Star. — London, England, 1824-03-18 00:00:00

I r Til E EVENING STAR. LONDON. • `_. • h e a nticipated—(Loud applause). —The opEration of the f or mer was perhaps gratifying but that of the lattei. Was more certain and stahle, and would invigorate the country through which it flowed, and the spring from ,Li c h it was supplied; and like the blood, which, cir culating through and vivifying the extremities, returned to the heart from which it flowed, wohld add to the }with and refreshing spirit of the gejleral mass. lie ranked them most heartily for the compliment which had paid . him —(Applause). The TREASURER read the report of the collection of the pt esent year in aid of the funds of the Society, which, we are happy to hear; was gratifying. The Mice of WELLINGTON then drank .. The health of his Royal Highness the Chairman, as President fr the day." The Duke of Yon returned thanks, and repeated e:e gratification he felt in presiiing at this festival. The CHAIRMAN next proposed 1* The health of the Chancellor of the Exchequer." The CHANCELLOR of the Excia.tavEit, in returning ' I thanks, hoped they would allow him.to express his sen timents, as this was the first time he had had the honour of attending one of their festivals, and never had lie felt more gratification than at seeing himself on this occa sion surrounded by personages not less distinguished for their illustrious birth, splendid talents, and ply/ate worth —(Rpplause). Nlen possessing adverse opinions upon other topics, but here only actuated by one spit it of honest - ernblation, to see who could confer the greatest benefit on the Saciety—(Applause). For himself, be could only express his thanks for this mark of their at tention; and though he could not boast of the honour of being an Irishman, yet he hoped he was not insen sible to those kindred feelings which bound Englishmen to Leland by every tie which could link man to man, and bind their kindred in reciprocal attachments. The CHAIRMAN next proposed 1. The health of Sir John Doyle." Sir JOHN DOYLE, in returning thanks, said that they had placed him in the dilemma of confessing that he was taken by surprise, and that too, in the presence of Lis own illustrious commander—(A laugh). But when he looked around and saw the Jury by which he was to be tried, he anticipated,an honourable acquittal. He then said, that to speak seriously, he felt an unabated attachment to this society, and would continue to the last one of its firm supporters. This was, he thought, one of the proudest anniversaries which the society had ever enjoyed.: He concluded by warmly compliment ing their Royal Chairman. The healths of the Marquis of Londonderry, of the Vice-Presidents, Mr. Bainbridge, _the Treasurer, the Stewards, and other officers of' the institution, were then successively given ; and the Duke of York left the chair soon after ten o'clock, accompanied by the principal personages who sat near him. ._ ~_ .i THURSDAY, MAItCH 18, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Little or no business doing. Consols opened for - the' Account 55i i, got up to attd lowered again to 931 j, at which price they remain steady. A private Express is said to have arrived from Paris, bringing the Renter at 101 f. 23c. but at the close of the Market they lowered to 100 f. 60c. FOREIGN FUNDS. The Market opened with the new Insurance Company's Shares, which were dune at 141 to 15 pre. An attempt was made at the opening of the Market to run them down, but it had not the least effect, and they stood their ground. Current Prices: Nevi, Spanish 164 17, Old 191 20, Russian 94, Chiliadal, Austrian 12, New Prussian 961, Old $Bl, Colombian 118, Alexican Scrip 84 1, Greek It Rothschild's Shares 141. The following new Loans are talked of : Brazil, Neapolitan, Co lombi.in, Spanish, Ghillan. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Hamauticaa,Mmeca 19.—0 n London, 36. 10. 4. 36. 7. 4. Brtuw, MARCH 9.—On London, 3 M. 7. 1. 4. LE11.2,1C, MAKCH B.—On I t ondon, 3 M. 6. 19. 4. I'ETRILMAGH, Fn. 27.—0 n London, 9. 11-32; Paris, 99. I. CHILE LOAN. ' The FOURTH HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND on the above LOAN, which becomes due en the 31st inst. will be PAID by Messrs. HULLETT, BROTHERS, and co. at their Counting-house, 1x.102, Leadenball-street, on that and every succeeding Day (Sim days excepted), between the hours of Ten and Two o'Clock. 'The Dividend Warrants, with a List thereof, in numerical order, must he left for examination one day previous td the application for ray meat.—London, March 10, 1824. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 2 per Ct. Cons. 93 1 ,( 2 sh 3 —4 per Cts. New 106% % Inc :a Bonds 82s. 80s. Exchequer Bills (E 1,000) 51s. 48s. 50s. Consols tor Acct. 93% 5/ yB. The following accounts have reached us to-day from Bayonne: BAYONNE, MARCH 9. The Papers from Madrid of the lth, bring us the King's decree authorising Navarre to convoke its Cones annually, for the purpose of repahing the injury done by the war and the revolution, and of offering a voluntary gift to the crown, which is indispensably ne cessary in the present state of its finances. This gift is fixed at 12,000,000 of reals. The articles of this de• cree which will restore to Biscay and Navarre their ancient immunities, will be advantageous to the trade of Bayonne, and of all the province of Hearn. The Vielich column, which had been sent to Segovia, has returned to Madrid, which it immediately left again io return to its santonments, It is now known that the disbanding of the corps of Merinb bas ken effected pretty quietly, the Government not having beer. able to refuse the just demand which he made, that it should 3ecure a provision for men to whom the success of the Royal cause was partly owing. Merino himself has ar ived at Madrid with a battalion of the `22d. It is said that Fiench AmbaSsador is on the eve of his departure• Others say, that his Excellency finds himself continually counteracted by the measures of the King's Govern ment; that his philanthropic views are not approved, and, in short, that all his efforts to make affairs take a less tortuous course are in vain. It seems that he will not make a long stay at Madrid, but will go to London cr to St. Petersburgh. The Provinces art:: pretty tran quil, but wade is entirely at a stand, aad the greatest - -- - • . • distress prevail,,, so that the emigrations are still iitiMe rothe A Decree re•establi,!.es the Junta of Ministers, which is to draw up a pla❑ for the education of youth, of which Religion will he the basis. A Couiier who lift Madrid on the 6th arrived this Morning. There was nothing new, only that numerous posts were esta blished for the security of the city, which communicate at night by sentinels. Three Mails from aunburgh arrived this forenoon . The Papers brought by rhcm reach to the 19th instant, ne following are extracts:— CHRISTIANIA, FEBRUARY 17. His Majesty has had proposals laid before the Stor thing, for the regulation of the public expenditure for three years, from July 1, 1824; and invited to pre sent proposals relative to the taxes. The receipt and expenditure arc stated as follows: Receipt (in silver) Expenditure (in do.) Crown*. 437,000 271.466 Excess in silver . • . 165,55.4 Which is added (at the exchange of 15 per cent.) to the receipt in paper. - 1,750,07,7 Receipt (in paper) if no change takes place in the produce of the taxes and duties Expenditure (in paper) including 35,000 crowns for the Silver Mine of Konigsberg; 600,000 for the Army; and '209,000 for the Marine - 1,831,521 Deficiency - - 31,484 Which, however, will be made good by an increase of duty on coffee, tobacco, wine, brandy, Stc. For extrac,rdi nary expenses, Scc. the arrears of the taxes, 600,000 crowns, and what remains in the Exchequer on die Ist July this year will, at all events, suffice; but it is pro posed, fur the sake of security, that the Storthing would renew the Vote authorising his Majesty to contract a loan for 345,000 crowns, which his Majesty has not yet occasion to make use of. We have received to-day the Paris Papers of Monday . . They! incipel article of intelligence is the following . , which, however, is not "official : " It is at length probable that the Spanish Bonds, so unjustly and so imprudently repudiated by the Spanish Ministry, will be recog.- nised and received at the rate of thirty per cent, in a new Loan, which is on the eve of taking place. Several highly respectable commercial houses in London are Ifegociating, at this moment, a new Loan with the Spanish Government, on the bash that the Constitu tional Bonds shall be received in payment at the rate which we have just mentioned, and it is firmly believed that the negociation will terminate in a satisfactory manner. The Madrid Cabinet ought to, be copvinced, that an act of justice towards the holders of the Bondi, proceeding from the Loans of the Caries, is necessary to re_ hstore the credit of Spain." We observe, with pleasure, that the liberal principles, of commercial policy announced and enforced ►y Mr• Ilusicissorr, in the debate on the Silk Trade, have been echoed and recommended by the French press. The following quotation from the reported speech of the Right 'Honourable Gentleman has been translated into most of the Journals, and eulogized by many of them : " If for advocating such principles he should be accused of lean ing strongly to a liberal policy, he should at once plead guilty to the charge : but they were principles founded on experience, and sanctioned by the best authorities• In his opinion, to be liberal in matters of commercial policy was to remove the jealousies which had hitherto prevented a free intercourse between different nations, —was to extend to each the advantages and enjoyments of the other —was to promote arts, science, and civilization ; and, in a word was to advance those salutary, beneficial, and enlightened view s which were best calculated to increase the wealth, opulence, and power of the country. In short, he was liberal to other countries, because by being so be felt that be best consulted the interest of his own." The Constitutionnei; which is most extensively read among those powerful classes of French society devoted to commerce and manyfactures, acd which, as their or gan, has frequently expressed an illiberal jealousy of the progress of English trade and industry, has been the first to give to the above sentiments all the advantage of its circulation, and all the weight.of its authority. It even goes farther; and, as Mr. HusKissost professed that he would be liberal to the commerce of other countries, beca . tise in being so he best consulted the in terests of his own, the French _lout nalist recommends the abolition of certain restrictions on the importation of foreign manufactures into France, because they pro voked reprisal.) " injurious to French agriculture and industry." By a free interchange of such liberal ideas, we shall soon have a free commerce of commodities. Letters from Lisbon, by English residents, dated the 4th and sth inst. mention a very tragical occurrence, whiel!,t at present the theme of general conversation in that ca Pal. It is the murder of the Marquis de LotmE, one of the King's Chamberlains., It appears the KING went to Salvatiert a to pass the Shrovetide with his daughters, when festivities were to take place. The dead body of the Marquis, it would seem, was found lying on the gYound, and in the open air, in a part of the Palace that was , some time ago burnt and never te built. Ile was in his full uniform, with all his insignia upon him. There were two great contusions in his head, and a sharp instrument had entered his mouth and come out at the top of his head. He v, as found there in the morning of die I st, and, as it had rained heavily during the night, and the clothes he had on were dry, it was concluded that he had been conveyed to this unfre quented spot after the completion of the murder. Advices have been reeeivet from Constantinople, of the 10th ultimo. The forte has made - a strong remon strance to our Ambassador, Lord STRAIWFORD, on the interference of " Chdde Harold" and other Englishmen in its quarrel with the Greeks. The Turkish Govern meat appears to beat a loss to reconcile kith its absolute notions, the individual freedom of action which our in stitutions allow. Through the negociations of Lord STRANortono, a Treaty has been concluded between the King of SARDINIA and his SuirtimE MAJESTY, the ra• tification of which had reached Constantinople, accom panied by a portrait or miniature of the King of SAR• . 7~— tc nitsli, set in 'diamonds, as a present to onr Ambassador, and trained at about 4,0001. From forty to fifty lobians ail peOple-cf the loweit rank, had been recently arrested, 4 ' We are not yet quite aware," says one of the letters, what crime is laid to their charge; but we bear It said that it is either for being concerned in the circulation of fake money from the Greeks, or for having assisted that Power by paying money for raising troops. Another ru mour is, that they were the wilful cause of a fire at the corn magazines about a fortnight ago." . The Glasgow iler7rorSMday's date, says, that advices had that morning been received there, direct from Peru, which state that, subsequently to the ad vantages gained by the Royalists, llor.tvAa, with his usual energy and good fortune, had restored the Indc , Pendent ascendancy. The advices are dared Lima, the 11th of November, December: 1 , ,t and 4.11, To the last of these there is a postscript, shish says, since writing the above, accounts have arrived of llot,iva n !laving taken RIVA AGCERO, and all his principal °dicers pri soners, at Truxillo." - . Madras Papers har•e come to hand to the• I;th of October, from which we extract the following articles : ►aunt 'Mt MADRAS COCRIFR OF OCT. 17. Our accoudts from Singapore state that land was considetial of so little value there, that every parson was at liberty to take as much as they liked. The population of Singapore was increasing very fast, and free ttaders were fiosking in great numbers to that settle ment. European goods were plentiful anircheap, but pr.nluce had risen considerably. Tin was ..t.l dollars per bankul, and opium was very high, on account of little bring in the tnarket. VROM TII6 PATER Or THE 10TH. GURRUCK PORE, SEPTEMBER 6. Yesterday a sudden inundation took plactt in that part of this district, through which the Kowennah River runs. The flood, in three hr-urs, swept away two hundred villages, and a sad mortality exists amongst us. Grain has risen very high ; iu fact, it Is scarcely to be met with. . • CALCUTTA, SEPTEMBER LT,. We learn that the cholera morbus is raging in several parts of India with great virulence. Our letters from the Upper Provinces state that a deluge of rain has caused the rivers to °vertu*, by which many hundred villages have been swept away, and property to a great extent lost. BANK OF ENGLAND.-THIS DAY. A Meeting of the Proprietors of this Stock was this morning con vened, for the purpose of considering of a dividend. The CHAISMAN, after adverting to the state of the Company's Funds, proposed a dividend for the half-year now ending, of four per cent. Mr. HARRIS proposed, as an amendment, a dividend of 5 per cent. A long debate then ensued about the withholding of papers by the Directors, in which Mr. GUMMY, Mr. YocNo, 31r. Pwrxe, and others, took parr: The amendment, on being put to the vote, was negatived by a large majority. ALLIANCE ASSURANCF COMPANY. The shares in this new Institution, to which we have before al luded, are now distributed ;monk the different persons who had made application to beCome Shareholders, and bear a regular price in the market among the different securities, for the investment of capital. As the magnitude of the undertaking, and the extensive chanziels through which its objects are proposed to he attained, se parate it widely from any similar ore which before existed, and give to the project a certain degree of public importance, a sketch of the plan, as far as it has hitherto transpired, may not prove gene rally uninteresting. The capital of the Comp:lny is .4'5,000,000 sterling, to be divided into 50,000 shares of .ClOO each ; and tts con cerns are to be conducted by five Presidents and sixteen Directors, who will unitedly form the Board of Direction. These persons are selected front the principal mercantile and bunking firms of the City. —ln addition to the usual objects of such Institutions, namely, Fire and Life Assurances, it is intended that tins Company shall also grant life annuities, endowments for infants, and b:nefit poli cies, in all cases connected with life contingencies; T.ciilier will these trans-actions be confined to Great Britain alone, but through the connectibns with the Continent of those merchants with whom the plan has originated, will' be gradually extended over the whole of Europe, in the greater part of which the advantages arising from Societies of this nature are entirely unknown. The :shareholders have been called upon for a deposit of 101. on each share, and it is further intimated, that in all probability no other demand will be made ; s lot in order to excite the proper exertion on the part of the shareholders in promoting the g..neral prosperitrof the concern, it is stipulated that each of them'sball effect an insurance equal to the amount of his subscription. No individual, with the exception of the Presidents, Directors, and Auditors, is permitted to hold more than fifty shares, until after the 25th of March, 1825. The annual profits, it is proposed, after payment to the Proprie tors of not less than three or more than five per cent. per annum, by way of Interest on their deposits, shall be applied in the following manner, viz.—a sum equal to five per cent. thereon shall be laid out in the purchase or redemption of shares, provided they can be purchased or redeemed at or below a premium of 901. a share ; and a further suns equal to fifteen per cent. thereon, in paying up the remaining 90 per cent. on the shares, until the whole capital shall be realized: the remaining 80 per cent. to be invested in public secu rities in the names of trustees, and divided every five years between the proprietors and the holders of policies. • The Gentlemen with whom this plan originated are, we understand, Mr. N. M. Rothschild, and his brother-in-law, Mr. M. Niontefiore. )‘' • A r ~~ !F WINDSOR, MARCH 17. Yesterday, at half-past two o'clo - ck, his MAJESTY, accompanied by his usual retinue, left the Castle in his phaeton, which he drove, followed by another with the regular attendants on liciseback, and proceeded to the Royal Lodge, and returned to the Castle at hall-past five.—This afternoon the Earl and Countess of WAR-- wicK arrived at the Castle, as also did General Sir WIL LIAM KEPPEL, who had the honour, together with Lord and Lady MA nyaonotron, and a select pay, to dine with his MAJSSTY. A Cabinet Council assembled at three o'clock this afternoon, at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street. The Duke of CLARENCE lett town un Tuesday night, at nine o'clock, for Bushey. Prince LEoroi,u, accompanied by Baron STOCKNIAR, arrived in town yesterday evening flout Claremont. The. Earl oICHICIIESTER entertained a diqinriii,hed party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Stratton -street, l'iccadilly, among whom were the Duke and Duchess of Limps. The Honourable Mrs. llol'E gave a grand rout yes terday evening, at her house in Alansfield-street. Lord and Lady CARRINGTON eitiet Wined his Excel lency Baron FAGEL and a 'distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at their house, Whitehall. _ _ Mr. ANGERSTEIN has purchased the elegant house in St. James's-square, which was the residence of the late Earl of St. Gz:zstairs. The purchase money is said to be X 20,000. Government has come to a final determination not to adjourn the Assizes from Lancaster to other parts , of Lancashire. A " Mechanics' Institute and Apprentices' Library" has been established at Kendal( AToRIo.L-The weekly performances alternately at each Theatre continue to be well attended. It was la&t night tue turn of Drury-Lane. The first part yrai chiefly trona 1-lamnor., with a morceau eech from Dr. 11A1-101, and 1110AllT, well executed by Mrs. SALMON, Miss STAMENS, Miss BUODAI.T., BRA NAM; and SA PIO. Between the first and second parts . Miss ox sung the noble Recitative from the Tantstvis, with the air 7'u ch'aecendi, &c. one of the happiest in'pirations of Roszma, with greet power and brilliancy, and, what is also a considerable merit,vvith a true feeling of the sentiment and expression which belong to tins heroic and tender strain. &tears:m-1n the STAa of the Bth inst. the following notice should have sppeered not among the Deaths, but Ole Et, ths,and with the addition we have now marked in italics :-- Fel). ‘hs, At Dimdalk, the Lady of James J. bretc, Esq. of the Seventh Dragoon Guards, /assn. .1 -- - _ . - 47:7;7777.7 . ." , . . . „ .., , TILE ARMV. . °points:tons signed by the Ltiell Lieutenant of the County ale , tine of liineaster- -• Thomas Richard Pktinbe, Esq. the Right Hon. the Earl of iii ' , the Right Honourable Lord Viit ou nt M u lyn e ut, Jetties - tieworth, Esq. Th omas Wilson, Ra§. Th o mas Greene, Esq. ,i - lam Gale, Es q . Thomas Entwisle, Vag. tobeDepnty Lieutenants. 2d Battalion of Royal Lancashire Militia—ftubert Entwine, Req. to be Lieutenant-Colonel; George Marton, Esq. to be Captain. Liverpool Battalion of Local Militia—William Ripley, Esq. to lie Captain. Leyland and Ormslark Battalion of Local Aillitia—Edward Bootle_ Wilbraham. 13sq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant; IV 0- liam Blundell, Esq. to be Lieutenant.Colunel ; hicbard Bootle Wilbfaham, Esq. to be He*. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Criterkitr, Patsy, from New York, is off Hlstings. The Vigilant, from Nevis; and the Henry, from Demerara, are supposed to be arrived, letters having been received marked by them. The Three Brothers, front Boston to Newcastle, sprung a kok and sunk in Whitby Roads on Monday—crew sv'ed. Yesterday, the dispatches for Madras and China, by the ship William Fairlit,• Captain KINNA RD Sxtyrrt, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. Fat.7lmml, Mason 16.—Wind W.S. W.—Sailed the Bee, Wit.- sces ; and Al-ridian, SALISBURY, for London. PORTsHf>II7I/, i lance 17—W .d S.W.—Arrived the Rawlins, ItiomanyN; and Killiosbeck, SHIT') ' from the Dawns. Put back, tile Camden, and remains, with th e Exeter, Thetis, Larkins, Dame, S rab, Spanish Patriot, Rich'.rilcon, and Kiliingbeck. DEA., MA KCH 7.—Wind 5. W.—Aaikd the OM Maid, fur Sierra Leone; Cessr.ock, for Dominica ; Osprey, I.l:emz‘r, for Boston ; and Hottentot, Snici..ern, fur tie. Car of Goad Hope-. Arrived his Majesty's ship - GeoucEsres, from llavannah, knt from Portsmouth. BRA CNI•RIS. MARCH 16.—The Ninild4, from Jamaica. to Livers pool, is on shore at Makreath, Carnarycn Bay—all hands are safe, and the vessel had taken no harm. I.rvaitroot., MARCH 15. Arrived the :William Wise, WINDER, from D.merara ;" Thomas Fowkr; David Shaw ; and Adiline, MA RTIN, from Savannah; Ann, Rpm), from Chaticston ; and 'llium, —, from Demerara. 16.—Arrived the Frederick, Hums, from Wilmington end Diana, bl'Lestr, from St. John's, New Brunswick. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MARCH 17. Suirs Rieman Inv/mins— The Jane, from Charleston; Mars, and Mary, from the Cape of Good Hope; Rover, from Rotterdant ; Try for It, from Calais; Robert, front Ostend ; Lottery, and Peterel, from Dunkirk ; Trial, from Jamaica ; Caroline, from Havannah ; Reliance, from Bourdeaus : Dove, from St. Michael's; IBizaheth, from Cork; Active, from Otaheite; and Spring Grove, from the South Seas. ENTERED Qum/aLos—The Flora, for Cadiz ; Florida, for Malta ; Tre Venner, for Elsineur ; Hugh Johnson, for St. John's; Fairlie, for Madras; Good Intent, for Caps} Breton; and Agincourt, for Hamburg h. CLEARING OUTWARDS —The William, for Dominica ; Calthorpe, for Elsineur ; Alexander, for Quebec ; and Fairy, for Stettin. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 15. lAREaIt AND WRAY..-••NEDDT THOMPSON. The LORD CHANCELLOR having taken his seat. said he had read the parcil evidence in the case of Barker and Wray, and wish.ll to know how much of it had been admitted before the Master? • Mr. I3LCKERSTETH informed his Lordship that the declarations attributed to E. Barker, sen. and E. Barker, jun. were admitted, the rest were thrown out. CHANCELLOIR—That is not extraordinary, for so much trash I ne ver before saw upon paper; under whom du the Ladies claim ? HRALD—Under the will of Mr. Henry Barker. LORD CHANCEI,LOR—There was an infant concerned ; is he made a party to the Wile ? Mr. liscaintsrwra—lic is, my Lord. LORD CHANCELLOR-110W could you have called on an infant to make those admissions pod require by the issue ? Mr. BICLERSTRTN—He is now of age, my Lord ; but we do tot. want his admissions ; we consider that we have established our case without the necessity of calling on him. Loan CHANCELLOR—As to the spoliation of property by means of the destruction of the will, Ido not think it is proved. It is not proved that these Ladies have destroyed the will. Mr. BICKRRSTETHI—No; cettaieily not, my Lord;' but I submit that we have shewn sufficient ground for the presumption that they have either destroyed it, or that they possess it at this moment,. and suppress it for their own purposes. luau CDANCILLLOR—But they deny that. Mr. HICICIRSTRTII—Oh yes, My Lord, *hay do deny it ! Lean CUARCELLOR--Well, as to the suppression or the ab ,, ence of a will, it is pretty well known how the .Court will act ; but as to the parol ovidence, much dependence cannot be placed on the statements of people as to what they may have heard others talking about New, there is a Gentleman introduced into this parol esti dence whom I happen to know. Mr. H1ALD.....1 know him too, my Lord, and I confess I did not give much credit to sine of the hearsay, when first it came before me; but I afterwards learned a circumstance which is not upon record, land which will never be made public, that induced me to change my opinion relative to this hear-talk. The Loan Csratteattos—Very properly ; but of the Gentleman mentioned among the parol evidence, whom I know, his name is Edward Thompson ; he is described as a Gentleman Farmer, and a person of considerable respectability. I rentember be was cote monly called Neddy Thompson; many a day L went out coursing with him and his greyhounds ; and to give him his due, I never knew a more excellent fellow at finding out a hare—but as to his being a Gentleman Farmer, or a person of respectability, Mr. Heald, you and I know whether he was or not; but no matter for that row. Neddy was a clever, a very clever, sensible, shrewd fellow, and very able in his own vocation. I shall give judijment in this case on Thursday morning. . THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.—At ldst we have the result of the grand caucus, which %vas held at Washington, oil Saturday evening (14th February); only sixty-sir Aleenbers of Con gress attended the Meeting, sixty two of whom voted ftir Mr. CRAWFORD, as a Candidate for the Presidency, and fifty-seven for Nlr. GALLATIN, for Vice-President. Two Gentlemen who could nut attend sent their votes by proxy, for Mr. C.swrottn,— Thus out of 261 Members , only 64 have been found, a fter drilling of Mr. CaAwroars friends, willing to recommend Lien as a candidate for the firs: ()dice in the gift of a free people.— . .Ven, York .Idvertisgr. _ _ _ CA NDll3.—c We hope Mr. HUSKISSON and the res of the Ministers will proceed in the work they have begun. We would not, however, have them fly too obstinately in the face of the prejudiced Manufaciurers, least the latter should succeed in iii flueinaing the Newspapers, by means of a few' highly paid fer adv. i tisemeuts, in increasing Wel present clarnettr."—Mueuing /47;k-fr. Letters from Porto Cabello, dated in 'December, state, that the Colombians have raised a force for 0-e purpose of invading the Havannah. The Tr( st san guine hopes were enter tainedaat the Havattnalt would tall without lossaot blood, as the Comtitutional pelt) , there is very strong. • THE. Linitr CALENDAU.—" An Iriltman" assures us that he has examined the Irlsh.Papers, and hails nothing that could ereper4 serve for the foundation of the paragraph under this title, ivhiel; appeared in our Paper of Tuesday: We are willing to beikve that it is indeed all a calumny ; and regret that it should have MINA its way front a provincial Poet into our columns. As a s,: of, we can state positively, that though yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, *ere WAS not a single watch-house charge at any of the Police ' Men this morning. • TURNED SENSIBLE AT L A ST.—The following re; marks on suicide actually form part of a letter from Mr. Ex-She:HT Parkins, which appears in a Pape/ of this morning;—" Live, I say live, until that Being who created the body and soul, commands it Into eternity. I sincerely believe that none ever•think of having re course to such an act, but those who refuse to fut confidence in their Matea, which, if they did, they veOuld know that their presinf troubles were mere trials; for which if they stood firm in their mash. Adence to COD, they WOllll, in propel. time,. be released from aU their troubles, and exceedingly rewarded in the end." Nor so Goon.—Was lighted to bed at twelve o'clock; up to which tune I had been occupied in hearing from • a neighbeuriti tradesman of great respectability, the story of his distress, for:wLts of money, on account of noti.paymenti - , whom, though a stranger before his application to me, I advanced A-513 on the,promisse.rg note of one of his debtors, which b not vet paid. I sitscerel.oiittrent this limy 6e the last oiplieation of the kat to me, not wishing to here ony further Imp ,, actiqrs with trrty oneitt:tlis countrm—l ata, Dir , wait very great respect, your most obedient humbl . e serv w. ;I, lm „is. • • • • :, . •' ~. A ~^ Yr 'I TFT to'