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pence, or at most a,shilling, would cover the damage done—(great laughter)—the Jury, he was sure, would not give him more. The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages I.s. These Assizes terminated this afternoon. Sen tence of death was recorded against the capital con tiets, but none were left for execution. The Judges proceed to Nottingham this evening, this being the day appointed for opening the Commission in that town. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-SALISBURY, Aim. 2. John Manic' was indicted, charged on the Coroner's Inquest with the manslaughter of Thomas Strange, at flureford, near Amesbury, on the 18th of June last. Mr. POLLEN stated the case. He said that there were two coaches, called the Celerity and the Defiance, running from Exeter, and which were in opposition to one another. The Defiance had been established about three years, and the Celerity about one. On the night in question the De fiance had conic from Andover, and was going towards Exeter. 'At the foot of the hill where the accident hap pened the Defiance was going at a very slOw rate, and just at that period the coachman of the Defiancepereeived the Celerity about two, hundred yards off, at the top of the hill, and approaching at a very' rapid pace. On this the Defiance coachman drew off the road as much as possible, and the Jury would hear that, when the accident hap pened, the near wheels of the Defiance were two feet on the turf, the whole road, from bank to bank, being about 36 feet, and, when the coach lay overturned, it was entirely on the turf. Another strone proof of the side on. which the accident really originated was, that no person was se riously injured by the upset of. the Defiance ecacli, while several, besides the unfortunate gentleman who had been killed, on the Celerity, were severely bruised. Thomas Beadley Neylor, examined by Mr. Hatcoara— I a student of Magdalen-hall, Oxford ; I was going on the night between the 17th and 18th of June, by the De fianee, and was seated on the box ; it was not a very dark night, and the Defiance bad its lamps light€4l'; when I came within three miles of Exeter I saw another coach ap proaching ; we were then rather upon alba, with an ascent -..nonediately in front; when I first saw the other coach it was about 20 or 30 yards a-head ; the Defiance coital manballoed out ; we were then on our right side, the road cpnsisting of hard road in the middle, and turf on either side I our near wheels were as near the turf as eoesible, if not en it ; the other csaeh came on very fast, and had its lamps lighted ; when they approached, the coachman said to me, " We shall be over, Sir," and immediately after they came in contact, and I felt our coach going over ; we bad been going quite slow, not above six or seven miles an hour ; from the manner of the approach, and from after examination, it appeared that the fore-wheel of the coach awroacbing us struck our fore-wheel, carrying off the cap, and then went between the hind-wheel and spring; there wee decidedly room for the Celerity to vase without striking us ; Do one was hurt on our coach; the head of our cowl * : so nearly reached the extreme bank of the road, that you could not pass between ; our coachman seemed to endeavour to pull up immediately before the clash ; the Celerity fell in the centre of the road as near as possible, four or five yards from our coach ; it fell across the road, and not in a line parallel with the banks, like our coach. The prisoner being called upon for his defence, said, that all lie had to say was, that when be got within fifty yards, and as soon as be sew the Defiance, he hauled the horses in to the near side, and kept as close as he could to the turf, till the accident happened. It was now that the most interest ingpart of the case came on, and on which the whole matter went off. The indictinent contained four counts, in . two of which the death was described in different ways to have happened to a person of the name of Strange, and in the other two to have happened its the same way to a person un knower,. It was, therefore, quite clear that those counts which chstraed the prisoner with the death of Thomas Strange, fell to the ground, for there was not a tittle of evidence to prove that that was the name of the deceased. But to this Mr. Follett added •a curious objection, which wise, that in the three last counts the coach was described as being drawn by two geldings and two mares, and that no evidence to that -effect bad been adduced. After hearing . a great deal on both sides of the question, the Chief Justice decided that the objection was good, unless the horses were proved to be mares and geldings ; for t his p ur p ose Barrett, ate coachman, and Waters, were celled back ; but neither of thews could state any thing on that head. The case,' theedore, was gradually dying away a natural legal death, w h e n it was Alecovered that Mr. 'Woodward, a part pro prietor of the Ceteeity, was in Court. This lighted up the' prosecuting Counsel, and in a similar degree drew darkness upon "flux*/ Of the adveree faction." Mr. Follett said that the witness could refuse to be sworn ; that the prosecution, having c oncluded their case, had no right to call further tea r:mane. 'f he Chief Justice said, that it was in his power to adMit, at any time evidence on a m o od to ob- j ec tion ; that he should like •to see 54. Wood war an d refuse to l e sworn. Ale. Woodward was sworn ; bra r. , ough he knew that there was no stallion in the coach, because he had none in his poieeaii.on, it was quite impossible, out of his extensive stack, to tell evbat four the horse-keeper had put in harnest t'u that particular night. This testimony again transferred the light and shads ref the picture, which w a s completed on his Lordship's deelaring ;that all the ob jections were good, and fatal to the indictment in by 9. The matter .was now, of course, anpposed to be entirely settled ; but not so. The Jetty wanted to find a verdict ae.ainst the prisoner, although there was aeueh a glorious point of law to get over. At length, after a TOIL-ter of an hour's battling, they condescended to be persuaded, and a verdict was returned of " Not Guilty." • His LORDSUIP then said : that had the man been...found g uilty, be should have passed a light . senteniv on him, be- . cause it appeared that he was not the regular coachman. The propzietori, however, were highly to blame in trifling in this manner with the lives of the King's sui4ecte; and, indeed, should any one, after the public notice which tic SYT.O ti en giving, be tried before him, and be clearly convicted, he 4hould undoubtedly sentence.bim to be transported for life. Maule then, by the advice of his Counsel, traversed the indictment for furious driving till -next e lasizes, and the caw closed, he being discharged on giving THE DREADFUL FIRE AT SHEERNESS. ( Front the Conterbyry 11t7:01d, Aug. 2. ) r thonua PAILTICULAntIe On Tuesday night, dreadful and meet destructive fire broke out at Sheergeo, and the consiNuences have been most calamitous • g large part of Blue Town has fallen a prey. to the devouring element. The fire broke out on the premises of Igr, Clarke, a linen-draper, and from the combustible natur4,a the houses, being principally built of wood, they .cotati •nued to ignite one after the other.until 45 dwellings were entirely destroyed; every assistance was given by troops and sailors belonging to the men of war, and the guns of the guard-ships continued to Are, during the whole of the night, which, together with ;be .conflagration, exhibited a scene that we hope we mai never have to look upon again. It is at present itaposOble to state the amount of the loss of property which noist ensue from this misfortune, but it must be very cOiisiderahle; although many, of the 'sufferers are ;mitred. The scene was truly dreadful, and I shall send further varticulars for your next. ANOTRIt.S. ACCOUNT. Sheerness has again been visited by another cala mitous fire, the moat extensive and disastrous that ever- occurred at that town • forty five houses a re burnt down, and one hundred thousand pounds' of • property is , supposed to be destroyed.• I t. broke Out :it a quarter past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, at the shop of Mr. William Clarke , l inen -dra p er, High street, Blue Town, and raged with unabated 'fury till seven o'clock next morning; most of the pre ' anises, which are situated in High-street and Chapel street, consisted chiefly of shops, many of which contained very extensive stocks. The scene at present beggars all description, numbers are house ' less, and will End it difficult to obtain places, there being but feiv houses empty. George Vaux, azespectable surgeon of the city, was talking one day at Batson's Coffee-house ; and after he was gone, . upon a person present in quiring,—" What is this Vaux ?" . Ball, a quizzical old apothecary, replied, " Vox (Vaux) et pra-terea nihil." EkTRAORDINARY PENMANSHIP.-.411'. S. Oliver, schoolmaster, of Shopten, in Hereford shire, has written in the circumference of a penny piece, a task, w e believe, hitherto unequalled, the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, the Apostles Creed, twenty-one Collects, beginning with -the sth• . Sunday after Trinity, to the 25th inclusive, Ins name, place.di abode, day of the month, and the date of the ,year, together with drawing of the Crucifixion of our Saviour. CONFESSION OF SLADE. (From the Iluntingdon Journal of this day.) " On the morning of the 3d of July, I went direct from the Swan public-house at about halfoast two, being fresh at the time, and got over the garden wall; I saw Peter Saby at his door; I went to a straw wall near the dove house, and laid there till five in the morning ; I had a sword hid in the straw wall, which 1 had stolen from the Horse and Jockey public-house, in Huntingdon, it had been hid in the straw wall four or five weeks; I drew the sword out, and left the scabbard in the wall, mid put the sword down _my trousers, by my thigh.' I went into the garden, and saw Mr. Waterhouse then in the yard, but he did not see me. The garden door was not fastened : I opened the door and went in, up stairs, and hid myself in the wool chamber till six o'clock, for the purpose of plundering the house of any thing I could. I was asleep from five till ten, amongst the wool, and meant to have robbed him at night, but Mr. Waterhouse happening to come up stairs, heard me breathe, dare say I was snoring, upon which he came up to the chamber and called out, HollOa ! who are you ? what do you do here?' I then got up, drew the sword, and kid hold of him. He tried to go in at the chamber door, where the blunderbuss was, but I would not let him. I led him down stairs, he trying all the way to get up stairs. No conversation passed in coming down stairs. When we got down stairs, I Now, Mr. Water house, if you'll forgiVe me, I'll forgive you, and if not, this is your death-warrant," holding up the sword. He said—' No, I will suffer any thing . first.' I was then standing opposite to him, in the lower passage. When I.let him go, he went to run by me to the kitchen door, to call somebody. Upon which, just as he was turning into the kitchen, I struck him a back hand blow, the great cut across the jaw, and he reeled back, caught himself against the tub, and fell baCkwards into it. He guarded his head with his hands. When- in the tub, he looked steadfastly at me, and said, Don't murder me, what have I done ?' I then struck him several blows with the sword, which he laid hold of twice, upon which I drew it out of his hands, and cut his fingers. I also stabbed him in the throat, which was the last blow. He then said, lam done,' and died immediately. I did not hear the dog bark all the time, he would not bark at me. He barked once, when I got over the wall, but when he heard my step, he knew me, and was quiet. The kitchen door, leading into the yard, was wide open, all the time ; no person came into, or near the house, all the time ; no other instru ment was used hilt the sword, and no other per son was present, or knew any thing about it, until I . confessed to Mr. Brown, yesterday:— There was no blOod whatever upon me, except on my finger, which I spit on, and wiped on the grass, and one spot on my Waistcoat, which I scratched out immediately, and it was never seen. Having committed the murder, which was all finished by ten minutes past ten, viiich I knew, as I had my watch with me,- I immediately ran out of the house. I had pulled off my shoes when I first went into the garden, at five in the morning, and am sure that the footmarks alluded to in the evidence on the trial, were not made then. The one in the - garden may have . been mine, ai t l was in the garden the following day, when I was examined at Mr. Waterhouse 's by Mr. Torkington. On leaving-the house, I turned immediately to the right, and threw the bloody sword - among some young oaks near the priory I I then ran at the back of the hay ricks, went over that stile, where it was said the step was, without my.shoes, which I put on,when f got up to the top of horse close. In going through dovehouse close, I saw Parker by the dovehouse, but he did not see Me ; there was an old man at work in the church-yard at the same thne but he did not see me. After.getting over the stile, I turned to the right and went across the closes into the tunnel, as stated in the evidence, and saw the two women on the hill ; I did not stay in it a minute, but went down the dyke, and laid in Mr. Water house's field. It was about twenty minutes after ten when I got to the barley-field ; I remained there till seven at night, and then went to my own house round by the town, had my supper, and went to bed as I was going home, I saw folks running about ; on Wednes day I was at work at Stannion's. All that passed between Heddings and _me at the in quest was as folldws asked him whether he would go and drink with me ; he drew .on one side, and said, What do yoti think of this concern ?' I answered, I have a suspicion of old Wright.'" He said, lam sorry he is 'dead, as lief all the folks in the town should be dead as him, for J counted of having a quar ter of barley from him thia week.' I wish the public to be acquainted with this confession, which would have been made before it was, but fwm a fear of meeting my family, with their knowledge that I was - guilty. " .We have reason to 'belivp that. his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON will shoot over the utpors of his Grace the Duke of RUTLAND in the ensuing grouse sewn. A gentleman in this neighbourhood has offered his seat for the accomtandatlon of the Noble. Duke.— Shef f ield Courant. A GENTLEMAN IN THE PUBLIC LINE. — The fair and jolly dame of a pubVcan in this town, was, *hiring the present week, thrown into no small trepidation and pfirspiratlon, by the following occurrence :—An official person paid her a visit, and politely asked the hostess, " if she could trecortuaodate a gentleman in the public line with a bed ?" The landlady always willing to catch a good cus tomer, replied " Yes." But her surprise and horror was Ipexpresaible, when she discovered that she had absolutely can* ? hick Ketch. The public functionary, however, Was not permitLe.4 to put his cap on beneath her roof; the landlady very justly remarking, that it was difficult to draw a line of distinction in these days„- r ani that the recollec tion of him whose arguments were too knotty to be an swered, had ever since kept her mind in a state of suspen sion —lhntinydon Journal. TIGER 1.'4-NG.—A party of gentlemen from Bombay, one day visiting the stupendous cavern temple of Elephanta, discovered a tiger's whelp in pne of the obscure recesses of the edi ; flee. Desirous of kidnapping the cub, without encomit,ering'the fury of its dam, they took it up hastily and cautiously, and retreated, Being left entirely at liberty, and extremely well fed, the tiger grew rapidly, appeared tame and fondling as a dog, and in every respect entirely domesti cated. At length, when it had a.ttained a vast size, and notwithstanding its apparent gentleness, began to inspire terror by its tremendous powers of doing mischief, a piece of raw meat, dripping with blood, fell in its Way: It is to be observed that, up to that moment, it had Veen studiously kept from raw' animal fwd. The instant, how ever, it had dipped its tongue in blood, some thing like madness seems to have seized upon the animal :—a destructive prinpipta, hitherto dormant, was awakened—it darted fiercely, and with glaring eyes, upon its prey—tore it with fury to pieces- 7 4nd greWling and roaring in the most fearful manner, rushed off towards the Mingles.--London Weekly Review, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FRENCH PAPERS. From the Constitutionnel.) JULY " CORFU, 2.—Redschid Paeha was expected to turn his arms against Acrocorinthus; but be has just taken a route in the opposite direction, and has turned_ his steps towards Western Greece. Some people pretend that he is returning to Janina, to ap pease some disturbances that have broken out.there, and also to raise recruits, seeing that he has only a very small number of disposable troops, since he has garrisoned Athens. It appears ; however, more probable that he is going to Missolonghi to compel the Greeks, who are still in arms in and Acarnania, to submit to his power. Between the mountains Ilocossari and Anitios is a large piece of level ground, which may be defended by a very small number of armed men in occupation of the defiles which lead to it. This plain is of considerable ex tent, and very fertile; in its neighbourhood are pasturages large enough to maintain a considerable number of cattle. The Generals Zongaz, Rangos,. and Yscos the younger, deposited in that place their own families and those of their soldiers, and des cended into the plains to continue tke war. They. had thus forced the Turks to confine themselves to the fortresses of Lepanto and of Missolonghi, and had cut off all communication between RedsChid Paella and Albania. The Seraskier, in marching to Attica last year, had left in every village through which he passed, a certain number of Turks and Albanians to keep the roads open. The Greek chieftains were wise 'enough to treat as friends, in the descent which they lately made from the moun tains, all the Albanians who surrendered without re sistance.. They sent them under a strollg escort to the very places where they wished to be sent. It is asserted that Redschid Pacha is not on very good terms with Ibrahim Pacha, and that it is on account of the misunderstanding between them, that the Seraskier has not marched his forces against Acrocorintlius. The Arab . chieftain is still at Vostitza. Having learned that Colocotroni was collecting the forces of the Peloponnesus near fripolitza, hS has just sent a reinforcement to the garrison of that town, which was not very numerous. This corps of Arabians met many impediments on its march : at Tripotamos, the Greeks drew it into an ambush, in which they killed some hundreds of their enemies. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. VIENNA, JULY 22.—The news from Constan- tinople pours rapidly in succession. The vigorous resolutions' adopted by the Sultan do not, in the least, alarm the Members of the Diplomatic Body at Pera; for they all ask, how his Highness can re sist Russia ? It is whispered at Constantinople, that the Porte have despatched agents to Teheran, upon a mission to the Persian Government. It is conjectured that it relates to an offensive and. defen sive alliance between Turkey and Persia. On ano ther hand, it appears that the Divan has given orders for assembling a certain number of troops on the right bank of the Pruth, to protect Moldavia and Wallachia from any sudden aggression. (From the Gazette. de France, dated Thursday.) "ODEssA, JULY 15.—The letters from Constan- tinople of the 7th, announce that the Porte had re plied to several 'demands of M. de Ribeaupierre re lative to the convention of Akermann, in such a man ner as to prove that the Divan neglects nothing in the actual circutiltances for the punctual execution of that convention. It was consequently hoped at Pere, that immediately on the appearance of the fleets of the Allied Powers in the Archipelago, the Divan would accept the proposals relative to Greece. It is now no longer doubted that the protocol of the conferences of St. Petersburgh, reduced into the form of a treaty after the rectifications of the three Courts, will be presented to the Porte, as an ultintatzthi, with a peremptory term of 30 days for its acceptance, at the expiration of which the .measures resolved upon may be carried into execution. Within two months from this time the affairs of the East will take a decisive turn.—Augsburg Gazette. (From the Moniteur of Wednesday, August 1.) CORFU, JULY 3.—.-On the 25th of last month, Lord Cochrane had an action off Candia with the Egyptian squadron of 120 sail. After a very brisk cannonade, which lasted . 4.B hours, he succeeded in dispersing it, and sunk some of the vessels. The Greek squadron consisted of 80 sail. The Egyptian fleet had troops on board, and a great quantity of ammunition. The Turkish squadron has fallen back towards Navarin."—Journal du Commerce., " PARIS, JULY 3I.—M. IVleinard,. Commissary of Police, proceeded yesterday to the honee of Messrs. Achille Desanges, bookseller, Rue Jacob, and M. Beaudouin Brothers, booksellers, Rue de Vaugirard, where he seized the CEnvres Choises de Volney, in 2 vols. 32m0: " THE WEATHER. On Sunday evening, an extraordinary change took place in the weather, which, for some days pre viously, had been extremely hot. About eight o'clock flashes of lightning commenced—and, to wards nine, the whole atmosphere appeared, at in tervals, until about twelve o'clock, awfully, illu minated, with an accompaniment of the loudest thunderclaps remembered. Torrents of rain de scended, and, during the whole storm, a most suffo cating vapour, as if gunpowder exploded, infected the air. The line in which the electric matter was directed, seemed to be from South West to North East, and it was in the latter point that this terrible war of gaseous elements filially terminated. From what has occurred here, there is reason to fear that considerable local damage has been done. We learned yesterday that several cows have been killed near the town of Tullow, and that a hay stack, containing upwards of sixty tons of hay, the property of Robert Lautouche, Esq. has been totally consumed at Harristown. Mr. George Wilson, of Graigue, had a narrow escape from an appalling death. The electric fluid, attracted hy the guard-chain of this gentleman's watch, in its descent, shattered this and another steel chain and the main spring of his watch, all the works of which were at once demolished. Experienced farmers in this neighbourhood ex press apprehensions of extensive injury to the crops, as a consequence of this unusual thunder-storm, and the weather has, ever since, been very much un settled,--DriMin Morning Register. On Monday morning, about one o'clock, Newark was visited by a terrible thunder-storm, which lasted for several hours. The lightning was terrific, and, at times, seemed as if the whole town was on tire, which appalled the stoutest person who witnessed it. The electric fluid ran down the streets, and some poor Irishmen, who were in North-gate, without a place wherein to rest their weary limbs, stated that they expected every minute to be burnt. The rain descended in torrents, se that several of the streets had the appearance of a sea. Happily we have not heard that any damage was done at Newark. Some of the neighbouring villages were not so fortunate. At Claypole the church 'tee* was so much damaged by the lightning, that it is found expedient to have about fourteen yards of it pulled down. At Lanford, some in jury was done to the premises of Mr, Bornfant, farmer. A large tree, near to the Half-way-house, was split in two ; and at li.elhato a large oak tree had its hark stripped off, and the tree nearly shivered to pieces. Some of the bark was driven to a distance of fifty yards. At Cottam four sheep were killed. - S. Sharley, labourer, of North Musk ham, was struck down, and his hat knocked off by the fluid. On recovering himself he was so ill, that he re turned home, and his sight appears to be seriously affected by the stroke.---Nottingham Ret;iew. DUSTOORIE.- r -A great source of expellee to Europeans in India, is the universal practice among thOr domestics, of taking their ddstoorie (or bonus). Not a single article can be bought, however high or loyv its value, without a regular demand on the part of the servam, for a certain share of the purchase money. This the seller, if desirous 9r retaining his customer, is com pelled to give without a murmur, and must therefore, in self-defeney, Make an kxtra charge on his goods.---LondOk - Wrekly , Reviei. Pawn OF 7....... 2a , STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. lied. B9 % 9 i 3 per Cent. Cons.... 88N % s i% i 34 per Cent. Ditto Red. 95 , 4 '0 4 per Cent. New Ditto, 1896 - Bank Long Ann. 20 3-161 India Stock *59% Ditto Bonds 92 pni. I PRICEY OF FOREIGN FIND Austrian Bonds, 5 percent Brazilian Bonds 66% Buenos Ayres Bonds. ....6451% CLilian Bonds, 6 per ct. a. Colombian Bonds — Ditto, Ditto, 1824 12% Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1820 154 Uuatunala 310xica)i Bonds Do. Mb 70 691448% DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 60 61 pin. Ditto 5OO 2d. 60 61 pin. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial 5i 56 pm. Bank for Account India for Account' Cons. for Acet. SBMi7ii THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 .t Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New 45 Spanish, 1821 10% --- 1823 French Rent* 5 p. c. 104 f Exchange 251'. 50c. --- 3 per cent —t —c. -- Exchange —l. —c. DAY A• r ONE O'CLOCK. • Pail Per Share. £2O 3$ 5 7 1 4 8 6% 6 STOCKS, AUG. I. Ste Patrick Insur. (per sb.) Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank — Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings — PRICES OF SHARES THII Brazilian Mining Co. General Mining Association .. Hibernian Mining Co. PRICES OF ILLISII Bank Stock 240% 50 Console., 3 por cent. Gov. Stock; Sty per vent. 94 Ditto, New 94 4 per Cent lOl% Gov. Deli. 314 per cent Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Oftiee Deb. 4 p. ct — COURSE OF txcus Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight l2 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp l'l 4 Hamblirgli Altona 2% U. 37 2 Paris, 3 days; sight ....... 25 45 Ditto 2 U. 25 70 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frank - fort ou Maine, Ex.M.153 Petersburg!), rble... 3 Us. 10 Vienna, eWeetive fl. 2 51. 10 8 Trieste do. ffladrid Cadiz 34% Bilboa Barcelona 33% Seville 34 Gibraltar 46 MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres Dublin O Flauclers 0 O Frames • Gottenburgh 0 • 0 Guernsey& Jersey 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON ➢RIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 4•minutcl after 0.1 Evening minutes after 0. SUPPRESSED FRENCH ARTICLE ON THE LATE CHANGES IN THE ENGLISH MINISTRY. 31 R. BUCKINGHAM'S riew Weekly Journal, the SPHYNX, the Fifth Number of which appears This Day, will contain an Original Article, written in Paris for a French Paper, the GLOBE, on the Recent Changes in the English Ministry, but suppressed 'by the French Censors, and subsequently transmitted to England for publication, in the SPHYNX: In the same number will be given (in addition to a great 'variety of Li terary and Political Intelligence) an Original Article, by the Editor, on the reported Declaration of Independence by the Paella of Egypt ; developing new views on this subject. Orders for the Sphynx received by all Newsmen. —Office of Publication, 14'7, Strand. 5 A LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1827. Our City correspondent informs us that on the authority of a private letter-from Paris, it is asserted that a courier • has just arrived . . from , Constantinople, • bringing advices that the PORTE begins to. alter its tone since . it perceives that the Allied Powers are deter mined in enforcing their object of putting a stop to hostilities between the Greek and Turkish forces. Confident hopes are therefore enter tamed that no war will take place. IgGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 1 48 Genoa 25 60 Venice 46 Malta Naples 18% Palermo per oz. 115 Lisbon 49 Oporto 48% Rio Janeiro 32 Bahia 43 Buenos Ayre. Dublin, 21 days' sight .., 114 Cork BULLION, PER OL X. a. (1. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, irk bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Yew Dollars 0 0 0 Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. ' 1 Hamburgli 0 O Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward islands O Lisbon 1 O Malta 0 O Mexico 0 1 Waterford 0 fe- We received, lest night, the Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Gazette de France, dated Thursday morning. The latter contains an article from Odessa, which states that a hope was en tertained at Pera, that the Divan would accept the proposals relative to. Greece as soon as the fleets of the allied powers appeared in the Archi• pelago. That expectation seems, however,:not to rest on any good ground, for on the contrary, the accounts from Constantinople, by way of Vienna, describe the active exertions of the Sultan to assemble an army on the right bank of the Pruth, and hint that an alliance offensive and defensive between the Porte and Persia is in treaty. The defeat of the Egyptian fleet by Lord COCHRANE, on the 25th June, is again men tioned in the Moniteur, from the Journal du Commerce, and it is also asserted that the Turkish squadron had fallen back towards Na- vanii. FRENCH FuNns.—Rentes, Five•per Cents. 103 f, 65c. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 85c. ; Bank Actions, 2,010 f. _ _ FOREIGW •FuNns.—Rentes 'Nap. Cert. Fal. 78f. 65c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 63i 64i ; Spanish Interminable An nuities, 47f. ; Haitian Loan, 680 f. We received this morning Frankfort Papers, and the Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th ult. they contain nothing of political importance here, but perhaps the article relative to the . Swiss, may by, l idteresting to those who watch the delibera tions of the Diet : RkTISBOX, JULY 23• The Gazette of this city contains a very long account of the interment of the late Prince of Tour and Taxis at Ne res ; his loss is not only deplored by his family and his subjects, but will he particularly felt by the city of Ratis bon, where his Palace was the resort of all persons dis tinguished by their rank or their merit, and where he con stantly distributed large sums among the poor, besides being a :nowt liberal and zealous promoter of all useful and charitable institutions. His Serene Highness was married (before he was 20 years of age) on the 20th May, 1789, to the Princess Theresa Matilda Mecklenburg Strelitz, sister of the late accomplished Queen, Louisa, of Prussia, who survives him. He had four daughters and three sons., of whom only two daughters and one son are living. These are his Highness Prince Maximilian Charles, his successor; the Princess Esterhazy, and her Royal Highness the Duchess Sophia of Wurtemburg. FRANKFORT, JULY 27. Her Highness the Princesi of Esterhazy : (Princess of Tour and Taxis) has passed through this city coming from London. SWITZERLANp, JULY 24. in the Sittings of the 17th and 19th, the Diet was en engaged in discussing the question relative to the unfortu nate claSs of persons called the Heimathlosen,* but with out advancing the matter a single step. The question con cerns a number (not accurately blown) of families and in dividuals who, born in Switzerland, and belonging to it by descent and residence, are tint recognized in any canton or parish, and cannot settle any where, because they are every where refused admission; and who though with the best will and ability, honestly to gain a livelihood, are pre - vented -from so doing, us well as from educating their children, and are compelled to lead a vagabond life, the con sequence of ivllioli is the increase of beggars and thieve?. __The Concordat of the year 1819 was 'to put an end to thiS state of things ; but it remains a dead letter, • because no one sees to its execution, or is commissioned to do io. Every Canton sends themfrom its own territory to its neighbours, and then the evil increases and becomes worse every year, while the 'physicians hold annual con sultations, and cannot agree upon' the remedies. It was proposed two years ago to make an accurate list of all these persons, and divide them among the Cantons ; but before this can be done it would be necessary to stop the sources of the evil. Independent of less important causes, there are two grand sources of the evil. First, foreign military service ; se condly, marriages contracted in foreign countries, contrary to the civil code, and without licence. The Deputies of Zurich, Berne, Glarus, Vaud, and Argovia, spoke with particu lar energy against the increasing military capitulations, and the dangers proceeding from them. These do not occur in the Dutch Regiments, into which no foreigners are admitted, but in a high degree in .the French, and, above all, in the Neapolitan service.' Several Cantons have concluded military capitulations so disproportioned to their population, that they are obliged to enlist for the greater part foreigners. The latter are liable to the conscription in their own country, and if they enlist in the Swiss service they lose their settlement in their own country, and when they return from their military service, not being acknow ledged in their native country, they must remain in Switzerland. Nor is it in Switzerland alone, but also in the places where the regiments are sta tioned the strangers are enlisted for them, of whom the Cantons do not receive any inforrnation o and the false names, forged certificates of baptism, &c., used when they enlist, complete the evil. The danger is raised to the highest degree by the scandalous fact, that private persons (Colonel Salir Soglio, of the Gri sons), the governments of whose Cantons have re- . peatedly refused the , proposals made by the Neapolitan Minister, for the military capitulation, have been suffered to contract with Naples in their own names, and after being prohibited from enlisting men in their own Cantons, establish depots for recruits elsewhere without opposition. All these arguments have for the most part remained wholly unanswered by the Deputies of those Cantons which are fa vourable to foreign military service, and defend the use and abuse of it ; but the Deputy of Berne declared, that his Canton did not suffer any foreigners to be enlisted in the regiments which are raised for foreign service. * Literally the Homeless, i. e. individuals who have no legal settlement in any canton. Private letters from Greece state, that in the absence of the President Count CAPO D'IsTRIA, the Provisionary Government has named M. RAMIE RE President of the Senate. This Com mission has also decreed its thanks to his Majesty the King of BAVARIA, to the President of the United States, and M. EYNA RD. The modi fications Made to the Constitution of Epidaure have further objects, the guarantee of the rights of the Civil Laws, and a great extension of the power of the ExecutiVe, and the abolition of titles and distinctions with the institution of Tribunals. By his Majesty's ship L'Eclair, arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Callao, we have the intel ligence that on the 19th March the Colombian troops, to the number of 2,500, left that port in several transports for Guayaquil, escorted 'by the the Peruvian frigates Monteagudo and Libertad. His Majesty's ship Volage, Captain Boucnnn, remains in the Bay. The Blanche was at Callao, and was to sail for Valparaiso and Eng land in a few days. The letters by the L'Eclair are up to the Ist of April, at which time it was considered that the power of BoLivAR in Peru to sustain the Bolivian Constitution, was entirely at an end. The new Congress was to meet early in May. We request the reader's attention to the con fession of Slade the murderer, which we have copied from a Provincial Journal into our Paper of to-day. If properly authenticated in the first place, and . held worthy of credit in the second, it decidedly proves that he has been convicted on erroneous grounds. The three points which H seemed to weigh most with the Jury who found him Guilty, were the facts of the bill-hook being traced to his possession (or that of his family with wlibm he usually resided) of his shoes corresponding with the marks found in the garden, and beside the stile ,a day or- two after the murder, and the extraordinary con fession of Heddings. To controvert the first point, Slade unhesitatingly asserts that the murder was perpetrated with a sword ; the circumstantial evidence of the second is dis proved by the fact, that he " pulled off' his shoes when he first went into the garden ;" while the third is equally neutralized by his own unequi vocal denial. But, perhaps, the cautious reader may inquire what degree of reliance is to be placed upon Sldde's reported confession ? Let common sense decide the question. Hed dings, it is well known; expected to insure a pardon by his story of the murderer's acknowledgment ; while the murderer's own story tells against himself. The one gains all, the other loses all, by his account ; both are equally abandoned, but surely he is most worthy of credit who has made a disinterested, and gratuitous confession of his own guilt. With respect to his • inability to account for himself,' this ought only to weigh when added to a heavier and more convincing mass of circum stantial evidence. He might probably have been intoxicated at the time in question, and passed the night in a field, a ditch, or even by the road-side ; but does it therefore follow that he must, of necessity, have been g uilty ? It may heighten probability ; but, when life is at stake, , should never amount to conviction. The whole case, we think, resolves itself to this; if Slade be hanged, the justice of his punishment must almost entirely depend on his own confession ; and. yet that confession has been made Vier a conviction, whose fallacy it in part confirms. He has, therefore, been first condemned, and afterwards found guilty. It is reported at Lloyd's that the Potosi (Colombian) of 750 tons, from Talcahuanac to Monte Video, was burnt on the 6th May, in lat. 44. S. ; that the crew took to their boats, one of which arrived at Monte Video on the 19th of May ; the other, containing the chief mate and seven men, had not since been heard of. It is stated that a man, one of the crew, has arrived with this intelligence, without, however, any documents but the address of the owner. He adds, when he left, the master and supercargo were in good health. The Potosi was fortnerly in the Government service, and was called the Abundance store ship. - • THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVN o'Ciocr. Although the fluctuations in the price 'of Consols to-day were not important, yet they have beenxather mole frequent than is usual on a Saturday. They opened at 88i, the price, went down to 88k, sellers, have since been 881 and are now 88k, rather Sellers. Exchequer Bills are 60 1; and India. Bonds, 90 2 pm. The French Funds for Thursday come over nearly a percent. higher. Every thing in the Foreign Funds appears heavy, particularly Mexican Bonds. Some reports have been circulated that the present highly respectable agents of that Govern ment were likely to be changed to another merean- tile establishment, but which, we have reason to think, is untrue, have caused Mexican to wear a very drooping appearance, the present price being 69# 1 1-, there is, notwithstanding, some mystery hangingabout this Stock which cannot at present be cleared up ; Colombian are 32 i; Brazilian are a trifle lower,, being 67 ; the same observation applies to Spanish, which are 10 k. There is nothing worthy of notice in Shares, Brazil Mines are 8 9 pm.; Anglo Mexi can, 55 50 dis.; the only business doing is in the former, but it is of trivial import. Three per Cent. Console, 881 ; Ditto for Account, • 88i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 89 ; India Bonds, 90 2 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 60 1 pm. Two o' Ciocr. The English house is very thinly attended, and scarcely any business doing; Consols have been 88i, alternately buyers and sellers, for the last two hours, they are now the former. The Foreign Funds are equally unattended by dealers, who seem to be on the wing for their country residences. THREE 0' CL 0 CH. Consols for Account, 88g. sellers. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 881 1 Danish Bands 64 ' Do. for Ac. 88f 4/ Greek Do. 1825,_ 15! Brazilian Bondi 661 Mexican Do. 1825 69f Buenos Ayres Do. 64i Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. Russian Do. 951- Columbian, 1824, 321 Spanish Do. 1O FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. CANNING.—The state of Mr. CAN WINO'S health was not, we are concerned to say, 'so satis factory yesterday as it had been on the preceding day. The Right Hon. Gentleman continued confined to his apart ment during the whole of the day. Dr. Hor.Lawn visit ed Mr. CANNING yesterday at the seat of the Duke of DF VONSHIRE at Chiswick. The,late visit of Dr. MATON to Mr. CANN'No,.was for the purpose of giving his profes sional advice at a consultation on the state of Mr. Cali- WINO, in conjunction with other Medical Gentlemen. Mr. Casorma has, it is said, by the advice of the faculty, un• dergone,a surgical operation. • Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambas sador, had an interview with Viscount DUDLEY yesterday, at the Office of the Secretary of'State for Foreign Affairs. The Earl of HARROWBY, Viscount PAL MERSTON, and Mr : . WYNN, visited Viscount GODERICH yesterday;at the Colonial Office. Sir HERBERT TAYLOR arrived in town yes terday morning from attending tbe KING at his Royal Lodge, in Windsor Park, where Sir HERBERT had been staying since Wednesday afternoon. About two o'clock in the afternoon Sir HERBERT held a levee at the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, in the Horse Guards, which was attended by 50 Military* Officers. Arrived at Gibb's Hotel, .Edinburgh,—Tlie Right Hon. Lord Hawke, the Hon. Edward Hawke, R. Sliedden, Esq. Wimpole-street, London, and Lady ; H. R. C. Cary, Esq. and Lady ; S. Lysons, Esq. of Glouces tershire; Richard Moore, Esq. Roffbourgh, Ireland ; Longridge, Esq. ; George Stoddart, Req. from Madeira ; Captain H. Patton, R.N. ; Rev. W. G. Garret, Samuel Solby, Esq. Rev. T. C. Winicom and Lady, J. E. Vivian, Esq. .T. Borland Harris, Esq. Leyton, Ewa ; H. G. Trail, Esq. Brook-street, London ; Augustus Dennig, Esq. ; A. Franchetti, Esq.; John Botoler, Esq. ; J. Col lett, Esq.. Locker-house, Herts, Set off from the same place,—Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford,' the Right Hon. Lady Louisa Russell, Right Hon. Lord Henry Russell, Right Hon. Lord Cosmo George Russell, Right Hon. Lord Alex. George Russell, E. R. Landseer, Esq. the Rev. W. G. Garrett, Edward Clark, Esq. of New York ; Andrew Stein, Esq. of Ken netpans ; William Hope, Esq. of Liverpool, and Lady, and Mrs. Milne; John Forbes, Esq. and Mrs. M. Forbes; Count Theodore Medim, Count Alex. Medici], Baron Marion de Beaulieu, Arthur Cazenove, Esq. Arrived at Oman's Hotel, (6, CharlOtte equare)—The Aon. Mr. and Mrs. Dundas, Sir George Abercrombie and Miss Abereromby. Set off from the same plaCe,—The Right Hon. the Earl and Countess of Breadalbane, Right Hon. Lady Hannah Thorp, Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth Camp bell, General and Mrs. Pye. DIED.—On the 3d instant, in Craven-street, Strand, ALEXANDER JAMES GRANT, the infant on of Mr. STEWART. THE WEATHER.—During the last ten days the weather in this quarter has been unusually variable for the season of the year. A number of heavy showers have fallen, most of them in the night time, but as they have uniformly been followed by strong solar heat, and fine easterly winds, the crops have been nothing injured. Sunday last was very warm and sultrys and on Monday morning this 'place was visited with a‘se vere thunder-storm. About four o'clock the peals were very loud, and the lightning particularly vivid. To the .westward of this city, the rain fell in torrents for nearly two hours. Several fields of strong oats and barley were, in consequence laid, but the weather having since been dry, they are quite recovered. This thunder storm has been been more severely felt in the west country than it Las been in this quarter.—Scotsman. BLADE.--An extract from a Private letter (dated Bury Saint Edritunds), states that '3/Ode's execu tion has been respited till !at of September.. ANOTHER DEATH BY FIGHTING.—We are grieved to state that another pugilistic contest has taken place in this town, and ended in the death of an individual of the name of Paul Thompson. The fatal rencontre, we understand, took place between the deceased and Jonathan Howarth, in a field near St. George's Road, on Monday night. An Inquest was held on view of -the body of Thompson on Thursday last, when the Jury, after hearing such evidence as could be procured, found a verdict of Manslaughter against'Geo. Howarth, Jonathan Howarth, John Williams, Patrick McDonald, and Patrick Clemson. Geo. Howarth, it appears, is the father of Jonathan, and was his second in the disgraceful transaction. The Co roner committed hint to Lancaster, to take his trial there at the ensuing Assizes, and issued his warrant for the an, prehension of the other parties, who hare absconded.e... Morning Herald. - -THE Po TATOES.—Though the crops round this city are excellent, the potatoes merit part►cular no tice. The alternate showers and sunshine—the regular supplies of moisture—followed, by warm and genial wea ther, has btlen highly favourable for them. The stems are strong and vigorous—not a blank is to be seen in the drills, and while there is every probability that they will be excellent in quality, there is every appearance of the most abundant return that has been obtained for a number of years. The prospect of a superior crop of potatoes be comes the more gratifying from the consideration that they form a substantial part of the poor man's subsistence. A paragraph in our last stated, that pulling off the apples was of great benefit to the potatoes ; and it is worthy of being generally known that they are excellent food for the cows. It has been ascertained that when about two-thirds of their, keep is composed of them, their milk is improved both in quantity and quality..---Scotsman.