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I FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. Yesterday we received the Paris Papers of Saturday. The following are extracts [From the Et. 4 Puts. JEVE 24. The Grand Duke of Tuscany died on the eredr.g of the lath . irst.. at the age of 44 van 1 month and 12 days, alter an illness of only six days. oolyson succeeds hlm, under the tide of Leopold 11. It is not amoirn on what day his fences' will take place. There is no precedent on that subject since John Gavon de liedicis, not a Grand Duke of Turman, boa died in Florence. The Grand Duke Ferdinaud 111. was the nod pi th e House of Lorraire who died in this town. It is thought that the ceremonial of Viewns will be.partly followed. Tbr Grand Doke and. . the Gland Michels set ott for the town of Castillo, a leaps distar.t from Florence, is soon a‘ the timed Duke bretithed4ii last. . . The *count of his illness reached. the Prince,. de Carignan, daughtetou Tain s in the lath instant, ateight o'clock in the Its. • . . . A le!Xr from Vienna states, dint the Prince Paul-Estcrbazy, the .Austrian Itlthisteg at Logsdon, is destined to the same :functions it Paris. He will be suceorded in the English.Einhasvy by roust -Aestont. the Amor* Slinister as Ruins. It. is said that M. the B•ron soccot has refused the Embassy of Rome. M. the Mantua Duke of &n ano has just distributed among the Peers of France a memorial respecting his administration of the IFIg Depart nett. STOCINOT.3I. JUNE 11. Ths Kiag has nominated to compose the Regency during the jothney whish he is about to undertake. *e .51imstcr of Justice, Grist Gyllcoborg, and the Councillors of FA Ate, Counts Rascal**, hi/welch:natal, atd Lawenhielm. [From 4;a!ifitcui's 3fenener.l PARIS. JUNI ?IL ire o'Clock.--The fraud upw sub' tof conversation upon origM of the operation was • . M. Dolorst bought of Megan,. be afterwards relinquished. and resume. It was upon the profit _ te account was IS hare been esta- Rotheehild of London drew open h is oia thqt port Ape lee out the signet** erakd.M• 1 of the AturingcOonend. lke further huerovetheith The Five For the end of the wionth, Parquet closed, was 106 f. Ik. Od tipartish Roads hare ram. no alteration." at the house of the Coca de American at Vienne, and the .al of the Pat-ogee of Prussia, 19th inst. on their way to Jain- A Blenriee, where the Infant Don Auntisated, in lumina of the fete of garden were stationed some military ..c slides, that not only haath i t dismissed from his fun:tions as 5 mister of Worship and Public Instruction, bus also from theeed Director et sok societies. MADRID, JUNE 17. 'Re King and Royal Fan ilv will return to Madrid from Ami te:ft the 19th inst. The French Ambassador ie still with his y, and will return here with bin,. Wefolltstrhog Decree has just been issued : • " It being the willof the King our Lord that at his lirrival no .othre persons should be found in the capital than those-whd call re main there in conforinlty to the laws, particular orders , or other provisions, all throe who have not boll resident In that city for the List six years, employed in trade or a known occupation and open house, arc commandca to depart from it forthwith, as th:y cannot it ar.y respect be considered to be citizens of Madrid. The clerks or public tunctionarica who have received orders to quit the capital are forbidden to return, or to make the shortest stay. This order snore especially rottestris the Ecclesiastics, who, in consequence of ispirruands, cannot reside at Madrid." • -'f hie circular hos been addres,ed to all the Commissaries of Po llee sv ; the Director Arjona, who, it is said, hesitattAl long before h4gtt. Frit Da. Jurtz 25.—Five per Cents. 103 f. 20c. Nea politan il0e; Spanish 20; bpanish Royal Loan 60. "Stock Exchange, Jane .25, Fir Rotbachilse's house was the general I Thaw to-day. It wan *hat the o ;, • . for .ril_eargitanAlasck, which fir the ACCennt, which he , . t 4411.1. wis h ed to re asre ..___ zia, . that the Si • - • IC Rodit - . Atosimet ` l. ! • Per It base • "m r - ". 4.- ' . sailed and . ,it is add ~ WU' hands of of Stocks NA experienced a fun . • F Cents. fur Wow:wad at 'WI*. Ittr.:-h0tii..,,,, teesr (6,..1-.7 The o en the 1 b other tivseign . securlites there is no .i Connell of Ministers was held I VOW& The Count de Carstran. French 4 !Ono de Nagli.-s. Director-General pr c. through Franktiort on the littl .. . Oa bunidly evenipg the hotel 5 Ardeel resides was 'unhandy illuma the King of Psriu gal. In the garde' bads, who played various sirs. ?private letter fxini Leipsic Mat! prince Oalit3in been dismissed BRUSSELS PAPERS. Yesterday we received the Brussels papers• to the 96th instant, from which we give the followidg extracts. The conduct of the - Norwegian Diet, in resisting ail innovation sin its ancient Constitution, is an interesting event, and one ati which it seems the Swedes were favourable:— FitArterOßT, JUNE 20. _lt really anpunt that there is at present a kind of Con ens of Ministers at Johannisberg, the seat of Prince Alettentich. Be sides'Prinee Hautilid, the Prosaism Minister atViennai Baron, Mealtime, the Wottemborg eltneter of bate; Baron Denten t; Count Caraman, A mbassisaor from Imam to she Court of.Vienria., wise have been there a few day s ; 31. N lager. Prussian Miansesnarysini. ts 1, Aus br tr o ian o• e ht tiolate? a si t Cassel, have now joined them. mm has not yet anived. ' ' • CHRISTIANA, MAT 20. I The enanimnus rejection of all the Royal irroptultiobe relative "to auingcs in the Constitution, which, taken together, etre egui valises to a plao for a new Constitution, is a very remarkable poll. tied event, especially when we know the motives which actuated the Committee of the Coostitution, some of which only could be *lived in the whitest which the Diet presents to the King. The Wisdom of several of these proposed changes is acknow ledged by those who have rejected them. The necessity of a Royal veto, that the cirecutivepower may norbe in a situation of absolute depettleney on-the legislative assembly, is an incontestible political axiom. The rights which the Norwegian Constitution secures to the Diet, may therefore appear exorbitant, since the re. solutionrof three successive :hits have bet-rime laws without need ing the RotO unction: An aeseenbiwinvested with such a power, apd whlchWdeles cannot be dissolved int the King during the legal pined of Sessiuns; is uedoubtettly more powteful than the CTONTII. But to the teethe which were urged by 'time 31inistrrial Mem bers, the Committee hes opposed an unanswerable argument—the Coristitution, such as It is, whether good or defective, was freely and elemitly accepted by the King hi person, when be was Prince An Btu!. article of this "Constitution determines and guaiantees the right of the reigning King, and of his dynasty, to the throne of Norway. Another aytiele says, that " the King may ameliorate the details of the Constitution, but not change the spirit of it." It, then, a islet should *sum the right of charging articles of such importance as t h i-se which regulate the sanction of the laws— natunlizatMo ' dui duration of the Legislative Sessions, the culla- Won of all herkitary Nobility. &c. would there not be reason to fear that a faction, which happily has now no existence, might one day nuke Use oft le Diet to change also articles relvite to therights of the reigning (tinnily, and to the succession to the throne ? Under these circumstances, maintaining the Constitution, is therefore matntainlng and consolidating the throne itself, and giving to his Majesty the King, and his worthy heir, a pledge of attach mere, a proof of gmtitude, which Norway owes him for his paternal gorernment. " Betides," says the Committee, " the character of the Norwe gians, their loyalty, their aversion to revolutions, the high degree of their moral and intellectual eivilization--all give a pledge that they will not Ouse this political liberty, of which, according to his Mn jesty'e own exereutiona, they have shown themselves to worthy, by eetabli4hlng it anti preserviug it untouched without the slightest tuallaaionOTieconvenience." Other grounds of political expediency were discussed ; but it Would. perhape be imprudent to divulge them. It is known that Is wasuite smug other things, that the estates of Seceder% haying fur she.? Beams -neighbour on one side the most autocratic empire ' in the wined, would f tot be sorry to see, on the other side, their Bloroggian brethren maintain even a degree of liberty rather demo- awry. 41oaseaan ir HAM M, 01.41. wr err.. _ C a mbridge, Sub-Nlaster of St. Saviour's Grammar School, work. has been elected Head Muter of the Grammar School at Al denbaria, Ruts. The Irish Corpointois — Bill — iUrabandoned by Mr. Aroughstn a few dap s before the adjournment of Parlia ment. The measure, it is expected, will be revived next Session. Letters to the 12th February from Lima. by way of , Bogota, were received yesterday by an eminent mercantile house in the City. At that period the negociation he r twetn Bolivar and the Spsnish Generals Canterac and La Sena was still going, on. The accounts from Greece yesterday are rather contra , dietary. A letter from Missolonghi of the beginning of May, states Colocotroni had refuted the command of the army destined for the attack of Patras, and that he re mained in hostile possession of Napoli, which the Greek Government had ordered the blokade of by sea and land. A letter from Malta of the 29th ult. states, that accounts had been received of the occupation of Napoli by officers of the regular Greek Government. The dispute among the Greeks is, as to which Government they are to obey, that of Argos, or that of Tripolitaa ' • but as the leading men of both Governments are actuated by the purest patriotism, there is no doubt that this difference will be soon removed. The public arc likely to be in some degree compensated for the less of " Memoirs of Lord Byron, written by him , self," by the publication of the Nulde Lord's Correspon dence, which, amongst others, will comprise Letters written by his mother, during his travels in Portugal, Spain, and Greece. These letters will be accompanied with very in teresting biographical notes, and edited by a very near re lation and confidential friend of the Poet.—Cramer. A gentlemen who resided many years in Mexico, has re ceived, per the ship Valorious, from Vera Cruz, a large assortment of the most beautiful specimens of the minerals of that country, to be presented in the name of the Execu tive Government of Mexico to Mr. Secretary Canning, as an instance of their respect for his high talents and liberal sertiments. HORN3.—The Duchess of Orleans, in her Sketches of the Court cf Louis XIV. relates the following anedote:— " The wife of the Marshal de Villars is running after the Count de Toulouse. My son (the Regent) it also in her good graces, and is not a whit more discreet. Marshal de Villars came one day to see me ; and, as he pretends to understand medals, he asked to see mine. Baudelot, who is a very honest end clever man, and in whose keeping - ' they are, was derived to chew them ;he is not the most cautious man in the world, and is very little acquainted A letter from Mareeilles mentiens, that an inhabitant of with what is going on at Court. He had written a dis tal city, having fai:en dangerously ill, wished to make his , sertatien upon one of my medals, in which he proved, will, and declared his intention of leaving 400 francs to the' against the opinion of other learned men, that the horned poor, and thereat &ibis property to his nephew. The bat - I head which it displayed was that of Pan, and not of tfr hawing left the house, to accompany the doctor part of Jupiter Ammon. Honest Baude lot, to dis p la y his crudi-1 1 Ws way home found his uncle dead on his return, and tion, said to the Marshal—' Ah, Itlonseigneur, this is one learnt that the ' curate had taken away several bags of mo- of the finest medals that Madame possesses; it is the nev, to the amount of 6,000 francs, .o the parsonage. On triumph of Cornificitts; he has, you see. all sorts of the heir demanding the restitution, the curate acknow- horns. lie was like you, Sir, a great General ; he wears' !edged he had taken the money away, but declared that the the horns of Juno and Faunua. Cornificius was, as you defunct had verbally ordered him to take the sum in goes- probably well know, Sir, a very able General.' Here I lion, and distribute the same among the poor ; but the ne - interrufted him. Let us pass on,' I said, 'to the other phew refuted this allegation by . producing the will of the medal; if you stop in this manner at each , you will not' deceased, r bich fixed his donation at 400 francs. Such is have time to chew the whole; but lie, full of his subject, the preseer. state of the case ; the procurator of the King returned to it. Ah, Madame !' He went on, this is has the *fair in hand. We know that possession is, at- worthy of more attention than perhaps any other; Conti cording to a vulgar adage, nine points of the law ; a nd ileitis is, indeed, one of the most rare medals in the world. when tnose points are in possession of the church • • • •. Look at it, Madame ; I beg you to observe it narrowly ; 1 '-Journal du Cearewa , r.-e. here, you ace, is Juno crowned, and she is also crowning Ott the nights of the 13th and 14th of this month, some this great General.' All that I could say to him was not robbers entered the cottage of a man named Bodin, living sufficient to prevent Baudelot talking to the Marshal , in the hamlet of Vennelles, in the canton of Valencay, of horns; Monseigneur,' he said, is well vt caed in all who, after knocking out the brains of the poor man with there matters, and I want hint to see that I am right in the iron dogs of the tire-place, robbed the house of between insisting that these horns arc those of Faustus , not those of 7 and 14 ,000 francs. A child of nine years owes its life to Jupiter Ammon: All the people who were in the Chain being sound asleep during the murder. The gendarmes her with difficulty refrained from bursting into a loud are in search of the assassins. laugh. If the plan had been laid for the purpose, it could The celebrated demesne of Piercelield is again likely to not have succeeded better. When the Marshal had gone, pee* into the hands of a new proprietor. Mr. iVeele has, I too indulged myself in the laugh. It was with great or is on the point of disposing cf it to the Hon. Mr. Pon- difficulty that I could make Baudelot understand that he nenhy.—/rish had done wrong," use were some ceermed Members who were for aeeeptirg of the !loyal propositions with modifications, but they up their personal opinions, and thus a resolution was taken intously. which %%01 be remarkable in the annals of European CELF.BII.ITED PAINTERS. LIONARI9 DAypitt. Milan will always be hallowed inikereeollectiott of art, for it contains the master-niece of one of the luminaries el modern painting. Lionardo, called da Vinci from his birth. place, a castle in the vale of Arno, was flit sawn! son of a Florentine notary, and was born ha 4Y year 143 Gifted with a vieorosis and Inquisitive mind, and a person robust and active.; he soon became remarkable for his se. quaintanoe with various subjtces in profound and polite literature, and for the graceful acoomplithmenu of a cs• 'slier. Ile learned the rudiments of painting from Andrea Vtreechio, the master of Pietro Perngino. So much superior was Limier& to his teacher, that when the young roan assisted the veteran in a representation of St. John baptizing Christ, Verecellio was astonished at the excellence of his pupil's mode of colouring, and in mord& cation at Isis own inferiority. lie threw aside the percil fbr ever. But this rmunciation of pictorial ambition did not cast him into a state of indolent vacuity, fee, like most ones of art of his time, he was a sculptor, a medalist, and a goldsmith, as well as a painter. Liam& remained at Florence, till he was more them forty years old; but of his studies and occupations during that long and important part of his life, we have heard no authentic particulars. be 1494 he went to Milan on the levitation of ', o dorless i Sforza, a most afilmtiossate enthusiast of his various merits. To amuse the court with his extemporaneous poetry, and to play on a curious 'ilea lyre of his own construction, to erect a statue to the memory of Brom% father, and to pee. tide over an academy of architecture amp tainting, such, were ti:e objee:s of da Vinci's thenge of abode. At Miles' he was accordingly a musician, a poet, a aelptor, sad a teacher of art, and as if every sia . 410- were within the scope of Isis abilities, he also practised both civil and mili tary engineering. Of the works of his peneil there are many sketches and dr:tidos*, but of dahlia pictures only a few. Of this last cl his prod the Leen . Supper fr it,the mast b ands, Of irittpwkalller.at atf. • _ It- ' lwalla..of • ee Vlthietetry church •ef Sonia Maria del Grade, at Milan, FM. de puce of design, graceful air of the figures, Satiety of ex pression, and tastef.l disposition of drapery, this painting is not inferior toady work of art that we liavemeen in Italy. He never finished the face of the redeemer, for be had ex hausted his powers in depicting the twelve Apostles. It has been often said, that he was lees unable to Concentrate in one countenance all those baneful parkas which lie thought distinguithed Jude, but that at led he was fully satisfied with delineating the face of the prior of the con vent. The true case was this. The prior, ignorant of the painter's delicacy of judgment, complained at the tardy manner in which the work proceeded. Sfores's authority was appealed to, and the artist was commanded us lichee two hours each day to the picture. Days and 'weeks pass ed away, and the walls of the refectory did not glow with additional colours. The prior, not knowing that the artist's mind was busied in intense meditation upon the grand and glorious conception of his fancy,reiterated his complaints to the Duke, and in a subsequent conversation between Lio nardo and Sforza, the former declared, more perhaps in wit than in malice, that for the portrait of Judas he had not yet sufficiently studied the physiognomies of condemn ed criminate:, and that should the state prisons be defective, the countenance of the friar would furnish him with an ample expression of hypocrisy and vice. the frill admire lion of the (Mineola will, however, be confined to the pre- sent generation. The pictute is even now radios, for Lio nerd°, from his inability to give a prompt and decisive ex pression of his ideas, was unable to paint ln:freseo, and, therefore, used oil colours, which he Olaf)," efface or re touch as his judgment dictated. The for tune of Lodovico Sforza changed i• Milan be came the theatre of war e the school of art waralimipated and Lionardo himself returned to Florence. lie remained in that city for the nineteen years which eucceedeli 1499, except for a sheet residence at Rome on the occasion of Giovanni de'Medici becoming Pope Leo . X. The literary giories of the Metlicean house would, it was thong,he shine with more brilliant lustre. Like other artists and men of genius, Lionardo repaired to the holy city ; but his stay was abort, for mutual disgust soon separated him and Leo. We never could learn the real cause of this feeling, nor of the equally surprising circumstance, that in his early resi dence at Florence, da Vinci had net shared the patronage of Lorenso de laicelici. The French King, Francis J., tztolil a vain endeavour to separate the picture of the Last _ _ for the person i; of t r fieartist.EetivitaiLiateireto to Ids court, and da Vinci was not unwilling to quit Italy. The young Tdichelangiolo was rising into fame, and he who had Air years engrossed public favour could not brook yivalry.— The two artists bad exhibited their respective abilities in cartoons for pictures to adorn the walls of the great council chamber at Florence ; awl a mind of no ordinary ambi- 1 don might have been satisfied with the battle of piccolo Piecinino, by Lionardo da Vinci, and yet have allowed high merit to the cartoon of the battle of Pisa, by Michel -1 angiolo. The mutual anger of the two great Florentine artists was notorious, and Lionardo, canstilting his own tranquillity of mind, went to France. He died, however, in that country., in the arms of the King, without having exercised hie pencil, A. D. L;l9. Of Lionardo s various abilities that for painting was the most prominent and splendid. He investigated the princi ples, and marked the peculiarities of the human form. He perused human nature with the most careful attention , and even viewed public executions, in order to observe the various expressions of pain, contrition, and fortitude, on the faces of the criminals, and the different appearances ,1 of sympathy awl horror in the spectators. Lionardo,l therefore, became the painter of expression. His paint ing of l , ..rist among the Doctors is a prodigy of cha racter ; and many of his heads are equally beautiful for their spirituality and sweetness. Ilia knowledge of, comparative, as well as human anatomy, has amazed even professional anatomists. He was a master both of I chiaroscuro and of half tints. Before him chiaroscuro was confined to mere opposition of light and shade. Ile made the most important discovery of the beauty of a central radiance, and the coalescence of that light with shade (shade being with him not a positive colour, but an absence of light), by imperceptible demi-tints. Barto lommeo della Porta adopted the principle of the beauty arising from concentration of light, purity of shade, and subordinate masses. The genius of lichelanp - r iolo disco vered, and occasionally displayed, the same magic of chia roscuro. But, in general, it was disregarded by the painters of the Tuscan and Roman schools. Rafaello did not, in respect of light and shade, attempt any graces beyond those of the old masters. He did not suffer the blandish ments of chiaroscuro to usurp the place of character; and, indeed, his want of attention to this accessory of expression often diminishes the effect of hie subjects. But to return to Lionardo da Vinci. His imagination was fertile of beauty, but his judgment war insecure and irregular; and his eccentricities are often more striking than his taste. He, was a singular instance of dui union of the apparently op-. posite qualities of unsteadiness and minute attention. He was perpetually wandering in search of the beautiful; never retaining lone any chain of ideas; and yet he was so careful in finishing his pictures, that he spent four years upon the portrait of a woman (Mona Lisa, wife of Fran cesco di Giocondo,) and did not dismiss it from his easel,' till, to the finest example of female beauty, he had added the most perfect imitation of every hair of the head, and every pore of the skin. He left many of his pictures im perfect, for he never could reach his own ideas df excel lence. Much of his life was lost in indulging this fastidi ousness; and much more was wasted upon subjects totally foreign from painting. But when we view his best pic tures, we feel more wonder and reverence than from the works of almost any other painter. In drawing the naked figure, Michelangiolo was not snore accurate—in „ race and expression, Rafaello was not more beautiful and cha racteristic, than Lionardo da Vinci. Ile displays the powers of chiaroscuro with unparalleled effect: and his colouring rivals, and was perhaps the origin, of the Vene tian mode. Such does Lionardo appear in his best works; :if which, unhappily, only a few genuine specimens exist. The great excellencies of art were combined in,pne indivi dut.l, before they appeared severally to the astortshment of the world in Michelangiolo, Rafaello, and Tiziano. Da Vinci was the precursor 4 these three great men ; and the herald of the brightest day yet known in the history of the art of painting. On the 2;141 the remains of Cardinal de Bausset were in terred in the church of St. Thomas d'Aquin, is Nrits. . re, b• be ho in tie. tres by cMg rig- the "ask his ee ct to o r in i t was ntbac 0 .0 rf th•- , runt: kill .1)It 111TRA R.I. We have received Demerara papers to the 14th ult. from which we select several attic:ea of interest. It seems that the most violent animosity exists against the Rev. Mr. Austin, for his bold and manly conduct in avowing his conviction of the Innocence of the late Mr. Smith, and a petition has becu presented to the Governor for his re moval from the office of Chaplain. Orertnr Towx, MAY 10. On Saturday lost. 'at din*, an unfortunate mars, of the name of Peter Beck, who kad,been convicted on the clearest evidence by tha Honourable Court of Justice, of having wantonly shut a negro I blare bvionging to hint, in a vats of intoxication, underaett the, awful sentence of the law, in from of the Conn-berm?, In presence of a laws concourse of speoatedt. The Res. Mr. Ennlby, of the Lutheran church, attended him in his last moments. He was per fectly sensible of the iustice of his fate. and breathed his last with risignation. Immediately atter the above execottilan a voting titan of tins town, sentenced td receive MO stein i Tinder the gattOws. and to he Trot:tithed *the colony. for shoplifting and other turtive gets, was fastened to the poet fur punishment. .Mice seceiving 120 with tamarind rods. he was taken down and cont eytti back to gaol. tVe have not heard how the English church was attended ve.ter. 'day, but the Nev. Ira Aristin did not perftron any put °Utile tier. ✓ice. The prayers wire rood by the Rev. Mr. Lugar, and the Rev. Mr. Nurse delivered the swoon. ..... - The petition of the inhabitants upon the present state of the church establishment, and for the suspension of the Rev. Mr. Austin, was presented to his Excellency the Governor on Faisy last, by S.. O. Nurse. Esq. and the Ron. Michael 31"rurk. [From the Guinea Chroodelr.l His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by his suite, and a numerous retinue of officers and other gentlemen, proceeded up the East Coast this morning, at eight o'clock, in his carriage and four, foe the very laudable porpoise of cotmnunkating in person with the Negroes in the late disturbed districts, upon the subject of the true intentions of his 3laj.soy's Government towards them, and of explaining, in the fullest manner. possible, the purport of his late proclamation. With this intention his Excellent, has ap pointed three or four plasmic( rendezvous (we believe Coeds Yen. wagting, Annandsie, ilniciselor's Adventutr, and Helens), where two of the most intelligent negroes from each of the neighbouring estates are to await his rsryirid. ertirrsasin: 4Yo CLERICAL iiirrzu4ca3c;4 C k3IIIIIIIDGE, Juxs Sir Wen. Brownell Gold Medals we onleturiay hut adjudged as follows: ' The Greek Ode to Benjamin Kall Kennedy, St. Jobn'sCollege. Subject—. A wadies EXAserwr Eamer k eirre marina, earespeure Se War, 7%41mi/sr—we veep wormy army. Latin Odc.—Subject—Alep . po Urbs Syria terra motu Modifies rum. To Benjamin Hall Kennedy, St. John's College. terms.—Subject--Scribiirus Indoeti doctiqae—ii--.—. To Winthrop Meekworth Prsod, Trinity College. The Porson Prise for toe best translation °Ca passage from Shaky re into Greek verse, was en Saturday adjudged to Benja min 11-11 liennetiy, of St. John's College. Subject—Merchant of Venice, act iv. scene I, beginning with Portia—Of a strange na ture is die suit you follow ; ' end ending with " Shylock—The pe nalty and forfeit of my bond." OvroaD, JUNE tiG. The number of Gentlemen to whom testimoniutns for Degrees were granted, but who were not admitted into either of the Classes, mounted to 138. Wm. Mason, Esq. 31. A. of Clare Hall, Cambridge, has been admitted ith erode'''. Wednesday the following Degrees were conferred:— ... . 1 ItACHELORS IN B ! VINITT.— Rev. Chas. Henry Collyns, S a l-: lid Coll:;:e ; Rev. Daniel Evans, Jesus College. BACHELORS or Ar.xs.--Edwarti Jones, Jesus College; Isaac John Hmiock„ Queen's College. • yesterday the following Degrees were conferred :-- DOCTOR ix Divrerrx.—The Rev. Chas. Henry Collyns, D.D. of Balliol College, and Head Nlatiter of Exeter School. MASTERS or AlITS.—Rev. Thee. Harrison, St. Mary Hall, Grand Compounder ; Rev. Wm. Kt' light, Exeter College, Grand Compounder ; Rev. Wm. Cookesley Thompson, Wadbant Col. lege • Rev. Francis Kilveit, Worcester College • Henry Augustus Holj en, Worcester College s_ Edward Davis Slade, queen's Col lege ; Rev. Harvey Atkins Browne, Queen's College ; George Radcliffe, St. 3lary Hall ; Win. Stedman Gillett, Exeter College ; 0 James Galkyray, Exeter C oll ege; Thomas Lloyd, Christ Church ; Rev. John Charcourt Oira ot, Briar:loose College r Hoo. Hugh Audio°, Roos. Brssennose liege; Win. Pole, Balliol College; John. Wm. Egerton Green, lladliol College ; Rev. Jas. Orassett, University College. 1 B A CHELORS or Awes ..— Matthew Hughes George Buckle, ' &host, of Wadham College; Wm. Henry West, Worcester College ; George Dundas, Exeter College ; Charles C. Walker, Egan, College ; Wm. Churchward, Fiera College • Thomas Hart Dyke. Student of Claim Church; Rev. Joseph Chas. Pang, Jesus Caillei;e ; George Richard Port. Brasennoee College ; Chas. 31ilnee„ Brasenrose College ; Percy Wm. Fowler., Trinity Col lege; George Dame Alexander Tyler, Trinity-College; Henry Dent Goring. Magdalen College ; Wm. Francis Harrison, Demy a M a as. J e n Cgle is z John Hamilton Gray, Magdalen College ; Wip,thee,es . Sr.holar of Denial College ; llenry Stupe fies/Ih. Pembrolo .Golfe she i4 . 4 ; g Arthvir Whiney, Pembroke College ; James ‘VhinhErv.el Co ; John Hill, Oriel Colin,. a s lb uAlittl7.l/111.1'.' THE XENDICITY SOCIETY. STEAM PACKETS TO INDIA. . F rom the mithiplieity Ocomantainutene which have been made GI me within the Let etre* on the subject of the India Steam Packet 1 Company, I find ft imporible to retain a distinct answer to each, and MTh thyrefore to have manse to the public press as the best in re dium r i seneral reply. ? beg bre then tonsure all those who have bateured me with their letters, as well es tb... public in lame, that to &effort baling relaxed in my exertions te , carry its project into mention, I here on the eastrary insed them its nemordon as no* ditficuhics presented themselves, ties da I IV Ir eatertele the lent doubt of ultknate mans. As eerateti rt inactivite on my port during the hat month. must be re fined so y to the proesedor that lure taken _place in Parliaaieut wit s trout to Jame Mr% Cam ple _lea. I wish to aneuria, in tire tint nuance, ho* In th e ottblrMer i t , tel he to logiste. the stfolution lately adopted by the One* of 4 tor Joint *tick Ceitsparises todepont dun-fount of the pro.; capital, before dbe itadertaking received the sanction of the et I li a r s floe, howev, the sm ru iefeetion of ing , the highest asshority, that dekenign which I sontcmplate being an improvement in navigation, tsar trot in any respect come *NW tba recast entrant, and_the ioberibers will be Ira* only he else amount of their Ann /t is proposed to Emit the amount ei each share to 101. or IA attbe armor, no that tl.e link will be offing. *teethe gain may in enniderable.• Armee the dlEtuldeir *Me •physitel canes hate apposed to the tandertaking.• th.. rote free' Alettnedrie le Bari bas ban elietsul the grata* Or ie die Opinion of some puree of the . Newt respmtabilitz Tin . re perf_e ct l y acquainted *irk all the typographiad deteitb., this eilmo no to:diluent that might net very eerily be removed. • It Were need le .. for me to exp a tiate here tin tie lumens, 0.1 1 vantages which the practical execution of the darts held% forth ta Te4ul9o remote from each other at Gnat Iffitain and *nth,. ire far too multifarious to be preleitlerbell-Ao6 kart and in. valuable to be duly appreciated. Some ft* of them. however, *EI be found eneMmudd In the Prosper* nod Address *hitt f have published, and nothing move needs be mud- in support of eneh protect, than thatit evally'regards the Inseresbef - st4rice, if commerce, and of sot* life. Sonic at the mod milted cha ncier of the land have recently paid a jam tribute to the Merits of the man, who, by meass4: l •run, gate an unprecedented impulse to mechanical and cumin industry, but how Freddy would fits calthrite too enhanced, if, y the soma agency, baton* tbould be brought into move Intern:rune with the Eaten hem' In a few days, Mesers.Amory and Coln of th sa., street, will - nudge rum dr the shares, of- whichduerdan wilt friCea mer J. E. JOBEINON. .. liattettetreet, June fa, 1824. • - . ' ' . ' Men/ tlta BEFRSL - Wriiil?ltelt i gnelak t i EV A SHIP CANAL AND NE W BAR . .. The moue consumption of cott ....." Ti Pa resa don it scaly' Taw ',some chaldrona, or - lt . - • • Pl* Porta between Lotdon and the Land). and, in Can. ,.. , - l wall 7, = So much misreneesentadon has been indusuloody circu lated respecting that very useful Institution, the Society for the Sumession of Mer.dicity, that we deem it an set of duty to the public and of justice to the Society, to make some observations upon the Sixth Annual Report the Board of Management, which we hive now lying befute us. This Report includes a statement of the receipt, and expeadieure of the Society, flom which is apron, that during the last year a gress sum of nearly 4,0001. was re ceived, sod applied to the purposes of tlie Inadtution--1 1,95.14 wore expended ditsctly on the relief of mendicants, 399/. eu the mmothemdem of vagrants sod 'punishment of imposters, 3941. *the investigation of begging letters, end 396/. itt salaries to the amistaut manager and clerks in the office ; 1,0001. have been invested in Savings' Baas for filing" emergencies, and the remainder with theism:l*m Of a balance of 1334, has been disbu rsal in the amonsary and incidental expellees of the Institution. It appear!, also, that during the past year 1,493 cities have eeettpaed the atettation of the Board of Management, of whish minket 320 were ascertained to he Impators and eradiated vs pants, of whom 193 was ordered to be rod 539 others did itcleetmen as directed, but f orte tart; absconded on being set to work ; 27 refusedalief mid 39 foreigners would net return to their natimosaMills, though unable to sopport themselves bete. In &onlook ing cases of reel distress, i 45 iu number, relict Mei Mil& Metered according to the wants and necessities* dlifillf fmr& 'llw success and utility of the Society are wooed by the facts, that thecae, mgistered during 1993 winless than ene-third of the averap number during the Net pee• ceding years, and the mgrathe committed lees than 051 tall of the previous average. The following extract, Wadi's to the begging letter department, will be read with inte rest, Since the recent exposure of the rogueries of Menthins, the *bury-driving beggar - . - Bequefus ant aIedIINSS IP al*l o . ol o l iiti Let ai TAPlS Mkt Mildelleel wit Isf die AI in Welfare dad liigy Iro g the past /ear 2.201 Begging Laser Caere have boa investigated, of which 022 were reported tavonahly. • There has been an Mamie in the numb of letters, int it has been caused by the additional number of Suhscribers, who referred them, not by an extension of the practice df begging by letter. It is certain, indeed, that the practice is on the decline, on the part of those who formerly pursued it u a regular traffic. This department has seen extremely useful in detecting several flagrant and ingenious combinations for the purpose of fraud and deception. It has been discovered that several well-known Begging Letter. writers have abandoned the habit altogether, and that many of those who still retain It studiously avoid writing to the Subscribers to this Institution. The Manson have received a letter from an individual, whose continued applications for relief they had discountenanced, in which he acknowledges that the Societe having put an end to his gains, he had been compelled to sees for Twee respectable ern ploymer.t, and was, at the time he wrote, earning an honest lire& hood. The following remarks and explanation of the plan pur sued by the Society are also worthy of attention : There are few persona who, from sudden impulse, or a hasty credence of a plausible appeal, have not yielded to the importu nity of mendicants, and the public cannot be too often reminded of the observation contained in former Reports, the truth of which Is confirmed by every day's experience, • that indiscriminate alm's giving is not charity." The Managers are anxious to impress this observation upon the mind of all persons, since it is owing to the thoughtlessness of those who still continue that baneful practise that the usefulness of the Society is in a certain measure counteracted. The tickets intended to be given to street beggars are issued free of expense, and without limitation, to every Subscriber, am& to Non-Subscribers they are sold at a trifling charge. They are consequently within the reach of all persons; and the most humble in rank may, without subscribing to the Institution, meetly promote its success, by substituting those tickets for the pecuniary alms they may he in the habit of dispensing. The adoption of this mode will prevent the possibility of their encMitag•tig idleness or imposture, and will afford them the means of exereistr.g their benevolence more efficaciously towards any ap plicant whose cue may be really worthy of their compassion. Guernsey, Jersey, ke. . . Exportation to opposite coasts of France, &c. • , 309.0 0 :: Bridgewater - • - • . • 59, ........—.. Estimated annual consumption of coal . . Tons 3.329,900 It is prop osed to raise the amount required In 13,590 sham, of 1001. ea ch. Misers will be tempted to open their purses when convinced they seam meshy 25, and possibly , 50 per cent The whole of the above will, of course, neither come from Wald war through this ('anal There will be the strongest sonipetition raised between the Western and Northern Collieries. Suppose the competition divides the supplies equally (via. half from the North, and half from Wales); but if one quarter only finds its way through this Canal, yet this, in addition to Iron, Copper, Lead. Tin, timber, Grain, Provisi ons, Lime, &e. &c.. insures forty or fifty pa cast to the subealliers. which I undertake to prove; for it will resemble the Duke Of Ilridgewaser's grand Canal in profits, or the New River Water World Company, in due time. The best Welch coal will be deliverable, on the line of Canal, at Seaton, at 21s. lid. pa ton, and in the parts of the English Chita. nel at about 265. lid. per ton (allowing 10s. freight per too), after paying the Canal dues of Se. fsi. per ton; while Newcastle coals are sold on an average in London at 3es. per toe ; consequently this great difference in price must insure wonderful and incalenla ble seems to this grand national undertakiag, whereby more hers oil he eventually saved annually from shipwreck, than the Royal Society can possibly do by anyearthly means during the " pitiless pelting storm, ' althoughit is the duty of Christians always to as. tempt to succour brethren in the hour of distress, but particularly when threatened with the jaws of drub. The euretnie of the Canal, Ste., for vessels of 200 tons bur then, which is tat preferable to one for smaller vessels, is now estimated at 1,200.000!., and, including a Harbour in Seaton Bay. at 1,350,0001., where frigates and East Indiunen may find a refuge. at high water, when embayed in winter ales, in what Is styled by mariners, with terror," the West Bay,. 'extending from the Berry Head to the Isle of Portland (the two head lands), a distance of twenty leagues, and a stretch of nearly one hundred mike of coast, which must be passed and repassed, chiefly by the outward and homevrarelabounti, &c., without a safe or convenient harbour in ex tremities to be found, where many fatal wrecks have often happen. ed. which may be avoided when this Canal and Seaton Harbour an 'accomplished. One thonsand pounds' worth of ships and merchantlize. anti two men's lives, are on anaverage lost weel - ly on the Coenieh Coasts. le.c. in going or returaiug round land. If one-half of the coals annually consumed peas this Canal, the toll on 1.500,000 tons, at one penny per mile per ton, foe 42 asave mile% at 3a. dd. per ton, yields 5;2.5004 1 hoe vessel s must generally and nVarally_((rearPt . in saw* SheillMideiwas may tie ermined) repass the and pay a rntila toll, with fresh cargoes or in ballast v ce.n aequently, the annual income on coal, iron s copper.theillir. brirtgs stone, clay, grain, &c. may probably produce 525.0001. to be paid be ship owners, who will then pay one hundred per cent. less than always fell on merchants or consumers before, as they would, on ave. age, save above three weeks on every voyage ; because during seven winter months, there have been many instaneeaof ships having per formed voyages out and home from the West Indies, before othm could get round the Land's Etd. The Bristol thannel is, perhaps, the most dangerous navigation in Europe, if not in the world, for the constant ebb and flow of the tides are from 30 to near so feet perper.dicular, and at (lemma. front 50 to 60 feet. Thus have I, briefly, but, I trust, clearly proved, that id. pet torn would produce an inexhaustible and handsomedividend tbe the pro. jectors and proprietors, whose names ought to be written In letters of gold; but who will find a much more durable monument in tht everlasting gratitude of their native land, in countless ages orpos. , terity ; for they will not only eurich themselves, but greatly ex. tend the trade and navigation of ()Id England. It being very re markable, that since this grand scheme was prosected an 1110. at Bridgewater, where the canal will enter the Bristol Channel, the ' trade round land has been augmented (according to the Parlia mentary returns) nearly one-half, in the course of fourteen years, proving what mines of wealth have been lost, in consequence of the measure having been mysteriously abandoned, when the Late Mr. Rennie reported that this union was perfectly practicable. Indeed nature seems to have always pointed out this grand work to mankind ; end it is a v , - - curious fart, that the tides of fai th . .. - • each , Appended to the Annual Report is the Special Report, made to an extraordinary meeting of the subscribers in February last, convened to take into consideration some articles affecting the Institution, which had appealed in The Time,. In this Report .tbe business of the Society is minutely detailed, and the coarse and calumnious attack of the anonymous correspondent of that Paper most satisfac torily repelled. The Board of Management anticipated that " the explanation those imputations havetalled forth, will probably gain an accession of supporters, tow for the first time satisfied with the capabilityffissat.aiLliehtnent. to dhi d lh ik th e sum . of Iceman oareretio*lmt general flow of benevolence into useful and proper chan nels ;" and by their Annual Report subsequently made it appears, that the result has corresponded with the antici pation. The Annual Report concludes thus : In conclusion, the Managers consider it important to mention, that the utility of the Society continues to be acknowledged by the' Magistracy of the metropolis. and by other individuals, whose official situations enable them to afford facilities to its operations, and whose talents and experience impart value to their testimony. Many persons have doubled their contributions, and a large acces sion of Subscribers has been obtained, several of whom have stated they were indebted to the recent developement of the Society's views for a knowledge of its usefulness. At no former period, In deed, was the Institution so effective for the attainment of the great and salutary objects for which it is established. The professor G. B. Gianni, of Milan, has determined, in a positive manner, the field where Annibal and Scipio fought the battle of Tesino. By digging upon the spot, he has discovered a quantity of urns of divers forms and sizes, lacrymil wises, ornaments, arms, spurs, &c. which objects leave no doubt of the reality of the discovery of this I learned Italian, aho has directed a work on the subjcct.— French Paper. N r WT :,EW PRESB' ..ilia I "n - "" - —•--- - - - - cht channels fie; Wi thi n aiont7B miles erf . otimarilift miles of _ On NVednestlay, at three o'clock, the first stone of this the proposed line &cartel will be o, frog; Bridgewater to Lang. building was laid by the Marquis Donegal, attended by port, withiut a single lock. Sir A. Chichester, Bart., M.P. in the presence of a large I have much 1110Tet0 AO, which my time and your limits nitai assemblage of' the inhabitants, who seemed to feel a great defer till another opportunity. . ? interest in the proceedings. The Committee of Clergymen I am, Sir, yours truly, Jonx BURRID.F. of the Synod of Ulster, under whose care the intended Nelson-square, London. 28th June, Iral congregation is placed, and the Committee appointed to The quantity of coal conveyed by the miserable navirstion of manage the erection of the Meeting-house, also attended the rivers Parrett, Tone and ,tee, into the interior. would Jowl on the occasion.—lrishoom. 18,00) waggons, and 24,04,0 carts, requiring 127,d0u horses, all tf.1..100 hands. allowing to a wri7,gmt Mir horses., man and boy ; A set of those ancient tin mines,Stowes and NThealJonkin, and to each cart, two horns and a ram; the ••••-•st.s , . of which , nt in th e parish of Linkinborn, has been taken by a respect- 20r. per waggon, and 10 .. per met, foe eme --&-w i.34044.. and able company of London adventurers, who are erecting a allowing one turupike, would amount to above 2,00 1 1. Total steam-engine on Stows, from which mine a considerable 32.0001. annually. quantity of tin ore has already been raised. — Cornish 'flue execution of this canal will afford employment to thou santh of poor, pennylesa. hurgary Irishmen, who visit Englard to Paper. The building of houses on with rest s irit at earn even Ann livelihoods during harvests, and will greatly cape. g dire the Irish trade wish London. &e. goes p Lanark ; accommodation for a great number of families The distance saved by sea will be about 350 miles ; and, it have been reared on entirely new sites ; and a still greater needful, the trade would beat lid. or sd. per ton. number of old houses have been taken down, and larger The trade on the Welch coast, Bristol Channel, and Cornwall, and more elegant ones raised in their stead. This week, e ",1: - a ' al u l .. a ta l e n n i1 , - M r :: ejest k i i ir da m e eX t l7 d li: s e e sd nen su l fh u rl o sl i tu a l Al e . those employed in removing two old houses in high-street I west, there is no doubt but this noble project would base been ae found a number of ancient coins ; and in one of the walls a complished in former ages. The North will of course tyro* the niche, containing a statue of very antique wotitmanship, Western Projections, as it will stop their monopoly of coats, aryl was und built up. Tradition reports the place to have Ifivf them cheaper to all consumers, But ali°Pi"46‘l",._, will baaa,..., useless an d vai n , as attempts to Forma nut th e IlTeLlihme Mean or been a ounnery.—Glasgoce Chronicle. the Bristol Channel itseir,in my humble opinion ; although sere Wince LEA D.—The substance called white lead, and so gentlemen have already tried to threw cold water on it, but casts well known as a paint, is made by exposing thin sheets of and iron are too hot &MI too strong on this occasion. lead to the action of vapour of vinegar, which gradually ,ware alp?. The consemption of coal is contently rapidly Meowing from converts it into a white powder. The manufactory of this e th i e .qi e e n s eral introduction of gas lights and steam parkas, and steins substance is carried on very extensively in lirsgland, France, and Getman y, and has lately been very much improved. The manufacturers will be greatly benefited by the reduction of It was used by the ladies of Rome for a cosmetic; and there the price of cool, and prove a blessing ui the poor. is almndant reason to believe, mach as we hear of the r v oti eri ery m nr u m e t iL:i i' leago the I am aware it may be urged that %Veldt coal are generalh i.e. beautiful simplicity of savage man, that it is only in the coal but the rice of the hrirmer kens "' and the p posed frei t, diar canal oco ... beteg very highest state of civilization that both sexes find their whence supplies chid... come , on account of the clinger and delay compe r ti o on must against the Tornio enjoyment in the charms of nature. The Hottentot and the Esquimau% besmear themselves with grease ; the wool- generally attending vOyages round lard. ly-headed African and the copper-coloured Indian disfigure Newport coal is the best in \t'ales for househobl2rs. and crash their faces with hideous slashes; the ladies of Rome for- equal to Newcastle, in my opinion, particularly for kitchen Inc. tinily, and the Cireassians of our day, paint themselves ha- si it,_, I ir.tere beg this ma, ed r . e to hov e only considered said nsider the ns p u t h h i f ic 864 Meet il.+ru r.if . 1 eie vut. n . bitually ; while in the crowded cities of Europe, people, as stance of whit ' the general rule, arc contented with washing themselves, my health did not allow me to eater intd these details or rearms tar and nobody paints but a few antiques, anxious to assume expressing my conviction, that coal and boo alone are sufficient ;Lo the airs of youth, or a few dehauchees, who Claim by gas- insure eee s etle_ , su , ecess_.; anti not as a liernber of the Corutii,hee. light the appearance of beauties. It is a very philosephi- H ence ,nrtbesittivourfts-r=gfoaressL dividend to rier c t prc e i x t:i. t the T cept krst. cal and correct remark, therefore, that it is en l : y in the monetary restrictions, or that the competition may destroy the 'no highest state of civilisation man listens to the voice of na- nopoly of coal, and reduce the prices and the dividends to £0 per cure, and permits his physical powers to be fully and freely mot, or the proprietors may reduce the toll to a halfpenny per :dn. developed. — The Chertist. which will Insure most extensive traffic through the (.'areal. On Monday an altercation took place in a public house wiT i tti e su " lid ret a u t rn st i te g f" ore m , as i'D tl f •le d°l f:ei l' hts bani*l idt eq w u r l i tid no b e y t i l e t t ; at Killinicic , where some of the police ere drinking, when Toone thmugh the Canal, and they would sail to t he Eintivard es a man of the name of Richard Bennet. of Fearney-hill, in the Wesorad, according to wind and weather. the Barony of Forth, was stabbed in the thigh and belly, In abort , it is impossible to describe all the local ar.e. national of which wounds be lies dangerously ill. Sergeant James !ad v antages attending the execution of MI6 noble measure for a JA Wanson, and James W. oh, Sub-constable of the 1 union of the navigation betwe-en the British and Ilristol Chanigs, The Canal will pass by Bridgewater Longport. 'Wince Police Establishment, have been committed togaol, charged : Chard , Axminster , an d s cam ,. and greatly s , e v... t rio .. ' improve .hto, with the assault.—lrerf:rd Herald. all lands :tad buildings in those districts. CIAN NIEFTING-Horse IN BELTAFT.— P' 3 r. T. I I