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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1824. ' THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Comoob-opsood thio.morning at 891,4, and got up to 1.. j, but, up to this hour, they are 89J, for the Account, and for Money 89j, j, 'with a,Market looking cowards a rise. i FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonds opened at 241 to 1, at which price they retnahr iteady, with little doing ; the most business this morning is in the Mexican Loan. Current Prices :—Old Spanish 241, New 161.1, Colombian 636, New Asrsirian 51, Chilian 76, Russian 891, New Prussian 11111 1 Old 911 1, Mexican Loan 11 pre. Poyais 31. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. llsstaostms, JAN. 16.—0 n London, 36. 7. 36. 10. Prrsitsausan, JAN. 2.—On London, 9.13-32 ; Paris, 100.1. -Ileaurt, J*.. 15.—0 n London, 3 M. 7. 2.1. AMSTERDAM, ' JAN. 20.—0 n London, 39. 11. 2M. 39. 8. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 237 1 / 2 -3 per Cent. Reduced 90 1 / 1 % I A. 8 per Cent. Cons. 89% IA 3A-3 1 h per Cents.loo 1 / 3 4 per Cents. Old 102 101 7 / 3 102 1 / 5 101 7 / 8 4. per Cents. New 105% 7 A3 1 / 2 Bank Long Anus. 22 1 / 2 9-16 Imp. 3 per Cents. 89 1 / 4 —lndia Stock 270 271 India Bonds 83s. 84s.—South Sea Stock 101% I:Ache+ Bills of £1 ,000, 545. 555. .535. Do. Small 545. 565. 53s.—India for Account 271 Consols for Account 89 1 4 %. , Hamburg]) Papers to the l7th instant reached us this mottling. They contain the substance of an Imperial Ukase, issued by the Emperor of RUSSIA, establishing a new Tariff, founded on that illiberal prohibitory policy which Governments are saslow to relinquish. In this new Tariff the duties on imports of every kind are so augmented, as in many articles to amount almost to a prohibition. 'The duty on porter is increased ten silver rubles (abont a guinea) per hogshead, and that on rum is raised five and twenty per cent. All kinds of white cotton goods are to pay an additional duty of seventy silver copecs (about ls. 6d.) per lb. while on the finer sorts the duty is augmented nearly half a crown in the pound. On stockings, canvas, counterpanes, &c. the duty is increased .about 25 per cent. That the new Tariff .is principally directed against our manufactures, we think is very probable—but the loss of what we supply to Russia, can-very easily be compensated for in other quarters, to which we look for such an impulse to our trade, as Russia and the whole Continent could never give us. Besides, the prohibitory system defeats it self. The very attempt to exclude our manufactures will oaly make them be sought fox with increased avidity, and Russia can no more prevent smuggling than we can do in England, where in spite of the activity of our Excise, and our Preventive System, it is carried on to a consi derable extent. In Russia the difficulty is increased tenfold, by the chat atter of the persons who engage in contraband traffic ; they are not needy, but despe- rate adventurers ; merchants and men of fortune who • have an organized system, which beards all authority and defies all efforts to suppress it. Whether the Rus sian Government, in attempting to exclude our manufac ture., has opened any new mat ket for its own produce, we have yet to learn. The following ate two different accounts of the New Tariff, from the Hamburgh Papers: ST. PETERSBURGH, DECEMBER 3 This evening some very considerable augmentations of the import duties for next year, were made known; among others are the following : Raw Sugars, raised one silver ruble per pond. Coffee, two rubles. Cocoa, one ruble, 50 copees. Pepper, one ruble, 50 wpm . Pimento, Ginger, Cassia, one ruble. Sago, two rubl% Rice, 25 copecs. Leaf Tobacco, • tbree rubles. Cloves and Nutmegs,, five rubles. Olive Oil, 50 coped. Twist, one ruble. Porter, 10 rubles per hogshead. Rum,, 25 per cent. Wines (except Austrian and Greek), five rubles per hogshead. Almonds, 90 coped, per pond. JAN. 2.—The Imperial Ukase respecting the changes in the Tariff, which will take effect from the Ist (13th) of January, 1824, has just appeared. It is signed by his Majesty, December 18th (30th). Raw sugars are to pay one silver ruble per pood in addition ; Coffee, two silver rubles; Twist pays now, undyed, five silver ru bles ; Rough Dyed, six silver rubles per pond ; Nut megs, 'l5 rubles ; Mace, 22 rubles per pood ; Cassia Lignia, 10 silver rubles per pood ; Cinnamon, 10 silver rubles; Olive Oil, one and a quarter silver rubles per pood, gross weight ; Rice, 4.0 copecs ; Tobacco, leaf and stalk, four silver rubles. All kinds of White Cotton goods, 70 copecs silver per lb.; half transparent and transparent Cotton goods, except Tull Muslin and Lace, two rubles, 20 copecs silver per lb.; Camlets, Shal loom, Serges, and Calimancoes, one ruble per lb. ..—Patent Cords, 'foilinets, and other woollen goods, mixed with thread and other yarn, one ruble, 50 copecs silver ; Wine is raised five rubles silver, per hogshead ; Stockings and Caps, Cotton Cords, Canvas, Pique. Manchester, such white goods, with white borders, vi hire from 55 to 70 copecs, per lb. C oun terpanes raised, Wool, spun and dyed, from seven rubles, 70 copecs, to eight rubles, 20 copecs ; unspun and dyed, from six rubles, 80 copecs, to seven rubles, 80 copecs. All these duties ate in silver rubles. BETERSBURGH, JANUARY 2. The 'Winter is extremely mild ; the roads are, in con sequence, almo'st impassable, which is a great obstacle to the communication with the interior. • • • COPENHAGEN, JANUARY 13. , His Majesty has granted a pension of 2000 rix dol lsksbanco, in silver, to the widow of the late Minister - Firll llllllllllllllllllllW t --- :61.1.111118 lta THE EVENING STAR. toc , . _ . •of LONDON. , wi . the I ti I. rl.l L\ .- - . , . 'c . Rosenerantr. The funeral of that lamented statesman took place yesterday. Princes Christian and Ferdinand Denmark, Prince William of Hesse, and Prince Wilnam Charles Louis of Hesse Philipsthal,were among the numerous followers, as well as the whole diple matic corps. This morning-we received Dutch Papers to the 21st . and Brussels Journals to the 20th. The following are extracts : FRANKFORT, JANUARY 12. Every Authority which believes itself unpopular en deavours to conceal its intentions and its actions as long. as possible. The German Diet, on the motion of M. de Manch, its President, has given very strict orders to all the Censors in the German Confederation to refuse in• sertion in the German Papers to any article whatsoever relative to the Diet, which has not previously appeired in the French or German Journal of Frankfort. Ai 1 natural consequence of this aversion to publicity, the, Diet has forbidden the printing of any memorials or pe titions which shall be addressed to it i ontil they have been first subjected to the Censorship. The most absurd and unfounded reports have been spread from Hamburgh, relative to a pretended con= :Piracy in Sweden. The last letters from Stockholm speak only of the perfect tranquillity which reigns in the kingdom. The only foundation for the whole re port, seems to have been an anonymous letter from one peasant to another, which some Journals have men tioned, bat it was not of a nature to excite any disturb ance, nor has there been any. It is said now, that the Swedish Ministers at foreign Courts; have received in structions from their Government to contradict these false reports. HAGUE, JANUARY LSO► Baroa Nagell, who has been allowed to retire in the most honourable manner' from the department oi, Foreign Affairs, will retain the title of Minister of State. and take part, as the chief Plenipotentiary, in the Dego ciations with the Papal Nuncio. His Excellency is like wise placed at the head of a Committee for the prd motion of the Fine Arts. By the arrival of the CREOLE frigate we have some further particulars relating to the recent events in Bra zil, though they are far fromexplaining the actual views of the EMPEROR; and we should not be surprised to learn that, entertaining some suspicions of the attachment of his MAJESTY to the Constitution, A party had attempted to convert Brazil into a Republic. It appears that on the evening of the 10th November, the city of Rio was thrown into a state of general alarm and confusion, by the arrival at the barracks of an order from the EMPEROR, for the im mediate march of the troops to his Quinta, or Palace. —The reason circulated on the following morning for this movement of the troops was, that the t StrEttOß had discovered that his old Prime Minister, Joss BOW EACIO DI ANDRADE, had been tampering with the sol diery, and endeavouring to bring some of them over to his party—an explanation which was considered pro , bable, as the party was possessed of great influence. On the Ilth, the Cortes, alarmed at the EMPEROR'S order, sent a message to him to learn why the troops remained under arms; but no satisfhctory answer was returned, and the members in consequence remained all night in the Assembly-house. When the morning of the 12th broke, anxiety was depicted in the countenance of every one; crowds were collected in the streets to learn the result, but all business was suspended, and -the shops remained closed. About noon, however, a body of troops marched into the city, and surrounded the , house in which the Deputies were deliberating, point ing directly towards the building several field-pieces which they brought with them. A number of Officers then entered, dissolved the Cortes in the name tithe EMPEROR, and made prisoners of the following members : ANTONIO, CARLOS MAW TINS, FRANCISCO (brother to BONIFACIO DI ANDRADE), MONTEZUMA, and LALCHA. They were matched across the Palace square, put into a boat, and conveyed to the Ilha desCobras. Shortly afterwards the EMPEROR made his appearance, and paraded through the principal streets. It would appear, however, that his proceedings, up to this period at least, were not unpopular with the ' inhabitants. He was everywhere received with ap plause, and in the evening a general illumination took •, place. Joss BONIFACIO, the Member suspected of tampering with the soldiery, had left the house pre vious to the arrival of the troops, but he was arrested in the course of the evening. In the private -circles, where men could venture to express their sentiments, the conduct of the EMPEROR was severely censured by the English residents and the more respectable Brazi lians, as they feared it would be productive of disturb ancei in the provinces. On the 14th, an embargo was laid on the shipping in the harbour of Rio, which continued till the 21st, when the Laconia transport, on board of which the six arrested Deputies and their fami lies had been placed, sailed with sealed orders not to be opened till her arrival in a certain latitude. As this vessel had been supplied with provisions for five months, her destination, which was given out to be Havre de Grace, was generally supposed to be some far more distant port ; and some of the conjectures name that of Goa, in the East Indies. The departure of the democratic members was fol. fowed by a Proclamation from the Minister of Police,. affixed in all the public streets, offering a reward of 400 milreas (about £100) to any person who would enable him to prosecute to conviction the authors of certain placards reflecting on the recent conduct of the Go vernment ; offering, at the same time, to'conceal the names of the informers, and to observe strict secrecy in the prosecution. This Proclamation hid struck more alarm into the inhabitants than any other act of the Est in a country where for a small bribe persons could be found ready to sweet anything, no one felt himself secure against a secret prosecution. Qn the day after this Proclamation the only public journal which -remained in opposition to the Government, gave petite . that the pUblication eotdd - no longer be continued...a:- It was not till the 25th that t h e troops arrived from the cantonments at St. Chrispvao, in which they had been placed by the EMPEROR'S order. Amidst all the events above related, nothing had occurred which could denote to what the future views of the Estrzaoa tended; and the only circumstance which could warrant the , suspicion of a secret design to effect a reunion with Portugal, was his having received 'from the King of FRANCE the Grand Crosses of the Holy Ghost and of St. Michael, addressed to him as gi Prince Regent of PORTUGAL," and these decorations, though he had not ventured to exhibit them in public, he was understood to have accepted. Intelligence was received at Rio on the 22d of No vember, of the taking of Monte Video by the Brazi lian troops. With the letters by the Cieole, a copy of the financial expose. of GANA, the Minister for that department before the recent change, has been received, and we understand that all his views on that subject have been adopted by his successor. _ By an arrival at Baltimore, in fifteen days, from La l Guayra, files of the Caraccas Colontbiano and Iris, to the 26th of November, had been receiver!. The Co lombian Congress of 1824 was summoned to meet on the 24.1 of January. A Decree of the last year's Con gress, dated the 4th of August, declared that the port of the province of Rio Hacha should be exempt fiom the payment of all duties on provisions that might be introduced from abroad, and necessary for its con sumption, for the period of ten years. This law was enacted in consequence of the distressed state of the province of Rio Hacha, owing to the occupation cf Maracaibo by the late contending armies of Spain and the Republic. These accounts state, that by an official Decree of the Colombian Congress, dated sth of Au gust, the claim of Mr. MACKINTOSH, of London, for 10,000 suits of clothing furnished to the Republic on the faith of a contract entered into with Don Luis LOPEZ MENDEZ: was rejected. What authenticity there may be in this statement, we of course have no means to determine. The old rumour of FERDINAND VII. applying to his' brother Sovereigns to reconquer his late Colonies in South America for him, was circulated in the City this morn ing, with some variation certainly. France is no longer mentioned as the Power invited to undertake the chival rous duty; but the 'King of SPAIN is said to have ap pealed to the Sovereigns of Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia. Oh fur the meeting of Parlia ment, if it was only to silence the gossips of the Stock Exchange. Since the South Sea Bubble, the British Pithlic never perhaps manifested more gullibility in money matters than at present, which is not a little fed by the ready publicity the Daily Journals give to the scheme of any. adventurer who may wish to draw a few thou• sands from the pocket of John Bull, in the shape of a loan. One of the last projects of this sort, was a pre tendecl,Gresk loan, which, suspecting to be unautho rized, we did not notice. The following letter, posted on the Foreign Stock Ettchange, yesterday afternoon, proves our conjectures were right: '• r, JETIEUIRS-SQUARE. `" Sts—l beg leave to announce to yoii, for the information of tit* Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, that the person calling him self his Excellency the General Count de Wintz, Knight of the Or der of Stanislaii;, &c. has no authority from the Greek Government for raising any Loan for that Account. The powers for that pur pose are •ested in a Gentlentan now on his way to this country. ." I have the honour, Ike. " JOHN. BOWRING. `• lion. Secretary to the Greek Committee. " To R. W. Wade, Req. Secretary to the Committee, Stock Exchange." - BURNS' BIRTH-DAY. We are glad to perceive that the Binh-day of Scotia's immortal bard, Robert Burns, is. to be very generally celebrated by his countrymen, both athome and abroad. Nationality may well be excused when it has fur its ob ject to do honour to the memory of one whose fame is of no country, hut extends wherever worth and genius are admired. The “ London Burns' Club," which meets on the 29th inst, we believe, will muster mote than usually strong on this occasion; and will be ho noured with the presence of several of the most distin guished poets and men of letters of the day. The anniversary at the birth-day of the Princess of Chums, was celebrated on the 19th inst. at _Brunch, as usuaL Wednesday, Mr. Secretary CANNING transacted bu sines, at the Foreign Office. Tuesday a Board of the Lords of the Treasury was Iseld at the Treasury Office, Whitehall. Monday, Mr. MONstoa. the King's Messenger, ar ' rived at the Foreign Once, powning-street, with dispatches from the Right HOD. Sir CiLlatod Bator, our Ambassador at St. Peters burgh, from which place he came in less than three weeks. The Duke of YORK arrived yeterday at the Earl Vs aut.sx's seas, Gorhambury, Hens,. on a shooting party. A. C. B OODE, Esq. entertained his Excellency Baron FACIA. and a distinguished party to dinner, on Wednesday. C. W. WYNN, Esq. M.P. has issued cards of invita tion for a grand dinner party on Thursday nest, at his house, White hall-place. Earl VERULAM has a large party of Noblemen on a shooting party, at his seat, Gorhambury. Herts. Lord MoRPETH had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Park-street. Count LrEvErr had a select party to dinner yesterday, at Ashburnham House. Lord HENRY Burnam arrived yesterday in St.' James's-square. from his father's (the Duke of Ptitimann) seat, Welbeck, Mitts. The Hon. WILLIAM lAMB left town . yesterday, for Earl ViaaLILIK'S seat, GorhaMbnry, Herts. Viscount and ViSCOUHICSS GRANVILLE arrived yester day evening at (hair bonse , fn Bruton -street, Berkeley-square, from theirmit, Wasrassdbidge, &SAIL Wednesday, ;11e Caancluoa of the EXCHEQUER aid Lady Saws Rol6aoss kit town on a visit to the Earl and Co au , teas of Vsactru, at their seat, Gorhambury, near St. Allme46 rm., • OLD BAILEY-THIS DAY. A m es Walsh was pat tb the bar on an indierrncl charging him with stealing a bag, Ike. the property „f Messrs.Spraggs and Co. proprietors of ihe Exeter Atli!. litiry Coach. The facts of the case hare already fully appeared, and consequently it is only necessary tostate that he was found Guilty, but judgment was respited. 10111ZaT AT DRUTRT•LAN THEATIM • Awn Wood was indicted for stealing a qoantity of 4ct, the property . of R. W. Elliston, Esq. and Caroline furle d was also indicted for receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The facts of this case have also fully appeared in the Police reports. Wood was Acquitted, but Varley was found Guilty, and ordered to be im ptisoned fourteen days in Newzate. Abe Angus was found guilty of stealing a quantity or. opium, the property - of the London Dock Cou p. L ,.. The Jury recommended him to mercy. The Court sentenced him to one month's imprison ment, and to be kept to hard labour, at the same time expressing a determination to visit the repetition of the crime with the utmost severity. Alderman GAttarr hoped that the next person found guilty of the above offence would be transported, being convinced that that alone would stop the crime. Joseph Eden, a boy of 16 years of age, was indicted for stealing a reticule, a watch, and other articles, on the 15th of November, the property of Eliza Hunter. It appeared that the prOsecutris was walking aline ab tut three o'clock on the day mentioned to the intikt ment, in Charlotte-street, B!oomsbury, when the pri soner came up to her, and snatched her reticule, in which was her watch, handkerctief, and some other tri fling things. The chain of the reticule broke, and the prisoner ran off with it. He was afterwards apprehended from the description given by the ptosecutriz, and was rem:hived by her when she afterwards saw him at the Police-office. A Gentleman who saw the transaction also identified the prisoner. The - Jury found him Guild. Margaret Kelly and Margaret Bryan were iodic ei for stealing several articles of wearing apparel, the pro- pet ty of the guardians of the poor of the parish of S. Mary-la-bonne, on the 20th July last, to the value of 20, it appeared from the evidence of an accomplice, sip potted by other testimony, that at midnight on the d Ly named in the indictment, the two prisoners, being pau pers in Mary-la-bonne Wm khouse, broke into thelautl. dry pursuant to a previous agreement, carried off seve ral gowns, caps, &c. and a ft erwards escaped over the wall by means of a ladder which was in 'the yard. The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty. The Comet, says a correspondent, which is now but faintly visible to the naked eye, was observed yesterday morning, at Poplar, to be about midway between a and i in I)raco, near to s telescopic star; to rhe north of a small star, marked w in Jamicssn's Celestial Atlas, Dee. 66 des. North, Right ascension I*. 40m.; it passe d the meridian at 6h.sum. a. as. Its coarse being nearly due north, it will pass the meridian (below the Pole) abort 6 h. 14 vn. r.x. this evening, with an altitndeof nearly 28 degrees. The Duke of Buccutostau left Wotton, Bucks, on Wednesday, for his seat, Stowe. The Duchess is at Aviation, Man:'. Lord and Lady MORPETH arrived yesterday at their Mate in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, from Viscount Gsouvu.t.t's asst, Wherstead ledge, Suffolk. Countess SPENCER arrived yesterday at her house in Sr. James's-place, from her seat, Althorpe, Noitbampton: Mr. Sourntrx, the Poet Laureate, has been on a visit to his relatives and friendt; in Taunton (luring the last week. Lord 'ALFORD. has arrived at his house in Grosvenor place, from his Seat, Akherton Lancashire. Mr.• and Lady . GEortotst il baßniaLl. have assisted at the St. George's Rotel, Albemarle-street, front a toe. • SI us. GIOROB DYNO's PARTY.--Yesterday, at Wrot ham Park, the Y.ady of Mr. Brno, one of the Members for Mid dlesex, gave a magnificent entertainment to all die Foreign Minis. ten, except the Prince Potarmac. he party wee also attended by all the fashionables for several mPes around. The Cheltenham Chronicle, received yesterday, gave a circumstantial account of the f inding of the body of Mr. Pittner, of Bristol, buried in a park between Clif ton and that city ; but as the Bristol Papers were silent on a subject on which they Were as likely to be well informed as the Cheltenham Editor, we did not insert the article, which we learn. by the Bristol Papers, re- ceived this morning, is not true, no tidings whatever having been heard of the unfortunate Gentleman. His Majesty's discovery ships HECLA and Puns Went recommissioned at Deptford yesterday by Captaini PARRY and HOPPNRR. The latter Officer was the Fait Lieutenant on board of Capt. Lyon's ship on-the recent voyage.—Such is the confidence felt in the intrepidity; judgment, and conduct of the distinguished Officer in command of the expedition, and in the attention paid by the different Naval Departments to the comfort of the men, that no sooner were the ships commissioned than one-third of the crew belonging to the FURY on the former voyage, again volunteered for the HECLA, the ship bearing Capt. PARRY'S pendant.z—Capt. Lion at the same tine commissioned his Majesty's ship GRIPER, which ship is destined for Repulse Bay, whence Capt. LYON proceeds overland to the back of that Bay, to sur vey the coast thence to the 04 Cape Turnagain" of Capt. FRANKLIN'S recent discoveries. Capt.FRANKLIN proceeds by the way of New York to Fort Enterprize, with a view to survey the coast on the American Continent to the Westward, connecting, if possible, the survey between Fort Enterprize and Icy Cape. • The Louisiana Advertiser of November 22, contains the following singular story:—" We hate been informed through several sources, and have reason to rely, to a certain extent, upon the correctness of the information, that about the 21st of October, a sudden change . of the weather was experienced at ampico and the vicinity, the mercury of the thermometer falling 40 degrees during eight hours—the consequence of which was, that 300 persons died in one night in that city and the adja cent country. One of our United States vessels was in port at the time, and oar informant adds that she lost at the same time 111 persons, including several officers: Wednesday being the anniversary of the death of Louis XVI. no Papers were published in Paris, an d we are therefore without any later intelligence than that which we communicated (exclusively) yesterday. On turning to the Journal des Debats of Monday, we find the following notice of the dreams of Our contemporary: PARIS. Jammu: talk—The English Courier:of the 15th contains 4 private letter from Paris, which it assures its is the production of a person of distinction moving in the diplomatic circles, and perfectly au fait of the political intrigues of the eighteen months just passed. It goes almost the length of presenting thiss letter as a document of the highest importance. In truth, for some time past this poor Courier his been playing 3 very unfortunate pine. After having announced, in pompous and solemn terms, the retreat of the French army on the Ebro, at the very instant it arrived befofe Cadiz—after having repeated, even to loathin t t. and in defiance of all evidence, that France was employed with a view to conquest, with maritime armaments, it gives us nowt in ato le not less empha tic, a series of absurd arguments and fetus ' cated facts, and all this in relation to facts which no one has an ill . terest in concealing, and which no one is unacquainted with. This letter sliews so complete an ignorance as to affairs, that we have not amen it necessary *to fill our columns with it. The flesrier's a l politlean of the saloons may not, for anything he displays, hay'' plastid the anti-chamber. Ptr . • -•• ;~ awl or* Aid upcg PAC gard Tag objet look [~ _._. _ ... thrd . drew miss fille( - De (Sow ostler Mail for II 4 . 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