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the veil for the last three months, though there are fourteen nunneries in Lisbon. In the Irish nunnery, only three have taken the veil within the last twenty years. -The sooner - these = esW• blishments are abolished the better. Many 'of them are receptacles- Only-of vice and misery..— It ie hardly possible to imagine- any fate more cruel than-that-of a young woman, who is forced by the harsh treatment of 'relations, or inveigled by the mistaken piety of the sisterhood, to adopt such a course of life*. An instance occurred here a few years ago, in which a young woman of great heauty and virtuous habits was 'driven, by the cruelty of her stepmother, to enter a convent, but she survived the event only one year. Dis appointment, indignation; and the miseries of confinement, brought on a disease which car ried her off in a few months. A considerable number, I understand, take the veil only as a cloak for licentiousness, others from disappoint ment in. love—and. some, particularly those of good families, who have small patrimonies, merely to obtain the means of subsistence with out being ,obliged to labour, or descend from their rank in life. The sight of those places is more hateful than that of a prison ; and the languid,. dejected, and sickly look of many of the inmates cannot fait to move the hardest heart to pity:. The bolts and bars, and grates and spikes, with which many of the windows are thickly set —all speak a language as distinct and as easily sinderstood as if the unfortunate inmates were to say, We are all here from necessity, and riot from choice." The windows of the convent which look into the church of the Estrella, founded by the late Queen, are secured by iron grate& and spikes nearly as long as those, of chevaux defi-izt, beautifully gilt and adorned, as if gold would lessen the weight of chains, or any thing make up for the loss of liberty. A com plete revolution, an earthquake, or death, are the only hopes of release. These remarks apply chiefly to those nunneries of the stricter class, such as that of St. Theresa, the members of which are never allowed to leave their convent, or appear without a veil, or have any intercourse with the world, except in whispers through an iron grate—and even this to some of them is denied. Among others of the order there is comparative liberty, and most of the nuns con trive to make full use of it. A good many of them have children, and I have seen myself a young man who was born in a convent. Portugal counts not less than 145 saints, to whom she had the honour of giving birth, and who have rendered their names immortal by martyrdom or miracles. While the Moors had possession of the country great numbers of Christians were put t.- death for their adherence to Christianity, and even under the accommo dating Romans many suffered. There are statues and images erected to all these saints, many of which are believed to have still miraculous powers. St. Alberto, in the church of the Carmelite Convent, is worshipped as a protector against, fevers; and on the 7th of August the people still continue to crowd the church and pray for his, intercession. St. Anna is the patroness of nurses, and when fervently prayed 30, seldom fails to grant the request of her wor shippers, The image of St. Euphemia is effectual against fractures, swellings, and warts. St. George, the guardian of the castle of that name at Lisbon, and tutelar saint of the Portuguese troops, has been regarded with.. great veneration since 1381. His image is adored in the church of the Royal. Hospgal -of St. Joseph, and yearly performs certain ceremonies at the fes tival of Corpus Christi.. In 1610, the Arch bishop of Lisbon gave, directions that no horses should be used on occasion of that solemnity. St. Georg, was highly incensed at this, and when his atiendaptAosout,.aa usual, to accom pany his statue to the church of St. Domingos e remained fixed and immovable. The Bishop was obliOti to retract his order, and ever since he has been allowed to accompany the proces sion on horseback. Next Sunday, while the Chaplain of. the Bishop, the cause of such an insult, was performing mass 4 his altar, St. George seized the opportunity, ,and Jct his lance fall ou his head while in the midst of the cere- mony. St. Roque is chiefly supplicated on be half of children affected' with ring-worm. St. Quiterir is adored chiefly in he district of Alen quer—she cures the bite of mad dogs, and the dogs themselves, by giving them bread soaked in the oil of her lamp. The intercession of St. Antidio is of great use against coughs h and colds ;_ but St. Antonio, the glory of Lisbon ....using the words of a father of the Church, A , the wonder of holiness, the eternal glory of Portugal, the honour of Italy, the trumpet of the gospel, the sovereign of the humble, and the b e l ove d of his father, the Seraphim of the Pa triarchs," caste all the rest into the shade. Let all young maidens Ivho want husbands, and all who have lost property, pray to St. Antony, and make an oblation at his staine, and, but from some fault of their's, their prayer will be success ful. I had almost forgot to mention St. Mar cellus, who is the patron of widows, and provides them with husbands. All these saints evidently have only changed names with Mercury, Apollo, Diana, and other Pagan deities. Besides these miraculous images, however, , there are no less than .30 of Christ and 35 of the Most Holy Virgin, in the kingdom of Portugal—ill of nn rich, at one time or another, have performed miracles somewhat in the same way with that of A‘ Nosea Senliora do Buraco." The sacred relics are without number. Seventy-nine cities and towns boast of containing some remains of Christ or his Cross, or the Virgin or Mary Mag dalen. The convent of St. Antonio, at Alacer do Sal, ix Alentejo, possesses "a hair of the Most Holy Beard of Christ," a shred Of the sacred purple, a splinter of the Holy Cross, on which he was crucified, one of the thirty pieces of money for which Judas sold him, some of the milk of the Virgin Mary, and a head of St. Ris ponsa, one of the eleven thousand virgins. Al m . haca has a piece of the sponge with which they gave him vinegar to drink, part of The Holy Sepulchre, and of the table at which he and his disciples celebrated the Last Supper, some of the'hair of the Virgin, one of her nails, and the clothes worn by St. Peter and St. Paul. All these of course are genuine relics. The very fact that nothing but a miricle -could have pre served them, is sufficient to decide the question. —Morning Herald. The passengers on board his Majesty's steam packets from Weymouth to, and from, Guernsey and Jersey, are on the increase.--Dorset Chronicle. The admirers of that merry and facetious Knight, sir John Falstaff, will be happy to hear that he died in good circumstances. From an inventory of his effects, lately published by Mr. Amyot, in the 21st volume of Archwaogia: **nears, indeed, that he must have been excessively rich. "In gold and silver he left 26431. 10s." an immense sum for the* slays- The value of his plate was immense, and hie wardrithei would throw the most re fined modern dandy into: delPairoh.-N.B. 'Sbakepeare has saddled ).iiw with a brava THE LATE FAILURES IN THE CITY. Several additional failures have occurred at the ,5, tack Exchange, but that of Mr. Henty, being per baps than equal in amount to the whole put to gether, has absorbed the chief attention. His losses are much greater than was at first supposed, as the differences against him were ascertained this mornirg to amount to 110,000/., and some small accounts still remained to be examined. His own claims within the house do not exceed/4,000/., so that there is left an aggregate loss of 106,000/. to be divided among those who had made bargains With him for the settling day. Considering how young a member Mr. Henty is of the Stock Exchange, for his stand ing. there is not more than three or four years, the degree of, credit he contrived to establish is most extraordinary. In the list of his creditors are to be found some of the most experienced members of the Stock Exchange, who had all the means of knowing, from daily observation, that he was pur suing a ruinous course of speculation. A deputation Of his creditors waited on him last night, to whom he is said to have made the very candid confession, that when the July account in Consols com menced he was not possessed of a shilling he could call his own. He had a pretty considerable balance, it appears, in the hands of his banker; but he required the whole of it to replace stock borrowed of a near relative. He had, in fact, nothing to offer them. He declared it to be his intention not to visit the Stock Exchange, nor even the city, any more ! meaning, perhaps,• to enjoy the true °thn cusn dianitate in reflection on the celebrity his name has acquired by the discussions of the daily papers. Mr. Henty is the son of a banker at Arundel, and has been married within little more than twelve months to a woman of respectable family, but not, as has been stated, of much fortune. He had been engaged during two years in a successful course of speculation, and was believed to have realized 100,000/, His most fortunate hit is said to have been made at the time of the message relative to the Portuguese expedition, as by that alone he cleared 40,0004; such is the extent to which gambling in the funds is carried at the Stock Exchange, which is shown to have 'this disadvantage on its side compared with the gambling-houses to the west w.ard,—that the winner frequently not only does not pocket his gain, but is actually ruined by his very success. A speculator, for exam ple, has bought 100,0001. Consols of Mr. Henty, for the account, at 84, and sold them to another jobber at 85 ; he clears by the transaction, in ap pearance, 1,0004 : but Mr. Henty having failed, the bargain with him comes to nothing; and the stock having risen to 88., the speculator is compelled to purchase, in order to deliver under the second con tract, and, instead of gaining 1,000/., loses 3,000/. Thus many of the minor failures in the Stock. Ex change are to be traced to that of Mr. Henty. Al together, such an instance of reckless gambling, and of treachery to those with whom it was carried ofi by him, for he might have saved many by a more early disclosure, has scarcely ever occurred even in the Stock Exchange.—Timet. The fears entertained yesterday of additional failures at the Stock Market to-day, which was fixed for the payment of the differences, have proved to be well-founded, nine more persons declaring themselves incompetent to meet their engagements— making a total of not less than fifteen defaulters within the last week. The losses of most of these . are comparatively trifling; several of the parties having been placed in a similar predicament within a short period, and the whole amount for which they are deficient being not above one-third of that on the speculations entered into by Mr. James Henty. The creditors of this individual had an other meeting this afternoon, when a correct state ment of the accounts was laid before them. From this it appears, that there is a loss of upwards of 105,0001.; and that, with the exception of a few trifling sums, there is only five thou sand pounds to be- received from an eminent capitalist to whom we referred yesterday, who possessed sufficient acuteness so far to alter the na ture of his transactions with the defaulter, as to be obliged to pay the amount just stated, instead of be ing included among the creditors. Immediately the failure took place yesterday, 440 express was sent down to Arundel, to inform the father orlnt:'fienty of the situation in which his son was placed; under the hope that, as he is possessed of ample means, he would come forward and increase the dividend to be given to the creditors. It is not yet known whe ther any satisfactory arrangement will be made; but sanguine hopes are indulged that something more will be distributed than is actually due from the Stock Exchange.—Morning Chronicle. The alarm and agitation which prevailed in the Stock Exchange this morning was scarcely less in tense than on yesterday. In the course of the day nine more defaulters were declared, making in the whnle fifteen. several orthese failures are for very large sums, and one or two of the " unfortunates" are amongst the oldest and most respectable mem• bers of the House. The affairs of Mr. Henty turn out to be much more deplorable than we represented them yesterday. It appears that lie owes 110,0001. and that to pay this enormous sum he has not more than two or three thousand pounds; and yet a few months ago this same Mr. Henty, so says report, expended no less a sum than 6,000/. in furnishing a house, which he had previously purchased in Devon shire place ! Such are the reckless habits of ex pence which are induced by gambling, whether car ried on by means of dice, or through the more effec tual, though not less immoral medium of fictitious' bargains in the public securities. 'We apprehend that no man unconnected with such practices, and whose moral perceptions are correct, can feel any thing like sorrow for what has taken place yester day and to-day in that great national gambling-house called the Stock Exchange. We may pity the suf ferings of individuals, from whatever cause they may arise, but , we ought to rejoice at such visitations as we hp,ye alluded to, inasmuch as they tend more to eradicate gambling in the funds than any moral les son that may be read by the editors of newspapers, or even by persons of a more sacred and immaculate . . . description, Whep once the habit of gambling, or speculating in stock, becomes, by the want of prin ciple in the persons engaged in it, generally unpro ductive, and always in a high degree uncertain, people will be proportionably less inclined to embark in it ;• and that things in the Stock Exchange are fast verging to this desideratum, we think is now pretty evident. Most people kno'w there is nothing to envy in the life of a jobber. True it is, that there are jobbers why have hitherto been in the main sue- cess - ful, but whether a man sets rich by jobbing, or g, in either we whether he merely makes a livin suspect he leads a miserable existence.—lllorning -- • - Herald. WINCHESTER, JULY 27:—The harvest has partially commenced in this neighbourhood. Two fields of . wheat on the London Road, near this town, are cut down, and reaping is expected to be general through the Southern parts of the country next week. In the memory of the oldest farmers thane never was a prospect of a finer crop. The wheats are peculiarly luxuriant. The turnip crop also promises to be most aintrulant.—Morning Paper. PRINTER'B DEVIL.—AS many dour readers may not be aware of the origin of this appellation, we copy the following explanation from the notes to Mr. INl'Creery's " Poem on the Press, &c." :—." In the adv e ntu re o f D r . Faustus and the Sorbonne at Paris, we seem to have the origin of the opinion, that printers have occasion for the as sistance of a supernatural personage in the progress of their labours, with whom all the rest of the world is most anxious to avoid any very intimate acquaintance. Had we no other complaints against his Satanic Majesty, than that of assisting John Faust to bring to perfection the Art of Printing—we certainly should have no right to stigmatize him ai a being of so malignant a disposition as be is com monly represented. The Printer's Devil is a ' character almost identified with the origin of the art, and we may consider ourselves peculiarly fortunate in havinia guardian exclusively assigned to us, from whom, notwithstanding his general bad conduct to other people, we have so little to apprehend, and who is commonly our faithful assistant, both in our labours and in out' pleasures. From hence also the legend of the Devil and Doctor Fangtus,— London Weekly Review. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. " ST. SEBASTIAN, JULY 10.—The courier who left Madrid on Thursday, has brought several letters from persons of distinguished rank, and worthy of credit, from their situations about the Court. These letters concur in stating, let, that the Spanish Go vernment grants a full and complete amnesty for all political offences, from 1807 to the present time.- 2d, that it recognizes, in a formal and authentic manner, the new Government of Portugal, as well as the loans contracted for under the Cortes; and also the independence of Spanish America, on con dition of receiving a sum of money to be settled by the Great Powers. We are all rejoicing here. The Cortes, by Estamentos, (Orders), will be imme diately convoked. (From the Gazette de France, July 26.) " CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 25.---The solemn audience which M. de Ribeaupierre had on the 14th of the Sultan, differs from those which had taken place before, in the following particulars : " 1. The Russian Envoy did not, as formerly, wait under the second gate of the Seraglio, but after his entrance by the first gate, proceeded immediately to the Hall of the Divan. "2. All the posts formerly occupied by Janis saries were now occupied by some of the new regular troops. Instead of the scene of the Janissaries falling on the dishes of pillao, which were set before them in the second court-yard of the Seraglio at the moment of the Ambassador's entrance, there was the appearance of military order and discipline like that of Europe. " 3. After the audience, the Envoy returned into the Hall of the Divan, where he waited for the Grand Visir, instead of waiting for him, as formerly, under the second gate. " 4. After the compliments of taking leave in the Divan, the Envoy retired directly to his hotel, with out waiting for the Grand Visir. " 5. M. tie. Ribeaupierre, though an Envoy of the second order, has received a present of a horse from the Grand Visir, and of one from the Sultan. This distinction, whichaecordinito the usual custom is given only to Ambassadors, is considered by the Porte as a special favour, peculiar to M. de Ribeau pierre, on account of the happy issue of the con ferences at Akermann. " The following are some other particulars of the audience When M. de Ribeaupierre reached the hall of the Divan, the Grand Visir entered by a side door, and saluted him standing, as well as the Pitches who were present; after which all sat down. The Grand Visir took his place,. with. the great officers and functionaries of the Divan, on the Divan covered with gold cloth, under the grated cabinet of the Sultan. The Russian Minister was opposite a rich stool, surrounded by the gentlemen of his lega tion, and a great many Franks and others as spectators! " After a few moments of silence, the Divan opened ; some lawyers entered to present their re quests, which were received by the Grand Visir, who gave a receipt for them. " Some time passed between the Divan and the preparations for the collation. The Envoy and the persons who were to take part in it were presented with water to wash their hands, and napkins em broidered with gold, to dry them. " Several small tables were then brought, at one of which the Grand Visir placed hiinself with the Envoy. The Seraskier, Chosrew Paella, was at the second, with the Councillors of State, Minziacki and Bergk ; the others were occupied by the mem bers of the legation. The dishes were served up quickly and in abundance, and brought from the sth kitchen, which on the Divan days Is always engaged for the Ministers who are present. " After the collation, water And napkins were again presented, and pipes distributed. The Grand Visir then wrote a telchisz (proposition), -stating that " the Russian .Envoy desired the honour of appearing before the throne of the Sultan." While waiting for the answer, the Grand Visit conversed with M. de Ribeaupierre, through Ishak Effendi, in terpreter of the Porte. " The answer coming in about an hour, the Grand Visir went some steps to meet the bearers of it, took the writing, raised it to his forehead, broke the seal, after having kissed it, and sat down again.— 'The members of the legation were then conducted to the gallery before the third gate, whichleads to the apartments of the Sultan. The Envoy was in vested with a pelisse of sable. The other persona ges of the legation received, the same number pelisses of sable and ermine 'is, in the audience al the Grand Visir's. " After having been introduced into the hall of audience, and conducted before the Sultan with the usual ceremonies, M. de Ribeaupierre delivered his speech in the Russian language, and presented his credentials, which were also in Russian. " After the audience, which lasted ten minutes, the Envoy returned to the hall of the Divan, to wait for the Grand Visir. The latter having ar rived and taken his place, pipes were brought. M. de Ribeaupierre then retired. "An order has , just been given to appoit civil governors in the provinces : the Pachas, will, there fore, have henceforth only the military command.— The administration, properly so called, the finances, revenues, and imports, will be managed by func tionaries who will depend immediately on the Porte. —Austrian Observer. , . " JUNE 26.—The Ministers of France, England, and Russia, have reproached the Iteis Effendi, be cause the declaration of the Porte respecting the proposals relative to Greece had no signature. The French Ambassador declared that this paper violated all the forms. M. de Ribeaupierre' then protested in the most energetic manner, by a note, against the assertion of that declaration, according to.which the proposals of the Allied Powers are contrary to the protocol of the conferences at Akermann; and in vited the Reis Effendi to consult for this purpose. " The Porte has made no answer to these repre sentatations, and the European Ministers seem dis posed to confine themselves to this step, till they have received fresh instructions. It is affirmed, how ever, that there is some reason to believe that Count Woronzow, Russian Commissioner at the conferences at Akermann, really promised the Turkish plenipo tentiaries that Russia would confine herself to ar ranging her differences with the Porte, and would not meddle with the affairs of Greece. Meantime the military preparations of the Porte announce, that it is resolved to assume an imposing attitude towards the Allied Powers, in case they should attempt to carry their resolutions into execution.—Gatette of Augsburgh• (From the Constitutionnel.) " CORFU, JUNE 21.—The Greeks are busily oc cupied in fortifying and provisioning Argos and Acrocorinth. They have sent from the latter for tress all the women and children, whom they have embarked for the isle of Egina. A corp of the troops who were before Athens have landed near Megara. The chiefs of this corps have sent General Crieziotes to Panurias. He now occupies the city of Salona, and a part of Livadia ; the rest of this province is under the care of General Nacos, a native of the country. " According to the last letters, the Greeks, seeing that they are too weak to face the enemy in the open field, have formed the plan to possess themselves of Thermopylae, for the purpose of cutting off the com munication of Redschid Pacha with Thessaly, and to cut off the supplies which are about to be conveyed to his camp. The Captains Gatzoi and Duopiotes are ordered to take up a position at Thermopylre, and to shut up that pass. " It is a remarkable fact, that notwithstanding the disastrous affair of Athens, not one Greek soldier-- even of those who lost their chiefs—has been known to quit the army and to retire to their families. This perseverance under misfortune proves that this un fortunate people are determined to be free, or to perish, even4o the last man. They still remember with horror what they suffered under their ferocious masters, and their warm imaginations still picture to them the dishonour to which their families are yet exposed.' " Ibrahim Paella has quitted the fortress of LONDON, SATURDAY 'EVENING, JULY 28 , 187. We understand that the office of Under-Se cretary of State for the Home Department, which Mr. HOBHOUSE is on the point of vacat ing, will be filled by SAMUEL MARCH PHIL LIPS, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. We received last night the Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Gazette de France dated Thursday. They contain intelligence from Con stantinople to the 26th, and from Corfu to the 21st ult. of an interesting nature. The former fully confirms all the recent reports of the fixed deteimination of the Turkish Government to resist the interference of the great Powers in the affairs of Greece, for which- purpose active pre parations are going on. The latter mentions facts which prove that the Greek nation can never be conquered but by extermination. Not withstanding all the disasters which have befallen their forces, not one Greek soldier, even of those who lost their Chiefs, has quitted the Army and retired to his family. The same heroism, the same perseverance under misfortunes, and the same endurance ofsufferingforthe sake of freedom which distinguished this extraordinary people in the days of their greatness, still form the pro minent feature of their character, and these qua lities are manifested in a wonderful degree at this time, when, though Athens is lost to them, and they are unable to face the enemy in the open field, they are possessing themselves of Thermo pyle and the other famous passes of their coun try, with a spirit and a resolution worthy of the dap of LEoNIPAs, and demonstrative of their determination to be free, or to - perish in the ruins of their country. We have given -long extracts from these papers in another column. It is hardly worth while to notice a piece of news from St. Sebastian, which we find in the Memorial Bordelais, the correct ness of which, however, the, Editor very wisely declines to guarantee—that the Spanish Govern meat has granted a full amnesty for all political offences from 1807, and recognizes the new Government of Portugal—the Loans of the Cortes—and the Independence of Spanish America ! and 'they might as well have added —the sovereignty of Poyais. FRENCH FUNDS. —Rentes, Five per Cents. 103 f. sc. 10c. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 55c. 45c. ; Bank Actions, 2,015 f. 2,012 f. 50c. FOREIGN Furrns.—Rentes Nap. Cert. Fal. 78f. 25c. 20e. ; Spanish kentee, 9; Royal Spanish Loan, 61 62; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 46 45i. Scarcely a day passes in which we do not re solve never again to pay the least attention to the misrepresentations of that worthy organ of the Ultras, called the Standard. We feel a sort of degradation in being drawn into discus sions with an upstart paper, struggling for a spu rious notoriety ; but having alluded to the sub ject of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S footman being discharged for contributing to the Opposition Journals, and having expressed ' our intention to suspend farther observa tions till the accused had time to deny the charge, we will now only observe that our Right Learned Greek-quoting contemporary has bestowed two or three columns of leading ar ticles on squabbling with other Journals (its usual occupation) ; but has ventured on no direct disclaimer of the crime laid to its charge. It, as well as the Morning Post, at- tempts to pass off the accusation as " the wit of the New Times," and says that it despises bribing footmen, &c. ; but it won't do. Every impartial person must be satisfied that the ac cusation is well founded, and, we trust, that the many honourable (though mistaken) individuals who belong to the party, will show their sense of such base and infamous conduct on the part of their underlings. AmongA other matters, it chooses to doubt the assertion of the Times, that the Duke of BUCKINGHAM and the Earl of HOPETOUN have joined the Administration, and it threatens to make enquiries, which will, no doubt, be instituted through the medium of their party coloured friends in those Noblemen's families. At present, with becoming modesty, it admits a want of information respecting the Duke of BUCKINGHAM'S intentions, and adds " of .the politics, and of the political importance of the Earl of HOPETOUN, we confess ourselves equally ignorant." If this is said by way of a sneer, we would inform it, that the " poli tical influence" of that family has long been pre-eminent in Scotland (particularly in the lifetime of that distinguished soldier, the late Earl) and though the present Lord HOPETOUN is a very young man, we understand tliat his individual qualifications are quite capable of giving effect to the hereditary influence of high birth and a splendid fortune. If these two Noblemen had only joined the other side, how satisfactory would the Ultras have considered the accession of so much aristocratic weight ! But thank Heaven, all the Nobility are not frightened out of their wits, by shadows, and old legends regarding Smithfield fires. By the Saucy Jack, Captain HOOPER, Ja maica Papers to the 14th June, and Bogota to the 18th May, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The fol lowing is extracted from El Constitucional of the 17th May • BOGOTA, MAY l'7. Congress met in this city on Saturday last, for the de spatch of business. Its attention has since been chiefly oc cupied with the resignation of General Bolivar, and as we believe that upon the decision of this question, the future prospects of Colombia greatly depend, we shall state what an impartial consideration of it has suggested to us, in the hopes that if the affair be still pending when this is printed, it may not be without. its use to those who have not already come to a determination, and if it be not de finitively settled before then, we are not unwilling that our sentiments upon such an occasion should remain recorded. Experience will then justify or disprove our assertions, we thus exonerate ourselves from, the responsibility which a departure from the measures we recommend, entails on those who have advocated it, in case of its not being attended with the success they anticipated ; while, should subsequent events contradict our suppositions, at the same time that we shall gladly acknowledge our error, we shall derive consolation from the very circumstances which have refuted them, and from the reflection, that we did not refuse our humble, although useless exertions, at a moment of difficulty and emergency. The question of the resigna tion of General Bolivar should, in our opinion, be consi dered in two points of view : first, as regards his country; and, secondly, as regards himself. It is undeniable, that during the late effervescence of popular feeling throughout the Republic, when it was feared that the decision of the points contested by the two parties could alone be effected by force of arms, the only individual that still commanded the respect of all, the only name that still exercised its in fluence over the impetuous spirits that were blowing the flames of discord throughout the Republic, when the interests of their country, the sanctity of the laws, the inviolability of the Constitution, all that the pa triotism the inapt earnest desires for peace and tranquillity could suggest, were invoked in vain—was that of Bolivar. We conjure our Representativei to bear this in mind, the state of Coloinbia divided and torn as it has been - by intes tine divisions, requires that that man should be placed at the head of the Government who carries with him the powerful support of popular opinion. We have already had experience of the influence of the Liberator in allaying the ferment to which passion had arrived in the north, and public rumour has already. informed us but too audibly, of the necessity which may soon exist for his personal inter ference in the south. Can one single doubt exist as to the path to be pursued? Should we waste our time in dis cussing whether one measure should precede or follow another, when the eyes of all the people of Colom bia are anxiously awating the decision of the one grand question, whether General Bolivar is to be continued in the Presidency or not ? We are the mare annoyed at this unnecessary delay,. as doubts by this means are are excited—suspicions roused in regard to the issue, where in reality none exist, nor the least apprehension ought to he entertained, considering the prudence and patriotism which have been displayed by the Members of the Congress hitherto as to the final result of the discussion. Viewing the question in its other ,light, as personally regarding General Bolivar, we think few words art necwary, =xi siderable doubts hav e p reva il e d w h ether the Liberat-41°o, would, if his iesignation were refused by Congress, attend to the requisition of that body, to take the oaths prescribed by the Constitution. - We know not upon what grounds they have raised these doubts : the former career of General Bolivar affords no matter for such presumptions ; his public documents breathe the most profound respect for the Legislative Body, and his resignation is con ceived in terms moat flattering : to it-,-and its authority • is therein most earnestly invoked to heal the wounds of this distracted country. Can the Liberator President refuse his co-operation to so laudable an under.. taking ? Can we imagine for a m omen t th a t th e matt who has sacrificed himself for the last seventesen years, bas' undergone the toils, the' fatigues, the mental and bodily ex-, ertion we have witnessed, for thesake of raising the social fabric, which is now threatened with . dissolution, .could refuse his . aid to support and preserve the work of his glory, and calmly look on and witness the probable ruin - of what had been acquired at the cost of so much blood and treasure? It is impossible. It is natural to suppose that the Liberator may be desirous, to retire from the bustle and turmoil of office; but the additional sacrifice of a few years' peace and tranquillity is not to be put in competition with the calamities which are feared from his retirement, and the • benefits which are confidently expected from his assuming the reins of Government.— Constitutional, May .17. EXECUTIVE. , Estimate of Expences for 1827—Correction of a iniitilke in the General Estimate of Expences for 1827, in each of the Departments of the Administration of the Re public : Dollars. Rs. Foreign Department .. ' 69,869 7 Home ditto 526,886 4, War ditto • 4,307,797 4 Marine ditto* 912,721 0 Finance dittot 519,047 0 Interest for Debt. 1,800,000 0 1 per Cent. towards the Fund for liqui dating the said Debt 300,000 0 Dollars 8,495,822 O Errata wbich require correction in the Estimate published in former Gazettes :-- In the note on the Marine Department it states, that " if it should be ;lecessary to equip and arm all our vessels of war, the estimate will be increased to 2,260,422 dollars 6 reals." In the comparison drawn between the Estimates for the years 1826 and 1827 it stands thus Dollars. Rs. Estimate for 1826 8,550,027 7 Ditto 1827 15,487,719 Si Dollars 6,937,691 4i It ought, on the contrary to be, 1826 15,487,719 Si And for 1827 8,550,027 7 , . . With this alteration in the Estimates, the following re sult will be produced, viz. : —That the difference in favour of the Republic, in the present year, compared with the preceding, amounts to the sum of six millions nine hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars three reals, demonstrated thus:— Dollars. Rs. Estimate for 1826 15,487,719 34, Ditto 1827 rectified 8,495,822 of Dollars 6,991,897 .3 * In the event of its being necessary to equip and arm all the vessels of var belonging to the Republic, the esti mate for the Marine Department will be increased to 2,026,422 dollars 6 reals. Should the Congress determine to continue the tem porary suppression of certain branches of the financede partment, and the diminution of public functionaries, de creed on the 234 November last by the Liberator Presi dent, then the estimate for this department will be as above stated ; but should it resolve differently, decreeing the re establishment of the offices and public functionaries created by the existing laws, then the expence will be increased to 632,732 dollars 7 reals, according to an approximating calculation which has been made ; because, on account of the disturbances which have prevailed in the Republic, the i equisite data for calculating with precision the particular. expences of each office, absolutely necessary for forming this estimate, has not been received. The Bogota paper 'of the 17th May, states that on the 12th of that month a deputation of both houses (the Senate . and House of Representatives) waited upon Bolivar to request he would re-assume his office of Vice-President of the Colombian nation. Twice it appears, ' he . r es i s t e d their importunities, stating his reasonsfor es were of a private nature, and partly ar i s i ng from having - rign his been considered by some parties as an enemy to the country. At the third solicitation he, however, was induced to alter his resolution ; and at a quarter pail eight o'clock in the evening, he proceeded to where the Congress was sitting, and took the usual oaths on taking office, and proceeded to address both Assemblies on the occasion. JAMAICA, JUNE'. 18. Our readers will have remarked, that Mr. James Scar.- lett, the brother of our Chief Justice, has been called to the high office of Attorney-General of England. He is, we believe, the first West Indian who ever held this high station : he is a native of this island. In Spanish Town, on the 12th ult., his Honour Mr. Curtis Seinan, associated with himself the Speaker of the_Assembly, the Hqn. David Finlayson, and John Gale Vidal, Esq., two other Magi strates of St. Catharine, and proceeded to enter into an in vestigation and information, preferred by Mr. Burrows against the Rev. Mr. Phillips,. a Baptist Missionary, for keeping an assembly of slaves in his chapel after 8 p.m., the hour appointed by law, to-wit, at eleven o'clock at night, contrary to the 86th clause of the Consolidated Slave Law. It was proved that there had been an aS,PIII - of slaves at the chapel at eleven o'clock ; Mr. Phil lips denied that he was aware of this meeting, and stated he was not answerable for the acts of persons coming to the chapel at uns#asonable times without his knowledge, and said be could not be answerable for his servants. The • Magistrates, however, told him be was answerable for an assembly of slaves held in a house under his controul. During this part of the case a great number of Mr. P.'s congregation, who were present, appeared to be much sur prised at his throwing the blame on them, and stated they had not met without his sanction, which they testified by sundry contortions, such as, " How parson can say aria such ting ; how sheep-massa can try for get bins bias cheeps fum fum ?" His Majesty's packet Osborne, Captain Leslie, sailed -from Jamaica on the 12th ult. We received this morning the Austrian Observer of the 16th instant, which contains the following news, respecting the affairs of Patras. He has advanced at the head of a corps of Arabs towards the city of Vostizza. He has ad dressed a circular letter to the Greek chiefs who command corps, in which he promises to continue them as captains in their provinces, provided they acknowledge him as master, and come and do hornage to him as such. if they should refuse, he threatens them with utter extermination, without sparing even women or children. He also promises that he will receive with honour among his troops those Greeks who may wish to enter. Some of the chiefs have answered, that a national Government has been already installed, to which they have sworn fidelity and obedience, and that he must address himself to that Government. As to the execution of your threats,' they add, ' it is a kindness to us. We prefer that all who have any of our blood in their veins should perish rather than be obliged to drag on life in the degradation of slavery.' 4 General Church - continues in tli . e island of Egina. He waits the first movement of Redschid Pacha. He keeps this place as the most convenient from which to proceed where the wants of the country may call for assistance. Lord Cochrane is engaged at Hydra, in getting the Greek fleet ready. It will consist of from forty to forty-five ships, and thirty-five fire-ships. The - captains who command the several vessels have received orders a month ago to hold their ships in readiness for sea. Only fifteen of the ships and the firerships belong to the Greek Government, the others are - fitted out by private individuals at their own expence. " Pettis, Juts 25.—The following is an extract of a letter from Pera, written by an individual who forms part of a diplomatic corps :--- "'• Affairs here appear to be taking a serious turn. One cannot conceive the arrogant tone which the Ministers of the Porte have for sometime back adopted towards the great Powers, particularly to , wards Russia. It is confidently said, that two Turkish agents left this secretly, on the 18th and 19th of June, for Teheran, on a mission to the Per siaa Government. It is added, that as soon as M. Ribeaupierre was informed of the circumstance, he hastened to inform his Court, by despatching a courier extraordinary to St. Petersburgh. " It is stated that Tartars have been successively despatched to Belgrade, Widdin, Silistria, and Wids auk, with strict orders to the Pashas of these pro vinces to exert themselves with all possible activity in getting together the troops which have been or ganised according to the new system adopted by the Porte. It would appear that the Porte wishes to establish a strong cordon on the extreme frontier of Moldavia and Wallachia, so that the whole right bank of the Pruth may be lined with troops." FOR DUBLIN DIRECT, By STEAM, calling at FALMOUTH, with GOODS and PASSENGERS, THE DUBLIN and LONDON STEAM MARINE COMPANY .beg to announce to the Public, that the THAMES, a new and splendid Steam ship; of 513 tons and 160-horse power, by Bolton and Watt, a sister vessel to the Shannon, being just finished, will start on this her first and maiden voyage, on TUES DAY MORNING NEXT, the Slat instant, at Seven o'Clock, from off Union-stairs, belovi the Tower.—The accommodations of this fine vessel are of the first order for Passengers, Merchandize, Horses, and Carriages ; Female Stewards attend the Ladies' Cabins, and every comfort on board at moderate charges. The Company having thus established a regular and weekly conveyance between the two Capitals by those two powerful and splendid Steam ships (Thames and Shannon), doubt not they will receive that support from a liberal public that such an arrangement merits, and in proportion to the great advantages arising to both countries, as well as the English coast, from so rapid and regular an intercourse every week, bringing the two capitals to close to each other. The Shannon having ran successfully right through one of• the most severe winters, without an accident or an average at Lloyd's, notwithstand ing• the heavy losses from sailing vessels, offers a great temptation to Merchants for their goods, rendering In surance almost unnecessary. The Thames lays below the Tower, and Captain Dounan will be happy in showing her to the numerous parties who have requested to see her ou Friday and Saturday, as she starts on Tuesday morning.— For freight or passage in London, apply to Mr. Alexander Boyle, 3, Broad-street-buildings, where all births must be secured, and goods sent the day previous to sailing. The Thames and Shannon,pass off Dover to 'drop and take up pasiengers at half coach fares. • . PRICES OS I • RISH Bank Stock Con Mb 3 per cent. Bl, Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 854 Ditto, New 92% 4:per Cent. 100% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent ... 93% Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent - Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. ct - COURSE OF EXCHi Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight l2 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp :2 4 Ilionburgh 2 1,& U. 37 1 Altona 2% U. 37 2 Paris ' 3 days' sight Ditto 2 11, 25 70 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 153 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 Vienna, effective 8. 2M. 10 8 Trieste do. 10 V Madrid i 34 Cadiz 34 Bilboa Barcelona 33 Seville B4 Gibraltar 45 iTomics, JULY 25. St. Patrick Instir. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto . Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. otlrelanti Commercial Buildings NOE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 48 Genoa 25 60 Venice 46 Malta Naples 3B Palerino per oz. 115 Lisbon , 49 Oporto 48% Rio Janeiro 32 Bahia 42 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork 1 . - BULLION, PLIR OZ. X. Z. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 9 13 9 NtAv Dollars 0 0 0 Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 9 minutes tter 5. I Evening —.23 minutes after 5. Ebr - tll/1. L Greece : CONSTANTINOrLE, JUNE 96. Among the new measnres of the Governme . nt,ist; of appointing Civil Governors in the Provinces, leaving the Pachas only the military authority, the command of the troops. A beginning has already been made in Smyrna with this new system, but the extent of the powers of the new civil governor is not at present sufficiently known. There is no late change in the higher offices in the capital, except the removal of Arif Effendi, the Saliire.Na ss i v i, or Intendant of Provisions, against whom numerous com plaints had been made, as well by the subjects of the Porte, as by foreign merchants. His palace has been given to Ri s a Effendi. Here, as well as i n t h e P rov in c e s, the levy ingactivaenlyd training of troops, and th e b u ildi ng o f b arrac k s , are Since the capitulation of the citadel of Athens, the Porte has received no farther accounts of the operations of the Seraskier Redschid Pacha ; Ibrahim Pacha is said to be on the march with part of his troops towards Corinth.. We learn by accounts from Salonichi, of the Bth, that theie are still Greek cruisers in the Gulf of Volo, but they have not attempted any further landing. The Pacha of Salonichi, by order of the Porte, has sent his son with 1,500 men to Volo, which province has lately been united with his Government. The Gulf of Saloniohi is still in fested by pirates, who had lately landed on the islands of Thasso and Imbro, and plunderecrseveral villages in Imbro; they took all the rich ornaments and utensils from the Greek churches, under the pretext that their treasures be longed to them as Greeks. Two lonian vessels were at tacked by these pirates in the Gulf of Salonichi, and owed * Accounts from Corfu of June 26, say that the Seras kier, soon after the surrender of tho. Acropolis, had marched to Western Greece, and arrived at Thebes in the middle of that 'month ; he was expected at Miseolonghi. Part of his troops are said to have already arrived at Salons ands Archova (where the severe actions took place in the winter between Omer Pacha and Karaiskaki.) According to the same accounts Ibrahim Pacha had sent part of his Arabs to Tripolizza, and the remainder against Corinth to be tpiege the Citadel (Acro-Corinth.) The districts of Patras Gastouni, Calavrita, and Vostizza, and many other.towns and villages, in the More% are said to have submitted tq Ibrahim,