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P.MILIAMENTAR,Y PROCEEDINGS, 11017i1:' OF COMMONS. Jovis, 28° die Februw'ii, 189,Z. , , LIGIITING, &f.'..-11r011)ley (NI iddlesex , 'I Petition s for Bills re t. a u itch— Holborn (St. Andrew - portedl; - RepOrts to FORVAH. Cottal , flousE, • i lie on the table. Roans—Shaftesbury and Sht.tborAg' Lincoln Heath Bills presented, and Is c LOs u RE—Clifton Reynes (Rua* - read a first time. #.:i AVI LlGHT—Wakefield . , . . Bradfo.rd. V01)(r.4. . . _ PAV I N G—(;IICIITISfOfd . ,<Billsozdered, Litt - ratroot, WATE,IIVOIIIIS J. WINDOW Tibt —Petition of Householders. ox the City of Dub lin,: the repeal, thereof 1 . to lie on the table, and to be . . printed. Looe 13aroug1 ,-Petition of Rowland Ste pherulon, Esq, comi;daining of that Election, jo be taken into coiisideratiea 'upon 'Thursday.. the 18th Aprir next, at three in the afterriepn ; and ‘he Speaker to issue warrants. or per.. sons, papers., and recxds. PoAict.Bux. (No..l.)—Power to Committee , . on Bill to send for persons, papers, and records. Petition 01 General Commissioners of the Police of Edinburgh, against referred to the Committee on the Bill ; Counsel ortlered. ~lQLYur.tn ROADS-Sir John Kynaston Powell, and Mt Panton Corbet added to the COrrttriittee. . AoRICIILTuttax DISTRESS-Petitions from Bruton, and Louth (Lincolnshire),—talie on.the Table, and to be printed. , R9ym.. Binlc II s (Scotland)—Bill for regulating the mode of for the Common. Good and Revenues of the Royal • Burghs of Scotland,a;.d to prevent th; non-residence of 111a .7' giStrates of Boyal Burghs in Scotland,. and to rettrain tmdue ' compacts regarding Burgh Elections, ,ordered to be brought in by the Lori Advocate of . Scotland and Sir George Clerk. ORDERS OF TUE DAY for TIES DAY.. Sapply,Committee.. • 4 4. AVa3. , s. and Means—Committee. y. Land and Assessed TaxesL-COmmittee thereupon. 4. Smugglers Commitments Bill—Second Readies. 5. Arms Importation (Ireland) Bill—Report. ti. Population (Ireland) Ilia—Tbird Reading. • • 7. Arms Seizure indemnity (Ireland) 13ill—Third Beading., Sugar, Tobacco, &c. Duties Bill—Committee. - V. Exchequer Bills (X20,000,000} Bill—Committec; W. Transfer of Aids Bill-Committee. • ),I. Navy - Five per Cents - . Bill—Second Reading. The House of Commons was last night gra- Aifled with a most sublime spectacle; Absolute Wisdom pleading the cause of Unblemished In ,tegrity. In other_ words, Alderman WOOD moved for a Select Committee to examine into the out ;ages alleged by the Common Council of Loudon to have been committed upon _Alderman lirArru- ArAN on the With of _August, at Knightsbridge j3arracks, The motion was supported not only -by the Enfans Perdia of Opposition; but, by. ,Mernbers on the other side of the "Ilouse, who were fID2CIOUS for a full exposure both of the -transactions at Knightsbridge, connected with supposed outrage, and of the manner in which _the City of London Committee had• got up the „case laid before Parliainent. This accounts for ,the fact, otherwise so surprising, that the motion was negatived only by 184 votes to Never certainly was a case brought forward, .which, upon the first dispassionate investigation, 4turned out more, thoroughly, we may say more .itulicrously, contemptible. Sir ItocenT WIL- 1 sox's complaint did afford some scope for tragic „exhibition, though - marred to a certain degree by: the humours of the' Memberfor Aberdeen ; but _Alderman WArrultrAx's story was irresistible broad farce froM beginning to end, nor .could ..:serf the solemn obtestations and Cassius-like yhyLiognomies of Mr. nocuous': and Mr. DEN. "444 restore that " decent horror " which had. b yen irrevocably put to flight by the tale of Mr. I .roperjohn and his man.. This precious morsel evidence,, read by Sir W I LL I AM Cuivris from 411? MiUnter, of the Committee, made • • • •. . • • ",Laughter keep men's eyes , e3 ,4incl. strain their 'cheeks to idle.merrimen; A passionliateful to" the purposes" lef Alderman WOOD, his client and his spppor, ers, 1111(1.61'4 to be superseded by occasional of,.indignation when the. principal. pas :sages.of Mr. YtrAvrnmAN's letter were contrasted with the facts really disclosed in evidence. Mr. :TVAiTamAN stated tb Lord BATUURST that, as ,the procession 31 . ent Co Kensington, a brick ,was thrown from ttle' barracks, which fell near ()As horse, and wounded, as he was informed, 4.1 young girl. The " young girl" nevu, was forthcoming, nor has. any 'distinct account obtained, either of:the throwing of this .hrick, or of any person being wounded by it, though, it fell near the Sheriff's horse, one 4votil4 tlih that worthy Gentleman could have given pr procured some better account of the kircumstance than we have hitherto been fa owed with. A wiibess indeed stated to the Committee, that he " saw a brick thrown from i lltitinci the Pigracli oval on that day, just at the ' head of procession ; it. went in amongst some 1 . . females' close against a lamp post ';.the brick was picked up and - . Shewn to Mr.. Sheriff WAITH-: MAN." • The witness could' not say whether it hurt any body ; lie " saw the person throw it ; he was in hiS shirt sleeves." Now, if the bar rack gates were shut, any, person who has been at Knightsbridge must know, that, 'the witness, -unless placed in, a very elevated situation, could not have seem a man behind the wall on the in side. And again, if the brick was thrown before any disturbance began, and fell near the head of the procession, it could not have fallen near She riff WAITIIMAN'S horse,for Ald.Woon stated:that the Sheriffstationedhimselfopposite Sloane-street, where he saw the pocession pass, and .never , went near it till the people - began hissing. With regard to tire act which has heen represented as ' an attempt to assassinate the Sheriff, the repre sentations on that subject are completely falsified by the best evidence, that of the man who struck 'aside the soldier's carbine. This' person stated, that the Life-guardsman was pointing his piere in different directions, but he twice declined saying that the carbine was aimed at the Sheriff.; and, on the contrary; declared that although the man, from his elevated situation, had the oppor tunity of picking out any person he pleased:, yet he did not hold his. weapon as a person worth.' who _wished to mark an individual opposite to him. Mr. WAITIIM.AN, one would suppose, might have , noticed these circumstances as well as the wit, ness, but being. occupied in making his horse plunge, and perhaps, for other reasons, not wholly master of his powers of .observation, he had some excuse, in this instance, for setting down facts- in his mind ,ina different man ner from that in which: they really took place. Again, the Sheriff stated to -Lord 134TurntsT that he sent a message .to the Officers requesting -thatthe'men might be kept within the Barracks, and that the answer, returned was, " that the Sheriff? might be d—d," &c. upon in quiry it turns out that the message was carried by a constable of his own accord, and not by the Sheriff's desire, . ana that the answer was not sent by the Officers. The first fact Mr: WAITII MAN must have known; the second he might easily - have learned upon inquiry. The general observations suggested by. the Proceedings of the 26th of August need. scarcely • be dwelt: upon. All persons, we suppose, must agree that the - funeral procession of that _ day was a most impudent and crimi nal attempt to provoke ,riot and bloodshed, and to' raise up new matter of unjust" aecn , sation against the Government and the Mili tary. The general expectation. was, that a scene. was to take place at *Knightsbridge ; and that , expectation must bare - been greatly height,. ened, when the 'Magistrate, who hid .taken such an unheard: of part- against the - Mill, tary upon the Inquest then depending, exhibited himself in ostentatious .activity on. the road ad joining the Barracks: ' But: the Magistrate was ' there to preserve the 'peace, to protect, all par ties, to perform his -duty to his country! ,Let the facts answer him.. Violent disturbances took place ; the lives of two soldiers. were endangered; 252 windows were brOken.' . at.the barracks ; yet not a single:rioter was arrested, - and the tumult ,was 'finally quelled - by another Magistrate, after Itlie;Sheriff had gone, home ! i0t,:.:.:, . .. We would refer those persons who speak invi diously of Ministerial majorities, to the division of last night upon the Salt Tax, when, a dif ference of opinion being really prevalent in the House to a considerable extent, Ministers carried their point by only four voices. We received this morning the French Papers of Tuesday, the contents of which are rather warlike. An article from Petersburgh, of. Jan. 20, says, that no doubt is entertained of •the opening of the campaign in the spring, and the pflicial declaration of war by. Russia is daily expected to appear. 'T he Second Army, un- er Couut de \iriTTQFNrsTEIN, is to conlUieuce hosti'ities ; and his divisions have been rein forced by the third corps of the First Army under the . orders of General WORONZOFF, and the fourth corps of the Cavalry of Reserve, under the command of General BcfROSDIN. This warlike intelligence is ..co-rroborated . by accounts from Frankfort of the 20th ult., which state that the hopes of peace have suddenly diminished at Vienna, particularly among the bankers and mer chants who do business in the East, and are generally considered to possess the best infor mation. The following nominations to the vacant offices . . in the Spanish Ministry are reported to have taken 'place :--- Senor CUESTA, Archdeacon of Avila, who was prosecuted by. the Insittisition, and obliged to : emicr,rate to France,. under CHARLES V I is appointed Minister of Grace and Justice; and Senor . CLEArtNcts, Minister,of the Interior. rioth aremember.s of theCortes,aud belong to the liberal party. The Count de TORRENO was designed to be the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, but has declined the office, and is . going to Paris. The opening of the new Cortes will take place ,on this day, previous. to which it was expected the new Ministry would be formed definitively. In the. Chamber of Peers, on Monday, the proposed Law on the Press was the subject of discussion.. Three Members spoke—the Duke de la RO,CiIEfOUCA.ULT against, the Count de. ST. ROMAN for, and Count BASTARD on, the pro jet. Ail these speeches, and one of the Keeper of the Seals, were ordered to be printed.—ln the Chamber of Deputies the debate on the Public Accounts was continued. The French Funds closed on 'Monday at 91f. 45c., and after the closing hour rose still higher. It is asserted, in the very latest Letters from the South of Germany, that the Emperor ALEX ANDER will place himself at the 'head of his army, against the Turks, the first week in March. His presence will ensure a two-fold object— union in , the Councils and promptitude of execu tion. Austria, in 'an official Note to the Diet, has declared her intention of observing a strict neutrality. Accounts from the interior of Russia state that women and children, not excepting even the families of the Commandants of Choczim and Bender, are , to repair, forthwith, to the left side of the Dniester,_ a circumstance manifestly indicative of an approaching rupture. Very large magazines of corn, hay, &c. have lately been provided for the. Russian army. American Papers arrived this morning to the 3d of February. Extract of a Letter from Washington, 29th Jan.:---- 44 As it is probable some calculations may be made on a change of the laws in relation to our West India trade, think it proper to state, whatever difference of opinion there may be as to the wisdom of the plan we have adopted, it is not at all probable any alteration will be made during the present Session of Congress." It is impossible to give any satisfactory opi nion as to the fate of the Bankrupt Bill.—The ice is nearly cleared out of the harbour, but some yet remains in the bay, but not enough to prevent navigatiou.--(FrOm the Mercantile Ad vertiser, Feb. 2.) ( From an American Paper of Jan. 26.) understand that it is intimated, on semi official out-door communication at Washington, that information has been received from our Mi nister at the Court of St. James, that there are strong grounds to believe that the British Mi nistry are tired of our restrictive laws against the trade of their Colonies, and that a little longer perseverance on our part will inevitably attain 'for us all we desire. This information comes very apropos to chect; the ardour of oppo sition now manifesting itself in the Southern States against the restrictive laws of our Govern merit. . CONGRESS.—(NEW YORK, FEB. 1.) A - Resolution was proposed in the Senate on Monday, to instruct the Committee on Com merce and Manufactures to report a Bill for allowing drawbacks on merchandize imported, which shall be manufactured from foreign ma:te rials, to the amount of the duties on such ma terials. ' IRELAND.—The Papers received this morning contain the Proclamati6us of . the Lord Lieu tenant, Placing the Counties of Cork and Lime rick, with the exception of the City:of:Limerick, and the Liberties thereof, under the provisions of the Insurrection Act.—Baron M'CLELLAND, and the" ATTO . RNEY.GENTiItAL- for, Ireland, have ar rived in Dublin from Cork:—The Magistrates of Kerry were to. meet on, Saturday last, at Tralee, for the purpose of applying for the extension of the Insurrection Act to, that Count y.— Thirty-jive of, the prisoners, capitally convicted before the Special Commission at Cork, have been selected as. victims , to the offended laws, and ordered for as follows :- I Three at Churchtown, on the 25th of February ;—four Carriganimmi, February 28th;—,five at Deshune, March Ist ;—, four at Newmarket, March. sth ;--q)ne near Kin-, sale, March Bth,;-- . -fifteen, April_ Ist, (the place , not stated in the Cork paper) ;--three, May I,st,, (ditto). Two are ordered to beimprisoned one year, and twice publicly whipped ; and . one to, be imprisoned, sip: months, .and twice_ publicly . whipped. • Yesterday afternoon his MA3 tsTy held a Privy Council at his'Palace at, Brighton; The Earl of HARROWBY as Lord President, and Mr. BULLER, as Clerk of the Council, left town in the morning to attend it. We this clay received a private letter from a respectable Correspondent at Birmingham, which gives a very satisfactory account of the improved state of that great manufacturing town, and which we shall insert to-morrow. The Archduke CHARLES is heir to the Duke of SAXE TESCHEN, who has left him forty mil. lions of florins. He has also left legacies to most of the Archdukes, brothers of the Emperor, and of the Prince Royal. Prince SCJIWARTZENBURG is executor. On Monday morning, at two o'clock, the Civil Tribunal of the Seine heard with closed doors the affair relative to the deposit of five millions made by Napoleon Buonaparte in the Bank of M. Lafitte, and the testament of the former in favour of Messieurs Montholon, Bertrand, and Marchand, the Valet de Chambre of the Testa tor. M. Dupin pleaded for the legatees, and M. Persil for M. Lafitte. The tribunal ad journedl to Monday next, to hear the plea of M. Jacquinot tie Pampelune, the King's Attorney. We continue to receive accounts from various parts demonstrative of the uncommon mildness of the season. 'A late German paper states, that in the last days of January,' a 134 H-finch's nest, with, young ones, was found near Neumagen, on the Moselle. According to some very ancient Chronicles, similar seasons of precocity obtained in 128 Q Ochen the grapes in the - Moselle were in blossom in the month of April) ; and in 1325, which was a still more extraordinary year, as the trees blossomed in January ; 07 corn-harvest was gathered in ,at Whitsuntide; and autumn, when the vintage was made took place on Saint James's Day (July). 6 to 1 agst Cat 7 to 1 agst Parasol 7 to 1 agst f. out of Reserve DONCASTER II to 1 agst Meteora 9 to 1 agst Tiptywitchet. 9 to 1 agst Marion LO to i l agst Swapp .1 to 1 agst Ajax. ST. LEGER. 18 to 1 agst Newbyth 18 to -1 agst Eul;..hrpSyne 20 to 1 agst Sycorax. Some discords, according to. report, have arisen between the Directors of the Concerts of Ancient. Music, and the Conductors of. the Vocal Con certs, in consequence of which the latter have made a movement from the Hanover-square to the Argyll Rooms. TuE AamY.---The right wing of. the first bat talion of the 3d Regiment of Guards, on their route, on Wednesday, from Dartford to town, were met near the Elephant and Castle, New ington, by a number of their friends, and rela tions, who testified much pleasure on their re turn to the metropolis. The whole battalion looked well and healthy, and seemed in excel lent spirits. CHARGE OF RAPE.-It waS stated a few days ago, that a Clerk in a Public Office had been charged with having violated the person of a young woman in whose father's house he lodged. The name of the former is Miller, that of the latter, Shearmait. A public examination of the case took place - .yesterday, at Bow-street Office, when both the parties appeared, the young wo man being attended by her father, mother, and sister. A long examination of .witnesses took place, in the course -of which it Appeared that the Presectitrix was by no means circumspect in her conduct, and;a Gentleman in the course of his cross-examination was compelled to admit a fact which took from her entirely the plea of innocence. The charge was of course dismissed, NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. 1.. Sir John Osborn,-Navy gs(iinates.. (In Coati . 4ittee, of • Supply.) Mr. Nicolson Calvert,--,Corp,nlittee on Itecognizances taken before Magistrates. 13. Mr. Ilobhause,--To present a Petition from Mr. Hunt. 4. Mr. Bankcs,—Motion on the abject of the Sinking Fund. PRIVATE BlLLS—Second Readings , for This Day. I. Wigan and Preston Roads 3. Leith Walk Roads 2. Whitchurch and Ternhill Road 4. Glasgow Gas Light. F STOCKS NE O'CLOCK. Bank Long ARP. 2 oi Irrip. 3 per Cents. 78,-f lUdia 80nd5..,... 355. 32s 40s. South Sea Stock 79. Exche9. Bills 1 dis. par Cons. tbr Account., 'int 'N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 43 minutes after 10. PR= 0: THIS D Y AT -Bank Stock ~ 9 50 2494 -76 per Cent. Red. 79mi per Cent. Cons..,, , 79 790 per Cent , 4 per i. - 4.11t 97grilt . 0 pox Cent, Navy An. 102 d Au giGll WATER AT LONDO: lorning, 24 rair.«.tes after 10. THE SUN. -SRLEN RIJIS DICERS F4LSVM 41.7DEAT LONDON, FRIDAY, IVIARCII 1, 1822. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady John Thynne, in Bill -street, Berkeley square-, from their seat inßedfordshire Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Warner and family, in Baker-street, 'Portman-square; Dr. Bankhead and family. in Lower Brook-street, from Brighton. DEPARTURES.—The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, for their seat, Stowe; the. Duke of Norfolk, for his seat, Arun- . del Castle, Sussex ; the Duke of St . Albans,. for his seat, Gat ton, Surrey. ...• ~ I , ..;.: 4 " AJIL ' 11#414"a 1,41 . -4 -, 4 •',• 4:40,,r;' 7,-..-'0‘7,..:, r" -,1',....'.:4t,. ,----, ''''''''' '‘,_ .1,,,-._:,-_--_,',.:,.._;,..1::* • l i, i' ci f ' W .O . fe.A -7-- ) ' )I,p, 4,. >-,- • ~ 7 ~ ' .' , 1 „ MO" ~ 'i t • 4 :crt ,F,' ftV` $‘ 11 t0 v :,,,,_ Or _,-- • r., AZ if 1 , r. FASHIONABLE PART/ES. The Duke of Norfolk gave an elegant entertainment on Tuesday to the Duke of Sussex, the Earl of Albemarle, the. Bishop of Norwich, Lord Bury, Capt. Gore, Mr. 'Macdonald, Mr. Adair, Mr. E. Keppel, Mr. B. Wilbraham, Mr. Stephen.. son, Mr. Sydney, &c. at his house in St. James's-square. Viscount Carleton entertained the i)uchess of Richmond, the Ladies Leni‘ax, and a distinguished party, to dinner yesterday, at his house in George-street, Hanover-square. Earl Whitworth and the Duchess of Dorset entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at their house in Grosvenor square. 4 ALMACK'S GRAND BALL.—The Season commenced on Wednesday evening. The Rooms put on all their attractions at half-past ten o'clock. About that hour the Lady Patronesses arrived; and at eleden there was a considerable display of fashion and elegance. The dancing commenced with qua drilles, and at half-past two the Assembly broke up. THE LA,TE I.IR. COUTTS. . . _ [From the Morning . Chronicl2.l It is confidently mentioned, that in the will of this Gentleman there is not a name mentioned but that of Mrs. Cdutts.—Re. port, which usually exaggerates such matters, says that this Lady comes into a property little short of three millions. We have reason to think some offers have been made to certain branches of the family, which have been rejected. Mr. Coin'Ts was of a respectable family, originally from Berwickshire ; and the family estate, now of considerable value, was till lately entered in the ccss books of that County itt the name of " Thomas Coutts's Heirs " His father was Provost of Edinburgh.— Mr. Coutts, when he first came to London, was, it is said, ' a ship broker. His brother William was then a partner in the house in the Strand, and possessed of considerable pro perty. His first Marriage having given displeasure to Liam, he for a long time refitsed to see him ; but a recon. ciliation was at last effected between them, when William was labouring under a serious illness, from which he afterwards re. covered, and this reconciliation was followed by the admission of . Thomas as a partner in the Bank. William died without heirs, and Thomas succeeded to all Ins property. We learn from a correspondent, who happened by chance to call in at Colnaghi's, the well known yrtntseller, yesterday morning, that among other rare collections, he was shewn a volume of engraved theatrical portraits, which had been lent to the late Mr. Coutts. Opposite to each portrait is written a, short biographical sketch. Appended to that of Miss Mellon, mentioning her retirement from the stage in 1815, is' added the following note in the hand writing of Mr. Coutts " When she married Thomas Coutts, Esq., banker, of the Strand, which proved the greatest blessing of his life, and made him the happiest of men. , 4 " T. CITY or LONDON LYING-IN HOSPITAL.—The An niversary of this peculiarly interesting Charity was comme morated yesterday by a dinner at the City of London Tavern. The LouD Mayon was in the Chair, supported by Sir C. Flower, and Mr. Sheriff Garratt, and the company was of the first respectability. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, some of the poor women who had recently partaken of the bounty and protecting kindness of the institution were intro duced by Mr. Higlnuore, the Secretary, who delivered a feeling and appropriate address. He urged with simplicity and force the claims of the Establishment to public patronage, not only from its very nature and objects, but from the admirable manner in which it was conducted in all its departments, and in con clusion mentioned that not only had life been cherished in help less infancy, but its slumbering spark had been successfully roused into life, in children who appeared to have been still born. The arrangements were excellent, and the evening was passed in the utmost harmony, heightened by o.ccasiomil glees and songs, by Messrs. Clark, J. Smith, itc. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDC,E, PER. - 2&—At a congregation on Wednesday last the following degrees were conferred : • DOCTOR IN DIVINITY,—The Rev: Thomas Harwood, of Emmanuel College. HONORARY MASTERS or'AßTs.—Lord Grey, of Trinity College, son of - the Earl of Stamford and Warrington a. the Hon. Thomas Cavendish, Magdalene College, son of Lord Waterpark. BACHELOR OF ARTS.—The Rev. George Wightman, of St. John's College ; Charles Melhuish, of St. John's College John Thomas Hinds, of Trinity College • Wm. Birch, of Ca tharine Hall ; John Raven, of Emmanuel College. Arnold,Hamnett Holditch, Esq, D.A. and Wm. Langton A Esq. B.A. of.Caius College, were on Friday last elected Fel lows of that Society. PORSON PRIZE.—The passage fixed upon for this year is, Shakspeare, Julius CEssar, Act IV. Scene 111. beginning with " Come, Antony, and young Octavius," &c. ..and ending with " and leave you so.' ;--The metre to be TragiNin lambicum Trimetrum Acatalecticum. The Rev. Edward t'olehamptoli M.A. Fellow of King's College, was yesterday presented, b i y the Provost and Fellows of that Society, to the Rectory of Greenford Magna, Middle sex, vacated by the death of the Rev. T. Barrow, M.A. _ The Rev. Edward Hibgaine, M.A. Fellow of Jesus College, in this University, has been presented, by the Master and Fel lows of that Society, to the Vicarage of Whittlesford, in this county, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Brooke„ 31. A. , BETTINg-400. 1 51, • - DEI .—STATE OF THE ODDS, BY. 13 to 1 agst Landacape 13 to 1 agst Plover 16 to 1 agst Cecilia c. 18 to 1 agst staracr4,l 6 to 1 agst Aquilino 7 to 1 agst c. out of Sycorax 9 to 1 agst Duke of York's Whalebone c. 13 to 1 agst Bro. to Antonio OAKS. REVENUE., FOR THE SUN. 'Ma. EDITOR--There is a great hue ati4 cry on the subject of Economy and Revenue. It is not a little singular that, in consequence of the great expence incurred in the establishment of the Government Packets to the Colonies and the Continent, some arrangements have not been made to make them 'in some degree contribute towards the same. The Captains and Offi cers are prohibited by statute from trading— therefore the freights which these packets might earn are lost to the State.—l merely throw out these observations as a hint to some of the Mo dern Economists, as deserving of attention, for • I am satisfied that under proper regulations these packetS might be made to contribute very materially towards the ~expence of their esta- j blishment. • Somer.set-place Coffee-house, Feb. 27, 1822. Mn. CREEVEY. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR-It appears by the Newspaper& of this day that Mr. CREEVEY was not in England in 1817—but I very well recollect that he was in- England in 1806—and had something to do with the arrangements of the General Election in. that year, when he constituted one of the brankhes, I forget the grade, of the Talent Administration. It was just before I quitted England for India, and if my memory does not fail me—the, whole of the GRENVILLE Family 44 of whom he took such distinguished notice last night" brined part of that popular Administration. If I am not mistaken Mr. CREEVEY and Mr.FIVEEMANTLEhad the management of the political arrangement before alluded to. The skill of the latter- was sliewn in the instructions .said to . have been sent into the : country to influence voters, especially in. Hampshire, notwithstanding the provisions of Mr. Fox's disabling Act; but the Talents of Mr. CREEVEY were most advantageously ex emplified in the• tact and adroitneSS which it is understood that he evinced in the - general DISPOSITION of the Influences alluded to—and which left a VERY LARGE, BALANCE to bedis posed of by the PARTY after paying on that occasion for all contingencies .whatever.--:- Such were the rumours in the fashionable world when I quitted England. What .de gree of credit is due to them is best known to Mr. CREEVEY and his friends ; but it is to be desired, if character and principle are to be the criteria of the estimation in which Public Men are to be held, that some of the Ex- TtunttsTs of the present day would recollect their PAST conduct and connexions when in power-- and not altogether rely on the Supposed forget fulness and apathy of the world. Gray's Inn Coirg.le-house, Feb. 27. AN—.OGLE . . MERCANTILE SIIIMING, tce. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4 27.—Wind N.B.—Sailed the HeraLT, • Young, for Sierra Leone. Passed by the Transport, No. 31, with troops, from F.bermuda to Portsmouth. • FALMoUTII, FLU. N.N.E.—Sailed the Duke - of Marlborough packet, with a mail for Lisbon ; .Betsey, Read, for Madeira and Grenada ; Friendship, Weeks ; and Nassau; Tremayne, for St. Michael's ; and Emulation, Stanworth, for Newfoundland. TGRB4tr, VEIL 2 , 7.--Sailed the. Pilot transport, for the Cape of Goad Hope. PORTSMOUTH, PER. 28.--Wind E.S.E.--Arrived the Edward, Germain, from London for Jamaica. Passed by the Dorothy Foster, Mason, for Jamaica; and Henry Wellesley, Leeke, for the South Seas. The whole of the outward-bound have sailed, except the Regret, Welbank, for , Batavia ; and .Ellen, Barton, fin Jamaica. The Dal* Revenue cutter ran foul of a collier brig in working out of the. Harbour, carried away her topmast, and bore up again. • . • • DEAL, FEn. S.E.—Came down from the River the Buckinghamshire, -Adams; and Castle Huntley, - Drum mond, for India and China, and sailed • with tle Martha, Kennan, for Barbadoes. The Adrian, far Bengal, and Zodiac, for St. Helena, still.remain. Arrived and sailed , for the River the Vallonia, Kinsman, from Demerara. , . Wl' I E AV E N FE 26.—Arrived the sloop Isabella, Gordon, front Glasgow. to Lisbon, having cut from her anchors in Ramsey Bay on 24th inst. RforsoATE, FEB, 23.—Arrived the Janet, Laughton, from Mahlon, with loss of topmast. The Jane, Mearna, from Gibraltar, was lost near MaldonatO the 26th of November ;—crew , saved. , • The John, of St. JOhn'...., was fallen in with the r.Oth.. of February, in lat. 48. long. Ig., abandoned and water-loggeil. The Provitlence, Pahner, of Yarniouth, and. Hannah, Suc•-• cess, of Scarborough, were driven on shore, near NVells, crt- Vauxhall Gardens , we find,,are announced for sale by auction, or private contract. "The-4 3 r0 prietor suggests that the Purchaser might tte'riNe great Ildvantage from opining it for Public Breakfasts ; but in that case;. we presume, that the -Magistrates would interfere, as leading to dissipation for the rest of the day. CORN EXCHANGE, MAncii 1. There have been very large•arrivals of Wheat, Barley,,ant," Oats since' last Wednesday.—The Market to-day was in most stagnant .state. The price of Wheat is nominal, sad. little doing ; in Barley nothing doing froin th 4 knowledge ilitt the duty is not to be taken off the stock in hand of Malt. BarlW, which was readily sold for 355. last day, wpuld not obtain Jae pound today ; in consequence, the principal factors closed drir saniples of Barley, and cleared then' hands ; in 04ts) PeAer and Beans little doing, and prices nominal.. SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 1.. The supply at market this mOraing was moderate in all kial% of Cattle, and owing to the cold weather, the various pricesfor meat may be 'quoted nearly the same as List Mpnday's priect.— The price of Hay remains the same., Beef . 2s lid to 4s Od Nreill 3s Gd to ssua Mutton g l s 2d to 4s 2d Pons 2s ate 41..2,1 BIRTHS. The Lady of George Shipman, Esq., Guildford-streel, geon, of a daughter.' . • •' Yesterday, in Burton-crescent, the Lady of FriancisCO hello, Esq., of a daughter. MAJtRIED. At Beverley, Caiiel Cure, Esq., of Blake-halt, in the conk . Y of. Essex, to Frederica, eldest daughter of the late Lieutenaft- General Cheney. DI. 1). On the 27th ult., at his house atSandyford, near Newcastle upon-Tyne., aged 46., Nicholas Naters,. Esq., He served the important office of Sheriff, in Newcastle, two years rvro. ale was a kind-hearted man, and has quitted life sincerely l t a'merned by a numerous circle of relatives and friLuds. On Tuesday morning, 26th ult.,' Miss Mary Smith, late of Bath, at the house of John Reid, Esq., Aldersgate.street. On Monday last, at Tiverton, Devonshire, .Joseph James, Esq., of Ashley-house, late of the Hon. East India Comparryi service. On Wednesday morning, the 27th ult., Samuel Cordell,- son of Wm. Cordell, Esq., Dalby-house, City-road, in the 23rd year of his age. Cn Saturday last, at the vicarage, Sonning, aged 60, the Rev, John Roberts, D. D. Fellow of Eton College, and Vicar of Sonning and Burnham, Bucks. He was formerly Fellow of King's College, B. A. 1786, M. A. 1789. Printed and Published, for the PnornuTons, at the Susl OFFIC, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTORS.