The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-16 00:00:00

CAPTAIN ROSS'S EXPEDITION.

The following extract of a letter, dated Loch
Ryan, 14th and 15th of June, from Captai►:
Ross, gives the particulars of the accident, and
state of matters previous to his sailing, to which
we alluded on Saturday. It also contains the
latest news of public interest respecting the cx
pedition

" We had the engine working 50 hours, and
during that time made a very satisfactory experi-
ment upon the paddles. We found, by draw-
ing up'the paddle on the windward side, and
leaving the lee one down, with the whole power
of the engine upon it, she made excellent way
against the wind ; and she was doing quite well,
when a very appalling accident happened to
William Hardy, one of the stokers; his foot,
while on the side of the engine, slipped, and in
attempting to save his fall, his arm got between
the guide wheel and rod .of the piston, which
shattered it so completely, that I found it neces-
sary to take it off' myself, which I did; and also
succeeded in taking up the artery, by which his
life has been saved. The doctor had not joined,
and I of course made way for the nearest port

(Logan), and sent him to my house at Stranraer,
where he had every possible advice and attention.
I am happy to say that the vessel is a most ex-
cellent
sea boat; in all the storms we have had,
we did not take in a drop of water; and she
sails fully as well as I expected. But what has
given me most satisfaction is the conduct of my
crew, who behave in a manner which assures me
they will surmount every obstacle, and that ulti-
mate success is certain." On joining the John
(a vessel that was to have accompanied him),
Captain Ross found that great discontent pre-
vailed among the crew of that vessel ; and upon
his going on board, the crew individually refused
to heave the anchor. Captain Ross then goes
on to state—" On my saying that my men (i. e.
the crew of the Victory) should do it for them,
the cowardly vagabonds took to the boats, and
landed amidst the hisses and execrations, not
only of our gallant crew (who gave three cheers,
and said, Let us go without them'), but of the
villagers who assembled to witness their landing.
A scuffle took place between the Captain and
the crew ; and in their attempting to take one of
our boats to escape with, one man was knocked
overboard ; but no lives were lost. I imme-
diately decided on removing what stores were
necessary to complete us from the John, and to
proceed without her ; which has, I am happy to
say, given my brave fellows universal satisfac-
tion. They answered my determination with

three cheers, and declared they would follow and
stick to me wherever I went. We are all in the

highest spirits ; the wind is fair, the engine, bel-
lows, and boilers, are all in repair, and the an-
chor is now up. Farewell !"—Literary Gaz.

REMINISCENCES OF FORMER DAYS.

MY FIRST INTERVIEW WITH SIR WALTER
SCOTT.
BY TILE ETTRICK SIIEPLIERD.

One fine day, in the summer of 1801, as I
was busily engaged working in the field at Et-
trick llouse, Vat Shiel came over to me and
said, that " I boud gang away down to the
Ramseycleuch as fast as my feet could carry me,
for there war some gentlemen there wha wantit
to speak to me."
Wha can be at the Ramseycleuch that wants
me, Wat ?"

" I coulna say, for it wasna me that they steak
to i' the by-ganging ; but I'am thinking its the
Shirra an' some o' his gang."
I was rejoiced to hear this, for I had seen the
first volumes of the Minstrelsy of the Border,
and had copied a number of old things from my
mother's recital, and sent them to the Editor
preparatory for a third volume. I accordingly
went towards home to put on my Sunday clothes,
but before reaching it, I met with the Shirra
and Mr. William Laidlaw coining to visit me.
They alighted, and remained in our cottage for
a space better than an hour, and my mother
chaunted the ballad of Old Maulan' to them,
with which Mr. Scott was highly delighted. I
had sent him a copy (not a very perfect one, as
I found afterwards, from the singing of another
Laidlaw), but I thought Mr. Scott had some
dread of a part being forged, that had been the
cause of his journey to the wilds of Ettrick.
When he heard my mother sing it, he was quite
satisfied ; and I remember he asked her if she
thought it had ever been printed ; and her
answer was, "Oh na, na, Sir, it was never
printed i' the world, for my brother and me
learned it frae auld Andrew Moor, an' he
learned -it, an' mony ma', frac) ane auld Baby
Mettlin, that was houbekeeper to the first laird
of Tushilaw."

" Then that must be a very auld story, indeed,
Margaret," said he.
" Ay, it is that ! It is an auld story ! But
mair than that, except George Warton and James
Steward, there was never ane 'o my sangs printit
till ye printit them yoursell, an' ye hae spoilt
them a' thegither. They war made for singing
an' no for reading ; and they're neither right
spelled nor right setten (loon."
" Heh—heh—heli ! Tak ye that Mr. Scott,"
said Laidlaw.

Mr. Scott answered by a hearty laugh, and
the recital of a verse, but I have forgot what it
was, and my mother gave him a rap on the knee
with her open hand, anal said, " It was true
enough for a' that,"
We were all to dine at Ramseycleuch with
the Messrs. Brydon, but Mr. Scott and Mr.
Laidlaw went away to look at something befort,
(limier, and 1 was to follow. On going into
the stable yard at Ramseycleuch, I mc.4 with Mr.
Scott's liveryman, a far greptx original than his
master, when I asked i the Shirra was come ?

" 0, ay, 14d, the Shirra's come," said ho.
" Are ye the chief that that maks the auld bal-
lads and sing them."
" I said I fancied I was Itc: that he meant,
though I had never In :;fie ony very mild ballads."
" Ay, then, lad, gae your ways in an spier for
the Shim. They'll let ye see where he is ; he'll
be very glad to see you."
During the sociality of the evening, the
discourse ran very much on the difFerelat breeds
of sheep, that curse of the community of Ettriik
forest ; the original blackfaced forest breed being
always called the short sheep, and the Cheviot
breed the long sheet). The disputes at that

_
neither perceived the quiinor the reproof; fell to
answer with great sincerity, " It is the woo,
Sir—it is the woo, that make the difference, the
lang sheep hae the shoit woo, and the short
sheep hae the lang thing, and these-.are just kind
o' names we gie them like." .Mr. Scott could
not preserve his grave face of strict calculation,
it went gradually away, and a hearty guffaw fol-
lowed. When saw the very. same words re-
peated near the beginning of the Black Dwarf,
_ _

how could I be mistaken of the author ? It is
true, Johnnie Balentyne persuaded me into a
nominal belief of the contrary, for several years
following, but I could, never get the better of
that and several similar coincidences.

The next day we went off', five in number, to
visit the wilds of Rankleburn, to see if on the
farms of Buccleugh there were any relics of the
castles of Buccleugh or Mount Comyn, the an-
cient and original possession of the Scotts. We
found no remains of either tower or fortalice,
save an old chapel and church-yard, and a mill
and mill-lead, where corn never grew, but where,
as old Satchells very appropriate says—
" Had heather-hells been corn of the best,

The Bueeleugh mill would have had a noble grist."

It must have been used for grinding thechief's
black-mails, which, it is known, were all paid to
him in kind.—Many of these still continue•to be
paid in the same way ; and if report say true, he
would be the better of a mill and kiln on'some
part of his land at this day, as well as a sterling
conscientious miller to receive and render.

Besides having been mentioned by Satchels,
there was a remaining tradition in the country
that there was a font stone of
.blue marble, in
which the ancient heirs of Buccleugh were bap-
tized, covered up among the ruins of the auld
church. Mr. Scott was curious to see if we
could discover it, but on going among the ruins
we found the rubbish at the spot where the altar
was known to have been digged out to the foun-
dation—we knew not by whom, but no font had
been found. As there appeared to have been a
kind of recess in the eastern gable, we fell a
turning over some loose stones to see ifthe font
was not concealed there, when we came - upon
one-half of a small pot, encrusted thick with
rust. Mr. Scott's eyes brightened, and he swore
it was an ancient consecrated helmet. Laidlaw,
however, scratching it minutely out, found it
covered with a layer of pitch inside, and then
said, " Aye, the truth is, Sir, it is neither mair
nor less than a piece of a tar pat that some of
the farmers have been buisting their sheep out
o' the auld kirk langsyne." Sir Walter's shaggy
eye-brows dipped deep over his eyes, and sup-
, pressing a smile, he turned and strode away as
fast as he could, saying, " that we had just rode
all the way to see that there was nothing to be
seen."

I remember his riding on a terrible high
spirited horse, who had the perilous fancy of
leaping every drain, rivulet, and ditch that came
in our way; the consequence was, that he was
everlastingly bogging himself, while sometimes
his rider kept his seat despite of his plunging,
and at other times he was obliged to extricate
himself the best way he could. In coming
through a place called the Misley-bog, I said to
him, " Mr. Scott, that's the madder deil of a
beast I ever saw ; can you no gar him tak a wee
mair time? He's just out o' ae lair intil another

•1 1f
,vi ye.

".Ay," said be, " we hae been very oft these
twa days past like the Neils, we could stand
straight up and tie our shoes."l did not understand
the joke, nor do I yet, but I think these were
his words.

We visited the old castles of Thirlestane and
Tushilaw, and dined and spent the afternoon
and the night with Mr. Brydon of Crosslee.
Sir Walter was all the while in the highest good
humour, and seemed to enjoy the range of
mountain solitude which we traversed exceed-
ingly ; indeed I never saw him otherwise. In
the fields—on the rugged mountains—or even
toiling in the Tweed to the waist, I have seen
his glee not only surpass himself, but that of all
_ _

other men. I remember of leaving Altrive Lake
once with him, accompanied by the same Laid-
law and Sir Adam Fergusson, to visit the tre-
mendous solitudes of the Grey Mare's Tail and

Loch Skene. I conducted them through that
wild region by a path, which, if not rode by
Clavers, was, I dare say, never rode by another
gentleman. Sir Adam rode inadvertently into
a gulf, and got a sad flight, but Sir Walter, in
the very worst path, never dismounted, save at
Loch Skene, to take some dinner. We went to
Moffat, that night where we met with some of
his family, and such a day and night of glee I
never witnessed. Our very perils were matter to
him of infinite merriment ; and there was a short
tempered boot•boy at the inn, who wanted to
pick a quarrel with him, at which he laughed
till the water ran over his cheeks.

I was disappointed in never seeing some inci-
dent in his subsequent works laid in a scene re-
sembling the rugged solitude around Loch
Skene, for I never saw him survey any with so
much attention. A single serious look v... a
scene generally filled his mind with it, ',rind he
seldom took another ; but here
,ietook the
names of all the hills, their ;:.ides and relative
I
situations, with regard to one and another, and
several times. It may
made me repeat O.:cm
occur
his works which I have not
e
Ithiifik it will, for he his never been
slui some
known to interest himself, either in a scene or a
character, which did not appear afterwards in all
its most striking peculiarities.
There are not above five people in the woild
who, I think, know Sir Walter better, or under-
stand his character, better than I (10 ; and if I
ouCtive him, which is likely, as I am five months
and ten days younger, I will draw a mental por-
trait of him, the likeness of which to the original
shall not be disputed. In the mean time this is
only a reminiscence, in lily own line, of an illus-
trious friend among the mountains.
The enthusiasm with which he recited, and
spoke of our ancient ballads, during that first
tour of his through the forest, inspired me with
a determination immediately to begin and imitate
them, which I did, and soon grey tolerably good
at it. Of course I dedicated the Mountain
Bard to him.
Blest be his generous heart for aye ;
He told me where the relic lay ;
Pc:inted my way with ready will,
Afar on Ettrick's widest hill ;
NlTatch'd my first notes with curio's eye,
And wondered at my minstr,lsy.
Me little ween'd a parent's tongue
Such strains had o'sr Lay Mill. wig.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

M A 141SION.H OUSE.

Yesterday a young man of very respectable ap-
pearance and connections in the city of London, was
finally examined upon the charge of having em-
bezzled the sum of 511. 55., the property of. Mr.
John Hubbard, of Norwich. The property of
which the prosecutor is minus, in consequence of
the strong reliance which he placed in the pri-
soner's integrity, was said to be between 1,0001.
and 1,1001., but no other than the case mentioned
below was gone into upon this occasion.
Mr. Hubbard stated that he resided in Norwich,
where he is in extensive business, and that he had a
warehouse at No. 34, King-street, Cheapside, the
rent and whole expences of which were paid by
him. The prisoner, Archibald Thompson, had been
some time in his employment, at a salary of 1501.
a-year, and it was the prisoner's business to sell the
goods manufactured by him at the warehouse in
King-street. It was the duty of the prisoner, too,
to pay over and remit all sums of money or bills
which he should receive in the course of business to
the prosecutor. It occurred that the prisoner re-
ceived for a parcel of goods which he sold a bill for
51/. 55., which was accepted by Mr. Joseph Vickers,
in March, 1829. The prosecutor applied to the
prisoner for the amount of the parcel, and the
answer was, that it should be paid in as soon as it
was received. The bill was, however, never re-
mitted, and no account of the business done, or the
sums of money received, by the prisoner, up to the
31st of March, had been delivered in. No mention
was made of the bill at all by the prisoner after lie
had received it. The prosecutor thought the goods
were enumerated in the bill of parcels, and had no
doubt that the goods produced were those which
had been purchased with the bill in question.
Mr. Joseph Vickers purchased a parcel of goods
of the prisoner in January, 1829, and the prisoner
drew a bill upon him, which was dated the Ist of
March, and which witness accepted, and returned
to him. The bill was duly paid, and was now pro-
duced, as well as the parcel of goods delivered by
the prisoner.
Mr. Richard Ladell, of No. 88, Wading-street,
warehouseman, deposed that the bill produced,
drawn by Archibald Thompson upon, and accepted
by, Joseph Vickers, was discounted by witness.
The prisoner was assisted by Mr. Charles Phil-
lips and Mr. Wooler.
Mr. Phillips endeavoured to show that the ac-
counts were so complicated, that it was impossible to
discover an intentional fraud. _ .

The LORD MAYOR said he considered the case
one which ought certainly to be sent to a Jury, and
committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial.
It was mentioned that the prisoner was not by
any means an extravagant young- man, and that the
allowance from the house was quite sufficient to
meet his private expenses. He had, however, been
on several instances prevailed upon to lend money,
of which he had a command, to acquaintances, who
deceived him. In one instance, he was induced to
lend a considerable sum to a fellow, who, as soon as
he got hold of it, decamped to America.
BONY-STREET.

Yesterday William Newman, driver of a Dover
coach, called the Eagle, was brought before Mr.
HALLS, charged with having driven against Charles
Bennett, a corporal first Regiment of Foot Guards.
The complaint was preferred by desire of Captain
Vernon, who commands the battalion to which the
corporal belongs.
Corporal Bennett stated that he was crossing
Parliament street at the head of his company, on
Saturday evening about eight o'clock, when the de-
fendant, who was driving a Dover coach in the
direction of Charing-cross, drove against him.
While the coach was approaching witness called to
the defendant to pull up, but instead of doing so he
whipped his horses with more violence, and if he
(witness) had not stepped back he should hale
been run over. Witness seized hold of one of the
leaders in order to stop the coach, but the defend-
ant drove on, and he was obliged to relinquish his
hold,

- - -
The defendant, who appears to be a civil respect-
able man, in answer to the charge, assured the
magistrate that the whole was the result of acci-
slant. Having accidently committed a wrong, he
was willing to apologize, if that would satisfy the
complainant.
The Serjeant, who accompanied the corporal, said
ha bad no authority to accept an apology.
Mr. H A LLS then suggested that a communication
should be made to the commanding officer, and the
iierjeant having retired for that purpose, returned
with a note, addressed to the Magistrate by Cap-
tain Vernon.

MC, HALLS having read the note, said that Cap-
tain Vernon declined accepting an apology, and sug-
gested that the defendant should be fined.
The defendant was accordingly called upon for
Sureties to meet the charge elsewhere; but Mr.
HALLS observed, that as he had acted before him
with great propriety, he (lid not wish him to be
tinder restraint until his bail came forward.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Yesterday Mary Webb and John Atkins were
brought before Mr. MARRIOTT, charged on suspi-
cion of being accesory to the following robbery :
The prosecutor, a fashionably dressed gentleman,
who appeared to be still labouring under the effects
of the previous night's debauch, stated that his name
was John Hearn, and that he was a merchant. He
arrived in London on the previous day from Bath,
in consequence of the arrival of a ship from Van
Dieman's Land, in which he was concerned, and
had taken up his residence at the Tavistock Hotel,
Covent-garden. In the evening he chanced to meet
with a girl of the town, and she persuaded him to
accompany her to her lodgings in Union-court, Or.
chard-street, where he was robbed of all his clothes
except his shirt and stockings, a valuable pebble
snuff-box, his pocket-book, containing twenty-nine
sovereigns, and notes and bills of exchange to the

amount of 160/., together with his banker's book
and sundry memorandums; and he was forced to
walk home through the streets quite undressed.
Harris, the constable at St. Margaret's watch-
house, stated that early in the morning Mr. Hearn
carne to the watch-house, with nothing on but his
shirt, stockings, and boots., and gave information of
the manner in which he had been robbed. Wit-
ness went with him to the house, No. 10, Union-
court, and found the prisoners in the house, and took
their into custody. He found none of the property.
The pa-:;soners were ordered to be remanded.

It is confident::; rumoured that soon after the
new Police Act comes frit° action the Bow-street office
will be abolished.—Morning 41drertiser.
A dreadful accident happened yesterday morn-
ing about five o'clock, a little below the Penitentiary,
-Milbank, and to which three persons in the prime of life
have fallen victims. Three young men, named CoLLINs,
Joists, and TATE, inhabitants of Lambeth, had gone to
Milbank for the purpose of bathing, when, after they had
been about half an hour in the water, one of the young
men, in attempting to swim, got out of his depth, and in-
stantly called out for assistance ; the other two immedi-
ately went to his rescue, when, melancholy to relate, they
all perished. Several watermen instantly pulled to the
place, and they succeeded in finding the three bodies, which
were fast locked in each other's ;rms. An inquest was
held on the bodies yesterday morning, at the Camden
Arms, Alillbank. The first witness examined was WI
LIA Ross, who deposed that he was a waterman,
piyfng
at Lambeth ; that that morning, about a quarter past four,
he was going to the Red-house, Rattergea, with some goods,
and agreed to take the deceased youths as far us the Pe-
nitentiary, Milibank, where they expressed their intention
of bathing; and lie was to take them upon his return
home ; on his return, however, he found they were
drowned. Another waterman deposed that he heard them
cry for assistance, but when he arrived at the spot he
could find no traces of them ; he, however, with the as-
sistance of some other watermen, found the bode imbed-
ded in the mud, and fast locked in each other's arms. No
other evidence was adduced, and the Jury returned a
verdict of " Accidental death." It is rather curious that
one of the young men (Jomrs, we believe) narrowly
escaped the same fate only a fortnight since; he had twice
sunk, when a waterman came to his assistance, and suc-
ceeded in saving him.

(04 nu.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1829.

We received late this afternoon the following :
ST. PETERSBURGH, JUNE 29.—The Emperor has ad-
dressed the following rescript to Count Diebitsch :
" I have received the report by which you give me an
account of the victory you gained on the 11th June, near
Shumla, over the army of the Grind Vizier, in consequence
of which the greater part of the Turkish force has been
entirely dispersed, after losing its numerous at tillery, with
all its camp, baggage, and ammunition.
" The honour of the brilliant and complete success of
our arms belongs chiefly to you. You concealed your plans
and your movements from the enemy, inspired him with
confidence to risk the battle, and triumphed over all his
efforts to avoid the decisive blow which you had prepared
to strike.

" As a testimony of my gratitude for so signal a service,
I nominate you Knight of the Order of St. George of the
Second Class, the insignia of which I send you. To pre-
serve the memory of the glory which eur troops have
gained, under your command, in this memorable battle, I
authorise you to choose six of the cannon taken in this
battle, of which I make you a present.

" I desire you to thank in my name your brave com-
rades and all the troops, who in this battle gave freMh
proofs of their intrepidity, and I remain ever yours,
" Warsaw, June 21. " N ICHOL A S."

By an ukase of the same date addressed to the Senate
his Majesty has conferred the dignity of Count of the
Empire on General Baron Toll, and, in a letter of the
same date to the General, has informed him of this new
favour, conferred as a recompense for his services in the
late battle.

TIFLIS, JUNE 4.—Prince Chosrew Mirza set out to-day
for St. Petersburgh, with his suite. Count Paskewitsch
arrived on the 31st of May at the camp near the fortress
of Akhalkalaki, and expressed to Major-General Mou-
ri,ff his entire satisfaction at the perfect order in which
be found the troops.
NACUE, Juvr I4.—We learn upon respectable autho-
rity, that news had been received at Mayence on the 4th
of July, that the Governments of Prussia and the Nether-
lands have at length agreed respecting the free navigation
of the Rhine.

The fall of Silistria may now be considered as
beyond a doubt, for we find by official news from
the Theatre of War that it was expected to sur-
render on the 29th of June. The works of the
beseigers had been carried into the very ditches.
Shu►nla was also expected to be carried by Gen.
DIEBITSCH, as the garrison was very weak :

NEWS FROM THE THEATRE OF WAR.
BERLIN, JULY 10.

TULCZYN, JULY 3.—The last accounts from the army
state that one of the out-works of Silistria has been taken
by storm, en which occasion five standards fell into the
hands of the conquerors. The works of the besiegers
had been carried into the ditches of the fortress, and it
was expected that it would capitulate on the 29th June.
BRUSSELS, JULY 12.-A British Cabinet Messenger
passed through this city yesterday evening on his way from
London, with despatches for Vienna and Constantinop►e.
Letters from distinguished houses in Paris say that it is
believed there that the Government and the Bank of
France have the means of realising the plan of reducing
the Five per Cents, and that they are firmly resolved to
execute it, being fully assured of the necessity of reducing
the expenditure when there is a falling off in the revenue.
JASSY, JUNE 24. Sevtral corps of the Imperial Guard
are expected here about the middle of July, which have
hitherto been cantoned at Tulczyn and in the environs. To
judge by the large magazines which are formed here, these
corps will remain a considerable time in our city. We
hope the Emperor will also visit us, but we neither know
when his Majesty will arrive, nor how long he will remain
among us.
VIENNA, JULY 4.—Letters from Odessa, of 22d June
say, that every precaution had been taken to secure the in-
habitants against the contagion which afflicts the princi-
palities. The sanitary state both of the town and the
crews of the ships in the harbour was perfectly satis-

factory.
FRONHERS OF WALLACHIA, JUNE 19.—From the
Nuremberg wrier of Peace and War.—The works of
the besiegers before Silistria approach very near to the
town, though the besieged make sallies almost every night.
It is affirmed that Count Pahlen intends to make a di%er•
sion with a corps from Silistria against Rudshuk, in order
to support a corps sent by General Giestnar from Little
Wallachia against that place ; the Turks in Rudahuk and
Ghuergero, have began to remove their families and effects
to Widdin, which is a proof that they do not consider
themselves safe in those places ; above twenty barks
with fugitives have already ascended the Danube. The
fear. of contagion prevailing in Bucharest and all Wall t-
!Ana is in no wise diminished, the number of the sick rather
Increases. The malady is particularly great at lbrailow ;
General Kisselew, who was at Bucharest a fortnight ago,
hag ri.ttgrned to his corps before Ghuergevo, and several
other Russian Generals and officers have received orders
to repair to their posts. On the 17th the Divan (at Bucl c-
rest) discussed the question of the erection of new
hospitals,
The English Consulate is closed, some say on account
of the contagion, others in consequence of affronts offered
to the English Consul by a Russian authority.
JASSY, JUNE 17.—The news of the victories of the
Russian troops have caused general joy here, and our
hopes of a speedy termination of the war are revived. For
Shnml.;, which a few weeks ago was held to be impreg-
nable, will, perhaps, pot be able to resist long after the de-
feat of the grand shier, that is, ifi General Diehitsch
thinks of attacking it, as the garrison is said to amount to
only 4,000 Arnuuts, !sodinhahaants able ;o bear
arms to no more than 5,000. We are, therefore,

!inpatient for the farther operations of' the Russian
army, whose attacks on Silistria and Rudschuk are now
exposed to fewer obstacles, and flatter ourselves that after
the fall of Shurnla, which would produce a great effect in
Constantinople, peace will soon be signed. The demands
of Russia are said to be by no means exorbitant, and to
relate less to an
_indemnification for the_expnces -of
_the
war, than the security of the Russian navigation of the
Black Sea, on the basis of the treaty of Akermann. The
Turkish fortresses and forts in Asia Minor will probably
not be restored. The Principalities, we hope, would
inertly obtain a greater degree of independence. It is
generally affirmed that the Emperor has declared that
Russia requires no addition of territory in Europe, and
that he wishes to avoid every thing that may tend to dis-
putes ; the assertion, that negociations for peace are already
commenced, is probably premature.
VIENNA, JULY 4.—Metalliques, ; Bank Shares
1,110.

.By his Majesty's packet Spey, arrived from
Jamaica with a mail, we have received Papers
from that island to the 10th of June, and from
Carthagena. These confirm the account of the
renewal of the dispute between Colombia and
Peru, occasioned by the refusal of the latter to
deliver up Guayaquil, and ratify the Treaty made
by General LANIAR. A skirmish had taken
place, it was said, to the advantage of Colombia.
BOLIVAR had arrived at Bogota, and was soon
to proceed to the Northern Provinces on a tour
of observation, and would then proceed to the
South of Colombia, and settle the Peruvian
affair. These Papers also furnish us with the
following important Proclamation :

IT HIS EXCELLENCY, STEWART, GOVERNOR OF ST.

" LUCIA, MAJOR GENERAL, &C.

" Whereas, his Majesty, taking into his gracious conside-
ration the loyalty and good conduct of persons of free con-
dition of African birth and descent, inhabiting the Island
of St. Lucia, and having considered the restriction under
which they laboured by virtue of laws passed previous to
the session of the Island, has been pleased by his Order in
Council, issued at the Court of Windsor, on• the 15th
January last, to order that all laws and all edicts or ordi-
nances having the force and effect-of laws at any time
heretofore promulgated within the Island, whereby free
persons of African birth or descent were subjected to any
disabilities or restrictions to which other free persons in-
habiting the said Island were not subject, should be, and
the same were repealed and for ever annulled and cancelled.

" The Governor doth hereby announce and promulgate
such, his Majesty's pleasure, and therefore all such lawn,
all edicts and ordinances whatever are declared to have been
by the said Order in Council repealed and for ever an-
nulled and cancelled.

" The Governor is assured that the parties in whose
favour this order has been issued will short by their future
conduct, and by their readiness and zeal in coining for-
ward without distinction of class for the maintenance of
order, as they have hitherto done, that they entertain a
due sense of the King's gracious regard for them.
(Signed) "By Order of his Excellency,
" J. TENCH, Government Secretary."

The portentous 12th of July passed off with

unexpected tranquillity in Dublin and its neigh-
bourhood. There was scarcely even an attempt
made to disturb the public peace ; no show, no
absurd—if it be not worse—display of Orange
ribands; the city was peaceful and discreet, and
for the first time, we believe, since the Restora-

tion, seemed to know what best became its dig-
nity and character. Much of this orderly be-
haviour, is owing, no doubt, to a returning
spirit of good sense among the citizens ; much to
the late exemplary conduct of the Catholics ;
but much—much more to the desponding
and maudlin feelings of the Dublin Corpora-
tion. This once active and formidable junta
has, since the passing of the Relief Bill, been
reduced to comparative insignificance. Their
Reign of Terror is over; the hope of another
98, when the triangle and the torture should
be again in active operation, has ceased to
be uppermost in their imaginations; they have

learnt the bitter truth, that their supremacy,
ike the Ichabod of the Jews, has departed

from them. It would be scarcely fair to take for
granted—seeing that the results have been so
satisfactory—that these civic Brunswickers made
the usual preparations for keeping alive the old
prejudices of the 12th. In the North, how-
ever, it was far otherwise ; in that aristocratic and
prejudiced quarter, it is a positive fact that the
most incendiary appeals were put forth ; money
was transmitted from a quarter where any thing
rather than money would have been expected to
come from ; recruits raised ; threats—promises--
persuasions—each in their turn had recourse to ;
and all for the poor, the paltry purpose of pro-
voking the Catholics to retaliation. But these
last have luckily been too well tutored, to be
gulled by so clumsy a decoy. They
have felt
and still feel, the vast political power that never
fails to grow out of a temperate and united
conduct ; they have seen that their Emancipation
was ensured by it ; and more gratifying
from the want of it, their dogmatic Orange op-
pressors have been reduced to a state bordering
on absolute imbecility. still, that
Such, without exaggeration, is the present
condition of the more determined among the
Irish Brunswickers. Many of them are in the

autumn of life, but that period, usually so mel-
low, so composing, so full of intellectual fruition,

has had no power to destroy, or even to assuage,
the stormy passions of their manhood—these

still survive, and in many instances that we
could mention, have, within the last few months,
been let loose in all their ferocity (aided and
abetted by some high but characterless personages
in England) though fortunately without the
power of convulsing and desolating the North.

The French Papers do riot contain any news
from the seat of war ; but there is some observa-
tion made on the sojourn of the Emperor of
RUSSIA at Berlin, and a denial of the declara-
tion imputed to him by the Nuremburg Corres-
pondent on that occasion. The burden of that
EMPEROR'S ex-
tremedeclaration
m od wasmoderation, at
oa usual—theattilesa me time that he in-
sisted on having every thing he originally set
out with in proclaiming. When the news of the
victory obtained by General DIEBITSCI{ had
been brought to the EMPEROR, he is said, in

the largeness of his soul, to have exclaimed,
" Now Europe will-see that lam a man of

honour." This is apparently very magnanimous,
but awakens a suspicion that the EMPEROR
himself had entertained some private doubts on
the subject before. For ourselves we shall trust
his honour when there is nothing for his mode-
ration to take.

We have advices from Curnoa of the llt of
vtJune, by which we learn that after se ral
attempts it was found impossible to heave (limn
his Majesty's ship the Barham, in order tq be
repaired. The Barham is a heavy ship, hafing
been cut down from a large seventy-four. 1 In
the endeavour to heave her clown, the purchases,
outrigging, and shrouds gave way ; but fresh ex-
ertions were making to accomplish the purEose.
Her main keel and starboard streak are clarnafged,
so that she must be keel out to repair before she
could venture with any prospect of safety to Ipare

the port.
The Shannon frigate was attempting to get
the Barham's guns up, which it was found ne-
cessary to heave overboard in order to lighten

her. The Ranger and Espiegle were at iCu-
racoa assisting the Barham. We are happy to
add that thakflicers and Ship's Company of the
Barham, and indeed of the whole squadron,
were healthy. Commander THORNE was posted
into the Magnificent, and Mr. Louis, midship-
man, son of Sir JOHN Louis, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant on a death vacancy.

The Jamaica Courant, of the 9th June,
states that a British vessel, whose name they
had not learnt, though their information is almost
official, has been detained by a Colombian cruizer,
and carried into Panama, under the pretext that
she had traded beyond her license, by having
called in at the Pearl Islands. This pretext
failing, the Colombian asserted that she had ille-
gally imported tobacco ; but this charge being
also groundless, the Colombian Captain then fell
in love with a gun and some cordage of the
trader, which• being refused, he continued to de-
tain her. In the mean time, some Peruvian
vessels of war suddenly appeared, and seized the
British vessel, contending that she was a lawful
prize. The owner of the British vessel and
cargo, as well as the Underwriters at Lloyd's,
have thus lost considerably.

His MAJESTY arrived at St. James's Palace
this day about two o'clock, in a travelling
carriage and four. The Recorder of London
is in attendance, and will make his Report of
the 29 convicts under sentence of death in
Newgate.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TwixErz o'CLocr..

The many reports which prevailed late yesterday
afternoon have entirely vanished this morning, and
Consols, which left off yesterday at 89-1- 1 for the
account, opened at the same price, since which they
have been done at S9l, and 891 for the August ac-
count. .

The Jamaica Mail has arrived, which sailed on
the 10th June; the following is posted at the North
and South American Coffee-house :

(From the Jamaica Courant of the 9th June.)
The packet acounts from Carthagena give some
news of interest ; the peace between Colombia and
Peru had not been completed, for in defiance of the
treaty of Tarqui the city of Guayaquil still held out,
and a skirmish had taken place to the advantage, it
is said, of Colombia. Bolivar had arrived at Bogota;
he was soon to proceed to the Northern provinces,
on a tour of observation, and on his return to Bo-
gota was to remedy the evils of his country and its
foreign and domestic policy ; afterwards he was to
proceed to the South of Colombia, and finally settle
the Peruvians.

The refreshing showers of rain which we have
experienced since Monday last have already raised
the expectations of the planters, and we hope we
may congratulate our fellow Colonists upon the
prospect of good crops ; the rains have been gene-
ral throughout the island. .
We understand that Mr. Miller, formerly of
Spanish Town, but now a resident of Carthagena,
and a prisoner in the gaol of that city, is shortly to
be brought to trial before the Colombian Tribunal,
under a charge of alloying gold bars with base metal,
and aiding in passing them.
A smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Ja-
maica and its vicinity about twe)ve minutes before
12 o'clock on Friday last.
Received by the French Mail this morning :
A letter from Brest of the Bth July states, that
the English frigate, Set ingapatam, had arrived in
the above roads.; she is destined for the Brazils,
and is going to take on board the Consul General,
for Rio Janeiro; the Royal Marine there is entirely
inactive.

Letters from Constantinople of the 18th June
say that they expect the arrival there of Sir Sidney
Smith, who is to assist in the Naval Councils. The
Ottoman forces at present are said to consist of
300,000 men, they are daily organizing new regiments.
The Foreign market as yet is ent►rely void of in-
terest, and prices are nominally as yesterday.

TWO O'CLOCK
Consols have been done in the course of the
morning at 89,1 and 898 fur August account, and
the Commissioners paid 891; at present they may
be quoted at 898 I, and 891 for next time.
Accounts in the French papers state that a battery
at Gibraltar fired three guns, loaded with balls, at a
Russian corvette belonging to the Russian squadron
in the Mediterranean.
The accounts from Constantinople state, that
since the 25th of May 24 ships had arrived, laden
with provisions, therefore there was no further fear
of a scarcity of that article in the capital.
PARIS, JULY 13.—The letters and papers received
from Madrid and Lisbon do not bring any fresh in-
formation.
Charleston Papers have been received at the North
and South American Coffee-houge, eight days' later,
to the 17th of June.
DETROIT, MAY 28.—1 t is computed that about
1,100 passengers have been landed at this port since
the 10th instant; they are nearly all settlers.
In the Foreign Market they are busy in deliver-
i„g and paying accounts, consequently very little
business is going forward. Exchequer Bills, 72 73;
Brazilian, 571 4 ; Buenos Ayres, 221 31 ; Colom-
bian, 151 16; Mexican, 20k; Danish, 684 94 ;
Russian, 99} ; Portuguese, 424
THREE O' CL 0 CK.
Consols for account, 891
FOUR O'CLOCK.--ULOSING PRICES.
Consols 878 8 Danish 691-
Do. for Ac. 891 Greek, 1825
Brazilian Bonds 57? Mexican, 1825 201
Buenos Ayres Peruvian
Chilian Do. Russian 994
Columbian, 1824., 16 Spanish 9

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)
PROM LLOYD'S.

'DEAL, JULY 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from
London, the Richmond -Hill, Mouser, from St.
PORTSMOUTH,A
t 3. S.W.—Arrived
nd rew:s.
the Elizabeth, Brecklong, from St. Thomas. Ar-
rived from London, the Upton Castle, Thacker,
for Bombay. Sailed the Lady Nugent, Wemble,
for Calcutta; Cape packet, Dewar, for New South
Wales; his Majesty's ship Pallas, for Calcutta; and
Mount Stewart, Elphinstone, for Bombay. Two
smacks have come in with goods from the Cam
Brea Castle. Nearly every thing landed up to this
period, is in a very damaged state, and not estimated
at a value of above five per cent.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived
from Portsmouth, the John Craig, Younger, for
Ceylon.
GREENOCK, JULY 13.—Arrived the Janet, Faith,
from St. Vincent's; Crown, Baird, from Charleston;
Cherub, Miller, from Montreal; Rebecca, Laurie,
and Thames, Adams, from Quebec; Rankin,
Wishart, and St. Johns, Nicholls, from St. John's,
N. B.; Helen, Gibbs, from Newfoundland; and
Paddy Carey, —, from Bay Chaleur.

The Mary, Ogerton, from Jamaica, is supposed
'o be arrived off Hastings.

BANK OF ENGLAND-(THIS DAY.)

This morning a General Court of the Proprietors of
Bank Stock was held in the Bank Parlour.

The Governor, accompanied by the Deputy-Governor,
and most of the Directors, entered the Court at 12 o'clock.

The Secretary read the minutes of the last Coutt,
which embreced the proceedings taken on the election of the
Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Court of Directors, to
serve during the current year.
The GOVERNOR moved that the minutes be confirmed,
and said that this meeting was called pursuant to the terms
of the charter, and that as there was no business before it
he moved an adjournment.—Carried.
There were only a few Proprietors present, it being ge-
nerally understood that discussions on the affairs of the
Bank shall take place only at those Courts when dividends
are declared.