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from the coast. At Matamoras a confidence prevailed that the Spaniards would be repulsed, if a landing was attempted at any place of consequence. Owing to this' feeling there was not so great an exiisrment at Mata moras as might have been supposed. A Mexican Go vernment sloop from Vera Cruz, with SOO barrels of gunpowder and arms on board. bound to Matamoras, was wrecked on St. Jago bar on the 10th of May; the vessel and cargo were entirely lost ; Frew saved. Captain Ashford, of the brig Sarah; from Rio Grande, reports that the Buenos Ayrean army had crosied the river Grande, in the province of Rio Grande. and esta blished their head quarters at Chattyrown. Fort Santa Trice had surrendered to the Buenos Ayres army. The two armies are encamped in sight of each other, and are carrying on the war vigorously. The Georgia Papers, the Mercury and the Recorder, ate zealously endeavouring to rouse the people of that State to the adoption of measures for the establishment of manufactories. The former paper recommends this course, because it would subtract a portion of capital and labour from the cultivation of cotton, now over done ; and because it would build up markets at home fur such agricultural produce as cannot be carried to a foreign market. The Recorder advises it for reasons we give in his own words : " The hardness of the times and the increased op pression u ith which we are saddled by the last Tariff Act, should operate upon our people as double incen tives to make within themselves every article that can be produced within our own state—to buy nothing from the north, the west, or the mHeile stares, which can be made at home. By this means we may save our money, and at the same time inflict on those who ate willing to oppress us with burdensome duties some portion of the injury they are so lavishly heaping on others. If any thing can bring them to reason, this will do it." If Georgia have the facilities, wisdom suggests that she shall give her unprofitably employed capital and labour the direction thus recommended. The New Brunswick papers state that the contem• plated canal to connect the waters of the Bay of Fundy with those of the St. Lawrence creates some discussion. The probable cost is estimated at 100,0001. CURRINT, OR RATnut sotninft•cusavir OF TRAM —II is a singular fact that at this present writing, a vessel bound hence for Gibraltar is taking in Malaga wine and cncoa, and that another vessel, directly alongside of her. has just arrived from Gibraltar with Malaga wine and cocoa.—New York Gasette. THE EVENING STAR. LON DON. MONDAY. JULY 7. 1828. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. At present the Cassel market is vety uninteresting, with scarcely a bargain doing. The favourable accounts of the Quarter's Re venue. has not bad any effect on the market. The information from Lisbon, by the Mail, of Don Montt. being proclaimed King. as well u a report of our Minister having embarked on board an English frigate, has tended todeeresse the Consolmarket. Consols opened this morning at 8$ sellers, and at present may be quoted at 881 for the Account. • CITY. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The Corso* market remains steady at 83i fog the Account, akernately buyers and sellers. In the Foreign market, Mexican Bonds have receded, owing to the repotted invasion by the Spaniards from the Havannah. PRICE OF STOCKS AT FOUR O'CLOCK. Bask Stock 1 India Bonds 104 South Sea Stock Old Annuities 111000 &diet'. Ms 68 9 stsoo Ditto 68 9 (100 and 4'200 Ditto 6$ 70 Advertised Bank for Acct. Consols for Acct. 881 FORRION FUNDS. TWO O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bds. 3 pOt. imp 1 Mac Bds. $p Ct. sot so DoAtist 6.51 1dez.1315,11105,6p Ct. Boom Ayres Bds. 6p C. 4111 Do. Aec. 41i f II 1 Ds. Acct. 4$ ') Bds. SpC.6Ol I Ciuontbian Hands, 6 per Ct. Do Acct. 601 Do.Bands.lBB4, S per Ct. 931 Do Acct t4l 1) Acct. 931 Danish 114 s. 3 pCt. 611 g Do. Acct. BRITISH AND VOILEIGN SHARKS. TWO O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. 814 8 5 per Ct. Cons. 87i i ex dlv. Se per Cent. 951 sj per Cent. Red. 95e I 4 per Ct. New,loll 8 11 ez die 4 per Cent. 181e6, Long Ann. 1$ i India Stock Angle Mezkaa 13cazlhan Oak's*lea •MA at. PA lIA 100 90 35 20 100 22i 25 81. 17; The Accounts of the Revenue up to the sth of July, present the satisfactory result of au increase on the quarter of £331,401, and on the year Of L'1,031,182. over the respective periods of 1047. The principal augmentation during the quarter is in the &die and Stamps, a proof, r►e may be Mowed to presume. of the gradual amelioration of our domestic comforts, and of the increased spirit of our commercial dealings and transactions. The latter conclusion is corroborated by the £365,188 added to the Stamp duties in the course of the veer. The year also presents an increase of more than half a million in the customs, but as the receipt of corn duties amounts to about that sum, it is rather in the domestic than in the foreign commerce of the country, that an improvement may be pronounced to base takes place. We have received tbis morning by an Extraordinary Express, the Massager des Chanebres of yesterday (Sunday). 1c contains an official Bulletin of the Rus sian Army, dated from the Ramparts of Tragan. 20th of June, brought in fourteen days from the 'Russian Head Quarters by an Extraordinary Courier : This Bulletin contains, at great length, the details of the siege of Brailow, which surrendered after an assault ' which cog the Russians a great many men. The breaches having been deemed practicable, it was resolved to attemrt to take the place by storm, on the )sth. All the mines were to be sprung at once, and immediately after the explosion the troops were to mount the breaches. One of the mine, however, blew up too soon ; its explo sion bu ied the Officer who was to fire the second mine, which did not blow up; the third did blow up. But, amidst the clouds of dust and smoke which arose on all sides, it was impossible to distinguish the state of the b• caches. The colts nos rushed forward to the assault ; all the Officers and Generals were at their head, with the volunteers, who had offered to be the first to scale the enemy's rampart. Those on the right, to the number of 120, succeeded in scaling the walls ; but as they could, not be supported, they were all killed, except a subal tern Officer, who threw himself into the Danube.— On the left the same obstacles appeared, and after a ' most desperate action it was necessary to sound a re treat, which was effected in great order, bet with con siderable loss, for the fire of the Turks, which was equally heavy and well directed, redoubled when they saw our troops retreat ; and desirous of prating by the success to destroy our works, they made six sallies against the Regiment of Cazan, which repulsed them all, and killed many of the enemy. At half-past eleven our troops occupied the same position as before the attack, and the enemy had not been able to carry or damage any of our works. On the 16th the mine, which could not explode the day before, was blown up by order of the Grand Duke Michael; and on the 17th Turkish envoys came to ask an armistice for ten days, promising that the place should be surrendered if not relieved by that time. The Grand Duke granted them a truce for only 24 hours, which they accepted. The 15th saw our Generals and troops rival each other in bravery, but our loss was severe. Major Genet al Wolf and Major- General Timoth were killed, and 640 men. Among the wounded ate one General, three Colonels, sixteen superior Officers, seventy-five other Officers, and 1,34.0 subalterns and privates, many of whom, however, will be able to return to their ranks in a few days. The Turks defended themselves with a courage worthy of the highest praise. Their loss in killed was, however sensible in the sallies which they made. Colonel Bibikoff, Aid-de-Camp to the Grand Duke Michael, has this moment brought to the Emperor the keys of Brailow, which surrendered at the expiration of the truce. At the same time news arrived of the sur render of the fortress of Matchim. Fusco Fauns—Pa ss, JULY 5. Five per Cents. 103 f. 6Se. 60c' —Three per Cents. 72f. 2.:e.—Bank Actions, 1,8601. 1,8551. Rentes de Naples, 76f. 55c.—R erne d'Espagne, al.—Royal Spanish Loan, 721.—Haytian Loan, 6401.—Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 30e. three months, 251. 20c. money.—Cbtirs4sdhJulys. Price at Four o'clock.—Five per Ceara. 105 f. 80e. Three per Cents. 721. 40c. Accounts have been received this morning from Oporto of the 27th ult. which state the safe art ivAl there of the steamoressel with PALMELLA and his companions. VILLA non and General SALDANHA immediately pro. ceeded to the army ; Gen. Srunas remained as Governor of Oporto. Great rejoicings took place on their arrival, and a number of the young men of Oporto were joining the army.—The letters from Lisbon c f the 29th ult. do not mention that our Ambassador had left that city, not has our Government any knowledge of such an event. The Lisbon Mail of the 29th ult. has brought Gazettes and private letters (extracts from which will be found in our preceding columns) containing an account of the meeting of the three Estates of the Realm at Ajuda on the 23d inst. pursuant to the summons of Don Moon.. The opening speech was delivered by the notorious Bishop of Vino, the late Minister of the Interior to the PRINCESS REGENT; the Duke de CADAVAL holding the Sword cf State. The Assembly have resolved unanimously, that Don MIGUEL is King of Portugal according to the strictest interpretation of the law of Lamego; and that all the proceedings of others since the death et his father have consequently been null and void. They have been occupied in axing the next succession to the Crown in case of the death of MIGUEL without heirs, and have, it is understood, nominated the Duke de CADAVAL as the Heir Presumptive. They have recommended Doh Micmac to marry as soon as possible, in order to per petuate the strict line of his august race, and they have published a Decree recalling, the rebel CHAVES, and all his adherents, and restoring them to the titles and and estates they have forfeited for their treason to their lawful SOVEREIGN. The official Report of the Reso lutions was to be presented to the Usurper, who, it was expected, would forthwith proclaim himself KING throughout the realm. The matter is however considered as settled ; the Assembly, as well as the Gazelles, official and non-official, speaking always of their Sovereign Don MIGUEL the First, King of Portugal and Algarve. The Marquis PALIIIRLLA and his friends had not arrived ; the Apostolical Lisbon Journal is anticipating with ex ultation the probability of the loss or capture of the steam-boat ; but we trust that Pampa= may avert from the unfortunate Portuguese so great a calamity as the deprivation of these tried and able *feeders of their Constitution and Country. The German Papers to the Ist inst. received this morning, contain no further accounts from the con tending armies in Turkey. We have given extracts from these Papers in our first page: amongst them is a very sensible letter on the affairs of Greece, said to have been written by an English Officer. FROM THE NEW TORE PAPERS, ARRIVED THIS MORNING, TO THE 17th JUNE. TAMPICO.—A merchant in this city (NewYot k) has re ceived a letter from his correspondent at Tampico, dated 24th of April, stating that permission had been granted to the English merchants there to retain or export their unsaleable goods without paying import duty. It appears, by a letter from the Treasury Department to the merchants cf . New York, that the existing duty on worsted stuff goods will not be changed by the aewTariff. HATTL—On the 6th of May eighteen persons were , tried at Hayti, for conspiracy against the Government, five of whom were condemned to be shot. By the brig Doris, arrived at New Orleans on the 15th of May, from Campeachy, we learn, that previous to her sailing Commodore LABORDE had appeared off that place, with two seventy.fout's, three frigates, and nine thousand troops. He had burnt five or six vessels, and was about to make a landing. His MAJESTY left his Palace, in St. James's, soon after ten o'clock on Saturday night, escorted by a De tachment of the Hussars, for the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. Lord FA RN BOROUGu bad an audience of the KING on Satarday. THE CLARE ELECTION. The Dublin newspapets, and the letters from the game city, received on Friday mien, lea us to state that Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald bad resigned. This was not the ease; on the emnrary, at the close. of the poll on Tuesday,. Mr. O'Connell stood indeed at the head of the poll, but only siz above Mr. Fitzgerald, the numbers bring for— Mr. O'Connell . . 200 Mr. Fitzgerald . . . 194 Majority for Mr. O'Connell . --6 At the close of the poll on Wednesday, the numbers were for— Mr. O'Connell . . . . . . 850 Air. Fitzgerald • • • • . 538 Majority for Mr. O'Connell —312 At the close of the Poll on Thursday, the gross amount was— Fur Mr. O'Connell . . • . 1,813 Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald . • • 637 Majority for Mr. O'Connell , —976 But later accounts in the Freeman's Journal of Saturday state. that the total majority amounted to 1,008; and the contest was going on with unabated perseverance and continued success •n the part of Mr. O'Connell. It was, however, imagined that the majority of 'Thursday evening would induce Mr. Fitzgerald to give in, and thus end this most clamorous and oratorical election. The following is Mr. Butler's opinion on the question of Mr. O'Connell's right, if be should be duly elected, to sit and vote in Parliament: lIIIIILTTES lIESTICTINO THR OATHS MID DICLARATIONS TO BR !ACM ANT 51111SCSIRID IT IRISH MIDISIRS at rmiLuistum, IT CHARLES BUTLIR, NS% The sth of Elizabeth, chap. 1, sec. 16, enacts that " every person elected or appointed Member of Parliament shall, before he shall enter the Parliament House, or have any vote therein, pronounce the Oath of Supremacy before the Lord High Steward or his De puty. under pain of his seat becoming void, and incurring such pains and penalties as if he had entered wiahout election." The 3oth of Charles 11. stat. 2. enacts that "no Peer shall vote, ur make bis proxy, or sit in the House of Peers, and that no Com moner shall sit or vote in the House of Commons, till he shall take the Oath' of Allegiance and S , :premacy, and sign the Declaration against Transubstantiation therein mentioned, and under the penal ties thereby imposed." The Act also directs that "each House of Parliament may re. quire its Membets to take the same oaths, and make the same de clarations, and subjects those who ret,:-e to certain penalties."— Neither of these Statutes extends to Ireland, e xcept so far as it is referred to in the Act of Union. The Zd of William and Mary, ch. 2. we. 5, enacts that " no Peer of Ireland shall vote or make his proxy in the House of Peers, or sit there during any debate ; and that no Member of the House of Commons shall be capable to vote in the House, or sit there, unless he shall take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and sub.cribe the Declaration against Transubstantiation, under pain of being disabled from holding office; and shall be disabled from sitting or voting in either House of Parliament in Ireland, and from suing in any Court of Law or Equity; and from being guardian, executor, or administrator. and from taking any legacy, and shall forfeit for every wilful effence the sum of 5001.—[This statute was passed by the English Parliament ; it relates exclu sively to Ireland.] The 6th of George I. ch 5. enacted that" the Kingdom of Ire land was subordinate to, and depended upon, the Imperial Crown of Great Britain, and tbat his Majesty, with the consent of Lords and Commons, might make laws to bind Ireland."--[This Act was passed by the Fuigli,h Parliament]. By the 22c1 of George 111. ch. 53. the preceding Act of 6th of George 111. was repealed. That repeal recognized the indepen dence of the kingdom of Ireland ; and thereupon all the Acts of the English Legislature only ; and consequently the Aet of 6th Geo. I. ch. 5, has from that time bten treated as null and void._ The ill st and 42d of George 111. ch. 48, of the Irish Parliament, commonly called Yelverton's Act, enacted that " all Statutes made in England or Great Britain, for the settling and assuring the for feited estates in Ireland, and also all private Statutes made in Eng land or Great Britain, under which any lands, tenements, or here ditament* in Ireland, or any estate or interest therein, are or is holden or claimed: or which concern the title thereto, or any evi dence gespecting the same ; and all such clauses and provisions con. tatted in any Statutes made in England or Great Britain, concern ing commerce, as import to impose equal restraints on the subjects of England or Ireland, or of Great Britain and Ireland, and to en title them to equal benefits ; and also all such clauses and previous contained in any Statutes as aforesaid, as equally concerning the seamen of England and Ireland, or of Great Britain and Ireland, save so far as the same had been altered or repealed, should be ac cepted, used, and executed in Ireland according to the present tettour thereof: provided always that all such Statutes, so far as aforesaid, concerning commerce, should bind the subjects of Ire. land onlz so long as they continued to bind the subjects of Great Britain. And it was further enacted, that " all such statutes made in Eng land or Great Britain, as concerned the stile or calendar; and also all such clauses and provisions contained in any statutes made as aforesaid, as relate to the taking any oath or oaths, or making or subscribing any declaration or affirmation in this kingdom, or any penalty or disability for omitting the same; or which relate to the continuance of any office, civil or military, or of any commission, or of any writ, process, or proceeding at law or in equity, or in any court of delegacy or review, in case of a demise of the Crown, should be accepted, used, and executed in Ireland, according to the present tenor of the same respectively." By the list Geo. 111. chap. 52, it was enacted that all persons disabled from, or being incapable of being elected, sitting, and voting in the House of Commons of Great Britain, should be dis. abled from, and are incapable of being elected, or sitting and voting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. And that all persons disabled from, or incapable of being elected, and sitting, and voting in the House of Commons of Ireland, should be disabled from, and be incapable of being elected, or sitting, and voting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Provided, that nothing in that Act, should be construed to enable persons theretofore disabled by any Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, from sitting and voting in the House of Commons of Great Britain, to sit or vote in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, as knights, citizens, or burgesses for any county, city, borough, town , or place in Ireland ; nor to enable persons there tofore disabled by any Act of the Parliament of Ireland, to sit or vote in the House of Commons of the said United Kingdom, as knights, citizens, or burgesses for any county; stewartry, city, borough, cinque•port, town, or place, in Great Britain. The 33d of Geo. 111. for the relief of Roman Catholics enacts, that " the provisions of that Act shall not extend to the qualifica tie,' of Peers or Commoners for sitting in Parliament. By the 39th and 40th of Geo. 111. chap. 67, the Act of Union of England and Ireland, it was provided that " the Members of either House should, until the Parliament of the United Kingdom shall otherwise provide, take the oaths, and make the declarations then by law enjoined to be taken, made, and subscribed by the Lords and Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain." It is observable that the Act of Union of England and Scotland direct., that the persons not taking the oaths thereby prescribed, shall be subject to the same penalties and disabilities as are imposed by the statute prescribing them ; but there is no such provision in the Act for the Union of England and Ireland. On the construction of these Acts of Parliament, Mr. O'Connell's tide to enter into, sit, and vote in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may be thought to depend. To reach a proper conclusion upon this question, the following observations may be found useful: I. Taking into consideration the recognition of the independence of Ireland by the British Parliament in 1782, it may be assumed that, at the time of the passing of Yelvertun's Act, in the Irish Par liament in 1781,1752, there was no legislative Act in force, which disabled an Irish Catholic from being electetrintu and sitting and voting in the Irish Parliament. '' New, what is the effect of Yelverton's Act ?—lt provides, 1. That all Statutes of the English Parliament for settling and assuring the forfeited estates in Ireland under which any property is held; V. Or which concern the title thereto; S. And all p►ivate Acts of Parliament; 4. And all Acts respecting commerce; 5. And all Acts which impose equal restraints on the rub. jests of England and Ireland; and, G. Or which concern seamen—Shall thenceforth be accepted, used, and executed in Ireland. _ _ But there are no statutes of the English Parliament respecting the forfeited estates, or the title thereto ; or which are private Acts; or which relate to commerce; or which impose equal restraints on the subjects of England or Ireland ; or which concern seamen, that disable Irish Catholics from sitting or voting in the Parliament of lrelaqd; or require any oaths or declarations to be taken or sub scribed by them, as a qualification fur their se skiing and voting. Therefore, Yelvenon's Act gives validity to no Acts of the Eng. Halt Parliament, which directly or indirectly disabled Catholics from entering into, sitting, or voting in Parliament. It should, however, be observed, that Yelverton's Act contains a proviso, referring to the oaths and disabilities in question ; but it is expressly confined to statutes respecting the Calendar, and to the statutes " made as aforesaid ; or in other words, the statutes therembefore referred to; and therefore the proviso, however it may limit, doe. not enlarge the operative part of the Act. 11. The Act passed for the relief of the Irish Roman Catholics, in 1795, enacted, that nothing contained in that Act should enable persons to sit in Parliament without taking the Oaths and subscrib ing the Declarations, then by law required. This evidently does not impose the obligation of taking the Oaths and subscribing th e Declarations,but leaves those obligations as they then stood at late.. 111. The Act of the 59th and 10th of George 111. for the Union of England and Ireland, enacted, that unless Parliament should osberwise provide, the Members of each House should take th e Oaths, and subscribe the Declarations then by law etipoined to be ' taken, made and subscribed by the Lords and Commons of th e Parliament of Great Britain. These were the oaths of Allegian ce , and Supremacy, and the Declaration agsinst Transubstantiation. But the Act merely enjoins that these oaths should be taktn, and that this declaration should be subscribed ; it does not prescrib e any penalty for not taking or subscribing them. Being an Act of extreme severity, and creating a new offence, it must be construed strictly ; a penalty must not he enacted by implication. ft t cab. servable that the Act of the sth and Gth of Anne. for the (Jamul England and Scotland, enacts that the Members of either H owe shall take the oaths and make the declaration pre►cribed by the Act of Charles 11. in the manner therein men:ioned, 4 upon the ma. ties and disabilities in the said Act contained." The words " upon the penalties and disabilities in the said Act contained," are omitted in the Act for the Union of England aid Ireland. From this it may be inferred that it was tsoz the intention of the Act for the Union of England and lreland, to subject person, not taking the oaths, and subscribing the declaration to the penalties of the English statutes prescribing them._ To suppose that the, contrivers of the Union intended to subject Cathcslics to any penalty to which they were not then subject, Would Impute to them an enormity which they have always disclEin.ed, and which their bitterest enemies have not charged upon then,. The clause standing singly, the only penalty to which non-com... pliance with its provisions in question will subject the patty h as indictment. To proceed against Mr. O'Connell by ionlicteuent there must be a resolution of the House. It is doubtful whether the House world pus such a resolution. By availing himself of fli t forms of the House, and enforcing its Standing Orders, Mr. O'Con nell might postpone the business through a whole Session by low. minable discussions, and in the mean time retain his seat. IV. Tlw Statute of 4 t George 111. (the last statute it is be lieved which affects the question) enacts, 1. That Persons disabled from sitting in the Bri.ish Houten! Parliament shall be disabled front sitting in the United Parliament for any place in Great Britain. Thi; is completely answered by stating, that Mr. O'Connell's election will not be for any place in Great WIWI,. Q. It then enacts, that persons disabled from .itting in the Irish Parliament should be disabled front sitting in the United Parlia ment for any place in Ireland. This is completely answered, by stating, that we bays satisfac torily shown that no law of Ireland disabled Catholics from sitting and voting in Parliament. 3. A provisio 'follows : That no person, disabled by British Statutes front sitting and voting in Parliament, should, by th at Act (i. e. the Act now under consideration) be enabled to m et vote fur any place in Ireland ; and so vice vents. To this it is satisfactorily replied, that Mr. O'Connell is not die abled by any Act of the English, Irish, or United Parliament, trom sitting for any place in Ireland. V. It remains to consider the effect of the Annual Act of It. demnity upon the question. Upon this bead I shall only transcribe the following passage from the substance of Mr. Croker's speech on the 4th of M,y. 1810, on the Roman Catholic Question, published by himself is the same year, p. 55. If a Member, to evade the law and orders of the House, should intentionally do what we all have know' many Members do unintentionally, sit and vote wi:bout having taken the oaths; and that actions for his *irk nee should tun be pre. secuted to final judgment before the parsing of the Indemnity hal, on the 25th of March in any year, he would, in my humble uyiniso, be thereby—to use the very words of the Act—'•itsdemniftd, freed, and discharged from oft penalties, forfeitures, incapacities, and disabilities, incurred, or to be incurred, for or by reason of any such neglect or omission ; and such person would be, and i. tally and actually Teapot:Weed and restored to the sante state and eon• dition in which he was before such neglect, and he shah he derturd and adjudged to have duly guallfied himulf according to the itbovr sientiaaecl Acts, and every of them. And that ill the ekaium of and acts dome, a• A be done, by such person, shall be of the same force and validity as if such person bed duly qualified himself ac. cording to the said Acts, and any or every ut them." DEPARTURE OF MT. STRATFORD CANNING.-Mr. Canaan left town on Saturday evening for the purpose of proceed. log on a special mission relpecting the Greeks. The Right Has. Gentktnan had a conference with the Duke of WILLINGTON in the afternoon, and afterwards had an interview with the Rid of Am. Dm at the Foreign Office. Mr. CANNING is accompanied by Ur. Maws's, one of the Clerks of the Foreign Office. The piace d the Right Hon. Gentleman's destination in Italy is uuderstood ts be Otranto. The Spanish (special) Minister had a conference wi h the Duke of Wemaxcrrou on Saturday, at the Treasury. His Ex cellency afterwards proceeded to the Foreign Office, and ha.int interview with the Eatl of AII:RD/MN. The Lords of the King's Most Honourable Privy Council held a meeting on Saturday morning, at eleven o'clock, at the Council Office, which was attended by the LORD Paetiocerof the Council, the SIAM'S of the Rms.., Str Gamma Rose, and the Right Hon. HUGH ELIOT. The appeal of Latastanerra v. Weston, from the blauritias, was argued till three o'clock, when the Manta of the hots pronounced the opinion of their Lordships to be a confirmation of the decision of the Court in the blauntius, tack party paying their own costs. The Neapolitan Minister transacted business on S; turdsy with the Eorl of Aniumax, at the office of the Secretuy of State for Foteign Affoirs. The Hon. JAMES STUART, Chairman of the Cmn• missloners of Stamps, has been appointed to succeed Mr. HILL d Assistant Scretary to the Treasury. The Duke of CUMBIRLAND left town at an early hnur yesterday morning for his residence at Kew. from whet after making a short stay, his Royal Highness proceeded to the !loyal Lodge, on a visit to the Kum The Duke of CAMBRIDOP, attended by Capt. Mum left the King's Palace, St. James's, about eight o'clock yesterday morning, on a visit to bis Makassar, at the Royal Lodge. The Dowager Marchioness of HERTFORD gate a grand dinner on Saturday, at her mansion in Manchester•square,t+ the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Prince Laorot.o, and a elect paid the Nobility and Gentry. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE and a name roue party joined the company in the evening. • The Duche , s of Kent honoured the performance the Opera of Medea. at the Italian Opera House, on Saturday sees. ing, with her presence. The Earl.and Countess of JERSEY save a grand dine ner on Saturday, at their residence in Berkeley.nuare, to the Duke of Cam/ounce and.a very numerous party. The Earl of CHESTERFIELD entettamed his Royal Highnets the Duke of POIMALAND and a numerous Prrf on Saturday, at Chesterfield House. THAMESTUNNEL MLETING.— A numerous and highll respectable Meeting of the friends of this useful undertaking, Wal held at the Freemasons Tavern on Saturday. The Duke of MIL LINGTON was present, and not only made a forcible appeal in fowl of the grand design, but gave a generous donation of 5001- The Duke of CAMULJDGt also delivered himself oil the occasion in too highly creditable to his Royal Highness, arid subscribed a sill sum to that of the illustrious Wass.rsoross. Indeed, the Nreing was altogether of the first order, and additional donations in t considerable sum rare immediately subscribed. Under tke presto auspices, and guided by such iuttlligence, the undertaking mita now fail of complete 'success. Well and truly did Sir Joss Mil - CIA tit observe on the occasion, that the Illustrious Premier had succeeded in every enterprise he had ever undertaken; and Iv trusted that the completion of the " Wellington Tunnel" (Or M that name he thought it ought now to be distinguished) would lv added to all his former glorious achievements. These just nNere vations, and heart-gladdening truths, it is scarcely necessary to's, were received with universal and rapturosas cheers by the who‘ Meeting. . Fine.—List night, about ter. o'clock, a fire broke ot in a house occupied by a foreign Gentleman, in Mute" Crescent. The engines were soon on the spot, but eefr withstanding the exertions of the firemen, aided by a Pier tiful supply of water, the house was entirely destroyed. The trial of the Rev. Peter Fenn, for the alleged a t ' tering of a forged bill of exchange, which was to ha" come on this morning, at the Old Bailey, was again pott' poned to the first day of next Sessions, in comeclutn ce of the absence of a material witness on the pia cf (14 prisoner. Friday evening a serious affray took place on Co& mon Hard, Portsea, between a party of soldiers bei ol s ; ing to the 28th regiment, and several watermrn 3 ", other persons; the former drew their bayonets a n d several of the latter were stabbed, one in a dangeou l manner. Five of the soldiers were taken into mend 1. m and are detained in this gaol for further examatioa• The dispute arose about the payment of the fates.--1 llampahire Telegraph. ne tw Ca is Cap trop