WINDSOR (Thursday), March...
WVN DSOm gThirsday), iNMarch 18.-The King rode out this-iorning in his phlaeton up the ridesin NVindsor Great Park fbr some timne. The Duke ofYork, the Princes" Au- gusta, Lord St. Helens, and Lord Palmerston, are expected to dine witlh the King this afternooni at the Castle. Yesterdav afternoon, at 3 o'clock. a Cabinet Council was held at thc- Foreign-office, Dowvning-street, agreeably to summons, which sat in deliberation till abouthalf past four. The rise of the first independent newspaper tbrmns an era in the growth of every community. It giYes wings to intelligence-concentrates antI perpetuates a host of sym- pathies, which might otherwise have perished for want of mutual excitement-combines dispersed interests-fosters new enterprisc s-and communicates fresh spirit and motion throughout the wvhole political machine. In some, at lea3t, of the distant possessions of this country, newspapers are looked upon, as we have heard, with considerable distrust by men exercising that species of aulthority which admits no check but from opinion. They are frownecl upon as meddlers-as intruders-as fraught with diseased curiosity, and with never ceasing loquacity-as thorns in the side of power. How far such feelings may have predominated for some years past at the Cape of GoodI Hope, we k-now not; nor vwhether they existed therei at all, have we any means of provin. But of this we are credibly informed, that ,when a 7r. GEORGE GREIG first proposed to set up a pa- per in that colony, a noble Lord, " high in office," as the phrase goes, used his utmost efforts to dissuade that gen- tleman frorn the undertaking;-to prevent himn from putting his plan in execution was, we may infer, beyond the means, extensive as they were, of the Colonial Governor, because we understand that the pa- per has been actuallv established, and that the first num- ber was to appear oii the 7th of January, 1824. The pros- pectus published by Mr. GRETG is now before us. It is brief, plain, and to tile purpose; inviting matter of every description, save that wvhich relates to personal con troversy, or to the " policy and administration of the Colonial " Governr,2ent. This latter exception must, we should hope, be no small disappointment to the higher authorities at the Cape, whose generous love of fame, if they felt atny, would be defeated by so resolute an exclusion, as is here j announceti, of all panegyiic on the cxce'llence of the local administration. 'the journal is niamed " Seuth 4Mfrican " Conimtercial Advertiser,"-it is to be publishet every I Vednesday afternoon. There exists, we anderstaad, no other journal wlhatever in South Africa, but the Govern- ment Cope Gazette. CARTIIAG,ENA, Feb. 24.-The Britannia, bound to -, is loaded, and ready to sail; but in consequence of two vessels (the Eagle from Perranibuco, arnd the Roscvilc),bo%nd to Trieste, being ordered in here by a British sloop of vwar, stating thatwar was de- clared by the Algerines against Great Britain, it is dangerous putting to sea. There are seven British ships here. A letter Irom Sir John Doyle,of the Royal George steam vessel, at Seville,dated 7th of February,has been received at Lloyd's, wherein he mientions having sold t hils vessel at that place. 'I'he Royal Georr,>v we understand, is sold to a committee of Spanish imcrchants. 1he Ehl g, it is said, will arrive at Carlton Palace, from Windsor, this day, to receive the Recorder's report. *Ire are re iuested to contradict an account of two mar- riages in ycsterav's paDer-oAo Mr. White to Miliss Groves, and of llr. Groves -to liissWhite. It isincumbent on usto state, tat the person who left the above at our office for insertiom, committed a forgerv, by giving, as his name and address, for the purpose of aiu- thentication, those of a gentleman of respectability known to the parties. Such conduct, generaly arising from a malicious tnouve, and tending to disturb the peace of families, cannot be sufficlently reprobated. *Whatever thoughts Mlr. Beaumont may have had of ac- cepting the Chiltemr Hundreds, we know that, upon a representation being made to him that his retiring frora Parliament would cause muci inconvenience to the county of Northultiberland, and might en(langer its independlence, that gentleman insttritly gave up all thoughts ot doing so.-Tyne Mercury. The two newvly elected Irish barristers, lfr. Korth and Mlr. Doghertv, enter Parliament by the favour and patronagq of MIr. Canning.-Cork Southern Reporter. A petition against the proposed measure of permitting British wool to be exported was forwarded from Halifax on Ssturday last,which in fourdavs had received the signatures of 15,188 indiW- duals-it occupiedt 8a skihs of parcbment, and was about 70 yards long. Government, no doubt, will pay every attention to the gen- tlemen appointed from that dist ;ct, to be examined on this mo- mentous question, backed by such a mass of population.-Shield Independent. The state of that great commercial thoroughfare, Upper Thames-street, and the frequent stoppages which occur there, will probablv seon occupy the serious attention of the Corporation of Loa- don, with whom alonc any remedy for the evil can owiginate. Va.- rious petitions have been presented to the Court of Common Council on the subject, in consequence of which persons have been stationed for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the injury to the trade of the metropolis arising from the obstruction of that important street_ The result of an observation during 15 hours on Saturday last,which we are enabledl to state, is extremely curious. Within that time 1.427 waggons and carts passed, and the aggregate of the time of the differ- ent stoppags amnounted to 6 hours and 32 minutes!! As these oc- curred in tbe busy part of the day, it folows that the passage l through Thames-strtet is impeded during more than half the regu- lar period of business. For the sake of the commercial interest ge- tnerall, it is to be hoped that the ,ommor Council will not slumber over the work wlhich devolves. on them1, but apply thernselves in ear- nest to abate this nuisance. CATHOLIC AssOCIATION.-At a meeting of the Associ- ation. at Dublin, on Saturday, the petition adopted bv the aggregate meeting was finally agreed to, and it was resolved, that Earl Grey, andl Henry Brougbam, Esq., should be respectfaully requested to pre. sent it to both Houses of Parliament. JEWs' HOSPITAL.-The anniversary festival of tbis in- stitution was celebrated yesterday at the City of London Tavern. lIis Roval Highness the Duke of Sussex was in the chair. There were alsi present G. Bving, Esq., 31.P.; 'r. Wilon, E5q., A.P.; Alderman Bridges, IVI.. ; Joseph Cohen, Esq. ; J. Van Oven, Bsq.; M. A. Goldsmidt, Esq., Robert Owen, of Lanark,, Esq. the Deputy Chairman of the East India Directors; enda respect.. able and numerous assemblage of gentlemen of the Hebrew nation. As soon as the cloth was removed, a long grace was chanted in Hebrevw by the reader of the syn ue. "The King" and one or two other standing toasts, were the=hadrank; after which the children. both male and female, of the-:chtarity, were introduced, the bovs casrying chairs, boots, abd shoes, and other speciratn s of their resPective workmanship - it their hands; One of the female children, a- fine little girli recited a poetic address in -an interesting mrnner,. and -with considerable effeet; so nuch so, that when the -Duke of tiussex ro e-immediately after- wards to address the company, his .-Royul Highness was to muuch overpowerea by his feelian, thatihe bmrat into t able to proceeai for some tnie. Aw-soonaa he eovriied he eate into a detailed statement of thie progress, object. and azrnttgea sf the institution, and concludet&by recommbnding it to their wariiest support. Various other gentl etren spoke -in thevourve of.thee'eten. ing, whose addresses, aided by the appeArahceofthe childr; nd1 the excellent singing of Atr. Brahamrt and -the gentlemen wheoat- tended professiona)ly, all combined&in,producing tbe gattfyingeffet of raising the amount of the colleetionsv which lat yeg. was only 677L, to the sum of 2,1041. The Rbyal Duke relird, apparently much fatigued by the exertioDshe had-niade.athalf-past ten o'clock. EXECUTION.-On Monday lastrJohn Smith, a faner's servant, was executed at Lincsfn CAstle5porsuant to his sentence, for administering poison to a young womarna at Alford; in ILincoln_ shire. Tl:e culprit on Sundav-1ast admitted his guilt, and described the mode in which he comnitt-d the offenee. His ignorance *as fo great, that he apPeared not-to have an idea beyond the commoir la- bour of the field, and of eating, drinkingi-and sleeping. There *as an extraordinary apathy nbout-Iim to the nWoMent of b-Witx wlhen bhe adritted.tbe justice. of hii tentence,- aid wias lsun hetnto eter- ifity in the preence -of a conaiderable -concosoise of perobna. -Hia body was givealo the srAmen* of tht inDirmy Aot dff:tiou.y-