The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-28 00:00:00

THE LATE FAILURES IN THE CITY.

Several additional failures have occurred at the
,5, tack Exchange, but that of Mr. Henty, being per-
baps than equal in amount to the whole put to-
gether, has absorbed the chief attention. His losses
are much greater than was at first supposed, as the
differences against him were ascertained this mornirg
to amount to 110,000/., and some small accounts
still remained to be examined. His own claims
within the house do not exceed/4,000/., so that there
is left an aggregate loss of 106,000/. to be divided
among those who had made bargains With him for
the settling day. Considering how young a member
Mr. Henty is of the Stock Exchange, for his stand-
ing. there is not more than three or four years, the
degree of, credit he contrived to establish is most
extraordinary. In the list of his creditors are to be
found some of the most experienced members of
the Stock Exchange, who had all the means of
knowing, from daily observation, that he was pur-
suing a ruinous course of speculation. A deputation
Of his creditors waited on him last night, to whom
he is said to have made the very candid confession,
that when the July account in Consols com-
menced he was not possessed of a shilling he could
call his own. He had a pretty considerable balance,
it appears, in the hands of his banker; but he required
the whole of it to replace stock borrowed of a near
relative. He had, in fact, nothing to offer them.
He declared it to be his intention not to visit the
Stock Exchange, nor even the city, any more !
meaning, perhaps,• to enjoy the true °thn cusn
dianitate in reflection on the celebrity his name has
acquired by the discussions of the daily papers. Mr.
Henty is the son of a banker at Arundel, and has
been married within little more than twelve months
to a woman of respectable family, but not, as has
been stated, of much fortune. He had been engaged
during two years in a successful course of speculation,
and was believed to have realized 100,000/, His
most fortunate hit is said to have been made at the
time of the message relative to the Portuguese
expedition, as by that alone he cleared 40,0004;
such is the extent to which gambling in the
funds is carried at the Stock Exchange, which
is shown to have 'this disadvantage on its side
compared with the gambling-houses to the west-
w.ard,—that the winner frequently not only
does not pocket his gain, but is actually ruined
by his very success. A speculator, for exam-
ple, has bought 100,0001. Consols of Mr. Henty,
for the account, at 84, and sold them to another
jobber at 85 ; he clears by the transaction, in ap-
pearance, 1,0004 : but Mr. Henty having failed, the
bargain with him comes to nothing; and the stock
having risen to 88., the speculator is compelled to
purchase, in order to deliver under the second con-
tract, and, instead of gaining 1,000/., loses 3,000/.
Thus many of the minor failures in the Stock. Ex-
change are to be traced to that of Mr. Henty. Al-
together, such an instance of reckless gambling, and
of treachery to those with whom it was carried ofi

by him, for he might have saved many by a more
early disclosure, has scarcely ever occurred even in
the Stock Exchange.—Timet.
The fears entertained yesterday of additional

failures at the Stock Market to-day, which was
fixed for the payment of the differences, have proved
to be well-founded, nine more persons declaring
themselves incompetent to meet their engagements—
making a total of not less than fifteen defaulters
within the last week. The losses of most of these.
are comparatively trifling; several of the parties
having been placed in a similar predicament within
a short period, and the whole amount for which
they are deficient being not above one-third of that
on the speculations entered into by Mr. James
Henty. The creditors of this individual had an-
other meeting this afternoon, when a correct state-
ment of the accounts was laid before them.
From this it appears, that there is a loss of
upwards of 105,0001.; and that, with the exception
of a few trifling sums, there is only five thou-
sand pounds to be- received from an eminent
capitalist to whom we referred yesterday, who
possessed sufficient acuteness so far to alter the na-
ture of his transactions with the defaulter, as to be
obliged to pay the amount just stated, instead of be-
ing included among the creditors. Immediately the
failure took place yesterday, 440 express was sent
down to Arundel, to inform the father orlnt:'fienty
of the situation in which his son was placed; under
the hope that, as he is possessed of ample means, he
would come forward and increase the dividend to be
given to the creditors. It is not yet known whe-
ther any satisfactory arrangement will be made; but
sanguine hopes are indulged that something more will
be distributed than is actually due from the Stock

Exchange.—Morning Chronicle.
The alarm and agitation which prevailed in the
Stock Exchange this morning was scarcely less in-
tense than on yesterday. In the course of the day

nine more defaulters were declared, making in the
whnle fifteen. several orthese failures are for very
large sums, and one or two of the " unfortunates"

are amongst the oldest and most respectable mem•
bers of the House. The affairs of Mr. Henty turn

out to be much more deplorable than we represented
them yesterday. It appears that lie owes 110,0001.
and that to pay this enormous sum he has not more
than two or three thousand pounds; and yet a few
months ago this same Mr. Henty, so says report,
expended no less a sum than 6,000/. in furnishing a
house, which he had previously purchased in Devon-
shire place ! Such are the reckless habits of ex-
pence which are induced by gambling, whether car-
ried on by means of dice, or through the more effec-
tual, though not less immoral medium of fictitious'
bargains in the public securities. 'We apprehend
that no man unconnected with such practices, and
whose moral perceptions are correct, can feel any
thing like sorrow for what has taken place yester-
day and to-day in that great national gambling-house
called the Stock Exchange. We may pity the suf-
ferings of individuals, from whatever cause they may
arise, but, we ought to rejoice at such visitations as
we hp,ye alluded to, inasmuch as they tend more to

eradicate gambling in the funds than any moral les-
son that may be read by the editors of newspapers,
or even by persons of a more sacred and immaculate

. . .
description, Whep once the habit of gambling, or
speculating in stock, becomes, by the want of prin-
ciple in the persons engaged in it, generally unpro-
ductive, and always in a high degree uncertain,
people will be proportionably less inclined to embark
in it ;• and that things in the Stock Exchange are
fast verging to this desideratum, we think is now

pretty evident. Most people kno'w there is nothing
to envy in the life of a jobber. True it is, that there

are jobbers why have hitherto been in the main sue-

cess-ful, but whether a man sets rich by jobbing, or
g, in either we whether he merely makes a livin

suspect he leads a miserable existence.—lllorning
-- • -

Herald.

WINCHESTER, JULY 27:—The harvest has
partially commenced in this neighbourhood. Two fields of
.wheat on the London Road, near this town, are cut down,
and reaping is expected to be general through the Southern
parts of the country next week. In the memory of the
oldest farmers thane never was a prospect of a finer crop.
The wheats are peculiarly luxuriant. The turnip crop
also promises to be most aintrulant.—Morning Paper.

PRINTER'B DEVIL.—AS many dour readers
may not be aware of the origin of this appellation, we copy
the following explanation from the notes to Mr. INl'Creery's
" Poem on the Press, &c." :—." In the adventure of Dr.
Faustus and the Sorbonne at Paris, we seem to have the
origin of the opinion, that printers have occasion for the as-
sistance of a supernatural personage in the progress of their
labours, with whom all the rest of the world is most
anxious to avoid any very intimate acquaintance. Had we
no other complaints against his Satanic Majesty, than that
of assisting John Faust to bring to perfection the Art of
Printing—we certainly should have no right to stigmatize
him ai a being of so malignant a disposition as be is com-
monly represented. The Printer's Devil is a 'character
almost identified with the origin of the art, and we may
consider ourselves peculiarly fortunate in havinia guardian
exclusively assigned to us, from whom, notwithstanding his
general bad conduct to other people, we have so little to
apprehend, and who is commonly our faithful assistant,
both in our labours and in out' pleasures. From hence
also the legend of the Devil and Doctor Fangtus,—
London Weekly Review.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

" ST. SEBASTIAN, JULY 10.—The courier who
left Madrid on Thursday, has brought several letters
from persons of distinguished rank, and worthy of
credit, from their situations about the Court. These
letters concur in stating, let, that the Spanish Go-
vernment grants a full and complete amnesty for all
political offences, from 1807 to the present time.-
2d, that it recognizes, in a formal and authentic
manner, the new Government of Portugal, as well
as the loans contracted for under the Cortes; and
also the independence of Spanish America, on con-
dition of receiving a sum of money to be settled by
the Great Powers. We are all rejoicing here. The
Cortes, by Estamentos, (Orders), will be imme-
diately convoked.
(From the Gazette de France, July 26.)
" CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 25.---The solemn
audience which M. de Ribeaupierre had on the 14th
of the Sultan, differs from those which had taken
place before, in the following particulars :
" 1. The Russian Envoy did not, as formerly,
wait under the second gate of the Seraglio, but after
his entrance by the first gate, proceeded immediately
to the Hall of the Divan.
"2. All the posts formerly occupied by Janis-
saries were now occupied by some of the new regular
troops. Instead of the scene of the Janissaries
falling on the dishes of pillao, which were set before
them in the second court-yard of the Seraglio at the
moment of the Ambassador's entrance, there was
the appearance of military order and discipline like
that of Europe.
" 3. After the audience, the Envoy returned into
the Hall of the Divan, where he waited for the
Grand Visir, instead of waiting for him, as formerly,
under the second gate.
" 4. After the compliments of taking leave in the
Divan, the Envoy retired directly to his hotel, with-
out waiting for the Grand Visir.
" 5. M. tie. Ribeaupierre, though an Envoy of
the second order, has received a present of a horse
from the Grand Visir, and of one from the Sultan.
This distinction, whichaecordinito the usual custom
is given only to Ambassadors, is considered by the
Porte as a special favour, peculiar to M. de Ribeau-
pierre, on account of the happy issue of the con-
ferences at Akermann.
" The following are some other particulars of the
audience When M. de Ribeaupierre reached
the hall of the Divan, the Grand Visir entered by a
side door, and saluted him standing, as well as the
Pitches who were present; after which all sat down.
The Grand Visir took his place,. with. the great
officers and functionaries of the Divan, on the Divan
covered with gold cloth, under the grated cabinet of
the Sultan. The Russian Minister was opposite a
rich stool, surrounded by the gentlemen of his lega-
tion, and a great many Franks and others as spectators!
" After a few moments of silence, the Divan
opened ; some lawyers entered to present their re-
quests, which were received by the Grand Visir,
who gave a receipt for them.
" Some time passed between the Divan and the
preparations for the collation. The Envoy and the
persons who were to take part in it were presented
with water to wash their hands, and napkins em-
broidered with gold, to dry them.
" Several small tables were then brought, at one
of which the Grand Visir placed hiinself with the
Envoy. The Seraskier, Chosrew Paella, was at
the second, with the Councillors of State, Minziacki
and Bergk ; the others were occupied by the mem-
bers of the legation. The dishes were served up
quickly and in abundance, and brought from the sth
kitchen, which on the Divan days Is always engaged
for the Ministers who are present.
" After the collation, water And napkins were
again presented, and pipes distributed. The Grand
Visir then wrote a telchisz (proposition), -stating
that " the Russian .Envoy desired the honour of
appearing before the throne of the Sultan." While
waiting for the answer, the Grand Visit conversed
with M. de Ribeaupierre, through Ishak Effendi, in-
terpreter of the Porte.
" The answer coming in about an hour, the Grand
Visir went some steps to meet the bearers of it,
took the writing, raised it to his forehead, broke the
seal, after having kissed it, and sat down again.—
'The members of the legation were then conducted
to the gallery before the third gate, whichleads to
the apartments of the Sultan. The Envoy was in
vested with a pelisse of sable. The other persona
ges of the legation received, the same number
pelisses of sable and ermine 'is, in the audience al
the Grand Visir's.

" After having been introduced into the hall of
audience, and conducted before the Sultan with the

usual ceremonies, M. de Ribeaupierre delivered his
speech in the Russian language, and presented his
credentials, which were also in Russian.
" After the audience, which lasted ten minutes,
the Envoy returned to the hall of the Divan, to
wait for the Grand Visir. The latter having ar-
rived and taken his place, pipes were brought. M.
de Ribeaupierre then retired.
"An order has, just been given to appoit civil
governors in the provinces : the Pachas, will, there-
fore, have henceforth only the military command.—
The administration, properly so called, the finances,
revenues, and imports, will be managed by func-
tionaries who will depend immediately on the Porte.
—Austrian Observer.
, .
" JUNE 26.—The Ministers of France, England,
and Russia, have reproached the Iteis Effendi, be-
cause the declaration of the Porte respecting the
proposals relative to Greece had no signature. The
French Ambassador declared that this paper violated
all the forms. M. de Ribeaupierre' then protested
in the most energetic manner, by a note, against the
assertion of that declaration, according to.which the
proposals of the Allied Powers are contrary to the
protocol of the conferences at Akermann; and in-
vited the Reis Effendi to consult for this purpose.
" The Porte has made no answer to these repre-
sentatations, and the European Ministers seem dis-
posed to confine themselves to this step, till they
have received fresh instructions. It is affirmed, how-
ever, that there is some reason to believe that Count
Woronzow, Russian Commissioner at the conferences
at Akermann, really promised the Turkish plenipo-
tentiaries that Russia would confine herself to ar-
ranging her differences with the Porte, and would
not meddle with the affairs of Greece. Meantime
the military preparations of the Porte announce, that
it is resolved to assume an imposing attitude towards
the Allied Powers, in case they should attempt to
carry their resolutions into execution.—Gatette of
Augsburgh•

(From the Constitutionnel.)
" CORFU, JUNE 21.—The Greeks are busily oc-
cupied in fortifying and provisioning Argos and
Acrocorinth. They have sent from the latter for-
tress all the women and children, whom they have
embarked for the isle of Egina. A corp of the
troops who were before Athens have landed near
Megara. The chiefs of this corps have sent General
Crieziotes to Panurias. He now occupies the city
of Salona, and a part of Livadia ; the rest of this
province is under the care of General Nacos, a native
of the country.
" According to the last letters, the Greeks, seeing
that they are too weak to face the enemy in the open
field, have formed the plan to possess themselves of
Thermopylae, for the purpose of cutting off the com-
munication of Redschid Pacha with Thessaly, and to
cut off the supplies which are about to be conveyed
to his camp. The Captains Gatzoi and Duopiotes
are ordered to take up a position at Thermopylre,
and to shut up that pass.
" It is a remarkable fact, that notwithstanding the
disastrous affair of Athens, not one Greek soldier--
even of those who lost their chiefs—has been known
to quit the army and to retire to their families. This
perseverance under misfortune proves that this un-
fortunate people are determined to be free, or to
perish, even4o the last man. They still remember
with horror what they suffered under their ferocious
masters, and their warm imaginations still picture
to them the dishonour to which their families are
yet exposed.'
" Ibrahim Paella has quitted the fortress of

LONDON,
SATURDAY 'EVENING, JULY 28, 187.

We understand that the office of Under-Se-
cretary of State for the Home Department,
which Mr. HOBHOUSE is on the point of vacat-
ing, will be filled by SAMUEL MARCH PHIL-
LIPS, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.

We received last night the Paris Papers of
Wednesday, and the Gazette de France dated
Thursday. They contain intelligence from Con-
stantinople to the 26th, and from Corfu to the
21st ult. of an interesting nature. The former
fully confirms all the recent reports of the fixed
deteimination of the Turkish Government to
resist the interference of the great Powers in the
affairs of Greece, for which- purpose active pre-
parations are going on. The latter mentions
facts which prove that the Greek nation can
never be conquered but by extermination. Not-
withstanding all the disasters which have befallen
their forces, not one Greek soldier, even of those
who lost their Chiefs, has quitted the Army and
retired to his family. The same heroism, the
same perseverance under misfortunes, and the
same endurance ofsufferingforthe sake of freedom
which distinguished this extraordinary people in
the days of their greatness, still form the pro-
minent feature of their character, and these qua-
lities are manifested in a wonderful degree at
this time, when, though Athens is lost to them,
and they are unable to face the enemy in the open
field, they are possessing themselves of Thermo-
pyle and the other famous passes of their coun-
try, with a spirit and a resolution worthy of the
dap of LEoNIPAs, and demonstrative of their

determination to be free, or to-perish in the ruins

of their country.

We have given -long extracts from these papers
in another column. It is hardly worth while to
notice a piece of news from St. Sebastian, which
we find in the Memorial Bordelais, the correct-
ness of which, however, the, Editor very wisely
declines to guarantee—that the Spanish Govern-
meat has granted a full amnesty for all political
offences from 1807, and recognizes the new
Government of Portugal—the Loans of the
Cortes—and the Independence of Spanish
America ! and 'they might as well have added
—the sovereignty of Poyais.

FRENCH FUNDS. —Rentes, Five per Cents. 103 f. sc.
10c. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 55c. 45c. ; Bank Actions,
2,015 f. 2,012 f. 50c.

FOREIGN Furrns.—Rentes Nap. Cert. Fal. 78f. 25c.
20e. ; Spanish kentee, 9; Royal Spanish Loan, 61 62;
Interminable Spanish Annuities, 46 45i.

Scarcely a day passes in which we do not re-
solve never again to pay the least attention to
the misrepresentations of that worthy organ of
the Ultras, called the Standard. We feel a
sort of degradation in being drawn into discus-
sions with an upstart paper, struggling for a spu-
rious notoriety ; but having alluded to the sub-
ject of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S footman
being discharged for contributing to the
Opposition Journals, and having expressed

' our intention to suspend farther observa-
tions till the accused had time to deny the
charge, we will now only observe that our
Right Learned Greek-quoting contemporary has
bestowed two or three columns of leading ar-
ticles on squabbling with other Journals (its
usual occupation) ; but has ventured on no direct
disclaimer of the crime laid to its charge.
It, as well as the Morning Post, at-

tempts to pass off the accusation as " the wit
of the New Times," and says that it despises
bribing footmen, &c. ; but it won't do. Every

impartial person must be satisfied that the ac-
cusation is well founded, and, we trust, that the
many honourable (though mistaken) individuals
who belong to the party, will show their sense
of such base and infamous conduct on the part
of their underlings.
AmongA other matters, it chooses to doubt

the assertion of the Times, that the Duke of
BUCKINGHAM and the Earl of HOPETOUN
have joined the Administration, and it
threatens to make enquiries, which will, no doubt,
be instituted through the medium of their party-
coloured friends in those Noblemen's families. At
present, with becoming modesty, it admits a
want of information respecting the Duke of
BUCKINGHAM'S intentions, and adds " of .the
politics, and of the political importance of the
Earl of HOPETOUN, we confess ourselves
equally ignorant." If this is said by way of a
sneer, we would inform it, that the " poli-
tical influence" of that family has long been
pre-eminent in Scotland (particularly in the
lifetime of that distinguished soldier, the late
Earl) and though the present Lord HOPETOUN
is a very young man, we understand tliat his

individual qualifications are quite capable of
giving effect to the hereditary influence of high
birth and a splendid fortune. If these two
Noblemen had only joined the other side, how
satisfactory would the Ultras have considered the
accession of so much aristocratic weight ! But
thank Heaven, all the Nobility are not frightened
out of their wits, by shadows, and old legends
regarding Smithfield fires.

By the Saucy Jack, Captain HOOPER, Ja-
maica Papers to the 14th June, and Bogota to
the 18th May, have been received at the North
and South American Coffee-house. The fol-
lowing is extracted from El Constitucional of
the 17th May

• BOGOTA, MAY l'7.
Congress met in this city on Saturday last, for the de-
spatch of business. Its attention has since been chiefly oc-
cupied with the resignation of General Bolivar, and as we
believe that upon the decision of this question, the future
prospects of Colombia greatly depend, we shall state what
an impartial consideration of it has suggested to us, in the
hopes that if the affair be still pending when this is
printed, it may not be without. its use to those who have
not already come to a determination, and if it be not de-
finitively settled before then, we are not unwilling that our
sentiments upon such an occasion should remain recorded.
Experience will then justify or disprove our assertions, we
thus exonerate ourselves from, the responsibility which a
departure from the measures we recommend, entails on
those who have advocated it, in case of its not being
attended with the success they anticipated ; while, should
subsequent events contradict our suppositions, at the same
time that we shall gladly acknowledge our error, we shall
derive consolation from the very circumstances which have
refuted them, and from the reflection, that we did not
refuse our humble, although useless exertions, at a moment
of difficulty and emergency. The question of the resigna-
tion of General Bolivar should, in our opinion, be consi-
dered in two points of view : first, as regards his country;
and, secondly, as regards himself. It is undeniable, that
during the late effervescence of popular feeling throughout
the Republic, when it was feared that the decision of the
points contested by the two parties could alone be effected
by force of arms, the only individual that still commanded
the respect of all, the only name that still exercised its in-
fluence over the impetuous spirits that were blowing the
flames of discord throughout the Republic, when the
interests of their country, the sanctity of the laws,
the inviolability of the Constitution, all that the pa-
triotism the inapt earnest desires for peace and tranquillity
could suggest, were invoked in vain—was that of Bolivar.
We conjure our Representativei to bear this in mind, the
state of Coloinbia divided and torn as it has been-by intes-
tine divisions, requires that that man should be placed at
the head of the Government who carries with him the
powerful support of popular opinion. We have already
had experience of the influence of the Liberator in allaying
the ferment to which passion had arrived in the north, and
public rumour has already. informed us but too audibly, of
the necessity which may soon exist for his personal inter-
ference in the south. Can one single doubt exist as to the
path to be pursued? Should we waste our time in dis-
cussing whether one measure should precede or follow
another, when the eyes of all the people of Colom-
bia are anxiously awating the decision of the one grand
question, whether General Bolivar is to be continued
in the Presidency or not ? We are the mare annoyed
at this unnecessary delay,. as doubts by this means are
are excited—suspicions roused in regard to the issue, where
in reality none exist, nor the least apprehension ought to
he entertained, considering the prudence and patriotism
which have been displayed by the Members of the Congress
hitherto as to the final result of the discussion. Viewing
the question in its other ,light, as personally regarding
General Bolivar, we think few words art necwary,

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siderable doubts have prevailed whether the Liberat-41°o,
would, if his iesignation were refused by Congress, attend
to the requisition of that body, to take the oaths prescribed
by the Constitution. - We know not upon what grounds
they have raised these doubts : the former career of General
Bolivar affords no matter for such presumptions ; his
public documents breathe the most profound respect
for the Legislative Body, and his resignation is con-
ceived in terms moat flattering: to it-,-and its authority •
is therein most earnestly invoked to heal the
wounds of this distracted country. Can the Liberator
President refuse his co-operation to so laudable an under..
taking ? Can we imagine for a moment that the matt
who has sacrificed himself for the last seventesen years, bas'
undergone the toils, the' fatigues, the mental and bodily ex-,
ertion we have witnessed, for thesake of raising the social
fabric, which is now threatened with . dissolution, .could
refuse his .aid to support and preserve the work of his
glory, and calmly look on and witness the probable ruin -of
what had been acquired at the cost of so much blood and
treasure? It is impossible. It is natural to suppose that
the Liberator may be desirous, to retire from the bustle and
turmoil of office; but the additional sacrifice of a few years'
peace and tranquillity is not to be put in competition with
the calamities which are feared from his retirement, and the •
benefits which are confidently expected from his assuming
the reins of Government.— Constitutional, May .17.

EXECUTIVE. ,
Estimate of Expences for 1827—Correction of a iniitilke
in the General Estimate of Expences for 1827, in each
of the Departments of the Administration of the Re-
public : Dollars. Rs.
Foreign Department .. ' 69,869 7
Home ditto 526,886 4,

War ditto • 4,307,797 4
Marine ditto* 912,721 0
Finance dittot 519,047 0
Interest for Debt. 1,800,000 0
1 per Cent. towards the Fund for liqui-
dating the said Debt

300,000 0

Dollars 8,495,822 O
Errata wbich require correction in the Estimate published
in former Gazettes :--

In the note on the Marine Department it states, that " if
it should be ;lecessary to equip and arm all our vessels of
war, the estimate will be increased to 2,260,422 dollars
6 reals."

In the comparison drawn between the Estimates for the
years 1826 and 1827 it stands thus Dollars. Rs.
Estimate for 1826 8,550,027 7
Ditto 1827 15,487,719 Si
Dollars 6,937,691 4i
It ought, on the contrary to be, 1826 15,487,719 Si
And for 1827 8,550,027 7

, . .
With this alteration in the Estimates, the following re-
sult will be produced, viz. : —That the difference in favour
of the Republic, in the present year, compared with the
preceding, amounts to the sum of six millions nine hundred
and ninety-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine
dollars three reals, demonstrated thus:— Dollars. Rs.
Estimate for 1826 15,487,719 34,
Ditto 1827 rectified 8,495,822 of

Dollars 6,991,897 .3

* In the event of its being necessary to equip and arm
all the vessels of var belonging to the Republic, the esti-
mate for the Marine Department will be increased to
2,026,422 dollars 6 reals.

Should the Congress determine to continue the tem-
porary suppression of certain branches of the financede-
partment, and the diminution of public functionaries, de-
creed on the 234 November last by the Liberator Presi-
dent, then the estimate for this department will be as above
stated ; but should it resolve differently, decreeing the re-
establishment of the offices and public functionaries created
by the existing laws, then the expence will be increased to
632,732 dollars 7 reals, according to an approximating
calculation which has been made ; because, on account of
the disturbances which have prevailed in the Republic, the
i equisite data for calculating with precision the particular.
expences of each office, absolutely necessary for forming
this estimate, has not been received.
The Bogota paper 'of the 17th May, states that on the
12th of that month a deputation of both houses (the Senate.
and House of Representatives) waited upon Bolivar to request
he would re-assume his office of Vice-President of the
Colombian nation. Twice it appears,' he . resisted
their importunities, stating his reasonsfor es
were of a private nature, and partly arising from having -
rign
his
been considered by some parties as an enemy to the
country. At the third solicitation he, however, was
induced to alter his resolution ; and at a quarter pail eight
o'clock in the evening, he proceeded to where the Congress
was sitting, and took the usual oaths on taking office, and
proceeded to address both Assemblies on the occasion.

JAMAICA, JUNE'. 18.
Our readers will have remarked, that Mr. James Scar.-
lett, the brother of our Chief Justice, has been called to
the high office of Attorney-General of England. He is,
we believe, the first West Indian who ever held this high
station : he is a native of this island. In Spanish Town,
on the 12th ult., his Honour Mr. Curtis Seinan, associated
with himself the Speaker of the_Assembly, the Hqn. David
Finlayson, and John Gale Vidal, Esq., two other Magi-
strates of St. Catharine, and proceeded to enter into an in-
vestigation and information, preferred by Mr. Burrows
against the Rev. Mr. Phillips,. a Baptist Missionary, for
keeping an assembly of slaves in his chapel after 8 p.m.,
the hour appointed by law, to-wit, at eleven o'clock at
night, contrary to the 86th clause of the Consolidated
Slave Law. It was proved that there had been an aS,PIII-
- of slaves at the chapel at eleven o'clock ; Mr. Phil-
lips denied that he was aware of this meeting, and stated
he was not answerable for the acts of persons coming to
the chapel at uns#asonable times without his knowledge,
and said be could not be answerable for his servants. The •
Magistrates, however, told him be was answerable for an
assembly of slaves held in a house under his controul.
During this part of the case a great number of Mr. P.'s
congregation, who were present, appeared to be much sur-
prised at his throwing the blame on them, and stated they
had not met without his sanction, which they testified by
sundry contortions, such as, " How parson can say aria
such ting ; how sheep-massa can try for get bins bias
cheeps fum fum ?"
His Majesty's packet Osborne, Captain Leslie, sailed
-from Jamaica on the 12th ult.

We received this morning the Austrian
Observer of the 16th instant, which contains
the following news, respecting the affairs of