25 JULY 1829, Page 2

DONNA MARIA'S CnowN.—We have seen one of the new coins

struck at Terceira. It is the size of a crown-piece, and rudely stamped, as if cast in sand ; on the one side is inscribed " Donna Maria the Second ; " on the reverse, " For the public good." It is, no doubt, the latter very suspicious motto which betrayed Lord Aberdeen into the mistake that the silver struck at Terceira was that of a republican government. We, however, submit that even a constitutional mo- narchy may also be for the public good. The coin is apparently bad silver, and represents eighty reis.—Globe. [The Globe has missed the true point of the motto : it is not the government, but the " bad silver," that is " for the public good."] FAILURE OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE NETHERLANDS.—SOMD years ago, the King- of the Netherlands established a College at Louvain. To elevate public instruction to a level with the public wants, upon a truly royal plan—to desire that the priest, the instructor of the people, should be himself an:enlightened man—was a thought proper to religion ; but it is difficult to do good. The clergy, at the name of this College, uttered their famous non possumus. Rome supported the clergy for fifteen years ; the King has in vain endeavoured to negotiate a concordat with the Pope ; and we now learn that the Sovereign has given way, and the clergy are liberated from the obligation imposed on them by the Government to go to this College before taking holy orders, and before securing any places at its distil-Nab—Co:eerier Francais.

Trip: Nines ADDREss To THE PATRIARCHS, PRTNIATRs, Al:CHRIS:ION, AND DISIION. —His Holiness deplores the numerous attacks directed against religion, under the

cloak of philosophy, and the error which proclaims that salvation is to be obtained in every religion. Upon this principle every mode of faith would be equally valuable, and truth and error would be placed upon a level. His Holiness then recites the regulations of the Councils of Trent with respect to the translation of the Bible into modern languages. Lastly he recoinmends them to enforce above all thing.; the sacredness of the sacrament of marriage, and the doctriae of its in- dissolubility, and not to permit the propagation of maxims which are in any man- ner contrary to the Divine law.

PROSPERITY OF SwrrzEmAND.—Switzerland no longer finds it necessary to seek employment for its people out of its dominions. Manufactures have made expert progress in the nineteen cantons, and they could employ more hands than they possess. The soldiers who are obtained with so much trouble to recruit the re- giments in France, might, without quitting their country, be employed more advantageously for themselves and for her. The interest of both countries requires that the capitulations should be rescinded.—Coustitatioanel.

SILK.—The crop of silk in Tuscany is this year about one-third short of last year ; but it is much the same in most other parts of' Italy. The manufacturers in Florence are full of orders at present for America, and for other parts ; and they will take MT a more than usual portion of the present silk crop, and the quantity despatched for France is considerable. For England very little is going, on account of the unfavourable accounts thence.— Letter from Florence, Jalg 10.

OmvEs..—The Journal of the Two Sicifies announces, from Apuglia and Cala- bria, that the crop both of olives and corn will be very abundant this year. COTTON IN Eover.—The cotton crop of Egypt, which was same time before expected to be a 3,anty 011t1 thi3 selson, has even fallen considentbly short of the anticipated produce.--Journal du Commerce.

COFFEE iN HAI-FL—Letters front Port-au-Prince to the 7th June state that the crop of coffee was said to be considerably short. It came in in small quantities and commanded high prices. The crop being near its termination a decline was not looked for.

HEAT IN HARBADOES.—Wo have received Barbadoes papers to the 2001 June. According to the preceding accounts, a long draught was threatening the island with severe calamity, but it now appears that the apprehension on the subject lets been removed, and that an abundant fall of rain has taken place. A meeting on the Hi th, to set on foot an agricultural association, was attended by all the prin- cipal landholders of Barbadoes.

GOLD IN THE U. S.—We are informed that a gold mine has been recently dis- covered in Davidson county, containing a vein of the precious metal eighty feet in width. This is the largest vein ever heard of in this or any other country. They generally vary in width from two to live feet—Thileigh Register.

THE LAST WILL OF NAPOLEON.—li appears from the Courricr des Tribunamr, that several parties claiming different sums under the will of Napoleon have insti- tuted processes in the French courts, for the recovery of their respective lega- cies; but these have been met, from time to time, by legal and technical objec- tions, which, though they do not deny the right of the testator to bequeath, or of the legatees to claim, resist them on the ground that they have not been made in the proper form. Amongst other claimants under the will was Madame 0 ugu- mier, a widow, who claimed, in right of her deceased husband, as the representa- tive of his father, General Dugutnier, to whom Napoleon bequeathed 100,000 francs. She presented a copy of the will, proved in England, but, without touch- ing the merits of the claim, it was rejected for want of the forms prescribed by the law of France. (It should be observed here, that Messrs. Lafitte, who are the de- positaries of 5,000,000 of francs left by the ex-Emperor in 1815, and the execu- tors, Bertrand and Montholon, oiler no objection, but are ready to pay, when au- thorized by the proper legal forms ; and also that the late King, Louis XVIII., renounced any claim which he might have as Sovereign to the personal abets of Napoleon.) Under these circumstances, Madame Dugumier endeavoured to serve a process on the young Duke de Reichstadt, Napoleon's son, in the persons of his natural gnardians—his mother, the Duchess of Parma, and his grandfather, the Emperor of Austria; but this was not permitted, as neither were subjects of France, nor within the jurisdiction of the French courts. She at length sought far the appointment of a trustee to the property, whom she might legally sue. This was refused by the Court of Premier Instance, but the judgment of that court has been recently set aside by the Cour Royale, which has directed the trustee to administer to the vacant succession, as to the personal property, according to the forms of law which would be allowed in any ordinary case. This decision is most important to many of the legatees of Napoleon, who have for many years met the greatest obstacles in their endeavours to obtain those bequests to which they are entitled under his will.

GENEROSITY OF Laraverre.—General Lafayette has given orders to sell the lands which he possesses in the United States, to pay the debts of Mr. Monroe. The latter has refused to accept the gift ; but the General's agent has received orders at all events to follow his instructions. This is the reason for which the lands of General Lafayette in the United States have been recently put up to sale.

.--Journal du Commerce.