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London, England, 1826-04-01 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
EASI IN-727FITPFING.
The Inglis, General Kyd, Bridgewater, and Repulse, it is re.
ported, were dispatched from China about the 17th November, and
the two former to have sailed from St. Helena film days, and the
two latter one day before the Kellie Castle.
The General Kyd, Natant, from China, sailed 19th November ;
and St. Helena the 4th February.
Passengers per General Kyd, Capt. Nairne, from China:
Steward Paxton, Esq. Civil Service, Bengal; Mrs. Paxton, Miss
A. Paxton, Miss 51. t. Paxton, Miss E. G. Wyatt, Miss C. Wyatt,
Master H. Wyatt, Mister Charles Pritchard, from St. Helena;
one European female Servant, one native ditto, one native male ditto.
Passengers per James Sibbald, from Bombay (expected).
)Ire. The Sibbald left St. Helena for London February 3.
Dr. George Barnes, Ardeacon of Bombay ; Mrs. Barnes, Capt.
Henry ',Wilton, Marine Superintendant of Bombay.
Alex. Capt. M. was to leave the Sibbald, and join the Repulse
at St. Helena.
Arrived off Dartmouth, the Atlas, Hon, from Madras and
Ceylon; and landed passengers.
Off Hastings, the Elizabeth, Barcetista, from St. Thomas's
likuito, Wine, from New York; Margaret, WRIGHT, Irons Vir-
ginia; and Ebenezer, WILLIAMSON, from Oporto.
The Sally, Oanz, from Cadiz to Havannah, was wrecked 27th
January, on the south aide of the Bahama Bank. About two-thirds
of the cargo expected to be saved.
The Paragon, Pounce, from Glasgow, was on shore to leeward
of Demerara the 6th of February, and had log her rudder.
The Alpha, Lasotar, bound to London, was on shore near
Whitstable yesterday, and was discharging.
The Hercules, NORIINZURG, bound to Marseilles, was on shore
in the Clyde on Wednesday.
The Trusty, HUNTLEY, was Wrecked near Hartley on Thursday.
rALMOUTII, Matteis 30.—Wind N.—Arrived the Crown Prince
Frederick, front Dram. Sailed the Success, Blass, for London.
Pi-rssouvir, 31aiscsa 30.—Wind N.—Arrived his Alaiesty's ship
Deem, hum Portsmouth. Off the port, the British Monarch,
Pea ascot, from Demerara. Sailed his Majestyts ship Toms, for
Colombia; and Argus, for North America.
Poayssouvu, MARCH 31. Wind N.—Arrived the City of
Limerick, —, from Limerick ; and the Hope, Gemoay. from
London. Passed by, the Cinclonatus, Bust, for New York.—
Sailed the Woodbridge, DEAN, for Sierra Leone; Stag, Femme,
for Newfoundland; and Leonidas, —, for Cardiff.
DEAL' 31•11CII St.—Wind E.—The Nellie Castle, from Chita;
and the Corsair, from India. sailed for the River this morning.—
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Lovely Ann. Cnawrime, from
Charente; Jane, Maris, front St. Johns (N. B.) ; and the Anna
Helena, Mures, from Honduras. Passed through from the River,
the Elizabeth, CHARLTON, for Quebec ; and the Dawn, Breen, for
Mitantichi. Arrived from the River, and remain, the Mary,
M`Ciuza, for Jamaica; and Vertumnus, LAING, for Quebec. The
Favourite, from Oporto for Newcastle; and the Ellen, for Rotter-
dam, sailed this morning.
J.IYERTOGL. MARCH 50—Wind N.—Arrived the Alexander,
Ilona, from Mobile; Pomona, lizenar, from New Orleans; and
Henrietta, —, front St. John's (N.B)
GUAYAQUIL, Ocr. 30.—The steam boat which lately arrived
here from England, started hence about a month since for Lima ;
but when at sea three days, was obliged to put in for fuel. In her
passage from here to Guarmey, she likewise put in three or four
times fur the same reason. The owner of the boat, who had in-
vested his whole fortune to the amount of 50,000 dollars in her, was
so much discouraged, that while the passengers were at dinner (with
the exception of five on shore, gunning), be went below, and fired
a pistol into the magazine. The whole quarter-deck of the vessel
was blown into the air; five of the passengers were killed, and se-
veral wounded. Mr. SWEET, of Boston, who was on shore, lost all
his baggage, and many valuable papers. It is supposed hat the
owner, who was an Italian, was insane at the time he fired the pis-
although five minutes before Ise was sitting at dinner and con-
versing as usual. The passengers killed belonged to this place, and
were very respectable people.
WINDSOR, MARCU 31.—His MAJESTY IS now zUffi-
ciently well to receive visitors and transact business; but the cold-
ness of the weatherhas not yet permitted him to ride oat. As soon
as a fa/tamable change takes place, it is expected he will gladden us
all by his re.appeirance in public.
Yesterday, the Princess &Pam MATILDA left town
for her house at Blackheath.
Thursday night, Mr. MEATUS, the King's Messenger,
arrived at the Foreign Office, Downier-street, with dispatches from
St.• Peteraburgh. Mr. Mutes left linden-with dispatches a few
days after the Duke of WELLINGTON, and overtook his Grace at
Berlin, and proceeded with the Noble Duke to St. Petersburgh.
His Grace was to leave St. Petersturgh on the 23th or 26th March.
Last night 'a Gentleman left town with dispatches for
the lonian Islands.
Yesterday Mr. Secretary and Mrs. CANNING and a
select party dined with the Marquis of CLANRICARDE.
Tuesday morning, soon alter eleven o'clock, Mr. Se-
cretary CANNING left town and proceeded as far as Marlborough,
where the Right Hon. Gentleman slept that night. Ratty on Wed-
nesday Morning, he proceeded to Bath, where he remained during
that day and night. At ten o'clock on Thursday morning, Mr.
CANNIhG left Bath and proceeded on his way towards London to
where he arrived about six o'clock to dinner, where the
Right Han. Secretary was met by Mr. Svaerrrou, his private Se-
cretary, who hat come from London in consequence of some im-
portant business occurring at the Foreign-office, which required
the immediate attention of Mr. CANNING. Soon after eleven o'clock
yesterday morning, the Right Hon. Gentleman left Salt-hill on
hotseback, his saddle-horse having arrived the previous evening at
Salt-hill from London. The Right lion. Gentleman rode to the
RiNc's Lodge, Windsor-park, where he remained two hours, dur-
ing which time he had a long audience of his Maaasrv, to take his
commands on some state business; after which Mr. Cameo
in ,anted his saddle-horse again, and rode as tar as Hounslow, where
he dismounted, and entered his travelling carriage, which bad fol-
lowed him, in which the Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded to Lon-
don, and arrived at hit house in Downing-street about four o'clock.
REPItssENTATIoN OP WORCESTER.—CoIoneI DAVIES
arrived in this city on Friday, and commenced his canvass on Satur-
day. Mr. Roams*) still continues his canvass. Yeterday after-
noon, between four and five o'clock, Lord Dasauwarr made his
public entry into this city; his reception was moat flattering. His
Lordship commenced his canvass to-day ; his friends, as well as
those of Col. Davis and Mr. Roan:sox, seem confident of success.
—The supporters of the latter Gentleman state, that, in addition
to a very successful canvass in the city, he has a meet decided
majority of out-votes. The Colonel's friends appeal, to be equally
satisfied with the result of their canvass. A severe contest may be
looked for.— Worcester Amend.
WILYMOUrn, MARCH SO.—The Right Hon. THOMAS
WALLACI and Macrae:ow Una, Ksq, two of the Members for this
Borough, were expected-here on Tuesday last from London. The
latter Gentleman arrived that evening, Mr. Watcaca not being
sufficiently recovered, (rain his late indisposition to undertake the
journey. Mr. Dan, acconspenied by a most numerous and respect-
able Deputation of Gentlemen, Members of the Corporation and
Freeholders, yesterday paid his respects to the Freeholders and
Inhabitants and solicited their Suffrages for the next Election.
Mr. WALLACE and air. Ulm received universal assurances of sup-
port, and eremite( being returned as two of our Members to the
next Parliament.
We :tre sorry to state an extensive failure at St. Pe-1
tetsburgh, that of Messrs. Laval, brothers, for two millions and a
half of rubles (about 100,10004 sterling). They were eminent
bankers, and of great credit.
The larg- house of JOSRPH Mtwarre, at Strasbourg,
has just failed for 6,000,000 francs-253,000h
Orders have been receivtd by several of our most
eminent Bankers and Professional Gentlemen to attend the Com-
mittee of the Holm of commons on the subject of the currency.
—E.lanktsrgh Observer.
• Miss STrPts sus concludei her engagement at the
Bristol Theatre last night; on which occasion she played the parts
of Thema Venues, Raba, and Florega, for her own benefit.
The Duke of MONTROSE and Family -honoured
)lisitirws's Intritodens onThursday evening, by joining his.* Home.
The house was crowded in every part at an early hour, and had
there been treble the number of boxes unoccupied, they could have
been let. We observed—Ladies Gifford, Kidley. Hannah Ellice,
Odway, 3f- Slephellyeits Fielding, Cunningham—Lords Belfast,
Tollarnote, Kerry, Dave, W. Rossell—The Hon. F. Byng, ate.
BOLIVAR MINING COM'ANY.—At a Meeting of the
S':arehnlders on Thursday -a favourable report was
submitted, and on the motiop of Mr. WILSON, ordered
to be printed. It stated that there was no necesaty
for machinery, as the mines were worked by manual
labour. It appeEted that four miners could break
1001. aotth of copper per day; and that instead of
calling them copper mines, they may be called s. moan
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Tim Doke of Nurthumhetland entertained a dhenguisbed part;
at illhierr yesterday, at Northimberland House, among whoa
'were the Duke and Duchesp.of Vontruse and the Ladles Graham's..
the Duke and Duchess of Athol; Mr. and Lady Hartiot Clive! g
Lord Prudhoe, &c.
Mrs. Bennet bad a dinner party yesterday, at her house In Privy
Gardens.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock have left their seat,
Oakley House, Bedfordshire, for Stowe, on a visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Buckingham.
The Earl and Countess of Castilla and family have arrived at

house in Privy Gardens, from their seat, Si. Margaret's.

Sir Edward Chetwynd, Dart, arrived yesterday at his house in
teat George-street, Westminster, from his seat in Warwickshire.
Keane Fitzgerald, Esq. left town yesterday; for his seat, Under-
11, Hens.
General Hill arrived in town yesterday, from Bath.
Countess De Grey arrived yesterday at her house in St. Jamee4
uare, front her seat, Putney Heath.
The. Lord Bishop of Chichester and family left town yesterday,
r the Palace Chichester.
Lord and Lady G. H. Civendish and family are expected in
wn on Monday, from their seat, Holker, Lancashire.
Lady Warburton has arrived at her house in Albemarle-street,

from a tour.
Emily Marchioness of Londonderry has left town, far the Mar..
chioness of Londonderry's seat in Hants.
Sir W. and Lady Rumbold and family arrived yesterday, at
the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle.s eeeee , from Lord Ranclilfe's seat.
Bunny Park, Leicestershire.
The Right Honourable Sturges Bourne, M.P. and family left
town yesterday, for their seat, Testwo,d House, Southampton.
Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. Jamees-street—Colonel
Vansittart, from his seat in Berkshire; Richard Norris, Esq. front
his seat, Basing Park, Hampshire. General Brooke has left ditto.
Lord Newbomugh arrived yesterday, at the St. James's llotel,
Jermyo-street, from North Wales.
Arrivals at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street—lady
and Miss Acton, from Stafforthhire ; dlr. and Mrs. Nicholson
and family, from Brighton. The Misses Loch, have left ditto,
on a tour.

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR APRIL.

PROM ACICERIIANN'S REPOSITORY.

CA RILIAGZ COMM s„—Pelisse of Turkish satin, of a bright blue or
hyacinthine colour, lined with white same. and fastened in front ;
the collar square and tamed down; the corsage plain and close to
the shape, and ors-meted on eat► side with a row of diamonds of
the same material as the dress, edged with a narrow satin reuleau
of the same colour, and united with a satin button. The two
rows diverge towards the shoulders, and meet in front at the waist,
where the diamonds unite in pain, and gradually increase in size,
as they descend ; two rows of swansdown adorn the bottom of the'
dress, between which Is an elegant satin scroll. The sleeve is still
en gigot, but much smaller from the elbow to the wrist, which has
three diamond ornaments to correspond, placed perpendicularly.
The minium has a highly-wrought gold buckle in front ; deep square
collerette of British Brussels lace; cap of whits tripe ; a
'bouquet of damask roses on the right side, and others variously
disposed. The hair in large curls, arranged to accord with the bor-
der of the cap, which is full, of folded crepe line. Gold ear-rings
and bracelets; gold chain and eye-glass; jonquil-colour kid gloves
ani shoes.

Evarruto Dams.—Beautifully sprigged Urling's lace dress, over
a primrose colour Turkish satin slip, made with a frock-body of a
moderate height and fulness, confined at the top with a narrow satin
rouleau, and trimmed with a row of deep falling lace, put on very
full. The sleeve is short and extreniely full, and finished with the
same kind of lace as that round the bust, and equally full. The skirt
has an elegant wreath of various sorts of flowers, surmounting two
very deep flounces of rich scollop lace, which are beaded with satin
piping, and put on with mach taste, slightly partaking of the festoon;
the rise of the upper flounce is opposite to where the lower recedes,
and displays a well-arranged selection of lowers within each space;
a wreath of single havea,,and a row of rich scollops termthate the
dress. The ceixture.has a beautiful cameo in front. A rouleau of
primrose and hair-colour pm de Araiks forms the bead-dress • and
the hair is disposed in ringlets, a far more becoming avid elegant
style than the stiff large cods which have disguised the beautiful
tresses of our fair fashionable+. Shaded gauze scarf ; pearl ear-rings
and necklace, with a gold chain ; bread cameo bracelets outside the
gloves, which are loos white kid and French trimmed; white
satin shoes. . _ _

The Mendicity Society has published an appeal to
the public for assistance. The sum originally sub-
scribed as a capital has been expended on the purposes
of the Society, and the annual subscriptions fall short of
the expenditure—the former being about 280C1. and the
latter 35001. a year.
A deputation of members of the Chamber of Com-
merce of Birmingham has arrived in town for the pur-
pose of making an application to the Bank of England
for a Loan of 400,0004 to be applied, under the direc-
tion of the Chamber of Comm- rce, to the relief gene-
rally of the merchants and traders of Birmingham.
Yesterday, a farther investigation of tl,e circum-
stances connected with the murder of Daniel Sullivan,
at Bromley, took place before the Magistrates of the
Police Office, Lambeth-street, Whitec4pel. The evi-
dence was in general a repetition of that which has al-
ready appeared. The prisoners charged with the mur-
der were fully committed for trial.
Monday last, Mr. LEACH, the dwarf of the Caledo-
nian Theatre, ascended for a wager to the top of the
flag-staff on Nelson's Monument, Edinburgh, to which
he affixed his hat, where it still remains. The wind at
the time he went up was blowing with great violence,
otherwise he would have gone through some manoeu-
vres at that 'great height. —Scotsman.
DREADFUL, Ft ass.—At half-past three yesterday after-
noon a fire broke out in Strahan's-place, Ball's Pond,
Islington, which raged for three hours with ungovern-
able fury. Maberly Chapel, with its rich service of
communion plate, tke. was consumed, and so rapid was
' the progress of the flames, that, within an hour and a
half of its commencement, four houses, exclusive of
the Chapel, were destroyed. Three persons, belonging
to the Phonic Fire Office, fell victims to the devouring
element, besides a child about four years of age, whose
heart-reading cries having reached the ears of its af-
flicted mother, she rushed ihrough the flames to its as-
sistance, with all the solicitude of maternal aff.ction ;
but, alas! her efforts to prevent its falling a sacrifice
to their fury was unavailing. There was a.great scar-
city of water, and, owing to the distince, it was some
time before the engines arrivel—Wednesday night a
fire was discovered at the mansion of John Maberly,
Esq. M.P. Shirley House, near Croydon, which, by the
speedy arrival of the Croydon engines, was got under
with little damage.—An alarming the broke out on
Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, at Whitehill,
near Boughton, in Kent. A stack and two cottages
were destroyed before the flames could be extinguished.
In the Police Court, Edinburgh, on Saturday, a brutal
fellow was convicted of overloading and cruelly beating
,his ass, and fined 20s. Some Gentlemen, who observed
the poor animal trembling under its weary load, re-
monstrated with the driver, who threatened, if they said
*any more, that the ass had got nothing to what it would
get. In the mean time a mob .had collected (and in
matters of this kind they rarely take the wrong side),
who immediately unyoked the ass and yoked the
driver, who, with their assistance, was compelled to
drag,* cart to the nearest steel-yard to ascertain its
weight, *ben it was found to be in the gross 18. cwt..!
in.a very small flock, the property of Mr. Edward
Botterick, of Wiggenhall St; Mary Magdalen, near
Dowohith Market, six ewes of the Lincoln kind have
this season yenned the astonishing nuarber-of nineteen.
lambs, ail az the present tune in heally and thriving
condition. . 1

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COMMISSION OF LUNACY.
• A Commission hating been directed to •F. Worst&ME, Esq.
Barrister, and W. D. WRITXASSIII and S. Foots, &qrs. Attor-
neys, to enquire into the state of mind of the Rev. THOWAV
Tatoor, of Sutton Mandeville, in the County of Wits, a Jury
was on Wednesday summoned from the most respectable inhabi-
teats of Salisbury, and an inquest held at the Black Horse Inn, in
that city.
After hearing evidence, the unfe,rttinate lunatic was brought in.
He was most respectable in appearance, and looked very healthy.
He underwent a long examination. Every reply, however, only
served to depicture a great mind In ruins--occasicundly sensible of
its original dignity. He stated that all he wanted was liberty; de-
tailed the effects of the sir blows ; confirmed in every point the as-
sertions of Drs. Fowler and Thomas, and cautioned the Jury bow
they found a verdict against the Lord's anointed.
After the charge from the Learned Commissioner, the Jury re-
turned a verdict, " That the Rev. Thomas Talbot had been td
insane mind from the 24th of December, 1823."

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Mmtas 31.

EX PARTS GRINSTEAD IN THE MATTER OF HOWARD

AND GIBBS.
The facts cf this case have been frequently before
the public. The petitioner, Mr. Grinstead, it will be
recollected, claimed a right to prove a debt of about
96,0001. uprin the estate of the bankrupts, which was
resisted on the ground of alleged usury. The Lord
Chancellor having directed an issue, the case was tried
in the Court of Common Pleas,.and a verdict returned
against the petition. An application was then made to
.this Court for a new trial, which was granted; but on
the day fixed for the trial, only three of the Special
Jury being in attendance, and a taks not consented to,
it was put off to another day. Upon the arrival of that
day, the leading Counsel not being able to attend, the
case'again went off; and the Lord Chancellor having
been applied to to decide it, without the interven-
tion of a Jury, his Lordship agreed to do so, intimating
at the same time that he would hear two Counsel on
each side. Immediately before the holydays, Mr. Mon-
tagu premed the Court to proceed with the hearing,
but it was suggested, on the other side, that Mr. Ser-
geant Wilde, who had argued the case before, and was
retained on this occasion also, was then absent on tit--
cuit, and would not return until after Easter; upon
which the Lord Chancellor said that he would give up
two of the holydays, for the• purpose of hearing as
much as he could of the case before the next seal, and
therefore fixed this day and to-morrow for that pur-
pose, with an understanding that he would then wait
for Mr. Serjeant Wilde's return, and hear his argument
on a subsequent day. In pursuance of this arrange-
ment, his Lordship came down to Court this morning
at ten o'clock, and heard the arguments of Mr. Ser-
geant Spankie and Mrs. Montague on behalf of the
petitioner, who, they contended, was not privy to Mr.
Gibbs's usurious transactions, but was altogether the
victim of that Gentleman's deceptions.
The LORD C.amaccaLoa rose at four o'clock, wing that he would
proceed with the came another day.

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