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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Last night there took place, though it was professed but temporarily, and not in principle, a deviation from the adopted rule or practice of free trade. 'We refer to the debate in the House of Commons. It had been long understood that Bandana handkerchiefs were to be admitted on a reduced duty from October next. This was a pledge given by Mr. Huskisson to the public : Courtenay appears to have since promised the English silkmen that the prohibitory duties ,hould continue for another year. On either way there was deception and disappointment ; but it is obvious that the first engagement, which should not have been broken, ought now to pre vail. Mr. Huskisson, for the first time since his ejectment from the Ministry, defended his own Nystem, and reprobated the violation of it with t~tiiirit enough ; and it was curious to observe, that M r . P ee l, who of course had previously sanctioned the moderate duty with all its conco mitant circumstances of time and quantity, now had to consider whether it should commence and be rendered permanent from October next ; the admission of foreign silks having been notified from the year 1826 ! The merchants who had z.ent out their orders upon the conviction that the duties would be reduced, will of course be sub jected to an unexpected, and therefbre unjust, imposition on their articles: it would have been more equitable to have let the reduction take place at the, time expected, bad—which sound policy forbid ! the prohibition been re-imposed afterwards ;—afterwards ; and if there be one article or product more than another upon which the principle of a free trade may be put to the test of experience without the hazard of ,„,great suffering, it is u p on th e mere l uxury of silk.— Times. Orie of the consequences naturally to be ex pected from the Vice-President of the Board of Trade keeping his mind a perfect blank with re spect to matters connected with his office, was dis closed last night. When it -was proposed to im pose an ad valorem duty on East India silks in 1826, owing to the supposed ignorance ofthose by whom the value of the article was to be ascer tained it was determined to adopt a rate of duty founded as nearly as possible on the scale of 30 per cent., which rate of duty was to be continued for two years, at the expiration of which time, in October this year, an ad valorem duty was to be imposed. The rate of duty now levied, in stead of being 30 per cent., amounts actually to 5Q and 35 per cent. But on the faith of the parliamentary pledge, that the Bill would expire in October, 1828, considerable orders had been sent out, and the consequence of not adhering to the pledge would be a great loss to the indivi duals acting on it. But the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, being unable to have the Hank of his mind filled up before the period fixed for the expiration of the Bill, had derermined, that as his mind must remain in static quo, so things should also remain in static quo. " His Right Honourable Friend (said Mr. Peel) had declared • to persons deeply engaged in the silk trade that there was no intention of making any change this year, as his Right Hon. Friend was not aware of any pledge having been given by his Right Hon. Friends (Messrs. Huskisson 'and Grant) upon the subject." The plan of governing of Mr. Courtenay—namely, doing nothing—is, no doubt, a very delightful one ; and there would be no alloy, were it not that very awkward consequences sometimes result, as well from leaving undone those things which ought to have , been done," as from " doing these things which ought not to be done." The Mac clesfield and Spitalfields weavers approach the Vice-President to know whether the ad valorem duty shall commence in October. No; for I shall not have made up my mind by October. This would all be well but for those who, count ing on the pledge, had acted on it. But he has done great injustice to those who have embarked capital on this Parliamentary pledge, if he do not adhere to it. If the blankness of his mind had enabled him to decide in time, he would have been able to steer clear of responsibility. As it is now, he is between the Devil and the deep sea. If he adhere to the Parliamentary pledge, he has the Macclesfield and Spitalfields weavers on him, charging him with a violation of promise, and upbraiding him with their losses. I F he keep his word with the latter, he has to sustain the complaints of those who may be ruined by their orders to India. The world will not stand still because it would be convenient for the Vice-President for the Board of Trade that it should ; and we cannot help thinking that it would be as well to have Offices filled by men who knew something of the duties of them, as to have men who let things take theircoursewhile they are indulging in all the apathy of the gods of Epicurus. Mr. Huskisson gave Mr. Courtenay a piece of advice, by attending to which he may save him self some trouble. " He begged to caution the' Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade against allowing himself to be persuaded by cer tain branches of trade ; if he did this, he would never be able to carry any great measure, as he would be continually requested to open all other branches as freely as possible, but to give the particular applicant a decided moil 0p01y..--Morn ing Chronicle. A correspondent informs us, that.the Marshal of the King's Bench prison does not hold his situation by purchase, but in virtue of a corn- mission from the Crown, " so long as he con ducts himself properly, and resides within the prison ;" and, consequently, he possesses no vested interest in the office. But does he per form the condition of residing wienin the- pri son ? He has, we understand, a house adjoin ing the gaol, where he occasionally resides ; but, it is said, he has not for some years visited the interior of the prison. For the accuracy of this statement we cannot vouch, .but if he receives the great emoluments of his office without even visiting the gaol which is supposed to be under his immediate and personal superintendence, it surely is a subject with regard to which' the Crown, as conferring the commission, ought to institute an inquiry. We stated, some time ago, that the Marshal has an arbitrary power as to grant ing or refusing the rules of the pri son , and that this power is the source of a splendid in come to him, as he has a per centage upon al lowing to debtors the indulgence of the rules. We are now informed that for such indnlgence, he charges eight guineas for the first, and-four guineas for every subsequent 1001. on the amount of the detainers, besides the bond;" and gratuities to his officers for inquiring into the - , securities given by the prisoner, to save the Mar• shat harmless in case of his escape--amounting: altogether to an average of abont five per. cent. But this is not all. When ,p,Ator has suc ceeded in obtaining the benefit-of the rules on these conditions, should of fresh detainer be laid, he is brought again within the walls until he gives further security; and the Marshal then as sumes a right to consider tti4tondi already given as cancelled, though there has been no bleach 'of the contract on the part of the debtor, and he not only requires their re-execution, but not unfrequently demands other se curity, and if this demand, with the conse quent gratuities on inquiries, &c., be not com plied with, the debtor remains locked up. But the evil of the system does not rest here. It is evident that the only reason for compelling a prisoner to give security on obtaining the rules is, to indemnify the Marshal against the conse quences of his escape, and therefore .that the amount of the securities should be limited to the sum for which he is detained, and so it is, in the first instance ; but supposing a person to be arrested for 1,060/. and to have given secu rity, on being allowed the rules, to that amount, and to have paid the fees, and afterwards to have paid his creditors 5001. out of that 1,0001. for which he was originally arrested, should another detainer for 5001: be laid on, still making up, with the residue of the former debts, only the original sum of 1,0001., for which the Marshal is liable and has security, yet new fees are demanded onthis and every similar sum, so that a man who owes 20,0001. but has never been detained for more than 1,000/. at a time, may thus, by possibility, be compelled to pay eight hundred guineas in fees Another grievance exists with regard to those who have broken the rules, though without any intention of escaping. A rule of Court re quires that in such a case the debtor shall be brought within the walls and not again allowed the rules, unless he obtains an order from the Lord Chief Justice to that effect ; but suppos ing he obtains it, the Marshal still exercises a discretionary power with respect to his compli ance ; and he generally finds it more convenient to detain the prisoner whose fees he has received in close custody, without incurring any further risk, though if the prisoner's securities are sol vent, the Marshal cannot suffer. A Committee of the House of Commons sat about 12 years ago, to inquire into the abuses in the King's Bench prison, and they - animadverted strongly upon the system ; and although redress has been obtained in some particular instances, where in quiries have been held before the Master of the Crown Office, still the general system remains unaltered. It is to the system we object, as most impolitic and mischievous in its prin ciple. We presume the Marshal has only acted upon the practice adopted by his predecessors; but we hope the subject will be brought before Parliament—the oppressive principle of fees abo lished, and the Marshal made amenable, in every respect, to the authority of the Court of King's Bench. Indeed, it seems to us an unaccountable anomaly that the keeper of the King's Bench prison should not be an officer subject to the immediate inspection and governance of the Court of King's Bench, in every particular re lating to the execution of his office. 'We hope that Earl Grey, who has already adverted to this important subject in the House of Lords, will bring it formally before the Legislature ; for if' the Marshal's place be not purchasable, that officer can have no vested interest in the fees now allowed by the existing state of the law to be taken ; and, consequently, it is not necessary to wait his life-time to make the 'necessary alte ration in the system.—Morning Herald. The indefatigable M. Moreau is again before the public, in the shape of a writer on the woollen trade - of the empire. We thought, when We last adverted to the labours of this most ex pert and laborious of calculators, that we should not have occasion to notice any additional work previously to his quitting England, He has, • however, in the brief interval which has elapsed, been able to draw up a highly interesting little treatise on this important topic. We give in another column a table extracted from it, of great curiosity and no small practical value. It is a statement of the amount of woollens exported for two periods, of six years each, from 1817 to 1828 inclusive. The falling off in the latter period is very great. It is true that the fall in price of woollen goods will in some measure ac count for the fall in the declared value of the exports; but the former has been trifling in comparison to the latter, which amounts , to no less than seven millions, being about seventeen per cent. upon the gross exports. M. Mo reau has, of course, not included the exports to Ireland, neither has he included the woollen exports for the use of our own fisheries, both of which are really and truly home trade. %Ve shall not stop at this moment to deduce any inferences from the fact we have just stated, but one, namely, that in this instance, as in many others, ale free system, whatever be its abstract merits, has not been found to pay. It was premised, and it was no doubt expected, that under that system our woollen trade was to, increase, and that was the sole reason for the measure under which our store farmers are at present grievously suffering. In one or two instances the woollen trade has increased, but, on the whole, the de crease has been, as we have just shown, most alarming. Such a rate of diminution continued for a few years longer,. and the trade would be annihilated,—New Times. LUBECK, JULY 4.—The George the Fourth British steam-boat, commanded by Captain BLACK, of the Royal Navy, has been engaged to run between this port and St. Petersburgh, and vice versa during the whole of the present month. The superior accommodation of this vessel, combined with the certainty of reaching the Russian Capital in four or five days, induces many to avail them selves of the present favourable opportunity of visiting the Empire of the Czars. We are happy to learn that the Herring Fishery has commenced at Fraserburgb, with every pros pect of success. A boat went out on Monday night, with only half her complement of nets, and returned next morn ing with three trans and a half of herrings ; the men re port a good appearance of fish upon the cont.—Edinburgh Advertiser. •On Saturday a shocking accident happened to a sailor at Netley Abbey. The man, who was intoxi cated, agreed to jump from the highest part of the ruin, which he did, atid received compound fractures of •each thigh, and severe contusions of the head. Little hopes are entertained of kis recovery.—Hants Chronicle. The trade of Paisley and its neighbourhood is a great deal brisker at present than Was anticipated a few weeks back. That important branch Of manufacture in this district, the India —imitation—trimmings and shawls are still continuing fiat. 'Tie Canton crape shawls are now very dull likewise, and ter a houses engaged in that line are• discharging the greater part of their weavers ; while those .who arc continued are working at a great re. duction in price. Owing to the expense attending a change, from one description of figured work to another, many weavers have been a short time idle for several weeks past; ,but, with.this exception, the population gene rally are well employed. The light silk fabrics are still maintaining their ground, and may be considered doing well for this season of the, year, There has been a consi derable revivid in loom-figured muslins this year, and they are • still brisk, and taking up the weavers, as they are • thrown idle; from the other branches. They arc likewise of great benefit in giving employment to the women, who otherwis e wou ld have suffered severely Irons the failure of the heavy silk shawls. .The village of Kilbaraian, in particular, has the prospect of being greatly benefitted by the revival of seedings, which are in considerable demand at present. This is the first revival with this class of goods since the panic in Glesgow Chronick. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—A Mate or GENIUS.-Among the prisoners brought before the Sitting Alderman yesterday was one Mr. W. Davison—a short young man, with a long cowslip-coloured visage, and dressed in a suit of sadly superannuated black, who was charged by the Chief Porter and the Warder of the Temple with infesting the same, for the purpose of pestering the professional gentlemen resident therein with certain documents, denominated begging letters. The Chief Porter and the Warder had repeatedly warned him not to do so, and in order to give weight to their warning, they had on one occasion thrust him forth from the Temple vi et aniiis ; but still be persisted in witt ing again, lying in wait for, and insinuating his begging letters into the bands of the Benchers and Barristers as they ascended or descended the stairs of their respective chambers, insomuch that they laid a formal complaint thereof before the Treasurer, and the Treasurer gave or ders that the very next time he did su be should be taken into custody and carried before a Magistrate. On Saturs day afternoon last they found bins on a flight of stairs in the Middle Temple, with a bundle of beeging-letters in his hand ; and upon their proceeding to take him into custody, he threatened that he would kill the first man who should presume to lay bands on him. They did lay hands on him, however, and no such awful result followed ; but he no 'sootier found himself in custody than he tore up all the letters which he had with him except one only which they secured, and now produced in proof of the premises. The letter was addressed to "Mr. C. Jones, Esq., Middle Temple," sad ran thus IS with the utmost importance and deep regret I now take the liberty of writing to you these few lines merely I add to explain to you at once with the real na ture of my distress of which I have no doubt will baffle all description that ever manifested itself in writing. In describing to you the narrative of my agonizing misfortunes you will find them to be Mr. Jones as follows. It grieves me very much to state to you as a gentleman distinguished for your amazing talents that I have been for this last eight days totally destitute of obtaining the common necessaries of life owing as may be said for want of employment. I am by profession when in' occupation a clerk and I there,- fore under the circumstances have taken the liberty of laying my case before you wishing to inform you what will not a man do when driven by necessity or com pelled by hunger ! No one can imagine what I have gone thro' I doubt bat myself. So for instance Innger and moreover leading a most miserable life occasionally at times of starvation. Now can anything be more shocking or more worse. In a word it would be almost I fear impos sible for any rational man for to describe poverty in its pro per channel without his first opening at once the picture scence wretchedness of man's forlorn misery and calamity. Without his so doing poverty I say cannot be properly de .scribed. I don't wonder there heirs. - so many suicides daily committed by men of calamity when starvation and impoverishment is making vast strides through all parts of the United States of America England Ireland Wales and Scotland. Notwithstanding I don't wonder there being so many robberies carried on at all hours of the day when people are famishing for want of nurture food rai ment and clothing. Of all the evils now existing in the world poverty absolutely beats them all in short po verty to a man of genius and talent brings him to a state bordering on to hiat of madness) misery ruin despair and finally in the end I add death. I cannot:exactly make it convenient to describe poverty to you now mere accurately than I have, as I have a great deal of anxiety bordering on my mind so much Sir that lam almost harrassed to death. Therefore I hope you will excuse my being quite destitute at this present moment of having in any possession a single halfpenny. I have to inform you Mr. Jones that I am a young man, well versed in all the clas sical pursuits of ancient and modern literature. It is not my wish for to anyways praise myself, but I have to make known to you that I have written different articles of all kinds for all the literary periodicals, but being now quite destitute of a friend, I am now by them utterly banished and forsaken. By enumerating them over to you Sir perhaps they will be most accept able. If so there proceeds the following—The " New Mdnthly Magazine," the " Literary Magnet," the " Lite rary Chronicle," the " Athenaeum," the " Olio," the " Portfolio," the " Mirror," the " Spirit and Manners of the Age," &c. &c. Having given you merely the names of those literary periodicals which I have occasionally at times written for I shall now digress from the subject by turning your serious attention to the latter part of my ill fated dejected state of forlorn poverty caused I might safely sty owing to my not having any kind efemplyoutent what ever to do.—The fact is this, Mr. Jones, I have no claim on you whatever, but knowing you to be a gentleman of great literary repute I trust to your goodness. In a word, having given you a correct statement of facts, Mr. Jones, I wish to make you understand that I am at this particular moment quite destitute and without a friend—alas thro' poverty.—l am Sir your most humble and obedt. Seret. W. DAVISON. P.S. Whatever defects there maybe Sir in this letter of mine, I hope you will overlook it as it was written in very great haste and unpunetuated. The Magistrate (Mr. Alderman Cnownzu) having read the letter, the following colloquy ensued between him and the Genius : 111AGISTRATE—What ate you ?—Genius (with a smile and a bow)—l am a law-writer by profession when in occupation. 111AorsraATE—A law-writer !—there is tautology enough certainly, but it is not in the style of law-writing. —Genius—That is because it is on a subject of quite a dif ferent nature from the law. MAGISTRATE-But if you are a law-writer, I can hardly think this letter was written by you; for, putting the style out of the question, it is not in the hand of a law writer.—Genius—Oh yes it is, your Worship ; besides you will please to recollect that thi s i s th e l ong vaca tion, and. that consequently I am rather out o f p rac ti ce l a tely. MAGISTRATE-Yes ; and I think if you were to pass the long vacation in Bridewell, it would be better for all parties.—Let him be remanded until to• morrow, and Mr. Jones have notice to attend. —He was remanded accordingly. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday the celebrated little pu gilist Harry Jones, who has been so often engaged in prize fights, and in general come off victorious, was brought before Sir R. BIRNIE, on an assault warrant, charging him with an assault very derogatory to the honour of such a scientific man, in knocking down, viz. striking both frequently and violently, one Joseph Syam, without assigning any cause for so doing. The prosecutor (who, although dressed in the first style of fashion, and styling himself a " gentleman," was only some cheesemonger's or other tradesman's shopman) stated to Sir Tircnaltn, that he was on Saturday treating himself to a glass of something to warm his inside, " the night being rather coldish," at the bar of the York Arms, when the defendant entered the house, accompanied by a female, and called for a pint of beer. The woman rather approach ed him, when he addressed to her sonic slight remark upon the weather or something. " Oh, oh !" exclaimed the Magistrate, " I begin now to smell a rat ; but, I beg your pardon, I am interrupting you. Proceed." " Well, as I was saying, your Worship, I said something to this female, when the prisoner, without rhyme or reason,' as the saying is, very unceremoniously stepped up to me and knocked me down. The woman not content with seeing me thus ill-treated, approached me likewise as I was rising, and dug her nails in my face." (The witness then holding up his head, pointed to a small scratch over the e\ mo rps e lh i y a a. i,nn saidcow n hn fi i la r sr m tr y a r t je i e relating who hi h i s s 1 s t i d a t er looked. ) n d a d' p aNg p g e o appeared d aY t huer ex tremely impatient to interrupt, " Now, Sir, I will tell you the whole truth, although lam not sworn. This man, to be short with the matter, whilst I and my wife were par taking of a pint of porter, addressed something extremely impertinent to my better half,' in return for which - I knocked him down, and so I would serve out any man who did the same thing. The complainant also reproaches me with having crossed several battles, which your Worship, you :must confess, is an indignity not to be borne by a man of my profession." Harry then called forward his wife, who fully corrobo rated his testimony. The Magistrate, under these circumstances, di sm i sse d the complaint, with an adinonition both to the compl a i nan t and defendant. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Yesterday Joseph Millett, David Price, and Thomas Whittle, three boys, the eldest not above 12 years of age, were brought up for re-examination, c harged with stetting a onuftbox from the Right Hon. Earl Ferrers. On his Lordship's arrival Mr. ROE proceeded to take the case in the private parlour. Earl Ferrers, on being sworn, stated, that upon last Thursday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, be was walking through Be rkele y -s q uare, to wards his residence in Harley-street, when a woman came up and ask e d hi m if h e had had his pocket picked. He put his hand into his pocket, and, fee li ng his handkerchief, he replied he had lost no thing. A few minutes after Vorley came up, and asked him if he had aot lost his snuff-box, when he replied in the affirmative. Vorley then showed him a snuff-box, which be said was his. He then went to the watch house, and saw the three prisoners, and entered the charge. The auuff-box is worth about one shilling, and he had teen it about two minutes bcfin . e. He had heard that the mothers of the boys were very hard working women. Mr. Fitzpatrick having taken his Lordship's evidence, his Lordship inquired what the Magistrate intended to do. Earl Fern rs—l will not prosecute ; it was never my intention of doing so. Mr. ROE—My Lord, I must then commit you to the Tower.—Earl Ferrers : You cannot commit me. Mr. BoE—I can, my Lord, and will.—Earl Ferrero: If you do, I will this day move the House upon the subject, so you may do it. Mr. Boa—You will have your expenees paid, my Lord. Earl Ferrers : Pooh, pooh ! I don't care for the expellees. Mr. ROE—You have been often enough here, my Lord, to know that it must be done.—Earl Ferrers : But you have no business to ask me to be bound over to prosecute. —I have seen you commit persons for three months fiw similar offences, and why not do it fur me? Mi. RoE—I cannot, my Lord, after they have com mitted a felony.—Earl Ferrers : You can do it if you like. Mr. ROE—I wish I could do it; it would be a great saving of time to many persons who have only their time to depend upon ; hut you had better enter into your recog nizances, and tiirfeit the 401.—Earl Ferrers : No, I will not forfeit 5/. ; besides no person ought to be called on to prosecute under a sum of 20/. You have no power to bind me over, nor to commit me. . _ . Mr. ROE-4 will instance a case. About two years ago, Dawkins, one of the constables of this office, was killed at Lord George Cavendish's, and it was necessary to have Lord Westmorland's evidence. His Lordship would not attend, and summoned him. He then applied to Mr. Secretary Peel, to know whether he could not be let off; I also went to Mr. Peel, and stated it could not be done, and the result was, lie attended here and gave evidence. I then told his Lordship, as he was going out of town. that 1 would write to him informing him when the trial would come on, which I did. His Lordship attended, and he only lost two days. Lord Westmorland was in office then, and his time was as valuable as yours. Earl Ferrers—He should have moved the House as I intend to do. After souls further discussion, his Lordship gave his honour that he would attend at the office on Thursday next, with Lord Tenterden's opinion on the subject. In consequence of this determination, the prisoners were remanded. Earl Ferrers then went into the public office, and re newed his determination to Sir G. Farrant, that whatever might be the consequences, he would not prosecute. THE RUSSIAN ARMY. FROM THE CAMP, KARASSOU, JUNE 24.--The Imperial camp was removed this morning, with the Corps d'Armee of General Roudzewitch, to Karas sou, where the Emperor will remain till those move ments of concentration are completed which were announced in our last bulletin. We have just taken possession of the fortifications of Brailow. In conformity with the terms of the capitulation of that fortress, the troops to whom its defence was confided have abandoned all the artil lery which they possessed, as well as all the stores which belonged to the Turkish Government, and are themselves to be sent back towards Silistria.— Already 1,200 men are on their march towards that city, escorted by the regiment de Penne. We do not exactly know the number of guns and standards, nor the quantity of provisions of all sorts, which have fallen into our hands, through the conquest of Brailow, the courier who brings those details not having as yet arrived at the head-quarters of the Emperor. At Matschin, 87 pieces of cannon, which defended the ramparts, a considerable quantity of powder, bullets, and arms, large magazines of wheat and bar ley, and four standards, as well as all the ships of the Turkish flotilla which had escaped from the battle of the 28th, are in our power. We have learned on this occasion, that Achmed Bey, who commanded the flotilla, has been killed in the same battle, while attempting to reach Brailow in a small boat. This morning Lieutenant-General Ruddiger sent to the Emperor the keys of Kustendgi, which he had vigorously cannonaded on the 20th. It, was the regiment of Marshal the Duke of Wellington which was the first to enter the fortress, at two o'clock in the afternoon. The garrison surrendered on condi tion of being sent to- Pzavudi. We have found at Kustendgi 36 pieces of cannon ; and a convoy of 36 sail of merchantmen have just entered, which came from Odessa, laden with provisions. The possession Of this fortress is of great importance to the future pro visioning of the army. The Seraskier, Husseim Pacha, who was at &mnia, at the head, as they say, of an army of 30,000 men, had sent to the troops which formed the garrison of Kustenoigi, and of which one detachment had been put to flight at the passage of the Danube, an order to defend the place to the last extremity. Thanks to the vigilance of our parties of Cossacks, the courier by whim this order was sent fell into our hands. Two hours after the news had been received of the fall of Kustendgi, the Emperor received that of the taking of Birsova. That fortress surrendered to Lieut.-General Prince Madate. It contained 1,200 regular troops, but the inhabitants who ought to have supported them, had no wish to defend themselves, and they have even declared, in capitulating, that they would not enter Silistria, whither they were to be transported with the rest of the garrison, because they considered it useless to fight. At Hirsova we captured• 14 standards, 6 mortars, 50,000 bullets, 3,500 pounds of powder, and a con siderable supply of barley and corn. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. (From the Allgemeine Zeitung of July 7.) HANOVER, JUNE 28.—Every body here is at a loss to account for the patience of our government in the affair of the Duke of Brunswick. It is said that this is chiefly to be ascribed to Prussia, which was always jealous of the reputation of treating polities on the prin ciples of strict justice. However this may be, it is cer tain that there is power enough on our side to obtain satisfaction by our ow❑ efforts, and that one of the most powerful monarchs of Europe will hardly submit what be considers to be right to the decision of the German Diet. It is also said that our Government will be authorised by that of England as a European power to take the ne cessary military steps against his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, in ease that Prince should persist beyond a certain time in refusing to acknowledge the prolongation of the minority as legal, to recognise M. Von Schmidt (who left the service of Brunswick by the express orders of Count Munster) as Minister of Justice in . Hanover, and to give him an honourable discharge as a faithful servant of the House of Brunswick. BERLIN, JuNe 24.—Our ambassador at Vienna and Prince Metternich have lately had frequent conferences rela tive to the dispute between Hanover and Brunswick. As far as we can learn, the Hanoverian' Cabinet at London positively insists on the withdrawal of the complaint lately presented on the part of Brunswick to the Diet of Frankfort, respecting M. Von Schmidt, and farther requires that the two first powers of Germany shall present to his Highness the Duke of Brunswick a peremptory ultimatum. It can hardly be doubted that both will be done, when we consider the great influence of the English Cabinet till over the conti nent, and at the same time reflect that Hanover has gone too far in this unfortunate business, ever to recede. It has already come to such a height that the greatest European powers have interfered in it. On the other hand his Serene • Highness the Duke of Brunswick, supported by a certain Cahiect, is said to be but little disposed to give way. So muc h is certain, that some of our most considerable states men have expressed themselves with mach disapprobation o f the manner in which M. Von Schmidt has been received into the Hanoverian service. This circum stance, and the prolongation of the minority, are in truth too sore places on the side of Hanover, and it might not be so easy to refute what is said respecting them in the clever, but bitter and vengeance breathing pamphlet published at Strasburgh. It is said that the sudden death of the. Grand Dule of Weimar, has made a most painful impression. on the mind of our excellent King. There has been a brisk demand for pig iron during the last three months, and stocks have not been so low in Scotland for two years. The price of No. 1, is from 5/. I Os. to 6/. a ton. The hot weather is unfavour able for making the finest qualities.—Scotsman. LElTH.—Captain THOMPSON, of the Ist bat. talion of the Hoyt' Artillery corps, at present stationed in Leith Fort, died there a few days ago, He was interred with military honours on Wednesday. This is the first officer's funeral which has taken place here for more than 20 yeara,...Scotsman. SPORTING INTELLIGILNCE. TATTERSALL'S, JULY 14. A considerable number of Turf's-men, mustered to-day, but the betting was far from being brisk. It will be seen that Bessy has risen half a point since Thursday, and bids fair to stand a good favourite, although it is thought that the Colonel will be first at starting; the betting be tween them is now 1 1 to 10 on the mare. The following is the closing list:— • DONCASTER Sr. LEGER. 4 to 1 agst Colonel King's Bessy Bedlasrt 41 to 1 agst Mr. Metre's The Colonel 5 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Velocipede 22 to I agst Sir T. Mostyn's Ultimatum 30 to 1 agst Mr. liouldsworth's Terror 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gascoigne's Louisa colt SPARRING AT THE ROYAL TENNIS COURT, WINDMILL-STREET, JULY 14. Alic Reid took a sweetener to-day, in preparation for his twisting of to-morrow with Bishop Sharp. Ile looked in pretty fair condition, and first-rate confidence. The Bishop. we hear, is "as well as can bo expected," and his friends are backing him at a shade above sto 4. The attendance was but thi n to-day, and consequently the takings but limited. Jew Latham and Sam Foote opened the pleadings, and were followed by Sheen and Smith. The latter received two such ticklers, that being a tailor he could not come again, but was carried off nearly sense less by Jem Burn. Ned Stockman and the Woolwich Baker shook hands, and made play ; the Baker was pretty nearly overdone although underdone in a trial for the throw ; Ned challenged him 501. to 401. ; Doughey wanted to fight for a purse to-morrow. Ned then chal lenged any man of 9 i l l stone. Bitten and Harry Lancas ter then mounted for a scene, and produced lots of laughter and grimace. Bitton is still dropsical, though so fre quently tapped. Clements and Young Ward (no relation to Jens), then took possession of the mufflers. This bout produced more laughter than can be easily conceived. Beth were novices and moved like the beam of a steam engine. . Clements was a giant, and was evidently a good. mower. He will never shine or strike as a pugilist, and had better rest contented with the coppers which he bagged. Scroggins and Hagerty—A rattling bout, and both best alternately. Scroggin sdrew plenty of applause, but looked in vain for the coppers, which showered but slowly, till Jack became an orator and left with half a hat full. Harry Jones challenged Tom Reidie for 251., _having forfeited 101. to him a short time since from illness. Reidie accepted the challenge, and will stake on Thursday, at the Queen's Head, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Tom Spring then took up the argument with Jens Burn. They made a tine display, and had considerable difficulty to make a hit, and tapping ensued for some minutes. Jem however began to hustle, and Spring caught him a queer one on the proboscis, which drew the liquor of life in abundance. Tom Spring certainly deserves support at the Castle as he never refuses it to his brothers at the Court. Charley Jones and Mahoney then furnished a little amuse ment, and were loudly applauded, as they both sparred and stopped well. Alic Reid returned thanks and complained that they (the other party) had not informed him where the fight was to take place ; the place, however, was well known to his friends. The fancy departed pretty well pleased with the sports. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. SUNDAY, JuLY 13.—High water 1 loin. past twelve. Wind N.W. blowing hard.—Arrived the Arab, Smart, from "Valparaiso; Jane, Watson, from Alaranham; Gram pion, Knight, from Miramichi.—One ship and two brigs off, at seven o'clock. The James Lawton, Dawson, from Liverpool, at Bar badoes. The Venus, Harwood, from Teigurnouth, nt Milford, leaky. - - - The Cossack, Rich, fur Liverpool, put back to Virginia, 10th of June dim:lasted. Telegraph Office, July 13. Wind at Holyhead E. light breeze.—Passed yesterday, at 8 30 p. nt. No. 369, the Jane, from Maranham, inward bound. At 3 p.m. two ships, one brio, .fr Holyhead, inward bound. The Peru, Ilona Campeachy, and the Pandora, from Barbadees, are off. The Ceres, for New York, off. At 8 30 the Herald, for Baltimore, outward bound, off. _Wind N. W. fresh breeze. PARLIA MENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR. THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Fowell Buxton—Motion relative to the state of the Hottentots. 2. Mr. O'Neill—That the grievances and distresses of the proprietors of Kelp in the United Kingdom require the immediate consideration of his Majesty's Govern ment, with a view to afford them due protection from Foreign Alkalis. 3. Mr. Hume—Petition, complaining of the Proceeding; in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and of the conduct of Sir John Nichol! :—Also, to move for Returns respecting the fees and proceedings of that Court. M. Sir James Mackintosh—Petition from certain Merchants of London, aggrieved to the amount of 3,000,0001. by breach of a Convention on the part of Spain, and Address thereupon. 5. Mr. Otway Cave—To move that the Mayor, Treasurer, and Town Clerk, of the Boraugh of Leicester, be or dered to attend at the Bar to explain their accounts. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Slaves Removal Bill—Further consideration of Report. 0. General Turnpike Bill—Third reading. 3. Lunatics Estates Bill—Report. d. Customs Bill (Clause A.)—Report thereupon, 5. Customs Bill—Further consideration of Report. 6. Customs Acts (Duties on Sugar) Postponed Resolu tion—Report thereupon. 7. Butter Trade (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 8. Benefices Resignation Bill—Report. 9. Small Debts Bill—Committee. 10. Military and Naval Pensions Bill—Third reading. 11. Deserted Children (Ireland) Bill—Report. 12. Welland Canal Bill—Second reading. 13. Consolidated Fund Bill--Second reading. 17. Exchequer Bills (16,016,800/. Bill—Second reading. 15. National Debt Bill—Second reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, July 17. 1. Mr. Robert Grant—Petition from Robert Cowrie, on behalf of certain Merchants of London, Claimants against the French Government in respect of property confiscated in 1793 :—Similar Petitions from Mrs. Samuels, widow, and from mrtain, inhabitants of the Colony of St. Martin's. 2. Mr. Grattan—Copy of Order or Directions given to the Police to attend aeAthold, in the County of Wick low, at the funeral of Edward Styles on the 13th June last, and the names of the officers and privates : Also, Copies of Summonses, Informations, and War rants, to arrest John Styles and others. 3. Mr. Huskisson—Address for Copy of the American Tariff of 1824, and of the present year, with any communications from his Majesty's Ministers in the United States upon the subject. Next. Session. Mr. Robinson—Select Committee, to inquire into the state of Newfoundland and Labrador, with a view to amend the Laws relating to those Settlements. The sum now subscribed towards the New College, in donations and in shares, amounts to about 60,000/. _ _ About a fortnight since, the operation for the stone was performed by Mr. HonsoN, of this town, on a man from Fide, of the name of Tompsett, when a stone which weighed four ounces was extracted. The poor man, however, we hear, is doing remarkably well.—Sussex Ad vertiser. RAILWAY COACH.--The first Railway coach constructing in Scotland for the conveyance 'of passengers, made a trial journey in the neighbourhood of Airdrie on Tuesday. It i s d ragge d b y one h orse , an d is to ply on the Kirkintilloch R a il wa y, i n car ryin g passengers to boats on the canal. It i s mean t t o c a r r y 24 passengers , b ut start ed in high style with no less than forty, within and without . —Scotsman. k wheni n g t o PAT T observed, Kingstown LORD L IEU . , TENBALNTA.—CKHiIstoECxKceneRiacOyAD.--TIIE L sailor, of a dreadful dust on ‘ t v h a e s ro spea ad, ~ Please your Honour, it was well known therewthaes only on this road the day after the flood." It has been recoil,. mended by his Excellency to have the ro ad scraped after watering. This is the pra ctice near Lon don, and effectual means of removing the material that rises with the wind,,Dublin Freeman's Journal. HURRICANE AT TIM MAURITIUS. The following is a copy of a letter from the Mau ritius, dated the lOth March, received by the Gil nzorc, Capt. Laws, at the North and South Ameri can Coffee-house, giving a detail of a hurricane which had visited that Island on the 6th March. PORT LOUIS, 3IARCH 10, 1828. I beg leave to hand you the particulars of a hurricane with which this island was visited on the 6th inst. ; the appearance of the weather was very threatening, and the falling of the barometer left us to expect to be visited by a hurricane, the event justified our worst fears, and before sun -set the work of de vastation had began, and continued without inter mission until after midnight, the destruction in these cases have been very considerable to houses, cattle, crops, &c., but happily no lives have been l os t, t h e: ships. in the h ar b our , being few in number, have not experienced much injury, but I regret to state, the un— fortunate fate of the George Canning, 426 tons, Capt.. James Clark, which had 'arrived the preceding dm': from Calcutta, with a cargo of rice, &c., and for want, of a bill of health, was riding a three days' quarantine! at Bell Buoy. At noon, she was observed sending' down top gallant masts, and appeared to ride well at an anchor, until eight o'clock, p.m., at which time the hurricane was at its height, when the Captain being desirous to avail himself of the wind being off shore to proceed to sea, ordered the chain-cable to be slipped, and the fore-topmast stay-sail to be hoisted. Unfortunately, at this moment, she was caught in a squall, or sudden shift of wind, which laid her head on shore, and before she could wear or be brought under any command, she ran on shore with great violence on the' western entrance of the Grand River, and shortly after broke in half; her stern is now lying nearly two miles from the fore castle. All who were in the after part of the vessel have lost their lives; the Captain, Second Mate, Surgeon, two passengers, and their servants, and some of the crew; while those more 'fortunate in the fore-part of the vessel which remained stationary, Owing to the force she took the ground, were preserved until the morning, when they succeeded in landing on a raft, viz, the Chief Mate, and Ili or 16 men ; not a vestige of her cargo will be saved. The accounts from the country differ as to the injury done to the sugar canes; but the whole of the provision grounds are destroyed without exception. Those drowned are—Captain Clark; W. Glover, second mate; the surgeon ; John Taylor, valet ; Wm. Hooper, carpenter; Wm. Grendal, Captain's servant; M. Wood, passenger; M. Berthand, ditto; an infant son of one of the passengers; and six sea men. Government. Bills, 25 per cent. premium. No produce in the market ; freights to England nominal ; no shippers. On the 11th, the Royal George, Grant, arrived from London. DEATH OF CAPTAIN WRIGHT. A multitude of depositions had re-echoed the name of the English Captain, Wright, and the newspapers had talked of him in all sorts of ways. This Captain, who had landed George and his people at the eh& of Biville, had after wards gone to cruiso off the coast of Quiberon• Having had the misfortune to be wrecked on the coast of Morbihan, he was conducted with all his crew to Vannes, where nothing was just• then talked of but what was passing at Paris.— The administration of that department, reported the shipwreck, and was ordered to send Captain Wright and all his crew to Paris. They entered the court of the Temple when George and his people were walking there : the English and French Officers did not seem to recognise one another ; but the English seamen, not supposing there could be any harm in it, frankly accosted some of their acquaintance among George's subalterns. Captain Wright was separated from them ; and the Court proceeded to confront the rest with George's subordinate, which confirmed the rigid truth of the information previously ob tained. Wright persisted in declining to answer the question put to him, and said, " Gentle men, I am an Officer in the British Navy ; care not what treatment you reserve for me; I s hall give no account of the orders which I have re ceived : I know none of these gentlemen." From whom, then, could Wright, an Officer in the Royal Navy of England, and moreover, commanding a ship of war of that navy, have re ceived orders to take on board George and his people, and to laud them on our coast ? Is there in England any other authority which issues orders to the navy, than the Government offices ? Captain Wright had been thrown upon the coast by shipwreck ; instead of making him a prisoner of war, a criminal prosecution might have been instituted against him by the Procu reur-General, on the ground of his being an ac complice in the conspiracy. Regard was, never theless, had to his devotedness and his character; he and his mew were brought forward as wit nesses, but no proceedings against him personally were commenced. This unfortunate man remained in the Temple till 1805, when he died. So many stories have been told concerning his death, that I too was curious to learn the cause of it, when, as minister of police, the sources of information were open to me ; and I ascertained that Wright cut his throat in despair, after reading the account of the capitulat ion o f t h e Austrian general, Mack, at Ulm, that is, while the Emperor was engaged in the campaign of Austerlitz. Can one, in fact, without alike insulting common sense and glory, admit that this sovereign had attached so much importance to the destruction of a scurvy lieutenant of the English navy, as to send from one of his most glorious fields of battle the order for his destruction ? It has been added that it was I who received from hint this commission : now, I never quitted him for a single day during the whole camp a i gn , from his departure from Paris till his retu rn . For the rest, the civil ad ministration of France is in possession of all the papers of the ministry of the police, which must furnish all the information that can be desired respecting the e vent.—Savarys Memoirs. Dungarvan was brilliantly illuminated on Mon day night, in honour of 'the grand result of the Claw Election.— Waterford chronicle. A melancholy and fatal casualty occurred en the Shannon, near Kilrush, last Saturday night, when eleven persons returning in a sail boat from the fair of Gtrrigaholt perished in the waves, the bark having swamped when attempting to gain the creek on a tack. The bodies of eleven victims were found next morning at the slob at l ow water.—Saunders's News .Letter. BIRTHS. On the II th inst., at York-gate, Regent's Park, the Hon. Mrs. Westby, of a son. On the Ist inst. at Geneva, the lady of Charles Earle, Esq. of a son. DIED. On the 13th inst., in the 3Sth year of her age, Frances, the wife of S. W. Darke, Esq. of Red Lion-square. On tilt 10th inst., George Hoskins, Esq., of the Secre tary of State's Office, Whitehall, youngest son of the late! William Hoskins, Esq., of North Perrott, Somersetshire . On the 9th inst., at his residence, 85, Goswell-roaa , Matthew Mendes, Esq., surgeon; and for many years assts' tant surgeon in the Hon. East India Company's Brag a Establishment. 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