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Au4llo-111ellean •• ..... elm ft:. 47; die 41ruellian ..... • .................... lOO 15 121 pm 6ritiete Iron ........... ........ ......... 100 32i 26 Ws oriteu. and Kvirito Unto 141211 lOO II die I,a Pas, and Peruvian ANS.INIMEIOO 30 5 4/1111s Upped Mt:lean .......... • . ..... . 40 2 11 die Welch Iruu and Coal 41.1EVRA'SCII COMPANIES. .. 100 10 4; pm Uttaistian XISCZLLANIOUS. ?rowfoetal Hank of (Inland lOO 2 b dts - *-;‘77:-: 441 -it Nv* • - 44,4 0 I • •-• • rite Brittgitt Vrtogi. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. This Evening, MONDAY, Augu92l, will be performed the new Grand Serlo•Comic Opera of THE ORACLE; or, THE INTERRUPTED SACRIFICE. The principal Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Perkins, J. 0. Atkins, H. Ph ldpa , Sapio, sad Thorne ; Misses Paton, Hamilton, and Guward. After which, the new Comic Operetta, called LYING MADE EASY. The principal Characters by Messrs. Bartley. Thorne, and Wrench, Misses Carr and Bodes. To conclude with the Musical Farce of AMATEURS AND ACTORS. David Dulcet, Esq., Mr. Penman ; Mr. 0. P. Bustle, Mr. G. Penson , Wing, Mr. Wrench; Elderberry, Mr. Bartley; Geotfry Muthncap, Mr. Keeley. bliss Mary Hardacre, Miss Roden. • ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Under the especial Patronage of his Majesty. • THE TWO LAST WEEKS. Tile Hamlin!, MONDAY, the Proprietors will hare the honour of eele• orating the Annivers try of the NATAL DAY of hl. Royal Highness the Lake of CLARENCE, by &splendid NAVAL GALA, with a constant sue tendon of Entertainments the entire Evening, on the saner magnificent scale as on the Birth-day of his Royal Highness, the Duke of York. tp wards or la,eloo additional Lamps, in various Naval Trophies. Emblem...l: v. The CONCERT will be appropriate, and embrace the talents of ails, 'Plods. Miss Love, Miss Helene. Mr. Brabant, Mr. Sinclair, Signor lie Mr. Taylor, Mr. Illorncastle, Mr. Robinson, Master Barker, and Tenney. Letder of the Band, Signor Spagnoletti. Conductor, Mr. !tedium The bsautiful Moonlight Scene of the Ruins of nn Italian Abbey, pro eaottel by the celebrated Mr. Stanfield, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, writ: be again exhibited. Mr. WILSON, on the TIGHT ROPE, will exhibit his surmising Evo lution. in a complete Change of Performances, amongst which au entire nurel:y. called "The Carnival of Venice, or a Masquerade on Two Tight Ropes," by air. Wilson, assisted by the Young American, Introducing and Family, with Comic Dancinr. Re. 4). this Evening. for the fifth tine, will be pee formed a new Ballet, eatitlei IL CORONAMENTE DELLA ROZIGItE, Comp fled by Mont. B. Vestrts ; the Music by Mr. G. H. Rodwell ; the :scenery by Mr. Thorne. Principal Dancers e—Macisme Pauline Rossin i.). and :eion.leur B. Vestris ; Mesdames Colson, Adelaide, and Blanca glans'. our Sullivan. and the Two Ridgways, who will Dance au entirely noes Grotesque Pa. de Deux. Iturinu the Evening, Mr. BLACKMOBE will exhibit his usual Evolu te the SLACK ROPE. A Mi :tory Baud will play at interval), during the Evening, In the lit44,r3tra. 1 he enerlealled D'Ernst has had In preparation, many weeks past, an sVelthen of FIRE WORKS. In the last Omni Piece the YOUNG AMERICAN will make hit TERRIFIC ASCENT to the Moorish Tower, and Descend amidst Volnenes of Fire. ,ors open at Seven o'Cloc'l.—Concert begins at Ilalf-past Eight A I Maalox it . _ Barrtsn PRESS commenced publishing on Saturday morainic at live o'clock. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGLIT 21, 1826. The Et.ile of Saturday, with the French Morning Pa pers of the preceding day, have ionised. The principal feature of importance in them is the intelligence from Por tugal. The return of the French Discovety Ships from tar South Seas is also mentioned in these Papers. From the Etuik of Saturday, Aug. 19.1 PARIS, AUGUST 18. We have letters from Madrid, or the 9th flu dust, to the fol lowing effect : - _ Ao extraordinary courier hu brought us news from Portuga?. The Infanta bad a grand drawing-room on the occasion of the oath to the charter. The Nuncio, the Spanish Ambassador, and the Russian Charge d'Affaires, were not present. The 31inister of Prnstia went, after having made a kind of declaration of reserve. hloweveT, those members of the Diplomatic body who were not present at the taking of the oath went two days after to the Court, to compliment the Princess Regent. " The revolutionary cockades of the preceding years appear again in the creets, where the monks and even secular clergy are is suited. " The Princess Regent has written to General Saldanha, Cover not of Oporto, praising his conduct against the parthems of Don bliguel ; and others mention his inability to govern with a Council of Regency, which, by virtue of the charter, she is going to dissolve. While these things were going on in Lisbon, the provinces be. tame the theatre of anti-constimtional re-action in favour of Don Niguel. Fresh troubles have broken out at Oporto. Evota, Elves, Chases, and Brag:mu: the province of Trasms-Alontes, in par ticular. is greatly agitated. The nephew of General Silveira as at the head of a party of Royalists. Several General Officers have gore to Spain ; the soldiers who go to Spain are disarmed as soon as they enter the Spanish territory. Thy Portuguese Authorities on the frontiers, in conformity with cartels of exchange, have claimed these detachments from the Governor of liadajor, who has referred to his Government. •• M. Gomez, Charge d'Affaires of Portugal at Madrid, has sent his resignation to his Court. " 1 he Portuguese who aye at Paris yesterday took the oath to the Portuguese charter at the Hotel of the Embassy; among them were the Count de Penafiel, the Marquis de Fronteira, Count tie Vella. flex, who are named members of the Chamber of Peers ; the Via. count de San Lorenzo, J.V. Banto Zeio, and Jove Maria de Arango, formerly deputy to the Cord ; Silvestri Pinheira Ferriers, Minister or State, formerly Minister for Foreign Anna; General Pam phlona, Count de Subserra, formerly Minister of War, and lately Ambassador at Madrid; Francis Solana Constantin, formerly Mi nister of Portugal at Washington ; General Sepulveda, formerly Governor of Lisbon • halms Vanzelier, formerly Superior Officer; linarique Correa tieraldes, brothers, &c." ]From the 11:: , te.] Pants, Arra. 17. Prince 3lettemich has arrived at Johannisberg, but without the numerous suite that usually accompanies him in his ,journeys. He has with him only his son, who is attached to the Austrian Lege rton at London, and the Aube Counsellor Count de Alerey.* It attetr.s rerr:in that there will not be at Johannisberg either an Euro pean or a German Congress; and if we may believe persons who hive means of knowing the secrets of Cabinets, many fears that may have been conceived for the future vanish in proportion as the q anions which gave rise to them are taken up. (From Gafigruull's Ales:ever of Friday.) Pants, AUG. 10. Extract of a letter of the 2101 t ult., from St. Peteraburgh : " Ir. order to afford facilities to trade at home, and industry in the towns, the Emperor has ordained, that front the first of January rash the fines shall be considerably diminished. The charges fur limner. are also to be reduced. The inhabitants of the country will be at liberty to buy and sell goods at fairs, and to trade in boats, &c. All fines pronounced during the year against persons dealing wititout licences have also been declared null and void." A letter of the first init. from C'essel says, " More than 304) per sica of the circle of Fmnkenburg haring declared their resolution to emigrate to Brasil, and poverty making considerable lamentable progress in that canton, the Government liar sent a commission there to open new soureta of support to the inhabitants. This 'ma awe will be more likely to put an end to the moods fur emigration than all the proclamations that can he is:tied." Intelligence is rumoured to have reached the Alinisterof the In. tlrtor of the arrival in Corsica of 10.000 Utak& These unfelt. titcate people have left their country, the seat of warfare, and come to seek the protection of the French I imvernment. The Prefect of 'aisles has received them with kindness, and already 100,COOfrtmcs ar • said to have been placed at ISIS disposal for their present sup- TLair arrival will prove of great benefit to the island, as 1.1.• re is a great want of inhabitants. Not more than one half of the i.;:md is cultivated. rrom tht Journal 41,1 IWO*, Aug. 18.1 (1111VATE COIIRESPONULNCE.) • MADRID AUG 7 • . - The Vovemor of the Council of Castillo has achtrenNed the f u t. lotwing letter to the President of the Criminal Tr ibu nal : " The late events in Portuipil call upon the Government to direct • the Etnile raentionl •o Darns de Port and de Slim, and Obenliar Neuwolt.' . r o t I THE BRITISH PRESS. Its attention to the means best calculated to prevent the evils with which Spain would be threatened if the doctrines proclaimed at Lisbon were to be 'Unhappily disseminated in title country ; doc trines which are desti uctive and subverrive of that order which it is necessary for us to marl - Jain ' so that the sovereignty of the King mir !flamer be the more firmly established—the only authority from which we may expect to derive happiness, and not from the innova liens which have been formerly iniroduced, and which attempts will no dould be now made to reproduce. " Although with this view the Government has already taken all the measures which it has deemed expedient, and especially such Its will tend to keep away from Spain 131 the revolutionists issuing from Portugal, and to stop drone who should have already entered its territory, nevertheless it is expedient to proceed to the adoption of such further measures as will contribute to the maintenance and preservation of public order and tranquillity; for it would not suffice to refuse admisseon to revolutionists if individuals should exist among us capable of disturbing that order and tranquillity. " Therefore, in so grave a matter, no precaution bring super fluous, I desire that your Lordship will direct the Court to take into consideration whatever may appear expedient with respect to private individuals, and that it may further give the moat precise orders to the Justices in towns and villages, within its jurisdiction, carefully to watch over the actions of such individuals as in the public opinion should be supposed to be partisans of the constitu tional systeni, so that they may be prosecuted with all the rigour of the laws, as disturbers of public order, if they made themselves obnoxious by seeming to be proud of the events which are now pass ing in Lisbon." Expresses arrive here every day, sent by the Governors of Bads jot, Ciudad-Rodrigir, and Zamora. The events of Chaves and Es !retool are already known at Madrid, and our Apostolicana are overcome with joy they assert that in the province of Tras-oe- Monies a junta has been formed similar to that which, during our Revolution, had been formed at Scu d'Urgel ; hut, according to letters from selves, of the :td, the movements in the province of Tros-ns-Montes are far from bearing the importance our A postoli ems would give them. Those letters, which also make known that the insurgents have gone into Spain, are confirmed as far as they relate to the trifling importance attached to the revolt at Tras-oa 31ontes, by the intelligence received by the police, from which it appears that the nunifur of Porruguese who have entered Spain only amount; to 532; and even in this number are included several French, and sortie Austrians, whom the fear of being insulted in Portugal has induced to join the deserters, and repair to Spain. The French Ambassador rec.ived on the Scl an extraordinary messenger from Paris, and immediately after he took post.horae to join the King. The report has been circulated, since his departure, that a fresh corps of French troops will come into Spain, and cam- Wish its cantonments in the provinces beyond the Ebro. - - lasnoNOtratisr 6. All the Foreign Ambassadors at our Court did not attend the ceremony of taking the oath to the Constitution. Those of France, England, Sweden, and the United States of America, only, were present - . On the day of this ceremony, the Commission charged with the framing of the instructions to be given for the nomination of the Deputies to the Cortes. presented its report to the Princess Regent : and it is asserted that the Chambers will tie convoked in the month of October next, some say the 12th (the birth-day of the King Dan Pedro, Emperor of Brazil), and others pretend that the day fixed upon is the 19th. [Venni the Canslitnlionarl, August 181 Extract of a private letter, dated Lisbon, 2d August:—" An Equerry of the Princess Regent has just been sent off to Madrid, hearer of an autograph letter addreasedeby her Royal Ilighnews to Ilk Majesty King Ferdinand Vii. The Infanta Isabella Maria, it is suit!, complains bitterly in this letter, that the Spanish military ieerrnont have taken upon themselves to ciliate, in the moat acan. claims manner, the principles of national rights, and the rules of good neighbourhood, in permitting whole regiments, in open rebel lion against their legitimate Government, to enter in a warlike manner. with banners displayed, and preceded with music, the ter ritory of a friendly Dower. " The Spanish Government is. perhaps, a stranger to this viols. l tion of all public duties; but this, at all events, is a melancholy proof of that spit it of anarchy which does not cease to prevail in - pain. Humanity does. indeed, require that neighbouring States shonld grant an asylum to the victims of the civil discords who present themselves, singly aml without armt, to seek a refuge against the effects of political re-action. We admire the enlightened spirit of the ag , , which justly condemns the barbarous practice of expatria. lion liar political causes, which it would be absurd to confound with ordinary crimes; ; but we conceive it to be the duty of a friendly power to repulse with force the armed masses which would cross its frontier and violate its territory. The depot of arms in the houses, Iron: whence the rebels could take them at will, is but an illusury measure. and an act of hypocrisy. " If prudence directs the counsels of the Madrid Cabinet, we must believe that the Regent's letter will produce effect, and that severe, clear, and decisive orders. will put a stop to such abuses, which might otherwise be productive of the most disastrous conse quences; :oil we drive from us the thought of being compelled to use reprisals. The consequences of such an altetnittive might be easily calculated by those who are acquainted with the situation of the Peninsula." Another letter from Lisbon, dated the 2d August, contains the following p tssage:— " Publi , rejoicings and a general illumination have been ordered to he held three days. There was no need of any order, oecause the joy oldie Portuguse was already complete and universal. They have manifested it in all manners. Great expense has been made for the illuminations, which, in fact, are magnificent. Garlands of verdure, triumphal arches. obelisks ornamented with inscrip tion., allegoric figures, and the portraits of the Emperor Dan Pedro IV. and of the young Queen, as well as the Infanta Regent, have been put up at different places, and in the principal streets. The crowd in the streets was so great yesterday and theday before, that there was hardly any room to circulate. The Regent, however, was not afraid to mix with it ; she showed herself every where until midnight, making the hor.es of her coach go at a slow pace, and snipping frequently. The enthusiasm she excited is indescribable, and she appeared pleased with the repeated exclamations of rivet, to which her presence gave occasion. She yesterday published a proclamation replete with noble sentiments. It is believed that the rejoicings will not be confined to the three days originally intended, for triumphal arches are preparing anew. No patrols have been seen among the crowds in the rejoicings, and yet no disorder has been heard. . . . —•• The English squadron on the Tagus has not only repeated ill the salutes of the Lisbon forts during the ceremony of the oath, but was also spread mit in all their colours during the whole day,lin the manner she would have been on the most solemn occasion in Eng land. The garrison took the oath yesterday morning and in the afternoon was passed in review by the Princess Regent, who ap peared before the troops bearing the insignias of a General." [ From the Paris Papers of Thursday.l LISBON, Atm. G. The grand review, on the Ist inst. was commanded by Lieut.. General Palmeirini, having under his orders Staffi.3lajor Antonio Cordova. At Chaves. the Marquis of Chaves, the Count d'Amarante. has Issued a proclamation in favour of 1)on Miguel, but new Com mandants were sent some days since to Chaves and to Braga. At Estremos half of the 17th infantry, atal eighty men of the 2d cayslry regiments. 'deserted under the orders of the Lieutenant- Colonel of the 17th. The Colonel and the greater proportion of the officers remained. The Nth regiment of infantry, a battalion of chassenrs, and some pieces of cannon, set out on the 3d inst. to re store order at Estremos. The Journals of the South announce that Count d'Amarante has quitted Madrid to put hint4elt at the head of the Portuguese troops that have refused to make oath to the constitution. _ A (iceman journal, printed at Paris, relates that the Bishop of Spire, in Bavaria, who (lied a few days ago, in the 112 d year of hit age. and left twenty thousand florins to his cathedral, was not hu rled, like his predecessors, in a chapel in his chtitch, and the clergy refused to attend his funeral, because the venerable Pastor wais"iccused of sorcery. The Civil and Military Authorities, and the inhabitants of the town, accompanied the remains to the ceme tery where they were interred. Since this event (says the same Journal) the people of Spire are so incensed against the clergy that they dare not appear in the streets. The Authorities have made a report upon the adhir to the King of Bavaria. The live millions arrived at Havre from Hayti, on board the cor. vette L'llehe, ::re in Spanish gold coin. The Ilaytian Commis sinner who accompanies this sum is charged to pay it over to the Caisse des Bcpots et Consignations. FaEwcn FUNDS.—PwaIs, AUGUST 18.—Five per Cents. 100 f. 3lk. ; Three per Cents. Golf. 10c. Bank Stock, 2,005 r. Bente' de Naples, 72f. frOe. Renter d'Espagne, 91. Royal Spanish Loan, f. Bay tian Loan, 6721.40 e. Exchange en Lo.tdon, one moruh, 251. ace—Colin Atitheutique. We have received the Brussels Papers to the 19th inst. 'file following are extracts : . HAGUE, AUG. 12. The following pattieiders h.ive been communicated to us relative to the disorders w hich at preseat prevail in Friesland and Gro ningen. " These disorders are fevers which carry off a great number of people. Persons who are indisposed in the evening, and whose illness was not thought by the physicians to be dangerous, hav e died in the same night. According to the reports there are at Groningen from 6 to 7,000 sick, which is nearly a fourth of the population. The number of the dead is said to be 70. (The //ogre Gazelle, as has been before mated, gives the number of deaths from 7th July to 7th August st 270.) " There have been some doubts respecting the causes of the cis. order; it Is however ascribed to the water in the wells havin g b een spoiled by the sea water during the inundations; some persons also r as a en-operating cause the immoderate use of fresh her. rungs, which ore sold at about 2d. per 100, and to the abundance of stia fish, which is perhaps neither very good, fresh, nor of good quality. We recollect that two plus after the inundation in 1775, when the sea broke through the dykes of Friesland, malignant fevers prevailed to that province." Barest:l.s, A mo. 17. The accounts which we receive from the Provinces of the King dom all agree in speaking of the fineness and abundance of the harvest ibis year. May good laws and wise regulations enable us to enjoy the fruits with which nature and the industry of our culti vators enrich the country, a species of wealth which, t.hatever may be said or dose, will always be werlhy of Jre sptcial care mid pro. section of the Government. A better system of taxation and duffel' is the indispensable condition called for by our wants, our external prosperity, and one connexions with`fm.dgn countries. BRUSSELS. Auo. 18. Mr. Ward, Secretary to the English Legation at Vienna, set out yesterday for that capital. An extraordinary courier of the English Government passed thine...Jr this city yesterday, coming from London with despatches fur the Duke of Devonshire at Macaw. VIENNA, Avo. 7. Several Cabinet :Ilessengen have lately brought despatches from Petersburg and Constantinople to the office of the Minister for Po , r:i:n Affiars. After having been read by the Archduke Louis, who acts fur the Emperor in his absence, they were forwarded to Prince Metternich at Johannisberg. Important despatches have also been received from Lisbon, as well for our Court as for the Infant Don Miguel. It is said that this Prince has had a pretty long interview with the Archduke Louis, and that his Imperial Hishneas then despatched couriers to the Emperor and to Prince Metternich. There is still a report of the approaching marriage of the Portu guese Prince with an Anstrirn Archduchess. This, however, is only a report, nothing official having yet been:published. ',From the Austrian Observer VIENNA, Auo.B. According to the latest accounts from the Mores, received in Corfu. Ibrahim Peelle was in the south part of the Peninsula, em ployed, as it seems, in subduing the Mainotes. The Captain of a vessel, who arrived on the 3d .Ittly . at Prevesa, from the south mutt of the 3lorea, affirmed that Ibrahim, tatter having met with some resistance between Armyro and Kitries, had not only entirely suc ceeded in his enterprise, but hail even been joined by 4000 Mai notes, under the command of one Allegino. The Straskier, Itedschid Pacha. was said, in accounts from Pre vette, to have been at the end of June in Livadia. Several of the principal leaders of the insurgents in these parts are raid to have submitted to hi i. in this expedition, and. among others, the brother ttf Stumari, who fell in die sally from Missolonghi, in the night of •ltd April. We have received Jamaica Papers to the 7th July. The Hope Packet was to sail from that Island on the 11th ult. IVe subjoin a few extracts:— [From the Jamaica Courant.] By the Packet we learn that the Congress of Bogota had passed several laws with a view of benefiting public credit and the re venue. One takes one-.ixth of the salaries from all persons em ployed by Government; and an increase tai laid on persons re siding in Colombia. We learn that after the let of this month all vessels going from this to Colombia will require to have a certificate with all goods they may carry over. There has been a rumour of late, founded no doubt upon Lord Suffield's motion in the House of Lords, that no public officers are to be the possessors of slaves. The slaves of the Rector of St. Anne's, bought solely for domestic purposes, have taken advantage of the report, and have nearly all left 11.4 service, for imagined freedom, fully assured that he has not the power to detain them. It is, however, to be hoped, that the speedy apprehension of these people will check a rumour, in every point of view so prejudicial.— /loyal Gazette. JAMAICA. JULY 4. The electioi for the parish of St. George took place on Satur day, when John Hell and John Jacob Stamp were chosen to serve in the ensuing assembly. At a Meeting of the Doncaster Agricultural Society, which took place lately, the subject of the Corn Laws was treated in a manner somewhat new among agriculturists. The speech of Lord MILTON, in favour of an alttration in the laws, merited particular attention. If agriculturists still indulge their fears, after all the proofs which have been given of their futility, it must be left to experience to convince them of their mistake. The alarm in the silk trade, from the anticipation of the repeal of the duties on the importation of French manufactured goods, is exactly sitni!ar to that which seems already to pervade the agricultural interest, and, as in the case of that trade, it will be found that the reality is here much less than their fears. Oar silk manufacturers now see that there is no difficulty in rivalling the foreigner either in quality or cheapness. Let our agriculturists come forward as man fey as the silk trade has done, and they will find that the fertility of the earth is limited only by the degree of skill and labour employed in its cultivation. People seem to gine, when we mention this, that we refer solely to the waste lands. We refer to them partly, but more to the general modes of cultivation throughout the country. If the saute diligence were used in improving the fertile tracts in many parts rf England, which has been found necessary to render the comparatively barren districts of Scotland equally productive with these naturally fruitful territories, there is no doubt that the superior grounds, with proper care, would yield much snore than they do at present un der a negligent and unenterprising mode of cultivation. The agricultural interest is at present actually afraid of raising too much grain, for fear of lowering the prices. In support of our argument, we have only to appeal to the conviction of every observer, whether lie thinks that the must active and well-directed exertions are uniformly made throughout the country, in order to increase the pro duce of farms; or whether agnorance and prejudice do not in many parts of England direct the labours of agricul ture more frequently than the sound principles of husband ' rv, which are known to the philosophical farmer, but are but partially carried into practice by the greater number of our farmers? The Report of the Parliamentary Com mittee on Emigration is, in every respect, a most important document, and the facts detailed in it give rise to nume rous reflections. It certainly establishes the fact that emigration would be a means of relief, and it proposes a method by which the expense of this emigration would be defrayed; but as the burden would fall, in the first in ' stance, on the parishes or land-owners, it would only be a change in the application of the poor-rates, not a dimi nution ; for the natural tendency of population to increase would produce a constant sucension of emigrants, if means were not taken to prevent that tendency. Of this the Committee appears to be aware. We cannot help saying, therefore, that the application of the poor-rates in the way which we have frequently suggested would be a far more eligible method of mitigating the sufferings of the poor. CITY, SATURDAY EVENINO. Various rumours were afloat at the opening of the Mo ney ::Jarket this morning, amongst the most prominent of which, one was, that Government were in possession of in telligence of an unwelcome nature from the North of England : another, that Mr. CANNING was to proceed im mediately to Paris, on the subject of a Spanish Consti tution : and a third reiterated the alarming falling off in the Quarter's Revenue. In point of fact, however, u the private letters from the country were wholly silent on the subject of any particular occurrence in the manufacturing districts, it is fair to infer that nothing of the nature in sinuated had taken place ; and the most prominent report having thus failed in confirmation, the others may be sup posed to be " weak inventions of the enemy." With the exception of one transaction—that of an eminent broker having purchased 200,0001. Stock for the October Account, at per cent. continuation, there was very little doing, and a very thin attendance. 'l' he transaction just alluded to would tend to show an opinion that Consols will rise ; but there was nothing in the character of the market to-day that could justify such a presumption ; and it did not ap pear that the example of the individual in question was generally, or, indeed, at all, followed. At the close of the market, Consols bore a qinitati (((( of 7s. I, both Gm Mo ney and the Account. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds show each an advance of since ye• , terday. In the Fo reign Market, the only business done was in South Ame rican Bonds. Mexican have varied from 43il to 418, at which price they closed. The business in Colombian was of a very limited nature. which finally left off at 3t. A Leeward Island Mail arrived this morning, hut did not bring any news from the Republics. The supporters of the Colombian Market assert that Mr. Coes on KN . :: re ! turn is occasioned by ill health alone ; the contrary, how ever, is the fact. That Mr. COCKBURN is in bad health is most true ; but his not proceeding further than Carthagena, arose wholly from the general state of affairs in Venezuela— as well from the disaffection of Pa c 7. to the Supreme Go vernment, as other causes, which induced bin, to suppose that his servic ea were not lik e l y to b e requ i re d at p resent . The express from Paris gives a fell in French Rentea and 'f hree per Cents.; the former to 100 f. 1,0 c., the latter to 60f. 1.5 e., which produced a consequent depression here, par being the last quotation fur the Reines this afternoon. In Shares, Brazilian only shoo , any buginess, and they have declined full V. per share since yesterday. Dr. Nisemichael has arrived in town from a vi.it to the Duke of York. His Royal Highness bore the journey from London extremely well, and took his usual daily airings from the Psvilicii. S:r Herbert Taylor, Military Secretary to the Duke of York, left town on Saturday afternoon for the King's Pa vilion, Brighton, on a visit to the Royal Duke. The Duke of Gloucester attended divine service yester day at St. George's Church, Ilanover-square. Mr. Secretary Canning left town yesterday afternoon, for Brighton. Mr. Secretary Peel held a conanhation on Sattuday with Mr. Secretary Canning and Mr. Huskisson, at the Foreign Office. After the consultation Mr. Peel sent off Mr. New man, the King's Messenger, with despatches for the Earl of Liverpool, at Langothlin, North Wales, where his Lord s!..ip has gone on a tour of some weeks. The Countess of Eldon is recovering from her late in diposition. Comma THEATRE.—The tale of the Death Fetch has made its appearance at this theatre in a dramatic shape ; and though a story which appeals to the higher powers of the imagination is not perhaps the best adapted for illus tration by scenic representation, the manner in which this piece has been produced not only does great credit to the dramatic adapter, Mr. H. Milner, and to the manager, but actually realizes and heightens all the leading features of the story. The incidents of the piece are so judiciously compressed together, that the excitement never for a mo ment flags or diminishes. The acting was very highly cre ditable to the establishment. It is not paying Rowbothain a very high compliment to say that lie infinitely excelled Mr. Archer. With Miss Kelly it is hazardous to institute a comparison; but we may say of Miss Watson, that she left nothing to be desired. The scenic contrivances were very admirably managed. The rapturous applause which attended the performance induces us to augur that it will be a decided favourite. Arossuno it, Avo. 11.—We yesterday communicated, says the Munich Ga::ette, the account of the fate of the conspirators in Russia, stating that, besides the principals, who were hanged, others were condemned to labour in the mines, some for life, others for different periods. Great criminals are, in general, sent to the silver mines at Nert sehinsk, on the frontiers of China. Even the journey to this place, which is 200 62rman (WO English) miles from St. Petersburgh, may be called a capital punishment, as the criminals most go the whole way on foot, fastened together by a long chain, so that great numbers sink under their hardships on the road. Those who are let down into tl:e mines for life (this is the fate reserved for Prince Trubetzkoi, among others) are considered as already dead ; the prayers fur the dead are said for them, and earth is thrown upon their bodies as on a corpse that is to be interred. But even of those who are condemned for some years only to this most unwholesome abode, and the hard labour of mining, hardly one ever returns to the surface of the. earth. This dreadful place of punishment soon destroys the strongest constitutions ; and even if they escape with life, their fate is like that of the individuals condemned on the 24th July, so that they can never again leave Siberia, and Nertschinsk a situated in that part of Russia. A Mail from La Guayra has arrived, bringing Caracas Papers to the 29th June. The Columbiana of the preced ing day contains an extremely long article, chiefly on the propriety of establishing a federal system in Colombia. The following arc some of the concluding observations:— " In carrying this measure into effect, however, various con. siderations pre-ent themselves—such as the face of the country, Its population, and revenues. We believe that no one, after the fatal experience of 1810, contemplates the minute scale of federation then incautiously adopted. As a general outline, we would suggest that the Republic should be divided, according to its ancient limits, into three grand sections, with a Sectional Legislature in each; that is to say, one in the ancient Captain-Generalship of Venezuela, a second in that of New Grenada, and a third in Quito. Circum stances might admit, however, of a somewhat more minute divi sion, such as Legislatures in Guayaquil and Carthagena ; the ca pital of etch Legislature should of course be as cents. 1 as possible, and the duties of their Sectional Legislatures would be limited to the protection and advancement of their respective sections, not including, however, the appropriation of their revenues, anti the amount of their armies., two points essentially the province of the General Congress, as a check to conquest and to the mutual ambi. tion and encroachments of the sections. These Legislatures would be well and ably conducted by men with very moderate talents, provided they go to the task with good principles, animated by a desire for the advancement and happiness of their country. It is imagined by some persons, that great difficulties will present them selves in this particular. AVe see none, however, inasmuch as no abstruse questions of foreign or national policy tan come before them. The state of their roar'.:, their agriculture, commerce, po pulation, and education, are the most important topics to be dis cussed ; and though, in the outset, they may, through inexperience. handle even these matters roughly, they will be in the right path, and acquire fresh vigour as they advance. The General Congress should be established in the centre of the Republic, and would cc cesaarily demand, in its members, greater talents and acquirements than are needed in the subordinate Legislatures. Tbeir number should, however, be the fewest possible, and those well paid for their labour and for their banishment from their families and inte rests. We confess we cannot see the difficulty or the inexpediency of this change. It seems to us that the will of the people (we speak of them collectively, and not as belonging to this or that de partment) should be the will of those who preside over theta; nor can we admit a pretension on the part of the latter, apart from the sanction it derives from the former. In short, we behold a federal form of government matured in Mexico and Guatiniala, and ad vancing to maturity in Buenos Ayres and Chili ; whilst in Colom bia, Peru, and Boltvia, alone, do we behold the contrary.•" The fallowing letter of instructions from Earl Bathurst to Colonel Young, who is gone out to the colony of Deme rara as the Protector and Guardian of Slaves, will be read with interest. It evinces, throughout, the most marked anxiety to have it inculcated, that the obligations of the slave to the owner, so far from being, in any degree, weakened by the system of amelioration, which is sought to be introduced, ought, on the contrary, to be strengthened, in consideration of the protection granted to their just rights : . . . Downing-street, 12th Ap:11, 1826. Sir,—Previouttly to your taking possession of the very arduous and important situation to which you have been nppointed as pro tector of slaves, it is necessary that I should convey to you some special instructions for the regulation of your conduct iu the exer cise of its various duties. It will be your particular duty, as protector of slaves, to watch over the faithful execution of all such provisions or regulations with respect to the treatment of alaves as are at present in force in Dente rare, or as many at any future time be established there by any law ful authority. YOU will, if necessary, apply to the Local Government for any facilities which may give you a more complete opportunity of re ceiving and considering complaints which may be preferred by the slaves against their owners, or any other persons exercising a dele. gated authority over them ; and you will not fail to make a report to the Lieutenant-Guertnor, which will be transmitted to me, on the subject of any pi acticAt impedimenta which may be found in the execution of any part of your duty. You will not deem it necessary in all eases to wait to receive com plaints from the slaves themselves; but it . you shall hear of any unwarrantable treatment to which any slave or any gang of slaves are exposed, you will repair to the estate, and there institute a dili gent inquiry into the conduct of those persona who may be respon sible upon the occasion. rou'will not, however, forget, in the execution of your office, that it is also your duty to secure all the legal rights of the pro. prictor, as well as of the slave, as far as Oil , are involved in any transaction with you as protector. You Inuit exercise a constant discretion in impressing upon the minds of the slaves in the roost forcible manner, that the measures which have been provided fur their protection are in no degree to interfere with the unremitting practice of industry and obcdiecce, to which, under prescribed regulations, their owners are by law en titled ; but, on the cbntrary, that those duties are the more strictly to be observes! by them in proportion as the law and regulation in terpose, to prevent any improper exercise of the authority of the muster. Von must explain to them, that although they may always ex pect to find in you a vigilant friend and protector in all cases where melt protection can be properly required, they will at the same time find you entirely determined to discountenance any frivolous and unfounded complaints which may be preferred by them against their masters. _ . Von will not fail to make it your early and peculiar study to tia on the minds of the slaves, by such arguments and explanations as are suited to their state of inthrmation and comprehension, the principles which are contained in this letter, and whcili pervade all that course of legislation which his 'Majesty's Government Inter established and recnnimended in pursuance of the resolutions of both (Louses of Parliament. I have, &c. (Signed) BATHURST. Lieut.•Cul. Young, Protectoral Slaves." le f ,-. 7 ,.... r -F.....--,1 "."--,,y,*,,.--::_c7 ' - '"--.---r - C.;i.l- - 4.-, 440 ......... .: ~„ ,___c—• -. go . 1 4 ----, • — • ,^ "-- -- ' -- tf . ' -`>- :" " 4 '' 1.-. & f... 5. -- --'- 'l,c. - S ---C; g 14741 _ • ..,-- .4-- ' • ' - .- - 4 4- ....,,. F RENCH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. The French frigate Thetis, and the Espersticv corvette commanded by Baron Bougainville and NI. Bunn [O l , have arrived at Brest 'after a voyage of twentye,: h ; months. The Thetis sailed from Brest 211 Nlarch kar and joined the Esp, ranee on the 19th MayM!kwing iti the harbour of Bourbon. M. de Bougainville witnessed at Macao the burning of the convent of St. Claire, the nuns of which were so earnest in remaining faitlifnl in th it vows, that one of them was burnt, and in ordt r to save tl e others from the same fate, the pr iest of a t , eighla, er i,:,, parish was °bilged to seize in their prrseitce a n ( 2 the Virgina, and to call on the min the name of th e to follow him. In Cochin China the Eint.eror eauu:tl tt•• ' French Captains to be assured that the Frtneli cotton! rt.:O should always he favoured in his dominions. li. th e ginning of March, 1825, the vessels dist:ovtl. l l in th e Anambas a magnificent basin, to , which M. de Bomtaiovii gave the Haute of Clermont . fonoor re , , Le l,t of July they anchweil at Sydney, in New Ilollatol, :pal in ati excursion which the two Captains made with tits ittverottr, Sir Thomas Brisbane, they discovered a cataract, the 1..!1 of which is LAO feet, to which Sir had tilt: politeness to give the name B ttuoinvdlo. Tht. French officers were also indebted to his complaistittee fcr able to erect a monument to the immortal l.a Ihrouse on the sea shore, on the spot where the il!ustritet s navigatt, r was encamped in the last place where we ki.ovr of hii having stopped. MANCIIE.YTER, SATCRDAY EVLNING. It is difficult to collect, either from public or private sources of intelligence, the precise state of trade in the tta, nufacturing districts; but although there is a great vita. ante in the published accounts oi trade, it appears to b., admitted on all hands that there is not even a tetn:ency to any further depression. Private letters from Itactalale, Oldham; and Middleton, all agree in repres:•nting tile con. tinned Frtnnese of those markets, and in Maceesfield the silk-manufacturers begin to feel an assurance that in their line they can resist foreign competition. It would • also seem, by the Stackpor: 'Nue, tiler, that the prospects of improvement there are quite cheering ; indeed, there is little doubt but that trade is fast return. ing to that sound and healthy state beyond which it is to be hoped it will not in future be exte teltd. The great difficulty is how to find employment or support fa that portion of the population which the regular and re duced demand for our manufactures must leave unoccu pied. This consideration has become of more importance as the Relief Committee here have ceased giving food to the numerous families who fur some time past depended principally upon charity fur support. It is however gratifying to observe that the pour people received the announcement with exemplary resignation, and I have no doubt but that the public meeting w 1 ich was held here on Thursday had a share in tranquillizing their minds, as the people felt some gratification in seeing tl sir situation attended to and discussed. A circumstance oceurred at the meeting, which convinces me that tae majority of the people are not disposed to encourage any wild or visionary sell-ernes. A man of the name of 111Vil. Hams, who announced himself as a tradesman, and who I understand possesses considerable influence amongst persons of his own condition, was prevented from proceeding to discuss the propriety of regulating the civil list of this country by the salary of the. President of the United States of America. And I believe the assembly would have been as well pleased if the discussion had been altogether confined to the Corn Lawa, the repeal of which, they think, would increase employment, and give them cheap bread. The promoters of the Joint Stock Banking Company are still sanguine in their hopes of getting one tem. blished in Manchester; - but from some captious objec tions which I hear made to the detail of the plan, it is evident that they will have some dlfieulties to encounter from such parties as fancy their influence might he affected by the intended Institution. I understand the Buroughreeve is engaged in making applicatiews to the trustees of several roads, for the purpose of proem-jog rtn• ployment for the adult poor, and it is believed with a chalice of success. LIVERPOOL COII3IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. SATVEDAY, AUCUST 19. The demand for British Plantation Sugar this week has been good, and the sales amount to upwards of 1200 hhds., at an ad vance of Is. on the lower and middling qualities, and full prices for the other sorts. In Molasses we have also had a good demand, and about 600 puncheons have been sold : Trinidad at 23a. a Z. 14. Demerara a 25.. fd. a 24.., and St. Vincent's and Grenada at 25a. a 255. aid. per cwt. In Coffee the prices are steady, and are rather higher for the fine sorts. The Rum market is in. active, little or nothing doing. Some good flavoured Ja maica, recently landed, has been sold at 2s. ltd. per gallon, for lid. over proof. In Ginger or Cocoa nothing don:R.- . 11'e have still a good demand for Pimento. About 35 bags sold at 9fd. a 94d., and expected higher. In Ashes, 400 buts. Montreal Pot have been sold at 2011.0 d. a 21a. for old, and 225. for new ; 200 barrels Pearl at 235. 6d. a 24a. for new. In States Pot nothing done, and only a small lot of Pearl at 2.1.. per cwt. The demand fur Dye wood is more steady. Sales are 70 tons Camoeachy Logwood at 6!. 12a 6.1. ;30 tons Jamaica at 51. a SI. 6.1. ;25 tons Cuba Fustic at 71.5 a. a 71. 155., and a few tons of Jamaica at 61. 7s. ed.; and 50 tons of Nicaragua Wool at 181 aM. 2s. 61 for solid. la Flaxseed 1,000 qrs. Egyptian sold at 375., and 130 hhds. Dutch at 335. per qr. In Hides about 1,200 have been sold. Div salted Brazil at 41.; dry West India sjd, ; anti wet salted New i at 3ld. a per pound. Indigo is rather improving: 19 WOES Guatimaia, by auction, at 3s. ikl. a ss. 9d. ' • 9 moons Ceram& at 45.9 d. la 78.3 d. and 14 chests Bengal at ss. Ild. a 7s. 6d. per round. In Tar the sales are 300 Mr. picked Really at 18s.; 200 barrels Stockholm at 15s. per barrel. In Turpentine 300 bele. bare been sold at Bs. 3d. a 9s. per cwt. In Tobacco about 100 hhds. have been sold at previous prices. In Rice Made doing. In the Corn Market there is little doing. Wheat is looking downwardt, and in Oats the holders tire expecting better prices than the buyers ars a Wing to give. In Qucrcitron Bark nothiee doing. to Olive Oil the demand is limited to small lots for consumption. Palm Oil is dull at 211. a 211.105. In Brimstone nothing dating. Saltpetre is also dull, and goes off slowly at 201. to 231. per ton. We have a very steady increasing demand for Cotton, and rot withstanding the arrivals are consideeable, the prices obtained are higher titan last week ...y about Ad. per lb. The sales of the week amount to *Moot 14,700 bap, coosisfng of 4,300 bags Uelards Georgia, at SAd. a 7d.: 4,20 Alabama, at Aid. a 7d. ; 1,830 New Orleans, a 6d: a 9d. ; 300 Sea Islands, at 12d. a 17d.; 70 Stained Sea Island, at 7ld. a 9d. ; 440 BatMt, at 80. a Old. 650 Pernam bucos, at MI. al Id. ; 350 31aranttatn, at a 91d.; 10 Para, at Old.; 31 Barbadoes, at fiAd. ; 1,1;02 Egyptians at Old. a 110.; and 700 Surats, at 41d. a 5p ,I. per lb- About 1.. - 01 bags on speculation, and 800 bags for exports, in cluded in the above. The import of Cotton this week is 24,902 bags. A King's Messenger was sent off from the Foreign Of!lce yesterday evening, with despatches for the Continent. A most erroneous account of the Newspapers and Banks in this kingdom has appeared in several of the London Papers. Our readers will be convinced of its inaccuracy by the following specimen :—" The City of Oxford has fire Banks, one of which is claimed solely by the Univer sity, to deposit its learned treasures." There are only four Banks in this City, not one of which is claimed solely by the University.—Orford Paper. EXTROORDINARY Ave.lo.—On the 96th April, this year, Count Wirckerbarth presented in person, to the German Diet at Frankfort, a remarkable statement of a claim, a printed copy of which, dated Wack erbarrthrulte, April 1, 1846, has been communicated to us. It appears from this donnuent, that the ancestors of Count Wackerbarth became, in 1565, sureties for Duke Francis the elder, of Saxe Lunenburgh, for the sum of 5000 marks in silver, borrowed for the benefit of the country ; anti as neither the Duke nor the Elder discharged the debt, the sureties were obliged to pay it in ready money, in 1578, with all the interest up to that time, and the expenses, which, according to the present value of money, made 11,500 marks of silver, or, according to the most accurate calculation of persons versed in these matters, 36,500 louis d'ors. Now, notwithstanding all proceedings before the Chamber of the Empire, no part of this sum was ever paid, except 6000 crowns ; and as a capital of .5 per cent. interest is doubled in twenty years, Count Wackerbarth calculatta that the debt, which in 1580 was 30,500 louis-fors, in 1600, 73,000, anti so on doubling in twenty years, amount ed, in 1840, to 900,701,000 lonis-d'ors—a trifle which the Diet is humbly requested to order Hanover, Great Ertslo, and Denmark (the last as the present possessor of 5.1N0 Lunenburgh), to pay without delay.