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not permit them to write their own signatures; but they are legalized by the original signature of one of the two Spanish Commissioners whom his Majesty appointed at different periods, for the purpose of performing that operation with the utmost exact ness, and they are inscribed in the great book of the consolidated debt. The bonds of the Guebhard Loan, which have been converted, being of so small importance, the public need not have been troubled with the notice thereof; nevertheless, Mr. Aguado took care to publish the note of the inscriptions of renter perpe tuelles which he purchased every day at the Ex change of Paris, and which he redeemed through the medium of the stock-brokers, and he will con tinue to act in the same manner. A circumstance which is worthy of attention is, that there is every reason to believe that the 4-sths of the whole of the rente are disposed of out of France, and in the countries adjacent to it. It is necessary to remark, for the satisfaction of those who are interested in Spanish rentes, that the Government, not content with watching with par ticular care the rigorous accomplishment and exact payment of its bonds in foreign hands, has been for a long time contemplating new means to enrich the Sinking Fund, and to strengthen and consolidate its credit. To such end, it pleased his Majesty to ap. point, by Royal ordinance of the Ist of September, 1828, a Junta composed of persons who, taking into consideration the state of the fund, the nature and extent of its resources and wants, and the import ance of an establishment so salutary and useful, will have to propose new means, whereby to give it all the extension required by the obligations devolving upon it, and also others which might be legitimately laid to its charge. That work will complete the organization of all the branches of the financial ad ministration of the kingdom, which at present en gages the attention of the Government in a very particular manner. Note of the real amount of the rente perpetuelle redeemable at Paris, which is to be supplied by the means assigned by his Majesty to the caisse of the Sinking Fund : Total of rentes held in Paris, Holland, Dollars. Switzerland, and Germany, since the crea- tion of the Fund 1,266,500 Rentes cancelled up to the 18th of June, 1828 32,750 Net amount of the existing rentes 1,233,7'50 From that amount of rentes are to be deducted 250,000 dollars, the produce of which was exclu sively destined to the bank of San Carlos, inasmuch as by their exact payment his Majesty has made an annual metallic assignment in the Royal caisses of Manilla ; also 350,000 dollars rentes, destined to cover the full amount of English claims, for the exact payment of which his Majesty has assigned a part of the increase on the impost on paja y usten cilios throughout the kingdom, which, producing annually 28 millions of reals, 16 millions of which are applied to the payment of interest and towards the redemption of the 80 millions of francs provi sionally fixed upon with the French Government, leaving a surplus of 12 annual millions—a sum which surpasses the amount of those rentes, and the sur plus of which is to be applied to the payment of one per cent. of the sinking fund of all the others. In deducting, then, these two sums, forming 600,000 dollars, there remains a sum of 633,750 dollars, being the only rentes which must be provided for by the sinking fund through its resources. It ap pears therefrom that the quantity of rentes not ne gociated, which would complete the 2,000,000 of dollars assigned by his Majesty's decree of the 3d of March, 1824, amounts to the sum of 1,366,250 dollars. The engagements of Spain being thus exposed to light, as well as their actual amount, the guarantees and resources which are exclusively assigned to each of them, the punctuality with which the interests and sinking fund have been provided for since 1823, can leave no reason to fear the future renewal of the complaints and ill-founded accusations raised against the legality and good faith which have been main tained. The bearers of Spanish securities may rest fully assured, that the amounts in their hands will be punctually and scrupulously ►aid. Madrid, July 4, 1829. (Signed) VICTORIANO DE ENCIAIA Y PIEDRA. We find the following additional remarks in the Journal du Commerce of last Saturday, relative to the official documents of the Spanish Treasury : " These documents give no answer to two ques tions which it was important to resolve. Is it true that the funds employed for the reimbursement of a part of the capital, and for the payment of the in terest on the Guebhard loan, and of the arrears of the rente perpetuelle, proceed from the last men tioned source ? Does the condition of the Spanish Treasury allow of those payments being made out of the resources of the country ? " But the documents are sufficiently significant relatile to another point. They prove that more than t 5,000,000 of rent: perpetuelle have been clan destinely issued, in virtue of the clandestine decree of 1824, whilst zealous and culpable agents pub licly announced the issue of rentes popetztellcs upon the authority of a decree of 1825, and as solely des tined to replace the bonds of the Royal loan, and whilst it was declared in the printed inscriptions that they were delivered conformably to the last named decree. " The Spanish Government said to itself—' It is no longer in our power to effect an ostensible loan, either in London, Amsterdam, or Paris. We even find it difficult to keep up, however feebly, the Royal loan. Let it be announced, then, that the rules perpetuelles about to be issued are nothing more than the counter-value of the bonds of the Royal loan ; let that be ever specified on the in scriptions themselves. The public will fancy, that far from burdening our credit with the weight of a new debt, we merely take away from circulation an anerous currency (raleur) to replace it by a more convenient one. The French Ministry will believe in the utility of the operation, and will most cer ta:oly permit the prices of the new security to be i nsert A in the (lours Azdhentique. When once this is obtaint the business is done.' " Such is !he perfidious combination which is now accomplished. The real conversions have only been made on 274 bon.::‘ of 1,000 francs each; and yet more than 6,000,000 of :rentes have been issued! Good care was of comae taken not to acquaint the pubic with the quantity of bonds of the Royal loan which were converted, but, on the contrary, to en courage them in the belief that the number must have been very great, inasmuch as the price conti nued to rise. This rise was produced by the punc tuality observed in the successive reimbursements of the capital at par, and in the payment of the inte rest; and that punctuality was only brought about by new issues of rentes perpetztellcs. The credit 0( Spain, therefore, instead of being relieved by the merging of an onerous debt into one of a lighter kind, is now charged with two debts at the same time. There remain still about 60 millions (francs) in bonds of the Royal loan, and there is an addition of a nominal capital of more than 130 millions in 'vides perpetuelles. " The result of all this is, that Spain, without credit to make new dupes, and with a budget, the income of which does not cover the internal expen diture, has bound herself to pay annually to foreign creditors— Francs. 3,500,000 fur interest on the Guebhard Loan still in cir- culation. 4,175,000 for the reimbursement of one•twentirth of the last loan. 4,000,000 for interest and sinking fund of the French debt. 6,168,750 for the Rents. Perpetuelles. 1,156,250 fof the sinking fund of the Rent!. j 9,000,000. Snell is the statement made by the Spanish Urovernment itselr of its engagements with the foreign creditor. Now, is it known that these 19,000,000 of francs are equal to more than a tenth part of its real income, which does not suffice to cover even the UM; urgent of internal expellees ? COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.l•' 12 51 Ditto, at sight 12 3 Rotterdam 2 U 12 5* Antwerp 12 5j Hamburgh 11 B 13 15 Al tons 11 151 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto 9 U '25 90 Bordeaux 25 95 Berliti Frankfort on Maine, Ex. :'il 152; I'etersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 Vienna, ettbmive fl. 2 M. 10 9 Trieste d• 10 9 Ma , i rid 36 Cadiz 3 6 14 bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville 36 Gibraltar 47% *llll4 burgh and Glasgow in twenty-four hours, and from other parts of the Empire in proportion: So much for the march of science. " Come bright improvement on the car of time, " An.l rule the spacious world from clime to clime." The French Papers, in the absence of authentic news, are amusing their readers with pointed speculations on the probabilities of what is to take place in . the East. Accounts from Bucharest state that Baron STEFFAN° DE I\IEITANI, banker at the above city, who had previously furnished the Russian army with fifty thousand cattle, has recently con tracted with the Russian Government to furnish them with fifteen thousand covered carts, with two horses each, for the conveyance of baggage and ammunition for the Russian army. The particular service is not mentioned, but it is probably preparatory to the passage of the Balkan, and the descent into the plains of Adrianople. Accounts from New York, of the Bth July, state that new measures of restriction, or rather of surveillance, have been adopted at the Custom house there, upon the importation of woollen goods. Upon the arrival of the Silas Richards, the Custom-house Officers thought proper to cause the woollen goods imported in her to be examined, and actually measured by the square yard ! They inspected the quality, and decided upon the valuation, in order to test the integrity of the invoice. The practice had previously been only to examine a certain portion of the packages while the cargo was unlading. But the present strictness is said to be in consequence of some complaints being made to the Treasury Department, that woollen goods were entered below their actual value. If that were true, the Americans are justified in seeing that no fraud is practised upon their revenue ; but, if otherwise, we think that any vexatious or frivolous scrutiny is not only impolitic on the part of the Ameri cans, but will prove prejudicial to their own in terests, by disgusting merchants with sending their goods to a market where they are subjected to unnecessary restraints. The above intimation will, however, be a caution to any merchants who may in future ship goods to the United States. Mercantile letters from Odessa have reached us this morning as late as the 11th of July. The plague `vas fast diminishing in the Lazaretto. Several vessels lately arrived from the conquered ports had been put under separate and distinct quarantine. Tobago Papers to the 19th June have reached us. A new Slave Act has been introduced into the House of Assembly, by which it was pro posed to extend to Slaves the benefit of Trial by Jury, in cases of a higher nature than mis demeanour. This Bill had been read twice, and ordered to be printed. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELys o' CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off yesterday, 88i / for the Account, and soon after were done at 88 and 88/ for money. The market appears firm at present. With regard to arrivals this morning, we have but few, and most of them of old dates, except one from Rio Janeiro, by which accounts are said to be received of the 4th June, bringing the exchange at 25. No political information. Accounts from Smyrna, of the 20th of June, men tion that the Hellenists are nearly masters of the ancient Crete, some few strong places excepted, which are in the hands of the Turks. In the va rious desperate engagements which have taken place, the unfortunate prisoners taken by either party were immediately put to death,—even the women and children ; but, fortunately, during this war of exter mination the French ships are cruising off the coast, and the officers snatch the women and children from the contending parties. In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain doing at present; prices, as yet, the same as yesterday. No tidings to this hour of the arrival of the Hamburg steamer. Three per Cent. Consols, for August Account, 681 j; Three per Cent. Reduced, s9a ; Three and a half per Cent. Reduced, 981 i; Four per Cent., 1021 b ; Ditto, 1826, 1051 -a; India Stock, 226 - 71; Bank Stock, 213 14; India Bonds, 58 59 ; Exchequer Bills, 75 6. FoßElGN.—Brazilian, 581 a ; Buenos Ayres, 20 1; Chilian, 16 17 ; Colombian, 151 16 1 ; Danish, 691 a; Greek, 12 13; Mexican, 171181; Peruvian, 101 111; Portuguese, 441; Russian, 1001 a ; Spanish, 8/ ; Brazil Mines, 69 71. TWO 0' CLOCK We have been exceedingly dull during the morn ng, for want of some information to cause an energy n the Consol Market. Consols have continued firm after the opening price, which was 88t to SBi to the present time, with scarce any busiuess doing. The Foreign Market is very languid, nothing doing except in Bonds,which have a little improved. By the information received from Rio Janeiro by a ship ar rived at Guernsey, it appears that unfavourable ac counts have been received of the Brazil Mines, which have only produced in eight days 841 b. of gold, which is a falling off since the last accounts. Brazil, 581 ¢ ; Portuguese, 441; Russian, 1001 4 ; Mexican, 174 181. THREE O' CL CK. Consols for Account, 88 :1. This we have from the Spanish Government itself; far the decree of 1824, which has recently been made known to us (after having been carefully con cealed from our knowledge for so many years), had no other object than to-cover the deficit of its cur rent expences." After exposing the imposture which is attempted by the statement that upwards of 6,000,000 are secured, chiefly on the metallic production of the straw and utensil fund at Manilla, the Journal du Commerce concludes by showing that the chief ob ject of the Spanish Government in sending forth the official expose in its own vindication, is to facili tate the circulation of nearly 7,000,000 of renter of which the decree of 1824, authorising the credit of 10,000,000, still permits the issue. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank .cock 3 per Cent. Red. B9 3 per Cent. Cons. 83%% 3!4 per Cent. 98% Ditto Red. 9S . 4% 4 per Cent. 02N T s Ditto, 1526 Ditto Scrip Kink L. Ann 2O 19 15-16 India stock nitto mends 5B 59 pin. OAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d, 75 76 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 75 76 pm. Ditto Small 2d. 75 76 pm. Ditto Commercial — pm Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account SSN PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. n Austria Bonds ...• Neapolitan Brazilian Bonds ... Buenos Avres Bonds 58 Chilian Bends Colombian Bonds Ditto 1824 Peruriail Bonds Portuguese Bonds „.. 105 1 4 Prussian, Old Ditto, New Russian Danish Greek Bonds 1823 — Ditto, 1825 —,French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican Bonds — -- 3 per cent. —t. —c. . _ Ditto, 1825 — EXchange —f. —c. PRICES OF SHARKS THIS DAT AT ONK O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £lOO 27 Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O '75 (V Ditto National 714 10 11 l 0 14 Real del Monte Mining Co. Alliance Marine Insurance Comp 5 4 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUG. 1. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 334 per cent 97% Ditto, New St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto 4 per Cent 102% Goy. I)eb. 3yQ per cent 97, Royal Canal Stock 1 Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent -, Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. c - ~ 'Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings .NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47 Genoa 25 75 Venice 4714 Malta 4456 Naples . 3 916 Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 45',4 ,R.o .Tane,ro 'Bahia 29 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l/g BULLION, PER OZ. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New 13oubloons 0 0 0 •ew Dollars Silver, ban, standard 0 0 0 THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND. THIS EVENING will be performed DER FREISCHUETZ ; OR THE SEVENTH BULLET. Rudolph, Mr. Sapm; Caspar, Mr. H. Phillips; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith. Agnes, Miss Betts; Ann, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE SISTER OF CHARITY. Col.Saxe,Mr. Baker; Capt. Wiemar, Mr. J. Vining; , Paulq, Mr. Keeley; Andrea, Mr. 0. Smith; Joseph, Mr. Ireikins. St. Ursula, Miss Kelly; Nannetta, Miss H. Cawse. To conclude with HE LIES LIKE 'I RUTH. Sir Charles Manly, Mr. Baker; Mr. Trupenny, Mr. W. Bennett; Rattler, Mr. Wrench ; Clincher, Mr. Benson Hill. Hairier, Miss Gray; Priscill, Mrs. Keeley. To-morrow, The Robber's Bride, with Lying made Easy, and Master's Rival ; Friday, The Sergeant's Wife, with Der Fres ehuetz, and Gretna Green ; Saturday, The Robber's Bride, with The Sister of Charity, and The Waterman. A, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1829. This day week the New Post Office will be ready for the despatch of business. By reference to an article in another part of The Sun, it will be observed that with the opening of the New Post Office several very important improvements are to take place. This is as it should be. We long ago pointed out the propriety, if not the necessity, of making the alterations which are now to be adopted. The Post Office is mainly for the accommodation of the public, and the gene ral comfort in an establishment so peculiarly public, ought to be considered rather than the return to the revenue. Indeed we suspect that if the public accommodation were mole looked to in this respect, there would not be much defalcation in the revenue of this department. The Post Office is the grand medium of com munication in all the relations of life—business --commerce—trade—adventure, in short, of every thing. It is obvious, therefore, if the faci lities of this communication were increased, that benefits dispensed through its wonderful agency would be increased in proportion. The world, notwithstanding its improvement in almost all the departments of knowledge, is yet but in its infancy, if we may judge by the wonder-working changes produced by the agency of steam and other manifest discoveries in all the branches of science. Who then shall dare to limit the march of mind in the glorious path of improvement ? Were it not for the prejudice against what is vulgarly termed inno vation, because it clashes with preconceived notions, but what is in reality the regeneration of mental energy, like the returning spring -tide, the improvement of society would be much more accelerated than it is. Men are wise in their generation, and do not relish advice, or even knowledge, if it be at the expense of their vanity, because it implies that they ought to be wiser. We admire the wonder, but doubt the genius or prudence of the wonder worker. It loses half its charms because another has the merit of the invention. We set out. pith praising the improvements about to be introduced into the system of the N e w Post Office. We return to the subject by '.loping, as steam can be applied to travelling on land as well as by sea, that in due season the mail coaches may be propelled by its miraculous agency. If in the infancy of the invention, as applied to coaches with such decided success, a vehicle can travel to Bath at the rate of eight miles, and, in some instances, from Bath at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, why may we not look forward to a general application of the same principle throughout the kingdom ? We shall not be surprised yet to receive news from Etlin- LITERATURE. THE ENGLISHMAN'S GUIDE TO CALMS. Lownow, 1829. This is a very beautifully printed book, and of a useful practical character as regards its in formation. Travellers will find it just the thing to suit them in a hasty ramble to Calais. The extracts at the end of the work, from Froissart's (the Coryplimus of chivalrous narrative) account of the Siege of Calais, though somewhat ger mane to the business of the book, are highly en tertaining, and will be perused with interest. SALMON FISHING.--In the northern rivers this year, the fishing has been but indiff erent, except i ng i n grilse and trout. In the M ora y Firth, a large descliption of salmon has within these few days appeared, averaging about 18 lbs. One was caught at Holm, weighing 34 lbs. At Beauly, we understand, the take of grilse has been good, and last week, in one da y 's fishi ng , from 700 to 800 were caught, but only three Ltlawns— Cal e d on i an Mcreur,y. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, AUG. 4.—Wind S.W. by W.—Arrived from London the Montrose, Richardson, for Deme rara; Countess of Harcourt, Smith, for Que-, bec; and Ellen, Campe, for .the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived the Quebec packet, Atkinson, from Quebec ; and Calypso, , from the Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Priam, Redpath, from St. John's. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 4.—Wind W.—Arrived the Robert Tinnie, Downing, and 7 ipler, Hall, from Rio Janeiro; the former sailed June 4. COWES, AUG. 4.—Arrived the Sir F. Burton, Chibbin, from Vera Cruz. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 3.—Arrived the Cambrian, Airer, from Uricate; Rebecca, Scott, from Ba tavia; Hardings, Gibson, from Maranham; Wil liamina, Melville, from Demerara ; Margaret, Hen ley, from Tampico; Xenophon, Wallace, from Mobile; Mary, Dagonia, from New Orleans; An dromeda Charlotte, Harrison, and Ariadne, from Quebec; Dolphin, Piller, from New foundland; Tagus, Berry, from Lisbon ; Helen, Gibson, from St. Petershurgh; Miranda, Taggart, and Spring, Hill, from Demerara; and London, , from Nova Scotia. The Industry, M'Lean, from Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, was totally wrecked the 24th June, on Briers Island; the crew and passen gers, and part of the cargo saved, in a damaged state. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of foreign Wheat and Oats continue consi derable, but of English Grain short. The weather being changeable, causes the factors to ask more money for Wheat, but they cannot obtain any higher prices than on Monday, as not many buyers are in attendance. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are dull at last quotations. Oats of good quality alone command attention at Monday's prices. In Flour no alteration. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Flour. 950 qrs. 400 qrs. 1,050 qrs. 1,300 sacks. 2,360 850 26,950 English Iriiii - Foreign 500 brls. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD RACES. TUESDAY, AuG. 4.—The Oxfordshire Stakes of 25 sous, 15 ft. Two miles. Mr. I. Day's b. h. Liston, aged Lord Macclesfield named Barossa f. 3 yrs - 2 Mr. Webb named ch. c. Challenger, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Rawlinson's Pet, 3 yrs Mr. Stoner named Little Boy Blue, 4 yrs 5 The County Plate of 50/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soys. each ; for all ages. Heats, Two miles. Mr. Blandy's His Highness, 4 yrs 4 1 I Sir. Peel', b. f. Lilliputian, 3 yrs 3 3 2 Mr. I. Day's bl. m. Busk, 5 yrs 2 2 3 Mr. Fane's ch. c. by Robin Adair, 3 yrs I fell. HUNTINGDON RACES. TUESDAY, Atm. 4.—A Cup Stakes of 10 soy.. each ; for three-yr-olds. Heats, Two miles. Mr. • Sowerby's b. m. Toso, 5 yrs Mr. Payne's lir. h. Belzoni ' 6 yrs 2 2 Marquis of Lothian named Day Star, 2 yrs 4 3 Marquis of Tavistock's ch. f. Rosetta, I yrs 3 4 Earl of Sandwich named b. g. Anti-Catholic, 3 yrs dr An excellent race.—The Duke of Manehester, W. 11. Fellowes, Esq. M.P., John Calvert, Esq. M.P., John Stuart, Esq. M.P., and W. S. Poyntz, Esq. M.P., are subscribers, but did not name. The Ilinchingbrook Plate of 501. ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. Heats, Once round. Lord Southampton's b. h. Grampion, 4 yrs 1 2 Lord Orford's br. c. Chiron, 3 yrs 3 4 2 Gen. Grosvenor's ch. m. Shepherdess, 3 yrs Mr. Platel's ch. in. BlAize, 5 yrs 5 3 4 Mr. Messers' hr. h Chew Bacon Mr. Sowerby's hr. m. Impudence, 3 yrs An excellent rase, won by half a neck. THE FUNNY CLUB SOVEREIGNS. The gentlemen belonging to the Funny Club yesterday gave a purse of twelve sovereigns, to he rowed for by Ed ward Brumwell of Bankside, and John Williams of Strand lane, against Charles Campbell of Westminster, and J. Windsor of Westminster, from Westminster Bridge, with the tide to Putney-bridge. From the known qualities of the men, they all having carried away prizes, the greatest interest was excited along the whole line of the river, and a number of the most distinguished amateurs were out in cutters, wherries, &e. About half-past four, the men took their stations at the bridge,—Williams and Brum well in Honey and Archer's Serpent, and their opponents in a good wager-boat. At starting, Campbell and his partner went a-head, and passed through Vauxhall bridge first, but on arriving off the Red-house, their antagonists passed them in tine style, and continued throughout to maintain their advantage, winning by about three boats' lengths. It was an excellent wager, and gave the gentle men of the Funny Club and their numerous friends great satisfaction. Williams and Brumwell received 81., and the losers 41. Mr. MILBANKE, Secretary of Legation to the Embassy to the Germanic Confederation, arrived at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, about four o'clock yes terday afternoon, with despatches for the Earl of ABER DEEN from Mr. ADDINGTON, our Minister at Frankfort. The Austrian Ambassador and the French Chargé d'Affaires transacted business yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, with the Earl of ABERDEEN. The Governor of Greenwich Hospital gave a grand dinner yesterday, at his residence in the Hospital, to a party of official gentlemen. Sir HENRY CHAMBERLAIN, whose death has already been announced, had been appointed Consul at Lisbon, to which place he would have proceeded some time since but for his illness, The immediate cause of his death was an abcess in the groin, arising however, it is said, from a simple operation upon a corn which had been cut too deeply. MARGATE.—On Wednesday last, whilst the signal colour was hoisted on Jarvis's Jetty, an inhabitant of this place, GEOItGE GASKELL, Esq., who is blind; accompanied by a little girl, having incautiously ventured down this jetty, were on their return taken into custody by the constables, and conveyed to the Droit Office. On the following morning the wife of Lieutenant Slum, of the Coast Blockade Service, was waiting with him the arrival of the boat at the time the signal flag was hoisted. Mrs. S. was taken into custody by the constables (accompanied by her husband) to the Droit Office ; fortunately for Lieut. SHIEL, Mr. VINEY, the principal Officer in his Majesty's Customs here, was at hand, and accepted as bail for the lady's appearance before the Magistrates. On the follow ing morning the Lieutenant and his lady were again on the landing-place when the flag was hoisted ; from the marked attention paid by the subalterns on the pier, it is evident that if his Majesty's lieges, the visitants and inhabitants of Margate, may be trifled with, his Majesty's Officers must not be so.—Maidstone Journal. Mr. GURNEY'S steam-carriage arrived on Monday evening, about six o'clock, at the Cranford bridge Inn, from an experimental tour to and from Bath. The success of this trial much exceeds whatever could have been anticipated by the most sanguine friends of the invention. Hills were ascended and descended with the greatest facility and safety. Marlborough-hills, the ascend ing of which it was thought would put the powers of the carriage to a severe test, appeared to afford not the slightest obstacle. And as to the manageability of the machine, a gentleman who accompanied it assured the wt iter it far surpasses that of horses, or indeed any idea that could be formed of it. The proprietors consider this trial so deci sive, that it is supposed the, will take immediate measures to bring carriages of this sort into action on the roads. Mr. GURNEY, his brother, Colonel VINEY, Captain DOB BIN, and one or two assistants, started from Cranford bridge on Tuesday morning about four o'clock. They proceeded at a most rapid rate to Maidenhead, which they reached, notwithstanding two or three delays, in about an hour and five minutes— a distance of nearly fiftean miles. After this proof of their capability of speed, they travelled more leisurely, until they arrived near Melksham, where, as it has been already stated, they were attacked by some brutal fellows, Who, absurdly.enough, imagined they were " come to take the bread out of their mouths." To pre vest similar occurrences, it was thought advisable to draw the carriage the remainder of the way by horses. Having exhibited the powers and practicability of the invention publicly in Bath, the party left early on Monday morning to return. Prudential considerations induced them not to light their fire until they had passed the place of their lite annoyance. They then lighted, and amidst the most pro voking delays in procuring supplies of water, coke, and charcoal, came the last eighty.fuur miles in about twelve hours, thus giving the proof e xp er im e ntal of the capability of using steam-carriages on our ordinary roads. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. CIIATFIELD V. MARTIN. This was an appeal from an order made by the Vice-Chancellor, the present Master of the Rolls. he deteNnt, William Martin, occupied a farm at •Elbsham,)rothe county of Sussex, the stock and effects upon which were taken by the sequestration of his creditors, and afterwards claimed as against the sequestrators by the executors of Mercey Martin, mother of the defendant. A reference was made to die Master to ascertain whether the executors had any interest in the property, and the Master found they had none. Two petitions were next presented to Sir John Leach; one prayed that the Master's Report might be confirmed, and the other, for leave to except to the Report. His Honour, instead of confirming the Report, decided that the property belonged to the executors, and decreed a transfer of it to them. The following step was an appeal petition to this branch of the jurisdiction, which his Lordship disposed of to-day. Originally W. Martin occupied the farm as the tenant of Capt. Barclay. In 1812, W. Martin became embarrassed, and an arrangement was made between him, his mother, and creditors, by which she was to pay 13s. in the pound to the creditors upon their executing a release of all demands against her son, and his transferring over to her all his in terest in the farm. The stock, &c. was valued at 8001.;. the composition was paid, the necessary deed of release was executed by all the creditors, and the assignment of the stock regularly made. Mrs. Martin took possession of the farm, but suffered her son to remain upon it as her bailiff. The rent and poor-rates were received as from her for six years ; she afterwards died; and then an agreement was entered into by which a person named Duke took possession, and whilst lie was in possession, the sequestration now complained of was made by the creditors of 'William Martin. In the course of the proceedings an attempt was made to prove that Mrs. Martin had re-transferred to her son; but the extent to which that evidence went was, that Mrs. Martin on her death-bed proposed to re-transfer to her son, provided he could pay her 5001., but that sum he could not raise, and the proposition was never effected. From a careful perusal of all the affidavits, and the utmost attention to the whole of the facts, his Lordship expressed himself perfectly satisfied that the property belonged to the executors of Mrs. Martin. He could not therefore but refuse to send it back to the Master, and feel bound to confirm the decree below. So clear did he regard the case, that he deemed it necessary to dismiss the appeal with costs. VIOE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. lIANKEY V. BRINDLEY. The VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, the arguments in which occupied two days. The only question was, whether a certain lease granted by the Dean and Chapter of York, was a valid one. His Honour decided in favour of its validity. TAYLOR V. ROTHSCHILD. When this case was called on by the Registrar. Mr. SPENCE said Counsel on all sides had agreed to an order, in conformity with the prayer of the peti tion. The only question, therefore, was respecting costs. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—The consideration of costs will be more conveniently decided after the cause is finally disposed of. SKAFE V. SKAPE. Mr. M'ARTIIuR said he was instructed to com plain of one of the Registrars, who had refused to draw up an order made by his Honour in this case several weeks since; he had been applied to several times, but he positively refused to comply. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—What reason doss he assign for refusing. Mr. M'ARTituß—He does not assign any reason. The VICE-CHANCELLOR--I remember making the order. The Court will direct the Registrar imme diately to draw it up. ASSIZES RECEIVED THIS DAY, NORFOLK CIRCUIT—CAMBRIDGE, Aua. 4. This morning the Judges, attended by the High Sheriff, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, and several other civil and ecclesiastical functionaries, proceeded to St. Mary's church, where an appropriate discourse was de livered by the Rev. Mr. Brown. At the conclusion of divine service, their Lordships were escorted to their re spective Courts. Mr. Baron GARROW took his seat at Nisi Prins, and Mr. Justice PARKE in the Crown Court. In the course of the morning a great sensation was pro duced in Court by the presentation of a true bill against George Busby White, Esq. for forgery. Upon inquiry see ascertained that the accused is a man of considerable wealth, and was for a number of years the town clerk to this corporation. It is undurstood that Mr. White is yet at large. Mary Harris, a pretty looking young woman, but, as it would appear, an old thief, was indicted for stealing a tea-kettle, value 125., the property of George Paul, on Saturday last. Mr. Augustus Caesar produced a certificate to prove that the prisoner was convicted of felony in March 1826. Mr. Orridge, the Governor of the county gaol, deposed that upon that occasion he had the prisoner in his custody fur six calendar months, and she was kept to hard labour. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for seven years. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, Aua. 4. The Assizes for this place commenced to-day, Lord TENTERDEN presiding on the Civil Side, and the LORD Cum* BARON ou the Criminal. There are very few pri soners for trial ; the law business is expected to be very heavy, there being thirty-two cases for the county, seven of which are special juries, and one for the city. Lord TENTERDEN, with his usual dispatch, disposed of nine of the common juries, none of which, however, contained any thing interesting to the public, with the exception of the following, an action against some overseers for me dicine supplied to a pauper. WRIGHTSON V. MILES, GORDON, AND A NOTHPR. 'lbis was an action brought by the plaintiff, a surgeon and apothecary, against the defendants, who are overseers of the parish of Mission, in the county of Nottingham, to recover the sum of 281. 7s. 9d., for surgical attendance and medicine furnished by the plaintiff to a pauper of the name of Harriet Harrand at their request. The son of the plaintiff proved the sending of the medicine stated in the bill, and that his father was in daily attendance on the patient for the period of 49 weeks. Two gentlemen of the name of Boot and Hewson, were called as to the rea sonableness of the items, and thought they were most trivial in comparison with the trouble the plaintiff must have had, and that the powders and medicine were such as the malady of the individual called for. Mr. CLARKE, on the putt of the defendants, contended the charge of 28/. 7s. 9d. was most exorbitant, and such as ought not to be charged, considering the person was merely a pauper; that a greater sum could net have been charged to a person of property. The overseers had ten. dered a sum to the plaintiff, which they considered a suffi cient recompense for his services; and he would call wit nesses to prove they had offered sufficient. Three witnesses were called, who stated that a greater quantity of medicine was supplied than was requisite, and in their opinion the patient being a parish pauper, eight or ten pounds was an ample remuneration to the plaintiff. One of them, however, in answer to a question from the Learned Judge, said, that the surgeon in attendance on a person suffering under such an affliction was more likely t o know the necessary quantity of medicine to be administer e d than a person unacquainted with the state of the case.— Several instances were stated of charges made by them, when acting in their capacity of parish doctors, and they thought the plaintiff should be content; d with the sum mentioned. _ _ Mr. DUNN replied ; after which, Lord TENTERDEN recapitulated the facts to the Jury, who immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of his bill. DANIEL O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P., and suite, arrived at Moriarty's Hotel, Limerick, on Friday evening, where he was joined on Saturday afternoon by Mrs. O'CoNNELL and family, from Dublin. It is the intention of the Hon. Member to return with his family to Ennis, where he will attend the Assizes, and proceed from thence to Clonmel. The family of Mr. O'CoNNELL proceed to Derrinane, Nwl ere they will spend the remainder of the summer, NEW POST OFFICE. This splendid public building will be read 94 receive the establishment on W e d ne sd a y, the 1 1; 4 instant; and on Thursday, the 12th (his Majesl ti birth-day), at five o'clock in the morning, the and all connected with the present office in lA' bard-street, will assemble in th e ir diff eren t dept , ments in the new building, as the mails will on t.°, morning be received there. The f o ll ow i ng a re sol o of the advantages which we le arn f rom u n doub i ti authority the public will derive o n th e removi", z , the office from its present situation :—Th e re be three general receiving-houses established; °P , i at the present office in Lomb ar d- s t ree t, one ", Charing-cross, and one in Vere-str eet , oxfol, street ; and the time for putting l e tt ers into the post, preparatory to th e ir b e i ng f orwar d e d to Office in St. Martin's-le-Grand, will be extendetil ° a quarter before seven, up to which time no cha r % will be made for accommodation. A pl an i s also "" contemplation, by which the deliv e ry o f l e tters r t i distant parts of the town will be expedited by .° least an hour ; to effect which object the followid o system is to be adopted; at present the men Wit deliver the letters after receiving them at the PO office, have many of them to go a distance of Orr; or four miles before they reach th e wa lk o r distri ct in which their delivery lies. This not only sumes a considerable portion of tim e , but fair' the man before he commen c es his official duties; t° obviate this evil, Government has provid e d six tlf riages, built upon the Omnibus plan, each to cart) twenty persons; these are to be waiting at the P 0 4,; office to receive the postmen and their letters, . 11 1, each taking a certain division of the metropolis, 1 7 1 , drop the letter deliverer in his own particular '+' as he arrives at it, fresh and free from fatigli g ' and within much less time than would be Of: pied by him in walking the dist a nc e . The c" .. rage is also built on such a plan that each passag e will be able to descend from it o n it s arr i v al at t b . e . spot most contiguous to the di s t r i ct i n w hich it' s his duty to deliver his letters, without the c arril' stopping, or being at all delayed in its progress, These two improvements alo ne —n ame ly, an ea r l; delivery, and an ext e nsi on o f ti me f or p ut ting t • letters into the post, would of . themselves foal' very great accommod a tion to th e p u bli c ; i n a dditio n o to which, we understand, it i s i n con t em pl a tiolq e extend the delivery by the General Post in t, suburbs considerably b e y on d th e p resen t limits, "J which the loss of time and additional expence, oc e r n sioned by the transfer of lett ers f rom th e G e neral `: the Twopenny Post Delivery, will be avoided to considerable extent. The new estafette post, as it is called, frog Paris, is now in regular op era ti on , an d will, 110 doubt, extend itself, as its economy and utility Ir e come more known. It is only matter of surPri s i that such an obvious improvement in the mode °‘ communication between the two capitals has 0 1 1 been adopted long before. The plan is to desPat h r e the estafette letters from Paris at five o'clock ill t u b afternoon, on four days in the week; they re, ae „ Calais by eleven o'clock on the following °lf; leaving a period of eight hours f or cros sing t''," Channel before the mail leaves Dover. The letto; are consequently delivered at precisely the 0511 : 0 time as those of the ordinary mail f ro m Paris of t' day preceding. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE• CHANGES. for The Earl of Radnor, for Longford Castle; Lord Hothar:se, Dalton Hall, near Beverley, in Yorkshire ; the Marquis tl e h P e o linaye, from Upper Harley- s t reet , on a tour ; the Dues Dowager of Rutland, from Sackville-street, for T s vickenn,p Park, Surrey; the Earl and Countess of Mansfield and fa, from their seat in Scotland; Lord and Lady Anson a nd 01 7 0 1 from St. James's-square, for their seat in Staffordshire; ireLt, Stormont, for Warwickshire; his Excellency Sir Charles on a tour; Lady F. L. Gower and family, for Ireland; Larm i pe Lady Maryborough, for their seat, Fern Hill, Windsor Hon. Edward Moncton, from Portland-place, for Some, Hall, in Staffordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris and 07 5 01 from Portman-square, for a tour on the Continent; Mr. 13 10 and Mr. Wastel Brisco, from Devonshire-place, on a tl ye si Yorkshire ; H. Hawkins, Esq. and Miss Hawkins,„ ... .. o lo Twickenham, for the Pavilion, Parade, Brighton; t' a ri o rt , Stratton, in Pall-mall, from Berlin ; Sir Robert Sheeld*,, SO' for Normanby Hall, near Brigg, in Lincolnshire ; Mr. 30- 0 .6 Henry Harford, from New Cavendish-street, for Downe roota near Maidenhead; Admiral Sir William Hotham, Bart. es * Manchester-square, on a tour; Capt. Montague, in St. . 10 , 20 0- street. from Gibraltar; General Sir Alured Clarke, from field-street, on a tour; Lieutenant-Colonel Robinson, in v"",,, 100-place, from Lisbon ; Mr. and Mrs. Manning, from Neli °l3 pf crescent, Ramsgate; General Sir Richard Jackson, raL rt. , n e Kent ; Mrs. and Miss Tudor, from Tunbridge Wells, for O S,/ gate ; Mr. George Mercer, on a tour ; the Hon. George Ali, and and Lady Georgina Ellis and family, in Spring-garden; 91 Tunbridge Wells ; William Campion, Esq. and son, S t e at, mons's Hotel ;late Jordan's), St. James's-street, from thaii pA el, Denny, near Brighton; J. Arbuthnot, Esq. at Fenton at St. James's-street, from a tour ; C. Darby, Esq. and brotlirx, ditto, from the Continent ; Lady Chambers and family, a iooa , ham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from India; Captain v` at ditto, from India ; Mrs. Townley and the Rev. C. at ditto, from Cambridge , Capt. Bentinck, at the British Fll e o Jermyn-street, from Brighton; Colonel and Mrs. Pepper , Ait tor Kirkham's Hotel, for the Continent; Captain Dixon, flora 10 for Charles Scotland Manners,. J o f n o e r s , C E a s in g . b r f i r d o g m e ; ditto, i t t t h o e , Rfoer,Lancashire,. H. Palmer, e eb Palmer, and family, from the London Hotel, Albemarle J e t; for Leicestershire; J. Wise, Esq. from ditto, for the Contra sp Dowager Lady Bampfylde, from ditto, for Egham, SurreYoti' and Mrs. J. Sanderson, from Connaught-place, for the C 95' nent ; Lord Kintore, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook an d d itt o / vies -streets, from Wadley House ; Sir Geor g e T a lbot, At from Italy; Colonel tie Beauvoir, at ditto, from Paris; .i Mrs. Hubert de Burgh, from ditto, for Brighton ; Mrs. an'. Bathurst, from ditto, for Paris. ENTERTAINMENT TO LORD LONY— DERRY BY THE DRAPERS' COMPANY' ,ded Monday the Drapers' Company gave a spie l/ 1 4 ;i entertainment to the Marquis of Londonderry , " r - e several Members of Parliament, amongst whom` 1 %; —The Lord Mayor,. Aldermen Sir Charles Fl° ll , - ; Smith, and Thorpe ; Messrs. Yates, Peel, Da .. ., 115 ,..;; Astell, Ward, Spring Rice, the Knight of Ke rr Borrodaile, Attwood, &c. The Senior Warden, upon the entrance of tb it: Marquis, presented his Lordship with the unan il° , ° o - , resolutions of the Company, emblazoned on vell,l,h expressive of their gratitude for the zeal with 1 ", 0 . he had, as Lord Lieutenant of Londonderry, 'to operated with them in their endeavours to ameli °ll4 ' the condition of their Irish tenantry. il io After dinner, upon the health of the Mat T -d being proposed, the Noble Lord used the folloe v expressions : an d " From my personal knowledge of the pa st 11- t o present condition of your Irish estates, which.h not only in my neighbourhood, but actuallY Wu t bi my own land, I am happy to bear testimony t° vast improvement which has taken place t hr- .71' , your benevolent care, and t o th e f ee li ng s of g n - go t tude your generous conduct h as p ro d u c e d ar a° 4 •7l , your Irish tenantry. God grant that the same ings, evinced by them for your kindness and g e ;hel rosily as landlords, may be hereafter shown 1 :1 ; h e whole Irish nation towards this country) f , °r great boon recen tly con f erre d upon it by w e , oil gislature. I can confide i n th e na turally loy al - kind feelings of Irishmen—if those feelings are allowed fair play—but unhappily, they appea r under the s wa y of ag it a t ors , w h o a re exciting t'. by rumours of further changes in the Con stittiti, of Ireland, to be obtained by further unlawfu l c ? oe I, which rie binations—eltanges in our glorious Consti tuti a j which I declare in (a m l y th j o t t i d g m e the advocate of the Catholic Question) shall 101_1h'0 first to oppose. I declare I will con sent to et further innovation upon that Constitution , wheo l , i g h fr n o t m t o m bey earliest vision tu 'ylot t : absurd in Church or State; and I hope and trust my oLlto trymen will have the gratitude and good sens e to repel all attempts of the disaffected to incite then' further acts of violence." The Spanish Minister had a long conferenc; yesterday morning with the Duke of W ELL INGTON, at of Treasury. The Earl of ABERDEEN and the Earl withv Witsrmoar.AND had interviews with his Grace y esterdN' St. tthe .George's Hospit al a ground, ing infinitely larger, and much more comm odious for charitable purposes of this noble institution. So Gm:tacit RomNs, who has been directed by the Govern to eell the building materiels. iew is to t r o replace immediate it by Ine a d . i b ate u razed to i t; i