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iftEfi>irm,iCAnr. FREDERICK H. KELL. CITY VniNTKR- Daily Paper.. eight ilollnrs per annum. OottUiJ Papar..-.'.....«ix dollars per annum. PAYABLE II* ADVANCE. All Newt, awl New Advertisement! ap pear In tiolli papers, - |U“ 11 nice in DioUson’s tlirce story **>ricK building, on llto Kay, near Ilia Ex* ' clufe-e, between Htjll and Drayton-streets’ SAVASTWAH. THURSDAY EVENING., Sept. 17. =f= The Untied States'sloup Florida,Lieut, Com. Tattnall, arrived at this port on Tuesday evening Iasi, from Norfulk-. She Is bound to the Tnrttigas Keys, oh' a sur rey. We .understand tpe United States' Government tun ordered a survey to lie inadeof those keys, In order to ascertain their usefulness in a naval point ol view— The harbor there, is said to be a vety fine one, capable of admitting the largest ships of the line, and to be perfectly secure from heavy winds. Tile proximity of these feejs to the Const of Cuba (being Iml 90 miles front Capo AntunioJ would render it a very desirable resort for our navy which is'engaged Id the suppression of piracy.— ~ ceplng a sufficient force at this place, (of naval atoras'and provisions, are shew himself, or be able he, rafter t i annoy cur commerce Korn their usual liatnitsi- ___ The following is a list of officers attaoh efl to the Florida J.ieut. Jnsialt Tattnall-, Commander. Lieut.—t. R. Gedney, . Passed Midshipmen—P. F. Cencdy am TV. Smith. "It Is not likoly’ that tho loan for tho Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will ho effect* cd lit London. One prevailing objection to it is, that the grent tide of internul- nav igation will be attracted so exclusively, to the great outlets at New Orleans'and New S k, as lo leave nothing to come from llhlo Canal or by Railway to tho Che sapeake. But another and still more for mldabie abilncle .to. the loan la, that it wants the unequivocal apd direct pledge ofthe Government of the United States for thcjtaynient of dividends and ultiinate.ra- imbursement of the principle. At .the matter stands, they have only made the property of the individuals dwolling in |the District of Colombia liable to seizure in case of non payment." A gentleman of litis city lias politely fa vored the.editors' of the American, with the annexed extract of alettes, dated ••Havana; August to, isao. . The Ppanish schooner, formerly the Mosque, of Baltimore; which. »ns ynnte time since secretly despatched by Govern ment/or the .purpose of communicating wi'h.the disaffeoted-party (a Mexico arriv ed to’ day. Such is\Slte apprelteitinn that no favorable understanding lias been en lered into, that nothing has as yet transpi red. . lam induced to betiqve that tliel-lx- pidilion will have to return without effect ing the object for which it wo* intended. Not long since the Brazilian, schooner Desert, from Rio de Janeim, with a-cargo of Jerked beef, entered this harbour.- As soon as Iter atrival-- «n reported to the Captain General, lie ordered th’- Brazilian national flag to be lowered, and nerer a- gain to lie displayed in tho port of Havana This rotated no little surprise, as tlie-ves- sri met.with no interruption in the business of Iter voyage.—Bull. Am. 10th inst. The temperature last night nnd this morysing is more that of November than September. A thermometer exposed to the op n air early this morning, -.Indicated 152—of Farenheit. Our citizens are flock and Midshipmen-—W,.- iTcWaWEt LATEST FROM EUROPE. By the ship Columbia, at New York from London, the editors of tho Journal of Contmeioehavo received London papers to the 81st July inclusive. Count Capo D'Istrias, President of .Greece, had. issued a.proelamation convo king the National Congress*at Argos on tile 18th July. ,, A Paris paper says, "Ir stems, that the Vum of 178,000,080' of francs, wlttclr has boon offered to the Spanish Government fqr the conquest of Mexico, Would he pro duced by a loan, to be made.by the ancient possessors of llitt country, who have been expelled frhm it. London, July 81—The crops ire every where promising, and the barns nnd gran aries, are pretty well cleared, so that the farmer may expect a good and brisk de mand. Spam nnd' .Vertco.—The London Cou rier of the it it, states that some gentle- man from the city,-lintl atr interview with Lord Aberdeen the dav previous,- on the subject ofthe invasion of Mexico by Spain. —“Lord Aberilecnauve the most satisfac tory assurance llinttne British government would like.tho most effectual measures within their- reach for the protection of British persons arid properly in-Mexico. It was suggested to Ills lordship that Great Britain having, two or three years since, intimated to Colombia'and Mexico, - when an expedition against Cuba was preparing, that’ the could net tee with indifference any attack upon that Island, it teemed to lie only reasonable tliat Spain should on her plirt he prevented from attacking Mexico and Colum'bia from t'ltba, to which Lord Ahetdeen replied, that the circumstances of this armament having bean fitted *oht from Cuba, materially'altered the position of affairs, under which the kind of prohibi tion alluded to’ltad been imposed on Mex ico arid Colombia, nnd that the Govern ment would not fell to trike into its eon- tlte Frotocol of tho SSd of March, as lie hail rejected all- tho other proposals made to him.'' '* • Tito object of llto corivcnlion of tho 41b of July Was to prevent a rupture between Russia and Turkey, that of the protocol of thettil March'is to effect an arrangement betweon England. France and lire Porto. The protoeoT will riot obtain Its object any better than the convention of the Oth uf Ju ly did. Meantime llto English Cabinet places no groat dependence oit f tlto new net- S ociations to re establish Ilia peace of the last. It appears to ho' preparing for oth er events; its naval force aiaUTpH an im posing-attitude in the Mediterranean. Al ready six ships of the line are in the roads of Smyrna, there are two miters at Malta,, two at Corfu,'and it is affirmed that l*y the - Iteginniug uf April-Jltere will be 18 assent bled in those‘seas. It may bo supposed that tills r.omudrirnfdc nrmmnotit Is not col lected to make the Sultan listen to reason. Undoubtedly the-Cabinet of London will do every tiling tint Inbreak Ate peace; bul if Constantinople were threatened, it is to bo presumed.that its fleet would not te- main a mere spectator of the capture ttftliat city. Vienna, July 18.—A roport It a* been spread- on' Change to-day, that the Prus sian-General Baron Mulling is sent lo Con- slanUnojile oir.an Extraordinary Mission. This being considered as an Indication of the intervention of Prussia to bring about peace, as a proof of the unanrmity of .the powers, nnd ofthe wish of Russia to pul.on •out! to the war, the Funds have risen:— We have no newt from the Theatre of war since the fail of Silistria, ; - LtsBpN.—Lisbon papers to July 18, had Been received.—'The Oporto Cortteo of the 8th Inst, contains a resolution of tho Trlbti nal for the trial'of 40 parsons, of '.whom C re under arrest, and 14 have fled. Those with are, at presepl'ihbre have five days al lowed them to prepare for their departure Ol the 14 who are absent, five were form eriy colonels, three lieutenant colonels,five majors, and one captain. . .-. ' A'iort of Insurrection o'ftlie raditary' at' St. Alicliael’s had taken place.. Cotnrnu sliicration the new position in which »f- Itiicatlori wiih'-Tcrcrira has probably .con -Taylor.- winter supplies, and putting on" winter jesty the Empresslwas celebrated as usual ... * mm m a /t.l • a I I. J!..1 m a am .... a a and aaaatle AMa.M dansAis. tributed to this explosions but it is not stn . tefl that the troops had proclaimed Donna before yesterdayfilto blrtHdav-oflter Ma-1 Maria. lass,, at.CI.MnvAua^-aBfaa Anlnb.ntoil aa tseiinl fat rtdrad consequently became placed. v>- St. Petersbitrgh; July 15.— 1 The day the Turks. Tlioro oppoars still lo'bo sonic difficulties in oxislottco respecting the set- tlctnc'iif ol Greece; but'it is expected tltoal lied pot*pM'tHII make such — the subject tis will bo most reposo of Europe. . _ , Business In England remains in a very' dull and unsettled slate, chiefly owing to the waut of confidence. Tho transactions' are very limited, and prices nominal. The sales which have taken place have been chiefly upon goods forced upon the indrltet by no'cessity,and of course unsteady guide. '.Photo wlto are not compelled to iiitiko Wcs'are Inclined to keep tiio stuck iltey Itavo prr hand, and wnlt future prices. This refets to Ratio in general. Constantinople, June 48.—(From a pri vate letter.) A ganernrinlijeot of oonver salion lit lint suburb of Peru, ie the very ex- tratmlinary liontir with which thS notv Bri; Irish Minister (Sir Robert Uqritmijfls re ceived by the gnvorntnorit. undoubtedly Count Guillominot lias not been seen with less satiric! tin; Htft lie lias boon received nnd treated tike n’ri old friond, yvluUfo up; rightness is well known', nitd who Is esteem' etl for his private character, though lltore tnav lie some distrust respectingthe inten tions of tlie tiiinisters tvlto sent It'in.— Whereas, the gsuecessor of Mr. Stratford Canning, is a' new friend wlto must be gained, and "ltd conies with; claims to tits favorable opinlotijoFtlie Turkish gov ernment, for ho has already ondcpvour; ed to repress, in flip nature of Itis Qov- ernmetit, the pretciisions of the nnw-Greek States. This partiality Tor. the English Ambassador was observed ilia Very day af ter bis landing. " Smyrna, June, 10—There tvas, never more pet feet tranquility in the capital lliair ai this moment and tlte sanWTsliuppily the case at litis plncc All kinds of provision^ are plantifnl Itere and reasonable. I pay less thrift a penny a pound for yefy - good. Iiecf,and'Vegetables of a I sorts are so cheap' that it isaurprising.how they can possibly lie sold tot such prices.—Bread is' vkyttan-, 'able, and it'l* expected to bo still lower, eg there is abiindaiice of grain of all ktndt here, and they continue to bring more from from Malta of June 17, say,that I the Pacha ofEgylif bad officially notified A.' Akk t H .......t, u,aAI,I In floorfee wtipUtf^Jtho oau uf T . .'expected the til- Jllliotioo! wa", inviemdauho'oTd'7)"•f'l arraiigeinentson. antf.semcncM to trattsporlatlon fu?i»| conductive to, tlto cloven, ouires of common wrltl'; ^ was roriderod more moinnrablo by tha vl’l pnrtuitity ttltlolt it gave Junius to i'iL ; llto Integrity of Lord Mansfield, «i,-fl| supposed to haye crro.l in adtnl tlilt-51 .tAji nncc.rtote is lolMccl of vj Wltlolt shows, in a .striking manner 1 ft naturnl depravity,of.tfto Itltumif-lieart -'.il may helpjo.acconnt for the meann«. property, made hi, will in favg, p f a man who waa fitsinUinaio friend,ant) cSXi milled it, unknown fo lhe rott of ti,„ t 'I ly. totlto ct.tody of tho a.vltte, Itavln. .i'.IyWI _ y t not long before hla ileuth,iiavinV,Vte«a , r mind with rnirat-ri , n .1.. a, * Wll mind with regard to tUo,dl,p! ) ,,| ' f 4 fi wealth, lie made another will, t; u t.t t. I loft the clergyman only ^500, loavins', 'I bulk of Itis large property . t0 »» • 1 ' I nephew nnd his |iolr-,it-ln«, Sir p v “’| Soon after llto old gentleman's daithbJ Eyre, rummaging ovot Itis dratr M , V, this last Will, and poroeivinj; the £500 in it for tho ctetgyi D nii, 11 hnsllatlon at scruple of coiiscir Uc , into ilia flre.'und took -.pniie.,|., p 'ft whole cfleets, in ooiiscqucnceoth,, L , t being supposefflo ntu intestate. t; u , 4 L gytnan.eQi.tlng to tmvp , ? „ n „ ftf *s I quirittginto the ciicitntjtancos 0 r l.t, I“ll fritud’s death, usketl if ltd bod mult- ,, 1 before lie died. . On bejpg t p>ncred 1.1b I Eyn- in the negatlvdl the eler ’ 1 I coollv put Ilia baud in Itis pocket antfC 1 oil out the format will,which find been™ ■ irtifted to Ins care, in which Mr. jy yre ."J bequeathed him the whole of ItisI amoiiiitinglo several thousand poulnlt cepihifi a legacy of £300 10 1,|, lleph( ;“ 1 T’he'.tJtnnagets of the Now York p llk Tlt*alre Iteve resorted, it is said, i 0 , ,u They have succeeded jn renting ,||, tel ,°» h r r ' h4 ,* ,^e, ' apd haye drierntiiitcl ibtl thcy shalPrcmaln closed,s or at loan he* liked, for dramatic purposes. TheP.ill will therefore be the only theatre ouen-J , By a statement in the last Milledgevilla Journal we find that, with-a very few ex ceptions, no reports from the commission- «rs of academies and the trustees of the poor school fund, have been'made, agreeably to Imc, to the legislature at lhe last session.— We find besides (says the Edifof of the journal) that that funds have, in several in- gtanees, been misspelled,', retained by. the -individdals who drew them from the trea sury, or loaned oifr at interest, perhaps nev er to be recovered. To November 45-' IBM, the sum of 160.644, has been drawn from the treasury for county acade mies, and the sum of g46.41f, for poor eehools, making a total of (107,054. Such • large sum of money, properly and judi clonsly applied, < ottld have been of vast benefit to the rHizci.s and to the rising-gen* er-Uion. But fmm the manner it Ins beep expended, very little good has been prndu Cpd.Most oftlte academics are in a wretch et) condition, and the poor schools worse than useless, by the niismattagemen' of those w|)b have hitheito had their tuperln* tendence. It is, therefore the bottnden du ty of the next legislature, to devise some fystem, by which the funds appropriated for academies and poor schools', may ac complish tit* objects for which the people contribute annually towards the raising of thrte funds; clothing.—N. Y. American Bth liter. (treat racking match and unprecedent speed.—Yesterday afternoon, at Half past 1 o’clock, a face was run on the Long Isl and Conraes By, the celebrated horses, Bowery Boy and Stranger;- Thq distance was two miles nnd.repeat. ’ The first heat w-as'racked in 5 mimitas 7 seconds. Both heats were won hr Bowery Boy—the first large bmlwt of Turks, who ha with easeVand the last by a>short distance, in the deflle-of Poflor. -The At a fotmet race. Stranger was the win- * ~ -- • - 1 - - • niogltors*.—IT F- Gaz. bthihst. Tlie Dull 7Ws—The dnlineis of the by divine service, and with’ every demon stration of public respect-mid attachment. Tltegeneial pleasure was greatly-heighten ed by the arrival ofthe nows ofthe Inking ofSilistrla. . At the same time with this welcome intelligence, news arrived from Tifiis-of a new victory gained on th4 I4th ult Jty the united detachments- of A|aj6r Generals'SltirawicCow and Burzow,- oyer had assembled .. lie -enemy lost theirriclt camp(wltich wastakeo’by storm) a large quaptityof ammunition and provi sions, 466 prisoners,.fiv.e itandards, and all their artilleiy, The Tltrksf whoso force It is reported rind credited (hat accounts are jn town-:of the government of France Itiv- ing-mntnged with the Bank of Paris 'fora loan or50 millions of francs—30 millions to lie paid In, and jp-wlirintCallodTor;- The London Cottfier of 80th July, af ter having on several provlous day# denied that there was any foundation fot tha iu mours of difficulties, embarrassments^ or probable changes,"ituhe British Gabinet, thus categbrtcally disposes of th^ matter: “We again say that every thing stated respecting offices to individuals, dismissals from office, arrahgementa, and the frequent importunate applications ms.de by' tho tft the Consuls, that no forelgner'wonld in the prlceWadmlision hgCTSSKI gypt, utiles* ih.olilrate; V. • “"I uttrantee of tlto Consul - The Lohilrin Cptirierqf the Slat, lays:— ^future bn suffoied'ttriaqd in Egypt, uttlesT of times Is a constant topic ofcnnveisatinn.— amounted 15,000 men, lost 1*06 tit-killed Duke of Wellington to imiiyjdr indeed to ... . . * ■ • I ...1 .AaJ ln<a la amall r lM.« 1 ..F .a n lain 1,1. A .1 We hear of it at evesy corner and seo iu and wounded, Ottr loss. Is small. The m * WWW* . C I rlatnila tnf this anusAs s» tsnrilrstnus —Pntirst effects in every eoontenance The state of details of.thia actioh are notknow.-Count . - f . _ L J > 4- she - .s I Va«k«w\icMt WM Mill at Kate, hut ivAtnio. comrueree abroad is much the tame as at home. Here we hear of failures and ru mors qf, failures. - Vet Hie banks nre said to have plenty of money, nnd interest is. not high.. Tiie want of confidence is too apparent in ms walks of,commence at -the present moment. This has, arisen from the disasters In trade, growing out nf, the Intrrminate diseiissions on commercial leg islation.—N- Y. Courier 8 tAtnif. Neut Cotton.—Tlffea wagon loads ol Upland Cotton, in all 10 bales, arrived in town fast Sunday from Barnwell District severally from the Plantations of-Nash Roach Esq. Dr. J. S. Bellinger; and Mrs. Pinckney. The qiblity- from good to prime. A part of it hat.beqn already-ship ped to New York.—Ch. Pat. IStA irat. Mail Bobbery—The Belfast Jonrnal re- [fates that on Monday last, a young man Paskewhsclt was still at Kars, but waspre- paring to attack the Seraskier himself,who witlr-an ntmy-of-fifiy thousand men is a- bout 60 worsts (forty miles) from that for tress. - ' b . Lonpor, July 81, evening.—The con tents of the continentnl journals receved this morning lend us to expect some vet y important accounts from the theatre of wat in the east, and that, ton, perhaps, befote many hours haveelapsed; for.notwithstnnd- ing the rumored negociations of peace, which, by the way, are not so plentiful as tliosr vserff a faw days ago;' there appears to be neither sleep nor slumber^ nor- relaxa tion of activity, in the respective armies of the belligerents v'irideed.'iris not- Impro bable that the standard'of the prophet hss been already unfurled on theplainsof Ad- (ianopM^witlt what result a few days will inform us. »■ ■ jv, . • The acroont; J from < odesse,' which are to the' 8th tnst. stote that,; according to AVeitnaeia,and(sayslheCharlestonMer- jamined and committed to Castine Jail, to cpry) tliat a Synod 6f the Catholic Bishop/ take his trial at the U. S. Circuit Court af • ' * IU!.. nael mnttlk IsaImw . named William Butler, waa anested, e*4| 4 |, e latest advicos front Maraschrtliat Geu. Gaunt Pahlen had -penetrated to. Silario ofthe United States,- will be convened in Wiseasset next month. Heine unable to give | bail in the sum of *1000. It is believed Baltimoieon tbf 15th rtf tHe present month. I |, e gained:access to the Mail key in the This will be the first of the kind evet as- spmhled in this country. The Milledgevtlle Recorder ol Saturday last says—“iVe are sorry to learn that the expectation so genetai a fetv weeks'ago. of plentiful cropf of cotton being made lo this State the present year are not likely to he realized. The number of pods ara* not in proportion to the growth of the plant, but this is a small evil compared to the depre- stations of a worm, which is very destruc tive in many neighborhoods, eating the farms and young bolls, and perforating the Post Office by falee keys, which enabled him to ransack the malls. The Postmas ter in Portland informed the Post-Mas ter at Belfast that depredations had been committed, and steps were'-laken which it ] is belist’ed~have detected the. offender. Boston Patriot, 7th inst. Cabinet Literature—TMt Lethe -title of some paragraph* which have Kteiyrtppear- ed in the Now York Daily Advertiser.— Thrir object is to-'bring into contempt the public functionaries aeWashingtnn, for the supposed absence of tnose acquisitions of which It is deemed almost disgraceful in those raised to puhlie trusts io bo destitute. In one word, the Editor of die New York ' " •• «. ■, „ i in one worn, tue btutor nitne new York Tffrge ones,so is to prevent their maturing.” „j,h'e, to show the wqriil-, and^ Ijy Mr. David Cbocket has been re-eleet- ■ cd a tnemlier of Congress from the NintH gplstrict ofitie State oFTennessee,' by a majority of upwards of 8,000 votes! consequence, disparage his country, that those •> ho at present administer the Nation al tffaira cannot writs their.natile language with'rommon correctness..’’Is this a faff The Philadelphia Gazette of the 7th ipst. atates that a gentleman whoresjdesin the neighborhood of that city,.,lias sold daring the present season, a flock of one hundred' and eighty full blooded merino sheep, for the sum of 450 dollars. .In the Rock, were 100 ewes, aud 50 lamb*. The same gentleman in. 1817, received SO'dollars a head for a flock ofvheep 90 in Humber, which' were no way superior-to those h*|hds sold thistyear at'the irate of l dollar 88 cents a head. Canal Toils.—The New York'.papers jtrfWin'u'wbat the tolls on the Erie Canal, tlp'to the first'hf the present month, are laid to have falleu .short SI00,000 of the amount received* to the' same period last year. 'The lateness of the opening of the canal this year is said to be the cause at this deficiency! A London correspondent of the New YorWourual of Commerce, under- dgre of .July SSd, says that the story that Mr..Rusli - accompanied by a number of American!, had bad ah interview with the Duke of . lYellington on the subject of Hie North Easturttbotindary of tlte United States,— -.vis nbitrue. On the subject ofthe present N hiisilon of Air. Rush to England, the lame Yyitif says :— repiescntaTionr-and, if fair, is it patriotic? But, where it the evidence of this, igno rance on the part of the CabiSei 7 -Are the letWrravh’iciV h^ye occasionally found their way intothe papers, anil not intended' for tho public eye,-to be received as testimony on litis dointt Why not wait, at least, un til the 'different departments have, made fotmal commttnicatiiins. which bearing the stamp of office, shall, cl, mopstra'le -whether or not those wlto fill phem era able to ex- p ess themselves clearly and correctly. Is ft not'Obyious, that if what falls from the pen in an ttnfireparad casual manner is ex- posed to tlto scrutiny with which the New York editor woulcf'vi?i(every, papet bear itig the signature of a (fitblic man, fed- emi- netit persons invested willt.office would es cape the'penalties of just criticism? - But,'why is the Editor in question so eagle-eyed, with regard to the members of the present Cabinet,—and why was he so blind lo the slip* of composition into which those fell who iately admmistared ottr Na- tinnsii affairs 1 .VVasM/YAilams a model of style in the composition of those publie papers which he,from time to lime,' sent forth from office ? is Mr.-Clay to be re ceived at a standard in this respect ;- Did Aly, Rush,.ip his reports, evince that pro priety of manner which is fitting, in the preparation.of an Expose of the JNaiioyint Finances I—or, perhaps Mr, Barliour af forded, the exemplification of lhafistyle of public writing which' unites simplicity wjth' purity.—Charltstbn Patriot. ' The Rovai Academy ol History, of Spain, have clected-Robert Walsh, Jr. of Philadelphia, a corresponding member -of tlieir bodje. ' (we; suspect there must be a niiitake in the nameof this-place,) and Gen. Ptince Ala- datoff to the neighborhood of Aldos. The Russians were, consequently, sanguine in their expectations of being enabled to reach Adrianople before the termination of Abe present campa gn. The advices from the frontiers of Aloldavia, which are of the 10th inst., mention that a second army reserve, consisting, it -lr said, of 40,000 men, were in full inarch towards the prin cipalities of the Danube. On the'other hand accounts had been received at Bel grade from Constantinople, of ; lat instant -abjgjl Hate that the camp of reserve ' at Adriapple had roceived orders from the Sul tan to march immediately upon Sbtfmlat It was>also understood at that date that th.e Suijan y ntifd Immediately take the field at j tlte head of the-corpa d’arinee which had been collected at Tbiptpia ; the mostactive propcralipns, indeed,- were making for hit departure;.- - From the Meslager ties Cliambrcs, July 27—Zd edit.' . . Some of tho morning papers announce, under Hie form of-advicea, that the Pgrte has already rejected the ' protocol of tile 23d of March, relative-to the affairs inf Greece. T-hiafftewa appears to us to he destitute of probability’, i How can it be imagined that the Porfo can' hjtve. taken such a resoinlion before tlie Ambassadors who have arrived at Gonstantinopla, have had their solemn aiiid'tnndd.jWhich had ndt takenplace at the date of the Iasi letters frtim'thatcapital? •' .a ' From the Gazotte de Franco dated' WedL - • ; • nestlay. PaW*, 1 July 20.—Two'journals this morning announced movements of the English fleet in the Mediterranean. The most authentic accounts from the Letant do not confirm the reports retailed by the Courier Franfais. Itiseveq a’subject of astonishment, that no-reinforcements come to rifts fleet of Great Britain,wllich is infer! or in number to lint of Russia in those seas. We do not-evnn hear of aoy arma ments in England.. People begin to be lieve tltat-llte English. Cabjtrtt entertains no fears for the safety of the Ottoman em pire. Nothing is mare',remaikahle than this apparont inactivity of’the Duke , of Wellington In the midst .pfauclt serious ■circumstances. It 'tnakes : a contrast to the ptodigalityof AI. Hyde 'de Neuvilie, for armaments which can serve for nolhing Lut to-cbnlend witirthe- winds', or some ex peditions against wltales in' the South Seas. Precipitaflon lu-cames only igno re pt presumption, and by po means a great state. , ' From the Gazette de France, dated July 28th. We find in a jonrnal the following para-' graph"Alahmoud, it is said has rejected any members ofany party) to join'ltft Ad ministration—aro false.” . The French Miniatry -J-Paris letters of the.27th.Juiy state the following as tiie new appointments in the French Ministry: M. Poliguac, to be President ofthe Coun cil, ana Minister of the Household; AI ItuVnnhan, to be Atinister of Finances. Alartignac! to bq,at the head of Foreign Affairs; Dehelleyme, Ministerof the Into rior; the other Ministers to remain as ba fitter ' ■ Correspondence of the Journal of Com- nierce. ’• ' London, Jtiiy-81. 1840 Gentlemen—There never was a time when re were so entirely destitttieof oesvs as at the present moment. Indeed, the present, state o| things here seif ins entirely to confuitr the most learned of all our pol iticians. They, however, look forward with much anxiety to the time-: when Par- Hanient shall once more become assem bled! - -y ■ ' i ) Among tlte subjects which l require tiie earliest -attention of this body are—tiie War in the Eaat; the miserable state of affairwin Portugal; the unsettled state of Ireland j tlte distressed condition of ottr own Manufacturers; and indeed the state pf the country in geporal. The two last oases! call loudly for assis lance from tlte highest authorities,' and it is Imped that nolltthg' will occuf to preveitt the adoption of such measures as will add to thtrconifort Arid tranquility of all parts of the kingdom. There is little doubt that something will be dono for .Ireland, which will either quell the present outrages, or force the cqimtiy-to. open rebellion y With regard to tHe affairs of Portugal! everyone still remains in the dark. Even speculation is silent ns to the course which may be pursued by the British- Govern ment., j.' . ... TfttS War in the East is expected tdcall forllt some warm debate at tlte next Ses sion ; jt the same time the conclusion is, that theji will end ’ jn smoke.—CeV'tain it is, that the policy'of the British govern ment is to avmdrtf.possiblo,' shy infetfer- ence with Foreign Powers, tliat might lead to war; which would inevitably he the case; should it interfere betw een- the pre sent contending powers. “Ijngland at Hie present moment wishes for peace—riot that nor finances are so limited, as dot to ho a- ble to carry on a war, (for tho mtjans'ciiuld hr'obtaincarwfjli little trouble.) but'that the state ofthe tonhtry in general demands tlto undivided attention, of all the ivisfc headkengaged in' both Houses of Parlia- ■tlfent.* • ■- , . , ‘ ' . The last accounts from the Beat'of War state thnt the troops were lilill advarifctiig. Count Paltlen from Eski Sttinboul, and Count- Diebirseh to Kamabat. where he in tended to.flx Itis head quarters, 'and to watch the movements of Hussion'- Pacha, who is cndo.avmiring to retake Hnurgas.— Tlte accounts also state tliat 20 battalions were stationed olf Sliunila, to wait upon tlte Giant) Vizict, who has-retntritied.at that place since bis fatal overthrow in tiie last battle. ‘ General Krassow'sky, who conducted the sipge of Silistria,. lias marched witlt Itis heavy cannon to take possession of Rutlscltuck leaving part of his troops to repair the fortifications of HR- ts|ria, and to build a,-bridge over tiie- Dan ube. Since the taking pf Silistria wo Itavo an account of another battle in which the Russians were, vietoripus. This is front tl)eir own- statement, and looked upon like al| others emanating from tlte pen of Rus sians. Whatever the case may be. evory ono now look's forward with’impatience for tlte arrival of further advices, wnich arc ex pected to throw a light upon wltal.is likely to be the result of this mis .-table war. The British anti. .French Ambassadors at 1 onstantinople wert received in a very distinguished manner by the Sultan,-, and indeed thei; arrival caused great joy among wi(b .ihti potsoi. of the nation to witlcli' he belongs, or some otherreipoctabld'fotldent. •Clitfrge touching life ftiuctinns and duties nf Grand Jurors in relation to criminal matters, delivered by' the lion, Wm. II, CaAWron, al the session ofthe Superior Cott(t in Wilkes county in the term of ; 'Auguv last past: ' s , 'Mr,,Foreman, and Gentlemen of the Grand ■ Jufyi * * ' It was hot until the presentments of the Grand Jury of Lincoln conntv were read, that I was apprised that Grand Juries were under tlte impression that they had not the right to inquire intn. aiid present any of fence which hat) occurred previous to their being empannelletl. My surprize was in creased upon learning that this construc tion of their power* and duties wete found c<l iipoUtl'*'opinion of one of my prede cessors in office. It is Irtie, that tho law dues not expressly settle tiie question; but I think an analysis ofthe oath nrhioh you have just taken, will go fur to convince litis Grand Jury that their authority is not lim ited to the time they are einpannelled and This is understood to’be avufpriuuu, Jlte proprietors., and those ofthe Ih,,,* '.theatre tfhve commenced suits ta set tj, .-the lenses granted with the.helirf that the Ilduses werelo be Hied ffoardiatrs tlitit, rical reprosentation*. - Philadelphia Amn, I acting atan organized body The first mein^er of ilia.t oath is" You shall diligently enquire true fy presenlmnni nnko of all sttclt iriatten and things as shall nr. oivcn You in cHABot.”!.,- This member of the oath relating to tiie chnrge oi the court,and such htifs of imliptinoitt a«"may be prepared by (lie Idw ofitcer pf the State, may at tlte first glance be supposed to have no influence, upon the question; nut, as 'the couit, in giving matters in charge, tij. the Grand Ju ry, and tlte law officer in pieparing‘Bills of tndrctnienl, are not restrainedT>Y ariy-lapse. of time, itis, dijlicult to conceive- any gooff, reason for rekfrteting the ittqtiiriesof Grand Jurors to offences wltich aro committed af ter they are einpannelled. The secontl ami third members- of the oath have no bearing upon the question. Tho fojtrth member of the oafti,?/' ,l Btnh Yoo shall present all. things as itizr come to you a know LEooif—«n help Toua qfip." fh this ntomber ofthe oatit.'thn obligation to presorit is as comprehensive as the >:n- glislt langiiage cati titake it, and it conlains no restriction as to time: Tri ihiii free and happy country there is no police' officer empltatronlly so Willed, and Goff, forbid there ever should he.—Grand Jurors' are the only censdrinlbo’dlet known to/lio Jaw,. It would lie extremely injurious to the, well being of-'oeigty if the power of Grand Juv rids should he improperly restrained. If tiie Court understands tlte policy of the laws of lltl! State,. U intcpdi to- siftiject every portion of lime'*Urid human 'action tp tlto.censorship of Grand Juries. "IflM! opinion lie cnrtect, the power ttttd duties of tlto Grand, Jury commence when those' of the last Grand Jury eitricd, on the, da of its adjournment:' The woll being oFsd eiely essentially depends upon the correct decision pf this question. The Couit has given you, gentlemen, itis opinion upon the subject, 'end sincerely hopos thnt it may prove satisfactory to tlte Grand JdYy. The Court most conscienti ously believes in the correctness of the 'A Ghanteie'on was brought- hi this plaetl by.„Capt. Trout of tlte brig J AihwP whitili arrived on-Wednesday law fug Cape Mcssurodo, Tills singular little« mal.is thus noticed by Mr. AI addon in i anetmnt bf histravels In,Turkey, &c. •Thjad tt' chaineleoti wltieli lived for ll„ months, another for, two months,-and un al wlite.lt I gave away after keeping f ten days or a fortnight.—Of fl|,tli»ln.. hie little animals in the world, .there i; none «o cltoleric as.tiiechaibUeoii; Itff ned’two large -oltes rit fight; and caoMk] any.tima.by' knnckln their tails,s|i one another, ensure a oontbal during w (heir clthnge of color was mosE contpi ous; this is only affected by paraxytnijril] tage whinthe da.rx-gsll of the attimilt transmitted into the blood, and is yitlblis| nnugh under its pellucid skin.—Tlte f as itssnters and. jpavesJhe..eltcuistioa tl fords the three vnrtoihr,-shade'of ptnl which are- observable in its oolurs -llisrel ry nf tho clitim-leon assttming wliit-mto-l lor is ne_nr It, Is like tltnt of i|s living s air, a great fable. L isextrenisjy m ous. I had oueao tqmo tltntInxi/dpltl it on a slick opposite tqp wfntns, « d t? Ihe oourie of ten- minutes, I Iiiuvto n devour half a dozen tiles; its mode ofc>(- ohing-thetn is very singular; tiie tMt«l is a thin cartiligfnoiis dart, nncltor shl(t*di| thlstsiliriMt forth with gro.it vifccilj. i never faffs .to' tjatci; his prey. The« ohanismof thoey.es ofthe cliamelronitn trcntely curious; it has the potverof pr jecling tlte.eye.a considorabiedistintrv the socket, andean make it reroire is* direottons. quo of iheitf wltieli I kept n some months rtapp,sited thirteen eggs ■ a corner nf the room Hewn was about» slzeofa 1’aige coriander s-etl; the aelia never aat on them, I took litem away toH tlte effecti of the tun t but'froin that per* she deplitted daify it; vivacity, and ioon« ter died.*' pinion which’it-lins just expressed,'and lit confident that hhy other view of the subject wnutil be injurious to the best interests of tho State. Tile Search for gold so eagerly pttrsfied in Virginia and .the two 1 Carolines, has al lepglh readied' Georgin. A respectable gentleman from Habersham states that sov oral persons are regularly employed in dfg ging for the precious ntetalin that county, and so far Iltey have, been'tolefoldy suc cessful, tjie average, profits of.cach hand being tlpwatds of a dollar a iof. ' lar gqsl piece of gold as yet found'in Haber- sham was worth about twenty dollars. ',. Mdc.Rec. 12fh-tnst. Southern Grape—The Yorkville Plo neer, of S. C. states that Col. Clendinoq is taking greaj.pniits to rnjse'alarge Vineynrd, which promises to reward itis efforts. T« o grapes, gathered from one of his Madeira vines, weighed 80 grains. His muscatel vines are also crowded with grapes, uvera gittg SO grains. A good day's Work —The Fayetteville Observe) says Miss Ann-Davis, of Bladen county, dining one day in tlte month of Ju ly, wove twenty-seven yard# of good cotton cloth, in a common loom. If any of tiie Ladies in our county can beat this,, wo should take pleasure in making it known Iieiurn oj the Troops.—The steam W Qrusader, having op-boat,d BnrelIfihF dies Oenernti.eti venworth, and bitti»»| mSnff, passed -flits, place on WritffW tiie fltluinst. front tlieir expedilia «P called them for'tli, lia! pasted a«J ’ 1 out the necessity for'an exortioe ol W‘k tiie'Iudians having demonstrate •[ J. idis'positlon to,do whntcvcr justice tin 111 ! quire. . A ntinther of their 'chiefs » r "'l in cltarge of Gep, 1 .eavenworih. ae“ 01 are cxpecled, and a ftfll exninin.tlion tho origin of,thisaffiiir is expected place. ' We congratulate our citizens the officers and nton etppbiycd in lb" pedfttanj'uppri'thq plmnptitgde satif order with which it lips been cnn( ’!j.™ l promplitudb. which shew how Vapidly , tary movoments of six. nr seven W miles (going and returning) are n»8 on tho .Missouri, river, even at a ‘J of water; .and good order which P** ij] vented tlte occurrence nf a singlencct H or disagreeable incident, during tb° • J dition, nnd ncqnirod deserved pep 1 ' with llto citizens.—St, Louis BtaeeS’ Prisentdtion at Court.’r-TOS of a presentation to H is Majesty, to i of our rbaders wlto have not " (0 )J irkty ho'curiouirto know— prosented acontiipnnios tlto lady by site Is'presentod, and, an r ,l,e j r . tt,* proaoh to His Majesty, the LordI in announces both Indies names MPm, - * the Indy courtesylng at tlto Majesty gives Itis hand, on " l,,c 1 ’ v , )0 b; a silk glove, to the ladv presented, Iter right hand glove offt she take »• w josty's band, and bends forward to « J When His Ma esty assists her to J ^ kisses Iter cheek or forohead . lw. |k( ,.| again- comsoy, nnd retire,.keepWj-J faoes towards His Majesty, do ' r(!e tt'- rive at the door of egt ess ©. ‘ ,e E * Tho ceremony docs not oceupy u „;j eopds. The. young foci pnnsidorable anxicly ai , , pcarance in life presence ave been known 1° J >0 on at Oj their elatih, n» approached tho royal persefe- psv. ’•