The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.) PORTSMOUTH, Marten 10.—His Majesty's gun-brig Recruit, 10, Lieut. Hedges, arrived on Tuesday from a cruise, and sailed on the following day for Plymouth, with supernumeraries for ships at that port. His Majesty's gun-brig Leveret, 10, faiut. W. F. Lapidge, arrived from Plymouth on Thursday, with super numerary seamen for ships at this port, and Marines he longir►g to the Eastern Division, and returned on the fol lowing day. The Mercury, tender to his Majestty's ship Ocean, (flag ship at Sheerness), arrived from the river on Fri!lay, and will return in a day or two. His Majesty's ship Ganges, S 4, Capt. G. Burdett, ar eived on Monday from the Mediterranean station, for the purpose of being paid off at this port. She sailed from Malta on the 28th of January from Corfu, in company with his Majesty's ship Alfred, 50, Captain R. M,unsell, which latter ship afterwards petted company. The Ganges left at Malta his Majesty's ship Donezal, 7*, Captain J. Dick, which ship was expecting to slit shortly for England with the slst Regiment. Ne skip of war of any nation was at Malta; the only one that bad been there for some time was a Russian frigate, and she had sailed a few days previously to the 'Ganges's departure. The Ganges arrived at Corfu on the 3rd of February, and having embarked four hundred and ninety-nine officers, men, women and children, of the 18th, or Royal Irish Regiment under the command of Colonel Burrell, she sailed for England on the 3tl of February, leaving there his Majesty's ship Rainbow, 28, Captain Sir J. Franklin, Knt., and Pelican, 18, Corn. J. Gape, the latter being about to sail for Patras. His Ma. jesty's ship St, Vincent, 120, Captain H. F, Senhouse, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral the Her.. Sir Henry Hotham, K.C.8., and Barham, 50, Captain H. Pigot, C. 8., were at Napoli di Romania. The Ganges, not Laving left Malta since her arrival in the Mediterranean, brings no news of the squadron on that station. She passed through the gut of Gibraltar on• tL 2.2 d of Feb., making her number to the garrison. One hundred and twenty men of the 18th regiment were left at Corfu, to be brought home in the William Harris transport, whieh was daily expected to arrive there from England. The Ganges, in winking up from the eastward, with a foul wind and stet tide, got on shore on the Warner bank, but after re maining there for several hours, floated off in the evening, en the return of tide, and came up to Spithead without having sustained any injury. She brought home the fol lowing passengers, viz. : —Captain John Ilindmarsh, pro inoted from his Majesty's ship Scylla, Lieutenant A. Murray, of his Majesty's ship Meteor, surveying yew.] ; Lieutenant A. Reed, of his Majesty's ship Donegal, appointed to his Majesty's ship Kent, since paid off ; Mr. F. Cook, late Acting Master of His Majesty's ship, Ferret; Mr. John Caught, late Acting Master of His Majesty's ship, Pelican ; two smugglers, whose periods of service had expired, and thirty invalid seamen from the squadron. Mr. Thomas Weeks carper. ter, died at Coifu on the 3d of February. where he was interred. The Ganges was towed into harbour, on Fri day, by His Majesty's steam-ve-sel, Confiance, under or ders to be pa?al off into Ordinary. The troops were dis embarked on Wednesday at Gosport, and have since occu pied H.sler and Fort Moncton Barracks. The circum stances attending ►he getting on shore of the Ganges have, we are happy to hear, been explained to the entire satis faction ni the Admiralty, so much so, indeed, as to render any further inquiry by the Court Martial, or otherwise, nunecessary. 'His Majesty's brig, Pantaloon, 10, (tender to the Royal Ueorge, yacht) Lieut. W. Dawson, returned from Ply mouth on Friday, having on board Lieut.-C,I. Graydon, R.E. and Mr. F. W. Sadler, Master cf His Majesty's ship Victory, who proceeded in her front this port to make trial of an instrument of the Lieut.-Co'ooel's invention, for determining latitude and local attraction. We tin ders:an i tk , r, the result of this trial has fully confirmed the views of the inventor, in establishing the complete effi ciency of the instrument in correcting the influence of the local attraction of the vessel on the compass, This result will, in a great measure, or wholly, prevent those mistakes which so frequently arise from a micaku lation of a ship's source, from the errors of the compam to correct which the very ingenious plate of Profe,sor 13 ,r -low, termed the Correcting Plate, was constructed. It is well known to all naval men that any considerable change in a ship's cargo, in the position of her guns, her anchors, from the great quantity of iron which is now used in the construction of ships, and which by any change of position brings the compass more or less within its influence, will produce such an effect on the magnetic needle, as to divert it from its otherwise natural course or direction, and it is also well known that this diversion has been the cause of numerous accidents, and even shipwrecks. It is the peculiar province and purpose of the celestial compass to enable the observer to detect this deviation, by a single observation, unconnected with the horizon, and independent of all calculation. The invention will, we imagine, be found particularly serviceable to ships fitted with Captain Phillips's patent capstans, which have large quintities of iron in their composition, and with those which are now made with wrought-iron spindles placed in a vertical position, and which act as a very powerful at tractive. The Arab transport, Lieutenant Harris, Agent, arrived oa Tuesday from the Mauritius, last from Plymouth, with the bead-quarters of the 82d Regiment, which were landed at Cowes on Thursday last, for Albany Barracks. The Lady Harwood, male convict ship, received on Wednesday 200 male convicts on board, under the super intendency of Dr. Inches, among whom is the notorious Hon. C. Kemp. The Cygnet, transport, Lieut. Lester, Agent, arrived on Thursday from Gibraltar, with sundry detachments of the 3th, 12th, 42t,d, 53d, 60th, and 94th Regiments. She brings passengers, Capt. Chillers of the 42nd, Captain Matheson of the 23d, the servants of the late General Sir George Don, Lieut.-Governor of Gibraltar, and several distressed British subjects. The William Harris, transport, Lieut. Stevens, Agent, and Sylvia, transport, Lieut. Wtsley, Agent, arrived at Malta on the 17th of February, having on board detach. ments of the 42nd and 94th Regiments for that Island. The following convict ships are now fitting at Deptford for the conveyance of convicts to Australia, viz.:—the Lngland, Hydra, Eliza, and Red Rover. The Catherine Stewart Forbes, convict ship, which passed by the back of the Wight last week, with sonic reported cases of cholera on hoard, Arrived at Plymouth on Saturday the 3d instant, having had five cases of that disease, two of which had terminated fatally. She was immediately sent to Standgate Creek. At Spithead—None. In Harbour—Victory, Britannia, Royal George, Glues, Pantaloon, Cunfiance (ste,.rner), Erntrald and Mercury cutters. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Captain G. W. C. Courtenay, late of his Majesty's ship Mersey, is ap pointed British Consul General at Hayti.—Lieut. Lord Clarence Paget, late of his M tjesty's ship Warspite, is appointed to his Majesty's slip St. Vincent.—Mr. G. A. Henry is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant to the War slite, vice Paget.—Mr. A. D. Shaft°, Midshipman, is ap. painted to his Majesty's ship Conway, at Chatham.—D. J. Simpson, :late of hi• Majesty's ship Alfred, is appointed Clerk to his Majesty's ship Britannia.--Mr. Wm. Adam is appointed Clerk to his Majesty's ship Alfred, vice Simp son.—Mr. C. Lewis Spence is appointed Second Master of his Majesty's ship Victory, vice \Vidgrr, M. G. B. Hooke, Midshipman, is appointed to his Ma jesty's ship Rainbow.—Lieut. John Burrough is appointed to his Majesty's ship Melville, in the East Indies, and will take a passage in his Majesty's ship Harrier from Ply mouth.—The Rev. Charles H. Lethbridge is appointed Chaplain of his Majesty's ship San Josef —The Rev. Thomas Ferris, Chaplain of his Majesty's ship Viet-ry, and the Rev. George Fisher, Chaplain of his Majesty's sh'p Asia, have been p rznitted to exchange.—Mr. A. T . :ompson, late Master of his Majesty's ship Wellesley, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Talavera,fitting at Sheerness. Re . ir-Admiral s Sir Frederick Maitland, K. C. B Patrick Campbell, C.B. and William Parker, C.B. (the latter now commandin g in the Tagus) are each spoken of as likely to succeed Sir Thomas Baker, K.C.B. in the command on the South American Station, whose period of service has expired. We are confidently informed (though we cannot vouch for the fact) that the latter officer has been selected, and that his Majesty's ship Asia, 84, on board which the Rear-Admiral' s flag is flying, has been ordered home from Lisbon, to be paid off and re-commiasion e d for the purpose of his relieving his Majesty's ship Warspite, 76, at Rio Janeiro. - , ROYAL .ARISES.—In consequenc e of the retire rnen ; upon full-pav of Lieutenant N. H. English, as notified in our last week's Herald) the following promotions and re movals have taken place in the above corps:—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Adair, C.B. is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the corps, and ap point e d to she Chrham division, vice English. —Br eve t Major N. Cole is promotei to the rank of Major in the corps, and appointed to tLe Plymouth division, vice Adair, C.B. promoted.—Brevet Major H.S. Wilkinson is appointed to the Chatham Division, : - ‘s Pay Captain, vice Cole prop - med.—Brevet Major Thomas Mitchell is appointed to the Plymouth Division, as Pay Captain, vier Wilkinson.—Captain John Evans Jones, now serving in his Majesty's ship Isis, on the Cape station is appointed to the Portsmouth Division, vie Mitchell.—Lieutenant and Quartermaster Robert Webb is promoted to the rank of Captain, and appointed to the Chatham Division, vice Jones.—Lieut. W. H. Devon, late Quartermaster in the Royal Marine Artillery, is appointed Quartermaster at the Chatham Division. vice Wchb.—First Lieutenant Robert Henry is removed from the Portsmouth Division, to the Artillery C,,mp:nies, vice Devon.—S•cond Lieutenant John Collins, now serving in his Majesty's ship Pada!, is promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, and reappointed to the Portsmouth Division, vice Henry. His Majesty's Ship Athol, 28, lately arrived f.om the Coast of Africa, will shortly be dock d, and probably be broken up. She was built from larch, grown on the es t ite of the late Doke of Athol, whence her name. The Noble Duke planted enormous quantities of larch trees, by way of experiment, and the Atbol wag built at the same time as the Niemen, the former of larc'e, the latter of Riga fir. This was done, by enter of the late Admiralty, in order to ascertain tte comparative durability of these twa kinds of tie.ther. About three years ago, these two ships werg. "surveyed at this Port, and the result of the survey appears to have been in favor of larch timber over 11 , ga, as the Niemen was broken up immediately after the sur vey. Larch timber 1; not however fit for building large ships, its lengths being so short. We mentioned en a former occasion, that His Majesty's Ship Prince Regent was to be fumigated. on account of its having had the erisipelas on baud. This order has now been contradicted, and directions given to adopt a new process, as suggested by Pr: Burnett, the head of the Medical Board. She is to be first well washed with hot soap and water, and afterwards with vinegar. Chloride of lime and ventilation will comple the process. ti is Majesty's Ship Britania, 120, Captain Peter Rainer, C.B. will go nut of harbour to Spithead in about ten days, and is expected to he ready to proceed to sea the latter end of next month. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) The G inges, 84, Captain Bardett, arrived on Monday, with the 18:11 Regiment en board, from the Mediterra nean, last from Corfu, which place she left on the Bth ult. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Senhouse (bearinl: the, nag of Vice-Adasiral the Hon. Sir H. Hotham, K.C.8.). the Belvidera, Raleigh, and Alban steamer, were at Napoli di Romania —The Donegal and Alfred, with the Meteor and Mastiff, surveying ships, were at Malta.—The Philomel was at Gibraltar.—The Barham was going to Constantinople for the convenience of the Ambassador, until he could be provided with a residence on shore, his Palaec having been di stroyed some months ago, in the great rot flagration at Pera.—The Albin steamer was to convey Sir Stratford Canning to Constan tinople. whither the Actman had cone to attend on him, until the Barham's arrival.—The Rainbow, Pelican, Pro eris, and Hind tender, were at Corfu.—The Rapid was at Marseilles —The Scylla at Tripoli.—The Ganges passed within three miles of the spot where Grahem's Island was Brat discovered, hut it had entirely disappeared. It is supposed that the strong south-east winds, which had pre vailed for some time, had dispensed it. The Captain of a merchant vessel had sounded about a week previous, and found seven feet of water.—Tide Ganges also brought home 40 invalids from the squadron. In working up for the anchorage at Spithead, with a N. W. wind, end nearly low water, she shot rather further a-head when in stays than was calculated on, and grounded on the Warner Bank. The Confianee steamer, and every ether necessary assistance, was promptly sent to her, and with the imme diate flowing tide she was cot off without receiving any injury. She is to be paid off in this harbour, and laid up in ordinary.—Captain Hinsimarsh, promoted from the Scylla, came home passenger in the Ganges. The 18th Regiment disembarked on Wednesday, and were quar tered at Forton Barracks, whence tiny will march on Monday for Weedon. The Pallas arrived at Barbadoes, from Antigua, on the 28th January. The Ranger arrived at Tortola, from St. Kitt's, on the 15th January, and sailed the following day on a cruise. The Gannet sailed from Port-au Prince on a eruize on 10th January. The opposum packet packet had arrived at Halifax previous to the 2d February. The Plover packet arrived at Montserrat, from Falmouth on 22d January. The Lapwing packet arrived at Jamaica, from Falmouth and Jackmel, on the 7th January: she left the latter place on the 4th, and sailed from Jamaica, for Honduras, on the 10th.—The Tyrian arrived from Fal mouth on 24th January. The North Star arrived at Jamaica, from Carthagena, 9th January . s The African steamer arrived at Gibraltar, from Fal mouth, 16th tilt. The Frolic packet was spoken with on the 23d uh., in lat. 35, long 23, by the Cowper merchant man, lately arrived at Dover. The recovery transport arrived at Trinidad from Tobago, on the I Ith January, and sailed on 19th for St. Lucia, where she arrived on 25th. The Camilla steamer passed through Spithead this morning at early hour ; she brings a Havre Paper of Fri day, which contains no news. The Nimrod, IS, Commander S. It idford, was paid off at Plymouth, into the ordinaiv on Saturday. It is rumoured that she will he shortly re-commissioned for Lord Elward Russell, now in the Savage. The Amphitrite transport, Lieut. Cooly agent, arrived at Deal on Saturday, with Government stores on hoard for Chatham. The Orestes and Quail arrived at the Cove of Cork on the 2(1 instant. The Nautilus arrived at Oporto, from the Cove, on the 21st of Feb. His Majesty's brig Goldfinch, arrived at Falmouth on Monday ; sailed from Jamaica I ith J inuary, and Crooked Island the 25th ; spoke off Kingston the General Cam coyne, of Liverpool, ail well. Jamaica is in the same un settled state as when the last packet sailed from thence. Great excesses have been, and still are being, committed in many parts of the island ; and the burning and destroying of property was going on up to the tiro" of the packet sail ing. The island is under martial law, and no one is allotved to leave. The Cambridge, Barber, sailed yesterday for Bombay and China. His Majesty's packet ship Bri,eis, Lieut. Downey, ar rived at Falmouth, on Tuesday, from the Leeward Islands. A letter from a gentleman at Lisbon, who has the means of forming a very correct opinion, asserts that Don Pedro's •ucees•, on his appearance in the tips, is most certain; all adhesion to Don Miguel will instantly fail off. The eyes of the public were b:•ginning to be opened to the in famy of the priestcraft under which the Portuguese have so long suffered. Arrived on Tuesday the Recruit brig from a cruise; she sailed again on Thursday. Arrived on Thursday the Leveret, with supernumerary seamen from Plymouth ; she returned yesterday. The Mercury cutter arrived yesterday from the Eastward. The Palmella, Loder, and Fergusson, young, arrived on Thursday, from London, to take passengers to Calcutta. In Harbour--Victory, Royal George, Britannia, Gan ges, Pantaloon, Confiance, Emerald, and Mercury. At Spithead—None. Owing to the boisterous weather experienced during last week, the Giodwin Sind Head light vessel drifted from her station ; but she is now safely anchored in the Downs. _ . vv (From the Devonport Telegraph.) DEVON PORT, MARCH 10. —The Firebrand steamer sailed on Wednesday, for Falmouth, from whence she will take out the next Mediterranean mails. His Majesty's ship Pearl, 20, Commander Gordon, sailed on Thursday, with dispatches for Jamaica. his Majesty's brig Savage, 10, Commander Lord E. Russell, sailed on Thursday, for Cork. His Majesty's brig Recruit arrived yesterday from Ports mouth. Hip M ijesty's whip Winchester, 50, Captain Lord Wm. Paget, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Colpoys, arrived at Barbadoes on the 2d Jin , with the brig Bird in tow, which she picked up at sea, the brig having lost her fore mast in a severe gale of wind. The Harrier, 18, Commander 'Vassal!, will go out of harbour on Tuesday, and is expected to sail for the East Indies about the 15th. The Hermes steam vessel, Lieut. Kennedy, started yes terday with people to bring his Majesty's ship Jupiter from Leith to this port, to supply the place of the Ceylon. On Thursday Cap!ain Curry, C. 8., of the Sun Josef, irmitured and inspected the crew of the Pike schooner, previously to her prOceeding to the Irish station. The Ferret, 10, Commander Wodehouse, bas come iuto Hamoaze to be paid off. The Leveret, 10, and Pantaloon tender, sailed on Wed nesday for Portsmouth, and the Firebrand steamer for Falmouth. The Arab transport sailed on Monday for Portsmouth. The Pearl, 18, arrived from Portsmouth on Tuesday. The Pike schooner went out of hai hour on Wednesday. Remaining in Hamoaze—San Josef; H !Frier, Ferret, Romney, Echo, steam-vessel, Ceylon. At the Island—Pike. In the Sound—Caledonia and Recruit. Placards have been issued at Dewsbury, stating that a public meeting of the friend► of scriptural educa tion will be held in the Church Sunday School there, on Mon day next, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament, that in the national education of Ireland the whole volume of the Holy Scripture., may be used : tickets to be had of the neighbouring clergy. The placards were posted on Tues day ; and on Wednesday the following very necessary an. nouncement was posted over that part of the placard relating to the ticket::—" postcript.—As the meeting at Liversedge on Monday was a very uproarious one, no clergyman will be ad. mitted unless he promises faithfully to keep the peace !-- Leests Aterco,v. IRELALD. KILKENNY ASSIZES..-MARCH 7. Early this mottling a number of Lancers were de spatched through the surrounding country, and even as f r as Golden, six miles off, in expectation that some move ment would be made on the part of the peasantry ; but there was nothing seen to justi'y the least apprehension. At eight o'clock p.m. the fifty-three prisoners werb marched through the streets from the County Gaol to the Court-house, handcuffed to a long chain, guarded on each side by a file of Grenadiers, precedod by Lancers, and fol lowed by Infantry. The prisoners walked in silence, but did not appear dispirited. The streets were not much crowded at that early hour; no exclamations were heard, but the female spectators prayed for them devoutly as they passed along. Count Czapski arrived from Dublin yesterday to witness these interesting trials. The Rev. Luke Gardiner M Do nald, eurWe and tithe-agent of Graig (whose seizure of the horse of the Rev. Mr. alle, priest of that p ,rish, has led to the virtual abolition of tithes), also occupied a con siderable share of attention. Gintrary to expectation, the streets and court-house were not crowded by peasantry to day. Neither is there any news of agitation in th.f country. The Catholic clrgy are successfully exerting themselves to point out to the peasantry the necessity of repressing outrage, and of I estoring the arms of which they have possessed themselves by nightly violence ; and it is now admitted that the Whitefect outrages are on the decline in this county. CARRICKMAUGII TRIALS. The following prisoners were brought up and arraigned for the murder of chief constable Gibbons, and Edmund Butler (tithe proctor), by striking them with stones on the head, at Carrickehaugh. on the 14th of December, 1831:— William Voss, John Kennedy, John Ryan, Thomas Ryan, Patrick Carty, jobs Duly, Richard Grennan, Patrick Dwyer, Edmund Duggan, and Thomas .Egan. There were three more, one of whom (Thomas Walshe) was sick, and was nut brought up. It is believed that the bills against the remaining two are ignored. These are Patrick Grennan and John Brophy. THURSDAY, MARCH 8. This morning Biron FOSTER opened the County Court at half-p-ast nine o'clock. The ten prisoners arraigned yesterday were then placed at the bar, and put on trial. Bills have been found by the Grand Jury against fifteen others on the same charge, who have not yet b en appre. hended I John Kennedy was then put on his trial, for the mar -1 der of Edmund Butler, the process-server. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opened the case, after which the following facts were elicited : Edmund Regan, a gate-keeper on the estate of Mr. Pratt de Montmorency, of Castlemorris, was, a' out ten o'clock on the morning of the 14th of December, walking in the fox-cover of Castlemorris, when he saw a body of police (about 40) coming along t! e Waterford-road to Hugginstown (or Carrickahaugh). He had a telescope in his hand, and staid there two hours Saw also a body of people coming towards Huggiustown from Newmatket. There were only 20 or 30 at first, but were soon joined by crowds from other parts, some running, some walking, in the direction of the police. As soon as the crowd readied Hugginstown, the chapell-bell was rung for three cr four minutes in a regular manner. A large crowd came from Ballygerdra, and joined the former. The crowds joined made up between 300 and 400. Something dark, like a hat, was raised in the midst of the crowd, and held up about a minute. The police went along the road, and the crowd shouting by the fields, till they were out of wit ness's sight. On his cross-examination by Mr. O'CoNNELL, he was aware the pi ocess.server had been out serving notices a day or two before the 14th of Decemb, r. Heard that he had made use of very abusive language the evening before, in passing through Newmarket. That there was an ad journed meeting of the vestry that day (the 14th of De cember). He had attended the vestry held a month be fore (the 14th of Nov; tuber) at Newmarket, when the Rev. Mr. Hamilton had agreed not to take proceedings against his parishioners till next vestry d ty. And yet be did, and broke his wotd ! Knew that Kennedy lived a short distance from Newmarket, on land that never paid tithe. Heard that several of the prisoners were sworn falsely against. If mass was said at Hugginstown, the time for ringing the bell would be just when he heard it, 20 minutes before 12 o'clock. Peter Harvie, a police serjeant, was on dwy on the 14th of December, with a party of 35 or 37 police, commanded by Captain Gibbons, who left Kilmaganny at 10 or 11 o'clock on the morning of the 14th of December with Edmond Butler, in company, and proceeded through Newmarket to Hugginstown. A mob came along the road after them ; about a quarter of a mile of the road was black with them. The chapel bell rang as they were going into Hugginstown. Other hells were ringing also. Ano• tiler crowd came across the field front the neighbourhood of Hugginstown. A man had a sash across his shoulders like a comfortable ; he had a glazed cap ; the crowd along with Lim had pitcbfot ks, spades, scythes, bill-hooks, shovels, hammers, and stones in their hands. The man cried out to those along with him to come on, as they waved the weapons in their hands. Gibbons ordered them to load their arms when the crowds came; did so when the people were 200 or 300 perches off; the crowd fol lowed them to Walsh's house, where they went to serve a notice, and increased to 400 or 500. The crowd cried, " We'll murder the process-server." Butler put the pro eels under Walsh's door, and then returned with the po lice in the midst of them. The people surrounded the house and the police in the fields and the roads were within a few yards of them. On the way hack the crowd shouted, " Well have the process-server or blood." The police returned by the road to Rockhall, and afterwards turned to the left into a lane, wide at the entrance, hut narrower further on. The crowds followed them the fields at each side. Some said, " Don't he alarmed, police, We don't want to hurt you." Others cried out, when told the police guns were loaded, " We don't care, they can only fire one shot, and then we will have the process server in spite of them." A man jumped from the field into the open part of the lane, and caught hold of the process-server out of the ranks, crying, " This is the man we want." H e w as p u ll e d i n a g ain by the police He next got a blow of a wattle on the head from the same. Person who had pulled him out. Ile leaned against a policeman when struck, but did not fall. He next got a blow of a stone on the head, and fell there. Po. licemuen were knocked down in the rear by stones before Butler fell. Gibbous was knocked down also, and killed there. The crowd said to Gibbons before he entered the lane, " Never fear, Mr. Gibbons, your people won't be huit, or a hair of your head be touched." The witness Harvie got a stab of a fork in the side. About 15 or 20 shots were fired by the police after the process-server and some of themselves were knocked down. The witness fired. lie afterwards saw 11 police brought in dead to the barrack-yard: most of them had cuts in the baek of the neck, and had fractured skulls. The whole affair lasted only two minutes. After witness fired he got a blow of a mallet, and was knocked down on his knees. He could not stand to load. As soon as he could he ran to Newmarket ; others escaped in different direc - ions, mostly wounded by stones. This witness identified John Kennedy, in the dock, as one who followed the police to Walsh's house, when the process was served there, with a pitchfork in his hand. This witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. O'Connell, who tried to shake his evidence, by fixing him as one of a family of sheep-stealers, of R ithdowne, in the Queen's county. He admitted also, that his uncle, who had been in the police, was transported. Admitted 'he never saw Kennedy refore. That he had sworn two informations, and that Kennedy was not mentioned in the first. He first saw him a prisouer, and then recognized him. Kennedy was in company with 15 or 20 other prisoners, and he had pointed him out as the man. Fur the defence, Sir Robert Langrishe, Burt., son to the prisoner's landlord, gave him an excellent character for sobriety, honesty, and industry. He should have heard, it there had been any thing bad against him. Three witnesses were examined to prove an alibi : the parish priest gave the prisoner an excellent character. After dc-liberating nearly fonr hours, they returned into court with a verdict of. Acquittal. The court inside and outside rang with cheers, and other demonstration s of ex ultation. The prisoner was remanded to be tried on another count of •the indictment for the murder of GiblJons, the chief constable, but there is no chance of a conviction after the result of the first trial. FRIDAY—THIRD DAY. (From the Kilkenny Journal, Saturday.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied to the Court to put /ff the trills of those persons confined for the homicides at Carrickshock. Ile groumiled his application on an affida vit from Mr. Kenimis, the Crown Solicitor, stating his belief that such was the combinati on agiinst tithes, the disturbed state of the country generally, and t h e su b„. (pient dread of Jurors, that the ends of justice could not be obtained by proceeding with the trials at present. Ile put in another affidavit from Mr. Green, R.M., to th, same effect, appended to which was a ballad, named " The Battle of Cirriekshock, which a coumellor, who looked at it, bone the imrress of the Warder. Ilia Loansssie decided for the Crown th a t t h e prison ers should stand remanded without bail. On this day, but one case was tried by Baron Foster, in the County Court—that of Lawrence Dowling for bur 9:lariously entering the house of John Alannan, of Crutecn Clough OR the 21st of January, and administering to him and his daughter unlawful oaths. Sarah Mannan, the wife of John, stated that the door cif her house was burst in about six o'clock in the evenine. and on her looking out of a room, the saw 'ix men in the entry, and one down in another room engag, d with her husband th it she beard him sweat her husband that he had no arms. 'they a'so swore her daughter, and then proceeded to the room she was in, but she hid behind tl e door. John Miamian, a seemingly dying man, was carried in an arm-chair to the table, and being sworn, answered a few questions with extreme difficulty. He corroborated his wife's testimony, identified the prisoner, and added that he (the prisoner) when he first went in raked the cinders of the fire about the floor, and dragged him over them, and considerably burned his feet. This man became ea weak that he could not speak on his cross-ex amination, and as it was imagined he might he trying to avoid it, a physician was sworn, who gave his opinion that the man was dying. He was immediately removed, and Counsellor Hamilton argued that the prisoner should be acquitted, in as much ails the want of t!.e witnesses cross-examination left his evidence to go in a partial manner before the Jury. Mr. Scott argued on the other side, and the Court ruled that the case should be procredrd with, but he said would lay the question before the twelve Judges. Aft r a short charge, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The conviction was for a capital felony, but the sentence has not been passed. The City Assizes terminated in a few hours. LANCASTER ASSIZES, MARCH 8. (RECEIVEn THIS MORNING ) HORRIBLE MURDER AT LIVERPOOL. Jahn Thomas, a young man of a peculiarly mild and prepos sessing appearance, stood indicted for the wilful murder of Ellen Bancroft, at Everton (the suburbs of Liverpool) on the 11th day of January last. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the prosecution, stated that the deceased, Ellen Bancroft, was servant to Mr. Okell, a spirit-merchant, at Liverpool, and on the 11th of January she was left in care of her master's house at Everton, and was seen safe and in good health at Everton about three o'clock in the afternoon. Between six and seven o'clock she was dis covered barbarously murdered, and the house robbed of silver plate and other valuables. Suspicion, from a variety of circum stances, fell upon the prisoner, and he was consequently appre hended. Mr. CLARKE, for the prosecution, called Mrs. Sarah Okell, who deposed that she is the wife of Mr. M. Okell, whose house is at Everton. When Mr. Okell was out of town, the deceased, Ellen Bancroft, slept at the house at Everton. Has not had any acquaintance with the prisoner at the bar, but knew his wife, Jane Thomas, well; she used to live servant with wit ness's sister. Witness and the wife of the prisoner were at Everton on the 9th of January, and having then occasion to charge her dress, Jane Thomas accompanied witness to the bed room, in which there was a chest of drawers. In one of the drawers there was a quantity of silver plate, consisting of a silver cup, six table spoons, six tea spoons, sugar tongs, two salt spoons, mustard and desert spoons, and a small pickle fork. In this drawer there was a silk handkerchief, which witness wanted out, and she opened it in the presence of the prisoner's wife. Witness left Everton on the Tuesday night, for the Vaults in Liverpool, and slept at the latter place on the Tuesday, leaving Ellen Bancroft in care of the house at Liverpool. On the Wed nesday following, in consequence of hearing that witness's ser vant could not get admittance to the house at Everton, she went up between nine and ten o'clock, and found the deceased in a very dreadful state from blows she had received, and a car was in waiting to convey deceased to the infirmary. Witness pro ceeded to the room in which she had been on the Monday, and found the drawer in which the plate had been deposited broken open and all the plate gone. Jane Spencer lives in Bull-lane, Everton, which is five or six yards from the house of Mr. Okell ; remembers the 11th of Jan., and saw Miss Beggs come out of the house of Mr. Okell, and also saw Ellen Bancroft go in. After parting with him about four o'clock she saw the prisoner at the bar walking back wards and forwards, near Mr. Okell's house, he was dressed in light coloured clothes; saw him three times. Robert Smith, a joiner, who was working in the adjoining premises to Mr. Okell—He saw the prisoner about four:o'clock in the afternoon of the 11th of Jan, coming from towards Mr. Okell's garden ; he saw him talking to Ellen Bancroft! at the gate. Ainsworth, an officer of Liverpool, spoke to finding a chisel, and a night-protector, or supple_jack, in the prisoner's apart. ments, the chisele matched with the marks upon the drawers of Mr. Okell, at Everton. The JUDGE inquired of Mr. Heys, the surgeon, if the supple. jack, would have caused death by being used as forcibly as the poker. Mr. Heyc, replied in the affirmative. There were twenty-three witnesses in this case, but the above is the substance of all their evidence, which merely went to corroborate others. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then sentenced to be executed on Monday next. lie left the bar weeping bitterly. CHILD MURDER. William Mercer, aged 23, stood indicted for the wilful murder of a bastard child, of eleven days' old. In May, IS 1, a lad, who was playing in a field near Lytham, Lancashire, found a bundle floating nn the water, which, on inspection, turned nut to he the body of a child, but in so decomposed a state, that a surgeon who examined it could not say of what sex it was. Inquiry was set on foot, when it was ascertained that a young woman, named Hannah Foxcroft, living at Preston, had been delivered of a child in the early part of September last year, of which the prisoner was the reputed fathe. This child had never been seen since the 26th of that month. The prisoner and Hannah Foxcroft were apprehended on suspicion of the murder, when a singular disclosure took place at the Coroner's Inquest upon the body. Hannah Fox. croft then stated that, on the 2fith of September, the prisoner, who lived at Lytham, came to her at Preston and persuaded her to go with him to his father's, at Lytham. She accordingly packed up her child's clothes, and they proceeded on foot to Lytham, a distance of fifteen miles ; when they had got within a few miles of Lythan, Foxcroft sat down being tired with her journey ; the prisoner then said that he durst sot take the child to his father's, as he had elenied it. He attemptd to take the child from her; she resistd, but he obtained the child from her, and he went on the read, leaving hes sitting by the road-side. In a quarter of an hour she followed and came up to him about thirty yards from the spot ; he had then a bundle under his arm; she en quired what he had done with the child, and he said he was not going to hurt her or the child ; they then walked together, and left her on the high road ; he taking the fields, shortly he returned without the bundle, and she asked him what had be come of the child, and to her constant enquiries, ha invariably said, " don't bother me about." This story the woman Fox croft repeated in evidence before the Judge and Jury, and iden tified the clothes found upon the child, as being these when he left her to into fields ; he proceeded towards the pit that the child was found in. In cross-examination the witness ad mitted that she had never mentioned any thing about the child until prisoner and herself were apprehended. It appeared from other evidence adduced, that the prisoner had made many con ert tradictory statement of the affair; first, having said that he buried it in Walton ch urc h-y ar d, h av ing died on the road, and then that he had bu r i e d it i n a fi e ld . The pri s oner h a ving been indicted manslaughter ,, a n n d d t m h r r d g b e o t t h r 0 , it,hBpeoJrtued fo r y d s d ic from for Manslaughter, r the term of his natural life- CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER HEATON. The convict Heaton, who was tried yesterday and ordered for execution on Monday, has since his condemnation made a full confession of his guilt to the Reverend Mr. Rowley, the chaplain of the gaol. But at the same time, he stoutly denies having used the potatoe fork brought in evidence against him. He says that he murdered his victim with a hedge hook. He also states that the witnesses have sworn falsely respecting his shoe marks being found near the murderdd body, as he al. leges that for fear of detection in that way, he had taken off his shoes a distance of 20 yards, before he pounced upon the un. fortunate Ratcliffe. The convicts behaviour, since his con demnation, has been very examplary. HOUSEHOLD INFANTRY.-(THIS DAY.) This morning at ten o'clock part of the 2.<1 battalion of Cold stream Guards marched out of the barracks, in the King's_ mews, Charing-cross, with their band playing and colours n ime a n r t k a a l b d l r y e s n s e e a s t , t fl o y i m n g o ,. ant mount i r g ed u a f r o d r h t e St.fi r j st a time m es i a t l h a e , irne ' w rh r e eg r and handsome appearance of the clothing, with the superb gre nadier caps, and red plume worn on the side of them (which his Majesty has been pleased to order the Coldstream Guards to wear, as a mark of distinction for the brave conduct of the Regiment in Egypt, under the command of Sir Ralph Aber. crombie), drew forth a number of ladies and gentlemen to wit ness them. From the grand military appearance of the men and officers, the whole had a very pleasing effect. Yesterday Lord Hill (the Commander-in-Chief) visited every military hospital belonging to the Household Infantry, and made every necessary inquiry into the state of the patients' health in each of theca. A new military hospital is op propria • ted to the use of the soldiers doing duty in the Tower, several of whom have recenfly been taken ill, whirls is supposed to be from the impure state of the water, which they drink, and with which the Tower is supplied. His Lordship then pro ceeded, about one o'clock, to Buckingham Barracks, in St. James ', Park, where, on enquiring what number of men there were there, and being informed G), his Lordship considered that number too many in confined barracks, and ordered 30 of them to march this day into the King's Mews, as also 50 men from the Magazine Barracks, in Hyde Park. The Armoury rooms, over the entrance gate in tie King's Mews, fronting Charing Cross, have been converted into barrack rooms for tha me n, which will be occupied this day. "Ibe utmost precaution is being taken against crowding the men in barracks. The un fortunate man Smith, who died on Friday afternoon, in the mi litary hospital in Rochester Row, Westminster, of the supposed cholera, was buried on Saturday, in St. John's burial ground, Westminster. EXTRAORDINARY DISEASE AND IRISH CosouLtNcE.—" I am sorry your cousin Sullivan is dead—a dacent lad he was ever always ; and now tell me what did hedie ?"—" He died of Tuesday !"—Literary G,zct'e. Navy Office, March 1, 1832, .1 T 11 LIST C Who voted in the STRANG FORD'S GLOVE 11 A DE.. DUKES. Norfolk Richmond Argyll RQU SSE S. Lansdowne Cleveland Queensberry Sligo Wellesley Clanricarde EARLS. Oxford Radnor Mulgrave Grey Albemarle LIST I H. R. H. the Duke 01 Cumberland DUKES. Wellington Northumberland RQUISSES. SaliAbury Cholinmdeley Thomond Londonderry EARLS. Coventry Charleville Westmoreland litooslyn IL DUNDAS, Rt. SEPPINGS. GLOVE TRADE. )F THE MAJoRITY HOUSE of LORDS Al AINST LORD ; MOTION, for a COMMITTEE on the —March 9, 1832. EARLS. Lichfield Gosford Tankerville Amheret Sefton (Fife Fingal' Meath VISCOUNTS. Hood Melbourne Clifden LORDS. Ponsonby Durham Gower )F THE MIN , EARLS. LORDS. Dover Plunket Poltimore Dundas Dinorben King Holland Howard of Effingham Panmure Suffield BISHOPS. Chichester IKillaloe TELLER. Lord Auckland ORITY. Bathurst Falmouth Roden Verulam Clanwilliam Jersey -berdeen VISCOUNTS. Beresford Strangford LORDS.: Redesdale , Saltoun 1 Wallace LORDS. Monson Ellenborough Ravensworth BISHOPS. Rochester ißath and Wells Gloucester Carlisle Exeter Lichfield and Coven try TELLER. Lord Kenyon Much curiosity, particularly among the ladies, has been excited by the lively pictures given in " Captain Frank land's Narrative of a Visit to the Courts of Russia and Sweden, of the state of female society in the former country. As an English officer of rank, and as a musical amateur of great ability, the Gallant Captain was invited to the first assemblages of fashion in the capitals of the Autocrat. Hence a large por_ thus of his book is devoted to Sketches of High Life in Moscow, St. Petersburgh, Approaching events cast their shadows helore them. A certain Right Reverend Prelate is significantly an ticipating time by erecting strong window-shutters to the case ments of his town house; by which it would appear, that he not only meditates a vote against the Reform Bill, but expects that the Ministerial measure will be again cast out in the Upper House Boards and fences may keep out stones and other of fensive missiles, but the Reverend Bishop mistakes much if he thinks that deal or even oak itself, will resist the ultimate suc cess of public opinion. If the Right Reverend Prelate sin cerely wishes to " set his house in order," let him reflect on the " signs of the times," which induce him to think that his vote against the people will subject him to the storm of his house in metropoiitan riots. The tenure of his Sec must be extremely precarious if such precautions are necessary to pro tect his residence and "goods.'' We perceive that the Bishops have again " thrown down the glove." Half a dozen Prelates voted against Ministers on Friday night, on the question of the glove trade ; whether from the extreme commiseration for their fellow-countrymen, or to " trip up" the stability of Mini sters, the sagacity of our readers must determine. We only mention the fact as a type, to use the language of Scripture.— Morning Chronicle. DEATH OF CLEMENTI.—This eminent corn poier and pianoforte player breathed his last on Saturday morning, aged 81, at his cottage in the Vale of Evesham, Wor cestershire. Clementl was born at Rome. lie came to Eng land in 1767, and published, in 1773, his celebrated Opiun which gave birth to a new era in Sonata writing. It were an endless task to enumerate Clementi's compositions ; but his Gradus ad Parnassum, i❑ two volumes, is second to no work of the kind that was ever written. Clementi was master of several languages, a very scientific man, and well versed in literature generally, lie was a most amiable social compa nion, liberal and kind to his brother professors, and looked up to as the father and founder of the present school of pianoforte playing. It is in contemplation by the members of the Phil harmonic Society to mark their respect for the talent of Cie menti as a profound musician, and his worth as a man, by hav ing a public funeral, either at St. Paul's or Westminster Abbey. PUBLIC DINNER TO DANIEL O'CO.N YELL.—At a meeting of the Political Union of Enniscorthy on Monday evening, it was resolved to invite Mr. O'Connell to a Public Dinner, should that gentleman's professional duties bring him down to our Assizes.— IVexford Independent. Besides the gross indecorum at the Levee, so much commented on during the last fortnight, we have heard that the Duke of Wellington has been guilty of a personal offence towards the King, in a written form. In the madness which has lately attacked the whole party, his Grace, it is re ported, penned a letter, containing strictures on the conduct of the King, conceived in terms less respectful to his Majesty than became one who had recently been First Minister of the Crown, and pre-eminently indebted to Royal favour. The letter, we believe, was addressed to Lord Strangford—who handed it to Lord Londonderry, who presented it to the King himself:— Spectator. Mr. Trelawney, whose novel called " Adven tures of a Younger Son," is now before the public, is the gentle man upon whose life an attempt was made a few years ago in the cave of Mount Parnassus, and whose heroic conduct in Greece made such an impression at the time on the public mind. The character of Zela in the novel has been pronounced equal to the Myrrha or the Haidee of the author's friend, Lord Byron. - SHERIDAN, on being asked by a young Member of Parliament how he first succeeded to establish his fame as an orator, observed, " Why, Sir, it was easily effected. After I had been in St. Stephen's Chapel a few days, I found that four-fifths of the House were composed of country Squires and great fools ; my first effort, therefore, was by a lively sally, or an ironical remark, to make them laugh ; that laugh effaced the recollection of what had been urged, in opposition to my view of the subject, from their stupid pates, and then I whip ped in an argument, and had all the way clear before me." The system of making presents to foreign Ambassadors, &c., had been done away with, through, we be lieve, the well-timed exertions of Lord Palmerston, with the single exception of the forte. In consegnence of a friendly representation to the Sultan, the last of these unnecessary ex_ penses has been dispensed with even at Constantinople; whereby a saving will accrue to this country of from 5,040)1. to 6,040/. per annum. The whole saving will be 30,0001. per annum. It is not true, as has been asserted, that the principal female character in the new and fashionable novel of " The Opera," is modelled on Mademoiselle Sontag, now Countess Rosse. The qualities of mind and briliant accom. plishments developed in the " Prima Donna" of the novelist, shka'inssealo"n; ed. Other skins, in cludingael. bears, foxes, racoon s , &T. may T n i l l o e re H fitl t y ld be so co nTs par ß ed ay t,o t c he o C n o i r p in a n Tn e h) o e. f sq :N au f l a ae t n ia t rn iot,f e , i ns, m,: n h u ic su h al l l a y sted three large;of l d y a n y x s , &C. were in equally large pro portion. d,soeikdSit SIIIPPINGINTELLIGENCE,(THIS DAY) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCO 11.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Her mes (steamer) Packet, and sailed for Leith. Arrived from the river and sailed the Charles Grant, Manderson, for China. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 9 AND 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived off port the Dortenaar, Genket, from Batavia. DOVER, MARCH 11.—Arrived off port the Johanners, from Baltimore. STANDGATE CREEK, MARCH 11.—Arrived the Milord, Taylor. . . COVES, MARCH 11.—A rrived the Ely, Spurryer, from the River Gambia. GUERNSEY, McH 9.—Arrived the Minerva, Lacheur, from St. Michael's. LIVERPOOL, liliacn :10. —Arrived the General Clinton, Rawson, from Charleston, and the Tampico, —, from Laguira and Havannah. RAMSGATE, MARCH 11.—The Joseph and Ann, Reid, for Cork, has discharged her cargo, with trifling damage. ABERDEEN, MARCH 9.—The Dolphine, Mitchie, from hence to Sunderland, having sprung a leak on the Gth instant, became nearly water-logged and fell over ; crew saved. The Lady Forbes, Sanderson, bound to Leith, on shore near this port, is totally wrecked. NEWPORT, MARCH 9.—The Jasper, Short, hence to New castle, has put back leaky, cargo shifted, and part damaged ; a portion will be discharged. Arivcd the Emily, Warner, from Gloucester, and has gone into dock to repair, having received damage in the Channel. SUNDERLAND, Marten 10.—The Robert and Sarah, Crow, from hence, struck on the Dudgeon during a heavy gale on the 6th instant, and afterwards sunk ; crew saved. Arrived off the Wight tht Margaret, Watson, from Rio de Janeiro. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. A COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of BRITISH and FO REIGN TONNAGE which have entered the several Ports of Great Britain for the last Six Years, ending Jan. 5, 1832 : British Tonnage. Foreign Tonnage. 1826 1527 1828 1829. 2,033,854 1830 ' 2,036,091 1831 A STATEMENT of the SHIPPIN TRADE of the UNITED KINGDO hibiting the Number and Tonnage of and cleared Outwards, with the Numt rating British from Foreign Ships:— British. Foreign, Ships. Tons. Men. Ships. Tons. Men. Inwards 14,488 2,367,322 131,627 6,085 871.665 47,4.33 Outwards 13,791 2,300,731 132,604 5,927 896,051 47,009 EMPLOYED in the g, in the Year 1831, ex- Vessels entered Inwards, er of their Crews; sepa. NA V Y. AN ACCOUNT of the Total Number of INFERIOR OFFI CERS, WORKMEN and APPRENTICES, borne on the Books of the DOCK YARDS, Jauuary 1, 1810, January 1, 1831, and January 1, 1832 ; distinguishing the Inferior Officers from the Workmen. Inferior Officers. Workmen. I Appren- TOTAL. tices. January 1, 1830 January 1, 1831 January 1, 1832 213 I 7,068 648 I 7,929 197 I 6,560 633 1 7,390 172 6,505 524 1 7,201 THEIR iIAJESTICS. • 6 ess of Saturday.) uninterrupted health. (From the Windsor E. The King and Queen continue t . i . 7 , k, and Lady Erskine This afternoon their Majesties tO i . °3 ' bodied poney-phaeton, accompani e d an airing in a double- George of Cambridge followed on horse Lad Y Mayo. • 'Prince in a pony phaeton and pair. Prince drove out at twelve o'clock in an open s . car4 of Saxe Wei ma r Sir Henry Milford arrived at th e Castle tit ' s da 3 state of the Duchess of Gloucester's health, which vaenort the to say is favourable, y The grand State Dinner to the Knights u..,,. op G a rter N., „. ._ . . . . not take place on St. George', Day this year, in consequence of its falling on Easter Tuesday ; no other day, we believe, has yet been fixed by His Majesty. either will the customary Ball on the Duchess of Glocester's Birth-day take place on the 25th, as usual, also in consequence of its falling in Easter week. The King and Queen go to London on Wednesday, to hold the Levee and Drawing_room, and, it is expected, will return on Friday. His Majesty gives a very grand India dinner on Thursday, at St. James's, to the India Company, and many distinguished in. dividuals connected with Indian affairs. We understand that her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta will not arrive at Frogmore Lodge until after Easter. Lord and Lady Mayo continue their visit to their Majesties: no other arrivals are expected this week. The pre:=enct of the Court has already had a talismanic effect in raising the spirits of our tradesmen, and seems in some de. gree even to have dispelled the sombre appearance which the town itself wore but a short time back ; so that, as the days get out, and the weather becomes more genial, we may reasonably expect that Windsor will again resume all its gaiety and at tractions. On Thursday the King entered his travelling carriage alone, at about half-past eleven o'clock, and was escorted from Wind. soy, by a party of the Life Guards. His Majesty reached Lon don by half-past one, and returned to the Castle to dinner. On Sunday morning, daring the rain, the foot regiment only assembled in the Quadrangle, for the purpose of being inspected by his Majesty. We understand that on Saturday the Klng issued orders to the commanding officers of both regiments to march their men up if the weather should prove fine. The beautiful band belonging to this regiment has since its arrival frequently gratified the inhabitants of Windsor, by performing favourite airs as it passes through the town. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Gloucester was better yesterday than she has been for some time past. Her Royal Highness was visit. ed yesterday at Gloucester-house by, the Princess Augusta and the Princess Sophia. Divine service was performed yesterday before the Duchess of Kent and the Princess of Victoria, and their Royal High. nesses' Household, by the Dean of Chester. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, rode at Mr. Fozard's riding school on Saturday. Summonses were issued to the Cabient Ministers by Via. count Goderich on Saturday to attend a council at the Foreign_ office yesterday afternoon. The Ministers assembled yesterday afternoon at two o'clock. There were present the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Lord Dur. ham, Viscounts Melbourne, Palmerston, Goderich, and Althorp, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Sir James Graham, Lord Holland, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Richmond, and Mr. Stanley. The Council sat in deliberation till past six o'clock. The expected visit of Count Orloff, the Russian Minister, from the Hague to this country, is for the present postponed, and it is considered to be doubtful that his Excellency will some to England. Mr. Van Buren, the Minister from the United States, had a long conference with Viscount Palmerston on Saturday, at th Foreign-Office. The Baron de Wessenburg, the Austrian Minister on a special mission, also visited the noble Viscount on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor, Viscount Althorp, and Lord John Russell, visited Earl Grey yesterday. The Commander of the Forces and the Earl of Mulgrave transacted business with Viscount Goderich on Saturday, at the Colonial Office. Viscount Althorp entertained a party of Members of the House of Commons at dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Downing-street. Among the company were Viscount Howick, Hon. Mr. Moreton, Messrs. Etwall, Chichester, Fellowes, Pm rhyn, Mangles, W. Evans, Charles Calvert, Creevey, John Ponsonby, Aldermen Wood and Waithman. Viscount Palmerston and Sir James Graham had interviews with Earl Grey, on Saturday, at the Treasury. On Friday, we understand, our beloved Monarch was gra ciously pleased to honour Messrs. Richard and John Lander, the African travellers, with a private interview at Windsor. His Majesty expensed sonic considerable interest in their im. portant discovery of the termination of the Niger, and con. versed with them in the most affable and condescending manner for upwards of an hour. On this occasion the travellers pre sented to the King a printed narrative of their arduous journey. --- KING'S THEATRE. Pietro l'Eremita was produced here on Saturdaynight, when Madame Puzzi appeared in the part of Agia, the same in which she made her debut five seasons ago. Her reception was most flattering. The whole of her performance was embarrassed, for she is still new to the stage, and evidently not in possession of self. confidence with respect to its business ; but in her singing, in the recitative especially, we found a great and striking improve. meat. Madam Puzzi has not the powers necessary for the sup. port.of an Opera, or of the highest grade of characters ; but a little experience of the stage will make her a singer only second in importance and value to that class. Madame de Meric was announced in the bilLs as having " kindly consented" to take the part of Fatima The music of the part, and of an intro duced song, gale Madame de Merie a most favourable opportu nity of displaying the beautiful quality of her voice, and of thereby gaining a considerable advance in the popularity which we foretold for her upon her first appearance. Winter was the Oroxmane, and sang delightfully. Giubilci appeared as Pietro, the character in which, we believe, he made his debut. The Opera was generally well performed. Miss Fanny Kemble, we have heard, has re cently purchased an Ensigney, which she has generously pre. rented to her brother Charles. A new burletta, by Mr. Dance, is in prepa ration at the Olympic, in which MadameVeitris and Liston are said to he happily provided. At the New Strand Subscription theatre, Ilfdlle. Celeste will make her first appearance in a new drama, purposely prepared for her, called the Dumb Brigand. Lady Dacre's Isattre, at Covent garden, in a play in three acts, founded upon a French piece of the same name, which was acted last season by the French Company in London.—Observer. ------ ----• --- - . t will and Mozart's opera of The Marriage by the Fire d be e e followed giveli' and Friday there are no perform. Thursday will be produced Miss „ by , At p ~,Cc.i.oldvd3el:nadi Father. music, :r 9 . Milan's a r,ridnoe. 'To-morrow, rie.ar t ggt o , ev,rd - a, , I ty ) it jog, seeingedfolslein,,,Fazio;ho t delight in wit, o Shakspeare's ao3 i 3f;f: : :l4l n ec. hs.g i y jAtr, d K to. h e ii i i b : O b hn le o Il e i l s ' o :hb l i o n g un' Wednesda y . o a n nllou n c e I 1 tragedy of Francis the First. In the cast we perceive the names of herself and father, as also of Abbot, G. Bennett. and Warde, Miss Ellen Tree, and Miss Taylor. The tragedy will be repeated on Saturday if it succeed, with a new drama, to he called, Born to Good Luck; or, an Irishman's Fortune; in which, of course, Power has a prominent part. . . . • . N . ne u e l r a e ri yThe p o p u l ar as a quaile performance, seems lately to h ave become so as a d!, nounced for three times in the present week ; to be succeeded Rent Day is an by The Demon ; or, the Mystic Branch.—Wed nes d a y, i n con . y_La i n / e af T l formity to the season, is devoted t o " a grand selection of an. iligia N iy i hat one.. " ' a -k s t D sererr cient and modern music," and Friday, to Handel's sacred ora. torio of The 3fessiah.—For Saturday is announced a new three act opera, intitled Der Alchymist, founded on a novel by Wash ington Irving. The whole of the mus i c is selected from the works of Spohr, and arranged by Bishop. Entirely new " scenery, machinery, dresses, and decorations" are to be em. ployed, and the cast will embrace all the popular musical talent of the es tablishment, —Mrs. Wood, Mr. Wood, Seguin, Tern. pleton, B e dford and Phillips, and--though last and l eas t mus i ca l —Harley. in , It is seriously contemplation with the Pro prietors of Covent-garden and Drury-l ane to make a very irn. Isortant change, by materially reducing the price of admission to a ll parts of the two houses, so as, in this respect, to compete with their smaller rivals. Let them remember that, if the ex periment be tried, and it falls, they will not find it a very easy task to raise the price again ; but that it is at present too high, considering the difference in the value of money now and twen. ty years ago, can hardly admit of a doubt. Possibly the dress circle of boxes might still be continued at 71., as an attraction to " the exclusives." The price of hounds is, perhaps, not gene rally known. Thirty years ago Sir Richard Puleston sold his to the Duke of Be.iford for 700 guineas, and, fifteen years since, Mr. Cubit's were sold to Lord Middleton for 1,200 guineas. A well-known good pack will, in these times, bad as they are, command a thousand guineas. Those of Mr. Warde, Lord Tavistock, Mr. Nicolls, and Sir Richard Sutton, have been sold for that sum within the last few years. But a very short time since Mr. Osbaldeston sold ten couples of hounds for the same sum to Lord Middleton, and we have reason to believe he has hounds in his kennel for which he would not take 200 guineas a piece. Knowing all this, one can make every allowance for the angry feelings of their owners when they see the chance of their being ridden over and destroyed in the chase. Good hounds are not easily replaced, and it is on this account that in hard-riding counties, and where the covers arc small, seldom more than sixteen or seventeen couple form a pack.—Quarterly Review. We understand that several of the proprietors of beer-shops in the metropolis and its environs are applying to the Magistrates for licenses to open their houses as public houses. The Secretary of State (Lord Melbourne), on learning this fact, intimated to the Police Masistrates his disapprobation of the measure, as the granting of such licenses would tend ma terially to encourage the sale of spirits, and thereby prove rno, , t injurious to the morals of the lower orders of society.