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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. . (From the Moniteur of Sunday, June 3.) " PARIS, JUNE 2.—The Hermione , ,a French schooner, with 120 n e graes on board, was cap tured at the Isle du Prince, on the coast of Africa, by one of the ships of war of the French squadron stationed in these seas. , This selloonee, baring been sent to. Cayenne, ikras, condenined-nnd eonfiscated in - that colony by the sentence of the Tribunal of the First Instance on the 21st of March last, as having violated the ordinances relative to the slave-trade. (From the Journal de Paris, of Sunday. . ) (YAP/ATE LETTER.) " VIENNA, MAY 25.—For some days past it is observed that there is a considerable degree of ac tivity in the department of Foreign Affairs. Cabi net messengers are frequently despatched to London and St. Petersburgh, and others arrive from those two capitals with despatches for the Ambassadors of England and Russia. It is conjectured that the affairs of Turkey are undergoing a serious discussion, and that plans are in contemplation, which will greatly embarrass the Turkish Government, if it persists in disregarding its true interests by finally rejecting the proposals of England and Russia with regard to the affairs of the Peloponnesns. "Letters from the banks of the Bug speak of a re port which has been circulated of an expected move ment of the Russian troops in Bessarabia, and on the right bank of the Danube. (From the .Tournal des Debats.) " Whilst M. Dames announces from the Tribune that France is acting in the East a part which cor responds with her dignity, although this action con sists only in the conferences of our Ambassador with the Austrian Internuncio, two Powers, the Ministers of which speak less and do more, press the Divan to accept a mediation, the result of which would be to pacify Greece,which has been desolated by a struggle of five years' duration against its oppressors. The Divan resists, talks of legitimacy, invokes sove reignty de facto, and declares that it will not ac knowledge in any Power the right of intervention hi its own affairs. There is no oppressor who does not seek to give the show of principle to his argu ment at the very moment when he is attempting to sabvert it. It is an homage paid to principle, but it is that of hypocrisy to virtue. Let us not overlook the feet, that preparations for war are made at Con stantinople, and that regiments manoeuvre there with a standard, to die under which is to be esteemed a martyr_ Allow the Divan to continue to believe demands of Christian Powers are formalities which may be eluded with address, or repulsed, in case of s e ed, by force ; let it confine an Ambassador in the Seven Towers; and, in 20 years hence, it will be difficult to say which will be predominant, barbarism or civilization. Doubtlessly this is not the only consideration which has determined Russia and Eng land to speak to the Divan in strong language. Powerful as this consideration ought to be with Statesmen, it is not the only one which has had an influence on this occasion. The commerce of the Archipelago and the Mediterranean—a secret sympathy for persons of the same religion—a numerous army upon the frontiers, surprised at hay • ing to wait so long for the object for which it was assembled—these may explain the recent attitude of the two Cabinets, who imagine that, even in politics there is a limit for patience. But who will under take to justify the indolence of slur Cabinet ? What are we become in Europe ? Is France less powerful than she was when confided to our Minsters ? Have they rendered her voice impotent with other Govern- ' vents ? We all remember having heard that voice, but it is true it was not they who were then its organs. All the eloquence of M. de Damns must fail in convincing us that the part which we act in the negotiations at Constantinople corresponds with the dignity of a great nation. There is a public voice which does not deceive, and which is . quite equivalent to official declarations. Is the questiou that of saving a people, whose cause has made as inany hearts palpitate in France as in other Chris tian- countries ?—Yes, England and Russia threaten. It is ' tot sufficient for France to advise. It is in vain to ttak to us of diplomatic reasonings, which, according to our statesmen, ought to moderate the ardour of our philanthropy. It is in vain to justify our uneasy reserve towards Austria, and our tergiver sation with the Divan. In all this there is nothing but weakness. Let us await the conclusion, and we shall find that Austria will not forgive our councils .L.that England and. Russia will consider them timid; the Porte will think them= officious; and emanci pated Greece will not reckon us amongst the number of its saviours. . _ " The Journal de Lyons mentions, that a young girl, whose head had been turned by the Mission aries, has destroyed herself by burning herself upon a { lin eal pile of her own erection. Before she died, which wo not until some days afterwards (having been snatcheJ from the pile by her mistress) she de clared that she had received an order from Heaven to burn herself; and the night before she died, she got up and sang her canticles of remission. " DRF.SDE'N, MAY 26.—Since the accession of our new King, there has been no change in the Ministry; and it is understood that the system pursued by his late Majesty will not be at all modified. It is as serted that, on the evening of his death, Frederick Augustus called his brothers and nephews to his bed, and recommended to them toleration and im pae:iality in all the relations between Catholic and )protestant subjects. Her Majesty the Queen, who is sister of the Emperor of Austria, has appointed two Protestant ladies to be her maids of honour.— This is without precedent in Dresden. (From the Constitutionnel.) " The Journal de la Belgique of the 31st of May contains the following note :—" It is rumoured at Brussels that Russia, 'wearied with the eternal ter giversations of the Divan, and justly irritated at its refusal to listen to the proposals which the English and Russian Ambassadors have repeatedly made to the Turkish Government for the pacification of Greece, has resolved to have recourse to arms as the only means of deciding a question which interests all ;he civilized world." " jThe Constilutionnel contains a very long ac count the the first part of the action against the c ons iihdi on ,,:e/ and Courrier Francais, for a libel on 'an inspector of Police, named Cophignon, who, it will be rememberens, was attacked by the medical students on the 17th of May, and deprived of some papers, amongst which was a falsi elector's card. The action was brought against these papers for de .scribing Cophignon as a fraudulent elector, and an agent employed by the Government to provoke dis order. M. Merilhou, one of the advocates for the defence, made some curious exposures in, the course o f his address, of the means used by Government to influence the elections, among-which was the follow ing l e tter Which had been sent to an elector : a" Paris, Feb. 29, 1826. " have learnt that you have not been, either yesterday or to-day, at your College. Undoubtedly im portant circumstances can have alone prevented you. I hope this will not be the ease to-morrow. The election may depend upon your vote. • You would not, I am sure, Tefuse it to the general good ; and I ant quite sure that this appeal to your honourable feelings will be attended to. Ac cept, Sir, the assurance of my great consideration. (Signed) " CHABROL, the Prefect of the Seine." " /72 e Tribunal having heard M. Merilhou and Dupin: for the defence, and the Attorney-General, the King's A..dvocate, for the prosecution, adjourned the cause for a week, to consider their judgment..") An Antigua Payer of the 4th May, contains a Proclamation ox his Excellency Sir Patrick Ross, Governor of that Island, Montserrat, and Barbadoes, under the above date, dissolving the Assembly, the same having existed for seven years, and requiring the Secretary to prepare pro per writs for the election of a New Assembly, to meet him and his Majesty's Council, at the town of St. John, on the 4th June, for the de- A p a tch of public business. 1 PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DA Y AT ONE O'CLOCK. lUnk Stock 203% Vi South Sea Stock ......... ...... Cent. Red. 83%% 3 ,4% Old Annuities; — 3pm -t_ Cons. shut New Ditto ~.. ~,_„„„., 3 per Ces... 3 .f. per Cent.... ,• i ii Ditto 5OO 2d. 49 48 pm. Ditto Red. • . ,4 4 Ditto Small ...... al. 48 50pm. 4 per Cent. New ....... ..... 'b4 Ditto Conamercial......... pm. Ditto, 1826 99-x , Rank for Account Bank Long Ann 19 15-16 % _ for Account — India Stock 249 " b ia ,..., • Account .84% 3 4 Ditto Bonds 79 17 80 pm. - , Corm for . ^'cLocK. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent 92 Brazilian Bonds 59 Buenos Ayres Bonds — Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds .30 1 A Danish, 3 per cent. .62! 4 14 Greek Bonds Ditto, :528... 16X Guatemala Mexican - Bonds 56 Do. 1625 THIS DAT AT ONE - Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 24 .. Portuguese Bonds 75 4 •?,4 Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New — Spanish, 1821 12 11.3 y 12!‘ 1829 — French Rentes, 5 p. c. —t —c. ----Exchange —f. —c. --- 3 per cont.„ 7sf. 25c , -- Exchange 251.504 COURSE OF ZECH, Amsterdam ....... ....C.F 12 4 Ditto, at sight l2 1 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp l9 5 Hamburgh 2% U. 37 3 Altona 9% U. 37 4 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto.. 9 U 25 80 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 154 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 9% Vienna, effe.ctire fl. 2 M. 10 11 Trieste do. Madrid 33% Cadiz 34 Bilboa Barcelona 8.334 Seville 33 !, Gibraltar 45 Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 O France 0 O Gottenburgh O Guernsey & Jersey 0 LIqCE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47 Genoa 25 90 Venice Malta Naples 3B Palermo per oz. 114 1 4 Lisbon 4 9 14 Oporto 49 Rio Janeiro 32 Bahia 43 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l, BULLION, PER OZ. X. B. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 0 0 0 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 &her, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh ... 2 O Holland - 0 O Jamaica .... . ... 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 0 minutes after 0. I Evening...l2 minutes after 0. 71 " ctr LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1827. The Debate on the Corn Bill is to be re newed this evening in the House of Lords. We have so frequently expressed our sentiments with regard to the merits of this Bill, and its vital importance to the best interests of the country that we shall not fatigue our readers with any re pitition of those opinions, and we trust that we shall be soon enabled to congratulate the country on its having received the Royal Assent, not withstanding the machinations of some selfish individuals, who vainly flatter themselves on the momentary check which it has received. It is not impOssible that the Noble Duke who moved the Amendment mayhave repented of the course he has taken on reviewing the inconsistency of his conduct. Ambuscades and surprises are fair in actual war, but they never were the distinguish ing features of his Grace's tactics, and in a political contest, we should have thousht that even the sophistry of the cunning creatures who surround him would fail in recommending any measure which was not above suspicion. But if the Duke of WELLINGTON is, directly or indi rectly, the means of throwing out this Bill, emanating from the late Cabinet, of which he was a Member, and of keeping the agricultural interests in hot water for another year—we have ,no hesitation in saying that his Grace will ex pose himself to a charge of shuffling which it will not be easy to repel. The Paris Morning Papers, of Sunday, reached us last night. The Etoile was not published in consequence of the Festival of Whitsuntide. The affairs of Turkey are evidently about to • become a leading interest in Europe. The ac counts from Vienna, mention that great activity prevails there in the department of Foreign !Affairs, and that it is understood that the pro posals made by England and Russia to the Porte, Telative to Greece, arc about to be enforced by the great European Powers. We have invari ably stated that it was useless to expect that the Divax would be induced to acknowledge the independence of Greece, and that if the powers if Europe were resolved to rescue that unhappy ,country from the grasp of her oppressor, they must do so by force of arms. This course is, it appears, now to be adopted, and considering the means with which Turkey can resist, it is to he expected that the struggle for Grecian Inde pendence will not be long ; but it isnot easy to anticipate what the consequences of such an event may be on the Turkish Empire, or what the views of Russia may lead to in the event of the dismembeiment of that Empire. When once an opportunity occurs for gratifying a long cherished desire, nations, like individuals, are too apt to gratify it in defiance of all previous engagements, and at the risk or dangerous con sequences. Russia, in the event of hostilities with Turkey, will advance, if not accomplish her favourite object of obtaining the command of the passage of the Dardanelles, in spite of any remonstrance which the other powers of Europe may make against her gaining this dan gerous advantage. Extracts of the French Papers will be found in another column. Frankfort papers to the 31st ult. have been received this morning. The following are ex- tracts : ODESSA, MAY 16. The latest accounts from Constantinople, which are o the Bth of this month, say that reports were in circulation there that Lord Cochrane had already struck a great blow. But as neither time nor place could be stated, it is beet to wait for the confirmation of the intelligence. MMINSWICK, MAY 21. The Privy Counsellor, Von Schmidt Phiseldeck, asked to be discharged from the service of the. Government of Brunswick, and grounded his application on the circum stance, that he had for some years received and accepted an offer of being employed in the service of the Hanoverian Government, The Goyernment of Brunswick had good reasons for not immediately giving him hu discharge which he asked, and an answer to this effect was given to M. Von Schmidt, without refusing his request :—The personal liberty of M. Schmidt, has not been for a moment in danger, nor has there been an idea of such a thing. At the very time when the Privy Counsellor, Von Schmidt, with the well meant intention of giving him Isis discharge, ,was called upon to give some necessary information relative to the matters concerning the state, he thought fit, instead of complying with this call, • - to withdraw from the St a t es o f B runsw i c k , and to go to • where Ise has met with p ro t ec ti on , as unexpected Hanover, as undeserved. ST. TETER973IIII.OI/, MAY 16. His Majesty the Emperor, who is going in a few days to Wiasnia, to review a great corps of cavalry, assembled in that neighbourhood, will be absent from us about a fort night. All preparations and parade fur his reception by the inhabitants and authorities of the places through which he is to pass, are most strictly forbidden ; and his Majesty has expressed his will on this subject, in the following terms:: " The usual course of business shall nowhere be in the least disturbed or interrupted by my presence." At all events the Emperor, who attends to the affairs of Government with so much paternal care and wisdom, will take advantage of this excursion to make a strict investiga tion into the administration of justice in the Governments and districts through which he will have occasion to pass. At the beginning of next month the Empresses will leave the capital for the summer. The reiguing Empress goes to Zarskejeselo, and the Empress Mother to Pawlosk. • It is not Prince Labanoff Rostowsky, Minister of Justice, who has been allowed to retire from office ; but his brother the Privy Counsellor, and Member of the Council of the Empire, who at his own request has been permitted to resign with a pension of 16,000 rubles. The Minister of Justice being seriously ill, his second, the Privy Counsellor Prince Dolgorucky, has been ordered to exercise the functions of Minister of Justice till Prince Labanoff Rostowsky is suf ficiently recovered to resume them. VIENNA, MAY 25.—Metalliques 90k. Bank Shares, 1087. SWITZERLAND, 'MAY 25. On the 20th in the evening, a dreadful storm accom panied by a kind of water-spout, did much damage in the Canton of Vaud ; that in the district of Geneva alone is estimated at a million of francs. Among the matters brought forward this year in the legally authorised assemblies of the Guilds of Schaf hausen, was a proposal for the introduction or permission of Ca tholic worship in Schaf hausen ; but as the Catholics living in that city have a very convenient opportunity close at hand for the exercise of their worship, it is likely that this proposal will fall to the ground. We would again call the attention of our readers to an able article, which we have copied from the Times of this morning ; and also to one on the same subject, from the Dublin Patriot of Saturday. We must say, however, that our cotemporaries seem rather hard on Mr. PEEL— though in the estimate of his talent we perfectly agree with them. There is a saying in the Army that he is a good man who does his duty, and this merit Mr. PEEL certainly has—in as much as he led the way (so we hope) to future Home Secretaries, in amending our Statute Book, and clearing it of the rubbish which the operations of centuries have naturally left. And in thus endeavouring to take a fair estimate of his character, we think that we act a more friendly part towards the• Right Hon. Gentleman than those who have done their best to puff him up with exaggerated notions of his talents, which, however respectable, are unquestionably not of the first class. By the decision of the Court of Aldermen held yesterday, the resolution passed at a former Court for a return to the Mandamus obtained by Mr. Sheriff WINCHESTER to be prepared, was rescinded ; Mr. WiNctitsTEß's election, therefore, as Alderman of Vintry Ward, was established, and that Gentleman would have been immediately sworn in, had not one of the Aldermen refused to remain in Court, and with out him there was not a sufficient number of Aldermen present to allow of that business being proceeded in. The Margate Post Letter of the 4th contains the follow ing intimation, which we copy in the hope it may lead to the knowledge of the party or his friends :—" Picked up, close to the buoy of the Foreness Rock, the body of a young man, dressed in a blue coat with metal buttons, black waistcoat, and blue trowsers, and boots ; had in his pocket a penknife, marked 'M. Spence.' For any other particu lars address Mr. White, landlord of the Stag, Margate." M. MARTINON.—M. Martinon, advocate, was extremely dark. He had his picture painted by Legoux of Angers, and allowed it to remain for a long time with the painter, before he sent for it. Legoux said to him one day, " Sir, I think you had better send for your portrait, for the landlord of the Moor's head has been ap plying for it." On Monday the 28th May, being the fair of Mount Shannon, near Scariff, at an early hour of the day about 400 persons in an outrageous and most turbulent manner, paraded the roads, beat every man they met, entered some houses, demolished several windows, and left two men nearly dead. It has been represented that this outrage has arisen out of a religious dispute.— Carlow Morning Post. A SELECT AUDIENCE.--I said of a pro fessor who had no one in his class, that this was ~ the voice of one crying in the desert." This puts me in mind of one who, in order to make up an audience, was obliged to request his friends to be present. Happening to ask one of them who had been absent, the reason of his stay, he told him that he was afraid of breaking in upon his solitude. A correspondent offers the following advice to persons who are fond of rook pies, and who are preparing their guns for that purpose Let me caution them against putting the birds in their pockets—they will feel the evil effects four and twenty hours—they are at all ti mes f u ll of vermin—Experientia Motet."—Alfred. THAMES TUNNEL.—The following plan for surmounting the difficulty, has been suggested by a cor respondent of the Times : —Let a strong, square, frame work, somewhat wider than the tunnel, covered with tarpaulin or some such material, so as to be waterproof, be lowered immediately over the aperture through which the water issues; this may be secured by piles driven into the bed of the river, taking care not to drive the piles which are to cross the arch too deep ; the water may then be pum ped out of the dam, and the workmen having a dry space over their heads will be able to proceed with facility in their labour ; this dam might be shifted as the work should.th e f rame-wor k b e f oun d imprac ticable, co l uldnOt a dam be formed by driving piles round the aperture? J. R. O. Regent -terraces City-road, Juue 5, THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Since the opening of the English Stock Exchange this morning there has been scarcely any animation in the mar ket; the first price of Consols was 841 at which rate they remained until a few minutes prior to the above hour, when they became 84k, buyers, they are now sellers. There appears to be something heavy about the English Funds, and the slightest cause for a decline is magnified into three times its real importance by the Bears, who, notwithstand ing the severity of their late losses, appear still disposed to continue their usual policy, end now alledge that our foreign relations are not in a secure state, that more troops must be sent to Portugal, and that matters are not at all quiet as to the affairs of Turkey. India Bonds are 77 SO ; and Exchequer Bills, 47 9 pm. In the Foreign Funds Mexi can Bonds are steady at 681 ; Colombian have again re ceded this morning, and been as low as 29i, but are now somewhat better, being quoted at 30 Taking off the amount of the different dividends due on this Stock, it re= duces the price of the Bonds materially, and will next month amount to 9 per cent., from which we fear the holders have very little prospect of seeing a shilling for a long period, if ever this should take place. Danish are 62k ; Portuguese, 75i 6, ex. div. Shares do not appear to gain any favour with the public, prices remain ing nominal, and no business transacted. Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto for Account, 84f, sellers ; India Bonds, '77 80 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 47 9 pm. FoutlGN.—Brazilian, 58 1; Buenos Apes, 60 1 ; Chilian, 271 81 ; Colombian, 1824, 801 ; Danish, 621 ; Greek, 161 17 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 55 6 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 681 1; Peruvian, 25 '7 ; Portuguese, 751 6, ex. div. ; Russian, 921 8 ; Spanish, 12. MINES.-Anglo Mexican, 50 dis. ; Brazilian, 11 1 dis.; Colombian, 9 11 per Share; Real del Monte, 80 60 dis. ; United Mexican, 181 18 die. Two o' Closk. Consol4 have been 81 L, but are now a shade better, being 84i the price ; 4 per Cents. 1826, 99i ; small Ex chequer Bills are about a shilling more, and at 50s. pm. In the Foreign Funds no alteration. THREE O' CL CK. Consols, 844, buyers. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish Bonds 62 Do. for Ac. 848 Greek Do. 1825, 16/ Brazilian Bonds 59 Mexican Do. 1825 681 Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 25 Chilian Do. Russian Do. Columbian, 1824, 291 ,Spanish Do. 12/ THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCLIANGE. The wind continues boisterous and contrary, and the supplies of all descriptions of Grain are short. There Is very little Wheat exhibited for sale here to-day, and the trade may be re ported the same as Monday, and scarcely any sales made. Bar. ley and Beans both remain nominal in price. Some factors stated Oats to be dearer on Monday, but they were not Justified therein, as the state of the trade today fully evinces, there being so little doing that Monday's quotations can hardly be supported. Flour was established late on Monday at ss. per sack advance, as we anticipated. Atte.ivaLs. Wheat. I Barley. 1,550 qrs. 1 100 qrs. Englisfi Irish Foreign Oatg. I Flour. 950 qrs.! 3,9soscks. 1,490 ....... 5,850 FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. There was a considerable quantity of Fish, of a finer de scription, in the market this morning, which looked par ticularly' excellent, and the prices were lower than at our last quotations.-Prime large Turbots sold from 14s. to 18s. each ; small do. 6s. to Bs. each ; Salmon, Is. 2d. to Is. 4d. per lb. ; Salmon Trout, 10d. to Is. do. ; choice red Mullets, 245. per dozen; Brill, ss. to 6s. each; Haddocks; 61. to Bs. per dozen ; Whitings, ss. to 6s. per basket, containing fifteen ; Flounders, from2s. to 3s. per quartern ; live Eels, 3s. per five lb.. Lobsters were very plentiful, and sold low-fine large, 10s. to 12s. per score ; small ditto, ss. 6d. to Bs. ditto. Crabs and Cray Fish were not numerous. Prawns, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per lb. ; Shrimps, 2s. to 2e. 6d. per gall. Mackerel appeared very good, the prices were, 325., 485., to 60s. per hundred-the supply was not great. THE HYPOCHONDRIAC. Now conscience wakes despair That slumbered, wakes the bitter memory Of what he was and is. PARADISE LOST. Yee, day unvaried rolls on day, And I am still the same, Youth's bright but visionary ray No longer lights to fame. The hopes which once my manhood held Are cowed and sunken now, 111 y health is gone, my spirit quelled And death sits on my brow. From hour to hour, in blighting thought, I muse, I sigh alone, 'Till heart and brain, to madness wrought, Hurl reason from her throne. I sigh to think of days mispent, Of friendship misapplied, Of tenderest ties asunder rent, Of love estranged by pride; Of love for one who now unmoved Can view ray altered state, Neglected first, theif madly loved, And idolized too late. Yet once my dream of bliss was bright, My hope on earth was high, I never feared the sleep of night, Nor felt a heavy eye : A friend trod with me, rich in mind, The tempting road to power, He onward pressed, I lagged behind, Beguiled in pleasure's bower. And now, oh God! I wake to tread Life's clouded path alone ; My hopes are with the hopeless dead, My friend is passed and gone ! I look behind, the road is dark; Before, 'tis equal gloom ; Lit only by one flickering spark, That glimmers on a tomb. Oh, may I from this tomb derive Reflection, stern but high, Like Timon, all unheeded live And unlamented die. _ _ _ A SMALL POET. The new foreign theatre which is building in Paris is to be used alternately by English and German performers. This is glorious weather for the hop growers. The rains will destroy the fly, and with the fly the hopes of the gamblers in hops. It is generally supposed that a severe struggle will take place in the Upper House on Mon day, on bringing- up the Report on the- Corn. Bill, to restore the altered clause to its original state ; and that not only an unusual number of Peers will be present upon the occasion, but that proxies will be called for. Plymouth is fast becoming the medium of communication between Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset, by way of Guernsey and Jersey, with France, a steam-packet having been lately estab lished, which starts regularly for those places. A . DISAGREEABLE. HYPOTHESIS:---TWO persons were once engaged in an argument. " Suppose," said one of them, " that you owe me two thousand crowns." " I wish,' replied the other, "that you would suppose some other hypothesis." IMPROMPTUS.—It is a difficult matter to make a good impromptu. I believe, for my own part, that none are good but those that are made at leisure. DomEsric ECONOMY.—Some courtiers were' talking of their household affairs, and in parti cular of the wages they gave their servants. One of them observed that he gave his maitre d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a second, that he allowed his six hundred ; " And I," said one, " I go far beyond either of you, for I allow mine four francs per annum." At first the whole were astonished- at this exorbitant allow nAt last one o f t h em th oug ht o f putting thousand pay a. thearctquestion, " But, do you pay him ?" Oh, no,' said he. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JUNE s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Sarah Nugent, Ward, Moore,cotgra yfre,omfor Bombay. St.Vineents. Remains, th e L a d y Pcutzsmourn, JUNE 5.--Wind S.W.—Sailed the Find lay, Carew, for Montserrat ; Cecile, Conlen, for Port au-Prince. His Majesty's ships Nieman and Galatea came into harbour. GRAVESEND, Juwa s.—Arrived the Landarvy, Myer, from Jamaica; Isabella, Winman, from Canton ; Witham, Gibbs, from Riga ; Lord Abercrombie, Black, from ditto ; Friendship, Sinclair, from Pillau; his Majesty's yacht Royal Sovereign, from Antwerp ; and Colombia, Prior, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Salamanca, Hicks, for Te nerife ; and Cyrus, —, for Archangel. ARERDOVEY, JUNR 3.—The Betsey, Griffith, bound here from Mosten, was driven on shore near the Bar this day, but it is expected will be got off, should the weather moderate. It is now blowing fresh from W. to W.S.W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITll.—Rob Roy, Clegg, from Liver pool to Valparaiso, Feb. 4, in lat. 26. N., long. 20. ; .Junea Ann, from Bengal to London, March 16, in lat. 21. S., long. 71. E. ; and the Colonist, frog Padang to Ant werp, March 28, in long. 48. E. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TUIS DAY.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH. When Lord TENTERDEN sat this morning at the usual hour, Mr. Brougham appeared in • his silk gown, and bowed to his Lo r d s hip an d hi s L earne d Brethren on taking his seat within the Bar. This tardy mark of honour to exalted merit to give satisfaction to all present. VICE V. BLEADOIf. This was an action► brought to recover the sum of 531. 13s. 9d., as the price of timber furnished by the plaintiff, who is a timber-merchant in Cornwall, to the defendant, who was a Director to one of the Cornwall Mining Associations. Witnesses for the plaintiff proved that the de fendant was a Director of the Company, that he frequently acted as chairman at their meetings, that he ordered the timber in question, and that it was furnished in October, 1825, for the purposes of the East Downs mine, which the Company were then working. Mr. CHITTY addressed the Jury for the defendant, and stated that his client was a gentleman of great respectability, and bad, in common with many other gentlemen of undoubted honour and integrity, during the reign of the . mining mania, been _in duced to lend his name purely for the purpose of forwarding the interests of the Company, and not from any expectation of realising any profit from the concern. He should prove to the Jury, how ever, in contradiction to the witnesses on the other side, that -his client never ordered the timber in question, and that he had ceased to have any con cern with the Company when the latter part of the timber was furnished. A person named Florence, was then called to prove the above statement, but all that he could say was, that his brother was Secretary to the Company, and that he himself had been occasionally present at their Meetings, but of the subject matter of the action he knew nothing. Lord TENTERDEN—Come, come, this is too bad —Gentlemen of undoubted honour and integrity must pay the debts for which they become re sponsible. The Jury immediately found for the plaintiff, 531. 13s. 9d. damages. OLD BAILEY.--(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeaut,Arceent.) HORSE-STFALING. ` j- Isaac Johnson (whose brother was convietvr horse-stealing last Session) was indicted for IWO a mare on the 6th of May at Stoke New,r4 6 .- , property of William Heath. The case was proved.—Guilty. John Peters was indicted for stealing a Val of wearing appa re l an d a watc h , the propert y Walter Bulkeley. Th e pr i soner an d proi ecul' ,, were fellow-lodgers.—Guilty. . _ (Before Mr. Justice HoißoirD.) Avis Pape , aged 34, was i n di c t e d f or s tealing o f the dwelling-house of Mary 'Wallace, a quantitig wearing apparel, a watch, a necklace , and 61. 79 ..-0 in money, th e p ro p erty o f M ary Do n oughue Catherine Hart. As in the last case, the priwi jo who is a char-woman, and the two prosecar lodged in the same room, at No. 2, Sutton-P1 Lisson-green, Marylebon e , an d on t h e 6 t h o f M yr last she carried off the property of her fell ° ' lodgers, by getting up before them. Catherine Hart saw the prisoner go out or tilI : room with two bundles tied up in aprons , _ and ing out o f th e w i n d ow saw h er turn the come t ., the street; she then app r i se d th e l an dl a dy of tf theft; the latter, ho wever , cou ld not fi n d h er , 0 '; she 'was taken some time after by a constable, f i le state of intoxication in Bryanston-square, watch and the thimbl e i n h er poc k et, an d d res sed?" a part of the stol en c l o th es .---Guilty. „ d 4 John Rutlidge, age d 45, o f respectable glen ante, was indict e d f or u tt er i ng o n t h e 29t h of inir last, a forged bank no t e , purport i ng to b e a Wewl borough bank not e , f or 201., w i t h i ntent to der* 0 s James Hawkins. With LI The prosecutor was at a lock-up house iu ar e a, tor-street, Holborn, on the 29th o f M arc h ; tionaal ' there nearly a week; the prisoner was derained there when witness was taken there; prisoner said h° had got bail on the 28th or 29th of M ar ch, the.dtt after witness waa himself taken there; did not ret: lect th e d a y o f t h e wee k ; h e sa i d lie h a d sent P l a i nephew int o th e e i ty to meet hi s b a il ; that viao4";' the afternoon; he said that he had given his neo2 the money to pay the bail; while the nepheW,Mr_ .: ' gone, the bail came t o th e , lock-up house • the F e soner then asked to borrow some. money oLwitees 6. he wanted 81. to pay the bail, till, his nephew dell back; as he said the bail would not wait ; It' Colebeck was there; prisoner asked him as rye '' Colebeck had no money, an d w it ness ultimately l am' him the money; prisoner saw him with a 51. note in his hand ; a man named Pearson was there • t .. ."'" note was for the latter to take to the bail ' do i T t , stairs ; he took it down And returned, saying t er ' the bail would not take it; the prisoner had aneo,,,. note in his hand which he took down stairs; r; came up again, and witness asked him if he 10 • the money of his nephew to repay him (witnq l ; he was down stairs up war d s o f an h ou r; 'hi . said that he could not pay witness that A lio he said his nephew had returned, but he wanted t for , money and what witness had lent him besidelL , the bail ; witness saw a note for 201. in his pr i , sion, and the prisoner offered to leave it with virit n „, till the'next morning, when he would bri ng vvirne": 4 money and redeem the note • it was by witne s % ' request that the prison er l e ft the note; he wo have redeemed the not e a t e i t h er 9 or 11 o ' c lock t he , r next morning; it was a Welli n gborough b an k note fo r, 201. payable at a bank ing-house in London; wit n ess vi l 4 doubtful of the note, and sent it before nine o'el ..t ° . the next morning for payment; sent it by the 0 1— 1 the of the lock-up house, who returned, saying t hat be bankers would not change it; did not mark t .- note, and could not swear that it was the same po le ' the porter is not in Court. Mr. BRODERICK, for the prisoner, itted here au--hm or that there was no evidenc e to a ff ec t t h e pris"er' to prove that the same note was a forgerY• The Jury consequently acquitted the prisoner. BURGLARY. ; • John Haynes, otherwise M'Evan, and Belb an Beckstay, were indicted for burglariously the dwelling house of John Prince t at — Viilham, 6 . 13 stealing a quantity of jewellery andhardware. , John Prince, a watchmaker, of No. 20, DolhYt row, Hammersmith.—On Saturday night, t l e f sth of May, ho fastened up hi s h ouse him at at about "12 o'clock. No door or w i n d o w was kept open. At four o'clock in the morning he alarmed by th e wa t c h man , it was then day-ligi" got up and found that the shop had been broken open, and that the trays which the night before tanned the goods were then lying in the ksii ne ,,:; found that the shutters had been bored by a ce, 1 1,'", / bit, the bottom part of the shutter had Pr iv • broken off, and two panes of the glass-Will i !'" had been broken in. A person, could u_ l , l j . , put their hand into the aperture and taken the g.vui out. Missed out of his shop some of his stoc k ' which he afterwards identified at Queen-ete re police-office. Knew nothing of the prisoners. pr Cross-examined by Mr. P HILLIPS , f or the priell,;r Haynes—Has no partner. Hi s h ouse i s a b o ut . 1°- miles from Hyde-park-corner. 60 John Walley, one of th e B ow - street patro.-7" t C h l e unt tllll. of Young otmg was May, was on on the du o ty pp n os e i a t r e Ksiednesoiargtt;il road. Saw the tw o p r i soners i n companY e another. It was then about half -past three o clo t , It was day-light. They were coming i n the wr e fi , tion from Hammersmith t o K ens i ngton . The P h ' e soners did not appea r t o h ave an y thi ng , but — t oe other man who h as esca p e d was carry i ng a bun. os under his left arm. They were all three tal 1 lgi re . together. Did not know the prisoners be When witness saw them he called Young by a r a id whistle, who joined him after the prisoners come up to him with the othe r ma n . The W m was carrying a bundle on his head, he was middle, and Beckstay on the outside. Saw t' l 4„ , look down as if they h a d done somethi n g wr ° ,ll e , Witness collared the man who carried the bum"' , g ' a ' and said to him " what have you got th ere ." HaY n .. replied " grub" meaning victuals. The l b , said it was bread and chees e . Wi tnes s •felL , tt bundle and said it was not victuals, and knocks d. . on the ground collared B ec k stay w i t h one hand a o ; the man with the other ; the other man's n eck-ba ll t „, kerchief came oft; and he got away. Before that,h!,, a , ever, Haynes had run away. Young and the watchT; ran after him, and witness -Was left with that'll: Beckstay said, " what do you 'coliar for have got . nothing." He struck witness in the, l l o , and got away also. Witness then seized the bo a t s . and cried out for help. Looked round at 0 4, other man, whom he had in his hand, tried to draw his cutlass, but was knocked ,d 7, 4, by the man, who trod on his breast kicked him. Witness, however, held his t ill the- man slipped it ff and got away. " h. • - 00,: was then left with the dark lanthorn, a eoat ,e o.' handkerchief, and the bundle in which they fou nt :olie Prince's property. All those things came . fro'""o'xe• rnan who got away. Young and the watchaaP:.4ll. turned with Haynes. Witness then went a f .!riiiilw", other two me n , an d t oo k th e b u ndle: r lilt Ike' Would swear that they (the prisoners) Ye i ; esd same men. Saw Beckstay again on the 44t r i dep' knew him directly. The scuffle lasted ten Iri n w t o; Cross-examined, by Mr. PHILUPS.--Jt _ ed Haynes had got away that the other wai l j, Os P. witness ; had never seen them before thA t knew Mr. Prince's house; it was 2} ilea where witness saw the prisoner. - ro a n, By Mr. CREsswELL—Wilkinson' the wa te r()) ; went in pursuit of Haynes; was seufilirl minutes with the man who has escaped, b ness was kicked; Beckstay had escaped a, 0 ". 0 ,e .. , minutes ; would swear positively that Pe04 19 4 1 , - - the man. Michael Hall, watchman of Kensington, - to. Hayne running, secured him, and gaile Ote 11 ; Young ; while he was running, saw bj bo ng stop, and two boys, named Hope and Leesol'Lr en t„, on that spot a crow-bar ; they pointed' out the about a week afterwards to•witnesi.` to rfd" ITlve trial wasAO concluded when W 4 WO COURT OF EXCHEQUER. THY KING V. ♦SSIONEES OF T. H. SKELTON, ♦ND OTHERS. This was a proceeding under an extent issued against the effects of Mrs. Skelton and her two daughters, who were sub-distributors of stamps at Southampton, for a debt due to the Crown. A portion of these effects was now claimed by the defendants, as the assignees under a commission of bankruptcy sued out against Thos. Henry Skelton, Mrs. Skelton, his mother, and his two sisters, who it was alleged carried on jointly the trade of printers and stationers. On the part of the Crown, this al leged partnership was denied, and the question which the Jury had to decide was, whether in January, 182.5, when the petitioning creditor's debt had been contracted, T. H. Skelton had a share in the concern. Upon this fact, the validity of the Commission turned, and consequently the claim set up by the defendants. Several witnesses were called on each side, and the Jury, after nearly an hour's deliberation, found for the Crown. In the course of the proceedings, which occupied the Court nearly all the day, Mr. Park, as Counsel for the defendants, took a legal objection to the claim of the Crown, on the ground that a sub-distributor of stamps had no privity with the Crown, but was liable only to the district-distributor, by whom he was appointed. Mr. Baron GARROW overruled the objection, in timating at the same time his wish that the opinion of the Court should be taken upon a question of such great importance. THAMES AND MEDWAY LIME AND COKE COMPANY. A Meeting of Shareholders was held at the George and Vulture Tavern, this morning, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors on the state of the Company's affairs. H. STONANT, Esq. in the Chair. The minutes of the last Meeting having been read, Mr. Moxox desired to know if any persons connected with the Public Press were in the room ; if so, he con ceived they should not be permitted to remain. Our Reporter stated that he attended to furnish a report of the proceedings; and, haring stated his object to the door-keeper when he entered, he conceived no objection would be made to his presence. Mr. Moxox—Ours is a Company which has existed for twenty-seven years, and the public having nothing to do with our proceedings, I consider none but Proprietors should be present. This is not a public company. A Reporter said it would be impossible to prevent the proceedings from gaining publicity, if they were of suffi cient importance, and by voting them out partial reports might be inserted in the public prints. A general inclination appeared to exist that the reporters should withdraw, and they accordingly did so. IMMORTALITY.—Bautru, in presenting a poet to 31. d'Hemery, addressed him, " Sir, I present to you a person who will give you immortality; but you must give him something to live upon in the mean time. SALE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH YES TERDAT.—A bona fide ready money sale of hops took place yesterday, at the Three Tuns, in the Borough. In consequence of the recent speculations in this article, to which we have already alluded, this sale was more nume rously attended than any during the season ; and as the sale was effected by order of the assignees of Mr. Ward Eagle, a bankrupt, the prices which were obtained must be taken as a fair sample of the real state of the market.— Previous to the commencement of business, Mr. Philip Wood, a hop factor, and brother to the Alderman, inquired if any reporter were present, in order, as he stated, that several false paragraphs which appeared in the Morning Papers, particularly two which were named, might be publicly contradicted. None answering, Mr. Wood became valiant, and abused the absent editors, and the journals under their controul must lustily. The auctioneer mounted his box, and adverting to the para graphs alluded to, said they were unfounded, and he believed the originated from some person in the trade, whose object and interest it was to write in this manner, in order to delude the public. The dealers in hops had the same right to speculate as those in any other business, and if it were Stopped, they might as legally close the Royal Ex change. Mr. Kemble (a speculator)—" Aye, and the Stock Exchange also." The auctioneer continued—All the accounts from Kent were most unfavourable, and he was told by a gentleman now in the room that the fly was extending its ravages in a dreadful manner. The sale then proceeded :—lt consisted of 846 pockets and 113 bags of hope, of the growth of 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822. Those of 1818 fetched from 80s. to 565. per cwt.; of 1819, from 40e. to 665. per cwt. ; of 1820, from 28s. to 50e. per cwt. ; and some of the year 1822 sold for 60s. per cwt. By these prices it will be seen that the specu lators themselves have no fears 'for this year's Crop. The price charged to the public' for some' time past has been almost double that obtained fur the best samples yesterday.