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many of whose offences were characterised by a ma lignity which one would hope but seldom occurs; and in the exercise of my duty, it became necessary for me, tor the protection of the inhabitants of this county, to perform the painful task of making some melancholy examples, as sacrifices on the altar of offended justice. I now turn, however, with sin cere pleasure from those painful recollections, and am happy to find that the present calendar does not exceed one-third in point of number when compared with the last, and certainly in point of malignity, as far as I have been able to perceiv e' it does not alarm me; and t indulge iii the hope that on the present occasion it will not be necessary to make any of those dreadful examples that justice sometimes requires. While lam on that subject, I must mention that the depositions in some cases have not been returned as they ought to have been; and to that omission I am most particularly anxious to call your attention, with a view to its amendment, because it is, and ever must be, the anxious desire of those who have to assist in the administration of public justice, to inform themselves as correctly as possible of the nature of the offences which are to come under their consideration. Gentlemen, within the last few months, the criminal code has undergone some important revisions and amendments ; and as it is the duty of the judges of the land to assist pe riodically in the administration of justice, it is also their duty at that season to expound the nature of the laws to all those who are interested in them. I shall, therefore, very shortly request your attention to some of the provisions of the new acts, as far as they relate to the offences enumerated in the calendar. The acts to which I allude are those passed to take effect from the Ist day of July last. ".i;he great inconvenience attendant on the ancient law in many criminal cases, could only be known to those who had frequent occasion to refer to the statute book. The object of those recent acts was to simplify and consolidate a variety of those almost obsolete enactments. Not less than one hundred and thirty old Acts of Parliament were repealed during the Session in which those Acts were passed. By those Acts the law is simplified as it relates to larceny and other crimes, and is reduced to so compact a form, that I might say those who run may read, and all men may know the laws, by which means they may avoid becoming transgressors. One of the ob jects was, to abolish what was termed " the benefit of clergy," a privilege which, in bar barous ages and more unlettered times, might have been convenient, but which, in the present enlight ened age, when knowledge and literature are so ge- Aerally diffused among all ranks of the community, was certainly an idle and senseless ceremony. The dietinctions between grand and petit larceny were eleo removed, and'a material alteration made in the law respecting burglary. As I don't think there are any cases of stealing within the curtilage of the present calendar, I shall merely mention the amendment under that head in a general way. In cases where an actual dwelling-house is broken into in the night, the repose of the inmates disturbed, and their lives possibly put in jeopardy, by the present law, as well as by the former law, it was deemed necessary to protect in .dividuals from such dangers by making such a crime a capital offence ; but the severity of the ancient law was not required for the protection of property in outhouses, because the breaking into them is not at tended with those alarming circumstances which an attack upon a dwelling-house must necessarily in spire. I shall therefore merely remark on the sub ject of cartilage, that unless the building broken into is part of a dwelling-house, or immediately connected with one by some covered passage, it is not entitled to the ssme protection which the law formerly ex tended to it. Those refinements which formerly existed regarding the breaking arid entering a dwell ing-house in the night time are now removed by the new law. To constitute the crime of burglary, you are aware it was formerly necessary that it should be committed in the night time, and then the ques tion arose as to whether there was light enough to discern the features of a man's countenance. That question is now set at rest, for by the new law the breaking and entering any dwelling-house and steal ing thereout property of the smallest value, whether by night or by day, is a capital offence. So also the distinction as to whether any one is within the dwelling-house, and property to the amount of five shillings is stolen, is done away with ; and the poor cottager who is obliged to leave his home for the purpose of attending h i s work is protected. With regard, also, to the clime of stealifq in a dwelling-house, formerly stealing to the amount of 4 0s. thereout was a capital offence. That was the law by an Act passed at a period when money was of greater value than it is ut pre sent ; and in order that the law should now be pro portioned to the intrinsic value of property to con stitute a capital offence, the property stolen must in value amount to N.' I am not aware that any fur ther observation is required from me relating to these new laws as respects the offences in the we re= calendar. I must, however, remark that tfiere ; s . e commitment early in the calendar where the priso. -ster is charged with breaking and entering into a dwellin.7-house with the intent to steal, no person being therein. That is not an offence within the meaning of the ne'w Act, to which I have alluded, because it was cornant!ed before the new Act took effect ; and you will obsero that all offences com- T . are mitted up to last hour of the la:!t tiny of .Tune, not within the meaning of that Act, w i inch only came into operation on the first day of July last. I have no doubt some bills will be presented to yO,- 1 under the old law, and some under the new, which will therefore require your attention to this point, as it seems to me that the gentleman who made out the commitment in that case , conceived it to be a felony to break and enter a dwelling-house in the day-time with intent to steal, no person being there in, before the Ist of July, when in fact it was only an indictable misdemeanor. I observe th at there is case of manslaughter, which I-• think will deserve your most serious attention, from what I have been able to collect. There are some cases which lam soery to have to mention, and which I shall speak of merely generally, as I should be sorry to offend the feeling of any one. I allude to cases affecting female chastity. You are aware,. I have no doubt, that where any indulgence of that description is taken with a girl ander ten years of age, consent on her part is unavailing. If, therefore, you are satisfied that two things necessary to constitute the offence have taken place, and that tile connexion was com- - - - . rgleted, although there may have been nothing like J.-esistance or disinclination on the part of the girl, you must find the bill for the capital offence. But on l oo king at the depositions, I think you will find that the altarge cannot be established to the fullest exten.: ; and therefore, if you should be of opinion that the offence could not have been .cousurnmEged, it will be only a misdemeanor, and it will be better to have a bill prepared for the assault. G e ntlemen of the - Grand Jury for . the city of Gloucester---I have read with attentwii the depo sitions relating to offeneee within your jurisdiction, and am happy to observe that there will not be more than three bills of indictment to come before you for offences committed in this city. One of them is certainly a most serious offence—l allude to the indictment under Lord Ellenborough's Act, an Act which has by some been described as written in letters of blood. It contains a provision which ap plies to the present case. That if any person shall wilfully stab or cut any of his Majesty's subjects, he, I ' ll eiders or abettors, shall be guilty of a capital " 6 . e lice. But that enactment is restrained by a pro ", that unless in case death ensued it would amount to murder, it is not a capital offence. It therefore becomes rk„essary_ to inquire whether there are cir 414mstances manifesting a malignity and deliberation o f purpose which would have made the wound a mount to murde r in the eye of the law. gentlemen of the Gr an d Jury for the county and all the Genti lcmen of the G, ancii Jury for the city,—These are , 1 ,!,elieve, you, as observations fara necessary to be offered .to 2 1 ,,.3d practical experience mind suggests. I have already I , e , i ii w hi c h ion q 4 :_t i es ate executed in of the man 'n ""`"' in this county and city ; and I therefore feel confident that when you retire to your respective chambers, you will proceed in such a manner as will ensure the ends of Justice; conducting your inquiries without fear, favour, or affection, as the faithful guardians of that law, the execution of which is now intrusted to your care. John Somers, aged 14, and nomas Face, aged 12, were indicted for stealing Is. 6d., the property of Thos. Fawkes. The Jury found the prisoners " Guilty," and Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, in passing sentence, observed to Somers, that as he was an old offender, he should make a difference in the punishment, as he feared that he had been the means of leading Face into this offence, and the punishment he had formerly received seemed to have failed to have the desired effect. The sentence of the Court, therefore, was, " that John Somers should be transported for seven years ; and Thomas Face be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for six months." Mary Ann Martin was indicted, charged with having feloniously broken open the dwelling-house of Sarah Whitehead, at Rodmarton, and stolen there out 275. in shillings and sixpences, I I dollars, and a key, the property of Sarah Whitehead. The Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, " acquitted" the prisoner. She appeared at. the bar with a fine sprightly child about a year old, in her arms; and, although not good-looking, from the peculiarity of the case, ex cited considerable interest. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—fIow many children have you P--Prisoner—Only this one, my Lord. Mr. Baron Vim-IAN—How long have you been married ?—Prisoner—Six months, my Lord. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. Joseph Mayo, was indicted for having obtained from the shepherd of Thomas Tarling, five fat Sheep, under the pretence that he had bought the same of the said Thomas Tarling, at Cirencester-market. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN summed up the evidence, and the jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN--I hope this will be a warn ing to you, not to buy any more sheep that way in future. George Allum, who was convicted at the last Assizes for the county of Oxford, of robbing and attempting to murder William Piggott, a driver of one of Tanner and Bayliss's waggons, on Gangs den-hill, on the road between Oxford and London, about two o'clock on the morning of Easter Tues day last, was recently executed at Oxford, pursuant to his sentence. He made a full confession of his guilt, adding, that he had no intention of murdering Piggott, as he only struck him one blow with the hammer, which felled him so close to the horses, that if he had not seized him by the legs and pulled him out of the way, the waggon-wheels must have gone over him. The case excited an extraordinary degree of interest, as the evidence was entirely cir cumstantial, Piggott having lost all recollection from the moment he received the blow till he found him self in the public-house at the top of the hill, and he had only obtained a very indistinct view of Allum previously, as he dodged him up the bill. No place could have been better chosen for the commission of such a crime than Gangsden-hill, which is a long steep hill on the London side of Dorchester, the road lying between two high banks. On the left hand side of the ascent there is a deep wood, and at the bottom and top of the hill there are stiles across two paths leading through the wood, to Huntercombe End, a small hamlet, the birth-place and residence of Allum. Between Huntercombe End and Gangsden hill there is a cottage inhabited by a labourer, named Russell, where Ann Richardson, Allum's sweet heart, lodged, and where he spent the evening be fore he attempted the murder. The siile at the bottom of the hill is where Allum is supposed to have waited for his victim, and that at the top of the hill the one on which he sat down after the rob bery, and where, according to his confession, on re flecting on the crime he had committed, he felt that he would have given the whole world to have re stored Piggot (whom he thought dead) to life again, and to have returned him his money. Allum, although only 22 years of age, acknowledged having been guilty of several petty thefts, and attributed all his misconduct to poaching, which had led him step by step to the crime for which he suffered. He warned his fellow-prisoners on the Sunday before his execution to avoid a similar fate by abstaining from poaching, and seemed most thankful for the reli ligious instructions he had received during his con finement. By his desire Ann Richardson came to take leave of him, as well as his father, mother, bro ther, and sister. His poor mother was deeply af fected at the trial. According to his previous deter mination, he refrained from saying any thing at the place of execution. From the appearance of Allum at the trial, it was evident he had been in a very destitute condition previous to the robbery, and his anxiety to obtain better clothes to gain favour in the eyes of his sweetheart was certainly one in ducement to the commission of the offence of which he was convicted. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal des Debuts.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) " MADRID, Aua. 22.—Merino, tile Clergyman whom Recacho kept under the surveillance of the police, has taken advantage of the deprivation of this Minister; to regain his liberty. He has gone to Alcarria, a province in which, since the death of fie,iieres, the Carlos party has always maintained the same influence. _ " The report of the Captain-General of Saragossa states, that the part of Lower Arragon which is connected with Navarre is overrun by two parties of Carlists from Catalonia. In regard to this province its condition becomes daily more critical: yet the Marquis de Campo Sagrado has not hitherto re ceived more troops than 400 infantry, and 200 ca valry, which he has placed at Alataro, to keep this town in subjection. The number of troops which, up to the present time, are on the march for Cata lonia, cannot be reckoned at above 1,600 men, al though it would require 8,000 to undertake the pa cification of this provipee with any chance of suc cess. " The Government which the Carlists have created has its seat at Vich ; and although the Pre sident of this Government, which is but a junta, like that of Urgol, has not been ostensibly named, every body believes that it is the Marquis de Meta- • florida who is the chief of this Carlist junta. It has published a proclamation, or, more properly, a spe cies of manifesto, explanatory of the motives which have impelled the inhabitants of Catalonia to take arms. Never will they lay them down,' it is said, until the police shall be abolished, and the Inquisi tion re-established. " Calomarde has created a department, attached to the Minister of Grace and Justice, denominated the Section of Police.' It is charged. with the duties heretofore confided to Recacho. Zorilla, Chief of Madrid and its province, is employed in putting in force the old police order, whereby all the officers and servants of the Con stitutional Government were required to remove to a distance of 26 leagues from Madrid. More than 10,000 persons will be affected by this measure, so scrupulously is it carried. into effect by M. Zorilla, according to his threat. " Recacho had directed a great number of legal proceedin g s on account of politic a l o pinions to be suspended. M. Zorilla has revived them, and has already caused several persons to be arrested whom M. Recacho had suffered to remain peaceably in their homes. " The Duke de San Carlos appears to have lost some of his influence : it is certain, at least, that he does not visit the King so often as he used to do. " A vast number of travelling carriages have been in requisition this morning for St. Ildefonso. All the members of the Council of State must be there to-morrow to meet the King, who will preside. A note of Mr. Lamb, requiring some information in regard to the troaWes in CAtalonia l and the um -- • . sures taken by the Government to repress them, seems likely to be the object which has occasioned this extraordinary conference. (Frain the Constitutionial.) (EXTRACT OP ANOTHER PRIVATE LETTER.) • " MADRID, AUG. 26.-11 is asserted that his Ex cellency the Duke del Infantado has been one of the foremost to express his joy at the overthrow of the police, and that he loudly manifested it in the Coun cil of State, observing—' Since so zealous a Royalist as M. Zorilla has been selected to govern Madrid, we may sleep in tranquillity. Divine Providence has spared Europe great evils by the death of Mr. Canning, and Spain great misfortunes by the fall of M. Recacho.' " Amongst the crowds of people who forced Re cacho to seek refuge in the corps de garde at the Post-office, were the Marquis de Cardenax, wearing his order of Charles III.; General Checa; M. Ga les, Commandant of the artillery of the Royalist volunteers of Madrid ; M. Urbistondo, chief in the office of the Minister of War, and an officer in that militia ; the Advocate Cabia, and many other first. rate Apostolicals. " A caricature has. been circulated by the Apos. tolicals here, which represents Don Miguel in the costume of his warlike patron (St. Michael); he is falling, sword in hand, upon a legion of diabolical genii, who represent the Portuguese Constitu tionalists ; the latter are flying from the destructive blows of their adversary. Don Pedro, in the cha racter of an agent of Lucifer, is making fruitless efforts to lead them back to combat. St. Peter, with the keys of Heaven in his hand, is inviting Don Miguel, with great earnestness, to enter Para dise; but the latter, in a style perfectly heroic, re plies—' No, great Saint, I will not enter till I have made an end of these scoundrels.' " PARIS, AUG. 30.—The night before last, a pamphlet was seized, by order of Government, en titled " Historical Account of the Funeral of M. Manuel, late Deputy of La Vendee." It contains the speeches delivered at his grave, by M. Lafitte, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, by General Lafayette, of the same chamber, and by Al. de Schonen, Counsellor of the Cour Royale, of Paris. (From the Gazette de France dated Sept. 1.) " TRIESTE, AUG. 20.—Letters from Corfu, dated the sth, say that Lord Cochrane fell in, on the Ist of this month, with a division of the Turkish fleet off Zante, and attacked it with such impetuosity that the Turks were oblige to fly, leaving eight men of war in his hands. On the 2d, Lord Cochrane sailed with his prizes for Castel Tornese. The St. George brio., commanded by his Lordship's nephew, was ordered to give chase to the Turkish ships in their flight, and i" possible to take possession of them. It is presumed that they have sought refuge in Patras.— This fortunate event will probably raise the courage of the Greek marine, and revive the confidence of the Greeks in Lord Cochrane. " MADRID, AUG. 20.—1 t is believed that the Duke of San Carlos will set out for Paris at the be ginning of September. The greatest tranquillity prevails at Madrid. The assemblages of the popu lace which took leave on the departure of M. Re cacho, would have been of no consequence had there not been some persons of importance, and who are well known, among the rioters. " AUGUST 22.—A report has been circulated of the arrival of Don Pedro at Lisbon. This news has caused no sensation. " The Council of State has been very much en gaged for some days past : it sits six hours every day : frequent couriers are despatched from Madrid to the Royal residence. " By the King's order 6,000 men are now on their march to Catalonia ; the troubles in that pro vince need not excite any serious alarm; but it is necessary that the discontented, under whatever banners they range themselves,---and we suspect here more than one revolutionist among the Agraveados—should lose the habit of carrying on war. Three thousand men would have sufficed to restore order: the Spanish Government, however, has acted with prudence in sending a greater number. " The death of pected, has made a very' great sensation here; whoever may be his successor, i t i s impossible that the policy of England should not he modified. " PARIS, AUG. 31.-IVe have reason to believe that the exhibition of the production of the French manufactures will remain open during the whole of the month of September. It is said that his M a .. jesty has given ground to hope that he would him self preside at the distribution of the rewards granted to the manufacturers who have the most distinguished themselves. There is not one but will appreciate this favour, which will render th e h o nourable dis tinctions they shall have obtained by their useful labours doubly valuable in their eyes." FRENCH FuNos.—Pones, Auu. 31.—Five per Cents. 1031. 90c. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 83c.; Neapolitan Rentes, 7Sf. 70c. Exchange on Loud on , one month, 2.5 f. 25e. ; three months, 25f. 10c. DUTCH AND HAMBURGH PAPERS. NEWS OF THE ARMY IN GEORGIA. ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 15.—General Paske witsch, after leaving a detachment under Lieut.- General Krapovsky to occupy the Monastery of Etchmiadzine, and to observe the Fortress of Erivan, marched on the 21st of June (3d July), with the rest of his troops to Nakkitchevan, where he hap pily arrived on the 26th June with his vanguard and the Ist division. The 2d divison arrived there on the 27th June, and marched; on the Ude towards Abas Abad. Thus, in spite of the excessive heat, which was 43 deg. (129 deg. Fahrenheit) in the sun, and from 30 to 33 deg. in the shade, the troops arrived at Nakkitchevan in six days. Except in the last day, they were not molested by the enemy, when detachments of 1,500 or 2,000 me , .l, observed our motions at the distance of about 20 wersts (13 miles). On the 24th June (6th July), a corps of about 1,500 of the enemy's horse was seen on the other side of the Araxes, marching along the bank of the river, and which, at the mouth of the Ar pachal, turned to the right by the road of Makin, as well as another corps of 300 horse. On the 26th (Sth July) 3,000 of the enemy's cavalry, command ed by Hassan Khan and Naghi Khan, were seen on the other side of the Araxes. Lieut.-General Prince Eristoff, with the regiment of dragoons of Nesling Novgorod; two companies of Cossacks, the Georgian Militia, and four pieces of horse artillery, advanced towards th e A raxes , w hi c h he found it impossible to pass on account of its great depth; but the enemy's cavalry, being at no gr e a t distance, some discharges of artille ry s h ot, great directed, obliged it to disperse, after having had some men killed. The inhabitants remaining in the mou nta i ns, to the left of the road, forming all abo ve 2,000 in fa milies, have submitted to his Majesty the Emperor, and not only not a gun was fired on our right, but we were able to purchase 1,000 head 9f oxen, and the inhabitants brought various provisions to the camp for sale.l On the 24th June (6th July) the Chiefs of the Tartars who inhabit the banks of the river Bour gouschet, on the south frontier of Karabagh, as we ll as those of the Karapapaklis, waited on General Paskewitsch, begging him to place them under the protection of the Emperor; the General immediately gave safeguards to th e f or m e r, and appointed for Vekeil, or Chief of the latter, Mahomet Aga, the competitor of Naghi Khan, who, with one half the tribe, remains with Hassan Khan.—Journal of St. Pet ersburgh, Aug. 16. BERLIN, AUG. 26.—The latest official account from the Persian frontiers announces a considerable advantage gained the 17th July, by General Paske witsch. His first operation was to besiege Shas Abad. During this he learned that Abbas Mirza, united with the Schop, at the head of 40,000 men, was advanc ing to raise the siege; that Hassan Khan, with his cavalry, was advancing from Scharlour, and the Ge neral resolved to go to meet the enemy. The Russians leaving a few troops before Abas Abad, marched with eight battalion s and all the cavalry from the camp of Nakkachevan ; the infantry passed the 4" 0 .4' • 4 , 1 T 1 IP 4°7401° 44191 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1827. His MAJESTY will hold a Council at Windsor this day, when it is expected Mr. Husmssow will receive the seals of the Colonial Office, Mr. HERRIES those of the Exchequer, and Mr. CHAS. GRANT be appointed Treasurer of the Navy, and President of the Board of Trade. • We shall not, until those appointments have ac tually taken place, do more than offer our hearty congratulations to the country, that by the special and gracious interference of his LWAJESTY, all the difficulties which had arisen in carrying this arrangement into effect have been happily obvilted, and the country been thereby saved from the evils which even expected change of Ministry would have entailed upon it. The liberal policy which has guided his MA JESTY'S Councils will now be maintained in fidl vigour, and we may confidently antici pate that a Ministry, composed as the Ad ministration will be—will possess the confidence of the SOVEREIGN and the people, and will ad vance the honour and general interests of the empire. In another column will be found extracts from the Paris Papers of Friday, and the Gazette de France, dated Saturday morning. The latter contains a letter from Trieste, dated the 20th ult., which states, on the authority of advices from Corfu, that Lord COCHRANE, on the Ist of August, obtained a decisive victory over the Turkish fleet, off Zante, which left eight of their ships of war in his hands. The accounts from Spain and Portugal are of the same character as all the intelligence which has recently reached us from thence. Reports were circulated at Madrid Of the arrival of Don PEDfto at Lisbon, but we know by later accounts that there was no foundation for those reports. We understand that an express has arrived from Paris this morning, by which it is learnt that the 3 per Cents. closed On Saturday night at 73f. 20c. We have not, however, yet re ceived any Papers. Brussels Papers to the Ist inst. and the Age gemeine Zeilung to the 26th ult. have also reached us. They announce the closing of the Hungarian Diet on the 18th ult. and the ratifi cation of the Concordat between the Holy See and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which was officially published on the 29th ult. His Majesty's packet, Sandwich, has arrived with a Lisbon mail, having sailed from the Tagus on the 11th ult. Th e f o ll ow i ng are extracts of Lisbon Gazettes, rece i ve d by thi s o pportunity : 4. OF FI CIAL.—.DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. 46 LISBON, Attu. B.—The Decree of the 2d September and the sth December, 1822, having determined that the domains of the State should be sold, and the produce ap plied to the discharge of the public debt; and the Portaria the sale of those d oma i ns, i n expectat i on of various measures ugust, 1826, ha v i ng temporarily suspend e d now be taken ; I thi n k fit to order, i n th e of hn t 2e f ich cannotBe A King, that the Council of Finance, and other coropeteut authorities, shall proceed io the sale of these domains, accepting in payment Bonds of the Public Debt, without interest, in the manner which shall be the most advantageous for the State, and the public credit, which must at all events be promoted. " Cabias da Rainha, 16th July, 1827. " Signed by the Infanta Regent, " MANUEL ANTONIO DE CARVALHO." AUGUST The Infanta Regent, in the name of the King, desiring to prove the interest she feels in the main tenance of the public cred►t, orders that thirty contos of Reis shall be paid out of the public treasury to the Com missioners for paying the interest of the Royal Loans, ac cording to the law which the said Commissioners (Junta des Jams) lent to the Treasury in compliance with the notice of the 31st of March, 1826. "M. tie CARVALHO." " Palace of Cintra, Aug. 8, 1826. lassort, AUG. 10.—Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent arrived at Coimbra on the 7th instant ; and we are happy to say that her valuable health is greatly improved. His IVlajesty's packet brig Kangaroo has ar rived with a mail from Jamaica, having sailed from thence on the 10th July, and from Crooked Island on the 21st. We received last night Dutch Papers to the lst inst. and Hamburgh Papers to the 29th ult. They contain accounts of the operations of the Russian Army in Persia, in which the advan tage is claimed for the Russians; but it is their own account. Extracts of these Papers are given in another column. Frankfort papers of the 27th August came to hand this morning, from which the following are extracts. The intelligence contained in these papers, from Constantinople, repeats the former accounts of the great activity with which the organization of the Turkish land and marine forces is proceeding. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 25. Perfect tranquillity prevails in this capital, as well as great activity in the organization and exercise of Turkish land and marine forces. Couriers are received and dis patched almost daily by the European Ambassadors, The Ottoman Ministry has consultations almost every day. The Turkish Egyptian squadron has been seen near Candia, and will probably direct its course either to Hydra or Napoli di Romania. Two Greek ships were lately sequestrated in the Dardanelles one of them was from Saxtorino ; the other from Mikone. They were under Russian colours, but were not provided with the usual papers in the pre scribed form—but merely with a pass given by the Consul of another nation, who had no authority to do so. The Russian Minister, M. de Ribeaupierre, has recognised the sequestration as valid, and caused the Russian flag to be taken from the two vessels, which have been found also to have hitherto exercised piracy. The ships have been brought to the arsenal, and the crews lodged in the prison of the galley-slaves. Three other ships are said to have been detained in the Dardanelles a few days ago. SWITZKRUAND, AU4. 21. At the end of the Sitting on the 16th, the President of the Diet declared the Session terminated; he gave a review of its labours, and applauded the excellent spirit that had prevailed. The Naples Journal of the 13th, and the Diario di Roma of the 14th inst., have reached us this forenoon, from which the following are Acoon ontbridges resting on lourdoicks (ox hides closely sewed up, and filled with air), an invention of the General, and the cavahy rode through the river. The enemy occupied an advantageous position near D'jelav Boulak, and had about 16,000 cavalry under Abbas Mirza; notwithstanding this and the great heat, the General immediately gave orders to attack. A body of 5,000 irregular cavalry was kept in check by the dragoons of Nichuy Novgorod with four cannon, while the main body of the Russians attacked the right wing. Though the enemy kept up a heavy cannonade, the Russians were successful ; the enemy were thrown into confusion, and hastily abandoned their positions. They were pursued for 35 wersts by our cavalry, consisting of the above-mentioned dragoons, a brigade of Hulans, and some regiments of Cossacks, and G e n era l Paskewitsch returned to the Araxes in the evening. The enemy lost 400 killed, 100 prisoners, and two standards; the Russians had nine killed and 29 wounded, On the following day the standards taken were displayed before Abas Abad, and on the 19th July that place, which had 18 guns and a good stock of provisions, surrendered. The garrison, com manded by a son-in-law of the Sella!), are prisoners of .war. The General speaks in high terms of the courage and perseverance of the troops in a barren country, where the heat is often at 47 deg. Reaumur (about 38 deg. Fahrenheit), where you meet with immense plains without a drop of water. On the 17th of August, Te Deum was performed in honour of this victory, in the Saurie Palace, in the presence of the Emperor. BERLIN, AUG. 25.—8 y all we can hear of the treaty concluded by the great Powers, in favour of Greece, the expectations of those who thought to see the Greek revive in their ancient lustre, will not be fulfilled. If the Porte be a little pliable (and it will be so), the Morea and some of the islands will obtain a Constitution compounded of that of the lonian Islands, and of Moldavia and Wallachia, and Greece will still remain tributary to the Porte. A Count Rober, from Russia, who has lived in great splendour here this summer, and contracted many debts, has been arrested. It seems that he is a merchant's clerk, from Odessa, who has made himself a Count, and Knight of many Orders, and is even suspected of participating in the Petersburgh conspiracy. EiexA;rors ox Loxnox.—Amsterdam, Aug. 31, 12 florins; two months, 11. 95. ; Hamburgh, Aug. 28, SG. 21; two months, 36. ; Leipsic, Aug. 24, three months, t. 14k. ; Petersburgh, Aug. 14, three months, 10i. PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock 24914, ' Consols, 3 per cent. 86% Gov. Stock, :3% per cent. 91% 1 4 Ditto, New 92 1 4 4 per Cent. 99% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent. 9314 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock. City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct STOCKS, AUG. 31. St. Patrick Incur. (per *h.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Hamburgh 1 0 Brazil 0 I Holland () 0 Buenos Ayres 2 Dublin 1 Flanders 0 1 Lisbon i I France 0 Gottenburgh 0 0 Mex alt ico 0 1 Guernsey & Jersey. 1 2 Waterford 0 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 49 minutes after 0. I Evening....l7 minutes after 1 extracts : NAPLES, AUG. 13. Her Majesty the Queen was this morning happily deliver ed of a Prince, to the great joy of the inhabitants of this city, as well as of his Majesty and the Royal Family , . The young Prince has received the name of Francisco di Paola Lingi. MILAN, ANS. 5. The sincere friends and true admirers of our great Poet, Vincenza Monte, will learn with pleasure that that cele brated man, after a severe illness, has returned to the sound principles to which lie owed the first fruits of his glory, and of his deserved celebrity, and from which the torrent of past events seems to hare caused him for a time to deviate. 'This conquest, so pre cious in the eyes of the friends of religion and true knowledge, is owing to the zeal of the Reverend Fathers, the Barnabitea of Monzae, though indeed the natural rectitude of heart and sound judgment of the author of "Pellegrino Apostolico," and of the "Basvilliana," left them little to do. After he had religiously fulfilled the duties which re conciled him with God and the Church, he has recorded his edifying sentiments in a most admirable letter, addres sed by him to the celebrated Astronomer, the Signor Abate de Cesaris, sharing his time between the practice of piety and study ; on the one hand he does not like to talk, except on religious subjects with those learned monks, and on the other he is finishing his " Feronnaide," on the:drain ing of the Pontine marshes, one of the greatest under takings of modern times, and most honourable to the great Pontiff who accomplished it. American Papers to the. Ist. inst. were re ceived last night. They are destitute of po litical intelligence, except the particulars of the recent conspiracy against the life of -the Presi dent BOYER, in Hayti. Bogota Papers, to the 15th June, are received, but they contain no political intelligence of any mportance. The letters received from Colombia, however, mention that• au Act of Amnesty had been passed in favour of the troops that bad been concerned in the Revolutionary movements at Guyaquil. CUSTOM-HOUSE, UPPER CANADA, JULY 1 7.--Orders have been given to the different Collectors of Customs, in the Province of Upper Canada, to admit to entry at their respective ports all such goods as may law fully be imp or t e d i nto th e P rov i nce from'the United States (viz. flour, pork, pot-ash, lard, &c. &c.), on security being given by bond that the same will be conveyed to and de posited in his Majesty's warehouse, in any free warehousing port in either Province, subject to the provision of the Acts 6th Geo. IV, chap. 114. and 7th Geo. IV. chap. 48. The Kingston Herald (Upper Canada) of the 17th July, contains an account of a riot on th e ann i versary of the battle of the Boyne, occasioned by an Orange proces- , sion, From sixty to one hund re d men, who were working at the canal, determined to oppose any such meet ing, and upon the Orange party moving in procession, they were met by the former, and an attack took place in which several shots were fired on both sides with serious effects. Several persons were wounded and severely beaten, and it was found necessary at last to call out the military, under the orders of Magistrates, before peace could be restored. The whole affair seems to have created great excitement, and has done much mischief, by rousing pas sions which should be dormant for ever, The Quebec Papers of the 24th July, state they were busy proceeding in the elections. The Duke of Portland passed through Shef field on Sunday morning, from his seat at Welbeck, to Wortley Hall, on a visit to Lord Wharnecliffe. lie re turned on the following morning to Welbeck. COLOSSAL ICICLES.--In the very deep and narrow vallies which intersect a branch of the Black Moun tains in South Wales, a very singular spectacle may be witnessed in the early spring months. During winter, the frosts, which are exceedingly severe in those elevated regions, produce vast icicles on the jagged and beetling rocks which overhang the vallies. Sometimes they are as large in diameter as the trunk of a tree, and have the ap pearance of long inverted obelisks. Detached from the rocks by the sun's warmth, these icy columns are dashed down in ten thousand glittering fragments along the cliffs, and have then the appearance of huge pillars of diamond hurled from some fairy battlements. It is delightful to gaze from a distance at these thundering masses, but it would be death to stand within reach of the enormous splinters that fly around on all sides as they fall... London 114ehly Review. THE PUNDS-(THTS DAY), CITY, Tarsi's o' CEoct. Sunda} , being the anniversary of the Fire of Lon . don, the same has been kept as a holiday to-day a t both Stock Exchanges ; but the Royal Exchange being shut till twelve o'clock, when the dealer' generally in such cases meet, the few Brokers that attended assembled at some of the neighbouring coffee-houses, when the nominal price of Consols was 87 for Account ; the gates of the Exchange being opened at the above hour, some few private bargaiW were effected ; and in consequence of its being nog' considered that the Ministry is finally settled, higher, prices were demanded, and Consols went up to 874 and are now 87a I f for account, the transactions are, however, of scarcely any importance; but it is floor considered, as every doubt is done away, that Mr• Herries takes office, and the same measures will be pursued as to the Sinking Fund being kept in opera•t tion, and the English Funds may, unless any political, event takes place to cause a depression, advance even on present prices. The Foreign Securities have been nearly unattended to all the morning; Mexican Bonds are 67 ; and Colombian, 29k 30. Two O'CLOCK. Consols continue at 87i 4 for Account. The Brokers and Jobbers are returning from the business of the day. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols seem to be a little on the decline. being 87k. SHIPPLNG INTELLIGENCE-(TPITS DAY)- FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, SEPT. I.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Ama zon, Lindel, from Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind E.—Sailed the Welcome for Oporto. FALMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind variable.—Off the Port, his Majesty's ship Kangaroo, from Jamaica, sailed 10th July; and Sandwich packet, from Lisbon in 20 days. Sailed his Majesty's ketch Vigilant, for Lisbon. The Thames, Haviside, from China, sailed from Angier , the 10th or 12th of April; she had not arrived at St. Helena on the Ist of July, but was supposed to have been seen off the Cape of Good Hope the 15th of June by a Danish ship from China, which arrived at St. Helena on the 30th. The Brightman, Phillips, arrived at St. Helena on the 30th June, experienced very severe weather off the Cape, and threw a small part of her cargo be tween decks overboard. The John Barry, from Batavia to Antwerp, was spoken with about the 15th of May, off Madagascar, by the Sutton, arrived at St. Helena. POLICE INTELLIGENCE: (THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. CHILD DRO PPING.—Sarah Skinner was again brought up, charged with the offence of child dropping. A f e w days ago she left her child, a very lively, healthy-looking, little girl, about a year old, in a passage in Golden-lane, and was soon afterwards apprehended. She stated, when first brought before the Magistrate, that she had been driven to the act from sheer want, that her husband was on the tramp, and that she had three other children remaining with an acquaintance at Croydon, where she had lived. She was remanded till enquiry was made respecting the other children. To-day the . Magistrate was informed that the whole of her story respecting her Croydon connection was an entire fabrication, and that she had neither child nor acquaintance there. Mr. Alderman Ansley suspecting that she may have forsaken her other children, remanded her further until some additional infor mation can be obtained respecting her. She said her hus band had worked with a Mr. Wilkinson, of Chancery-lane. BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. - William Taylor. a pick pocket-looking boy, was brought before the Magistrate, charged with stealing a handkerchief out of the pocket of one of the police-officer. Fair to-day, at the very moment at which the Lord Mavor engaged in proclaiming it. The officer, finding his pocket was picked, turned round and saw the prisoner let the handkerchief drop front him. Another officer, close by, saw him take it out of the pocket..—. Committed to New gate to take his trial. BARTHOLOMEW FAIR-(THIS DAY.) This scene of metropolitan festivity commenced to-day, and many were the votaries assembled to hear that wonder of the civic world, the Lord Mayor, declaim with pains -taking dignity his ponderous edict against all sorts of debauchery, late hours, and little goes. Great as might be the civic maw for sights, those caterers of wonders, the showmen, had provided monstrosities to satiety, from a " living skeleton" of four stone, to a canny Scotch bairn of 4 cwt. Richardson's and Ball's Theatres promised wonders. The Menageries could boast of " Wallace" and " Pompey the Great," two lions of extraordinary attraction, the first having slaughtered six dogs at Warwick, and the other having very af fectionately killed his keeper at Bristol. A Dolphin and a Mermaid, also put forth their attractioia, and were almost distanced by " Pincushion Jenny, the astonishing racer with seven legs." The company itself was not the least amusing, or the most in viting; operatives, attended by their wives, and drovers by their dogs, forming a good part of it. Laughable was the consternation of many a fair damsel, who, elbowing in virgin white through this mass of eccentricities, encountered in front a dingy k n i g ht o f th e b rus h gr i nn i ng at her sorrows, and hearing in her rear the impera tive mandate of " Go on, Ma'am" from a slaughterman in full dress : the felicity heightened by the wry faces of a London shopman in white ducks, finding himself suddenly over his Sunday going pumps in cow-dung; and the whole celebrated by the rude mirth of some half dozen drovers, who had " got up" the entertainment. Dogs, pigs, sheep, and a stray cow or two, joined the group without hesitation, and were received with good fel lowship, so long as they conducted themselves re spectably. No accident had happened previous to our going to press. WORCESTER MUSIC MEETING.—It affords IIJ great pleasure to say, that the inquiries ibr lodgings in daily.— Warwick Advertiser. this city during the ensuing Music Meeting are increasing The joint production of an Irish dictator and an English amanuensis, affixed by the former to his shop- Window in a street in St. Giles's :—" Hay sack and flour to let."—Qusry. A second floor? Silver coin is so abundant in this quarter just now, that the banks will not give their notes in exchange for large quantities of it, and one establishment here was so encumbered with it, that it lately remitted silver to the value of 40,000/. to London.—Scotsman. About eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, the northern sky here was illuminated with a most splendid aurora borealis, which, we understand, was observed in se veral other parts of the'country.—Scotsman. The feelings of the inhabitants of this town this week have been considerably excited, by a report that a female child, of which Mary Ann Henwood (servant to Mr. Judd, corn-factor), was delivered on Wednesday afternoon, had died from -the cruel treatment of the mothe,.. The Coroner (Mr. Todd) held an inquest on Thursday, when the following evidence was elicited :—Mrs. Judd deposed that the girl had been in her service about eight months ; that on Wednesday afternoon, after some other suspicious circumstances, the girl was observed to deposit a bundle on a copper lid in the kitchen, which, on examination, proved to contain a new-born infant. Mr. Winter, surgeon, was isnme diatelysent for, who found the child still living, and it sur vived about ten hours. The Coroner observed that the Jury had not any thing to do with th e concea l ment o f t h e birth, that alone not being an off ence un d er th e i r cogn i zan ce, lc A t , , a verdict of " Wilful Mu r d er ," or " Di e d b y the Vkl ta. tion of God," must he r e t urne d un d er th e circurmt ancet. Aft e r some deliber a ti on th e J ury pronounced-54 That the death of the infant was occasioned by inattention and ne glect on the part of the said Mary Ann Hemvood," The young woman craved forgiveness, and confessed that the) father of the child was her own brother !...,a . „„ v h dr4 Chronicle. 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