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was the importance which his Majesty attaches to ihe
counteracting the report of his hvalth, which has in-
duced him to ride out twice since his Birth-day (an 'Fie.)
The first time he returned in so alarming a condition, that
it was found necessary to apply blisters and other active
and ins:ant remedies; he suffered somewhat less the second
time, but it was then also foin:il necessary to repeat the
blisters th• next morning ; and the result of show efforts
have made it inditpenrable that his Majesty should discon-
tinue them, fur the present at least, lest the consequences
should be fatal.

Our neighbours, the Dutch, aeon to have caught the
prevalent mania for joint stock, or, es they term them,
anonymais societies. We have just seen a very lengthy, ill-
written,
and worse translated, prospectus, comprehended
in six chapters, and 109 articles, for a joint stock Com- 1
pany, for the improvement of the trade, navigation, agri-
culture, ship-building, and manufactures of the Nether-
lands. This project has received the sanction of his
Netherlandic Majesty. The chief object which the pro-
jectors seeni to have in view is, to regain that share of the
East India and China trade, whith they have confessedly
lost ; but we suspect that their commercial powers were too
long under the fostering charge of Bonaparte, to be so easily
awakened into life as they seem to expect.
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The proposed capital of this Company is to be thirty-
seven millions of Netherland florins, on which they are to
besecured an interest•of 41 per cent. We may soon ex-
pert to hear of this plan upon our own exchange, but we
would recommend our readers to pause before they risk
their money on such a speculation, as it will require some-
thing more than a decree of the King of the Netherlands
to restore to his subjects a trade which has so long been se-
cured by the Britialt and North American merchants.
This project may, in some degree, account for the breach
of faith, and diplomatic quibbling, which we observed some
time since had taken place, on the part of the Dutch
Minister, with regard to Ratoeni.

By the arrival of a gentleman of great respectability and
intelligence from Egypt, we learn that the niche has de-
clared, that he will this year raise fifty thousand bales of
cotton. 'Whether he can accomplish this or not, it at least
shews, that he has every inclination to effect that purpose,
and there can be no doubt that in time lie will have the
power. All this mass of production must come to this
country in British bottoms, and consequently will not only
bean much subatracted from American growth, but alarg:
proportion of freight deducted from American tonnage.
Such are sonic of the consequenceialready resulting from
the American tariff: indeed, there was hardly a reflecting
man throughout the Union, that did not foresee that that
ill-advised measure would recoil with ten-fold force on
the Americans themselves. The majority by which it was
passed into a law was smaller than any we recollect. Our
trade to America will be but little injured by the tariff, as,
besides the Canadian frontier, through which goods may
be smuggled by British subjects, the whole seaboard of the
States is laid open to the native American smugglers,
whom the high duties will certainly tempt to evade the
rove nue. The celebrated offensive and defensive treaty of
Catherine with the Northern Powers, first gave importance
to the iron manufacture of England, and we should not
be surprised if the American tariff, should it be persisted
in, were to make the Mahometana the most extensive
growers of tobacco and cotton.

A shocking view of the state of the administration of
justice in Ireland among the lower authorities, is given in
our Assize Intelligence from the County of Fermanagh.
Some Protestants and Catholics were tried for the parts
they had taken in riots arising from the party quarrels by
' which the country is distracted. It was contrived by the
Sub-Sheriff that the Jurors should be exclusively Orange-
men, and the consequence was, that the Catholics were all
found guilty, and the Protestants acquitted. A Catholic
who had been wounded in the thigh by a shot fired by the
Protestant rioters, was assaulted on leaving the table, almost
within view of the Court. lie was followed into the streets
and there publicly struck a desperate blow on the
hack of his neck. Informations were immediately swot..
in Court for the apprehension of the Orange ruffian,
but he was allowed to escape. The whole proceedings
were of so outrageous a nature, as to provoke an
indignant and eloquent rebuke from the Learned Judge
who was presiding, and who with his own eyes
witnessed part of the violent proceedings which the Sub-
Sheriff had the insolent assurance to say he had fifteen
witnesses to disprove! It appears also, that in another
case, in which a Catholic had been wounded, three Magis-
trates had refused to take evidence respecting the crime.
We may guess, from these facie, how necessary a purga-
tion .of the magistracy had become, and how necessary it
still is that the Orange Association should be utterly sup-
pressed, fur the peace and safety of Ireland.

WINDSOR, SEPT. 3.—The King left the Royal Lodge
this morning, for the purpose of taking his aecustomill
ride, and proceeded to Virginia iVater. The band of the
First Lite Guards have gone from 'Windsor to Virginia
Water, to play for the amusement of the King and his
noble visitors. The band of the Second Life Guards W. 15
also in attendance yesterday.
At an early hour yesterday morning, the Duke of York
arrived in town from 11'indsor. Soon after tt n o'clock his
Royal Highness gave an interview to Sir Herbert Taylor,
and transacted military business.
We have been informal upon authority on which we
think we may salidy rely, that Lord William Retain& has
been a!ready nominated to the Governor Generalship of the
Cape of Good Hope, rice Lord F. Somerset, who is soon
expected in this country.
Yesterday the Prince de Polignac, Ambassador from the
Court of France, transacted business at the Foreign Office
with Mr. Secretary Canning, who, we ale happy to state,
is quite retovered trom his recent indisposition.
There was an arrival from the Havannah yesterday in
thirty-six days, but no political intelligence; no recent
111:M4 had been received there from Mexico.
1:: tiers were yesterday received from Maranbam, of the
TM) July, width state that the province of Brazil con-
tinued in a convulasisi and distracted state.

1%.e can state, positirtiy, that the ne7nciations for a
New Spanish Loan are not broken off. The discussions
upon the subject are still mice:ding; but, in the present
stage of the business, it is impossible to say how they may
rut inate.—Courier.

We have conversed with a gentleman recently returned
from Paris, and his account of the King's actual condition,
while it awakens the liveliest sympathy for the. Royal suf-
ferer, leaves us no doubt as to the fact of his rapidly ap-
proaching dissolution. It is, however, just possible, but,
certainly, far from probable, that nature, aided by all that
human skill can do, may still rally for a short period.
With respect to any political consequences likely to result
(ruin the event, whenever it takes place, we believe they
will be of little moment. M. de Villele has consolidated
his power, and the war of paragraphs and pamphlets,
which the Viscount de ('hatcaubriand s retirement had ex-
cited, is at an end.—Eeenine• Paper.
'Pus HANK.—We attended at the Bank yesterday, in
espectatien of a meeting which was to have taken place,
relative to the reduction of interest. We were informed
there, however, that the paragraph respectin; the meeting
had crept into the pipers without the knowledge of the
proprietors, and the y believed it was done for the purpose
of ereativit alarm unnecessarily, but there is no intention
of a meeting of the proprietors on the subject sued in the
paragraph.