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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH .PAPERS. (From the Journal du Debats.) " LISBON, MAT 20.—General Pamplona, Count de Subserra, on his return from * Paris about the end of April, received from our Government an official notice not to appear at Court, and even to remove from Lisbon. As he continued to reside here, an order was sent to him, positively enjoining him to leave the capital ; but it appears that the order was revoked by the influence of some Peers, friends of the General, who now appears even to enjoy some favour. " PARIS, JUNE 14.—P.S. Alas ! It is now no longer possible for us to doubt the defeat of the Greeks under the walls of Athens. The confirma tion of this melancholy intelligence arrives from all uarters. " We are assured that the details published by the German journals are not correct ; but it appears too certain that 2,500 Greeks have fallen. At the de parture of the last accounts 3,000 Greeks, under General Church, were on the heights of Phalera ; and on the 16th of May—that is- to say, ten days after the sanguinary defeat of the Greeks - Lthe Acro polis still held out. It will be recollected that 4,000 had marched in the direction of A.somato, to the north of the Pirseus, to attack the rear of the Turkish fortified position in the wood of Olives, while the other corps were to attack it in front. On the 4th, Karaiskaki attacked the Turks, and was killed, with 300 of his followers. On the 6th, the action took place with the troops of the fleet, the disembarka tion of which had been effected. They were at tacked by 8,000 men sent against them by Redschid Pacha, and the defeat of the Greeks was horrible. Of 22 Philhellenians, 18 were killed. Lord Cochrane, with great difficulty, succeeded in getting on board one of his boats by swimming, and General Church, in rallying the Greeks, was nearly taken. This disas ter is the more fatal, as all the efforts of the Greeks had collected 10,000 men to be landed for the deliverance of Athens • as the expedition was extremely well con ducted, and the Seraskier was to have been attacked on two sides at once. It was the Turkish cavalry which spread disorder in the ranks of the Greeks, whose first success seemed to promise farther advan tages. This fatal affair occurred on the 6th. The whole of the Greek fleet was, employed in the dis embarkation. A very honourable capitulation hav ing been offered to the Greeks in the Acropolis, they answered that if the Pacha wanted their arms he might come and take them, and that they would not surrender the citadel but with their lives. On the 13th Lord Cochrane was traversing the islands of the Archipelago, asking fresh reinforcements. (The other Paris papers give the same intel ligence as the above, which appears to have been copied from the Mode, dated Friday.) (From the Constitutionnel.) " LissoN, MAY 29.—" The captain of a vessel, arrived last week from Rio de Janeiro, brought a second despatch from Don Pedro for Dr. Abrantes, which he was ordered to deliver into the Doctor's own hands. The Minister for Foreign Affairs de manded the despatch, and the Captain applied to the Princess for protection from the menaces which followed his refusal to comply with the Minister's order. It is said that the Princes disapproved of Almeida's conduct, and took the despatch herself. " On the same day (May 27) it was publicly re ported that the Princess had suddenly dismissed Don Francisco d'Almeida, and had placed the Finance Minister, Baron de Sobral Hermann, at the head of the department of Foreign Affairs. Senhor Almeida was preparing to remove to Cintra; but a well known diplomatic influence having again covered him with that aegis which has hitherto furnished him with the means of resisting public opinion, his Excellency re-appeared yesterday in his office. " Since the arrival of . the last despatches from England to Sir W. A'Court, the marked misunder standing which prevailed between that Minister and General Clinton has ceased, at least ostensibly. It is reported that the reconciliation has been effected by two letters addressed by a high personage—one to the Minister, and the other to the General. " General Saldanha, Minister of War, finding it impOoible to obtain from the Finance Department the Lowey necessary to pay the troops, applied, to Esteven Costa, a rich merchant, and Vice-President of the Lisbon bank, who has lent the Minister 1,200,000 francs on his own personal security." (From the Etoile, dated Saturday, June 16.) (BY EXPRESS). CONSTA'NTINOPI.E, MAY 25.—The Acropolis is near its fall. News has been received from the theatre of war, that the attempt made by Admiral Cochrane and General Church, and Karaiskaki, 'to deliver that bulwark of Greece, h as totally failed. After several days' battle, the Greeks w ere completely defeated OTI the 6 th of May, an d iost the flower of their troops, nearly 3,000 men being k:lled or wounded : among the former are eight Captaks and the brave Karaiskaki. They fought with unpara ii,:led bravery. The Ipsariots and Alissolongbites are said to have behaved like lions. " All hope of saving OK" Acropolis being lost, Lord Cochrane invited the French Admiral, Rigny, to propose to the Seraskier a capitulation for the garrison. Redschid Pacha did not app ear inclined to grant it : however, he consented, on condition that the besieged should leave their arms behind. Envoys ; with flags of truce, were accordingly Rent to the Acropolis, to draw up the articles of the ca pitulation; but the heroic garrison, certain, besides, of the fate that awaits them, declared that they would not lay down their arms, and that they would rather blow up the fortress, and perish under the ruins of the last remaining monuments of ancient Greece. " After this resolution, which must excite the svm wthy of all Europe,.we may foresee the fate of the Acropolis; and though the banner of the Cross still waved on its walls on the 16th of May, Athens, like Ipsara, Scio, and Missolonghi, will soon be no more than a heap of ruins. It may be conceived what impression these events must make here, in conjunction with diplomatic negotiations which are now pending.—Gazette of Augsburg. " PARIS, JUNE 15.—The affair of M. Maubreuil has been decided to-day by the Royal Tribunal. The court, considering that Maubreuil struck vo luntarily ,-nd with premeditation Prince Talleyrand, that he has .11ready been condemned by the Tribunal of Douay, col:demns him, like the Judges of the Tribunal of the i'irst Instance, to five years' impri sonment. " LIES OV THE DAY. " The Journal du Contineree.—The Dauphin did not attend the Council on Wednesday, because the question of the censorship was again agitated. " The same.—A Russian fleet, of nine sail of the line and nine frigates, is going to sail from Cron tadt to the Mediterranean. " The Courier Frangais.—A courier from Rome arrived at St. Cloud while the Council was as sembled to debate on the re-establishment of the censorship. This message had some influence on the decision of the Council. " The same.—Two autograph letters have been written, one by George W. the other by Charles X.; the object of each of which is to invite the King of Spain to adopt a system of Government less op posed to that followed in France and Portugal. " The Quotidienne and Courier Francais.—The French garrison is engaged in putting Pampeluua , into a good state of defence : waggons loaded with ammunition daily arrive in the citadel. " The Journal des Debals.—lt appears certain that the Spanish army will be dissolved, or at least that , it will retire to the distance of 60 leagues from the frontiers. This measure is the result of the nego- ciation3 of Mr. Lamb. " The Indicateur.—Letters from Lisbon say that three depots of Spanish deserters have been formed; there are about 5,000 officers and privates. FRENCH FUITOS, JUNI 15.—Five per Cents. 100 L 70c. Three per Cents. 69f. 75c. Bank Stock, 2,035 f. Nea politan Rents, 75f. '7oc. .1. Though the account given by the Augsburg Gazette is , , i n g ,zleral, conformable to that which we gave yesterday, -we have th6Zight it our duty to place it also before our reaciero..-Note PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 205%.% 3 per Cent. Red. B5 4 3 A 7i 3 per Cent, Cons. ..... sbnt 3 per Cent --; Ditto Red. 91 % 4 per Cent. New - Ditto, 1826 lOl , A Bank Long Ann 19% 9-16 India Stock. Ditto Bonds PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos-Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1826: 17 16 Guatimala Mexican Bonds 57% Do. 1825 70 69% PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 89 Ditto, New 8 9 1,4 4 per Cent. (joy. Deb. :Pi per cent - Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. ct - PRICES OF SHARES THII Anglo Mexican Mining Co. United Mexican Mining Co. ITOCKS, JUNE 15, St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank , Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Couunercial Buildings FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HANIEUROII, JUNE 12.-36. IN.—Two months, 56, 41y LRIPSIC, JUN B.—Three months, 6. 15X. BERLIN, JUNK B.—Three months, 6. 26%. PETEBsausuu, MAY 20.—Three months, 10. 5-32. Arrived. MAILS. Due. l Arrived. O America 0 1 Hamburgli O Brazil 0 0 Holland - -0 0 Buenos Ayres 2 Dublin 1 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 1 1 France O Gottenburgh 1 0 Mexico 0 1 Guernsey& Jersey. 0 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 2 minutes after 10. I Evening... 32 minutes after W. . •• _ i hl r V ' 111144 • LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1827. The French Papers of Friday, with the Etoile dated Saturday, have been received. , Their principal contents relate to Greece, and we are much afraid that the late unfortunate disasters before Athens will be confirmed. However, till the defeat of the Greeks be fully authenticated, we must withhold our belief in its correctness, as there are many suspicions attached to the present accounts, which may have been got up by interested parties to counterbalance the recent successes of Lord COCHRANE and General CHURCH near Athens. Making allowance for the worst—even the fall of the Acro polis, still the cause of Greece is not lost. The memorable fall of Missolonghi, on which the hopes of Greece depended, only served to reanimate her warriors, and excite the sympathy of the friends of liberty in her behalf. And even now, though the Turks may have withstood the gallant attempt of the Greeks, they will not long exult in their triumph, when having such men as Lord COCHRANE and General CHURCH to contend with. Success only incites Cocx- RANE to greater achievements, and partial fai lure (for defeat is a stranger to him) will only have the effect of redoubling his energies. While COCHRANE lives, the cause of Greece is in safe hands. The other news in the French Papers relates to Spain, 'but is destitute of an authentic character. The Journal des Debats says, that the Spanish Army of Observation is either to be disbanded or to retire into the interior—at least 60 leagues. 111AuBREuiL has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for his assault on Prince TALLEY RAND. Extracts will be found in another column. A Morning Paper, of this day, has pointed out " the low trickery of that portion of the Press which has arrayed itself against the Go vernment." We do not generally approve of very strong language; but the instance given really deserves some momdecided term of repro- bation than " low trickery." It is the grossest species of falsehood,—the most shameless imposition upon the public,—when a Jour nalist, to answer his own base purposes, copies from another paper an article in which a falsehood is refuted, and gives the first part stating the falsehood, but omits the refutation. It is, however, perfectly in keeping with the rest of their remarks, which certainly have this advantage, that they generally exhibit a more bold and original style of lying. We wonder that those can stoop to a pitiful suppressio yeti, who have formerly indulged a fertile imagination in creating whole batches of Peers, and similar splendid romances. But they say in Scotland, that "it is good gear which pleases the merchant," and we have little doubt that these collections of in famous lies find a ready sale. We are well aware that there are many honourable and estimable persons opposed to the present Government, men who would scorn the use of falsehood for any purpose under Heaven, but with respect to vast numbers on that side, we are equally certain that envy, jealousy, and dis appointed ambition, have conspired to produce such a malignant feeling towards Mr. CANNING, that even his life would not be saf e i n th e i r h a nds, if time and opportunity suited. For the terrors of the law can alone oppose any obstacles to the in dividual, who systematically sacrifices truth in his anxiety to destroy the fame of an opponent. But, without reaching this point of depravity, we regret to see many persons of fair character, lending themselves to such baseness, and re joicing at the result, though too proud (not too honourable) to take a share 'of the dirty work. The Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 10th inst., has been received, but contains no later news from Greece. It publishes a proclamation from Lord COCHRANE, which we gave eight days ago. VIENNA, JUNE s:—Metalliquea, 90 7-16 ; Bank Share 10641. Hamburgh Papers to the 13th inst., have been received ; their contents possess little interest. The Emperor of RUSSIA had arrived from Wiasma on the 31st May, in good health, at St. Petersburgh, accompanied by the Grand Duke MICHAEL. At Copenhagen the fine weather has been extremely favourable to the young corn, which at present premises a productive hgrvest. The prices are not much changed, but it is very remarkable that rye is dearer than wheat, the latter being at the same prices as barley. We have received this morning Brussels Papers to the 16th inst., stating that the discussion of the Penal Code, which was postponed to the next Session of the States-General, containing 495 Articles, is now published. The following are extracts : BRUSSELS, JUNE 14. We learn from Frankfort on the Maine, that the long continued rains have given rise to . extensive speculations in corn. In Hungary, the standing corn appears to be wholly ruined. In many parts of Germany, the winter wheat looks very unfavourably, the vines alone look et tremely well. LUXIMBERG, JUNE 13. Major-General Muffling, inspector of the Prussian troops in the federal fortresses of Mayence and Luxem burg, arrived in this city on the Bth of this month; Lieut.- General Borate], Commander-in-Chief of the Bth corps of the Prussian army, arrived here on the 9th. BRUSSELS, JUNE 15. A letter from Rome, of May 29, says that there are still some difficulties in the negociations of the Concordat, which will delay the execution of it for some time. The postponed Penal Code which is to be discussed in the next Session of the States General, consists of 495 ar ticles, contained in 11 Projects of Law. It is now p u b.. fished, and the Journal called Le Belge has a criticism upon the spirit of this intended Code, of which the follow ing are some sentences : The proposed new penal code is published. The pro digality and the rigour of the punishments seem to throw• us back to the middle ages. That difficult part, the gra dation of punishment, in which we recognise the talent and the humanity of the lawyer, is here a work of darkness which makes no account of the interval between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. " Formerly laws were not only the work of genius, it was feigned that they came down from Heaven, in order that they might be the more readily obeyed by the people. In our days, the first corner is laid hold of, and shut up in his closet with his ink and paper, to give to the nation the tables of its laws, as if it were as easy a matter as to write the feuilleton of the Official Journal. " The author of this proposed code seems to have in tended to afford the public much recreation, for if, as has been said, executions are the spectacles of the populace, the dramatic education of the mob is well provided for. Every moment it will have the pleasure of seeing criminals beaten with rods : on great occasions it will be regaled with the exhibition of the gibbet, which, for dramatic effect, is much superior to the guillotine. In this resuscitation of the antique, there is, however, a want of imagination ; the torture has been forgotten, though it is one of the regular scenes of a tragedy of this description, and, as the author of the Plaideurs says with such bitter irony, ' Celu fait toujours passer sine heure on deli.r.'" BRUSSELS, JUNE 15. According to letters from Vienna of the sth inst., quoted by the Journal de Frankfort, a Courier had arrived there that day from Trieste, who also brought the afflicting news of the defeat of the Greeks before Athens. General Church was said to be wounded. The Austrian Observer, from the 3d to the 6th of June inclusive, has no news whatever from Greece. A Comiet despatched from Rome by the Count de Calles, is Majesty's Ambassador, arrived at Brussels on the iStli. The French Papers received this morning, contain the whole of the Treaty of Commerce between France and the Republic of Mexico, ne gotiated between Baron DA M A s and CAM AC HO ; sent to Havre by the French Consul at Mexico. The first article of the Treaty is as follows, under the head of Declaration : " There shall exist between France and the United States of Mexico, amity and friendship, with reciprocal liberty of commerce. The inhabitants of each nation can proceed with their shipping and cargoes to every port, river, and to every place where strangers are admitted, and there remain and occupy houses or warehouses, to carry on their com ►nerce. And every Merchant of each State, shall have protection and be at full liberty to act." The following official notice has been sent to the Secretary of Lloyd's. Coffee-house, by G. BENK HA USErsT, R ussian Consul :--- " Russian Consulate, 15th June, 1827. " SIR—For the information of the Committee and Members of Lloyd's, I have to inform you, that, as the works necessary for the opening of the port of Kertsch, and the exchange of goods at Bangasse, will soon be terminated, his Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to order— " 1. The port of Kertsch shall be open from and after the Ist of August, 1827. " 2.—A1l goods, not prohibited by the tariff, may be brought thither on payment of the duties, and observance of the sanitary regulations established by the laws of the empire. " S.—Goods coming from Circa%sia and Abasia, and exports to those countries, shall be exempt from all duties, both at Kertsch and Bangasse, for 10 years, from the Ist August, 1827. ( Sig ned) " G. BENKIIAUSEN." " John Bennett, Esq., Sec. at Lloyd's." We have to announce the death of the Duke of GoaDoN, at half -past ten o'clock, last night, at his residence in Mount-street, Berkeley-square. Though at a very advanced period of life, his Grace was in the enjoyment of excellent health, and had been as far as Clapham Common, a few hours before his death. Though the Duke of GORDON lived prin cipally in retirement, his Grace was emi nently qualified to adorn society by the possession of a refined and cultivated mind, being far above mediocrity, both in classical and scientific acquirements. To those who en joyed the hospitality of Gordon Castle his affa bility was peculiarly pleasing. It was not the affected condescension of a great man to his inferiors, but the genuine politeness of a nobleman who preserved his own dig nity, without forcing on others the conscious ness of their own humbler lot. He was for more than half a century in possession of the Gordon estates, and his tenants were often heard to re mark, in their unsophisticated style of praise, that "the Duke's word was as good as his bond." That his Grace had failings which embittered his domestic life, we shall neither deny nor attempt to extenuate, but in spite of them we have no hesitation in saying that he will be long remembered, and deeply regretted by those who had the honour of his acquaintance. His GRACE is succeeded in his titles and es tates by that highly popular Nobleman the Mar quis of fIugTLY. Accounts from Madrid of the 4th June, by the French Mail this morning, state that the reports of the dissolution of the Army of Observation will not take place before the termination of the negociations now pending with the Ca binet of Madrid ; and that of Portugal, France, and Eng land; as well as the evacuation, by the French, of Spain, now appears to be doubtful, as it is certain the French are fortifying Pampeluna as well as augmenting the garrison. It was confidently said at Madrid that the King of Spain received two autograph letters, one from George IV. and the other from the King of France. It is confidently reported in the City, that a fresh Bill will be brought forward this evening in the Commons, the purport of which will be to admit Grain already in bond to entry for home consumption, on payment of the same duty as it would have comerin at under the late Coin Bill. COAST OF BRAZIL. -It may not be unimportant to the masters of vessels proceeding on the coast of Brazil, to be in formed, that for their protection in running into the port of Santos on dark nights, the Emperor of Brazil has approved of a large fire being kindled on the Island of Moeta, until the li g ht-house be constructed. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Considerable bustle has taken place in the English Stock Exchange this morning among the Jobbers ; Consols opened at 851 4, were afterwards several times at 85t, but went down to 854 4; and are now recovered to 854 4, their first price, being somewhat calmer than early in the day, India Bonds and Exchequer Bills support their ad vance of Saturday, the former being 84 6 pm., and the latter 51 pm. The transactions in the Foreign Funds have been of a limited character ; Colombian Bonds are 29 +; Mexican are steady at 694 70; and Greek remain very flat, being 16 4. Shares continue with scarcely any inquiry. Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto for Account, 84 ; India Bonds, 84 6 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 51 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 58 ; Buenos Ayres, 60 1 ; Claim, 25 '7; Colombian, 1824, 29 i ; Danish, 62 4 ; Greek, 16 4; Mexican 5 per Cent. , 56 1 7 1 ; Ditto 6 per Cent. 70 s ; Peruvian, 23 4; Portuguese, '751 a ; Russian, 9413 ; Spanish, 12. MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 471 21 dis.; Brazilian, 111 dig. ; Colombian, 10 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 60 40 die. ; Tlalpuxahua, 50 die. ; United Mexican, 19 18 die. Two o' Clock. Consols continue to advance ; and some extensive trans actions having taken place, they reached 96 for Account, and are now 85k. Four per Cents., 1826, 1011. There is no alteration of the least moment in the Foreign Stocks. THREE 0' CL CK. Consols have had a trifling re-action, and are 85i f. FOUR, O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.: Consols Danish Bonds 621 Do. for Ac. 854 Greek Do. 1825, 16i Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825 70i Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. Russian Do. 92i Columbian, 1821, Spanish Do. 12 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DIAL, Juss 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from Lon don, the Larkins, Campbell, for China ; Circassian, Thomas Grenville, George Canning, arrl Childe Harold, for India; Hope, Marshal, and Timaudra, Wray, for Quebec ; Syl via, llayn, for Demerara; and Freeland, Jones, for Rio Janeire—and remain. JuxE 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London, the Nimrod, Harvey, for New South Wales; Atlas, and Sir W. Wallace, Brown, for Bombay ; Eggardon Castle, and Par melia, Webb, for India ; Lycnrgus, Crawsbaw, for the Mauritius ; and Ruby, Haswell, for St. Michael's.—The George Canning, Childe Harold, Hope, Timandra, and Sylvia, turned away this morning, with a light breeze from S.W. ; the Thomas Grenville remains. GRAVESEND, JUNE 17.—Sailed the Marquis Welling. ton, Chapman, for India; and Topaz, Stroyan, for the Mauritius. MR. ANSON AND MR. F. STRANGEWAYS. The Journal des Debats gives the following account of the fate of Mr. Anson and his fellow- raveller " On the 6th of April, a Christian of Aleppo came to M. de Lesseps, the Consul• General of France in Syria, and delivered to him, with all the precaution used in a time of plague, a note in the following terms The English travel lers, Fox Strangeways and Anson, are detained and ill-treated by the Deli-Bashi, who arrested them at Antioch, on the road to. Damascus. They implore the assistance of European au thorities.' The bearer of the note added, that these gentlemen were confined in a dungeon of the Castle of Sheick Aboukir, where they were to be strangled, as Greek spies. " The French Consul, after sending them no tice of the receipt of their message, hastened to demand the prisoners of Youssouf-Pacha, who sent them to him with their suite and all their effects. Placed by M. de Lesseps in the ancient Consular-house, they received from him the con solation and assistance which their situation re- quireti.- One of them, Mr. Anson, being taken ill with. the plague, M. tie Lesseps caused him to be attended by a Turkish physician, celebrated for his practice in the treatment of that terrible ma lady; but the unfortunate traveller soon sunk tin- tier the violence of the disease. Mr. Strangeways, who would not leave his friend, and who, to the last moment, waited on him with the most generous attention, is solely indebted for the extraordinary good fortune of escaping the contagion which he so closely braved, to the sanatory precautions which M. de Les sops employed, and the application of which he himself directed, but more particularly to the frequent use of the chlorures of M. Labarraque. It certainly would be difficult to prove by a more remarkable example the utility'of a disco very so precious for humanity. As to the con duct of M. de Lesseps, it needs no eulogy. He worthily performed, on this occasion, all the du ties of the Consul,•the man, and the Christian." Lord PLUNKETT has not-yet arrived ; he is expected this day, and will taste his seat as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas on Monday.—: Freeman's Journal. RIGHT HoN. WIVE. LAMB.—It must be gratifying- to the citizens of Dublin to be apprised, that the present Chief Secretary for Ireland has adopted a new and equitable system as to the imposts levied by Local Taxa tion. Heretofore the inhabitants of Dublin were as igno rant of the expenditure arising from Local Assessments, as the residents of Peru or Pekin. To solicitations made to former Chief Secretaries for Ireland, the usual answer re turned was, " That it was quite inconsistent with precedent, and most inconvenient, in point of practice, to authorise any persons to have access to the accounts of any public establishment," thereby rendering the detection of fraud, corruption, partiality, or waste (of which so many instances have occurred in Dublin), extremely difficult, and almost impracticable, until years after the annual accounts of such establishments have been closed. That systein will now receive a wholesome check, Mr. Lamb having declared, in the most open and candid manner, that when the informa tion sought for concerned local disbursements, every facility should be af f orded to promote economy and detect imposi tion.—Dublin Morning Post. _ _ An old man, named Garbutt, 72 years of age, fled from the house of his daughter, at Finings, near Wit ton Gilbert, on Saturday last, taking with him above 1001. in notes, a quantity of wearing apparel, and a black horse, all of which were her property. The enormity of the offence committed by this hoary villain, will be more fully appreciated when we add, that his daughter, who is a wi dow with six children, lately gave him an asylum in her house, he having previously led a wandering life. He took the opportunity to rob his child and protectress, while she was attending Durham market on Saturday last, and mounting her horse, he proceeded at a rapid pace in a wes tern direction. He is believed to have gone towards Liver pool.—Durham Advertiser. A curious circumstance occurred at Elstree, in this county, on Friday last. A tine little child, about two years and a half old, was misled by its father, who is a gardner in a g entleman's family. Concluding the child had fallen into one of the ponds in the garden, they were dragged, but nothing found which could lead to a discovery. The outhouses, in fact the neigh bourhood, were searched with as little success. In the evening a boy, who was passing the dog kennel, to which was chained a large Newfound land dog, and which very unlikely place no one had ventured near, espied the little infant fast asleep in the humble dwelling of his canine friend. The paws of the animal were round the child's neck. On his attempting to approach the child, the dog showed symptoms of a deter mination to retain possession of his little com panion, which induced the boy to call the father of the child to aid in his rescue. He also was denied approach ; but the infant, being a woke, was immediately permitted to leave the kennel, to run to the arms of its overjoyed parent.— Herts Mercury. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ...... .... Old Animates New Ditto Ex. 1,000 2d. 51 50 pin. Ditto 5OO 2d. 51 50 pm. Ditto Small Ditto ..... Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account ...85% N, 5,4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1821 Peruvian Bonds 23 Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New 92,', Spanish, 1321 . 18t3 _. French Rentes, sp. c. —t —c. -- Exchange —f. --c. 3 per cent —l. —c. Exchz,nge —t. —c. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. 30 Per Share. 35 11 LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) HOUSE or LORDS. JUDGMENTS. EARL OF STAIR V. keGILL. Lord REDESDALE said that in this case John William Henry Earl of Stair was the appellant, and that McGill and others were the respondents. The question for the decision of the House arose upon a deed of disposi tion executed by John, the late Earl of Stair, in 1821, for the purpose of converting certain parts of his prop er ty int o money, to be afterward s laid out in the purchase of lands for the benefit of his successors. By - that deed the late Lord's property in England was given to the trustees of his Lordship's Scotch property, except such of it as was entailed, and the doubt arose respecting the personal proceeds of that property from the time of the death of his Lordship, until the whole fund was laid out in land. The property amounted to about 220,000/. ; the trustees invested in the purchase of lands about 120,0001., and the point was, whether the present Lord Stair was entitled to the proceeds and interest of the remainder from the time at which his father died. Lord Stair had instituted two suits respecting it. Lord Gifford, before whom the case originally came, thought it of so much importance, and as there was no decision of a Scotch case in point, that lie sent for the opinion of all the Scotch Judges, who had now, with the exception of two, agreed in the opinion that he (Lord Redesdale) was about to deliver, namely, that the whole interest and proceeds of the property alluded to were to be laid out in the purchase of lands, and that until such lands were purchased the pre sent Lord Stair was not entitled to any interest whatever. It appeared to the Noble Lord, that the Court of Session in Scotland had thought that Lord Gifford, so far as he went, acted upon the disposition under an endeavour or at'ompt to make the Scotch law conformable to the English law, but in this he felt bound to say they were mistaken, as well as in their construction of the disposition under consideration. The question was, not what was the law at all, but what was the intent of the late Earl conveyed in these words, " the trust, fund, and interest, and proceeds thereof to be laid out in the purchase of lands" after satisfying cer tain claims? No person had a right, either by the Scotch or English law, to claim an interest until after the expira tion of twelve months, which time was given to executors to collect in debts, laying out the money, &c.; and his Lord ship submitted to the House, that the true construction of the deed was, that of a gift of the personal estate of the late Earl, to the persons who from time to time should be entitled to the lands, otherwise there would not be that equality given to the successors of his Lordship which was clearly intended. His Lordship submitted therefore, that the opinion of this House should be conveyed to the Court of Session, against the judgment of that Court. Lord Etnoat fully concurred in the opinion that had b een ex p r essed. He considered it highly proper to remit the case to the Court of Session, because there only the trusts were to be carried forward. He begged to take this opportunity of stating too, and especially as it was probably the last time he should do so, that af ter having been concerned as Counsel and Judge in Scotch causes for upwards of forty years, he was bound to acknowledge that the practice of the House of LOrde was not to make the laws of Scotland by its judicial decision si milar to the laws of England. A similarity was only to be effected by legislation, and not to be attempted by this House. He wished this to be particularly understood, as be found a contrary notion was entertained elsewhere.— This had been the invariable principle, strictly adhered to during Lord Thurlow's time, during Lord Roslyn's time, and during his own. HEMMING V. CLUTTERRUCK. Lord Etnorr stated, that the question was, whether the appellant was entitled to two sums, each of 5001. Long Annuities, or only - to one. Two instruments had been proved in the Ecclesiastical Court as constituting one will ; though the second instrument did not profess to be a codicil, but rather purported to be a will itself. Both instruments mentioned the sum of 5001. Long Annuities, and the point was, whether both sums were due to the appellant, or, whether one was intended to be a substitu tion for the other? The general principles on which both the Court of Chancery and the Civil Laws proceeded in cases of this kind were so clearly laid down in Mr. Eadon's Edition of " Brown's Chancery Reports," Ist vol., that it was unnecessary for him to take up time in discussing them. He would only, therefore, say that, though he could not concur with the Vice-Chancellor, from whom this was an appeal, in calling this a clear case, yet he agreed with him that the 4,500/. mentioned in the second instrument was intended by the testator as a substitution for the 500/. mentioned in the first; : , .nd that, therefore, the appellant was only entitled to one sum of 500/. The appeal dis missed, but without costs. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWN V. THE MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWN AND OTHERS. This cause came on upon exceptions to the Master's report. The suit was instituted so far back as 1809, by the noble plaintiff, in order to recover from the represen tatives of the late Marquis the value of some ornamental timber, cut down by him at Bow Wood. The sum originally claimed was 15,0001., but the Master reported that the number of trees answering that description, and improperly cut down, were 30, and that the value of them was somewhat about 300/. The defendants excepted to this report. The case after occupying the Court for the greater part of the day, was directed to stand over to this day week, in order that the parties might have the opportunity of com promising a question which has been in litigation fur 18 years. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Before all the Judges took their seats this morning, Mr. KAY applied to Mr. Justice LITTLILDALK, who sat for the disposal of snotions of course, on behalf of a Director of the East India Company, (whose name we did not learn) for a writ of certiorari, to remove an indict ment, which had been preferred against him at the Old Bailey (as we understood) for the illegal disposal of the patronagerinpident to his office, to this Court, in order to be tried before a special jury. . . Mr, Justice LITTLED;LE assented to the motion. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. The ATTORNET-GENERAL moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against William Jones, Esq., Marshal of the King's Bench Prison. This application was made with much reluctance and pain on the part of a gentleman, who complained of a publica tion made by Mr. Jones during the last month, regarding the Insolvent Debtors' Court. In this publication, which was entitled, " Observations on the Insolvent Debtors' Act, miscalled an Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," Mr. Jones did not confine himself to the general question as to the merits of that institution, but he roundly charged the Commissioners of that Court with corrupt conduct, in allowing the officers of the Court to take fees not authorized by the Act. These gentlemen feeling conscious of the falsehood of the charge, could not think they would he doing justice to themselves or the public, if they - did not take notice of these aspersions on their Oiaracter. The Learned Counsel held in his band affidaVits by the officers of the Court, which contradicted Mr. 'Jones's statement. These affidavits stated, that they were in the habit of receiving no fee whatever, but what was set forth in a table of fees, fixed by the Commissioners, and 'publicly exhibited on the wall of the Court, and cir culated among the public, and that these fees were extremely moderate and reasonable. On the tenth page of the above publication, however, Mr. Jones states, " that the fees of the officers, exclusive of their salaries, seemed very unrea sonable, as might appear on looking at the schedule of them." To these words, the Attorney-General observed, no objection whatever could be made ; but Mr. Jones immediately added, " that these (feee) were nothing to those which were allowed to be taken by the Commissioners, under a negative clause of the Act, which said that no fees should be taken but such as should be allow ed by the Commissioners ; that under this clause the Clerk of the Court obtained a fee of 10s. 6d. for doing nothing more than seeing the petition signed ; that all the fees to gether were so exorbitant, that it was impossible for insol vents to pay them; and, in order to do so, that they pre viously were obliged to cheat their creditors; that 18,000 insolvents were discharged under the Act, from each of whom the above 10s. 6d. was obtained, making a total of 9,450/." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed, that no such fee as the 10e. 6d. was at all allowed, that lie held in his hand the affidavit of the provisional assignee, who stated that he was the only person that received a fie of only ss. for wit nessing the signing of the petition, and the filing of the sche dule, and that the Clerk of the Court received no fee what ever but what was set forth in the public schedule. The Learned Gentleman then said, that Mr. Jones's object seem ed to be to asperse the characters not only of the C o mmissioners, but also of the officers of the Insol vent Debtors' Court, under cover of an attack upon the s ystem;general for in another part of his publication he gave it as his opinion, that instead of a short imprisonment, and a discharge under the pre sent system, it would be better that the insolvents should be confined within the walls for six months, and be then discharged. He further stated, that every insolvent, who had been discharged under the present Ad, haS had to pay 25/. of exptueee, vybisli i for thy Wittily rittinber discharged, viz. 18,000, amounted to the enormous emit of 450,00 Now, this statement, the Learned Counsel said, was not trait as there was a fixed rule of Court, that no account could 1 04° till it was strictly taxed by the regular officer. The; A ttOr air General would not deny but the Insolvent Debtors' Court' like every other Institution, was a fair object of attar' but Mr. Jones had improperly gone beyond this, Ow aspersed the character of individuals, against which pro' tection was now sought at their Lordships' hands. • After conferring for a few minutes, the Court granted rule to shew cause. Mr. Taylor, the Deistical Clergyman, appeared in C° llll this day, during the temporary absence of all the Jar; but Mr. Justice Bayley. He was habited in a gown, as addressed the Court from the floor, stating that he unl stood he was brought up to plead to an indictment for blasphemy. That two indictments had been laid against Oat before for the same offence, to which he had pleaded; b u had never been brought to trial. He added, that he al arrested yesterday, in the midst of his co ngreg ation, 1° taken to prison, by virtue of a Judge's warrant. Mr. Justice .BAYLNY said, that, if the gentleman any motion to make, he bad better make it on affidavit. , Mr. Taylor—My Lord, that I und e r s t an d I cannot 4,0 as I am not a Christian. Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—If you do not believe in God, there is no use in you making an affidavit here. Mr. Taylor.—Upon my honour, my Lord, I do be lie ° in God. Mr. Justice BAYLEY then suggested that Mr. a should wait until the Lord Chief Justice returned jot° Court. The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE having returned in a fe d : minutes, an d commun i ca t e d with M r . J us ti ce B a yley, ' lv quired what Mr. Taylor had to say. Mr. Taylor.—My Lord, lam a prisoner, and ar t arrested on the Sabbath, as I no w s t an d, an d i n the mi dst of my congregation. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—WeII, Sir, have you si'Y bail. Mr. Taylor—l have my Lord. • The Loan CHIEF JusErcE—Are your bail prepared t° justify ? . g a i i n o ig n n dttoioctedgodo withtowu ticoetfi them, town before, this nocbeocit h nha lr. Taylor—They are, my Lord, but they are not he r d now ; one of them lives at Edmonton, and the other h . The LORD CHIRP JUSTICE—Then, Sir, we can lo ge me for setting fire to the T a h n a d m fter Mr. Taylor—My Lord, I was arrested yesterday, a- . A i"--A no i t as rrY me, my Lord. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICR.—SiF, we cannot listen to You . t e l s i , ey bu b t a: h •e ey no d w are Mr. Taylor—My Lord, as a clergyman and a gentleman' I am sure your good nature will induce you to hear ma. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE-.—Sir, we cannot violate our OP and the time of the Court is precious. Mr. Taylor—So is my liberty, my Lord. Lord TENTERDEN—And it is guarded like the libel of every other subject. The Associate then read the indictment, and WO it a was concluded, Mr. Taylor observed, that as it charg e him with being an evil-minded person, he felt himself kit. tified in pleading "Not Guilty." He then withdrew in the custody of an officer , havi l received notice that his trial would come on at Gu ildha in the Sittings after the present Term. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (SITTINGS IN JUNCO.) hIUS,PIIT v. BELL. This was an action on a policy of insurance granted oll i ‘ quantity of eoffee shipped onboard the Zephyr, bound from ; London to Cork, and which was damaged by the veose filling with water whilst she was lying in the river. I b A e ca se was tried at Guildhall before Chief Justice Best, 811 ' a verdict had for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant WILDE now moved for a rule to sill cause why a trial should not be granted, on the grollny' that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, and that the Learned Judge had misdirected the Jury.—Rule granted' ORPGOOD V. BARKS. This was an action for slander, tried before Mr. Justicet Gaselee, at the last Sittings in Westminster, when a i T r i die was given for the plaintiff, damages 1501. The slan der one words imputed to the defendant, were as follows • t " War-hawk, you must take care of ourself—min d w , ba to you are about," which the inuendo stated was intendeu convey an impression that the plaintiff was unable to I ° ' his just debts, and was likely to become a bankrupt. . be Mr. Sergeant WILDE moved for a rule to Het aside ; he verdict, on the grounds that the declaration imputed to o f defendant was not fully proved, there being no evidence he tlloei,rahge c words,s e ie . itr 4 pj takeexcessive, uT e R thought e d h o a f n y o t u s r s yourself," therel o f, o special " was s d n also o va damage i t a b n a t ee ,I t osd ds been proved. the words omitted to be prov e d were O n ly tantsloen b A y s : h o e t u b a g m n o i t u y n o t f o t f be th sl e an d d am er a , g b e e s, wa if sthoefyo we re measti tt ". damages were not unreasonabler. Justice PARE said, that • enough had bPeineni?nprtohvat t e SLOW the slanderous intent, , and that the words o mitted ' c) be proved did not, in any degree, justify the slander. • ce Mr. Justice BURRODGIIS and Mr. Justice GAS concurred in the law as laid down by the Chief Justice $ Mr. Justice Park.—Motion refused. The CHIEF JUDGES.-It was currently stl id t , t i ch n o - e t t h lz e sl H arwii a e l is l l o ob f re th tr e ialei F sec o , u ih r iteo C f o jo u ,ue r d t g s s , eusin ye o st pf e a ri d l h a e y: ol d r i bs ta b' English Chiefs, viz. 8,000/. a year.—Freema fi's Journal. It is reported, that there is a probability of t he Earl of ELDON paying a visit to his native tow y ; Newcastle. We have no doubt that, in the evef a of his Lordship's coming; his reception will b of the most gratifying kind.—Durhanz Advert , An elopement has occurred in our neigh bour' hood within these last few days. The- pa t he are respectably connected, and the frail rib Is mother of two children. The seduced iS young man.—Southampton Herald. Mn. BLAKE.— The Morning Chroniclf er states that Mr. BLAKE, Chief Remembrailc, of the Exchequer in Ireland, will be c reate or Baron of the Exchequer, in addition to the f°,,er Barons of that Court. The department oyle which he is to preside is the hearing of rev Data cases, which are to be transferred from the of Excise to the Exchequer jurisdiction. Journal. DEPARTURES.--Wed s Freeman's FASHIONABLE jcil day the hangman and his assistant .1 li tig" ► passe.. t..ro Dundee from Edinburgh, • or' on their wa y to far, to o re put the law. in force against Marg t Wishart, on S t a urday.—Caledonian Meran;ir MURDER OF MR. STIACKLETON;—•A Per ton of the name of J. Smith, re siding a t Slor c o a t Green, is now in cus tod y at Halifax, h3c' ing said in company, that he knew who slW t Mr. Shackleton, of Greave, in Wadsworth. II! has made some disclosures to the police 0 f Haw fax, which are highly important, but the particti" tars of which cannot at present be publish fa% Another man ►has since been brought to Halt ' by Mr. Brierly, the constable, suspected of beillg c oncerned with the murderers ; and a p ers° (informed of by Smith) has abscond ed, but I; number of police-officers are in search of biro , and there is now great reason to hope that s olve at least of the murderers will soon be brought to justice.—Leeds IVlercury. The following circumstance occurred last vv.aoye' 1., at the residence of Mr . W. Steers Spence, tioneer, of Wimborne ;—Hearing a singular noise behind the wainscot of one of his chainill bers, he removed a small portion of it, and ' stand), a flight of bats r ushed out, on ere whi killed , ch arl attack was made. Ninety of them w and it is iinagined that nearly half that numbe r escaped. The building is ancient, and, of old; i f o rmed part of a religious house.—Corntva i Gazette. Committed to York Castle, George Clarkalll i c h a rged with the wilful murder o f William 0 James, the two illegitimate chi ldren of Ao Hamilton, of Lartington, in the North-riding' single woman ; and John--Grth, of Barns7 r Castle, apothecary, on susp icion of having 'achli nistered to the aforesaid Ann Hamilton, cert o medicines and drugs, with intent to procure Of 4 tiQn. —.Do rliam Advertiser.