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w in F • L ' TJ E , LONDON. ,A K. SATURDAY,. FEBRUARY 14, 1824. THE FONDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. . 16' Comb ogoood this morales se 111 j, sad roes to 014 Within this half4Wour shore has been a good deal doing, and Consols are now 914, 4, for the Account, and for Mooe/ 911, 4. . . FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonds opined it 241, 1, at which price they remain steady, with, little doing. AU South American Securities maintain their pekes. Comm Prices;.-New Spanish 171 to 6, Old 241, Colombian ' 72 to 6, Austrian If l CbiiWn 901 to 1, Russian 911/, New Prus sian 93, Old ii, Neapolitan 6641, Fkench Scrip 91, Mexican Loan 6, Payola 36 1, Hnliett's Mexican Mines 1 prem. • FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Hassuatai, F16 1 2..--On 'Louden, 36. 7i. 3 1 5.10. Theressavame, Ja9;23.--On London, 9. 6. AatiTzsgam, Fam:lo.—Exchange on London, 39.9. 2 . M. 39. 6. ritICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 236 1 / 2 237-3 per Ct. Kedu. 92 1 / 2 92 IA 11 per Ct. Cons. 91 1 ,4 1 4-4 per Cts. Old 102 3 / 4 1 ,4 3 / 4 4 per Cents. New 106% V 4 Ye Bk. Lg. Ans. 22 1 / 2 7-16 Vi—lndia llds. 735. 70s. 73.. Exchequer Bill. (£1 ,0110) 32,. Ms. 25s 28s. 2 - Zs. Dn. Small 525. 26s.—Bank for Act. 237 Consols tor Account 91'.4 s/ 8 44 Ih. The Tunes has indulged in itsnsual strain of false hood upon the temporary appointment of Mr. W. H VINONr, as King's Remembrance?. An arrangement made with the most scrupulous regard to the good of ,the public service, is represented as a private job, without a shadow of ground for the aecusatione.—The very person, Mr. ANIL Moystv, in whose behalf The Times would appear to be an advocate, baring ceased to be deputy before the death Of die principals Mr. STEELE, the Treasury, very wisely and consistently with the Tecommendation of theCosnasittee of the 11041.1 of Commons determine (upon the death of that pal) to have no deputy in future. But having come to this conclusion, they desire to consult the Barons of the Coutt of Esc-begone upon The arrangement which shall be permanently best fitted to the due discharge of all the duties of the office, and in, the meantime appoint Mr. W. H. VINCgNT tempo rarily to perform the duties without salary, and to carry the fees to the public account. - This plain statement renders all further observation upon the falsehood and malignity of the accusations con tained in the Times unnecessary, and should teach its readers hovr to value its unworthy imputations. We hay, ie , from the Hague, of the sth February. His Royal High. Hess the Prince of ORANGE arrived there on that day. from St. Petersburgh. A Ilamhurgh Mail has brought us this forenoon pipers to the 7th instant. The following Are extracts; ST. PRTERSBURGH, JANUARY 23. The day for the marriage' of the Giand Duke Nicholas, who is slightly indisposed, is not fixed. An Ukase orders the silver rouble to be taken this yeas in all the Custom-houses in the Empire, at the rate of three roubles sixty copecs in paper. The trade of Odessa has suffered very severely by the diffetences with the Porte. • STOCKHOLM, JANUARY 27. :Last week a Norwegian officer set out for Christiana, with The Royal propositions to be laid before the Diet, at its opening on the 2d February. • Yesterday being the King's birth day, the Crown Prince gave a grand entertainment to the Royal Family, suid the Chief Officers of State. . Our winter has hitherto been a mixture of spring and ultimo. We have no cold, no snow, and fresh vege. table ' s are cried about the streets. It appears, from the accounts kept in the country, that numerous wolves issued froM the forests at the close of the autumn, and z ecti , ed to-dity r by a Ditch Mail, accounts with - extraordinary fury and boldness extended their depredations to within less than two leagues of Stock holm ; so that if the winter had been severe, we should have been exposed to great danger from their ravages. It will,be recollected that during the alarm excited at Soma by the landing of a Greek division in the immediate vicinity of that place, the Paces had ap plied to the European Consuls for advice and assistance. now . learn, from the French Papers, that the result of that appeal was a remonstrance to the Senate of Ipsara, - drawn up and signed by those Gentlemen, who. did not remonstrate with the Poste when it sent a fleet with orders to extirpate the whole population of Scio. This called upon the Senate to direct its troops to desist from attacking Smyrna, as if in time of war neutrals possessed the right of dictating to either of the belligerents of what places they should or should not try to render themselves masters. The Ipsariot Primates refused to submit to such dictation, and de clared with proper spirit, that " consistently with the sights of war they would pursue the Turks on all the coasts which they occupied. If after that," they added, " the Ottornens in their rage against us should persecute the Christian Rajahs (subjects of the Porte) -and the Europeans, that will be the effect of their barbarian cruelty, which tramples on the rights of humanity and the laws of civilized Europe.— Aad as Europe can, if she pleases, protect by force the life and honour of all Christians, we are convinced that the will do it without requiring any sacrifices from us, who are delayed antics to the Tusks." They con cluded by denim:dims that thorn* should - pay an Minot tillage, if it wished stasis tranquillity and that otits gulf should not be disturbed. The success of the Greek expedition- whist Scio is fully confirmed. Four thousand men landed tin that island, touted the Turks in the fieli, and compelled them to shut themselves up in the citadel, where they ; were blockaded by sea and land ; for a' squadron of twelve 'ipsariot vessels, accompani4byAree fire-ships, was cruising in the channel of Scio to intercept any assist ance which might be sent to the besieged from the Asiatic coast. Heavy artillery of sufficient strength..to batter the fortress had been -dispatched from Napoli di Romania, and had reached its destination, so that it was hardly possible for the Turkish garrison to defend itself for any length of tithe, and it was likely that the whole island would soon be restored to its legidmate possessors, or rather to the few who had escaped at the hour-of massacre and devastation. A vessel has arrived from Rio Janeiro, which place she left on the 6th of December. A letter dated the sth says—" Our apprehensioni"of serious consequences resulting froth the late violent proceedings of - the Est rettOn have subsided; for everything remains in a per feet state of tranquillity, and business is resuming its former activity." Another merchant ship, the Lycergus, which has touched at .Cowes on her way to Hamburgh, reports—. " that a FeW days before he sailed from Bahia, the Pet. nambuco noops had left , Baltia, on their return to Per nambuco, in the English vessels George, Marquis Wel lington, and Carabli.in (after having quelled the dis turbances and taken Bahia). Great jeakusy prevailed between the Pernambuco and Bahia troops; a Cola nel of the former was stabbed the day belore the Per nambucans left ; and it was much feared another commo tion would have taken place previous to their leaving." We have received Lima Gazettes to October 1. The following Decree spews that the Es• President, Rive Aoutteo, still held put against the authority of the ex isting Government of Lima, and that the first task as xigned to 001.1 VA tt the Zikrator, was to crab the re *Mous pity rr licadtd s. • The Constituent C.,oulef nrn, lueneslderstion of ibeeisti. 'iwtesesistanas of the 7.4oTrisitient Don Jose de la Rive Agnes* IPrithich, daspisits ci 4 e poems offers of conciliation which have bet 10 nu* htlai thaaugh the • mediation of the Deliverer (lielivar), oi*avostie toners/ire anarchy, fights ass** his country, and thus preventotlikteeril 44 - itt army from combating with the common - enemy, has 4140 #s . follows ; 64 • That ego illolteerer, in virtue of die enacts, power with Which the Compeie has hammed bins, may proceed in preference to seta& , the proscribed Rive Avert), employing forte and all tuber Man s , that be might tb4 effettlie, to extinguish aliogether.the anarchy thus eidatiag.' " The Minister of War Win see to the execution of this Decree. Signed by the President of the Congress and the President of the iteputplic, "JOSE DgRNARDO. TAGL E." It would'seem by the above Dec- ee, that overtures of! conciliation had been made to the Ex-President, ittsra Acutuo, to which he had declined to accede, and tha t force was only resorted to when persuasion failed.— 1 Another Decree,, in the same page, would seem to ipdi-, cate that the Peruvian army at Lima was not in a *ivy fit condition to nuke ,head at once against a domestic revolt and the unsubdued remains of a Seanish force. This Decree is directed against deserters, and is intro duced bythe following preamble: . • ell The criminal conduct of many individuals , who, dcsertin; the ranks their country, at a time when she has the greatest need if their . remain quietly at home in their houses, while their brethren br ly,face danger in the fi eld of honour, obliges the Co .lllMMetit to take serious means to compel their return to active astrvice. Tito voice of ionic*, likewise, appeals to those who bar. boor deserters." Yu remedy those evils, it is decreed that deserters litho return to duty within a specified period shall be pardoned, but that those who do not shall be shot : four years insprisorunent is awarded against those who hat hour deserters.- The same Paper contains a dispatch from General Sasira Cnuz, dated Sopita, in Arequipa, August 26, claicang a biillisint victory over the Spa nish General Vatnez, on the preceding day. Dy this .success a great track of country is said to be freed from the iron sceptre of their Spanish tyrants, and the loss of the rich provinces which composed it is described as a -mortal Wow to thefertinstslar army, which they sup plied with provisions and enriched with treasure. The following is an abridgment of the dispatch in which SANTA:CRUZ details his success. Learning that VALDez was approaching with 1800 men, he ordered Colonel Ccanzaa, who was at Pomata, to fall back *pots the Desaguadero, and be himself proceeded thither from his bead-quarters at Viacha, followed by the batta lions of Masseurs, and of the Conquerors of Pinchinch a, and a squadron of Hussars. On the 23.1, SANTA. CRUZ arrived at the bridge on the Desaguadero, where he remained on the defensive till, on the 24th and 25th, being joined by the corps which he expected, and a co lumn of 1,300 men, of different arms, be marched to meet the enemy', whom he expected to find at the town of Sapita,which he occupied, leaving the In idge defended by two pieces of cannon, and tao companies of each battalion. The vanguard of SA mra Cauz canie up . a ith the enemy after two hours' march, but owing to some delay in the advance of the rest of the troops,he had time to retreat. In the neighbourhood of the town, the enemy waited the Peruvian force, and SANTA Cans determined to attack him, though a third inferior in numbers. The Peruvian line' was extended on a plain, having to battalion of the Legion on the right, the 4th oa thecae tre, and the Chasseurs on the left. ,The battalion - ; • " The Victors" formed the reserve, the third sqoadeusk covered the right, and the second the left; and dig ! - pieces, occupying the centre s kept up a well.cooshicondilm The enemy withdrew his cavalry, in number dek ID rear, and placing his artillemon an eminence, rapt ours. His infantry, 1,600 strong, extended on ths de& vibes, where alone they thought they could fit. Wye attacked by the Republicans in these polities, the ilgo. niards thought they had the advastars and tootinuila f . . into the plain, where they were totally routed. There. salt of the victory was 100 Spaniards killed, and 184 ' taken prisoners, besides 540 muskets, P. horses, etc: The Peruvians had only 2d killed and 84 wounded. COVEN . I . -GABDI.I&THEATRE. —....-- . The excellent Comedy of John Bull was repeated last Slight to a most crowded house, - and was acted with a degree of ensemble and spit it which produced infinite Wect. FAWCETT, in the honest brazier, displayed all that command over the feelings of the audience for which he was celebrated many years ago. CONNOR, in Dennis Brulgruddery, excited repeated peals of ghter, and fully justified the honour bestowed upon iim by the veteran JOHNSTONE in , proclaiming him his *legitimate successor." Towards the end of the first act • air Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of GLOW casTza were descried in a private box. They were greeted with loud applause, which they acknowledged with graceful bows. GOD &Tye the king was called for, and the air played by the orchestra. The •call was re peated when the curtain rose for the secdnd act, and as it was not apparently attended to much hissing and cries of Of, elf, prevented the performance from going on, Mr. JONES then came forward and said, that none of the singers being at the Theatre, it was impossible im mediately to comply with the wish of, the audience, but 1 that they bad been sent for, and GOD save the King should be sung as soon as they had arrived. Peace was Instantly restored, and at the close of the Comedy the ';curtain rose once more on the whole of the company as ieembled, when the National Anthem was given with great effect. Their Royal Highnesses then bowed again amidst loud cheers, and remained till the end of the Pan tomime, the sports of which they seemed fully to enjoy. The KING arrived at Windsor on Thursday evening, from Brighton. . Mr. MACKENZIE arrived yesterday morniqg at the (ifolordal Mice, ha Downing-street, with dispatches from Van Die• non's land. . The. Puke of GLoo, ESTER entertained a large party to dinner yesterday, at Gloucester House, Park4ane. ..e - Mr. Secretary CANNING has a grand dinner party to•morrow, at Gloucester Lodge, Old Brampton. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. AGAR ELLts• entertained the Marquis and Marchioness of Leesoows and a large party to dinner, yesterday, at their house in Spring-gardens. Mr. and Lady M. WALPOLE had a dinner party yes terday, at their house in Lower Grosvenor.are"... C. ELLts, Esq. M.P. entertained Viscount and Viscountess G)CA !MILLE and a distinguished party to dinner, yester day, at bis house in Audlry.square. The Countess of LisrowEL givesher first rout for the season, on Monday next, at Kingston House. Mrs. Rosa had a select circle of fashionables,yester day evening, at her house in Portland place. The Earl of ST. Gitilat A ASS has left town, for his seat in Colima% •In rbe matter of Mr: CLIMENT, Proprietor of " The Observer," moved in the Court of the Duchy of Lan caster yesterday, and reported in yesterday's STAn, we left the Bench and Bar in a conversation as to the beet day for the next bearing. The kriviswer-Gsszaat. obeseßmOrlth the four propositions of the Learned Connect ea the other We; sad those I, with the assist. ance of my Learned Prlnbea r amay Advance, and the arguments upon each and every of tbediribeibsy would, in all probability, be Mau& cleat time, and den w4llbiaddl pinto Term. Mr. Sea slier,. Wad vitsittiver ridicule the Learned Gensirman may plesise to treat my propositiens-.- The -wetter-Garmeas.—" I - do not ridicule them, 1 ,insure A% . . you. Mr. Bootiosaat—They &remove open to ridicule than refutation, I bellies —Of laugh). Mr. Justice Hammy aregassed two days before the commence- meat of Tenn- • ...•-. MI. Scaaxerr—l Weir* positively to say what day will pa* for, alsbnegh dot .psO fillisacod to panishnieat-, I am daliy.ot'Alß. tread-mill-;--CA !soil). • .. Mr. Justice Barter-Hat you have all loom- arrnirsp,' Mr. ixat—(Maeh hiughter). I - Monday, April 3, was then fixed upon, cooditioaally, being two i___ .4wys before Term. I Sir EOWARD Kre,ntsox was yesterday elected to suc 7 . deed Sir Ranter, now Ilainn Citroen, as llember of Parliament for the Boi °ugh of Eye. , The ele ction of a Clem )er for the city of Oxford, oc casioned by Mr. Wm-traria:a accepting thz office of his MAJESTY'S Solicitor-General, took place on Mon day, and the Honourable Gentleman was re-elected without opposition. • Tueday last HENRY Bo HAM, E;(l.l,vaS elected Mem ber of Parliament for Sandwich, in the room of the late JOSEPH MA RRYAT, Esq. gt an early hour. this morning. being Valentine's Day, the Mercury: of the Two-penny Post Office, attended by a . number of extras, usually employed upon this, annual festivity, wete in attendance to make a rapid flight to all parts of the Metropolis and . parts adjacent, with Cupid's quivers, bows, and arrows, to dvliver to sighing maids and amorous swains. It is supposed that, upon a moderate computation, the first delivery of the Two penny Post letters is not less than eight thousand :, the total delivery of the day'sometimes exceeds 50,000. In many German Journals wl find the following ar ticle, dated Brunswick, January 19:—" Toe re-esta blishment of. the University of Heinistadt, which has lately been announced, may probably soon lead to the reclamation of estates which, during the existence of the kingdom of Westphalia, came into possession of 'Hano ver and the Electorate of Hesse. The lands with which the University (abolished by the Westphalian Govern ment) was endowed, were divided between the Universi ties of Gottingen 'anti llarbuig. While England acf ministered the Government of Bi Unsvi ick, in the name of the young Doke, it could ndt bring a claim against ,ilanover. but now that Brunswick is under the Go merriment of its own Duke, it seems that the claims on those lands must be brought forward. Hanover and Hesse have so often declared the acts of the Westpha lian Government illegal, that in all probability they will make no opposition to the legal claims of Brunswick."' ' Tux, MiLODIOUS Filtrelicitsvc- r - -Among the little Hellets which have been interchanged among friends Paris, during the Christmas holidays, the Melodious Fire-screen has been a great favourite. Every one o they :camas it a little repository, consisting of a num- . of sotasical pieces, which present themselves to you succession as you sit by your fireside. Music has ed the idea of another toy of &similar tharacteti o l the Grotesque Afts4ciasts. •It consists of a collet; ties et moving figures, represeatiwg . asusical amateuri,. admirably caricatures all tbmr am and gestures. . Quetta. Avanactens Ronal:.—The night of Friday • last, Alain clitubed Over the mete& gate of the Chel- Own, and actually stole a Sante cock and twO hens from the dark cell where thwr were roosting. MVO at the time nine prisoners in custody in the 271. adla, hy WM* of whom the thief was heydea...- *Ward was etewrd neat day, and oti Saturday night- Sha fowls was ard Itbaxobber returning in the same Asi ellar t d swital ad aespwtg a snood time without detection no; - . A Captain atultwo Su l Zl l te E rna ll : 3 the iT l ' st Royal Vttteran Bat lion have been appointed to the 913th Regiment. Wednesday a detachment of the 15th I iussirs left the Ni n e s Barracks, Ipswich, on their route for Cantorbury ; and two troop s of the King's Royal Irish Hussars, tinder the coal matul of eqaato Baustamw, marched into the same barracks that day, from Ikl olW i d i • ROYAL HARBOUR, RA.VISGATE, FER.I3. • Yesterday, at six p.u. the Dasher, Dover Mail Packet, flaptain RUTTER, from Calais, came into liamcga te arbour at Low WATER ; after having landed her p as . sengers and the mail at Dover, but into which harbour she could not get herself. This is one of the many stances of the ytility of Itamsgate Hatbnur over the neighbouring ports, and as the Packets have of late to frequently put in here, a good birth has been appoin;eo. for this description of vessels, viz. under the W es t pi,, in south-west winds, and the East Pier in ea,aei Iv win:: ;' where, as they always lay afloat, they can t l )ere: , ,:e leave the harbour at all times. • ~}_~_ .. _ STATE OF THE COUNTRY. - The Right Honourable THOMAS WALL Act: was el Thursday unanimously re-elected, free of expense, ' Member for the Borough of Weymouth. We have not space for an account of the proceedings on the occasion, but we have much .pleasure in giving the following ob servations of the Right Honourable Gentleman with re spect to the present condition of the country.:— " The expression of your approbation of my exertions in Parlia ment affords me peculiar gratification--exertietis which have ht' directed to emancipate the trade of this country from the restrictiors to which it was snippet, and to place it cm a more enlarged and lihr.l system with turret to other nada*, and to mankind in genres!, an .4 to open a way for the monomial interests of Great Britain to partake of the benefits resultiog from ao 'inelegant with the whole world. At itch a moment as the present, I deem it !glibly secrisary to refer to the general state of the country. When I last addressed you in this piece, the country exhibited many symptoms of desaer, dewy, arising frosi•the transition from a long protracted war to state of peace; our trade languishing, our agriculture in a awrt vC unparalleled depression, and, as a natural consequence, our rev v n le diminishing. But wha t is the present state of the country ? Agri cidtpre rapidly reviving; commerce extending itself beyond any former period ; the revenue not only such as to finable us to ch,m nisis taxation, hut also to afford relief to many important branc;,,, of national industry; our manufactures co flourishing as not to he able, with the utmost powers of machinery, to answer the dens.m4 both at home and abroad ; and I am induced to believe that *h e measures which I had the good fortune to introduce into l'ut-h..- went, have, in some degree, cOntributed towards so favo;:r..ble a result"--(Cheers). • ACCIDENT IN DUCEY-LANE. 4 FURTHER. PARTICULARS. In addition to our account of yesterday, of the above accident, we are now enabled to state, that the house had been examined only a day or two before, and con sidered pfifectly safe. At this time, there was sufficient cross-polling to keep up the wall, but in digging the foundation for - the men to begin to build upon, they hid undermined the premises of Mr. Braggs. The inmates in the house at the moment, were the 'family of Mr. Braggs, whose wife had that instant been called down stairs ; the men at work in the bakehouse ; the wire Mr. Gyles, and an infant child, and the wife of a pei suu named Watts, and her infant, in the upper story. 'rue , escape of the two latter persons, and their infants, was truly miraculous. Mrs. Gyles had been busy about the rCcan, and her infant was playing at-the drawers, which 'inow in the ruins. On seeing the wall noosing, she snatched up, the child by the hair, and had scarcely time to crawl out, ;L.:after for the moment preserving her life. The poor wornan.up stairs, had not the poAer to escape, and was seen holding her infant in her anus, Witl 'Oat the power of moving. This poor woman's case was truly awful, she being in a very advanced state of pregnancy. She, boweVer, was rescued -from her perilous situation by some firemen who happened to be Passing. The loss of Mr. Gyles is very great, at kast 1001. Mr. Braggs' loss is also very great. The melt were this Morning clearing away the rubbish. •SHOCKwo SPECTACLIC—Eztract of a letter from Ma drid, January 29:—On Monday last took place the execution of a male and female Servant; fer having rob bed their master. It was a day of indignation and sor row, for at least the female hart of the' POptilrtion of this capital. All the women were in tears on seeil,g yonng and interestine-looking girl going with firinne:s and resignation to suffer the vile and-disgusting punish ment of the gibbet ; and whiclr, as they did not fail to recollect, had been abolished by the Constitutional Go vernment. What a spectacle for the inhabitants of a coil try who pride themselves Upon a chivalrous and alm , :a devotional feeling towards the sex,-to see aR able-bodied ruffian of an executioner get astride upon the shoulder of a young female, writhing in the avaies of death, and with one of his horrid hands forcing a handkerchief Into her mouth, while with his heels be struck her re peatedly and violently on the stomach. Such au atro cious and revolting sight is calculated to do more inj.iry to-the cause of absolutism, than the fusilading of a whole village of Constitutionalists., When the man servant arrived at the gibbet, he gazed with the most intense and anguished attention upon the disfigured body of his unfortunate wife, and then submitted himself to the same dreadful fate. When he was turned off, a tremendous rush took place amongst the crowd, withbut any one knowing for what cause. Several persons were seriously injured. The confusion commenced at the moment when the cry of Viva el Reg Absoluto was hear'd, which is now. inva riably sent forth at . the death of unfortunate wretches, no nia:ter what their political opinion, or even if they have no h e; as was the case in this instance. Anecdote of ,Mr. JOSEPH BRASIRIDGe, late siii,Cf stitith, Fleet-street:- , A Gentleman came into Mr. 13:s shop to purchase a pair of sleerb-buttons, having lost one of his own in the street. " I told him (says Mr. Brasbridge) Thud given up selling them, but that he was welcome to take a pair, if he would accept them. He said he wanted two pair. 1 told him, he was wel come to . ten, if he liked them. He accordingly took kwo pair, expressed his thanks, and departed.--Some months after, he came again, and with a very ec pnt woman; who was, I found, his wife. He a i lkc4 sue" if I recollected him ? I told him, I certainly iked-had the _honour of seeing him in my shop be fore; hilt I could not recollect precisely when. He thew reminded nie of the sleeve-buttons, and added, Since that time, Sir, I have had the misfortune to have my house burnt down, but why should I call it a misfoo. tune, since at least it affords me an opportunity of shiviing my gratitude: I haie brought my wife, Lady 'Catherine Stanhope, here, to give you an orderfor plate, feeling assured that you will use her well.' I told him :he might rely upon it, I would nut disgrace His recom. .inendatioa. - ;lacy laid out three hundred pounds with ire at that time ; I afterwards bought a service of 'plate for them, of tivPl.undred pounds in value ; and for forty years they remained my . kind and constant fricad§." --Literary Chronicle. I I) • t se h 8 it 1.1 11 1. 1 • • • 4 e if 7 e. na Ma Lb of Dr