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PARLIAMLINTARY PROCELEDLNG S. moina Olt commoss. Veneris,,23 9 Die Februarii, 1821. 4 1 11147001/1.71111AL faIRTIMSB.--Petitions complaining of, from Ticehurst, Burwash, and Westmoreland and Dorset— Odsey, Braughin Edwintree, Mountfield, Brightling,Ken da3, Grayrigg, Larnbrig, Dorker, lielsington, Under barrow, Beethum, "W'inan . 's& dennere, Ilevershami Kirby Lonstlale. V.TEDLIVCs.AxmI , --Petition from the Arehdeaconry of , • Lemster AGAINST. AC iy T 9.--Prementtd-L.-Tallow, Soap, Beer, Hemp and , ' flax; Hides and Tallow, Butter and Cheese. • Further Account of Flax ordered. lA:3T 1.1.1D1 ---.llz.g\ciation presented. • .B,R. zi „Aft , AL—Retur s presented. DtiTt‘s.—.Fetitionsi . horn North Shiads, . South Shields,and Whitby, in favour of, and • also from Mr. Alexander Campbell, re ferret' to Committee on Foreign Trade. T kADE I Leave to report from time to time, and to sit, notwithstanding any adjournment of the House. Return of Persons holding Offices in the Colonies._ . ;yLrtisal T l' F LIE O.—Acounts presented. HEBDOMEDARY, Sexagesiiaa S. Sim rises 43 m. after ; sets 17 Lfr. after 5.--:Moun lac` quarter at 5 u. 37 )11. Illurllillg.- Varation . i 53 ' n. . _ __ . 2'6.—Sitl rises 41 m. after 6; sets 19 m. after 5. Monti rises 24 111 . after 3. morning. Tut:To - Ay ?-7, Cam. T. thy. rises 39 m. after 6;• sets after s.—Mtum rises 9.2 m. after 4. I,l 4 e.riEsnAs.• 28.—Sun rises 37 in. after-t;; sets 23 in. after 5. 2viutin rises 12 m. after 5 morning. TLit..xsn...r, March I. Dovi4l.—Sun. rises 35 in. after 6; sets m. after s.—Nluon rises 41 nt. alter S morning - . Dura tion uf.Twiliglit, I b. 53 in. F,I;i4Y 2, Chad.--Suit rises 33 in. after 6; sets 27 tn. after 5. Itai;r rises 2 in. after 6 morning. rUItp,AY 3.—Suu ri.es m. after 6; sets 29 as. after 5. .21.; von rise' 19 In. after- 6 morning. PRICE Of THIS DA Y AT TV 3 p...34.-`-Cent. ReAt Cant. Cons. • -73 i 4 per Ctrs 92 3 per Cent. Navy Sun.... 106 tilOH WATER. AT LONI) ti4rniitg. 33 minutes after G. STOCKS ELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Lang Ann.... 19 1-16th India Bonds 4ls. pr. ExchetiaQr Sills 3 pr. Consols for 28th inst.... 731 ii IN BRIDGE TO-MOARQW. Erening, '2 minutes aster 7 THE SUN. SDLZM OUIS DICEUB FALSUM AUDEAT, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1821. Faris Papers of Tuesday last, reached us this morning. The march of dm Austrian Army to wtrdes Naplesis no longer doubtful. It appears t!.iat the greater portion of the army crossed the pc, on the Bth at 13.orgoforte, and that by the 10th, the' iernainder had effected their passage at vari ous other points. The whole were marching in three direciions, one taking the road by Florence and Sienna, another by Forli and Urbino, and _ the third by Ancona, along the shores,of the Adriaac. The Corps of General FIILMONT is estimated at 40,000 strong. The address of this (..;-nneral.tO his army appeared in our paper yes- test ay: From Naples we learn, that the PallicE RE tliriirr closed the first Session of the Neapolitan Parliament on the 31st of Jan. with the speech se have Subjoitieil. The Members of the Par liament are to - remain at Naples during the re .ccv,land if any circumstances should arise to render their assistance necessary, they Will be klm2diately called together. ',lle intelligence from Madrid up to the 13th, mentions that- apparent tranquillity prevails in that Capital ; but a spirit of general discontent 'exists which is only repressed by a species of terror. There is no confirmation of the report (contained in a private Letter of the 10th, stated td have been received at Irun, from Madrid,) of`an Insurrection having broken out in that Ca- . 'pita], in which one of the Ministers had lost his Lre.—There is nothing new from France. 8i f. fiS c. (:.) 0 I. c. EN CIE FUND'i. Feb.' lid. —Pi ti ` e per Cents. hank Suck ..... . • - NAPLES. On the 31st of. January last, the Prince Re gnt went to the Parliament to close the Session. It is irn` pos - kible.to describe the affectionate and enthusiastic recei;tion with .which his Royal JlTlghness was • greeted. The Prince, seated on f6llowi6g Speech to the radi'atnetit 01.:NTLEN1F.N1 TWPUTIFK, • . have reached the end of your first Ses sion, and .1 have great plc.asure in expressing my safrsfactiou at the conduct of the Parliament, and the ;respect shewn by them towards the throne. INly ., heart . is particularly sensible of the marks "of affection displayed on every occasion to myself anii. the Royal Family ; but it is more deeply impressedr*ith the respectful and cordial manner itit which thaw Parliament and the Naiion, of which you are - the Representatives, confided to the King, my august Father, the defence of lour Inc. is.pendencv. I confidently hope to be enabled to announce to you soon, that his efforts have ' .been attended with happy results ; in the mean time, I have the - gratification of informing you, 'that he enjoys gocd frealth. • _ " I have witnessed with satisfaction all the mea. ttres which . have been taken for the improvement of out finances; the reorganization of the army, ' and the defence of the kingdom. • • " 4 I cannot but express my approbation that the •etffhus•iasm . Of the. nation has never trans -,:gressed the bound's of prudence and moderation which ;ought to be : observed towards. Foreign Powers, but on the contrary that,the people have •always shewn the greatest attenticin to the Agents of those Powers residing among us e a respect due to the character with which they are invested. EgittOf cornnieridation is also 'due to the zeal you 146 displayed in making, such changes and improvements in every branch of the Public Administration, iii accordance with the Consti tution whim we haVe sworn to adopt. I regret, however, that, notwithstanding the Session was prolonged, there has not been sufficient time to bring our Constitution to that state of perfection which was the first Wish of thy heart, and to dif fuse the advantages of our new System among the people of the Two Sitilies. But, I tr List that in the next Session, I shall he enabled, with the aid of - your experience, wisdom, and ac tive co-operation ; to bring tlit Public Administra tion in all its branches to perfeetion; as it is my ardent wish to consolidate .the happiness and glory of my Country. " 1 observe with pleasure, that the Members of the Parliament are to remain at Naples, be cause they can employ the short interval before the opening of the next Session in preparing plans for the benefit of their'Country, and also because, they will be ready to attend, an extra ordinary assembling of the Parliament, hi case any circumstances should arise to render that measure necessary." Since writing the above, we have received the Paris Papers of Wednesday last. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied the whole of Monday and Tuesday on a Financial Law, which gave rise to a warm debate. The first two articles only of this Law have as yet been taken into consideration and adopted by the Chamber. Vienna Papers of the 10th _state, that the King of NAPLEs has resolved to yield to the wishes of his people s by giving them a new Constitution, the basis of which will be guaranteed by all , the Great Powers. The plan of giving new Constitutions to the Italian States, is still in contemplation., Lord STEWART has left Laybach for Vienna ; and Lord CLANWILLIAM is on his return to this country: It is said that the Austrian expedition against Naples will have a pacific result, as there are a sufficient number of persons in that king dom favourable to their cause to render it proba ble that not a single musket will be fired. A partial change of Ministry in Spain is talked of. Senor CANGA ARGUELLES, the Minister of Finance, it is reported, will retire, and be suc ceeded by Senor GARAY.. Private letters from Madrid of the 15th contain no important intelli gence on the situation of that Capital. The French Funds have risen. On the 9..0th (Tuesday), the Five per cents left off at 83 fr. 10 c.—No variation in Bank Stock. The Bth of next month is fixed for the discus sion of the CATHOLIC QUESTION in the House of Lords. The friends of our present happy Esta blishment in Church and State must, therefore, feel much alarm on the renewal pf a subject which menaces its very existence. The PRO TESTA NT RELIGION is the purest on earth. Our ancestors lavished their blood in support of it, and if we are rightly informed, it is actually gaining ground in Roman Catholic States.— The declension in the power of the Popedom, which once shook every Throne with the thun ders of the Vatican, is a proof that the age is more enlightened, and seems to indicate the total overthrow of the Papal Power. But if once Roman Catholics are' freed from all restraints, and suffered to participate in political authority, we may expect that they would soon attempt to render their religion predorninant.—Hence we have reason to apprehend contentions in Par liament, and divisions among the People, and perhaps, in due time, the total overthrow of the Protestant ascendancy - . The Earl of DONOUGH MORE displayed such decided firmness, manly sense, and advanced such irrefragable arguments on the charges against THE QUEEN, that 144. lament to find him an advocate for the unrestricted revival of a Religion, pregnant with danger to that Constitution, to which we owe all those po litical blessings which no other Country on earth is suffered to enjoy. TIMBER MITIES.—It is very generally .ru moured, that the Government have been induced to give an assurance to the Northern Pow.ers, that a Duty shall be imposed on Colonial Timber, and that it is intended to recommend to Parlia m•tit, that a Duty of TWENTY SHILLINGS per load shall be imposed on all Timber brought from the KING'S Colonies, which, in addition to the re peal of the Duties of Customs already conceded to these Powers, will throw the whole of the Timber. Trade into the ,hands of their subjects We are sorry to say, that we believe *this infor mation to be correct ; and we are afraid that this is not the only sacrifice of British Interests to-the Holy Alliance. FOREIGN TRADE.-The witnesses- examined yesterday before this Committee were Mr. POWLES, whose examination was not concluded on the- preceding clay : Mr. HAGAN . and Mr. Simpson, Timber Merchants : Mr. DALMEIt and Mr.Ticiczi,Eit of Merrsl, and Mr.,l3ELLlcOusE of Manchester. What course the Committee pur sue in their investigations it is impossible to conjec ture from the-names of the ,witnesses whom they have examined. The points for their delibera tions we understood were—the quality and du rability of Colonial Timber--4he competency 'of the King's Colonies to furnish a sufficient annual quantity for the supply of the Mother Country, without the aid of the United States—its doSt,,, including freight and all other incidental charges —how it is paid for, whether in British Manufac tures or produce, or in any other manner,—the effect of the Timber trade on the Colonial Land holder, the Colonial Fisherieskie British Ship owner—Manufacturer—and lastly, on the Mari time power of the country, from the great body of hardy and eacellent seamen reared in it : on the other hand it was to be ascertained whether the Colonial Timber had produced any beneficial effect in favour of the consumer, namely, whether Baltic Timber had not only fallen in price abroad btit in the English market, without any decreaSe in the importation of it, or in the export of British goods to Norway and the Baltic; and that the competition created by the introduction of the British Colonial Timber and Deals had been productive of a great saving' in the price of the article generally. We were also informed l that to come to a correct view of the state of the trade, both Colonial and Foreign, it will be necessary to take a-comparative view of the relative condi tion'of British and Foreign Shipping, in the cost of building, equipment, and navigation.. If these are' really the points to which this Committee are to direct their attention, we cannot contem plate a speedy termination of their labours—for it is evident that many more witnesses must be of feredto them before they can decide on all the se rious considerations to which we have alluded. It ! is to be regretted that this had not been an open Committee, a 3 was formerly the practice—itl would have given general . satisfaction, whatever might be its r subjects to the Legis lature on the submitted- to its delibe ration. We .recollect perfectly well the strong observations of the .Opposition of 1806, onl the American Intercourse Bill, and on the conduct observed by the Talents' Administration to the , Shipping Interest on that occasion; and we are sorry to observe that they do not now appear to have the influence whiCh they at that time possessed. -The unabated zeal and perseverance of the Ad vocates of the Trade from Norway and the Baltic, aided as they are by the Advocates of the new doctrines, induce us. to recommend to the fa vourable attention of the Public the claims of the British Ship-Owners and Colonists to protection and encouragement ; for on a most dispassionate and impartial consideration of the question - in all its bearings, we are of opinion that the GENERAL INTERESTS of the Mother country, in everypoint - of view, require a decided preference to be given to -the British Colonial Timber Trade, instead of to the Timber Trade frOM the North of Europe.. MELANCHOLY EVENT. There Lave. been several shocking reports re specting a recent melancholy event that happened at genoa, and seldom such gross and shameful misrepresentations as have circulated on this mournful occasion. Mr. HARVEY A.STON is the name of the gentleman plincipally concerned, which we should-not have mentioned, if it had not been publicly stated. It is not true, as re ported, that he had seduced two Daughters of a Nobleman at Itotisiphe had-been on a visit. He had, indeetVinduced one, to elope with him, but was followed immediately and overtaken too soon ) and under circumstances that can admit no other reflection on the Lady, but for rash indis crimination in quitting her father's mansion.— Neither is it true that Mr. I.l.Awrox had commit ted suicide.—The'followina copy of a Letter from the British Consul at Genoa refutes all the scandalous rumours in question, and places the lamentable event in an authentic shape.— " British Consulate, Genoa, Feb. 8, 1321.—Mr. Harvey Aston came to reside in this city in - august last ; and on Sun. day the 28th Janway he prevailed upon a young Lady, in whose family' he had been an inmate since his arrival here, to elope, with him. The mother pursued r.nd overtook them at Alessaudria, and prevailed on them to her to Genoa, v. - here they arrived chi Monday night at ten o'clock. Tie being extremely ill, every medical assistance Was called in ; but am sorry to say without effect, as he expired at twelve o'clock on Tuesday night. The deceased having declared -it was his wish that his body should be sent to England, it hai been em balmed, sealed up hi lead, and is deposited in the house of the Protestant burial ground at Carignani, waitingbrders to Messrs. Gibbs and Co., Ins bankers, in what manner it is to be.convey ed.home. " From the certificates of the physicians and surgeons that attended him, and superintended the opening of his body (which are in my possession), it appears that he died of apoplexy. I thought it proper, fr3in various reports that were in circulation, to desire the physician who attends my family to be present with the other medical mea, and tf., report his opinion to inc, in which he concurs with them. My Vice-Consul has placed my seal of office upon Mr. Aston's effects. " I have the honour to be, your very obedient humble.servant, „ , (Signed) J. STIRLING.". There is no traib, we believe, in the rumour ,that the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel STANHOPE is to be the QucErt's Vice-Chamberlain vice the Hon. KEPPEZ. CRAVEN, who is going, abroad as soon as his late travels are published, which will be very shortly. The Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, have, it is said, determined to build one hundred sets.of .roomp, f. ,- ?r'7,Lrmilergradetttes,---vn apiece of gro.ncad called Svholars' C-reen. if this is the piece of ground between the library and the river, it is much to be regretted. The Highland Society of London unanimously voted, at their last General Court, that the New Silver Medal of the 'Corporation, and a proof of their Diploma from the design of the late Mr. WEST, should be presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ; the Radcliffe Library ; Oxford ; and to the Library of Trinity College, There is a ship now lying in the Surrey Canal which was built near Quebec upwards of twenty years ago, and sl.e is now, we understand, in very good condition. The 'Election of an Alderman for 'the Ward of Bridge (Sir MATTHEW Br,oxAir having giVett up his gown) is _expected to take place next week. The contest is between Mr. - Sheriff WILLIAM*, and Mr. GARRATT. Of the political bias of the latter €.l entletnan we are unacquainted. Of the Worthy Sheriff, to use the language of acotern 'wary, although we differ from him in political opinions, we think his private worth, his indefati gable exertions and attention to his public duties, totally abstracted from all party feeling, entitle ,him to the esteem of his fellow Citiaens, and will' no doubt obtain for him the suffrages of a large majority of the Ward. We most cordially wish him success, muncY QUESTION. In the course of the debates on the Liturgy Question, one ef.II ER MAJESTY'S Advocates, with his accustomed vehemence, asserted that the Act of linifoNnity " took every iota of Prerogatia' from TitE . KING,' b - fai as regoaded the slightest alteration iu the Form of the. Common Prayer." Now, if no contradiction whatever .had been offered to this bold assertion of the Learned Gentleman, the striking want of temper and de fect of ,judgment evinced in his Parliamentary career, particularly in his memorable motion on the subject of Tice QUEEN,IS Plate, would have, induced us to receive with caution, and prevented our attaching much impOrtance to any sentiments delivered by him. On this occasion, however, we . are not singular in rejecting an interpretation which the natural bias of the mind of the Advo cate had induced him first to revive and deliver in language and manner so positive and coil& dent, A great majority of the }louse a Com mons have by their votes declared that interpre tation erroneous, and, the omission of lIER MA ' J ESPY'S namti to have been strictly legal. The glorious uncertainty imputed to the Law, we agree with Mr: NVILIIERFORCE, has been' most happily illustrated in thiS debate.—The Learned Doctors have indeed differed. Whilst one, as we have seen, leaves by the Act of Uniformity not one iota of Prerogative in the` Crown to make the slightest alteration, another Learned Civilian, of not less eminence, Dr. DODSON, in a much more judicious and qualified view of the same Act, regarded it as intended more to regttlate the Ministers of the Church than to confine and restrict the Powers of the Crown. The more we consider the line ~of argument adopted by Dr. Donsos, the more we are disposed to .coincide with him in opinion, and to believe that he is fully borne out in his statement of there being a discretionary power vested in the Crown. Now this discretionary power the Sovereign, as the Head - of the Church, has uniformly exercised, not only with the acquiesCence and concurrence, but at the desire of Parliament. If no such right and authority had been vested in the Crown, if no " iota of Prerogative " empowered. the Monarch to make the slightest alteration intlie. Liturgy, then the Book of Common Prayer must have remained unaltered from the time it was last reviewed, and confirmed by the Act of Uni formity. , It musf stand precisely as it then did, the slightest deviation of general or particular application could never have been allowed. But what is the fact Why, scarcely a year has passed over our heads in which alterations, addi tions, and omissions have not been made in the Li turgy _by THE K ING, &c. (often in consequence of an Address from Parliament) to adapt it.to the particular events that have occurred. But the argument does not rest- here. For the truth is, that by a reference to the schedule of the Ser vices contained in. the:Prayer Book at the pass-', lug of the Act of 'Uniformity,- we shall find that many, whole Services are not mentioned there, but which are now a part. of our Liturgy, having been added .by the Crown. • Whoever will take the tr"ouble - of,turhing.to the Acts of Parliament for the observance of lime 29th.of May, sth of November, ZOth of January, abd TnE KING'S Inauguration, will observe, and . a remarkable confirmation of our view of the case it is, that in all these cases the Acts of Parliament appoint. these days to berelig - ,iouSly observed ; yet in no instance do they provide for or establish any office for the use of the' Chtirchit was left solely to the Crown to exercise its discretion, and by the order of the Crown a suitable. Form of Service, of Prayer, of Praise, or Thanksgiving, was.composed for the occasion. THE THEATRES, Daurtx--1,4NE.--The new Tragedy of Con science, or the . Bridal- ?Night, was again repre sented last night at this Theatre with undimi nished success. It was well sustained, as before, and announced for repetition with universal assent and applause. _ _ CO VENT-UA MDR:v.—The conversion of the sterling old Comedy of The Chances into an operatic melange was. last night attended by a very numerous audience, and admirably. sustained in the actin g . It was followed by a Melo,drame, translated from the same French original s from which Therese, performed at the other Theatre, was derived.—The piece of last night is entitled • Henrietti?, or The Farm - House: The plot being exactly the same, we have only to notice the acting.--Mrs. VINING, an Actress of provincial celebrity,: performed the heroine. She is evi dently an Actress of great -merit, and performs cvith great feeling. She is not handsome, but her face is expressiVe, her figure 'good, taid her action easy. Iter voice is powerful, but not -musical.- She was well received. VANDENIIOFF fully„en tered- into th 6 elira"gter of the villainous Durant, and rendered it very effective. ABBOTT gave placid dignity to the Pastor;, Mrs. FAUCLT to the Countess; anc LILA NCIJA RD and Mrs. DAVEN PORT to the Cottagers.:—The scenery is beautiful. The Piece was highly applauded. The Coronation, which some of the Papers have announced as decidedly fixed for May, is, it is said,deferred-until August. A portrait of the 1(txo, by fa IWItENCE, pre sented by his M uESTY, is to be put up in the Mansion-houge of Dublin. The LORD MAYOR of Dublin will shortly re ceive the honour of a Baronetage. Tilg DUKE OF RICTIMOND.—LeIters received in town yesterday from Malcom • state, that his Grace was nearly in the same state .as on the preceding day. • • General Sir ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Bart. K.C.B. appointed Commander in Chief of the Army on the Madras. Establishment, with his . family and suite; proceed to that Settlement - oh board the ship Kellie Castle, Captain LINDSAY. Mrs. BARTLE - it has a young Lady, her pupil, who is said in the theatrical circles, to give much promise of becoming, at no very distant period, a tragic actress of much merit: The- Light Horse Volunteers held their first mess this season, on Thursday last, at the Free‘ - masons' Tavern. THE KING '.3 LEVEE. Yesterday his MASIsTY held a Lerea at Carlton Rouse. The scene_ was vuly delightful in the. precincts of the Palace, from- tint\assem .bhtge d the t Life Guard's N Waterloo place with their.numerous\band of music in their su , perb dresses, who were relieved in their Way ing by the band of gle First Regiment of _Foot Guards in their state Amifornis, &tending ti e Guard, under the command. of Co+onel Walpole. Tlie.equipages were very splendid ; Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambalsactc , r,. and the French and Spanish AmbasSadocs, cxrue ier state. The company began to arrive. 400Dt after one o'clock. The Russian, Spanish, and French Aithassa-dors-, and tbfr Saxon Minister, had.andiences of his Majesty, to- whole they wets introduced by Locd,Viscount Castlereagh. The following Ambassacif,)rs and Alinisters also prei7l their 'respects to ',he Kings—the Netherlands, Bavarian, :turn Swedish, Sicilian, Baden, Prussian,-Hanov e r. Amongst those present were, the, Dukes eel York and twice, the Cabinet Miniiters, the Archbishops of Canterbus r and York, the Lord Primate of. Ireland, the Bishops, eel Ches ter, Killaloe, and Cloyne, the Vice Chancellor, the Lord I:fief Justice of the Court. of Cominou Pleas the Lord Chief liat:orr of the Court of Exchequ er , th e Lard Chief Baron of Scot land, the Dean of Westniinster; the ~President of the Royal Academy, the Master of the Ceremonies, &c. &c. &e. The fallowing' were amont the nitinerous presentations 1- The Rev. flaruage Illacktuao, - by his hafher, Mr. Itlacktnan. Mr. Nasser, upon his being appobted Apothecary to his Ma jesty's Fiousehold, The Res', Solomnn Piggott, A.M. Domestic Chaplain to Lord Viscount Carlton, Slid Citrate of Clerkenn cli, to iutsctit his LOyal and Anti-Infidel Traets. Culotte . / Cal michael Smith, Royal Engineers. Captain It. Merrick Fowler, It.N, -• Lieut.-Colonel Oke, late 61st Refit. by the Lord in Waiting. Mr. Sedgwiek, Chairman of the Commissioners of the St ansles _ Captain Forrest, Inspector of Military Stores Honourable East, hidia Company. Dr. Latham, ou his appointment as Physician Extraordinary to his Majesty. .. Mr. Joshua BrOokes i F.R S., Theatre of Anatomy, with the Local Address of his Pupils. Mr. Charles Aldis, by tit, Lord its Waiting, to present his Treatise on Cancer and other Glandular Diseases, mid a Plan for an Establishment fur the Cure and Relict of the Poor who may be afflicted with such Maladies. Rev. Dr. Goodenough, Head Master of Westminster. Alexander Wood, Esq. on his nontimition as a Knight Com mander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George of the lonian Islands, by the Eatl Bathurst, upon which oevasicris he received the honour of KnighthuoiL Mr. SSW uel Bagster was introduced at the Levee by the bishop of Canterbury, and had the honour to present to his Majesty a copy of the new and beautiful .edition of the Coalmen Prayer, in eight lauguates, which his Majesty re , ceired most graciously. .After the Levee, . his Majesty held an investiture of the - Order of the Bat h,•at which Vice-Admiral Sir George Martin was invested with the Insignia ilia Knight Grand Cross of the Order, in the room of the late Admiral Sir George Campbell. After the investiture, big Majesty befit a Privy 0, 114 ,64 at which the Marquess Graham was i•worn in a Member. - Tbe King proceeded tossominate wo Sheriffs fen. they of Warwick and another County, those pricked for at a former Council not being qualified. His Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of I',irerpried, Vo. count Sidtuout h. the Earl of Ashlturnhain,the Earl Cathcart - , and the Earl of Harrington.-The Court ',woke up at a little befene six. FETE AT THE UPPER ASSEMBLY BOoMs. myrii, IN !, HONOUR OF His MAJESTY'S ACcEssioN. . 4 It is common in speaking of a superb enter- tainrrient, to describe it as the most splendid e ver witnessed, but without swerving from the truth. we may venture to assert, that the Naval and Military' ball and supper given by the United Services on Tuesday evening last, in honour of 'JO present Maj e sty' s access i on -to the Throne, was the most magnificent ever .9een in ',".' this City, or perhaps:in any other, not given to :;•.', Sovereigns. These rooms, which are beyond com parison the finest in the country, were fitted up ''- for the occasion, under the direction of the Stel' ards, in a truly elegant and convenient style. The grand front in Alfred-street was illuminated with a very large G.R., star, and crown decorated with laurel. The suite of rooms was lighted ul-- 1 in the molt brilliant manner. •On the north sio of the banquet-room was a most beautiful trans-. parency,-a full-length portrait of his 'Majesty, full. robed, and painted in a superior style by Mr. Hut chinson, jun. The company began to assemble at , :i 9 o'clock,and were received in the vestibule by the Stewards, from which they passed to the octagoa and ball-room, both arranged in the best manner for dancing-. The elegant card room on this . occa- sion Was kept furnished as usual, and formed a cool and pleasant room to retire to from thu • amusement of dancing, which was maintained with the utmost spirit and elegance till ono O'clock, when the- company were snr,,,ncaear to the great ball- room , i i‘ w hi c h a see" - °- sumptuousness and splendour was ex hibited, he re rarely equalled but nev er sur p asse d. -. North Somerset Band played s eve ral marrhes, whilst the-company, in number about 630,- . ar - • took of a banquet, which was served in Mr. I%v .4 best manner. - The. wines of the fi ne st quality, were-from the extensive cellars of M e ssrs. Barber • and Co. .The first toast afte r s u pp er was, " The ..- King, God bless him," whi c h was 'drank Nvittt enthusiasm. Tune—th e na ti ona l Anthem.-- The toast was enco re d, and received four hearty cheers from the company. , After two or thred Other toasts, the graceful dance was resumed with renewed vivacity and spirit. After five o'cloo-- -- .breakfast was served,-and goon after the cotrtiirl . began to retire, highly delighted with the fest': vities of the evening, the excellent . managetnet and unremitted assiduity of the Stewards, and the polite attention cf their entertainers in ge' neral.----( Bath Chroniclo, Fob, ql,:i , 1 Sin? 'NEWS, DEAL, FEB. 23.—Arrived and sailed _for the. Riv;,r, th; Claudine, Welsh, from Batavia; St. Pe.triek, Duxisey, -0" 4 Endeavour, Boyd. from Belfast ; Endeavour, Wilson, fioni Almeira, and several others, raises unknown ; also the Enroll?, Goalbrauh, from Neweastis for Demerara ; and William, hams, from Hull for N e w York • the two uc; remain. Cau l ' down from the River the P e t er iroctor; Brown, for Dominic George, Lincham, for Lisbon; and Promies, Glas , ows Ibt Alicant.r PORTSMOUTH, FEE. 23.—Arrived the Caroline and lia' grity transports from Plymouth. ,Sailed his Majesty's shit Redpole. for Guernsey. t RAMSGATE FEB. 23:—The nehooner Dasher, Smith z London for RAMSGATE, got cn th e 'Goodwin Sands Yeat s „ e . morning, but when the tide made, she got off without 44 3„ - - -- and proceeded. orth PLYMOUTH, FEB. 22.—Arrived his Mejesty's sA u: P - (40 guns) from Leith. „Arrived off the port the Union, L. en' from Smyrna for Londbn, out l days. SToni.rAwAY, FEB. 15. ; 7e Stevenson, from Wyburgh-for Liverpool, which' out in here much• damr•g cd on the 3d of January, is now_rep:,i , Ti :infl.rendy 1:0:: seer Sir WILLTAP4 ELL: o t., is tfovir ente" taining a large pa ' '''t • (• • , !.? ) Chateau of Stub Ca.:t:- he ing, shootina and - - the' order of t e le e day ; and in the -natives of t the • ' .country are entertain J; v: i.ll .eries of brillia at his splendid, Ert