The Sun. — London, England, 1822-03-29 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. •- JOViS, 28° die Martii, B'2. Gas LlGHT—Wigan—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill or dered ; Leave given to present the Bill on or before Monday. DLTIVII AM PAVING BlLL—Report from ;he Committee ap pointed to inspect the Journ a l s o f th e Ho use o f Lords, btou.ht up and read ; to lie on the table. -.AND LIGHTING—BiII ordered. RoAns—Brighton and Shoreham—read a third time, and passed. Whirchurch rmd.Ternhill, and Nether Bridge and Millthrop,-reported, to be ingrossed. lioniton—Petition tbr additional provisjon reported, Report to lie on the table. brctosunEo,--Bra.b.ourne,.&c. (Kent)—reported, to be in-' grossed. Tansivy (Derby),Petition,• of Unwin Heathcote, Esq., against;:ta he on the table till second reading. BARNSLEY ISIPRcIyEMENT;,-re,eommitted Bill reported, to be ingrossed.. onri LAWS--Petition of, Merchants and Corrifactors of Lon don (preesented March), .referred to the Committee on Agricultural Distress. AG atc ULTURAL DlSTRESS—Petitions from Cottingham, and tile Hundreds of Odsey—to lie on the table, and to be printed. LIVE RP() /, Wa =1: E 4 : Bit.4.—Petition of Landholders and In habitans of Toxteth Park; also, of Surveyors of the High ways, and other Inhabitants of Liv,2rpool, against, to lie on the table till second reading. Smi.t.r. DEBTS—Petition from Wells, in favour of a Small " Debts Bill—to lie on the table. Susan—Petition of West India Proprietors and Merchants of Liverpool, for a reduction of the Duties thereon-to lie on the table, and. to be printed. DANA )A—Petition of. Merchants, Ship-owners, and others, interested in . the • trade of Canada, resident in Liverpool, complaining of distressed state of the C o lony, a nd . p ra yi ng for relief; to lie on ,the table, and to be printed. WET'. INDIA•C9LQNIEs-,Petition of Planters, Merchants, and Proprietors of British West India Colonies, complain ing of the • distressedstate of the Colonies, and praying for relief ; to lie on,thetable, and to be printed. • WEST INDIA . DOCKS—Petition of West India Planters, for an inquiry.intxathe Affairs of the:Company ; referred to the Committee an Foreign Trade. • C.IIA - ar t Es—Seventh Report of Comm issioners presented;( Ad- • dress 27th March):;- - to heron the table, .and to be printed. BRAY DRAINAGE AMENDMENT BlLL—Petition of Owners and Occupiers of . LanclS 'in Bray; against ; to lie on the Table till secondreading ;_ Counsel ordered. • GREENWICH.CHIHICII—Petition for further time for present ing the Bill; referr6l to a Committee. . REFORM OF. PARLIAMENT—Petition of Mayor and COM monity of Monmouth, for a Reform of Parliament ; to lie on the Table, and to be printed. ORDERS OF THE DAY for THIS DAY. 1 . Vagrant LRWR . AMendment Bill—Second Reading.' 2. Summary Proceedings Bill—Further consideration of Re port. Supply—Committee. 4. Ways and Means—Committee. 6 - Bank of Ireland Charter Acts—Committee thereupon. e. Five per 'Cents. (Ireland)' BM—Further C-onsideration of Report.' 7. Slave TradeAbolition' Act—Report thereupori. 8. Fever hospitals (Ireland) Bill—Third Reatiitig. 9. Innkeepers' Bill—Committee. N. Malt and Countervailing Duties (Ireland) Acts—Commit.. tee thereupon:: NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. I. Mr Charles to regulate the sale of Bread in the Metropolis. 2. Mr. Arbuthnot,—Commiisariat, Barrack, and Miscellane ous Estimates; (In Committee of Supp.) Mr. Hum6-Z-LExi)enditure (Third Class), Civil List. .4- Mr. Chancethir of the Exchequer,—lnterest and Sinking Fund on Exchequer Bills. (In Committee of Supply.) PRIVATE BlLLS—Second Readings for This Day. 1. Dartford Road - I 3. Scatborough Pier. 2 . Lincoln Heath Road • PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT ONE 0-CLOCK. Bank Stock shut South Sea Stock 89 3 per Cent.. C(6'3. •80i 79/ 80i Excheq. Bills 1 3 1 p r . per Cent. Navy Ann. lon Bank for Opening Imp. 3 per Cents. -80 Cans. for Account 80ail HIGH WATER A . T LONDOP Morning, 12 minutes after 7. 1 ;BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 36 minutes after 7. THE SUN. SOLZ3I QUIS DICE RE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1822. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Tuesday, which contain the following further particulars of the lat-. 1 alarming plot at La Ro chelle : " PAais, ,Miacir 25. Accounts from Ito- Olelle, of the 21st March, say—' For some t hbe past it had been observed that several 110 4-comtnissioned Officers lived in a manner tO O expensive to •be within the limits of their __ . r oeans, and this circumstance caused them to be Particularly . watched. Songs of seducti o n, joined to the propagation of some infamous falsehoods, had so exalted their imaginations, that they could 40 longer disguise their horrible hopes. Th e 20 th or 21st of March had been chosen by them to hoist what our Liberals call the old standard. In the morning of the 19th, the principal Au thorities were informed of the approaching execu tion of the plot. T: - ,e Marquess d e Toustain, C olonel of the 45th Regiment, received besides t he communication of one of the conspirators, whose heart revolted at the idea of the bloody z eenes which were to accompany the e xec u ti on . !t is thought that more w ere concerne d, b ut f ourteen non-commissioned officers have been ar rested. The tranquillity of our town was not listurbed for a moment during the execution of these measures. These men a re t o b e b roug h t 1 trial forthwith, .and we hope soon to become 4e 44l , :inted with all the details of this abominable v "%spiracy. Not a single officer is compromised 14 the affair; nor does it appear that any private soldier has taken part in it." The Law relativ e t o th t P ress h as rece i ve d t h e r ) ,Yal sanction, and was publish e d o ffi c i a ll y i n t h e 410 niteur of Tuesday. Th e F renc h Ch am b er o f b ePuties was on Monday still occupied with the B udget. The 10th chapter, entitled, " Public oildings at Paris and St. D en i s ," an d demand .l4e the sum of 2,400,000 francs,ga ve r i se t o some ' lB eussion. From. this sum the Committee pro- 1 ,P'sed to d e d uc t one m illi on o f f rancs,—to sell t l e new buildings in the Rue de Tivoli, de -4f !Jedd ;ince 1814 for the Office of the Ministry Finance, and of the Establishments con- Wcted with it,—and to leave th e T reasury ere it stands. Mons. DE BOURIENNC re `i,trotnended an o pp os it e pro j ect, i n a Yong speech. 4 ', o ese buildings h a d a l rea d y cost the public ove 5,600,000 francs (near 230,0001.), and it ; 0 11d require 200,0001. more to complete them. ..very part of this grea t mass cf edifices having Y,een constructed with a view to their official des -11-tlation, it was urged by M. Dr BOUBIENNE that they would sell fox' very disproportiofiate prices to individuals, who,' moreover, would allow nothing for that consideration on account of which a large portion of the expence . had been incurred, viz. the purchase of old houses, the de molitiou of which had been necessary towardS opening a space for the new erections. On compar ing therefore the profit and loss, says M. de Bou- RIENNE, arising from the sale proposed by the Committee, the public would suffer from that operation a loss to the amount of three millions of francs: but the great anxiety of M. de Bop- MENNE for .the success of his proposal seems to have arisen from the opportunities afforded, by removing the present Hotel of Finance, of enlarging and improving the Royal Library, that 'noble monument of the liberality, taste, and judgment of its founder, RICHELIEU. The Bibliotheque floyale has obtained an accession of 300,000 volumes since 1791 ; the numberofport-- folios filled with engravings has increased since 1783, from 2700 to - 5700; and its annual acqui sitions are estimated, by Ma de BOURIENNE, at 6000 volumes in French, and half that number in foreign literature. The amendment of the Com mittee was rejected ; upon which M. de Bop- RIENNE withdrew his amendment, as his object was attained by that decision, and the chapter was finally adopted as it originally stood.—The following are further extracts : P,►itis, MARCH 25.—The Government has just granted 2,000 francs to Spaniards who have taken refuge at Toulouse, to be distributed in the first place to the most indigent families. There was a report in that . ci,ty.on the 19th, which seemed to gain credit the• next day, that some Mil/chinos, united with some Spanish Custom House Officers . of Puycerda, took advantage of the moment when the Mayor of Tour de Carol and an Officer were on the frontiers, regulating some affairs relative to the posts, to arrest them and keep them as hostages. This strange news must soon be cleared up. It is supposed that they will be immediately set at liberty, when some explanation is made. " This morning the Bureau of the Chamber of Peers, introduced by M. Corbiere, Minister of the Interior, had the honour to present to the. King the Project of ,Law relative to the Press, which had been adopted by the Chamber of , Peers, excepting an amendment which the Cham ber of Deputies adopted the day before yesterday. " Some Piedrnontese, who took a distinguished part in the troubles of Piedmont last year, were arrested yesterday at Paris, where they have resided some time under false names." FRENCH FUNDS. • March 25, Five per Cents. Opened at 9O f. c. Closed at B9 f. 80 c. Bank Stock 1597 f. 50 c. At a late hour last night a Flanders Mail ar rived, bringing Brussels Papers to the 26th, the contents of which, as far as regards the-relations between Russia and Turkey; are of a warlike character, and threaten the speedy commence ment of hostilities. The following are extracts:— " AUGSBURG, MARCH 18.—Merchant letters from Brody, of the 6th of March, announce the-arrival of an Aide-de-camp from the Emperor Alexander, at the head-quarters of Count Wittgenstein., .at Tulczin. IMmediately after his arrival, all the Generals received orders-to repair - thither without delay ; and Count Wittgenstein made them ac. q" u-inted with the orde r s whi c h h e h a d rece i ved. . It was announced that all the troops, would begin their march as soon as possible. Since that time the greatest activity is observed in all the corps ; and the report was generally spread. that the army was going to take the field. . - " OD iS'sA, FEB. 28.—Within these few days war is very much spoken of. The Government has made large contracts for the supply of the ar mies; The fleet at Nicolajiff is equipping with increased activity to take troops on board. The Emperor, whom we did not expect till May, will come, it is said, next month. A traveller just arrived from the banks of the Danube says, that the_ Turks are working with the greatest activity to plaCe . Bender and Ism a il i n a state of defence,l and that they Are in fcirce on the frontier. These reports .of.war,.so often repeated,rnake us believe that - they will 'soon end: in an open rupture. VICIINTA, MARCH O.—Since the arrival of M. De Tatittschetr, it is observed that he has daily conferences as well with Prince Metternich as with other iMportant personages. The activity in the Diplomatic department has never been so great as at this moment. Every thing announces that in a few days we shall know what to think of the affairs of Turkey, which now fix the atten tion of all Europe. " Bausser,S, Msncn 25.—Accounts from the French frontiers inform us, that several persons have been brought to the prisons of Laon, who were endeavouring to excite an insurrection by sounding . the'tOCsin in the communes of the can ton, and that:arnong them is an ancient half-pay Captain. It -is affirmed that papers of the highest importance were found . upon him, which prove that this plot - was connected with many others of the same kind. lie has been several times ex amined by'the King's attorney. • . " An EngliSh Cabinet Messenger from London, going to Vienna, passed through this city yes 7, erday. Savannah Papers arrived this morning to the 13th February, and a file of Charleston Papers :o the same date as the last. (Prop:La Savannah Paper of Feb. 12.) The coloured inhabitants of the.lsland of Dominica li z ave sent an Agent to London, (a man of colour), to lay before the Bri• tish Government the grievances under which they labour in that Island, and praying to be place: upon the same footing as the Whites. (From theCharlestown Papers.) • TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Fgß. 1,.1822. SIR—In obedience to a Resolution of the House of Repre sentatives of the 23d ult., directing the Secretary .of the Trea; sury to furnish the Hotise.With 'the annual statement of the transactions'of the Bank of the United States for the year 1821, I have the horiour to inferm the House, that no such. statement has ever been rendered by the Bank of this d e p artme n t . The statements received — by department, which approach the nearest to that called for by the Resolution, are those rendered semi-annually, upon which the semi-annual dividends are de clared. Inclosed I submit these statements for•the year 1821, and also the monthly statements' for the month 4 of June and December of the 'smile' year • • these monthly s t atements ar c merely abstracts of th e several accounts on. the face of the books of the Bank and its offices. The statementslor these months.areaub'mitteti in Conneetiah with the aemi-atitinalitatee. menu of profit/mt. loss, because they furnish - the materials from which the latter are formed. • I remain, with respect, H. CRAWFORD. To the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Arrived the Schooner, Wheeler, from St. Jago de Cuba, last from the Bahamas. Captain W. reports that the day previous to his sailing, a piratical schooner, with 70 men on board, was taken by a French frigate off St. Domingo, and carried into St. .Tago-; the frigate again proceeded to sea. We do not know whether it is intended to found any Parliamentary proceeding on the Pe tition received yesterday_ from Joust BARKLEY, one of the persons "imprisoned for selling CAR. MEE'S Republican ; or whether the document was introduced solely for : the purpose of ..en lightening the House upon- certain legal . and . 'constitutional points. It is no new remark that Trial by Jury, like other national in stitutions favourable to liberty, is applauded anti extolled by popular declaimers as long as it works conformably to their wishes, but as soon as they or their friends are likely to suffer by its opera tion, they begin either to detect faults in the system Itself, or to quibble so ingeniously upon its practical application, that their scruples, if attended to, would _almost reduce it to ineffi ciency. The • present " Petitioner grounds his complaint principally . on the fact, that he was tried by. the Jury which had previously convicted another individUal of publishing the same libel, and which, he therefore thinks, must have been improperly biassed and prepossessed. No at tempt is made in the Petition, nor was it endea voured in the debate, to support the objection by a reference to the practice adopted with regard to other defendants, which we have always un derstood to be the same as that now complained of. But the Petitioner (or the person who has drawn up this Memorial in his name) produces a quotation from Coke upon Littleton, to the effect that if a Juror has already given a verdict on " the-same title or matter," though " between other persons," it is a good cause of challenge : and he states that several of the Jury declare .themselves to, have been placed in a most irksome si tuation in having to try this second charge, and that they would not have done so if they had known any legal means of relieving them selves. Now as to the quotation from Sir EDWARD COE E, we believe, notwithstanding the weight assigned to it by Dr. bUSHINGT.ON, .that any lawyer examining the expressions with an un biassed judgment•would - pronounce them to have been written with a view solely to civil causes. In criminal cases of the most important kind, decisions have been given in direct opposition to this supposed opinion of Sir EDWARD COKE. On the trial of COOK, one of the persons im plicated in Sir Jon FENWICK'S conspiracy (in the year .1696, the eighth of King Wu, LiAst's reign), the prisoner's Counsel challenged a juror as having given a verdict on the trial of another individual for the same treason, and in a great measure on the same evidence, but the objection was scarcely supported, and was over ruled without hesitation. Not two years ago, on the trial of the Cato -street conspirators, a pro ceeding certainly conducted:with the greatest pos.. sible deliberation, and the most. anxious attention to all principl es o f equity, - nine of the Jurcirs, who had convicted THISTLEWOOD, sat afterwards upon the indictment against BRUNT. It is re markable, too, that one of these is stated in Mr. GURNEY'S publication of that trial, to itave•ttp .plied for his discharge on the very ground now dwelt upon, : that, having given a verdict in the former case, he did not consider himself sufli, ciently unbiassed; but. Mr. Justice RICHARDSON refused to admit. the objection unless urged on behalf of the Crown-or Prisoner in the form of a challenge. Such is the practice considerately and undoubtingly sanctioned by the highest au thorities, in cases which involve the :severest pe nalty inflicted by Our law. We believe that very. ittle argument - would have arisen on this point if the Jury, instead•of convicting, had acquitted the first defendant. If that had been the _case, what a hubbub of in dignation would have arisen - against the advocate who had proposed„ and the Judge who had sanctioned, the dismissal of such a jury,. for the purpose of submitting the libel, in a second case, to jurors who might possibly entertain severer notions.! Yet if the arguments of Jolts LVARK LEY and of Dr. LUSHINGTON have any weight, they would fully bear out this, as well as the opposite proceeding. The Petitioner complains that his Counsel was restrained from making animadversions on the Bridge -street Association. We. certainly read, at the time, some highly satirical reflections which that Learned Gentleman was reported to have indulged in at perfect liberty and leisure,. while defending his client ; but this circumstance appears to have been overlooked, as well as the fact that the recommendation to mercy preferred by the Jury was meat earnestly seconded on the part of the prosecuting society. We notice these points as. illustrative of the manner in 'Which petitions are drawn up on behalf of prisoners and other unfor tunate persons, by individuals unacquainted with the true state of the case they take into their hands, and who frame their representations in a spirit which does neither credit nor service to the nominal complainants. Doctor LUSHINGTON condescended on this oc casion to repeat the hackneyed and sophistical argument against prosecutions for the mere hold.' ing of certain opinions, --In the first place, we believe that Mr. CARLILE'S speculation in Fleet street, to which so many ignorant and obstinate persons have fallen victims, had as little connec-. tion with any conscientious opinion or system.of be lief, as the establishment of a private still or ille gal lottery. And further, we are persuaded that no reflecting person is now unapprized of the dis tinction between simple, opinion, however openly expressed, and hostility to the opinionsOfothers, displaying itself in open contumely and.brutal re viling.. The truths of our religion are not the less. certain, because publicly ridiculed and denied,but, is no present evil produced by that ridicule.and vial ?and to what purpose do we live under laws, if not to be . _ protected from immediate as .well, as ultimate injury ;if we are obliged per mit mischief and insult for the present, and have only. the consolation, of, reflecting that time afid the progress 'of events' will restore • • • things to their natural order ? The great scrip ture doctrines would remain 'eqUaily sure and incontrovertible if (as it happeneii in the French Revolution) the Bible Were parad. ed through the streets at the tail of an ass ; but if such an exhibition were to take place among us, would Dr. LusuiswroN think - it tyrannical or impolitic to interfere with- the amusement ? His argument of Thursday night must stand or fall by the reply. A paper in the form of petition, the production, apparently, of some unhappy lunatic,_was offered last night to the House of Commons, by desire of certain inhabitants of the parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal-Green. It violently abused the House of Commons, and. many other esta blishments, persons, and things, and declared the conduct of Mr. HUNT in hichester Gaol to be something almost superhuman. The House of course did not receive it, although Mr. BENNth protested that it contained no tern] of insult, and Mr. HUMS pronounced his opinion that the Com mons had no right to reject 'the Petitions of the people ; the only plea, certainly, on which this could have been admitted. • - IRELAND.—The accounts af i -outragei . begin .again to be numerous. The postinan,- conveying .the Mail from Limerick ,to,.',Tralee, was oh Sa turday mornin g r obb e d i n th e neighbourhood of Shauagolden by a• party of insurgents, who took from him and carried off the post-bags, with their whole contents. The preceding night, a number of cows; the property of B. GREI ; G, Esq. of But tenant, were houghed, and otherwise barbarously cut and mangled. On- the evening of the pre ceding Thursday, two houses were_burnt at Kil linchy, and the furniture, with two or valu able cows, totally destroyed. Another honse r in Drisdall's lane, I rishtown, has also heen..burnecl,' the family narrowly escaping- with their lives.— Saturday night, an armed body of about a hun dred insurgents broke open. the.pound of Mul linahone, and carried off from it the cattle im pounded by the High Constable for baronial taxes.. The cattle were driven into the moun tains, but have since been recovered . . A man, named John Egan, having. been employvd to distrain one of the tenants of.. Mr. F. OLD'S, jun. was shot dead from - the houSe,' - while with other persons he was driving . saMe cattle out of the yard. A young woman, who i with her sister, accidentally came npon a party of t - .e _White-, boys, after dark, near.Ballybeacon inhu manly murdered by the: . miscreants." The num ber of persons acquitted' by'the B.pecial Sessions, under the Whiteboy Act, is very . great. It is very gratifying to see the leniency exercised by the Magistracy, and the merciftil consideration with which they give the prisoners the benefit of every circumstance in theirlavOur. House, If into a hick ord biddings wen. lie aive their as to the is as pos )rivate as amount ance was 1., a most consi ould find within a heir con probably t certain ,received of Ord- Id be left hases, or Lopted, it iciness in ave been nmodity, excep :hose ex , why the d of in e did not ; but )itted the d that a case of a tore thau entlernau r to have .ases. If As must id; there f opinion not only >o far did ns of the as con should at sale by of Gress wilt up ins urged is Royitl 'he. Hon. should be • ?ethane) , L, and he House 1J the Hon• len intro: on of the referring ad misre s rif;ht iektion of and Sixty re yell* giantc3 rment of proposed 11-1 em lat. Just nent were :er of the it right to irately be '•7 this vote, ccupation Lure'. 'hick Mr.• he begged 27 years served io i with the •ved. • lie 1,0 the cir particular duntcered ved many ientletnau nore bold . le, he h.all id enott 1-en demail :ndanee'ac J. Webb 3 turn at. o assered, make waf the lease deny the s breast a unt whirb ially true, )t a single in the Pe* 3. Gentle ng Sir J rision, and 2ond time; Er. Gaul' the House ady, bean the prdr" CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Private letters have been received from Odessa, of the Ist curt.' They contain.no news of political_importance ; and, at their date, the same uncertainty continued respecting the issue of their disputes with Turkey. There is still some chance that the freedom of trade may, be continued to this place, on a pro per representation being made to the Court at St. Petersburgh. ,Smuggling, under the late system, no doubt has taken place ; but the injury done by it to the - government and to the fair trader, can bear no p ro p ort i on to t he mischief which must re sult m depriving the Russian Empire of _the benefits pro duced to that City by liberal and unrestricted commerce.--It appears now to be ascertained that the fortress of Corinth sur rendered in the first week of February. It is reported to have contained 25 millions of piastres, or about 700,0001. As soon as the Greeks form a regular system of government, their friends in England expect their cause to be successful, even without the assistance of any of the Christian States in Europe.—Very little - business has been done in the English Funds, and the prices . _of the Consols have remained nearly at the opening price of- 80i for the April acco un t. Th e M ay account was begun and done at 81 a. 81f. In the morning few transactions took place in Foreign Securities, but they increased as the day advanced, particularly in the Spanish, and -their value is much the•same as yesterday. There is little demand for the French funds, the private letters from that kingdom not bringing news very satisfactory.—There is a great dulness in West India pro duce. Coffee is 2s. cheaper; and there is very little demand for it. Sugar is likewise very heavy, but no visible decline in its price has taken place.—No business has been done in Rum since the Government contract. The holders of this article still confidently expect an advance in its value as soon as the Bill for promoting a fre6 intercourse betwixt the Colonies and America is before the public.. Indeed a, great deal of the fu ture comfort of the labouring_ classes now depends on the deci sions of the Committees on foreign . commerce.—lrish produce continues extremely unsaleable, and there is no . immediate , prospect of nny improvement. —All the Foreign Mails, except one French, still remain due. THE 'KING'S COURT.. YeAterclay, at three o'cloek, his MAJEsTY held a Court at his:Pa/ace in Pall-Mall. The DuChess of Gloucester and the Duke of York spent the morning - with his Majesty, from twelve o'clock till the com mencement of the Court, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretaries. of State for the Holm, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Master- General of the Ordnance, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Controul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lanca s t er , t h e L or d Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse,. the Comptroller of the Household, the Treasurer of the Household, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Recorder of .London, the Earl of Huntingdon, Viscount Chabot, Viscount Sidmouth, Lard Burghersh, Colon e l W o d e h ouse , Si r Edward Thornton, MesSrs; A. Limb, A. Foster, &c. .Viscount Chabot was presented to his Majesty upon his tie. parture for Paris. The Right Hon. Sir E. Thornton was p resente d on hi s Ma jesty's gracious appointment of him to a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. Captain Bligh, R. N. had an audience of his Majesty, to de liver the Insignia of the - Bath worn by his late father, Admiral Sir R. R. Bligh. • The Recorder of London was introduced to the !Ong in Council, and made his Report of the.l4. Convicts capitally con victed ;at . the Sessions before last, af . Justiee Hall, in the Old •• Majesiy, after receiving the R e c or d er ' s R eport, held a Privy'Council, at which the Earl of Huntingdon was intro:. - cluced—and sworn in Governor of Dominica. COVniel Wodehouse was introduced to the Council, and sworn in Lord Lieutenant for the County of Norfolk. • "Loici - Bnighersb and the _lion. F. Lamb, were introduced and sworn in Members . .of .the Privy Council, and wok their seats at the Board accordingly. • • His Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of Hariovihy, the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Peel _the Marquis of Londonderry, V is .count Sidmouth, and Mr. Wynn.--The Court broke up about half-past o'clock. _ It has been invidiously said of the Confidential Agent who, according to report, has been re cently restored to favour, that he had purchased landed prciper,ty in Ireland to the amount of ,12,000/.; but we_ are: assured. that there is no foundation -fore the s-t ,, ory , which is grossly im probable. • . A Corresponde n t. iritopm& us that Sir iiErr„Lourr Bloom -F=l.o received, yesteidoir Catiton•House, - the Ribbon of the Order of the Bath ; and adds something about the battle of B- which we-confoirs,wc le : , not very well Underttand.-- (Morniv-Chronick.) - • • • • ND. 44[11 LI. lAMS . wes elected . hlem - ber fortLiti.- coin on Saturday without opposition. LO IsTA:B A '143. y Catherme Tylney Long, in Upper (irosvenor,street.; Forteseue, Esq-at the Hyde Park .Hotel,Oxford-street,-. from Ihe. Continent . ; Richird. Huntley,' Esq. -at ditto, from • Boxwell Courtr Gloucestershire . ; R. W. liuntley and J. Hunt-,' ley, Esqrs. at ditto, from Orford; Alajor.Forquar,.''R.A. at ditto, from Hampton. Court. DEPART unrs.-3—DavidLatochd, frOiri thellyde Park Hotel, for Paris; John Latouthe, Es,. frnth ditto, for Here fordshire; C a pt a i n Storey, 3d. Dragoon Guards, from ditto, for Leicestershire. • A LMACK'S. • Almack's ball, on Wednesday evening,:wat•attended by up:: wards of 300 persons of the first distinction arid fashion.. Danv -ing-commenced at eleven o'clock, and cimitinyed till past.three yesterday morning. Among the distinguished Zotiples Earl Gower - - Lady L. Lennox. • - Earl of Ancram - Lady Paget. . • • ' Count P. Lieven - Lady Mr. B. -Hughes - Lady M. Ross. • • • • • Lord Normanhy - Lady Grey'... • • Mr. Byng - Miss Fitzgerald. Mr. Greville - Miss Palk. Lord Bury - - Lady Pratt. THE LADY MAYORESS'S BALL.—The Tickets for the Lady Mayoress's Ball, on the approaching Easter Monday, arc in great request by p ersons o f t h e fi rst consideration, it being understood that the Lord Mayor has signified his intention of not Lsning more tickets than can be comfortably accoin nicclated. On Wednesday , the Cabinet Ministers dined with Viscount Sidrnouth at his house in Clifford-street. .i s ..., 7 ? ... 40 . t ......,* 4 , :,-7„ ~„....: , ‘ ,. t : . . t2.; 11:.."`; v fr\-Q .i .-'‘ -',...;;Z:59!"?..,!..,-"•scfr,/,',"‘..../t.V. , f4k4..--2-z" ~,, oy-- R Sxr- - .. 4! * 4. --:,, - ,it -- -_ _____ - -14\ tr - r, , t - 'rt Icon .• . . MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, Mancii 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived last night and sailed for the River the Jane, Aganny, from Jamaica.— Also to-day the Ann, Ferguson, 84 days from Buenos Ayres. Canie down from the River the Amelia, Storey, from Bermuda, and remain in the Downs with the East Indiamen, and rest of the outward-bound as before, still detained by contrary winds. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind S.E. and E.S.E.—Sailed the Somersetshire, Yount, for Jam a i c a ; Stifl e , Si mpson, for St. Übes ; and Resolution, Thorpe, for Jamaica. The Hope, Bate, Gibraltar ; Frederick Lowne, Nielson, both with damage, repaired ; and Trafalgar, Weller, .for Africa, Po RTSMOUTir, MARCH 27.—A rrived the Intrepid transport; from the Downs; Tropic, Brandford, do., from Barbadoes ; Belina, Barclay, do., for Jamaica. Put back and remain the William Money, Jackson, for Madras ; Alexancler.Errington, for Madeir a ; Ad ven ture,Horn, for Calcutta ; Sarah Christina, Forrest, for Jamaica ; Coventry, Horn, for St. Kitt's ; Ford. tude-Increased, Manning, ditto; Henry, Wm. Worts, Malta; Lovely . Ann, Boyes, ditto ; Arethusa, Anderson, Cape of Good Hope ; Allies, Kirton, Buenos Ayres ; Edward, German, Jamaica ; Ellen, Boston, ditto; Briton, /teed, Alieant ; Hope, Scott, Newfoundla n d ; W oo d , B rown, St. Thomas ' s ; . and ShannOii, Jamaica. Sailed his Majesty's ship Andromache, for the Cape of Good Hope; and Camelion,.on a cruize.: FALMOUTH, MARCH S.--Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Li s b on ; S a il e d t h e Fly, Stolle, for Newfoundland ; Sally, Stevens, for St: Michaels. Coax, MARC H 25.—Arrived his Majesty's ship 'Gannett, with prize; the Blue-eyed Maid smuggling cutter, and the Mangles,- tor London, to take c onv i cts to New South Wales. Extract of a letter, dateditombay, Dec. I.—" We have had 'no arrivals from Europe since the Sarah. The Phcenix sailed from this on toe I7th of November, and would only be &min ed on the coast a few days for passengers. The Ogle Castle sailed on the 20th, and will probably be detained three weeks on the coast taking in pepper." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 28.—The election of a Librarian of this University, in the room of the late Dr. Clarke, took place on Tuesday last. The two Candidates nominated by the Heads of Houses were, the Rev. John Lodge, hI.A:, Fellow of Mag dalene -College, and the Rev. James Clarke Franks, M:A., Chaplain of Trinity college. At the close of the poll the num. bets were for The Rev. John Lodge - - - 139 - Rev. J. C. Franks - - 113 Majority in favour of the Rev. J. Lodge - 26 At a Congregation on Friday last, the following Gentlemen were admitted to degrees:— HONORARY DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.--The Right Hon. Lord.Henniker ' St. John's college. HONORARY MASTER OF AnT3.—The Hon. John Henni ker, of St: John's college, eldest soli of Lord Henniker. MAsTEn. OF ARTS.—Robert Dairen, Esq. of Trinity college. BACIIELOR IN CIVIL LAW.—The Rev. Joseph Stanfield,' of Trinity college. • • • , The following is a list of Inceptors to the Degree of Mister of Arts on Friday last : William Sidney Walker, Fellow of Trinity college. • Henry Southern, of Trinity College. The Rev. George Miles Cooper, FellOW of St. John's. William Mackworth Przect, - Fellow of St. Johns: • • The Rev. William Richardson, St. John's College. J • Samuel Frederick Milf or d St. John's Qollege. Charles John. Helyar John's - 3 • College. St. • Rev. Charles Smith, - Fellow of SL Peter's College: • Joseph Cape, Fellow of Clare Hall. • Rev. Wm. Farley Wilkinson, Fellow of Bene't... John Holroyd, Fellow of Catherine Hall, JoshunKing, Fellow of Queen's College.. • • • Edmund Glyn Hamond, Jesus College. Edward John Ash, Fellow of Christ College.. At a- Congregation o n W e d nes d ay , a Grace passed the nate, To appoint the Vice-Chancellor; the Bishop of Bristol, Dr. F. - Thackeray, Professor Calvert, Professor Sedgwick, Mr, Hughes, anti Mr. Francis, a Syndicate, to take into considers= tion the offer which has been made to the UniverSity by the Executors of the' late Dr. Clarke, of his collection of Minerals, and to report thereupon to the Senate." On Friday last John F. Isaacson and Edw. Wilton, of St. St. John's college, were elected University Scholars on Dr. Bell's-foundation. - • The Rev& 0. Judgson, M.A., TellOw, of Trinity col lege, has been presented. by the Master: and Fellows of that Society,.to the perpetual c'aracy of St, 'Michael's parish, in this town, .vacated by the cession of the Rev. H,. Wiles, - • TRADE-or SCOTLAND—The manufactory, of Linen . GOods in the east coasts of Scotland has been for some time past, and is, we are informed, at present unusually brisk. A vast quantity of goods from these parts have lately been exported from this city to the Brazils. The. quantity, in most instances, is considerably more than double to what was previOusly sent to the Brazil markets. We . observe, that the increased importation of undressed Flax into the port of Dundee for last year was 36,861 cwt. (33 per cent.) Montrose 20,768 ciVts.. (30 per cent. Aberdeen 16,292 (33 per cent.) and Kirkaldy 18,387 cwts. (34 per cent.)—( Glasgotp :Courier, Mareh A.) r• ••• • .81,AIIAld. is performing at 'Neter, where he .made his first appearance on Itioilday'laSt;'as the Seraskier, b The Siege of Belgrade. Miss- STEPHENS,— her nephew Master and SAPIO, are engaged to perform COU— cert atExeter, during Easter Week. • • R icHA R MON, G OODLUCI/Li 11(I CO. l'eq)PC,tfolly acquaint the Public that the Ticket, No. 11,21, drawn yesterday a Prize of eopool.7was sold them in Shares, at their old-established Office, •. 104, Bank Buildings, Cornhill. • Tirke.ts and Shares, warranted undrawn, are On Sale for the next and last day, th. d - o - f April. CORN BXCIAAINGE, ;v14n04 29. We have to-day a very heavy rna*t,•and the prices ally as on Monday, and thetrade very backward in purchasing even at those prices. I# - Barley, Oitts,'Peas'e , and I:WanA, littl e . • doing, and ,the same _difficulty in effecting sales; .thc vordiAar , , simples not saleab/e. - - -- • SMITHFIELD MARKET,TAtrin,cn - There was a good supply -of Cattle at . markef thi 'mornizt, but most of, which .was left over from-Mad - Ws Market, and the trade appeeri dill atthat - day . !s.pricThe price of -H a y remains thksame. • . . • Beet 2s C 3 to a 'Veal • 4i Od to SA 4d Mutton 2s 6d to 3a 6d Pork 2s lid to 3s 104 • .