The Sun. — London, England, 1822-01-29 00:00:00

ng Sur' ke the e earhl e veetl several ne out" to bale ringing natter, ispatch ,ed bf Reel . of Friday ich bye Jong sot 7 ali d 1 • oop of neces" The .y, for on 8 11 !hide d rotrJl)- alal~T i ,e coo" far 15 d CO LT of the nxieti totivt► in the ,s, anti :;Oael" :lose! , in WhO :urtlea e dis of the ;eci by. t h er e al3 {l atilt both stal Useo7 i nclo. of Ll2° H ided' t toff' er the ~Ci~t' ( ~ say to pO5 J A MI:S room' ;lock• and h a s il - v 3 di" sible oil fired on coal' rhylv 9111ekt n tl' w htcii po yeo f the 360 , t af'd roili - pctiu" I veve r9 I;shel on \ P" lonP" ed I:ldaf s t er" th'' w fo fir s Se€l ll4 t ts °C ►ate' , the fltio%'3 d Lis, tate° . rticl e 't.Sl ;t 3 1. -ft ?Eite. 4t c' Of pOrt' ,rOO4 ~ n~n;~. cor.' Ong! s the' per• harps, shortly be able to lay the whole machinery open to the world. We may record, for the be befit of admiring posterity, how an individual— a very• humble individual!—in Deptford-yard, 'as enabled, from a small salary, little exceed ing 3001. a y ear , to amass a fortun e o f b e tw een 6 0 ,000/. and 70,000!. Proceeding into the sane tu sanctorum of the Victualling Board, we may, with prof ane h an d , tear away the veil that covers its deepest mysteries, and follow, and account for the Manges of opinion with regard to the respective me rits of Baltic or of Canada produce." A s far as this question is concerned, The Tunes may, we "'lnk, reserve its profaneness for some other oc casion : at least we are not aware of any thing Particularly mysterious in the political and com- raercial state of Europe during the late war, a ' 4 4 which furnished abundant cause for the changes adverted to, and leaves nothing to be accounted for in the mind of any candid_inquirer, na supposition of concealed or sinister motives. We may trace the transactions of the Commis _ k Es ters with a cer t a i n C ana d a h ouse ," Th e Ti mes co ntinues, " to name any partner of which at P r esent would be idle. We may advert to one t . flutract of such magn it u d e , a n d th e t erms t o th e t i °a tractors so beneficial (kind-hearted gentlemen , i!'w much you are the object of your own care!) not less than a quarter of a million sterling ‘ , 1 1 3 . calculated as a profit upon it. The day on 1, 4 4 , 14 1 it was concl u d e d wa s a d a y o f f e sti v ity, h oi ` the ag en t or negoc i a t or , th e h um bl e place 4(les in . Deptford-yard above-mentioned, (oh, fatal indiscretion !) got drunk, and blabbed the ,3 se of hi s ex hil arat i on t o hi s son . Thi s y oung - n r e p orte d t h e a ff a i r t h at very even i ng to t; l° thes Canada me rchant, who had no share in good things so liberally showering down. with a lip as long as that of f the savage war :r now exhibiting in Bond-street, hastened t ; One of th e C omm i ss i oners , an d remonstrated hat he had thus been unfairly excluded from iv c °ntsact which ought to have been public. this e cannot say what was the result of complaint,—whether the contract was an ,tlllled, or the remonstrant suffered to partici x;ate. How these unlucky transactions were be `r4-Yed out of the circle where every motive for e t e recy existed, we can barely guess at. Yet the o n of the leading agent, the go-between of the contracts, is now in England. He has been an and has known the suffering of poverty ; 41 41 he, it is possible, may be the person who has 4 ',ade Sir GEORGE COCKBURN acquainted with the above secret proceedings of the Board, on ‘ilich Sir GEORGE has acted."—The substance of t his story, then, as far as the combined ignorance and precaution of the narrator will admit of our rillecting it, is, that some contract of vast mag nitude was entered into with a nameless Canada "ause—that the chief negociator (although not ) ` ° °°g in iniquity, if we believe the present 4atement) was indiscreet enough to get drunk, NI reveal something to his son, which the son, it may be charitable to suppose, had also tC'eacuse of drunkenness, could not sleep till !eihad divutged to another nameless person ; that individual, the very last, it seems, who ought ri a have been trusted with the news, immediately t - iNained to a Commissioner, not named ; and or °ot the contract was eventually either annulled ° o t annulled, but the informant " cannot say" es which. And this is the specific fact, by force 1 which individuals of the greatest respec tability are to be involved in a charge of such I , ai scaliduct as would endanger their fortunes and 2nsian their characters to infamy. We shall "at imitate the oracular style of The Times, or „ 4tre et s after its example, the "ambiguous givings of " W e ll, well, we know ;—or, We c°°l ( l , an if we would ;—or, If we list to speak; ; ---O rs There be an if they might :" we shall only at ice, by way of comment upon the stpry, one fac t Which we believe is no secret to the mercan tilel World ; that contracts with the Victualling °ard are a lways made by p u bli c -t en d er , a nd th at th e t en ders are preserved - and rema i n o p en t inspection as public documents, so that any 'llasive or grossly partial dealing of which the 'oar(' m i g ht h e guilty in this particular, would 1. ) - out against them from their own files, and 4 ‘vo uld find a ready way to notoriety without I ° Y tearing of veils or laying open of machinery. Should seem that the authority from which h ite Times has either immediately or ultimately tat ived its information is that prodigal son, the t e ntleman who " has been an exile and has Bas te the suffering of poverty," who made such fat her, to divulge the words of his intoxicated an d w h o a t l eng th," it is possible," corn -I'nlnicated the secret proceedings of the Board t ° l Sir GEORGE COCKBURN. "It is possible too" this same individual may have reported the Wins by which his father " was enabled,Trom a : n ail salary, little exceeding 300/. a year, to am ass a fortune of between 60,000 pounds an d,; 70,000 pounds." An imputation thrown at in this vague manner admits of neither ' l. ° o f nor refutation ; and it is highly probable, I : ° nsiderhos the authority from which it seems to i ? deriv e d and the kind or" statements by which }` is accompanied, that if this charge were l 'enttlit forward in a distinct form, we should bud either that the sum :accumulated had been i ts al ailes, or the lawful profits of the place greater, The Times alleges ; and perhaps that the individualii in question was as much wronged by I s li s accusation, as we have good reason to be sieve the Commissieners are by the story of the preptitions contracts. It is a pity that The notic e should have felt itself called upon to atice these supposed transactions at a period ,"" e n " it would be idle to name" one of the principal parties; when the writer " cannot say" 'What finally became of the contract, and when he can " barely guess at " " how these unlucky tr ansactions were betrayed." No public end is att ained by such imperfect disclosures ; they ser ve only to stimulat e a ma l evo l en t cur i o sity, to Propagate a scandal among those who under "and the allusions, and, by the studied indirect ness of accusation, to withhold 'from the aggrieved p a rty all pretence for formally defending himself. he prospect held out of a f u ll explanation here after is mere l y d e l us i ve. T he ob j ect h as a l rea d y tieen securely and conveniently accomplished by , that 'segue and affectedly mysterious style of 4artatise which farms the best cloak for s imper fect knowledge and incorrect assert;on ; conjec ture has been duly awakened, prejudice sufficiently inflamed, and perhaps relief has been afforded to the spleen of some individuals more peculiarly interested than other friends of The Times "in the changes of opinion" to which we have already adverted, " with regard to the respective merits of Baltic or of Canada produce." It is only fair however to state, that the indi vidual to whom The Times alluded has endea voured, in a letter inserted yesterday in that Paper, to vindicate himself from the suspicion of conduct so odious as that attributed to him, but we confess that we cannot perceive in this letter so distinct . and unequivocal a disavowal of it as we could have wished. Extract of a Letter from Net:. Providence, 26th Dec.—" I have to inform you that not less than twenty vessels, some of which were very large, were on the coast of Guinea, between the months of July and October, loading their holds with slaves : in five of these ve s sels not less than 3500 of these unhappy victims were conveyed from their native soil to be sold in foreign lands, and among these poor sufferers :iundreds have been torn from their husbands, and many children for ever separated from their parents by the hand of unfeeling avarice !" PORT 01; - NEW BEDFORD, DEC. 26.—8 y the arrival of the brig Elizabeth from Bonavista, we have the disagreeable intelligence of a mutiny of the crew of the brig Cornelia, of this port, who sailed on a sealing voyage to New Shetland Islands. It appears that two days alter the ves sel left this port, the crew took possession of the quarter-deck, and altered her course. They were not driven from the quarter-deck for two hours, and not till force had been used by the Captain and Officers, and many of the crew were knocked down. On the 22d of October the Cornelia arrived at Bonavista, and the live ring leaders were given up to the American Consul. The Mayor and Corporation of Cork have pre sented the freedom of that City in a gold box to the Marquis WELLESLEY, and in a silver box to W. GouLßuttN, Esq., a promptness of attention which is highly creditable to the loyal character of that City. BRIGHTON, JAN. 27.- 7 -The KING, attended by the Dukes of WELLINGTON and DEVONSHIRE, Royal Suite, and Household, was present at Di vine Service, this morning, in the Palace Chapel, when the officiating Ministers were the Dean of HEREFORD and Dr. H. PEARSON. A great num ber of nate families, by tickets, were present. His MAJESTY entered his pew about five minutes after the commencement of the service. WINDSOR, JAN. 26.—0 n Thursday, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER and suite passed through here, and changed horses at the Castle Inn, on their way to the Earl and Countess of BRIDGEWATER'S, at their seat in Hertfordshire, where the Royal Visitors are to spend a few days. We have received Newfoundland Papers to the 2d inst., but they are barren of all intelligence of interest or importance. We have received Gibraltar Papers to the Bth instant. The intelligence they contain from Spain has been anticipated through other channels. Preparations are making at Carlton Palace for the reception of his MAJESTY, who is expected to arrive on Thursday or Friday aext. His MAJESTY has been pleased to direct the sum of 500/. to be paid from his privy purse, in aid of completing the structure of the new Church at Eg ham . It is reported in the political circles, that the Marquis of WATERFORD is to be created an I rish Duke. One of the most considerable commercial houses at Vienna (in the silk trade), which has been established nearly sixty years, suspended payment on the sth instant. Mr. TnnonottE HomEa, the Greek Merchant at Marseilles, Iras been obliged to pay a ransom of 200,000 francs (8,000!. sterling) for his fa ther, who was carried off from Smyrna by the Turks. In the district of Melle, in the Kingdom of Hanover, a daring band of robbers have shewn themselves lately ; some, however, have been apprehended, but the Magistrates, dreading a rescue, have called in military aid to guard the prisons. On the 21st ultimo PL 'WERT, a journeyman Carpenter, was executed at Weimar for the mur der of his Step-mother. The awful ceremony was performed amidst a vast crowd of people. The students at Jena attended on the occasion, and in right of an old law, formed the inward part of the circle that composed the guard. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR went in state to open the Sessions for the Town and Borough of Southwark. The procession passed over the Southwark-Bridge, where the principal officers of Southwark were assembled to receive his Lordship, who is the first Lord Mayor that ever passed in state over that bridge. A great num ber of his Lordship's private friends accompanied him in their carriages. The Lord Chief Justice DOWNES has resumed his seat in the King's Bench, Dublin. It is con sidered certain, however, that his Lordship will close his judicial labours with the present Term. It is known that Mr. Serjeant Joy has more than once declined any appointment beneath a Chief Judgeship. Report now states that the Learned Serjeant accepts the seat vacated by Judge DALY, with a positive promise of Lord NOR.. BUR Y'S place, whenever that becomes vacant. Government have established a large steam packet at Bristol, which is to be attached to the War Office Department in that city. Ir is called the George the Fourth. Another District Meeting of the landed inte rest has been held in Sussex (at Steyning) at which a petition has been agreed to, complaining of the return to Cash Payments, and praying for duties on the. importation of foreign produce. We have pleasure in stating that the Magis tracy at Newcastle-upon-Tyne have set on foot a subscription in aid of the mother and sisters of JAMES MILLER, who had the misfortune to lose his life last week, by a ball feom a gun ; and there is every reason to believe that a .handsome 'sum will be raised for this truly charitable purpose. `rrn Ti lEATRES. DitURY LAKE.--The new Tragedy brought forward last night at this Theatre, is entiqed Owen,. Prince of Powys, or Welch Bards.—The following is the DIZAMATIS PERSON.Z. • The King of England . . . Mr. Foo TE. Lord Lieutenant in Wales . Mr. BARNARD. Owen . . . . . Mr. KEAN. Father of Owen . . . Dir. POPE. Father of Theodora, betrothed to Owen Nir• PowELL. Made); a Kinsman of Owen, in love } Air COOPER. With 'Theodora . . Tudor, a Vassal of Mackie . . Mr. PEN Lt Theodora • • , . Illiss ,EDNIST ON. The scene lies in Wales and the following is • • a brief sketch of the FABLE. The play opens with Madoe's avowing himself the lover of Theodora, who in the absence of his friend and kinsman; Owen, had been confided to his protection. He is repulsed with scorn, and then professes repentance. Owen returns, carries off Theodora from another _rival, and receives the assurance of her devoted love. The Welch and English are at war, and Owen going to battle, for - security, .places Theodora in the Castle of adoc. Having her again in his power, Madoc re news his adiances, but as the Lady remains inflexible he gives himself up to revenge, and orderS Tudor to throw her ir.to the sea. She solicits mercy at the hands of Madoc, in vain, but the intended executioner becomes her friend, and saves her life. Wbilst she remains concealed, Madoc reports to Owen, that she had fled with another. About the same time, • news arrives that. Ills father's castle has_ been attacked, and the old chief and all his friends slaughtered. In deep distress, Owen seeks the abode of NI adoe. Here he accuses his kinsman of having acted - the part of an assassin. The confusion of Ntadoc proves him guilty, and Owen is about to punish his perfidy, when he finds that Madoc's dependant has got possesion of his sword, with which he now rushes on him, while Madoc does the same with a drawn dagger.. At • this moment, when death appears inevitable, the voice of Theodora is heard. She enters, and being mistaken for a spectre, Madoc and his teccomplice are so horror struck that they . forget to use their weapons, and the friends of Owen, introduced by,. Tudor, now appear, and enable the Prince and his Mistress to pass forth in safety. A battle takes place, in the course of which an arrow wounds Theodora. She is. carried by Owen from the field and dies. He rushes again to the fight, performs prodigies of valour, returns mortally wounded,announces Madoc - -to have perished by his hand, and breathes his last, exulting in the triumph of his countrymen. This Tragedy seems to be the production of a juvenile Bard. It 'is written with poetical spirit rather than dramatic interest. The lan guage is ,figurative, when the speaker should be bursting with passion. The characters are drawn with promising skill, and are properly diversified. There is no want of incident, but the dialogues are too extended, and consequently the interest is - obstructed and weakened. We have not room for detailed remarks ; there fore can only observe that, if shortened, its general influence will be proportionably in creased. The acting was throughout entitled to warm commendation. The character as signed to KEAN' was of course deemed the principal, but it,is inferior to that of illadoc, and should have been assigned to him. He .Succeeds best in craft and villainy, and his figure is by no means calculated to represent a powerful and formidable warrior. lie performed it, however, with great ability and strong emotion. COOPER would have better suited Owen than Madoc„which however be rendered . very prominent and effec tive. Miss EDMISTON supported the part of Theodora very ably, considering her short thea trical practice. Indeed she displayed impressive emotion, and appeared to great advantage. PEN LEY was'very justly applauded for the natural and interesting manner in which he supported the part of Tudor. • PorE is also entitled to a commenda tory notice'for the interest he gave to the part of Owen's father. The Manager discharged his duty in giving appropriate and striking scenery. The piece was well received throughout by a nu merous audience. There was neither a Prologue or Epilogue. PENLEY was i nsu lt e d by a c a ll for KEAN, when he came to announce the play for repetition, but the good sense of the genera lity overpowered this contemptible partiality.— This play is attributed to a Mr. WALKER. o YMPIC TISEATRE.—The differences which brought this Theatre to an abrupt close are ar ranged, and a change having taken place in the administration, it is about to be re-opened. Miss BOOTH, we understand, is to be engaged at Drury Lane Theatre, a proof of the Manager's attention to an excellent actress, deservedly a favourite of the public, and who, according to all accounts, is distinguished for exemplary conduct in private life. NEW ARGYLL Rooms.—The Second Anniver sary Concert took place last night at these Rooms.—Mr. Moat was the Leader, and Mr. CRAMER the Conductor. The whole of the Music was from MOZART. We have not room to notice more than a few particular merits.— Signor DE BEGNIS sung an air from Don Giovanni admirably, hut it should have been ac companied by the full band, not merely with the piano-forte. The duet, from the same Opera, by Madame RONZI and DE BEGNIS, was beautifully given, and encored. A quintet (instrumental), in E flat, for two violins, two tenors, and violin cello, was finely performed by Messrs. Moat, crausnAcn, R. ASHLEY, the DANIELS, and LIND.. LEY. Signora CARADORI sung an air from the same Opera with taste and expression. A concerto on the piano-forte by Mr. HiEs was in the hest style. Madame RONZI excited high admiration by an air from Figaro. We ought not to pass over the duet (from Figaro) by Madame RoNzi and Signora CARADORI, which was a fine treat. The motet which was to conclude the whole was omitted, as the Concert did not end till near one o'clock, and the company began themselves to perform a general »zovement. . . We have great pleasure iu reporting the pro ceedings of the Annual Meeting of the " District Committee for the D.tanry of Droxford, in aid of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge," held on Thursday at the Old Town Flail, Portsmouth. It was found that a balance of 1791. 10s. was in favour of the Committee, and that during the last year thestun of 1401. had been expended in furthering the objects of the So ciety. A corresponding number of books .had been distributed, either at cost price, reduced price, or gratuitously, among the Poor of the District, viz. 140 Bibles, 78 Testaments, 1500 Prayer Books, and a large proportion of the Society's Tracts. The Branch which had been established . at Droxford, since the last meeting, has already gained a considerable portion of pa tronage and support in that neighbourhood, and has been very usefully conducted there by the Secretary for Droxford.—One Hundred Guineas were voted for the immediate purchase of Books, which will be appointed to the several depositaries at Portsmouth, Fareham, and Droxford; and from the still in creasing demand for Books, the Committee feel confident of the continued support of the which it has for several years so liberally experienced. The Rev. :Messrs. W. Gamier, Poulter, Baynes, and Lan caster, have all, in their several parishes, deducted ten per cent. on the late receipt of their tithes. • His. Grace the Duke of Argyll has nominated the Reverend Walter Farquhar Hook, 8.A., Student of Christ Churcli, Ox ford, and son ofAschdc.on Hock, to be his Domestic i' l 1 o*- (1 6 ~, o______„,ts/T1 ,p".:., `31:1,.:R. 01 ' X .---*.;F. I. ,sij.,,, 4 ifq,. ' " ' • i : '44-;;ZN.4---try—r- . ~.., . k FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, from Norwich tlie Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford, in Manchester, square, from Sudburne Hall,‘Suffolk ; Marquis of Titelifield , from a tour; Lord Viscount Bury, M.P. from Norwich ; Lord R.. Manners, M.P. from Leicestershire ; Viscount Lake, from Brighton ; C. C. Westenra, M.P. from Essex ; J. Bright, Esq. M. P. from Bilitol ; J. Powell, Esq. M.P. frOm Cardigan ; Lady W. Wynne, and Miss Wynne, in Upper Brook-street, from Hastings, in SUsseX ; Lord Pollington, in Piccadilly ; General Corner, in Lower Berkeley-street ; Major and Mrs . Mortimer,-in Bryan Stone-street ;- Countess Bentinck, in Wel beck-street ; Colonel and Mrs. Cunningham, in Baker-street ; General Bourne, in ditto ; Marquis of Exeter, at Thomas's Hotel, from Burleigh Houte, near Stamford ; the Hon. E. Bouverie, in Edward-street, from a tour ; the Earl of Essex, from his seat, Cashiobury Park ; the Right Hon. Charles Ba thurst, M.P. in Hertford-street. DE Pan Tl;ft E s.—The Duke of York, for Brighton; Earl Rivers, for Hair Park, Newmarket; Sir Richard and Lady Carr Glynn, on a tour in Kent ; the Sardinian Ambassador and his Bride, for Twickenham ; H. Ball Hughes, Esq. for Melt= Mowbray. • CH ANGES.—The Marquis of Camden, from the Earl of 'Ashburnbam's seat in Sussex, for Bayham Abbey ,• Earl Spen cer, at Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, from his seat, Aithorpe, Northamptonshire; Sir Wm. Twyslen, at Richmond, from his scat in Kent. The Duke of Argyle entertained a large party yesterday to dinner, in Upper Brook-street. The Earl of Liverpool gave a sumptuous dinner yesterday, at Fife liaise, Whitehall. The. Earl of Yarmouth entertained a splendid circle yesterday, in Seymour-place. - Lady Mallet had a select party yesterday, in Baker-street. The Marquis of Londonderry has issued cards for his first Cabinet Dinner on Monday next ; covers are ordered for forty personages of the first distinction. On Friday last Sir Charles Stewart, the British Ambassador at Paris, and his Lady, enlivened the.fashionable circle of that city with a magnificent ball and supper. The Countess of „Jersey, the Marchioness of Downshire, the Ladies Hill, and all the distinguished English families resident in Paris, were present. . _ . A grand Fete was given Idst night at Walthamstow, a t th e Villa of Mr. Kendall, - which was fitted up for the occasion in a style of singular splendour. The lawn, pleasure-grounds, as well as the house, were illuminated. The suite of apartments on the ground floor were lighted up'in uniqUe. The tables for the supper were decorated with the richest frame-work. Yesterday the Anniversary Festival, in honour of the Birth day of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, his Royal Highness the Duke of Suse,Ex, was celebrated at Freemason& Hall. The assemblage of the fraternity was numerous and highly respectable, doing equal honour to their ancient order, and to their Illustrious and Most Worshipful Grand Master. His Royal Highness,• who looked remarkably well, entered the Hall a little after six o'clock, in Grand Masonic procession, and was received with the enthusiastic plaudits of the assembled Brethren. His Royal Highness took his place on the right of the Chair Man, the Hon. GREY' BENNETT, P.G.M. for Shropshire. The dinner and wines were excellent, and the evening was distinguished by that convivial harmony, and by the manifestations of those feelings of reciprocal esteem, so characteristic of the meetings of Freemasons.—We reserve a more particular account of the proceedings, for insertion amongst our usual Masonic notices, next Thursday. • According to the recent patent, granting the Dukedom of Buckingham, the title descends, in case of failure of heirs male. to the Duke's grand-daughter, Lady Ann Eliza Grenville, and her heirs itiale, of the 'Earldom of Temple. Ennuluncn, JAN. 26.—Arrived at the Waterloo Hotel (Oman's) —The Right Honourable Lady Saltoun ; Si: Ronald C. Fergusson, M.P. ; henry _Monteith, Esq. M.P. ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Riddle. Set off from the same place--The Right • Hon. t►he Earl of Rosslyn the Right Hon. Lord Loughborough ; Sir David oncreiffs: ; Sir James Wright; the Hon. Wm. Made, M.P. ; the Hon. Wm. Horne ;* Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith ; Mrs. Ferguson; and Miss Cleland; Capt. Dowbiggin. POETRY. [The following LlNts are said to be the production of a well known Nobleman now abroad. If I forsake thee, early be my tomb, My bed untended, and unwept my doom ; - Around my grave let no fresh_ verdure spring, No plaintive bird within its precincts sing ; Lot no fair flower adorn my turfy bed, No violets spring, no roses lift the head; But there let weeds and noxious nightshade thrive— There only what to life is fvtal, live: So shall mankind avoid the hated place, shunned and detested by the brutal race— - All but the shrieking owl and bat obscene, Shall fly the relics of a thing so mean. But if—as Heaven it witness such shall be— Death only can divorce my heart from thee; If this fond breast shall heave its parting sigh, Loth only, as 'tis leaving thee, to die; Then let affection diop the pious tear, • The tribute sacred to the heart sincere; Let not the gaudy poi ps of seeming woe The paltry debt that pride. to pride may owe ; Let—whilst surviving summers still are thine— Let all thy thoughts, thy tenderest thoughts, be mine.; And when, thy peaceful course fulfilled !1•1 this, Thy fate shall call thee to the world of bliss, • In one sepultdiral mansion let u; rest, By the same simple grassy tomb comprest ; Let mingling urns our mutual loves requite, And death, which parted once—once more unite. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, JAN. 23. -STATE OF TITEI ODDS. .BY. 14 to I agt.4t Marccllus 14 to 1 agst Plover 16 to 1 agst Stamford 20 to 1 agst any other. 1) E 11 9 to 1 agst c. out of Sycorax 9 to 1 'agst rtquilina 12 to 1 agst lfro. to Antonio 12 to 1 agst Duke of l'ork' Whalebone c. OAKS. 9 to 2 agst Parasol ' 6 to 1 agst Cat 11 to 2 ag,,:t f. out of Reserve I 7to I agst M eteora f. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 12 to 1 agst Swapp 17 to 1 apt Euphrosyne 8 to I asst Marion 10 to 1 4,-st .Ajax HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. • ROYAL uarT.—Yesterday (Friday) his Majesty's Stag Hounds turned out a fine deer in the large field to the right of Longford, which shewed great sport, taking first across the fields towards West Drayton, running with great speed to the left, where he crossed .the different rivers of water to the right of Colnbrook and the Park, through Iver and Langley Broom, and then crossed the Bath road through the enclosures to the left of ititton Park, by Horton and W'ndshury, where the deer- crossed the Thames to the left of Old Windsor; he then took up the hill by Inglefield Green. and then towardS the Great Park, when he leaped over the paling, and ran with great swiftness across the top , of the Long Walk through the Park, and out at the other side towards Ascot Heath, when the deer was taken in a large pond Some of the sportsmen went .over Staines Bridge., and others by Datchet Bridge. lEEyINGS FOR THE PRESENT WEEK. Nis Majesty's stag Hounds, on Friday, at Maidenhead Thicket. The Buckinghamshire Harriers, on Thursday, at Mainshill. The Earl of llarewood's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Addle ; and on Friday, at Kirk Deighton. • The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Ash Leys ; and on Friday, at Whisdey Wood. The East Sussex Pox Hound's, onThursday, at F.outhcase. Mr. Chaworth's Hounds, on Wednesday, •at Haalebech ; Thursday, at. Ecton ; and on S4turday, at Orlingbury Wohl. The `.:andersteaa Harriers every day, at Kennel. MER,CANTIteg StIIPPINC ) &c. DEAL, JAY. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived and sailed 'foe' the, river the Martha, Kennar, from St. Kitts ; and Fanny. Donovan, from Cadiz. Came down from the River the Swift.. sure, Barnsfield, for Gibraltar; and Lenia and Williaxn,Kellie, for the. Cape ; the latter has sailed. FALIVI.OUT JAN. 27.--W ind N.N.W.—Arrived _off the pole the litre, Emmerson, in 55 days, from Galipoli, and sailed for Hull. A - Lived the Margaret, Thomas, from Messina,. 1n 54 days; and Britannia, Duguettaville, from Alicant for Guarr.say, Sailed tlie. Mary Ann and Isabella, Stevenson, for Rio - Janeiro. Po ft sr4 u 1-1, JAN. 23.--Wind W.S. W. —Anived from the Downs the Duchess of Athol, Daniel, for Bengal and China.; Kingston, Forrest, for .homica ; Samaritano, for Cadiz; and his Nia3esty's ships Leven and Barracouta. PLrslou r H, Jnx. —Arrived the Hope, Lcvcrick, from Cadiz. in 16 days. at on . TII, .IAN. 27.—Arrivod the Hope, Love, from - Palerino, nn the 13th instant; the Rock of Lisbon bearing S.ll. disteut 19 leagues, spoke the schooner Union, of Fowey, from. Cardiff for Gtnoa, with loss of stern-boat, skylight, tops.4l - starboard bulwarks, rails and stancheons. She did not appear.to make any water, and was proceeding to her port of destination. ..MAILWATE, JAN. 21—Arrived the Narcissus, Calder, from. Buenos Ayres, for London, with loss of rudder, having 'struck upon a wreck in the Hase channel. • 7 --- . .YAIIMOUTH, JAN. 28. The Sunderland,' Robson, has come in here from off the North Reach, and has since bunk in the harbour. Li 31: NG T 0 11 - , J. 25.—Arrived the Jane, Bullock, and, Sylph, Milne, from London, for Op or t o; Ch eru b, Ch apman, and Unity, funiphry, from Yarmouth, for Dublin ; the Maria, Palmer, from Southwold, for Cork; Alliance, Mayton, from., Faversham, for Waterford; Salcoinbe, Sladen, from Dart mouth ; happy Return, Primmer, from Newhaven.— the Alliance, Mayton, for Waterford ; and the Happy Return, Piimmer, for Newhaven. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 28. EK-PAP.TE cannoLL IN THE MATTER OF novrAnri AND G IBBS. The AT TORNEY-GEN ER AL requested that counsel. might be allowed a few days longer, to prepare for arguing the point proposed by the Court. fir. Hour{ asned what that point was ? The Lo HD CHAN CE L L OR said, the question to be argued was, whether a bankrupt could prove a debt against his own estate, sod vote for the appointment of assignees without the authority of an order of the Court. lie had found, in reading the docu ments in the cause, that when Messrs. Carroll, Shaw, and Duff; were appointed assignees under the first commission, Mr. Wil kie, one of the assignees under the last commission, had pre sented a petition against the choice, on the ground that Mr, Carroll's debt was tainted with usury. In the fiice of that pe tition, however, Mr. Wilkie had N oted for Mr. Carroll on the second election of assignees. Mr. Wilkie might be able to explain the motives of his conduct, but otherwise it would. ap pear extremely singular. The case was ordered to stand over until Monday next. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 28. • STANLEY V. 130/IBS: This was an action tried before the Lord Chief Justice, against the defendant,who is a cow-keeper in the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal green, the supplying with milk the poor house of Bethnal-green, contrary to the penal statute of CJ Geo. 111. This Act, in the first place, disqualifies persoca who have not property to the amount of 801. per annum from holding the situation of an overseer of the poor; and further clares, that no director shall furnish the poor-house with provi sions, &b. under a penalty of 1001. It appeared that the defendant had supplied the poor-house with two quarts of milk a day, but as the evidence went to slew that the defendant had not been an acting overseer for two y ea: 3 and a half, the plaintiff had been nonsuited. Mr. SCAIILETT contended for the plaintiff, that the spirit of the Act of Parliament was decidedly to check the interference of the overseers, and that although the defendant had not bears in the active management, that yet, he had always the powers to act as overseer without any new appointment. The CIIIEI' JUSTICE thought that it was a very hard thing to debar every one who•had been an overseer on elis Act. ilia Lordship said, his opinion was still the same as at the trial, that this case was not-within its spirit. Mr. JUSTICE BAYLEY, and the other 'Judges, thoui;ht it was a question of impo7tance ; and, the:eore, that it our t to have the fullest consideration. • Upon this opinion a rule was given to spew cause why the Nonsuit should not be set aside, and a new trial granted COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 23. GROOM AND OTHEIIPS V. SIR. THOS. CHAMPNLYS. The Court heard Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW for the plaintiff :4, and Mr. Serjeant LAlrus for the defendant in this case, and defer red the final consideration of it until to-morrow. Mr. Pr.uMEir.—On Thursday, the 2 ith the remains of NVir.i.Lim PLI774EIt, Esq. of Gaston Park, in the Count)/ of Hertford,' followed; y the prayers 3 and regrets of hundreds of sincere friends and spetatatens, were conveyed to the family vault in Eastwick Church, on the shoulders of his own labourers. The solemn service wag impressively mat: by the Rev. James Tomlin ; but though , the grave has clog 'd upon the man, the memory of his many • virtues will long survive him. He was, we believe, the oldest Member of the House of Commons, having been returned in , 1763 for the Borough of Lewes. At the general election in 1766, he succeeded to the representation of the County of Hen ford, in which he continued till 1808, a period of 38 years. Asa as a proof in what high estimation his services were held by . the independent freeholders of the county, he was presented by them, a few years afterwards, with a silver vase of superior workmanship. Though death at the age of 36 cannot be called • sudden, yet in the instance of this venerable gentleman it wes peculiarly awful. For many months he had enjoyed a state of health rarely witnessed at his period of life, never exceeded at any. At six o'clock in the evening he had retired from the drawing-room in perfect health and spirits; at seven it pleased God to visit him with the fatal blow, under which he sunk, and he was carried to the bed he never left again alive. For the few days he survived his mental faculties remained perfect ; ha was sensible of every thing about him but his own danger. The mind of Plumer was the last part of him that became extinct : and when at last he ceased to breathe, it was so imperceptibly, , that it was some time before his attendants perceived that the lamp of life was extinguished. Truly then it may be s4id, that he enjoyed life till the latest hour of his existence, and that he ' died without protracted suffering. " Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus Tam can capitis?" IMPORTANT TO SHIP OWNERS.—Dover, Jan. 27. —All here have been this day highly gratified by the extraordiany effect produced by the entire opening of the first culvert at our West Pier. The force of the water entirely removed every particle of shingle from the south point, leaving the rock bare from the Pier to low water mark. The other two cul verts are not quite completed. The water fra:n these is intended to act more immediately at the entrance of the harbour ; but there is good rea son to believe that the one already in use will prevent the necessity of using the others, by re moving any accumulation of shingle (which always comes from the westward) before it can arrive at the entrance of the harbour. When, hoivever, the other two are brought into action, their united services must remove every possibility of difficulty to the pilotage into this harbour. On Tuesday the Society of Writers to his Majesty's Signet, in a meeting called for the pus pose, unanimously resolved to offer their warmest congratulations to DAVID HOME, Esq. late Pro fessor of Scots Law, upon his recent appointment to be one of the Barons of Exchequer; and a deputation, with the Keeper at their head, were accordingly authorised to wait upon the honour able Baron, and convey to him such sentiments, accompanied,at the same time, with an anxious re quest that he publish his valuable lectures, which would not only render an important benefit to the profession, and the public at large, but be the means also of preventing any attempt at a spurious edition of them.—(Edinburgh Courant, Jan.. 2.1.) •