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J) t ROYAL ACADEMY SOMERSET-MOUSE.' THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Ainsinion (from Eight o'clock till Seven) One Shilling. C+►taliras One Skating - . HENRY HOWARD, R.A., See. This day was published, in Three Vols. post Bvo. THE ENGLISH AT HOME.- By the Author of " The English in Italy," &c. Colburn and Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. This day were published, the Third and Fourth Volumes of COMMENTARIES on the LIFE and REIGN of CHARLES 1., King of England. By I. DISRAELI, Author of " The Curiosities of Literature," &c. &c. Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington-street. In a few days will be published, in Two Vole. post Bvo. 311USIC AL MEMOIRS. - Comprising an Accennt of the General State of Music in England, from the first Commemoration of Handel, in the year 1754, to the year 1830. Copiously i nterspersed with Anecdotes, Musical, Histrionic, &c. By W. T. PARKE, P olly years Principal Oboist to the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden. Colburn and Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. This day was published, price 4s. bound in cloth, Second Edition, THE PARENT'S MEDICAL and SURGICAL ASSISTANT : affording familiar and Popular Directions for the Management of the sudden Ill nesses and various Accidents that require prompt and ju dicious Treatment. By THOMAS AYRE BROMHEAD, Christ's College, Cambrid g e. cL Lo -- atreet. n°o • Printed for Harvey and Darton, 55 , Grace- HONE'S EDITION OF STRUTT'S SPORTS. In Ten ifentbly Parts, with One Hundred and Forty Engravings of THE MOST POPULAR DIVER SIONS; Selected from Ancient ansl Curious Paintings. No X., and Last, is now ready. This Namber the present Proprietor (who has paid a large sum for the remaining Stock and Copyright,) is under the necessity of publishing at Two Shillings : Large 'Paper, Three ; Coloured do., Four. But few Copies of the Work remain on hand. Those • Gentlemen, therefore, who have waited for its completion, are earnestly requested to make early application to their respective Booksellers, as it will doubtless ere long be out t •of print. Back Numbers sold separately. WITH A COPIOUS INDEX, By WILLIAM HONE. Gentlemen wishing to complete Byron's Works can Lave them at a reduced price; Two Volumes, forming Vols. VII. and VIII. of the Octavo Edition ; and also the Two Vols. 12mo. Reeves's Cheap List is now ready, and may be bad on application (gratis). Bridge-court, Westminster. RICK CLOTHS. B ENJAMIN EDGINGTON, No. 5 , Tooley-street,. Manufacturer to the Honourable Board of Ordnance, (who supplied the whole of the Tents, Sail-cloth, Flags, &c. at the Shakspearian Anniversary), Las flow on hand a large quantity of Second-hand CANVAS suitable for RICK CLOTHS, with POLES, &r. complete, at a very reduced price. The whole are in good preservation, having only been used a few days by the Shakspearian Club at StratfoNl-on-Avon. Emigrants embarking for the Swan River, an Diemen's Land, and other settlements, will find a great vlriety of Tents and Marquees, with other articles indispensably necessary to their comfort and convenience on their first establishment. Orders by post to be addressed in full, " Benjamin Edgington, 5, Tooley street, Southwark." THE KING IN HIS YOUTHFUL DAYS. The following description of him, on whom all eyes are now fixed, in his youthful days, by the beautiful and celebrated Mrs. Robinson, will be read with interest at the present moment. She was an actress of great personal charm., and was much ad mired for her performance of Perdita, in The Win ter's Tale. An epistolary correspondence com menced, and the Prince desired a personal inter view, to which the lady gave consent. He was then in his nineteenth year : " At length," said Mrs. Robinson, when writing tome years afterwards to a friend, " an evening was fixed for this long-dreaded interview. Lord Malden and myself dined at the inn, on the island between Kew and Brent ford. We wait,d the signal for crossing the river in a boat, which had been engaged for that purpose. Heaven can witness how many conflicts my agitated heart en dured at this most important moment ! I admired the Prince ; I felt grateful for his affection. He was the most engaging of created beings. I bad cor responded with him during many months, and his elo quent letters, the exquisite sensibility which breathed through every line, his ardent professions of adoration, hall combined to shake my feeble resolution. The hand kerchief was waved on the opposite shore ; but the signal was, by the dusk of the evening, rendered al most imperceptible. Lord Malden took my hand, I step ped into the boat, and, in a few minutes, we landed before the iron gates of Old Kew Palace The interview was but of a moment. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York were walking dow❑ the avenue. They hastened to meet us. A few words, and those scarcely articulate, were uttered by the Prince, when a noise of people, approaching from the Palace, startled us. The moon was now rising, and the idea of being overheard, or of his Royal Highness being seen out at so unusual an hour, terrified the whole group. After a few more words of the most affectionate nature, uttered by the Prince, we parted, and Lord Maldon and myself returned to the island. The Prince never quitted the avenue, nor the presence of the Duke of York, during the whole of this short meeting. Alas ! my friend, if my mind was before influenced by esteem, it was now awakened to the most enthusiastic admiration. The rank of the Prince no longer chilled into awe that being who now considered him as the lover and the friend. The graces of his person, the irresistible sweetness of his smile, the tenderness of his melodious yet manly voice, will be remembered by me till every vision of this changing scene shall be forgotten. Many and frequent were the interviews which afterwards took place at this romantic spot ; our walks sometimes continued till past midnight ; the Duke of York and Lord Malden were always of the party ; and our conversation was composed of general topics. " The Prince had from his infancy been wholly secluded, and naturally took much pleasure in conversing about the busy world, its manners and pursuits, dins aster and scenery. Nothing could be more delightful •r more rational than our midnight perambulations. I always wore a dark coloured habit; the rest of the party generally wrapped themselves in great coats to disguise them, ex cepting time Duke of York; who almost universally alarmed us by the display of a buff coat, the most con spicuous colour he could have selected for au adventure of this nature. The polished and fascinating ingeniousness of his Royal Highness's maners, contributed not a little to enliven our promenades. He sung with exquisite taste, and the tones of his •oice breaking the silence of the night, have often appeared to my entranced senses like more than mortal melody. Often have I lamented the distance which destiny had placed between us; how my soul would have idolized such a husband ; alas ! how often, in the ardent enthusiasm of my soul, have I formed the wish that being were mine alone, to whom partial millions were to look up for protection." THE PRIZE RING.—The grand match be tween SIMON BYRNE and ALEXANDRE Al‘KAy will de finitively come off on Wednesday next, the 2d of June, within 100 miles of London. Both combatants have already arrived within 50 miles of the metropolis. Sandy AI`KAr, the pride of Scotland, weighs 14st. 101bs , and is attended by GEORGE COOPER, whilst the weight of the Hibernian champion, BYRNE, is said scarcely to exceed 13st. He as usual, under the care of his inseparable fidus Achates, Tom REYNOLDS, who will accompany him to the field of battle. The other seconds are not yet named. BYRNE, notwithstanding the inferiority of his weight, is the favourite at 5 and even 6to 4. Both parties are said to be powerfully hacked by amateur■ of rank and title ; and the Fair-play Club has made arrange ments to preserve order and regularity in the ring, by the appointment of no less than twenty stipendiary- whips to keep the peace. On Friday next both the conqueror and vanquished intend to grace the benefit of TOM GAYNOR, at the Tennis-court, in Windmill -street, in the Haytnarket. HUGE LOBSTER.----OH Friday last a lobster was sold in Elgin, which weighed no lees than eight pounds. The usual weight of those found in this part of the country is about one pound and a half.—Elgin Courier. In the case of CHARLES CULLENT, and ANNE CULLENT, his wife, who were capitally indicted yes terday at the Old Bailey, for having coined and counter feited twelve sixpences of the realm, and whose t,ial was not concluded when we went to Press, the Jury, at a late hour, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. An inquest was held yesterday, at the Horse Shoe public-house, at Enborne, by H. HEMSTEAD, Esq. and a respectable Jury, on the body of MARTHA Russ, aged 77, who met her death by having poison administered in her food on the 9th, and lingered till the 27th inst. The rest of the family partook of the food, and were also affected, for whom effectual remedy was procured, except for the deceased, whose advanced age baffled medical skill. The case at present is involved in mystery, and the jurors returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown.—Hants Chronicle of Saturday. JOHN SEDGEWICK, of Westwood, had a son who lost his life in a coal-pit, at that place, in September, 1828, by the falling of a stone from the roof. JAMES SKDOEWICK, aged 14, the brother of tho deceased, was lately compelled, against his will, to work in the same mine, although he had previously declared he would sooner die than do it. On Saturday morning last he was. taken down almost by force ; no sooner was he got down but he was instantly lost ; a search immediately took place, and continued without intermission for four days, ♦iz., from Saturday morning to Tuesday night (in which time they consumed 141bs. of candles), when the fugitive was found. He had absolutely buried himself alive, amongst the rubbish of some old works, his body being jammed close to the roof, and having scratched the earth to his head with his hands, so as to prevent, as much as possible, all access of air; when found, he was almost dead, but by prompt care and attention, he is in a fair way of recovery. He declares it was his intention to make that place his grave, being just at the place where his brother received his fatal wound.— York Courant. INFANTICIDE AND SUICIDE.—This morn ing at about six o'clock, the family of Mr. JOHN PETTY, a respectable builder residing at Wellow, about three miles from Romsey, was thrown into the greatest consternation, by the following unexpected and fatal event appears that at the time above stated, Mr. Perry, who was in bed, heard hie wite go into an adjoining room and lock the doer; and in a few minutes was alarmed at hearing a pe culiar scream from the infant, which was jest weaned. Suspecting something had occurred, he endeavoured to gain an entrance into the room, but was obliged to proceed to the kitchen for a hatchet with which he forced the door open, when his horror can be better conceived than ex pressed, the dead body of his infant son was the object that first presented itself; and afterwards his wife, in the last agony of death. Assistance was of no use. It appears, that with a razor, she had first cut the throat of the infant; and afterwards her own. She had been in a desponding state for some time, but yesterday her husband observed her to be more cheerful; she had risen before him for the pur pose of getting some linen aired, as he was going a short journey. She was a middle aged woman, of respectable connections, and has left an affectionate husband and three daughters to deplore their fatal loss. The child's head was nearly severed from its body, and a rope was found round its neck. The poor woman, it appears, had got up at four o'clock this morning, wound up the clock, as was her cus tom, dressed her four children, and afterwards, at fine o'clock, called her husband, stating that it was six.— Hants Advertiser of Saturday. SHEEP SKINS. • Polled 3i. to;;;.6ii. - Os. Od. to OS. 6d. Downs.-- 2 6 3 I 4 Lambs 1 3 1 9 BIRMINGHAM FREE SCHOOL. (From a Correspondent of a Morning Paper.) Seventeen gentlemen, who, we are told, are self-elected 'qovernors of the " Birmingham Free Grammar School," . 1 iveharity founded by Edward VI., are now soliciting to te-enact the Test and Corporation Acts and Catholic Disa bilities. From the singular nature of the enterprise, it is fittin g that their names should be publicly communicated, to order that the British public may know and appreciate • t he notiont and enlarged views of the " elegant extracts" o f the town of Birmingham. Their names are alphabeti eally as follovrs:—lsaac Anderton, William Anderton, • C. Alston, George Barker, Dr. Booth, John Cope, Hey,. James Clarke, Dr. Freer, Dr. Gardner, William Hamper, Oliver Mason, Theodore Price, George Sinicox, I saac Spooner, James Taylor, J. Wood, and James Woolley. It is not credible that seventeen persons can he embodied in Z.eae corporation unanimously agreed on the Quixotic 'undertaking; such, therefore, of the above-named as are not members of the holy alliance, will of course publicly disclaim any participation. The facts alluded to are shortly these :—The school, founded in 1552, and endowed with 'the property of the dissolved monasteries and guilds, (much of which was previously in the administration of the Bailiff and Commonalty of Birmingham) was established by Royal charter, the patent being entitled ‘' For the In habitants of the Town of Birmingham, concerning a Free School in the same town, to themselves and their succes sors." The management and power of making by-laws, for the order and regulation of the masters and school, were vested in 20 Governors, and the vacancies in the ho dY,' from death, resignation, and non-residence, were to be filled up by the survivors, from " the more discreet and more trusty inhabitants of the town and parish of Birmingham, or of the manor of Birmingham tO the same town adjoining." The institution has of late years, we are informed, gone backwards in Proportion to the rapid increase of its funds. From the r ue in the value of its estates in the town and neighbour ,"°:°,ll the annual income considerably exceeds 3 ,0001., with the certainty of constant augmentation from the ex piration of old leases ; and in 20 or 30 years the revenue Will exceed 10,0001. per annum, and will subsequently amount to a much larger sum. At present the buildings Are in the most dilapidated state; even the statue of their It clal founder has mouldered from its exalted pedestal; the scholars are barely more than 100 in number, and the ." dead languages " (the vernacular language of the present Governors we presume) are alone taught. Fortunately, th e Commissioners for the investigation of Charities visited, explored, and reported upon this time-eaten and superan nuated establishment (see Charity Reports, No. 20, page 647 and page 693), " as a fit case for the interposition of the Court of Chancery ;" and that " the ignorance of the Governors and their secretary of the existence of so consi derable a debt, implies a degree of inattention and neglect to the concerns of the charity deserving of marked repre hension ." and the Commissioners further express their hope that the Governors will adopt " a better regulated system of management." This is the libel of the Com missioners, and it was ordered to be printed by the House of Commons on the 18th of February, 1829, and it may be echoed without any King's Bench liability. Imme diately on the appearance of this report, the attention of the inhabitants being still more excited to the condition of their trust, the Governors of course were obliged to do A A " fdly " Chancery suit between tbe "" -n ea'-General on rien the relation of themselves against the as.P eu agogue and sub-pedagogue " of the school and the aatshop of the diocess (Lichfield), has occupied five years. The state of the school, and the Governors' scheme of im provement, are referred to a master to report upon. The i nhabitants are no parties to these proceedings, and we are informed are in utter ignorance of every step. The Governors, a fortn;ght since, unknown to the in habitants,—without even so much as a newspaper para graph announcing their intentions,—introduced an " Es tate Bill" into the House of Lords, read it a first and se send time, and gave notice of the Lords' Committee on the Bill for Friday ! The prints of this this Bill were not re ceived in Birmingham till Monday se'nnight. The indig nation caused by the above exclusion, insinuated into a schedule to the act, may be estimated by the fact of the Dissenters exceeding in number half the gross population of the town. The advertisement of resolutions, passed at an aggregate meeting of all the different classes of non-con formists, comprising the Quakers, Protestant Dissenters, and Catholics, inserted in this day's Times, will demon strate the strong public feeling excited by this most absurd and gratuitous insult. Eligibility to the office of Gover nor has been enjoyed by all the inhabitants, without rela tion to religious opinion or profession, from the date of the charter to the present moment ; it is the lawful birthright of every inh a bit ant , as muc h as t h e pr i vate f ree h o ld o f an y polder Governorr constitutes his individual property, and no herited racfabjusily wrest f rom t h e Di ssenters t hi s t h e i r in neehetti.ted franchise. All the intelligent and opulent mem here of th e so impolitic, c h urc h aredisgusted i )y. a measure and so injurious to the church itself. $ An - active canvas s has already commenced for the representation of the county of Limerick, in the event o f A general election..—Cork constitution. tactic, Jew, er, is Free- :h the ) ened. point, leging yen to ng, mall -a f/ . t. . i-- - i- -- ( - 1- i l „ -... //-.. -- f--z ---'''/ ~. . ~ • 4.4, it-z•-•A =A .074; / 10 ,„„-• 0 4 . 4 , ( 64 . 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Od. to 90i. Od. Clover --555. 0,1. to 105 s. Od. Straw 44s. Od. to 4Si. Od. RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s:el. to s. d. Per Stone, s. d. to s. d. Best Ileitors& Stcen2 8 3 0 Ordinary I 8 2 0 tlliddlings __ 2 2 2 6 Market Calf-- 6 0 e,ch. PRICE OF POTATOES.—May 31. Kidneys Scotch Reds — 01. Os. to 31. 10s. ditto. THE CLAN CUMYN. John Cumyn, or as he is called by the Gael, lan linadh Mhac lan Ruadli Chiumein (Red John, the son of Red John Cumyn), was Lord of Badenoch, Lochaber, and other extensive districts, and the head of the most potent clan that ever existed in Scotland. His power was more formidable than any of his fellow-compe titors for the crown. Upwards of sixty belted knights and their vassals were bound to follow his banner ; and the influence of the family was such, that during the minority of Alexander 111., after driving from Scotland a strong faction, formed and supported by the interest of Eng land, the Cumyns and their adherents negotiated a treaty with Llewellyn, a Prince of Wales. In this instrument, John, the father of the sub ject of the present notice, appears as Justicary of Galloway. This document is preserved in Rymer's Fcedera, vol. i. p. 653. Those, how ever, who may not have access to that work, may have their curiosity gratified, by referring to Tytler's History of Scotland, vol. i. p. 424. it is uncertain at what time John Cumyn succeeded to his father. He appears, however, in 1289, as joint agent along with James the Steward, in the letter of the community of Scotland, directed to Edward 1., from Brigham. According to Henry, be was married to a cousin of the King of England ; and this from all authoritieS, seems to have been the case, for he espoused Joan, the sister of Ayiner de Val hence, whose father, William dc •Vallence, Earl of Pembroke, was uterine brother to Henry 111. With this powerful connection, he no doubt expected a different decision in the submis sion respecting the throne of Scotland. This disappointment, in all probability, made him af terwards more ready to join the insurrection under Wallace ; and if it had not been for the odium which he afterwards drew upon himself by his conduct at the battle of Falkirk, he might have figured in the annals of his country with a fair and honourable reputation. While Regent of Scotland his behaviour was not only unexcep tionable, but often praiseworthy. This, how ever, may have been partly owing to the strict surveillance which Wallace still exercised in the affairs of the country, or partly from a wish to conciliate his countrymen in the event of a favourable opportunity occurring for his obtain ing the crown,—an object of ambition of which it is pretty evident he never lost sight. The treachery towards Bruce, which has been charged against him by all authorities except Lord Hades, also tended to deepen the stain on his character. This charge, whether true or false, we have no means of ascertaining. A number of the objections stated by his Lordship against it are, however, of considerable weight. That a bond existed between them of the tenor already described, there is little doubt ; and that the terms of this bond became afterwards matter of dispute, there is some reason to believe, as the fulfilment of it would have been dangerous to both. For had Bruce been placed on the throne by the assistance of Cumyn, and the latter had received the estates of Bruce, according to agree ment, he would have been a subject far too powerful for the crown ; and vice versa in the case of Bruce. The quarrel, therefore, which subsequently took place in the chapel of Dum fries, and which ended in the death of Cumyn (the particulars of which are known to every reader), might have arisen in an altercation respecting the difficulties involved in the com pletion of the bond, without either party having been guilty of a breach of faith.— It was no doubt the policy of Bruce and his confederates, that the stain of treachery should be affixed on the name of Cumyn, as it afforded the only plausible excuse for committing a murder in a place of such re puted sanctity. Indeed the circumstance of die latter having requested an interview within the precincts of a church, showed nothing like a premeditated intention to quarrel ; but since the deed was committed, it seemed necessary to the future safety and views of Bruce and his faction, that with the influence the character of the Cumyns should be diminished. That they assisted in this last object themselves, is but too apparent ; otherwise it would be difficult to account for that odium which afterwards b ecame attached to them. For while the Scots, in the low country, cried out against the " fause Cumyn's kyn," their vassals in Badenoch and Lochaber re-echoed the charge till the very name became cognomina' with deceit ; so much so that the following proverb is at this day re membered in those parts of the Highlands to which their influence extended : Fhad's a bhios crann an e6ille, Bi'dh - foill on Cuimeineach." " While there are trees in a wood there will be deceit in a Cumyn." We will not, however, assert that the enmity of the Gael arose from the conduct of the Cu myns in the low country ; for if we may credit tradition still current in the West Highlands, this once powerful and oppressive family gave sufficient cause in their own territorial bounds, for the antipathy of their neighbours and vassals. The atrocities which they committed in their castles of Inverlochy, Badenoch, and other strong 1101(13 which they polluted viith their crimes, at last roused the slumbering vengeance of the people ; and tradition, in her vague man lier, dates the downfall of this potent clan, from the time of " Cumyn's flight from Onnich." At what period this occurred, cannot now be ascertained ; but with the particulars of the story we shall close this imperfect notice : The Cumyns, it seems, in the plenitude of their power, paid little attention, when it suited their wishes, to the abrogation of the infamous l a w of Evenus, and the ‘, nzercheta mulierum" was generally spurned, when the charms of the bride happened to please the eye of the chief.— It would seem that three marriages were about to take place at Onnich, a little town on the borders of Lochaber. The women were beau tiful, and the men spirited and brave. The half merk had been tendered at the gates of Inver lochy, by the bridegrooms and their friends, and the refusal of it by the chief gave them reason to a pprehend the fate that was intended for them. The case excited deep interest. The day of marriage approached, and brought along with it the Lord of Badenoch and his two sons, with their usual retinue. The half-merk was again tendered, and refused. The men drew their. swords, determined to guard the purity of their fair ones. A conflict ensued ; friends gathered to the assistance of the injured ; the two sons of Cumyn were killed ; while he, with the remains of his myrmidons, betook himself to flight. The country arose, and made after him, till the affair swelled to a general insurrection. All his train were sacrificed to the fury of the pursuers, many, no doubt, having more serious grievances to re venge. The flight continued till their obnoxious chief reached a hill near the present site of Fort Augustus ; where, overcome with fatigue, he was seen to sit down apparently to rest himself. On coming up to him, however, they found that the wretched man had already paid the for feit of his crimes. He was carried down and buried on the spot where the fort now stands, which is still known to old Highlanders by the name of " Cill Chiumein," or the burial-place of Cumyn ; and the hill on which he died re tains to tins day the appellation of " Chiumein,"or Cumyn's Seat. Very few of the clan are now to be found in these districts.— Constable's Miscellany, Vol. UV. Life of Sir William Wallace. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR MAY. We have before remarked on the anoma'y, and a remarkable one it is, that inalg,re the great distress actually existing in the country, all rural occupa tions are proceeding regularly, the land is fully tilled, though certainly not in the best and most ad vantageous manner, more corn, particularly wheat, has been sown than in any former year, and more cattle bred. The last two months, bating about a fortnight in April, and the intervention of several changes to a north-eastern temperature, have been most propi tious to all the growing crops. The fortnight of unfavourable weather much retarded the final pre parations for seed, of heavy and wet lands. Thus though a favourable, this is not a very forward sea son, yet from the healthy and luxuriant appearance of the corn crops, should the summer solstice com mence favourably, and the redoubtable Sr. Swithin prove auspicious, we may reasonably expect an early harvest. The wheats, with the exceptions formerly made, of poor hungry soils, and of the late sown and insufficiently tilled, exhibit universally a rich, healthy, and exuberant show of deep and shining verdure. The same verdict may be given of the spring crops, both corn and pulse, particu larly of the early sown, though those unavoidably deferred to the last have been committe4 to the ground under very favourable circumstances, and are springing up with the appearance of much health and vigour.—/Ifonthly Magazine for Jane. FOREIGN DiTELLIGUNCR. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France of Saturday.) " The Gazelle announces that Tahir niche is ay. iiced at Marseilles, and that he is the bearer of a letter to the King of France from the Sultan. It is , aid that the Pacha, whose arrival is thus announced, has not come direct from Constantinople, but from Algiers, to which place he had been sent for the purpose of inducing the Dey to submit. It is added hat the commander of the blockading squadron would not allow him to land. " The following telegraphic despatches have been received by the Government from the Maritime Pre fect at Toulon --' May, 27, Twelve o'clock.—The transports of the third division are getting under weigh.—Half -past Three o'clock.-136 transports hive just set sail for their destination, under the convoy of the Daphne and the C'igogne. We have no more vessels remaining, except a few which have met with slight accidents, and which will sail with the Dragon, on the arrival of the ships that are still at Marseilles.' " Extract of a letter written in the roadstead of Toulon, May 22 The proclamations addressed to the troops by the General-in-Chief, and by Ad miral Duperre, touch very cautiously on the mo i ices of the war—an insult to avenge—the honour of France to maintain. Such are the vague expres sions which they have thought necessary to make use of. Nevertheless, whatever may be the views and policy of the Ministers, it is not difficult for those who approach M. de Bourmont to know that his wishes are for an occupation of Algiers. In fact the troops desire to repose upon their trophies, and to gratify their countrymen with the fruits of their victories. The nation aspires to.shake •fl' the yoke of foreign influence, and the country loudly calls out for an opening for its population, its produce, and its industry. Nobody will be surprised if M. de Bour mont, who so anxiously seeks to be re-established in public opinion, opposes his - colleagues on this oc casion, and renders the expedition popular and bene ficial to France. We shall see if he will be carried away by the timidity of the present policy. It ap pears that if the fortune of arms puts us in posses son of Algiers, Arabian and Turkish women will be prohibited from entering, or at least lodzing in the town. Three camps will be established in the en virons to prevent excesses, so hurtful for the dis cipline and health of the troops."—Journal du Com merce. " L' Auxiliaire Breton, of the 22d, announces that the fires which ravage Normandy have commenced in Brittany. A child of 14 years old is said to be the author of six fires, and has avowed that he has received large sums for doing so from individuasls whose names he cannot mention. On the other hand, we see, in a letter from St. Etienne, that a great number of fires have taken place in the de partment of the Loire since the beginning of the year. On the 19th ult. a young man was arrested, accused of setting fire to the domain of Darinii. A young woman was also under arrest for the same cause. Among the fires which afflict our depart ment, there are some that cannot be stir bated to invention : the thunder fell a few days ago upon the village of Juzennecourt, arrondissement of Chau mont, department of Upper Marne, and occasioned so tremendous a fire, that several houses were en tirely destroyed in a few minutes : nothing remained of the houses—the stones, even, were reduced to a state of lime. The Prefect of the department, an d the Mayor of Juzennecourt, went to the scrne of the disaster, and contributed every thing in their power to arrest the progress of the fames. The Sun Company, in which two of the burnt houses were insured, immediately paid the value to relieve the distress of theproprietors.—Jouen. du Commerce, " The following intelligence, of the 211 instant, frnm Toulon, although of a date anterior to that of the telegraphic despatches given by us, will be found of interest If the fleet could have departed with the light north-west breeze that blew for i k short time on the 19th, it would have now bee. very near the coast of Africa ; but it was impossible to place 160 ships of war and transports, which must necessarily all sail together, at the mercy of a wind that regularly fell every evening, and might leave them at sea in a calm, subject to all the acci dents likely to occur among such a multitude of vessels. Mesides, when the first division of the ar neent has taken its departure, the next must follow within 24 hours, or be waited fir at sea, so that the delay would still be the same, and the risk greater. You may imagine that the Admiral is im patiently waiting for the moment when he can give the signal for sailing. On the firing of the first gun for their departure, the whole fleet will utter a shout of joy that will reach the shore. The sol diers begin to be weary of their confieement, and many are sick. The horses sutler much, as they have not the air they have been accustomed to, and are limited in their allowance of water. To-day, ten days' provisions for the men have been seat on board ; the same supply for the horses was embarked yesterday. General Bourmont is much out of humour, but he can have nobody to blame but the gods of the wind, for every ream in the fleet has used his utmost endeavour's to avoid delay. The visitors who came to see the fleet take its departure, have become tired of waiting, and many have left Toulon. It appears that if we take the town of Algiers, our troops will not be suffered to enter it, sr at least to take up their quarters there. Three camps will be formed under the walls. This resolution has for its object to avoid the excesses destructive to discipline, and so injurious to the health of the men.' " The Journal de Paris says—' It is reported that Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa, had drawn up the plan of attack against Algiers, which he sub mitted to M. de Bourmont in the following terms- You are Minister, cause my plan to be adopted; I give it you, and you shall have all the glory of the success,'---' And you,' replied the Minister, ' shall have the command-in.chief. It is due to the author of the project.' Hereupon many protestations passed on both sides; the plan was adopted by the Council of Ministers; the Duke of Ragusa received from, his friend M. de Bourmont a fresh promise of the command-in-chief. He made his preparations, de signated the Generals he wished to associate with himself, and delivered the list to the Minister, who pressed his hand, and repeated his promise; but soon after the Duke of Ragusa learnt that the King had appointed M. de Bourmont to be Commander in-Chief.' " M. Royer Collard passed through Orleans in the night of Tuesday }tat, on his way to hie country seat at Ronaoruntin. .‘ We understand that M. Jacques Lafitte pre sents himself as a candidate to the Electoral College of Bayonne. " A letter of the 18th inst., from Ancona, con. tains the following The latest intelligence brought by the steam•packet from Corfu, which ar rived yesterday after a passage of 54 , hours, states that serious disturbances threaten the tranquillity of Greece, and that the measures taken by the Presi dent to maintain order are insufficient to allay the discontent and check the insubordination that pre vails. Commercial letters from -Venice and Na. varin confirm the intelligence from Ceti. Th e Greeks, already displeased at the appointment of their King by England, have become still more so by the assent which the Senate gave to the election of Prince Leopold, on receiving the protocols front the Three Allied Powers, The agitation, which at first seemed to have been owing only to part:- ipirit, has assumed a more serious aspect since the iiesitatiou of Prince 1 3 eopold and his reluctance to accept the sovereignty of Greece have been known in the Murea. It was with a view to increase this hesitation, and to bring about a formal abdication, that the Greek Senate, in a long memoir addressed to the Prince, bitterly complained of the new boundaries of Greece, as certain to be the cause of many future disturbances. The Senate attributes the narrowness of the boundaries-to the selfishness; of the English Cabinet, which,ist order to extend to the Pule ponnesus the dominion that it exercises over the loniaii islands, wishes the territory of Greece to be open on FORGERY. • LIST OF THE. MINORITY OR ONE HUNDRED ♦ND THIRTEEN, WHO VOTED ON SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S MOTION, " That the crime of Forgery shall not subject the Offender to Acland, Sir Thomas Althorp, Viscount Anson, Hon. G. Batley, C. H. Baillie, John Baring, Sir T. Baring, W. B. Baring, F. Bell, M. Bernal, R. Biandford, Marquis Bramston, T. G. Buck, L. W. Buxton, T. F. - Buller, C. Browne, J. Brownlow, C. Byng, George Benett, John Barclay, David Barclay, C. Bentinck, Lord G. Carter, J. B. Cavendish, W. Chichester, Sir A. Colborne, N. It. Crompton, S. Calthorpe, Hon. A. Calthorpe, Hon. F. Corbett, Manton Clements, Viscount Calvert, N. Calvert, C. Davies, Col. - Denison, W. J. Dickinson, W. Dundas, Hon. Sir R. Dawson, A. Easthope, J. Ebrington, Viscount Ewart, W. Ferguson, R. C. Fortescue, Hon. G. Fyler, T. B. Grant, It. Graham, Sir J. Grattan, Henry Capital Punishment." Grattan, James Guise, Sir W. Gooch, Sir I'. Harvey, 1). W. Heneage, G. F. Horton, Rt. Hon. W. Howick, Lord Huskisson, Rt Hon. W. Honywood, W. P. Hobhouse, J. C. Jephson, C. D. King, Hon. R. Kennedy, T. F. Kekewich, S. 'l'. Kemp, I'. R. Lawley, F. Lennard, T. B. Legge, Hon. A- Lushington, Dr. Macaulay, T. B. Marjoribanks, S. Monck, J. 13; Marshall, J 'Russell, Lord John Rumbold, C. E. Sebright, Sir John ' Stuart, Lord J. Slaney, It. A. 'Shelley, Sir J. Smith, Hon. R. Smith, W. Stanley, Eton. E. G. Tennyson, C. rownshend, Lord C. Talmash, Hon. Villiers, T. H. Wall, C. B Ward, J. Warburton, H. Whitmore, W. W. Western, C. C. Westenra, Hon. R. Wood, C. Wood, Alderman Wynn, Right Hon. C. Wynn, Sir W. W. Wilson, It. F. Wrottesley, Sir J. Marryatt, J. Martin, John Milton, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Macintosh, lit. lion. Sir J. Nugent, Lord O'Connell; H. Ord, W. Ozmantown, Lord Parnell, Sir H. Palimer, C. N. Palmerston, Vise. Pendarves, E. W. Ponsonby, Hon. G. Ponsonby, Hon. W. Protheroe, E. Poyntz, W. S. Robinson, G. R. Robinson, Sir G. Ridley, Sir M. W. Rice, 'l'. S. Russell, W. TRUE ft. Thomson, C. P. PAIRED OFF. Attwood, M. Beaumont, T. W. Birch, J. Cave, R. 0. Davenport, E. Dundas, Hon. T. Ellis, Hon. A. Gordon, It. Hume, Joseph Phillimore, Dr. Power, R. Russell, Lord Wm. Stanley, Lord Sykes, D. Thompson, T. B. Wood, John Wyvill, M. LONDON MARK: iTS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread the Metropolis is 10V 2 d. fm the .11b. Loaf. There are others who sell from old. to lyo. below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—May 31. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. —s. fine —s. —s. Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. fine —s. —s. New yoreign Ditto 59.5. Ws, fine 955.1055. Old Ditto - New White Clover. --s. --s. tine —s. —s. 60s. 70s. fine —s. —s Old Ditto Did New Trefoil . Old Ditto Rib Grass —s. —s. fine —s. —s. 20s. 50s. fine —s. —s. —s. —s. fine —s —s. 10s. 31)s. fine 255. 30i. English Carraway Foreign Ditto Coriander —s. —s. 59:. fine 545. —s. —s. 555. fine .575. —s. ISs. fine —s. 21s. St. Foin , (per Quarter)—..... —s. 4N. fine 4.35. 465. Rye Grass * 5:515. 335. new 355. 455. Pacey Ditto ,--- 40s. 455. new —s. —s. Linseed, for feeding .. —5. 3Ss. tine —s. 4fis Ditto, for crushing ___ —. —s. —s. —s. fine —s. Canary Seed, New— —s. 465. fine —s. 5‘..1s ..„ Ditto Old, . _ —s. —s. —s. fine —s. White Mustard Seed —(per Bushel)* —s. 7s. Ss. fine —s. Brown Ditto —. , ... —s. N. 10s. fins. —s. Turnip Seeds, Rounds . —s. —s. —s. tine 14s. Green and Red Ditto . —s. —s. —s. fine ISs. Tares, Old —s. 255. 365. fine —s. Ditto New —s. —s. fine 44N. 4fis. Rape Seed, English, fine (per Last) 30/. 341..,.,,... Foreign —l. I. Farnham Ditto, Fine—. Seconds 01. Os. 101. Os. to 121. Os. 0/. Os. 81. Bs. to 91 Os. 5/. Os. 61. Os. to 71. Os. 41. 15s. 51. ss. to 61. 04. 51. Os. 51. Eis. to 6/. 103. Old Duty laid at £120,000. PRICE OF OIL. Kent Essex Ditto., Sussex Ditto Rape Oil, brown 10s. Refined 10 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 9 10 Rape Cake, per ton PRICES OF d. Per lb. tod. Butts ;0 to :4;1b... 16e 19i Di tto to 661 h... 21 '2'2 Dressing 14 16 Fine Coach Hides -17 19 Crop Hides. tZ to 401 b. 14 15i Ditto 45 to 501 b. 141 17i Ditto,. lB 19} LEATHER. Per lb. d. to (I. Tanned Horse Hides— Id 19 Spanish Ditto ----.. 21 25 Per dozen. Calf Skim.. 34i to 4(ltb. 14 18 Di( to to 701 b. 21 24 Ditto 70 to 801 b. IS 211 Small Seals, Graenland 20 21 COAL MAR Adair's • 30s. Od. ISeatnnont.. 27 6 Bensliam Main 20 6 Dean's Primrose as o East 27 0 Felling Main 27 3 Holy we 11.... 3O 0 Killingworth Liddell's 27 0 Newborn 3O 0 Orti's Itedhugh Percy 8entham..,......,,. 29 Pciaw , 28 9 Pontop Windsor 20 0 Shipco' EL —May 31. Walls End Newmarch— 31s. Od. Walls End Carr and Co. 27 6 Ditto Crandington-- - 27 6 Ditto Callerton 29 0 Ditto Heaton--__ _ :3' 0 Ditto Hilda 23 3 Ditto Ilotspur------- 30 9 Ditto Northumberland 30 0 Ditto Perkins and Co.. 30 3 Ditto reshipped 29 0 Ditto Walker 30 6 Walls End flettod 33 3 Walls End Lambton--- 33 3 Walls End Lyons-- 31 9 Walls End Stewart's 33 0 Russell's Iletton's W.E 3.3 0 cowpen ------ 28 6 Hartley ------ 31 0 Llangeonech Coal 38 0 Silkstone— 27 6 Ellison small Stobart's small Old Etherley small ~..,•. .18 G sold, 7-1 2 —Unsold, 9014. 27 6 haiitield— t..3 6 Tanfield Lea 27 6 Townley 27 9 \Villington 31 0 Wylam Walls End Bell and Co. 31 0 Ditto Iltirraton .. 31 0 Ditto Clarke and Co. 28 6 Ships at market, 16-I:!.i—Shi CORNWALL MARKETS, Tau I Is. ed. ST. A IISTELL--.Wheat, to 26s.—Barley, 125. to I.li.—Oats, 9s. to 10s. Od. Bonsani—Wheat (average) 255. 6d.—Barley, 13s. Od.—Oats, 12s. LAUNCESTON—Wheat (average) 19s. Od.—Barley, 9s. Od.—Oats, Ss. Od.—Beef, &O.—Mutton, sd. HEL3TON—Wheat, 255. 6d.—Barley, 133. 6d. PENZANCE—Wheat, 245. to 26s.—Barley, —S. to IN.—Oats, Os. to 10s. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, 4d. to sd.—Pork, 31(1. to Od.— Butter, Bd. per lb. LtsKasan—Wheat,2ls. O. to 245. Od.—Barley,l2l..—Oats, 10s. to 10s. 6d. Sr. cocuma—Wheat, 2,45. to 26s.—Barley, —s. to 143.—Beef, and Mutton, 4d. to sd.—Veal and Lamb, 4d. to sd. SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MANKET.—May Barley is down 6d. on the top, and up Is. 11d. on the average, 42 quarters sold, 16 unsold. Oats brought an advance of Is. on the top, and of ls. 9d. on the average, 234 quarters were sold. Wheat is up It. on the top price, and 9d: on the average. Pease are up Is. 10d., and Beans 13d. on last average-18 quarters of Pease, and 47 of Beans were sold. Sales were quick and easily effected in all the market to-day. . _ _ Wheat. First 69s Od Second 62s Od Third There were 308 qr: Barlt.y. Vats. Pease. 35s Gd 30. s Od 403 Od 343 Od 27s Od 383 Od 31s Od 20s Od Ws Od of Wheat in market, 284 whereof 5 Unsold.-19 Grey. .31. 2s. 6.1. 4-12ths. Beans. 395 Od 37s Od 36s Od were sold. Averaj of Grain -ather low, DALKEITH colt The supply of all kinds ket was moderate ; prices r, day se'nniglit. Wheat. I Barley. Oats, First 67s Ott 35s 0,1 30s Od cecond 62s Ott 32s Od 27s Od Third* s6s Od 308 Od 20s Od 171'.—May 21 at this d. er than tho lay's mar )se of this Pease. 40s Oct :38s Oct 364 Oct Beans. 39s Pd 37s Od 36s Od STATE OF TRADE.—Some of our corre spondents, comparing the profits of trade when money was not of more than three-fourths its present value, with the profits now obtained, write us weekly that a great de.l of business is doing in their districts of Yorkshire, but that it is done " without profit." This of course is impossible. Men cannot trade without profit for years, because they cannot support themselves and their establishments with out expense, and all that is meant is, that profits are less than formerly. To this extent we are persuaded the com plaints are well founded. Money being more valuable, and risks from bad debts less prevalent, the apparent profit upon each transaction is small; but we apprehend that taking the transactions of three or four years, as trade is at present conducted, and comparing them with those of the same period when credit was unduly cheap, and paper money was extremely plentif u l, it w ill b e f oun d th a t the real profits of these times will approach very near, if they do not altogether i equal tho se o f w h at are ca ll e d pros perous days. There s, however, one thing against the view of the subject ; taxation has not decreased in the same proportion that the value of money has increased. This is a consideration that we hope Ministers will not lose sight of,—.Leeds Mercury. PRICE 7i. THE IRISH PRESS. A remarkable change will bp effected in the con dition of the Irish Press, by the new financial arrangement in contemplation, by which the duty on each copy of a Newspaper will be raised from 2d. to 4d. ; and the duty on each advertisement from 2s. Gd. to 3s. Gd. Thus the imposts on all News papers throughout the United Kingdom will be com pletely assimilated, the system rendered uniform in all places, the expences of collection we presume diminished, and facilities _given.for the more perfect consolidation of the revenue establishments of both countries. Theie considerations are offered as suf ficient to justify the change, and none but those who affect unusual perspicacity would seek for further motive for the alteration. From motives, however, apparently blameless, evil results may sometimes ensue, to say nothing of the loss of property to those whose capital may be engaged in Newspaper specu lations, or the loss of a local vehicle for the dissemi nation of local intelligence, and the discussion of local questions and interests ; to say nothing of the loss, in a political point of view, of so many guar dians of public freedom, we have here the immediate practical and crying grievance, resulting from a large body of hitherto respectable artisans being thrown out of employment. There are, at present, published in Ireland abouty sixty Newspapers, of which sixteen or seventeen are printed in Dublin. If the new taxes be imposed—as no doubt they will—not above half of the Dublin Papers will survive, perhaps not one-third; and certainly not one in ten of the Provincial Irish Papers will bear the increased expence. Those who have a very competent acquaintance with the Irish Press, entertain a strong persuasion that no towns, except Belfast, Cork, Waterford Limerick, and per haps either Londonderry or Galway, could maintain a Paper under the new system. Assuming that ten of the Provincial and eight of the Dublin Journals may stand, upwards of forty will disappear, which have given employment to nearly 200 printers, and perhaps a much larger number of persons in other departments. This arrangement, however well in tended, will do nothing towards the increase of the Revenue, but, on thil contrary, tend to its diminu tion. It may still have great value in the eyes of the Chancellor of the Exchequer—it ought to have great value, to warrant the ruin of so many hun dreds of families, up to this time accustomed to comparative comfort, and that without the extenua tion afforded by those politico-economical grounds which have justified so many of our recent commer cial changes.—Observer. A bed of very fine fire clay has recently been discovered on the Ewanrigg estate, near Illaryport, be. longing to J. CHRISTIAN, Esq. It is said to be equal in quality to any in England.— Carlisle Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT.—ALEX. MONRO, one of the workmen at Dunnet Head light-house, while going down a difficult pass to the sea-shore at the Pentland Frith, unfortunately slipped over the precipitous cliffs of Dunnet Head, from a height of about 200 feet, and was literally dashed to pieces.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. METROPOLITAN POLICE.—The Magistrates acting at Epsom have expressed themselves highly pleased with the good conduct and vigilance of the party of police who have been stationed there during the race-week. The Magistrates state, th it the duties of attending to the course, and more particularly, also, that of protecting the public, have Leon performed in a much more efficient man ner than before ; and observed, that after several years' experience, their orders had never, upon any occasion, been so properly executed. About a century ago a Dutch lady emigrated to the United States, and died at an advanced age. Her descendants became the ri g htful heirs of a large property of a person in Holland, who died intestate. An advertise ment to this effect failed to reach them at the time. The estate, with its increase, has been faithfully preserved, and now amounts to two millions of dollars. The lady's descendants amount to two hundred, and their title to the property being ascertained, they are ahout to receive it amongst them BLIOHT.—Th e extensive tract of woodland country eastward of l\lonmouth, comprising the Bieulieu Grove, Hadnock Wood, and the Crown property, have become a scene of devastation by the ravages of blight; thousands of oaks which a few days since presented such pleasing verdure, have been entirely stripped Of their foliage, and have become winter,like in 'appearance, The grub has confined itself tp the oak stores or trees, and when du , leaves of one tree is devoured the insects lower themselves by a fibrous web, which they spin, and ascend the next : there are few oaks throughout the whole of these woods but whatlsse been visited by this destroyer of vegetation. The oldest woodwards on this property do not remembei such destr uct i on to t b c eitintrion. when r, ob- mrson likes, light if he F$ ;Low prat' I;34ins iou tea— "; have a i►n- • , Sir r ,a! I I Plio aftcr Mows Itrary YOU Id if ho emir— teria ye the kind- and shout ......--• ans. e. d. 0 6 56 66 8 0 00 %0 kis. 12s. 10e. Ss. ne. neat. 31 3.3 r. us. Od Od Od 1. CI& 0 0 • 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 1 10 1 10 s. w t. 06 a WNW