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THE LONDON: JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from etc Morning Petpers, July D. • Enna Tistml The French Papera of Taesday are -as desti tate of news as, those of Monday, though a . kind of panic still continues - in the Money Market, which would require some news for its explana tion. The 'journal des Dant: fills four columns and a half of its paper with a severe criticism of the conduct of the present Administration. In a former article it had endeavoured to prove that the present Ministry offends the genius of Prance : the present article is intended to este!). liih the position that it is equally opposed to the spirit of institutions.. Both articles are said to be written by M. de Chnteaubriand; but if so, why did he not make these discoveries earlier ?---The fall •of the French: Funds has furnished a new ground of attack against M. de Villele, by the above-mentioned journal. The cause of that fall was, in part, the report of an intention to send English troops to Portugal, and the apprehension that an expedition of such auxi liaries might be displeasing to the Holy Alliance. Such alarms," says this Paper, " could not 66 have been entertained under the Ministry of a 66 man, whose noble and frank character secured 44 confidence, and rendered communication more 44 easy. If M. de Chateaubriand had therefore continued in the Cabinet, Don Miguel would not have rebelled, nor .would his Faithful Majesty have looked to his old Ally for-assistance. [stottriirw eon.] We received last night Paris Journals to the sth inst. with the Etoile of Wednesday. The fall of the French funds continued. On Tues day they closed at 98 francs 50 cents. or one half per cent. lower than on the preceding day. From the degree of alarm which prevailed, and the determination of the capitalists who had sold out ,when they feared that the interest would be reduced, not to buy in again unless they were sure that the idea of a future reduction was en tirely abandoned, it was considered scarcely possible to check the rapid decline which was taking place. The Chateaubriand Party are evidently highly gratified on the occasion, though they pretend to lament the ruin which had already been incurred. CC The events of this day," says the Quotidienne, " the tremendous shock experienced, the disorder of affairs on the Stock Exchange, add an afflicting weight to the serious objections which we urged yester.. day against the political system adopted by the Ministry. Henceforward every one may know how many uncertainties anti dangers surround a financial Power. What is to become of a State the whole. strength of which rests on the mobi lity of public credit ? Whose eyes are yet not opened to the consequences and nature of the late project of law ? Is it not now clearly I Le• monstrated that the high price, through the means of which it was intended to effect the re imbursement of the lientes, was fictitious, and created only to answer the purposes of specula 'tors ? The mere publicity of the project of law has produced, notwithstanding its rejection, the sad results which we now have before us. The Interest which supported the /tentes at so high a 'price no longer existing, they are fulling' back to their real value, and their fall is rap i d . It is ruinous for those who, trusting to the assurances and promises of Ministers, followed the stream, end gave way to the mania which they excited with the intention of so cruelly abusing it." [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The preparations for the occupation of Por tugal are of a more formidable nature than is genera lly su pposed. We find that in addition to the lionoverians, a detachment of. English, ma rines has been ordered to the Tagus, who are to be embarked forthwith. The Lisbon Packet is, we understand, ex pected with some anxiety, as it is thought she will be the bearer of the. Convention and arrange ments by which Portugal is to be occupied by a British force, or a body of foreign troops, not being French, in the pay of Great Britain, which Convention and arrangements, it is very confidently believed, were in a state of forwardness when the last packet left the Tagus. We are, however, informed, that in the interval a fresh difficulty has arisen, and that it has now become a matter of doubt whether or not 5,000 men will be sufficient to protect the King and his Ministers, and prevent Portugal from being plunged into anarchy and civil war. It would, therefore, seem, that the fixing of the extent of the subsidy has required considerable deliberation, and, we think, with ample reason. It is not an unarmed and senseless populace alone with which a perplexing contest may be apprehended ; but an infuriated and mutinous army, which may be irritated to a still higher de. gree by the► presence of a foreign force, brought to their country from motives of distrust of itself.— (Idem.) On isuesday the effects of the circulation of false rumours in Paris continued to be severely felt amongst the monied interest there, and the lientes again declined to 971. for money, and to tPqr. 50c. for the settlement at the end of the ►morn th.—( Mew.) fNEW TIMES. ] The private letters received yesterday from Paris mention in strong terms of reprobation the alarm produced on the Exchange ou Monday, which they state to be owing to unfavourable re ports circulated by a fe w leading parties from interested motives. The consequences, they say, bad proved ruinous to m any i n di v id ua ls. The closing price of the Rentes on Tuesday was 98f. 50c. for Money, and 98. 70. for Account : it is said they were done much higher after the regu lar hour of business. This may probably have been owing to the Spanish news in theEdolle,which represents the ninirs of Bolivar to he quite des perate. The Spain r cis, it is well known, re as to % hat they wi,h,as they are credulous in regard incredulous in regard Co events of a contrary character. The Spanish Minister of Marine sp. purt from P orte pears to put implicit faith in a re Rico, that Santa F 6 is occupied by the Royalist General Canterac, and that Bolivar has fled as far us Carthagena. These stories, however, are ridiculed by the Colombian° of the 26th of May, as wholly visionary ; and we own they appear to us to be in the highest degree improbable. Cer tainly affairs go on far from prosperously with the insurgents ; and so much is admitted by their warmest friends. The Colombian Government itself bitterly reproaches the Peruvians for their backwardness in the cause of freedom ; and from the tone of this complaint, it clearly is not given without a cause. At the same time, the Madrid version is no doubt a gross exaggeration. [BRITISH PRESS.] Intelligence was received yesterday, through several channels, from Greece, all highly favour able to the cause of the brave people of that country. The statements respecting the defeat of Dervish Pacha, the Turkish Commander-in- Chief, are confirmed, Greek valour has again successfully defended the passes of Thermopylo. The contest was one of the most obstinate by which even this sanguinary struggle has been distinguished. The Pacha was encamped at Larissa, from whence he proceeded with great haste to force the passes. The Greeks defended them with the most determined fortitude, and, notwithstanding a series of attacks of the most desperate fury, finally repulsed their assailants with considerable loss. The Turkish troops are represented to have fought with the utmost courage, " and to have rendered the issue of the battle for some time uncertain. The Pacha fell back upon Larissa, where it was understood he was awaiting the arrival of some reinforcements from Romelia. This event is of the highest importance to the Greek cause. Dervish Pect►n is not only the Turkish Generalis simo, but confessedly one of the best Captains in the Turkish army. Ilis defeat, therefore, will produce the most decisive effects throughout all the provinces of Greece. We learn, also, that in order to insure the greatest advantages from this repulse, Prince Mavrocordato, the President of the Greek Government, had marched ivith a body of .picked troops against the Turks un der Omer Vrione. As the latter were in a dis orderly state, the most confident expectations prevailed, that they would be defeated with ease. Tile Prince would then- combine his operations with those of Nicholas who had been ordered to penetrate into Thessaly, by way of Livadia. In the centre of Thessaly the two armies would form a junction, and be. prepared to co-operate with great effect against Dervish Pacha before he could be reinforced. The corps of Constantine Bozzaris have had an engagement with the troops under the Pacha of Scutari. The Greeks were again victorious. I3ozzaris remained master of the field of battle, and the Turks had fled in every direction. Altogether the affairs of the Greeks are going on in the most prosperous style. The military Chiefs are submitting to the General Government, and the deliverance of the classical soil is every day rendered less doubtful. Among the Greek newspapers received yesterday, the Telegraph° Greco contains a spirited proclama tion by Conduriotti, on the duty of union and the necessity of submitting to the legitimate au thority. An article, dated the 29th of April, announces the entry of the Government troops low Tripolitea, and expresses a fervent hope, that Nal.►oli di Romania would in a few days be garrisoned in a similar manner. [MORNING HERALD.] The Pope scorns to have taken fright at the progress making by the Societies for the distri bution of the Bible. We think that his Holiness has good grounds for alarm, for if the distribu tion of the Bible continue, Popery is in danger of being upset, in which case, what would be come of its temporalities ? We have frequently looked into both the Old and New Testament, but we could never discover in those books any authority for such a system as that of Papacy, nor could we find any authority for the levy of any sum for the support of the Pope and others belonging, to the Catholic Church. Now the Pope, in all probability, has also looked over the Scriptures, to see if he could discover any autho rity for the good things to which the Papacy for 1500 years Leas helped itself; and like us, we dare say that the Pope has been disappointed in finding out the authority for the institution of the Papacy itself, or of its right ;,o the tempo. ralities thereunto belonging. The I'ope, there fore, no doubt reasons to himself thus—if f suffer the system to proceed, of teaching every body to read in their own language that book in which there is nothing said as to the installation of a Pope, or an illitMetiOU to the people to support a Pope, Cardinals, and so forth, and if I go on with this teaching and giving a hook which does not sanction my assumed Papal authority, nor in which book is mention even made how or in what manner my assumed authority is to be supported, people who are being instructed, and to whom are given Bibles, will, in the long run, by drawing their arguments front these very books which may upset me, my cardinals, and all that we have appropriated to ourselves ; more especially if these people look only into the New Testament, in which there is not only not a syl bible said regarding a Pope, or of tithes to sup port a Pope, but, on the contrary, in which are instructions to the Apostles to go forth into all nations teaching, but not to take with them money or scrip —in fact, to have no regard for money or scrip. It is osident that the eyes of the Pope and his Cardinals are opening to the danger they ure in. It may answer the purpose of those who get their living, or who make 'for tunes by the printing of the Scriptures ; or of those who are maintained by salaries for manag ing Societies for thf instruction of, or for the dis tribulon of the Scriptures among the Popish flocks ; but it cannot answer the Pope's purpose, nor that of his Cardinals. The Duke of York also seems to have taken the alarm—the Pope's , most bitter enemy. By possibility, the Duke may have a few ad vowsons, and, therefore, he may be.in fear of losing the right of presentation to those advowsons. The Duke may also, like the Pope, have been conning over the New ries. turnout. to see if tie can find in it the worth ad. ;*vowsons and presentations. Now, as the Duke would not find two such' words, he would naturally say, if I cannot, perhaps those to whom I am subscribing for their instruc tion in reading, and those to whom I am giving Bibles, may not ; and if they should not, but on the contrary, come to the passage where the Disciples are enjoined not to give themselves the least concern about scrip or money, what might they think of my advowsons, and the presentations thereunto belonging ? Now would the Duke like to lose his advowsons, and his presentations ? It is, however, odd, that the Pope and the Duke of York should have been both thinking of the same thing at. the same time —the Duke of York, the steady opposer of the emancipation of such part of his Holiness's flock as live in Ireland ? P E a U. The following is an important summary of the political events which had occurred in Peru and Chili, down to the Ist of March : " BuElros Aarnrs, APRIL 23.—Nothing can well be fancied more intricate and perplexing than the present state of affairs in Peru. Every month, for the last half year, has presented the struggle under a new aspect to us ; and so many difficulties have progressively sprung up to both of the contending parties (the Royalists and the Patriots), that it is almost impossible to make up one's mind as to which of them has most disadvantages to contend with, and ob struct their , way to the ultimate objects which they have respectively in view. The affairs of the Patriots were, perhaps, at their lowest just before Bolivar's arrival at Lima. Two parties, among themselves, were struggling for the supremacy, and the finances of the country were wretchedly ' low. Bolivar succeeded in destroying the ex-President Riva Aguero's party, and in restoring something like unanimity to the councils of the Limanians. received reinforcements from Colombia, and contrived to raise some money, with which he undertook to open the campaign against La Serna and Can. terac, the leaders of the Royalists. To these men, Riva Ague.. ro, while yet in arms against the authorities of Lima, had made overtures for an arrangement by which they might come into command as the heads of an Independent Government ; and it would seem these Chiefs were not disinclined to throw off their allegiance to Spain, and maintain their power in Peru; neither, it appears, was Bolivar averse to La Serna and Canterac being placed at the head of affairs, provided they declared the absolute independence of the country of Spain. some reason to hope a negociation may take place. Bolivar asks for nothing but a declaration of Independence, and is willing to withdraw his troops, if required. But before such a negotiation could be carried into effect, Canterac appears to have got intelligence of a squadron coming to assist him from Spain, and there the matter dropped. Great distress continued to be felt by the Government (of' which Torre Tagle was the head) at Lima, in consequence of the shattered state of public re sources ; hut at the same time Bolivar continued to collect his forces at Patavilia, his head-quarters, and our last accounts left him there with about 11,000 men, well disciplined, and ready to march against Camerae. " But a scandalous transaction in the mean while changed the state of affitirs at Lima itself; a. black regiment s consisting of 1,200 men, Buenos-Ayreen troops in the Peruvian service, had long been neglected in their pay, and the officers, it is said, appropriated to themselves the monies intended for the privates. The regiment was marched into Callao to garrison the place, and on the 3d of February the men and non-com. missioned officers rose cu mane, secured their officers, and the Governor of the Castle, and thus got complete possession of the fort. The mutineers were b ea d e d by a serjeant of their own corps, and their first demand of the Government of Lima was for 100,000 dollars in money, and vessels to convey them to Buenos Ay/es. This was refused ; a negociation was attempted, but failed; and the insurgents having liberated about 10 Spanish Officers, a Cal. Casa-Riego took the command, and the Spanish flag was hoisted at the forts on the 11th of February. All ves sels were prohibited from leaving the port, and one or two that escaped during the night were fired at incessantly until without reach of the batteries. In the mean time British goods were al lowed to be embarked from Callao, on playing a small duty to Casa-Riego, though considerable pillage took place, and British vessels remained under the protection of his Majesty's ship Fly in the harbour. The Royalist General Itodil being at Yea, no great distance from Lima, Cara-Riego sent him a dispatch in forming him of what had taken place. From Lima, Bolivar was also made acquainted with it; but the probable occupation of Lime by the Royalists was not considered of sufficient mo. ment by him to induce him to a lt er t h e p l an of his campaign, and he therefore declined going down to th e cap i tal. On the other rhand from J ' Rada atig having a, been joined by Gene ra l M onet, with 2,0 men lie marched on Callao and Lima, and took possession of both on the 27th February, and our accounts left on the following day. Previously to this, Admiral Guise, of the Patriotic frigate La Prueba, wh o was blockading Callao, made a gallant attack on the Venganza and another vessel of war in the port, and in the hands of the insurgents, and he sire ceeded in entirely destroying both. expected to meet with a friendly reception front the Spanish Chiefs, and had no idea they would in any way molest the British residents or their property. General Canterac was expected at Lima. From Chili they wrote me, 30th of March, thus This event is not considered as likely to operate much in favour of the Royalist cause ultimately, for, to retain possession of the castles, they must weaken their main force ; and the fate of the country will not be decided by who has possession of Lima, but by a general engagement. Many speculations are afloat as to when this may take place, and sanguine expectations are entertained as to the result, from the very respectable force Bolivar has now at his disposal, and from his talents as a leader. On the 21st or 22d ,February, Congress was dissolv e d, Torre Tagle deposed, deposed, and Boli var named Dictator. Bolivar has been pro. claimed Dictator; Torre Tagle appears as if he meant to remain, notwithstanding the approach of the Spaniards ' • at any rate, his family moves not. Bereedoago, Secretary of Finance, is confined to his bed to-day, and a goo d many of the Congress are also remaining. This appears like a defection from the cause. Captain Martin, of the My, in answer to a note from Admiral Guise, intimating a blockade of tlie coast of I'cru, refuses to sanction the nominal blockade of' any port, as he can consider none In such , t a state which ha s not a vesse l of' war at its en and a dispatch from the Spani s h G e . Commander of the Spanish priv a t eer on t h e racialtranc e Radii r t a o the rp ne ; coast, orders him to respect all American and English merchant vessels, such being the will of th e Vi cero y ..1,4a Scen e .' " Such are the details of our last ,advices from Lima, and so far they are more favourable to the Royalists than to the Pa. triots. But, on the other hand, we have late accounts overland train Upper Peru, which entirely change the face of the royalist afildra. The internal divisions which formerly raged among S the Patriots, now appear t o b e i n f u l l play among their enemies. La Serna ' Canterac, and V a ld ez, the great pa h Constitutionali sts . Ol aneta, the Comander of the Spanish forces in Potosi, and who has the e ntire away of Upper Peru, is a bigotted adherent •of Ferdinand the absolute.— ilish leaders, are all staunc , m The three former•deposed of their own authority the late Vice. ray Pezoelo, as a servile, and they have not the slightest rea son to hope for favour, from t h e Government of Spain as now constituted. Olaneta, Inferior in force to the Constitutional Chiefs, acted with them till he received accoun is of the final dis comfiture of the Constitutionalists in Spain, and then, throwing of the mask, he proclaimed the King and the Catholic religion, denounced the others as rebelai accused them of having kept back the King's Commiesion e nominating him to the Vice. royalty; and promised to crush them altogether, and, restore the land to Ferdinand. This bravado is contained in a pro clamation issued by Olaneta, at Potosi, anal republished here; and private accounts -state, that he is making exertions to op. pose La Serna and' Canterac, in consequence of which he had upwards of 3,000 men in arms, and all the country favourable to him. It is further averred, that Valdez, the revolution.. ist, was at Oruro, preparing , to march against Olaneta, a n d that our next accounts must bring us the detail of sonic general action. Though there i s no d ou b t o f t h e f act o f this, division among the Spanish Commander, it is to be observed, that we cannot entirely rely on the details which we receive from the interior, as we get them through the parties interested. The two ships of war, Asia and Achilles, going round the Horn, from Spain, will of course be on the King's side in this dispute, and tend accordingly farther to embarass La Serna and Camerae in in their operations. On the whole, it is not improbable that the ancient regime being restored in Spain, and the Constitutional leaders in Peru so compromised as to leave them no hope of pardon 'from Ferdinand, that they may be precipitated into the measure of acknowledging the independence of Peru. particu larly when we see they can make such good terms far them. selves by so doing." FOR THE SUN. INEZ DE CASTRO. MR. EDITOR—This celebrated and beautiful lady, whose cruel and untimely end forms one of the most interesting episodes in the Luciad of Camoens, was the daughter of a noble Castilian, named Don Pedro Fernandez de Castro. Her family was illustrious, and even Monarchs them selves had courted its alliance. To the advan tages of elevated rank, Inez added the personal attractions, and the gentle and amiable manners, which rendered her the pride of her family, and an object of admiration to all those who were ad mitted into her society. In the year 1340, she accompanied into Por tugal the Infanta Constance, who was married to Don Pedro, heir apparent to the throne of that country. The heart of Pedro could not with. stand the charms of Inez, and such was the vio lence of his passion, that upon the death of Con stance, which happened in 1345, he resolutely refused the several alliances proposed to him by his father, and turned a deaf ear to the exhorta tions and to the remonstrances of the Nobles, who urged what advantages the Kingdom would derive by his acquiesing with the wishes of the King. At length, wearied with these importuni ties, he determined to take a decisive step. He carried off Inez from Court, and after leaving her for some time in the monastry of Santa Clara, at Coimbra, he soon after took her to Braganza, where, shutting his eyes to the possible conse quences of this act of disobedience to the will of his father, he was privately married to her ; al though some of the historians who sought to blacken the memory of this unfortunate lady, have not scrupled to assert that no marriage ce remony was ever performed. This transaction could not remain long a secret ; and the entire devotion of Don Pedro to his young and lovely bride excited the envy and jealousy of many of the Portuguese Nobility. It was not, however, so much the idea of having her for their Queen, that rendered her obnoxious to these ambitious men, as the dread lest her own family and con nections should become eventually the principal favourites of the Monarch. This, however, they scrupulously concealed, proclaiming that zeal for the honour and welfare of their country alone in duced them to reprobate the attachment of their Prince to a foreigner, who had employed her charms to seduce him from his duty. It was these hostile feelings of the Nobles towards her that rendered un union which might have secured her felicity, the cause of her cruel and untimely end. —But upon her destruction, her enemies did not fail to persuade the weak Monarch that nothing short of the death of the hapless Ines could in. sure the security of the State. How this could possibly be the case, it was no easy matter to discover; and this consideration, together with the evident injustice of punishing, Inez, for the fault of which his own son had been guilty, in duced the King to delay passing the final sen tence, which must at the same time doom a hap. less female to death, and brand him with the name of tyrant. But unable long to resist the repeated importunities of his cruel advisers, he at length consented to her death, and determin ed himself to see the unjust sentence carried into effect ; for which purpose he repaired to Cohn braN with it sooneri n n n a r was s d f h o e r e unfortunate Inez made ac quainted,hitmhattio she anticipated his she was agitated, are t t t be f o e bj i e i that n e w t g i s ti w br o ught ‘ a v r h r ci a i better conceived than described. Young and beautiful, the wife of a Prince, the mother of two lovely children, she could not but look with terror at the dreadful fate which her enemies had prepared for her; yet did sine determine to make one decisive effort to move the compassion of the father of her husband, and of tine grandfather of her children. With a countenance which ex pressed all the ipward anguish and the terror of her soul, and holding her innocent babes by the hand, she awaited the approach of the King. Then falling at his feet, with all the eloquence Iwhich maternal affection, and the hprror of death, could inspire, she protested her inno cence, exposed her hapless situation, and with tears and sobs entreated for pardon and for mercy.—The King could not witness this sight without being moved ; compassion and pity en tered his soul ; he wept over her misfortunes ; his relenting heart was about to pardon, when the evil genius of Inez brought in, at this awful moment of her fate, the whole force of her bar barous persecutors. Their hearts proved callous to the affecting scene before them. They unani mously protested against the merciful disposition of their Monarch; did not blush to declare that the safety of the kingdom demanded the de struction of a young and hapless female, and drawing their daggers, they pierced her bosom, and laid her lifeless at their feet.—So atrocious an act did not however remain long unpunished. The mortal spoils of Inez were interred in tine church of the monastry of Santa Clara ; but as soon as Pedro had wended the throne, he imme diately proceeded to pay every possible honour to the remains of his beloved wife, anti to punish such of her barbarous murderers as had not elud ed his just vengeance. By his orders, the corpse of Inez being disinterred, he put a crown of gold upon her head, and having attired her in all the trappings of royalty, he placed he. upon a throne, and compelled all present to kiss her hand, awl pay homage to their Queen. Then the corpse was removed, with every possible magni ficence, from Coimbra to the royal monastry of Aicobaca. Tine funeral procession was attended by all the principal noblity and clergy of the kingdom. The road for the space of 17 leagues was tinned on both sides with men holding wax. lights. When the royal corpse reached the mo nastery, the ceremony of kissing its hand was again performed ; afterwards it was deposited in a magnificent sepulchre, erected for the purpose by Don Pedro. The murderers of Inez were next put to death, am►dst tortures at which humanity shudders; but such as an enragedahus band may be excused to inflict upon the assassins of a beloved wife, and such as their own unre lenting barbarity may be said to have justly merited. A. P. „.* A tragedy on this interesting subject was written many years ago by Dr. SYMMONS, trans la tor of THE IENEID, and presented to Drury. lane Theatre, but declined, with a just acknow. ledgement of its excellence, because of a supposed resemblance of some of its incidents and charac. ters to some occurrences and agents in the highest walks of life at that time, though actually writ. ten before those circumstances had happened. Now, however, the tragedy would be a valuable acquisition to the Stage. LORD BirßO N. Yesterday morning a consultation was held bey tween the Hon. Mrs. LEIGH, Lofd BYRON'S sister, and Mr. HORHOUSE and Mr. HaNsox, his Lordships executors, as it whether he should be entombed in Poet*'-corner, Westminster• abbey, or in the family vault at Newstead-abbey. The Noble Lord's sister expressed a great wish that he should be deposited at the latter place, and Messrs. Honuousx and Iliasorr mediately acceded to the Honourable Lady's request, and iv.: mediate orders to that effect were given to Mr. WooDExsoN't . the undertaker, in Norris-street, Hayniarket, to prepare for the journey. We have heard that his Lordship is not the_ least altered in his countenance, and appears as if he were in a sleep. —lt is arranged that the body shall lie in state this day and Saturday, and that the funeral shall take place on Monday morning. The coffin is covered with rich crimson Genoa velvet; and at the head and tail are cornets entwined in a wreath com posed of brass furniture ; the edges of the case are adorned wtth three rows of brass-headed nails, the sides have three handles; and cherubims are placed between them. " On the inscription. plate is engraven— GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON, LORD BYRON, . of Rochdale. Born in London, Jan. 22, 1788. Died at Illissolonghl, in Airestern Greece, • April 19, 1824. On the case or urn, which corresponds with the coffin, is In scribed—Within this urn are deposited the Heart, Brains, &c. of the deceaseil Lord Byron. At nine o'clock on Monday morning, the funeral procession will move from No. 20, Great George-street, in the following order : Mr. Woodenson, the Undertaker, on Ho rse b ac k. Two :Mutes, with Batons. A Page. f Plume of Sable ) A Page. ) Feathers. f Six Cloakmen on Horseback. Two Mutes attired in Black silk Surplices and bearing Batons. A Black Charger, stately caparisoned, bearing hi s L or d s hi p ' s Coronet on a Velvet Cushion. gfThe HEARSE containing the BODY, drawn by , R Six Horses, the Hammer -cloths richly ornament ed with the Ensigns Armorial, and either side ot' E 5 the Carriage decorated in the same manner. { A Mourning-coach and Si x conta i n i ng ,v. A Page. the nearest Relatives of the deceased A Page. Lord. Six other Mourning-coaches containing AII, A Page Persons of distinction, Friends of the "' I. to each ' deceased. to eac • Upwards of one hundred priv a t e carr i ages o f t h e N ob i lity an d ' Gentry will bring up the procession. Sir Ralph Noel, Bart., father to Lady Byron, has been . Writ. , ten to, to ascertain if it is his intention to follow his lamented son-in-law to the somb, but his answer has not yet been re ceived. Lady Byron, who is at present with her father, has expressed her wish privately to see the remains of her deceased Lord be fore they are screwed down. Whether her Ladyship's wish has been granted is not yet publicly known. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXEHEQURR, JuLt 8. PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR'S (01;IYIERA) WINES. TIIE ICING V. THORNTON. This was a question, whether the defendant, a respectable auctioneer, was liable to pay to the Crown the sum of 1141.193.3 d. which this information demanded of him for duties. It appeared that the Portuguese Ambassador, on leaving this country in 1823, employed an agent, named Flaydon, to sell his wines and cordials. That agent employed Mr. Thornton, who obtained permission from the Board of Excise to sell the whole by auc tion to English purchasers. The sale took place at the vaults, in South Audley-street, and the Duties having been withheld, the. Crown sought in this instance to recover the amount. The question was, whether the defendant had received these duties in such a way as to make him liable ? Mr. BROUGHAM, for the defendant, contended, that his client had paid over the proceed of the sale to the Agent of his Excellency the Portuguese Ambassador, and that it would be hard to make him pay it again. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said there was no hardship in making Mr. Thornton account for these monies, which in. law he was liable to pay. If he had inadvertently paid it in his own wrong, he could not expect the Crown would seek to re cover it in Portugal of the Ambassador. It was also contended upon three letters written by the defendant to the CustontS, that he was quite sensible be was liable for the duty. Mr. Brtouona at took severals objections, but the most ma terial point of law was founded on the 7th Anne, which es; empts the prope r ty of F ore i gn Ministers from the' Excise and Customs Duties. The CHIEF BARON reserved the point for the future consi deration of the Court. In his charge to the Jury, he observed, Ambassadors from Foreign S were allowed to impart, wines and other articles for their tates Own personal use, free el duty; but he did not know that the law allowed such property to be transferred to any person for sale, so as to put the duty into his pocket. The best way to decide the point of law would be to find a verdict for the Crown. If the Jury upon the facts , could find for the Defendant, there would be an end of the cause. The Jury found a verdict for the Crown. COURT OF C031310N PLEAS, Jura' 8. NON ATTENDANCE OF WITNIISSES. The CHIEF JUSTICE took his seat this morning al halfpast nine, and on the causes being called on, it appeared that no witnesses were in attendance. His Lordship, therefore, after remaining about a quarter of an hour, left the Bench, and the Court broke up. ROLLS COURT, JULY 8. BOWDEN AND PROBERT. 31r. MERIVALE presented a petition from Mrs. Elisabeth Probert, praying that a certain sum of 4701. (as we under stood) standing in the name of the Accountant-General, under the account of George Noyes, might be paid to her. Tbnpa tition was supported by the consent of her husband, Mr. Win- Probert. The Counsel for Mr. Bowden consented to the prayer of the petition, on condition of certain reductions. Petition. granted. BIRTHS. On Wednesday, the 7th inst., in Russell -square, the lady of Isaac 'Walker, Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Brynilyworch, Montgomeryshire, Mrs. W. Pugh, of a daughter. RRIED. On the iith inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. Robert Middlemist, of Great Russell street, to Mary Ann, third daughter of Mr. Finals, Hart-street, Bloomsbury-squaret solicitor. On the 25th of March last, at St. Helena, Lieutenant Alex" ander Augustus Youn ge , o f t h e St. Helena Regiment, and only surviving son of the late Colonel Younge, of ttte 4th Regi ment of Madras Cavalry, to Charlotte Lester, the only daughter of the late Captain Lester, of the St. Helena Regiment. _ DD. On Wednesday m orn i ng, at his house in Bedford-square, hi his 81st year, Sir George 'Wood, gat., late one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer. On the 10th ult., at Naples, after a short illness, in the 24th year of his age, iltr. John Sturch, younger son of WlRiau Sturch, Esq., of York-terrace, Regent's-park. On Tuesday, the Gth inst., at Ramsgate, Robert Ware, Es+ , of Balham-hill„ aged 30. Early yesterday morning, in Old Burlington-street, the in fant son of N. Hooper, Esq. On Wednesday, the 7th inst., at his house at Upton, in his 37th year, William Detmar, Esq., sugar-refiner. Printed and Published for the PnornisTons, at the SOO OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS.