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probable that the new Ministry will not neglect the harvest of popularity and usefulness which they may reap from altering this article of the Charter, as several of its provisions have been already changed on touch more questionable g rounds. By reducin g th e age o f a d m i ss ibility into the Chamber to 30 or 25 years, one great point %%unid be gained. The number of Impe rialist Generals and old soldiers, of ancient ad vocates and councillors of state, would be di. mashed in favour of a less refractory and more unprejudiced set of deputies from the schools. An addition of 160 members, elected by the de partmental colleges, to balance the returns from the more democratic colleges of districts, will probably likewise be attempted with less favour tutd success; but on this and some other topics ittlnnected with the recent changes, we shall after wards take :In opportunity of offering some ob servations,— Times. The Pope, during his troubles, had nowhere more devoted friends than the worshippers of the Protestant Constitution of 1688 in this country. Another apparent contradiction is observable Crow. The great enemies of Popery are in ec stacy at the change of Ministry in France, which has placed power in the hands of men who are generally believed to be determined to attempt the extension of the powers and privileges of the Catholic Priesthood. But thus it always is. Tice worshippers of the Protestant Constitution of 1688 loved Protestantism merely in so far as it gave privileges to the "few at the expellee of the many. IF the inhabitants of the Turkish Empire were all Mahomedans, who would pay tribute ? If the Irish were all Protestants, Protestantism would be a less valuable profes sion. " We observe (says the Standard) that the voice of complaint is already raised pretty loudly against the new Premier, as an ultra, the meaning of which term in France, as in England, is a friend to the established institu tions of the country." Hence the love of the Ultras in England for the Turk, and the cham pions of intolerance in Spain, Portugal, and France. Religion is only a favour in so far as it enables one set of men to take advantage of another set. No matter what the creed, if, by means of it, a good share of the produce of labour can be appropriated to a privileged class; and there is a Freemasonry among all those who live by abuses in all parts of the world. The Orangeman, the Turk, and the Papist, take a deep interest in the welfare of each other, in their character of enemies to improvement an d even handed justice. It seems to us, however, as impossible to prevent changes in opinions, and changes in social institutions, as changes in the material world. There is in all the countries of Europe a constant progression—in some more marked than in others, but in all more or less. In England, which has been least disturbed by foreign armies, the last hundred years have wrought extraordinary changes. It is little more than a hundred years since Daniel Defoe remarked, in his " Essay on Projects," that the country people throughout England, being without passable roads, could at farthest bring their produce to the nearest market town, and to it often with the greatest difficulty. Cir ciliation of opinions must then have been as dif ficult as circulation of goods. Let any one com pare the accounts of stage-coaches and carriers, published 80 or 90 years ago, with those of the presentday. In 1745, there were no coaches from London to Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow. More goods arc circulated now by one canal than were conveyed then by all the carriers in England. This facilitation of inter course, this eagerness to invent and improve in order to augment the enjoyments of life, is not the age of superstitious veneration of established abuses. The human mind cannot be excited only in one direction. The age of steam boats and steam carriages is necessarily the age of in novation. If the Ultras of France or England think they can prevent this progreFsion, they greatly deceive themselves. We have been very much edified by a book recently published at Stuttgart, by a Professor of Philosophy and History in the University of Freiburg, with the title of " The Influence of Austria on Germany and Europe from the Reformation till our Times." The author, Dr. Schneller, was twenty eight years Professor in Vienna, and left that capital for his native country on the Rhine, in order to publish the work in question, which M. Gentz, the State Censor, refused to authorise. He has given a number of the notes which the Austrian Censor wrote on his manuscript, and which are curious, as exhibit ion. the systematic perseverance of the Austrian Government . in its plan for retaining every thing in its dominions as stationary as the laws of the Medes and Persians. We could hardly have believed that the Austrian Government carried its hatred of innovation to such a length as, from the notes of the Government Censor, it appears to be actually carried. The Emperor Joseph is abused by M. Gentz, for his endeavours to in troduce improvements in Law and Administra tion. The Emperor (says he) was unfortu nate enough to allow himself to be carried away by those false principles which soon after de luged Europe with blood." In a passage of the work, the author, speaking of the exertions of the Emperor in favour of die astricti Glace, observes, " The States did nothing essential. Here was evidently seen_ how much the people required the Prince, as a constant defenceagainst their oppressors." On this the Censor re marks, " The people most require the Prince against themselves—against their madness— against their passions, and especially against their seducers. They have . less need of the Prince in the case of oppressors." This is rich. We are almost tempted, from the fol lowing eulogy of the Jesuits by the Censor, to suppose we have been too partial towards them : " The expulsion of the Jesuits (says he) was an unhappy mistake, invented by faithless coun sellors, entertained by weak heads, determined on partly by unworthy motives, partly by false policy. What infatuation ! The students of the Jesuits have clung staunchly to the Church ! Can anything be said more to the praise of any society ?"—Morning Chronicle. The renewal (which was some days since an nounced) of the Commission for the Amend ment of the Law of Real Property, with an en larged number of Commissioners, is to be hailed as an auspicious omen of the intentions of Go vernment in reference to that most important subject. So long as the unhappy victims only were heard to complain of the delay, uncertainty, and expensiveness of the law, it was possible to go on with the old system ; but now that the professors themselves proclaim their incapacity to cope with the difficulties of the art—for it scarce deserves the honourable name of a science —the day of reform cannot be remote. It is no little satisfaction meantime to find the Commis sioners announce (see page 6 of the Report), that for the propositions already made by them with a view to get ridof antiquated forms and fie. tions, and to render the transfer of real property more easy and less expensive, they have - the sanction of a large majority of the great body of Practising Conveyancers. We trust that imme diately on - the meeting of Parliament Bills will • be introduced giving effect to those propositions, • • in respect of which so general a consent prevails. The Commissioners are highly to be applauded in thus early recommending the adoption of such remedial measures as they had made up their minds upon, instead of withholding their Report until thily might be enabled to state the result of their investigation of all the multifarious subjects which they notice as matter for ulterior inquiry ; and the Legislature ought to imitate their judicious method of proceeding. It is, however, to be ob served, that no step (except the Bill to fix the Law Terms) has been taken in pursuance of the report upon another branch of the law—" the practice and proceedings of the Superior Courts of Common Law," which was presented to Par liament within the first fortnight of the lust .Session—although it offered various recommen dations of a very urgent nature. Among these was a plan for rendering justice more accessible and easy to the inhabitants of Liverpool and of Manchester, by holding Assizes at those towns respectively—the vast population of which, with the adjacent Hundreds, in each case exceeding 300,000, alone affords a decisive reason in favour of the change. The abolition of the Welsh Ju dicature was connected with this arrangement, and is still spoken of as likely to take place, it having been seen that a vacancy among the Welsh Judges, which some time since occurred, has not been filled up ; and it being believed that the latter nominations have been made upon an understanding that there is to be no compensa tion given to the individuals so nominated—an arrangement which has occasioned a certain wag to remark, that some Welsh Judges have been appointed with an understanding, but many with out one. From the state of Mr. Charles War ren's health (he died on Wednesday) it is doubt ful whether he can remain Chief Justice of Ches ter (his place is on the present Circuit, occupied by Scrjeant D'Oyley) ; and if that office should become vacant, the circumstance may facilitate and accelerate the abolition so much to be desired. s It is not to be supposed that the county of Chester, with its great manufacturing and agri cultural interests, can be left with a single Judge, of a subordinate rank in the profession. And, indeed, a very lively sentiment of dissatisfaction with the existing judicature seems to pervade both the Palatinate and the Principality, of which ample evidence may be found in the Appendix to the Report. We would refer, as particularly deserving of notice, to the evidence of Edward Lloyd, Esq., page 384. It is understood, how ever, that the tardiness of Government in pro ceeding to arrange the Circuits on the proposed improved system is due to his Majesty having been advised to issue a separate Commission of Inquiry concerning the Courts of the Duchy and Palatinate of Lancaster. Of this Commission, which is directed to Sir James Scarlett, the Hon. Henley Eden, and Mr. Starkey, the public have heard very little ; and it is difficult to conceive for what object it ever was issued, unless with a view to the private interests of the King, as Duke of Lancaster, since the Courts were in cluded in the objects of the general Commission, and had been to.a certain extent the object of inquiry thereunder. The Report of this private Commission must, it is said, be waited for ; and should any detriment to the revenue, preroga tives, or patronage connected with this cherished appanage of the Crown, be apprehended from the proposed novel arrangement of the Circuits, an attempt may be perhaps made to sacrifice the great public interests involved in its adoption.— Ibid. Mr. Huskisson, it seems, is gone on a visit to his constituents at Liverpool. Other accounts say that the Right Hon. Gentleman means to take a tour of the principal manufacturing towns in the North, with a view of seeing with his own eyes how his system has been found to work. Such a tour would be, in every respect, a wise and statesmanlike proceeding. It is the fault and the misfortune of most public men to he obliged to take every thing upon trust. See ing and knowing nothing themselves, they are continually imposed upon by ignorant or sinister informants. Like a Cockney Barrister on a Circuit, who, understanding nothing of the pro vincialism of the witnesses, finds the Jury and every one else astonished at his ignorance, xhile the client loses his cause by the failure of the " Learned" Gentleman. But whatever he does, or wherever he goes, we would strongly recom mend Mr. Huskisson not to make many speeches during his tour. Liverpool may be considered almost the grave of modern orators. Poor Mr. Canning's Liverpool speeches did him no good ; and Mr. Huskisson's own last Liverpool harangue lost him his place, for he may depend upon it that the Duke never forgave it, and was but too happy to seize the opportunity Mr. Huskisson's subsequent indiscretion gave him to pay off an old score. Travelling oratory, too, has re cently acquired no great reputation from Mr. Peel's trial of his hand at it. Mr. Peel's Lancashire speeches, last autumn, were the most unwise and injudicious that any man so situated could have made, knowing, as we now do, that he had some time before made up his mind, and pledged himself to the Duke of Wellington, to pass the very question to which he had been all his life opposed; and to which the speeches in question were offered as the last ciphers of ex piring consistency. Eternal and unnecessary talking is one of the vices of the present age, and tavern-talking, or harangues over the bottle, when the judgment is doubly led astray, the expence of sending any Reporter in Mr. Huskisson's train, in a full reliance that lie will have learned wisdom enough, by experience, not to say any thing worth report, is most of all improvident. Let him see and hear all he can ; but be dumb till he can bring his newly-acquired experience to bear upon events. Many a man, both in public and private, life, has been deterred even from doing right upon reflection, merely from having committed himself to the contrary in haste ; and half the errors and embarrassments into which public men fall, have their origin in the necessity they feel themselves to be under of defending opinions and sentiments which they ought and need never to have uttered.—Morning Herald. The accounts from all quarters of the country represent the harvest as most abundant where it has already been gathered in, and most pro mising where its quality has not yet been tested. The late heavy storms have occasioned but com paratively little injury. The grain, where it had been previously cut down, has, in some parts, been partially blackened by the heavy rains, but its quality remains uninjured ; and where it is still standing it possesses all the whiteness which the sunniest weather could bestow. There is, in fact, no reason to doubt that the abundance of the present crop will do something more than merely make up for the deficiency of the last, and that the general quality of the grain will be equal to the produce of any former year.-- Such prospects of abundance for man and for beast furnish real grounds for rejoicing at any time ; but more especially ought we to be grateful for them at the present season, when there are so many destitute and unemployed per sons throughout the country, who in conse quence of the abundance will no doubt find more both of employment arid of food, than in a season of scarcity, and towards whom, at a ll events, the hand of charity may be more amply and generally extended. We arc not, however, wholly without hopes, that the abundance which is already partly in possession, will be the means of considerably reviving the trade and manufac tures of the country. The general cheapness of provisions which must result from it, will enable the workmen, on the one hand, to labour for less wages, without impairing their general comfort ; and the manufacturers, on the other, to produce at less cost, and sell for less pro fit. The foreign consumer will thus be encou raged to purchase, and the foreign manufacturer discouraged from pursuing a rivalry with the manufacturers of this country, which has already been extremely prejudicial to them, and even threatens to shut them out from quarters, of which in better times they held undivided pos session. Even the farmer will be benefitted by the abundance ; for abundance not only in. creases employment, and consequently consump tion, but is itself the parent of abundance, by enabling the farmer to effect improvements at less cost than in seasons of dearth. And this is especially the case in this country, where food and employment must be found for no inconsi derable portion of the population, whatever may be the state of the crops, or the price of agricul tural produce.—Morning Advertiser. SUMMER ASSIZES. MIDLAND CIRCUIT-DERBY, Aug. 42. The business of these assizes, which commenced this morning, is extremely light. Fourteen causes were entered in the paper, all of which (except two special jury cases, fixed for to-morrow) were dis posed of by Lord TENTERDEN before two o'clock. The greater number of them were of the most trumpery description, and none of them possessed the slightest general interest. On the Crown side there were 17 prisoners for trial; but, so far as appears from the entries in the calendar, their offences are of an ordinary description, if we may except one which is frequently referred to in common parlance as the ne plus ultra of depra vity in the thieving line,—namely, that of "robbing a poor-box." Up to post hour (three o'clock) no case of any importance was tried. Of the four persons on whom Lord TENTERDEN passed sentence of death at Nottingham, for shooting at a Sheriff's officer, his Lordship, we understood, left the two men for execution on Monday fortnight, and reprieved the two women. WESTERN CIRCUIT-EXETER, AUG. 12. Pietro Borghcsi, a miserable•looking foreigner, about 16 years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with having feloniously stolen 17 sovereigns in gold, seven gold Napoleon's, one gold Louis, one piece of Sardinian gold coin, 21. worth of English silver coins, and a shirt-collar, or half-shirt, the property of Dominique The. The prosecutor• and prisoner, Italian image -makers, lodged together at a house in Plymouth. The pro perty was contained in a trunk in prosecutor's bed room; on the 28th of June it was all safe; on the following day the trunk was broken open, and the gold, &c., abstracted. Suspicion was immediately excited against the prisoner, who absconded. He was apprehended shortly afterwards with the greater part of the money (some of which was identified by the prosecutor) in his possession. Guilty.—To be transported for seven years. John Cann, a lad, whose age was stated in the ca• lendar to be 18, but who did not appear more than 16, was charged with feloniously killingand slaying John Trowbridge. The transaction, relative to which the present inquiry was instituted, originated in a school-boy quarrel, producing a fight, in which Trowbridge, one of the combatants, was unfortunately killed. The Learned JUDGE charged the Jury, who found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter, but by no means of an aggravated nature. Mr. Justice BURROUGH sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment, and to enter into his own recognizances in the sum of 201. to keep the peace for twelve months, from the expiration of his imprisonment. His LORDSIIIP having reconsidered the case in the course of the day, desired the prisoner to be again placed at the bar, and informed him that in consequence of a recommendation from the Jury, the Celia would alter the sentence passed upon him, and order his discharge on a fine of 51. being paid to the King. The fine was immediately paid, and the prisoner discharged. Cann is the son of a respectable innkeeper residing a few miles froth Crediton. John Parsons was convicted of the manslaughter of Richard Taylor. Mr. Justice BURROUGH told the prisoner that he was to be imprisoned for the space of six calendar months, and that upon his discharge he must enter into recognizances in the sum of 201. to keep the peace for twelve months. John Rose was convicted of having stolen a silk pocket-handkerchief from the person of Henry Brad ridge, on the race-course at Plymouth, during the late races. The prisoner, a desperate•looking wretch, evidently one of the lowest of the London pickpockets, in his. defence told the antiquated tale of having found the handkerchief on the ground, and put it in his pocket. Mr. Justice BURROUGH—Oh, you found it, did you ? You're a lucky man.. I shall transport you for seven -years. James Carter, an old soldier who had lost one hand, was indicted for feloniously stabbing Henry Hill, at the parish of Colyton, on the night of Mon day the Bth of June, with intent to kill or do him some grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor deposed to his having been at the Dolphin public-house, Colyton, about 11 o 'clock of the night laid in the indictment. Prisoner's wife came in, and asked him to toss with her for some nuts which •she had with her. Prosecutor tossed and won. Carter entered the place, and observed what was passing, said to his wife," your eyes, that's my property, and you shan't sell it." He was very much intoxicated, and struck the woman thrice. She called to Hill, " for God's sake keep him back." Prosecutor interfered: he put his band between prisoner and his wife, but did not touch the prisoner. The woman went out of doors, telling Ilill to fol low her, and he should have his nuts. Ile did so. Prisoner followed him, and stabbed him severely in the love r part of the belly. Prosecutor felt a knife touch his person, but did not see it. He imme diately exclaimed " Do you mean to murder me ?" Carter answered, " -- your eyes, I will." Prose cutor raised his hand, and knocked him down. As prisoner rose from the ground he said, -- your eyes, I'll cut your arm off," and rushed at witness, but was prevented by persons present from doing him further injury. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of stabbing the prosecutor with intent to do him some grevious bodily harm. Mr. Justice BURROUGII, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, told him that had it be en sat i s f actor ily proved that he was at all times in full possession of his faculties, the Court must have left him for exe cution. As it was, it was impossible but he must have been aware of the danger of inflicting a stab in such a part of the body, and he should be sen out of the country for life. Elizabeth f ounsell, alias Wilmington, and Hannah Spry, was charged with having set fire to a cellar, the property of Nicholas Bickford, of Ashcombe. The forrcr prisoner is a young girl of 13, the latter is about 18. Both appeared deeply affected during the progress of the trial. The prosecutor on the night of Sunday, the 19th of July, was sitting at the fire about 11 o'clock with his sons. He ordered the two maids (the pri soners) to go to bed, and said he should rake up the fire himself. They went from the fire-place, and witness thought they were gone to bed. Prisoners were both parish apprentices in his service. On examining the doors prosecutor found that they were not fast. Finding this to be the case, he went to inquire whether - the maids were in bed; as he was doing so, he heard the orchard gate fall, and saw the prisoners come round the corner. At the same time observing a light, be called to his sons telling them the house was on fire. He told prisoners they had set the house on fire. Spry, the elder, said, "It was not I that did it." Witness found the cellar on fire from one end to the other; the cellar was a detached house; it was entirely burned down. The fire hav ing been got under, it was discovered that, the pri soners had absconded; they were brought back by a son of the prosecutor, and one of his servants.— Hounsell said they had not set the place on fire; witness told her they had, and that he could show hec in the morning the stick with which they did it.— They made no reply. Thomas Bickford, a son of the last witness, stared that he went after the prisoners about three o'clock on the morning after the fire, and met them within a quarter of a mile of his father's house, on their way back, accompanied by Houhsell's (the younger pri soner's) mother. They had bundles with them.— Hounsell's mother said to Spry, " You ought to have known better, and not have done it." Spry said she did not do it. Mrs. Houma said to her daughter, "It must be you who did it." Prisoner Hounsell said to Spry, " You told me to do This conversation occurred in witness's father's house, in the presence of witness's mother and others. The Jury found both prisoners Guilty,but strongly recommended them to mercy on account of their youth. The prosecutor joined in the recommendation. Mr. Justice BURROUGH addressed the prisoners, and having commented on the enormity of their clime, told them it was one which would have justi fied the Court in ordering them for execution.-- However, he would attend to the recommendations offered on their behalf, and consider what punish ment he should inflict on them. HOME CIRCUIT-MAIDSrONE, Aug. 12. OXENDEN V. PALMER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Sir Henry Oxenden, Bart., to restrain the defendant, Mr. Palmer, a surveyor of roads, from taking and carrying away beach and shingle from the coast at Herne Buy, of which Sir H. Oxenden was lord of the manor. Verdict for plaintiff—damages Is. TIVISS V. HANCOCK. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, ►Miss Mary Ann Twiss, to recover cotnpenswion from the defendant, Mr. Henry Hancock, for having failed to fulfil a promise of marriage which he had made to her. No evidence was called, and Mr. Serjcant AN DREWS then addressed the Jury, and said he Was happy for their sakes, for his o« n, and for the young lady, his client, that this case would be withdrawn from their further consideration. His learned friend, Mr. Gurney, had made an offer to him, on the part of the defendant, which he felt it necessary to accept, in duty to the young lady and her friends. Mr. Gurney would offer a few words by way of explana tion. Mr. GURNEY then rose and said, he was instructed by his client to make an offer to the lady and her friends, which they had accepted. He was desired by his client to add, that the reason of his drawing from the engagement be bad made, arose from a cir cumstance which did not in any way cast any impu tation on the character or conduct of the lady ; and he thought the jury would be easily convinced of the defendant's sincerity, when he stated that he had consented to a verdict against him of .5004 Mr. Justice PARK then directed the jury to give a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, .5004 This morning, on the special jury cases being called on, not a sufficient number of gentlemen an swered to their names. His Lordship ordered all who were absent to be fined 101. each; and - one of the Sheriff's officers, who was not in attendance to depose to having summoned the jury, was fined 201., and another .5/. His Lordship said, special jury men, who' were wallowing in riches, had no excuse, for they were paid for their duty, while common jurymen received scarcely any emolument, and had to pay their own expenses. Richard - Mills and henry Simmons were chug( d with stealing a sheep, the property of George Luck, at Hadlow. The evidence was quite clear, and the Jury found them Guilty—Mills, death recoided. Simmons was not sentenced, as he is charged with another capital crime, and, if guilty, will pro bably suffer the last punishment of the law. NORFOLK CIRCUIT—NORWICH, Auc. 12. John Topp, aged 28, was capitally indicted for stealing a sheep, the property of Messrs. J. and J. Tweedy, at Walpole St. Lawrence, on the 13th of June lust.—The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The AssiLes are not expected to terminate this week, in consequence of the number of causes in the Nisi Prius Court, and of city prisoners. In addition► to the ►ist of the county prisoners which was •given yesterday, but since augmented, there are 17 prisoners for trial connected with the city, almost all of whose offences are of a capital nature. The following is a summary statement of the alleged offences, viz.:— Murder, one; house-breaking, three ; rape, one; horse-stealing, one; stealing in dwelling-houses, four; stealing from the person, one; unnatural crime, two; receiving stolen goods, one; larcenies, three— Total, 17. One of the parties charged with the di,gusting offence above alluded to is 70 years of age, a►nd die other delinquent only 21. Some of the civil causes are expected to be interesting. NORTHERN CIRCUIT--YORK, Auc. 12. Edward Harrison, aged 46, was capitally in dicted for forging, and uttering as true, the endorse ment of one William Walker, to a bill of exchange for 501., with intent to defraud John Walker and others.- 7 --The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death. At Longford Assizes, on Thursday, a man of the name of ROBINSON was convicted of the murder of his wife, and ordered to be hanged. HARD LODGING AND NO HEADING.— Not long since a Captain of a steam-boat of Columbus started his boat down the Chattahoochee river, and hav ing some business in Randolph county, Georgia, gave up the helm to his mate, arid concluded to take a land•pas sage by way of a tramp, and join in with the boat at some particular place, where he had been in the habit of ta ki n g in wood. However, by some means, he lost his way, and came to a wolf-pen, or wolf-fall: He, suppos 7 ing it to be a hog-pen, thought that he would crawl in at the hole underneath .the. pen; to rest himself the re mainder part of the night, and sane himself from the at- tack of panthers and other devouring beasts of the wood. But, unfortunate Captain B------! what was his sur prise, when, in the very act of getting in, the log or dead fall fell upon his back, and held him as fast as if he had been pinned to the ground ! And in that sad predicament he was . compelled, not from choice, but actual necessity, to remain until twelve o'clock the next day ; when the builder or owner of the trap came to see what luck he had had in the trapping of a wolf. Lo ! to his utter as tonishment, he had caught the Captain of a steam-boat! ! —American Paper. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 13.—The Ariadne, 28, Capt. F. Maryatt, sailed on Friday for the Western Islands. The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieut. W. H; Symons, bearing the flag of Admiral the Earl Northesk, sailed on Monday morning OM a public visit to the ports on the western part of the Plymouth station. She put into Falmouth on the same day, and sailed from thence on Tuesday for Milford. The Lord Bentinck transport, Lieut. Gregg, Agebt, on her way direct to Malta, arrived here yesterday to take on board Col. Morshead and family for that island. The transport will sail on Fritlay. PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenants Hen. Houghton, Vic tory ; Thos. Bevis, Prince Regent, to the rank of Commander.—Lieutenants d. Chiron and J. Rains, to be Superannuated Commanders.—Mr. Kepel, of the Tweed, to be Lieutenant. Lieut. J. Hope, of the Undaunted, is appointed to be Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Earl Islorthesk. The Clara, Gillman, which arrived at Jersey on the Ist inst. from Gambia, was hailed off the Western Islands by a schooner of 150 tons, under Portuguese colours, of very suspicious appearance, with about 60 men on deck. The Gilmore, Geary, and Nancy Price, having embarked their passengers, sailed on Monday for the new colony at Swan River. His Majesty's ship Kingfisher arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Falmouth June 3. The Victor and Speedwell, from Nassau, Harpy from Chagres, and Slaney from Havannah, arrived at Jamaica previous to 19th June. The Monkey arrived at Nassau from a cruise June 20, and sailed again 22d. The Nimble arrived at Nassau from Cuba June 29. Tlie Goldfinch, for Halifax, was spoken with, 23d July, in lat. 43. long. 28. The Galatea sailed from Ma deira for Jamaica Sth July. The Thetis, Gray, arrived at Elsineur from this port July 23. The Allies, Hill, from this port, arrived at Cadiz 6th July. The Caroline, Odgers, of this port, arrived at Cork from Messina, Aug. 4. NARROW ESCAPE FROM SHIPWRECK. Extract of a letter from a young gentleman on board his Majesty's brig Investigator, to his father in Edinburgh, dated Moray Frith, off Cro marty, Wednesday, sth August : " After leaving Leith on Friday afternoon, we beat down the length of Largo Bay, ,vhere we were becalmed till Saturday morning, when a light breeze sprung up in our favour, and during the day carried us on as far as Montrose ; here again we had a calm till Sunday morning, when we again got a favourable wind, which took us ten miles north of Buchanness by bed-time. The breeze freshened during the night, and at five on Monday morning we were going on merrily, and within eighty miles of Shetland ; till then we really had fine weather, and I had every pros pect of being at my journey's end early on Tues day morning. A very different fate, however, awaited us ; the wind suddenly veered round to the north-east, the brig could not keep her course, and it was resolved to bear away for the Moray Frith, and, if possible, get into Cromarty har bour. All day the wind blew a hurricane, and the sea made a free breach over us, so that every thing got quite wet, and even the cabins had half a foot of water in them, the beds too were as wet as if they kid been overboard ; in this way we proceeded during the clay, and at night were all as uncomfortable as we could be, when all of a sudden at midnight, there was a cry on deck of land a -head,' and directly after, breakers on the lee bow.' The pilot aas steering at this time, but on hearing the dreadful intelligence, Captain Thomas ran half naked and half dis tracted on deck, and took the helm ; fortunately the ship obeyed the helm, and wAs wore round on another tack, but we had not gone half a mile when a rock appeared not ten yards off. We were now running eight knots, and had we struck would have gone to atoms in a moment ; we however, passed so near that any one could have leapt from the deck upon the rock, (which was a sharp pointed one - among breakers, a mile from the land). We now discovered that we were between two heads, and the wind blowing a hur ricane, and directly upon the land ; and we, of course, every tack, coining nearer to it, and were a third time going smack among the breakers, when, as the last resource, it was fixed to try the anchors, as it was impossible to weather either of the heads. One anchor was let go which snapt immediately ; out went another, and, thank God it held, otherwise, not a soul on board would ever have seen the light of another day. The gale continued—half of the deck was generally under water—every wave broke over us—and, half a mile astern, we heard the roar of the sea on the shore—nothing between us and death but a single anchor and chain cable. It was now about two in the morning, pitch dark, and the arrival of morning light only showed us more and more our awful situation, as we discovered that we were very near an iron-bound coast, ascending about 150 feet perpendicularly from the sea, so that if we went ashore, we must pe rish. A council was held at eight on Tuesday morning, and they resolved to try to beat out, or, in the event of being, unable to do so, to en deavour to cut away the fore-mast and run the vessel on shore, at a place a mile off where we might have been saved, as the coast ran in a sloping direction into the sea. Providence, however, again befriended us ; the vessel stayed well on her first tack, and on the second we weathered the head, and stood up the Moray Frith for Cromarty. This tremendous place is about four miles from Kinnaird's Head, and the two heads, whose names I shall never forget, are called Black and Troup Heads. " Captain Thomas has been 33 years at sea, and of course has made many escapes, but says he never was in such a condition, and none of the men on board ever saw any thing like the situation in which we were placed, Every body gave up hope, and when the rock appeared so near, the men were so paralysed that they could not work, and had not the Captain himself taken the helm, and called out My clear brave fellows, work for your lives, as death stares us in the face,' which called forth every energy, we must have gone down. The vessel is a capital one or she never could have stood it out. Her main-royal-mast is carried away, and also nearly all the bulwarks ; all the provisions which were on deck, and several casks, were washed over board ; and all the live stock arc drowned, ex cept two or three fowls. To add to our misery the fresh water was in the hold, and it could not be opened, the sea was so high ; so fbr about thirty-eight hours we had neither meat nor even a drop of water to quench our burning thirst. Every man is worn out, two are on, the sick list, but I hope by to-morrow things will be all right again."—Edinburgh AdvertiEer. v o i t i h ia e g r es da ca y m in e t t h o is li, c .e ity a • s :— a s A er g va ir n i t f .a ro t m a The following instance of the " march of in tellect" church. Being very appre fnrmiotnligngeht be troubled with the visits of some °hht o l f eni neines h io e tvf l e'nt e th: o lei t 'a i c n atfnad t isj r :h y o edei acquaintances, whom it is supposed she wished now to 4' cut," she with the utmost simplicity said to her mistress, "If any body should come here for me, Ma'am, will you please to say I'm not at home."—Bath Chronicle. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, AuG. 14.—The following gentleell of this University were ordained by the Bishop ° Worcester, on the 25th DEACONS—James Bradshaw Tyrwhitt, 1 3 ; A ol Jesus Coll.; John Mercy, S.C.L., Cath. Thos. James Roche, 8.A., Powning Coll. The following_gcntlemen were on th e sa me 'l3' ordained by the Bishop of Chichester DEAcoNs,—Jas. Penfold, 8.A., Christ Fox Athetley, 8.A., and John Pearson, 8.A. 2. A 1 '' Coll.; Rd. W a ld egrave P ac k er , 8.A., C at h. Bo"' PRIESTS—AIfred Ly a ll, 8.A., 1 rin. Co il .; Hel l Hasted Victor, 8.A., and Henry Reeks, 8.A., G lar Hall ; George Attwood, M.A., Pemb. Coll. The Rev. C. Musgrave, Mak., Vicar of Yorkshire, has appointed the ReV.C; Ragers; of Halifax, to the perpetual curacy of Sowerby 13rdg e ' vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Franks, M.A. t The Rev. F. Leathes, 8.A., was on r idaY ins. it 'nett to the Rectory of Ringsfield with Redel iP. Parra, Suffolk, on the presentation of Mrs. Pestle, Quantities retained for Net Reronue — HOme Consumption. (Customs.) d. Cwt. A. s. 1789 ..... ... 1,547,109 ... 862,632 11 11 ‘ 1'790 . . .... ... 1,536,232 1791 1 792. 3 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 ... ..... 2,772,438 2,321,935 1 6 1 1800 1801 - 1802 1803 1 1 551,457 17 I / 801 2,458,124 19 5 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1 il3 ..... .... 2,209,063 3,447,560 4 1811 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 18222 1823 ...... ... 2,81 4 1 2,676 4,022,782 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. SUGAR. Years. THE 1V [ARKETS. .ETS DURING TUE WO COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING MK Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 5,. /can- to ' Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s . t o s. :6 Blandford .70 . 36 27 -- „„ 4 0 Brigg--;.--- 10 66 20 25 18 24 3 " 3 9 Cambridge—. (;2 19 4 0 Chard 56 70 32 NS 24 30 „,' O , Sfj, Huntingdon 61 70 26 33 19 23 ",, Long Sutton—..— 51 62 —. -- 17 22 o ; 4 ' 41 1 Louth 66 19 26 30 17 25 :1", 4 0 . Lynn 5B 10 29 32 16 21 Newark Nottingham . 60 70 22 :9 q 0 4 0 Puterborotigli 56 70 37 40 18 25 3 7 Plymouth Pont 71 22 43 Sleal4,l .-- 69 70 32 55 14 26 40 Wishech --. 5l 14 18 21 LEEDS CORN Al A MUM—Aug. 11. w e , 0 The supply of Wheat and Oats has be e n considers. io, great portion of both is foreign, and the quality 014 01 different. Fine New Wheat being rather scarce, Wl l iof on newly the same terms as last Tuesday, but for j° lo. to bamples 4 New and Old no sale at a reduction 1 0 ow 2s. per (platter. Shelling is in better d e mand. 4 ley, Malt, &c. no Val iati On. 105. 4 Wheat, Norfolk and Sutlblk, 6011). York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Sufiblk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire -- Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe Shelli ng --I‘lealtug, Foreign 12d. to 13d.... English 1234 d. to 10.1 to 335. to 35s- Pc' e p A t. Rapeseed, English, Vt. to 29/....... Foreign, —I. to cheaper,settleddii 11,,, buyers reff(:tei ~tesa , rt ain t st4latoti t t:le h ),:trl, i ocoei s ift:nisn i enotllcohotovolerrvennnlew:Fciarnhaineg:traey' weather LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE...—AtiIk. I , I 411 There was rather a numerous attendance Gi "'f o ie. derate extent of fine fresh Wheat at the rates of lathe to, terms. Oats slriiktnieoceets,:twiah,:ttvo:rpet:iejt;r:3s/Isioansys:ee:;ol.egtp:f rd e rbuicii pack lower ; but wepreviouse:rreocy i n, rsi• ed to.- o WHEAT, English, White, per 7 01 b. Red Irish, 'White 9 3 9„* ------ Red 8 0 jii ': Foreign 9 0 . 1 t , OATS, English, Welsh, and ,S,.otelt, ler 451 b 3 3 . 5 3 —— Irish Foreign 111 !MEI', English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 32 0 5 1 y (aui onrB,.:lnAdioitt Manx xv o a . 1. 1 ; li o te u a r l Scotch and Irish, per tiOlbs. ..... Feeding 4 6 43 0 ISF.ANs, English, per Imperial quarter .. ....... Irish, &c. - Foreign Pease, English, per Imperial quarter 3B 0 ~,) v Foreign J ~. 5 ,„ Flood, English, per 2801 b. 5O u mi v is qu ote)] 0 ' 0 Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 26 0 3 1 INMAN CORN, per 4401 b. Rl's., per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter 10. . eo• lAIPOR rOF GRAIN for the Weed ending Aug. ~,,t o Wheal Oats. I Barley Flour. 1: 0#. Or s . Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Brls I Irish, Ike. Sad $97 5,173 2,403 185 I 883 --!---.---7 ---- - CI i o e Since his condemnatiori c VIALL has el l e di his a very different demeanour f rom that which f o rd ._, marked the state of his mind. On Sunday morollTi c el usual sullenness gave way to tears, and be appeao '_ u o i ri g acutely the awfulness of his situation. Monday tv ° : n ol a petition in his Ilivour was despatched to the Judge, lg 1 ,. A c 0 by Gat:Ert, and other most re p ta s ce ble friends low I'' be flexions. It is genera ll y believed that VIALL's life spared.—Sitjjoll!ferfl........, , : iia l ucio O r T n n , t t ti l i r lie e e 8 1 H O tho t n h i.n i 83 n ti s . t rs . a ,. t at ßl W ß o T o ff dlester Park, Glonee9ter 3 E l x o e re te t7 th o e f la a dy so so n f . G. a vo., _ 0 On n the 13th 1 1 3 1 ti t i h i n i s n t . s t at , Sout h Lad L ambeth, rbleotthte, Mrs. Lane GF.orjr. ° f E c s ia q p . h o a f m a , dau a gi t l i t a e u r. htei ton, of a so o n ; n hte tl i le 12th inst. the lady of the Rev. J . 1- . 8 f i1:61: IL . it,. inst. at Prinknash-parkr CO On the 11th inst. at .. Campse Ash, the lady of J. I* Sheppard, Esq. of a daughter. Y On tl I h . the lady of T. B. Ferrers, Esq. of a son. ' On the MARRIED. f 13th inst. at St. George's, Han o f Oliver, E.q. only son of T. Oliver, Esq. of Devonshire.: place, to Martha Vere, daughter of the late Aa youngest g miral W. Brown. c if On the 13th inst. at St. Mary's, platy, the R 4. Arthur Ilanbury, Vicar of Burrs, St. Mary, Suffolk, fou.r,i' son of A. Hanbury, Esq. of Holfield Grange, Essex, to Jes..!: only daughter of the late Rev. Archibald Scott, of Pitns o Lanarkshire, and great niece to Archibald Hamilton, Egg*. of Great Cumberland-street, Portman-square. DIED. roe dutyness to on whichthe most i ie e x h e a m s 1; 1 1 1 %7 On the 12th inst., at Crouch -end, Christopher Js Magnay, Esq., the etlest von of the late-Alderman Magni; near GloucestO at the age of 35, after a life spent in the discharge nfve!,,,°d, He w as much endeared to all who knew him, and is deg J lamented by his numerous friends and disconsolate rari°,),'; irnwraertu'relayn In 1525 he married Caroline, daughter of Sir Chart( Flower, Bart., by whom he has left three children. d with a de Ff - _, On the 12th inst. Joseph Quincey, Esq., ,plate, lOnn agerl7s. . rt eitcl' On the 13th inst. Mr. Christopher Lockyer, of .. r _.------" fallen a saerdiceid Cheapsitle- PRINTED an t rP ußL i s nED by MURDO YO UNG, at tv O FF ICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. I (. 0