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FRENCII PAPERS. FARIS, JULY 24.—Aniong the petitions pre. .sented to the Chamber of Deputies in the sitting -of the '23d instant was one by a merchant of aria, who prayed that the newspapers should .giNe an account of all the , petitions reported, and flu decisions of the Chamber on them. The Chairman, in the name of the Committee, pro :poste to - pass to the Order of the Day, being of ,opinion that the journals ought to give full or concise accounts of the Sittings. The Order of the Day was adopted. TRIBUNAL OF FIRST INSTANCE. CAVE Of DIVORCE. When divorce was abolished in 1814, the project of a law, which was intended to regulate the effect on those eases, !n which divorces had been already pronounced, was . presented to the Chamber of Peers and adopted by it. 'rite second clause of this project is in the following terms:— %•"111046 who bare been already divorced, and who are not now ' married, are at liberty to marry again ; but every other mar riage ie interdicted till after the decease of one of the parties." ' The same projeet was presented to the Chamber of Deputies; a Chairman wan named, and a day fixed for discussion ; but the Session was so far advanced at the time, that it was not, again brought forward. • 116 question which came before the Court for its decision to-day, Will not whether patties already divorced could contract a new marriage; but in consequence of the non-adoption of the projected law, the difficulty was increased by the citcum. • stance of4he divorced person who wished to marry again, being .4 foreigner, and also by the dissolution of the first marriage having hem. pronounced subsequent to the law abolishing divorce.. Ferny briefly , related the circumstances. A young Irish '.lady named Maria Bryan, was married in her own country to 'Sir john Milky Doyle, a Colonel in the service of his Bri tannic Majesty. It appears that thin was an unhappy union ; a divorce was pronounced tin the 20th of February, Mi. by the Conabitorial ‘:ourt of Dahlia. 'Ms divorce wan confirmed en the Ist of*July, 1022, by the King, with the ad vice of the Houses of Lords and Commons. Madame Bryan, after thin divorce, in which it was formally expressed thateither of the parties were at liberty to marry henceforward if they pleased, eame to Prance. I I aving been captivated with the per soil and talent of M. Mansion, an historical painter, both pre. stinted themselves before M. Crate, Mayor of the third Arron. (abatement, and requested that officer to proceed to the celebration of the marriage. M. Crette, having been apprised of the exist. (Iwo of a divorce, referred them to the King's Procureur. General, who, unwilling to make any decision upon the subject himself, advised them, m so important a matter, to take the 'judgment of the Court. M. Percy . contended that in law :111a:dame Bryan, an Irish lady, was 3n France entirely at her own disposal, and ought, thereibre to be considered as perfectly free. Ile compared this case to that of a French lady, divorced 'before the law of 1010, and who, according to that law, would • still have the right of marrying again during the lifetime of her former husband, since the project of law which would interdict that power was reeeted. The King's A dvocate, after complimenting the Mayor upon his prudence, discussed the question of stolid personnel in all its relations, and contended that Madame Bryan, though di vorced both in England and Ireland, could not marry in 'Prance 'to the prejudice of a former union, which our laws looked upon .as henceforward indissoluble. lie further gave it as his opinion that those who were divorced before 1010, could not marry again. The judgment of the Court was deferred to Saturday, the 31st of July. ( From the Constiptiormd: PARTS, Juror '24.-11t was previously announ ced, that 111. de Chateauhriand was to make a speech in the Chamber of Peers yesterday, on the question of Supple. mentary Credit, which was to produce a great sensation. All the trumpets of fume were ready to carry abroad the Parliamen • tary phillippie of the Ex.Miruster, Vi hat happened ? Al. de 'Cliateaubriand declined to speak, and the law was adopted, after Itsiring a single orator. Thus the Noble Peer who had con stituted himself the Ades of the Counter.opposition, kept silent on an occasion whichlia might have made important. The 'mountain in labour has not even brought fotth a mouse.—The .fluke of Batumi bait published' a jiistitleatory exposf. Several fittictionoriga implicated tr, the IMY.IIIO%* of the administration of writ. in Spain, have given explications; and even M. Otivrard • 11 , 04 written a note proses taut to prat lie was in the right to ransom the treasury, tool that lie very innocently gained sixty-twt»nil ' lions or more, in nine months. At present M. Sarren, armed only with the hive of truth, has published a pamphlet under the title of Des Marche* Outward, et de I" Esprit Politiltse et wander tie M. de Vfllele, which is to give explanations and re. • veal strange things. Although the object of this pamphlet seems prittemally to justify the Duke of Mum), and it may, in some measure, he regarded as a supplement to his Memoir, Sarran, however, denies every imputation of being influen ced by any private interest. It is difficult to defend the Duke of Belluno without attacking de Villele, the author of his dismissal; it is equally diflieult to denounce the contracts of M. Ouvrerd, without blaming the AdMinistration which concluded tinsie contracts with him. M. Sarran has not neglected any Ppportunity of discussing the acts of the Minister of Finance, .end his administration. Aecordingic.lll. Sarno's, M. de Villele set , only what is certain in the present, without at all calculating tho future; he is jealous of every thing which does not spring front himself. Ile is both hesitating and hold, ambitious and confined. But it is on M. Ouvrard that M. Sarnia is most severe. This Contractor, represented as so clever, as an indispensible and unique.person, is now for.. silken by every body. The Ministry itself, ill at ease, has given him Up as a prey, iinagining that his adversaries would %take their victim and be *aligned ; experiment 'gm IN aNimh illachiavelian policy is quite worthy of the old regime, btu it is doubtful if it will now succeed. Whatever may be 'she ed'orta of the 'Ministry, it is impossible they can shield 4ti , snitcl yen behind M. Outward; and as soon as this weak ram- TArt is atnitaistusl, they will re-appear with their disadvan7 rages. • if the contracts signed with M. Ouvrard are exorbitant, s.'sodslous, the result of guilty intrigues; if they ate injuridus i., the public, •it will be more difficult to absolve the num who , consented to theist, thud him who profited by them. If 31. fiairan may belielieved, there was no necesuty to treat with tint lositractor. There was plenty of provisions, and their sup. was assured; arrivals were multiplying, and the sudden diu,onnination to give all into the hands of Ouvrard, at a Pius priori, was witty tit any good cause whatever. Every thing Itimi been foreseen—every thing would have succeeded without the assistance of the Contractur—but hl. Ouvrard would not twee pined 02 millions (frants). and France would have ob maned more economical, triumph. WHONCIII FUNDS. PAU'S, JULY 24.--Five per Cents. opened At Sift f. oc. ; &Piet; et Var. 25e.--Neapolitan Five per emits. in.. Ducats, 115 ; 'ditto, in Franc*, 117 6 ; Rents Int—Royal Spaniab Loan, ;80, Aili.—Kgetiaogii on London, one month, 26f. ac.; three ditto, 24f. 90e.--(Coure rlulluntiyue , juiv24.) P 0 T G AL. taxpoN, J uffr. 30.-I'llp Directors or the Bank oP fAubors acquaint the Proprietors, that the dividend for the E s t site tnotiths oldie present year is 13 , E ( Irene e tneio) per 100, 0,64)11 fur each share, the payment of which will commence on the Ist of July. Jor,tr 2.--A notice from the Wiu.office contains a decree of hi,. Crl alesty, to the effect, that the departments of the- Chief of the Waif and Mili tar y Secretary beingaltolishod by a decree of hf ay 0, hi c tijajesiy thinks fit to dismiss from their employ. mans lill.persons who Were attached to those departments; and those who wore transferred to those employments from the office of the Secretary of War, may be replaced in the latter . with the curie title and salary that they had before the decree of the lath of An rust 11123, if it should be necessary, in con. sequence of the dual organisation which le ordered by the de. imir;uf this date and if the conduct and circumstance of each tenger him worthy of this new :itdmission, it is further ordered, all Otero persona employed in the said abolished depart ls. who toe not military, and who by virtue of this decree 041,4r:14(10 e, ti, office of the Secretary of State, shall onoutine salary so a fret gift. The Lisboa *; o) „ 6,dvitifl tv _ it esetter, front the 30th of Juno o the fith July, ).1 13 014, joug:l6l4 wish from the fipaniall, French , a nd duo eciuntv frooi :In the Spanish Journals are extracted lAraa a n d Cialso ; 4, 1 1 d Atntrics , such as the reconquest of' ot A lira, from ~"Piiinta news from Mexico to the 22d Ca b thciikt of ,e44 l:vi r tir v ii of the lfith dupe Rio dl; i i o f Vertia jn i,t, n ' "' A iled, are several. to and from to tiniArtli of July locinaire., an d n4his•—(Lisbos Gtorette of !lip e King NI.T.IIVIMAI4)I 1411$ preqpnted V.ls Ulll3ll King toUbirOV lit 1 /er gilt.OD. 00at 4fitil 46,600 guilders kiibout %ow l. f. ; 74 ‘ , toufards the building of a new clitx.rai FOR THE SUN. " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." MR. EDlTOR—Doubtless from the interest you take in Indian affairs, and your Journal and the Sunday Indian' Observer* often containing the most recent intelligence from the Oriental Con tinent— " The brightest jewel in the British Crown," you will have observed with no common interest the squabble at the Court of Proprietors on the 23d June. There is a peculiar species of debate, which we may class as interrogative and rejective, in which much is said, and nothing done, occu pying the valuable days of the Chairman in de sultory and useless questions, answering no possi ble purpose, but that of wasting time, and ham pering the responsible Officer of the Board of Directors, hurrying him into compliance, and as in the case of the late Chairman (Mr. WIORAM), OD the question of the Marquis of liossTisrus's, Government almost bullying him into an aban donment of his duty. It is to me exceedingly singular, ~ that. five or six men, otherwise unex ceptionable and highly respectable, should so fur forget the interests of 1,400 Proprietors as to be eternally frustrating the acts of the Directors, men whom they have themselves elected, and in whom all put confidence. A desire to be thought busy, and their services of importance impelled by the cacoethes loquendi, constantly thrusts these persons into public notice. We find his MAJNSTes Government have no cause of complaint against the Directors. The Board of Controul, under the able Presidency of Mr. W. WYNNE, approves of all their measures. The Parliament of the country never find it necessary to call them to account. The Court of Proprie tors, collectively and individually, with the ex ception of the foregoing personages, swarm their proceedings; and the British Press, watch. ful and jealous as it is of public and private rights, rarely contain the shadow of a censure against the Directors. No, sir, it is only some half dozen perturbed spirits who thus incessantly occupy the Court, and are never happy but when they hear themselves talk ; under u mistaken notion of acquiring popularity, they goon teasing and per plexing the Court for no earthly purpose that I can discover. But the Directors are in this instance themselves to blame ; they ought not to have re ceived the document in question ; it was decided juris, and to all intents end purposes a non official paper. A praiseworthy but fictitious de licacy, no doubt, prevailed on the Court to re ceive the Paper ; by so doing, they, with the best motives, compromised themselves, and their op poems have not failed to take advantage of the Court's indulgence. The most singular feature in this protracted business is, the circumstance of the required document being already before the Public in print, but the Court are now required to make that a record, which is nothing more nor less than the Governor G era I'S own opinion On his own acts. One Honourable Gentleman wishes to he presented with the criticisms and annota tions ot the Directors, thin making them lte "vie! 44AILKAA Oa parte btmemunt. w tNIN Cotleise RIO enrellet%t obtkerva• ons deserve to he recorded. Ile saw no oh jection to the production of t h l' paper ; hut lie thought, as it was only the opinion of an indivi dual, too much importance had been attached to it, anti that importance would b© increased by the withholding it ; he, however, hoped that it %resold be produced without the opinion of the Court of Directors. This Is all right in the Honourable Proprietor. I hnve not the honour of knowing the gentleman, but I shall set him [town us a SPIISIhIO man. " Long s p e ,.. c h es are like cypress trees, tail and beautiful, but they yield no fruit." I unreserved:y confess that a regular observance ought to be kept as the public acts of the Directors, but while they, to the satisfaction of the Government, pursue their measures with integrity and ability, there is something very irritating and ridiculous in a few individuals making it a mutter of duty and principle to be constantly acting against the very me" whom they have themselves clothed with power: c „ aents have justifivd the administration of the Court of Directors for the last half vett tory, but this rage for legislating, and inveterate! uenchisnt for speechifying, will effilf"nd the judgment of many au excellent and worthy man. Were there atsy us i.ful or productive in these repeated attempts to thwart the move ments of the Directors, I would be the last to raise my voice. Although their servant, I 1111 Ye 110 Undue bins—no leaning—no partiality ; on the contrary, they have treated ine with some de gree of unkindness and neglect, but they had public reasons for it, therefore I do not com plain. Lord HAS arse is a high-minded Noble, mail, of an exalted chario,ter, and one of the most amiable of men. Still lie was a public officer; it is not of man that I speak,. but of prin. ciple. Let the friends of the Nobleman its ques tion tuko the subject before, Parliament, and let evidence he produced, and every document with. nut reservation brought forward. Let Col.Jonst Bit c, mr.o.Eortog Do svncsiv t.t., Mr. .10$1 . :i STUAT, Mr. Ilonosou, and 'other public men of the day, he called to the Isar of the House, and at once set the ques tion at rest ; but I du protest most sincerely against those repeated, unnecessary, and 11611. ditious attacks on the Court of Directors, which have a tendency to interrupt business, produce hostile feelings, and impede the Executive in the due discharge of their dutiell. It was but the other day I met my .flighty and patriotic frknd Bob Bouncer. Whither so fast? exclaimed,—Goiog to town to buy India Stock, was the reply—l thought your funds were luki out to advantage alrpady,—just so, my dear fel low, but I want to be a public man, to get into notice. I have tried'hy all means to get into print, won't do—have tried History, Biography, Public Economy, even a Eomiet to the Moon—it won 't do—The limes won't notice me, The Chronicle won't record me, Ma Sun won't shine upon me; must buy India Stock and become speechifier—see, my good fellow, how I will touch ,up the Directors, see my exposes of India attics, ' That Paper is no longer in exlste.nce. The very thought is extacy itself. now de. lightful, when Ainlly brings in the breakfast, to take up the Mor ning Paper, reeking with printer's dew, to f ind the following exquisite lalf column : " Mr. Robert Bouncer then rose, and followed on the same side of the question. Ile took' un able and perspicuous review of the administration of affairs in India, from the earliest period down to the present time, and gave the clearest state ment of the management of our policy in that distant part of the British Empire that was ever before heard. Want of_room compels us to give but a very brief outline of the lion. Gentleman's able and luminous speech." * * * * N i m friend, what think ye of this ?--Am?--Amiotfil; m y fur li the House ? 1 will bring them to eir senses, and shew them the right track ; but, Bob, replied I, speech-making will not fill your belly. With a look of pity, Bob replied, Poor fellow, you are quite a rustic—never mind, I will patronize yuu, anti will now tell you what will be the probable result of my 46 talking career." G e t a w ife with lots of money—be noticed by Ministers as a useful inno—in consequence be knighted. Then see Sir Robert Bouncer, of Bouncers nre a pump. ' ,. l , l , a u l s k r a li t t i n v i e ly h , la tt i v i o . -ti A ti s rd t s h s ' lmll go to India, and, for old a cquaintance sake, I shall bestow a writer ship on one of your sons. Now, to conclude, speech-making is the science of one man politely and adroitly de ceiving another, and he 'so long pursues his 'eerie that lie at last deceeive►+ himself. The public will foe moused and instructed next month by a repetition . of lust week's in teresting and useful business. Two Courts arc• ordered to 'be held for the purpose of op posing and frustrating the intentions of the Directors. am 'l_ Sir , I Your obedient lit.rvant, July 3, 1824. A. Z. of Bombay. * * * The foregoing letter was unluckly aid, or it should have had an earlier insertion. I N I) 1 A. [Extracts from the Asiatic Journals.] NOT AT HOME AND DURWANS. - - I have passed several mornings hi making visits, sonic in the neighbourhood, some at a considerable distance from my residence, and it has occasionally been my misfortune not to see the person I went to call on, even after a very long drive; they have been, " r.roT AT HOME." Now I am quite aware, that net at home frequently l means " It is not convenient toreceive visitors," and I can fancy such circumstances as sometimes to render a denial of oneself not only justifiable,' but positively necessary ; this in all countries ever was, is, and ever will be, the case—the great Archimedes had better have been not at home when summoned to appear before Mareellus, and the soldier who waited on him on this unfortunate occasion showed a lack of good breeding in not receiving his excuse. [low Inconsiderate would it be to disturb a lady in the midst of her meditations on the most becoming head-dress she might wear at the next drawing-room—his holiness the Pope, when preparing a Bull to fulminate on some unfortunate freethinkers within his dominions--the new editor of a new paper, in the midst of his maiden paragraph—or a State Secretary when in dicting a dispatch subject to the criticism of all the world. Sometimes itas found convenient to be at home only to a par tinier friend ; When this is the case it becomes a duty to pro vide as much as possible against the stupidity of servants. From the circumstance of my name resembling somewhat in sound that of a Inorit faVottred personage; I was admitted by a Duman. and drove np to the house, where a more intelligent or at least a better instrneted servant accosted me with Itrebte Sahilvbahur *soya. • , • • , I never enter into contreversy with a servant, and I con sider it both ungallant and impolitic to force• a visit on a lady, en I retired, determined nevertheless to say a word to the Duman as I passed, but perceiving me so soon on the return,' and probably'gtiessing 'my intention, he made a pre cipitate retreat behind some shrubs: I have often heard it re. markaal that...a sis, very, .1114 eh at the mercy of our servants ; how important, Mr. Editor, "it the - &WU' lea Thirwan, and how exceedingly great is the trust reposed in him—how many eminent roallticatione are necessary to a thorough discharge of all the duties of this situation—how few are able to undertake so liigh ;tint so responsible an office I Odr privacy, our copsequenee,our reputation, our rest, the safety of our property anti-of our persons, are all more or- less at the mercy of, and dependent on a Duman. A good fur wan must 'possess an imposing appearance—a stentrophonic voice--an impudent assurance—a retentive memory—an idea of physiognomy, and a knowledge of mankind; an imposing ap pearance to give a proper idea of his master's consequence a owyou (if a stranger) that he entertains paproper voids, eooi t e o ass u re ra iioriof your own. A well proclaimed Itabur ka Sahib oyah, kobr dejeo t" is to me nearly as im posing as a flourish of trumpets or a salute of cannon ; whilst the sound of a bell, or a Chinese gong, dwells with dismal re verberation on my earn, and produces a m elancholy frequently unconquerable for th e rest o f, the day. When a Duman Is to tell a fib, he should do it with a good grace, without stammer. Ing at it, and persist i» his story, even though he should be cross-questioned by a (farrow or a Fergusson. Such men may be met With now and then-4bey are scarce, but I do think that a college for furwane would meet with general patronage. I know a very Phamix of- a Duman. His muscular limbs create y our wonderment—his portly fi gure, his goodly paunch, and jolly countenance, proclaim him the servant to some lordly master, in whose service be enjoys a most productive ()abate, levied on the Khatetaman'a Bazar; then in his calling he is a perfect (terherus.- The tenor of Ilurkarus and Choprieutes, and, even when brought to a parley, he will without hesitation send his m as t er to Barrac t ,xpoor or confine his mistress with a severe headaehe when the one Is practieing music in the drawing-r oom , an d the other has on ly p rece ded you through his gatoby half a dozen pates, end this he will assert in oppo. sition to your own sense of seeing and hearing, without chang ing colour. -There is generally in the mann er of' approach —in the style o f equ ip age , in the tone of inquiry, in the greater or less anxiety or confidence exhibited by a stranger, a something which enables the Duman of parts to distinguish between the.: dun, and a debtor; the intimate friend, • the formal visitor, and the humble !petitioner for patronage; and it behove* .a • good Duman to study the- count-menet:co of one of t h e latter class of personages, , after an - interview, and if he discovers an, expression of dimatinfaction, he will be careful never to admit him again, unless by special ape .pointment. it is admirable to observe in a Durwan of -talent and penetration, the different degrees of respect or indifference with which he can receive different classes of individuals from the negligent shake of the head,: and emphatic ," the obsequious Salaam anti . "(Thoditwund hi." A large so warree has certainly an imposing appearance, and unity be adapted with success now and , tom by the candidete of a vacant place, who partieulerly detdrous of art interview. A friend of mine who enjoys the services of a most puissant and emir hi , tray," to %gem; ll ' erwan, has lately ordered swivels to be mounted on his and a fl-pounder on a wheelbarrow, to enable hint to re s i st ti l l attac k s t h at might possibly be made by certain ferociou s , bl oo d y l oo ki ng Peons and Chuprasses, who parade in -whale battalions, -armed with tulwars and long horse-pistols, a -moat necessary precaution in this town of mur ders And atetasinations ; and as soon as labourers can be spared from the improvements of the city, he intends sutrounding his 'Know with a mo a t an d a wall up at sunset, when we hope to be able to sleep in security. after all, M Mr. Editor, - much of the incovenience arisin g front the stu with a drawbridge, to be pulled P-ailr'of servants might be obviated by hanging out a hoard with Not at Home in large legible characters on it, and underneath might be written, with a piece of chalk,: the favoured exception—this, too, in a :character or hiero glyphic which only the person interested need understand; and underneath might be placed a little Not to receive cards. flow mightily convenient would this be for many ladies who consider it the height , of good luck to find that their dear ac tquaintanees are Not at Home. You see, Mr. Editor I am becoming by degrees a littl e more acquainted with t he. world and its ways ; but though I find that it is quite necessary to push forward, I cannot over come a feeling which herd Chesterfield would perhaps ascribe to roanvaigr /Joie, iatthis will ever, I fear keep me in the back ground.—Noun, 4 c . MOM:B'l'As. - P. S'.:-L.-Pray can yotitkeournynd the Moonshee—l studied a ( short time in England underefr. killehrist (who is a v er y modest man), WI am anxious to prosecute my studies here. ! THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. Malta Gazelles, which have arrived, bring the following details of the arrival of the Marquis of HASTINGS; RS the successor of Sir Titus. M tiT- LAND:- PROCLAMATION. By his Excellency, General the Most Noble Marquis of Hastings, K.G. K.C.B. and 0.C.11., Governor and Com inakdet-in-Chicf of the Islankof Malta and its Dependencies, &c. &e. This day, General the Mast Noble Marquis of Hastings, K.G. &c. appointed by his Majesty Governor and Com. mander-in-Chief of this Island and its dependencies, took the oaths of Office, and in consequence has assumed the duties of Governor of the same. Notice.thereof is hereby given, and all persons are required to obey him as such. By his Excellency's command, FRED. HANKEY, Chief Secretary to Government. Palace Valetta, 7th June, 1824. LANDING OF HIS EXCELLENCY. Owing to the heaviness of the weather, the Phaeton was not perceived till nearly eight o'clock in the morning, with the signal flying, that his Excellency was on board, and by half past nine she entered the great harbour, off which he received the salute of his Majesty's sloop Hind, with the yards manned, which has just arrived with the convoy from Alexandria. Immediately after the frigate came to anchor, she was saluted by the batteries on shore, and the Lieut.-Governor, Major-Ge neral Sir M. Power, attended by the military staff and the Sc. cretary of the Government, repaired on board to offer their congratulations on his Excollency's arrival, and shortly after Sir P. Parish) presented himself to expressa hope that the Mar. quis would condescend to land on a spot selected by the tese nobility and inhabitants, on which preparations had been made for the purpose. With this request his Excellency com plied. At eleven he left the frigate, under a salute, with the yards manned, in the Government barge, attended by the Ma. Jor,General, the Marchioness and family following in Captain Sturt's barge, which was in attendance on them, the Commis sioner of the Navy, and Captain King, of his Majesty's ship Active. Ws Excellency on landing was received by Sir Paolo Parisio and Baron Suberras Trigona. On passing the gates, the Ma jor -General tendered hint the keys of the fortress, and his Ex cellency then proceeded to the Palace on foot through the streets of Valetta, which were lined by troops, passing under a triumphal arch erected on the occasion. Ile was met in the miunre before the Palace by the President of the High Court of Appeal, the Members of the Supreme Council of Justice, the Treasurer to Governm. nt, the Superintendent. of Quarantine, his Majesty's Judges, and all other Civil Authorities. The enthusiasm which prevailed it is impossible to describe. MONUMENT to the LATE MIL WATT. A Meeting of the inhabitants in Edinburg! was held last week, to take into consideratiot the propriety of erecting a Monument, in Scot land, to the memory of Mr. WATT. Mr. Coca BURN, th e' N, with whom idea originated, eXplainel in t h e following manner the motives which had led hiin to suggest it " I am aware of the efihrts (and most honourable they are to those who have made them) that have lately been witnessed in England, to erect a Monument in Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's, to this distinhmislied man ; and some m a y i mag i ne t h at this'object of ours is inconsistent with the success of that; but I trust that it will not prove so, and I can safely say that 1 am certain that there is no such thing in view. Nothing can be more appropriate or more Irresistibly natural, than that aome memorial of Mr. Watt should be placed in one of those great cemeteries of departed national greatness ; and I should think that Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's would be robbed of their rights if no such memorial should be erected in either of them. But there. are two reasons why I think It is perfectly con sistent with that object, that we should resolve to erect a monument to his name in his own country. And in the first place, because this is his country ; I think, as it is our duty to encourage similar extraordinary exertions,. it is a fortiori correct that we should endeavour to exhibit to Scots men, tbroughout all ages, what are the ultimate rewards of genius and industry. I do not like the idea that strangers, after admiring the works of Watt, should say that they have traversed his native land, and found no m o n ument to his me. mory. In the next place—and I confess to you that lam not sure but that this reason, more than the other, has exerted an influence on my mind—l look not exclusively to the monument to discuss, and it is the farthest from my intention to impeach,o n f ec a e l s r s . ol t e riA t t o t, th w e l gr iic e l a i t is bo t t o ty bejl t a i c ,e ctl ye in op a le. sitt l i v at e io h n a . v th e a n t o is rig n i o u t the system according to which the monuments are superintend ed at Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's ; but we all know that they are only to be approached upon payment of a suns, which, however trifling, practically amounts to the total exclu sion of the lower orders from beholding them. And, to my mind there is something In the payment of tt . base paltry fee, that, is quite inconsistent with those ennobling feelings with which men ought to muse over the illustrious dust which reposes in that great depositary of the genius, science, and virtue of the nation. I am, therefore, clear that we should have an open daylight monument to the memory of M r. Watt, which can be explored by all—that their hearts may be stirred, and their ambition excited, by the contemplation of such a tribute. The man whose mind I wish most to awaken is that of the operative mechanic, who should be able to view this structure as he is walking along the streets in the dress and with the implements of his calling. It ' is impossible that this object can be attained by any other means, as I think, than by the erection of an architectural edifice. Besides, such an edifice would be erected at even less expence than if we had recourse to the finer art of statuary, which could not be rendered so useful. Another consideration which is con nected with an architectural edifice is, that while it will tend to perpetuate the memory of this individual, it will contribute to adorn the metropolis of Scotland—to add to the splendour of that city which. it long has been, and I trust will ever continue to be, our pride and our ambition to make the most magnificen, and most beautiful of the empire. I have alluded to one use to which such a building can be applied, anti shall venture to ape. city other uses to winch it may be converted, and which, I am sure, if the departed spirits could hold any communion with' the ac w wbulyi a isas s thiin: t iite l e i esa l eic c a o r n ts Tl a ti n e d ncLo t t . transactions of their friends on earth, would, of all others, meat the liberal and enlightened mind of Watt. Since that man's ü b c e a e t n i nbges them tbestowed d i in the eon me. thle death, the phenomenon has appeared of philosophy struggling to rescue the mechanic population front that degradation which knowledge e/cluaively has ed elevate Arts. f o va o ai l le o p f tahret iles,,agernrhdoerosdef orders, e n r d iyi as sect —r a u r bilug tuano institutions, neevue7yi under nciguian r t ttl h el e e r lower orders of almost every manufacturing town in the kingdom p of the land ; hut this is not the place for me to dilate upon the merits otsuch institutions. The manner in which that institution .is conducted in this city, was, I believe, the example and the model of all the rest; and I ens sure that if you combine with an architectural edifice calculated to ornament the city, the idea of making it a house of instruction to the lower classes of the population, there . could lie no applic a ti on o f t h e money t h at would ha nd to posterity the mime of Watt in a more in isirip:ceicplVieswanedrechtalr:ofotuhsaitylibaegrraleeandd wresting meatier, or in a manner more consistent with the t e o n , li a gh n t d en n ed l i i i b ia: l . l " l Reaultitions in the spirit of Mr• COCKBURN'S subscription commenced. Extract fro tn a letter, dated Pernambuco, June fl Commodore John T ay l or i s now off this port blockading it, with his broad pendant flying in the Nethei oy frigate, having n fine squadron of ten sail, amongst which is the Paraguay 60-gun frigate, commanded by Captain Nor ton. He has an extensive military and civil comm an d, an d lately has received th e t h an k s of his Imperial Majesty, and of the Brazilian nation, both for his diplomatic and military set ,vices. He has also been complimented with stars and honours, and received the thanks of the British consul and merchants, for his conduct, to the British interests during the blockade of Pernambuco.. • Lord Cochrane has sailed from Rio, with the Pedro 1., 74 ; Caroline, 48, and Maria de Gloria, 28, for An. gola, on the coast of Africa, to destroy two enemy's frigates. A !offer from Northumberland says, we are blessed with a continuance of fine and warm weather. The wheat cropi and corn in general never looked more promising. Should the present genial weather continue a few weeks, there will doubtless be secured one of the most abundant harvests. And what is highly gratifying, accounts from all parts of the country are equally favourable. Our market-place is now daily , supplied with abundance of new potatoes, vegetables, and various kinds of fruit, at moderate prices. A more abundant season has•sel dom been experienced.—( Carlisle Patriot, July 24.) Extract of a letter, dated Annan, t3d July : " The warm weather, since the late refreshing rain, has Dm. sinned a great and striking improVement in the appearance of the crops, which promise to be abundant in the extreme, with the exception of late sown barley ; but even that looks better than was expected. The wheat, oat*, a n d ear l y b ar l ey are in mottplaces full, and hi some changing colour ; and the large fields of potatoes exhibit every where the fairest ,prospect of a most luxuriant crop. WEST INDIA. DOCKS. DELIVERIES for the WEE', and STOCK ON HAND, for the Week ending the 24th of July, 1824. Delivered. Stock ea Articles. Home r. KAporta- B and. Con- non. , , gumption. .------... Illids - - i 4,061 - 39,886 Sugar 1 Tierces - - 354 - , 3,147 truncheons - 263 318 23,363 Ruin Inds - - 9 4 1,17 1 1 Illids and Tierces 149 1,564 14,062 Coffee Barrels and Bags 30 2,086 24, 33 i Bales and Bags 64 - 353 Cotton Pockets and Sewns - - 23 i Butts and . Pipes 34 - 1,376 wine (Illls and i Casks 11 - 1,085 C4sks - ' - - 80 Pimento (mss - - 27 1,173 5,6'2 4 Casks - - 68 - 7.13 flinger { ' Bags ' " - - '23 27%1 - • 0 . 1 ,, . . Cocoa ./. Bags - - II - 1.: 1 73 2,84 - - Logwood Tons - - 39 au I s,isri Fustic Tons - -22 i 1 \ 1,004 Cheats of Sugar 11,27 0 Casks of Molasses EItUAT um—ln yesttrday's Leading Article, line 11, for " vering, ' read " toweling." PRICE OE STOCKS 1)1Y AT ONE O.CLOc:Ii• Old Annuities ..........•••• --; New Ditto .................. Ex. Bills 10001.2 d. --JO 45 4:3 Ditto lid. ...... 41 40 Ditto 5091.2d....... 44 40 Ditto lAd. ......... 4:1 Ditto small ...... .14 40 Ditto lid. ......... Ditto Coluniercisl ...•• •••• Bank for Act. ............... for Acct. ............ -- Cons. for Acc0unt......... Rank Stink ni/ 3 per Cent. Red. '43l i per Cent. Cone. 92i1.1 i 34 per Cent 1(1 Mud. 101 d 4 per Cent.. A setl.looll 102 New 103,1 [hulk Long Ann ,)3 ip. 3 per lent* lnriix Sock 287 286 Ditto Bends 85s 85s. South Sett Stock mum OF FOREIGN FUNDS, AT ONE o'CLOCIC._ , A ustrian Bds, 5 per ct.... 93ii . Portuguese Bunds ......... 070 —Scrip — —5crip............ . Milian, Bds, 6 per ct. 7li l'rusaian, 5 per ct. ......... .--_, Colombia': Bds, 6 perct.... BO Ditto New ..................... .., --Scrip 54 5 d 5 per ct. ia. Spanish 1921, ...... Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Scrip . — Buenos A Kren... ........... 7 1 Neliican Bonds t it. ----Scrip Neapolitan, 5 per cern. Peruvian Bonds Scrip ttutatan, Old, 5 per ct 94i I Affiance Shares .......... Palladium ............... pat Equitable Loan ............ put Manchester Ditto ......... French 'lento ............. Scrip ............... VOItEIC MAILS. Aaa[via). 1 /Rolland 1 France 0 Flanders U Lisbon Dag. 1 11.ixbon 1 Gottenburgh 1 Ilsonburgh 1 America, Malt WA'rEit. AT LONDO Morning, 38 minute, after 3.1 N BRIDOR TO-MORROW' .Eveninc, 53 minutes after 3. THE SUN. MUCH QUIZ DICERE FALSU3I AIIDfAT LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1821. In a preceding column we have given extracts from the French Papers of Saturday, and teen' Lisbon Gazettes to a late date. Their content. are altogether unimportant, and throw tin new light on the state of European or South A m erican politics. In this count] y, the frequent meetings of the Cabinet lately have been supposed to 1 " diaate something very unsettled and unfavoar' able ; but we believe that the number of C a binet Councils has not been greater then is usual 10911 " that any th e prorogation of Parliament; and any additi ona l alarm which may have been ex' cited by so many Ministerial consultations i s therefore groundless. The 'lurks, ncroldiog to the iiiieSt ACCOUTO7 are actually aliatulouing M o ld av i a and 1y ul, lacliia. — •~ 41 a , .-.._ The Spaniards, it is positively asserted, are making extraordinar y ext rtions. to send all l ' 3 P c dition to South America. Amongst Our extracts from the Morulot errs of this day (see f o urth page), will bi raLirl° an article f rom t h e Times, purp o rt i ng to be $ sketch of the 'actual conditio n ' of Colo'" l ' is _: drawn u p b y a Gentleman who has just re lorl'" to England after a residence of several Yes" in that country. We are glad to see that the 'wri t % is of opi n i on t h at t h e whole of the C o lombia population are sincerely attached to the Ina.' pendent cause , t h oug h that opinion 1 5 s c arce reconcileable with the admission, that since 1b,1 . 1, commencement of the revolution extensive d i tricts of as fine a country as the sun ever shone er , have been reduced comparatively to tieu rt i : ami th e mass of the people plunged' intelintii roost frightf u I misery. This is a state of tgl her from which « e should n u t augu r any very n atte r , ing results, if Sp a i n s h ou ld rea lly realise to threats of sen di ng out a power f u l ex pediti° her former colonies. What with the bribery 3 , i corruption of some of the "Pattiotic leaders' thi what with the apathy (t o sa y the kW). a l