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the Jury thought it ,did, then the plaintiff was en titled to their. verdict; but if they did not think so, the defendants were entitled to a verdict.. He should put the books and the newspaper,iuto, the.hands of the Jury, with this - single observation, that it seemed] to him, that a man who had thought fit to repeat, and , publish to the world, the appellations of" Bear," ands" Beast," applied to men, the friends of his early life,_was not entitled to ,great,' damages; from any person who happened to bring to his recollection,tha; he, in early life, also born another name.. The Jury having . deliberated for a feW minutes, ound a verdict for the' defendants. rEscusoN" V. MACURDY Mr. GURNEY stated that this was an action brought by the mistress of a Iddging-house in Cecil street, Strand, for damages, on account of the mis use of her furniture by the defendant, a Major in th army, who lodged for abdut eleven months in her house. Sarah Mahoney, a servant in the house, and Bar bara Ferguson, plaintiff's daughter, gave evidence as to the damage done to the. wainscot, to the tables, the carpet, and other parts of the furniture. Lord TENTERDEN left it to the Jury whether there was not more in this case than the wear and tear. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 12/. BOWERS V. WINcHESTER. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated, that thiG was an action, nominally against the Sheriff, for the re covery of 254 the value of a horse. James Hutchins, servant to Messrs. Towers and Curlew, ];very stable-keepers, Woburn Mews, Russell-square, said, that a man of the name of Michael Short, came to him with two horses belonging to Mr. Haswell, another livery. stable keeper, and asked whether-his masters would advance money on these horses or buy them out and out. He answered that his masters might purchase them, but would not, he believed, advance money upon them by way of loan; and Short having stated that the price demanded was 40 guineas, he. went to his, masters and mentioned.. the, circumstance. The• horses were purchased, And he himself paid the.' :money to Short. ,One of the horses, when in mud better condit;on, sold for .50/4 Mr. BRO L . GHAM, forth* real defendant, a Mr. Alex , arnin, Said, that it was most extraordinary, that if th horses had been sold out and out, they should have been sold for forty guineas or pounds, when one or 1 them was, at no %Try long time after, sold for 501., and the other was valued at 25/. - But he would prove that the horses had only been pledged for the money, and that Mr. Alexander had a perfect. right. to take them, or either of them, in execution for a debt due from Haswell to Alexander. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply, argued that this was an ingenious scheme to get t•kossessipn of the horses, , and the 401. or 40 guineas also. Verdiet,for the p!aintiff—Twenty-five Pound,. CAPTAIN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. We copy from the Quebec Gazette of the Bth June, which reached us yesterday, the fol lowing interesting extract of a letter, from a gen tleinan connected with the expedition under Captain Franklin, R. N., dated, Great Slave Lake, 12th Nov, 182 G : " The principal object of the expedition was to ; discover a navigable passage, westward from the mouth of the Mackenzie, to Behring's Straits, And his Majesty's ship Blossom was despatched 3rotind Cape Horn, for the purpose of meeting it t Icy Cape cr in Kotzebue's Sound. If Cap tain Franklin's means 'permitted, he was directed also to send a detachment to the eastward, to survey the coast between Mackenzie and Copper mine Rivers, and to return over land from .the latter 1 tJiaitablish men t on Bear Lake. " From the skill with which Captain Frank arrangernents were made, he waS enablCd to descend the Mackenzie and visit the Arctic Sea, last year, within six months of his departure from England, and to return again up the - river, to our destined winter quarters at Fort Franklin, in Bear Lake, by open water. In the mean time had sailed round Bear Lake, and ascertained the distance between its eastern extremity and 'the Copper-mine River. The knowledge of the rountry gained by these excursions tended touch to perfect - the plans of operation for this year, and the liberal .supplies - of provisions furnished by the Hudson Bay Compan: this spring, ena bled Captain, Franklin to equip both 1 Three boats were built for the service in England of msho g any, a wood considered to be well adapted for the purpose. They were necessarily small and of a light construction, that they might be more eaEily carried over the numerous - nortaefes which occur on the route from Jr York factory, Flitec,:on's Bay, to Bear Lake, but from the care bestowe m d . ' b ~them, th ,, ,y reached that pi ace without.materiaiinjuiy, and eventually answere3d even be!-ter thqn they were ex pected to do. A fourth, of a similar size and form, was built at aearLake, of fir,and proved as good as the other. The main part of the ex.. pedition which was to proceed ,to the westward, under Captain Franklin's immediate - command, in two of the boats, which were named the Lion and Reliance, consisted of Lieutenant Back, eleven British seamen,: marines, and landsmen, two Canadian voyagers, and an Esquimau', in, terpreter. The eastern detachment, comprising Mr. Kendall, assistant surveyor, one seaman, two :marines, six landsmen, and an. Esquimaux, em barked in the Dolphin and Union, and were put under - the charge of Dr. Richardson. cc We left our winter quarters on the 21st of June, descended the Mackenzie till the 2d July, and as far as' latitude 67 deg. 38 m. N, long. 103 deg., 53 m.'W. At this place, named Parting Point by Captain Franklin, he river di -vides into a number of widely diverging branches separated from each other by low and partially flooded lands. It was determined that the two di visions of the expedition ahould separate here, and that each party should follow the channel which accorded best with their respective routes. Cap tain Franklin, in the preceding autumn, had descended a, middle channel, and reached the seat at Garry's island, in lat, 69. 30. deg, N. long. 135,45. W. He :now -entered the , most wes terly arm which winds round the base of the rocky mountains, and reached its mouth . on the 7th of July. Its outlet is so barred by sand banks, that the crews were compelled to drag the boats for miles, even at the top of high water. In this' unpleasant situation they were visited by a large party of Esquimaux, who, at first be haved quietly and carried on a barter in an ami cable manner, but at length prompted by the desire of plunder, and confiding in the superiority of numbers, on a preconcerted signal, upwards of 250 stout fellows, armed with long knives,• rushed into the water at once, and seizing on the tioits, drgged them_ on shore. The judi cious measures pursued by Captain. Franklin, bowever, well, seconded by the prompt obedience and determined conduct of Lieutenant Back and the crews of the boats, rescued the provisions and -all the property of consequence -from the hands of these freebooters, and the boats were ultimately got afloat,Without a shot having been fired, or any personal injury received on either side. The same party came twice tha t ni g ht and ne xt day with hostile intentions, when . , the expe dition had put t ashore t O ,repair the rigging of the. j)oata had been cut in the affray, but the I posture of defence in which Captain Franklin drew up his small force, deterred them from re newing the attack. The smaller parties of Esqui naux, that were ,-, subsequently met with, on the sea -coast, behaved in a friendly manner. " On the 9th of July, Captain Franklin was topped by ice, unbroken from the shore, and from that date up to the 4th of August, he could advance only as the separation took place, and Seldom-More than a mile or two a day. In this tedious wa y , he reached the 141st degree of longitude, by which time the ice had given way so as to give a passage to the boats, but other obstacles . f a most serious nature now opposed themselves .to his progress. The coast was so low and difficult of approach, from the shallow ness of the water, that a landing on the main shore was effected only once after the passing of the 139th degree of longitude, though it was fre quently attempted, by dragging the boats for miles through the mud. On all other occasions he had.to land on the naked reefs ' that skirt the coast, where, after the departure of ice, the party suffered severely from the. want of fresh water, and once passed two entire days without that ne cessary article. Thick fogs and heavy gales of wind prevented the expedition from quitting this inhospitable part of the coast; and it was detain ed on one spot for eight days by a fog so dense, that all objects were obscnred at the distance of a few yards, stormy weather prevailing all the time. 'Notwithstanding these almost insur-1 Mountable obstacles, the resoluti•3n and perse terance of Captain Franklin and his party en abled them to reach nearly the 150th degree of tiOngituile by the 18th of August. ' They had tllien performed more than half the distance, along i t he coast, to Icy Cape—had plenty of prow ons, boats, in good order, and an open sea be le them—and although, from the fatigues they ad undergone, the strength of the crews was somewhat impaired, yet their spirit was un 4roken ; but the period had now arrived when ' was - Captain Franklin's duty, in pursuance of ' is instructions, to consider the probability of his ''eing able to reach Kotzebue's Sound before .ie severe weather set in ; and, if he did not ex ct to attain` that object, lie was prohibited from i e azarding the safety of the party by a longer the f.ra c sh o n as e t s . s t l o t e h w av o e uld at " t h em ay p e te b d ee t n o I .; e ntinu extr an em c i e ty " o ' get to Kotzebue's Sound by. traversing an un tinown coast at that advanced season, even had ;le been certain that the Blossom had reached ' iat place ; but the uncertainty attending all 1 , oyaaes in high latitudes made it extremely oulitful whether that vessel was actually at the ndezvous or not. It Was, therefore in con- iunity with Captain' Franklin's usual judgment, .yid the almost paternal anxiety he has always fvinced for the safety of those who have had .:ie happiness to serve under his command, that -',e, decided upon commencing his return to Bear li,ake at that period. ` ~ It wa s a matter of the deepest regret to him : - - jf and his whole party that they turned their 'll. - „lcks upon an unsurveyed part of the coast. The .ly feeling that will be excited in the minds of Tiers will be surprise that he was able to sur e , -,:unt the obstacles opposed to his progress to f : 3 extent that he did. The propriety of Cap tif:n Franklin's determination was evinced by a accession of stormy weather, which speedily set . - ; and by intelligence he received from some . iendly Esquimaux lads, that their countrymen I r re, fo ll e cting, in- numbers about the mouth of .-1. ~.q...:::llenzie ; and that a - 1:.;t: part of I re -4ountain...Ari4iaris were on the march to inter t'pt him, on, sv • ~ it pposed to interfere \yidi the trade of the Esi-jui -1 Aux. Had he been only a few days later it is 1. - I)re than probable that he could not have escaped ii- *it. numerou , enemies without a contest. He 1 . -:!..i.ved with 1•!s party in perfect health at Bear 1 f? • ~ Ae, on the 21st of September, and despatched -* express the following morning with an ac 7:.;tnit of his proceedings to Government. As it ._. as necessary that the express should set out About delay, to enable it to ascend the Mac 11,zie whilst the navigation continued open, 1., ptain Franklin had merely time to write me a . :.'iort a&ount of his proceedings. The preceding - fi,'etch is , therefdre, necessarily very imperfect. I cc omitted to mention that the trending of the .. ' 3.3 t carried the expedition into 714 degrees of Jrth. latitude. • - . ' 'With regard to the eastern detachment of ~ expedition, on patting.from.Captain Franklin . - Y pursued the easternmost channel of the ::4r. which is that by which Mackenzie returne d .... - • itto the. sea, and is accurately and ably described . hitt. They reached ''the sea on the 7th of ..rlv, in lat. 69 deg. 29 min. N. long . 183 deg. _., min.. W., having, on that day, falen in with Aorde of Esquimaux, who, whilst the boats sure, in a similar situation to Captain Franklin's, 4 'found nii the flats at the mouth of the river, ' leavoured to seize udon Mr. Kendall's boat, q) doubt for the purpose of plundering it. The '..'terr,i)t; hoWever, which was, perh a p s , m erelythe , t • itnpulse of the moment, was not participated in by the whole horde, and was instantly frustrated if ; the cool colirge of iltir. Kendall and the de -4 riniiiet attitude assumed by the party, without the necessity of having recourse to violence.-- They gave no farther trouble, and the party left them with the show at least of friendship. The parties of that nation which were met afterwards, tieing inferior in numbers to the expedition, were very civil. They displayed, however, much cou ilage in opening an intercourse. I " After reaching the sea, considerable diffi tilty .was .experienced in coasting a shore of a ery peculiar nature, to lat. 70 deg. 37. min. N. tong. 126 deg. 52 min. W. The coast, thus til., consists of islands of . alluvial (or perhaps in (he present language of Geologists, of diluvial) ! brigin, skirted by sandy banks running far to leaward, and intersected by creeks of brackish yvater, and separated in part by wide mstuaries, ouring out at that season of the year large odies of fresh water. These alluvial lands are inundated by the spring floods, and covered with drift timber, except a number of insulated mounds of frozen earth, which rise considerably above the highest water mark, and are analogous to the frozen banks or ice-bergs described as bounding Kotzebtte's Sound.- Betwixt them and the main shore there is a very extensive lake of brackish water, wh:ch perhaps communicates with the eastern branch of the Mackenzie, and receives, at least, one other large river. " This party subsequently tracked a rocky and bolder shore, rounded Cape Parry in lat. 70 deg. 18 min. N. long. 123. W. Cape Krusen stern in lat. 68, deg. 46 min. N. long. 114 deg. 45 min. W. and en t ere d G eorge t h e Fourth's Coronation Gulph, by the. Dolphin and Union Straits, which brought them nearly to the 113th deg. of West longitude. They then steered for the Copper nine river, and entered it on the Bth of August. " They suffered some detention on this voy age, frOin bad Weather, and had, on several :oc casions, to eut a passage through tongues of ice with the hatchet, andto force a way for the boats with much labour and some hazard. The ice attains a great thickness in that sea, some of the floes being aground in nine fathoms water, but under the powerful radiation of a sun constantly above the horizon, in the summer monthi, it de cays with an almost incredible rapidity. As the boats drew only twenty inches of water, the party were on several occasions enabled to sail through shallow canals, worn on the surface of these floes by the action of the waves, when, from the ice being closely packed on the shore, they could fnd no passage betwixt the masses of which it was composed. They had fortunately clear wea ther for these attempts. Had they experienced the fogs which Captain Franklin met with to the estward, . they must of necessity have remained du shore. Not Withstanding the quantity of ice they encountered thus early in the season, they were convinced that towards the end of August there is a free passage for a ship along the northern coast of America, from the 100th to the 150th degree of west longitude ; and to the eastward of the Mackenzie, there are some com modious harbours, although there are none on the part of the coast surveyed by Capt. Franklin to the westward. The whole difficulty in per forming the North-west passage in a ship seems to be in attaining the coast of the continent through the intricate straits which lead from Baffin's or Hudson's Bays. The flood tide *as found setting everywhere along the coast from the eastward. " The rapids, which obstruct the navigation of the Copper-mine, prevented them from bring ing their boats above eight miles from the sea, and they therefore abandoned them there with the remainder of their stores, tents, &c. a pre sent to the Esquimaux, and set out overland to Fort Franklin, carrying,(exclusive of instruments, arms, and ammunition, and a few specimens of plants and minerals) merely a blanket and ten days' provisions for each person. They arrived On the eastern arm of Bear Lake on the 18th of August, and at the Fort on the Ist of September, after an absence of 71 days, in excellent health and condition. " The two branches of the expedition have thus surveyed the coast through upwards of 36 degrees of longitude, which, together with Capt. Franklin's former discoveries and those of Capt. Parry, render the Arctic Sea pretty well known, as far as the 115th degree of west longitude. There remain only 11 degrees of unknown coast lietwixt that and Icy Cape, and Captain Beechy has perhaps by this time traced a considerable portion even of that in the Blossom, so that a complete discovery of the North-west passage, so long an object for which Britain has contended, is now brought within very narrow limits. " The expedition returns to England next year by the Hudson's Bay Company's ship, with the exception of Capt. Franklin and Dr. Richard son, who propose to go home by the way of Canada and New York. As Captain Franklin intends to travel the winter on the ice, he hopes to reach Montral towards the end of August, 1827." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Monday, July 9.) STUTGARD, JULY I.—ln the Sitting of the States, the 26th of June, a Decree of the Privy Council, of the following tenor, was communicated to them " The Government has taken into consideration, that a longer duration of the present Assembly of tba SeClttla might prnv ievecLs to most of the Members—for this reason, the Go vernment has resolved soon to dissolve the Assem- jAy the course of the winter, to discuss and decide upon the project, which it has not been able to do hitherto. But, that the business of the new Assembly may be sufficiently prepared when it meets, .and that it may immediately commence, and uninterruptedly continue its operations, the Government intends to appoint for these preparatory labours a Committee of about 15 Members, selected from the two Chambers. PARIS, JULY B.—The Bishop of Friburg has ad dressed to the Government of the Vallais, Schweitz, and several other Catholic cantons, a circular letter, in which he invites them to require from the Diet measures - to repress the attacks in which the Swiss Journals indulge against the Catholic religion. It is supposed that, in consequence of this circular, an application will be made to the Diet, petitioning it to increase the rigour of the resolutions of 1823. (From the Quotidienne.) PARIS, JULY B.—Letters from Madrid, of the 25th June, say, " the affairs of Portugal occupy our Cabinet very much. A few days ago an extraor dinary courier from Lisbon arrived with despatches of the highest importance, and immediately after the Charge d'Affaires of Portugal went to Aranjuez, ii-here he had a conference with the Minister Sal mon. A Council of Ministers was held, after which a courier was despatched to the Commander-in-Chief with directions that the Army of Observation should resume its' former position. In consequence, the Infantry and Cavalry of the Royal Guard have re • turned to Caceres." VERA CRUZ, APRIL 10.—(Private Leiter) . — The commerce of this place is in a state of perfect stagnation. The concourse of foreigners, and the quantity of merchandize they have imported beyond the demand, have' generally been productive of loss. During February, ten French merchant vessels were in the Road, which contained principally passengers and ventures. As these latter could not be disposed of on the spot, the greater part were carried into the interior. There are two houses where public sales take place every Monday and Thursday. I have seen a number of articles sold at less prices than those of Europe. Paper, wine ' cloth, silks, mercery , and hard ware , are w ithout value at this moment, in consequence of the immense quantities imported by the English, the French, and the Anglo-Americans. The taxes are enormous, and the law for their re duction, proposed to the Chambers in the last year, has not been put in force. It is said even that af fairs will remain on the same footing. In a pamphlet, printed in France, with respect to the commerce of that country and South America, some errors have appeared, which may make merchants speculating in that country miscalculate. The prin cipal is that it is there stated a single tax of 17 per cent. is paid on all merchandize coming directly from Europe. There exists a Tariff according to the price on provisions and m erchandize. It was calcu lated when every thing sold very dear, and thus many articles are valued at present far above their real value. Every article not contained in it is estimated by the visitors of the Customs acco rdin g to the market-price, but commonly according to the cost price, when it is reasonable, and it is augmented from 25 to 30 per cent., for the difference of the price which the commodity ought to bring for the European prices. (From the Journal des Debats of Sunday.) PARIS, JUL; 7.—Montesquieu, who was travel ling in 1729, i n E ng l an d, an d who left the peaceful a tmosphere of F rance an d It a ly, was singularly struck by the great number and extreme liberty of the journals published in London, in w hich, b y a guilty abuse, the person of the Monarch himself was not always respected. Montesquieu adds, with his lively and familiar expression, " As one sees the devil in the periodical papers, one thinks that the peo ple is about to revolt to-morrow; but one must consider the human mind : as in other places, the p eo ple is displeased with the Ministers, but the people write there what is thought in other places." That great observer makes another remark, prov ing that already the reading of journals was a po pular habit. " A slater," say& he, " has the Gazette brought him on the roof to read it." 41. PRICIS OP SZAISS Tbill Anglo Chilian dining C 0..... United Mexican Mining Co. . Protector Fire Insurance C 0... DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. IS .. £1 3 8 .1703 E YESTERDAY. COURSE OF ItIoILA Anisterdiun . . ..... ....C.F 12 4 Ditto, at sight l2 1 Rotterdam. 2 U l2 5 " Antwerp l2 5 Hamburgh 234 U. 37 2 Altona 214 U. 37 3 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 80 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 etersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 9% Vienna, effective ft. 2M. 10 9 Trieste do. Madrid 34 Cadiz '344 Bilboa 33?4 Barcelona Seville 34 pibraltar 45 - - Leghorn 4754 Genoa 25 75 Venice , 46 Malta. Naples 37 Palermo per os. 114, Lisbon 49 Oporto 48% Rio Janeiro 3l Bahia 41 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l4 BULLION, PER OZ. X. 6. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 LONDON, I WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1827. We received this afternoon the Gazette de France of yesterday's date, by express. It con tains an article from Madrid, dated the 28th ult., stating that the Army of Observation began a retrograde movement on the 22d, with the view of taking up its original position along the line of the Tagus, at Talavera, &c. FRENCH RERTEs.—Five per cents. 102 f. 85e.—Three per cents. '72f. 85c. There is no phenomenon more remarkable, or more deserving of consideration, than the, ebb and flow of capital in this great commercial city. Those who have barely reached the age of man hood, have already witnessed several mighty fluctuations of this description. They have seen money more than once talked of as a perfect drug, and the holders of it exploring all the corners of the world—and even the depths of the deceitful ocean—to devise means for destroy ing that which yielded them no pleasure when not returning the interest which' long use had led them to consider as the inevitable conse quence of its possession. Rather than re ceive less than their Five per Cent. they " cared not to be at all ;" and Chili's distant mines, and the repose of its bordering deep, were alike violated by the cupidity of men, who could find no profitable occupation for the gold and pearls which they already possessed. And just in proportion to this superabundance was the consequent revulsion. Within a few short months, instead of throwing their money to the winds, and actually forcing it upon those knaves who are ever ready to take advantage of other men's folly, we have seen these very indi viduals secure their remaining treasure under loek or iron,l clistruitmg even those in whose word they had previously placed implicit confidence, and that, forsooth, because they had been deceiTed by strangers whom none but madmen would have trusted. The very elements of commercial faith were dissolved, and raging with desolating influence, this moral epidemic brought bankruptcy and ruin on thousands of honourable persons, who had considered themselves beyond the reach of mis fortune. The source of these extraordinary fluctuations is evidently to be found in the natural propensity of men to follow the example of each other. If any one has seen a hat, for instance, fall in the path of a flock of sheep, the first which comes to it, will make a very unnecessary amount of exertion to overleap the opposing obstacle, and even though it may be subsequently removed, there is not a sheep in the flock but will leap equally high at the precise spot where the first set the example. Thus the commercial world following some bell-wether or other, and watching his motions with more assiduity than any regiment will attend to the antics of a fugle man, are sure to do what would have been quite proper had it only been somewhat sooner. A great capitalist, like ROTMSCHILD, enters into some speculation or other which his pene tration points out as highly profitable, and after he has turned it to account, and when the raised value of the commodity renders it no longer ad viseable, one sees the second rate merchants of London following him in a string, and imi tating him in a manner no less ludicrous than unprofitable. But finding out too late the folly of which they have been guilty, they resolve for some time to follow no one —not even the dictates of their own common sense—hut stand actually still, till, like tailors tired of resting, off they set again on some other wild-goose chace. We take the present state of the commercial world to be this lassitude from rest, preparatory to another exhibition of insane activity. The abun dancebut the lessons taught by th e J o i n t. Stock of money is as grea t as ever was k n own ; Com panies are so fresh on their memories, that the monied men are said to he as distrustful as ever ; and though good paper, that is, the bills of men of reputed credit, can be discounted at 21 per cent.—it is a very different case with men in the second class of credit, for instance, country gentlemen, who are sometimes the safest .though not the most punctual customers in the long run,—since even a GOLDSMIDT has been known to fail. Instead of exercising a cool judgment as to what may be considered good security, from the possession of ample, though notni m convertible means, superadded to unimpeachable character in the party tendering it---the instantly wholeacuba le m 0 nied world hunt after the afore- it e s tl - said good paper, acid by their competition raise its value so much, that it will soon be discounted at 1 per cent., and ultimat4y men will be glad, to take, without any interest, these docu ments in return for their solid gold and silver. But of this they will tire in due time, and then we shall have them trusting every species of rogue, without a vestige of se curity, on his promising them ten or twenty per cent. for what they know produces them nothing at all. It is not the department of a journalist to point out a profitable investment of capital to men who, delighted with their own sagacity, hold in utter contempt all advice which does not emanate from a knowledge of business ; but the looker-on is often a tolerable judge of the game, and men who could not clear out a ship at the Custom-house, nor even strike a balance sheet with the due proportions of red and black ink,, may yet see folly in those who are perfect masters of these two sciences. All we would venture to advise is, that men should be cautious in following the example of the very wisest. There is nothing like taking a lead, so that it is done with sufficient caution. We received last night the Paris Papers of Sunday, and the Gazette de France dated Monday morning. The latter contains an article, from the Baltimore Intelligencer , of the 7th ult., stating that, after several notes between M. CLAY and M. RIARLLO, Charge d'Affaires of the Emperor of BRAZIL, assurances have been received both aides, that the events which have taken place at Rio de Janeiro will not interrupt the peace and good understanding which prevails between the two nations. The Quotidienne states, that letters from Madrid mention the arrival in that capital of an extraordinary courier from Lisbon, charged with despatches of the highest importance ; and, im mediately after, the Charge d'Affaires of Por tugal went to Aranjuez, where he had a confer ence with the Minister, M. SALMON. A Council of Ministers was held, after which a courier was despatched to the Commander-in- Chief, with directions that the Army of Obser vation should resume its former position. In consequence, the infantry and cavalry of the Royal Guard returned to Caceres. Such is the statement of the Quotidienne, and perhaps it deserves more than usual credence, from the general silence preserved by the French Journals with respect to the affairs of Spain and Portugal, since the re-establishment of the Trhiolk shavvo the activity of that De partment, and the jealousy with which the Go ♦ernment views all communications on that sub ject. We have scarcely a doubt, that the sup pression of the knowledge of palming events in the Peninsula, was one of the most powerful motives with the Government for muzzling the press. A few extracts will be found in another column. Frankfort Papers and the All gemeine Zeitung, of the 4th instant, have been received this morn ing, but they contain nothing of political or even commercial interest, beyond their respective lo calities. STOCKHOLM, JUNE 26. The Government has now issued the summonses for the convocation of the revisers of the Diet, who sit from Sep tember 15 to December 15. This step has entirely put an end to the conjectures formed last year, that an extra ordinary Diet might be convoked during the present year. This notion has indeed been generally given up since March last, unless there should be a failure of the harvest, all apprehensions of which have long since vanished. The first part of the collection of the ancient laws of Sweden, edited by his Majesty's orders, by Messrs. Collen and Schlyter, is now published. It contains the laws of West Gothland, with glossaries, prefaces, &c., making nearly '7OO pages, in large 4to, with lithographic plates. They are now employed on the second vol. containing the laws of East Gothland. In order to prevent the future recurrence of abuses which have taken place, his Majesty has addressed a re script to General Zakrewski, Governor-General of Fin land, which orders, that in case a Russian landowner, a nobleman, or officer of the troops, stationed in Finland, shall make over his vassals to any citizen of the Grand Duchy of Finland, by letters of mortgage, or any other act, either as his property or under the name of servants, workmen, &c. for a limited or unlimited time, such con victions are to be considered as null and void,' and the vassals made over by them to receive their freedom, and at the same time to be allowed to choose, at their own option, whatever line of life they please, either in Finland or in the Russian Empire. SIVITZEILLAI 4 D, JUTE SO. M. Landamman Sydler, the representative of the Con federation, who is sent to the Inner Rhodes of Appenzell, arrived there on the 24th. Since the 18th, the Sit ting of the Great Council, which continued till the even ing, and in which some private affairs that have exeited great interest were very warmly discussed, was broken up by the interruption of a tumultuous crowd of between 200 and SOO country people. The Government had not again met, expecting the arrival of the representative of the Con federation, whose intervention will doubtless succeed in re storing order. FRANKFORT, JULY 2. In closing the Session of the States of the Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, M. Von Grollman, the Minister of State, in his speech on the occasion, said, " His Royal Highness the Grand Duke has ordered me to inform the Assembly of the reasons that no application has been made to it, as the Grand Duke, in his opening speech, expressed his intention to do, for 44 co-operation in the relief of the individuals who suffered by the inundations, &c. last year, in the province of Upper Hesse. Without any application from tke Government, such amfole voluntary contributions for the relief of the sufferers have been sent from all pa ters, especially the Rhenish provinces, that by them, and by the considerable savings which the Government has been able to make in the ' Public Relief Fund,' though its revenues ace inconsiderable, it has been possible fully to perform his Highness's promise without having recourse to a grant from the Assembly, and to treat the sufferers in every respect in the same manner as those in Slackenhurg and Rhenish Hesse were treated in 1824." In another column we have inserted, from the Aberdeen Chronicle, a letter from the master of the late brig, Ellan-gotvan, of Dundee, giving an account of the sinking of that vessel, in consequence of having been fired at and struck by the Spanish batteries, at Ceuta. A more wanton and unprovoked act never was committed. A gun having been fired from the battery, in the direction of the vessel, the Royal was instantly lowered, and the colours prep a r e d for hoisting, while, at the mothent they were hoisP ing, a second shot was fired which struck. the vessel in the centre of the ballast .,, port, and did so much mischief as to occasion her to founder in a very short time. The ship was hove to the instant she was struck ; but notwithstanding this, and that her colours were then displayed,- the batteries continued to fire on the vessel, though, happily for the lives of the crew, the shot fell short. Our Government received information of this outrage some days ago, and we, have no doubt that they have demanded of the Government of Spain full explanation and satisfaction for this/ shameful proceeding of its authorities. As the luminous explanation given by an evening cotemporary on Monday night, of the causes and probable effects of the recent deter mination of the Bank to discount at Four per Cent., ought not to be lost to the world, we , are induced to give it further circulation by print ing it for the edification of our readers. They will perceive by one sentence of it, notwithstand ing the Three per Cents. have been lately quoted in the City Articles at 87 and 88, instead of 83 or 84—that the Funds have not risen—in another sentence, that there has been a gradual tendency in the Funds to rise, that the determination of the Bank has had the effect of quickening this rise —and, in the last sentence, that the Resolu tion of the Bank must, in fact, be a dead letter,. and harmless with reference to its effect on the prices of Government Securities. So much for. the logic and knowledge of our cotemporary. The determination of the Bank to lower the rate of discount to four per cent. continues to be a subject of speculation in the City, and we are surprised to find tha t it should have so much undue importance attached to it. The interest of money has, for many months; been two and a half per cent. on good bills, and it is evident that , parties who can get their bills discounted at two and a half per cent, are not more likely to give four per cent.,, than five. As regards, therefore, an extension of demands , for diicounts, we apprehend it will have little or no effect and, with respect to its effect upon the funds, though mo-, ney has been so long almost a drug in the City, the funds have not risen, because it was supposed that the abundance of capital arose from the stagnation of trade, and that, "as soon as trade revived, it would be wanted. But now, that trade is reviving, and the abundance of money continues, the natural result is to induce persons to invest in the funds, their apprehension of a sudden change in the value of money being diminished. There has, consequently, been a gradual tendency in the funds to rise to prices more proportioned to the value of money on other securities; and whether they have yet attained these prices is a ques:. tion. It appears that the determination of the Bank has had the effect of quickening this rise; but that is all the effect it can have. The prices of the funds, though they' may be agitated by opinion; are ultimately governed by the, supply and demand for capital, and as the resolution of 0.1; 1 Bank must, in point of fact, be nearly a dead letter with) respect to any increase of its issuer, so must it be as hare' lase with reference to its ultimate effect upon the pries. di Government Securities.:—Courier. Accounts from Cape Coast Castle have been received to the end of March. An interesting piece of intelligence hol reached that settlement, namely, that several white slaved,' had been ascertained to be living at Coomassie, the capital of the Ashantees, supposed, not withbut reason, to be some of the prisoners taken in the disastrous fight between Sir CHARLES MACARTHY and the Ashantees. Sir NEIL CAMPBELL, the Governor, had immediately, on learning this news, resolved on despatching a deputation to the' , King of the AstrAwreas to negociate the deliverance of these whites ; but up to the latest date none of the Fan tees could be prevailed on to undertake the mission ; nn white men are allowed to enter the Asbantee dominions. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 11.—The Daphne, Farman, has arrived from Antwerp ; and the Venus, bound for the Black Sea. The latter was pillaged, off Ipsara, by pirates/ with a convoy on one side, and a man-of-war on the other. it being calm; but the wind springing up, they were obliged to leave her, having only time to take a few stores,'' and all the Captain's effects. The Captain of the. Amelia, the latest arrival from Srayrna, reports, that he learnt from another vessel in that Gulf that the Albion, Radcliffe, which had just sailed for Geneva, had been robbed of every thing, including the anchors off the bows, in the very sa me place. By the Cork Lists, we observe that the following vessels have arrived from Liverpool, on the 6th and 7th instant, for the avowed purpose of taking out emigrants, as they are hound for Rio de Janeiro, but really with the intention of recruiting the Imperial army. The same specious plea was used towards the Germans who went out some time since, and the treatment they met with is but too recent on our mind, not to express the fears we entertain that the present emigration will he turned to the same purposes. The vessels are the Retrieve, J. Steele, 275 tons; Arctrus, J. Oliver, 269 tons ; Eliza, Wm. Searchwell, 405 tons. The number of men intended to be sent was three thousand, but the funds of the agents in this affair, are said to be wanting to the completion of this number. ' Is there nothing in this violating the Foreign Enlist ment Bill ? THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The Consul Market has been in a feverish *tato this morning, and a fresh batch of Exchequer Bills being brought out for sale, to the amount of 30,0001., operated in the early part of the day rather unfavourably on Consols; ' they opened at . 87 i i for Account, but receded to 861 have subsequently been 87i and are now 86t The Commissioners purchased at 87i. Exchequer Bills are again lower, and a sale of 80,000/. was made at 50 prem. ; India Bonds are 80 prem. Nothing of importance has taken place in the Foreign 69 ; Colombian, S I ; f G u r n ee d lC h Marele4ica t0 n 177 e; steady Russian, a t which rises or falls with . Consols, is 93 4. Shares remain without life or activity, and the quoted price' scarcely ssca p rce er Cent. lyvar. Console, 86! ; Ditto for Aceount, ; ; India Bonds, 80 pm . ; E xc h e quer Bill s , 50 p m . Foaziox.—Brazilian, 69f 60 ; Buenos Ayres, 62 8 ; Milian, 26 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 81 i; Danish, 63; 'Greek, lEi 171; Mexican 6 per Cent., 69 1 9 ; Peru vian, 244 54- Portuguese, 74 76 ; Russian, 93/ 94 Spanish, lOi 11. Mnas.—Anglo Mexican, 45 40 dis. ; Brazilian, 1 dis. par ; Colombian, 9 11 per Share ; Real del Monte, $0 60 die. ; United Mexican, 19 18 dis. Two o' Clock. Consols have been so 4, until within these few minutes, when they went up to 87 buyers. It is reported in the City that at a meeting to be held at the Bank to-morrow, a question is likely to be agitated which may render in a g-eat measure nugatory the late resolution of reducing the discount from sto 4 per cent. Bank Stock, 2091; India Stock, ex. div. 242 3 / 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 50 3 prem. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols, . 87k. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 854 Danish Bonds 62i Do. for Ac. 87i Greek Do. 1825, 17i Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825 69 Buenos Ayres Do. 624 Peruvian Do. 26 - Chilian Do. Russian Do: 93 Coluinbuin, 1824, 31 Spanish DO":"104 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...47 minutes after 4. f Evening ...48 minutes after 4. -V= 4 ‘ 0 4- (I*W SP4II-' 54 ' 2 'lll qu thi C( vvii