The Sun. — London, England, 1822-01-30 00:00:00

i re 0 ;y the y, if,Sr 'habit sioll of ,leer le sisit a fter rSO I9 itnen tl e a rty Cd [EVa ° sti ho be' Th e la ar bsen ce i , of a" ~ ~~ j ~f'' in shot of the plain at the foot of the hill. After this movement had been effected, a small body of the cavalry were ordered to advance openly on the plain, upon which the Rebels immediately rushed forward to attack them ; and the cavalry, b y a feigned retreat, decoyed the insurgents into the open plain. They were thus drawn into a situation which placed them between the fire of the infantry and cavalry ; while the riflemen, who were in ambush adjoining, (lid great execu tl". The lowest estimate of this party of the insurgents rates them at seven hundred. The conduct of The Old Times respecting the recent transactions at the 'Victualling Board has b een perfectly consistent with that which it has Pursued for some years, and, in our opinion, we c an Say nothing stronger to draw on it the con tempt and indignation of all honourable men. At 1.3 t) upon its own responsibility, it arraigned the G o at, and insinuated that it had pro et'eded harshly on an occasion that did not gall for such penal severity. It then turned ! f cli ld, and upon the authority of private, n ot anonymous, letters directed its venomous attacks against those official gentlemen who hate suffered in consequence of the new arange nients which Government have deemed it neces sary to adopt. It is well-known that nothing cor rupt has been alleged against those gentlemen, th at they are highly respectable, and that the " 1 7 fault imputed to them was a practice in °r dinary use , b u t con t rary t o p ro hibi t i on , y et by a deviation from which the public did n ot suffer any injury. Indeed we have rea sell to believe that the Government deemed it necessary - to visit the practice with dismission, in Or der to impress upon the minds of all official characters the necessity of a rigid observance of "tablished regulations ; yet that to prevent the Persons who have fallen under its displeasure fr om being affected in their private reputation by their exclusion, we have some reason, we say, to b elieve that Government intends to make them a Su itable compensation for the loss of their situa tiens, in order to render it manifest to the public that error was the cause of their removal, but error th at can never be suffered again to take place. 43 a proof of the coarse as well as illiberal con duct of The Old Times, it yesterday mentioned lir * Foal), a gentleman of high respectability, : it h a sort of contemptuous familiarity ; but to 'ay it has thought proper to insert the following narag ra ph : it : I 'Ve are concerned to state that an error should have found way into our P a per of yesterday, respecting Mr. F ORD , cf the Victualling Office, who, after .in honourable service of more v l 41 r 3 0 years, retires on a pension." We view the controversies that daily occuri n t he newspapers with much regret, as only tending to excite th e c o nt e mpt of their read e rs, and to I litit' t g disgrace upon the Public Press, and feel utmost reluctance to follow their example ; Lit ' °II the present occasion, we cannot forbear t 0 express out indignation against a Paper. which ladeLoo come under the cha r act er w hi c h th e t !te r d C H A TH A M applied to o n e o f hi s p o li- Ica l Opponents, viz. " that he could not speak tr uth if he should, and that he would not if he could," C harleston Papers have been received this mor ning to the 28th Dec., and Letters to the Ist Ja nuary, from which we copy the fonowing : " PENSYLVANIA.--The Legislature of, this C at e are now in session. His Exc e ll en cy t l l ,, overn or congratulates the Members on the 4huudant harvest, and on the prosperity of her m anufactures. lie states, that five hundred and ; ) "'enty-seven thousand dollars have been distri tiltedd for public improvements ; bridges have t ee n erected ; nearly two thousand miles of i llt4 Pike road have been completed ; that a spirit ll f avour of domestic manufactures was so preva lent th a t t h e St ate wou ld soon f urn i s h an amp l e lI PPIY of cotton, iron, glass, and leather, not only tif4 ient f or h ome consum pti on , b u t f or ar ti c l es i re xPort. The receipts of the Treasury for the 4 11 st Year exceed the preceding one by forty-five 8 I °Us and dollars. He also states, that in the : 110 01s i n t h e c i ty an d county o f Phil a d e l p hi a e fiv e th ousan d th ree h un d re d an d s i xty - n i ne i"Sch olars are i nstructe d on t h e L ancaster i an sys- I "L The resolutions of Maryland, with regard 1° Public lands, are submitted to the considera si°ll of the L eg i s l a t ure . A new m ilit ar y systk_TA er ns partially recomm e nd e d, by acc e pti ng th e Ser vice of v o l un t eer com p an i e s. C omm i ss i ons La ve alr ea d y b een i ssue d f or one h un d re d an d Sev enty-two companies thus formed. Ew ORLEANS, DEC. 6.—We are informed, th at since the 30th Oct., 20 ships, 54 brigs, 24 Chooners, and two sloops, making in all 180 sail, r 21,700 tons of shipping, have enterod this Port Th ere came in these vessels, as passengers, ),‘ ll ree thou san d four hundred and ten persons. totn these f acts some idea may be formed of the 4rapid increase of the population as well as of the business of the city. These estimates do not embrace arrivals by land or by steam boats from above, which would greatly increase the amount." We have inserted in our front page an account of the Grand Civic Festival, on the Accession of his MAJESTY, which took place yesterday at the City of London Tavern, to the period when Sir Wir,Liam CURTIS left the Chair. Mr. JOHN HALL, who had been principally concerned in the promotion of this loyal Festival, and the arrange ments necessary to give it with due splendour, was then unanimously called to the Chair, which he supported with admirable spirit and conviviality. He addressed the company on the occasion, and state: that he had the hap piness of informing them that similar Festivals, be sides that at Goldsmiths' Hall, were to take place yesterday, in various parts of the Empire, to the amount of one hundred and forty-four. He congratulated the meeting on this general spi rit of loyalty which pervaded the country ; and he trusted that such a spirit would in duce the enemies of Government and civil order to " hide their diminished heads," hope less of shaking the basis of the best political constitution that human wisdom and experience had ever devised. Mr. H ALL touched upon other topics, briefly but emphatically, and at length, when the hour of twelve arrived, he signified that as the day had passed which the company had met to celebrate, it was natural that they should now wish to retire to repose after such an exer tion of animated loyalty. The company then dispersed. We signified, when we first noticed the approach of this grand Festival, that none of the Great Officers of State, or of the Nobility, had been invited, that it might be the pure ex pression of the feelings and sentiments of the CITY of LON DON. The Meeting therefore consist ed almost wholly of the chief Mercantile Charac ters in our great City, the emporium of the world, two of the City Members, other Members of Parliament, and a large body.of the most re spectable men in the country. After this faithful character of the Meeting, we need not make any comment on the following paragraph, which appeared in the Old Times this day, as it must have proceeded from inveterate malice, and could not have been stated by its Reporter, con trary to the glaring evidence of facts:— " The Meeting yesterday in the city disappointed our hopes. We regret that there was not a more imposing company to celebrate His Majesty's accession to the throne. One of the leading personages was the Bridge-street Secretary, the baffled opponent of bill-sticking Waddington ! The occasion, how ever, if not the manner, of its celebration, deserves some no tice ; and we have accordingly dedicated above a column to our report of the proceedings. But this is poor work." Yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, a Ca binet Council was held at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, which was attended by the Earl of HArtttowirv, the Earl of WESTMORLAND, the Earl of LIVERPOOL., the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Marquess of Londonderry, Mr. Peel, the Earl Bathurst, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Wynn, Viscount Sidrnoutl►, Mr. Bathurst, Lord Maryborough, &c. The Council continued in deliberation till about half-past four. Last night Mr. StivEsTER left town with dis patches for Holland. Yesterday being the Anniversary of his MA JESTY'S Accession to the Throne, the morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells, and at one o'clock the Park and Tower guns were fired. The Gazette of last night notifies the appoint ment of Mr. HAmtr.Tox to be his MAJESTY'S Ambassador at the Court of the Two Sicilies. A special Court of Common Council will be held to-morrow, to consider the report of the Committee of General Purposes, relative to the disturbance at Knightsbridge on the 26th of Au gust last, and the minutes of evidence thereon. - The Rev. Dr. LLoyn, it h; expected, will be the new Regius Professor at Oxford. EARTHQUAKE NE IR YORK.—Yesterday week, about ten o'clock at night, many of the inhabit ants of Seaton Ross, Foggathorpe, and Holme upon-Spalding-moor, were alarmed by the smart shock of an earthquake. Several families who had just retired to rest felt their beds shake under them, and some in the moment of surprise and affright sprung out of them upon the floor: others who were still up, felt their chairs move with them, and some ran out of doors to see what was the matter ; a rumbling noise was heard, and in two houses the bells rung of them selves.--The shock was also felt in the villages of Beilby, Everingham, Allerthorpe, and Mel bourne.—( Yorkshire G azette.) The Honourable Artillery Company fired a Royal salute yesterday, in commemoration of the Accession of his MAJESTY to the Throne.— They afterwards dined at the Armoury House, and drank the KING'S health in a bumper, with four times four, as Captain-General of the corps. Their President, Sir WILLI Cuwris, was, un fortunately for the complete conviviality of the dinner party, absent at the dinner at the London Tavern. Monday afternoon, about four o'clock, the body of the young Lady, drowned some weeks since with her sweetheart, near Southwark Bridge, was found floating between Iron-gate and Tower-stairs. It was conveyed on shore, and now lies at the Tower bone-house. The body was in a state of rapid decomposition, and her garments completely destroyed. She was known by.the necklace round her neck. A re ward, we understand, had been offered for find ing the body. CA N Ab A. THE CITY OF MONTREAL. The assessors, iu their late circuit, with a laud able attention to statistics, took a census of the population of this city, and ascertained (it is said,) it to be 24,00 persons. Mr. Bouchette, the Surveyor General, in his valuable work published in London in the year 1815, estimated it at 15,000; so that it would appear to have augmented by nearly two-fifths in six years, an uncommon increase, but easily accounted for by the great influx of emigrants, and the number of disbanded soldiers re maining here after their discharge. A considerable portion of the population consisting of unmarried young men from Great Britain, the quota of Militia is not to be computed according to the usual proportion; thus the force that could take the field, if necessary, cannot be less than 5,000 effective men; the two Eng lish divisions (as they are di, tinetively termed) being capable of jointly mustering 2,200; and the French at least 3,000; inde pendently of the troop of cavalry and that of artillery. But, as it is better to underrate than err in the opposite direction, we have stated the whole City Militia force at the above number. Amongst them are many half-pay officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers, who, leaving attained perfect discipline and seen service in the regular army, could communicate quickly their acquirements to the remainder of the corps.—This subject leads us to a consideration of the best means for the general de fence of the country, in case of need. Our frontier is so exten sive, and the opportunity of invasion so easy, that, in the event of a war (of which we see no present probability and which we sincerely deprecate ; but wincn, however distant, being far from impossible, should be provided for while there is leisure), no force could be so stationed or have such speedy means of being transferred to points of attack, as to exempt the cities of Montreal, Kingston, and York, from the risque of capture, and consequently the communication with below liable to an inter ruption attended with great hazard and privation, and perhaps followed by the loss of territory: To guard against this, a con siderable part of our regular-troops were, in the last war, retain ed in those cities and some few. intermediate places, leaving the disposeble force comparatively small. When Gen. Wilkinson was descending the at. Lawrence with the avowed intention of invading Montreal, the very heart of the province, Colonel Morrison had only 890 men to oppose his 7000, the remainder being necessarily left behind in Kingston, the fortifications of I which did not permit a greater number to be detached. lied the American General possessed either military knowledge or resource, anti, pushing forward in his flotilla, hastily landed one half of his army on some part of his own' shore screened by some of the islands with which the river abounds—then slack ened his progress, suffered his opponents to approach,transport ed that half of his army left on his own shore to the rear of ours, and made on the pursuing force a simultaneous attack, the victors of Chrystler's Farm would have been annihilated or captured ; for, placed between two fires, a Commander must divide his force, and ours was too small for division. The best means, therefore, of defence for this country, must be that which requires the least number of troops to garrison impor tant posts, and which leaves the greatest disposeable force to follow the movements of an invading army. This consists in the erection of martello towers such as those with which cer tain parts of the British coasts are lined—a method peculiarly adapted to the situation of our cities, which, Quebec except,. are totally untenable against an enemy possessing even moderate military skill ; and especially calculated for these provinces, from their security and the small number required to garrison them. The thickness of their wall (11 feet,) and their rotund form guarantee them from much damage from bombardment, while. their height and the projection of their capitals equally defy assault. To mining alone they are exposed ; but this may be greatly obviated by building them on a base of rock, the penetration of which will expend much valuable time, and give to the besieged greater chance of being relieved. Thirty men, generally, and at more important places fifty at most, form a garrison which might sleep at their ease, even were there 10,000 enemies within 300 yards of them. Placed on any part of our shore, they would prove a serious obstruction to a flotilla; but, built on the side of a rapid, in which the largest army passing is nearly defenceless, their execution would be tremendous. A few of these, solidly constructed and judiciously situated, would render the passage of an enemy down the river Saint Lawrence totally impracticable without heavy loss '• or perhaps entirely deter an army from it. It'e ourselves, descending with our, regiment in the autumn of 1814, remarked, with some degree of apprehension, that 100 men, at a certain angle of the Long Sault, could have killed • and wounded at least the half of it ; as the rapidity of the current admitted neither of landing or retreating. Four martello towers on the toad from Fort Erie to Queenstown would, in the last war, either have arrested for a long time General Brown's Army'and - allowed us to be reinforced, or would have compelled the former to a circuitous route through the woods; attended with much inconvenience. As there would have been no need of Fort Erie, we should have sustained no loss in its capture by the enemy or in its assault by us. One martello tower on Queenstown height would have prevented the circumstance which led to the death of Gen. Brock : one at St. David's would have preserved that village front con flagration and commanded the road to the Creeks : and three at Niagara would have prevented its capture, proved a much better match for the opposite fort, anti, by their red hot shot, • perhaps destroyed some of the American flotilla. In short, in these provinces, where the towns arc not situated on, nor dues the face of the country present, commanding positions ; and which, from their distance from the parent state, must be left, at the commencement of a contest, to struggle for themselves ; it is an object of the highest importance to be as economical as possible in the distribution of our troops—to defend ef fectually the great posts in the chain of communication—and to have as large a disposeable force as possible—all which can in no way be as effectively performed as by martello towers.— The country abounds in stone, labour is cheap, there is leesure for the work, and the sooner at is commenced. the better.—(Mon treal Herald.) Cowes, JAN. 28.—A Captain and 42 men were sent off from here this morning, belonging to the 56th, 67th, and 82d regiments, on their way to Chatham, to be embarked for the East Indies, and 29 men, of different regiments, were landed and sent to Albany barracks. MADAME CATALANI..---011 Saturday last, this distinguished lady received a letter from the debtors in our city jail, complimenting her upon her extraordinary musical talents, also expres sive of their regret that want of liberty pre vented them (14 in number) from hearing her, and requesting that she would enable them to have the honour of drinking her health. To this application Madame CATALAN' returned 51., adding, with her 'usual naivete, that she was sorry she could not be honoured with the gentle men's company at her • concerts ; but if any of them should hereafter meet with her elsewhere, and would make known that they were prisoners when she was at York, she would give them tickets.—( York Herald.) IRISH CottN.—We can state that a sample of Irish Wheat, grown in the county of Louth, pro duced at the London Corn Exchange last week, brought .565., being 2s. above the best sample exhibited from Essex or Kent. This circum stance speaks a volume in favour of the system of Agriculture practised in Louth.—(Dublin Even ing Post.) SHOOTING AT A WATCHMAN.-011 Monday night the Committee of the Paving Board of the Skinners' Estate, in the parish of St. Pancras, had a full meeting, at their room ia Lancaster street, in order to investigate the atrocious at tempt made on the life of Robert Southerin, one of their watchmen, by firing a loaded gun at' him on Friday night, at South Crescent Mews.— They have offered 501. for the discovery of the offender. The following is an extract of a letter from St. Bees, Cumberland, dated January 19, 1822 : ---" This day I have witnessed a most melancholy duty, which was impressively performed by the Rev. Dr. AINGER,-a mother, with her live chil dren, committed to the same grave, who were burnt to death in the light-house lately erected on St. Bees' Head, near this village, through the bed-clothes catching fire." wag 13 I have Courts a pri• thoritl i rnanl .Iter of if ai der is pro' Pon by mown , • R eg al m very tars e - quitta l °city -enerat ! nega- use re' , e d by , „ re- o f prop Ana-1.~ irdaY 'S milder' n) the ;our"' and °f of the terS 'ereuc e r 0115 eoa t, % cfric't ► eli re- 3d the U, ,„ ti!e hich e ither ee dea AOC ( ' :0 tha e for-- rho s- Hwy. g iving terdal C Ole ►s=enj. a rnii lniecl EYR E. A and p.i - t, tlii/ r icert Ld bad mil " e 611 ) f the have cli W e ,f tile crer t fort" )d of in 1.3" a r;i f idag t"" oric t(7 liute i ct turn- ►meat s anf d, the cc be' hot's° „dies J. Vie FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquess and Marchioness of Ailesbury, froni East Sheen; Lady Emily Berkeley, in Park-lane ; Hon. Miss Eden, at Lord Henley's, in Hertford-street, Park-lane; Gen. Wil ford, in Piccadilly ; Hon. Frederick Annesley, in Half Moon street ; General Knight, in Piccadilly ; Sir Henry and Lady Georgiana Wellesley, in Curzon-street, May-fair; Colonel and Mrs. Richardson, in Saville-row; Colonel Stepliensob, in Hert ford-street, Park-lane ; Major and Mrs. Loftus, in Gloucester ' place ; Captain James, in Bolton-row ; Colonel and Mrs. Pe terson, in Baker-street; Sir Barry Englefieid, Bart. in Tylney street, Park-lane ; Lady Francis Osborne, in Albemarle-street; Mr. George Rous, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square ; Hon. Colonel Stanhope, in South Audley-street ; Colonel Jones, in Bolton-row ; Lord and Lady Burghersh, at Brunswick House Hotel ; Lord Sondes, at Gordon's Hotel, from Kent ; the Hon. Captain Watson, at ditto, from Brighton ; Sir Edward and Lady Codrington, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square ; B. Keene, Esq. and family, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square,from Cambridgeshire; Sir Roger and Lady Gresley, in Conduit street, from Worcestershire. DEPART 1711E3.—The Marquis of Exeter, for Burleigh, Lincolnshire ; Lord Frederick Bentinck, for Cottesmore, Rut landshire ; the Earl ofJersey, for Newmarket ' Mr. C. Moore, from May-fair, on a tour; Colonel Stanley, for Dover ; Mr. Daniel Webbe, from South Audley-street, foe his house on the Steyne, at Worthing ; Rev. Lawrence Browne, for Kels:.le Rectory, at Saxinundham ; Mr. John Balfour (son of the Ge neral), from Bolton-row, for Bulbirnie, near Kirkcaldy, North Britain. CHAN or.s.—lron. J. Vernon, from Canterbury, for Buck burst Hill, near Egham; Mr. and Miss Nicholson, from Brigh ton, for Bath ; Mr. Adair, from Scarborough, for Bath ; Col. Warlhouse, for llatherton, near Lichfield; Mrs. Sneyd, from Stafford, for Brercton, near Bewilley. The KING had Music at Brighton, on Saturday night, to a large party, in the Great Music Room. On Sunday, at the Chapel, the Service was King's in B. The Anthem was "Sing, 0 Heavens," Kent; with Vomelli's Sanctus, and Commandments, by particular desire. Likewise, by desire, Attwood and T. B. Sale played after Service, which was read by Dr. Pearson, and the Sermon by the Dean of H ere ford, whose tcxt was, " Take heed how ye hear.' The Anthem after was, " I was glad," which Mr. Attwood composed for the Coronation, and which he has arranged beautifully as a Duet for two Performers on the Organ or Pianoforte. On Monday night, his MAJESTY had Sacred Music at his Palace, in the new room, which was opened for the first time. It is a beautiful octagon shape; or a sort of vestibule, in the centre of the Palace, a fine room I'm sound, on a small scale. The party was quite private, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Duke of Devonshire, Count and Countess Lieven. Mr. Vaughan sung " Comfort ye my people," the opening of the Messiah. Mr. J. B. Sale sung " Tears such as tender fathers shed." Master Gear, Messrs. Hawes, Vaughan, and J. B. Sale sung " I will arise," a beautiful Quaitett Anthem, and several others. The King was extremely well, and retired every night exactly at twelve o'clock, very much delighted. The Marquess of Cholmondeley entertained a party of his distinguished fries is to dinner yesteeday, at Chohnondeley House, Piccadilly. GOD SAVE THE KING.-Mr. CLARK, of the King's Chapel Royal, has, in a work recently published, traced back from the records and books of the Merchant Tailors' Company, that this song was composed and sung on the escape of King James I. from the Powder Plot, and sung in their hall by the gentlemen and children of his Majesty's Chapel Royal, on the day when King James dined there, when a grand solemn entertainment, to celebrate the event of the King's escape from the Gunpowder Plot, was given, and it is supposed that the Church Service was performed previous to the entertainment, as the Dean and Sub• Dean were present,and an organ was erected in the flail upon the occasion, which was on the 16th of July, 1607. Dr. John Bull was first Professor of Music to Gresham College in 1596, and was chosen organist to James I. in 1607, and played before the King at the above entertainment. It appears by the Merchant Tailors' records, that the Master of the Company conferred with Ben Jonson, who was then Poet Laureate, to write some verses for an anthem, which he accordingly did, beginning with " God save Great James our King," and Dr. John Bull set them to music, which is the same so universally admired now George is substitut ed. The whole will be found applicable to those times; and in Dr. John Bull's MS. Cata logue of Music, No. 56, is " God save the King." Another memorable composition was performed at the above entertainment for the first time. A Latin G race, " Non nobis Dornine," was writ ten for the occasion, and set to music as a Canon by Mr. William Byord, one of the Gentlemen of the King's Chapel, and it was sung at the King's table for the first time. A FaAGmENT.—The following, selected from a paper published at Boston, America, is said to be founded in fact :—" The wearied animal can proceed no further," said the Doctor, as he stopped the horse at the turnpike inn. He entered the bar-room, inwardly cursing the bad roads, which prevented his reaching borne before mid night, and seating himself by the blazing fire. Gloomy were his meditations, which became more so at the entrance of two men, whose faces presented to his disturbed imagina tion pictures of fierce - ambition. " Six hun dred dollars," thought he ; " why did 1 bring them with me ? and proceed alone ? but perhaps they may not be robbers—perhaps they may not overtake me ; at any rate, I will proceed." After an inspiring draught the journey recommenced, and tremblingly alive is the Doctor to each little noise. I see a robber !—and with the deadly weapon at that !lead which has so often directed the councils of the commonwealth. And shall a life so pre cious to the nation be sacrificed for a little pelf ? Shall ode vile blow deprive the country of a hero and a statesman. No !' 4 Take my money, and spare my life !" exclaimed the son of Galen, and cast his pocket-book at the ruffian's feet. He waits for no reply, but applies his lash to the jaded steed. The welcome glare of light soon flashes on the Doctor's eyes. Assistance is procured, and a full pursuit of the robber corn menced. They reached the scene of villainy ; and, inonstrum horrendum! the terrific bandit still maintained his post !—The weapon of death still extended, and the robber had not yet stooped to pick up his booty which lay at his feet. A pump, with the hand frozen in a horizontal posi tion, was found to have been mistaken by the sapient Doctor for a murderous highwayman. . , . ..... -.N g-... , ' ) N [ r . ',:' ,-,,.) c-, 1 40' ..,. ~....:•1 4. ...„.. ~,,,,....„., • „, •.,,.,,. ,:•,-.- . --rf-:,,,, % ii. ,„ v ! .., ...1 -,,,..-,, ---* -„ r e , ~---- ..,.:„- , ".kO,, k ii. .... 4, . su ~,, :',..C,' , ',--;',-,----. L ,i;j : ::,...-4 1,7 , f, -• 4 ''' '!' , g I? , S. . ------'"" 1 . "... i ': ' 1. 4 0 E,01 1 i 4, '=-• - I :' , R Of —,----- ..?" i i ~,.._____ ,:*-- ,.. . e ~, .44" ii•,' 4 .-'`' " , MERCANTILE SIIrPPING, &c. DEAL, JAN. 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Trafalgar, Waller, from Africa' ; Burr, limmerson, from Galipoli ; and Sceptre, Nicholson, from Dublin. Came down from the River the Olive Branch, Kind, for the Caps of Good Hope; Henry, Quick, for Malta ; Curter, for Jamaica ; and Bee, Mahan, for Naples; the two lattsr have DARTMOUTH 4 JAY. 28.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Osentrag, from Curacoa for Hamburg!), in 88 days, from ilamburgh,. with loss of staucheons, bulwarks, bdats, and sails ; 2 men washed overboard, and 1 with his leg broken. r.ILMOOTH, JA li. 28 -- Wind N. W . —Sailed the Prince Regent, Lodge, for Lisbon ; Robert and Mary, Attwool, for Waterford ; Nimble., Gale ; and Elizabeth and Catharine Rumson, for Cork. , Mix.Fonn, Jaw. 27.--Arrived the Maria, Jones; from Bristal for Liverpool ; on 23rd inst., in a fog, struck on a roc near the 1-lolms, broke her keel, &c.; cargo discharging. LYDD, JAN. 28. --Passed Dungeness on the 25th inst. the .eiinerican ship Louisa, Smith, - 102 days front Batavia for Aninterdarn. Po ter gmOu'r if, JAN. 29._—Wind W. N. W. --A rrived tie Unity, il;artin, from Oporto ; Sisters, Bishop, from the Downs for Barbadoes ; and New Albion, Critchell, from ditto liar Trieste. Sailed the 'Vesta, Andrews, for Poole ; and Nils., Davis, for Plymouth. The Rufus, Tam, .from Liverpool for N ew Y or k, put i nto Halifax the 26th of " Decembef, w:th loss of foremast and very ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM. QUEEN , souARE.--YeSterday Lieutenant-Colo. tel WILLI NIsON, the Governor of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, came to this office, attended by the Adjutant belongincl to the In— stitution, with two hackney-coaches, both of which were loaded with bread. The Lieutenant , Colonel stated, that the establishment to which he belonged was supplied with bread by contract at a certain price, in which contract it was agreed that the best wheaten bread should be supplied, .and of the legal weight_ The last contractor who supplied the Asylum was twice con victed of selling bread to the Institution short of weight, and was at last deprived of the contract. The present Contractor had agreed to supply the best bread, and he prornind it should never be deficient of weight. For some time the breed which he supplied was full weight ; but lately it was found to be not only of bad quality, but considerably deficient in weight; and that morning about 200 quartern loaves arrived at the Asylum, which on being weighed were found to be from six to twelve ounces each, on the average, deficient. dr. RAYNESFORD, the sitting Magistrate, ordered the ht eal to be brought into the office, and the officers weighed in—The Act of Parliament requiring that the loaves should be weighed within twenty-four hours after they were baked ; out of the whole, one hundred and twenty-one were found to have been baked within the time. They were separately weighed ; some were as much as twelve ounces deficient, and very few less than five or six ounces. There was a deficiency of six hundred and seventy ounces in the one hundred and twenty-one loaves. Mr. Samuel Till:, baker, of High-street, Mary-le-bone, the contractor, was sent to by order of -the Magistrate, ar.d in formed of the :circumstance ; he immediately attended, and begged Colonel Williamson would act with lenity towards him, and not go for the penalties which he had forfeited by the deficiency of weight. In extenuation of his offence, he said that he had a silver plate in his head, andliad left the baking to his men, who had over b a k e d t h e b rea d and spoil ed it by scalding the yeast. It was not his fault, but the fault of his men, two of whom he had punished at Marlbo rough-street Police-office lately for spoiling his bread. Colonel Williamson said, that the present was not ele only instance of bread of short - weight being rent to the Asylum. The bread sent to him on Monday, and also to the Adjutant, was fOund to be seven and nine ounces each loaf short of weight. In the present case he had no alternative, it was an offence against the public; and, on the part of the public, he felt it was his d u ty t o p rosecute the Wait to conviction. Mr. Ralnesford said, that a deficiency of near fifty pounds of bread in one batch could not have arisen from accident; but the deficiency having been ascertained, it was for C010n,21 NVilliamson to determine whether he_ should prefer an inter. oration: if the Colonel did so, be felt it to be his duty, setirlg that the offence was against a public establishment, to re ceive it. The Colonel prefe , red the information, by which penalties amounting to near 401. will be recovered, should a conviction take place. The case will be heard to-morrow, before the Beric of M agistrates.— ( Morning Paper.) inn') Frith.—On Tuesday last, about seven o'clock in the evening, the servants of 111 r. Daniel Lynch, druggist and apothecary, at the lower end of Niarket-Street, were by direction ele4ning out the warehouse cellar, under his shop, and had in the course of their duty to remove a ten-gal lon spirit of turpentine bottle. The bottom of the basket was decayed by dump, and in lifting it the bottle unfortunately fell through, and was broken. The vapour which issued ignited from the candle used, and in an instant the whole of the cellar was enveloped in flame. Mr. Lynch, who was at this fearful period engaged at his counting-house desk, which is situated over part of the cellar, endeavoured to save his books; but hearing the voice of Mrs. Lynch below, who had in a moment, with ad mirable presence of mind, rushed down with a wet blanket to try to check the flame, he hastened to her. and by his interfer ence probably saved her life and the lives of those about her, as it was with great difficulty they were extricated from their very perilous situ ;.ion. The tire now raged uncontrollably, and the valuable stock in the cellar and first story were quickly destroyed. Engines arrived, but no water could he got, the plugs of the, IVaterworks Company being immovable from long disuse. In this dilemma, the good offices of Messrs. (-loather and Paden, calenderers, in the New-Market, were gratefully accepted. By the power of their steam-engine they raised large supplies of water, and sent all their men to assist their distressed neigh hour. By these means the upper part of Mr. Lynch's housc was saved, and it is very likely the whole of the circumjacent valuable warehouse property filled with heavy stocks of manu factured goods.—(Manchester Chronicle.) BARNSTAPLE, JAN. 22.—The bellman has just been round to inform the inhabitants that there is good beef selling at lid. per pound, and fine wether mutton at 2d. I have been to see it, and it is very prime. A fire broke out about half-past eight yester day evening, in a house of ill-fame, No. )2, Gar lick-hill, which shortly reduced it to a heap of ruins, but was prevented by the activity of the firemen from injuring the adjoining buildings. An Inquest was held last night on the body'of Joseph Franklin, butler to the late Admiral Sir Benjamin Caldwell, who put an end to his exist ence by cutting his throat with a razor on Friday morning last, at the house of Mr. Inwson, No. 2, Union-street, Berkley-square ; who proved that the deceased had been very low and des ponding for some time, and having ruptured him self by lifting a chest of plate, and being com pelled to leave his situation in the family of a Nobleman, he grew very melancholy, anti though he possessed property, his gloomy pros pects of the future affected his intellect, and in a deranged state of mind he cut his throat, and was found weltering in his blood in his bed room. Verdict—" Cut his throat in a fit of temporary derangement." THE MA RKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 30. Having but few buyers of Wheat at Market this morning, the sales were very heavy, but the little that was disposed of was at Monday's prices for prime samples, but there was not the least demand for the inferior qualities, of which the supply this week chiefly consisted. A large quantity of Barley re mained over from Monday's arrivals, which met exceedingly dull sale, at a decline of Is. per quarter. The Oat trade was heavy, and rather cheaper for the inferior qualities. In Beans and Peas there is no alteration. HOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH:: x, JAN. 28.—Our demand for Hops just now is very regular, without any variation in the prices ; Bags of choice quality are particularly scarce.