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f [STER. ly no )IItON, gross whose ;raced dechk ect of y now age with Iluded from ns of with itt might r,larin; - :e and )üblic nds of reveut bein id ar- ilatiott rice to 'wary, d tit had a every w the idirotz, I per ctions ar ex- I want >Ds at ;e and work iumed asten t it and bjects ad ju rsonal as we deucy must s well .f lite cept- )CK. 'til ac n ferret! !serving' Its, rescott, see the 3-16ihs 4s. 655. 9 6-pr. 79 78 ‘i3 74 n t. sec. —. ROW. tter 7. 'apers is of s the and d ar- rs of evail- re ex- , con- which at to )►nion like ; The r the mosi y for vould icted 3 ; or arkey ce to Lined, er the ng to reserves This, ig con and its Enplis Ambassador has succeeded in his endeavour to efface from the Turkish note several offensive expressions upon the personal character of the Emperor of Russia, whom the Turks accuse of want of faith and sincerity. Others pretend that the enumera tion of the Turkish grievances is still longer than was supposed; and that the Divan renews its remonstrances against the occu pation of the fortresses of Mingrelia by the Russians, in direct contravention of the last treaty, and which evidently betrays a project of invading Turkey in Asia. We are assured that the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and England at Constantinople, felt obliged, after the reception of the Turkish noteof the 28th February, peremptorily to break off all negociations with the Ottoman Minister, until they had received fresh instructions from their respective Courts. Such a step is not decisive, unless the two Ambassadors had de- Mantled their passports. MARCH 30.-( Extract from a Private Letter.)—The ordin ary courier from Constantinople arrived here yesterday, but the letters of which he is the bearer are not yet issued. The gene ral opinion here is decidedly warlike, but there are always some great fundholders whobelieve, or who at least endeavour to make the public believe, that peace may yet be preserved. These hopes they'g'rouncl upon the well-known pacific disposition of the Empe ror A lex an der,who has already on more than one occasion opposed the warlike views of his subjects; and upon the possibility that the Porte may yet revoke its note of the 28th Feb., and at any rate couch its rejection of the Ultimatum in terms less insult ing. It is well known that our Court, anxious probably to preserve peace, has refused to receive this note. The courier who bears this declaration of our Court quitted Vienna the 13th of March, and his return may be expected about the 20th of April. About the same time, too, we antici- Pate the return of the couriers dispatched to Petersburgh, by 2113/. GOLOWKIN and DE TATISCIIEFF, to communicate to their Sovereign the haughty conduct of the Porte. We remark here some Military preparations, but they are as yet very trifling, and are kept as secret as possible. It is said that the Turkish squadron, which entered the Euxine Sea, gave chase to three Russian vessels, of which they took two, under pretence that they had Grecian property on board. If credit is to be given to tie important fact mentioned in the last paragraph of the preceding extract, there can be no doubt of the hostile in tentions of the Turks, which have already been carried into execution by the seizure of two Rus- Sian merchant ships in the Black Sea; and not withstanding the remonstrances of the masters, alleging that Russia was at peace with the Porte, these vessels were confiscated, under the pre tence that they had Grecian property on board. The seizure of these two vessels is also mention ed in letters from Odessa and Augsburg, with the additional fact, that similar acts of hostility had been exercised at Constantinople against vessels in that port under various foreign flags, the release of which had been in vain applied for by the foreign Ambassadors at the Ottoman Court.—'We give further extracts in another column. The sensible and argumentative Petition agreed to by the Ship-owners of South Shi?lds (and _published in THE SUN of Wednesday) will, we hope, receive that attention to which it is well entitled, and be the forerunner of many similar representations from the communities more par ticularly affected by the proposed changes in our navigation system. These measures are> in truth alarmingly important to the whole nation, but where the general interest is affected through that of particular classes, it is natural tliat the beginnings of remonstrance and complaint should proceed from those who are most immediately concerned, as the aching of a single limb gives notice of the disorder which will ultimately threaten the whole body. These petitioners justly represent as a case of great hardship, that the Ship-owners, who, in the revolutions of mercantile prosperity attendant on the cessation of war, have suffered at least as' , severely and as long as any portion of his INIAJcs- TY'S subjects, should now be destined to tepair the fortunes of another complaining class by the most unreserved sacrifice of the advantages which they yet retain. It is the part of a good Go vernment to balance all interests, so that none, if it can be avoided, may suffer an undue and disproportionate depression; least of all, we may add, those interests which are most essentially connected with the national security and inde pendence. But if the Ship-owners and the classes dependent on them were to suffer for the re establishment, as it is presumed, of colonial pros verity, could no measure of a less sweeping effi ciency be found to relieve the colonist,. than a system of law which exposes the shipping of Great Britain to an almost unlimited foreign com- Petition ? The Americans, under the ' f lew regu lation, may convey our West Indian produce not Only to their own ports, but to the shores of Eu rope, thus entering into. rivalry with the Mother Country under circumstances of great advantage, on account of their geographical position. Colo nial produce may be also brought to our own door, though not actually into Britain, by the ships of other nations, as the Petitioners of South Shields have thus clearly represented. " What other sensation than the strongest feeling of alarm can your petitioners express, on finding a Bill actually pending before your Ho nourable House, containing an entire new prin ciple (so diametrically opposite to the one be fore acted upon) by which the goods and mer thandize, being the growth ) production ) or manu faclure, of Asia, Africa, or America, shall be im ported into great Britain from any part of Asia, Africa, or America, OR FROM ANY PORT OR PLACE IN EUROPE, in British ships or vessels ? only that the produce of Europe may be imported into Great Britain in a British ship or vessel, or in a ship or vessel belonging to the country, of which the cargo is the produce," &c. &c. By these provisions the petitioners observe, " that, as regards the imports between Great Britain and Asia, Africa, and America, the long transit is ceded to all nations ; only that an English ship must be employed from any foreign port to Britain; and that the imports between Great Britain and all parts of Europe stand so open, that should the pending Bill receive the sanction of the Legislature, the produce and manufacture of the whole world (the excluded articles ex cepted) may be deposited in the Scheldt or the Room-pot, or any other Continental depi'd conti guous to our shores, and which it will be the in terest of other Powers to establish, not only as a commercial benefit, but as the sure means of anni hilating the Commerce and Naval Power of Great Britain. In this way will the brave and hardy tars of Great Britain become the lightermen, in the transit from those depots to Britain in steam boats and other small craft, to the seamen 9f continental Europe and America." In raising up this manifold and dangerous com petition, have the promoters of the measure con templated any scheme for enabling the British Ship-owner to maintain the contest on terms of superiority, or even of equal advantage ? We do not hear of any such project, but we trust that, when the Bills are discussed in Parliament, it will be inquired whether the shipping of this nation is expected to maintain its place among the crowd of competitors, under all the dis couragements arising first from those national burthens which press alike upon all interests in the country, and secondly from those heavy im positions which affect navigation in particular. Surely if the support of the Navigation Laws is to be withdrawn to the extent proposed, some plan must be taken into consideration for relieving, and not only relieving but effectually assisting, the mercantile navy of Great Britain in the new circumstances of difficulty under which it is about to be placed : and we trust that this point will be diligently urged by those who may address the Legislature on the present occasion, as a sub ject requiring earnest attention in the event of their determining to pass the Bills. We do indeed greatly fear that if this resolu tion should be adopted, any regulation, any con cession that can be suggested, will prove inade quate to prevent a rapid and extensive decline of our mercantile shipping ; and the apprehension is rendered still more poignant by the thought that such a decline, when it has once taken place, is, as far as human foresight can extend, irre trievable. The dead branch cannot blossom anew, nor the withered hand recover its sound ness. Ships, money, and, above all, MEN will not remain by us, waiting the hour of renewed activity : a time of repentance may come, and our Statesmen may again feel that the old policy was the wisest; but will Providence work a miracle to replace us in the way from which we have imprudently departed ? The skill, the enterprise, the property that should enable us to accomplish this object will have passed into other channels, and, what is still more to be dreaded, a rival more politic than we are will have occupied the avenues of commercial greatness ; a rival who is daily extending her influence, and augmenting her re sources, daily skewing herself more active and vigilant in seizing those advantages which others either neglect or want the power to retain. If the imprudence that endangers our maritime ascendancy be in any instance more unpardonable than in all others, it is when by surrendering British interests we contribute to the aggrandize ment of America. IRELAND.— rbe outrages seem to be suspended, and the spirit of insubordination temporarily re pressed, if not finally quelled. The Irish papers received this morning bring no new accounts of disturbances. At the Clam - net Assizes, twelve prisoners received sentence of death ; namely, James Walsh, for felony, to be banged on Tues day the 16th instant; Cornelius Delahunty, for arson ; John Fogarty and John Grady, for as saulting a dwelling-house,; and William Ryan, for serving one of General Rock's notices, to be hanged the 20th instant ; Thomas Butter, for firing at the Rev. Mr. RICALL ; John Ryan, for highway robbery ; William Finn, for abduction ; and Cornelius Dwyer and Michael. Ryan, for burglary and felony, to be hanged the 23d inst.— At the Cork Assizes, Patrick Neagle and, Patrick Foley were found guilty of the atrocious outrage on the women of the Rifle Brigade, near Kil dorrery. (From the Jamaica Courant of the 18th of Feb.) The Billette brig of war, of 18 guns; is 'arrived from the Bermudas, having been three years a nd a half - on the North American Station ; she had been stationed on the coast of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, for the protection of the Revenue and the Fisheries against the encroachments of the Americans ; and upwards of 14 vessels have been condemned for violating the existing laws and treaties, as well as a number of boats. i • We understand, a letter has lately been received from the Colonial Agent, stating that the Petition of the two Hotises of our Legislature, to his Majesty, had been referred to the Lords of the Committee for Tr a d e a nd Plantation Affairs, who are impressed with the difficulties in which the whole of the West Indies are involved, And will not fail to give the subject their best attention, but that the President and Vice-President were then absent. A Baltimore 'Paper of the 12th of March an nounces letters to have been received from Havre, stating that there is no chance of a Commercial Treaty between France and the United States this year. BRIGHTON, APRIL 11.-A cutting north wind has prevailed to-day, ,and, what is rather un common in April, raised clouds of dust. The KING has no farther appeared in public than on the Palace Lawn, His MAJESTY continues in the enjoyment of perfect health. The KING has been pleased to appoint RICH ARD BARTLETT, Esq. the British Consul at Co runna, to be his Majesty's Consul for the king dom of Hanover, at that port and its depend encies. FASIIIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Viscountess Ashbrooke and Miss Flower, in Mansfield street; Countess Bentinck, in Welbeck-street ; Lady and Mrs. Clark, in Green-street, Park-lane; Mr. Raikes Currie, in Wimpole-street: Capt. Curzon, in Piccadilly ; Mrs. Darner, in Upper Brook-street ; Lady and Miss Dalrymple Hamilton, in Stratford-place ; Miss Duncombe, at Lady Charlotte Dun combe's, in Arlington -stre e t ; Mi ss Ed en, at L or d Henley ' s, in Hertford -street, May-fair; Major and Mrs: Gordon, in Green-street, Park-lane ; Mr. Gascoigne, in Stanhope-street, May-fair; Gen. Gore, in South Audley-street ; Mrs. George Lamb, in Whitehall-yard ; Major and Miss Legge, in Wim pole-street ; the Ladies Montagu, in Upper Brook-street; Lady Sophia Macdonald, inr.Bolton-street ; the Earl and countess of Derby, at their house in Grosvenor-square, from their seat the Oaks, Kent; J. G. Lambton, Esq. r%i.P., and Lady Louisa Lambton, at their house in Cleveland-row, from their seat, Lambton Hall, Durham ; Lord St. Helens, at his house in Grafton-street, from Brighton ; Lord Langford, at his house in Berkeley-square, from his seat, Cooper Hill, Surrey ; Sir M. Lopes, Bart. at his house in Arlington-street, ,from a tour ; Countess de Grey, at her house in St. James's-square, from her seat in Surrey ; William Markham, Esq. at his house in Half Moon-street, from his seat in Yorkshire • Sir R. Dunkin, Bart. at Greillon's H o t e l, Albemarle-street, from Cheltenham ; the Earl and Countess of 'Wemyss and family, at their new resi dence in Stratford-place, from their seat in Scotland ; the Earl and Countess of Galloway, in Bryanstone-square, from Wig tonshire ; Admiral Halkett, in Half Moon-street, from Hamp shire; Lord Buckinghamshire, in Manchester-square, from Brighton. DEPARTURES.—The Hon. Col. L. Stanhope, for Sunning Berks ; Mrs. Pendergrass, from Hodgson's Hotel, Dover_ street, for Paris; Hon. Mr. Grenville, for Dropmore, on a visit to Lord and Lady Grenville ; Lady C. Wortley, for Brighton ; the Earl and Countess of Waldegrave and family, from Straw berry Hill, for the Continent ; Mr. S. Crawley, M.P. and Lady, for Stockwood Luton, from Sackville-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Chandos Legh, f or H ast i ngs . BATH ARRlvAr.s.—Archbishop of Armagh, Lady Leth bridge, Sir C. Cole, Sir J. Constable, Sir B. Codringion, Sir H. Gwyllum, Sir C. Hastings, Sir G. Noel, Sir W. Struth, Sir C. Sheppard—Gen. Poulett, Gen. Slade, Col. Gooch, Col. Strode, Major Sack v ill e , M a j or Webber, Capt. Brooke, Capt. Colthurst, Capt. Duff; Capt. Freestun, Capt. Huntley, Capt. Lewis, Capt. Leslie, Capt. Noel, Capt. Pemberton, Capt. Tyler, Capt. Ward, Lieut. Huntley—Dr. Creaser—Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Rev. Mr. Bowles, Rev. Mr. Buller, Rev. Mr. Franklin, Rev. Mr. Gooch, Rev. Mr. Huntley, Rev. Mr. Loundes, Rev. Mr. Roberts, Rev. Mr. Williams, Rev. Mr. Winslow, Rev. Mr. Wrood. FA SHIONA BLE PARTIES. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are entertaining a select party of friends at Woburn Abbey; among them we notice the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord and Lady Ebrington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Tavis tock, Lord John Russell, Lord and Lady Ossulston, &c. &c. The Duke of Montrose entertained a select party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Count Munster has issued cards of invitation for an elegant entertainment on the 18th inst. at his house in Grosvenor-place. The Earl of Derby will entertain the Directors of the Ancient Music and a large party with a g ran d di nner on W e d nes d ay next, ar his house in Grosvenor-square. Dowager Lady Neave had a select party yesterday evening, at her house in Albemarle-street. Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Orby Hunter entertained a large party of distinguished personages with a grand dinner, at their house in Grosvenor-place. FASHIONABLE ABSENTEES. It is calculated there are now above 20,000 English families in Paris ; none are living in greater splendour than the Duke of Hamiltpn and Lords Stair and Fife. They seem to be the life and soul of the gay world. These three Noblemen alone must expend above 100,0001. per annum. At the small village of Tours there are upwards of 400 Eng lish families who keep carriages, &c. besides others who are less opulent. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland came to town 'esterday morning from their seat, Sion House, and returned )ack to dinner. The _Marquess of Queensberry is expected at the Royal Hotel, St. James's, on the 20th, from his seat in Scotland. 11ARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-At illarfosse, near Havre, on the 10th inst. Capt. Henry Parker, R.N., to Lady Francis Hastings, eldest daughter of the Earl of Huntingdon. ~ ~.1 , .„ ~ ..f. ... . . ls, ) CJ-N ir. 4. ' . CD ) • i 4) th e _ ...1k....,t„ ~... ....,,.,,, 0 „...t. / , - -4 .sg.;, 4 ''' 4 Wil '- - ' •• 419.. . -- -1 , ' ''' , ,,,,, L •• • 'C' Y ~' A . .2' 40 / 4 , !f.'. 4 .1. ‘ e ' . V, 4 ' N,k4••,t ''' ... - - -, - , ----, - -.Ak>o- '. N.' 4 i :f i .0 - ~* ,- --,...-R Oi 4 , 1 , , ,---...,00, i , -tc , I Tiiecto' T ,es ~ 2,, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL I§,---This day, Mr. John B. Ottley, of Oriel college, and Mr. Newman, of Trinity, were elected Fel lows of Oriel college: The Bishop of Exeter, by his admonitory charge to the Clergy of - his extensive Diocese, at his late visitation, has been the means of causing Resident Curates to be appointed to all the parishes possessed by pluralists, with full stipends accord ing to the Act of Parliament. The following Gentlemen of this University were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Ely, at St. George's Church, Hanover square, London, on Sunday the 31st ult. : DEACONS—Thomas Stratton Codrington, Brazenose col lege ; Thomas Horatio Walker, B.A. Oriel college ; Thomas Meyler, B.A. Pembroke college; Frederick Edward Pegus, B.A. St. John's college; Thomas Quarles, B.A. Exeter col lege ; Thomas Jefferey Bumpstead, B.A. Queen's college. PRIESTS.—Charles Eckersall, B,A. Corpus Christi college; James Babb, B.A. Wadham college. The following Gentlemen of this University were ordained by the Right Rev: the Lord Bishop of Chester, at St. Mary-le bone Church, London, on Sunday the 31st ult. : DEACONS.—Thomas Hope, B.A. University college ' Wil liam Henry Cartwright, B.A. Trinity college ; John Clarke Jenkins, M.A. Lincoln college ; Hen. Reg. Chandos Pole, M.A. St. Mary-hall.; Bownas, 8.A.. Lincoln col lege ; Henry Richards, B.A. Exeter college ; Richard Child Willis, B.A. University college. PRIESTS.—Joseph Harling, B.A. Magdalen hall; Charles Mille, M.A. Merton college ; John Stoupe Wagstaffe, B.A. Lincoln-college; John Venables Vernon, B.A. Christ church ; George Ernest Plowman, M.A. Baliol college ; James Ack land Templer, B.A. Merton college. THE THEATRE.—The School for Scandal again introduced Miss GRIMANI to the public in Lady Teazle, last night, at Drury-Lane Theatre.-- She has evidently surmounted her terrors, and manifested more self-possession, by the general spirit of her performance. When her voice is more familiar to the public ear, or she adapts• it more suitably to the size of the theatre, she will be found a very' respectable addition to the dramatic corps. • Miss DANCE has been performing during the present week at Bath. She has appeared in Juliet and Mrs. Haller, and in-both was received with great applause. A Journal painted at Geneva thus announces a very inte resting invention ;—A PRESS FOOL THE BLIND.—A Lady de prived of sight from her birth, but distinguished for her wit, her talents, and good temper, conceived that it might be possible to communicate her thoughts to her family and friends by means of printing, if some skilful mechanic would invent for her a press, and give her, the necessary in structions to make use of it—the application and patience for its accomplishment becoming afterwards entirely her own.— She addressed herself to, our. countryman, Monsieur Fran cois Huber - , the celebrated historian of the Bees, to whom she had the advantage of, being related ; in addition to which, a community of misfortune (for he also is blind) increased the interest he had in gratifying her request : There upbn his own genius,, and also that of his servant, Claude Lechet—a man endowed with the highest degree of natural talent for mechanics, were strongly excited. They wen t t o work, and the press was i nven t e d ; and being finished by Claude, he sent with it a collection of type to the amiable suggester of the plan, who soon made herself mistress most completely of this invaluable means of communicating her ideas. We have seen a letter of 33 lines addressed to her happy benefactor, composed and printid by herself with com mon ink, without a literal error, or a single typographical ir regularity.",—(From the Courier de Londres of Ain:ils 2 1822.) POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE COUNTRY. Novistine locum potiorem rare beato.—lloa. Ep. 10. The gentle pulse, the placid mien, Are his, who loves the rural scene, The open lawn, the shelter'd cot ; He, seated, by some shaded rill, The world forgets; and blesses still His humble yet contented lot. Whom Avarice lures to remain In noisy towns for sordid gain. To him are dear the city's smoke, The city feast, the city joke, The Lord Mayor's golden chain ; The Blackbird's whistle in the bush, The-various descant of the Thrush, To him are sounds less sweet, Than when his guineas, in a row, Load thc; deep draw'r in splendid show, And jingle as they meet. Be his the pride and joys of wealth ; Be mine the gifts of peace and health ; The rural scenes confin'd : The gale that from the mountain blows Plants in the faded cheek the rose, And heart's ease in the mind. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1322. FRIDAY, APRIL 11. D. of Grafton's Hampden, bro. to Brutus, beat Mr. Thorn hill's c. by Pericles, Bs. 71b. each, R.M. 200 gs, h. ft.-5 to 2 on Hampden. Sweepstakes of 200 gs each, h. ft. for fillies then rising three years old, Bst. 7ft. R.M. D. of Grafton's ch. Whizgig, by Rubens, out of Penelope 1 D. of Rutland's b. by Rubens, out of Pennytnimpet - 2 D. of Grafton's Mona, by Partisan, out of Miltonia - 3 Mr. Vansitart's ch. by Walton, out of Selirna - 4 Two pd.-5 to 2on Whizgig--2 to 1 agst Rubens f. Subscription Plate of £5O, for 2-yr-olds, carrying 6st. Vt. three, Bst. filb. four, Bst. 13th. five, 9st. 41b. six, 9st. 4th. and aged, 9st. flb. D.M. Ld Clarendon's ch. f. Mirandola, 4 yrs - - 1 Mr. Jones's br. c. Deceiver, by Sorcerer, 4 yrs - 2 Mr. Bouverie's b. c. Tressilian, 3 yrs - - 3 Twelve started—The - Judge placed but three. 7 to 1 agst Mirandola-3 to 1 agst Tressilian. The Hampton Court Stud Stakes of 200 gs each, h. ft. for the produce of mares covered in 1818 ; colts, Bst. 71b. fillies, Bst. 31b. D. 31.1 hose out of untried mares, or got by untried stallions, allowed 31b Ld Stradbroke's b. c. The Stag, by Sorcerer walked over. Five pd. Sweepstakes of l 00gs each, h. ft. for colts, Bst. 7Th. fillies, Bst. 41t. D.M. D. of Grafton's Whizgig, by Rubens, out of Penelope 1 Mr. Rush's c. by Selim, out of Lady Jane - - 2 Gen. Grosvenor 's Marcellus, by Selim, out of Briseis - 3 Eight started—Ten pd—The Judge placed but three. 2 to 1 agst Whizgig-5 to 2 agst Selim c. A Gold Cup value 80gs, by a subscription of 10g,s each, for horses of all ages. A.F. Mr. Wyndham's Black-and-all Black, 3 yrs, Bst. Mb. 1 Mr. Prendergast's Regent, 5 yrs, Bst. 12th. - 2 Mr. Greville's Oracle, 4 yrs, 75t.131 . b. - - - 3 Ld Exeter's c. by Ardrossan, 4 yrs, Bst. Bth. - 4 Mr. Goddard's f. by Marmion, 2 yrs, sst. 9th. - 5 Three pd.—Even on Black-and-all-Black. The Port Stakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. for colts, Bst. Vt. and fillies, Bst. 4th. then rising four years old, and not named in the Claret Stakes. T.M.M. D. of Grafton's b. f. Zeal, by Partisan . walked over. Three pd. Mr. Prendergast's Regent, rec. ft. from Mr. Fox's Cardinal Wolsey, Bst. Vt. each, D.I. 300 gs, h. ft. Mr. Udny's Barmecide, Bst. 9th. rec. ft. from Ld Exeter's Athenian, Bst. T.Y.C. 100 gs, h. ft. STEEPLE CHACE.—The sweepstakes match of 20 guineas each, between Mr. Coxhead, Captain N. Peters, and Mr. Roe bottom, took place yesterday morning. The start was from Frimley furzes, near Blackwater, to Arborfield, Berks. The race for the first five miles was over heath, and the horsemen kept the steady cuts until they came to Topham cover, when they separated, and pursued their own course through a woody country. They left the ridge of Golden Farmer-hill to the left, and were within sight of each other again on Shinfield Common, when Mr. Coxhead made all play, and reached Ar borfield church-yard in one hour and three minutes, a distance of 18 miles in a straight direction. Captain Peters lost by six minutes, and Mr. Roebottom's horse fell, and he was thrown out altogether. MATCH TO COVENTRY.—:-Mr. Courtenay, a farmer, un dertook, on Tuesday, to start to Coventry, from Mile-end New Town, near Bow, and return in three days. The distance is 188 miles from the place of starting, and time was backed at two to one. He started at two o' c lock in the morning, and was at Dunstable at twelve o'clock, Stoney Stratford at four o'clock, and passed through Towcester at dusk, and took two hours rest, after accomplishing 70 miles at twelve o'clock. lie touch ed on Coventry at five o'clock on Wednesday morning, and did 30 miles on his return at two o'clock, and halted four hours, and was lame at starting again, which increased, and he rel.c . '- ed Dunstable at three o'clock on Thursday, and rested until six. He had eight hours left to do 36 miles, and he resigned the task. We are happy to state, from an authority whi± may be con fided in, that there is no truth in the report that more of the unfortunate smugglers, now in Maidstone Gaol, under a re prieve from sentence of death, are to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, it being hoped that a sufficient example has already been made to prevent the recurrence of those unlawful proceed ings of which they were convicted. Aire also understand that the warrants which had been issued for the apprehension of the remainder of the 53 persons who were present in the affray at Marsh Bay, have been all withdrawn from the hands of those appointed to execute them ; and upon the same principle as above stated, no farther proceedings will be taken against any of them for that offence. The statement of the death in gaol of Joseph Gill, one of the above convicts, was erroneous.— ( Kentish Gazette, Aprill2.) There are now living in the cottage of a labouring man, named Richardson; near the Turnpike Gate, at Broomsgrove, Worcestershire, four children, daughters of the above la bourer, named Maria, Mary, Sarah, and Eliza, all born at one birth, and each three years old on the 23d 'of March last. They' are in perfect health, and strong and hale in appearance,. the mother of them having another infant at her breast. Bnrcrirro N . , APRIL 11.—A Coroner's Inquest Was:held to day on the remains of the unfortunate sufferers, Messrs. Briggs and Knowles, whose dreadful and fatal accident we mentioned yestgrday. 'Nothing could !be materially ascertained beyond our report of the distressing occurrence yesterday.—Verdict, " Accidental Death."—Mr. Briggs was one of our local body of Commissioners. His remains were removed hither in a hearse to-day. - _ , _ - ROBBERY AT LORD BERWlCK'S.—Yesterday morning, while the servants were engaged at their work, a thief catered the house of Lord BERWICK, in Grosvenor-square, and suc ceeded in carrying away nine handsomely-chased silver,wine ladles. Information was immediately laid at Marlborough street Police-office, with a description of the property, in order that the Officers might make proper inquiry. SlPlClDE.—Thursday morning the chief mate of an East lndianyan lying in the City Canal at Poplar, put a period to his existence by cutting his throat with a razor on board the ship. I)EATH BY A BULL.--On the 27th' nit., John Gill, of Kaber, near Kirkoswald, Cumberland, went to the cow-yard to let out a bull of the short-borned breed, as was his custom ; hitherto the animal had been perfectly harmless, but on this occasion he stepped back a few yards, and then rushed upon his master with all the ferocity which thede creatures are known to possess when irritated; his master fell before him, and the savage beast began to gore him dreadfully. Gill's wife, hearing an unusual bellow from the bull, ran out, and saw her husband gored by the savage animaL In the horror of the mo ment she rushed in, took up her husband, and carried him into the house, the bull standing motionless : as if stricken with his work of destruction, he suffered her to depart without molesta tion. She passed a gate in going into the house, with her almost lifeless husband, and when she had reached the door, the bull darted forth, and in the fury of his passion completely demolish. ed the gate. , On surgical aid being procured, it was forind that the whole, of the unfortunate man's ribs on' one side were broken in, as also his breast bone, and one of his eyes com pletely gored out. After lingering nine days in great agony, he breathed his last. COURT OF KING'S BENCH—(Tins DAY.) Before Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT, and a Special Airy. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. THE KING V. SIR JOHN SEWELL, C. MURRAY, L. CLARK, AND J. B. SHARPE. On the CHIEF JUSTICE taking his seat, the above cause was called on.--The Counsell'or the prosecution were Messrs. SCARLETT, DEN MAN, and EVANS ; for the defendants, Messrs. GURNEY, TINDALL, and A DOLPHUS.-The in dictment was read by Mr. EvANs, charging the defendants with conspiracy and extortion, and also with administering unlawful oaths, &c. Mr. SCARLETT then proceeded to address the Jury. The Learned Counsel stated, that the prosecutors in this case were as hostile to the publications of libels as the best subjects of the realm should be; he then proceeded,to designate the defendants as being the President, the At torney, the Secretary, and the other defendant, L. Clark, as being present at one of the acts of conspiracy, when money was extorted, the most prominent of which, among others, were from a Mr. Atkinson, bookseller, in St. George's fivlds, who compounded with Murray, for the purpose of not having au indictment against him; the other, of Mr. Wardell, the Editor of the Statesman newspaper, who paid two sums of money, one of 301. and the other of 271., to in duce the Society to forego a prosecution on two indictments for alleged libels. Others had re fused ; amongst them were Mr. Dolby, Mr. Thelwall, &c. The Learned Counsel, in an address, of which the above is but an outline, and which occupied near two hours, concluded by calling the attention of the Jury to the dan ger of the existence of such a society, the object of putting down which was the intent of the pre sent indictment. The first witness was Mr. William Atkinson, bookseller in the London-road, St. George's fields, who was under examination when our Paper went to press.—The trial will occupy the whole of the day. THE ARMY. On Monday Sir Ulyssses de Burgh, M.P., Colonel of the Grenadier Guards and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, ar rived at Chatham, and inspected the Ordnance Barracks at Brompton, it is said prior to their being occupied by troops of ' the line, or by troops belonging to the East India Company. COWES, APRIL ll.—Yesterday a detachment of troops was sent from Albany Barracks to Southampton ; and in the even ing a vessel brought recruits from different regiments, which marched to Albany Barracks. To-day a detachment of inva lids was sent from hence for Chatham. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, APRIL 12.—Wind E.S.E.--Remain the Setern frigate, and thirteen coasters. SEVEN o'CLocK.—Wind S. by E. nearly calm. FALMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Dutch Galliot Eliza, Brown, from Amsterdam, to take on board the stores of the Dutch ship De Voyheed, condemned at this port. PLYMOUTH, APRIL IL—Wind E.—Arrived the Marti. nique, Duncan, from Hull to Madeira. PENZANCE, APRIL 11.—Wind E.N.E.—Some passengers landed here from the Boyne, Captain Bidwell, from Calcutta ; spoke on the 23rd of March the brig Lady Popham, Jenkin, 40 days from Jamaica. LYMINGTON, APRIL 12.—The Maria, Ryeson, from Liverpool for Stettin, loaded with salt, copper, &c., ran on shore- last evening to the westward of Church Head, having sprung a-leak the evening before. The vessel is full of water, and expected to go to pieces. Yesterday the dispatches for Bencoolen by the ship Layton, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Master of that ship. NAVAL APPOINTMENTs.—Lieut. Coxwell and Captain Knight, of the Royal Navy, are appointed to the ordinary at the Port of Chatham.—Captain William Radborn, to command the ordinary at Chatham.—Mr. Whithurst, to be Purser of the ordinary at Chatham.—Mr. Archdeacon, to be Purser of tha Northumberland at Sheerness.—Captain Frederick Pettman, to the command of the ordinary at Sheerness. Decree of his Majesty the King of the King dom of the Two SICILIES, dated Feb. 15, 1822 : " Art. 1. All those who, on account of the political events of July, 1820, are out of our kingdoms, cannot return without our special permission. Those who transgress this order shall be brought before a court-martial, and punished with death. Their sentence will be executed in 24 hours. " Art. 2. Every other person found in our kingdom w ith oun his papers in due form, in the company of those mentioned io the Ist Article, or of any other person or persons . plotting is disturb the public peace, will suffer the same puni s hm en t a mentioned in the Ist Article. (Signed) " FERDINAND." IRON TRADE.---We feel sincere regret in stat ing, that great uneasiness prevails among the work-people at the Iron-works in Monmouthshire and South Wales, on account of the low rate of wages, and want of employ. A reduction of from 2s. 4d. to Is. 3d. per ton has taken place, and several hun dred people are out of work in consequence. These reductions however, we understand, are absolutely necessary to enable the. Proprietors to carry on the works at all. Sunday se'erright (As size Sunday) considerable sensation was caused at Monmouth by the arrival of Mr. Lewis ' of Llandilo, the Commander of the West Monmouthshire Yeomanry Cavalry, in order to get his attendance dispensed with, his troop having been suddenly called out to preserve the peace at some of the iron-works on the hills. Two active Magistrates (the Reverend Wil. liam Powell, Vicar of Abergavenny, and J. H. Iloggridge, Esq.) likewise left Monmouth, with the sanction of the Judge, before the Grand Jury were discharged, ; and Government having been applied to for troops,' a detachment of the Scotch Greys has arrived in Gloucester, where they expect to remain, to be in readiness should their assistance be called for.— (Shrewsbury Chronicle, April 12.) In our impression of the 25th of December last, we noticed the singular variations of the barometer on the five preceding days, with its extraordinary depression on the morning of that day ; the night of Thursday the 20th of December was also pe culiarly marked by a hurricane. On the same night, it appears by the accounts from Copenhagen, inserted in our last, that a volcano, situated above 20 miles to the south-east of Mount Ilecla, in Iceland, which, according to Sir G. Mackenzi e , h a d been silent since 1717, suddenly emitted flames, and for some days threw out stones to a considerable distance, and continued burning till the 23d of Februayy ; the agitation of the barome ter may be thus probably accounted for.—( licwash Gazetlr, April 12.) MONSTROUS REVENGE.—Yesterday a master chimney-sweeper, named Richard Smith, was finally exarnir ed at Hatton-garden, charged with desperately wounding El as Duke, another sweep, on the 27th of March last, while playing at skittles at the Brewers' Arms, Mutton-hill, owing to a dispute as to paying for some porter. Ile afterwards came behind the prosecutor, made a plunge at his throat., and falling on the ground, in order to avoid fighting, while rising, took occasion to plunge a knife (the blade whereof was four inches and a h a lf long) into the prosecutor's left thigh, and also his side. It was stated by the officer, that the prisoner had been some time ago in custody for a similar offence, and that since he had been in. prison upon the present charge he was heard to declare, that whenever he got his liberty he would do for the prosecutor. The Magistrate said that the prLoner was a complete monster, and that it was a fit case for a Jury. The prisoner was fully com mitted to Newgate for trial. During the examination the pri soner appeared quite indifferent to what was going on, and norant of the awful situation in which he stood.