The Sun. — London, England, 1827-07-18 00:00:00

toiRT IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE. We touched upon this subject in our paper of Saturday, 16th June, and we recur to it because it presents us with some curious facts, which are but imperfectly known. There is unquestion ably a connexion between the food on which a nation subsists, and its temperament and charac ter, though the science of dietetics is not yet suf ficiently advanced to enable us.to trace distinctly the action of the one upon the other. What is called the influence of climate on the human spe cies, may be resolved, we suspect, chiefly into the effects of diet, which necessarily varies with the geographical position of each country. Thus, an cold climates the stomach prefers animal food, and. calls for, or, at least, comes more readily to relish the stimulus of ardent spirits ; while in re- Ei.brlS near the sun, men subsist chiefly on bread end fruits, and prefer the mild produce of the grape to strong brewed and distilled liquors. The French are more sober than the Germans, because the wanner temperature of their country . enables them to substitute wine for the ale and rye brandy. of their neighbours. The Spaniards again are more sober than the French, for reasons not so obvious ; but which still resolve them selves into the effects of climate.—ln the hot soil of the Peninsula, the orange, citron, and a multitude of other juicy fruits, come to perfec tion, which do not succeed in France ; . and the delicious cooling drinks which these afford indis pose the stomach for spirituous stimuli, and render even wine less necessary. Madame de Steel attributes the i stern. tempers and gloomy mythology of the Northern nations, to the per petual fogs and rigorous winters of their climate. co some extent she may be right ; but we ques tion if the peculiarities she speaks of, may not he considered as partly the effect of that depres sion of the animal spirits which fills up so large a waortion of the lives of those who are constantly ad dicted to the use of violent stimuli. The cha racteristic of the Southern nations of Europe is not so much positive gaiety, as an equable flow of the animal spirits. They are less the slaves of care than the people of the North, and more disposed to snatch tile frivolous and fleeting plea sures which the hour presents. As they do not seek the exaltation which intemperance gives, they are strangers to the mental depression which follows it. The Frenchman is habitually ready to enter into a hundred small schemes of amuse ment, which the Englishman affects to despise, '.chile he secretly envies the elasticity of spirit that gives them their zest. The latter (we in clude the Scotsman too), proud and anxious, never lays aside his phlegm till deep drinking has made him boisterous and quarrelsome. There are four articles which have produced an extraordinary change in the mode of living of the European nations in recent times—tea, coffee, sugar, and tobacco. The introduction of these into common use, is one of the most singular achievements •of modern commerce. Three 1 centuries ago, who would have believed that the produce of China and the West Indies would now form the daily food of our menial servants and labourers ! The change has promoted habits of temperance, and has therefore benefitted morals. Without inquiring into its effects on the human frame otherwise, we may safely say that the consumption of these four articles in the dif ferent countries of Europe spreads with the in- crease of wealth, and is therefore to some extent a criterion of the state of civilization. Tobacco, though it stands on a different footing frtim the others, is yet. of importance in this respect, that it may be considered as the peculiar luxury of the poor, and so far as its use is not restricted by excessive taxation its consumption is an index of their condition. The two followiug`tables, which we have com piled from authentic documents, throw light on the habits of the two most distinguished nations of Europe. They exhibit not the quantity of each article imported or manufactured, but the quantity consumed. For Britain, this is obtained with great accuracy from Parliamentary . Papers; with regard to every article except beer, as to which some uncertainty arises from the unascer tained amount of private brewing. The state ments respecting sugar, tea, coffee, and tobacco, under the head France, are derived from official tablee in the French .Annuaire (a very useful work, corresponding exactly to our Annual Register) for 1823 and 1821 ; and those re specting, wine, Spirits, and beer, from other sources mentioned below. The quantities are all expressed in English •weight and measure. Quantities of sugar, tea, icc. consumed in Britain and France : Britain. France. Sugar (1824) ....... lss. -448,000,000 128,000,000 Tea (average) do. £2,750,000 195,000 Coffee (1824) do. 8,100,000 20,100,000 Tobacco (do.) do. 16,900,000 7,200,000 Wine (do.) Spirits (1826) : .. Foreign, 3,960,000 I do. 28,020,000 5,770,000 Home, 21,060,000 Beer (1826) Ale Galls. 420,000,000 155,000,000 But in order to came to correct conclusion we must always take into account the numerical amount of the population of the two countries. In the following Table we have therefore calculated what the consumption is for one million of inhabitants in each : For one Million Of Englishmen. lbs. 22,400,000 do. 1,137,000 Sugar Tea Of Frenchmen. -4,270,000 6,500 Coffee do. 405,000 670,000 Tobacco do. 845,000 273,000 Wine Old Gals. 310,000 23,300,000 Spirits 1,400,000 Beer Old Galls. 21,000,000 190,000 5,170,000_ As we possess the French tables only for 1823 and 1824, we have made use of English tables for those years, as far as we had them ; but the two last articles under the head English are for 1826. The quantity of tea, sugar, coffee, and tobacco consumed in France, was_obtained by deducting the quantify of exported from that, imported. The quantity of wine is taken from Chaptars work (1819), where it is expressly stated to-be deduced from official returns prepared with much care by the local administrations. In our last number, we assumed that two-thirds' of the quantity might be drunk as beer; but Chaptal gives a table of the value of each species, from which we find that the following would be a more appropriate estimate. The value alluded to, as we understand, is the cost at the vineyard, with out the expence of carriage or casks Wine Gallons. 430,000,000, value from 3t. to 6d. per gallon, may be considered as corresponding in use to our small beer. 21 '6,000,000, value from Sd. to I6d. per gallon, cor respondinry in use to oar p or t er . 33,000,000, value frinZild. to 6s. 6d. per gallon, and used as wine in this country. The wines of the second class would supply an agreeable substitute for fine ale, to those whose stomachs are too weak to digest that nourishing, but heavy beverage. The spirits referred to in the statement, as used in France, are brandy, 'and 'the quantity is obtained by estimating the amount consumed in the whole kingdom to he in the same proportion to the population as it is in Paris, according to the table of Count Chabrol. Besides what is consumed at home, France exports brandy to the value of a million sterling per afinmn, gin is used also, but as we do not find it among the imports, the quantity must be inconsiderable. The beer consumed in France is estimated in. the same way as the M ine. Its average value, according to Chaptal, is about 17 francs per hectolitre, or 64-,d. per gallon. The quantity of beer consumed in the British Isles is found in this manner :—ln the year ending sth July last, 8,692,000 barrels of beer (including ale and porter) paid duty, and were produced from 23,000,000 bushels of malt. The distillers con sumed 3,900,000 bushels; and since 35,200,000 bushels of malt were manufactured in all, there remain 8,000,000 bushels for private brewing, which might produce about 2,900,000 barrels. The whole produce of beer would thus be about 11,600,000 barrels, or 420,000,000 gallons.-- Scotsman. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France dated Monday, July 16.) PARIS, JULY 15.—A letter from Toulon, of the Bth July, says : The Volcaqabane, commanded by M. de Laplace, has just arrived from Bora, which it left on the 20th June ; it has on board twenty-eight French passen gers, men and women, among whom is the family of the French Consul at Bona. It joined on its way, off Leghorn, the Etincelle, which sailed from Bona two days before, it having under its convoy 142 boats that were employed in the coral fishery. Sixty communes of the arrondissement of Jouzac, Department of the Lower Carente, were devastated in the night of the 2d, by a storm of hail, of such size as never before was seen ; the hail-stones were most of them as large as a hen's egg. The vine yards and the corn, which promised the finest crops, are wholly destroyed. Of these sixty communes, there are forty which have nothing, absolutely nothing, left to maintain their wretched inhabitants; their despair is extreme. The Sub-Prefect of Jouzac, immediately solicited the promptest relief for these unfortunate people, both of the Royal Family and the Government. Count Robert Macarthy, Major-General, formerly Aid-de-Camp to his Royal Highness the Prince de Conde, &c. &c. died, on the 11th of July, at Lyons, after having received, with great edification, all the succour of religion. M. Macartby had been detained thirteen days in that city by the illness which has proved fatal to hini. [The Gazette translates, from the English Papers, the Treaty concluded between France, England, and Russia, for the pacification of Greece, and gives the following note to the second Article:— " This passage in English is not clear ; we do not know if it means that the Porte will have the right of veto, or if it will exercise an influence in the elections in another manner. The Globe and Traveller understands it as stipulating that the Porte will have the right of veto."] (From the Quoiidienne. ) PARIS, JULY 14.—A letter from Lisbon, which arrived yesterday at Paris, announces a new change that has just taken place in the Portuguese Cabinet. M. de Palrriella will not receive the Portefeuille for Foreign Affairs—it is confided to M. de Villa-Real. This last choice proves that the new arrangement of the Ministry has been made in a very different spirit from that which presided over the last. Letters from the frontiers of Portugal say that the Guerillas are multiplying in the Northern Pro vinces of the kingdom. Between Mirandella and Marca, there exists a band of 400 men, and one still more numerous at Marao ; another Guerilla band near the bridge of Chave% ' lately set at liberty 200 re cruits, who were marching on the depot established at Peniche ; fifty recruits were in a similar manner set at liberty lately, near the fortress of Montfort, by the common peasantry. In general, adds our Cor respondent, the Constitutional Government can raise no recruits in the Northern Provinces ; the young people seek refuge in the mountains in the neigh bourhood of their habitations, or in distant villages, where they conceal themselves; many of them emigrate. AMERICAN PAPERS. (From the National Journal.) "The British sloop of war Primrose arrived at New York on Monday morning, having left Vera Cruz on the Bth ult. She touched at Havannah, and has on board one million and a half of dollars; partly for New York, and partly for England. Mr. Ward, the British Minister at Mexico, and a Mexican Minister, are on board of her, on their passage for England. " The United States' ship Cyane was at Havan nab when the Primrose sailed. The John Adams sailed three days before for Pensacola. The Spanish squadron, consisting of four frigates, sailed the same day on a cruise. On the passage from Vera Cruz to Havannah, the Primrose left, off Tampico Bar, the United States' schooner Shark . On the 7th May, while the surgeon of the Shark, together with a midshipman and a boat's crew, were crossing the bar, the boat swamped and capsized. All hands perished excepting the doctor. (From the National Gazette.) " We have files of different papers of Vera Cruz to the Bth ult. inclusive; and of the Mexican capital to the 29th of April. We/ annex a translation of the latest offiCial document, which we find in the Mexican Papers, concerning the affairs of Guate mala : " FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF THE CENTRE OF AMERICA. " Department of the State and Foreign Relations.--. Palace of the Government of the Federation, at Guate mala, March 25. To Citizen Jose Maria del Barrio, Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Centre of America, near the Go vernment of Mexico. . " The documents which I have the honour to send, will give you an idea of the recent occurrences in this Republic. " About the middle of the present month, a con siderable number of troops of the State of Salvador invaded, without any cause or previously-assigned motive, the territory of Guatemala, and marched rapidly towards this city, without being restrained by the respect due to the Supreme Government, nor by the moderation which ought to be observed to wards innocent and pacific people, nor yet even pre pared for defence. The President of the Republic gave up then the exercise of the supreme executive power, and assumed in person the command of the army; and the inhabitants of Guatemala took up arms to de fend the city. "' It was the intention of the troops of Salvador to occupy it the 22d of the present month ; but they were repulsed ; and on the morning of the 23d a decisive action took place, which resulted in the complete overthrow of the aggressors. The Pre ' sident pursued, with the soldiers under his command, the dispersed remnants of the enemy; and it is pro bable that, within a short space of time, he will at tain the important object he has in view, of securing the tranquillity and constitutional order of the Re public, and of re-establishing, in the flee exercise of their functions, the representative bodies of the nation and states, which had been dissolved by the factions. " I have the honour to present you this intelli- gence, in order that you may endeavour to make known these events, which give reason to hope for a speedy consolidation of order. 'With testimonies of respect, I sign myself your most obedient servant, VY JUAN FRANCISCO DE SOSA.' " FROM COLODIBIA•—We have letters and verbal advices from Carthagena to the 12th of May. The folloiving is an'extract from a letter of that date : " It gives us great pleasure to state, that there is every prospect of an immediate -restoration to tranquillity. The British Minister, Mr. Cockburn, and President Bolivar, are coming down here in the British frigate Aurora, and will proceed immediately to Bogota. Bolivar will, it is ,understood, resume his station as President of the Republic, and has given up all his views about the Bolivian Constitu tion, which we are very happy to hear.' " Great preparations were making at Carthagena :o receive Bolivar. " The steam schooner Amazon was to sail next day for New York„to touch at Havannah.—Gazette. " NATCHITOCHES, MAY I.—By a gentleman just arrived from Nacogdoches, we have been informed that the Baron de Bastrop, a distinguished member of the Convention now in session at Satillo, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Coahuela and Texes, died on the 4th of February last. By the death of this gentleman, the Republic of Mexico has lost one of its best advocates and sup porters of its Republican form of Government, and the State Convention an invaluable member. " We likewise understand, from a source which cannot be questioned, that 3,000 Mexican troops, under the command of General Rencon, are on their march from the interior of Austin's Colony and Nacogdoches : but it is said Col. Ahumada left Nacogdoches some days since to meet them and advise their return, with the exception of 500 infantry and 100 cavalry, which, in addition to the present forces, is thought by the officers at Nacogdoches to be sufficient to protect the frontier. It is said a post is to be established near Pecan Point, on Red River. " Rumour says General Rencon is appointed com missioner on the part of the Mexican Government, to meet one which is to be sent on the part of our Government, to establish the boundary line. " SEIZURE OF A BRITISH VESSEL. " The Elizabeth City Star of the 9th inst. says—, A British schooner put in at Ocracock Bar, on Thursday, the 31st ult. in distress, said to be the same ordered off from Baltimore lately. She has, with her cargo, been seized by the Custom-house officer at Ocracock; in consequence of putting se veral bags of coffee on board a small craft belonging to this port, which craft was also seized, and both ordered to Washington, North Carolina.' " PROSPECTS A-HEAD.-By every mail which arrives, the important and gratifying intelligence of the daily increasing popularity of General Jackson is made more and more manifest. From public meetings held, and public addresses delivered; in different sections of the country, and from individual opinions from respectable sources received from va rious parts of the Union, we have come to the conclusion that Andrew Jackson will be the next President of the United States."—Mercantile Advertiser. THE CORN LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stf.,—lt appears " passing strange" to me, that the vast majority of the people are so passive under the sore and unnecessary punishment inflicted on them, by the extremely high tax upon Corn, exacted by the present Corn Laws, which are a disgrace to the country, and an oppressive burthen to all—ex cept, indeed, the chosen few—one highly favoured class—for whose sole benefit, it seems, all other interests are to be sacrificed, and to be considered but as the" dust of the balance." " Would you ruin us ?" exclaim the landholders, when this subject is agitated," can you suppose that we, with our enormous national debt, and with almost 71C plus ultra taxation resulting from that debt, and in a country not so highly favoured in climate as a great part of the Continent, can afford to sell our Corn at so low a rate as they ?" We answer, " no, certainly not; we would not injure you, but protect ourselves : for God's sake have a tax, but let it be not greater than you are fairly entitled to, to counterbalance these acknowledged disadvantages. Remember that it is upon a neces sary—upon the very staff of life—and, therefore, be content with a protecting duty, which will place the landed interest upon an equality with the other interests of society." _ . A simple question occurs from these observations. If the existing Corn Laws be so unjust and oppres sive, why not change them ? The plain reason is, that the Legislators themselves are directly con cerned in the matter. Two parties are contending, and it is referred for decision to whom ? why (tell it not in Gath) to one of the parties themselves! and how it would be disposed of, therefore, required a very small portion of penetration to guess ; for although I sincerely respect (as in duty bound) the hereditary Legislators of the State, and esteem them at once the ornament and safeguard of the Constitu tion, yet I humbly submit that they are but men of the same passions, and compassed with infirmities in like manner as we, their more unfortunate brethren, are; and that it is too much to expect an impartiai judgment from one of the parties themselves, whose dearest interests are involved in the decision—who must view their own cause with a partial eye—and of course are naturally inclined to favour themselves. What then is to be done in this dilemma ? I counsel the people, from one end of the kingdom to the other, to express their sentiments in respectful petitions; to require no favour, but only a system of Corn Laws, which will equally 'respect the interests of all classes of his Majesty's loyal subjects. The people have been quiescent of late, partly because of their confidence in the sincerity of the then Ministers, to carry through the salutary mea sures of that excellent man, Lord Liverpool; and could never contemplate that, under any circum stances whatever, a portion of those Ministers vi , ould desert the glorious cause, which they had but a short time ago so happily taken in hand. But, alas no sooner were they out of the atmosphere of Downing street, than they became new creatures. Having laid aside their ministerial spectacles and substituted the glasses of Opposition, every thing appears in a new light—their optics become suddenly more pene trating into the defects of their late compeers, and of the measures proposed by their united wisdom ; and they absolutely join the Opposition, to defeat the new Corn Bill; and attempt to justify their conduct by pretences, which cannot fail of being duly appreciated, even by the most moderate under standing. Had they but followed the example of Peel, how much better would it have been for the country and for themselves I What a rich harvest of popular favour would they have reaped in due time ; and though for a short space removed from his Majesty's Councils, they would, in the mean time, have seated themselves most firmly in the af fections of the people : but now have they not lost themselves and their places for ever? I will not be so cruel as to hiss them as they retire off the stage, after making a very indifferent hand of the parts assigned them : let them present themselves no more before the people in the same characters, and we frankly forgive and forget them ; but we shed no tears at their political death. But turning our attention to our rew friends, let us endeavour to support them in the mighty struggle which is about to be made to bring the landed interest to reason; let us, then, be ready with in numerable petitions for some reduction in the tax on Corn. And that the people, under the blessing of Providence, may succeed in this, their most just demand, is the most ardent wish, and sanguine hope, of your' Obedient Servant, Norwich. A FRIEND TO BOTH SIDES. CHILD MURDER IN WHITECHA PEL.— This morning a good deal of excitation was created in Whitechapel by the discovery of the body of a female infant in a dust-hole. The body was first perceived by a "bone grubber," who instantly gave the alarm, and informed the parish officers of it. The appearances were such as to leave very little doubt that it came to its death by violence, and those were strengthened by the umbilical cord being drawn tightly in two folds about the neck. The covering was an old piece of blanket, and the situation in which it was found is strongly indicative of there being some foul pl a y. Occurring so shortly after the liberation of Sheen the horror and feverish feeling it has , excited may be more readily imagined tha n d escr ib e d. A J ur y h ave b een sum moned to Make the necessary enquiry. They sit this day at the Workhouse, Whitechapel-road, at three o'clock. COURSE Or EXUMA Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight l2 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp l2 4 Haraburgh IN U. 37 1 Altona U. 37 '2 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 80 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frankfort on Manic, Ex. M. 154 Petersburgh,rble... 3 Us. 9} Vienna, effective 1 2 M. 10 9 Trieste do. Madrid 34 Cadiz 3 4 1,E Pilboa 344 Barcelona 33 Seville 94 C; ibraltar 45 NA Arrived. Due. • America 0 O Brasil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders I) O France 0 Gottenburglt O Guernsey &Jersey 0 HIGH WATEX AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning.... 2 minutes after 10. I Evening minutes after 10. --4. 4 , — Zeti ) z t , ~r , ~... LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1827. Wc received last night the Paris Papers of Sunday, and the Gazette de France dated Mon day morning. The Quotidiennc states, that a letter had been received in Paris from Lisbon, announcing that a new change had taken place in the Portuguese Cabinet, in consequence of M. de PALMELLA having declined to receive the Porte-feuille of Foreign Affairs, which had therefore been con fided to M. de VILLA REAL. Our lasi private accounts from Lisbon expressed great doubts whether PALMELLA would accept office, and we therefore are inclined to believe the Quo tidienne's statement. The same paper asserts that guerillas are multiplying in the northern parts of Portugal, in which districts the Consti tutional Government can raise no recruits for the Army. The French inhabitants of Bona have all reached Toulon. At that port, ana at Brest, great naval activity prevails. Several ships of various classes are fitting out, destined, as it is asserted, for the Mediterranean. The accounts which we continue to receive of naval prepara- tions, both in the ports of France and Russia, sugkezi the inquiry whether they. are not much more extensive than their avowed object can pos• sibly require ? The activity of our Lord High Admir'al, and the Naval departments of this country, however, ensures that we shall uot be behindhand with a Fleet wherever other nations send one. .NGE YESTERDAY. -- - Leghorn l3 Genoa 25 70 Venice 46 Malta Naples Palermo per oz. 114% Lisbon 44) Oporto Rio Janeiro ll Bahia 4l Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' eight Cork 134 BULLION, PER OZ. S. d. Portugal Gold, coin 11 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Nets' Dollars 0 4 9i Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived Due. • Hamburgli 2 O Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands 0 O Lighon I • Malta 0 O Mexico 0 1 Waterford 0 Extracts %%ill be found in another column, The Gazette of last night announced that the Marquis of LANSDOWN had been sworn in as one of his MAJESTY'S Principal Secretaries of State ; and we find that the Noble Marquis en tered on the duties of the Home-office yesterday. The Gazette also announced that the Earl of CARLISLE had taken the oaths as Keeper of the Privy Seal ; that the KING had directed letters patent to be passed for the New Treasury Board, which includes the Right Honourable MAURICE FITZGERALD : and that his MAJESTY had also appointed the Right Honourable W. STURGES BOURNE to be Warden of the New Forest, vacant by the decease of the Duke of YORK. Mr. STURGES BOURNE is likewise to be First Commissioner. of Woods and Forests, an ap pointment which the classical taste and official habits of time Right Honourable Gentleman, pre-eminently qualify him to fill with advantage to the country. His appointment also as Warden of the New Forest, will be no less useful to the country than it is honourable to himself. The immense tract of land com prised within the boundaries of the New Forest, produces sonic of the finest timber' grown in - England, and the attention of the Govennnent has of late years been specially directed to render this district as advantageous as possible to national purposes. Many thousand acres have been re cently planted ; and the plantations are to be ex tended in each succeeding year. The residence t N h E es i e n im t u h p e or N tar e ml v obj 'o e r c es ts t , of Mr. STURGES g ß iv o d t u o ß will enable him to "and to the general interests of the Crown in this fine possession, his personal superintendence and influence, and thus the office of Warden will be restored to its original utility, instead of being simply an honour, and a source of personal grati fication to the holder. While speaking of Mr. STURGES BOURNE) it may not be amiss to allude to the insinua tions which some of those Journals, who are opposed to h is MAJESTY'S Government, have thought fit to throw out as to the purity of this Right Hon. Gentleman's motives in accepting for a short period the Seals of the Home Office. These calumniators have insinuated that his object was to entitle himself to one of the pensions of 3,0001. which his MAJESTY has the power to grant to persons who have filled the highest offices of the State ; and they have even gone so far as to state that he had actually obtained this pension. The malignity of this asser tion is shewn -by As absolute falsehood : and had these writers taken the trouble to refer to the Act which gives the Crown, in compensa tion for the loss of various offices abolished, the power to confer a limited number of pensions in reward for public services, they would have seen that two years service at least as Secretary of State, First Lord of the Treasury, &c., is requisite to qualify a person for receiving one of those pensions. Truth, however, forms no part of the object of such writers, and therefore they do not trouble themselves to enquire whether their assertions have facts for ‘ their foundation, or can he sup ported by possibilities. It is hardly necessary to add, that Mr. STURGIS BOURNE has filled various distinguished offices in the State, as Secretary of the Treasury, Commissioner of the Board of Controul, Lord of the Treasury, &c., and has never received any pension. No man is better qualified to fill the offices to which he is now appointed, and we have no •doubt that various important improvements in the Depart ment over which he is to preside will shortly tes tify the correctness of our assertion. We received last night New York Papers of the 16th June inclusive, being only one day'glater date than the last. They are exceedingly barrel: of intelligence,, but we have given in another colurpn a few extracts, relating principally to the affairs of the New States. The popularity of General JACKSON is said to increase daily, and little doubt is entertained of his being the new President. PRICE OF STOCKS.—Jusn Offered. Asked, United States s.4ixea, 1814 Atto - , ditto, Four t.._ —,, Ditto, ditto, Threes . 83 St, Ditto, ditto, Canal Sixes, 1837 Ditto, ditto, Corporation Sixes loof 101 United States Bank 124 122 t Ditto, ditto, Fires .... 1821 DI"" ditto, Four and a Half, 1833 4 zl,l We received this morning the Allgenteine Zeitung of the 11th inst. It appears that the Diet of the Swiss Cantons opened their Session on the 2d, with much solemnity, at Zurich, and were addressed in an appropriate and very liberal speech by the PRESIDENT : SWITZERLAND, JULY 3. The Diet of the Confederation opened its Session on the 2d with much solemnity, at Zurich. The whole of the Diplomatic Body came from Berne for the occasion, and the Ambassadors, Ministers, and Charge d'Affaires of Great Britain, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sicily, Sardinia, the Ne therlands, Bavaria, and Baden, were present when the De puties from the 22 Cantons, took the oath in the Cathedral. The short and appropriate speech of M. David V. Wyss, President of the Diet, Burgomaster of Zurich, was dis tinguished by frankness and republican spirit. He thanked Divine Providence, which had replaced and preserved the Confederation in a happy situation, which allowed it, in the possession of neutrality, and modest prosperity, to express by humane sentiments its interest in the fate of the Greek na- tion, which continues to be threatened with destruction in its struggle with the barbarians, and equally charitable ►wishes for the success of the new institutions of which the Pyre nean Peninsula stands in need, and for the prosperity of the new free. States in another quarter of the globe. He rejoiced at the estimation in which Switzerland was held by the European powers, as a testimony of which their worthy re presentatives were present at this solemnity. With respect to the confederation itself, for the purpose of swearing towhich the Deputies of all the Cantons were now assembled, what might be wanting in internal connection and energy was supplied by the public spirit of the nation, which continued to ma nifest itself in the most pleasing manner. Where the re sources of a limited public revenue are not sufficient, the private property of the citizens comes to the aid of these in stitutions, which public opinion considers as necessary ; and the various and rapid improvements in the Arts and Sciences are turned to the advantage of the county} , by many voluntary associations, and the bonds of friendship between all the members of the Confederation are strength ened ; a new generation lives more in the future than in the past ; but the history of the country has charms enough to set before them the examples of their fathers, and, if they are wise, they will not be lost upon them. VIENNA, Jut, 6.--Metalliquea, 90. 13-16. ; Bank I Shares, 1,013.' Dutch Papers of the 17th inst. have been re ceived this morning, from which th e f o ll ow i ng are extracts. The papers contain no news from Greece:— SHE HAGUE, JULY 16. We hear that the camp which is to be formed on the Ist September on the heath of Ravels, near Turnhout, will con sist of 12 battalions of infantry, 8 squadrons of cavalry, a brigade of field artillery, and a brigade of horse artillery ; amounting, in all, to 12,000 men. The invitation to the learned men of the kingdom' to send plans for the composition of a general history of the Netherlands has not proved fruitless. It is affirmed that 40 memoirs have been sent in, but the writers do not all aspire to the office of Historiographer of the kingdom. The memoirs have been distributed among the members of the Committee, who have already had some meetings, at which his Excellency, M. Van Maanen, Minister of Justice, presided. M. Raepsaet, we hear, has requested permission to resign his place, as member of this Committee. The Committee is to meet again in ,October, when it will come to a decision, and make its report. _ . _ _ The facsimile of the union of Brussels, which his Ma jesty ordered to be lithographed,- is now ready for publica tion. This important document, by which all the districts of the Netherlands bound themselves to defend their free dom against the Spanish tyranny, has 250 signatures at tached to it. It is printed in four large Sheets, and is ad mirably executed. The Dutch Papers, up to the 17th of July, have no news from Greece. . His Majesty's ship Primroso ,was at anchor in the quarantine ground when the Pacific, Captain CROCKER, sailed front► New York, on the 16th ult., waiting the return of Mr. WARD from Washington. On the 14th ult. arrived at New York from Liverpool, in the packet-ship Birnzingham, Captain COBB, the Hon. Colonel JOHN RAM SEY, with despatches from the British Govern ment tbr his Excellency the Earl DALHOUSIE, with which he immediately proceeded to join his Lordship's head-quarters at Quebec. Notice has been given by the General Post Office, that in future the Mexican packet will proceed to Tampico. After touching at Vera Cruz, it will remain there two days, and return to Vera Cruz for the mail, Sze. for England. Another improvement, which is not however taken notice of, would be to give orders for the packet no longer to cs l l at Bermuda, which occasions delay, and is considered by the merchants a great grievance. Among the passengers arrived per the Hudson, Capt. CHAMPLIN, at New York, we observe Mr. HERMAN HENDRICKS o(the number. This gentleman rendered himself well known on the Royal Exchange for his connection with the insurances effected. on dollars expected for the payment of the Colombian dividends, and was alsO a projector of the Haytian and other Mining speculations. Some unpleasant circumstances have, it seems, occurred, and which is likely to deprive the vicinity of London of his talents and ability for the future, to the great regret of very respectable mercantile characters. Vera Cruz Papers to the 13th May have been received at New Orleans, by which it appears that the Mexican State of Durango remains in a disturbed gate. It is probable, says the Na tional Gazette, that this intelligence refers to a date antecedent to the period when the insurrec tion was regarded as terminated, by the return of the troops to their duty and the full re-esta blishment of the regular power. We had posi tive and authentic information of that event, dated the 20th April. In Guatemala, too, order was nearly restored•--American Paper. THE MINDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELFE o' CLOCK. This morning there hae ben some trifling increase cf business in tLe British Funds, and one or two bargaim , of rather an extensive amount have been done, although the fluctuations have been quite unimportant. Consols opened at Sla for account, and 6iji 6 for money, they became buyers at 87-4- fix• the former, but have gone back to their first price, and are now 87i and for next time, 671; India Bonds are 87 9, and Exchequer Bills, 36 7 put. The Foreign Funds have nut been attended by any anima tion ; Mexican Bonds have worn rather a heavy appear= anee, being 68a ; Colombian are 321 3 ; the other South American and Continental Securities do not appear to have varied in price since ycsterday. The -Share Market remains as dull as ever, aud the quotations of prices are given the same as for the last few days. Three per Cent. Consols, 85i 6 ; Ditto for Account, 872- ; India Bonds, 87 9 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 56 7 pm. FortElGN.—Brazilian, 59/ GO ; Buenos Ayres, 581 91 ex. div. ; Chilian, 281 91; Colombian, 1824, 32i 3 ; Danish, 62i 3; Greek, 161 i; Mexican 5 per Cent., 551 G ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 68i 4 ; Peruvian, 26 8 ; Portu guese, 76 1; Russian, 94 I ; Spanish, Nil 11. MartEs.—Anglo Mexican, 4.7121 dis. ; Brazilian, par, 1 pm. ; Colombian, 10 12 per Share; Real del Monte, SO 60 dis. ; United Mexican, 191 18 dis. Two o' CLOCK. Consols have taken a decided turn, having gone up t'► for account, the market is strong. Exchequer Bills have touched 58, and India Bonds, 90 pm. A report has been in circuiThon that his Majesty's ship Primrose from Vera Cruz, awl last from New York with specie had arrived, upon particular enquiry, both at Lloyds and the post-office, at a late hour, we are unable to confirm the fact. This report had - its origin, we believe, at the Stock Exchange, and caused Mexican Bonds to go up to 69, buyers.. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Account, S 7-4. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 86i 1 1 Danish Bonds Do. for Ac. 871 1 Greek Do. 1825, 16 Brazilian Bonds 60 Mexican Do. 1825 68i Buenos Ayres Do. 59 Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. 28? Russian Do. 941 Columbian, 1824, 32 1 1 ,- Spanish Do. 10i- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JULY 17.-Wind variable.—Arrived the Anteug, Pearson, from Antigua.. GanvisseNo, JULY 16 and 17.—Arrived the Eliza, Fuaie, from Alexandria.—Sailed the Pm, Smith, for Oporto ; and Skylark, Davies, for Smyrna. The Teviotdale, Sims, from Quebec; arrived at Bristol. LivEaroor., Ju 16.—Arrived the Pacific, Crocker,' from New York ; and the Promise, Shear es, from Quebec. RetrAsr, JULY 15.—Arrived the Sir Watkin,—, from Quebec. _ Coax, JULY 15.—Arrived the Governor, Douglas, :oni 11iramichi._ _ PORT-AU-PRINCE, MAY 21.—Arrived the Josephine, cow Bordeaux.—MAY 25. Arrived the Alexander, Pace, :oni London. Nnw YORK, MAv 6.—Arrived the Munro, Wallace, from Liverpool. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) I William Paris . , aged 25, was tried for stealing a mahogany arm chair, value forty-five shillings, the property of Levi Oughton. The prosecutor stated that he keeps a furniture warehouse in Bridge-road, Lambeth, and that on Friday last an arm chair, which was exposed for sale outside his door was taken away at two o'clock in the afternoon, and in a few minutes after was found in the prisoner's possession, about twenty ,yards from the prosecutor's house. A person who saw the prisoner take the chair and put it on his head was about to be examined, but the prisoner, who presented a deplorable picture of squallid wretchedness, said there was ne occasion for examining any more witnesses. The chair was standing outside the door when he took it, but that he was driven to this act by distress. The CHAIRMAN said the prisoner must -have known that there were means by which his distress I might have been, relieved, without resorting to a barefaced robbery. The sentence of the Court, therefore was, that the prisoner should be confined and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction, at Brixton, for three months. Charles Roberts was indicted for feloniously ob taining the sum of ten shillings,_ on false pretences, from Grace, the wife of Samuel Singer. Mrs. Singer deposed that she resided with her husband, No. 10, Wellington-terrace, Waterloo-road. The prisoner was employed to clean shoo and knives in the house. On Monday, the 25th of June, the prisoner called at the house, and asked to see witness. Upon going down stairs the prisoner told witness, that he had a very serious charge to communicate to her respecting her hue band's conduct, and that if she did not give hini money, he would spread a report in the neighbotir hood against her husband for indecent behaviour.-- Witness inquired what the prisoner meant, and he replied that her husband had exposed his person to prisoner, and asked witness to give him five shil lings. Witness was extremely alarmed at the ides of her husband's- character being injured, and gave the prisoner ss. He put the money in his pocket and then demanded is. more, saying that was not enough. Witness said she would givehim no more, upon which the prisoner observed that he would come again the next night, and expected another five shillings; and he then went away, witness having told him that she would acquaint her husband. The prisoner came next night, as he had threatened. Witness told him she acquainted her husband with the charge, and that he was shocked, and determined to have the prisoner taken up. The . prisoner then . became very abusive, and threatened again to raise the neighbourhood, and witness became frightened, and gave him five shillings. Prisoner then said, " Give me two shillings more, and I'll never eforne near the place again." Witness gave the two shillings, and subsequently sixpence, which the pri soner took,and then went away,having sworn that he, would never trouble the witness again. On the fol lowing Sunday, however, the prisoner came aga in. • Witness had some friends to tea with her, and the servant came up and told her that the prisoner wag at the back gate. Witness said she would not see him ; but the !arisoner swore he would not leave the him place h w e iatsloki asked di for her, e reios.mo, more, d whiuponch witnesswitness ga going to him, m being much agitated, and fearing the ladies, who were up stairs, would hear him. The prisoner then went away, having solemnly promised that lie would never come to the house again. On the following Tuesday, however, the prisoner came again, and_ raised his demand to 51. Witness's husband was passing the •evening with Mr. Jones, of Starn ' ford-street, and witness went to him and stated that the prisoner had come again, and Mr , Jones then went for a constable, with whom he returned to witness's house ; but, before their arrival the prisoner had gone away. On the nest night, however, he carne again, and was taken into custody. Witness acquainted her husband with the prisoner's visits. Mr. Singer was put in the witness's box, but the Chairman said he could prove nothing, but that be was absent, when he ought to have been at home- He would have evinced a greater respect for his cha racter, had lie met the prisoner on the first visit and taken him into custody. Mr. Singer said, that the second time the prisoner came to his house, he was out in company with cur stables, in search of the prisoner. The servant was about to be examined in corro boration of Mrs. Singer's testimony, But the CHAIRMAN stopped the case, and directed the , Jury to acquit the prisoner, upon the ground that the Act of Parliament under which he was in-' . dieted, only referred to cases in which persons were guilty of extorting money.from those they charge( with committing unnatural offences. Had the pri: soner received the money from Mr. Singer,"insteeu of his wife, there was no doubt the law would r oach the case. • thereforeurt directed he on should this , b o; e ta Ttin in h eeendi: b ut until et a rh t ew l e iC w s ro in*tment was framed.