covered by tolerably firm bog, from six to ten feet in depth,. consisting at the surface of numberless green islands, composed of detached parts of the moory meadows, and of small rounded patches of the original healthy surface of the bog, varying from two to ten feet in diameter, which are separated from each othei by brown pulpy bog, and the bed of the original stream is de vated to about eight or ten feet above its former course, so as to flow over the road. Beyond the road to Kilbride the bog has flowed for one mile westward, and covered from fifty to seventy acres ; in this part the healthy patches of bog generelly lessen in quantity; the green islands disappear, and nothing is observed but a thin deposit, consisting of a granulated black bog mud, varying from one to three feet in thickness. This, though destructive for the p2e sent year, may, when dry, be burnt, and removed for manure to the neighbouring uplands, or left on the spot to fertilize the valley. Thus the whole distance which the bog has 'flowed is about three miles in length, namely, one mile and a half in the bog, and the same distance over the moory valley ; and the extent covered amounts to about 150 acres. I have the honour to be, Sir, • Your most obedient humble servant, • RICHARD GRIFFITH, X ei ining a..;inr