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the heir-at-law of the-deesosed ; and his Learned Friend-on the other side would then be able to make out, if he - could, that the deceased had assigned over his property by will to the defendant, while in I: sound arid disposing state of mind. • The usual evidence was then put into prove the plaintiff heir-at-law to the deceased, and with that evidence the case for the plantiff terminated. • Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS, for the defendant, said, that the will had been .drawn up by a very respect able man, and executed in the presence of a num ber •of equally respectable witnesses, all of whom would be called; and would prove to the satisfaction of the Jury, that at the time of the will being signed, the deceased was off - a sound state of mind. • • John Aingell.-1 have lived at Holme nearly 50 years, and have made several wills for people residing near me. I had known the deceased 40 years, and in April, 18Z5, attended on him respecting his will. The defendant pais me my instructions, the deceased being at that time confined to his bed. I saw him afterwards in bed, the nurses and Tolchard were also present. I read the will over to him, and asked him if it was his m i nd; he said yes, and asked me if i t _ _ _ _ - - was firm and good; litold him that it would be as soon as he and the witnesses should have signed it, upon which the witnesses were called into the room, and he, being lifted up in bed, signed it, after which it was sealed and attested. By his desire, I kept the will till his decease. On the following Tuesday I added a codicil from the mouth of the deceased, which was also attested, he saying " this is my hand and seal." Cross-examined.—All my written instructions were from Mr. Tolchard. The deceased said that he meant to give 101. a-year to his sister, out of the land left to the defendant ; he said that before I drew up the codicil, Mrs. Tolchard had before told me the same. The deceased signed both the will and codicil. I just repaired the W after he had written it.—(Laughter.) The JUSTICE told the witness that he had been trying a very dangerous experiment, and that he would advise him never again to meddle with the writing of a dying man. Witness continued—l will not swear that the last Tis the ems as Hewitt made it. When the de ceased was signing the will, there were Tolchard, myself, two nurses, and the attesting witness present. I think there were all the letters to the name when I repaired it. I will not swear to the last T being there. - Rev. Mr. Glover—l was called in on Easter Sunday, 1825, to administer the Sacrament to the deceased; I asked him if he had made his will; lie said, yes; he did not seem very clear at any time, but I should think that he was of a disposing mind. Cross-examined—Tolchard gave me the will, but he did not tell me that they were going to make a new will that night; I offered Hewitt to alter the will for him, as I thought that he should not have left his money from his relatives, but he said "No, I have made it to my mind." Mr. Jervis, the surgeon, and the subscribing wit nesses, were then called, and swore nearly similarly to the foregoing witnesses, except that here and there were some discrepancies in their evidence. John Mere—l knew the deceased; he came one day to my house, and in the course of conversation, said, that the Irishes and Hewitts, his relations, were always quarrelling, and he had therefore made up his mind to leave his property away from them both, that there might be no grumbling. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having gone through the evidence, said, that it clearly appeared, no one knew any thing about the will, except Aingell, and the Jury had already heard how active he had been in making alterations and tinkering the letters of the deceased's name. With these remarks, he should leave the case in their hands, simply reminding them, that if they were of opinion that the deceased at the time of his signing• the will, was so imbecile and reduced, as to be unable to comprehend what he was about, they would find a verdict for the plaintiff, while, on the. other hand, if they, were satisfied that though in a dying state, he retained his senses and had a clear knowledge of what he was performing, their verdict would be for thi - defendant: The Jury, after deliberating for a minute, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages One Shilling. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—NORWICH, Aro. 9. William Rose was indicted for horse-stealing, and convicted. Mr. Baron GARROW told the prisoner, that al thoagh he should not pass sentence of death upon ' him at that time, yet it would be well that he should prepare for the fate which certainly awaited him. (The prisoner had been upon a former occasion con -sieted of pig-stealing.) The prosecutor here entered the witness-box, and expressod a hope that his Lordship would show mercy to the prisoner as far as the law and his Lord ship's juci.Fment would peimit. Mr. Baron GARROW.—On what grounds do you recommend the prisoner to mercy ? When I shall have the honour of reporting the case to his Ma jesty, it will be expected of me that I shOuld state the grounds on which the prisoner is recommended to Royal clemency. Prosecutor.—My Lord, if the man had commit ted murder, I think he would have deserved death. Mr. Baron GARROW.—You think the law wants alteration. If that be so, it is a misfortune which we cannot mend : we must submit to it as it is. George Witham, aged 22, and Charles Witham, age d 26, brothers, were 'capitally indicted under a statute of Elizabeth for breaking and entering, on the 26th /of March cast, in the day-time, the dwel ling-house ofJohn Sturnham, at Oriston, no person being therein, and stealing property above the value of ss.—Verdict--" Guilty. Mr. Baron GARROW said that this species of crime apPeartd to be increasing, and was now as prevalent as in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when the Sta tute was el:acted for its repression. It would there fore be necessary to make some examples of persons guilty of this offence, and the prisoners must prepare for the fate which awaited them. The same prisoners were then both charged with the commission of a highway robbery, and found Guilty." llis LORDSHIP then put on the black cap, and was about to pronounce sentence of death upon the prisoners, when hey both became dreadfully agi tated, and one of the brothers fell down in a convul sion in the dock, Ills Lordship, after waiting some time, said that he could not pronounce sentence of death upon men in such a aituation. He therefore direct-t ed that they should be removed for the present, assur ing them that they would certainly be brought up t o il receive the judgment of the Court during the assizes. John Farrow , aged 16 years, and Thomas Far -ow, aged 21 years, brothers, stood capitally in.. dieted for an offeuce of the same nature as the ford slier, with having broken and entered, during th 4 day-time, the house of Thomas Williams, of Bans nam, and stolen therefrom two watches and other uroperty. The prisoners were both found Guilty, and sell. fence of death recorded against them. Rushmere was charged upon the verdict of coroner's inquisition, with mantatughter. It ap peared that the deceased was passing, on the day before his death, through a village where a purse club were making a merry meeting. The club in vited him to take some drink, after which they put him into a waggon with others, and after dragging the vr,ason about for some time, they upset it in a pond. _ The deceased was thrown into the water, where he continued some minutes, after which he was taken up and carried home, where he shortly after expired. Mr. Reed, a surgeon, examined the body of the deceased on the 22d of August; found marks of inflammation in the stomach. The marks which witness observed indicated such a degree of in flammation as would have produced death. The deceased 'died of inflammation of the stomach and intestines. • Mr. Baron GAnnow , --That is to say, he died a natural death. Witness.—Yes,my Lord. Mr. Baron GARROW here addressed the Jury, and recommended them to acquit the prisoner without going any further. It was likely enough that the de ceased had met his death by inflammation of the in testines, but there was no evidence to trace the disease to its origin. " Whilst I am speaking - ," said his Lordship, " the history of our country affords a melancholy proof that inflammation uses but little ceremony in its operations, and levels the highest as well as the lowest, without any discrimination."— (A London paper (THE SUN) was at this instant handed to one of the gentlemen of the bar, which, on being opened, exhibited the usual appearances of mourning, and contained the account of Mr. Can ning's death. The appearance of the paper excited a deep feeling of sympathy for the fate of the illus trious Statesman, and a deep silence prevailed in Court for some minutes.) The prisoner at the bar was acquitted. _Henry Pitcher, aged 21, was ' put to the bar, charged with having stolen a gelding, and bridle and saddle, value 141. The offence was clearly proved against the prisoner, who was found Guilty—Death. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Devonport, July 20, 1827. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence has been pleased to appoint the Rev. William Henry Roberts, M. A. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and Rector of Clewer, iu Berkshire, to he one of his Royal Highness's Domestic Chaplains. Office of Ordnance, Aug. 9, 1827. Royal Regiment of Artillery. —First Lieutenant George Macleod Baynes to be Second Captain, vice O'Hara Baynes retired on half-pay. Dated Aug. 1, 1827. Second Lieutenant John Wynne to be First Lieutenant, vice Baynes. Aug. 1, 1827. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. William Linton, Shacklewell, com►nission-agent. Daniel Child, Beauvoir-place, Kingsland-road, piano forte-maker. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. William Thomas Coupland, Liverpool, factor, from Sept. 4 to Dec. 4. ' Edward Younge, jun. Alundford, Norfolk, general shopkeeper, from Aug. 7 to Sept. 23. Alfred Smith, Mark-lane, corn and flour-dealer, from Aug. 14 to 31. BANKRUPTS. Matthew Hercules Sheppard, Willesden Cottage, Ken sell-green, Harrow-road, surgeon, to surrender Aug. 14, 4, and Sept. 21, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. Templer and Noy, Great Tower-street. Joseph Talbot and Henry Francis, Threadneedle-street, brokers, Aug. 17, 29, and Sept. 21, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Humphries and Son, Serle street. Jeremiah Whittenbury, Manchester, cotton-spinner, Aug. 23, 24, and September 21, at ten, at White's Hotel, Man•. Chester. Hurd and Johnson, Temple; and Higson, Bag_ whew, and Higson, Manchester. John Graves, Upper Crown-street, Westminster, picture dealer, Aug. 24, 31, and Sept. 21, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Clutton, Carter and Fearon, Crown row Office, Temple. John Lambert West, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, coal merchant, August 29, 31, and Sept. 21, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Smith, New Clement's-Inn Chambers, Strand. DIVIDENDS. G. A. Gasley, Great Newport-street, Long-acre, uphol sterer, Aug. 31, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners— W. Wise, Piccadilly, picture-dealer, Aug. 31, at one, at the Court of Commissiouers—C. Reynolds, Clapton-square, Hackney, apothecary, Aug. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Cross, Belle-Sauvage, Ludgate-hill, coach -master, Aug. 31, at ten, at the Court of Commis missioners—T. G. Smith, Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street, haberdasher, Aug. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners—T. A nnett, Alnmouth, Northumberland, corn merchant, Sept. 1, at four, at the White Swan Inn, Aln wiek—W. Hutchinson, Foot's-Cray, Kent, general shop keeper, Aug. 31, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners— .l. Lawrence, Park-place, St. Jamee's-street, woollen draper, Dec. '7, at ten, at the Court of. Commissioners— C. and J. Osborne, St. James's-street, Pall-Mall, tailors, Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Commissiouers—T. Marshall, College-hill, Upper Thames-street, iron-mer- Chant, Nov. 13, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners— R. S. Maskall, Basinghall-street, builder, Dec. 7, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Rogers, Duncan-terrace, City-road, printer, Aug. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Levett, Rowley-Regis, Staffordshire, nail-ironmonger, Aug. 31, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham—J. Rogers, Shewsbury, grocer, Sept. 7, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn, Shrewsbury—J. Bradley, Great Oueen-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, dealer in shop-fixtures, Aug. 31, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners-4. Foster, Tring, Hertfordshire, victualler, Aug. 31, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Bush, Brighton, dealer, Aug. 31, at nine, at the Court of Comruiasioners—J. C., and W. Starkey, and W. Whiteside, Little Pulteney street, brewers, Aug. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners—F. J. Level), Portland -street, Walworth, eheeeemonger, Aug. 14, at ten, at the Court of Commis ,ioners—J. Davis, Bristol, tanner, Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. CERTIFICATES—A r; o. 31. W. Whale, Witham, Essex, victualler—M. P. and P. Touray, City-road, mustard-manufacturers—A. Regnau- din, Great Winchester-street, wine-merchant—W. Twy 'ford, Manchester, surgeon—T. Wharton, Finsbury-place 'South, tailor—W. Burchell, Ensham, Oxfordshire, iron monger—S. Hobson, Crescent, Minories, corn-factor—E. `Christopherson, Liverpool, ironmonger. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Greenwood, J. Greenwood, and G. Kemp, Chelsea, land-surveyors—W. Hill and J. Hill, Liverpool, saddlers —S. Wood, W. Ratcliffe, and T. Blood, Stoke-upon- Trent, Staffordshire, manufacturers of earthenware—A. Little, B. Little, and S. Bateman, Dowgate-dock, scaven gers—W. Swann, jun. Birmingham, and H. Smyth, Derby, glass-mershant—W. Adamson, sen., W. Adamson, jun., and A. Adamson, Monkwearmouth Shore, Durham, ship-builders—R. Dyer and J. Tucker, Dover, bricklayers —G. Litster, J. Phipps, and I. Phipps, London—W. Hall, and S. Marchington, Hanky, Staffordshire, lessees of the waterworks—J. Hebbert and F. C. Swinden, Birmingham, jewellers—A. Fox, B. Fox, and J. Fox, Castle-street, Houndsditch, furriers—T. Spencer and W. Colborne, Chippenham, Wiltshire, surgeons--J. Smith, H. Leake, and G. Dawes, Southampton, carriers—R. Porter and E. SMith, High-street, Deptford, poulterers—H. M. Bennett and W. Bennett, Cannon-street, tea-dealers—J. Barlow and W. Mosley, Sharpies, Lancashire, bleachers—R. Moseley and W. J. Moore, Derby, jewellers—F. Ulla - theme, 0. Longataff, J. Ullathorne, and T. S. Ullathorne, Gate-street, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, warehousemen. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. N. Robertson, Holehead, Stirling, cattle-dealer, Aug. 17, and 81, at one, at Wherson's Coffee-house, Stirling. G. Donaldson, Brunswick-street, Edinburgh, builder, Aug. 14, and Sept. 11, at one, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. THE DEATH OF MR. CANNING PREDICT-, ED BY NIXON, THE ASTROLOGER.-In an old book, en titled The Prophecies of Robert Nixon, printed in the year 1701, is the following prophetic declaration, which appears to refer to the late melancholy event which has de prived the English nation of one of her brightest orna ments :—" In the year. 1827, a man will raise himself, by his wisdom, to one of the most exalted offices in the State. Hie King will invest him with great power as a reward for his zeal. En g l an d will be greatly rejoiced. A strong party will enter into a league against him, but their envy and hatred will not prevail. The power of God, which reigneth over all, will cut him off iu his prime, and the nation will bitterly bemoan her loss. Oh, England ! be ware of thy enemies. A great friend thou wilt lose in this man." WILD BOAR SHOOTING.—The Rajahs of some of the Northern Provinces of India have a very unmanly mode of shooting the wild boars. They build little clay citadels on the brow of a hill, at the foot of which a quantity of food is scattered every evening. The voice and person of the man who feeds them, are at length re cognised by the boars, and on his retiring to a little distance, they take their evening meal with considerable confidence. The Rajah conceals himself in his little fortress, and placing the muzzle of his fowling-piece at a small hole in the wall, takes a•deliberate aim at his unsuspecting prey.— London Weekly Review. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the ConstitutionneL) " FRANKFORT, AUG. 3.—We learn from Dresden that a rumour circulates there of the Greek Prince Ypsilanti, known by his long detention in the Hun garilti fortress of Mongatz, having obtained per mission from the Cabinet of Petersburgh to repair to Russia. " Advices from Carlstadt (Croatia) announce that Abdurzahman, former Pacha of Belgrade, and now Seraskier of Bosnia, is there, organizing a con siderable corps of troops under the European exer cise. It is stated at Bosno-Sarai, the chief place-of the Pachalik, that orders are expected from Constan tinople to put the troops on their march for the right hank of the Danube. It appears that in Servia, the levy, according to the new system adopted by the Grand Seignor, has net operated successfully. • The inhabitants of this province have refused to sacrifice their privileges, according to which they are only bound to arm for the defence of their territory. " PARIS, AUG. 7.—The publication of the mani festo of the Ottoman Porte has given occasion to the English journals which are written under the influence of the Minister, to repel with vehemence the idea that it was Great Britain or one of her Ambassadors, either at Verona or Constantinople, who offered the Turks the succour of that Govern ment to compel the Greeks to return to the yoke of the Crescent. France, ono of the three Powers which have participated in the last treaty of inter vention for the cessation of hostilities, is not less interested than England in rejecting the suspicion that the Mussulman policy is gaining ground on the Christian States. We hope that the Ministerial Journals will explain themselves on this point with as much dignity and frankness as the English jour nals. They are not the Ministers of the Most Christian King who ought to be behindhand when there is question of a fact which interests in so lively a manner religion and humanity. When they want texts for a polemical discussion, they will find the elements in the Turkish manifesto. It is a subject upon which they have long exercised their faculty. (From the Moniteur of Wednesday, Aug. 8.) " A Royal ordinance regulates the quota to be paid by the several departments for the new vote of credit of 200,000,000 francs, given for 1828 by the Budget sanctioned on the 24th of June, 1827, in augmentation of the fund assigned for the payment of the annual aids and pensions to the Royal armies of the west." (From the Gazette de Frazee, Aug. 9.) " NriENNA, JULY 20.—Colonel Chalenborg, Aide de-Camp to the King of Sweden, the bearer of letters notifying the birth of Prince Gustavus of Sweden, and of those by which his Swedish Majesty invites the Emperor and Empress of Austria to be sponsors to the young Prince, has set out on his return to Stockholm, after having had the honour to be pre sented to their Majesties at Baden. The presents, on occasion of the baptism, will be sent to Count Woyna, Charge d'Affaires of Austria at Stockholm." (From the Quotidienne.) /PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. CADIZ, JULY 20.—The Spanish corvette, Des• ezebierta, Captain Manuel Quesada, cast anchor yes terday, in our bay, bringing with her the Colombian privateer, El General Armario, which she cap. , timed that morning, at eleven o'clock, near Trafalgar. Below are some details respecting this capture, which is of great importance to our trade, and that of France. This privateer, armed with one swivel gun (a nine-pounder), her crew consisting of twenty-six men only, she having already embarked nine on board the different vessels she had made prizes of on the coasts of Galicia, Biscay, and the Cape de Pena, sailed from Puerto Cabello in the beginning of May, and came to cruise off Vigo in the beginning of June, from whence she went beyond Cape Finisterre, coast ing the shores of Cantabria and Biscay. Amongst ' the prizes made by her is included the brig La Cla rita, which she took near Cape de Pena. She afterwards cruised for five days almost within sight of us, off. Cape St. Vincent, ,and was commanded by the celebrated Nate. This is the way in which the General Armario was taken. Cruising near Cape Trafalgar, she ran alongside a French cruiser to ask for water. " I have not any said the Frenchman, but there is a corvette which can give it to you." The Colombian then came close to the Descubierta, who had hoisted French colours, and asked for a few casks of water; but instead of water they sent her bullets, and she was compelled to surrender, as, although an excellent sailer, the corvette could have run her down. PORTUGUESE QUESTION. (From the Monitor and Gazette de France) PARIS, AUG. B.—The affairs of Portugal uncea singly exercise the sagacity of the English and French journals. Nothing can be more natural. The most important questions—all the questions of the day-- connect themselves with this question. That which ought to tend essentially to furnish a solution to it, is the fact, that all parties seem agreed on the essential point—namely, that the anarchy wli:ch prevails in that part of the Peninsula is the only source of alarm and annoyance. The only dif ference is, as to the remedy. The Times , and all our liberal opposition, obstinately maintain that the remedy is to be found in the return of Don Pedro to Portugal; we, on the contrary, look for it in the ac cession of Don Miguel to the Regency. It is be tween these two measures that a choice is to be made. We must observe, in the 'first place, that a war is never terminated without conditions, which are too often themselves the source of future wars; that in the old as in the new world, at the end of a political debate, as at the end of a judicial debate, there remains always the articles of injured interests, and the vanquished must pay the expenses of the struggle. That is the time for studying the resour ces of a country, or to invent, to meet its wants, new ones. If territory be acquired or ceded, the conse quent arrangements or the derangements have equally their embarrassments. We say nothing of the mul . titude of litigious questions, - which the treaty has not been able to foresee, and which the occasion gives rise to. We ask if,in this state of things, it would be well to counselDonPedrotb undertake a voyage 4,000 leagues to Portugal and back again? Who will govern Brazil during this long absence ? A Council of Regency is always dangerous, even in consolidated monarchies. What would it be in an infant monarchy, which the spirit of Republicanism besieges, and perhaps go verns ? A physical impossibility opposes the con centration of power in a single person of the Royal Blood, since the Emperor has no Consort, and his children are of tender years. The conclusion of a peace, therefore, will not facilitate the voyage of the Emperor. Let us now suppose the difficulties with respect to Brazil got over, and look on those which await Don Pedro in Europe. He has declared solemnly, that, "it is incompatible with the interests of Brazil and those of Portugal that he, Don Pedro, shall continue King of Por tuel." Take care that this is not an incompati bility founded on the difference of legislations, which on the contrary, strongly resemble each other, but on the necessity which exists for a difference between the " dominations." It would not be, then, to. govern Portugal that he would come. What will he do there then ? What benefit will lie bring . to the Portuguese ? How long will he remain among them ? What will become of Brazil during his absence ? What will become of Portugal when he shall have left it ? Who will profit from this voyage ? Brazil ? No; for during the•time which it consumes, Brazil will be deprived of a Sovereign, whose presence, up to this time, has appeared in dispensable to the maintenance of its tranquillity. Will this voyage, then, be profitable to Portugal ? No; for how can its interests be advanced by the temporary presence of a Sovereign who abdicates in favour of a child eight years old, and who after, as before his voyage, is obliged to confide the Regency to those in whose hands it has produced the effects we now witness; or to him, whose accession would render this voyage useless ? The question still re turns to this—who will profit from this voyage ? Surely some one ought to profit from it. We, in fact, think that it will be profitable to those who desire a revolution in Brazil, and fresh disorders in Portugal. The Constitutionnel, in discussing this subject, re proaches us with a contradiction. When they quote, they ought to quote fairly. We have not said that the Portuguese Charter would never be popular.— We have said that it was not for us to inquire whe ther it ever would be so. It must, at any rate, be admitted that it is not very popular at present. That which has been described as a decision on our part, was, on the contrary, a refusal to decide. But supposing that, in our view of the subject, the Charter does not suit Portugal, would that be a mo tive to recommend the non-observance of it to the Prince, who claims, in his own name, the reins of the State, [lnd who waits to take them till the time appointed for it shall arrive ? If the Charter is im perfect, it carries in its own bosom the remedy, since it establishes a representative Government. If the manner of the people for whom it is made re quire that it shall one day be modified, it points it self to the course which should be followed to effect the necessary modification. Until then it is the law of the land, it is the title of the Regent, it is a sacred deposit in his hands. The enemies of Don Miguel do. not consider themselves beaten. It is incredible what clouds they conjure up to conceal an evident right, whether they look at it as a national convenience, or as a constitutional necessity. The correspondent of the journal which we have quoted has distinguished him self, above all others, by the subtleness of his chi canery. According to him, the 92d article could never apply to Don Miguel, because it is, at present, only applicable to Donna Isabella. This is exactly what it would be to plead that a minor can never dispose of his property, because he is not yet of age. But, say they, the proof that Don Miguel cannot profit from the article 92 is, that article 00 interdicts to the husband of the Queen all participation in the Government, until that she has become a mother by him. Is not this to confound two situations alto gether distinct from each other ? When Don Mi guel shall be the husband of his niece, she will have gained her majority. There will then be no longer a Regency; and until she attains her majority, a Regency is necessary; and so long as a Regency shall be necessary, it is necessary that the persons invested with it shall satisfy all the conditions of the Charter. There is no occasion here for the least delusion. Don Miguel, as Regent, ought to exer cise all the powers given by the Charter to the Re gent. As husband to the young Queen, he ought to rest satisfied with all the honours which the Charter reserves to the husband of the young Queen. These are two personages separated by a distinction as clear as the light of day. They quote even the words of the Act of Abdi cation. Let us see what these words are :—" I de clare, that my daughter, Queen Regent of Portugal, shall not quit the empire of Brazil without its being previously known officially, that the Constitution has been sworn to, according to my commands, and without the espousals of the marriage, which I pro pose to make her contract with my dearly beloved and honoured brother, the Infant Don Miguel, has been celebrattd, and the marriage completed; and this abdication and this cession not take place, i either of these conditions shall not be satisfied." We may defy the most intrepid pupil of Scott to find in this passage any thing which excludes Don Miguel from the Regency. All that can be inferred from it is, that the abdication shall be null, if the marriage of Don Miguel is not completed at that period when it will be possible to complete it. The question hinges only on that. Further, is it not very probable, that the words " marriage completed" are only a matter of style, adding nothing to the meaning of the phrase ? Since the decision of political interests is referred to gram mar, we'admit that grammar does not give to the word " two" the value of the word " three." Now, according to the adversaries of Don Miguel, there are three conditions which Don Pedro will have im posed before the abdications will be definitive—this oath, the espousals, and the consummation. In all cases they say, it is for Don Pedro to de cide; author of the Charter, he alone knows the true meaning of it. If this assertion, registered in the Constitutionnel, be compared with so many others with which it troubles itself till the remembrance of them is effaced, it is impossible not to remark that a great revolution has taken place in its ideas. In deed, by force of liberalism it will fall, if it do not take eare, into serviliam. Behold, he who has de fined the Regency an immovable authority, grants to Don Pedro the right of regulating it as he may please in maintaining in it the Infanta kis sister, or in conferring it on whom he thinks good. The mad management of the enemies of Don Miguel is great, and the Emperor has few thanks to offer to them for the character of animosity, and almost of faction, which they have bestowed on his Charter. To conclude. The spirit and the text of the Charter, the interest of Brazil, and that of Portugal, the repose of Europe, as well as that of America — in fine, the common law of nations, all oppose them selves to the return of Don Pedro—all reject the authority of an arbiter who has disqualified himself. We repeat it, he has abdicated. He declares him self that his abdication is not the consequence of disgust, or of any secret inspiration, but the effect of a radical impossibility, which must, therefore, re main the same after his return as it is before his depar ture. To proclaim this principle, and shortly after wards to unite in himself two powers which oppose each other, would not be an act of sound policy:— Europe and America would think themselves played with. Out of this violation of the Charter by its author —out of this contempt for a necessity by him who had solemnly recognised it, perplexities and conflicts would arise, of which human wisdom can not determine the issue. It is a principle, admitted in all times, that an individual cannot re-ascend the throne which he has voluntarily resigned, and that the affairs of nations ought to be made independent of caprice. Thus Europe has not considered the successor of Victor Amedee a bad son for having repressed the returning ambition of his father. The presence of Don Pedro in Portugal would only serve to revive party differences, to rekindle civil war, to furnish motives or pretexts to his ene mies in America, for rendering void the Charter which he has given as a pledge of peace—in a word, seriolslyto compromise the throne which he aban- dons, and the throne which he retains, the repose of Brazil, and that of the Peninsula. Convulsions of all sorts appear to us bound up with the project, and ready to Issue forth to affect the world. Let us hope, with the friends of order and peace, that this apprehension will not be realized. OXFORD, AUG. 11.--ECCLE►SIASTICAL PuzirzumENTs.—The Rev. William Henderson, M.A. to the pastorieal charge of St. Paul's Chapel, Carrubber's Close, Edinburgh ; the Rev. C. G. R. Felting, of Maiden Brad ley, to the Vicarage of St. Paul, Cornwall. TURKISH OPIUM EATERS.—Rigid Mus sulmans condemn the use of opium, and their preachers declaim against it from the pulpit. One day, a very holy and zealous preacher, in holding forth with more than ordinary warmth against this vile drug, by great bad luck let fall his own opium -pouch among his auditory. Without being in the least abashed, he, with the greatest presence of mind, affected to have pre meditated what had happened so much against his will, and exclaimed—" Behold the enemy, the demon, the fiend I have been speaking of ! Be upon your guard lest it spring upon some of you, and gain possession of your souls !" By this delicate turn he affected his escape from public ridicule or execration.—London Weekly Review. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 2 l 4j 3 per Cent. Hid. 3 per Cent. Cons. StA 3 1 ,4 Cont. ...- _ A , por ~.. - Ditto Red. 95%% 4 per Cent. New lOl, Ditto, 1826 I Bank L. Ann. 9Ol-16 India Stock - Ditto Bonds 90 91 pro. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonds, 8 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 182-4 . 3l Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto 18'46 — Guatemala .—. Alexican Bonds 67 Do. 1625 119}4 pRICILS OF SHAH ,ES FLU Anglo Mexican Mining Co. . Brazilian Mining Co. Hibernian Mining Co. United Mexican Mining Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock. Consols, 3 per cent.... Gor. Stock, 3% per cent. 412 11 t Ditto, Nem 9l 4, per Cent. Goy. Deb. 3% per cent. toy Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock city Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. ct. COURSE OF sucHJ Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight l2 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp l2 4 namburgh 2% U. 37 1 Altona 23 U. 37 2 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 70 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 153 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 Vienna, efitetive fl. 2M. 10 9 Trieste do. Madrid 34 Cadis 34 Bilboa 34A Barcelona 34 Seville 34% Gibraltar 45 DAY AT ONS O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Did Annuities Yew Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,ooo 2d. 58 60pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 58 52 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Pm Bank for Aoeount India for Account Cons. for ANA SS% THIS DAY AT ONIE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1924 Peruvian Bondi — Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 par cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New' Spanish, 1821 91 10 ---- Is2ll — Freush Rentos, 5 p.c. —t —c. -- Exchange —t. —e. 3 per cent —f. —c. Exehange —f. —c. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. ..... £Bs LW SN 35 34 STOCKS, AUG. S. SL Patrick lnsur. (per ah.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Pittriotie Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine ,s Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings — .WOE TIESTIMDAY. Leghorn 48 Genoa 23 450 Venice Malta Xaples 3834 Palermo per oz. 115 Lisbon 49 Oporto Rio Janeiro 32 Bahia 43 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l% BULLION, PUB O. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin— 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 13 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars •0 4 9f Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 1 NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...l7 minutes after k Erening..-39 minutes after 3. aft. C E44"l— f) 110110 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1827. His MAJESTY'S gracious choice of Lord GODERIcx as his First Minister has given great and general satisfaction. His Lordship is at present employed in making the arrangements consequent upon his elevation to the Premiership, but nothing is as yet definitively settled. If his Lordship's talents are not of that exalt ed order which commands the universal suffrage of mankind, they are nevertheless of a high class, and superior to those of most other men in public life. But Lord GODERICII possesses various other qualifications, which peculiarly and emi nently fit him for the elevated station to which he has been called by his SOVEREIGN ; of illus trious descent, distinguished for his high and honourable principles, his spotless integrity, and gentlemanlike manners, he enjoys the respect and the regard of all ; and by a peculiar frank ness and manliness of character, has excited in the mind of every one entire confidence iit his judg ment, and reliance in the rectitude of his inten= tions, well calculated to produce a favourable impression of each act of his life. It is impos sible, therefore, that any public man could under take the difficult task which has been assigned to Lord GODERICH under more favourable cir cumstances, as far as individual qualifications extend, than his Lordship. And influenced as he is by the principles of a liberal and enlightened policy under which the country has recently made such rapid advances, we are confident that his Lordship will entitle himself, in the important and high post in which he is to be placed, to the full confidence of his Royal Master, and of the intelligent public of this great and powerful Empire. In the extremity of the excruciating sufferings with which it pleased the Most High to try the dying bed of Mr. CANNING, and which the sufferer bore with such heroic forti tude, pain wrung from him an impassioned prayer for relief. One of his medical attendants, hearing the ejaculation, promptly and feelingly said, " I hope, indeed, Sir, that you do call on GOD through JESUS CHRIST :" to which the illustrious patient distinctly and earnestly an swered, " I do !" Let this anecdote, which stands on undoubted authority, be accepted as a refutation of the unutterably dark calumny of an Evening Paper, which, not content with heaping its envenomed slanders on the last mortal hours of worth and genius, has attempted with impious and shocking malignity, to pass the impassable barrier, and to pursue the disembodied spirit into that " dread abode," -where the best of us can hope nothing but from INFINITE MERCY. The following are extracts from the Allgemeine Zeitung, and Frankfort Papers of the 4th inst,4- received this morning :-- viiNNA, JULY 25. The Austrian National Commercial Association has been strengthened, by the accession of several eminent manufacturers. This society, which by means of suBi-4 cient and well-managed funds, is intended to promote the sale of the productions and manufactures of the empire, differs from all other undertakings of the kind in this par ticular that though organized entirely on a mercantile foot: ing, and calculated to procure the highest possible advan tages to the proprietors, it will, however,.employ a part of its profits in affording direct support to the most important branches of the national industry ; so that the company will promote the interest of the manufactories, not only by opening more extensive markets for the sale of their goods, but by assisting them in time of need. BERLIN, JULY 80. One of the subjects which the Estates of the Duchy of Saxony had to discuss in their first Session, related to the improvement of the eivil condition of the Jews. The Estates were of opinion that some restrictions were neces sary, to secure the interest of the other branches of the community, but that they should go no farther than neces sarily required. They .therefore judged that the law of 11th March, 1812, might be taken as the basis of a gene ral legislative measure oa the subject, but with many mo difications, which relate to the exclusion of, the Jews from all offices of the. State and:municipal offices, to the limita tion of their establishments, the prohibition of trading in the country in general, and a total prohibition of hawking and pedling, and also to their acquiring landed property. The minority of the Estates-thought. this last point of little importance, provided tbe Jews were not -allowed to exer cise the patrimonial jurisdiction, the police, the church patronage, and similar rights. The Estates unanimously expressed a wish that means might be found of effecting a moral improvement in the majority of that people, by which - alone it can be gradually qualified for the enjoy ment'of enlarged civil rights, and to this end they should be obliged to let their children attend the Christian schools, except the religious instruction. SWITZERLAND, AUG. I. The Prince Bishop of Basle, whose health is in a very precarious state, has at length sent hie resignation to Rome. M. Martin Usterl, Senator of. Zurich, Member of the Council of Education, &c. died on the night 9f the 29th July, at Rapperscroyl. His poems and prose compositions, in which he showed profound historical knowledge, his skill as an engineer, and his general sanctity of character, entitle him to the name of the second Solomon Gartner. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 10. Tranquillity prevails in the capital, while the military reforms and warlike preparations proceed rapidly. It is affirmed that the Ambassadors of Russia, England, and France, are waiting for decisive instructions relative to the answer received from the Porte. According to accounts from Alexandria, Lord Cochrane bad appeared towards the middle of June off that port with 19 ships, fitted out at Poros ; but the Egyptian fleet, commanded by the Pacha, having gone out to meet him, he had gone away without doing any thing, - which the Turks are so unpolite as to call a flight. We have given in another column, the article in the Gazette de France of Thursday, on the Portuguese Question, to which we briefly alluded in our paper of yesterday. The article first ap peared in the Moniteur of Wednesday, from whence it was copied into the Gazette de France, and may, therefore, we conclude, be considered as the production of some member of the French Ministry. We recommend its perusal to those who take an interest in the affairs of Portugal, for we are much mistaken if this document is not intended to prepare the public mind for the immediate return of Dox MIGUEL to that king dom, and the invasion of her territory by Spain, if DON PEDRO should venture to laud in his ancient dominions. This can be the only mean ing of the predictions it utters, that the Emperor, will, by his return, " revive the civil war and en danger his Crown." But we must beg our readers to form their own opinion of this article, which is put forth at this particular time with so much zeal by two of the French Ministerial Papers. We subjoin a few extracts from the other French Papers of Wednesday, which reached us last night. The details of the mode in which the Colombian privateer, the capture of which has been so much boasted of, was taken, is far from being creditable to the French character,. The Royal Sovereign yacht, bearing the flag of his Royal Highness the LORD Max AD MIRAL, arrived this morning, at Deptford. His. Royal Highness immediately proceeded to town, and arrived at the Admiralty at half-past 10 ' o'clock. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWIRLi & Occonr." The English Stock Exchange has been with ot,t animation this morning, and the fluctuation in• the price extremely trivial, not exceeding an eighth,. p e r cent. since the commencement of business. Consols opened at 881 1 for money, and 88i 1 for the ac count day, 29th inst., and the only alter atioie is their being done at 881, and subsequent return, to their first quotation; New Four per Cents. ere rather higher, being 103 f, sellers; India Bonds are 90, and Exchequer Bills, 58 9 pm. The For eign Funds are quite stationary, and prices are wit hout any alteration since yesterday. Colombian B ends are 31; Mexican, 691; and Portuguese, ki 5. In Shares the only variation is a trifling lin! prove ment late yesterday in Brasil Mining Sharer th e y are now 9 10 pm. The few speculations o f t hi s t d h e e s c s r a i pmt same o d n i , s t c o o u w n h t i w c h h ephri hasba e re e n a q ffi u x o e t i e l , ref nain at d several days past. This has been a compl e t e blr An k day in the City, no mails or s hip l etters h ay ing arriived from any quarter; fr om th e w i n d havi ng got ro an d to the S.W. this deficiency may be expected to ) be supplied on Monday. Three per Cent. Reduced, 88/ 9; Three and a•balf ditto, 951 1; Pour per Cent., 1826, 1003 i I; India Bonds, 90 pm.; Exchequer Rills, 58 9pr n. Foestax.—Braiiilian, 664 7; Bnenoi Ayres, 63 1 44; Colombian, 1824, 81 ; Danish , 881 ; French Five per:Cent., 1034 4 ; Ditto, Three per Cent., '724 S 1 ; Greek, 15 ; Ifeisiean 8 per Cent..., 57; Ditto 8 per Cent., 694 4; Portuguese, 741 ; Russian, 961 ;.• Spanish, 94 10. Matic—Anglo lexica, 55 21 dim.; Brwhifiaa, 9 2 10 1i p 2 m o . i ; dis. Real del Monte, 80 70 dia. ; U n it e d idexicanY Two o' C hoar. At length Consols are a little more man sted, and the price advanced to 881 for Account; they are now 881 f, with, however, a tendency to rise. The French Funds of Thursday have fallen a trifle lower; 3 per Cents. 71f. 75c. No alt ;eration of moment has taken place intheForeig; L l e ?tin o de e . THREE - Consols for Account, 88k, seller A. FOUR o'CI.QCK--CLOSIN(J PRICES. Consols 88i I Danis , ' A Bonds 634 -Do. for Ac. 88i Gree x * Do. 182.5, 15 Brazilian Bonds 661 Me: Licari Do. 1825; 65*1 Buenos Ayres Do. Pc ;mien Do. Chilian Do. P.usiian Do. Columbian, 1824, 'Spanish Do. 10 DONCASTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.--- The Society held their anr,ual meeting on Fri. day lot lii the show of stock in the Tithe Tard there was certait tIY falling off, in point of numbers, but the qu Why of the cattle was of the first description. The dinne r held u fter wards at the Mansion-house, provided by M, t. Auckland, of the Red Lion inn, was numerously attene led. In the absence of Sir J. Byng, Lord Althorp acted : to Presiden t. and H. Greaves, Esq. as Vice-President, in the absentee of Mr. Wm. Dancombe.—Doncesster Gazer On the road betwixt Glasgow in td Paisley, and fire Paisley, by Barrhead, to Ncilston, the crops et every kind have a most promising appears nee, and give every indication that the labours of the huE iband man w ill be rewarded by an abundant harvest. No grain e , f any kind appears to have been lodged there by t' he hear r —lt will be four weeks before any consid , e rt 3ble part of the `crops in that quarter is ready for the sir :kls Afe „Et smal l fields of Barley, which are already begi , anit tg to am Ime the yellow hue of harvest, may be cut d own sooner, but general the grain is quite green. A reat Ftreporti an of the ground in that direction is planted with p totatote -3, w lucv are at present in full bloom, and have an oxcelle mt ap paranee' The stems completely cover thegroand. It is r emu A c ed by "s intelligent farmer in that quarter, that thoul :11 f h e barrel will be fully four weeks later than' last ye ar 4 the crop moot kinds, willinds 6on;ck be d ouble, and in some kr .64 xes more. LAI The ten o'c Mr. behalf ( ink hin costs. had giv His given c In t the Na' Tyne; his pen months part of Commi his see( Mr. Thorn. Mr. Their Hi s j he three Commit was not therefor ordered, nance (3.1 prayed ! Pay th such as into th the Cot as Mr. the who Proper, 1 charges IN TIM Mr. ( behalf o 1 self to b to have for w age Learned Mr. u p , aftolvviui r af:n o rr:btut p di itwels e ioedsf r opfoy l pu y i i to have costs, o ter's a limore. Mr. dismiss) EX-PA Argi clay. 1 issued banker: commis the Lel conned this lat petitiot the Le missior Colernl ' Mr. petitio. in ciri ahead] these f pound ; which and su they II person was 1 disco draw them be saf these the C the e: Of tl mann that the I to in be tl