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Clairrille and the worthy Doctor, too, each finds himself described, and his vices exactly enumerated ; the effect is teneral, especially when Defame acquaints them that St. Jean, a domestic, who had been turned away a few days dare, was the author of these publications ; the reconcili ation betwvn Clairrille and Lefrane is immediately effected, and the two lovers are united. Such is the analysis of this little piece, the title of which excited much curiosity, and the appearance of which was peculiarly well timed; it is full of humorous situations and sprightly turns. It was received with great applause, and will, no doubt, cnj,iy a much longer popularity than the volumes of which it has borrowed the title. -- - - GREECE. NAIPOLI DI RODADIA, JUL,' 10. Tie Greek Government has just published the following Procla try' ion. addremfd so the Free Nation and the Zealous Poi ** T h e Directorial Commission of Greece declares as follows : " When the Directorial l'ommission took charge of the govern ment of the affairs of its co:intro, which were confided to it be the 11 National .assembly, it took rare at first to explain sincerely in its proclamation, No. I. the dancer in which the nation was pissed, in cremequence of the surrey of the enemy, of the physical and moral state of our affairs, and of the difficulty of supplying oa r winos in the indigent sta t e of our treasur y . All the members had a real repugnance to accept these duties, and to take upon ons dso heave a weight. All the ir hopes were placed in the t igh, on the hatred of she wh ole nation against tyranny. an•lin the 'merge patrietimn of the notables, and of the people of the civil and military classes. • In repeating t' e same declarations this day. after giving ham ble thanks to the !oust High, who has protected his people in the moment of danger; after the acknowledgment on the part of the smote nation of its gratitude towards the Philhellenista and r iatanthropists of Europe, *hope ardent teal foe the good of Greece fills our stores every dny with corn and other provisions, by roviaioning our fortresses and our ramps, Government alb upon the nation to run to arms with promptitude for the last time, mole certain than ever of succeeding. fur never has the enemy been so seek as at present by land and sea—never had Greece a fleet more sumerouo, more skilful, and mote determined to tight, and never lied the nation better-fonnded hopes of external aid. 0 What remains, then, for the execution of this great plan Nothing. doubtless, bur site concurrence and assistance of those rho inhabit the Continent, and see every slay the objects which ire most dear to them exposed to massacre, slavery. and dishonour. It is upon us that it now depends hot to destroy in an instant all the hopes of Greece and of all the Christian world, not to dishes. Loaf the trophies gained in the last fire years, not to let the E,tvp sun beast that *fee the boa of the greater part of his forces, be fee :11issolonglii. he will triumph in all Peloponnesus and not to 'haw Coon upon ourselves, in conducting ourselves thus,the hatred, the motempt, and the derision of all Europe. t whi:st the armed and poor Hellenist must march against the enemy as d abed his blood for his contours% the rich and peace able ei , iren ought also (and it is an indiapensable duty) to concur &m uting to his ability, by his money , to the supply of the wants of the soldiers; and he ought especially so to concur under the present Limn:stances, when, as it is well known, the Government expects no titans, and has no revenues or other resources. The coueurrence of those who are at Nauplia is In this case the only resource which. however ituxlerate it may be, will nevertheless be a great relief to the first necessities of cur warriors, and especially those who hare immortalized themselves during the terrible siege of 3lis. sot• right, and honoured their country by the misfortunes which they sabered, and by their brilliant actions in its defence. We call, then, this day, upon all men to fight who are in a con dition to hear arms, and we demand from the others a voluntary contribution. The Government has determined to give a good ex ample, by ommibtring money inset* to enable us to march against the enemy. devising personal danger. In the period of crisis it realaies only for the Government ro do what it has determined. It oeght to do it, and it will do it wills promptitude. " ANDREAS ZAIMIS. President. " G. ZOGRAPHOS, " ZCSUplify 19th June OE July). 1826." GREEK CAUSE. The following is an extract of a private letter, dated New York, August 1, 1526:—" As you are interested in the (;reek cause, and wish to be informed about the ships of war built at this port for them, I beg to assure you there is now lying in this ricer two of the finest and most complete frigates that ever were seen ; they are pierced for sixty cues each, and were launch ed several months ago, and Lave long been completely rigged, equipped, and ready for sea, and why they are not sent appears a mystery we can not comprehend. It is repotted that some misunderstand ing has taken place between the Greek agent and the house through which the business is done in this city. I need not tell you how warmly we feel interested for Grecian in dependence in this country, and with what pain and regret every one expresses himself on this mysterious affair." Several very injudicious publications have appeared in the Nei: York Papers relative to two ships, built in that city few the Greek Committee in London. By a statement in the A'ational 'Meanie it appears that General Lane mend was sent to New York for the purpose of precuring the ships; that they were built, anti the expense amounted to 900,000 dollars, 400,000 of which had been paid, and bills of exchange drawn for the balance on the Committee at London, which were returned protested. the Commit tee having stepped payment in April last, and in consequence the 4ents in New York detained the ships. It also ap pears that the Greek Committee discharged General Lalle raid, and appointed another agent, a Greek, by the name of Contostavlos; and some allege that the price of the ships woa too high, others that they are fully worth the sum charge d. As an off-set to the publication, of which we have given the material facts above, the Counsel of Mr. Con toravlos have published a letter in the New York papers of Thursday, discrediting the statements it contains it, toto. Reasons, we should suppose, obvious to all, and which ought io a particular manner to have governed the friends of the Greeks, forbid the Counsel going into a public dis cusgion of the subject.—Baltimore Pairi, , t. BOSTON. AUG. 11. GREEK SHIPS AT New YORK. — We published on Sa turday a paragraph from the New York Arleorair, and to day another from, the same paper, on the subject of two ships which have been for a long time building in New lark for the Greek service. We have copied these para graphs rather as statements likely to invite a true and full exhibition of the transactions referred to, than as affording facmselves any satisfactory information on the subject. A carresponde nt, remarking upon the paragraph in Saturday's paper, says,—" It is sufficient, for the present, to observe, that it is essentially incorrect ; that it evidently proceeds from interested parties ; and that when the ' mystery' which veils this affair is cleared up, a scene of imposition and extortion will be disclosed, disgraceful to all concerned in it. It is a matter of regret to perceive, from the com plexion of the paragraph, that the statements made, it must uriginally have come from persons who, at the time of mak ing them, knew them to be false." Since receiving the communication above quoted, we find the following in the New York Arneriran : THE GREEK Sate.—An inopportune publicity has been at tempted to be given by one or two papers to the circumstances attending the building and equipping certain ships in this port, intended, as is presumed. for the use of the Greeks. The follow ing hole sent to as for publication by the Counsel of Mr. Cowes "'la (whom, by-the-by, we knew to be a (creek, and not, as alleged in the National Adrootte, a Frenchman), the agent of the Greek Deputies la London, refers to two articles in the Natant', Anorak on this subject ; we give it without remark. : TO THE EDITOR OF THE A MERICAN. Two extracts have appeared in the National Advocate, respect erg the Greek ships, which are filled with misstatements, and which manifest a great ignorance, real or affected, in regard to the Urtnetinns in question. As these statements are intended to impe tea the character of the Oreek Deputies; and as the name o , Mr. C ntostavlos is introduced in a manner for which there can be no apology, the Counsel for there gentlemen think proper to assure the public, that no reliance whatever is to be placed upon the articles above mentioned. Damsons of an imperative and obvious character forbid at this moment any specific contradiction or explanation respecting the misrepresentations alluded to, with one exception. The article published on the 9:11 instant has the following pant graph :—" It is said that he (Mr. Contostavlos) has raised &deli. "joi4l funds to the amount of 80,000 dollars, which will pay for one f the vessels." It is not true that any sum has been raised in this country, in re. Gr•cee to these ships, or in behalf of the Greeks, other than that *Lich was con•riburecl for their relief two years since. A public discussion of this subject cannot at present tend to any irstd end; and in this opinion it is hoped all parties will ac [ New York, August 10. !coeval.* (United States), A cc.tsT 11.—A Hampton pilot, who came up to town last evening, informs that he spoke, on Wednesday last, a schooner of and bound for Baltimore, from the West Indies (port not recollected), •Allo informed that a French fleet, consisting of several men of war, had sailed for Hampton Roads; probably the same fleet which was spoken by a late arrival at New York. COLOMBIA. PORTO CABELLO, JULY 16. Of our political state we can say very little with certainty: we have various rumour., but indeed so many stories are invented every day that we do not know what to credit. The mail twin Bogota brings a few private letters ; it is supposed they have been soptircssed, so the few that have been tiOierreil had been opened. Hitherto, except the firs: alarm, we have experieneel no serious inconvenience from this hosiery., and it is the opinion of many persons that it will be eventually arrangtd to the satisfaction of all parties, without being detrimental to our commerce. General Pan is certainly taking measures to get his troops in good order, and has tecalled into the service all the retired officers, lint, en yet, the laws and the constitution have been invariably observed,and will no doubt continue to be on. Poet pretend. to great moderation, and promises protection to the foreigners and their property under all circumstances that may happen ; he says he will abide by the decision of the Liberator Blivar. who is expected to be in Colombia this fall ; for ourst Ives. we consider his return doubtful: as by the most conch accounts he was to have been in the Republic of Bolivia in the month of June—bus urn the whole we are inclined to behave the difference will be settled without bloodshed 7 a short time wid determine this point. A Caraceas Paper of the lath July states, that the Municipality of that city bad sent a deputation to Isis Excellency the Civil and Military Chief, requesting him to send a Committee of confidential persona to the Congress of' Colombia. with a view of laving before that body the just causes entertained by the people of Venezuela, in aolieiting a reform of the administration, and begging that the Constftu lona! period of the Convention be accelerated. Has Excel lency received the petition with the greatest satisfaction, uniting in a s•ep which he believed urgent and of great necescity. Extract of a letter dated Puerto Cabello, July 19 :—" The mail from Bogota arrived a few days ago, but nothing positive has as yet transpired it is. however, asserted as a fact, that an extra courier arrived at Valencia and proemied to Caucus., in thirteen days from to seat of Government, with despatches from the Liberator Presi dent, which, it is rumoured, announce his entire disapprohation of the late occurrences, and convey his most positive orders for the faithful obedience of the Constitution. General Patz left Valencia for Caraceas."—inittiret. 8R.4Z1 1.. It appears from the following extract from a letter from Rio Janeiro, with which we have been favoured, that the Brazilians have sustained a serious loess on the river Plata: RIO JANEIIIO, JUNI: 211. Lord Pontonhy proceeds to Buena Ayres in the Doris, Sir John Gordon Sinelei?, when she has refitted. The Thetis returns to Englend directly. The Doris has brought ns accounts from the river Plara of the Imperial squadron, consisting of the Netheroy frigate. Captain Norton, mounting 33 guns, two 2.2-gun corvette*, several 13-gun brigs, schoont rs. and eon-boats, having got a eon. founded "hammering." The frigate and two brigs were taken by the Buenos Ayres squadron ; which was composed of only two smell ships atm three brigs ! Several of the Brazilian vessels made a bolt after the first broadside. The wreck of the blockading squatlrm have returned to Monte-Video, quite ere...it-fallen. The Beenea-Ayrean cessrls are manned entirely with k•tglish and Yankees, who were all very hearty in the Cause. Most of the Brazilians, though officered by English, Itsva a very mixed crew, and mostly impressed men.—" Imperial" justice has just made a most conspicuous figure here. It seems that the Redwing captured a slave schooner, on the coast of Africa, and put on board her a Lieutenant. a 51nster's Assistant (Mr. Faulkner, wham paesieg certificate shows that he was examined for a Lieutenant in 1815), and four men; hut the Lieuten nt being afterwards taken out, and put on board a Frencl vessel, he took the papers belonging to the schooner with hint. The ►chooner parting company in a plea wind, was afterwards boarded by a Brazilian sloop of war, who, finding r.o papers cm board. sent her in here as a pirate. The Officer and crew were mot to prison, and the yew, has since been condemned as a" Pirate." The Red wing's stern chain, and several other " King's stores," are nn board the schooner, whi:h ought to have been sufficient evidence that the vessel Sail not a pirate. Notwithstanding, no representations of the circumstance yet made by our authorities have availed any thing: the crew are continued in prison, with every expectation that Imperial justice will finish the case, by banginz the "Pirate's crew! "—llampshire Telegraph. B 17.1 ZI LIA N BLOCKADE. !From a Nevi l Mrc Paper.! A correspondence between Commodore J. D. Elliott and Admiral Loho, of the Brazilian navy, concerning his far cical blockade of the river La Plata, and a line of coast ex tending 39 degrees to the east of it, by a small poorly equipped force, was carried on between the 3d of April and attrof May last, in which Commodore Elliott main tains, in a series of spirited and farcible arguments, the nullity of a blockade where an efficient force is not placed before each interdicted port ; and the principle, that under any other circumstances the United States will not recog nize, or be governed by, a proclaimed blockade. The point that ships of war belonging to neutral Powers shall not be considered as subject to a blockade is also strongly urged, and European precedents are not admitted as binding upon the nations of the western hemisphere, and especially since the present is a principle eatablished by the United States at the expense of a long and bloody war. It must be gratifying to every American to observe the abi lity, and we may add the learning, with which Captain Elliott meets his antagonist, promptly encountering him upon his own grounds, and successfully replying to his ar guments. The allegation of Lobe, that an American schooner had, in violation of good faith, cleared in Monte Video for a voyage round Cape Iforn, and then run into Buenos Ayres, whence she now sails as a vessel of war, an act of course not authorized by our Government, is more than cancelled by the facts stated in the letter of Commo dore Elliott, of the capturing and plundering and beating the officers and crews of several United States vessels ; and to the remark of Commodore Elliott upon mentioning these cases separately, that " these noints are presented for your explanation," Admiral Lobo does not find it convenient to reply. This may he c nsidered as one of the subjects an ticipated which induced the call of the Congress at Pa nama ; and it is most peculiarly incumbent upon the Go vernments of North and South America, that those general and international principles which must be so often ap pealed to, in their intercourse with each other, should be established upon a firmer basis than the interested con struction of opposing parties. The subjoined extract from the log-book of the Cyane sets forth, in a bold manner, the energetic support and de cided resistance which would have resulted from an oppo sition to the lawful determination of her commander, and contrasts strongly with the pompous and shuffling conduct of the Brazilian Admiral. Extract from the Log-book United Stain' ship Cyan., Aprl 9d, 1826.—" At eight, A. X. nu-elevate pleasant weather; ar nine discovered the wends at anchor a-head to be the Brazilian block ading squadron. About ten miles E. 8. E. of the S. E. end of the Ortiz bank, at 9. 30. observed five vessels of war under weigh standing towards us ; at ten made them to be one frigate, one cor vette, and three brigs, prepared for battle. and showed aur colours; at eleven shortened sail to the top,asils, and hauled up for the Bra zilian wptadrin under weigh ; at 11.30. the frigate was on the lee beam at about one hundred and hoar yards distance, two brigs on the lee bow, the other a li•tle out the weather quarter, and the cor vette astern and to leeward; at 11. 40. hailed the frigate, and asked her name? answered Ills Imperial Majesty's frigate Maria de Olotia. The name of our ship was then asked, and given, suc ceeded by a demand that a boat should he sent ; this demand was per e mptorily refused by Captain Elliott, adding, that a boat should never be sent from his ship. although one would be receiv ed ; observed the guns of the frigate trained and tompkins out; kept larboard guns on the main deck manned for the frigate and her cansorts on the lee bow, and manned the starboard quarter deck guns for the brig on the weather quarter; observed the brig on weather quarter shortly after drop a-stern ;at 11. 45. received a boat from the frigate and brig, with two officer*, who were intro. doted to Capt. Elliott in his cabin, by whom be war informed that the port of Buenos Ayres was blockaded. and he could not be per mitted to praiteed ; to which ha replied. that if even he were to ad. mit their right to Fro !aim the blockade of an extent of roast aga i nst a civil mt ripe, he could not against a neutral vessel of war; that both English and French vessels of war were in the habit of proceeding almost daily to and from Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, as ins:anced both in the British and French corvettes Chasseur and Faun ; that he would allow him thirty minutes to deliberate on his future actions, and at the expiration of that time he would proceed. prepared to roust all consequences ; that the Batt ha wore carried under it the sovereignty of the soil it repre sented—that violated, the soil became invaded ; and that he should defend his Olio to the last moment. " Captain Elliott further observed to the officer, that he brut a communication for Admiral Lobo. which was requested : Captain Elliott declined giving it to the officer, until lie returned front his frigate, and discovered her true character. At 12 the Brazilian boats left the ship. During all this time the headway position of the ship was maintained, and every other precaution taken to resist with effect an a ttack from the squadron, whirl, appeared to he me. ditsted.-12. 20. hailed the frigate, to know if they had any farther communication to make. They answered by asking if Captain Elliott would send the Admiral's letters and papers. " Yea," was, the reply." if you will send a boat." At 12.45. a boat came along side. tor letters and papers for the Admiral, with the compliments of the Commanding Officer to Captain Elliott, tendering every civility. and offering any supplies he might be in want of, with his best wishes for a speedy and pleasant passage to Buenos Ayres. Captain Elliott returned his compliments and thanks; addinte, that his ship was abundantly supplied with every necessary; and that all he wanted was a free and generous intercourse with all na tions, concluding with an offer to be the bearer of any communi. cation the Commanding Ofncer, or any other in the squadron, might have to make with Buenas Ayres. At 1 the Brazilian boat departed ; bore up, pulsed within hail of the Brazilian squadron along the line made all sail for Buenos Ayres." THE BRITISH PREM. BOARD OF STAMPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. St 11,-1 trust your impartiality will induce you to permit me, in defence of the 'ate Mr.Breumer's character, as solicitor of stamps in Scotland, to put one question to the Chairman of the Board of Stamps. The question is this, " Whether it be possible to frame an information for the recovery of a penalty upon the Bth sect. of the Ytth Geo. 111. c. 53, re cited in his letter to Mr. Bindley of the 30th of March, 1818, without inserting an averment that the plate which was exposed to sale before the same was duly marked was plate of the standard directed by law ?" It appears to me that it is not possible ; for this is what is termed a necessary averment. If my idea be correct, it inflows that Mr. Bremner c•Ould not have prosecuted with effect without proving that the plate (silver) so ex po s ed to Fah., was plate of the quality of llnz. 21wt. per lb. Troy. I will venture to say that the plate was not of that quality, for of plate made in Scotland or England, and not submitted to the Assay Olfice. a very small proportion, if any, is plate of the legal standard. Upon this question, and the quality of the plate purchased by Mr. Waddell, depends the pro priety or impropriety of Mr. Bremncr's conduct, and con e sequently the justice or injustice of the Chairman's ani matlyersiett on this point. I remain, Sir, yours, &c. A. B. SOUTH OF IRELAND. LFROM OUR CORRF.SPONDENT.I CORK. SEPT.& The Committee to whose care the fund for the relief of the distressed poor of this city was intrusted are at length about to commence doing that which might and ought to have been dune long since. It has been determined that food, to th , f want of which other physical ills are compara tively insignificant, should be gratuitously distributed to the starving population ; and the eagerneowith which it is expectel olemonstratcs the extreme need of those who consider themselves entitled to share in the distribution. The distresa of the lower classes is still intense, although partially alleviated by the humanity of seine benevolent individuals, who have for some time anticipated the tardy proceedings of the Committee, and distributed provisions at their private expense to such as their local knowledge and personal observation induced them to believe were in a state of extreme destitution. This plan affords a security against that extensive imposition to which public charity, from its very nature, is so liable ; and, if more generally adopted, would he productive of the hest effects. A humane gentleman, residing in one of the suburbs, whose charitable example is well deserving of imitation, raised a small fund amongst the members of his own family, to be expended in providing soup and bread for the dtgritute poor residing in the immediate vicinity of his dwelling. The females of the family prepared the food, which was to be distributed two days in the week, in the proportion of a quart of soup end a small wheaten cake to ea. .It adult, and half the quantity of soup and a cake to every child. Before the distribution took place visits were made to the houses of the poor to ascertain their real condition, and the scenes which the humane visitants witnessed, within a short circle round their own residence, and in one of the least populous outlets of the city, we re such as it must be altogether impossible accurately to describe. In one instance, a wretched labourer, his wife, and a large family of young children, were discovered in a miserable hovel, in a state of nudity, extended on some straw, which was thinly scattered, and formed the sole covering, as it was the only place of re; ose which those unfortunate beings enjoyed at night. They had ate nothing for snore than forty-eight hours. Inanition had evidently stupitied the faculties of the younger portion of the family ; their eves glared wildly as they beheld the strangers enter, whilst the unhappy parents continued to gale intently on their famishing off spring in mute despair. When informed that food was provided, a wild shriek was uttered by them, and the voracity with which they devoured what was soon after set before them confirmed the relation they had given of the intensity of their sufferings. ..s I before mentioned, the benevolent gentleman to whom I alluded was only enabled to distribute relief two days during the week, and he assured me he bail good reason to believe that a considerable proportion of those who had been relieved by his intervention never knew what it was to taste food of any description from Tuesday .to Saturday in every week, or in other words, that they were dependent altogether on the limited supply thus provided for them. Nor is the distress of the poor co itined to the want of food-3 dreadful epi demic, in the teatime of a dysentery, is prevalent throughout the entire of the South of Ireland. It is ascribed by medi cal men to some deleterious qualities which all vegetables, and especially potatoes, have acquired from the unprece dented aridity of die season. Its ravages arc universal, and many persons in the most respectable classes of society have already fallen victims to it. Fever, too, which the recent accounts describe as extremely prevalent in Dublin and the Northern part of Ireland, has lately made its appearance in the South, and threatens fearfully to augment the mass of wretchedness which already exists. With such an accumulation of calamity, it is vain to ex pect that local exertion can produce any permanent allevi ation. The fund collected in this city floes not exceed 3 : 0001., which, taking into account the expense now being incurred in fitting up places for the distribution and pre paration of soup and bread, cannot reasonably he expected to feed the pauper population of this city and suburbs, for a longer period than five, or, at the utmost, six days. The subscription has been confined almost exclusively to the citizens, as the country gentlemen naturally feel themselves called upon to support the funds established in the several small towns of the county. The Mayor has addressed letters to the Lord Lieutenant and Mr. Peel, containing a representation of the distress which exists, and entreating the consideration of Government: to 'the subject. To this communication no reply has yet been received, but the pa ternal disposition of his Majesty's Government leaves no room to doubt that their co-operation will be readily given to any plan that shall be adopted with a view to meet the present pressing exigency. The Marquis of ‘Vellesley has directed Mr. Goulburn to transmit 501. for the relief of the marsufacturcrs of Bandon, which timely assistance the local committee in that town have publicly acknowledged. As I before observed, pri vate benevolence does not slumber. I shall only trouble you with one instance, supplied by a member of that body, in disparagement of which anecdotes of an opposite and less creditable tendency are too often sought for and pub lished with avidity. In this instance the Hon. and Rev. John Blackwood, the Rector of Rathcormac, is the muni ficent donor, who, to alleviate the sufferings of his pa rishioners, has directed his Prortors to omit the entire of the potato tithe in his parish this year, and to take promis sorynotes from the occupiers for the remainder of their tithes. 'the parishioners of Rathcormac have expressed their grateful sense of this acceptable donation at a public meeting, at which the 'Parish Priest presided ! Such in stances of disinterested liberality and kind feeling deserve to be recaded, if it were only for their rarity. --- A Com sr.—lrar.v.—lt was on the 7th of August tha Professor Pons discovered a very small Comet near the star 11 in Eridanus. The Astronomers of the Studii Pii im mediately observed it with their excellent micrometer, and detern.ined its position as follows :—Aug. 8., mean time, 15 deg. 32 min. 40 see., right ascension, 47 deg. 20 min. 20 sec., south declination, 25 deg. 34 mm. 30 sec. ; Aug. 9, mean time, 15 deg. 34 min. 40 sec., right ascension, IS deg. 39 min. 47 sec., south declination, 25 deg. 14 min. 2'2 see. ; August 10, mean time, 15 deg. 37 min. 11 sec., right ascension, 49 deg. 49 min. 15 see., south declination, 21 deg. 51 min. 37 sec. The Comet has a very faint light, no meteors, and seems to be approaching to the sun. WINDMILL AIPTACIILD TO SHIP.TUMPS.—BALTI• MORE, Aye. 12.—Arrived last evening, the ship William, Brownell, 39 days from Lisbon. Left 29th June, brig Orion, for New York in ten days, the only American ves sel in port. Sailed in company with the brig Hannah, Bartlett, for Plymouth, Mass. July 3, lat. 35. 38. long. 20. passed an English ship standing South • hoisted at bet mainmast a blue signal, with a white fie ld. Captain B. informs that in his outward passage the s h i p lea ked ver y badly, making 3,000 strokes per hour ; and had it not beau for a windmill which he had attached to the pump, the ship must have filled. All the crew were completely worn out with constant pumping, and had nothing but ga l e s for 35 days. W strokes per hour. hen blowing fresh, the mill would pump 2461 PUBLIC DINNER AT CAvrIN To LORD GEORGE BARESPORD. - From the Waterford Mail.l• On Wednesday last, the High Sheriff and Gentlemeh of the county of Cavan entertained the Right lion. Lord George Lit reafonl, at • public dinrer, given in attestation of their high Ap proval of his Lordship's political principles, and his conduct on the late election. At Aix o'clock, the principal Gentry of the counts assembled at the Cotirt-house. Amongst the distinguished pert wins present, we obteryed the Bishop of Kilmore, Lord Farnham, Messrs. Maxwell and Saunderaon, the constitutional members of the county, Colonel Clements, Major Burrowed, of Strarlone, Ste. &c. At half-past six, the company, amounting to between fifty and sixty gentlemen, sat down to • sumptuous dinner, RALPH BALI. CLARKE. Esq. the High Sheriff; being in the Chair. The wines were of the highest quality and flavour, and in great variety. In short, front the rank end fortune of the Company, the unity of feeling, the noble and constitutional sentiments expressed, and the social hospitality fin which Cavan is so remarkable, the whole en. tertainment was worthy of the occasion, and of the distinguished guest whom it was meant to honour. As soon as the cloth was removed, the following toasts were drunk : " 'the King" three times three. " The Duke of York, and better health to him"—nine times nine. (Cheers.) " The rest of the Royal Family"--three times three. " The Army and Navy of Great Britain"—three tunes three. " Prosperity to lrelantl"—three times three. " Lord George Beresford, and the independent freeholders an') friends who supported him at the late election for the county of Waterford"—four times focr. (Great cheering.) Lord (i. BeeesFonn rose and said—Gentlemen, for the high honour you have done me on this occasion, I beg leave to return you my heartfelt .thanks. To the principles of constitutional loyalty which I hold In common with yourselves, I feel that 1 am indebted for this honour ; and believe me than the approbation of such a county as yours, expreena in the manner in which you have received my health, is a reward dearest to my heart, next to the approval of my own conscience. Gentlemen, at the last election we were all embarked in a common cause. I heartily congratulate you upon the independence of your county. You have the represen. tatives of your own choice; but you struggled nobly for them, and nobly have you succeeded. The smite means. by which the inde pendence of Waterford was overthrown have been resorted to here; but your energy and public spit it overcame the difficulties. It was no common struggle in which we were engaged. It was the contest between the landed proprietary and the priests of the church of Rome. In my own inetance, had the real interests of the county been suffered to prevail, there cannot be a doubt but I should have been returned by nearly a triple majority over my opponents. But the Catholic Association, which now presumes to regulate the affairs of Ireland, stepped in, and, using the :spiritual influence of the Roman Catholic Clergy, have for the present, at least, de-. feated the landed interest in my person. No an, however unconsti tutional—no practice, however illegal—that was not resorted to, to carry the ambitious proiecta of the Association. The freeholdere were torn front their landlords' sides by priestly authority—by the refusal of church rites—by actual eeriest munitation. From fifty to sixty priests daily attended the poll booths. The very crucifix was used as the implement of ambition—anti the deluded tenants were informed that the contest lay betwixt Mot and me. Nor has the persecution yet ceased. Those who ventured to vote for me are still suffering under the wrath and exasperation of their ptiests. Such were the diffeulties I had to encounter—such were the dan gers to which yourselves were exposed. But, gentlemrn, such • state of things cannot long subsist. The Leeieleture, which admits of no military constraint at the busting., will not permit a sptritual control. There is yet an appeal to the fountain head efconstitu tional authority and principle ; and frcni this we may all expect re dress, and a restoration of our violated tights. (Loud cheers.) Meanwhile, there is need of union among Protestants; our assail ants are bawled and knit together; let us follow their example— and be assured that the united exertions of the Protestants of Ire land will yet restore our independence, and secure it to us and our posterity. Once more I thank you for the distinction you have this day conferred upon me, and beg leave to propose a toast— The High Sheriff; and prosperity to the County of Cavan." The High Sheriff returned thanks. " The Bishop of Kilmore, and the other gentlemen who have honoured us with their company this evening"—three times three. The Bishop of Kte MORE returned thanks, and said—Gentle men, the connexion which has long 'subsisted between us has been this day cemented by the public honours which you have conferred on the principles of my noble kinsman. (Cheers.) What these are I need not explain. You feel them, and your conduct has been a full exemplification of them. Had not these principles been dearer to Lord George Beresford than any object of ambition, he might still have enjoyed the seat of a hich he has been so unworthi ly deptived. Had he consented to abandon those views in which he was nurtured and has lived—)Pad lie consented to violate his con science. and to betray the best interests of the Constitution—had he been content to barter his hottest conviction for a scat in Paeliamem —he might unquestionably have now been the sitting Member for that county which his ancestors have represented continually since their first connexion with it. But, Sir, he has taken the nobler course—he has preserved his principles, and sacrificed his just am bition to hie honour. (Loud cheering.) His came is yours; but you have escaped a similar consummation; and long may your county remain free and independent as it is. I cannot but hope for great public benefit from the conduct and issue of the late elec tions. The eyes of Engler d will at length be opened to our situa tion in Ireland; and the Government and people of that happy country will learn, from the exposure of facts occurring there, who the persons are the, are the hen able and most willing to preserve the peace of the country, the purity of the Constitution, and the union of the Empire. ••The glorious, pious, and immortal memory of the great and good King William"—nine times nine. (Great cheering.) • The Lord Primate and the Church Establishment of Ireland" —three times three. The Bishop of KILMORE returned thanks. " The Protestant itecentlaney in Church and State, as now by law established"—four times four. Lord Farnham, the Governor of our County"—four times four. (Loud cheering.) Lord Feat,uAat rose to return thanks, and said, that proud as Ile was of the honour the Gentlemen had done him, he felt pecu liarly gratified on this occasion, which had introduced to the ac quaintance of the county of Cavan another member of the house of Beresford. iVith the virtues and principles of his Right Rem. Friend they were all long and intimately acquainted. They had lately had the happiness of meeting at that table with his Grace the Lord Primate, and had lately heard him, in the discharge of Its sacred office, deliver a charge which, from its unaffected piety and good sense, its pure principles, its genuine philanthropy, its sound ness, temperance. and discretion, was every way worthy of the ex. shed character of his Grace both as a man and as a Christian. They had now the gratification of meeting another of that family, whom. though he should have been heartily happy to have congra tulated on the success of his election, he would not now address in the tone of condolence. His Lordship, he said, had nothing to re gret—had nothing to fear—from the result of an appeal to the Le gislature. (Cheers.) The unconstitutional practices by which he 'Aired a temporary deprivation of that honour to which he was so justly entitled would never stand before a Committee of the House. Were he (Lord Farnham) on such a Committee, and the facts al leged substantiated by evidence, he had no hesitation in saying, that in his opinion the return of the Sheriff was as invalid as the means by which it was obtained were unconstitutional and unworthy. He had no doubt of that return being reversed, and exhorted his Noble Friend to persevere in his petition. The tame had been attempted ' in the county of Cavan. lie congratulated the county upon its triumph over the enemies of its independence. Still they were rot to relax in their exertions ; the same attempt would be made again, and it was the part of wise men in the midst of peace to provide against the contingencies of war. His Lordship recommended union amongst the landed interests. and a eimultaneous exertion through all the counties of Ireland in the next Session of Parlia ment ; that petitions should be forwarded detailing the events of the late elections. and the inroads that had been made on the exercise of the elective franchise by a body of men unrecognised by, and unconnected with, the State. His Lordship sat down amidat the loudest applause. " The Representatives of the County of Cavan, and may they long continue to represent it on the same principles." (Four times four.) Mr. H. MAxwrr.r, returned thanks in the following words:— Mr. High Sheriff and Gentlemen,—l rise to thank you for the very flattering manner in which you have drank my health. We are this evening honoured with the presence 0 Lord George Beresford and I am confident that I speak the sentiments of every gentleman who is here, when I assure his Lordship that lie is most heartily welcome among us. I rejoice that the gentlemen of the county of Cavan are allowed this opportunity of testifying to him, in person. the high sense which they entertain of his public principles. (Loud cheers.) Embarked in the same cause with ourselves_-antinated with the same attachment to our invaluable Protestant Constitu• Lion, which has ever distinguished the gentlemen of this county, I am sure it must be highly gratifying to his Lordship's feelings to receive from them the tribute of their approbation. We are all ac quainted with the circumstances connected with the late election for the county of Waterford—with our noble guest's manly and constitutional conduct—and with the illegal and unconstitutional means which were resorted to in order to effect the return of his opponent. We know, too, that democratic violence and Popish bigotry there prevailed over the principles of the constitution. But though precluded. for the present, from the possession of that honourable 'situation to which his own long-tried services and the merits of his family so justly entitled him, we offer not to his Lordship the language of condolence: his Lordship has expe rienced no defeat, and his adversary has pitted no victory ; for he has made himself the s l ave of the R oman Catholic priesthood and democrats; while his Lordship has pursued, with an even and un deviating course, in the full spirit of freedom and independence, the genuine principles of the Bri tish Constitution. (Cheers.) During the late contests in Ireland we have witnessed transac tions hitherto unexampled in the history of elections. We have ourselves (as I have already had occasion in public to remark) seen the influence of a power, unrecognised by the Legislature, mi nted to control the freedom of election. We have seen Popish priests marching through our town at the head of immense mobs, encouraging them by example and by precept to every species of disorder : we have heard them threatening with loss of property and with personal injury, and, above all, with eternal damnation, such Roman Catholics as should vote contrary to their directions. Ire have seen them bringing up to the polling booths the tallies of ou r opponents ; dragging away by force men who were anxious to vote according to their own and their iandlortra wishes, and urging them, by every species of terror, to pursue a Mune at variance with their inellmaktnt. Nor were these emptj and unmea.llo (AWOL The annthetrtss which were pronounced in our publi streets, have been re-echoed from the chapels. Scarcely a Sunday has etkpsed that some . proscribed poor Homan Catholic is nog marked out by his priests from the altar, a art ob;ict of ven geance.. I myself have seen many poor ltomsn Catholics abet' hare been waylaid and severely bewen, whose eropt bite been in. lured, are! their property destroyed, merely for heiing voted - foe those Candidates against shorn the influence of priests was directed. If' lam asked whether I hold the prima responsible for these acts of enormity-4 reply, THAT I do-for :Ley have the power of preventing such outrages. One wmtl from them would be fully sufficient to check the evil. Hut the denunciations which the priests pronounce frem the altar against the unfmatmate indi viduals are a suffic'ent warrant to the lawleas and a!andoned to wreak their vengeance upon the unhappy sufferers. And yet these are the men whom our liberal Attorney-Omelet would extol as the tranquilliztia of Irelawf. These are the men whom smne of our liberal senators would represent as the holy ministe:a of s religion which has been most unjustly calumniated—as those mto are in the habitual practice of applying the immense authority which , their church has veste4 in tium to the promotion of loyalty 'good offl, and peace in this divided country. (Mr. Maxwell sa.lowla amidst loud cheering.) A series of loyal and constitutional toasts followed. Nothing et•uld exceed the harmony of the evening, and the patty , separated At a late hour, highly delighted with the loyal tow. gives, and the sentiments expressed. LIrEEPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. SATURDAY, SEPT. 9. We have had a gaol demand for British Plantation Sugar, and the sales amount to 1,200 Ishda. at full prices, and in mine in stances a trifling further advance. Nothing done in East India Or other foreign Sugar. In !linkman' a sale of 50 puncheon's of Deme rara at 30s. is the only one. In Rum about 150 puncheons, at various prices, have been sold, but without any material alteration. Coffee ha. improved, oboist 210, cask.; sold, of all aorta; tine Ja maica sold for 91s. per cwt. ; 250 bags good ordinary Hym nail at ans. Some Beard Cocoa at 31s. ; and a little Bar hulloes flinger, fine, at Ws. In Pimento nothing done. The demand for Ashes continues. About 500 barrels rot (Mon treal), at Ms. a 245. for old, and 245. a 290. for new ; and 10.1 barrels Pearl at 255. a 265. Der cot. In Dyewood, few sal', and those without alteration, say 45 tons Campea:by Dogwood, at 71. ss. a 7 guineas; 16 tons Jamaica, at 6/. ; 30 tons Cuba Fustic at 81 a ill. 10a. ; 10 tots Nicaragua Wood (solid), at 211., and 10 tons Bra zaletto Wood et 5/. liks. a 6/. per ton. Quicitron Bark in Fuel request, the preadtt prices being very low has induced persons to turn their attention to it, and 259 hhdo. Philadelphia have been sold at 12a., and a ter barrels at 12s. 6d. In Hides little has been done, 200 dry salted Ox and Cow Brazil at fil. per lb., 120 wet salted West India at 4i1., 1,790 Cape at 5d.. and 150 Buenos Ayres Hone Hides at is. each. 1:1 Skins nothing done. In Oak Bark about 50 tors German have been add at 1/.a 4/. 104.; and 25 tons Cork Tree Bark at 8/. per ton. In Brimstone very little doing. Saltpetre In demand and advancing. In Tar 1.000 barrels of Stockholm sold at 15s. per barrel, aad 1,590 barrela 'feoentine at 9s. Cll. a 10s. per cwt. ; 4,001) bags Sicily Shumisc sold at 10s. Ad. a 114.; 50 bags Yemen at is. a 7s. 3'l. ; and 50 bags 11: lags at 13a. per cwt. In Carolina Rice small sides here been trade at M. per cwt. for middling qua• city. Indigo is steady. 30 chests sold. Madras at ss. Id.; acd Bengal at 41. fkl. a. 6s. 64. per lb. In Cotton we have had a very animated demand this week, and an advance of id. rer lb. nn American and Egyptian. The sales are 6.900 bags Uplands at ad. a 7d.; 2,900 New Orleans c 6d. a 110.; 5,7110 Alabama at sad. a lip.; 400 Sea Islands at Hid. a 20d. ; 200 stained ditto at bid. a Pid.; 750 Pernambuco* at Mil a I Id. ; 1,150 3laranttam at Sid . a .Id. ; 150 Bahia at Sid. a 9d. ; 100 Para at Ad. a lqd.; 70 Bathadnes at Gad. a /id. ; 30 West India at 74d.; 3,600 Egyptians at fill a thl.: and 450 Sonata at ,sa. 54d. per lb., snaking a total of about `.. 5 2,1100 hap, of which 1.000 Egyptians and 3,000 American have I.:een taken on speculaticn, and 1,209 Brazils and 800 American for export, and 2,900 Egyp tian and American for Glasgow. HOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER. SEMI.— We nave between WO end 400 Octet" of new hops at marker. On Saturday MA were eold, averhifille from 85a. to Ms.. fire 1001. Of old 50 were sold, IM:ra, 751. ire 115 s. It is expected that 1.51,0 or 2 ; 900 new pockets will be at mat: ket on Saturday ; it seldom happened that so large a quantity of new hops have been brought in so early. The natality is excellent. CAN TErtau nV, SE pr. 7.—ehte picking is now general in every ground ; the poles are fast falling. Notwithstanding fire blast and red rust. East Kent will produce sonic fine samples. There will to a plentiful crop, ton, and about this neighbourhood may fairly be averaged at 10 cwt. per acre. Some of the grounds have gone oft very mach within these 11.1" days. Duty laid at 245.0001. Wa have, In the vicinity of Canterbury, about '6'oo acres of hop ground in cultivation. Caatennoox, SEPT. s.—Our hop harvest has commenced pretty generally in this neig!•hourhood, with the prospect of au abundant crop. We are sorry to say, that within the last week considerable alarm has been excited by a very sudden appearance of what is termed the red rust ; it is not the mould, but the hops are of a tan colour, and it appears rapidly increasing, which will injure both colour and quality. Many grounds on the borders of Sussex appear to be affected with it. ASSIZES OF MONTPELLIER. (TROM OUR rants coIIItESPONDENT.) The assassins of Franri! c3llected) was recognised by the peculiarity of having six fingers and stx toes on the left side, appeared on the 22d of August before the Court of Assizes of Montpellier. The trial lasted five days, but nothing was brought to light beyond what was set torth in the written accusation, of which I gave you an account in a former' letter; the motives of the crime alone have been a little more ex plained. Bonino had been living five years with Marguerite Car. rat, whom he had promised to marry, and he had given her, under a form of sale, two pieces of ground out of four which he had in. herited; yet, notwithstanding his engagements, the Piemontese threatened to leave her. Anger. or the apprehension of being de emed, and the tear of losing the advantages which she expected from the marriage with Bunion, exasperated Alarguerite Carrat to the lughcst cic:crre; unhappily for the funned, at the same time, a connexion with the ferocious Dimon, and Bonino quickly disappeared. The advocates of the accused urged with much talent every cir cumstance that could he favourable to their clients. Two years have elapsed since the disappearance of Bonino, but the proofs of the crime were clear, and both the culprits have been condemned to death. The proceedings were just terminated, and the sentiments of horror were giving way to those of compassion, when a terrible scene took place, which spread a deadly consternation amongst ail the spectators of the Court ; hardly had the President pronounced the sentence, when I intuit furiously darted on his wife, and seized. her by the t hroat, evidently with the purpose of puttirg her to death upon the spot ; and he had almost elfteted his purpose, when the gend'armes rele isrd her from his grasp; recourse was obliged to be had to medical assistance before she could be perfectly re.. stored. ALLIANCE GRANITE AND CHINA CLAY COMPANY.---. A meeting of the Shareholders in this Company wu in tended to be held on Friday, for the purpose of " taking into consideration legal proceedings against the projectors and others—recovery of deposits, &c.;" but, owing to some mismanag,t mint or mistake in the circulation of no tices, the subscribers did not meet in sufficient numbers to do any thing effectual. Only six gentlemen, including Mr. Wm. Clark, being preeent, the meeting was adjourned to Wednesday next. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. — Friday night an accident oc curred in the family of a Mr. Upjohn, in Oxford-street. Some few friends hail been invited to spend the evening with him, and the chiidren were sent into the kitchen, when on a sudden the company were alarmed by the screams of one of them, and on running down stairs they discoverid a little girl about five years old enveloped in fire ; after some time the flames were extinguished, but it is feared the child will not recover. Ax A CPARITION.—The following strange story is re lated by a man employed by Mr. Smith, of the Black's Head, Nottingham, in the capacity of a chaise-driver:— He states, that a few erenings since, having been engaged to convey e . gentleman from the residence of Lady Manvers at Home-Pierrepont to this town, he was waiting near the entrance of the mansion, with his chaise and horses, fur his passenger, about ten o'clock, when he was suddenly startled by the appearance of a female figure, arrayed in white. Ile was coevinced in his own mind there was something supernatural in its share, not merely by the ex traordinary sensation he himself felt, but by the restless ness and anxiety shown by fhe horses. The figure passed on ; but though relieved from its presence, he was only freed from the intense state of alarm he had been thrown into by the arrival of his passenger, who found him with his hair literally standing on an end, horn fright. He proceeded on his journey to Nottingham; but on passing through Holme-lane, some considerable time after his first view of the apparition, he was harrified by its appearance a second time. The horses were not less alarmed, and made a full stop, " sweating," as the narrator states, "at esesy pore." With some difficulty he urged them on, and a third time he met the spectre, but at such a distance from the place where lie first observed it, that no human creature on foot could have passed over the ground in the time. The last time the figure was as appalling to his sight as at the two for mer visitations. The man ultimately arrived at the end of his journey, and was taken severely to task by his em ployer for over-driving the horses, for such appeared to have been the case, from the heated and fretted state they were in. He declared, however, and still persists in tile statement, that he had been an hour coining from Holum— certainly a moderate rate of tinting fer so short a tlistanco, • I la be MO Bo sy L Die the nl• liges maY Tads gnu. City.