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tire, the and and d to Ma any ruly. ited, the with that wish Peti thor MA Arrived. Due. 0 America., 0 I Brazil 0 .1 Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 O France O Gottenburgh 1 O Gußrnsey & Jersey 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh 0 O Holland 0 O Jamaica 1 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico 0 1 Waterford 0 Ark C . #:4;IP - PPN ,9 10 jfr , _ LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1827. The Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the GLzette de France, of Thursday morning, reached us last night. Their contents are en tirely unimportant. Intelligence of the capitula tion of the Acropolis had been received at Con * stantinople, on the 11th ult., to which date the chi F .accounts from thence come down. Nothing of Ca- 401 11equence had taken place in that capital. id to Extracts of the Papers will be found in another Bar, column. sent, x of alth, Lis in The Gazette of last night contains the ap .ca pointment of , Jte Duke of ARGYLL to be trwy Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, in the Da- room of the Duke of GORDON, deceased ; and th• elevation of Lord BINNING, only son of the Scotch Earl Of HADDINGTON, to the dignity of a British Peer, by the title of Baron' MELROSE of TYNNINGHAME, in the County of Had dington. eople E se- con !ook- dont rho= e feel ation ag eS stab- I the Itett their Aim, at it holie Eng and V 5 .) az of TOO !api due both e al- I no 30US eelc3 the h in iom v ere eva- PT& tux' rate, eing e is teed, f:gn- 'en qua- The Gazette also contains an order in Conn ell suspending the Ballot for the Local Militia for one year from the 16th instant, and an Order in Council approving of the proposals made by His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral, for a new distribution of seizures amongst the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of his Majesty's Fleet. It is no matter of surprise to any one that truth and honourable feeling should be held in utter disregard by some Papers, which owe their Origin to a temporary burst of party spirit, re sembling toad-stools raised on a hot-bed, both in their probable duration, and in the purity of their *c urce ; but it is subject of regret to those who have been long accustomed to enjoy the good humoured comments of the Morning Post on the reigning fashions, when they find that respectable Journal admitting into its columns false and uncandid statements, which evidently come from the pen of a person who has suffered personally by the late political changes. It is not the first time we have been led to animadvert on the departure of our contempo rary from that unoffending course which has gained him, for such a length of time, the sup port of the upper circles in this Kingdom, s'ven i n t h e face of superior talent and energy on the part of his rivals. which we The instance to at present a ll u d e will be found in an extract from the Morning Post of to-day, given in our p al)e head of lc Spirit of the Public Journals.,, A most .Itheow and contemptible endeavour is made to convict Mr. CANNING of duplicity,• by the announcement of Lord BINNING's adv ance _ ment to the Peerage i n the Gazette of last night. The most superficial intellect can detect the glaring fallacy of wishing to found a charge o f inconsistency on the fact of one individual being raised to the Peerage, because Mr. CANNING declared that the report of making a batch of Peers to gain a majority in the House of Lords, Wa s wild and idle, &c. It is delightful to observe how the whole structure rests upon the parenthesis (other intended creations which will doubtless soon follow). But the whole article is 4 tissue of falsehood and folly. We hope that his change of character answers our contemporary as a commercial speculation, for it would be intolerable to lose money and respectability at the same time. His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral left the Admiralty this morning at half-past nine o'clock, for Deptford, where his Royal Highness embarked on board the Royal Sovereign yacht, for the purpose of proceeding to Plymouth, on his tour of Inspection of all the Dock-yards and Naval Establishments. By the arrival of his Majesty's packet Emu lous, from Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro, we have received Public Papers and Private Letters to the 11th May On the 3d of that month the Constitutional Assembly of Rio Janeiro met, on which occasion the Emperor Pedro opened the same with a speech, in which he gave little indication of the probability of peace with the Buenos Ayres Authorities. Two days prior to the above letter being written, the British packet had arrived at Rio Janeiro from the River Plate, having on board Mr. Garcia, who is reported to be going from Buenos Ayres, in the capacity of Ambassador, to the court of St. James's. He was permitted to land and still remains here, from which circumstance it is argued by some that he is authorized to enter into some negociations, which it is hoped may still take place ; in the mean time the Brazil Government had come to the determination of sending to Rio Grande considerable reinforcements, and would place them under the command of Marshal Brown, who was ex tremely popular. The troops from Bahia had arrived at Rio, and the Don Pedro the Fist had sailed for Pernambuco to bring the contingent to be supplied by that province ; trade continued extremely dull. • The Exchange had im proved from 35 to 35f per mikes. The premium on sil ver was 33 per cent. An attempt had been made to estab lish a bank at Pernambuco, for the issue of paper, and the partner of a Jewish house is said to have sent for that purpose ; on his arrival, however, he found his plans put an end to, and the attempt so effectually opposed, that he was under the necessity of leaving the place from fear of personal violence, so determined was the hostility to such a measure ; it is also said, that an endeavour which had been made through British influenee and me diation, to bring about peace had lately failed ; and these ac counts are followed up by a hope expressed that if war must be continued, that it will be carried on with vigour. Another letter observes quaintly—if there is to be war, where are the funds to carry this determination into effect' to come from for the finances of the Brazilian Government are understood to be ina crazy state, and the northern pro. vinces have been squeezed out of every milrea they have been able to supply. We must defer the detailed account of the naval action till Monday. (From the Mensagero Argentino, No. 199.) BLIZNOS-AYRRS, APRIL 6. It seems that the crisis of our internal affairs is approach ing; and the Mensagero has good grounds for presuming it will be favourable to the cause of the national organi zation. The national squadron remains at anchor in the port. No Brazilian vessels are in sight. Yesterday morning De Jose Gabriel de la Oyuela, arrived from the army of operations against Brazil, with letters, and the 6th Bulletin, which we insert in this Number : " THE COUNTRY FOR EVER ! " HONOUR TO THE VICTORS AT PATAGONES. " Citizens !—Read, and be persuaded that the Republic is destined to great things. " The undersigned has the pleasure to inform his Excel lency, the Minister of War and the Marine, that a Brazilian expedition of four ships of war, manned with 654 men, destined to invade this establishment, are in our power, except the Derquesa de ,Goyas corvette, which was wrecked on the banks of the mouth of the river. " Our loss on this glorious triumph, was not con siderable. We bad only three killed and sic wounded ; of the latter, four were officers. The enemy had seven killed and five wounded, among whom was the commander of the Escudero brigantine." (Signed) " SANTIAGO JORGE BYSSON. " Patagones, March 29, 1927." In other dispatches, the following account is given of the prizes:— " The Itaparica corvette, earrving six brass nine pounders, 14 iron carronades, 18-pounders, and six ditto 24-pounders. " The Escudero schooner brig, carrying one brass 24- pounder, and three iron carronades, 12-pounders. " The Constantia schooner, with one brass 18-pounder, and two iron carronades, 12-pounders. A dispatch, signed Martin Lacarra, and dated Fuerte del Carmen, March 20, states this affair to have taken place on the '7th of March, and says, " that the troops and all the inhabitants displayed the greatest energy and enthusiasm in repulsing the enemy." He states the loss on the side of the victors to have been four killed, including one officer, and fourteen wounded, five of them officers. The enemy had thirteen killed, including James Shepherd, the commander of the expedition, and six wounded. Between 35 and 40 of the crew of the Derquesa dt Goyas perished in the waves when that vessel was wrecked. The 6th Bulletin of the army is dated head-quarters, at Arroyo de los Corrales, March 26. It says, " The remains of the Imperial Army have retreated to the vici nity of the Rio Pardo, above San Lorenzo. Colonel Bento Manuel, who was not in the battle of 20th February, had joined them with 1000 men, and a number of horses." The Bulletin gives an account of the destruction of the enemy's depots ; and adds—" Thus all the magazines which the Emperor had prepared for his army in El Con tinente, and which would have sufficed to maintain for two years three times the force he had in the field, are com pletely destroyed." " The battle of Ituzaingo bas rendered the inhabitants of El Continente tractable : all the population from St. Maria to Tacuarembo have returned to their homes, and are put in quiet possession of their property. This part of El Continente, one of the richest f rom it s great flocks, has been divided into four military districts, under four of the principal inhabitants, and every measure has been taken to insure respect to property. A dispatch, dated Canelinal, March 20, 1827, from the Governor of the Oriental Province to the Minister of the Interior, acquaints him, that the General Constituent As sembly, at the Banda Oriental, had unanimously adopted the Constitution of Buenos Ayres. No. 200 to 203 of the Mensagero give very long ac counts of a naval action, w hich took plac e on t h e 7 t h i n the morning, between Admiral Brown, with four ships, and 22 of the enemy's ships of very superior force.— Two of Admiral Brown's ships ran aground, and were entirely destroyed, after a long and vigorous resistance, by the heavy ire of the enemy. Captain Drummond of the Independencia was killed, and Admiral Brown wounded. Captain Coe states the loss to have been 25 killed and 51 wounded. Captain Drummond and Lieutenant Thomas are killed, and Captain Granville and Admiral Brown wounded. All the accounts speak in the highest terms of the bravery of the Republicans, and there appears to be every reason to suppose the loss of the enemy to hare been ex tremely great. RIO DX JANEIRO, MAY 3. After several preparatory sittings of the two Chambers, the Session was opened on this day by his Majesty in person. His Majesty having dwelt at some length on the premature death of the late much-lamented Empress, during his visit to the province of Rio Grande, whither he had gone to exert himself to . put an end to the war, said, " This war will continue till the Cisplatine province, which is ours, shall be free from such iavaders, and till Buenos Ayres recognises its independence of the Empire of Brazil, with the incorporation of the Cisplatina, which freely and spontaneously desired to make a part of this Empire." His Majesty expects that the As sembly will do its utmost to second his efforts, as it pro mised during the last Session. His Maje;ty observes, that their first business during this Session will be a well-organized system of finance, the present being the worst possible. Numerous laws are still necessary to complete the Constitution, and, though all cannot be done in one Session, yet still they ought to begin. The friendly relations with those Powers who have sent their Ministers to Rio are unchanged, and the sudden and unfounded departure of the Ambassador of the United States need not cause any alarm, as the wisdom of the Pre sident, and the justice and impartiality of the United States may be depended upon. The marriage of the Queen of Portu gal.has been celebrated at Vienna, and I hope, adds his Ma jesty, soon to see her husband my brother at this Court. The Constitutional cause triumphs in Portugal, in spite of the powerful parties, and it must succeed, as the Charter was given in so legitimate a manner. MAT 7.—The Diar7oFl;minense, gives an official account, by the Baron de Rioda Prat - commander of the fleet, of the affair' at Pattgoneg, and the aetlotii Of Ith and Sth April, which agrees with the accounts given byithe Buenos Ayres papers. Extract of a Letter from Buenos Ayres, dated April 10.— " Peace is still withheld, though great expectations conti nue to be entertained that it is not far off; in the mean time, this port continues strictly blockaded, but notwith standing, we hear of several arrivals at Solado, and Rio Negro, chiefly Brazilian coasters, prizes to the numerous privateers that are now cruising under the flag of this State. An action was fought on the Bth inst., near En sinado, between a division of vessels belonging to this Government, and the blockading squadron, which termi nated in the destruction of two of the principal vessels be longing to the former, they having got aground." A letter from Monte Video, dated the 25th of April, from the captain of the Briton merchant vessel, which had arrived from Liverpool, states that commerce was en tirely at a stand, and the place overstocked with European goods of every denomination. No produce, and conse quently no freight. There was, therefore, no a lt erna ti ve but proceeding from thence to Rio or Bahia no difficulty with vessels coming with regular clearances ; but there are several British vessels which have laid up for four or five months, waiting with their cargoes, under the hope of the blockade being raised. The Custom House has, however, determined to land their cargoes, as there is no probability of this event taking place. The Gazette of last night contains an an nouncement which will afford great satisfaction to our Naval Readers, and must receive the approbation of all persons who have a regard for fight and justice. We allude to the notification from the Admiralty that three most respectable Officers, who had been passed over at former Naval Promotions, and placed on the list of superannuated Rear Admirals, have been ad vanced to the respective ranks as Flag Officers which they would have held if they had been originally included in the Flag Promotions, at which they were passed over, namely, JOHN BAZELY, Esq., to be Vice Admiral of the Blue ; and SHULDHAM PEARD, Esq., and E sq ., to be R ear Ad m i ra l s o f MAN DOBSON, the Red. These highly respectable Officers owe this act of justice to the Lord High Admiral, and the act does equal honour to the judgment and right feeling of his Royal Highness. It will be duly appreciated by the service over which he presides, and will be hailed as a sure omen of the termination of the arbitrary and uncertain practice which has of late years governed the promotion of Admirals. It may not be amiss on this occasion to take a view of the rules, or practice, (for we believe there are no regulations on the subject,) with respect to the promotion of Flag Officers. The KING, in delegating to the Lord High Admiral various great and extensive powers, reserves to himself the appointment of Flag Officers ; but it follows of course that the recom mendation of Officers to his MAJESTY for that distin g uished rank, emanatea, from the Lord High Admiral. In ancient times no general rule for the selection of Officers for this high station prevailed. The total number of Ad. mirals was very small, and they were selected without reference to their actual seniority as Naval Officers. In time, however, as the Navy of Great Britain, increased, and her Officers be came more numerous, more precise regulations with respect to rank and command became ne cessary. Seniority as Captains constituted per manent rank, and the Flag Officers were only selected from the top of the list which was then formed. In this selection of course the KING exercised his judgment, and passed by such officers as from not having served at sea, or from other causes, were not deemed fit for the command of fleets, but as the service continued to extend, promotion to the rank of Flag Officer became more general, and was granted as the re ward of long service, without, perhaps, the pro bability of each of the Officers on whom it was conferred being employed in that rank. Lord HowE, however, while First Lord of the Ad miralty, made a strong endeavour to restore the ancient practice of selection, and at one promo tion passed over nearly fifty Captains, amongst whom were some Officers of the highest merit. This course was not subsequently pursued, and future Flag Promotions, included all Captains at the top of the list, excepting those against whose characters there might be some reproach, and those who had not commanded line of battle ships. This seems to have been the governing principle, though, as we said before, no distinct regulation exists on the subject, the KING re serving the power to himself of giving the rank of Flag Officer to whom he pleases. It is obvious, therefore, that when no certain rule exists, and wher e th e gover ning principle is to give promotion only to those Officers who have commanded line of battle ships, a principle which has been often deviated from, and can never with justice in a long peace be adhered to, frequent cases of the most cruel injustice have occurred of Office r s havin g been passed over who served with zeal and activity for years in frigates, but have never been able to obtain the command of line of battle ships, though anxious for it, while others have obtained their flag from having been, through the exertion of high interest, put into ships for a few months, when near the top of the list, after having n on shore for 20 or 25 years. We believe the officers no promoted all to have been active fri g ate , ptains, and to have been hitherto exclud from their rank as Flag --,-, , Officers, an y l ( a stigma thus attached to them merely fro Aheir never having been able to ob tain the mmand of ships of the line. Disroiguished and honourable as the station of a 2 1 Officer of his MAJESTY'S fleet must eve ; 7 - 4 8 00 considered, it is not our wish to see ad ..faitiCed to it Arm man whose character has re eeived the slightest tarnish, er Against whom the most trivial objection as an officer or a gentle : man can attach ; but if no such objection exists, we do conceive that none should be considered to arise from the circumstance of his not. having commanded a line-of-battle ship, unless he has declined employment. Men who have devoted themselves to the service of their country, whose early years have been actively employed in it, and who have, perhaps, pleaded strongly though in vain for subsequent employment, or have been prevented by ill health from undertaking active duties, ought not to be excluded from the honourable though not lucrative provision which :he Country has provided for her oldest officers, and thereby be stigmatized as persons unfit for the rank which their brother officers as Captains attain. The subsequent selection of Flag Officers for commands, should of course be made from the officers of most experience and skill as Captains. ARCTIC En'SDITION.—We lately published an account of the operations of the Arctic Expedition, under Captain Franklin, which, we believe, was all that at that time had transpired respecting it. The New Montreal Gazette of Monday last, however, furnishes us with the following in teresting particulars, which we hasten to lay before our readers :—Having reached Mackenzie River, they satisfac torily ascertained that they could have reached Icy Cape, but for the simple circumstance of their not being able. The expedition met with some annoyance from the Esqui maux, but these people they easily dispersed, by the hu mane process of shooting over them. The Hudson's Bay ports in the interior are tranquil, with the exception of several disturbances ; their prospects in regard to trade are of the entire prohibition of the article in the greatest consumption. The settlers in the Red River seem very comfortable and happy, many of them being obliged to be take themselves to the plains and lakes for subsistence. The remaining interesting particulars we have given some weeks since.— Canadian Courant, June 6. HALF-PAST Two.—A letter has just been exhibited on the Royal Exchange from Buenos Ayres, dated 13th April, stating, that the Government had se veral meetings to collect five hundred thousand pounds, to give to the Emperor of the Brazils to make Peace. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols opened this morning at 88k, became soon after rather heavy, having fallen to 874 recovered again to the first price, but receded to 874 the present price. Ex chequer Bills had advanced one shilling per cent., and are now 59 60 pm. ; India Bonds, 87 9. The Foreign Funds have had little attention paid to them ; Mexican Bonds continue flat at 684 ; Colombian are 31 4 ; Russian are 94 4; Brazilian, 60 i ; and Buenos Ayres, 62 4 ; both these two latter powers seem determined, from the advices which have been brought by the packet, to contemplate a continuance of the war. The Emperor of Brazil, it is said, will allow of no advice which recommends a settle ment of the differences, and treats with arrogance every thing which bears the least appearance of a Republican Go vernment; in the mean time the Buenos Ayres authorities are busily engaged in preparing to carry a conviction to his Imperial Majesty's mind of the utter hopelessness of con tending with them by land. Both countries appear to be in a desperate state, and the privations both suffer grew the malignant feeling with which this war is carried on ; how these powers are to continue paying their dividends on the loan., under such circumstances, appears, at best doubt. fu/. Shares are utterly forgot, except by the holders, and there does not appear any better prospect for the present. Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto for Account, 874 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 87 4; Three and a half per Cent. Reduced, 934 ; Four per Cent., 1004 1 ; Ditto 1826, 1021 4 ; India Bonds, Si 9 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 59 60 pm. FOIL/M.N.—Brazilian, 60 i ; Buenos Ayres, 62 i ; ColootTaian, 1824, 31 i; Danish, 63i I; Greek, 17 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 56 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., asi Portuguese, 76 7 ; Russian, 844 3- ; SpaniA, 10,1 11. Muirs.—Anglo Mexican, 45 2f die.; Colombian, 10 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 80 70 die. ; United Mexi can, 19 18. Two o' Clock. Consols have been 87.1- f, but have recovered to 87 I. Colombian, 301 ; Mexican, 67 ; Greek, 16/ The report continues in the city, that the three Allied Powers have signed a treaty relative to Greek affairs, and that it was sent to France yesterday. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 87i, buyers. FOUR O'CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES. Consols 861 f - Danish Bonds 63 Do. for Ac. 87i Greek Do. 1825, 17 Brazilian Bonds 591 Mexican Do. 1825 67A Buenos Ayres Do. 62i Peruvian Do. 4 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 941 Columbia; 1824, 30,i- Spanish Do. WI SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. Thud., Jos 6.—Wind E.S.E..—Arrived the Welling.. "PE:rasns:O from Madr as . o uvf , Jutx 6. —Wind S.E.—Arrived th e Hope, Rippolh from M eme l. S a il e d th e N eptune, Cum _ berledge for Bombay ; and Underwood, Remmington, for Demerara. JuLy 6.---Wind S.W.—A rr i ve d th e A rgus, pLy,iooo, Foster, front Quebec. Em JULY . S. —Wind N.—A rr i ve d the Emu lous packet, Griffin, from B uenos A yres, sa il e d A pr i l 22 ; s: 11, Monte and Rio Janeiro, M a y 11. Th e Sky lark May 7. Sailed the D u k e o f Rent p oet Lisbon. for Lsbo n . The Florida W haler, Hastings, of London, was pirati callyarrivedßio, takin poss ession of 28th of March, near the Castellas, and the mister and crew turne d on shore a b ou t 1 30 miles fromitnkonado. Th o Prlnce of. Saxe Cobu rg , f rom L o ndon, was w rec k ed 10th .)ec• last , in Fury Ha r b our , cre w saved and arr i ved at Arte Video. WINDSOR, JULY 6.—On Wednesday, Sir DRBERT TAYLOR arrived at the Royal Lodge, and had a , a udience of the Kiric ; after which he had the honour c f dining and passing the evening with hie MAJESTY. It i 9 daily expected that his MAJESTY will commence s i r aquatic excursions, the Royal marquees having been late ly erected on the same site at Virginia Water as last year. ilia 11 1a.ix5nr continues to enjoy good health, and takes h i, daily recreations. The Queen of Wuwastunct continues to improve in health. Her MaJzsTY takes an ciring daily in the plea sure-grounds of Frogmore: The Duchess of KENT gave a grand dinner yesterday, at hey apartments, in the King's Palace, at Kensington, to a numerous party of Nobility and Gentry. The Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the Princess Fronoar, visited the Duke and Duchess of CLARINCE at their residence, in Bushy Park, on Thursday. Married on Thursday, by special licence, at the seat of the Duke of CLAREwcz, in Bushy Park, the Hon. Mr. KENNXDY, second son of the Earl and Countess Of CASSIUS, to Miss AUGUSTA FITZ-CLARENCE. The Duke of SussEx, and the heads and relatives of the two families were present at the performance of the ceremony. After the ceremony the happy pair came to town to the residence of Earl Cassilis, in Privy Gardens. The new married couple left town yesterday, for the seat of the Earl of Cassilis, Culzeane Castle, Ayrshire. The domestics composing the establishments of the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of KENT, and of the other members of the Royal family, went out of mourning on Thursday— six months having elapsed since the decease of the late Duke of YORK. Prince PoLIGNAC, the French Ambassador, triu - Ilacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State 117 fWe i r 441' LAW INTELLTGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH. COTTON V. SOMERS. The plaintiff in this case is a tailor at Somers-town, and the defendant a butcher there. The present action was brought to recover compensation in damages for an injury done to the plaintiff's child by a heifer belonging to the defendant. Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. PLATT appeared for the plain tiff, and the ATTORNEY GENERAL for the defendant. Susannah Joyce deposed, that on Wednesday, April 28, 1826, the defendant and two of his men were quietly driving three beasts towards the defendant's yard, but when they arrived at the gate, one of the beasts (the heifer men - tioned) suddenly jumped aside and ran along the road, kicking and tossing her horns, one ofwhich was broke, and the other had a nut on it ; she was met by a young boy, who waved his hat at her, whereupon she turned aside into another road, which the plaintiff's child, about two and a half years of age, was then unfortunately crossing. The heifer, coming in contact with the child, struck her horn into her forehead, and fractured the bone, in consequence of which she bled profusely. The child was immediately brought to the Northern Dispensary, of which the late Mr. Parker was then apothecary, and dressed. Several other witnesses corroborated the above witness. The son of Mr. Parker, proved that his father had attended the child till the 29th July. It was at the plaintiff's house that he attended her. Witness could not swear whether it was as apothecary for the Dispen sary, that his father attended her. Witness, however, at his mother's desire, made out an account for his father's attendance, amounting to about 301. There was a regula tion, that the apothecary for the Dispensary could not do private business. His father was a bankrupt at the time of his death. Mr. Proctor, clerk to the Solicitors, who sued out a Commission of Bankrupt against the late Mr. Parker, proved that the assignees bad got a bill from the plaintiff for the bankrupt's account, for attendance on the child. Mr. Frederick Scale, surgeon to the dispensary, saw the child there, and saw her very lately. She was far from being yet well ; the bone does not cover the brain ; and she will require great attention through life. _ _ _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that his Learned Friends had not made out a case to go to the Jury. From the evidence adduced, it did not appear that the defendant was in any degree to blame for the accident.— He and his servants were quietly driving the cattle along ; and there was no evidence whatever that the heifer was in the least unruly, previous to her coming to the gate, and of course the defendant could not anticipate her subsequent conduct. The Learned Counsel expressed sorrow for the misfortune of the child ; but he felt confi dent, as the law at present stood, the defendant could not be made responsible for it. Mr. BROUGHAM contended that, from the circumstance of the heifer having one horn broke, and the other having a nut on it, it was clear that she must have been a furious beast, and that the defendant had not used the necessary precaution to prevent any accident. At all events, he maintained it was a case peculiarly for the consideration of the Jury. Lord TENTERDIN said he was always unwilling to take any case out of the bands of the Jury; but there were cer tain cases in which it was the duty of the Judge to inter pose, and he thought the present was one of them. His Lordship then stated the same reasons as those given by the Attorney-General. He hoped no man had a greater regard to the interests of the poor than he had ; but he felt satis fied the present action could not be maintained ; and he could not help blaming the plaintiff's advisers for bringing it. With regard to Parker's claim, his Lordship said that if the plaintiff bad not given a bill to his assignees, they certainly could not recover.—Plaintiff nonsuited. ARCHES COURT. KING V. SANSON, FALSELY CALLING HERSELF KINCt. This was a suit of nullity of marriage, upon the ground of minority. The COURT declared the marriage valid, thereby affirm ing the decision of the Judge of the Consistory Court. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARI There was a great supply at 1 trade was tolerably brisk. The in the highest state of perfection. stationary, though, as will be a some things were a little lower. DEN MARKET. this morning's market, and the Vegetables and Ripe Fruits were 1. Prices, for the most part, were seen by the quotations, those of s. d. s. d. Potatoes (per cwt.) 5 Otoll 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1 0 2 0 Cauliflowers 2 6 5 0 Cos Lettuces (score) 0 9 1 6 Horseßadish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Turnip Radishes 0 9 1 6 Brocoli lO 1 6 Celery 1 0 1 6 Rhubarb 0 6 0 9 Carrot: (l bunelleg) 6 0 12 0 Turnips Coleworts or Greens 1 6 3 0 Young Onions Leeks 1 0 1 6 Radishes (12 hands) 0 9 1 6 Cucumbers (brace) 0 3 0 9 Sweet Oranges (100) 6 0 11 0 Seville Ditto 8 0 15 0 Lemons '7 0 14 s. d. s. d. French Beans (100) 1 Oto 2 0 Asparagus (100) Spinage (half.sieve) 0 6 0 Green Pease 1 0 2 6 Cabbage Lettuces 1 0 2 Broad Beans 1 0 2 6 Currants 2 6 4 6 Gooseberries 1 9 4 6 Apples, Common 3 6 6 Ditto, Choice 7 9 ° :2 0 Span. English C n al u n t u s t ( s p e ir: ) 1 3 3 6 2 0 6 Re e ri n e c h h ditto 2 6 5 0 is 2 6 4 0 Spanish I - k z,enuts 3 0 4 6 Strawbrlries (pottle) 0 6 1 , 1341 , r :oerries 0 6 1 6 ,nerries (121 b.) HAY DIARKETs.::: (A ST. JA Lowland Mea' Ha 4s. s s. s. oto 5 0 Clover Hay 4 15 to Upland ~ y 5 10 610 Oat straw 1 18 2 2 Rye-grtss Hay 5106 10 Wheat Ditto 222 10 lir:: Ditto.... .... ...4 10 510 A short supply, and a brisk trade; prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. s. L. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 1510 4 15 Upland Ditto . 415 515 Rye-grass Hay 415 515 New Meadow Hay 4 5 415 Supply short, trade rather t per Load of ad Trussea.) MES'S. Cloy. Hay generally 4. 15 to 6 15 Do. extra fine 0 0 '7 Oat Straw 2 0 2 5 Wheat Ditto 2 5 2to orisk, and prices stationary. FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. There was a considerable quantity of Salmon in the market this morning, but chiefly of the small description ; in other sorts of fish the supply was rather limited, as little more was exhibited for sale than would answer the ordinary demand, and the stock in the market was speedily exhausted. The following were the prices : Prime large Turbots, Ss. to 10s. each ; small do. 46. 6d. to 6s. each ; fine Salmon, 1.. 3d. per lb. ; do. in ferior, ls. do. ; Salmon Trout, 10d, ; fine Whitings, 3s. to 49. per basket (containing fifteen); large ditto, 3s. to 4s. (containing seven) ; fine Brill, 3.. each ; Brighton Soles. 3s. per three pair ; Flounders, 2s. per quartern ; Eels, 3.. per 51b., or 12s. per draught ; fine Haddocks, Ss. to 10s. per dozen; fine Lobster., 15s. par score; small do., from 6s. upwards. Mackerel were not plentiful, none be ing in the market but those of land carriage ; the prices were 20e. to 321. per hundred. In the prices of other kinds of fish no variation. In the Courts of Common Pleas and Ex chequer (this day), nothing of public moment occurred. It is with the utmost pleasure we are enabled to an nounce that the Thalia, Capt. Biden, from Calcutta, for whose safety so many fears have been entertained, having on board 80 or 90 invalids, returning to Europe, has just been posted at Lloyd's, as having arrived at Trincomalee, Ceylon, on the 9th of February last. DOVER, JULY 6, 1827.—Arrived from Calais his Majesty's steam-packet Crusader, Capt. Mormort, with his Serene Highness the Prince of LaININGIN and suite. His Highness was saluted from the western heights, and shortly after proceeded for Kensington Palace.—Ar rived from Boulogne the Britannia steam-boat, Captain Bushell, having on board his Grace the Duke of GORDON, with his family, from Switzerland, where the Noble Duke was residing when intelligence reached him of the death of the late Duke. His Grace has proceeded towards London. —Mr. Poulett Thomson, M.P. for this town, accom panied by his friends, Lord Nugent and Mr. Warburton, M.P. for Bridport, arrived at the York Hotel on Wednes day night. They yesterday dined with a very numerous and respectable party of Dover freemen, in Mr. Thornson's interest, in a large booth erected for the purpose in a field near the town, and the day passed off with much convi viality, and highly to the satisfaction of the party. Mr. Poulett Thomson addressed his constituents at much length on the votes he had given, and on the line of conduct he proposed to pursue. The two other Hon. Members also addressed the meeting ; and it appears to-day the general opinion that Mr. Poulett Thomson has increased his in terest in the town by the candid and manly way in which he rendered to his constituents an account of his stewardship. —The health of Mr. Thomson's worthy colleague, Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, was drank with loud applause. About nine o'clock Mr. Thomson's carriage arrived, an d he pro ceeded with Lord Nugent and Mr. Warburton on his r eturn to London. FAIRLoP FAlR.—Thi s b e i ng the grand day for the sports at Fairl o p, th e roa d s in the d i re ction present e d a busy scene, at an ear l y h our this i norn ju g , great num ber of persons were hastening down Whitcchapel-road to enjoy the humours of the scene at this far-famed fair. Ey er 3 species of vehicle was in requisition, and from appearances it would seem, that Fairlop will be more fully attended than for pars POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) GITILDH A LL. Richard Coster, the lit.,;: ~,gracter who was remand. ed several times upon a charge of having attempted to pass a bill of exchange supposed to have been the forged ac ceptance of an Irish gentleman named Pierce Power, was again brought before the Sitting Magistrate, and discharg pd for want of evidence. The Magistrate recommended him to be more cautious in future. MERMAIDS on the COAST of CORNWALL. The following is an extract of a letter received on Sunday last from our Correspondent at St. Columb : —" Within these last two or three days there have been several mermaids seen on the rocks at Tre nance, in the parish of Mawgan. I will state the particulars at length, as I have been enabled to col lect them, and which are from undoubted authority, and you can make what extracts you think proper. One evening this week,a young man who lives adjoin ing the beach at Mawgan Porth, had made an appoint ment to meet another person on the beach to catch sprats with him. He went out about ten o'clock at night, and coming near a point which runs into the sea, he heard a screeching noise proceeding from a large cavern which is left by the tide at low water, but which has some deep pools in it, and communi cates with the sea by another outlet. He thought it was the person he had appointed to meet, and called out to him; but his astonishment is not to be de scribed, when on going up he saw something in the shape of a human figure staring on him, with long hair hanging all about it. He then ran away, think ing, as he says, that he had seen the devil. The. next day, some men being on the cliffs near tlils place, saw three creatures of the same description. '['he following day five were seen. The persolis who saw the last five describe them in this manner : The mermaids were about forty feet below the men (who stood on the cliff), and were lying on a rock, separated from the land some yards by deep water; two of them were large, about four feet and a half to tive feet long, and these appeared to be sleephlg on the rock; the other small ones were swi mm i ng about, and went off once to sea, and then came back e u e t d they tobe would lyiog not oi. again. The men looked at them for more th an an h m our, and ooff. flung atones larg e at onesthemm s l e ;but b their faces; their upper parts were like those of hu man beings, and Mack or dark-coloured, with very long hair haneng around them; their lower parts were of a Munch colour, and terminating in a fin, like fish. rne sea would sometimes wash over them, and then leave them dry again. Their movements seemed to be slow. The hair of these mermaids ex tended to a distance of nine or ten feet.—Plymouth ,Tournal. BRAY v. BRAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In consequence of an ex-parte statement, relative to the suit instituted against me by my wife at the instiga tion of her family, which would injure me in the eyes of those who do not know me to be incapable of the conduct imputed, I feel it a duty I owe to my friends, as well as to myself, to beg the public to suspend their judgment on the case until I have been heard in answer to the libel ex hibited in the Consistory Court, and the indictment which has been found against Mrs. Elizabeth Molken, my wife's mother, and Mr. Spode alias Hammersley, her uncle, Mr. Vance, and Mr. Robert Shank Atcheson, for conspiring to institute this very suit, has been tried.—l am, Sir, your'a very obediently, BIDLAKE BRAY. SOLEMN ENTRY of THE CAMELEOPARD that of Austria, who is more humane and ,a 1 than his predecessor Paulucci. These .menders and their officers feel much interest in great misfortunes of an unhappy nation. Commodore Hamilton and his Staff have paid visit to Lord Cochrane. Captain Leblanc, corn- Zanding the French squadron on the Athenian (coasts, has also paid a visit to the Greek Admiral. " The Pacha is at present at sea on board the corvette that came from Leghorn ; he inspects the ilittle fleet which he has received from Europe, par ticularly from Marseilles. " A Journal is going to be set up at Marseilles, Which will be edited by de Bousquet des Camps, known as the author of some works. " Letters from Denmark say, that a Royal reso lution has just ordered that persons living together in a state of concubinage shall be obliged, not by the courts of justice, but by the administrative authority, to contract marriage ; and if they refuse to comply, the tribunals may sentence them to im prisonment on bread and water, or even, according to circumstances, to two years' confinement in a house of correction. "The editor of the Precurseur, of L i ons, who was sentenced by default to six months imprison ment, and a fine of 2,000 francs, as being guilty of attacking th e rights which the King derives from his birth, having appealed from this judgment, was condemned on the 30th of June to three months' imprisonment, 1,000 francs' fine, and the costs." Far Not FuNDs, July 4.—Five per Cents., 102 f. 80c. ; S per Cents., 72f. Bank Stack, 2,007 f. 50c. Neapolitan Itentre, 77f. 20c. PRICIS OF IRISH Bank Stock 21,0% Consols, 3 per cent. Gor. Stock, 3% per cent 90.% Ditto ' New 90 2 4 4 per Cent. 991 Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 91% Royal Canal Stock 2B Gran 4 Canal Stock city Deb. 4 per cent nallaat Office Deb. 4 p. ct COURSE OF BICH) AIMSteItEXI . ... ... —..C.F 12 4 Ditto, at sight l2 1 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburgh 2% U. 37 2 A bona 2% U. 37 3 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 30 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 154 Petersburgh;rble... 3 Us. 9% Vienna, eftotive ti. 2 M. 10 L 8 Trieste ..... do !Madrid 33% Cadiz 34W liilboa Barcelona Seville 13 , i Gibraltar 45 STOCKS JULY 4. St. Patrick Incur. (per eh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank lf”.‘ Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings .NOIE TZSVERDAY. Leghorn 47L Genoa •25 '75 Venice 46 Malta Naples 37 Palermo per oz. 1148 Lisbon 49 Oporto 48% Rio Janeiro 3l Bahia 41 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l, BULLION, PER OZ s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9f Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 INTO PARIS. The celebrated Cameleopard has at le:ngth made its solemn entry into Paris. This important event occurred on Saturday, at fir e o'clock in the after noon. A negro of Dafour, nanava Atir, and a M oor of Lennaar, named Hassan , It'oth sent by th e P ac h a of Egypt, and wearing turlAns, led the animal along, and were ufollowedwits t by linvo other Africans. Hi s tra velling composed of French arms. "waxed cloth, ornamented with th e Ins. An escort of twenty-five gendarmes was ser:t to meet him at the barrier of Villeneuve St-. ' George's. During the whole journey from Mar ' "seifies to Paris, three gendarmes were sent with him fkom every post, in order to protect him against Cu. people. A carriage, with several other ani mals, sent by the P ac h a f Egypt, was at the bead of the procession; at the tail of which we remarked M. Geoffroy saint Hilaire, who, neglecting his own health for the advantages of science, had ac companied it continually for several leapes, and had only confided the care of it to his son, when hi s disease became so violent that a greater effort might have cost him his life. The Cabinet of the Jardin des Plantes is the first establishment in Europe which possessed the skin of a Cameleopard. Subse quently some other Museums succeeded in obtain ing them; but since the conquests of the Roman Empire, no living Cameleopard has been brought to Europe. It seems to be even rare in. Central Africa, its native country. The present one is twelve feet high, from the upper part of the head. It is now two years old, and will grow much larger. Hitherto it has lived on milk, but it now begins to eat herbs and grain. Its skin is speckled like the leopard's, and this re semblance has acquired for it the name of cameleo pard. Its large and brilliant eye must have fur nished to the Arabian poets as many fine compari sons as those of the gazelle. It was truly an asto nishing sight to see it approaching its new habita tion, with an escort of Egyptians, gendarmes, and curious people. Its elegant head was on a level with the foliage of the chesnut trees; its long neck balanced gracefully above the crowd; and its largo black eye was full of mild and cheerful lustre. Has san and Atir, proud of the beauty of their country.. man, had ornamented his neck with a large garlnzd of flowers, and Arabian amulets were hanging on the side of th e fl owers . Th ere was something in the sight whi c h reca ll e d t h e Arabian Nir'nts. It was placed in the orangery , w i t h t h e oth r.ereEgyptian animals sent at th e same t i me . On Memday it took its first walk. More than ten thousand persons have been to see it, the public tieing admitted to see it every day between ten arid twelve o'clock. T D h 0 e tp Duked at cl andEN oiu,s c Htal et :E , R on - LAw Londonof Tn, Ex Saturday last, and l e ft i n the course of the morning for a pe D: l l: Te e w ss WvBURN's Hotel, Crockernwell, where having changed horses, they proceeded on their way to his Grace's srlr, Werrington, near Launceston, Cornwall, The Duke of PORTLAND and the E ar l of HARROWBY visited Mr. CANXINQ yesterday, at his resi dencein Downing -street. The Marquis of DOWNaHIR left town Yes terday for Ireland. The Most Noble the Marchioness of HERT- ToRD and suite, are expected to arrive at her Ladyship's family seat, Temple Nswsam, near this town, on the 20t1 4 , of the present month, and to remain there during the summer. —Leeds Intsilißencer. Viscountess HAMPDEN e ntertained the Duke of GRAFTON, the Marquis and Marchioness of SA,Lzsmsur, and a large party to dinner yesterday, at her house in Green -street, Grosvenor-square. The Earl of FALMOUTH gave a grand dinner on Thursday at his house in St. James's -square, to—the 31:swagAerrd-eCn:un:slsoneolf Cork, B u Buckley, k 1 e y, Colonel ir . and and Lady d a Lady y Ea Caroline.. e n o l :r o e: Lowther , General Upton, Sir Charles Lemon, Colonel and powlett, Mrs. Lane Fox, Mr. Alexander, &c. The Earl of ABERDEEN entertained a dis tinguished party to dinner yesterday at Argyle House, among whom were—the Duke and Duchess of Wellington,. the Earl and Countess of Mansfield, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Lendonderry, Lord and Lady Eldon, &c. Lord COLCHESTER entertained a large party to dinner, yesterday, at hie house, in Spring-gardens. Lord and Lady PAGET will occupy for, the hammer the beautifullpaitaited *oat of Lord Cum, at numb, 1041Pris4114 i moat and con lings took ;gre reral e of ttion ssrs. Dr. d to ' the lay )ngs sub- olu- mry, sup- , at ;gh- , rnu 'Ro t the r the