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London, England, 1826-08-03 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TIIUJUWAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1826.

We received last night the Paris Papers of Mon-
day, and the•Etoik of Tuesday .morning.
The accounts- from Lisbon; in these papers, come
dovvn ;Jo the 15th, and contain a proclamation dated
that day, by the Infanta Regent, promulgati9g the
Decree establishing the new Charter. Although several
of the opposition Journals contain allusions to •the
change of Ministry,. mentioned in the papers of the
preceding day, the Etoile pretends to doubt . the, fact ;
and, considers, if it be true, that the" prompt. informa-
tion of it to tliZ journalS that published it, is a; proof'
of connections fatal to the country. The Etoile goes
farther and 'states, that it doeS not believe .;that :any
hopes can be entertained that ,a Charter can proceed
winch has been decreed under the direction of the
friends of the French 'R evolutiOni4s I This obsiva-
;ion, we suspect, implies more that it actually, expresses.
It shOws .the .determined dislike Which the French
Government entertains of the progress of liberal insti-
tutions, and its hatred of thOse GOvernments who as-
sist in fOsiering. and esiahlishing them ; and we should
not be surprised if, actuated by such feelings, the Go-
verirenent,of Fvenea'were yet, in conjunction with that
`of Spain, to attempt by secret, if not by open means,
to prevent the final adoption of the new Charter of
Portugal. Such attempts, however, would prove un-
availing, and would only hasten, the change which
must eventually,: :take place in all countriej whose
Constitutions are: not founded on principles of rational
'Consequently are not calculated for the
security and happiness of mankind.

The Etoile alluded to the ignorance which exists
, intentions C—
of the movements and , of Lord oettitANF,
and observes that " he ought to be at Napoli ere
long." We have little doubt that the, Rode will find
that his Lordship was there before that observation was
written, and that his proceedings will have ceased to
be a subject of speculation or doubt.

Extracts from. the French papers.are 0411 in another
column.

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FREN,CfI FUN.US...—PARIS, Jul( 31.--,Five per Cents., 1001,
Three per Cents., 661. 30c. ; Bank Stock, 2020 f. ; Rentes de
, Naples 72f. 85e. ; 'Renter spagne, Sf. ; Royal Spanish 'Loan,
45f.--Tekebange' 'on London-:-One month; 251. 65e. ; three
months, 25f. 45e.

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A Copy of the Message from HiS EXeellency,., the
President. of the United Mexican States, to the. Cham-
bers of the General Congress, delivered, at the close of
the. ordinary Session, on the 23d May last, 'has been
received,. but its great length will only allow us to
publish an abridgement of it' to-morrow. It' is an
interesting and satisfactory exposition of the, general
state of this infant' Republic its foreign relations, and
its political, commercial, and fipenci.al condition. UiOn
the whole, it appears to us, to exhibit a fair, but very
..
satisfactory view' of the external and internal situation of
the Republic, and justifies the expectation, that MexicO
is advancing towards a generi‘tionsolidation of its affairs.
We 'havealso been 'put in possession by the Etbi/e, of
a long Official Correspondence, relative to the establish-
ment of a French Agent in Mexico. It appears that
a Mr. MuIIPTIY had been established as .ail agent for
the Mexican Government in Paris, under the authority
of the Mexican Envoy to London ; and, that. the
King of FRANCE had allowed the formatioii• of Mexi-
can commercial. agencies in other parts of, his king-
dom., , Admiral DUPE. !IRE ,: commanding . the Freneli
' naval. forces in the West iritlies,addressed a letter, in
postopr:ai:.peileitre.(‘d!.o"eiva.:itienriateitiilleitebeoad
April, to the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs,
announcing that his Most, CitilOiali 'lVi.„ ,a)estY hail “o-
thmizO him, through the medium ;at ‘..,outit. Cii A e-
-4111;,, his Minister for the Marine .and Colonies, to
ask of the "Mexican ' Government,the establishment of
his authority as Adiniral of the fleet on that station,
tmaii
i.l:A.superiorllvitiiletiri
iagenttso,otkhoetifiaegFeireilittitaese
rlotiv:ac
and waited they reply of the
Mexican Minister to tliN th'sli!itc,h) I,)ertJte`Proeeeding
to the .eatAtal. The eireo.nital!ce of his being, accre-
ditod bible •Frtmel) Admiral, tosteaci uf direct from
the. Mexican,
.limster for Y6reign Affifirs,
who, in his reply, after Stating the lie : ,I. f ft ce.SSlty,' in similar
(hiiits
mG;toev,eiorn,"'"tl did
..01URPHY1 the. agent appointed in
easeri,
of a
(firm akatiorny from the Government Te-
rosented, declares his Willingness ~,to -114 WC ,witired
I) ' . }lad Mr. Tur
!edged in that e.haraeter, 'Ti.';. i
1.44; lloWelief, was not
done, and the Kin of FRA_Noit, further, in his speech
tpairsispoii)i;t,,Al.tto(f,4l,tylt
,t;e0)
publoy
ackiliow.
at the opening of tie session, had 'luck 119 IRChti94
0 undo,
t if
mthe.

of relations with Mexico, although it was delivered sub-
sequently to the mission of Admiral DuPERRE. M.
CAMAptio, therefore, declares, that the rule of his
Government is that of perfect reciprocity, and on the
ground that Mr. MURPHY'S official character in Paris
is thtkof ajnidentia/, as distinguished from authorized
agent; he grants permission to M. MARTIN to take
,‘
up his residence in the Republic, under a similar title.
He would thus be enabled to fulfil all the functions
assigned him, until the King of FRANCE; informed of
all that had occurred, should confirm his appointment "
in the usual
.fOrni.

Jamaica Papers to the 24th of June, were received
last night at the North and South American Coffee
House. The following Article, relative to the ap-
pearance off Santa Martha, of a squadron which ex-
cited some alarm, is the only extract worth making

" SANTA MARTHA, JUNE 14.—0 n the 9th instant, a
squadron composed of one ship of the line, four frigates,
and a schooner, came off this port; they hovered about us
Until two o'clock, when they,proceeded to leeward. This
day's post brings accounts of their being at anchor oil a
deserted part of the coast to leeward of Savanilla, in $ll
probability in search of water, or, perhaps, lurking for
prizes. Every thing was ready here to give them a warm
reception had they attempted a landing. General Mon-
tilla, who happened to be at one of his estates, about 10
leagues from where they were lying, immediately came up
and raised en masse the militia of the district. He also
ordered up the Tyradores of the Guard (one of their crack
regiments) from Carthagena, so that if the enemy attemptst
to land,, he will be met in all vulnerable points of the coast.
Nothing can equal the enthusiasm with which every indir-
vidual runs to arms tb defend his hbme."

We received last night Dutch Papers to the Bth
ultimo, from which we make the following extracts :
We are glad to observe, that the Government of the
Netherlands at length spews a disposition to make
concessions with regard to the Navigation of the Rhine•

DUTCH PAPERS.
Extract of a Letter from Augsburg, July 8 :—The moat
important concerns of Germany are arranged, or at least are
on the point-of being so. It is certain that the Govern-
ment of the Netherlands shows a disposition to make con-
cessions with respect to the navigation of the Rhine, and
that, do the other hand, an arrangement will be made re-
specting Luxemburg, and a regiment
.of Swiss in the ser-
vice of the Netherlands will be stationed in that fortre,s,
in the room of a part of the Prussian garrison.
RoME, JULY 6.—His Holiness has declared Ancona to
'be a free port. This measure is expected to prove higbly
advantageous, not only to that town itself, but to .the
Paßal.dominions in general.
ARSEILLES, JULY 22.—1 t is reported that Lord Coch-
rane has arrived at Napoli di Rontania With two ships!but
the date is not given.
• FLORENCE, JULY 6.--M. Monod, son of an esteemed
Piiitestane preacher at Paris, has,obtained permission fir'
the Grand Duke of Tuscany to erect a Protestant cliqel
in this 'city.
IfaotLE, JULY 30.—His Majesty• left us again this
morning to return to Loo. His Majesty has been plea►ed
t o approve' of • the formation of a society under the name of
the Royal Netherlands Horticultural Society. It is to lie
established 'at Brussels: all plants, ornamental as well as
useful, are to be. cultivated -on 'a great scale and with due
attention to all the improved modes which the present
state of the service demands. Experithental essays are to
be made there, which, if successful, will extend to the
whole kingdoin. A Loan of 200,000 florins is to be made
for the establishment of this society, bearing interest at 11
per cent., besides a share of the profits which remain aftif
payment of the expettri!s.

NN'e have received this forenoon, Frankfort }Vs
of the 27th ult. They confirm the former statement
of the arrival of His Majesty's Ship, Sybille, at IVlalts,
with the loss of several officers and men, in a rencontre,
betiveen the boats of that ship and the Greek Piratwes'
The following is an extract :

1 . FINS 16.
Our 7'rieste Observer contains the following letter
mAt..rx, Just 27.
llis Majesty's frigate the Sybille, Captain, Pechell, re,
turned to this port on the 2,5 th,. after having spent. N.
month at Alexandria, and in the Archipelago. While she
was at Alexandria, the Maltese b'rigantine, the Sun, sad
the Sardinian brigantine Phenomenon, entered that port after
having been visitett and pillaged by four Greek mistics.-.7
Captain Pechell being informed of this, took on
sailor belonging:to The Sun, and went in search of the
pirates. Ire fell in with' them off the Cozzi, 30 mile
from Candia and gave them duce. Thepirates having taken
refuge in a lu:Y, the Sybilleirmed its boats to attack thein,but
the latter kept up such a heavy fire on the boats, that
they were disabled,- and were in danger of being all take"'
had not the frigate. come to their aid. The Sybille hos re"
turned to this port, having had 13 men killed, linlcal.g:AL
whom are two Midshipmen (Aspirar,) of distioguisnr--
families. She: has brought back :27 wounded, alio*
whom are two Lieutenants, whose wolinds are mortal. ,
" We have received certain information, that His 15',143.
jesty's frigate Cambrian, Commodore Hamilton; U.
strived about fifty mistics, and taken nearly 1,000 110
who composed their crews,"

'reit Bogota Papers of the 2:111' May have been.rerel
at the North and South American Coffee notise'
containing a decree of the Representatives of. the
ltepublic of Colombia, dated May 19, 18211"*--
This document recognises the carious loans neg°'
ciated both internally and with foreign nations, wrest"'
ther with the interest payable on them; And OP. 113.
for the payment of the dividend, and gradual
tion of the foreign debt, the whole of the
on tobacco, the eighth part of the produce c'h_n-be
Customs, the whole of the public lands which sin', 9
Sold or let belonging to the Republic—all the 10...iw0e
of any description that are national propertl, and
te;
the redemption of Ecclesiastical livings, The deer°
also fixes' the interest on certain debts therein
tinned, owing by the Government to persons reahiciii
in Colombia, which had formerly no celtain nue, 811 t.
promulgates refulatibris ,for the collection of the lte
venue of the Country,

We have also received this forenoon the Nuon
16:"Ah Corre'spondent of the 26th ult., with the
dligenteine [ite4ung of. the 27th uh front which 0,,
111144 sliv fellowing extnicts, It will be seen that "
*lth:,,
*peewits of the Dutch Papers of the-dispositihic
the Nethirhind Government tat educed to settle the
disputes relative to thy mogAtion of the Mine, are
confirmed.

An Article from. Buchare.st ..of the 4th of July,
ec met'`
dons that the trews of the expted arrival' of 14°
COCII R A NE at Napoli, which had heen announced 141,
Colonel GattnoN, had excited a great sensation sr
Smyrna. Letters received at Bucharest from C°rittn.
fita14140144 to the 29th of June, say nothing '3'r f
state of that capital; up to the 10th of July, no fair~
Cher accounts from them had reached Bucharest.
Nntrotatma, July 26* t..
There is now stireely say doubt tut differences resP.ee_
ing the navigation of the Rhine will be shortly settled":
tht sstivfiction of the partira 'lamed. The ooveni

went of _the Netherlands, as we how, has expressed its
readines* to desist' from the claims it has.hitherto made to
restrict the navigation of the river through its own terri-
tory, and now. pretends only, to a suitable indemnification
for the great expences of the dikes, sewers, and other
works, with Out which the navigation of the river into the
sea would not he possible. The". only point, therefore,
would be to fix the amount of this indemnity, as
the equity of the claim will hardly be disputed by any
party.- -It is said that a great German Power whicL has
no direct interest in the business, will take on itself the
°trite of mediator at the joint solicitation of all the States
on the banks of the river. _

BERLIN, JULY 14.
All kinds of law proceedings have latterly increased in
such a degree, partly from the increase of business, and
partly from the general revolution that has effected almost
all classes, that the supreme tribunal, notwithstanding its
acknowledged activity, cannot pass an ordinary confirms-
tory sentence in less than eight months, or a sentence
allowing that of one inferior Court in less than 16 months.
Some measures have been taken to remedy this evil by
transferring part of the conscripts to other Courts:. An
nrdinance has just been published, extending to the whole
singdom, the regulations giving certain advantages to
Prussian civil officers, in case their salary is sequestered
by virtue of a judicial sentence.—ln this case an officer in
active service retains 400 dollars of his salary for his sup-
port, and if he is a pensioner retired from service, 200
dollars. Still more important is a declaration relative to
the Law of Finaneeseof 17th January, 1820. According
this edict, not only are the whole of the public debts
placed under the guarantee of the future Estates of the
kingdom, without whose consent they cannot be increased,
but the Royal Domains and these revenues are pledged to
thepublic creditor,under the superintendence of sworn Com-
missioners ; according to the declaration; all the domains
under the administration of the Board of Finance are to
be here understood, including the abolished monast ries, &c.
which are not mentioned in the law of 1820.
It is said that the celebrated traveller, Alexander Von
Humboldt; ii on a visit to his brother, the YR-
/lister of State, William Von Humboldt, and that he
makes a long,stay with him at his country seat, Tegel.
VIENNA, JULY 22.—Metalliques, 89. 9-16. ; Bank Shares,
1066„

•
At a late hour this forenoon we received Dutch
Papers to the 2d inst. It appears by an article of re-
cent date ricitn Tiankfott, that the whole of the Polish
Army is to be called out prior to the Coronation of
the Emperor of ROSSIA, as King of POLAND, in
October. Doei not this forebode the want of an
army for other services thatf•to add to the pageant' of
the Coronation ? The heat at Warsaw was never
known'to be so great 'as at present,' the thermometer
being at 95. • •

AMSTIMMAILy Aug, I.—Exchanges on London, 40. 7. ; two
)nonths, 40.. 4.

_ . .
In the interest which has been excited, with regard
to,the:afrairi of Turkey, by the recent events in her
capital, the .11iplomatic relations subsisting between
that Country and Russia, have been entirely lost sight
of; even ,the movements of the Plenipotentiaries who
haie been. -appointed by' both nations for the final
settlernent of their lung pending disputes, have not
bee'n noticed either by the Foreign .Journals or our
°wo since the 15th ult., when the arrival of. the Turk-
ish Conunissioners at Riicharest on the 22d June, on
their way to the Frontiers was announced.
It is impoisible to say what, effect the recent events
is Constantinople, and the change in the character of
the Councils of the SULTAN by his energetic con-
d let, will produce in the negociations tQ be carried on,
And we await the arrival of the next accounts from the
Setne of these Diplomatic ,conferences with eager-
as we shall probably he able to form some
opinioji by the tone which the 'Turkish Envoys may
atirst aSsione. In the end, we have no manner 'of
dgiiht,' that the demands of Russia will not be ac-
ceded jd'; that; L hoWever the .Ottoman negotiators
mal for. tbiadditional time, appear to
, lsOse. of.g-4inipg
suctumb all- .the :terms proposed by the Russian
Ilu,thorities, the Porte will gradually resist them, as it
ht4a the power of the Empire consolidating under the
lynportant change' Of circumstances which has taken
place. We can never believe that the present Sultan,
after the proofs. he .has exhibited of personal bravery,
and of his desire to restore the power of his Empire, will
416ietlY .yield to those terms which, by various mewls)
have been so long resisted, by the Divan, and in sub-
llission to which he would:give to Russia, one. of the
Inost important points she has yet gained towards the
accomplishment of her favourite scheme, of planting
her banners in the city of Constantine.
We cannot help thinking it not unlikely that the
SULTAN will avail himself more extensively of the'.
aisistine.c of the
1 :
I'mi;r+
)aehtl of EGNPT, than the mere train-
ing of :his. troops by r.,J1)•,11 officers, and that with
the co-operation of. this. powerful Chief, he will be pre-
pared' to• support his final refusal of the Russian de,;
%ands by the sword.
Happy should we be to see the whole of the Turkish
anti E • forces
gypttan withdrawn from Greece, for the
more worthy object' of protecting the Turkish' domi-
e;tliens from an attack from Russia; because, in such an
encpreete would secure her independence; and the
long Cliiiiihed hopes of Russia of bringing her naval
niesus in the.Oletok-LSea into operation in the Medi-,
terfaneaul b
Po ne men' ig the shores of the Dardanelles,
could, in an probability be effectually checked.

It is rumoured that the amount of Revenue for the
last. Month has fallen very far short of its amount in
the corresponding month of 14.,,t year. If this be so,
it is only a necessary consequence of the stagnation
Which unfortunately still exists in various branches of
our commerce, and cannot be otherwise until a re_
clewed period, of .activity in trade generally shall take
Plue. To meet"this deficiency of the estimated Re..
'venue will undoubtedly be difficult—but it must be
done—end it is proper, therefore, to consider of the
means by which it can be effected. A reduction of
the establishments of the country is impossible. They
have alreafly bcejt,,c,ut clown too low, and the probe,:
tility is, that in tho present state, of the world it.will be
found expedient to increase, rather than to ditninii
some of them. A reduction of the interest of the
debt is the next measure, which unfortunately is too
frequently and baretitcedly proposed, for the purpose of
making the Revenue and the expenditure correspond.
So frequently, indeed, is this proposal made, that per-
'Ml are apt to forget the enormity of the breach of
faith which such a proceeding would involve, and tjjg
flevitable consequences which would ensue by the dis..
traction of public credit, from a measure ao infamously
wicked and unjust. This decidedly is the last means
which must be resorted to 11* ptiblic relief, and must
never be adopted until every individual in the country

has been called upon to make sacrifices far greater
than any which have yet been made for the support
°lithe national character and integrity. New taxes
must be levied, and property of all sorts must be
charged with the payment of a proportion of its value,
before such an idea could be entertained ; and if the
time shoyld ever arrive, when the Funds should be
touched, it could only be done by considering funded
property in the same light precisely as landed, and sub-
jecting it only to the same charge as might be imposed
upon the land.
_ •

A resource to a limited extent still remains,
which has also been frequently mentioned, and
that is the Sinking Fund. This fund, nominally, is
upwards of 5 millions ; but of this, we confess that
between 2 and 3 millions, arise from that which is now
acknowledged to be a fiction, the Half-Pay Annuities.
The bargain with the Bank for the annual pqrchase of
such amount of these Annuities, as produces a suffi-
cient sum to make up the difference between she
estimated amount of the half-pay and pensions, and
the sum paid by the public to the Trustees, ceases in
1828 ; and if this source of Revenue, as it is called,
should be discontinued, the Sinking Fund 'would not,
in its estimated amount, exceed 3,000,000/. ; but as
the real Sinking Fund can only be the difference
between the actual Revenue and actual Expenditure,
it would in point of fact be worse than useless to
attempt to maintain its name, by raising money in
other ways to be laid out in the purchase of Stock in
the Market. Abandon this fund, therefore, we say, at
once ; and the Revenue, reduced as it inevitably must
be, in its amount, will still be fully sufficient
to fulfil all the other obligations of the country. It
can hardly be said, that touching the Sinking Fund is
any breach of faith to the fundholder, as, by having
reverted to cash payments, be is' far better off than any
person who invested money in the Funds between 1797
and 1815, could have calculated upon, as is fully
evinced by the increased value of his principal. No
time ought to be lost in the adoption of this measure,
not for the purpose of enabling the 'Minister to take
off more taxes, but to-render certain the capability of
the country to pay the interest of its debt, and its other
sacred obligations.
With regard to Taxation, no one can say that it
presses with severity on any class at present, and we
must all be content. to bear what we now pay without
murmuring. One suggestion on this subject we would,
however, make. It is this, that the. Members of both
Houses of Parliament should abandon the privilege of
franking. We shall offer some remarks on this subject
in a few days, observing only now, that it is beneath men
possessed of the fortunes which the Members of both
branches of the Legislature usually are, to accept this
exemption from a tax which applies to all other per-
sons m the kingdom ; and that their abandonment of
this privilege, while it would add to the national re-
venue nearly 500,0001. per annum, would evince a
feeling of regard for the national interests, which would
well become men in their exalted stations.

THE FUNDS.

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.

The English Funds have this morning exhibited signs of con-
siderable firmness, and there has been some good business trans-
acted ; Consols opened at 785 4, and advanced to 785, buyers ; a
slight re-action then took plaCe, and they have since been purchased
a shade lower, . but have recovered, and are now 785 5. The
market looks well, and the accounts from the country are of amore
favourable tendency. In the Foreign Funds the chief interest has
been in the Colombian and Mexican Stock; Colombian opened at
345 5, but rose immediately to 364 7 ; they are now rather worse,
end may be quoted at 345 5 ; the first price of Mexican was
they partook of the rise in Colombian, and went up to 56 4, but
afterwards fell ,to 55 ; some business has been effected in the
Spanish at 105 11.

Tire* per Cent. Consols, 781.; Ditto for Account, 781 1;
India' 4 per' Cent. Bonds,. 2012 pin. ; Exchequer Bills, 16 17
pm. ; 4 per Cent. Scrip, t I pni.
*PllYDS.—Brazilian, 60 2;' Buenos Ayres, ;
Chilian, SS 40 ; 1824, 56,17 ; Greek, 12} ;
Mexican, 6 per Cent., -49 51 ; Ditto, II per Cent., 66 ;
Russian, 834 ; Spanish, 101 1; Portuguese, 71 3.
Mixiis.—Anglo Mexican, 474 21 dia.; United Mexican,
8 dii. ; 'Brazilian, 141 151 pm. ; PascO Peruvian, 10 9 di.. ;
'Flalpuiahua, 30 pm. ; Bolivar, 4 pm.
Stiatits..—British Iron Company., 29 7 dis. ; Welch Iron and
Coal, 19 17 dis.

Two o'clock.
• -
The price of Consols has continued
,to rise, and they have been
done as high as 781 ; a slight re-action has since taken place,
and they are rather worse, 78/1 being the nearest quotation; 4
per. Cents., 884 i; New 4 per Cents., 944 4 ; Ditto Scrip, 1 14
pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 16 18 pm. ; Bank Stock, 2014 2.
In the Foreign Stock Exchange, Mexican and Colombian
Bonds are not so brisk ; the foimer have fallen to 531 i, the
latter to 34. Russian Bonds are rather better. This. Security
keep firm, and seems to keep pace with our own Funds; they
are now 824 4. There is no alteration in the Share Market.
THREE 0' et 0 CK.
•

3 per Cent. Consols, 78i #.
FOUR- O'CLOCK_C LOSING PRICES.
Consols 781 t Danish Bonds 57i
Do. tar Op. 7gi Greek Do. 1825 121
Brazilian Bonds 591 Mexican D 0.1825, 53?-;
Buenos Ayres Do. -rPeruvian Do. 28
Chilian Do. 41 40 Russian Do. 82?,
Columbian, 1814, 35 Spanish Do. 10i

TUESDAY, . • .. , , „
for Cotton-woo l has
MANCHESTER, AUG. 1.---(FROM OUR
prices heavy ; the dealers evidently anxious to
OWN CORR/SrOVlDUlT.)—Thedemmul to-day
6:17 "ItnlFittat;stsanandd Calicoes we have had a tolerably brisk sale.
In Cotton' Yarn a fair business, but at very low prices.
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING, AUG. 1.
(FILM ANKH/A CORSERPONDENT.)—The sparkling of sunshine
which has for the last few days cheered our gloomy and long tem-
pestuous commercial atmosphere, still continues to beam ; hopt!,
and a seeming inclination to confidence, have again made their ap-
pearance amongst us, but, at the same time, are only indicative of
an amendment which, we trust, is not far distant.
There cannot with truth be said to be any very material im-
provement in our Markets,, though a change has certainly t4k,e,
place, This day's Market has fully maintained the improved state of
our Saturday's Market.
The allianee: formed by a niimber of extensive spinners to shorten
fib embittered are the work- le here
the time of labour, will'have a double effect. It accords with the
spirit of the operatires more than a lowering of Wages Indeed,
against the lowering of
with the usual
Pirtiiiiieest.:,aatthnadatreatthhteemedYhwauonuldshaoorotenneerde,arn Ss. per week
than 12g. by working the usual
o slow improveinen is taking place the
*till graatir,, for
ttrlith7 The advantage to
t the manufacturer J.)
ennsumption of the '
Pncog of our mit, b - a light stock,
and, thus produ . ' t the keeping in our markets
' • aiturlee of trade will cause an advance us the
1 ' . te the present doi(kratiow—,a good trade.
' '

The judgment of the Court of Peers in the affair of
Ouvrard, approaches its conclusion; it is even P°6sl
we to anticipate the issue of this judiciary tliseussl4„ :
during the three days of discussion, the march "of opi-
nions-has never been ijouhtful, and the conclusions of
the Procureur-General,
heiaglopted. The whole Court agreed' on this point,
that -there was no room for pr
(o'B""tinjg Counts Guil-
with klortie modifications, will
leminot and BoutdesQue. oome Peers thought it
would be useful to publish the tlabates ; but the great
majority thought it was impossible tq ,nrdet the pub•
lishiug the debates,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY—{Tars DAY.)
SCONGALL tl. CAMPBRLL.
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. Mr. Knight partly opened this before the Court rose
on Tuesday, was partly heard yesterday; and resumed
again to-day, which he stated was an appeal motion from
an Order made by his Honor the Vice-Chancellor, upon a
motion made :before him. The notice of motion was, that
Messrs. Winter, Kaye, Beckworth, and Freshfield's bills
of costs, amounting to 2,370/. 13s. 2d., delivered and paid
in this and other causes, might be referred to one of the
Master's to be taxed ; and also that the delivery of papers,
might be ordered. Many proceedings had taken
place in this cause, which did not bear at all on the object
of the present- motion, except so far as that the bills, for
the costs of those proceedings, were the bills sought to be
taxed.. The statement was, that Messrs. Scongall, Stead,
and Bett, had carried on business at Leith,-as merchants ;
that a; Scotch sequestration had been taken out arinst
individual members of that house; that Messrs.Kaye,l. resh-
field, and Co. solicitors in the City, were the gentlemen who
had been professionally employed for them in this cause;
that an assignment of all the interest in -the house had
been made to AL.. Stead, and that he had for a long time
the principal management and responsibility of this cause ;
that Messrs. Kaye and Co. had began tobe employedin the
year 180 G, and continued down to 1817; that in the course
of those proceedings several large bills of costs had been
delivered, amounting to 2370/.135. 2d. ; that various sums
of money had been paid by Mr. Stead, on account of them;
that when a difference arose in the year 1817, which caused
Mr. Stead to demand possession of his papers from his
profs ional
agents, they were refused to be delivered up, until the alleged
balance on the bills was paid : that for the purpose of obtaining
ss
the papers, that balance was paid, under a protest and declaration
that he (Mr. Stead), should require to have the bills taxed,
considering they contained moat extravagant charges; that a ne-
lgociation for a compromise by a'teference to arbitration was car-
ried on till late in 1819 ; that about that time Mr. Stead had to go
to Norway, pn mercantile fondues's, where he met with a serious
rious accident, which rendered him lame, and detained him for a
very considerable time longer than he otherwise should have
remained out of !hie country ; that before he went away, he left
the management of his affairs with Messrs. Kaye, Freshfield, and
Co., in the hands of a Mr. Dennett, who was, by a family connec-
tion, connected with Mr. Kaye, and who, it was understood, had
undertaken the office of referee ; that during Mr. Stead's absence
in Norway, Mr. Dennett had declined to act for him, by which
his business was delayed ; that on Mr. L.'s return, he endeavoured
to get a settlement, but failed to succeed ; that in January,
1824, notice was given of a motion for an order, referring
it to the Master to tax the bills in question, which ul-
timately came on before the Vice-Chancellor ; that the Court
below, upon hearing the motion, was of opinion, the delay be-
tween 1819 and 1824. was not sufficiently accounted for, and
therefore dismissed the motion with costa, and hence the prevent
motion of appeal. It was the Learned Counsel's duty to state,
that Mr. Stead had had much to encounter in getting this motion
before the Court. In consequence of the eminent station that
these most respectable Solicitors held with the Bank of England,
(being the Bank Solicitors), he had had infinite difficulty to get
a Solicitor to undertake his business against them, and even bad
experienced that difficulty in procuring Counsel. When the brief
was first offered to him (Mr. K.) it was brought to him by Mr. Stead
himself and without the sanction of a solicitor ; he then said it
would be much more satisfactory to him to receive the brief through
a solicitor, and upon that, very respectable solicitors put -their
names on the brief, and took it to him. lie could not himself say
what influence theme most respectable solicitors might have over
others in their profeesion' but certain he was, from the affidavits,
that if they pleased, they had the power of retarding the busitieas
of other solicitors in their transactions with the Bank of England,
and therefore it was natural to suppose that the legal world would
rather be on friendly terms with solicitors so situated, with whom
they had occasionally to come in contact. The bills of mats now
sought to be taxed, were not only most extravagant in the charges
made, but they contained charges for business, which business had
never beeu done. Front what was stated in the affidavits, and
from what Mr. Knight conceived to be the general habit of Charg-
ing in the profession, he had no hesitation whatever in saying, the
bills contained overcharges to a very great amount, charges
that ought never to have found their way into bills of cost's, and
charges that taxation trust most seriously reduce. In support of
this he would state the affidavit.

His LOMISHIP considered this tlae most important part of the
CARe.

Mr. Ktunnr proceeded to state. his affidavits. it appeared
from them, that Messrs. Kaye, Freshtield and Co, had, in flaking-
up briefs, charged for selecting correspouclenos a considerable sum ;
for drawing 7s. 4d., and for copying die. 7d. per *beet, whereas the
universal charge in the profession was 6s. $4., and 3s. 4d.-;
lumping sum for marking or underlining particular parts of the
hrieflo, in order to make those parts the more readily meet the eye
of Counsel, and' which was a novel charge ; that the drawing and
selecting, Sm.; had been charged for more than once ; and that
for drawing a brief consisting of one brief sheet only, and which
occupied Mr. Freshfield for about half an hour, in the presence, of
Mr.,Stead, seventeen pounds had been charged. Under these cir-
cumstances, Mr. Knight had no hesitation in supposing the Court
would order a taxation.

• Mr. SHADWICIX appeared on behalf of Messrs. Kaye, Fresh-
field, and C 0.., to oppose the applic,atien. the first place,
it has to he considered. both as au appeal from the Vice-Chancti-
loi, and from the judgment of the Court of King's Bench ; and
he would ask whether it was a decent, fit, and proper thing, that
such a motion should, at this distance of time, be made against his
clients, after they had long ago parted with all the papers that
ever had been in their posseaston ' • and after they had had the
jndgment of the two Courts below in their favour. As
to th statement that 17/. had been charged for a brief
of one sheet of paper, that was altogether a mistake, because
it had been appended to other documents, which made a brief
of no_ less plow fifty-one sheets; and that all the statements
of exorbitani charges were alike founded in mistake. Upon a
rule in the Court of King's Bench to show why there should not
be a taxation, Mr. Scarlett, who was Counsel for Mr. Stead,
atatedi that his client had discovered a document subsequent to the
rule Being granted, that would enable him to make the application
with more certain prospect of success, and that, therefore, he
consented to withdraw 'the rifle, and pay the costs ; but
if Mr. Stead had really discovered the document he alleged
he had, it was his duty to have made the application
for a taxation long ago, but which he had given no notice of till
Jan. 1824. Mr. Shadwell considered this an attack for no other
• purpose than to injure the character of his clients. As to their_
interfering with any part of the legal world's business with the
Bank of England, who chose to run counter with them, such an
idea was foolish on the very face of it ; but though that statement
was foolish, both Mr. Freahfield and his clerks had made affidavits,
most distinctly denying every possible feeling of partiality;
and stating, that their house invariably gave the most prompt
attention to all questions arising with the Bank, and that
they advised that Corporation at all times, hardly ever
knowing the parties with whom the bank were dealing.,
The Learned Counsel then read many affidavits, some of them
made by sane of the most respectable Solicitors in the City,
verifying the mode of Messrs. Kaye, Freahtleld, and Co's. making
up briefs, to be consistent with the general pr}tctice. Mr. Shad-
well considered that Mr. Knight was under a mistake, in stating
that the charges per sheet, had been is. 4d. and 3a. Id. ; or if
any such charge had been made, it must have been from
mistake, and unintentionally. The clerks who had had the
management of this business had all left the otlitv now; their
late principals had no eontroul over them, and it wag extremely
difficult to meet distinctly every minuthe. Under all the
cumuatances of the case, he trusted the Court would dismiss the
motion with costs. If Mr. Shadwell had said any thing offensive
to Mr. Stead in the course of the argument, it had slipped 914
unintentionally; he had had no wish whatever to hurt the feel-
ings of that gentleman, and therefore he wished what he bid so
said to be retracted, and considered as if nothing of the kind had
passed his lips.
Mr. 'Klitotrr said his client had distinctly sworn to the exov.
bitant and uncommon charges, and that that affidavit had been
denied by nothing but the mere statements Mr. Shadwell had
been instructed to utike'it the bar. Either Mr. Scarlett had mis-
fitken his inotruOtiotes in the Court of Kill's Bench, or Mr. Gur-
ney itt. the appreheosio„ of. what he said, when Mr. Gurney
wrote to 114.. Freshfiehl, saying the statement was, that Mr.
Stead bad discovered a document on which he would renew
the application to the Court of King's Bench. But • admit..
ting that to have beep this fact, when the ride 'au with-
drawn ;by contents after a letter had been written by Air. presh_.
field, Saying, that the fate of that' motion should not, prejudice the
taxing of the hills ; anti- when the Court hall expressed no opittion,,
that was not to be t,e4..,ideri as a tt r to this Court's graittilwihe
present aPPlit,4loll? • by little error in the charge in the bins, to
which tdl were liable, lleyar would have beep noticed, hilt the
exorbitency had petyatleti the. whole in a•Traw flzat he (hit. K.)
was ;11Ve-the 0440 W-441(1 not anode' to 445+4, . . r
His LORDSHIP interrupted Mr. Knight in hiareplyi andaaithi
that the difficulty that struck hint was, that this was one of the

moat singular motions he hid ever heard of. It was an applica-
tion to tax bills for charges for business done in the Court of
King's Bench, which application that Court itself had refused,
though this Court could know nothing of the regulation of charg-
ing in that Court. If, therefore, it granted the motion, it would
only have to send it to the Master, for him to transmit it to an
officer of the Court of King's Bench. No items of charge in tha
Chancery proceedings had been stated whatever, though the Chan-
cery proceedings had taken place.
Mr. Ka%nom said, the reason of that was, that the bills had
been delivered and paid for the Chancery business, yet that the
Chancery papers had never been delivered by Messrs. Kaye and
Co., and that therefore the bills could not be checked.

Mr. SIIADWILL aid, the box with all the papers in the pro-
ceedings that were to be found in the office, had been delimed.

Mr. KNIGHT admitted that the box contained all the common
law papers, but denied that it had any of the others in it.
His LORDSHIP wished to hear what could be stated on affidavit'.
on the other side on this point. It was a material point, for the
Court was now of opinion that no case could be considered as
closed until the papers were all banded over. His Lordship de-
sired also to know by Monday, what affidavits could be made on
the part of Mr. Stead, by Solicitors, as to the correctness of the
statement that '7B. 4d., and 33. 7d. had been charged ; if that were
made out, from his own experience of what was the regular
mode of charging fOr the last half century, he thought
the Court ought not to allow bills with such charges in
them to stand without being taxed. With the highest re-
spect for Messrs. Kay, Freshfield, and Co. that any man
could possibly have for their high character, as long as he
sat on this bench he would never allow a suitor to be charged
Yourpence or sevenpence throughout a series of years, more than
he ought to be charged. This Court's duty was to protect suitors
against improper charges, but at the same time it never
either said or felt so, without also feeling and saying that
it was bound to defend the officers of the Court from impro-
per attacks. At present, the Court thought the best thing to be
done was, for the case to stand over till Monday, to know what
affidavits by that time could be made.
Mr. KNIGHT said, he had felt the paucity of affidavits, but
this being an appeal motion, he did not advise further affidavits
to be made than had been made and tiled in the Court below;
but, as his Lordship had desired further affidavits to be made, his
client would have no difficulty, he thought, in getting such affida-
vits as would satisfy the Court.
His LORDSHIP would not, in a case of this sort, permit the for-
mality of an appeal, or any other form, prevent the information
being given to the Court, that was necessary w enable it to do
complete and even justice.
Thus the case stands till Monday.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT—(Titis DAT.)
STONE/MUSE V. GI/AGONY.

This was a petition on behalf of a creditor, to have the latter of
two Commissions of Bankruptcy, which had been taken out in
this case, suspended, and the former confirmed.
The Vica-CnaticaLi.ox said, that by some mi►take in the
Bankrupt-office two dockets had been struck, one on the 18th of
February, and the other on the 2d of April last. It was con-
tended that the former should be suspended, because it did
not appear that any legal act of bankruptcy had been com-
mitted by the bankrupt before the first docket had been
struck, and that the commission was altogether specula-
tive. The solicitor, who struck the docket on that occasion,
had sworn, that be was informed by a creditor that the
bankrupt had committed several acts of bankruptcy, and that he
had filed a petition in the insolvent Court, which, by the New
Act, amounted to an act of bankruptcy. These statements
were not substantiated; solicitors were not justified in proceeding
on such light grounds; they ought to inquire into the facts.
It was evident that the first commission was speculative,
and taken out with a view of getting coins interested persons on
the commission; he was tharefore of opinion that it ought to be
superseded, and that the second commission should stand.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—(Tuts DAY.
Edward • Peters, of Camberwell, a builder, who had beau
before the Court last week and opposed by a number of creditors,
on the grounds that he had obtained goods from them under the
promise of paying ready money, was brought up this day to re-
ceive the judgment of the Court.

The CsttsF COMMISSION/1K said, that were it not for the
unguarded
manner in which the Creditors had parted with
their goods, and as it did not appear that the Insolvent
had made use of any false representations in obtaining these goods,
the Court would have felt bound to pass a much heavier sentence
than it now intended. The judgment of the Court was
that the insolvent should not be discharged out of custody, or
receive any benefit or indulgence-under the Act for eight calendar
months from the date of filing his petition, and that he be confined
within the walls of the prison, and not indulged with the rules
4ml liberties thereof, for having fraudulently disposed of his pro-
perty, whereby the 'funds out of which his creditors were to receive
dividends were diminished.

POLICE INTELI.MENCE.

130W-STREET.--(Tms DAY.)

Agnes Connor was charged by Ellen Yeller, a' poor woman
who keeps a fruit-stall in the Strand, with having passed three bad
sixpences.' She 'stated thirt'ihe prisoner bought a pennyworth
of apple's for WhiCh she paid her a sixpence which she (wit-
ness) put into her apron-pocket. The prisoner repeated this
twice, oda time an hour after the other. 'Witness put all the
sixpences into the seine pocket. The prisoner came again this
morning, and tried so pass another, het Wall recognised, awl de-
tained by witness.
The prisoner denied that she was the person. She was re-
mended for a week.

Roderick Fraser, a young countryman, applied for Mr.
skull's assistance.

He stated that he was walking at one o'clock to-day in the
Strand, when a man who met him, asked him if he would buy a
watch. He: replied 'that he would not, and the man asked if he
would sell his own, he said that he would not, and the stranger
snatched witness's watch from his pocket, and ran off. Witness
followed him. into Harris's, the pawnbroker's shop,:in the Strand,
By the time witness had got into the shop, the stranger had re-
ceived SOs. as a pledge on the two watches.
Witness called out "That is my watch," but the man ran out
of the shop, and the shopman told him to stop for the duplicate;
he did so, and could not find the stranger when be went out.
Harris attended, and his shopman said he did not know or in-
quire the residence of the:thief.

Mr. Aln snum. said the eircumsttwees were very auspicious,
and observed that he had a great. mind to detain the shopman, but
Harris being answerable for his appearance, he was di►missed,
and the officers ordered to look out for the thief.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.---(Tors DAY. )
David Williams. John • Pries, and John Thempson were
last night taken by the Watclunen in Southampton-row. They
were known burglars, and as a burglary had been committed on
Sunday last in the row, and as the Watchmen saw the prisoners
lurking about, they apprehended these. On one of them they
found a crow bar, phosphorus box, and taper..
The Magistrate examined them separately, as to their ac-
quaintance with each other, and their respective modes of' life.
They prevaricated, and were remanded for a week.

HATTON-GARIAN.--(Tutl DAY.)

Fans ON SOLICITORS.--A young man, dressed in a style of
fashion approaching to the " shabby genteel," who called himself
Mister Richard Drew, was charged with obtaining a quantity of
law stamps under fitly and fraudulent pretences.
Mr. James Harnett,- of No. 29, Northumberland.street, Strand,
Solicitor, stated that the prisoner had formerly been in the employ
of a law-writer, with- whom the majority of the legal profession
transacted business, and through this means he acquired a kuow-
ledgeof their hand-writing, and likewise became acqualutesl with
the different law-atitioners where they were in the habit ofkeepinx
account.. On the 11th of July, it would be proved that the pm.
soner obtained ,stamps to the value of three guineas and a halt; on
a ftirged. order,* from Mews. Gregory and Co., law-stationers,
Church-yard-place, Strand. A similar application WWI !unclean
tebelbutlramoinf
etyesosamitueuitroyo,gin,vtvheasu,
iwiniitladetoieletuaMsntorsdytO.hreegOtirayudsuis!mi:edests.not
bluiltAsrbleedr.t:Glpthreitrvdriylpnerratlist7aenforgethie:yt:ritalue(ri fmoirdthhee abtaadmpnos,
dwothibitothal
t it
was in the prisoner's hand-writing.
11t4erik naked tit Wilt:4l3 of the day, if the prisoner was
known to them?
in the affirmative.
PsEherddi'sov.laila.dexdos—mr:olirole Edow_rarrdso :nia)ll.
ayroeludykufuov,ri
about me ?
se
ni
ohnftrh.
sßaoggoe7whel In ash
his wife
iili)foeeuewtetrasi iutc.catosmt stnoeitiilnityt::Ddf,of,ndr et
rub.
Edwards said he had not, but he had been to the (At,
m
Mr. Hornet said be was tertain.that the wosstcl
not stand alone, as there was every •o Tgf
uppose that thil
4,4.,:je1t of fraud had beer; going on to great ottent dud, h
sure other gentlemen would fom,arti .tetas e, 4*
the profession..4.The