The Sun. — London, England, 1822-06-18 00:00:00

wo the ate rfl ers ler 1. 4 9 hit in the ds, his the ssea lan ifice ;ter' thi 4 t° ends a we ated iciA l in . i' tea the , 1 06 In 3 lb° ,rely Jog' f be i tiifi It" fo' It t ‘' , t he siniv tiog -0,10 .fia he re . as 64 ,slo° a be tro" ,pO O Olen s er die , an d ion° to t = io 064 in ltd Noo l ' l 6011°1 cred i ' ori f fait in any degree, and to enter into an arrangement which would be tantamount to the payment of a composition'of so much in t he pound. It is on these grounds that the recent reduction of the 6 Per cents., though it did not involve a breach of the public faith, and though it suited very well the financial views and OPerations of the Government, can have no other than an in jurious effect upon the productive industry and commercial tr ansactions of the people. It is surprising that any portion of the People should still support the delusive theories which arc oPposed to this unanswerable hypothesis. It is surprising, a bove all things, that any part of the landed and agricultural interest should be induced to look for a remedy to their difficul ties in diminished expenditure and contracted markets ! The Anniversary of his MAJESTY'S Coronation w ill be co mmemora ted by various fetes and re- Joicin gs. Yesterday his MAJESTY took an airing in his P ivate carr i age i n th e P ar ks, an d called at his glace in Pimlico. Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted mil:- L ars business with the KING. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the KING Yesterday. On Sunday Divine Service was performed to the K Jug's Household, by the Rev. Dr. BLOMBERG. Extract of a Letter, dated Lisbon, June I._ Yesterday a Council of State was held, at which it was determined to send 12 battalions ( 72 00 men) to Bahia, under convoy of one ship e t the line, three frigates, and two corvettes." The lat e M a rquess of HERTFORD, according to t he . jeort of the time, was supposed - to be the hero of a poem " ._‘wished about forty years ago, entitled The Diaboliad, writ ith all the vigour of CH uric r. and which has been gene 11.,LIY' attributed to the tleman who has since distinguished jlalf by humourous wo gen rks the first entitled "The Tour "r• SYN TAX in search of the Picturesque ;" the second " In s earch of C onso l at i on " (f or the loss of his wife); and the third QUA search of a Wife ;" as well as of" The History of JOHNNY 'ZILIE GEN - us, thelittle Foundling of the late Dr.SYNrAx." This gentleman is also the author of two other Poems—" The Dance of -eath," and " The Dance of Life," all of which, written at a ~ " er Y advanced age, manifest the vigour of his genius, his lin ear, and his profound knowledge of human life. If he is also `"e author of The Diaboliad, written so long ago, it shews the 7 !ulety of his powers, as well as the energy in which they con "nue to remain. Letters from Archangel state, that on the 10th May four foreign vessels had arrived at that Port, a thing heretofore unheard of so early - in t he yetir ; judging from appearances, the sum mer prices were likely to rate lower than the currency quoted in the winter, which was quite c ontrary to the usual course of things.—Advices from the interior of Russia say they are experi encing the most delightful spring weather, full 811 weeks before the usual time. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having kindly granted the Lively, Portsmouth Hoy, to the Committees of Teignmouth and New ton, for the relief of the distressed Irish, for the purpose of carrying provisions to the sister king dom, the above vessel sailed on Saturday se'n- Light, from Teignmouth to Kilrush, consigned to the Clare Committee, under the orders of Lieut. J. NEPEAN, Royal Navy, who kindly vo- 1 lunteered his services on the occasion. The cargo consisted of '420 bags of potatoes, 13 cwt. of cheese, 55 bags of barley, 47 quintals of New foundland fish, and 7 barrels of sounds, pur chased with the amount of subscriptions received by the above Committee. • A. rich individual of the name of GILLES, at Nuits, in France, has bequeathed by Will a for tune of between four and five hundred thousand francs (from 18,000/. to 2 0,0001. sterling) to the ilo Spital at Dijon. Mr. LEWIS PALESKE, of Dantzio - , landowner, if,artnerly merchant in London) has recent"; been created a russian Baron by his Majesty the King of PoussiA. The tune honour has been extended tohis nephew, Mr. WILLIAM 4- AlXsb - ,E, of Dantzig. e. , JOHN WETHERELL HAYS, Esq. has been elect `' A lderman an Alderman of Durham, in place of W. AUSTIN, Esq. me ceu. A very liberal Subscription, we understand, t3sfining forward in the parish of Rothbury, Northumberland, hasward the relief Of the distressed Irish. Newcastle-upon-Tyne raised something above one thousand pounds. THE THEATRE.—The new Theatre,Haymarket, ° Pened last night for the regular season n ith the new farce of The Bill of Fare, which is certainly 4 very whimsical and diverting sketch, and which w as well received.—lt was followed by The 'egear's Opera, in which a young Lady, who is a Pupil of the elder Courts, made her first ap- Pearance in the part of Polly. She possesses a Powerful voice, of a good tone and considerable ° °ropass. She gave the songs with effect and in s Pne was encored. But she is too fond of that d ecorative style which is now the fashion of the M mes, and which fritters away all simple and affecting 'melody. Her person is well formed, 41 d her manner easy. Her voice is capable , great flexibility, but she should not indulge t rself so much in executive embellishment till !: • L e is more practised in music, and then render 1 ‘ at all times subordinate to expression.—The ' e \ cpcluding piece was Catherine and Petruchio.— qr. C. KEmuLt , made his appearance in the part ° f Petruchio, and experienced a very gratifying re ception on his entrance. He performed the Part with admirable spirit and humour, and was L" 1 1 supported by Mrs. 11. JOHNSTON in the ter magant heroine.—The House was well attended, alt ogether, but particularly in the Pit and lower , ° xes, and the Performances were so much ap plauded that they were announced for repetition. 14 iss POVEY is engaged for the English Opera, l qich opens on the 24th instant. e , On Saturday week the Edinburgh Theatre' ped f or t h e Wi n t er season , w ith th e pl a y o f T he Man of the World, in which Mr. H. JOHN s h ' r ° l `r performed Sir Pertinax Macsycophant. Mr. i' c ßuAir (the manager) is at present in London, la king arrangements for the summer season. t k. letter is received at Yarmouth from Mr. c i '-', ll ao - 1.13, which st a tes that he had a conference with the ' 4 3•lcti.t.o n of the EXCHEQUER, and that little doubt now remained but that either a drawback would be allowed on cured that ? i _r home consumption as well as those for exportation, or 8 0 , .e tax would be entirely taken off the salt used in the 4;;e 8 .( Norwich Afercury.) b 0 , ‘ 4 , 11 e colliers and stone-getters in the neigh -1,,,:r nod . of Wolverhampton have returned peaceably to their site _ 4 gain ; th e detachment of the Scots Greys, under Lieut. skew, left that town on Friday se'nnight ; and one of the adPanies of th e 2 d or Q ueen ' s R oya l Reg i ment o f F oot , f ar Chest of of Major Gordon, marched on Monday meat and Captain Bell's company, of the same rogi few (th r day Z only one now remaining), is expected to follow in a A „.„.. 11 . !Y: underst an d- th a t it i s t h e i n t ent i on o f Go tj. .nt to 41low Scotch whisky to be bonded for exportation countries ; a mea sure from which, we should con "me"L.e agriculdtural interest of this country will derive essen --(llbercen Paper.) FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke de Monchy and the Countess de Noaille, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Paris ; Count and Countess Lisengen, at the St. George's Hotel, Albematle street, from a tour ; the Lord Bishop of Bristol and family, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford -street; Col. 111‘Donald and Captain Mangles, at ditto ; Lord Bradford and family, at ditto, from Paris; Mrs. Crosse and family, at ditto, from France. DEPARTURES.—CoIoneI and Mrs. Wall from Waterloo place, Pall-mall, for Hallow Park, Worcestershire ; Sir James Webster Wedderburn, from Nerot's Hotel, for France ; ➢lr. Shekell and family, from ditto, for France ; Mr. and Mrs. Fortescue and family, from ditto; Mrs. Dawson and Captain Templer, at ditto. 1 4 4 , ,rfa 4.8 - 0 ; - i" 44 ' T E R r. • 4 4 „, • FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Lady OwEN last night opened her house in Grosvenor square, in which a Concert took place for the benefit of Mr. BocusA ' the celebrated performer on the Harp. \V. J. Denison, Esq. M.P. gave an elegant entertainment on Sunday to Lord King, Lord Duncannon, Sir George Robin son, Sir M. lir. Ridley, Bart. Mr. Bankes, &c. at his house in Pall-mall. _ _ . Lady G. 11. Cavendish entertained a large party of fashion ables yesterday evening at Burlinton -House. The puke of Grafton had a dinner party yesterday at his hotise in Clarges-street. The Ladies Fitzpatrick entertained a distinguished party yesterday at their house in Grosvenor-place. The' Marquis of Lansdown entertained at dinner on Sun day, Lord Ebrington, Lord Sandon, Sir James Mackintosh, Mr. and Mrs. Abercromby, Mr. Macdonald, &c. at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square. Earl Grosvenor's intended party yesterday was postponed, on account of a death in the family. Yesterday the Earl and Countess of Harewood gave a grand dinner to a distinguished party, among whom were Lord and Lady Grantham, Lord and Lady Howden, Lord G. Somerset, &c. The Marchioness of Salisbury's conrersazione on Sunday evening in Arlington-street, was attended by nearly 300 distin guished fashionable& MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE. Yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Capt. Hercules Robinson, R. N. to Frances Elizabeth , Wood, only child of Henry W. Wood, Esq. of Rosmead, county of 'Westmeath. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple set off for Lord Calthorpe's seat, in Suffolk. There were present, the Marchioness of Westmeath and Miss Burrowes, Earl and Countess of Errol and Miss Fitzclarence, Earl and Countess of Ormond, Earl of Rocksavage, Lord Calthorpe and Miss Cal thorpe, Lord and Lady Ashtown and Miss Armstrong, Hon. Mr. Cadogan, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. F. Stanhope, and a long list of et cmteras. Yesterday, by special license, by the Archbishop of Canter terbury, at Lambeth Palace, Robert Smith, Esq., M.P. eldest son of Lord Carrington, to Miss Forrester, daughter of Lord Forrester. After the ceremony the happy pair set off for Lord Carrington's seat, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks, where they will remain some time. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD.—Yes terday morning, at a quarter past three o'clock, died at his house in Manchester-square, the Most Hon. FRANCIS Ixa- RAM SEYMOVR. CONWAY, Marquis and Earl of HERTFORD, K.G., Earl of YARMOUTH, Viscount BEAUCHAMP, Baron of RAGLEY, of CONWAY, and of KILLULTAGH, late Lord High Chamberlain of the King's Household, and Lord Lieu tenant and Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire and Antrim. He was born in 1743, and is succeeded by his only son, the Earl of YARMOUTH. He was advanced to the Marquisate in 1793, and was 79 years of age. His Lordship was a most accomplished Gen tleman, of considerable literary attainments; and was respected and beloved by all who knew him. He had long been the pa tron and promoter of every laudable institution, and his loss will of course be extensively regretted. As to his conduct to his tenantry, it is sufficient to say, that though he might have doubled his rental, he never thought of making any advance upon them. He had been in a declining state of health for up wards of two years ; but within the last ten days the decay had been rapid ; latterly his memory appeared to be wholly gone. His disconsolate Marchioness was present to receive the last breath of her amiable and beloved Lord. The present Marquis succeeds to the vast wealth, as well as to the titles, of the de ceased. The entailed estates are estimated at little short of ninety thousand pounds per annum. DEATH OF THE EARL OF °RP:m.o.—Died on Saturday, the Right Hon. HORATIO WALPOLE, Earl of ORFORD, Baron WALPOLE of Wolterton, county of Norfolk, and Baron IVALro LE of Walpole, M.A., High Steward of the borough of Lynn ; Born June 24, 1752 ; succeeded his father HoRATIo, Feb. 24, 1809; married July 7, 1781, his cousin SOPHIA, daughter of CHARLES CHURCHILL, Esq., by whom he had issue HORATIO Lord WALPOLE, now Earl of ORFORD. ANECDOTE.—Mr. CHARLES BUTLER, ill his work entitled Reminiscences, relates the following circumstance : " It was the good fortune of the Reminiscent to have the ho nour of spending a day fete a tete with Mr. Fox, at St. Ann's H ill. The Reminiscent mentioned what was certainly of no con sequence that he had never Adam Smith's celebrated work on the Wealth of Nations.' To tell you the truth,' said Mr. Fox, nor I either. There is something in all these subjects which passes my comprehension ; something so wide, that I could never embrace them myself, or find any one who did.'" A CC WOMAN'S PROMISE."-HENRY tAREY, cousin to Queen ELIZABETH, after having enjoyed her Ma jesty's favour for several years, lost it in the following manner : —As he was walking one day, full of thought, in the garden of the palace, under the Queen's window, she perceived him, and said to him in a jocular manner—" What does a man think of when he is thinking of nothing ?"—" Upon a woman's pro mise," replied Carey. " Well done, cousin," answered Eliza beth. She retired, but did not forget Carey's answer. Some time after he solicited the honour of a peerage, and reminded the Queen that she had promised it to him.—" True," said she, " but that was a woman's promise." _ . There is a pawnbroking establishment at Chi chester, under the firm of Ransom and Need. It is understood that Need brings the customers to the shop, and Ransom gives out the pledges. The Gaelic Chiefs, as every one knows, were excessively proud of their rank and prerogatives. —When the first Marquis of HUNTLY, then the Chief of clan GORDON, was presented at the Court of JAMES VI., he did not so much as in cline his head before his Sovereign. Being asked why he failed in this point of etiquette, he re plied, that he had no intention whatever of shewing any disrespect to his King, but that he came from a country where all the world were used to how down before him.—Again, when GEORGE 11. offered a patent of Nobility to the Chief of the Grants, the proud Celt refused it, saying, " Wha would then be Laird of Grant ?" P O E T R Y. STANZAS to the ➢IEMORY of STEPHEN GEORGE KEMBLE, ESQ. ( From the Durham Advertiser.) " Poets themselves must fall like those they sung, Dull the praised ear and mute the tuneful tongue Even he, whose soul now melts in mournful lays, • Shall shortly want the generous tear he pays— Life's idle business at one gasp be o'er, The muse forgot, and thou be loved no more." Pope's Elegy. How frail are all the earthly hopes of man ! How few his days—and all his wisdom frail. Tinie binds his wandering prospects to a span, And signifying nothing is the tale : For man is born to trouble—and he dies, As those who pass'd before, in grief and pain. It is the lot of all beneath the skies, To wish and sigh for lengthen'd days in vain. It is the fate of some, who struggle on To that dark sepulchre, where gloom and night Await the grave and gay, to think the sun • Will never cease to pour on them his light : Yet thou hast pass'd as those of old declined, The chosen race, the sons of Israel blest By God himself—and free and unconfined To earthly bounds shall be thy dreams of rest. For thou, lov'd friend, whose talents and whose mind 'Were dear to genius, as to friendship dear : A soul like thine this heart may never find 'Midst the rude scenes of life's uncertain sphere. Genius ne'er stood neglected at thy gate— Which greatness sometimes spurneth with disdain. Thou oft hast succour'd the disconsolate, And merit ne'er applied to thee in vain. Hush'd is thy muse, which late so gently sung, Whose balmy numbers sooth'd the mourner's heart Whose soul was pure, as erst when fresh and young, Or man was free from stratagem and art. Oh ! had our general mother never heard The serpent's tongue—nor listen'd to his lies, — Mankind had then been happy, nor have err'd Against the tempted Spirit of the skies. We might, have seen unending summer's reign, Then had we liv'd for ever, and this frame Had stood unmov'd by death's devouring pain, From thousand years to thousand years the same. Ailieu, blest shade, 'tis thus that friends must part ; Thy joys or griefs, thy friendships, all are o'er; Through many a scene thou'st cheer'd this drooping heart, That now can share thy sympathy no more. No more—as late through many a happy year, Thou more than parent shall this bosom own ; For thy bright spirit, that so long was dear, Has burst the bonds of earth, and gain'd the heav'nly zone. THOMAS BURGON. Elvet Bridge, Durham, June, 1822. AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.--The following notion of the proper character of an English Gentleman, is entertained by the intelligent American—the author of Bracebridge Hall:— " Many of Lord Chesterfield's maxims would make a young man a mere man of pleasure ; hut an English gentleman should not be a mere man of pleasure. He has -no right to such sel fish indulgence. His ease, his leisure, his opulence, are debts due to his country, which he must ever stand ready to discharge. He should be a man at all points; simple, frank, courteous, intelligent, accomplished, and informed; upright, intrepid, and disinterested; one that can mingle among freemen ; that can cope with statesmen ; that can champion his country and its rights either at home or abroad. In a coun try like England, where there is such free and unbounded scope for the exertion of intellect, and where opinion and ex ample have such weight with the people every gentleman of fortune and leisure should feel himself hound to employ him self in some way towards promoting the prosperity or glory of the nation. In a country where intellect and action are tram melled and restrained, men of rank and fortune may become idlers and triflers with impunity ; but an English coxcomb is inexcusable; and this, perhaps, is the reason why he is the most offensive and insupportable coxcomb in the world." The celebrated LlNNxus, when he was forty-three years of age, was subject to such violent attacks of the gout, that they deprived him of sleep and appetite. Dur ing the fit, he happened to eat some strawberries, after which he had a refreshing sleep. The next day he ate, at intervals, a large quantity, and on the second day after was quite re covered, and able to quit his bed. In the summer of the following year he again dispelled attacks of the disease by taking ripe strawberries. The third year the attacks were renewed, but in a slighter degree than in the preceding years. After this, Linnaeus never neglected to eat strawberries every summer : his blood seemed to be purified by this means, his countenance was more cheerful, his colour fresher, and he was ever after free from the gout, though he lived to the age of seventy years. _ _ THE - THIRD TIME.—The facetious Dr. B. of W r, having inadvertently preached one of his early sermons for the third time, one of his parishioners having observed it, said to him after service—" Doctor, the sermon you gave us this morn ing having had three several readings, I move that it now be passed." Liuna's PORTRAIT.—ItaIian papers say that the original portrait of Petrarch's Laura has been found. It is well known that she was painted by Simone Memmi ; but the engraving, published by Raphael Morghen, is after an ideal poi-trait, or perhaps the portrait of another Laura, who lived about 1,300. The recovered portrait is in the collection of M. Arrighi, at Florence, (Piazza SS Trinitk, palazzi Buondel monti) and has been declared by Count Cicognara to be authentic after a comparison with the original miniature in the celebrated MS. of Petrarch, preserved in the Laurentian Library at Flo rence. The possessor has published an engraving of it. AMERICANISMS.—The verb " to progress" is at presentpeculiar to the Anglo-American dialect. It is, however, to be found in some of our older writers, being one of those words Of Latin derivation, which having once been neutralized in the language, are.since become obsolete.' Thus in Shaks peare's King John : Let me wipe off this honourable dew Which silvery doth progress down thy checks.' And Milton (who probably pronounced it after the American manner) speaks in some one of his prose works, of " pro gressing the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity."--Kedge, brisk or lively, (as " are her spirits kedge ?" in Fearon) is a native of English growth : in an old Latin dictionary, of which we cannot specify the author, (" for well a-day, the title page was lost,") we read as follows: " Kedge, vegetus, vividus, alacer.' —Boss, master, is perhaps from the Dutch Laos. A Captain of a merchant ship, now in this port, applied one day last week to an inhabitant to, consult means of con veyance of some property to his family in the North. " What is your name ?" ". Christian." What is the person named to whom you wish to transmit your property P' Christian ; it is my wife." 44 What is her Christian name ?'' " Christian." " Where are you from ?" " Amsterdam." " What house there ?" 44 Christian's! ! .t" This fact is the more singular, from the circumstance of chance of trade alone connecting the latter persons.—( Plymouth Paper. ) HORTICULTURE.— An experienced Horticul turist considers the following as the most likely means of se curing gooseberry bushes from the caterpillar :---His practice was to wrap a beam or twist of reed, strongly impregnated with that strong scented bitumen coal tar, round the stem of the bush ; and no caterpillar touched a leaf. It kept off the flies, and of course there was no caterpillar. There was not a leaf eaten upon this gentleman's bushes, when all his neighbours' were destroyed, and the fruit of course spoiled. Black pepper keeps off the flies from meat. It is upon this principle of creating an offensive smell that turnip seed is recommended to be steeped in train oil before it is sown, and it is said to be a perfect security against the bite of the turnip fly. SPORTING INTELLIG ENCt. BETTING-ROOM, JUNE 17.—STATE OF THE ODDS. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Swap 12 to 1 agst Newbyth. 8 to 1 agst Ajax 14 to 1 agst Pilgarlic 11 to 1 agst Mandane 18 to 1 agst Marcellus NEWMARKET ST. LEGER. Even on Moses. DERBY. 100 to 7 agst the Orville colt 1100 to 6 agst c by Woful, out out of Emily of Pantina. CRICKET.—The Cricket-match between the Knavestock and Patteswick Clubs was played on Knavestock Common on Thursday, and decided in favour of Knavestock. I{NAVESTOCK: PATTESWICk. Ist Innings - - 127 Ist Innings 2d ditto - 77 2d ditto - 87 - 45 204 1 Knavestock won by 72 runs. MATCH TO FAVERSHAM AND SACS.-Mr. WEST, the pe, destrian, undertook to go from Bromley to Faversham and back, a distance of seventy miles, in 16 hours, for a bet of 100 guineas. He started at 8 o'clock on Sunday evening, and did the first 20 miles in three hours and a half ; after taking re freshment, he proceeded on to Faversham, and arrived there in seven hours and a quarter (35 miles). The pedestrian stretch ed himself on a bed, and started back. After doing three miles in half an hour, he left himself 32 miles for the next seven hours. He performed rather more than four miles and a half in each hour, and had something more than four miles to do in the last hour. He won with three minutes to spare, but much distressed. Captain Allan was the umpire. WALKING ON THE WATER.—MI. KENT exhibited his art in walking upon the water, on the Wear at this city, on Friday, 7th inst. About five o'clock, the hour announced, a large concourse of persons assembled on Elvet-bridge and the adjacent banks. The aquatic pedestrian discharged a fowling piece as the signal of his commencing operations. The ma chine which he uses is a very ingenious one, and may be not inaptly described as the water-velocipede. He fired about a hundred rounds of cartridges with a surprising rapidity and dexterity.—(Durham Chronicle.) COWESoIts 'JUNE 15. ROYAL YACHT CLUB.—The season of assemblage for the Yachts composing the most useful Marine Institution having propitiously set in, Cowes is already distinguished by the ar rival of the following Members : The Marquis of Anglesey in the Pearl cutter-113 tons. Capt Hon. Sir C. Paget, H.M. cutter Em'rald—ss tons. Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, Union yawl-45 tons. Capt. Hon. P. B. Pellew, Giulia yawl-42 tons. The Hon. 'Wm. Hore, Frisk yawl-20 tons. Sir George Thomas, Bart., Eliza yawl-34 tons. James Maxee, Esq., Sabrina cutter-84 tons. Thomas A. Smith, Esq., Elizabeth yawl-65 tons. Owen 'Williams, Esq. Gazette cutter-78 tons. John Shakspzar, Esq., Experiment yawl .6 tons. John Gordon, Esq., Syren cutter-32 tons. Capt Symo nds, Cornwallis yawl-22 tons. Colonel Sliedden, Lord of the Isles yawl-45 tons. James Weld, Esq., Julia yawl-43 tons. J. P. Powell, Esq., Briton schooner-92 tons. A. Swinton, Esq., Louisa schooner-24 tons. 11. Fawkes, Esq., Falcon schooner-90 tons. Rev. George Hoper, Wellington yawl-36 tons. J. S. Penleaze, Esq. Mary 'awl -53 tons. And, the following are fitting out for immediate cruizing :— Falcon ship, 181 tons—Hon. C. A. Pelham. Antelope cutter, 80' tons--Lord Willoughby de Broke. Rebecca Maria yawl, 76 tons—Sir Win. Curtis, Bart. I%lary schooner, 95 tons—Viscount Deerhurst. Elizabeth yawl, 66 tons—John Fleming, Esq. Arid cutter, 71 tons—Thomas Halifax, , Esq. Unicorn schooner, 122 tons—Henry Perkins, Esq. Coquette cutter, 24 tons—Thomas Lewin, Esq. Lady of the Lake yawl, 38 tons—George Halliday, Esq. Blue Eyed Maid cutter, 39 tons—Thos. P. Williams, Esq. Arrow yawl, 90 tons— Joseph Weld, Esq. On Saturday the Bth instant was launched from Batsey's yard, West Cowes, a beautiful cutter yacht, called the Ruby, built for Sir George Leeds, Bart. ; and yesterday -came to an chor in the Roadstead, from London, the admired schooner Hussar, 120 tons (Virginia model), belonging to Captain Bacon. MINING INTELLIGENCE.--Copper ores sold at Redruth on Thursday, 1,915 tons, standard 1081. 7s. Copper ores for sale this week at Bedruth, 3,230 tons. Copper ores sold.by private contract the 6th instant, 106 tons, 10 cwt., 2 qrs. at 81. 10s. per ton. The officers of the Provisional Battalion have remitted 301. to the Fund for the distressed Irish peasantry, being the proceeds of an amateur play at our theatre. The expenses have necessarily been very great, the whole of Mi. Kelly's materiel of the theatre being at Chichester, whence actresses, scenery, stage-keepers, &c. were obliged to be conveyed to Portsmouth. The officers personal expenses have been very considerable, and they . certainly anticipated a fuller attend ance of the neighbouring famihes, but whose absence is as cribed to the intense heat of the weather.—( Hampshire Chro nick.) In the evening of Thursday week about thirty boys lost themselves in the old mine near Fenham, wherein the smuggling utensils were discovered, and remained the• greater part of the night under ground. There is now growing in a pot, at the resi dence of Mr. Hall, at Southwick, in Sussex, a geranium, raised from a sprig planted about two years ago, which now measures nearly five feet in height, and exhibits flowers spread ing more than three feet in width. The floating island, of about two acres in ex tent, covered with alder and willow trees, which was detached from the land at Fawley, in the New Forest, in the spring of 1781, by a high wind, still continues to float in the large sheet of water, called Pondhead. A large quantity of ice was shot about ten o'clock on Sunday night into the cellar of the confectioner's, next door to the Crown and Anchor. It consisted chiefly of large lumps as white as snow, just imported from Norway. The novelty of the scene arrested the attention of the passen gers, and collected a crowd upon the spot. CANAL STEAM VESSELS.—With a view to the introduc tion of steam vessels on canals, a very interesting experi ment was made in the Union Canal on Saturday last, at two o'clock, with a large boat twenty-eight feet long, con structed with an internal movement, upon the principle of the model invented a considerable time ago by Mr. Wight, Abercromby Place, and exhibited to a general meeting of the Highland Society f Scotland in the month of January last. A Committee appointed for the purpose, by the Directors of the Highland Society, attended to witness the experiment, and a Meeting of the Union Canal Company's Committee of Management having taken place at one o'clock, the Chair man and most of their principal members were also present. The boat had 26 people on board, and although drawing 15 inches of water, she was propelled by only four men, at the rate of between four and five miles an hour, while the agita tion of the water being confined'entirely to the centre of the canal, was observed to subside long before it reached the banks, and consequently obviating its hitherto destructive tenden cy in washing them into the canal. We understand, that the Gentlemen of both the Committees expressed themselves highly satisfied with the results of this experiment, from which it seems to be obvious, that canal navigation by steam vessels, on Mr. Wight's plan, is not only practicable, but by a little experience, will soon be found preferable to the present tedious and expensive method of dragging with horses.— ( Edinburgh Courant, June 10.) • CORONERS' INQUESTS.—Last night an Inquisi tion was taken at the Feathers, Dean-street, Westminster, on the body of Caroline Cortellow, who put an end to her exist ence by hanging herself in St. Margaret's watch-house, on Monday morning. Verdict—That the deceased hanged herself in state of insanity, produced by intoxication.—A Coroner's Inquest was held on Thursday evening, at the Turf Tap, Grosvenor Place, before Thomas Higgs, Esq. Deputy Co roner, on the body of James Skean, Nato was unfortunately killed on Tuesday last, by the falling of a high wall at Bran denburgh House. The deceased, with others, were employed in pulling down the premises of•Brandenburgh House at Ham mersmith, the materials of which had been sold by auction in lots to several purchasers, and on Tuesday afternoon the deceased, with others,•were at work in taking down the brew house part of the premises; at that time only the wall and two frames were standing, which was about 14 feet high. They ' broke away the lower bond timber, and tried from within to push it outward, but the wall suddenly fell inwards upon the deceased, whose scull was dreadfully fractured ; he was taken to St. George's Hospital, where he expired in about ten minutes. The Jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict of Acci , dental Death, by the falling of the wall, and levied a deodand of 3/. upon the bricks, MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the ti Romane, Michael, Havre ; William, Leslie, Oporto. Sailed the Brandt, Stukaur, Rochelle. FALMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind S. and S.E.—Arrived the Diana, Cole, from Youghhall. Off the port the Abeona, Lewis, from Almeira ; Fortune, Dowling, Galipoli,, and re ceived orders to proceed to Bristol. Sailed the Hope, Butter field, from London, and Duke of Kent packet Lawrence, for Lisbon. DEAL, JUNE 17.—Wind N.E.—Came down from the River last night and remain the Lord Wellington, Bell, for Quebec Also this afternooti sailed the Neley, Dales, Quebec. Arrived and sailed for the River the Speedy, Andrews, from Valencia. PLYMOUTIT, JUNE 16.--Wind E. by S.—Arrived, the Rose, Humphries, Malta. Off the port the Commodore Hase, Clarence, from Bengal for London, 6 months and three days since leaving Pilot. WEYMOUTH, JUNE 17.—Arrived this morning the Fame schooner, of London. R. Bullen, master, from Messina, 60 days' passage, all well. Remains in Chissel Bay, Portland, wind E. The Captain and crew have been on short allowance for nine days ; as soon as provisions and water can be be put board, the Captain will immediately put to sea again.—Arnved he Countess of Liverpool Post-office !packet, R. White, mastes, rom Jersey and Guernsey, with mails and passengers. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNI: 17. The Court were engaged till one o'clock in hearing motions and arguments on rules for new trials, in which there was no public interest. At one o'clock the Court rose, and the LOUD CHIEF JUSTICE sat at Nisi Prins. TIIE MARQUIS tor LONDONDERRY V. SLYNE AND 'ANOTIIER. Mr. DER AR stated, that this was an action brought by the Marquis of Londonderry to recover damages for the injury done to his house on the 19th of July last, by the crowd, from the defendants, as inhabitants oT the hundred of Ossulston. _ _ -Mr. GURNEY said, that the noble plaintiff proceeded to re eover damages under a most beneficial Statute, which was passed in order to give all his Majesty's subjects a common interest in the suppression of tumultuous assemblies. The damage which took place on the day of his Majesty's Coronation would be clearly proved, and would entitle him to a verdict. It was proved by the servants of the Noble Marquis, that early on the morning of the day of the Coronation, a crowd, amounting to 400 or 500 persons, assembled in St. James's square, and made a violent attack on the windows of the plain tiff's mansion. The glazier who repaired the windows, which were partly of plate glass, proved that he received 191. 12s. 6d. for repairing them, which was a reasonable charge. Mr. C. Thompsoli watched the case for the defendants, but admitted that there was no answer to the action. The Jury, under the direction of his Lordship, found a ver• diet for the plaintiff—Damages 191. 12s. 6d. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JUNE 17. John Charles Ridgway, a young man, very elegantly dressed, appeared to take his discharge under the act. He was opposed by Counsel on behalf of Messrs. Gilman and Lucas, Messrs. Johnson, and other creditors. In his examination, he stated that he was married in 1820, and went to prison in April last. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Frances Matthews, an innke3per at Sheer ness, lent him 5001. about 6 weeks before his marriage. For this sum he gave her on the Ist Feb. last, a warrant of attorney.— On the 7th of the same month he incurred a debt to a consid erable amount with Messrs. Gilman, Lucas, and Co., for goods ; and on the 15th called a meeting of his creditors. When called upon previously by his creditors, lie did not state to them that he was in an insolvent condition, but told them that he had con siderable property at Sheerness. He had executed a warrant of attorney to a Mr. Cleve. Mr. HEATH, who was Counsel for the insolvent, proposed a reference of the case to Mr. Dance : this was agreed to, and the further proceedings in the case were postponed until the 2d July. William Hobday was opposed on two grounds : Ist, undue preference ; 2dly, vexatious legal proceedings agtiinst cre ditors. The principal opposing creditor was a Mr. Tyson, to whom the insolvent was indebted to a very considerable amount In an action brought against the insolvent upon a bill of exchange, held by Mr. Tyson, sham pleas were put in, and writs of error filed. Thus the costs were greatly increased, so as nearly to exceed the original debt in amount. It was further proved that the insolvent had granted a warrant of attorney to a Mr. Perkins, who was a creditor to ' the amount of 2801. Mr. Perkins had entered his opposition to the insolvent, but had since abandoned it, and had become a witness in the opposition of Mr. Tyson. The warrant of at torney had been given to Mr. Perkins without any demand for it, and even without the knowledge of Mr. Perkins. Mr. HEATH, as Counsel for the insolvent, maintained that there was a collusion between the creditors against the insol vent—such a collusion as imperatively called upon the Court to interfere. Mr. Perkins had in fact abandoned his opposition at the request of Mr. Tyson, but would not acknowledge it. The case was directed to stand over, for the production of certain papers. The decision of the Court will then be given. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—FEMALE ROBBERS.—Yesterday Mary Smith, Catherine Carroll, and Elizabeth Capps, three women of extremely disgusting appearance, who have long been the terror of Drury-lane and its neighbourhood, were charged before Sir R. BIRNIE with the commission of a very daring robbery. Joseph Read, a young man who stated himself to be a jour neyman carpenter, said, that he walking down Drury-lane 'about nine o'clock on Sunday morning, and as he was passing the end of Wellington-place, the prisoner Smith rushed out upon him, seized him by the collar and dragged him up the court, at the same time thrusting her hand into his waistcoat pocket. He resisted, and had nearly got from her when the prisoner Capps (a very powerful woman) struck him a most tremendous blow on the eye, and brought him to the ground. The other prisoner joined them, and they beat and scratched him in an infamous manner; and finally stole a half crown and some other silver from his pocket. In the latter part \of the outrage they were assisted by two young men who got away. The prisoners got into a public-house, where they were taken by Scott, a constable of St. Clement's, who found a half-crown upon Smith. Several respectable inhabitants of Drury-lane ccrrobora el the prosecutor's statement, and expressed their opinion that he would have been murdered but for the interference of the con stables and those who assisted them. They described the pri. soners to be women of the most desperate character, and said the whole neighbourhood was continually in a state of riot, oc. casioned by their conduct. The language they used was truly horrible, and several persons had been assaulted and ribbed by them. Read;the . prosecutor, had a black eye, and his head and face ' were otherwise severely marked.—The prisoners were all fully committed. HATT oli-GanDEN«—Yesterday three boys, sons of a re-; • spectable Gentleman, were brought in custody to the office, accompanied by their father, and fined half-a-crown each for bathing in the Regent's Canal between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday evening. A Gentleman of the Law was fined ss. for committing a similar offence between seven and eight o'clock yesterday morning. QUEEN-SQUARE..—SUICIDE, &C.—Yesterday J. Martin was charged with interfering with two watchmen, named Bick nell and Boyde, on Sunday night, in Tothill-street, while they, in the execution of their duty, were conveying a female, called Cossack Poll, to St. Margaret's watch-house, who has subse quently committed suicide. The Watchman stated that she was placed in a small yard at the back of the watch-house, and in about an hour after wards they found her suspended from an iron bar, by . a hand kerchief. She was quite dead. The Magistrate reprimanded Mr. Martin, and discharged -him. Mr. Martin accused the *Watchmen of acting very cruelly to the female, by dashing her against the stones, and dragging her along the pavement, with her body exposed in a disgraceful manner. - Stroud, a watchman, was sent for, and he declared that the statement of Mr. Martin was entirely false ; that no more vio lence was used to the woman than was necessary to convey her to the watch-house, and that Mr. Martin was very abusive. A Coroner's Ihqiest sat on the body of the deceased yester. day, and brought in their verdict, that "'the deceased hanged herself in a state of insanity, produced by intoxication." MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—JOhn Patfield and Wm. Hop kins were re-examined, charged with having obtained certain sums of money from Lord Eardley, the lion. Mr. Eardley, and other persons of distinction, under , a pretence that they were collectors to the City of indon Truss Society. The office was crowded by the stewards of Noblemen, who attended to give evidence against the prikoners. Piirfield said that he could give information of a gang of persons who went about • under similar circumstances, to obtain money from Gen demen.—The prisoners were committed for trial on the charges of Lord Eardley, the Hon. Mr. Eardley, and several others.