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NAPOLEON'S DIVORCE.

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M. de Bousset relates the following extraordinary
scene that took place in his presence a short time before
the divorce was pronounced between Napoleon and the
Empress Josephine :
" I was on service it the Tuileries from Monday, Now.
27th. That day, and the Tuesday and Wednesday follow-
ing, I was struck by a great change in the looks of the
Empress, and the embarrassed silence of Napoleon. The
only words he spoke during dinner were to ask me a few
brief questions, the answers of which he appeared not to
hear. On none of these days did the dinner last more
thin ten minutes. On Thursday, the 50th, the storm
burst. Their Maksties sat down to dinner; Josephine
wore a large white bonnet tied under the chin, which
partly concealed her feature's ; I could, however, per-
ceive that sire had been weeping, anJ with difficulty
even then restrained her tears. She appeared to me
like the image of grief and despair. The most profound
silence reigned dtiring diluter: Napoleon and the Em-
press merely tasted for form's sake what was served to
' them. The only words uttered were thole addtessed to
me by the Emperor," What kind of weather is it 2" and
as he pronounced them he rose from table and went into
the drawing-room, the Empress slowly following Trim.
Coffee was brought in; when Napoleon, contras] to
his usual custom, took the cup from the page, and
made a sign that he wished to be alone. 1 immediately
quitted the room; but feeling anxious and alarmed, I
sat down in the salon de service (where their Majesties
usually dined), on a chair near the door of the Em-
peror's drawing-room. I was observing, mechanically,
the servants clearing the table, when soddenly I heard
the Empress shriek in the most violent manner. The
usher of the chamber, supposing she had fallen into a
fit, was on the point of opening the door, but I pre.
vented him, saying that the Emperor would call for
assistance if he thought it necessary. I was then stand-
ing mar the door, when Napalms himself opened it,
and, perceiving me, said, it, a, hurried manner. Come
in, Bousset, and shut the door.' I entered, and
saw the Empress stretched upon the carpet, and
uttering the most heart-rending cries and moans.—
' No, I shall never survive it,' exclaimed the un-
fortunate woman. Napoleon said to me. Are you
strong enough to take up Josephine, and carry her,
by the private staircase, to her room, in order that
she may rece.;ee the care and assistance that her siti/a-
flan requires? I obeyed, and raised up the Princess,
who had fallen into a fit of hysterics. Aided by Na-
poleon, I took her in my arms; and he, taking one of
the lights from the table, led the way through a dark
passage towards a private staircase. Oncoming to the
staircase, I observed to Napoleon, that it was too narrow
to allow me to descend it with the Empress in my
'arms, without the danger .of falling. He immedi-
ately called the guardian of the portfolio, who was sta-
tioned night and day near one of the doors of his closet,
which opened upon the landing-place of the private stair-
case. Napoleon gave him the light, and told him to go
on before hips; he then took Josephine by the legs, and
in this manner aided me to bring her down. At one
moment, inconsequence of my sword having got be-
tween my legs, we were all sear tumbling down toge•
doer; fortunately, however, we descended without acci-
dent, and deposited our precious burthen upon an
;ottoman in the bedchamber. The Emperor immediately
rung for the Empress's woman. When in the draw-
iageroom above stairs I took the Empress in my
arms, she ceased her cries, and I supposed that she
had fainted away; but at the moment wneir I became
embarrassed by my sword in the middle of the private
staircase, I was obliged, to keep us both from falling,
to clasp her more closely. I held the Empress in my
arms, which were thrown round her waist, her back was
against my breast, and her head reclining on my right
shoulder. When she felt the efforts that I made to keep
myself from falling, she said in a very low voice to me,
You squeeze me too much.' I then judged there was
nothing to tear for her health, and that she had not lost
her motes for a single instant. Dosing the whole of
this scene, I had been exclusively occupied with Jose-
phine, whose situation affected me, and could not ob-
serve Napoleon ; but when the women of the Empress
came, he passed into a small saloon contiguous to
Ithe bed-chamber, whither I followed him. His
agitation and anz:ety were ex reme. In this moment
of trouble he eeplained to me, in the following words,
the cause of what had ;laded. The interest or France
and my dynasty has forced my heart to act thus—
idivorce has become an act of rigorous duty for me. I
am the more pained by the la sc4ne.que wield de faire
Josephine, as she must have been made acquainted three
days ago by "[intense with the unfortunate obligation
that compels me to separate myself from her. I pity
her with all my heart—l thought her possessed of more
character, and I was not prepared for this explosion of
her sorrow.' In fact, the emotion that he felt forced
him to leave a long interval between each phrase, in
order to take breath. His words escaped him with diffi
culty and without connection—Pis voce Was stifled, and
lanitering, and his eyes filled with tears. All this scene
ccupied from seven to eight minutes. Napoleon im-
mediately after sent for the physician Corvesart, the
Q een Hortense, Cambaceres, and Foueit; and before
going to his own apartment. he netrued to that 01
Josephine, whom he found calmer and &ore resigned."

Robert Mackintosh, dismissed from the post of Captain
of Cavalry in 1820, petitioning to he reinstated, alleging his ser•
•ices in the Peninsular war, in which be was severely wounded;
adding, that be Is naturalising...4 Parried in Portugal, and that he
holds no commission in tial4lolll service, her Royal klighnese
grants his petition, aid iiiiintes him as Captain on the Staff of
Jibe. Arcot. a .11 rt.:
This being the anniversary of the birth-day of the
Princess _Revak the whole Court, and a great number
of persons of distinction, went to Albuotreirs to coin•
pliment her Highness on this happy occasion, and
with the greater pleasure, on account of the rapid im•
provesient of her Highness's health. The colours
were hoisted on all the forts and men of war in the
harbour, and the customary salutes fired.
To solemnize the day, the British troops, under the,
commana of their worthy General, Sir W. Clinton;
proceeded to Alfanobeira, and having obtained her,
Highness's permission, filed off in the fineß order iti;
front of her Highness's residence.

FRENCH PAPERS. •

PROM LI CONSTITUTIONNEL.

CAWZ, JULY 5.
, The Governor of Gibraltar has refused to admit pri-
Vateers ISouth Americans) into the bay. That, however,
is not consideted enough ; for it is wished that he should
pro!ribit the embarkation of provi.ions and military
stores from the place, which cettain individuals supply
to the privateers.
The Spanish ship The sweet name of Jesus, Captain
Emanual Echezur ia, bound to Mundaca, has been taken
and burnt near Santander, by the Colombia privateer
General Armario; the Spanishrrew were sent to Mun-
daca, %here they are under quarantine. Within these
few days this privateer has mask a great number of
prizes; she is the terror of our mercantile navy, and the
ruin of our commerce.

MADRID. Jima ,
The day before yesierday the Doke of San Carlos
had a private. audience of his Majesty.
The Doke de Villa Hermosa has received the Order
of the Golden Fleece, as a reward for his services as our
Ambassador at Paris.

The rumours respecting the evacuation of Cadiz and
Barcelona still continue to circulate.

A trifling occurrence, in which oar Government is
undoubtedly altogether innocent, yet which, neverthe-
less, will not fail to cause it much annoyance, forms at
the present moment the subject of much remark in our
diplomatic circles. The facts are these:
A depot of Portuguese refugees, consisting of a
Brigadier, a Colonel, and eight other Officers, and
about 70 soldiers, lately received an order to march
from Riga, where these troops were assembled, to two
small villages between Salamanca and Navaredona
(Old Castile), in each of which the half of this small
depot. that is, 35 soldiers, four subalterns, and a supe-
rior Officer, were to remain ih garrison. At the place
where the troop was to separate into two parties, it
found horses, arms, and two Spanish Officers, who led
it into Portugal, where it proclaimed the Infant Don
Miguel, and committed some excesses in three or four
villages, after which it again sought refuge in Spain,
on the fourth day of this glorious expedition. Coin-
plainis on the subject were immediately addressed to
our Government by that of Portugal."
A curious account has just been published. It is of
the subscriptions made by the different religious com•
munities, by the corporations, ecclesiastical as well as
civil, by the different municipalities of the kingdom,
and by several private individuals, for the organization,
equipment, and support of the Royalist volunteers of
Ithe kingdom, from the end of the year 1823 to that of
1826. The sum of the whole, including the expenses
of religious ceremonies, the blessing of banners, and
other casual charges, amounts to 119,000,000 of reals
(31,535,000 francs). At present the taxes impos si on
every kind of provisions, crops, nierchandizes, and im-
portations, for the support of the Royalist volunteers,
has arisen to two-thirds of the ordinary contributions;
and it is remarked that all the villages which have no
Royalist volunteers pay as much of the contributions as
those which have.

Some Journal,
the news which
specting the affairs
our duty to inform
ceive from Madrid
'the alarms conceive
The hope of Europe.
lions which will Insure
not be disappointed.
have dime. to foretel
that may be made.
news published
thing that they
peace and order . ingdonss
sula have reciprocall. .1 ranteed
HAM BORG

ST. PETERSBURCSHi JULY 4.
In consequence of the testimony givrn by General
Paskewitsch to the fidelity and zeal of Colonel Sultan
Allhoult, Khan of Elisosty in 1826, dur ingthe it tuptiou
of the Persians into iheMussolman Provinces connected
with Rupia, by which conduct he maintained tianqrsil-
lity in his possessions in the midst of the Lesghees and
the inhabitants of She'd, who had resoled, the Em-
peror has been pleased to appoint him Kn•ght of the
Order of St. Anne of the Second Class, and tir give him
the insignia in diamonds.
On the 7th May a caravan of 106 camels, lowed
with cotton yam and other goods, from Bulchatia, ar-
rived at Trostzky.
NEWS FROM THR ARMY IR ORORGTA.

Upon information that Hassan Khan was on Oa
right bank of the Arazes wilt some cavalry, opposias
a convenient ford, and that he hiudeied the inhabitants
of the left hank from teturning to their villages, Gen.
lienkendotir a,lvanced, on the 6th Joni, from Ytchm;ad•
aim towards Sandar Abad, with a battalion of the 400
Regiment of Chasseurs, 100 men of the Regiment of
Grentkdiers of Georgia, two pieces of cannon, and 950
Cossacks.

On the Bth, at five in the morning, he arrived at the
village of Feuda, one werst horn the Arazes. By the
imports of the Armenians, Hassan Khan had lately been
lin that village witb his caealry. SOO infantry, and three
pieces of cannon, but had hastily left it at day-break,
and gone further down the river. The Armenians also
declared, that the inh,abitants were in the mountains, at
least BO wersts from the bank of the river. G-nratal
Benkendorff, desiring to ascertain the enemy's force,
undertook to reconnoitre in person, and leaving the
Chasseurs and the cannon on the left bank, he crossed
the A.razes wifh the 100 titaiiieuts and the Cossacks.—
Two werst; from the river, he occupied the village of
Khan Mamat, and ordered Major Verbitsky, command.
iog the 4th regiment of Cossacks of the Black S.a, so
observe the enemy, with SOO Cossacks. Yielding to the
solicitations of that Officer, Gen. Berikendorif rmitted
him to attack the Persians, who had approached to the
number of 200 men, but he enjoined him to be very
,circumspect not to separate from the detachment; and
he at the same time gave coders to Colonel Karpoff to
hold himself in readiness with the test of the Cossack.
When he learned that Vet bitrky was advancing, he sent
Colonel Karpoff to support him. The enemy retreated
towards the mountains, pa,sing before the village of
Kassim Dijon, and drew theCnslacks into strong ground,
intersected by ravines, where Major V. led away by hie
bravery, fell upon the Persians, and had nearly bro,k tn.
the right wing, when a considerable quantity of cavalry,.
which bad lain in ambush, took the Cossacks in the
flank. In this attack Major Verbitaky and Cap,ain
Ouschakoff, of the regiment of Karpoff, were
The Cossacks defended themselves bravely, but deprive,'
of their Commander, and overpowered by numbers,
they were obliged to fall back. The arrival of Colonel
Karpoff stopped the pursuit of the Persians, and obliged
them to retreat towards the mountain,.

Besides the two Officers, the Cossacks lost 102 mend
The enemy lost above 200 men. including ten Meets,
whose horses were taken by the Cossacks.

ORENBURG, Jurxr 6.

Mirhaidar Khan, of Great Bakkania. having died last
year, M. Hussein, his eldest son, succeeded him; butt he
dying, after a reign of four months, Owner, the thri d
son of Mirhaidar, seized on the reins of Government.
contrary to the tights of Barzyr, the second brother, the
legitimate heir to the throne. Bntzyr Khan assembled
Ihis partisans, took several towns. and besieged the
capital. where Owner held out for two months ; but
being in danger of famine, he was obliged to leave the
capital and the Government to his brother Batayr, who
was acknowledged by all the inhabitants of Bukharia.
It is said that the new Khan is already preparing troops
to march against Tasilkerit.—Joarrnal of St. Petersham:ls.

BRESLAU. Joix la.

On the 2d of June, the of Prince Hohenlobe.
st Schlaivensitz, was struck by lightning, which-re-
duced that fine building to ashes, and though every
'exertion was made to save the furniture, some valuable
paintings in the upper storks were burnt.

Letters and parer from Newfoundland have been re-
ceived to the 29,h ult. The greatr•st escrsses are said
.to have been committed by the English residents on the
persons and property of the French fishers, on the fish-
ing grounds, where the latter have lately increased in
numbers, and are reported to have seriously interfered
with the English trade. Remonstrances on this subject
were immediately forwarded by the parties aggrieved
to Governor Cochrane, who issued a preclamir da-
ted the 6th of June, directing that all persons accused
of attacking these fishers on what is termed the F en, b
Coast, shall immediately be sent to Sr. John's for
trial.
rhese outrages seem to be of a disgraceful nature. The
iggressors beat the fishers in the most cruel manner,
i red their huts, and robbed them of their pros erty. The
.sod Fishery had begun under,favnarable prospects.

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the boulevards so loud as to disturb those who- were .
near. lie was condemned to 15 days' imprisonment,
and costs.
Tie Tribunal of First Instance (first Chamber) heard •
,a,,,d to-day the reply of M. albeit Boucher, in the affair of -
ived
Franceschetti against the widow and heirs of Murat.—
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PARIS, Juts W. •
Some Journals receive with tar to, much readiness , 1 i
z do the news which offictous correspondents send them re. ;
spectiag the affairs i f the Peninsula. We feel it to be • i
Ptah/ our duty to inform their readers, that the letters ss ere.
' ."' ceive from Madrid and Lisbon are far from justifying
'l4 the alarms conceived or propagated by those .I:turnal.-.
at he The hope of Europe, in the wisdom of the determina•
bne Lions which will insure the *pose of the Peninsula, will
aff d s.
disappointed. We: shall not venture, as some not be d I
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have clime, to foretel of tO indicate. the arrangements
the that may be made. But we can boldly contradict .the
ober news published by papers of various opinioss, in every
win. thing that they may state contrary tb the just hopes of
and l' i 1
peace and order which the two kingdoms of the Perrin. t
sula have reciprocally.guaranteed to each other. I'
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The Algenteine Zeiteng, which reached us thii morn• '
log, to the 17th, contains intelligence from Odessa of
the 2d instant, which is particularly interesting at this
moment. It states, that in consequence of orders from
St: Petersburgh, the Black Sea Fleet was to be got im-
mediately ready for sea. Since the receipt of the
orders, workmen were employed night and day in
fitting 'out three ships of the line, and several
frigates; and it• was expected that the preparation
would be completed in a few days. It is added
that these measures had revived the hopes of the
Greeks; and, as a specimen of the vigour and ale.
crity, with which Russia means to interfere in behalf
of that people, it must be allowed that they are unques-
tionable. As the Porte, however, will scarcely have the
complaisance to suffer the Russians to pass through
the Bosphorus, they will probably confine their
movements to the Black Sea, where they will serve
to give great effect to the negociations in fa-
your of Greece. With a formidable fleet it the
mouth of the Dardanelles, and this squadron at the en-
trance of the Bosphorus, it would be in their power,
should the SULTAN try to evade their demands, to
impose upon him in a very short time any terms they
pleased, by merely cutting off the supplies which the
capital is in the habit of receiving from the Black Sea
and Mediterranean. It will not be necessary, therefore,
to fire a gun, or to commit a single act of hostility be-
yond that of instituting a sttict blockade of the two
outlets, by which Constantinople can alone commu-
nicate with those seas, to compel the Ottoman Go-
veroment to make the desired concessions ; and it
*ill be seen by the Articles of the late Treaty, that it is
the intention too if the three Powers to use only the mildest
coercive means at first. Should the Russians, lrowever,de.
mend a passage for their Black Sea fleet through the
Bosphorus, and receive a peremptory refusal, we are
not prepared to say what might be the results, though
we ate aware that they could not force their way through
were they rash enough to make the attempt, as that
channel extends seven or eight leagues from the mouth
of the Black Sea before it reaches the Turkish capital,
and is
,besides lined with formidable batteries on both
sides. However, we would not answer for this for-
bearance in inch a supposition as we have just men-
tioned ; and unless the three Powers carry their point
immediarely,which we think very probable,there is every
season to apprehend, that this long existing jealousy
between Russia and the Porte will ultimately break
out into an open rupture. It is, however, our firm opi-
nion at present, that this most important question will
be settled to the satisfaction of the friends of Greece
and humanity, without any necessity of resorting to
stronger measures than those now contemplated by
the Allies.

We also received this morning Hamburgh Papers to
the 21st, and have searched their columns in vain for
some information, respecting Admiral SINIAVIN'S fleet,
which sailed from Cronstadt on the 22d ult. This
mystery is rather alarming, particularly as an article
under the head of Stockholm, 13th July, expresses
some apprehensions for its safety, in consequence of
a storm from the south-west, which raged for the
three previous days, and had done great damage on the
Swedish coast, particularly in the neighbourhood of
tJptal. Also, the gardens and fields near Stockholm
had gropsiyouffered from its violeace ; And it is possible
that dm Russian fleet has been drivenback, if it has not
met with a gteater casualty.
According to accounts from Gottenburg, the crops
have notitaen so promising for half a century, as they
are this year. This has induced the Swe4lish Govern.

lent to teral its proclamation of the 20th ult. by 141;0,1
the high import &ties on foreign corn were to be taken I
off after the 16th inst. However, the Argus, which it
published at Stockholm, denounces it as an unwise Pro-
ceeding. and calculated to raise the prices so mhch, that
it will be equivalent to an absolute prohibition. We find
from the same accounts that Count LowtuJaat.sr, late
Swedish Minister at Constantinople has been appointed
Ambassador to the Court of Austria.

The Stockholm Gazette of the 13th instant

the following Notice, in French: .
" The Charge d'Affaires of Simla to the Swedish Court invites
the subjects of his Catholic Majesty, who, out of fidelity to their
legitimate Sovereign, and to avoid the horrors of the Itevoldtion,
have emigrated from Spanish America, and may have ion& refuge
in Sweden and Norway. to appear at his residence, or to tend him
their directions, that he may make to them a communication In
which they are interested."
Them are accounts in these Papers from Copenhagen
to the 15th, but they are likewise silent on the sub-

ject of the Russian fleet. They contain, however, a
piece of intelligence, which will furnish some occupa-
tion to the learned, as it states that seventeen silver coins,
with Chaldean or Syriac characters, have been found in
a state of excellent preservition in a peat moor near
Soiider Kirkeby, near Edster.

We received last night the Paris Papers of Sa-
turday in doe course, from which extracts will be found
in a preceding column ; and this morning the Gaulle de
France, of a day later. The latter states that the French
Ambassador at Constantinople had two conferences
with the Reis EFFENDI on the subject of the hostile
conduct manifested by the Dcv of Axotaas towards
France, and that the Rats EFFENDI promised, in the
name of the Porte, to use its authority to induce the
Div to give all due satilfactiots.

Gibraltar (Aro:ticks of the 2J inst. have been received-
Sir J. Dort, the Lieutenant-Governor, had held a Mu et-,
lag of the inhabitants of the town on the 2211 ult. to
concert measures for the preservation of the health of
the inhabitants and garrison during the approaching
hot months, and issued a Proclamation on the 29th,
making public the regulations made on this occa,ion,
particularly dividing the town.into distticts, with Medi-
cal Office's and Police in each, to watch any tendency
'to disease.—Accounts from Gibraltar, dated June 26.
state, that the French brig Jean Baptiste had arrived
at that port from Monte Video, after a passafe of 55
days. She brought the intelligence that the Esovernor
of Mata Groso, authorized by the Emperor Don Pedro,
had concluded a Convention with the Commandant of
the troops of Paraguay. and that, in consequence of this
measure, the troops had entirely evacuated the Brazi-
Stu territgry.
. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
pepartment, from Licut.General Sir G.L CoLa, G.C.B.
at the MauritiUs; and from Lieutenant General Sir E.
BARNES, K.C.B. at Ceylon.
The Earl of CARLISLE and Mr. TIZRNET transacted
business yestertlay with Mr. Casino's's private Secretary.
Viscount PALM 211STON, the S•cretary at War, and
Sir Hilmar Tartan, had interviews with Viscount Gooaescer,
yesterday, at the Colonial Office. •
The Marquis of LANSDOMN came to town yesterday
eaarnitig, from his seat at Richmond. The noble Marquis was en-
mai at the Home Office, transacting official business.
• Lord C. SOMERSET transacted-business yesterday, at
OW Office of the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. .. . I
Viscount Pm-ragas-rota came to town yesterday.
The business of the Office of the Board cif Trade'
will be conducted by the Right Hon. C. GRANT, the Vice-Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade. during the absence of the President,
the Right Hon. W. Mealtime.
Mr. Srunogs Bovawt transacted business at the
Office of Woods sod Forests, in Whitehall place. yesterday.
The Countess of Mans:tau) gave an elegant de
illailif yesterday morning at her seat, Caen Wood, which was very
fashionably attended.
Lord DooLzy and %Vann entertained Prince and
Princess Limo and a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at
his house in Park-lane.
The Duke of GRAFTON, the Duchess of RUTLAND,
the Dowager Marchioness of Satassear, and Mr. and Lady Ca-
aoues PooLerr, had grand dinner parties on Sunday.
Lord BLOOMFIELD and suite are among the late at-
rivals at the Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dawson-street, Dublin.
While the Duke and Duchess of Sr. ALBANS were
at Leamington, the Duchess was ,very liberal of her money, and
frequently attended the Theatre, 'giving £lO each uight for her
admission—Worcester Herald.
In Mincing-lane yesterday, much business was done
in Sugar, Coffee, Nutmegs, Ike. Sugar may be quoted
full Is. per cwt. higher than on Friday last, and from
the great demand fur coffee and other articles, the pro-,
duce of the Colonies, a further advance is calculated
upon with confidence.
In a recent appeal before the House of Lords, the,
Red of &eon, in moving their Lordships to make an order la tiro
cue, mentioned some extraordinary instances of discrepancy be.
the Judges upon questions of law. " The late Lord Taus.
Low," said Lord Euro', " sent a question, at one time, for
the opinion of the Court of King's Bench, when Lord KOITOIII
VMS Chief Justice of that Court. Lord Kerstort returned an
answer to the question ; but it was so little sadsfactory to
Lord TNURLOW, that be sent it back to Lord Karroo,
with a request that it might be reconsidered. Lord Kew,
vow was somewhat surprised at such a proceeding; but be
did reconsider the subject, and the result was, that he gave
a second opinion directly opposite to the first. I muself,"
added the Noble Earl, a at one time requested the Court of King's
Bench to certify to MC their opinions as to the estate which a person
' took in some lands. The Court of King's Bench wets unanimous)y
of opinion that be took an estate in fee. I was not satisfied witk
this opinion, and I, therefore, sent the question to the Comer
Common Pleas, who were unanimously of opinion that betself..
no estate et all in the lands in question. Now, I was impertfinenti
enough to think that they were all wrong, nd I made an enter
directly opposite to the opinions of both Courts • and what is very
extraordinary, my decision satisfied all the parties conceived."
The Stafford.hile county rate has been reduced to one
penny in the pound!
A Paris Journal gives the following estimate of the
consumption of certain articles in England and France,
bay one million of inhabitants in each country:
In England. ID France. I In England. In France.
lbs. lbs. gals. Ph-
Sager .. 22,400,000 4,270,000 Wine... 110.0c0 23,700,000
Tea .. .. 1,137.000 6,500 Spirits.. 1,400,000 192,000
Coffee... 405,003 670,000 Beer.... 21,000,000 5,170,000
Tobacco 845,000 175,000
The usual Quarterly Meeting of the Corporation of
Dublin took place last week,at the City Assembly House,;
and was made remarkable by the refusal of the Freedom
to the Chief Secretary, Mr. LAMB. A motion for granting
this customary mark of respect to the Right Hun. Gentles
man was made and negatived, because he is friendly to
Catholic Emancipation. There is no precedent for a
proceeding of this description. Ewell person who has
held the situation to which the KING has been pleased
to appoint Mr. Lawn, received the freedom of the City.
It was not withheld even from Mr. GRAVT.

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UVISh IN FRANC& .4*
BOULOGSR sumulut, Nit? to„1
It is calculated that the nuiter of Brithh residents
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at this place, including the Irks"; who always tenni;
cute the greatest proportion, amounts to 'little more .
than one-third of what it did two yearrago. The pie.
sent number is about 800. This falling riff is owing
to several causes. A great part of the more respect-
able body of residents, with limited means, have gone
away, and have not yet been replaced, having accom-
plished the objects they had in view, by their sojourn
here, viz. economy, and education f r their children;
or they have been driven away by the high price of
houses, provisions, servants' wages, &c. Before the
English came here, there was scarcely a carpeted house
in Boulogne: these and other necessary appendages
to English comfort have been provided, and house rent'
has greatly increased in consequence of this, and also
from the facility with which exactions can at all times
be practised upon our countrymen in foreign parts. ;
Another cause which has operated against residence
here, and is greatly complained of still, via. the exorbi-
tant demands of the Mares grAgrimens, or masters
of ornamental brandies of education, which, in various
instances, have been mere• than quadrupled.— Add
to this, the various attempts to raise and keep up
the price of meat and other articles of Jiving, in
which, I am sorry to say, the French have, it is said;
been assisted by one or two English tradesmen settled
here. Meetings have been held by the British resi-
dents here, and resolutions passed, with the view of
opposing some of the evils abovementioned : the result
of which has been to bring down the price of meat
from 14 to 12 sous the pounJ. There is a camp at
St. Omei's, consisting of 20,000 men, which furnishes
a plausible excuse for the high price of flesh meat in
this neighbourhood, although St. Orner's is more than
30 miles distant. Wine is reasonable in price: but
• such is the tact and gout of many of the English who
come here, that they will not drink wine -unless they
pay two or three franks a bottle for it at the least. In
order, therefore, to accommodate them in this respect,
the wine merchants and hotel keepers are often induced
to charge them from 130 to 300 per cent. for wine,
which would not be otherwise drinkable by such ama-

ten's. Boulogne, notwithstanding the attractions of
Capecure, is now very dull—even the Chevaliers si7n-
dastrie do not seem to muster so strong as usual,
having probably moved to a more profitable field.—
The monotony of the place was, however, broktn lately
by an Englishman, of the name of Skipper, a native
of Norwich, a pedestrian, who undertook to walk 100
miles in 20 successive hours. For this feat, a space
was marked out inside the ramparts of the Upper
Town. He commenced this arduous task at midnight,
on the 16th, and finished at forty minutes past seven
in the evening of the 17th in great style, notwithstand•
ing the countervailing disadvantages of sultry weather,
and a sprain io• one of his ancles caused by treading on
a stone in the dark. This poor fellow, in performing
this herculean labour, had no other hope of remud
than contributions chiefly from the British residents.
He is engaged to perform a pedestrian feat in the Bois
de Bologne, at Paris, in a :loft time, via. to walk
1000 miles in 1000 successive half hours. Amongst
the company now at this place, are the following—
Lord and Lady Ventry, Lord Semple, the Hon. Alex.
Ander Cordon ; the Hon. Dean Fansonby ; Generals
Hawker, Shaw, Montholon, Sir James Lake; Lady
Chalmers ; Messrs. Fermor, Richard Martin,'Esq. M.P.
Colonel Hawker, Major Stone, Captain Mayne, Mr.
Tarlton, &c. Sir Jonah Barrington has removed to
Paris, whet e he has taken up his permanent residence.

Friday, died at White Waltham, Col. KEARNEY, one
of his 1114jtsty's Justices of the Peace for the county of
Berks. Cul. KEA RNRY was the son of the Rev. JOHN
KEARNEY, D.D. a dignitary of the Church in Leland,
by Hewnirrra, daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Dr.
BRYDGES, only brOther of JAM &S. first Duke of Chandos.
He-entered the army at the early age of 15 years, aid
was at the siege of Gibraltar while Lord . ELLIOT ras
the Governor. Col. KEARNEY married first AUGUSTA,
daughter. of HENRY, second Duke of Chandos; and,
secondly, ANN, only child of JOSEPU BANKS, El. Chan-
cellor ofiaYotk, a near relation of the late Sir JOIALPH
lianas, Esq.
Yesterday a Meeting of the Friends of Mr. HAYDON,
the Artist, at present confined in the King's Bench
Filson, was held at the Freemasons Tavern, Lord.
FRANCIS Levisort Gowen. in the Chair. A statement
Of Mr. HATRON'S debts, &c. was read. from which it
appeared he owed 17671. Ind that the only thing be
had to meet them, was the unfinished' picture of
44 Endes," which was calculated to be' worth, whin
completed, 5251. A series of Resolutions were pro-
posed and adopted. The object was.. for raising, a
Subsctiption to relieve him from his difficulties, and
Trustees for that purpose were appointed. A subscrip-
tion of 501. from the Doke of BRDFORD was acknow-
edged. and the Chairman subscribed 201.
Some malicious persons, last week, poisoned the fish
at Pansanger, Deft% the seat of Earl Coverts.
The late Dr. BARCLAY was a wit and a scholar, as
well as a very great physiologist. When a happy illustratifm. or
even a point of pretty bread humour, occurred to his mind, be he.
sitated not to apply it to the subject in hand ; and In this way be
frequently roused and rivetted attention, when more abstract reason-
ing might have failed of Its aim. On one occasion he happened. to
dine with a large patty, composed chiefly of medical men. As the
, wine cop circulated, the conversation accidentally took a professional
, turn, and from the excitation of the moment, or some other cause,
, two of the youngest individuals prevent were the most forward to
delivering their opinions. Sir Janes 31*Iirroset once told a pond
• cal opponent that so far from following his example of using hard
words and soft arguments, he would pass, if possible, into the oppo-
, site extreme, and use soft words and hard arguments. .But our un-
fledged hi. D.'s disregarded the above salutary maxims and made
up in loudness what they want in learning. " At length, use of them
' said something so emphatic—we mean as to manner—that a pointer
dog started from his lair beneath the table and bere-ssow-swiwed so
fiercely, that be fairly took the lead in the discussion. Dr. Barret-air
eyed the hairy dialectician, and thinking it high time to close the de-
' bate, gave the animal a hearty push with his foot, and exclaimed in
broad Scotch--" Lie still, ye brute • for I am sure ye ken just a.
little about it wetly &them." We 'need hardly add, that this *Ali
vras.foliewed by a hearty burst of laughter, in wltich even the dispu
tants pod humouredly joined.—Mirror.

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