Letters from Bahia, of D....
The Times, 1824-03-11T00:00:00

Letters froin BahTia, _ of O. c. 27, niave been received .i t Gibraltar. The Government at Bahia had sent two Com - inissioners to the Emlieror, rleploring the necessity he hal I heen under of diss.+lvhni, the Legislative Assembly, but tha .t they shouild continue laithI'ul to him so lana as he provod hiiieself constitutional. A p dice had. beeri'established in Bahia, aindl mnorc ordtr rei*ned amron-st the lower classcs. Yesterday the petition of thie West India Planters an d MIerehants, adopted at a g?neral mieting, of which we hat;e reported the proceetitugs (in Thte Timles o. Feb.1 1),was 3)n*^ sen tedi to his Majcsty at the Levee, by.1Ir.C.1l3lis,thecharcr man of that body, accoinpanied by several members of blith Ilooses of Parliuntnt ai!d othtr gentilemen c innectwd with the Vfest India colonies, ainotigst wlhom wvere LQCd lIowar(i doe \laldc n, Lord Saltoun, the Hon. IV'. Lasceli s, M.P.; the lHoni. EBIwardl Cnst, M.P. ; Sir Edward Ea.-;t, M..P.; 'Mr. Dawkins, M.P. ; Mr. 'ats-n TaYlor, M.I.'. !.r. A. C. Grant, MI.P. ; Mr. Manning, M.P.; Mr. Grosett, M.P.; Mr. olmhnes, Mi. 1.; Mr. Pallmer, and Mr. Col]luhoclin. Mlr. XVotson Taylc'r also presented a pletition from the Assembly of Jaiiaica, whiCi had been placed in his hands by Mir. George Hibltert, the agenit for that islanid, wvho vi5a Orevented, by a receirt domestic affliction, fromn appeari.ng I public. A inail arrived yesterday mrninig fromn Holland, with papers to the 7th instant. An article froini Stockholm states, that o., the 18th ult. Sir B. Bloomntield made a notification to tile 'Fo,tign Mli'isters there to thC folloning effect:-' In case Saiu, contiting Itself to its own means and resources, thall makc an a:tempt to re- cover its lost possessions in America, Great Brirain wili remtnin a tranquil spectator. On the other hand. shoul(d any I'ower join wvith -Spain for that purpose. and athord it assistance in it. e;ther bY Y:tual arillamnnts or by subsidies, or pecuniary aid, (;reat Britain will de- part fro;n dhe passive system it has hitherto followed, and wi'l hasteni tc recognize the new (Governments which have establishied themselvl!s in t'ie orhcr he;rtispherc, in the place *f the Spanish (iovernment.." ''lie Dibli 1iGI orningr Post ulbsarves, tlhat S.r Heury Torrres is proposed as an Alderizan of Skinner's-alleY, and *pre_ su.nes ttat it is in(licative of an intention on the part ol the Corpo- ration of Dublin to bring himii in as their repiesentative on tho re- tiremient of' Naster Ellis. 'NEW DOCaS.-A ineeting wvas hell on Tuesday, at the Three Tans. in the Bloroughi, lor the purpose of discessing the sub- ject of the New I)ncks. which are pioposcti to be t.uilt in the pa rish ot' SL Catherine in thc precincts Of the Tower. It was the una- nimous opinion of thc meeting that there were suftficient decIks in the city to answver every mercatmile purpose, and tbat tie buitMitLg of' additional ohes Would. bc Slelee. Several rcsolutions were entured into, and a subscription to defiay the expenses which might be in- cuirred by any fnture proceedines of the coiimiittee. JtURIES oN T?t E H(IM E C?RCUc r.--A s'atenienl of the nuimiber of persons in tite ilonie Circuit liable to serve on Jt-ies, so far as the saine can be madc out froiti the shetiffib' bcoks :.-In .ssex, 2.8l511 Hertlbrd, 1,.157; Kent, 4,040); Sarrey, about 5,500 Sussex. 2,886. ItEsctI.'r O;F THE BARNSTAPLF ELECTION.-F. Holdgsoit, Esq.. cf St. Janmes's-phlce, w:s on Mlrondal last dulv elected in the place of 3Mr. Nolan at the close ot the poil the numbers were as follows:-Mr. Hodgson, 181; Mr. Nolen, 15.-Al. Atkinis, '15. The result is ths meore eratif'Y ing to :\lr. HoclogsOns iriends f.otn the ci.cumstance of his unavoidable absence in France. A few evenings ago, a man, ttresse d an ad p tinted l ike kr. S.nclair, of Cn'cent-gardets Theatre. int tile character of the Dirk rr.irrior. in tile new omicra of Xeatize La2.n went into a tavcern in the neighbourhood of the theatre. znd in a hurri called ltor sulpI per and w1ne, stating ihnathe hadl jnst letft the stage, 'ani was obliced to return and finish !,is part in a short tilne. Hie supped and drank I lie wvine with great speed, and in such quantities as induced the waitel to think that he would not singtherernainingsongsot the operainthece- cuitomed style." .N tinmeiscosne, said lfie.sud(denlyrising." I lef, all my monCv in mv Lltiles in tvy dressinz-room, but the wa;ter can rome over bhy-and-by.and '11 dis'ch1arge tile bill." The waiter said he'd itlUch iprefer takingtite re.7sd at once, and intimatedhisi wish a i th- out ceienonly. It happetied thlat Mr. Sinclair's servant was in 'the tap-roomn at the titne and heairinig so ite conversation upon tilc sub- ject between the landlord andi the waiter. entcred the room to retieve the extraordtinarv distress of'his tiaster. but lie started back upon see- inga tall Irishisian in the .lloorish dress, anti his facc blackened with soot. The i .nposture wasexposed as soon as detected, hult the Irish- manalettiv-avolley otfoathstattheiwaiter, and threatened to pay the bill with hisfist. The lantilord, at lengtl, intereved, and sait' be should shorten the bu,iness br sending Por a constable. The Irish- maan swore that he had no moler ; upon which hi, host said," 'ell then, leavs owic of y our gold seals with ale. until vou can get tle amnount." The proposal was. with mnich reltctance; agreed ro, znd the waiter was thus released from all re.nonsibilitv. The Irishmati, to the suirprise of the landlord, never returnel tor' his seal, a-id the landlord told rite waiter to take it to a pawnbroker's. arnd Let upon it as nuch money as would pav for the supper and witim. hut no more. The waiter defaved a long til.e; and his master, upon looking after him, found th4t he was in the custodiv of an officer, fbr attermptinR to impose upon the pawnbroker, by offerin, an Egyptian-or seal, in- stead of a gold seal, as a pledxe. THE LAITE DuFt.-Mr. Cooper, the gentleman lho was wounded in a duel fought aear Islington on iMonday momini, wazs yesterday pronoimced out of datlger The ball. it appears, oitd not perforate the gullet, though it severed some of the principal blood- vesseac of the neck. The wounded gentleman is a ntative of North lVales, and the dispole originate(s about the antiquity of the Gaelic or Celtic literature ; Captain . Iorris, being a son of Scdfia, contend- ed for the venerabletess of te formner whiLst SIr. C,ooper as peni- naeiottslv defended that of the principality. FATAL OCCUJ tE xC F.-Mr. I). Harries, of Llwyncelyn, near I,andilo. went on Saturrday week to view the peclr:rmances of a cotimpany ofstrollingnjugglers at Llatidilo, who, amnngst other feats.. exhibited that of swallowitig a sword. ;lr. Ilarries, it appears, chouLlht ightly of the performance, and in making an attemipt to do the same, slipped his hold, atid the instrument tolu rd its way intothe chest. He w.ss soon taken violently ill, and continued labouring under the most exericiathig pain until the following night, when lie expired in great agony. Between five anti six o'clock on l'uesdlay. eYemiig, Mr. Comtesse, a respectable jeweller, living at 13, Bateman-buildings, Soho-square, on getting out of a hackney -cach in Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, and discharging it, pulkd a letter out of Ii a pocket to read, in doing whieb lie laid a sm.all browtn paper parcel, contain'ng 25 ounce.s of standard gold in guineas and halt-guineas, cut and un- cut, on the top of the street post: after reading the letter, he put it into his pocket, anid walked away, not thinking of the parcel ; he niissed it short]v after, but on his return to look for it, he found it was gone, and hc has licard nothing of it since. SLFEP-WALKING AND AltRACULOUS ESCApE.-On Tues- day night week, as Mlr. Lockman and his fatnily, of Crowlev's- court, Deritend, were sitting bv the fire, about nine o'clock, he thought he heard somlethin'g rush against the window- Bsitter. Supposing it to be a man in liquor, be oped the doot to ascertain the tact, ,nd, lookitig up the court., saw at a distaitce some- thing move a'ong wi white. lHe imiliediately went up to it, ano, to his great surprise, found it to be his own son, a boy sbouttnitle years old,g wbo ba'tt:out of bed in ihis sleep, lifted up tbe sash of thle chansber-,iniEto, 14 feet front the ground, and descended into the court without the least apparent injurY. The account the boy gives is, that he dreamed that a person who lived next door, foi wfiom he had been in the habit of going errands, wanted hirt to fetch a phit of ale, and he was goingt over to the Leather Bottle tor it. The boy was asleep wh.!en he wYas brought by his father into the house.-Li- Icrpso! Coancr. Advertisemen3t.-C HILE Loatw.--The f'ourth balf- yearly divirlend on the above loan, wvhich becomes due on the .31st instant, will be paid by Messrs. HU.LLETT BROT1tEtLS, and ?oq., at their counting-house, No. 102, ILeadenhall.strcet, orn that aosdeverysuucceedinodayl Sundays exceyted, between the holprs of 10 md.e o'clock. The asvdend4 WaTriints,. with a list thereof, in asunerical o,rdert 'must be letor exaoaination one day ievjoub'. tO tlie appliClltiOnI iOn payment, Lo911dO? 0 "* 10, 1824.