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London, England, 1831-06-06 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1831.

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WAVERLEY NOVELS—NEW EDITION.
VOLUME XXV. of this WORK, whic,
completes THE PIRATE, was published this dat
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4t," The Twenty-five Volumes which have appeared
contain Fourteen New Intraluctions by the Author, be-
sides copious Notes to each Volume.
VOLUME SIXTH of the New Issue, which completes
the ANTIQUARY, is now also ready.
PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT,
Painted in 1830, by John Watson G Esq., and now
cxhibi-ing at Somerset IThuse. Ti,e Engraving from this
Portrait is far advanced, and will be given with one of the
forthcoming Volumes of the Work.
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Of whom may be had, just published,
I. FRAGMENTS of VOYAGES andIRAVELS,
being an Account of Captain Hall's Naval, Life and Ea:ply
-Yn/milos. , Three small volumes. Vignette Tith
Captain Hall's first object is the improvement of
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derive lessons of the utmost importance for the formation
of their character and the regulation of their conduct, in
all that relates to the duties which they owe to themselves,
their country, and their Creator." Monthly Review,
M.y, 1831.
2. DESTINY; or, The Chief's Daughter. A Tale.
By the Author Of " Marriage," and " The Inheritance."
Three vols. 1/. I Is. 6d.

" The character of Destiny' will be best understood
by the admirers of 'Pride and Prejudice,' and 'Northanger
Abbey,' when we say that the Authoress is entitled to the
high distinction of being called, without qualification or
drawback, the Miss Austin of Scotland."—Spectator.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.
DURING LAST WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. i Oats. Bemis.
J--- ---
Ca
Pcr Quarter. Is.to s. s. to s. S. to 8. 8. to 8.
167 41 36 36
152 72 i 33 31 22 29 50 52
Morpeth 164 72 38 40 24 30 42 44
Penrith 67 42
Sheffield 70 43 28 46
Winchester CO 69 ,34 41 23 30 42 46
Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. 6. (i. s. d. ls.d.s.d.s. d. E. d.
Carmarthen--, 83 90 46 50 20 29 00 00
Coventry 70 90 48 54 36 40 56 60
Newcastle (Staff) 10 0 10 9 6 0 6 6 4 6 3 0 5 3 5 6
Northallerton.—.. 7 0 9 3 3 6 4 6 3 3 4 0 5 9 6 6
Stone----.. 100 106 59 6 2 4 9 54 7ti 80
Swansea 8 6 90 46 50 29 36 00 00
Warwick 90 lOO 46 50 22 26 73 7 6
Per 8011.
Barnardeastle—.. 18 9 21 010 0 11 0 8 6 9 4 0 0 11 0
Durham 16 6 18 6 90 RI 3 56 76 100 11 0
Richmond 170 21 010 0 10 6 74 90 110 12 0
Stockton ---117 6 19 6 9 0 10 0 6 6 8 0 0 0 0 0
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—June 3.
Wheat, Red, Norfolk and SufFolk...sBs. 635. to 712 finp I.IL

WAKE',
Wheat, Red, NT(
Lit
Yot
-
- Foreign

.ELD CORN MARKET.--June 3.
irfolk and SufFolk 588. 655. to 71s. fine 745.
n. and Cam. sBs. 655. to 695. fine 725.
irkshire 588. 635. to 665. fine 798.
625. 68s. to 735. fine 775.
Red , 5BB 64s to 70s. fine 735.
--- White 625. 68s to 7. fine 7lis.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
-- Lincolnshire 2.95. to 345. fine 388.
-- Yorkshire Wold
-- Foreign -s. to -s. fine -s.
Beans,
.......-. New 3ss. to 395. fine 41s
Oats, Potato 27s. to 31s. fine 335.
- Poland -s. 265. to 295. fitie 31s.
- Friesland and Small -s 245. to 03s. fine 295.
-- Healing - 16d. to 15d. per Stone.
Shelling 355. to 365. Od. per Load.
Malt 445. 475. fine 595, per Load.
Rapeseed

EDINBURGH CORN MARKKI.—June 1.

We had a middling suppl of :Wheat and Oats to-day, and
sales for bath rather brisk. Wheat 2s. up on the top, and Is. Bd.
on the average. Oats 280 quarters sold at an advance of 3s. 4d. on
the top, and Is. 10d. on the average. Barley and Beans much
the same as last weck.

Wheat.
First 7os Od
Second P2S Od
Third 48s Od

Barley.
33s 6d
33s od
30s 6d

Oats.
35s 4d
30, Od
2s Sd

Pease.
4430.1
413 Od
403 Od

Beans.
44s Od
41s Od
40s Od

BRITISH SUBJECTS IN PORTUGAL.

OPORTO, MAY ii.

" Resolved unanimously, that an address expressive of
the thanks of the meeting be forwarded to Lord Viscount
Palmerston, &c., to be laid before his Majesty's Govern-
ment, and that this' meeting be adjourned to Friday the
13th instant, in order to prepare the same."

FRIDAY, MAY 13.
At the adjourned meeting held this day, the, address
having been read, when it was— .

" Resolved unanimously, that it be adopted, and that his
Majesty's Consul be requested to transmit the same.
" Resolved uninimou3ly, that the thanks of the meeting
be given to R. B. Hoppner, Esq., his Majesty's Consul.
General at Lisbon, for the zeal and energy he has so con-
spienously manifested in defence of bur privileges.

,•*„ (Signed) ". JOHNCRISPIN."
The Chairman having left the chair, it was " resolved
unanimously, that the thanks of the meeting be given to
John Crispin, Esq., his Majesty's Consul, for the zealous
and unremitting exertions in supporting the privileges of
British subjects; and he be•requested to transmit the re-
solutions of this meeting to his Majesty's ,Government
through the Consul. General at Lisbon.
(Signed) " CHARLES HENRY NOBLE.
" GEORGE KNOWSLEY.
" JOHN ATKINSON.
" JOHN ACKWORTH.
" And by 27 more individuals."

" TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT PELMERSTON, &C.
" We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects re-
siding in this city, highly sensible of the protection extended
to us by the decisive Measures which his Majesty's Go-
vernment have recently taken for the enforcement of the
rights and privileges of British subjects, conceded by
treaties subsisting between Great Britain and Portugal,
and which have lately been so frequently violated, cannot
refrain from expressing our gratitude for the security thus
afforded to our persons and property in this country, with
the full hope that by these efficacious steps our rights and
privileges will in future be strictly observed. We there-
fore entreat your Lordship to be pleased to lay these our
sentiments of high obligation before his Majesty's Govern-
ment. (Signed) " GEORGE KNOWSLEY.
" JOHN ATKINSON.
" T. H. WHITELY.
" GEORGE REID.
" JOHN ACK WORTH.
" ISAAC NEWTON.
" And by 24 more individuals.

" Oporto, May Is."

CHOLERA MORBUS.---At a monthly conver-
sazione of the Colic:4e of Physicians last week, a paper was
read by the registrar, in which Dr. ROUPELL, physician
to the Floating Hospital moored off Greenwich, de-
scribed the symptoms of a peculiar fever which raged in
that institution during the spring of this year. The dis-
order.was characterized by a very severe affection of the
head and nervous system, and was accompanied in many
instances by the appearance of a rash. So excessive was
the affection of the head, that even where consciousness
was not destroyed memory was often entirely lost. Many
of the patients doubted their identity; and one who
fancied he had died, when questioned as to his reason,
asked, "if he lived, why he did not feel?" Although
many fell victims to the severity of the disorder, yet, con-
sidering the intensity of its symptoms, the mortality was
hardly so great as might have been expected. Dissection
always disclosed the effects of inflimmation on the brain :
still the disorder, so far from being cured, was often ag-
gravated by bleeding ; and more benefit was derived from
stimulants and anodynes.
A NUT FOR JOSEPH HUME.—The late
Member for the city—the leviathan sinecurist, Mr.
\Yuma's' DUNDAS—stands in rather an awkward pre-
dicament with regard to the office of Keeper of the Signet.
Mr. DUNDAS, it appears, held a life commission as Keeper
of the Signet of GEORGE 111. Upon his MAJESTY'S
dtinise, the commission fell in terms of the Act 57 Geo.
111. c. 64, awl was not renewed, it would appear, by his
late MAJESTY; and yet Mr. DDNDAS not only continued
to act, but appointed deputies under him. But besides this,
Mr. DUNDAS was otherwise barred from acting as Keeper
of the Signet, even had he obtained a commission from the
late KING. By the sth section of the above Act, it is pro-
v Med and enacted, that upon the termination of the then
" existing interests in the offices of Keeper of the Signet,
and Lord Register, respectively, or upon either of the same
becoming vacant, the duties of the Keeper of the
Signet shall be discharged by the Lord Regiattr,
and that every person thenceforth to be appointed Lord
Register, shall discharge the duties of Keeper of the
Signet as well as Lord Register, with the aid of such
assistance front clerks, or other officers, as the Lords of the
Treasury
shall think fit to appoint." Both alternatives
have occurred. lit. Mr. DUNDAS'S existing interest in
the office of Keeper of the Signet of GEORGE 111. legally
terminated on his MAJESTY'S death. 2d. The office of
Lord Register becaMe " vacant" on the death of 11Ir. Cot..
ounous, in 1821; when Mr. DUNDAS was appointed
Lord Register. Either alternative, by the express terms
of the Act, brought it into full operation ; and, had another
person been appointed Lord Register instead of Mr. DUN.
DAs, he must necessarily have superseded him as Keeper
of the Signet. It is therefore. evident that Mr. Dumas,
has no power to act aseeper of the Signet, except in
virtue of his own commission as Lord Register ; and then
only in propria persona, or through the medium of as-
sistants to be appointed by the Lord! of the Treasury.
From this it follows clearly, that during the whole reign
of his late AIAJESTY, this cormorant sinecurist held no
legal commission—and he ought. therefore to be now made
to disgorge the emoluments of the office. Let hones
JOSES'E look into it.—Scotsman.

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ni roanl;eta
M.
FRACAS AT PERTH.—Extract of a letter,
1831 :......“ Mr. ARCHIBALD TURN-
BULL, great ones here, and a violent Anti-Re-
BULL, one of the.
to-day meeting Baiilie WRIGHT, of Perth (ex.. former,
of the constables for preserving order on the
officio), one
~
28th instant, said, HOW is it that you fellows did not
..'ated Perth, MAY Sot
keep these reforming rascals in better order on Saturday?"
N, !lice condition with yourself a fellow." Mr.
replied, " I consider it ungentlemanlike to call
drove his fist in the Baillie's face, which drew
T. would have repeated the dose, but was
by the Police Captain. Mr. T. passionately
blood.
Captain GORDON standing by, " I will send
message to WRIGHT by you," "That's some-
a hostile
. ew " GORDON; "you first knock the man
thing n , says .
down, then mean to shoot him by way of indemnifica-
tion The Baillie has already handed the case to the
tion .
LORD AMOCATII, to be a Jury trial. The C immissioners
reprimand the Superintentlantfor not committing
mean to
tpirieenvesnatiedd
to a
Mr. T. for the outrage. —Scotch Paper.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF A MURDER.--
A constable, who had defeated the intentions of some incen •
diaries in Norfolk, was subsequently waylaid by the, party,
fellows made their escape; one o
two
of whom shot at him, the fire of oae
pf
them, under
roving fatal.—
the namet.° of Cox, afterwards getting employment with a
farmer at Market Weighton, and shortly after his engage-
ra(n:inthewritlhalcioouxre! ntiaesKjeonngangoettile,
s much disturbed in his dreams ; and one night lie dis-
tinctly beard him say, edanthdatiolfiligsMbedifnellothwe
" I tell you, I didn't kill, I only
suith at him and he fell." What," said the labourer,
hast thou been killing a msn ?" To which he replied,
meat
same
being still asleep, " No, I tell you, I only shot at him ;
the other killed him." In the morning the labourer and
another taxed him with being a murderer. He appeared
confused, and said " who, could have told you such a
thine, The matter was not proceeded in then ; but he
subsequently dropped. a Hue and Cry paper for the appre-
hension of the two murderers of the. Norfolk constable,
who were described by the name of PEARSON. Their sus-
picions being then awakened, a police officer was sent for,
who took PEARSON, alias Cox, into custody. The other
supposed murderer, who was in the employment of a
farmer at Stockton, was also apprehended. They are
relations,,Sheffidd Coitraia.

At a meeting of the British merchants and residents in
this city, convened by the Consul to be held this day at
his (Juice for the porpos, of his communicating a letter he
had received from his Majesty's Consul-General at Lisbon,
laced the 7th of May, and which he now hid befor'e the
meeting, stating the dismissal of Senhor Carneiro e La
from the office of-Judge Conservator, and the due instal-
ment of his successor, the 11:zembargador (Senhor Joao
Mamie! de Oliveira), and moreover making it known that
the demands which the Consul-General was•instrueted by
his Majesty's Government to make upon the Portuguese
GOvernment had been acceded to.