The Sun. — London, England, 1822-05-08 00:00:00

INENi.i.. rt favour id to b: ed. t ounti.;i undred —to Ii!! iussex, :e d for in Bif ; to 1:0 londay reds of rimed. ced to 1131 k, 'rough Bris- Went ; Inch - tpent:- mding I a; 1 ,t 4 time st.; to c d-- i third more blies effec- )f the. ntil in )t.i for :0 1 a the ding. on of dem- .....,•••... ------- F :24:; 1 pr. ••• . --; :. !..),) . , . ) jj'. r tell rcb to firS t de' , till the" AsY Lc so, lava lade bl Dual lac 4 ano tlie tell" s re- garded in that capital as certain, but that no new measure had been taken by the Government, nor would any probably be re sorted to, previous to the arrival of M. De Tatischeff. " There are no details respecting the movement of the Rus aiin army of the West, but it is certain that several corps of that army were in march towards the frontiers of Turkey. The great military movement extends now to all the Russian armies. "Pa is, MAY s.—We have received a letter from Pera, dated 25th of March, which tends to fortify all our preceding reEtsonings, demonstrating the impossibility of maintaining Peace' between the Porte and Russia. Our correspondent from Pera drawn a frightful picture of the situation of the unfortu nate Christians at Constantinople ; they were flying by thou sands, and the number of them was estimated at upwards of 50 ,000, who had embarked, or who were about to implore an asYqurn of the European Ambassadors. ";Since the famous deliberation of the Divan, which pro titteed the answer of the 28th of February to the Russian ulti rnaturn, it had not been possible for the Foreign Ministers to obtain a single interview with the Reis Effendi ; they had sent nose after note to the Ottoman i%linistry, but could only obtain short and vague answers through the Dragoman of the Porte. As to the Reis Effendi, it was impossible either to see him, or obtain from him a single direct explanation. He was afraid of Paving with his head, says our Correspondent, for any new ne gaciations set on foot tither with M. de Strogonoff or M. de Lutzow. The fanaticism of the Mussulmans was so exalted, th at 'whoever dared to speak the language of moderation, or to ta ult of peace, was exposed to the danger of being massacred. "Pera was incumbered with European families seeking an "Ann against the tempest by which they believed themselves t ' ) be mznacecl, and the streets of Constantinople were crowded with ferocious soldiers who arrived daily from Asia, and from whom nothing was heard but shouts of death and devastation. " The foreign Ambassadors themselves did not think them selves safe from the outrages of an infuriated soldiery. They had. no longer any diplomatic communication with the Otto man Ministry, and they feared that the Reis-Effendi would not have power to protect them at the moment of a crisis. All the A lussultnans expressed only a single wish,— War with the Mus covites! TVar to death against Christians !"—(Constitutionnel.) The departments of the Somme, the Oise, and the Seine and Oise, continue to be the theatre of fr esh conflagrations. T wo farms in the neigh. bourhood of Mantes were set on fire last week. TI 10 • . incendiaries, to the number of seven or were seen and attacked by the inhabitants. T wo Were left on the spot, one quite dead and th e other with a broken thigh; but while the li:lm gers were gone to call in assistance, the ac curoplices of the wounded man returned, put him 1 ° death, and mangled the faces of the two bodies i u a manner which made it impossible that they sho u ld be recognized. The King's Attorney and the Lieutenant of Gendarmerie have since rei)aired to the spot, to take informations on the s ubject of this daring and mysterious outrage.— ( • ) u the 2d inst. a villa was set on fire at Audilly, 4 bout fifteen miles from Paris. Three indivi 4uals have been arrested on suspicion of being cuncerned in this offence, so that the real authors of this destructive system will perhaps be at last discovered, and brought to condign punish ,lei't• Th e Ki ng o f F RANCE h as or d ered 40,000 I ca • tles to b e placed at the disposal of the Pre feet of th e E. partment of the Oise, for distribu tio, .„ 1 among the proprietors o f th e h ouses recen tl y o ur 4t. F erman Papers have arrived, but their con %4"t9 ar e not of any importance. I he important debate on the Marquis of Lox t r ' b Eitny's p ro p os iti ons on t h e A gr i cu l tural dis s3 Was a dj ourne d t ill to -d ay. T he Chairman r tl t he Co mm i ttee , i n report i ng progress, stated 14t be left Mr. J. BENF.TT in possession of the "ttlittee. I I le I r i s h P apers received this morning con tam° the accounts of a few outrages, and of the ki'el"eholy execution of so me o f t h e persons : ate , LY convicted of those dreadful crimes with lih•, 1 at IL " Irel an d h as b een convulsed. There are 'se') however, continued statements of the sur- Aoer of ar ms , w hi c h, t h oug h still trifling in un t) serv e to pro l ong, if not to strengthen the " PP, that after the present calamitous season of s car ‘• tcity and su ff er i ng shall have passed away, the Iblic tra nquillity will be p ermanen tl y re-esta . , iilhe tl• On Friday a numerous and highly re -Pee. to -t s t ule meeting of the County of Cork agreed , \‘• q a -ongrat u l a t ory a dd ress to the Marquis ... t,EsLcy. ..,.....„,_ ile Meeting held y es t er d ay at t h e City of , 1, 04 , for t' thon Tavern, for th e p ur p ose o f subscribing e reli e f o f the distress in Ireland, was nu ,t -4,1,4 4 13pe us lY and most respectably attended. The . tt ar aoce of his Grace the Archbishop of CAN -1.:11111itI Was hailed with the warmest marks of Cr mid approbation by the Meeting. His 10 4e It4 cl quitted a Meeting at another place, oer e h Ci ty 0 presided, in order to be present at the r est . °f London Tavern on an occasion so inte q , i) ," 1 to humanity. His Grace the Archbishop ( . ! t., °1 " 1 (who, as well as the Archbishop of ventlcitithulty, subscribed 1001.) was only pre the zu frvat n giving his personal attendance, by hi c , cess itY he was under of taking that Chair I " t he A iL: t• _ e f t rc.)..siiop of CANTERBURY had just Th e • • t, 041 at Bishop of Nonwicu was prevented Rtli le nding ,by ag e and infirmity, but sent ten ' l eas h 1141. k• L y the hands of Mr. Owzrr, of New La k orcl LIVERPOOL Mr. VANSITTART, and r '' PEE! ) " ' e nt each 2001.1 .the.anaptumement of was anxious to correct an unintentional misre presentation, which was made at the meeting, but was by the haste of the Chairman denied an opportunity. It will be seen by our Report, that it was asserted that the distress has arisen, not so much from the want of food in Ire land, as from the want of money to pur chase it. This erroneous statement will have the effect of preventing, in some degree, those extensive shipments of food being made to Ireland, by private persons speculating for a market, in consequence of the fact of a scarcity having been made known ! Incalculable injury may thus be done to that very cause which it was the object of the meeting to promote ! Indi viduals should be extremely cautious of hazard- ing their opinions on occasions of this kind, how ever accurate they may suppose their information to be. In opposition to those opinions, we have had the evidence of a meeting of the Gentry of the County of Clare, and of the Magis trates of that County, who, after an actual survey, have declared, that in that county alone there is so great a scarcity, that, unless immediate relief be obtained, one hundred and fifty thousand persons will be absolutely without food, or the means of obtaining it !—We have even more indubitable evidence than this. If the distress had arisen, not from want of food, but from want of money, the prices of the food must have fallen. But the price of food has rapidly risen, till potatoes have reached three times their ordinary value ! This is irrefragible evidence of SCARCITY. We hasten to do all in our power to counteract the fatal impression to the contrary which has proceeded from the Meeting. We hope that every other Journal will do the same ; and we trust that the Committee will, without loss of time, as one of their first steps, offer bounties for the importation of pota toes, meal, and herrings, into the ports nearest to the seat of the distress.—The business of public meetings, of so important a nature as that held yesterday, really should not be precipitately con cluded, but ample opportunity afforded to al persons to communicate their sentiments. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. — Yesterday a meet. ing of the County of Essex was held at the Shire Hall, Chelmsford. The Resolution s , which were proposed by Si r T . B . LENNARD, stated the increasing severity of the distress, and attri buted it to the alteration of the currency, and to the pressure of taxation. A Petition to Parlia ment, founded on the Resolutions, was almost unanimously agreed to. Yesterday the Marquis of LONDONDERR Y and Count MUNSTEIt had audience of the KING. Advices were received in the City yesterday, dated Malta, the 14th ult. They mention a vio. lent gale which took place off Alexandria, in which the Turkish fleet sustained great damage ; three of their smaller vessels having foundered, and a large armed schooner, together with the fifty-gun ship, being totally wrecked. Almost the whole of the crews perished, among whom the Commanders are understood to have suffered. Several merchantmen, principally French and Turkish, were likewise lost, and many lives were said to have been lost in them. Many other of the Turkish vessels of war are also much damaged in their rigging, and one is stated to have bc e n dismasted. Yesterday despatches were received from Corfu, in eleven days. Their contents are supposed to relate to the previously reported insurrection throughout the lonian Islands, and are considered of importance. Prince RUFFO, the Sicilian Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, left the Austrian capital 'in the 23d ultimo, for Naples. The Cardinal Prince Bishop of GURK, of the family of Count de SALM REIFERCHEID, died recently at Clagenfurth, aged 74 years, after three days' illness. THE LATE LORD PRIMATE OF IRELAND.--Died, at his house, in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, on Monday the 6th of May, in the 68th year of his age, the Honourable and Most Reverend WILLIAM STUART, Archbishop of Armagh, and Lord Primate of All Ireland. His Grace was the fifth and youngest, and last surviving son of JOHN Earl of Bu TE. He was translated from the See of St. David's to the Primacy of Ireland, in December, 1800; since which period, his ad ministration of his high office, both as Head of the Church of Ireland and as Metropolitan of the Province of Armagh, has been distinguished by a character of purity, integrity, ability, and firmness, and of vigilant attention to the best interests of the Established Church, which will render it for ever promi nent on the page of Irish Ecclesiastical History. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last, the 7th Fuzileers marched from Newcastle barracks on their route to Chatham. which was received with applause. For the re maining liberal donations we beg leave to refer to the munificent list of subscriptions, already amounting to between five and six thousand pounds (see Advertisement in our front page). There was but one sentiment and feeling of com miseration for the distress of Ireland expressed at the Meeting. We regret, however, that seve ral Gentlemen were prevented from speak ing, from an idea entertained by the Chairman and some other Gentlemen that it was use less to occupy time with discussion. Much valuable information was thus suppressed, which, though it may still be submitted to the Committee, will not find its way to the Public so effectually as if it had been communicated in the open room, and conveyed at once to all the Newspapers by their Reporters. We know that one individual MEETING qt the TR E ASURY CHAMBERS Yesterday, pursuant to appointment, a Meet ing took place at the Treasury Chambers, on the Subject of 'the new Plan for paying off the 'Pen'. sions. Upwards of a hundred Gentlemen, in cluding the representatives of the principal monied interest of the City, were present. At a few minutes past twelve o'cloCk the Gentlemen were admitted, when the Earl of Liverpool, who was attended by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, read the following Plan :-- It is proposed that such parties as . may be willing to enter into a contract for paying into the Exchequer, within forty-five years, the several sums hereafter-mentioned, by four equal quarterly instalments, viz.— I sth January, 15th July, and 15th April, 20th October, In each year respectively. - £4,900,000 24th Year - 4,700,000 25th - - 4;540,000 26th - 4,410,000 27th • - - 4,290,01)0 28th • - 4,110,000 29th - 4,000,000 30th - 3,860,000 3lst - - - 3,720,000 32d - - 3,590,000 33d - 3,4.90;000 34th : - , 3,310,000 35th,, ; 3,180,000 36th 3,050,00 Q 37th. . - 2,910,000 . 36th,); - 2,700,Q00, ;39th ' 0 . .1 .- 2 1) 60 ; 0 00 4 0t 11., ...2.,' 2,530,000: 415 t ;.. :; 2,290;000' 43d 2,170,000 2,060,00 a 45th 1,9511,000. - £1,830.000 1,730,000 1,630,000 1,530,000 1,430,000 1,340,000 1,250,000 1,170,000 1,080,000 1,000,000 920,000 860,000 780,000 720,000 660,000 .600,000 540,000 490,000 440,000 390,000 350,000 300,000 Ist Year 2d - 3d - 4th . sth 6th - 7th - Bth - 9th - 10th - tlth - t 2th - 3th - .4th - sth - fith 7th Bth - 9th - 20th 21st - 22d - 23d . —Shall receive a 'compensation for such. Payments in .a fixed amount of Annuity for forty'-five years,. commencing from the 10th of October, 1822; and payable half -yearly at the Bank, of England ; or, if desired, at the South'Sei.flOtisel or, with. he: approbation of the Lords of the Treasttryi at the Office of any Corporation' or Public Company which may undertake the Contract. . , . A deposit of 400,0001. to be lodged in the Bank of England in Exchequer Bills, within three days after the signature of the Contract, and whiCh will be returned to the Contractors on the completion of their first payment. The Annuity to be vested in Trustees, to be named by the Treasury and the parties. ,An allowance f or management to be granted, at the rate of 3001. per million, upoda capital calculated at twenty.five years purchase of the Annuity. The parties contracting will be required, by way of security for the performance of the engagement, to make advances on account of the said payments into the Exchequer, to the extent of five millions • beyond the amount of the Annuity to be re. ceived within the same time, before any part of it shall be placed at their disposal, except in a case of a Company possess_ ing a capital vested in Government securities, and not liable to other claims, which capital will be considered as security to the extent of its actual value. After the completion of such payment for security, the An nuity will be placed at the disposal of the parties contracting, by yearly assignments or transfers, in the following manner : Upon the sth day of January, sth of April, sth of July, or 10th of Oc tober, which may next happen, af ter the said sum of £5,000,000 shall be advanced, and upon the same quarterly day of each of the four following years - - X 90,000 per ann. £450,000 On the same quarterly day,of each of the five followin g y ears - - 80,000 On the same quarterly day of each of the five following years - - 70,004 On the same q uarter l y d ay o f eac h of the five following years - - 60,000 On the same quarterly day of each of , the five following years - 50,000 On the same quarterly day of each of the five following years - 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 40,000 200,000 £1,950,000 And after the expiration of this period, the remainder of the Annuity, which may then continue vested in the Trustees, will be assigned or transferred according to a progression to be then settled by the Lords of the Treasury, until the amount of the Annuity remaining shall be equal to the yearly sum to be thenceforward paid into the Exchequer. The Lords of the Treasury to have a po wer t o ass i gn a larger proporti o n o f the Annuity to the Contractors, provided a sum equal to the value of the excess of the annuity so to be assigned shall be lodged in Exchequer Bills, in the hands of the Trustees, for the purpose of security, and paid in from time to time as cash in satisfaction of the further payments to be made, and shall remain unchanged at the rate of interest at which they were issued. - • His Lordship then stated, that if any of the Gentlemen pre sent wished for any further explanation, he, with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, would be ready to give it. Mr. PASCOE GRENFELL wished to know whether the whole was to be in one contract, or that it would be divided ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL wished it to be in one contract; but, if the offer was not satisfactory, the Lords of the Treasury would have no objection to divided. His Lordship added, that he wished it to be distinctly understOod that the contractors would have nothing to do with the chances or contingencies of the lives of the pensioners; but that the sums to be paid every year were to be according to the scale behad rend. Mr. KEMBLE inquired if the 5,000 1 000 deposit was to be money ? The CitarrcEumn of the EXCIIERVER said, it might be paid in Exchequer Bills, Stock, or any species of Government securities, not having a lien or claim upon it. He added, that no part of the annuity would be at the diiposal of the Con tractors, until the whole of the depositLwas paid. Mr. Isaac 'Lrox•GOLDSIVID• wished. to know, if a larger sum in annuities for five years than 450,0001. might not be ob tained by a larger deposit than-five mitllons'? The Earl of 14iVERroot. was of opinion that it might ; but this would be at the discretion of the Lirds Of the Treasury. • • After some other conversation,.. in which Mr. Rotriscifmn, Mr. KEMBLE, Mr. GOLDSMID, and several oth er G ent l em e n took a part, ,•.,. . .• .•-• •is r -• •• • • The Earl of Li VE said, ..seated the plan, he wished to have another prelimiriarY . Xeeting,. in order that Gentlemen, after duly consid er i ng it, Inight offer' any 'Objec tions, or obtain; any farther explanations, they might deem ne cessary. If, therefore, it was convenient, he : would fix Friday next for the second preliminary - Mee4ing, when . the plan should be considered as finally Settled"; and that Tuesday might be fixed for receiving th e offers'Ofthe Contractors. On the suggestion 'Of Mr. RiaTtisttip.D, Friday next, at eleven, was fixed for the second meeting. The parties then separated. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princess AUGUSTA rode out together yesterday, and called to pay their respects to his MAJEsTv.—On Mon day the Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the Princess FEODORE, went to Bushy Park, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE.— 'rhe Royal Duchess and the Princess returned to Kensington in the evening. FUNERAL OF SIR ISAAC HEA►tn.---The remains of the late venerable Sir IsAAc HEARD were yesterday morning removed from the Heralds' College, Doctors' Commons, for interment in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The gorgeous Mantle and Garter of the deceased were displayed upon the hearse, which was followed by eight mourn ing coaches, containing the Officers of the Heralds' College. A line of private carriages closed the procession, FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord Arundell, [at Mivart's Hotel, from Wardour Castle ; John Campbell, Esq. at ditto, from Paris ; Hon. St. George Caulfield, at ditto, from Paris ; William Manning, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton ; the Bishop of Sodor and Man, at Ne rot's Hotel ; Right Hon. Lord Audley, at ditto ; Mrs. Russel and F . amily, at ditto, from Durham ; Trenchard, Esq. xt ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Pochen and family, at Warne's Hotel, f rom Leicestershire; Mr. and Mrs. Labouchere, at ditto, from the Continent ; J. W. Maxwell, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Max well, at ditto, from Dublin ; Hon. Mrs. Langley and Family, in Portman-square; Mr. Carew, M.P. for Wexford. DEPARTURES. -31r. and Mrs. Smith, for tneir residence, _Bulwood Cottage, Surrey; Mr. and Mrs. Lane, and Mrs. An derton, from the 'Waterloo Hotel, for their seat in Huntingdon_ shire ; W. Meade Smith, Esq. from Nerot's Hotel; Mr. and Mrs. Thelluson, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe and Farni ly, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Gaskill and Fumily, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Peploc, from Warne's Hotel, for Paris. 4 •:'1. 415A, I 44 , . -fe 1 .Vii 4 6 4 4 so l'' ere ' ' , - -;:ris ‘,::-• --4%. ", , , ' , - , ..4; • . 1- s- iii lrti-, - /:-ER. OF 1X.,..- . r ‘'i ' . . 5 4 4,-- --,--- --...:lir' , Ili . k 0/11A I k 44, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1822. TUESDAY, MAY 7. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 gs each, for three-yr-oil:, and up it ards A.F. Mr. Bouverie's Tressilian, 4 yrs, list. - . - - 1 Ld Grosvenor's Michaelmas, 4 yrs, tat. - 2 Mr. Williams's Bl ue Ruin, 4 yrs, 7st. 101. . . - 3 Mr. Neale's brother to Antelope, 4 yrs, Bst. - - 4 One pd..... 4 to 1 agst TreSsillian-2 to 1 agst Michaelmas. D. of Grafton's Reginald, Bst. beat Ld Exeter's Augusta, .Bst. 21b. A.F. 200 gs, h. ft.-2 to 1 agst Reginald. • ! Fifty Pounds, for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 7fb. fillies, Bst. 411. R.M. D. of Grafton's b. f. Varnish • - - - I Ld Jersey's b. f Emma - - . . 2 Mr. Williamson's . bl. f. Harriet - - - 3 Eleven started—The Judge placed but three. 7to 4 agst Varnish-4 to 1 agst Ilarriet. Ld G. 11. Cavendish's Godolphin, Bst. 411, rec. 80gs ft. from 3lr. Fox's Selma, list. T.Y.C. 200 g s, h. ft. • BOXING. The match for. 25 guineas a side between Joe Nash tl.e King ston baker, and Emmet, was fought on Monday, before a nu merous field of fanciers, near Wimbledon. Josh. Hudson and Ned Turner seconded Nash, and two of Emmet's friends pick ed him up. He was the favourite at 6to 4. A smashing and sanguinary battle, which lasted an hour and ten minutes, followed. The first part of it was rather in favour of Nash, who was the heaviest hitter. In the third round, the muzzle having been taken off, the turn-to was all slaughter_ work, and the claret besprinkled the bystanders like water from a Tinge. Emm e t was fl oore d b y a b o d y h i t from the rally. rhe next seven rounds were all give and take, fearless of con. sequences • and, although m an y o f E nunet ' s bl ows to l d, yet the heavy right band of Nash did the most mischief. The 11th was the best round in the fight.—Emmet never re covered the hitting placed upon him. Ile was all abroad and floored, by a heavy hit under the listener, which chanceried the nob. The other rounds were manfully contested ; but Nash had brought down his adversary's weight, and he kept bins groggi fied until 35th round, when he was hit out of tune, and Nash won it. A second and a merry battle was now fought, by another Birmingham youth, a pupil of Ned Turner, who beat a countryman. A most sanguinary battle ended the diversions of th e d a y, between Masters . and Glynn navigators. They fought for a sovereign, and completely hit each other out of time. The battle was a drawn one, and the stake money was divided. GEORGE FAULKNER.—When FOOTE was act hag in Dublin, he introduced into one of his pieces, called the Orators, the character of GEORGE FAULKNER, the celebrated printer, whose man ners and dress he so closely imitated, that the poor fellow could not appear in public, without meeting with scoffs and jeers from the very boys - in the streets. Enraged at the ridicule thus brought upon him, Faulkner one evening treated to the seat of the gods all the derils of the print ing office, for the express purpose of their hissing and hooting Foote of the stage. Faulkner placed himself in the pit, to enjoy the actor's degrada tion ; but when the objectionable scene came on, the unfortunate printer was excessively chagrined to find, that so far from a groan or a hiss being heard, his gallery friends partook of the comical laugh. The next morning he arraigned his inky conclave, inveighed against them for having neglected his injunctions, and on demanding some reason for their treachery, was lacerated ten times deeper by the simplicity of their an swer :----" Arrah, master," said the spokesman, " do we not know you ? Sure 'twas your own 'weet self that was on the stage, and shower light upon us, if we go to the playhouse to hiss our worthy master." Failing in this experiment, FAULKNER commenced an action against FOOTE, and got a verdict of damages to the amount of three hun dred pounds. This drove FooTE back to Eng land, where he resumed his mimicry, and hu morously took off the lawyers on his trial, and the Judges who had condemned him. FENELON.—A person talking to Fenelon upon the subject of the criminal laws of France, and approving of the many executions that had taken place under them, in opposition to the arguments of the Archbishop, said, " I maintain that such persons are unfit to live."—" But, my friend," said Fenelon, 46 you do not reflect that they are still more unfit to die." NORWICH, MAY B.—The Rev. HEATON CHAMPION DE CREiPI GNY has been collated by the Lord Bishop of•NonwicH to the Vicarage of Neatishead, in this county, vacant by the death of the Rev. A. BA RWICK. A post-master on the great north road, who was in the habit of delivering• the mail bags to the guard through his chamber window, was aroused from a heavy slumber a few nights ago, by the well-known sound of the horn; when instead of his bags he handed a pair of leather breeches to the guard, and it being dark, the latter did not perceive the dif ference. Next morning the post-master was astonished and alarmed on missing his breeches; but on finding the bags under his pillow, he dis covered his mistake, and immediately sent them off by express to London. At Lord Poulett's sale , of farming stock, two years ago, ewes were sold for 31. each. The same ewes were sold at the last Somerton Fair for 16s. each, With these undeniable facts operating against them, it is not to be wondered at that tenants are every where supplicating their landlords for an abatement of 50 per cent. on their rents, and that in many cases they con.. tend, and offer to prove that they can pay no rent at all.--(Shcrberne Mercury.) LIVERPOOL, MAT 6. DUTY ON RUSSIAN HIDES.. Custom House, London, 19th Dec. 18 " I. GENTLEMEN—A cause having been recently determined in the Court of Exchequer in favour of the Crown, wherPin a quantity of Russia hides had been entered as tanned or coloured for the duty of ls. 3d. per lb., and had been seized fot having been entered under a wrong denomina tion, upon the ground that the hides, having been shaved and perched after they had been tanned or coloured, they should have been en tered as dressed Muscovy or Russia hides, and were liable as such to a duty of 751. per cent. ad valorem, by which it is decided that Russia hides, which have undergone the process of shaving, after having been ta. Hied or coloured, are liable to the duty of 571. per cent. ad valorem --we hereby communicate the same to you for the in formation of yourselN,es and the proper officers at your port, and direct you to govern yourselves . accordingly. Treasury Chambers, Dec. 20. GENTLEMEN--r am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to au thorise you to allow bison or buffalo wool, the produce of a British Colony, and imported from such Colony, to be admitted, on payment of,a duty of fourpence per lb. and to charge a duty of sixpence per lb. on such wool the produce of and imported from a foreign country. s. R. Ltr.silisoToN. Custom-Ilouse, London, Feb. 22, 1822: A difference of practice having prevailed at the outports, in respect to charging the tonnage duty on packets and passage vessels 'conveyin g the horses, carriages, and effects, of trifling value, of private individuals, in cases where such horses, carriages, am are not, accompanied by the proprietors, we acquaint you that the ex-. emption from tonnage duty, under the authority of the order of the Lords Commissioners of his , Majesty's Treasury, dated the 30th September, 1814, and 11th May, 1816, is to be considered as extending to vessels bringing in and taking out the carriages, horses, baggage, and articles of small value, belonging to passengers, whe ther such passengers actually embark on board the same packets, or otherwise, provided that you shall be satisfied, after strict inquiry and due proof, that such carriages and horses, and other articles of small value, are actually private property, and not intended for sale ; and we direct you to govern yourselves accordingly. To the Collectors and Comptrollers of Outports. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Mn. EDITOR—As there are many thousands (I might with safety say millions) of persons anxious to contribute their mite towards the relief of the starving peasantry of Ireland, and towards procuring for them that of which they are at this moment completely destitute, namely—seed for the ensuing season—yet do not like to take that mite to a Banking-house, 1 take the liberty to suggest—that a Charity Ser mon may be preached in every Church and Cha pel, of every religious denomination, throughout the United kingdom, on the first Sunday after you (and the other liberal Editors, if approving this idea,) give it a place in your and their Papers. That the amount collected in England shall instantly be forwarded to any of the highly respectable Banking-houses of London, who have so kindly and so promptly come forward in this glorious cause to receive subscriptions.-- That all sums collected in Scotland shall be placed in the Bank of Sir WILIiAM FORDti, Edinburgh ; and that all sums collected in Ireland shall be placed in the Bank' of Sir ROBERT SHAW, Bart. Dublin, to be appropriated by the " Acting Committee for Ireland," consisting of thirteen Noblemen and Gentlemen, at the head of which is his MAJESTY'S LORD STEWARD. With most anxious desire for the speedy me- lioration of the sufferings of the peasantry of Ireland, and the tranquillity that will naturally; and I trust instantly, follow that melioratiori, conceiving, as I do, its present disturbance to be much more " A Rebellion of the Stomach," than either of the Head or the Heart, I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, 144, Jertnyn-stre e t, S t . James's HH DOHERTY. , May G, UG 1822. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &g. DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind N.E.—Came down from the River last night and sailed the Hero, Grayson ; Sovereign, Willis ; and Ceres, Dunn, for Quebec ; Ann, Adams, Bermuda ; Narcissus, Calder, Oporto; Enterp r i se , Shatton, do. ; Thom* Winsper, Cape of Good Hope • Thistle , Sangster, Cadiz ; Albion, Gentil, Algie rs ; and Elizabeth, Long:y(lga Malta. Arrived the M a ri ce , Gl eens l a d e, and Kitty, TWiller, Michaels. . . PORTSMOUTH, MAY 7.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived his Ma, - . jesty's ship Pigmy from a cruize ; Matilda and Susan, Powtr, .• • Leghorn. Sailed the Larkins, Wilkinson, Madras and' Bengal ; • and Thomas and Mary transport. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Harmall, Briggs, from Liverpool to Petersburgh. FALMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind from E. to S.—Sailed the Sandwich packet Francis, for Jamaica. The Amphitrite, Smith, from Christiansand, was run foul . , of and sunk the 20th ult. by the Harrison and Tomb, which •'' vessel put into Ma port the 4th inst. with loss of bowsprit', foremast sprung, and other damage. A lug sail boat, called the Bee, of Folkestone, has been carried into Portsmouth, having been seized at Guernsey by an officer belonging to the Starling cutter. An attempt was made on Thursday last, at ' Highfields Works, near Bilston, to duck the , mei► . who had returned to their work ; but the rioters were disappointed by the arrival of a party of yeomanry from Wolverhampton, who immediatel y dispersed the assembled 'thousands, and secured several of the ringleaders. A man who threw stone and wounded the Magistrate last week when reading the Riot Act near Bilston, was shot through the body by one of the constables in attenaance, and has since died. Some of the,— . deluded men have lately been employed in cast ing bullets. We have been inforMed that la, iron-masters are ruined by a bad trade, and more failures are expected. Six of the rioters have been committed to gaol. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 8. We have had but few fresh Arrivals in since Monday, but our supply fully answers the demand, and the trade flat gene rally, the. market remaining . as on Monday for ever y t hi ng , I nt so little doing that the prices are nominally as on Monday. Nothing but the best Azle Wheats met any sale to-day