The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-22 00:00:00

FISH•MIIARKET, BILLINGSGATE,

This day's market exhibit:A a tolerable supply of fish,
but the demand being limited, caused little or no variation
from our last quotations. The following were the prices:
Prime Turbot, each lSs. Od. to 20s. Od.
Ditto small, per do.
litre Cod-fish, each
Inferior ditto
Fine Whitings, per IS .
S.'ll,ton, perlb.
Scate, each
Smelts,_ per 26 l2 0 , 16 0
Fine Soles, per three pairs 1 0 9 0
Brill, each
Cornetts, each
Live Flounders, per cpsartern
Live Eels, per Sib.
Fine Lobsters, per score 0 0 45 0
Inferior ditto
Shrimps, per gallon
Fine 1 armouth Red Herrings, per hundred U 0 7 0
Scotch ditto 0 0 6 (I

The first appearance of gipsies in Europe was
about the year 1417. They did not reach England till
near a century after. Their present numbers in Europe
are estimated at between 700,000 and 800,000.
ANOTHER COLLIERY ON FIRE.— A few
days ago it was discovered that a fire existed in the old
workings of the nine-feet coal at Saucily Colliery, in the
vicinity of Allot. From the investigations made, it ap-
pears that this fire must have begun about ten years age,
at the dead crop or outburst of the coal close to the surface.
The fire is amongst the rubbish of the old works, and so
close to the crop of the coal that the heat has the
effect of melting the snow presently on the ground
there. The fire is in a state of simple ignition, that is
red hot, but no flame, and it is surprising to find how very
little progress it has made in the space of ten years. It is
very remarkable that no smoke or vapour from the burn-
ing mass has appeared at any one of the numerous pits
which are upon this nine feet coal ; it is concluded, how-
ever, that the great extent of waste or old mines around
condenses the smoke and vapour, which are generated
slowly,
.and in very small quantities. Very exaggerated
accounts are afloat regarding this fire, as if it were like
Etna or Vesuvius vomiting flame; but such is its quiet
state, that a stranger may walk over the spot where the
fire is, and not discern or suspect that such a process is
going ou below grouAni,...Scosman.

IRISH LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEE. 19.
SEDUCTION.
EDMUND MA IN 121-1)1102,717 FINNIGAN.

Mr. PRATT opened the pleadings. This was an action
for seduction, to recover damages for loss of the services of
plaintiff's daughter. The declaration went on to state that
large sums of money had been expended on the plaintiff's
daughter from ill treatment by the defendant.
Damages were laid at 1000/., and the defendant pleack-d
the general issue.
county of 'Monaghan. He was the
father, who was a farmer also,
and with whom, his wife
Mr. ROLLTSTON stated, that the plaintiff was a humble
defendant'sn the
circumstances,
bin.aueritmg br residing,rifir ef nt the
e i
in
being dead, the daughter of the plaintiff had lived as
housekeeper for seven years, during which period she
had realized 100/. ; that the defendant had paid her ad-
dresses and Offered marriage; that she subsequently return-
ed to her father's, when defendant still continued his atten-
tion, and at length, on occasion of her returning from mar-
ket from Carrickmacross in his company, and in that of
two females, in the evening, he offered, on their parting
from her, to see her home, but she declined ; on which
he left her, but subsequently followed, overtook her in the
fields, and there effected his purpose, partly by force, and
partly by promising marriage. She was confined for
some months after by illness. in consequence. No further
intimacy had ever since occurred between the parties—
' The defendant afterwards publicly boasted of his guilt, on
one occasion, in presence of the young woman's brother.
Eleanor Magin, the daughter of the plaintiff, was then
examined, and proved the transaction, as stated by Counsel,
to have taken place in April last.
Two other witnesses were examined for the plaintiff ;
one of whom, Patrick Magin, the brother of the young
woman, proved the public acknowledgement, in his pre-
sence, by the plaintiff of his offence.
No witnesses were called for the defence, and after an
excellent charge from his Lordship, the Jury retiirnerl
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, Fifty Pounds.—rosts6d.
—Dublin Morning Post.

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS

The Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the
Princess ViczoatA, the Prince and Princess of B6HEN-
LOHY.-LAUCINBOURG, and the Prince of LEINENarx, and
attended by the Baroness de SPAIFITII, the Baroness de
LIETZSN, Lady cONILOY, and Sir JOHN CONROY, left the
seat of Prince LEo?oLn at Claremont yesterday morning,
for the Royal Lodge, Windsor-park, on a visit to the KING.
The Duke and Duchess of CLARENcr rode
eta yesterday in the Parks, for about two hours.
The Duke of Gamucr.smit honoured Mr.
BURFORD'S Panorama of the battle of Navarin, in the
Strand, with his presence yesterday.

On the occasion of the late marriage of the
Prince and Princess of HOHENLOHIti-LAIMENHOURC,
Prince LEOPOLD presented the Princess (who is niece to his
Royal Highness) with a handsome new carriage, built ex-
pressly for the purpose.
The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the
Duchess of CLARENCE yesterday, at the Admiralty, and
partook of a dejeune with her Royal Highness.
The Marquis of A NGLEsEA left his residence
in Old Burlington-street, yesterday morning, in his car-
riage and four, for the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park. Ilis
Lordship, it was expected, would take leave of His MA-
JESTY on his departure for Ireland, to enter on his of
duties as Lord Lieutenant.

Mr. HusKissoN had an interview with the
Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Treasury. The
Right Hon. Gentleman afterwards left town on a visit is
His AIAJEsTy, at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park.

Despatches were received about; two o'clock
vecterday afternoon, at the office of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, from Viscount GRANVILLE, our Am-
bassador at Paris. /lifter the arrival of the despatches Earl
DUDLEY proceeded to the Treasury, and had a conference
with the Duke of Wet.r.nacrow. Ilia Lordship after-
wards transacted business with Nona. ROM, the French
Charge d'Affaires. The Noble Earl sent off a messenger
to his MAJESTY in the course of the afternoon.

Lord WALLACE transacted business yester-
day at the office of the Board of Trade.
Sir CHRISTOPHER. ROBINSON visited the
Dicke of Wri,uNc.roN at the Treasury yesterday.

HiSIMAJESTY patronizes the intended Grand
Musical Festival at Hereford, which is to take place on the
2d, 3d, and 4th of September.
The Archbishop of Paris has ordered nine
successive days of prayer in his diocese, for the purpose of
invoking light from on high on the lalArs of the French
Legislature.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.--Lord Scars-
dale and family, at Bryant's (late Warne's) Hotel, Con-
duit-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris and family, in
Portman-square, from Ramsgate; General Lethbridge, at
the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from Shrewsbury; Sir
W. Clarke, Bart. Lady Clarke, and H. Clarke, Esq. at
the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, from Cheltenham ; the
Rev. W. Holder and Mrs. Holder, at ditto, from Oxford;
the Rev. Thomas Richardson, at ditto, from Ireland ; W.
Dodd, Esq. at ditto, from Ireland ; Frederick Twenlow,
Esq. at ditto, from Staffordshire ; Rev. J. E. Bingham,
at ditto, from Hemel Hempstead ; J. Tempest, Esq. at
ditto, from Worcestershire; Sir Watkin and Lady Harriet
Williams Wynn and family, yesterday, at their house in St.
James's-square, from their seat, Wynnstay, near Wrex-
ham, Denbighshire; Captain and Mrs. Cope, in Berkeley-
square, from Bath ; Captain Davison, at the Royal Hotel,
St. James's-treet, from Brighton; Duncan Davison, Esq.
M.P. at ditto, from Brighton; C. W. Tupper, Esq. at
ditto, from Brighton ; Hon. T. Fiennes, at ditto, from
Brighton ; the Rev. J. Baker, at ditto, froth a tour.
DEPARTURES.-The Earl of Onslow, from
the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat in
Surrey ; Lord and Lady Bracknell, for Melton Mon-bray ;
Mr. and Mrs. Deering and family, from their seat, Ayot,
St. Lawrence, Herts, for Brighton; Sir John Forbes,
Bart. for his seat in .;icotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton,
from Cavendish-square, for Bath ; Sir George Lyre and
family, from Bryant's (late Warne's) Hotel ; Rev.
Ord, from ditto, for Oxford; Captain Gambier, R.N.
and G. Jennings, Esq. from the London Hotel, Albe•
marle-strect, for Sir James Gambier, Bart.'s seat in Herts.

Archbishop USHER being requested by a Mr.
BUTTON to write an Epitaph on his father, sent him the
following :
Oh, heav'n and earth ! Oh, stars and poles !
That graves should be hut Button-holes.
THE FRENCH THEATRE.—Yesterday even-
ing a pretty little vaudeville, in one act, was produced at
this theatre, called Le Tcyrnoi, on, line Tournee du
Vieux Temps. Amongst its meritp, that of presenting for
the first time to an English audience, a very clever actress,
Mademoiselle ELFONORE, of the theatre l'Ambigu
Comique, was not the least. She bids fair, certainly, to
equal, if not surpass, many of the present fair claimants to
public favour on this stage. The house was very well
attended.

ELOPEM NT.—The curiosity of the inha-
bitants of Cardigan was last week strongly excited by the
following mysterious affair:—Late in the evening of Wed-
nesday se'nnight, a lady and gentleman, the former appa-
rently about eighteen; and the latter thirty-five years of
age, and ball most fashionably attired, arrived in a chaise
and pair at the principal inn. They bad reached Narheth
on the preceding evening from Milford, to which place they
had come in one of the packets from Ireland, and repre-
sented themselves to be a newly-married couple on their
matrimonial tour. About seven o'clock in the morning,
after their arrival at Cardigan, and whilst they were fast
locked in the vigour-restoring arms of the drowsy god, two
persons in a chaise drove up to the Lion at a rapid pace.—
One of them proved to be the lady's father, and the other
a POlice officer, from whose representation it appeared that
they were all natives of the Emerald Isle, and that the lady
had eloped with her companion under extremely distressing
circumstances : rumour stated the latter to be a married
man, and a near connexion of the family; however, nothing
positive was known on this head ; but the father, a venerable
looking old gentleman of a highly respectable appear-
ance, seemed greatly effected, and having requested to be
shown in a room for the purpose of arranging his
dress,
the landlady happened to introduce him into. one "'lle!'
his daughter's bonnet had been placed, which he im-
mediately recognized, and wept bitterly:—
the whole
of his conduct evinced the most agraiizing feelings._
The young couple had arisen, and sat down to breakfast,
little imagining who was so near them, when the father
entered the room. Immediately on seeing h.io the lade
shrieked and fainted, whilst her loving swain " looked
unutterable things." A long conference then teok place, ;
the particulars of which did not transpire but, about
twelve o'clock, it appeared they had come to an arrange-
ment to retrace their steps to the Land of MUrphies ; and
two chaises were ordered to be got ready to mnve).,
them,
—the father and daughter entered one, and the gallant
Lothario, followed by the police-officer, took possesion of the
ether. The names of the parties were not asset rained.
(forth Wales Chronicle,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Plymouth Journal of yesterday.)

PINNIOUTH, FEB. 21.—The Erebus, bomb-vessel,
Commander George Haye, moved out of h9.rhou:
on Thurqday, and anchored bet ween the Island lid
Main.

The Bittern tender, Lieut. Bull (acting), arrived
on Saturday from Cork, with newly-raised mar.
from the rendezvous at Liverpool. She sailed again
for Portsmouth with COMP of those men cn Monday
evening.
The Bramble cutter, 10, Lieut. flasweil, eetur-n,j
from Spithead on Sunday night.
The Maidstone frigate, Commodore
-went out of harbour on Monday, having been re-
paired.
The Maria transport, with troops, from Londore,
bound to Sierra Leone, arrived on Tuesday.
The Vigilant ketch sailed from Falmouth on Sun-
day, with a mail for Liebon, the regular packets
having been kept out of the channel by the late con-
trary and variable winds.
On Sunday the Pylades, 18, Commander G. V.
Jackson, arrived from the West Indies last from
Portsmouth, and came into Ilamoaze to prepare to
he paid off; and to be examined as to her ritnees to
be re-commissioned.
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ocarted
fbraleolmTnTn,:iehhtoteeli
hnensei3Fdla
rnßlarisdyitordoti ifat:ooyi tsr::rhiyermtlz
;T(eentniieitioi
en,
f:psotgldcleo.
Tuesday morning,
Commander
theesio,fmr:i oanbled-
roastole s:rhiagt3ir r [Hoi
having
lki
He ,
e).l Si arrivedaepnrci
ommuetiiidebstl
of the Land's-end, the wind at. tIL-2itsotobi
strong from the S.S.W. and the cquadron making
little progress, in consequence of the dullness of ti2e,
Perola and Tejo. The Gloucester, Capt. Horton;
joined the squadron the day after they left this port.
The Kains, transport, passed this-port on Tues-
day, from the West Indies, after 42 days' paesage.
Mr. M'Leod, Purser, R.N., and Mr. Squire, Acting
Master, R.N., both of this town, were landed from
her. Jamaica had been very sickly.
In !Jammu —Brita nnia, Jasseur, Pylades, Hey -
nard, Leveret, Royalist, Nightingale, Antelope, In-
dustry.
In Barn-pool—Leije Dutch corvette.
At the Island—Erebus, Britomart, Bramble
In Catwater—Cato and Maria transports.
In the Sound—Maidstone.
The Pelorns, 18, Captain P. Richards, returned
to Malta from Alexandria on the 21st of January.
Lieut. C. W. Riley is appointed to the Erebne
bomb-vessel, vice Knapmau, gone on half-pay.
Lieut. J. Nash, of Torpoint,is appointed to the Bri-
tannia vice Thackeray. Mr. J. Wilson, Surgeon
(late of the Gloucester), is appointed to the Coast
Guard at Southend, Essex, being the first Surg,eori
appointed to that service. Mr. E. Rowley, Hos-
pital Mate of the Royal Naval Hospital, Stone-
house, is appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Hype-
rion, in the Coast Blockade Service, Newhaven.
Commander Chas. Crole, of the Columbine;
promoted to the rank of Captain ; Lieutenant John
Townshend (son of Lord John Townshend) is pi „e-
-moted to the rank of Commander, and appointed !o
the :_:elttrobine; Commander Fletcher to the WO-
liam and Mary yacht ; Lieut. li. Levesconte, is pro-
moted to the rank of Commander; Lieut. Georiie
Rodney Mundy is appointed to thePyrarous ; Lietne
John Carslake, to command the Cracker, vice Brom-
ley ; Lieut. H. Schomberg, to the Orestes ; Lieut,
Fred. Coffin, Dispatch ; Lieut. Edward Barnett, to
the Linnet surveying-vessel ; Mr. James Irwin, of
the Asia, is promoted to be a Lent. of the Phil:re-
mel ; Mr. M. C,apponi, to be Surgeon of the Blonde-
_ .

Lieut. R. Fegan, commanding the Pincher
schooner, is Promoted to the rank of Commander_
He was made a Lieut. in 1806, served in the expe-
ditions to Monte Video and Walcheren, waa acting
Commander of the Kangaroo, in 1823, on the death
of Captain Flood (in the West Indies,) subsequently
commanded the iNlisleto schooner, and liner and.
Lapwing, revenue cruisers, during which time hr
captured several large snuggling vessels and their
crews, particularly the Dart cutter, of 90 tons, -,s-itE
a full cargo, and is now in the West Indies.
The following Midshipmen passed their camina:
tions for Lieutenants, last week, at the Royal Naval
College:---Frederick Shelly, Blonde ; Francis Wm,
Austin, Pelican ; Collin William Lindsay, Alligator;
Thomas Lewis, Mersey; George Clarke Meads and
Charles Wetherell Pears, Victory ; John Marthead,
Infernal ; and Charles C7ollyesr Dawkins, late
Blanche.

The Alfred, Pearson, from China for Lond;r;
arrived off the port on aturday, and landed, pas-

senger.
The Anna, Easton, from this port, arrived at '5l--
Michael's on the 30th ult., and the Eugtier, Leader;
on the 3iat.

On Friday last the brig Mary Ann, which drifted
in from sea, and got on shore near Boviland Bay or.
the 13th January, was floated off two hours Were
high water (the rise of the tide being 14 feet), ar.t.l
towed into Catwater by the Brunswick. etearne.—
The Mary Ann, though bilged, her stern stove in,
and otherwise much damaged, is a remavhbly fine,
bold-looking vessel, and will, we imderstarvi,
forthwith repaired.

The purchaFers of the slur, Jessie Lawson, suc-
ceeded in getting her off the rocks on Tuesdsy
morning; but having no other assistance than boats,
she became unmanageable, and drifted again on
shore.

MONDAY—Arrived General Palmer, Truscoer.
from Portsmouth for Madras ; Mermaid, Curning,
from Dartmouth ; Halcyon, Strugnell, from South.-
ampton ; Brownfield, Cowling, from London; Union,
Popham, from Lisbon.—Sailed the John and Mary,
Hardy, for Jersey.
TUESDAY—Arrived Ceres, Tyler, from Lime,—,¢t;
'Flower, Clements, from Looe ; Barbadoes,
from London for Barbadoes; Anglesey, JcP.'es from
London for St. Michael's. )

—Arrived
iTzn; T
Tridents
,awr,mce, from
%riend's Goodwill;
Saxton, from Chichester anci nenryn; Three Sieters:
from Salcombe ; Cnroberland, Raw_lings, from
LondonrE D N
forE s
Hull for New York. Tharne,i (steam-ship), fcr
London.