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THE POLICE or THE METROPOLIS. THE SELECT COMMIT:CEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE CAUSE OF T 1 INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COM- 31ITMENT3 AND CONVICTIONS IN LONDON AND MIDDLE- SEX, AND IXTO THE STATE •F THE FM4CE OF THE ME- TitoroW,, AND Or THE DISTRICTS ADJOINING THERETO. (CONTINUED FROM OUR PIPBE OF THURSDAY.) In 1818, a Committee appointed to inquire into 'the state of the Police of the Metropolis, made the following observations on the Report of its prede cessor in 1812: t " PARISH OFFicEasi—Your Committee refer generally to the Report which was made on this :subject in the year 1812, by a Committee of the House, entitled, " A Report on the Nightly Watch and Police of the Metropolis." The Report enters fully into details of this branch of Police, and sets forth the law, and the practice under the law, of the parishes of the metropolis. Notwithstanding various changes were suggested by the Committee, none have been effected. The system, such as it was, still remains. Though your Committee may not concur in all the projects which are there set forth, yet it appears to them to be most expedient to make some immediate altera tion in the general r:rode of conducting the inferior department of the, - Police. " There se • etns to be wanting altogether in the western div;ision of the metropolis, an unity of pro ceeding., or that dependence of parts on each other, without which no well constituted and efficient sys tem of Police can be expected." The Police Committee of 18'22, though not dis posed to recommend a fundamental change in the system under which the police of the whole metro polis is adMinistered, and expressing an opinion that the obstruction to public justice and the ma►ntenance of the peace exists practically in a much less degree than m►ght have been apprehended, admits, that the system is open to one obvious objection—that the parts of which it is composed are disunited, and under the control of different and unconnected au thorities: It states that a limited control given to the Police Magistrates over the nightly watch had had very sa lutary effects ; and strongly recommends more fre quent communications between the Police officers and the vestries of the parishes within their respec tive districts, on the subject of the nightly watch generally. Your Committee will now proceed to submit to the consideration of the House some portions of the evidence which has been adduced before them as to the present. state of the Metropolis and its vicinity, in regard to the Local Police. An inhabitant of one of the parishes in the centre of the Metropolis, being himself a parish constable, gives the following evidence as to the state of the watch in his parish : What state is the watch in, in that parish ?.-1 consider the watch to be in a very defective state. lam far from entertaining any national antipathies, but I consider it im proper for the majority of the watch to be all Irish, because I have known instances where there have been squabbles, and the principals in the squabbles have been Irish, who have been permitted to 'go about their business, and no cognizance taken of it. What is the total number of the watch ?—I do not know. What is the reg;ilstion as to age ?-1 do net think there is any specific regulation; weAiave one man between sixty and seventy years of age, and deaf. Who appoints the watch?--They are appointed by the Watch Beard. _ Are there many applications for appointments ?-INlany applications. Do they generally take persons that reside in the parish ? --I think not ; it has been my practice every night, when I have been constable, except when I was ill, to go and superintend the watch till after midnight. Have they watch-boxes in your parish ?—No: How often do the watch go their rounds?—Every half hour. Are the watchmen relieved ?—No. Where do they pass the night between, the periods of going their rounds ?—Partly on the steps of the inhabitants' houses, and under the piazzas, and round the coffee stands; which 'are a very great nuisance ; they are there nearly all night in conversation with the prOstitutes . , and other bad characters, except when disturbed by the anperior officers of the parish. The evidence of Mr. Gregory, an inhabitant of Spitalfields, while it is satisfactory as to the present state of that district, compared with its recent state, and is very creditable to his own exertions, shows how imperfect is the security which the present sys tem affords for the regulation of the local police, and what are the consequences of neglect. tie states that he has himself now the superin tt.ndance of tile watch ; that the number of watch men is twenty-one; that they had the same number before; but now they are better looked after, because the late treasurer was a very old gentleman, and he was blind, and he did not seem to manage the watch at all. The following answers, given by Mr. Gregory, are important, as tending to chew the lamentable state to which an important district of the metro polis may be reduced by neglect, and the advantage (the local advantage at least) of exertions made for the improvement of the Police. Have your occupation and residence enabled you to make any particular observations as to the state of the lower po pulation in Spitalfields ?—lt has ; some years ago the state of the parish was so bad, that there were 120 of the in habitants, sworn in as special constables, put under my di rection ; there were such depredations people could not go along the streets, and the police of the district were not sufficient for the protection of the district ; I consulted with Mr. Beville, the Magistrate at Worship-street, and we used to patrol the streets from dusk until the watch was yet. What is the comparative state of the district of Spital fields now, with reference to what it was at that time?—lt is much better now, because we were the means of .bring ing to justice a great number of very daring offenders ; some were executed, several were transported : one of our special constables, of the name of Reynolds, a very efficient man, resided at the corner of Roper-street, that is the next street to Wentworth-street, which used to be the worst place in the whole metropolis, and from his exertions and perseverance, and my own and many others, we certainly got rid of, I suppose, from twenty to forty, some of whom were transported, and some were hanged. Has the consequence of that been the decrease of crime ? consider that the crimes committed in Spitalfields hove decreased, but there are several old thieves who are about Wentworth-street now, that have been there for a great number of years, aml those fellows are suffered to remain ; Ido not know why they are not brought to justice. I have never, myself, had an opportunity of detecting them in any thing ; one was a very old offender, that I saw rob a gentleman in Bishopsgate-street, and I apprehended him, not at that time, because there was a daring gang with him ; but I knew his face, and he was apprehended and executed for highway robbety. It is your apprehension that these bad characters who reside in Spitalfields, do not commit depredations in Spital fields, on account of the activity of the police in that dis trict, but that they commit depredations in other parts of the metropolis ?—Yes. . The evid ence as t o th e s t a te of the ponce 111 parishes not forming a part of the metropolis, but tmmediately in its vicinity, and totally differing as to their circumstances, the character of their popu lation, and the frequency of crime, from ordinary country parishes, is peculiarly deserving of consi deration. In the parish of Edgeware, it is stated that there are no police men, no regular patrol ; there are watchmen employed during winter, and they are paid by subscription. The number of watchmen is three. Very few of the inhabitants contribute. The watchmen were appointed in consequence of same very daring burglaries in the centre of the town of Edgeware. The"witness who was examined thinks that the whole of the hundred of Gore is much upon a-p ar , as to police, with the town of Edgeware, A witness from Acton gave evidence to the fol lowing effect : That the parish is in good order now. That in consequence of nightly depredations, the inhabitants some time since determined to make an effectual watch if they could ; that the principal in habitants agreed to a voluntary tax to pay the ex pence!, and appointed a Committee to go out alter nately, at different times of the night, to gee that the watchmen did their duty. Since the establishment of the watch, crime has wonderfully decreased; there has been no serious burglary since. Another witness from the same place states, that the watch costs abo u t one hu n d re d a y ea r. That there has been no depredation since its establish ment; that the fund for its support has fallen oft; and they are now reducing the number of watchmen. He adds, that the respectable people who voluntarily go out to assist the police, find it an inconvenient operation. They complain of getting cold ; some have had severe sore throats, and they have declined going out in great measure. This witness states, that the two 'adjoining parishes, where there is not so efficient a watch as there is in Acton, crime is increasing dreadfully. There is scarcely a night without something occur ring; the most audacious burglaries and robberies are committed. A witness resident in Chelsea gave evidence, of which the following is an extract : Do you live at Chelsea ?--Upon the south side of Ken sington Palace, near Brampton. You have an estate in Chelsea parish ?--The Fulham-. road separates the two parishes. Could you give the Committee any • information as to what is the state of the parish with reference to the security of property ; is there much depredation committed ?—The parish has been exposed to a great many petty robberies, such as carrying away linen, gardener's tools, t.nd breaking into houses; there was a house in Brompton broken into about a fortnight ago, and every person is upon their guard as well as they can be. Do they take away lead ?—Yes, where they have an op portunity ; in empty houses they carry away the coppers, and every thing that is moveable. • What you call fixtures ?—Yes. Have you no police in your parish that would be suffi cient to prevent that sort of depredation ?—We have in the adjoining districts ; I find they have watchmen; who collect money from the inhabitants ; some pay 6d. some Is. and so forth ; these people, after they have been in two or three rears, they collect probably Ss. 9s. or 10s. a week, and they cannot make a living out of it. The in habitants find that they get very little service from them, and they do not pursue the course they ought to do to dis charge them. In the district where I live we collect our money quarterly in advance; we have appointed a Com mittee to manage the watch fund so collected, and the watch men are superintended by that Committee. Do you know any thing of the state of the adjoining parishes; if they are in a good state or not ?—Why, the adjoining parish of Chelsea is very much exposed, and, in fact, there is a place which may be known to the Corn mittee, where Mr. Oven's Chapel was (he was Secretary to the Bible Society), going down to Battersea Bridge, by Little Chelsea, a place called Park-place ; last winter there were five or six houses robbed ; there was one of these old men who collected the wages weekly ; the old man told me his wages had once been as high as 255. a week, and now he collects 7s. hut be has not bread, and cannot afford to do his duty. The people have withdrawn their subscrip tions in consequence of the number of robberies; he is un- ' fit for the duty. That is the general state of the parishes around that part ?—Yes. (TO BE CONTINUED.) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (Prom the Gazette de France, dated July 31.) Poßos, JUNE 10.—The following Proclamatien of the President has just been published : 46 GREEK STATE. " The President of Greece—The Government has this moment received the official communication of the declaration of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, whose army is on its march to the Danube. " In communicating this act to the Panhellenion, to the extraordinary Commissioners of the several departments of the Pelopotmesus and of the Archi pelago, and to the Commanders of the Forces by sea and land, we think it proper to accompany it by some precise explanation, which may place every public functionary in the legal circle of his attribu tions, able to instruct the nation respecting its true position, and to put the citizens on their guard • against malicious; erroneous, and deceitful conjec tures,to. which a bad fortune, which has been so long prOtracted, might lead them. " The Declaration of the 26th of April clearly shows the motives and the objects of the war be. tween Russia and the Porte, and that a pacification and the future state of Greece are the objects of the Christian solicitude of his Majesty, the Emperor of Russia; but this pacification, and this future state, are guaranteed to us by Russia as one of the con tracting parties of the Treaty of the 6th of July, under the protection of the three great Powers who signed the Treaty, and not by one separate Power. Penetrated by this convincing truth, let us show it for the immutable principles of our conduct and our exertions, and let us not doubt that peace will have our prayer; and as it has already been heard in Paris, our wants are already known, and his Majesty the Emperor of Russia has the goodness to place at the disposal of the Greek Government a pecuniary aid, which will infallibly furnish it with the means of providing for the more pressing wants of the army, the civil and the other branches of the public service. His succour has, however, been guaran teed to us only on the conditions of making use of it with the greatest economy solely for the defence of the country, to repulse the enemy, and to alleviate the extreme distress of the people, which has been greatly increased by the contagious disorder which the presence of the Turks has brought us, and which threatened us with still greater suf ferings. " We are thoroughly convinced that his Majesty the King of Great Britain, and his Majesty the King of France, will, on their part, grant us succour. Mean time, however, considerable those subsidies may he which will be given us simultaneously by the Powers, the crisis of our atfairs is not the less difficult, and the only means of getting out of it con sist in sliming ourselves worthy, by the ameliora tion of our internal- situation, of the succour which we have received, and of that which we shortly expect. " Encouraged by the first success of our prayers, let us advance with perseverance and integrity towards the object which is pointed out to us by duty, and we shall infallibly attain it, because God is with us, and the high Powers protect us. " In consequence, Gentlemen, you will - acquaint the Citizens who are under your orders with the actual situation of the great interests of the country, and you will direct their attention to all that the country expect from their prudence, their decided ness, and their zeal. " l'oros, May 31, 1828, (Signed) " JOHN CAPO D'ISTRIA, President of Greece. " SP. TRIKUTIS, Secretary of State." • PARIS 'JULY 30.—The Avgsburgh Gazette an nounces, under the head of Syrtis, that Ibrahim has declared that he was ready to quit the Morea, but that be, wanted a fleet for his return, and that of his army ; and that the Commanders of the Allied squadron were afraid to convey the Egyptians and • theirliggage, 011 account of the plague which pre vailed amongst them. In fact, the official notices in the Colfit - Gazette say, that the Castor, Russian frigate, which communicated with the Egyptian prisoners, had four of its crew attacked with the plague. gram the Messagcr dcs Chambres:) PARIS, JULY 29._T he Treaty of the 6th July has not yet effected all its part, since one half of Greece is under the military yoke of the Ottoma n Power; the troops of Ibrahim are in the Mores; it is not sufficient to cut off their communications with Egypt; it is necessary, also, to put an end, by the display of a military force, to a state of things which is in opposition to the conditions of the Treaty of 6th July. If we are well informed, this is the object of the expedition to the Morea ; we do not think that Ibrahim and his Arabs have a mind to contend, and our soldiers, the sons of Egypt, have already be come acquainted with our marine at Navarin. Per haps they also remember the French bayonet at Cairo and Alexandria. Every thing, therefore, gives reason to hope that the bare presence of our soldiers in the Morea will put an end to the occu pation, and will complete the execution of the Treaty of the 6th of JUly, which is the generous object of the present expedition. This is the suffi cient answer to all the conjectures of war—to these pictures of a generatconflagration, which some took pleasure in tracing. The expedition to the Morea, it is good to repeat it, has tio object but the execu tion of an existing Treaty. . (From the Courier Francais.) , PARIS, JULY 30.—M. de Rayneval, Minister of France to the Helvetic Cantons, was to reach Paris this day. The object of his return was to take, ad interim, the regulation of Foreign Affairs during the absence of M. de Laferronays, who is to leave Paris for a watering place on account of his health but it is now said that this resolution will not be carried into effect. Several high personages have made re monstrances against placing the Foreign Office under a diplomatist who has hitherto only filled a second rate situation. It would have been to point out an eventual successor to M. de Laferronays, and prejudge the question against all future candidates. It is now said one of the other Ministers is to hold M. de Laferronay's pork/6'ole for the present, thus depriving no one of his hopes. It is decided, it is said, by the Minister of War, that the troops for the Morea shall be disembarked at Napoli de Romania. Military men condemn this plan. The principal object of the expedition is to deliver the Peloponnessus from Ibrahim and his Arabs, who in their excursions heap ruin on ruin. The Egyptians, however, occupy the western part of the Merea, being in the neighbourhood of Navarin and Tripolitza, and Motion, of which they. are yet masters. Time will be lost should our expedition land at Napoli. To proceed from that point to where the enemy is, the country must be traversed that is exhausted, which would oppose many ob stacles to the march. The readiest method would be to attack the Egyptians, by landing at Navarin or St Coron. If the other resolution has been taken, we hope it may yet be altered. THE HARVEST.—The news from different parts of France, as to the harvest, becomes more alarming every day. During the last year several countries suffered from the dearness of corn, and at this mo ment the price, which a year ago was thought-too high, is 30f. 40c., or even 60 or 70 per cent. higher now than then. This state of things, united with the melancholy situation of trade, and the bankruptcies which arc increasing* among second rate tradesmen, cause considerable alarm for the labouring classes. The Government, it is said, ap prehensive of a dearth, has resolved to hasten the period for a revision of our corn laws, and that a law, either provisionally or permanently, to lower the im portation price; will be presented to the Chambers in two days. This report is not very probable, for the Chamber is tired, and a corn law will not pass by acclamation in an assembly composed as it is. We rather suppose that the Government will alter the Tariff of the Customs during the cessation of the Session, though the right to do so has been already opposed. The situation of affairs becomes more critical, on account of the Black Sea remaining closed for some time, and, at any rate, the presence of a powerful army in that neighbourhood will di minish the supply to be expected from that quarter, so that we shall be reduced to bring our supplies from the North, the price of which will be enhanced by the competition of Great Britain. FRENCH FUNDS, Ju IN 30. —Five per Cents. 105 f. 75e. ; Three per Cents. 70f. 75e. ; Bank Actions, 18831. FOREIGN FU NDS. —Neapolitan Renter, Fale. Cer. 751. 70e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 71-0. ; Spanish Perpetual Annuities, 49f. ; Haytian Loan, 6:22f. 50c. The LORD MAYOR and a Deputation of the Corporation of the City of London waited on the Lords of the Treasury yesterday, and had a long conference with their Lordships. The Duke of WELLINGTON, as First Lord of the Treasury, presided at the meeting. On Thursday evening, a meeting of the inha bitants of the parish and precincts of St. Ann, Blackfriars, was held in the school-room, for the purpose of taking into consideration a watch-rate made by the Alderman, Deputies, and Common-Councilmen of the watd of rarring don within, upon the inhabitants of the precinct, It ap pears that by royal charter of 6th James 1., the inhabitants have the right of " watching and warding" themselves, uncontrolled by any other authority : upon this ground the meeting was called, and also to take into consideration the circumstances connected with a distress-warrant which had been issued by the Lord Mayor against certain of tke inhabitants of the precinct who had refused to pay the said rate. Mr. CONSTABLE, the church warden, was in the chair. After some preliminary obser vations, a resolution was framed, "authorizing the church warden of the precinct to proceed in an action of trespass against the magistrate who signed the distress-warrant issued against the parties who withstood payment of the rate imposed by the ward of Farringdon." Some conver sation ensued, chiefly regarding the expence of an action at law. The meeting, however, was unanimous in pro nouncing the proceedings of the Court of Common Coun cil to be arbitrary and unwarrantable. On the resolution being put, 16 appeared for it, and 6 against it—carried. The meeting then separated. THE LATE RAlNS.—Since our last there have been several smart showers, and the ground being already completely maturated with moisture, the whole has flowed off, and again contributed to produce a very CollSi derable flood. The water continued rising till Monday noon, when it attained its greatest height. It has since gradually subsided, and the river is now nearly within its banks. The rain fell by ao means so smartly in the im mediate vicinity of the town as it did at the more distant villages.—Nottingham Review. It is with something approaching to apprehen sion that we look around upon the waste of waters by which we are still encompassed from the continued rains. About the middle of the week, the meadows ad joining to all the rivers in Norfolk, were covered nearly to the utmost height the inundations have ever reached. The harvest commenced r.n Monday in many towns, but the shearing has been continually interrupted. by the almost in cessant and heavy showers. The hay is yet abroad near the coasts, and the turnip seed has been in many places washed out of the ground. Yet we are led to hope that no very severe Or general injury is done to the corn crops, but that should the weather now bummer dry, the prin ciple evil may yet be averted. Since Thursday the fain has ceased, and we observe the harvest is vigorously pressed all round the city.—Norwich Mercury. THE LATE FLOODS.—The storms which did so much mischief in England, visited the South of Scotland a few days later. Tuesday and Wednesday were crowning days in all that regards thunder and lightning, wind and rain. Among the mountains, the concussion was truly fearful ; and when two storms met, as they sometimes do, the flashing and roaring over-head, resent bled the onset of the loudest artillery, and was alternately blinding and deafening in the extreme, The rain literally descended in torrents, and flooded every river to overflow ing. In Annandale and Galloway, different mountain streams, which were comparatively dry a few minutes he tore, were seen descending several feet a-breast, to th 6 ter ror of all who were near their banks, and particularly such fishermen as were catching grilse and herlings. Ott uesday, DAVID WILSON, while fishing in the Fleet, heard the roaring and gushing of waters, and imme diately ran to a rock for safety, which is placed far above the -ordinary level of the stream. nit the Fleet followed with equal rapidity, and befOre- he could clamber to the pinnacle of the rock, the cham ber below was filled to overflowing—a circumstance which was never witwi;:sed before. Ilut the stream subsided as fast as it had risen ; and on Wednesday, while the sanse person was again at work in a pool, he was suddenly sur • rounded, and very nearly drowned. And this is merely a specimen of what occurred in other places. Every burn rose and 'overleapt its banks ; and though the natives, un edndful of the storm that beat on them, were indefatigable in their exertions to save the swathes or ricks of Lay, a portion of it was submerged and irrecoverably lost. The roads, in malty cases, were flooded, and the mail coach up to the axletrce in water. The Spittal burn, with one vio lent shock, carried away the bridge or pend of the same name, forcing passengers to cross by a narrow wooden structure, and the mail to be dragged so far by stout pea sants in place of horses. The storm was exceedingly par tial. While the one side of a bill was invohed in storm, the other was perfectly calm and serene. While Castle Douglas was completely deluged wiah rain, the ground a mile beyond was perfectly dry.--. Edinburgh Evening Courant. LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1828. There will be a general war in Europe before Christmas. England avoids the siruggle for the present, but will eventually be dragged in with all expellee greater in proportion to the delay which she evinces in asserting her true station, and assuming all attitude becoming her moral power and national glory. The Gazette de France of Thursday, and the Messager des Chambres of the same date, have been received. The PRESIDENT of Greece has issued a Proclamation to the Greek State upon the passage of the Pruth by the Russian Army, and its march to the Danube. In this document he betrays his natural predilection for the EMPEROR, in whose Councils he had formerly actod a conspicuous part. We shall not be surprised to see in a short time a further demonstration of the PRESIDENT'S feeling towards the interests of his Imperial Master. The EMPEROR, besides making a powerful di version in favour of the Greeks, has also afforded dim pecuniary aid, which will furnish them with the means of providing for the most pressing wants of the army, the fleet, and the other branches of the public service. Notwithstanding this and the grant of similar succour OR the part of England and France, the PRESIDENT says that the crisis of their affairs is not the less diflic'ult, and that the only means the Greeks have of getting out of it consists in showing them selves worthy, by the amelioration of their inter nal condition, of the succours which they have received, and of that which they may shortly expect. The Message). des Chambray, an official paper, says, with respect to the object of the French expedition to Egypt, that it is not suffi. cient to cut off the cominunications of the troops of In RA Him with Egypt, it is necessary also to put an end, by the display of a military force, to a state of things which is in opposition to the conditions of the Treaty of 6th July. It adds, that " everything therefore gives reason to hope that the bare presence of our soldiers in the Morea will put an end to the occupation, and will complete the execution of the Treaty of the 6th of July, which is the generous object of the present expedition. This is the sufficient answer to all the conjectures of war, to those pictures of a general conflagration which some take pleasure in tracing. The expedition to the Morca, it is good to repeat, has no object but the execution of an existing treaty." All this may, be very true, but we shall receive it at present as mere assertion, because we know that French assertions and French practice are not always the same. if the Morca was origi nally the destination of the Expedition fitting out at Toulon, why was its departure delayed in deference • to the apprehensions of the English Government that all was not right Has the cause of that apprehension ceased to exist, or do the French now feel themselves sufficiently strong to overrule the suggestions of their co-partner s in the Treaty of London ? Or, if neith e r of these considerations now exists, has the development of Russian policy rendered it necessary to act with more prompti tude ? Admitting this latter view of tile case to be the real one, it follows that the three great Powers did not sufficiently understand each other that all was not. sincere, though Russia was more profuse than ever in her professions of moderation. We shall be much surprised if the French Expedition have not some ulterior object in view than the Morea. But a few days may perhaps determine. We. received at a late hour this afternoon the Gazette de France, dated yesterday, by Express. It contains, however, no news of striking im portance from the theatre of war. The French Ambassador is again said to have returned for answer to the invitation of the REIS EFFENDI, that he could not return to Constantinople unless the Convention of the 6th of July were accepted by the Porte. The Greeks seem to take courage as the Russians ad- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAB•) FllOlll LLOYD'S. DEAL, AUG. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived holy London the Hippomenes, for Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. I.—Wind S.W. to S.—Ar rived from London, the Jane, Weddill, for Madeira. Sailed the Columbus, Delano, for New . York... PLYMOUTH, JULY 31.--Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Perseverance, Pidgeon; and the William, for Memel. JERSEY, JULY 30.--The Clara arrived front Sierra Leone, brings an account of the deathof the Governor two days before she sailed. The Liberty, Dupont, from Gibraltar, has arrived in the Creek. The Fortuna, Rechelson, from Rio Janeiro, has arrived off Hastings. JERSEY, JULY 31.--Arrived the Ashburton and Twig, from Archangel ; Minerva, Le Breton, from Dantzic ; and the Magnet, Lawson, from Sierra Leone. GREENOCK, JULY 30.—Arrived the Lellias, from Archangel ; Experiment, Walker, and Catherini, Turcan, from St. Petersburgh. CORK, JULY 30.--Arrived the Cleremont, M'Auley, from Bombay. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. His Lordship took his seat this morningat twenty minutes past ten o'clock, when Dr. LUSIIINGTON resumed his arguments in the case of Dew O. Clarke. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. GREEN V. ©KEEN. The Court - was occupied during the day with an application fer the discharge of John Thomas and lieorge Green, who were in custody for a contempt of Court, in not delivering up possession of.certain premises at Wakefield, in Yorkshire, to a receiver appointed by the Court. Mr. AGAR, in support of the application, ar gued that the order for the commitment of the. parties, as well as the two antecedent orders upon which it was founded, were irregular, inas much as a writ of execution of the order had .not been served on them previously to the issuing of process of contempt. He also stated that when the Sergeant at Arms arrested them, he hurried them off to London, without allowing them time to procure a change of clothes, or any money for their sustenance. It also appeared that one of the parties vas only fifteen years of age.' Mr. KNIGHT followed on the same side. Mr. SUGDEN and Mr. COOPER opposed the appli cation. The VICE-CHANCELLOR considaed that the pro ceedings were. irreg . ,Kllr, and ordered the discharge of the prisoners, with costs against the plaintiffs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET. Mrs. Grindall attended with her solicitor by appoint ment, tt, answer the charge of assault preferred by Mr. Perkins, surgeon, of Kensington. The assault in question was committed by Mrs. Grindall, who it was alleged spat upon Mr. Perkins while he was quarrelling with her hus band. Mr. Perkins now admitted having given the lie to Mr. Charles Grindall, when the latter accused him of em ploying brickmakers end other persons to annoy them. Charles Grindall (lid not appear to-day, but his solicits ( pledged himself to produce him on Monday morning, to enter into recognizances for himself and wife, to answer the charge, Mrs. G. having solemnly promised never again to molest him. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank Stock 3 per Cent. nett SS's 8 3 per Cent. Cons...MN % 7% m 3!1 per Tent Ditto lied 95% 6 5% 4 per Cent New Ditto, 1826 Bank L. Ann. ...... 20 19 15-16 India Stock 244 Ditto Bonds pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres:Bonds (Milian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish 3 per cent. 613; n Greek Bonds Ditto, 1:3.15 Guatunala Nloxican Bonds Do. 1t425 «39% FRICXS OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £95 27 y, Bolanoa Mining Co. £290 275 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at W. pm.) £2O 70 71 72 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pni.) 313 22 21' PRICES OF IRISH STOCI Sank Stock. 2311 Consols, 3 per cent. Gov: Stock, 3% per cent.— 91.4 Ditto, New 9 43 I per Cent. 10IN, (.4,y. Deb, 344 per cent " 11%4', Royal ('anal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent tlaihist Office Deb. 4 co. et — :S.--DUBLIN, JULY 30. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings MA: • Arrived. Due. O America,..... 0 o Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin o Flanders 0 0 France 0 Gottenburgh 0 1 Guernsey& Jersey 0 NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCILI Amsterdam C.F.12 3 Ditto, at sight 12 11 Rotterdam '2 U. 12 3 Antwerp ", 31 liamburgh M. B. lt4 14 A Rona 13 141 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 rz Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1511 Petersbursth, r01e... 3 Us. Ul Vienna, effective 6. 2IC 10 3 Trieste do. • 10 3 Madrid 36 Cadiz 364 Bilboa Barcelona 353 Seville 35? Gibraltar 4B Leghorn 46% Genoa ~.. 25 40 Venice 46 Malta Naples 19% Palermo per oz. HS Lisbon 4544, Oporto 45;4 Rio Janeiro 3O Bahia 36 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l% BULLION, PEA OZ. .E. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... U 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 Silver. bars. standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. 0 Hamburgh 1 O Holland 1 O Jamaica .. 0 O Leeward Islands ... 0 O Lisbon 1 O Malta 0 0 Mexico 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 34 minutes after 7. I Evening .... 4 minutes after 8 A c *14,34 • DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old:Annaities New Ditto Ex. Bills, 11,000 2d . 71 12 pm. Ditto • 500 2d. 71 73 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Ac. So% % '7% THIS DAY AT ONE e'cLOci. Neapolitan, 1821 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds 53!q 3 Prussian, 5 per cent.......... Ditto, New — Russian, New 94 Spanish, 1521 11:1.3 ----- 823 French Rentes, sp. c. —t —c. Exchange —f —c. -- 3 per cent. --t. —c. -- Exchange —f. —c. van ce : SMYRNA, JUNE 18. The exchange of couriers between the Archipelago and Constantinople is very animated in our port. On the 13th the French goselette Dauphie arrived with de• spatches from Admiral Rigny for the Minister of the Ne tFerlands. It is said it contains the answer of Count °nil lerninot to the letter of the Reis, Effendi, that it is impos sible for him to return to Constantinople without the Porte accepts the Convention. POROS, JUNE 10. The Proclamation of the President of Greece, addressed to the inhabitants of the Eight Departments of the Archi pelago. The Commissioners Extraordinary of the Govern ment coining amongst you are to put the country under the protection of the law, as one of the principal interests of the country is its navigation and commerce. The brigands have ruined the country, and the Greek flag, and new measures must be put in force to prevent this evil. The Journal of St. Petersburgh of the 15th July gives the bulletin of the taking of Anapa. They are to remain as prisoners of war ; 165 pieces of cannon were found there. A journal of to-day announces that the Minister of War has announced the landing of the troops at Napoli, and that the troops of the expedition will land at Caron. The German Journals, arrived this morning, do not contain any news of importance from the theatre of war. The Emperor is waiting for the fall. of Varna. FROM BORDEAUX.-All the letters from Valencia agree in stating the appearance in that province of the Gue rillas, who are commanded by Gen. Estangs. Demerara Papers to the sth ult. have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. They contain little that is inte resting. The Gazette of the 2d says—for our parts we pray very devoutly for a smart European war. It may be beneficial to these Colo nies, if the Colonists have but sense and spirit to i nsist on security for their rights, and for a bet ter form of Colonial Government, (as needed here in Demerara) ; the Editor seems to take much pleasure in a few extracts from the Eng lish Papers, which make observations on the possibility of the affairs of the East involving England in war. We direct public attention to two excellent articles under the Spirit of the Public Journals— the one from the Times on the state of Ireland, and the other from the Horning Chronicle, upon a subject which touches England, if not more nearly, at least in a very tender part. New Orleans Papers to the 23d ult. have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, they contain nothing worth ex tracting. TUE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twzr.rx o'Clocs. The agitation of the English Funds became less at the latter part of yesterday, and Consols closed at 87, without however exhibiting much firmness ; this morning their first quotation was the same, but the heaviness of the market still continued, and the price went back to Stii- it, both for money and ac count ; at this period a sudden and important impulse was given by the purchase of a large amount of Stock for the Court of Chancery for Tuesday, to the tune of four hundred and thirty-two thousand pounds, which operated like magic, and they rose rapidly to 87 a re-action has since taken place to 87* i ; this immense purchase has produced a degree of pan • ic among the Bears, who begin to find already a great deficiency of Stock, at the same time that it will increase the amount of the Bank Notes in circu lation, as the sum which is to pay for the stock is to come out of the Bank of England and not from general circulation; it is reported that an application has been already made to a great Capitalist, who refuses to accommodate the Jobbers. It is a curious fact, that the amount of stock purchased is quite equal to the reduction of the purchases for the sink ing Fund. India Bonds maintain their high price of 113 114; Exchequer Bills, 72 73. The Foreign Funds are without the slightest in terest; Portuguese have been done at 53, and has been the only Stock in which any business, even to a limited extent, has been effected. Every thing else is nominal. ...... The same observations apply to Shares, and nothing is doing. Three per Cent. Consols, 67i- I; Ditto, for Ac count, 87 . i -1; India Stock 244 5 ; Bank Stock, 212 13 ; India Bonds, 113 14 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 72 3 pm. FoaawN.—Brazilian, 621 ; Buenos Ayrea, 421- ; Chilian, 26 7; Colombian, 24; Danish, 61 ; Creek, 17 IS ; Mexican, Five per Cent., 281 9!,-; Ditto, Six per Cent., 891 40 ; Peruvian, 23 4 ; Portuguese, .53:1 a ; Riesian, 911 Spanish, 101 11. MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 67A- 5 dis. ; Brazilian, 46 48 pus. ; Colombian, 3 2 tlis. ; Real del Monte, 100 SO die. ; United Mexican, 17 16 dis. ; Bolanos, 40 35 die. ; Mexican Company, 6 7 per Share. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols remain at tin 4, with little doing. An Express ha4arrived from Paris with the prices of the French Funds on Thursday ; Five per Cents. 103 f. 80c.; Three per Cents. 72f. tic. A Dutch mail has al-) arrived, letters will be de livered this afternooii. T E 0' CL 0 C K. Consols for Account, 87 4. A Cabinet Council was held at four o'clock ve,terday afternoon, at the Foreign-Office, Downing, - street, which was attended by the Duke of WY.l.l.lt:Gros, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Viscount AIErvILLE, Lord Er- LENBOROUGU, Air. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE RAY, the CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQuxu, Mr. HERRIES, and Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD. The LORD CHANCELLOR joined the other Ministers soon after five o'clock. The Ministers continued in deliberation till near six o'clock. The Duke of SussEx gave a grand dinner to the Duke of CUMBERLAND and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry, on Thursday, at his apartments in the King's Palace, at Kensington. The Duke of CLARENCE was expected to leave Plymouth on Thursday, in the Royal Yacht, on his return to Portsmouth. The Duchems of CLARENCE a n d suite were expected to leave Plymouth the same day, on their return to her Royal Highness's residence in Bushy Park. _ The Duke of WELLINGToN gave a grand (firmer yesterday to some of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, and some foreigners of distinction, at his residence, Apsley-house, Piccadilly. The Earl of ABERDEEN gave grand dinner parties yesterday and on Thursday, at Argyll-house, at which his Lordship entertained the who!e of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a great supply at this morning's market, go d a dull trade. Potatoes, Red Cabbages, Broeoli, Broad Beans, Currants, Apples, and Pears, were cheer' than on this day se'nnight ; in prices of other things little , if any alteration. s.d. s. d. Potatoes (per cwt.) 3 ti to 7 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1 0 2 0 Ditto Red Cauliflowers 1 0 3 0 liorseltadish (bundle) 1 6 :1 6 Celery 1 n 1 6 Asparagus 9 0 5 0 lirecoli Carrots (12 bunches) 4 0 8 0 Turnips Young Onions 1 0 2 0 Coleworts or Greuns 1 0 2 0 Leeks (I 9 1 0 Turnip Radishes 0 9 1 0 - Sea Rail (pummet) Strawberries (pottle) 0 3 0 9 Raspberries ........ 0 5 0 7 Black Wall Plums Spinage (half.siere) ' Ol tc: l i (16 Green Pease 0 6 1 1 1 Broad Beans 1 0 $ Apples, Common 4 6 0 g Ditto, Choice 0 0 6 r Pears 2 6 V / ' q 0 Orleans Plums 1 0 ••• 6 Gooseberries ‘,. 2 0 Currants 2 0 , t t s Walnuts (for pickling) 4 0 ‘' 0 Lemons (100) 8 0 14 Span. Chesrotts (peck) 5 0 1 1 0 } rend' ditto • 3IS f 0 Spanish 1 lazleirits _1 0 T 0 Cos Lettuces (score) 0 ti ~, 0 Cucumbers (doz.) , 0 9 i, 0 French Beans (gallon) 1 0 ', Cherries ( doz. 1b.)., l6" FISH-MARKET, MILLINGSGATE- This morning's market exhibited a tolerably fair supply of prime fish. Salmon sold rather at an advance on th e prices last quoted. There were but few Turbots. Th e following were the prices:— Prime Turbot, each Ditto small, per do. 13 Fine Dories, each 10( 0 : 1 107 Soles, per three pairs Salmon, per lb. (1 Grilse 0 7 0 0 ° Fine Whiting-s, per 15... 0 0 7 Scate, each Haddocks, per dozen 5 0 24 0 Brill, each Gurnetts, each Live Flounders, per quartern Live Eels, per 5113 Du' cli Plaice, per basket 5 0 0 0 Fine Lobsters, per score 6O 0 (7) 0 Inferior ditto 2O 0 30 0 Fine Crabs (each) Fine Prawirs, per lb. Shrimps, per gallon Fine 1 artnouth Pied Herrings, per hun'lrcd 6 0 7 0 Scotch ditto 5 0 0 0_ HAY MA ItKE I'S—(At per Load of a; Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. 8. -C. e £. s. g• ° lowland Mead. Hay 3 ot o 3 3 Cl over Hay 4 Oto 6 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Oat straw llO 11 4 Ryo4:.rass Hay l. 0 5 0 Wheat Dito 1 11, 1 18 New Meadow Hay 3 5 310 A moderately good supply, and a dull trade ; prices ss on Thunday. SMITHFIELD. L. s. L. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 sto 3.15 Upland Ditto 3 1.5 4 15 Itye.gtass Hay '3 15 415 New ,Meadow Hay 310 315 Supply good, trade dull . .-. .C. 8. .C. , '7 Cloy. Hay generally 3 15 to: , 1) , Do. extra fine 0 0 5 1 ' Oat Straw 1 8 11.3 Wheat Ditto 11:1 lib I, and prices stationary. Lord FRANCIS GOWER transacted busine s : 4 yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLANV gave a grand dinner at Alnwick Castle, on Tuesday last, t‘' a distinguished party of forty-five ladies and gen tlemen' Amongst the company were, Sir J. E. and Lady Syllls' nuttNE, Sir 1). W. and Lady SMITH, Colonel REED, WO Misses REED, and three Messrs. REED, Mrs. A. REED, an d two Misses Reen, the Right Worshipful the Mayor Newcastle, BENJAMIN SORSISIE, EN., Mrs. MAYOREOf and Miss Rosriersosr, Mr. Alderman C LEN N E LL, Alderman FORSTER, Mr. Alderman SurcryEs, SURTEES, and Miss SURTEES, Mr. Alderman WatGr e, two Missea.Witit;nr, Mr. SHERIFF, and Mrs. SIuERIFir Mr. UrrnEtt-Sricatrr, &c., in all forty-five. The enter' taininent was in every respect splendid, and becoming th ° head of the Noble house of PERCY. ANOTHER RUSSIAN' FLEET.—.We arc i' /' ,ns( for)f another theie ß d t i a t s e s i i debted to the politeness of E. S. CURLING, Esq. the I°' perial Russian Vice -Consul at Deal, for the following titulars . uo, Russian fleet w T h l i i c i h s fl b e al et,To ss n e s d ist b in Y g i"t o e four sail of the line, and three heavy frigates, sailed fr o 1 Cronstadt on the 16th of July, 0. S., under the co mma ° of Re ar -Ad tn i ra l R icoan , an d cons i sts o f T e r Cho rie , penois c , 84 guns, R ear -Ad m iral R t eo xo , C a pt. P LA ID; Prince Vladimir, 74, Captain Gn.Y.ls ; -Tzar Consta tine, 74, Captain IioNnaKOFF j Emanuel, 71, CaP" 0 1 0 KORILICHKIN,—Frigates : Alexander, 48, Capt. 315 r, St,trrENaAcK ; Olga, 48, Captain SertEracorir ° is 15, Captain ICKARAN.--Bent Herald. 3 ' l le F OR E I GN NAVAL EXPEDITIONS.- - ; Jean Burt French line-of-battle-ship (Rear-IsOa:t Roussuse), Arethuse and Terpsichore frigates, arr ive d f o r Teneriffe on the :19th of May from Brest, and s aile an d Rio Janeiro. The Re/ampayo Spanish brig of war' citt y, St. Anna transport, from Cadiz, arrived the same atc, and sailed fur Manilla. Ileßestauracion . Spanish frif ivo with eight transports, arrived on the 2d of in nute lt Cad:z, and sailed for Havannah. The Sumatra frigate arrived on the 3d from Flashing, and sail ed f Africa. P( evt Su pr, tri he' Tr