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PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. CRIMINAL COMMITMENTS AND CONVICTIONS. REPORT. Of the Select Committee' appointed to enquire into the Cause of the Increase in the Number of Criminal Com mitments and Convictions in England and Wales ; and who were empowered to report their Observations and Opinion thereupon, together with the Minutes of Evi dence taken before them, to the House. (00XCLVDED FROM 01111 PAPER o' YESTERDAY) Sir James Graham, Baronet, has acted for the last eight years as a Magistrate for the county of Cumberland; until within the last eighteen months he has not observed any increase of crime; but since the commencement of distress among the hand-loom weavers in Carlisle and its vicinity, crime had in creased in that particular district. In the county of Cumberland it is universally the custom to refuse any payment of wages out of the Poor Rates, the consequence is, that the rate of wages is higher in Cumberland than in almost any other agricultural county ; a ploughman there receives at least 12s. a week ; in many cases the cottagers have rooms rent free, and iu no case does a field labourer receive less than 18d. a day, if he be a good workman. Mr. Sturges Bourne's Act has been carried almost uni versally into execution ; select vestries assemble re gularly according to the provisions of that, Act ; nei ther rent nor wages are paid out of the Poor Rates except in special cases relief is refused; and the Poor Rates, notwithstanding the increase of manu facturing poverty, have diminished even in the manu facturing districts since 1819. " In the parishes with which I am more particularly connected, as being the principal proprietor within them, upon the first passing of Mr. Sturges Bourne's Act, I availed my - self, with .the concurrence of the Vestry, of a provi sion contained in it for raising money for the pur pose of enlarging the poor-house. At that time the parishes to which I allude, were in the habit of pay ing rents out of the poor-rate; they became con vinced that this was an unwise and prodigal expen diture, and though the outlay in enlarging the work house was considerable, amounting to somewhat more than 4001., at least half of one year's rate, yet when the work-house was finished, they were enabled at once to refuse relief to all persons unwilling to go there, and the number of applicants diminished so much, that in the course of two years the parish was reimbursed for the whole outlay, and at the present moment, as I mentioned before, no rentrare paid out of the poor-rates, and no persons are re lieved, except under very special circumstances, at their own houses. The habits of the agricultural labourers are moral, industrious, and economical. There still exists a great spirit of independence, and the utmost want and distress are often endured with patience, in pre ference to an application to the Vestry. n Cum berland, however, both the farmers and agricultural labourers are content with very mean and scanty food ; the sustenance of the labourer consists almost entirely of milk, potatoes, and oatmeal ; he very rarely eats meat. The situation of the farmer is very little better or more luxurious. Upon the whole, neither the farmer nor the agricultural la bourer is in a worse condition than he was thirty years ago. Sir James Graham is of opinion, " that the power given by Mr. Sturges Bourne's Act of enlarging workhouses, and of making them capable of containing all persons to whom the parish is bound to give relief, and a steady adherence to the principle of never giving it'out of the workhouses, coupled with such regulations of the workhouse it self, as are now consistent with the law of the land (the utility of which is exemplified in the manage ment of the workhouse nt Liverpool), would supply the means of checking the natural im providence of the labourer, and his disposition to early marriage ; he would fear to make him self dependent on parish relief; he would look at the workhouse with dread, not as at present, almost with indifference; and by the increased exertions of the labouring classes themselves, by greater prudence on their' part, formed by a wiser administration of the existing law,. I am disposed to think that the Poor Rates might - be reduced throughout England; at all events that their rapid inroads might be arrested." The Select Vestries exercise the power vested in them with sound discretion : character is almost invariably an ingredient in their decisions. The most fertile source of crime is the preservation of game, the lower orders in common with the highest have a natural love of the sport, even stimu lated, perhaps, by the risks attendant on its gratifi cation ; the tameness of the pheasants, which were comedy almost unknown in this neighbourhood, and which are now seen constantly in the fields close to the road, is a great temptation to the lower orders to take them. " Persons going armed at night on a marauding excursion, seldom confide their depre dations to the taking of game, and many cases of petty thefts, such as robbing of hen-roosts and out houses, have been brought before me, which I have been able clearly to trace to persons going out at night with the intention of poaching. On the whole, I shouts think poaching the cause, rather than the consequen ce of criminal habits." When an unem ployed labour:4r applies to the parish for relief, he is usually sent to break- stones upon the turnpike-road, which work is paid by the square yard of stone broken ; he is fed and clothed at the expense of the parish, his earnings are carried to the account of the parish ; if he does not break the average quantity of stones, the keeper of the workhouse brings the pauper before a INtitgistrate, who has it in his power to send )him to the House of Correction., In a Gaol and House of Correction at Carlisle, the tread-mill has been at work about eighteen mese si i i, Sir James Graham cannot perceive that the work appears very irksome to the prisoners. The severity Of the tread-mill at Carlisle is about the average seventy; the severity of this punish anent very much depeo ds upon the height of t he steps and the frequency of a'e rotation of the wheel. These vary in almost every gaol. " I have always been ref opinion, that.by legislative interposition the degree of labour ought to be regulated, and made the same in every gaol and house of correction through out England ; because it does appear to me absurd, that where the crime is the same, and the punish ment is intended also to be the same, from the acci dental circumstance of the hard labour in one gaol being more severe than in another, the punishment ordained as unitarm should vary to any degree." Is the atlowanee increased for the prisoners who are put upon the tread-mill?--The only difference is that they are allowed beer, which is denied to other prisoners; and as I have mentioned the dispa rity' of punishment arising from the circumstance of the tread-mill in one gaol being more severe than n another, I perhape may be allowed to ex p ress an opinion, that a difference in the diet, which in one gaol is inteelt more spare than in another, partakes of the same inconven ience I have alluded to with tespect to the diffeceace of hard labour, not contem plated by the law. • generally _on the Have you made any obser vation sfect of prison discipline in t he g aol of Cachsle ?—I have, and the result of that observation, coupled with inquiries from persons who have had great ex perience, e telt as Mr. Orridge, the gaoler at Bury, and his son, who is the gaoler at Carlisle, led me to think that in very few cases is a gaol ever a place of ref o rm ; we have reason to know that the best Con ducted prisoners are those who are anxious to obtain a mitigation of their sentence, by their good conduct within the walls of the prison ; and in many cases a portio n of their sentence has been remitted m conse quence of such good conduct, and within a very short period tho se very individuals have committed fresh crimes of e deeper die. So that you are of opinion that, generally speak tne good conduct of the prisoners is not to be attributed to any teal reformation in their character ? —Most decidedly. With respect to the reformation of offenders in prison, yen stated that your views upon that sub et were much less sanguine th an t h ey h a d been; do yon attribut e their non-ref ormation to their early character, or to their always associating in prison with criminals ?—I must ascribe the cause their not being refOtmed to the deep taint o their character before they are sent to prison ; be cause in the gaol of Carlisle, classification is car ried even further than the late Prison Act directs ; the prisoners are rarely left alone, they are constantly under the eye of the Governor and the watchmen, who attend them when on the tread-mill; there they are not allowed even to speak to each other; a large portion of the twenty-four hours is spent by each prisoner alone in his own call, and the contamination arising from intercourse is almost entirely prevented ; consequently, I .can only arrive at the conclusion, that the non-reformation of prisoners is owing to a taint of.the character before they are sent to prison. Do you think that prison discipline can ever effect much more than has been effected in the best—regu lated prisons in this country ?—1 think it impossible to carry wholesome discipline further than it is now carried in the best regulated gaols in England, with the exception, however, of the two suggestions I have made, relative to equalizing the punishment of the tread-mill, and assimilating the diet in every gaol throughout England. Your Committee earnestly hope that the House will early in the ensuing Session direct the inquiries on this subject to be resumed. BANK NOTES. An Account of the total number of Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the value of 5/., which has been issued during each and every Week from the 16th of July, 1827, until Saturday. preceding the 15th of August, 1827 ; and also the total number of Notes under the value of 5!. actually in circulation at the clOse of the business on every such Saturday, pursuant to Act 7th Geo. IV., sap. 6. Numberot Amount in Circula- Notes of tion of Notes under X 1 issued. the value of Both inclusive. From July 16 to July 21... From July 23 to July 2g... From July 30 to August 4... From August 6 to Aug. 11... I N. B. No other Notes under 6, (Signed) W. Bank of England, Aug. 15. Nil July 21 502,032 Nil July 28 198,704 Nil August 4 491,349 Nil A ugust 1 1 490,118 le value of 5!. have been issued. HUTCHISON, Dept. Aeet. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of August, 1827, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered, by hit Majesty in Council, that the Parliament be prorogued from Tuesday' the 21st day of this instant August, to Thursday the 25th day of October next. Commissions in the Corps of Richmond Forester Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of the County of York. George Healey, Esq., to be Captain, vice Bower, re signed. August 7, 1827.. Andrew William Cocks, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Ingledew, deceased. August 7. NOTICE TO OFFICERS UPON HALF-PAY. In.tlie notice in the Gazette of Tuesday last, relative to the affidavits to be made by Officers receiving half-pay, It was erroneously inserted, that the clause stating " that he has not entered into Holy Orders since the 24th June 1824," would be rejected from the termination of the present quarter's issue of Half-pay, instead of, from the termination of the present year's issue of Half-pay. By order of the Paymaster-General, (Signed) L. Williams, Accountant, Army Pay-Office, August 16, 1827. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Thomas Bill, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcester, currier, From Aug. 14. to Oct. 2. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Charles Edwards, Cambridge, mmley-scrivener. BANKRUPTS. Richard Laight, Worcester, coal• merchant, to surrender Aug. 30, 31, and Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Shakespeare tavern, Worcester. Platt, New Boswell-court, London ; Wilson, Worcester. William Percival, Leicester, grocer, August 30, 31, and September 28, at eleven, at the Mite Hart Hotel, Leices ter. Robinson, Leicester ; Emly, Essex-court, Temple. `William Beardmore, Levenshulme, Manchester, malt ster, August SO, 31, and Sept. 28, at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Milne and Parry, Temple ; Pickford, Man- 'ester. William Hall, Falmouth, tallow-chandler, Aug. 21, Sept. 4, and /8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Young and Vallings, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. Ferdinand Jordan, Angel-court, Fhragmorton-street, merchant, Aug. 24, at eleven, 31, and Sept. 28, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Bowden and Walters, Alder. manbury. Daniel Child, Beauvoir-place, Kingsland-road, piano forte-maker, Aug. 24, 31, and Sept. 28, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Phipps, Weaver's Hall, Basing hall-street. William Absalom Darby, Edgware-road, builder, Aug. 28, 31, and Sept. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. Allen, Gylby, and Allen, Carlisle-street, Soho. Benjamin Lever, Woolwich, Kent, linen-draper, Aug. 24, 31, and Sept. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. • Hurd and Johnson, King's-Bench-walk, Temple. Robert John Chioslie, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, Aliadlesex, milliner, Aug- 24, Sl, at eleven, and Sept. 28, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Goren and Price, Orchard-street, Portman-square. Catherine Gibbs, Cumberland-gardens, Vauxhall, Surrey, t.‘vern-keeper, Aug. 28, 29, and Sept. 28, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Bozon, Pincers-hall, OM Broad- street. Robert Dull= Savell, Bideford, Devonshire, victualler, August 27, September 5, and 28, at eleven, at the Globe Inn, Exeter. Darke, Red Lion-square ; and Benson, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. G. and S. Wells, Norwich, hatters, Sept. '7, at ten, at the Swan Inn, Norwich—J. Fitton, Gosport, dealer, Sept. IS, at two, at the Crown Inn, Gosport—N. B. Hutchins, St. James's-street, china warehouseman, Sept. 7, at twelve, at Basinghall-street—J. Townsend, Honiton, Devonshire, banker, Qct. 3, at eleven, at the Dolphin Inn, Honiton —A. C. Marsh, Great Scotland-yard, navy-agent, Sept. 14, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—B. Hodges, Bristol, book-binder, Sept. 11, at one, at the Bummer Inn, Bristol. CERTIFICATES—Seer. 7. 1. E. Sparrow, Thshopsgate-street-without, ironmonger —W. Burbidge, St. Paul's Church-yard, general-dealer-- J. Saunders, Nottingham, cordwainer—E. Hill, Wortwell, Norfolk, flour-merchant—T. Marshall, Nottingham, lace manufacturer—R. Burge, Gloucester, soap boiler—H. Kimber, Gloucester, druggist—C. Hedges, Aldermanbury, warehouseman—J. K. Picardy, Russell-street, Covent-gar den, white lead-maker—R. Willmott, ings, Throgmorton-street, money-scrivener. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Breeds, T. FarncOmb, J. Breeds, jun., and W. Bayley, Ilastings, general merchants—A. Craik and J. Robinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, tea-dealers—H. Morton, Berrington, Durham, T. Morton, Paston, Northumberland, and M. Gulley, Akeld, Northumberland, farmers—J. 3luirhead and J. Burns, Garrald Paper.mill, Denny, Stir lingshire—W. Hopkins, sen. and W. Hopkins, jun. Kid derminster, grocers—R. Pitmen and .1. Ernett, Downend, Gloucestershire, maltsters—R. Hargreaves and G. Frost, Salford, Lancashire, saddlers—T. Birtles and J. Wright, Little Houghton, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—M. and J. Southan, Kidderminster, drapers—D. Marjoribanks, J. Capel, J. Norhury, E. White, and A. Trotter, Tlimgmor ton-street, stock-brokers —J. Hooper, sea., J. Hooper, jun., E. Franklin, and J. West, Westbury, Wiltshire, bankers— A. Della Torre, J. Barrelli, and .1. Della Torre, Lamb's Conduit-street. general merchants—C. Nichols and J. Bowles, New Sarum, Wiltshire, linen-drapers—M., 1 , ,, an d E. Smith, Chester, linen-drapers — J. Dawson and R. Toby, High.street, Norton Falgate,fisbmongers--B. Samp son, J. F. Devonshire, and B, Lanyon, Kerman Gun powder-mills, • Cornwall, gunpowder- makers—J. Vaughan and T. Green, Lamb's Conduit-street, babealashers—J. E. Hides and T. Fox, Rotherfield, Sussex, nurserymen. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. J. Rhind, Aberdeen, merchant, Aug. 22, and Sept. 6, at one, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur.) " Several of the journals contain a notice of the crime imputed to a foreign ecclesiastic; and they give at the same time an account of the preparatory measures which have been taken to bring it before the courts of justice. The publicity given by them to an act, which we were inclined to pass over in silence from respect to the morals of the public, ap pears to us useful in various respects. It cannot be considered on the part of those journals, as a party proceeding, for they cannot doubt that the Govern ment and clergy of France feel more affliction and indignation than any other persons at outrages of this nature, which, unfortunately, are no more avoid able in such a class of society than in any other. It is, then, easy to perceive in the very horror which they feel at the crime in question, and in the indig nation which they display at the scandal occasioned by a man covered with a venerable habit, the real causes of the reserve which certain journals ought to have imposed upon themselVes, and which they ought always to preserve upon offences of the same nature, from respect to their female, if not to their male, readers. Now that other journals have set us the exam ple, we cannot show too much haste in felicitating ourselves, in the name of the respect and confidence which we profess to entertain for the French Clergy, that the accused is a foreigner. It is not that we intend by so doing to render the ecclesiastics of his country more responsible than our own for such a crime. We cannot be guilty of the injustice of cast ing upon families or classes of men the crimes of in dividuals. Philosophy itself agrees with Christian charity in this maxim, which ttas almost become proverbial—that faults attach only to persons. We do not believe that we have any occasion to avail ourselves of it in this instance; but we cannot con ceal our satisfaction at seeing that this crime, if it be made out, has not been committed by any of those worthy members of the French Clergy, whom the country is learning daily to venerate more and more as it sees them attaching themselves more closely to our institutions and manners. " A rigid inquiry, demanded by every considera tion, has been set on foot. Let us thank the ma gistracy for the care which it bestows upon a case, in which religion and the dignity of Government are not less interested than the family in whose grief society so largely participates. It is important to every body that it should be generally known that the law makes no distinction of persons; that faults are aggravated in proportion to the respecta bility of the rank of those who commit them; and that the clergy repels with as much horror from its venerable ranks a man unworthy of them, as any other class of society would reject from its bosom a corrupt member, without protecting his faults or partaking in his disgrace, under pretext of a mis taken community of interests. From time to time, honourable corporations experience the sorrow of seeing some unfortunate man tarnish their reputa tion. They are not on that account less honoured by sociey—they even find in those fatal circum stances an opportunity of covering themselves with new honour, by hastening to disavow all future connection with an unworthy brother. The charity of the French clergy forbids them to make that dis avowal in public ; but there is not a Christian heart which has not already pronounced its ana thema in secret. Justice will do the rest. (From the Moniteur of Wednesday, August 15.) " PARIS, Aua. 14.—We have the following ac count from Port-au-Prince, dated June 3 : " The President of Hayti has been seriously ill. The report of his sickness had already spread through all the departments of the Republic, and a general uneasiness and alarm prevailed. His Excellency was in danger for several days, being affected by a pleurisy, which fortunately manifested itself by symp toms that were not equivocal; he had recourse, with out delay, to painful but efficacious remedies. After 15 days' acute suffering, the disorder ImAyielded, not SO much to the effects of art as to the strength of his constitution.' (From the quotidienne of Wednesday.) " The movement which has taken place at Lisbon is marked by a particular character. It is not the expression of the national opinion. The movement is liberal. What has been its cause or pretext ? If it be not the result of that agitation of men's minds which produces, as we have observed, political re volutions, it may then be justly attributed to some causes adroitly prepared—to some. secret influence which wishes to make it appear, by this agitation of the refuse of the people, that the opinion of the ca pital is not favourable to Don Miguel, and calls for the return of Don Pedro. to Lisbon. " We must compare this moyement with the articles in The Times, on the necessity of the return of Don Pedro to Portugal. This would not be the first time that a factitious opinion has been advanced by the . English diplomacy as an argument in favour of a system. • " Be this as it may, the situation of Portugal re quires a prompt remedy. The anarchy of opinions may be said to have found its *ay into the Govern ment. The arrival of Don Miguel at Lisbon will repair many disorders. It will then be seen whe ther the new Government, environed by public opi nion, will be wanting in strength, and whether the evils which afflict that unfortunate country will long continue." The Journal des Debals states, " that M. Benvet has given to the French Government for the revenue to be derived from the gambling-houses of Paris for the next year, 6,055,100 'francs, or about 250,000/." tt adds, " that nothing can be more la . _ mentable than to have to state the - official existence of these establishments, disavowed by religion, mo rality, and humanity; impugned every year in the tribune, and yet sanctioned every year by a vote of the legislature, as a palliation of still greater disorders." (From the Constitutionnel.) PARIS, AUG. 14.--The Quotidienne continues its attacks on Mr. Canning. It flattered itself yesterday with the hope of seeing the irreconcileable enemies of the Catholics of Ireland called to the head of .the English Administration, a piece of conduct which equally reveals its hatred of civil and religious liberty, and its ignorance of the existing state of Great Bri tain. To-day it is extremely, disappointed, and knows not what countenance to assume, on account of the nomination of Lord Goderich to the post of Prime Minister. It can only console itself by sup agnonoindgfaith,. It sup posing that he is a weak man, inca p able of support - 1 the g in i g veson butirldi this burden u o bi f eet succeedinganewroa of it p to Mr, C s by affecting to confound the Whigs and the Radicals. Lord Lansdowne, Mr. Huskisson, and Lord Hol land, are in its eyes genuine jacobins of 1793, be cause they are Ministerial men in 1527. Must we 'again recall to the Quotidienne, that in England the names of parties no longer represent any thing but old ideas, which have disappeared before the common sense of the age—that ther e is no lon g er in that country, any more than elsewhere, but a very sma ll number of incorrigibles, who are lost in the m ass o f men of sense—and that those who wish for a . w i se and progressive reform, who march with the pre sent, not with the past age, have shaken off absurd prejudices, and have bent all their wishes and all their efforts, to the prosperity of the country ? The Quotidienne could not even dissemble the pleasure it felt at the death of Mr. Canning. It pre tends that it ought to rejoice at it because it afflicted us. What can we answer to this whimsical species of logic, except that we ought to grieve because it rejoices ? (From the ,Journal des Debuts.) GENEVA, AUG. B.—Some disorders have broken out in the company of artillery of our garrison. For some days past the soldiers have complained of be img made to work at a garden in the Aitch. On Monday, 25th of July, the ten men, who were com manded to execute that work, left the barracks at an early hour, and failed to attend the morning mus ter; they came in again in the course of the day, and , . '-- nu - • . LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1827. The Duke 'of WELLINGTON has accepted his MAJESTY'S most gracious offer of Com mander-in-Chief of the Army. This is as it should be. The illustrious in arms should always preside over brave men. The country—the army, the best friends and real admirers of the Noble Duke, • will hail his return to an office for which he is so peculiarly and pre-eminently quali fied. If his Grace was at sea in politics, he will now be perfectly at home in his proper element. We congratulate his Grace and the Army upon the event. It will be observed by our Court Circular, that ViSCOUIA GODERICPI kissed his MAJESTY'S hand, at the Court at Windsor, yesterday, on his appointment as First Lord of the Treasury; that his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND was declared Lord President of the Council; and that Mr. HERRIES, having been sworn in a Member of the Privy Council, " received from, his MA JESTY the Seals of the Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer." We have authority to state that the Court Circular is misinformed with respect to the last part of this statement. Mr. HERRIES was sworn in a Privy Councillor, biit did not receive the Seals of Office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, nor will, until the result .of the c oin : - numication made to Mr. HusKissoN be known. The absence of Mr. FIUSICISSON from Eng land prevented the final completion of the mi nisterial arrangements, but as there is now every reason to believe that that Right lion. Gentleman's health is sufficiently restored to en ' able him to undertake the office of Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, in which case the Bight Honourable CHARLES GRANT will succeed him as President of the Board of Trade, it may be considered that the Ministry is virtually settled, and in a manner which is likely to advance the honour and interests of our country. When we reflect that little more than a fort night has elapsed since the hand of death snatched from us that great man by whom the Councils of this vast empire were directed, and that in that short space arrangements haVe been made for supplying the mighty void which his decease had occasioned, we cannot but offer our expression of admiration of the decision with which his MAJESTY has acted on a subject of such immense importance to himself and his people. By his choice in the selection of men who would persevere in the principles which guided the policy of their distinguished predecessor, his MAJESTY has also given an additional proof of his judgment, and of his re gard for the interests of his subjects, and has thus entitled himself to the everlasting gratitude of the nation over whom Providence has placed him. Long may his Majesty enjoy the highest reward which a Monarch can receive in this world—the respect and gratitude of his subjects. Of the qualifications of Lord GODERICII as the First Minister of this country we have be fore spoken, and we are satisfied that the antici pations we have indulged in, of his administration of the affairs of Great Britain being sensible, prosperous, and popular, will not be disappointed. The talents and thorough knowledge of the dif ficult subject of Finance which Mr. HERRIES possesses, are too well appreciated to require from us any eulogium. It is sufficient to say that when those talents, and that knowledge of financc, will be practically called into action in the wield best calculated for their display, we may/ entertain a confident expectation that our financial system will receive many and important improvements under the direction of the Right firmourable Gentleman. Recurring to the solemn scene of Thursday 'last, we felt particularly gratified by the hand some manner in which their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of CLARENCE and SUSSEX honoured NIL CANNING'S funeral 1)y their pre sence. The funeral was intended to have been , strictly private, but the Royal Dukes set the observance of etiquette aside in the spontaneous impulse of their feeling hearts. This is the best homage which Royalty can pay to genius and public virtue. It was highly honourable to the memory of the Illustrious Statesman, and must stimulate the youth who experienced their Royal condescension at the tomb—to emulate the career of his lamented father. Such rewards of merit are the true inducements to virtuous and heroic deeds. We r6ceived last night the Paris Morning Papers of Wednesday. The Gazette de France was not published on the afternoon of that day, on account of the observance of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. The Moniteur contains a long article justify- ing the silence it has observed relative to the atrocious crime of a Priest named CONTRA vAT9ro, on the ground of regard for public morals ; and stating that a rigid inquiry into the circumstances of the case is now about to be instituted. The Quotidienne has, as usual, an article de scribing the happy consequences which will ensue from the intended return of Don MIGUEL to Portugal. Extracts of these Paper are given in another column. A new edition of Sir Walter Scott's " Life of Napoleon," with numerous improvements, additions, omissions, and corrections, is, we understand, printing in Edinburgh, in six volumes Bvo. CULINARY A PHORISM.--The celebrated French cook, Monsieur Ude, is said to have told Lord Sefton, that water should never be employed by a good cook. " When,' said the professor, "he has need of this liquid, be should throw a piece of ice into the stew-pan." HYDROPHOBIA.—There seems to be some secret connexion between a humid atmosphere and this tremendous malady ; for in the Arabian desert, where no dew ever falls, dogs, notwithstanding the intolerable heat, have never been known to grow mad. Upwards of 2000 persons, beyond the rela tives and immediate friends of the late Mr. CANNING, ap plied for tickets, and permission to attend the funeral. Not more than 400 of these applicants received tickets. A Correspondent says, " The Very Reverend Gentleman who chose to be not only select, but exclusive, in his invitations to the funeral of a late Poet and Critic, was the same person who so unceremoniously and ungraciously ordered the gates of Westminster Abbey to be closed prema turely at Mr. CartNlxo's funeral, to the utter exclusion of many of the friends of the Premier, who had absolutely re ceived cards of admission, as well as to the inconvenience and injury of an immense, but very orderly, crowd of people, who anxiously wished to witness the painful ceremony of paying the last honours to the remains of a great man."—Morn ing Paper. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.— Yesterday evening, the waterman who attends the hackney coach stand, in Pickett-street, adjoining St. Clement's church, had but a few moments before assisted some per sons into the chariot, No. 22, when a brewer's dray pass ing at the instant, overturned the chariot, which appeared to create some alarm in the mind of Pople the waterman, lest the people inside should be injured, and he was going forward to render assistance, when he fell to the ground, apparently lifeless. An attempt was made to bleed the man, but the blood had ceased to flow, and he . almost im mediately expire& MOTHS : NOTHING LIKE LEATHER !—An that tive l : t ‘ t t l h e e e r i e , i n p iearlh theap s anonymous correspondent (who, for aught we know, may be a tobacconist or tobacco grower), after informing us desires, " through the medium of our widely extended and mothnever inska•dees such eyearl generalwhen thatdeva devastation.," t r o t: 1 destruc tive interesting Journal," to state what be believes to be " a certain preventative and cure for th em. It is theayes o f tobacco, spread plentifully in wardrobe s, cupboard, muff_ boxes, and even in the mattras se e of beds. Severpounds of it would cost little in comparison to a snuff. Even after they lay their egg, and abound, from the worm to the fly," he adds, "it will kill them if laid loose in quantities : and , I am sure you will confer a lasting benefit on the public by making this generally known." The experiment may easily be made. —Literary Gazette. TYPE CASTING.—A machine has been in vented and built by Mr. Peter Sturtevant and Mr. Edwin Starr, the bead mechanics of tlae Boston Type and Stereo type Foundry, which is likely to be of very important use in the art of type making. It is, says the Bos ton Daily Advertiser, a machine for casting the type by merely turning a crank, thereby avoiding the laborious and dilatory process of casting by hand. The opera tion by this machine may be performed by a boy or a per son entirely unskilled, with double the rapidity of the best caster, and so much greater is the force by which the metal is injected into the moulds than that exerted in cast ing in the usual method, that there is rarely if ever an im perfect face, in casting the most slender and difficult letter. There is besides less waste of metal, than in the ordinary mode of casting. The machine is not complex, and is little likely, as far as we can judge from its constructio*, to get out of order,..-iknerican Paper. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWBLVE 0' CZOOr. The City article of a Morning Paper, on the subject of the fall in' the Exchanges, has caused the English Funds to wear a lowering appearance, and Consols, which opened at 884 for money and account, and S 9 for the next time, became affected, and went back to BSi, and have fluctuated since at 884, sometime buyers, and the next moment sellers; they are now the latter; in the mean time it is right to observe that the Exchanges are still in favor of this country, and the fall which has taken place for some few posts has not exceeded an eighth per cent. each day, and may be considered to arise from our imports at this season of the year being always larger than usual in certain articles for manufacturing consumption, which may account for the present decline. India Bonds arc 92 4, and Exchequer Bills 61 pm., which alone chews the abundance of money, and the low rate of interest. The Foreign Funds have been quite inactive all the morning; Mexican are 681 The house in question relative to which so much mention was made yesterday, as connected with the Mexican Mi nister's financial report on the subject of the Loans contracted, and the large balance owing to that Go vernment, has caused an intimation co be given, that the same has been, since 1826, much reduced by subsequent payments and disbursements ; so far all is well, but the refutation of the unfavourable opi nion, which certainly existed, would have been more complete if they had taken the trouble of stating the amount to which the enormous balance had been reduced, and what is now the actual remaining balance due to the Mexican Government. Under all the circumstances, it does certainly appear credit able to the latter, as a young State, and shews the exertions they have made that the payment of the dividends has been so regular, with this balance lying over, with the drawback and the commission and charges attached to it. Greek are 15/ ; Co lombian, 31 I. Some ideas begin to be entertained that the packet from Buenos Ayres, so long over due, may have been met with by the Ranger, Capt. Lord Thynne, on board of which M. Garcia em barked at Rio, to convey the terms upon which the Emperor Don Pedro would conclude a peace with that Republic, and in consequence had caused the packet to return back and await the result of these overtures. Shares remain in the same state; the golden prospects, however, of the Real del Monte Mines seem on the wane, the price being new quoted at 20 discount to par. Two o' CLoor. At the Stock Exchange the dealers have contrived to find a new cause for the heaviness of Consols. There is bad news from Constantinople, and the Turks now set at defiance the efforts of the European Powers to restore peace between them and the Greeks, and have taken possession of Wallachia and Moldavia. Consols have been 88i i t , but are now 88f, buyers. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols for Account, 88i, buyers, are now sellers. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 881 Danish Bonds 63 Do. for Ac. 881 Greek Do. 1825, Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825 68/ Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 26 Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824, Russian Do. 97 Spanish Do. 10 ADULTERY. AND MURDER. A letter from Madrid, dated August 1, relates the following extraordinary case of conjugal infide lity and vengeance :—Gabriel Loches, aged 19, a resident of the town of Dievries, in the province of Madrid, married Elenteria del Moral, a pretty young girl of eighteen. For some time the young couple lived in the most perfect harmony. Gabriel was passionately attached to his wife, and she, to all appearance, returned his tenderness. Gabriel being employed on his father's farm, which was at some dis tance from Dievres, was obliged to absent himself from home the greater part of the week, and only returned on Saturday night to pass the Sunday with his wife. On Saturday night, the young couple hav ing supped and gone to bed, Gabriel soon fell asleep. Some time after, however, he awoke and asked his wife if she had not heard some noise very close to them. Elenteria replied that she had not. Gabriel turned round in the bed, and putting his hand to wards his wife, felt the body of a man who lay stretched beside her. Gabriel jumped from the bed at the same time with the audacious intruder, who took , to flight. Gabriel pursued him, at the same time crying out to the other inmates of the house for help. Several persons came at his cries ; they could not overtake the runaway, but they recognised him to be Antonio I.oches, the cousin-german of Gabriel. When the latter returned to his bed ' room, his wife threw herself at his feet, • and im plored his pardon. He was either weak or gene rous enough to grant it to her. This forbearance on • his part could not, however, prevent the scene which had taken place becoming known in the neighbourhood. Gabriel became the object of deri- • sion and obloquy, and was pointed out as he passed through the streets. Such was Gabriel's attach ment to his unworthy wife, that he bore patiently his disgrace, and several months passed away in seeming good intelligence between them. Elen teria, - little touched with her husband's in fatuated tenderness, - contim.ed her intercourse it would appear, with Antonio, for on Sa turday, the 15th April, Gabriel, in returning to , wards his house, perceived his wife and Antonio conversing together in the yard in a manner that left no doubt of their sentiments towards each other. Gabriel pursued the ravisher of his peace, but could not overtake him, and in the mean time his wife ran into the house and fastened the door upon herself. Gabriel returned to his father's, where he passed a sleepless night, a prey to fury and jealousy. The nex t morning he wandered about till the hour of dinner, when he came back to his father's, but not . finding the dinner ready, he quitted the house and went to his own. On entering he fastened the door, and then proceeded to cut his wife's throat. The crime was no sooner committed than he rushed from the house, the bloody knife in his hand, and his clothes all stained with blood, and related what he had done to all whom he met. He went to his fa ther's house, where he also stated what had taken place. He then, after washing his hands, repaired to the house of the Alcade, to whom he acknowledged his crime, and surrendered himself. He was trans ferred to the prison of Alcala de Henares, where his trial some time after took place. There being no doubt of his guilt, from his own confession and other circumstances, the Corregidor of Alcala de Henares sentenced him to be hanged, after which his head was tis be cut off, and affixed upon the wall opposite the house where his wife resided, his body was to be di vided in quarters, which were to be eacubados; he was moreover condemned to the costs of the proceedings. The prisoner was then transferred to Madrid, and the sentence submitted to the revision of the tribunal of Alcades de Cases Conte. After a very eloquent and touching defence of the prisoner by a distinguished member of the Spanish bar (Don Rufino Hernandez), the tribunal of Alcades gave judgment on the 27th of May 1827, by which they revoked the sentence of the inferior Court, and con demned Gabriel Loches to six years' hard labour in the prison of Malaga, and the costs of the trial.—A year of merida, or hard labour, at Malaga, consists only of eight months. linprisa bound 6, l , o p ris,: o ro u m n 11 , • 8 Poamsmou i trrived the fo r Valparais " a les ; the arid Gibraltar Japp, oon, for isbou. FALMOUTH momma S usan t ile Apollo, baby, for Lisl The Comp 45 th March LAW IN' Th e LORD /011 1, at Lini as attended i• . i ghtest imp( iree Counse occasion, 4 .( 1 therefore autes in or , Il 'Rt. His Lo half after h , l haequent da ae Solicitors PROM informatiox Chancellor 'Pi ogued o n Tx INS() No ease of le period of NSOLVEN This morni ear motions mug to pi .om previous were put under arrest in the Police Court. On Tues day, the next day, at the morning muster, the troop not only came against the Court, with their arms, but delivered'those that were under arrest, and gave them their arms. The troop, thus armed, declared they would no longer work ; the mutiny was violent, they made much noise, and all the issues of the court-yard of the Barracks were obliged to be closed, to prevent their disbanding. The Captain snatched away the musket of the most mutinous, who again snatched it from his Captain, and threatened him. The whale troop were ordered into the interior of the barracks; but the noise they made there was so scandalous, that permission was obliged to be given them to go out. The following day, Wednesday, the Captain wished to send some men to the Police Court, for having gone through their exercise badly, but the troop opposed their being sent there. Amongst the most noisy was a drummer, whom one of the officers threatened with his sword ; fortunately a subaltern perceived the movement and pushed the drummer aside, so that the sword did not entirely reach its aim, and only just grazed the drummer's skin. These transactions will, no doubt, be cleared up by enquiry. (From the Courrier Francais of Wednesday.) PARIS ' AUG. 11.—An English Journal has stated that the Infant Don Miguel had set off for Portu gal. This news at least premature. It is not till the 25th of October, the day of his majority, that this Prince will return to Lisbon, if no event should frustrate his design. The arrival of Don Pedro may derange his calculations, and those of his Councellors. Incidents like those which have taken place in Portugal, relative to the dismissal of the Minister Saldanha, may also render Don Mi. pens accession to the throne more difficult. As. to the restrictions which have hitherto prevented his return to a country front which he was banished, under circumstances not yet forgotten, they appear to have been wholly removed for several weeks. TltlcEs OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. 8E3 % 14 34 per Cent. • Ditto Red. 95%;;1, 4 per Cent. New 1017,i Ditto, 1826 lot Bank L. Ann. 2 OV9 India Stock Ditto Bonds 93 94-pin. PRICES OF FOREIGN FONDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonds, 6 per et. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 , Danish, 3 per cent. 6371 Greek Bonds Ditto, :526 Guatimaht Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 FaICES OF SHARES THIS Brazilian Mining Co. Tlalpuzahua Mining Co Alliance Marine Insurance Col PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock. Consols, 3 percent BBl Gov. Stock, SY, per cent. 94 1 A 4 Ditto, New 94 4 per Cent. lOl Gov. Deb. 3 per edit 9 5 14 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per eent Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. ct COURSE OF Exclta Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight l2 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp l2 4 Ita.mburgh 2% U. 36 11 Altona 2% U. 37 0 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto '2 U. 25 '7O Bordeaux Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M.1521 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 Vienna, effective 8. 2M. 10 8 Trieste do. Madrid 34}4 Cadiz 34% Bilboa Barcelona 34 Seville 14 1 4 Gibraltar 45 Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Buenos Ares. 1 1 Dublin 0 Flanders 0 O France • 0 O Gottenburgh 1 O Guernsey& Jersey 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. blorning...46 minutes after 11. I Evening.... 0 minutes after 0. DAY AT ONE o'cLocr. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £1,600 2d.61 62 pin. Ditto 5OO 2d. 61 62 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank far Account India for Account Cons. for Acct 88 % W 2 THIS DIY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian onds 2B Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cont. Ditto, New Russian; New .96X 1 Spanish, 1821 AO 1823 French Rentea, sp. c. 104 t 95e. —Exchange 25t. 40e. 3 per cent —f. —c. Exchange —c. DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Paid. Pek Share £2O 38 910 ISO Imp 5 414 STOCKS, AUG. 15. St. Patrick lnsur. (per ch.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Nine Trnperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Corainercial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. I,eghorn 4B!,', 5 . 55 Genoa . 9 Venice • 4(S Malta Naplea :3BN Palermo.... ....... per oz. 115 Lisbon 4D Oporto .... 48% Rio Janeilo 35 Bahia 14 Buenos Ayres .., — Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l)4 auwox, POR 02, Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 3 14 0 New Dollars 0 4 St Silver, bar*. standard 0 0 0 Arrived. 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