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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, Jula 28. The Earl of MALMESBURY said, that he would take this opportunity of moving for various Returns, with the view of having them prepared by the next Session of Parliament. The Returns were of the utmost importance, as they referred to the local taxation on land. The Noble Lord then moved for a return of all sums levied for the relief of the poor in England, during the year ending the 25th March, 1827, distinguishing the sums severally levied on lands, lands and houses, and on factories. A return of all sums levied on account of church rates and highway rates in each county within the same period, distinguishing the several sums in the same manner as in the former return. A return of the amount of land tax levied during the year, ending on the sth of April, 1827, together with a return of the amount of the land tax redeemed within the same period ; and a return of the amount of all duties collected in respect of Ale, Beer, Malt, and Hops within the same period. The several Returns were directed to be laid be fore the House. CORN BILL. Lord LAUDERDALE presented a petition from the farmers of Woodbridge market, against the passing of the new Corn Bill. The Noble Lord felt satisfied that the consequences which would arise from the passing this Bill, would occasion a greater influx of corn into this country than had been at allanticipated. No less than 23 vesselshad this very (lay arrived in the river laden with grain, and he sincerely wished the House, before it rose, to make itself much more aware than it was at present, vvbat the effect of the passing of this Bill would be upon the grain market in this country. Lord KING presented a petition from an indi vidual, in favour of the Arrest on Mesne Process Bill. This Bill was then on the motion of Lord TEN TERDEN, read a third time and passed. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Thomas Flanagan, of Sligo, praying for a revision of the Irish Magistracy. Lord REDESDALE moved that a Return of the Number of Commissions issued against Bankers up to October next, distinguishing what other trades they carried on, and what was the amount of their debts, and what number of Commissions had been superseded, should be made out, so that it might be laid on their Lordships' table on the first day of next Session of Parliament.—Ordered. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY seeing a Noble Marquis opposite (the Marquis of Lens down), hoped he would not be considered intrud ing, if he desired to know whether it was the Noble Marquis's intention, provided he received pe tions from the Roman Catholics in Ireland on behalf of their claims for an early discussion in the course of next Sessions, immediately to present them, and urge the subject on for the instant consideration of the House, that he (the Marquis of Londonderry), might be able to answer any interrogatories that might be put to him in England, between this and the next meeting of Parliament. If the Noble Marquis answered him affirmatively, then would That compact soon be disclosed which had been entered into by his Majesty's Mini4try. Should the answer be in the negative, it would be taken as a statement on the part of the Noble Marquis against the claims of the Catholics in Ireland; and should the Noble Marvis give no answer at all, his conduct would be lootcci-, , , 741. the,camp feelings of disgust, by the country, as the statements which had been made respecting him elsewhere. The Marquis of LANSDOWN did ;zot' think himself called on by any Noble Lord to ,state to the House what his future line of conduct would be. He had never presented any pe tition to this House, nor made any motion in it, but as an individual; and should any interrogatories be put to the Noble Marquis when he went to Ire land respecting his (Lord Lansdown's) future inten tions or conduct, the Noble Marquis had a very easy and simple answer to make, namely, that he was =acquainted with them. TEST ACT. The Siorquis of LANSDOWN presented a peti tion from Potisea, against the Corporation and Test Acts. DISSENTERW MARRIAGE BILL. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition from the Dissenters of the Is of Ely, Cambridge shire, in favour of the Dissenters' Marriage Bill. Upon the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWN the Dissenters' Marriage Bill was recommitted. The House resolved itself,into a Committee. The Bishop of CHESTER moved, that the Clergymen of the Established Church should be exempt from the solemnization of the marriage contract. Lord KENYON moved that the Peue also be exempt. After' some conversation respecting one of the ' clauses, which originated in an observation made by Lord M a l m e;bury, Lord HOLL.A.ND said that the petitioners were most anxious to know all the objections of the Bench of Bishop, and to amommodate themselves to those objections. The chief objection at the last discus sion of the measure was, that the Church of England was made the hand-maid of dissent. That objection was obviated in the present Bill, and the objection now was that the Church of England was deprived :of its proper rights, by shutting out the Clergy from taking any Part =in the solemnization of the marriage ceremony. lie was not disposed to press t h e matter to a decision, but he thought it would be trifling with the Dissenters' feelings to have the measure brought forward every Session, and defeat ed upon mere formalities, isnd not - upo n any tan gible objection to its principles. L or d ELDON said, it was clearly understood that the amendments should be suggested in the pre sent stage of the Bill, merely in order that the Bill should be printed for consideration. The House was not pledged to subscribe to the amendments made, and for his own part he confessed he entertained the strongest objections to the clause which made it imperative upon a lay Magistrate to perform the marriage ceremony ; so decided were his objections and his conscientious scruples to that clause, that he protested if it should be made the law of the land, he should no longer continue a Magistrate of a county. The Marquis of LANSDOWN confirmed the observation of the Noble and Learned Lord (Eldon) as to the understanding that the amendments now suggested would not bind the House. For his own part he confessed his desire was, that the marriage should partake of something of a religious ceremony, as well as of a civil contract. Lord ELLENBOROUGH recommended unit ing the principle of the Bill of last year with the principle of the present Bill. After a short conversation, in which the Bishop of Chester, the Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Rosslyn, and Lord Carbery took a part, the several Clauses were agreed to. The LORD CHANCELLOR, on the reading of one of the clauses, took occasion to observe, that the principle of the present Bill was the same as that of the Bill passed for the benefit of Dissenters in the year 1781, and which continued without any inconvenience to be the law of that country up to the present time. It was not right that there should be one law in one part of the United King dom with respect to Dissenters' marriages, and a different law prevail in another part. In reply to an observation of Lord Redesdale, respecting mar riage being a religious ceremony, the Noble Lord remarked, that in many countries in Europe, the religious part of the ceremony was not requisite ; and if a law was passed in this country, sanctioning marriages without it, that law would be binding for all issuable purposes, and the parties could not dis solve the marriage subsequently. The Bishop of CHESTER suggested, that in that part of the Bill which required that the certi ficate of marriage should be registered within a week after the marriage, on the penalty of 5/. to the clergyman, the time should be limited to three days after such marriage. The Clause, after an observation from Lord TEN TERDEN, was agreed to. Several verbal Amendments were then agreed to ; and the House having resumed, their Lordships, after some conversation, agreed that the Report should be brought up to-morrow. WAREHOUSED CORN BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWN having, in the absence of his Noble Friend (Lord Goderich), moved the third reading of the Corn Bill, The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to protest, once more, against a measure which he considered to be most cruel in its operation upon a particular class, and calculated to bring down upon them irre trievable ruin. Already, he understood, that the fear of its provisions had begun to affect the Corn market to a very serious extent, and he felt confi dent that, in a very short time, the price of wheat would fall full eight or ten shillings a quarter. The measure was, he repeated, equally ruinous and un just; and he once more, for the last time, entered his humble protest against its principle. The Marquis of LANSDOWN defended the principle of the Bill, and declared that it was in tended solely to guard against the consequences which might result from a bad harvest. The ad mission of such a quantity of foreign grain, under certain circumstances, would check those ruinous effects, both to the grower and to the consumer, which must inevitably arise if grain reached such a price as would warrant unlimited importation. By admitting a small quantity of foreign corn, in the event of the price rendering such admission neces sary, the Legislature.gave a check to that unlimited and immense importation which must result from a scarcity, while they prevented the price running up to a price ruinous to the consumer on the one hand, and equally ruinous to the agriculturist on the other, from the influx of grain which would be introduced to create a depression. The Noble Marquis con cluded by declaring his conviction, that if the ensu ing harvest proved to be as productive as it pro mised, there would not be the smallest portion of this grain introduced into the market. The Marquis of SALISBURY repeated his protest against the principle supported on a former occasion by the Noble Viscount (Goderich), that the Legislature was bound to attend to any claims founded upon the proceedings of one branch of the Legislature. He thought those who had bonded their corn under the encouragement held out by the other House, were not entitled to claim anything as a matter of justice, and lie protested against the pre cedent which the present Bill went to establish. The measure was altozAher_mmeeps .re in jar -TR or VIPUI ,+.. .."‘ and he could, isp - mr - orrtnr-urrtnnvenue, look upon it in any other light than as a robbery of a certain portion of the community. Lord ELLENBOROUGH begged to guard himself against being misunderstood upon the sub ject of the support which lie gave the Bill. He c o 'isidered it a mere measure of experiment, and as su ch )ikely to be of great advantage, when they came to consider the subject in the ensuing Session. Earl STANHOPE thought the Bill was founded upon the principle of public plunder. They had experience enough already of the effects of suck measures. Last year, when only 300,000 quarters of wheat were introduced, by an Order in Council, corn fell Os. 6d. in the inland district of Nottingham, a place quite remote from the ports at which the im portations took place. The petition he had pre sented from Holderness proved that the remunerat ing price of corn was no less than 645., and if such effects were produced from the introduction of only 300,000 quarters, what must follow from the admis sion of that large quantity which would now be poured into the market ? The system pursued by his Majesty's Government had brought the country to a stAte in which no rights were respected—no property secure. A system more calculated to, effect the ruin of the country could not have been devised 'by a meniber of the London Corresponding Society, or of the Jacobin Club at Paris. Ile should feel it ' his duty to enter his protest against the measure. Lord CARBERY said a few words, which were not audible below the bar. Lord REDESDALE declared the measure to be a most iniquitous one, the tendency of which was to ruin the agricultural interest, anti ultimately to de stroy the ancient Constitution of this country. He raised his warning voice against it, and should enter his protest , against it on the Journals of the House. The Bill *c..5 then read a third time and passed. Lord'HOLLANP mentioned, that he had receiv ed a petition from an individual, named John Grant, praying that several clauses might be added to a Bill for the Administration of Justice in New South Wal e s. Jt was now impossible to present this p.e;i tion; as the Dill bad passed some time ago. Adjourned ti. l ! to-morrow (this day,) LIST OF THE MAJORITY A. 7 4 .1) UNITARIAN MARRIA..., MAJORITY. Leinster Goderich Lyndhurst Colchester Ormonde Dacre King Calthorpe Fitzgibbon Clifton Portland Lansdowne Harrowby Hilsborough Carnarvon Essex Thanet Belmore Carlisle Morley Hood Peterborough Suffield Grenville Stafford Crewe Duncan Granville St. Gerrnains Carrick Carysfort PROXIES , Waldegrave Sondes Conyngham Ponsonby Somerset Grafton Spencer Dunstanville Su Olk iNoltiTy (MT 14 DILL. Holland _ Gower Carbery Boyle Gage Mendip Cawdor London Lincoln Chester St. David's Roseberry Bolingbroke Cowper Hereford Charlemont Bute MINORITY Dartmouth Abergavenny Falmouth Howe Sydney Walsingham Kenyon Fisherwick Northwick - 1: - )iindas Braybrooke 'Lucan Farnham Tenterden Cashel Worcester St. Asaph Ely PROXIES. Clancatty Longford Dorset Harris Stamford Hawke , Rolle Bath and Wells IChichester Bristol Killaloe Salisbury Orford Sidmouth Boston Exmouth Abingdon Winchester Hertford Beaufort Newcastle Salisbury Shaftesbury Eldon Winchilsea Westmoreland Tankerville Beauchamp Brownlew Wodehous! Clogher Mounteasbel Le Despencer Cardigan Lonsdale Plymouth Romney Rivers Arden The new Gothic Chapel in Seymour-street, Somas' Town, has received an additional orna r ment in a very handsome organ, built by GRAY, which was opened on Sunday last, by Mr. S. CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON. We quote the following from Sir WALTER SCOTT'S forthcoming " Life of Napoleon." " The external appearance of Napoleon was not impos ing at the first glance, his stature being only five feet six inches English. His person, thin in youth, and somewhat corpulent in age, was rather delicate than robust i❑ outward appearance, but cast in the mould most capable of enduring privation and fatigue. Ire rode ungracefully, and without the command of his horse which distinguishes a perfect cavalier ; so that he showed to disadvantage when riding beside such a horseman as Murat. But he was fearless, sat firm in his seat, rode with rapidity, and Was capable of enduring the exercise for a longer time than most men. We have already mentioned his indifference t o the quality of his food, and his power of enduring absti nence. A morsel of food, and his flask of wine hung at his saddle-bow, used, in his earlier campaigns, to support him for days. " The countenance of Napoleon is familiar to almost every one from description, and the portraits which are found everywhere. The (lark brown hair bore little marks of the attentions of the toilet. The shape of the countenance approached, more than is usual in the hu man race, to a square. His eyes were grey, and full of expression, the pupils rather large, and the eye-brows not very strongly marked. The brow and upper part of the countenance was rather of a stern character. His nose and mouth were beautifully formed. The upper lip was very short. The teeth were indifferent, but were little shown in speaking. His smile posse sse d uncommon sweetness, and . is stated to have been kre sistible. The complexion was a clear olive, otherwi se , in general, colourless. The prevailing character of hi s countenance was grave, even to melancholy, but without any signs of severity or violence. " Such was Napoleon's exterior. His personal arid pri vate character was decidedly amiable, excepting in due particular. His temper, when he received, or thought he received, provocation, especially if of a personal character, was warm and vindictive. He was an excellent husband, a kind relation, and, sinless when state policy intervened, a most affectionate brother. " There was gentleness, and even softness, in his cha. racter. He was affected when lie rode over the fields of battle, which his ambition had strewed with the dead and the dying, and seemed not only desirous to relieve the victims, but showed himself subject to the influence of that snore acute and imaginative species of sympathy which is termed sensibility. He mentions a circum stance which indicates a deep sense of feeling. As he passed over a field of battle in Italy, with some of his Generals, he saw a houseless dog lying on the body of his slain master. The creature came towards them, then returned to the dead body, moaned over it pitifully, and seemed to ask their assistance. ' Whether it were the feeling of the moment,' continued Napoleon, the scene, the hour, or the circumstance itself, I was never so deeply affected by any thing which I have seen upon a field of battle. That man, I thought, has perhaps had a house, friends, comrades, and here he lies deserted by every one but his dog. How mysterious are the impressions to which we are subject ! I was in the habit, without emotion, of ordering battles which must decide the fate of a cam - paign, and could look with a dry eye on the execution of manoeuvres which must be attended with much loss; and here I was moved—nay, painfully affected—by the cries and grief of a dog. It is certain that at that moment I should have been more accessible to a suppliant enemy, and could better understand the conduct of Achilles in restoring the body of Hector to the tears of Priam.' " A calculator by nature and by habit, Napoleon was fond of order, and a friend to that moral conduct by which order is best exemplified. The libels of the day have made some scandalous averments to the contrary, but without adequate foundation. Napoleon respected himself too much, and understood the value of public opinion too well, to have plunged into general er vague debauchery. " Considering his natural disposition, then, it may b. assumed, that if Napoleon had continued in the vale of pri vate life, and no strong temptation of passion or revenge had crossed his path, he must have been generally regarded as one whose friendship was every way desirable, and whose enmity it was not safe to incur. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 4th and . 11th Regiments of Light Dragoons, marched yesterday, from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. A Detachment of the 3d Dragoon Guards, marched yesterday, from Westminster, for Bristol, on route to Cork. . A Detachment of the 24th . Regiment of Foot, marched yesterday:from Westminster, for Bristol, on route to Athlone. Infantry, marched yesterday, from Westminster, for Albany Barracks. A Detachment of the .51st Regiment of Foot, marched yesterday, from Westminster, fzn. Portsmouth. A Detachment of the Ist Battalion of the 60th Rifle Corps, marched yesterday morning, from Westminster, for Plymouth. A Detachment of the 2d Battalion of the 60th Rifle Corps, marched yesterday morning, from Westminster, for Gosport. A Detachment of the 76th Regiment of Foot marched, yesterday, from Westminster, for Portsmouth, on route to Jersey. Detachments of the 77th and 79th Regiments of Infantry marched, yesterday from Westminster, for Bristol, on route to Belfast. A Detachment of the 81st Regiment of Foot, marched yesterday morning, from Westminster, for Portsmoutl!, on route to Guernsey. A Detachment of the 90th Regiment of Infantry, marched yesterday morning, from Westminster, for Plymouth. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE JUNE 29.—The Vice-Chancellor ap points Saturday, the 30th inst. for Fitzherbert and Peile, of Trinity' College, to recite their prize ex ercises at the morning congregation. The Vice Chancellor also appoints Monday, the 2d July, for Ds. Williamson and Heald, of Trinity College, to recite their prize-exercises at the morning con gregation. The Vice-Chancellor also appoints Tuesday, the 3d of July, for Wordsworth, jun. of Trinity College, to recite his English poem for the Chancellor's medal; for Selwyn of St. John's College, to recite his Greek ode, and Wordsworth, jun. his Latin ode and epigrams, for Sir William Browne's medals; and for Wordsworth, sen. of Trinity Coll. to recite his exercise for the Porson prize. • The prize-compositions, which will be recited on Tues day, may be had at the several booksellers by ten o'clock on that day. The Rev, J. Bluck, rector of Westley, in this county, has been presented to the rectory of Bowers Gifford, Essex. The annual general court of the University Life Assurance Society, incorporated .by Royal Charter, was held on Wednesday, the 20th inst. Sir Alex. Grant, Bart. M.P. in the chair. It appeared by the report of the Directors, that about 30,000/. had been received for premiums on insurances effected by the society, and that only one loss, amounting to 3,000/. had occurred since the comm ,q May 1825. William Dickenson , E M.P. for the -Ti 'ty of Somerset, w unanimously elected a cot.. as 1-iatettd G. R. Dawsou, E,. resigned. encemen t in Director, TO THE EDITOR CF THE SUN. , Sig-,—lt is a pity your Brighton Correspon dent had not taken the trouble p consult the Peerage, before he inserted the article respecting the will of the late Duke of Gordon, which is, most probably, as far from truth (with respe ct to t he b e q uest to Lord Geo. Lennox) as that, the Marquis of liPtlY3 nov in his DukepffifGty-orsdeovne,ntihs. i n his sixty-fifth year—fie being June 28, 1827. VERITAS. _..—............ The Marquis of LASSDOWNE gave a Ca binet dinner to his Colleagues on Wednesday, at his residence in Berkeley-square, for the first time since the accession of the Noble Marquis to the present Cabinet. Mr. Secretary BOURNE, Mr. HusicisON ) Sir T. BYAM MARTIN, Comptroller of the Navy, and a number of Official Gentleman, transacted business yesterday with Mr. CAN NING, at his residence in Downing-street. The Duke and Duchess of ST. ALBAN'S ar rived at Lincoln on Saturday, on their way to seat at R e db o u r n, near Brigg. The b y ells gre e t e d t h e i r arr i va l w ith a merry the Minster famil peal. The Duke of ST. A LBAN'S has appointed one of the principal clerks in the banking house of Coutts and Co. his private secretary. ACTION BETWEEN ENGLISH MERCHANT VESSELS AND THE SPANISH FLOTILLA AT CADIZ. CADIZ, JUNE B.—M. F. Serapin, the Com mander of the Flotilla of Guarda Costa, has ad pressed to M. Michel Boltri, the Intendant of the Navy of the Province of Cadiz, the following official Report : During the night of the 29th of May, one of the vessels under my command sunk, off Rota, a smug gling ship, under English colours, commanded by Mr. John Rafael, and armed with two great guns. After this first success, I sailed in the night of the 30th with three vessels, towards the bar of Terrors, where I arrived the following day. There I found the English brig Packet, Captain Charles Velasco, armed with two twelve-pounders, and eight car ronades, besides muskets, and a crew of 41 men, The ship Invincible, belonging to the same nation, Captain Anthony Romero, armed with four car ronades, two large guns, and other fire arms, and a crew of 20 men; and lastly; the Minerva, likewise an English ship, armed as the former. These three vessels, laden with tobacco and En glish goods, were on the starboard side of the flo tilla, and stood towards it for the purpose of attack ing us, which compelled me to stand in for the bar of Huelva, where I joined the Guarda Costa, No. 3. I then stood out again for the enemy, who changed his course, and made for the same place from whence he came. In the evening of the same day I cast anchor near the shoal of Huelva, where I remained until the Ist instant, when the three boats which I had detached in different directions, to reconnoitre the said English ships, rejoined 'me. I had requested the Colonel commanding the movable column of the province to attract the enemy's attention towards the shore, whom I intended to exterminate on the shoal of Terron ; I had likewise begged him to send me thirty men of his column to reinforce my crews, in case I should have to effect a landing on some point of the bar. • The enemy, after being reinforced by another English ship, expected us ; his measures were al ready taken. He stationed his ships in the midst of the shoal, after erecting a battery of live pieces of heavy artillery on both sides. These batteries were perfectly covered by all his well-armed boats. These preparations assured me that an obstinate engagement would take place. None of the English ships hoisted their colours. After receiving the reinforcements of thirty sol diers and some officers of the movable column on board my vessels, I commenced the action on the 3d, at nine o'clock in the morning. It lasted with great obstinacy till half-past twelve, when the Eng lish ships the Packet and the Invincible were forced to strike, having had eight men killed, and received considerable damage in their rigging and masts.— Fortunately the ships under my command had no losses to deplore on this occasion, but having received some damage, the two English ships seized the fa vourable opportunity and fled, by making all sail to the southward. All the officers, soldiers, and sailors, who, On this glorious occasion, fought under my orders, deserve the greatest praise. May God have you in his holy keeping, &c. (Signed) FRANCISCO SERAPIN. Cadiz, June 5, 1827. GRAND WESTERN CANAL. The Annual Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held yesterday at the City of Lon don Tavern, Samuel Woods, Esq. in the Chair. The Minutes of the former meeting, the Report of the Committee, and a letter from Mr. Samuel Wool mer, of Exeter, were read. _ The Report stated, that there had recently been held a General Meeting of the Country Proprietors in Exeter, and that they were very anxious for the completion of the work, especially as a Canal from Bridgewater to Taunton was completed, and going on prosperously, as well as a Canal for ships from the sea to Exeter, which would greatly facilitate the Company's finances would not admit of their pro ceeding with the work, but that they had reason to believe, that a junction might be formed with the Ship Canal Company, who were contemplating the execution of their work on a limited scale, and by a less expensive line. The Report then recommended the Annual Meeting to give a public expression of their wish to co-operate with that Company in any advantageous plan for promoting . their common end; that is, of opening a communication between the Bristol and the English Channels. A desultory. conversation arose upon the Report, between the Proprietors, in which Mr. Woods, Mr. Bayley, Mr. Sutton, Mr. Cookson, and Mr. Drew, the Bank Director, took part. Mr. BAYLEY stated, that the concern at present bore a very hopeless aspect. The money was spent, but the Canal was not completed at either extremity. It would be a great satisfaction to him, and all the Proprietors, if any gentlemen would come forward and take up the work, so as to secure its completion. The CHAIRMAN said, that he had reason to believe the Ship,Canal Company would be willing to nego tiate with the Proprietors, so as to effect the object of a Ship Canal between the Channels ) upon a smaller scale than that originally designed ; and he strongly recommended to the Proprietors to come to a resolution which should open the way to negotiations. Mr. SUTTON and Mr. DREW concurr e d in this view, and the following Resolution was put, and carried unanimously— " That this Meeting, having been informed that the English and Bristol Ship Canal Company have it in con templation to reduce the scale of that work, and to adopt a different line of communication with the southern coast; that if the Ship Canal Company, or any set of gentlemen impressed with the utility and advantages of completing the line of Canal from Taunton to Londwell Mill, in confor mity to the Act of Parliament, are willing to raise funds sufficient for that purpose, without making any call on the Proprietors of this Company, the latter will aff or d ever y f a cility to the execution of the same, and will pledge itself to secure to such new subscribers all the profits or benefits accruing from the tonnage, or otherwise, arising from that part of the Canal which shall be so executed." Mr. CHARLES DEANE, a gentleman from Exeter, stated, that he attended the meeting of the Proprie tors recently held there, and it was the universal opinion of the landed proprietors that ajunction be tween all the parties interested might be easily formed, and the Canal executed to the great advan tage both of the subscribers and the public. He observed that, at present, coals were brought from Taunton, by land carriage, at an enormous price, and that near Exeter iron mines had been discovered, which rendered it extremely important that coals for smelting should be 'furnished at the cheapest rate. He stated that the proposition for completing a communication between the Channels, in some way or. other, was most earnestly desired in the west of England, and that every landed proprietor Lt the meeting was favourable to the proposed .unc tical of interests,- 7 Thp letter . received from Mr. Wooirder to the same effect. The Chairman was then directed to advertise the Resolutions in the London and Country p and to send copy thereof to Messrs. King and P Lukin, the clerks of the Ship Canal Com pany. Mr. DREW, the Bank Director, PT()&iced a letter from the country. The Hon. Gentlem an s p oke i n a low tone of voice, but we understood him to say, that he was desirous of joining with the Ship Canal Company, in order to effect their common object in the best and m os t p rac ti ca ble manner. Mr. Joseph C oo k son (of Bristol) was then ap pointed a member of the Committee, in the room of Mr. Thomas, deCeased. The accounts of the Company were read, from which it appeared, that the available assets of the Company were about '1,5004 more than the de mands upon them. GRAND MASQUERADE.--A Masquera de w as held last n i g h t , at t h e A rg yll Rooms, which bad nothing but its superior stupidity to distin guish it from other fooleries 9f the same nature. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal des Debats. ) " We yesterday announced that the Papal Nuncio appointed to the Court of Spain, had returned to Bayonne without going further than Irun. The Memorial Bordelais of the 22d states, that it is by an order of the Spanish Government he has been prevented from going to Madrid, and obliged to return to France. It is presumed that this order has been issued on account of the confirmation of the American Bishops by the Pope. " CADIZ, JUNE B.—The Custom-house brigan tines, Don Carlos, Don Francisco, and the Felix, have taken and brought in here the English ships Oporto packet, Captain Bolasco, bound for Amster dam ; the Invincible, Captain Romero, bound for Bayonne ; and the Cachirato, Captain —, the destination of which is .not known. These three vessels sailed from Gibraltar with tobacco, cigars, &c. The first did not surrender until after an action of four hours, in which five men were killed." (From the Constitutionnel.) " After forty years of revolutions, all have learned that opinions as well as conscience should be re spected and inviolable; that there is always danger, and never profit, in attempting to subject them to violence. If Ministers really wish the welfare of the country, and, consequently, the integrity of the Charter, which is its only guarantee, they -will take care to abstain from such a course. By repressing opinion instead of watching over its expression, since they have the right so to do, they would incur the risk of being precipitated into a labyrinth, which would every moment present inconvenience and daily danger. They would become the guarantees of all the facts, of all the phrases printed in the journals, since they would possess the monopoly of all thoughts, of all words, which might be imprudent or fatal on the part of the Government, while no consequence attaches to them on the part of citizens. Ministers would thus be rendered responsible for expressions and acts with which they have no con cern, and no Government could support the burden of such responsibility." (From the Etoile, dated Wednesday, June 27.) " CORFU, JUNE 2.—lbrahim has sent the gar rison of Castel Tornese to Patras, where land has been given them to cultivate, as has already been done to the other Greeks taken in Elis. Ibrahim has retained Michael Sessini, the commander of the fort, as well as the other captains, and has left them their arms. He has had the fort razed, and has set out for Patras, whence, it is thought, he will proceed to Corinth, all along the coast of the Gulf of Le panto. On the other side of the Gulf 3,000 Alba ' nians had marched, by way of Salona, towards Athens. " On the 22d of May the Perseverance steam boat was seen from the fortress of Zante steering towards the Gulf of Patras. At five in the after noon, the Hellas frigate was seen following the course of the Perseverance. The two vessels then steered towards Clarenza, and at half-past eight in the evening a cannonade was heard, and by the light which it afforded, it was perceived that the Greek frigate was engaged with two Egyptian corvettes that were at anchor in the port of Tigani, near Cla renza. The firing continued till 10 at night. " The next morning the cannonade recommenced, and a boat from Clarenza brought word that there were in the port of Tigani, besides the two Egyptian corvettes, a brig and two transports, which had Greek prisoners on board. Lord Cochrane had hoisted Turkish colours to approach those vessels. At two o'clock, the Greek frigate was seen with the aid of telescopes, steering along the Scrophes (small islands at the entrance of the Gulf of Pa tras), towing a vessel which appeared to be a bri, gantine. in a four daia 7VlaJorileniple7, - the "English resid, " On the 30th of May a boat arrived at Corfu in s from Sa] ith dispatches from [dent in that island, to Sir F. Adam, the Lord Nigh Commissioner. The subject of these dispatches was the arrival at Santa Maura of a Turkish brig of war, which had taken refuge in the port of Skropias, to escape the pursuit of the Perseverance. " It is said that the Perseverance remained 24 hours off thatyort, and, at the expiration of that time, Captaitr Hastings,. who commands the steam boat, sent to the English resident at Santa Maura, requiring him to order the Turkish brig to quit the port in which it had taken refuge, since, according to the system of neutrality adopted by the Govern ment of the lonian Islands, the vessels of the belli gerent parties were not allowed to remain above 24 hours in the ports of those islands. " Major Temple intimated to Captain Hastings that he must withdraw to the distance of a sea mile from Santa Maura, in compliance with the same system of neutrality, and that then he, Major Temple, would not fail to make the brig depart.-- Captain Hastings immediately replied, that first of all the brig mug be made to' depart, and that he would return at the same moment to the distance required; and that, if it was permitted W . remain there an y longer, lie was resolved to burn it in the port. It was under these circumstances that the Major has sent to ask instructions of the Lord High Com missioner. " A letter from Zante says, that on the 28th of May, the Hellas frigate was seen with a brigantine. At two o'clock these 'vessels were so near the coast that the persons on board could be distinguished. Lord Cochrane was in the. frigate, which, besides the Greek colours, bore also the Admiral's flag. Two boats came to the Lazzaretto, one brought some Turks and a captain of a merchantman from Cepha lonia; the other Lord Cochrane's nephew and Miaulis. The Cephaloniot captain was owner of a marlignane, taken near the Scrophes, on board of which were 27 Greek prisoners and 10 Turks, who were to be conveyed to Patras. " Admiral Cochrane delivered up the 10 persons at Zante, and required that the captain should be punished for having violated the system o f n e utralit y , by conveying Greek prisoners. T he bri g antine was a Turkish vessel, laden with 180 b arrels of p owd er , butter, and other provisid ns, which had left Pr evesa s h a e id hop that ed civilized for Patras, w ith 40 Turks, both men and women. Clarenza " Lord Cochrane had landed a t all the Turkish Ibrahim prisoners, Pacha, with their e i n i r effects, giving them a letter r z ifo d i forr na tions acted in this whichhe manner,and that the Pacha would, therefore, do the same. The ships remained till ten o'clock with all their sails spread. They then sailed for Clarenza, perhaps to join the Perseverance. We do not know where that vessel is, but it is said to be blockading two Turkish vessels in the port of Skropias, in Santa Maura. " Lord Cochrane litts sent to the resident at Zante the d ec l arat i on o f t h e blockade of the Gulf of Patras : s i nce t h at t i me all consi gnments to that Place are suspended. " A captain from Modon says, the Turkish fleet of 29 sa il, from Constantinople, had entered that port. Some days ea rlier the Egyptian ships whi c h v i the new governor of Candia brought from Alexandria to Candia, had arrived " TRIESTE, JUNE 14.—Letters from S yra , of the 2 7th 27th of May, say t hat nothin g new w as known re specting the Acropolis, which had p rov i s i ons for several months . The e 4 Greeks N ek aar endeavour in g to intrench themselves, were said to sin the the Piraeus, after have dispersed, ftedsPhfd Ppha had sent to Megara 5,600 of the new troops, who gathered in the harvest, and returned with 2,000 Slaves and a quantity o f cat tle. The brother of an inhabitant of Syra, who was a mong these slaves, was ransomed fora large sum of money. The Captain of a vessel, in 17 days from Alexan dria, says, that the Egyptian fleet was fitting out very slowly, and would not be ready to sail in less than three months. The same Captain met near Zante the Turkish fleet from Constantinople, amount ing to 30 sail,"—Austriau Observer. BURGLARY. THE under-mentioned BILLS and NOTES having been STOLEN, with other Property, from the Counting-house of Mr. JOHN DICKINSON, 6 5, Old Bailey, the Public are warned not to receive or nego tiate the same. Payment of them has been stopped, 3 0(1 should there be any attempt to circulate them, Mr. Dick' inson requests the favour of notice being given to him. Messrs. Sherwood, Gilbert, anti Piper's Pro- X. s. d' missory Note to Mr. Thomas Davison, due August 2d. Bill drawn by Messrs. Hunt and Clarke on 0' Messrs. Baynes and Son, due Oct. 16 lBB 5 Bill drawn by Messrs. Longman and Co. on Mr. Darton, due March 15..__ Bill drawn by Messrs. Longman and Co. on Mr. Comerford, due April 17 Messrs. Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper's Pro missory Note to Mr. Thomas Davison, due September 5 2OB 19 Messrs. Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper's Pro missory Note to Mr. Thomas Davison, due October 8 Bill drawn by Messrs. Jon. Jones and Co. on Mr. George Virtue, due July 6 l7B 18 Bill drawn by Mr. Bagster on Mr. R. Baynes, due October 12 4 Bill drawn by Tege, Bill drawn by Mr. Bagster on Mr. R. B a y nes , due Octob er 27 1 Bill drawn by M r . B ags t er on M r . Ni s bi t, d ue October 28 9 Messrs. due December Leighton Messrs. Bald w i n, C ra d oc k , an d Joy ' s Promis sory Note t o M r. Ch arles Baldw i n, due January 11,182 5. 975 0 Bill drawn by Mr. Ch ar l es R owort h on M r. John Murray, due Ap r il 28 Loudon, 'June 28th, 1827. and 17 5.0.0... 0 n.. 90: 5 12 165 19 5 59 0 10 is 1 95 5 PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock -1 Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3% percent 90% Ditto ' New 4 per Cent. 99 Mi% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 9 13 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. et 95% I , OCICS, JUNE 26. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto / National Ditto Patriotic Ditto /‘ Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine • / Imperial Mine / Mining Co. of Ireland .... , Commercial Buildings . _i, -.4-C. 7 .7 14 *nip Arif-z•cklekap,fll.„ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1827. The Paris Papers of Tuesday and the E dated Wednesday morning reached us last ni The Morning Opposition Papers already evidence of the existence of the Censorsh which they are now subjected. The Journal des Debats is destitute of usual animadversions on the Ministry, and observations of the Constitutionnel and ( tidienne on the imposition of restraints on Press, though written with more freedom 0 .1 might have been expected, are manifestly mu( by the supervision which they had to undere; The • Quotidienne is even astoni s h e d that should be felt necessary to restrain s uc h gent" loyalty as its articles evince ! The Censors commenced their duties on hard l ; 25th, but we presume that the system can - yet be in full operation ; when it is we shall 11$ 0 i no more strictures, however guarded, in arl ei , the journals, on the cond uc t o f th e Min e The establishment of the system, however, brM not produced in France the sensation l'irbic might have been expected,-*even- Tvlth the P ry vious anticipations of its adoption. c 6 The only politic a l i n t e lli gence i s i n a n art' in the Etoile from the Austrian Observer. 113 0 1 relates to some of the first operations of I .' ° COCHRANE and Captain HASTINGS, ag aill v j some Turkish vessels, which w ill h ave g iveil Turkish seamen a tast e o f hi s L or d s hip's 'P it4 in the capture and destruction of small ve ig/e . c i l , This is exactly th e spec i es o f war f are in wb i g i c y Lord COCHRANE is pre-eminently versed. man living probably is equal to his Lordiv or in that line, and we have no doubt that the terr io of his name will be such, before long, tha t Turkish frigate or small vessel will ventu re shew itself on the sea. At the same time Lordship's generosity in landing all the Tt irP prisoners arid their e ffe c t s , w i t h a deciar BtiO that civilized nations acted i n th a t manner , . 00 hardly f a il to p ro d u c e a f avoura ble impresl et on the minds of the Turks, and to A tion of B r it o in IBRAHIM PACHA, an a dm ira tion dwsho which he there other is excite, x l t it r t a l extract s, possibly awaken so''' y similar which may poss' Funds, ; be found in another c olumn, and we su bjoin tP: in article in question, an similar feelings in . that cruel oppressor. P ill ' on London, one month, paper, 25f. 32in.; 71f.; Bank Stock, 2006 . 4. ; ho e; 26. Five per Cent s ; i rler i t p i r o i pn ie sfr oi fm t t e Fhoe F N ulDans:dt .TUNE ; Spanish Loan 54. '" °- 01' . p l o s i c i . tan ; T ite h n ree ts, p;r 6f Ce . s n o ta : Money, Soc.—Th ree mont h s, paper, 25f. 174 c. ; money , 25 The Quotidienne date of Cadiz, June 8, a report from the C 011 1; mander of the Flotilla to the Intendant of t b so had a severe action with three (It 1 oon:Rnso,dua:d: English smuggling brig on the 29th May, $/' be f having • t" E n glish merchant ships, laden with prohibi ted articles, on the 30th, which terminated, ace r. , l Navy, describing ing to his account, in the capture of two of th e ! ' " --which, however, subsequently effected the' escape. The account is written with true SP ° nish bombast, and this affair with merchant so t( 0 0 gling vessels, which probably had hardly ag' 0 board, is designated .as a glorious occasion' O f which all the officers, soldiers, and sailors & se ~ 0 1 the greatest praise. The account is 0 - another column. his °l:avrrinugessduanyk: New York Papers to the 2d instant, w ere ' t.. " ceived last night, at the North, and South A l/ : 6 rican Coffee - house. by the Colombia po'o ship, arrived off Portsmouth. Their conte/1 0 are unimportant. The Charge d'Affaires fo r f l United States, at Brazil, had actually witted s: himself from that Court, and arrived in Floridas. The EMPEROR app ears to 10 4 , treated the Envoy rather unco urteousl y , declar'P A that he hated Republics and Republicans 11° vro