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London, England, 1824-07-24

NAPA INTELLIGENCE.

A small Promotion in the Navy has just taken place, bat tl,?
motion df Flag Officers, which it has been rumoured wuald
come out car the anniversary of his Mammies Coronation, has beta
postponed. The following Lieutenants have been made Comman.
den; viz.—Lieutenant 1). MiKtuotut ; W. A. AORIP, late First of
the Brossosa; G.V. JACKSON, commanding the &MAVIS com
'mies-
cent ship at Jamaica which command be has held upwards of five
=and teu. R. Pakte I (a), late Finn of the CAMSIII4 N. The
int ntlemen love been promoted to the Rank of Lieute.
nant in the Navy :—Messrs. SOLLIVAN, ildincsszt.t., W. It. Pu.i.uwy,
J. M. PINTIAND, and Lusanscrom.
The Ismustar, tender to the RAMILLIES, put into Portsmouth ire
Monday and sailed again on Thursday, for Ireland, where she is
going ts procure men for the Coast Blockade Service.
Vice-Admiral Sir itORRILT MOORSOM is appointed CominamJee.
in-Chief in the River Medway, in the room of Sit'
toward., whose period of service is expired.
Captain Muswit is appointed to command the Itoacter troop.
ship,. at Chatham.
The SAPPHO, 18, fitting at Plymouth, is ordered to I'ortsmou•l4
from whence it is intended she should go to Quebec and Halifax,

FALMOUTH, JULY 29--Wind arrivals or =dings.
PLYMOUTH, Jut.v 22.—Wind variable.—Arrived off the port, tue
Hoop, RIDDZN, from Holland; and Oscar, —, from Wren.
Poanstotrrst, JULY 23.—Wind S.E.—No arrivals or
Ships at Spithead nova,. Sovanaimi and Cst.uorr. In IL-.
boor—VICTORY, BULWARK, WIELLESLgr, ALIMN, Ito t. Coma;
yacht, CAMBRIAN, SIRINOAPATAII' N1K111.14, Cif AIMON, etti.‘ll
BRITOMART, JASPER, LINNET, and Qom.
Dist., JULY 25.—Arrived from the River and sailed, the Charles
Forbes, Ray, frOM 31iramichi. A ship has passed through, re.
ported to be the Fleetwood, from Jamaica.
WHITEHJALN, JULY 21.—Arrived off the port, the Cumberland,
Paw, from Jamaica.
blu.roan. JULY 23.-- Arrived the Carron, SraAcaaN, frosts
Richsbucto.

BRISTOL, JULY 23.—Arrival the Centordia, from. Amsterdam,
PENZANCE, JOLT et.—The De BOOM DIiTICO4S, of Retail; Sow.d,
from Rotterdam to Liverpool, with bask, struck on the llundle-
stone last night, became waterlogged, s.nd was aliantfoued by the
crew; she was afterwards picked up by some fishing-boats, and wss
expected to be towed into Penzance on the night of the 21st.
London, England, 1824-07-24

CUSTOM-HOUSE. JULY 23.

Sates Forman Irma ans—The Leinder, from Havanna!' ; Enig.
kiet, from Rostock ; Jane, from New York ; Thetis, from ilaraJ
burgh ; Friendship, from tiga ; Tanclien, from Skein ; and Gre
Hoffnug, from Bayonne.
Bureau. Ouvwitane—The Sarah, for Hamburgh ; Earl of 1.;.
verpool, for Calais; Saunders, for Newfoundland; Margaret, tt
Rotterdam; Rarhadoes, for Halifax; Fame, for Barcelona ; Laurel,
for Venice; and James, for Trieste.
Cisaanso Ouswmuss—The Edward, for Bremen; Earl of Li.
verpool, for Cab's; William, for Alexandria ; Isabeib, for Sirra
Leone; Simeon, for Hamburgh.; Jetnima, for Jamaica; George,
for Bourdeaux; and. Trusty. for Malaga.
London, England, 1824-07-24

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS-THIS DAY.

THE COMMESS/O*ERS FOR PAVING AND LIGHTING THE
PARISH OF ST. MARGARET'S, WESTMINSTER, AT THE

SUIT Or GRAHAM.

This was an appeal, under the Act of Parliament, by
the plaintiff, to recover a due compensation for some
land belonging to him in Millbank-street, West-
minster, which had !Men taken by the Commiss?oners
to widen the street, under the late improvements. The
plaintiff in this case was the lineal descendant, in tire
third line, of Lord Cromwell, and the sum sought to
be recovered was 800 i. the Commissioners having only

offered 350 i. for it.
As usual on such occasions, witnesses were called on both sides
to prove, on the part of the plaintiff—the valde, and on the other
—that the sum offered was a sufficient convene doe: There was
rather a novel feature in this case, namely, that the plaintiff bad
neglected to employ Counsel in the case until this morning; nor had
he even, until the Jury were sworn, employed a Surveyor.
Mr. Howell, the Surveyor for the Commissioners, pYll the ag-
pepte sum of 5651. for the whole.
Oa the part of the plaintiff, the sum of 61301. was awarded.
A very long discussion took place on the question, and in the end
the Jury gave a verdict finding the valuation at 3911
London, England, 1824-07-23

UNION HALL.

nOBBIERT or CastscawitiCnufteo.—Two men, named Tulin
Gosling and James M•lknnell, were brought before L. B. Aux,/ and
W. Seumar, Esqrs. charged with having committed felony and sa-
crilege. The following strong circumstantial evidence was brought
forward against the prisoners:
Mr. W. Hayward, clerk of die Pztisll of St. Giles's, Camber-
well, stated, that about eight o'clock in the morning of the 24th of
June, on entering the Church. he observed the door of the robing-
room wide open, which was usually kept locked, and on further in-
spection he mis,:ed the crown and mitre from the beadles' staves,
which .speared to have been broken off. He then discovered that
a valuable Brussels carpet had been taken from the pavement in
the chancel. There were several drawers open in the different pews,
out of which Bibles and Prayer-books had been taken ; in fact, the
whole interior of the Church was in the utmost disorder, the cushions
in mare of the pews having been ripped open, and the feathers
strewed about in all directions. He observed one window open in the
south aisle, end several panes of glass broken ; one pane of glass was
broken in the window of the robing-room, as if for the purpose of
opening the casement. There are bars across the window which
was open in the south aisle, which would prevent any person from
getting in. Above the window in the aisle a large piece of the frame,
where there are no iron bars, was wholly removed, leaving a suffi-
cient space for the introduction of any person, or the removal of
property from the interior. The sconces belonging to the pulpit,
and the Venetian blind of the window where the robbers entered,
were taken away ; as also a bottle of wine, which was in the Vestry.
After hearing evidence, the Magistrates expressed their convic-
tion of the prisoner' guilt, and accordingly committed them for
trial at the Assizes.
London, England, 1824-07-23

SPARRING.

The benefit of Harry Harmer was not so well attended as first-
rate talrnt ought to be appreciated : he bad won all his fikhts as a
rare-bred man. The benefit took place at the Royal Tennis Court,
Windmill-street, and the setting-to was most admirable. After
the sports had been opened by Jemmy Lennox and another, some
earnest bouts took place.
Harris and Reidy made a most satisfactory set-to. Harris is a
veteran practitioner, and, although Reidy has net seen much ser-
vice, youth and courage kept the balance.
Ben Burn and Oliver chewed off some superior tactics, and
clumsy thumps were adistinistered without bargaining for.
Spencer and i•:tnmet fought away well, and tried to make a bole
in rack other.

Curtis and Gypsy Cooper caused rounds of applause. Their ac-
tions were so correct, their parries so fine, and the hitting so effec-
tive, that we cannot state which had the best.
Young Belasco made a very good set-to with a stranger.
Cooper, the Gypsy, then challenged Pearce Inglis to fight for so
sovereigns. Inglis could give no answer, as he was first open to
Turner again.
Golding, one of the new herculean', and who has the Bristol
brogue in its purity, set-to with the Cambridge Youth—they tum-
bled into each other pell-mell, and placed some berry round hit.,
unaided by the smallest particle of science. At h • close of the
performance, Cambridge got a slogger with the iig tt hand under
the ear, which sent hint to dorm, and he remained so for some Mi-
nutes. It was so sudden, that he did not know where the blow

was placed.
Harry Harmer and his cousin, Belcher, made the beet set-to of
the day. It was all perfection, and certainly no men in England
can equal them. Cannon did not chew to answer Harmer's challenge.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, JULY 23.
Arrivals—English Wheat, 4,200; Barley, 390; Oats, 8,300;
Irish Oats, 1,750 qrs. Flour, 5,800 sacks. The continuance of fine
weather keeps our market in a very dull state, and Wheat cannot
be sold without submitting to less prices than on Monday. Barley
finds buyers slowly, at last quotations. Beans are very heavy in
disposal, and again cheaper. Peas are dull, and prices are unal-
tered. There is a very heavy trade for Oats this morning, and to
effect sales rather less prices are taken.
London Averages for the week ended July 17.—Wheat, 4,804
qrs. at 61s. Barley, 301 qrs. at 331. lid. Rye, 26 qrs. at 395. 7d.
Oats, 17,373 qrs• at 275. 3d. Beans, 1,484 qrs. at 375. IJ.
Peas, 221 qrs. at 38s.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 23.
The supply at Market this morning of all descriptions of Cattle
was much the same as on former Fridays. There was rather a de-
mand fur good Lamb, which was somewhat higher in price. Other
descriptions of Cattle may be quoted as on hat Monday.
lira, per stone of albs. 3s. 4d. to 4s. ,4d. Mutton 3s. Bd. to
14s. :4. Lamb 4s. 114. to ss. id. Veil 4.. 6d. to ss. 411
London, England, 1824-07-23

PAPAL IATELLIGENCE.

Fatatorru, Suit 41.—Wind variable. Sailed the Magnet
packet, for Lisbon.
Poterssouvii JuLT 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Mackarel,
Morro, fromGtteerisey.
MAX, Suit 22.—Wind N.r..—Arrived the St. Lawrence, Don-
stas,.from Quebec ; Lord Wellington, —, from Halifax ; Nile,
Wm, from Berbice • Mellona, LAING, from Rio Janeiro ; Elisa-
beth Dazaccs, from ourdeaux ; and Jane's, Kum's, from Riga.
LivearooL, JULY 21.—Arrived the Collins, WIGIIAU, from Mi.
ramichi ; Stephen, DIXON, from ditto; Atalanta, DAVISON, from
Trinidad; Neptune, Btu., from blirarnichi ; Parsons, GAUL[[,
from St. John s, New Brunswick ; Elizabeth, A NT:MASON, from Mt-
ramichi ; and Isabella, from Petersburgh. The Collins, from
Mframichi, left the Isabella, lama:, loading there previous to the
16th of June.
Gamosec, Snit 19.—The Marion arrived this morning; sailed
from St. Andrew's 19th June, in company with the brig Diana, of
Greenock, bound to Newfoundland. Left loading, the Charlotte,
of Bristol, WUITEWAY, foe Bristol, to sail 22d June ; the George,
STOutT; Percival, SCOTT; Flora, Rotas; Willson, Ststrsort ; and
Liddell, to sail about the 29th June ; and Cossack, of St. Andrew's,
about 2d July, place of destination uncertain.
Suit 20.—Arrived yesterday. the Ann, AL xxxxx ea, from Ja-
maica—sailed the 10th ult. The Bounty Hall, MiNarrits, in
coming out of Falmouth the same day, struck on the Triangle
Rocks, where she remained about half an hour, but received no da-
sna;e, and would proceed the nest day.
Vv,seLs SPOKEN W4TH.—'IIIC Pew, from Jamaica to
Wkitehaven the 12th ult. off the Grand Catnaques ; Lord erans-1
toune, front Jamaica to London, the :20th ult. in lat. t.'9. long. 79.
nd Westley, from Newcastle to North America, the ISth ult. in
ht. 46. Wog. 57. 1
London, England, 1824-07-23

VICTUALLING-OFFICE, July 17, 18/24.
THE COMMISSIONERS FUR VICTUALLING
Hs 3:4JES7Y's NalrY, .c• do herybositx•volier,

That on FRIDAY, the 24th September next, they will be ready
to receive Tenders in writing, sealed up, and treat fur a quantity of

PRIME IRISH BEEF AND roRK,

Amounting in the aggregate to about Twelve Thousand Navy
Tierces of the former, and about Nine Thousand Navy Tierces

of the latter ;

All to he cured in the ensuing season, and to be delivered into
Lis Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptiard, Portsmouth, and
Plyrnotnh, in such Number of Tierces and Barrels, and in such
proportions as shall be hereafter required, one-half thereof on or
before the ?.Bth Febrth.ry, and the other half on or before the 51st
?lay, 1825, and to be paid for by Bills, payable without interest
sixty days after date; but as a considerable proportion of the Beef
and Port is intended to be applied to the use of his Majesty's
Land Forces employed in the West India Colonies and atGibral-
tar, aid as the said Commissioners have given public notice cf
their intention to receive Proposals on the said 24th day of Sep.
rernhzr, from such persons as may be disposed to treat for the Co.
Incial Supplies, it is to be understood that whatever quantities of
the said Beef and Pork may be contracted for, to be delivered at
the said Colonies, will be abated from the aggregate quantities re-
quired for delivery at Deptford and the other Poits.
_ _ _

The Conditions of the Contracts may he seen at this Cffice, or
by applying to Mr. J. W. Dunsterville, Agent for the Victualling
et Cork ; to the Collectors of bis Majesty's Customs at Limerick
&Vast, Newry, and Waterford; and to the Secretary of the Post-
master-General at Dublin, respectively.

No Tender fur a less quantity than shall be equal to Five Hun-
aired lierces of Beef, and Five Hundred Tierces of Pork, will be
admitted; and each Tender must specify the price in words at
length, and be delieezed before One o'Clock on the day appointed,
and must be accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible
Persons engaging to become bound with tht Party tendering in
the penal sum of One-third of the amount of the Contract, for the
due performance of the same.
The Person who makes the Tender, or sonic Person on his
behalf, must attend to answer when called for.
21. W4LLER CLIFTON.
London, England, 1824-07-23

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, JULY 22.
_ .

The Room was not well attended to-day, In consequence of many
of the subscribers being at Cheltenham and other Races of th •
week. At the close of the Room, the odds on the St. Leger aLd
Derby were as follow:

31 to 1 agst Brutendorf
si to 1 agst Swiss
11 to 1 agst Helenus
12 to 1 agst Osmond
12 to 1 agst Mustachio

VMS IT. LIMILL
13 to 1 agst Canteen
16 to 1 apt Scab
16 to 1 apt Altisidora
22 to 1 apt Jerry
25 to 1 apt any other
DIEM.

12 to I asst Rufus
14 to I asst Bolero

Y 5 to 1 apt the Duke of York's
c. by Soothsayer
25 to 1 apt the a of York's c.
by Phantom.
NOTTINGHAM RACES—Tossoar, JULY 20.
Ilis Majesty's Plate of 100 p. was won by Sir W. Wynn's Cog-
novit in two heats, beating IA Rancliffe's Fearnought and another.
The Yearling Stakes was won by Sir W. Wynn's Rebecca, beat.
ing Mr. Platers Contention.
The Gold Cup was won by Admiral Sotberon's Active, beating
Mr. Ileathcote's Reindeer and four others.

The Maiden Plate was won by Mr. Thomron's Evelina, after
three heats, heating Lewd Fitswilliam's Nitrogen and another.—
Nitrogen won the second heat.
London, England, 1824-07-23

GENEVA, JULY s.

Our lunatic asylum and our hospitals are filled with
unhappy persons of both sexes, whom religious fanati-
cism has deprived of their reason. Of late years we
have had to deplore several suicides, proceeding from
this species of ma,iness, which the faculty, from con-
stant experience,consider as the most difficult to be cured.
London, England, 1824-07-23

LONDON ADJOURNED SESSION&

...—...„--
Yesterday Wm. Gearing Clarkson, a Prone*. of some
respectability in Doctors' Commons, stood indica' for
a violent and unprovoked assault upon Mr.Thonsas Wil-
son, the bookseller, at the corner of Dean's-court.
Everybody must recollect the obstructions and an-
noyances which, till very lately, were occasioned in St.
Paul's Church-yard, at the corner of Dean's-court, by a
set of fellows plying there as porters, and who, in the
capacity of barkers for some of the Proctors, accosted
every individual, male or female, whom they suspected
might have business in the Commons, with offers of
their services to take them to a Proctor. A knot of these
fellows were a short time since convicted under the new
Sewers' Act, for this sort of obstruction and annoyance.
In bringing about this conviction, Mr. Wilson, it seems,
took au active part, and to that he attributes the an.-
' mosity on the part of Mr. Clarkson which led to the a,.
sault of which he now complained. He had, he said,
observed Mr. Clarkson apparently watching about for
two days, as if waiting an opportunity to insult him-:
On the day following, viz. the Bth of June (Mr. Wilson)
having occasion to go down into his cellar, stepped
across the court to the lodge, to ask the porter to gist
an eye to his shop during his absence, and while talking
to him, defendant, walking backwards, trod upon his toes.
Suspecting it was purposely done, he asked him what
he did that for? the defendant, who had his tooth-pick
carelessly in his mouth, said " Pure accident, Sir; pure
accident." The sneering manner in which this was de-
livered provoked him to tell him that he was " a black-
guard, and deserved to have his head knocked about
for it." " Oh," replied the defendant, " you are a
fighter, I believe?" He told him he was no fighter,
and turned from him to go into his shop, when the de.
fendant followed him, struck him violently right and
left, got his head under his arm, or, in the pugilistic dia-
lect, put his head in chancery, and fibbed him severely.
Mr. ADOLPHUS cross-examined Mr. Wilson very
closely, to make him allow that he had first called the
defendant a thief and a swindler; but he firmly denied
having used any opprobrious epithet at all, or done any
thing to provoke the assault beyond what he had stated.
Two other witnesses also proved the assault.
The Jury found the defendant Guilty ; and Mr. Ser-
jeant ARABIS, in passing sentence, said the Court felt
this to be a case of an extremely aggravated nature, and
taking into their consideration the respectable station n
life of the individual who had been assaulted, as w(11
as of the defendant himself, adjudged him to pay a fi. e
of 251. to the King.
London, England, 1824-07-23

ANOTHER ASCENT AT BATH.

Monday, Mr. Graham made his ninth ascent, unac-
companied, at twenty-five minutes past six, amidst a
general burst of enth,isiastic admiration from the
countless spectators wi hin and without the Gardens.
Having gained an altitude of nearly two miles and
three-quarters, the mercury in the barometer sinking to
17 and 1-10th, and the cold being so intense as to cause
Mr. Graham considerable inconvenience, he determined
to descend. Upon approaching the earth his attention
was arrested, and his admiration excited, by a most
magnificent view—the sun declining to the west, and
shedding his golden beams upon the waters of the
Channel ; the range of mountains that mark the Welsh
boundary , the rich hills and verdant valleys of Somer-
set and Wilts; the majestic woods of Longleat, Mar-
ston-Bigot, Mells Palk, Stourbead, Orchardleigh, and
the neighbouring Noblemen and Gentlemen's seats,
spangled with towns and villages. At about twenty
minutes past seven, Mr. Graham landed 'in Longleat
Park, the seat of the Marquis of Bath, not far from the
pond in front of the superb mansion. The young Lords
Thynne were on the spot, and prompt assistance was af-
forded to secure the balloon and its appendages. The
politest attention was paid to Mr. Graham by the noble
inmates of the hospitable edifice ; but declining the
pressing invitation to refresh himself, from his great
anxiety to return to the Gardens, he was forwarded to
Frome, where he was welcomed by crowds of the inha-
bitants; and he returned to Sydney Gardens at ten mi-
nutes before eleven the same evening. A finer ascent
could not be accomplished. The balloon was never out
of sight from the moment of its launch, till it sank below
the horizon at twelve minutes past seven.
SURREY SM7I7—VS, JULY 22.

Nathaniel Maley, a lad of respectable appearance,
aged 17 years, was indicted for stealing a silk handker-
chief, the property of Mr. F. Weller.
Mr. Weller was in the pit of Astley's Theatre on the
evening of the 26th of Jur.e, when a disturbance oc-
curred, during which he felt a pull at his pocket, and
on turning round he caught the prisoner with his hand-
kerchief in his hand. He then gave him into the cus-

tody of Stowell, an officer.
Stowell stared, that he took the prisoner into custody
from Mr. Weller, and on searching him he found four
other handkerchiefs, a snuff box, and card-case.
The prisoner said he picked the handkerchief up in
the pit during the disturbance; the other handkerchiefs,
as well as the snuff box and card-case, were bis pro-
perty. He added, he had been for the last nine months
with his brother, a stock broker, in the Rotunda of the
Bank, and was not likely to have committed this rob-
bery.—The Jury found him Guilty.
The CHAMMAN sentenced him to six months' hard
labour in the House of Correction.
London, England, 1824-07-23

FRANKFORT, JULY 16.

The Congress at Johanniaberg has broken up. M. de
TataAbell, the Russian Minister at Vienna, arrived here
to-day. To-morrow we expect Pi ince Metternich, who
will stop two days. The first day he dines with M.
Rothschild, the second with the President of the Diet.

We have nothing particular from the Levant, except
that the accounts from Constantinople of the 13th,
mention the arrival of General Guilleminot, the French
Ambassador, with a suite of thirty-three persons, among
whom is a Mainote, of the name of Spefaropola. This
Embassy draws great attention in Pera, which is pro-
bably occasioned by the unusual behaviour of the Ge-
neral to the several diplomatic characters, to whom he
has merely sent his card, and his haughty manner in
general. Some persons already fancy he will do some-
thing in favour of the Greeks, but this is not probable.
His negotiations in this field, which is not very pro-
pitious to European Diplomacy, may perhaps be faci
litated by the personal acquaintance of the Grand Visir,

. ,
Ghalib Pitcha, whom he met with in 1867, at the con-
clusion of the armistice of Sloboje,betvreen the aussiansl
and the Turks. This is probably the reason that,
Ghalib Pacha immediately sent a Dragoman of the
Porte to compliment him, to whom the presents from
the King of France to the Sultan were delivered. It is
not, however, to be expected, that France will now re-
cover that influence in the East which it possessed pre-
vious to the year 1816.

Private letters from Constantinople, of the 11th June,
speak of a landing effected by the Captain Pacha in
Negropont, on which occasion the Greeks, who volun-
tarily submitted, are said to have been massacred after
they had laid down their arms. The Consular reports,
however, make no mention of it.
London, England, 1824-07-23

FROM TILE JOURNAL DU CONINIERCE.

Count Villele transacted business with his Nl.tjesty.
The king went out at two o'clock.

‘Nre have letters from Madrid of the 14. th instant.
M. de Oubril, Russian Minister, artived on the 10th;
it appears he brings instructions which will establish
harmony between all the Pot eign Ambassadors; and
settle the important question in regard to the situa-
tion of Spain. Count Ofalia is exiled to Almeira.—
It was expected that the Minister of War and Minister
of Finance would be displaced.
M. Cardenas de Santa Cruz, Colonel in the service of
his Catholic Majesty, arrived yesterday, as courier, at
Bourdeaux ; he immediately had an interview with the
Spanish Ambassador, after which he set off for Paris
It is said he is the bearer of important dispatches: but
the Memorial Bordelais states, the following day, that
Colonel Cardenas did not bring any dispatches.

This morning we received Datch Papers to the 21st.
They notice the breaking up of the Contess at Johan-
nisberg, as Prince Ale•rr•ettNtcu and his diplomatic
visitors are called. It would seem by these Papers,
that General GUILLEMINOT, the new Ambassador to
the Ottoman Porte, unlike Frenchmen in general, thinks
to support the dignity of his station by his neglect of
the usual courtesies and civilities of life. The accounts,
from Switzerland exhibit a melancholy picture of reli-
gious fanaticism. The following are extracts . •
London, England, 1824-05-11

On the First of May was published, price 2s. 6d.
To he continued 'Knuthly.
r HE METROPOLITAN LATER. A 11.1" JOURNAL,
No. T. The Contents of this Number arc as follow :—ORI-
t; (NAL PAPERS. On Literary Institutions LecLures on
Pot try—On Hamilton's Method of Teaching Langnages—Gurney's
Thertno-N•iicrometers. LITERARY ANALYSES. Undwin's
Commonwealth—Gt.:tithe Animal Kingdom, arrangvd according
to Cuvier—Letter on the annexion of the King's Library to the
!loyal Museum—l3yron's Deformed Transi-ormed—Guracy's LTG-
'III es on Chemical Science—Gurney's Letter to Braude—Burri&te
nn the Naval Dry Rot—Tr,lnsactions of the Society of Arts (with
a Plate). HEBDOMADAL PERIODICALS. MEMOIRS,
(R. Southey). POETRY. FINE ARTS. MECHANICAL
ARTS. OMNIAN A. Improvements in the Metropolis—Southey
and Galt—Captain Parry, Italy, Netherlands, Russia France, Si-
cily, &c. PROCEEDINGS of PUBLIC SOC I ETI ES. Royal
Society of Literature—Royal Institution—London, Russell, Mt-
tropolitan, Bristol, Liverpool, Mechanics' Institute. BIOGRAPHY
of PERSONS RECENTLY DECEASED. Sir W. Paxton,
Ms*. I'. Maurice, Miss I.re, J. Ganda°, Sir B. Boothby, James
Marriott, Rev. Sir IL 11. Dudley—LlSTS, &c.
London: Published by Baldwin, Cradnck, and Joy, to whom,
or to the Editor, No. 6, Chatham.place, communications (post
paid) are to be addressed.
London, England, 1824-05-11

DERRY CATHEDRAL.

Sir G. HILL, in moving the Order of the Day for
the second reading of the Derry Cathedral Bill, un-
folded the objects of the Bill, which he described to be
twofold. He then entered into a detail of these ob-
jects. There were two precedents, he said, to justify
the measure ; one referred to Ireland, and the other to
England. He said that the Cathedral of Derry was in
a state of dilapidation, and that the inhabitants could
not use it as a place of worship. The Bishop of Derry
had subscribed 8501. towards the repairs of the Cathe-
dral, and so anxious were the people to have a placeof
worship, that they had subscribed a sum of money for
that purpose. He then moved that the Bill should be
read a second time.

Dr. LUSIIINGTON said that the cases stated by the
Hon. Baronet as precedents did not at all apply to .the
present measure. It was manifest, that from the time
of the foundation of the Cathedral there mu,t be some
body of persons liable to repair it when necessary. llr
complained that the preamble of the Bill wa; not stafi-
ciently explicit, and he was satisfied that there was no
precedent to call upon the i7eople to repair a Cathedral.
The objects of the Bill were neither more rimless than
calling upon the Home of Commons to lay a tax upon
the country, which was to last for ever. Let us look
at the conduct of the Dean a:id Chapter of Derry, ob-
served the Hun. and Learned Gentleman: they have
suffered the service of the Church to be performed in a
P. esbyter ian meeting-house—Weary—lie should move
as an amendment, that the second tca,fing of the Bill
shtild be postponed to that day six months.
_ _ _ .

Mr. Alderman WOOD said he held in his'hand a re-
solution made by the Mayor and Corporation of Derry,
which accused the Irish Society of taking money not
proi.erly bc:onging :o them. They go on to accuse
them of spending' 10,0001. a-year in eating and drink-
ing. The fact was, that the lands belonging to the So-
ciety had been let in perpetuity for 2,300/. a-year,
whereas that •ery property would be worth 20,000 L per
annum. He did unt like to Teak harshly of Aldermen
who were no more, but a story was in circulation that
one of them had received an Irish bribe ; and on his re
turn home from Ireland on one occasion, he found his
house full of Irish linens. Ms, to be sure, was a very
small bribe compared with the benefit conferred. There
were some fisher ies belonging to the Company for w hide
only 1,2001. a-year was given, ani for which be knew
an individual who would give 6,0001. a•year. The S.>.
ciety had built a school and endowed i-t, and they had
also endowed a Rectory. He considered the charge
made by the Corporation of Derry an extraordinary one.
On the SPEAKER putting the original Motion and
.Amendment,

Mr. S. BOURNE considered that the church in ques-
tion had been suffered to go into a state of dilapidation
by the parties who ought to have kept it in' complete
repair—(1 :ear). He recollected part of the Cathedral
of Hereford falling down, but the Dean and Chapter
did not come to the House to ask for a vote to repair it.
London, England, 1824-05-11

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Sr J. GRAHAM presented a Petition front the Inhabitants
of l'utney against the Hammersmith bridge Dill.—Ordered to be
laid en the table.

Mr. Alderman WOOD brought in a Bill authorising the Corpo-
ration of London to raise money at a lower rate of interest to dis-
charge the Orphans' Fund debt, which was read a tlrst time.
A Bill was brought in by Mr. Alderman WOOD to enable the
Corporation of London to raive money at a lower sae of interest to
pay off the Thames Navigation debt, which was read a firs: time.
Mr. Alderman WOOD brought in a Bill to enable the Corpora-
tion of London to raise money at a lower rate of interest to dis-
charge the Coal Exchange debt, which was real a first time.
Mr. P. 310011 E presente.d a Petition from the Commercial
Dock Company against the South London Docks Bill.—Ordered
to be laid on the table.
London, England, 1824-05-11

GRAND ROWING WAGER.

The admirers of rowing on the Thames, were yesterday betting
on the undertaking of the six Gentivmen, to row in a sit-oared cat-
ter front Oxford to Whitthall, in sixteen hour,, for 1030 guineas.
They were to start this morning at three o'clock, and to win, they
must be at Whitehall at seven this evening.

HANGED Ott NOT HANGED —The following, letter has
been addressed to the Editor of the Irish Observer:
Sl:a—A Paper called the Limerick Chronicle, was receieed
in the County of Cork on the lath of April, stating that I was
hanged on that day, which was the cause of great grief and other
inconvenience to my rel ttions, the O'Slallivm's, in that county.
Now this is to request that your Worship would he so good as to
allow me to say, contrary to anything that the Lime, ick Chronicle
may allege to that effect, that I am not hanged, nor was n.a hanged
upon that day ; fur I am still alive, and well, thank Gon—thougn
the Chronicle was so good as to give nay dying decnratinn. Now,
Sir, further to prove that I am alive, I beg your pardon to state that
the paper, as I am told, which gave an account of nay execution at
Iwo o'clock, was printed at eleven the same day, and this I think is
full confirmation of the fact of my being alive, seeing that the Gen-
tlemen of the Chronicle newspaper could not know at eleven what
took place at two.—So, Sir, your humble servant to command,
" TliomAs O'SULLIVAN.
0 County Gaol, Limerick, April 30, 1824.
" Nola &,,e.--Aly first cousin, Marty O'Surivan, went into
mourning, and Judy, my aunt's sister, was murdered with the grief.
—See what comes of false news, Sir."

BIRTHS.
May P., at Belfast, the Lady of Sir Stephen May, of a son.
May 17, at the College of Kilkenny, the Lady of the Rev. W.
Baillie, of a son.

AIARRIED.

Tuesday, at Portsmouth Church, Mr. John Edward Taylor, of
Manchester, to Sophia Russell, only daughter of the Rev. P.. Scott,
of Portsmouth.
Thomas Keck, of Dublin Castle, Esq. to Eliza, relict of Co!.
De la Douespe, of the 69th regiment.
Wednesday se'nnight, at Dublin, Edwin Sandys, Esq. late Cap-
tain in the 6th Rebiment sof Foot, to Elinheth Anne, youngest
daughter of the late Richard Moore, of the city of Dublin, Esq.
Rev. Joseph Fawcett Biddy, :o Mary Ann Morse, eldest daugh-
ter of the late Rev. Richard Foley, Rector of Huntley.
London, England, 1824-05-11

CATON ON DEBILITY, ILLUSTRATED WITII
, CASES.

This day was published, price 3s. 6d. a New Edition of
pIL OBSERVATIONS on the DEBI-
LITIES, natural and contracted, of the GENERATIVE.
ORG ANS of both Sexes; includl:g Remarks on Onanism. Seminal
Weaktic,s, Nocturnal Emission, Weer, 'Fishes Dorsals, Fluor At-
bus, &c. &c. with the Theory of Generation.
By I'. 31. CATON, Surgeon,
No. 6, Norfolk-street, Strand ;
Late of the United Hospitals of St. Thomas's and Guy's.

Sold by C. Chapple, 59, Fiall-mall; Bowen, 31.5, Oxford-street;
Callow and Wilson, 16, Yr incesetreet, Soho ; or by the Author, u
above. Where may had,
. _

Caton on the Venereal Disease and its Consequences, a New
Edition, price :is. illostrated with Cases : A Practical Treatise on
the Prevention and Cure of roe Venereal Disease, exhibiting the
chiracter, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases immediately
or remotely connected with is ; containing Observations on Gleet,
Stricture, .%lucal Dischares, the use of the Caustic and common
Bougie, Cutaneous Bruptions, ImaLinary Venereal Diseases, &c. &c.
comprisine, an elementary Work Vr Students, and a Guide to the
general "Reader; interspersed with select Prescriptions applicable
toe :eh division of the Disease.
London, England, 1824-05-11

GUILDHALL.

Elio Cockburn, a rather interesting looking girl, about fifteen
years of age, was charged with attempting to set fire to the house
of her master, Mr. Ware, milliner, 42, Skinner-street, Snow-hill.
About a quarter past eight o'clock on Sunday evening, Mr. Ware's
opposite neighbours perceiving an extraordinary light through the
attic windows, gave the alarm, when it was discovered that one of
two beds that are in the room was in a blaze; but by prompt exer-
tions the fire was extinguished, not, however, until the bedstead,
the hangings, the sacking, and the bed-ticking had been nearly-de-
stroyed. The prisoner, who has been with Mr. Ware about nine
months, and has exhibited a most mischievous disposition, bad been
kept to her room, on the floor beneath the attics, for the last week,
on account of some misconduct; and this coercion, coupled with
the knowledge that Mr. Ware, after trying without success to place
her in the Refuge for the Destitute, or the Penitentiary at Poston-
%rifle, had determined to apply to get her passed to her settlement,
the parish of Bermondsey, stimulated her, it is conjectured, to the
rash act of revenge of setting fire to her nia,ter's house. The ab-
sence of all the family except Mr. Ware and a lad, gave her ample
opportunity to obtain, unperceived, a light from the kitchen, and
apply it under the bed. Suspicion immediately fell on the prisoner,
who was fnu td in bed in her own room; she denied her guilt, how.
ever, for ve.l:e iirm, but at length confessed it to Mrs. Ware.
Tire pz i titer made nu reply when asked by :%Ir. Alderman SC 110
LEY if she had aLything to say; and was remained, that her friends
mily lie made acquainted with her situation. She wzis composed,
but seemed sensible of the magnitude of her imputed crime, the
perspiration glistening on her lace.
London, England, 1824-05-11

THE ARMY.

The late General Order, permitting such Officers of the Roy. I
Nlarines and Corps of Royal raigincers as h•tee served twenty ye..ls
to sell their Commissions and retire front the Service, has, it ap-
pears, been availed of to a very limited extent indeed—no
ccr of the former Corp: having as yet retired, and only one ( Af.,jor-
General D' Auer) of the latter, has yet apneared in the Go-etre,
whose plate in the list of Colonels, in the ilLgi,ttt moil List of the
Corps. will be fi!led up by Colonel Aiirl.o rt. .nt, from the tenty.rary
I lalt.pay, but will cause no other promotion in th t bratic!, of :he
Service.

Tuesday, the 15th Regiment or Foot were in.peeted by Getitral
Sir JOIN LAMBERT, at Waterford, who ty.vreck.cd himself highly
gratified with their military evolutions and conduct.
The Loyal Briton sailed from Gret:rock on Tue,day evening for
Gibraltar, with a detachment of the With Ilecim...nt on board.
London, England, 1824-05-11

DEATH OF BAIWA MASERES.

We have to announce the death of Baron Masters, Cursitor Boron
of the Exchequer. This distinguished individual yesterday noirit-
Mg closed his long and valuable life, at the advanced age of Mtn y-
three. 13arou Maseres was of a refugee family; his grandfather
came over with King William; and his mind, as might naturally be
expected, was early embued with a hatred of everything in the
shape of religious perseCution. He was a Fellow of Clare Hall,
Cambridge, and very early displayed that profound knowledge of
mat:Non:1;11cl, to the peculiar study of which he had devoted him-
self, and to which he was no doubt excited by the many celebrated
names which, iit this department of science., Lave done honour to
that celebrated University. Ile published, as early as 17:.:9,a work on
the negative sign, in which he argued against the received docttine of
negative quantities; and ssme time afterwards mil:dished his valuatle
collection of the Scriptures Lufarithmici, in six volatiles, 4to. a
work on Life Anuoitiei, anti several historical works, among which
were May's Ilisturll sr the Parliament, and Ludlow's Lahrs.
It was to the liberal and enlightened patronage of B.tron naseres
th it the public are indebted for the Rtv. John ilellins's v.duable
translation of Donna Agnesi's Insinuzioni Autlyti<il:e. it iod beets
traltslated flung years before by the then late Professor Colson, the
ingenious commentator on the Fluxion.; of Nro.vion. Baron Masc-es,
who, in his early life had kiloton Colson, and had reason to infer,
twin his conversation, that he bad vetittr..n a treatise on geome-
try, which he had never published, w..s desire:is of discovering
this manuscript, and of giving it to the world. 1:1 hit search lie
foetid, not the work he looked for, but ;to-lodation just men-
tioned ; and after removing some pecuniary (Into:tics, which,
without such generous assistance, would h .ve been for
ever withheld from the wo-:d, he obtained a copy ..f it, and put it
into the hands of Mr. I!llder.•ak t,) h:-crone its Editor,
and under whose inspection it was printed ;a: I tTot.
In private lie, the disposition of Bat In Maseres was kindness
itself, and his integrity was the result of a mind discipliind from
early life in all its feelings, •nd etsinteresoal is all its habits. In
politics he was a Whig, of the Old School ; averse Irons all wild
innovation, bat loving liberty for the sake of humankind. Hiere-
!igloos tenets were those of a staun:h thin:titan, bat with perhet
good fright.; towards every one of disTtrent milite:.ts, and deeming
it the height of injustice to chastke any man's conscience, or to
silence any man's opinion. His memory—as will often happen
with those whose lives have been devoted to abstract studies--had
fdle .1 bins almost totally for many mooths !sefore his death. He
was or-vor married, and has loft no very near relatives. ;le died at
his house at Ilytozate,iii Surrey, to which place be had been iemoWed
sotac rinse before his (Lath.

i
London, England, 1824-05-11

BRITISH IND FOBL•IUN SCHOOL SOCIETI,

ES.

Yesterday the Annual Meeting was held at the Free-
masons"l'avern. The system of education is the. Lancal-
terian. There must have been upwards of 2,00 n Fe. sons
present, and they were of the most respectable description.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex in tire Chair.
The report stated, that the Committee had proceeded
in multiplying the central schools, and that auxiliary
societies had been instituted in the chief manufactu:ing
towns. The labours of the Committee were not limited
to any sect, persuasion, or religion, but purisosed to ex-
tend education through the world to ;01 nations and
religions. Their general plan was, however, to give a
Bible education. The Society's books of instruction had
been translated, and printed in the French, Spanish.
German, and Russian languages ; and editccion was,
through their means, making rapid strides in Ireland,
There wet e more than 1,000 schools in conns Lion with
the Society, for the education of the poor in that count y.
Most of the outrages which had taken place in that un-
fortunate country were committed in those districts
where the poor were worst educated, and the Society
considered the call for education most eowerful
looking to the calamities of It eland —(Chsyrs). In the
Scotch islands education was advancing; but la Fr ance
and Spain, strong repugnance appeai ed to I,e w the
propagation of the British system. In Rinis, however,
there were 5,000 scholars on the system, and it was to
be hoped that the establishment formed there and in
Spain before the late changes would not be permitted to
be extinguished. From Greece, and several of the
islands of the Grecian Archipelago, the accmints of the
preparations for the generll education on the system
were most flattering ; and there was no doubt that, in
the event of the success of the Greeks (for which every
friend of Christianity and human improvement must
pray), Greece would be rei;enerated, and prove once
more conspicuous fur all that was great and good
(Loud cheers). In South America the system was gene•
rally adopted, and, in fact, it went hand in hand with
every effo:t for the improvement of the condition of man.
The Report was received with great applause, when
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. BorroN, M.P. and other Gen-
tlemen, addressed the Meeting at considerable length on
the benefits arising front the Institution.
Thanks were voted to the ROYAL CilA IRMA N, who
rose and said, that he felt himself bound to support
every Institution for which his late Father had had a
respect, and to which he rendered his support.
The company, on separating, entered into a hand-
some subscription.
London, England, 1824-05-11

DIED.

Friday night, aged 80, at his house in the Strand, Sir Fenwick
Bulmer, Knt.
Saturday, at Travers' Lodge, Windsor, at a very advanced age,
Lieut. Burgeis, Governor of The Naval Knights.
April 25, at Ballinghassig, county of Cork, the Rev. D.nutit
O'Sullivan, Parish Priest for 32 years.
Friday, at Limerick, Capt. R. W. Parker, R.
May 1, at Mountrath the Rev. Valentine Gzifßib, aged 66.

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London, England, 1824-05-11

REMARKABLE CASE OF MRS. ANNE LAWSON,
Who, after suffering Ten Years with an ulcerated Sore Leg, was
core:, by tak;..e two I Is. Bottles of Dr. LIGNUM'S ANTI-
SCOiCIiGTIC DROPS.
Brastixeuxst, 9vu MAT, 183.
liVr it S. !NNE LAWSON, of Ilandsworth, near
JL Eiralingham, was :,Elided nears, Ten Years with an ulce-
rated S.)r.• fe g, --:caiiunrct by the rupture of a blood-vessel. She
was tp.ated for it in various ways by sevcral of the Faculty, but
without any good effect. Being at length persuaded by a friend to
try Dr. Lio.ium's ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS, she purchased
a I:(ittle aPer raltio,, the Medicine a few Days she thought herself
worse, having ti-w.lrds of twenty Ulcers in her Leg, but being de-'
t-r mined to rer,cvt.r.., she continued taking it, and after using little
more than two 114. 13atties, was perfectly cured, and has continued
quite w-Al during Six Mouths, which have elapsAl since she left off
taking the Drops.
The abure case is attested by Mr. T. Wood, 78, High-street,
Eirmingliant, who will answer any enquiries respecting it.—All
letters to be post paid.
To Messrs. John Lignum and Son, Surgeons, Manchester.
These Drops art- sold moulded square bottles, at 2s. 9d. 4s. 6J.
and 11r. each, by John Lignum and Son, Surgeon, Btc. 63, Bridge-
street, Manchester; and by J. Sanger, 150, Oxfrrd-street ; J. and
C. Evans, 4^., Long-Line, West Smithfield; Barclay and Sons, 95,
! Fleet-market ; T. and C. Butler, N 0.4, Cheupside; and Re
gent-street ; Sutton and Co. 10, law Church-yard; l'vao Edwards
166, St. Paul's Church-yard; F. Newbury and Sons, 45 Sr. Paul's
Church-yard; Henry 'Macklin, 33, Whiteehapel, London ; F
Newbury and Sons, 99, Dame-street; Butlers 34, &divine street,
Dublin; Scott and Orr, 100 South-bridge, Edinburgh • R. Nelson,
Surgeon. Glasgow; and all respectable Medicine Venders.
Of whom also may be had, Mr. Lignum's IMPROVED VE-
GETA BLE LOTION, for all Scorbutic Ersptioes, price 2s. 9d.
duty included.
•
London, England, 1824-05-11

FRANKFORT, MAY 4.

The accounts floan Odessa, of the 14th April, state
that the last letters from Constantinople had brought
the intelligence that the Tui kish Government, being in
great want of men to man the fleet, bad caused all the
vagabonds that could be found in the coffeehouses and
other places of public rest:lit, to be seized, and sent on
board the ships destined against the Greeks. It is said
there are some Franks among them. It may be easily
supposed that no very heroic exploits can be. expected
from a fleet manned in such a manner. It appeared
that the Captain Paella would sail shortly.
Private letters from Sr. I'etersburoh, of a recent date,
say that nothing had yet transpired respecting the mis-
sion of M. de Tatischeff, who is at Vienna, and that in
general very liale was said about the affairs of Greece.
In the diplomatic circles, however, it was presumed
that the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh was favourable to the
plan of forming Chi istian provinces in the Morea, which
should remain tiibutary to the Porte. This opinion
seems the more deserving of credit, as it coincides with
the contents of an official communication made to the
English Government at the end of March, as an answer
to the memorandum of Mr. Canning on the concerns of
the Colonies, in which communication the ideas of the
Russian Cabinet relative to the independence of the South
American Celunies,are said to be expressed to the follow-
ing effect :—" Russia would not acknowledge the inde-
pendence of those provinces, even if an exalted personage
should place himself at the bead of such a revolution."
This is supposed to allude to the Prince Royal (now
!Emperor) of Brazil.

We have no reason to doubt the correctness of these
expressions on the Colonial question; and we therefore
believe that if Russia acts consistently, according to
this system, the Greeks will find that obstacles to the
entire independence of their country will be raised in a
quarter where, a few years ago, they would not have
expected them. On the other hand, it is highly pro-
bable that the approaching campaign may decide the
emancipation of Greece, for should it prove as unfa-
vourable to the Turks as the preceding have been, it
might happen that the Divan itself would be disposed
to seek means of putting an end to the contest, by an
equitable arrangement with the Greeks.
London, England, 1824-05-11

PORT OF LONDON SOCIETY.

Yesterday a very- numerous and highly respectable
meeting was held at the City of London Tavern, of the
supporters of the Society for ptomoting Religious In-
struction to-the ...Seamen of the Port of London. Lord
Gambier was in the Chair. His Lordship stated the
objects of the meeting, and after an appropriate prayer
the Report of the Committee was read, which contained
many interesting details of the good effects produced
uFon Seamen by the Floating Chapel in the Thames;
by the distribution of 3 Books and Tracts among
Sailors ; and by other means adopted by the Society.
The Report was received with universal approbation.
Several Gentlemen addiessed the meeting in animated
speeches, and appropriate Resolutions were agreed to.
London, England, 1824-08-04

FRENCH PAPERS.

. PARIS, AUGUST 1.
FROM THE CONSTITUTIONNEL OW SUNDAY.

It is asserted that strict orders have been given, that
henceforth the books sent from Paris shall be examined
by Inspectors of Libraries and by the Commissaries of
Police, at Perpignan and Bayonne, to ascertain that
books intended for Spain are not included in the list of
prosc►ibed books. This measure is, however, rendered
useless by the Ministry not having sent instructions to
the Prefect, so that at present no books at all can be
sent. It is to be hoped that the Government will revise
this measure, which injures the book trade. Flow car
it be a crime to send abroad books, the circulation of
which at home is not forbidden?