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CORNER,

and sold with a view to replace it by a building infinitely
larger, and much more commodious for the cliaritibte pur-
poses of this noble institution. The materials are of the
best description, and will be found to include about
300 rod of capital sound brickwork.
20 square of pantiling and plain tiles.
30 square of Welch and Westmoreland slating.
42 square of rafters, with framed principals, purling,
and plates.
100 square of flooring boards, r.nd capital joists, framed
in girders.
15 to 20 tons of lead.
100 sasha and frames.
50 doors.
20 square of Yorkshire paving, &c.
A variety of Portland and other stone window sills, copings,
stone steps;
TIIE GRAND STAIRCASE, with BANISTERS and

HAND-RAIL ;
An immense quantity of wainscotting, dado framing, skirt-
ings, &c.
Also the valuable Fixtures of every description.
The fitting-up of Chapel, with pulpit, desk; and gallery.
The laboratory, with dressers; the surgeon's operating
room, With gallery for pupils ; and the whole of the mate-
rials forming the east wing of the hospital.
The whole will be on public view six days antecedent to
the Sale, by Catalogues, at Is. each, (to be returned to
purchasers), at St. George's Hospital ; and at Mr. Geo.
Robias's Offices, Covent-garden.

CIIES re R.—Wheat, per 751 b. 10s. 3d. to 10s. 6d. ; Barley, 33 gas.
ss. 3d. to 53. 6d. ; Oats, 491 b. 3s. 3d. to 4s. Od.
NANTWICIL—Wheat, per 751 b. Ils. Oct. to I Is. 3d. ; Barley, 38
(pls. ss. 9d. to Os. Od.; Oats, 501 b. 4s. Od. to 4s. 3d.

GLASGOW MARKETS.
(From the Glasgow .Herald of Monday.)

The transactions in Raw SUGARS this week have been
limited; the sales amount to only 210 hhds., and prices
are without alteration.

The sales made in COFFEE are so limited that they are
not worthy of remark.
Nothing done, in PINF.NTO or GINGER.
Rum remains quite neglected, price of Jamaica 16 O.P.
3s. a 3s. ld. ; and Leewards 21d. a 22d.

The sales made in COTTON are 1334 packages, and last
week's prices are without alteration ; the particulars are,
18 Sea Island, at 11d. a 12d.; 31 Stained do. at 61d. a
9Ad. ; 375 Boweds, at 51d. a 60. ; 439 Orleans, at
54 I. a 61d. ; 30 Egyptian at 61d. ; 51 Dementia, at
60. a Sid. ; 45 West India, at 54t1. ; 345 Surat at
Sid: a 4.1d._

'Nothing done in DYEWOODS.
The sales of ASHES are 200 brls. of New Pots at 335. a
335. 6d., principally at the latter price; and small parcels
of Pearls at 335.

Nothing done in TOBACCO, prices remain without va-
riation.

Y. C. TALLOW is selling in small lots at 40s.
Fish Ott.s are held at higher rates in consequence of the
reported failure of the Greenland Seal fishing ; Whale has
been sold at 23/ and some holders are demanding 23/.
10s. a 24/. ; Pale Seal is held at 23/. ; and Cod 221. a
221. 10s. per tun old measure.
The supplies of all descriptions of GRAIN have been very
limited this week. The Wheat trade has not been so
lively as last week; prices however are without alteration
Oats have been in steady demand, at fully former prices.
Barley has been rather dull of sale; prime malting quali-
ties, from scarcity, have sold at a trifling advance, while
grinding qualities have rather given way in price. Beans
in good request. Pease dull. Some small parcels of
Dublin new Oats and Bere, of fair quality, have arrived,
which were disposed of, the former at 235. a 245., and the
latter at 2Ss. 6d. a 295. per boll. These rates cannot be
expected to be maintained.

TE.—Fn
From I
592 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 26 0
213 Bete l6 stone 12 0

DUBLIN MARKET N

0 Barley 16 stone 0
2,367 Oats... l4 stone' 10 0
12,506 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 4 0
613 Oatmeal 11 stone' 14 0
Sold to Makers only.
10,816 Cwt. Flour

16 0

;WAY, Aug. 14.
ITo M. P.
:38 0 33 0
15 0 13 8%
—0 0

17 0
24 0
20 0

26 0

Average price of Wheat and Flour 535. 4d. per
Firsts, from 20s. M.
Receipts of Flour, 6,444 Seconds, from 12s. 03
Sales of Do. 12,5961 from 53. od,

12 '74
- 0
15 3

20 11%
tack.

to 265. Od,
to 173. Od,
to Ils. Od,

PRICE OF DREAD.
9,uartern Loaf, 41b. soz. ...9Xd. Half-quartern, sd.

SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 15.

Last night, at about ten o'clock, a most appalling
accident occurred on our river, between Netley Fort
and the residence of Sir Arthur Paget, which has
thrown two respectable families into the greatest
state of affliction. Four young men, Mr. Missing,
linen-draper, Mr. Baker, grocer, Mr. Pegler, son,pf
Mr. Pegler, silversmith, and another person of the
name of Brown, had been to Cowes Regatta, and
were returning in the Red Rover, a pleasure boat
belonging to Pegler, "under a heavy press of can-
vass, when a squall upset the boat, and the whole
party were precipitated into the water, and two of
them (Missing and Baker) were drowned. The
survivors observed them rise once, and Missing ex-
claimed, "For • God's sake, Pegler, save my life ;"
but in a moment they sunk, and were thus separated
from their friends for ever. Pegler and Brown were
picked up, in au exhausted state, by some of Mr.
Fleming's yacht's crew, who witnessed the accident,
and were within a short distance when it occurred;
the- bodies of the others could not be found, nor
have they yet been picked up. We know of no
families in which a similar catastrophe could be
more severely felt than it must be in those of the
two young men who have been thus prematurely
deprived of life, for they were each very steady
young men and much respected. Mr. Missing had
scarcely attained the age of 20, but was nevertheless
the eldest of a large orphan family, for whose benefit
he conducted in a very creditable manner an exten-
sive drapery business, and every confidence was re-
posed in him by his father's executors, of whom the
other unfortunate young man, Mr. Baker, was one,
and also first cousin to Mr. Missing. Mr. Baker
was an only son, about 23 years of age, and had not
long since commenced business as a grocer, with
every prospect of success. The affliction which this
distressing circumstance has caused in the families is
indeed heart-rending. We do sincerely hope that
this accident may act as a caution, and put an end
to the foolish practice here with young men (who
think themselves clever, and would have others
think them so too), attempting the management of
their boats in a river which, from its locality, is
always subject to squalls of wind. The watermen's
boats are safe, and the men experienced; their
charges, too, are moderate—which reduces it simply
to this, that a day's excursion in a boat should not he
considered a day's pleasure without a waterman be-
ing on board.—Hampshire Advertiser.

CAPTAIN FRANKLAND'S. CONSTANTI-
NOPLE.—The Embellishments b this Work, 38 in num-
ber, peculiarly recommend it to public notice at a time
when some of the scenes represented form the present
theatre of war between the Turks and Russians. Among
other striking illustrations will be found views of Constan-
tinopl&--The European and Asiatic Castles of the Bos-
phorus—The Castles of the Dardanelles—The Bay and
City of Smyrna—Da maseus—Baalbeek— Scu tari—Buyuk
Dere—Passage of the Danube at Giurgevo—The Seraglio
Point—Leander's Tower and Olympus—Djouk Soyou—
Palamide—Napoli di Rumania—Bairout, &c. Among
the curious plates of costumes, are a Lady of Damascus—
Arab Sheik—Lady of Aleppo—Arab Princess—Lady of
Mount Lebanon—Greek Papas, &c. &c. -
In the Consistorial Court, Dublin, lately, a
criminal suit against the Rev. WILLIAM HUGHES, which
was instituted in this Court in 1525, was decided. The
defendant, it appears, was incumbent of the united pa-
rishes of Kellinick and Maglass, county Wexford, and the
• charges were blasphemy, habitual profaneness of language
in cursing and swearing, and drunkenness, lewd, immoral,
and depraved practices. The Court was occupied several
days with the investigation, and after hearing a great deal
of evidence, decided, that though the testimony did not
warrant a conviction of the impugnant, yet that even on
his own showing there was ample ground for his repre-
hension, and therefore dismissed the suit without costs.

The old woman noticed in our last is not an
inhabitant of i'delksham ; she was born near Bristol ; her
maiden name was ANN DIKES. At 20 years of age she
was married t•) SAMUEL HALES of Bitton, where she has
lived ever since. Her husband died about two years ago,
aged 102 years. She came to this city to visit her eldest
daughter, aged 80. The old woman receives 2s. 6d. per
week from the parish of Bitton. The descendants of
this patriarchal pair are four daughters, all widows, 32
grand-children, 30 great-grand-children, and two great.
great-grand children ; the two latter are dead.—Bath
Journal.

A large barge passed through Newbury, on
the Kennett, last week, loaded with curious exotics,
among which were orange and lemon trees, some with
their fruit ripe, and others in bloom, besides a choice col-
lection of valuable and scarce shrubs. They appeared
moving forest of the most fragrant productionszof the East,
and were attended by a native. They were going to the
seat of the Marquis of AMESBURY, at Burixtge.—Bir-
ntingham Journal,
Two new species of the olive have been (7487
covered in the southern district of the Crimea; this disco-
very will render it practicable to rear this useful tree in
much niore northerlyT climes that bas been hitherto pos-
sible. The shoots, which were planted in the botanical
garden of
Nikita, have lived through one of the hardest
winters ever known, though the severity of the weather
would have been fatal to the French or Italian olive.—
Literary Gawk. •

Nine miles from Nottingham, on the crown of
a bleak common lately reduced to order, stands
a wild country inn, called the Hut, and nearly
opposite to that house spreads an immense oak,
which commands the entrance of Newstead Ab-
bey, once the seat of the family of the celebrated
Lord Byron. This immense oak gives you an
expectation of antique grandeur, and of old and
extensive woods, which, I am sorry to say,
will not be realised, the plantations within the
demesne and on the adjacent hills being all of
modern date.

The entrance is a cumbrous gate, swinging on
stout but tasteless pillars, and the first glance
within the avenue shows you the desolation
which, before the present liberal possessor bad
it, this place had been consigned to. The road
is little better than a bridle track, overrun with
weeds ; and it is bordered, almost to the Abbey,
with patches of fern, .or broken _ into sandy
spots. Young plantations are scattered about ;
but theband of improvement comes very
and the progress of decay outruns it. After ex-
ploring about a mile and a half. of this unpro-
mising avenue, you are relieved by an extensive
prospect of open country. The hills in the dis-
tance are all topped with timber, and the whole
bears an air of seclusion and wildness quite in
association with one's feelings on entering the
place.
At a turn of the plantation the Abbey opens
to the view, standing on the borders of a lake of
some extent, about which small buildings are
erected, consistent with the architectures of the
chief building. This is not the principal front ;
but in former 'days it was so, and it preserves
the strict air of the ancient monastic edifice.
The entrance to the house is at this side ; and,
although it is much neglected, Colonel Wild-
man, the present owner, intends to improve it,
and to bring .a new avenue to bear upon it. On
entering, you are at first admitted to a banquet-
ing-hall, which Colonel Wildman is engaged
with, and which will occupy the entire front at
this side. It bears an interest, as being the
dining-room of Lord Byron, and connected
with a small room where Lord Byron loved to
sit and gaze upon the lake, and where his arms
over the mantel-piece are preserved. You are
then conducted over the principal rooms, fitted
up with magnificence and taste ; but I am sorry
to say there is very little to remind one of the
fame of its last owner. The only records which
I perceived in the house are the pictures of his
dogs..--a wolf-dog, and his favourite, Boatswain ;
an ordinary bust, and a portrait by Phillips, in the
state drawing-room ; the drinking cup, made out
of a skull, mounted in silver, and inscribed with
verses. In thegarden stands the monument erected
to his dog, with the lines familiar to every reader ;
and these are the only traces of his immortal
name. Colonel Wildman has renewed the prin-
cipal front
.of the Abbey at immense expellee,
reclaimed the gardens, and he is now engaged
in designs of vast extent. When he purchased
the property the cattle fed in the gardens, and
the demesne was in a state of desolation. The
pleasure grounds are now laid out in the most
favourable manner. Artificial water (if the
phrase be right) is introduced before the prin-
cipal front ; patches of flowers are happily dis-
posed ; and the tree grown from an acron planted
by Lord Byron, marked by a seat around it, is,
introduced in a favourable point of view. .TIVQ:
burlesque figures of a fiddler and a piper are
placed on high columns at each side of the draw-
ing-room great window, and in the mast marked
station of the principal front._ Not being aware
of any connection between these .sorry figures
and the name of Byron, I inquired why they
were so prominently placed ? But those who.
showed the Abbey could not tell -; and 4 was
elsewhere said that the clerk of the works, having
discovered some relics lAe them among the
ruins, diTlayed his judgment in thus riavin
,••
the
copied
church
of H ~ •
and erected.
nal g
where the family
vault of the Byrons is, present; an unsightly ob-
ject in a most sech\ded village, to which one has
access by roost vile roads, about three miles dis-
tant from Newstead Abbey. It is hare the urn,
containing the heart and .the brains of Lord
Byron, are disgraced (as I must say) by tthe
paltry memorials erected more in his mockery
than in his honour. Tile vauit is under the
chief end of the Church ; and the access to it is
by the removal of a flag, with a large iron ring
attached, Here nine of his family are laid—wt

Daughter to Sir George Booth, Knight and Bironet,
Who appointed this monument to be erected
To the memory of her dear husband ;
And for her great piety and goodness,
Acquired a name better than
That of sons and daughters.
The remains of Lord Byron's mother are also
in the same vault, but no monument has been.
erected. The coffin bears this inscription :
Crede Byron.
The Hon. Catherine Gordon Byron,
•
Of Gight,
Mother of George Lord Byron,
And lineal descendant of the
Earl of Huntley, and Lady Jean Stuart,
Daughter of
King James the First of Scotland,
Died in the 46th year of her age,
August 1,.1811.

We made several inquiries in the neighbour-
hood about the habits of Lord Byron in his
youth, or when he was last a resident in the
Abbey ; but we found no one, even in appear-
ance, the least interested in his memory. As
the property has passed from his family,
,the re—
collection of the family seems to pass away ; and,
in a few years, tile seat of his birth, and of his.
eternal rest,* will be the only places where he
will be forgotten.
,4 Where, cold and unbonourea, his reikaes are hid."

THE CONVICT BROWN-ORDERED FOR

EXECUTION ON MONDAY NEXT.

James Brown was convicted for committing
a daring burglary and robbery in the house of
Mr. Newton, at Stepney, on the night of the
21st of April last. The evidence in support of
the charge was to the following effect : —On the
night of the robbery, the daughter of Mr. New.:
ton was awoke by a noise in the house—she
called her father, who went down stairs, and
found that robbers had entered the house by
cutting a panel out of the back door with a
centre bit ; several articles of wearing apparel,
and a new hat, belonging to Mr. Newton, had
been carried off; a variety of property was
strewed about the ground, and some of it was
lying in the yard, near to which Mr. Newton's
dog was discovered quite dead ; the faithful
animal had been beaten about the head with a
large crow bar, which the thieves had left be.
hind them. A watchman named Andrews, on
the following morning, stated to Mr. Newton,
that he had seen two suspicious characters lurk-
ing about the premises on the night of the rob-
bery, and he swore that the prisoner was one of
those men. Five days afterwards two police
officers took Mr. Newton to the George public-
house, in George-yard, Whiteehapel, where they
found the prisoner playing at cards, and on his
head was•a hat whicli Mr. Newton swore was
taken from his house on the night of the robbery.

A gentleman coming out of the King's Bench
a few days ago, found some difficulty in pressing his way
out, and coming too much in contact with a, barrister's
gown, the lawyer exclaimed, "Do mind, don't tear me
to pieces."—" No, ,Sir" said the gentle,,nlin, "that is your
business, not mine." •

FORCE OF GENItr4,--COLIVER CROMWELL,
who never fought s, -battle that he did not win, was 42
years old before 14 entered the army ; and his contempo-
rary indeed the nine year with himself) eke itn-
moatal BLAKE, who stands in the very first rank of our
captains and pat iota, and may be considered us the founder
of the system of naval tactics adopted eller his time, and
who was the first of our co:nmandeta vrhu ventured to at-
tack a battery with ships, vas in his bOth year when he
first went to sea,—Librar*i of Entertaining Knowledge.

Thursday was a miserztbio day in the ' neigh-
bourhood of WO:4in, and we fear generally. It rained in-
cessamlyt and with violence exceeding any thing within
our recollection. If what we witnessed here was expe-
rienced generally, we fear that the crops have sustained
very serious injury.—Dublin Morning Rvister.

FLOODS.—Owing to heavy and almost inces-
sant rain for 24 hours, the river. Aire yesterday morn-
ing overflowed its banks, and a great many of the
houses in lionslet-lane, Meadow-lane, and Water-lane,
wore tquteri. For some time the passage was inter-
rupted from Water-lane, but the goad soon subsided in
that part of the town. The vio/ence of the stream drove
away the workmen engaged in the erection of the bridge
over the Aire, halow the Far Bank, and washed down
the works. Q the line of the Slicepscar beck, from
Sheensirt. to the confluence of the water below Tim:ale
,
more serious—all the lower
Aridge, the mischief was mnoh
' stories of the houses in that direction were floWca, and in
many cases the furniture was seen Hotting about the
houses, while the family were obliged to seek safety in
the clambers. Some idea may he fhe,ned of the hefght
of the flood when we &tato that at six o'clock yesterday
morning the water itwal three feet deep in the public street
at Timble-bride. It is said, that on thia occasion the
water was higher on the whole line of' the beck'than at
the time of the memorable floc A a 1807, familiarly call. d
" The Milton Flood," fro:4. having happened on the day
of Lord Milton's ;fat return, as representative for the
county of "Ye9l4..,—..There is ton, much reason to fear, if the
rain had l#,‘ert, general, that the crops will have sufg,ro
g,reatly from the floods on all the IoW lauds of the country,
hietcur,v.:

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4.07# - •
NOTTINGHAM.

~This is
.1 a country flowing with milk and
honey.
.It is a relief to abandon the dullness of
Lincoln-wastes,and:enter upon its fertile plains,
to mark its crops of luxuriant corn, and to trace
the windings of the romantic Trent. Never was
there fat content more truly pourtrayed in the face
of the country, and in the appearance of the
peasantry. It must be confessed that the intel-
lects of the men are a little saturated with strong
ale and good living, but the smiles of the lasses
make up for the dullness of their fathers. The
houses of the farmers bespeak comfort and
abundance; and you cannot find a poor man to
repine at their want of hospitality.
The approach to the town of Nottingham is
through a vein of rich meadows. It has a pic-
turesque appearance with its Cathedral spire and
its fine old Castle, and it does not disappoint
you on your entrance. It is one of the most
substantial county towns in England, abounding
in good streets, displaying extensive mansions,
and combining a variety of romanti,., and inte-
resting walks for the recreation of the honest
burghers. The market-place is a large square,
as large as Lincoln's Inn, with a colonnade run-
ning- along the houses; at one side the Ex-
change, and market at the upper end, and a
handsome street leading away from it at the
other. With some expellee it might be
made to resemble the Valais Royale, at
Paris; and even as it is, lighted up at night,
it has a brilliant and most animated appear-
ance. On the market day, Wednesday or
Saturday, then it is in its glory. Rows
of country maidens retail fowls, geese, and
turkeys ; fruit and vegetables exceed all imaginary
demands, and cheapness recommends the whole.
The Castle is the lion of the place, standing at
the top of a bare rock, but it seems daily to lose
its feudal honours, and it is now the quiet resi-
dence of a single lady, who seems to have fitted
up the centre part for her accommodation, leav-
ing the wings to take care of themselves. From
the Castle-yard the view is most extensive.—
Meadows and corn-grounds are spread in luxu-
riance as far as the eye can reach, while imme-
diately under the walls are a succession of Lilli-
putian gardens, with the little sentry-boxes or
summer-houses, where the citizens wives and
children delight to take tea. There are caverns
attached to the Castle, which, in days of yore,
were of mischievous importance; but at present
they have no other value than that of giving
the ague to their explorers. The outskirts of.
the town abound with dwellings cut in and under
the rock, where the poor people are comfortably
accommodated, and it is a common practice to
convert similar excavations into stables and cow-
houses. _ _ _ _ _

The county is distinguished for possessing
Newstead Abbey, the seat of Lord Byron, and
for four demesnes within a few miles of the
town, called the Dukeries—namely, the Duke of
Newcastle's, the Duke of Rutland's, the Duke
of Portland's, and that which was the Duchess
of Kingston's. It is also famous for possessing
within it the borough of East Retford, which
has given so much uneasiness to the indepently-
elected Members of the House of Commons.—
The burghers of East Retford are determined
to show the world how much they have been
wronged, and they will submit to Parliament
next year a list of more than two-thirds
of the entire number of voters, against whom
they defy the fingers of scandal to be pointed.
'1 hey are certain of recovering their franchise,
and in that case a leading Barrister of this Cir-
cuit is to be one of the Members, under the
auspices of Earl Fitzwilliam, whose influence is
considerable in the town. One of the prettiest
places near this is that of Mr._Nusters, who
married the lady whom Lord Byron was at-
tached to in his youth. The city of Notting.
ham has been famous in the Civil Wars, and
the county possesses a romantic interest in being
the true domain of Robin Hood. Sherwood
Forest, where that gentle shepherd once claimed
dominion, is now cut down, but the memory of
Robin Hood and his merry men is to live for
ever. I have been presented with a collection
of songs reciting his deeds, which would set up
the fortunes of any ballad-singer in St. Giles's.
Unfortunately the world is too familiar with the
subject for me to have any chance of gaining at-
tention by now repeating them. Robin hood
was at length betrayed by a false Friar, who
opened a vein and let him bleed to death, which
makes the song say—
" Thus he that never feared bow nor spear
Was murdered by letting of blood."
His epitaph was set on the tomb by the
Prioress ofßirkely Monastery, after this fashion—
" Robert, Earl of Huntingdon,
Lies under this little stone ;
No arrher was like him so good,
His wildness named him Robin Hood ;
Full thirty years, and something more
These northern parts he vexed sore;
Such outlaws as he and his men,
,1%1:4y England never know again."
The trade of Nottingham consists in exten-
sive manufactures of lace and of hosiery. Every
second house is marked " Lace Warehouse,"
and, judging from the exterior of some of these
mansions, the occupation must have been most
productive. it gives employment to a vast body
of people, who ai‘o-ear-to- hare- an abundance to
do, for, though the sLreets are full of traffic, I
have not. seen an idle-lo&ng person. in them,
nor have I met with a single btsggar. What the
truth may be, I cannot tell, but if ever apeople
showed from good looks, busy faces, and well-
clad persons, symptoms of thriving, it is the good
artisans of this town. Distress, however, is
talked of, but it is very ingeniously put out of
the way when strangers are abroad. The next
grand staple of both town and country, is the
ale, which doubtless is both potent and pleasant,
but its properties are, I fear, not of the most in-
spiring order. Indeed, a simpler (some would
say more stupid) race of people is not to be met
with. The peasantry excel in a broad vacant
stare, and they can contrive to understand a ques-
tion the tenth time of putting it. The Trial by
Jury loses all dignity in their hands. Ido not
believe the commonest case of calculation was
ever understood by a common Jury of the county.
It is curious to see the front row resting their
broad faces against the ledge of the box, and the
second sitting with their mouths wide open. It
is amusing to see the efforts which they make to
comprehend the directions of the Learned Judge;
and it is in the last degree ridiculous to hear
them deliver a verdict on chance ; whether for
plaintiff or defendant, it is all one to them, It
all coires from the ale, which is a bright strong
amber-coloured liquor, oppressing the mind with
lethargy, and closing up all the avenues to the
brain. There are songs without number in
prai, e of it, but it is evident that the writers of
the be er sort were not drinkers.

Tile Duke of WELLINGTON left town yes-
terd for Waliner ( ratle, Ken►. Prey 004 to his d 1 ar-
sine ti,e Eall of A3XRDEEN had au interview wits; his

Grace.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1829.

The refusal of M. DE RIGNY to become
Minister of Alarine must have startled the new
Ministry of Prince POLIGNAC, but the Admi-
ral's refusal is perhaps natural, and may be jus-
tified with sufficient reason. First, the Admiral
may have supposed that his previous education
and habits have disqualified him for the more
abstruse and novel duties of the Ministry, and
that he would not shine to such advantage in a
civil capacity as in his natural element—direct-
ing the naval energies of France, and pro-
moting his own and his country's glory.—
Upon some such arguments as these M. DE
RIGNY may well excuse himself,—we say ex-
cuse, because it is more than probable that he
foresees, in the powerful and malignant oppo-
sition of the liberal press, the indication of that
storm which may eventually burst upon the head
of the devoted Ministry. Another reason may
be found in the possibility of active operations
in the Levant, and the natural love of glory
may induce the hero of Navarin rather to re-visit
the theatre of his brilliant deeds, than to forego
the opportunity by yielding his chance to a rival.
But the French Ministry, odious as it is
represented, will not be long in want of a col-
league in the Department of the Marine. The
Prince Dit PoLIGNAc has too much knowledge
of diplomatic matters, and too much acquaint-
ance with political characters, to be long at a loss
for a Member of his Cabinet who shall be happy
to undertake the office of Naval Affairs. At
the same time we cannot kelp remarking that
the Prince has acted without due caution in
naming M. DE RIGNY before he informed him-
self of his willingness to serve or not. Had he
first ascertained that necessary preliminary, all
ould be right, and the nominations to his Mi-
nistty would have passed off .'moothly,—but his
precipitation or inadvertency has now placed
him in a disagreeable dilemma—if not serious
embamissment.

We give the following paragraph from the
Chronicle of this morning, premising, at the
same time, that we fully participate in our con-
temporary's satisfaction on the ,s,-.ubject. The
charge to which he alludes, and to whiel
briefly adverted yesterday, is indeed of a most •
" extra-judicial" nature--to say the least of it—
and
had it been made in England, no matter
how high party spirit might have run at tho
time), it would have entailed on the person who
delivered it, the most serious and lasting inconve-
nience. If thefe be one branch of the Constitu-
tion which, beyond all otbees,,ahouJd be kept free
from the contamination of party spirit-04.1 one
branch is Lila Judicial Bench. " We are glad
to learn that the extraordinary and extra-judicial
Charge delivered by Mr. Justice JEBB to the
Grand Jury of the county of Armagh, meets no
countenance from the higher branches of the
Irish Executive. On the contrary, we are as-
sured from such a source as makes the assur-

ance amount to certainty, that the Delegate or
Majesty expressed himself, before five or six wit-
nesses, in the following words : I cannot per-
suade myself that a Judge from the Bench could
give utterance to the language attributed to Mr.
Justice JEBB ; at all events, the matter requires
explanation.' The VICEROY'S emphasis on the
word marked by Italics was not lost upon his
auditors."

We find the following in the Morning
Chronicle of this morning :—" In addition to
the regular official communications from Con-
stantinople, many private letters have been lately
received from that quarter. We have before us
one of the latest, written by a gentleman at-
tached to the Embassy, which gives rather a
discouraging account of the progress hitherto
made in the negotiation entrusted to the British
and French Ambassadors. The disastrous events
which have occurred on the northern frontiers
both of European and Asiatic Turkey, have,
according to this authority, produced no visible
effect but that of increasing, if possible, the cha-
racteristic obstinacy of the Ottomans ; and on the
subject of external interference in the. affairs of
Greece, the Minister of the Porte affects to treat
it as utterly inadmissible. On the whole, the
opinions of the writer as to the pacific results to
be expected from the late renewal of the long-
suspended diplomatic intercourse, are by no means
of a sanguine description."
If we may believe the above, and there is every
reason to credit the statement, nothing can bring
the Turks to their senses but the capture of
Constantinople. It is perfectly idle to be carry-
ing on the f'arce of negociation with men who are
resolved to treat every endeavour at bringing
about a peace as so much insult to their offended
dignity, and an attempt to reduce their power.
If the Turks will persist in a blind obstinacy, and
imagine themselves as more necessary to the
Powers of Europe than the Powers of
Europe are to them— then the Great
Powers had better shape their conduct
accordingly, and act for themselves. The
Turks may glory in provoking their own
destruction by trusting to a blind fatality, but the
Great PoWers must not suffer their own inte-
rests to be prejudiced by a tame acquiescence
in the obstinacy of the Turks. They have had
already a long and rueful experience of Turkish
equivocation and diplomatic finesse—and a repe-
tition of such, now that the Russian armies are
at the gates of Constantinople, would be preg-
nant with much present misery and future humi-
liation. If the Turks will not condescend to
listen to reason, they must be taught to bend to
circumstances.

In our columns of to. day, our readers will
find a report of a speech delivered at the Spital-
fields' Charity Schools' Public Dinner by Mr.
LAWLESS, in the course of which he takes an
opportunity of eulogizing the late conduct of
Mr. PEEL. This, though a mere act of justice,
yet, proceeding, as it does, from one of the
staunchest defenders of the Forty-shilling Free-
holders, is deserving of great commendation. It
argues a generous and patriotic mind.

THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY•)

CITY, TivELrE o' CLOCK..

Consols opened this morning at the same price
they left off yesterday, BS4 buyers, and at present
they are SB4 b, and for next account SBi. The
business doing is of minor importance. The arrivals
are few, and not of interest. A ship of war has ar-
rived from St. Michael's; but the information she
brings has not as yet transpired. A French Paper
has the following :—The affairs of Buenos Ayres
excite great interest and anxiety in our sea-ports,
and the Journal du Havre says, that we are not con-
tent with intestine divisions, but the firebrand must
be lighted abroad, to create fresh troubles. A Consul
Maladevil has caused a blockade of Algiers for three
years, and before which we have humbled : to-day,
another Consul has caused to be burnt the Buenos
Ayrean ships, and there can no longer be doubted
the rigorous conduct of our fleet at Monte Video in
regard to the ships of the Plate. This event will
have an unfavourable result for our commerce ;
and should the French Government hereafter con-
demn M. Mendeville for his actions, they must
make reparation to Buenos Ayres ; still their hatred
will not subside for a long time to come. And if
on the contrary, the conduct of Mendevillo. is ap-
proved of by our Government, Buenos Ayres may
he burnt to the ground and its inhabitants take re-
fuz,e in the mountains, and our commerce with the
Plate, which is profitable, will be entirely lost to us.
Up to the present time we have no further news
from the East.

In the Foreign Market nothing doing, prices as
per yesterday.
Three per Cent. Consols, 883 3; Ditto, for Aug.,
883 3-; Three per Cent. Reduced, 89 -a; Three and a
half per Cent. 984 I; Four per Cent., 1021 Ditto
1826, 1054 3 ; India Stock, 2233 4- ; Bank Stock,
2143 153; India Bonds, 56 8; Exchequer Bills, 70 72.
Fons;GN.—Brazilian, 573- 8 ; Buenos Ayres, 20 21 ;
Chilian, 16 17 ; Colombian, 154 164 ; Danish, 69 1;
French, Five per Cent., 1083 93 ; Greek, 123- 131;
Mexican, 173 18; Peruvian, 10 11 ; Portuguese, 434 ;
Russian, 1003 1 ; Spanish, 8;1-, 3-.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Up to the present time we have no further in-
formation to communicate from the East ; but ac-
cording to the speculations of the Hebrews, who
still continue to purchase in Consols, there can be
no doubt that they are in possession of some im-
iiortant event from the theatre of war—either of ne-
gociaiion; or an armistice on. the tapis—in conse-
quence of wiiiwlt Consols continue improving from
the price in the early prtrp of the morning, when
they were 881; since which thel were done at 8.4,
and are now 88i, and for next Account 88f.
We hear that a misunderstanding prevails between
the Brazilian Agent here and the Contractors of the
Brazil Loan, owing to whieli of the party are to
pay the expellees of the Queer. of the Brazils
journey to the Brazils, which it issaid will amonnt to
50 or 60,0001., owing to her very numerous suite,
which consists of 50 persons. In the Foreign
I)jarliet nothing doing.
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for I,..L=4nt, 88k, buyers ; for October
Account, 881
The private letters from St. Michel state that an
Expedition had sailed from there for Terceira.

Balm—At Bellary, India, on the 4th of
March, the lady of Captain J. W. Roworth, 1 th Reg:-
Inuit? of a daughter.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, AUG. 18.--Wind S.W.--Arrived the
Barossa, Hutchinson, from India; Markland, Short,
from ditto ; and Civilian, Blair, from Batavia.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind S. W.—Arrived
the Robert Edwards, Sherburn, from New York.
Sailed, his Majesty's cutter Highflyer.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 17.—Wind \V.—Arrived the
Elul St. Vincent, Hodgson, from Sierra Leone, and
his Majesty's ship Britomart. Sailed the Nile,
Esther, for St. Petersburgh, and the Countess of
Liverpool, for Terceira.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17.—Arrived the Coventry,
Purday, from Jamaica ; St. Vincent, Thompson,
from St. Vincent; and Mary, Highfleld, from Smyrna.
HULL, AUG. 15.—Arrived the Simoy, —, from
Archangel.
MARGATE, AUG. 18.—Arri ved the Ina, Thompson,
from Tobago ; and Alphonso, Hill, from Tarragona.
COWES, AUG. 18.—Arrived the United States,
Winsor, from New (Means.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17.—The hull of the Rising
States, from Bangor to New York, which sunk on
the Plotters in May, has floated, and been towed
into Church Bay, near Holyhead. The Hope,
Moore, from hence, arrived at Bengal the 21st
February. She had been on shore in the Hooghly,
but got off without damage.
WE.TPORT, AUG. 15.—The New John, of Lil-
lough, sustained some damage in the outer Roads,
and has returned to the quay to discharge her cargo.
ABERDEEN, AEG. 16.—A brig in ballast, said to
he the Lord Archibald Hamilton, is on shore near
the point of the Girdleness. She is apparently
water-logged, and the sea makes a complete breach
over her.

The John, Pirie, from Cromarty, has arrived at
Barbadoes, from London, in 26 days.
The Jean and Bell, from Westport to Liverpool,
sunk near Westport the 13th instant.
The Aurora, Oxley, of London, was totally
wrecked off the Tees the 14th.

The London, Low, of Sunderland, was driven on
shore near Hartlepool the 14th, but expected to be
got off.

From the Agent to Lloyd's at Stockton, dated
17th inst.

" During the 13th and 14th inst. a heavy gale
was experienced at about N.E. The Sea Nymph,
Andrews, from New Brunswick, ran on shore on
entering the Tees. The crew saved by the Seaton
life boat. The Friends, Dodds, of Sunderland, lost
her foremast and sprung a leak, and sunk about a
cable's length from Hartlepool pier, crew saved.
The London, Louther, of Sunderland, was driven
on shore opposite Hartlepool, but is expected to be
got off. The Aurora, Oxley, of London, was totally
wrecked on entering the Tees, the crew saved by
the Redear, Liverpool ; much praise is also due to
Lieutenant Pym, of the Coast guard service, for his
prompt and meritorious services on the occasion."