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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.' To those who would understand.the policy of Portugal, with the state of parties there, we would recommend the perusal of the article in this day's journal from our Correspondent in Lisbon. The affairs of that 'country are per plexing enough ; and what may he the event, doubtful : but the elements of judging are now before the country, and a rational mode proposed of bringing matters to a proper termination. Whether that may be adopted, we know not : and even if adopted, how often in popular turmoils, do the most rational plans fail of suc cess, from some sinister and unforeseen cause ! We observed, the other day, in the Quolidienne, a positive assertion that the Marquis de Palmella has refused the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. What the fact may be, we of course cannot un dertake to say ; but we should apprehend that his Excellency cannot be very eager to accept so important and responsible an office, without re ceiving clear and explicit assurances of the system which is to be adopted in the organization of the new Cabinet. It appears to us, that in the pre sent critical state of affairs, the Marquis may serve his distracted country with much more effect in London than in Lisbon.:—Times. The visit of the Duke of Clarence, the Lord High Admiral of England, to Plymouth, occu pies all the public papers of the " West Colin tree." His Royal Highness appears to be gaining the golden opinions of all men. We are not much used to impart flatteries to Royal ears,' and shall therefore add—what is the fact— that a Lord High Admiral has many and power ful means of gaining " golden opinions" at a vast -seaport. However, a man might have all these, and yet throw them away, or misemploy them. We are sure his Royal Highness has powerful motives for employing them energeti cally and wisely ; for the independence of his brother's throne is connected with the result.— If a powerful cabal of Peers, discordant upon every other question, shall be allowed to unite upon one, and say to the Sovereign respecting an untried Premier or Administration, " You shall not admit this man or this body of men into your service anti that of the country," the principles of the British Constitution are altered, and the Peers are no longer mediators between the Crown and the people : on the contrary, the King becomes the mediator between his people and the Peers, and has to supplicate the latter to grant to the former at least a trial of the Admi nistration which they would wish. It greatly be hoves those, therefore, who are connected with the Sovereign by blood, so to strengthen his interest and to diffuse affection for his pet son throughout the country, as that his Majesty may be able to uphold his rights against this rude wressicm on them ; and may success attend the Duke of Clarence in these his loyal endeavours! A new number of the Edinburgh Review has just appeared : we have not had time to read it, but we have thrown a cursory glance over the last article, entitled " The Present Administra tion.- It is evidently the composition of a very young man, whose vehemence of tone and pe remptoriness of judgment are in immense dis proportion to his powers of reasoning, and to his knowledge : still he is not without talent ; and the two following passages are happily con ceived and expressed with sufficient point and energy : Bait were we to admit the truth of every charge which p ers onal enemies or professional slanderers have brought against the present Ministers of the Crown—were we to admit that they had abandoned their principles, that they had betrayed the Catholics and the Reformers, it would still remain to considered whether we might not change for the worse. We trust in God that there is no danger. We think that this country never will, never can be sub jected to the rule of a party so weak, so violent, so osten tatiously selfish, as that which is now in opposition. Has the Cabinet been formed by a coalition? How, let us ask, has the Opposition been folioed? Is it not composed of men who have, all their lives, been thwarting and abusing each other—Jacobins, Whigs, Tories, friends of Catholic Emancipation, enemies of Catholic Emancipation—men funited only by the common love of high rents, by their common envy of superior abilities, by their common wish. to depress the people and to dictate to the Throne ? Did Lord Lansdown at any time differ so widely from Mr. Calming as Lord Redesdale from Lord Lauderdale—sonie time needle-maker, avid candidate for the shrievalty of Lon don ? Are the Ministers charged with deserting their opi nions? And can we find no instances of miraculous conver sion on the left of the woolsack? What was the influence which transformed the Friend of the People into an aris tocrat, resolved to stand or fall with his order?'" To do justice to the second passage, we should remise that the writer has been discussing, though on a limited plan, the causes and effects of the French revolution Has the warning beep given in vain ? Have our Man nerve and Clintons so soon forgotten the fate of houses as . wealthy rind as noble as their own ? Have they forgotten how the tender and delicate .woman—the woman who wou ld no t set her foot on the earth for tenderness and deli cate„,,,, t h e 44 of gilded drawing-rooms, the pole-star of crowded theatres, the standard of beauty, the arhitress of fashion, the patroness of genius—was compelled to exchange her luxurious and dignified esAe for labour and dependence, the sighs of Dukes and the flattery of bowing Abbes for the insults of rude pupils and exacting mothers ;—perhaps, even to draw an infamous and miserable subsistence from those charms which had been the glory of royal circles— to sell for a morsel of bread her reluctant caresses and her haggard smiles—to be turned over from a garret to a hos pital, and from a hospital to a parish vault? Have they forgotten how the gallant and luxurious nobleman, sprung from illustrious ancestors, marked out, from his cradle for the highest honours of the State and of the army, impa tient .of control, exquisitely sensible of the slightest affront, with all hit high spirit, his polished manners, his volup - coons habits, was reduced to request, with tears in his eyes, credit for half-a-crown—to pass day after day in hearing the auxiliary verbs ink-recited, or the first page of Tele ',Lague miaconstrued, by pe4.olant boys, who infested him with nicknames and caricatures, who mimicked his foreign accent, and laughed at his thread-bare pat? Have they forgotten all this ? God grizot that they may never rernem un it with anavailing self-accusaiion, when desolation shall have visited wealthier cities and fairer gardens ;—when ITanchester shall be as Lyons, and Stows as Chantilly ; when he who now, in the pride of rank and opulence, sneers at what we have written in the bitter sincerity of our hearts, shall be thankful for a porringer of broth at the door of some Spanish convent, or shall implore some Italian money-lender to advance another pistole on his George ri We think the author is somewhat hard on the representatives of ou r great and ancient families. They would scarcely, even under the worst of circumstances, be so completely destitute as he supposes. Those who have learned to write, might earn a guinea a week as Court newsmen, and the unlettered grandees might make stable boys or grooms ; while here and there one of a hither genius might aspire to the rank and for tune i:rf bead-gamekeeper or principal huntsman. —lbid. We alluded yesterday to the labours of the Society for the Diffusion of. Useful Knowledge. If we may venture to form a judgment with re spect to our dear countrymen, we should say, that the Society could not be more usefully em ployed than in g i v ing them an idea of one branch of very useful knowledge—the knowledge of logic, in which they are generally extremely de ficient. John Bull has so often been told that • he is a fellow of excellent feelings, that nothing will serve him now but indulging his feelings coute qui coute. He used at one time to be proud of the solidity of his understanding ; but ever since ihe 'French RevoliitiOn, which Burke told him grew out of the - disregard of salutary prejudices which metaphysi ca l subtlety engenders, he has almost been ashamed to make use of his head. This peculiarity is admirably hit off in an article on " George the Third, and the Catholic Question" (the style of which sufficiently betrays the witty author), in the forthcoming Edinburgh Review. For the greater were the occasion to exercise deliberate wisdom, and to argue any point, the more prone was he to consider the subject • as above or beyond the reach of discus sion ; to regard it as a matter of feeling, or con science, or fixed principle, and therefore to view it as a ground from which all argument was ex cluded, and which was sacred to the dominion of preconceived prejudices alone. This is a very ordinary cast of understanding ; and they who, from obstinacy of disposition, limited compre hension, or defective tuition, are the victims of it, never fail to regard as an enemy, or a design ing traitor, every one who would open their eyes to the light of the truth. Let me live and die contented and ignorant,' says one. • None of your refinements !' echoes another. These are points on which I will suffer no subtleties to raise doubts,' says this country gentleman. Away with your special-pleading niceties,' cries his sapient neighbour. The subject is too sa cred for human reason,' adds a Reverend Jus tice. Our.conscience, thank God, is beyond the reach of . sophistry—of what the liberal call reasoning,' shout the whole chorus. So, when the late Lord Melville ventured to show his late Majesty that there was a gross absurdity in sup posing the Coronation Oath could bind any one for ever against doing his duty to the country, with the sanction of - Parliament, or could apply at all to a new state of the Law and the Com monwealth, he is said to have been met by these memorable words, None of your Scotch meta physics !' The daily Press in a country like this, where the only restraint on public writers is that dictated by a regard for the tastes and incli nations of their respective readers, furnishes in the case of Mr. Wellesley a pretty good criterion of the mental state of "John Bull. The articles which have been written on this case, with two or three exceptions, have not been addressed to the head, but to the passions or prejudices of readers, from a consideration, no doubt, on the part of several of the writers at least, that the language of reason would, not be accept. able. • The public are only interested in the case of Mr. Wellesley, in so far as regards the prin ciple of the decision. That point, however, has been almost altogether lost sight of; and it would seem as if the only object for bringing the case before the public was to allow them to exhale their virtuous indignation against Mr. Wellesley for his conduct in his late conju gal capacity, and in his present state of freedom. The principle, fraught as it is with such momen tous consequences—that of depriving a parent of the care of own children, on account of a cer tain undefined amount of vice—is passed over, as if the whole matter were the furnishing certain venerable spinsters with materials for scandal over their tea potations. The law of this country does not punish a man for his vices, except in so far as others are affected by them. There are some countries—as some of the States of New England, we believe—where immorality and extravagance are made the grounds for de priving a man of the management . of his pro perty ; but in this country every individual, against whom insanity cannot be proved, is al. lowed to indulge in all the vice and extravagance that the most depraved can conceive, and to spend the last shilling of his property. Let us see how matters stand with Mr. Wellesley and his children. From the two letters just published by .Mr. Wellesley, we see that the fortunes of both his two younger children, independent of him, are only 6,0001. He states further—" With the fortune which_ I must inherit from my father, added to that which I possess at present, I shall be able to bequeath to my younger children a i sum of between 200 and 300,000/. ; presuming as I do, that my, father has not over-valued his property both to me and to the late Lady Ca therine Long." What is the object aimed at in withdrawing the children from Mr. Wellesley's care ? Is it to visit the sins of Mr. Wellesley on his innocent children ? Is: it to punish Mr. Wellesley ? The withdrawing from him the care of his children can only be a punishment on the supposition that he has a real regard for them. If he were indifferent with respect to them, he could not be reached through any proceedings in Chancery. He might leave them to their 3,000/. a-piece, and devote the wealth, of which lie will have the distribution, to whatever gratifications he chose to indulge in. But we shall be told the measure has not for object either the punishment of the children or of Mr. Wellesley, but the well-being of the former. But where is the power to secure the well-being of the children ? If the Chancellor could take from Mr. Wellesley his property as well as the care of his children, and secure the former for the behoof of the children, then there would be something like a consistent proceeding. But the Court cannot take a shilling from Mr. Wellesley ; and thus it is in the power of any one who settles as much money on children as will keep them out of a workhouse, to place them in a position which may expose their succession to hazard. We presume it is hardly necessary •to observe, that the affection whiCh, in this country at least, is looked to by the law, as the best security for children of their receiving their due share of the property of their parents, is more the fruit of the endear ing intimacy subsisting between parents and off spring, than of the mere relationship. We see how little regard most men entertain for their natural children, which is chiefly because • they seldom see them. In proportion as principle is weak in men, do they indulge their caprices in the care of their children ; and nothing is so common with weak men, as the yielding, in the distribution of their property, to their partialities for some child, whose endearments have given it an advantage over the rest. If in any case we are to look for this caprice, it would be in that of one whom we accuse of having given way to vicious indulgences. Now, sup posing all that is said of Mr. Wellesley to be true, here the Court of Chancery, out of its mendacious pretext of regard for a man's children, places them in a situation, of all others the most dangerous to their hopes. We appeal to any man acquainted with the world, if it is possible to conceive a more dangerous situa tion for two children, so miserably provided for, than one in which they are deprived of intimacy with the parent, or where they are dependant for all that can raise them above the condition of an ' inferior tradesman. Mr. Wellesley is a young man, and may have many children ; and in such a case, who would think of running the risk of the injury which these two children may sustain from his natural partiality for those brought un der his care ? Some other kind friend may, to be •surebY leaving a thousand pounds or two to the children he may have, attempt also to de= prive him of them. The tender mercies of the Court of Chancery are the ruin of children. It cannot interfere beneficially. And it is with the establishment of the principle that the public ought to concern themselves, and not with the conduct of Mr. Wellesley.--Mowing Chronicle. We are rejoiced to . find, by . our Windsor communication of this day (given in another part of our Paper), that the Duke of Welling- . ton has had a private interview with the King, in consequence of a special request from his Ma jesty for that purpose. Of the immediate cause of this interview it would ill become us at pre sent to hazard any positive opinion ; but in a day or two we shall be able to gratify the eager curiosity which must naturally be excited in this respect. For the present we must content our selves in . the indulgence of the :fond and well founded hope that the result will accord with the anxious wishes of the Public, and consequently prove auspicious to the best interests of the State.—Morning Post. A complete and unequivocal contradic tion has been given to the report of Mr. Sturges Bourne's pension. It was to elicit thii that we alluded to the subject ; and we are glad that one, at least, of Mr. Canning's Tory allies is not of so grasping and unreasonable a temperament as some of his new Whig friends seem to be. It would seem, however, that some of the latter have been a little disconcerted, and arrested in their place-hunting career, by the manner in which various reports on that head have been adverted to by the public press. The two embryo Commissioners of the Excise and Customs are among the number; though we strongly suspect, that after all it will be found that we have only " scotch'd the snake, not killed it." The Whigs may be a little abashed by public indignation, if not actually ashamed of themselves for the moment ; but hunger, like love, will break through walls—and as long as the public larder lies open to them, they will feed till they have either cleared all the dishes, or get fairly turned out of doors by the master of the house.—Morning Herald. The decrease which has taken place in the number of convictions for forgery, during the last few years, has given great satisfaction to the public. The mitigation of one of the necessary evils of a paper, currency has accrued from the withdrawal of the small notes from circulation ; and any proposal which tends to its further sup pression deserves serious consideration. The most feasible we have yet seen is that of Messrs. Perkins and Heath. The adoption of it has hitherto been confined to Country Banks ; but an attempt has been made by Mr. Joplin, in a new edition of his work on Banking, to give such an explanation of its merits, and such hints for its improvement, as will probably lead to a serious consideration of the subject ; at a ll events, we understand that a motion for a Committee of Inquiry into the question will be made early in the next Session. The great inducement to forgery has heretofore been the little time and expence ,required for its execution. If the task of imitating a Bank plate required months of labour, as well as considerable talent, it would seldom be attempted. The objection to the adoption of such plates has been the heavy expense entailed on the Bankers. Their cost, in the first instance, is great, and, in the,second, the more costly and intricate they are, the less number of impressions can be taken from them. From a plate of very fine workmanship not more than fifteen hundred impressions could probabls be taken. Fresh plates would, therefore, he eon., tinually required ; and, in addition to this, the great difficulty of making them file-similes of the complex original has rendered the scheme im practicable. This objection Messrs. Perkins and Heath have obviated by an ingenious dis covery of producing any number of plates from the original one, and thus confining the expense to the mere cost of its engraving once. By these means they can manufacture notes of the greatest intricacy, nearly as cheap, in the long run, as the plain bits of paper now in use. This is precisely what the Bankers want—a note, the first cost of which would not remunerate a forger for the limited number he can circulate, and still not entail any ad ditional expense upon themselves. So far have these artists succeeded in this _important object, that they would engage to furnish banks at the present cost of their note, and even to supply a fresh note in the event of a forgery. If the fact be so, these gentlemen deserve much considera tion for having made a discovery of art a suc cessful remedy for a great moral and commercial mischief. Mr. Joplin has entered into a long discussion to prove that a note, which is placed, as regards expense, beyond the reach of ordinary forgers, will seldom or never be forged. He has wasted too much argument on such a /srima facie proposition. The only thing to be co nsidered, is, wh e ther, as regards expense, it will be practi cable to the banker to adopt it. Messrs. Perkins and Heath offer the best argument on this ques tion. If, as they assert, they can afford such a note as cheap as she old note, he must be a very dull banker indeed who does not see its advantages: In one respect Mr. Joplin is much mistaken. He presumes that forgery Will be entirely prevented, by rendering a note too difficult for the execution of ordinary artists. He supposes that men, who have the talent to live honestly, will not be rogues. Now it does not follow that, because a man can live respectably, that he will have the honesty and good sense to do so. Barrington had the manners of a gentle man, and the education of one ; yet he preferred the precarious profession of a pickpocket to one of more credit and security. Blockheads have as little of the esprit du corps as of the ingenuity which characterises our swindlers and forgers ; and in the history of this class it will be univer sally found that there is very little clumsiness in their villainy, and that they might have lived decently, had they not been possessed with that infatuation for indirect gain, which is too often a passion with unprincipled men of talent. Although the proposition is wrong, the corol lary is just. He proposes to encumber the exe cution of a note with several specimens of dis tinct branches of the art ; thus rendering many artists necessary to its execution. This idea is excellent, and will render the danger of detection greater by placing forgers at the discretion of each other. " Honour among thieves" is very well as a reproach to men who would be dis honourable if it were not for the name of it ; but with professional rogues it has no truth. They have neither honour in themselves, nor confidence in their associates. There is one disadvantage in the proposed intricacy of Bank notes, that it will increase the difficulty of disco very to ordinary observers. If Messrs. Perkins and Heath can remedy this obstacle, or if, upoh trial, their scheme of transferringfitc-simile im pressions of the same heads upon paper 3UC reeds, they will have made a very important and useful dissoYerysss-Xen, Timas IRELAND. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) DUBLIN GUILD OF MERCHANTS. On Monday, a meeting of the Members of this Guild took place, at the Merchants' Hall, Welling ton-quay, at half-past one o'clock, for the purpose of receiving - the Report of the Coal Committee, and to transact other business.—CHAßLES TtioßPE:Esq. Master, in the Chair. _ _ The Report having been read, it was moved and carried, that it should be adopted. Mr. Allen, the Cleric of the Guild, then proceeded to read the following letters, which had been re ceived from the Duke of Wellington, Lord Eldon, Robert. Peel, and George Dawson, Esqrs. in answer to the Addresses which had been sent forward from the Guild, on their resigning office. The letters were as follow : London, June 16, 1827. SIR--I have received your letter of the 10th inst. en closing the unanimous address of the Guild of 11Ierchants. Dublin, testifying the approbation of my fellow-citizens of my conduct, for which I beg you to convey to the Guild my most grateful acknowledgments. I thought it better to decline to belong to his Majesty's Councils, for reasons well known to the public ; but I did not, nor shall I refuse to give my support to the Administra tion formed by his Majesty_ on every occasion on which I shall think their measures calculated to promote the honour, the peace, or the prosperity of the country. I have the honour to be, &c. C. Thorpe, Esq. WELLINGTON. London, June 16, .1827. SIR--I have had the honour to receive the address of the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of the Corporation of Merchants, or Guild of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, on my retirement from office. It is a great satisfaction to me to learn, that that most respectable body has deemed me en titled to its thanks for the support which I have endeavoured to afford to the British Constitution in Church and State. To preserve and maintain, unimpaired, that Constitution, the Corporation may be assured that I shall not fail, during what remains to me of life, to exert my utmost endeavour. I have the honour to be, &c. C. Thorpe, Esq. ELDON. Whitehall, June 19, 1827. SIR-I request you will convey to the Guild of Mer chants, of the city of Dublin, my best acknowledgments for the honour which they have conferred on me, on the occasion of my retirement from office. You will oblige me by adding to those acknowledgments, the assurance that, although no longer a member of the Councils of the King, I most cordially participate in the feelings of loyalty and respectful attachment to his Majesty by which the Guild of Merchants are animated, and that I shall, in a private station, take the same interest in every" Measure calculated to promote the honour of the Crown, and advance the general welfare of the United Kingdom. I have the honour to he, &c. To C. Thorpe, Esq. ROBERT PEEL. June 20, 1827. SIR-I have bad the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 10th instant, transmitting to me an address from the Guild of Merchants, in which they have done me the honour of expressing their approbation of my conduct in retiring from o ffi ce, in consequence of the late changes which have taken place in his Majesty's Gtivernment. I beg that you will convey to the Guild of Merchants my warmest thanks for this testimony of their approbation, and to assure them that, next to the pleasure arising from a consciousness of having done my duty, I place that of receiving from my fellow-citizens so flattering a prod of their esteem, as is conveyed in the Address which they had the goodness to send to me. I have the honour to he, Sir, &c. C. Thorpe, Esq. G. R. DAWSON. It was then moved by Alderman NUGENT, and seconded by Mr. SuTrEit, that these letters should be inserted ore the Journals of the House, which being put from the Chair, was carried by acclamation. Alderman NoGENT was then called to the Chair, and thanks being returned to the Master for his very proper conduct therein, the Meeting broke np. THE PETITION TO THE KING. Corn-Exchange-rooms, Dublin, July 5, 1827. Silt—l do myself the honour of transmitting, by order, to your direction, a petition to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, which was this day unanimously adopted at an Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of Ireland, in Dublin. The petition, Sir, would have been much more nume rously signed if time permitted. This circumstance, and the urgency of the affair, will, I trust, plead my excuse for humbly requesting that you will have the goodness to lay the same before his Majesty with all suitable expedition. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient and very humble servant, NICHOLAS PURCELL O'GORMAN, Secretary to the Catholics of Ireland. The Right lion. Sturges Bourne, his Majesty's ! Secretary of State for the Home Department. Whitehall, July 9, 1827. Sir—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Sturges Bourne, to acknowledge the receipt this day of your letter of the sth inst., accompanied by a petition to his Majesty, adopted at an Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of Ireland in Dublin ; and I am to acquaint you that Mr. Sturges Bourne will not fail to lay the petition before the King, agreeably to your request. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, N. P. O'Gorman, Esq. S. PERCEVAL. (From Tuesday Night's Dublin Gazette.) COUNCIL CHAMBER. Dublin Castle, July 16, 182'7. His Majesty by his Royal Letter, having appointed the Right Hon. William Lamb, to be of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in Ireland, he this day took the usual oaths, and his place at the Board accordingly. PRICES OF FOREIGN GRAIN. We gave the other day from the Moniteur the prices of Wheat in French measure and French monies, we now give them in English measure and English monies. Prices per Winches- Places. Dates. ter Measure. Odessa May London ' June 20 64s. 7d. _ . Dantzic May Stettin Bremen May Copenhagen May 31 26s. lid. Hamburgh May 25 Sls. 3d. Antwerp May SO Trieste June 15 29s. 11d. Naples May Civita Vecchia... May 31 23s. 6d. Leghorn .... ..... May 31 37s. lid. Milan Genoa May 26. Nice Tune 15 47s. 3d. Santander May Norfolk France " June 30 4ls. Hd. MAP OF EUROPEAN TURKEY.-M. Lameau, a French engineer of the greatest eminence, has just published a map of the European po r ti on o f the Otto man Empire. It contains, as well the ancient as the sno. dern names of places, and must therefore prove of extraor dinary. utility to the students of classical' literature.—Lon don Weekly Review. A public-house at the village of Burniston, in Yorkshire, has a sign consisting of portraits, at fall length, and in full costume, of four personages, as follows :--a king, a soldier, a parson, and a farmer; and the house is yclept " the Four Alls." Out of the mouth of his Majesty are the words " I govern all ;" the soldier says, " I fight for all ;" the parson, " I pray for all ;" and the farmer finishes with, " I pay for all."—Lincoln Mercury. FEROCITY OF A LION.—On Tuesday noon, as Jonathan Wilson was looking at the lion Wallace, in Wombwell's menagerie, now exhibiting in this town, he imprudently and incautiously placed his hand upon the bottom of the den, between which and the grating there is a small aperture, when the ferocious animal made a spring at him, and with his claws succeeded in drawing the un fortunate man's arm against the grate, which he immedi ately seized with his fangs, and• inflicted several dreadful wounds. At this critical and dangerous moment, the keeper happened to approach, and by his prompt, spirited, and efficient exertions it was, that the man's limb, if not life, was spared. Some of Mr. Wombwell's servants assisted in removing Wilson to the Infirmary, where he now lies, and hopes are entertained that amputation will not be necessary. People cannot be too cautious how they approach the den of such animals,—curiosity might be gratified without in curring the like danger as has befallen this unfortunate man, who appears to be upwards of fifty years of age.— heeds Paper. Poticx -riTELLlarsa. MANSION-HOUSE--Tai GnEiti Claim—The Hon. Wm. Erqkine `Cochrane was summoned to answer the complaint of Mr. Francis Higginson, for having, con-. Crary to the Act of 59 Geo. 3, cap: 69, engaged Higgins= to be employed as an officer under Lord Cochrane, in aid of the Greeks. The complainant stated, that he had been a Midshipman in the British naval service, and was applied to on the 20th June by the defendant, who professed that he should go to the Mediterranean, in order to join Lord Cochrane, in the naval service, or to conduct the ordnance stores. He was to take out ten men with him, over whom he was to have the command, and he was also to carry out some papers, which were to be signed by Lord Cochrane and delivered to the British Consul, by whom they would be transmitted to this country. He was desired to call upon Air. Spagniolacki, and from him he understood he was to have the command of the ten men, but they were all to go out as passengers. Mr. HARMER; who appealed for Major Cochrane, said that the . complainant had. brought an action against the Major, and arrested him ; and, in a,fit of desperation, he had resorted to this course, having been disappointed in his aim. Complainant—My motives are strictly proper. It is true that I have arrested the Major, but it was for a debt which he owed to me. Mr. HARMER said that it was evident, from a note which the defendant sent to the complainant, that the for mer intended to resort to this course, if the money he de manded was not paid. The following is the note alluded to : " 30, Paul-street, Finsbury July 11, 1827. . - " Sii—Finding you have given bail, I merely write to say, that I cannot allow myself to be played with ; neither will I. It consequently remains for you to determine ; should the money be sent to my attorney by noon tomor row, it will prevent further unpleasant consequences to all parties concerned. " 1 am, Sir, your very obWient servant, " FRANCIS HIGGINSON." " Major the Hon. W. E. Cochrane." Mr. HARMER said, that Major Cochrane and the Agents of the Greek Government were anxious that the matter should be investigated. The complainant had himself soli cited to be sent out, and had no claim whatever upon the parties. The LORD Mavoa, having perused the Act of Parlia ment, was of opinion that there was nothing in the evi dence to prove that Major Cochrane had violated the Act; and therefore ordered the information to be quashed. GUILDHALL.—Henman, the beadle of the parish of St. Alphage, London Wall, applied to Mr. Alderman ITENABLEs yesterday, for a warrant, to compel some female, whose name he did not mention, to appear and declare herself to be with child, and submit to an examination touching the father thereof. He said the young woman was obviously pregnant, and upon being questioned, had alleged that she was a married woman. She, however, did not produce her husband, and the applicant had no doubt that she was, in fact, a single woman. Mr. Alderman' VENABLES said he would not listen to the application. Henman was not certain that the young woman was not married, and if encouraged, such inquiries would be extended to all the pregnant ladies in the parish. The Overseer, who was also in attendance, said he had not the least doubt that, if the Magistrate did not interfere, the child would be born in the parish and become burthen some. He stated some other reasons in a low tone, and at length the Alderman said, the beadle might take a sum mons, but if the party came the matter should be men tioned privately to him. In a few minutes Henman returned, and announced that he bad delivered the summons, but the lady said she would not attend Alderman Venables or any other Magistrate of the City of London. " Very well," said the Alderman, " then I have done with it. I will not go a step further. It would be a prac tice capable of great abuse." The parish authorities made their bows and retired. . Frederick Thompson, the book-keeper of the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, appeared to account how a 101. note, which had been stolen, came into his possession. It appeared, that a Mr. Pembroke's house, in Queen street, was broken open on the 21st of June, and be sides a number of articles, 701. in notes had been stolen. One of these notes had been traced through the Bank of England to Mr. Thompson, and he said he had taken it in the regular course of business, but when or from he could not say. The ALDERMA N said, that he ought to have marked on the note from whom he received it, hut as he now could not give any account of it, Mr. Thompson must be dismissed. Henry Johnson, the assistant-overseer of St. Bride's, and John Johnson, his brother, an assistant street-keeper in Fleet-street, were ellerged with grossly maltreating a poor Irish woman. Mr. Woodroffe, of the Temple, said, he saw Johnson driving the woman along Fleet-street, with a child in her arms, and he said, "Be off, you - Irish -." She replied that she was not a -, and Johnson then knocked ber down, and attempted to beat her bead on the atones. Mr. Ely, a clerk in the Bank of England, partly corro borated this statement. The charge was, however, met by Mr. Burn, the Over seer of St. Bride's, Mr. Pitman, the oilman, and Mr. Marriott, of Fleet-street, who said the woman was drunk, and created a great noise in the street ; that the officers did not strike her, but that she struck them, and flung herself on the ground. The officers treated her with as much forbearance as possible. Mr. Alderman VENABLES admonished the officers against resorting to extreme violence on any occasion, and said they should never lose their temper. The case was then dismissed. BOW-STREET. —Yesterday William Ternan and James Sturgeon were charged with stealing four oxen, the property of Messrs. French and Waller, cattle dealers, at Plaistow, Essex ; and Francis Saville, the foreman of the slaughter-house of Newport market, was charged with receiving them, knowing them to have been stolen. It was proved that, on the night of last Sunday week, the oxen were safe in a field at Plaistow, belonging to the prosecutors, called the Abbey Marsh, and early on the fol lowing morning they, were missed. Joseph Pilgrim, a boy, who on the night in question kept the Iron-bridge turnpike-gate, in the Commercial road, stated, that at about the hour of two o'clock, a tall man, whom he believed was the prisoner, Ternan, drove four oxen through the gate towards Loudon, and witness gave him change for half a crown in payment for the toll. The cattle appeared to have been hard driven—they foamed at the mouth, and panted very much. In a few minutes afterwards, the short prisoner, Sturgeon, who was dressed in a round frock, came up to the gate, and inquired if a man had passed that way with four oxen ; he told him that they had passed through the gate a few minutes before, and Sturgeon said, " Curse him, how fast he drives them." Harrison, a butcher, stated, that he saw Ternan bring four oxen to Newport-market, at four o'clock on the mor. nign of Monday week. Other evidence proved that the prisoner, Saville, received the oxen into the Newport market slaughter-house,, and slaughtered them. John Aldridge stated, that, he was employed by the prisoner, Ternan, to carry away the fat and offal of the beast. Mr. Hausgsta attended on . the past of the prosecution, and Mr. HUMPHREYS for the prisoner, Saville. _ Sturgeon said, that be could bring sufficient evidence to prove where h e was on the night of the 'robbery. Ternan, who goes by the name of the " Romford Baker," is a tall thin man, with a very remarkable face; and Sir R. Biam observed, that if any one saw him once, they would not be likely to forget him. Ternan replied, that although the gentlemen present must, if they believed the evidence, conclude he was guilty, yet he avowed to God, not only that he wai innocent of the charge, but that, on his trial, he should be able to make his innocence appear manifest, The prisoners , were all committed ; but are to be agaii examined, befinie they are sent to the Old Bailey to take their trials. UNION-HALL—A man named George Allen , was charged with havi ng robbed Benjamin Elkins. The com plainant, who r es id es i n King-street, Southwark, was re turning home a f ew n i g hts ago with a large roll of cloth on his shoulders, when he was knocked down at the end of a street that leads from the Southwark Bridge-road in the Mint, and surrounded by a gang of six or seven men, who robbed him of 151. or 16/., and the roll of cloth. A female, named Dando, proved that immediately after the cry of " murder" was raised, she saw the prisoner running away with the cloth. The prisoner attempted to prove an alibi, but failed, and was committed! rae • tcs flui d, afterward, re • garfell Therapeutics, into complete discredit in. France. But M. Andri eu x, a d E ed L a C a T m ß i l gty T ° electric physician of Paris, has now, after many years spent in ex. periments, again revived its reputation. He asserts, that in numerous cases of paralysis, amaurosis, deafness, asthma, and many other !maladies, he has employed electricity with the Mast entire success. He his discOvered the means of graduating and regulating. the action of the electrical cull rents, and his 'apparatus is Iveedingly ingeuiousamphondo t Triehly Review, LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Friday.) INDIGO.—The India House sale of 4,715 chests of In digo, which commenced on the 10th instant, ended yester day. Prices have maintained themselves throughout, upon a par with the last April sale, with the exception of the extra fine, which have gone from last sale's prices to 3d. and 6d. lower, the orders for exportation which have taken off the larger part of the sale, not having attached themselves to those qualities. The proprietors have bought in about 600 chests. The variations may he thus stat ed :—On the fine and extra fine, last sale's prices to 3d. and 6d. lower; on the good and good middling, last sale's prices; on the middling and consuming, last sale's prices to 3d. and 6d. higher; on the Otule, full last sale's prices; on the Madras, 6d. to Is. lower. The Guatemala Indigo in yesterday's public sale went off about 3d. a 6d. per lb. above last sale prices. This day's sale went off with brisk ness; 300 serons at the prices of yes t e rday. _ _ COTTON. —The purchases for the week ending last night inclusive, consists of 3,400 bags. The advance of id. on the India House sale is freely given, the holders ask generally id: TEA. - -:The Market is without alteration. SALTPETRE.--There have been extensive sales of Salt petre; the purchases are chiefly at 235. 6d. ;• one parcel has realized 245. Rum, BRANDY, and HOU. ANDS.—The Government contract for 100,000 gallons Rum has given a new impulse to the previous firm Market for Leeward Island descrip tions; the sales are not extensive, as the holders ask higher prices. There are extensive buyers of low Leewards at 2s. 2d. and scarcely any parcels offer under 2s. 3d. In fine Rums for consumption there is no alteration. • Bran dies are unvaried. The accounts of the damage done by the hail storms appear confined to the districts where the finest quality of Cognac is supplied from ; it may affect that description, but can have little on the general supply. The Geneva here is again nearly all cleared off. DyEwoons.---There are no sales of Dyewoods here, notwithstanding the brisk demand, and the advancing prices of the Liverpool Market. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLow.—The Tallow, market re mains in a state of inactivity. The inquiries from the country are extensive, but the prices having gradually de cline for a length of time the buyers do not purchase, in the anticipation that the prices have not reached, their lowest, and as the supplies expected are extensive, and the season unfavourable for consumption, they appear in no haste to buy, yet it must be taken into calculation, that the present stocks are exceedingly low, and the price is also at an unusually low figure. The quotation from St. Peters burgh is also again higher, 102 rubles, on the 2d instant. —Exchange 10 5-16. Hemp and Flax are nominal quotations. An immense contract settlement (11,000 casks) is reported between two eminent houses ; the market is in a very depressed state, the seller being an importer. Woos..—The demand for Wool continues steady, the manufacturers being every where in full work ; there, is, however, but little alteration in the prime. There have been some arrivals of new German Wool, and its,appear ance indicates the present year's clip to be generally of very good quality. English Wools remain at very depressed prices, with little difference in the value of the finest and coarsest fleeces. The stock on hand is asserted to be un usually great, but this fact is very doubtful. The English Wool trade, like most others, has undergone a great change since the peace. During the circulation of country bank paper, most of the country bankers were the purchasers from the farmers in their districts, and re-sold, as opportu nity offered, to the wool-staplers and manufacturers it credit; but this system being now at an end, the stocks remain in the hands of the growers, instead of the country bankers and wool-staplers. COCHINEAL.—The public sale yesterday went off un commonly heavy, only a few lots fine sold at 14s. 7d., re mainder taken in ; a few _lots of the lower quality sold 12s. 6d. and 12s. 9d. TOBACCO.—The purchases of Tobacco this week are confined to inconsiderable parcels taken by the trade, and a few low Virginia 23d. a 3d. AsnEs...-The recent advance in prices is maintained. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET—JuIy 19. 84s Od. to 120 s. Od. J Clover 1009. Od. to 150 s. Oh. 409. Od. to 48s. Od. PRICES OF' HOPS (per Cwt.)—July 20. Kent P0cket5............--., 5l. Os. 61. Os. to 6/. 10s. Sussex Ditto ........... 4l. ICs. 51. Os. to 5/. 10s. Essex Ditto ..... 41. 15s. : - .1. ss. to 6/. Os, Farnham Ditto, Fine.................... 0/. Os. 6/. Os. to 8/ Os. Seconds ..........,...,. 0/. Os. 5/, Os to 64 6s. Kent Bag , - , , .44 Os. 4/. 15s. to 54 ss. Sussex Date) ..........,.—...,.................. 3/. ICs. 4/. 4s, to 41. 10s. Essex Ditto 3l. 153. 4/. 10s. to 5/. Os. __ _ _ Old Duty laid at -£90,000. PRICE OF POTATOES.—JuIy 20. New Ware. 01. 6s. to 01. Bs. per cwt. midating, or 4s. to 4s. Od. ditto. PRICES OF Per lb. d.to to 56111.- 19 21 Ditto —6O to 661 b.— 22 23 Dressing 13 16 Fine Coach Hides —l6 18 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 151 to 501 b. 151 171 Ditto l7l 14 RAW LEATHER. Per lb. d. to Tanned Horse Hides,- 13 15 Spronsh Dittp 15 20 Per dozen. Calf Skins— 36 to 401 b. IS 24 ; Ditto 50 to 701 b. 24 2/ Ditto 70 to 80Ib.. ; Small Seals, Greenland IS 19 HIDES. 1 Per Stone. e. d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s . d. Best Heifers & Steers 210 3 2 Ordinary ...._., M , 0 s 2 Midd1ing5.................... 2 4 2 d Market Calf--.. 7 0 each. Downs SHEEP SKINS. N. Od. to Os. Od. Lantbs..—.. Is. 4d. to Is. 9d. Os. Od. to Os. Od. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 301. os. —..— Refined 6 Linseed Oil . 24 0 11 It 5 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, pet ton. PRICE OF TALLOW, S , Town Tallow --. 4.95. Yellow 395. Od. White atis• 6d. Soap Ditto 3Ss. Od. Melted Stuff 349. Od. Ditto 21i. Od. , AP, &c. per 1121b,—July 20. Yellow '76s. Od. Mottled 82s. Od. ls. Od. Graves ••••••••••WWWWW,O, 20s. Od. Good 58. Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per st one of 811),.—.hilt' 20. Price by Tallow (as stated by the' a ll ow Al e l ters) 41d. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows : Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Os. Od. I Moulds, per dozes 6s. 6d. COAL MAR] Adair's 325. Burdon , 3l 6 Heaton 35 3 31 0 33 0 TownlQy 32 0 Willington Wylam Walls End Bell and Co. 34 6 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 33 3 Ships at market, 2434-S1 .ET.-341y 20. Walls End Newmarch— 3153.0 d Ditto Burraten 33 0 'Fan9el.l Trader 33 0 Londonderry small 18 0 Hartley 30 0 Milford Inverkeithing Spline Llangenneth Russell'S iips sold, 16-IJosol COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING TH. 30 a ▪ 42 0 • 92 Wheat. Barley. 1 oats. Id, 8% Per Quarter. Ashburn Basingstoke ..-...... Bath . Bridgewater —,,. Bridport *. Bristol Chesterfield —........ Derby .. _ Doncaster Dorchester--„ Exeter*— Guildford Hungerford- Ipswich Mansfield Northampton .... Reading 5a1i5buiy...........—...—. Sandwich ..........--- Shaftesbury ..,.»•• Shepton Mallet .., Sleaford .....,,,....-- Taunton ~........--- s. to s. 60 67 56 64 sa 62 Uxbridge Wantage--- Warminster Yeovil s. to s. Per Bushel. Buckingham,,,... A . Shrewsbury 37 44 40 45 36 - 33 3 t 38 445 40 45 39 42 40' 42 44 46 36 45 38 41 36 42 45 48 41 45 38 44 39 40 46 36 40 40 42 40 4 . 3 48 40 44 44 49 3 5 42 37 40 36 42 38 40 s. d. s. d. 40 50 60 7 I Q. to s. 30 36 29 34 31, 42 24 32 26 28 22 30 28 3g. 27 35 28 34 24 35 2 1 35 32 37 32 44 26 36 30 40 WEEK. Beans, t. to L. t3O 65 5'J 58 61 70 57 51 56 38 51 56 66 53 64 56 66 60 56 64 56 (4 50 56 50 62 46 51 66 70 43 50 54 63 61 68 55 65 62 75 45 49 - 50 (4 69 54 55 51 58 54 56 56 66 57 71 48 66 52 a 56 62 s. (I. 3.d. 6 0 7 6 99 104 38 42 31 35 25 40 37 40 28 341 30 29 36 4 34 35 38 32 35 32 40 25 39 15 37 30 40 14 36 a. d. s. d. 36 4 3 76 00 52 66 70 56 61 s. d. s. d. 60 76 0 0 12 0 BIRTH. On Wednesday, the 18th inst. at Webbery, near Tor rington, Devon, the Lady of A. W. J. Deane, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On Thursday, the 19th inst. at Frittenden, Kent, by the Rev. E. P. Neale, Mr. Peter Gellatly, of Limehouse, Middlesex, solicitor, to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Andrew Forster, Esq. of Lambeth. On Saturday, the 30th ult. at Ryton, Durham, by the Rev. C. Thorp, 8.D., Francis Johnston, Esq. Captain in the 83d Regiment of Infantry, to Mary, elthst daughter of Richard Downing, Esq. of Ryton and Newcastle. Northumberland. DIED. On Tuesday, the 17th inst. suddenly, in the island of Portland, Hall Wake, Esq. Millbank-street, Westminster. On the 19th instant, at Brompton-row, Eliza, third daughter of the late Samuel Maskall, Esq. of Mitre -court, Milk-street. On the 15th inst. Henry Fletcher, Esq. of Shadwell , dock, aged 85. On Thursday, the 19th inst. at Sunning-hill, Berk% Mrs. Schutz. Pancran and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, a t t h e SIM-OUZO: 3 No. 112 3 Straad. It