The Sun. — London, England, 1823-08-13 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning PrTers ) August 13. Dim TIMES. • All the communications trent Portugal,whether -verbal or written, which haie lately reached us, represent the political prospects there to be very far from settled. A few estimable men, and a still smaller number of wise ones, may be counted among the sharers hi the counter-revolution, and among those into whose hands the power of the state' has fallen in consequence of that event. But individuals who act with a patty are too often forced to conduct themselves in subserviency to its vices, and to be finally stigmatized or de stroyed fir those theotigh whose co-operation they have 'risen. So far as we can judge from the most authentic intelligence that has been re ceived, the faction who now exercise the Govern ment of Portugal are charged by, a respectable and. powerful class of- their countrymen with ty rannical acts, and with treacherous intentions ; while it is broadly affirmed in many quarters, that the national sentiment is every day rally ing round the recollection of the overthrown fern] of government, and that the army, which was the engine of its destruction, already and openly repents of the outrage, and is eager to display fresh. energy, in a disolution for the se cond. time of its own work. The Portuguese troops which have been so lauded by the Ultras for enabling the Court of Lisbon to resume its despotic power, are now described by the best informed and most trust-worthy of their country men, to have been the victims of a dexterous but corrupt and profligate intrigue. It is stated, (what was evident at the time) that the people of Portugal took no .Part in accomplishing the recent changes. We saw and said that the people could be charged: with nothing worse than a passive endurance of. the change :. but they were in fact surorised r and under some thing like stupefaction.. A fCw public men, in the confidence of the Allied Courts, were movers of the conspiracy through prejudice or personal ambition. French gold is said to . have Set in action large troops of emissaries - , and• to have bought over,• as in Spain, some base-minded leaders of the army. The great body of the officeri and soldiers were assured, that when Spain should be conquered, the Portuguese army,. if it still adhered to the Constitution,- would be annihilated; a French corps sent to occupy Por tugal, the nod's(' Officers dismiised without pay, and the soldiers packed off to expire in the settle ments on the coast of Africa. Under these va rious influences, the troops were misled,' and the 'Constitutional system overturned. A strong re-action however, already begun to show Many. Officers have declared their re: pentance. The soldiers exclaim loudly that they have been abused and betrayed-4hey display 'without:ceremony the national cockade to their acquaintances ; and promise, when the proper day arrives, to throw away that of the restored Government. The feeling of the people with "'regard to the effects of the two systems on public credit, may be judged from' this fact—that un , der the ancient Government the titulos (vouchers of the public debt) were not worth ten rees —were eagerly sought after during the Con stitutional system in 182.1, 182,2, and early in I ficijand are 'now again reduced to their original value, zero. The King is declared' to have no voice in the 'Government,. but to be con. trouled by spies in his words and actions, and in ltis intercourse with all his subjects. The Inquisi tion, it is true, may be looked upon as extinct ; but short of that accession to tyranny, the nobility, friars,and priests,deal the cards at theirown plea sure. ,Some good men having been retained in the minor offices, or appointed to them, . have helped to check the immense number of dismiseals r and general course of oppressinn and revenge.— The Constitution which some persons profess to be now preparing, is meant (says runlbur)° for a blind to the nation, until after the last trace, of free institutions shall have been obliterated among, their Spaniih friends ' • when old despotism is frankly to re-erect its.standardupon the Tagus, and the mpnarchial principle to bestride all Europe from Si. Petersburgh to Cadiz, and from Lisbon to Constantinople. A revulsion, how ever, in Portugal, it is confidently expected, will , precede that happy day.. [MORNING CHRONICLE:I Among the extracts from the Paris Papers will be found the Telegraphic Dispatch respecting the defection of Ballasteros. (See THE SUN of yesterday). Should this intelligence be confin ed, France will only have gained another traitor. The French have nil along been deluded by the notion that the Spanish leaders have more influ ence than they actually possess. They entered Spain in the firm persuasion that the Officers whom they had purchased would carry over with them the troops under their command. They soon, however, found, that the influence ceased the moment the defection became known. The complete execution of their scheme of corruption taught the Cor.Rtitutionalists to know their ene mies, who were only formidable when their character was not completely understood.—The 'French have been mightily disappointed by the result of the invasion, and would gladly lay hold of any pretext for measuring back their ground. One advantage, however, they have certainly de rived from the war. They have nine men of war off Cadiz, and it is understood that they have in all about seventy ships of war at sea. Their im provement in naval discipline during the few months their ships have been out, is, by the con fession of all our naval men who have had an op p or t u nity of witnessing their operations, very wonderful indeed. Whatever, therefore, their army may stiller, and however much their ,finances may feel the enormous expenditure, they have at all events obtained what England, under other circumstances, might not have beep Disposed to connive at, a skilful and efficient navy. An article dated Augsburgh, from the Carlsruhe Journal, mentions that England has lately been negociatmg with Denmark and Swe. dew. It is time, for if France and the Nether. farads, and Itussia, should unite their navies, England might have some cause for apprehension. It is not forty years since the combined navies of France and Spain would not allow ours to keep the sea. LMORNING ram] French Papers to the 11th inst. have brought us intelligence of another defection from the side of the. Cortes, which, though but lately effected, had been long, we rather fear, in preparation.— Ballasteros, says a telegraphic dispatch, " has made his submission and acknowledged the Re gency." This, after the last accounts, which represented him as offering to treat, can excite no surprise: and indeed to us who had atten tively observed the whole of his conduct since the commencement of the contest, the news of his defection is far from unexpected. We doubted the sincerity of his attachment to the Cadiz Con stitution at an early period of the campaign, when we saw him recross the Ebro without taking up any position to dispute the passage of that river. And our suspicions almost amounted to convic tion when we found, that instead of seeking to Maintain himself on the western frontier of Cata lonia, and keeping up unbroken communications with the faithful and heroic Mina, he suffered the latter to be turned, and retired without fighting into the Kingdom of Valencia. The force which he had with him was so consi derable, that if it had remained within reach of a junction with that under Mina, an army might have been formed at any time in that quarter, on the left flank of the invaders, of sufficient power to prevent their progress, or if they persisted in advancing to out of their communications and their retreat. After all that has been done by Mina with comparatively limited means, can any one think that if he had commanded about 50,000 men, which such an union would nearly have produced, his skill, activity, and enterprise, acting on a grand scale, would not have changed the whole character and fate of the war ? This, however,, was pre vomited by the desertion of Ballasteros, who did not even defend the province into which be had retreated, but continued to fall back as the enemy approached, destroying, by this apparent want of confidence in their courage and fidelity, what the French term " the moral" of his troops. Instead of collecting and strengthening his army, Ballasteros parcelled it out into small detach ments, which were unable to resist the French divisions, although when united they might have been equal in numbers. That some of them should have been defeated under such circum stances, and that their Chief should have availed himself of those repulses to execute the plan which he had in contemplation, and to abandon openly a cause which he had lukewarmly served, if not secretly betrayed throughouty is not mat- , ter for astonishment. [NEW TIMES.] We yesterday received the French Papers of Sunday. They contain a Telegraphic dispatch of the 6th inst. from La Carolina, in Spain, an nouncing the submission of Ballasteros to the Regency. On the 27th, of July !Ryas, the se cond in command to Ballasteros, abandoned Gre, nada, the capital of the province of that name, and the same day the city was occupied by the French troops. Ballasteros himself, who had contrived to collect together 7,000 men, was brought to action on the 28th, in the neighbour hood of Jaen, and completely routed ; he escaped, with not more than two thousand men, to the mountains; and was probably induced ,by the utter, hopelessness of his condition to make the submission above noticed. The accounts of the 3d instant, from the head quarters, which on that day were at Manzanares, state, that immediately after his defeat Balks term offered to submit, on conditions which were rejected. Three days later he appears to have yielded unconditionally. Thus, one by one, all the armies of the Cortes abandon the Revolu tionary cause; and none now remain in the field but the savage bands of Mina, who have carried on so sanguinary a, warfare against their own coun trymen, as to leave little hope of a separate ac commodation, with them. There is scarcely it is inland town in Catalonia, which, within the last 18 months, has not been the scene of the most dread ful massacres, pil lagings, or conflagrations —occur rences which cannot but have left a deep spirit of vengeance in the minds of the inhabitants 'against their revolutionary tyrants. It is stated, that when the Baron d'Eroles entere►. Manresa in triumph; it required his utmost exertions to, prevent the very women of the place from kill ing his prisoners, who so lately had butchered the husbands, brothers, and fathers, of those un happy females. [MORNING HERALD.] We bear from very good authority, that not. withstanding the beautifully worded and states man-like treaties, between the English Govern ment and his most Christian Majesty, Louis the Eighteenth, that in Paris, Havre, I3ourdeaux, and other cities and towns in that country, the Slave Trade is carried on in full vigour, and that the French Government are well aware of such trade being, commercially speaking," in a ilou rihing state," and that even it connives at the trade in question, and that it is indirectly encou raging it, so that while Mr. Wilberforce and the people in England are starving the Colonial pos sessions of the United Kingdom, fur want of black cultivators, his most Christian Majesty secretly encourages a plentiful supply for the colonies—of the most polite nation in Europe. The Foreign Papers contain some further de tails respecting the recent successes' of the Greeks, which are interesting only as confirmations of the previous accounts. Scarcely any doubt can now be entertained of their ultimate succeSs. The recognition of their independence will therefore , soon "become a question of European p o litk s . What course the Emperor of Russia n le a ns to pursue towards them is, after his past cap r ic es , beyond calculation. It would appear, hoWever, as if he was brewing something in his new Cabi net with respect to them. It was announced that the late changes would greatly influence his policy between the Greeks and Turks. Aiid ac- Counts of the 4th from Augsburg state, that the whole legation which attended Baron Strogonoff at Constantinople, and which, since his recal, be came dispersed over Russia, had all been sum moned to St. Petersburgh by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. These persons were all pro tected by the Minister Cape d'lstria, who was the great patron of the Greeks (himself a Greek), in the Russian Cabinet. —On the other hand, a pamphlet, entitled " Greece in 182 l and 189.3, published by a Greek," has been circu lated over the Continent.—lt would appear to be the aim of this publication to overcome the anti-revolutionary scruples of the Emperor Alex ander. It argues that the Greeks were never the subjects of the Turkish Government in a juridical or Christian sense—that they took no oath of allegiance,and that, in point of fact, they have been in a state of continual warfare with their foreign oppresors fro-'n the siege of Con stantinople to the present day. Thus, it is ton tended, the principle of legitimacy is intact, as far as the Greek insurrection is concerned. —The next point laboured in the pamphlet is, that the Government which the Greeks pro pose to establish ultimately, is not at all of kin to those of Naples, Piedmont, and Spain. —The principles and frame are, it is said, wholly different. Bow far this reasoning may recon cile the conscience of the Emperor of Russia to a cause which is insurrectionary, we shall not attempt to divine. But the general conclusion at which the pamphlet aims, viz. that justice and humanity call upon the Christian Governments of Europe to put a stop to useless slaughter, by recognizing the independence of the Greeks, is well deserving of consideradon. The state of the contest appears to be such at present, that the civilized Governments should interfere to put a stop to a war, the result of which seems deter mined and cannot be long delayed.—(lbid.) [Berman Pam.] The documents published a day or two since, as the series of a. correspondence between Sir R. Wilson and Morillo, struck us, we confess, when we read them, with considerable surprise. Had they appeared in the columns of any journal but one of high character and respectability, we should at once have questioned their authenticity ; there was something so strange in Sir R. Wilson, a comparative alien on the soil of Spain, holding no authoried civil_ or even military character, and appearing only in the garb of a generous volun teer, opening a negociation for peace, uncommis sloped by either the Cortes, King, or Ministry of Spain, and making his propositions, not to a French General possessing something like authority to treat,. but to a notorious traitor, in arms against the Constitution he had sworn to defend,and the Government who confided to him a trust which the perjured recreant subsequently abandoned. The idea, too l of idly committing this country in the quarrel, by introducing British troops to garrison Corunna and other places, as a gua rantee of good faith to Spain, W 3 thought was passing strange. The proffered negociation and its terms were altogether beyond our intelligence and comprehension ; we knew not what to make of it, and avoided therefore any comment on what we really then could not understand. —lf asked what our impression was at the mo ment, we candidly acknowledge it was not a -very flattering one ; the perusal of these letters did not raise our opinion of Sir It. Wilson's diplo- Imlay ; we admitted him to be an Orlando in the field, but could not help thinking he was any thing but a Machiavel in the Cabinet. It was certainly one of the most ill-conceived and abor tive attempts at negociation we ever witnessed ; its utter incomprehensibility appeared the leading feature; it was superior to any other diplomatic overture we remember, as regarded its utter mys tification. The whole correspondence was to us a complete problem, " riddle me, riddle me right." Now, however, the riddle is solved, and all the obsequious notes to" his Excellency," the traitor Morillo, the South American plunderer and cut throat, id which the triple renegade's 64 kindness," goodness, and condescension were so often and markedly dwelt on,are discovered by some conjurer to have been all a " ruse de guerre" to amuse Morino. This is a poor excuse for Sir R. Wilson —a most " lame and impotent conclusion" as re gards the correspondence itself, if the documents announcing it be true. Morino was 44 too old a bird to be caught with chaff." Sir Robert or his interpreter here ought to have known that. The Condo de Carthagena was the au thor of his own fortunes : in Southern America he was long exercised in a troubled and event ful scene. Such a man, steeped in blood, and a veteran in fraud and duplicity, could not be supposed gudgeon enough to swallow the first bait thrown to him at random. It is not true, as the correspondent of the Chronicle-alleges, that had Morillo accepted the propbsitions, an armistice was, secured, and Coru n na preserved from impending peril. Morillo's acceptance of these hair-brained propositions mattered nothing. He bad forfeited all character, and possessed no separate influence or command. Ile was com pletely subject to Bourck, and inferior even to Huber or d'Albignuc in military rank in the province; and he possessed not a shadow of authority to negociate on any extended scale.— Morillo had turn e d tra it or t o the Cortes who gave him command—he affected still to disclaim the Regency therefore, whe n Si r R . Wilson weakly addressed at Madrid opposed to them. He was , him, merely a Lieutenant . of Bourck's, and could do nothing without the sanction of his superior, the French General. We have the highest possible , respect for the character and principles of Sir Robert Wilson ; his conduct on more than one memorable public occasion has commanded our warmest admiration ; his last act of personal de votion to the cause of free Spain, with a few brave,and gallant c o mpanions, was one of chival rous and glowing heroism, worthy of the Bayards or Montmorencies of other days. But the ardu ous and different character of an unauthorised and ; have injudiciou s negociat or was one Sir Robert should have avoided and above all, his propositions; such as they were, should not to a traitor. been made The effort was made, we are sure, with, the best int ent i ons ; but it was made most weakly and unadvisedly. Prom tits LONDON GAZETTE, August 11. Whitehall, 4ug.11, 1823. The King has been pleased to direct Letters. Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom , of Great Britain and Ireland; granting unto Robert Laurie, Gentleman, the office of Rougc Croix. Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the resignation and surrender thereof by William Radclyffe, late Rouge Croix. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. J. Chambers, Wolverhampton, agricultural machineomakeri J. Nettleton, Sloane-square, Chelsea, ironmonger. BANKRUPTS. T. Jones, St. John's street, West Smithfield, stationer; to surrender Aug. 16 7 26, at ten, and Sept. 28 , at eleven , a t the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. J. J. Tanner, Fore street, Cripplegate. J. Beart, Limehouse Middlesex, timber-merchant, Aug. 16, 23, and Sept. 23, at eleveni at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Beet, Stamford-street, Illackfriars. E. Evans Bollingbrooke-row, Walworth, Surrey , baker , Aug. 16, 26 , at ten, and Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners, Attorney, Mr. Lys, Took's4court, Chancery lane, London. J. Shorthose, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, earthenware-manu facturer, Aug. 22, 23, and Sept. 23, at twelve, at the Albion Inn, Hanley. Attornies, Messrs. Anderson, and Mousley, Hanley ; and Mr. T. B. Pugh, Langbourn-Chambers, Fen ehnrch-street, London. R. H. Awty, Liverpool, dealer, Aug. 26, 27, and Sept. 23, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, Mr. Crump and Mr. Clements, -Liverpool ; and Mr. Battye, Chancery-lane, London, _____--- DWIDENDS Sept. 2, J. B. Sharp, Queen-street, Cheapside, London, Manchester warehouseman-✓ Sept. 2, J. Passmore, Farnham, Surrey, linen-draper—Aug. 27, J. Smith, Liverpool, leather. . cutter—Sept. 5, J. Cattermole, Pramlingham, Suffolk, mer chant—sept. 5, T. Bidwith, -Bagginswood, Stolesden, Shrop. shire, farmer—Sept. 5, T. Cochran, York, glover. CERTIFICATES, SEPT. 2. T. Graves, juu. Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, butcher—T. Bailey, Shoreditch, Middlesex, . .icedmart-- H. Underwood, Cheltenham, builder—N. Burch; Ditties cum Bamford, Lan cashire, calico-painter_ C. Gray, Upper Montague-street, Marylebonc, horse-dealer—T. Wilson, Carlisle, Cumberland, coach-master—J. Viney, Bristol, cabinet-maker—J. G. Grant, Oxford, bookseller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Mather and C. Briggs, Bolton-le-Moors, attornies—J. Scofield and F. W. Rankers, George-lane, Eaacheap, insur ance-brokers--C. Ball and C. Rolle, Postford-mill and Stoke mill, Surrey,paper-manufacturers--J. Hingstoa and J. Dixon, Cirencester.place, Marylebone, organ-builders—R. Tulin and G. Strutt, Birmingham, architects -'r. and C, Appleton, Manchester, corn. dealers—J. and. J. l i eomans, Sheffield, scis sor-manufacturers-,41. Pickering and T. C. Gritin, Norfolk street,, Islington, surgeons—W( Wickens and C. S. Tosswill, Little Friday-street, , drtjggists:--J.' Palmer and J. Norton, Norwich, mill.saerers—W. IVarburton, jun, C. Harris, and S. Medley, Limehouse, prcreision-rnerchants—C. Clark and J. Fearney, Stoke-Newington, farriers. B 0 Moulsey gurfit was yesterday , it , sccne of slaughter, which affrighted one half of the new fkneiers, None of the heroes that have figured there ever displayed more knocking up or more diversion than the fight we have to record. Curtis, the brother of the out and out fighter, was one, and his opponent was Inglis, the featherbed.tuaker, who had fought and won several battles. The disputants about the men brought betting to equality, but Curtis (from breed) rather for choice. PM scene of setting-to was grand. Joshua Hudson and Harry Holt seconded Curtis, and Tom Jones, and Neale picked up Featherbed. In'the first round, Curtis made a left-handed hit, and he was returned upon as gaily as it was given. An irregular rail t e l l te al d ll i p sp le ara o g r e ni nt a en ili t io es . kil i l: ° a ti t i a w b e o n u t t ; both hit and got away, and shewed a rare e d q o a w a i l i w fr e o i t s a , d w o as s e a ; bo b u u t t alike. 2. Curtis measured his adversary's nob, and he wax as readily met at his fighting game. A gallant rally followed, in which Inglis chewed first blood, and Joshua Hudson sang out— " There I did I not tell you to keep your hands up, and hit with your left first ?" 6t04 on Curtis. 3. A terrible fighting round, each contending for a removal from the scratch. It was one general bustle at hitting away until both turned pipers. 4. Curtis talked after making an excellent parry at a head hit. Josh. told him to fight first, and talk aftewards. 6 to 4 on Inglis. Both went d own , but the fall of Curtis was a cross. buttocker. 5. One of the bravest rounds ever seen. The men seemed to be at forlorn play, and the advantages in a rally of live minutes were give and take. At the close of the round there was a die. graceful hanging upon the ropes, when both men were dis tressed, which broke in the ring at the time, and whips and missile weapons were resorted to to keep order. Curtis was much punished, and when upon the ground his face exhibited a gore of claret. 8. Both men fought they:oloi out, and yet they made a re gular stand to .win. Many. 'exchanges took place, and both maintained the scratch alternately. It was all for the stake. Curtis had the worst of a smashing milling hit, which floored him. stol on Inglis. We have no limits to record nine other bravely fought rounds to the advantage of Inglis, who was often hit until the chancery injunction remained uncertain. Such heti& were rarely seen Their ladies could only know them by rhetoric. One of the best little ones of a rare good breed was at length beat out of his recollection and all his studies. Inglis, although a winner, was heavily hit. Curtis was attended by a surgeon, bled, and pronounced in a thriving state. The match was for 100 sovereigns. Raid, a good man, known in the ring, beat Harris, a water man. It was a rare good tight. Hama led in the first two rounds, but youth exercised its influence in less than twenty minutes. BEING IN LOVE.—The epoch of being in love, notwithstanding all, is the most agreeable in the whole course of life. The soul has then no craving to gratify. Existence is at its highest premium s for it is then we are farthest froM in difference. Ile who is in love cherishes life, and but enjoys it the better for little drawbacks in other affairs, which only heighten love's relish when we return to it. IVis a better and pleasanter thing than money-getting or courtship, or sullen study, or maddening ambition, or a thous a nd gasp i ng de sires that engross us wholly without our feeling satisfaction in their pursuit. These are solitary objects; being in love is parti cipated with another, and therefore is a more social pl easure . Th e romantic tinge which often colours our conduct, is an agreeable characteristic ; it increases .the attraction, and confers a hal lowed charm upon the passion. Being in love is a restraint upon evil feelings—a situation favourable to virtue. The lore of woman is a correction of our perverse natures, and, while its 'season lasts ? always mends the heart. Let an unbiassed and discriminating centenaire answer what part of life he could look back upon with the most kindly feelings—what portion of his departed years he most cherished in his remetnbrance.-..and he would doubtless answer, the time when he .was in love. The memory of that delicious season, its little adventures, hopes, fears, and enjoyments, always comes over us with a rush of pleasing . warmth—a sun-beam piercing the clouds of de parted time, and irradiating for a moment our tottering steps and grey hairs. Being in love mingles us with the better things of life keel* beautiful forms perpe. tually before the eye--gives us pleasing dreams—elevates the spirits—exalts our views. It tempers our harsher dispositions with the beau t y, and subdues our proudest pr e . tensions gentlenessto the govrn emento f tears and caresses of mildness and persuasion. Ile who has never been in love is a miserable blockhead, who is ignorant of the highest joy this distempered life possesses for mortals. Being in love is, in fact, a sort of rnillenium, far, above all life's other good. I would desire no better state than that of being in love for a thousand years; and, as Quin wished he had a mouth fl.oni England to Nova. Scotia and every inch of th e wa y p a l ate, t h at h e mi g ht fully enjoy John Dory, I would demand the temperament of youth from seventeen to twenty.five for the above space of time, and all its ardent susceptibility to heighten my long season of innocence and liappiness.-4 Yew Monthly Magazine. ) A curious mistake occurred on Sunday, rela. tive to a proclamation of marriage-bans. The Elder, who is a married man, had by mistake written down his own name, instead of the bride groom's, along with that of the bride, and the proclamation was made in church accordingly. The astonishment of the young couple may be easily conceived. The mistake will, however, be productive of no other evil than a week's delay.-- ( Dundee Advertiser.) AGRICULTURAL REPORTS. ROXBURGHSH IRE. Throughout the whole month not a day has passed without the fall of a considerable quantity of rain. This unfavourable weather has injured some of the hay, which had it all been got in safe would not have been a heavy crop, and it is probable that such of it as is well saved will bring a higher price than last year. The rains have greatly retarded the ripening of all sorts of grain. The harvest will probably be four or five weeks later than it was last year; and as late harvests are always ha- zardous ones, corn has, from this consideration, advanced a little in price. Some wheat is rusted ; still, should the weather settle, there is a promise of a good crop of all kinds of grain.— Turnips andpotato es l oo k well. The price of cattle is rather lower than it was at last report; but in the various fairs lambs have sold at a considerable advance upon the prices of last year —August 1. PERTHSHIRE. Frequent and heavy rains, with dark cloudy weather, h as prevailed throughout the whole of July. Smut does , not ap pear in more plenty than usual amongst wheat; but that va. riety of uredo, or black, common to oats, is very abundant. Oats are also in general late; but appear to promise an abund ant crop. Barley has a flattering appearance; but peas, un. less the weather clears up speedily, will yield a very scanty re. turn. The commencement of harvest, like the progress of ve getation in general, will be a month later than last year. Tur nips come forward slowly. Potatoes show vigorous stems, but the tubers do not swell freely on retentive soils. Hay harvest commended the first week in July—the crop reaches nearly an average weight, but the quality has been hurt by the rains dur. ing the time of making. Pastures afford a full bite, and cattle are for the most part in tolerable condition. Fellows do not work well by reason of the rains, and the cleaning of turnips is much more expensive than usual. In most of orchards the crop of fruit is but scanty, but the moist weather has been fa. vourable towards swelling the fruit.—Aug. 4, 1823; CARSE OF GOWRIE. The Autumn Meetingofthe Agricultural Society of this district was held at Longforgan on the 4th inst. The exhibi. don of stock, though not numerous, was, in point of duality, allowed in every instance to be very superior : particularly those bred from Linton, a bull of the improved short-horned breed, brought into this district by a few of the mem bers of the society, and bred by Mr. Rennie of Phantassie, East Lothian, an eminent breeder of all kinds of cattle. The judges, after a minute inspection of the stock, awarded the premiums, when there was submitted to the inspection of the members of the Society, by Mr. John Geekie, ma. chine-maker, Longforgan, a machine for sowing wh eat , barley, oats, and grass see ds, which, after a careful inspection of its performance, was approved of, particularly for its equal division of seed and saving of labour. The machine wait bought by Patrick Kinnear, Esq. of Lochton, for 81.8 s. After the business of the Society was over, the members and their friends dined at Mr. Robertson's, Longforgan. The spirit of the meeting was kept up by Laurence Craigie, Esq. of Glen doick ; and, on his retiring, Patrick Kinnear, Esq. of Lochton, was called to the chair, and the evening was spent with great harmony and good humour. Attempt to Murder on Board the Royal So., vereign Steam Packet. --Y esterday this vessel.. was engaged to convey a party to Whitstable, Bay, near Margate. On its return, when near Gravesend, the passengers were thrown into the utmost consternation, by a. young man stabbing a person in'two different places. The young man, who is in custody, was ) it is stated, a' discarded lover of a young lady on board, whom he acci dentally met there with her present suitor.— During the early part of the day words had arisen. between the parties, which terminated in the dreadful attempt above stated. When the vessel arrived opposite the Thames Police-office, the prisoner was given in custody to an officer of that establishment. The wounded man was said to be in a dangerous state, COURSE OF EXCHANGE, August 12. Amstetdam Ditto, at Sight - 12 6 Rotterdam l2 11 Antwerp l2 9 • Hamburg!! 88 2 24 Us • Altona ... 3B 3 24 Us. Paris,B Day's sight .. • ts so 0 Us. Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frank fort on the Main Madrid Cadiz . .... 85 Effective Bilboa . Barcelona 4eville Glibraltat Leghorn Geistat a94---Venice, Ital. Liv 9B 'lO Malta 45 -Naplct 394 Palermo Lisbon . Oporto , 2 Rio Janeiro la Dublit, .... 94 Cork 94 pei Cont. BUX.I,ION. Portugal GOld,in Coin 1.0 0 0 ptr Oa. Foreign Gold, in Bars 8 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollara 0 .1 8i Silver in Bars. Standard n 4 10j . BIRTHS. On the filth inst., at Barton Rectory, the Lady of the Rev W. S. Chalk, of a son. On Thursday, the 7th inst., the Lady of Lieutenant Thomas Alexander Watt, R.N., Commander of the private East India ship Jatnima, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Monday last, at Chiswick, Capt. Mallet, of the 46th Regiment, to Miss Dawson, eldest daughter of George Daw son, Esq., of Abourfield, Berkshire, and Sloane: s t reet , L on d on . Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, Frede— rick Alexander, son of Sir William Augustus Cunyughame, Bart. to Ann, youngest daughter of Edward Earl, Esq., Chair man of the Board of Customs for Scotland. Soon after the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Cunynghame left town for Warwick shire. Yesterday, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Christopher Wil son, Esq., of Fenchurch-street, to Mary, youngest daughter of Wm. Thompson, Esq., of Bedford-place, Russell-square, and of the Stock-Exchange. _ _ _ _ _ _ On Monday, at b v t. Mary's, Battersea, Frederick Arnaud Clarke, Esq., of lienfold, near Dorking, to Anna Caroline Brett, daughter of J. G. Brett, Esq., of Grove-house, Old Bronipton, Middlesex. On Tuesday last, at Claines, Worcestershire, by the Rev. Thomas Robinson, M.A., John Mathew Gutch, Esq., Pro. prietor of Felix Farley'. Bristol Journal, to Mary, eldest daughter of J. P. Lavender, Esq., banker, Worcester. DIED. On the 11th inst., at Brampton, aged 59, of the gout,. Brooks Lawrence, late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons, in which regiment he served SO years, and during the periods it was employed in the West Indies, Peninsula, and at Waterloo, where, in command of it at that memorable battle, he had two horses killed and two wounded under him,. and for which he was distinguished by his brevet rank : he has left a disconsolate widow and fivt. daughters. Qn Sunday evening, at NVoolwich, suddenly, Douglas Law. son,_ Esq.,of the Royal Regiment of A rt ill ery . On Wednesday, the 6th inst., Isaac Rice, Esq., of the Al bany-road, Camberwell, aged 55. Of the yellow fever, the Rev. Rarvy Palmer, second Chap• lain of the Colonyof Sierra Leone. On Saturday last, at his house in Wheatley place, Margate, in the Slat year of his age, Mr. William Burst. Ile was taken In a fit while he was sitting at tea at his nephew's, and never spoke afterwards. He had been a famed pedestrian, havinx Visited most pans of. England and Scotland on foot; nor did . he confine his walks to his own country only, but ylaited many parts of the Continent, such as Flanders, France, Portugal, Gibraltar, the island of Malta, &c. Dia usual beverage and. food when travelling was tea, bread and butter. His walks were long . and rapid walking from Margate to London, and: back again, in two clays, spending in the journey only a few pence. In one of his tours he was shut in a fort, when it was besieged by the French ; h e cont i nue d there during the siege, and was taken prisoner when it , capitulated; but was, set q. liberty when the object of his pursuit was known. Printed and Published for the Paops.mcqz,li, at the Suit. ()mem, 11 4 2, Strand, by J.R.GAitirtAfnit.