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London, England, 1824-05-24 00:00:00

NAVAL 1. LLLIGENCE.

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The Hannibal, Low, from Virginia to Liverpool, was struck by
lightning. at sea, on dim 7sOth tilt. and destroyed—three of the crew
killed. This was the vessel seen on fire by the Mars, which arrived
00 the 7th inst.

Sir Hos Ear Moos's()Nt, K.C.B. Vice• Admiral of the White, will
succeed Sir BENJAMIN IlAt.cowEt.t., K.C.B. in the command of his
Ilajesty:s ships and vessels at Shcerneis and at Chatham. _ _

Alt. U. ROBERTS, carpenter of the MIINAI, has been invalided, and
Mr. J. STTAIL is appointed carpenter of that ship in his room.
The 11ETEOR bomb-•estel has been put in commission at Ply-
mouth. Lieutenant TURNBULL ,of the Royal Marine Artillery, has
embarked on board of her.

The STARLING cutter arrived at Portsmouth from a cruize, on
Tuesday, ar.d sailed again on Thursday.
The ALGER INS, 10-guns, Captain Hon. MONTAGUE STOPFORD,
having been fitted out at Woolwich, will sail shortly for the Medi-
terranean, previously touching at Portsmouth.
The TERMAGANT, 28, built at Bombay of teak, is ordered to be
fitted up at Portsmouth for the reception and conveyance of Am-
bassadors to their destined places of residence. She is to be jury-
rigged, and her main-deck wholly occupied with accommodations.
special arrangement will prevent future delays in getting fri-
gates ready fur such services, and save the great expense incurred
by their temporary fittings up.
FAt.seourn, MAY 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Prince .Leo-
pold, JAMES, from Campeachy. Sailed the Sunnier packet, for
Lisbon. _ _

PLYMOUTH, MAY 22. Wind N.N.W.— Arrived the William
and Thomas, Salmi, front Messina. Sailed the Wanderer, Dtiotr,
for Newfoundland.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind N. by E.—Off the Wight, the
Commerce, Rimer, from Memel; Mercator, G RAVES, from Charles-
ton ; Superb, Bums, from New Orleans ; and Ohio, —, from
Matanzas. Sailed, the Lady Rabies, COEWELL, for India.
DEAL, MAY 23.—Arrived yesterday and sailed for the River to-
day, the Atlas, ItlAytm, from China; Ann, Nixos, from Jamaica;
L'Aigle, STASRUCK, front the South Seas; and Comet, —, Crow
Madeira. The Rambler, ANDERSON, remains, dismasted. The
ROYAL SOVEREIGN yacht, with his Royal Highness ike Duke of
Ctaaattcz on board, psied through at noon, for the Westward.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The Warren Hastings, Rawas, front China, was spoken In the
Straits of Sunda, all well, on the 50th January.
The Duke of Lancaster, DAvias, front Bengal and Madras, ar-
rived at St. Helena the 25th March, and was to sail for Liverpool
the next day.
The Ilythe, WILSON; and the Warren Hastings, RAWES, had not
arrived at St. Helena on the 25th March.
The Vansittart, DALRYMPLE; and the Buckinghamshire, CLAW
poor.v, were the only ships left at China, and it was expected they
would be dispatched in all January.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 22.
Smies ENTERED INWARDS •-••• The Jannet, and Thomas, from St.
Vincent's ; Europa, from Grand Canary ; Reward, from Jamaica ;
Woodpark, from St. Lucia; Earl of Clancarty, front Rotterdam;
Mars, from Liverpool ; Whim, from Demerara ; Emanuel, We-
del Jarlaherg, Commerce, and Adeona, from Christiana; Specula-
tion, front Memel; Lticy Ann, front Virginia ; Robert, from Os-
tend; Friendship, from Lisbon; Desire, front Bilboa; and Earl
Talbot, from Bourdeaux.
ENTERED OUTWARDS—The Helens, for Onega ; Julie, for Calais;
1 Electra, for Philadelphia; Highlander, for New Providence ; Mary
Ann, for Malta; and Po, for Rotterdam.
CLEARING Orrwaaris—The Pyramus, for Madras; Claremont,
for Malta ; Po, and Flora, fur Rotterdam ; Washington, for New
1 York; Syrene, for Calris ; and Dart, for Ostend.

SPORTING INI ELLIGENCE.
THE WALK, TROT, AN!) GALLOP MATCH.
Mr. Anderson started on the Colchester-road on Saturday morn-
ing, for two hundred sovereigns, in the presence of a numerous
field of amateurs, to walk his horse (Mask) three miles, trot three
miles, and gallop three, in fifty minutes. Betting was six to ft lir on
time, and the horse was rode by the owner. The horse walked the
first mile in nine minutes, twenty seconds; the second in nine mi-
nutes, thirty-five seconds ; and the third in ten minutes, five seconds.
Total, twenty-nine minutes, after breaking into a trot four times.
The trot occupied, in the first mile, three minutes, thirty-five se-
conds; the second, three minutes, fifty seconds; and the third,
four minutes, twenty seconds, the horse having broke twice in the
last mile. Total, eleven minutes, forty-five seconds. Nine mi-
nutes and fifteen seconds was left for the three miles gallop, and
which wits the worst pace of the horse. The match was won
cleverly, with thirty seconds to spare.
PONY MATCH.

The pony match for x 0 guineas, to trot from the White Hart,
Cuckfield. to the Hare and Hounds, Brighton, in 65 minutes, carrying
14 stone weight, took place on Monday morning, when the pony
lost, having only six minutes to perform the last fuur miles in.
BOXING.

Spring and Langan are ine;;liencondititm, and each of them
confident of winning. Bets are even that Spring will draw the
first blood, and Langan give the first fall. The latter is a hard
hitter, and powerful ist the arms, but Spring has the advantage in
the length of arms and height. Those who make bets on the
match will have the satisfaction at least that it will be a fair fight
and no cross.
George Weston has challenged Dick Sutton to fight him for
£5O aside.

CORN-EXCII RK.LA NE, MAY 24.
We had good arrivals of all kinds of Grain last week, and a great
supply of Oats. The fresh supplies this morning of Barley, Peas,
Beans, and Wheat, from Essex, Kent, and Sortelk, are moderate.
Some more vessels have arrived from the North with Oats. Prime
dry samples of Wheat find buyers readily at an advance of Is. per qr.
on the terms of this day se'nuigkt, but all other qualities go off heavily.
The bonded Barley is liberated, which consists of nearly 40,000
quarters, all over the country ; the effect produced thereby has been
more in anticipation than in reality; and the trade, though dull,
fully support the prices of last Monday. Beans sea on better terms.
IBoiling Peas are rather dearer. Grey Peas are unaltered. Oats
have advanced full Is. per quarter since this day se'nnight, but the
quantity at market to-day being considerable, Friday's terms are
hardly supported. The Flour trade remains in the same dull state
as lately reported.

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Wheat,
--- old, 613.725.
- old, 435. 475.
Barley,
-- Old, 00s. 00s.
---- Old, 355. 38s. -.-- old, Os. Os.
Maple, new, 375. 40s. Poland, new, 225. 28$.
-- old, 00s. 00s. --- old, Os. Os.
White, new, 38s. 40s. Potadoe, new, 255. 325.
old, 40s. 425. -- old, Or. Os.
Boilers,. new, 583. 425. 1 ---- Scotch, 395. 356
- old, 00s. 00s. Flour, per Sack, 505. 60$.
ARRIVALS LAST WEEK.
5,688 Beans
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2,486 l'eas
5,319 I Irish Oats -
- - 16,1231 English Flour, sacks
SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY 24.
There was a very full Market this nio,.iiiiig of all descriptions of
Cattle, which, with the wet weather, caused the price of all kinds
of Cattle to fullicousiderabli ; but Scots of prime quality obtain;
high price. The trade was rather heavy.-Current prices-
Beef, per stone of sibs. 53. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Mutton, NI. 4d. tai
4s. 4d. Veal, 4s. 43. to 53. 4d. Lamb, ss. Od. to 6s. Od. Hay,
per load, Zll. to 61. Clover, 41. 10s. tO 61.45. Straw, 24 to el Bs.

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Les Beanies des Acrivains Francois Modernes : on Pe-
ened de Morceou choisis des ineilleurs Prosaic:as el
Pocles Francais. 1-nr rll. V. de Fivas. 12mo. pp. 11G.
We norice M. Ryas' Beauties of Madern French
Writers, for the sake of numbers who we have heard ex•
pressing a wish that they could meet with such a vo-
lume, instead of being obliged to hunt at random
through numerous volumes for appropriate specimens
of French composition. They will here meet with suf-
ficient variety, and well selected.
The History of Ancient and Foreign Wines. By
Dr. HENDERSON. lto.
This is at once an e'egant, an instructing, and highly
amusing work, (tom which much interesting informa-
tion may be derived respecting the subject of which it
treats. The author has taken uncommon pains to bring
forward everything to be met with in ancient authors
respecting the vintage in the earliest ages. In reference
to later times, he has collected pretty ample information
respecting the Monkish periods of our own history, when
the vine was cultivated in many pacts of England, and
with considerable success by the learned priests of that
time. It does not appear, however, that the vineyards
were so numerous as some have believed. " In the time
of Bede, it is clear that they were few lit number. In
Domesday Book mention is made of them about eight-
and-thirty times ; and most of those which were planted,
after the Conquest either belonged to the monasteries,
or were cultivated by wealthy individuals, for amuse-
ment rather than profit. But foreign wine was already
in general use; and as it could be had of much better
quality, and probably at less expense, than what was
produced in the island, it is not likely that the supply
of the latter was ever sufficient for the consumption of
the country."
In the time of Richard 11. la foreign wines were
imported annually to a large amount. As they came
into general use, most of the vineyards were naturally
suffered to fall into decay."
After detailing pretty folly the history of the vine-
yards of Britain doss n to the period last mentioned,
Dr. Henderson lays before his readers an account of
several attempts made in more recent times to revive
this species of culture, and to manufacture wines from
English grapes. A Captain Toke is mentioned, on the
authority of Philipot, as having cultivated the vine at
Godington, in Kent, with such success that the wine
4. seemed not may to parallel, but almost to outtival
that of 'France; and for some years the Duke of Norfolk
made a consider able quantity of wine from a vineyard
at Arundel Castle, which according to the report of a
writer in the Nilsen»: Rusticum, excelled much of the
Burgundy imported into this country, though he ad-
mits it was not' of quite so fine a flavour as the wines
of Beaune.' Between thirty and forty years ago, Sir
Richard Worsley, in order to give the experiment every
chance of success, procured some of the most hardy
species of vines, planted them in a rocky soil, with a
south-eastern exposure, at St. Laurence, in the Isle of
Wight, and eegagetloa vine-dresser from France to su-
perintend their culture. The result was, that in one or
two favourable year s a tolerable crop of grapes was ob-
tained : but eventually the cold springs and early
autumns weakened the pliints, and blighted the produce,
and the scheme was soon entirely abandoned. It must,
however; be acknowledged, that, notwithstanding the
general mildness of the climate of the Isle of Wight,
the spot chosen by Sir Richard was not the best adapted
for a vineyard ; for it is close upon the sea, and conse-
quently much exposed to the cold winds which prevail
in the Channel, especially at the time when the vine
begins to bud. The endeavours of Mr. Hamilton, at
Painshill, were rather more fortunate in the issue. As
the account he has given of his operations stews not
only the difficulties with which be had to contend, but
also the manner in which he succeeded in conquering
them, it may serve as a record of what can be accom-
plished in this way, by there who can afford the ex-
pense, and have sufficient perseverance to perfect the
experiment.
The vineyard at Painshill; he observes, in a com-
munication to Sir E. Barry, is situated on the south
side of a gentle bill, the soil a gravelly sand. It is
planted entirely with the two sorts of Burgundy grapes
—the linden:at, which is the most delicate, but the
tenderest: and the miller grape, commonly called the
black cluster, which is more hardy. The first year, I
attempted to make red wine, in the u-ual way, by
treading the grapes, then letting them ferment in a vat,
till all the husks and impurities formed a thick crust at
the top, the boiling ceased, and the clear wine was drawn
off from the bottom.
" This essay did not answer: the wine was so very
harsh and austere, that 1 despaired of ever making red
wine fit to drink ; but through that harshness 1 perceived
a flavour something like that of some small French
white wines, which made me hope I should succeed
better with white urine. That experiment succeeded far
beyond my most .sanguine expectations; for the very
first year 1 made white wine, it nearly resembled the
flavour of Champagne ; and in two or three years more,
as the vines grew stronger, to my great amazement, my
wine had a finer flavour than the best Champagne I ever
tasted ; the first running was as clear as spirits, the
second running was aril de perdrix, and both of them
spat kled and creamed in the glass like Champagne. It
would be endless to mention how many good judges
of wine were deceived by my aim:, and thought it su-
perior to any Champagne they ever drank ; even the
Duke de Mirearix preferred it to any other wire; but
such is the 1 rejudice of most people against anything
of English growth, I generally found it most prudent
not to declare where it grew, till after they had passed
their verdict upon it. The surest proof I can give of its
excellence is, that 1 have sold it to wine-merchants ler
fifty guineas a hogshead ; and Onewine-merchant, to
whom I sold five hundred pounds worth at one time,
assured me, he sold some of the best of it I torn 7s. 6d.
to 10s. 6d. pet bottle.
" After many years experience, the best method I
found 1,1 making and managing it was this :-1 let the
grapes hang till they had got ail the maturity the sea-
son would give them ; then they were carefully cut off
with scissars, and brought home to the Wine-barn in
small quantities, to prevent their heating. or pressing
one another ; then they were all picked off the stalks,
and all the meuidy or green ones were di.carded be-
fore they were put upon the press, where they were all
pressed in a te.v hours after they were gathered; much
ould run from them before the press squeezed them,
from their own weight upon one another. This running
um_ .‘„ c.a..1 as water; and sweet as syrap, and all this

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