Star. — London, England, 1825-12-21 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, 151 c. Creat Chamberlain, Lord Gerfiva, is arrived in Regency „are; his Lordship and Lady left their names at the Palace yes r'7.42y. and Admiral Sir E. CODILIANITOiI and Litutenant-General . ‘ I ; WILLIAM PEACORiI this morning. 6 lard GUMMI Ls' o: is arrived at tSe Royal York Hotel. De weather to-day has been clOtidir and damp ; a few equipages , re to be perceived on the nearer drives before dinner, but the to-abilities of the walks haVe been suspended. But now— Amid the gloom Of midnight hours prevail the accustorn'd sound! 131 wakeful Waits: whose melody. composed Of hautboy, organ, violin, and flute, And various other instruments of mirth, Is meant to celebrate the coming time." Tbis species of song is, undoubtedly, of very ancient origin.— p,hip TAYLOR observes, that the Gloria irs Esselaii," sung by the Ole i s to the Shepherds at our blessed Loan's Nativity, was the , z beit Christmas Carol. ILVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DECRhIBEit 20. • lAomas Waghorn, a clerk of the Excise, and Officer oa halt-pay in the Royal Artilery, was opposed by Mr, POLLCCK and Mr. CooKe, for different creditors. It appeared that the insolvent's wife was a dress-maker, and had contracted debts to a greater amount than he wa s aware of, and had left him, and had taken her oks, which prevented his being able to give a correct a ccrun: of the debts due to her. Titt Coatis., after the Insolvent had made some necessary anen.hurnts in his schedule, declared him entitled to his discharge. Edward Browne, late a tallow-chandler, at Richmond, Surrey, was also opposed by Messrs. POLLOCK and Coors. on behalf of several creditors. The principal (act which pressed upon the insolvent was, that in October Last, lye r 'dined tallow, &c. of Messrs. Say and Greenhill, of lieniett-street, St. James's, amount ing to 4SI. at which tins? he had disposed of his business at Richmond, to his ht 'tit. r, or Was abut to do so. The CIIIEF C.4II‘IISSIONER observed, that however ell other cnarges might he cleared away, its some *le. giee, it was very evidtnt that the insolvent had, in this ? Articular, offended againAt the statute ; therefore, the judgment of the Court was, that he s!,00ld be remanded tnstody for eirt calendar months, at the suit of Mew , . Say and. Greenhil, for fraudulently contract ing * debt with them, and that during that period he c , Mined within the walls of the prison. RECORDER'S REPORT. At the Council held yc:terday,the Recorder of Lon.l ilon made a 11....., , 0!t to his Majesty of the prisoners under sentence ol Death in Newgate, all of whom were convicted at the o.d Bsiley October Sessions, namely : William Henry Austin, aged 35, of secreting and stealing a letter, bring employed as a letter-sorter at the General Peat Office; Rizhard William Jasper, 25, of forging an acceptance to a Bill ol Exchange; Jost. ph Hooper, 24 ; George Newton, 37 ; Joseph Im py, 16; Hobert Newton, 40 ; George Lewis, 17 ; William Hill, :7; and Richard Landers, 54, of stealing in a dwelling house to the valve of 40,. and upends. John Edmunds, 24 ; and James Adams, 36, for horse-stealing. George Davis, 24; Mary Moore, to; and Ann Wade, 15, of house -breaking. His Majesty was graciously pleased to respite, doting Es Royal pleasure, all the abovenamed convicts, es- win iitg— Alm I:Wawa:, Richard William Jasper, and 11 - illia►m Ili.nry Austin, upon whom the law is lelt to take its ►,,,arse, and they are ordered for execution on Tuesday the 27th instant. • ADELPH I TH EA TIM—A new Musical Builetta in one at!, has this week been added to the alte tdy excellent ___ 1 n.l of entei taiorn. nt at this Theatre. The new Piece is c.illed christ»zas Boxes, and is rendered highly am ring by the admit able acting of TERRY, as an o.d 13A thelor, :MMI YATES, as a tervaist. WESTMINSTER SCIIOOL.-TERENCE% comedy of Ihe &Irian v,as played for the third time on Ilomlai night. His iliphness the Duke of Ir()RK ho soured the company with his presence. He sat imme diately under the proscenium; on his left sot the Bishop of LONDON and the SPEAKER of the House of Commons. his Ito al Highness, oa his entrance, was received with the nhibt enthusiastic cheers, the whole House standing. lie seemed in excellent heaith and spirits, and several times during the play evinced touch &light at the thisicsl exertions of the young.. Gentlemen, who all aae.lred to exceed, if possible, their former efforts, upon this occasion. The side boxes were filled with I.4die; of distinction and fashion. During the late panic, it appears that some of the leading merchants supported those houses in which they had confidence, in the most liberal manner; and we feel particular pleasure in mentioning an instance of one merchant, who had a. balance of 50,0001. at his banker's, but on hearing of a run upon the house, he tent 60,000/. more.—'! imet• Mr. Humz has written a letter to the Secretary to the 0, ci atives of Leeds, declining to receive a piece of plate, winch they proposed to subscribe for, and announcing it to be his determination, for " reasons too numerous to be detailed, not to accept of any such presents, in fu ture, from any class of the community." Thursday, an accident, which had nearly proved fatal in its consequences, occurred at Pittville. Between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning, while the masons were at work on one of the unfinished houses erecting by Mr. Watts, near the New Church, the front wall suddenly gave way, and fell with a dreadful crash, carrying with it three of the workmen. Their escape, with life, was indeed miraculous. One of them was actually walking upon the coping at the moment of the fall, and he was hurled to the earth with such vio lence, amidst the falling fragments, that he now lies seriously indisposed.--Cheltenham Journal. Thursday, a heave poi Lion of the Cliff behind Lime kiln -street, Dover, became detache4l, and fell through the workshop of Mr. Rousa, coach-builder; destroying a chariot on which Mr. Rousse, jun. was at the moment employed, and who narrowly escaped with his life. RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AMONG THE ARABS —At the town of Aehnah, we alighted at the house of a kinsman cf Abu Farah, who appeared to have relations, friends, arid acquaintances over every part of the country. We Lid a large party of Druzes assembled to greet our t. elcome, and here, for the first time in the Harman, I SAO/ chimneys and fire-places, as in the farm-houses in England, well filed with excellent fuel, and a blazing tire kept up during the night. The men of our party were all stout, handsome, clean, and well dressed; and the children were among the best looking that I had ever seen in any part of Syria. The Government being in the hands of the Druze Chief, and the people of that sect never attempting to make.proselytes, but exercising great toleration towards all other persons of opposite religions, there appeared to be greater harmony and good understanding between all parties here, than uou:d have been the case if Mohammedans had pos sessed the sovercign rule.—Backirigharn's Trawls. tHE AnAIY. Thuradily, the Officers. Non.eommissiened Mice's, and privates of the Cupar Troop of Fife•hire Yeomanry Cavalry. gave a ball and supper in the Assembly Rooms at Cupar. which was both nu merously and fashionably attended. Detachments belonging to the 2d, sd, Sath, and 48th Regiments of Infantry, marched, yesterday morning, from Westminster, for Canterbury. Detachments belonging to the 2.1 d and 69th Regi ments of Foot, marched, yesterday morning, from Westminster for Chatham. A Detachment belonging to the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons, marched, yesterday morning, from W e stminster, for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. A Detachment belonging to the Royal Staff Corps, marched, yesterday morning, from West minster for Hythe. A Detachment .belonging to the 56th Regi ment of Infantry, marched, yesterday morning, from Westmin ster for Hull. A Detachment belonging to the Bast India Com pany's Service embarked, yesterday evening, at Billingsgate, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Commission in the Montgomeryshire Royal — Regiment of Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Montgomery. Charles Gardner Humphreys, Esq. to be Captain. Comnsistion slitned,by the Vice-Lieutenant of Some James Benjamin Coles, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions in the Lower Blackburn Regiment of Local Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster William Adam Hutton, El. to be Captain, •ice Richard Pilking-. ton, resigned ; Henry Hawarden Faaakerley, Esq. to be ditto, •ice William Ormerod Pilkington, resigned. EMBARRASSMENTS IN THE MONEY MARKET. ,liii, PROM THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. The commerce of a country may be embarrassed by various causes; but the malady by which we are at . . present afflicted, which, however, appears to have greatly abated, is a confirmed case of domestic alarm. At the close of the last war, when our commerce was excluded trom the Continent by the hostile decrees of Napoleon, and from the United States by the war with tha. country, the want of a mas ket was the great evil under which it suffered. In a long course of prosperous industry, it had gradually extended over every past of the world ; there was scarcely any country on which we did not depend for an outlet to our surplus produce; and suddenly this great and expanding trade was pent up by unnatural violence nithin our own nar row territory. Our merchants were accordingly op pressed with a load of unsaleable produce; tride and industry languislsed, and the country was filled with workmen, starving for want of employment. There were bankruptcies in consequence, and an alarm, and a great demand for money.—At pre.ent we have none of these evils to struggle with. It is merely an alarm— a want of confidence which has suddenly spread through the mercantile community ; and which has originated in overtrading ; in that ardent speculation which is the consequence of a continued course of con fidence and high credit, and which is festered by pro fuse issues of paper currency. In a rich and trading country, there is no doubt, that when credit and con fidence ate high, all the various banking establishments are anxious to circulate their paper ; they are competitors in this line of industry; they are rival money dealers; and like all tivals they are eager to offer their gocds for sale. Hence a great facility of Gbtaining credit; and hence a variety of rash commercial adventurers start up, who, standing on no solid ground, are overthrown by the first adverse blast. An alarm commences ; a sun upon the banks for specie, and all the evil cimsequentes which have unfoi tuna•ely taken place. The difficulty is how to find a remedy against such evils without unduly restraining the freedom of trade, Where such convulsions arise, however, the Legislature have not only a clear right, but it is their bounden duty to inquire,whether any precautions can be adopted to prevent a recurrence of such enormous evils? For. merly it was the high and exclusive prerogative of the sovereign to supply the community with currency. No one was allowed to interfere in this important duty. IBut, by the introduction of paper, any individual may slow set up for a dealer in money, and fill an extensive district with his notes, which circulate among all ranks l lon the faith of his name. In these circumstances, con sidering that, by the circulation of this money, every 1 individual is liable to become the creditor of the money dealers, would it be any stretch of power in the Legis lature to exact from them some security as to their abi lity to pay what they issue ; to take care that they shall not send forth a supply of currency which is not worth its current value, and thus eventually involve thou sands in misery ? We adverted in our Paper of Thursday last, to that absurd and pernicious law which restricts the number of partners in an English Bank to six individuals. 'file strange impolicy of this law must be manifest, when it is considered that the respectability of Banks, and the confidence of the public in their stability, is the only sure check to domestic alarm. Now, the more we multiply the partners of a Bank, the greater will be their wealth, and the greater the security to the public. The law imposing this limitation ought clearly to be re pealed; and if, in addition to this, some inquiry were made, and some security exacted from every money dealer in Eigland, of his ability to pay what be issues, the trade would be placed on a safer basis, and the com munity secured from the evils of an insecure currency, arising from the insolvency of Banks. But it is vain to imagine, that when the currency of a country consists almost entirely of paper, it will be possible entirely to provide against those periodical shocks to public credit, which seem necessarily to arise from its free use. The only practicable restraint on the issue of paper is its im mediate convertibility into specie, at the will of the holder ; now we have at present this restraint ; an over issue of paper is necessarily returned on the banks for specie; and yet this check has not been sufficient to secure the community against the present alarm. The truth is, that we cannot restrain the spirit of confidence among commercial men; in a season of prosperous trade it will be carried to a great, perhaps an undue extent; money will be abundant and easily got; the banks will be liberal in their discounts; and as long as mankind are ambitious, and fond of dashing schemes, that lead, as they suppose, by a short cut to wealth, they will embark in rash and desperate speculations ; failures will be the consequence of this overtrading ; alarms will arise, and all their evil consequences. We may endeavour to modify these evils, and the experi• meet ought certainly to be tried; but we doubt much whether a e can altogether prevent the oscillations of a mercantile community between the opposite extreme; of high confidence at one time and of alarm and dis trust at another. These evils seem in a certain degree inherent in the very nature of credit, and of paper cur rency, its great auxiliary. p -41 • The late panic has been detrimental to the disposal of landed property by auction: the sales intended for yesterday and Monday, at Garra way's, were with drawn, and several %%Lich had bee., announced put off. tHE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF RUSSIA. The late Emperor of Russia has left three brothers and two sisters. His bothers are the Grand Dukes Constantine, Nicholas, and Michael ; his sisters, Mary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and Anne Princess of Orange. Constantine, as we hare alreidy Oates!, was born in 1779. His grandmother, the Empress Catherine, caused him to be so named with reference to her views on Con stantinople, and in his youth she caused a medal to be struck with the inscription, " Constantine King of the Greeks:' He was of an impetuous disposition, and early :hewed a disposition for arms. He served under Suwarrow in the campaign of 1799, against France, and meant to have joined the Austrian army under the Archduke Charles, in 1800, but the defeat of the Rus sians in Switzerland, occasioned his moan to St. Pe. tersburgh. In 1802, he paid a visit to Vienna, where the Emperor of Austria gave him the honorary corn• mand of a Hussar Regiment. In 1805, he took the command of a Russian corps, destined to act against France, and took part, at the head of his Regiment of Guards, in the unfortunate battle of Austerlitz. He fol lowed his brother, the Emperor, in the campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814, aid entered with him thy City of Paris, but did not accompany him to L mdoti. He fit st went to Russia, and then to the Congress of Vienna. After the second deposition of Bonaparte, Constantine was made - Viceroy of Poland. This Pi bee has not been •ery fortunate in his matrimonial connections. He was marrizd at t'ire eat ly age of seventeen to the Princess Julia, of Sase•Coburg, from whom he was divorced in April, 1820, for the purpose of marrying the Princ,:ss of Lowicz; but this L tdy not being of Royal extrac tion, a decree was issued by the Emperor Alexander, with assent of the SC3 ste, assigning the succession to the Throne to the Archduke Nicholas. The latter, who is the child son of the Emperor Paul, is seventeen years younger than Constantine. He has never been engaged in the pursuit of arms, but has travelled over many parts of Europe, and in paricular has visited England, through which he made a tour of careful inspection with his brother Michael. Nicholas married, in 1817, the Princess Charlotte Wilhelmina of Prussia, by w hoer he has a son and two daugnters. Constantine has had no issue by either marriage. 'lke following is a description of Taganrog, where the Emperor of Russia died, extracted from Dr. Clarke's Travels:—T aganrog is situate upon the cliff of a very lofty promontory, commanding an extensive prospect of the Sea of Azof, and all the European coast, to the mouths of the Don. Azof itself is visible, in fair wea ther, from the heights of the citadel. At present the number of inhabitants does not exceed 5,000. The water, as in the Don, is very unwholesome when the winds carry off the salt water; but when a current sets in from the sea, it is more salutary. The foundation of a town, intended for the metropolis of the empire, in a place liable to insuperable disadvantages, was not ono of the wisest plans of Peter the Great. The water here is so shallow, that no haven could possibly have been constructed, unless by forming canals at an expense beyond all calculation. The ships now performing quarantine lie off at the distance of ten miles ; and all vessels drawing from eight to ten feet water cannot ap proach neater to the town than fifteen verses. Taganrog forme' ly contained 70,000 inhabitants ; but, in conse quence of a capitulation made with the Tuiks, the ori ginal city was entirely rased. Its revival may be re• terred to the establishment of the Armenian colony at Nakhtshivan. At present all the best houses are in its suburbs. The citadel contains a miserable village, full of ruins, exhibiting at the same time, traces of consi derable wink's now abandoned. The inhabitants enter tain hopes that the Empetor will visit and inspect the place, and that then it o ill become a town of the first importance in the Empire. There is not any situation in the south of Russia more favourable for commerce, were it not for the want of water. Ships from the Black Sea find here, in readiness for embarkation, all the produce of Siberia, with the caviare, and other commodities of Astracan ; whereas at Cherson and Odessa they have to wait far lading after their arrival. But it is only during three months in the year that commerce can be carried on at Taganrog. A letter from Paris states that the Bank of France had, within the week, thrown an enormous sum into circulation by discounts. Dovca, Dec. 19.—This afternoon, the Po lugger, belonging to Messrs. Rothschild and Co. arrived from France, bringing ten chests of gold, said to contain 100,0001. • Several dispatch boats have arrived from the other side since four o'clock ; and several expresses, both from London and France, have been forwarAed in the course of to-day. Yesterday morning, a large French galley, of ten oars and eleven men, was taken by the Coast Blockade seamen, on suspicion of being a smuggling boat. There was nothing found in her, but various bales of silks and Bandana handkerchiefs were picked up in various directions, not a great distance from where the galley was taken. The men have been sent into confinement for examination,and the goods secured in the Customhouse. _ _ Monday an Inquest was held before J.W. WHATELIY, Esq. at the Woolpack Inn, Moor -street, Liverpool, on view of the body of Richard Perry, who, we have al ready mentioned, was murdered in his shop by an Irish man, named Michael Ford. When the Jury had re turned from viewing the body, the prisoner was brought in, heavily ironed, and was accommodated w ith a chair on the left hand of the Coroner, opposite the place re served for the witnesses. He was dressed in a blue coat, with a dirty red handkerchief round his neck. His appearance indicated an uncommon degree of hardness and inflexibility, and during the whole examination he behaved with great indifference, his countenance scarcely undergoing any change, even while the widow of the deceased was detailing, with great anguish of mind, the circumstances of his ingratitude and barba rity. He was for a long time concealed from her view, out of regard to her feelings, but when she looked for a moment to identify him, and exclaimed, with a tone of terror, Ay, that's the man !" he looked on one side, as if not wishing to meet her gaze. He is about five feet ten inches high, and not very stout. His cheek bones are high, his eyes large and full, but not dark, and his hair is of a light sandy cast, bei- g mach curled. The first witness examined was the niece, and then a woman who entered the shop immediately after the murder; Mrs. Perry was nest examined,. and some other persons who assisted in carrying the body from the shop into the kitchen, and lastly the surgeon and the Liverpool Police-officer. The investigation occupied nearly six hours, at the end of which tune the Jury re turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Mich .el Ford," and he was forthwith committed by the Coroner to take his trial. • • -•• . • •••• • • WUNTIT BANIEts BATH, Measure 20: The erects of the embarrassments which have rice - ntif prevailed, have in some degree been felt in this city during the past week; but froth the promptitude with which all demands were met by the 13 inks, confidence remained unshaken. This mornirig, however, consider- able agitation *.+s excited, in consequence of the very respectable firm of Messrs. Cavenagh, Brown, and Co. having posted the following placard : " Messrs. Cavenagh, Broitne. and Ce. with agonizing feelings, are obliged to inform their friends and the public, that from the overwhelming pressure of the moment, and the impossibility of converting their securities into cash, they are reluctantly com pelled for the present to suspend their payments. " Bath Bank, December 20." A most respectable Meeting was yesterday held at Chelmsford, at which Lord Petre, T. Bramston, Esq. J. J. Tuffnell, Esq. and a numerous list of the Magis• trace atozl respectable inhabitants of the County were present, at which a declaration , was adopted, expressive 'of their utmost confidence in the stabil , ty of the firm of Sparrow, Hanbury, and Co. Bankers in that town. BRIGHTON, Damn= 19. This town has been the scene Wino ordinary degree of confusion to-day—the cause,. she Banking-house of Messrs. Lashmar, Moggridge, and Co. in St. James's street ; and the Banking-horse of Messrs. Tamplin, Creary, Gregory, and Co. in Castle-square, having severally suspended their payments. In consequence of these events, the run upon the other Banks—the 011 Bank, Mitchell, Mills, and Co. the Union Bank, Mesta. Hall, Vest, Borer, and Co. and the Banking-house of Messrs. Wissney and Co. has been incessant: but every demand that has been made upon them has been promptly ansiaered. •-• • - - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. GIBRALTAR ' Nov. 22.—The Levant Star, °war, from the Gulf of Lepanto to Liverpool, which arrived here yesterday, was plundered off Mancini° the 25th ult. by a Greek schooner, of several articles of ship's furniture, &c. Two vessels belonging to this port, recently arrived, were also plundered by Greek armed vessels off Tunis. The Levant Star arrived at Liverpool the 13th instant. ALNIIRA, Nov. 28.—Two South American armed schooners have been cruising off this place some days: they have captured, sunk, and ransomed several Spanish vessels. As their cruising ground is off these Capes, no vessel can escape being overhauled. A Spanish schooner, which was taken and ransomed for 400 dollars, is now here, waiting an opportunity to get safe to Carthagena. &Hewes:mt.—During the violent gale on Wednesday morning, the Prussian vessel Albert, Captain Rarzaerr, while between the Isle of Wight and Beachy Head, struck on a substance Boating 'beneath the surface of the water, supposed to be the weeded' some vessel, but which, from the darkness, could not be ascertained. In a few minutes the Albert had five feet water in her hold,. and though both pumps were immediately going, the joint efforts of the Master and crew, five In number, were ineffectual; ibe • vessel having rolled on her beam-ends, the mainmast was cut away, but the water made so fast, no exertion could save her, although a su perior vessel of her class, and provided with every means to render her seawirthy ; the boat was now lowered with considerable diffi culty, and was half filled with water immediately.'Capt. liamtere and crew were, however, obliged to betake themselves to ie, and in a few minutes more the Albert went down. The open isoat, in which they now were without any means of commanding its ma - - dons, was drifted by the violence of the sea for more than an boar and a half, during which time they were closely passed by a three. muted schooner, and a Hamburgh galliot, who sbewed his colours; but both vessels bore away before the wind,without endeavouring to -lend assistance to the unfortunate sufferers. At length the Doris, of Oldetsburgh, Captain CONINI ALLAR; came up, who most humanely laid his ship to, and after many attempts four of . the -sailors managed to jump from the boat icto the chains of the Doris. Captain RrrzLArr was caught underneath thabowsprit, and drawn on board with a noosed rope, perfectly insensible; but the last ha the boat, a young man of 18, in attempting to gain the vessel, was struck by her bows, and sunk immediately. Captain Revacers is dreadfully bruised, and he and the crew were taken into Dover, deprived of everything but their lives His Alajcsty's ship Doan sailed front Rio de Janeiro aisCrin the Ist of October, for Monte Video, &c. 1114 Majesty's ship TARTAR from round Cape Horn, was eipected at Rio de Janeiro the begin: ning of November. • Arrived off Cape Clear, the Lydia, teom Jamas. The Three Brothers, —, trona Newcastle to Redden; was driven on shore near Poole, on Alouday. - The Prince Regent, from Liverpool to Galway, was lost on the 10th inst. near Dingle. Crew saved. Fetmourit, Dce. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ranger, Ro ar from Alvarado and the Havannah—sailed from the former place . the 7th September; and from the latter, 28th October. On her passage, she experienced a succession of tremendous gales, in which they were obliged to cut away several sails; and lost her cook-house and coppern water casks, binnacle, bulwarks, atc.— Sailed the Eclipse packet, for America. POLEMOUTII, DEC., Yo.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Equity, STOILE, from Quebec, in 39 days. DEAL, Dec% p.n. Wind S.F. and a fresh breeze.— Arrived and sailed for the River, the Henke, Asmessow, from New South Wales; and Chase, 8LY714, front Bourdeaux. Sailed his Majesty's ship Cocturrrt, for Portsmouth; Ariel, for Africa; Royal Eagle, fur Lisbon ; &amity, for Malta ; and several others. Remain, the Richard and John, Arundel, Carithalton Park, Friends, Ranger, Waterloo, Lady Rowena, Royal Charlotte, Bruce, St. George, Charles , Waterloo, Britannia, and a few more. Livartertot Dec. 19.—Wind S.S.W.--Arrive d the Montezuma Wien, from hiladelphia ; and Eliza, Beserm, from Gibraltar. Off the port, the Belvidera, front Charleston • Indian, Alevines, front Quebec; Enterprise ,—, front Porto dabello; and Pacifia, from Carthagena. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sta—A paragraph having appeared in the Ifiroginghant Gowns, of which I am Editor, on the 12th of December instant, reflecting so the credit and responsibility of Mr. Hamer, of Princes -street, 'Leicester• square, Jeweller, I beg, through the medium of your Paper, to state, that since the publication of the paragraph, I have 'ascertained that there did not exist the slightest ground whatever for the report, and that I was most grossly imposed upon. I take, therefore, the earliest opportunity of expressing my unfeigned re gret that my Paper should have been made the vehicle for circu lating so gross and unfounded a calumny; and I also embrace the same opportunity of expressing my acknowledgments to Mr. HAMLET, for having accepted as an atonement this statement of the facts.—l am, Sir, &c. &c. T. KNOTT, Junior. Mr. William Nicol, manufacturer in Forfar, was, in ,1815, under the necessity of compounding with his creditors. They were then so well convinced of his honesty, that they unanimously agreed to discharge him. Since that time, by adhering to his industrious habits, and being more fortunate than formerly, he hu been enabled to retrieve his affairs. Last week he called a meeting of his creditors, and paid them in full. A violent storm of thunder and lightning, accompa. nied by rain and hail, was felt on Wednesday evening, at Sheffield, Macclesfield, Worcester, iereford, lit econ, and Monmouth. The church of Monmouth received a very violent electric shock. The lightning struck the cranks to which the wire is fastened, and communicated with the wires belonging to seven df the other bells, and to the wires of the hammers which strike the hour, all of which were melted. No injury was done to the clock, or to the building. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Dacasraas 21. That. lifelpss state which we noticed on Monday, still continues unabated in our market; and the supplies (2,750 qia. of Wlstat 7 755 qrs. of Battey, 14,1180 qrs. of Oats, and 5,970 sacks of Bowri bring rather large. serves only to augment the stagnadon ; but as our last currency is the prices desrusuded by the factors, such must A nominally be quoted. .- at la don Mr sid- win op -I'lo ring tea nll4 bet ., W' west 'bled e tbe rebre tell' wake'