The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-27 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

The Moniteur of Saturday contains no further domments or
intelligence from Rio de Janerio.

(From the Etoilet dated Sunday, June 25.)

RIO IM JANIIRO, MAY 9.
The two Chambers have commenced their session. The fol-
lowing is the decree convoking them .
As we see the day approach which is fixed by the Constitution.
for the installation' of the General Legislative Assembly; and as it
is proper for the public felicity of the Empire, that this assembly
should exercise, as soon as possible, its important functions, have
thought fit to appoint the 29th of the present month, at nine
o'clock in the morning, for the first meeting of the Senators and
Deputies in their respective Chambers, in order that they may
proceed to the preliminary observations indispensable for the
solemn opening of the Assembly. Joseph Felicien Fernandez
Pinheiro, Member of my Council, and Minister Secretary of
State fur the Affairs of she Empire will attend to this, and cause
it to be printed and published, that it may be carried into exe-
cution.,

" Given at the Palace of fio de Janeiro, Sept. 25, with the
signature of his IMperial Majesty.
(Countersigned) " J. F. F. PINHEIRO."
The two Chambers have had five preparatory Sittings em-
ployed, among other things, in verifying the iower of the Mem-
bers, and regulating some details of the ceremonies.
The Chamber of Deputies mustering at first only 51 Members,
whereas the Constitution requires 52 (one more than the half),
debated a long time whether it could verify the powers of the
Members; but the arrival of more Members removed the diffi-
culty. In the Sitting of the 2d May, the Government sent a
message, inviting the two Chambers to attend the mass of the
Holy Ghost on the 4th.

The opening speech was to be delivered at the latest ou the 9th
May.

PAnly, JUNE 23.—The Emperor of Brazil, on the 30th
April, named the Marquis of Abrantes a Peer of the kingdom of
Portugal; the same promotion is announced to 23 other Mar-
quises, 40 Counts, 13 Bishops, and to seven others, viz, the
Duke de Cadavel, President ; the Duke de Alafaes ; the Car-
dinal Patriarch, Vice-President; the Archbishop-Primate; the
Archbishops of Adrianople, of Elva*, and of Evora.
Pants, JuNz 2.s.—Brazil and Portugal are for ever separa-
ted. A young Prince, full of and Ideas, but, perhaps, rather
too confident in the full force obis genius, has rejected the crown
of his ancestors, the crown of Emanuel and Alphunso, for the
purpose of mounting, in the midst of revolutionary storms, the
more brilliant, but less solid throne of a new empire; he has
abandoned a people, of whom God and Nature made him the
father and monarch ; a people who appealed to him, and co- him
alone, for the establishment of their laws, of their liberties, of
their glory—to reign over a half-civilized assemblage of Indians
And Africans, intermixed with a trifling number of Portuguese
coloniite. He has entered the lists with those republicans who
constitute the population of the American continent ; and risks a
still more dangerous conflict with those republican sentiments
which are springing up on all sides, in the very bosom of his own
empire. .

iVhat has he to oppose to such dangers? Great personal cou-
rage, au enterprisinfr character ; but rather fond of command
than capable of exerctsingit ; the promises of a charter ; the re-
jection of constitutional ministers, of proclamations highly liberal ;
the dissolution of the first national representation ; of the allianCes
with England and Austria ; a spirit of discontent at Bahia and
Pernambuco.' In fine, he aspires to the establishment of a new
monarchy, where he will have to create laws, institutions, finances,
an army, a fleet, while every inch of hie native soil is a fire of re-
volutionary elements. Bolivar is at his gates, while Europe is
worn out, distant, and divided.

The ancient Portuguese monarchy (with her other colonies,
still important, and formerly guaranteed against Brazil) does not,
perhaps, so much regret the inevitable separation of an empire,
become too great to remain a colony, as the loss of a Sovereign
whim, the legitimate order of succession had reserved for her, and
who could not, consistently, refuse to. ratify the solemn pledges
given by his father tb re-establish the constitution of the Cortes of
Lamego, and to set at least some bounds to the anarchical des-
potism under which Portugal, for ages, has seen her natural re-
sources dried, up, her agriculture, her industry, and her commerce
languishing, and the British, flag triumphant in her harbours.
And what does Portugal present? A Princess, seven years
old,—the immediate prospect of a regency,--the distant prospect
of the marriage of her young Queen with one of her Princes, who,
scarce passed the years of adolescence, has declared himself
decidedly au enemy to public liberty, who has persecuted not
only the men of national spirit, but even those among his
father'S courtiers who seemed disposed to moderate a little the
absolute government.

Such are the arrangements of diplomacy. England has suc-
ceeded in preventing that aggrandizement, that independence,
that power, to which the Portuguese possessions, united under
Don Pedro, would have attained. She has succeeded in retain-
ing, under her two-fold protectorate, the two colonies of Portugal
and Brazil. Perhaps she has it in contemplation to deprive Por-
tugal of the merely nominal and useless sovereignty of Goa, the
We of Timor, Angola, and Mozambique ; possessions necessary
to cOMplete her universal colonial monarchy, u the Quarterly
Review has frequently insinuated.
However, as Austria possesses some influence in the Cabinet of
Rio Janeiro, and has some connexion with a party in Lisbon,
English diplomacy finds it expedient to conciliate the sublime
genius,of M. Metternich by two ways; one is, to balance the
power of Bolivar and of the American Republicans, by preserving
at least one monarchy In the new Continent ; the other, to pre-
vent Portugal from reconquering her ancient constitutional liber-
ties, or, as M. (lentz says, '' from plunging into the abyss of
Prnee
re-
volutionary innovation." The Portuguese Cortes olLaniego are
as those of Hungary. There it somewhat too much of such den-
gerous example,.
There remains in truth, one great one immense question, at
which diplomacy never boggles, but which must come under the
examination ,of public opinion. Three arrangements, made at
the expense of one nation, and without consulting her, have they
the character of legitimicy ? Apprice inheriting au empire
401 its parts, ,hll. lie a right 4q cede, as he fluty think fit, such
or such part, without an evident necessity resulting from superior
force ? If the cession be matter of expediency, is it legitimate,
withoutios niertehley pf the abdicationeousentoftheP of the
°riugi.eaeL°l'rtes? Ii these be u
bans es- crown of Portugal, the i
abdicates only his Peonnal right*, 'audit belongs to the !lotion to I
defend nn arm and to oppose eVcrY thing that May endanger
them. Kingdom. are not patrilownild 74itel. People arenot
mere flocks that are distributed by lot, These are the Principles
of puhli
e law, natural and eternal. Legitimacy ;
f .11 a reciprocal
and mutual. obligation between the nation:anti the reigning d‘,.
nasty.. , This is the principle of ell ' political riglitv : it
p...),,A,
kinge, but:. it also imposes- oblikations c
On tueni, A diplomacy'
which alter* legitimate,riflbtk, whOa 4kes 'the principle of legi-
timitcy,in an unilateral setni. by according to Princes thewer
of
choging every thing at will, is, in truth; the source of po
the
evils of ancient Europe. It itecesSerily bring, oit the
thoohlthm
of the political world. -A i.
v--44ted 'principle is a stranger to
mercy.

Zbt 2onn.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 11196.

The Paris Papers of Saturday, including the Etoile
dated Sunday morning, have been received, but are
destitute of any political intelligence, with the excep- ,
tion of the following article from Constantinople,
under date of the 23d Allay, from which it appears
that the departure of the Turkish Commissioners to
treat with the Commissioners of 'Russia, had pot
actually taken place at that time. '
CONSTANTIXOrLE, MAr 28.—The Commissioners appointed
by the Porte to go to Bucharest, and thence to the frontiers of
Russia, to treat with the Commissioners of that barrier on the
Points still in dispute, have not yet departed, but they were pre-
paring to quit this capital. lii their suite are Nati Effendi, as
Secretary, and Esrar Effendi, as interpreter, with whom Amek
'Effendi is associated. They are all Turks, which seem to confirm
the resolution said to have been adopted by the Porte, not again
to invest any Greek with public functions. We have learnt no-
thing new from the Mores ; it does' not appear that Ibrahim has
directed his efforts, as it was said he would, against Napoli di Ro-
mania. lie must wait at Patras for reinforcements. Every
thing is preparing at Napoli di Romania to Make a vigorous resist-
ance, and it is thought that the division of the heroic defenders of
Missolongbi, which, according to the accounts received by the
Porte, made its way through the Egyptian army, and must have
arrived at Corinth, will, if necessary, go to Napoli di Romania.

The Papers are principally filled with the decrees
arid . other preparations for the meeting of the two
Chambers at Rio tie Janeiro, the appointment by the
Emperor of BRAZIL, of the lilarquess.of A BRANT F,s,
23' other Marquesses, 40 Counts, 13 Bishops, anti
seven others, to be Peers of Portugal ; and with debates,
on the subject of the separation of that kingdoni from
the Brazilian Empire. The Constitutionnei, §lludin4
to the new Peers says, " The Choice of the persons
who are to compose the Chamber of Peers of the
constitutional kingdom of Portugal and Algarves pre.
sents a memorable example to the nations of A*
European Continent of that spirit, of that.candid, con,
plete, and loyal mixture of parties, inspired by. an ab 4
and generous policy, unknown to the pretended S4to--
men 'who have, since 1814, directed the Holy Alliance
Of Kings."—Extracts from the Papers will be found
in another column.

Fnvicts FUNDL—Five per Cents., 98(. 80e.—Three PIT
Cents., 65f. 85e.--Nespolitsn Rentts, 781.

In consequence of our Article on Naval Intelligence+
having been left out of our Paper yesterday by mis-
take, the account it contained of His MAJEsTY's
ship North Star, Captain ARABIN, being on shore
upon the Break-Water, in. Plymouth Sound, unfor.
tunately did not appear. This ship, recently fitted out
in the river for the Coast of Africa, and having touched
at Portsmouth, was ordered to call at Plymouth for her
final orders. On the 24th instant, at about a quarter be-
fore seven in the morning, she, hove in sight, carrying a
press of sail, with the wind'at south east. While in the
act of saluting the Admiral, and in endeavouring to
enter the Sound, she struck on the east end of the Break.,
water, and although it was about half flood, and great
exertions were made to get her off; it could not' be
effected at high water. Boats from the ships in
harbour, and the Dock Yard afforded prom
assistance ; but every effort was ineffectual, -.Bo€l
on the fall of the tide, when our correspondent's letter
was dated, endeavours were making to shore her up
with spars, to prevent her falling on her. bilge. In this
they succeeded, and we are happy to say that we find
by letters received from Plymouth this morning, that
she was got off the next tide, and is gone into dock,
to be examined.
The accident is understood to have occurred whit°
the North Star was under the Charge of her Master,
who had carried her skilfully through the Eastern
the buoys which mark the passage,
Passage, but was deceived by too great a similarity 0
Ti

le Herald Yacht passed the Sound, on the 16th
instant, for St. Petersburgh, with a fair wind.

We are concerned to learn by letters received by tiff
Orbit from Para, dated the 10th of May, that a ItevQ
lution had-
. broken out at Camet,i where the authorities
are said to have declared themselvesgainst the Impe-
rial Government. The troops sent a a
gainst the rebels,
are stated to have been immediately killed or taken
prisoners, and the principal merchants of the place to
i n
be on the eve of returning to Europe.
We were not prepared to receive these accounts, after
the proof of attachment to his South. American Pos-
sess-ions, which has been manifested by the Emperor in
;
thuisrndientgernto
linati°ii toremain
Portugal
; and we should
oat an extract of one of the letters winch has
been received from a highly respectable individual.
brazil inp
hopelefe preference
n thatce t c
\rlee"
the.
accounts may by unfounded, or much exaggerated.
We subj

that broke Ti3it'Okaree obuetreaitn PAJLA :114T DI
thetneelves against the imperial Gtrrernment. The Europa's°.
reeident there aid their best for the purpose of putting dawn thft'
caignitteati,t dewalhetri:trthoeuhaluethoworiintigestohaaverevdoelciliatrietked,

revolation, but they were unfortunately few, and every one Of
them were assassinated ! When these news arrived •here, troops
Were immediately Sent against the rebels, but the whole of them
were either killed or taken prisoners. Another expedition ittpre-
Wing, but I feat• very much that the bad success of the first Will
prevent the second from arriving at its destination. The town is,
is consequence. of, this, in great confiision, and the principal mer-
chants are preparing to quit this place for Lisbon, Oporto, France,
au'l England, and some for the United States : indeed, the Pam--
e, are not safe here, because (though it does not appear so for
the present) it is from here that every thing is arranged; and no
°pecan know bow this will end, particularly if Colombia gives the
hist countenance to the parties embarked in this affair. There
ere rood re:lsola to believe that emissaries have been sent here for
the Shove Purpose, People in the country think that a republic
Is the most perfect government, and even those who hardly know
how to write their names consider themselves fit to become presi-
dent. of the republic ! Unless I see a very material alteration here
in the course of a month, I shall not remain."

Lisbon Gazettes to the '3d of June have arrived,
but they are destitute of interest. No news had then
been received from Brazil, or at least been made pub-
lic. If the decrees Of DON PEDRO respecting his
alulieation of the crown of Portugal had not been re-
ceived at Lisbon, it is singular how they should have
ntstmade their appearance in the Moniteur. This
'ireumstance, if correct, is enough to create a doubt
()f their authenticity:--the more so, from the adroit
I:,laliner in which DON the protegee of the
late
Government, is helped to the throne of his
1:1e father. - The following is an extract from the
Lisbon Gazette

Lisaox, JUNI 2.
The solemn procession, which was officially announced in the
ii4zette of the 24th, took place on Sunday the 28th. The streets
t
Nit which it passed from the church of Sesta Maria to the
Church of St. Domingo, were lined by the troops of the garri-
,4) and crowded with spectators. The procession was tom-
'''ed of all the fraternities of the most holy saeranient, of all the
nligious orders,
,the knights and commanders of the military
:414, the tribunals; &c. Our most eminent prelate, with the
!'"uttrailee, containing the most holy sacrament, was under a
,rI°PY, duce to which wu her Royal Highness the Princess Presi-
clat of the Government and the 2 Infantas,her aisters, with the whole
Llllll, attended by the Royal Guards. The respect and devotion
ir2ifellted in the whole of this religious act, the recollection of
ZPitty of the august Monarch from, w. hom it emanated, but
° unhappily did not live to accomplish it, the zeal with which it
tarried into effect by his august daughter, every thing was cal-
`'llted to heighten the compunction which the solemnity itself
t
lditi to excite in the faithful, and revived the feelings of grief
educed by the total effects of impiety in these better times, ma-
'!l'oted by so many acts of sacrilege, which call for all the acti-
. .
justice agaio.t thole, who Call, conceal these execrable
Norm against all law both human and divine.

t'xtract from a letter, dated Smyrna, May 20, received this
'4llliag :—After noticing the continued piratical acts of Greek
,i.44ers, it observes, that although the Consul and Captain Hamil-
:tor His Majesty's ihip Cambrian, have evinced, every disposi-
-44'4 to remedy the growing evil of Greek piracies on the personal
r.tentation of merchants, it has been deemed right to address
fitter to the Consul, which is now in the course of signature
merchante, earnestly requesting His Majesty's Ambassador,
..,414. Hamilton, and the Admiral at Malta, may be solicited to
ltl:ast every protection in their power, by convoys up and down
:';'irehipelago, and by placing &greater number of small cruisers
the Station.
'Altera from Constantinople of the 26th May, confirm the tie-
-I;lnti ,tY active measures being used to repress the system of
°"rilig going on to all vessels bound to that place and Smyrna,
which regular convoys are obliged to be given. The
PQ49fr from Malta had arrived after being plundered.

e are glad to observe 'that the City of London
;14 length adopted a right. mode in the choice of
"111 rs. For some years past, a very improper
2rite has been .pursued in the exercise of this im-
ma,a right ; and. it has been perverted into a plan of
flis money, 'which might be • designated as being
lUitous to individuals, and disgraceful to the City.,
ions,, have, during the continuance of ibis wrong sys-
,: been put in nomination for the Office of Sheriff, who
,e known to be unfit for it, and unwilling to under-
_ote, ha duties; but who were known at the same time
i 7 able to pay the heavy fine exacted of ,those who
44 to be excused from serving. It
.has, in conse-
ence, frequently happened that eight or ten gentlemen
i:. been thus put in nomination, and paid their
ill succession, till the choice has eventually
L. 41 on others, vaio certainly never would have
7,e,° chosen,' but for this apparent difficulty of
figt"g persona willing to undertake the labours of the
, ce ; and hence, the office itself has fallen into (ES!.
114) from the characters of some of the persons who
n:ie been placed in it. On the present occasion, we
Liaeteand that the more sensible and proper course
been adopted .of selecting for nomination to the
, 17, gentlemen of known character and fortune, who-
heLe, he. willing to serve if chosen ; thereby securing
,in'ection of prOper persons, and rescuing the City
the imputation of raising money by the misuse of
4:f its franchises. On this principle, Mr. FARE-
eterIIIER and Mr. WINCHESTER, both men of die-
tewand fortune, were proposed, and unanimously
C On Saturday ; and we may, . therefore, reason-
");,,exPeei to see the duties of the office of Sheriff of
°ll and Middlesex executed during the next year,
v_ %miner creditable tand 'Counto the Sheriffs, Attd useful and
'cifirable to the City y.
I. Ili,

'ere are few people who will be imposed upon by
statement in the Morning Herald of this day,
‘‘ the expedition of Captain BARRIE to the
cit,th, will cost JOHN BULL 10,0001.", but we think
fight to give such statements an unquaMed con-
lotion, lest the silence which would be best suited
b4th trash, should be misconstrued into any admis-
of the truth of the assertion. Those who know
tarts of the case, are aware, that Captain BARRIE
4native of the neighbourhood of
Preston, and has
he sive connections, possessing considerable local
houence, now resident there ; that , he had no
6 lilts of standing for Preston, until solicited
0 so, at the moment of the commencement
iti the election ; and that he went down in con
ettee, without even an intimation to the Go-
lik con-
t of his intention to offer himself as a Can.

qqaile' Under these the observations
ilo" Morning, Herald are perfectly contemptible,
I.le particularly too, as it is well known that the
01,'
Nhi!rilinent have; not at their disposal any funds from
14:11 expences of tleetioneering can now, in any
ic be defrayed: ' The insinuation, therefore, is as
Jkilous as it is false; and is of a-piece with the
iiller statement of this wise Journal, in allusion to
it: eOBBETT'S standing-for Preston, " that the Mi-
il4tere have not'llir: years been in such a fright—
,4:sl4 the idea, that a certain person could speak as
i,emi, SS write, and the threat, that one of his first
imions would be ' That the Six Acts should be
lenied by the hands of the common hangman.'"
i„
4 k. C
'liters had nothing to fear from OBBETT, S re-
' such less from any inotibli which he could then
6.1 Which in all human probability, would never
• illeconder. The only reelings which Ministers
tilq have had, if COBBETT had been returned,
4, ,
tia.ve been those which such an:ev.ent would
11
! th,7xcited in the mind 'Of every right thinking person
=,olll'eeountry—namely, regiet that any English town
1
pril !lave been 'debased. enough to elect such an
licipled man as CORBETT, and that the House

of Commons should be so far degraded as, to be sub-
jected to his presence. These feelings will be happily
spared by the result of the election, and COBBETT
may resume, his occupation without an enlivening hope
of ever becoming a Member of the Senate, which he
has so frequently and so shamefully vilified and abused.

We beg to call the attention of our readers to the
efficacy of the Laws of Honour, in preventing
ungentlemanlike conduct, as at present exemplified
Preston and Ilchester. Some short,time since, we en-
deavoured to point out the absurdity and inconsistency
of that code, and at the same time to state our opinion
of its utter inutility. We think the advocates for the
system are bound to prove (rather a difficult task) that
if there were no such laws, more offensive and more
ungentlemanlike language would have been used.
It is clear that they do not prevent it altortether, and
we should like to know how much worse the language
could have been in a barbarous country where
this enlightened code was unknown. The fact
is, they are too absurd to be always in force,
and there are such frequent suspensions of them,
that it is difficult to say which is the rule and
which are the exceptions. Were they in constant opera-
tion—standing a contest on the Hustings might expose
a man's life to Jmore risks than the Battle of Waterloo !
And yet we cannot possibly see how a man's honour
can be sullied by an insult on one occasion, and not
on another. A rogue may be annoyed by jests about.,
honesty, and a liar by talking of long bows, &c.
but an upright, manly, and honourable person, will
continue so, whoever may be fool or knave enough to
vilify his unsullied character.

The German papers received this morning are des
titute of interest.

' The Navy List, to be, published by authority on the
Ist of July, will contain the following promotions
which have taken place since the last Quarterly Navy
List was, published on the Ist of April. Most of
these promotions have been announced in our Journal
as they took place, but we now re-publish the names
of the whole' of these Officers as they stand on the
List :
To be Captains—Hon. Charles Abbott, Charles Hope, John
George Aplin, William Rochfort, William Keats, Hon. George
Barrington, Henry John Lecke. .
To be Commanders—Hon. William Anson, John Aitken Blow,
Lewis Davies, William Smith (b), Silas Hisaitt Paddon, Wm.
Henry Pierson, William Howard M'Dougall, Edward Reeves
Philip Mainwaring, William Jones Prowse, Charles Elliott,
Edward Chappell, Joseph O'Brien (b), Andrew Baird, Charles
Henry Seale.
To be Lieutenants—Arthur Duncombe, Windham Berkeley
Portman, Richard Buxton, William Weaver, (0, Thomas Kisbee,
John Purcell, James S. M. Watson, John Bee, Charles Fitzgerald,
Charles Buchett, James Bolton, Edward Lushington Smyth,
Edward Charles Miller, Thomas Hungerford, Wintrington Sea-
cole, Henry Johnstone, Garrett Rufus Taylor Disney, Robert
Brown, Edward George Elliott, George Edwird Whittaker,
Edmund Pope, Elisha William Tupper, Hugh Thomas Rowe,
Justus Oxeuham, John Mawby Coffin, Edward William Pilking-
too, William John, Edwin Lipscomb, Alexander Dingwall For-
dyce, Joseph Pyke, Francis Bulloch Tinling, Thomas Pryer
Wheeler, Robert Lee Stephens, Edward Barnett, George Davies,
Frederick .Spencer Thursby, Henry Allan Griffith, Jeffrey Hall,
John Douglas.
To be Afasters—Wilham Green, Robert Stewed, . Robert
James, James Morice.

To be Captains of Marines—William Henry Robinson, Ri-
chard Edwards. • • •

To be First Lieutenants of Marines—William Ryrie, Day id
Galloway.

To he Second Lieutenants of Marines--swag Buchanan,
Henry George Mitford, John M. Coppinger, H. J. Muston.
To he Surgeons—William Aikin, Andrew Ramsey, John G.
Sebine. •

To be 4ssistant-Surgeons—William Ilarrold, David Grant,
Thoulas O. Ring, John G. Lyell, Jphn Maconchy, Jarnu 13otler.
• To be Purser—Thomas Giles.

Juttx 26.-,-4 very fine large steam-vessel, built at
this port by Mr. James Duke, for account of the Swedish Go-
vernment, was this day launched from his yard in the presence of
a vast number of spectators.

THE FUNDS.

CITY, Twelve o'Cloch this Day.

The English Funds continue in a state of inactivity ; the Con-
sole opened at 794, without any business doing, some transactions
have been effected at 794, 4, with rather a heavy appearance, they
are now 794. The continued unfavourable accounts received from
the manufacturing districts have an evident tendency to cause them
to droop. In the Foreign Funds the same heavy appearance still
operates on the Colombian and Mexican Stock ; Colombian have
been done at 361, and Mexican, 6 per Cents, at 54, sellers ; on
the other Foreign Funds scarcely any business is doing, or any
alteration in price.
• Three per Cent. Consols for Account, 784, 4; 4 per Cent.
Scrip, 4,, 4, pm. ; India Bonds, 11, 13, pm. ;. xchequer Bills,
8, 10, pm.
Fouttow num.—Colombian, 1824, 364; Mexican, 5 per
Cent., 4 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 54, sellers ; Brazilian, 56i, 6;
Buenos Ayres, 58 ; Portuguese, 70 ; Russian, SO, ; Greek,
14, 4; French, 8 per Cent, 654, 4. -
Aftxll.-,--Anglo Mexican, 32i, die. ; United Mexican, 6, dis. ;
Brazilian, 1, die. ; Colombian, 3,5, per Share; Tlalpuxahua,
dis., par.
SHARlC—British Iron Company, 26, 4., dis ; Welch Iron
and Coal, 18, 16, dis. . .

Two o'clock.
Console are flat, and have been done at 79/, f, but recovered,
and are 791, buyers, with very little businesa.
THREE o'CLOCK,
. ,
Consuls are 791, I,

- ,
Mr. ALDERMAN THOMPSON has addressed the
following letter to the Editor of the Morning
Chrontde:—
sin,,i-Thr paragraph in your paper of this day will give cur-
rency to a report totally void of foundation; I therefore beg you
will do me the justice to state, that not being interested, either
directly or indirectly, in any Government contract whatever, soy
name has not been withdrawn from any engagemeat of that nature
with a view of rendering me qualified to hold a seat in Parlia-
ment.-1 am, Sir, your most obedient Servant,
Upper 'Thames-street, June 26. W. THOhIPSON.

Extract from Monday's Observer, which is regu-
larly published ever Monday afternoon, at four
o'clock, at No. 169, Strand, London :
" We have to acknowledge the receipt of several letters from
different parts of the country during the last week, complaining
of the substitution of other Weekly Papers for the Monday -edi-
tion of The Observer. It may be proper to state that Th.
Observer is sever supplied from our own Office, but from News
Agents. We are aware of the unworthy motive which has led to
the impudent substitution described, and can only recommend,
that those persona who have been go grossly imposeo upon will
change their Agents, and, of course, 'decline paying for Papers
which they have not ordered, and which have been attempted to
he forced upon them for sinister, if pot nudicio" Puil/Gus* As
the subject will be submitted to the decision of a Court pf Justice,
coun'tn-
we shall refrain from being more explicit at prssent."-r—June, 26'
Our letters from the
vest as most unpromising. i
it is remarked,
were never so deficient of straw. Wheat and barley-
promise well---the reaping represent the hay nar-
he oats,
of the latter has commenced
in the Countyl
kilkeni
I,'-bubli Patriot.
A fire broke out yesterday at about three oclock, at
the hotel at Bognor, occasioned by the chimney taking
fire, during the preparation of a. dinner for Sir G.
Webster's party. The stables and ont-houses were
consumed,' and the hotel much injured.
At the late Worcester Election, so strenuous, were
the efforts respectively made to procure success,' that
one voter polled who resides at Odessa, a Russian
settlement pp the Black Sea.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.,—(Tins DAY.)

IN PITY MATTER OF SIR ORECORY PALM TURNER, A LUNATIC'
The Loan CH.INCRLLOR was to-day again detained. in his pri-
vate room till ,ionsiderablY past I I O'clock, by a (14.6enssion of this
never-ending affair. An- obser4r remarked, that all parties con-
cerned must be lunatics, otherwke the thing would have been
finally settled long before now.

IX-PARTS ROBIRTS, IN Wal/I MATPIER OF HOIiERTIf A 'IIAHICRUPT.
His Logosirii.'said-he had read over carefully all the affidavits
In this matter, and he thought there was enough to satisfy his
mind that the thing would be best disposed of by a trial.
Mr. Martz observed that there was a trial now pending in the
matter against the auctioneer, but he was not sufficiently acquaint-
ed with that action to be able to say, whether the point raised
here Could also be tried in it. , • ,
Mr.' WAKEFIELD, contra, said, notice had been given that the
act of bankruptcy was to be' disputed.
His LORDSHIP was of opinion that the action now pending
could try every question. His Lordship finally ordered the peti-
tion to stand over till after the trial, and that the brewer who had
taken out the commission should undertake to prove on the trial
the trading, the act of bankruptcy, and the petitioning creditor's
debt. The latter to be proved in a way that would include the
petitioning creditor's debt, described as in the docket paper.

BUCK V. *TAM.

His LORDSHIP had been engagedindrewing up minute* of the
order in this ease, which he hoped to hays ready for delivery to-
morrow. They required much accuracy, and had taken a consi-
derable time in drawing up.
SKINNER'S COUPANY CHARITY.

Mr. Honws requested liberty to mentio; this matter. He did
riot mean to encroach on the order of the Court, that it would
suffer nothing to interrupt the appeals, but to solicit it's indul-
gence in appointing some early time to hear it. The question
for the Court's opinion related to certain buildings at Tunbridge,
the further erection and completion of which were stopped, until
his Lordships order was pronounced.

Mr. HART, on the other side; considered the point exceedingly
short ; it arose on the construction of an instrument, and was
whether certain lauds belonged to a charity school. The principal
point in the cause had been disposed of.
His LORDSHIP would not allow the appeals to be delayed, but
if the Counsel would mention it to him on Thursday morning, he
would name an early hour, some morning, to hear it. Counsel
thanked his Lordship, and said they would do so. The appeals
then proceeded.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—(Tms DAT.)
SMITH DICK.INS.

Mr. Jowsc opened the pleadings--Mr. Scaat.m stated the
case.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff; a piano-forte
maker, to recover damages from the defendant (an Attorney) for
a wanton and malicious arrest. It appeared that the plaintiff had
become surety for a sheriff's officer, named Jervis, and had also
lent him 6001., whereby he was indeed to become a partner in his
business, but finding the profits inadequate to his expectation,
he resolved to break off the connexion, and accordingly he filed
a Bill in Chancery against Jervis. On this occasion Dickins ccted
as Solicitor to Jervis. The matter terminated in Jervis's asaign-
ing over to the Plaintiff all the Claims that Smith and Jervis had
on others persons, until the debt should be paid; whereupon
Dickins claimed from Smith 251. being his costs in the suit.—
This being denied, he said he would arrest Smith, and serve him
out; and accordingly he held him to bail for 401.—When the
trial came on, the subject was referred to the Master, who re-
ported, that Dickins had no claim on Jervis.
Mr. DENMAN, on behalf of the defendant, told the jury that
they should not be influenced in their verdict by the result of the
action, which arose from the arrest. If the defendant had pro-
bable cause, he was sufficiently warranted in the steps he had
taken. He had, throughout' the negociation, claimed this money
as due, from which it was evident that he thought himself 'en-
titled to it.

No evidence being offered on behalf of the defendant, the
LORD Cull? Jrrwricx briefly summed up the evidence.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaiutiff—Damagee 70/.

COURT OF COMMON' PLEAS—(Tius DAr.)
FULD V. CROWD/R AND KELLY.

This was an action of trover to recover .from. the defendants,
Sheriffs of London, the-amount of tome property of the plaintiff,
which they had 'wrongfully Seized under an execution. It ap.
peared that the plaintiff lived at Barnett, and that he came to
town in March last with two loads of hay ; he afterwards loaded
his carts with 18 bags of coals, and ou his return home the
holies, carts, and coals, estimated at 80/., were seized louder an
execution for 181., against a person of the tom.. of Prottwato,
whom the plaintiff in the ecknit4B, ionigined to le in partnership
with Field;
The Sheriff's Officer who seised the goods proved the seizure
and sale : he said that they were pointed out to him as the pro-
perty of Freeman ; that one of the carts had Field's name on it,
and the other nu name on it.
sieeral other witnesses swore that the property belonged to
Field exclusively, and that Freeman was not iu partnership with
him.
For the defendant, an ineffectual attempt was made to prove a
partnership.
The Oilier Justy). told the Jury that the plaintiff was en-
titled to the verdict ; but, as the conthict of the Sheriff was not
oppressive, they should only give the exact amount of the goods
seized.
Verdict for the plaintiff--Dainages, 82/. , ,