The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-24 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY.

PORTSIIOUTIf, APRIL 23.—The Hart, tender.
attached to the Dover, at Leith, arrived here last Monday; she
will return .to Scotland the first fair wind. We understand
that the revenue cruisers on the coast of Scotland have been
placed under the controul of Capt. Knight, Inspector General
of the preventive service in Scotland: The hart has since
sailed on her return.

- His Majesty's ship Sparrowhawk sailed on Tuesday to. the
westward; also the Prince of Orange transport,
,Lieut. Wil-
liams, agent for Cork, where, it is reported, she will embark
troops to relieve detachments stationed at Jersey, Guernsey,
and Plymouth.
The Starling cutter has brought a smuggler into this pOrt.
Admiral Sir G. Martin, gave a splendid dinner on
Thursday at the George Inn, to the officers of the Victory, hiS
flag ship.
'The Jasper has arrived, from Jersey, where she has been
employed for some time in superintending the extensive British
oyster fisheries in the neigbourhood of .that island.
The long continued prevalence of easterly winds has prevent-
ed the arrival of many ships that are expected from abroad,
and the change which has now taken place will most probably
bring into port numerous merchantmen who have been wind-
bound in the chops of the Channel.
The Forte is expected shortly from the West Indies, the
Blossom from South America, and the Glasgow from Malta.
• The Frinsbitry and Fanny transports, which have been de-
tained at. Spithead, owing to the strong easterly winds, since
our last report, sailed on Thursday for the River.
Ships at Spithead-.-Jasper and Terror. In Harbour—Vic-
tory, Queen Charlotte, Bulwark, Wellesley, Albion, Jupiter,
Samarang, Medina, Cyrene, Arrow, Quail; Viper, and Linnet.

A dreadful accident occurred a short time ago
at Marjevols. The vicar of the parish, accompanied by more
than eighty persons, went to the house of a, poor sick woman to
administer the Sacrament. Upon entering the chamber, which
was on the second story, the floor suddenly fell, and the whole
party were precipitated to the first f100r,.. which likewise at
the same instant "gave way, with a loud and tremendous
crash. Two hours were occupied in taking the unfortunate
persons out of the rubbish. A woman and her daughter were
killed, and forty persons more or less wounded. .The Vicar.
received some severe cOntusions.(Galignani's Messenger.)

The widow of a public functionary of this
city lost a favourite dog which died some weeks
ago. She wished to it interred in the tomb
of her husband, and accordingly offered the
churchwardens 2,000 crowns for permission to do
so. A demand so extraordinary was of course
refused. She thea obtained, at a considerable
expence, leave to bury her defunct friend in the
garden of her neighbours. Before the funeral
ceremonies were performed, she laid him out in a
mahogany coffin, the head crowned with myr-
tle, and covered witit a robe of satin de-
corated with lace, to the admiration of the
curious, to whom, as they approached; she
caused cake and wipe to be distributed. This
strange occurrence collected such crowds .of
people-, and the tumult became so great, that the in-
tervention of the police became necessary, who
were obliged to have recourse to arms before they
could restore quiet and peace. It is %.c.orthy of
remark, that this said widow, whose conduct in
every other respect is perfectly conformable to
the rules of sound reason, still visits regularly
the tomb of her husband, and has pot permitted
a handkerchief, which is attached to the coffin, to
be washed, being that which she used to wipe
away the perspiration from the forehead of her
husband during his last illness, and which she
still uses in wiping away the tears which she
sheds for him, though he has been dead a long
time.—(Berlin Paper.)

PRICE OF STObIcS
THTS ll 1 V AT TWO O'CLOCK.
245 India Stock
Bo n 6
'OW South- Sus Stc,ck
Annvities
4 pt:r Cent. r N
o.ldew 1004 Ex. Dills
•
t
5 per Cents. 1797
Bank Loop- A I
nn. 234 3.l6ths India fcr:Cm Acct
Imp. 3 per'Cent3. Cons. fur Acct.

flank Stock
3 per Cent. Ite.:
3 per (.7ent. Conn.
3i per Cent

3001
83s 84s.

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-55 54

.96H1

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PR ICE or' FOREIGN STOCKS iv LONDON, APRIL 24,
AT ON I-: 05CLOCK. .
f Five per Cents. 103.
. Scrip, 18. f .pru.
Six per Cents. 00. ..' •
Five per Cents: (Metallic) 00.
(Ditto New 97.
Five per Cent-Bonds, 97,i.
Scrip, In prem.
Five per Cent. Bonds, 1920, 00. •
Ditto 1821, Ifl4. •
Ditto . 1823, 16: •
.1 Five pet Cent. Bonds, ;Mi.
,
Portuguese
..( Bonds, 98i.
1
Ditto New, 993.
k Scrip, SA.
Danish Five per Bonds, 102.
Peruvian Scrip, 2.
Chili B6, - • •
f Six per Cent. Bonds, 931.
Colombian• • 1 Scrip, 31 prem.
111 ex ican - Scrip, 10{ prem.
Greek 1/ dis.
Alliance Insurance Shares--17.
f Bank Shares £24 83: 01: -
- 1-Seven per Cent. 95.
American . Six per C,nt. 94 —lO2. ..
Five per Cent. 100-102. • .
Three per Cent. 77.
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French

Russian

Neapolitan
A ostrion

Spanish

Prussian

HMI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW.
limning, 12 minutes after 11. 1 Evening, 33 minutes after 11.

THE SUN.

SOLE)! QUIS DICERE FAISUIT AUDILIT

LONDON,
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1824.

In a preceding column we have given some
extracts from -the Foreign Journals, amongst.
which will be found the article in the'Etoile, on
the state of South America, and particulafly of
Colombia, to which we alluded yesterday:—
We are quite ready to admit that every thing
on this deeply interesting subject coming through
the medium of the Madrid or French Mi 1.17-...
sterial Journals, should be viewed with the
utmost caution and distrust. Indeed, we are not
,less anxious than the warmest friends to ttre inde-
pendence of South America, to discredit -every:
statement or rumour that is unfavourable to the
cause of the Pariot s, or less eager to cling to those
circumstances which afford well.foundod hopes of
their success. Agreeing, however, as the pye.tent_
accounts do, with the private information :Which
has reached otirielves through very different chan-
nels, it is impossible for us not to feel considerable
uneasiness,as to the result of the South American
contest. Th 4 ftieilds of Spanish despotism are,
we know, sanguine in their expectations that
both Mexico and Peru, at the least, will return
under. the yoke of the Mother Country.

The Journal des DAats of -Wednesday cone.
tains another tale of wonder. from Constanti-
nople. The Porte, it appears, has peremptorily
required of Lord STRA.NerFonn.that peace.shall
be immediately made between this country and
Algiers, because the-Sublime Porte is in want of
an Algerine squadron to attack. the Greeki That
the war which we now wage on the 'barbarians
of Algiers, has operated, as ,we stated would be,
the case at. its commencement, as a very powerful
diversion in favour of Greece, is very true. ft
is also very probably true, that the PoRTE is.
greatly enraged at. this inconvenient procedure
on the part of Great Britain. But the manner
in .which it is said to have demanded the cessa-
tion of hostilities is much more likely to bring a,
British squadron to Constantinople, than to have
the effect of sending away that which is now ocCu-
pied in the blockade of A lgiers. Thesame account
states that the Divan has further insisted on Lord
B ynoN and other British subjects being compelled
by our Government to withd raw from GrveCe! Lord ,
STRANGFORD is represented as being very much.
embarrassed in his. negociations by these -point
blank and unceremonious demands. This cte.
can very well believe ; and as it is of Course im
possible for his Lordship to give the Porte any
satisfaction on the subjects of differencee...
should. not .:be much surprised to hear of !
Lordship finding. it necessary to Tilt Constanti:.
nople.

CITY, Twelve o'clock.—Consoli openrd this
morning at 96.1 for the Account, but went dd'wu
to 96.1-1, with a heavy Market. In the early part
of the morning a considerable sale was made.—
Console are now, for Money, 968, and 961+ for
the Account, with little doing. Ido not hear of
any Express having arrived from Paris, nor have
w•e any reports in the City.

FOREIGN MARKET.--Little doing except in
Colombian Scrip.

A Jamaica Mail has arrived with Papers to
the 6th of March. The Mail has brought no
later news from South America than that pre-
viously received. The following, however, con-
firms some of the intelligence that preceded its

arrival :

[From the Royal Gazette of the 6th March.] •
Bogota and Carthagena Gazettes have been
received here, and from them we learn that they