The Sun. — London, England, 1822-03-27 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. :ing will of the s during X 822 :n 2 19,838; n 1821, :hat the cing the has ap- lence of on th for ports in of Eng,- present be held Courier ted, as endi to on the ,ian S- I.extra for illis fallen. L7ircurn- of our G,OOO rs from are ou ementS )m Pe- g is ar- , mpanf tors of ;azette forocco in the ty the ~t. n- jesty's MOUSE OF COMMONS. Maras, 26° die Maqii, 1822. The House met, and Forty Members not being present al Four o'clock, Mr. Speaker aijourned the House. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. 1. Sir Francis Burdett,—Address, to remit the remainder a Mr.. Hunt's imprisonment. 2. Mr. Wrestein,—To present Petition from Essex, for more frequenf 'Gaol Delivery. , • , t,. Dr. Phillimcae,---To amend the Marriage Act. ORDERS OF THE DAY for THIS DAY. 1. Supply-Committee. 2. Ways and Means—Committee. • PRIVATE BlLL—Second Reading for This Day. Honiton Roads. Dropped Notices of Motions of Yesterday. 1. - Mr. Lennard,—To repeal Act (60 Geo. 3, c. G.) for more . effectually preventing Seditious Meetings and Assemblies : —Also to repeal Act (60 Geo. 3, c. 8.) for the more effec tual prevezrion and punishment of Blasphemous and Sedi tious 2.. Mr. Ure,—To .repeal Act (1 and 2 Geo. 4) explanatory of the rate of Interest on certain Securities. Dropped Orders .of the-Day of 'Yesterday. 1. Supply—Reports. 2. Receivers General Bill—Committee. 3. Slave Trade Abolition Act—Committee thereupon. 4.. Five per Cents. (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. 5. Bank of England Charter Acts—Committee thereupon. 6. Receivers of Stolen Securities Bill—Third-Reading. 7. Fever Hospital (Dublin) Bill—Report. - Dropped Second Readings of Private Bills. 1. Bridgewater Road I 3.Whitney &Bredwardine Road 2. Yarpole& Presteigne Road I 4.Warrington Gas Light. '"„r For I. S. on AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS, see the Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. tank Stock . shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons, Boi/ 80 34 per Cent. shut 4 per Cent. shut lIIGH WATER AT LONDO: Morning, 12 minutes after 6. 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. Mai India Bonds Excheq. Bills par 2 pr. Bank for Opening Cons. for Account Boii BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 36 minutes after 6. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIZ DICERE FALSUM iIUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1822. We have given in a preceding column ex tracts from the French Papers of Sunday, and those of liamburgh to the 19th. The relations between Turkey and Russia are still in the same state of uncertainty, but it appears by private sources that they are at present of a more peace able nature. The Law School at Paris has been re-opened without the least disturbance; and in the French Chamber of Deputies, the Law on the Press was adopted on Saturday by a large majority, with the amendments . proposed by the Peers. Boston Papers arrivgd this morning to the 27th of February. [From a Boston Paper of the 26th of July.] FROM CHILI AND PERU. (Extract of a Letter received at New York, by the arrival of the ship Washington at Nantucket.) v OCT. 31.—Yesterday arrived the schooner Oranzaza•in 3 0 days from Callao, privately dispatched by Lord Coon- ItAXE to the Government, with a small part of the specie (50,000 dollars) he took from 'General SAN MARTIN, for the Purpose of opening the way fix' his charges against him. The Protector dispatched 'another schooner on the same day with dispatches. This is becoming a very serious business. COCH RANE manages well, but I think he has too many against him. He now confines himself to his ship, fearing that if he trusts himself on shore the Protector might put him in prison, as he did an inferior Officer who was engaged in taking the money. The Amanda has arrived in 25 days from Guayaquil With freight : things in that place are very unsettled, and the Government there does not manage its affairs well. In the late revolution there, the ship Emperor Akzander was taken by th e Royal party and carried to Panama, and the brig Ann was sunk. There is a report that San Blas has declared in favour tid in- ' of the Patriots." nbassy in 75% it suf ant of )et':.em; a very th two trade ns• of Oren- rthed ,3L7. Mare]!, yoked at the ce, to It is A short but very discursive debate took place in the House of Lords; last night, on Lord KING'S motion for an Address to his MAJESTY, representing the propriety of sornealterations in . the Civil List, especially that branch which re lates to the appointment of Foreign Ministers. Lord KING began his speech by avowing his sa tisfaction with the retrenchment voluntarily sub mitted to' by his MAJESTY . In his own personal income, but complained that the concession had not been formally announced by Message to the 'tw o Houses, and declared the other reductions in .the Civil List to be wholly inadequate to the just expectations of the coun try. He then proceeded to review the expence of our various diplomatic ap ' P Poin 4 rnents, reileciino. particularly on the missions to Dresden, to the Hague, to Switzerland, to Vienna, and to St, Petersburgh. Lord LIVER.- POO L defended the : appointments in general, ar guing in the first instance, that, as they had !Tossed untouched through the Committee of 1816, Bich was in possession of all the necessary esti- Wales arradetails, that Committee at least might be presumed to have given them its sanction.— The Noble Lord then dwelt more particu larly :on the several missions which had been adverted to ; he enlarged upon the importance of our relations with States comprised in the pre sent.King4tomt of the Netherlands, relations which it had been always deemed a great national object to cultivate and watch over ; he justified the ~ e stablishment in Switzerland by the political weight which that country derives from her n , aeo , graphical situation ; he adverted to the state of . whom idles raters wfore ithout Gulf , and This .e line , an& ng on fleet men• if the 1 put 4 nesus, alotta, of the iastres taking distri- Er de- Ins of ig the 3vern- whole ready lieved fined a who ss into erre r dean• acrd :arna- .ching from cannon 1 Ordi- lishing over. affairs in Saxony, when a Minister was sent there by his Lordship's own recommendation ; and he defended the expensive appointments to Saint Petersburgh and Vienna, by expatiat ing on the vast influence of these Courts upon the political affairs of the world, as well as, the high rank of the Ambassadors, and the great scale of the diplomatic establishments maintained by them in this country. Lord HoLLAND, while he admitted in some measure the argument of Lord LIVERPOOL, with respect to Austria and Russia, denied that any thing in the recent 'circumstances of Switzerland could justify the great increase of expence which had taken place in the appointment to that country. lie differed from Lord KING as to the necessity and importance of preserving our relations with the Netherlands, by maintaining an embassy at the Royal Court ; but here, - too, he expressett a de cided objection to the increase of salary. He totally denied, indeed, the propriety of augmen tations in any of the diplomatic allowances, ex cept that for the Embassy at the Court of France. Lord KING'S motion was rejected without a division. Lord HoLL,Asn took an opportunity, in the close of his Speech, to express, in warm terms, his hope that the Turkish despotism would speedily be brought to the ground ; whether the blow came from Greece or Russia he cared not, but he hoped, as a man and as a philosopher, that it would be struck with effect. At the same time he considered it the best policy of this country to abstain from interfering in the conflict. Lord GREY having asked whether Ministers had any further measure in contemplation for the relief of Agricultural Distress, and not finding that any new proposition was likely to he brought forward, gave notice of a motion early after the holidays, relating to this subject. and to the mea sure from which alone, in his opinion, relief could be expected, a reduction of taxes. he case of Mr. HUNT, which has so strongly interested the feelings of Opposition, since the beginning of the present Parliamentary cam paign, is appointed for consideration this evening. If the House of Commons should decide upon petitioning the Crown to release to them this in dividual, on the ground of his being " more sinned against than shining," we trust they will not forget to inquire whether any other male factor, now confined under sentence, has suf fered by the carne oppressive Government s for all such persons will of course be as much entitled to the intercession of Parliament, and to his MA JESTY'S clemency, as the hero of Manchester. The same plea will of course be advanced with equal justice in future, on behalf of other of fenders who may prove themselves to have suf fered under oppressive prison government. The manner in which this point shall be treated by the philanthropic , members of Ogposition will afford a good test of their charity, impartiality, and purity of motive. IRELAND.—The sixteen capital convicts, con demned to death by the Special Commission for the County of Cork, whose sentences have not yet been executed, have been respited. We trust that this merciful dispensation will produce a beneficial effect upon the minds of the ails: guided peasantry. There is still no general sur render of arms ; and therefore, though the out rages have greatly diminished, either from the terror of the Insurrection Act, or from the ne cessary attention which the peasantry must, give at this 'season of the year to the cultivation of the land, no reliance can be placed on the pre sent state of comparative tranquillity.—At the Cork Special Sessions, on the .9.2 d instant, James Regan was convicted of an offence under the Insurrection Act.—Several other prisoners were acquitted. • CITY; TUESDAY EVENING: Consols for the April Accsunt opened this morning.at 80 and very little business was done until nearly three o'clock, when a rumour gained currency of the news of a final settlement of all differences betwixt Russia and Turkey. No foreign Mails having arrived,and it being also known that no private express had been received, the rumour gained credit on the supposition that Government must have received dispatches, and consequently the Consols rose immediately to 803. An eminent broker, however, afterwards sold largely at 803, and' the closing price was mi.— In Foreign Securities a good deal of business has been doue.— The Spanish Bonds are still the favourite purchases. Confi dente in their Government, and in the remote situation of the kingdom from the probable seat of hostility, entitles them to this distinction. The new are sold at 68.1, and the old at 691. The Danish, on account of certain rumours, are also inquired after, and find buyers at 86i 4, a considerable, rise being expected should the reports pr6ve correct. The Neapolitan Fives are at 71i, and also in demand. Not much is doing 'in Prussian at about 90. Many people who have the highest confidence in the Columbian, nation, still do not understand the .late loan contracted at Paris, and very little business is consequently doing in the Bonds. Confidence has'certainly been increased by the payment of a part of the dividend due on the old Bonds, but still something further is required by monied men to give that character to the 'new Bonds, to which, no doubt, they are entitted.—The French Fives last Saturday, in Paris; rose to 89. 95, and not to 90 as re ported last night, being, however, a difference of only 5 cents. — The Government contract for one hundred thousand gallons of Rum, five per cent. under proof, was taken this day at Is. Bd. a gallon, being as nearly as possible 4d. a gallon dearer than the last contract about three months ago. The grocers are buying Sugars freely at the late prices, but the demand from the re, finers has fallen off: In Coffee there is no great variation. Some Yellow Tallow of excellent quality, from Odessa, was sold this day at 425., but the/regular consumers were not anxious to pur chase even• at' this 'decline. Hemp and Flax are steady in value but the 'demand is not brisk. Silver finds sellers at 4s. 11 d.; Dollars remain at '4s. 10d. an ounce. The Dutch Exchanges are rather lower than last post-day, but those bn Hamburgh and Altona are the same as on Friday. There are six Gottenburgh, three Hamburgh, one Frqich, and one Lis bon, mails due.—( Morning Chronicle.) 'There is not any foundation for the report of a certain intended royal marriage, so widely circu lated upon the Continent. The intention of the King of ENGLAND to present the King of DEN MARK with a blue ribband, is presumed to have given rise to this idle speculation.—( Press.) THE THEATRES. KING'S THEATRE.—After the Opera of Il Barone di Dolsheim, 'Which went off with its usual success last night, a new ballet, entitled Cendr•illon, founded upon that story, the delight of infancy, Cinderella, was brought forward for the first time. It is well dramatized, if we may so term it. The music was partly composed and partly selected by Mr. SOR, who, according to report, is a Spaniard of rank, but was obliged to quit his country on account of its political dis turbances. He is an admirable composer, and an unrivalled performer on the Spanish guitar. He had not, it seems, quite finished the intended over ture,and therefore that to Pandore was substituted. Mr. Soa has increased his reputation by the music to this piece, which is expressive and ap propriate•to all the incidental events. The scenery also was appropriate and beautiful. Cinderella was well assigned to MERCANDOTTI, who sus tained the part with interesting grace and agility. The two Sisters were also well represented by DE VARENNES and .ANATOLE; and Madame SPITALIE'S benevolent Fairy was well entitled to applause.— ALBERT is a host in himself, but it is invidious to select, and we have not room to do justice to all. The piece was very well received by an audience abounding with the higher orders, among whom were the Duke of GLOUCESTER and the Duchess of KENT. Dauav-LANE.—The Opera of Artaxerxes; so honourable to our countrYrnan AII,NE, was brought forward last night at this Theatre.—lf it had . not that powerful support of vocal talents to which the. public are' accustomed in this triumph of British genius, it.however, on the whole, went off respectably. Miss FORDE was the Mandane. She is an improving singer, She was'chiefly success ful-in The Soldier tir'd, and was loudly encored. Madame VESTR is was Artaxerxes. Her person and qualities In general are not calculated for the serious Opera. She was encored in" In infancy." Miss CUBITT had an arduous task in following BRALIAM in At Laces, but 'she sung with feeling and expression. Miss POVEY rendered Sentira more than usually prominent. • The .present season of Drury- . Lane Theatre closes on Saturday next, the -house having been open the stipulated two hundred nights ; and the' Performers .must either renew their engagements or quit the Theatre. ROYAL COBURG 'TiIEATIIE.—This elegant place of amusement closed for the winter seammi last evening, when the following address was de livered by Mr. T. P. COOKE : Ladies and Gentlemen—There is no part of an Acting Ma nager's duty more grateful to his own feelings than the acknow ledgment of the public approbation and support : this duty is mine When announcing the termination of our winter campaign, which has been beyond all former precedent.brilliant and suc cessful'; and though a vast additional expense has been en countered, to exhibit a decided novelty in this country, yet has it been most liberally. .recompensed by crowded assemblages of the first rank, beauty, and fashion ; nor should, it be forgot ten how clearly we have seen reflected the merriest counte nances, and most willing hands, that ever gladdened the hearts of Actors anxious to exert every faculty in proof of their gra titude. lam commissioned by the Proprietor to pledge my self ;hat your liberal patronage will only stimulate future ex ertions ; and the ensuing season shall be a proof that neither spirit nor expence shall fail in the attempt to produce a routine of elegant entertainment. During the recess the House will be entirely redecorated, and the cieling, in particular, un dergo a splendid a n d n ove l alteration, which, by the effect of numerous mirrors placed in it, will __exhibit the appearance of an entire Canopy of Looking Glass, and vie, in costliness and ;splendid decoration, with its sister ornament, the Glass Cur tain ; ,this, together with a Melo Drame, for which twenty en tirely new scenes are painted, pouctraying the manners and customs of the French capital, are among the various novelties which we hope to present to you on Easter Monday ; till which period (united with the thanks of the Proprietor, myself, and brother performers) we most respectf u lly bid y o u farewell. COBUETT AT NORIVICIL---" COBBETT,WhOSe in famy we have this day assisted in exposing, (by giving extracts from the admirable little Pam phlet called COMIETT's GaiontoN,") is adver tised as having been ' particularly requestyd to Meet the Farmers and his other FriendS,' at a 'linner at Norwich, on Friday next. Heaven knows who and what the inz:iters are,—very few decent persons would, we think, like to sit down in the same room with such a man."—( Burl' Gazette). Letters from Bahia arrived yesterday, dated January 22.—They mention that every thing was tranquil there, and the people had evinced no symptoms of dissatisfaction. They had heard nothing of the recent events in Rio Janeiro, which, although twelve days had elapsed, is not astonishing, owing to the tardiness , of communi cations between the two places. The last advices from Lisbon state, that the Shareholders of the' New Bank met on the Ist of March, and proceeded to the election of a Presi dent and eight Directors, who are-- Joaquim da — Costa Bandeira, Presidclnt ; Antonio Esteves Costa, Jose Bento Aranjo, Joao Rufino Alves East°, Fer nando Cardozo Maya, Manuel Gonzalvez Ferreira, Jacinto Jose Dias de Carvallo, Pedro de Souza, Antonio Francisco Ma chado, Directors. Considerable improvements'are immediately to be-made in the road from Petersfield to Ports mouth. Sheet-Hill and Butser-Hill are to be lowered, and the . . entrance into Petersfield 'widened. It • is, also said to be,the intention of the Trustees of the Road between . Godalming and Liphook to havea new survey of the coun try made,' in order, if possible, to have a new line of road, so as to avoid Hinde Head., • VESUVIUS:—The eruption continued on the 27th of February. In the night between the 27th and the 28th the , lava ceased to flow, but a burning rain of thick volcanic ashes issued from the crater, and, carried by the winds, fell in the environs of Portia ,and of La Torre del Greco. In the morning of the 28th, that rain ceased, and Vesuvius became once more tranquil. , MURDER OF MRS. DONNAT Y.—Yesterday ueing appointed for the re-examination of the Rigbys, Wood, and Askew, they were accordingly placed at the bar, and after the various witnesses had been again called.upon, no further proof having been got against them than what has already been be fore the public, the females were discharged about three o'clock; but a difference arising in the minds of the officers, whether the pincers and screw-driver found in Rigby's house we're the in struments that had been used in forcing open the deceased's cupboard and bureau, Mr. Minshull; Mr. • Stafford (the thief clerk at Bow-street), and the officers who have been actively employed to discover the murderers, proceeded, to examine with every degree of minuteness the place where the deceased lived, and Mr. Minshull took the greatest piiins in trying whe ther or not the instruments fitted the different holes that had been made ; and after giving the greatest praise to Jefferies, a Thames Police-officer, for his former minute examination of the places, he decided that they were not the same instruments that had been used, and therefore returned to the office, and immediately discharged the other prisoners ; but for the pre sent detained the breeches and waistcoat which are stained with blood, and also the other suspicious articles. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and family, at their house in Berkeley-square, from Paris • the Earl and Countess Craven, from their seat in Berks ; Lord and Lady Crawley, .at the Cla rendon Hotel, Bond-street, from,their sea in Surrey ; Sir Tyr, Whitt and Lady Jones, at their house in Park-street, Grosve nor-square ; E. L. Charlton, Esq. at Hodgson's Hotel, Dover street, from Ludford Park. DEPARTuiuEs.—The Duke of Devonshire, from Chiswick, for his seat, Chatsworth, Derbyshire ; the Countess of Dysart,' for her seat in Surrey ; the Earl of. Tyrconnel, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for his seat in Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Nichol, from ditto, for their seat in Wales • Viscount Conyng ham, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street; the Earl of Behnour, from ditto ; Booth, Esq: - from ditto ; Jones, Esq. from ditto. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Marchioncss of Lansdown gave ,a splendid rout on Mon day evening, \ at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square, which w,ls attended by upwards of 300 distinguishedfashionables.. . Viscount and Viscountess Granville gave an elegant enter tainment on Monday; to the Duke of Wellington, Count and Countess Lieven, Count P. Lieven, Earl and Countess Cow per; Earl Clanwilliajn, &c. at their house in Bruton -street, Berkeley-square. In the evening her Ladyship had a small fa. shionable party. _ _ _ On Mmiday evening the Marchioness of Salisbury gave her second grand assembly at her house in Arlington street, which was attended by upwards of 400 persons of the first distinction and fashion. 1 k ..........-.. A Correspondent states a circumstance, which tends to strengthen the report of a transfer of the Royal Library 9f Eng land to the Imperial Library at St. Petersburgh. A certain Great Personage commanded Mr. B— to remove the books, which constituted the Library at the Palace at Kew, to Buck, ingham House. J%ir. B. receiving this message from a third person, and himself feeling, as he thought, the impropriety of the measure, hesitated to carry the command into effect, unless he had an order in writing. This hesitation created much dis pleasure in the highest quarter, and the books were perem torily and in haste removed. Surely this choice and very select Library is not included in the contemplated bargain.— (Morning . chronicle.) PHI LOSOPH [CAL EPIGRAM. Says the. Earth to the Noon you're a pilfering jade, What you steal from the Sun is beyond all belief ; Fair Cynthia replies, Madam Earth hold your . prate, • The reel'iver is always as bad as the thief." • , - WESTAIINSTEIL ABBEY.—On Sun day West minster Abbey, during the performance of Divine Service, was open to the public for the first• time since the Coronation.— What attracted universal attention, was, the beautiful and im pressive appearance of the Abbey, in consequence of the aisles and the several monuments and tpmbs having been wholly cleaned, with astonishing niceness and particularity ; they all display as much freshness as if they were only just raised. The whole of the renovations and repairs reflect the greatest credit on those under whose superintendence' they have been conducted. To secure the monuments from injury, by being approached too closely by the spectators, and also to secure an equal sight to all persons, neat railings are placed in different' directions, so as to prevent the public from crowding ton closely around any particular monument. Within ,the Poets' Corner entrance is placed a board, on which is painted the sums that visitors will have to pay (amounting in all to two shillings), who desire to inspect the curiosities on week days ' • and it in forms the public that no extra remuneration is to be given ; and any report of misbehaviour, or violation of these regula tions by the servants of the Cathedral, will be received and at tended to by the Dean or Senior Prebendary. This regula tion, of course, abolishes the custom of making offerings at the shrine of General. Monk, on the exhibition , of which, after all demands had been paid, the public used to be exposed to new demands for the benefit of the attendants. During the late tremendous gales, Holyhead harbour was crowded with outward-bound vessels.; among them a schooner bound to Corunna, with a Spanish General, his staff, and family, consisting of 30 persons. It appears that this of ficer held a high official situation in the island of St. Domin go, and owing,to the late commotion amongst the sable gentle men of the place, he was obliged to leave it, with his wife, chil= dren, officers, &c., upon a very short notice, and got on board an English brig, bound to Liverpool, where he hired the above schooner, and was detained at the Head by contrary winds.— (Morning Paper.) Lately, a slave in the West Indies, who had been married to another slave by one of the missionaries, at the end of three weeks brought his wife back to the clergyman, and desired him to take her again. The clergyman asked what was the matter with-her ? "Why, Massa, she no good. The book say she obey me. She no wash my clothes. She no. do, what I want her to do," The Minister replied, " But the book said you were to take her for better or for worse." " Yes, Massa, but she all worse, and no better. She bad too much, and no good at all." • A man applied at the doors of the Crown Bar Court, during the late AssizeS at Exeter, for admission, but was refused, upon which he fell into a violent passion, declaring that he must and would come in, for that he was a prisoner ; this proved to be correct, for, on entering the Court, ha surrendered himself, hav ing been at large on bail. jlktivito.—The great match made by Mr. Boulton Hawker, of-Littleford, Suffolk, to drive 'five horses seventy-four miles in five hours, was undertaken early on Monday morning on the Bury St. Edmund's-road, over twelve miles of ground. The stake was for 200 guineas, to make the best of his way. He started in as light a sulkey as could be placed upon wheels, and did each 12 miles as follows :—the first, in 47 minutes 10 se conds ; second, 48 min. 50. see. ; third, 49 min. ; fourth, 54 min. 20 sec.; fifth, 47 m'in. 22 sec.; sixth, 50 -mM. 18 sec.—The race 'was won easily, with four minutes and fifty-seven seconds to spare. One of the hind springs of the vehicle broke in doing the fourth twelve miles, 'which occasioned a delay of more than five minutes in tying up, but Mr. Hawker soon recovered his lost ground.. Betting was 2 to 1 on time. Tine BARCLAY IVIATCIL—Mr. SOMMERVILLE, who has been trying the match of 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours, at Danee, in Oxfordshire, resigned on Saturday, after labouring at-it for more than five weeks. He was too lame and, too much ex hausted to proceed. It was for 200 guineas. We have never as yet heard of the match being accomplished except by Cap tain Barclay. . •_ _ _ Tim =WEATnEu.—The Caledonian coach set off from this town on Thursday morning, but was unable to proceed farther than Dalwinnie, owing to the depth of th e sn o w , of which there was a heavy fall after the boistczeus gales of the last week. The coach from Perth to this, town has been re tarded by the same obstacles.—( lnverness Courier. ) SERVANT? CHARACTERS.—It may be useful to caution housekeepers in givingor receiving characters 'of their servants. There are, it seems, a set of persons wlio put on for the occasion a decent and respectable appearance, and probably adopt a respectable name, in concert with a servant discharged for misconduct, and who when applied to give 'a very excellent character, and, if it succeeds, they receive 31. or 41. as a remu neration, and the falsehood is discovered often when too late.— The penalty of 5001. for giving a false character would assured ly attach to such persons, but they are of course never after wards seen ox known. Cun,ious APPLICATION.—Yesterday, a man of a goodly appearance, and of a rubicond face, that gave e v id e n ce of his having deioted himself greatly to the jolly god, presented himself in the course of the day, at the Mansion-House, to the City Marshal, to make a vow ,of eternal sobriety ! The oath which he proposed to take was fairly engrossed on parchment, but contained no engagement or penalties in case of fai lure ; it assigned as the motive, the wreck of his business, from his having drank too often and too deeply of blue ruin, &c. &c. The Marshal was somewhat perplexed by . this novel applica tion, for his inclination not to thwart so virtuous a resolution was counterbalanced by the irregularity of the thing, and the want of that security by which the performance of so extraor dinary an engagement could rationally be expected to be secured. He stated the case to the Lord Mayor's legal adviser, to take his opinion ,upor; the matter. When the application was announced, there was a burst of laughter at the expense of the unfortunate - wight, who had for a long time lingered about the _place before he could summon sufficient courage to make public application. It was immediately rejected, • as a thing which no man had in his power, much less one who had sacrificed so largely, and whose first step, in all probability, would be to " treat his re solution," and to drink an extra bottle to the success of it.— The unfortunate applicant appeared, upon the rejection of his oath, to give himself up as a loft man, and retired through the crowd with a face full of despair and disappointment. _. 1..1 .... . 9 .0 J , 0 4° 4 1-- ‘,..4 1 0 ' e f i,.. l b: , . t-CI 1 . _ - ~. - S•P' '- ^ r N 4 , • -• - , - , d . ,'"' '''' 0 '' 1 1,11 _ - ..c.c. ~:.-, -.... -----' c„.. ) .- ~,,,g, „ r • t - - ` l. rZll . OY O r • i • *l4: ', --•=., . --','"‘i'' ' ''' . ' tt 16 •, %),‘, ' Al' • + ' :,> .. .4 THE ARMY. The 14th Light Dragoons, commanded by Col. BAKER, are quartered at liouuslow•, Hampton Court, and vicinity; . Saturday, the 16th Regiment of Lancers latuied at Liverpool, and' received a route for Romford. Thursday, a detachment of the Muskerry - Cavalry, thirty h number; arrived in Cork, for arms .nd accoutrements for talc: remainder of that corps. They appeared, fully appointed, on the Grand Parade in that city, and excited universal admira tion for their soldierly appearance. The uniform is precisely similar to the Carbineers. . • Tuesday se 7 nnight three men were brought before the'Justices in Perth; under a military escort, from Stirling, charged with having enlisted in the 75th Foot, being at the same time sehsti4 tutes in the Royal Perthshire Militia. The Justices, on clear evidence, fOund them guilty, and in terms of the Militia. Act, sentenced them to two, months' imprisonment in the To!booth of Perth ; their period of service in the Militia then to corn , thencti, and to continue until they are legally.discharged ; after wards to be'delivered over to the Regiment in which they had enlisted.' The Lith Regiment of Foot, which was to have embarked for the rust Indies this Spring, does not leave till the end of the year. • The Glasgow Sharpshooters having announced the commence.: , men of their annual drill, we cannot help congrat u l a ti ng thatcorps on the auspicious circumstances under which they are Vo . turn out ibis season. In the p er f ec t t ra n qu ili ty .w hi c h happily , prevails in this part of the country, their services cannot be. supposed to paint .at any .political object. The young gentle men of the town came forward to perfect thqmselves in that knowledge of arms which it is incumbent on every denizen of a frees state to' acquire ; and which the peculiar circUrn, stances of our own country at the present moment urgently demand. In that reduction of public expenditure which is unfortunately too requisite, there is a danger that the Civil Ma. gistrate may be left without sufficient 'power for emergencies,. unless there be a disciplined band of citizens ready to attend his call. Our hand we have no doubt will -be of 5u.711 • respectability as to ensure the permanent tranqUillity of th-3 city under every circumstance.--(Glasgow Herald. ) MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAF., .MARCH 26.—Wind W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Eliza, 'Daniels, froin Teneriffe. Sailed .about Eve this morning the London, Sotheby, for Madras and China. Also came down from the River last night the Welling•oi, Major for St. John's, N. B. ; and the'Dacdalus,'Hindmarsh, for Illiramichi. Put back again.this afternoon the London, Sotheby, for India. SEVEN O'CLOCK.—Wind W. and moderate.—Outward bound as before, and all well. PonTSMOUTH, MARCH 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the' Calypso, Hutchinson, from the Downs for Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, MAnca 25.—Wind S.—Arrived the Florida, Hodgson, from London to Algiers ; and the Trafalgar, Waller, ditto, for the coast of Africa. • Sailed the ship Wanderer, May= good, for St. Helena. LIVERPOOL, MARCH Z.—The ship Caroline, Campbell, from Jamaica to London, out 37 days, was spoken with on the 9th bf March, in lat. 38. 40. long. 52. 40. by the Goodwin, from Charleston to Liverpool: she had lost her bowsprit, fare top-mast, and her sails blown away, on 7th inst., in a heavy gale ; she was very leaky, and both . pumps were constantly going. The Goodwin supplied her with provisions and pump leather, and parted from her in a gale. The James and M a gnet, from Newcastle to New York, was lost on the Orkneys. We understand that some of the American packet-ships have each a cow on board, for the purpose of supplying the passen gers with milk during the voyage.—( Liverpool Advertiser.) PORTSMOUTH AND ARUN NAVIGATION.—We are requested to state that the Branch of the Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation which leads from Chichester Harbour up to the city, will be opened for the accommodation of trade, on Tuesday, the 9th of April next ; and that the Steam Vessel ( Egrenzont 2 ) belonging to the Canal Company, will leave East ney Creek, in the island of Portsea, at 9 o'clock in the morning of that day, taking in tow several barges and boats, and navi gating therewith through the harbours of Langstone and Chi chester, and on the canal from the entrance at Berdham, up to .the basin, near Chichester.—Ws are also requested to invite such gentlemen as are engaged in trade in Portsmouth, Port sea, and Gosport, and parts adjacent, and are in the habit of receiving goods from London, to take a passage on this occa situ' through this part of the Navigation, that they may judge of the safety with which goods can be conveyed thereon, in the description of vessels prepared by the Company.—lt is further to be understood that this invitation is meant to extend gene rally to Ladies and Gentlemen of this neighbourhood, who, al though not Subscribers to the Canal, might feel inclined to he present on the interesting occasion ; and we have to add that, for the accommodation of those who might be desirous of re turning in the same manner, the vessels will leave Chichester on the following day, at 12 o'clock, for Portsmouth.—( Hants Telegraph.) PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2I.—A Meeting was held at the Exchange, on Tuesday, for the purpose of considering the advantages to be derived by establishing Steam vessels be tween this Port and Portsmouth, on the completion of the Arundel and Portsmouth Canal. It is calculated that the Canal Barges will reach Portsmouth from London in finer days, and allowing sufficient time for trans-shipment, the goods brought by this conveyance may be delivered in this port, within one week from their leaving London. To the. Fishermen of this Port and Brixham, it offers facilities, by enabling them to supply the markets of Portsmouth and the Metropolis, in a certain time, at a very moderate rate; and to passengers, a safe, easy; and expeditious conveyance, it being computed that thirty hours only would be necessary to reach London from this place. The Quarternioaf is now selling at Chiches ter,.by some bakers, at 6d.—(Brighton Herald.) The Lords of the Treasury have been pleased to extend the provisions of a recent Act, relieving wine and spirits placed under bond for exportation from mment of the duty on leakage to a certain extent, on all spirits and wines that may be bonded in the warehouses and vaults situated on the Wet Dock of Leith ; and as this beneficial indulgence, which may, in some instances, be a saving to the trade of not less than about 31. sterling per pipe, and as such extension on the part of the Treasury has emanated from it quite unsolicit ed on the part of the merchants, we cannot forbear giving the credit of it to the present worthy Chairman of the Board oil Customs, who is now in London, and who, upon all - occasions, shows a most commendable zeal to afford every facility to the trade of Scotland, with a due regard to the safety of,th'e Re venu e.—( Edinburgh Courant.) EXECUTION.—On Monday John Hqyzvood, for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Impett, at Sellinge, in Septem ber last,. by shooting her in the side, was executed at Penenden Math, in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. The unhappy man was brought forth from the prison about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and escorted to the Ileatt by the usual attendants. His appearance was that of extreme dejection and most poignant grief, which had altered his countenance in a very striking manner since his condemnation. He was so much overcome by his dreadful situation, that he did not once raise his eyes during the procession, but kept them immoveably fixed on the ground, continually ejaculating " Lord have mercy upon me ! Lord have mercy upon me !"--Mis agitation and debility were so great at the fatal spot, that it became ne cessary to support him, whilst the awful apparatus was ad.. justed ; and after having spent a few minutes in prayer, he was launched' into eternity. He did not make any confession at the place of execution, but he dictated a letter to his mother the preceding evening, in which he expressed his - deep contri tion for this and all other sins committed against the law of God, and he trusted in the blood of Christ for forgiveness. His body was delivered to the surgeons for dissection, aecord ing to his sentence. , - 0 31IOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Mon day auernoop Mr. BUTLER, a baker, in Fleet-market, was taking ,in a /bad of flour, and the men were backing it from the waggon into the bakehouse down a trap-door in the middle of the shop. Mr;:. B. who was standing at the door with her infant in her arms, about three months old, in making room for the,man with a sack on his back to pass her, moved backwards,. when, shock ing to relate, both she and her infant fell 'down the trap-door into the bake-house; a considerable height. FortunatalyWirs- Butler was taken up unhurt; but the infant was so dreadfully injured that it expired soon after.—A Coroner's Inquest has. been held-on the body, and the Jury returned a verdict ofAeci r dental Death. CORN. EXCHANGE, MARcu 27. Our market continues in the same flat state as on Monday, and what few 'sales have been effected to-day have obtained Monday's prices ; the supply chiefly from the over abundance of Monday, with but few arrivals, fully equalled die deniand, which was small. • • -.- HOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUUTHWARK, MARCH 25.-Our Hop market continue rs very dull, but as the holders do not seem anxious to sell, orthe supply great, we have little or no variation in the prices.