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a if not now enter into one particle of public subjects on 104 . _, , nti ' n .„„ ;um we differ; and I arrive at that deter wt.. i a tion the m ore readily, because I begin and end lto . o n a cceding my rea dy assen t to th e sentiments of ' ers anal regard which the Right Hon. Gentleman's use t f h ri a lds express and entertain for him. I have to b„, you, Mr. High Sheriff, for the manner in chid ,sw-- , this election has been conducted, and lam ay uound bear . ;aid ear,. to my willing testimony to the impar hot i v you have observed. Of your Learned A 5...... ...... s essot , ent 10 lam unwilling to speak. I have known him 1-. 1 1 - 44 respect his qualities. I have seen him pur tue 3111tIo ' h 'l5 the track of professional independence, ho ur : "ntble and fearless, beloved by his friends, un sena- . _to: . -,' many t oY own excellent Counsel, the associates of calumny, and respected by all. (Cheers.) ei av : „., --a l 4 struggle, my heart is overflowing with wo- I ed e li cl Y in promoting -not- e .'" a n - s Weakness, not only in to y t i h n e t m er , es b t u s t n t n o all th i ‘ s vh o o e a en re . 'to , *lon. To my manly friend near me, who did me the ' d ° • ni , honoUr of proposing me, I cannot express how much i l ' I ant indebted; and I feel how much I owe the gem ng tle ) a r . • in nn . who has given me the opportunity of saying ;in, that, I have been seconded by a person of a different ra t pioa. From them I turn tothose who placed me in the p l a enviable situation. Oh, what shall I say to the • p e ople of Clare ! Were they bought by me ? ned the °, no.)--A world would not buy them. Were say theyf intimidated by me ? oh, no; I have no means and ( t ) h i nthnidation. Were they seduced by me, or by .ver k, Prospect of my elevation ? oh, no ; they well dif- ra - pv ther e i s not hi ng to b e h a d a t th e h an d o f a I b on y na , b ' e al i ,reformer.—(Cheers and laughing.)—And - that I do stand on this indenture, I declare the be m yself a radical re _ • former.—(Great cheers.)—lt may M r. s aid that th e y were s w ayed by improper motives taro t 2 o t by the Right Hon. Gentleman, for he is of that s w ueh noble and generous a nature to be affected by 'eve wh o ~..- l feelino-s • but there are individuals near him w as t h„ not entertain them. But of those who accuse - f reeholders of Clare, and who have not seen the only see n ted, , are al es Which I have, I will ask, on what grounds sec- th these imputations founded? What necessity did 1 -- eY occasion for the strong force of police with ‘7 ' wh ich you are surrounded, and for the large 4" nu mber •of that brave army which were never on : - backward in battle, nor ever stained themselves teen b y the blood •of their f e ll ow - countrymen ? I 'oho ask you, Sir, has a single rioter been here ? any Not one. If such a circumstance had occurred, 50 . e n h t ^ trust have heard of it ; b u t I b e li eve i t i s a f act , h . l t hat th ere h as b een no b reac h of the public peace, , in m ce a nd yet we w ere w i tness o f 30 , 000 peop l e, nay ,• every s sooo 60,000 people, assembled in our streets, ~who had a const i tut i ona l r i g h t to as k , an d w h o eo. sou g h t • . lie y o b f • . it like men determined, constitutionally, to , agl it. This is a great public and meritorious 1, ex a „, , a that the 'uple I It speaks trumpet-tongued to England Law iand Propriety of ameliorating the condition of Ire -Ist a its _ Was there ever a scene mere Impressive in re is tra nquillity than the peaceable demeanour of the hout per m i t people ? They talk of our peasantry, and their pro t. •„ Yto spirituous liquors. Here the weather was -Nat PressingTh upon them, and an excitement which al have n ." 0 71 caus ed a necessity for drink, yet there was ual a man in a state of intoxication. What a con idt.,tract does this e l ect i on present to some of those in 1 lie flearid I I have seen the freeholders there in the n, a iff of se s tate of th e most v i olent di sor d er, ma ki ng i t a service of danger to those who came forward at an t o give their votes. Intoxication and brutality ower are often the characteristics of their contested Per I • ,n i or , elections. Lo o k at t hi s e l e ction for the county of Clare. See how pure and spotless it has but been in all that can be distasteful to man, or give • and offence - to the Majesty of God. We have come for rn to W ard like men who had a religious object in view, can ' and it h as b een con d ucte d w ith a spirit worthy of have, auelt a cause. Such is the election, and such have lified been the means taken to secure it.—(Cheers.) It duly has been said that lam disqualified to take my seat. deism I - would gladly argue the question before the Learned ) the Assessor, and I think I would convince him that his lders, judgment was not matured. This is a point I have ald, r: net yet touched on, and I only allude to it for:the and Purpose of satisfying you. It is my thorough con and vtetion that lam entitled to sit, speak, and vote xlged,r la th e H ouse o f C ommons , w i t h out i ncurr i ng M. any penalty whatever. My argument is that the ors at ibility Statute of Charl e s th e S econ d was ma d e f or thgland and the English Parliament only. Ano r± the ;her Act for I re l an d was passe d ; there i t was louse In 'Posed on us—but it was n e ver l aw . It was , id my however, embodied in 1782, by a partial Statute, 3n on a nd thus th e H ouse was c l ose d l ega ll y aga i nst t h e anent v at ,. .. owes. The f ormer was the Statute of William s that and iviary so often alluded to. Thus they stood :once- until the ' Union, and neither Act was operative in on.— h f i e en United Parliament. A new Parliament was g was : created, and there is no Act but the Ursion lers at f ~• et which op era t e s on that United Parliament. It lit of ° t l'ects the oat h, b u t it enacts no penalty, and ascer a'a no disabilities, and penalty and disability can day ; never be implied. lam also told that lam indictable. : at b io ad n I) i li b f give must be another Act to exclude me; and / - ring on the Catholic uestion in a new shape, and a who ' ewe to the House of Commons the dishonour of bring at new penal Act for my single exclusion. When Never' I said th a t no Catholic sat in Parliament since Wil -1 were li ars the Third, lam aware of the concurrence of of the the lii ht Hon. Gentleman. The exclusion of the peech- ft -atholts from Parliament was a perfidious breach e elec- of th e Treaty of Limerick. The first article did net s duly 'Teak of the garrison alone, but it professed to pie- P lause B erVe the rights of the Catholics of all Ireland. The !„.' and Treaty of Limerick was violated by one Parliament, '''''' ''' a nd if the Parliament at present pass another Penal :dward A ct, v i i they will violate it again, they will commit a ipecta outrageous perfidy on th e people.— st day (ee and (Cheers .)_I speak not of the Union, because it tea measure I do not admire ; and one of my i r Co the ►n- ttst acts will be to seek a repeal of that Union. hon, a In , ,--- 1782, Ireland proclaimed her independenc e , % scam l•laVi ng the same King with England, and it i s men of ti 1, t"t she should have her own House of Peers; thstan 4Tal it is right she should have her own House to his () ,, t h , Commons ; and it is right she should ' p at. 011 to Zte the whole body of Protestants and Catholics , f ',. her common strength and honour. It is my de % Fit ic a ' h e to see revered that Constitution of Protestant °rine ' -41 Catholic, and to give Ireland a national, salutary, to re-, ; f t - parental legislature. Such are my . views; but t} great question which takes rue to Parliament is d ,_ fh tof Reli g i o us Liberty. I would scorn to take ft't boon to myself and not extend it to every li s tistian community. Am Ito go to the door of ii o..4liarnent and stain my lips with perjury P I don't T tl g ile_ to any person who has taken the oath t ha t 0 Sacrifice of the Mass and the Invocation of 'lilts is idolatrous ; but I cannot do so, because I b o ok the one a great a [perjurer. tell is sacrifice, and the ether a ;LL 'll.l) S p p ra e e a t k ie e e r . of lt t ' ti le ta H k O e ll t s h e at o o f atb C " ° l M a ln m °Ds may , e to'tak e it, and to swallow that oath, b t if I do -4 ? it would be to my eternalidanmation. Must u I com mit.hi, a perjury, and damn myself in order to sit l af arliament ? Sir I declare I never knew any ZIY who would defend the necessity of takingthat u s -tn •—(l - rear, hear, from Mr. Fitzgerald.) l am r . ,e the Right H on . Gentlema n w ill no t defend it; arid that there is not a man in the kingdom who 00, , - e ardently desires to see it excluded from the gis of the House. Soon may the sacrifice be bade t o t h e con g regate d liberality of the wor ld, a nd e Constitution freed from that vile stain upon it - " at (Cheers.) Have I not a right , with the return it the freeholders of the county of Clare , to ask for 4 abrogation in my favour ? Is it not time to call a ct ' Parliament to act otherwise than it has so long " n 4 so unjustly done ?—(Cheers.) It may appear MO pl a , ce if I were to say any thing to the land /7'4 here assembled with respect to their threats. — It be vain to expect kindness from them, but I ,Judge better of them than they do of themselves. — They are Irish Gentlemen, and they will recollect that Irishmen are gay and happy, but not cruel. Every smile 4 f their own sweet children will remind them of the /easant's babes, and the embrace of the chaste hatron will tell them that the peasant has also his tiings, and they will not violate the security'of his i n i se•—(Cheers.)— I leave them to the better re- L vilection of their own high sentiments, and to the 40 6 ling of their reflections.—(Cheers.) —The power 1 the Magistrate can be no longer abused, The [01111CP" eirtthig -It i 5 his de• In be fa schoolmaster has been abroad ; and I call on the natural Magistraev of th, land to show an example of lenity and fi,,L, . jet, will make them beloved among r- en. t them to do so, as they shall be judged oi 11.aven by the F alb t• mcastne as the houseless peasant. Oh that it %,ere in my power to sow the wind of this commotion, but not to reap the whirlwind. Mr. O'Connell continued to speak for some minutes, but I am, like Mr. Fitzgerald's voters, quite exhausted, and unable to follow him at a late hour in the morning. Mr. V. Fitzgerald also addressed the Meeting s in a very conciliatory and argumenta tive speech, which was much applauded ; but I must defer it to another day. Mr. Shiel, Mr. O'Gorman Mahon, Mr. N. P. O'Gorman, and several other speakers, followed, and it was dark night before the oratory ceased, and the High Sheriff broke up the meeting. The streets were all cleared immediately after, and during the night not a single riot has occurred. I will give you, to-marrow, Mr. O'Connell's further proceedings, and send you his first frank. I under stand it is not his intention to approach the House this Session. The people were prepared to illuminate the town, but at the request of the High Sheriff they ab stained from so doing. I can never sufficiently express the good order and moderation which the people have preserved from the beginning to the end of this contest. RETURN OF MR. O'CONNELL. (From the • Waterford Mirror of Monday.) SATIJI/DA V, SIXTH DAY. At six o'clock in the evening Mr. O'Connell was declared to be duly elected. The enthusiasm with which this glorious announcement was received sets description at defiance. We understand that the public peace was preserved throughout. Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., that evening com menced his Parliamentary privileges; letters were received in this city yesterday evening, franked by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Several houses were illuminated here last evening. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM DUBLIN. Eleven letters passed through our post-office this morning, of course only ten of them free, franked by the Hon. and Learned Member for Clare, Daniel O'Connell, Eso., Member of the Catholic Associa tion, and Knight of the Order of Liberators. A Meeting of the Committee was held this afternoon, at one o'clock, to make arrangements for the public entry of Mr. O'Connell. They have fixed Wednes day next for that occurrence, when there will be an Aggregate Meeting of Catholics assembled to receive him. The preparations foe meeting the Liberator Representative, are upon a magnificent scale. The Clergy, the Liberators,the Members of the Associa tion, the Trades, with their banners and music, fol lowed by a train of friends to Civil and Religious Liberty, that will probably extend for miles, all -wearing the green riband or bearing green branches, will testify the feelings of the nation at this import ant crisis. But there will be no illumination, lest the Orange party should make it an occasion of riot. The Catholics and Friends of Liberty will be en joined to retire early to rest on that day. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... -.87% % 3 per Cent. Cons. 8 ex div. 3% to per Bed. t. Cen Dit 4 per Cent. New 101%% ex div. Ditto, 1826 104%54 Bank L. Ann, 19% 11-16 India Etnek..,, shut Ditto Bonds ........ .... 104 pm. 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Due. 1 Hamburgh 0 Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon. ...... 0 O Malta U Mexico 0 1 Waterf0rd............ 0 max WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...4s minutes after 0. 1 Evening ....11 minutes after 1 ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. THE Proprietors respectfully acquaint the Public, that in consequence of the unfavourable state of the Weather, it will be impossible to perform the BATTLE of WATERLOO this Evening ; but all the other Entertainments will take place as Advertized, and, to prevent disappointment, the Battle will be performed next Friday. *lOl4 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) understood, the principle of emancipation is daily entertained with less repugnance. People feel that things cannot last in their present con- dition, and they would fain hail the day of con- ciliation, if its dawn were not overcast by preju dice, or retarded by the mists of delusion. In considering this important question-- important from the universal sympathy which it creates, and not less important from the great principle which it involves, as well as the consequences which must ensue from its prolonged adjustment, for if not adjusted pro perly by those who ought, it will surely and feat-41111y he adjusted by those who can—we do not overlook what is due to English prejudice, while we consider what ought to be conceded to Irish feeling. The people of Ireland demand that as a right, which the Government of Eng land withhold partly in deference to the fears of a portion of the people, but more in unison with the wishes of the Church Establishment. The people in England are, perhaps, as truly religious as their brethren in Ireland, though not so passively obedient to their pastors. They either cannot forget, or are taught to recollect the inordinate power of the Church of Rome, with its grasping ambition over temporal as well as spiritual affairs ; and the memory or days gone by produces a lively apprehension of a similar re- currence for the future, till what was considered religious prejudice is converted into national aversion. In this manner the Catholic Question has, made little progress among the conscientious rertiplee of many well-disposed people ; and the late miraculous display of power by the Priesthood is not likely to conciliate that preju- dice or remove those scruples. But, however these things weigh with the mass of the people, the case is *therwise with ,he Government, which should deliberate, not For the benefit of a part at the expense of the other, but for the benefit of the whole ; which should not let itself be swcyed by the prejudice of either, but, rising in intelligence to its elevated rank, be influenced neither by the hopes of one party nor the apprehensions of the other, but act, and that with a firm hand, in proportion to its sense of justice for the general good. The people of Ireland want Emancipation—that is, the free exercise of their religion (which they possess), and the enjoyment of those privileges possessed by their Protestant Brethren (which they do not possess) :—those of the people of England, who are opposed and conscientiously we believe, to Emancipation, demand securities that the surrender of these privileges shall not be abused by people wham they suppose to be inimical to the Protestant Faith. These securities, the Irish refuse, because they con sider the demand an insult or imputation Ton their national character and honour. In this -dilemma it is clear that neither party will be convinced by the arguments of the other,—it is equally clear, from past experience, that little good can result from party altercation —and that the only remedy is for Government, aided by the wisdom of Parliament, to step in between the parties, and legislate for the general good. And how is that to be obtained ? Surely not by exclusive legislation, but by that temperament of wisdom which meets the real necessities of the case. Well, in what state is Ireland at this mo ment ? The chosen member of the Government is defeated by the Champion of Emancipation— now the chosen Representative of the people ! The mighty mass has collected, and, in the energy of their strength, have exhibited that even a degraded people can be of dangerous conse quence to a Government which does not possess their allegiance, though it command their liberty and fortunes. Of the merits of the respective candidates it is not our purpose to speak ;—each has his own peculiar individuality, but O'CoNNELL stands forth as the chosen representative of Irish feeling —the fearless champion of her wrongs, and the proud asserter of her rights. He has acted as the High Priest of the Oracle, to whose mandate all the rest were subservient, and through their mi raculous agency behold what a tremendous com motion has been produced— A nation moves to their mysterious call ! And yet this fearful display of popular sympathy has taken place in the most perfect order—without a broil or squabble of any kind —the people came forward with all the devotion ana solemn determination of martyrs. After such a wonderful display of priestly in- fluence and national obedience—an influence which has worked silently, but surely, for the last ten years, as the present result has proved—can any Government be secure—can any peorle be safe with such a power arrayed against it—a power not confined to any one particular part of the country, but pervading its whole dominion, and bound together by a sympathy which the magic wand .of the enchanter can move at pleasure ? As to the future policy of Government, can any good arise from protracted national degra dation on the one hand, and imperious insolence, blindly secure in the present enjoyment of ex clusive privileges, on the other? Let a Pro testant—a man of the world—who possesses the enlargement of mind to see and feel that his own mode of religion is not the exclusive one, say what ought to be done if he were the injured party ? It is idle to speak of the dangerous tendency of the Catholic religion— that danger has long ceased to exist. The spread of knowledge has completely outstripped that danger. The Protestants have been able, when their power was comparatively as nothing to its present greatness, to emancipate themselves from Popery—how absurd then to dread a fallen power in the zenith of their might ! But the Catholics have no intention to injure the Pro testants, for the best of all reasons, that it would be against their own interests. But the general cry is—the question must be settled one day—and if it must, would it not be wise to make a virtue of necessity, and antici pate that great day of national conciliation ? for the bliEsful consequences would be, that that LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1828. The contested Election for the County of Clare has at length closed, and Mr. O'CoNNEm. is declared duly elected by a majority of 1,075. , While this election was in progress, we gave ample details of the proceedings. IN e now pro ceed to offer some remarks upon that question, which at present engrosses public opinion, and must one day force itself upon the most serious consideration of Government, if they du not already contemplate its importance, by the sin gular shape which affairs have assumed in the Sister Kingdom. There we now see, not a beseeching people, but a multitude soberly rising, in the consciousness of their might, to vindicate their position in society, by the of eo th u a e t cti m veo isr m al as p s o Zt r he wh n i a c t h ion . inli'lhee uestion—that constant source of "bibitk t n he a l disquietude Q and alarm, has been agit ate d rcneanatttihooinnlic throughout the country and discussed in Par liament for a quarter of a century—and though it has made immense progress with the more liberal part of the com munity, it has only t en d e d to confirm the obstinacy of interested opponents in proportion to the probability of its final triumph. With a great many of the people of England, it cannot be denied that Catholic Eman cipation is considered in no favourable light, and as only intended for the benefit of the Priesthood and the consequent increase of Popery, to the manifest injury of the Protestant faith ; but as the real nature of the question becomes more which formerly embroiled the nation would prove SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.) a bond of harmony and good will among the people. Let the Duke cf WELLINGTON look to it—another battle of Waterloo would not redound more to his fame or to the national glory and prosperity. The Gazette de France, dated 'Monday, con tains no recent news from the theatre of war, but it confirms the report of the blockade of Alex andria. This blockade is not expected to extend to commercial affairs, as it is termed a military blockade. We apprehend, however, as the real object of the blockade is to prevent the export of any warlike stores, that provisions, and whatever would be of use to the army in Greece, will also be interdicted. Quebec Papers of the 12th June, Montreal of the 10th, and Miramachi of the 2sa,ne date, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, from the former we make the fol lowing extracts His Excellency the Govetnnr in Chief proceeded on the 9th ult. to Montreal, in the Waterloo steamer. His Ex cellency, prior to his leaving, had an opportunity of perusing the contents of the papers from England, which had art ived up the 7th of May, via Cork, which contain an abstract of the debates in Parliament, on the Ad ministration of the Government of this Colony, and they add, one thing is manifest, a full enquiry into the political state of the Colony will be gone into before a Special Com mittee of Parliament, Lieut.-General Sir James Kemp sailed from Halifax, for Quebec, in the Chebucto, on the 25th May, arrived at Quebec on the 9th ult., and would proceed on the 12th for Montreal. It is said, in a Morning Paper, to be the in tention of IVIr.GOULBURN to bring forward the Budget on Friday. By Wednesday next it is supposed the House will be able to adjourn until the remainder of the business is passed through the Lords, in which case the prorogation will probably take place on the succeeding Monday or Tuesday. The public will be gratified to learn that the Additional Churches' Bill was last night with drawn by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, because the opposition to the measure had been carried beyond all fair opposition. If this was so, we think the Right Hon. Gentle man ought to consider it an additional reason for pressing the measure. But he knows better. FROAI DEAL„JuLY the Historia, for ee n bValparaiso,e r M adra s 2 u 2 1 R ecover atah d , Cos she epeh,alsv Bombay. her where proceeded PORTSMOUTH, JULY 8.---Wind variable.—Arri red d e the Ferguson, Glove, from Bengal, sailed 10th De t cember, p fo u in dismasted, 20th April. Lost anchors, which have ir th e e en ß s i l gr p . lied C f li r i c i m stia h n e,ne Aru nd ell , from Cadiz; and Neptune, Agar, from Riga. FALMOUTH, JULY 7.—Wind S.S.W. to S.E:— Arrived off Port, the Shepherdess, from New Orleani, and the Countess of Chichester packet, from Bueho Ayres; sailed 21st April, Monte Video, the 26th, and Rio Janeiro, 18th May ; spoke the Bth, off Rio, his Majesty's ship Ganges. The Wellington packet, from Falmouth, arrived at Rio Janeiro, on 12th Nlay, and sailed 19th for Buenos Ayres. Sailed the Osborne packet, for Brazil. The Henry Porcher, Jeffrey, from Bengal, Madras, and St. Helena, has arrived off Portland. The account from Newfoundland of the loss of his Majesty's ships Acorn, Contest, and Sappho, which was posted on the beard of the North and South American Coffee-house on Saturday, is incorrect, but it is feared will prove too true with regard to the two former vessels, as they have been long missing. The Acorn sailed from Bermuda on the 10th o April for Halifax, and the Contest from Halifax on the 13th April, for Bermuda, and neither has since been heard of. A violent gale was expe rienced between Halifax and Bermuda on the 16th April. The Sappho, by the last advices, was at Halifax out of commission. CowEs, drum. S.—Arrived the Isabella, Bloy, from Matanzas. _ _ . DUBLIN, JULY 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Star, Broderick, from Jamaica ; Chieftain, Johnson, from Cadiz. TORBAY, JULY 7.--Arrived the Ann and Hope, Esdale, from China, sailed the 17th March. • HULL, JULY S.—Arnica, Standering, bound to Hamburgh, went out of Poole Dock on Thursday at noon, and shortly afterwards took the gfound in Gooleness. The tide left her lying on her broad side till midnight, when she got off and proceeded. Vessels spoken with—The Nancy, from Quebec to Marypert, 4th inst., in lat. 59. long. 13 ; Delight, from Gibraltar to Monte Video, May 4, in lat. 30. long 45.; Maria, from London to Quebec, 27th ult. in lat 47. long. 36. BLOCKADE OF OPORTO. Ma LORD, LLoyn's, JULY 8, 1828. In consequence of the communication made by direction of your Lordship on the 24th ult., to the Committee of this Establishment, of an effective blockade of the Bar of the City of Oporto, having been declared by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, I take leave, as Chairman of the Committee, to inform your Lordship, that several vessels have since arrived from Oporto, one of which sailed so late as the 29th ult., and that by advices from' thence it is understood, that a correspondence had a few days before taken place between Captain Mildmay, of his Majesty's ship Cordelia, and the Commander of the blockading squadron, why had agreed that British vessels might go into, and depart from Oporto, and he bad sent to Lisbon for further instructions. _ By the Chichester packet a Buenos Ayres Mail, and accounts from Rio de Janeiro seven days later than our arrivals of yesterday, have conic to hand. From a perusal of the intelligence from both these quarters, the hopes of peace had com pletely vanished, at least for the present ; the exchange at Buenos Ayres having fallen from 23-W. to 19d. per dollar, and at Rio de Janeiro from 30d. to 202 d. per milrea, and looking down from the latter. The letters are of a most de sponding description. An Imperial decree has been published of the 2d of May, for the reform of the Custom-house Laws, and a Committee of 24 Members has been nominate& for the pur pose of removing some of the inconveniences re sulting from the imperfection Of - the_ one in pre sent use there ; the Committee are also to revise and correct the Tariff, in the valuing and classifying afresh the different goods and merchandizes upon which a duty is paid ad valorem, and the in structions which have been handed to the Com mittee for their guidance are, that they take as the basis for the value of the different merchandizes the medium of their prime cost in the country from whence they were exported, with the addi tion of 10 per cent., anu their value in the Brazil market. The Committee are then di rected to discontinue the method of arranging the Tariff alphabetically, classifying the goods and merchandize in the manner they may think most easy and exact ; the Committee are to meet once every week at the Public Treasury, and give no tice of their attendance to the Minister of Finance, in order to remove all doubts that may occur. From Buenos Ayres the accounts are of the 20th of April. The failures continued, and the only thriving occupation seemed to be those parties who have an interest in the continuance of the war, who were fitting out numerous well armed privateers, to cruize against the Brazilian trade, the revenue derived from which form ed the ordinary means of the Government, and equal to three millions of dollars. If peace were to take place, this class would be utterly ruined: in this state of affairs they express some doubts if the effort and intervention of England will be able to conciliate and bring these two Powers to a proper sense of what will be beneficial to themselves, and a due regard to the interests of neutral nations. Mr. FRAZER, who is attached to the Rio Legation, had landed at Buenos Ayres from Monte-Video, after having had a meeting with the contending Ge nerals in the Rio Grande, and it is said with the I am, therefore, requested by the Committee to beg that your Lordship will be pleased to acquaint me, for the in formation of parties interested in the trade of Oporto, and the Underwriters, whether any official intelligence has been received of the raising of the blockade, or if British vessels may enter without molestation by the Portuguese squadron. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. &c. (Signed) WILLIAM THOMPSON. The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, his Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, &c. &c. SIR, Foreign OMCe - , July 8, 1828. I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day's date, and in com pliance with the request which it contains, to state to you, for the information of the parties interested in the trade of Oporto, that his Majesty's Government are of opinion that the blockade of Oporto is an effective blockade, and that orders have accordingly been transmitted to his Ma jesty's Naval Officer on that station. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, Mr. Alderman Thompson. (Signed) DUNGL AS. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELPIC o'CLocr. pro p osa ls which the Emperor, Don PEDRO, had formed as the basis of peace,, Viz. tile independ- Consols opened this morning at 87 ex. div., and 881 a for the account day, 22d inst.; in the course of the morning some parcels of money stock baying made their appearance, caused a depression to 88f, sellers, the present price, continuing heavy. India Bonds, 103 4; Exchequer Bills, 68 9 pm. In the Foreign Funds the arrival of fresh intelli gence from Brazil, which fully confirms the proba bility of the continuance of war between Brazil and Buenos Ayres, has had a further unfavourable effect on the stock of the former Government, which declined to 63, sellers ; Buenos Ayres Bonds have also felt its effects, they are 45 6. The apparent apathy of the Emperor Don Pedre on the re ceipt of the news of his brother's proceedings in Portugal had an injurious effect on Portuguese Stock, which is full one per cent. lower, being .59, at one period sellers ; Russian, 94 ; Danish, 62 ; Mexican, 41 1. In Shares there is nothing new. To an application made, addressed by the Chair man and Committee at Lloyd's Coffee-house, to Lord Aberdeen, relative to the blockade of Oporto, he has returned an answer, stating that the blockade is .effective, and therefore that Government had given instructions to our men of war to pay respeet to the same. This information seems to have created the utmost surprise, and is the chief theme of con versation in the City ; a great deal of difficulty exists to discover upon what grounds we are acting, and some even go so far as to surmise we must have recently entered into some treaty with the absolute Don Miguel the First. Three per Cent. Consols, 87 k ex. div. ; Ditto, for the 22d inst., 88i f ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 871 k; Four per Cent., 1826, 104 t ; India Bonds, 103 104 pm. ; Bank Stock, 209 10i ; Exchequer Bills, 68 9 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 631; Buenos Ayres, 46 7; Chilian, 27 9 ; Colombian, 26.1- 5 ; Danish, 62 ; Greek, 17 181; Mexican, Five per Cent., 41 ; Ditto, Six per Cent., 30 1 ; Peruvian, 244 5 ; Portuguese, 60 ; Russian, 911; Spanish, 11 1. MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 67i 5 die. ; BrasiliAn, 49 51 pm. ; Real del Monte, 60 40 dig. ; United Mexican, 20 19 dis. ; Colombian, 5i 44 dis. ; Mexican Company, 6 7 per Share. TWO O'CLOCK. ence of the Banda Oriental, being allowed, how ever, to retain the sea-ports on tho river until he h a d secured the safety of the Brazilian frontier. To this the Buenos Ayreans objected, and contended for an immediate abandonment o f the Banda Oriental, and this appeared to be a point which both parties have deter mined not to give up ; and thus these two co untries are to continue in a state of hostility to the destruction of the trade of all other na tions, without the means or any probability of bringing the issue to a point, either one way or the other. The Rio Herald contains some strictures upon the knowledge of the Committee appointed to consider the Tariff papers. The Lady Wellington packet arrived on thelBth May from Falmouth, for Buenos Ayres, bringing Lon don Papers up to the 14th March, and had supplied them with the information of Don MIGUEL having dissolved the Cortes on the 13th of March, anti dismissed all the Officers who were attached to the Consti tutional Government. A Portuguese brig had also arrived from Oporto, which had conveyed Papers , to the 26th of March, but they had thrown no new light on this important subject. They knew the British troops had embarked, and part arrived home ; the remainder remained on time Tagus, but were not relanded. Consols, after being 88t, buyers, for Account, have again become heavy, and are sellers. BuenoN Ayres Bonds, 441; Brazilian, 631 THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols, 881 t. No news. TILE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies at present reported this week are small. Fine Wheat being scarce fully supports Monday's prices, and other kinds are very heavy in sale. Barley, iietsn a. and Pease are unaltered. Oats find very few buyers, most of the parcels at market are out of condition, and must he sold at low prices to gust them. Flouy nearly unsalanble. A RMVA Barley. I Oats. I Flour.., 170 qrs. I 4,150 qrs.! 3,5005a=.4 English Irish - Foreign Wheat. 2,3 W qrs. THE ARMY, Dragoon Guards dnaes;fshitipr'oef Igi- A detachment of the 2d or the Q marched from Lim e r h ic io l r c re to ßo ß exg u ti fo e rl i r . Ist inst. A detachment of the 76 t h Regiment of Foot has been ordered to remove from Salisbury to La vington. A large detachment of the 75th Regiment o f Foot marched into Limerick from Mullingar, 011 t h e e 3 r do : f d otrh t to h s r r remove v e from 3d inst. Foot, Salisbury to e. A detachment of the 37th, or North Hampshire ~ n Reiriment of Foot, removed fro 1 • • - . ch m ara e v D n en t e b , t ob a c tei n c er b d r e o n e r t i itt .imeriek to Six. mile Bridge t on the 29 t h tilt, HOUSE OF LORDS. THY XING V. LORD YARBOROUGH. This was a writ of error from a judgment of the Court of King's Bencb. The twelve Judges at tended to assist their Lordships, but the question did not appear to be of any public interest. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. ASPINALL V. ASPINALL. This case came before the Court to-day, upon a quegion of costs, the facts are quite devoid of inte rest, and the arguments are likely to continue during the day. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. BARNET V. RILL. This was an action for slander. The plaintiff is a general dealer, and the defendant a publican.. At the last fair of Barnet some altercation took place between the plaintiff and defendant as to who was the winner of a wager. During the dispute the de fendant called the plaintiff " a thief—an insinuating thief," and said that he had insinuated a stove out of his servant's hand. The defenc e was ; that the slanderous words were spoken during a drunken altercation, when both parties said a great deal more than they ought, and that the defendant had no idea of seriously imputing felony to the plaintiff. Lord TENTERDEN left it to the Jury, whether the defendant meant to charge the plaintiff with felony er not.—Verdict for the defendant. HAWKINS V. PHILLIPS. This was an action brought to recover the amount of a cheque for 541.35. 6d., drawn by the defendant. The handwriting of the defendant having been proved, Sir J. SCARLETT proceeded to prove that the cheque had been obtained without value. A person named Bertram sold a number of pictures to the de fendant, who is an auctioneer, in Bond -street. Bertram had seven other cases of pictures in the hands of Hawkins, a broker, which he said he would also sell to Mr. Phillips if he .would advance the sum due to the broker, for freight and othvz charges. Mr. Phillips gave the cheque on this under standing, but was never favoured with even a ~f the pictures, as Bertram had previously removed them from Hawkins. Under these circumstances the defendant stopped the payment of the cheque. These facts having been proved, the plaintiff con sented to a nonsuit. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Court sat at Wesiminster this morning, and adjourned within a few minutes, the Chief Justice, with the other Judges, having to attend in• the House of Lords, to hear arguments in the case of to King v. Lord Yarborough. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. NEWMARKET, moxnAv EVENING. The attendance of fushionables on the Heath was more numerous than we had anticipated ; it included, besides others of the Nobility, the following : - Dukes of Portland and Grafton ; Marquisses of Cleve land, Exeter, Tavistock, and Worcester ; Marchionnessets of Tavistock, Worcester, and Exeter ; Lords Sefton, Jer sey, Verulam, Lowther, Charles Somerset, J. Fitzroy, G. H. Cavendish, Fordwicher and Southampton ; pP nerd Grosvenor ; Hon. Colonel Anson ; Colonel Russell ; Messrs. C. Wilson, Payne, Udny, D. Radcliffe, Thorn hill, Mills, Rush, Hunter, Wigram, Irby, &c. As the races were well contested, and of considerable importantv, we sulvoiiia few additional particulars - - JULY STARES.—Y:sidc 3 Dulcinea and Fancy, the fol lowing else started, but were not placed by the Judge:— The Duke of Grafton's Artist, by Emilius—Zeal; Lord Tavistoek's c. by Orville—Epsom Less ; Mr. Wilson's b. f, by Cervantes—the Juggler's dam ; Mr. Udny's b. f. by Emilius—Antiop ; Mr. Hunter's gr. f. by Gustavus— Canves ;. Mr. Meyaell's b. f. by Gu'"ver—Parma ; Mr. Payne's ro. f. by Skim—Miss Craven's dam; Gen. Gros venor's Shepherdess; Mr. Roves St. Lawrence; Mr. Wyndham's Brother to Twatty. Betting-7 to 2 agst Fancy, 4to I agst Artist, 7to 1. agst Mr. Wilson's filly, and 8 to I asst Dulcinea. After much loss of time 61 false starts, and getting the horses together, they' went off abreast, and kept so for a short distance. Dulcinea then took the front, and shortly after Fancy left the crowd, making every effort to get up to her, but in which she did net succeed till they were close to the judge's chair, when they were head and head. A tremendous struggle between these two, ended in a dead heat ; the other txtc come in so close that it was impos sible to pla'e a third. For the next heat the betting was 7 to 4 on Fancy; but the Dulcinea, filly eventually won the stakes easy by two lengths, rode by F. Boyce. In the first heat Fancy wrs excellently rode by Conrolly, but in the second it WAS thought exr zdient to pmt Robinson on her. The change, however, did no geed. Artist was rode by J. Day; St. Laurence by Wheetley; Epsom Lan by G. Ed. wards; Mr. Wilson's filly by Robinson; Antiogeby Buckle ; Qnvas, by R. Boyce ; Parma by Curtis ; Mr. Payne's by Goeckon; end Shepherdess by Buckle, jun. This was the first public appearance of any of the stock of Sultan and Moses, both of whom were• creek horses ; the excel.. lent running of Dulcinea and Fancy cannot fail of making them fashionable stallions. 'The value of the stakes is 1,0251. Dulcinea, Far.ey, Mr. Wilson's f. and Mr. Payne's f. are in the Oaks of next year, and brother to Twatty, St. Laurence, and the Canvas colt, in the Derby. DEATH OF THE How. C. WYNDHAM—The Turf has lost a zealous and liberal supporter in this gentleman, who, we regret to say, expired this morning at his louse irt Newmarket. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY EVENING. The sale of the late Lord Henry Fitzroy's stud being fxed for this morning, there were only two races in the. list, of which we subjoin particulars. The sale we shalt give in our next. Fifty Pounds for three-yr-olds, 6st. 91b. four, tist., five„ S•t. 81b. six, Bst. 121 b. and aged, Ost. D. I. Mr. Sowerhy's b. c. Palemon, 3 yrs Mr. Stonehewer's ch. c. Kildare, 3 yrs Lord Southampton's b. c. Grampion, 3 yrs r.l Lord Exeter's b. h. Redgauntlet, 6 yrs 4 Mr. Horlock's ch. c. by Renovator, 3 yrs ft Won by a length. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, for three. yr-olds; 6st. 91b. four, 6st. 11b. five, ISst. 101 b. sit and aged, 9st. 21b. T.M.M. Th 'winner to I,e s(` l,l for 300, &c. Lord Tavistoeles; Damon, 4 yrs Mr. Rogers's Coroner Mr. Udny's Donna Cie ra f. 4 yrs Four paid. has t. funs° loymi g9e tboood:disna gg: beenKi ndgo,nsevelsnyTitio;eitiederciSd.oa IN,Lereesr at the 4. to 1 agst Mr. Atmitage's Velocipede 40et Col. e 5 t t o o a a gs gs iv H ir o . n. T : e . a P ks e t t o re 20 to 1 agst Sir T. Mostyn's 25 to 1 agst Mr. lauldswot Terror 25 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Ai 25 to 1 a a gs g 3 ll l lr .. . ereliant 30 to agst Lord Milton's 13all a d • Singer .on 40 to I Wilia3rtts':e3'B lliurPhv NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE RACES.—JuLv Produce Stakes of 50gs. each. Mr. S. Cradoek's br. c. by Whisker 1 Mr.Gascoigne's b. or br. c. by Tramp--Cora 2 Mr. Riddell's b. c. Rector, by Dr. Syntax Lord Kelburne's b. f. by Viscount 4 Mr. 'Mason's br. f. by Waverley ... 5 Tyro Stakes of 25 sous. each. Mr. Stevenson's br. c. Voltaire Mr. Riddell's Zodiac Sir E. Dodsworth's b. by St. Patrick Mr. Golden's cli. f. by Whisker Mr. Attwood's br. f. Panope Mr. Kay's b. c. by Whisker the c t ion ground, pre se n i n t e"l./ Mr. Riddell's hr. f. Baroness walked over for the Gos. forth Stakes. There there were o d n isti ve r ‘ e v was very scarcely little any personscom pan y o f I ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. --A grand dress fete for the benefit of the Spanish :Refugees, took place last night in these gardens. The entertainments (oolong which was the battle of Waterloo), went off with eclat. An immense number of fashionables were present ; and among them the Dukes of SIISSfiX and WELLINGTON. In the list of singers were the names of Madame l'AsT a, Mademois:lies SoNTAc. and BRAMBILLA. The prdens throughout were splendidly illuuzioated.