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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MOANING PAPERS, May 23. jNEw TIMES.] The Funds were a shade lower yesterday than the day before. Some persons thought fit to at tribute this to the gloomy character of the news from Spain.; but we believe it was nothing more than the natural fluctuation, which after so con siderable a rise naturally produces some small reflux. Spain is certainly in- a wretched ; dis tracted state ; but, to the rest of Europe, this is comparatively a matter of indifference. Ab stracted from, the pain we always feel in con templating human misery and degradation, there is no reason why the present state of Spain should give ns any alarm. Our readers will do us the justice to remvriber, that from the very outset of n revolution, which was inconsiderately hailed by many persons in this Country as a triumph of liberty, we anticipated the evils which are now so dreadfully crowding upon the Spanish peqle. It was from no apathy to the great cau,,n of freedom that we entertained these seutilents ; but it was from a deep consic tiini, that 'the principles on which the revolu tion proceeded were really hostile to freedom. What do we now behold ? The very refuse of mankind signing lists of proscription (such lists as the miscreant Cobbett recommended in this Country), including the names of the most dis tinguished individuals in the Kingdom. Hence a -reign of terror is established in the capital and in all the great towns. Happily the wild moun tainous districts with which Spain abounds fur nish a refuge to loyalty. The brave Spanish Yendeans will not submit _to the bloody yoke of their tyrants. They resist, and they will conquer. The blood of the murdered Vinuessa. - will not in vain cry for vengeance to the generous Spanish nation. The base and infamous Ministers who could excuse that execrable assassination will be held in detestation by every man possess ing a spark of honour; and the personal dangers which surround the King and the Royal Family will at length awaken the great mass of a loyal people to the necessity of a Counter-Revolution. . [MORNING POST.]' With respect to the Greek Insurrection, it is not surprising, from the lingering character of its first movements, that it should be unattended - with success ? For our own part, we never rested its 'merits upon exaggerations of present evil and possible good, such. as are the cheat ing phantoms of Revolutionists.—not upon any supposed rights of the Greeks to a special inheritance of liberty, for 'their governments in their most shining ages were scarcely bet ter promoters of happiness than that of mo dern Constantinople--but, upon the visible and palpable fact of oppression exercised beyond all precedent, even in the most .barbarous ages of man. We shall not at pre'sent indulge in the expression of the ideas which crowd upon us in this respect ; but we cannot help unequivocally avowing that we should have been most happy to have witnessed the establishment of an inde pendent kingdom, filling exactly the place of the urks, as the more liberal and natural guardian .of the. Dardanclles, and rescuing one of the finest portions of the earth, not merely from the* immediate pressure Of inhumanity on itself, but from the condition,.of a barrier against the pro gress of civilization to the immense regions of Asia. [MORNING HERALD.] .The Greek Insurgents proceed with a firm ness, or a desperation not reconcileable with the acknowleged poverty of their. resources. The Tnrks, with their characteristic slowness, have yet Made no effort to put them down. Of this result, however, there is every probability. The news from Spain is .painful in the extreme. [BRITISH PRESS.] • The. Second Deport from the - Select Commit tee appointed by the House of Commons to con sider of the means of improving the Foreign Trade of the country has been printed. It is very brief in comparison with the more detailed views of our foreign commerce which have Issued. from the-Committee of the House of. Lords, but it concurs -in principle with their Lordships' last Report, in recommend ing an 'extension to all British subjocts.of the privilege now enjoyed by foreigners, European and American, of carrying-on trade .between the eastern ports embraced withiti the charter of the East India. Company. (exc,epting-. the dominions of the Emperor of China), and. all foreign coun tries in amity with the Crown of Great Britain. , It certainly appears to be an extraordinary incon sistency that •British subjects should be excluded by the !power ofitheir own Government from a moat profitable .branch of trade, which is at the same timempen.to:theinhabitants of every other country:: ;!chis , trade is actually one of. the most lucrative that engage the attention of the ,Anglo- Arnericans ;it enables them-to enter the markets . of Europe with - - singular. advantages, and there to compete: successfully, with the Lords of the Great Eastern._ Peninsula • themselves, while it gives:employment to nearly one half of the Ame rican marine, with its due proportion of seamen. The concurrence of .the -,Committees of both Houses: in. - recommending this extension of the eastern trade, is calculated to ensure the consent of .Parliament. , A Bill for effecting this purpose will, we presume, be immediately. introduced into the. House of .Commons, for the Report classing this point among , the " - facilities" which may be granted to the foreign trade of the. empire pre vious to the adoption of.any general measure, remarks, that it " cannot. be delayed to a future year without the. risk of losing much of the bene ficial results which at the present time may be expected from it." ; {MORNING CHRONICLIZ.] The hostility of the Clergy of Spain to the new order of things in that country was to be ex pected. However beneficial,the.reformation must be to the nation in general, to them it is not a cause of rejoicing; and the members of a church are like the members of any other corporation, always much more alive to their own separate in terest, than the interest of the community at large. The monks of Spain (there are individual exceptions no doubt) would be very sorry to see the people generally industrious and intelligent; because the condition on which this can be ef : - fected puts an end to their luxurious idleness.— Priestcraft and"national prosperity are incompa tible with each other; but the Monks thrive by Priestcraft:- . --Among those who from this Cause naturally hated the Revolution, and wished to return to the old system of abuses by which he conld hope to thrive, was the Canon Vinuessa. This man had entered deeply into a conspiracy for the overthrow of the existing Government ; had formed a plan for that ptirpose ; and evidence in his own hand-writ ing of his machinations was produced against him in abundance. The Court before which he was tried sentenced. him to a severe punishment no doubt, but. a punishment to which, many of the brave defenders of their country were subjected on the return of Ferdinand. Into the adequacy or inadequacy of this punishment, however, it would be presumptuous itt us to enter. The peo ple of Madrid, however (and at this, considering the conduct of the Priests at the present conjunc ture, and the state of agitation produced by intes tine commotions and the alarm of fOreign invasion, we do not wonder), seem to have been.greatly exasperated against Vinuessa; and the sentence was unsatisfactory to them. It is . said to have. been known to the Ministers, that an attempt would be made on Vinuessa's life; but no pre cautions, or none suitable, were taken to frustrate. thatattempt, and Vinuessa fell a sacrifice to the fury of the mob and the bad conduct of the Authot rifles. We regret this transaction as much as it is possible to do. But regret for the transaction, and respect for the sufferer, are two distinct things. We should regret the destruction of the vilest miscreant that 'ever disgraced human nature, 'if it was not exacted by law. Vinuessa was a man who wished for his own selfish ends to in volve his country in blood and confusion ; but if the law spared him, the Authorities ought not to have allowed him to be murdered. But what man does not feel indignant when he hears this busy meddling priest spoken of by a British Jour nalist in the following terms :—" The manner in which the brave and pious Vinuessa met his death is most affecting. His murderers found him in his dungeon offering up his prayers to the Almighty." The brave and the pious Vinuessa! What a prostitution of language ! What would this worshipper of the Church Militant of Spain say of any writer, who as Baird, the leaderut Bonny muir, was a very religious man, and probably more brave than the Spanish Priest, should ex claim, 44 The brave and pious Baird !" This brave and religious Priest wished very much, no doubt, like most of his brethren, to see the Inquisition restored, and joined heartily in the cry of— " Down with the Constitution and up with the Inquisition I" This is what is meant by religion. It is not religion ; but its abuses, which are ad mired by our Ministerial advocates; and they seem perfectly impartial in this respect between Catholics and Protestants, 'as they are as ready to admire the supporters of Orange Societies as the supporters of the Inquisition. [THE TIMES. The Papers moved for some time ago by Mr. Robert Smith, respecting the sums of money due from Austria to this country, are now laid before Parliament. It is the practice of some debtors to decline, shuffle, defer ; and so ultimately evade the payment of their just debts. Austria adopts no such disingenuous course ; she replies very brief ly, as Falstaff replied to Bardolph upon a similar occasion—" not give thee a penny ; no, not a penny." Here is no hypocrisy in this; but only flat roguery. Nay, Austria, it appears, does not only refuse to pay us the money, or any part of it. in hard cash, but will not even consent to treat wit h us for timber out of the imperial forests, if the timber so afforded us be to be applied to the liquidation of any part of her debt. Count Stadion " is very eager to enter into an arrangement for the sale of his master's timber, but will not treat upon any terms which involve the question of the debt to Great Britain." So says Mr. Robert Gordon in the last dispatch, dated so long ago as February, 1818. The end, therefore, of the timber nego tiation is this—that a Mr. IL Smith is sent out to the Adriatic, to contract, not. with the Austrian government, but with certain individuals ; and we shall subjoin to these remarks some par ticulars of that negotiation. With respect to the sums advanced to Austria, those who were- guilty of commencing that extravagance exist no longer as ministers—some of them not as men : they are " no more." But what their hopes of repayment may have been, is. obvious from the following circumstance—that Austria refused to ratify or bind herself to the dig charge of the first loan till she wanted more, when she made that ratification a condition of the further advances 1 . The people upon 'Change would say that this was an odd way " of doing ..business." However, to do Lord Grenville jUstice, he is importunate enough for the ratification : but it does not appear from the papers before us, what instances, entreaties, or remonstrances, have been made by Lord Cas tlereagh, for the payment either in " money - or malt," of the sums, or any part of them, now due. In 1817 it was proposed by the Navy Board to the Admiralty, to send a competent person, as to knowledge of timber, its growth and quality, to select from the Adriatic forests such as was fit for our navy, and would be cheaper than if bought in England. A. Mr. Smith got appointed to this important ,service,: he was then Deputy Secretary to the Navy Board, and had been from leaving school a clerk in the Secretary or Clerk of Accounts' office, and did not, we believe, even profess . to - know any thing on the subject of tim ber, that being a distinct branch. of service. He continued to receive his salary as Deputy Secre tary, with an additional two guineas..a clay and travelling expellees. A Mr. Mosington was :chosen to attend him, a person brought np in the shipping line ; he also had a salary and his ex pences allowed.. Mr. Smith was two years ab sent; and iia conseqnence otitis report, the Navy Board entered into,. a private contract with Ada . - mich and flare, the former a native of Austria, to supply 20,000 loads of sided Austrian timber, at 12/. per load; and, provided this contract was fulfilled, Adamich *as to be forgiven 8,0001. which he was indebted to the Board on a for mer contract, and which there waSnoprobability of ever getting from him. The timber bought under this engagement has, ice have' been assur ed, turned out so. bad, as to he in a state of decay in the ships which have been repaired with it. —lndeed, on the first cargo being delivered at- Portsmouth, it was reported to be much inferior to any' before received, and by. no Means equal to some timber which our old contractors had offered to supply from their own estates, at the same time, at 11./. per load. It is matter of sur prise that this latter offer was refused: The con tract .with Adamich and Hare amounted to 240,0001. and the tittOer is now lying in the dif ferent yards; the shiPwrights are afraid to use it•in building new ships. The - Austrian Govern ment always marks the best trees for its own use, and only allows the inferidr to be exported, PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. We copy the following . Portrait from The Lime rick Chronicle of the 16th inst., and doubt not that all who know the original will admire the spirit and acknowledge the accuracy of the similitude : MR. PEEL.-A SKETCH. " There are few branches of hiiman knowledge less in the possession of man, than that By 'which he can ascertain his pe culiar aptitude for the proper sphere if action in which he should snccessfully proceed—though nature has made the designation, as. few are in her confidence, the fatal errors on this important point are lamentabl nutnierous—not so with Mr. Peel—his destinies, or rather his original manly cast of thought, assigned to him a suitable station in the higher regions of politics—his judgment approved the suggestions of an early ambition, and he will not be deceived by either. " Like his great prototype,lllr. Pitt, this young Statesman never lost an hour ; his passage from the University to business was without a pause ; distinguished as a scholar, an apt and a good One, he soon embodied the abstractions of science and of literature, with the practical details of the, home department,. thus combining thepowers of reflection with the philosophy of action. Intuitive perception, decision, and energy, compose the prominent features of his haracter ; they stand out from the canvass in bold relief. With the temperament of steel he pos sesses much of its point and of its polish, dauntless in debate we yield to intrepidity as to an irresistible power—he never weakens his forces by skirmishing with the out-posts of an an tagonist's principle, but pierces into the heart of his subject as direct as a ray of light, he illuminates,what he found involved in obscurity—you see him rising from the vast profound of his subject, but never playing on its surface—often imparting the charms of novelty to topics worn down by constant attrition— intense, ardent, argumentative, his resources are always at com mand ; his mind not - made of shreds and patches, seems to have been formed in the manner in which nature proceeds in form ing a flowershe (as is said by Bacon) throws out altogether the whole system of being, and the rudiments of all the parts Rudimenta partium omnium. simul parit et producit. nor whilst. thus employed in .the formation of the head, does she appear to have neglected the heart. " When Secretary in Ireland, his private munificence knew no limits but in the extent of the suffering he would relieve; the salary of his office £6,000, and £12,000 a-year allowed him, it isssaid, by his father, passed away in acts of benevolence, rather than in display, or in hospitality. " Aloof from the petty passions, the sordid and the debas ing, with a soul genuinely English, highly toned and crested— the empire is his interest, and to serve hei' more than to sway her is his ambition ; his ample fortunes place his virtues above temptation. " With such qualities, moral and intellectual, sustained by the sovereignty of unsullied honour, and of unsuspected sin cerity, the eye of Britain iS bent upon him, as the legitimate inheritor of the honours and the office of his illustrious prede cessor" whose principles lie needs not copy from, for they are the inbred elements of his own Constitution. " Though young in yeamje is mature in experience, for so short a time it has rarebil...- - y-,ned to any one person, to have gathered round him so much good opinion—so sacred were his engagements, that his promise was performance, and the better to alliance the public service merit and capacity were the pass ports to appointment. " Like Mr. Pitt, he never repeats; unambitious of orna ment, he prefers ideas to words ; and so fixed is he on the inte rest of his object, that he is always at it, never about it—did he purpose to redeem'Proserpine, he would not stay his speed to pluck the flowers which lay scattered on the way ; unseduced by the illusions of imagination, he wings his course with the velocity of the eagle. " Because he loves England well, he loves Ireland also, and eachiday was he becoming more Irish ; he loved that magnifi cent country as an integral and important part of the empire— he loved her on her own account—and there is little to hazard in the prediction, that whenever power places its sceptre in his firm grasp, he will cherish tho . se airections, and pour the bless ings of a paternal protection over that land where dwells his name imperishable in the hearts of one party, and in the re spect of the other. " Clarum & venera'oile non - len & multum nostrie quod proderat urbi." CAUTION TO GENTLEMEN? SERVANTS.—A new mode of rbbbery , has lately been invented, which has proved very successful to the ruffianlypractitioners, and which is as fol lows :—At day-break three and sometiines four fellows walk along the streets, to see if the servants left any silver spoons or other articles of value on the seat of the kitchen window, a cus tom which they frequently practice; the prowling villains no tice where they ,see such property, and about half-past five, the time the watchmen generally go off their bate, they return, leaving one of - the party at each end of the street to , watch, whilst the others climb over the area, of the kitchen, and with an instrument Something like a fishing-rod, which screws into three lengths, and which they generally carry- concealed in an umbrella, they either pull up the sash with a hook screwed to the top of it, or else break a pane of glass, and with another kind of hook, which they screw to the top of this instrument, they rises out spoons, ladles, knives, or whatever other articie chances to be on the window. Several depredations of this ture have been committed within the last fortnight in various parts of the town ; two silver table spoons Were, FISHED from the kitchen of a'gentlernan, 45, Gloucester-street, Queen-square; two large silver table spoons were also taken from the kitchen window of Mrs. Ann9w, 29, Great Ormond-Street; and a table spoon has' also been taken from the kitchen of a silversmith in Brook -street, all by this means.— Yesterday Thothas Sims, John Brown, Frank Robinson, and Charles Brown, who were in custody, charged on suspicion of committing theseabbbaries, and on whom the instrument above described was found when taken in custody; Were examined, but as none of the property was found upon them, and no posi tive proof being against them, they were discharged. The par ties robbed attended, and kequested if possible to make the case public, that it might put servants on their guard from leaving such things on kitchen windows. In the course of last Thursday night, a dog entered afield in° the occupation of Mr. JOHN Ituncre of Ivy-house farm near St. John's, Worcester,and destroyed five sheep; four others were also so dreadfully mutilated as to render it necessary to - kill them. The whole of their car cases were in a most mangled state,. and totally unfit' for use. A Mr. TRIGG, 28 years - of age, of large landed property at Royiton, paid -his addresses to a young lady in the neighbourhood, at first with every.prospect of success; but she filially discard ed altogether. On Sunday week he invited a party to dine with him, and the meal was scarce ly finished, whp he went up stairs, and not re turning, his friends went in search of him, and he was at length found in a piece of water with his head immersed hi the mud, and his legs in an upright position,'quite dead.—Vvrdict, Insanity. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—J. SEAL, aged ,33, long in the employment of Mr. 13iiis'row, a coachrnaker, at Homerton,.was married on the 26th ult. to the widow of a publican—the' com pany at the wedding enjoyed themselVes' till three the next morning—at six o'clock, the.body of SEAL was found floating in the Lea, in WhiCh river he "had drowned himself. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF RING'S BENCH, MAY 22. BLUNDELL V. CATTERALL. This was an action of trespass, involving a question of very general importance to the subjects of this kingdom, namely, whether they hive, by the common law, a right to bathe on the sea-shore, and to pass over it for that purpose on foot and with horses and carriages. The defendant pleaded several special pleas. -At the trial before Mr. Justice Bayley, at the Lent As sizes, 1820, for 6f... county of Lancaster, a verdict was found for the plaintiff on some of the issues, and for the defendant on the rest, subject to the Opinion of this Court upon a case, which stated the following - facts The plaintiff is Lord Of _the Manor- of Great Crosby, in the county of Lancaster, - which is bounded in the west by the river Mersey, an arm of the sea. As Lord of the Manor he is owner 6f the soil of . the shore, and has the exclusive right of fishing thereon with stake nets. The defendant is the servant of the proprietors of an hotel, which wa4 erected in the year- 1315 upon. certain land in Great . Crosby, fronting the shore, and bounded by the high water mark of the River Mersey, and they keep bathing machines Or the use of -persons who resort to their hotel, as well as of persons in the neighbourhood. These per sons arc driven by the defendant in the machines across the shore into the sea for the purpose of bathing, and the defendant receives a Sum of money from the individuals_ so bathing for the use of the machines, and for his services and assistance. No bathing machines were ever used upon the shore in Great Crosby before the.establishmentof-thiS hotel, but it has been the custom for the public to cross it pn foot for the purpose of bath ing. The proprietors of the hotel refuse to pay the plaintiff any acknowledgment for using the bathing machines upon the shore in the manner stated. There is a common highway for carriages along the shore, and it was proved by one of the plain tiff's witnesses that hay, potatoes, and other articles for the market were occasionally carted across the shore, although the more common mode of conveyance for such thintrs,- during his knowledge of the place, was by a canal made about — 40 years since. The defendant ecnitends for a common law right for all the King's subjects to bathe on the sea shore, and to pass over it for that purpose on foot, and with horses and carriages. The question in point of law, for the opinion of the Court, was, whether, there is any such common law right ; the substantial point between the parties, however, being whether 'the. owners of the hotel shall or shall not pay the plaintiff - some considera tion for using bathing machines on the shore. The case was argued with very considerable ability by Mr. GitEGso - sr for the plaintiff; and Mr. JOY for the defendant, Mr. GREGSON contended generally on the part of the plain tiff, that as his client was the-owner of the soil of the sea shore, and as no usage had been proved by the defendant to entitle the King's subjects to pass, across the sea shore with carriages and horses for the purpose of bathing, they were not entitled at common law to use carriages and horses for that purpose, and that even supposing the highway to extend across the shore as well as along the shore, the King's subjects had no right to drive their carriages ' and hinses across the shore and remain with them thereon for the purpose of bathing, and consequently they could not do so without paying the Lord an adequate con sideration. In furtherance of his argument, he cited Ball v. Herbert, 3T. R. 253 Hargrave's Tracts, 5,6, 73, 70 and 83 ; Plowden, 357 ; 2 Ves. Jun. , 115 ; 2 Man. and Sel. 361 ; 2 Barn. and Aid. 662 ; 3 Campb. 127; and 2 H. 81. 527. Mr. JOY, for the defendant, made four points; 1. That there is a common law right for the public to bathe in the sea on the open seat shore ; 2. That this right may be freely exercised by the public, either with or without bathing machines, as conve nience or necessity may require ; 3. That farther, with respect to the part of the shore in question, it is admitted in the case that the public have the right of crossing it on foot, for the purpose of bathing in the sea ' • and 4. That there are also suf ficient facts stated to establish the right to cross it, either with or without bathing machines for that purpose. He referred to Weld v. Hornby, 7. E. R. 195. Lord Hale's- De Jure Maris, 22. 36. 84. Bracton, Lib. 1. c. 12. s. 5. ; Co. Lit. 56.2 Co. Inst. 705; 1 Ventris, 118 ; Rex v. Crunden, 2 Campb. 89, &c. &c. The CouRT said, that as the case was of very great import ance, they would take time to consider of their judgment. Mr. Serjeant HULLOCK, who was with Mr. JOY for the de fendant, was understood to suggest,. that as the case was of such general importance, perhaps a second argument would be desirable. The. CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not think that necessary, so much industry and ability have been evinced both on the one side and on the other,.that we don't think we should derive any advantage from a second argument: We are very much in debted to both the Gentlemen; for the light they have throin upon the subject, and for the ingenious and able, manner in which the subject has . been discussed.—CunlA . AnvisAßE VU LT. ASYLUM FOR RECOVERY OF HEALTH. A Meeting.of the Subscribers and Friends of this excellent Institution took place yesterday, at the. Thatched House Tavern, in St. James's-street.-- The meeting was very fully attended, and several Noblimen and Gentlemen of the first rank were present. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, Patron of the Institution, was expected to pre side, but public business prevented his attend 7 ance. Mr,,,ltimr,AND, of the Albany, was there fore unaniiiiiiisly voted to the Chair. The ob jects of the Institution he briefly explained to be to afford medica I aid and accommodation to persons Who are poor, but not wholly without property or resource ; and to those who are unable, from the absence of domestic connexions; as well as nar rowness of income, to procure for, themsehes the attentions and comforts which a state of sickness requires. They are provided with proper nurses, separate apartments, and othei', conveniences, which could not ,be obtained at their own houses; and for whiCh they pay• cer tain weekly sums, in proportion to the accom modations they enjoy. In order to keep the Asylum select, it, is a fundamental rule not to afford gratuitous relief to any. The Secretary, Mr. Beavan, read the report, which stated the amount of, donations since last genere I meeting to be 8711. 175., arid of annual subscriptions 1371. 13s. Of these sums, 5001. were invested in Ex chequer Bills, and the, remainder. is in the hands of the Treasurer. A resolntion was proposed and unanimously agreed to, that a suitable place be taken for the formation of an Asylum, and the personS named in the motion be authorised to treat for the same. Several other resolutions were passed, and thanks voted to the Chairman and Secretary, after which a very large collection was made. An official return to an order Of the House of Commons states the amount (in British currency) of the produce of the Revenues of Ireland for {,he quarter ending the sth April, 18 . 20, paid into the Exchequer, at 871,6011. ; ditto for the quar ter ending sth April, 1821, 973,3551.; from which deducting 18,6291., the decrease on stamps, there will remain an increase in the quarter end ed sth April, 1821, amounting to 101;7541. In• a London Paper, printed ninety years ago, there is an advertisement, informing the public, that a new coach is established, to "fly from Lou don to Gloucester in the short space of three clays." The same distance is now performed in about_ten hours. A fellow, named Howleft, was publicly whip ped yesterday morning at Camden Town, for Stealing pewter pots, of ivhich offence he was found guilty at the Old Bailey Sessions. He used to dress himself in the garb of a pot-boy, and call at people's houses. for the pots belonging to 'the 'publicans by whiim he knew them to be supplied. He was flogged a measured distance of 100 yards.' Wednesday se'imight a fine Solan goose dropped in a wood near . .IscOed, ,Carmarthenshire,; it was fotind .by the workmen, who took it to the garden, where, after living for two days, it died. IRELAND. , It having been recently : stated in several of the English . prints, as one of the causes which probably would s prevent the fulfilment or hit . MAJESTY'S gracious intention of visiting this country, " that the Castle of Dublin was .not in a situation fit to .receive him, as it had nothing . done to it since the Lord bientenancy. Of the Duke of Rutland," we consider it our ditty, 'as soon as possible, to correct this erroneous state 7 ment, since we can with truth assert, that none . of the public edifices of this city have undergone more useftil as well as permanent alterations and improvements, within the last twenty years, - than the Castle of, Dublin. We may, without any presumption, say, that . the. Castle of Dublin is at present not only a-suitable residence hit.: the representative of Majesty, but also such, a one as is, and we trust will be considered, not ? altogether undeserving.of being honoured by the presence of Royalty itself.—z( Dublin Freemttn's Journal, May 12.) , A HIGHWAY ROBBER SHOT.—..OII Saturday last two ladies proceeded in a sociable from Fermoy, accompanied by a man-servant, 'to pay a visit - to a neighbouring family ; When about midway to Kilworth, they were stopped by a single -footpad, . Who robbed _them of a gold watch and what . money they had about them, with - it the servant being able to afford them any assistance. A short time afterwards the - agent of John Hyde, of Castle Hyde, Esq. MY., was also stopped and robbed by the same fellow. When Mr. Finlay (the agent) got off, he hastened' into Kilworth, made known the particulars of. these daring rob- . beries, and described the fellow-most particularly, which induced Mr. Boyce, ,a gentlemah of that, place, to ride, off immediately in pursuit of him. He shortly came in sight of a man who he con ceived answered •the description—his suspicions: were well founded ; for, on inquiry, he was iden tified by a lad who saw him commit the rob 7 beries. Mr. Boyce rode up, and seeing him armed, called out to - him to surrender—the vil= lain, who took up his position in a gap, instantly presented at Mr. 8., and when in the act of pull-. ing the trigger, received • that gentleman's fire,' and was killed on the spot. The body was brought into Fermoy, and was recognised to be that of a quarryman named Adams, who resided there.—An inquest was held on Sunday by six Magistrates,. in the absence of . a Coroner, and a verdict accordingly _returned. It is a singular circumstance, that during the last few years the parish officer of Overton, in Flint shire, had not a single sixpence to pay. for me dical or surgical attendance, or for medicine on account of the- poor. COURSE OF EXC ANGE, MAY 22. Amster dam Ditto, at Sight l2 / t Rotterdam /2 15 Antwerp l2 10 Haniburgh 3B. 7 2, Vs Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 80 0 Us. Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frankforton the Main Madrid Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona ieville Gibraltar Leghorn GE; oa , ... ,3i-Venicr, Ital. Liv 27 SO Nlalta 45 -Naples 3.94 Valermo . Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin .... 9 BULLION. Port:igal Gold, in Coin... Foreign (;old, in .Bars. New Doubloons New Dollars... Silver ,r• 11.irs, titaiirlard 1.0 0 0 per Oa :3 17 101 0 0 0 4 10 o 4 11 BIRTHS. On the 15th inst, at Jesmond, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Lady of William Gale, 'Esq:of Alditlgbam 1-1a11; in the county' of Lancaster. On Monthly, the 21st inst. Mrs. •Villiam 31aunzier, of Dover street, Piccadilly, of a son. • MARRIED. Yesterday, .Mr. John Lawford, of Leadenhall-street, .to , Eliza, eldest daughter of John Wilks,,ESq. of Finsbury-squaw' -Yesterday, at Aston Rowap t, by the Rev. C. L. Kerby, Jahn Brown, Esq. of UPPer'Grosyetor-Stitet, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of the late Richard Clerke, Esq. of Kg" ston, Oxfordihire, and niece to - thelate'Lord Foley. On Tuesday,,the 22d. inst. at St. Geori - ., , e's, Hanoyer-sqoarc , by the Rev. T. Bramsthw Slane, Geer ' , id Tufnell, Esq.; late oi the 3d Regiment of Guards, , tO,Maria Newton, second daughter of thelate C. H. Kortright, E.sq. of Hylands, Esser. On Tuesday, May la, at Clifton Church, by the Rev. CSarles Francis, of Minden Hall, Capt. Long, late of the Royal fiqr 64 " Guards -(Blue), and eldest son of John Long, Esq. of Tilsheita Lodge, Wilts, to Mary, eldest,daughter of Edward Daniel , Esq. larritter-at-Law, Clifton. Immediately after the cere mony the happy.pair set off for Weymouth to pass the honer moon. DIED. Yesterday, in the 24th year of his age, Samuel George 80. , nell, of St.. John's College, Cambridge, only son of Charie 9 Bicknell, Esq., at 'the house of his father, on the Terrace, Spring,gazden. On 111onday last, in' New Nerfolk:ltreet, Parka:me, Mrs, Anne Hoare. On the 19t'i snit. after a lirirring illness, Caroline, da4g — ht` r of J. Gage, Ksq. • of On Friday, the 18th inst., aged 64, Mr. Robert Martin, the Herinitage, Aops_ller. Oil illoriAay last, at • her reside= ‘, Stairord.row,' i%lrs. D. Braoshaw, aged 83. On Saturday last, at Bridgewater, Somerset, aged lj 1 1 °' derick, youngest son of Charles Minis, Esq. of Great 'Cot ° ' berland-place. , - On the 13th 'inst. at his house at Newark; Mr. 110111. formerly of Fleet-street, aged 72 years. • At,Surat, in the Guzzrat, Captain James Alexander DaY.L4i;.. of the Bornbay Artillery,'Son of Solonaon Davies,-Esq., of se' coin, in the 24th year of his age, much beloved and'tieepli grettcd. a t On the 9th of October last, in - the .23d year of his ag e i r x- Cummumpalid, near Madras, in the East Indies, Peter A ander Tay - lor, Esq., Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Ist re Lo merit of the 'Madras Light Cavalry; and second son of tito INL , jorLGeneral Aldwell Taylor. g fi tPirt: : The Rev. Dr. !Thomas Ford, forty-six years - Vicar fhop MblvbraY, in Leieestershire, and Chaplain to Arch.' orn .. Seeker at the time of his Grace's dece a s e , di e d on Sunda/ tided ing last at Bristol, in the 79th year of his..a g e. He 5 1 c jid prayers in the Cathedral the,morning before his deaf''= Nn joined in the vocal service. This venerable Divine sac red throughout England for his extraordinary fondness for a b e d. Music, particularly the compositions of H a ndel. He RCf atcer his last sermon the Sunday preceding his death, in N't l " ' ru n, an allusion to the.race of some of his hearers being aull / ' he emphatically added IS. . — 7 (;rest , LONDON : Printed by J. a CARSTAIRS, of N 0.9 ), v - , A . Ormond-street, Queen-squaxe ; and published )2/ I T;:,' l r 1.4 SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South . Molten,street, at "1 .-11 : 41 :,. OFFTCE, No. 112, Strand ; . *here Anv ienTisE l''.- 08,D.E)19, LUTTER6, &c. (post-paid) must be addresseLi•