The Sun. — London, England, 1828-07-30 00:00:00

THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS. THE SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE CAUSE OF TUE INCREASE IN TILE NUMBER BF COM- 7.IITMENTS AND CONVICTIONS IN LONDON AND mnernx- SEX, AND INTO THE STATE SF THE 'POLICE OF THE ME.- TROPOLIS, AND OF THE DIMICTS AnJonwic THERETO. (CONTINUED FEO`.l OUR PAPER OF YESTE.RDAY.) NEGOCIATIONS CARRIED ON BY MENTES' ATTORNEYS. These negotiations have also been freqoently car ried on by Solicitors (few, it is.said, in number) of that class whose practice lies chiefly in the defence of culprits, and commonly denominated " Thieves' Attorneys." Of these, your Committee believes some are respectable, and it should seem that they ought to be deterred from such proceedings by fear. of censure from the Courts to which they belong.— The julisdiction, however, of the superior Courts over these their officers, has been considered princi pally applicable to malversations in practice, which . do not amount to a substantive crime cognizable by general law. If complaint were made to the Judges that an attorney had lent himself to the compound ing of a felony, or to the regaining of stolen goods for a reward, it i 3 probable they would not take upon themselves to decide on such an accusation of a dis tinct felony, but would justly hold it necessary that a prosecution should be instituted, and on the result of that " striking off the Rolls" might follow. At torneys, therefore, can only be arraigned for this offence through the same difficult medium of detec tion and proof as that by which any other person may be made amenable; and though your Commit tee rimy regret, that those who have such frequent opportunities of promoting these compromises are not more effectually mestrained, they have no spe cific provision to suggest. WARRANTS IN CASES OF FELONY AND SEARCH WARRANTS. Your Committee have had submitted to them suggestions for alterations in some existing sta tutes, that at first view seem likely to afford bene ficial.changes, and to be worthy of the attention of those on whom the preparation of a new Police law may devolve. _ _ Yet as many more or less invade the principle upon which legislation is constitutionally conducted, it would be imprudent to notice any, of which your Committee do not entertain such an opinion ;s would justify the recommendation; for their _ adoption. Mr. Dyer, an experienced Magistrate of the Public Office, at Bow-street, has noticed the great incon venience which is produced by the necessity that exists of furnishing the Magistrate with a written information in cases in which a summary jurisdic tion is given to him. He states, " that the techni cal accuracy required in an information before a Justice, such, that the most extensive practice and longest experience in the profession, are not sufficient in drawing up, to insure ultimate success and certainty, not to escape objections being taken to the manner of setting out thet offence m this mode of proceeding; there is besides, additional de lay created by it. In order to avoid these difficul ties, and to render the punishment of offenees more easy and summary, the proceeding by summons, should, he thinks, supersede the necessity of com mencing proceedings by a written information, which amounts to an absolute denial of justice to the poorer or busy classes, and summary jurisdiction becomes in fact dilatory, and frequently nugatory. Another impediment to the administration of jus ti!'e has been represented to arise from the delay oc ev;oned by the necessity of having the warrants i.ssued, in cases of felony, " backed" by Local Ma gi,trates ; for while a constable who is sent, under the warrant of a Justice, to apprehend an offender, !s waiting to have the warrant " backed," it is ob wioa; that the culprit may escape; and with regard to qeareb warrants, still greater impediments are in terpwed, for, no power being given to Magistrates to give effect by indorsement to those issued out of their jurisdictions, no steps can take place in " search stolen property until proceedings have been re newed before the Magistrate within whose jurisdic tion are situate the premises to be searched. Under , uch legal impediments, little prospect of success can attend a process so dilatory and so useless, with re ference to any protection that the party suspected ought to derive." The remedy, therefore, recom mended by Mr. Dyer, is, that in a case where the charge is for felony, the warrant issued against the Person should run into all counties and over all ju ii„!;ctions, without being backed by the Local Ma aistrate t and that, in the ease of a search warrant, the Local Magistrate should have the power to back, and to auttrwize the execution of the original warrant. But your Committee do not see any reason for Making any distinction between the cases, and re commend that in future, warrants whether to appre hend the person, or to search the premises, shall be executed in all parts of the kingdom, under the au thority of the Magistrate from whom it originally issues, who alone can and ought to be responsible for the legality of the proceedings. (TO BE CONTINUED.) It. Meeting of the New Catholic Association svae held on Saturday last at Dublin, 013 am; DILLON Esq. in the Chair, at which Mr. O'CONNFLL congratulated the Meeting on the Act, which he styled the " Algerine Act," for suppressing the Old Catholic Association, having expire/I. A Mr. Ttotaanws also, a Protestant Banker, ad! dressed the Meeting, in strong term., inveighing against its illegality. lie was promptly and forcibly replied to by is O'CONNELL, who stated, among other rants, that when the Old Cath9lie Association was created, 18 frith counties , s -ere in arms—now, they were all tranquil. The Jiid,7es of Assize will allAv4 in this city to-morrow, about IVO o'clock, aad attend piyipe Sgrvice at the Cathedral the came afternoon. The business will continence on the follmeing morning, at nine, in the Nisi prjus Court, an d at eleven in the Crown Bee. '1 calendar is unusually light, :here being only twenty pri soners for trial. It is expected at the causes at Nisi Prius w ill no t be ;,.ery numerOmm-gseter Alfred of Thursday. It has been suggested that the whole site of buildings of the British Museum might be advantageously disposed of to the founders of the intended New College, and a new range of buildings erected for tile Museum, in a siitnation better adapted than the preeent for woos Af taste and leisure. T A pciliTE has taken from the As6ignees of, Ctia-ustEto; and SON the King's Theatre for the ensuing i,eason. Contracts were signed between the parties on - monday eveo : o , The annual rent is thirteen thousand pounds, which is an advance of five thousand upon the.' jam paid for the yea.; about to expire. • The Assignees of pv,t the Opera-Bonne in solid and substantial repair ; and the:Chart of Chancery have tie signed t o the m , from the assets in their posession, seven thousand pounds towards defraying the expoke l.tt as ?his sum may ultimately lie fossnd inadeq uate to the repairs ' O.APORTE has agreed to give them t 4 profits of one night's performance in the m o nths of May or LA PORTE is alone the adventurer in this hold speculation. A Poor man from Cloniiiej has been SO ,(41 . ;'' tunate as to discover his son, who was b the employment of a sweep name HARVEY, in this city, four 'years and a half. The boy was brought before the Magistrates this day, when he immediately reeo gu i, te d 4i s father, and was restored to the embraces of his parent,—The :weep did not appear.— cork Chroniele. of cigars 'which i s 'low con - The quantity Fumed is truly s urprising. One day last week we saw, in the shop of Messr:4. Palter and CH•nftsrtnn, at the cor ner of Castle-street, a huge box, containing not less than 180,000 cigars, which those gentlemen had imported direct trom the H a vannah.—Lire r p ool A foot-race between a Welshman and Cheshireman was run at Chester in the early part of the', week, in which the former was beaten hollow, a lth oug h backed at odds by his countrymen, The losses sio4i„i by one clodpole so preyed upon him, that, not being able to drown his chagrin in copious draug hts of "rwrte dos " he drowned himself the following afte rnoon, by throwing, himself over the battlements of the Dee brid g e into the raging flood, and was never seen afterwards, nor has the body been yet found, although a reward is offered by his friends for its recovery. Another man drowned bilwelf Above the bridge this afternoon. LITERATURE. SPECIMENS OF ENGLISH POETRY, FROM CHAUCER TO THE PRESENT DAY.-:—LoN DON, 828. To those who -desire to have a pleasant su , perficial acquaintance with English poetry, from the very earliest . we recombehd the present 'little corpulent duo decimo. . Though fat it is intelligent. " The fellow knows well what his wits are about, Albeit he is wondrously stunted and stout." The specimens given of our elder Bards evince in particular much critical sagacity, combined with research and diligence ; ,we think, however, that the Editor in his selections from Pope and Dryden, should have indulged us with the Theo dore and Honoria, or the Absalom and Achito phel of the one, and the conclusion to the Dun-. ciad of.the other ; the last especially is one of the sublimest and most comprehensive passages in all Pope, and as a piece of music fitted to flow arandly and sonorously from the lips of a good°declaimer; is inimitable. AmOng the minor poets cotemporary with Shakspeare, we have the following cursory sketch of Dr. Cor bet, Bishop of Norwich, accompanied with the same extract which Percy has given in his fasci nating and instructive " Relics.' A versifying Bishop is a curious phcenomenon in humanity, and must sadly Perplex a naturalist ; with the single exception of 1)r. Heber's, we never yet heard of any episcopal poetry worth mentioning; Porteus to be sure wrote a blank-verse Homily upon Death, but, like its subject, it has long since gone the way of all flesh ; Percy, too, edited and contributed to the " Relics of An cient English Poetry," but when some time afterwards he became a Bishop, he thought fit to apologize indirectly for the romance of his unbeneficed youth. - How absurd ! the Editor of the " Relics" yet lives ; the Bishop of Dro more is forgotten. But to our extract : RICHARD CORERT.-.--11ORN 1582-DIED 1635. This jovial and facetious prelate, wko might have sat for the yortrait of the Clerk of Copmanhurst, was a native of Ewell, in Surrey. his talents were of the kind which, in certain circumstances, promote a man's interest inde pendently of principles, or the strict decencies of the sacred office. Fro - in being made one of the chaplains of James I. he was successively promoted to the desitery of Christ Church and the bishoprics of Oxford and Norwich. His poems strongly indicate great constitutional gaiety, and a flow of high animal spirits not devoid of a certain warmth and heartiness, which almost resembles the careless ebul lition of genius. Whatever were the failings of this con vivial prelate, he was no hypocrite. After he % was in orders, and indeed doctor of divinity, it is related, that a ballad-singer, at Abingdon, came into the house where he was, complaining that nobody would buy his wares. Cot , bet stripped off his gown, assumed the ballad-singer's leathern jacket, went into the street, and soon drew around him a circle of liberal admirers. When he wished "to make a night of it," he used to shut himself up in his well-filled cellars with his jolly chaplain, first throw off his gown, ex claiming, " There goes the doctor !" and next his episco pal hood, " and there the bishop !" It is not to be ex pected that the Bishop of Norwich was very eminent as a divine. Why not ? A Divine's addiction to " well-filled cellars" is surely no impeachment of his ortho doxy. It rather improves it, we conceive. Dr. Warton, of Oxonian notoriety, was a first-rate polemic, yet he was also a devout tippler, and, to use the language of Farquhar's Boniface, " dined On his ale, supped on his ale, and slept on his ale." Walter de Mapes too, as good a churchman as ever existed, acknowledged an amiable weak ness in favour of a social glass. Hear the fine old gentleman on the subject : est propositurn in tahernit wori ; Vin►un sit appositum morientis ori, Ut dicant, cum venerint, angelorum ehori ; Dens sit propitius huic potatori. I devise to end my days all in a tavern drinking ; 'lay some good Christian hold for me the glass when am shrinking, That the Seraphim may cry when they see me sinking, Cod be merciful to a soul of this gentleman's way of thinking ; _ It is recorded of Blackstone, that when he ' wrote his " Commentaries," in order to improve their quality, he indulged from time to time during composition, in copious potations of port wine. Were our modern churchmen to do the same, they would, we think, be the gainers. The great Dr. PhiUpotts, above all, should never sit down to abuse the Catholic religion without at least refreshing and dulcifying his in tellect with a proportionate modicum of wine. At present he is remarkably abstemious that way, which may be one reason why his works are so dry. With the exception of this curious sketch of Bislov Corbet, who looks singularly out of place in the present volume—thrust in with truly comic effect between Ben Johnson's " Masque of Beauty" on one side, and Shak spore s voluptuous " Lucretia" on the other— there is little or nothing worthy of further notice in these " Specimens." They are, as we said before, intelligent ; and what is better still, give a very fair characteristic idea of the writers ' whose choice morceaus they extract. The " Ad , dress to a Wild Deer," more especially, is the best possible sample of Professor Wilson's genius : it is rich, careless, flowing : full of strong mus pular lies, p r ojipg fancy, and varied versi fication. CfftEAT FLooD At CHESTER.—IIi this city, yesterday (Monday) the people were obliged to take shelter in the rows (a species of piazza peculiar to Chester) : aptl some ids of the violence of the rain and hail may be formed from the fact that an impetuous torrent of water, almost sufficient to float a boat; cowed from the High Cross through the East-gate. The river rose to an gnu. spat height, and two of the boats of the Chester Yacht Club broke from their moorings above the bridge, and sustained considerable da!pap. Even our ancient ramparts themselves, that resisted the repeated assaults of the ritans, have been forced to yield to ‘c the pelting of the pitiltv storm." About 15 or 16 yards of that part near the Pbomix Tower (fFsm the summit of which King CHARTS* witnessed the defeat qf his irmy on pc) w ton-, ;nom) gave way with a ttemendons crash yesterday after noon, the Pinylation being quite undermined by the effects of the heavy rains. 41 Sealand, lower down the river, wlwre Wrpsa, the fAimpany's mint, resides, the water has ' , Lien 0 a considerable height in 134 hoose,se.. veral inches higher than the great good in 1794, the greatest in the memory of man in this part of the king dom. The accounts of the crops from all parts of the Pountry are most distressing ; and if the wet weather con t.9c4 trek or 10 days longer, the wheat will be irreco verably . gon e . A'iyo large FOrE9;Speame up this day as far as bridge. They wer e chhsed by a iniqti,l44o of !mats a..ai men, armed with various missiles, but without ; they made good their retreat again at the tt 4 our 3 retlux or the tide. - The accounts from Wrexham and the neighbouring Fgt., fif the principalitymast til'ifrou Wales gh t that te town, disastrous. A little brook h and thins into the Dee, suddenly rose to a height unpreee : dented in the W olory of the oldest inhabitant, and washed down several honey, and completely inundated tee low parts of the town. In some instance's breaches were made in the roots of the houses to rescue the inmates from perish in. A great portion of rciob's Mills, on the same stream, was washed away, and the bridge !qui two neighbouring cottages were totally destroyed. One of the Q'westry coaches had but just arced over the bridge :and anothe r p was within twenty yards of • it, both heavily laden, when it gave way, Several other bridges were also parried away and among the rest Leeswood-bridge, in Flintshire, over which the }ley. Mr. Cr.oucir of Mold, and his lady, passed scarcely five iniauteS before in their carriage. A clock, a bed, and Qtiwr articles of household furniture, were seen yesterday floating down the Alwyn, an inconsiderable stream that flows through part of Fliptsliire and Donbigh shire, and also the dead body of a man,. who proves Co be poor collier, who lost his life in endeavouring to save some Of his little effects. The details Of the dauine done here would till a whole newspaper. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated July 28.) BUCHAREST, JULY 6.—The head-quarters of the Emperor were still at Karassou on the 3d. How ever, at that time, a part of the troops and General Rutliaer were o n t h e i r marc h t o Y a r ns , whi c h i s i n a bad condition, and cannot make any 'serious resist ance when a squadron of ships of War shall appear before it. Several Pulks of Cossacks scour the country between Sehountla and Silistria, and do much injury to the Turks, whose communications they intercept. _ • It. is ,said that a Tartar, despatched by Hussein Paeha,--who commandsin Scholunla, with despatches for the Pacha of Widdin, has been stopped by some Cossacks and brought to the head-quarters; and that his despatches must be of great importance, because Count Diebitsk, the Quarter-master General, had been engaged several hours with the Emperor, and that afterwards malty' couriers had been sent to the different corps of the army. It was supposed that Hussein Pacha had sent to the Pacha of Widdin in structions for his conduct, and communications re specting Servia; for the division of Infantry under the command of General Kortchakoff, .which was appointed to observe in Little Wallachia the Turkish camp at Calafat, have received considerable reinforce ments, and was to advance immediately into Servia, where the Turks summoned the troops from Bosnia to join then], and intended to collect a great force upon the Morava. The Serviatis are said to have protested against the entrance of the troops from Bosnia, and threaten to revolt in a mass, if the treaties were to be vio lated. It seems, however, that the TurksVay . little attention to the remonstrances of the Servians, and that the latter will be obliged to bavO recourse to arms for the defence of their, rights. It Is ,probable that the Russians have orders to march to the assist, ance of the Servians.--Augsburgh Gazette.: PARIS, JULY 27.—The expedition to the 'Mores is decided in principle; but part of the details which have been given are premature. The following are the particulars that we have collected, and which we believe may be depended upon as correct:— The expedition will be commanded, as has been stated, by Lieut.:-Gen. Maison; but there will be no other General Officer of the same rank. Major-General Higonnet and Tiburce Sebastiani, will be employed. —The names of the other Major-Generals are not known. The expedition is composed of eighteen battalions of infantry ; of the regiment of chasseurs on horseback, commanded by Col. Sandons, which was at Barcelona; and of a detachment of artillery. —lt is believed that part of the French garrison at Cadiz will join the expedition. The military and civil officers have orders to be at Toulon on the .sth August. bl. Volland, the Intendant,'-who is char ged with the chief direction of the administration of the corps of the army comprising - the expedition, is still at Paris. (From the Constitutionnel.) . PARIS, JULY 27.—EXPF.DITION TO THE MOREA. —The expedition to the Morea must have 'excited the attention of the public, and given rise to many conjectures. It is plain that this expedition is founded on the Treaty of July 6th, for every thing now doing in Europe is founded on the Treaty. The march of the Russians to Constantinople, our pro ceedings as to the Morea, and the inactivity of Eng land, are all founded on that Treaty. All that we desire to know is who understands it best, and who will extract from it most advantage? Will it be the Russians marching on Constantinople—the French, in sailing to the Morea—or the English in waiting the course of events? The Russians, it is clear, place themselves in a favourable situation for exe cuting this Treaty. If the European Powers were to unite, and throw themselves in the rear of the Russians after they had passed the Balkan, they might experience a. Mos. cow campaign. But for this, Metternich and Wellington must agree. Prussia must be passive, and France must decide, for without her nothing can now be done. The Russians, therefore, by carrying the Treaty into execution ill their own manner, do not run a great risk. There is much to be said pro and con against the French proceeding to the Morea, as there has been on all' great events, and therefore it would he hazardous to pronounce before hand what will be the results. If, however, the demon of temptation should seize the Powers—if the young descendant of Catherine, on arriving at the Bosphorus, should be troubled by that demon, in chewing him the fine places, with the words that formerly troubled the mind of a God--will France then have acted prudently in repairing to the Morea ? To us it appears she would.. When Poland was partitioned, all the Powers were afraid of each other, and they obtained con fidence at the expence of the weakest. They di vided. the object in dispute. It would now be better, perhaps, for the Powers, instead of fight ing against Russia, to take Bosnia, Servia, Albania, the Morea, and the islands of the Archipelago, leav ing Russia, Moldavia, Wallachia, Bulgaria, Thrace, and Constantinople ; and if the treaty of July should be executed in this manner, it will not be bad for France to be in the Morea. She will, at least, se cure to herself a part of the Turkish Empire. It would be better, no doubt, for us to be in Egypt than in Greece. We might, as Leibnitz and Na poleon thought, do something very advantageous there. It would be difficult, however, to do this in conformity with the treaty of the 6th of July; and till some Power sets us a bad example, it would be dangerous for us to set one. Russia, it is true, is marching on Constantinople ' • but it is not the time for us to proceed straight to Egypt, as we did whop we ruled over the Continent, and when a hero led 40,000 troops, and embarked op board a fleet of 400 sail. We must therefore go to the Morea, in order to observe times and circumstances, and remain faith fill to the treaty of July 6, Sunday evening the inhabitants in the neigh bourhood of St. Martin's Church were thrown into great confusion, in consequence of a house in Moore-lane having fallen down, At first it was reported that two young men were buried in the ruins, but we are happy to state that all the inmates escaped without any great injury. It is said that the house was built on the spot where GEORGE BAnNwEt.t. ha 4 beep hanged. AQUATIC EXCURSloN.—Yesterday that hos= pitahle Company, the Merchant Tailors, entertained a mot numerous company of ladies and gentlemen with an witottip , *ettraipn tq Richmond, The party, although not very numerous, but select, started from Blackfriars Bridge at half-past eleven, in several barges, with colours dis playing to whom they belonged, as well as all those of the rainbow. The band of tke Grenadier Guards acorn.- Mied the party, who came from Windsor for the pur ppse. The company returned at dusk, and notwithstand ing the unpropitiousness of the weather, with gladdened hearts and high spirits, elicited through the gratifying treat above mentioned. THE HURRICANE.—The violent effects. a the tempest ; alluded to in our het, we now find to con siderahiy exceed the statement there made, and the devas tation raged through a more extensive circuit than we at first imagined. It appears to have commenced near Falk ingham, where it violently twisted the branches from se veral trees, and beat down the underwood. In the 11 1 1 ,1 "' parish it turnpd a heavy waggon over three times. A t ilr€l,kitlghant and Sv, , atim, great numbers of 'trees were blown IQ the ground, and, in fact, the line of country through which it passed, bears dreadful proof of its de structive power, presenting literally a scene of ruin. In the woods near Ilotncastle, we have the best authority for declaring that the account given last week, fell infinitely bhort of the truth. Were we indeed to insert all the facts of the case, some of our distant readers might be led to suppose we were attempting to impose on their credulity, but we are bound to state the actual and undeniable ncGur rfneas; vquelied as they are by men of respectability, and attested as they C,.3 be by hundreds of witnesses—nay, even by the scene itself.• The terrific whirlwind made a complete road through Tumby and Fuisby woods, which nearly adjoin, anti the roads extended four miles in length, and from 50 to 100 to 150 yards wide. One of the woodkeepers actually states that more than five thousand trees, nearly all of them oak, hav e been blown down, many of them containing from 40 to 60 f ee t of timber. —Boston Gazette, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1828. The Russian squadron of four ships' of the line and three frigates, under the command of Rear-Admiral RlconD, passed Dover yester day morning from the eastward down channel. The Admiral's ship unfortunately struck on the Varne 'Sand, and laid there about two hours. Had there been any wind the ship would have received great injury ; but the sea was quite calm, anti the tide flowing, so that the ship got off about ten o'clock, and proceeded with the rest of the squadron to the westward. The French Papers last received contain no intelligence of any interest from the Russian armies, but we may be in hourly expectation of hearing something very decisive from that quarter. The Division under General RUDIGER was on its march to Varna—an important sea.; port to which a Russian squadron was despatched in order to make a combined attack. This harbour forms the key of the coast passage to Constantinople, and its possession becomes, therefore, of prime necessity to the Russians. With respect to the Expedition to the Morea, the French Papers indulge in sundry bitter specu lations ironically reflecting on the Treaty of the 6th July, as being the fbundation, real or affected, of all the great events now taking place in Europe. Whatever may be the consequences result ing from this Expedition to France, we feel assured that England will have good cause for regret. The present policy of this country cannot be re conciled to any standard of expediency that we are acquainted with, unless, indeed, it be that of retaining office merely for its patronage. Our Ministers are amused by the pacific assurances of the Russian EMPEROR, at the same moment that he is marching at the head of conquering armies, whose numerical force exceeds half a million of men. It will, no doubt, be very consolatory to the people of this country to be informed in a few morths that our Ministers have been grossly deceived by the hollow promises of NICHOLAS, and that therefore our national honour demands that we should declare . war in order to curb the overgrown prepon detance of Russia, by restoring the balance of power in Europe. That this will be the case in the long run we have no doubt, but that Ministers will find people disposed to join them may fairly be questioned. A prompt and spirited interference at the present moment would save much useless expence hereafter. When Russia has obtained possession ofConstantinople, she will laugh at our threats. The very fact of possession will be urged as an additional reason for her retention of the Capital of the East. The Black Sea is at present next to useless to Russia, while the Turks command the only outlet there is to the Mediterranean ; and Russia in her declaration of war, plainly as serts that she will take sufficient care not only to have indemnity for the past but se curity for the future. How is this last to be ob tained ? certainly not by promises, or assurances, which are only binding during the pleasure or in terest of tilt' party commanding the passage, butby actual possession. Having once obtained this, will Russia yield it up at the remonstrance of England ? Certainly not. The Emperor NICHOLAS will invite France to take any part f the Morea, or even Egypt, if more desirable, much in th e same way t h at h e i s sa id t o h ave in vited Austria to take Servia and Bosnia. And all these invitations he can afford to make with the more grace because they cost him nothing. On the contrary, their acceptance will be of service to him as guaranteeing the quiet possession of his own conquests. When all these untoward circumstances take place, and the chances are a hundred to one, England may speak out, but she will be told that " the mis chief is done and cannot now be helped." So much for the " untoward " simplicity of our carte blanche Administration. Private letters frorri - Paris state that , the loan will take Place during the ,next month ; but it is not known if it will be made in 3 per cents. or 44 percents. M. RoTasclltr,o's journey to Paris is supposed to be connected with this business. Unusual bustle prevails at the office of the French Minister of War, to get ready with all de spatch the Expedition to the Mot ea. All the clerks are ordered to attend the office by seven o'clock in the morning. Twelve thousand men are to sail in the first expedition, and four thousand more are to follow so soon as they can be equipped. It is positively stated that this armament sails with the consent of England. This' we doubt ; but the French will go whether or not. It appears that Don MIGuEL's plan of usur pation had been well matured before he took any open steps of treason. He had an eye to the Colonies as well as Portugal, and had dis patched a frigate, with a new Governor, for Madeira, as well as the Azores. This, however, was not allowed to land her new Governor at Madeira, for she was received with double shotted guns instead of a welcome salute. The old Governor VALDEZ is a true Constitutionalist, warmly devoted to Don PEDRO. The frigate, on being refused admission to the harbour, pro ceeded for the Azores. But after her depar ture, it appears that the Bishop of MADEIRA, .With the aid, of the Priests, denounced the Con.• Stitutiomalists as heretics, and organised an insur rectionary force amounting to 600 men. Governor VALDEZ, however, collected about 200 regular troops with which he proceeded against the rebels. An attack ensued in which the rebels were compelled to fly with the (reported) loss of nine killed, .thirteen wounded, and eleven taken prisoners. The Priests who led on this force effected their escape. From all we have lately seen of the conduct of Catholic Priests abroad,, we think that the impression made upon Protes tants at home is any thing but favourable to Catholic Emancipation. But it would be Un just to argue that because people misconduct themselves • abroad, justice should be with held from those of the same religious persuasion at home. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Juix 29.—Wind N.E.—The rear of the Russian squadron was in sight, otf the South Fore land, at half-past seven, since which, the wind hav ing fleshed from N.W., they have proceeded. Ar rived the Harriet, Lowry, from Gallipoli; Hibernia, Rogers, from Jamaica; Ann, , from the South Seas; and Tartar, , from St. Thomas's. FALMOUTH, JULY 28.--Wind N.--&-Arrived the Creole, Galway, from Pernambuco; and Hawk, Radcliff, from Buenos Ayres. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 29. —Wind N.W.—Arrived the Lady Delaval, Gibson, from Dautzie. • BRISTOL, JULY 29.—Arrived the William, Wea therhead, from Honduras ; Leader, Slow, from Leg horn ; and Friendship, Morrison, from Cadiz-. SHIELDS, JuLY 27,.-=Arrived the Magner, Daw son, from Miramichi ; and Cato, Brown, from Dantzic. HULL, JULY 27.—Arrived the Economy, Ker lick, from Archangel ; Mary, Frost, from St. Pe tersburg!! ; and Samuel, Barnett, and Chinon, Muir, from Pictou. COWES, JULY 28.—Arrived the Nile, ()bear, from Havannah. DARTMOUTH, JULY 27.—Arrived the Olive Branch, Anderson, from the Cape of Good Hope; James Laing, Sughrue, from Jamaica ; and Har riet, Stevens, from Bahia. The Princess Charlotte, Talbert, has arrived off Hastings, from Madras, - sailed the 14th March, and St. Helena May 31. The William and Alfred, from Antigua, and the Heroine, Dalrymple, from St. Domingo, are sup posed to be arrived off Plymouth. The Minstrel, from Buenos Ayres, is supposed to be arrived at Liverpool. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, T►viirs o'Ciocr. Consols opened this morning at 86i 7, soon after which they were buyers at 87, at which price they now remain steady, with little or no business doing, and every thing appears dull in the City for want of information. In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain has been effected as yet; to-morrow being settling day they are busy in , arranging their accounts ; the prices are nominal. Three per Cent. Consols, 86j- 7; Ditto, for tke 28th Aug., 86i '7; Three per Cent. Reduced, 87j 4 ; Three and a-half per Cent. Reduced, 951 ; Four per Cent. 10111; Ditto, 1826, 1051 1 ; Long Annuities, 19 15-16 20; India Stock 2421 31; Bank Steck, 212 13; India Bonds, I 1 1 12 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 72 3 pm. Fotuncti.—Braitilian, 62 4 ; Buenos Ayres, 43 4 ; Ckilian, 26 7; Colombian, 24; Danish, 6112 ; French, Five per Cent. 1051 6k ; Three per Cent. 721 3 ; Greek, 17 18 ; M e xi ca n, 39i 40 ; Peruvian, 24 ; Portuguese, 54 1: Russian, 941 1; Spanish, 101 11. AllNkti.-Anglo" Mexican, 671 5 die. ; Brazilian, 48 50 pro. ; Real del Monte, 90 70 die. ; United Mexican, 18 17 &is. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols have remained, during the whole of the morning, at 87, alternately buyer* and sellers, at which price they may be quoted at present, without any speculation of importance. • THREE 0' CL 0 CX. Consols for Account, 87i, with a firm market. The Duchess of KENT honoured the perform ance of the Opera of " Otello," at the Italian Opera-house, yesterday evening, with her presence. The Duke of SUSSEX gave a grand dinner to a select party on Saturday, at his apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQuER entertained a select party to dinner, on Monday, at hit' residence in Downing-street. Mr. HERMES gave a grand dinner on Satur day, at his residence in Great George-street, to a n umerous party. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office, front Sir L. Cots, the Governor of the Mauritius. The Duke of WELLINGTON entertained a select party to dinner, on Sunday, at ApsleY-linuse, Piccadilly. In obedience to orders received last evening, three companies of the 4th or King's Own Regiment, un der the command of Captain HovEmit:ti, m arc h e d t hi s morning, at six o'clock, for Glasgow, on their route to Ireland.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. Ll VEILPOOL, JULY 28.----We have had an abundant supply of all kinds of meat, which was in good prices in some d egree h ave g i ven w ay a d em and, yet the little : Beef 5: 1 ,-d. to Gd. Mutton Gd. to 61d. Lamb rid, DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. YRICES Or STOCKS THIS Bank Stock ....... '2131 3 per Cent. Red. 873 i WA 3 per Cent. Cons 87 (;% 1 3 per Cent. 96 Ditto Red. 9574 S 4 per. Cent New Ditto, 1926 105 %14 flank I. And....... 20 19 15-16 India Stock Ditto Bond+ lll 112-pni.l South Sea Stock — Old' Annuities — New Ditto — Ex. Bills, .£1,1300 2d. '72 13 pm Ditto 5OO 2d. '7l :3 pm. Ditto Small ...... 2.1. '72 '73 pm. Ditto Commercial pm., Bank for Account India for Account — Cons. for Ac. ..... ....... 87 6%,,, 7 i PRICKs OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON X O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent i Neapolitan, int Brazilian Bonds 62 1 ,; 1. 1 , 1 Peruvian ilonds "4 334 Buenos Ayres Bonds —l Portuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds, 0 pet ct. ... ' Prussian, 5 per cent — Colombian Bonds — i Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824., . :‘ ' • ' Russian, New * 94% Danish 3 per cent. 61% 2 Spanish, 1221 10%% Greek Bonds Ditto, ' .tip, ....... Guatunaki • - ' , i l French Roues, sp. c. —f. —r . Exchange —f —e. Mexican Bonds — 3 net cent. —t. —c. Do. 1 t 12.5 - 39% -...--- Eichange —f. —e. num or SHAWLS THI 1$ DAY AT ONX O'CLOCK. Paid. .;' ? lPer Share. !. pm.) £95 . ', . 27% £290 . 215 I. pm.) £2O 13 '74 320 40 30 !. pm.) 38 . 20 19% Anglo Mex, Min. Co. (iss. at 5i Bolanos Mining Co. Brazinal Imp. Min. Co. (isp. at 54 Tlalpuxahua Mining Co United Mex. Min. Co. (iv. at 21 MA: Arrived. Due. O America.— 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 O France 1 Gottenburgh 0 O Guernsey & Jersey Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh ...... 0 O Holland 0 U Jamaica . . U Leeward Islands 0 Lisbon 0 O Malta O Mexico • . 0 1 Waterrind ....... mon WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 7 minutes after 5. Evening minutes after 5. t o tu , ,g:/-,,_:- , . iribr - 1 ,,,, . _,1.,, —,,.A.-e... › 5......DU8L1N, JULY 26. TRICKS 01 IRISH STOCI dank Stock ° s o% Console, 3 percent. Gov. Stock, 319 per cent 93;zi bitto, New $ per Cent. lOl Coy. Deb. 319; per cent 94% Royni Canal Stock - ISratid Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent ... 84% Ballast Often Deb. 4 n. ct. - St. Patrick lnsur. (per sil.) -- Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto .. Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland • — Commr rcial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCIIJ Amsterdam C.F.12 3 Ditto, at sight 12 14 Rotterdam eU. 12 3 Antwerp 1. 3+ Hamburgh 11. B. 1S •14 Altona 13 14 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 65 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1511 Petersburg'', ride... 3 Us. 10 (I Vienna, ellbetive fl. 2M. 10 3 Trieste do. Madrid 'l6 Cadiz 36% Bilboa Barcelona *15% Seville 15% Gibraltar 4G Leghorn Genoa 48% 25 40 Venice • Malta Naples 991= Palermo per oz. 118 Lisbon 454i Oporto 45?4 Rio Janeiro • 3O Bahia - 34 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork BULLION, PER OZ. - ' S. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0, Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 gi Silver. bare. standard 0 0 0 LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. COURT OF CHANCERY. THE KING V. MOORE AND OTHERS. Immediately upon his LORDSHIP taking his seat the Court proceeded with this case, which it will bi recollected was an application to quash the writs Habeast,Corpus which had been obtained; ,when w 4, were under the necessity of leaving, the. Counsel the part of the applicant was addressing the C o urt, and the case appeared very likely to occupy al whole day. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His HONOUR came - itito Court this morningat tee o'clock, and disposed of a few motions of course , All the leading Counsel being engaged before the Lord . Chanceller, his Honour could fuiti no businto to proceed with, and, after waiting patiently for sortie time, he retired to his private room. eHe subs quently returned to the Court, tmd . prOceeded cause petitions, THE MARKETS--(THIS CORN EXCHANGE. • The supplies of Grain thhi isieek . are MOderate, and Flour the quantity is fair. The Vveather" being more I. vnurable than of late, Ole buyers of all inits'of Grain lu sitate to make purchase* to-day, and the prices of eve article remain unaltered (loin Monday.' . The Flour tre' remains as last reported. AltßivALs. English IriEh Foreign Wheat. 4,100 qrs. Barlei. ' I Flour. qrs. :1;750 qrs. 4,500 sack.° . 3,800 100 ...11.11. . CANTERBURY, July 26. Ws had a very liberal supply, and our - finest samples O f White Wheat obtained 701., and Red 635., but our milled did not feel disposed to become eager purchasers, only V the extent of meeting their orders for Flour. which have been very large. ' The report this day is, that the Whea t has not sustained the injury, that was anticipated by th e , late rains, and our farmers have very generally commence' harvest for Wheat, Barley, Pease, and Oats. Of the Ist' ter article, we had a sample of new at market this day , but much stained by the rain. 'Barley is a little dearct , but Beans and Oats are without alteration. Wheat, whits.— ..... 639. to 70s. ---- red 565. to 655. Barley.... ..... 1 --S. 10 --.3. Oats Beaus • '32s.' to 40s. Pease 4os. to 425. - '3'4. to 365. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Mr. Arnold deserves great praise from the loseri of genuine harmony for his late spirited attempts to *raft a taste for foreign music on an English air dience. It is to his nice discernment that we owe " Der Freischutz," The - •Freebooters," an d the present " Tit for - Tat, or the . lables Turned ;" an opera founded on Mozart's'Cosi fan tulle," the ma' sic' of which has fortunately been little, if at all' altered by Mr. Hawes, on whom the adaptation and superintendence of the piece devolved. The origi; nal, though it has not, we believe,' been performe d at the King's Theatre for some years, can scared' be forgotten, the music certainly not : the plot, hcor ever, which is of minor consideration, it may per haps be as well to re p ea t. D on Alph oriso (M r . /I' Phillips) ; a testy waspish old bachelor—not u nlike Congreve's Heartley—being perpetually annoyd by the self-congratulations of his two 'young military friends Ferrando (Mr. Wood), and Guglielmo Thorne), who are on the eve of marriage with co l sisters Fiordiligi (Mi ss B etts ),- an d D ora b e ll a (0 95 . Cawse), proposes to them the following bet; namely that they sh a ll b ot h p reten d t h e y are so“; denly ordered off to their respective regiment" take an affectionate leave of their mistresses; retort: l immediately, disguised as Venetian cavaliers; an then, in this garb, attempt to lead astray th e plighted faith of the ladies. The bet •is at ones, agreed to; the lovers, with the assistance ° Vespina (Madame Feron) a lively waiting-mai l ' gain admittance into the sisters' house; but find* after various manoeuvres —one of which is an afe:; tation of taking poison—that they cannot; 9 10 "' d their constancy, discover the whole stratagem, a n n by ' A c i re u l o a e n t d d s . o b T e w d h h i b s o y p r l t e o h l t t e : reluctantly n d :t v e l confesses dfsee.sesanel,srnalmost himself e P ' 0 1 : 11- ; ill is meagre, and wants variety ; it is in fact but a w e ' d ° vehicle for the music, which is in Mozart's best an most varied style. From first to last, the melodies are constantly changing, yet are every where expre v i sive arid characteristic. Pathos, humour, L atina' vivacity are 'poured forth with inexhaustible pro fusion; fnsion; yet each expression possesses its individuality, distinct and apart from the other. w know of no composer who throws so much s°ll . even into his liveliest melodies as Mozart. Rossn perhaps, has more animal spirits, more elasticity, but he is perpetually repeating himself; whereas Mozart' like Shakspeare, (wham he resembles in his deer varied. sensibility and rich fertility of invention), ever shifting the style and quality of his genii s ' It really seems to us—when we listen to one' of his operas—that he could go on come ing through fifty Acts with the . same creativ e facility as through five. His Cosi fart O tt particularly bears out this impression. Its repre sentation however last night, under the disguise ° Tit for Tat, though good on the whole, was n ° worthy of its reputation. Messrs. Wood and Thorn did riot appear to know what they were about, a° the ladies, though their voices told admirably i some of the spirited choruses in which the Orr, abounds, failed almost invariably in the solos. Ths we attribute in some degree to the language) which the different airs were sung. The Engli' dialect, on such occasions, is a truly refract(/' one, and refuses to be . harnessed to the lig l airy music of Mozart. It is like harnessing a rat horse to a Tandem. Mr. H. PhilliFs, as Don A phonso, forms an exception to our general but I luctant and impartial censure of the performed What little lie had to do was done with great arC ness.and spirit, and kept pace with his acting, whi r 'was that of a man who felt and appreciated his par The encores in the first act were numerous, thoul towards the close of the piece (which is too loai a sensation of lassitude was very perceptible amp' the audience. And here we cannot help remonstr o ing with the gentleman who manufactured the di s i logue and songs, on his very great presumption, supposing.that lie is capable of stringing two deee lines together. A greater tissue of common-place i we might almost add—vulgarity, it was never Y, 4 our misfortune to hear. He should really resign P o office to the Bellman. The House was crowded all parts. The Opera was highly successful. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. SLAVE POPULATION. Return of the Amount of the Slave Population in eat: l) ,i his Majesty's Colonies, distinguishing the Sexes; received a: the Office of the Registrar of Colonial Sls' since the 9th of May, 1826. Years. Males. I Females. 'l'o o % Barhadoes 1826 36,995 43,556 81 :41 Bahamas 1825 5,549 5,292 1 0, `_of lierhice 1825 11 , 423 10,041 21,741 Bermuda 1827 2,208 2,400 4,v ,69 Demerary 1826 38,758 32,624 71,91 Grenada 1825 12,057 12,840 24/°„3l Ditto • 1826 11,896 12,685 2 41 t;p 1 Jamaica 1826 .162,726 168,393 33 1, '.0 Nevis 1825 4,591 4,695 St. Christopher St. Vincent Tobago Ditto 1827 6,138 6,861 12 4 '',573 '. Trinidad 1825 13,435 11,017 ~'44 ; 16 Virgin Islands 1825 2,505 2,9Bl____ THOMAS AMYOT, Regi9t rar Colonial Registry Office, July 18, 1828. LYT . LARGE ESTATE, CONTIGUOUS TO - CIIE T MINSTER.--The beautiful Seat of Sir C".,, L; .1' 'SCOTT, Bart., is, we perceive, coming to the bl' En ' - t h? The Farm Buildings upon the Property, includingmv Gothic Residence, are said to have cost the wortilY . prietor 10,0001. The Property is very near to W are and the Turnpike-road to Dorchester divides the Fstate' f ,