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' THI , I EvENl:\:ci NEAR. LONDON. ......'.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19. pater OF STOCK ti THIS DAY AT ONE n•cLocs S per Ct. Coss. for money shot--Ditto for on. 644 S per te. aVdiketl 118.1--4 - per Cent. ISO Navy sper Ct. sb ut.,-Boods 14s. lbs. pr.—Omni= fl d 4. Excb. Bills (Sti.) Is. Ss. dis.—Ditto Ss. to ss. pre. Letters were yesterday received from the Dutch coast, which repeat the former statements, of great warlike preparations in Russia. It is added, that the troops assembling at Petersburgh and Riga, under the command of General Laysrocit, amount already to 100,000 men. General RXMINSKI, kis said, is to have the command of another army. The private letters speak of a peace between Russia and Turkey as certain, but, according to the Foreign Journals, no •particulars of the negociations have yet uanspired. The following is an extract from the French Papers to the 13th, received yesterday : " BUCHAREST, NOV. 6. " The most profound silence reigns here relative to the progress of the negotiations of Giargewo....... From the quantity of provisions sent thither, it is thought they may last some time. The Russian Ple nipotentiaries are M. D'lTALtsrsitt and General SOB NIOOFF ; those of the Porte are HAMED EFFENDI and ORDU KADRISSI. The Russians continue to furnish provisions to the Turks on the Isle of Slolsodsc." The only other article in these Papers, which is worthy of notice, is this : " BERLIN, DEC. 1. ' 4 The Prussian army is entirely upon the peace establishment. General BLUCUER, who has received his discharge, has received from the Kpro a present of two Seigniories. A new pamphlet, called Sketches, or Positive Facts,' has just appeared': it was imme diately suppressed." By a letter written from Rio de Janeiro, towards the latter end of September list, it seems that the Portuguese General Don Diago de Souza, with eight thousand troops, had arrived very near Monte Video on the 12th of that month, and that he had forcibly interfered to put down the insurgents in the country, as far as the river Parana ; his ( rders, as published at Monte Video, went only to interfere as far as the Uruguay. It is very confidently asserted at Rio de Janeiro, that Don Diago de Souza has likewise orders to combine his movements with the Montevidian forces, and also those of Gaynneche, who, it was expected, would have approached Buenos Ayres, and jointly to attack that City. We have received the following important intelli gence, via the United States, contained in Caraccas Papers to the 23,1 September : C A R.VSCAS, SEPTEMBER es. eg We publish with concern the following Dispatch from the Governor of Valencia, appointed by the Commander in Chief, General MIRANDA : " MOST EXCELIAN r SLNOR—it gives me extreme pain to in:orm you, that last night a conspiracy broke out in this rity, the objixt of which was to overturn the Authorities lately esta blislird, and again to place Valencia in the hands of the enemies of the cause of independence. " The number of infatuated persons engaged in this detestable plot has not been a<cettaitted ; but at present more than 200 are in confin ment, many of them persons of the highest trust and distinction. It should seem, Haat by meant of bribery many of the troops that had sworn allegiance to the General Congress, no:w•lthstanding the benefits they had derived under its Go vernment, were induced to disregard their oath, and abandon . their ditty, and even the Guards of the Palace were parties to the conspiracy. The 13th, 22d, and 23d regiments of infantry, and the 27th of cavalry, however, remained faithful to their Officers. " At midnight tivt Palace was attacked, when these gallant troops flew to their arms, and with unc:amid:•d intrepidity put to death a few Conspira:ors who had scaled the wails, and with Axed bayonets efftctually resisted the entrance of several thou sands who had forced the gates. •1 his dreadful contest continued for the space of an hour, when the triumph of the cause of Li bt•ny was again conspicuous. The enemies of the Confederated Prov.nces were every where defeated, and the approach of day light displayed to view the Leaders of about 700 victims. k 4 Such are the particulars I now have it in my power to de cal; and since the defeat of this harnble project, - I have taken the necessary measures to secure and bring tO trial the prisoners, but not until some of the cotippirators, taking advantage of the confttLon, effected their escape through the gates of the City. I am happy to add that all is now tranquil, and the prisoners in sty isa ., :ds will be br light to trial, and executed, as soon as is canals - cm wilt the course of the Law. " Va.encia, &pt. 6. " May Coo preserve yov. &c." CARACCAS, SEPT. fit; Senior M. A. PAZ has been appointed on a mission from the Government of Venezuela to that of the United Statis. Lie is to inform the latter that this crnleder..ti , )n is ready and willing to enter into a eon). merci al treaty with the North American Governments 1 n Advices received yesterday of the 10th Octobe r , rom Aux Cayes, 'state, that in consequence of th e eath of General RIGAUD, the malcontents lat e ly der his command, who bad farmed a separate overnmtnt. have manifested an intention to return thy' authority of PETLOII, who was in treaty with m for this purpose. BOOIAPARTE has issued a Decree abolishing the roar d'Aubaine in France; the Kin* of Prussia wi'iN ads red a similar measure in his terriwries, Lame to French subjects. The Dublin Papers received this morning, say, that r. Pout lies dangerously ill, in consequeuee, we ppose, ( f the blow be received lately by do Mai. ou his bOad• of a bookcese HELIGOLAND MAIL. Xhis morning an Heligoland Mail "str.. contents cbiefifrelate to the late severe gales 0 HELIGOLAND, MC. 6. " Ever since Sunday the Ist instant, we have had a series of uncommonly boisterous weather, wind S. W. and N. N. W. On Tuesday the Thresher gun-brig, which was anchored at the back of Sandy island, lost all her anchors and cables, and was driven , out to sea ; and the gale having last night veered to N.N.W. blew directly down the harbour, and exposed the shipping to considerable danger. During the night, the Horatio ft igate broke the chains of her moorings, and was driven foul of the Osprey sloop of war, damaged her starboard side, and forced her also to part. " The perilous situation of the frigate, after her chains broke, rendered it immediately necessary to throw her guns overboard, to prevent her from striking, and fortunately she was brought up with her own anchors, when on the eve of being driven on the reef, where she and all hands must inevitably have been lost. " A series cf in;sfortunes bold the Thresher after parting on Tuesday. By the violence of the gale she was driven a-ground on the sands at the mouth of the Elbe„ where she was obliged to throw her guns overboard ; and after having with difficulty got off, she nearly escaped being captured by the gun boats in that quarter. Sbe wrought into the harbour-lae night, with scarcely a sail manageable, and having run up alongside the Thetis transport, and she War furnished with an anchor and cable. The Thetis af terwards parted, fell athwart the Thresher, and car ried away her bowsprit. 44 A Serjeant of the Bth Royal Veteran Battalion, who was observing the Thresher as she came into harbour, was blown over the rock by the wind; and perished in the sea. " In consequence of these disasters the Horatio will be obliged to sail to England to replace her guns, and the rest of the squadron to refit." " DEC. 9.—The stormy weather continues to pre vent any arrivals from the coast." " DECEMBER 14.—We have had a prevalence of westerly winds for upwards of a mooth past, in con sequence of which the packet has b en Lklayed to this day.—By a late arrival from the coast, sue learn that exertions continue to be made by the French Govern ment in the transportation of ship-timber from the Elbe into Holland : all the vessels fit for the purpose, in the ports of the Emc, Weser, and Elbe, have been put in requisition, and ordered to proceed and take in cargoes with all possible dispatch." His MAJESTY continues in the same state. Yesterday the Duke of CLARENCE, with a mime. rous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, attended in his balcony to view the City precession. Among the unfortunate sufferers by the loss of the Saldanha frigate, is a s of Mr. Jout4 BATTILN. of Rcchester. He was a midshipman on board, and of very promising abilities. t • • • Resolutions of Public Companies, pro i 'biting French wines at their tables, until the Continental System shall be changed, are becoming every day more general, and will soon, for a while, be univer sally adopte.i. Mr. Swot', a Barrister, has been made coadjutor to Mr. SILLY TOWNSEND, at a salary of XlOO a-year, as Counsel to the Irish Treasury. Lard CLANWILLIAM sailed from Plymouth on Sa turday last, for blorlaix. Madame BOCCIE, late Governess to Madame Ln- CIEN BONAPARTE, with her child, arrived at Plymouth, on Monday, from Thorngrove, near Worcester.— They are now waiting to go on board the first cartel that may sail for Morlaix, whence they proceed to Italy. It is said she returns in consequence of ill health. The following abstract of the authority of the Cor tes, appeared in a late number of the Regency Ga zette : the object of its publication was, no doubt, to settle the dispute which had arisen as to whether it possessed certain powers : " To propose and decree laws, and interpret and annul them If necessary—to receive the oath from the King, Prince ofAsturias, and the Regency—To resolve all doubts whatever which may .occur in respect to the succession to the Crown—to elect the Regency or Regent of the Kingdom, when the Constitution re quires it, and fix the limitations with which the Regency or Re gent must exercise Vie royal authority—to cause the public ac knowledgment of the Prince of Asturias—touppo:nt a tutor to r the minor King when the Cons:itution requires it—to approve, previous to their ratification, treaties fur offensive alliances, sub sidies, and par icularly those of commerce." A lettt r. received yesterday from Copenhagen, of the sth inst. states, that the Government is greatly distressed for money. The voluntary loan in the capital having failed to furnish the necessary supply for the supply of the State, a compulsory loan was next resorted to in that city, which also falling short of the expectations of Government, the same system has been extruded to various other towns in Denmark. Altona has been called upon for its quota, amounting to about X 250,000 sterling. Of this sum, one opu lent house is required to furnish X 50,000. 66 All this," says the writer, heightens the distress of the Continent." About noon on Monday se'nnight, while the boys belonging to the school at Wittersham, near Canter bury, were left in the vestry-room to eat their dinners, one of them named Stephen Bates, about seven years old, being at play near the fire-place, his clothes caught ;he flames. An elder boy immediately led him out, and rolled him in a slough of dirty water, which extinguished the fire, but although he after wards walked to his home (nearly a mile), he was so much bullied that he died on Wednesday morning, An American print states, that at a Methodist camp,meeting, near Dover, 13;/aware River, on the 15:h August, +3B Ram)* wise baptifed in eae day. , _THE PRINCE AEI s Wiselirday being , the day appointed by his Royal nigiotess the Pathcs Reeser to receive the Address of e LORD MAYOR and Corporation of the City of London, for the prevention of the Distillation from Grain, they arrived at York-House, St. James's, in grand procession, in- the followiag order, about a quarter before three o'clock : • The Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Houeolhold in Ms Lora -1 ship's private carriage. The City Marshals on Isorseback. The State Carriage, with the Lord Mayor, his Chaplain, the Mace, the Sword of State; followed by Aldermen Lewes and Combe, the Recorder, Aldermen Scholey, Domville, Wood, and Good behste ; Sheriffs Birch and Heyate, the Remembrancer, Com mon Serjeant, Town Clefk, three Counsel ; Messrs. 'Watson, Reynolds, and Arabia, the Comptroller, Solicitor, and about fifty of the Members of the Common Council. They were received in all due form of state, the livery-servants, pages, &c. being in their full dresses, the same as on a grand Court day. The Nowt was attended by his full attendants, consisting of Mr. Chancellor ADAM, in his robes and with his seals; Colonel M'MAHoN, General TURNER, General Rao- NIL, Colonel BLOOMFIELD, and Colonel CONGAZYZ I the Ministers of State, in the large room on the ground floor, which looks in the garden. His ROYAL HIGH. NOS was dressed in full uniform, and seated in a large chair to receive the Corporation, where they were in troduced into his presence from an anti-room, after they had alighted Irom their carriages, when the RE coaoaa, as usual, read the following Address : " To his Royal Highness the PILINCt of irALEt, Regent of the unitsd Kiwi= of Great Briton and Ireland. The dutiful and loyal Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Conj . - mons of the City of London, in Common Council acsembled. " May it please your Royal Highness, " We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Comment of the City of Loudon, in Common Council assembled, humbly approach your Royal Highness, on behalf of ourselves and the community at large, with an earnest request that your Royal Flightiest will be graciously pleased to adopt such measures as, with the advice of the Most Honourable the Privy Council, shall seem meet, for causing a Suspension of the use of Grain in the Distilleries of the United Kinedom, such suspension appearing to us to be one of the most e......ctual means of preventing those serious evils which. a further rise in the price of Grain is at this Otte so obviously cal-' culated to produce; and we further humbly beg leave to express our confident hope, that well aware, as your Royal Highness must be, of the causes of the present scanty supply of Grain from oreign parts, and of the great distress that may arise therefrom, your Royal Highness, to whose justice and humanity we shall ' not, we truly, - appeal in vain—will be graciously pleased to em ploy all the means in your power, by ad 'piing measures corr.'s poncho' with your Royal character and disposition, to re-open to us, if it be practicable, those channels of intercourse with foreign and especially neutral nations, which have heretofore been found so generally advantageous to his Majesty's subjects, and so good a security against those dreadful calamities which ;re but too uto the consequence of a scarcity of the necessaries of life." To which Address his Royal Highness was pleased to return the following most gracious Answer : " 1 mutt alva)s see Wllh groat concern the presinre arising from a deficiency in. the harvest. " I have directed such steps to be taken u may tend to give the earlitst effect to any measures which may be adopted by Parlia ment fur the purpose of relieving the inconveniences or evils likely to result from such deficiency—and whenever eircuntstaneas shall take it practicable. nothing shall be wanting on my part to son• t ribute towards the restoration of commercial intareouroebetween this country and other nations, to the footing on which it hos been usually conducted, even in the midst of war." The Members of the Corporation were most gra ciously received, and had the honour to kiss his Royal Highness's hand. The PRINCE appeared to experience but little inconvenience from his lameness. After the Corporation had withdrawn, the PRINCE gave audience to the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl CAM DEN, Mr. PERCLVAL, and Mr. RYDER. He then pro ceeded to hold a Privy Council, which was attended by the PRESIDENT, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the FIRS r LOUD of the TREASURY, and CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CFMAIEER, the FIRST LORD Of the ADMIRALTY, the MASTER-GENERAL of the ORDNANCE, the three SECRE TARIES Of STATE, and the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of CONTROUL. Viscount CHETWYND attended as Clerk of the Council. • The RECORDER cf LONDON did not make his Report, as was expected. A trotting-match for .500 guineas took place on the Hertford road on Monday, between Mr, PENNING.. TON'S celebrated mare Smirker ' and a grey horse from Blackwater, the property of Captain Wisisioce.— Thousands were pending on the match, which was four miles. The horse led at the rate of 17 miles an hour, and a better race was never witnessed. The mare won the match by about 36 yards. The ani mals were rode feather weight, and the distance was performed in 13 minutes and ten seconds. Last week, one of the game-keepers of the Duke of BEDFORD, hearing the report of a gun in the night in one of his Grace's woods, went with another person to the spot, where they found three men, one having h pheasant in his hand, who immediately threw down • the bird, and, pulling from under his smock-frock a short stick, struck the game-keeper so severe a blow , on the head as to fracture his skull in the m os t d rea d. I ful manner, and his life is despaired of. One of the villains has since turned evidence, and they are all taken and committed to prison. The termination of the Fair of Mountpelier, in the county of Limerick, last week, was a scene of blood shed, occasioned by a general engagement between two factions, who have at all times violated the peace on Fair-days ; the fighting continued five hours ; many were wounded, and one man was killed ; se veral houses were much injured. Three of the ring leaders were apprehended, • A tintless, on a trial last week, in the Court of Common-Pleas, Dublin, where Lord NORSURY pre sides, being asked, in his cross-examination, whether such-an-one was an honest man, made the following answer—" He is, indeed, as honest a man as I see in this Court, (begging Lord Norbury's pardon.)" As soon as laughter was a little subsided, Lord Norbury observed to the Counsel, " I see this man is not only a dealer in rod salt, (for such he was) but also in attic salt." Last week, a Society, who stile thethselves Odd Fellows, met with an odd accident at their Lodge, in Norwich. About sixty of them had met to debate upon weighty affairs, when their weight being too ponderous for the second floor, it gave way, as j the whole were precipitated to the first, while the im portasit question was arguing for the removed of the Lodge to another house, THE ARMY. It is with pleasure we announce the arrivAl of t 1 ,e Camperdown transport at L:sbon, on the 2dth sIL with the following Officers on board : Major-General Boa Terriew. Doctor FORAM Phisician to *lona. Brevet Major DI Bello& Baron DAMAXIIOI7IIIX. Captainitizeosts, Royal Engineers. Captain 4sern, Royal Staff. Captain HAT, Revs! atalf. Captain MAccemate, Mt Regiment at Foot. We understand that the plan originally project e i by Major Itoartra, for the benefit of the Officers of the Army, their rites, and children, is completed: but the advantages are farther extended, by enabling Officers, on paying a trilling donation, Ks Secure to themselves, in case of being disabled, or to their wi dows or children, should they fall in the servickgs immediate and liberal pension. Mali praise is cer tainly due to Major itorianrs and JOHN Pirauraar, Esq. for their exertions in perfecting so lanes*" II plan. We expect that in a short time the subscrip tions will commence. XI . ATI T The following funeral OrtlerlAlMP eout Mot by Lord HARRINOTOE .1•11 44 It having been repeated, that on certain days of the year, some solders are **ill in the habit or ap pearing with cockades and other bakigei, which give unintentional offence to different Classes of their fellow subjects—it is the Commander of the Forces Order, that they do in future avoid any token of l'any Di. - Unction. and confine themselves to the dress which his Majesty has been pleased to fix fur the Corps to which they belong." COVE or CORE, bEC. l3.—Yesterday morning ar rived here, his Majesty's ship DuavrzsT, Capt. G. M. Surrotr, with a fleet of transports, about 35 s,ll, prin cipally horse-shipsyfrom Portsmouth. Owing to the contrary winds; they were obliged to put into on Sunday the Ist inst. and sailed thence for this port on Tuesday last.—Amongst them is the transport Nand-, No. 126, Captain Srumtv, with th e H unt i r ,, - don Militia on board, bound to Dublin, for which place she proceeds the first fair wind and moderate weather. The Royal Meath militia, quarered at Corlc, have received orders to embark for England. The following is an interesting Extract of a Letter frem a Captain of the 28th Regiment of Foot, under the command of General HILL " Albuquerque, Nov. 10, 1831. " We left Portable. soon after I last wrote, and on the 22d entered Spain, and, after three days inciraarn marching, reached Army, Es Puerto, which we entered on the evening of the 2.5.4. The French had left it at noon, driven out by the Spaniards, be as yet knew nothing of our being so !nor. On the rrtit urrwrie close at the heels of the French, and orders were sent to Caceres. to the Alcads of that place, to provide us rations—but we did not go there, nor ever intended it ; and this manativre deceived the French. Vie changed *or direction on their line of march ; and, on the 27th, at night, after a dreadful such, almost every body overcome by hunger and fatigue, we lay on our atm', within a leagite of General Girard's division, who supposed us to be at Caceres, which be had just left. I sever recollect such heavy rain as deluged us here, and not a spark of fire was permitted to be seen. About three o'clock of the morning of the 28th we ad• ranted, and before day-break we formed, conaveleal by a kill under the village that she French occupied. It was day- .ight before the dividon collected. When all was ready, one column moved direct on Arroyo de Molino, which supported the right of the Freseh (who were by this time (haven out) and another very strong division,- in which was our brigade, marched rapidly round the enemy's left, concealed by a rising ground, so as to meet their retreat, and cut them off by theMerida's road. Close in rear ad the enemy was a craggy mountain, Is most pasts perpendka be. They opened a feeble cannonade from their right, but soon retreated, formed line, and kept up Cos a short time a use of musketry, and then made a push for the Merida road. Here they encountered our column, and found at the same time that we had captured great part of their baggage and all their guns. They now appeared in a state of 4tagorrertrt, and e.ented not to know what to do. Our cavalry charged them, and our cannon mowed down their ranks. They were completely baited and be. set on all sides. They then faced about, and received the order to make for the mountain. Our brigade, full drive like dugs is a chace, came up with them at the foot of the mountain. It is impossible for me to detcribe the sczne that fohowed--a thousand immediately threw down their arms and remained prisoners. whilst we chac :d the rest an I cut them off by sections. They abandoned baggage, package, arms, and every thing they possess. ed, and the ground was covered ws:h boxes, portmanteaus, (im. mediately broken open) hooks, maps, parsers, sheets of linen, coats, shawls, and packages of tetoney, of which in one paper smelts( our men got upwards of lop gold pieces. All the officers lett us their horses at the mountain. 4mongst all the plunder I might have appropriated to myself, I contented my .elf with a fe• mans map of Portugal and Spain, by Mentelte. Member el the National Institute, a handsome tnrnished sword-bett, a good silver fork and spoon (this was fair, for t' lost mine in our retreat last year), a silk night-cap, and a superb sash beanifully ornamented, which, however, is of little use to me, except as a span of war. " I had a good deal of conversation wi.h the Prince d'Arem - berg, as well as General Brune. The latter saw me polite- a Spaniard for some bread, which by the bye I was obliged to • :At by fortar.- 0 Oh," said he," you spoil those Spaniards; never ray " them for any thing; we Frenchmen know better than you hew " to treat them ; they deserve no attention--they ate not carable " liking any people in the world, though they may say they are " fond of you. Give them a kick in the rump a-d send them of." " Our brigade marched back here by Arroyo de Poem and st. Vincent.: the rest of the division is again in rertalegre. Our situation here Is too far advanced and unrupported fur us to stay long, which I am 'orry for, as the old castle is a great curienty, built close and regular on a high rock overhanging the town. The women here are handsome, and take a pride to shewing their feet and legs. In all other respects every part of the person is concealed. How different from those of some other nations I could name! Their Dertullies are horrid entertainments, where there is nothing but smoking and dancing. " During all the time I have been a soldier, I do not remember our men enduring any thing like the nights previous to the action of the 28th. Deluged with rain and overcome with fatigue, you can have no idea of the misery they suffered. I often thought of Southey, who says— " After tnarching all day, faint, and hungry, and core, " I've laid down at night on the swamps of a moor; " There forced by pain and fatigue to remain, " All chilled by tke cold and benumbed by the rain." Por myself, thank con, I. ass perfecly well, and I I ope shall keep myself so. Adieu.—l hare no hopes of seeing home yet—every thing is warlike