The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-05 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

' ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
. On Tuesday there was a memorable row in this
Court. The publication of the debates, as the
Members of the Corporation call the squabbling
that so frequently takes place.amongst their Wor-
ships, was one cause; and the interminable case of
thehsipAidermanshiP of Vintry another. The Court
had been called, principally for the purpose of con-
sideringthe propriety of swearing in Mr. Wilde, in
the teeth
of the mandamus which had been issued
from the Court. of. King's Bench in favour of Mr.
Winchester. At one o'clock, the proceedings in
the Court commenced, and the storm did not sub-
side until seven, although it began to rage vehe-
mently at half-pattivvo. The crowds in the lobby
were for hours in a state of fright and trepidation.
Sir PETER LAURIE presented a petition from Mr.
Winchester, praying that he might, and that Mr.
Wilde might not, be sworn in. It disclaimed all
intention to question the power and jurisdiction of
the Court, and confined the clairnS of 'the petitioner
to the mere legality of his election, stating, that.
Mr. Wilde might have his remedy of quo warranto.
He (Sir Peter) agreed with one part of the petition,
.—that against the swearing in of Mr. Wilde.
Alderman WOOD moved that Mr, Wii,Ae's. peti-
tion to the last court, complaining of the litigation-,
and praying that he should be sworn in as haring
been duly elacted, should be read.—(Hear, hear.)—
After, NI petition was read,
41errean CROWDER auk.',, I rise to move that Mr.
Wilde be sworn in immediately.
Alderman l'ilogPsoN.—As the reports of what
takes place in this Court, by some means or other,
make their way into The Times and other news-
papers, and as unjust and injurious imputation has
been cAst upon.. my motives for the,condnct I have
thought necessary to adopt, I must move, before the
subject is further proceeded in, that the doors be
thrown open to the
public,
• Alderman BEYGATE should certainly second the
motion, Ile thought it most extraordinary that ac-
counts of discussions in that Court got into the
newspapers. Some of those reports, he was aware,
were given with an accuracy that was really wonderful,
while others indulged in misrepresentations. The
only plan by which partiality was avoidable was, by
throwing.open the Court at once.
Sir R. C. Gl,vs said, that it was in vain to attempt
to prevent those things. The public were sure to
get at any thing of a remarkable kind, regarding any
public body ; but he objected, notwithstanding the
•successful vigilance of the press, to throw open the
doors, as such a measure would be contrary to the
established usage of the Court.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir JAMES SHAW objected to the motion on other
grounds, as well as on those just advanced. After
what had recently occurred on the subject of rescind-
ing a resolution with Out due notice, he should

Aldeaman CROWDER was solely actuated by a
sense of duty, and thought, after hearing the opinion
of the law officers, that the most desirable course
would be, to adopt Sir James Shaw's amendment,
to make way for which he would request permission
to withdraw his motion.

Alderman HEYGATE would not withdraw his
amendment. He vehemently objected to the course
proposed. It was quite obvious what the meaning
and intention of the gentlemen on the other side
were. He saw that it was all a manoeuvre and a
trap, but it would not succeed. The motion should
not be withdrawn either.

Here several members said, that the language of
Alderman Heygate reflected most improperly upon
the Court, and that he had most illiberally and un-
courteously treated Alderman Crowder, whose con-
duct entitled him to uniform respect.
The charge was retracted and denied, and a con-
fusion arose such as it would be most difficult to
describe. Some said, We ought to refer to the
law dicers."

Alderman BIRCH.—“ The law officers!" No.
Whatever may be their opinions I'll Aet for myself.
I am as competent to judge as they.
The Lord Mayor was .cidted upon by Alderman
Heygate for his opinion, but several cried out that
it was..quite irregular to call ,upon the presiding Of-
:ec;intoeddt?o ass°';
a
his Lortnip might influence others. His Lordship
asnyin
thing.
Aldermen of the kind the bias of
Aldermen HEYGATE and LUCAS persisted loudly
in the course they had first adopted, although re-
peatedly urged to acquiesce in the suggestion of Sir
J. Shaw.

Alderman WOOD then protested against the pro-
ceeding as most grossly irregular. There appeared
to be a want of the common courtesy which is to
be observed every where else.—(Hear, hear.)—and
he should persist in moving the adjournment of the
Court, in order to prevent the improper decision
he anticipated from being come to. Here the
whole Court rose. Some declared that they would
support Alderman Wood's motion of adjournment,
and would sit in Court all night rather than allow
Alderman Heygate's amendment to be carried.—
After several adjournments had been moved and:ne-
gatived, Sir J. Shaw's amendment was at length put,
when there appeared eight for and eight against it.
The LORD MAYOR then .gave the casting vote
against the amendment of Sir J. Shaw. His Lord-
ship, however, considered Mr. Wilde's election_ legal

Alderman fiEYGATE'S amendment was then )put
as an original question; but it was determined Oat
the mover should be wearied out of his object.—
The instant the question was proposed, up started
forretastewsterteummualdt. made on
tAth partlenegth ctit came the whole
of Alderman an Alderman to move an adjournment. Twenty
Heygate,ef-
forts
and as many adjournments were moved amidst 1 the
g
'Court without having done a single thing. Those
who heard the row from the outside were astonished
to find that there was not amongst their worships A
single black eye or a bloody nose.

(FROM A PRTVATIE LETTICII..)
Poßos, MAY 21.—As 1 was walking on the
Marina the other day, who should I chance to
meet but my worthy and noble acquaintance
Prince Mavrocordato, the pink-of dandies, as he
has been styled by the Very -Rev. Mr. Swan and
others. How far he has a right to the name of
Prince needs no inquiry, but as to the right of
styling this beauty the pink of dandies you shall.
judge for yourself. Imprimis, he had on-i
foraging cap, a very serviceable kind of #tide—
and certain am I that his had proved so`` or it
had evidently seen many summers, iii4nters
too. This shallow barely covered; the crown of
his pate; but certainly enabJed,him to ,dipplay
his dark shaggy hair (which I)4:Nears very thick
and long behind) to advantages Snip had
been more liberal than his. Highness's shallow
manufacturer, as you shall` predettly see. He
wore a kind of an apology for a surtout—l say
apology, because, although he might have put a
child of years up each sleeve, and have shel-
tered a lady under each wing, still it did not
descend lower than the bend of the knee. Its
colour appears to have once been olive, but I
am not certain; for it was so faded that it was
scarcely distinguishable. The collar of this said
surtout, or rather what Mr.-Snip intended for a
collar, was so preposterously large, that it resem-
bled a bolster more than a collar. This was not
its only inconvenience, for, owing to its immense
size, it did not fit in its proper place, but hove-to
close abaft the nap of his Highness's neck, which
made the good-natured Prince look rather de-
formed.. This surtout, by the by, had also seen
A. few summers—in short, it was quite an antique,
and no- doubt duly prized by its princely owner.
Mr-. Swan is of opinion-that Mavrocordato has his
coats from Stultz. I wonder whether Stultz ever
thanked him for the compliment. However, to
proceed: 'His'waiitcoat (of which I was unable
to distinguish the colour) was, in' every respect
,:ave one (its antiquity), the reverse of its prede-
cessor the surtout--that is to say, it fitted ex-
quisitely tight. His trousers, which were neither
black nor brown, but something between, did not
tally with the former bounty of honest Mr. Snip.
They were rather tight, and barely covered the
upper part of .his ellingtons (Hoby-made, no
doubt), the soles of which were about an inch
thick, with heels in proportion.. I must not
omit his fine Holland shirt, with a ragged--
I beg pardon—l mean a frilled collar, and a
yellow cravat, starched a la Brummelli.- Now
figure to yourself a man of forty-five, at least,
dressed as I have described, about five feet six
inches in height, rather stout, with a full sun-
burnt countenance, prominent features, a large
nose, always surmounted with spectacles, a small
but penetrating eye, his upper lip crowned by
the angry curling mustachios, and " favouris"
that would have rivalled Petersham's in his best
days. His hair is black, very bushy, and long
behind. His squeaking voice is by no means
agreeable. He is extremely affable and polite
" a toute outrance." He has a very childish
laugh, and wears a constant smile on his coun-
tenance; but it does not set well on his ugly
phiz. His manner, in short every thing about
him, denoted the man of intrigue. Figure to
yourself such a person as I have feebly described,
and you may behold the soi disant Prince, as.
he has always appeared to me, and you will be
enabled to judge how far he deserves Mr. Swan's
epithet. }.e always dresses in European costume,
but, 1.7 a my opinion, is any thing but a dandy.
• After the usual compliments had passed be-
tween us, my noble Prince invited me to walk
home and smoke a.pipe with -him. It was early
in the forenoon, but no matter, my short resi-
dence out here has so familiarised me to smok-
ing, that I would as willingly take a pipe at six
A.M. as at six P.M. But even if I had felt any
disinclination to a whiff' at that early hour, it
would have been entirely overcome by my desire
to see. his princely abode. Accordingly I ac-
cepted his kind invitation, and away we toddled
together. We had not many yards to walk, for
his Highness's house, or rather the house in
which his Highness lodged, fronted the Marina
on which we had met. For the first time I
himself
heard, and that, too, from the Princess's own
lips, that he resided in a lodging-house. I was
therestil ln
Princess,luo,
were
e surprised.hthiesister.
ter. H
sfamilies, when
besides
He pointed to the house ;
it was apparently very small, and only two stories
of
in height. . I wondered more and more.
these whe
Mavrocordato
there were
three
How-
ever, we entered, and having ascended a flight of
dirty stairs, we came to a flat (I thought at the
t doors.me of
sweet Edinburgh),To one
pointed, as leading to his suit of apartments ; the,
other doors led to the apartments of two different
families. The landlord lives below. Having so
Ear explained every thing to you, you will please
to permit me to proceed. I entered his High-
ness's study, which was also his audience chamber,
his saloon, and his bed-room. There were two
other small apartments, one the Princess's bed-
room (more hie a dog, kennel), and the other a
kitch' en (six feet by four) in which his High-
nesss guards, and the Princess's maids, I pre-
mined, slept, since I saw no other rooms, unless
they slept in the audience chamber with the
Prince. This, of course, I did not ask him, and
therefore am unable to satisfy you on that head;
but in every other respect, it is truth, and nothing
but the truth, on my honour. The furniture in
the audience chamber consisted of one chair, one
table, (both antiques,) a divan, and
a small piece
of Indian mat on the floor. This,
on my word,
constituted the whole of the furniture in that
room. I sat in:the thair,,and the Prince seated
himself alongside of his sister, on the divan. The
Princess is about four feet in height, rather
under than. above. She dressed ala nayrniotto,
is very affected,• lisps a little broken French, is
at least 30, very ill made, has harsh and irregular
features; and is "-anything but ladylike and pre-
possessing. The mother of thismatchless brother
and sister was on a visit to another daughter,
who is married to one of the leading members ;
I had not,- therefore, the honour of seeing her.
Our conversation, of course, turned on the state
of Greece. Like all other leading men in Greece
with whom I have hitherto conversed, he, at-
tributed the cause of all their ill success t
the
total want of union :among the Chiefs ; vaunted
his own sacrifices, which I verily believe have
been great ; and greatly lamented the blindness of
his countrymen, in not being able to distinguish
true ine,FL hypocrisy. He had a little
French-pOodl d took great pleasure in show-
ing him' dr before his visiters. • • The
little creature
would run at: .lay all manner of tricks. It,
was in tit§ t more like a monkey than
dog. d
a -e•are to be very fond of it. In
my next, I shall give you a short description of
this personage's guard, who is always at his
waster's heels. He never goes across the street
without having this fellow behind him, bearing 1 • his
pipe. This, in shOrt, is a custom both in Greece
and Turkey,,for gentlemen to have their pipe bearers
following them when they walk or ride out.

FORtIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Journal des Debats.)

" PARIS, JULY I.—The Florence Gazette gives a
letter from Ancona, dated June 10, which contains
the following paragraph :--6 At the departure of the
post, Captain Delpino arrived from Napoli di
Ti' mania, whence he sailed on the 28th of May.
letters he has brought will not he forwarded till
to-rnorrow. Meanwhile, the Captain has deposed
quarantine office, that, before he sailed, a
Turkish frigate, which had been captured by Lord
Cochrane, was brought into the port of Napoli di
Bomania.'

(From the Constitutionnel.)
" PARIS, JULY 1.-A letter from Marseilles,
dated June 25, states as follows:—` The force sent
to Algiers is not sufficient to obtain all the satisfac-
tion we require. Since Lord Exmouth's visit, the
Dey has fortified Algiers, the entrance to which is
defended by 600 pieces of cannon. It is not sup-
posed that ships can approach near enough to
bombard the place. It would therefore be necessary
to effect a landing, and no troops have been em-
barked. The most certain way would be to capture
the Algerine frigate and corvette, which are at sea,
if they can be fallen in with.'
" The Etoile says—` We read this morning, in
the Constitutionnel, an article tending to justify the
residence of the English troops in Portugal. We
think that a French journal might have considered
itself dispensed from making an apology with which
it has doubtless gratuitously charged itself. Such
questions touch interests too delicate to be conve-
niently discussed in Gazettes.' In the first place,
let us observe that our article, such as it is, had for
its object to explain, not to justify the continu-
ance of the English troops in Portugal—to tell what
interests detained them there, and why the measures
adopted by Mr. Canning with regard to Portugal
must, under like circumstances, have also been
adopted by Lord Castlereagh.
(From the Gazette de France, dated Tuesday, July S.)
" PARIS, LY 2.—His Excellency the Minister
of Marine, informing the Commissary-General of
the Marine at the port of Havre that war has just
been declared by France against the Regency of Al-
giers, announces to him that, in order to prevent the
dangers to which French ships sailing from the
Ocean to the Mediterranean might be exposed, there
will be regular convoys between Cadiz and Mar-
seilles.
" In consequence, those shipowners of the port of
Havre may have to dispatch vessels to the Me-
diterranean, in order to avoid all danger from the
Barbary cruisers, must give orders to their Captains
to proceed first to Cadiz, where they will find con-
voy to accompany them.
" His Excellency has written to the Commander
of the Naval Division at Newfoundland, to acquaint
him with those measures, and enjoining him to give
ri,)tice of them to the, Captains of ships employed
in tLe cod-fishery, and who intend to return to Mar-

seilles.
" LEayroitN, JUNE 20.—The Chamber of Com-
merce has informed the merchants that the differences
between Tuscany and the Regency of Tripoli hive
been adjusted, and that the Tuscan colours have
been again hoisted by the Consul. As a French
'squadron has sailed from Toulon to blockade Algiers,
The Captains of Tuscan ships are instructed to ob-
serve all the rules prescribed in such cases, and the
more so, es the French expedition has an object ge-
nerally intei-esting.
VIENNA, 23.—(Pr12'ate Letter.)—In spite
of the tone of secuTitY adopted by the Austrian
Observer, in speaking cf the affairs of Greece, we
are here in continual tribOlation as to what will be
the catastrophe of the great drama, which for more
than six years has caused the so:.'citude of the great
Cabinets, as well as of all the nations' of the civilized

world.
M, de Tatitschef has almost daily confert7,"'
with Prince Metternich, to whom he has just trans-
mitted, on the part of his Court, a very peremptory
Note ; which, according to what has transpired in
public, leaves but -rely ,lender boric of hping able
any longer to defer the storm which is so much
feared, and which has been till now so successfully
allayed; though, according to the current rumours,
Russia had, in fact, prolonged the term previously
fixed by it for the commencement of its operations
on the Pruth. But this is only during the time in-
dispensably necessary for obtaining a categorical an-
swer as to the last representation, which, in conse-
quence of the new instructions transmitted to M.
d'Ottenfels by Counsellor Hurzart, that Ambassador
Ss to make of the remonstrances to the Porte, rela-
tive to the urgency of yielding to the propositions
:;pacification made by Russia and England. I can-
not wU you the precise time when this sursis has
been forfoed, but I have reason for presuming that
it will expire in the month of July, since it is not
rrobable that Russia will allow all the time fitted
the campaign to pass away. It is quite a mat-
;er of notoriety, that preparations are making here
tor all events; and since for this purpose it is
necessary to have the coffers well filled, a new finan-
/A operation is meditated. In fact, apparently the
most suitable measure would be, a new division of
he Metalliques, since the number of the mmay be
augmented to infinity, without ever being able to con-
troul it exactly. Yet every financial spring of this
‘ature is used ; and yet such an operation could not
De effected without having recourse to Messrs.Roths-
..hild, who having in their office a great number of
these in.struments, arising from former loans, would
perhms, very.willingly take charge of it, in or-
der to avoid lowering the market price, which would
.vidently injure their interests. The Government,
:re are informed, i.gill, in this embarrassment, have
recourse Lo the States of Hungary, of which, by se-
veral well-ti.med concessions, it has again been able
to conciliate the affections, and from which it is
about immediately to demand some extraordinary
subsidies ; and, in o: der to make the proposition, it
,will be shown to them that the supplies are particu-
larly calculated for the pee' liar
interests of that king-
dorn—both for protecting its frontiers from all fo-
reign aggression, and extending its bounds.
This project is sufficiently accredited on the
'Change to counterbalance the influence which is
ex2rc;sed by other reports in circulation, and which
viould entainly have lowered the Metalliques. This
Stock is not at all equal to the prices of Public
Funds at Paris and London; yet they are at a
lean rate, and have remained steady for the last
fortnight.

NEAPOLITAN LOAN Of 2,500,0001., nego-
elated by Mr. N.M. ROTIISCHILD in London.
The half-yearly Dividend on this Loan, falling
due on Wednesday the Ist of August next, will
be paid on that and every succeeding day between
the hours of ten and two, at Mr. N. M.
ItomsoutLy s counting-house, New-court, St.
Swithin's-lane. It is requested that the warrants,
with a list thereof in numerical order, may be
left one day, for the purpose of being examined.
Qne day last week as a person was digging in
the ha:nlet of Lakenham, he found a small pot
of coins, most of them copper. Two of them
bear the date of 1,200.
21ELVILLE .:,\IONUMENT.—The colossal
statue intended to smnoun .ant column
is at length about to be e:t.' the public.
Workmen have for several been en-
gaged in enclosing the grow id
aff theldi monu-
ment, preparatory to eree . ong for
the purpose of facilitating the .evation of the
statue to its proper position, and the process of
raising it is likely to be carried into execution
-without further delay. The statue, we tinder-
stand, is about 16 feet in height. The height
of the column is upwards of 136 feet, and when
the statue is added to it, the total height will be
iipwards 152 feet.— Edinburgh Observer.

PORTUGAL.

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
LISBON, RTNE 23.—Manoel Antonio de Carvelho
has accepted the Finance Department. Saldanha
continues to occupy that for Foreign Affairs, in con-
junction with his own office as Minister of War;
and the rest of the new Ministers go through the
regular routine of their respective departments with-
out murmuring or complaint. Few men, however,
have been placed in a more awleveard situation than
Saldanha is at the present moment. He is ignorant
of what course the Marquis of Palmella will pursue
—whether he will accept the new office allotted for
him, or prefer retiring into private life, he must be
anxious about the present state of the army as well
es the finances; arid besides he is overloaded with
the burden of double duties—l might have said of
triple or quadruple duties ; for no man of any cha-
racter or skill has been appointed to assist him. Car-
valho is a Judge, and held at one time some situa-
tion in a commission appointed for the payment of
the interest of the debt, but otherwise is eluite
unknown. The rest of his colleagues I have
already described, and can only add, that the
more I hear of them the more I am convinced
that they are unfavourable to the present Govern-
ment, and are, perhaps, the most proper persons that
Trigoso and Barradas could have selected. I have
said so much about the Princess Regent and those
who are about her, that it is quite unnecessary to say
a word more on this subject. If the Marquis of Pal-
mella declines the new appointment, the game may
be said to be up—not in the sense in which this
phrase was used three months ago, when the Con-
stitution was supposed to have triumphed, but as
signifying that the party of Don Miguel have quietly
overpowered their adversaries, and proved the supe-
riority of jesuitical principles. Even those most op-
posed to them seem oppressed with the thoughts of
the late change, and the consequence which it must
have on the Cabinets of Europe. They had hopes
that arrangements were going on which would ter-
ruinate in their favour ; that France saw the impo-
licy of taking an active part against Portugal, and
that Austria was inclined to second, to a certain ex-
tent, the views of the English Ministry; but now
that affairs are completely changed, and the utter
inefficiency of the new Ministers is on all hands ac-
knowledged, they dread that former engagements
will be retracted, and measures be adopted for re-
storing the old system. They can obtain no in-
formation respecting the negociations which are
said to be carrying on ; they are as ignorant of the
real intentions of the Spanish Cabinet, as they are
of countries ten thousand miles distant. They sus-
pect the French Court of bigotry and perfidy, and
believe that any, the most trivial circumstance,would
be laid hold of by that Government as a pretence
for taking more active and open measures against
them. Altogether the present condition of this
party must excite in every feeling mind the most
lively sympathy. They are the only intelligent part
of the community. They find that the great body
of the people will not second them ; and if the pre-
sent system be overturned, they count upon exile
and disgrace, and despair of seeing in their days
eitherjustice or liberty in Portugal. I have great
pleasure in stating, that I have had frequent inter-
course with some of this party, and though they be-
lieve me unfavourable to their cause, they- have lent
me every assistance in their power. I may say that
the only correct information I have obtained has
iieen through their means. They say we know that
the lower classes, which form the greater part of the
population of Portugal, are ignorant and bigotted,
and hostile to any change; but is that a sufficient
reason to make the European Powers resist all im-
provement ? If we had been left unmolested, and
the Constitution been alloWed to take its course,the
people would in time have been convinced of its be-
nefits, and we might have entertained hopes that
% we should have been rescued from our present de-
, -ied state, and restored to that station which we
grd' •-4 in former ages, when our fleets traversed
occupie,_ discovered new countries, and ge_r_ea__
""v.'n- she energies of Europe. e t.e
new impulse to .
colonies—we are left without
now stripped of our
-e, and the Courts of Eu-
a Sovereign and ,ration,protect., have combined
rope, with one honourable exce,
against us. taken plae
A very considerable desertion has
among the Portuguese troops lately. They are, 2n
fact, deserting in all quarters. I have just been 'De
formed, on authority that I cannot doubt, because
it is from one of the same regiment, that out of 200
lately raised for the 7th regiment, now at the Con-
vent de la Graca, in the neighbourhood of Lisbon,
not more than the half have remained faithful. But
no one can be surprised at this. The course pur-
sued by the Minister of War is such, that the only
wonder is, that they do not all desert, or mutiny at
once. There is a very general belief at the present '
moment, that the system is rapidly breaking up, and
that Don Miguel will in no long time maize his ap-
pearance, and undo all that has been done. Some
even go so far as to say that he is expected on the
frontiers daily, and that many of his friends have in
consequence quitted Lisbon. I have heard that
Portella, formerly Colonel of Police, and Pinto, who,
held a situation in Tras-os-Montes during Chaves'
rebellion, are among the number. All this is ex-
ceedingly probable. Perhaps there never was any
country so little inclined to put confidence in the
Government as Portugal at this moment, and there
is such a firm belief of its inefficiency, that the pru-
dent naturally take an early opportunity of joining
the other side. If Palmella does not come soon, he
will find his place occupied. Ido not profess to be
at all acquainted with his character or principles ;
but if he wishes to preserve the Constitution, there
cannot be the least doubt that, when be arrives, a
radical change of Ministers must take place.
The English troops continue to occupy the same
positions, and, according to all accounts, are o!1 the
best terms with the inhabitants, particu larl y ip. the
country. How can this be doubted ? The price of
wine, and almost every other article of consumption,
has been nearly doubled in the districts which they
occupy. There has been some increase lately in
the number of sick in the hospitals at Campo de
Ourique and Val tie Perreira. The Grenadier
Guards, among whom there has been a partial
typhus fever, have 49 sick, send the other battalion
45. In a street adjoining the farmer barracks, a
horrible scene has just been brought to •L'ight. About
a month ago a man had been murdered by ;; .s wife
i and her paramour, cut into four pieces, and buried n
the house. They shortly afterwards left the house,
as they said when examined, on account of a disa-
greeable smell. They are both in custody, but
when they will be tried no one can tell; and when
tried and convicted, the utmost pu*ishment will be
banishment for life. An execution is an event of the
rarest occurrence.
The weather now is oppressively hot during the
day, and no one who has the least acquaintance
with this climate can blame the Portuguese for the
indolent qualities ascribed to them. How is it pos-
sible for the human frame to be so elastic and vigo-
rous under such a scorching sun, without a cloud.,
and with the thermometer at 87 and 8S deg., a! it
is in England ? There is besides all this, something
so enervating and soporific in the atmosphere, that
sleep during the day is almost irresistible. The
evenings are generally cool, and the heat much less
oppressive than it is in London during the Dog-days.
The greater part of the grain in the south of Portu-
gal is now cut, and the crop is excellent. Fruit is in
the gisatest abundance. Apricots are sold at 13-d.
the hundred, figs at 6d. the hundred, and cherries at
!d. the
English pound. Lisbon is all in a blaze this
evening--the eve of St. John's. How much the
city owes to the Saints and the suit fcr the purity
of the airtiosi,here !
A courier arrived from Vienna on Thursday. The
general belief seems to be, that Don Miguel must
soon be here. It is not probable, however, that he
will come before October, and the Cortes will be
assembled before that time. I have heard that a

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The Financial Accounts of the Quarter will
be made up to-night, and we shall have the
satisfaction of laying them before our Readers
to-morrow. At present, we are only enabled to
state that we are given to understand, that they
will evince that gradual improvement of the
Revenue of the country which has been so often
lately alluded to in Parliament.

We received, last night, the Paris Papers of
Monday, and the Gazette de France (late the
Etoile), dated Tuesday morning. They furnish
no political intelligence of importance. The
force sent against Algiers, is said in a letter from
Marseilles, not to be sufficient to enforce the
satisfaction which the French Government re-
quires. Extracts are given in another column,
and we subjoin the price of the Funds.
FRFNCH FUNDS, JULY 2.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 55. c. ;
Three per Cents. 72f. ; Bank Stock, 2,010 f. ; Neapolitan,
77f. ; Spanish Loan (1823), 58f.
EXCHANGE ON Loxnort.—One Month, Paper,
35c. ; Money, 25f. 30c. ; Three Months, Paper, 25f*
20c. ; Money, 25f. 17ic. 25f.

It is not our intention to carry on a war with
that
appropriate organ of the refined and en-
lightened Ultras, the Standard Newspaper ; first,
because the bickerings of Journalists are not in
general very edifying to the 'public ; and, secondly,
because every man has a right to decide for
himself what fuemen he considers « tvordig of
his steer'—a contest with an obscure and
despicable rival being like a pugilistic combat
with a sweep, where little is to be gained
by victory, except the ridicule of the bye-
standers, at the squalid proofs of the encounter
on the person of the conqueror.
We have, however, to
protest against the
shamelems defiance of truth, which induces the
Standard to repeat its already exposed assertion
that the SuX newspaper is the property of Mr.
CHARLES GRANT. That Right lion. Gen-
tleman has absolutely no more to do with it than
the Emperor of China—having never contri-
buted one line, or one shilling to it, directly or
indirectly, in the course of his life.

As to the abusive epithets which the Standard
is kind enough to bestow upon us for not advo-
cating the principle of the Poor Laws, we can
declare with great sincerity, that they would be
highly gratifying from such a quarter, under any
circumstances. But the obtuse writer strangely
extracts the sting from his epithets, of " dunce,"
" thick head," &c. by talking of its being " super-

fluous to expose the blunders of one who writes
and reasons as well perhaps, as most of the
MACCULLOCH sect." ADAM SMITH, RICAR-
DO, and MALTHUS must come under this
sweeping designation of the MACCULLOCH sect,
as far as the Poor Laws are concerned, for
one and all of them have the same detesta-
tion of that absurd and monstrous system, which
is so admirably calculated to reduce all classes
of society to a civil chaos, where there would be
no distinctions of rank, since all would be equally
poor.

We shall resume the subject of the Poor Laws,
but Hot for the purpose of confuting the arguments
of the Standard, which are really too contempti-
ble for a reply. " The whole of the argument of
the economists," says this well-informed writer,
" goes upon the ground that in society we may,
without sin, suffer our brethren to starve." We
beg to tell him that it does no such
thing, but it goes to this, that when
you are inclined to be charitable, you are
to put your hand in your own pocket, and
not in your neighbour's. Robbing PETER to

l'aY PAUL may be charity, though we can-
not comprehend it. But the logic of the Stan-
dard will be duly appreciated by Church-,
wardens, and those who alone get fat upon
this benevolent and enlightened system.

Dutch Papers to the 3d instant, were received
last night, but they do not contain any political
intelligence nor any article worth extracting.

The private communications received from
Lisbon by the mail which arrived yesterday, are
not better calculated than those of the former to
inspire very strong hopes for the security of Por-
tugal against foreign invasion, or domestic
troubles. The frequent changes of the Ministry
have destroyed the little confidence which a por-

tion of the people felt in the Government, and
all the party rage of the Apostolicals is inflamed
against those who at present possess power.—
Constant causes of differences continued to arise
between the Courts of Madrid and Lisbon, and

no satisfactory arrangement on any of them was
come to. The Constitutionalists now forming
the Ministry view a war with Spain as likely to
consolidate the new Institutions of Portugal, by

the overthrow of despotic power in Spain, and
the establishment of a Constitutional Govern-
ment in that Kingdom, whiCh they look upon as
its inevitable consequences, while the Apostolicals
are urging on acts likely to lead to hosti-
lities, because they fancy that the Apostolical
party in the two Kingdoms would be too
powerful for the Constitutionalists, and that
despotism would again reign uncontroulled in
both. Hence it is inferred, that eventually war
between Spain and Portugal must take place,
and it is th.usitt.

DON MIGUEL in Spain. No idea appears to
be entertained that that Prince will accept the

invitation of his Brother to proceed to Rio de
Janeiro, and the influence which some of the
members of his family possess over him, will
probably induce him to listen to the wishes of
the party of which he is the avowed head, to
return to the Peninsula.

In the present state of things nothing Call
prosper either in Spain or Portugal, and were it
not that a war between those countries might
possibly involve us and other countries of Europe,
we should consider such an event as rather to be
wished for than deprecated. The opposite ele-
ments which exist in Spain and Portugal will
never unite, and an explosion must take place
before either country can settle down into such
a state of order as can afford a hope of security
or quiet.

The Austrian Observer of the 23d ult. is
filled with afflicting accounts of the ravages made
by the late inundations in Germany : _

VIENNA, JUNE 23.
The Emperor and Empress go on the 28th to Baden,
and after some stay there go to the family estates in Upper
Austria.
Metalliques, 90k ; Bank Shares, 1091.
VIENNA, JUNE 22.

The most afflicting accounts are received from Styria,
Carinthia, and the Tyrol, of the ravages caused by the in-
undations in those provinces. The Journals of Gratz,
Clagenfurth, and Innsbunch, are filled with the melan-
choly details. Houses and bridges are swept away, the
roads broken up, so as to interrupt the communications,
the villages are changed into extensive lakes, and the
houses under water. Thus, for instance, the third of the
houses in the market-town of Sillian have been under water
in the second story for this month past. The long-conti-
nued rains and the melting of the snow have loosened large
masses of earth, which come down from the sides of the
mountains, and sweep away the houses and fields in the
sight of the unhappy owners.
Many lives have been unhappily lost in these disasters.

The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th ult.
has been received this morning. It contains no
political news, but mentions that the Emperor
NICHOLAS is earnestly bent upon economy in
all departments of the State. If economy in
private life be the nurse of independence, it must,
with nations, be the source of happiness to the
people, and stability to the Government

PETERSBURGH, JUNE IS.
Our Sovereign pursues, with incessant zeal, the laudable
principle which he appears to have taken as his guide from
the beginning of his reign, to introduce such retrench-
ments as may be necessary in all the departments of the
Administration. Instructions to this effect were received
by all the Ministers, each for his own department, within
a few months from his accession to the Throne. Since
then active and prudent measures are Trying into effect
for the purpose of simplifying the proceedings in the several
offices as much as possible, and of limiting the number of
Officers employed, which has hitherto been much too great.
Several Boards which existed under the late Government,
and were some of them mostly established under it, but
which did not answer the object of their organisation or
produce any good equal to the annual expence which they
occasioned, have been already abolished by the Emperor
and their places supplied by more simple means. The
continuation of this system of wise economy must greatly
diminish the budget of our public expenditure, and have the
most salutary effect on our finances. Positive orders have
been very lately sent by the Emperor to Count Paplue, Cho.-

vernor-General ad interim of the New Russian Pro-
vinces, not to go to any further expense of any
kind for the projected buildings and improvements
of the Imperial estate Urjanda, on the coast of the
Tauric peninsula, purchased by the late Emperor
Alexander ; to dismiss all the officers employed there,
and to incorporate the whole estate as a dependency, with
the celebrated garden at Nikita. Thus all the plans that
were formed for the building of the palace, and for laying
out beautiful grounds and gardens in this romantic spot,
will not be executed. Had these plans been carried into
effect, the residence of the Imperial Family, for some
months in the year, which would have certainly taken
place, would have had a most beneficial effect on trade of
all descriptions in the peninsula.
The idea conceived by the late Emperor (luring his last
visit to form a guard of Crim Tartars has now been carried
into effect ; it has been completely equipped for some
months, and waits only for orders to march to St. Peters-
burgh, when, as a separate regiment, it will be commanded
by officers of its own nation, it will be incorporated with
the other corps of the guard. It is equipped half in the
Cossack and half in the Tscherkassean fashion.

Gibraltar Chronicles of the 14th ult. mention,
that a Columbian cruizer, supposed to be the
Pinchincha, appeared in sight on the 11th from
the westward, and had passed the back of the
rock with two prizes in company ; one a brig
schooner, the other a vallachero ; they have since
anchored opposite the Devil's Tower ;—the brig
schooner is supposed to be the vessel that sailed
lately from Cadiz.

The following Article, copied from the Times,
will excite the curiosity of our readers, which we
cannot gratify at present, having been unable to
find out the particulars of the circumstance to
which this mysterious paragraph alludes :

" A curious circumstance occurred at a recent fete.
Hedges and walls are said to have ears ; and those who
plot would do well to look about them ere they broach their
plots. A conversation at this scene of elegant festivity,
but little congruous with the passing events, is said to have
been overheard : it was of infinite importance to the Prime
Minister, and has since been to him most minutely re-
ported. Such secrets were worth any money : we know
not how secrets can be weighed, or they were worth their
weight in gold. Two thousand pounds would not have
been too much to give for the information."

Letters from Messina, of the 13th ultimo, state that a
severe hurricane had devastated that Island on the 6th and
7th, in which many vessels and lives bad been lost.
We regret to state, that considerable alarm is entertained
for the safety of the Thalia, Captain Biden, which vessel
saled from Calcutta on the 9th January last, for London.
She has on board between 80 and 90 passengers (chiefly
invalids), which adds to the interest felt in consequence,
and 50 guineas per cent. has been given to insure her at
Lloyd's.

PARIS, Jut 2.—Five brigs, sixteen galliots, and one
sloop, have been taken or destroyed off the coast of Cuba,
by the Mexican squadron ; among them the following :
Dichosa, with ballast, sunk ; Josepha, ditto ; Carman, with
rum and molasses; N.S. Delos-Angelos, with ballast,
sunk ; Caroline, with specie; Fortuna, mahogany ;
Fidelidad, ditto; Learta, salt, sunk ; Candad, wine and
brandy, sunk ; Buon -Vigo, sunk ; San Antoneo, ditto;
Montanza, from Africa.

HALF-PAST THRER.

A passenger in the Wellington, arrived from Madras,
reports that a ship, which the Captain supposed to be the
Thalia, was seen going into the Cape of Good Hope, with
loss of mizen mast, and it was reported at St. Helena, on
the 13th May, that she had been at Ceylon.
N.B. The above was stuck up at Lloyd's, and has oc-
casioned some hopes for the above vessel, which is 671
tons burthen.