The Sun. — London, England, 1822-05-15 00:00:00

_ . .. ,I13i" D sit r the nted the ' the Kit' ,tin.; in trea t int', .........:..--" ige- 1 50i -0 89 3 di,- ./'''.. Of ° ~ti ° ` ' t the , the tha t io L., r posa the ,day' tog) ) the ve of still' dat ed e sSe it ' fie °I , re- ime, est ; uth, a be Is Of ited• d in tion j to oaf ,ight ehd- 411er s for rt of ..71i 23 9 !t i t Pt" er sn ot Mr' We ll lri"g 0 3 WII 3t r ac- sub - Ot at yes' 11 ae.. land' san d Wil iCil r, and NO to the coast of Africa, leaving the Greeks masters of their own seas. The Journal des Debats ex tracts an article from the Swabian Mercury, con taining various particulars respecting the opera tions and condition of the Greeks, from some German Officers who have returned to their country from the Morea. They give a deplorable description of their treatment by the Greeks; but numbers of German soldiers continue, not withstanding., to take their departure from Greece, observing, " It is natural that men who return should, for their own Justification, throw all the fault on the Greeks." It appears by the Journal de Paris and Ga zette de France, that 9.80 Spanish insurgents, being closely pursued by the Government troops, t ook refuge on the French territory, and lay down their arms to the French troops forming the Sanitary Cordon. The insurgents were marched into a place of safety, and placed u nder quarantine ; their arms were burnt, and such explanations given to the Commander of t he Spanish troops as satisfied him that France was not privy to the internal agitations of Spain, and that her only object, in stationing troops on the frontiers, was to guard against the intro duction of contagion.—The following are ex tracts : " P I nl9 , MAY 12.—Deputies elected—llk et Vilaine, M Corbiere, Minister of the Interior, and M. Gamier Dufougerais ; Loiret, M. Crignon d'Aezouer ; Haut Rhin, the Baron d'An. thes ; Oise, M. Tronchon. " There was a grand diplomatic assemblage on Friday at Sir Charles Stuart's, the English Ambassador. " ODESSA, APRIL 13.—( Extract of a Private Letter. ) We have accounts from Constantinople of the 13th. Lord 'trangford transmitted to the Reis Effendi on the 30th March, a Pressin g note, in which he complained especially that the Porte had not effected the evacuation of Moldavia and Wala chia, promised so longsince. He added, that he had announced this evacuation to his Court, and that he should be compro mised with his Sovereign, who would suspect him of having m ade false reports. His Lordship, however, had not received a ny answer tap to the 13th April. The Count de Lutzow trans- Illit ted the declaration with which he was charged by his Court Z h the Bth Ap r il, an d re t urne d the Note of the Porte of the 28th 'eht tiary, which his Court had refused to receive. We know not whether M. de Lutzow consented, in consequence of the Conferences of M. de Metternich with M. de Tatischeff, to 411.1 e Modifications in the Russian Ultimatum, but it is certain that the Porte had not replied to his Note up to the 13th April, t he Reis Effendi having merely acknowledged the receipt of flit two Notes. It is believed that the Sultan will again con l'°lke a Grand Divan, of 'which the Chiefspf the Janissaries will 1131.41 part. " CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 11.—Great disorders have ta ken place at Nissa, as well as in other parts adjacent to the Ntuobe ; they proceed from the misunderstanding which pre iails between the Janissaries and the troops of the country. " VIENN A , MAY I.—Shall we have war or peace? Such i 3 the great question which occupies every body here, and which 18 not yet officially resolved. The partisans of the Turks state ttl at, whateve r ma y be the definitive deci s ion of the Porte, hosti -4 14t ies will not yet commence, because our Court has induced t hat of Russia to come to an understanding respecting the re. Rohs of the war. Such is the reasoning of those who pretend to be it the secret of the negociations, and vino maintain that an 4 ,: tan gernent of that nature had been contracted with M. de ' at itscheff. But the friends of the Greeks, on the other hand, 34 Y that R uss i a w ill never enter i nto suc h arrangements ; t h at M. de Tatitscheff set out as soon as he had obtained an exact know_ ledge of the state of affairs at Constantinople ; and that we shall not fail to learn, after his return to St. Petersburgh, that the Russ ian Armies have received orders to advance on the Turkish t ettitory.,, Il4 regular file of Philadelphia Papers have 41 received to the 9th April. W Astitsc.rox CITY, APRIL I.—The Senate 4(kiourned, or rather were smoked out, at an 1 \1. 41 Y hou r t o -d a y, i n co ns equence o f a s t rong 'W. wind that obstructed the draught of the chimnieSand filled the Chamber with smoke 4 " ashes. No wonder the nation should be in scolding humour, when they know that millions ia ve be en spent on a N at i ona l e difi ce, w hi c h doe s not even afford the common protection from Smoke that we enjoy in our private houses. • [Prom the Petersburgh Intelligencer, April 6.] ti I nformatio n is st a t e d t o h ave b een rece i ve d o f ( :e establish men t o f th e M ex ican p r o v i n c e o f ua titnala int o a s e p era t e R e p u blic by G enera l v \l l e/ORu, a distinguished revolutionary leader of e w Spain. ill3 sToN, APRIL 4.—The United States' frigate t. geedo rt i a went to sea early this morning, des ined, it i s suppose d , for t h e coast of Cuba, to aid t r sinaller vessels of war in the suppression of Ira q in that quarter. [From a Cork Paper of the 11th May.] L e J ames Cropper, packet ship, Captain REED, from New Y o , for Liverpool, which sailed on the 17th ult., passed the Old „ e .. t at , au of Kinsale yesterday. Mr. DALLAS, a passenger, re qed fr ont this vessel, and through this Gentleman we have N e t e h ived New York Papers to the 16th, and Washington to the Colonel BARCLAY and Mr. CHAPMAN, the British innssio ners for settli ng t h e b oun d ar i es un d er t h e T reaty o f 'ben t, are on board this vessel. It is stated in an article from a3 . ll ingto n President and , that there is an unpleasant diff e rence bet w e e n th e Sena. r°4l the si ncer i ty and warmth with which we have advocated the cause of the Greeks, we cannot be suspected of a n y h o stil e bi as t owar d s the lonians. We make this remark, because we ti :el c onstrained to reprobate the conduct of ni ose who per s i st i n charging the BritishGovern they il t of the lonian Islands with misconduct which are unable to substantiate. Mr. TrumE's speech last night was little more (as was justly observed by Mr. W LMoT) than a repetition of the refuted charges which he brought forward twelve months ago, when Mr. HUME was so suc cessfully frustrated by the counter-statements and reasoning of Mr. GOULBURN, that his mo tiou was negatived by an immense majority. The majority against the motion last night was 85 ; the numbers being, ayes 67, noes 152. In the House of Commons, last night, Mr. BENNET obtained leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the present mode of licensing public houses in England. The most important alteration proposed, is, that any person paying 20/. rates shall be entitled to a license, on giv ing certain required securities. We shall rejoice much at any improvement in the licensing sys tem; but we also think it our duty to remark, that persons who have embarked their property in public houses under the regulations of the ex- isting law, should be indemnified for any losses they may sustain from the proposed innovation. The Merchants and Traders of London have naturally taken alarm at Mr. ROBINSON'S Bill respecting our Commercial Policy, which stands for the second reading on Friday, and at a late hour yesterday came to tl►e determination of sub mitting a Petition to the House of Commons, to be presented by Sir WILLIAM CURTIS. We have been favoured with a copy of the Petition, as our Paper has taken a leading and decided part in support of our Navigation Laws and our true Colonial Policy, and we have inserted it this day. The Petition, we understand, is to lie for signature this day in the City, and it will doubt less receive the sanction of the most respectable Mercantile Characters in this great Emporium of the World. IRELAND.—Thc Cork Advertiser of the 11th inst. reached us this day, and we are happy in observing that it gives no statement of any new disturbances in the country. WAREHOUSING of CLOVER SEED at STOCKTON. COPY of a TREASURY WARRANT, dated Whitehall, Trea sury Chambers, April 20. After our hearty commendations, having considered your Report of the lOth April, 1822, in a Memorial praying that Foreign Clover Seed and Green Fruits may be allowed to be bonded at the Port of Stockton, these are to approve of Clover Seed and Green Fruits, enumerated in Table L of the Ware housing Act, being warehoused, for which this shall be your Warrant. (Signed) LOWTHER. G. C. H. SOMERSET. G. 11. M‘NAGIITEN. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. In the Public Funds very little variation has occurred during this day. Consols for the next settlement opened at 78i, fell to 78$, and closed at 78:1. South Sea Stock fell b ac k t o 90 ; a nd on the whole the market was very gloomy. In Foreign Secu rities scarcely any business was done, and they are all a shade lower. The nominal price of French Rentes is 88. 15. Prus sian Bonds 86. Columbian Old Bonds 1004. New Sixes 85. 854, and Scrip 86. Old Spanish Bonds 62i, and New 62k. Neapolitan 681 a 69. In Russian and Austrian Securities no transactions have taken place. It is supposed that the South Sea Company must abandon their hopes of reaping profit from the agency of the absurd scheme for farming the Half-Pay and Pension List. Little above eleven hundred thousand pounds has been subscribed, being about a fifth part of what was considered as absolutely necessary. The present Ministers must, therefore, fall on some more reasonable plan of raising money for the service of the State. Englishmen are well acquainted with the resources of the empire, and will sanction any straight forward advance of money which may be necessary, but the firming plan, now proposed, is an attempt to get money in an underhand manner, equally unworthy of the honesty and of the honour of this powerful kingdom, and the Citizens therefore will not lend it their assistance.—Very little business is doing in West India produce, and prices do not vary. A public sale of the best St. Petersburgh yellow tallow took place this day, and it sold at 351. to 451. 10s. a ton. The last purchases made in Russia will be nearly 421. a ton in England. Lord LONDONDERRY however asserts that only the Agricultural Interest at present is in a state of depression.— (Morning Chronicle.) It is said to be stated in a letter from Madrid, dated the 2(.1 inst., that the insurrectionary move ments in Murcia, Biscay, and Catalonia, had been suppressed. New arrangements are expected to take place in the conduct of Government, at Madrid, on the Ist of next month, not only for the purpose of securing tranquillity among the people, but for the management of the financial resources of the country. The Committee of Public Credit are preparing a statement of the national debt, compared with the national do mains assigned for its liquidation. The person nominated as the new President of the Cortes is M. ALAVA, one of the moderate party. Yesterday Mr. MACKENZIE, a King's Mes senger on the Colonial Department, arrived in Downing-street, with despatches from his Ma jesty's Lord High Commissioners of the lonian Islands. Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted mi litary business with the KING. Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a Levee, as Commander-in-Chief, at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by the Duke of Athol, the Marquis of Winchester, Lord Sheffield, Lord Erskine, General Sir James Stewart, Major-General Gordon, Mr. Erskine, Mr. Henry Drummond, Mr. Hugh Campbell, who presented an elegant copy of his " Proofs and Illustrations of the Authenticity of the Poet Ossian, and a Map of the Battle Field of Fingal. '— There were also present Generals and other Military Officers amounting to upwards of fifty. Last night the Princess AUGUSTA honoured Covent Garden Theatre with her presence, to see the new Play " The Law of Java," and the Entertainment " Cherry and the Fair Star." Her Royal Highness sat in the KING'S box. The Duchess of ANGOULEME is stated to be completely recovered. D EAT!' OF THE BISHOP OF MEATII.—The Dublin Freeman announces the death of the Right Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. TifowAs LEWIS O'BEIItNE, Bishop of Meath. His Lordship was originally educated for the func tions of a Roman Catholic Priest, but having recommended himself to the notice of the late Duke of Portland, he abjured the Roman Catholic faith, became a Protestant Clergyman, and was, in 1799, promoted to the See of Meath, one of the most valuable in Ireland, in point of income and patronage. The Minister has now three mitres at his disposal. The Dean of Saint Patrick's, and Dr. Bisset (first Chaplain to Marquis Wellesley), it is said will be presented with two. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, brother of the Marquis Wellesley, has been mentioned as likely to become one of the newArebbishops. - ROMAN CATHOLIC PEERS.--The parish of Saint Olave, Southwark, resolved yesterday to petition Parliament against the admission of Catholic Peers to the House of Lords. FOR THE SUN. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. EDlTOR.—Observing in the Morning Chro nicle of this day many errors in the statement which appears in it respecting the conduct of Sir THOMAS MAITLAND, I am injiuced to trouble you with a few words on the subject, .in justice to that injured Officer. The Morning Chronicli says, that "Sir THOMAS MAI T.• LAND named ten individuals as his counsellors—men of no es timation—to the exclusion of the wise; virtuous, and experien ced persons who enjoyed the respect of their fellow-crea tures ! ! !"—Surely such persons as the Count TEOTOCHIS, Signor ZAVO, Signor CARIDI, Signor STAID, and Conte Fos- CARDI, &c. cannot be classed as '" men of no estimation." These Gentlemen are possessed of the highest talents and abi lities for their situations ; and it would have been impossible to select throughout the Islands any more efficient or eligible" —the major part have been employed in diplomatic capacities at various Courts in Europe, and their private worth cannot be disputed. Th e M orn i ng Chronicle again says,—" On the morning of the 14th February, 1816, the people saw the gates suddenly shut," &c.—Now I beg to state that the gates were shut in Jannai y 1816, and for a good reason—to prevent the plague from making ent r a nc e. In March, 1817, a conspiracy was formed against the lives and persons of several Corfouites of good family, by two young men named " Tr," who counterfeited the handwriting of these individuals so closely, that one or two of the arrested could not discover the difference : and one of the name of Mas- TRACA exclaimed "this .is my signature" or. being shewn a paper containing sentiments of the most treasonable nature.— 'There can exist no doubt that, had not one of the young vil lains confessed in time, the consequences would have been high ly serious. The Morning Chronicle seems to speak lightly . of the matter which involved the town of Corfu in consternation and dread for several days,—it is caller'. an object of mockery ! There is not one word of truth in the observations made by the Morning Chronicle, respecting the Constitution framed for the Islands.—The greatest goof that the reflections cast on it are void of found a tion, i s the code itself, to which any may re fer at pleasure,—a copy is to be seen in " LAURENT'S Tour to .the Levant." Besides which, no formal protest has ever been made on the part of the lonians against the Constitution —a measure which certainly would have been done long ere now, had there been grounds for complaint. The evidence that will appear in P ar li amen t, on t h e question of Sir THOMAS MAIT LAND'S conduct, will afford convincing testimony how much he merits the respect and thanks of the lonians. May 14, 1822. I am, &c. « lON lA." ' LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PETITION AGAINST OPENING THE TRADE. A numerous and respectable Meeting of Licensed Victual lers was yesterday held at the Freemasons"favern, Great Queen-street, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against opening the trade, and also praying that no Victualler might be deprived of his License without a trial by Jury. The Petition having been adopted, it was resolved that the Hon. G. BENNET, and other Members, be requested to sup port it. It was resolved, after some further speaking, that an Asso ciation should be formed, to be called the " Licensed Victual. lers' Protective Association," and that the Committee should draw up the Resolutions, pro forma. Several put down their names as Members of the Associa ticn,and those present having signed the Petition, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting adjourned. HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Yesterday the Annual Meeting of this Society was held at the City cf London Tavern, which was most numerously at tended.—The Report of the Society was read at each of the rooms where the company assembled. It stated that in the last three years twenty-two Missionaries had been sent out by the Society, and aid had been furnished zealous Ministers to propagate the Gospel in their respective neighbourhoods; and that in the last year several were added to that number, and were travelling in various parts of the country, preaching, ice. with desired effect, although encountering with many difficul ties. One of the Missionaries had been cruelly treated, the windows of the house where he preached had been entirely broken, his bridle and saddle were cut to pieces, and a blow was aimed at him, with intent to murder him, and he was much disabled by it ; and another missionary had his house set on fire by a party opposing their religious tenets. The Report stated many other interesting circumstances, and the speeches, which were delivered, kept the company to a very late hour before they broke up. SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF FEMALE SERVANTS. - - - The Ninth Anniversary Meeting of this Institution was held yesterday at the London Tavern. The Report of the Com mittee stated, that more than 20,000 tracts, expressly written for their improvement, had been distributed among female servants. 462 Bibles have been given to servants who have lived one year in the family, after their nomination, and 1,1971. in 774 pecuniary rewards to females who have lived in their situations from one to eight years. Through the medium of the Society's registry 2822 engagements between subscribers arA servants had been made, by which a great deal of domestic convenience has been insured. THE FINE ARTS.—We have not before had an opportunity of noticing a Picture of THE Two MARYS, by Mr. HALL, but we so it with plea sure, and consider it as honourable to the genius of the country. The Angel is the principal figure, and it really displays an angelic appearance. It is simple and impressive. The Marys are well discriminated. One has a quiet maternal dignity, which is well contrasted with the striking and more prominent grace of the other.— The Soldiers have a martial appearance, mingled with that awful sentiment naturally arising from the supernatural personage before them. The whole is grouped with judgment, and the co louring throughout is natural and vivid. Bet what is doubtless the chief object which the artist intended, his picture produces that solemn impression on the mind, which may well make him bid defiance to the petty cavils of ordinary criticism. MR. PETER FINNEwry.---The death of this person is recorded, with a high panegyrical me morial, in a Morning Paper of this day.—lt is needless for us to enter upon his history, as it is generally known to the world at large. Widely differing from his political principles and his objects, all we shall say is, that we heartily wish there were no such writers of his description in this country ; and, according to report, his lucu brations did no service to the Morning Paper of which he is understood to have been the Con ductor during the protracted illness, and since the death, of its late Proprietor. Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, dated May 13 :—".This morning the Owen Glendower, Hon. Capt. SPENCER, sailed for the Nore, in order tn embark the official Authorities who convey the Order of the Bath to the King of DENMARK. Earl SPENCER accompanies his son.—To-morrow the remainder of the 62d regiment, under Major CARTER, comprising the 'staff, &c. will embark for Plymouth ; the transports will then take the last division of the 10th from Plymouth to Deptford. The last division of the 58th marched through here from Gosport this morning for Chatham. A meeting is called here for Wed nesday, to open a subscription for our southern Irish brethren ; it is expected to be numerously attended. Every department is vieing in its efforts to afford relief.—The Ramilies, Captain BRUCE; Albion, Captain R AGGETT ; an d Si r JAMES H aw- KINS WIIITSIIED'S flag-ship, the Queen Charlotte ' Captain HAY, have subscribed a day' s p a y. Thi s l ea d, we Piave no doubt, will be followed by the other ports. The depots of the 17th, 24th, 34th, 46th, 53d, 59th, 61st, 65th, and 87th regi ments, stationed here, amounting to nearly 1,000 men and of ficers, have subscribed a day's p a y t o th e I r i s h f un d." A: Requisition, numerously and respectably signed, was yesterday presented to the LORD MAYOR, requesting his Lordship to call a Court of Common Council, for the purpose of consider ing the propriety of directing the Chamberlain to subscribe a sum of money in aid of the Fund now raising for the relief of the distressed Irish.. His Lordship has in consequence appointed a Court to be held on Friday next. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl of Enniskillen, at the- Pulteney Hotel, from Ire land ; Sir George and Lady Sitwell; and family, at ditto, from Derbyshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Standish, at ditto, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Powell Collins, at ditto, from Bath ; Si r Thomas Croft, Bart. at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Caven dish-square ; General Goldie, at ditto ; Captain Carter, R.N. at ditto; Captain Pratt, 4th Light Dragoons, at ditto, from Norfolk ; Mrs. Johnson, at ditto, from France. DEPARTURES.—Rev. John Preston and Mrs. Preston, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel; Admiral and Mrs. Preston, from ditto ; R. H. Roundell, Esq. and the two Misses Roundell, from ditto, for Tringford, Bicester, Oxon; Mrs. Hungerford and family, from ditto, for India ; S. B. Fydell, Esq. from ditto ; William Mason, Esq. Izom hakes's Hotel, for Cambridge. . . , ._ .-.) , ,',.:: •;.k . - • et. 1 .‘ , ~,, 4.,._ , ,) ,^\:::: I it t" kt C.;10 , >. ,- D ,;;N7i , i ! :.;0, ...,_ , ! )4), , • "'ip - ..1041: - , ,Af t r i i n , 4 . 11' ,_- ...r..--- ,&•00‘;'-'—'' ,'-00 t't 4V.... " 4.4 , ( t , ;,,i --4 A r % ~,,.t. i " ?--- -.., - ": ,. ...1'".. , :..-%,, . -- 40, 4 4 .,! , v iii, •,,....o'ft.,, S'..r. ''''''' ..e k , :.. r' 1 'N' ,.4 -ER OY ___7," 1 , lir : ^ If -----,- --.- - ----_, - 4.. i , . . • 4, -- m r tArriii..ii,•o • tni F , , f 3 THE GRAND CALEDONIAN BALL. Under the high patronage of so many Ladies of the first rank, what might not be expected ? The Ball, for the benefit of the Caledonian Asylum, at ALMACK'S, on Monday night, was one of the most splendid fetes we have ever seen. The three rooms were crowded to an excess, for,there were present 1200 persons. The saloon, at eleven o'clock, presented a spectacle of the most imposing description, the walls being covered with the tartons of different clans, surmounted by their proper names in the Gaelic : this excited an interest and enthusiasm which words can convey but a faint idea of. What added to the coup d'ceil, were the objects of the godlike Institution, namely, the children : they were all boys, from four to fourteen years of age, the orphans of Scottish heroes, who fell fighting for their country during the revolutionary war. They were drawn up before the Duke of "Wellington, who was pleased to express his satisfaction at their appearance. The dancing commenced at eleven o'clock, with the Reel of Tulloch, by the elegant daughters of the House of Wemyss, the Ladies Charteris. Dense dings 'a, that old and favourite Highland air, followed. All were Scots tunes, and the qua drilles were taken from the most admired pieces of olden times. If the Head of every Highland Clan was not present, there was his representative. The Duke of Argyll was in full costume; and, among the Chieftains, was Macdonald, of Sky, bearing the celebrated sword of the Pretender. The Duchess of Buccleuch was splendidly dressed, and a' Lady (a stranger) was as glittering as the starry firmament. The crowd and heat were so oppressive that but few could dance till two o'clock (many then retired), and then the spirit of the scene commenced. Mr. Stuart Nicholson (who has long borne the belle) then threw off with the true Ili,ghland Unhappily a rival appeared (a stranger) who excelled. His ac tivity and grace surprised the best judges. The Ladies were extremely impatient to gain a knowledge of the performer, but their curiosity was not gratified. There were three hands of music : the first, and principal, was led by Messrs. Gow. There was music in the supper room, and even in the tea-room. The boys marched up to the Directresses, headed by two pipers playing, in full costume ; the boys also w9re Highland dresses. The veteran Gow wore a medal presented to him by the Hhland Society, bearing this inscription :—" Presented to Mr. John Gow, in testimony of their approbation of his long services, and of the delight which his eminent and hereditary musical talents have never failed to inspire." On the reverse—the Duke of Athol's Arms. The ball did not break up till half-past four o'clock. There were present : The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Duchess of Beaufort, the Foreign Princes and Ambassadors, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian, Marchioness of iondonderry— in short, all the first people in the United Kingdom. Every Lady was attired in a rich fancy dress; and the Gen tlemen were either in the Highland garb, or were in military or naval uniforms. There were two exceptions--these Gentlemen wore Turkish habits, with turbahs and vests, covered with diamonds. The number of General Officers was wonderful : the Rifle Brigade formed a striking contrast, in splendour, to the former. TEE COUNTESS OF JERSEY'S ASSEMBLY.—On Mon. clay night, the above Lady, so much distinguished in the higher circle of fashion, opened her elegant mansion in Berkeley-square to the fashionable world, fen; the first time thiS season, with a 'brilliant "At home," Her Ladyship's taste and munificence are well known. The most splendid pre parations were made. The magnificent suit of drawing rooms were a blaze of dazzling splendour, as were also the conserva tory, in which tables were laid out with the rarest ices, fruits, confectionary, and choicest wines. The company were nume rous and of the first distinction. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley gave an elegant entertainment yesterday to the Duke of ,York. The distinguished party invited to Meet his -Royal Highness were Prince and Princess Esterhazy, the French Ambassador, Count and Countess Lieven, Count and Countess Munster, the Am bassador of the .Nether%-ids, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marquis of Anglesey, Earl of Westmor land, Lord Sidmouth, Lord St. Helen's, and Lord and Lady Mar borough. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, and part of their suite, will leave Bushy Park to-morrow, or on Friday, for Walmer Castle, where their Royal Highnesses intend to pass a few weeks preparatory to their embarkation for the Continent, where they intend to pass the remainder of the summer and ensuing winter. SALE OF THE KING'S HORSES. On Monday his MAJESTY'S stud of brood blood mares, &c. were sold by auction by Messrs. Tattersall when the following sums for each were given : _ _ _ - A bay mare, by Election, out of the dam of Castrel, Selim, and Rubens, with a foal colt, by Sorcerer, and covered by Waterloo-330 guineas. Sycorax, own sister to Soothsayer, by Sorcerer, out of Goldenlocks, with a filly foal by Waterloo, and covered by him agaim-135 guineas. South Down, own sister to Canvass, by Rubens, out of Lot 26, with a colt by Soothsayer, and covered by Waterloo -220 guineas. A chesnut mare, by Electra, out of Fair Ellen, by Ramble tonian, with a foal colt by Soothsayer, and covered again by Rainbow-220 guineas. A bay mare, by Soothsayer, out of Miss Teazle, by Sir Peter Teazle, with a filly foal by Waterloo, and covered by him again-200 guineas. Scherazade, by Selim, out of Gipsy, by Trumpator, sister to Postmaster, by Herod, foal dead, and covered by Water loo-130 guineas. Miss Wasp (Manfred's dam), by Waxy, out of Trumpetta, barren, covered by Rubens-150 guineas. Agnes, by Sorcerer, out of Amelia, barren, covered by Wa terloo-91 guineas. An own sister to Election, by Gohanna, barren, covered by Waterloo—.s4 guineas. Blowing (Interpreter's dam), by Buzzard, Pot-flo's, Maid of-all-Work, barren, covered by 'Waterloo-71 guineas. A hay colt, two years old, by .Rubens, out of an Arabian mare-52 guineas. A bay half-bred mare, 'six years old, covered by Rainbow guineas. A brown half-bred mare, eight years old, with a foal colt by the Malcolm Arabian, and covered by Rainbow-50 guineas. Earl GROSVENOR, whose property in mines is very considerable, is reported to have sustained a loss of 100,0001. by the defalcation of a confi dential agent, who is said to have quitted the kingdom.—(Leeds Intelligencer.) A subscription has been opened at Gloucester for the relief of the starving poor in the South-west of Ireland. A subscription has been also opened at Monmouth. A requisition to the High Sheriff to convene a County Meeting was signed on, •Saturday last, at Dover, by most respectable occupiers of 10,000 acres. Yesterday morning the following fifteen men, being the re mainder of the nineteen capitally convicted at the last Assizes of being concerned in the smuggling affray at Marsh Bay, near Margate, were removed from Maidstone gaol to Portsmouth, for transportation, viz.:—James Taylor, Thomas Wmoollett, Thomas Mount, John Buffington, alias John Ramsey, and Daniel Baker,for life ; Charles White, James Rolfe, Francis Carden, Joseph Clements, Joseph Gilbert, John Gill, Stephen Gummer, John Hagle, alias Fagg, 114nry. Smith, and Thomas Stokes, for seven years. John Willson, who was sentenced to seven years transportation for a felony, was also removed at the same time.—(Kentish Garotte, May 14.) THE Tli EA TWFS-. DRURY LANE.—Miss FORDV made her second appearance as Rosetta, in Lot; Village, last night, and her previous succesS.ove still greater ease and_spirit both to her acting sand her singing, and the character was very :.,yOl supported throughout. BRAIIAM in Hawthorn, and Murr- DEN in the Justice, were muchi'aelanuded, and so was KNIGHT in Hodge We• AliAtijc as Hodge is drawn with sufficient , brutal: injustice towards poor Madge, nothing 'of that - natute should be • .;, added in the perfor m an ce , as itsatt : only render the part more disgusting, instead Of being more humorous. But this is a fault alivpLys observable in the representation, and, by exciting laughter, is too apt to blunt the feelings of justice and humanity. COVENT-GARDEN.—The new tragi-comic Ro mance of The Law of Java, as we anticipated, gathers strength in its progress, i result natu rally arising from the intrinsic merits of the piece, and the combination of talents employed in the representation. It was honoured last night by the presence of the Princess AUGUSTA, an example of personal worth, active benevolence, and dignified affability, that her sex-,of all ranks, should zealously endeavour to imitate. It was gratifying to see this truly amiable Princess en joying a few hours of moral interest, -and harm less merriment, with a very large portion of the people whom this admirable play bad drawn together. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, M& 14.—Wind E.—Came down from the River last night and sailed the Alexander, Surf'cur, for Madeira and Isle of France ; Shannon, Jolly, for Genoa. Also to-day the Prince Regent, Innes, for Madras and Calcutta; and Provi dence, Owen, Madeira, Madras, and Bengal. Sailed the Forster, Morgan, for Virginia, and Prince Regent yacht fir Calais. SEVEN o'CLocs:.—The Prince Regent yacht is in sight, returning from Calais, and proceeding to the Downs with the Crown Prince, on board. A frigate is having into the Downs from the westward, and some merchantmen ; among the latter is supposed to be the Oscar, Sayer, from St. Vincents. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Alexander, Surfleur, from the Downs for Mauritius and Ceylon. Sailed the London, Newton, for Quebec and Massar ; Golden - Grove and Ogle Castle, for London. PLY MOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Henry, hillock, from New South Shetland in 98 days : left there 18 sail American, and 14 British vessels ;—and arrived the Joseph and Jane, Harse , from Demerara, 65 days' p assage . FALMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed the Swift, sure racket for America. The William, Crauford, of Yarmouth, was wrecked near Shields on Friday, and it is feared the crew were drowned. RIOTS IN MONMOUTHSIIIRE.—III Our last we stated the safe arrival of the greater part of a convoy of coal waggons, under the protection of the Scots Greys and Yeomanry, at the place of its destination, on Thursday week : but we are sorry to be now compelled to add, that notwithstanding the num ber of rioters wounded, and some very severely, others of them during the night destroyed or disabled about 20 waggons,which (deserted by the halliers in the course of the day) had been left near the Monmouthshire Canal Company's reservoir at Lan hilleth ; four of these, with their contents, were rolled over the precipice, and dashed into the river below; others were sunk in the reservoir, and the wheels of about fourteen more broken to pieces on the road. Not content, however, with these de, predations, the coals (more than two tons in each waggon) were set on fire, and, with every thing combustible about the waggons, totally consumed, some of the great masses of fire continuing to burn till Monday morning. Whilst this was effecting in the valley above Crwmlin, ano. ther body of rioters, in the night of Sunday, or early on Mon, day morning, attacked and destroyed, in several places above the 18 mile stone, nearly half a mile of the Sithowey tram road situated in the parallel valley leading up to Tredegar Iron, works ; not only were the iron plates ripped up and carried away, but the stone blocks raised and rolled down into the river; and in order to prevent a further supply being sent up, this f►ne public work, from which the country (and no portion of it more than the workmen themselves) have derived such great advantages, was thus feloniously destroyed. Great numbers of the work people have, however, since been employed upon the road, and we are happy to learn that it is, by great exer tion, already restored to its former state of usefulness and repair. A letter from Abergavenny, dated Saturday evening, says, that " every thing is at present tolerably quiet on the hills ; but the men have not returned to their work." Henry Lewis ' basket-maker, of the parish of Lanhilied:, has been committed to Usk gaol, by J. H. Moggritlge, Etc!. for as saulting and threatening to kill a constable of Lanhilleth, for obeying the orders of the Rev. W. Powell, a magistrate of the county of Monmouth , on the 2d of this month, when the at tack was made on the coal-waggons near Crwailin.--(G/oucts ter Journal.) FURTHER PARTICULARS OF MRS. MOUNTFORD, —Whilst the above unhappy fanatic was in confinement in the watch-house, at Bethnal green, she made the followirik confes sion to 1)r. BoWEN, in the presence of her father-hi-law, bro ther, and many of her relatives :—She said the devil had been with her, and advised her to murder her youngest baby ; she obeyed him, and instal. - ly went to the cupboard, and pro cured one of her husband's razors, with the intention of cutting her own throat first, but a thought came into her mind, if she cut the child's throat first, and her own after wards, she should be forgiven, and she therefore cut the infant's head off and threw the head one way, and the body the other. She then gave herself up to be hanged, as she expected, from the devil telling her so, to put an end to all her troubles. She several times told her husband in the night that she would get out of bed and hang herself; but he told her, if she did, he would not cut her down. She admitted he was a very good husband and father. She had no quarrel with her husband • but the child she slayed was very cross. Mrs. Mountford bears a most excellent character amongst the,neigh, bours, for an industrious, sober woman. DARING ROBBERIES.—Sunday evening, about half-past eight o'clock, Mr. Cope, of Gray's Inn-lane, walking along Rosomond-street, Clerkenwell, was hustled by three me* and robbed of his watch, gold chain and seals.—Monday night a Gentleman passing through Nlilman-street, Bedford-row, was robbed of his_chain and seals by two men.—Same night, about nine o'clock, Mr. Pullen, of Bow Church-yard, passing along Fleet-street, was att/cked by two or three villains, who seized his arms, and dragging him down Lombard-street, rob. bed him of a gold chain and seals. Monday night, Mr. Thomas Mansell, of Princes-street, Westminster, returning home from Fulham, was met near the Star Tavern, in the King's-road, by three men, dressed like gardeners. They walked with him about a quarter of a mile, when suddenly one of them struck him violently in the face, and knocked him down. They all three then beat him severely, and rifled his pockets of his watch and money. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 15. Our market has been very thinly attended to-day with pur chasers, and but little done in any thing except in Oats, Which have a more general demand, and the prices as on Monday for samples of fine quality ; the supply of Corn generally very good. The prices of Grain merely nominal as On Monday, few sales being made. HOP INTELLIGENCE. SouTnwAnw., May 13.—We have nothing new to copuriu. nicate ; our trade is very quiet. MAIDSTONE, MAY 13.—Our Hop plantations assume a very unkindly appearance generally,partieularly the Goldiiig and Can. terbury sorts, their state of debility rather increases ; with respect to the Grape, the bine looks very yellow and unkindly. 'I - ing under our view the whole of the Kent plantations, we coast_ der them in a very unpromising state. Fly we have already ftiiind pretty general ; the hedges, fruit trees, &b. are becthninx filctiy. This being our fair day, we have had an opportunity-6f corivers ing with several of the Sussex planters • the accounts they have given us are very unfavourable; they have a great deficiency of bine, besides a large reduction in their plantations, I