The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-27 00:00:00

SPRING GUNS.

Upon the Order of the Day for taking into further con'
sideration the Report of the Spring Guns Committee,
Sir JOHN SHELLEY said,
,that spring guns being
allowed by this Bill to be placed in gardens and orchards,
all be asked was, that the same permission might be e.%.-
tended to enclosed woods in the night time. This was all
be asked, and he hoped the Hon. Member who brought the
Bill forward (Mr. Tennyson) would himself bring forward
a clanse to that effect.—(Laughing.)—He did not mew 10
move it himself.

Mr. TENNYSON gave no answer.
Mr. DLZUMMOND now proposed to add these wards to
one of the clauses :—" Or if in Scotland, a party convicted
under this Act be punished by pecuniary fine or imprison-
ment, or by fine only,
and that if such fins he not imme-
diately paid, in every such case the offender shall he
committed forthwith till such fine be paid; provided
always that it .hall he lawful for the Magistrate by whom
such fins 'was imposed to admeasure the period of such im-
prisonment.

The ATTORNUY-GENERAL objected to this clause.
111 r. DRUMMOND said it Was intended o aid the com-
mon lave of Scotland.
After some further conversation, the amendment we
agreed to. The House then resolved into a Conitnittft on
the Bill.

• Air. nOME DRUMMOND proposed a new clause, the
object of which was " to extend the provisions of this Bill
to Scotland, to he in addition to the common law of that
c„„„try, such common law, however, to remain, and be in
all respects as if this Bill were not passed."

Mr: SANDERSON dill not understand this clause ; if
the " M addition " meant that this Bill should enact punish-
ment, in addition to those already inflicted by the Scottish
common law, he should object to it.—Clause agreed to.
Mr. TENN YSON moved that the Report be now received.
Sir J. SHELLEY did not see that there was occasion
they will
for such haste ; besides an Hon. Friend of his wished to
propose a clause on the subject of Ireland.
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LADVERTISEMENTA
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are the Publications which are now in every one's mouth
VOLUME,
co
and hands. The latter exposes abuses, most unsparingly,
whether public or private, and cut severely, but not unde-
servedly, in all directions. The secrets which it has dis-
closed, especially in regard to Forgeries on the Bank al
_England, are enough to make one's hair stand on end, and
the facts connected with Agricultural Distress must ems'
?nand attention. Harriette Wilson seems neatly desperate;
so we Are likely to have all ont."—London Paper.—.ooX
bookseller. in Glasgow have managed to hays all Stoc
dale's publications on sale within a few hours of their
is
pearance Loudon. The Budget," published ireekir
l'he only 3d., and " Harriette" 2s. 6d., as before. the
Confessions," which contain 36 coloured Plates, frooo
life, are 30s.— Glasgow Gazette.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1827.

The Paris Paper.' of Saturday, and the Etoile
`fated Sunday morning, reached us last night, but
'their contents arc unimportant.
It is stated in a private letter in the Consii-
e4tionrid, that 50,000 men are to be raised in
l'Oland, and that the Army of Bessarabia is to
be augmented to 70,000 men.
The Pitote states, on the authority of a letter
from Corfu, that Gen. GORDON, after several
Nitless attempts, had at length succeeded in
conveying into the Citadel of Athens the sup-
plies sent by the Greek Government by the
liellas frigate.
The following extract from the Etoile,
eclitaining intelligence from Constantinople to
ti 'e 27th Feb., shove that the SULTAN does not
r:142 in his activity, nor abandon his exertions
for the
conquest of Greece :

(From the Etoile dated Sunday, March 25.)
Nude, MARCH 25.—We have received news fromi
CU PARIS,
of the 27th of February. Izet MehmedPac ia,
i,„.`41 by the people Kutchuk Pacha (little Pacha), has been
app,
N4ted Captain Pacha, and took possession of the arsenal
t°;:t,7• Rispredecessor has obtained tho Governments of
Angora, and Changiari, with the command of the Asi-
tof the Bosphorus. Thaine Bey, who was Petrone
ana.';'as been promoted to the rank of Paella of two tails,
who ,'"a skier of the fleet, in the room of Ibrahim Pacha,
is naada inspector of the fortresses in the Danube. It
thea c.rl'd this Seraskier will command the fleet, and that
the p:Ptain Pacha will remain at Constantinople, to attend
„",licil and to direct the works in the arsenal.
the Li* nibeaupierre has arrived at Bujukdere, where
dire r 4" of his legation is situated. He went there
'Per vtl y for
the sweet waters, without passing through
men -
it 1-le had a suite of 19 carriages. Many elfdetach-
the new troops stationed on the road went to pay
ler;Mary honours..
olftperrte has despatched 20 firmans, authorizing the
,1
EgYpt. '4"
.of Nedjeb Effendi has set out suddenly for
Ali Pach --`e in said to have orders to announce to Mehemet
direct a that the Sultan gives him the fullest powers to
enact® IltiL"rar in the Morea and the Islands, and to per-
-" send 10,000 horses to Constantinople.
" LIES OF THE DAY.
M:drTidit' Quotidienne.--All the letters which come. from
Cpai fr'" the provinces, and from the frontiers of
';ointn' lre..Lre:"°ll to presume that hostilities are on the
I r ont between Spain and Portugal.*
09f.'14.4: 'j/1111;:.--Paaia, MARCY! 24.—Five per Cents.
70f. 20c. ; Bank Stock,
1,998 f. ; ite,t„
,e per Cents., ssc. ; Royal Spanish
Loan, 52iL -q Naples, 76f.
1/4
0 Suel of our readers as have looked at the morning
papers will he surprised that have not placed among
the lies a multitude of ridiclotv't;s:
reports
which they con-
tain ; but though we judged are
bable, we
pro
are not certain that theyh m Cu b e imi
from placing them aniongre false,
and we therefore abstain
Etoile.
the falsehoods." Note of the

His Majesty's packet, Falcon, has arrived
With a Lisbon mail, bringing letters and papers
0 to the 10th instant, inclusive. The follow-
ing are extticts from the Gazette de Lisbon, but
they are remarkable for nothing but that paucity
of intelligence which seems to exist in most of
the communications from Lisbon

(From the Gazette of ziabon)
WaR-Orrica, MARcit
de Villa Flor to the Ministe; of
letter from Count
the 3d of
from his head-quarters at Torre Moncorvo,
on of March, says, that all the information he received
t"entr:ing the rebels, confirmed the accounts of the dis_
of the bet the commanders, and the insnbordination
That it seems certain that the Spaniards
i)10, ntoittPer°rlit them to pass the Douro, wherefore t
Villa
went
▪ (tlttlotiro to Miranda, where thed Count de il Flor
laPecksd to arrive in three or four aye, the bad weather
and bad
celerity. roads not allowing him to proceed with greater
General Correa de Mello must have entered Braganca
to-day, and . I hope to lean to-night whether the rebels have
rralTAa tor him or retired at his approach.
" General Joae Correa de Mello writes from Alla on the
• and Sends a copy of a letter from Cl AP de Brim,
Ithe Rid regiment, who state, the retreato .of J.Or-
to from Alfandega da Fe to Mo
lAto which the rebels were thrownga
Ic,l'rtt, and the confusion
teoapproach of the
r,,iivernment troops, and their retreyat
Ihey gave out they were going to Alentlevj:rdsproclaimingl‘lirtuada
hat the Don John VI. man-of-war had arri; e fr
t'rt which a revolution took place at Lisbon, and everynithino;
AV changed by order of Don Pedro IV., with which theY
keive the troops, who are wholly discontented.
`1 MARCH lO._—The Infanta Regent, as a mark of her
''itern for the death of the Empress of Brazil, will shut
fc,"111. up for a week from this day, and put on mourning
e.,tix months, and thinks it fit to order, in the King's
J%6 that the mourning shall be general. The Courts of
fke shall be shut for three days ; but they dispensed
time with covering the tables with black, on tic.
of the present ovic;encies of the Oats. Her Highsess

has fixed to the ISth ;natant, to receive in the palace, the
compliments of condolence on this mournful occasion.
(Signed) " FRANCIS, Bishop of Vizeu."
The Lisbon Gazettes to the 10th inclusive contain no
particulars from the army.

Mr. CANNING laid upon the table of the
House of Commons, some very important State
Papers. By the perseverance of Great Britain,
in the cause of humanity, the EMPEROR of
BRAZIL has been induced to enter into a Treaty
fur the total abolition of the Slave Trade, by
Brazilian ships and subjects. This is an import-
ant point gained towards the suppression of that
horrid traffic, as it has been carried on to a greater
extent, and under circumstances of greater atrocity
by Brazilian vessels than, perhaps, by those of
any other nation. The Treaty will be found in
another column, together with a Treaty between
this country and the United States, relative to
the adjustment of the claims of American Citizens
for slaves taker, during the last war.

Mr. CANNING also laid on the Table the
Correspondence between this Government and
the United States, regarding certain commercial
regulations between the United States and the
British West India Colonies. Great part of this
correspondence has been already published by
the American Government; that part of it which
has not appeared, we shall give in our Paper
to-day and to-morrow—our limits not enabling
us to print the whyle of it to-day.
This additional correspondence is of great in-
terest, and we cannot describe it better than in
the words of a cotemporary (the Times).

ihe point chiefly dwelt upon in this supplementary
correspondence is, in a great measure, that which occupied
the preceding part of it; viz. the nature and extent of that
right which a parent country, under the recognized usages
of nations, exercises over the trade of her own colonial ter-
ritories. Mr. Canning asserts the peculiar, paramount,
and indefeasible character of the right which, on behalf of
Great Britain, he lays claim to. The clear object of Mr.
Gallatin is to confound the commercial intercourse be-
tween foreign States and British colonies, with the trade
between foreigners and the ports of Great Britain herself.
We have examined, with all the coolness and vigilance we
could muster, the arguments of the respective combatants,
and, in our judgment, it is quite as certain that Mr. Gal-
latin feels the reasoning to be against him, as that he seems
to plume himself on a very decided consciousness of the
superiority of his own style in respect to gravity and dig-
nity, over that which Mr. Canning on some occasions
indulges. It is now only wanting to add, that the last
letter of the Foreign Secretary shuts the door upon all ne-
gotiations for the present, on the trade of America with
the British colonies."

It will be seen by Parliamentary Report,
that his MAJESTY'S Ministers have, in com-
pliance with the general feeling of the House,
consented to adjust the Duties on the Importa-
tion of Foreign Grain, to the Imperial instead of
the Winchester measure; The former being
about l-32d larger than the latter.
Mr. CHARLES GRANT fixed 625., with a
duty of 20s. Bd. as the price and rate of duty
which most nearly corresponded with 605., and
20s. on the Winchester Quarter of Wheat.

In the same way he fixed 2.35. with a duty of
12s. 4d. for the Imperial Quarter of Barley ;
255. with 9s. 3d. duty for Oats ; and 365. with
15s. 6d. duty for Rye, Pease, and Beans.
This point being settled, and the averages
being struck on the prices of the imperial mea-
sure, that standard, will, of course, become uni-
versal in all dealings in Corn ; and, we trust,
that before the end of the Session, a Bill will be
introduced to render compulsory, the use of that,
and no other measure in all transactions of buying
and selling articles meted by measures of capacity.
We rejoice at the absence of minute frac-
tional parts of a shilling in the duties thus im-
posed. The difficulties in calculation would
have been actually insurmountable by all un-
lettered corn-dealers, and might have occasioned
a necessity for an extra number of clerks in the
Custom-house—not to talk of a new edition of
the " Ready Reckoner."
The principle of the Bill we admire greatly, and
are satisfied that it will tend to place this country,
as far as human wisdom can, beyond the reach
of those fluctuations which have so often caused
incalculable evils. The history of the United
Provinces has clearly proved that no amount of
industry, enterprise, and capital, can long with-
stand the want of a fertile territory, and the ne-
cessity for drawing the necessaries of life from
foreign countries,—and even Imperial Rome,
which turned Islands and Continents into her
exclusive granaries, had to lament, in her decline,
a reliance upon others for existence, and the aban-
donment ofthat art whichC I NCI NNATUS practised
and CATO praised. The other extreme is the
refusal by a nation to meet the deficiencies of
an unfavourable season by the superabundance
of other countries. But both these extremes are
admirably avoided in the new Corn Bill, with its
inverse ratio of duties, for whilst we are prevented
from seeking a " hasty greatness" with its " fatal
doom," by an unlimited importation of foreign
corn, and the consequently immediate prosperity
(with a future commensurate revulsion) in
our manufactures and commerce,—the super-
abundance of other countries will be wisely em-
ployed in procuring for our own, that steadiness
of price which should be the great aim of
legislation.

Accounts have been this morning received,
announcing the loss of the Manchester trans-
port, during the late heavy gales of wind, on the
coast of Portugal, off Viana, north of the Douro.
We are happy to add, that Lieut.-Colonel Sir
JOHN MAY of the Royal Artillery, and the
Thole of the people on board the transport, were
saved.

By the Diario di Roma of the 10th instant,
we are glad to perceive that the reported fall of
Athens is unfounded, the Greeks having beep
enabled to throw in a supply of provisions to
the garrison :

CORFU, FM 16..

(By an extraordinary conveyance. )
The moat recent letters frc,te. the Levant, bring news
rather more favourable respecting
, the citadel of Athens.
After the death of Dour::.l'abvier (as is well known)
had orders to take the defe,_,e of the fortress. He ac-
cordingly succeeded in entering it with 700 men, and in
concert with the 1,400 Greeks 'who were already there,
ondertook great operations for the defence of the place.
This reinforcement,
however, caused the stores to fail sooner
than they would otherwise have done, especially biacait.
The Government being informed of this scarcity, im-
mediately thought of means to convey supplies into
the fortress, but in the meantime the blockade of it

by the Turks, had become very Strict. At length an
abundant supply was put on board the Hellas frigate, and
the command given to General Gordon, who at the head
of 2,000 men set out for the Gulf of Egina. He cast
anchor in the Pirmus, two miles from Athens, where he
landed, and made linaself master of some Turkish batteries
and put to flight the soldiers who defended them.

Another letter of the 18th.—It is affirmed that General
Gordon has succeeded in introducing into the citadel of
Athens, all :the provisions that the Government had em_
barked on board the Hellas. _ _

The Greeks of some districts in Epirus had taken up
arms against the Turks; but the Pacha of Arta having
suddenly come up with 900 of his soldiers, soon put them
to flight, and they embarked precipitately at Drago Ales-
tro, for the Morea.

Mr. MABERLY last night, in the Comm:ttee
of Supply, attempted to draw from the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER some explanations
on the subject of Financial measures, but the
Right Hon. Gentleman parried the attempt with
adroitness, and absolutely, though with his usual
courtesy, declined answering any of Mr. MA-
BERLY'S enquiries. In doing so, we think the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did perfectly
right, for nothing can be so injurious as to give
information on particular parts of such a subject
as Finance, before a general and comprehensive
view of the whole question can be taken.
Our readers will also observe, that the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained the rea-
sons which had induced him to postpone, till
after the Easter holidays, the general explana-
tion of the Financial situation of the country,
which he has usually given at an early period of the
Session. The Right Hon. Gentleman considered
such delay to be called for by the circumstance
of the armament for the assistance of Portugal,
and the necessity of ascertaining the effects,
duration, extent, and rctual expence of that
armament before any expose of the subject of
Finance was given to the world.

Captain HUSKISSON, of the Royal Navy, is
appointed to succeed the late Mr. SMITH, as
Paymaster of the Navy.

Advices from St. Jago de Cuba, of the 23d
of January, state that the Government had issued a Procla-
mation, to be in effect from the 21st of that month, per-
mitting the exportation of all articles, the produce of the
United States of America, in British vessels. The duties
had been reduced, as follows :—On barrels of flour and
meal, 25 cents. (Is. Sd.), payable by the] seller, and 1
per cent. by the purchaser. The tonnage duty on British
vessels, which is at present 16s. Bd., was to be reduced
one half.

It was generally believed at Vera Cruz when the Pyla-
des sailed (2d Jan.), that tile Mexican fleet would call off
Carthagena, where they would be joined by the two Co-
lombian frigates, then proceed to Porto Rico, and take pos-
session of that island.

Letters from Constantinople, dated the 26th February,
state that a French brig was plundered by pirates, near
Cape Ord, and an English brig, which sailectfroni Smyrna,
on the 11th inst. under convoy of hil Majesty's ship Phi..
lomel, is said to have shared the same fate, having parted
from the convoy in a gale.
Lissom, MARCH 10.—Information has been received
by the Prudencia, from Rio de Janeiro, of the capture of
a Brazilian corvette of 22 guns, by Admiral Brown, com-
manding the Buenos Ayres squadron off Cape Trio.

JAN. 20.--Infortnation has been received, that
South American privateers are hovering about the southern
coast of Brazil, but none have appeared in this part.

AWFUL EXPLOSION of the COMMERCE

TRADER.

LANCASTER, MARCH 23.—About ten minutes before
three o'clock this afternoon, the inhabitants of this town
were dreadfully alarmed by a violent tremor of the earth,
which extended from the south-western direction to the
northward. The first indication of this shock was a slight
motion of the earth, which increased for about ten seconds,
and terminated by a tremendous concussion, which was
felt every where, but without the least perceptible sound.
The termination of this was imagined to be a visitation of
the awful phenomenon of an earthquake. As the shock
passed onward it increased, and every window, door,
chimney, picture, or other suspended or projecting or-
nament, were affected by its surprising power ; and, as
if by one accord, a number of persons rushed in the
direction of the open plains, to the northward of the town.
In this flight a peculiar incident occurred, showing the force
of animal instinct. The fore-horses of one of the northern
coaches, then about to proceed to its destination, stood fast
and trembled excessively, and one of the leaders fell down,
with every appearance of terror. Here and there catswere
seenjumping and springing away with that extraordinary
activity, which, at any other time than this, would have
caused merriment. The shock was felt, it appears by the
accounts from the north, at Carlisle, where the same opi-
nion as to its course was expressed. Near the sheep fells
(a range of hilly moorland) in Westmoreland, about 2
miles from this town, the shock was very violently expe-
rienced, and the windows of Brougham Hall, the re-
sidence of Mr. Brougham, Member of Parliament, were
shattered. Considerable damage was also done at Ken-
dal and Lowther Castles, at Milthorpe, Bolton on the Sands,
Poulton, Skerton, &c. The Ulverstone carriers, describe
the shock as very dreadful. The sands were hurled into
the air in heavy showers, and men and horses, were over-
thrown in several places of that dangerous tract of sand
which these poor people cross daily with peat, turf, &c. to
earn something about 2s. 6d. As we have stated, every
person for about ten miles, considered this a shock of an
earthquake, until by the arrival of the Ulverstone over
Sand coach, on Saturday night, the cause of this alarming
sensation was correctly and positively stated; and by a
journey to Peel Castle, about 4.0 miles from here, we are
now enabled to lay before our readers the calamitous cir-
cumstances of it. A dogger vessel, trading coastwise from
Lancaster to Liverpool, called the Commerce, commanded
by Captain Haddock, of Lancaster, in pursuing its voyage,
laden with clothe, was wind bound at Poulton for some
days, and only got out en Wednesday night last, and took
in about ten ton of gunpowder, in bags and barrels, at
13ackborough Mill. The ship proceeded on her voyage,
very heavily laden, and was off Peel Castle, on the Lan-
cashire coast, when the accident happened. The vessel sat
deeply in the water, and made but indifferent way, when
shortly after 2 o'clock in the day, one of the crew observed
a smoke ascending from the main hatchway. The circum-
stance was communicated throughout the ship, and the tar-
paulings were immediately raised, and through some crevices
of the stowage, a thick smoke was observed forcing its way.
The captain ordered the tiers in:the hold to be deluged,
but in a few minutes the horrible fact of the cotton being
on fire close to the gunpowder was discovered, and the crew
found that the opposition of the two elements- would be
useless, because that of fire bad obtained such powerful ascen-
dancy, that before it could by possibility be subdued, the
gunpowder world i Hite, and the ship, cargo, crew and A.:,
would he blown into the air; therefore, the boat was low-
ered instantly, and the ship being geutled, and the water
admitted through her lower tier, the crew departed, being
then about six miles from the shore; a strong easterly breese
prevailing, the ship warped round, and losing the direction
of the helm, sailed before the wind for about two minutes,
when a sudden thickness of smoke arising from her] an-
nounced that the awful blowing up was at hand. The men
say that in a few seconds after the unfortunate ship seemed
lifted by her knees out of the water, and blew up momen-
tarily afterwards, with a most terrific explosion ; the shock
they describe as dreadful; their boat was lifted out of the
water, and but for the circumstance of the ship being to
windward, they must all have perished. They made for
the shore, which was lined by hundreds who had witnessed
the accident from the Land, and many of whom were se-
riously bruised from being dashed to the
ground by the
force of the concussion produced by the explosion. The
ship was blown almost to atoms, scarcely a vestige of her
timbers or cargo being recovered, and it appears from the
circumstance of their being but one explosion, that the
powder mast have ignited in several places at once.
The damage done to the houses at Peel Castle, Backe
borough, and along the immediate vicinity of the Coast, is
very great; several have been blown down, and the mis-
chief is generally experienced.
By the arrivals from the South the shod(' it is said, was
felt very forcibly at Liverpool and other places adjacent.—
It was there also attributed to the partial shock of an
earthquake.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.

Since the commencement of business this morning there
has scarcely been any movement in the British Funds ; Con-
sols, which closed yesterday at 821 it, opened at the same
price, and have been alternately buyers and sellers ; the
high premium on India Bonds and Exchequer Bills still
continues, the former being 59 60, and the latter, 39 40.
Every thing in the Foreign market is extremely dull and
inanimate, the Members of the House attending more to
who shall and who shall not be on the Committee, this
being the day of the election. In the mean time, the quo-
tations for Colombian Bonds are 411 2 ; Mexican, 6 per
Cents. 704 1 ; Portuguese, 76 1. The intelligence from
Oporto of the 7th inst., by the Lisbon Mail, does not con-
firm the disarming of the Rebels, and represents them still
to be in considerable force in the province of Tras oe Men-
tes. Nothing new can be reported relative to Shares.
Three per Cent. Console, 82i ; Ditto for account,
82k; India Bonds, 59 60 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 39
40 pm.
Foxatcx FUNDS.—Brazilian, 65/ 6 ; Buenos Ayres,
52 4 ; Chilian, 35 7 ; Colombian, 1824, 414 2 ; Danish,
611 2 ; Greek, 151 16 ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 58 9 ;
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 70 ; Peruvian, 34 5 ; Portuguese,
76 1; Russian, 874 8; Spanish, 12# 4.
MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 421 40 die. ; Brazilian, 2 3
pm. ; Bolivar, par ; Colombian, 15 17 per Share ; Pasco
Peruvian, 17 16 dis. ; Potosi, 30 2 per Share ; Real del
Monte, 70 80 pm. ; Tlalpuxalitut, 15 25 pm. ; United
Mexican, 134 124 die.

Two o' Clock.

Consols have advanced to S 2 ; India Bonds have also
risen Is. per Cent. higher, and are 61 ; Exchequer Bills
have experienced an equal advance, and are 41 pm.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

Consols, 6211.
FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 82i Danish Bonds
Do. for Ac. 82 Greek Do. 1825, 16
Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825,
Buenos Ayres Do. 52 Peruvian Do.
Chili= Do. Russian Do.
Columbian, 1824, 41i Spanish Do. l 2 a

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

The Duke of Clarence arrived in town yes-
terday morning, from his scat in Bushy Park. His Royal
flighness visited the new building, erecting for his future
residence, in the Stable Yard, St. James's. Mr. Hunt, the
architect, was in attendance to receive the Royal Duke,
who inspected the edifice for a considerable time. In the
aferwou his Royal Highness left town on his return to
Bushy Park. •
The Princess Augusta took an airing in her
open carriage and four yesterday, to Battersea and its
neighbourhood.
The Duke of Clarence and the Ducheas of
Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta yesterday.
The Duke of Buckingham had a dinner party
yesterday, at his house in Pall-mall.
The Marquis of Clanricarde entertained a dis-
tinguished party to dinner on Saturday, at his house in
St. James's-square ; among whom were--Prince and
Princess Lieven, the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, Lord
and Lady Granville, Lord Dudley and Ward, Lord Sea-
forth, Lord Palmerston, Mr. and Mrs. Canning, Mr.
Planta, &c.

The Dowager Marchioness of Hertford enter-
tained an elegant circle of fashionables yesterday evening,
at her house in Manchester-square.

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The Marquis of Hertford has issued cards of
invited:ko two musical parties, on Wednesday the 11th,
anti Tueiday the 16th of April, at his house in Piccadilly.
Mr. Secretary Canning attended the House of
Commons la-.t night, for a short time, for the purpose of
presenting some State Papers, and to defend the Civil Con-
tingencies, especially those items which we extracted on
Saturday, they being made the subject of. remarks. Mr.
Canning, we lament to nay, appeared to be far from well ;
but the falling-off in the voice was the most remarkable
peculiarity, as it displayed much of the thickness and in-
distinctness of age. He was heard in the gallery very im-
perfectly, and with much difficulty; and in the House, the
Members appeared to be obliged to pay extra attention to
hear him.—Morning Herald.

We understand that the largest assortment
of fashionable straw, chip, and Leghorn bonnets is to be
met with at Ralph Shepheard's, 106, Oxford-street, op-
posite Argyle-street.

Mr. Brundish, of Caius College, Cambridge,
was senior Wrangler, senior Medalist, senior Prizeman,
and senior Bachelor of his year ; hence he was not inap-
propriately called The Grand Signior.
Why are deep mathdtnaticians like soldiers ?
Because they have read Cotcs.—N.B. Cotes was the
author of an elaborate work, entitled " Harmonia Mensu-
rarum."
The East India Company's ship Edinburgh
arrived off Portland on the 23d inst. She left China on
the 29ih of November, the Cape on the 25th of January,
and St. Helena on the ith of last month.

It is said that the Rev. Dr. Wellesley is to be
Dean of Durham. The income is estimated at 8,0001.
a-year.

A letter from Munich, dated 13th March, an-
nounces that the Infant Don Miguel was expected in the
capital of Bavaria, on his way to Paris.

As Lord K. was a few days ago coming to
town in a short stage, the Game Laws were moth discus-
sed by him and another gentleman. On bit Lordship
leaving the coach, an elderly woman, who had been an
attentive listener, said she presumed the man must be a
poulterer.—Cornwall Gazette.

The Reading Committee having expelled Mr.
Spence, at the cost of 20,000/., has got the name of the
Expensive Committee.

A Morning Paper makes a wonderful disco-
very, in stating to-day, that Mr. Canning last night con-
firmed the report, that the Marquis of Hertford was about
to proceed, on a special embassy, to St. Petcrsburgh.
The Noble Marquis's appointment was Gazetted some days
ago ! 1
A new work on the favourite national instru-
ment (the harp), in its present high state of perfection,
will shortly appear; and we arc happy to learn, that our
Sovereign, who uniformly patronizes native talent, has
been graciously pleased to grant permission to the author,
to dedicate the production to his Majesty.
BLOOMSBURY AND SOUTH PANCRAS
AuxtLianT BIBLE Soctur.....The Annual Meeting of
the above Society, was held this day at the Freemason's
Tavern, and in the absence of the Right Hor. Charles
Grant, (the President of the Society), his brother, Mr.
Robert Grant, w
as called to the Chair. The Secretary
read the report of the Society's proceedings during the last
year, from which it appeared that the funs were in a very
declining state. Mr. Sibthorp, the Hon. Baptist Noel, and
several other gentlemen, then addressed the Meeting,
which did not
On this
night week, about ninety acres of
land were
ploughed up, partly on the demesne, and the
rest in the iltighbourhood of Thomastown, by the nightly
C: parate until a late hour.
legislators. Between four and five hundred of them at-
tended-""saveral hundred shots were fired ; in fact, an in-
cessant fire Was kept np for nearly the whole night. On
the next day the following notice was served on Mr.
Smithwick ,to whom a portion of the ploughed-up land
belonged

he doe, not immediately give up the wood and road fields
" Notice is hereby given to black Jack Smithwick, if
To the Distreased Poor for Potatoe Ground at a moderate
rent, he will meet with the fate of Baker or Farrell* wife
any person who stops up those sods will meet with the loss
of his life and if you do not Comply with this we will
shoot your Stock Burn your Daryhouse-roes and milk-
women this is Enough
" Given at the Council Room
gt By the Provider of the Poor
"ROCK."

Clonmel liera/d.

TIIE FOLLOWING IS THE ENTIRE PASSAGE FROM " LET-
TERS PROlt coCIENET LANDS," WE GAVE IN PART
yEsTEEDAT
The walls around their lord, yet drear and tenantless,
"Where Wonder's gaze is check'd, his voice forgot,
And busy Flattery even babbles not ;
The alighted squadron • pace this hall of loneliness;
The vet'ran thinks of homage paid, that never left a stain,
While resignation only lives to sigh the last--obey;
The youth who scarce has follow'd yet one comrade's bier,
While sterner eyes can scarce refrain,
Recalls the tales on watch, and drops a tear,
For be, the Soldier's friend, is lost for ayu.
" The Lancers, who had been on duty during the day,
were admitted to witness the lying in state, at the dole of
Friday.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.-APPEALS.
.tACAULAY v. IHACKELL

This was an action brought in the Court of King's
Bench against the defendant, the proprietor of the John
Bull newspaper, for having published a libel of and con-
cerning the appellant. The defendant pleaded a justifica-
tion, and filed a bill in the Court of Chancery for a
discovery, and also for commissions to examine wit-
nesses in Sierra Leone and likewise in different parts
of the West Indies. To this the appellant demurred,
denying the truth of the libel by affidavit. The Lord
Chancellor over-ruled the demurrer, and issued an injunc-
tion to stay all proceedings in this action in the Law Courts
until the appellant should answer the bill ; and also granted
an order to the respondent to sue out commissions for the
examination of witnesses in the West India Islands. From
these orders the appellant brought an appeal to the House
of Lords, which came on for hearing yesterday, when
14, SHanwzaa addressed the House on behalf of the
appellant.
Mr. PEPYS was heard on the same side to-day. In
support of his arguments he instanced several cases where
persons brought actions for pirating copy-rights, and were
refused the protection of the law courts, on the grounds
that their works had an immoral tendency, and could not
be beneficial to the public, he contended that on the same
principle the respondents in this case, who, by their own
shelving, had Lem guilty of an indictable offence, were not
entitled to relief in a Court of Equity.
• The LORD CHANCELLOR—Lord Mansfield has said that
a person cannot lodge an indictment and bring a civil ac-
tion at the same time for the same offence; the appellant
has brought a civil action in the result of which the public
are not concerned, aa they would be in case of an indict-
ment.

Mr. PEPYS resumed—There was no difference between
the persons who endeavoured to establish their copyrights,
and whom the Court refused to protect, because they had
been guilty of an immoral act, and the respondent in this
case—in the case of Blackenbury v. Blackenbury, where
the father gave a colourable title in land to the son, in
order to evade the Game Laws, and the son took advantage
of the conveyance, and converted the land to his own
use. The father applied to a Court of Equity for re-
lief, but it was refused to him, on the ground that the
purpose of the conveyance was illegal, and the Court
would not give relief to a person acting to evade the law.
The Learned Counsel then quoted the case of Langton
v. Hughes. First, Maul v. Selwyn, where a druggist
brought an action against a brewer, for the amount of
deleterious drugs, supplied for the purpose of adulterating
beer, and the Court held that he was not entitled to recover.
There was no instance of a person resting his case on his
own improper conduct, getting relief in a Court of
Equity. If the principle were once established that in
actions of tort the defendant could file a bill of discovery in
Chancery, the mischief that would resnit would be incal-
culable. He would instance the case of a banker bringing
an action against the proprietor of a newspaper for pub-
lishing that he was insolvent. According to the doctrine
in the present case the libeller would be entitled to file a bill,
and compel the banker to submit all his books for inspection,
and give an account of allhis dealings and transactions, other-
wise he should abandon his action. If this rule were once
established, no banker nor merchant would venture to
bring an action for being libelled.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—There is a eingnlarity in the
law of libel, that in case of an indictment the defendant
will not be allowed to prove the truth in answer ; but in
an action for damages he will. There was a floating opi.
nion abroad that truth ought to be allowed in answer to an
indictment, but, when better considered, his Lordship
thought it would be an unsound principle. The law
had put it this way, that if a person proceeded ought
on general grounds of public evil, whether the libel were
true or not, was a matter of indifference, but when an ac-
tion was brought for private motives, then the truth was
considered a sufficient answer. Thus, if an action were
brought, and the truth proved, the law had laid it down
that it was no libel, then came the question, whether in
such a case a Court of Law would not grant a Commis-
sion to assist the defendant in showing that it was not a
libel.

Air. PRPTS—The Court of King's Bench has said, that
a Commission should not be granted unless the libeller
hod the means by him of proving the truth of the libel at
the time it was published.
The Loan CMANCILLOR-The privilege of granting
commissions was originally vested in the Court of Chancery,
the common Law Courts assumed that authority, and then
they presumed to, dictate to the Court of Chancery what
ought to be done.

Mr. PErYs—The common Law Courts have no such
authority, except by compelling the parties to consent.
The Learned Counsel concluded his argument by calling
on the House not to establish a doctrine novel in its prin-
ciple and mischievous in its consequences.

•The ATTORNEY GENERAL then addressed the House on
behalf of the respondents.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.

Mr. LYNCH applied this morning for an Injunction to
restrain a Mrs. Charlotte Slate, from transferring a certain
amount of Stock now standing in the Bank hooks to her
credit. The application could not be entertained by
the Vice-Clmncellor until the lady in question had been
served with the notice of it, and as the application
was cx-parte, reflecting on her character, we refrain
from stating the particulars until Mrs. Slate has the oppor-
tunity of putting in her answer.
llis HoNoua was employed during the entire morning in
hearing petitions. The only two possessing the slightest
interest were directed to stand °Ter.

LENT ASSIZES-(RECEIVED THIS DAY),
LANCASTER, SATURDAY MOWING.
HORRID MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS MOTHER,

Raelutel _Bradley, aged 27, stood indicted for the wilful
murder of her own child, at Ashton-under-Lyne.
Hannah Meigall lived at Ashton-under•Lvue at Mid-
summer last. The prisoner went to lodge at her house, at
which time she was in a state of pregnancy ; she remained
thereabout
parish,
ai• e
whiche
was Thurston. About Christmas shek , and then left, saying she was going to
her
came back again, and brought with her a very fine female
child, to which she had given birth ; she called it her dar-
ling, and said its name was Mary. She remained this time
about a month, and, on the 16th of January, she again
went away, taking the child with her, saying she should
again apply to her parish. On the 18th she returned
again, but without the child. Witness asked her where the
her she must
infant was ? and she replied that she bad left it with a
woman to nurse.
James Har.,p, constable, on the 18th January, appre-
hended
17 Witness ‘t‘o-l'dl l
she was in bed, it being twelve o'clock
hended the prisoner;
go till'
come to takeher on a charge
her child - she said, I not go with thee, I
of murdering,
windy on Tuesday morning,
have not murdered
at night ; he toldlieirt.
the child
it ; and, without any promise of pardon, she said " I will
and I was going along the canal with the child h my arms,
when we were blown in, and I lost it."—Witness said,
~ You never fell in yourself, but you threw the child in,
now tell me where you have put the poor infant,
tell thee the truth ; it was very
in order
that it may be found and buried." She studied a little
while, and then said, " I threw it into the tunnel, just
at the end of the rails, and I saw it struggle in the water,
and it then sunk before me." Witness then conveyed her
away in custody.
Thomas Higham, constable, went to the canal to search
for the child, he was at work two days; he saw it picked
up on the Sunday, and carried to the workhouse ; witness
fetched the prisoner to look at it ; he held it in his arms
and asked her if it was her child but
/ . she never answered.
He asked her again, and received no answer ; some per_
son standing near said, " Can't you speak, woman ?" She
then said it was her child. Witness then said, " You
bore this child did you."
She said, "Yes."
The prisoner said nothing in her defence, and the Jury
without hesitation pronounced her Guilty.
When Mr. Justice BATLIT was about to pass sentence
on the wretched woman she was seized with a fainting fit,
but through the aid of restoratives was in a short time so
far recovered as to enable his Lordship to proceed. He
then pronounced the awful seatenca of the law, and ordered
her to he executed on Monday, and her body to be deli-
vered over to the surgeons to be anatomized. The wretched
woman was carried from the dock in the chair in which
she had eat during the CIL

TIIE LATE SIR EDWARD BELLEW.--On
Sunday morning, the remains of Sir E. Bellew were re-
moved to the parish Chapel, attended by the greatest and
most respectable concourse of carriages, persons on horse-
back and foot, that has been ever recollected to be assembled
together by the oldest man in Louth. The sacred cere-
monies being ended, the ceffin (the hearse following) was
carried by his numerous tenantry, to the house of Barinsatb,
and again deposited in the Baronet's private Chapel, to
await the arrival from England of his eldest son, now Sir
Patrick Bellew, who arrived in the course of the night.
On Moaday morning, a little after eleven o'clock, his re-
mains were deposited in the family vault.—Dublin Free-
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