The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-26 00:00:00

GREECE AND TURKEY.

Extract of a private letter received at Frank-
fort on the Maine, dated Smyrna, Nov. 10 :
" You request from me, Sir, some details relatively to the
state of our affairs, as well in a political as in a commercial
point of view, and I shall, therefore, venture to express a few
ideas. The Greek insurrection has been so marvellously ex-
aggerated by its partisans, that my opinion will, perhaps, sur-
prise you. To my mind it has never appeared of serious cha-
racter, and its means, whenever they shall be left to themselves,
will never be in proportion to the great resources of the Otto-
man Empire. A war with Russia would alone inspire the
Insurrectionists with confidence. It is now too late, and
their ruin too far advanced, for a declaration' of war to pro-
duce any other effect than the entire extermination of
this ill-fated nation, by its own fault. This severe mea-
sure is, doubtless, too imperiously recommended by cir-
cumstances for the hope to be entertained that the Sultan
would be generous enough not to carry it into execution at the
risk of his own existence. How, otherwise, are the efforts of a
hostile people, spread ovar the whole Empire, and ready to un-
dertake every thing on the least prospect of success, to be para-
lysed ? This idea alone inspires terror ; and if Russia take, as
it appears she will, any part with this people, this consideration
is unquestionably of a nature to be appreciated by her. War,
about which so much has been said, is now very little talked of;
and the general opinion seems to revert to peace. I think that
time will, at length, moderate the fermented state of Europe.—
It is difficult to conceive the absurd notions, and equally false
and extraordinary, which have taken possession of the minds of
all Christian nations respecting the Greek revolution, and in fa.
your of our modern Eratostrati. The Greek nation was never
more prosperous, more honoured, more wealthy, and better pro-
tected, than at the moment when she raised the standard of re-
volt againsther benefactor, who had conferred upon her so many
benefits, that only one thing was left for her to desire—that Tur
key should yield to her dominion. And how have they acted
hitherto ? They commenced their career by the most horrible
massacres ; men, women, and children, without distinction of
age, sex, or quality, are mangled piecemeal, roasted, hanged,
impaled, and nailed up alive wherever they fall into their power.
The garrisons of the fortresses which capitulated experience the
same fate, in violation
,of the most solemn oaths. Amongst the
number which furnish examples of this conduct are Malvoisie,
and Navarin. You will shudder on learning the details of all the
horrors committed by these cannibals. There is one thing
which, .on the part of the Turks, cannot fail to excite astonish-
ment, which is, that they have not, in retaliation, surpassed
these atrocities. The executions and assassinations committed
by the Musselmen have been wonderfully exaggerated. This
may be judged of from those which have taken place in this
town, amongst us who were eye-witnesses. The Spectator (a
Smyrna Journal) does not scruple to state the number of victims
at 2,000, but which certainly does not amount to esoo. The
Greeks have, over the Turks, the advantage of writing and ad-
dressing their narratives to persons who favour their cause, and
who believe every thing which they clime to state ; the Turks,
on the contrary, never write to any one, and the bare quality of
being Turks obtains for them but few partisans in Eorope. We
have certainly passed some alarming intervals here ; but, hap-
pily, this was more the effect of fear than of reality. You
know that fear easily seizes all minds, and' that the example of
one's neighbour'is contiguous ; still more unhappily for us, it
appears, that it has always suited the purposes of our European
authorities (who, like the Turks, do not run the risk of losing
their heads) to keep up a certain disquietude, which they conve-
niently torn to their advantage, and which, latterly, they have,
to our shame, or rather to theirs, been singularly successful in
exciting. It has been said, that the Consuls saved the Franks
'at Smyrna ;' it might more justly have been said, that they com-
pelled them to escape, for they were so bewildered by listening,
or affecting to listen, to the absurd reports which fear conjured
up and spread abroad,thatl at one moment they would, by order,
cause wives, children, furniture, all to be embarked ; and, at
-another, send on board the archives of the Chancery department,
and thechurch ornaments; and thus, 'at a moment of. perfect
, tranquillity, when the local authorities were making every
effort tomaintain good order, Smyrna all at once presented
the aspect of a town taken by assault. Imagine to yourself a
general sauve pent—,the embarkation of women and chil.
dren ; the Consuls the first to desert their posts, and all this
Without rhyme or reason. What is 'most singular is, that with
an increase of the ships of war (whose presence alone would in.,
sure our safety) in our roads, the fear of our Consuls became
more intense. At one moment it was proclaimed that the
Turkish fleet had been burned by the Insurgents; at others, that
war with Russia (an event which will give a great shock) would
break out at the end of the month, or week, and' all this was
announced in circulars by the Consuls, who thereupon gave or-
ders to their countrymen to embark their most valuable effects,
in order that, on the first signal, they might only have to save
their persons; to provide themselves with six days' provisions, & c.
The said circulars also enjoined them to give the utmost pub-
licity to their contents, in consequence of which they were
6 hawked. about in the most public quarters of the town, and
read, at will, by every one. You may judge of the effect of
such measures and such conduct."

AG-'RICULTUILE,

TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF

KENT.

GENTLEMEN—Having recently proposed and promoted a
County Meeting, " for the purpose of petitioning Parliament
on the present Agricultural distress," I. owe it to you and to
myself to explain the circumstances which may prevent the
from persevering in that measure. That explanation is parti-
cularly due to those Freeholders who honoured with their sup-
port the requisitions which were circulated by myself and others
throughout the County, in order to obtain that object.
Under the unparalleled distress which now afflicts this County,
as well as every other part of the Kingdom, and which might,
by its continuance, produce disorganization in the State, I
could not entertain a doubt that a general wish would be
felt by the Owners as well as the Occupiers of Land to
petition, Parliament on the subject, which is of vital im-
portance to all clasSes of the community., On such an oc-
casion I hoped that all party feelings would be laid aside, and'
that persons who differed in . their Political opinions might
cordially co-operate from a sense of their common danger,
and from a desire to promote the public welfare and their own.
I thought also, that measures might be proposed which ought
to unite in their support all classes and descriptions of persons,
and even those who were not immediately interested in the cul-
tivation of the soil. It seemed also very requisite to dispel the
delusion which exists in many quarters,' that relief could be
found only in high prices, which are neither desirable nor at-
tainable.

Some persons who agreed 'with me in thin/dug that petitions
ought to be presented to Parliament for relief, would not sign
the; Requisition, becatise they Were of opinien -that the object
would be bestpromoted by private Meetings, and "-Agricultu-
-ral Associations." They might, indeed, have learned from ob-
servation, if not from their own experience, that these petitions
must be the most effectual which are supported by large num-
bers,.and by the weight and constitutional influence that be-
longs to a County Meeting.. They might also have reflected
that private Associations; however respectable the individuals
are who compose them, may be viewed by the public with
indifference, .because they are -thought to be inefficient, or
witkmistrUst, because they may be supposed to have for their
object some measure which might tend to raise the price of corn,
and. which might be considered unfavourable to the general in-
. terests of the country. On the other hand, I found that the
Yeomen and the Farmers were, as they ought to be, and as
might naturally be expected, most anxious for a County Meet-
ing, :at which the whole subject might be. fully and publicly
discussed. •

indeed, the object of such Associations were; if possible,
to render provisions dear, I am ready to allow that private
Meetings are best fitted for a purpose which is so unpopular.
It would be well
however for the advocates of such a measure
to consider whether it would be practicable to effect it, when
it is manifest that, the protecting duty which they recom-
mend could have no effect whatever upon the price of
corn, and that the prices of almost every other article
of produce have also experienced a similar depression.
For example, itwas stated by a witness. who was examined
before the Committee on the depressed state of Agrieulture,
and it must he well known in this County; that " in the dis.
" tricts where the cultivation of Hops is very much relied upon,
" the price only just pays the duty." Though the present
prices of produce are not such as can in general remunerate the
Farmer and enable him to pay the taxes and other charges to
' which he is subject, the distress which is now so generally and
SO severay felt is not occasioned solely by low prices. A similar
distress did not exist at the commencement of the late war when-
prices were very low, and when the taxes were low also; but the
prices are now nearly the same as they were then, and perhaps
lower, while the taxes are now nearly four times as great as they
were at that period. The present distress arises from the dis-
proportion which now exists between the present prices of pro-
duce and the present amountof taxes, and it is, as appears to
me, a clear and undeniable proposition, that such disproportion
can be removed only by increasing those prices, or by diminish-
ing those taxes; and that if. the former alternative is impracti-
cable, the latter can only be adopted. If that measure were
adopted to a sufficient extent, low prices would cease to be a
subject of complaint, and would afford general satisfaction of
the country.
Some persons refused to sign the Requisition, bemuse they
thought that no relief could 1)e obtained; but it was somewhat
premature to form that judgment before they had any know-
ledge of the measures which would be proposed, and which
might have received their concurrence, • when the subject had I
been fully explained.
Other persons declined to . support the Requisition, because
they objected very strongly to the proposal of any specific mea-
sures in the Petition, as if that Petition ought to have been in
the style of a " begging Letter," stating distress, and asking ge-
nerally for relief. I thought on the contrary, that when relief
is solicited it ought 'to be sewn to be practicable, which I
firmly believe to bo the case at present. There might, how-
ever, exist circumstances under which norelief could be granted
to the Farmers, and such would have been the case if their dis-
tress had proceeded from a general failure of the crops. Now
we are gravely told that their distress is occasioned by the crops
being too abundant, though abundance was formerly considered
to he a blessing..
In all disorders, vt9iether bodily or political, it is necessary
to ascertain the cause, in order to effect the cure. If the
County Meeting had been held, I would have endeavoured to
explain very fully the origin and causes of the present distress,
which, far from being of a. temporary or transient nature,
does not seem to me to have attained its full height, and
must increase by its continuance, till it may lead to con-
sequences the most calamitous. I would have stated in
what manner the return to cash payments had increased the
heavy burthen of the taxes, and rendered in all cases difficult,
and in some cases impracticable, the execution of private
contracts. I 'would have represented the evils which the pre-
sent distress may bring upon the labourers, upon the trades-
men, upon. the manufacturers, and also upon the fund-
holders. 1 would have 'sliewn that an enormous reduction
might, without injustice, be made of those taxes Which
are imposed upon several of the necessaries of life, upon
beer, salt, leather, candles, and soap. I would have re-
commended an equal, and therefore a just, assessment
of the
,poor's rates, and of all other public burthens, upon
all capital however invested. I would have recommended the
adoption of such municipal regulations as would secure to the
consumer the full advantage which lie ought to• receive from
low pnces. Above all, I would have recommended that taxes
anti other payments should be reduced in the same proportion
as the value of the currency has been increased. The explana-
tions anti arguments which I should Have offered upon the sub-
ject would very much exceed the limits of this address, but
they may appear, in another form, in a pamphlet, which
will soon be published. I subjoin the Petition which I in-
tended to propose, and which would, I think, have afforded an
useful example to other countries. It is submitted to your
unconnected as it was with
candid consideratiOn.' must deeply regret that the pro-
-the Landed Proprietors of
di3diielotitngtipon this occasion receive such
any party
paurpCooguens,
su
thlpSprout:lntyd, enas.L.nwlotr3;yemuld allowe"t mfue"to hope that it would have pro.
rooted as effectually as I wished the objects which I have in view.
I have endeavoured to discharge my duty, and 1 leave others to
perform theirs, ifthey are not blind to the dangers of the coun-
try, and to the awful crisis which is now approaching.
I shallaaiways continue to be, . •
Your most faithful servant, -
STANHOPE.

(COPY OF TO Ptioposrp Pi TITIONO
The humble Petition of the undersigned Owners and
Occupiers of Land in the Cwunty of Kent,

SS ew rrn,

That the unexampled distress with which your Petitioners
arc now afilicted, appears to them the more alarming, be-
cause it is not the result of temporary causes, and the more
grievous, because no efficient measures have yet been adopted
by Parliament for their relief.
That their distress does not proceed, as has been strangely
represented, from abundant production, which in former
and happier periods of our history was considered to be a
blessing ; and that the bounty of Providence cannot be de-
precated by'your Petitioners as ,a misfortune_
That the real cause of their distress is an excessive lmrtlien

of taxation, SLICII as was never yet endured in any other coun-
try-, and such as cannot be continued in this wittiont come
quences the most calamitous; and that the pressure of that
burthen has been very much increased by the,alteration of the
currency, !,:bich has reduced the prices of all pniduce, and
diminished therefore thy means of syPPortiollthc taxes which

THE SUN.

SOLEIII QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
IVEDYESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1821.

New York Papers to the 2d.llecernber ar-

rived this morning

(From the New• York Gazette of the 30th November.)

Important Extract of a Letter from llarannali, dated Oct. 31.

" Our crop of coffee is very poor this year. I
had previously calculated the general averagq to
be about one half of the last year's crop.

" Nov. 6.—The Spanish Main, from the Oro-
noko to tl►e Mexican Gulph, is all independent.
Porto Cabello, in Carraccas, and the fortifica-
tions of St. Juan de Ultoa, are the only two
places in the hands of the •Royalists. Mexico
has surrendered ; Vera Cruz is entirely deserted,
and the troops retire to Ulla.
" Nov. 7.---I confirmed to you by my last the
taking of Mexico--all that kingdom is now in-

dependent."
The following is an Extract of a Proclamation.
from the Captain-General of the Island of Cuba,
dated GU Nov. :

" By the Royal Order of the 9'2d Sept. of
last year, it is ordained and provided in what
manner emigrants, as well subjects of Spain as
foreigners, coming to settle for their own good
and that of the Island, will be hereafter admit-
ted.--I have resolved on establishing the follow-
ing- regulations :

" Art: 1. Every foreigner who may arrive,
With or without a passport, shall present a me-
morial to this Government, subscribed with his
name and that of his security, who will be an-
swerable for his conduct during the whole pe-
riod uf residence which may be allowed him, as
without this necessary requisite the Captain who
may bring such foreigner shall be obliged to take
him away, under a penalty of two hundred
dollars.

" Art. 2. The said mem?rial will be examined
at the Secretary's Office.
" Art. 3. The Recorder to be appointed shall
keep a book, in which he must distinctly enrol
the names, that of the vessel, the port of depar-
ture, date of arrival, &c.
" Art. 4. Official notice of this order to be
served on the Collector.
" Art. 5. The Officer cf the Revenue must
make known to all the Captains of foreign ves-
sels, that their passengers cannot be landed
without complying with these formalities."

Extract of a Private Fatter, received this morning, from New

Orlean;, dated Nov. 7.

" About 4000 bales of cotton of the second
crop have been brought to nrrket, a large pro-
portion of which is already disposed of at 18
to 19!, cents, The brig Aristides, from Liver-
pool, which was captured by pirates, and run
ashore near Cape Antonio, is reported to have
been bilged ; a large part of the cargo will be
lost, which is very valuable. It is reported the
brig Ann, of Liverpool, has met the same fate.
Should this be the case, British goods wily be
extremely' scarce;' indeed, we sold some linens

last week at upwards of 100 per cent. advance.
In consequence of the demand for bills on Eng-
land, the exchange has risen to 11 premium, and
is expected to advance to 15 per cent. Tiils cer-
tainly proves the baiance of trade. in favour of
England."

NOVA SCOTI have this moraiffg re-

ceived letters from Halifax to the Bth instant.—
Every thing there is very
„dull..—The premium
then paid for private Bills on England was 121 per

We insert this day another excellent commu-
nication on the state of Ireland. Our Corres-
pondent, " Are Laisii LANDLORD," in the Letter
which 'we published yesterday, attributed the
outrages and disorpnization Of the disturbed dis-
tricts to the poverty and extreme wretchedness
of the peasantry, and recommended the reduc-
tion of rents, and the execution of public works,

and other means of employment, as the best re-
medy which could he applied to the disordered
state of Irish society. Our equally intelli-
gent and well-informed Correspondent to-day,
traces the crimes and misery of the lower

Irish to the neglect of their moral Ad in-
ellectual- improvement, and to the demo-

ralizing influe•ice, vicious example, crimihat
connivance, or culpable apathy, of. the greater
part of the resident Gentry. The truth is; that
the cause of the present wretched state of society
in Ireland is two-fold, and that the remedy must
be two-fold. The evil has been produced both,
by poverty and by demoralization ; and the cure
must be effected by, both promoting the physical
comforts and reforming the moral character of-
the people. It is mit enough that at:110(AS
.Shall be opened for the purposes of itistruc-
tion, and that the Gentry, by reforming their
own lives, shall endeavour, by example, to amend
those of their dependents:—means must also be
adopted for giving profitable employment and
comfortable subsistence to the poor. It is not
enough that plans of extensive improvement, for
the employment of the people, shall be set -o:►
foot :—regard must be paid to their moral cul-
ture, and to the directing of their energies bene7
ficially both for themselves and the public. Our
Correspondents have ably opened up both these
branches of the inquiry, and we trust that they
will pursae it, until some practicable scheme be
devised for accomplishing the great object which
all parties so anxiously desire.

In a preceding column we have inserted an,
Addreis• to the Freeholders of the County of
Kent, by Earl STAN!IOPi.:, on the Agricultural
Distress, with the Copy of a Petition prepared
by his Lordship for presentation to Parliament.
In these documents there are many melancholy
truths, as to the present state of the Agricultural
Interest ; but we much fear that his Lordship's
expectations of relief from a reduction of taxes
will be disappointed, and- that no reduction of
taxes, however it might affect other classes,
would benefit the farmers. If the price of co!tw'
be depressed merely from there being an excess
of produce over the actual demand, it is obvious
that the price, so long as that cause exists, most
be depressed below the remunerating standard,
whatever may be the cost of production. In this
respect, the same consequence is inevitable,.
whether the cost of producing.a quarter of wheat
be sixty shillings or sixty pence.

The Gazette of last night contains a congratula-
tory Address from the town of Paisley, on his
MAJESTY'S safe return to England.

I esterday, being Christmas Day, was observed.
at an early hour by a cheerful peal of bells of
the different churches in London ;IA Westmin-
ster. The shops throughout the City, with the
exception of a few belonging to the Jews, were
shut. The Loan MAYott, in consequence of the-
repairs of St. Paul's Cathedra.l) 40,-.40dc,1 Dig "e
Service at St. Mary's, W eolnooL,
Ito IAL CHRISTMAS Box.—The following pri-
soners, who were under sentence of death in
Newgate, were, we understand, yesterday dis-
charged froza that gaol : P. Eazan,
Gaunt, Armstrong, and Pott ; also Mrs. Troop,
under sentence of transportation for 14 years.
The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs )eiterday or-
dered an additional allowance of beef, bread,
and a pint of porter, to be distributed to the dif-
ferent prisoners confined in the jails under the
jurisdiction of the City.
The advertisements for contracts for the sup-
ply of beef for the officers and men of the coast
blockade, do not strengthen the report that it ig
the intention of Government to abolish that effec-
tive service.—(Kentish Gazette.)
A Bordeaux Paper mentions the intended
establishment of a lazaretto at Pauillac, to pre-
serve the inhabitants of that department from
the attacks of the yellow fever.
The Correctional Tribunal of Marseilles, ea
the 11th of December, tried Capt. Qu0m.134,
accused by the Public Prosecutor of having
trafficked in negroes. He was condemned to the
confiscation of his ship and cargo, and to the
forfeiture of his occupation.
Dr. RILES, Counsellor of the Supreme Tribunal
of Leipsie,'Who died there lately, was the richest
individual in that city. His property is valued
at three million Saxon cro..vus.

DUNGENESS LIGHT-HOUSE.

Extract of a Letter from Messrs. doonlinN,
CURLING, and Co., Agents to LLOYD'S at Deal

and-Ramsgate, daiedls,th inst.

CC Since our last, the account by the Sema-
Phore off Dungeness, communicated by eaptain
IVPCuLLocit, of his Majesty's ship Severn, is,
that " Lights are shewn from Dungeness' Light-
house with difficulty." Referring to our last for
the effects of the lightning, we have to suggest
to Owners and Commanders of Ships hound
down Channel, under the difficulty and uncer-
tainty of the light at present being distinguished,
or of the further consequences of a gale of wind
to the building itself, that the most vigilant
100k-out be kept, as, • tinder enisting circum-
stances, reliance cannot he placed on the Light.
-We have- sent printed circulars on board every
ship in the Downs, which we trust 'may
.prevent
sby accident to ships bound to the Westward."

DEAL, Di.c. 25. .
Statement received front an Officer of the Coast Blockade, '
upon aView of the Light House on Dungeness, which was.
struck by lightning in the night of the 22d inst.
`t 1 ant this. moment returned from a visit to the Light
Reuse, at present a monument of the awful cifects of lightning,
which has opened a space of two feet wide from top to bottom,
ill a zigzag direction,- strewing every room through which it
passed with the rubbish of the brick and mortar with which it.
is built. The glass of the windows shivered to atoms ; the tin
cooking utensils, candlesticks, old reflectors, some melted, and
other". rolled up like a scroll of 'paper. The roof of the little
additional dwelling below dashed to atoms, and the whole fabric
exhibits the ruinous state of buildings after the "shock. of amost
',lent earthquake, being cracked from top to bottom. The
looking glasses in the bed rooms are -.shivered to'piecei, and,
notwithstanding the inmates were in a room through which it
Passed, and whence the shock appears to have been most severe,
not one was in the least injured. It is supposedthe Light House
Irultst be taken down and rebuilt, as in its present state it is un-
safe to ascend to light the lamps."

On Sunday morning, soon after ten o'clock, the Light
Rou,ae. at Dungeness was struck on the north-west side by
lightning, and is so much injured that it is expec,ted a new one
Matt be erected. The electric fluid in its descent from the
balustrade split the tower down to the first floor,: in which Mr.
17,1-wnd Adams, the light keeper, with his wife and four
c7,ildren, James Smith, his assistant, and Elizabeth Walk,
r.,!tvaiv, were assembled at their devotionS ; the sashes
knl. frames, doors and door posts were torn out, a look-
in" glwas shivered to atoms, and the furniture thrown in
of directions, but most providentially .no person was in-
jnred. An infant of three or four months old, which was
atleep in the second floor, was found surrounded by the
11..i:Ilts and rubbish forced from the building, but happily it
-bad sustained no injury. The fluid, after • its escape from
the tower at•the first floor, entered the roof of a wash-house
bst by, split a stone sink, and finally expended itself in the
eaten, tearing up the pavement. By the great exertions of Mr.
S. Terry, of Lydd, inspector of the Light House, and proper
a:.istants a temporary light was exhibited, in the evening,
wl-ncli will he continued till the former one can be re-csta-
blished.—(lientish Gazette.)

His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER
arrived at Chatham, on Friday evening, and
dined with Col. CHRISTIE. On the following
morning a salute was fired from the batteries,and
his .Royal Highness reviewed his regiment, the
3rd Foot Guards, on the Barrack Parade. About
eleven o'clock he proCeeded to the Dock-yard,
and after paying a visit to Commissioner Sir
RonEnT BAttLow, went on board the. Prince
Regent, a very fine first rate on the slip, quite
complete, where his Royal Highness remained a
considerable time, and
on
highly gratified
At, ith every thing he saw on board.—(KentishGa-
At a Meeting of the Commissioners-lof Taxes
for Canterbury, held on Friday, it was ordered
that all arrears of Taxes due at Michaelmas last,
should be collected by the 23d of January next.
The new church at Birkenhead, near Liver-
pool, was consecrated on Monday last by the
Bishop of CHESTER. This small but elegant
structure forms a striking object on the opposite
side of the river of the pier, being romantically
bituated on the former site of Birkenhead Abbey.
The inhabitants of Appleby now only pay half
the amount in Poor Rates that they did. in 1818.
G. A. L. K ECK, Esq. M.P. at his rent day on
Wednesday last, returned 20 pet- cent.:on his
Michaelmas rents.
The late Mr. Jcssr, WHITE having died intes-
tate, his son, considering that in consequence
thereof the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, pa-
tronised by his father in his life time, is deprived
of a donation from him, has, we are happy to in-
form the public, most generously paid into the
Bank of Messrs. If AmmoNn and Co. one hundred
pounds to the use and benefit of that Hospital.—
(Kentish Gazette.)
New York Papers announce the, death of the
Patriotic Chief, General A URY, and mention
that the command of Old .Providence had de-
volved, in consequence of that event, on General
TARQutnAK.

' CAoTtoN.—Yesterday six persons hired a
Loath&!der's-boat,. and had been up the- river,
but on their return, near the old Barge-house, for
want of an experienced waterman to assist them,
they unfortunately rowed on the- ebb-tide, under
the heads of some barges lying off Mr. Lett's
Timber-yard. Two persons were.drowned, but
the other four were saved by the zeal, skill, and
activity of George Heath, the elder, a waterman
of Strand-lane, and Robert M. Cleaver, an officer
of the Thames Police. The names of the per-
sons drowned were Mr. Benjamin Lewton, of
lore-street, Borough, • and Miss Mary Ann
Laccohee, of Union-street, Borough; each of
these sufferers were about seventeen years of age.
As this melancholy event happened in the dark,
and on the opposite side of the river, the persons
by whom the others were rescued deserve the at-
tention of HUMANE SOCIETY for their
promptitude and perseverance.
The Barometer for the last five days has been
singularly agitated by the tempestuous state of
the weather. During the hurricane of Thursday
night the Mercury sunk to 28 inches 5-10ths, and
such was the elasticity of the atmosphere that
ere noon of the following- day it rose to 29 inches
5-10ths; since then it has been again depressed,
and this morning it had sunk so extremely low as
428 inches 2-10trls, the point neatly indicative of
" stormy." At the corresponding periods of the
last three years the mercury was as singularly
high, having in the last week of December
reached 30 inches 7,loths, and in one instance 30
8-10ths, so that the differeace between the 'pre-
sent -and former peyiods is 2-inches Ci-lOths--
(Kentish Gazette, .Uci. 25.)

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FASIIIONADLE —Lord John Russell, in St.
.lames's-square ; the Ladies Beresfbrd, in. Harley-street ; Mrs.
Martin, in Baker-street ; Mr. Hall, in Portland-place; Mr.
and Mrs. Danvers, in Baker-street ; Colonel and Mrs. M
grove, in Park-street; Mr. and Mrs. Murray, in George-street,
Hanover-square ; Nlrs. Scott, in Wigmore-street ; Mr. and
Mrs. D'Avenant, in Park-street, from Paris; Major and Mrs.
Norris, in Sonaerset.street ; Sir Henry Hotham, at the Ad-
miralty ; Lady Curtis, in Portland-place ; Major and Mrs.
Hargrove., in ; Sir john Osborne, in Piccadilly ;
Colonel and Mrs. Langham, in Greeri-street, Park-lane; Gen.
Broderick, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square; Mrs. Crawley,
in Harley-street. ,

DE PART 1; RI: 3.—Captain :11.‘notif,Tal, of the 2d Life Guards,
for Paris ; Mr. Clifton Jukcs, for Gloucestershire; Mr. and
Mrs. Parry, for Queen's-square, Bath ; Lady and NJ iss Evans,
for Bath ; Capt. Parry, to join the Hunt, at Bilsden, in Leices-
tershire; Major and Mrs. Roche, for Cie Crescent, Bath. .

EA onCa s t E.—The following distinguished indivi-
duals partook of the bounteous and splendid hospitality of the
Noble Owner of Eastnor Castle, during the visit of the
Duke of Gloucester at that princely domain :—The Earl
and Countess of Coventry, Viscounts Pollington, Deer-
hurst, and Eastnor.; Lord Northwick, Colonel and Au-
gusta Cotton, Lady Jane Coventry, Sir Roger Gresley, Sir
William Guise, Sir Henry and Lady Lambert, Sir George and
Lady Cornwall, Sir John Geers Cottcrell, Mr. B. Foley, the
Dekim of Worcester and Lady, Mr. York, Capt. Faucett, &c.—
His Royal Highness was eminently successful in shooting ; the
preserves afibrded an abundance of game, and the slaughter was

iniuiense.
The. Marchioness Dowager of Bath and the Dowagei Duchess
of Leeds, will entertain their friends this season at their man-
sion in town.

The Marquess of Winchester entertains a party at Amport
House, near Andover.
Sir Bethel Codrington entertains a large party, this day, at
Doddington Castle.
Sir Jacob Astley keeps open house at his magnificent scat in
Norfolk.
Lord Eardley, and Belvidere.—ln no part of the United
Kingdom is More hospitality displayed. They do 'not know
him, who will not be gratified at hearing he is better.