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FORtIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal des Debats.) " PARIS, JULY I.—The Florence Gazette gives a letter from Ancona, dated June 10, which contains the following paragraph :-- 6 At the departure of the post, Captain Delpino arrived from Napoli di Ti' mania, whence he sailed on the 28th of May. letters he has brought will not he forwarded till to-rnorrow. Meanwhile, the Captain has deposed quarantine office, that, before he sailed, a Turkish frigate, which had been captured by Lord Cochrane, was brought into the port of Napoli di Bomania.' (From the Constitutionnel.) " PARIS, JULY 1.-A letter from Marseilles, dated June 25, states as follows:—` The force sent to Algiers is not sufficient to obtain all the satisfac tion we require. Since Lord Exmouth's visit, the Dey has fortified Algiers, the entrance to which is defended by 600 pieces of cannon. It is not sup posed that ships can approach near enough to bombard the place. It would therefore be necessary to effect a landing, and no troops have been em barked. The most certain way would be to capture the Algerine frigate and corvette, which are at sea, if they can be fallen in with.' " The Etoile says—` We read this morning, in the Constitutionnel, an article tending to justify the residence of the English troops in Portugal. We think that a French journal might have considered itself dispensed from making an apology with which it has doubtless gratuitously charged itself. Such questions touch interests too delicate to be conve niently discussed in Gazettes.' In the first place, let us observe that our article, such as it is, had for its object to explain, not to justify the continu ance of the English troops in Portugal—to tell what interests detained them there, and why the measures adopted by Mr. Canning with regard to Portugal must, under like circumstances, have also been adopted by Lord Castlereagh. (From the Gazette de France, dated Tuesday, July S.) " PARIS, LY 2.—His Excellency the Minister of Marine, informing the Commissary-General of the Marine at the port of Havre that war has just been declared by France against the Regency of Al giers, announces to him that , in o rder to p revent the dangers to which French ships sailing from the Ocean to the Mediterranean might be exposed, there will be regular convoys between Cadiz and Mar seilles. " In consequence, those shipowners of the port of Havre may have to dispatch vessels to the Me diterranean, in order to avoid all danger from the Barbary cruisers, must give orders to their Captains to proceed first to Cadiz, where they will find con voy to accompany them. " His Excellency has written to the Commander of the Naval Division at Newfoundland, to acquaint him with those measures, and enjoining him to give ri ,)tice of them to the, Captains of ships employed in tLe cod-fishery, and who intend to return to Mar- seilles. " LEayroitN, JUNE 20.—The Chamber of Com merce has informed the merchants that the differences between Tuscany and the Regency of Tripoli hive been adjusted, and that the Tuscan colours have been again hoisted by the Consul. As a French 'squadron has sailed from Toulon to blockade Algiers, The Captains of Tuscan ships are instructed to ob serve all the rules prescribed in such cases, and the more so, es the French expedition has an object ge nerally intei-esting. VIENNA, 23.—(Pr12'ate Letter.) —In spite of the tone of secuTitY adopted by the Austrian Observer, in speaking cf the affairs of Greece, we are here in continual tribOlation as to what will be the catastrophe of the great drama, which for more than six years has caused the so:.'citude of the great Cabinets, as well as of all the nations' of the civilized world. M, de Tatitschef has almost daily confert7,"' with Prince Metternich, to whom he has just trans mitted, on the part of his Court, a very peremptory Note ; which, according to what has transpired in public, leaves but -rely ,lender boric of hping able any longer to defer the storm which is so much feared, and which has been till now so successfully allayed; though, according to the current rumours, Russia had, in fact, prolonged the term previously fixed by it for the commencement of its operations on the Pruth. But this is only during the time in dispensably necessary for obtaining a categorical an swer as to the last representation, which, in conse quence of the new instructions transmitted to M. d'Ottenfels by Counsellor Hurzart, that Ambassador Ss to make of the remonstrances to the Porte, rela tive to the urgency of yielding to the propositions :;pacification made by Russia and England. I can not wU you the precise time when this sursis has been forfoed, but I have reason for presuming that it will expire in the month of July, since it is not rrobable that Russia will allow all the time fitted the campaign to pass away. It is quite a mat ;er of notoriety, that preparations are making here tor all events; and since for this purpose it is necessary to have the coffers well filled, a new finan /A operation is meditated. In fact, apparently the most suitable measure would be, a new division of he Metalliques, since the number of the mmay be augmented to infinity, without ever being able to con troul it exactly. Yet every financial spring of this ‘ature is used ; and yet such an operation could not De effected without having recourse to Messrs.Roths ..hild, who having in their office a great number of th e se in . strument s, arising from former loans, would perhms, v ery . willingly take charge of it, in or der to avoid lowering the market price, which would .vidently injure their interests. The Government, :re are informed, i.gill, in this embarrassment, have recourse Lo the States of Hungary, of which, by se veral well-ti.med concessions, it has again been able to conciliate the affections, and from which it is about immediately to demand some extraordinary subsidies ; and, in o: der to make the proposition, it ,will be shown to them that the supplies are particu larly calculated for the p ee ' liar interests of that king dorn—both for protecting its frontiers from all fo reign aggression, and extending its bounds. This project is sufficiently accredited on the 'Change to counterbalance the influence which is ex2rc;sed by other reports in circulation, and which viould entainly have lowered the Metalliques. This Stock is n ot at all equal to the prices of Public Funds at Paris and London; yet they are a t a lea n rate, and ha ve remained steady for the last fortnight. NEAPOLITAN LOAN Of 2,500,0001., nego elated by Mr. N.M. ROTIISCHILD in London. The half-yearly Dividend on this Loan, falling due on Wednesday the Ist of August next, will be paid on that and every succeeding day between the hours of ten and two, at Mr. N. M. ItomsoutLy s co unting-house, New-court, St. Swithin's-lane. It is requested that the warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order, may be left one day, for the purpose of being examined. Qne day last week as a person was digging i n the h a :nlet of Lakenham, he found a small pot of coins, most of them copper. Two of them bear the date of 1,200. 21ELVILLE .:,\IONUMENT.—The colossal statue intended to smnoun . ant column is at length about to be e:t.' the public. Workmen have for several b e en en gaged in enclosing the grow id aff theldi monu ment, preparatory to eree . ong for the purpose of facilitating the . evation of th e statue to its proper position, and the process of raising it is likely to be carried into execution -without further delay. The statue, we tinder stand, is about 16 feet in height. The height of the column is upwards of 136 feet, and when the statue is added to it, the total height will be iipwards 152 feet.— Edinburgh Observer. PORTUGAL. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) LISBON, RTNE 23.—Manoel Antonio de Carvelho has accepted the Finance Department. Saldanha continues to occupy that for Foreign Affairs, in con junction with his own office as Minister of War; and the rest of the new Ministers go through the regular routine of their respective departments with out murmuring or complaint. Few men, however, have been placed in a more awleveard situation than Saldanha is at the present moment. He is ignorant of what course the Marquis of Palmella will pursue —whether he will accept the new office allotted for him, or prefer retiring into private life, he must be anxious about the present state of the army as well es the finances; arid besides he is overloaded with the burden of double duties—l might have said of triple or quadruple duties ; for no man of any cha racter or skill has been appointed to assist him. Car valho is a Judge, and held at one time some situa tion in a commission appointed for the payment of the interest of the debt, but otherwise is eluite unknown. The rest of his colleagues I have already described, and can only add, that the more I hear of them the more I am convinced that they are unfavourable to the present Govern ment, and are, perhaps, the most proper persons that Trigoso and Barradas could have selected. I have said so much about the Princess Regent and those who are about her, that it is quite unnecessary to say a word more on this subject. If the Marquis of Pal mella declines the new appointment, the game may be said to be up—not in the sense in which this phrase was used three months ago, when the Con stitution was supposed to have triumphed, but as signifying that the party of Don Miguel have quietly overpowered their adversaries, and proved the supe riority of jesuitical principles. Even those most op posed to them seem oppressed with the thoughts of the late change, and the consequence which it must have on the Cabinets of Europe. They had hopes that arrangements were going on which would ter ruinate in their favour ; that France saw the impo licy of taking an active part against Portugal, and that Austria was inclined to second, to a certain ex tent, the views of the English Ministry; but now that affairs are completely changed, and the utter inefficiency of the new Ministers is on all hands ac knowledged, they dread that former engagements will be retracted, and measures be adopted for re storing the old system. They can obtain no in formation respecting the negociations which are said to be carrying on ; they are as ignorant of the real intentions of the Spanish Cabinet, as they are of countries ten thousand miles distant. They sus pect the French Court of bigotry and perfidy, and believe that any, the most trivial circumstance,would be laid hold of by that Government as a pretence for taking more active and open measures against them. Altogether the present condition of this party must excite in every feeling mind the most lively sympathy. They are the only intelligent part of the community. They find that the great body of the people will not second them ; and if the pre sent system be overturned, they count upon exile and disgrace, and despair of seeing in their days eitherjustice or liberty in Portugal. I have great pleasure in stating, that I have had frequent inter course with some of this party, and though they be lieve me unfavourable to their cause, they - have lent me every assistance in their power. I may say that the only correct information I have obtained has iieen through their means. They say we know that the lower classes, which form the greater part of the population of Portugal, are ignorant and bigotted, and hostile to any change; but is that a sufficient reason to make the European Powers resist all im provement ? If we had been left unmolested, and the Constitution been alloWed to take its course,the people would in time have been convinced of its be nefits, and we might have entertained hopes that % we should have been rescued from our present de , -ied state, and restored to that station which we g rd ' • - 4 in former ages, when our fleets trave r se d occupie,_ discovered new countries, and ge_r_ea__ ""v.'n- she energies of Europe. e t.e new impulse to . colonies—we are left without now stripped of our -e, and the Courts of Eu a Sovereign and , ration,p rotect., have combined rope, with one honourable exce, against us. taken plae A very considerable desertion has among the Portuguese troops lately. They are , 2n fact, deserting in all quarters. I have j ust been 'De formed, on authority that I cannot doubt, because it is from one of the same regiment, that out of 200 lately raised for the 7th regiment, now at the Con vent de la Graca, in the neighbourhood of Lisbon, not more than the half have remained faithful. But no one can be surprised at this. The course pur sued by the Minister of War is such, that the only wonder is, that they do not all desert, or mutiny at once. There is a very general belief at the present ' moment, that the system is rapidly breaking up, and that Don Miguel will in no long time maize his ap pearance, and undo all that has been done. Some even go so far as to say that he is expected on the frontiers daily, and that many of his friends have in consequence quitted Lisbon. I have heard that Portella, formerly Colonel of Police, and Pinto, who , held a situation in Tras-os - Montes durin g Chaves' rebellion, are among the number. All this is ex ceedingly probable. Perhaps there never was any c ountry so little inclined to put confidence in the Government as Portugal at this moment, and there is such a firm belief of its inefficiency, that the pru dent naturally take an early opportunity of joining the other side. If Palmella does not come soon, he will find his place occupied. Ido not profess to be at all acquainted with his character or principles ; but if he wishes to preserve the Constitution, there cannot be the least doubt that, when be arrives, a radical change of Ministers must take place. The English troops continue to occupy the same positions, and, according to all accounts, are o!1 the best terms with the inhabitants, particu larl y ip. the country. How can this be doubted ? The price of wine, and almost every other article of consumption, has been nearly doubled in the districts which they occupy. There has been some increase lately in the number of sick in the hospitals at Campo de Ourique and Val tie Perreira. The Grenadier Guards, among whom there has been a p artial typhus fever, have 49 sick, send the other battalion 45. In a street adjoining the farmer barracks, a horrible scene has just b een brou ght to •L'ight. About a month ago a man had been murd ered by ;; .s wife i and her paramour, cut into four p ieces, and buried n the house. They shortly afterwards left the house, as they said when examined, on account of a disa greeable smell. They are both in custody, b u t when they will be tried no one can tell; and when tried and convicted, the utmost pu*ishment will be banishment for life. An execution is an event of the rarest occurrence. The weather now is oppressively hot during the day, and no one who has the least acquaintance with this climate can blame the Portuguese for the indolent qualities ascribed to them. How is it pos sible for the human frame to be so elastic and vigo rous under such a scorching sun, without a cloud . , and with the thermometer at 87 and 8S deg., a! it is in England ? There is besides all this, something so enervating and soporific in the atmosphere, that sleep during the day is almost irresistible. The evening s are generally cool, and the heat much less oppressive than it is in London during the Dog-days. The greater part of the grain in the south of Portu gal is now cut, and the crop is excellent. Fruit is in the gisatest abundance. Apricots are sold at 13-d. the hundred, fig s at 6d. the hundred, and cherries at !d. the English po un d. Lisbon is all in a blaze this evening--the eve of St. John's. How much the city owes to the Saints and the suit fcr the purity of the airtiosi,here ! A courier arrived from Vienna on Thursday. The general belief seems to be, that Don Miguel must soon be here. It is not probable, however, that he will come before October, and the Cortes will be assembled before that time. I have heard that a HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. - Morning ...43 minutes after 11. I Evening... 0 minutes after 0. jigrt 7 " - , . rVr,, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1827. The Financial Accounts of the Quarter will be made up to-night, and we shall have the satisfaction of laying them before our Readers to-morrow. At present, we are only e nabled to state that we are given to understand, that they will evince that g radual improvement of the Revenue of the country which has been so often lately alluded to in Parliament. We received, last night, the Paris Papers of Monday, and the Gazette de France (late the Etoile), dated Tuesday morning. They furnish no political intelligence of importance. The force sent against Algiers, is said in a letter from Marseilles, not to be sufficient to e nforce the satisfaction which the French Government re quires. Extracts are given in another column, and we subjoin the price of the Funds. FRFNCH FUNDS, JULY 2.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 55 . c. ; Three per Cents. 72f. ; Bank Stock, 2 , 010 f. ; Neapolitan, 77 f. ; Spanish Loan (1823), 58f. EX CHANGE ON Loxnort.—One Month, Pape r, 35 c. ; Money, 25 f. 30 c. ; Thre e M o nt h s, Paper, 25f* 20c. ; M one y, 25f. 17ic. 25f. It is not our intention to carry on a war with that appropriate organ of the refined and en lightened Ultras, the Standard Newspaper ; first, because the bickerings of Journalists are not in general very edifying to the 'public ; and, secondly, because every man has a right t o decide for himself what fuemen he considers « tvordig of his steer' — a contes t with an o b s c ure and despicable rival being like a pugilistic c ombat with a sweep, where little is to be ga i n ed by victory, except the ridicule of the bye standers, at the squalid proofs of the encounter on the person of the conqueror. We have, however, to protest agai ns t the shamelems defiance of truth, which induces the Standard to repeat its already exposed assertion that the SuX newspaper is the property of Mr. CHARLES GRANT. That Right lion. Gen tleman has absolutely no more to do with it than the Emperor of China—having never contri buted one line, or one shilling to it, directly or indirectly, in the course of his life. As to the abusive epithets which the Standard is kind enough to bestow upon us for not advo cating the principl e of the Poor Laws, we can declare with great sincerity, that th e y wo uld be hi g hly gratifying from such a quarter, under any circumstances. But the obtuse writer strangely extracts the sting from his epithets, of " dunce," " thick head," &c. by talking of its being " super fluous to expose the blunders of one who writes and reasons as well perhaps, as most of the MACCULLOCH sect." ADAM SMITH, RICAR DO, and MALTHUS must come under this sweeping designation of the MACCULLOCH sect, as far as the Poor Laws are concerned, for one and all of them have the same detesta tion of that absurd and monstrous system, which is so admirably calculated to reduce all classes of society to a civil chaos, where there would be no distinctions of rank, since all would be equally poor. We shall resume the subject of the Poor Laws, but Hot for the purpose of confuting the arguments of the Standard, which are really too contempti ble for a reply. " The whole of the argument of the economists," says this well-informed writer, " goes upon the ground that in society we may, without sin, suffer our brethren to starve." We beg to tell him that it does no such thing, but it goes to this, that when you are inclined to be charitable, you are to put your hand in your own pocket, and not in your neighbour's. Robbing PETER to l'aY PAUL may be charity, though we can not comprehend it. But the logic of the Stan dard will be duly appreciated by Church-, wardens, and those who alone get fat upon this benevolent and enlightened system. Dutch Papers to the 3d instant, were received last night, but they do not contain any political intelligence nor any article worth extracting. The private communications received from Lisbon by the mail which arrived yesterday, are not better calculated than those of the former to inspire very strong hopes for the security of Por tugal against foreign invasion, or domestic troubles. The frequent changes of the Ministry have destroyed the little confidence which a por- tion of the people felt in the Government, and all the party rage of the Apostolicals is inflamed against those who at present possess power. — Constant causes of differences continued to arise between the Courts of Madrid and Lisbon, and no satisfactory arrangement on any of them was come to. The Constitutionalists now forming the Ministry view a war with Spain as likely to consolidate the new Institutions of Portugal, by the overthrow of despotic power in Spain, and the establishment of a Constitutional Govern ment in that Kingdom, whiCh they look upon as its inevitable consequences, while the Apostolicals are urging on acts likely to lead to hosti lities, because they fancy that the Apostolical party in the two Kingdoms would be too powerful for the Constitutionalists, and that despotism would again reign uncontroulled in both. Hence it is inferred, that eventually war between Spain and Portugal must take place, and it is th.usitt. DON MIGUEL in Spain. No idea appears to be entertained that that Prince will accept the invitation of his Brother to proceed to Rio de Janeiro, and the influence which some of the members of his family possess over him, will probably induce him to listen to the wishes of the party of which he is the avowed head, to return to the Peninsula. In the present state of things nothing Call prosper either in Spain or Portugal, and were it not that a war between those countries might possibly involve us and other countries of Europe, we should consider such an event as rather to be wished for than deprecated. The opposite ele ments which exist in Spain and Portugal will never unite, and an explosion must take place before either country can settle down into such a state of order as can afford a hope of security or quiet. The Austrian Observer of the 23d ult. is filled with afflicting accounts of the ravages made by the late inundations in Germany : _ VIENNA, JUNE 23. The Emperor and Empress go on the 28th to Baden, and after some stay there go to the family estates in Upper Austria. Metalliques, 90k ; Bank Shares, 1091. VIENNA, JUNE 22. The most afflicting accounts are received from Styria, Carinthia, and the Tyrol, of the ravages caused by the in undations in those provinces. The Journals of Gratz, Clagenfurth, and Innsbunch, are filled with the melan choly details. Houses and bridges are swept away, the roads broken up, so as to interrupt the communications, the villages are changed into extensive lakes, and the houses under water. Thus, for instance, the third of the houses in the market-town of Sillian have been under water in the second story for this month past. The long-conti nued rains and the melting of the snow have loosened large masses of earth, which come down from the sides of the mountains, and sweep away the houses and fields in the sight of the unhappy owners. Many lives have been unhappily lost in these disasters. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th ult. has been received this morning. It contains no political news, but mentions that the Emperor NICHOLAS is earnestly bent upon e conomy in all departments of the State. If economy in private life be the nurse of independence, it must, with nations, be the source of happiness to the people, and stability to the Government PETERSBURGH, JUNE IS. Our Sovereign pursues, with incessant zeal, the laudable principle which he appears to have taken as his guide from the beginning of his reign, to introduce such retrench ments as may be necessary in all the departments of the Administration. Instructions to this effect were received by all the Ministers, each for his own department, within a few months from his accession to the Throne. Since then active and prudent measures are Trying into effect for the purpose of simplifying the proceedings in the several offices as much as possible, and of limiting the number of Officers employed, which has hitherto been much too great. Several Boards which existed under the late Government, and were some of them mostly established under it, but which did not answer the object of their organisation or produce any good equal to the annual expence which they occasioned, have been already abolished by the Emperor a nd their places supplied by more simple means. The continuation of this system of wise economy must greatly diminish the budget of our public expenditure, and have the most salutary effect on our finances. Positive orders have been very lately sent by the Emperor to Count Paplue, Cho.- vernor-General ad interim of the New Russian Pro vinces, not to go to any further expense of any kind for the projected buildings and improvements of the Imperial estate Urjanda, on the coast of the Tauric peninsula, purchased by the late Emperor Alexander ; to dismiss all the officers employed there, and to incorporate the whole estate as a dependency, with the celebrated garden at Nikita. Thus all the plans that were formed for the building of the palace, and for laying out beautiful grounds and gardens in this romantic spot, will not be executed. Had these plans been carried into effect, the residence of the Imperial Family, for some months in the year, which would have certainly taken place, would have had a most beneficial effect on trade of all descriptions in the peninsula. The idea conceived by the late Emperor (luring his last visit to form a guard of Crim Tartars has now been carried into effect ; it has been completely equipped for some months, and waits only for orders to march to St. Peters burgh, when, as a separate regiment, it will be commanded by officers of its own nation, it will be incorporated with the other corps of the guard. It is equipped half in the Cossack and half in the Tscherkassean fashion. Gibraltar Chronicles of the 14th ult. mention, that a Columbian cruizer, supposed to be the Pinchincha, appeared in sight on the 11th from the westward, and had passed the back of the rock with two prizes in company ; one a brig schooner, the other a vallachero ; they have since anchored opposite the Devil's Tower ;—the brig schooner is supposed to be the vessel that sailed lately from Cadiz. The following Article, copied from the Times, will excite the curiosity of our readers, which we cannot gratify at present, having been unable to find out the particulars of the circumstance to which this mysterious paragraph alludes : " A curious circumstance occurred at a recent fete. Hedges and walls are said to have ears ; and those who plot would do well to look about them ere they broach their plots. A conversation at this scene of elegant festivity, but little congruous with the passing events, is said to have been overheard : it was of infinite importance to the Prime Minister, and has since been to him most minutely re ported. Such secrets were worth any money : we know not how secrets can be weighed, or they were worth their weight in gold. Two thousand pounds would not have been too much to give for the information." Letters from Messina, of the 13th ultimo, state that a severe hurricane had devastated that Island on the 6th and 7th, in which many vessels and lives bad been lost. We r egre t to state, that considerable alarm is entertained for the safety of the Thalia, Captain Biden, which vessel saled from Calcutta on the 9th January last, for London. She has on board between 80 and 90 passengers (chiefly invalids), which adds to the interest felt in consequence, and 50 guineas per cent. has been given to insure her at Lloyd's. PARIS, Jut 2.—Five brigs, sixteen galliots, and one sloop, have been taken or destroyed off the coast of Cuba, by the Mexican squadron ; among them the following : Dichosa, with ballast, sunk ; Josepha, ditto ; Carman, with rum and molasses; N.S. Delos-Angelos, with ballast, sunk ; Caroline, with specie; Fortuna, mahogany ; Fidelidad, ditto; Learta, salt, sunk ; Candad, wine and brandy, sunk ; Buon - Vigo, sunk ; San Antoneo, ditto; Montanza, from Africa. HALF-PAST THRER. A passenger in the Wellington, arrived from Madras, reports that a ship, which the Captain supposed to be the Thalia, was seen going into the Cape of Good Hope, with loss of mizen mast, and it was reported at St. Helena, on the 13th May, that she had been at Ceylon. N.B. The above was stuck up at Lloyd's, and has oc casioned some hopes for the above vessel, which is 671 tons burthen. lecree has been passed, summoning them to meet in he beginning of September. OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY. A new proposition has been made by Spain, which I have no doubt is intended still more to em barrass the Portuguese and English Governments. That proposition is, an engagement to send to France every Portuguese refugee in Spain whose name shall be mentioned, on condition that Portugal orders out of the country every Spanish refugee whose name shall likewise be given. Nobody be lieves that Spain will sincerely execute such an en gagement, though every body believes that Portugal must act up to it if she enters, under the guarantee of England, into such a stipulation. The Portu guese Government has, therefore, demurred on the proposal, not from any desire to prolong the present state of agitation on the frontiers, but from a doubt of the good faith, or the power, of the Cabinet of Madrid. To show how much importance we attach to the idea of being faithful to our engagements, I need only mention a recent instance. Some 50 or 60 Spanish refugees, tired with their stay in a country which afforded them so little encouragement, lately chose rather to return to their ov►n homes, than to remain en starving allowance in Portugal. —They therefore set out in a body for their own country. Their departure was mentioned to our Ambassador here by some of the conservators of the peace of Europe. He could not neglect the intimation of such a fact, which he knew would be aggravated into a hostile invasion of Spain from the Portuguese frontier. He, therefore called upon the Portuguese Government to afford him the means of justifying to the Government of Spain the misfortune which had just happened.-- We (the English) had protested against the entry of Portuguese refugees into Portugal armed and equipped from Spain ; and now Spanish refugees were about to enter Spain armed and equipped (as at least might be pretended) from Portugal. Some strong notes have, as I understand, passed between the English Embassy and Portuguese Ministry on the subject. The latter has, of course, from a desire to consult the general peace, sent out couriers in all directions td arrest the fugitives; but they have not yet been found. England, which has so strongly objected to the conduct of Spain in allowing an in vasion of Portuguese rebels from her territory, can not of course, justify the entrance of Spanish pa triots into Spain on the side of Portugal. There seems, in all the provinces, to be a general state of discontent and suspicion. An insurrectionary feeling agitates the troops. The late change in the Minstry has animated the Corcundas. Every body seems to look with anxious interest for what is to happen. Unfortunately, almost nobody expresses his opinion energetically against a change. The friends of Don Miguel are so active in the North, that se veral English merchants of Oporto have written to Lisbon to know the meaning of the movement. — Some of these letters are very ominous. Should an internal movement in favour of Don Miguel take place, how are we to act ? In the first place, we have no troops capable of resisting any expression of popular feeling; in the second place, our prin ciples would not allow us to interfere in a contest purely national, though we had the power to do it successfully. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, JULY 2. Bank Stock Consols, 3 percent. B3 Royal Irish Ditto — — Gov. Stock, 3% per cent.... 90% National Ditto — Ditto, New Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent. 49% Hibernian Bank Gov. Deb. 3%. per cent.... 91% Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock Royal Irish Mine t Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct. Commercial Buildings — Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Hamburgh 1 O Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 O France O Gottenburgh 1 . 0 Mexico 0 1 .o.ro-Lsey ac Jersey- 0 4, 1 Waterfm-a 0 BANK DISCOUNTS AT FOUR PER CENT, SUN OFFICE, Four o'clock. At length the question of the Bank discount ing at Four per Cent. is settled, an official notice having been just stuck up at the Discount Office to this effect. Consols have been 86i, but on the above notice being made known, went up to 87i f. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clod. Consols at the close of yesterday receded to 874 4, in consequence of some heavy sales which were made ; and they were done in the Alley afterwards even at 87k. This morning they opened at the same price, but exhibited a considerable degree of buoyancy, and advanced gradually to 87k, at this price they took a turn, and receded to 874, the present price. The Bulls are in high spirits, and cal culate upon still higher quotations. The Commissioners purchased in Three per Cents. Reduced at 86i ; India Bonds, 85 '7 ; Exchequer Bills, 55 6 premium. The business in the Foreign Funds has not been important : Mexican Bonds are 684 9, and seem to be slowly recovering the shock they sustained yesterday. Colombian 6 per Cent. are 301 1 ; Chilian, 27 8 ; Greek are quoted at 15 1-; Spanish Bonds continue at 101 11. Shares remain with out activity, and this will be the case until the arrival of our Minister, Mr. Ward, in the Primrose, who, it is ex pected, will bring with him information of importance to these speculations. Three per Cent. Console, shut ; Ditto for Account, 861 the price ; Three per Cent. reduced, 861 ; India Bonds, 85 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 55 6 pm. FORElGN. — Brazilian, 60 ; Buenos Ayres, 611 2 ; Chilian, 27 8; Colombian, 1824, sot 14 ; Danish, 621 Greek, 15 1 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 56 7 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 684 9 ; Peruvian, 241 51 ; Portuguese, 751- 6 ; Russian, 93 4. ; Spanish, 104 11. MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 45 24 dis. ; Brazilian, 24 1 dis. ; Colombian, 10 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 80 60 die. ; United Mexican, 191 184 dis. Two o' Clock. Consols have been 871 I, but are now 81- ; Mexican Bonds have suddenly fell 1 per Cent., and are now 68, sellers : this arises from the accounts from Mexico being of a very conflicting nature. THREE 0' CL OCK Consols are 87 some heavy sales have been made. A report exists in the City of the Turkish Government having returned an nufavourable reply to the propositions made to them by the Allied Governments on the subject of Greek affairs, in addition to which, it is also said that a courier has arrived with information of the respective Ambassadors of the Earopean Powers having left Con stantinople in consequence. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish Bonds 621 Do. for Ac. 87/ Greek Do. 1825, 15 Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825 69 Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. 28 Russian Do. 931 Columbian, 1824, 304 Spanish Do. 10i The following is an official statement of the receipts at the Custom House at Vera Cruz for the month of April, taken from the El Mercurio of May 4, 1827 : Receipts in hand Do. of April last Total dollars 486,555 Paid to the Treasury of Mexico Do. to the Commissary Gen. of Mexico 144,239 Do. to 3,000 Do. Salaries of Officers of Customs, &c. 30,601 Total dollars 294,026 Balance in hand, dollars Total Custom House, Vera Cruz, May 1, 1827. PAUSTO ACEDD• LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.), COURT OF KING'S BENCH. DALLAS AND IHNES V. JOHN HANSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs whg are writers to the signet in Edinburgh, to recover from the defendant, who is an attorney at London, the sum of 1151. for professional business performed by them on his account. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Pol lock) stated the case to the jury. On the 25th June, 1826, the plaintiff Mr. limes, received a letter from Mr. Parker of Doctors' Commons, the mutual friend of Mr. Innes and the defendant, stating that he applied at the request of the defendant, who wanted Mr. Innes's professional assistance in a matter of great importance and delicacy. This letter enclosed a letter from Mr. Hanson himself, in which he availing himself of Mr. Parker's re commendation, requested Mr. Innes on receipt to call upon his son Mr. Newton Hanson, who then lived with the Earl of Portsmouth in Edinburgh, and deliver a letter which was enclosed for him. Mr. Innes was further• de sired to give bis professional advice to Mr. N. Hanson, and his Lordship relative to certain proceedings against the latter at the instance of his brother against his Lordship's peace. Mr. Innes, accordingly called on Mr. Newton Hanson with the letter, and in terms of an arrangement then made, the Earl of Portsmouth and Mr. Newton, called on Mr. Innes, at his chambers, a few hours afterwards. It ought to have been stated, that his Lordship's brother alleged that he was non cornpos mentis, and was then suing out a com mission of lunacy against him in Chancery, and this was the proceeding referred to. At the meeting, his Lord ship said, that from the proceedings of his brother, lie did not consider his person in safety, that his brother's object was to alarm Lady Portsmouth, who is the daughter of the defendant, and who was then in the family way, and to . produce a miscarriage ; and he therefore requested Mr. Innes's advice. After sonic further conversation Mr. Innes applied at the police office, and engaged two or three police officers to attend at his Lordship's house, and to act under his Lordship's direction, or that of Mr. Newton Hanson. A few days afterwards the latter called on Mr. Innes, and informed him, that his Lordship had been carried off, and requested, by desire of her Ladyship, of Mr. Innes to accom pany him in pursuit of his Lordship. They accordingly proceeded post haste to London, and when they arrived there his Lordship was, by appointment of the Lord Chan cellor, in the custody of Lord Grantley. Mr. Innes then returned home, and it was for the expence he was thus put to that he now sought a verdict. Mr. Hall, who was clerk to the plaintiffs, proved that the meeting above-mentioned took place, and that Mr. Innes had gone to London. Witness considered the charges reasonable. In September, 1826, the defendant was in • Edinburgh, and was applied to for payment of the ac count ; he expressed sorrow that he could not then pay it, but promised to do as soon as he could, An item of 51., alleged to have been paid to Mr. Innes, in London, could not be proved, and was passed from. Mr. CAMPBELL for the defendant contended, that it was the property of the Earl of Portsmouth that was liable for the payment of the account, and not the defendant, who was merely his agent. The Learned Counsel read an affi davit by Mr. Innes himself, in which he swore, that when he conversed with his Lordship, it did net appear to him that he was in a state of mental alienation, or that he was not in poSsession of his faculties ; that he could not say be had very prominent abilities. Under these circumstances the Learned Counsel contended, it could not be supposed but the business was undertaken on the employment of the Earl of Portsmouth himself. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, that the affidavit read by his Learned Friend, was made for Mr. Hanson, in order to be exhibited in Chancery, as Mr. Hanson strained every nerve to set aside the Commission, in order that he might have the sole management of his Lordship's property. No one would suppose that the plaintiffs were mad enough to undertake the business on the, responsibility of a person charged with lunacy. Lord TENTERDEN summed up, and the Jury found for the plaintiffs, with 2081. damages. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. The LORD CHIEF BARON disposed of several Exci cases this morning previous to our going to press, none them, however, were of any public interest. COURT OF COND'ELEGATES. THE SHIP MIRIAM AND JAIt. This was an appeal from the High Court of Admire!tit where a suit was instituted by a mariner named Monism:it to recover a claial of wages from .the owners of the above vessel. 4 1 to stay the further proceedings in the suit, on the gring o° that no proxy was exhibited for the seaman, who was v }lir Dr. J. ADDAMS, on behalf of fee owners, now appl is '.l ~.., ~......-ice.,. had left this country, and was nit likel to return. Thz application was supported by an affida 4 yr) which went to state that the suit was carried on by the Proctor, without the assent of the individual be repro' sented, and that if the mariner was condemned in cost* it would be impossible for the opposing party to recoil( them. Dr. DODSON objected to the application, and observed. that if the Court suspended the suit on account of the Or sence of the mariner, it would put an end to all suits lot seamen's wages, as, in almost every case, the seaman pro• ceeded on another voyage whilst the suit was pending. The Couarr refused the application. BRISCOE V. BRISCOE. _ _ Mr. Jarman, Lady Briscoe's Proctor, stated, th a t t he costs and alimony had been paid to her Ladyship, in pur suance of the order made by the High Court of Delegated; Dr. LEE wished to know when th e costs h a d b een pa id( Mr. JENNER had no objection to answer that question if it was put by the Court. Dr. LEE-I ask the question as a Judge in the cause; and I call upon the other Judges to join me in makint some inquiries. Mr. JENNER. appealed to the Court whether he W 0 obliged to answer Dr. Lee ? Dr. DetintuNlC, one of the Judges, said the case was Door dismissed. Dr. DODSON—We are no longer Judges. Dr. LEE thought he should be supported by his brothe r Judges, and again asked the Proctor for Lady B r i scoe , 0 well as the Proctor for Sir Wastel Briscoe, to state the foi l amount of their respective bills of costs. Neither of the Proctors, however, appeared desirous t° afford the Learned Gentleman the information he desired' Dr. LEE declared with great warmth, that he had bee' tricked out of the opportunity of looking into the costs is this cause, though he had strongprintafitcie evidence tho t , Drs. Jenner and Arnold had taken illegal fees. He a dd& that he could not thank his brother Judges for their cola' test, for they had declined to support him in discoveripi what he considered a fraud. Mr. JENNER called upon Dr. Lee to recollect that l' e was no longer a judge in the cause, and that he was respolr sible for his observations as much as any other person. Dr. LEE said he had spoken only as a Judge, and the he would not communicate with Mr. Jenner out of tol o or in his Chambers, should Mr. Jenner call the re . H e fel t he had done his duty to the public, and he never wo uld connive at the mat-practices of Proctors, nor of C ou nge ., either. The conversation then dropped, and the Court g►',' dually cleared. Mr. Jenner remained for some time ' r the Hall, which gave rise to an impression that he v/ 0 about to accost Dr. Lee, with respect to the scandalous putations he had thrown out, but the learned Doctor re' mained quietly seated in his place, for at least half an kolo after the Court was clear, and then retired without i n ter. ruption to his chambers. It is said that the Earl of CoURTowS , iClaasprtaeisiiignofedththeaßt a s n it d ua o ti f on Gentlemen Pensioners' . We hear remarks on Mr. BROUGHAM'S net' stationsome observing that it is granted t i him peculiar favour, while others treat hi' pos th a n that of King's counsel There i s no pr e t ence f or e ith er suggestion. The Ina , who holds wh a t i s ca ll e d a p a t e nt of precedency, at the off ; less dignity such 3 is grant e d t o M r . B ROUGHA M, ranks with the King' Counsel of th e same date. The latter have a Ind salary—the former has none ; and this saved Mt itiaosn aa mark s one bar o BROUGHAM the necessity of vacating his seat in Parlif, ment. He has this other advantage—that he can hO, briefs against the Crown in all Government or crimis ) prosecutions ; w hereas the King's Counsel cannot do 6f without special licence from the Secretary of State. TV this privilege i s granted without distinction of party or is per son, pro ved , by looking to the names of those who he held it. Amongst others may be named, of those wil ° are gone by, Lord ERSKINE, and Sir WILLIAM GRANS' Amongst those of the present day, are Sir CHARO' WErnrRILL, the late. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and Sir TINDAL, the present SOLICITOR-GENERAL. That it cr, be no mark of special favour, is further proved by so many of Mr. BROUGHAM'S friends having obtained it a t t 1) same time with him ; and we hear it stated amongst ti l/ profession, and which he himself appears to have confirm ed at Liverpool, that he would have much preferred r( taming his former station, if this general promotion had 11C, been granted to others ; for that a promotion so extense may possibly injure him on the circuit, where one gen tle man is actually put over his bead.— Tunes. Minn , DEAL, ported to drove off by a De Kell, of have beet Smyrna; PORTS Underwc Jane, Jac MALY cabin yva an Amer north ski VERA Havanna arrived I: The D arrived o Lowland Upland L RYe-gras New Ditt Sup: Lowland] Upland D Rye-grass New Rea A limit, prices. The merous, Salmon Mackerel the qual unfit for Prime 6s. to Ss. le. do. ; basket taining s 4e. per 5 per dozen Shrimps, rings, 12 dyed. liuctuatic The OUT WC take of parture " Mv passed terbury, flexion h cation co inst. 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