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EDINBURGH STEAM PACKETS. TILE JAMES w.trr, Capt. BAIN, starts from 13lackwall, for Edinburgh, on Wednesday Evening, ist Sep :anber. The SOHO, Capt. Beatson, on Saturday Evening, 4th September. The JAMES WATT, on Saturday Evening, 11th September. The SOHO, on Wednesday Evening, 15th September. FOR NEWCASTLE. The (' ITY OF EDINBURGH, Captain Fraser, starts from .31acksvill every Tuesday Evening. Irriages and Horses must be sent to Ashton Wharf, Blackwall. Goods for all parts of Scotland and the North of England, received etc until Four o'clock on the afternoon of stiffing. Information may n , obtained, and Berths secured, at the Spread Eagle Office, corner f li. gent's Circus, Piccadilly. A. MITCHELL Steam-racket Office, 35, Leadenhall Street. In a short time will be published, PHE LIFE OF A WHITE INDIAN ; or, Honesty is the best Policy. Taken from Real Life ; a great many Cha racters still living, It is hoped that this publication may prove interesting, as nothing but truth shall be written. The Author served under the Madras Government, in his Military, Political, and Secret Departments, and commenced his career in India under the auspices of the late J. Webbe, Esq. then Chief Secretary to Government. Added to this will be given a Concise History of Events that have occurred (the Author bring at, Eye Witness) in Paris. Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit. Celui qui met un frein is la fureur des flocs, Slit aussi des mechans avertir les complots ; Soumis avec respect a sa volonte .le crains Dieu, cher Abner, et n'ai point d'autre crainte. Eye nature's walk, shoot folly as it flies, Aud catch the manners, living, as they rise, Worth makes the man—the want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather and prunello. Audentes fortuna juvat. PUBLIC NOTICE. IN consequence of the very increasing demand for DAY and MARTIN'S BLACKING, the Proprietors have erectel a Manufactory on so extended a scale, that they will be enabled to execute all orders for Foreign or Home Consumption at a day's notice, and, to secure the Public from imposition, an Engraving of the New Building will appear on the Label. Ist May, 18.0. 97, High Holborn. A CLEAR AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION. MRS. VINCENT'S GOWLAND'S LOTION pre sirves the Skin and Complexion in pure whitness and healthy bloom, against every assailment of Time, Climate, and Defect; eradi cates all Eruptions, Tan, Sun-burn, or Redness ; twat is to the Face a roseate bloom, and sustains the attractions of loveliness and beauty to a remote period of life. It gives immediate and soothing relief in eases of parched skin, stings of insects, or any inflammation ; it allays the smarting irritability of the skin, producing a delightful and pleasing coolness truly comfortable and refreshing, and thus prevents those disorders which disorganise the beauty of the female countenance. It Imparts a matchless and pleasing appearance to the complexion, pre serving firmly the fascinations of loveliness, and guards them against decay to a remote period of life. AIrs.VINCENT'S GOW LAND'S LOTION is patronized by all the Female Nobility of England, and recommended by some of the most eminent Physicians. Sold by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Butler, No. 4, Cheapside, Princes-street, Edinburgh; and Sackville•streel, Dublin ; Sutton., 10, Bow Church-yard ; Newbery's . 45, and Edwards, 67, St. Paul's ; Barclays, 95, Fleet-market ;Savory and Moore, 136, New Bond -street, I and 4220, Regent-street ; and all the most respectable Perfumers and Dealers in Medicine. In Quarts, Sc. 6d. Pints, ss. 6d. Half lints, 2s 91. To prevent Counterfeits, see the name, M L. VINCENT, on all that is genuine. SIR ANTHONY CARLISLE, ON LOCKYER'S PURE MAGNESIA. " I have made several trials with your Purified Magnesia, and com mon justice demands a statement of the results. During my long continued professional experience, I have bad many occasions for seeking some harmless corrector of acidity incident to the stomach and bowels. I have generally found the Magnesia in ordinary use, to be hurtful to the digesting power of the stomach when re peatedly given ; and, in some instances, both in children and grown persons, it concretes into balls in the intestines, which is a dangerous occurrence. If, as you assert, the Purified Magnesia, now offered to the Public, is freed from Lime, and the poisonous earth called Barytes, it must be Inoffensive to the stomach, and not liable to concretion. I have, under these impressions, directed Lockyer's Magnesia to be taken, in several instances, with remarkable benefit. I think it is a more potent cathartic, and less hurtful to digestion, than any other Magnesia; and when it meets with alimentary acid, it must become a purgative liquid solution, and therefore incapable of concretion. I have sometimes directed twenty grains of your Purified Magnesia to be mixed in an ounce of Infusion of Rhubarb, and half an ounce of Decoction of the Yellow Peruvian Bark, to be taken as a corrector of near:burn, and at the same time as a gentle Aperient. Langham Place, July 2, 1530. I am, Sir, Your obliged Servant, ANTHONY CARLISLE." Induced by the increasing demand, and the testimony of the Me dical and Scientific world in its favor, the Proprietor has at length re solved to offer to the Public a perfectly Pure Magnesia, and at half the price of any other Magnesia of note, thus placing it within the teach of all classes. Asa mild and cooling Aperient, One tea-spoonful suspended in water, but if the bowels are torpid, with the addition of a Dessert tpoot.ful of Lemon Juice, or ten Grains of Citric Acid, first dissolved in Water, this will make a pleasant draught, and act briskly. Sold in bottles at Is. 6d. 9.5. 9d. 4s. 61. and 1 Is. (the latter with Stoppers.) at Lockyer's AL:gtiesta Warehouse, 97.7, Tottenham Court livad, corner of Bedford Street, also by Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Cheapiide. corner of St. Paul's, and their Agents. 11 . 0 This Magnesia is so smooth that it may be given in the food of Infants, without being discovered. THE TURTLE DOVE. Ala—" Jessy of Dumblain." As lonely I sat on a calm summer's morning, Tu breathe the soft incense that flow'd on the wind ; I mused on my bouts in their bright beauty dawning, Lay WARRkN'S JET BLACKING—the pride of mankind. In their In On jetty gloss, ev'ry feature divinely Was 'hewn, and appe.ir'd with rich lustre to glow ; No high-1)0.11'd glass could have sbewn them so finely, As %V AI4I4KN'S JST Dircutso, the pride of the beau. Ulla maple-tree near sat a turtle bewailing, With sorrowful cooings, the loss of her love ; Each note that sbe utter'd seened sadness exhaling, And plaintively echo's' around the still grove : When lo! in my boots the lone mourner perceived Her ferns, and suppos'd that her lover was there ; Even I, that the vision was real, halt believed— The i:Lacattro reflected her image so clear. She ltover'd around, at the figure still gazing— Anxiety aeem'd lout to heighten her woe Mlle verch'et on the boot with a courage amazing, Aid fondled the vision that bloorn'd in its glow. How wild were her cries, when the fairy illusion She found but a cheating and transient shade; Like Hope's airy dreams, but a fading delusion, That shone in the bloom WASIZIe6 IiLACKING display'd. pitied the dove, fur my bosom was tender— I pitied the strain that ahe gave to the wind ; Jut I ne'er shall turget the superlative splendour 01 WARlttlell JrE BLACKING—the pride of mankind. This F.;:sy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING Prepared by %'ems ~~, so, STRAND, London; And ;old in every Town in the Kingdom. LICLUID in Bottles, tid. Rid. 12d. and 18d. each. v.IsTE BLACKING, in Pots, Gd. 12d. and 18d. each. Be Particular to Inquire for W A It It K N'S, 30, STRAND. Ai t. 011JIHS AK[ COUNTEKFILIT. J 1 N°. 13,565. ff I.NO . :'• \' // - ‘_,.... • •- z.. .ib iz i . ,.. t , , .- -----= - ---- " 1-- %V "----- 4 . 1 r onacArz ArAczttirb oviiimistriamzo •' r z \, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1830. l'ittcE 7D. seem as if this institution was nothing more than a domestic regulation and arrangement for the culture and improvement of the vineyards of the district of the Alto Douro, and for preserving the wines of that growth in their natural purity, free from those mixtures and adultera tions which are represented to have destroyed both their reputation and consumption. Upon this principle of retrieving the credit of these wines, by pre venting the exportation of such as should be found unfit for foreign consumption, and by reforming the abuses both of the vintagers and merchants in the making and selling that commodity, very extensive powers and privileges are granted to the company, and many regulations are laid down and prescribed in the law which establishes it, to which your Majesty's subjects, in common with those of the King of Portugal, are required to conform. From amongst the many articles of' which this institution is composed, it will be sufficient, as we'sonceive, if we select such particular regula tions only as appear to us most essentially to affect either the personal rights or commercial interests of your Majesty's subjects, and of course to substantiate the complaints of the British factory. By the 29th, 30th, and 31st sections of this law, the wines on the l bordera of Alto Douro and its district arc separated and set apart for exportation to foreign markets ; severe restrictions are laid upon the traffic in wines brought from without the limits of that district ; none arc allowed to be brought down to the city of Oporto under penalty of condscation, without permits, directing them from the house of the vintagers to the board of administration of the company, and all are subjected to the examination of tasters, who at pleasure set such a mark of approbation or disapprobation upon them as they think proper, either qualifying them for exportation, or condemning them as inferior wines, lit only for the consumption of the country. These limitations and restrictions, which undoubtedly operate greatly to the prejudice and disadvantage of your Majesty's subjects who trade in this commodity, by not only subjecting the goods and merchandises of British traders to the examination of mean yet arbi trary judges, appointed by the company, who are competitors in that trade, and of consequence in the depreciation of that particular com. modify, thus exposed to their mercy, and from whose sentence there lies no appeal; but also by making the exportation of their wines a matter of difficulty and hazard, and rendering their property in that article precarious and uncertain, are stated by the factory to be oppres sive violations:of those commercial privileges and immunities to which they are entitled to treaty. They contend that they are not only entitled to general freedom of commerce in all the dominions of the King of Por tugal by the 2d article of the treaty of 1654, but that also by the 3d and 9th articles:of that treaty they are specifically at liberty ‘, to buy up all sorts of wares, goods, and merchandize, and the same to use and enjoy in the dominions of the King of Portugal, without being compelled to purchase them of forestallers or monopolists, or circumscribed to a set price ; to sell, traffic, and freely transport any sorts of goods, wares, and merchandise whatsoever from the said dominions of the King of Portugal, without being hindered or delayed for any reason whatsoever :" and therefore they allege that a commerce established on such principles of freedom ought not to be shackled with those restrictions which have been before mentioned. And it does appear to us, that whatever may be the fair construction and operation of the general stipulation of free commerce in the 2d article of the said treaty, there can be no doubt that the limitations and restrictions complained of are directly adverse both to the letter and spirit of the specific stipulations contained in the other articles above referred to. What renders the conditions of the regulation respecting the institu tion of tasters more oppressive and severe, and makes h, if not imme. diately, yet ultimately, and in its consequences an infraction of the tre aty is, that in cases where the mark of disallowance is set upon wines by these tasters, and they thereby become prohibited from exportation, the merchant whose property they are, has no market open to him for the disposal of them except to this company, who are his rivals in the trade, and who seldom give more for them than one-third part of the prime cost, for the tavern.keepers and retail traders of the city and vi. cinity of Oporto, who consume wines of an inferior quality, are re strained from purchasing them of the British merchant by the 28th section of this law, which ordains " that no wine shall be sold by retail in the city of Oporto and in the neighbouring places to the dis tance of three leagues round that is not on account of this company." To the settlements of the King of Portugal in the Brazils he is expressly prohibited from exporting them by the 19th section of this law, which gives to the company "the exclusive commerce of all wines, brandies, and vinegars, which shall be shipped from the city of Oporto to any of the four captainships of St. Paul's, Rio d e Janeiro, Bahia, and Per. nambuco, and their respective ports." Another regulation of this law complained of by the merchants re spects the absolute judicial power and authority granted to this com pany in the person of its judge conservator, by the 7th, Bth, and 9th tendons, empowering him to seize, without distinction, boats and car riages for the conveyance of wines ; to press into the service of the com pany labourers, coopers, tavern keepers, and other artificers, and to cause houses and warehouses to be given up to their use ; a provison which, at the time it violates the privileges of your Majesty's subjects, by superseding the jurisdiction and authority of their judge-conservator, does spear to us leas justly a subject of complaint, by giving the com pany an unreasonable advantage over the British merchants. And therefore upon the whole we are induced to join in opinion with the merchants, and although nothing more is professed to be designed by this institution than a domestic economical arrangement, yet the real object of the law is to erect a monopoly in this article of commerce, and under colour of improving the culture and quality of wines, finally to exclude the Brush factory from any commerce or concern in them. The institution of exclusive companies trading to several of the Pot. tuguese colonies in America, particularly one to Gran Ptraand'3laran ham, and another to Paraiba and Pernambuco, is stated by the mer. chants to be not only an innovation irreconcilable either to the spirit or the letter of the treaty, but a measure confessedly of the most perni cious consequences to the trade and interests of Great Britain. Before the establishment of the hlaranham Company, in the year year 175 G, the trade to that settlement is stated to have been In a most flourishing condition, employing annually at least fifteen or sixteen ships, which number is now represented to be reduced to three or four. The Pernambuco Company has been but lately erected ; but it is not to be doubted experience will show, that this institution will be productive of similar effects, and that the prejudices resulting to corn. mere° from this establishment will probably be proportionably greater, as the trade and navigation to Pernambuco is much more considerable than that to filaranham. Amongst the many oppressive and prejudicial consequences com plained of by the merchants as resulting from these institutions, there is one which, in our opinion, deserves particular observation ; and this is the absolute disability which the Portuguese factors, who carried on this commerce upon the credit of the British merchants, are laid under, by being thus at once excluded from this trade of ever discharging the debts which they have contracted with your Majesty's subjects, who have supplied the Brazil markets with goods and nv:rchandize through their intervention. To have protected the British merchants from the very heavy losses which this sudden regulation, by disabling their creditors front paying their legal debts, must have thrown upon them, was a me'. sure which natural justice could not, as we conceive, have dispensed with, even though the treaties had been silent upon this head. - - But without prosecuting this inquiry any further, or entering into a discussion of the principles upon which these Companies may have been instituted, we shall proceed to exanine thearguments adduced by the merchants to support their assertion, that these ins:itutions arc di rect infractions of treaty. They represent that those Companies are restrictions upon, and vio lotions of, that general freedom of trade, unrestrained by monopolies, which British subjects are entitled to carry on in Portugal and its do minions, by the 2d, 3d, and 9th Articles of the Treaty of 1654. The general as well as specific stipulations of which articles having been al ready stated, it is only necessary to observe, that when we appply the privileges given thereby to the case in question, and consider how far the commerce of your Majesty's subjects is circumscribed and restricted by these exclusive Companies, it is evident, without straining the letter of the treaty, that these institutions are incompatible with that freedom of trade, and unlimited right of pur chase as well as sale granted and conceded by these articles; for would it not be the grossest evasion to say that the British merchants enjoyed the right of selling to whom they pleased ((unrestrained by monopolies), while the subjects of his Most Faithful Majesty, the few excepted who compose these companies, are incapacitated , from buying their goods, by being prohibited f rom sen di ng t h em to th ose mar k ets to w hi c h they are most immediately adapted ? If we add to this the further stipulation which provides against their being compelled to purchase of nionopo. lists, and if the se exc l us i ve companies (of which there needs no proof) evidently are monopolists, we think we may, with the merchants, pro nouncJ this particular stipulation to be infringed ; for, virtually corn pelled they are, to purchase of them if they can get the products of their respective districts from no other hands; and what other species of cool. pulsion could the treaty have in contemplation but a virtual one? Conclusive as these arguments arc, there yet remains to be stated stipulations in favour of your Majesty's trailing subjects, not only PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. PAPERS RELATING TOO EWINE COMPANY AT OPORTO, AND OTHER MONOPOLIES IN PORTUGAL LIST OF PAPER!. No.'l.—Report of the Lords Of Trade ;;ihe King in Council : March 10, 1767. No. 2.—Note from Lord IStrangford to the Conde das Galveas; Rio de Janeiro, June 12, 1819. No. 3.—Answer of the Conde des Galveas to Lord Strangford ; Rio dc Janeiro, Dec. 29, 1813. NO. 1.-REPOIIT OF THE LORDS OF TRADE TO THE RING IN COUNCIL. March 10,1767. To the King's slost Excellent Majesty. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY,—In obedience to your Ma. jesty's commands, signified by letters from several of your Majesty's Secretaries of Stare, we have taken into our consideration as well the memorials of the British merchants trading to and residing in Portugal, as the other papers therewith referred, relating to many grievances and obstructions to which their commerce with that country has been, and still continues to be, exposed ; and having examined the several matters therein contained with all the attention due to so important a subject, we beg leave humbly to represent to your Majesty our observations and ' opinions thereupon. The nature of our commerce with Portugal is so well understood as not to need any particular discussion. The treaties at present subsisting between the two Crowns for promoting and encouraging this commerce, and for the protection and security of those British subjects who, for the purpose of carrying it on with the greater mutual convenience and advantage to both countries, should have residence within the realm of Portugal, at the same time that they exhibit a striking proof of the great regard and attention which have been on our part repeatedly shown to this branch of the national trade ; so they do, on the other hand, by the importance of the concessions which they contain, fully evince the high value which the Crown of Portugal has ever put upon the friend ship and alliance of Great Britain, and the jugc sense of the advantage that nation derives from this commerce. The treaty concluded in the year 1654, ratified in 1656, and confirmed by the marriage treaty of 1661, contains the most valuable concessions, and forms the basis of all the rights, privileges, and immunities which your Majesty's subjects arc entitled to enjoy in Portugal and its dominions ; and therefore will, on this account, he frequently refened to in this our humble representa tion to your Majesty. So long as the British commerce in Portug al : has been conducted in conformity to the treaties on which It depends, it has been productive of 'I great mutual advantage to both nations, and the assistance which the kingdom has upon various occasions received front this, has been as conspicuous as the benefits which at all times she derives from her trade and commerce with us. For some ye.trs pant, however, the British trade with Portugal has been.'exposed to great and unusual difficulties and disadvantages. Your Majesty's subjects who reside in that kingdom, and the merchants who trade thither, represent in the strongest terms of complaint that their personal rights and privileges arc violated, and their commerce im. peded or obstructed, in direct contravention to treaty, by various laws, institutions, and retrulations of that Court. A long catalogue of griev ances is exhibited upon this occasion, which we shall now proceed hum. bly to lay before your Majesty, according to the order in which they are stated in the merchants' general representation. The British merchants in the first place complain that the privileges and jurisdiction of their Judge Conservator, granted and established not only by various edicts and decrees of the Kings of Portugal of very ancient date, but more specifically ascertained and confirmed by the 7th and 13th articles, of the treaty of 1664, are violated, and even super seded, in plain and express contravention to the stipulations and con cessions on which that institution is founded. The facts which the complainants adduce in support of this complaint are various : instances arc given not only of the rights and liberties of In. dividuals having been violated by imprisonment of their persons upon false and frivolous pretences, by illegal seizures of their merchandize, books of account, and other effects, and by forcible entry into their houses and warehouses by the subordinate officers of various departments, without proper warrant and authority, but grievances of a more general and permanent nature are exhibited in their representations. They set forth, that by a royal decree, dated the sth of May, 1742, they were subjected to the Se. nate or City Court in everything belonging to the police: that by the 29th article of the pragmatic or sumptuary law, published the 24th of Slay, 1749, the jurisdiction of their Conservator was taken away in all matters relative to the breach of that law : that by a law of the present King of Portugal, dated 30th October 1752, whereby it was expressly ordained that no Judge Conservator should grant counter-mandates to impede the execution of any writs or orders issued by the ordinary courts, under the p. ashy of six months' suspension from his office, they were consequently made subject to the writ or warrant of any judge what ever, in violation of that particular privilege annexed to the institu tion of theit Conservator, which makes the acquiescence of that magis trate a necessary preliminary to the seizure or arrest of a British sub. jest. They further complain, that by the institutions of the exclusive trading company of Para, of the general company for the culture of the vineyards of Alto Douro, and by the statutes of the newly.erectsd Junta de Commercio, all which arc of royal authority, conservators are appointed to each of these bodies corporate, whose au thority supersedes that granted to the British Conservator ; and that the jurisdiction of these new institutions, with privileges derogatory to the jurisdiction of the British conservator, is so extensive, that your Majesty's subjects, in carrying on suits for the recovery of their debts, are under the greatest difficulties and disadvantages, being continually involved in preliminary litigations and disputes concerning the compe tency of their conservatorial court, as all or most of their debtors belong to some company or corporation, and thereby enjoy the privilege of a se parate conservator. The peculiar rights and immunities which British subjects residing in Portugal derive from the institution of a distinct judge-conservatur, have their foundation in royal edicts and concessions of the Crown of Portugal, almost as early as the first establishment of British con. coerce in that kingdom ; and these concessions are fully stated in the papers referred to; but as the privileges thereby granted are confirmed in their full extent by the subsequent treaties between the tiro Crowns, all that can he necessary on this occasion will be to have recourse to those stipulations of treaty. By the 7th and 13th articles of die treaty of 16.il it is stipulated, " That for judgio: . .; all causes that relate to the English, a judge-con. set vator shall be deputed, from whom no appeal shall be granted, except to the court of Itelacao, where the suits shall be determined in four months at most after the appeals. That no alcayde, as he is commonly call.d, t or other officer of the King of Portugal, shall arrest or impeach any of the people of England, of what rank or condition soever, ex. cep ing in a criminal cause, where he is apprehended in the fact, unless he be East empowered in writing by the judge-conservator." These articles do in such clear and express terms establish and confirm the authority and independency of the British judge-con set valor, and the rights and immunities which British subjects re siding in the dominions of Portugal arc entitled to from that insti tution, as not to leave room for any doubt, that in all cases where the houses anti warehouses of individuals have been broken open and ransacked, their books and effects seized and distraincd, and their persons imprisoned, without a warrant of their judge-conservator, whether such acts of violence have been committed by officers belong. fug to the Custom-house, to the Health-office, to the police, to the contractor for tobacco, soap, and cards, to the Junta de Commercio, or to any other officer or tribunal, they are direct infringements and violations of the rights and privileges to which your Majesty's subjects are entitled by the said treaty ; and it no less clearly follows, that every domestic law or regulation of the Court of Portugal, however innocent in its principle, which by any of its provisions takes away or supersedes the jurisdiction of the British con servator in any other case than the single one excepted in the 13th article above recited (as in the case of the sumptuary law of 1749, as will as of the royal decree relative to the palice) is properly stated to be in that particular an infraction of treaty. In the ramie light we consider the law passed by the King of Portugal in 1752, which suspends from his office an) judge-conservator who shall grant counter-mandates to impede the execution of any writs or warrants issued by the ordinary courts, as well as all such articles and provisions in the institutions of particular trailing companies (as in that of Para and of the %Vine Com pany) or any other bodies corporate (as that of the Junta deCommercio), which give to them respectively peculiar conservators, in whose favour the exclusive and independent jurisdiction of the British conservator is perStlit The institution of the Ouneral Company for the culture of the vine yards of Alto Douro by Royal charter, dated on the 10th of Sept. 1750, is complained of by the merchants of the factory at Oporto as contain ing amity regulations and restrictions prejudicial to their commerce, and subversive of those rights, privileges, and immunities to which they ate entitled upon the faith of national treaties. By the prtantble to the law which establishes this company, it should tar • • r ' A• X °'t in the treaty so often referred to, but in the marriage Treaty of ICCI, to which these institutions of the Court of Portugal are so expressly contrary that we conceive they will at once put the question beyond dispute. The 11th Article of the Treaty of 1654 stipulates a right to English subjects to "trade and traffic freely and safely from Portugal to Brazil, and the other conquests of the King of Portugal in the West Indies, and from Brazil and the said conquests to Portugal, as also to the de. minions of the said King in the East Indies, Guinea, the Island of S. Thomas, and elsewhere on the coasts and shores." (To be continued.) THAMES YACHT CLUB. GRAND BELOW-BRIDGE SAILING DIATCII GE TiLE THAMES YACHT CLUB..--Saturday a most respectable comp a ny *atten:6l on board the Royal Sovereign steamer (situated off the Tower), to witness two sailing matches given in honour of their patron's accession se the throne, by the gentlemen of the Thames Yacht Chili, one for a flay guinea silver cup, the other for a twenty-five guinea silver cup. 'ftie first class consisted of the following sailing vessels : No. Yachts. Tuns. Owners' Names. Distinguishing Colours I. Matchless . . 19 Mr. J. Hyatt White 2. Vixen . . 19 Mr. R. Short 3. Lady Louisa . 13 3lr. I'. Smith 4 Fairy . .13 Mr. H. C. T.mpleton Red and White 5. Daisy . .19 Mr. J. G. Irwin 6. Ellen . . 17 Mr. G. Keene 7. Rob Roy .16 Mr. W. Fitch . . ltll&ScarletCh. ;tiered O. Venus . . 13 Mr. H. Chitty The Second Class were— No. Yachts. Tons. Owners Names. Colours. I. Brilliant . . BW. Bucknall 2. Lady Emma . BH. Kerridge .. White, Blue Border 3. Donna del Lago 9 W. Everdtn Gn..en 4. Ariel . 8 Lord H. Chohnondeley Orange The steamer left the tower a short time after nine, and arrived abo.ll* a quarter before eleven at Greenwich, whence the yachts were to start for Gravesend, from which they were to return to Greenwich. At a quarter after eleven the vessels left Greenwich, and at first, the wind being in their favour, went briskly along, but they had scarcely sailed a mile before the Rob Roy, the Matchless, and Lady Louisa (of the first class) run aground, and some minutes elapsed before they got off: The Daisy (of the first class) arrived first at Gravesend, about half past one. Of the reconu class, the Donna del Lago took the lead, and reached Gravesend a few minutet after the Daisy. The vessels paused a short time, and then act out on their return. On the Vixen (Ist class) passing by Long Reach, the gale was so extremely violent that her mast was blown away, and she was consequently disabled from pursuing her course. The Daisy came in hrst at Greenwich, at a quarter after five, and was followed by the Lady Louisa in ten minutes. A little after six the Brilliant (2d class) came in, and the Donna del Logo arrived shortly afterwards. Owing to a contested point between the Daisy and Lady Louisa, which was not explained, the majority of the Captains of the Thames Yacht Club entered a protest, and the fifty guinea cup was not given, but it will, it is expected, be decided who is entitled to it on the next club night (Thursday.) The cup, which was not given away, was a large silver vase, weighing 50 ounces, capable of holding more than three quarts, and was elegantly embossed. On the 11(1 was a bust of his present Majesty, executed with taste. The small cup, of the we►ght of 2.1 ounces, was almost the same in appearance, save that on its cover there was Is silver gilt representation of a sailor. The Commodore made an appropriate speech ; and after drinking the health of the company, presented the lesser cup to the winner of the se. cond class, Mr. W. Bucknall, of Itotherhithe. Mr. Bucknall returned thanks, and drank the healths of all present. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the company in the steamer did not have a very pleasant voyage to Gravesend, but on their return, the rain having ceased, they passed all the evening in dancing. Lord If. Cholmondely was on board for some time. The steamer ar. rived at the Tower shortly after eight o'clock. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 28. (From the Hampshire Telejraph) His Majesty's steam-vessel, Hermes, Lieutenant Kennedy, arrived on Monday at Plymouth front Falmouth, where she landed the Nledi terranean and East India mails. She sailed from Falmouth on her voyage out on July 9th, and arrived at Gibraltar the 15th, where she communicated the intelligence of the accession of his present Majesty, which was celebrated with marked demonstraticisacif loyalty. His Ma jesty's sloop Ferret was there in quarantine, having just arrived from Algiers. Left Gibraltar fol i klalta ; passed close to Algiers on the 21st at sunset; the waitc ilag - ifas flying on the forts. Saw six line.of. battle ships, sixteen frigates, and half a dozen gypiettos ; 'llff tilll l on. Spoke the Alligator, twenty miles west - of Algiers. Arrived at Malta on the 25th, his Majesty's ships Britannia, Melville, Wellesley, Gloucester, Madagascar, Scylla, Rapid, hlusquita, Weazlc, and Wasp, were there. There were also there a Russian seventy.four, with Count Heyden's flag, and a corvette commanded by his son, with a Dutch frigate and two brigs. On communicating his Majesty's ac cession, the Admiral, fleet, and fortresses, fired salutes. The ian Admiral left in a few days for Russia. The Hermes sailed on the 26th, and arrived at Corfu on the 28th. On her passage, she a ape rienced a dreadful storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, but fortu nately escaped injury. She me t at C or f u t h e Revenge, itattlesnake, and Procris, and took on board the East Indian mails. Similar demonstrations on his Majesty's accession were observed here. Left on the 30th. Saw none of the French fleet off Algiers. Arrived again at Malta on the Ist of August. The Gloucester, Melville, Ma dagascar, Musquito, and Philomel, were there, together with the Conn tess of Harcourt transport, and a Dutch frigate and a brig. During the Hermes's stay at Malta, very tempestuous weather prevailed ; A storm of thunder and lightning, with heavy rain, lasted for a d a y an d a half. The Gloucest e r a nd M e l v ill e both haetheir main and ruiren masts struck by lightning, and shivered to pieces, so as to require being replaced by others, but providentially no lives were lost. Vice- Admiral Sir P. Malcolm, in the Britannia, with the Scylla and had been cruising off Malta. On the 3d inst. he left (with the Rapid) for Corfu and Napoli di Romania. The Hermes left Malta on the same day, and arrived at Gibraltar on the 11th, where site found his 3laj s:y's brig Weasle, for England. Left Gibraltar on the 13th, and spoke off Tariffs, his Majesty's steamer, Colombia, Lieutenant Ede , with ate Mediterranean mail.—Arrived at Cadiz on the 14th ; sailed next 4!..y, and arrived at Falmouth on the night of the 22d; drokiped mails, and came into Hamoaze on the evening of the 23d. 'I he Hermes h a s performed her ,passage in a shorter time than either of the tie ni.:r steam-packets, having been only forty-four days out and home, e..n sequently she arrived six days before her mail was due. Nearly thirty passengers cattle in her, amongst them were the (Mms, Sanevitze ; the American Consul, from Gibraltar ; Capteins Falconer, Brown, and Seymour; Lieutenants De Plat and Er. ton. The Wellesley left Malta on the 29-11 of July, for Portsmouth.—Colonel litzclarence, Lord Osborne, and other pev•ins are coming in her. The Revenge was to leave Corfu in a few days after the Hermes started from Malta and England. The Musquito sailed from Malta on the 4th of August, and had to call at dill; rent Barbary ports on her way to England. The IVearle left Gibraltar for England on the 12th inst. The Alligator reached Malta the of August, from Plymouth ; it was said that she was to relieve the Samarang, some con:plaints having been sent home about that ship. the Rifleman and Philomel had arrived at Malta from the Atchi pelago ; the forteer ship had not been relieved on the station, and would shortly sail to join the Admiral. The favourite, .seylla and Rapid, were found to sail exceedingly well. The squadron was (pike healthy. 11 - earle, 10, Commander Damien, arrived to-day front Malta from which site sailed the 15th July, nineteen days prier to the Hermes. She touched at Gibraltar on the 12th inst. The garrison was quite healthy. The Lord IV 'Mani Bcntinck transport arrived to-day Prow the Island of Ascension. She left that place on the 18th of July, e a sel brings home some moorings and other stores. On the 13th of July. the Ariadne frigate passed the Island fur nngland, having under her charge even India ships, the crews of which had evin ce d suc h mu tinous and disorderly conduct, that the Governor of St. Helena had deemed it prudent to put a military guard on board some of them, and had been oblif eel to request Captain Rennie to take charge or the whole to England. The names of the Indiamen alluded to are, the Windsor, Waterloo, General Kyd, Inglis, Lowther Castle, &Atli) , Castle, and Farquhar:ma. The Britotnart transport, Lieutenant Woodman, Agent, arrived this morning, from Quebec, which place she left the azit instant. She I.raigs returned stores and invalids, and limited service men from the lath, 24th, 68th, 61;th, 70th, 71st, 79th, and 84th Regiments. The Branches, Morrison, Master, with troops from England, had arrived at Qin hie, previous to the departure of the liritomart. The Falcon, 19 guns, is removed t'rom the Cape of Good Hop:: !as don to the %Vest Indies; and Favourite, 18 guns, is removed fr. ta the Mediterranean to the Coast of Africa. On Monday, the French frigate Seine, and the two America/I, shirt which brought over the ex-King of France anti his suite, came Uj Spithead from Cowes Roads, and sailed on Thursday for Chetbout : l Yesterday sailed the Ilighfiyer cuter, for Newhaven. , Toe Rainbow, 28, was c ommi ss i one d on Monday lase, In t .Lietv. W. C. Estc,ourt. Capt. Sir John Frankin, Knight, is appointed to command her. She is fitting for the Mediterranean. Lieut.-Oen. Lord Aylmer, the newly appointed Governor-hi-Chit:tut' the Canadat, arrived here on Monday, with his lady and suite. They embarked on board the Herald to day, and as soon as th e w i n d i t fair that ship will sail for Quebec. She was paid the usualadvahee of wages on Monday. Licuh-Gtn. Sir James Kempt will return to England in the Herald. At Spitheud. Herald, Areazle. In harbour.—St. Vincent, Royal Gcorge, /Etna, Wolf, and Columbine. _ Y v 1 ~..