The Sun. — London, England, 1822-02-09 00:00:00

is 54 •opos ed mod i ll° douse In die C osSi O3 ulatio g 2 Coal' a :no'' lie lef and t° jf ouse e if a lrivate vening le 113 strong le ro I' ed 1)1 ,r, 04 W ed' 45C* 3 S o ck nee`' , ed'es 0' th e ndof fr are Isti res w are rl~►tP` l tea t° sed: - j(io►~• c'~~' n are their con' the It i s It has ~i s or le s of e not oned 0 1 tis of I Of° Sp irit Wh i c h had afl , l, 0 01 35 ese l4 o ,rO l5 ha ve 1' the e fer' Wil li (lea f I AO' ) ►rOEl claiv 0 5 ' ■sP~~` a tive ;tor ho ur C ur' roCII ; tig biro the oil r f r ou' ' [-I:e a . Ile' or de. Per tb'el Wit t' abli ivi°- tvi compel the disturbed districts of Corks And their fellow subjects of Limerick, to defy death and .proscription daily for the love of public justice, to assemble, and to deliver upright verdicts, in defiance of the gun, the scythe, and firebrand ? It is much if Magistrates can be found to incur this peril, but it is certain that the supply of Jurymen would fail, or, if procured, would prove in most instances, ineffective. The offence pro vided against, that of being from home by night -without sufficient ekcuse, must be estimated not by its abstract moral quality, but by its conse quences in times like the present. The Insurrection appears to be in many places, a driving of the country, an assembling of all people that can be enticed or forced abroad in a particular district, who form a tumultuous body, of imposing ap , Pearance in . point of numbers, but ready to dis solve upon any check or discouragement, and equally prepared to unite again, when urged by threats, impelled by curiosity, or tempted by oc casion. The effect of the proposed law will be, ' w e should hope, to thin these tumultuary gather 6, F 3) which, from their nature, so easily elude the shock, and so severely task the vigilance of military bodies-; to render such assemblages less attractive to those who wantonly and mischiev "sly join them, and, in some measure, to coun teract by menaces the effect of menace on the Nods of those who are driven into them by fear. The statute will also, it may be supposed, facili tate the punishment and removal of persons who may be sufficiently known as principal agents in the disturbances, although they may, not have laid themselves open to any , proceed. jag under the usual and permanent laws.— . While we justify these measures on the ground of necessity, we of course deplore them as a part of the evils attendant on civil commotion. The Powers conferred are of a magnitude which must be alarming even to those who wield them ; our earliest hope is that they may be exercised with Judgment and with moderation, but at the same time with'that salutary vigour which may hasten their abolition by effectually and speedily re `l moving the necessity for their existence. We have read with sincere concern the expres sions attributed to Lord FOLKSTONE, in the de bate last night on the Insurrection Act, respect ing the personal character of Marquis WELLES. LEY. Without any breach of privilege, we may be allowed to question the prudence and policy of Lord FOLKSTONE, in giving utterance, at a Moment like the - present; to reflections and opi nions so well calculated to neutralize any mea sures which may be in the contemplation of the Noble Marquis for healing the distractions of Ire land. If it had been possible for Lord Yomc- STONE to impress upon the minds of the Irish People that the present Governor is a man of despotic disposition, what impression would be more likely to fill the loyal and well disposed Part of the population with alarm,—with suspi cions of every measure proposed by the Noble Marquis and the Government, and 'with a secret hope that measures which they were thus induced to view with jealousy, and dread, should be frus trated ? What more likely to strengthen the cause of the , insurgents-, and to give a political character to: their_ outrageous proceedings, than the idea that the British Government had select ed a man of despotic disposition for the head of the Government of Ireland, and that the first act of th e British Legislature, after his appointment, had been to clothe such a character,—" the LUONAPA ItTE of India,"—with despotic power! IS Lord FOLKSTONE, acknowledging, as he does, " the brilliancy of the Noble Marquis's Indian Career," and the important services which he rendered in India to the Empire, prepared to shew that the measures which he pursued there were not dictated by the circumstances °f his high situation, but by his love of glory and the arbitrary character of his prin ciples ?—ls he prepared to shew, acknow ledging, as he does, that the Marquis WeLrEs -I,ty is " a man of brilliant talents, who had dis- Played resolution, vigilance, activity, and deter mination in the pursuit of his objects,"—is be Prepared to shew, that the Noble Marquis, pos sessing these qualities, is not the very man whom the 'present distracted circumstances of Ireland imperiously require to be placed at the head of its affairs ? Fortunately for Ireland and for the empire, Lord FOLKSTONE stood alone on the ground which he had so unwisely taken ; and the overwhelming majorities for the passing of the Insurrection and Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts, triumphantly establish, both , the necessity for the adoption of those measures, and the confi dence of the House of Commons in the illustrious character to whom the execution of their powers is to be entrusted. IncLAND.—Thirteen men have been appre hended, charged with being engaged in the des perate affair with the police at Churchtown. Several of them are stated to have been taken with arms or accoutrements of the police in their possession. The accounts of outrages received this morning are not very numerous. Amongst the more Fer'ous and extensive are the details of some affrays in the barony of Innishowen, in the county of Donegal, between the Revenue Police and the country people. In one of these rencontres, the peasantry offered a fierce resistance. The ()Meer had his arra fractured, and some of the police are said to have been killed. The Dublin Correspondent received this morning states, that no great hopes are entertained of the re-establishment of tranquillity, from the reluctance which is manifested ou the part of the peasantry to surrender their fire arms. Ninety- Right stand of arms, it is true, had been obtained from them in the County of Waterford, and thirty-nine stand from persons in the county pf Kerry ; but in the Cpunty of Cork, notwith- Standing the professions of the peasantry, only a very small portion of- arms had been given up. The Insurgents continued to be held in awe by the presence of the military, and the active exer- . tions and vigilance of , the resident gentry, but the. disposition' to outrage was by no means abated. Charlestown Papers to the sth ult. arrived this morning, which contain nothing of any in terest. MERCANTI LE Sill I'M NG, &c. DEAL, FEB. B.—Wind S.W. and moderate.—The Betsy, Read, for Madeira and Grenada; and Heart of Oak, Robert son, for St.-Vin&nt's, have sailed for Ramsgate harbour.— Arrived and sailed for the River the Kitty, Quiller, from St. Michael's. The outward-bound appear to be all well. COWES, FEB. Clarissa, King ; and Pactolus, Graves, from Batavia, have sailed for Amsterdam. GRAVESEND, FEB. B.—Arrived the City of Edinburgh, Wisornan, from Bengal. HARWICH, FE B. B.—Arrived the Princess Charlotte packet, with mails from Cuxhaven ; the whole of the packets so long detained came out at the same time. Sailed the Prince of Orange packet, with a mail for Holland. ' PLY MOU TH, FEn. S.S. %V.—Arrived the New Euphemia ' Faith, from London for Fay al ; Ocean, M'Nielage, from ditto for Jamaica ; Glory, Morgan, from ditto for Deme rara ; Endeavour, Mosselman, from Shields for Jamaica ; Frederick and Louisa, Nielson, from Copenhagen, with . her cargo of wheat damaged ; and William and Thomas, Lane, from St. Michael's, with loss of bulwarks. The Glory has lost her boats, bulwarks, and every thing off deck, and on bringing up in the Sound during the night, parted her chain cable, but the anchor has been since recovered. The Dutch Galliot Windlast, Engelman, front Palermo and Messina for Antwerp, having been repaired, re-shipped her cargo yester day, and was ready for sea, but it appears she now makes con , siderable water, and will be obliged again to discharge her cargo. MILFORD, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Juno, Starling, from Yarmouth for Belfast, leaky, and pumps choaked, and must discharge • Lady Ann, Edgar ; from Marvport, with her masts sprung; Ann, Johnston, from Bristol for Malta, with part of her cargo thrown overboard. WIIITEHAVEN, FEB. 6.—Since the Ist inst. we have ex perienced a succession of heavy gales ; on the 2nd, it blew tre mendous, but the shipping received very little damage. The Four Sisters, Sherwin, from Dublin, unable to make the har bour, drove on shore near Workington, but expected to be got ff when the weather moderates.—Yesterday, the Mary, Clough, from Gottenburgh to Dublin, came on shore between the Pius, and the sea running high, she struck heavy, but next tide she was got into safety , after discharging part of her cargo. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Louisa, Smith, from Cork, with damage, having been struck by a heavy sea. FA1.310 TII, FEB. 7.—Wind S.S. V.—Arrived the Lady Arabella packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in 11 days; Henry, Quick, from London, for Sthyrna ; William, Mnggridge, from ditto, for Africa, with loss of main -boom, sails, bulwarks, and boats ; Lively, Parker, from Gibraltar ; and Lark, Orfeur, from Cadiz for London. On the sth inst. ; in a tremendous gale from S. W. by W. the latter vessel was struck by a violent sea, which hove her on her beam-ends, carried away her bul warks, fore and aft, jib-boom, jib, &c. and stove the long boat; she is also leaky. . The Maria, of Dublin, from Quebec, having put into Mil ford about two months ago under jury masts, sailed from thence 30th ult. and is lost upon Searles Point, Isle of Man ; the whole of the crew, 13 in number, except the Captain and two men, are saved. ROMBERG•—We have already stated that the family of this great Composer, VIZ. A WIDOW and TEN CHILDREN, have been involved in the deepest affliction by his death. Mr. HIES has exerted himself on this melancholy occasion with the most anxious zeal, and the whole of the vocal Performers, the instrumental Band of the OPERA Housr, and several other able Professors, second ed his humane views ; and the Proprietors of the Royal Harmonic Society have offered to open their Rooms at the Argyll Institution, in order to support the ensuing Concert for the benefit of `the unfortunate family. All this kind assistance is rendered gratuitouslN, and we doubt not that the Public will heartily co-operate in support of so laudable a purpose. Yesterday, at one o'clock, the SPE 11CF.R., at tended by the SERJEANT AT ARMS and principal Officers of the House of Commons, proceeded in State to Carlton Palace, to present the Address of the House of Commons to his MAJESTY. The Marquess of LONDONDERRY, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. ROBINSON; Mr. CLIME, and Mr. DUNCOMBE (the Mover and Seconder), and several other Members, joined in the pro cession. The Princesss SOPIIIA having received from the KING apartments in Kensington Palace, has disposed of her house, opposite Hyde Park, and at the corner of Connaught-place, to the Earl of SHANNON. A Meeting.. of Ship-ewers was yesterday held at the City of London Tavern, to take into con sideration whether any and what steps should he adopted to avert the consequences with which the Shipping Interests are threatened, by the recent Resolution of the Jamaica Planters, to reduce the rate of freight to ss. per ton, when a series of Resolutions were entered into, for which see our first Page. A letter from Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, states, that a small squadron of French ships of war, consisting of the Amazon, 58 guns, the Esperance, 28 guns, the Curieux, 18 guns, and the Leon, 8 guns, arrived there from Brest on the 21st of November last, and sailed on the 4th of Decem ber for Rio Janeiro. The Ist Battalion of the 3d Guards will march from Chatham Barracks on the 23d inst. they are to be replaced by a battalion of the Cold stream Guards. The body of Mr. SMITII, the gallant young Midshipman of the Severn, - who lost his life in endeavouring to go off to the wreck of the Thames East .lndiaman, at Eastbourne, on Sun day last, has since been found, and a Coroner's Inquest having been taken upon it, the corpse has been removed for interment in the family vault in this County.—(Kentish Gazette, Feb. 8.) Wednesday a tradesman of Exeter received an anonymous letter bearing the post mark of that city, inclosing a donation of 1000/. and expressing a hope that it may make his latter days com fortable. J -4s , ,r,„,t., Di, , ,- t , )c,,,V,E4 e: ,s>., --, l'-• -? „{ ": .. ~,, l .• 4r of ...,..1 et, `, - <4At 4 e.4‘ ' ' ..--- • - Di 6•‘ t ;i.;;--iz. 4 , -;'"8 . s ; ~ y ) • ~ 4 ' ' N. -C . T. ,-;.,''..-.,.: —. , i,": ,- ; ,* < ''' . . l ' t ' • t e i? .r,...& , ~ . 4 c.,...,, , .- - - ' . .t . ,:,,t.„. ~,•,-,,,,- ii. c,, ,, r.. , , 3;:i i , ,,, 4 ,4 h • THE KING'S LEVEE AND COURT. Yesterday his. MAJESTY held a Court and Levee at Carlton House, on which occasion ail the usual State formalities were observed with the most gratifying effect. A few minutes before one o'clock, the Speaker of the House of Commons arrived in his State Carriage in his full robes, at tended by Mr. Seymour, Serjeant at Arms, his Chaplain, Se cretary, and Train-bearer. The Speaker was followed by a number of other Members ; among whom were noticed—Sir Miles Nightingale ; Mr. Clive, and Mr. Duncombe, the Mover and Seconder of the Address, the Right Hon. Sir G. Hill, Mr. Holford, Col. Townshend, sir. Divett, Mr. Barnsby Cooper, Sir W. Curtis, Sir R. Gifford, Sir John Copley, Mr. Wallace, &c. &c. Every arrangement having been made, Mr. Mash and Mr. Lewis, the Gentleman Ushers in Waiting, conducted the Speaker and the Members of the House of Commons into the presence of the King; when, after making their obeisance, on approaching the Soverei g n, the Speaker proceeded to read the Address of the House oCommons to the King, to which his Majestr returned a most gracious ai:swer. Soon after the King retired to his closet, where the Tripolitan Minister was introduced to his Majesty by Earl Bathurst to deliver his Credentials,which were contained in an embroidered case. His Excellency was dressed in the full costume of his country. His Majesty then received the compliments of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Clarence were present, as'were most of the Cabinet Ministers, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Landaff, Chester, and Exeter ; the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ; the Mastei of the Rolls, Vice-Chancellor, the King's Advocate; the Attorney General, the Solicitor General, the Lord ,Great Chamberlain, the Chief Justice of Chester (Warren), the Lord Mayor of London, the Recorder of London, the Chief Justice I of Police, the Right Hon. the Lord Advocate of Scotland, and the Lord Register of Scotland. The following were also present : DUKEs—.Grafton, Beaufort, Devonshire, Marlborough, Manchester, Rutland, Norfolk, Wellington, Buckingham, Dorset, Montrose, MARQUISEs— Winchester, Westmeath, Chandos, Conyng ham, Salisbury, Londonderry, Anglesea,, Lansdowne. Emus—Bathurst,Warwick, Somers, Westmoreland, Wick low, Walde,grave, Strathmore, Liverpool, Cowper, Verulam, O'Neill, Roden, Whitworth; Delawarre, Harrowhy, 'Maccles field, Gore, Rochford. VISCOUNTS—Boyne, Clive; Normanby, Bulkeley, Peter sham, Pahnerston, Sydney. LORDS—Bayning, Bolton,,Selsey, H. Churchill, Henniker, Hotham, Oriel, Ravensworth, Walsingham, Calthorpe, Caw dor, Graves, Boston, Burghersh, Amherst, St.Helens, Gwy dp, Maryborough, Stewart, H. Howard, G. Thynne, ning. RIGHT HONOVHABLES—W. Dundas, Peel, Wal lace, Sir H. Russell, E. Thornton, N. Vansittart, Brugge Bathurst, Sir J. C. Hill, R. Arbuthnot, Charles Grant. oNouuanLEs—Mr. Knox, Rev. J. E. Boscawen, Capt. S.M. Gardner, Lieut.-Col. Gardner, E. Stewart, Capt. Poulett, J. Abercrombie, Lamb, John Tollemache. Sins—C. Flower, K. Ommaney, G. Nayler, R. Wigram, M.P., George Clerk, Charles Aldis, Richard Birnie, Andrew Halliday, George Ramage, Edmund Nagle, Henry Russell, R.Gresley, Samford Wittingham, Coutts 'trotter, Bt., Thomas Bell, George Tuthill, William Curtis, George Warrender, Anthony Carlisle, E. B. Baker, Lewis Mailer, J. Brisbane, C. 8., S. Fluyder, Thomas Hislop, Charles Long, William Congreve, Hussy Vivian, Robert Gifford, G. 'Wood, R. Gar dener, H, Tarrant, John Silvester, H. Calvert, J. Macleod, H. Wellesley, H. Halford, H. Torrens; C. Page, J. Cop ley, C. Robinson, R. Brownrigg, G. Martin, E. Kerrison, B. Lowe. BisHops—London, Lincoln. Archdeacon Macdonald. REV. DocToits—Kuper, Goodenough, Hugh' Pearson, Dreyer. REV..lllEssns.—T. Thurlow, G. A. Borntrager, G. Simp son, G. Thom, J. Davies, C. Pryce Owen, H. if. Harnage. Doc T Ons—Scudamore, Wanostrocht, Maton, Latham. BARONS—WoIff, Fagel, Langsdorf. CoUNTs.—Munster, Carowitz, Lieven, Ludolf, Souza. ADMIRALS—DougIas, Sir I. Coffin, Sir G. Martin, Sir C. M. Pole, Sir J. Rowley, Sir E. Harvey, Sir E. Berry, Bart. K.C.8., Otway, Griffith, Colpoys, Lake, Hon. Sir H. Hallam, Fraser, Sir John Sutton, Sir T. Malcolm, K.C.8., Sotheron, Sir Edmund Nagle. GENERALS—illawby, Moore, Pigot, T. Backhouse, G. Cookson, Morrison, F. Maitland, Paterson, Sir E. Kerrison, Wynyard, Ballingall, Sir W. Grant heir, Sir Ch. Asgill, Sir Miles Nightingale, Wood, G. Pine, Millar, Phipps, Burrows, Thornton, Doveton, J. Balfour, Sir W. H. Clinton, Sir J. Macleod; Salmon, O'Loghlen, Smith, H. M. Gordon, Sir J. Doyle, Anderson, Sir J. Lyon, Sir Barniston Tarleton, Sir W. Houstoun, Wetherall. COLONELS—Thornton, Sir R. Arbuthnot, K.C.B. Sir R Barclay; K.C.8., Cochrane, Milling, D'Aguilar, Smith, C.B . Radcliffe, Sir Noel Hill, Carrington Smith, Sir Aug. Fraser' K.C.8., Sir J. Milley Doyle, K.C.8., Sir G. Wood, Wood, Baker, Synge, T. French, Gosset, Eustace, Dawkins, A. Con nell, Harvey, Skiffington, W. Cotton, Chetham, Sir G. Quen tin, Burton, Williamson, C. 8., Jordan, Baron Tuyll, Jas. Posder. MAJORS—Ellison, :Mlles, Gardener, Oakes, Babington, Watts, Wood. Captains—Nestor, F. Brace, R.N., IL _ Mingay; R.N., Deacon, R.A., Robinson, It N., Carteret Silvester, C. 8., Henry Stuart, R.N., Hardyman, C. B. R.N. Robert Hall, R.N., Maples, C. 8., W. Gilbert Roberts, It. B. Vin cent, C. B. R.N., W. H. Percy, R.N., Sir N. :Seymour, Curtis, R.N., D. H. O'Brien, Sotheby, R.N., 'rowers, Roberts, W. Stanhope Badcock, Sir Roger Gresley, Williams, Graham Hervey, C. Smyth, Dartliman, R.N., Conroy, Li vius, 15th Hussars. Lieutenants—T. Fraser, R.N:, Powney, R.N., Buckley, Furber, Francis Perry, Chas. Short, Edw. Hall, R.N., G. Nightingale, D. Warren, O'Brien, Hon. J. Amherst, Angerstein. Cornets—Grenville Temple, Burnaby. 3lessrs—Adams Smith, Nolan, M.P., R. Coakes, Bransby Cooper, Wadd, Serjeant Onslow, Colquhoun, Wynne-Bela syse, Campbell, Washington Hibert, Ralph Abercrombie, Henry Dawkins, Dawson, John - Round, Deacon, W. Stuart, Wilmot, G. Holford, W. Duncombe, Dawkins, C. Percy, A. Macdonald, Lawley, G. Tyndall, Lister Parker, Tyndall, W. H. Deacon, Browne, S. Turner, Bicknell, Rice, Cornwall, Lockhart, Lane Fox, M.P., Hope, Agar, Brent, J. Calvert, G. Musgrave Musgrave, Thornton, Baillie, Curtis, Charles Brownrigg, Bayford, Abercrombie, T. Divet, M.P., Leo nard, Dent, C. Antrobns, Burnaby, Humphrey Butler, Massy Dawson, 'Robinson, Blackburn, TolAimache, Abbot, Laidlaw, Culling C. Smith, W. Dugdale, Elmes, E. CoateS, R. Dent, J. Alexander, H. Williams Wynn, Seymour Ba thurst, Bart Davis, NI.P., Warren, W. Magnay, Walker, Powell; M.P. The following were among the Presenta tions : Rear-Admiral R. W. Otway, by the Earl of Roden, on re signing the command on the Coast of Scotland. Sir George Harnsage, on his being created a Baronet. Captain Hardiman, by' the Recorder of London. Mr. Wadd, bT . Sir William Curtis. Captain Carmichael Smith, Bengal Light Cavalry. Sir Richard Birnie, on being appointed Chief Magistrate of Police. Captain Carteret Silvester, C.B, by Sir John Silvester. The Rev. Born Trager, by the Rev. Dr. Kuper. The Rev. G. Thom, D.D. on his return to the Cape of Good Hope. Capt. 'Willoughby Cotton, on being appointed A.D.C. to the King. Mr. Deacon, of Bath, upon going abroad. Mr : W. H. Deacon, upon his going abroad. Duke of Manchester, on his return from Jamaica. Lord Cawder, on coming to his title. Rev. Dr. Hugh Pearson, Chaplain to his Majesty, Brighton. Major-General Anderson, on his return from the Continent. Major-General Sir . J. Lyon,: appointed to the command at Portsmouth. ' Lieutenant-General Ballingate, on promotion. 'Sir Coutts Trotter, on being created a llaronet. Dr. Drover, on his marriage, by the Earl of Liverpool. Lieutenant-Colonel Dawkins, on his marriage. Lieutenant-Colonel Synge, on promotion. Hon. Sir George Quentin, on receiving the honour of Knight hood. Lieut.-Colonel Jordan, on his return from the West Indies. Rear-Admiral Sir E. Berry, Bart. K.C.B. on investiture of the Order. Major:-Gen. Sir Edward Kerrison; on being appointed Knight Commander of the Guelphic. Order. Lieut.-Col.. James Posder, on his return from St. -Helena. Colonel O'Connell; on his return from Ceylon. Deut.:•Col. Chetham, on his promotion. Colonel Cochrane, on promotion. Lient.LCol. Smith, on his return from India. Mr. William Dugdale, by the Lord in Waiting. Capt. Robert Hall, R.N., on his Majesty's Coronation. Capt. W. Gilbert Roberts, R.N. on his promotion. Capt. Donat Henchy O'Brien, R.N. on his promotion and re - turn from the Pacific. - Capt. W. Stanhope Badcock, R.N. by the Lord in 'Waiting. Major-General Sir W. Grant Keir, by Sir J. Hislop, on being appointed Knight Comtnander of the Guelphic Order. Sir Samford Whittinghami accUmpanied by Mr. Laing, Mr. . Laidlaw, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Blackburn, Mr.. Robinson, and Mr. Colqulionn, Agent for the coltiny, to present the Do minica Address. -Mr. Elmes, to present a copy of his Lectures on Architecture. Mr. George Musgrave Musgrave, on his return from abroad. Mr. Wilmot, on his appointment as Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. Mr. Dawson, on being appointed Under Secretary of State. Mr. W. Stuart, on hig marriage, by Admiral Sir C. N. Pole. Vice-Admiral Griffith Colpoys, on his p . romotiOn.. General Morrison,, by the Lord in Waiting. , Major Babington, 14th Dragoons, on promotion. Major Gardener, Ist Life Guards, on promotion. . Captain Nestor, 12th regiment, by the Lord in Waiting.., IM-ajor Miller, 14th Light Dragoons, by the Lord in Waiting. ' Major Oakes, Ist Life Guards, on promotion. . Lieut. Thomas Fraser. by his Father, Vice-Admiral Frasl. Lieutenant Buckley, 15th Hussars, on promotion. -Lieutenant D. Warren, R.A. on being put on full pay. Lieutenant O'Brien, 87th Regiment, . on his return trom India. Lieutenant Angerstein, Grenadier Guards, by Admiral Sir G. Martin. Cornet Burnaby, 3c/ Dragoon Guards, on going abroad. Captain Roberts, on his promotion. Cornet G. Temple, 15th Hussars, on promotion. Capt. Sir R. Wesley, Staffordshire Yeomanry, on his marriage. Capt. Graham Henry, on his return from Portugal. • Capt. Williams, 2d Queen's Royal Regiment. Capt. Henry 11ingay,_ R.N. on his promotion, -by Lord Graves. Capt. F. Brace, R.N. on his return from the Continent. Capt, Towers, ith Hussars, on promotion. Capt. Deacon, R.A. on going abroad. Mr. Robert Dent, 10th Royal'llussars, by his Father. Hon. Mr. Knox, by the Lord in- Waiting. Mr. C. Brownrigg, Ceylon Civil Service, on his return to do. Mr. George Tyndall, on going abroad, by . Mr. Dawson. Rev. E. Price Owen, by the Lord in Waiting. Hon. and Rev. S. E. Boscawen, on his being appointed a Pre bendary of Canterbury, by the puke of Beaufort. Baron Wolff, to kiss hands. Mr. Browne, the Agent for Antigua, and Mt. Samuel Turner,. with an Address on the distressed state of that island. Hon. E. Stewart, on being app. Chairman of the Audit Board. Major-Gen. Geo. Pine, on his promotion and return from India. Major-General Millar, on promotion. Lieut.-General Thornton, on the King's Coronation. . Major-General Burrows, on his promotion. Lord Henry Churchill, by the,Duke of Marlborough. marquispf 'Westmeath, on his promotion. Sir G. Warrender, on being sworn a Privy Counsellor and Commissioner for the Affairs of India. Rear-Adm. Sir Josias Rowley, on his return from Jetland. Lieut.-General - Backhouse, on his promotion. Gen. Sir B. Tarleton, appointed to the 11th Dragoons. Lieut.-General 11. M. Gordon, on promotion. Mr. Leonard, by the Lord in Waiting. Mr. Ralph Abercrombie, by his father. The Levee was. not so numerously ,attended as was expected, owing to the shortness of the no tice given ; :and its having commenced at rather an earlier lour than usual; the consequence was that numbers arrived .too late, after the doors were closed, and the King had left the Levee. Among them were— The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, Earl Darnley, Lord Clifton, Viscount Nlorpe!li. The She riffs of London and Middlesex were on their road, but being informed the Levee was closed, returned, as did many others. After the Levee, Sir E. Berry, K.C.8., was introduced to his Majesty by Sir George Nay , lor, on his promotion as Rear-Admiral, to be invested with the Star of a Knight Commander of the Bath. His Majesty held a Privy Council, in which some alterations were made in the list of S'lseritTs.—The King gave audiences to Mr. Peel, the Earl of Liverpool, the Marquis of Lon donderry, Mr C. Wynn, Mr. H. Wynn, the Duke of . Marlborough, and Lord H. Howard. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke of Grafton, from Euston Hall • the Marquis of Bath, from Longleat ; Lord Churchill, from dxfordshite; Lord George Lennox, from his regiment, at Deal ; the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, from the Priory; Colonel .Johnson, from Lincolnshire ; Hon. H. Gouldburn, from . Dublin Castle ; Sir George Nugent, Bart. at Reddish's Hotel, from Bucks ; Si{ Thomas'Adand, Bart. from Killerton Park, Devon ; Sir Wm. Duff Gordon, Bart., in Lower Brook-street ; the Baroness de Rolle, in Upper Grosvenor-street. BAT n' A L §.—Lady Shuckburgh, Lady F. Seymour, Honourable Captain and Mrs. Noel, Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Knox Hon. L. nix, Le' Comte de Sommery, Sir.G. Cool all, Sir F. Henniker, Sir D. Mackintosh, Sir R. Peel,—Dr. Butler, Dr. Day—Rear-Admiral Bingham, Colonel Dickson, Colonel Pepper, Colonel Cunningham, Colonel Haworth, Major Bunbury, Major Weston, • Capt. A'COurt, Capt. Her vey, Capt. Hill, Capt. Noel, Capt. Phipps, Capt. Spicer, Capt. Whalley,. Lieut. Jarvis, Lieut Sinyth—Rev. Dr. Davis, Rev. Dr. Pettiward, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Payne, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Still, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggans, Rev. Mr. Banker, Rev. Mr. Davis; Rev. Mr. Disney, Rev. Mr. Griffies, Rev. Mr. Hume, Rev. Mr. Ord, Rev. Mr. Pyc, Rev. Mr.,Parry, Rev. Mr. Rogers, Rev. Mr. Thirlwall, Rev. Mr. Hill. Mrs. Davenport had an Evening Party List night, at her house in Lower Brook-street. Mr. Fteemstotle gave an elegant Dinner yesterday, at his house in Stanhope-street, Mayfair. On. Wednesday night the Lady Mayoress gave a very splen. dsd Quadrille Ball to a ifumerous and elegant party at the Mansion 'louse. • 31r. Lister Parker entertained yesterday, at his house in George-street, Hanover-square, a small.party, Earl Brownlow, the Hon. Mr..(;ust,. Sir A. Hume, . Long, Sir T. Hammond, St.e. Madame CATALAN', it is said, has been en gaged by Mr. ELLisTolg to perform at Drury lane Theatre, on Wednesdays and Fridays, dur ing Lent. _ _ OnATontos.—The celebrated HANDEL was the first who introduced ORATORIOS or Sacred Per formances at our Theatres two nights in each of the weeks ,during the Lenten Season, to the exclusion of Historical or Prophane Representa tions ; and, originally, the Oratorio was accord ingly confined solely to sacred pieces, though modern refinement has, in some degree, changed the usage ; and to meet the prevalent innovation of the times, other performances have, for some years, Leen occasionally substituted ; and our Popular Singers have now in Lent opportunities afforded them of exerting their talents in praise of warriors, ancient and modern, as well as at any other season of the year, or, what is more to be regretted, of interrupting divine and appro priate harmonies by some trifling ballad ill ac cording with the solemnity of the Oratorio, and subversive of what has hitherto been deemed con sistent with propriety and public decency. . _ . . HOWARD AND GIBBS'S BA NKRUPTCY.—A Pub lic Meeting was yesterday held at the Court of Commissioners, for the purpose of admitting the proof of Mr. CARROLL'S debt, as determined by the Commissimers, when Mr. CARROL, accom panied by Mr. LAKE, his Solicitor, attended, and proved a debt of 5,500/. Upon the other part of his debt Mr. CARROLL means to appeal to the LORD CHANCELLOR. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FED. 8, Mr.l)Awcs, from the Crown Office, presented returns of the election of two Representative Peers for Ireland, in the room of the late Lord TTRAWLEY and the late Marquis of LONDON-. on the Table., AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Lord DACRE wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Earl opposite to call upon the House shortly to pay the attention due to the Agricultural Distress tow existing in the country. If the Noble Earl should not answer in the affirmative, be (Lord Dacre) should give notice that he intended to bring the question for ward in the course of the next week. The Earl of tivEttroor, did not mean to pro pose any measure immediately upon that subject. But a Noble Friend of his, iu another place, had given notice of a very early motion, in which he was,to biing the . views which his Majesty's Go vernment entertained upon that question under the consideration of the House of Commons.— Under these circumstances he (the Earl of Liver pool) thought that it would be right for the pre sent to suspend any proceeding upon the subject before their Lordships. This appeared the more convenient, as any measure for altering the laws must originate in the other House. Earl SOr+IERS presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of the klundrcd of Withbridge, in the island of Ely, coniplamir4 of Agricultural Distress.—Laid on the Table. - STATE OF IRELAND. The Earl of LIVERPOOL felt uncertain whe ther the Bill under the consideration of the other House would be passed in time to reach their Lordship; this evening. He was unwilling to put them to any inconvenience ; and as he conceived that they would have no objection to sit to-morrow, he should now move that the Or der of the Day for• suspending, the Standing Orders, which stood for this day, be discharged, and be renewed for to-morrow, when, at five o'clock, titter the Bill had been read, he would introduce the subject to their Lordships. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it was rather inconvenient for the House to sit on Sa turday, on. ii Bill of this importance, which might have been more fully discussed on Mon day. Yet as he felt in common with the Noble Earl that if the measures proposed were neces sary, no time ought to be lost in passing them, he should not object to the motion, and should only hope that their Lordships would attend to give the subject all the consideration to which it was entitled by its importance. The motion was then agreed to, the notice fixed for to morrow, and on the motion of the Earl of Liver pool the Lords were ordered to be summoned.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at one o'clock. At half-past one the SPEAKER 'declared the House to be ad journed till five o'clock, and proceeded with the Members who were present, to carry to his Ma jesty the . Address, which had' - bee►► voted'on the preceding day.—At five o'clock , the House again met. . THE AbDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY. The SPEAKER. was proceeding to state,that the House had that morning carried up the Address to his *Majesty, when Lord FOCKESPONE observed, that in consequence of the House having adjourned till after four o'clock, while the law prescribed that every Member to be. sworn should take the oaths before four o'clock, the Members who had arrived from the country that-day had been unable to take the oaths, and consequentl: , were precluded from voting or giving their opi nions on the important matters that were to be bronght nu der consideration. As it would be an injustice to the Consti tuents to exclude their Reurcsentatives from the p , :ssibility of giving their votes by this unusual proceeding, he should propose th at the [liaise should adjourn. '1 he SPEAKER wished to 'explain that the power of ad journment-was altogetherin the hands of the House,- whether •it was for a lew minutes or fur weeksond there were repeated instances of adjourtithents and re•assemlilings of the- House, so as to make two sittings on the • same day. The ' law pre scribed that all Members should be sworn before four o'clock, hut it did not prescribe how long before four o'clOck, and though, for the supposed convenience of the House, it was the custom for them to present themselves a few minutes before four, it was open to them to he sworn at any time be twein ten of the o'clock (to which the - House always ad journed) and four. It .would 'have been consequently open to any who had attended Mote the adjournment-of- the House at one o'clock, to have been then sworn. Though he did not at the moment recoiled any precedents for an ad journment from before four till afti-r four o'clock, he did not doubt that Such precedents were to be found. Lord LONDONDERRY said, that on the 29th of January, 181 . 7, there was a precedent quite apposite, as the House then adjourned from half-past two, when they went up with the Address, till five o'clock. Lord FOLKESTONE said, that at any rate there was a great inconvenience by the occurrence he complained of, as the usual time of swearing was just before four o'clock, ar►d the Memitess who atten d ed to be sworn at that usual time were, by the unexpected adjournment, prevented from taking part in the debate. Lord LONDONDERRY said, there was an instance of a Member taking his seat at seven in the morning, anti snaking a two hours' speech before twelve. Mr. TIERNEY said, be did not a ee why the House, on these occasions, should adjourn till after four, as there was ample time to present the Address, and return before the usual time of meeting. The conversation then dropped. The SPEAKER stated, that the House had waited on his Majesty with the Address on the Speech from the Thro►►e, to which his Majesty bad returned an Answer to this effect •' I thank you for this dutiful and loyal Address. The affection you have constantly strewn to my person and family, and the zeal with which you have consulted the interests of my people, satisfy me that you will extend to them every practicable relief which, consistently with their permanent welfare, can be afforded to them, and you may rely on all oc casions on my cordial co-operation." Mr. H. DRUMMOND reported that the Standing Orders had been'complied with, by the Petitioners for the Edinburgh Police MR. HUNT. Mr. Alderman WOOD held in his hand a Petition. whose signature, he hoped, would not make a prejudicial impres sion on the minds of the House. It was from an individual named Hint, son to the perion of that name now confined in Bebe-ter Gaol. He complained of being restricted from seeing his father, who bad lately been treated as a felon, and prevented from seeing either his solicitor or his medi4l attendant. This was said to be in conformity to the rules and regulations of the prison. But he (Mr. Alderman Wopd) un derstood that these rules had only beet► lately signed by the . Judges and put into force, notwithstanding that they had been drawn up and agreed to by the Magistrates three years ago. He hail not himself looked at these rules, hat be was-- informed that they were very severe. The petition. however, would inform tie House more fully upon the subject. The petitioner complained that he was only allowed to see his father for a short time, and that through an iron grating. He did not see who hail the right of inflicting this sort of pu nishment upon the prisoner, for the Judges expressly stated in sentencing him, that lie was not to be placed in solitary confinement. ' The SOLICITOR GENERAL begged to inform the House, that an application had been made to the Court of. King's. Bench upon the subject of the complaints set forth in this petition. 4n immediate investigation bad been ordered, and