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LONDON: MONDAY, JULY 18, ins.

The French Papers contain no matter of domesfe in-
terest, if we except the (1114 between General UOCI:GAUD
and Count 'root, which took place in spite of the ac-
tivity of the police. The quarrel arose from the work
lately published by the forme?, in reply to the Mato:lad
production of his antagonist. Both the combatants were
wounded, and they were finally parted by their seconds.
There bas been some quarrel at Libourne between the
soldiery and the townspeople, but apparently of no im-
portance, though the ledicateur de Bordeaux represents it
ass very serious transaction. The Sub-Perfect has con-
tradicted the whole of the statements in that pixy.
ir Spain is in a distorted suite. How can it be otherwise ?
Every thing conspires to aggravate the misery of the Spa-
nish people. The excessive heat of the weather menaces'
them with famine; and Extremadura, the most productive
of the provinces, is ravaged by locusts. The KtNo had sub-
mitted to the Council of Castile the consideration of the pro-
priety of reestablishing the Inquisition. The Council would
not decide the question without the advice of the fitcals, who
were of opinion that the measure was absolutely necessary.
It is still doubtful, however, whether FRODINAND will
restore the Holy Office. He begins to dread the atigmcn-

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ration of the influence of the Clergy, who Its alteost to
a roan attached tb the interests, and desirous to wil-
noes the amides of his brother Don Cermet. The;
vetageanse of the Coen appeals to be about to descend on
General Leasure. He arrived at Madrid at a singularly
anfiwtenate anomeat, when bis old enemy, Psznetn,
whom he deposed that the Viceroyalty of Peru, was in-
vested with the eftworaad of tie metropolitan province.
L•aaallit has bean inflicted t$ proceed to Toledo, where
he will await the decision of the /oWernnient-
[From the Elate, dated flounday, July 16.]
Namur), J (Art 69.
General La Siena is here ; he has obtained an audience of his
Al ajehty.
'this morning expresses arrived from several places, among
others, from Andalusia and Cattiest* ;it confidently Mimed
this evening, shat they have brought to-tbe Government news that
public trE.quillity had been Interrupted ; it is surprised that it is
still on account of the affair of the pretended ptisonsts of the Royal
Volunteer.
tints, JILT Id.
General Count Segur feeling himself offended by the personal'.
use contained in the work of Genes! Onurgaud, ban demanded
satisfaction of him. Yesterdarthe gendarmerie prevented the duel,
but it has taken place to-day. General Gourgaud had for his seconds,
General Count Pejol and Colonel Duchanip ; those who aceompo-
panied Count Segur, were General Count Lnbau, and General
Cuunt Dejlon, both of them formerly Aids-de-Camp to Bonaparte.
M. de Segur first rectived a slight wound in the arm, 31. de
Gourgaud then recited one in the body. The seconds then cle-
aned unanimously that the combat was finished, and that the
affair should nut be carried any further.
[From the Journal de Paris of Friday.]
Slanatti,Juxr4.
It was reported yesterday at the Palace, that the Court will not
go to St. lldefonso till the 22d.
The moderate party continues its course, and is powerfully se.
conded by the polite sending from Madrid, without regard to their
quality, persons whose presence only tended to ferment intrigues in-
Animas to the public tranquillity. It also sends away other parsons
who have figtved in the Re-on:don, and found means to remain
at Madrid under the cdmlaistration of Al. Rutin° Gonzales :
among them area great many women, whose husbanda hate taken
?slug,* at Gibraltar and London.
„Much surprise has been excited by an order just communicated
m (*anent! Ls Sams, cnnimanding him immediately to leave Ma-
drid and proceed to Toledo. lie received this order when ha was
expecting every moment to be presented to the King.
[From the Journal der Debar of Friday.]
PAIIIS, Jute la.
The plague rages with grestviolence at Alexandria in Egypt. and
we team that a vessel row in quarantine at Alorseilles has it en
bated. Thelloard of Health hes declared itself permanent. Eo.
lightened by the long discussions produced by the yellow-fever at
Barcelona, the board will certainly take we that the patients shall
not be crowded together, so as to swayate a disease which becomes
mush less formidable when the sick are In a pure atmosphere.
Onetiring partiedarly is unquestionable, wiz. thst to confine pee.
sons in good health with the melt. under the pretext that the former I
may bore imbibed the germs of the disease, would be exposing
them to the greatest danger, with inexcusable barbarity.
Fatties FUgDS, Jur.: IS.—(From the /:'tulle.)-6 per Csets.
1031. 3Sc. Three per Cents. 761. 16c.—Court dna...value tot
received.

Yesterday we received a file of the Brazilian paper,
Dario Fherainense, to the 21st of May. Attempts C3ll*
tinue to be made by the servil-e party for the establishment
of an absolute sovereignty. The persona engaged in these
endeavours to overthrow the constitution are Officers in the 1,
imperial service ; and, we have no doubt, they have good
authority for what they arc doing in the disposition of his
latrr.aiar. MAJESTY. One of these men, a provincial judge,
has openly published an invitation to the people to declare
the EMPEROR absolute; and the EMPEROR, on being in-
formed of it, simply orders him to upair to the capital to
" answer for his blameable proceedings."
The Bahia papers complain loudly of the conduct of Lord
COCUP.A NE, who, they say, acted at Maranham as if he
wished to ruin the empire. There has been an insurrec-
tion of the inhabitants, in order to depose the Governor,
whose severity was intolerable. The end will probably
be, that his hamar Main-yr, having convulsed his
dominions by the oppression of his servants, will proclaim it
necessary for the public safety to make his authority
purely despotic. He would do well to consider the institu-
tions that surround him, and not hazard the stability of
his throne by his criminal ambition. Notwithstanding his
royal blood and imperial connexions, he will be precipi-

tated from his elevation with as much case and certainty as
wu III:ABIDE.

RIO JANEIRO Mar 21.
The British Oovensment having opened the ports Of its Ameri-
I can Colonies to foreign trade, and it being possible that Brazilian
merchants may be desirous of availing themselves of this permis-
sion, the Board of Trade has published, by the Emperor's order,
a list of the ports in the British Colonies thus thrown open to fo-
reign trade.
Mar 21.

Senor Manoel do Cunha de Areredo Coutinho Souza a Chichoro,
Judge of the town of Taubste, in the province of St. P3o'l, sta.e.
in a letter of sth Mav, that he has been making a tour among the
towns within his jurisdiction, and tied, the people every where dis-
posed to proclaim his Majesty as the absolute Sovereign ; he hopes
the Capital will declare Itself to this effect, and that his Majesty
will be restored to the enjoyment of his inalienable rights. In con-
sequence of this, his Majesty hes issued the following decree:
Having been informed of the reprelienaible conduct of Manorl
der Cunha de Aaeredo Coutinho Souza, Chichoro, in taking crimi-
nal and scandalous steps contrary to the established system of Go-
vernment, and to the Constitution, which I have sworn to maintain,
I have resolved, with the advice of my Council of State, to suspend
him from the exercise of his functions, and to order him, immedi-
ately, to come to this capital to answer for such blameable proceed-
ings."
The Bahia Papers to 25th May are chiefly filled with local ncwa.
An extract Is ;given of a letter from Rio respecting the d:•tracted
state of Maranham, and the conduct of the Marquis of Maranham.
who, it is said, seems as if he would ruin Brazil and carry away all
its wealth. From numerous and very long articles, it appears that
complete anarchy prevails in consellence, it is said, of the despot-
ism of the GOVerrIOT, whom the inhabitants have taken up arms to
depose, protesting, however, their entire allegiance to the Ltnperor.

The German Paper 7, which arrived yesterday, state,"that
the C %ma N PAC A bad succeeded in joining the Egyp-
tian squadron of Hassan Bey, and, in pursuance of the
SULTAN'S orders, had assumed the chief command of the
combined fleets. The Greek Admirals lthauLts and
Sacnsocats were blockading them in Suda. In a recent
attack five Turkish venal were burned.
Since the capitulaticn of Navarino, laitAntai PACHA
had been wholly inactive, with theexception of a f,:w ex-
cursions made by his cavalry. The Greeks are concentra-
ting their forces and preparing confidently for the great
struggle that is !ppronching. The army of REDSCHTD
Pactia, in font of Missolonghi, was suffering severely
for want of provisions, and a Greek squadron of six ships
of war, and five fire-ships had arrived to prevent him from
receiving any supplies by sea. General Goya A has put to
death the Turkish garrison of balona, 6,000 in number.
because he found that they had, contrary to their promise,
Massacred all the Greeks on entering that place. The
Turks bad surrendered on a capitulation, which GOURA
.revoked on that ground.
A letter from Napoli di Romania in the In(knne/,
states that an Austrian squadron arrived at that port in the
ininaing of May, with an Officer of rank, on a mission
of great importance to the Grcek Government. It was
nnderstcod, from what had transpired, that the of of
this mission was to induce the Groeks to establish a
Monarchical fen ta of Government, and give the rsvereignty
to Prince Gt:ST AVLSON, the son of the deposed King of
SWEDEN. This proposition was made all the result of the
negotiations between Russia and Austria concerning Greece.
Prince Gui.v.kvasom, who was lirt year in England, is
now residing in the Grand Duchy of Baden.

The commercial letters re:cived by the Egeria are dated
in the city of Mexico on the 2ttil of May, at which time
the great tranquillity prevailed throughout the Federa-
tion. The Government had been enabled to pay up all the
arrears due to military and civil ofrieers—the public trea-
sury waa full—the taxes were cheerfully submitted to—
and the general prosperity was every day increasing. In-
ternal commerce was rapidly improving, but forcipi ccm-
m•:ce continued to suffer from the exct-s:irr import duties,

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anti the consequent* teas, that ecatiggling prevailed to o
considerable extent. The Mexican Government by this
evil loses much revenue, and the people pay malt
higher for articles of foreign gvowth and manufacture than
they nesi under a more liberal system.
Praha the Mining Atricts the accounts are in every
tray utisTactory, British capital was giving full employ-
ment to the native miners ; and, as the wages were regu-
larly paid them, not theelighteetdiscontent existed aAongst
them. Large quantities of silver had been 'An to Mexico
to be stamped, on account of the United Mexican and
Anglo-Mexican Associations.
Ills Majesty's ship, the Fly, has arrived at Portsmouth.
She is from the Pacific, and last from Rio de Janeiro,
from 'whence she sailed on the 4th of May. She has on
board specie to the amount of one million sterling, being
a remittance made for British manufactured goods sent
round Cape Horn. This sum is more than one-fiftieth part
of the Government expenditure of Great Britain ;, and
when it is remembered that it is only a small part of the
value of British labour which finds a consumption in the
New American States, the vast importance of the traffic
orliich is carried on with them, and which must now be
prodigiously increased, may be duly estimated, even by
the most idle or superficial observer.
, The packet Zephyr has arrived at Falmouth. She is
supposed to have sailed from Rio de Janeiro about the'
22d of May. By a private ship, letters have been received,
dated on the 19th of May, from that city. A farther
advance had occurred in produce. On the 28th of April,'
the fligite Maria da Gloria, the brigs of war Rio da Prate,
racquet du Bahia, and Real .Joao, sailed with ten gun-
boats for Monte Video. His Imperial Majesty is an in.;
cruder on the north side of the river Plats, for certainly the,

Rio Grande is the natural boundary of the Brazils south-
wards; and it will be satisfactory to learn that his troops
had been compelled to submit before this naval reinforce-
mom arrived at its destination.

At the Aggregate Meeting of the Irish Catholics, on
Thursday last, the plan of the Nil Catholic Association
was made known. By the late Act it is excluded from all
direct interference with matters established by law in
Church or State, and it is likewise forbidden to take part
in the prosecution or defence of causes, civil or criminal.
The object of the contrivers of the New Association,
therefore, was to frame a plan, by which political feeling
might be strongly manifested without any direct reference
to ialitical matters. . Seven distinct and heterogeneous pur-
-1 poses are assigned for the business of the New Catholic
Association. Some of them are too vague to admit of being
reduced within any definite limits of intelligibility. The first
purpose, for example, is stated to be" that of promoting public
peace and tranquillity as well as private harmony and concord
amongst all classes of his MAJESTY*I subjects throughout
Ireland." Who can understand what is meant by this empty
parade of words ?-The " public peace and tranquillity as well
as private harmony and concord" would be best promoted,
every one knows, by being left untouched. The necessary
tendency of the interference of any political club is to ex-
cite and irritate subsisting animosities, not to allay or miti-
gate them. If it be the opinion of a party, that any object
they have in view is worth attaining at the expense of
much excitement and irritation, they do right, provided
they use lawful means in pursuing their design; but it is
sheer folly or hypocricy to pretend that the existence 'of
any political club can tend to either union or peace. All
the experience of mankind shows the reverse. We may
remark, by the way, that the very tide of the new club
is an absurdity or a paltry quibble. The New Ca-,
titolic Association is to consist of " Irishmen of all relic
gious persuasions." It will then be no longer exclusively
Catholic, and another denomination should have been
chosen, unless indeed we should be told that the word Ca-,
tholic should be construed in its etymological and not in
its ordinary signification. The " second purpose" of the
New Association is to be the general diffusion of education.
If the projectors of the club were sincere in this respect,
they could not perhaps better employ themselves than in
extending the blessings of a " liberal, enlightened, and
religious system of education" amongst their count' ymen ;
but this alone would be labour enough for one Associ-
ation, and for all the members that can belong to it. These
are clearly pretexts for the formation of a club which will
I have other and very different purposes. The third osten-
sible object of the New Association speaks more plainly.
It it to ascertain " the number of the population of
Ireland, and the relative proportions which the pro-
fessors of the various Christian persuasions bear the
one to the other." This we understand perfectly.—
The question is, to know what is the relative physical
strength of the Catholics and I'totestants of Ireland. To
what beneficial use this knowledge is afterwards to be ap-
plied, we have no hint whatever. We may easily guess,
however. The fourth purpose is the erection of Catholic
chapels. The fifth is to Remote the trade and agriculture
of Ireland. This again is manifestly a mere stalking-horse.
The sixth is to encourage a liberal and enlightened Press ;
and the seventh, generally, to vindicate the Catholics from
all charges made against them. The statute of last Session I
has evidently given the framers of this new Association
great trouble even to sketch a plan upon paper, to evade
its provisions. They find grievous fault with it. They
stigmatize it as "unconstitutional and cppressive," and
they " earnestly recommend to the Irish people to make
the repeal of the said statute the first object of a petition to
the Legislature." That Act, it is how quite certain, has
tied the bands of faction; and; in so doing, put an end to
lone of the greatest evils that can afflict Ireland. That the
right of petitioning remains, unabridged, we have the best
evidence in this plan, in which aggregate meetings arc
Iproposed to be held in every parish, and in the speech of
Mr. Slime, who boasted that " two thousand five hundred
I meetings" should be held " upon the same day." In con-
elusion, the plan advises that the future petitions of the
Catholics should be confined to the " simple arid single
object cf obtaining unconditional and unqualified relief."
The whole of this plan, which, it appears, is the work of
the consistent Mr. (noise ete, was adopted by the meet-
! ing, and measures were immediately taken to carry it into
execution. We forbear from noticing in detail the absur-
dities that were uttered by some of the speakets. We shall
watch the progress of the New Association with some inte-
rest. We have no expectation that it can prove of a for-
midable nature, if it be restricted within the limits of the
law. If it go beyond them, there are these who will take
care to protect the public safer illegal violence.

CITY, SATVADAT rVEN;INO.

The Consols opened this morning at 911 a, rind a good deal of
business was done in them. Some heavy sales were made, and
they declined to 911. As usual, rumour was busy to account fur
this effect. Gloomy news from Lisbon, and the dargerous state of
Mr. Canning's health, were both given as sufficient causes for even
a more serious decline. Previous to the 3d of this month, when
the packet was ordered away from Lisbon, three days earlier that,
had been expected, there had been frecnert meetings of the Porto-
' gur e Ministers on subjects most probably relating to the Brurils,
though some of the letters 'mired by this conveyance st:protn.
tl:st Spaniel efliirs hr.d beta the t....%rct di,cussetl, and :iscrt

that elute serious changr: its the pottiest:elate of thk'. 'kingdom.
I was sp&dily expected. A British frigate had received orders from
Sir W. A'Court, to be ready for sea ; but whether her destination
was England, or the Broils, was not known. Speculators in the
funds lay hold of any circumstance, however improbable, to assist
them in their operations. These rumours served thair purposes
this day, and as soon as advantage was taken of them, a re-action
o:eurred in the Consols, and 311 4, was the closing price of the day,
the market having again assumed a Jim) aspect. For the August
account, the continuation has increased to a per cent. making the
pries this day :Ili. Exchequer Bills have risen to a premium of '
365., and the money market, on the whole, is more easy than it was
yesterday. No opinion can be formed how the account will tact
out next Wednesday at its settlement, for it entirely depends on
whether the Great Man will take or give stock, and his intentions
are at present veiled in profound obscurity.
The decline in the value of the English Funds was attended by
a.propurtioziate decrease of confidence in foreign Securities. This
was more particularly felt in the South American Bends. Chilian
Bonds have fallen 3 per cent. This decline was occasioned by a
statement of the Chilian finances, which was copied from a Buenos
Ayres newspaper, and which we expect to be soon enabled officially
to contradict. It wits rumoured that Chili would want another loan
newt September. This rumour is also, at present, without any nisi
foundation. Breed Scrip is nearly one per cent. lower. Colombian
Bonds felt the general pressure, and at one time they were fully one
per cent. lower. They however improved before the :silo ket finished,
and they closed not more than 8 per cent. under yesterday's prices.
Mexican Scrip is i per cent, below its valor on the preceding day•
This was occasioned by an absurd rumour that M. Morier had nal
succeeded in inducing the Mexican Government to ratify the com-
mercial treaty with Great Britain. Some European Securities are also
a shade lower than they were yesterday. There are however very
few Neapolitan, Austrian, Prussian, or Russian Bonds now in Eng-
land, most of them having been sometime ago remitted to the con.
linens. Greek Bonds and Scrip maintain yesterday's prices, and
both of them will be higher as soon as his certain that Genoa!
Colocotroni is seriously opposed to the Egyptian army. From his
past conduct, some proof of his fidelity is necessary before entire con-
fidence can be placed in the successful issue of this campaign.

In French Mertes little variation can be noted. It is generally
supposed that some eminent capitalists have latterly been selling
out of the British Funds, and investing their property quietly in
the French Funds, with a view to transferring it next month into
the Ncw Threes at ;5. It is evident, that should M. de Villele per•
severe in carrying his great financial measure, the new Three per
Cent. Stock must advance con►iderably above 75; for the Sinking,
Fund is to be exclusively directed towards the reduction of this
stock after the beginning of August, and the smaller the subscrip_
tions towards it are, the more powerfully must the Sinking Fund
opefate on them, and the greater will be the advance which must
occur in them under 31.1C11 circumstances. If the French Minister
an raise this stock above 80, there can ba little doubt entertained
of the success a his measure; and the advance of the French
Funds must be followed by a proportionate improvement in the
price of the sccurities of all other nations.

The Garcia de Colombia of May Bth, complains of the
imperfect manner in Which the Coniiitycional of Bogota
published the commercial treaty with Great Britain.—
The editor of the latter journal has corrected the mis-
take he made in representing it as a treaty of alliance,
instead of one simply of amity. We pointed out this mis-
take when we published the treaty. Our contemporaries,
however, servilely copied the bluuder, without seeming to
perceive it.
The Colombian Congress have suppressed the impost
of one dollar on each mark of gold, and one real on each
mark of-silver on all bullion brought to the Mint. Mea-
sures have been adopted for the establishment of a copper
'currency. A notice has been sent for tenders to enable,
the Government to issue copper coin to the extent of
300,000 dollars.
Letters from Rio Janeiro, dated 29th April, state the
Government had received two expresses from Montevideo,
mentioning the alarm which existed from the invasion by
the Spanish Patriot force. In consequence of this informa-
tion a squadron, consisting of a frigate, three sloops of war,
and ten gun-boats, was detached on the 08th April for the
relief of that port.
Letters from Chili state that the proceedings of M.
DEgana respecting the formation of the Chilian Mining
Association, had been received by the Government very fa-
vourably.
Extract of a letter, dated Mexico, May 20 :—" The Ses-
sion of Congress ends to-morrow.—People are a little
alarmed here at a rumour that the Russian Government
has offered to assist Spain to resume her dominion in these
countries—Mexico to be the first point of attack. This is
nothing but a rumour, I suppose."
Another Lisbon Packet arrived on Saturday, but the
letters by her that are dated the 2d inst., bring no news of
a public description.
The Lisbon Gazette of the 3d instant contains a Royal
Decree, in which, with the exception of a few of the ring-
leaders, who are banished, the King pardons the parties
concerned in the disorders of the 29th of February and 30th
of April last year. The General Ctiminal Commission is
dissolved, and the documents ordered to be sealed and
fastened up. In conclusion, his Majesty expresses his
firm conviction that the Portuguese will cordially imitate',
the example lie has given, and will bury in oblivion all
party hatreds and dissensions. The persons excepted are
eight in number, three absent and five in prison; the
Marquis of Abrantc is among the latter.
A letter from Tampico, of the 9th ult. informs us that
the Congress of Puebla has petitioned the Sovereign Con-
gress at Mexico to prohibit the importation of all coarse
woollen and cotton fabrics, for the purpose of encouraging
their own manufactures. The letter adds, there is reason
to apprehend this measure will be adopted.--Yete York
Paper.
THE MszlceN Apses.—The letters by the Egeria,
from Mexico, are dated to the 22d May : they give very
flattering accounts of the mines. The quantity of silver
rent to the city of Mexico to be stamped is very great ;
two millions of money are reported to be in the treasury.
Three vessels had arrived with workmen and machinery
from England, the Rosalind from Swansea, and the Cam-
bria and Robert Fuge from Falmouth. The rains had
set in on the Mexican coast some days before the departure
of the Egeria ; but our newly arrived countrymen (to the
number in all of nearly one hundred) had safely reached
the Table Land ; after which the heat is no longer oppres- ,
sive to European constitutions.
The Swiftsure merchant vessel sailed from Vera Creel
the day before the Egeria, with a deputation of prirsts, to
proceed on a mission to iome, sanctioned by the Mexican
Government, to conclude a Concordat.
On Saturday the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of Glou-
cester, and the Princess Augusta, dined with the Duchess
of Cambridge.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured General Fuller with
his company to dinner en Saturday.
Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge dined
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta attended Divine Service
at the Chapel Royal.
On Saturday night the Princess Augusta, tho Duchess
of Cambridge, and the Duke of Sussex, honoured the
English Opera House, iu the Strand, with their presence
to see the new opera of Broken Promises. At the end of
' the opera the band struck up" God save the King," and all
the audience rose; this, however, was Hot satisfactory, the
voices were called for to sing the anthem when the curtain
drew up, and all the principals and a numerous chorus
appeared. The verse parts were admirably sung by Miss
Stephens, Miss Noel, and Mr. Thorne.
Saturday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess
Augusta.

On Saturday evening the Duchess of Kent honoured
tho Italian Opera with her presence.

The following is the report of Mr. Canning's Physicians
yesterday morning:—
" 31 r. Canning has passed a comfortable night and is msterially
hotter in all respects this morning. The aeute symptoms of the
disorder are now remose.l, but perfect quiet is still necessary to
con-iplrie his recovery."—Dated Gloucester bodge, Sunday morn-
ing, July li.
Tyra is and Turn cut.— A noble Lord who was aide-de-
camp to the Duke of Wellington, visited the Duke early on
the morning of the battle of Sataniayea, and perceiving
I him lying on a very small camp bedstead, observed that
his Grace " had not room to turn himself." The Duke
immediately replied, " when you have Ursa as long act
f have, you will know that when a man thinks of turning
is Lis bed, i; is time he should turn vut of it."