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,~ ~ 'i .„ nuczs or BUITISR Did Stock 2021 per Cent. Bed. 7149 i a pr Cent. Conc. Tie 7dt Ditto Acct. 711.1 7 1 4 • 31 par C. nt. $t p.tr Cent. B. MI t New .1 per Cent. 94/ 4 per Cent. (18211) 'ODES CON SATE RDAT. Long Ann. It 6.10 India Stock India Bonds South Soa New Annuities 781 Es. Bills 1001. 21 IS pro Ditto SOON. 21 16 pus Ditto 81111111 Lottery Tickets is. PRICES OF FOREIGN Atari:lan Bonds rbl (Ai Colocahtan Bends Ditto Bonds (1024) 96 di Ditto Acct,94.l 5 41 Danish Bonds (1826) 576 Ditto Acct. 38 I Preach Rents" 5 per Cent. 100 f. rocKs ON SATURDAY. Mexican Bonds Ditto Acct. Ditto Bonds (MS: 53! f 0 Si 3 Ditto Acet. 53; 2 Ife e2;3 22 Peruvian Bondy 27 Ditto Acct. 27 Russian Bond. ••4 3 Ditto Acct. 94 1 4 Spanish Bondi 10 91 Ditto Acct. 9; Ditto 510, 9; Ditto Bends ',MX, 7 6 Erchtnre 23f. 60c. Preach Re-tes . per Cent. 6Gf. 3Oc • Groin Bonds Mt , Rends 1623) 13 D.tto Acct 12* 13 PRICES OF SHARI MIN OX SATURDAY. ORS. Share. Paid. 100 15 20.1 Pm loo 6 11 di* 100 6 3; die 460 400 ;.. Afs 400 120 3:1 pm 40 22 9 dia lira*Man Gage and Espirito Bonn) Brasil FlayEen Heal de:Monte..." ..... ........... United 'lexicon ASSURANCE COD•A,III4, At:lance litltioh and Torehan (US LIGHT AND cilia CONIP•NIZS. 100 6 i dis 10 3 dis Coatlneatal . seises LLateaovs. 100 10 Si ilk General Steam Navigation • _ - mot ta. -3, .4... --YL ' ' •••. ..• - - rite Stitifilt eirroo. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. TIM Seen MONDAY. Ang Lit 7, will bet performed , time an entirel new GraW Serlo..corsic Opera, called THE ORACLE; or, THE irrEnarprED SACUIFICF. Prlncipal Characters--Mrows. J. Bland, Perkin., J. O. H . !Whips, Sepia, and Thorne. Ilia. Paton and Meta Hamilton. Attu which the new Comic Operetta, called • LYING MADE EASY. The principal Charactera by Mtwara. Bartley, Thorne, and Wrench , M6oes Carr and Boden. The Barrio» Pagascomotemmdpub/ishing on Saturday moming at five o'clock. - --- - LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1526. The Journal des Debt,ls contains some account of a con spiracy said to have been discovered in Portugal. A regi ment of the garrison is stated to have been gained over, a great number of arrests to have been made in con sequence. The disturbances at Oporto are reported to base been of a still more serious character. It is said that favourable resolutions have been taken by the Government of Portugal, in several late conferences on the subject of the Spanish emigrants, particularly those in England. The ancounts from Spain seem to indicate an approach to mode ration on the part of the Government. A proclamation has been addressed to the Royalist Volunteers, who are row placed under the orders of lit:cm:no, in which a milder tone than usual has been adoptA, and it is said that a ginleral amnesty (fun and entire) has been already sign ed at Solar de Cabra. The promulgation of the Portu- . _ gucse Constitution has roused the indignation of the garri4on of Sarragossa, and the Spanish Ministers still speak of armies to be sent to the frontiers. The Courrier Francais informs us, with great accuracy e doubt not, of the real causes of the late meetings of 3binet Councils in London. Lord LivEnroot., it seems, is shout to resign his situation as premier, and the Duke of WE; LINGI ON and Mr CANNING are both anxious to succeed him ; but the secret influence of the latter (says tlic Courtier) renders his success undoubted. From the Etuile dated Saturday, Aug. 51 PARIS, ALIO, 4. General Guilletninot sets out tomorrow fur Constantinople. On the 14th of July the Duke de Ragusa delivered his creden tials as Envoy Extraordinary from his Most Christian Majesty to her Royal highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal. On the same day her Roy 1,1 Ilighness gave audience to the Charges d'Affaires; of Austria, France, Russia, and Denmark, who delivered to her Royal Highness letters from their respective Sovereigns. Lieutenant-General Palmeirim has been appointed Governor- General of Lisbon and of the province of Estremadura. Letters front Trieste say that letters from Napoli di Romaniahave been received by way of Corfu and Venice, dated the 3,1 of July. Lord Cochrane had not yet arrived there, and nothing certain was known of the time when he might be expected. It was said at Corfu that he was at Malta. The latest accounts say that Ibrahim had quitted the interior of the Mores to proceed towards Motion ; some think he is in want of provisions and ammunition, others that he Is going t take measutes against an eventusl attack by Coe trane. Later accounts, which we gave yesterday, announced his arrival at Napoli de R 0213213. Our task in replying to Journals to-day, will be easy. The sane word will serve for all their news. It is false that the squadron of Admiral Neale is gone to the Dardanelles, as the Debate says, to protect the European Ambassa dors. There never was a revolution effected in a manner less alarm ing to die Franks. All bear witness to the admirable order which has prevailed since the 15th, in the quarters of Constantinople inhabited by foreigners. It is false that our Minister at Lisbon has been insulted, and s:ones thrown at the windows of his =triage, as the Quolidieune tens us. It is false that 5,000 French troops are going to form the garrison (A &Warr, as the Drapcan says. It is false that the Li.bort Cazrt'e of fte 19th ha not arrived at Pari4, as the Courier Fruncuis says ; we gave the conteuts of it 1 t talse that the letters from Constantinople have been inter cepted at the post-office, as the Con,ditutionnel affirms. It is false that there has been an aWray at Oporto, es the Ariatar q; • relmcn, and that IMO men have been killed or wounded. Neither tia webelievewhat the /t,tlit ateur Bordefais says of thepaa. sage of Sir W. A'Court and Count d'.lmarante through Madrid, on the:r way to Solar de Cabras. This news is the less probable as far as air t.. Stuart's having been recalled, as England would hare no Minister at Lisbon. We also greatly doubt the pews given by the ettrtst;twrionsicf, that Portugal has just been opened to all the Spa nish refugees. This news must be classed with that of its Minis try, from which it would probably expect this act as the trial of Sanquire Souligni. , We also much doubt that the Chambers of the Royal Court will assemble to examine the DCMIIIISIII4III of the Count de 31ondosier, because the edict of 1764 against the Jrsuits is no more a law of the State, since the chance hat established the freedom of religious wurship,—that the decrees of the parliament against each and such books have the validity of law, since the liberty of the press has been proclaimed. As for the uneasiness (malaise) of the Society of which the Atistarpse talks, and which it pretends is the accusa bon of the Ministry, it is rather the accusation of the idle prate of the journals, which keep up on the surface of society an agitation which is exactly the echo of the noise which two or three of your newspaper writers make in the office. The Royal Tribunal has decided to-day on the affairs of the heirs of Lemootey against the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dl. Par ithim, Counsel for the heirs, maintained that the Minister could only claim the papers which had been communicated to the late Academician, but not the extracts, or analyses, which were the :J its of his own labour. N. de Broi, the Adeocate-General, stated that the papers having been communicated by the Government, fur • thv composition of a work which was not to be published without its at probation, it had a right to claim both the papers and the ex trrcti ; and the Court decided to that effect. ^X apprehensions as to the harvest seem to hays sub sided. and the accounts from every part represent the crop as a fair one. This gratifying circumstance has given occasion to some croakers to forebode evil, and the conse quence of a good hat vest, they say. will be luketrarmness on the part of the Government to enter upon the conside ration of the Corn Laws. We apprehend no such result, however, from a plentiful supply of corn ; for the trade in which is so interwoven with the alterations now in opera tion respecting mercantile restrictions—it occupies so large a space at tins moment in every question connected with commerce and currency—that it is impossible to get rid of it, even if Ministers were so inclined. But we can state without fear of contradiction that no such idea ever entered their minds; and the parties who put forth the ass. rtion probably know that as well as we do. Mr. HussissoN, with somewhat more of prudence than these forebotleis of evil by reason of the prospect of a good harvest, did not com mence his non-restrictive system, as they would have had him, by breaking down the barriers for the protection of the trade iu the first necessary of life. Ile began with ar ticles of comparatively minor importance; and although, viewing the question with the eye of a statesman, be was convinced that those restrictions, which long prejudice had made us consider as barriers to our trade, were only unsound props to it, be did not choose to bring down upon his new system the increased clamour that an abolition in the first instance of the Corn Laws would have called forth. But he was not on that account the less determined to propose a revision of them at a proper opportunity. The present ' Ministry probably has done more than any former one to soften down the feelings of party, and to units closely in one common bond of affection the governors and the governed ; and it has been enabled to effect these desirable objects, by keeping pace with the progress of knowledge. Taking this high ground, the Government has been ena bled to silence, in a great measure, every murmt•.r amongst the manufacturing and commercial classes that was raised against free trade; and if it should Lot be enabled to put it down amongst those more immediately connected with the Corn question, it only proves that the inhabitants of cities are far more forward in information than those who possess the great stake in the land. This, however, we do not believe; and our firm persuasion is, that the discussion of the Corn question will be entered Upon with more temper in the nest Session of Parliament, when the free system in its other brandies will be some what matured in its operation, and its advantages will begin to develop themselves. Whether our anticipations be correct or not a few months will show ; but of this we arc certain, that the King's Ministers will not shrink from the discussion, in consequence of personal considerations, or from any fear of offending those who may be considered as more immediately opposed to it. CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. At the opening of the Money Market this morning there was an awful suspension of business for a short time, each party, both Bulls and Bears, eyeing the other with in tense anxiety as to which should succeed in the operations of the day. The market was never more crowded, and the confident expectation was that Consols would be at SO. In this, however, the party were disappointed. The job bing gentry offered stock at 79,i, but the first quotation of a bona fide transaction was at 791; and evidently the idea now appeared to prevail that the market would go down instead of up, and the speculators for a fall were in high spirits, they attributing the late rise to no other cause than the general scarcity of money stock. In the course of the day bargains were done for Tuesday at 79!,. This was considered a favourable circumstance for a further fall ; and, at a subsequent period, a large quantity of stock was thrown on the market at 791. There was evidently a considerable panic prevailing, which the parties for a rise took no means to check, and the final quotation may be made—although at one time of the day Consols did reach 79—at 781, buyers. In the Foreign Market there has not been so much done to-day, in consequence of the bustle in the home Funds. They, however, are rather on the decline. Russian, which opened this morning at St for money, have receded to 534, while in l'russian there is no alteration, which may be accounted for from the circumstance that the English capitalists in this stock are lower in number at this than at any former period. Greek Bonds rose in the course of the day, from 124 to 13, in consequence of a report that accounts had reached this country of Lord Cochrane's arrival at Napoli di Romania. That he has done so is very probable, but that the fact is known in England admits of considerable doubt. It is, however, clear that if Lord Cochrane survives the first assault in the cause of the Greeks, these Bonds must get up. Spanish Bonds have declined a 4 per cent. with a heavy sale. Mexicans also have retrograded about 11 per cent.—Colombian remain ing at last quotations; the first latter announcing the arrival of the dividends on these Bonds will be worth the postage ! French Rentes have advanced to a half per cent. above par, but their Three per Cents are stationary, at 66 50. In the Share Market the Tlalpuxahua bear the belle at 30, while Brazilian remain at a quotation of 15 premium. The Duke of York took his daily drive on Saturday, in his cabriolet, from Mr. Greenwood's villa at Brompton, down the Green Park, through St. James's Park, where his Royal Highness stopped a short time and inspected the new building for his future residence, &c. Mr. P. M'Gregor attended the Royal Duke on Saturday morning. Sir Herbert Taylor transacted military business with his Royal Highness in the course of the day. - - The health of his Royal Ilighness the Duke of Glou cester has much improved by taking the waters at Chel tenham. His Royal Highness is regular in his attendance every morning at the Montpelier Spe, anal after ruling out in the afternoon with his suite for two hours, his Royal Highness has a dinner party every day. Count Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, transacted bu siness yesterday with Mr. Secretary Canning, at his office in Downing-street. A King's messenger arrived on Saturday at the Foreign office, with despatches from the Right Hon. Frederick Lamb, our Ambassador at Madrid. Copy of a letter laid on the table at the Exchange Coffee room, at Liverpool, on Saturday : " London, Aug. 2, 1826. " MY DEAR Szit—Mr. Huskisson, on his return to town from Liverpool, lost no time in making application at the Treasury, with the view of ascertaining what progress has been made in the negotiation For the purchase of the Butlerage and Prizage levied on wines imported into the ports of the Duchy of Lancaster. It ap pears that the delay rests with the Duchy Court ; but the Secretary to the Treasury has promised that the matter shall be urged to a conclusion with as much expedition as possible. " Have the kindness to make the state of the case known to the parties interested. " Believe me, my dear Sir, very faithfully your's, .‘ %YUMAN NVAINWIIIGIIT. " Robert Preston, Esq., Liverpool." REDUCTION OF RENTS.--A communication from Bridgewater says, " iSre are happy to find that it is the intention oC the Landowners of this county to adopt the liberal principle of our worthy Chancellor of the Ex chequer, by a considerable reduction of their rents. Nor can we be surprised at this necessary proof of their policy; as we can fearlessly state that agricultural distress has not, within the oldest memory, ever reached a greater height than at the present moment: the combinations of intense heat, the great reduction in the price of stock, and the unparalleled scarcity of money, rendering it quite impossible for the tenant to meet the full demands of his landlord. THE BRITISH PRESS• WINDSOR, AUGUST G. This afternoon the king, attended by the Lord Steward, took an airing in hitphaeton from the Royal Lodge, and proceeded to the Castle to observe the progress of the works. Mr. IVyattville, the architect, was in waiting to receive his Majesty, who arrived about four o'clock, and after inspecting the different parts of the building, left the Castle about five o'clock on his return to his Royal Lodge. Numbers of spectators were assembled to ace the King. Ilia Majesty and suite attended divine service, this morning, at the Royal Lodge, which was performed by the Dean of Salisbury. The Princess Augusta and suite attended divine service, this morning, at the parish Church ; and this being the first Sunday in the month, the Mayor and Corporation at tended in their full robes. The Rev. Mr. Mealy, curate of the parish, preached an excellent sermon from the 15th chapter of the First of Corinthians and Yid verse. The Royal Horse Guards marched from their barracks to the Square in front of the foot barracks, where divine service was perfot med to both regiments. The two bands attended on the Terrace in the afternoon, which was thronged with tashionables. The Royal Hone Guards had a grand field day on Friday, at Egham Common. • The Paris Papers of Thursday, with the Flork Of Fri day, have been received. The latter continues to throw discredit upon the announcement of the change of 31inistry in the Constittitioarra, and minions that the L.,i4ort Gazetfr. of the 19th ult. (four clays er than the news of the Consti(unwind) Ist entirely silent on the subject. The tact of mine change haring beer. made, how ever, 14 not dented, and it is worthy of notice that the telegraphic emumunicatioo frOut Lisbon, by which the French Government are said to have received merely the account of a change of Ministers, without 'the particulars of that measure, was of later date than the Lisbon Gazette referred to by the .Eloile. As the Coortitatlorme/ Is not a Journal given to invention, it may be pre sumed that, whatever may have taken place in Portugal, the change of Ministry has really been decreed by the Emperor of Brazil, as stated in the Constitntionnel. Probably the inftwination was de rived by the Cunstitutionttel from one of the new Ministers, who was then in Paris. There is a long letter in the Etoik dated Madrid, July the 24th : its contents refer chiefly to a reorganiza tion of the Royalist Volunteers, which differs little from that which was decreed two years ago, but which was never carried into exe cution. There is nothing in this correspordence to justify a belief that a better state of things is about to be established in Spain by the Government. The departure of Sir Charles Stuart from Lisbon lid mentioned, that diplontatist having, according to the Ettrile been recalled by the British Government. With respect to dreece, there is no news beyond the following paragraph :—" It is asserted that Lord Cochrane is arrived at Napoli di Romania, where he will remain inactive until his fleet shall have joined him." The Court of Peers have decided that ouvrerd shall be sent before a competent tribunal, but the precise nature of their mandate was not known on Thursday afternoon, the judgment not having been argue,. It remains, therefore, to be seen whether this will be a real or a nominal continuation of the proceedings against him. The judgment of the Court was to he made known on Thursday evening. The French Retires remain very steady, and the 5 per cents. are still above par, a circumstance which is considered rather singular in Paris, on account of the heavy sales made during the last three or firm- months by emigrants, who have benefited by the law of indemnity. On Thursday afternoon the :I per cents.closed at 190 f. lie. and the 3 per cents. at 66 francs. There is no quota tion for Spanish Cortes Bonds; and the Royal Loan remains nominally at 161. The Bonds of the llsytian Loan are down to 570. The denunciation of the Jesuits by 51. 31ontlottier has roused the ire of some of the Journals. The Eloile, which is by many styled Lc Journal de la Congregation. is furious on the subject ; and another publication against the Missionaries, which has just made its appearance at Rouen, and which is sold at a low price to secure circulation, Is tlenounced as one of the most outrageous and impious libels that has appeared in France for many years. As a proof of the intention and tendency of the author, the following vetse is copied by the Etoite front his work : ".le veux you. affratichir de ces precheurs impies Qui voient d'un mil chagrin les Nimes EINSOILI pies. —3linistres de Satan qu'on tut exterminer, Caressant les Franeais pour les assasainer," &c. " At the present time," says the Dale. " this libel cannot fail to have a prodigious sale among the admirers of M. Montlosier."— Glok. Extract of a letter from Raunds, dated August 3 " O t Monday evening last we wgre Tithed by • storm of thunder and lightning, *WI did' not at first appear very alarming ; but about eight o'clock the beautiful spire of our church received a dreadful stroke by a body of the electric fluid bursting upon it. The crash was very tremendous. Several individuals were thrown down by the shock, and the building became enveloped in a cloud of dust and smoke. As soon an the air was cleared, it was disco vered that several yards of the spire had completely fallen down, and that two very large holes were made in the side of it, so that the spire had all the appearance of a bursted and shattered vessel. On investigating the body of the church it was found that much of the electric fluid had descended into it, and passed through the church in various directions. Upon entering, the smell of the sul phur was exceedingly , powerful, and very peculiar rents were made in almost all the windows, including the large one at the chancel end, where there were evident marks that the electric fluid had made its escape. We suppose the attraction must have been pro duced by the iron bars which secured the windows. Much damage was done to the interior, towards the west end of the church, by a number of massy stones falling through the roof, which very much injured the two galleries in that part, and partially • valuable ' organ, which, through the great liberality of the Vicar, had been erected within the last twelve months. Altogether, this large and handsome church, which had been just previously put into excel lent condition, presented a sad spectacle of the awful ravages which the jarring elements can effect, when the Almighty is pleased in that way to show the power of his arm. The terror and conster nation produced on this occasion cannot easily be described ; the most dreadful consequences were apprehended. But in the midst of this most alarming visitation, the Divine mercy was manifested by the preservation of life. No one received any material injury by the event, although a mother and two children were in the most imminent danger, being at the moment of the stroke just under the spire where the chief of the stones tell, nevertheless, only one of the party sustained a slight hurt. No property, except the church, has suffered any damage : but the spire of that building, which before formed an object of considerable ornament to this part of the coun try, appears so clattered, that we almost despair of ever seeing it restored." EARL or WINCIIII.SEA.—IIis Lordship was in his 13th year. His titles were—Seal of IVinchilsea, K.G.; Viscount Maidstone, Baron Finch, of Daventry, and Bart.; Lord Lieutenant and Cuatos Itotulorum of the County of Rutland. His Lordship held the different offices of Lord of the Bedchamber and Groom of the Stole to the last King, for nearly 30 years, and was Comptroller of the Windsor Establishment till the decease of his Majesty. SOUTHAMPTON, At'&. s.—On Friday arrived in our river, the Dryad frigate, bearing the body of her late Com mander, the lion. Robert Rodney (grandson of the great Naval Commander of that name), who died lately at Ply mouth. On Wednesday morning, before six o'clock, the funeral procession took place, in six manned boats, with colours, &c. under the firing of minute guns from the frigate, and presented a spectacle seldom witnessed here; a vast crowd assembled to view it at that early hour in the morning. The hotly was removed and interred in the family vault at Old Alresford. The liop.H. Watscus, at Glarton, near Uppingham, at his itutlit on 'Wednesday the 26th ult. liberally returned ten per cent. to his tenantry. We are informed that that pleasing and clever actress, Mrs. Bartley, has accepted an engagement at the Rich mond Theatre, for a few nights, to perform some of her most favourite characters. We are requested to contradict a paragraph which has appeared in some of the morning papers, stating, that Mr. Macready embariced for America on the 24th of last month, with Mr. Price, the lessee of the Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. Price left Liverpool for America on that day, but the former gentleman will not quit England for a month. Mr. Macready intends taking his farewell of several of the pro vincial theatres, previous to his transatlantic expedition. This popular tragedian is engaged by Mr. Price upon very liberal terms, for a twelvemonth, in the course of which he will appear in his routine of characters at the principal theatres in America. Mr. Kean, we understand, is expected to return to England with Mr. I'rice in September.— Liverpool chronicle. We think it right to record among the many instances of charity which have rendered this country so pre-eminently conspicuous, that John Ileygate, Esq. highly to the honour of the county, as well as to that gentleman in particular, has lately established a school at West Haddon, upon the national system, for the education of all such children as are objects of charity belonging to that place, as well as certain number also front the parish of Winwick, at an expense in building and endowment little short of two . thousand pounds.—Noriliamplen Mercury. ERRATV M.—ln the British Press of Friday last, in the second column of the article headed " Thoughts on our Colonies," for " before they could even penetrate Thibet," ead " before they could even penetrate through Thibei." MANCHESTER. SATURDAY, Auct. 5. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESTONDENT4 You will perceive, by a reference to the Manchester papers of this day, that my last account of returning con fidence and firmness in this market is fully confirmed ; and I have no great fear but that my anticipations of a speedy revival of trade and of enterprise will also be shortly ' realized. But lest those observations might lead to an opinion that this favourable turn of affairs here would give immediate employment and relief to the suffering poor, or in any degree slacken the generous efforts which the wealthy and benevolent are making in their behalf, it , is proper to observe that I only speak of the near, and, as I think, certain approach of such improvement, rather than of its actual enjoyment, and that a still further delay must take place before its beneficial results can extend to the working classes, whose patience under their privations has been truly exemplary. From a statement which I have just now seen, at the office of the Committee for the Relief of the Poor in Manchester, it appears that, after an expenditure for food of 17,1211. 195. 6th., there now remains on hand but a balance of about 500/., which will be expended at the end of the next week, and at that time there will be' 7,957 families, consisting, according to the best calculations which have been made, of 27,646 persons. entirely desti tute of employment, or means of subsistence. 'There are a number of buyers in the Market to-day, and prices remain steady, with a strong expectation of an advance. I have seen several private letters from the surrounding districts, which are of an encouraging nature. I have myself received this day the following letter from an intelligent sncl respectable friend, who has spent the last few days at Warrington, in this county : " Warrington, Aug. 4, 1828. " I don't find that this town or neighbourhood has participated much in the distress, which is understood to prevail generally among the manufacturers of Lancashire. I learn front the most respectable sources that trade here has materially improved within the last ten days, and public confidence is considerably revived. There arc pretty extensive manufactories here of glass, tile-cutting, pin-making, and cotton twist, and they are mostly at full work. The harvest is in a very advanced state; the wheat crop uncom ,noalv good ; the oats rather light ; very little barley is grown in this district. The potatoes promisee good crop." /_' ' `~ .H. STATE OF TRADE. ___....... LEEDS.—There is certainly some amendment in the state of trade at the present time, as compared with the last six months, but nothing that may be considered indicative of a steady and con tinued improvement. The apparent amendment proceeds from the concurrence of the following circumstances:—At this seaman of the year orders are always given by same houses in Germany and other parts of the Continent, and though these orders are not so great this as in preceding years, yet the purcheses made at this season, produce, especia:ly in the Stuff Market, an in creased demand. These purchases, however, will soon be made and completed, and there is no reason to hope that the past dulness will not theis again be experienced. Another circum stance which causes some houses to do a little more business now than formerly is, the persuasion that the raw material cannot be much lower. Until very lately, the material was constantly falling in value while in the hands of the manufacture?, so that those who were compiled to conic into the market were obliged to sell at a loss. The material seems now to have attained its nrirrirnunt, and the manufacturer can buy with a little more certainty as to the value of the raw material. These are the causes of an apparent amendment, and these are the only causes ; and there is no sub. stantial ground upon which we can build a hope that the ensuing winter season will not be an appalling one. On Wednesday evening, the Society for the relief of the unem. ployed poor in this town, investigated 337 casts of distress, which had been reported to them, of which they relieved 270, with the sum of 971. lets. Gd. One of the District Committees, on the even ing above mentioned, unanimously determined that, " In consideration of the exhaused state of the relief fund, and the impediment in ;he way of proceeding immediately in the general solicitation for subscriptions in aid of the fund, to recommend to the General Committee the suspension of relief for a short time, doting the summer, rather than be under the necessity of doing it at the approach of winter." At an adjourned meeting, held yesterday, at the Court House, it was further resolved, that " Although the distress of the Unemployed Poor. appears as great as ever, for the considerations above-mentioned, the opera. tions of the Committee be suspended for the present."—Lccd: Pati ad. The Woollen trade both in Leeds and Huddetsfield has under. gone an alteration for the better within the last fortnight ; but some of the accounts given of that improvement are highly coloured, and lead to false conclusions. The number of the un employed is not perceptibly diminished, though many families, par ticularly the Irish, have left the West Riding, some of them in search of labour in the agricultural districts, and others on their return home. During the last three weeks the demand for worsted emirs in the Halifax and Bradford markets has been pretty con siderable ; but the prices have not improved, except in a few in stances—some accounts say in none. The reduced rate at which the raw material is now laid in front the grower 00 per cent. less than last year's prices), will of course keep down the price of the manufactured article, and all the manufacturers wish, or can expect is, that they should be able to sell their goods at such a rate as to replace them at the present price of wool, with a very moderate profit. On Thursday last the demand in the Bradford Piece-hall was less brisk than on the three preceding market days ; there is, however, a shade of improvement in the; price of long wools. Le rat Mercury. NORWICH, A COUST 4.-1 mentioned that many frauds had been practised upon the Court of Guardians who superintend the funds for the poor, and they have of late increased to such an ex tent, that the Committee have come to the resolution of visiting the offence with the utmost rigour, as every economy is requisite in the present state of things. In pursuance of this determination, a man was put upon his trial at the City Sessions yesterday, and, he will, no doubt, receive exemplary punishment; no other case worth mentioning was brought forward. You will, perhaps, have heard that the persons charged with being implicated in the late riots were acquitted, hut it is not generally known that the Magi strate who attempted to quell the disturbance, not having the Riot Act at hand, merely repeated some sentences from it by memory and this circumstance afforded ground for their discharge. I have made every possible inquiry as to the number of weavers out of employ, and I can state as the result, that there are now about half the number which were in activity eight months ago. It is, however, a fact worthy of remark, that, notwithstanding so many hundred . families have been forced to apply to the parish, such is the industry and activity of the lower class here, that their dwelling-houses present a compara tive degree of comfort. and none of that wretchedness so conspicu ous in the distressed districts of Lancashire and Cheshire is to be met with ; indeed the best spirit appears to prevail ; and were not the fact of their utter destitution bruited about, a stranger might even doubt its reality. It is much to be regretted that, at a period like the present, provisions of all descriptions are excessively dear ; mutton and beef are selling as high as 9d. and 10d. a pound ; and veal, which three months since was at 6ad., is now sold in the market at 10d. Poultry is dearer than was ever known in Nor wich, and his. were yesterday given for a pair of fowls; but ter, cheese, &c. are at an unprecedented macs. ; people tell me that every article may almost be said to be at double the rate which It fetched six years since. The depression of trade has had a sensible effect upon many places in the vicinity. Yarmouth races, held last week, were very scantily attended, and the company was mostly of the lower order. In former years, not a person who had an opportunity could stay away ; and lately the population of Norwich and its neighbourhood used to look forward to the period with feverish anxiety. The flat state of things may also be illus trated by the fact that there is at pet sent no sort of amusement here; the company of actors, even during the assize week, played to empty benches, and they have betaken themselves elsewhere. Our good old city bears a most mournful aspect; instead of the bustle and smiling activity formerly exhibited, a ratersl gloom seems to have shed its influence in every quarter. At many of the recent fairs a number of cattle were driven away unsold, and very low prices were realized. I this morning attended an auction, and though I know that Lon don goods of all kinds are much depredated, yet I have no hesitation in saying that the ruinous rate at which things were knocked down would hardly he credited. Four looking-glasses, worth in London about two guineas each. fetched 3/. ; and many other articles apper. taming to the toilette were almost given away. ltloney is excessively scarce, and as, of course, tradesmen are in some instances under the necessity of taking bills, they are almost useless, from the difficulty experience d in negotiating them. A respectable shopkeeper tells me that for the last few months he hat taken only one shilling where he used to get six, and the diminutioa in the sale of poultry and other luxuries is very great ; indeed, persona who have families can scarcely get them common necessaries at the present moment. It is somewhat surprising, that while so much has been said about the distress at Macclesfield, Blackburn, &c., so little should have been heard of the privations which the manufacturing operatives in Norwich have endured • for though they have made little out cry, not a shadow of a doubt can exist that they are now in as bad a state as those of any place that can be named. Although a strong report has prevailed here that it was the in tontion of masters to reduce wages, yet it appears, at a meeting of weavers lately held upon the subject, at which about 4,000 persons were present, that no such reduction was ever contemplated by the body of master manufacturers, though the idea was entertained by a few, and some have given it as their opinion that the reduction in. tended (one penny per dozen on bomhazins, and two-pence per dozen on crapes) would be of no sort of service. A few days ago the London agents of Messrs. Paget, and Kirby's bank, at Leicester, entrusted a parcel contain ing a large sum to the care of a respectable individual, who deposited the same in his travelling trunk, and set out per coach for Leicester; but when he arrived, the parcel was missing from the trunk, and the bankers have since re ceived a letter stating that 6001. is the only " negoeating price." What steps are taken towards the recovery we have not yet learned. STATE OP THE COI,LIERIE.S* NE.412 !IM MINGHAM. Dotni.F.Y, AI:G.2. (EXTRACT Or A PRIVATE I,ETTER.) Castle, that place Wor t informed you of the affray that our Yeomanry had with the riotous colliers, last Thursday. On Friday the masters had a meeting, and resolved to pe ra t aa i t , their attempt to reduce wages to 35. sd. per day. 'this resolution wag signed by nearly all the most respectable houses . In the trade. Th e Chairman was Mr. Dowding, the agent of Viscount Dudley a m , Ward, whose mines , particularly of limestone, are very ex tawdee in this p art of the country. On saturday the Yeomanry were not on duty. Many of th ee ate farmers or fanners' toils, and as they are now in the midst of the w ' harvest, neither the men ncr the horses can very well be spared. On Monday the Yconna.iry were again on duty. and the riot er , were taken under a guard of soldiers before the illagnitates is th e w il lt i ch bu t d h l e ey offence was eu rn , w ,, tetE amid th e t hnenruunitnys in n f Most of them were libera el on finding bail for good behaviou r . situated Coale. Pwrdlltin This demonstration of force has prevented any acts of rioting a w the part of the colliers. Some of them loaded a waggon with a large piece of coal, said to weigh three ton!, and pulled it th em , selves,with the intention of visiting some of the neighboilrleg to wn , and imploring charity. They went towards Birmingham, but t hat; heard notleng of them since. Many of them ask alms in the neighbourhood. Strange that men, who will not de gra d e t h ein . selves so much as to work for 3s. 6d. a day, should feel no degraa,„ tion in asking charity 1 I Printed placards are placed on the walls in the neighbourhood, inviting all persons disposed to work to return to RIOT empl o y. ments, and assuring them that a force is tats.l sufficient for their 1 protection. This placard is signed by the Magistrates. On th e other hand, I have been told that written placards are issued by the colliers, declaring that the lint man who works for less than is. a day shall be put to death. The conduct of these deluded men has had a considerable effect on the industry of the neighbourhood. Nothing can be done wit. out coals. hence many har.l.working men are thrown out of en. ployment, and their families reduced to distress. The general feel ing is, that the masters have not reduced wages lower than wLat was necessary in consequence of the depression of the times. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN. There now exists, among certain of the journeymen shoemakers of Edinburgh, a combination of the most overbearing and auda. cious of any we have yet heard of. The conduct they have recent. ly observed towards a respectable tradesman is such as must bring some of them under the lash of the law. We have obtained a summary of his case, as it has been laid in a memorial bdbre the proper authorities; and leave our readers to wonder how such a system of tyranny as it discloses can be upheld among the free-locm subjects of this country, and still more, how it can for a moment be submitted toe--Some time. ago, two shoemakers in the me. menialiat's employment intimated to him that he must turn oft' two others in his employment, because these men were in arrear to the Soc'ety of Journeymen Shoemakers, for whom they were delega e . The memorialist demanded, if, in case he should dis. charge these individuals, the Society would sup* hint wilt ' others in their place. To this the delegates said, they had nothin; to do with that. lie then raid he could not think of parting with the men, who were as useful as any he hail in his employment. They replied, that then his shop was struck, which meant that a guard would be placed on it, to prevent any other men from getting into his employment! HI the course of half an hour, a guard of two men were accordingly placed opposite the door, who walked backward and forward as sentinels. Soon after this. another journey. man came to the shop and applied for work, and having obtained the same he was immediately accosted by one of the sentinels, who intimated to him that he was in danger of his life it he worked for the memorialist, as his shop was struck. He even followed the mas, to his lodgings, and staled the circumstances to his lardiorcl,who fell in with the views otr his informant, by p:remptorily desiring his lodger to return the work immediately or leave his house. The man thus persecuted. complied with the former alternative. After the guard had remained on the shop for a day, the memorialist wrote to the Secretary of the Society, that he would comply with their wishes, by discharging the obnoxious individuals from his employment on Saturday following. linnoedia ely alter, this functionary, sc. cotnpanied by others, called and stated, that lie had convened a committee; and that as memorialist had not immediately complied with the rders given by the two delegates, they had resolved spline him o. e pound sterling for contempt of authority, he being bound at s.rite time to dismiss the men complained against! Behaving no, alteinattve, and being afraid that his customers would he disappointed and his business ruined, agreed to pay If. but meatit n d that they would stand the consequence of such extraordi. nary procealing . The oard was then removed. The following weak, businesalbeing very dull, the memoraiatist was under the necessity of d schargi g one workman ; Immediately upon which, two of the association, and workmen of his own, called at his house and demanded to know why he did not give the man work. They uses told that he had none to give hint ; and that if busineu did not turn out bet.er, ha would have to part with :nom of them. They then went away, and returned again in the course of half an hour to the shop, and intimated to the memorialist that his shop was blocked for six months front that elate, which meanie, that he is not allowed to employ any new workmen during that period; a grievance which will be much aggravated, should he be obliged, in consequence of still farther depression in business, tediseharge mere of his men ; for, in that case, lie cannot re-engage them on any terms within the six months, should an increase of bodices require ll'aidy Chronicle. John Fordham, who was ordered to be executed at New gate on Monday, has been respited for one week. SIN GUI. A R A CCIDE N T.—LIMRFRG, JULY 15.—The Supplernent to a Ga:xttc of to-day contains the following account:—" Yesterday the great tower, known by the . name of the Town-hall Tower, built in 1191, fell down. Being constantly inhabited, and surrounded with houses, it might be feared that its fall would cause many disasters, especially as a number of workmen were employed in build ing the new Town-hall, and many of them were inside the tower, repairing it. Considering the circumstances, it may be considered as fortunate that only a few persons were killed, among whom were the daughter of the keeper of the tower, a girl of fifteen, antd two grena diers of the garrison, whom curiosity had attracted to the spot. Otherwise little damage was done, because the indi cations of the dan g er which appeared in the course of the day, had attracted the attention of persons in the neigh bourhood, who were all prepared for flight. The tower fell in a manner least calculated to do injury. The tower walls gave way, and the upper part of the building sunk down in the centre, filling up the space, and what there was not room for fell in the square on the west side, where the hackney-coaches usually stand ; but they had been removed on account of the building of the Town-hall. For a short time, however ' the citizens were in great anxiety, because the vast cloud of dust made it impossible to se what damage had been done. The great bell has been found uninjured among the rubbish." FRACAS Ear ItAORDINAILY.—A laughablefraeos (though rather serious in its c,onsequencet) took place at the Bil liard-room at Tiverton. Two gentlemen on their travels, having dined and drank a seicient quantity of the juice of the grape, made the best of their way to this popular place of resort, in order to have a friendly game together. The landlord being in attendance, offered his services as marker,and all proceeded smcothly, until Baniface chanced to commit a slight error, and counted 14 instead of 4 ; which on being discovered, an attack, vi et areas, was commenced on the unfortunate marker. John (the waiter) coming in to his master's assistance, a battle royal ensued. At length the master was thrown down and had two or three of his ribs fractured—John was overturned on a lot of empty bottles, three dozen of which were crushed to atoms by his portly person—and the friends very coolly ordered a post-chaise and rode to Ashley, to bring the Mayor acquainted with the true facts of the case, very wisely considering that the matter would most pro bably come under his Worship's cognizance. ANOTHER MASSACRE OF AN ENGLISH CREW.—On the 25111 April last, the brigantine Toni Cod c rif v flelatol, James Potter, master, on arriving off St. Andrelv 1.,0n the coast of Africa, saw a vessel at anchor oft' that !dice, with her sails and rigging cut away. The crew of the Tom Cod hailed her, and hoisted their colours; but Ina being answered they proceeded to board, when it was discovered to be the wreck of the schooner Union, of Bristol. There was not a living person on board ; and they were dreadfully shocked to behold six of her crew lying in different parts of the vessel, naked and inhumanly murdered; one was over baard alongside. Ile decks were broken up, and all her cargo, excepting a few casks of palm oil, plundered; at this time there were several canoes in sight alongshore, full of men, who, as soon as the crew of the Tom Cod had quitted her, went on board, ran her on shore upon the rocks, and destroyed her. The Tom Cod fired several shots at them, which the savages did not appear to care for. His Majesty's steam-packet Water Sprite arrived at Guernsey from Weymouth, on Wednesday morning, after a run of 8 hours, and left ;his for Jersey in the afternoon of the same day. She is destined, with two other vessels of the same class, to convey the mails between Weymouth and these islands. G. W. Freeling, Esq., Assistant-Secre tary in the General Post-office, together with several other gentlemen connected with the Post-office Department, were en board. It appears that the object of their visit is to make arrangements previous to the steam-packets com mencing to ply. The sailing packets will continue to con vey the mails a short time longer.—(Guernsey Star. CORRESPONDEP We give the followin Saturday, which may ject : It was not our wish to I with the late election for culous attempts which th making to hold up the pit l at ely pppeared, a nd not d p u blic indignation, woult that wish. But there am hirrcury, in the midst of upon Earl Grey, an appt the publishing of that et called upon moot decided) can now state posltirdy, tl without the consent or kin italics are theft own.) N, boldly, that as soon as th t h oug ht necessaay, Sir J such intention; and that r Informed on the subject, r versations with members Capheaton, commuoiCatel to the effect that Sir either one way or the mho say (and in doing so, we t any thing improper,) that to the publication of the c, we believe, dlrectiln, of Noble Earl, who is so grm being willing to trust his feelings might possibly mi Lordship is attacked in th to express our detestatio peared to us more dis4r addressed and been suKrt time& unsullied characte bel eve that in any other have experienced the to county. Bad, however. signihcance compared wit in the article in questton. that any being, wearing t plied such language to E • conception of the degrae they abandon themselves. Happily such language it for, like the viper in tl attackson that character A gentleman who by the iVestern road forms us that the croi greater forwardness io of England through st tion of the immediate Herald. The farmers in Yor harvest field, and the favourable season ; th atonal cooler days. pleasing intelligence — and the little vmployn workmen, from the nearly together, and Irish. We believe t people of Lancashire going to harvest-work is nearly obsolete.--4. The harvest in ou than one-half finishal barley and oats in n low grounds an avera; rally remarked by our lect the harvest being longer, if the weather Plymouth Herald. `Vegetables, from tl scarce; potatoes are i bles in proportion. 1 since, that the most s did half the injury drought has done.—/ With very partial this island average lost. Potatoes are Is parts of the North pearance; for notwit take some time ere di lele of 411aa Adecrli BRANCH BANKS. Co:npany of the Ban solved to establish a 1 pediency of this mess by some it is held tc as no advances will b and, as it will introd this part of the coi competition in banl:b commercial competiii counts will be facil more plentiful. By measure is spoken of understand the red is to be conducted, a settle the question. has yet been done Merc (try . WENI'SVORTII AN last being the day of worth and Co. was ti luau, the aucqoneet Ilotham and Seawin ling-houses and two They were put up t being only 210/. the 2151. 111 r. Chapma freehold house in w carried on, together building ground adj to have cost the banl were only put up at ; in comparison with tion was expected. that a gentleman in dercd the premises c person, had oftircl rums' notes &c. 'I effect ; and the mil: lot was 31.50/. 11 thousand guineas, without one real sa hear that several t made to purchase tl i;eparatcly from the be done with the II cannot imagine. '1 this kind, and yet laved, unless the s sale by auction fo any reservation Mosmoc•rii,.li, OUS nature Las °cc% charged with picki prison at Usk on th woman arrived at o bourhood, and, tug a relative, whom sl Coning the name o keeper observed, ti difficulties, and hai said she was satisfi Irish girl, said di countrymen is in What is his name: lace ! Jem IVallac The young wontar lihy from the to veral other priso and has since gi ttack upon the lit neighbourhood of man, some veers isninunication hi 'rough Mr. Sec rent of the pendi detained to war. 'g the imputed n ears of age. Shi areeetion at Usk I ti ~~ , E~ M~ .~~:.