The Sun. — London, England, 1822-05-23 00:00:00

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Mankind had been accustomed to see the immense regions of the new world conveyed away in magnificent gifts to crowned heads, by the ostentatious exercise of the Papal authority ; but even the Popes, in all the plenitude and pre sutuption of their power, never dreamt -of giving exc lusive possession of the ocean to the chosen favourites of the Holy See ; and it was re served for the Russian Autocrat not only to assert his., pr etension; to a vase territory, but to make- an absolute and exclusive claim ° Ole whole extent of the ocean within a hundred Italian miles of its shores ! Ile United States of America have made a spirited resistance to this imperious and extraordinary proceeding, which has placed the two countries in_ a 'position that may almost be ter med hostile. We do not see how a rupture can be avoided without very powerful interfer ence and mediation by other Staes. The Ame ricans have declared that it is a part of their r ights, as an independent people, to appear wi thin the prohibitory line marked out by Rus sia. Russia, on the other hand, has pronounced 6r resolution to enforce respect for the pre 'tensions which she has set up. It will be e xtremely difficult for either party to recede, Without au obvious surrender of national ho 40nr; and the appearance of the first American 1 ip • Z ithiu the forbidden latitudes, therefore, Will probably be the signal for war. r \ VEST IN DIA INTERCOURSE .-- We understand LTD • rA the most unquestionable authority, that the duties intended to be imposed on produce and °t her articles imported into the British West y India tsland s FROM the UNITED STATES will afford 110 protection whatever to the British Arne tican Colonists or to the British Shipowners.— e are at a l oss t o con j ecture on *h at groun d s dst he Board of Trade can justify its preference of t he Sugar Colonies and the United States, and iS'negleCt of the two great Interests we have Me ntioned.---W e refer to the Reports of the Pri vy Council in 1784 and 1791 for the grounds ?four objections to this impolitic innovation on ° llr Colonial System, and we refer to the Price Corrents of the West India Islands, which will 311 ew the COMPETENCY of British North America to s uPPly the Mother Country, at CHEAP rates, 14 British Shipping, with •all the articles re (il'ired by the West India Planters. t 1 le friend s o f th e country may reasona b ly eel alarm for THE CONSTITUTION in Church and Stat e from the attempt.to bring Popery into our 6isl ative Bodies, and to endang e r our corn - Lger ciai Prosperity by infringements onrour Navi gatiOn Law s , th e great bulwark of the coun- As to th e R oman C a th o li c ques ti on , we r e l y On the w i s d om o f th e H ouse o f L or d s , ar i d On His MAJESTY'S sacred regard to THE Co, I:DNATION OATH, which binds together the Ai — arch and the People, for a firm support of religious establishment ; and we also indulge th std h ope that our St a t esmen w ill t race b ac k th e i r at P 3 i and, r e fl ec ti ng on th e mar i t i me strengt h b iti co mmercial importance which the British ' , flaw ore has acquired by our Navigation Laws, s uffer th em t o f a ll a sacrifice to visionary pro. Jects and destructive theories. 'Ji l' he Chi e f o f t h e R a di ca l P ress compla i ns tter! r against the Judicial B e n c h, on accoun t th e lightness of the punishments which have ;en inflicted on the persons connected with 1:14 n ull' This is an illiberal, ground of corn ' lUa''44) and comes with a very ill grace, from the rt er alluded to, which for man y y ears h as been e very day venting the most bitter slanders, e"te mptuous sarcasms, against all p ers o ns ,I °llnee ted with Government. Granti ng th a t I , °l, n a ali has been bold, and too daring in his s otl - 4fities, they h ave b een c hi e fl y , if not e iY, dir ected against those who oppose Go. I:Theat fro m party spleen' dad private interest ; ,tautllthe A - aper in question has .not only been con nlY ventin g th e grossest attacks, not only upon pre su Pporters of G overnment, b ut upon t h e f i rst pre of our Monarchical Constitution. We °II I ( ' refe r t o i ts comment this very day on the 4 iigttit PPnintrnent of the Irish Bish o p s , w hi c h, i n ma . bY of substance and vulgarity of style, would scandaldisgraceful even t o th e l owest d ealers in 4. and sedition. Nay, it has gone so far as st ro illl Pench the motives of our Judges, and b ee ti glY to insinuate that their decisions have thou i influenced by p o li t i ca l cons i derations ; tho se l'e gn t is univ ersa ll y acknowledged that ofnerable Expounders and Administrators I ur Laws are deservedly held in the gheSt estimation for their profound legal khowledge, and. the purity of their private cha racters.—As a proof of (he antimonar:hical prin ciples of the Paper in question, it " suggests the propriety of the People's possessing the power of .motion, taking due precautions, at .the same time, to secure a Judge against every popular gust." The absurdity as well as the malevolence of this passage is obvious, for what but" a po pular gust " could in that case remove a Judge ? and therefore the People, according to this con sistent reasoning, must be opposed to the People !!! The late accounts from Holland and Germany bring the most favourable reports as to the weather, from all parts of the European continent. In Sweden, throughout Ger many, and in Russia, nothing parallel was ever remembered- So early as the 16th ult. a thunder-storm was experienced in Stockholm—a thing never before known in that month of the year. From the 7th to the 24th April, they were enjoying the most enchanting Spring weather in St. Petersburgh, accompa nied with a warmth such as they had never before experienced so early. The consequence was, all public places were crowd ed with promenaders. In the sun, the thermometer (REAU aunt's) stood at 23 degrees ; and in the shade, at 16 to to 16• The place for the popular amusements in Easter week, oppo e site the great national theatre, was filled with a countless mass of people ; and swings, roundabouts, &c. as arrreenwich Fair, were in great abundance, and in full activity. Several rows of the most brilliant equipag...s, too, added to the splendour of the kene. On the last day, the imperial family honoured the place of festivities with their august presence, and were received, as on all occasions they are, with the most enthusiastic applause. LIVERPOOL, I%Lt 21. QUARANTINE.—Copy of a letter, dated Coun cil Office, Whitehall, May 8 " SlR—The Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council having had under their consideration your letter of the 3d,instant, stating that the Superintendant of Quarantine at the Motherbank, referring to my letter of the 2d October last, has requested to be informed, whether vessels arriving from Cadiz, free from sickness and with clean bills of health, are still to be placed under quarantine; or whether he is merely to put the question and receive the answers from the Masters, as is practised in the case of all other vessels arriving from places not within the Streights of Gibraltar—l am directed to acquaint you, for the information of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs, that the Lords of the Council are of opinion, that under the present circumstances nothing more is necessary with respect to vessels from Cadiz than to ask the preliminary questions. " JAMES BULLER." CITY, .: Ai EDNESDAY EVENING. Very"little business has been 'done this day in the Public Funds. Consols for the July account opened at 80i , fell to 764, and finally closed at 794 80. The amateurs of finance have again been put on the tip-toe of expectation by the notice given last night in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of his intention, on Friday next, to place be fore the Representative Wisdom ,of (the kingdom a new plan for contracting for the payment of the Half-pay and 4nsion- List. This subject is considered amongst the non-monied in terest of the deepest importance to their future welfare ; for, should the Minister be pleased (his ability to do so, consider ing what he has already done, no person need doubt) to pro duce a plan by which generations yet unborn will be compelled to feed and clothe all the Half-pay List and Gentlemen Pen ,sioners of the present day, no man in future, whatever may be his habits, needs fear either penury or want, fof every general rule must necessarily apply to particular cases, and the same mode which his Majesty's Ministers adopt for transferring the payment of the . present public expenditure to those who may be the productive labourers of the country forty-five years hence, must from nec es sity en a bl e every man to do the same thing in his private affairs, provided justice be the foundation of the new wa y t o p a y old debts. The City Merchants generally confess that they do not comprehend how the plan can be rendered practicable. Some of them, who sel dom say much, just insinuate, that the inhabitants of England 45 years hence, will, in the opinion of his .MAJESTY'S present Ministers, be extremely virtuous, for should they be saddled not only with the enormous public debt of the present day, but also with the payment of a part of its most extravagant Pension List, our successors will have quite enough to do, without giving either pension or half-pay to any who may serve the country iefuture. It must be this feeling which prevents Lord LONDONDERRY from lending his assistance to the descendants of the virtuous ancient Greeks. No war must be permitted in Europe for the next forty-five years; there must be no further extravagance— no new pension must be given —no sinecure place invented— now new Ambassador must be created ;—all the British em pire has to do for the next forty-five years must be religiously to pay up the pensions and salaries' now in existence, but to think of rewarding the future Soldier or Sailor, the poor and virtuous Statesman, or the literary benefactor of the human race, the man who props the falling grandeur, or promotes the future glory of his country, must be rendered impossible. The present enlightened inhabitants of England, however, do not un derstand this new system of moral philosophy, and they promise themselves much gratification and amusement from its develop ment in the House of Commons on Friday evening next.—lt was announced that, the Bank of England Directors had declined again to be the Contractors, and a depression in the public Funds towards the close of the day was the natural consequence.— Foreign securities remain very nearly at the quotations of yes terday, and few transactions can be effected. The French Rentes are nearly nominal at 88. 50., and Prussian Bonds at 86. Co lumbian Old Bonds, 1004. Six per, Cent. Bonds, 844. b and Scrip 854.4. Spanish Fives are 614. 63. And the New Lo a n, 63i Danish Fives, 844, and Neapolitan, 704 The idea of the Austrians vacating that unfortunate Kingdom, gives English men a more favourable opinion of their future prosperity, and the hopes of a powerful empire in Italy, founded on free and equal laws, have not yet been entirely abandoned.—By a letter from Havre, dated the lath current, it appears that the President Boyer is not deficient in asserting the just rights of his empire. It seems that several French frigates, about the end 'of February, assisted the Spaniards in removing their pro perty from St. Domingo, when the revolution took place in that part of the island. Amongst other things which they were pleased to call property, were three hundred men, who had de clared their independence and placed themselves under the protection of General Boyer. These were shipped into the French frigates. The consequence was, that the President placed an embargo on all European ships. It continued for more than a month, and was removed on the sth of April, on an express understanding that the three himdred slaves should be immediately restored to liberty and their country.. —At the Corn Exchange scarcely any business has been done this day, and the prices of all description of grain are entire ly nominal. Lord Liverpool, next winter, will, in every human probability, have farther cause to complain of the misery of superabundance, and the farmers and productive labourers will have equal cause to rejoice. Fair rents and lower taxes will be produced by a large crop. and lOwer prices for the neces saries of life, attended with better wages, will be its concomi tants. It will produce a more equal distribution of the gifts of the Almighty,. it will be followed by a more general happiness and comfort; it will do infinite good, and cannot introduce a solitary evil. The whole of the national distress arises from the want of employment for the, people. At the time that Irishmen are starving and receiving alms from English men, the production of their country is daily poured into Liverpool and 'other English ports. They have grown plenty of corn to maintain themselves, but they have not re ceived wages sufficient to pay for the necessaries of life, and these necessaries,' too, produced by their own soil. In m a ny Counties of England,' the same fatal effects are visible. No thing can produce higher wages, except free trade with all the civilised States of the Earth—permission to purchase the ne cessaries of life where they can be got cheapest—equitable rents between landlord and tenant—a great reduction of taxes, and a diminution in the number of idle men living in luxury on the labour of their neighbours.—( Morning Chronicle.) Mr. WALLACE boasts that hi& new Bills are to introduce a greater degree of simplicity into our Legislation ; but we trust they will not pass un til we can introduce a greater degree of simpli city into our Legislators. FRENCH EXPEDITION to St. DOMINGO Letters dated the 17th of April were received yesterday from Port-au-Prince, which contain some information, apparently authentic, respect ing the French expedition to Samana, and the subsequent embargo on foreign vessels, on the real grounds of which scarcely any thin& was before accurately known.—The following official letter from President BOYER on the subject has been published at Port-au-Prince - - - - " JEAN PIERRE BOYER, PRESIDENT AT HAVTI, TO THE CITIZEN COLEMDEL, HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY AT PORT-AU-PRINCE. " St. Domingo, March 1, 1822. 19th year of Independence. " I have received your last letter, which my great occupa, tions have hindered me answering. " I thank you for the adrices you have given me, and beg you will continue them. " I inform you that French men of war were called to Samana by some Frenchmen that are established there, and by some Spaniards discontented with the change in favour of liberty: they have attempted a debarkation on that island, in the view to carry away all the ci-devant slaves in the province which re mained in that place ; but their project failed at Samana, where I had sent in due time General Toissaint, with forces that will secure that important place from a coup de main, which they had effected on Savannah la Mer, and forced to a retreat a little detachment of 12 to 15 soldiers, which General Toussaint had left there. Informed of this event, I ordered immediately General Areye la Riviere, with the 27th regiment, to repair and relieve Savannah la Mer, if contrary to my expectation, the enemy still occupied it. " I have taken all the necessary measures for the mainte nance of order and defence of the territory from any unforeseen accident. " I have also transmitted the same particulars to General Thomas Jean, in order to contradict the alarming reports spread by malevolent people to disguise the facts. Every thing is in perfect tranquillity. I hope to receive news from you by Captain Viner, who will deliver you the present, and who will join me in the Cape, whither I shall lose no time in repairing. (Signed) " BOYER." We subjoin a letter from a commercial houSe at Cape Hayti, to show the spirit by which the Government was characterised in enforcing the embargo : "Cape Hayti, March 28. " It is true that the Government has laid an embargo on all ships without any distinction ; it is only since last night that it was taken off English and American ships, on the condition that they have no French property or individuals on board.— The said embargo is exclusively on French ships; and, accord ing to the explanation given by the President, it seems that these measures taken against the incerest of the French nation are only provisionally to hinder the going out of their ships." It is ascertained by a vessel arrived at llavre, that the embargo with respect to French vessels also was finally raised on the 7th of April, on, an understanding that all the slaves carried off by the ships of the expedition should be restored. We are still without authentic accounts of the manner in which the French force at Samaria proceeded on their landing, respecting which the American prints have published statements not very honourable to the conductors of the expe dition, but which are, in all probability, much exaggerated. STAvEs.---We are still sorry to observe that a preference is given in the King ' s Service to Fo reign Staves.—Su re ly, a ft er the examinations which took place between 1807 and 1809 on this subject, NONE but staves from our own Colonies ought to be used in the Navy. In these days of inquiry, it is not a little surprising that some of the advocates for reform, and reduction have not directed their attention to this subject, and to the supply of foreign timber, for ,the public service—for we have AT HOME, and in the Colo nies, a superabundance of all kinds of wood ; so that there is not any occasion whatever to resort to Foreign Countries for it. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, his MA JESTY left town in his travelling carriage and four, for his Lodge in Windsor Park. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office in Downing-street, which broke up soon after four o'clock. On Tuesday Colonel BARTLETT, our Consul- Genpral in America, arrived at the Foreign office, in Downing-street. On Miinday the RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR trans acted business at the Foreign -office. Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl of HARROVBY. • • The New York Advertiser of the Bth ult. states, that four dogs; well broke to harness, had performed a journey of BO miles, attached to a vehicle with two persons in it. The dogs were at Philadelphia, and so irtmse was the public cu riosity to behold them, that the Managerof the Theatre had • made an engagement. with the proprietor for their appearance on the stage.—Wonders never cease ! DISTRESS IN IRELAND.-Following the . praise worthy example of the great cities in the empire, (which re flects immortal honour upon the country !) the ancient town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne has determined upon raising a subscrip tion for the benefit of our distressed brethren in Ireland. The Corporation, with their usual munificent spirit, voted ONE HUNDRED Pox NM for the benevolent object on Monday last; and the banking firm of Sir MATTHEW WHITE. RIDLEY, Bart. and Co. have put down their names for FIFT Y GUINEAS. A general meeting of the inhabitants is to take place in the Guildhall on the 23d instant (this day), and no doubt is enter tained of a handsome sum being' immediately subscribed. After an appropriate sermon preached in the Brunswick New Chapel, in Northumberland-street, 'on Sunday evening last, the sum of nearly 251., and o pair of gold ear-rings, were col lected for the said benevolentpurpose. The Duke of Wellington, in a letter dated the 10th inst. regrets that his public duties will probably occupy so much of his time this summer, that he cannot avail himself of a renewed invitation to a dinner and ball in this town ; yet lie, in the politest terms expresses his gratification in the recollection evinced by the Gentlemen of Manchester, and assures them that they " may rely on it, th a t s ho u ld it b e i n his power this summer, or whenever it may be in his power; he will pay his respects to them with the greatest pleasure." The town of Manchester may therefore still hope for the honour of seeing the deliverer of Eu rope, who, it is said, will be accompanied by his noble brothers in arms, Lords Combermere and Hill.—(M anc h es t er Ex chan,7e Herald.) SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-- 2 -We have the melancholy duty to record ,an accident which happened to Lady THOROLO, in the town of Grantham, on Thursday last. Her Ladyship was driving a low four-wheeled carriage with only one horse, when the animal took friht and became unm a n agea bl e . Lady 'l'. being unable to restrain her horse, and conceiving she might with safety, from the lowness of the vehicle, jump on the pavement, she at tempted to do so, first throwing the reins from her, but on alighting on the ground, her feet be came entangled, in the reins, and she was thrown with much violence on her head, which with her back and other parts of her body were severely bruised, and her Lady ship now lies, in extreme danger at the George Inn. Fortunately medical assistance was imme diately procured. Not only Sir JOHN and the' whole of Lady TrioßoLo's family, but their va rious tradesmen and numerous poor persons, are thrown into dismay by this unfortunate event; but as there are some favourable symptoms at tending her Ladyship's case, we are not without hope she will recover, FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Selsey,'in Lower Grosvenor-street; Countess Stradbroke and Lady Louisa Rom,' in Hertford-street, May fair ; Mr. and Mrs. Smyth, and Miss Frances George,, in Green.street, Park=lane ; Mr. Charles Percy, in Privy-gardens ; Miss H. Parsons, in Wimpole-street ; Mrs. Stephens, in Mon tague-square; Mr. Stewart Montgomery, in Wimpole-street ; Mr. and Mrs. North, in Hill-street ; Mts. Jane Talbot, and Miss Talbot, in Grosvenor-street; Dowager Lady Lambert, in Manchester-square ; , the Hon. Mrs. Rushout, , at the'Hyde Park Hotel, Oxford -street, from her seat, Wanstead - Grove, Essex; Mrs. and Miss Trowell, at ditto, from Derbyshire; Mr. and Mrs. Hervey, at ditto, from Cheltenham. , DEPARTURES.-Mr. and Mrs. Bean and family, ftom Hyde-park Hotel, Oxford -street, for, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Dingwall, for Croydon ; Lord Eastnor for the Priory, Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hamilton, from the British Hotel, Jermyn street, for Dublin ; Lord Eardley, for Mrs. Childers's seat, Henley-on-Thames; Mr. and Mrs. Arkwright and family, from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Derbyshire. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. ' The Duke of Norfolk entertained a distinguished party yes terday at his house in St. James's-square. Lord and Lady King gave an elegant entertainment yester, day to the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdown, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Tuvistock, the Marquis of Down shire, Lord Folkstone, Sir Edward Codrington, Ban., Sir George Robinson, Bart., Mr. Brougham, &c. at their house in Dovex-street. The Earl and Countess of St. Germains entertained a distin guished party yesterday at their house in St. James's-square.-- In the evening her Ladyship had a large party of fashionables. Earl Fortescue entertained the Directors of the Ancient Music, the Duke of. Devonshire, and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday at his house, Grosvenor-square. The Bishop of London had a dinner party yesterday at his house, St. James's-square. Dowager. Lady Neave had a select fashionable party yester day evening at her house, Albemarle-street. The Earl and Countess of Lonsdale had a dinner party yes. terday at their house, Charles-street, Berkeley-square. Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, our Minister at the Court of Stock holm, came over in the last packet from Cuxhaven. lie brings with him two most beautiful vases of porphyry, as a present from the Swedish Monarch to his Britannic Majesty. Mr. Fitzgerald, we understand, was himself honoured with the present of two smaller vases from the King of Sweden, as a mark of the latter's high approbation. The Triennial Meeting of the Three Choirs of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester, will take place at Hereford this year. , :c „.l . V .,0 4. ~ ‘,... 4 . , „ -.-.4., , 6. , • - '5 ,... , -,„, i -- rat 4 ..' . 7 ,', +: j ) .." , ... - .. .7. : „ . t e A ti *, ‘ Zl , ' , ~'felt OF --, „ i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES. , FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY, SLAY 22. The Downs this day were not so numerously attended as we.l have hitherto seen them ; but the sports were very good, the particulars of which will be accurately found below, as taken from the Judge's List. The Craven Stakes of lOgs each. The last mile and a quarter. Mr. J. Walker's b. h. Langtonian, 5 yrs old - - 1 Mr. It. Walker's .T. c. Legal Tender, 4 yrs old - 2 Mr. Fielde's b. c. by Crispin, 3 yrs old - - 3 Mr. Sadler's b. f. Pasterella, 4 yrs old - - 4 Won by a length. The Woodcot Stakes of 30gs each, h. ft. for two-yr-old colts, Bst. 61b. and fillies, Bst. 31b. The last half mile. Mr. T. Sadler's b. e. brother to Pastorella - - 1 _ . Mr. Rogers's br. f. by Selim . - - - - 2 Colonel Synge's f. by Whalebone - - 3 Mr. Curties's b. f. Mum, by Phantom , - 4 Mr. C. Day's ch. c. Ontario, by Soothsayer - - 5 -sto 2 agst the Whiner.—A good race. The Gold Cup, value 100 gs, the remainder in specie, by a subscription of lOgs each, with 20gs added by the Race Fund. Two miles. Sir H. Lippincott named Norna, 4 yrs old - 1 Mr. Fraser's Champignon, 6 yrs old - - 2 Mr. Whiteside's ch. h.ouverman, aged - 3 A race cleverly won 1 . 33; Norna. Mr. Farrall receives - forfeit from Mi. R. Walker. In the course of the day, an unfortunate accident occurred, by a horse taking fright and running away with a gig, in which a Lady was seated. Attempting furiously to leap the wooden paling enclosing the race couse, the animal smashed the two shafts of the vehicle, which was overturned on the lady, who had been thrown from it, and who was seriously hurt. With the excep tion of this untoward occurrence, and one or two unskilful horsemen suddenly finding themselves " on the turf," we heard of no accident up to the period of quitting the course. BOXING. The matches between young Brown and Bunn, the Bow youth • and Neale, the Streatham youth, and -Deaf Davis, came Off on Tuesday, in Essex, opposite Woolwich. Neale and Davis fought 46 gallantly contested rounds, when Neale won it, weighing more than a stone and a half heavier than his antagonist. Betting was 7to 4 on Davis, whose out and out ruffianing game was put on one side by the superior hitting of Neale with his length. Brown' and Bunn made a'good manly fight ; Brown won it again in more than an hour—seconded by Spring and Shelton. A. third, but uninteresting battle was won by the Young Gas and Burke, of Woolwich, or rather it was brought to a wrangle. DRURY•LANE.--AS Mr. KEAN IS so promi nent in the public eye, his appearance in a new character naturally calls for public attention. He last night, for the second time, performed the part of Cardinal Wolsey. It is but justice to him to say, that, as far as judgment is concerned, he supported the part with exact propriety, hut it is not of a nature to draw forth his peculiar qualities. He fully conceived the part, .and re presented it with feeling and temperate discre tion ; but as from him strong touches of passion and sudden transitions are expected, mere criti cal propriety was not calculated to make a strong impression on the audience. Besides, there seems to be wanting a partly dignity of form in the proud ambitious churchman, and Mr. KEAN'S person is by no means fitted to excite such an idea.—We may therefore say in the words of JOHNSON, As to his performance, that " Cold approbation gave the ling'ring bays, " For those who could not censure scarce could praise." POPE, who was always admired for his perform ance of Barry the Eighth, gave the character last night not only with admirable precision, in the personal appearance and costume, but with the same appropriate spirit and boisterous humour which marked his original assumption of the character. Mr. Kent, who it is said intends walking from Dover to Calais, appeared on the River Tyne on Thursday last, with his Marine Velocipede. It being the day that the River Jury sur vey the boundaries of the Corporation's jurisdiction, above and below bridge, a great many people were drawn together. As a matter of ingenuity, Mr. Kent's invention may be worthy of notice ; but certainly, for any general practical purpose, the apparatus, to occasion the buoyancy, appears to be too bulky and unwieldy to recommend it to Mariners. In rough waters we should suspect it to be altogether useless. ROYAL NAY-Y. LAUNCH OF THE RuSSELL.—Yesterday morn• ing, owing to the fineness of the day, the roads leading to Deptford were thronged with persons to witness the launch of the Russell, a fine 74 gun ship, from the King's Dock-yard. Several stages covered with canvas were erected round the slip where the ship lay, for the accommodation of Ladies and Gen. tlemen, and were crowded several hoprs before the ship went off the stocks. There was a strong military guard at the great entrance gates, besides a numerous body of parish and special constables stationed in various parts of the Dock-yard to pre serve order. Previous to the ship going off the stocks, several of the Nobility and persons of the highest respectability went on board to view her, and many remained till after the launch. She is a very fine built ship ; her head is adorned with a full length figine of the brave Admiral RUSSELL, who commanded at La Hogue, finely carved and painted, and it is impossiHe for any figure of the kind to sit better on the cut-water ; the rake is perfectly suitable to that of the stern. She is con structed between the ports on Sir R. SEPPING'S plan, the decks are laid diagonally, the stern, gallery, and windows, are remarkably neat and plain, and the quarter-gallerks are formed in a style of workmanship that adds considerably to her gran deur. All the ships on the River displayed their colours, and the seamen vied with each other in ornamenting their yards, and in the neatness of their vessels ; the whole of that part of the River presented a spectacle truly picturesque, and the music of the different bands on the water rendered the scene most delightful. As soon as the tide began to approach the slip, the dock-yard men commenced removing the shores which supported the ship on the stocks, and when the water had. flowed nearly high enough, the usual signal was given, &e remaining shores were taken away, and she went off the slips in the most majestic manner, amidst the loud acclamations of several thousand spectators. The bands pf music at the time struck up " Rule Britannia," and the grandeur of the scene cannot be expressed. The company on board of her then came on shore, sails were hoisted on the jury mast, nil she dropped down to Woolwich with a fine breeze. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, MAY 22.—Wind N.E.—Camc down from the River last night the Astell, Oldham, and Fort William, Glass, for Madras and Bengal ; Mary and Jane, Cape of Good Hope ; Juno, Glade, Cadiz ; David, Weens, Havre, and sailed this morning. Also to-day and sailed, the Celecope, Adains, New York. Arrived and sailed for the River the Little Hampton, Love, from Teneriffe; Jack Tar, Robson, from Jamaica ; Amity, M'lntosh, Beibice ; John Cato, Deacon, Demerara ; Rotterdam, Waters, Batavia, St. Helena and Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 22.—S.E.—Sailed his Majesty's ship 'Hind, and schooner Pigmy, on a cruite ; and Providence, Owen, Bengal. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Capt. William Haviside was sworn into the com mand of the ship Thames. The underwriters at Lloyd's have presented Capt. Campbell , who commanded the ship Caroline, on his recent voyage from Jamaica to London, with 200 guineas, as a reward for his gal lant conduct in refusing to abandon that vessel when urged to do so by his crew; she being at the time in a state of great distress, and the men worn down with fatigue. It is at the same time due to Captain Goodwin, of the American ship Hetty, to state the kind and humane conduct he displayed towards the Caro line, when he fell in with her during a heavy gale of wind, and to whose assistance the safe arrival of Captain Campbell is mainly attributable. SHIP-OWNERS OF YARMOUTH. To the Hon. the COMMONS of the UNITED KINGDOM, in Parliament assembled, the Humble PETITION o f t h e SHIP-OWNERS of the PORT of GREAT YAR MOUTH, in the County of Norfolk, SHEWETH—fhat your Petitioners observe, with much alarm, the Bill • introduced to your Honourable House, enti tuled—" A - Bill to explain and amend the several Acts for the " encouragement and increasing of Shipping and Navigation, " and to regulate the importation of Goods and Merchandize " into Great Britain, so far as relates to the Countries from " whence, and the ships in which such importation shall be " made," contains a clause—" That certain enumerated Euro- " pean goods shall be imported in British Ships, or in Ships of " the Country or Port of Export in Europe," which clause, your Petitioners conceive, is such a relaxation of the British Navigation Laws, as they fear will be extremely injurious the British Ship-Owners, by rendering Holland and the Nether lands (where warehouse-rent and other charges are so extremely low) the emporium of the trade of Europe, and give to their Shipping the benefit of the largest proportion of the carrying Trade from the distant parts of Europe, so long enjoyed by British Shipping; and as at those English ports, where a full cargo of any. commodities are not usually imported, but where the supplies are drawn from London in small quantities, the Ships of your Petitioners' port in particular, from the proxi mity to Holland and the Netherlands, will be only occasionally employed in bringing small supplies of goods, part of the full cargoes which may have been deposited there. Your Petitioners humbly submit, that from the very heavy charges of building and repairing Ships, the duties and ex pences attending the outfit and equipment of them in this tour_. try, together with the much higher wages which British Seamen are paid, and the manner in which they are fed and provided Lr, compared with the Dutch, Swedish, Danish, or other fo r ign Ships and Seamen, it is impossible for British 'Ships to take freights on the same terms ; and therefore your Petitioners entreat that your Honourable House will not sanction the measure in question. That the employment of the Shipping of your Petitioners for the laAt three years, has been a great loss to them, and they see no prospect of improvement; added to which, they have to regret the depreciation in value, and that it is a perish able, and at this time, an unsaleable description of property. That your Petitioners humbly submit to your Honourable House, that the present heavy Lights, and Trinity Dues, should be immediately 'educed, as they conceive the mainte nance of them cannot equal, by a very considerable amount, the charges paid by the Ship-owners. That the present charge of Pilotage bears extremely hard en the Ships belonging to your Petitioners' port, which are a small class of ships, and pay more'in proportion than the larger vessels ; and they humbly pray that the rates may be reduced to what they were during the peace, previous to the year 1793 ; and that all Vessels in Ballast should be relieved from the ne cessity of taking a Pilot; and that the charge of Five Guineas, boarding Money (paid alike by the Vessel of seventy tons, and by the one of twelve hundred tons), may be altogether taken off; and they further submit, that as Vessels of sixty tons are not obliged, under the present Act, to take a Pilot when laden, that this exemption might, with safety, be extended to all Vessels not exceeding the draft of ten feet water. Your Petitioners also beg leave to represent, that the charges made by British Consuls and their Deputies in foreign ports, is a serious grievance, and much felt by them during the pre sent low freight, and difficulty of employing their ships ; and they humbly submit, that his Majesty's Government should be empowered to pay the Consuls an adequate salary, and that their fees and charges should be entirely abolished. Your Petitioners also beg to observe, that the Tonnage Duty, originally imposed as a War Duty, operates very grteviously and unequally, inasmuch as a Vessel only one-third, or halt: laden, pays as much as if she was fully laden ; and that the London Port Dues, and Dock Charges, press very heavily on Shipping entering the port (If London ; and with the numerous Imposts on British Shipping, they submit to your Honourable House, are preper sulljects for consideration and reduction. And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. CHlNA.—Extract of a letter from Canton, dated Dee. 28. :—" 'We have had a sad fracas here between Capt. BLACKWOOD, of his Britannic Majesty's frigate Topaz, and the native Chinese. It appears that Capt. B. had sent the frigate's boats on shore to water,when a dispute arose between the boat's crew and the Chinese inhabitants of the village of Linton, near which they had landed. The natives attacked the sailors with bamboos, &c. and the men, it is said, were in imminent danger from the immense superiority and the violence evinced by their antagonists. Captain BLACKWOOD, observing the peril of his seamen in the, unegnal combat, opened a fire upon the village to cover their retreat to the boats, and it is said,nine Chinese were killed and four wounded, although, no accurate or positive account has yet been obtained. Since this the frigate and a Urge English country ship were lying off' Lin.. ton with their boarding netting up. Daily consultations have been held with each other by the chief men of this place and the officers of Government, and every idea is entertained here that the trade between Great Britain and China will be sus pended by order of the Chinese Government. The 58th Regiment, which landed at Portsmouth about three weeks since from Jamaica, arrived at Maidstone on Saturday, and, on Monday, marched for Chatham, where they are to be stationed. MAIDSTONE, MAY 4 20.—Upon cur highly cultivated lads the bine has grown within the last three or four days ; still its appearance, generally, is feeble and unkindly ; fly is to be found in every garden, and in some situations the increase is very considerable. The grape bine is still very yellow and much checked in its growth ; upon that which is short and backward, the flea has much increased. 'With reference to the Golding and Canterbury plant, about one hill in five are dead, and not one hill in ten has the appearance of a sufficiency of bine to furnish each pole.