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DUTCH P. 4 PE RS. [From the Ilagrtc Con rant of the 4th that.) H AGE E. A unit. On the 31st July, arrived in the Texel his Majesty's corvette the Comet, from Batavia, which brings Batavien Papers to the Ist e!' .turil. it items, that after the arrival of the Triton in India, which Is supposed ID have brought new funds, the t'ommirsiotier.General had issued two important d: crew relative to the Nuance.. The rebels still hold out In the territory of the Princes, chiefly be:ative the ra . • s impeded the mot ions of our troops. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. AMSTERDAM, Art: 4.--41 1 . 10. ; 40.7. 11 A MAI: nt:TI. At• 0. 1.-37 2; two months, 36 11. anfl. JULY 18.-11 7-32. BERLIN. Jv LY 2.1.-Three months, 7 24. L cIP SIG, J ut.v 21 1 .—Three m onths, 6 1 A• VIENNA., JCLE 22 —Three Months, 10 Is. HAMBURG II PAPERS. ST, PETERS7II7IIOII, JULY 19. The Emperor and Empress will set out tor 31emcrow at the end of text week• The Coronation, it is said, will he on the llith of August. About 8,000 copies of the Report of the Commission of laqu'ry have already been disposed of. On the day of publi. cation 2:4 and in some Instances 90 rubles., were paid for a copy. The number of criminals is 121, all of who:n are in priwn, except the Councillor of State, Nicholas Turgrnar, who is said to be in Englard. Ills Majesty, by an order of the 20th ultimo, has given his !Orrery to 31ajor.General Orloff, who is to return to his rank, but is dismissed the service, and declared incapable of holding any u.fc.t in futures, not is lie even to show himself in either of the two capitals. .71! t.v The continued obscurity of the atmosphere. caused by fires in the woods. have lrtherto been a Brest hindrance to the navigation of Crenstartt; several vessels reedy to sail. and others tnting to erter. have been obliged to lie w for several days, waiting for clear %teller. STocanotor, .Itrr.v 25. t Hi; Majesty the King has been Indispo s e d for Prime days, bu ray slightly, so that his entire recovery may be shortly exptcted. PRICES Of BRITISH Bent Stock 0:: S per tent. Red. ;!. , t 2 pec C.:A. Con.. ;Al 79 761 ;91 Ditto Acct. 7.. 4 ! ;9 ;6/ 79i 3! , per Can. Si per Celt. Red.64l New 4 per Cent. '4S ) . _ STOCKS YESTERDAY. a per Cent. (1n26, Vat j. a Long Ann. 19: 546 India Ronde 2.5 '27 pm El. 111111110 00 1. 17 18 pm Ditto 50 5 1. 17 It pm Ditto 9Tnall 17 19 pm Lottery Tickets 241. 1•. PRICES Or FOREIGN Andrian duls 1 1 •11 ktratll!an Bonds 61 f Acct. 41 2 11.Nr 46 Ayres Bonds C:ol.an Cond. .0 Bonds 34 Buo 1r '18 , 24, 33 • 1 46 3 A...•. 31,1 4 i 5 4i ;1d22, fra 11 , 0, A , •et. 3,. FrocA It .ntes 5 per Cent. 100 f. Ezel.sneo 30e. i7ete.S neje'. 3 per Cent. 61if. 25f. rArc. STOCKS VESTEUDAY. 1 Greek Bond. Ditto Bon& 1825; 13 1 Ditto Acct 131 IlleOcon Bond. Ditto Bondi , i 023, 53i t .1i R 31 I 1 Ditto Acct.:Ct 0113 9' . 31 1 / 1 Peruvian 11 , 111 d ~ .2:4 i; 7 Ncoliuliten 11.,rd• 7:: P.. togue , e II 014. 7:1; Ditto Acct. 72 1 2.1 Rii , c4ao Bond% $3. 1 1 Ditto Acrt.i , 3l 4 3. 11 SpariA hood. lu ii, , 10 i 10 Ditto Acct. 10 PRICES 01 SHARES VI:STEM/A 1 . . 4 Z . Share. Paid. 10 15 s;n". h I") 13 1 ,, Ws F,) 5 4 409 1'24 4 ,, pm 14 did Ikeallan ..... ............... C _let' and is',Firito Santo 1111,11 u•Peruvian 1.3 Pax. and Peruvian A.tuelation ................. • • • • •. Unit:a Mexican .......... •• • • . _ A.4l:lANcit coup %NIES. Ai!lance British end Foreign ... M,otector Fire ...... . OAS LIMIT AND COCK COMPANIDS. 8 rp dis Ganthental .• •... .• • . sivicsiLts xous. 1,0 10 dig C...nerst Steam :St avivalon .. ji ,„" . 0 , .." _ c_ _ , ,;-:.-. 1 ~,... ,!.; ;F, : . g .11,14.:Zr • .. . 1 ' / : 17 1;, ?I T . r . "' ''','„,,, ' ' 'l . ;•air.,:;4: ...-. I ';',', . .^ • ' : . .1 ' 4 ;' ::-. ' - - • 4: '' : rite Until:ill Vrefio. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. This Evening, TVESDAY, Altrowt S, will be performed 12(1 time) an entirely new Grand Merio-comla Opera, called THE ORACLE; or, THE INTERRI • PIED SACRIFICE. The principal Characters by Messy'. J. Wand. Perkins., J. O. Atkins, ft Sapio, awl 'Thorne ; Blare, Paton, Hamilton, and (coward. .kfter which the new Comic Operetta, called LYING SLADE EASY. the prlndlpal Characters by Meas.. Bartley, Thorne, and Wrench, Misses Carr and Roden. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. • Under the especial Patronage of his Most Gracious Majesty. To.niurrow Evening, WE lINESDAF, and FRIDAY' EVENING, August ti and 11, there will be A GRA:':D GALA, Wth a constant succession of Entertainm commencing at Eight o'ciock. A Concert of Vocal •nd Instrumental Music. PrillClp2i Kr rs —PIEss 'Fravis Idise Helnie, and Niss Love; Mr. Brabant, Mr. Y, - . sicior Ile Bernie, Mr. Horneastle, Mr. C. Taylor. Mr. Itoblo. a 0., and ll,uter Harker. Composer and Conductor, Mr. H. R. ltid,ap ; of the Signor Spagnolettl. The New Ballet of tile V.ila.fe .r, with the moebs admired Comic Dance. Mr. Wilson's salsa adi l'erformances on the Tight Rope, which are rolled every Ev.oling. T.• S l ack Rope Evolutions. The Rule' of an Italian Aidefy, b ; NoonlSKht, by the celebrated Mr. Stanfield. 'Fhts Cloister, which ha • earl th admiration of tha Visers, the Three last Nlglits, will be e l"ed on e each of the above Evenitting*. Also, the Carnbla Vellum, by M. C ..ke, gA,lng a 'Morainic Effect to Six changeable Views. THE FIRE WORKS, are universally acknowledged to be superior to those of nny S.:Aso? , will contioue equally brilliant. The two unrivalled Artists, .1 and Southby. exhibit alternately. Iroar. open at Seven n'Clock.—Cnneert commences at He al - s tn l'd Flaht. AO., 4s.—Boxes may be engaged upon application to r. drews, Bond-street. . . The BRITISIt Piz.. commenced publishing yesterday morting at five o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, Aucus r 8, 1826. The public attention at this moment, throughout Europe, seems to be directed almost exclusively to Turkey, where the late great Revolution at Constantinople seems yet in compkte, while the expedition of Lori Coe lIIIANE is still menacing the Empire, without a possibility of determining oa what point the storm may burst. The uncertainty it self is a point gained in favour of the Greeks, and it has al- ready hal the effect of inducing IBRAHIM to abandon the interior of the Mores, in order to be d port,:e to oppose any attempt which may be made on the coast. Ther• is one artiel,; of intelligence from Mexico in these Papers, wt ich merits attention, as we have some reason to think era the conduct of that n nent has not been precisely surh as suits the interests of this country. We sulsjoin such extracts from the French Papers of Saturday, and the P. toile of Sunday, as appear to us to be worthy of attention : (From the Nvuik•ar of Saturday. August 5.1 `: thug elhc'tzl TUIEsTE, JULY 22. (,:: (b . ...wryer contains a letter from Syrr, of June 1 I,of which t? 'c following iw an trtric::— '• The Russian brigantine, St. George, Captain Thendcsia de I;• lazni, has been declared free at H l tint, and has arrived in this •• The Greek schooner of the French Commander, Decrun, has quitted Hydra, without ite prey. •• A report is current that three I osariot VCAReh have pill aged Tuscan brigantine, commanded by Captain Jsculich, bound from .:ghorn to Alesandretta, and that the cargo belonged to French s-ii j ccts. The French frigate, La Cralatee, has come bore to inves t.g..te the fact. -• Rear-Admiral de Rigny has been to Egina, with some ships (.1 war ; he wok and burnt all the mistiest that he found there • lie landed a body of troops to go in quest of the pirates, but they had retreattil to the heights. The Reer-Admiral visited the ma garines end shops, but did not find any stolen goods. The American division is at Milo ; it consists of a shipot . the ►:ae. a frigate, a brig, and a schooner. It is said that all the families of Athens are gone to Sahunina, because. the Turks of Zeitouni and Negropont are on the march to wards that city. The Capitals Puha'. fleet will put to sea after the Fete of Courbam A Captain who wired bete yesterday, in thirteen days, from 7...nte, 'reports that the Austrian frigate, Bellona, had joined the ship ul the English Vice-Admiral Neale, and that they had ►ailed togethcz to ,Milo, to join the French Rear-Admiral de Ripy. (From the Efoik, dated Sunday, Aug. 6.1 • BUCEIAREST, JULY In. The Russian courier, who should bring the news from Conittan t.,u,ple of the 7th, has not yet arrived. The Turkish Commlasionets to the Congress at Ackermann, ^ l lOl.- .4., ~~_ 111 who passed through this city without stopping, have been received with much solemnity at Jassy. It is said, but without warranting the fact, that the Russian Con sul lately arrived in that city, went out to meet them. Pants, ACGUST 5. Getters from Madrid of the 20th July fay— " A band of 20 or 25 horsemen stopped and plundered, a few days ego, near Cordova, three casks loaded with tobacco, on their way from Cadiz to Madrid. Pursuit is made after the rubbers, who are supposed to be snaeglers. " A Sardinian merchantman, having lately ailed from Corunna, to take in a cargo of oxen at Cantarintia, was visited off Gape Villano by the Trinity, Colombian schooner. The privateer recognised among the passengers an officer of the Royal Spentsh Navy ; they seized him, stripped him of all I , pone-seed, and then put him on shore near Cantarinas, whence he has returned to Corunna. Ile uf firms, that while he was on board the Trinity, that privateer stopped and visited an English vessel, bound from Marseilles to Brest. It is arid that it took out of the Sardinian schooner 4,000 piastres, belongirm to a smuggler of the same nation, who immediately put to sea in chase of the privateer. " On the Ist of Angled, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the them-tonic:et of the lannean Society at Bordeaux was at 32 degrees and a half above zero ; 104 deg. Fahrenheit. [From the Pilotr.) PARTS, ARC/PST 4. The letters from Jassy soy that the Russian negotiators. before their arrival at Ackermann, had several conferences with Generals Sahenief and Knelteneff, at the head-quarters of the Reisman army in Bessarabia. The advanced posts of this army, which were placed towards the extreme homier, have fallen buck, and it is said they will remein where they now are during the whole of the negotim iota. The Jnni mil nf Elie Two if odilt bas the following article, in the number of the lath July : " The Mexican Government Sas forbidden all English ships of the Royal Navy to anchor under the fort of St. Juan di:Boa, or even to moor there; but they may do bath et the Isle of Sacriticios. It seems that this measure has been suggested by the fear that they may attempt to seize upon it, and make it another Gibraltar. Whether these fears are well founded or not, it is certain that the city of Vera Cruz has asked of the Government that this riot should be demolished, but this request has been rejected. From the Condittitiionnel.l (PRIVATE COILTIESPONDENCE.) CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 12. TI c public discontent increases, end shows itself even in the capitel, where nothing but the presence of the Sultan, who is con • Int.•!y on horseback, maintains the appearance of tranquillity. Ile strikes elf heads, proscribes, mutilates, and tonliscates the 1 - r rocrty of the condemned and the proscribed, which he distributes ammo; the soldiery ; but the eaccutions and pillage must goon come to an end. In the meantime the struggle becomes organized, and it is knewn that certain unfaithful guards have sold a very con. siderible quantity of arms, which have been transported and de lis ;:ctl at the morance of the Black Sea. A thousand contradic tory rumours arc in ciretMo ion. Sometimes it is maintained that I the Janissaries it: the d frerent titles of the empire have entirely I 'submitted ; and sometimes it is asserted that a general revolt has telren place. Teis last version is the most probable ; we say aro ' betble, foram communications between the provinces of Turkey in Europe and the capital have ceased, and it is only by indirect means that the Government itself is informed of what passes. It tneot, however, be denied that the Janissaries of Philipopolis, of Deena, of 'Ft urnovo, of Si:istlia, and of Itudschuk, are in open revolt. and that they have massacred the Arnett* supposed to be favourable to the authority of the Sultan. The news which has arrived by a boat sent from Enos, states that there were serious disco indices at Adrianople. An insurrection was even dreaded at tee Devitt,' ellee, where the Janissaries are in force. We have to al', that a foreign naval squadron, which cruizes at the entrance of the liehlespunt, Kivu great alarm to the Turks, and that die Divan ins: if is not without uneasiness as to its intentions. Tire Janis earies trap. oral to Asia turned for;donts (robbers) as soon as they were at a sufficient distance from the teethe' to be able to unit?, and to form themselves into companies. They have elected Chiefs and a sort of Government, composed of licktaelgi Der vi.hes. They ore now in cerreepondence with all the great towns of A natelia, where tire Sultan is considered as a gamete, or infidel. ee-ch is the CGtlTrie of events up to this date ; and public opinion is sJ decidedly pronounced against the destruction or the Janissaries, that it is probable that the new system will soon fall on the heads of its adherents, whatever may be the rank a Welt they occupy. The news from lemma concerning which people seem now only to feel a seem:el:try interest, is, that Ibrahim Pacha, finding it int po able to me:sr:lke any thing, leis determined to retire on Coror., where lee lens co me orate' ail the remains of his forces. The plague ra e es at Motion, 12 or 15 ;semen die every day, and the garri son is row re hirel to 700 men. Private accounts announce that Colonel Fabvier has caused the fortifications of Nauplis and 310- nemb ssia to be repaired, while he has provisioned the fortresses so as not to fear a siege, which may be protracted to eternity, if the Turks determine to undertake it. Commerce exists no longer, ex cept in recollection. No business is done, but for ready money, and for Utley of the first necessity. Thus, the Russians hive goell reasons for not being is haste to come to an accommodation with Constantinople, for foreigners have before this almost lost the habit of going to Odessa to purchase corn. That port had fallen off very much during the last five years, and it is to be presumed that its importance, inste el of being recovered, will go on di. mintshing. In the midst of the scenes which deluge this city with blood, we have been witnesses to an episode, which may be called the afterpiece of this great drama, although it does not conclude it. AI. FAbin arrived here sonic time ago with the produce of the collections made for the fathers of the Holy Land, (with whom, by way of parenthesis, be has no connexion, for he does not know a word of Turkish or Arabic) to preach the Gospel to the people of Syria. Ile distributed, on his arrival here, a litho. 7n ph c print, in which he is represented with a star over his head. Its he wished it to be implied that this star conducted him to Pales tine, ire has been mistaken, for he has gone the wrong way. On Iris are vii he spoke of nothing but the legitimacy of the Sultan, which he had proclaimed, as lie said, from the seat of truth. His language was a continued fire of invectives against the Greeks, of triumphant expressions in favour of the Jesuits, who would have changed the face of the East, by putting the insurgents once more under the orthodox sabre of Malimoud 11. Nothing was wanting for that purpose front his Highness but a little finnan to dislodge all Chris. tiara communities from the sacred sepulchre, with the exception o the Catholics of the congregation, who were to be the sole pones. tors of it. If that had oacc been done, a reinforcement of Loyolists would aeon hare arrived, and in an instant the Sultan and the Je. suite would have effected an astonishing revolution, someth erg better being understand in extrcnits. But man proposes and God tii.poses. The finnan were refused. Then rose the din of war. The .‘l,he eemused the French legation, fulminated and swore by Mont emige ter et they should repent it. Ile was answered politely. He was told that steps of this sort were premature—that they prevented the success of the mission of the last French Ambassador. lie cried out—lmpiety ! Atheism ! threw about fire and flames, anathematized, embarked, and sailed fob France, where he will soon be seen returning. FRENCII ru s Ds.—PAnti,At: s.—Fireper Cents. 100 r. 30c.; Three per Cents., Csf. One. ; Rentes de Naples, 72f. 30c. ; P.cntcs ir lispagne, ; Postal Spanish Loan, 45gf. Exchange on London. one month, 251. 65c.; three months, 25f. 50c..-Cours A uthentil We observe that a Requisition has been addressed to the Loan MAYOR, to induce him to call a meeting for the pur poce of petitioning his MA, Esry to call Parliament toge ther as speedily as postiible. It may be worth while to in quire what hopes might reasonably be entertained of relief, in the present state of the country, from any discussions which could arise in our Legislative Assemblies. In a case where there is am' doubt, where there could be a possibility of mistake, or where his Majesty's Ministers could not act with effect withoat the concurrence of the Legislature, it would certainly be advisable to call to gether the Representatives of the Nation, and to act ac cording to their suggestions; but the distress which has taken place In the country is so much the result of, causes which lie beyond the reach of legislative enact, tnenta—it is 63 completely an evil which can only be ef ' factually cured by time and by the natural course of #~ - , THE BRITISH PRESS events—that any attempt to tamper with the state of things by legislative enactments might probably cause a greater degree of evil, ultimately, than any which these enactments could be intended to remedy. If any thing can be done by private benevolence, by the arrangements of the Executive, or by the suggestions of the Provincial or Metropolitan Press, it is extremely proper that it should be done, but in such a way as not to interfere with the natural course of things—not to destroy the very salutary effects which may be expected to arise from the lesson which has recently been given to the manufacturer, to guard against employing too much capital and in dustry on objects which do not themselves furnish the means of supplying the more immediate wants of our nature. We do not go so far in favour of free trade as to say that it ought to be absolute and unlimited. Things must not be allowed to take their own course invariably, although it is certain that the result, in all cases where things are left to themselves, must, if there be any truth in political or in moral science, be such as will reconcile, in the Lest possible manner, the contend ing interests that must always be reconciled before the maxim/Trio( moral or political good can be produced. The natural course of events would undoubtedly punish the murderer by the general fear and consequent enmity which he must inspire in all his fellow-men; but we do not on that account assert that laws against murder are useless. Laws, if just, so far from contradicting the course of nature, merely fall in with it and second it. They are merely regulations resulting from experience, by whieh we are enabled to come to that result directly, which could only be effected, without that experience, after a long courss of trials and errors—of evils and remedies— of faults and castigations. Ministers have, therefore, done wisely in limiting the extent to which freedom of trade is carried; and they will also do well in draw ing the proper lessons from our recent experience, in order to: form future enactments, to come to the same results in aftettimes, without the same dear-bought expe rience. On the present occasion, we have learnt by actual calamity that the improvement of one branch of industry beyond the proportion of others, particularly of those branches which tend to increase subsistence, must invariably produce mist - ry, and that that misery must eventually fall on theheads of those very persons who, from ill-regulated avarice, have contributed to the growth of the evil. The mistake has now been committed, and its consequences must be endured at present with patience; but we may find means of alle viating them if they should recur in future, by inventing methods for discovering the first appearances of similar in:stakes. It is not one or two measures only which may • be found useful for this purpose. It is not legislative re gulations alone that are to be used to prevent such mistakes. Political, moral, and even scientific and mechanical causes, may all be made to concur hl accomplishing this object. In short, we consider the press and the furnace as not less efficient instruments in this case, than the Legislature or the Executive. iVe would repeat, however, once more, that all these measures will be leas effectual immediately than prospectively. Excessive depression must soon cause exctssive elevation, without any further interference; but we arc extremely anxious that the lesson should not be lost for which we have paid so dear, and that we should not again launch out into those schemes which have re cently proved so detrimental. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Consols to-day have not displayed any considerableac tivity ; they opened at 781, and advanced gradually to 79 791, and finally closed at 791, at which price there were buyers. A considerable anxiety prevailed for a short time, in consequence of the promulgation of a letter from India, dated Madras, March 10, stating that the British army in the Burmese territory had been cut to pieces, and Sir ARCHIBALD CA MCDELL made prisoner. Upon inquiry it appeared that this was added as a postscript to the letter in question, and, doubtless, was a report of the moment at Madras. The panic, however, subsided when it was found that there were Madras Papers in town of the 11th March, and letters of the 15th, which were wholly silent on the subject of any action having taken place, their only state ment being, that the British army were advancing. The apprehensions on the score of this news did not last long enough to have any effect on the Funds, or upon India' Bonds, which closed at 2.5 to 27 premium. In the Foreign Market there were heavy sales of Mexi can, which reduced them to .S 2; towards the close of the day, however, they rallied to 534 1, at which price they closed. Colombian are a shade better, being 35i. In other Foreign Funds there is little or no variation. In the Share Market, those only in which any thing like business is: done are the Brazilian at 20, and the Tlalpuxahua, which are at 30 premium. In the Colonial Trade there were some considerable sales of Rums and Coffee to-day, which realized prices that in dicate a steady though gradual improvement in this impor tant branch of our trade. The Corn Exchange displayed, as usual, a large number of visitors, but very little business was done. Wheat showed a decline of ‘2s. per quarter, while oats advanced in the• same ratio; other grain also showed higher quo tations. LORD COCIIRANE.-11v the list of arrivals at Messina, we observe that of the Unicorn schooner, Capt. Scott, on the 12th July, from Bantry Bay, in thirty days, in ballast, said to he bound to Corfu. This is the vessel on board of which Lord Cochrane embarked for Greece. There was some slarm in the City yesterday morning, on the publication of a letter from Vellore, dated 10t1► March, stating that the British army in the Burmese ter ritory had been rut to pieces, and Sir Archibald Campbell made prisoner. That there is such a letter in town there can be no doubt; it was brought by the IVellington from Madras, but all other letters by this ship are silent on the subject, and we have seen a variety of them, dated Madras to the 16th March inclusive. 'f he report meets with no credit in the City. A Lisbon Mail has arrived, bringing despatches from his Excellency Sir Charles Stuart to Mr. Canning, and from Vice-Admiral Lord Aurelius Beauclerk to Mr. Croker ; and by which opportunity we have received Lisbon Ga zettes to the 29th ultimo, inclusive, and private letters to the same date ; by the latter we ate informed that the se- vend authorities were to take the oaths prescribed by the Constitutional Charter on the 31st of July. Every thing had been quiet, except at Chaves, where a slight disturb ance had taken place, but of no eonsevence, and which was soon quelled. Our letters do not mention the change of Ministry spoken of in the French Papers, so that we are left in uncertainty on that point. His Majesty's ship Glas gow arrived in the Tagus on the 26th, but sailed again on the 29th. The Ocean, Genoa, Albion, and Diamond re mained in the Tagus. A requisition in the following terms to the Lord Mayor is in the course of signature . "TO THE. RIGHT 110/1. THE LORD MATOR. " We, the undersigned Liverymen of London, whose names are 1 hereunto subscribed, request your Lordship to call, as soon as con venicnt, a Common hail of the City of London, for the purpose of taking into consideration the reprise; of presenting a Petition to his Alajeaty th e Ki ng , beseeching that his Majesty would as semble Parliament i n a s short a time as possible, in order that measures may be adopted to put an end to the dreadful state of misery which now exists in the country, and to effect a speedy and c lourompleteintportetl aboliti " on of the corn laws, and of all taxes on cant and f. w o 4 -- ---- --,-, ~.: ".....7:., . ~ -.. . -- .Ip. ' -s. "`,..- -.----'lll ‘,l l, C..--- is.'", -rth A 1 //* ' „k......_____. ..Y----viftc•:"...',. .•:,-. _ *. v.a.t. .....e.............2...., Necjc...... PARTIES. The Dowager MarehienCsaetS. 7 lll;bury had a dinner party on Sunday, and a ticket patty in the evening, at her house In Ar . linnton. Aire et. The Cuuntra of ESSCX had a card party yesterday evening, at her house in liill-street, Derkeley.muare. MOVEMENTS. The Duke and Duellers of Richmond have left Brighton, for their seat, Goodwood. Sussex. The Duke of St. Alban's has arrived in town from the seat of Sir Gilbert East, Bart. in Berks. The Duke of Bedford left town yesterday, for Cashiobury Park, on a visit to the Earl of Essex. The Marquis and Marchioness of Camden left town yesterday, for their seat, the Wilderness, Kent. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbuty returned to town on Saturday, from the scat of the Marquis of Downshire, in Berks. The Earl and Countess of Sefton have arrived in town front their seat, Stoke Farm, Berks. The Earl and Countess of Darlington and family left town yester. day. tor York. The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester and family have left town, for their seat in Hants. The Hon. General Taylor has left Harrowgate, for Ireland. Charles Tufton Blacke, Esq. has left his house in Regent-street, for Brighton. Mrs. Nesbitt has left the seat of Sir Henry Davis, in Devonshire, for Sir Robert Browning's, Bart, in Wales. Wm. Bowles, Esq. left town yesterday, for his seat in Berks. The lion. Thomas Grenville has left the seat of the Duke of Buckingham, Stowe, for Glastonbury, Sonterset , hire, A. R. Stewart, Esq. and Lady Stewart left town yesterday, for Cheltenham. Col. Anson left town yesterday, for the Isle of Wight. Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. Jnmes's.street :—Lord and lady Carbenel, from Paris ; C. Campbell, Esq. from Bath ; and Thos. Monroe, Esq. from his se :t in Oxfordshire. Capt. Milner left ditto for Worthing. Departures from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street:—Lady Barker and Miss Colthurst for Ramsgate; Mrs. Borneo and Son, on a tour; and G. Roebuck, k sq. for Cheltenham. l.ord Robert Spencer has left town, for his seat Woolbeding, Sussex. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Ptllsford left the Waterloo Hotel, Jer myn-street, yesterday, for Sir Davidge Goold's seat in Herts. Mr. and Mrs. John Brown left the St. George's Hotel, Albe marle-street, yesterday, for the ( ontinent ; and Henry Eyre, Esq. for Southampton. Lord and Lady Crsnley have arrived at ditto, from Paris. Ana. .s.—The Duke of Gloucester left us on Thursday morning for Milford Haven, to enjoy the benefit of bathing. His Royal Highness is expected to remain about a fortnight. The Royal Duke remained with us between three and four weeks, and during that time attended at the Grand Rotunda at the Montpelier Spa, to drink the water, and joined in the promenade (which comn,enc's soon after eight o'clock, and continues till ten.) His Royal Highness W3S saluted by the bands of the different Spas as he passed with " Gott save the King." The Royal Duke subscribed to two Spas besides the Mont pelier, viz., the King's Old Well and the Sherbourne Spa. Last night the joint bands of the Sherbourne Spa and the King's Old Nell had their benefit concert at the latter place, from which they netted about 50/. The Duke of York rode out yesterday afternoon about one o'clock from Mr. Greenwood's villa at Brompton, in his cabriolet. The Royal Duke drove to the new building for his future residence, which his Royal Highness in- spected a short time. The Countess of Eldon has been indisposed for some days past. Sir Matthew Tierney attends her Ladyship. Died on Sunday, in child-bed, at Belvedere, Kent, Countess Gersdorf, daughter of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele. - 't'he King's new Palace in St. James's Park is to be co vered in by the end of next October. Mr. Dykes, the King's messenger, was sent off on Fri day night from the Foreign-office, with despatches for the Continent. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Secretary of State's office for Foreign Affairs, for the British Ambassa dors at Madrid and Paris. Sir Wm. Curtis has anchored his yacht in our river, and may be seen daily in the lligh-street, where his jolly and ' portly appearance attracts the attention of the visitors. He is not unfregnently followed by a train of a dozen seamen bearing immense baskets of provisions.—Suuthamplon Paper: The death of Mr. Ironmonger having caused a vacancy in the representation of Stafford, a whole! posse of candi dates have been already spoken of ; among them we may name Sir G. Chetwynd, formerly M. P. for Stafthrd, Mr. Campbell, late unsuccessful candidate, Richard Spoonrr. Est ~ Charles Sheridan, Esq., J. E. Denison , Esq. , Colonel Wilson Patten, Sir R. Gresley, and Mr. Waterhouse, coach proprietor. Two or three of the number, we be lieve, have been applied to, but decline; and one only has ' intimated his intention to the burgesses. viz. Mr. Spooner, whose agent has issued the following notice:— The freemen of Stafford are respectfully intreated to withhold the promise of their votes for a few days. 11Ir. R. Spooner. of Bir mingham, will have the honour of paying his personal respects to them on Tuesday next.—Aug. 4, 1826.—Stoffordshire WA ti err Etu's TRIAL.—We understand all the lodgings in Lancaster are engaged during the Assizes by visitors, whose curiosity has induced them to be present at Mr. Wakefield's trial; at least this is the manner in which the natives account for such an unusual influx of strangers. —lt is not possible for the case of Wakefield to come on on Thursday next, there being, for instance, no bill found ; and in the next place, Mr. Wakefield objects to such a pre mature proceeding. His Counsel are Messrs. Scarlett, Parke, and Pollock. A curious circumstance has taken place, which is, that Mr. Brougham has been retained or. both sides at he same time, and there is a doubt for whom the Learned Gen tleman will appear. Mr. Wakefield considers he ought to have the benefit of his assistance. The Attorney-General for Lancaster (Mr. Scarlett) has written him a note to say he is retained as his (Mr. Wakefield's) advocate. It is considered as certain that he cannot, under the Act of Henry 11 I. c. 2., be convicted of felony, but of the mis demeanour only, which he has made up his mind to, if tried. He corresponds with a number of distinguirlied persons on the Continent. Lancaster will be excessively crowded. The criminal list is very heavy, there being from 123 to 130 prisoners. The Civil Side 101 be inte resting. Lavender, the Police officer, hrs ordered apart ments for 150 witnesses. Mr. Turner has taken apart ments at a Mr. Carter's. Mr. Wakefield, it is said, wilt not be arraigned before the second week. The waiter and chambermaid of the King's Arms Inti, Kendal, are sub pcenaed. - - - - • A rich Parisian, finding himself near death, sent for a notary to make his will. Ile gave him particular instruc tions to draw up every clause with such perspicuity that there should he no room for any dispute among his heirs after his death. " What !" replied the notary, " a will that shall not he disputed ! I must be clever indeed to draw up that. Jesus Christ, who was the wisest of men, and a Cod besides, never made but one, and that has been contested for ages, and gives rise to new disputes everyday; it is not likely that I should do what he could not." A paragraph was inserted in this paper, a fortnight ago, stating that a Scottish gentleman had undertaken, for a wager of one thousand pounds, to travel as a wandering minstrel for six months, during which time he was to ac cumulate one hundred pounds, out of what the public were pleased to give him for his music, he paying, besides, all necessary expenses. An individual representing himself to be the person therein alluded to, made his appearance in this city on Wednesday . last, and played several tunes on the Scotch and Irish pipes, on both of which be displayed considerable skill, as lie perambulated the different streets of the town. Ile was a man of rather gentlemanly figure and deportment, and was accompanied by a person who acted in the capacity of a servant, and received the contri butions of such as chose to give their money. The min strel and his companion sojourned at a humble lodging house—such, it islunderstood, being one of the conditions of the wager—during the night, and left the town on the fol , lowing moniing.—Durham Chronicle. A few days ago a young gentleman, residing in Kee wick, undertook the arduous task of swimming across the broadest part of Derwent Lake , _ where it is not less than a mile and a' half wide, which he destemuily accomplished without difficulty. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. lastlatcd and adapted to the ! nglish stage, was ptrl'urtnul night at this Thcatre, under the name of 71u• lb acle, or l'he Inicrrurted Sacrifice. The following arc the dram a ti s The Inca Inca of Peeti . . . 311..1. TINA lt , :t*Ca. his Son, a General in the Army 31r. Perk .i.l :klntferit, Pentvian General - - M. Pliii!i,, s % F . t i , i n uak:l n m ian ' e a l c i n a l a n i m gl f e l :n P n g r i l l i e :h i t ia f e n y t , h u e L u e . n r the Pt drill°, a Spaniard, Failklaod's see- 1 9I r, Thorne vain - - - ;Ily•a, SiC r ef to Pores . Miss Patnn 'Avila, a Spanish captive . . 31ins 11a tniltnq Guiirn Itn4l, n Sum . . . _ The scene lice in Peru. The inhabitants arc enea , td in a contest with the Spaniards. Before ti:e eons tr „„„ ce. meld of the action of the piece, Efriert has b ee n ta k en soner by the Peruvians. When captured, sh e was on the Point of being married to Eau /land, an En g li s h man in the Spanish service; and he is now, without i nt 1,,,.„,0„ k „ , iu the ranks of the Peruvians, and has di s ta l eunli e d self by saving the life of the Inca. The eon of the Inca has hi conic the friend, and his ilaughter the destined bride, of the Englishman. The Peruvians return victorious, ate! E/rita learns that Feradand, known to the Peruvi an - 4 1, v the name of Sidney, has slain her brother in battle, aul about to be united to Myra. Her love is chang , d red hatred, and she sets about contriving the destrucii,in of FanThland. In conjunction with Meipra, she resen ts to charge him with having blsre e hemed the Sun, and .;/,/h. ru deceives a into an ass , :nt to the truth of the eiiarge. By a con rivance of Vallee,:, the Oracle is male to dc. nuunce the crime of faa/kkind, and demand his death. After various delays, interposed by the friendly compassion of the Inca, F.ailidand is on the point of being ca. crificed, 'a hen Rocca rushes in, at the bead of a body of troops, and rescues him ; declares the practised by her, the trick by which the Oracle was made to denounce Fauatand is exposed, and he is saved from destruction. It may he readily suppostd, from this brief sketch of the story, that little is to be said in praise of the dramatic construction of this opera. The music is more remarkable fur acience and ingenuity than for melody and expression. The choruses are full, r,vh, and harmonious, and some of the concerted pieces are skilful and pleasing, but the airs are of no peenliar be uty or effect. A song by Ptdrillo, a duet between and Gnlira, a duet between Myra and t'aahiend, a striking recitative and air by Maffia a, and seme rrne LI:. ably fine passages in the finale, were the ,e:'t tfil' ice. The scenery and processions were very sp!endid. The opera was announced for repetition amidst getimal applit,e, by Mr. Bartley, who addressed the audience, and inforn!A them that operas on the Continent were truth langtr titai • here—that the present opera was long, but the irilna•rs had thought it would be presumptuous to omit any pay: of musie which had been so highly approved of ; and, in enn . elusion, respectfully hinted raiher than sug„e.sted, z 1,.. it might be expedient to abstain from encoring. A beautiful little ballad, entitled O'er the valleybo'er the mountain. has just made its appearance; the poetry by the author of The Labours of Idlencia, and the music by the popular composer of Cherry ripe. The words are truly elegant, and Mr. Horne has been most successful in his adaptation of them to music. 'lee ELOPEMENT IN NOLLFOLK.—A correspondent in Norfolk, who resides near the scat of the young Baronet, whose wife eloped from him a short time ago, says that the young couple lived very uncomfortably together for scina time previous to the occurrence, and that they occupied se parate beds for the last three months. The lady has brought bur husband two children, and rumour states that tile CatIFC of dissension was a suppositiln on the part of the husba;!,l that the last child did not resemble him in a very strikinA manner. The family mansion is now its a state of rcry great confusion; the Baronet has not only refused to see his children, but he will not allow of a single visitor. ' The great pigeon match, between seven picketigentle: men of theNottinghamshire and Keswick CluFis, and seven of the Woohurn Club, liable to make choice from Leicester and Derbyshire, was decided on Friday. Sixty two birds were killed on each side, and the tie shot off by three members; of the Nottinghamshire end three rwa bets of the Vooburn Club, and was won by the forma only by a single bird. A MAIDEN Assize.—There is not a single criminal, cr o ne civil cause, for trial at the iVestmorland Assizes. ENPLOSION.—A fatal explosion took place this werk in a lime-stone quarry at Trewen, near Launceston, by which a man named Jenkins was killed, and another man, named Colwell, so much injured, that great doubts are en tertained of his recovery. Two other men narrowly escaped. A charge bad been prepared for blasting a rock, and it is supposed that a spark from • tobacco-pipe falling on some loose grains of powder, was the cause of tl:c dreadful accident.—Cosnivall Gra::efle. A R BRO AT H.-A principal officer from the port of Lon don, accompanied by J. ‘Vestgarth, Esq. one of the Sur veyors-General for Scotland, called here on Tuesday. en their rounds through the different ports of Scotland. It is understood their object is to learn what farther reductions can, with safety to the collection of the revenue, be made in the number of officers of Customs. One of the Arbroath fishing boats returned on Wednesday front the nt ighbour hood of Stonehaven, whither she went on the previous day, with a good take of herrings, which were sold at Gd. per dozen. This is a fortunate circumstance, as the potatres arc getting more plenty than hitherto, and the increase promising much better than was lately anticipated.—Cale donjon Mercury. LONGEVITY.—There is now living at FortiVilliani,N.B a woman of the name of Ross, who has attained the ex traordinary age of an hundred and five years. She ;s of a religious disposition, has been a very industrious and a very temperate regular living woman, and still posscssos a remarkable buoyancy of animal spirits. She mattag , s her household matters, and walks about the.place with the activity of a maiden of eighteen. Iler sight is bn: little, and her hearing none, impaired, and it is only from a lack of lustre and animation in her eyes that a person discovers her patriarchal age Iler delight is in reminiscences of the days of other years, and possessing an excellent memory, with the garrulity natural to old people, she relates with great vivacity a number of romantic traditionary legends, which were much valued by aged people in her youth—in stances of individual peril and intrepidity in battle, or the joys and misfortunes of some happy or unfortunate pair. Site has paid particular attention to the events that have been passing under her own eyes, and details, with great minuteness the changes that have taken place iu the dress, manner of living, and the fare of the country, since her juvenile days. She is held in great respect by her ac quaintances, and is visited by a number of the intelligent people who visit Fort William. A GF.NTEEL T RIEE.—In yte course of last spring there seemed to be a great demand QT bankers from Montrose to the Emerald Isle.—One bank agent was on the eve of re signing his situation here, and accepting one in Ireland, and was only prevented from doing so by an advance of salary, or something equivalent. The agent of the Ar broath Banking Company's branch here was not so fortu nate—he tried the same method to" raise the wind," but with less success, as his employers immediately accepted his resignation, and appointed another agent. This hap pened in the beginning of' March, and so anxious were his new masters to have him, that he could- not be prevailed upon to stop any longer than the 16th of that month, his presence being indispensably necessary in the " good town df Armagh." Two weeks was no doubt a short time for the Company to arrange their affairs and get another agent, but there was no remedy, the gentleman was inexorable. It was not likely such a situation would remain long va cant—an agent was soon obtained ; but the one who re signed firs not yet vitted this place. There is now no word of the Pa:finders being so impatient for him, though nearly five months have elapsed since he was in readiness for them. lit our opinion the whole has been a deep-laid scheme for an advance of salary; and that our bankers had been smitten with the contagion which pervaded all classes last summer. It might be termed a " genteel strike."• — Montrose Chronicle.