The Sun. — London, England, 1822-08-15 00:00:00

olnPri sing ,ring 1130 aj estY en- Lye Pr° l6l , e contem- of New rrhough a m?. s:cl3e m riks the i tft cv iled, out of .boat, be, re mss de- vatrS' the re" N is n°' c ulate ment et a de': I , per' of such , e COav u r ii rr T ~griou / k.e °Li mon th P°' " as CO' 0. 156' of the .t made pursue s pc call • dog 103 ,f tr3ll' t idio`g tiler 0E as see' c e P"- ippeo r. .inJ th: ce ler Lila' i strou! rested u tter l i .e left his „-D os ' for' ,he > r iand s ' 11l be_ tertai"s aPers' of f 0 , f raf'` ive" fioi I o f ,; s tr9 `‘ to 'tire, A O' Tg-- at , , s trf .• Ct i°ll to S to ti es I t 1)351 :1 P atche "r le in th 6: o ce' f°rtre- Di" ili ce• o L it e t ° 5 e 5 ca^",,e e 11' 1 11 0 2 t ire f to r : ar t' t eer s 6 , i c3" el its /09 (;,,, A °E "ifoodth America, and that all the ports in pos.- session of the patriots are declared in a state of blockade, a 3 it appears that the force sent out t 0 enforce this quasi blockade consists of two large brigs and two schooners ; we think one of our frigates should he sent without'a moment's del ay to raise it :--.lNre must be down upon them li ke lightning, or they will put us to the trouble of anoth er 90 years' negociation about spoliations and illegal captures." CARACAS, JUNE 15, 1822. -a 'lQ—Yesterday -we rec e i ve d th e g l or i ous news con tained in th 6 inclosedthand-bill. The immortal Bolivar ac aolres 1 - v{' victories and laurels wherever he goes, and in what er h ,„ ev attempts. The heights of Cariaco, near Quito, bear pegs to his valour, where a formidable enemy opposed him, 51%' a l the cost o f t h e i r Chi e f an d t h e i r best troops, was de aa-s.c-,r2. Quito is now liberated from her chains, and will add sid , Wart-ale to the - Republic by the heroic enterprise of, Pre . 'F,PUBLIC OF COLUMBIA—DISTRICT OF ;,' • - ZULIA. • rxTENDENT, AD INTERIM, OF VENEZUELA. morning'l, reteived, by, post, the following commu from the Secretary of 'State :—. •have the greatest satisfaction in--Informing you, that his t0 r ;, 0 7 11 9 , the Liberator President has gained a complete vic ith ttle enemy yof Quito: - The battle was fought on the ri"e4 e Ap st ril, on. the heights of Cariaco. The General of 0 ,, J , Joseph de Baretto, has brought this intelligence from to tca.Yan, but w i t h out giving' other 'details, which' he proposes mrishereafter. The battle was bloody,. and the loss I,riv,,Merable on the part of the enemy, who, besides being de ir 3 ,"i. of their General, Cruz Alurgeon, saw the flower of their Calf 4 D e 'ish• On our side, we know that Ger.eral Torres and oel -J. Paris 'were wounded. (Signed) " LUIZ DE CLEMENTE." r tkel , d ..xi 15.—Important intelligence has just , 2 ,„ t i e us that the army of General Morales in Coro has been I:4elY estroyed, ana that he, in a fit of desperation, shot Lee r , Vwith a pistol. I believe, however, that he must have the",.'ed in the action. Intrigues have already commencedeiiib`, Lortress of Puerto Cavell°, and its fate soon, perhaps, decided: 180.111i-iteCAS, JUNE 6.—By accounts circulated this day, It hate SPanish g,brig of war Hercules, Pot, a4ellored oft' the Castle of Puerto Cavell°, after having whoenter with the patriot squadron in front of that a 6e. 111 ; L I) i ch nope of the Patriot vessels sustained any will Dr „„ ; ",e S eanish men of war were coming from Curaeoa -- " Ls u'ns. If this should prove true, 'I think the Castle jigs nt surrender as soon as expected. ;!i-RIXOTON, JULY 12.—Previously to the departure of the c.itteuville from this city, he presented to the Library of 4 f thajB°f Washington, in the name of his Sovereign, a copy anciPlendid spechnen of French typogra entitled Grc 44thezle R°7 nati Inconography. This work embraces the most . and Row portraits of the celebrated men of ancient Greece tr led al i e, with their biographies ; also, numerous engravin gs 41. AO- &c. comprising some of ancient Egypt and i e work was cononienced by Napoleon, in 1807, ~ ta o ' 'i Lou': ,).n,Zh on under the patronage, and at the expence of a. It is printed in folio, of the size called imperial, nlyfol!ry l co.stly its execution, as ma ybe suposed, hen volumes ha have been completed in fourteen p years.w u tt ""l aica Pap ers arr i ve d t hi s morn i ng to t h e I°f J OY, but contain nothing interesting. 'ligh t ' s c . ° w, AUGUST „Fatal Accident.—Last li F bout 11: P.M. th e H ercu l es steam -b oat, to i° , I gulg to Gl asgow, on her way from Greenock tiatCiarr pbel town, when off Greenock unf ort u -I),:,'Y Came in contact with, and run down, a or wherry ii'll41)0 filled with poor peopl e f rom the ands, on th e i r way to the southern districts o ti I,oa ur du r i ng the harvest. Out of 45 persons t t al,. ( . I ' d the boat, only five escaped a watery hil e ' h ail d on e o f these, a woman, was taken up exhausted s t a t e , t h at s h e i s since dead. ll as to , t he four unf or t una t e surv i vors, a man, 1 4 ' 41 a 4 rt. :', 44 k the loss of his wif e , t wo daughters lu at I (11' by this fatal catastrophe. The steam - I ) ea.i i °4 t-light s and also a proper watch, who 4 kn ef i c "Y hailed l the wherry ; but owing to 11,oders;4tal in a d vertence, or pro b a b ly from not "llued l an ding English, th e un f or t una t e b oa t con se"ou till escape was impossible. ..11 1 p 5 . • •] tilz,ct.,e +o .tlowi h,, (ANOTHER ACCOU 14, 9 ni g h t .4 ? most distressing occurrence Nl. took place on S.a to, , r'i,, 5 ,, 0 .. ... he Hercules steam-boat sailed from the Bromic 'ler L' qi)el v t' " the afternoon . of lyesteoreclajr; 1541 o'ch,„Oh• . Nothing pa ii ed with till a about party le eee-'o..at night, at wrde rt h le tim te a c r they had got a little qpn:f a4k..vhen they . unfortunately f not entirely, consisting \v hW e r I lighi a %e? B , principall• i whil e ,f 5 ar tiou . ers, coming to Glasgow to the harvest. p r r h e e . l 'ive 4t ed int: t r e g, it is said, forty-five persons, Fe the g' an...orty met 'del; grave._ 41144,1' Picked up by , the people of ti a te w ilerCules, four The Hereu tt4 tndh, ,el'e alive and one woman dea.d.. 141vY reh l _th her endeavours to save more . fruitess immedi- Glasgow, and is now lying at 'the and the N -4 1.Y,01 r h Gil board of her are the persons saved, i liar'','; woman lyinp covered up in a small boatori deck. kl e hi.. , e, a , °t , h eard yet whether any of the other ood bo d d eid ies th k t t o il l ,. -c,..ll‘aslied ashore. Accounts vary_ a g tart.: lo ie s .,`__ L4 . - i of this most melancholy affa a ir s but it is said ' the night was tart., ap d s'l4l'‘e attaches to the stearn-boat„ glitticti the cries of the unfortunate s It Ts was the first u also ert rumoured that th e kPeopi ~ e 3" had of the accident. 1 11 4 4 1 E) ele. th e islt t i. the ho .; t ert, 4 S of them,butt in consequence of the noise of the khrplleti,"eY did not hear them. Be this as_ it may, there is (2 0 4 4 has !!' r these unfortunate people have lost their . l i i , v r es i w ' l seil a great sensation here to-day.---(Edinb gl , i I ugzest 12.) •A Niorti q,l' A l lidd l le,r,n, Barrister who fortnerly•resided in "uo e 1 ern pip, has been, it is said, very as h' 41 1 1 ., US j i , I . N - r-, .. "IS a ttentions to part of the family o nzli si , V • ' Lad, during their residence in Edin l'h r , 4 , 41 c! te.„1:41 of L AUDERDALE'S health has for ltit .e 4 tie b.e ell in a very precarious state. Some sect ~• ccounts received yesterday upon this sub niitig 'II ' .. re g r et . tO say, were - of a - nature rather An 'tl e S . 4144ivertarutl:° i Ll'i. PITT CLUB are to hold their °4 th e 401,,nter, in honour of our great departed States e., L e cOn t “ ''" thstant, at Bury St. Edmund's. hedger a 12 from No rthumberland speak of the I lekr or w3t;'lng-extremely favourable for the harvest. Several t tki e i)c o , ea e have been cut already, and in the course of the yi q cou, s 'olt days reaping will be general. The corn v t ie t ,' e, is remarkably dull. I);\v(ie.4,-41e1-411t('I'arY and Philosophical Society of itt t • Pol),°l7,TYne have accepted of the liberal offer made i)t i . 'scrim,' -c , , sq., to convey to them the Wycliffe Museum. Sr art 'll'l4S been opened towards the completion of, the 116‘4k1. Q t o -4 of ',Alf)°, t ti ) , tile ErtS.---01] onday morning last, a detach ,4ll, New ~,agers of the Ron. Artillery Company proceeded t ar -medal, ,ractice t4etl I N •-, 4 at ear Ground. at 'Woolwich, and fired for seve- Iltee, .ilichel°L.ts distances, from 'l5O to 300 yards,..at . a t l y Who „e;eulapeter, with a precision that surprize s c e t e th a e .41,1 W m e feet .._ .Pncesent.. After this firing had ceased 1 ) 11 B, gl _ , m en s l a l i i_ hes high and ten feet long was put _ up, ti t'all t *h id' tl ° fled at 200 yards, and a like number at 250 4.re), 4f the ,„ B .,(tiot ,2ey hied for 30 minutes with loose powder be,telei.it cartridges e , .)---this target exhibited decided. proofs I,,tieh r eeeh fco. , .e I as the precision of the rifle, for there e,t? thi, er edit i s e t ,'! 4 nd five hundred shot-holes through it.— k,a litii Coi ti , )o.. Lie to the Officers and to the persons compos it 11, 3 '114 v ' 'iy, for the great attention which . they must . ne t/ `'ite o f .., e Paid to th e tl .. k fire perf ection ~. practice of ball-firing to bring it to rata deco t / c) . °l( I.)lace this morning, at eight o'clock, iliories • , 4 1 ''n Sekeepy-yard which , con e W 4 reh ' °uses and did material damage. The LATE MA RQVIS of LONDPNDEIPI,Y LritON THE ? MORNING • • ; " North Cray, WebiesdaY Night. " List night, after the Coroner and his Jury had retired, the corpse—which had 'remained untOuched on the floor of the dressing-room, exactly as it had fallen from the arms of Dr. Bankhead—was removed by the undertaker and. his as sistants, and, having been deposited in a shell, it was placed on tressels, in the study, on the ground floor. Shortly afterwards, Dr. Banlthead left for his house in town. Mr. Dykes, the King's Messenger, arrived, about nine o'clkk, from the Foreign Office ; and, • soon after eleven, he set forward on his journey to Vienna, with dispatches for Lord Stewart, from Lord Clanwilliam and Mr. Planta, the late Marquis's Secret a rie s , w h o st ill rema i n here. In the course of the evening, Lady Emma Edgcumbe took her leave of the af flicted Marchioness, and returned to town. The Marchioness still remains inconsolable, and continues to seclude her self from all society (ecept that •of her sister, Lady Suf field), in the bedchamber adjoining the fatal dressing-room, mentioned in evidence before the Coroner. . She even de clines hitherto, seein g L or d *Ell en b orough, who arrived post this morning from the Isle of Wight ; which place his Lordship left the instant he received intelligence of the Marquis's death, and travelled night and day till he reached here. No time or place has yet been mentioned with respect to the Funeral, nor is it certain whether the -ceremony of lying •in state will be complied with. It was his Lordship's wish, we believe, to be interred in the little Church of North Cray. The late Lady Ellenborough, - his sister, was interred there ; =id when the vault for the reception of her remains was about to be made, Lord Ellenborough gave directions that it should be made large enough for two coffins; but the late Marquis requested that it might be made sufficiently ca pacious to receive par —anticipating, no doubt, that it should some day, or other become the ,d_epdsitary of himself and the .Marchioness; and it isthe almost . general opinion here th a t thi s implied wish will be attended to. Some areof opinion that his re mains will be conveyed to Mount Stewart, in the county of Derry, and entombed with those of his father ; and others affirm that they will be deposited in Westminster Abbey : but it is certain that no decisive arrangement will be made until his Majesty's pleasure is known. It has been officially communicated to the household of the late Marquis, that he has left a will, wherein he has made provision for every person on his establishment; even to the lowest helper in his stables : a circumstance per fectly in unison with the whole tenour of his private life." The report of the Marquis of Londonderry's death having been caused by the gout was not altogether unfounded. Dur ing the last fortnight or three weeks of .the - late Session of Par liamerit, his' Lordship laboured. under slight attacks of this complaint.' When he felt the first symptoms of it, 'he greatly apprehended that, if not speedily , repressed, the disease might so increase as to preve,nt his attendance in the House of Comnions, thereby causing a delay of public business, a still further protraction of the Session, with consequent in convenience to his Majesty in visiting Scotland, and to himself in attending the approaching Congress. In order to prevent these di sagreea bl e resu l ts, his Lordship's physi cian prescribed some medicines for him, with the view of lowering his system, and thereby keeping down the gout. The medicines had the desired effect ; but in reducing his Lordship's bodily habit, they nnfortunately also brought on a depression of spirits, which an overloaded and per plexed mind but too readily yielded to. In this manner a low nervous fever was induced, which the excitement pro duced by the prorogation of Parliament for the moment counteracted ; but when that excitement subsided, the ner vous affection rapidly increased, and on Friday last had made considerable inroads on physical and mental powers naturally of great strength. So much was the Marquis of Londonderry's frame shaken on that day, that the official documents, which he wrote and subscribed while in town, were scarcely legible to those, for years daily accustomed to his band-writing. The letters were straggling, and evidently traced by a tremulous enfeebled pen, which made the ins. nuscript appear to be that of a decrepit worn-out old man ; whereas his Lordship's writing was usually remarkable for its neatness. With the further progress and triumph of the disease the public are but too well acquainted. With re spect to the -Marquis of Londonderry's habits of business in . his own peculiar department, they were unremitting, but ap parently not laborious, because they were not bustling— When in town he generally went to the Foreign Office about eleven, or half-past eleven, in the forenoon, an d rema i ne d . till one or two, or occasionally later, as circumstances might require. His Lordship's conduct to all persons under him was so mild, affectionate, and gentlemanly, that, without an exception, every one connected with th e F ore i gn Depart ment feels and deplores his death, as . if it were that of the kindest parent. Ile laid it down as a principle, and followed it himself implicitly, that the head of every public office was bound in duty to protect and advise all persons subordinate to him. The instances in which his Lordship acted thus are now fondly but mournfully called to mind by t h e members of his department. Advice he freely and constantly gave, where he thought it was necessary, or would be useful ; and if it happened that he had occasion to reprove, he performed that ungracious task so graciously and kindly as to unfail ingly reform the individual, to whom, at tile same time, lie endeared himself. Of the protection which he afforded to all who served under him, the following authentic instance will give the public a just notion :—During the whole pe riod that our paper money was 'depreciated below gold, our Consuls and other Representatives in foreign countries were paid no more by the Treasury than their nominal salary, allowances, &c., in the •paper currency of the day. In having those sums remitted to them, the rate of ex change was so much against this country that they were fre quently great losers, and did not receive in specie more than a proportion of their just emolument. The Marquis of Lon donderry often remonstrated with the Treasury upon the hardship of the case, but was always met on this i ground, that if compens a ti on were a ll owe d f or those losses, t would be an admision that Bank of England notes were depre ciated, in contradiction to the official declarations of Minis ters. The Treasury also warned the Auditor of Public Ac counts against such claims, and, in short, effectually resisted them so far as it was possible. His Lordship, however,' was determined that his official agents should not suffer, and accord ingly made good their deficiencies out of the secret service money granted him by Parliament. The manner in which the . Marquis of Londonderry's private affairs were cond uc t e d, par ticularly when they had any reference to the public, is equally creditable to him. All the small expenses of his household were regularly settled and paid weekly, while those of . greater consequence, though allo we d to run f or sometime longer, were all discharged at stated periods, and with the utmost satisfaction. It is universally known that his Lordship, was the kindest and most indulgent master which servants could have. He was at the same time scrupulously careful that their wants and comforts should be supplied solely at his cost, and with this view, while he positively prohibited them from using a pen or a sheet of paper which he officially received, he gave them unlimited credit at his private stationer's , for whatever articles of that sort they might need. The Marquis of Lon donderry was certainly in all personal pecuniary transactions most generous] and high-minded. Before his father's death, his private fortune .was necessarily slender, the patrimonial estate being comparatively small, and his father's family nu merous. But this was no bar to his Lordship's liberality. the conclusion of the war, his brother, now elevated to the Marquisate, was, among several other distinguished of ficers, raised to the Peerage, by the title of Lord Stewart; a pension of 2,0001. per annum being allowed to those creations and their successors •for the two next generations. Lord Castlereagh (as he then was) would not permit his brother to accept any part of the pension, but in lieu of it settled 2,0001. a-year upon him out of his own private in come ! This fact would be tarnished by any attempt to em blazon it. It is also worth remarking, that although the. Marquis of Londonderry's means were, until last year, more straitened than those of any of his colleagues in office, the head of the Foreign Department is necessarily under greater expences than any other Minister. He, alone, has to keep a sort of Court for all the Ambassadors from Foreign Powers in . this country ; and while he frequently invites them to official dinners, to maintain the dignity and rank of the nation in the sumptuousness of those entertainments.— The Marquis of Londonderry has always done this, and we need not add, that his amiable and now distracted Marchioness nobly co-operated in supporting the splendour of their esta blishments, as leader of the haut ton ; but alas ! of all this gran deur, there is not, we may say, in the twinkling of an eye, a wreck left behind. The inconvenience and disarrangement of public business which the Marquis of Londonderry's death ha's created, is very considerable. It is the etiquette of the Cabinet, that in the absence 'of one Secretary of State, his duty is performed by sonic other Secretary of State. Thus last year, during the King's visit to Ireland, Lord Bathurst acted for both Lord Sidmouth and the Marquis of Londonderry, and it was arranged before Mr. Peel lately left town for Scot land, that during his absence the Marquis of Londonderry should officiate for hi m . Thi s hi s Lordship accordingly did, even when he was last in town on Friday, but as he is now unfortunately no more, and Lord Bathurst out of town, the business of •the three departments is for the time suspended. The inconvenience thus arising must be particularly felt with regard to dispatches from Ireland which are daily addressed by the Lord Lieutenant to the Secretary of State for the Horde Department ? and cannot be answered except by a Secretary of State, ' • KING'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND (Tram the Edinburgh Courant, Aug. 12.) In anticipation of his Majesty's arrival this day, all the troops, cavalry and infantry, Are under orders, at a . rnoment's notice, to proceed to Leith. One of his Majesty's carriages, with four horses, arrived here this morning from Dalkeith. We understand that his Majesty has been graciously pleased :o become Patron to the Caledonian Hunt. The Ear: of Errol, as Lord High Constable of Scotland, has the charge of the peace - of the country within four miles of the King's person; consequently the power and authority of all Magis trates cease absolutgly on his Majesty's arrival, and vests n Lord Errol. His Lordship intends to grant a commission , o the .Magistfates, Justices, &c. to authorise then to pre serve the peace in the same way as if he were not,present.--- Several Highland Chiefs have arrived, and are attended by their followers, dressed in the national costume. Extraor dinary meetings of the Commission of the General Assem bly, and of the &Icier). in Scotland for propagating Chris tian kno , ,viedge, ,were held on Friday, when addresses were voted to, the King on his visit to.. Scotland. Nearly the whole of the royal. burglis "have voted loyal - addresses to be presented to his Arajesty at his first levee after his arrival.- -As. it is desirable: 'that our fair country-women should ap pear ih all their ilative charms, would it not be advisable that they should; "appear adorned entirely in Scotch gents, which would ,be a novel sight to his M a j es ty, w h ose eyesintist haVe been long tired wit the customary court costume of oriental diamonds and pearls.—This morning an immense crowd of People was coll ec ted on t h e Castlehill' to witness the ceremony of conveying the crown to the Palace of Holyrood. A great number, got upon the scaffolding that is now precting, and which not being finished, that on the north side gave way, by. which ' many persons were very severely bruised. -- A number of military tents have been pitched• on the Castle hill and on Salisbury Craigs, which give a very fine appearance to these hills. The number of travelling equipages which have arrived during the last week have been very numerous, and all the public convey a n ces t o th e c it y h ave b een heavily laden with passengers. At this time the city presents a most animating and busy prospect. The great influx of company since Saturday crowded the principal streets yesterday to Such a degree, that they .appeared at a distance as a solid mass of people. The whole of the immense crowd were well dressed, and displayed in some part of their dress the peculiar colours Which, by compact, have i been made emblematical of the joyous feelings with which his Majesty's visit will be welcomed. We learn from Dunbar, that a royal salute is to be fired from the guns in the Fort, on his Majesty's paSsing the harbour; and as several pieces of cannon are likewise to be fired, and a bonfire lighted, at Ge neral Leslie's camp on D oon hill, i n t h e neighbourhood of that town, we shall thereby have early and certain information of the time when the fleet may be expected in the Roads. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, and Lady Charlotte Loftus, at Hodgson's Hotel, Dover-street, from Ely Lodge, Ireland ; Earl and Countess Caledon, at Tunbridge-Wells, from their seat in Kent; Mrs. Fitzherbert, from her seat, Sher wood Lodge ; Sir Robert and Lady Williams and family, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Reading; Mr. and Mrs. Berry and family, at ditto, from Ireland ; S. Ilibbert, Esq. and family, in Harley-street; .11Irs. Hughes and family, in Harley street, from Tunbridge-Wells; John Collan, Esq. and Miss Collan, in Devonshire-place, from Great Yarmouth; William Davy, Esq. and Mrs. Davy, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; John Smith, Esq. and Mrs. Smith, at ditto ; Sir Robert Harvey, Bart, at ditto. DEPAnTbRES.—The Earl of Kinnoull, for Scotland, on Saturday last ; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. West, from Upper Gros venor-street, for North Wales; Sir Francis and Lady Burdett,' for Sitimouth, in Devonshire i • Mr. and Mrs. Pole C a r e w, on a tour ; Lord and Lady Ashbrooke, on a tour ; the Dowager Ladr.Templeton, Mr. and• Misses Upton,. on a - tour ; Mr.. Ralph Peter Joddrell, for Lewkenor, near Petsworth, in Ox fordshire.; General and Mrs. Ross, on a tour; Col. and Mrs. Howard, for Cowes, Isle of Wight ; Lady and Miss Musgrave, for Eden Hall, near Penrith,.Cumberlana ; Hon. Mrs: ham, on a tour; Lady Bankes, for Reesby Abbey, Lincoln shire ; Prince Frederick of Holstein, for Hamburgh ; the Hon. R. (ireville and the Countess of Mansfield, for their seat, Rich mond Hill; Lord Macdonald, from the:British Hotel, Jermyn. street, for Scotland ; Sir P. Mostyn, Baronet, from Hodgson's. Hotel, for his seat in Wales. EDINBURGH, Mtn. 12.—Arrived at the Royal Hotel, the Right lion. the Earl of Erroll, the Right lion. the Earl of- Morton the Countess of Mo r t on , L a d y B u ll er an d Mi ss Bul ler, the 7 Right lion. the Earl of Fyfe, the Right lion. the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Major-General the Right lion. Lord Aylmore and Lady Aylmore, Sir James Hope, Bart. and Col. Scott, Sir Richard Sutton, Bart. and friends, Sir Harry Guth rick, Bart. and friends, Lady Anson and family, on their way to the Earl of Roseberry's. F ASTI lONABLE PARTIES. The Duke, of Devonshire entertained Viscount and Vis countess Grariville,land a distinguished party, at dinner yester day, at Devonshire-house. Miss Metcalf had a dinner-party yesterday, at her house in Seymour-place. The Earl of Harrington had a select party at dinner yester day, at his house in the Stable-yard, St. James's. Lady Perth had a select card-party yesterday evening, at her house in Park-street, Grosvenor-square. MRS. EMERY AND HER DISTRESSED FAMILY. '!'he Committee who have been honoured by the management of the Benefit and Subscription, for the laud able purpose of securing a suitable and permanent provision for an aged Father and Mother, an amiable and disconsolate Wife, and seven Children of the late JOHN EMERY, are ex ceedingly desirous of making a satisfactory report of their pro ceeding►s thus far. .• _ _ _ The intense interest manifested by all ranks of society to assist in this . praiseworthy object, has rendered their task as gratify ing as it has been easy, for every day, and almost every hour, brings succour and relief from every part of the kingdom. The Benefit has been productive to a degree quite unparal leled. The exceeding liberality of the Proprietors of Covent garden Theatre, and the efficient and kind aid affbrded by the Proprietors of the English Opera-house, and Haymarket Thea tre, together with the gratuitous aid of so many worthy Mem bers of the Profession, have mainly contributed to this glori ous result.' The high sanction and patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK (whose name is in itself a tower of strength) gave alon to the.subscription, in its first stage, which has emi nently promoted his own good intentions ; the example has been promptly followed by a charitable and discerning public; the Contributions and Benefit exceed 2,0001. This sum, it must be confessed, is very great; but it will not be difficult to shew that at present it is inadequate to provide respectably and per manently for the whole of the distressed family, and with this feeling the Committee will continue their pleasing labours throughout the whole of the present month. (Signed) 0. H. ROBINS, Chairman. Committee Room, Theatrical Fund Office, Bow-street, August 14, 1822. Fortunate as this country is in almost all its undertakings, it must be considered as singularly unfortunate in the sudden manner in which some of its most eminent men have been snatched away—Pitt and Fox by short illnesses, Perce val by the hand of t h e assass i n, an d now Lord Londonderry by his own. Whoever has studied the character of the latter, will, we are sure, acknowledge that the following remarks of Flechier, in his funeral oration upon the Chancellor le 7 ellier, may justly be applied to him : " Why cannot I exhibit to you the share he had in the glori , ous'events of a reign full of extraordinary occurrences ? Recoi lect those famous wars of which he was the director and the minister—that fortunate peace of which he was the arranger-- those surprising victories and glorious negociations ! Yet, who ever saw any appearance of vanity in his conduct? From this basis of moderation proceeded that mildness, and that affability, so necessary to men in great employments, in which the im portunity of men, the severity of labour, and 'I know not what spirit of domination render the disposition austere and over bearing. .He listened with patience—he conferred favour with goodness, and he refused even with grace. He was at all time accessible, affable and honest. But what was that mildness when it was seen in the bosom of his family, and in the circle of private life ! 'What union with his amiable wife! What constancy and steadiness of attachment to his friends." N ', 7 4 p•- \ ,. ) ( AP - • '' ...!. .) , ~. ..„.._. , .4., ~..., A Q * Yfr,s‘2 . l, ili ;,...,:f , ..,.,f',11 oy t I, . • ''..:4 0 ---..,,- ___.------• .. 14 ~ 1, (II , 'AA - :-, 41.4 , at - • ' ~,..i 4' POETRY. KING GEORGE THE FOURTH'S COMING TUNE— The Campbells are coming. We'll cock our blue bonnets, aha, aha, Oar Scottish blue bonnets, aim, aha; We'll busk on our tartans—the gatherin' King George the Fourth's comin', huzza, huzza! We'll cock, &c. His Majesty's comin' huzza, huzza ! Wellington's comin' an' a' ; 'Midst the leal and the noble to visit us a', King George the Fourth's comin', huzza, huzza! We'll cock; &c. Roll smooth river Forth thro' each channel an' bay, 'Nor dare to lift billow or jaw : The conq'ror of navies will ride on your stream, King George the Fourth's comin', huzza, huzza ! We'll cock, &c. Auld Scotia smile o'er your mountains sae green, Edina look crously an' braw, High lift up your portals far fam'd Holyrood, That our ain King may enter, huzza, huzza! We'll cock, &c. Be joyful, ye halls where our Scottish courts shone, In the blaze of the brave an' the braw ; Ye'll be grac'd once again, for most graceful is he, Royal George that is eomin', huzza, huzza! We'll cock, &c. Castle towers look ye proudly o'er country an' town, Bristle forth now your cannons an' a' ; The lion again shall wave high on your keep, King George the Fourth's comin', huzza, huzza ! We'll cock, &c. Let the heart of Scot in his bosom beat high, We're a' true to the King an' the law; We've often fought for him, an' will do sae again, For our aM King that's comin', huzza, huzza ! We'll cock; &c. The whiskey shall flow in a stream to his health, We'll bumper it roun' till we fa'; • Our bonnets with shouts we'll toss high in the air, For our ain George that's comin', huzza, huzza! Chores. We'll cock our blue bonnets, aha, aha, Our Scottish bl u e b onnets , aha, ha ; 'We'll bush on our tartans, the gatherin' blaw, King George the Fourth's comin', huzza, huzza. r, and COUNTESS of PORTSMOUTH (FRO3I THE EDINBURGH COURANT.) SlR—Seeing a paragraph in your Paper of Saturday last, ,respecting the Earl of Po IiTSMOUTII, affecting to impress the public with a belief that his Lordship's sudden departure from his family originated in some cruelty and indignity practised upon this Noble Peer, for which there is not the smallest foun dation, the public are requested to suspend their opinion on this ex-parte paragraph, which has been traced to have origi nated with the solicitors of the Hon. Newton Fellowes, his Lordship's broth er an d p resumpt i ve h e i r, who has been the secret instrument of taking his Lordship away, for purposes easily to be guessed at. Soon after the Earl of Portsmouth's marriage with his pre sent Countess, Mr. Fellowes attempted to procure a commis sion of lunacy against his noble brother, with a view, ulti mately, of setting aside the marriage, he being next in succes sion to the Earl's honours and estates, and dreading the conic quenee of his brother's union with so young a Lady; but in this lie was, to his great mortification, unsuccessful ; and the Earl has ever since that time (now between 8 and 9 years) re sided with his Lady, but during that period every obstacle has been thrown in the way of their comfort, and which involved much litigation in the English Court of Chancery. It tas, however, a few months ago, in order to put an end to all further disputes, agreed to leav e all matters in difference to the arbi. tration f a Gentleman of the Chancery bar, of the name of Skirrow, and this reference has been proceeding up to the very moment or Lord Portsmouth's sudden departure from Edin burgh, on Tuesday, the 2d instant. Lord and Lady Ports mouth have for many months been residing in this city. Her Ladyship being in delicate health, and in a state of pregnancy, had put herself under the entire management of Dr. James Hamilton, jun., whose' skill as a physician and accoucheur is as well known as his character for honour and integrity is pro verbial, but who had been assailed with scurrilous anonymous letters that Lady PortsmoUth had come to Edinburgh to smuggle a child. His Lordship had never left his Lady, my sister, Lady Portsmouth, during the many months they re sided in Edinburgh, and uniformly evinced the most conjugal attention and affectionate solicitude for her, and seldom quitted her room except to take a walk and an airing, and pay a morning visit at Mrs. Norton's, at Abbeyhill, a relation of his first Lady. On 'Tuesday morning, the 2d. instant, his Lordship break fasted with his Countess, and left her about one o'clock in per fect good humour, to take his walk, telling his Lady he should soon return to her, and take an early dinner at three o'clock: He was soon after seen going along Prin ce ' s - street; an d on passing the Royal Hotel, Mr. Fletcher Norton, a son of Mrs. Norton, rushed out of the Hotel, and joined his Lordship, and after a short conversation, prevailed upon Lord P. to get into Mrs. Norton's coach, which was waiting for the pur pose near the Register Office, and droVe off on the road to Haddington. They were soon after followed by Mr. Norton's chariot, with post horses, and a person in it of the name of Combe, who had assumed the name of Colonel Cooke, and concurred in the plot, and which overtook Mrs. Norton's coach a few miles beyond Haddington, when they all got into Mr. Norton's chariot, and drove off with the utmost speed, tra velling day and night towards London,' and proceeded to and arrived at Lord Grantley's house in Surrey, on the Thursday following, in the afternoon, thus travelling near 440 miles in fifty-one hours. His Lordship had not a change of apparel of any description, nor had made the smallest prepara tion for such a journey. They were pursued to that place, where Mr. Shirrow had joined the party, but all access to Lord P. was refused by that gentleman ; what passed afterwards is unnecessary to repeat. The public will draw their own con-, elusions on the probability of this extraordinary flight being the spontaneous act of Lord P., and on the motives which ac tuated the promoters of it. I feel it, hoWever, incumbent upon me, to assure the public that I am in possession of evidence, to prove that 111 r. N. Fellowes was privy and accessary to the whole plot, which was conceived and formed shortly after Lady P.'s pregnancy was m a d e k nown to hi m. I request you will insert this in your paper. Your obedient humble servant, NEWTON HANSON. Edinburgh, 32, Great King-street, July 30, 1822. The Leeds and Halton Florist Society held their Annual Carnation Meeting, at Mr. J. llARDwicK's, the Cock Inn, Halton, on Wed nesday, th e 31 s t J u ly, when the prizes were ad judged as follow : SCARLET BIZZARDS. 1. 31r. James Sponce—Yeomanson's Triumphant. 2. Mr. Benjamin Ely—Lee's Lord Nelson. 3. Mr. John Pickersgill—Pearson's Lord Bagot. 4. Ditto---Blucher. • Plls`K LIZZARDS. 1. Mr. John Pickersgill—Cartwright's Rainbow. 2. Mr.. Tames Spence—Gregory's: King Alfred. 3. Mr. Benjamin Ely—Lee's Duke of Kent. 4.. Mr. John Piekersgill—Wood's Collingwood. SCARLET PLAICES. 1. Mr. John Pickersgill—Wood's Cornet. 2. Mr. Wm.. Pickersgill—Madame Mara 3. Mr. James Spence—Seedling. 4. Mr. Benjamin Ely—Cartwright's Commander. PURPLE FLAKES. 1. Mr. Benjamin. Ely—Seedling. 2. Ditto Ditto. 3. Ditto Ditto. 4. Ditto—Wood's Commander. PINK FLAKES. 1. Mr. Benjamin Ely—Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire. 2. Mr. John Rolinson—Kivers's Incomparable. 3. Mr. Benjamin Ely—Foundling Dove. 4. Ditto—Seedling. EXECUTION AT DURHAM.---011 Friday last, at 25 minutes past 12 o'clock, Robert Peat underwent the sentence of the Law on the drop in front of the County Courts at Dur ham, in the presence of a considerable number of spectators. The unhappy man appeared deeply affected, and shed tears. His crime was the murder of a distant relative, in order to possess his money. DEA.TII QF SIR SAMUEL ACIIMUTY, BY ACCIDENT. It is with great regret we have to announce the death of this gallant Officer, who was killed by a fall from his horse in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, on Sunday last. The melancholy event is communicated in the following articles :-- Letter from Dublin, dated August 12.—" It is with sincere sorrow I announce to you the sud den death of Sir SAM. ACHMUTY, by a fall from his horse, while riding yesterday in the Phoenix Park with Col. THORNTON. It is suspected that he was subject to fas, and that having been seized with one, he fell from his horse. He was carried to the Royal Hospital, but without any signs of life : he was dead. Sir SAM. ACIIMUTY succeeded General BAIRD as Head of the Staff in Ireland, the office of Commander-in-Chief, held by Sir DAVID, having been abolished. He was previously in good health, and attended' the Theatre on the preceding night during the per formance of the tragedy of Othello. His death has cast a deep gloom over all this city. Prepa rations had been made for the celebration of the anniversary of the Ktrices Birth-day, his landing here, &c., with a review in the Park, &c. this. day; but I suppose they will be all suspended by this melancholy event.—Thit lamented hero was one of the most gallant and distinguished Officers in the service. Ile was equally esteemed and beloved in professional and private life. lie was Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, and Colonel of the 78th Regiment of Foot. The East Indies and South America were the prin cipal scenes of his military exploits." It is with extreme regret we state that Sir SAMUEL ACHMUTY met his death yesterday, in the Phoenix Park, by being thrown from his horse. The Review, which was appointed for' this day, has been postponed, in consequence of this melancholy event.—ln consequence of the melancholy event of the death of Sir SAMUEL ACHMUTY, the LORD LIEUTENANT has postponed the celebration appointed for this day, until further orders.—(Dublin Morning Post, Aug. 12.) MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, Au G. 14.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River last night and remain the Usk, Smith, for the Cape of Good Hope; Neriad, Lauchlan, do. ; Jason, Gamble, do. ; Com mercial Packet, Collins, Malaga ; Exchange, Terrail, Rio Janeiro; also arrived last night and sailed for the River the. Duke of York, Finlayson, from Fayal. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 14.—Wind Southerly.—Arrived the London Packet, Tracey, from the Downs for Boston ; his lilajesty's ship Shamrock from a cruizc. PLYAIOUTII, AUG.l3.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the French brig Little Betty, prize to his Majesty's ship Iphegcnia ; and Two Brothers, Lawson, from the Island of Faro. FALMOUTH, AUG. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrival the Sand wich packet from Jamaica : sailed the 9th of July, and from .Crooked Island the Ilith. Sailed the Robert and Mary for . London. THE THREE FIGHTS. A fine day's sport was yesterday held out to the sporting world, in the fights between Brown, designated the Sprig of Myrtle, who had fought his way into the upper rank of light weights, and Stockt on , a yout h w h o had signalised himself also in the prize-ring. It was who should receive 100 sovereigns. Two hours elapsed before Brown was forthcoming, and it was reported that his patrician master had been killed in a duel at Brighton, and he could fight to order only. He how.: ever came, impelled by courage, as it was thought ; but it was after a very gallant battle had taken place between two brave men—Small, a Fitzroy butcher, and Green, a lad. E a l es and Cooper seconded Green, and Tom Jones and Hall officiated for Small. A fight of 50 minutes in much earnest took place. It was' nothing but out and out fighting, about which the deep ,ones say they were bustled. The battle was contested with much obstinacy, with all the flying reports, and Small won it with much hard fatigue, and with a lasting receipt of manhood. THE GREAT FIGHT. This, from the want of Brown, came on second, and it was an apology for fighting compared with the first battle. Eighteen rounds were contested skilfully,and at the winning game. BroWn was not so good as our informant has seen him ; but one rare composition about him was—he fought to win. Hewas overpow- - ered by strength, and although but in a few pounds of weight, throwing was against him. There was no murderous work ia the combat, but Brown managed to stagnate blood upon ;he right peeper in the seventh round and in the 11th he tapped the claret (having scalped the forehead by a premeditated 'ion in the ninth round), and the backers of Stockton were in the forlorn hope. He however continued the fight with much bravery until the finish of the 18th round ; when another of those wrangles which have stopped the admirers of real ma-- hood from attending such exhibitions took place. Spring and Josh. Hudson seconded Brown (the winner), and Eale:rancl Tom Jones honoured Stockton with their immediate presence. Stockton was taken out of the ring by Bales, under a pretence that Brown had bit his adversary's fingers. " What busineu had your fingers in his mouth?" cried one. " Brown is an un fair fighter,' sung out another. Another was rea dy to start another game, that because a fellow in distress had Smithfield bargained a friend's prod, and had since become righteous, :rho should he be lagged 'I Bales, it seemed, asked his antagonist's umpire if it were not foul ? and he said he listened to the call of the ring, and thought it was; but he soon retracted, aed said he did not mean to do wrong. This umpire, it seems, was quite unknown to the ring. Mr. Jackson was not present, but • ' his decision will no doubt be final. At a Baccanalian party upon the return home, the Commis sary-General delivered his opinion, and said, if these wrangles took place it was enough to make young men dishonest 4 and ' although he had lint his colt teeth 20 years ago, be must begin to be a rogue, to keep even with the people. DISTRESS AMONG THE LAWYERS.—NO class of persons at the Assizes on the Western Circuit (with the exception of the convicts and losers of suits) have less reason to be satisfied with them than the Barristers. We believe there are not less than 70 of these Learned Gentlemen on the Circuit ; and at Salisbury they had but six cases, or about eleven briefs to share between them.— From fifty to sixty learned and eloquent Gentle. men touched neither paper nor fee ! It was still worse at Dorchester, where the Assizes produced but five briefs altogether —not one per dozen ! At Exeter there were twenty-eight cases—at most but forty briefs, and the whole of these were engrossed by about half a dozen leading and popular men. In Cornwall there appear but five prisoners, and it is said an equal lack of business on the law side. Upwards of seventy Barristers attended the Devon Assizes last week. There was produced in Court, and handed about as a curiosity, the brief, the only brief, that De. vonshire ever afforded to the great WILLIAM PITT, who, once at least, travelled that Circuit. His notes on its margin, and the signature to his fee, attracted much notice. The green cloth which then covered the Court-table, and on which he subscribed his name, is also preserved there as an interesting relic.