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THE LONDON JOURNALS. 1111TWACTS . FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, ill ay 16, 18'2'2. [MEW TIMES.] The assertions of The Old Times on the sub- Jectof Mr. Henry Wynn's appointment to the swiss Cantons have been, that the place has been crested for him—that he is to receive a new Mary of something between 5000/. and 60001. a year—that he is a very young man—and that the whole is a wicked, profligate job, &c. The ?bin truth is, as appears from the return from the Foreign Office, laid before the House of Commons, that Mr. Wynn succeeds Mr. Strat ford Canning as Envoy Extraordinary ; that the latter Gentleman was appointed in 1515, with a - salary of 45001. per annum, which was afterwards reduced to 3900!.; that Mr. Wynn, in February last, received his appoint ment, with the reduced salary of 3900/. a year ; and that by Mr. Wynn's being'nominated as the successor of Mr. Canning, the public saves his pension as an old Diplomatic Minister of 15001., which ceases to be paid so long as he holds any official situation. Such is the veracity of The Old Ti,:ncs.' [MOLINING HLRALD] • In another part we have adverted to the Meet ing which was to . stave taken place yesterday, between the Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and those who were to have been de- puted by the South Sea Company to bid the Chancellor a price for his Pension List.—(Sec THE suN of yesterday.)—lt appears, however, that the South Sea annuitants were not prepared to make Mr. Vansittart an offer, and therefore that they did not attend. When we reflect on the Chancellor's scheme, there does not appear to be any thing in it sufficiently tempting to either the South Sea or any other money-lending concern. The profit is too much in prospective , for real money-lenders, who, in genetal, like profit in hand, rather than profit in futztro. If the Right Hon. Gentleman had given it out that he wanted a loan of even fifty millions, and had offered to give 1001. 3 per Cent. Stock for every 501. or 60/. money subscribed, he would not have• experienced the mortification of not being able to find a single bidder ; on the contrary, the Right Honourable Gen tleman might have been obliged to have called in the aid of the Civil Power, so great would have been •the rush, not only of the South Sea Inhabitants, but also of all the other Funded Debt Annuitants, to make proposals for lending to the Government the sum of 501. or 601., at an interest of 5 per cent., but • taking from the Go verament a bond or engagement to repay them, at some time or other, 1001. Unfortunately for Mr. Vansittart, this thing is at length seen through, and he is now obliged to propose such schemes for raising loans to the money lenders, that they•are no longer in a panic, lest they should not get a sufficiently large slice—formerly a loan was disposed of easily, because those who participated in it could go and sell their scrip for a profit ; but who could sell scrip, which would yield the holder of that scrip no profit for so many years ? [BRITISH PRESS.] An important conversation arose in the House of Commons last night upon the subject of tak ing tithes upon potatoe land in Ireland. There can be no doubt that the tithe system in Ire land has been a prolific source of disturbances among the lower orders of the people, and that it is highly unwise to enforce the severities of the prattice., to the utmost rigour allowed by the .Mr. Plunkett stated his intention to sub r&t a measure to Parliament in the present Session connected with this subject. The expediency of revising the charges of the third class of the Civil List, with a view to a diminution of the ex penditure, was brought before the House by Mr.. Lennard, in pursuance of his notice. The Hon. Member's motion was for the appointment 'of a Select. Committee to inquire into the subject. This motion necessarily involved that of which Mr. War re had given notice for this evening re specting the appointment of Mr. Wynn, as Minis ter to the Swiss Cantons, and to this point, from its peculiar and personal interest, the attention of the House . was largely directed. The House divided on the motion, when there appeared— for the Committee 147; against it 274—being a majority of 127 in faVour of Ministers. • [MORNING CII?.O?iICLE.I Lord Londonderry came out in the House last night with the expected threat or entreating his Majesty to look out for some other Secretary of State ; and the Country Gentlemen in alarm gave him their votes. Surely in the present state of the country they will not dare to vote against the motion of Mr. Warn!, specially directed against the odious Swiss Job • Lord Londonderry, how ever, tells us that he is' without alarm, and that he k confident the case of Switzerland will bear the fullest investigation. We shall see. At a time when capital is fast leaving the country from the comparatively low rate cf Profa,—wheu the poor mechanic is seized on his way to better wages and lower prices of food, and thrown into prison on barbarons laws, to be let out when want of work may bring him in contact with the sabres of the Yeomanry Cavalry,—when our shipping and other nations lass taxed than ourselves are gradually wresting from us ship-building and our carrying trade, — one should think no 'expellees ought to be in. curred beyond what are strictly necessary. Though Lord Londonderry could establish, that, the number of Ministers abroad is not greater now than in 1792 ; this is no argument for con tinuing any expenditure at a time like the present, which is not impeliOnsly called for.—To take this Swiss Joh, for instance. Switzerland is, no doubt, in the centre of Europe, and other States have Ministers or residents there, We will give his Lordship the whole or the benefit of thiS argument ; but how does this bring him to the conclusion that one of the Grenvilles should be sent among these Frugal Republicans to'spend a sum annually, of which, to borrow the expression made use of by Swift with respect to the Scots, it would be difficult for those of them .who have not travelled to form even a conceptiOn,—a sum equal to the whole Revenue of some of the most flourishing Cantons,—and which in a country with rigid sumptuary laws, where not merely profligate expenditure, but a'large expenditure °fatly kind is viewed with horror as setting a demoralising ex ample, and therefore calculated to retard instead of promoting the objects of a mission. But, says Lord Londonderry, why should he be worse paid than any other servant of the public ? We may ask in turn, why are the other servants of the public paid so well ? His Lordship has only to advance some one, of the Corps 5 or 6,0001., and then this, instead of being an argument for the reduction of this lavishly paid Minister, would be an argument for raising all the rest to an equality. But we must for the present take leave of his Lordship, and his threats of resig nation.—Sir James Mackintosh and Mr. Tierney availed themselves of these threats to anticipate History a little in the portrait which she will present of the men who are thus on the point of depriving theiecountry and Europe at large of their inestimable services. [MORNIN% POST . 1 • Mr. Leonard's long-menaced motion respeCting the third class of the Civil' List came before the House of Commons last night. The Marquis of Londonderry supplied an able refutation of the arguments of the Hon. Gentleman, and, what was more, a flat denial of some of the principal facts on which they rested. The speech of the Noble Marquis on this occasion will not fail to be perused with high satisfaction. In the mo mentous services which his Lordship has rendered the country at the most critical conjuncture of our affairs, he has long been in possession of the best reward which a Statesman can re ceive. We are convinced, however, that no rational man will read and reflect upon the Noble Secretary's minute and powerful exposition of the state of our Foreign Affairs without personally and publicly feeling grateful to him for his emi nent services. Whether the masterly and syste matic diplomatic arrangement which has been pursued, not merely respecting the present but the future—whether the strict, but still wise economy that has been constantly and spon taneously acted upon—whether the dignity, cha racter, and commanding influence of the nation over the concerns of the whole world, be con sidered in each trod all of these, and their multi plied relations, full grounds kill appear for ad miring the mind which has produced and go verned with such great advantage to the Empire so complex and important a machine of State policy. Mr. Lennard,in the course of hisspeech,indulged in many superfluous remarks. It would of course have been too mortifying an act of abstinence to have passed over the Swiss Ambassadorship, and ac cordingly he just broke the crust of that dainty dish, that the House might take a forestalling peep at its exciting contents. He concluded by moving for a Select Committee to inquire into the several particulars of expence under thn third class of the Civil List. This motion the Mar quis of Londonderry met, on Constitutional grounds, most satisfactorily explained, by a di rect negative. But whilst he opposed it upon this just and wise principle, he willingly entered into such explanations as were compatible with , his official duty. Mr. Wynn's appointment, there fore, came under review, and has, in our judg ment, been once for all completely set at rest. So far from being a new diplomatic situation, it is one of Nearly a century standing ;—instead of being created for Mr. Wynn, it was directly the reverse ;—so far from having been increased in emolument on account of that Gentleman, his appointment has diminished the charges of it ; and lastly, so far from being useless, Switzerland is so important a diplomatic station, that even Spain, notwithstanding her distress, has an Am bassador there of the same rank as Mr. Wynn.— It is scarce necessary to add, that the mo tion was negatived by an immense majority. —The division which took place on this oc casion must prove gratifying to most people, while it can excite surprise in cone ; and it is not too much to anticipate that we shall to-mor • row have to record, on the same subject, at least an equal majority of a House of Commons, anx ious for economy, but zealous to uphold the dig nity and promote the best interests of their country. [Tois. TIMES.] A return has been presented of Ministers from the Swiss Cantons to England, and vice versa from England to the Swiss Cantons, for a certain terra of years. Now, the first thing that is re markable in this important document is, that though the return of Ministers from Switzerland to England is from 1790 to 1822, there does not appear to have been one till the year 1814. There is not one in 1790, 1791, 1792,1793, nor at any time up to that period of the late wars vvithFrance, at which Switzerlanf. ceased to be in amity with us. In truth, we believe that all the diplomatic concerns between Switzerland and England at the present time are discharged by a respectable perfumer at the top of the Haymarket ; and that we have yet less occasion for an envoy at the Court of the Pisse-Vache, inasmuch as we do not send out valets and governesses to Switzerland, as Swit zerland does. to England.—The return of Minis ters from Great Britain to .the Swiss Cantons pre sents very painful matter for reflection indeed. Up to the year 1814, this arnbassade cost the nation no very intolerable sum. - One gentleman, Mr. Braun, Whose name ought to be consecrated to the respect of Britons—for we fear he is not our countryman—refused to take more than 2501. a year. After him (peace attend his shade, as he is no more, and honour deck his memory), our ex pences increased lamentably, and without ade quate cause, though Mr. Wickham had ccnsider able employment, was exposed to some danger, and, if we do not recollect wrong, received a wound. But in 1814 (will it be believed, and do we read the document aright ?) a man—and, as if every. ihing that was iniquitous in diplomacy was to centre in one name, that ft? a ft was a Can ning—was sent out to the Swiss Cantons at an expence of 42501. a year, besides 5681. a-year for a Secretary, an Addington ! This made up a part of the celebrated Revulsion, NV c Suppose, of passing to a state of peace from war. We ap prehend he must have received about eighteen thousand pounds in four years and a half, for being Ambassador to the poor Swiss Cantons. In those four years and a half he must have sacked the salary of 36 common years before the war began ! And now, what more can be said of the infamy of this transaction, after we have simply described it? It is contended, or rather suggested in a sneaking way, that if small salaries are pro posed, they will be seized by low fellows : but here is a person, as all the world knows, of humble extraction and connexions; and no sooner does he choose to mingle himself in public affairs, than a salary almost equal to a Peer's fortune is assigned to him : and assigned to him for what ? —for exhibiting to the Swiss Senators an art which they cannot practise for lack of means— that of spending a large income. When Mr. Stratford Canning quits Switzerland, we are much better off with a Colonel Disbrowe ; he has a salary of only 15951. a year. What possible motive, therefore, can exist, for now afresh making the.salary of Mr. Wynn mount up to its proposed enormous sum of 3,900/. a year, with 1,5001. for outfit, and 5001. for a Secretary, but that it is matter of `contract—that it was stipu lated for? As to utility, or even dignity, it would be as rational to pay the Cockchafer so much money for being Ambassador to the Court of the Hornet. But if the nation does not bestir itself, it is clear that it will be saddled now, henceforth, and for ever - , with an Ambassador in Switzerland,—a Wynn, or some other contractor for public plunder—at the rate of Four Thou sand a year. MR. OWEN'S PLAN FOR THE RELIEF OF ENGLISH LABOURERS AND IRISH PEASANTRY. Yesterday a numerous Meeting was held at the City of London Tavern, to take into consi deration a Plan for the permanent Relief of the British Agricultural and Manufacturing La bourers and the Irish Peasantry.—Mr. Lout- HART, M. P. took the Chair, and stated the purpose of the Meeting, which was to hear and to canvass the merits of the plan which Mr. OWEN would submit to them. Mr. OVTF.N said, his present journey to this part of the kingdom was commenced with a view of collecting information respecting the sin gular situation in which the country had been placed since the termination of the war, exhibit ing the same privations in the midst of peace and plenty as usually attends war and famine; and also to discover if means existed by which a union might be effected between those great op posing interests which now retard the prosperity of all classes. He described the inquiries which he had made, and which conducted him to the conclusion, that to secure permanent relief to the labouring classes it was necessary ; Ist, that they should be usefully trained and educated ; 2d, that they should be rendered industrious, and use fully employed ; 3d, that the objects on which their industry should be founded should be readily exchanged with advantage, and the demoralising circumstances under which they were surrounded removed, and replaced by others having a moral tendency. He concluded a long speech, by submitting a set of Resolutions, or rather propositions, to the meeting, expressive of their belief that the system he proposed would do away with the poverty and distresses of the la bouring classes in England and Ireland. Sir WM. CRESPIGNY and several other Gentle men spoke in favour of the plan of Mr. 0 wen, which might, they said, be put in operation at one-tenth the expence of the system of allotting land to the poor. The CHAIRMAN declared, that he considered Mr. Os , ;en's plan could do no injury to the true interests of any, and a great part of-its merit was, that every thing was effected by safe gradations. It was for the Public, therefore, to consider whether they would support the trial of that system on a larger scale, which had answered on a smaller one. . Mr. JONES, of Colehouse, in Somersetshire, who it was announced had signified his approba tion of the plan, by subscribing 5,0001. towards the erection of an establishment, came forward to testify to the effect of the system at Lanark. Mr. MAXWELL ) the Member for Renfrewshire, also spoke at great length, and with much elo quence,in favour of this plan. The F•esolutions were carried and a Committee was appointed, consisting of the following Gen tlemen : Sir W. C. De Cres i pigny, Messrs. Lockhart, Maxwell, Brown, Pinckard, Rowcroft, Rice, Jones, Crook, Tucker, Cowper, Herdman, Morgan, Ashburner, Taylor, Jones, Goldsmid, Baldwin, Gordon, Bradshaw, and Owen. Thanks were voted to the CHAIRMAN' and to Mr. OwE N. It was stated, that 45,000/. has been subscribed towards the erection of an establishment upon Mr. 0 WEN'S plan in Scotland, and that the foun dation of a square, of about the size of Lincoln's Inn-fields, will shortly be laid out. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15. HABEAS CORPUS. Mr. PLATT moved for a writ of Hctheav Corpus to bring up the body of a young lady of 17 years of age. He moved it on the affidavits of her parents, from which it appeared that a gen tleman, named Moore, residing at the marine -barracks, Ports mouth, had goethe young lady at present under his protection, and he had declared he would not give her up.-1-The Court granted the writ: THE KING V. MARY WHITEY. The defendant, it will be recollected by our readers, was convicted of perjury in an affidavit sworn by her, on nn ap plication to the Court, arising out of the proceedings in the case of Maria Glenn and the Bowdiches. She was brought up for judgment on a former day, when the report of the trial was read,. She was again brought up this morning, when The COURT intimated that much extrancon3 evidence had been Gone into at tie trial, 'which might have hA. some effect on the Jury. Mr. Sc LETT, on the intimation being given; consented to the defendant being discharged on her own recognizance, which was ac:,-.. , .rdingly entered into, and she was discharged. . WEATILEII.—As an illustration of the singular character of the last winter, it may be mentioned that while the thermometer was some, degrees above freezing in Russia and Sweden, they were skaiting and driving traineaux at Madrid, through the whole of January, and several persons were frozen to death in the streets of Lisbon. FOR THE SUN. " CAIN." MR. EDITOR—The obliging readiness which you evinced in inserting a former communication, induces me again to encroach on your valuable columns, ever open as they are to aught that con cerns the welfare of the Religion of the State, or the morals of the Nation. I am one of those, (and many, I am persuaded there are), who feel equal surprise and regret at the decision of the LORD CHANCELLOR on Lord BYRON'S Poem of "‘ Cain :" I would not pretend to contend, or even to allow myself to suppose, that his Lord ship has not legally decided in his refusal to pro tect the copyright ; such a supposition would be equally absurd and presumptuous, as no one can for a moment conceive that it is not the wish of his Lordship to diminish the circulation, as well as totally to annihilate this-and similarly dange rous works : but let us consider the lamentable effect of his Lo'rdship's judgment. This work is openly placarded in the streets to be had of a certain low tifed publisher, at a very trifling ex pence, who impudently boasts that 5000 copies are ready for delivery, zeithoutfearofprosecution; and thus the comparatively costly publication of Mr. MURRAY, which was a book in the reach of those only who move in the higher, circles of so ciety, has become an instrument in the hands of the vile and degraded outcasts of mankind, who can command a press, and call themselves pub lishers, from a desire of paltry gain, or perhaps from a more reprehensible source, an innate love of mischief ; the very emissaries of Satan are quietly permitted to extend any loathsome con tagion among our humbler fellow-creatures, our distressed artizans and manufacturers, who curs ed, not blessed, with a little learning, are ever ready to imbibe every kind of trash that issues from a polluted and licentious press, and thus the continually increasing extension of education which, by the blessing of God and the co-opera tion of man, might be rendered the first of com forts to all classes in a free Country, bids fair (unless a speedy stop is put to the present tide of infidel writings and modes of publication) to be indeed a curse from the highest to the lowest. — The case which came before the Lord Chancellor a few days since (Lawrance v. Smith) will be suf ficient to evince a very clear necessity for new enactments to protect us against the overwhelm ing torrent of blasphemous productions daily issuing from the press. Here a Publisher fees Counsel to go into a Court of Equity to prove the mischievous nature of a work he himself has published, and the consequent inability of an Author to protect his copyright in a work which contains principles utterly subversive, of our excellent religion : the Pirate Pub lisher, probably " a man of straw," thus thinks to turn a penny till the strong arm but tardy pro cess of the law, can be brought to act against him ; or probably relying on the mass of equally offensive matter which is continually augmenting the dung-hill of infidelity, he consoles himself with the idea that his own rotten lump may lie hid and undetected, and its owner live at least unpunished and unprosecuted. A man of plain common sense (not a lawyer) would probably take a different view of these matters, and would say—" I have read your publication, and find it to contain passages quite unfit to be laid before the Public, and doctrines utterly subversive of and re pugnant to Christianity; in a word it is totally un fit for ciculation in a Christian Country,and ought to be destroyed and annihilated altogether, and in order to do this more effectually I grant the injunction you pray ; but I must fur ther inform you that I have, as an adviser of the Crown, directed the Attorney-General to prosecute you for its publication." We must not mince the matter ; names, how ever respectable, attached to reprehensible productions, should be equally dealt with in this respect, and then we should soon see a publisher who valued his good name refuse to sanction improper works. This, it may be objected, would only throw the same works into a meaner, but perhaps a wider chan nel ; unquestionably a volume at eight shil lings will not extend itself so widely as the same matter compressed into one at ls. 6d : but a remedy presents itself to meet every diffi culty, and in recommending a more severe and summary process for the distinction of blasphe mous libels, I trust I shall not lay myself open to a charge of wishing to abridge the liberty of the press, or of assimilating our laws of publica tion to the censorship of France ; undoubtedly I shall bring upon myself the odium of such a charge by those who confound liberty with li centiousness, but as I neither care for the opi nion of such, nor expect their co-operation, I shall proceed at once to detail my project. Let the Attorney-General be clothed with power to move for an injunction to restrain the further sale of any work which, upon affidavit, is sworn to contain atheistical principles : nip the poison in the bud, ere it can extend its pestilential and ramifying influence among society at large.— Seize the stock of filth in hand, and let its me rits await the decision of a Court of Law. But it may be objected that we ought first to prove that the old laws are insufficient, ere we call for new ones, and this may very readily be done by calling to our recollection the infamous Carlile. How openly and daringly does this vagabond set all legal proceedings at defiance, for much more than sufficient time to spread the baneful contagion among all who, from distress or inclination, are the dupes of his artifice. The more he and his emissaries are prosecuted, the more his works are spread, awl the more impudently atrocious he becomes. " This is the mart for sedition and blasphemy," he unblushingly proclaims to the world, and hundreds and thousands flock to his pest-house, vrho, if a preventing remedy had been applied in the first instance, would not have had the opportunity. It may be objected also that it. would be great injustice to punish, a priori, before the nature of the work is decided upon; that it would place too much power in a servant of the Crown, and that it would cause great ex pence to the person prosecuted, though he might ultimately obtain a verdict in his favour. It is certain that no law could by possibility be made to obtain the concurrence of all parties ; but, f;um the readers of TILE SUN, I do not anticipate such objections, and as I would recommend that 9 the law should extend to blasphemous libels only (not political), that it should corilain clauses to modify the expences. Perhaps by the tation of the employment of one Counsel only on each side, and by fixing his maximum fee, to gether with a remedy to recover remuneration by a person wrongfully prosecuted to the full extent of the injury he has thereby incurred, out of the public purse. I cannot but think that such similar modifications would go far towards reconciling the measure to some, who would be unwilling to ha zard any alteration in the existing law. Surely, is these enlightened times, we are not in danger of having an Attorney-General who would abuse the power he possesses, or use it from party or per' sonal motives : indeed, if there be any valid ob jection to the conduct of A ttornies-General of late years, it is that they have been too remiss in their prosecutions, and hence, unfortunate'' , a Constitutional Association was deemed neces sary to,supply his deficiencies. It would be fo reign to my purpose to examine the merits or de' fects of this Society, suffice into say that though ; entered into by many from the purest and most praiseworthy motives, it is not approved bY many well wishers to the prosperity of the Church, and State : it has been most slanderously vilified by the Jacobin Press, but it has been found lad' mentably impotent for the purposes of its instid tution ; indeed, it might very readily be proved that the consequent inability which prevents man" of its Members from serving on Juries, inasmuch as it thins the ranks of loyal Jurors, and strengthens the opposite party in an equal ratio. It would not perhaps be out of place here to make a short inquiry, why human nature should be more proud to receive poison enveloped in gold, than plain and wholesome food ; and the consequent insuf ficiency of those means we undoubtedly possess of combating our enemies on their own ground,' by pointing out their errors, and supplying purer sentiments in their place : but when we consider the number and the eminence of our opposers; vibe!' we observe those names which are ranked high est in the scale of literature turning their highli gifted minds to the propagation of error; when we find that a Hume and a Gibbon, undoubtedly the best historians we possess—when Byron, the first of British bards, and Lawrance, the mos t eminent surgeon of the age, can condescend t°' pander to the gross taste of the public, by °peal,' avowing their disbOef in Christian Revelation dressing their diabolical insinuations in all their tinsel of courtly phrase, and learned, but un founded argument ; can we be surprised that the wits of our poor artisans and mechanics, con" founded by the gaudy display of erudition an d ' sophistry, are content to rely upon such learn"' and eminent authority, that their soul is not /M: mortal, and consequently will cease to exist wit" its corporeal frames? Sinners as they know them' selves to be, and pleasant as they have foun d the path of sin, a doctrine so comfortable will, undoubtedly, with the majority, supersede th e best intended representations on the other side' a Paley and a Hornt will be equally despise' and neglected-.--" they are paid for what they write"—well they say " they are Clergymen, an d interested in blinding us ;" while the sophistry' the licentiousness and the infidelity of a Hume, t i Gibbon, a Drummond, a Carlile, a Byron, t Shelly,and a Lawrance, will be eagerly swallovv o by a deluded multitude to their destruction, the mild and cheering precepts of a blessed Saviour will be neglected ; the comfortable assurances °f their Bibles will be despised ; the holy profes sors of Religion looked upon with. envy a t thel ‘ r possessions, and the seeds of rebellion, bct r " against God and man, too thickly strewed, w ill spring up in due time to crush their fellow crea: tures first, but eventually their own pollute" souls. May God grant us an effectual d e liveraoc e , from such a dilemma, and so rule the hearts °` his servants as to incline them to the truth f : - meanwhile let us not lose any opportunity 0 t putting in force those legitimate means We I e possess for counteracting the influence of °u.. enemies. C. This morning the prisoners who stand Co n ' witted on charges of felony .were • removed fr° lll the several gaols in London and Middlesex Newgate, preparatory to their taking their trial; at the ensuing Sessions at Justice Hall, in , th Old Bailey, which commence on Wednesi next. —The.Sessions for Middlesex commence at the Sessions House, Clerkenvvell-green, on 'ru es ' day next. We are credibly informed, that a person of tt e , name of Thos. Morley, now residing at Broug ton, in this county, who had been in a declin ip ' state of health some time, has had five toads e x : pelled from his body ! and is now in a fair w3l , for the recovery of his health.—(Notting ha ' Review.) 0 MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A most melancholy acc l ' cle , o 2l happened on Thursday forenoon on the Frith, near the s r t , be island of Inchcolm. A boat, belonging to Newhaven,had Ur' island with 2 fishermen and a custom-house officer, f o r the a Y far . pose of proceeding to Newhaven ; they had not p r occede from the island en a sudden gust o{`wind upset the buat'r a, t he , melancholy to relate, the custom-house officer and one u' n . i s fishermen were drowned. The other man was picked up f iler rock by .a boat which had left Inchcolm a few minutes 9 them. The fishermau has left a wife and three childr en ' ( Edinburgh Courant, May 11.) vth COAL-MARKET, MAY H. Ships at Nlarket. Ships sold price• fi ceL 41 Newcastle - - -30 s Oa 4 41 ": 341' 8 Sunderland - - 5 -31 s 3d to BIRTHS. On Sunday, the Lady of A. Young, Esq., of Lancaster' street, Burton -crescent, of a daughter. we's' On Friday, the 10th inst., Mrs. Vans Ifathorn, Pr street, Edinburgh, of a daughter. MARRIED. h gey On the 14th inst., at Marylebone New Church , t e .be Edward Orlgbar Smith, Rector of llolcut, and Salford. in County of Bedford, to Julia, daughter of the late Rev . 1 1. 111 , a , Willis, of Bletchlcy, Bucks, and sister of John Fleming , P., M.for Hampshire. D CD. e On the 13th inst., in Charlotte-street, BloomsburY , — a P 1 ' ip Charles Warden, aged 56, many years Comma nder of a in the Jamaica trade. Lo Y m e i s n tej a d -street, , at Kennington, Mr. John Mor ; ri . s , 0 0 f f On Tuesday , morning, the 14th inst., Mr. Airrn. Sin'tr" c ve of Hoxton, a Membee of the Society of Friends, in consequen:no undeegoin.,4 a painful operation, recently performed, in : ono" a tumour from the breast, aged 63. Pied and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the SIP (.1. - ,•e, No. 112, &rand, by J. B. CARSTASRS• 1 i