The Sun. — London, England, 1831-09-15 00:00:00

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B ank S PRI CES OE THE STOCK'S T tock ..... shut shut' I 1 , 1 per Cent. Fre::: ......... 4 per Cent.Co na. ..... si per ent. ,4 4it to Red. his o*3liper .................. 90 hi 90 Pet Cent.. Ann. 1726 •••• 18•‘) " 84 .1 Long Ann to expire Oct an 5 ' ISro 1A 1650 ; a n. 5, 860 .... 16 15-16 17 - Jan, 5, 1680 .. rll5, 1880...... S. 18'70 Ners or r REIGN FUNDS ,iktlttrian Bo d° Bonds a, 'nolan s Ayres Bonds ehilian Bo _ds Notnbiannßa nds***** 14116 h ts 44 Bonds*************** 1825 ***** att w, t 'atiln 1 n a a Bonds ....................** ta 8 ..-- N'ew 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds par 1 dis. South Sea Stock Old Annuities shut New Ditto. ............ - 1 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - Ex Bills, Xl,OOO 9108 om Ditt0...... 10 pm Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm Ditto Advertised Bank for Opening - India for Acc0unt.......... - Cons. for Oct. 13 C`)2i THIS DAY AT ONII :)CLOCK !Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old 48 Ditto, New Russian Spanish, U2l 13!,; 1893 l2 !French Rentes, sp.c. —f . 1-- Exchange —t —c. 3 per cent Exchange —f. —c. t 'llk s kie ns OF IRISH C.o. -too, . 'SR STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 12. 401, ~.. .. — it. [encl. Insur. (per sh.) Gov St' '-' I 'er b it , nek , cent i ' O , N ' A per cent. RN National Ditto — Per ew ti Qv Ce nt . ••• ............... SIN Patriotic Ditto it _ . b os . ................... . Hibernian Bank I9K e9alt a u ' d!'G per cent.... 8.54, !Provincial Ditto e i l t alici e_ n al Stock 44, bebaltal Stock 23% :Imperial Mine hat (j 4 Per cent .... --- "--.. fi ce Deb. 4p. c. .8714 '"ornmercial Buildings. — An., , Ved HAILS. 0 A • Due. Arrived. Due. B razil 0 nra z i l 0 0 0 Holland 0 Bu enos A • e artha en ) rt., 0 0 Jamaica bubltng 3 0 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 0 Lisbon 0 Flarie p_ .er, 0 0 Malta ... 0 (31T -r re 0 0 Sweden u riseN &Jersey 0 1 Waterford 1 4n 111 01 ,- ; -- -ttl„ WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 'l. 8 • mlntites after 9. I Eve:wig-41 nth - lutes after 9. __A\ • 71 - 3 -9' tt e Ai*" LONDON, 14 1 ,, -, ISDAV EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1831. tb nr read ers w ill p erce iv e , by our Parliamen h47 report, t h at t h e M arqu is o f LONDONDERRY Ibeen again e xhibiting his oratorical powers to t admir at i on and astonishment of the House lii, ? r d B . The LORD CHANCELLOR answered it ; l 4 In the h a p p i es t s tyl e of irony and sarcasm, at the same t i me t oo k the opportunity of „isistin g, in the most impressive manner, on the a e fie disposition of the British Cabinet—a de -1 ar at i on tell which will doubtless produce a strong cation in P ar i s , where the movement and the pea ce Parties are so nearly balanced. ' Ni a day passes, but it gives the flattest con atliction to the assertions of the boroughmon- C S and their myrmidons that the country is h ee°lll ing weary of Reform. Though a week the scar ce l y yet e l apse d s i nce th e Bill passed y t r t uu gh Committee in the House of Commons, to even this brief interval has sufficed to prove 4 , al l who a r e capable of conviction, that the 1 0 °1 ' 41 determination of the people to regain their i, -I, gsl o st privileges, so far from being weakened, 1 43 strong, aye stronger than ever. In the h: tr uPolis, an nouncements of public meetings been put forth in every direction, that iq Pat,i , tb 'tle body, the Livery, setting the example; h a „" e t West and South of England the Reformers R re e u een equally active ; in the North too the wi th at Political Unions are bestirring themselves t at : an energy worthy of themselves and the that they uphold. As regards Scotland, v i country to a man is on the alert, nor t 1 Ir eland less active, less vigilant. For th l3 fr esh burst of enthusiasm on the part of 4,Yenple, we are indebted to the Opposition, i eb le ll by its sneers, and calumnies, and mis , i t ' re sentations have literally taunted them into s t i v Had the boroughmongers contented them seri es voting against the Bill, without • ii 4 viti g to prejudice the zeal of those who ttrl)?rted it, the pecple would probably have t ()i all 'ed tranquilly lapped in the security of t r : l dence, but since this confidence and this thi(lnillity have been imputed to them as proofs 1 ) t hey no longer desire Reform, they feel k:qt they are bound to step forth once again, ll l indicate themselves from such a charge.— p: tl ee, the present renewed manifestation of bill de energy, which we confidently predict d eepen -4 hes a crin intensit y as the g reat q uestion a p . isis. to teebolders of Dorsetshire bestir yourselves ; tl .rs is again the post of honour ; at the last tif t ,° o you obtained a splendid victory in spite 4r s o ll Justices and bludgeon-men, and having Ce displaced old BANKES, will never again let t i : ( ''' 3l l of that stock usurp the seat of your t t) ' l ' es entative. Your countrymen in every 14 , 4 4 11ty envy the proud opportunity you enjoy of N tti eally giving the lie to the foul and false tt 4 tions of the boroughmongers, that the people t k , ,. tigland are indifferent to the great, the cause of Reform. p ou ‘' lll l yourselves for the fight,---you know )) (1 -1. enemies, that there is no artifice too mean, tvi p Practices too base, for them to resort to, and a y neither b e b egu il e d by flattery, intimidated t ut th 'eats, nor borne down by bludgeon-men, p oor w ill nobly di sc h arge your duty, as before, to li tt eountry and yourselves, and destroy the fed h ope of the antropophagi, who have so long t or :, nd fatt ene d, an d w h ose on ly o bj ec t is to c ou in ne to feed and fatten, on the vitals of their 411. 3 1 Tien. c 4r e "firi united, unanimous, and victory will tA r , ' ro, th re ward your labours, and you will thence k,4l,, e njoy the proud recollection of having t ver 'Y contributed by your exertions to the final tin. cm of th e bitterest enemies of England. - of, ' e Brussels Papers contain no news worthy A tit:ninent. The following are extracts:— ' 0 46 - L ''sßts, SEPT. 11.-General Belliard anti Sir R. 'ave returned from Antwerp. 114i1144erilicournal of Liege says that for this week past the ght,'Nuldry in that city had been at work both day and th,l - ,t, full o f B e l g i an passengers , was upse t a t B ur g, '''ebeldt. M . K oopman , comman di ng t h e D utc h eit 1.41 bef ore A ntwerp , inimediately sent some boats to tde S u 4 :! i ttatice, and which conveyed them all on board 1110 11 steam-boat, where every attention was paid lea v th , 1 , he captain had their boat righted, laid alongside the p, :; and furnished with provisions. The next day ti :tit 1 e gers, being quite recovered, were put on board ,t IN a t , and proceeded to Burg. Ilad it not been for d n"tee afforded them by M. Koopman som e o f them 4 el4evitahly have perished. aria P i 3 forming en the . heath of Castrace, near Mona, for 12,000 men of the army of Marshal Gerard. There will be 1,000 barracks, each large enough for 12 men. M. Dooms, of Lessines, has the contract for the supply of the camp with necessaries. SEPT. 12.—The Duke of ()deans and Marshal Gerais:' arrived here yesterday afterncon. His Majesty and the Duke of Orleans went to the theatre in the evening. I General Niegre, who commanded the French artillery n Belgium, had a conference yesterdAy with the Minister of War. An English Cabinet messenger set out yesterday for London with despatches. SEPT. 13.—M. Nothomb is gone to London on a mission ; M. Goblet is also gone to London ; it is said he is to treat respecting the demolition of the fortresses. An English and a Belgian Cabinet messenger were sent yesterday with despatches to Paris. The Duke of Orleans, accompanied by Marshal Gerar and suite, will leave this city to-day, after the re view, and go to Genapee. Colonel Murat (formerly Prince Royal of Naples) ar rived here yesterday. He has been to London for his family, intending to settle at Brussels. The English mer chants, who left Brussels in consequence of the revolu tion, have now returned. The Moniteur publishes a statement of the damage done in the commune of Calloo by the invasion of the Dutch, attested by the Magistrates :-42 houses, 40 stables, 10 coach-houses, 20 barns, and three wi,rehouses were burnt, with all the furniture, effects, and corn which they contained ; several houses were plundered ; the Pol. den of Calloo and St. Anne, together with about two thou sand acres, were inundated ; ten men, women, and chil dren were killed. The witnesses depose that they were • peaceable, and punished in the midst of their domestic . labours. ANTWERP, SEPT. 10.—The appearance of our river is most afflicting—the ruins of our dykes are fin sting on the surface. Such large masses give way, that fears are en tertained fsr the sluice near the Tete de Flandres. The waters spread their ravages farther, and even the causeway of Ghent, may be rendered impassable I.y deep gullies. The dykes of Lillo are also said to be swept away to the extent of 1000 metres. The damage is immense, and the expence that will be required to repair these disasters is in calculable. VIENNA, SEPT. 2.—M. 'Anthony Kraus, who sent to Prince Lobkowicz, Governor of Gallicia, two preservatives against the cholera (oil of camoline, and a stomach plaster) has received a letter from that Prince, who informs him that be and his whole family have made use of them ever since the 22d of May, when the disorder first appeared in Lemburg, and that he had communicated them to many other persons, and also to Professor Beires, who has de voted great attention to the cholera. The Professor gave them to the attendants on the sick in the Jews' hospital, and to those employed in burying the dead, all of whom, as well as other persons who used these preservatives, escaped the disorder. The Prince has al lowed M. Kraus to make any use he pleases of his testimony. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. STANTGATE CREEK. SEPT. 14. —Arrived the Dorothy. Paul ; Arneth• st, Bell ; Montagu, Turnbull ; Mahe, Beatson ; and Conference, Donkin, from St. Peter,,burgb. PORTSNIOUTII, SEPT., 14.--Wind S. S. E.—Arrived from Hull, the William Harris transport, after being on shore near Eastbourne. FALmouTir, SEPT. 13.--Arrived the Wilberforce, Denah, from the coast of Troy. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Mary Canning, Miller, from Bahia. CLYDE, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Progress, Alder, from Archangel ; and Lord Exmouth, McQueen, from St. Petersburgh. BELFAST, Serr. 12.—Arrived the Eolus, Jefferson, from St. Petersburgh. ST. MARGARET'S HOPE, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Mary, Craig, from Virginia. HUMBER, SErr. 13.—Arrived the Hannah, Park, from St. Petersburgh ; Elizabeth and Sarah, Pattison, and Three Brothers, Fleming. from Archangel. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. With the exception of the express from Paris, we have no other arrivals of consequence this morning. In regard to the advices from the theatre of war in Poland, we are still furnished with contradictory accounts, on which no reliance can'he placed. Accounts from 'Warsaw, of the same date as received before, state that the two Polish squadrons which were intercepted by the enemy in the palatinate of Kslisch, and were obliged to fight at Lonaa and at Rowa, after experiencing a loss of men, have fortunately arrived under the walls of Warsaw. Should this be the fact, Warsaw could not have been en tirely surrounded by the Russians. The French Funds had fallen per cent. to 591., but the following day improved to 59f. 70c. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 824 for the account, opened at 821 were sellers at 823 : , and at present they are 82-a 4. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. HALF•PAST ONE. It is generally looked on in the city that the Lord Chan cellor's speech last night is very pacific, and in corrobora tion of which, the private information from a high quarter at Paris, which has seldom failed giving us the best and prior intelligence, states that the next deliberations of the Great Powers will be for the disbanding of their armies, and each Power is to disband a certain number of men every month. In regard to Poland, negociations are in an advanced state, and expected to end favourably. We also understand, that the Duke of Orleans, after having re ceived dispatches from his fitter, the King of the French, has proposed to King Leopold his sister in marriage. We have received the Journal des Debats of Tuesday, which gives the following from Cracow, of August 31 : Poland will rise from her ruins, the enemy who pol lutes our soil is not without fear, and the tombs of our heroes warn them they will be avenged. Our camp in the environs of Warsaw is composed of SO,OOO men, who are the bravest and best troops in Europe, and the sign it is given to them to march against the enemy, in concert with the levy en masse o bO,OOO men. They are encamped un der the walls of Warsaw, composed of the following:- Ist. The corps of Kaminski, 7,000 men, who are in the environs of Henskee. 2.1. The corps of Rosyski of 10,000 men, who are at Ostrowicz; besides, there are two camps of the levy es masse in the Pdlatinate of Cracow, one at Zaski, the other at Pelica; in all about 10,000 men. The reserve joined to the Cossack. of Volhynia are about 15,000 men of regular troops. Poland, amidst her dis tress, has to keep 170,000 mrn, who will mArch against the enemy with the conviction of being ruined, or the saving of the country, on whom a decisive victory de pends, and who now confide in the justice of the All-Su preme at the moment they are pine to fight the second Ross;an Marshal, whose army is composed of about 100,000 men, A report prevails of brilliant advantages obtained by the garrison of Zimosc, in which a great number ol can non have been taken from the Russians. Accounts trout Lemburg state that General Ktisaroff, who invested the above place, has taken fli,:ht with his corps to the Gallician territory, where he was disarmed. Consols, which in the early part of the (lay were 828 are now S2i. In the Foreign Market there is nothing doing. This is pay-day. As yet there are no defaulters. THREE O' CLOCK Consols, 82i,5. T;ic Countess of MORNINGTON, whose death we announced yesterday, was mother to our illustrious Hero and Statesman, the Duke of WELLING-am. GRAND REVIEW OF THE FOOT GUARDS DAY ). -This morning, at ten o'clock, the Ist bat talion of the 3d regiment (or Royal Scotch Maileers), marched from their quarters, at Westminster, into Hyde park, where they were j oined b y the 2,1 battali on , f rom Poeeman-street barracks, under the command of Colonel hE STE. At eleven o'clock his Ro y al Hi g hn ess the Duke of GLOUCESTER arrived on the ground, attended by an immense number of General Officers. The review then commenced, and each man was provided with twenty rounds of cartridges. The movements of this fine body of men were particularly well executed, and displayed the great improvement which has been recently made in the infantry of the British army. The firing was admirable, from the regularity with which it was conducted. Owing to the fineness of the morning the Park was crowded with elegantly dressed females. We understand that the fees at the Heralds' Office, and other necessary expences attending the creation of a new Peer, amount to 600/. The Irish reapers are literally swarming on the Glasgow road, in their return to embark at the Broomielaw for " Ould Ireland." A gentleman who came by the coach on Wednesday front Glasgow counted on the road between lend and Edinburgh, in about three hours, no fewer than b9O Caledonian Mercury', HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The Ibiuse sat on Scotch appeals to-day. The Lor.F pre-ent were the LORD CHANCELLOR, thee Duke oi RuceLEuctr, and the Earl of DARTMOUTH. THE MANAGERS AND CASHIERS OF THE LEITH BANKING COMPANY V. BELL, HEDLEY, AND ()limits. The respondents in this appeal were cautioners for a per son named A. Scott, on his becoming agent for the Leith Banking Company, in a sum of 10,0001. In consequence of the defalcation of that gentleman to a considerable amount the Leith Banking Company gave notice to the respondents that a very large balance was owing by Mr. Scott, and that they intended to look to the cautioners for relief to the extent of their bond. The cautioners investi e, wed the books of the Bank, and discovering, as they alleged, a system not only of negligence and illegality, but of con cea!ment and deception, intimated their unanimous reso lution to the Bank of resisting the payment of any part of their threatened claim. This for a time put a stop to all proceedings on the part of the Bank, but latterly the) had served the cautioners with an account exhibiting a b dance due from Mr. Scott for no less _ a sum than 35,000/. Proceedings were then instituted by the Bank in the Court of Sessions against the cautioners, in whose favour the Court decided after considerable argu ment, and from that decision arose the present appeal. Some of the principal grounds of opposition to the claim f the Bank against the cautioners were the estabhsli rnent of a Bank at Carlisle in ut'er disregard of the statute, which expressly forbids it, the giving of ex traordinary credit to their agent Mr. Scott, their Wow ing him to transact business contrary to the established rules of banking, namely, advancing money upon discount alone to more than the amount of the bond given by the cautioners, when there was but little hope of recover ing any thing, and by that means rendering them the indirect guarantees or indorsers of all the desperate and doubtful bills which the appellants might collect within their office. All these facts the appellants in their answers oositively denied, contending th it their business had been regularly carried on, and that they had violated no statute. The 'LORD ADVOCATE concluded his argument on be half of the appellants last night, at half-past eight, and this milorning Mr. Miller proceeded to address their Lordships on the same side, contending that the case bad not been properly heard in the Court below, and congratulating his clients on its coining before a jurisdiction where every fact would be thoroughly sifted, and the questions involved in the ippeal decided on their separate merits. At the conclusion of Mr. Miller's address the Lord Chancellor directed the case to stand over, in order that all parties might, if pos sible, give the Lord Chancellor further information as to how far the bond was actionable ex facie. USING THE SIGNATURE Or COUNSEL-GRAHAM V. SHAND. Immediately upon this appeal being called on, The LORD CHANCELLOR said well, now I want to know why Dr. Lushington (who was Counsel for the respondents) does not appear for the appellants, because I see his name is appended to this appeal. Dr. LUSHINGTON—I believe my Lord, there was some mistake as to the retainer. The Loan CHANCELLOR-Ye., but you signed the appeal. I will read the standing enders to you.— " The House taking notice, that upon appeals and writs of error there have been of late several scandalous and frivolous printed cases delivered to the Lords of this House, for preventing whereof for the future, it is this slay ordered, that no person whatsoever do presume to (1,!.- liver any printed case or cases to any Lord of this House, unless such case or cases shall be signed by one or more of the Counsel who attended at the hearing of the cause in the Court below, or shall be of Counsel at the hearing in this House." And further, " Whereas by the rules and orders of this House for preventing the bringing of fri volous appeals, all appeals are to be signed by two Coun sel, it is this day ordered that no person whatsoever (lo presume as Counsel to sign any appeal to be brought into this House for the future, unless such person bath been of Counsel in the same cause in the Courts below, ur shall attend as Counsel at the Bar of this House, when the said appeal shall come on to he heard, and unless he shall certify that in his judgment there is reasonable cause of appeal." Now this is the security of the House—this is the only security the House has against frivolous appeals. Dr. Lushington ought to be here as Counsel for the appeal which he signs. How did it happen Dr. Lushington that your name was signed to the appeal. Dr. LusniNovati—Upon my word, my Lord, I cannot say, I know nothing of it. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I suppose you signed it be cause you saw so respectable a name attached to it pre viously. According to the rule of the House you ought to be heard for the appeal. Mr. M'NElL—This paper, my Lord, is printed in Scot- land. The I.ottn CIIANCELLOR—Oh ! Avell, is the Scotch solicitor here ? Mr. M'NEIL—No, he is not. The LORD CHANCELLOR-Well, who is the agent in town ? Mr. WisitEL—Mr. Poole, my Lord. The Loan CHANCELLOR —Well, let Mr. Poole stand forward. Upon Mr, Poole's c ming to the bar, his Lord ship inquired whether he got the signature of Dr. Lush ington to this appeal. Mr. Poole answeted that he did not, and that the paper came from the agent in Edinburgh to him. The Lour) CHANCELLOR enquired who the agent in Ed;nhurgh was, and upon being informed that it was Mr. John James Fraser, his Lordship observed with some warmth that he should certainly move the House to order Mr. Fraser to send for its inspection - the original signature of Dr. Lushington to this appeal, for his Lordship knew very well that five guineas had been charged to the unfor- • tunate client for this, and also five shillings to the Doctor's clerk, and this is the way, continued his Lordship, that clients are defrauded—more than that the client pays for all this.—(Here his Lordship held up a tremendous long piece of parchment.) This is the petition of appeal embodying the whole record, and a more gross case of frivolity and voxation than this appeal, his Lordship ob served, he never saw since he came into Courts of Law— it was the plainest case, upon the showing of the aPPtd lant, that his Lordship ever saw. His Lordship had no objection to hear Counsel argue that a man's eldest ' son was his second legitimate son, or that a man's niece was his aunt, or any other absurd proposition. Such things their Lordships must he subject to, but his Lord ship would ;rive this notice, that if the House should not he convinced by such argument, and the present judgment should be affirmed, he should then move the Hoti•e to visit real actual costs upon the parties appealing—every fathing expended by the opposite party in bringing their ease before the House ; and his Lordship should take care when the return was made to the House relative to the signature of Dr. Lushington, from whose pockets those costs should come, whether upon the indivi filial client or from the pocket of the solicitor, and his Lordship felt determined that the House should be secor e d from such frauds (if one it should turn out to be) as well as all other Courts. The appeal was then ordered to stand over generally, with a hint from the Lord Chancellor that the parties would act wisely to let the House hear no more of it. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR Mr. John James Fraser, of Edinhur,;h, was ordered to produce to the House his authority for putting the signature of Dr. Lushington to the appeal. A requisition is in course of signature, by the electors of the city and liberties of Westminster, to be pre sented to the High Bailiff, requesting that he will convene a meeting of the inhabitants, at the earliest period, for the purpose of giving them an opportunity of expressing their still unabated attachment to, and unqualified appro bation of, the principles of the Reform Bill. REFORM BILL.—The inhabitants of the Ward of Cripplegate Within have requested MAT:rimy Noon, Esq., M.P., Aldermau of that Ward, to convene a meeting of the inhabitants thereat", to consider the pro priety of petitioning the House of Lords, to pass the Re form Bill forthwith, who has appointed Friday, the 16th instant, at ten for eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the Baptist Head Tavern, in Alderrnanbury, for that purpose. A curious species ,of theft and partial restitu tion has lately occurred in our gaol. On Saturday lit six convicts, who expected to be removed to the hulks in a day or two, took advan'age of the absence of one of the prison watchmen to enter his cell, and rob it of forty-three sovereigns and a half. The robbery was soon detected ; and the prisoners being suspected, and searched in vain, it was surmised that they must have swallowed the money, and medicines were administered, calculated to compel a speedy disgorgement. In the course of the day the colas began to show themselves —one man hatching thirteen, another four and a half, and another three. The same course of medicine has been continued, and the same gulden Produce Las been reaped ; although thirteen of the sovereigns are yet missing, and are supposed to be contained in an unnatural swelling in the epigastric region of the fellow who has already been so fruitful. His speedy de livery or death must be the consequence of his roguery.— Cornub CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL GRAND MASONIC PROCESSION, FOR LAYING THE FIRST STONE. This day being fixed for laying the first stone of flu intended new Hospital at Charing-cross, an immense crowd of ladies and gentlemen assembled in galleries, &c. that had been erected on the immediate site of ground fOr their accommodation, to which they were admitted by tickets, issued by the Governors, to view the interesting ceremonial and procession. At half-past twelve o'clock the brethren and gentry appointed to juin in the same assembled at the new Vestry-room of St. Martin's Church, and shortly after his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, M. W., Grand Master, and his Grace the Duke of Leinster, M. W., Grand Master of Ireland, arrived, and the procession {noved off, in grand Masonic order, to the spot where the ceremony was to take place. When the head of the pro cession halted, the brethren divided themselves, right and left, thereby fOrming an avenue for his Royal Highness t , . pass through, which he did, preceded by the standard of the grand patron, and the grand sword .bearers, followe by his Royal Highness's banner, the lonic light, hi Grace the Duke of L-inster, Grand Master of Ireland, di e Deputy Grand Master and other officers, who took their respective situations on the platform. The Vic. - Patrons of the Institut'on, Vice Presidents, and Building Committee, also were stationed on the platform. All being in perfect readiness the proceedings corn menced : the stone was raised, and after the lower one had been adju:ted, the Grand Secretary read aloud the fol lowing inscription, whi,h was eneraven on a brass plate : In the second year of His Majesty King WILLIAM IV. The first stone of THE CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL Was laid in ample Masonic form, On the 15th of September, 1531, By his Royal Highness Prince AUGUSTUS FREDILRICK, Mike of Sussex, K. G , &c. &c. &c., ('rand Master of the Freemasons of. England, and Patron of the the Ins , itntion. Decimu sßurton, Esq., Architect,—Howard and Nixon, Builders. The plate was then placed in a cavity of the lower stone, and then the Grand 'I resouree deposited the phial containing the coin. The cement was then placed on the face of the bottom stone, and the Duke of Sussex adjusted the same with a silver trowel, the upper atone was then lowered very slowly, the band playing " Rule Britannia." His Royal Highness having proved the position of the stone by the level and square, the Duke of Leinster handed the Duke the mallet, with which his Royal Highness gave three knocks upon the upper stone. Th. cornucopia containing the corn, and the ewers with the wine and oil, were afterwards strewed and poured by the Grand Master all over the stone with the accustomed formalities. The bawd then struck up the National Anthem, and the Duke of Sussex having delivered the plans of the building to the architect, together with all the tools used in the ceremony, desired him to proceed without loss of time to the completion of the kidding. The ceremony having concluded, the procession re turned to the Vestry-room of St. Martin, and the com pany broke up. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Elizabeth Towler, an interesting looking girl, only 14 years of age, was indicted for stealing several articles, the property of John Towler, her father. It appeared that the prisoner had frequently left her home and taken property of various kinds with her. The last time she remained three weeks, and the 14th July she ran away again, taking two candlesticks, three brushes, a pair of shoes, and a table cloth, the whole of which she pawned the same day ; on the following night (having in the interim spent the money she had so raised) she was found by a policeman in a state of destitution, sleeping on the steps of a house near St. James's Palace. The duplicates of the property were found in her pocket. The Jury found the pri►oner Guilty. To some questions by Mr. Serjeant ARABIN the pro_ secutor stated, that the prisoner was his illegitimate daughter ; he had brought her up respectably, but in consequence of the had example of her mother, who was recently living with a man who was convicted at these Sessions of felony, ihe was led into the commission of crime. The prosecutor said he was desirous of reclaiming his daughter, and was perfectly ' ready to defray any expence to effect that object, so that she might become an useful member of society, rather than she should be sent to prison. The Learned JUDGE said he should respite the judg ment, and directed that the prisoner be taken to the Re fuge for the Destitute. Hannah Jones, aged 40, was indicted for stealing 401. from the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Grace. The prosecutrix deposed that she lodged in a house in Regent-street, and for several weeks she had permitted the prisoner to sleep with her. She Lad in a small box locked up in a trunk, 15 sovereigns and 25/. in silver, placed in two canvas bags. On the evening of the 16th of August the prisoner left the prosecutrix's lodgings and did not retur❑ all night; the following morning, having occasion to go to her trunk, she found it had been broken open, and also the small box within it and the whole of her money was gone. Mr. Justice ALDERSON told the prosecutrix, who ap peared a poor hard working woman, that she hail acted very foolishly in keeping so large a sum of money in so insecure a place. Joshua Frederick Clements, Inspector of Police, de paned th a t he apprehended the prisoner on the Pith August, and on searching her found a canvas bag con taining gold and silver to the amount of 9/. 3s. 6d. lie asked her where the remainder of the money was, and she said she knew nothing of it. She afterwards said that no one knew that old Betty (the prosecutrix) had so much money but herself; witness sent a police constable to a place where be understood she had passed the night, anti where some money was found ; and after she was locked up, she con fessed to witness that she had left some money with the landlord of a public-house. Robert Currie, a police constable, produced Si. Bs. 6d. which he found in a room in which the prisoner bad passed the night of the 16th August. Robert Elliot, a licensed victualler, stated, that about ten o'clo c k on the night of the 16th August, the prisoner and her brother came to his house ; she asked witness to take care of some money for fear her brother should get it from her, stating that it was the last of the property which she had hail in the Bank. He consented to take care of it, and she delivered to him eleven B , Wurei l ms and four half crowns in a canvas hag. the whole of which he now produced. Ttte prosecutrix was anin called, and identified the two canvas hags as being those in which her money had been placed within her box. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The whole of the money Cult was found, amounting to 241. 24., was ordered to be given to the prosecutrix,—his Lordship recommending her in future to lodge her savings in the Savings' Batik, and not keep it at home, Thomas Sumplon, aged 17, wa.: indicte t for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John (osell, and steal ing therein a quantity of wearing apparel, his property, and several articles the property of William Tiliyens.—He was found Guilty. NEW COURT. James Lee was indicted for stealing a cheque for 211. the property of James 'Macdonald. prosecutor became the proprietor of the effects of the i The Steam g Washing Company in 1529, anti the prisone: v urged by hi m t o super i nten d t h e concern at a sa lary of 4001 . per annum. Mr. Altilonald was in Scot land for a long time, and the management of the con cern Wil9 intrusted t o t h e pr i soner and a Mr Smith, I a l :en: both of whom were obliged to sign such cheques as were wanted for carrying on the business. The cheque in question was given to the prisoner to pay an account for harness; when he went to pay the account the creditor re f use d to receive the money on account of :nine error ; thin cheque the prisoner got cashed in a week after and never accounted for the money, but in the course of two months afterwards got another cheque to pay the same account. —The prisoner was acquitted. The prisoner was next tried for embezzling the sum of 21. 35. This was a sum which the prisoner had received from a Miss Nicholls, a customer of the concetu, it was proved that the money had not been accounted for. The prisoner admitted thr4 he received the money, and attri• buted it to a mistake that he had not paid it over. Tlx case went to the Jury, who found him Nut Guilty. There are several other cases against the prisoner, but all of a similar nature. They were going on with them w h ta our repoitrr left. A new Londo n and Exeter coach, called the Telegraph, has bee❑ started from Mrs. NELSON'S, to per form the journey from London to Exeter in one day. It left town yesterday morning at halt-past five, and arrived i n this city at eleven last night; set off from PRATT'S Old London Inn this morning at half-past five, and will reach London at eleven to night. This is unquestionably a most advantageous adoption of the proprietors, for persons travelling either on business or pleasure—in the former case, a vast saving of time will be effected; and in the latter, the disagreeables of being exposed by night avoided. —Exeter Independent. FAqiIION ABLE TNTET LIGIENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Thanet, from his seat, near 'Maidstone, Kent ; Ad iniral, Mrs., and the Misses Douglas, at Hawkins's Hotel, lloyt old Albemarle-streets, from the Continent ; Miss Leslie, at ditto, from the North ; Mr. and Mr , . Hudson, at ditto, from their se, in Surrey ; Dr, and Mrs. Cramer, at tlitto, from Oxford; M. and Mrs. 111aebraire, and Miss It -des, at ditto, from Essex ; Talbot, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from South. ampton ; Charles Eden, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. an, Mrs. H. Lloyd, in Regent-street, from Cheltenham ; Captaii and Mrs. Latham, in Grosvenor-street, from Worthing ; Sir Ed mund Carrington, at the Orleans Hotel (late Miller's,) Jerrnyn street, from Chalfont, Bucks ; Edward W eatherby, Esq., and fa mily, at ditto, from l'ortsea ; Charles Cotton, Esq., at ditto, from Leicestershire; J. Bradshaw, Esq., at ditto, from Maidstone - Patterson, Esq., at ditto, ditto. DEPARTURES. The Marquis and :Marchioness of Aylesbury, from Grosvenor square, for their seat, Tottenham Park, Wilts; Sir Thomas M' Mahon, Bart., from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for ; Brighton the Earl of Burlington, for Buxton ; Lord Franc': Osborne, from Norfolk-strect, Park-lane, for his seat, Gog Ma gog, Cambridgeshire; Colonel Colville, from the British Rote''. Jermyn-street ; Wm. Stamper, '"Esq., from the Royal Hotel Jermyn_street, for the North ; the Countess of ll.thes and Lad Mary Leslie, from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat in Sussex ; the Bishop of Sodor and Mann, and - Ward, Esq., from Crawley's Ho'el, Albemarle-street, for the Isle i.l Man ; J. S. Harcourt, Esq , from ditto, for Scotland ; Miss Rey_ nett, from ditto, for Hampton Court ; Sir Joseph and Misse , Copley, from Hawkins' Hotel, Dover and Albeinarle_streets, for Richmond ; Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Johnson, from di; to, fur their seat in Northamptonshire; Captain Sandys, from ditto, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Smith Marriot, from ditto, for their seat in Kent ; Captain J. Green for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Powell, from Dever-street, for Buxton ; Lord Viscount Garlies, from the Orleans Hotel (late Miller's,) Jennyn-street, for his seat, Wigtownshire, Scotland ; Marquis de Pereuse and family, from ditto, for France; General Baudrand (Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Orleans,) from ditto, for Paris ; the Viscountess Ashbrook, for Cowes, Isle of Wight; General Hughe , , for his scat in Scotland. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LICHFIELD RACES. TUESDAY, SEPT, 11. —The course was but thin'y attended, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather ; hut there was a more than ordinary number of the genti lity of the neighbourhood in the Grand Stand. A Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, L. ft. Ti .e last mile. Lord Grosvenor's c. Caractacus, by Conductor 1 f. by Master Henry Mr. Charlton's b. f. by Master Henry A very good race. Caractacus second at starting; on coming up the hollow he made play, and came in a length a-head. The Staffordshire Stakes did not fill. A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 50 added from the City Fund. Two mile heats. Mr. Cato named Lillia I 1 Mr. H. Cato named Sir Walter 0 2 Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Joceline 2 dr Mr. H. W. Bradburne named b. f. by St replier' 3 dr Mr. Hoboes named Lady Bird 0 dr Mr. E. Peel's gr. m. Cicely 0 dr An excellent race. Lillia won the first heat by about a length, the two next being close together. Sir Walter only saved his distance, reserving himself for the next heat. In the second heat Lillia went off a-head ; Sir Walter rushed up when about 50 yards from the winning chair, gaining . ground every step ; but he mule play too late: Lillia won by a neck. It was said that Sir Walter had been bought by Mr. Beardswerth. His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Four mile heats. Mr. Sadler's br. g. Jocko Mr. K Peel's br. h. Cadland Mr. Morris's b. m. Gazelle dr THE MARKETS.-(TIES DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Sept. 9, IS3I, made up from the lieturn• of the inspectors the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat— 03s. 4d.1 Oats '243. 54.1 Beans-- 41s. 7d. Barley 335. 24.1 Rye ..-- 383. Od I Pease— 435. 4d. uPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE six WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat-63,3. 104.1 Oats ---. '2ss. 94.1 Beans-- 40s. 6d. Barley.-- 31a. 24.1 Rye —30 s. 14. Pease...—. 423. Od. DUTIG4 ON FOREIGN CORN. &LI Oats * 9s. 3d.1 8ean5.......,,, 9s. 64. Batley 15s. :4d.1 Rye 15s. 6d.1 Pease—, 6s. 6,1 HAY MA lIK ETS.—( At per Load of 3i Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£2 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 3 5 3 10 Useful Old !)itto Fine Upland Meadow and 113 e-grass Hay 3 15 4 5 Clover Hay 3 0 5 5 Oat Straw ....£1 Bto XI 101 What Maw, 1 14 1 16 Meadow Hay from ss. to 10s., and Clover Hay ss. per load lower than last quoted; prices otherwise stationary. A great supply, and a dull trade. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 Slew Meadow liay 2 It) 3 10 Utteful Old Ditto 2 10 3 5 Fine Upland Meadow an." liye.grass Hay......... 3 10 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 10... Generally 3 10 4 15 Oat Straw XI Bto XI I•.', 1 Wheat Straw 1 14 1 10 Straw from 2s. to 4s. per load lower than last quoted; prices otherwise stationary, A limited supply, and a sluggish trade. CoAL MAR] Adair's 265. 3d. Beaumont 24 6 Bensham Main --- 23 East Percy 25 0 Felling Main 24 0 Gosforth Bean W. E.— 20 0 Hebburn Main --.. 28 0 Holywell 25 6 1 Kenton West Killingworth 21'27 03 Montague Main Ord's Itedhugh 23 0 Pontop Windsor .24 6 Shipcote 24 3 Canfield --. 27 0 Townley--. 25 0 West Hartley Willington 27 6 Walls End Bell & Co.—. 28 6 Ditto 13e11,Robson,&Co. 27 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co. 30 3 Walls End Boundary—. 26 3 SValls Eiiil Brown's— 26 6 Ditto Marston 27 9 Walls En I Calleritin * 24 0 Ditto Clarke and Co. —26 0 Wall: End Gosforth '33 3 Walls End Heaton-- 30 3 Wang End Hilda -- 27 0 Ships at market. 1604 y.T :7 -Sept. 14. Walls End Hotspur.... 295. Od. Walls End Newinaren— Ditto Northumberland S 7 0 Ditto Peareth....-- 25 6 Ditto Perkins and (o. 27 3 Walls End Riddell's— 0 Ditto Walker 21) 6 Eden Main 23 6 Lambton Primrose 29 9 Primrose Main 93 Walls End Hetton ;LI 6 Walls End Lambton— :t2 6 Wall , : End Stewart's 32 W. E. Russell's Hetton 32 6 W. E. Barnsley 21 6 Cowmen Walls End 2:3 0 27 0 Halbeath— —2l 6 Newylockton, Milne, and Co 23 0 Silkstone Field and Co. 26 6 Greenwich flospital,w 22 6 Walls End Henderson 24 0 Walls End 22 6 Montague Main small— 18 0 Shipcote sina 1 IS 0 Wortley 15 6 Whetton Park small 4(1 0 is sold, 111% ---,Umiak', 49%. HULL MARKET—Sept 13. Wheat, Ohl —s. ties. Cis. how —s. 60s. 638. Foreign —s• 545. 56,. ... - - Oats, Poland —s. 245. `2q._ Old .....8. .-...6, 30 s . Small or Feed.... —s. `24s. 9.0 s l ti," ...... —s. —is...-.3. Foreign —s. t2 - 2s. 9.45. —s. •••3. ••-8. Barley, Norf. & Sof —s. 40s. 40s. Line. & Wold —s. 30s 38s. -- Foreign Beans Pease, White... —s. 40s. 48s. Gre- .'ease, ..ey Taros s —s —s. Foreign„„„... —s. 30s. 365. Rapeseed, in bond none. Thee, per last 221. Last Friday three weeks, as Capt. Niswe,TT, of Iltettenham-hall, late of the Guards, we,s trying a horse in harness down the North Hill, at Colchester, the animal set off at full speed, an:), the reins breaking, Captain Nis- BUTT, in ttempting to get out, was thrown down, and severely injured. His face and head were cut, and he was a good deal bruised ; but the injury inflicted on his knee pan was the ultimate cause of his death, which was so dreadfully shattered that mortification ensueci, and he died on Friday last, just three weeks after the accident occurred. He was in the habit of driving at a furious rate, and it is almost a matter of surprise that no accident sooner oetairred. This gentleman, it will be in the recollection of our readers, married Miss Motto.% UNT, of Drury-tuna Theatre; he was but 21 years of age, and his widow is barely yet 19. RUSSIAN MiLITAItY COLONIES.--The re ports which have reached this country, o a revolt among the Military Colonies in Russia, have: created some attention to an article on the i„).l:.;.ian Army in the United Service Journal fe.r the present month. In this paper a masterly sketch is given of the Origin, progress ; and actual force and composition of that vast ,Military Power, which excites the jealousy of Europe, and has possibly ere now crashed the heroic Polca. The system and admiaistration of the Military Colonies form of course a leading feature of this able article, which is the original production of a foreign scientific ofAccr, aid presents the most authentic and c>ain plete view extant of the army and military ware of Russia. was born in JUNOT, Duke of Abrantc-s, Bur gundy, and enlisted ca a private soldier in a conapazy of volunteer caanoniers of his department. At the siege of Ti'ollloll, he was admired for an instanoe of intrepidity that has seldom occurred since. The redoubt, called " Les Bans Culottes," defended by the English, had been attacked for several hours, but its fire was still very troublesome to us. General BONAPARTE ordered a battalion to take it by#storm. Although did not belong to that hat talion, he rushed firat of all into the ditch, climbed up the scarp, jupped into a redoubt through a battlement, killed two cannoniers at a post, and lay that means gave his com panions time to join hirn. The redoubt was taken am id s t Cites of "The Lepablic for ever !" .General . BON APARTE made hint se rjeant, and his hand-writ i ng being c l ear an d neat, he made use of h im as beet secretary during the re mainder of the eatnpalgn When I met hien I:,e the first time he was a Colonel, and had been welt:ruled at the battle of Castiglione. Ju NOT added tie great courage much na tural s hrewdness. After having served during twenty years, and passed through all, military ranks, he coded his life in a deplorable manner. The cold lie antr-red in the Russian campaign disordered his mental faculties. The glittering rin hisg d y r ( e u a th in , h of e f o rtune ‘A.a s unhappy roan died un d er hi s paterna l roo f . H i s reason re turned a short tim e b e f ore h e b rea th e d hi s last, alai seeing himself again in th e h um bl e c h am b er i n w hi c h h e h ad enabl a ei n l d ju g s i o ly ry t . o . i, s p lm ree o ia i t r e his of Lavcdlette. N7W ISLAND in the MEDITERRANEAN. A BRIEF N 0 TICE of Me PRESENT STATE of GRAHAM ISLAND, A RECENT VOLCANO ON THE COAST OF SICILY. On the 19th of August we lost sight of Graham Hand in the afternoon ; it is about 27 miles from Sciacca on the southern coast of Sicily, lat. 37 deg. II I N. :Ong. 22 deg. 44 E. It appeared two hum nocks, united by a lower neck of land; and from the southern extremity e►nittad a column of smoke it vapour of uncertain density and magnitude. On the 20 h, after diligently working to windward all nigh-, we approached the island considerably; and he breeze springing tip favourable from the S.E., we we-c enabled to heave to within one mile dis •ance, at ten o'clock, A.M. On ocr approach to the island we observed im mense shoals of perpoises, and multitudes of sea (owl, chiefly gulls, attracted no doubt, by the fish which may have been destroyed, by the late volcanic eruptions. It was very remarkable what a regular distance these voracious tribes kept from the land, ►bout four or five miles, not one being observed near the shore on our visit to the volcano. The island appeared about 160 feet high, p•e senting a various aspect, as the bearing by compass altered ; but in general, that of two longitudinal hills connected by intermediate low land, sending up smoke or vapour in abundance. On the western and highest part we observed the Union Flag of England waving majestically over this new and appalling scene of danger and desolation. At ten AM. the boats were lowered down and manned ; and, in pursuance of previously concerted arrangements with the Commander-in-Chief, all officers impelled by curiosity or science, desirous of witnessing the phenomenon, took their places in them accordingly. We pushed eff from the ship, made sail, and landed in a little bay on the north-east side of this sombre, lonely isle. A boat from the St. Vincent preceded us a few yards, and the bowman, an officer, prepared to be first ashore, touched the ground with •he boat-hook, laid his weight upon it, pushed it clown the second time firmly, with a kind of appa rent misgiving of terrestrial stability, and jumped upon the beach. W e were all on shore in an instant, scampering up the hill to the tiqg-staff, through a dense, op pressive vapour of carburetted hydrogen gas. The ti4g-staff is on the highest point of the island, bearing the name of Lieut. Colem.o. of his iaje , ty's cutter Hind, and from it we had a bird's eve view of the wonderful scene. In the centre of the island, to the eastward of us, was a circular basin, of about ninety feet diameter, of boiling salt water, of a dingy red colour, from the peroxide of iron in solution. The active ebullition from the centre, and emission of steam from the whole surface were evident to every one. From the summit where we stood, this basin appeared like a funnel a quarter full, the bank shelving down in the same intigitiary proportion. The vapour here was oppressive to most of us, affecting the digesdve, more than the respiratory organs, producing nausea and faintness, without any sense or feeling of suffocation. The pulse was not affected in the least; mine was 86, accelerated by the exertion of quickly as cending the hill, breathing a highly rarefied atmos phere, not a little augmented by the internal caloric, emitted copiously in vapour from the earth, as well as the heat Ufa scorching sirocco sun, which was ex tremely fervent this day. on the S.W. &de of the island, adjoining the principal crater, was a terrific ebullition and agitation of the sea, evidently the commencement of a new crater, with constant ascension of dense white steam impregnated with the carburetted hydrogen gas, which blackened ►he silver and watches in the pockets of the observers. • That this vspour was not impregnated with sul phur, I infer, first, from the absence of that peculiar fetor, and its not affecting the lungs ; secondly, from the colour of the water in the crater, which, by coming in contact with sulphuretted hydrogen gas, would have been changed to a protoxide, and !Ken black in place of red. This last chemical test, I consider conclusive on this point ; but it has been the custom to speak of sulphurous smoke; which by-the-bye, may have been ejected in actual com bustion, during the violence of previous eruptions, but certainly not now, in form of gas. On our descent, passing the margin of the crater, where it was not more t han twenty feet to a boiling surface, I threw off my jacket, and jumped down, to the astonishment of all present, anxious ~like, to procure something from the cauldron, and try the temperature of the water. I plunged my hand into the margin, hut quickly withdrew it, futding it about 190 of Farenheit ; the reduction of twenty-two degrees being easily ex plained on reflecting on the extended surface be coming exposed to the atmosphere in a basin, as before mentioned, of two hundred and seventy feet in circumference. The water was excessively sal:, owing to the con tinued evaporation, since the direct communication with the sett has been closed (probably by the last eruption), and appears something lower than the sea, leaving evident marks of decrease on the co loured masses of scoria around the margin. . . The island is about a mile in circumference, nearly round, or perhaps an imperfect spheroid, indented at the ends, where the great crater was at different periods connected with the sea. It is about one hundred and fifty, or sixty feet high The substance of which the island is composed, ;s chiefly ashes, the pulverised reina'ns of coal de ! Fired of its bitumen, iron scoria, and a kind of fer ruginous clay or oxided earth. The scoria occurs in irregular masses ; some compact, dense, and sonorous, others light, friable, and amorphous with metallic lustre, slightly magnetic,barely moving t he load-stone. I only procured one native stone, a piece of lime• stone about two pounds weight thrown up with the incumbent earth, having no marks of combustion. There was no trace whatever of lava, no terra puzzolana, no pumice stone, no shells or other marine remains, usually found at -Etna and Vesuvius. Around the island, where Neptune makes his advances, the sides fall down in abrupt precipices ; and we could discern every stratum, ejected by each separate eruption ; the water evaporating, left an in crustation of salt, which now appears a white, fiirn layer, plainly marking the regulat: progress, and for mation of the island. The surface of the island is likewise covered with a similar incrustation, in same places so thick as to be visibly white some distance at sea. From the nature of this island, there being no Wald of coherence in its heterogeneous particles, and from the precipitous falling down of its sides by the action of the sea, I am inclined to think that there is not the stability of permanence in its composition. The insatiable ocean will encroach upon its base; the winds of 'leaven will scatter the dusty surface to the four cardinal points of the compass; the rain will dissolve the saline bond of union, and the crumbling ruin will gradually sink and extend its base to a bank barely above the level of the sea. Its loss will not be deplored; for the screaming sea-bird instinctively wheels and directs his flight to a distant part of the ocean, to avoid the dark and desolate spot: and even the inhabitants of the deep seers, to avoid the unhallowed shore. Malta, Aug. 20, 1831. The Reverend F. COBEALD was, on Wed nesday last, eleeteii, by a majority of 38 over the Rev. Mr Howoivrii, perpetual Curate of St. Mary Tower, Ipswich Private letters from Constantinople, dated July 26 , say—" The SULTAN has not renounced•his in tention of redu c ing Gr ee ce, but merely wislie4 to delay the execution of lis plans till a more favou n ble season. A Continental war is here deemed inevitabe, and th a it is %oppos e d will div e rt th e attention of the Eur,pean Powers from Greece. Tie expetiues iavi.hed by the Poeaa upon its Navy cannot be ac eotinrett - for upon any other grounds..,., It 1, remarked that, of a ll the dip!omaintts now at Constan- . 4 . tinople, the Russian Ambassador has the greatest infttrence, ' Nothing is done without his being corma iwi. , - . ? irlt -- T; .S OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE OCLOCK. kol a Paid. Per Share. pro n° l Mining IL tec t , , Ing CO, C 150 115 - orb, .• .nsurance Comp. - ----........_ 1 51 Bank o f I reland 25 25