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for them in Botany Bay after they shall be expelled from their tenements ; and the Legislator of '93 ; the electioneering Lord of 1806, 1812, and 1818, stands up and says there is a war against property ; he libels the people, and joins in the anti-national cry, which must prevent the introduction of that capital which would give them employment. As to his Lordship's denouncing the people as demora lized, its unworthy of notice, as I consider him but a bad judge of ethics. The next sepaker was Mr. Prittie; he, as usual, said little; to save himself that trouble he agreed in every thing which fellfrom his Noble Friend; lie saw strong measures were ne cessary without giving any reason ; I agree with him ; strong and efficient measures are most neces sary on the part of the people of this County, to en sure to themselves fit and proper Representatives, The next in order is Joshua Minnitt, who told the marvellous stories about the taking of arms along the banks of the Shannon. The Evening Mail would seek to persuade the people of England that the Magistrates assembled here were liberals, the great majority of them were the old ascendancy men and the members of Brunswick Clubs. Mr. Minnitt is no less a personage than the ex-President of the Ormond Brunswick Club, who laboured in his vo cation to prevent the passing of the Relief Bill, and now seeks to establish that it has done no good.— (Cheers.) —I arraign his testimony, he has not stated one tangible fact, neither name, nor time, nor circumstance ; he did not inform the meeting whe ther any Magistrate went to where those arms are said to hare been taken, to inquire if they were taken by force, or if any resistance was made by persons living in very strong slated houses. The taking of those arms, if they were taken, was cer tainly calculated to ptoduce an effect on the trials at the last Assizes : and it is a singular fact that no arms have been taken or given away since in that neighbourhood. Mr. Minnitt (who I dare say does his duty), will say the Ormond Magistrates do theirs. I will fearlessly tell him if they did, and if they were as anxious peace preservers as they are politicians, they would not seek the Insurrection Act. I will tell him that where that Act was laid in force, more abuses were committed under it in Ormond than in the entire county besides. That all the actions which I brought at that time and the verdicts I obtained for Magisterial delinquencies against the people under that Act, were against Ormond Magistratea, and yet those are the men who are now most prominent in misrepresenting the state of the county, and demanding those unconsti tutional laws, which many of them have already so much abused—(Hear, hear.) —There is a fact rela- Jative to one of those Ormond Magistrates which I canned omit mentioning ; not long since he was pre sent at the apprehension of two robbers, they were prosecuted and convicted. This worthy unpaid Justice was resolved that his merits should have their reward, and he obtained two presentments front the Grand Jury giving him 201. a-piece for catching the robbers. Mr. Prittie was the Foreman of that Grand Jury.—So much for the Ex. President of the Brunswick Club and the Ormond Magistrates. —( Much cheering.)—An attempt was made at this Magisterial meeting to show that the Relief Bill was tried and that it failed to tranquillize the country. The Act was passed only in April last, and yet, for sooth, it has been tried and failed—this 13 too ale surd to require a serious answer. It is a singular argument coining from those who advocate the In surrection Act and not the Relief Bill, because the latter is a law six long mouths and did nothing—and because the former has been a law twenty short years, (since 1807) and did worse than nothing— (Loud cheering.)---I can only compare these gentle men to some sapient Doctor whose long attendance os a patient, makes his reco-very impossible, then re commends that another Doctor shall be called in, and when the patient dies, gives the fresh Doctor all the merit of killing him.—(Laughter and cheers.)_-, It was boastingly said at that meeting that no inno, cent person ever suffered under the Insurrection Act. A few -facts will dispose of this assertion. I defended, itt 1821 and 1822, nearly 300 persons, under that Act 15 of those were convicted, I thought some cf thaw convictions were contrary to law and to justice, and so thought the Marquis Wel leaky and the present Lord Plwikett, for on my me morials, 11 out of the 15 were sent home to their famine*, some of them out of the prisons ship at Cove, and others after spending 14 months' imprisonment in a depot in Cork, where they were kept until an ac tion which I had pending against a Magistrate, and an Ormond one too, was tried and a verdict had, which was confirmed by the Court of King's Bench, and which inculpated the Magistrate and released the convicts. You will be somewhat surprised when I tell you that the same Magistrate who made the statement at the meeting on Monday last was chiefly instrumental in convicting three of the eleven whom have ment i oned, and yet he says no innocent person ever suffered uoder the Insurrection Art, Does he forget that Mr. Laurence, a lieutenant in the Wieke low militia, obtained damages against another Mae gistrate for imprisoning him under that Act ? Does lie forget that a professional gentleman, Mr. Gleeson, who was in the habit of defending the people at that time, went from the hotel in Nenagh, aeroes the street, in the evening, to the police office, to get the committal of a prisoner in order to prepare his de fence, that he was himself-seized, made a prisoner of, chained to a post with a mule's fetter, mail his leg swelled beyond its limits, and was brought to trial ie the morning under the Insurrection Act ? Does he think that the hundreds who were tried and ac quitted and some of them kept six weeks in gaol in the depth of winter, suffered nothing ? Had I been admitted to the meeting I would have stated those and many other facts—and if the Lord Lieutenant chuses now to send down a respectable King's Coun sel, I wilt undertake to lay such evidence before him on oath as will overturn the resolutions of the Ma gistrates —and I will undertake to :how that there cannot be perfect quiet until the police are remo delled—until creed or politics shall be no recommene dation for the situation—until measures are adopted for preventing their coming ;into unnecessary colli sion with the people—until riots will not he provoked by their being employed in preventing ballad singers from chaunting their notes, as at Toornevara—noe showmen from exhibiting, as at Borrisoleigh—until they shall be employed in otherwise than going along the roads with firelocks and fixed bayonets, impounding wandering pigs, logging noisy dogs, and removing insurrectionary dunghills—until they shall receive orders not to act as they did at Borris-o'kane —and here allow me to cite an authority as to what occarred there—it is from no leis a personage than Dr. Heisse, not his evidence at the trials at Clon mel, but his written and sworn evidence on the same subject at the inquest at Borris-o'kane recently after . the 26th of June—he says, " When he first saw Captain Dobbyn on that day there was no riot nor disposition to riot—that after shots were fired he himself prevailed on the police to uncoek their fire locks, and that a policeman continued after most violently stabbing with his bayonet __and he con cludes that deposition with these remarkable words, " the police were not seemingly under any authority." --(Hear, and cheers.)—ln the • language of Dr. Heisse's deposition at the inquest,. I would say, let not the police interfere where there is no riot nor disposition to riot ; let not the police stab the people violently or unnecessary with their bayonets g and let them not do this acting under no authority ; let them on the contrary act under authority when necessary; let them on the contrary act under such men as Major Carter, and instead of the people looking at them as enemies, they will assist them in the dis charge of their duty. Them are grievances yet to be redressed—and from what we have seen to-night of Mr. Otway Cave, from his splendid talents and independent principles, we may reasonably expect that he will stale such a case in Parliament as will insure relief—he has . the facts, he has seen them, he came here for no °tither purpose, he is a disinterested witness ; the people of England will belieVe him sooner than those who are interested in calumniating ue .--(Loud cheers.) it James Roe, Esq., the independent Magistrate, the steady and c onsistent supporter of the rights of the people." 114 health hen drank, Mr, RQE Me and said—Gentlemen, I thank you for your kindness in inviting me to your hospitable and patriotic enter tainment, and must trespass on your patience, with a few observations on the late unwarrantable attempt to affix the brand of insurrection on our county. — (Hear.) —It was by mere accident that I was in duced to attend the late meeting, and its propositions came so unexpectedly on me, and I found myself so completely alone and astonished, that it was not until I had considered over the events of the day, on my return home, that I could form any resolu tion as to what ought to be done; I then lost no time in addressing my sentiments to the Chief Secretary, and received an immediate and polite re ply. But, Gentlemen, in that conclave, (for truly ' no papal election was evermore hermetically sealed,) there were unfortunately auditors who seemed sent by Providence to spy into this insurrection in a bowl-dish—men who are evidently gifted with all those qualities that have Made the British soldier, and the British senator, the admiration of the world, What noble associations crowd on our minds when we name Byng and Blakeney, Moberly, and Otway Cave. With what feelings of pity must they have beheld 70 high-spirited gentlemen huddling to gether in a corner of the room, like a pack of grouse in a hail -storm, not opening their lips until the bayonets were closed round the door, and every nook and corner searched, for fear some michievous printer's devil might lurk with his pop-gun of ink and quire of foolscap—the very atmosphere became redolent of blunderbusses and old swords—and I began to feel an awful presentiment, that the ghost of the traitor, Thistlewood, with his tinder-box and ratsbane, would issue out of the breches pocket of our worthy High Sheriff. Whether their thoughts were too big for utterance, or whether the presence of strangers, proved the genial current of their souls, I know not—but speakers there were none. After the resolutions were read, one Worthy Ma gistrate murmured out, that he was forced to be come " Hennefas," a practical farmer, because he could get no one to take his land. He did not in form us what rent he asked. Another then ob served, that many were forced to build up their windows to avoid seeing the Rocks—this caused a smile to invade the faces of some of the auditory. What, have such a numerous, fowerful, and high spirited body of men, as the Irish Magistracy un doubtedly are, brought themselves to sneak into holes. and wait to be crushed like rats in their wine-cel lars, to the noble alternative of going forth in all the majesty of the land, obeyed by a vigorous police, and supported (if necessary), by a numerous, steady, and gallant army; until by enduring firm ness, day after day, and night after night, they shall annihilate every public disturber, and restore their country to its propriety.—(Cheers.)—Since last I had the honour of addressing you, the all engrossing question having been set at rest, we have had more leisure to contemplate our local interests—in order to further that great measure, a Liberal Club was formed; but Emancipation being soon after carried, its exertions were not required. At its formation, however, I imagined, that even after religious dis. tinctions were at an end, our country would require an association of intelligent and independent citizens to watch over ite interests, and remedy its wrongs. —(Hear, hear.) —A body of men, who possessing the confidence of the people, would have such weight in the selection of their representatives as would prevent any vacillations in politics being tried with impunity.e,.--(Hear.)—Gentlemen, every event in this county shews the necessity of forming such an independent society. Believe me the only re medy for our present disgraceful state, is to make our Members truly represent the people, or to turn them out,-.=(Cheers.) —How can we say that man represents the wishes of his constituents, who keeps them at the point of the bayonet from approaching to give their respectful sentiments to him, on a moat momentous question I—(Hear.)—l fear that lie has perusp4 the poll-books, previous to indulging in this severity to ;pen ? who selected him as their popular Member, for near- a quarter of 4 . sentury. But I trust, gentlemen, that there is tisat genuine spirit in the Tipperary freeholders, that the registry will gPAn be in a state to make the Hon. Member dis pense his smiles again in open day, and free from that cloud of poligp that at present obscures them.— (Cheers.)—Gentlemen, if you ate but trap to your selves, you will never again be humbugged by:me - 0, who when you invite them to dinner, return you a reproof_ aid when you demand a hearing, move for the Insurrection Act.—(Loud cheering.) After the applause which followed the (lelivery ofl this apeeeh subsided, Mr. Roe proposed the health of Mr. Lanigan, the Vice-President, who eloquently returned thanks. f` The Lord Charlie/tor, and the honest portion of the Irish Par." Mr. CAHILL returned thanks. "Earl Grey, and the friends of Ireland in the House of Lords." " Sir Francis Burdett, and the friends of Reform in the House of Commons." if .kiir John Byng, and his Majesty's Forces in Ireland." " The Bi: - .1,op of Norwich, the Patriarch of the cause of civil and religious liberty,",,.(Great cheering.) The Rev. MICHAEL LAFFAN eloquently spoke to this toast, and with very happy effect. The CHAIRMAN next rose arid said, there was a toast whieh he did not find on his list, but which lie would take the liberty of proposing, knowing, as he did, that there was not a more worthy or ex emplary body of men en earth. He, as a Pro. testant, therefore, felt great pleasure in giving the health of " The Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland."—(Loud cheers.) The Rev. Mr. HEIFFERNAN returned thanks. " Charles Brownlow, Esq."—(Great applause.) " The liberty of the Press." Mr. ROE spoke to this toast with great effect. Mr. OtWAY CAVE next proposed the health of Mr. Maher. On Mr. N. AlAuEß's health being drank, he said ,--Gentlemen, accept my sincere, my heartfelt thanks for the manner in which you have been pleased to drink my health. I feel sensibly the compliment conferred upon me—a compliment which is much enhanced coming from the quarter it does—a gen tleman distinguished for all those qualities which renders man estimable, and for which we much re spect and esteem him, and of all the approbation which can be bestowed on man the approba tion of those we most esteem is most grateful. Mr. Otway Cave has been pleased to say that I have been the cause of his present visit to Ireland. Such is the case—on my way from the Clare Election, I had some conversation with Mr. O'Connell about the scenes that occurred in Borris-o'kane—lt was then settled that he was to conduct the prosecutions in that unfortunate affair—it is to be deplored he was prevented so doing by the interference of persons in authority. I told Mr. O'Connell my apprehensions that juries would not be fairly chosen; our conversation then turned on Mr. Otway Cave, and he, Mr. O'Connell, expressed a great wish that Mr. Otway Cave should be at the Assizes, and suggested my writing to him, and said—l know Mr, Cave well ; lie is the ho nestest public man I ever knew—he has a good head and a better heart, and should any thing like what you apprehend occur, there is no man I would more depend upon to assist me in bringing the affair before a higher tribunal. I accordingly wrote to Mr. 0. Cave to come over if not attended with inconvenience to him. Gentlemen, he did not con sider his own inconvenience—he left his business in Leicester, and from his sick bed proceeded to Ire land to see how justice would be dealt out to the people in this country. We can never be too grate ful to such a man, and though I feel I have been in some measure the innocent cause of having put him to personal inconvenience, I am satisfied the innate satisfaction he will feel at having done good will, in some measure, recompense him, and that he has done good, even this very day, will not be denied ; the salutary advice which he bestowed on the people this day made an impression upon them, and because its sincerity was not doubted, will have more effect in tranquillizing the county than would the abominable measures which the conclave of Ma gistrates (Which assembled here some time back) want to have adopted. Gentlemen, though I recol lect the observations of esteemed friends who spoke before, about " long speeches at convivial parties," I will beg to trespass longer on you.--(Hear, hear.) I have been an agitator—l did consider my occupa tion was over—when the Catholic Relief Bill passed I quitted the scene of agitation, holding out the hand of peace and conciliation to every man, re specting, as I always did, the opinions of those who, from conscientious motives, were opposed to ' my claims as a Roman Catholic. I found I was over sanguine in my expectations, and that I must return to my old employment, for I fear some hostile spirit is endeavouring to make bleed afresh those wounds which Catholic Emancipation had nearly healed. I am led to this conclusion from recent events in this county—events which have brought the eyes of Europe on this county—events which have cast a stigma upon its charac ter, which is calculated to destroy its prosperity and reduce its peasantry to misery. For, I ask, what capitalist would speculate his property in a county with such a name ? Does the county deserve such a name ? I emphatically say it does not ; and if the Government will enquire into the state of the county, as suggested by my friend, Mr. Lanigan, I think they will discover that any disturb ance which does exist (and which is not of an alarm ing nature) is owing to the way the law, which the Magistrates are empowered to administer, is executed. Gentlemen, whatever part the Go vernment may take, we have a right to call a County Meeting—(Hear, bear, hear) —and to prove to you that I am in earnest, I hold a requi sition in my hand for signatures for that purpose. —(Cheers.)—Are we to sit down tamely when insulted ? Are we to listen silently to our own character and" the character of our county assailed ? We would deserve to be branded as slaves if we submitted to such imposition. This is not the place, in my opinion, to speak of the conduct of the Magistrates who assembled here lately, or of our County Members; when the latter come to the hustings to claim the suffrages of the people I pledge myself, if no other person will do so, to read them a history of their political lives. For the present I will say for Mr. Prittie he is a most accommodating gentleman—with the assistance of his family connections and friends he makes all the roads in the county, merely to save the public in convenience.—(Laughter.)—l cannot avoid asking what brought my Lord Ormond to the meeting ? What induced his Lordship to quit his Bible-read• ing with Parson Roe, and come all the way from Kilkenny to assist in carrying the ready-made reso lutions of these all-wise Magistrates ? He was in fluenced to do so under the impression that his Lordship's name would add weight to the proceed ings. What does he know of the state of this county ? Nothing. He seldom comes into it—l never saw him here before, and if I never see him again I shall not weep on the occasion.—( Laughter.) —Gen demo), as the propriety of holding a county meeting has met your sanction, permit me to remark on what has dropped from Mr. Roe about a Liberal Club. Every thing coming from that worthy gentleman shall meet from me attention and respect—he has always identified himself with the people, and when it was not considered fashionable to do so, and by so doing has made enemies for himself— the difficulty of getting members of a County Club to come together is a great obstacle to its effecting good. I have had it long in contemplation to establish here a Parish Club, arid with the assist ance of those gentlemen whom I see here, and who are always ready to come forward when there is a likelihood of doing good, I shall in the course of ten days establish a Club in this Parish, and I am certain other Parishes will follow our example ! the object of the Club shall be to find out every man in the Parish who can register a vote, and to use our influence to make him register, and also to use our influence to procure leases of lives for every man who could thereby become a freeholder.—We have professional men here who are ready to give their professional services gratis to promote our objects. Mr. M. entered into some further particulars of the objects of Parish Clubs to act in concert with a general County Club, and sat down amidst cheers. After the CHAIRMAN gave the toast — ti A speedy union between the English and Irish Re formers." Mr. LANIGAN said he could not let that toast pass without making a few observations. In agitating the question which so deeply concerned this country we have got some political training—every man made it part of his business, every man gave towards it part of his money. Let the English Reformers now go to work as we did—let them form other associations and establish their radical rent—when they do this we will be with them ; Catholic Emancipation is got rid of, but a dear price has been paid for It ; the counties are converted into boroughsand our own Members say they only wish to be considered as representing the gentry—Reform in Parliament is now more neces sary for Ireland than ever—it is the most radical remedy for the other abuses under which we suffer. The question of reform only wants discussion, in order to make corruption quail, arid lower the aristo cratic tone of those, who were the humble servants of the forty-shilling freeholders and now despise them—if the English reformers will but strike the chord with effect, they may rest satisfied it will vi brate in Ireland.—(Much cheering.) After the health of the Stewards, and other ap• propriate toasts were drank, the Chairman, with Mr. Otway Cave and Mr. Roe, retired about one o'clock. The Vice-President was called to the chair, when the festivities were kept up to a late hour in the morning. WILLIAM HUNT, Esq., of Petersham, has left a large fortune, the principal part of which is devoted to charitable uses. After leaving legacies to a few parti cular friends, he has bequeathed 1,0001. to St Thomas's Hospital ; 1,0001. to the Philanthropic Institution ; 1,0001. to the Refuge for the Destitute, in the Hackney •road. Guy's Hospital will be benefited to the amount of at least 200,0001., the only charge upon which is the liberal an nuities which lie has left to his servants. Mr. HUNT hid no relatives. The executors and trustees to the will are B. HArtursoN, Esq., the Treasurer of Guy's Hospital; J. B. HEATH. Esq., one of the Directors of the Bank of Eng.. land ; awl F. FARR, Esq., the banker, of Lombard-street. TIIE LATE COURT-MARTlAL.—Captain DICKENSON has been honourably acquitted. He evi dently deserved this, in the abs?nce of any tangible charge. Why, however, the Admiralty should have forced Sir Elm Atm CODRINCTON to prefer charges before a Court martial, contrary to his own remonstrances, and then have couched the sentence of acquittal as to Captain DIcREN sox in languague of stern reproof of Sir EDWARD, has in it somewhat of a mystery. The whole, temper of the Court towards the Admiral was also harsh and super cilious, much more so than was necessary for the vindica tion of Captain DICKENSON'S honour. The whole leads us strongly to suspect that there has been in the affair much more than mere zeal for Captain DICKENSON, and that Sir EDWARD has been the object of certain " unto ward" feelings in certain quarters. The proceeding is one which cannot but awaken unpleasant feelings in the country.—Liverpool Courier. EXTRAORDINARY COMMERCIAL DES. PATCII.—The ship John Porter, Captain MAXWELL, from Quebec, arrived in Dublin on Wednesday last, got into Dlr. SCOVELL'S dock about two o'clock, delivered a cargo of 500 tons, took in ballast, and sailed again on Saturday, about the same hour.—Liverpool Courier: During the tempestuous gales of last week, two small vesse'•s were sunk on their voyage from Gains borugh to Nottingham, and their cargoes, it is feared, will be entirely lost. One of the vessels was laden with gro ceries and other goods, to the amount, it is said, of nearly 20001. Two valuable horses on hoard one of the boats were drowned, but the :crews escaped with their lives.— Lincoln Mercury-- Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Grey hound, Bainton, by Mr. HOPKINSON, coroner for the liberty of Peterborough, on the body of R. HITCHCOCK, who was found dead in the field where he had been walk ing a few minutes before, and had been joking with a ' neighbour. Verdict—Died by the visit a ti on o f G o d.-- 1 Lincoln IVlerct:sy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning-131 minutes after 1. I Evening ...52 minutes after 1 THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND. THIS EVENING will be acted the Romantic Drama called THE SISTER OF CHARITY. Col. Saxe, Mr. Baker; Capt. Wiemar, Mr. J. Vining; Paulo, Mr. Keeley; Andrea, Mr. 0. Smith; Joseph, Mr. Perkins. St. Ursula, Miss Kelly; Nannetta, Miss H. Cawse. After which, SOLD FOR A SONG. Count Cremona, Mr. J. Russell; Alfred, Mr. Wood. Adelle, Miss Cawse; Eliza, Miss H. Cawse. To conclude with THE VAMPIRE; OR, THE BRIDE OF THE ISLES. Ruthveu, Mr. James Vining; Robert, Mr. Thorne. Lady Margaret. Miss Gray; Effie, Mrs. Keeley. - - - On Monday, Sold for a Song, with The Sister of Charity, The Waterman, and The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles. - LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1829. We have no further news from the theatre of war (or peace) in the East, and must wait the arrival of authentic news before we credit the rumoured contents of dispatches said to have been received from Mr. GORDON, dated the 29th of August. There is such a perplexing difference between the ‘f official" accounts re ceived by the French Government, and those said to have been received by our own, that we hesitate before we believe the one, or credit the other. If authentic accounts be actually received favourable to the speedy conclusion of peace, why are they not at once honestly published ? Constantinople is surely too far removed to be affected by the disclosure. There is a hitch somewhere. We may hear from DIEBITSCH on Monday, for he knows the secret—if anv exist. Lisbon Gazettes of the 12th instant have been received. At length they pretend to give a true account of the defeat of the Expedition against Terceira, admitting a loss of 473 men killed, wounded, and missing. Letters of the 13th announce the arrival at Lisbon of the Portuguese squadron from St. Michael's ; on the Bth ult. the frigate Amazona; and on the following day, the Gloria and Trieze de Maio brigs of war, Born Dispacho schooner, Anna schooner, and three transports. On the 9th, a corvette, a schooner, and two transports arrived, and on the 11th the Diana frigate, and Gleaner schooner, and the Briton arid Vine prizes. No account of the Don John IV. had been received : LISBON, SEPT. 11. Having been in expectation of correct information of the reverses sustained by the expedition sent to the island of Terceira, we have refrained from pub li,hing any thing respecting it; now that being well informed we are able to relate the affair without fear of being contrary to the truth, we proceed to do so. The 11th of last month being fixed upon for effect ing a landing at Villa da Praia, the squadron made that port, and the artillery of the forts commencing its fire at eleven o'clock in the morning, it was re turned by the men of war, which in the end suc ceeded in silencing tile forts and batteries at four o'clock in the afternoon, with the exception of one, which continued to fire a few shot at long intervals. Meantime the troops got into the boats and at. tempted a landing, protected by the Trumpo da In veja schooner, and three armed boats, and scarcely had the first portion of the troops landed, to the east of Fort Espirito Santo, when it sustained a very heavy fire from the entrenchments and the eminence near that fort, which obliged it to retreat, the nature of the ground not permitting an attack in force. The loss on our side was 473 men killed, wounded,and missing, this being the greatest number. We have to lament the loss of 26 officers of merit and valour. - We cannot calculate the loss of the rebels, which on the whole could not be small, considering the well-directed fire of the squa dron, which fired above 4,000 shot. Our vessels suffered some damage, especially the ship of the line and the Diana frigate; but such as may very easily be repaired. It seemed proper for the present not to attempt another landing, that the squadron be ing reinforced the destruction of the rebels at that po►nt might be afterwards infallible. Leaving the other islands of the Azores well garrisoned, and Terceira perfectly blockaded, the remainder. of the expedition returned to this port of Lisbon. Such is the frank and true account of this disagreeable event, but which merits only the just indignation of all true Portuguese, anti the desire to avenge the affront put on their honoured countrymen. Upon the recent disturbances among the weavers at Nuneaton, the Coventry Herald of yesterday makes the following temperate and sen sible observations, in the justice of which we cordially agree : The neighbourhood of Bedworth and.Nun eaton has been ill a painfully excited state, in the last week. These poor people, when in full work, do not 'receive any thing adequate for human sustenance, and the deficiency is of course made up by the Poors' Rates. Whilst we admit the imperious necessity of preserving the peace, and subduing promptly and with energy every disposition to riot and outrage, we cannot but deeply deplore the state of destitution of which these unhappy weavers are the victims. Certainly we deprecate as earnestly as we can do, every approach to lawless violence ; but we must as sincerely lament the:melancholy causes, which have driven the people to adopt a line of conduct so opposite to their ordinary habits. The list of prices which was adopted last week, for engine work, is, as we understand, sufficiently low to en able the manufacturers successfully to compete with their foreign rivals. It has been said, that one of the most respectable manufacturers has decidedly expressed his opinion to that effect ; and if he have done so, as we believe he has, we cannot but consider its unanimous adoption as a signal benefit to the trade. We should hope, therefore, no manufacturer will attempt to make a further reduction ; for it cannot 'possibly be to his interest to do so, and will only di minish the earnings of the weavers who have work to a miserable pittance, insufficient for their food and clothing,—it must aggravate the sufferings of the poor,—and it would be a measure which, in justice, in charity, and also in a wise regard to his own interest, it would be prudent to avoid." The Chronicle of this morning has the fol lowing ominous paragraph, which taken either way speaks little for the ultimate security of the BOURBONS : " We have received an Address to the French Army, commencing thus ;--" Soldiers ! the combats of Liberty against Despotism are about to recommence in our beauti ful and unhappy country! Such is the will of that Family which, for forty years, has been time scourge of France." The Address is of such a nature that prudence forbids our giving publication to it. It is lithographed, and must have been extensively distributed ; for several copies, received by different gentlemen in London from Paris, have been shown to us. The letter in which a copy was enclosed to one of our Correspondents, by his friend in Paris, stated that the Address had been exten sively distributed among the soldiery. We know nothing more of the matter. It may be the work of the Liberals, or it may be the work of the Ministry, plotting the dis credit of th• Liberals." The advices from the Netherlands, which reach to the 20th ult., state that great injury had been sustained in many of the provinces by the rains, particularly in the districts of Waal and the Meuse, where the rains had been al most incessant for many months. The meadows had been completely inundated, and the crops in the fields destroyed, and the rivers were so swelled by the rains, that a general inundation was dreaded. The wet weather had also caused a mortality among the sheep at Condroz, where a great number of these animals had died. The more facts are referred to, the more ab surd appears that system of croaking which has become prevalent, not merely among the Ultra Tories, but among men of business, having in general much practical knowledge but little comprehensiveness of vision. We hope the ac counts lately published of the foreign trade of the kingdom will go some way to satisfy such, that it is not altogether ruined by Mr. HUSKIS SON or any one else, the truth being, that it has been steadily increasing during the last three years, being precisely the time that has elapsed since the Panic, as it is called. The official va lue of the imports in the years 1826, 1827, and 1828, was 37,686,1131., 44,887,7741., and 45,028,805/. ; and that of the ex ports in those years respectively, 51,042,022/., 62,050,0081., and 62,741,000/. We published not long ago the accounts of British and foreign shipping, which exhibited a proportionate in crease ; and these returns altogether established the gratifying fact, that our commerce has been improving in spite of all the difficulties with which it has in so many quarters been beset. It by no means, however, follows, that if our trade had been on the decrease, instead of the increase, it would bear the slightest evidence against the policy of putting an end to the prohibitive system. The repeal of the laws that excluded foreign ships from our ports, had become absolutely necessary to secure our fo reign market ; and we should like to know what a situation our manufacturers would have been in, if Prussia and other Powers had persisted in their threats of excluding them from their do minions ? From this calamity we have happily been saved by ;the reciprocity system ; and in return, the introducers of that system, Lord WALLACE, Mr. HUSKISSON, Mr. GRANT, &c. have been made the objects of more calumny and abuse than have, perhaps, ever fallen to the lot of any Statesmen. It is, by the way, much to be wished with reference to the official accounts, that some better mode of estimation should be adopted than the present official value, vs hich exceeds the real value very considerably—sometimes being more than double. We do not mean to say it is an unfair mode of comparison ; but is the repre• sentative of quantity merely, having been fixed so long ago as 1696 ; and to determine the pre sent value of goods imported, it would therefore be necessary to calculate what would now be pro duced by the same quantity of goods as, according to the rates of 1796, is valued at the sum given in the accounts. The misfortune is, that no one out of office knows anything of the rates of 1696, and the public valuations are therefore given in a mysterious manner, which 11 O.P. ought not to be continued. Nothing would be more easy than to fix a new standard in 1830, as was done in 1696, whereby the Re• turns would really be what they profess to be, and become so simple, that " he who runs may. read them." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, SEPT. 25.—Wind N.E. by N.—Arrived the Rosanna, from Berbice ; Indus, Rodgers, from Quebec; Catharine Green, Jackson, from Quebec; Ocean, Smith, from Honduras; and Raikes, Smith, from amaica. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 25.--Wind, light and variable.—Sailed the Boyne, Warren, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 24.—Wind N.W.—Sailed the Marmer, Perchou, for Algesiras; and Sam Smith, Eley, for New Orleans. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 24.—Wind N.—Arrived the Goldfinch packet, from Bermuda, sailed the 25th of August, and Halifax the 6th inst.; also the Sand wich packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 13th of Sept. COWES, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Statesman, Allen, from Virginia. BRISTOL, SEPT. 24.—Arrived the Hector, Farr, from Cuba ; Vintage, Alwood, from Oporto; and John Pasley, from St. Petersburgh. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 24.—Krrived the Wilson Wood, Bale, from St. Petersburgh. The Lara, for La Guayra, was run foul of by the Post Office packet, arid her upper works damaged. BELFAST, SEPT. 23.--Arrived the Edward Downes, from St. John's, N.B. DUBLIN, SEPT. 24.--Arrived the Margaret, Langley, front Archangel; and Hannah, Holme, from St. Petersburgh. Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Lisbon, dated Sept. 12 :—" The English schooner Vine was brought in here leaky, from St. Michael's, under Portuguese colours, a prize to the squadro', . blockading Terceira, and also the English brig. Briton, under the British flag, with a Portuguese - Commander, and crew on board. The Diana frigate, arrived from St. Michael's" brings the crew of the American ship Galatea, Cali' tured off Terceira, and lately brought to this pod : they are all heavily ironed. '1 he Ceylon, Cushing, from Hamburg to $ 6 Übes, sank off Heligoland the 16th inst.; crew e ared. The Vine (British schooner), from St. Michaels' has arrived at Lisbon,prize to the Portuguese squadroe blockading Terceira. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE o'CLocr: Our arrivals this morning area ilsb;111sil , brought by the Sandwich, sailed 13th Sept., and Halifax Mail, by the Goldfinch, sailed the 6th Sept.;• we have also received Halifax Papers to the 6th Sept., Prince Edward's Island Papers to the 2(1 Sept., and Miramichi Papers to the 2d Sept. The Lisbon Papers of the 11th Sept. have st, length published an account of their unfortunate' expedition to Terceira, in which they state their loss to be only 473 men, with 26 officers; they could not ascertain the loss of the rebels, but suppose it roust have been great, as the squadron fired 4,000 shots : the ships suffered some damage, parOculaki the ship of the line, and Diana frigate, the rest of the expedition has returned to Lisbon. (From the Halifax Paper of the sth September.) NEW YORK, AUG. 3.—We regret that his Excel' lency, Sir John Colborn and Lady are plunged deep affliction, owing to the death of their son" caused by a bowel complaint. Accounts from Barbadoes state that general rails have fallen there, and the crops, which were 0 , frightfully pictured a short time since, are now U,° to be very favourable ; the arrivals from the Mal bring intelligence of great rejoicing having.occurrs e in Colombia for recent victories obtained over the Peruvians. - • They write from New 'Orleans, Aug. 16, , diet Mr. William M‘Farlane Saul, Cashier of the Bsn of Orleans, had put an end to his existence by shoot' itsg himself with a pistol. Accounts by the Miramichi Papers state, fro° St. Andrews, that numerous arrivals had come illt ° that port from Europe and the West Indies, rind' pally large vessels, but they did not perceive any ril e in the price of any article. Consols, which left off yesterday at 891 4 for al account, opened at the same price this morning, ell afterwards were done at 894 for the account, sill which they have resumed their opening price, 8 9 1 z" -- with little or no business doing at present, as th g , speculators are waiting the arrival of the official ell% counts of the preliminaries between the Russia° and Turks. Three per Cont. Consols, 894 1; Ditto, for Aseesi i ,, 894 4 ; Four per Cent., 103 1 , ; India Stock, 2211 ' India Bonds, 63 4; Exchequer Bills, '7l 72. - 6; Foazion.—Brazilian, 631 4 ; Buenos Ayres, Se . Chilian, 20 22 ; Colombian, 161 1; Danish, 74 11 e French, Five per Cent., 107 9 ; Greek, 181 4; 111 , -- can, 181; Peruvian, 91 101 ; Portuguese, 4614 ; 110 0 . 1 :7;e 1001 1/ ; Spanish, 84. TWO O'CLOCA s g The Consol Market has been very lively del is ' the whole of the morning. Consols, which were the early part of the day at 891 4, have since V. done at 894 for the Account, and at present met b ? , quoted 894 4, and for Money 891. We are " - c o dibly informed that the preliminaries of re be between the Russians and Turks are signed, and of particulars will transpire to the Public on Monclak tt Tuesday ; by the well informed, it is stated they are in town. The private letters from Lisbon this morn ing ' state that there is a scarcity of corn in that ecalel"l and the ports are expected to be opened. bo t Letters have been received from Rio Janeiro, they are not of a later date than the last acct t 1 j ; but con fi rm the favourable information preefot•Pg received, in consequence of which Brazil StO4 feewr considerably improved this morning. The 4° Foreign Securities remain firm in their prices. THREE 0) CL OCJC Consols for Account, 891 1. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING proco• Consols 891 Danish 71 Do. for Ac. 891 Greek, 1825 181 Brazilian Bonds 61 Mexican, 1825 18: Buenos Ayres Chilian Do. Peruvian -- Russian 101 Columbian, 1824, I Spanish • st 4 By the letters from Hamburg of the 18 1111 „,i n the price of gold is 101 i per ducat, which, at the lish Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for ste n ; of gold, gives an exchange of 13. ; and the exeheleo Hamburg on London, at short, being 13. 11., it 1° d o s , that gold is per cent, lower at Hamburg than in 1411 0 By the letters from Amsterdam of the y , instant, the fpremium on gold is 14i to 15 Per, et which at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. . 10' 1 r., ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 126midoto to 12f. 15c., and the exchange at Amsterdam ou Ici o at short, being 12f. 30c., it follows that gold is 13 per cent. lower at Amsterdam than in Loudon. ot, By the letters from Paris of the 22d 11 '; the the premium on gold is 13f. per mille, which 5 , e fec English Mint price of Si. 17s. 10id. per 000 ;1 the standard gold, gives an exchange of 25f. 48c., e i . 13 650 , exchange at Paris on London, at short, being 2 6 ' ill it follows that gold is per cent. lower in Pari s 0"-- London. ! 0 0 The Distilleries in this vicinity are gc urip g ril o with their usual vivacity; and cargoes of ra y . r re whiskey, to be rectified into British gin, Ste., Zbe patched :almost evny tide, from the Broomielaebop pre, uncertainty with respect to the result of the t er e d . vented much speculation ; and prices may be (it 3s. 4d. a gallon, at 25 0.P., in bond. 14 '*" . takes the home market better, and has - been rather on the rise. The price of at present runs from 7s. e.' The small still ready market,... ale- I PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 8936% 3!,'," per Cent. Ditto Red. shut 4 per Cent. Ditto, 126 Ditto Scrip Bank L. Ann. India Stock 22234 Ditto Bonds pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds — Brazilian Bonds 63% 3 Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds — Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish 71Ti Greek 80nd5...... ............ Ditto, 1825 ................... 184 Guatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities shut New Ditto Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 71 72 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 71 72 pm. Ditto Small 24. 71 72 pm. Ditto Advertized pm. Ditto Commercial Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account 89N THIS DAY AT OWE O'CLOCr. Neapolitan — Peruvian Bends Portuguese Bondr — Prussian, Old Ditto, New — Russian . Spanish. 1821 1823 — French Rentes, bp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent —t —c. Exchange —f. —c. NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 25 '75 Venice 47% Malta 48% Naples . 39 Palermo per ez. 119 Lisbon Oporto 45 Rio .faneiro Bahia 2B Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. X. S. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Bolanos Mining Co. ZIOCI 325 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pin.) £2O '73 '72 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 23. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3)4 per cent. 97%iNational Ditto — Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 10234 :Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 97% !Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — ' Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock —' Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent —' Mining Co. of Ireland 12% Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F 12 81 Ditto, at sight 12 6 Rotterdam 2 U 12 81 Antwerp 12 81 Hamburg M.B. 14 0 Altona l4 01 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto 2U. 26 0 Bordeaux 26 5 Berlin — Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M 152 i I'etersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, dfbctive B. 2 M. 10 10 Trieste do 10 10 Madrid 36 Cadiz 36M Bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville 36 Gibraltar 47%