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FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile; dated Wednesday,-August 17.) ROUEN, AUG• 13. fhe new arrangement concluded with St. Do mingo has been received by the merchants 0; Rouen with all the interest that its importance requires. By the care of M. le Chevalier Severs, Commissary of the Navy in this port, it was posted up early in the morning all over the city, and proclaimed in the Linen-Call, where it was read with the most lively satisfaction. Several of the dealers immediately began•to engage with the.:merchants of the colony for the purchase of articles adapted to its consumption. The happy influence which this event will have oti our manufactures is already felt, and business has become, in a sensible degree, more brisk. Every thing promises the speedy renewal of the •direct commercial intercourse which formerly existed between the port of Rouen and St. Po •rningo. C lIENT, AUG. 4. . The Curls of five parishes of Ghent spoke with energy on Sunday, the Ist of .July, in their re ;spective churches, against the propagation of the ~b ad books .whiEh inundate the- country, and 'against the licentiousness of the press-which en •courages their publication, and by the extracts from these books with which it fills the journals .devoted to the anti-religious and anti-social fac tion, places within the reach of the less enlight 'cued classes, who are consequently the least ca- Table of distinguishing good doctrines from those which are dangerous and criminal, works which, -on account of their price, and the time it would -require to read them, would remain unknown to those classes. In short, those generous ecclesias tics, moved with a holy indignation at the sight of the evils which such licentiousness may produce, -and at the criminal avidity of certain booksellers, -who, in shameful speculations, tending . to dissolve -among the people all the bonds of religious and - civil morality, see, or pretend to See, only the ho nourable exercise of legitimate trade, resolved with common consent to name the individual. Among -the booksellers of Ghent, an exiled member of -the Convention has been one of the first in 13e1- glum to make himself the echo of all the calum-, nies hawked against the Catholic 'religion. It .seems that the salutary hint received by this bookseller, incapable in fact of acting by him self, will not be thrown away ; for it is believed -that he has lately refused to insert in his Paper -(as it had been sent to him by the agent of the Anti-Christian faction) a review of the famous Life of Scipio Ricci,. which is now become the la -haturn of that faction—a work which is so indif lerent in a literary point of view, that it is hardly possible to read it through ; the style is fre quently not French, and its whole merit consists in the scandal of some quotations, which excite less curiosity than horror and disgust. PARIS, AUGUST 16: They write from Rouen that no fresh-disturb ance has broken out in the valley of Deville, since. the disorders of the 6th and Bth inst. An attempt however was made by some incendiaries .on•Thursdu evening, at ten o'clock, to fire a small house belonging to Monsieur La Vavasseur, situated near the buildings of this- manufacturer, and adjoining the stables of the post of gendar merie which has been established at Iloulme since the insurrection of the workmen. Two gendarmes fortunately arrived in' time to,pull off the burning thatch, into which the fire had !Seen inserted in a piece of cotton. Attempts are mak ing to discover the author of this criminal enter past. Justice pursues with activity. the promoters of these troubles. They are all known, and none of them will escape the severity of the laws. The dispatch relative to - the arrangement con cluded with St. Domingo was read on the stage of the Boideaux Theatre on the 11th instant, by -order of the -Prefect. It was received amidst cries of " Vive le Roi LA.WANTELLIGENCE.. COURT OF CIIANtgRY, AUG. 18. t-PARTE 13*AXTER, IN R 7 MARSH, STRACEY, FAUNTLX- ROY, AND CO., BANERUPTS. The argument in this case was resumed this morning, and extended to a great length. The facts and points in question were simply these: —Mr. Charles Woodcock entered into a ,contract with die petitioner, .111 r. William 13axter,hy which the latter covenanted to build a house in Park-creseent•for Mr. Wood:welt, who, en his part, deposited the money in question (-5,050/.) in the house of Marsh and Co., who were made gun rantee3 for the performance of the cone.act of Baxter,-to whom they were in the habit of advancing occasional sums, at ,5 per cent., with half-yearly rests. It was alleged 'by Mr. Baxter .that the 5,050/. was paid into the hands of two of the partners eaf the house (Messrs. Stracey and Graham); but an affidavit of the well-known Henry Fauntlerey stated that the whole firm were guarantees. Before the - house was completed (whi.:ll was not until subsequent to the time stipulated in the deed of con tract), Mr. Woodcack took possession of it, and directed altera tions of the plan contracted for. His affidavit spewed that he considered Mr. Baxter the owner of the money. The latter, however, continued his habit of borrowingemoney from Marsh and Cu. to the extent of j5,0001., which, it was alleged, he 'would. not have done, had he consid ere d . th e mone y too - be his, , before the completion of the house, ar.id its legal transfer by deed of asslinment to Mr. Woodcock. The LORD CLIANCELLoR was in - opinion, that if the peti tiOner could not claim a seteefl'againat-the four, he could not against the two partners: The question as to the ownership of the money would have been clearly decided by the indenture of contract. His Lordship here went th r o ug h the obligations of the instrument, in doing which he stated he should construe :the :tames of Stracey and Graham as meaning Marsh and Co. The contract stipulated that the building should be completed before the Ist of.ltine, 1823, under penalty of 10i. per week to be paid by Baxter ; and the manner in which it -was to be finished was specifically set forth in the schedule. Mr. Wood cock had, however, prematur.4 entered upon. possession, and' taken the management from Mr. Baxter (contrary to cave nant),• and directed the.building to be finished in a way dif ferent from stipulation. When the money was paid into the firm, it would have been :lifficult to say, in bankreptcy, whe titer it was Baiter's or Woodcock's, bad a bankruptcy then occurred. If the contract was to decide, Baxter was not a creditor of Marsh and Co. But this scented no; to be the real question, which was this—what was the Lille of decision after the covenant had been broken ? If a man was foolish enough, after making a.contract with the builder, to alter it, be raised a new one. It was a qtre;.tion, therefore, whether the *lterations, which virtually rescinded the contract, left the same qualification as- to time. .His - Lordship 'had - no difficulty in saying, that the variations affected the period ; and if a bill had been filed by Baxter beforetlie bankruptcy, the bankers might have been restrained from, parting with the money otherwi se than to Baxter directed, Mr. Woodcock took from Mr. Baxter the power of managenieht which enabled him to execute his part of the contract. Taking the whole of the transactions ~tog ether, his Lordship wa t ‘ of opinion, that if the money was not the petitioner's previous to the bankruptcy ' by law, he had a right to it in equity; and if his Lordship's judgment was not varied before Mondak morning, it was to be understo o d th a t th e petitioner had a t right to set off: '• Some remarks fell from his Lordship (good hurnouredly ex pressed) which seemed to imply that more was said by counsel in this cause than was necessary. - Mr. Montagu, in the midst of some details respecting the house referred to, was inter; rupted by The LORD CHANCELLOR, who observed—" Mr. Montagu, you build your house with so many stories, that I am afraid I shall not reach the top; I can get to the bottom of it, I think." Mr. MONTAGU—" No matter, my Lord, if it falls, so that I overwhelm my Le a rn e d Friends on the other side in the ruins." Subsequently the same Learned Gentleman observed, that he minded none of the remarks thrown out by Mr. Horne : they entered one ear, and went out of the other. The LORD 6LtaNcELL6II--" Allow me to say, That they stop a little while on their passage at the tongue, and set it talking." , EX-PARTE B9LLAND, IN 11,E MARSH AND CO. This was an application to the Court to authoriSe the assig, nees to .make, a dividend . among the creditors, excluding the Bank of England, whose claims were disallowed by the Com missioners, wko had, however, reserved a fund sufficient to answer those ,dairnS. When tbis application was first made, his Lordship directed the Commissioners to report the amount of the assets, and the extent of the claims of the Bank. Mr. MONTAGU now stated, that from the report of the Commissioners, it appeared that after the dividend of Os. V. in the pound was paid to the creditors who had proved their debts, there would remain a surpl u s of 176,983/. which was double the amount of the sa me ra t e of dividend upon the Bank claims of 250,0001. Mr. HORNE appeared for the Bank of England. They (Ili not desire to prevent the dividend being made provided his Lordship could secure th e r es id uar y f un d f rom being broken in upon hereafter. Great doubts, however, existed as to the tan gibility of this fund. The private estate of Mr. R. C. Marsh was represented at 30,000/. ; but his dive amounted to 70,0001. —Another part of the assets was a sum of 20,0001., due from a person named Thomas, who was equally insolvent. It was important that the Bank should know the grounds of the Corn, missioners' calculations, and be assured of, the security of tie fund. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the object of the Court in calling -for the Commissioners' report was to see if it satisfied the Bank of England. His Lordship could not decide las to the grounds of the report. Mr. PHILLIAIORE stated, that the report shewed that the assets of cash in had amounted to 67,4221.; and the dividends to be paid, to 92,4001. The balance was to be furnished by sale of real estates. Then the Bank would have to look to the repayment of cash-balances due from, persong who had ewer drawn their acco u nt s , an d w h o - f rom That citcumstance, were not likely to be prompt in payment. Why had not the as signees got in these cash balances, which amounted to 77,000/. ? There were several items of debts assumed at less than their real amount, leaving a deficiency of 60,0001.• The rest of the assets consisted of bonds and mortgages. Mr. BIoNTAGU, in reply, stated that the Commissioners knew that the sums which they had assumed as the value of the debts were recoverable. The sum of 33,3231. had been pro- duced by the sale of houses and real property ; it had not yet been paid, but would be in a few days. The other debts were due upon securities which were available property. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that when the Bank of England said they were not satisfied with the securities, he conceived they understood the matter better than his Lordship. When they were satisfied . , the matter might be mentioned again to his Lordship, who would not be out the way, and he would then make the order. EX-PARTE HUME AND ANOTHER, IN RE MARSH AND CO. This petition related to a m a tt er Co nnec t e d w i t h t h e f orger i es of Henry Fauntleroy. It came before the Court upon an ap peal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor, who had directed an issue to try the question in a Court cf Law. The realpeti tioners are supposed to be the Bank of England. Mr. HORNE stated, that Messrs. flume and Goodchild, the petitioners, tvere joint trustees with Henry Fauntleroy, under a deed of settlement executed by the late Colonel 'kills.— Fauntleroy had transferred the fund' by forgery, but had car ried to the trust account, in the books of the firm, sums cor responding in amount to the dividends on the stock. It was 1 con.ended, that the stock being sold out, the trustees could not prove as creditors of the estate; that the sums accounted for were not the identical dividends ; and that in fact no monies whatever were carried to account. The firm was, however, responsible ; the house of Marsh and Co. had permitted Faun= tleroy to transact their business in the city; he paid into the house of Martin and Co., to the credit of the house in Berners street, the money he realized by his forgeries. ,How could the firm say that, under these circumstances, the act of accounting for the dividends was that, of one partner only ? The books were satisfactory evidence of the petitioners' case, who wea entitled, to.prove to the extent of 1,1771. with the other creditors. Mr. TURNEC, on the same side; maintained that it would be productive of great mischief in money transactions, if the assignees were allowed to • defeat. the petitioners' claims., He cited the case of " ex parte Skerratt in re Lewitt," 2 Rose, 384, which related to a debt of an employee in a banking, house, who, being a son of one of the partners had credit given him in the books, occasio na lly; by hi s father, for sums of money. The Lord Chanceller decided that the .credit was equivalent to money, and' that the party might havealrawn to the amount of it by check. • 'Mr. WHITMARSH, for the cestuy que trust, remarked, that from the pass-books it appeared that the system of the bankers respecting the dividends accruing from the stock had been the same before as after the fraudulent transfer. Mr. MoNTAG tr, for the assignees, contended, that the Vice- Chancellor, whose knowle.lge Of the nature of accounts was of a superior kind, had come to a just .conclusion. The books had been appealed. to.; they were in court, and would show that no money had been paid into the banking-house on account of the trust. The entries µ•ere falsely made by Fauntleroy, without the privity of his partners. These entries had been.so dexterously contrived, that he (Mr. Montagu) had the authority of an emi nent accountant (Mr. Wilkinson) for saying, that if he hat: ex amined the books before the bankruptcy, he should not have discovered the decerni9n.. Mr. PE pYs follo . wed shortly on the same side. Mr. HORNE, in reply, contended that it was impossible to believe that the partn ers were i gnorant of the transactions in this case. The•deed of settlement was ekemted in 1820, the transfer of the stock took place in October of that year; and Colonel Bellis died- in January, 1824. During the interval, was it pretended that the bankers never looked into their ac counts, although Colonel Bellis kept money at their house; and his draughts were paid upon the credit t&the sumsreceived as dividends? Mankind were not safe, if bankers could pro tect themselves, and cheat their customers, by pretsmding that such transactions could .go on without their knowledge. The books were said to be false; but they were muniments; the Court and the Commissioners- to,a certain extent,liad nothing else to trust to ; there might be money secreted in the pockets of these bankers. Although no positive evidence proved the payment of the money into the house, the acts of the partners would have enabled the petitioners to recover, if no bank ruptcy had taken place. If no money had really been paid, all the partners were guilty of a fraud. There must have been money to catty on the concern ; if the other partners knew liey twought none, and allowed Fauntleroy to manage the .business exclusively, they were responsible. •LORD CHANCELLOR—My practice is, to' decide, in i'tle-se cases, without sending the question to a Court of law ; but there are some cases in which it is the duty of, this Court to send the question to a Jury ; this I think, is ore of them—.. I have no doubt as to the-way, in which I. should, charge a Jury in this case, if I. were Judge. Where there has been such neg. ligence on the part of bankers, or one of them, as to make the confidence of their customers a source of injury, I cannot go to the length of saring that they may allege they knew no thing of the transactions. 1 will not, however, decide this.— The present is a question of great importance to the commer cial world, both in respect to the state of the boobs, and with regard to the-propriety of admitting the evidence of the part ners. It ought to be settled in a more authoritative way than by me, or by any single judge. I must therefore confirm the decision of the Vice-Chancellor. The issue should be so or dered that the trial may bein Lon:lon, and before a jury o f merchants ; and the book s and p a p ers b e delivered to the Mas ter, and be produced upon the trial. I think it would be wrong for me to give any opinion, lest I should prejudice the case. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Aug. 18. His HONOUR was occupied this day in disposing of a part heard bankrupt petition, which involved no question of interest. It is understood, though it has not been publicly announced, that the Court will not sit again until after the long vacation. Esr.E OF MAN.—On Wednesday a Court of General Gaol Delivery was held at Castle Rushen, in the Isle of Man, before the Gover nor and •Deemsters. of lire Isle. The prose cutions were conducted by the Attorney-Gene ral, JAMES CLARKE, Esq. who went over for that purpose. Amongs the prosecutiqns was one of a very serious forgery, committed by a person of the name of Kennedy, who had forged a deed of settlement to the prejudice of his stepmother.— After a long investigation the prisoner was found guilty, and transported for life. The business occupied the whole of the day, and the Court was excessively crowded, The Lord Bishop Was present during the whole of the trials. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. INEQUALITY OF RATES FOR TITHES. Guttmisilt,.--Circuinstances are continually occurring be fore Magistrates at Police Offices, which render it evident that some better ,mode for giving publicity to the rates themselves, or a greater facility of ascertaining the particulars of thea'..is necessary. to check the shameful inequalities that are from time to time discovered in the rating of houses to the various paro chial and other charges. The sight to examine the rate-books is not enforced by half a dozen individuals in a year, we sup pose, throughout all the parishes in the city. Yesterday, Mr. Richard Davies; a respectable householder in Noble-street; Falcon-square, appeared before Mr. Alderman ATRINS, to answer the complaint of the Tithe Collector of the united parishes of St. Ann and Agnes, and St. John Zachary, for refusing to pay his tithes. The ground of refusal fir. Davies stated to be the inequality of the assessment upon him. He happened to know that his next door neighbour, Mr. William Nash, wlio rented a more valuable house than his own, Was assessed at only 1/. ss. per ann. while he (Mr. Davies) was assessed .st 3/. 15s. per annum. This inequality, it appeared, had existed since the year 1805 ; for such was the date of the rate-book under which this de mand was made. Mr. Nash, he was quite sure, was as willing and as able to meet every fair claim as himself; but it was not, however, he thought, at all singular, that even if. Mr. Nash was aware of the inequality', he should not volunteer to• pay mare than was asked of blab. He had refused payment, merely that he might ascertain how he was to obtain redress. Mr. Payne, the Clerk, said Mr. D.'s redress was by appeal against the assessment to the Court of Aldermen. The Sitting .Magistrate had no power but to enforce payment of the rate. Mr. Alderman A TEINS said that these inequalities weresbme times purposely made, in order that persons who were supposed to be quite capable of paying should nay a little more, that the poor might pay a little less. ,Not knowing the facts in this case, however, he must not be taken to insinuate that Mr. Nash was less able to parthan Mr. Davies. This was one of the parishes whose Rector received a settled stipend in lieu of tithes, fixed by a law known by the name of the Fire Act, passed imme diately after the fire of London; and revised about 20 years ago, and it sometimes happened that more than was sufficient to pay the stipend was raised. If such should be the case in this Parish, bethought Mr. Davies - was entitled to have some of his money refunded; if not, he clearly ought not to p a y so di s p r 6- portionate a ratefor the future, and he would get that arranged by appealing, or applying to the Common Councilmen and Aldermen of his Ward. Mr. Payne said the Act provided that the rates should be re, vind by the Alderman, Common Council, Churchwardens, &c. every seven years; but the readiest method, perhaps, for Mr. Davies to pursue would be to get th e V es t r y o f his parish sum moned upon the business, they being empowered by the Statute to amend the rate, if necessary, every year, and at about this period of it. Mr: Davies said he would pay the rate now, and take the ne. cessary steps immediately to,obtain relief. BURGLARY IN CA VENDISH-SQUARE.—SA- GACITYO3F A DOG. MARYLEBONNE OFFicE.—Yesteraay . an inquiry took place, before 111 r. GRIFFITHS, concerning the extr aor din ar y burglary and robbery in the house of Mr. Junes, 17, Cavendish_ square, on Wednesday morning last. The watchmen of the square attended. It appeared that, on Tuesday, Mr. Jones had a party at,hia house, and his company departed soon after 12 o'clock. On the family awaking in the morning ' the house, it appeared, had been entered by burglars, who had forced the area-gage, and then obtained ready access to the lower part of the house. They had ransacked several rooms, and had evidently been in the house a very considerable time. They escaped without being observ ed by the watchmen, who declared that, during the night, they did nor see any Person in the square, either suspicious or otherwise. The thieves had cleared off the entire of the family plate, some apparel, and a watch, and the property was consi dered very valuable. During the night, a servant in the charge of Mr.lll'Mahon's house, adjoining that of Mr: Jones, was dis turbed by the uneasiness of the house dog, which had awoke him by coming to his bed and harking. He, supposing thieves were in the house, and knowing it had been twice before assailed by robbers, got up, armed himself, and, accompanied, by the faithful dog, which ceased to make a noise on perceiving him pay attention to his uneasiness, the servant, with a lantern, quietly traversed every room, examined every closet, cupboard, and all the.doors, but finding all right, considered it might he the restlessness of the dog, and retired again to bed ; but the . ani. mal became ninrouneasy, and again caused him to get up.; , the dog led, the way to the.areadoor, and there scratched and barked. It occurred to the footman .tbat the robbers, despairing of an en. trance'into the house, had 'attacked the wine cellar; therefore, without any noise, lie opened the door, and suddenly stepping into the are, with his pistols ready, expecting to give one of the bunglers a quictua, was again disappointed, - for all was fast; the dog.still me.nitesting its alarm, he went, into the'street, but could discern nothing suspicious ; and as the clog did not follow him, he returned, :considering that " something dreadful was to happen which the dog instinctively knew of." However, on hearing of the burglary next door at Mr. Jones's, in the morn. log, ail was explained, and attributed the clog's. alarm to the right cause. * -- The Magistrate Bahl, 'at present the inquiry must cease; the watch Man - did not appear in any way liable to blame. The police are on the alert. The thieVes were evidently ex periemied in the business. , AFFLICTING CALAMITY. ' QuEEsf-ScntaitE.Y.esterday Mrs. Eliza Hall, residing at No. 16, New Cut, snear the ,Illarsh-gate, ,entered the office in the deepest anguish,' and implored :he help of the Magistrate, in tracing out her brother, Mr. Peter Maxwell; a yOuth between 19 and 20 years of age, who had been mis s in g. f rom hi s f am il y since the night before. • The unhappy youth. in question - is - the son of the late Mr. Peter Maxwell, the Chancery Barrister # who, it will be re membered, died about five 'years ago; he was intended for the bar, but owing to an aberration in his 'intellect; he was obliged to be taken from College, and placed in a private Lunatic Asylum at Battersea, from whence he was removed some short time since,,,and one of the keepers of Bediam Hospital, named Cramer, was' employed by his mother to attend upon him at home, at a weekly salary of 16s a week, with board and lodging. A day or two ago Mrs. Maxwell was taker, very ill, and her medical attendant prescribed a change of air, as most beneficial to her health, and Accordingly she left London for Brighton. P r i or to-h er departure, she placed her af licted. son in the house of her daughter, Mrs. Hall, in the New Cut, and the keeper. continued to fill the situ a tion of attendant upon him. About seven o'clock on Wednesday evenink ' Cramer, the attendant,, took hi m out f or an a i r i ng , and said he would be home again in about half an hour. .thiw ever, hour after hour had el a p se d, an d no appearance of the keeper or his charge. Mrs. Hall began to be alarmed for her brother's safety, and after searching for w:eral 'boors in vain, retired to bed: about four o'clock in the morning she was aroused by a loud knocking at the street door, and on opening her chamber window, sl:e saw Cramer, the keeper, unable to stand from the effects of liquor, and not seeing her unfortunate brother with him, she imme diately suspected something had befallen him ; in a state of frenzy she ran down stairs, and from the account she could get from him, it seems, th a t on leaving home, lie (the keeper) went into a public-house to dried: w ith a f r ie n Cl.of his„ and re mained there till he became quite drunk, and in this state he proceeded,with her brother towards Westminster-bridge, where Cramer, from the effects of liquor, fell against the shop-window of Mr. Pealington, the Surgeon, at the corner of Stangate.street, and broke one of the squares of glass ; he was dragged into the., shop to come to some arrangement as to the damage he had done, and in the bustle .the u nf or t u n a t e M r . M axwe ll disap peared, and nothing bad been, heard of him since. _ The Alagi=ate said that the conduct of the keeper was highly culpable, and deserved punishment. Airs. Hall drew from her reticule her brother's pocket-hand kerchief, and stated, that on hearing of the sad intelligence she made inquiries of the watermen at Westminster-bridge if they had seen such a person, but they told her they had not; on her going down the steps, leading from Palace-yard, to the river side, she there, to h e r hor ro r, fo un d h er p oor brother's pocket handkerchief on the shore. She therefore feared that he had thrown himself into the Thames. Mr. MARKLAND humanely condoled with her, and assured her, as far as the officers of the establishment could render any assistance, they should. Mr. MARE:I4Ni, asked what had become of the keeper? Mrs. Hall said, that it being the first day of Camberwell Fair, he, thinking that her brother might have strayed there, had gone to look after him. • • Mr. MAitKLAND said, he felt deeply interested in the young man's fate, and requested her to call on him again to let him know if he was found, whether dead or alive. Mrs. Hall promised to do so, and after she had given an exact kienription of his person and dress, which was entered in the information-book, she left the office in the utmost distress. Yesterda Y, W. Reid, one of the patrol of Bow. street Police—office, was appointed by the Secretary of State to the situation of one of the principal officers of Marlborough_ street Office, in consequence of the death of Dawkins, who was driven over by the c arr i age o f Lord W estmor l an d, at the entertainment given by Lord G. Cavendish on the 23d of May. signor Ittlsattar, iate Minister from Chili to this country, has instituted proceedings for libel against, the Morning Paper v, hich lately attacked him so grossly. LITERARY NOTICE. AMBITION—In Three Volumes. Though .he Work before us is an anonymous publiCation i yet we have reason to believe that it is the production of Miss M. G. LEWIS, who , has. displayed her -poetical powers in a very in teresting Poem entitled ZELINDA, a dramatic historical sketch intitledl "-CARDIFF CASTLE and GWENLLEAN, a tale, in 3 vols. ,Presuming that we are not mistaken in ascribing the present volumes to the same fair Author, we have much pleasure in announcing a Work in which pure morality is blended with amusement. The fable is interesting, and the characters are varied.— The principal personages, with one exception, are refined, yet animated, generous, and amiable. =They are not so exalted as to render itnit.atien hopeless; and, however embellished, they still resemble 46 folks of this world." Lord GwYNNE ARTHUR affords an illustration of the dangers to which- an ardent unsuspecting mind is expos ed in a Foreign land. The character of Sir RICHARD GoRIiON is well conceived ; btit it is rather described than .bro , : , ght into action. We Wish the fair Author had given more scope for his virtues. We. fear, '.or rather hope, that her female readers, at least ; will deem the character of the fascinating Italian Syren overdrawn, and that so much duplicity and ingratitude towards an honourable, amiable, and confiding lover, could not exist, except in the heart, of one who had herself-been a victim of hypocrisy and: un kindness. Our fair Writer is evidently an en- A.husiast when her country is' the theme. The Bard Valentine is well imagined, and well sus- 1 tained. Ile laments with affecting pathos the altered state of his beloVed country, and with noble fervour exults in the glories of its depart ed heroes. Tile original poetry interspersed through the Work is easy, natural, and appro priate. The sentiments are generally noble,and always characteristic. The observations evince great acquaintance with Nature and Society,.and if the fair Authoris not profoundly 64 learned in the ways of men" by experience, she see;-;s to possess an intuitive kno w l e d ge o f their qualities and dispos;tions. We would readily insert an ex tract from the Work, if we could detach any portion that would be interesting, without a pre vious acquaintance with the characters who. are employed in the general texture and progress of the story. -We therefore refer our Readers to the Work itself, assuring them that. they will derive amusement from it ; and, we may venture to add, also moral improvement. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE„ CAMBRIDGE, AUG. 18.—The Rev. Geo. Townsend, M.A. of Trinity College, domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham) has been presented by his Lordsiiip to the prebendal. stall in Durham Cathedral, vacant by the death of Dr. Haggitt. Preferred.—The Rev. George Saxley Tenfold, M.A. to the district rectory & Christchurch, St. lilary-la-bonne, void by the cession of Dr. Chandler.—. The Rev. James Rudge, D.D. to he domestic Chaplain to H. It. H. the Duke of York.—The Rev. Anthony Ward to the vicarage of Eastrington, in the east riding of Yorl hire; patron, the King.—The Rev. R. B. Patti, M.A. Fellow of Exeter College, Oxon, to the vicarage of Long Wit tenham, Barks ;, patrons, the Rector and Fellows of that society. Tht Rev. Samuel Lloyd, M.A. of Magdalen College, Oxon, to the vicarage of Horsley, Glo uce st er shi re .—Th e Reverend William Pyne, M.A. of. Pembroke College, Oxon, to the rectory of Pitney. SUICIDES. The following is an Account of the number of Suicides corn_ mitred in the .City and Liberties of Westminster during the last thirteen years, distinguishing the number committed in each month of that period, and also the sex of the indivi duals : .' 1 1212. 1813. 1814. 1815. 11316. 1817. • 1318. Bt. W. M. W. M. W. M. W. M. W. M. W. M. W. January 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 February 1 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 March 2 0 3 0 . 1 2 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 April 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 May 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 . 1 0' 0 1 0 2 1 June. 0 1 .2 1 3 1 3 0 2 .1 1 1 O. 0 July • 5 2 0 3 1 6 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 August 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 September 0 3 1 1 2 0 0. 0 2 1 0• 0 2 0 October 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 November 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 December 2 1 3 0 0 0 2' 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 • 16 8 20 6 i 6 7 23 7 16 10 13 4 13 7 Total 24 26 23 30 26 17 20 1819. 1820. 1821. 1822. 1823. .1824. • • M. W. 81. W. m• W. Bi. W. January - 4 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 February - 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 March • - 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 April - - • 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 May - 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1. 1 0 1 June - - 5 0 1 0. 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 July - 1 0 1 I. 0 0 0 I 1 0 0 1 August - 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 September - 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 October - 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 November' - 0 1 0 0 0 1 .2 0 1- .1 0 0 December - 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 9 2 0 18 613 614 3 15 6 16 6 14 7 • - -- Total 24 16 17 21 22 21 Total 24 16 Grand Total from the Ist of Jtc December, 1824, luary, 1812, inclusive : to the 31st of Men ' - Women - The general inclination among Juries to assume the exist. ence of insanity in most cases of suicide, is strikingly illustrat ed in the present instance, for out of the whole of the above number of suicides, embracing as they do, a period of 13 years, there are only five cases in which a verdict of felo-dense has been returned. They occurred as follows :—December, 1812, a man; September, 1816, ditto; NoVember; 1816, ditto; March, 1821, ditto; June, 1823, ditto- From the above table it will be seen, that the aggregate number of suicides during the years 1812 up to 1816, inclusive, was 129, being an annual average of 25 4-sths ; and that from the year 1816 to 1824 in clusive, the number was 161, making an average of 24 a year; consequently, there has been during the eight last years a re duction, on the average, of nearly six suicides every year; and that, too, in a city containing, according to the census of 1821, 180,090 inhabitants. It will also be seen that the number of men Committing suicide exceeds that of the other sex in the proportion of five to two. The gloom of November it has often been asserted predis. poses Englishmen to hang and drown themselves ; but from this table it will be seen, that in no instance have the suicides during that month exceeded the fair average, and that in some instances they have been decidedly below it. On Monday last the Annual M e eting of the Liverpool and West Lancashir e A ssoc i a tion, in aid of the London Missionary Society, was held in Great George-street Chapel. Many excellent speeches were delivered on the occa sion by the Rev. Gentlemen who attended the Anniversary Meeting, and liberal contributions made in aid of the funds of the Society. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Barak Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 9O 89i 31 per Cent. Ditto Red. 4 per Cent. New Bank Long Ann. 22 5-16ths 4 1 India Stock Ditto Bonds 43 pm. South Sea Stock . — PRICES OF roapiGN.k Austrian Bds, 5 per cent - Brazilian Bds 1825 Buenos Ayres. 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SOLEIL QUIS DICERE.FALSUm a tuDE.ir f LONDON, FIRDAY EVENING, - AUGUST' 19, 1825" There were no French Papers published Up Tuesday, and consequently no arrivals this lO W ing, except th e Et o il e o f W e d nes d ay . The 10. telligence contained in this Journal relative t Greece was noticed yesterday, 'and this eV elll4 0 further extracts are g i ven , an d w ill b e fowl" I another column. Cen t " i FRENCH FUNDS.-=PARI S , A UG . 16.—Five erle` opened at 102 f. ; closed a t 102. 10. ; Th ree per Cents. °F n o lital; at 71E, closed at 71. 40. B an k S toc k , 2,&85. N e . a rizolo Rentes, (Certif. Falconet), 88f. 30c.; Spanish ditto, Eq. .74; Spanish Loan; 52E—Exchange on London, one month, three months, 24f. 85c.-- - -(Cours Authentique.) 'l'lle Dutch, Hamburgh, and Lisbon Mails v r# rived this morning, but have nothing 0f tu 'l rest. An extract from, th e St a t e C ou rant, 00 t" subject of the Slave Trade, wilt b e found belo'f' This article gives us. hope that the Geverf it ment of the Netherland s h as th e suppre s s e of the Slave Trad e t ru ly a t he a rt, 1 01 t.I gh i rigour of the s en t ence p ronounce d g 0 ' as to shew that a breach of the laws a 41 11 ' 4 i d, abominable traffic, will be visited when deter with sure and speedy punishment. VIE HAGUE, A ll ~ r o fr° 'The following Letter, inserted in the State COUra 7 ' r t ie that the Government of the Netherlands strictly enforces measures againk the African Slave Trade : nto ce " Paramaribo, July 21.—0 n the 6th of this mont il s , l e i osel was passed in the cause of the Attorney-General agsii lst od er Boullemer and- Pierre Marie le Frapper, for hav ii * L . c ..: r i tinely imported into this colony a number of n egroes ilv coast of Africa. In conformity with a resolution of hi 9 1 7 5 ,00° of the 17th Sept., 1818, they are sentenced to pay 3 6ne o e n t florins,. to imprisonment for fi ve y ears , to the P ilill ll sr their share of the costs, and are declared infameel" ot et drick Dickman, Director of the plantation a l a IP g gtO (at whi c h pl ace t h e a b ove two persons, w i t h 212 of the 0 00 imported by them, were taken on the 29th January, a n ot ae was accused as an accomplice), has been acquitted bY t he t sentence of that charge, but condemned for his irnloa derl 4 the duct to a fine of 3000 fl or in s , t o p a y men t of one-third. " to be costs, and lite time he has been in con finement 1 Lip IP' accounted p ar t o f hi s pun i s h ment . Th e se ntence d e° thing respecting the negroes, but we know, that ilue'el of pis after they wer e t a k en , th ey were placed at the disP°° as foe Excellency the Governor, and have since bean etliP l° Y ea p a s tiV labo urers i n the pdblic service in the fort of New A m s t e r 0 de; In a precedi ng Si tt i ng o f t h e C ourt t h e f a mous cau se co o °' cideclrmpecting the Captain, the Supercargo, an d the the French slave-ship La Legere, captured ie 1"e t• P A ' Thomas C oc h rane , an d d e li vere d up to ou r 000 113111— ofsen t t e h n e ce c o h f a t r h g e e 103fthimllpecoormtinbger Negroes from efaracmcusAcdfrwicass 11,,0ev E toaroto tb i° colony, or int en di ng to d o so ; b ut t h e b r i g with the l'coloar 300 in number, was ordered to be conveyed to a Freocblet, to was h a e s r The Supercargo, Jean ‘ Alarie Bled, found means, O we p i an tatio' h land most of the N e groes by night in a p h ra e ba s b e l c y retl i y ate r r e e p st a a i d red in wi t t h h e ocanregoJ;osethpohy. r:gere:cxpot; Paramaribo, when the Supercargo was again ever, • discovered with the Negroes, and brough t o pa l ' lion, Negroes. Both Bled and Palma were found gui lt y co aff i o e :, mint d e banish e d from this country for life, a nd t u b :jot/ 1 9 by their accomplices is accounted for r oe s 31 45 11 ° As a proof that the Court powerfully protects the to u se: t the severity with which some masters are disPos,e u virec tv g ier l may mention the _proc d' instituted •St the tre ee . Ings again Ay rIC .the cd plantation of Solitude, who had scandaloo. 5 Ott o "' a female slave _belonging to his plantation. Fle. w :i i ree to be scour li c Sect, branded, and banished and his p ea to a fine of 3,000 florins and banishment." tried for of rebel, 1-IEXCHANES ON NDO.. AmnuaGß AUG. 12. G 35. 101,— LO 2 Ifs. N 35' 84. aPteETERSBURGII, JULY 29.-10 7-16. AMSTERDAM, AUG. 6.-39. 7.-Two month s, 11 The ip le n t p r excitementsproceed i ngs producedugs o fh te at Du - o f w0r10313