Yesterday the Duke of Cla...
Yesterday the Dtike of Clarence aind the Princess Au- gusta honoured the exhibition of the Arts at the Royal Acaterny. Somerset House, with a plivate view, previous to its openiing for the public inspection. IWe received last night, lVew York papers to the 9th nIt., by the Euphrates, ini 21 days fiom that port to Liver_ pool, but they supply no informiation wotth extracting. PORTUGUESE CONSULATE OFFICE, LONDON, Apr11 29 1824-Copy of an official commisounication from his Excellency Conde de Villa lteal, his Most FaiLhfiul ilajesty's Envoy Eatraordila,y5 and Minister Plenipotentiary iD London:- " Senor Francisco Teixeira de Sampavo,-IIaving been informed by a note from the Riglht Rlonourable G(eorge C(anning, under date of the 13th instant, that his Britannic Majesty has Jeterminea to establibh a strict blockade before Algiers, whicdh is to be considerefL in eff'ect from that date; for your government I give you this in- formation, and in order thatyou iiiay inake thie Portuguese rmerehants acquainted -withi the same. (Siigned) " C. DiE ViLLA REAL. " London, April IS, 1824. " Fl. T. Sampayo, Consul-General." HousE OF Com'essoNs.-The subjccts of importance which stand most prominent on the list of niotices for discussion, when the House meets again, are-For Monday, May 3, Ar. Scar- lett's, for compensation to Cursitors of Lancaster. Tuesday, t}ir 4th, Captain Alaberly's, for Employment of the Population of the south of Ireland ; and 5Mr. Mlartn's (of Galway), for Increase of Salarics to theeat Officers of State, and persons in high judlicial situations. We dnesday, the 5th, Mr. Maberly's. for the repeal of the Assessied Taxes. On Thursday, thle 6th. .llr. Hume's, to con- stder of the Church Establishment of Irelat7d; *MIr. W% odehouse's, for a continuance of the present Salt Duties; Mr. P. Moore s, tor a repe:di ot the ombination laws. Alnd on Tuiesday, the 11 th of Mlay,. L,ord Althorp's, on the general State of Ireland. GUILD OF MERCHANTS.-DUJLIv, April, 27.-There- galar quarterly meeting oftlhis Guild was held yesterday. Alderman 3cresford vwas called on very warmly by several members to. name the person who ftirnished Master Ellis wvith the Coal Bill' Amon;; those who were most clamorous for th is infornmation, was Alderanan Nugent. Mr. Beresford at length said-" W'rhy, if I njust tell, it was Alderman Nugent's brother." Thiis announcement protiaced a real, or a well-diFsembled burst of astoni,hmeat from the guild, who immediately passed a vote of thanks to the majorityof the-itouse of Comnlons, by whom the Coal Bill was rejected. DR. ( NFEARA.-Tile asserted cornversion to the Roman Catholic religion of a Rev. Dr. O'Meara, just deceased, in Ireland, is prodacing a considerable pordon ot statement and coun- ter-stateinent in the Irish papers. The contradictions, how- ever, are very specific- We learn that this reverend gentle- nan had, for many years, been chaplain to his preseint Miajesty, antI was the clergyman wlho avas said to hiave been ntear obtaining a mitre through the influence of Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke, but was re- jected on account of t.he Milesian 0" prefixed to his family name. The M;Iarquis of Staffortl's extensive Gallery of Paintings, at Cleveland-housc, will open on Wedrncsday ncxt. and will be operL on every Wednesday during the months of iMay and June. A gentleman wvho rented an extensive tract of laid in the county of Limerick, without a clause of' surrender, a fiew days ago gave to the landlord the extensive sum of 12,000L, to discontinue him 'LS lcssec. Afizur pas hlas recentiy taxen piace in nigii lile. 'Ithe wife of one of the wealthiest individuals in the kingdom iss;.id to have' deserted her most affectionatc and devoLed husband, and fled to the Continent.-Evnc?nlg paper. 'IMPROVISATORE.-All Improvisatorc, of the niame of Sgricci, is pr-ducing a great sensation at Paris. He gave his secoad c%hjibion,in a. n-tlin theatre on Monday. He was to deliver a tra- gedz inproTMptU. The audlenice was so earnest in insuring perfcct fairness, that they would not intrust the choice of subjects even to a iiiosr respectable conmittee of men emineut in literature and art. The titles were read over to then, and they rejected many, and left others undisturbed, with that sort of ca;priciouisness and irregularity w*hich must ever prevall in a numerous and mixed assembly. They were, however, particularlY careful in rejvcting subjects wlhicli had becn already treated bv celebrated authors. At lengtih the papers were all placed in an tirn, and ore was drawn out by a ladv in a sitie box, at thc re5uest of the pit. It proved to have insciibed on it " Charles 1." rlhis wras teceived with universal applause, as no one for a moment supposed it possible that M3. Sgricci could be pre- parcd for tbis announcemlent- The curtain rose, and he appeared in a state of great emotion. He stated that the personages of his dramiia would be-Charles I., King of England Herietta, his wile- Cromtwell, absent, and daily expected to retuta fronthe army; Ireton, a partisan of Cromwell, a subortinate fanatic; Douglas, friend of the King, devoted to his mlaster; EKliza, an at- tendant of the Queeln; the " President" of the Parliament * and Ugo, leader of rtle popular faction, with a clorus of ladies of the Queen's suite, and a chorus of the people and the factitus. This explanation was much apiplauded, especially when l1l. Sgricd sa id, " The Ying will be secretly Catholic." le found serious dilfl- culty in giving names to the inferior agents which would suite the measure of his verse; but, this impedituent overcome, he composed without intemrption for an hour and three quarters. MLe was lis- tened to with close attention; the audience appeared to understand not only the general purport, but particular passages of the play,and hestowed frequent and animated applause. Siniee the perlbri-nance of the great Barclay match, the annals of pedestrianism hare presented nothitigmore novel, powerful, or extraordinarv, than is exhibited in thefollowin? singular achieve- ment :-About a wveek since, a young man named Lloyd, residing at Clerkenwell, liapleniing to hear some persons ralk of the surpris- ing feats of Captain Batclay, Aoore, Edwards, West, ant other ce- lebrated roadsters, utidertook to walk 40 miles ini 10 hours backwards. The idea was ridiculed as an impossibility. However. on Saturday last, two gentlemen came forwatd in order to encourage the young man, and staked 30 sovereigns a-sitle, the pedestrian to receive half the stakes in the event of his accomplishing the task allotted to hirm, which wvas only 32 miles in eighit hiours, being eight miles under itis original challenge. At 12 o'clock on Thursday Ite started fromn the Rochester Hlunc, on Stroud-bridge, Chatham, tn presence of an im- mense assemblage of pers-ons that collected to wittiess this unparal- leled undertaking; two friends marslhalletd the wvay, and the yottng man being thus free trom iiterruptiorn or accident, maintained a measured and steady pace in his retrogradle march, completing with the most apparent ease four miles within each hour. Passing thteugh the different villages on the road, lie experienced some inconveni- etice and delay, which he took care to recover bv increased speed; but on entering the metropoUs, about 20 minutes after 7 o'clovL, manv gentlemen who had large bets uponl the match gave themn up as hopele..s, the throni became so excessive; in Snlsthfield the tnan was forced to halt until a lane was cleared by his supporters. anid lie was again enabled to proceed, and finally arrived at Cierkenwell- green, the point of his destination, witliin five minutes oft o'clock. We appeared muuch cxhausted, but attributes that to anxiety of mind, atid rite presstire of the crowd, rather than to fatigue of body. Miss H1ay, milliner and diress-maker, of' Lutgate-Hill, missing at several imes sone money, tuspicion fell on tle boy em- ploved on errands. On being qucstioned he dentied it, and therefore was locked up in a room, till his mothier was sent for; but berore she arrived he hung himself, and was with great difficulty restored. Yesterday morning, at halt-past two o'clock, the watch- man on the beat discovered the lower nmrt of the premises of )Jr. Wmckford, druggist, the cortier of tic Tlree Nuns Inn, \Whitechapel, to be on fire. The Aldgate and *l hitechapcl engines were quihtly on the spot, but before thie possible arrival of any of those from the different Fire-ofices the filmes had reached the erotire prenvises; which, with the stoc k in trade, they consumned, ant communicating to the Three Nuns Inn, shortly converted it into a heap of atshes. W(tith the greatest diffcultv tte horses were saved. Several adjoin- ing houses were seriously injured. IVe have not learnt that any lives were lost. LAdvertisement.1-WVe hear that great exertiotis are being made to assemble the first mlusical talent in the kingdom at the W orcester' Music Meetinv, on the 15-.b, 16th, and 17Ln ot September next; atid the public patronage which this meeting is promnised from the nobility and most distinguWihed gentlemen in the diocess, will no doubt eontribute rmuch to that success which for the sake of the ex- cellent charity it supports must be generally wished for. [Advertisement.l-rhe Etsro'opmit Magazine, for May, 1824, is etiibellislied by a beatutiful portrait of the liermit in London, taken froin life, with a memoir of his life and writings, and contains aa Essay on the genius andt writings of Homer, and on the poetical works of Thomas doore, Esq.-Sketches from Natttre-The IriAhman in London, by the author of thc Hermit in Londoa-On l)rcss-Ali, a Poem-1 he Trystin g Stan e-Recollections of a lM an of the Worldt -A Reply to the Edlitor Of the E;uropean Nlagazine's reviewv of thil PeriodiraI Press-Lines written about the mnidnight of 1823 and 1824-Review of Brenton's Naval History of Great Britain-The Bdchelor's Wife-Military and Political Events of Spain-Private Corrcspon.dence of Win. Cooper, Esq -Considerations on the state of the Continent-Notice of the Exhibition of the British Artistse Societe-View of Ptiblic Affairs-Tile Drama, with the usual liter. ary and scientitic intelligence. The next number will contain a portrait of Sir James sMacintosh Bart. Published by Sherwood, Jones, and Co.,- Paternoster-row. LAdiverriseinenti.-The Free- T/mikin71g C4r2itiaas' QzartmrrlyRe. gistcr, N'o. fi, contains-1. The fail of an disprovet; the serpent not the mmeviL.-2. Intermnediate State; Purgatory; Luther; Sleep of the .iSoul; the Rich Man and Lazarus; Angels which kept not their first state; Saul and the Wites of Endor_-3. Qualeerism; Penn ana Charles 1L; AmericaniQauakers; Qualer violence; Quaker loyalty; Qaaker political shuffling; Ediinburghi Review; Qutaker radicalisin and subserviency; a Correspondent's defence of Mrs. Fry, in reply to the strictures of' the Free-Thinking Christians upon that lady._ 4. Poetry; the Year.-5. Religious worship; the singitug and duties ofthe Levites.-6. An exposure of the dishonesty and ignorance of tite work entitled " Not Paul, but Jesus." Published by Sbierwooa and Co., Paternoster-row. Price 2s.