The Sun. — London, England, 1822-02-27 00:00:00

.eady ruar• ed to bin?. ing Fun& ,way with ily tend to and pub- :1 that the r :Int in the pence of Ilia corn 7ket with esent dis- that the e thought rson I to guar- At last is servant gone, lie louse ad- and find• e House .his im tracted ndency ten. by a big!' uential Mud! (upend lives, Dn the rights !s, but y - that e t prrTi elfish, morth- State, of the Fi best ion of assi- M•e gl] ,and ;alive e met m the upon. tation ulgar illus- ying- ci ties, poli jus- )eing, t for a our those 1)por- s are, ,ance. ,bere- 5 iiiill i rule litl of ►thers o see and erica n his n sa - ?rued form. item- man,' 2S of good Trect a his Ow" h ail irtue easy And with men and 1 so evil R test the , nor e, a the ling and lead Phi icer- thly ther ven, 'es'. lam, :han the res- erS, LTTS 1(1), )1 ; a S. - PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. itoust dF COMMONS. ‘ . .26? die Pebruarii,lB22. Th 2 house met, and Forty Members: not being present at Four'o'Clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the House. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. 1: Mr. Ilume,—Returns from .Hawkers and Pedlars, and Hackney Coach Offices. 311 . ....Creevey,—Alotion on Act for remuneration of persons who have held high - Official Situations. 3. Air. Spring Rice, -;:'Papers relating to Courts of Justice in Ireland. • • • 4. Mr. Dickinson,—Cdnunittee to inquire into the Law of Sewers. • -' • ORDERS OF THE DAY- for,THIS DAY. 1. Ways and deans—Committee. • . . - Supply—Committee. •* - liropped , Notiees of Illotia:rs of Yesterday. I Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,—Bill to amend Superan . ruation Act. • 2. M.r. Alderman Wood,--To move for certain Evidence taken at Ilehester Gaol before the Coroner on the'l9th and 2llth - January last: Mr. Ilumei—Returns, Land Tax Redemption Office, and other Returns. 4. Mr. William Smith,—To move for Papers relative to the present state of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa. Dropped Orders of the Day of Yestentrey. •1. ArMs Importation (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. 2. Navy Five per Cents. Acts—Report :hereupon. 3. Annual Malt Tax Act—Report thereupon. 4. Population (Ireland) Bill—Committee.. 4 . Arms Seizure Indemnity (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Dropped Second Readings of Private Bills. 1. Chappel Bar Road. 4.. Norfolk Gaol. 2. :)over Roads. • 5. Tawey Bridge. 3, Stockport Roads.' i. Barnsley Paving. . I . * POT FOREIGN LITErtATCRE, see the Fourth Page, PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT (20-I.::O'CLOCK. clank Stock 9 4%31 Bank Long Ann. ` ) O!i i! per Cent... Red. . o per Cent. C0n5....79,1 79 714 India Stock '243 247 33 per Cent 903; India Bonds 47s. 4.55. A per Cent 9B 96 1 ; Excheq. Bills 1 dis. 1 pr. 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.... 10% Cons. for Account-73 i ', 79 M 103 1033 lliG II WATER AT LOSDO Morning, 52 minutes after 8. 'N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. I Evening, 18 minutes after 8 THE SUN. SOLEM BUIS DICEILE FALSUJI AUDt.ir ? • - LONDON, • WEDNESDAY, :FEBRUARY 27, 1822 Lord LIVERPOOL'S motion last night for Pa pers, illustrative of the State of the Country, was not calculated to provoke any opposition ; but it led to a fall and calm discussion of our domestic circumstances, the principal stress of the debate lying, as might be expected, upon the expe diency and practicability of reducing the taxes, the means by which that reduction should be effected, and the extent to which it should be carried. Lord LIVERPOOL, after enlarging on the general prosperity of the country, adverted to the distressed state of our agricultural class, and argued at considerable length that the evil did not arise from taxation. He first pointed out the present distress of the Agricultural interest in other countries, even those least oppressed s ith taxes ; he then disputed the proposition that our national burdens had been rendered more • intolerable by the alteration or the currency, ob- Serving that even if that alteration were taken at the greatest alleged amount, namely 25 per cent., (though he considered it to be only five per cent.) still, as the taxes had been reduced in the sam e proportion since 1816, the unfavourable chancr e could not be ascribed to the increased valu e of the circulating medium. Adverting to the growth of taxation since 179, he urged that the effect of taxes on a country is not to be esti- Mated by their mere amount at one period or ano ther, but by the relation which they bear at each time to the public wealth and resources, and he Proceeded to shew the vast augmentation of these in Grt.3at Britain within the last twenty years. He then inquired what real good would result to the Agriculturist from any practicable reduction of expenditure,' and from an application of the l ive millions' surplus revenue to an abatement ( I the taxes, rather than to the maintenance of a °lnking Fund. The immediate effect of a re duction in public expenditure, he observed, was to aggravate the distress complained of, by di minishing consumption ; and he stated, in illus tration, that during the last year of the war, the demand of Government for provisions alone. amounted to more than two millions; at present it Was only two hundred thousand pounds. On the other hand, five millions diverted from the Sinking Fund to the diminution of taxes, would frO rd a very inconsiderable relief to the country, 'lnd to the agriculturists in particular, though t a great sacrifice of public credit. To this ar gument Lord LaissnowmE replied, that if the `Urn in question was too trifling to be an object the distreSsed classes, it must also be too mi nute to have any sensible effect as a security to the Fundholder. We conceive the Noble Marquis to have taken an erroneous view of this point,be- Cause the withdrawing of the 5 millions destined to t he Sinking Fund, as it involves the desertion of a principle, may materially affect our national eredit, and the value of property dependent upon it, while the same five millions, as a mere sum Of money, distributed among the people in the way of a remission of taxes, may have no perceptible nfluenee upon the present distresses. The Noble Marquis adverted to the proposed reduction of the 5 per cents., and expressed himself satisfied with the principle of this measure, though he could not approve of its details. The judgment of the House of Lords, in the great case of NUGENT, the lessee of Galway, against CUTHBERT and others, on a writ of error from the Exchequer Chamber of Ireland, was given this morning in favour of the defendants, thereby affirming the judgment of the Court be low, and confirming the existing leases. The Logi") CHANCELLOR and Lord REDESD ALE de tailed at considerable length their reasons for affirming the judgment of the Exchequer Cham ber of Ireland in this important case. Mr. JAMES'S Speech of Monday night, on the interruption of Correspondence between Pri soners and Members of Parliament, afforded a whimsical specimen of the disa&antages to which art orator exposes himself when he ven tures beyond his depth in the Statute book. Mr. JAMES contended, that the order signed by two Judges in . 1820, for the government of Lancaster Castle, was, so far as it authorized the opening of letters, not only contrary to Parliamentary privilege, but at variance with the Statute law. To prove this latter point, he cited the Post- Office Act, 9 Anne, c. 10, which contains a clause against those who shall open,• detain, or delay letters,and he triumphantly held up this proviso in terrorem of all persons acting upon such directions as had been put in force at Lancaster. Mr. JAMES unfortunately considered it as super fluous to look beyond the first few words of the clause, and therefore did not discover that the offence provided against is the opening, detaining or delaying of a letter or packet " after the same is or shall be delivered into the General or other Post-Office, or into the hands of any person or persons employed for the receiving or carrying post-letters, and before delivery to the persons to whom they are directed or for their use." That is to say, so long as they are under the charge of the Post-Office and its agents. After the letters have been taken in, whether at a gaol, an hotel, or a private dwelling, the Statute evidently does not interfere for their protection, unless any per son believes that its severities are directed against the petty domestic meannesses of school masters, who open the letters directed to their boys, or suspicious husbands, who pry into the correspondence of their wives.. Nor would it be very easy, upon this supposition, to apply the rigours of the Statute to the gaoler, pedagogue, or husband, for it is ordained in the clause, first, that persons offending shall forfeit twenty pounds for each offence, and " over and above such penalty," that they " shall be for ever incapable of having, using, exercising, or enjoying any office, trust, or employment in or relating to the Post-office or any branch thereof." How it could be supposed that this enactment applied to offences committed by any but persons in the Post-office, is difficult to divine ; the clause is so plain that he who runs may read, unless, in deed, be runs with more speed than discretion. —ls it so light a matter, then, to reproach the Judges with having signed an illegal order, that their accuser should not even bestow the labour of one attentive perusal on the law which he produces for their condemnation i [ On the point of privilege there may be more room for dispute. It would, however, be extra , vagant (as the • House in effect declared it by their vote) to assert that as many letters as may be sent into a prison under franks from Members of Parliament must, in spite of all regulations and of any exigency of affairs, pass unexamined to their destination. how, in fact, could such an exertion of privilege be justified, unless Members would hold themselves responsible for the innocence of communications thus protected' There appears less inconvenience in allowing the free passage of letters actually addressed to gentlemen in Parliament ; but the question re curs, is this right available in opposition to an order promulgated by the Magistrates and con firmed by the Judges, in the exercise of an au thority entrusted to them by Statute ? It is answered that Parliamentary privilege is not to be " ridden down" by the operation of a law in which that privilege is not expressly abolished. This would perhaps be true of what may be termed the defensive privileges of Parliament, which are essential to its independence, and to the ex ercise of its proper and necessary functions; but the argument may not be equally applicable to cases in which that body, or its members, claim an interfering or controlling power. Matters not necessarily, and by their very nature, falling within the scope of Parliamentary authority, may perhaps be regulated by Statute, in such a man ner as to preclude the interposition of privilege, without any precise enactment for that purpose. But whether this distinction be just or otherwise is of little consequence to the present argument, for the House of Commons has already, in the Re golution of 1735, allowed that its privileges in . some particulars may be " ridden down" by a Statute not expressly taking them away. In the Resolution of 1688, the House declared it gene rally a breach of privilege to open any letter addressed to a Member of Parliament. The 9th of ANNE was subsequently passed, which for bade the opening or detaining of any letters, unless by warrant from the Secretary of State. And afterwards, in voting the Resolution of 1735 (when the right of franking was in question) the Commons, attentive to the words of this Act, de clared it a breach of privilege for any Postmaster or his deputie%to open or detain any letter addressed to or by a Member, unless by warrant from one of the Secretaries of State; thus acknowledging that, wlien the Statute of ANNE was passed, the House had, in fact, circumscribed its own privi , lege to a certain degree, though no precise wor l ds had been inserted with that view. IRELAND.—We yesterday gave At account of the proceedings of the Special Commission at Cork to the evening of the 22d inst. and we received this day The Cork Adverhser of the 23d inst. It contains a copious account of the ;t•oceedin g s in the County Court, en the affair at Coolgea, on the 21st. and those of the 22d on the huriiing of the Barracks at Churchtown, the particulars of which have already been reported. The latest news in The Cork advertiser is the trial of Roger Heffernan, for the unlawful sale of - gun-powder, on Saturday last. The Cork Advertiser, pro mising a continuance of the legal proceedings on this case, concludes as follows : " We shall now merely add, that lieffvrnan was found Ottiky. At a little after tfiree o'clock this day, the Judge; left town, escorted by a party of dra goons" • • A . Meeting of the Magistrates of Cork took place the same day, to deliberate upon the expe diency of memorializing the Lord Lieutenant relatively to the insurrection. It was decidedly the sense of the Meeting, that no time should be lost in proclaiming the Liberties of the City, and a Special Sesions for memorializing the Lord Lieutenant was to be held on Monday last. The French Papers of Sunday' have been re ceived. The followinz are pm:acts :-- PARIS, FEB. 24.-IVe have received further particulars of the earthquake felt at Lyons, about 9, A.M. on the 18th. It was so violent that several houses in the streets Bombarde and St. John appared to be shaken. At the same time a noise was heard like that of a loaded waggon passing over a draw-bridge. It was also felt by some persons in St. John's Church. The same shock was felt pretty severely, at the same hour, at Bourg and Valence, where it also lasted only about a minute. Dupuy, fbrmerly an officer of cavalry, and at present merchant at Nantes, has just been arrested by the genre arms and confined in the prison at Bouffray, as implicated in the plot some time since discovered in that city. PARIS, FEB. 23. TRIBUNAL OF THE FIRST INSTANCE. AFFAIR OF THE WILL OF BUONAPART E.—A considera• ble number of persons had collected to hear this singular law. suit between M. Latitte and the executors of Buonaparte's last will. When the cause was called, M. D u pin, C ounse l for Ge nerals Bertram : and Montholon, desired it might be now plead ed, if the time of the Court permitted. 31. Champanhel, King's Counsel, immediately rose, and strangely disappointed the curious spectators by the following motion :-- " As the publicity of this cause might bring with it serious inconveniences,•we require that it be pleaded with closed doors, on the day which it shall please the Court to determine." After a short consultation, the Court, by the organ of M. Moreau, its President, pronounced the following decision : " Considering the requisition of the King's Attorney (pro cureur) on the .117th Article of the Penal Code, which is as fol lows t The pleadings shall be public, except in cases where the law orders' that they shall be private. The Court may, how ever, order that they shall be with closed doors, if the public discussion may occasion .scandal, or serious inconveniences ; but, in this, case, the Court Shall be bound to deliberate on it, and to render an account of its deliberation to the Attorney- General of the Royal Court,' &c. " The Court, after having deliberated according to the law, considering that, it results from the arguments respectively ad duced, and the consultations entered upon, on occasion of the demand made by Messrs. the Count de Monthol.-,0, Count Bei_ trawl, and Marchand, in the names and qualities in which they proceeded against Sieur Lafitte, that the public discussion of this cause would lead to serious inconveniences, orders that the pleadings of this cause shall take place with closed doors, on Monday, the 25th of this month, at ten o'clock in the morn ing; and further orders, that a copy of the present deliberation be delivered, in the course of the day, by the Clerk, and by him handed to the King'S Attorney, to be by him delivered to the Attorney-General." B. Monday is generally a day of vacation for the Cham ber of the Civil Tribunal. _Extract of a Letter from Charleston, Jan. 9,1.' " It is reported that the French Government has determined to send Commissioners to Hayti, to treat with the existing Authorities there, and it is expected that our Government will take suitable measures to secure every commercial privilege at that important Island which may be granted to the French, British, or any other nation." FROM PENSACOLA, DEC. 25.---We learn from unquestionable authority, that the President of the United States approves the conduct of Go vernor JACKSON, in the affair of Callava through out ; and further, that the President considers .Judge FROMENTIN'S jurisdiction exclusively con fined to the laws in relation to the revenue and slave trade. BOSTON, JAN. 15.—The navigation continues open ; the ice has all been driven out of the river, by a north-west wind; all the outward-bound vessels have sailed. The friends of the late NAPOLEON BOONA PARTE, residing in New. Orleans, walked in pro cession on the 10th Dec. to the Catholic Church, which was hung in black on the occasion, and a funeral service was performed. A commercial letter, dated Lisbon the 24th ult., reports, that the State Gazette had an nounced, that 1223 actions or shares had been inscribed for, as Stock to the Bank projected in that capital. The amount of these 1223 actions was 611,500,000 rees. Though sanguinely hoped for, it was not finally determined whether Lis bon would be made a free port. Should the Bank scheme succeed, it would doubtless pro duce a favourable impression on the Government; and we might (says the letter) be the more jus tilicAl in looking forward to the Portuguese capi tal being made a free entrepot. It would create a new life in commercial traffic. As a certain proof that this is not the only country in which agriculture is languishing at the present moment, it is deserving of mention, that several Petitions were recently laid before the Government of the Netherlands, from Land owners in Zealand, complaining of the depressed prices of corn and the continuance of tithes : the latter, in particular, it was asserted, contributed very much to the ruinous state of things apper taining to rural economy. The Ordnance Estimates have been printed. The sum voted for 1821 was 1,095,000/. ; to be voted for 1822, 1,200,000/.—difference in favour of the former year 105,0001. Lord Onsonn's " Memoires of his Own Times," will be published on Saturday, 2 .) -;- . § ,15 •5 ' tt!' .' i ) „A , vcg its"- ---= t) ,f 4, „:- - ..„7164- , v. . .A,, - ,- Q* s 4. ~,- ' ..At:' ...:'*,,, . ' ~..\.,...„, 4)0 $ \?,.....‘ `;` '-. '' . '', 4- '-----"s :' ---..- - ----,-. . --- E -,f--.` •• -' N `. 4 !' V k „., , ~' 'y ' . -_,' E? OF -i',, - ,- :. :. 1 :4 ‘ .- .tot. e a.. i t ~.., - r ' ;, -e l .L. ', V .. . . . .oir to ki 44 FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl of Darnley and family, for the season, at their house in Berkeleysquare ; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell and fami ly, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Brighton ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hale, in Grosvenor-place, from King's Walden, Herts ; Sir Charles Asgill, Bart. from Gob. Brand's seat in Sussex ; Lord Lilford and faMily, from their scat, Northamptonshire; Sir „John and Lady Pollen, from Brightou; Lord Arundel, at .\livart's hotel, from \Vardour Castle ; .Ge neral Church and Suite, at ditto, from Paris.. His Royal Highness the Duke of York , gave a splendid din ner yesterday to a select party, in the stable-yard. The Marchioness of Londonderry entertained the Lady. Pa tronesses, and a large party of distinguished persons, in St. James's-square, yesterday. ,NIARICIAGE IN HIGH Ltrr.--Yesterday were married, by special license, (at the Earl of Albemarle's house in St. James's square, by the Bishop of Norfolk), Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, to Lady Ann Kepple, •second daughter of his Lordship: After the ceremony the. bride and bridegroom left town for the Dowager Lady de Clifford's cottage, Dudley Grove, at Pad dington. The Countess entertained a select party of fashion ables ; among them were, the Dukes of Sussex, Norfolk, &c. A treaty of marriage, we' understand, .is on the eve of con clusion between a Noble. Lord high in Administration, and the amiable and accomplished daughter of another Noble Member of the Cabinet, justly esteemed for talents; political rectitude, and firm attachment to the Protestant Ascendancy. P 0 E T P. Y. IMPROMPTU. Oh ! Northern DAVID, philosophic Sage, Though mild thy temper, how thotedst fret and fume, If thou could'st peep upon this passing age, And know what mock'ry marks the name of llu ME. JAMES Bosw Eso.—T he friends of learning, talents, and good humour, will regret to hear that this gentleman died on Saturday last, at his Chambers in Garden Court, Temple. He was the second son of JAMES BOSWELL, Esq. the ce lebrated biographer of 1)r. J OHNSON. The gentle man whose death we have now the melancholy task of recording, and whom we had the plea sure of knots ing many years, was, a sound classi. cal scholar, and was particularly conversant with the ancient literature of this country. This knowledge induced the late Mr. MALoNE to leave to him the revision and the property of his last edition of SHAKSPEAILE. Air. BoswELL, though in constant requisition for his social qua lities, and abundant store of anecdotes, and who visited every species of public amusement, found leisure to do justice to his departed friend, and lately brought forward a new and admirable edict tion of the works of our great dramatic bard, with all the attainable anecdotes of his life. Mr. 11os- WELL inherited all the connexions of his father, and was particularly intimate with the present Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the fate Mr. Wlsolt tm, the late Mr. COUIZTENAY, so well known for his Parliamentary wit and humour, and Mr. KEMBLE ; and by his own talents and worn► considerably increased the number of his friends, among whom were the most respectable Scholars and Mem bers of the Bench and Bar. Though free and sprightly in his manners, and though so well known, he was select in the choice of his ac quaintance, and if incidentally introduced to any whose character he did not respect, he always passed them with indifference, as if they lead never been known to him. He was one of the Commissioners of Bankrupts, and he executed the duties of his office with zeal, rectitude, and humanity. His humour was original and highly entertaining, and his numerous friends have to lament the early loss of an excellent companion and a man of the purest honour and integrity. LLI.IIII GORTON, ESQ. This Gentleman died on Sunday last, at Windsor, in the 78th year of his age. He was many years Clerk of the Kitchen, to his late MAJEsTY, whose confi dence lee deservedly possessed, on account of his zeal, fidelity, and prudence. He hail acquired a considerable fortune, but, according to report, so much of it was involved in the unfortunate affairs of Messrs. Ilow:►.;to and Ginas, that it gave a shock to his health and spirits, from which he never recovered. Ile was well acquainted with mankind. and in his private character was hospitable, friendly, and intelligent. Th,, Drawings, Prints, Books, &c. &c. col lected by thee late Riot:tan COSWAY, Esq. were sold last week by Mr. STANLEY, and the amount was 1,6001. Much is clue to the zeal, knowledge, and judgment of Mr. STANLEY on this occasion. THE GREAT TROTTING MATCH OF 20 MILES. This great Sweepstakes of 150 guineas each, to trot singly 20 miles, took place over a two-mile cir c le of fi ne ground, in Knowle Inclosure, a short distance from Stony Stratford. The horses were Mr. F. llogherty's Patrick (an Irish horse), Capt. Meadows's roan horse, and Mr. Goad's chesnut mare Godina. The Irish horse started first, the mare second, and the roan. third ; and it was, to use our Correspondent's expression, a true race, performed as follows :=- By Patrick. By the roan. By the mare. min. sec. min. sec. min. sec. 6 42 - 6 38 - 6 49 6 48 - 6 37 - • 6 42 6 32 - 6 44 - 6 44 6 34 - 6 47 - 6 50 6 39 - 6 50 - 6 59 6 29 6 48 . 6 53 7 30 - 6 49 • 6 54 • 7 40 - 6 52 - 6 57 7 44 - 6 58 - 6 54 7 50 - 7 57 . 7 58 Miles. Ist '2 2d 2 3d 2 4th 2 sth 2 6th 2 7th 2 Bth 9th 2 10th 2 70 26 69 0 (;9 45 This is some of the. fastest and truest trotting on record. The mare was first favourite, and broke four times in her last four miles, or she must have won the race. Both the roan and the mare broke in their last miles. Each carried 7 stone, and Patrick was the favourite at starting. Yesterday the State Lottery commenced draw ing, when No. 5,319 was drawn a Prize of ,e 2,000!!! and was sold hy Bisii, in 13 Shares, 1 Quarter - - London. 1 Sixteenth, Brighton 1 Sixteenth, Oswcstry 1 Sixteenth, Cork 1 Sixteenth, Stockton 1 Sixteenth, Bdinbl:rgl► 1 Sixteenth, Swansea 1 Sixteenth, Glasgow 1 Sixteenth, Twickenham 1 Sixteenth, Leicester 1 Sixteenth, Thame 1 Sixteenth, London 1 Sixteenth, Tunbridge. Warranted undrawn Tickets and Shares are selling by Bisir, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross, London, and by his Agents in the Country. The Drawing was not over when this Adver tisement was obliged to be sent; therefore, Bzsii hopes to an nounce To-morrow the further success of his Offices. First drawn Prize next day, 14th March, will be entitled to 20 2 0001. Money ! ! ! FOR THE SUN. THE LATE ARTHUR, MURPHY ' ESQ. Mit. EntToa—Your sketch o f the late Mr. COUTTS is truly interesting, and your anecdote of his kindness and friendship for - the late ARTHUR MURPHY recall to my recollection ano •ther anecdote of an opposite nature respecting that, admirable Writer, who, it appears, had tn... casion to apply to one of the living Poets of THIS DAY for some trifling pecuniary assistance, which was afforded to him ; but the money not having been returned, the POet directed his Lawyer to write to poor MURPHY, and to inti mate that unless the money was immediately paid the usual, process would be issued against him ! It is easy to imagine the effect this illiberal con duct produced on Mr. MURPHY, and I do not even at this time envy the " pleasurable" recol lection which this communication may excite in the " •memory " of the Poet to whom I have alluded. Dick's Coffee-house, Feb.. 25. V I NDE X. FOR THE SUN. Ma. EntTon—l cannot help eApressing my astonishment at the various plans for relieving the Agricultural Distress, and submit that the mode to effect it lies in a nut-shell, and must be obvious to every one; namely, let the monopo lizers of small farms restore them to their origi nal state—let the country banks be put under certain restrictions--let the landowners restore their rents to what they were thirty years ago— and let the farmers live as they did at that pe riod. RusTiccs. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &T. DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind S.W.—Camc down from the River and remains the Apollo, Tennant, for Madras, &c. Arrived and sailed for the River the Salamanca, llicks, from Oporto.— The Maria, Middleton, for Constantinople, put back on the 23rd inst., and remains. GitAviiSED, FEB. _'B..—Sailed the Adrian, Horn, for Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 26.--Wind S.W.--Arrived the Harriet, Warmington, from London for Sierra Leone ; Little Sally, Gibson, from ditto for Nialta ; and the Richard (Havre packet), 'from Havre, with passengers. YARMOUTH, FEn. 26.—The Edward, Shipley, of South Shields, was run on board of 23rd inst. off Flamborough Head by the Margaret and Ann, of Seaton Sluice, and sunk soon after ;—crew saved by the Margaret and Ann. RAmsuArn, FEn. 26.—The Sarah,- Corpe ; and Thetis, Pike, of Yarmouth, both sprung a-leak in the West Gully last night. FALMOUTH, FE B. S.W.—Arrived the Pro mise, Glasgow, from Buenos Ayres, in 82 days, for Corunra. Sailed the Factor, Cornell, for Belfast. Put back the Duke of .3larlborough pacxet, for Lisbon. Last week the ships in the Tyne very generally began to fit out for their respective voyages. Some were to have sailed fur fianiburgh and the Baltic. Four Greenlandthen are preparing for the Fishery. • Last year there were five vessels to the Straits and Greenland. The. undermentioned East India Company's ships had ar rived at Canton on th e 4th o f October list, viz. :—Hereford shire, Inglis, Royal George, llvthe, Bombay, Minerva, Wind sor, Farquharson, R e p u l se , Kent, Charles Grant, 15:ellie Castle, Marquess Camden, Bridgwater, and Waterloo.• The Lowther Castle had been spoken with in the China Sea, and was hourly expected. • A recent letter from Leghorn speaks in en thusiastic terms of the exertions . making by the liberal-minded of all. nations to succour.the cause of our Christrian brethren in the East. A Greek House at St.-Petersburgh had expedited two ves sels to the Morea, laden with arms and. warlike stores of all sorts. The rich Greek VORRACHI had advanced 500,000 rubles (nearly., -19,0001. sterling !) to assist in th e equipment of . tbe Gre cian navy. Gen. NORMANN, an enterprising and able Officer,•had recently embarked at Leghorn with a brave band of 55 military colleagues, 40 of whom are Germans, and the other .15 French men. In Warsaw, and in other parts, of Poland, nothing -could exceed the enthusiasm of. the people in favour of the Hellenic nation. A great many of the first individuals were busied in making collections in aid of the sacred. cause of Christianity. The thrifty Hollander even rears his head, and honourably rangel: in the ranks. of Grecian benefactors ; as no•less than eleven of the most respectable persons in Am sterdam, (among whom are included the Greek names of TOMASAKI and PALAOLOGOS) have recently taken upon themselves the collec tion of a fund, to be appropriated to tle.use of the persecuted Grecians. Shipments of arms and ammunition had already been sent from the Dutch ports. All this looks well, most assured ly; and, as Professor KRUG, of Leipzig, elo quently says, " If it be the determined will of the Greeks to become free, nothing can pre vent victory being their's. The whole of Christian Europe is on their side, • and - would . hail with ineffable joy the first dawning of permanent liberty in the East. Let them but think on the great days of 111:taATnoN, MOPYL_E, and PLATCEA ! Let them but do their deed and they must be free. Then shall - we • see the temples of Athens rise with new glory, the capacious harbour crowded with ships from all parts of the world, and those youths who are greedy of knowledge crowding the umbrageous walks of the Academy, to imbibe the maxims of wisdom from the mouths of eloquent teachers; then shall we hear hymns sung, not in honour of Theos or Pallas, but in just praise of the Great Eternal God of Christians, who created light and called men to rational liberty : who wills that slavery shall cease upon earth, and that the dead even shall rise again to a new and better life !" The extreme mildness of the - winter continues yet to be noticed in most parts of Europe. On the 7th inst. a flight of 20 couple of storks were seen in the neighbourhood of Berlin ; a circum stance unparalleled, as it is matter of notoriety , that these migratory birds never make - their ap,- pearance in Prussia before the early part of April. It is regarded as a certain sign of the approach of spring. CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 27. Our Market continues overloaded with Wheat, the arrivals having been very large, and the demand exceedingly dispro portionate, and confined chiefly to the finest qualities, which are 2s. per qr. cheaper than last week, and the ordinary des criptions are unsaleable, and only of nominal value.—Barley was dull sale at Monday's prices, and a huge quantity of the inferior sorts remains on hand for want of buyers.—The Oat trade continues extremely dull, owing . to the abundance of the supplies.—ln Beans and Pease there is no alteration. HOP INTELLIGENckI. SOUTHWARK, FEB. 25.—Our Hop trade is dull, very few sales are made by any one, but having only a sparing supply our prices are kept up.