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rasteneithrui.gbthe , and the howl became, than ever. One of the pri., ground. Water was pro. sensibility was restored. ,he eyes, beheld the gallows just t a few hours, was to suffer. en the prisoner's sentence and . exercises. He was attended .of Rome. Previous to his being _ .. ht was testified to Bridget Dillon, the rime who was died .. hint for murdering Mr. Yeast,mid who, , lived in a state of concutsioage with ibat gentleman. , Mete hie: conviction up-to the hour of execution, declared Cheie Vas imilleent of the courder--bis fortitude did not forsake AE I" iiiji fr = . .s. inemint.' When - he appeared on the scaffold, the ins., I. that had assembled in erect of the gaol seemed de. zhim to address there, as it bed been rumoured among , sim Abet he persisted in declatirg his innocence. He wee mt. i melons to speak, but instead of addressing the people; he Mond to the gentlemen on the platform and declared, in the' gaseteelegto mintier, that he wee prepared to die ; that lie did not Mak and as he should be shortly before the face of Almighty SO S et did not commit the murder , nor was be present at its cent ter any way concerned in it. The Priest then cautioned hith uireelidelowermertces of tittering a falrebood on the brink of Mer in? t lidi he still persisted in Lis innocence. After the drop fell lie did net appear to struggle in the last, bet was observed to strike Otis right heed Peven or eight dines against his breast, as though be leas memalle exclaiming in the language of the publican, " Ued be tomeiful to me a sinner !" . Although this man met his (Ate with the greatest apparent cal. .nosure and resignation, and with a declaration of innocence even on )Ikleyirg lips. no person entertains a doubt of his guilt. Indeed it is reported that the woman to whom he wan married, and who was supposed to be present at the murder, has declared that Kirby Orme was the guilty man. lie was a tail, web-made, and good. looking losing ruse. PhOTESTAST PET:TM:VS.—A Protestant petition, in favour of Catholic Emancipation engraved and impressed upon vellum, was yesterd mornidg laid upon the table of the Cltb-room, Bibernian H o tel, by - William Bayly. of forelands, Esq. It is 'Signed by amitral of the leading Nobility connected with Ireland, and has already obtained the signatures of almost all the County Protestant gentlemen now assembled et this city, in attendance on 'line diorites. We understand that Protestant petitions will be sent up to Parliament from every part of Ireland next Sessions, and that they will bear the signatures of by far the latter portion of the intelligent Proteatants of the caunty.—fc/nrftr (Kilkenny) Jour nal. Jury 30. On Friday morning last a woman, of the name of Jordan, who was brought up in the Established Church from her infancy, died within one mile of the town of Longford. From conviction she wished to become a Catholic, and called for the Priest, when her husband said, be would shoot any Popish Priest who would dare to come there. The parson went to visit lin before her death, but she made a motion with her hand to him to keep off, so the poor woman did rot get the benefit of any clergy. This was the fourth Protestant who became a convert to the Catholic faith in this neigh. bourhood within these three weeks past; all are now dead. She was the daughter of an apostate priest, of the name of Sweeny, who became a proselyte to the Established Church about 40 years ago.—DrsAlirsi Freeman's Jo:.rnal. It is With extreme regret we have to record the death, by drown. . icy, of if,. Essex Digby, second son of the late Dean Digby. . This regretted young gentleman, who had but a few days ago at. maned his 21st year, was on a visit with his onele, the Rev. Mr. ...Digby. of Landenstown, near Naas. On the morning ot"flitirs. • day last, agar breakfast, he proceeded to Lathe in the canal, having . given directions to his servant to have Iris gig and horse in waiting saw adjacent bridg-. The servant, alarmed at his unusual delay, iggkejstquities respecting him, and was informal by a woman who si the canal, that she saw a gentleman strip about an hour - • go into the water. On proceeding to the place, his Oda were found, but no sign of his person, till about three Wigs after, when his body was taken up with all appearance of life extinct. Mr. Digby was a young gentleman of great promise, and had just completed his College course; lit had but lately been put in possession of considerable property ; and, it is said, was on the' eve of forming a most respectable matrimonial Cooo,36oll.—Dalin F' rennin's Journal. • PRIFFK OF BRITISH.- Bank groze 2301 30 t per Cent. Red. 9►# pa Cent. Cons. 1 1 44 Ditto Acet. 901 per Pent. 0434 31 per Cent. Red. 9C4 New 4 pet Cent. 103 i I 104 1031 ;TACKS YESTERDA Y. India Stock 2701 India 11.ndq Long Ann. 2YI 7-16 Di 113,1 id. 1.000! . 125 27 pm Dim ) , sOlt/. 23 28 pm Ditto, Small 28 24pm Lottery Ticket'', IW. Rh. PRICES OF FOREIGN Austrian Bonds (10 Go. per A St.) Brazilian Bonds L! an Acct. 81 STOCKS YESTERDAY. Exchange 25f. 10c. Ditto .4cct. 76(. 50c. 25c. Exchange 251. 10c. Break Bonds Ditto Scrip (1825) Ditto Acct. 14 13A 141 131 ills Mexican Bonds 78 44 31 Ditto Acct. 741 g 31 gg 4 Ditto Scrip (1828 i 4 31 4 dis Ditto Acct. si 1 13 44 1 4 3i dis Peruvian Bonds Ditto Acct. 73 Prussian Bonds 1011 Ditto Bonds 418221 1001 Russian Bonds (1822) 9134 7 6 i Ditto Acct. 961 toscrip -- Ditto Acct. 3} 4 dis Colvna Nan Bonds Ditto Aect. 85i 5 Ditto Bonds (1324) 84 3; Dlvo Acct. 84 431 Danish Bonds Ditto Scrip (1625) sa dis Ditto Acet. 31 dis French Renter 5 pr Ct. 102 f. 7k. ;Ate. Exchange 25f. 19c. French Renter 3 per Ct. 76r. 2k. PRICES OF SHARES YESTERDAV. iii.;ie: Paid. Premium per Shout. Anplo.ailian .£lOO 5 2 Bolivar Castello &Espirito Santo Brasil 100 5 24 2 Ueneral Mining Association Pasco-Peruvian lOO .5 13 12 t Potosi, La Paz, and Peruvian 60 5 36 i i Royal high 23 1 9.16 4 16 United Mexican 4O 20 Ditto Nem 4O 10 241 i 236 23 w ell h Iron and Coal 25 10 4 par 4 . dis ------ - ---- ----- - ----- ASSURANCE COMPAWIEL - Protector Fire 2O 2 I dii atISCtLLATZEOUB. Britieh Rock and Patent Salt 50 3 Droitemn Patent Salt cieneral Steam Navigauon lOO 6 Imperial Distillery 6O 3 ;And. and Boo!. bteam Packet 26 3 and Bour. SNUG Packet 50 2 Lower Rhine Steam Nay lOO 1 Patent Bricks 6O 2 Vrovincial Bank of Ireland bewlet Dye 6 1 4 24 4,1 4 die 1 04 31 1 3 4 3 4 3 1 3 4 2 4 i li • HAYMARKET THEATRE. This Evening THURYDA V, August 4, n 11l he perf o rmed JOHN BUZZOY; Or, A DAY'S PIA:AM.:RE. John Duszby, Mr. W. Farriers. Jenny Jingle. Mrs. Hun by. After whlat 16th time) a new Comedy, called QUITE CORRECT." The Principal Characters by Messrs. Vining. Raymond, and Liston: Mesdames Glover, Davison, P. Glover, and W. CLlfford. To conclude with MIDAS. Apnlo, Madame Vestris; Midas, Mr. Liston. EXCLISH OPERA HOUSE. TM* EVenilli, I HURSD AY, August 4, will be performed BROKEN PROVIRES; or, THE COLONEL, THE CAP"TAIN, AND THE CORPOR I The Pilnelpal Charactsrs by M e . BartWy, Rroadhunit, Thorne. raub. W. Wanett, and Potter ; MlPlNlairnes Noel, Paton, Gray, HWY. Jerrold, and Yr elpiwrt. To conelude with PRESUMPTION; Or, THE PATE OF FRANKENSTEIN. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HIS MAJESTY. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. to obedience to the wishes of the Illustrious and distingutedesd Persasepes, and of that large proportion of the Public, who honoured the Royal Gardens w.th their presence during the past Week. slid es primed their hleh admiratton of the THREE SUCCESSIV E and SPLENDip GALAS that have been gle en, the Proprietor* are ropes'. ing thew this Week, the last of whkh writ take place TO.MUIt Hun' MERINO. FRIDAY, with additionai novelty and variety, but to the same match:de style of decorative splendor. The men, thousand additional Lainpe. In now and tasteful devices, Wiii be again displayed t and the Entcrtoinments and Candi varied, and. if pose.ble. es:idled In interest. A new Ballet depresely produired: and Mr. Wilson the gelebrateet Rope Danger. who, twine his aliseuee, has perfennel at every Court Si Europe, w,th esursonstnarystrecess, has just arrived, Is copped tur s taw tewhie, and will snake hhi appearance this Evening: and the Foe Works a 1.4 wet-4mm Ascent will be so ',inducted as to Insure eitettourinse et the universal aeclamation and delight with which 1 ". MOW, honoured. rerreiendsrs situ t• eisen In the sme of the day. open at Seven.—Adu.leskui 3a. 6d. dition dill sail from Ferro! on the Ist of September, with 8,000 men to geo Rico, and' 2,300 to the Havanna!). The struggle in t re Spanish Cabinet between the partisans of M. ZCA and M. CA LOSI REIR is not decided, nor does it seem probable that it soon will be. Each of these Ministers, though quite opposed in their respective systems of government, enjoys to all appearance in an equal degree the favour of the Kt,eo. M. CA LOYARDE iS supported by the Priests and violent Rlalists, and will most likely prevail. Because M. ZEA inclines to a moderate course, he is represented to aim at the ruin of the Monarchy. The failure of his endeavour to obtain a loan in London (no fault of his, by the by), is said to have given " the final blow to the public credit" of Spain. Hit object is stated to be, " to reduce the Kim) to the dreadful necessity of subscribing to every thing proposed to him." The fact is, that " the final blow to Spanish credit" was given by the Kix° himself, and that very party who charge upon M. ZEA the commission of the deed which he has only dis covered. FERDINAND must submit "to the dreadful ne cessity" of adhering to his engagement, or he must sub sist, if he can, on the bounty of the Priests, or the sale of licenses. The latter is the only expedient left to bring single real into the Royal treasury, unless, under the name of forced loan, the gcvcrnment proceeds at once to seize the property of its unhappy subjects. [From the Qvgidieswe of Monday.], PRIVATE CORRZSPONDENCE. MADRID, JULY 21. The Royal Family is at St. Ildefosso, whither the two Minister', Calomarde and tea. have accompanied the King, which proves that his Majesty yet hesitates respecting the decision which he shall come to with regard to the systems adopted by their Eicellencies, each of whom enjoys equal favour. This crisis cannot last long, because M. Zea has on his aide the moderate party, and perhaps even the Liberals. M. Calomarde, on the other band, has a much greater number of part6: - ..as, at the head of whom we must place the clergy. Messrs. Zes and Ballisteros, by their various proceedings, by their proposals (constantly rejected and always repeated) to effect a loan atalagous to our unhappy situation, have given the final blow to our public credit. They have made Spain appear in the eyes Of Europe as a country which offers no kind of security, and with which London cannot treat. The real object of the President of the Council, who directs everything. and takes advantage of the abso lute nullity of the of Finance, is to reduce the King to the dreadful necessity of subscribing to everything proposed to him ; in consequence the two Ministers whom I have just mentioned, think only of granting privileges ruinous to the treasury, and for the • grant of which certain UM, are paid to the Government, which thus derives a temporary but ruinous advantage. It is probable that the protectors of this sort of speculation will be most bcnefitted by thorn. A license has just been granted to one Gaviria, contractor for the bull fights, and a dealer in oxen, for the sum of ten millions of Teals, (four millions in ready money and six millions in bills of ek- I change on himself) authorising him to import into Spain, in foreign vessels, six hundred tons of English manufactured cotton goods, free of duty. It is estimated that Gaviria and his associates (sill-- posed to be three in number) will gain ten millions each. An infinite number of licenses has been granted to import into Spain, in foreign ships, sugar and cocoa, not Spanish produce ; this dilapidation of the revenues of the State, and this preference given to the English, takes place at the very gates of your France, to the detriment of its manufactures. Here they pretend to be angry with the English ; but in reality they are begged to be so good as to accept the few piastres in cash, which the smugglers have for gotten to export by way of Billies, Betlajoz, &c. Since the Ministry has appointed an Englishman director and sole contractor for the sale of salt cod in Spain, the revenue which the sale of that fish produced is reduced almost to nothing, whereas the duties on that article, which Mr. Ballisteros has tripled since the new contract, formerly yielded thirty millions annually. The same Englishman has made an arrangement with the Mi nistry to furnish tobacco to the Royal Manufactory at 134 piastres per quintal, which costs at Gibraltar only fii. In case this generous speculator (so he is called in the circular letter sent by the General Board) should suffer any losses, the Government will place in his hands the mines of gold, silver, and iron, which arc known as the most productive. .. - ogined with rm . .itken. The acne exhibited wss beyond the Powers , description. l' here was the unfortunate man, in the adder of the • itfte nrittoft Vreoss ruddier., walking html , and apparently quite unconcerned ; and . . _ tea too were his half.naked relative.. to the number of fifty. or perhaps a handfed, piercing the air with cries, as heart-reediag as The Barran Puss commenced pehliatting yesterday morning they were terrific. His mother. a poor old women, wsk.:tirell, at dve o'clock. devoid ef reason, and absolutely raring with grief. She . erenan la, /11•11 fat meteor nudity. She had nommen or stockings- A loge NDON LO, THURSDAY, Auouar 4, 1825. grey desk thrown over her shoulders was bee principaigarment. She lied torn her cap from her bead, her bosom was here, and bet - --..mmi-- . d m ' a m gm hair ..enl wildly .n *vied. She sanctities The Moniker of Monday contains a Royal Ordinance, threw her long and shrivellei arms about her bred, and at others appointing a Commission t o d ec l are t h e to t al amount of •inien n t i l r g struck her bosom, and exclaimed in bar native language, it hi bpbsill bragh ! Mesh buitoil bragh—(Oh !my ton boy ! the Five per Cents. which have been converted. For this se• goo boy ts There was a young woman, one of the prisoner's purpose, on the .sth instant (to-morrow), at midnight, the ~,---; w b0 00 • conduct . wes not leis remarkable than her mother's. Hie lie . imir „ n d sczegms were horrible ; and it was with difficulty Cotninissioners will close the registration of the conversions, 0,,,,0 l „ht be prevented from ru•hing two the bayonets of the so!. and within twenty-four hours the result will be formally it' powribie. to ',minim her brother. The prisoner himself soggaemil trite unmoved. He sometimes turned round and in • published. This subject continues to 1)..,.. exclusively interest- g a llig soap et voice bade them be quiet, or hold their tongues. His ing to the politicians of Paris. The papers opposed to the ceoleggin walking to the gaol was similar to that evinced upon his I na, . 5 .1 g u yi ng hi t eentoncg, dem and unmoved, though apps- Ministry are filled with long articles predicting the utter resslfoist Mushy unmoved. Just as the prisoner approached the failure of all the financial tm:asures for the reduction of !pet. and wan nearly under the gallows, a woman ran towards the soldiers, exclaiming, " Surely you'll let the poor hoy take a drink the Rentes. of beer." The soldiers halted for a moment, and the prisoner . f h 'Gunk w it ha good deal of avidity. ‘Vhen he got to the gaol. as if, e coirespondence from Madrid states, that an expe- ls/sty with the lamentations of his friends, he hastened through the dition Will Sail from Ferrol on the Ist of September, with pumice. when the door immediately closed, and the howl became, Up/mil:de, ten times more vehement than ever. One of the pri- 8,000 men to Rico, and . 9,300 to the Havanna!). soner's sisters hawed and fell 'upon the ground. Water was pro- The struggle in to) Rico, Cabinet between the partisans coped, and in about ten mpitutee sensibility was restored. the o f M. Zee. and M. CALOMARDE is not decided, nor does nulled bet head, and °pettiest 11ff eyes, beheld t he g a ll o w s just 'bore tier, on which her brother, in a few hours, vas to surrey. it seem probable that it soon will be. Each of these The short time that elapsed between the prisoner's sentence and Ministers, though quite opposed in their respective systems *yeast-alien was spent in religions exerciam. He was attended ag 'twee clergymen of the Church of Houle. Previous to his being of government, enjoys to all appearance in an equal degree amen out for execution be was married to Bridget Dillon, the the favour of the Ktreo. M. CA LOMAKDE dbis su goon who was tried with him for morde r ing Mr. Horst, and who, _ __ pporte y (From the Drapcau Blanc of Monday.] AiADRIII, Juts* 21. An expedition, composed of two frigates, several corvettes, andl some transports, will sail from Ferrol the Ist of September, and convey 0,000 men to Porto Rico, and 2,500 to the Ilavannah. neral Gaston, all whose brothers and relations are in the service of Colombia, and who at present commands the maritime forces of Spain in the island of Cuba, has been recalled, and is to be re. placed by Captain Laborde, a man wholly devoted to the King, but who has always maintained that Spain ought to emincipate her colonies. • FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, AUGUST I.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 20c. ; 3 ditto, 751. 40c.; Rents de Naples, Certif. Fal. connet, 211 f. 00c. ; Exchange on London, one month, 251.; tine* months, 241. 115c.—Courr, ifftfbentitine. The intelligence received yesterday through the German Papers from the Mores is of a character alarming to the friends of Greek independence. But there is so much con fusion and contradiction in the news we have from Greece! across the Continent, that, before we give credence to any of these melancholy tidings, we are bound to wait patiently 'till we obtain through some other channel a confirmation! of the statements. We are now told that instead of It:ae nnst DACH A having been completely overthrown by Corm- COI RONI near Tripolizza, and compelled to retreat fort shelter under the walla of Merlon, lie has advanced to Argos, baying previously taken Tripoligza, and defeated the Greeks in every attempt to arrest or retard his progress. The Greeks, it is stated, incapable of defending their soil from the incursioniof the barbarians, had, with their own hands, laid the country waste. All the villages on the line of march had been burned, and Tripolis/a itself was de stroyed in order to prevent it from being occupied by the enemy. COLOCOTRONI is represented to have made all the resistance possible with the means at his disposal ; but finding it in vain, he patriotically sacrificed the whole of his property which lay iu the environs of Tripolizza. We fear that the dangers that now menace the independence of Greece are more serious than any that have preceded I them ; hut we have no reason to despair of its triumph. It appears certain that the siege of Missolonglii has been raised by RtnvCIIID PACIIA, whose losses hare been con siderable. It is stated that his force is so much reduced that he can undertake no fresh enterprise against the Greika. They will therefore be safe on this side, and it will be surpising•if despair alone do not enable them top deliver themselves from ERA HIM and his Egyptians. • The rurnfinr That Ilia Majesty's Goternment have re fused to ratify the treaty with Mexico was yesterday again cirenlated on the Royal Exchange. There is a manifest absurdity in supposing that the British Government would object to ratify a treaty of such a nature, and made ender such circumstances—a treaty of which the terms were pro posed by the British Commissioners. There is, however, a slight difficulty attending this treaty, which will delay • the formal exchange of the ratifications. This point, we understand, relates to the funeral of the dead. This has been explained and adjusted in a separate article, and the treaty has been returned to Mexico fully ratified by the British Government, and requiring only for its completion the sanction of the Mexican Congreai to the additional clause. The United Provinces of Central America appear, by the last advice, from Guatircala, to be proceeding tranquilly with the consolidation of their new institutions. The following is an extract of A letterirom a highly respectable and intelligent individualtesiding there. It is dated from Gustitnala, May 6:— Don DIANUEL .JOSE Aries is elected the President of this Republic for four years, and Don MARI•NO PELTILANENA the Vice-President. A Senate of 12 members end a Federal Congress of 42 ate occupied with the public affairs; the new system as feed by the Constitution is In full effeet, with the general opinion de cidedly in Its favour; tranquillity prevails throughout the Repub lic, and every thing seems to promise such a permament establish ment of the administration is will entitle this nation to the acknowledgment of its Independence, as well as that of the others of the American Continent." The following mystexieux article appeared yesterday in an Evening Paper:— " Advices Of some toast importance have reached London from Colombia. A deputation, consisting of Colonel Nsnva oi and Senor AIMITIMIUS. immediately proceed to England, to in vestigate all the MINTS relative to the late loan." " All the matters" which arc to be investigated by these two gentlemen may be stated in very few words. It will be remembered that when the last Colombian loan was taken, it was the object of considerable competition. Among the unsuccessful bidders were two gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, who contended that they had been ill used, in-' asmuch as their offer was higher than the one which was actually accepted. These gentlemen sent out a representa tion to the Congress of Colombia on the subject, and the Congress thereupon have appointed two gentlemen to in vestigate whether 'the conduct of the Commissioners who negotiated the loan was correct in rejecting the offer of the memorialists ; and if it proves not to have been so, they have ordered that the Co:nmissioners shall pay to the pub lie treasury whatever loss the State may have sustained by their mismanagement. In the mean time, the contract for the loan has been ratified. The conduct of the Colombian Congress on this occasion has been correct and judicious, and this occurrence adds one to the many proofs of the ad vantages of the representative system, by means of which every thing is broUght to discussion in open daylight—cor ruption, if it exist, is unmasked—satisfaction is obtained, or at least sought fur by proper means, and a wholesome lesson given for the future. CITY, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING. There are rin arrivals this day from any foreign quarter by which any later intelligence could have been received, and conse quently the same dearth of political and commercial information continues to prevail in the City which we have been obliged to no. tice for some time. The Consols opened in the morning at gog, but the Children of Israel speculated on their falling, and by ope rations the most extensive they succeeded in causing them to de cline t 0904, occasioning at thesametimenosmallquantityof surprise and panic amongst the other dealers. When theJCWII, who generally operate in the English market, suspended their operations, a reaction occurred in the Consols, for there still exists a considerable desire amongst Capitalists, as well Jews as Gentiles, for investing money la them, and the amount of real stock in the market for sale is at the same time unusually limited. Before the closing of the market real purchases produced their necessary consequen:a. and 941 i was the closing price of the day. The attempt of Al. De V/LT.ELE to reduce the Interest payable on the French national debt 20 per cent. per annum, at the time when money bears a higher interest in private channels in France than that which, after the reduction of the rentes, can be obtained for it in the public debt, appears superficially to be an effort beyond the power even of the Government itself. But then all who are acquainted with the internal prosperity which at present is enjoyed by France, and the great internal sources of that kingdom during the continuation of profound peace, do not entertain a doubt of the d per cent. renter advancing 20 per cent. above their present price, if any certainty should exist of the inability of the Government to mince them into threes, or to pay them MY; for there is a vast dif ference in receiving at stated periods a fixed annuity from a well established Government, and receiving an income from the loan of money to individuals on doubtful securities. That the French Go vernment will succeed in reducing the interest of their national en gagements eventually cannot be doubted, though perhaps they will not be able to get such good terms as the acceptance of a 9 per cent. annuity for every subscription of 7.. It is a dacult operation to prevail on annuitants to take 4 instead of 5 per cent., and nothing but abundance of unemployed capital can induce them to make this sacrifice of their private property. That this abuidance of capital does exist, however, would soon be proved by the advanced value which the Fives would reach, were the .e any certainty that the power of the Government was unequal to their reduction ; and hence arises the universally given opinion that the interest of the French Funds will be reduced, although an eminent capitalist, in conjunction with *too extensive British mercantile establishments, would prefer a loan as tire means for accomplishing the French 111 in ister's financial operation to a general inscription on the part of the annuitant into the Three per Cent. Stock. Very little business was done this day on the Foreign Stock Exchange. South American Stocks are again lower. Colombian Bonds Of 1824, opened 114 i, fell to and closed at 833. There can be no other cause for this erect than speculation, for purcnases are daily made of these securities for country and foreign capitalists. They yield an excellent rate of interest, and are as safe as national securities generally can be. Mexican Scrip is also a shade lower, in consequence of the absurd rumour that the commercial treaty with Mexico is not ratified. Brazil Scrip has fallen to 4 per cent. discount. The unjust aggression of the Emperor of Brazil on ;Montevideo is a well-grounded reason for this decline. Greek Scrip is per cent. deem •titan it was-'yesterday. This nation has a heavy contest to maintain with the barbarian. 3 but as victory or death must be the result to the Christians, great condense is still reposed by British capitalists in the certainty of the final triumph of this great effort at independence. A French journal announces, ns a positive fact, that two French frigates have asiled, under the. cnnunand of M. de Makan, direct for St. Domingo; and that that of bears to the President Boyer the ultimatum of France con cerning that colony. A letter from Paris. dated Monday, states that Cogrricr Francais of the preceding day had been seized 48 hours after publication, in consequence of a letter which appeared in it from a person who had abjured the Catholic religion and turned Protestant. Extract from the Churl:ton Courier, June 20, 1825 : " An idea," says a Mississippi paper, "of the general rage for speculation in the Cotton Market nt the present time may be derived heat the fact of a single bale of that article having been sold at kheriffit sale last week, at Bayou Sura Landing, for 14,1 dollars 92 cents." CIISRAV, Juts 17.— Business for the present season (except the vending of goods by retail) may be considered at nn end in this place. There is no Cotton coming to market, and but very little of other produce. The Price■ current are therefore entirely nominal; and we shall con sequently cease to publish them until the Fall.—Char/don Ccrtrier,June 22. Letters from Liveipool state that the steam boat the Li bertador would nroceNl to sea in a few days. She is to go dimity to the Orinoco, and to navigate that immense sn.l rapid river, ut der an agreement between the Colo:: Gomm - nein and Ilamittou. PASIIIONABLE 13 . 1'71.k LIDk ATE. The Duke of D.Nonatft7e I.:ft town yesterday Tot his seat, Chats worth, Derbyshire. The Duke of Rutland has left town for Searhorough, Yorkshire The lion. Col. Hawed, M.P. and family, left town yeterday, fur their seat, Elfrod, near Litchfield, Staffordshire. The Earl of Sefton left town yesterdy for the Isle of Wight The Hon. R. Watson left town yesterday for Exeter. Lord and Lady fiwyder and family have left town for the seat, Drummond Castle. Scotland. Lord Molyneux left town yesterday for his father's (the Earl V Sefton) seat. Croxteth Hall. near Liverpool. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Lady Manners, arrived on Sunday, at %Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from Ireland; and Edward Lamb, jun. Eq. at ditto, from Norfolk.—Departures. Colonel de Moos, for 'Brighton ; and Heidi Drummond, Esq. for Su•sex. D. Radcliffe, Esq. and family left town yesterday for Scotland. %Yin. Cunyngham, Esq. arrived yesterday at Gould . ' Hotel, Jcrmyn•stteet, hoin Yarmouth. Departures from the Clarendon Hovel, Bond•street —Sir ins. and Miss Copley to the Marquis of Exeter's seat, Burleigh, Lin cohothire ; and Mr. and Miss Copley. Departures from the London hotel, Albemarle-sreet :—Mrs. Trrlawny Brereton, .liss Trelawny, and the Countess of Car digan. for the seat of Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bart. Trewithen, Cornwall. _ The Earl of Besborough has left town for his seat at Roe hampton. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived at Bagshot, from Portsmouth. _ _ _ Departures from the Brunswick House Hotel:—Captain and Mrs. Franks for the Continent; Wm. Owen, Esq. for Chelten. ham: and Charles Normsnsell, Esq. for Ireland. Mr. Charles Wright, from the Opera Colonnade, Haymarket, has left town for Champagne and Bordeaux. COWES, AUGUST 2. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and attended by Colonel Prott and Baroness Aliffeldt, arrived here on SUnday from Portsmouth, in the Medina steam packet. Their Royal Highnesses and suite proceeded to the residence of Mr. and Itlra. Nash, at East Cowes, on a visit for a few days. The Duke and• Duchess, after attending the first day's races at Brighton, on Thursday last, left the Pavilion in three carriages and four on Friday morning, for Portsmouth. Their Royal Highnesses stopped, on their way, at Chiches ter; and, accompanied by the infant Prince and Prince's, together with their suite, went over the Castle there, and afterwards promenaded in the Park adjoining it. Their Royal Highnesses arrived at Portsmouth on Friday evening, and proceeded to the George Inn, where their Royal High nesses remained during their stay. On Saturday morning the Duke and Duchess, accom panied by the infant Prince and Princess, and attended by IBaronesa Ahlfeldt and Colonel Prott, went on board and inspected his Majesty's ships the Royal George and the Victory. Their Royal Highnesses were saluted by all the King's ships lyihg off Portsmouth and Spithead. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards went over Portsmouth dock yard, aid also surveyed the Princess Charlotte, and other' ships, which arc building at Spithead. Their Royal Highnesses likewise inspected the fortifications at Ports mouth, &c. There was a select party to meet their Royal Highnesses to dinner on Sunday, at the residence of Mr. Nash. The greatest part of the Nobility and Gentry of West land East Cowes and their vicinity, called yesterday at the residence of Mr. Nash, to inquire after the health of the Duke and Duchess. Yesterday their Royal Highnesses, accompanied by the infant Prince and Princess, left the residence of Mr. Nash in two carriages and four: passed through Newport, and visited Appuldercombe-park, the residence of Lord Yar borough. If is Lordship returned with their Royal High nesses to the residence of Mr. Nash, about seven o'clock in the evening. The Marquis of Anglcsea, Lord Henry Seymour, Lord Yarborough, &c. had the honour of dining with their Royal Highnesses yesterday. In the evening there was a numerous party of Nobility, &e. The Royal buke and Duchess are expecte I to honour the public breakfast given by Lord Yarborough, at Appul dercombe-park, with their presence this day. THE TROUBADOURS. The Troubadours (ar inventors of poetical romance) composed songs, &c. which an inferior class, calledjungleurs, sung to the harp at feasts and solemnities. They sung of war and hattics—of the wonderful adventures of knights ---of the beauty and virtues of damsels. As they adorned those damsels with every possible grace and accomplish ment, the poet sometimes fell in love with tl.e creature of his own imagination, and continued to make sonnets and love-songs on women who existed nowhere else ; and if any of them afterwards met with a lady more interesting than usual, all the virtues and graces which he had col lected in his sonnets, for the use of his ideal mistress, were applied to this real lady, whom, perhaps, he would continue d i to celebrate in his poems for years. Thus it often happened among the Troubadours, that instead of love making the poet, the poet made the love. Many have believed that this was the case with Tetrarch. But however that may be, the works of the Troubadours came every day more into vogue. The profession was highly respected, and the most distinguished of those who followed it were cherished in private society, and great favourites at the Courts. They were even freed from taxes. Some sovereign princes be came so intoxicated with the works of the Troubadours, that they were vain of being enrolled in their number. The most eminent of these was Richard the First of England. This Prince had a passionate taste for poetry. lie had composed some poetical romances, and was afterwards the subject of many, particularly of one entitled, " The Ro mance of Richard Cceur de Lion," which, with added fictions, celebrates his warlike exploits during his crusade. From this poem Mr. Thomas IVarton gives several ex . tracts. In that which describes the duel between Richard and the soldan, at the siege of Babylon, it is said of the latter— " A faucon brotle in liontle he bare, For he thoglit he would share Have slayne Richarde with treasowne." The learned gentleman imagines, that by this faucon brode is meant a hawk, and that the olden is represented with the bird on his fist to show his indifference or con ' tempt for the adversary with whom he was going to fight. Mr. Warton supports this conjecture by mentioning a curious Gothic picture, the subject of which is supposed to he this same duel; and some very old tapestry, on which heroes are represented on horseback with hawks in their fists. Ile adds, that in feudal times no gentleman ap peared on horseback but with a hawk so placed. But with all due respect to the picture and the tapestry, and all possible deference to Mr. Warton's opinion, I cannot help thinking that the faucon blonde signified a broad faulchion which the soklan had in his band, with which he certainly had a better chance of killing Richard than with a hawk on his fist ; unless, indeed, the soltlan had reason to expect the same assistance from the hawk that Valerions Corous received from the crow, in his duel with the Gaul. In the same poem we are informed that Richard carried a battle-axe from Engladd, that made him more than a match for the soldan. " King Richai.le I understonde, Or he went out of Ettgelo7de, Let him make an axe for the nonei • ' To brake therewith the Sarucyns bones; The heed was wrought right well Therein was twenty pounds of stele, ATM when he come into Cyprys load. The axe took tie in his honde, All that the hytte he all to trapped, The Oryllims away fast wrapp e d. But nothing in this poem can give a higher notion of the terror with which Richard's prowess had struck the infi dels, than what is recorded in plain prose by Joinville, that when the Saracens were riding their horses, and spurring them at the same thee, "Et cuides to vie ce soil le Boy Richert." IVtint contributed as much as the favour of princes to prompt young men to become Troubadours, was the great favour with which they were beheld by the ladies, many of whom were exceedingly solicitous to have those poets for their lovers, merely for the pleasure of being celebrated in their poems. That the avowed passion of a Troubadour, and his ad dressing love-sonnets to a lady, was not injurious to her re ' potation, or, at least, that many husbands were of this opi nion, is evident, fur the husbands in general were as rain of having a Troubadoer attached to their ladies them , selves as the ladies could be. It is highly probable, there fore, that this species of attachment of a Troubadour to the married lady he chose for the theme of his poetry, laid /he fumtdatien for the eiccsbeism of modern Italy. 771 Gitr:Frs. The Aug:burgh Gazelle, outlet the date of Trieste, July 18 and 19, gives the fallowing intelligence:— Letters from Corfu, of the leih July, announce that Ib ra hi m Pacha had possessed himself of Tripolizza, aft e r a strong resistan ce on the part of the elder Colocotroni. He afterwards contin ue d h i s march upon Argos. &era! actions were _previously fought , but all of them to the disadVannige bf the Greelut. Every thing caws that their energies are paralysed. While all the accounts of the maritime operations of th e Greeks against the Turks speak only of victories, the most recent information from Corfu, of the 9th July, states, that Ibrahhu Paella continual his 'chalices into the Attires. The conqueror in several actions which he lied with the two Coloeotronis, fathes and son, 1135 marched upon Tripolizza. An soon as the Greeks saw time impossibility of mint that capital they set fire to it with their own hands, lifter having before destroyed all the •illages that lay In their mete. Ibrahim Paella afterwards entered Tripoli/re, and continued his vfittorious march as far as Argos. However alarming this intelligent! may be for the Greek cause, It is no longer pss.. shale to doubt the fidelity of Colocotroni, for all his property lying in the t ntirona of Tripolirsa, lie himself gars up to de. struction. Persons. who describe themselves to have been eye witnesses, who left Alissolonghi two clays ago, assert that Rcdschid Pada has raised the siege of that place, and retired upon l'rechori, its consequence of a sortie of the garrison, by w:.ich he experienced, it is said, a very considerable loss: if we give credence to Me Greek reports, it will appear that (amine and the continual cornball which he has sustained have put it out of his power to undertake any frtah enterprise. It must certainly Le ennftett that ttle Tr. verses of the Capitan Paella, shish have hitlittso prevented him from coming to the assistance of the Seraskier, must neceasardy have a greet influence on the operations of the latter. The 'hist:lan Observcr of the, iird of July, give!) the following account of the capture and treatment of Ot aeus• We hare received the following particulars from a traveller, who left Athens at the end of May : In the neighbourhood of Salons, Odysseus was abandoned by almost all his followers. They wen: ovcr to the Greeks who were opposed to him. under the command of Gouts. Just about this time he was informed by a Turk, with whom he was on a eatil. dential footing, that it was intended to arrest him by virtue of an order that had come from Constantinople, and to bring him dead or alive to Negropont. This plan was to be executed that night. Odysseus quickly took his resolution, concerted with his few followers a 'pretended! tight, pursued them with loud cries, and in this manner happily escaped before the Turks well knew what was the matter. Ile hoped to be well-treated by h is countrymen, as they happened to be some of those who had tot merly been under his command. 0 , tea had him put in chains, and led him past the cavan•where the family of Odysseus and hit brother-in-law still reside. An attempt was made to induce them to give up this retreat, but it failed. Hereupon Odysseus was sent to Megara, where the people were going to stone him to death, and he was saved only by his guards covering him with their cloaks. From blegara be was brought to Salamis. and on the I Ith of May to Athens. In the streets of that city a woman struck him is the face with stones; and the populace were incensed against him, reproaching him with his arbitrary executions, and es p ec i a ll y w hi t that of a Papa, whom he had ordered to be walled up. The Go vernment had given (Mien( to send the piisoner to Napoli, but die Captains (of Goural refused; answering, that Odysto i.s was !Seer at Athens than at Napoli. He was shown to me. He is confined in the Acropolis, in a square the rampart which he had buil and there is au inscription completed in common by Greece." NO E OF lr' EXTR.4ORDL On Monday last a most has been the subject of of the town, took fruiterer, of No. 23, Great ter-square.—James Marti years of age(son to a - apartments in the above parents under the care of 1 age, who, having occasion in the room. During 1 . apartment, and on her requested of him repeat thinking that he did not . told her that he was going window. She paid no att said " here goes," which out a pair of pincers, - Mrs. Philpot was stanch., speaking to a female friend, is to throw such things any persou's skull open , thing else falling, which On looking up at the thing white, on which a bundle of rags," words than the child exclaimed, " My God. a stout woman, was . chock she received ; and falling on the stones, arm just slipping on the pavement; Mrs. the child falling on her. carried to Dr. Burnet a, plied leeches to its head, it was taken home and all night, but the A hour, he called for, i to on the subject of " I'll do it again," and most cheerful manner, Whatis very wonderful, the exception of oneon hi that is very slight indeed. 'rule alterations in the Chancellor bow in Downing -street, is veral roorne into one to' siderable extent. By letters from the learn that the principal, were the following :-223,329 ties ; 681,674 chests of coo' same year 59 Spanish • 74 foreign ditto, 198 foreign ditto; makinr , the public revenue for e ' vannah for the same year to the last census, the It 39,722 whites, 57,185 slaves; making a total vannah-197,638 w:tites, 136,213 slaves; making a grand total of both districts added an augmentation the present total number A - tremendous hurricane last, by which many totally destroyed, as and some thousands of to a great distance. Last wet k, an inhabitant . tern /oaf from the salesman along the street with his ban the loaf was deficient in w. mation to the Chief Magistrate, be brought to the Town-house, mined, tvlten out of 12G loves r less deficient in the statutory deficient 23 were confiscated fine was imposed on the sak expense cf tha legal pmc.,:dure. in the Acropolis, inn square tower, opposite the Propyltrr, and "V the rampart which he had built during the time lie was Governor ; tt and there is an inscription on a stone, commending "this work, al completed in common by Odysseus and (lowa, the Generals of 1.) Greece." 7'111 , .: Ah.if Y. A ....-......._. it CHANGE OF STATIONS IN IRELAND. 11 The 4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards hiss is marched from Dublin to Cahir. tt The I lib (the Duchess of York's Os n) Regiment of Light ei Dragoons has moved from Dundalk to Curie. The 42d (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot has marched C from Buttes-ant to Dublin. A The 73d Regiment of Infantry has moved from Athlone to B Naas. tl The 76th (Highland) or Ross-shire Buffs has marched from fe Naas to Clare Castle. The 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Infantry has ft marched from Clonmel to Ferrnoy. fi The Ist Battalion of 3d Regiment of Guards has received or- e den, on being replaced by the 2,1 Battalion of the Grenadier Rep- 0 meet of Guards, to embark at Dublin for England. h Detachments belonging to the 18th, 23d. 45th, 55th, and list Regiments or Infantry, embarked on the bth ult. under t h e cos y. al mend of Seijeant slahony, at Cnrk, for England it Detachments belonging to the Gth, 12th, 13th, 18th, 21st, 41st, im 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 53d, 54th, 59th,69th, 94th, 97th, and ai 99th, Regiments of Foot. the Roya l African Corps, the East Indi a a Company's Artillery, embarked, on the 11th tilt. under the cow. wand of Staff Serjeant Crawley, at Dublin, for Bristol. Detachments belonging to the 7th, 13th, 16th, 21st, :rod, 36th. dist, 44th, 45th, 46:11, 48th, 57th, 85th, aad 89th Regiments of iiA Footh. the East India Company's Artillery and Infantry, em. oi barked, on the 12th ult. under the command of Serjeant Gribben, la at Cork, for England. t5_m__............_ 5...-. Is EXTR.4ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. 1 ___......_ On Monday last a most miraculous cir c umst a n ce , w hi c h si w has been the subject of conversation ev er s i nce i n t h at part of the town, took place at the hou se o f M r . Phil pot , a fruiterer, of No. 23, Great Mary-la-bonne-street, Manehts- T 1 ter-square.-James Martin, a fine little boy ab t .ut fi ve u years of ageison to a gen:leman's c o ac h man , w h o t ccap i ts n an apartments in the above house, wa s l e ft a t h ome b y i ts tl parents under the care of his sister, a girl a b out 1.1 y ears o f tl age, who, having occasion to go out, l e f t t h e li tt l e urc hi n in the room. During her ab s enc e h e l oc k e d t h e door of the td apartment, and on her return h e r e f use d to a d m i t h er. S h e ti requested of him repeatedly to put the key under the doer, pi thinking that lie did not know how to +nuke: it; but Is: n B told her that he was going to thr ow hi mse lf cut o f t h e tI window. She paid no attention to thi s th reat unt il Le ei said " here goes," which alarmed her, and lie threw -rn out a pair of' pincers, which fell on the p a v eme n t .- Mrs. Philpot was standi t i g opposite the door at the time, ti o speaking to a female friend, and she said," what a shame it t is to throw such things ou t o f th e w i n d ow, i t m i g h t sp li t a any person's skull open ;" and on !coking, up she saw ssme- u thing else falling, which prov e d t o b e t h e k ey o f t h e d oor . et On looking up at the thi r d fl oor w i n d ow t h ey saw some - in a thing white, on which M rs . Philp ot sa id , " h ere come; tl a bundle of rags," sh e had no sooner uttered the words than the child was seen falling, and her friend s exclaimed, " My Cl,o it . ,is a child !" Mrs. Philpot, who is a stout woman, was riot tut' to the spot through the t! chock she received; and fortunately the child, instead of h, falling on the stones, fell on her Uri ast and shoulder, its st arm just slipping on the neck, and it then fell lightly on the pasement ; Mrs. Philpot was cons id era bl y i n j ure d by tl the child falling on her. The child was stunned : it was tl carried to Dr. Burnet's, of Mary- '. a-tonne-street, who ap- a plied leeches to its hea d, and restored it to its senses, and h, it was taken home and put to bed ; it was not spoken to an all night, but the following morning, at the breakfast AG hour, he called for, it and ate hearty. On being spoken •sa ,to on the subject of his descent, lie laughed, sayinc, 10 ' " I'll do it again," and he is now playing allow in the ts most cheerful manner, and was never better in his life. 'IN What is very wond e rf u l, he has not a single bruise, with .as the exception of on e o n hi s f ore h ea d , on w hi c h h e f e ll, a:.° a that is very slight indeed. to The alterations in the Chancellor of the Exchequer . ; fe . house in Downing-s t r ee t, i s for she purpose of lavirg s.;- rr veral rooms into one to f orm a l arge dining-room of a ess- sv siderable extent. n By letters from the Havannalt, dated 21st May, v . ' learn that the principal articles of exportation during IS ? . . were the following :- 225,329 c h ests o f sugars, o f a ll qua .- .. ties ; 681,674 chests of coffee, of all qualities. During the same year 59 Spanish vessels of war haft entered the poll. 74 foreign ditto, 198 S pan i s h merc h ant vesse l s, an d Sgt' l is foreign ditto; making a total of 1,915. The amount of la the public revenue fo r the city and jurisdiction of the Br ti varnish for the ,same year, is 3,3.50,300 dollars. Accordie4 lc to the last census, the population of the district of Cubs is 39,722 whites, 57,185 free men of colour, and 63.03 a slaves; making a total o f 179,9 86 . Th e di st ri ct o f Hs- o stealth-197,6.18 a;tites, .58,506 free men of Niels It 136,213 slaves; making a total of 39.2,377-nsttiog o grund total of both districts of 572,363. To this may be added an augmentation since the census of 58,617-ntakirl n the present total numb er o f i n h a bi tants 630,990. et A tremendous hurrican e occurre d at G renv ill e in May vi at last, by which many lives were lost, a great many boasts totally destroyed, as al so l arge quantities of cattle killed. el se and some thousands of trees blown down and oarried as:! vs to a great distance. Last wet k, an inhabita n t o f Ki r k a ld y purc h ase d a ql:'• is ' tern loaf from the sal esman o f a b rea d soc i ety , ra. , a l •• along the street with hi s b arrow . Fi n di ng upon trial ;b.:: al . ti the loaf was deficient i n we i g h t, t h e purchaser gave Mier - T :nation to the Chief Magistrate, who caused the barrow I.' ft be brought to the To wn -h ouse , an d h a d i ts con t e nts ex..- • mined, when out o f 12 6 l oves 94 were f oun d to b e mere e' ti . less deficient in the st atutory we i g h t. Of t h ose f o und n' , :-: u deficient 23 were confiscated and given to the poor. an':' fine was imposed on the salesman sufficient to ?ever :: e A expense of t!' legal pmeedLtre. - d • ( N I