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. . then known, but have since ascertained the amount; nothing . was said about the 150/. bill; Nash put the money in - his pocket, and carried it away with him. Cross-examined by . Mr. Guarav—There were several bank-notei in the sum paid to Nash. I sup pose an account of them was taken by my brother ; it is his general habit so to do. I presume it is; have no doubt of it. I came back about an hour and a half after I went out, and was informed some gentleman had applied for the bill, and threatened to go before the Lord Mayor. We received a letter from Mr. Harmer dated the sth of January. We sent back our answer on the Bth. Mr. Harmer's letter and the answer to it were put in. The letter demandeel the immediate restoration of the bill which .they had obtained under, the pre tence of discounting. The answer was—"l feel obliged for ,your polite note, but you are misinform ed. If you will make an appointment to call, I will explain the matter. ° We received the letter on the 6th of January. Skyring was fitting up the office. We keep no bankers. We discount bills occasionally—not very seldom. .It is no part of the regular system of our office. We do it daily,_ We have a book-keeper principally for that pnrpose. We discount only for clients. Nash was not é client. He owed us 1501. upon a bill. We did not talk to him about that bill. We do not take more than five per cent. for discount. We make no other deduction, excepting for costs when business is done. We do not expect those costs to be taxed. We discount from 1,0001. to 1,2001. a week, about three bills a-day. When it becomes necessary, we do bring more than one action upon a bill. We brought actions upon the 150/. bill. I can't say what the costs were. The defendant's brother sued upon the 2001. bill. It bore oue_eudoressnesit. He employed Mr. Spiers as his attorney. My brother has been book-keeper within two years and a half. He was also a coal merchant. H. gets orders on commission for ano ther brother, who has a wharf at Lambeth. Douglas Drysdale, clerk to the defendant and Neck—Nash came between three and four o'clock. The defendant desired him to call in half an hour. Before he went; he endorsed the bill. When he came the escond time the money was paid to him by John Neek : it was in cash and notes. He put it in his pOcket, and went away. Cross-examined--John Neck keeps the discount books. They discount occasionally to their intimate friends : they have many intimate friends. I can not say to what amount they discount. I am not concerned in that business ; I do the com mon law. Nash did not say who the bill was for. 1 was not aware the 1501. bill was in the office. I , had not then heard of that bill. They had dis counted for Nash about twice or thrice before. They had no claim against him that I was aware of. - I saw the money pass. The defendant was in the office at the time. Mr. Harmer's clerk called about the bill a fortnight afterwards. I told him I knew nothing about it.• The defendant was out. The clerk called again, and I said the defendant would be happy to see Mr. Harmer, but declined seeing his clerk. We had some business for Skyring. He had been with us about Live minutes before Nash came the second time. I ean't say whether the money was counted. Most likely it was. I sat at the same desk opposite John Neck. He keeps the discount books, the journal, ledger, and day-book. Zacharias Skyring, builder—l was at the office when Nash came to receive some money. I had se veral men at work fitting up the place. I went in accidentally between four and .five o'clock. Nash came in and was there a good bit. I paid no par ticular attention. John Neck gave Nash a good number of bank-notes and gold. When Nash was gone, the defendant told me he had brought a bill of a friend of mine, Roe, and asked me if he was good. That made me remember it. Nash received the money, and went away very pleasantly. Gross-examined--I have been a surveyor and Wider these thirty years. I have not been bail for four or five years. I have been rejected as bail ;it was for some trifling thing of 501. or 1001. I have not been twice bail algae ten years. I have been nail in a great many a ctions. I wag not rejected more than once that I recollect. I have had some thousand bills discounted; they have discounted many bills for me-100/. or 000/, in one day perhaps. The ATTORNIT-GINERAL—What could I get a bill discounted for 2 Witness—lt depends upon how von are recommended. They seldom do it directly n. that way. They take no particular interest. I never calculated how much I pay. The A TT ORNNY-GJENERAL.—They tell me 1g per cent. is very cheap ? Witness—l have had money from them without paying a crown or any thing. Re-examined —Did you ever pay them more than 31. per cent. on any one bill ? Answer—l can't say. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said, that the plaintiff was entitled t‘• the verdict. As his friend stated that the defendant was a man of character, it was proper the jury should be acquainted that his friend knew nothing individua2ly of the defendant : he only spoke from his instructions. Mr. CAMPBELL here said, the ilefendant was a re lation of Sir Astley Cooper. The - ATTORNEY GENERAL—Sir Astley is a very. clever, and a very great man; but it does not follow that a bill broker must be a man of character,tvause he happens to be related to him. The defenda.a. nd Neck are attornies, and carry on a trade of discount ing bills to a very considerable extent. It was fit the Jury should know, that the most honourable men in the profession do not discount bills. Lord TENTURlA74.—Cettainly not. The ATTORNEY GENERtL.—It may be very pro fitable for them to do so, even though they did not charge discount, as they may have the opportunity of bringing actions against every person whose name is on tio bill, and if there is one good name, they' are sure of their costs; but the objection is, it is not, professions) , and attornies who value their cha racter would not (19 it. Keeling and Neck are at ' tornies and discounters of bills to a considerable mount: they , discounted a bill for Nash of 150/. which was dishonoured; and yet their witnesses assert, that when Nash brought then the 200/. bill, and told them it was his own, they said Pothing to him about the 130/. bill. If they had not been i.l- tornies, they wo uld have mentioned it—they would naturally h a e said," Here is your 1501. bill. Nash, indeekmight have begged them not to be hard with him, and have told them that the bill he brought was not his own ; but their witnesses all say that this was not. the case, for that Nash said the bill was his own. The Attorney-General proceeded" to comment with great acuteness and severity upon the dis crepancies in the evidence, particularly on the length of time John Neck had been book • k e efer, and on hie answers to the • questions re spettit,' the rate of discountin g , when, after much ,g delay, he stretched his conscience to swear that the defendant al:d Neck did not take more than five per cent., which the Attorney-General observed was more than Skyring would sw ear. These discounters who kept cash in thei: office, and di rate of from 1,200 1 . to ;,5001. per week, did not keep an account of their notes. When people agree s concur in ree woul d a l w ay the to make up a story, they main points, but would differ in the rehition of some circumstances that must be known to all of them. He would put it to the jury, whether the whole defence were not bottomed in fraud and supported by perjury. The plaintiff was a person of ;Arnim peached character, and the jury would judge of Nash's evidence. - Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 2001. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.--Juts 21. COOKE V. DEACON. This was an action t'or a tailor's bill. The defend ant pleaded that at the time the goods were furnished that he was an infant, to which the plaintiff replied that the goods were necessaries. The LORD CRIB?' JUSTICE told the Jury, that unless they thought the young man had not been properly supplied with clothes by his father, they pule give a verdict for the plaintiff. The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant. CORPORATION OF DUBLIN The following letters, in answer to Addresses voted by the Corporation of Dublin to the illus trious ex-Ministers, whose names are under signed, were read at .the General Quarterly As sembly of the Common Council of the Irish Metropolis, on the 20th inst. : London, July 16, 1827. MY LORD Mavon.—l have had the honour, and with the highest satisfaction, to receive the unanimous Address of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons, and Citizens of the City of Dublin, in Common Council assembled, expressive of the opinion of that respectable and loyal body that, as a servant to the gracious Sovereigns who were pleased to honour me with their confidence, I have been faithful— that as an administrator of justice I have not been wanting in intense application, or in'inflexible integrity—and that my advocacy of the Constitution, in Church and State, has been undeviating and uncompromising. The principles by which I have been governed in my public conduct were originally adopted after I had very anxiously endeavoured to ascertain upon what principles that Constitution, in Church and State, required me to act. The occasions, in a long course of years, have not been few, in whioh it became my duty to review and reconsider those principles. I may now confidently assure those, who, in their Ati dress, have done me the honour to suppose that this country can hereafter receive any benefit from my conduct, that I shall be found, during what remains to me of life, to act under a firm conviction that it is my bounden duty to my Sovereign and the country to adhere to the principles which have hitherto appeared uniformly to influence my political conduct. I beg to add my acknowledgments for the obliging man ner in which you have been pleased to communicate the Address to me, and to assure you I am, with the highest respect, your obedient and obliged servant, (Signed) Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Dublin ELDON. 16, Upper Grosvenor-street, July 160827. . - MY Lean have bad the honour of receiving your Lordship's letter, announcing to me the high compliment paid by the Corporation of the City of Dublin, in voting me as Address, conveying their approbation of my conduct in retiring from office in the late political crisis. I assure your Lordship that I appreciate such a compli ment from my fellow-citizens in Dublin as the greatest re ward that I could receive for any sacrifice in political life, and I beg that you will communicate, on a fitting occa iion, the deep sense which I entertain of the flattering mark of their approbation, which you have communicated to me. Individually I beg to tender to your Lordship my thanks for the handsome expressions contained in your letter, and I have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) Right Hon. the Lurd Mayor. CEO. R. DAWSON. Drayton Manor, July 5, 162'7. My LORD-I have had the honour of receiving the ;.d -dress which has been unanimously voted to me on the oc casion of my retirement from office, by. the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons, and Citizens of the City of Dublin, in Common Council assembled. For this flittering distinction I beg to be permitted to re turn, through your Lordship, my grateful acknowledg- Inents. This is not the first mark of approbation and confidence which has been tendered to me by the Corporation of Dublin ; and nothing can be more gratifying to me than to learn that, after a long separation from Ireland, I still retain a portion of that esteem and cordial good-will which cheered and consoled me amidst thelahours and anxieties of office during the period that I was resident in Dublin, and intimately connected with the administration of Irish affairs. I trust that my conduct in Parliament, though no longer a servant of the Crown, will not disentitle me to the con fidence of the Cozporation, or cause them to regard me as unworthy of the distinction which they conferred on me many years since, by admitting me to the freedom of the City of Dublin. I have the honour, &e. (Signed) The Right Hon. tke Lord Mayor. ROBERT PEEL. Mansion-house, Dublin, July 7, 1827. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS—AS the gra cious intention of your Royal Highness to visit this country strengthens in all probability from many concurrent ru mours, I trust your Royal Highness will suffer me to assure you., with what a grateful ezprowion of joy enspi 4,:ious an event will he bailed by the whole Irish nation. I regard it as a proud circumstance of my life, that my office of Chief Magistrate affords me this occasion to ad dress your Royal Highness, to solicit on behalf of the Cor poration and Citisens of Dublin the high honour of your visit to this city. . . In the affection for their Sovereign, which distinguishes the subjects of these realms, the people of Ireland, and par tieularly the citizens of Dublin, proudly share ; our attach ment is unshaken to a Family whom Providence has made the guardians of our Constitution, and your Royal High ness has an earnest in our loyalty, that no member of your Illustrious House can reach our shores without inspiring sentiments with which are interwoven our happiest recol lections. _ . The visit of your Royal Highness cannot fail to be on many accounts most gratifying to our country, as indepen dently of your Royal Highness's personal claims on our affection and respect, it has pleased the great Disposer of events to place your Royal Highness in that relation to the Throne which demands our homage. Your Royal High ness will come among us also as the Supreme Commander and Friend of a Service, whoie triumphs have swelled the greatness and raised the glory of the British Empire, and to whose achievements there are few families in Ireland who have not given at one period or another a victor and a hero. I have the honour, &c. (Signet]) SAMUEL W. TYNDALL, Lord Mayor, City of Dublin. To his Royal Highne4the.DukeNf Clarence. • Royal Sovereign Yacht, Devonport, July 11,1827. MY Loan--I am soromanded by his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral, to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter to him of the 6th July, in which you so licit, on behalf of the Corporation and Citizens of Dublin, a visit from hisißoyal Highness to that ancient and im portant city' of the empire. His Royal Highness further commands me to return his sincere thanks for the expressions which your letter con veys of loyalty and attachment to his Majesty, and of affec tion towards himself personally—feelings which, common as his Royal Highness is satisfied they are, to the people of Ireland, are, he is equally satisfied, fully shared by the citizens of Dublin. 1 , His Royal Highness regrets, however, that the pressure of business, connected with the department over which be has recently been appointed to preside, will not admit of his visiting Dublin in the present year; but he is willing to indulge the hope of being able to do so in the course of the next, I have the honour, &c. (Signed) JOHN BARROW. To the Lord Mayor of Dublin. TUE ItAavTsT r —There never was a finer season for the crops,' than that with which we have been blessed by a kind and bountiful Providence since the latter end of June. Already has the greater part of the hey in the county of Dublin been saved, and in the best order. The produce as to quantity is unparalleled. Early fields of wheat are putting on the yellow autumnal hue, indicative of their being soon ready for the sickle. The progress they have made towards maturity within the last fortnight is surprising. In some fields, a few miles from town, the grain is quite full and plump, and beginning to harden.— A fortnight ago these fields were only in blossom, and the grain just beginning to form in the ear. The liarvest will be a good deal earlier than we expected it would be in the latter end of last month.—Dublin Warder. TILE WEATHER.—Since the late thunder storm, there has been a great deal of solar heat, and the weather has been delightful in this quarter, This is a highly interesting time of the year. Hay cocks are still to be seen on some fields ; the potatoes, and the beans and peas, are in bloom; and in the barley, oats, and wheat, the :4gour and freshness of the sucyper green is fast yield ing to the salary hues of autumn. Since Tuesday after noon, several fine showers have fallen, which will be highly beneficial, particularly to the turnips and potatoes. A num ber of shearers from various quarters in the Highlands have already passed through this town, on their way to the south, in search of employment. —Scotsman. W e have had a few genial and refreshing showers this 3sleek, which have done much good, as the land was becoming parched in many districts. To the gar dens, in particular, the rain was a welcome visitant. The hay harvest is nearly completed in this district ; and has been one of the best, both in quantity and quality, remem bered for many years. The wheats, we understand, do not look se well as could be wished ; the crop will probably be good, but Considerable quantities of it have the appearance of being smutted. All the other sorts of grain look well. Westmoreland Adverti#er FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal des Debats.) " LISBON, JULY 4.—The letters from the northern frontier are very satisfactory. They state that the Spanish authorities of Galicia have issued strict orders to arrest and disarm the Portuguese rebels. The officer who is appointed to execute this duty is Colonel Ignacio Perreira, of the Orense Militia, the same who declared strongly in favour of these rebels and always supported them. It appears that the Cabinet of Madrid is disposed to adopt more reason able measures with respect to Portugal. " Major-General Luis de Rego Bareto who was dismissed in July, 1824, for adhering to the Consti tution of the Cortes, has not only been restored to his former rank,but promoted to that of Lieutenants General, in reparation of the injustice he hid expe rienced. Considerable changes and promotions have taken place in the army. " MADRID, JULY 4.—An express from General Monet to the Minister at War announces that 200 men of his division have passed with their arms and baggage into Portugal. These deserters were com manded by a Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, and a Captain of Cavalry. This desertion may give birth to new disputes with Portugal, for two detachments of the troops which General Monet sent in pursuit of the deserters, crossed into Portugal, and com mitted serious excesses in two villages. " PARIS, JULY 20.—Since the three Powers, England, France and Russia, have disclosed, by the publication of the treaty signed at London, their resolution to interfere efficaciously, and as armed mediators, in the affairs of Greece, the friends of the Greeks anxiously inquire what is the present situa tion of that people ? They fear least after so many losses, 'so much blood shed, the Greeks 'should be crushed in the course of this campaign, before this powerful but tardy interference arrests the fury of their implacable enemies. According to the last and most authentic reports, it appears that if on the one hand, the fortune of arms in this sixth campaign has not been favourable to the good cause, on the other, the experience of misfortune served to unite men's Minds. The contention of factions is worn out, and a more wise government is formed at the moment when the danger is most imminent. To Lord Coch rane belongs all the honour of this useful change. * # #. Under these serious circumstances, the friends of Greece will read with satisfaction the fol lowing extract from the correspondence of M. Gozze, one of the members of the Committee lately esta blished for the distribution of succours, and who fulfils his mission with the most laudable zeal. " The sums brought by his Excellency Lord Cochrane have singularly contributed to relieve us from embarrassment at a critical period. They have enabled us to pay - the seamen and to make repairs which were indispensable in the ship commanded by the Grand Admiral, to purchase wine, meat, and other provisions, of which we were in want ; to ob tain sail-cloth and timber for building. We have constructed four furnaces, and purchased two prizes to be converted into fire-ships. We have also built gun-boats, and erected a battery for the defence of Napoli. We have enrolled troops for our expeditions, appropriated considerable funds to the army, paid the freight of several transports, &c. But the sums sent, however considerable, were soon exhausted. I have had recourse to the credit you opened for me with _ _ he house of Alessio and Nepote Stefond, at Zante.' From the Gazette de France, dated Saturday, July 21.) PARIS, JULY 20.—The Governor of Guadeloupe . _ has just informed the Minister of Marine by a letter of the 12th of May, that the drought which has pre vailed since the last winter season, has done great damage to the agricultural produce of the Colony, and that the consequence will be a very great scarcity of the most necessary articles. • The manioc flour, which is indispensable for the support of the negroes, and even of part of the white population of the Island, is not sufficient for the supply till beyond the month of October. None of the plantations made last yeat have succeeded, from want of rain. To prevent the disastrous consequences that might attend the scarcity, both for the tranquillity and the health of the Colony the Governor requests the Minister of the Marine to secure the existence of the greater part of the population, by en official invitation to the Chambers of Commerce, to make frequent and considerable consignments of maise flour to Guadaloupe, which may make up for the want of manioc. _ _ In case this proceeding on the part of his Excel lency should not have the effect which may be hoped, the. Governor will make use of the power which is granted him by Article Four of the Ordinance of February 5, 1826, for the importation of foreign flour. A letter from Trieste says, that a ship. which has arrived from Smyrna, met, on the 19th of June, off Cape St. Angelo, the Greek fleet, consisting of 37 sail. The Hellas frigate and six fire ships were prt of it. The Turkish fleet was at Patras. M. Rothschild, of Vienna, is daily expected at Frankfort to lay the first stone of an Hospital which he is building there, and which is destined for the Israelites. It will, cost 250,000 florins, and be com pleted in two years. , (From the Moniteur of Friday, July 20.) MADRID, JULY 9.—A guerilla party composed of Portuguese Refugees and some Spaniards, among whom are two dismissed Lieutenant-Colonels; entered on the 27th ult. ibto the Portuguese terri tory by Alcanires, surprised the village of Costaptin; killed the sentinel, plundered some houses, and then . returned into Castile. The next day, the Com mander of the Spanish line caused seven of them to be arrested ; among whom were the two Lieuten ant- Colonels, who are going to be tried. A new band of Insurgents has appeared in Cata lonia about Berge. It is affirmed now that the conspiracy at Algesiras is wholly imaginary ; that, irttruth, the Commander of the camp at St. Roche 10, rather arrested some officers of different opinions, but th at no charge could be made out against him. It s eems that the Count de Torre Alla is not one o f the persons arrested. precipitately A great deal has been said on this occasion of an order given to the Intendants of Police not to arrest persons accused of the Carlist conspiracy. The feet, however, is, that the order merely says, that these intendants are not to arrest persons, as has been done at Cordova, against whom there is no charge, merely because seditious circulars or pam phlets have been sent them by the post. (From the Censtitutionnel.) (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) LISBON, JULY 3.—The Count de Villa Real sets out this day, at last, for London, on board the Duke of York steam packet, Capt. J. Mowel. We are assured that this new Am bassador was unwilling to p ob ro e c y ee th d e to or h d i e s r d o e f stin o ts e t il io e n r ,albusadanh but Saldanha, compelled to a, Minister ad interim of Foreign Affairs, no longer to delay his departure. • We are curious here to know how the Count will be received in London, and especially if it be true that Mr. Canning has, as it is asserted, an autogTaph protest in his possession, against the rights of Don Pedro IV., and in favour of the infant Don Miguel, a protest made by the latter personage after that of Don Joaquim Severino Gomee, ex. Chargé d'Affaires of Portugal at Madrid, when he refused to recognise the orders of his Government. The Government here has received official ac counts that the infant Don Miguel has brought for ward fresh excuses for dispensing with the execu tion of the orders of his brother and his King, and these excuses, which are supported by Austria, con tribute to keep up a strong fomentation in men's minds here. This disquieting intelligence has in duced the Minister Saldanha to despatch, this morn ing, the Portuguese man-of-war brig the Trexe de Maio for Brazil, in order to inform Don Pedro IV. of the state of affairs, and to insist with new force on the propriety of his Majesty coming to Portugal, p r evious to next 25th October, an epoch which the enemies of genuine legitimacy flatter themselves they will be able to turn into a day of mourning for their country. His Excellency has also dispatched, this morning, an aviso to Brest. It carries orders to rA)V' * - 111A. • • kt,,_ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1827. The Paris Papers of Friday, and the Gazette de France, dated Saturday morning, reached us last night. The only interesting matter we find in them, is a statement in the Moniteur, under date of Madrid, 9th, July, that a Guerilla party, composed of Portuguese Refugees and some Spaniards, had entered the Portuguese territory and committed some excesses, after which they returned into Castile ; and a private letter from Lisbon in the Constitutionnel, dated the 3d inst., which states that Count de VILLA REAL was to set out that day• for London ; and, that the Portuguese Government had received official accounts that the Infant DON MIGUEL had brought forward fresh excuses for declining to return to the Brazils. The Journal des Dehats contains a different version of the violation of the Portuguese territory, which it states, was committed by a party de tached in purstiit of 200 men, who had deserted into Portugal. Which ever account is true, the circumstance will probably impede any arrange ment which might be in progress between the two Governments. Extracts of these Papers will be found in another column, and we subjoin the prices of the Funds, which are rather lower. FRENCH FUNDS. —Rentes, 5 per Cent. 102 f. 80c. 75 c.; Rentee, 3 per Cent. 72f. 35c. 25c. ; Bank Actions, 2012 f. 50f. FORRIGN Fulins.—Renter Nap. Cert. Fal. '7Bf. 15c 25e. ; Spanish Rentes, 9 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 61 Interminable Span. Annuities, 45k. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 15th instant was receivei. last night. The following paragraph, stating the singular situation of the Spanish Legation in Switzerland, is the only paragraph worth extracting : SWITZERLAND, JULY 9.—The Spanish Legation in Switzerland is in a singular situation. The personal con duct of the Charge d'Affaires, Don Felix Ramon d'Alva rado, which had already caused his exclusion front the diplomatic circles at Berne, is said to have led to a request from our Government to the Court of Madrid, that he might be recalled. That Court complied, and sent orders, as it seems, for the Minister immediately to return home, announcing that his successor would shortly follow. Ac- cordingly, a new Spanish Charge d'Affaires arrived a few weeks ago, and required the Archiver of the Legation to be delivered up to him ; but M. Alvarado refuses, declaring that he has received no orders from his Court. VIENNA, JUNE 11. .letalliques . 9lk. , Bank Shares 10761. Gibraltar Chronicles of the 2d inst. have been received. His Excellency Sir JOHN DON, Lieutenant-Governor, had held a meeting of the inhabitants of the town on the 22d ult. to concert measures for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants and prrison during the approaching hot months, and issued a proclama tion on the 29th, making public the regulations which it had been thought fit to make on this occasion, particularly dividing the town into dis tricts, with medical officers and police in each, to watch any tendency to disease. It certainly is not a little amusing to observe the John Isnll, and his elegant and classical co adjutor, the ,Standard, sagely disputing which of them is best entitled to the credit of certain facts in which both of them have of late been dealing. The truth however is, that many of the facts alluded to, were of such prime originality, that whoever first retailed has be yond all doubt, a full right of property in the article issued ; and may well be justified in re fusing to share the praise of invention with a rival trader of the same craft. Without presuming to interfere in the conflict between these high and mighty Allies, let us be allowed without invidiousness, to observe, that in the tastiness with which some of these commo dities have been got up for sale and circulation, our friend John Bull is perfectly unrivalled. Only yesterday, our dew-lapped friend, with infinite pomp and preparation, and with profes sions of vast delight, announced, in capital letters, the fact (as he, was pleased to denomi nate it) that « The Duke ,of WELLINGTON had been sent for by his MAJESTY ;" which fact (he was further pleased to state) had been carefully omitted in all the Government Papers." Now we need not inform the public, that this Act was distinctly noticed, and positively denied, both by the SUN and the Courier. And' if any reader should wonder, that, after the direct exposure of the fiction, a Journalist should have been found hardy enough, not only' to re-state it, but t to add that all mention of it had been omitted by the Govern ment papers—we can only remind such a reader of the old observation that, "one untruth is never wanting to prop up another." With the same ardour for the interests of truth, John Bull recently assured the world, that Lord PALMERSTON was sure, to resign,—that Mr. GEORGE TIERNEY, jun., was already ap pointed a Commissioner of the Customs,—that Mr. JAMES BROUGHAM had, since Mr. TIER NEY's appointment, been promoted to the same honour,—together with various other announcements, equally well founded.— And these things were not reported cursorily, or noticed as the chit-chat of the day. They were stated with confidence ; they were commented on with unsparing bitterness. For the last few days the papers of the Ultras have been busying themselves and deceiving their readers by reports that Mr. HOBHOUSE, of the Home Office, aad• Mr. HER TtiEs of the Treasury, were about to retire—the first from a disinclination to serve under the present Ad ministration, and the other from some motive equally absurd, for there is no end to the fanciful propensities of these ingenious Journals. &it we can positively state that there is not the slightest foundatio* for the motives insinuated by these organs, except indeed it exist in their own kindred minds, where malignity prompts one half the rumours and disappointment s the other. The get is, that Mr. HOBHOUSE having completed the period of service which entitles him to a pension, he retires upon that allowance, and not from any disinclination to continue in office under the present Govern ment. It is not true that Mr. HERMES retires. That Right Honourable Gentleman goes to the Continent for a short time to re cruit his health which, we regret, has suffered so much from his incessant application to the labouring duties of hiS office. On his re turn, the Right Hon. Gentleman will resume his functions with satisfaction to himself and benefit to his country. Jamaica Papers to the 28th May inclusive have been received at the North and South Arne. rican Coffee-house ; the following are extracts : DOUBLE DUTIES AGAIN.--Tile Collector of his Majes ty's Customs has received a despatch from his Grace the Governor, apprising him, that in consequence of informa tion. which his Grace had derived from the Commander of the Forces, that the subsistence of the troops was not to he paid by the Local Government beyond the slat inst., that the Collector and Comptroller were to be governed by the British Act of Parliament, and recommence the collection of the double duties from the Ist of June next, unless in the mean time the Commissioners of Accounts would re assemble and direct the Contractor to supply the troops as heretofore. We are glad to learn from St. Ann's that within these few days many parts of that parish which bad suffered so long from drought and the want of water have been at length refreshed by some heavy rains ; the May season has also commenced in this parish, and after the long-continued drought which we have experienced, are most grateful. From want of care the combustible nature of the dry vegetation, in some proper ties, have sustained partial injury from fire ; some refresh ing showers, however, passed over, and from the cloudy sky, and the present temperature of the air, a material change is indicated. The Saturday's market appears to be increasing weekly, and, it is said, is well encouraged by the public. This desirable alteration, if brought about voluntarily, will give great satisfaction to every well-wisher to the country.— There is no doubt that after-crop many more will resort to the Saturday's market, and it will be encouraged consider ' ably by purchasers not delaying till the Sunday. His Majesty's packet the Osborne, Leslie, arrived at Jamaica on the .23d of May, and sailed for Carthagena, on , the With. Letters from Aleppo, dated the 22d of May, state, that for three weeks previous the plague had carried off from four to five hundred persons daily, and that the City was in the greatest con sternation in consequence. The price of the French Three per cents. on Saturday, is stated at 72 75. Aecounts.fropn Odessa are of a warlike cha racter : the Russian army is said to be in niotion. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twszrß o'Crocr. The chief empk.yment of the Brokers and speculators in the British Funds have been in arranging accounts for the settling, which takes place on Thursday, and the com plexion of the account is said to wear rather a Bearish ap pearance. It is with regret we state one defaulter has been declared already, but the amount is said to be not large, independent of which the unfortunate party will pay 75 per cent. Consols opened this morning at 874 for ac count, and 86 for money, ex. div. ; they have since been done at 864 for the latter, and buyers for the former, and are now 87i, the nearest price, for account ; Exchequer Bills are 56 7, and India Bonds, 88 90 pm. The Foreign Funds have continued nearly in a calm all the morning, and little or no business has hitherto been done ; Colombian Bonds are steady at 324 3 ; Mexican, 684 4 ; Greek, 16 4 ; and Spanish, 104 4. Not more than three or four of the Mining Shares appear to be now generally quoted ; United Mexican Alines are rather lower, being 204 194 die., whilst Brazilian are 1 to 2 pm. Three per Cent. Consols, 864 ; Ditto for Account, 81 4 ; India Bonds, 88 90 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 56 7 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 59 604 ; Buenos Ayres, 58494; Chilian, 304 1 ; Colombian, 1824, 324 3; Danish, 624 4 ; Greek, 16 4 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 654 61 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 684 4 ; Peruvian, 27 9 ; Portuguese, 754 6; R us sian , 94 ; Spanish, 104 4. _ _ MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 50 45 die. ; Brazilian, 1 2 pm. ; Colombian, 9 11 per Share ; United Mexican, 20;1 19f dia. TWO o' CLOCK. Consols have improved to 871 a for Account, and 87i 88 for - August ; the Market looking strong, without, how ever, any important business. The Exchequer Market re mains as in the early part of tke Morning. Another Broker has declared his inability to meet his engagements on the 26th, and whose affairs are represented unfavourable. The Foreign Funds are without variation. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 871 for Account. 'FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 86f I Danish Bonds 62f Do. for Ac. 871 4 Greek Do. 182 b, 16 Brazilian Bonds 594 Mexican Do. 1925 68f Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 27 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 94} Columbian, 1924, Spanish Do. GRAND CANAL FROM LONDON TO PORTSMOUTH. Considerable interest is, at this moment, taken by a Com mittee of Gentlemen, provisionally appointed, with the Monied Interest of London, and some of the great Chartered Companies, to bring into effect a Canal from Portsmouth to London, of the most gigantic proportions. It is sug gested to make it a national undertaking, and to pay the expence of its construction by an issue of 4 per cent. Ex chequer Bills, and 5 per cent. Canal Debentures, the latter to he paid off in fifteen years. The present Commit tee comprises Lord Palmerston,, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir J. Brenton, T. Wilson, Esq. M.P., W. Manning, Esq. M.P., and H. Twiss, Esq. M.P. The necessity of the measure, it is stated, is absolute, as, in the event of a war with France, the Port of London would be effectually blocked up from all cora niunication with the British Channel, the whole space be tween the Isle of Wight and the Forelands being so ex posed to the French ports, that no vigilance on the part of our Navy could save our merchant shipping and coasters from the activity of small " armed steam-vessels." This apprehension is certainly correctly stated, for against such a system of annoyance, a gun-brig, or sloop of war, could hardly, in a long dark night, give protection to more than four vessels, and even these would be hazarded. Another inducing reason for the projected canal avouched, is, we think, a little overstated. It is stated that many thousand lives would be saved that are now annually shipwrecked, and it is affirmed that Lloyd's books will prove, from the experience of the last ten years, that the annual loss of shipping between Portsmouth and the Thames is 110 vessels. It is stated, also, that three millions of property was captured in the same passage, by the French, in the last war. The present plan is a suggestion of Mr. N. W. Cundy, supported by the opinions of Messrs. Ren nie, Giles, ElMs, and Mears. The Canal will be only 74 miles from Portsmouth Harbour to the Thames, at Rother hithe ; it will always have 2S feet in depth of water, and be 150 feet wide ; will require only four locks, as the sum mit level, on Epsom Common, will not exceed 140 feet, and the deepest cutting will he 130 feet. The locks are to be 300 feet long each, and 64 feet broad. Mr. Cundy of form i o A f e a t of P titi4 ari n ia m to e h nt is . the whole of which documents are dedicated t o Al exan d er has lsia jst i e ssu y ed .. T th re r ii e s e u ß ry e , pnts d , o w ie it f li r lh e e Baring, Esq. who has promised the measure his personal attention and support ; and who, at arrneeting at Lincoln's Inn-fields, declared, that " the importance of the subject is obvious, whether considered in a national or domestic point of view, or whatever may be the cost." It is proposed that the Canal commence, with two branches, at Rotherhitheorearly opposite the Loudon and West India Docks, near the Victualling Office, and proceed thence, in a South West direction, to Walworth Common, by the foot of Brixton Hill, to Streatham Common ; then between the towns of Mitcham and Tooting, to Malden, Ewel, Epsom, Leatherhead, and Dorking, over Homewood Common, down the Vale to Ockley, and the Roman Turn pike Gate a little below Slinfold, Newbridge, Pulborough, by Hardhain, Greatham, Amberley, Burkham, Arundel (and a small branch to . Arundel Bay), and lastly to Chi chester, Emsworth, Langston Harbour, Southsea Com mon, and Spithead. The general estimate states the expence -under four millions, of which 3,255,4201. would be paid to labourers for cutting, 474,000/. to tradesmen, and 250,000/. for purchase of land. We, pass over all the calculations of a return of income, remarking only that a vessel of 100 tons would have to pay 35/. for passing through the Canal. It is stated that the expense of Go vernment, in the land carriage of stores, &c. to Ports mouth, last war, exceeded 200,000/. a-year. It, is pro posed to shut up Langston Harbour (what will become of the oysters ?) and open a new entrance to Spithead. The journey through to be 14 hours, to be effected by steam vessels, the use of which will, of necessity, require thatihe Canal should be faced vi ith brick or stone the whole way. Mr. Cundy says he has. received the greatest encouragement from all classes to proceed, and pledges himself to bring it forward early in the next Session of Parliarnent.—Hotnp shire Telegraph. ANCONA, JULY 4.—The steam-boat from the lonian Islands arrived yesterday from Corfu, with despatches for London.—An extract from a private letter states, that General Church occupies a portion of Dervanea ; and that Colocotroni, and the other Greek Commanders, are at various positions near the Isthmus of Corinth, to prevent the approach of Ibrahim Pacha. It is said that Lord Cochrane has dispersed the Egyptian Fleet in the waters of Candia ; the Greeks had 70 sail, and the Egyptians 120 sail. Letters from Carthagena of the 20th May, state that business was dull, more however from the want of goods of a well assorted kind, than any other cause; great pre parations were making to receive Gen. Bolivar, who was daily expected. The old paper was refused at the C ustom House for payment of duties • nor would they t a k e snore i loath aa a iyni. again halfSp ecie tih, e as wasun mn announce ic o rgeoiehcn b dtes e isipdn p eeo a rra i a:de cent, ty n ttee. t aa h obv e fai t p gr a do p . s e —p r ei I,\ est Riding of Yorkshire iv p e e st r m o o i r h el a a v n e d r ° i t ty th ; e th j e an w u a a n ry t premium. The trade of the tt n ot as yet materially imp rove d, yet we f ee l h a ppy i n b e i ng oAfd T ernae l r l pt o ilso u ey g rm. h ent the is able to state that employment is now to be had in plenty— the most part of the Glasgow agents having a considerable overplus of webs by them.— Glasgow Chronicle. A letter from Wigton to Cockermouth is charged eleven-pence by the post-office, though the distance is only 16 miles ! It appears letters arc first sent to Car lisle, then to Penrith, then to Keswick, and thence to Cockermouth.— Carlisle Journal. EXTRAORDINARY LUXURIANCE OF THE SEASON.—A fine stem of oats, of very uncommon ap pearance, was left at our office yesterday. It measures from the root to the tip of the head six feet five inches, the stalk every way in proportion ; the leaf not unlike a flagger, and the head numbers upwards of three hundred grains though having suffered some loss from carriage and curio sity. The field from which this stem was taken is in Dun more, near this city, the property of Mr. Lalor, and in every respect exhibits the same appearance.s—KiMenny Independent. TINE WEATHER AND CROPS.—In the im mediate vicinity of this town, the crops are suffering from drought, while we learn that in Ross-shire, and among the farms situate near the high back grounds, there is a super, abundance of moisture. The crops in the West High lands, notwithstanding the heavy rains which have fallen there for some time past, are looking remarkably well s and are in a state of great forwardness. From their pro mising appearance at' present, there is every prospect of as early and abundant a harvest in Argyleshireawi th, Waal as in the low country.....ltiverness CM*. R l - the Captain of the Portuguese vessel of war, John VI. to carry back immediately to Rio Janeiro, the Brazilians who were waiting on board the arrival of the Infant Don Miguel, and to place his vessel at the disposal of the King Pedro IV., whose orders the Captain will execute. It is said, that General Saldanha has declared, in his capacity of Minister of Foreign Affairs, ad interim, to Sir W. A'Court, the British Ambassador, that,the better to fix their reciprocal responsibility, he will not admit in future, any proposition or obser vations to be made verbally on important subjects, and that he claims on all such points notes in writing. (From the Quotidienne.) • Pants, JULY 19.—We have. mentioned some re ports of the approaching meeting of several of the Sovereigns in Bavaria. The northern journals make fresh mention of it ; only it is said that the meeting will take place at Salzbourg, which, since 1815, has not constituted a part of Bavaria. According to the German papers, his Majesty the King of Saxony will join their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, and the Kings of Prussia and Bavaria. We mention this as an answer to the Ministerial Journal, which asks where the Quotidienne got this news of a Congress. KING'S THEATRE. BY PARTICULAR DESIRE. TO -MORROW EVENING will be per formed Mayer's Opera Seria, in Two Acts, en titled MEDEA. The Principal Characters by Madame Pasta, Madame Caradori, Madame Cornega, Signior Cu rioni, Signior Torri, Signior Deville, and Signior Giu bilie. After the Opera, the Mythological Ballet of LE SIEGE DE CYTHERE. Applications for Boxes and Tickets to be made at Mr. Ebers', 27, Old Bond-street. IMPERIAL GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. 10, Coleman-street, July 23, 1827. NOTICE is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on FRIDAY, the 3d day of August next ensuing, to receive the REPORT of the COMMITTEE appointed to examine into the Accounts and Concerns of the Company, at the General Meeting held on the Bth day of March last, and to adopt such, measures thereon as the said Meeting shall deem expedient. The Chair to be taken at One o'Clock precisely. By Order, HENRY CLARKE, Clerk of the Company. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 2l Ol 3 per Cent. Red 8 6%% 3 per Cent. Cons 86 14 314 per Cent. —l Ditto Red. 93%% 4 per Cent. New Ditto, 1926 .102% 1 Bank Long Ann. ....19 7-16 n India Stock ........ Ditto Bonds 89 -pm. THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 27 Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New — Spanish, 1921 ' 1823 French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent —t —c. Exchange —t. —c. 5 4% 16 17 PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock 24134 Consols, 3 per cent. 55% Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 92 Ditto, New - 4 per Cent. 100% Gov. Deb. 334 per cent 93 1 ,1 i% % Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal Stock - 12 City Deb. 4 per cent - Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-31ORROW. Morning... 24 minutes after 2. I Evening ....45 minutes after 2. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. Cbilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. 62% Greek Bonds Ditto, 1826 l6 Guatemala Mexican Bonds Do. 1825. PRICES OF SHARES THII Anglo Mexican Mining C 0..., British Iron Mining Co. General Mining Association Hibernian Mining Co. Australian Co.. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCT. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d.56 57 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 55 57 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account ..... —.97% % DAY AT 01 4 11 t O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share .fSS 35 40 UN 11 STOCKS, JULY 20. St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal lilalLMine Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings