The Sun. — London, England, 1822-11-25 00:00:00

. . b stn r s e 4 themselves highly indebted to the ge e „ - ",r`Y of the British. They are, without ex deF"lthe bravest of all the Greeks, and a more q d"Tiood set of men I never saw. Happy,thai i eet l) were th e Turks to get rid of them, al sr:gh so few . their number. Suli is one of the Ictgest plac es , and if water had not failed, the l iad r " could never have taken it, though they i ce 18 ) 0 00 men besieging it.—There are no fresh di !unts of th e pl a gue, therefore it is hoped to be illinishing."—(llanipshire Telegraph.) 4 1 * _- ~ 54 Pr, - ) o,° . :t. ti,i fit . -, ct. bi , ;ec• ROV ' 0 , er .•/°-' i `bas e Aers Li, , 0115 ig i; lo t Vie ati se ' Oa I tb"t , a r 9 O ar ,xpe • rain s 031 ,d ~~ i t h ( H ampshire Chronicle),have been favoured O t "Lne following extract of a letter from an e el' serving in the Mediterranean '` "Naples, July 29, 1822. 8 0 from here to Malta, and thence, as your Morning ag a i n has pleas-ed to express itself, to Scio, to assist the Turks tor rr : the unfortunate Greeks. As that paper is certainly in it.tila— r not be improper to inform, you, that the only N " t. '. which arrived there after the massacre, was the Medina, Turk s i '"*, (late of the Redpole) who, instead of assisting the nven f or the " Levant Trade," g enerously received on board coY Greek females and children, to convey them to Malta. o „Y were liberated fora certain sum of money to the French tul at Scio, otherwise they would have shared the fate of 41 44 th rl ds 'of others, who have been robbed of their money, coun — s erl driven into the hands of the Turks by their . generous !it u tt i""„,_ e ns the Greeks, from the neighbouring islands. . A to c a G .l4llce has, I see, been brought into Parliament, relative afire reek who escaped from Patras at the time of . the mas- Iti h _tuere by the Turks, and arrived at the island of cit;" 4 : from the manner in which it is there stated, the i l ‘ l4 tance seems certainly arbitrary on the part . of Sir ,tane e . . In fact, the manner in which' . every circum tney a `, l represented in England is so different to what ) ° ,ther :Tar to us, that I think 'one cause is as good as the gion Turks certainly profess to fight for liberty and re e.,.bot in a manner that would not be sanctioned by Ic 7 ,_ ili zed power. In January and May we were at Novarin th;,"' s, and there had an opportunity of seeing some few ablcruelties that had been perpetrated by the Greeks; so th ei r : e ntioned by one of their Scotch Generals, who soon left tII th,,r u se. They may perhaps be in some measure justified Of „lA' acts of cruelty against the Turks, when the many acts tle,ression and barbarity exercised over them by their oppo . Itr e recollected." . , 3 4. RIDGE ELECTION.---.-MP.GRANT, we find, ha s, 1 041 F i cnned the contest. It is whispere d that b ot . tIAavEY has the support of ,Government 't would be improper to suppose that so highly s co P e ctable a body as the Electors in gener al , 4 41 be i n fl ue nced by, such intervention. Mr , tt r : Ks 's, explicit declaration mu s t of course is t „ -n glY operate in his favour, but t he p robable 11 ,:e is not c o nfidently :predicted, , Whatever ru nrs or con j ec t ure s may prevail. • we, O n Saturday morning, about half-past eleven t o. 'nek, hi s M AJESTY left his Palace in Pall-mall 14,11righton. X: 11 e Duke of YORK visited the Duchess , of t he and the Princess SOPHIA, at th eir residence y " King' s Palace at Kensington, on Saturday. S e , e s , t : er day the Duke of YORK attended Divine 1 1 , 4 7;e at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, and e . " a Sermon by the Rev. Dr. SCOTT. Il i Saturday afternoon the Earl of LIVERPOOL left for his residence at Combe Wood. t he Jupit er , o f 60 guns, Captain WESTPHAL, th e cot , Sound,• is ordered to be fitted .up for the , f ieyance of Lord A M HERST,GoveFnor-General a t to Calcutta. His Lordship expected ' A 'Mouth to embark for his destination. Ne wfoundland, Sir C HARL ES I L Governor of 3 _Wfoundi an d, i s arr i ve d i n town, and has had that interviews w ith Ministers on the affairs of 'lat island. R. BRAHAM.—We have had several para . i h i t l ghs from M u sic a l C orre spondents, remonstrat 4,against the injustice and illiberality which vr e d the report in a Morning Paper, last sea s :' CA this Performer's first appea rance for the 1. 00 : 4 at Drury-Lane Theatre. We have not h itl T for the paragraphs in question , but we cer pohLY read.with surprise such a ranco rous attack p o b", -4 Performer who has so long gratified the "c 5 whose abilities are of first-rate order, Iv e °R e Muskat science is profound, and , as far as e an judg e , whose talents exist at this moment assa ilant energy, whatever the anonymous a nant of his professional character may say to the 1c t Contrary. It is lamentable that those who add sh o ° ,,, the public stock of harmless plea sures " I.,"'d thus be exposed to have their feelings s t u nded, their reputation injured, and, by con 4i•quence, their interests affected by the assaults fi vanton ignorance or envious malignity. t ee i ss F. H. KELLY, the young Lady who has ,kb e . tit lY made. so 'brilliant a debut as the gentle t or `rt . , in Covent-garden, appeared as a candidate ,nistrionic honour on our boards in.the summer I \ l l9 -- ( Brighton Herald.) 1 14 ,, ttnLE OF CLEOPATRA.—Many observations 4 1 7 been made on the erection of the Statue `,lYde Park in memory:of the-. achievements e ver `L'e Duk e of WELLINGTON. We are, how ob' gratified in saying that a noble colossal N q i i. e et is intended to be conveyed to this country, independant in point of grandeur and an- Y, will will exceed all others in any part of the t, r i t ' - ‘. and throw completely into the shade the n - `ue of Achilles, which has been so much ‘tl e j n re llended, namely, the Obelisk , or, as it is •Nr.:°Eninated, the Needle of Cleopatra,. in Egypt. "tv: fiod in the Travels of Wir.wat RAE I, 4 ', l ' B °N, Esq. through Egypt and the Hol y tti l " , which have just been published, that this A i l et 'was generously presented by MAIIOMED the Pacha of Egypt, to our Sovereign, 4 1 4 °4 sequence of which Of fi cers of experience li b talent were sent out to sur ve y it, who r e „'') it is un d er stood, 'transmitted a favourable Port to G ove rnment.' From an engravi n g we ee ,i 20 h rve that this enormous Pil lar ] y es in a hori beiat Position, near the sea, and is described as f e ,. r 'g form e d of one solid piece of granite, 70 height, besides the pedestal, and covered 0 T ": hieroglyphics in every part, nearly a couple ll o ir l ches in depth, and it would require the Th . : e d force of one hundred men even to move. çall's traveller most strongly urges Government v , (l , we trust the hint will not be lost) to use 14 a - b -3 ,' expeditious exertion to transport this f° is her relic to Britain, since it is impossible to o t , -se , c ' what might occur from a change of cir io -3 ‘alleeS between the countries, and to erect it 43 so me conspicuous part of our metropolis, d' i ndependent of its altitude and p roud gran aii;r) it would be eminently ca lculated to keep t h e memorable battle of Alexandria, where ic nem. ABERCROMBY fell , in the arms of rg o tY, and our Army and Navy ac q uired so j ti glory i n giving a fatal blow to the forces of k•o a d w ho was the disturber of the p eace of man- THE THEATRES. DRURY.LANE.—Love in a Village, on Satur day last. — introduced Mrs. AUSTIN, from the Dublin Stage, in the part of Rosetta. Mrs. AUSTIN is pleasing in person altogether, and her voice is considerable in compass.—She is a pupil of Mr. T. COOKE, and has evidently profited in no slight degree by his instructions. She sings with taste, but perhaps not with sufficient sim plicity.—Decoration, however, is the musical fashion of the day.—Her execution of a bravura, from MOZART, displayed neat and rapid execu tion. It was encored.—She possesses unaffected humour as an actress, and seems to be well ac quainted with the business of the Stage. She was received throughout with warm applause. — Mr. Hoax returned to this Theatre in the part of Young Meadows. He sung with his usual taste and judgment, and is obviously much improved in _his acting.—Mr. DowToN, of course, rendered the 'part of the .Justice with great humour, but perhaps however with too much of wanton gallantry.;--Mr. BRAHAM gave a very just portrait of an English Sportsman, in Hawthorn, and did not render the airs too flourishing for such a chaiacter. lie introduced Mr. THOMAS MOORE'S song of " Friend of my soul, this goblet sip," and the author; who was in the Theatre, had the pleasure of hearing The characters of Lucy, Aunt Deborah, Eustace, and ,Hodge were well supported, by Miss POVEY, Mrs. HAELourE, BARNARD, and KNIGHT, nor should Miss COPELAND be' 'passed over, as she was simple and affecting in poor_ forsaken Madge. COVENi-GARDEN.—Nr.MACREADY again gave vigour and spirit, on Saturday, to the heroic qualities of Rob Roy, and the feelings of the 'audience were agreeably relieved from the more terrific impressions of the piece by the delightful warbling of Miss M. TREE in the part of Diana Vernon. ROYAL HAttnoutt or RAMSGATE. —We lately gave an account of the ceremony which attended the laying of the first stone of an OBELISK to commemorate HIS MAJESTY'S departure from Ramsgate.on his embarkation for a tour to Hano ver. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, whose loyal zeal is always alive, while he was in Scotland, applied to Sir WALTER SCOTT for• an inscription .on an occasion so worthy of his'Muse. The-Northern Bard cordially assented to the wishes .of, the. worthy Baronet, and will doubtfesS be ready with a suitable composition long before.the cona 7. memorative structure can be ready to receive it. Signor de BEGNIS and Madame RONZI have just returned from. their professional tour through the country. Report speaks very highly of their reception et Doncaster, Sheffield, &c. where ,Ma dame RoNzi highly gratified the audiences by singing 44 My lodging is on the cold ground," and astonished them by her correct pronuncia tion of the English language. Mr. CHARLES TAYLOR, of Covent-garden Theatre, has been seriously indisposed, but is nearly recovered. Yesterday, Commodore O'Butrx,in The Royal Gift, appeared on. tho Clyde. He sailed from the Flesher's Haugh to near the Timber Bridge, making several tacks and manoeuvres. There was a considerable number H of spectators who seemed gratified with his exhibition. Some money was collected .for his behalf.-'--(Glasgow 'Cott, rier, NOV. 21.) FATAL DuEL.—We understand that a duel was fought on Monday evening, near Kilcooly, between one of the Mr. CooKEs, of Pointstown, and a Mr. SHAW, an Attorney, from Killenaule, which proved fatal to the latter gentleman, he having been shot dead on .thespot.-- , 1-Kilkenitylour: EXECCTION.—This . morning the sentence of the laW was carried into. effect upon John land and' William King, for a nameless offenc The wretched convicts were convicted upon the clearest evidence sat the lest September Sessions, and since their conviction the utmost attention has been-paid by the Ordinary of Newgate, Mr. COTTON, with the view of preparing their minds for the awful change they were about to expe rience. On Friday night last their fate was made known to them, and since which time Hol land has been incessant in his ejaculations for mercy. King displayed much serenity, and only prayed apparently, but not with much fervour. On Sunday he took leave of some of his friends, arld even then was not much effected. Holland, on parting with his wife and two children, was dreadfully affected, and threw himself on the floor in an agony of grief. This morning at about eight o'clock Messrs. LucAs and TitoatsoN, the Sheriffs, with their Under-Sheriffs and attend ants, arrived at the prison, and . instantiy pro ceeded to the press-room, where Holland was praying ; being a Catholic, lie was attended by the Rev. Mr. DEVEREAUX. This wretched man seemed labouring under the greatest mental agonies, and , with difficulty advanced to the anvil to have his irons struck off. While the officer was performing this duty, the wretched man cried aloud for mercy hereafter,nnd acknow ledged his guilt. King was then introduced he appeared calm and collected, and walked firmly ; but this demeanour shoved the restless. ness of his mind. He had his irons• struck off, and was bound, but during the whole of this ap palling ceremony, he uttered not one word of prayer, but preserved the same taciturn disposstion for which he wag remarkable. — The whole_ of the arrangements were by a few minutes after eight o'clock completed, and the precession advanced through the passage of the prison to the scaffold, Holland prayed loudly and fervently, and was supported along. On the chapel bell tolling, which-in the dark covered passages had a peculiarly hollow sound, King trembled, but advanced quickly, having recovered his composure in a moment. Holland first as cended the platform praying aloud ; he was at tended by the Rev. Mr. DEVEREAUX. On the completion of the executioner's duties as to him, King was placed by his side, still preserving the same demeanour, but on the cap being put over his face, he exclaimed " have mercy on me, Al mighty God !" and was silent. In a few minutes ' the drop fell, and the wretched men were r launched into eternity. At this moment a loud • cheer escaped from the immense crowd assembled, and some missiles were thrown. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess Caledon, from a tour ; Prince Cariati, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Scotland ; Lord Althorp, and his brother, the Hon. Capt. Spencer, at Wimble don, from Yorkshire, Mr. Parrot, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from Paris ; Lady Sophia Heathcote, from Ham-house, Surrey. D EPART URES.—The Marquis of Camden, for the Wilder ness, Rent; Earl Spencer, for Wimbledon ; Countess of Car narvon, for Woodchester-park, Gloucestershire; Lord Hervey, for Cambridge ; Mrs. Daniels, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, for Herts ; Viscount and Viscountess Granville, from Wortley-hall, Sheffield, for Staffordshire ; Capt. Price, R.N., from Hodgson's Hotel, Dover-street, on a tour • Capt. and Mrs. Burgess, from the Pulteney Hotel, Piccadilly for Bath ; Wal ter St. John Mildmay, Esq. from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, for Cheltenham. - Lord Holland entertained a select party at dinner yesterday at Holland House. The Bishop of London will have a dinner party on Wednes day next, at Fulham. Palace. • HYDE PARK yesterday afternoon presented a splenid dis play of F'ashionables. The rides were thronged with elegant equipages beyond all precedent at this season of the year. 0' ) ( .1- `ll , ,rFe • 411: ) • , , ~..440:4, ? 2, : j, Pl+ ~ ,4 - - _. il . , S. ll . l. , ,V,t‘:l4i.,<, ' A.Q "4 ' V '""* ' C't.. , 7 1 : 'S) .. I A ' ' Q • Z-E lt of 1 ' 1 ' / A, , POETRY. THE KING and SIR WILLIAM CURTIS, BART. SCENE—SCOTLAND. When THE KING and Sir WILLIAM each other first paw, Bedeck'd with the philibeg, broad-sword, an a'; • Reciprocal laughter attended the sight, And. His MAJESTY seem'd to enjoy great delight. The Baronet, happy his Monarch to see, . Meant, with loyal emotion, to fall on one knee, But the warmth of his feelings, and weight of the dress, Made both of his knees on the ground quickly press ; As Sir WILLIAM was then quite unable to stand, His MAJESTY graciously stretch'd forth his hand, Exclainiing "OLD BOY;while I thus draw you nigher, " In my love and esteem you can never rise higher." EXTEMPORE. THE POETS' MALADY. I think I am lately laid under a :pelf', For Ponly can write double F. double 1., 'Tis the air of the place is so stupid and dull, That it makes us all mightily thick in the scull ; But I hope if a LEACH has another good pull, My brains with bad blood will not be quite so full. Though some at the Leaches may laugh.and may scoff, I can prove that bad humours'they often draw off, If you only have patience and let them well fill, You no longer will need either blister or pill ; And the air is now clearing apace where I dwell, So I dOubt not but shortly we all shall do well ; Though some constitutions which rotten we call, May victims.to this sweeping malady fall ;. I hope those alive who in happiness roll, • Will give the great bell a great funeral to/I. Petersfield, Nov. 23, 1822. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The extended repairs and alterations that have been gOing forward in this memorable building,, are now rapidly approaching towards completion ; but s good deal of scaffolding raised from the floor to the ceiling yet re mains. The ceiling has been thoroughly renovated, the plas tering white-washed, the wainscot cornices, frame-work to the ventilators, &c. revarnished. The two large ve ntilators, one of them being in the ceiling, nearly over the Speaker's Chair an d the other directly over the strangers'. gallery , are f inished. The boarding in the roof forming those ventilators have no peep-holes" in the sides of them, so that the ladies who may be desirous of listending to the debates have no other facilities than those that were previously afforded by the frame-work and peep holes over the grand chandelier which is in the centre of the ceiling of the House. The open work, 'or grating that was formed in the roof, as parts of the Machinery of the former ventilator, was finished in very or dinary style, the divisions or bars being tOrmed by boughs and leaves ; but the two new pieces of frame-work or grating for the cold air to pass from the roof, through the ceiling and thence into the body of the House, a re most appropri ately designed and highly and tastefully finished. Each frame or grating is five or six feet long, and between two or three feet wide; and each presents an elegant and bold arrange ment, or grouping of the national emblems, the rose, the thistle, and the shamrock. The design is 'skilful, and it is executed with 'vigour. The different emblems Stand out well, and are decidedly able and tasteful decorations. The whole is woodwork, presenting the appearance, in accordance with the sober character of the general finishing Of the House, of highly-varnished wainscot. These ornaments, being so well de signed, and so beautifully finished, surpass any thing of the kind that we have seen ; and they reflect great credit on Mr. Edward Wyatt, by whom they have been prepared. The air, of course, it is understood, passes through the,interstices left between the national emblems, the boughs supporting them, and the leaves completing the ornaments. The general design is taken from the open-work brass plates that are let into the floor also for the purpose of regulating the heat in the House; burin the appli cation and finishing it is greatly improved. The various scats have undergone thorough repairs, and some of the backs of the benches have been heightened. A new seat in a recess has been formed, for the Serjeant at Arms be low the bar of the House and under the stranger? gallery; so that according to the present arrangement of the seat, the Serjeant at Arms %will not be disturbed by the passing and re-passing of Members, or by Peers and their sons taking seats under the gallery, to which they are privileged ; and those who happen so to pass or repass will not be liable to stumble over the Serteant's sword as heretofore used to be the case. The other works that are proceeding in the House are merely the customary renovations. The smoking rooms and Com mittee rooms are also being repaired. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. The members of the Hampshire Hunt have hitherto expe rienced a rwst successful season since the commencement of their favourite amusenient, not having had one blank day. On Monday last they had a run of an hour and a half, and killed the fox in gallant style. The hounds ran through Lord Bol ton's park, and the gate being fast at the further end of it, a gen tleman, by the name of Appleby, charged the pales, and got well over, although they were full six feet high. _ iIEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEEK. The Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Tuesday, at Epsom Downs ; and on Friday, at Smitham Bottom. H. Joliffe,ox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Nuffield Marsh ; and on Saturday, at Povey Cross. The Surrey Fox-Hounds, on Thursday, at Keston ; and on Saturday, at Bogey Hill. The Harriers every day. Mr. Chaworth's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Kelmarsh Thursday, at Ravensthorpe ; and on Friday, at Duston. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Cuttle Mill ; and on Friday, at Wappenharn. The Hampshire Hounds, on Wednesday, at Ilinton House ; Thursday, at Grange Park ; and on Saturday, at Windmill Hill. The Hapbledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Wickham Lodge ; and on Friday, at Westbury House. Mr. Shard's Hounds, on Friday, at Dowles. The Earl of Darlington's Fox-Hounds, n o Wednesday, a Baldesby Lane End ; Friday, at Wood End ; and on Sam-- t dab at Thorp Hall. The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Little Stainton ; Thursday, at Thorpe ; and on Saturday, at Hogs House. The Earl of Scarborough Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Wadworth • and on Friday, at Sandbeck Park. The BaSsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Pollington ; Thursday, at Sharlston Village ; and on Saturday, at Woolley. Hall. IThe Earl of Harewood's Foa- ccahounds, on Wednesday, at Harewood ; and on Friday, at De. On Monday evening • the Pilot, Lieut. Williams, arrived at Portsmouth from the Mauritius, the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascentinn. She left the Mauritius on the 25th of July, the Cape of Good Hope on the 14th of September, St. Helena on the 29th, and Ascension on the 6th of October. She brought two companies• of royal artillery from the Mauritius and the Cape, ten invalided seamen, and several Officers, passengers. Commodore Nourse was to leave the Cape, in the Andromache, for the Mauritius, Bourbon, and Muscat, on the 16th Septem ber. The Cygnet had sailed for the Mauritius, and the Heron to look for and ascertain the precise situation of the Tele maque Shoals to the south-east of the Cape. The Menai, 26, Captain F. Moresby, C. B. sailed from the Mauritius on the 23d July, on a three months' cruise. Capt. Owen, with the Baracouta and tender, sailed from the Cape on the 12th of September, to commence his survey of the eastern coast of Africa. The royal marine garrison at Ascension were well, and much satisfied with the increase to their comforts on the station. They supplied the Pilot with pigs and poultry. The Pilot fell in with a Portuguese corvette, off the Western Islands, on the 6th November, lat. 35. long. 42. out of Lisbon 42 days, looking after a pirate, which had fired into a Portuguese tran sport, and killed the Commander. The following officers came home in the Pilot :—Major Jones, Lieuts. Pemberton, Moles worth, Keats, and Doctors Macdonald and Napper, Royal Ar tillery ' • Lieutenant Higgins, 36th Regiment ; Lieut. Drum mond,B2d Regiment ; Mr. Willcocks, Purser of the Hyperion, invalided; and Mr. Marshall, Boatswain of'the Dockyard in the Cape.—We are truly happy to hear that the condition of the English emigrants located on the frontiers of the Cape was much improving. During two seasons they had entirely de pended upon the Government rations, but nine months of rain having succeeded to the long drought, there was every prospect in the present season of all the crops of their fertile land coming to perfection, and in great abundance.—(Hampshire Telegraph.) LExtract from a letter, via Liverpool.] " V AI.P Anniso;;JULY 4,1822. L-TheL -The Aurora frigate, Capt. H. Prescott, C.B. arrived here on the 27th ult t after a fine pas sage of' thirty-three days from Rio . Janeiro; and notwith standing it being winter, she had only one breeze that bore any appearance of a gale, and that was perfectly fair. The French 60 gun ship Clorinde, had arrived a few days previously, with the loss of both her lower yards on the passage, but she is now all to rights, and sailed for Lima on the Ist inst.— Lord Cochrane is here, with two frigates and one brig, quite done up. His Lordship looks very well. He has an estate about sixty miles to the northward of this port, for which he gave 175,000 dollars. He must therefore have done well, for I do not find that the sum is to be picked up in the streets of Valparaiso. The Alacrity, 18, Hon. Capt. Fred. Spencer, arrived from Lima on the 2d inst. with 700,000 dollars on board. When she left Lima, that place was in a most wretch ed state, every kind of provision being very dear, and of a bad quality, and the place threatened with a siege, the Royalist troops being then only 90 miles. distant. Perhaps the greatest security San Martin has, is the little confidence his antagonist feels in the spirit and discipline of his men. The Aurora will sail to-morrow morning for Lima, to touch at Arica on the way. It appears to me that an enterprising young fellow, with a little cash, would do well in this country, as a miller. It abounds with corn, and they grind it with hand mills, but they are as ignorant as mules as to the method of separating the bran from flour after it is ground; so that you must either eat the whole or none.—Mr. George Hannsford, second master of the Aurora, is appointed master of the Alacrity."—( Ibid.) Commodore Sir Robert Mends is to hoist his pendant on board the Owen Glendower frigate, instead of the Iphigenia, which ship is found unfit for service on the coast of Africa. Captain Franklin, the intrepid traveller to the Coppermine River, on the northern shores of America, is promoted to the rank of Post Captain. The Tartar frigate is fitting at Plymouth, for the South American station. The Forte frigate, Capt. Sir Thomas Cochrane, is ordered to proceed to Plymouth to be docked and refitted. The Hound revenue cruiser, Lieut. Dickson, arrived on Thursday, and came into harbour for the purpose of refitting. Ths Morgiana, 18 gun sloop, ,Ceptain Knight, was paid off on Friday, and laid up. The Pelter and Clinker gun-brigs are to be re-commissioned for the Newfoundland station. Lieuts. R. C. Curry and John Eager are re-appointed to the command of them. The Loyal Briton and other transports have been taken up, to convey a company of the Royal Artilrery, and detachments from the different West India Regiments to the Islands. These transports will also assist in the usual transfer of the troops to the different Islands., The American ship Levant, Captain E. Cabet, arrived at Cowes on Tuesday evening, in 193 days from Canton. The Success transport, Li eu tenant Church, Agent, will pro ceed on Tuesday from Woolwich, with a company of Royal Artillery to Barbadoes, and return to England immediately with a Company of Royal Artillery, relieVed. Captain Godfrey, of the Surinam, is promoted to the rank of Post-Captain. Lieut. Coulthurst is appointed to command the Townshend cutter, vice Darby. Lieut. Arthur Morrell, who, when First Lieutenant of the Revolutionaire , with so much judgment and gallantry, captured two piratical gun-boats in the Mediterranean, to be First Lieutenant of the Tartar ; and Mr. Napier, to be Master, and Mr. Birnie, to be Surgeon of that ship. The Driver, 18, Capt. Thos. Wolrige, captured on the 19th ofAug. last, after 20 hours' chase, the Spanish schooner Josepha, a fine new coxper-bottomed vessel, of 100 tons, with 216 male slaves on board, and had only been 24 hours out of the Bonny, River. The vessel was sent into Sierra Leone for condemna tion, under the command Mr. Lane, Midshipman. A letter from . a gentleman resident at Happisburgh, under date of the 19th instant, says, " This morning the men em. ployed to break up the wreck of his Majesty s late cutter, Ranger, completed their labours. Most anxiously did I look for something material being found under her. All hitherto discovered, however, is a small quantity of rope ; not a vestige of any of her unfortunate crew has been seen. " MERCANTILE SHIPPING. NEW ENGLAND COFFEE-HOUSE. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23.—The whole of this day the wind has blown a tremendous gale from the West;' indeed this morning, from 3to 4 o'clock, it was a perfect hurricane. It continues'to blow, up to this moment (8 A.m.), with the same violence. Arrived the Amity, from New York. The James Monroe, for New York, which sailed on the 16th instant, was seen on the 20th beating up off the Skerries, the wind blowing hard from the Westward. The Savanna, Coles, from hence for New York, was on Long Island, with all hands. DEAL, Nov. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived this morning and sailed for the River the Brailsford, Spring, from Bombay and the Cape of Good Hope ; Mary, Tucker, Alicant ; Prince Re gent, Andrew, Lisbon ; Mina, Boley, St. John's, Newfound land. Came down from the River the Sir Edward Hamilton, for Jamaica : William, Lushington, St. Kitt's ; Acasta, New York; Augusta, Cussar, Jamaica. Nov. 23.—Wind W. S. \V. —Arrived and sailed for the River the Triumph, Harvey, from Jamaica—sailed 6 th Octo ber ; Bramby, from Genoa; Hyperion, from Quebec; and Hope, from Bahia. Came down and remains his Majesty's sloop Sparrow-hawk. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 24.-IVind S.W.—Arrived the Do rothea Charlotte, from New York for Hamburgh, in distress. Put back the Louisa and Hetty. Nov. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Henrietta, from Amsterdam for Marseille* PLYMOUTH, Nov. 23.-,-Wind S.W.—Arrived the Britan nia, from London for Cape Coast Castle; John and Mary, from Chiosie.—The Doveworth was lost to the 'Northward of Oporto—cargo saved. FALMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind S.W.—lt has been blowing exceeding hard all day, with no appearance at this moment of any abatement. Put back the Manly, for Berbice. ST. IVES, Nov. 22.—The Ann, 10 weeks from Jamaica for London, was piloted into this port last evening, having received some damage. The Savanna, Coles, from Liverpool for New York, was to tally lost the end of last month in Long Island. The Dorothy, Taylor, from Miramichi, ran against the Prince's Dock Pier, Liverpool, on Saturday, and filled with I water. The Dutch ship Columbo has foundered off Point Natal. In the year 1764, a Mr. and Mrs. Liddel took the flitch of bacon oath at the Green Dragon, Harrowgate, and were most elegantly entertained there by the gentlemen in the neighbourhood. They declared they never once had a wish of separation during the whole 17 years they had been married. Every person present, except one, like the Scotch at a wedding, gave a dish at the dinner; and he gave grace. We are concerned to state that George Heald, Esq. of 'Waterside, near Disley, met with a serious accident on, Monday last, by falling through oae of the floors of his new cotton factory, which he was at the time inspecting. Up to yes terday, we are happy to hear, he was in an improving state.—` ( Stockport Advertiser.) THE KING V. WILLIAM CLARKE. This defendant appeared upon the floor of the Court, and Mr. GURNEY moved the judgment upon him, for publishing a blasphemous libel, called Queen Mab. The defendant put in an affidavit, stating that he had applied, according to 'the advice of the Court, to the printer to give up the remainder of the copies of the work, and had brought into Court 25 copies, being the only remaining part but he declined giving up the name of the printer. Mr. GURNEY - said this case was one which called for very severe punishment. The de fendant had not exerted himself in carrying into full effect the wish of this Court. After some conversation, Mr. Justice Thiritir addressed the defendant, and said the Court had taken all the circumstances into its merciful con sideration, and the judgment upon him, therefore, was, that he be imprisoned in the House of Cor rection, Cold Bath Fields, for four months, and at the expiration of that period find sureties to keep the peace, himself in 401. and two sureties in 20/. each.—The defendant then retired in custody. HOME ClRCUlT.—Special Gaol Delivery, 3d Geo. IV., 1822.--Before Mr. Baron GRAHAM and Mr. Justice BAYLEY : Hertfordshire, Monday, Dec. 9, at Hertford. Essex, - Wednesday,- 11, at Chelmsford. Kent, - Monday, - 16, at Maidstone. Sussex, - Monday, 23, at Lewes. Surrey, - Monday, - 30, atSt. Mary, Newington. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN HOLBORN.;; - . On Saturday night, at about a quarter of an hour before 12 o'clock, an alarm of fire was given by the family of Mr. Walker, feather-bed and mattress manufacturer; No. 60, High Holborn, two doors above Hand-court, and next door - to Mr. Taylor's architectural library. At the time, the family, consisting chiefly of females, threw open the shop door and rushed out into the street in great disorder ; a shower of sparks were seen from without falling down the stairs at the back of the shop from the first floor, in great abundance, and it was evident that the interior of the house, from the first to the second floor, was even enveloped in 'a body of fire. A passenger immedi ately ran to obtain a fire-engine, and the Eagle Insurance-office. was the first that received the intelligence, but for some cause or other the engine was not out with proper speed, and the parish engine had arrived at the spot, and was at work a considerable time before it. In less than two minutes after the family got out, the srriok,e, which issued in volumes from the door, was so great as to prevent any one from saving the property in the shop, which was in a blaze before the parish engine arrived. It was some time before a sufficient supply of water could be obtained, and when it was procured, the powers of the parish engine were evidently so insignificant as to give not the slightest check to the flames, and in a very few minutes the whole house was in a blaze. The inmates of the adjoining house received a timely alarm, but the progress of the fire was so rapid that Mr. Taylor's architectural library was on fire and in blaze before any of the highly valuable scientific books and drawings which it contained could be got out. The house on the other side of Mr. Walker's, 61, was before it in the same situation, and nothing, as we are in formed, of any value was saved from either. In a minute or two after the arrival of the Eagle fire engine, the roofs of two of the houses fell in, and the three front houses were soon in such a condition, that the firemen, with the other engines that fol lowed, thought only of directing their efforts to preserve the ad joining premises. The fire had caught the upper story of Mr. Tate's, the baker, at the corner of Hand-court, but by the spirited efforts of the firemen it was subdued, and by vigorous working, the oil shop, No. 62, was saved. Had it caught fire, the destruction that would have ensued is incalculable, as there was no time for the removal of the stock. Although the fire was checked in front, it „irained ground greatly behind, and -as there was a keen wind blowing m a north westerly direction, the flames were communicated rapidly to the back 'pre mises of the adjoining houses in Hand-court, and two houses there were speedily in flames. The firemen, how ever, soon prevented a further progress. At about two o'clock in the morning a _tremulous motion in the front walls gave notice to- the firemen and bystanderS in the street to get out of the way, and in a minute after the front of Mr. Walker's house and :that of No. 61 fell in with a tremendous crash. The fire made no_ progress after that time. Mr. Smith, the occupier of the wine-vaults adjoining to Hand-court, had been for some time unwell, but the shock given by the intelli gence of the danger was so great 'that he expired in the arms of some persons who were conveying him up the court to a place of safety. Beyond this calamitous occurrence, we heard of no loss of life in consequence of the conflagration. No estimate can. be formed of the loss but from such information as could be col lected. WTe understand that most of the property was insured. The loss occasioned by the destruct:on of the Architectural Library is irreparable to men of science, as it is the only house in town entirely devoted to the publication and collection of ar. chitectural works ; and none of the books or valuable plans were saved. The engines were pumping upon the ruins the the whole of yesterday, and even at ten o'clock 'this morning. —Some dangerous piles of chimneys were left standing. The thieves mustered in great numbers, but got little from any but the by.standers. The distressed inmates of the houses destroy ed by the conflagration, many of them in a state of nudity, were received into the opposite houses. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 25. The adverse and boisterous winds of last week occasioned the supplies of all descriptions of Grain to be small this morning ; there is a good supply of Wheat, Beans, and Peas, from Kent. but scarcely any thing fresh in from other parts. Superfine samples of Wheat sold readily on the same terms as last Mon day, but very little business has been done in other qualities. Prime Barley for malting commands rather better prices, but with other sorts sell heavy. Beans have experienced no varia tion whatever from this day se'nnight. Grey Peas obtain rather more money, and Boiling sell heavily arour last quotation. There is rather a fine trade for good sweet Oats, on much the the same terms as this day se'nnight. Flour sells heavily, but the price remains unaltered. Rape Seed is further declined U. per last. Wheat, Old, 24s 45s Pease, White ....... Ns 28s I - New 28s 46s - Grey 24a 26s Rye 16s 23s Beans - 9 4s 30s Barley 18s 34s I Oats 15s 26s Malt 40s 56s Flour 3os 40s AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN IN ENGLAND ANT) WALES. Wheat, 395. 2d. ; Barley, 28s. 4d. ; Oats, 19g. Bd. ; Bye, 18s. 10d. ; Beans, 265. 7d. ; Peas, 28s. sd. The Average Price of Brown or uscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending the 20th day bf November, 1822, is 295. Old. per cwt. SMITIIFIELI) MARKET, Nov. 25. There was a very full Market this morning of every descrip tion of Cattle; amongst which were a great number of lean . Oxen ; those of superior quality wire rather higher in price than last market day ; Mutton is also somewhat dearer; all inferior qualities ait almost 'unsaleable. (To sink the Offal, per stone of Bth.) Beef 2s 6d to 3s 6tl I Veal ls Od to 4s Od Mutton 2s 4 d to 3s Oct Pork 3s Od to 3s td Lamb Os Od to Os Od. CATTLE AT. MARKET. Beasts 3,000 I 0 Sheep and Lambs ~....20,70 Calves .210 Pigs HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Hay £3 Os to .1:4 Os I Clover £3 lOs to £4 5s Straw £1 tis to £1 16s. LEICESTER, No v.22.--Yesterday the Anniversary Dinner of the Corporation was given at the Guildhall, to a numerous and most respectable assemblage of the County and Town, by THOMAS CooK, Esq. The dinner was served up with much taste. in two courses, and consisted of every delicacy in season. The following Gentlemen honoured Mr. Mayor with their pre sence on the occasion :.—Earl Howe, Lord Robert Manners, ButlerDanvers,Esq. F.W.Wollaston,Esq. Jn. Mansfield, Esq. M.P., George Pochin, Esq. Richd Astley, Esq. C. Winstan. ley, Esq. R. Cheslyn, Esq. John Clarke, Esq. Thos Sansome, Esq. Rev. J. Ord, Rev. Mr. Holdich, Rev. T. Adnutt, Rev. Mr. Mettam, J. P. Ord, Esq.. P. A. Lafargue Esq. P. Humphrey, Esq. Rev. Mr. Belg,rave, Rev. R. Walker, Leicester Journal, Nov. 22.)