The Sun. — London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

~, CORRLSP DgN s. inadvertently addressed . hiniself to VERTAS, instead of to AtmoitAlfoßEAtis: • ; • • r• PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds Us. 365. South Sea Stock ' • Old Annuities Ex. Bills 4 6pr. Ditto Small • Bank for Act.... 1 India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Account alai - 11 -E OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, DEC. 14. .French Five per Cents. sq. {Six r ents. 0. Russian Five pe per C Cents. 0 (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 85. V ea -a ita „ fF ve i per Cent. Bonds, 77 : i. r " crip, 4, , ?lstrian • Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 68. . SPanish - New Ditto, 58. Scrip , 7A disc. f Five per Cent. Bonds, 87. • " tan • • Ditto New, 87. Danish • Five per Cent. Bonds, 90. Chili 73. ' {Old Bonds, 00. - •• • Colombian - •Six per Cent. Bonds, .72.. Ditto Scrip, DO. Peruvian . New Loan, 89. . Bank Shares . ...£2l 10s. . Six per Cent. 92-'9B. • American Five per . Cent. 96k. • • Three per Cent. 70k. Ritak Stock . !Per cent. lied. 79f irer cent. Cons. ;.. sh i ut Per Cent 97 : .:4• Per.Cent.• shut :per Cents.l797. - Ll'n l c-Lg. Ann. 201 •. 7 'PP..3 per Cents. 1 PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, DEC. 12.• elk Stock 249 op Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. °v• Deb. 31 per cent.... 9214 .--Ditto 3 per cent.... 3i S tock o°v• per ct 90i 1 Ditto Stock Deb. n _ 4 per cent ...... Royal Canal Stock "'Nv. Deb. 5 per cent.. - Wide-street Cert. U per ct. T 5 per cent. !easury Bills, 5 per cent: —L. Pipe Water Deb. 5 per cr. ay Debentures, 3 per Do. cent. s'Ying in Hospital 4 per ct. 5 per cent. ' Exchange on London; Dec. 11, Bi. 1 , 1 .1011 WATER AT LONDO "thrning, 13 minutes after 4. BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 26 minutes after 4. THE SUN. SULEII QUIS DECEIVE FALSUM AUDE4TI LONDON, 310ATDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1822. [PROM A •CORRESPONDEXT:] ClTY,lppast Twelve o'Clock.---Owing-to the Ncific.information from Paris in the Morning l'apers, Consols opened this morning at 811 i 3 but after it was known that expresses had arrived from Paris bringing the French Funds l ittler • lower, 89f. 85c. 'or 90, Consols fell t ° 8144; and up to this hour they are 818 to 4. We understand that there is nothing of impor tance in the French Papers of Saturday, except that the Duke of WELLINGTON will make a tiger stay at Paris, than was expected. The fill of the French Funds is attributed to realizing. In the FOREIGN MARKET this morning Spanish oPened at 60, but fell, in consequence of the ex= Presses from Paris, to 57, rising again to 58— ‘tid at this hour Spanish New Bonds are 58i. Although the qUestion of Peace or War' can -4t be considered as finally decided, until by the r eturn of the Duke of WELLINGTON -front Paris, it • is proved that the negociations now carrying ' 4) 4 in that capital have been brought to a conclu • AL • 1.011, yet the probabilities are now so strongly in 4 vou r of the maintenance of peace, that well- Ninded hopes of its continuance may be safely ir ldulg,ed, without, howeveri relaxing from that i gilance which anticipates and ?repares for the I , o r_st. The Etoilc, which, of all the Paris • ~ J ournals, was the most, confident in its as- section that the invasion of Spain was re 161 ved on, now retracts its declarations, and t Proves those who have been so ill-informed as . believe that war was inevitable. The Journal d es Debuts, too, has published another pacific article, ,which commences with the assurance that ' 'the. preservation of peace between France and Pain now appears to be certain." If .this iM POrtant declaration shonld be verified,: Europe will b e indebted for the blessing of repose, next . t 0 the decisive and wise conduct of the English ernment, to the exertions of the press, and • to. the influence of public opinion, controlling the ~ a tantic:ins of States by its agency. Nothing more strikingly demonstrate the inestimable . ue of free discussion, than the triumph which it A PPears to have achieved over projects of aggres 7 I '4 that might again have deluged the world with b lOod. If the intemperance and inflammatory ad dresses of the war party in Francehad not been ° tinter:Wed by the cooler reasonings and the I° . l id arguments of those who perceived the 414. qeis and the difficulties, as well as the un certain. advantages of hostility, that country It ould have been precipitated upon an enterprise lq ijoh might have re-kindled the flames of war th roughout Europe, or have lighted up the fires of civil discord within herself. If the strong expres sio Of public opinion in England had not overcome t " efforts o f th o s e E ng li s h wr it ers w h o no t on ly . • I al/ oUred to incite France to the attack, but who al leged that England would look on with indif fp • • -Is Plice while the independence of the Peninsula Z. 4 menaced, the remonstrances of the British v lsi "erinnent, unsupported by the voice of the iv lign, and by the manifestation of its spirit ; _ . JO .e• zliglit'not have_ possessed sufficient force to give the prepouderinCe to pacitc-cotincils. • FRENCH FUNDS.--DEC. 13. • Five per Cents. Opened at Highest . • • Lowest 9O f. 75 c, Closed at 9l f. c. Neapolitan Five per Cents. Cour: ilattlientique.) At four o'clock, the• .5 per cents were 90 f. 65 c. Spanish Bonds , of 1820 1821 ' • 59-00 Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 45 C. Three Months 25 f. 30 c. [From the American Papers.] Extract of a Letter dated Camp Calvas, near Pensacola, Oct. 16. " The revenue cutter Louisiana, arrived here a few days ago from a cruize on the coast of Cuba, having made five prizes. The vessels captured were schooners from 80 to 100 tons bur then. Two were burnt, and three sent into New Orleans; one loaded with coffee, and another having a quantity of dry goods on board. The clew of one only was taken, consisting of seven teen, who are under guard at. this camp, having been detained for trial. The •other crews escaped into the woods, after hav ing burnt a quantity of coffee, &c. they had on shore. The vessel to which the prisoners here belonged in addition to their small arms mounted a large swivel.—( Mobile Register ! ) hlExico..--By accounts received at Charleston from Ha vannah, it appears that the Emperor Iturbide, maintained his usurped power, down to- the last of September. This circuM- . stance, and his again permitting the transportation of specie . frordthe' mines of Vera Cruz, had induced an opirdun that his. authority had become more respected. Of the proceedings of the republican General Victoria, nothing had been heard of late. Information had reached Havannah, that 'the Briti4h• Government had at last turned their 'attention seriously to the subject of piracy in the West Indies : ten fast sailing schooners had been contracted for; which were to be completed . in 14 days time, and dispatched immediately to cruize in the- West Indian seas.—A SpaniSh feet recently fitted out at Havannah, was actively pursuing the pirates,- and had made some captures.. . The anxiety of his . Honour the VICE•CHAN. CELLO R to relieve the . Court of Chancery from the imputation under which it has long laboured, of being injuriously dilatory, and to distinguish the proceedings in his Court from those before the LO RD CHANCELLOR, IS pretty well known, not only to the .suitor, whose cases are heard before him, and who have felt its effects, but to the Public generally. This anxiety on the part of his Honour gave rise, on Friday last, to a remonstrance from Mr. WETHERELL,. who ex pressed the feeling which we have reason to be lieve unanimously pervades the Bar, as well as, every person in the habit of attending to hear the proceedings in the Court of Chancery, that cases may be decided without being sufficiently heard. We should have allowed the circumstance to pass unnoticed, in the hope that it would of itself have led to the correction of the evil complained of, had we not seen it animadverted upon in an Evening Paper of Saturday last, with an unmean ing flippancy that greatly surprised us. The pa,, tagraph in question, as it seemed to us, was little calculated to exalt the character of the Vice.; Chancellor, whilst it cast an imputation upon the Bar, which was as uncalled for as it was unjust. It is very far from our intention to folloW the example which has thus been set to us, and to vindicate the Bar at the expence of the Vice-Chancellor. The Bar ranks too highly in public estimation. to need it.; but we, think some thing is due to the Learned and highly Honour able Individual whose sense of duty compelled him, in support of the interests of his clients, to resist an attempt to dictate a line of argument, which, however much it may tend to the dispatch of business, and to relieve the Court from trouble, is introductory of a practice that may eventually defeat the ends of justice, .and destroy that confi dence in the proceedings of the Court, which it is so essentially necessary that the public should feel. It must at all times be most painful to an individual placed in the situation of Mr. WETHERELL to have such a task imposed upon him, but to have shrunk from it would have been a dereliction of duty and a compromise of character, which we should have been little prepared to expect from him. The Bar ought always to evince very great de-, ference and respectfor the opinion and character of the Court ; but whenever Counsel sacrifice their independence, and become absolutely sub servient to the will of the Court, our juris prudence must inevitably lose that high cha racter which it holds in the estimation not only of the English people, but of foreigners.— In his endeavour to curtail the speeches of Counsel, it is doubted whether the Vice-Chan cellor has not introduced as .a substitute, (a bad one it must be confessed),•Long and incoherent .conyersaticas, in which, all tbe dignity of the . Court ,is frittered away, and by hicii brevity itsey; the very object which' has led to the in novation, is , lost. There is a very general belief that it is the intention .of Government -to propose in the next Session of Parliament, a Tax upon Property, but not a Tax. on Income, arising from Professions or Trades.—lt is likewise said, -that .the old Four per Cents. are to be paid off in the Three and Half per Cent. Stock; but this rumour is not credited in the City. • • After the attacks that for a long time have appeared in the chief Radical Paper, it is some what surprising to find it this day contain the following paragraph, which we readily insert, in order to encourage its new-born loyally, though we . cannot but still suspect that it is miching malicho, and means mischief" . ." Nothing can be more consolatory to the country than the reports, apparently from authority, of the improved state of the KING'S health. It would, no doubt, be more gratifyin to many loyal subjects were his MAJESTY to shew himself a little more in public, however satisfactory to them it may be to know that the wish for seclusion is in no manner occasioned by indisposition." THE CANADA CLUB held on Saturday 14st their first meeting for the season, at the Free masons' Tavern. THE THEATRES. •• • 7 / . 4 DRURY . LANE.--Though the part 'of hamlet is certainly not suitable to the person and talents of Mr. KEAN, , yet such popularity still attends him that his appearance in that character on Saturday attracted a numerous audience. Whenever. energy- was requfred he appear. ed to advantage, as usual, but in the grave, moral, and philosophic passages there was not a due support- of the -- chafacter - as design ed .by its unrivalled author. Mks. GLOVER, an excellent comic actress, possesses so much judgment that the Queen appeared respectahle in her. hands. Mrs. VESTRIS is WO much of a comic 'actress to be equally successful in the graver -province, though her - Ophelia was applauded. - COVENT-GARDEN.--.Maid Marian stands its ground, and will probably increase in attraction, now that The Huguenot,, according to report, is withdrawn. Maid Marian not only attracts, as the story has been.popular for ages, but as it exhibits variety and humour in its dramatic representation. The parts are altogether ren dered effective by the, Performers, but Mr, C. -K. EMBLE'S Friar Tuck. is really a pleasant piece of unaffected jollity amtsturdy humour. On Friday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, illicit was attended' by tbe_LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of -LivElli001" Yistotint MELVILLE, Mr. Secretary. CANNING, the CHANCELLOR • of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. ROSINSON, &c. The Council sat in deliber;ition till abc•ut half-past fouc. The Gazette of Saturday contains his MAJESTY'S Proclamation, appointink Parliament to meet on the 4th of February, for the dispatch of business. The Proclamation will be found given at length in our front page. The same Gazette also contains a notification by the SPEAKER of the death of R. SHELDON, Esq. M.P. for Wilton. The late visit . of the puke of CAMBRIDGE to . England was occasioned by an ill state of health. : The doctors advised sea bathing, and Brighton was deemed the best adapted to his state as well as for his native air. His Royal Highness derived considerable benefit during his stay.hereond re turned to Hanover in excellent health. ' VIENNA, Nov. 29.—His MAJEiTir . has .ap pointed his grandson, the Duke of RIECHSTADT.. (the young NAPOLEON ), serjeant in . the regiment of infantry of the - Emperor. Yesterday the . uniform of this regiment-was sent to him, which' gave him the liveliest pleasure.—(Paris Paper.) A letter from Hamburgh, dated the 6th instant, and received on Saturday, by way of Holland,. states the 'arrival of the Very important informii lion from .Petersbnrgh,,that an Ambassador had . actually left that City. far Conitantinople. It will be singulur if the warlike Tumour's respecting Turkey, and those which:relate to- Spain, shall be set at rest at the same period:--(Englishman.). • The following is an extract,of a' letter from the British Vice-Consul . a t T arragona , d a t e d Nov.- 28 I have this day cleared out the English brig Phcenii, S TUOT;ICI, Master, belong law to Dartmouth, botind to Salon, to take a: cargo of nuts to England. This vessel has no Mediterranean pass, : _and as the _public papers, ar l tin announce that an Algerine squadrou.is cruising in the Mediterranean, I deem it a duty incumbent on me to give this information.for the government of the parties concerned."' At-Eaton Hall, the seat of EarIGROSIrkNOR, the avvastitions_caused :by the' late storm hive been,-very serious. • Some of the pinnacles :have been.-blown from the battlementt of the Hall, and others are -materially injured. Many Ane trees were' blown down, in particular the beau _tiful tall fir, so generally admired, and the old, gothic oak, near the green-house. The dainage done hi the grounds isr.very great, independent of the loss of glass; &e t : An the Hall, and out houses. A .sheep-was gilled in the Park ; be tween Eccleston Hill and the Hall, nearly forty large trees were torn Pp ; between twenty and thirty in the garden wood, and about twenty in the Pulford avenue. The _garden presents. a scene of much devastation. LAST FRIDAY WEEK was the Fourth Day, of Drawing, when N 0.16,522, drawn a Prize of TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS, was sold in SHARES by CAD ROLL, 19, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street. This is a continuation of that good fortune which has for so many years distinguished CAnnoLL's Offices. The above is the only Prize above 22,000 yet drawn ; there are but Two Days more, and the Wheel contains 91 Capitals, in cluding Two of R 20,000, Two of 810,000, Two of R 5,000, and 85 others of k 2,000, 11,000, k5OO, &c. &c. To-moanow is the last Day of Drawing but One. LITHOGRAPHIC FORGERlES.—Forgeries to considerable extent have recently been committed on two wholesale houses in Watling-street and Cateaton-street, by means of lithographic fac similes. It appears that goods were sold to the firms in question, in the Manchester line, to-the amount in one instance of 300/. and in the other to nearly 5001. Their acceptances were taken in the usual course; those - acceptances were sub sequently taken off by means of the lithographic press, and ,afterwards impressed on new bills which were drawn. The new bills were discounted without hesitation by the houses of GLYN and Co. and BARCLAY and Co. ; and the fraud was not discovered till the offenders had absconded. It is supposed they are gone to America. The total amount of the frauds discovered is about 4,0001. _ _ _ MELAricuoLY ACCIDENT.—On Monday last, Master BOOKER, a fine boy about ten years of age, son of the Rev. Mr. BOOKER, of Kew, was accidently drowned in the river at Eton College. This young lad was a boarder at Miss LANG FORD'S, and had been amusing himself with some paper boats at the edge of the river, when his foot slipping he fell in, and was carried down the stream ; a man jumped in after him, but from the rapidity of the current, he could not save him. The body was found in half an hour, and every means tried to restore suspended animation with out effect. The feelings of Miss LANGFORD, on this melancholy occasion, ow scarcely be d escribed.—(Oxford Journal.) . . •• • :•-. BRIWITON,,PEC. 13. This . evening his M ;OE syr entettatis the juvenile' branches. Of Nobility with a haan'supper. The hivitations:.ittelud:the Marquip ; and Marchioness-of Bath, and children ;.the Earl And Countess of Aberdeen, and idling family .; Earl and Cbithtiss Cowper, and falnilY Lord and:Lady Gwydyr,` and family ; Sir E. and Lady .Kerrison, and family; Sir W. and Italy. Duff Gordon,. and family ;. Sir J. and Lady" Gore, -- and raMily; General and Mrs: Mtiirdy; and family; Mr: Cur zon* And family ; ,Colonel and: Mrs. Cavendish, and family ; Sir E.- and Lady Codrington, _and family; Sir . C. and Lady Doyle, and family ; Mr. incrMrs. T. R. Kemp,. and - family ; the Earl of Bradford; the EarLOlll.zbridge, • Lord Bingham, Lord W. Paulet,.Lord W. Thymie, Sir Chas. and Lady .Long, And Sir Abraham Hume. . ,*-..) f.'„?4, - 3. 1)1 ; • lrft .1 ' . r , . ";:: j , . J-e , - -!;• -, - '.4'•' . . ~ 44 Y 4- 1 - k -0, ..,!,,- , es . -... ' _ reft le ) p ',.. - N ~.0:- , * "„wk e rlii rt feki ~ - ---r : .; - 1 `- gyp'„ i t, "- - V ' - e& ~, ' .7.f4,, ,•' ( ,-,:z‘;‘ 1- 474 .„,,, : ii- 4 :.-1,:5.. it , . c;. .... v r 'N• • ••ts.<- , ....__ ,- .0,.,-, . i .e , xlkil Gi• • . 4 4 ' . - /.`. .. - ....•. . . „ . 1 if .FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.. • Earl and Colinteis Cowper, from a tour.; Seaforth; from 'a tour; Lord Melhourn,. from Brighton ; Pasco Grenfell, M.P. and the .Misses Grenfell, in Charles-street, Berkeley squire, from Taplow, Berks I r Mrs.. and Miss Cobb,-at =Hake's Hotel, from - Beauport, near Hastings; Mr. Coblkrat ditto, from Oxford; Thomas Papillon ? „Esq. at .ditto,. from Oxford.; F. Twisleton, L'sq..at 'ditto . ; " ' • - DEr :tr R.ES:L4IIi AltighlOnPSS of Down shire,. from Read's Hotel,.. bower. Grosvenor-street, for ,Mort- treal-house, Kent ; fiorn Warren's Hotel, .Regent:street, - for Chatenliain ; Swann, Esq. M.P.:from ditto, for Surrey ; Sir. Frederick Vane, Bart!.4 lJ d the Mr.:Vane,. from the St:. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Btightoti ; Capt. and Mrs. Howell, from the St. (leorge's 'Hotel, Albemarle- Street, for - Bath ; Jamesitirwtth Eiif.fraiii'ditiO,.. for Yorkshire; Earl: of etosfordandWord:Acireson,: from Blake's . Hotel, Jer myn-street, for Ireland.; L.,lfervey, Esq. from ditto, for Berks ; Earl of Thanet, froth Feritkiifil Hotel, St, James's-street, for Kent; Major Greame, frula ditto,: for Briitol ; the Earl and Countess of Chichester, from the London Hotel, Albemarle street,..for Stanmer, Susie):. . -+-= The Princeis Augusta arrived-at HanoveronSaturday Seen night, in goodlealth. • • Mr. Secretary. Canning gave a grand dinner yeSterday to Viscount and viscountess Granville and a party of friends, at Gloucester Lodge. • • The Hon. . Temple West sported in the Park yesterday a new curricle, which is one of the best constructed vehicles in 'town, -and the harness is-singularly elegant. Major Ormsby Gore, who _ married the great Heiress of Oswestry, is keeping open-house to the sporting world. That Gentleman' has the finest crackhounds in Europe. POETRY. • ;* • - WINTER—A SONNET.•. : •.: This is the eldest of the seasons : he Moi , es not like Spring with gradual step, nor grows - Prom bud to beauty but with-all his:snows' . Comes down: at meein No rains nor loud proclaiming tempests . flee - Before him, hat - Unto' his time belong ' The sans of summer, nor the-charms of song, . • That with Ma ys gentle smiles so well agree. But he, itiiii4effeci-iii his birtlt.day cloud, - Starts intditiddeniire With scarce a sound, And with a gentle footstep treads the ►round, As tho' to cheat man's ear; yet while he stays, He seems as 'tWere to prompt Our merriest days, - And bid:thedance wad- Joke be long and loud. SPORTING. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.: MEETINGS OF. MOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEER. Lord Middleton's Houndi; on Wednesday, at Clifton ; and on Friday, at Kirk Hallam: • . The Earl of Scarborough Fox-hounds, on Wedn esday, at .Wadworth ; and on Friday, .at Grove. The Earl of. Harewood's .F ‘ ox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Hook Moor ; and on Friday,. at Addle. The.. Badsworth Fox-houn ds, on Tuesday, at Hut Green ; ThUrsday, at Badsworth Hi it ; and on Saturday, at Bolton . Bridge. The Hampshire - Hounds, on Tuesday, at Hinton House; Thursday; at the Chequers, Ropley ; and on Saturday, at. Bradley. .The Hambledon Hounds, - on Wednesday, at Fair Oak; and on Friday, at Charlton Down, hear Diteham. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Castle Thorpe ; and on Friday, at Stoke Bruern Park.- • - • SPORTING EXTRAOROIN!,Ri • .-About ten da ys d ago party at Sir-lfarry . Featherstone's near P etersfiel , shot in three days, with si x guns, upwards of fifteen hundred - pheasants, though, on one of the days,, it rained so violently, they were •not.outmore - than three.hours. A Fool RACE took Place on Monday Morning between the two celebrated runners Coinelius Garfield and John Draper, natives of Cheltparsh, pear . R.riclgnaith, who are both young , . but out of training. Thia . race • excited a considerable de gree of interest fromthe,fariperi fame of the. parties. The stake was . for a considerable.suni„, ,even betting at starting. The distance was from- Suitan the-13allInri ? in Bridgnoith, full five and a . half .miles, over 'bad" roada, bills and vales,. which they accomplished under 23 Minute's. 'Gar fi eld was the winner by only a few yards. - 'l' II 1 , 1 ARMY. Stationqrthe First Battalion of the Royal Regitnent eArtillecy, General Sir Anthony Farrington, Bart, Colonel - Corn niandant—Head Quarters, :Woolwi ch. Ist Company, Major George Cobbe, Captain—lsland Bridge. 2d Ditto, Major John Chester,- Captain—:Quebec. • '3d Ditto, Major James Armstrong, Captain—Athlone.- 4th Ditto, Major Henry Light, Captain—Halifax, Nova Scotia. fith Ditto, Major 'William Lloyd, Captain—ilarbadoes . . -- 6th Ditto, Major William Cleve, Captain— Woolwich. • 7th Ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard S. Brough, Captain—. ' Barbadoes. .„ . Bth Ditto, Major Thomas, A:-Brandreth, Captain—Corfu. Office of 0rd111414, Dec. ICI. Royal Regiment of Araliery—First liientenant Francis Holcombe, from half pay, to - be . First . Lieutenant, vice Yeoman, retired on half-pay. Commission in the Shrewsbitry ftegimencof Yeomanry Cavalry. .Philip Charlton, (lent: t.p r , Cornet,. vice Eaton promoted. Commission in the . t4ttrfolk' Yeomanry Rangers. Serjeant Thos. Wiseman t:0 be Cornet, vice Webb, resigned. THE -.MARKETS. - CORN EXCLIANGE Ditc 16. The arrivals of last week are again extremely large, aud the fresh supplies of this morniqg from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, are tolerably good. Prime samples of Wheat obtained rather more money at the earlier part of the morning, but the trade afterwards became dull for allsorts, at the same prices as last quoted. Barley does not sell so freely as of late, and the prices are rather . lower. Good dry Beans fully maintain- their value, but other kinds are very dull sale, and rather cheaper. Barley and Grey Peas remain unaltered from last Monday's prices. The large supply of Oats has caused much dullness in this trade, and except for the printest parcels. last week's prices cannot be obtained: Flour remains unaltered. Wheat, Old, 24s 45s Pease, White -...........23s 28s New 2Bs 46s Grey 268 27s rye 16s 23s Beans 24s 30s Barley 0 0s 35s Oats lss 26s Malt. 408 568 Flour 3os 40s - AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN' IN.ENGLAND AND WALES. Wheat, 38s. 6d. ; Barley, 28s. Bd, • Oats, 18s. 9d. ;! R.Ye, • 19s. 8d..; Beans, 255. 10d.; Peas, 28s: sd. - The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the. Returns made in the Week ending the 11th day'of December, 1822, is 30s. Bd. per cwt.. SMITHFMLI). D E C. 16. The above market was not so full this morning as was ex pected, being so near Christmas; but we observed among the number of Oxen a great many mime ones, ,Which obtained a good price, but those of inferior quality did mit go , off readily even at a low price; in S h eep the.,market .Was also moderately supplied ; the trade was brisk: this morning for all -kinds of ' . Cattle of prime quality.—The•filipmatlet remains as per citir last qtiotation, • . • . , ROYAL NAVY, &c. zOtass_atog...M.,l2CCt. lia Majesty's ship Leander, gUns, Captain_Job Hanmer (acting), bearing the flags of Rear Atinilril thellOn:Sir 11in'ry 1C.C.8., arrived on. Welnesdayfroth the East Indies, the Rear Admire ••-•-•: - • % • having • been relieved in the command aid's' Majesty s Ships and , . • - vessels bn'that Station, by-ColiiniOdoie Charles flrirrif,-;C-.11., in his Majesty's ship. LiffeY: :Thd Lender sailetLfromakinco snaleton,the 21st pfAuguat,louehed at tlic.Cape of fittodilope, .andieft_iton the 20th October, aid St. Helena tile Ist Of No vember.—The Glasgow, 46 guns, Captain Bo yle, sa i leA from . . Trilecoinalee' on the 9th of August , to proceetl-to.Calcutta, for :the. 'purpose of embarking the Governor Gaterar :and sujte 4 T for a passage to England. The -naval establishment at the- Dock yard At Trincomalee, had been broken up. The Officers and some of the artificers came hOrne in t'h' Learider ; as did also Captain Robert Gore, late of the Satellite, s and Lieut. -Albert Croker, of - the lathe .ship,: imralided.. 4ieut.'l)unlop, late of the Glasgow, had been promoted-, ;and appointed to the command of the .Termagant, a -new 28-gun ship, whic,h was fitting out to proceed to England, aria wa s expected to sail . . about October. Lieut. M. J; Ctirrie had' been &banned and appointed to' the -Satellite, vice Captain- fibre. - --Mr.• Grant, Midshipman of tito, • Liffey,, -had, been , appo'uted,l.4ente pant . of the Satellite,. in the room of ,Liautenant ,broker.— The Heron, .18 gun sloop, .. was at, the . Cap Hope.. Lieutenant Hamilton. of the Leander, was appoint • ed,Commarider of her, by Sir. H. Blackwood, Capt. Job Han mer mer having been removed to the -Leander in . the room of Capt. C, Richardson, C.B. who was left behind in an ill state Of health at the Cape of Good Hope.—The Leander having blauded vessel • Nig - Marseilles, bound to, the West Indies i lihe was placed under quarantine on her arilval, - but was released yes ' terday, 'and orderedinto Harbour , to be paid:off, and laid up in ordiftary. •The flag of Rear Aduriral Sir Henry Blackwcod was struck last evening. . A letter from Captain Basil Hill,•ofhii Majesty's ship Con way, to Commodore Sir J. M. Hardy, Bart., dated Rio - de Ja neint,,October 13, 1622, respecting the numerous Ice Islands wbich. are met with at certain tithes near Cape Horn, has been 'received, from which we make the following interesting 'extract :•••• 44 I think it right to mention, that many - vessels lately arrived here, which, on their Passage round Cape Horn, had fallen in with Ice Islands, which appear to be spread over an unusually extensive range ; -and although probably before any statement can reach Englind in time to put the ships .of this season on their guard, the danger may have vanished, yet I venture respectfully to suggest; that essential service might be rendered to the navigation off Cape Horn, if, before the circumstance be forgotten, due publicity were given to the fact, that in some years these formidable dangers may be met with,"not - as heretofore supposed, far south, and - in small num - hors, but thickly studding the whole of the sea, immediately off' and on both sides of the Cape. A ship has recently been forced back, haying every where met with ice off the Cape . ; and three days ago the . American ship Tea Plant, returneddismast. . ed. - She had.run stern on in the dark upon an ice island, early in the morning of the 12th of last month. It was so abrupt, that . the ship did not strike it till the bowsprit had been fairly thrust into the ship. -'Phis was in lat. 56. 57. S. and lontitirdel6o W. In the Conway Ave .fellin with ice, in latitude 57-.. 36.-S. and long. 65. W. About 50 degrees, however, appear to be the latitude where the islands were most numerous, and .3 here also the ice was seen to eiamPatt fields of grearetttent a-little to the east of the meridian of the Cape." , • • . The Briton, 46 guns, was commissioned on Tuesda y, and is to be fitted for Channel service. Lieuts. Jonn Reeve, G. P. Eyre, J. B. Maxwell, and R. L. Baynes; Mr. T. Terry, purser, and Mr. Hartley, surgeon, are appointed to her.— Lieut. Charles English is appointed to the 'Tribune, and Lieut. James O'Brien to the Gloucester. ' The. Phaeton 46 guns, Capt. H. E. P. Sturt, went out.of har -bour on Wednesday, and sailed the same day for Plymouth; she will be followed on - Sunday by the Valorous, 26 guns, Capt. Murray, both of which ships are to be placed Under the orders .of. Sir Edward Owen, who sailed from the Nore iii the Glou aster, 74 guns, on Wednesday last, for Plymouth, 'The. wind having become fair on Tuesday last, - did Forte, 46 guns, Capt. Sir Thomas Cochrane, and the Eden, 24 guns, Capt. John Lawrence, sailed for Plymouth ; the latter to join the squadron, under the orders of Commodore Sir Edward Owen. The whole of the outward-bound merchantmen also 'sailed for their respective destinations ; and the Russian frigate kruizer, for Rio Janeiro. The ship General Palmer arrived at St. Helena, from Ma tires, on he - o way to England, on the 31st of October. On Tuesday arrived the Pomona, from Riga,,with a.cargo of timbei for the Dock-yard, at this port, The Shamrock, surveying vessel, Captain' Martin-White, arrived on Monday, and came into harbeur to repair some da. mage sustained in the late gale. '1 . . he SparrowhaWk, 13-gun sloop, Captain Edward Boxer, sailed on Thursday;for Bermuda; to join Rear-Admiral Fahie. Lieutenant J. O'Brien is appointed to the Gloucester: Seven Mates and Midshipmen passed their examinations for Lieutenants on Monday last, at the.ROyal Naval College. Ship at Spithead—Leander. In Harbour—.Queen. Charlotte, Ramillies, Albion, Briton, Valorous, Ringdove, ,Shamrock, Clinker, and Pelter. MERCANTI LESHI PPING. • DEAL, DEC. 152--Wind E.—Came down from. tie River iast_ night and sailed, the Pigot, Tomlin , for Bombay; Dora they Forster, Reward, and Africa, for. Jamaica ; Rober.t, Jams Haynes, Barbadoes ; Recovery, Potherby, New South Wales, and Success transport, Martin, for Barbadoes ; and his Ala jestTy's ship Glouster, for Plymouth ;-14th, Briton, Cram, Trieste. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11—Wind E.-Arrived the Maria, Greenslade, from London - for Corunna. Sailed the Dash, Wicklow, for Leghorn ; Boneo, Ross, Batavia. his Majesty's ship Valourous went out of harbour for Spithead, and his Ma jesty's ship Leander came into harboUr from Spithead. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind IstE.:—Arrived the Eliza beth. and Jane from Seville, in 20 days, with sails split ; at d the Princess Charlotte, from Lisbon, in 15 days • Berwick, GeOffry, from Van Dieman's Land. ' Sailed the In( Inn, Mayir, for Port-au-Prince. FALMOUTH, DEC. 13. —Wind. E.N.E.—Sailed th! I 4r Mary Pelham packet for the Brazils ; Hercules, Not, bibri It and Harriet, Anderson, for the'South Seas. DEC. E.S.E.—Sailed the Henry Freeling packet, withh-wails for HoliAnd ; Lord Duncan, ditto, for Cuxhaven, and Charlotte, ditto, for Gottenburgh. GhAVESEND, DEC. ls.—:—Sailed the Earl St. Vincents, Reeves, and Ann, Franklin, for New south Wales. The Starling, Douglas, was lost near Constantinople during a gale the Ist ult. ; crew saved. TwO Imperial vessels were lost'tht same time. . :The , East Intlia Company' : ship Generil Hewitt,- outward.. i&op io n ue sc r. proceedtil on her , vo — y s aqi froth the Cape on the 13th of . ,DIATRESSWG , ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning the ivifA of. a man of the name of Taylor, (a labourer living at Crobthe;' and the 'fattier of eight children), was entreated by one •efi. her boyS, a fine - child about: five years of age; -to be al.. lowed a fire :in an , upper • Apartment for himself and .brothers and sisters,. or they Nt.toUld be starved with cold. The me ttier occupying the fire below; complied with his request, and 'lighted one acc s orditigly, in a room upon the first floor. ail,• She; h 2uitted the room but ..a few minutes, and was engage ddressing an infant in arms, when the J oy ire (potion,' vTho Ind set Ms clothes on fire in lighting some straw 'to imitate his father Us he told the other children) smoking his pipe, presented himself to her on the stairs, enveloped in flames. The terrified woman rushed to his assistance, and, inlier alarm, loosed her hold of the infant, which fell to the ground with much violence, and was stunned. She, however, picked it up again in stantly, and clasping the burning boy to her, in the endeavour to extinguish the fiaMes,•set herself and also the infant on tire. 'The poor woman, as she herself relates; row deeming the ee struction of herself,and. children inevitable, in a state of frenzy, exclaimed, - " O Lotil, if it be thy . pleasure, we three will born arid swooned away ! Most providentially at this crisis some-of-the neighbours entered the house, and found the three help)eg beings in the situation above described, their clothes suit bdriiing. — Haling .put . out the flames, 'and recovered the • mother, itirgiuni aid was promptly obtained, and the unfortunate sufferers received ever attenfion which skill and the best feA_ inks could' siiggest. - Happily the mother' sirstained no injury of a Serious nature ;• her. hands were much burnt, but her life is ,spared to ,herAmily . • and ,the infant, although much burnt ; in the face, it is hoped, will do well. The only fat a l victim of this cidaiiitiih the inntecent originatOr of it; the mis he-Sustained„was , beyond,. the reach of human skill t 3 avert. After languishing through . the night, the poor boy, we undcistand, expired . this morilink.;--(TVorcester HDec..)3.)