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IVREA NC FS IN FRANCE. A letter from St. 1.0, of the 20th August, gives a long detail of the ilis!urbaoc_s which hare taken place In the department of La ; au event which might have produced the most fatal con. l egume; t , o, place on Monday, the 21st August, in the commune of tiraii,nts, e anon of St. Jean de Dale, arroodissement of St. lm. Mit& me de 3/ ootmorency, the grantee, by a decree of the Council it 17:1*, of Cie marshes td Graignes and Illontmartin, on the condi. I: , r. of ch.liva:ng one-third to the commune for bringing it int) oi:toiord, on the 4th November, INS, a judg- III. 11: ion tile trihunal of St. Lo, confirmed by a decree of tic C. Ito' ale of Oleo, oa tie 231 July, 1025, which ordered the coo p& 601 of t'ds grant. The inhabitants of Orsignes, seeing CA:l)4lv s on the point of being deprived of immense estates ha.! always been considered as their exclusive property, re. t:red to o;•pose the taking possession of them, and engaged, as it i. said, on their side, several reighbouring communes, who are h..reutened wi the same fate by the House of Orleans. /IL 'he ai;mat of Madame de Montmorency, was particularly t: . e ni,ject of tiorir hatred. All strangers who passed through they lade fn quentid morasses were so many lee Maurois to them, and sere treqtvrtly insulted. Fur some time it was said, at St. LO, !i. It tire inhabitants of Graignes never went to work without being • , :11 at :A. these circumstances, it was thought proper to tend tome g tolerates along with the surveyors who had been ap. pointe Ito make the apportionment. Two brigades, with hieute n.!nt Ittilartl at their head, went to the place on the dsy appointed tar the purpose. The surveyors met with no opposition in walk over the part near the greet road. They did not even meet pit any person. Having proceeded a certain distance, they °b evel some individuals coming towards them. Having come up to rein), they perceived that they were a member of the :Municipal caved of tiraignes and a Iluissier of St. La, charged to bring ni in the name of the Mayor, of his VISCSser, and of the Mem. brrs of thv Connell, a notification, the object of winch was to make hem pay agention to the a ocliorations which had taken place in the marshes by means of dikes and canals, and by widening the swami whith pass throng') than. They signified in writing their se :4 tante of this ntriticition,declaring that they would pay aun t vi oit as far as rea.ortable, and engaged the 31 ismber of the ?la 4431 Council to accompany them, in order to point out to thrin particularly the different works ; but the latter having an. saved that lie was indisposed, slimly pointed out the way that they ought to go, and went away. They made a similar propo.i. 0 in to the other inhabitants who were prevent, and told then that before any other pi-wee ling they were about to go through the thirshes. A voice in the crowd used the following expressions:— fhese gentlemen had the sheep hire, but they will find the w s n liICTe." The surveyors continued their progress. passed through the tmrshrs in different directions, and saw only a few persons dis. pers:d here and thins in the grounds adjoining, npparently ens -4t their labours. flaring resched the western extremity of Innis called Da Rost. on the road which les& .0 the territory of 31ontmaria, a man, placed as a sentinel, alluwed them to ar p. w li chitin pistoLshot, and then began cryi-g with all his miglif dome admg, come 111)114, here they are." Then running as fast ti he could, and jumping over several ditches to avoid the piquet of gendarmes width was gal:oping after hint, he went on the side of the marsh Pu SesL After crossing the road, the surveyors pe. netrated into Chi perion of the marsh. But they had scarcely proceeded one hundr.ll paces when a trom of men and women, Armed with sticks and wooden pi , chforks, presented themselves. ird an indivi Mal coning out f the crowd asked them " What t .ey e tine there to do ?"—" Inuit right have you to ask us?" replied one of the surveyors. " I ant one of the proprietors of the marol:-.," rep!ied the same irdivi haul, " and we forbid you to cim:7 fart' , er. Go away : it is ti tie." One of the surveyors then alirmed none pacific exhortation+ to them ; told them that they • over the marsh .is in this way oily by the consent of the r. •es ef the commure, and in pursuance of the notifies rdi which had just been made to them by the Iluissier, AIV 161 Not ffra ion. Preparations were made to read it to mem. but the crowd increased, and with it the tumult. " Let the n ✓ cri.d ors permit ; " that will give our neighboon time to time up." The surveyors then thnught it best to leave the place, and relent. The gendarmes protected their retreat, and the crowd tallawed insulting them. They had just reached the dyke which they had passed over a little before, and were preparing to imam to t e marsh du Hos., when all of a sudden they found themselves surounded by a part of the crowd, which opposed their progress , and cried out, showing them the way which leads to the road of the hurt of Orainges, " You mast go that way, whether you will or re. None of you shall go back to our marshes. You are come to roO es-to raice us to beggary. %Ve prefer king all killed, in de ' , nee of cur property, to dying with hunger." These words were accompanied by threatening gestures and tries. It was found cece.sary to yield to forte, and to take the path to the Church The Lieutenant of the gendarmes again reconamended prudence to his troop, caused the surveyors to be surrounded, and protected them front all insult. They marched so a short flue without ohs's tie, but in passing through the village caled Le Port des Planques, they met at an all distances crowds armed with pikes, iron pitch licks, d other m nth ruts weapons. This mass b!cwked up the rail ray. an d it was found difficult to advance. They ware also stopind in a hollow way, flanked with impenetrable hedge, b% trash crowds, armed in all ways, and especially with sithes. e.nswtecirg hostile intentions. In vain the Lieutenant of the gee ;a m s extiontd them to retire. They penetrated into the ranks of the gendarmes, and disturbed their ranks. The surveyors, who, till then, had walked collectively, were now divided, and in situations nine or less critical. One of them, the Sieur le Chevalier, was seta d by three or four of the mutineers, who cried out, " tilt 3laurois ; we must kill ; he's a wretch; he's a robber!" AU repeated death to klaurols. All would have been over with this individual if he had not been recognised by some of the lithe hisnts. The gendarmes were so hard pressed that it was impos. sib!e to act. The Sicur Trefeu, another surveyor, was also seized by the collar, and ordered to deliver up the papers, of which he was the bearer. Near the church, where there were fresh (muds more numerous still than the first, he was again seized. I: is one of lilaurois' robbers," said they ; " let us make away si•lt hint." The tumult was then at its height. The voice of the g.nciaeines was no longer h.nir.l amid the vociferation,. The Lieutela! t then made a last effort to draw off the troops, and, ha ring the way, he stmpel the more exasperated awhile with two gendarmes. In the mean time the o bens assisted the surveyors to get up behiad them, ard, taking advantage of an open space they eat oT at a gall rp, tursutd at a distance by the peasants, who only stopped at the I ounds of their commune. Two of the surveyors, Desjardias Lafarge and Lsgrenge, lied recourse to a stratagem, wh c`i tmeeti al. 'They mix:d with the crowd, and thus reached a place of sett ty. No lives were lost On the afternoon of Sunday, as the clutches of Falkirk I were dismissing, an unfortunate hare, which had strayed from its native fields, made its appearance in the street, and instantly drew the serious-looking people into a very op posite plight, for hundreds were intent to secure poor puss, " running the race that was set before them," with a pack of collies that opened in full cry. After a few doublings autong the legs of the crowd, the hare was caught alive. Ilion WAY 1101111 ERV AND ATTEMPT AT AIVIIIMIt.*-- On Thursday night last, as Mr. Barrow, the son of a re spectable schoolmaster in Manchester, of that name, sass r3urtiing home from Barton-upon-Irwell, he was attacked on the Eccles new road by three Irishmen, who set upon him with heavy bludgeons, and after knocking him down and beating him about the head until he was rendered in sensiiile, robbed hint of his watch, and all the money that he hod about him. The unfortunate young man lay on the ground weltering in his blood until one o'clock the fol losi:y morning, before he recovered to a sense of his situ ati J:I, a period of two hours. Ile then crawled home as well as he was able, and when he reached there his family iviareoly knew him, so disfigured was he with dirt and blood ; his black silk stock, and the higher part of his shirt, were completely saturated with blood, and he was so weak that he had scare :y strength to tell what had befallen ' him. Yesterday morning information was given to the police, but we fear there will be little chance of the villains being detected, in consequence of Mr. Barrow not being able to identify any of them. The watch, however, may bring something to light, and when Mr. Barrow shall have fully recovered from the El' cts of the brutal treatment he received, he may probably have a e! arer recollection col tie circumstance than he has at prcs AI!. He still lies ia a Precarious state. THE PERSEVERANCI: STEAM-BOA7'. Extract of a letter from a young gentleman who went as a volunteer in the Grtek cause, on board the steam-ship Perseverance, Captain Hastings:— " Cagliari, July li, 11826. " After a great number of misfortuneA, we have been forced to put into Sardinia to repair the t.ainves our steam engine has sustained, and we shall be detained here at least a fortnight. The machinery department of this vessel was sent to sea in such an imperfect state, that accidents began to happen before we got out of the Thames; and I am sure nothing but the situation of aflltirs could have induced Capt. Hastings to proceed without havinp, the machinery submitted to the inspection of competent engineers —a measure he had always proposed, and which had as uni formly been refused. " After many accidents had happened, from insufficiency of parts of the engioe, which had kept the blacksmiths working constantly, and had caused numerous stoppages, at length, on the Qtat of last month, the engine stopped en tirely, and could Lot be mosed again. Since that tune we have been beating up for Sardinia. We hope to get every thing ready in about a fortnight ; but after this our engine can only be used in desperate cases, and we must consider our ship, on common occasions, as merely a sailing vessel. " Perhaps it would be troubling you with uninteresting information were I to tell you all the misconduct which has marked this unfartunrte undertaking. This vessel was contracted for in February of March, 1525, and was to have been ready for sea in four months. When August had arrived, and she was not ready, Captain Abney Has tings recommended the purchase of a vessel ready built, which might be sent off with all possible speed, and this one to follow. This was oppavd; and our vtssel, which was to have been finished in four months, did not sail be , fore fifteen months, and then in an unfinished state." [The writer proceeds with some observations on the con duct of the Committee, which he does not deem judi cious in several respects.] G RE EC E. In the Brisish Press of Thursday last, a short descrip tion was ineerted of the three gentlemen who first came over to this country as Deputies from Greece. One of those gentlemen, Mr. Zaimis, returned to Greece very soon after the second loan had been contracted for by Messrs. Ricardo. Mr. Orlando, in the letter which aprared in the British Press the same day (Thursday last) announced his intention of retuniing to his family at Hydra, leaving, how ever, bellied him Mr. Luriottis, who, by an oiniesioti of the printer, was described as a junior partner in the longed established and tnost wealthy house of Mal city—the city referred to (Leghorn) being omitted. The following particulars relative to Mr. Spaniolacki, who, on the return of Zaimis to Greece, was sent out tie take his place as Deputy here, may at this moment be in teresting :—This gentleman, Mr. Spaniolacki, according to the letter published in this j9urial on the 26th ult., has beta appointt d by a Commie:eon of the National Assembly to investigate the accounts of the other Deputies, and to supersede them altogether, as it would seem, in the situa tion they had previously filled. Mr. Orlando has cast some doubt upon theta ter of the Commission to Mr. Spaniolacki, by stating that the " recall said to have been issued by the new Gov.rnment of Ortece had not been received by him in his capacity of Deputy." It is somewhat singular that the Greek Government, in revoking its powers, should have left the parties, to whom the powers were given, without any direct notice of the revocation. The letter, too, addressed to Mr. Spaniolacki, is dated so long back as the 22d day of June last, and must have been in Mr. tlpaniolackee possession for several weeks past. Be this, however, es it may, Mr. Spaniolacki considers the letter as a sufficient authority to bun, and has been in active com munication with all those who are more immediately con• netted with Greek affairs, and has intimated his intention of being present at the meeting of the Greek Bondholders which has been convened for this day. From these cir cumstances, Mr. Spaniolacki will necessarily attract much attention, and, o t that sect unt, inquiries, the result of which is given below, were instituted. Mr. Spaniolacki, it is understood, is a native of Smyrna, and his teal name Carajozi. About twenty years ago lie was a clerk in the house of Giordano, Oneto, and Co. at Cadiz. He remained with them several years, and on leaving their employ, it is raid, lie borrowed some money of a Mr. Pond, and engaged in trade on his own account, but being unsuccessful, he subsequently quitted Cadiz, and weed to Hydra. At Hydra he obtained employment with Messrs. Tonsbassis, who are merchants of considerable wealth and inflitenee at that place. Upon the breaking out of the Revolution, Mr. Carajozi became a soldier under Ypsilanti; but a few months afterwards lie was at Astros, where he acted as secretary to one of the Messrs. Tomhaesis and Mr. Buduri, who were delegates to the National As sembly from Hydra. It is not known with certainty when Mr. Carajozi assumed the name of Spaniolacki, but from an early period after his return to Greece from Hydra he has gone by that name. It is well known that the private feuds and intrigues of the Members, who have from time to dine composed the provisional Government of Greece, have greatly retarded the hopes and the success of the Greek nation. _No individual . has, perhaps, excited more jealousy than Conduriottis, and none . hare been more oppos•Al to hint than Tombassis and Buduri. At the time Zaimis returned to Greece from London, the influence of Conduriottis had eery much declined, and Mr. Carajosi, through the medium of Tombastis and Buduri, and other opponents of Conduriottis, was appointed to succed Zaimis here. In the former statement it was noticed that Mr. Orlando was the brother-in-law of Conduriottis, and, from the tenor of Mr. Orlando's letter, it is to be feared that the spirit of opposition existing on the part of Tombassis and Buduri towards Conduriottis has been extended to his brother-in-law, Mr. Orlando, and his colleague, Mr. Lu riottis. _ _ Every true friend to the cause of Greece must regret the existence of these unfortunate differences amongst those who take a leading part in its councils, and who ought to be united in the closest bond of amity against their com mon enemy. In a country, however, emerging, as Greece now is, from a state of the most abject slavery, it must be expected that jealousies should prevail. No individual is likely to be found possessing sufficient influence and talent to inspire that unlimited confidence which is so es cmtially ; n quisite and slavery and despotism naturally ;;;:ntrate mistrust. CHANGE'fuss.—Three /Millings is the price now paid for weaving a piece of stuff goods at Bradford, for which ss. was when- the weavers turned out last summer for an )ti advance of wages. _ . —....__. _. _.._ .. Iltasey—DUNDES . , Aca. 19.—An unprecedented case of piracy has occurred at the port. The sloop Archduke, belonging to Dundee, 69 tons register, ready for sea, and bound for Shields, was cut out of this harbour on the night between Sabbath and Monday last; she had but moored in the tide harbour, within the east protection wail, and it is supposed she was cut out before midnight, as a vessel, in every respect resembling her, was seen passing the Dana burgh, London Packet, at the mouth of the Tay, between two awl three o'clock on Monday morning. About two o'clock on Monday afternoon, the Athol steam-packet was got under weigh, and proceeded out of the Tay as far as the Bell Rock Light-house in pursuit, but she returned late in the eveniug, without havng been able to trace the course of the fugitive. One of the sloop's crew, named Mitchell, was left on board the preceding evening, in charge of the vessel, and he has not been since seen ; whether lie is an accomplice in the piracy, or was forvioly carried away in the sloop, is unknown. it is generally re ported that he was in a state of intoxication when 00 let.t:d on the Sabbath evening,. Every means for d:scoveting , whither the vessel has been carried will be taken, mid it is I much to be wished that the perpetrators ofllleo daring a Icrime should be discovered and brought to justie.—Cutt &mite,' ltcr:ury. . THE BRITISH PRESS. GIBRALTAR. Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated the 7th of Au gust, 1826:- " An extraordinary occurrence took place here on the 4th instant, which clearly displayed the enmity the Spa , 'dards entertain against the South Atm/lean States. _. _._„ " A house in the main street, which hid tetrserected chiefly by Portuguese workmen, was ready to receive the rafters for the roof, when, as customary on such occasions, they determined on displaying a British flag on a staff stuck on the walls, and desirous of availing themselves of the op portunity to testify their respect, at the same time, for the Emperor of Brazils, who has recently conferred sack be nefits on their country. they burrowed of a Brazilian gentleman, residing in this town, a flag of that nation, and hoisted it alongside the English. This excited the envy and jealousy of the Spanish Consul, who, conse quently, applied M the Fort-Major, and prevailed on him to order the Brazilian flag to be pulled down, which was immediately done, in the presence of hundreds of spec tators, who did not fail to testify their dissatisfaction at the indignity thus offered to the flag of a friendly lower; and would readily have assisted in re-hoisting it by force. The gentleman to whom the flag belonged remonstrated with the Fort-Major on the shameful occurrence, and par ticularly reminded him of the numerous occasions on which the flags of other rations had been similarly displayed under similar circumstances; but without producing any effect, or obtaining from him the least apology, or satisfac tory explanation of his conduct. • In the mean time, the Spanish Consul paraded the streets, boasting of his success; but Ito was, in a short time, obliged to retreat, or he would have been roughly handled by the populace. " It is said that the Portuguese Consul (as the Brazilian has not yet arrived from Rio de Janeiro) has taken the matter up, and not only addressed himself efilcially to the S i tanieh Consul and Fort-Major, but imeted a formal pro wl ex-• //i: io against the insult offered to the flag of his Imperial Brazilian Mejesty. . _ _ "The townspeople took the flag on board the Concord, of Jersey, lying in the road, where it was immediately hoisted, and has remaint.d 41;sp!ayed ever sine.:." BIL4ZIL. (From the Hampshire Tergraph.l Arrived last night the Thetis transport. Lieutenant H. Hopkins, Agent, ft om Lima and Rio de Janeiro, whither she took provisions for the squadron. Sue left Callao on the 2.1 March, and Rio the 30th June. We learn that Lord Ponsonby continued in negotiation with the Brazilian Minister, but the Emperor appears obstinately bent on the continuance of the war against the Buenos Ayr( ans, though it is generally believed that the contest cannot but be detrimental to his interests. The expense, it appears, is principally borne by the province of Rio de Janeiro and us immediate vicinity, for the people of Bahia and of the Northern provinces not only refuse to pay the cost and itn posts, but more openly declare against the tyranny that sends their fellow-subjects and children as conscripts to ' the unprofitable contest, in the comparatively cold country of the Banda Oriental. The prosecution of this war will do more to estrange the Northern from the Southern provinces of the Brazils, than any other measure that could possibly have been taken. It seems not improbable, also, that it might cause a misunderstanding with the Americans, who are extremely dissatisfied at being ex cluded from the Rio Plate. Two sloops of war (as the Americans call them), the Cyrene and Boston, left Rio Janeiro for Monte Video on the 27th of June; and it was distinctly understood that they would not allow the Bra zilian squadron, on any pretence. to interrupt the transit of the American ships to and from Buenos Ayres; in other words; they intended to raise the blockade as far as it respected American vessels. This small squadron was itnmetliattly to be reinforced by the Baltimore, a sloop of war of similar class to the Boston. These two ves sels are of 720 tons Written, flush decked, and arc in tended to carry — twenty-four long 24 pouttaers, but at present they base only 32-pounder carronades, and have a complement of 240 men. The English squadron at Rio Janeiro consisted of the AVellesley. SO (Sir George Byte), the Thetis and Doris frigates. The French squa dron was the Marie Therese, of 60 guns, Admiral Rosa mel ; La Seine, 41 (bound on a cruise in the Pacific), and the Provencelle schooner. The French have. also in the Rio de la Plats, watching the interests of their flag, the Alacritie.and Cygne, of 20 guns each. The lt.inger, 28, Captain Lord Henry Thynne, was the only British ship in the river. It was reported that the Brazilian frigate Ne 'hero)+, commanded by Captain Norton, had been driven on shore in all action with the Buenos Ayrean squadron, and that two brigs had been captured, one of which, the Caboelo. was commanded by Captain Grenfell, nephew of Pascfe Grenfell, Esq. and who was killed in the action. The Brazilian Government bad appointed a M. Pas minim to be Consul at Liverpool, who was to come to Eng land in the next packet. The PortuguPse, or rather the Brazilians, affect to have great consciousness of maritime rights, and, singularly enough, they have manifested it most in the slave avid question, in which infamous traffic they are in reality the greatest traders of any nation. An imperial vessel, called the Emprehentlator, has taken into Rio de Janeiro an English and a French vessel, for a breach of the slave trade laws. The English vessel is a prize to the Redwing sloop of war, Captain Clavering, which she had. captured, with slaves on board, in the river \Fria!), on the coast of Africa, on board of which she put her Second Lieutenant and some men, and, as a matter of course, took her papers on board the Redwing. The Imperial Brazilian vessel falling in with her, made a prise of her, on the plea of want of papers, and is actually carrying on a prosecu don against all on board as pirates ! The matter has been taken up by Lord Ponsonby. The French vessel is a schooner taken at Porto Cabinda, without papers, but the master states he was bound from Noma to Alartinique; he certainly has to account for being so far out of his road. REAL. Bswevot.Exca.—lt is a fact worthy of record, that within the last few weeks some benevolent individual; who loves charity for its own sake, has secretly transmitted to Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks, and Co., bankers, of Man chester, no less than 5001. in bank-notes, for the relief of the suffering poor of Manchester. The first remittance was 1501., the second 1501., and the last, which was on Wednesay, was 2001. So careful has this benign indivi dual been to conceal the hand which dealt out such noble charity, that the letters which enclosed the money were put into different post-offices, and an attempt was evidently made to disguise the hand-writing, so as to make the dona tions appear to come from different persons. Would that many would imitate this species of deception ! A Scotsman, who left this country nearly nine years ago, and has since been the leading partner of one of the most respectable mercantile houses in Lisbon, during the last few weeks has been travelling this country for the pur pose of purchasing goods. Speaking of trade, he was asked if he thought the trade of this country was done.— He said, " No ; but your merchants and manufacturers have (hue themselves, and the artisan must suffer for their folly. They have not competed with foreigners, but with themselves; and every one has tried to undersell another. Hence I have seen, in the time I was here, our masters from time to time take a quarter off the breadth, put a coarser grist in the same reed, with inferior wefts, and a little off the dyer, bleacher, and starcher, and a full set off the weaver; and what is worse, they all are in part fancy colours, that will not stand a dip in the tub ;—a shower, nr a blink of the sun, will make them east, and appear like filthy rags. Hence, foreigners will not look at British goals of any description. As a proo f o f t hi s, I can tell you this time I have bought 6,000 1 . worth of Bri- Cali prints and other goods. I have often bought double; but I am sure they arc holding colours, and I have paid high:T for them than I could have got them fancy, though not so high as French ones. When the goods strive in Lisbon I will pelt a French stamp on them, with a label, French Prints,' or they will not sell. From the present low rates at which even the hest fast colours can be pro duced, there is no occasion for the manufacturers to use fancy colours, except as an avowed article of manufacture. IVere this method adopted and Liner, el to, the foreign merchant could safely calculate on the article being exactly what he purchased it for, and would not require to disguise &hilt goods under a French statnp."—A'dinburyls Paper. EARL OF PERTH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUNHAM COUNTY ADVitartsait. Me. Eurenn,—On perusing your Paper of the 26th inst., I observed a paragraph, which states, that there is " • person named 'names Drummond, working as a common pitman, in New Painsher colli?ry, in :his county, who is said to be heir am. lineal deset-ndant of James Drummond, who was grandson of the Earl of L'erh, dtc. Ills case has olteedy engaged the attention of • pro fessional genealogist, Mr. Fitz Smother," die. I have takes in your paper from the first day of its publication to the present time. I hive, therefore, no occa.ion to designate my approbation of it, by idle ettlogiums ; It stands too high in the opinion of good met to rcluire it. I would not, therefore, wish that your Journal should he made the vehicle, either of encourage. ing hope in the maid of a poor man, in particular; or should it, with my aporobazion, convey to your respectable readers any in-, formation that might incorrect, even in its consequences. If Mr. Fitz Strother, fr. in any benevolent or laudable view*, wishes to trace the real hair to the fourth Earl of Perth, I would direct the atiention of that learned gentleman to the Catholic In 57eorlields, Lonticci. where, if I do not greatly err, he will find the true a;d real Earl of Perth, occasionally officiating at the altar. I may be wrmg, 3lr. Editor, in my information ; but if I am an, the late Lord Er.l;:nt, who has told Ire again and again that the aloe-ram d ge: tleinan is tile heir, lathe came of my error. 1 have km vn the m• I tmlilly history oldie savable fstnily of the Earl of P. rth, for ninny years--melaneholy, in bring deprived of titer jm: rights; anti also that of his equally unfOr unate I. •:d IPtiminond, who, if 1 mistake not, now enjoys a p:111i(131” Gors:mnent, probably as a recognition of his 1 was pre,..ut at the etristening of hi.; eldest sun, the heir of his fortuneri—imd his l'ausliter not long ago was married, in my pre ssure, in the New Lhurr7 , , in Marylabour. I merely tame this to show that 1 know the 'rtn ly. At the moment I write .his to you, Mr. Editor (which you may insert in your next paper, if you think proper), I take bare to add, that such are my fe. Inv towards this noble race, that, for the fist time in my lit , 1 elm tot envy the princely fortunes of Londonderry, D. rlingt in, and An. If I hid the means, the eo my of Durham, which I love and respect as the place of my nativity, should be honoured, by giving, or rather reatorirg, an ancient title, and an immense pro ' Perry, to the amiab e, the high-horn descendants of the house of I am, Mr. Editor, Your überiient Servant, Dishopwearmouth, 29th August. 1826. P. Earl Bathurst and Air. Secretary Peel visited the Duke of York on Friday. The Royal Duke rode out yes terday afternoon, about three o'clock, in his open barouche. Sir Henry Halford and Mr. Macgrigor visited his Royal Highness on Saturday. .., _. . The private apartments on the ground floor of the new residence erecting for the t)uke of York in :he King's Pa lace, St. James's, will be finished in a fit state for the oceu- patian of the Royal Duke by next Christmas, at which time it is expected his Royal Highness will take up his abode in the new building. • It is understood the cliff; rent work-people employed hive undertaken that the apart rnents shall be finished by that time,. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, from B3g nor, visited Arundel Castle, on Tuesday. The Princ..ss, in improved health, left Bognor, on Thursday last, for Frogmore. During her stay in Sussex, her Royal High- nevi twice paged the River Atun, in the ferry-barge at Littleliampton, and expressed herself highly pleased with the safety and quickness of the conveyance. The Duke and !Duchess of Cumberland, with the young Prince George, have been residing for some time at a Palace within about three miles of Berlin, with which their Royal Highnesses were acco:nmodated by the King of Prussia. On Saturday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington. the Earls of Liverpool and Bathurst, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, Mr. Iluskisaon, Mr. Wynn, &c. The Ministers continued in deliberation till five o'clock, when the Council broke up. After attending the Cabinet, Mr. Secretary Peel left his residence in Privy-gardens, for Drayton Park, Stsffordshire, the residence of his father, Sir Robert Peel. The Earl oi' Liverpool left town for Combe Wood ; and the Chancel lor of the Exchequer left town for Charlton. Mr. Secretary Canning left toes yesterday afternoon, on a visit to the Earl of Liverpool, at Combo Wood. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk arrived at Arundel Castle, on Monday, from his aquatic excursions. ROSISF.Y, SEPT. 2.—Lord Palmerston arrived at his seat yesterday, from London, to enjoy the sport of partridge shooting. We understand that Earl Fitzwilliam has presented a whole-length portrait of himself to the Corporation of Doncaster, from the pencil of Jrck , on, which the connois seurs in London pronounce the chtf-crdorsse of that art ist's works. It is intended as a companion to the portrait of the late Marquis of Rockingham, by Sir Joshua Rey nolds; and report says that a print will probably be en graved from it, for the gratification of the numerous friends of the noble donor. SALISBURY, Ser•r. 2.—Our venerable Bishop arrived at his Palace in the Close, yesterday, in good health, after holding various Visitations and Confirmations throughout his diocese. His Lordship confirmed, on the 9th of Au gust, 1,175 persons at our Cathedral ; since which he has confirmed, at Warminster, 701. persons; Chippenhatn, 709; Abingdon, 1,359 ; Reading, 1,0b4 ; Newbury. 1,153 ; Marlborough, 1,140; and at Devizes (on ThurAlay last), 296. Tor EARLDOM or CROMARTY.—On Thursday, the 17th ult. Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. eldest son of the late Colonel Robert Mackenzie of Milmount, of the Honour able East India Company's service, was served, at Tain, nearest and lawful heir-male to Sir George Mackenzie of 'Farhat, Bart. afterwards Viscount Tarbat, Lord M*Leod and Castlehaven, and Earl of Cromer ty, the brother german of his great-great-grandfather Alexander Mackenzie of Ardloch.—Aberdeen, Aug. 30. Mr. Macready and family sailed from Liverpool on the Saturday, on board the American ship Canada, Captain Rogers, for New York. EXCI , KSION TO BANGOR.—The proprietors of the new steam-vessel, George the Fourtb, invited a numerous party of Mends to partake of an excursion to Bangor, in num ber about 120, with a band of music, together with every substantial and delicate provision which could be obtained. They proceeded on the voyage on Thursday, at eleven A. it. and arrived about six P. M., when some of the party landed, others staved on board; dancing, &c. kept up the merry scene until a late hour. At eleven o'clock, A. at. Friday,' they commenced on their return, and arrived at Liverpool about seven, it. n., dancing most of the time, except that which was employed in the more substantial way of eating and drinking. All disembarked highly delighted with the excursion and liberality of the proprietors, some of whom, with the agents, took every pains to make the excurson as agreeable and convivial as possible. Gravesend is at present exceedingly lively in consequence of its numerous visitors, chiefly from the Metropolis, to enjoy the benefit of the baths. The arrival of the two Russian frigates has not added a little to the bustle and warlike appearance of the town, from the nuen',er of Rus sian marines and sailors parading the streets. The bullion which the frigates brought over to this country has been conveyed within the last three days by extra coaches and waggons to London, to the agency of M. Rothschild, under the superintendence of M. Berkhausen, the Russian Con sul. The gentry and visitors of the town are received on board to inspect the vessels with every polite attention from the officers, and all those who have visited the ships speak in the highest terms of the excellent discipline of the seamen, and the extreme degree of cleanliness observable throughout both the frigates. A splendid regatta is about to take place under the patronege of the Mayor, Corpora tion, inhabitants, and others of the town. Two new claimants to the property of the late Mr. Far quhar, of Fonthill, lately started up in the persons of a Mr. Ledger and Mr. Pennington ; and the former of these has been in this neighbourhood , endeavouring to trace out and establieh a relationship with the deceased, in which, however, we understate], he has entirely failed ; and he has since written to Mr. Aiken, of this place, nephew of Mr. Farquhar, that be has given orders to his agent in Lon don to withdraw his claim, and that of Mr. Penningtonoc:_ Aberdeen Journal. MELANCHOLY OCCURnENcE. — On Thursday evening, the brother of Sir Robert Wilson, and his friend, prepared their fowling-pieces for a shooting excursion on the estates of Sir Robert Wilson, at ; and on the following morning, by some fetal mishap, one of the gulls went off, the whole charge of whith entered the breast of the for m, r gentleman, who fell, and iteAantly expired.—at igfdrn Herald. - ;►f.4" LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOI.. SATURDAY, Seri. 2. We hats again to abnoonce a lively demand this week for British Plantation Edgar, and established an advance of lc Bd. 21. per cot. on Laid Wade% prices: ohmic 1,100 Mids. toad, a large propnnion of which have bean takm na speculation, and more busia nem would have bee* done had the importers offered more freely. In other aorta of Sugar nothing done, we only hear of o ie small vale of 50 putscheona old Demerara 51ohones at 274. 6+l. The holders are Grin, and few parcels offering. La Ruin we have had a bri+k demand, and about 600 puncheons have been sal at 4s. hit fine stream Jamaica, 34. 4.1. • 3.1. 10d. for Demerara; 21. a 3a. 0 P., and low charges for expert, at 24. gd. per gallon. In cofiec 13 tierces nwlinary and uneleal Demerara were offe-ed bj sue inn, but 'Remould. About 100 tierce* Jamaica by private co-.. tract, viz.; good middling at 844, and fine at 88 a. a 90a. per cwt. Ia Pimentos good inquirr,and 230 hags sold for export at 101 Haider.* of Cocoa are not willing to an at less than 36a. per cwt. No sales made. In finger nothing done. In Pot Ashes, the demand ir.crm4444, about 1,490 barrel'. sold I 51ontreal), via Old Pots, 21a. a 2 . 4.. : New. 22e. 84. a 1414 Ohl Pearl at 234. a 234. New at 24e. 3d. a 25* 64. About 200 ; barrel.. States Pearl Althea add at 27.. per cwt. fur New, and a few Old Pots at 245. per cwt. We have also aft improving demand for Dyewood4 r 150 tans Campeachy beg. wood sold at 6/. 15a. • 7!. far.; 50 tons Jatnaim, at 51. 104. a al. 17s. ftd. ; 20 tons sand Nicaragua Wood, at 201. a 21/. ; end 35 tone very ordinary small, at 51. 154. a 61. 13s. ; and 15 tons Spa. n alt Emilie, at bp. per ton. In Indigo we notice it a shade higher r the sales were. 14 term.. Caracas, a , 6.. 9d. a 81. and ame Cheat* of Bengal and Madras at sa. the. a 6+. In Hides, now a der tble businras has been done the sales are, 3.000 Buenos Ayres saltA (low and Ox, at 4d. a tat ; 900 Valparaiso. at lid. : 1,788 Nrr:h American., at 34d. ; 624 Jamaica, at 31d. a 41d. ; 61.10 Egyp fan at 2(4. a 30.; 157 dry Brasil 'at 41d., and a few dry salted ditto at 5.111. /la. In Tar 21$ barrel. American sold at 11.. a 181.; a..d 1/gibarrels Stockholm at 144. per barrel. Nothing dime in Turpentine. In Shumac 1.100 bags Verona hare been mkt at 61.8 d. a 7.. fid ; and 300 bags Sicily at 10s. 6d. per lb. 1.1 Flax Seed 600 barrels Riga at 20+. per barrel ; and 1011 qrs. at 471. per quarter. Carolina Rice I. aorta, 80 casks middling quality hare been sold at 21s. a 21s. lid. with 100 bags Bengal at Ills. lid. per cwt. A little better demand for Brimstone, 30 ton' sold at M. a 5 guineas. A small lot of 10 hogs of Turkey yellow Bowies sold at 60+. 1.1 Cream of Tartar 4 cask); have been mkt at 77c. ft 78s. Olive Oil is inquired far, and prices are higher : 26 tuns Gallipoli sold at 371. • 381. ; 5 tuns Trieste at 331. t 10 tone Italian at 331. : and"4o lona Sicily at 321. Pal n 0:I. strady sales have been made at 24/. per ton. Tallow is higher and sells freely at 375. a 38.. per cwt. for new yellow candle. /saltpetre, 400 brg* have heen sold at t2r. Bd. a 255. per eat. Nothing done In Nutria or Chinch:l:l akin'.. No sales of Oak or Cork tree Bark. There has not been much done in free grkin this week, prices re. main tolerably steady. Foreign Wheat is in good deu:aind bond). and some extensive sales have been made to speculators. Several cargoes sold, to arrive, at ss. per 701. No aittration i7l American Flour. The demand for Colton has been very stevly, and prices fully sup iced. The public sales yesterday of :- 1,000 bales Alabama and 1,91a0 s..ld at fid. a flid. 190 Sea Wands 190 11. 1 01. a 1„ d . 229 Do. Stained 220 a d. hill Demerara 11. 1. a 9d. 1,394 Surat 472 a 6fd. 2.722 bales offered 1,1;92 sold. Besides which ilia private sales consist or 3,600 bawl Uplands. at stitli a 7d. ; 1.000 New Orleans, at 6J. 891 ; 2.609 A labamaa, at ritd. ; 200 Sea islands, at 11 id. a 17d.: 250 stained ditto, a , 61 a I 1 id. ; 2M) l'esnaiiihuco, at 10.1. i 10id. ; 1.100 Maran. ban:, at lijo. a ; 300 Bahia, at Kid. a 9id. ; 3,600 Egyptian. at 6B I. a 10.1. ; 30 Barbadnes, at 7d. ; 40 West Indian, at 7P. a 250 mtrat, at a 51d.; and 30 Bengal, at 40.-I:wing • total of 116,11:0 bass. • -4 C. NAVIGATION LAWS. The annexed Circular has been forwarded to the diffe• rent Members of Parliament for the counties, &c. of Cum berland and Westm , xland, with the signatures of the principal ship-owners. 3IttYPOnT, Aro. 29. Sir,—You are too well aware of the great amount of capital vested in the merchant shipping of the l'nited Kingdom,—of the number of men employed in it. and of trades dependent upon it, as well as of its immediate subordination to the maintenance of the navy—to need to be 'emit:tied of its supreme importenee to the British Empire; you' are also ton well acquainted with the pre sent state of the country, to be ignorant of the exceeding embar rassment and depreciation under which the shipping interest now labours. And we, the undersigned, ship-owners of this port, in now taking the liberty to address you, trust that we need no aro. logy fur calling your atteation to what we conceive to be t:le eltiA cause of that embarrassment and depreciation. A great part of the merchant shopping being employed tie car riers, to and from the manufacturers of the c itintry, could rot rail to be seriously injured by the distress which has, as extensively as suddenly, come noon them : and we are ready to allow that the embarrassment with which the shipping interest is eflacied may in part be attributed to this cause : yet, at the same time, we would beg leave to express to you our deliberate conviction, that another cause has extensively contributed to diminish the employment far British shipping, and to impair its value; and that is, the repeal of tile old navigation laws, under which our mercantile marine has been fostered and promoted to its recent gigantic greatness,—and the introduction of a new system, erroneously named " free trade." In consequence of this innovation, foreign shipping is admitted to a competition with British shipping: and you will easily perceive how unfair this competition is, and how utterly inconsistent the system is with an equal reciprocity of interest to the British and the Foreign shipowner, when you consider, that a British ship, in building and outfit, as well as sailing, costs at least 601. per tent. more than the most of foreign ships do; aiid thus when the British shipowner would realize a profit of 20 per cent. on his destructible c wool, the foreigner must actually be realizing the enormous profit of tto per cent.; and, vire versa, when the farei,ln shipowner is pocketing 20 or 30 per cent., the British shipo Iler most be losing 30 or 40. It is another part of the s; .tar." that the foreigner ex. empted from those extra dues on light - s, pilotage. docks, as well LA outer local charges ; and all this while he can bring with him front his own country such a supply of provisions and stores, at a cheap rate, as to render him in pendent of the tradesmen in our sea ports, who are usually supported by the wants et' the shipping. Phis system of trade seems to be " free" only to foreigners ; acct the effect of it has been, that all the harbours of the kingdom in which trade is carried on with the Continent of Europe, or the United States of America, are crowded with ships from these coml. tries, to an extent that eventually threatens the entire exclusion of our own shipping. Between the years 1816 and 18 4 25, a period, in the latter part of it, of great commercial activity, the arrival of Bri tish shippiag in British ports had increased 40 per cent., while the arrivals of foreign shipping in the same period had increased 160 per cent. And under the present system foreigners must go on en. grossing more sad more of our carrying trade, just so surely as the merchant will always seek out that conveyance for his exports and impons which is the cheapest, other things being equal. The shioping interest would undoubtedly receive some relief from the remission of those taxes which directly affect the building and equipment of slips ; yet even this relief would he chiefly pros peetive, and would be attended with rile evil, viz. the diminution of the value of capital already vested in shipping; as it is plain that any change of system which would redeye the price of new Odes. must, even in a greater ratio, diminish the value of old ones; and thus, according to the ordinary practice of British leeislation, in similar cases, any extensive reduction of duties that effects the building and equipment of vessels, would give to the actual holders of property in shipping a title claim on the public to some compensation ter the deterioration which their property m:ght thereby havesustained. But it would be unreasonable to expect that his Majesty's Ministers, in the percent burdened state of the financrs of the country, could remit taxation to an amount that would greatly benefit the shipping interest. It seems clear, there fore, that the shipowner must look far relief to measures similar to those, the expediency of which is allowed in behalf of our agrieet. turists, silk-weavers, and other classes of priglactive labourers,— vie. protecting duties. As the British shipowner cannot be re. lieved of taxes, so as to raise him to the same 'vantage ground with the foreign shipowner, the latter must he taxed when his ships are employed in carrying British merchandise, so as to bring him acwo to an equality with our British shipowners. And unless this system is adopted, allow us to assure You. Sir, that ottr own interests, and those of all the shipowners of the king dom, must receive a deep and lasting injury; anti the naval supe riority of Britain, with which under Providence our national in. dependence and glory hare been long identified, will be brought into the most imminent danger. May we therefore beg that you will exert all your influence, both with his Mitjesty's Government art in the Legislature, in procuring a repeal of the recent measures to which we have alluded ; and the enactment of such measures as would divest foreigners of the advantages which they at preset - it possess over our own countrynten, in carrying Colonial as well at: British merchandise ? We remain, with sontiment or FIRE IN SPITALEIELDS.—About one la clock oil Suer day morning a fire broke out in the lareinises, in Booth street, Spitalfields, o c cupi e d by *M r . Mil ner , t h e pac k er and presser in the Ohl 'Change. Mr. Milner occupied the prentist s in Booth -street in the business of calico-glazing and hot-pressing, and the fire was first discovered issuing from the top of the warehouse used as a drying-room, containing R large quantity of valuable property, which is now completely destroyed, and the premises considerably damaged. Nothing but the speedy arrival of engines, and the great exertions of the firemen, could have preserved, any part of the buildings from total destruction. Mr. Milner has a steam-engine on the premises, for the pur. pose of carrying on his business, and it is supposed that the due from the engine-house, which immediately joins the drying-room, ignited the latter. The property was in. /lured. On Sour(lav afternoon, as a barber in the Kirkgate, Leith, was sharing one of his customers. anti eating aw apple at the time, by some means it atttck in hie th roxt awl choked him, so that he died almost itni.tantly, Itstviv.: At wife and large family. . is