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..pc EMIGRATION REPORT. In our first page will be found an extract from the Evidence given in the C'mmittee on the subject of, Emigration. The Report itself, to which we have fre quently alluded, h4s•teceived a most Lmpottant and explicit addition; issued - ftoes the Colonial Office in the shape of a circular, and which we gladly subjoin. We have gone through the, entire document, and find that it contains much valuable information, and many in teresting calculations, derived from a laborious inquiry, conducted with that zeal, judicious attention, and search ing knowledge, which we have a right to look for wher ever the exertions of Mr.Wtt.setvr-Hortrou can be traced. In the outset, the Report assumes there are many able labourers in this country, for whose productive industry there is no immediate demand, and who, in consequence, become, in some way or other, chargeable to the country. It then proceeds to set forth the results of the expel iments made to induce labourers to emigrate in 1823 and 1825, and the expence attendant on them. The average ex pence of emigration appears to have been '221. 1, 6 J. per head ; but it issuppo.ed that lengthened contracts, and other arrangements now practicable, may effect some reducti 'n for the future. Ploceed:ng on this assumption, it is then calculated that a family of four persons, a man, a woman, and two children, may be conveyed to Canada for 801. It next inquires whether those interested in reducing the superabundant labouring population can advan tageously avail themselves of the facilities afforded for emigration, and the affirmative is assumed. The Com mittee suppose that 801. could be raised on an annuity of 31. 10s. 9J, for sixty years. Security being given for the payment of the annuity for the first seven years, it appears from evidence, that it may be fa:vly calculated, that, at the expiration of that term, the head of an emi grant family will be in a state to pay it for the re m tiader of the sixty years, or to effect its redemption within a shorter period. The mode in which this mar be done is pointed out; and it is shewn that parishes in Elgland, and proprietors of land in Scotland and Ireland, are interested in con tributing to the removal of unemployed labourers from any part of the empire where trey endure distress and constitute weakness, to other parts where they may maintain themselves and add to the strength ar.d security of our foreign possessions. It being clearly proved, that the populitisin of the United Kingdoms has already attained to such a height that emigration can no longer be restrained, the only question is, Whether the over flow of our people shall' continue to augment, as for some years it has continually augmented, the wealth and power of the United Stater of America, or shall be guided henceforth by regular channels towards the distant colonies of England ? We consider the question primarily, as one of state policy, and that of the highest class. We will not, therefore, mix with this view► of it any considerations exclusively financiaL There is enough in this Report to prove, that facilities for the emigration of our re• undant population to our own colonies must be afforded, and these facilities Government have lost no time in supplying. TERMS UPON WHICH LAND IS GRANTED TO sErrLEtts IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. For the information of persons proceeding to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land as settlers, it has been deemed expedient to prepare the following summary of the Rules which his Majesty's Govermnedt have thought At to lay down for regulating the Grants of Land in those Colonies : _ _ 1. - A division of the whole territory into Counties, Hundreds, and Parishes, is in progress. When that division shall be com pleted, each parish will comprise an area of about twenty-ave miles ; a valuation will be made of the lands throughout the Colony, and an average price will be struck for each parish. a. All the lands in the Colony not hitherto granted, and not appropriated for public purposes, will be put up to sale at the average price thus fixed. 3. All persons proposing to purchase lands must transmit a written application to the Governor, in a certain prescribed form, hich will be delivered at the Surveyor General's Ma, to all parties applying, on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence. 4. AU correspondence with the local Government, respecting gnats of land, must take place through the same once. 5. The purchase-money is to be paid by four quarterly instal ments. A discount of ten per cent. will be allowed for ready z.:oney payments. 6. On payment of the money, a grant will be made in fee simple to the purchaser, at the nominal quit rent of a peppercorn. 7. Tilt largest quantity of land which will be sold to any indivi dual is 9,600 acres. The lands will generally be put up to sale inlets of three square miles or 1,920 acres. Persons wishing to make more tatensive purch ases must apply to the Secretary of State in writing, with full explanations of their object and means. 8. Any purchaser who, within ten years after his purchase, shall, by the employment and maintenance of convicts, have relieved the public from a charge equal to ten times the amount of the pur chase money, will have the purchase money returned, but without interest. It will be computed that for each convict employed, and wholly maintained, by the purchaser, for twelve months, £l6 have been saved to the public. 9. Lands may also be obtained without immediate purchase, but upon different conditions. 10. Persons desirous to become grantees without immediate purchase, will make their application to the Governor in wridng, in a prescribed form, copies of which are to be obtained at the Sur veyor General's Office, on payment of two shillings and sixpence. 11. The 134 e st grant that will be made to any fresh settler with out purchase, l 1,560 acres. The smallest 320 acres. • 12. No grant is to be made to any person without immediate pur chase, unless the Governor is saddled that the grantee has the power of expending, in the cultivation of the lands, a capital equal to half their estimated value. - _ _ A quit rent of Ave per cent. per annum upon the valise of each grant of land, as estimated in the survey, will be levied on all such grants; but such quit rent will not commence to be levied until the expiration of the brat seven years next succeeding the issue of sush grant. At the expiration of the abovemeedossed seven years, the grantee will become possessed, in fee simple, of the grant, subject to the payment of the quit rent—or be will be entitled to redeem such quit rent, if he preter that alternative. le. The quit rent will always be redeemable at 20 years ' pun chase; the power of such redemption commencing at the termina tion of the first seven years, when such quit rent is first levied. 15. livery grantee without purchase must, at the expiation of the beforementioned term of seven years, prove to the satiebctien of the Surveyor General that he has expended, in the cultivation and improvement of his land, a capital espial to half its value, as that value was estimated at the time of his grant. Oa failure of such proof, the land will be forfeited to the Crown. 16. 14 the redemption of his quit rent, the grantee will have credit for one-fifth part of the sums, which be may have saved to his Majesty's Government by the employment and maintenance of convicts, and fee the purpose of making this allowance, it will be calculated that the Government has saved la for each convict em• cloyed by the grantee; and wholly maintained at his expeacs on his 1.a14, for one whole year. In the case of such grantees as may not has' an Orteetlink7 of obtaining convicts, and thereby reducing the arrount of their quit rent in the manner bid down in this clause, every such grantee, upon showing an expenditure of capital on his land to the amount of five times the estimated value of that land at the time of its being granted to him, will be entitled, at the expira tion of seven years from the tine of such grant, tack's) a reduction cf me half of bin annual quit rent, whether for the purpose of axe raal payment or redemption. 17. No additional grant of land will be made to any person, who has not proved, as last mentioned. the necessary expenditure ofcapi lA, on the lands already granted to him, sod that he has sulkiest capital in band to enable him to cultivate to advantage the additional grant fur which be applies. la. Persons receiving a second grant of land, without purchase, will become liable to pay a quit-rent upon the Odds comprised in such second grant, immediately front the data of it ; but any grantee who can abew an expenditure of capital upon his first grant, to the aa.ount of five times the estimated values( that grist at the time • of its being made to him, win be entitled.% a Luber grant, at the rate of ti per Cent. on the estimated valve of such grant, on proving that_ he has sunken, capital still in hand to cultivate to advantage the additional grant. 19. The same resoled's= win apply to purchasers of land, who may make application for a second purchase, and who can spew that they have laid out capital upon sock land, to Iva times the amount of its value. In each a case, half the estimated valise of the new land will be remitted. CO. Persons desirous to receive grants *fluid, without purchase, on terms different from those above stated, must lay before the Secretary of State a full explanation in writing, of the circumstances which they may conceive to exempt them from the fair operation of these general rules. Colonial Mee, Downing-street, April, DIM LAW REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aaiun 26. The LOED CHANCELLOR again sat, as is his custom towards the close of his judicial duties at this period of the year, in what is erroneously called his private room. It is, in fact, as much the public Court of Chancery as Lincola's Inn Hall, acid as accessible, though, from its limited space, much hss convenient. Mr. Mooraou addressed his Lordship in a matter of bankruptcy, and occupied his attention upwards of two hours and a half. The single question was, whether the proceedings under a Commission of Bankruptcy, issued against Messrs. Elwards and Holmes, booksel lers, of Derby, should be carried on by a London or a cciuntty Commission, and whether the Commission should be founded upon a docket struck by Mr. Lepard, of London, bookseller, - or Mr. Moss, of Derby. The Learned Counsel contenJed for the London Commission. Mr BICKIRSTIVI and Mr. DUCKWORTM were heard in opposition. The cue occupied the whole day. In the course of the morning his Lordship observed, that, after Mondaj (to -day), he would hear no application except motions to stay waste, motions to dissolve injunctions as to waste, and motions in matters of Habeas Corpus. He would, on Monday, state the names of the causes in which he meant to pronounce judgment at a subsequent period of the week, but he wished it to be understood, be would not hear any motions except those which feU under the special heads to which he had adverted. WELSH IRON AND COAL MINING COMPANY. Saturday, a Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company was held at the London Tavern, for the pur pose of investigating the accounts; Peter Moore, Esq. in the Chair. Pievicus to the come it of the business, a mo- tion was made for the admission of the Reporters, who were waiting in an adjoining room, and which, after some discussion, was carried. The CuAmur( then read the Requisition convening the Meet ing, and stated, that the books of the Company were ready for the iuspection of the Proprietors. Mr. LANGSLOW, one of the Directors, objected to the examination of the accounts, on the ground that they were too voluminous to be investigated at a public Meeting. He moved, that a committee of five persons be appointed, three of whom should be a quorum, to Investigate the accounts of the Company, and to report the result of such investigation to a Meeting of the Pro rietors, to be convened tor that purpose. Mr. Sitar, a proprietor, opposed the motion, and said, that nothing but a public Meeting of the Share holders could probe into the numerous abuses in the management of the Company, of which the Proprietors complained. Mr. CLARKS moved, as an amendment, that the balanee-sheet sod report of the auditors be read. Mr. lamosaow opposed the amendment. ' The amendment was, however, carried by a coasiderable majo rity. The balance-sheet was then read. Mr. LANOSLOW objected to the Report being read ; it ought to have been laid before the Directors previous to its being submitted to a Meeting of the Proprietors. He, himself, had not seen it until that moment ; it was contrary to the provisions contained in the deed of settlement. Mr. Hams said, the object of the Meeting would be altogether defeated, if the Report were not read. The Report was then read: it commented in strong terms on the lavish expenditure of the Company's funds, and stated theists:ohne necesky of adopting a system of economy and retrenchment. Mr. CLARKS then addressed the Meeting at consi derable length. He charged the Directors with misap propriating the funds of the Company. They had held no less than 181 meetings, for attending which they charged one guinea each—not satisfied with that, they had, at each of their mee.ings, formed themselves into various Committees—the Committees of Accounts, Ma nagement, &c. and charged a separate fee for their at tendance in each capacity, by which means the Chair man alone had received upwards of 8001. for attend ances ; and the total charge for attendance of Directors was no less than 8,8191. Mr. Wilks, the solicitor, had drawn 1,2001. for stamps. Mr. C. then entered into a very lengthened statement of the affairs of the Company, and sat down amidst loud cheers. -- _ Mr. Lasossnw replied to his observations, and after a very stormy debate, during which the Chairman frequently threatened to leave the room, a Committee was appointed to investigate the 1 11 accounts, and the Meeting separated. I:4lwcarr has been rusticating in the country during the recess. He retsina to the stage management of Covent-garden, where he has been fee many years so justly popular. The works for a Bridge over the Thames, at Ham mersmith, are in a forward state. The piers have been carried to the height required, and in three months they expect to get the chains up. During the storm of -Friday night, Radford, late groom to Sir W. Rawlins, who was standing at the door of a house next to the Police Office in Worship. street, was struck by the electric Slid, when he fell as if he had been shot. Persons who were standing at the gas-factory opposite, and saw the accident, describe the flash as having glanced past two men, who were on each side of him, and struck Radford across the thighs. He was conveyed intu Mr. Medealf's parlour, where he remained a considerable time in a state of insensibility. He says that he did not feel the shock, and was per. fectly unconscious of any thing that had past until he began to recover, and he then felt a kind of pricking sensasion all ever his body. The only effect he ex perienced the following morning was a soreness in his limbs, and a dull feeling in his head. In Short-street, Curtain-ma, Shoreditch, the lightning smack the chimney of an empty house, and passed through two stories to the first floor, tearing the wall in its progress in a zig-zag direction, and hurling the mantle-piece. from their situations. It cannot be traced lower than the first floor, and from the circumstance of two squares of glass in the room being broken, it is conj.ctured that the filiJ passed through the window of that room. It is said that the effects,of the lightning, so visible on Friday night in town, took place within 90 miles of the metropolis nearly about the same time, accompanied with loud thunder without rain, except within 20 miles of London. On the road from Leicester large trees were entirely stripped of their. leaves, and large branches and dart= t f many of them Y.CfC scattered OA the roil. EVILS OF FOREIGN RESID&NCE, AND EDUCATION.—No. IIL • TO THE EDITOR OP THE STAR. Sta--.. Another of the evils, and one of those most ge nerally overlooked, resulting from the mania of foreign residence, and all its anti-national tendencies, is that of the love of exotic education. Considering the number of establishments for the education of our children on the Continent, formed by and under the conduct of na tional teachers, this may not, at first, be thought the evil it really is. As might be presumed, perhaps, from the circumstance of the multiplicity of English schools now existing . abroad, and the apparent facility with which the for eign Governments are influenced to afford their sanction to their introduction and establishment, that those evils contemplated by some of our ablest of sena tors and economists, in the absence of so many of the rising generation from the land of their fathers, have at least a counterpoising influence in these institutions.— But is this the fact ? In what way are such establish• ments to counteract the many imperceptible impressions produced by foreign residence out of their reach, either to controul or obviate? In female establishments, what effective restraint can they have over the influence of servants brought into continual contact with the chil dren, by their necessary attendance in their private rooms, or over teachers having opportunities at all hours of imperceptibly poisoning their pupils minds, an leading them to imbibe opinions adverse to their reli gion, to say nothing of their morals ? for all these, it must be remembered, are natives purposely selected, that the naive I inguage may be spok-n. How are they either to controul the contaminating influence of the foreign habits on the Sabbaths, spent as they univer sally are, in every idle and derniralizing dissipation? however they may be regi icied by their own private re gulations, confining them to the walls of their establish ments from actually participating in such pleasures, will those restrictions defeat the influence, if their regu lations be acted upon, which is by no means the univer sal case, arising from the known and observed existence of such a mode of passing the Sunday with others, ten dering them more impatient under and disgusted with their own exclusion. But it is far from an unfreqnent occurrence that by the inconsiderately requested indul gence of friends and relatives to gain them holidays on this day, they do too often intermix in these profane reveliies, and thus does the foundation become laid for life of that lamentab!e discontent and distaste so often visible now amongst us, for the reverent and decorous abstinence from every incompatible occupation of this sacred day, observed in our own country. These are some of the evils of even our own Schools abroad. And yet what are they compared with those resulting from the native institutions? It will not, it is presumed, require many words to satisfy any reasonable mind, that of all the evils to which a Protestant parent Can expose his child, having either his moral interest at heart, or the desire of bringing hint up in any spirit of affection or patriotism for the land of his birth—the greatest must be that of risking the principles he is to imbibe to a foreign and Catholic establishment. Too ' many lamentable proofs of the irreparable injury of such infatuated disregard to their best welfare are remaining now standing proofs of this folly. Whatever may be alleged in asse►tion of the non interference of the heads of Convents or Colleges, or of the chefi•dinstitsrtien of their private Seminaries, in the-religious feelings or opinions of their Protestant eleves, that mind must be seared to more than ordi nary credulity, that could for a moment sappose it probable that the conductors of a Catholic institution would forego their influence over the minds of rising Protestants I ! The fact is the reverse I And they would neither be consistent, nor be deemed good Catholics, by neglecting—nor would their Confessors absolve them for the neglect of such golden opportunities of proselyesm and conversion. 14 Verbal?, sat sapienti."—So counselleth yours, truly, PHILO-PATRIS. THE ARMY. (CIRCULAR.) Horse Guards, Aug. 94 Sia—l have the honour to forward to you, by the Commander. in-Chiefs command, the accompanying memorandum, showing She manner in which it has been thought desirable to exercise the Recruit in the use of the Club; and I am at the same time to ac quaint you, that six pairs of these clubs will be supplied at the public expence by the Board of Ordnance, and issued on the usual requisidon for the use of the Depot under your command. You will be pleased to take the earliest opportunity of carrying the new exercise into effect, and enforceit strictly on all occasions. I have the honour to be, Sib Your most obedient bumble servant, oMcer Commanding. H. 'foments, Adj.-Gen. MEMORANDUM. It is desirable that the Recruit should be practised in the use of the clubs, together with the extension motions, fur at least h ill an hour every morning before drill, until he be perfectly suppled, and fixed in the true position of a soldier, as directed, section Ist, part lst, Field Exercise and Evolutions. The recruit being placed in the position of attention, with a club in each hand, pointing downwards, mast be exercised as follows : liallT PART. 1. At the word owe, the club in the right hand is slowly carried round the head, until the band arrives in a perpendicular line above the shoulder, with the large end of the club pointing in a diagonal direction to the rear. S. The club in the left hand is raised in a similar manner, and carried over that in the right band, till it reaches a corresponding position. 5. The bands are carried slowly to the right and left, until they become in a true horizontal line with the shoulders, the large cad of the clubs still remaining to the rear. 4. The hands are brought slowly to the first position. Care must be taken that the recruit does not stand with a hollow back during this and the succeeding practice. lISCOND PA Rt. 1. Raise both hands to the front, approaching them close toge ther, in a horizontal line with the shoulders; the clubs being held perpendicular, with the large end upwards. 2. With the body well poised forward, separate the hands, and carry them to the right and left in line with the shoulders; the large end of the clubs still remaining upwards. 5. With the head well kept up, let the clubs turn over till they point in a diagonal direction to the rear, the bands still remaining out in line with the shoulders. 4. With the arms extended, drop them slowly to the first position. THIRD FART. I. The club in the right hand is circled round upon the right of the body for a few revolutions of the circle, or until the word halt is given. S. The one in the left hand is used in the same manner on the lett of the body, until the word bait is given, when the recruit will remain perfectly steady in the first position. 3. With the body rather leaning forward, circle both clubs at the same time, on the right and left of the body, until ordered to halt. The club exercise should be intermixed with the firelock drill, particularly in cold weather. H. Totems, A.G. Theatrical gossip is at present occupied with discus sing the merits of a young Lady who is expected to make a " pal pable hit" ass favourite of Melpomene at Drury.lane Theatre, early in the ensuing season. Th ose who h ave seen the Lady, and who are considered to be experienced persons in an matters relating to the Histrionic Art, state the requisites of the young debutante to equal those of Miss O'Nsu- Mweitslurt succeeds IC/AN in America. The latter will return to London with his friend Paws, and resume his aims. tion during the winter at Drury-lane Theatre. 1~ 9 •CLERICAL INTELLIGENM • • iccumanicAt. momeTioNs. *- W"htemloY last. *Plow. Clarks John Weft:lolo4A. of Mal &log Collett. Oxford.. .ons—adin;ited MO,* itinC o 4 6 Col lege, on the Visitor's riCallnatlad. - At a Convocation hoiden on Tuesday, Mr. John Holliday (who for thirty years has serval the °See of Marshal of the University of Olford, with much zeal and ability), WAS unanimously elected Yeoman Bedel In Divinity, in the room of Mr. George Kirtland, deceased. Rev. Thomas Jones, B.A. of .Wadham College, Oxford, has been Instituted, on the presentation of his fatifrr, Mr. Alderman Jones, of Gloucester, to the Rectory of Hempstead, near that city, vacant by the death of the Rev. Samuel Commeline. Rev. It. Bickerstaff, Curate of Chirk, ha 3 been instituted to the Vicarage of St. Martin's, Salop, trite Rev. T. Luxmore, resigned. Rev. Christopher Benson, M.A. one of the Prebendari es o f Worcester Cathedral, has be en instituted to the Vicarage of Crop thorn., void by the resignation of the Rev. l'rebendary Dishy, on the Presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The Bishop of Ferns has collated the Rev. Charles William Doyne, Curate of TuUow, to the -Prebend and Rectory of Fe thard. Mr. Doyne Is the tenth Curato which his Lordship has promoted during the short period he has presided over that diocese. The 15th instant, Mr. Robert Allan was ordained to the pas toral charge of the United Associate Congregation of Tillicoultry. NAVAL IN rELLIGENCE. FaLssotrru,Atio. 25 and 26 S. W.—Arrived the Helm, hlotscater, (tom London to Malaga ; Atlas, 'WA trow, from do. to maica • Alexander the Great, PACT, from St. Petersburgh ; Ma tilda, iVat.i.ace. from St. Domingo; Goldfinch packet, frern the Braaih—sailed from Rio, 22d June; Bahia, 10th; and Pernam buco, Bth July ; spoke, In lat. 39. 22. long. 43. 10. the Mordecai, 13 days from Liverpool; and on the 12th, in lat. 43. 10. long. 39. 59. the United States, 20 days from Now York'. Also arrived, the Eagle, Tonne, from St. Pelenburgh ; Eclipse, Davis, ham London • Eclipse packet, from the Brazils—sailpd from Rio, 6:h July; Bahia , 14th; and Pernambuco, 21st—spoke the brig Molly. of Liverpool, on the 25th July, in lat. 0. 33. long. 29. 40. Sand wich packet, from Lisbon—sailed 13tiiinstant ; Stanmer packet— sailed 20th instant; L ivinia, TaxGULIITURN, from London tb with loss of jib-boom and fore-topmast; and the Tartar, Fa exec, from Constantinople, with ion of jib-boom. Sailed the Achilles, thanitasou, for the Cape; Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon ; Fro lic packet, for the Islands, with mails and dispatches for Jamaica and Barbadoes ; and the Matilda, Wau.aca, for London. Pcvsetnrru, Aua. 25 and 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Waterloo transport, from Gibraltar; and John, ATR, from London. Davostroar, Ana. 24.—The Sao Jour, 110, the ship occupied by Captain BOwiraa, of the Ordinary, is ordered to be rigged, that the men may be exercised in the use of the sails. PORTSMORTM Aaiun? 26 and 27.—Wind S.W.—Arriv e d hi s Majesty's ship 11ARRACOUTA, from Sierra Leone; and the Princess Royal transport. from Jamaica, in 42 days. Pa ssed by, the Win. Manning, Saurn,from St. Kist's, in 52 days, and landed passengers; and Hero, Gusto from Trinidad—sailed 11th July. Put back, the Fort William , Nano, for India. rated to have sailed on Fri day, brought up in Lymington Roads at six, an. on Saturday, broke her sheer, and went on shore. A second anchor was let go, but not in time to bring the ship up. On heaving up the anchor she was first riding by, it had chafed in the stock, the Wisps of wh ch were broken. She was hove off again the same evening, and is come up to the Motherbank, having cut her anchor and cable (a bower and dream). Friday, the Southworth transport, Lieut. Samosas, Agent, ar rived from the Mauritius—sailed on the 13th of April, having on board the last Division of the 56th Regiment. under the command of Major BARTIWCTON (who has been 22 years on service in India), fifty Naval and Military invalids. The SPARIPAIWILIWIE i 18, Capt. Potxmouoster, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th of May, from England, in ten weeks. The CT assts, 18, Captain A. Calais:Lc, sailed for Madras ()tithe 26th, and the Hum, 20, Capt. FUR/MARX, on the 26th of May, for Madras. The %mints, 74, Rear-Admiral Gaol, and the Voxaos, 28, Hoe. Captain Dimas, having refitted, were to sail for India about the 19th or June. The Heucou, 10, Captain ACLAND, saiLd from the Cape on the 6th of May, to join Commodore Cuairriaw at the Mauritius. The SAKARANO, 2d, Captain Duna, was to leave the Cape on the 11th Jude, for the same destination. Tie &anew (razed 74), is commissioned at Woolwich by Sir J. Loins, Bart. for the fiig of Vice-Admiral the Hun. C. E. Fut. unto, and the command in the West Indies. Limits. the Hon. W. Kam (Rag), J. Fiume, and C. B. Danntwates, are appointed to the BAILKAIL Units. Sums and Smut. are appointed to the Psucam; Lieu's Ross Common to the Coast-guard service at Cork; Lieut. Palo. BuaToll to the Disravuu, •ice SPETTIONII; and Mr. JOHN MARTIN to be Purser of the PRLORUL Door., Augur: 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and remain, the Portland, Joss, from London fur JAnaira ; and Elizabeth,Txostr sox, from ditto for Rio. Passed by, the Unicorn, WILSON, from &. Vincent's; and Dolphin, —, from Dominica. AUGUST 27.—Arrived from London, and remain, the Barbadoes packet, Louts, for Cadiz; Asia, WARD, for Quebec; and Sir Wil liam Wallace, Booms, for the klauritios. IMPORTANT TO BANLRUPTS.—In Ilse Vice-Chan. cellor's Court on Monday, the assignee. of a bankrupt, named Stafford, were ordered to pay the bankrupt's widow 2001. under the provisions of the old Act, which declares that-every bankrupt whose estate should have paid lOs. in the pound, should be inftled to five per cent. on the sum divided, proviied such allowance did not, in the whole, exceed 2001. The ground on which .this claim had been disputed was, that the bankrupt was dead when the divider! was paid. The late Admiral COLPOYB, who rose to the higke.t rank and honours in his profession from his own merit and exertions alone, used to be fond of st sting, that on first leaving a humble lodging to join t.is. ship as a Midshipman, his landlady presented him with a Bible and a Guinea, saying—" Goes bless and prosper you, my lad, and as long as you live. never suffer yourself to be laughed o:st of your money or your 'prayers?'' advice which he seJulously followed through life. The Oracle, with WINTER'S music, will be one of the early novelties at Covent-garden Theatre, for which many of the scenes, and most of the machinery, are already prepared. A Farce, by Kanter, and an original piece by Pz.ascue, who has hitherto been most successful, will be produced at the same Theatre before Christmas. CORN EXCHANGE, MARIC 7 LANE..Aoa. IN. The supply during the past week has been moderate, except of Flour, which was large; this morning there is but little fresh up.— The Wheat trade is brisk, and an advance may be noted of 3s. per quarter on the best qualities; and 2s. on the second and inferior sorts on the quotations of Monday last. Barley is In brisk demand, and is dearer Is. to 25.'per quarter since war last quotations. Beans and Peas are without alteration. Oats keep on advancing, and are stated ils. to 3s. per qr. dearer than last Monday. Flour Is unaltered. Wheat, Red, new, 48s 60s Rye, new, 40. SOs • ---a old, 485 604 Beans, Small,lseW, 005 005 White, new, 56.651 old, 48s S3s --- old Sys 64s Tick, new, 00: 004 Barley, 1823, 271 351 old, 435 47, ,551 581 . le Oats, Feed, new, Oes 00s Pesy • , 1826, 49s 'Ns —• old, 53s 345 abasrass 005 00s Poland, new, 00$ 450 s MRS% 1826, 52s 555 ---- old, 29s 365 old, OW 00s Potatoe,siew t 00s 00s White, old, 55s Ws old, 395 385 --- new, 58s 628 --- Scotch, 535 365 Boilers, 1823, 60$ 63s Flour, per Sack, 46a Us ----- 1826, 63s 665 Seconds 40s 44s •asavLs &AST WEIL. Wheat, British, qrs. 4,715 Peas, qrs. Do. Foreign 1,882 frisk Oats Barley 521 Foreign Oats Oats 3,494 English Flour, sacks 7,764 Beans 1,024 Foreign do. barrels 9,727 73 1,309 SMITHFIET.DMARKET, UL U. _ Th Beef market is better this morning, the finest Oxen being quoted at 4s. 10d. to ss. per stone; and good Steers, Runts, Ste. at 4s. Id. to 4s. 84. per stone. In the Mutton trade the variation is not worth noticing, fine young Downs bring 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. per stone ; inferior Neat Ss. Bd. to 4s. 4d. per stone. Veal has varied but little, the best young Calves being Ss. to 51. to Ss. 4d. per stone - and the coarser 4s. ltd. to 4s. td. per stone. In Lamb and Pork tbe price remains stadonary. -Beasts, 2,732 ; Sheep,llB,llo ; Pigs, SOO ; Calves, 244. Beef, per stone, 4s. to ss. Mutton, 4s. to 4s. 6d. Veal, 45. 4d. to So. SS. Lank St to 85. Q. Pork. 4s. to 4a. 10S.-flay, per load, £4 to ,C 5 10s. Closer, .B 4 10s. to £6 16s. Straw, .61 10$. to £1.165. * WK.