The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-27 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

Lisbon papers have an Ind to the sth July.
[Almon, .IvirE 30.

The Directors of the Bank of Lisbon acquaint the Proprietor,
that the dividend for the lira six months of the present year is
thirteen and a half fireze e mrio ) per 100. or 17,300 for each share,
the payment of wh-ch will commence on the let of July.
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A notice from the NCar-offiee contains a decree of his Majesty to
the effect, that the departments of the Chief of the Staff and 51ilitary
Secretary being abolished by a decree of May V, his Majesty thinks
fit to distois* from their employments 1.'2. persons who were at-
tached to those departments; and those who were transferred to
those employments from the office of the Secretary of War may be
replaced in the latter, with the sane title and salary that they had
before the Decree of the llith August, 1P25, if it should be neces-
Eery, in consequence of the final organization which is ordered by
the decree of this date ; and if the conduct and eircdnimances of
each render him worthy of this new admission, it is further ordered,
that all those persons employed in the said abolished departments,
who are not nolitary, and who, by virtue of this decree, are not em-
ployed in the office cf the Secretary of State, shall receive two
months' salary as a free gift.
The Liaixon Gazdics, from the 39th June to sth July, are
chiefly filled with extracts from the Spanish, French. and English
Journals. From the Spanish Journals are extracted the accounts
from Spanish America, such as the reconquest of Lima and Callao;
and various news from Mexico to 24d April, from Cadiz papers of
16th June.
In the list of vessels arrived or sailed are several to and from Rio
dc Janeiro, Pernambuco, and Bahia.

The Oxford Circuit commenced yesterday at Abingdon.
At the rising of the Irish Court of Chancery on Friday,
an applicatico was made to the Lord Chancellor. on behalf
of the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, by Mr. Saurio,
to grant a Commission of Delegates to decide on the right '
of his Grace tile Archbishop of Dublin to hold a Visitation
in the cake dills.. Smith. This was opposed by Sir. H.
lferedyth, ICC., and Mr. Crampton, K.C. The Attor-
net;General appeared ou behalf of the Archbishop, to ex-
plain any matters in which his Grace's name might be im-
! plicated, as being a party. At the conclusion of the argu-
ment, in which Doctors Moore and Stock took a past as
coueetned for the Dean and Chapter, the Chancellor de-
cided, that the applicants ought to have applied to the
Court of Kinei's Bench for a prohibition, and, therefore,
his Lordship would not agree to the issuing of a Corumia-
Rion of Delegates.
PIPS WAIFS AND METAL. MAIN.—The question be-
tween the Citizens of Dublin and the Corporation of the
City came on yesterday iu the Court of Chancery. The '
Attorney and Solicitor Generals were heard at great length
on the part of the citizens. The jurisdiction of the Court
was questioned by the defendants; and it appeared to us
diet the Lord Chancellor concurred in theit view of the
case. The subject was reamed this day, and the Lord
Chancellor gave judgment that the case did not come
within his jurisdiction, and dismissed the cause with costs,
it appearing to Viz Lordship that the Attorney-General
should issue an extent in aid—Dahlia Evening- Post of
Thursday.
EFFECTS or FANATICISM.—The Belfast Irishman of
Friday, makes the following observations on the horrid
transaction which recently took place in the county of
Wexford:—" It appears that a Catholic Priest, of the
name of John Carroll, became outrageously inzane, and',
that in his insanity he actually destroyed an innocent infant
whom the unfortunate maniac imagined possessed of what
be called devils. The miserable animals who were present,
and one of them the mother, it is reported, suffered the
mad priest to go on with his desperate noneeuse. She
boweal to his superior knowledge of the ways of Providet.ce. I
Such is the story, and we have no reason to say that this
story is a fabrication of a party or a faction—we believe the
, whole relation, though we may suppose that relation some-
what highly couloured ; but why not believe it even to the
excess? Are not fanatics to be found in all religions? No;
doubt there are; but the fanatics of religions imagine
themselves the most pious and the most sanctified. Poor
Priest Carroll was mail, but he was not so mad as the hun-
dred poor creatures of all other denominations who would
sacrifice all considerations to their own particular opinions.
Let it not be concluded, from these miserable instanees,
that religion is a source of calamity to mankind—it is not
the fault of religion—it is the misfortune of the human
mind—let it meditate on any idea, either political, moral,
philosophical, or religious, and the excess of thought too
often degenerates in the entire loss of intellect. The Rev.
John Carroll was outrageously man' and all around l:iin
appear to be fools, and the worst of fools."
Great effort: are making to introduce the cultivation of
the I. • Manufacture into the South of Ireland.
Diseitees iy (iALW AV.—The following is from the
Gi!u.nn Advertiser of July 17:—" Hunger will break
I through a stone wall," is an old saying—such is the state
' of the poor here, and such the marked partiality which the I
poor conceive to be manifested towards all those who want
in any other place than Galway, that a great assemblage of
people gathered together yesterday, upon the Dangan-road,
to intercept the supplies of meal going to Connemara; and
having secured a largo quantity, the army were chligoti to
I be called out with the Sheriff, to recover the meal from the 1,
snob. Every endeavour was made to induce these unfor-
tunate persons to desist front their riotous proceedings, but
it was in vain, until the army were obliged to fire—yet in
such a manlier that no lives were lust. Attcr the meal lied
been escorted so far as Woodstock, the mob proceeded to
break down the bridge, in hope of preventing any mcee
meal being sent to Connemara. Something sh be
dare—it is melancholy to see the distress that exists, and
, nothing doing to give any relief whatever.
The accounts in the SAo.cli par.rs of the state of the
cots is highly favourable.
A few days ago, a very line specimen of the carrion crow,
entirely white, was slim in the neighbourhood of Wail
It is a bird of this year's breed, and was discovered in a
nest which was on a tree, together with three black ones,
seine weeks before it was shut, but was allowed to remain
with the rest of the young until it got sufficient strength to
fly about and quite perfect in its plumage, when it was
killel.—Caledonian Mercury.