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. . 'Lord, anNunprepared for this mode of proteeding I was not aware of it. The COURT.—IT 'you desire Aime for• any affi davits, you shall have it. We must hear the affida vits for the proseCution, and then you shall harp_: time to answer them, if you can show that that de lay will be necessary. Sir Robert Steele expressed his thanks to the Court, and Mr. Sergeant \Arnim then put in three affidavits on the part of the. prosecution. The first affidavit was that of Captain Themes, • Garth, which stated, that about the month of De- - cember last, he was residing at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, Where, from peculiar &mt.' , stances, Ladv Aetley was a resident with him.: That, siinatea as he was, he needed advice and as.: sistance, and had consulted Sir Robert- Steele ac cordingly, by whose advice it was that he (Captain; Garth) returned into the country to see his fadtd, General Garth ; but that the moment he had done so, the defendant took advantage of his absence, and endeavoured to tradive him in The opinion of Lady ri --A ley, as weag - to make improper advances to her Laciy%hip,which she repulsed, and complained of to ' him (Captain Garth) when he returned from the country. Disgusted at this misconduct, he had con .;tilted- Lieut.-Colonel Garwood, of the 10th Hnssars, upon the coprse which he ought to pursue on 'sail an-occasion, when the Colonel recommended him to hold no communication whatever with such a per . ,:on as he had described Sir Robert Steele to he, That it was upon his refusal to hold any further communication with the latter, that he received the insulting letter set forth in the indictment; that copies of this letter were put on the table of the Weymouth reading-vontn, and circulated also among (7aptain Garth's friends in Dorsetshire. The de punent swore that the insinuations against him in this letter were false and unfounded, and that the :mope , / alluded to as being lent, was 5/. which the defendant.required to be paid to him to bear his ex penses back to Weymouth, from whence he had come to town.as the friend of Captain Garth. The second affidavit was fivin Dame Georgiana Caroline Astley, who swore that she had heard in conversation from Edward ,John Howard, solicitor, that Sir Robert Steele had imputed to her acts of unbecoming levity with him, which imputation she declared to be false, calumnious, and Unfounded.— And she solemnly denied that she had ever encou raged or tolerated any improper freedom or indeco rum from hiM. That in the end of last December she was residing with a female servant at the St. James's Hotel, ,Termyn-street, while Captain Garth was gone into Dorsetshire, as she believed by the defendant's . recommendation, to see his father. That the Captain had left Sir Robeet at the hotel as his guest, until his return ; but that a few hours had only elapsed from his leaving town, before Sir Ro bert took the opportunity to speak insultingly of him, and to talk contemptuously of Captain Garth's mind, and then endeavour to assume a familiarity with her, which s h e in stant l y rejected ; and upon the return of the Captain, made him acquainted with the rireurastanee s when.Sirßobert Steele was compelled to*.ve the hotel. The third 'affidavit was from Edward John Ila Ward, the plaintiff's attbrneY, who deposed that lie had " paid 5/.. to Sir Robert Steele, who claimed it to defray his expellees back to Weymouth. The defendant then admitted to him that his conduct had been indiscreet towards Lady Astley, during Capt. Garth't; absence, but said, in extenuation of it, that a ten was not always friagter of himself in the pre sence of a lovely and accomplished woman. He (Sir Robert) then proceeded to dwell upon the-par tiality which the ladies generally had shown to hinft, although he did not ascribe it to any personal ar tracrions. The - deponent declared that he felt dis gusted at the manner in 'which the defendant had spoken of the attentions. which the ladies had bestowed upon him, and particularly of the scandalous manner in which he had spoken of the levity that Lady Astley had shown to him, without, as he said, his having given encouragement for such conduct. The deponent further stated, that the defendant had subpcenaed Lady Astley as a witness on this trial, thOugh he knew she was in an ill state of health, and could only have been actuated by a desire to harass and wound her feelings: Lady Astley' had beer. in thii manner brought to Dorchester by the steopcena of the defendant. When these affidavits were read, the Court ad -tires:led the defendant. " You have heard these affidavits ; do you now wish for time to answer them; and on what grounds ?" Sir Robert Steele.- 7 . Assuredly I do, my Lord ; but I d 6 not see how I can answer them at the pre sent Assizes. The party who was actually present at the areater part of the proceedings, alluded to in these • affidavits, is a military ,gentleman, who is at present at P6rtsinouth ; and he could give a total contradiction to the affidavit which the unfortunate Lady Astley -has been induced to swear. I have likewise a letter, written to me by Mr. Howard (who has made one of these affidavits), who is Capt. Garth's attorney, subsequent to 'my return to the country, which I am anxious to put into the hands of the Court. The CoiiitT.—Sir Robert, if you can show, by any affidavit, that you know and believe you can put in an answer to the affidavits which have been.read against you, and must have further time for pre paring it, you shall have that delay. . - - Sir Robert Steele—l am quite ready to do that, my Lord. • Mr. Sergeant WILDE—Bat at least we are enti tled to expect that he will swear he believes he can give an answer to. them. If he does this, on the part of Captain Garth we have no objection to the requisite delay. At the same time, we ought to have the assurance that such an answer is likely. • Sir Robert Steele declared his perfect readiness to make the strangest affidavit which Captain "Garth's Counsel could dictate ; but upon being informed that he must resort to a solicitor of his own for that purpose, he retired from Court; and re tiirned in half an hour, with an affidavit, which set forth, that . the affidavits made by Thomas Garth, Esq., E. J. Howard, 'and Lady Astley, were full of false, infamous, and libellous aspersions upon his (defendant's) character, and that he should prove such to be the fact, if allowed time to get the affi davit of Edward Jonathan Steele, who had been continually with - him, and Dame Georgiana Astky, during Captain Garth's absence in the country. It was then decided that Captain Garth should have a fortnight from . this date to file new affidavits, if he thought proper ; that the, defendant should he allowed a month after, that fortnight to answer them; and that in the case of one person, , who was out of the country, the same time (one month) should be ailoWed•Captain Garth for procuring his affidavit, giving notice of the same to the defendant. The bail on which Sir Robert Steele was at large, having surrendered him, and not appearing to renew their recognizance, he obtained a short time from the Court to bring in• fresh sureties. In the meantime he entered into his own recognizance, and was.di yeeted to bring his bail to the Judge's chambers be fore his Lordship left town. CROWN SIDE. Clement Nicholas was capitally indicted for cutting and mainning Jonathan Hawes and John Read, in the parish of Winterborne Stickland, on the evening of the 12th of July. The prisoner was a foreigner, end four foreigners were upon his Jury. There were other counts in the indictment for an assault to do grievous bodily harm. • Verdict Guilty--. Sentence of death recorded. A man convicted of horse-stealing was sentenced to death, and assured by the Judge that he would leave hint for execution; and that on all future occa s i o „,, s o far as he had the power, he would inflict the capital penalty, in the hope that the . awful example would at length prevent theprevalence of this offence. After some unimportant cases of assault and pkty larceny were disposed Of, tlie criminal business ter minated, and Mr, Justice Burrough left the town: NORTHERN. CIRCUIT—YOhiIi, Aub. Q. .JOHN PRINCE AGAINT BUTTON AND ANOTHER: This was 6;1 fiction for an assault and battery. ioi Airtwags stated the cafe, The plaintiff was a roper at Lee& ; the defendant, Dut ton, was a gentleman, who had retired from busines, and lived a place called the Ivy-house, about one mile and a half from Leeds, and the other dekridant Mary Chapman ; was his eervttnt, Mr. Dutton and his family had been much alarmed by frequent rob beries irl his neighbourhood : and to obtain as much o , otection as he coiAld, he had invited Captain Prince, the brother to the plaintiff, to come and by with him. The captain ceinplied witl the invitation, and took up his st"drk at Arst in the house of Mr. Dut ton, And afterwards in a small house at the end of his garden, which was called the garden-house, and was the house mentioned in the pleadings, In this house he , lived from last November to May ; but unfortunately disputes arising between the, parties, Captain Puttee determined to give up the hbuse, and. appointed Mr. Dutton to come and-take pos session of it on the morning of the sth of May.— Mr. Dutton, with his two maid servants, one of whom was the other defendant, came .accordingly, and the captain proposed tp Mr. Dutton to examine the furniture, and compare it with his own inventory, but he refused to do so, and thought fit to claim and insist upon rent, which the Captain refused to pay, as an unjust demand, he having come to reside iii the house purely for the accommodation of Mr. Dutton, and with an understanding that no fent wary. to be paid. Mr. Dutton, however, very violently ' insisted upon having rent, on which he was desired to leave the house ; but this he refused, and struck the, plaintiff a violent blow on the face. Upon this a great struggle commenced, and it was not without considerable difficulty that the defendants were put out of the cottage. • The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff against Dutton, with one farthing damages, and a verdict for Mary Chapman, and expressed a hope that each party would have to pay their, own costs. Mr, Justice BAYLEY said, as there was a plea of justfication, the damages carried costs. DUTTON V. PRINCE AND OTHERS. A new Jury was sworn, and Mr. BROUGHAM, in a most animated manner, stated the plaintiff's case, and called upon the Jury, for the sake of justice and of common sense, and for the safety of his Majesty's subjects and the security of the peace, to give the plaintiff all the damages that the record would allow them to give, and which he regretted to say did not exceed 2001. The present action was brought three weeks before the former action, which would never have been dreamt of but for the present proceed inks ; and it was very hard that the plaintiff should have to pay all the costs of it. In4hat action Mury Chapman was joined for the fraudulent purpose of excluding her testimony, which the Jury would, however, hear in this action, where, thank God, there were no mazes, no special pleading, for the defendants had not ventured to justify their assault; and the only question for the Jury would be—what damages they would make those foul wrongdoers pay for their atrocious assault upon the respectable gentleman he represented. The case was strong enough without a plot; but it was clear there was a plot, for Woodhead had been sent for to assist the two brothers in . case . they should not proVe an over match for the peaceable tradesman against whom they conspired. For what purpose could this pre paration be, but to gratify their revenge ? The Princes may deem themselves sufficiently fortunate, that they are called upon in this Court to answer in damages fOr their conduct, instead of being tried for it i►► the other Court before the Learned Baron, who was then trying criminals for much lighter of fences. The Jury would hear that the assault was so violent as to dislocate the plaintiff's shoulder, and to make the blood come from his nose, mouth, and even one of lera ears, to the dreadful injury of the system, and to the permanent hurt of the plaintiff. The same evidence was afterwards given for the plaintiff in this as was given on his behalf in the former action. The defendants called no witnesses. The Jury immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2001., the whole damages laid in the declaration. FRIDAY, AUG. 8. . _ _ George Clarkson, of Northfield, in the parish of Bowes, a farmer, aged 2.5,' was - indicted for the wil ful murder of an infant, the illegitimate child 'of Anne Hamilton, by administering to it arsenic, mixed in gin and water, in the month of May last. The child was 20 days old when it died. There were several counts in the indictment, some of them . stated the child's name to be James, and others called him George. There was another indictment against the prisoner for the wilful *murder of another illegitimate child of the same Anne Hamilton, of the neme.of William. Sarah Robinson examined by Mr. CLARKSON.— I am the wife of Mr. Robinson of Lartington. Ann Hamilton came to my house, by order of the over seers, about last Candlemas; she was then pregnant; she was delivered on the 19th or April last, of two as fine boys as ever were born in the world. They were baptized the next morning by Mr. Ellis, the Catholic clergymen, the elder was named William, and the other named James. The prisoner came with Eleanor Thompson to my house on that. day. They. went to Anne's bedside and talked to her. She cried all the time. The prisoner came to her the three next days ; the last time he came was on the Monday night. I heard from the next room a conversation between the prisoner and Anne. He was very angry with her because she had not put Janies'away, and spoke of the expense lie was put to. I heard him say, " Thou seest, Anne, I have a stock ; they will be very expensive, and thou can'st not go out to work." She said, " Oh, George, if thou wilt only get me a little girl tonurse my babies, I will do my best. I value my babies as much as you . do your stock." The prisoner answered, " Thou see'st that Ruth has got shut of hers, and see how she now dresses : if thou wilt get thine put away, I'll marry thee directly, and think no worse of thee, and thou shalt want for neither inoney nor clothes." She said, " I was trying to put James away, but Sally catch'd me." He said, " Thou wilt, then, certainly get them both managed by Wed nesday." I (continued the witness) was in the next room and heard every word distinctly, and upon these last words I came out in a passion, and flew at him, and said, " George, begone from my house, do ydu intend to commit murder ?" He got up to go away, but she cried out, and he came back and•bid her hold her tongue, and said he would have her shifted very soon. I said, " If you dare to hurt a hair of ,1 their heads, I will follow you both to York, and hang you both." The prisoner then went away, and never came to the house again. Anne was in my house a fortnight all but a day ; she then went away with the children. They were then both well. Anne Hamilton, examined by Mr. STARKIE.—I was never married. I went to live with the pri soner on May-day, 1826. Some time after that I was with child by the prisoner. I continued with him until Martinmas last. I was put to bed on the 19th of April, and delivered of two male children. The prisoner was at Mrs. Robinson's the night I was confined. He came to my bedside that night, and asked how I was, and whispered to me, " Now make away with the younger - boy." 1 made him no answer. He came to me the next Friday evening, and asked.me " Why I had not done according to his words, and made away with the younger child r I told him I had not. He asked if I had not had an opportunity of doing it; I said I had not. He then told me I must smother the younger child that evening. I could not give an answer to that. He came again the next day, Saturday, and brought me some victuals, and reproached me for not having .made away' with James, and said, " Make away with him to-night, and send me word to-morrow morn ing." He told me to lay upon the child, and if I could not get rid of it that way, to put its head un der the pillow, and lie upon it. He came again on Sunday afteinhon, but we were not much alone then. He did ask me then, why I had not put away James. I said the wohian had slept with me. He then said, if I did riot smother James that night, he would bring me no more victuals, but would leave me on the parish; and they might do what they liked with me. Ile came again on the Monday evening, with Eleanor Thompson. I was then up. He de sired me to go back to bed; iMd I did so: He then came to MO' rind said; he had hid his uncle from BOWes, Mid ' i did not make away with the child he would sell his stock and go off to the Indies. I said, the woman slept with me again. He said, that; was no reason why I should riot heir° done it. I; said, I *Old have diine it ; Nit I was afraid the wo-,1 man would have caught me. Witness here protested.' that she never meant to harm the child ; she only said so to pacify the prisoner. The prisoner did not come again while I was at Mrs. Robinson's, where I stayed 13 days after my confinement. The prisoner then sent Eleanor Thompson, his housekeeper, with, a cart for IA and the children, when we went to his house. That was on a Wednesday. Nothing then ailed the children. George was buried that day fortnight. On the Sunday before he seemed con vulsed, and in the afternoon at 11 o'clock he was ill, but not much so. His mouth and finger nails turned blue; he was very ill during the night. I had not milk enough for both; t fed them with boiled bread and milk. The prisoner, on the Mon day morning, asked me how the child was; I said it was very ill. I then went with the prisoner a milking, and when we tame home, he said, " Poor little thing; the bairn is worse." He then got some boily in a tea-cup, with some white stuff in it, but the chiltLhad none of it at that time. It was between 6 and 7 when we went a milking,and we might begone three-quarters of an hour. When we returned, Eleanor had the child upon her knee. The prisoner poured the boily out of a tin mug into a tea-cup. — There was something in it, part of which cleaved to the side of the cup, and part swam on the top of the boily. Eleanor asked him "what that get was that he' was going to give the child ?" He said " Nothing that would hurt it ; it was what they might all take; he should be sorry to hurt the child." He gave me a spoonful, and I swallowed it, and put the cup to his mouth, but I could not tell whether he tasted it or not. The prisoner then thew the contents of the cup behind the fire, and rinsed it out with warm water. What I took caused my mouth, tongue, and throat, to swell, so that I could scarcely swallow, and made me a little sick. —The soreness continued a week. After the child was dead, I showed my tongue to Anne Hammond. The priSoner came in again from his work about 10 o'clock that morning, and asked if the child was not better; and he went and got a sup of gin and Water, and put some white powder in it. I asked him what the powder was. He said it was given him by a doctor, for a pain in his own breast. He said— " If it did good, God give it good of it; if it did harm, we must say nothing about it." The prisoner had fetched the powder from out of the parlour, where I heard him open and afterwards lock a box, of which he always kept the keys. When he came out of the parlour, he brought the powder in a cup, and . he gave the gin and water to the child, who drank it, and he afterwards put the cup into the closet. About 11 o'clock the child grew convulsed and sick. It seemed in great pain, and was very Much purged. It died about four o'clock. Cross-examined.—l have said that the prisoner was not the father of the two children. I have sworn them to a man named Birkett, arid a warrant was granted against him in Westmoreland. Birkett was then at Crooley. I left Westmoreland when I went to live with the prisoner. Birkett followed me as a sweetheart; but nothing improper ever passed between us. The prisoner wished me to swear that Birkett was the father of the child, and promised to marry me if I would do so. I never said to Donald that I did not know whether the prisoner was a man or woman; but I did tell him that Birkett was the father of the two children. Thomas Donald, constable and overseer of Lar tington, apprehended the prisoner, and took him to witness's house. The prisoner said he was clear, and did not fear. The next morning my wife asked him what kind of a night he had. He said he had never passed such a night before; if the children were taken up, and poison found in them, it would be hard indeed that he should suffer for what Anne had given them. Witness and Awde searched the box. Witness gathered the powder together, and carefully put it in a paper, which he delivered to Mr. Miles Lawson. Mr. Thomas, Kilpin, surgeon, of Barnard-castle--- Witness on the Bth of June opened the bodies of the children at Bowes. He applied several tests to the contentsof the stomach. He applied ammoniaco nitrite, which produced a yellow precipitate inclining to orange colour; it appeared to witness to detect arsenic; the stomach was inflamed enough to cause death ; he attributed the inflammation to arsenic. Mr. Baron HuLLocic minutely summed up the evidence, and observed, that the case depended prin cipally upon the degree of credit the jury gave to Anne Hamilton. They would consider that she had not given her information until after she had quar relled with the prisoner, and that she had perjured herself when she swore the children to Birkett at the instigation of the prisoner. The evidence of Mrs. Robinson was very important: it confirmed a great part of the evidence of Hamilton, and shoWed that the prisoner had a murderous intention towards the children. The Jury retired for about an hour and three quarters, and then brought in a verdict of—Kot Guilty. The prisoner was put to the bar on another in dictment for:the wilful murder of William, the other child ; and as no evidence was offered, Mr. Baron HULLOCK directed an acquittal. John Garth, of Barnard-castle, Durham, apo thecary, was indicted for administering drugs to the same Anne Hamilton to procure her miscarriage.— The prisoner was acquitted. FISH MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. This day being the first of the season, at which oysters are retailed, in the metropolis, Billingsgate presented a scene of uncommon animation. Twelve o'clock last night being the time specified for opening the market, Cheapside, Thames-street, and other great thoroughfares leading to that busy place, were, long before the appointed hour, crowded to excess, with persons of nearly every description; and the avenues about the market were at one time com pletely blocked up. Some were anxiously listening for the market bell's chiming the hour, which was a , signal for opening the boats : and others, spectators only —amongst whom were persons of great respectability—appear e d. eager to witness the truly gratifying sight. Indeed such a motley group as Billingsgate exhibited this morning, is seldom beheld. There were gentlemen—ladies—fish-ladies— donkey-carts--and costermongers—all jumbled together in one dense mass. At length the respectable fish-venders alluded to were suddenly roused by the sound of the market bell ; all instantaneously darted towards the Ves sels; each eager to gain his dwn quantum sufficit ; and, but for the very excellent regulations which had been pre viously made, from the great rush, accidents, similar to those which occurred last year, and the year before, must inevitably have ensued ; but since those fatal occurrences, instead of planks being used, a substantial stage of immense size, has been constructed at the expense of the City, which reaches from the place of landing, to alongside the vessels ; and so far, 'it has been productive of much good, as no accident of a serious nature happened the whole of the morning. There were upwards of eighty vessel loads at market, most of which arrived on Saturday, and yesterday ; but; in conformity with the Act of Parliament for the Reguration of the Oyster Fisheries, none were brought ashore till the stated time. They were mostly from Faversham, Colchester, Queenborough, and Milton ; but the quality of the several kinds, did not appear very fine. About forty of the vessels contained oysters of a very being rt sort of gleaning from the best, by the Companies who own them, and personaai e f e inferior kind, nein k ianpl, very low price for; they are called by the fishermen " bastard oysters ;" but by the more civilized t of they are termed extra-Colchesters; w e h icb, fishmongers,iromte their name, and their really fine appear ance,s persons would suppose they were extraordinarily good ones, but, in fait, they have nothing nutricious in them, being the refuse of the beds. F`OREIGN" INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Saturday, Aug. 4.) SvaA, JUNE 24.—Redschid Pacha, who has received fresh reinforeethents,has tet out with 8,000 men towards Corinth. Colonel Fahvier is at Megara, *hit 1,000 men. News has been received from Nazia, that Lord etielitane was off Candia a Week ago. - 1-le had hoisted Austrian colours, by Which the Austrian Consul at Candia was de ceived, and went on boatd his ships gotrte time ago Russian ship artired at Syra, consigned to tile•h'rencl► Consul ; it came from Odessa, laden-with corn, and the cargo, which was to the order of M. Eynard, has been de- . livered to the Committee for supplying Greece with pro visions. ihrabliu Pach& has arrived at Tripoiiiza, and has caused the inhabitants of Argos to be ordered to prepare quarters and provisions for 12,000 men. Griva, who commands Fort Palainidi, at Napoli di Romania, demands a million of piastres for the payment of his troops, and has detained as security for this sum, several merchants who were going to quit the town.—Augsburg Gazette. ItlAakit), Jut 26.—The General Council of Biscay, assembled at- Guernica, continues its deliberations. Among its numerous resolutions is one of the 14th instant, by which it refuses, oh account of the privileges of the army, to contribute, either by a sum of money or a levy of men, towards the recruiting of the army. On the other hand, it has voted the payment of the ordinary gratuitous gift with as little delay as possible. The Soberano, of 74 guns, has quitted the basin of La Caracca, where it was under repair. The Descubleta corvette captured on the 19th off Tra falgar, and has brought into Cadiz, the Colombian schooner which has made several 'Spanish prizes, and lately took the French ship Casimir, on the coast of Biscay. The Count de Nolleja, hereditary Marshal of Castillo, condemned in 1825 to six years' exile at Barcelona, for his conduct during the Revolution, as Member of the Mu nicipality of Madrid, has just obtained the remission of his sentence. The Duke of San Lorenzo, the Spanish Ambassador at Paris, after the 7th July, is authorised to return to Spain, but on condition that he shall not appear at Madrid or the Royal residences. On the 18th the new Neapolitan Minister, the Count de Partana, arrived here. It is affirmed -he will live on a most splendid footing during his stay here. Twenty wag gons could hardly convey all his baggage. We have just received letters from Seville, which an nounce that on the 18th the hotel of M. de Quesada, Cap tain-General of the Province, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at a considerable sum. Happily no lives were lost. General Quesada has taken up his abode at the Aleazar, the ancient Palace of the Moorish Kings. PARIS, Auc. 3.—The Custom House Officers seized at Havre, on the Ist of August, seventeen hales of Tull Pique, Cotton Yarn, and other goods of English manufacture, which had been landed the preceding night at the village of L'Eure. This seizure is valued at 15 or 16,000 francs. The Moniteur publishes to-day a series of tables repre senting the progression of the public revenue of France, from January 1816, to December 31, 1826. We shall shortly place those tables before our reader]. (From the Quotidienne.) PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Msratin, JULY 25.—0 n Saturday morning last all the Ministers went to the Royal residence of San Ildefonso, where a Council was held. On the 18th, Count de Partana, the new Ambassador from Naples, arrived in our capital. It is said that this Noble Man will display great splendour during the time of his stay at Madrid. We have it from good authority, that the Duke de San Carlos is not making any preparation for his departure. His Excellency, who lives at the Royal residence, is always in the good graces of the King. His Majesty has just given him a new mark of his favour, by appointing his youngest son Captain in tr regiment of Infantry. This young man will alsolake in future the title of Count de L'Union. It is also said that the son-in-law of his Excellency, who accompanied him to Russia, will be appointed Ambassador to the Court of Naples. It is stated from Talavera that the Count d'Espagne had arrived there, as I announced to you, to review the Infantry of the Royal Guard. The. Army of Observation of the Tagus has not, as yet, made any movement. LISBON PAPERS. J ULY I7.—The Gazette contains a list of in dividuals, who are ordered to be discharged from the Por tuguet4 army, because they are subjects of his Catholic Majesty. JULY 20.—The Gazette contains the rescript of the Princess Regent, dated 2bth March, accepting the resigns , tion of General J. Cot de Mello, who' had repeatedly 'solicited his discharge from the post of Governor of Tras !os-Montes. GAVIAO, JULY 14.—A Lieutenant and three Ensigns, 'and a Bachelor of Laws, were arrested to-day in this town, 'because they were travelling without passports. Captain Mor and the Judge of the town showed a laudable zeal in . the execution of the orders received, which has not hitherto been very common. If all the authorities in Portugal had displayed the same zeal, 'and the same attachment to the King and the Consti tutional Charter, which is happily our' supreme law, our country would certainly have escaped many of the misfor tunes which it has suffered. JULY 21.--The Gazette contains four columns of pro motions and changes in the army. MELc..tco, JULY 6.—Yesterday evening the Aldeia of `Calves was surrounded by a detachment of the 21st regi went of infantry, to take some guerillas who were sup posed to be there ; none were met with, and only a small quantity of ammunition was found. While the detachment was thus engaged, some of these wretches fired at the troops' from a distance. These rebels left San Gregorio and went to post themselves in Sampaioe Sante.. On the sth there arrived at Valenca above 36 Spanish soldiers, who had fled from Tuy and Barone. This emi ;ration daily continues, which grieves the Apostolicals. . CHAVES, JULY 7.—The spirit that prevails in this pro vines is not yet good, and the Apostulical agents do not - ; cease to mislead the people, persuading them that the Con-- stitntional system is contrary to our holy religion. Many preachers, either from ignorance_ or had motives, assist these agents, by inspiring the people with seditious doe ,trines. This unfortunate province will never be cured of the spirit of vertigo till we have good parish priests and !active magistrates. ELY" Juts 17.-On the 14th and 15th, a proularna ‘tion was published at Olivenca and Badajos, by order of his Cittholie Majesty, for the Portuguese rebels, who were there and on the frontiers; to be removed to the distance of •at least six leagues into the interior. This measure throws all the Apostolieals into confusion, and it makes the heart bleed to see the affliction of these holy men, at finding the 'support of theii machinations fail them. However, we must not be• too confident ; for these are not people to be discouraged by trifles, and they will use every means to at tain their ends. LISBON, JULY 21.—The experimental squadron, under the command of Sir T. Hardy, arrived here on Thursday morning. It is said they have sealed orders for their fur 'tiler destination, and will, perhaps, sail early in the week. !The English troops, are all moving towards the capital.— .The arrival of Don Miguel is much spoken of as . an event highly probable. The last packets from England hive had very good passages. The Duke' of Kent arrived on the 13th in six days, and the Duke of Marlborough in five :days, from Falmouth, and on the 20th the Stanmer , in 'six days. „. • . REDUCTION IN THE ARMY.—:--The Hamp shire (Portsmouth) Telegraph, of Saturday last, contains the following intelligence upon this subject The re !ductions in the Army, we are informed, from good au thority, will comprise the 2d Regt. of Life Guards ; the 6th and 7th Refits. of Dragoon Guards ; 16th and 17th Light Dragoons (Lancers), three battalions of Foot Guards, `'the second battalion of the Ist or Royals, the second 'battalion of the 60th Regt., the second battalion of the Rifle corps, and the 97th, 98th, and 99th Regiments.” FROM A CORRESPONDENT.—It is said to be intended, amongst other plans of economy, to do away with the Recruiting Establishment of the army ; and in order to keep that force complete, to permit at certain periods, a portion of the militia to extend their services to such regi ments of the line as may be in want of men : the men so extending their services, to receive no bounty ; but a guinea to be allowed to furnish such men with necessaries, from the bounty which is at present given for men who 'now inlist into the army; and the remainder of that bounty to be applied to the raising of men by beat of drum, by the permanent staffs of militia, to supply the place of such militia men who so inlist into the line. HARVEST.—The Harvest in the north of Staffordshire is now commencing ; and the crops are four or five weeks earlier than the average season. The Barleyi and Oats have greatly improved, and the general character o f th e crops is that of abundauce.—Pottery Gazette. The harvest has commenced in this neigbour hood, dnd several fields of wheat, oats, and barley, are cut. igenerally th e c ro p s f orm ra th er a hi g h average pro duce, and the Weather is- extremely favourable for gathering them.--Leeds Mercury. ritICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 213 3 per Cent. Red. 87% 8 1 ,6 74 8 S per Cent. Cobs.... 863 i% 7 1 4 3!4 per Cent. Ditto Red. ...... 94% 4%'4 14 4 per Cent. Newlool4 Ditto, 1826 102%X% Bank Long Ann 19 14-16 India Stock Ditto Bonds pm. ?DICES OF FORF.IGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds 64 IA Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilton Bmds, G pct ct. Colombian Bonds ... . .... 1824 Danish 3 per cent. ......62k, 3 Creek Bonds Ditto, :826 Guatimala Mexiian Ponds Do. 1925 67 34 1 A SXOV4 PRICES OF SHARES THI, Brazilian Mining Co. Hibernian Mining Co. United Mexican Mining Co. FRAM OF IRMI Bank Stock 2b2% Consols, 3 per cent.... 88%1A% Goo. Stock, 31i per cent. 95% Ditto, New 4 per Cent. WIN Gov. Deb. 334 per cent Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent • Ballast Office neb. 4p. ct — FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMDURGH, JULY 31.-16. 6%.—Two months, 96. 3k LRIPSIC, JULY 27.—Three months, 6. 14. BERLIN, JULY 27.—Three months, 6. 26. VIENNA, JULY V.—Three Months, 9. 52}4. FRANKFORT, JULY B.—Two months, 14914. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To-MORROW. Morning... 9 minutes after 2. I Evening....3s minutes after 2. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, AUGUST 6, 1877. THE Commissioners for Victualling His . Majesty's Navy, Ste. do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 15th inst., they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for One Thousand Two Hundred Sacks of BISCUIT MEAL. Four Hnndred Sacks of Kiln-dried Household FLOUR. Forty Tons of OATMEAL. To be delivered into his Majesty's 'Victualling Stores at Deptford, one..half thereof by the Slst instant, and the re mainder by the 30th of September next ensuing. Samples of the Oatmeal, of not less than Three Quarts, will be required to be produced with the Tenders for that article. The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at this Office Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. tier N11)14 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1827. ILLNESS OF MR. CANNING. It is under feelings of emotion, which no lan guage can describe, that we have to announce that Mr. CANNING has been seized with a se vere and alarming illness, and that his life is con sidered by his professional attendants to be in imminent danger. It appears that the Right Hon. Gentleman has been occasionally unwell for three weeks, and that his indispositjon much increased on Saturday and Sunday se'nnight, notwithstanding which he attended his MAJESTY at the Royal Lodge at Windsor on Monday. On Tuesday he transacted business in town; but symptoms of inflammation manifested themselves on Thurs day, and became more violent on Friday and Saturday.• The severity of the attack, yesterday morning, was for- a moment dimi nished, but the symptoms again became so much worse last night, that the Physicians declared in their evening 'Bulletin that they con sidered his life to be in danger. The Bulle tin issued at eight o'clock this morning stated that Mr. CANNING had bad some sleep dur ingthe•nigia, but continued in the same danger, and we deeply lament to add that no accounts of a more consolatory nature had reached town, at two o'ClOck this afternoon ; though up to that hour, we learn that the patient had not lost any further ground. It is impossible for us in the present agitated state of our ,feelings, to contemplate the consequences which might ensue to this country and the whole civilized world, if the calamity with which we are so fearfUlly threatened should actually befall this nation. The death of Mr. CANNING at this moment, when he had but just emancipated his SOVEREIGN , from the shackles which a powerful faction had endea voured to throw round - his Councils, and when the measures which his' enlightened and liberal policy had given birth 'to' were just about to be carried into effect, would indeed be a catas trophe of the most afflicting nature. That it may be averted we most earnestly pray. The following is the bulletin which appeared this morning :- 44 Clusivicx, AUG. 6, 8 A.M. • • " Mr. CANNING has had some sleep, at intervals, during the night, but his danger is still imminent. " Signed by the Physicians." 44' Mr. CANNING for the last three weeks has been much indisposed. On Saturday and Sun day se'nnight, this indisposition increased, not withstanding which, Mr. CANNING waited on his MAJESTY, at the Royal Lodge, on Monday last. On Tuesday he came to town and trans acted business at his house in Downing-street. On Thursday he became so much worse that he was confined to his bed with symptoms of in flammation, which in the course of Friday and Saturday, became more urgent." SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Ctock. No further information respecting Mr. CAN NING'S health has been received at the Treasury up to the above hour. The Duke of Marlborough packet has ar 'rived with a Lisbon mail. She sailed from the Tagus on the 22d ult., but brings nothing iin 'portant. The Experimental Spadron, under Rear Admiral SIR THOMAS HARDY, arrived ! there on the 19th, and were refitting. It was ;supposed that they.had received sealed orders for , , . . itneir further destination, and it - was expected that they would sail soon after the departure of the packet. Extracts of the Lisbon Papers are givers inn another column. The French Papers of Friday, and the Etoile• dated Saturday morning, reached us last night.. They contain an article from the Augsburg Gazette, dated Syra, June 21, which asserts that. RED3CMD PACHA had received fresh rein— forcements,- and had set out towards Corinth with 8000 men. Colonel FABVIER was at Megara with 1000 men. The intelligence from Madrid is to the 26th ult. but nothing important had occurred. Extracts will be found in another column. FRENCH FUNDS, Auc. S.—Five pet- Cents. 103 f. 80c. ; Three per Cents. 73E bsc. ; Bank Stock, 2,010 f. Nea politan Rentes, 79f. 65c. ; Spanish Loan, 471. Exchange on London—One Month, Paper, 251. 30c. ; Money, 25f. 30c. ; Three Months; Money, 25f. 15c. Letters from Marseilles state, that it had been ascertained that no effective impreSsion 'could be made on AlgierS; withoin a hod3i 0f15,000 men for the purpose of lauding. One of the French blockading squadron having proceeded too far in, the batteries opened upon her, and caused her immediate retreat with some difficulty. Demerara Gazettes of the 20th June have been received at the North and South American Coffee4touse.. His Excellency. Sir BENJ. IYUBBAN proceeded, on the 19th, in the Duke (If York (army-vessel, for Trinidad and Tobago, on tour of. military inspection. Colonel MILNE, commanding the .gamson, administered the Government in his Excellency's absence. These Papers express themselves m a tone• of exultation at the arrangements in the formation of the new Ministry, and state, that from their hearts they congratulate the West Indians on the accession of the Right •Hon. F. J. ROBINSON to the Ministry of the Colonies. They also picture in glowing language the valuable trade which is likely to take place between the Islands and the British North American Colonies. We received this morning Brussels Papers of the 4th instant, and the Allgemeine Zeitung of the.3oth ult., from which we extract the follow- BRUSSELS, AUG. 2. Yesterday, about noon, various reports were, in circula tion in the city respecting an accident which had happened in the night to her Majesty the Queen. The following bul letin was published at half-past one : " Her Majesty the Queen having struck against a piece of furniture in her apartments, had a fall, and bi-oke one of her ribs on the right side. Her Majesty's situation at pre sent gives no ground fur alarm. " Aug. 1, 1827." " D. EVERARD. This morning the following bulletin was published :--- " Her Majesty the Queen, has slept during a greater part of the night, and has had no fever. " D. EVERARD. " J. B. UYTLERHOEVEj. " Aug. 2, 1827." h is said that her Majesty, having taken a bath at a very late hour in the evening, met with this accident while she was alone in her room. It is added, that at first her Majesty was so little aware of the injury, that she went to bed, thinking it was only a trifle; and that it was not till two hours afterwards that the Princess Marianne, hearing her move, went into the Apartment of her august mother, and persuaded her to send for the physicians, M. Everard, who was called in im— mediately, discovered what was the matter. An express was directly sent to the King, who, it is sup ') os Y'e l' s Yesterday evening, iilbe a hereto- r o . 'clock, two expresses were despatched, one to the King, the other to Berlin. BRUSSELS, AUG. 3.. " Her Majesty the Queen had a' slight fever yesterday, which ceased towards the evening, and returned during part of the night. " Her Majesty's situation is satisfactory. EVERARD. UYTLERHOEVEN " Lacken, Aog. 3, 8 A.m." Two more couriers were sent off. yesterday with de spatches for the King. His Majesty arrived at the Palace of Lacken this morn ing, at nine o'clock.. His suite is expected in the afternoon. The public feel great interest in the situation of the Queen.. A great many persons went yesterday to Lackey, to inquire after her health. We understand that of the Russian fleet under Admiral SINIAVIN, four sail of the line, only, and some frigates, are to proceed to the Mediterranean. The remainder of the ships re turn to Cronstadt. Letters from La Guayra, of the 23d of June, have been received in town. The intelligence brought by them is, that on the 17th of that month General 'Bolivar issued a Proclamation to the people of Colombia, calling upon them to rally round him, and enable him to arrest the fearful anarchy and evils which threatened the Colombian nation. Stime accounts are also said to have been received from Guyaquil, which state that Gen. Bustamente had caused that province to make a declaration of independence of Co lombia; and that it was the intention of the people to at tach themselves to the Government of Peru. THE FUNDS--(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELFB o'CLoCK. Nothing shews the state of public feeling in the City more than the intense anxiety which has pre vailed all the morning up to the above hour, relative to the state of Mr. Canning's health. The alarm ing Bulletin of yesterday morning had, in fact, pre pared us, in some measure, for a result the most distressing, and before the opening of the Stock Ex- • change reports were current that this popular Mi nister was 110 more. The Royal Exthange has had numerous visitors, where nothing but. the enquiry of Air. Canning's health was spoken of, and their coun tenances sheaved the interest they took in his alarm ing state. ,As soon as the house opened, the dealers and jobbers made a complete pause, and no price, could be made in Consols but between 87 and 88; the first business done was at the former rate, but they want down to 86f immediately after, the mar ket then took a turn, and several heavy . purchases took place at 864 7, and the price eventually reached - fin, buyers. Notwithstanding a report of the im provement in the health of the Minister this morn ing the agitation still continues extremely great, and Consols fluctuate violently and have gone back to the present price. lndia Bonds are 91 3;, and Exchequer Bills, 60 1 premium. The chief attention of the speculators has been dedicated to the English Funds, but the Foreign Funds have also been much affected by their fall, and have all exhibited signs of a reduction :—Bra zilian Stock are 61 5; Buenos Ayres, 61 3; Co lombian, 301 1 ; Danish, 62 3; Mexican went: to 67-i, but have since rallied to 68 1. There is not the smallest attention paid to Shares, and nothing in the shape. of business can be quoted. Three per Cent. Consols, 87 / 1 ; Ditto for Account, 87i 4 ; India Bonds, 91 3 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 60 t pm. Tleo o' CLOCK. • The numerous reports on the subject of Mr. Canning's health continue, and are at considerable variance. Consols are in a state of much fever; they got upto 87i; and again went back to 86k, sellers, but are now buyers; Exchequer Bills 57 premium; Colombian Bonds have gone down to 291 30; Brazil arc 64 51; Mexican, 68 sellers. FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING. PRICES. Consols 87 Danish Bonds 63 Do. for Ac. 87-4 , j Greek Do. 1825, 15i Brazilian Bonds 65 Mexican Do. 1825 681 Buenos Ayres Do. 63 Peruvian Do. 27 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 95 Columbian, 1824, 30! Spanish Do. 10 I DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 61 59 pm. Ditto • 500 2d. 61 59 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Acct.S7 6 7%1i THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Pertivian Bonds g7 Portuguese Bonds 7 5 1,4 Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New ...95 1 ,4 434 5•?4!:; Spanish, 1821 IOI4N 1523 French Renter, sp. c. —t —c. Exchange —t. —c. —3 per cent 73f. 50c. ! -- Exchange 2sf. 40c. DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Pet' Shale. X2O . 33 8 6 61 1 , 32 11 STOCKS, AUG. 3. St. Patrick Instil - . (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank 17% Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Milling Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings