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tq say, attach to their opponents ; and the ac 4ounts taken from the Allgemeine Z eitung of the Ist of June are the very opposite of truth.--- By these accounts lia.usciiin PAcrzA was repre sented as flying before the Greeks, after having been completely defeated, and being deserted by the greater part of his Albanian followers.—The following extracts are from the Austrian Ob server of the 9th and 10th June. It is, however, to be observed, that this Journal is . no friend to the Greek cause, and we therefore hope that although the accounts of the former successes of Greece may he exaggerated, still • the news of their total defeat may be equally overdrawn. The English sloop of war the Ilind, Cap tain Lord Churchill, which arrived at Corfu on the 23a May, from Navarina, brings the •news that that fortress had just capitulated.— The particulars of this event, which if confirmed, will be of the highest importance, are not yet "known. "Colley, APRIL 30.—0 n the let of this month Ismael Paella Pliassa, the first commander under the Seraskier, Reds skid Pacha, left Arta with 7000 men, and continued his march to Carvassara, without finding either there or at the passes of Macrinoros any opposition from the insurgents, who seem to have retreated into the mountains of %'altos. " The Seraskier had accompanied this corps as far as Com botti, and returned on the 2d of this month to Arta, to accele rate the march of other Albanian Chiefs with their divisions. In fact, on the frith, Soliman Pacha of Berat arrived with 5,000 ieee, and Barnet Aga with 1,500, and several other Chiefs from the A croceraunian mountains with their troops, who are imme diately ordered io join Ismael Pliassa. " Meantime the Kieja Bey of the Seraskier, with 1,400 men, had advanced towards Vinitza. On the 27th, the army under Lureael Pacha, passed the Acheloos and Aspropotatnos at Oorg- Lis. The vanguard arrived on the same day at Kefalovrissi, where the insurgents had planted a battery of two cannon to stop The march of the Turkish troops through these defiles, and in esse of need to cover their own retreat to Anatolico. An action took place which ended in the defeat of the Suliotes who de fended the defile. By this success, the Turks, though they lost some hundred men, made themselves masters of Acarnania, the consequence of which is, the siege of Anatolico and Nino knell, which will commence without delay. " Ths Seraskier is taking measures in order that his remain ing troops which had last arrived at Laspi may also pass the Aspeopotamos, and march towards Missolunghi. His whole force is estimated at 20,000 men. " Conrtr, MAY 25.—0 n the 3d of this month the Seras kites remaining troops marched from Laspi to Missolonghi, so that the corps besieging Anatolia and Missolonghi consist cf about 13,000 men. " Seven thousand Albanians also under the command of the Seraskier, arrived on the 211th of last month at Lepanto, and intend to cross over to the opposite coast of the Peloponnesus, and immediately to besiege Corinth. " Accounts from Scutari of the 14th May, say, that the Pacha of Scutari was ordered to join the Seraskier with 5,000 ulon. Th e G ree k Ch ron i c l e , pu bli s h e d a t sli sso l ong hi, of w hi c h Zvi hav e just received the numbers to the Gth of May, fully 1 , 411 11114 the statement, that on the last named day Redschid to W as before Anatolico and Missolonghi, and had already th Menced the siege of both these places."—(4ustriau Obser l'er, June 10.) A Petition from the Unitarians was presented Last night to the House of Commons by Mr. SAlrrki, praying " that a full and efficient in quiry may take place into the state of the law us affecting the Petitioners, and, if necessary-, a remedy provided." If we consider the object of this Petition, as elucidated by the above Prayer—if we also consider the peculiar pro /lime of the House of Commons, it would appear to be a strange thing to call upon that House to institute such an inquiry.— the Petition arose out of an assertion of the tORD CHANCELLOR, in the course of debate on I he Unitarian Marriage Bill, that before such a Liu was passed it was necessary to pass an Act, l 'eladering it lawful for a person to deny the di l'hlity of Christ. The assertion, it seems, has 'iven serious alarm to the Unitarians, and in or der to settle the " doubt," the present Pe 4itiao was presented to the House of COIIIIIIOIIS, P r aYiug for the above enquiry. But the Unita thould remember, that an extra-judicial 4claration of the LORD CHANCELLOR is not law, '' l 'd Would weigh as much with the Judges as the Port of a Committee of the House of Coin 11110t►8 appointed to make the proposed enquiry, dad report their opinion to the House, and b .'4ar would be very much attended to. An th e conducted on the view of the alternative ' e Prayer of the petition holde out would be Perfectly nugatory. Supposing the report to Lt. ) that the law did not stand as represented by the LOR D CHANCELLOR, the petitioners would r"ortitt just in the same situation they stand lac ' w ) for it the question should be mooted in i Court o f L aw, they wou ld fi n d th e re p o rt of tt C ommittee would aid them but very little. ' l5 ) therefore, it appears to us, is an odd and : of 1"• way to se ttle a doubt upon a point • 1"• If the Unitarians believe there is much a ' it • t he do u b t, they s h ou ld h ave p e titi one d the flvee to pass an A c t declaratory of the law, t i - 4 : l 'e th e y s h ou ld h a y () waited until they lAw been grieved by the operation of the itio ' a uti th en have catted u p on th e House to re ilptte th e ground of complaint. Either plan nen t o , th e petitioners, but to ask for such DU inquiry as this is to ask the House to ex eeed its authority, rind enter iuto an inquiry fit only for a Court of Law. The Petition of MARTIN CANFOR, accusing Mr. KENRICK, a Welsh Judge and a Magistrate, of certain acts of oppression towards Jows FRAmis, a poor man, was mentioned in the House of Commons last night, and was ordred " to be taken into consideration on Friday next." Mr. KENRICK will be furnished with a copy of the Petition and order, and is to he permitted to attend the House himself or by Counsel. Milt.. TIN CANFOR. is also to attend. As this business is thus in a train of investigation, we shall not at tempt to prejudice the case of either party by en tering into a discus , ion upon it.We must, however, observe,that the letter referred to by Mr.DENmart in his speech of last. night contains quite another version of the story, and places the conduct of Mr. KENRIcKin a point of view which renders it not only perfectly justifiable, but positively praiseworthy and kind. By this letter, the offer to purchase FRANKS' cottage and garden is ad mitted, as is also an offer to exchange, both of which were declined. The last of these offers took place four or five years ago, and Mr. hEN• RICK had since then bought another cottage which answered his purpose as well as FRAxxs', so that he was now indifferent about it, fur ther than to get rid of a bad neighbour. It fur ther, states, that since FRANKS' release from prison Ile has excressed himself grateful for Mr. KEN RICK'S lenity, and also his willingness to let him have his cottage if he wished it in exchange for another of equal value. It would also seem that FRANKS' owes his acquittal entirely to Mr. KEN RICK, who kept back the most efficient witness for the prosecution. We have thought it fair to give thus much of the letter in question, because the public are already in possession of the charge. The line of defence intended to be taken is now also given, and thus each patty stands on equal terms with the public.— We withhold the publication of the Letter itself, because, if the allegations it contains are true, they will be made out i❑ the progress of the in quiry about to be instituted, and if untrue, we should be the means of giving publicity to a very serious libel. The new French Coupons are payable at Messrs. ROTHSCHILD and Co.'s, and we under stand a good deal of business has been done in them this morning. Accounts received yesterday from Trieste, of the 7th of June, confirm the news of the de stuction of the Egyptian vessels at Navarino. It is added, that at the same time the land forces of the Pacha sustained a total defeat by the Greeks before that town. The date asslgl o to the ac tion is the 19th of May. This latter intelligence, if authentic, would be decisive of the fate of the campaign, as the recent letters from Constanti nople assert, that tie state of preparation on the part of the Turk!, both by sea and land, is so defective, that no operation of importance can be anticipated from them. A private letter from Paris states that FER DINAND has concluded a contract for some mines in Spain, which are supposed to be very valuable. Letters from Madrid state that the order for raising 8000 men for the Havanna!), and 6000 tens d'armes to act against the Constitutiona lists, remains almost a dead letter, as there is no money in the Treasury to pay the recruits, and the Treasury Orders are unmarketable. An Austrian Consul has been appointed for the first time at MOSCOW. Mr. VANDEHFLICT, merchant, is the gentleman nominated to that office. Heretofore the Consulate of Odessa took charge of I\l°A-ow. The King of the Netherlands has appointed Mr. DANIEL PETER DCTILK, Merchant, to be his Consul in the city of Trieste. The health of the Vitcr.-CH.txcELLon has ma terially improved of late. It is said that Sir PETER LAURIE will start as a Candidate for the Repre:•;entation of the City in Parliament, on the Independent Anti-Catholic interest, in the event of a dissolution taking place this Session.—( Morning Paper.) The celebrated French General, Marshal MACDONALD, (Duke of Titrenturn,) accompanied by the Count de Conesseu, arrived at the British Ilotel, Queen-street, on Saturday, on a tour through Scotland. The Marshal visited the Cas tle, the Palace of liolyroodhouse, tzc. soon after his arrival. He proceeds to Greenock on Tues day, to which place, we understand, Lord MLL vir.t.r. has directed a sloop of war to proceed, to convey him to the Western Islands, or to any other part of the coast of Scotland he may wish to visit.—(Edinburgh (courant, June '20.) Last week BENJANIIN HOLLAND, Esq. was ad mitted to the freedom of Hull, upon the payment of three hundred guineas. On the 11th instant a fine pedestrian statue of General PtcHEGRIT was c:tst at the Royal _Foundry in the Fatr;bourg Saint Laurent, kV hich is to be erected to the memory of that distin guished warrior, in one of the public places in the town of Besancon. Its height is eight feet. It is made of cannon taken by the General when he conquered Holland.—(Paris Pcsper.) Her Royal Highness the Princess of ORANGE has purchased a very valuable collection of mine rals from the Russian Mining Company for 22,000 rubles—about 8501. sterling. StnclDE.—Monday morning a private belong ing to the 10th Hussars, now quartered in Bristol, having been confined to the guard room on some charge, cut hi s th roa t i n a most shocking manner, and before he could be conveyed to the •garrison hospital expired. THE DUKE OF VOICE'S LEVEE, &c. Yesterday afternoon, 3t four o'clock, the Duke of Yon held a Levee, as Commander-in-Chief, at his Office in the Horse Guards, which occupied the attention of his Royal High ness till past six o'cloch, owing to some of the audiences given by his Royal Highness being unusually long. Among those present were—the Marquis of Tweedale, Earl Stamford, Lord Hawke, Lord Frankford, Lord Edward Hay, Lord Robert Manners, Lord Charles Fitzroy ; Lieutenant-Generals Sir M. Disney, Sir Thomas Bradford, Sir M. Nightingall, O'Loghlin, Forbes, Darrock, Bayley, Browne, Coghlen and Skinner; Major-Generals Sir James Lyon, Sir Charles Greville, Sir Charles Doyle, Burke, Ponsonby, Monckton, King, Main waring, Bourke, and Ford ; Sir Gore Ouseley, Sir H. Hanken, and about sixty other officers. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE dined with the KING on Monday. The Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Leopold, dined with the Duke and Duchess of Glatt cester, on Monday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess or Cambridge, yesterday. Yesterday Prince George of Ca►abridge visited his Royal Aunt, the Princess Augusta. The Princess Sophia visited the Duke of York yesterday. Yesterday morning, a bout eleven o'clock, Piince Leopold, attended by Baron Stockmar, left Marlborough House for Claremont. 1 . V 44 ;y7 e lf if (- , r w Y , - y.+- • FASHIONABLE CHANGES. The Earl of Dartmouth, from his seat, Sandwell Hall, Staf fordshire; the Bishop of Exeter and family, for the Palace, Exeter; Colonel Rigby, from Colchester; Mr. and Miss Da vies, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Macclesfield; Lord George Quin, from ditto, for Ramsgate ; Mr. and Mrs. Blackburne, from ditto, for their seat, near Norwich ; Captain Fitzgerald, from ditto, for Dublin. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Sir George Warrender, Bart., entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at hia house, Whitehall.place, among whom were the Countess Sandwich, Lord Dudley, Lord Strangford, Mr. Secretary Canning, Mrs. Canning, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis, Mr. C. Ellis, &c. - The Attorney-General and Lady Copley entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at their house, in George-street, Hanover-square. The Marchioness of Hertford gave a splendid rout on Mon day evening, at her house in Manchester-square, which was attended by all the leading and distinguished fashionable& in town. The Countess of Jersey's ball, on Monday evening, in Berkeley-squars, was very numerously and fashionably at• tended. Mr. Garrow'a Concert, on Monday evening, in Piccadilly, was attanded by ttpwaeds of 20 of the Haut Ton. Lord Dudley entertained Lord and Lady King, and a large party, at dinner, on Monday, at-his house in Park-lane. Lord Kingston entertained Lord and Lady Dynevor, and a distinzuished party, at dinner, yesterday, at his house in Bru ton-street, Berkeley-square. Lord Silerborne had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street. . . . The Countess Dowager St. Germains entertained a select circle of friends yesterday, at her house in Cavendish-street. The Marquis of Exeter entertained the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale, and a distinguished party, at dinner, yesterday, at his house in connaught-place. Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., had a dinner party, yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-street. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. On Monday was married, by Special Licence, at Saint George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Dr. Blomberg, Dun can Davidson, Esq. (Grenadier Guards), younger of Tullueh, to the Honourable Elizabeth Diana Bosville Macdonald, second daughter of Major-General the Right Honourable Lind Mac donald. The fair bride looked lovely, attired in a superb suit of Brussels lace, and attended by her brides-maids, who, on this happy occasion, were the Hon. Frances and Georgiana Jer ningham, the lion. Julia and Percy Roper Curzon, the lion. Louisa and Julia Bosville Macdonald, and Miss Murray Maggregor. After the ceremony, Lady Macdonald gave a magnificent Dejcune d la fuvrchette to above a hun dred Fashionables. A full Military Band attended, and played during the breakfast; after which the company retired to the drawing-rooms, where a musical treat awaited them, under the direction of Sir George Smart. I!! ids Stephens accompanied by Miss Goodall and De Begnis were also in tine voice. In the evening, a splendid Ball and supper concluded the - festivities. Dancing was kept up with great spirit until a late hour. The Djeune and supper were under the superintendance of Messrs. Gunter and reflected on them the highest credit. Among the Company we observed—The Earl of Kinnoul, the Earl of Pomfret, Lord and Lady Stalibrd, Lord and iaToynham, Viscount Dudley, Lady and the Miss lja cy i l iiiltons', Lord and Lady Saltoun and the Hon. Miss Frasers', Viscountess Dudley, Colonel I )'Este, Hon. Algernon Tollemache, Hon. Frederick Tollemaciae, Earl and Countess of Wititerton, Viscount Boyne, Sir George and Lady Airey, Lord and Ledy Tumour, Lord Howard, Sir Jacob and Lady Astley, Lord and Lady Frederick Besenclerk, Sir Ralph An strialier, Lady Agar, Countess of Ilchester, Colonel and Mrs. Hugh Baillie, Lady and Miss Burgoyne, Sir Win. Cooke, Sir Win. Parker Carroll, Hon. .Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, Lord John Fitzroy, Hon. Sir Chas. Greville, Colonel and Lady Charlotte lilurray Macgregor, Hon. General and Mrs. Fitzroy, Hon. Mrs. and Miss De Grey, Lord Hut chinson, lion. Captain Rous, Captain Wyndham, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Lumley, Sir John Lowther, Hon. Archibald Mae donelti, Mr. Wm. Russell, Lady Sophia. Lumley, Hon. Edward and George icrainghain, Mr. and Miss Brummell, Lord !if tin caster, Mr. Charles Stuart Vs ortley, Mr. Villiers, Lord Dun wieh, Lord Hawke, Mr. Macdonald, of Clanronald, Mr. James Macdonald, M.P., Hon. Edmund Byng, &c. &c. BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOn POOR MAIMED WOMEN AT THEIR OWN HABITATIONS.—The Anniversary Festival of this excellent Charity was celebrated yesterday evening at the Freernasons"ravern, his Royal High ness the Duke of Sussex in the Chair , supported by Sir F. Baker, Bart. Sir Richard Ilirnie, M. A. Taylor, Esq., 31. P., i. G. Arnold, Esq., Captain Shadwell, and other persons o distinction. The Secretary's Report was read, and p resen t e d a flattering a c count o f th e In s titution, which has, since its com mencement in 1780, relieved 80,000 poor married women at their own habitations ; and that during the past ,ear 2,000 had received Lissismoce from the Society- \Ve understand, by some letters from Buenos Ayres, that the liberation of the British subjects in Paraguay has been solely obtained through the address and perseverance of Mr. Pantsx, our Consul at Buenos Ayres. lie i s sa id t o be the only individual who has been able to acquire an in fluence over the mind of Dr. Oasparn de Prancia, the Dictator of Paraguay ; and there is good ground to infer, from various circumstances which have transpired, that the basis is laid of a future beneficial intercourse with that important country, at present (owing to the system by which it is governed) so little known. It appears that Francis is engaged iH some discussions with the Government of Buenos Ayres ' relative to a r i g h t o f free passage to the ocean, on which he insists, although he kept his own ports closed, and prohibited on his part, in pur suance of his own system, all intercourse with Buenos Ayres. The population of Paraguay is estimated at 600,000. No thing had excited more astonishment at Buen os Ay res than Mr. Parish's success in the negociation with Francia, which had very much increased the i m p ortiune an d is k iwAte of the Eng lish in general. THE ARM Y. - BRIGADE REVIEW OF THE GUARDS. At eight o'clock this morning the 2d and 3d battalions of the First Regiment Grenadiers, the 2d battalion of the 3d Regi ment, the 2d battalion of the Coldstream, with a portion of the Ist battalion from the latter Regiment, assembled in Hyde Park, on the right of the Serpentine River, in brigade review, accompanied by their respective bands of music. Scarcely had they formed themselves into line before the approach of his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, accompanied by his royal brother the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and Staff, -was an nounced, by the bands playing martial airs. The Staff took their station in front of the line, which extended a very considerable distance. The word of corm - rind was given by Major-General Woodford, belonging to the Coldstreams, who commenced forming them into companies, then into strong bodies of solid squares, and marshalling the battalions at slow, quick, and double quick time ; the different movements of the various positions were kept up without intermission for up wards of an hour and a half, when the whole having been gone through, the battalions severally formed into companies, the respective bands of music having joined in front of the Regi ments, preceded by the pioneers, and retired off the ground playing many delightful tunes. His Royal Highness and Staff proceeded through the Grosvenor-gate, escorted by a number of General Officers, among whom we observed Generals Phipps, Doyle, Cooke ; Colonels Townsend, Sir H. Bouverie, Jones, &c., &c., and a concourse of spectators, who not only joined in his Royal Highness's suite, but followed the different battalions to their quarters. A Grand Review of the whole brigade of Guards, consisting of the five battalions, will take place on Monday next at Wormwood Scrubs. On that occasion the Oxford Blues and Artillery troops will be present, preparatory to which a field day is announced for Friday next on that spot, when the Duke of York and a numerous Staff is expected to be in attendance. GRAND CAVALRY REVIEW.—His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, it is understood, will review the under mentioned Regiments, in three brigades, on the 28th instant, on Hounslow Heath, viz.—Brigade of Household Cavalry : Ist and 2d Life Guards, and Royal Horse Guards.—Brigade of Dragoons: Ist and 2d Dragoon Guards, and 2d Dragoons.— Light Cavalry : 7"th Hussars and 12th Lancers, Royal Horse ' Artillery, three troops.--The Bth Hussars will keep the ground. After the review of the Regular Troops has taken place, it is the intention of his Royal Highness the Duke of York to re view on Wimbledon Common the Light Horse Volunteers, the Surrey. Yeomanry, Hon. Artillery Company, and East India Volunteers. They will consist of about 1400 men, viz.—Surrey Yeomanry, 300; Light Horse, 200; Artillery Company, 200 ; East India Volunteers, 700. On the assembling f the 2d Somerset Militia (upwards of 600 men) at Wells, on the Ist inst., only one man was . missing ! . FRACAL—Yesterday, at Marlborough-street Police Office, Lord llA►rnonouGll and a Mr. BAILEY were charged by a watchman with having violently assaulted him at Stevens's Hotel, Bond-sheet, the former striking. him several times with a poker, and the latter with his fist, so as to wound him most severely. The watchman said that the Gentlemen were very noisy in the street, and that on pursuing them to the Hotel, he was assailed in the manner described. On the other hand, a Gentleman, who was looking out of the window at the time, deposed that no noise had been made; and the defendants and the principal waiter of the hotel proved that due satisfac tion was afforded to the watchmen, in regard to the Gentlemen, who were willing to come forward to answer any charge, to which however no attention was paid; and that it was only in resistance of the attacks made upon them by the watchmen, who outrageously rushed into the Coffee Room upon them, that the alleged assault was committed. Lord Harborougli added, that the csmplainant merely wanted to obtain a valuable com promise of the matter, but he should disappoint him. The Magistrate said that he had nothing more to do in the business than to call upon the defendants to find bail to answer the charge at the Sessions ; which was accordingly done. DISTURBANCE AT BRISTOL.--011 Wednesday and Friday two troops of the Bth Hussars marched into Bristol. As soon as the first detachment arrived, the Town Crier was sent round to give the publicans notice that they were not to trust them above one day's pay. In the evening a serious affray took place between them and some of the inhabitants, at the Cross Keys Inn. The soldiers made free 'with their swords ; several persons were wounded ; two of the troop where come mitted to the watchhouse ; in the morning their Officers or tiered them to make compensation to the persons they had in jured ; and, by way of punishment, made them march to An dover on foot. PKESBYTERY OF PAISLEY.—The Presbytery of Paisley met on \Vednesday last, Dr. Gilchrist, Moderator. The Very Reverend Principal Baird and the Reverend Mr. Grant, of Leith, as a deputation from the Presbytery of Edinburgh, laid before the Presbytery several papers connected with the presentation of Dr. Gilchrist, to the first charge of Canon gate, Edinburgh. It was unanimously resolved to consider said papers at a meeting of Presbytery on the first Wednes day ofJuly ; and in the mean time, Mr. Steel of Greenock was appointed to preach in the east church there on the Sabbath first, and to give edictal citation of the above resolution to the Kirk Session, heritors, parishioners, and ull concerned in the east parish of Greenock. There was no other business of public in terest before the Presbytery.—( Edinburgh Courant.) AFPUEUENSION OF A GANG Os' FOLLGERS.—llitherto, front prudential reasons, we have abstained from alluding to a forgery on the 20s. note of Messrs. Hunter and Co. that ap peared about two weeks ago, under the conviction that the most active means would be pursued for its sup pression, and in that anticipation we have not been disappoined. Last week a person from Ireland was de tected uttering some of the forged notes in the neighbourhood of the village of Straiton ; and on Friday Lot such information reached the Sheriff Substitute as induced him, with a prompti tude highly to be commended, to send the chief constable and a well selected party to Belthet, who through the spirited personal assistance of the Sovereign of that city, by whom they were headed, succeeded, about 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning, in securing two prominent operators, in the very act of making the notes, and having above a hundred before them in various stages of preparation. This, if not the only instance, ix one of the few we have had to record of detection of those apparently the most guilty in this mischievous trade; and it gives us pleasure to understand this fortunate result has being attained through the active, intelligent, and vigorous interposition of the public functionaries in both kingdoms.— For a time at least it must restrain the practice of a gang in the north of Ireland, who have long been in the habit of follow ing this guilty business.—( Ayr Adverti4cr. ) On lkionday last, a young woman having been taxed with infidelity to her husband, was so exasperated, that she immediately left her work, and committed suicide, by throwing herself into the river, near Messrs. Pickford and Poul son's Mill, at Stoke-upon-Trent, where he was found by George Joynson, the postboy, who was delivering letters; and seeing a bonnet on the river bunk, procured assistance, when the body was drugged out, and taken to a neighbouring house. Medical aid was immediately produced, and the usual means for resto ration resorted to but without effect—the vital spark had fled. (Pottery tl fercury.) A Reverend Dean, who was very economical of his wine, descanting one day on the extraor dinary performance of a blind man, remarked that the poor fellow could see no more than " that bottle."—" No wonder at that, Sir," re plied a Aiinor Canon, 44 for we have seen no more than that bottle all the afternoon." Dr. IbricucLivrE, who tiled Bishop of Peter borough, had much ready wit, and was extreme ly apt at checking those who were fond of cavil ling at the meaning of different texts of Scrip ture. On being asked one day what was to be understood by the expression, " lie clothed him self with curses as with a raiment,"—" the clear est thing in the world," replied the Doctor, " the man had a habit of swearing." MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JUNE 21.—Wind 'Easterly.—Pasied through for thi.. River the Honourable Company's ship' Astell, Trim India ; Hope, Harris, front the South Seas - ; .and the transport, No. 3, front the westward; Passed - through from the River tit, Christian, Greig, for Teneriffe ; Clio, Hunter, for ;Nlirarnichie ; Britannia Canning, for St. Lucia; and, the Funeltal,,,lll‘Pher. son, for Madeira. i S ORTSMOUTII, JUNE 21.----Wind variable.--4k-rriied tilt? Ceasar, Watt, from London, for Madras and Bengal. Sa iled the Susannah, West, for Tunis ; and Borodino transport, for Corfu. r.mouTif, JUNE go. --Wind N.,--,Off the POrt, the Timor, , front the South Seas, for London. Sailed the Dove packet, for the Brazils ; a nd th e Lord ()ambler, Bishop, for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 20.--Wind N.N.E..-,--Arrived the Plato, Weston, from New York; Albion, Eutley, from I.:g -horn ; and the Oglethorp, , froth Savannah. The William Shand, Kenn, arrived at St. Jago, Cape de Verds on the 4th of April, and was to sail on the 6ch for Van Dieinan's Land. NEW SOUTH WALES. (From the Sidney Gazettes.) THE A nontotmcs.—Pursuant to the customary public invitation of Government, the annual assemblage of natives took place in the market-place, Paramatta. 'That town never presented a scene more interesting to philan thropy since the institution of the conference than war dis played on this occasion. There appeared to be seven or eight different tribes that flocked in front various quarters of the colony ; viz. Jarvis's Bay, Five Islands, Broken Bay. Shoal Haven, Lower Branch, Bathurst, &c. &c. The distance that some of them had to come, we were informed, was no less than 200 miles, and it would take them 7 days to return home. His Excellency the Governor, attended by his staff', ho noured the aboriginal group with his presence about noon ; at which time there were nearly 260 men and women in a circle, exclusive of numbers of fine children. Between one and two o'clock, a reinforcement of the Bathurst tribe arrived, which was supposed to have increased the number to near upon 460, by far the greatest number ever known to have assembled on any similar occasion. This was the first conference, we believe, in which any of the new-country tribes deigned to visit the feast; but, upon occasion of the amicable intercourse lately re established between them and the Bathurst settlers, they were induced to break through all fear, and behold those wonders, with the mere relation of which they had been astonished. What contributed to give peculiar interest to the scene was, the circumstance of the noted Saturday, the Bathurst Chief, being at the head of his tribe. He is one of the fines'-poking natives we have seen in this part of the country. He is not particularly tall, but is much stouter, and more proportionably limbed than the majority of his countrymen ; which, combined with a noble-looking countenance and piercing; eye, are cal culated to impress the beholder with other than disagreeable feelings towards a character who has been so much dreaded by the Bathurst settlers. Saturday is, without doubt, die most manly black native w e have ever reheld—a fact pretty generally acknowledged by the numbers who saw hint. He is supposed to have suffered severely froni unusual agite tion, in consequence of the efforts that were resorted to for his apprehension, owing to which he is said to have dicreaseel' so considerably in size as not to be above half the man he was previous to commencement of the recent sanguinary con tests. Indeed, he seemed far front being altogether calm on Tuesday—though every possible attention was afforded to re move the least cause for alarm. About two the feast was served up. The various tribes, as already noticed, formed an extensive circle. Each Chief was distinguished by the honour of a chair. The entertainment comprised 400 loaves, 22 tnon strous large dishes of inviting roast beef, 12 massy plum-cakes, a huge cask of soup, several tubs of potatoes, and to sum up the whole, a hogshead of three-watered grog! They partook of this abundance for about an hour, after which, the fair sex providently filled their nets, and stowed away as much as it was possible to stagger under. We should have r..marked, that Saturday wore a straw hat, on which was affixed a label, with the word " Peace" inserted, besides a little branch represent i'g the olive, which rather increased the interest as regarded h m.—When his Excellency retired from the scene, after having gone repeatedly to each tribe, and attentively conversing with the various Chiefs, the whole of the black throng arose, as well as they were able, and cheered the donor of the feast. We observed the Bathurst forces were so intent upon paying be coming respect to the repast, that they considered one cheer quite enough. The number of visitors was particularly large as well asrespectable ; many of the firstofficers in the eolony, mer chants, and other gentlemen being present. It .was quite a " fair-day," though we beheld few of the fair giving their at tendance, for reasons too obvious to need explanation. TLe sight was no doubt very interesting. It was calculated 'to excite feelings of respect for the memory of that goodlnin wit° that planned such a meeting, but who is now no more ! And . who is there, we would ask, that can fail to respect and love that Governor, who is happily bringing to maturity those plans, founded as they were, and paternally cherished as they have been, on principles of the most exalted beneficence? Gratify ing as the spectacle was, we presume to look forward to a brighter prospect, viz. when 400 Aboriginal Australians be come congregated as converts to the Christian religion , CORN EXCHANGE, JUNI. 22. "I li There are tolerable good arrivals of most sort of Grain this week. The weather continues fine, which tends to keep the Wheat trade in a state of dullness; Barley remains as on Mon day ; Beans and Peas support the terms last quoted ; Oats find buyers so slowly that the terms of last market day are hardly maintained for this article. A nnivm.s.—English Wheat, 2,300 —Barley, 430—Mt!, 6,900 ; Flour, 4,400 sacks. DR EA DFUL ACCT DENT.— ( Seven Persons newly Killed.)—This morning, about ten o'clock, the followin , ' fright ful catastrophe took place at Knightsbridge, near the Barracks. A new house is erecting at the corner of the turning, leading up by the side of the above depot, and consequently a large scaf folding is built in the front of it. About the hour above stated, the workmen, consisting of about twenty men, were at work on the scallbld, when a large coping-stone, which had just before been placed on the parapet, fat with a tremendous crash, breaking down the seafildd-polus, and boards. Some of the men dexterously threw themselves into the parapet gutter, by which means they escaped unhurt; but, shocking to relate, seven unfortunate fellows were car ried to the ground with the falling materials, consistingcif bricks, snorter, &c., under which they were buried for some moments. The rest of the men instantly rendered every • assistance to the sufferers, and as speedily as possible. rescued them from the ruins in a state of insensibili ty; shutters and litters were promptly procured and the poor fellows were carried to St. George's Hospital, where every surgical aid was rendered them, but remain without hopes of recovery. The names of the injured persons are as follow : John Smith, n bricklayer, dreadfully injured in the spine and chest ; Edward lltdl, a carpenter, both arms dislocated, and his scull fractured ; James Carroll, a ground digger, head fractured and shoulder dislocated ; Samuel Sullivan, a carpenter, both ! arms much injured ; Edward Wilson, collar bone broken ; George Inglis, a labourer, spine dreadfully injured ; and George Harris, another labourer, had his cheek dreadfully lascerated. All the men have wives and families in the greatest distress. On Wednesday morning, Mr. James - M‘K irtly, late master of the St. James West Indianian, while Failing down the Clyde, in passing a sloop that was aground, the flow of water driven before the steam-boat mused her to wheel sud denly, and her boom happening to be loose, it swept a part of the deck of the Inverary Castle with great violence. Captain M'liirdy observing that it was coming direct en his wife, at tempted to ward it off; but it struck him on the head, and knocked him down on the deck. He neither opened his e} es nor spoke after he received the fatal stroke. He was taken to the house of Mrs. Bruce, in Greenock, where he lingered till yesterday morning, when he died. He has left a widow and five children to bewail his death. Captain M`liirdv has sailed out of Greenock for the last twenty-eight years. He had jus t given up the St. James in order to pass the summer with .his family in the Island of Arran.—(Glasgow Chronicle.) PERI-ft.—The foundation stone of the Church of Kinnoull was laid , on Tuesday, by Mr. Moncrieff of Barnhill,. with Masonic honours.— The proceSsion was attractitie; for it was attend ed by about ten thousand soectators. Nearly 300 of the brethren afterwards dined together in the Freemasons' Hall, Parliament Close, and although they did not break up till a late hour, nothing occurred- to mar the harmony of thy, party.