The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-31 00:00:00

liIKA STATisMAN.

made au irruption into the French territory, attacked,
and are said to have defeated the Baron. Such was the
report at Paris on Thursday night. Tho Male al-
ludes to this report, but adds, that the letter it has re-
ceived from Perpignan speaks merely of an alert on the
night of the 17th, and of the departure of some troops,
but acknowledges that Mina and Llobera did ac-
tually make their'appearance on the extreme Frontier.—
There is no mention made of the conspiracy in any of
these papers. They allude to alarming reports in cir-
culation ; contradict the report of the arrest of General
Pharney, brother-in-law of Guillerninot ; but speak of
the fruitless attempts made by French officers, who had
fled to Spain, to corrupt the French troops, and induce
them to declare for the Bonaparte family. By the
journals of Saturday we leant, that the reports of
the entry of Mina into the French territory continued to
be circulated on the Exchange, bat were without confir-
mation, and obtained little credit. On the subject of the
tonspiracy in the army, the papers preserve a wary si-
lence, while the good order and discipline of that portion
of it which continues flithful is ostentatiously put forth,
The departure of the Duchess d'Angouleme for for
deaux, to join her husband, is fixed for the 2d of April ;
from which it is probable that the entry of the French
into the Peninsula is not so near as has been conjectured.
Great movements are making in the port of Rochefort,
and several vessels of war are fitting oat, to cruise on the
coast of Bayonne., According to these papers the depart-
ure of the King of Spain from Madrid, on t:-.e 20th, was
viewed with general satisfaction, and without any
infringement of public tranquillity. lie was escorted
by 6,000 men, commanded by the Count of Abiebal'
and 22,000 militia were stationed along the road to Seville.
Letters from Madrid of the 21st add to the former intel-
ligence, that the Cortes would close the Session as soon
as it was ascertained that the King had passed Ocana,
when they would adjourn to the 16th of April, the day
on which they would hold their first sitting in Seville.
The Ministers Egea and San Miguel were to remain some
days longer at Madrid. General Mofillo was to set out
immediately for the Army of Galicia. The few Spaniards
who remained in Paris were preparing to quit that capital.
The Count de Toreno, who has resided there fur the last
two years, was about to repair to Loudon.
FRINCH FUNDS, MASUD 29.—Five per Cent. Consols.
opened at 78f. 54k.; rose to 78f. 85c., and closed at 78f.
50c.—Bank Stock, I,47sf.—Neapolitan Stock, 67i.—
Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 70c. ; three
mouths, 25f. 50c.

By Dutch papers received this morning, we have the
following intelligence from various parts of the conti.
nem:—

From Stockholm we learn that nothing has yet trans-
pired that can lead to a discovery of the author of the
alarming letters. One Frykstedt. who has been servant
in several families, has been taken up, because he had
said in a public place, that he knew wbo had put the let-
ters in the post; but he has confessed nothing, and
affirms, that he uttered the expressions attributed to him,
when in a state of intoxication. A ship of the line,
Charles the Twelfth, is preparing to bring over the bride
of the Prince Royal.
The State Gazette of Berlin says there is no founda-
tion for the report published in Brussels papers, that
considerable magazines are forming at Treves for a I
Pruss:an army of observation. The contractors for the
supply of the troops, however, made the usual purchases,
and this has given rise to the report.
It is reported at Frankfort that several houses in that
city have not beemery fortunate with the second Neapo-
litan Loan. There appears to be no thought of a second
Austrian Loan.
An article from Petersburg, dated March 8, states that
since the beginning of February they have had con-
stantly warm weather, the thermometer being six or
sloven degrees (Reaurnar, about 46 of Farenhcit), and',
the winter sceres too, have entirely forsaken them. It
thaws so rapidly that the streets are not passable, even
in sledges, and the roads are likewise in a very bad
state. On the 30th of January, there was so earth-
quake in the Island of Arland. The day was gloomy,
and it snowed. Between eleven and twelve in the
forenoon, a violent shock was felt, accompanied pith
a loud subterraneous noire, so that several houses
tumbled.

S•roattExcitawoe, Twetva o'CLocu.—Consols opened
tbismorcing at NIL at which price they have remained
steady. Two Expresses have arrived from Paris, but
we do not hear of any later intelligence from that capi-
lal than what has been published this morning. It is
said That a Saturday's Evening Paper is in town, but
that it does not contain any news of importance. Spa-
nish Eonds are upon the rise, owing to the Spanish oo-
vernment's punctuality in paying the dividend, as well
as, the report of a diplomatic character going to Ma-
drid.
FOREIGN 7n:sm.—Spanish Bonds opened at 29, and are
at present 291, with a good market.
Chili. 09—New Spanish, 291 to I—Old. nothing done—
New Prussia, 74-01 d, 82—Danish, 81—Colombia, 57.

(PROM THE HOARD OF THE NEW ENGLAND COFFEE
HOUSE.)
New York papets have arrived, from which the follow:
ing its extracts :--
Paws SOUTH AMERICA.—The brig Clio has arrived
at Newcastle from Buenos Ayres. and furnished the Phi-
ladelphia Gazette with late and interesting news from
South America. The accounts from Chili are to the
litter end of November, and state that Valparaiso has
been entirely destroyed by an earthquake, and two or
three•hundred persons perished in the ruins. Coquimbo,
Aroncaqua, and several other towns, have suf-
fered severely, and many of the principal buildings of
Santiago have been a good deal injured by the repeated
shocks which continued moat of the night of the 19th
of November. The advice. from Lima are to the lOth
of November, at which time the Market was dull.
The following is verbal information concerning
Buenos Ayres.—The Government of Buenos Ayres ap_
pears to be established on correct and liberal principles.
affording protection to individual safety and property.—
The United States, the only nation that has recognised
the independence of Buenos Ayres, is held by Govern-
ment and the people in great estimation.

CARACCAS. JAN. 17 .....STATi OF TIM eeeee 1
movements of the enemy from Maracaybo toward Retigue,
induced us to believe, teat he intends opening the cam
paign by the Province of Truxillo. At this hour he has
made no great progress in his new line of operation.—
Our forces at Dacha, the division of the West, under Col
Marinquez, and those of Valencia under Paez, are ready
for action.
Extract of a letter from St. Martha, Dec. 24.—Morales
does not frighten us. Wise measures having been
taken, and General Montilla has departed to meet him
with about 4000 men. Paez, with 3000, and Soubletto,
with 4000, Colonel Nerves, with 2000, and General Cle-
menti, with 1,800. It will be very lucky for Morales, if
he can escape from the forces which are to attack him.

There are rumours at Paris of another attempt to nego-
ciate with Spain. According to a cotemporary, a Gentle-
man, who left that capital on Friday states, that it was
reported in the best informed political circles, that Count
Jules de Polignac, was about to depart on a special mis-
sion to the Spanish Govel-nment, which could have no
other object than to bring about a reconciliation between
the two countries.
Lima, MARCH 26.—1 n French Flanders and Artois,
which form the 16th military division, there is a great
number of officers on half-pay, who, while they are in
the receipt of it, await the time when they may be em-
ployed in active service. These officers have chosen the
places where they desire to fix their abode, and cannot
quit their department without permission ; yet we are
Informed that several of them have successively disap-
peared. It is supposed that they have found means to
embark for England, and thence, without doubt, have
proceeded for Spain, which has given occasion to stricter
measures of surveillance.
The Madrid papers of the 20th announce the death of
Don Luis de Borbon, Cardinal de Scale, and Archbishop
of Toledo, at the age of 45. He was at the head of the
patriotic Spanish Prelates. The Universal says, "he
died faithful to the sentiments in which he lived, and
during his long and painful indisposition, not the least
of his sufferings was the finding his country distracted
by the factious, and threatened with an unjust war."
The report of a conspiracy in Sweden, which, though
against a Government not of the purely legitimate kind,
produced an ultra expression of alarm, proves to be a
hoax. The circular letters in the name of Gen. Hoist,
sent to the Governors of the Swedish provinces on the
subject of the conspiracy, were forgeries. An ordinance
of the Governor of Stockholm premises 10,000 rix dol-
lars banco for the discovery of the author.
Extract of a letter, dated Gottenhurg, March 17 :
" The last accounts from Stockholm state that the Rus-
sian Ambassador has given in a note to Government de-
manding to know, should a war take place between France,
and Spain, what part they intend taking? The samtOt
it would appear has been *done in Copenhagen."
Dovax, MARCH 28.—The late conspiracy in France has
occasioned the Dottaniers at Calais to be very minute and
rigorous in searching the baggage of passengers, in or-
der to ascertain if there be auy writing or paper sewed
tap in it. By a Gentleman who landed from France to-day,
we learn, that the day before he left Paris, no less than
65 persons, supposed to be concerned in the late affair,
were apprehend, and every description of conveyance en-
tering Paris, was examined by the police, Batteries are
throwing up on the sands near Calais, and every other
precaution taking to guard against an attack limn Spa-
nish privateers.
Letters from Bahia of the 20th of January mention,
that an attack was made on the 7th, by General Madeira,
on the island of Taporica. His force consisted of 1,500
men, on hoard of two brigs, 20 gun-boats, and some
smacks, all provided with guns of considerabte calibre.
The attack lasted five hours, and ended in Madeira's he-
ing compelled to retire with a loss of 200 men. The
Portuguese troops then returned to Bahia. Madeira,
fearing in his contest with the Brazilians to be straiten-
ed for provisions, had subsequently given orders that all
the women and children should retire into the inte-
rior. According to these letters, nothing of importance
bail occurred at Bahia from the 7th to the 20th, and they
are supposed, therefore, to throw doubt on the statement
we extracted from from a Maranham journal, of the total
defeat of Labatour, the Brazilian General. That ac-
count was so little circumstantial in dates and places, as
in itself to create suspicion of its authenticity ; bnt, as
the principal action was said to have occurred on the
26th of January, there must be a further arrival from
Bahia before it can be considered groundless.
It is rumoured that Mr. Johnstone, the Private Secre-
tary of the Marquess of Wellesley, has received his dis-
tnissal.—This measure is said to have been insisted on
by Lord Liverpool.
We are happy to be assured that the officer who was
among the numerous persons that perished in the Alert
Liverpool packet, was not Major Kelly, belonging to
the Staff of General Egerton, as was at first supposed.—
Major Kelly is now in London in excellent health.
The Bellerophon hulk, at Sheerness, is discharging all
her convicts, preparatory to being converted into an /Ve-
lum for Juvenile Convicts, who are to be kept constantly
at different trades, under masters appointed for this spe-
cial purpose.
ALARMING AND DRSTRUCTIVR FIRE THIS MORNING.

About 5 o'clock this morning, as one of oar compositOrs
was crossing Wych Street, un his way to the office, his
attention was excited by the appearance of smoke which
issued fetwn the shop windows of Mr. Noyes, Tallow
Chandler, in that Street, nearly opposite the Olympic
Theatre. Consulting a bye-stander who was near, they
both became convinced that the shop was on fire, and
proceeded instantly to rouse the inmates, who were buried
in sleep, to a sense of their imminent danger. The
house was full of lodgers; and io a few minutes the
street presented such a spectacle as is seldom witnessed.
The opening of the street door had given vent to the
flames, which rushed to the upper part of the house
with most frightful rapidity, and left the dis-
tracted inhabitants not the least opportunity to save
any thing except their lives. At one moment was seen
a man rushing out of the house, with no clothing but
his shirt; at another, a female, with a blanket around
her, clasping a young infant to her distracted bosom.
Soon after a poor mother followed, almost in a state of
nudity, leading two children in her hands, with three
others, entirely naked, running after her. The scene,
indeed, and the distraction of the sufferers, exceed
the powers of description. One poor man was in
such consternation, that he continued, in his shirt only,
endeavouring to collect and save the furniture of his
room, till constraint was used to secure his personal
safety. lisppily, no lives were lost ; though, had the
calamity happened at an earlier hour of tue morning,
the most awful consequences must have occur-
red. The flames soon reached the roof of the house
in which the fire began, and communicated to that of
Mr. Lindsay, painter and glazier. The greatest alarm
prevailed for the safety of the other houses in
the neighbourhood, particularly on the west side
of Newcastle Street, as the stables of the Bell
Inn-yard, which partly joined the premises of Mr.
Noyes, are contiguous to that street. In the course of an
hour, however, the conflagration was checked lit its career,
and no other damage, besides what we have mentioned,took
place, except In the roof of one of the stables. We are
concerned to add, that we understand, Mr. Lindsay, who
was the leaseholder of both the houses destroyed, had not
insured them.

THE AGE OF BRONZE—By Lona By sox.

This Poem, " takes in all matters which now agitste
the political world."—We content ourselves, for tne pre-
sent, with the following satire on the patriotism and the
plaints of his brother patricians.
" Alas, the country I how shell tongue or pen
Bewail her now uncountry gentlemen??
The last to bid the cry of warfare cease,
The first to make a malady of peace.
For what were all these country patriots born ?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
Bet corn, like every mortal thing, must fall,
Kings, conquerors. and markets, most of all.
And must ye fall with every ear of grain?
Why would you trouble Buonaparte's reign?
He was your great Triptolemus ; his vices
Destroyed by realms, and still maintained your prices;
He amplified to every lord's content
The grand Agrarian Alchemy high rent.
Why did the tyrant stumble on the Tartars,
And lower wheat to such desponding quarters?
Why did you chain him on yon isle so lone
The man was worth much more upon his throne.
True, blood and treasure boundlessly were spilt,
But what of that? the Gaul may bear the guilt.
But bread was high, the farmer paid his way,
And acres told upon the appointed day."
•
• • •
"Safe in their barns, these Sabine tillers sent
Their brethren out to battle.—why ? for Rent !
Year after year they voted cent. per cent.
Blood, sweat, and tear-wrung millions,—why ? for Rent !
They roared, they dined, they drank, they swore, they
meant
To die for England; when then live? for Rent!
The peace has made one general malcontent
Of these high-market patriots; war was Rent!
Their love of country, millions all mis-spent,
How reconcile? by reconciling Rent!
And will they not repay the treasures lent
No: down with every thing, and up with Rent!
Their good, ill, health, wealth, joy, or discontent,
Being, end, aim. religion—Rent ! Rent ! Rent !
Thou sold'st thy birthright, Esau! for a mess:
Thou ehouldst have gotten more. or eaten less;
Now thou hest swilled thy pottage, thy demanis
Are idle : Israel says the bargain stands."
• • • •
•

"Admire their patience through eac!. sacrifice,
Till taught to feel the lesson of their pride,
The price of taxes and of homicide ;
Admire their justice, which would fain deny
The debt of nations :—pray, who made it high?"

BAIGIITON, MARCH 31.—His Majesty attended Divine
Service yesterday, and on Good Friday, in the Palace
chapel. The Chapel, on each °cession, was crowded, in-
volving his Majesty's household, nobility, gentry, and
townsfolk. A paper of this morning, in the account which
its Brighton correspondent gives of the service of yester-
day, says, "We can positively state with respect to the
Athanasian Creed, which in the service is appointed for
this day, his Majesty who, equally with the late King, his
father, Is proverbial for hie attention to the responses, was
perfectly silent during the lime Dr. Pearson was occupied
in reciting this Creed, and did not respond at all.
It will be heard with regret, that an intimation has
been thus early given, that it is not his Majesty's pre-
sent intention to embark on his cruising excursions in
his Royal yacht this summer.—(llanipaliire Telegraph.)
Saturday's Gazette notifies the grants of the dignities
of Earl and Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, to Charles William, Marquess of
Londonderry, by the title of Viscount Seaham, of Sealiani,
in the County Palatine of Durham, and Earl Vane • and
of a Viscount of the said United Kingdom to William
Carr, Baron Beresford, by the title of Viscount Beres-
ford, of Beresford, in the County of Stafford.
The public are indebted to L2rd A. Hamilton for a
parliamentary paper, shoWing the number of persons
composing the Councils of the Scottish Boroughs, of
which the following is the result:—Total number of per-
sons composing the Councils, 1102. Add for nine bo-
roughs not accounted for, 135. Having property, 7ao.
None, 356. Resident, 915. Non-resident, 151.
The city of Durham is again to be the scene of an
election, Sir Henry Hardinge having vacated his seat
by taking an office in the Orinstice department. The
writ for a new election arrived in Durham on Thursday
morning. Sir H.'s address on offering himself again to
the notice of the freemen, was soon after published.-
IVhen our accounts left Durham no other candidate had
announced himself, and there was not much prospect of
Sir H.'s return being opposed. The election is fixed for
the 3d of April.—(Neweastle Gaon.)
A letter has been received by the Mayor of Lancaster,
from Mr. Secretary Peel stating, that it is not probable
there 10:1 be any alteration in the place of holding the
assizes. The people of Liverpool and Manchester have
been making strenuous entleavonrs to have the assizes held
alternately between those towns and Lancaster.
Mr. Betty is engaged at Drury-Lane Theatre for three
years, to.commence from the next season. The engar-
inent would have commenced from the present time, had
not Mr. Betty's provincial engagements occupied his
time till the end of the year.
" I think," said a farmer, " I ahead(' make a good
Parliament man, for I use their language. 1 received
two Bills the other day, with requests for immediate,
payment: the one l ordered to be Ltid on the table—the
other to be read that day six months!"
Accounts have reached us from Admiral Krosenstern,
that a Russian officer had accomplished the extraor linary
journey of fifty days on the Polar lee, and' had arrived at
an entirely open Polar Sea ! !—(Literary Gasete.)
The trade of Pettit is still at a very low ebb; land,
were it not for the cheapness of provisions, the weavers,
though all employed, could scarcely subsist on their
wages.
The Edinburgh Petition for Reform, has been signed
by nearly seven thousand persons, all of whom are house-
holders. It may he safely said, that a petition at once so
numerously and respectably subscribed, has rarely been
laid before Parliament.
We understand that an answer has been received this
morning to the application of Mr:. M'Kinnon for mercy.
and that the prayer of her petition cannot be complied
with.--(Edie. Star of Friday.)
On Monday last the fox-hounds of Sampson Danbury,
Esq. had a remarkably brill ant chase. The fox was found
at Iladham-park, Instantly broke cover, and went sway to
Wicking-hall, crossing the Bishop Stortford road, leaving
Minions on the right, and pointed for Madams, but could
not make it. The hounds pressing him hard, he turned
back, and after running over a great extent of country, re-
gained Iladham-park by Eastwood, thence again through
Hadham-park to Bailey-hills and Farnham-green, where,
for the first time, there was a short check. The huntsman,
however, instantly made a successful cast, and recosered
his fox, and after a gallant burst ran in to him at Ars) bu-
ry, near Mannutlen. The distance was accomplished in SO
minutes.
Coact EXCHANGE.—There were tolerable large arrivals
of most descriptions of grain last week, but this morning
the additional supplies are only moderate. Wheat has
sold on nearly the same terms as this day se'nnight, but
upon the whole, the trade is very dull. Barley also con-
tinues to sell heavily, but the prices do not decline.
Beans hardly maintain the terms of this day se'nnight.l
Grey Peas are unaltered. Boiling Peas fully support
their last prices. There is a tolerable good supply of
Irish oats, but not many English, and the trade fully
supports last week's terms. The Flour trade is in an
unsettled state.
SMITIIFIRLD MARIULT, Masten 31.—There was a foil
market of Oxen this morning, and the trade being heavy,
the prices were somewhat lower than last Monday. Of
at e-p and lambs the numbers were also great, but with
I tile abatement in the prices from this day se'nnight.—
Ui on the whole, the supply of all descriptions of cattle
m as much greater than thidemand.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

DIAL, Mancn 29.—Came down from the River last
night, the Camden, Billinghurst, far Antigua; also 01
this day and proceeded on her voyage, the Providentic
Willman, for Alicant.—Sailed vestertiax the Robed Rt-
wards, Sherburn. for Cuba.—Wind N.b.-30th.L-Cam
'down from the River, the Cincinnatus, Leber, for Now
York ; Lornan, Barnard, for St. Michael's; and retnai•t
in the Downs with the Duke of York, for China.--
Wind S.W.
PORTSbIOCTR, MARCH 29.—Arriyed his Majesty's ship
Seringapatam from a crnize.—Wind N.H.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 29.—Arrived the Bustler, Riot',
from Lisbon ; Alliance, Gray, fr.)m Jamaica.—S
the Elizah.-th, Joo, for Miramichi.—Dropped itttn the.
Sound the Barbadoes, for North America.—Wind E.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 29.—Arriyed the Three Brother,:,
Griffin, and Active, Quarm, from Londln, and Ponons„
graves, from Maracaibo.—Sailed the Duke of Marlbo-
rough Packet for Lisbon.—V. Wind E.S.E.—Arriye.i
the Leno, Talbert, from St. Marys River, Jamaica, in 3
days.—Wind E.
towas, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Clatissa, Dennis.
from Batavia, in 105 days.
Lvantyrom, MARCH 29.—Arrived yesterday and sailed
this morning, the General Palmer, Truscote, from Ma-
dras, &c.
6ttarcaExn, Mancn 29.—Sailed the Wm. Milts, Bea•
dle, for Madras
The Kent, Sutherland, from the Manridus,&e. is as el
off Dartmouth, sailed 22nd December, and from St. flu-
Lena, 22nd Jan.

• THE ROYAL NAVY, &c.
PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY, MARCH 29.—Yesterday the
Tribune frigate, Capt. Goion, arrived from Chatham, be-
ing placed under the orders of Admiral Sir James IL
Whitshed, K. C. B. The Seringapatain, Cap'uin S.
iVarren, C. B. Caine in from a cruise this morning.
Capt. Geo. Harris, C. B. is appointed to the Hussar, 44,
at Chatham. The Thetis, 46, cotnmis•ioned by Capt. .1.
Phillimore. C. It. at Plymouth, is to relieve the Cambria, ,
Capt. G. W. Hamilton, C. B. in the Mediterranean. The
Trincillo, Capt. Shannon, is ordered to proceed to tit.;
Irish station, and the Parthian, Hun. Caw. Barrington,
to tile Piymoutb station.
Remained at Spithead.—Seringapatam, Tribune,
Clinker and Pelter.
The Larne, aO, was commissioned this morning, for
Foreign service, by Lieut. 'l'. Fraser.
On Tuesday the Cambridge sailed from Cowes, for
Jamaica, with detachments of the 3311, 50th, 91st, and
92d regta.
The Hyperion sailed from Jamaica the Ist of Feb., for
Port Antonio, St. Jago de Cuba, and Ilarafinali ; the Fal-
mouth for Negril Bay and Gulph of Florida ; the Grecian
for Vera Craz. The F.sk arrived at St. Kitts the 22.1 ur
January, and sailed next day on a cruise. The
Icarus sailed from St. Vincent for Grenada, the 7th of
January.
We regret to learn that the ship Lady Campbell, Cap-
tain Betham, which sailed hence on the 26th ult. for the
Cape and India with 49 passengers (including Maos-
General Sir Theophilus and Lady Printzler, and the Co-
lonial Inspection Commissioners,), suet with very severs
weather on the 2d inst. in crossing the Bay of Biscay, in
which she sustained, with other damage, the loss of her
rudder, and was in this perilous until tnageable state eight
days, the passengers momentarily expecting the ship
would be overwhelmed by the tremendous rolling seas.
when a French brig appeared in sight, and for a stipu-
lated sum, agreed to tow her under ISelleisle, whence.
next day (the 11th inst.) she reached L'Orient. The
passengers had all landed, as it was expected the ship
would not be ready to proceed on her voyage for Eve
weeks.
The Charles Grant, for the Mauritius and India, with
Sir Lowry Cole on board, sailed yesterday.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Sir 'Thome. Byam Martin
and Captain W. King are at Falmouth, making arrange-
ments for the Packet service. The A'trca is fitting her...
to lie there as a floating otlice and store, The preser3
packets will be replaced by brigs of war, as the former
become unt:t for further service. A steam-packet is to
be employed in towing the packets in and oat of har-
bour when the wind is adverse to sailing.—The
sloop of war is ordered for commission at this port.—The
Brazen is to proceed to Spithead, to receive final orders
for South America. Mr. T. Appleton is appointed Mas-
ter of her.

The mortal remains of the late Earl St. Vincent ar-
rived at Lit-Wield on Tuesday evening last, and proceed e.l
the followinx morning to Stone, to be interred iu t
family mausoleum.
Several important trials at Derby, relative to the right
of the Crown to the lands left by the sea on the coa.A. of
Lincoln, and in which the fate of similar property a!1
over the kingdom is involved, were heard on Thursday
last, before Mr. Justice Palm, and a most respectable
Jury. In the first issue, in which Lord Yarboroa:.rit was
defendant, a verdict against the Crown was recArletl. •
The same result attended all the cases with the excep-
tion of one—that of Mr. W. Scroupe, who had been led
to make an erroneous allega'ion that the Fitees, or new
salt inarshee, were appendant to his minor; whereas the
Counsel fur the Crown called a witness to prove that be
bad purchased a fee farm rent reserved to the Crown in
a grant by Charles 1., which lies between the new
m trshes and the estate of Mr. Scroope. The verdict in
this case was taken for the plaintiff: in all the others,
as matter of coarse, after the failure of the first, for the
defendants.
!MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—OG Saturday
week as Mrs. Moore, wife of Mr. Moore, attorney, La,.
caster, was sitting before the tire with a child five weeks
old in her lap,a spark flew under her chair which she
endeavoured to put inside, the fender pith her foot,
when a light shawl which she wore caught fire, in i
she was instantly enveloped in flames. In her terror
she threw the child on a rota, and ran to the kitchen,
in which was the housekeeper, but she, also terrified,
ran into the street calling for help • in eonsequeoce
of this delay, before any person arrived, Mrs. M. was
so dreadfully burned, that she lingered in excruciating
agony till Monday evening, when death put an end to
her sufferings.
TROTTING MATCH.—Mr. Stewart's black mare trotted
two miles against Mr. Bray's grey mare, on the Kentish
town rosd, on Friday last, from the three to the one mile
stone. Mr. Bray's grey mare won easy. Mr. Stewart
not being satisffid, another trotting match will Wee place
on the Whitechapel road, on Friday next, but increased
to Live miles.
HALTON AND BILLASCO.—The stakes of 501. aside
were made good, to complete this match, on Tuesday
last, at Mr. Barnet's, Black Dog, Drury Lane. The
battle to take place on Tuesday, the Sth of April. 'lhe
state of the betting, at present, appears to be even.

DIARY FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.
wan THE TIMES OF MOIL WATER LT LONDOL-BRIDGE.

March SO. S.—E4sten DAY.
High water—morn. 11 in. aft. 4; even. i 9 m. aft!:
31, M.—EASTER MONDAY.
• Hign water—morn. 49 m. aft. 4; even. 8 m. after 5.
April 1. T.—EASTER TUESDAY.
High water—morn. 2$ in. aft. 5 ; even. BO es. aft. 5I
2, W.—Sun rises 33 m. aft. 5.
High water—morn. 15 In. aft. 6; even. 41 on. aft. 6.
3, Th.—alcit. Bp. Chia. NEW MOON AT 7 mons,.
High water—morn. 9 in. aft. 7 ; even. 37 tn. of rr 7.
4, F.—St. Ambrose.
High water—worn. 6 m. aft. 8 ; even. 38 m. aft. 8.
5, S.—Venus sets 55 in. aft. 8.
High water—morn. 7 min. aft. 0: even 38 at. aft. 9.