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era LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1818. THE FUND& rlrt Or STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK : itJuced7BifConsols 790 —for Acc. 798 per Cents. 84-4 per Cent. 963 97 N a vy Anns. 107+ 108—India Bonds 100 102 pr. Exch. Bills 19 22 pr —Osmium OH prem. It appears, by some remarks that fell from Mr. EROUGRAM last night, in the House of Commons, on ;le Abuses of Public Charities, that cases have reached the Committee of thefts from l'ublic Trusts, rhich could never have been suspected but for the i • anon elicited by the present investigation. The 7 ohberies of this description which have been perpe. rated in some parishes are to an amount which would have done mote, if properly applied , than m aintain and educate the whole of their poor ! In this view the exposure speaks a language to which many will pay attention, whom it might otherwise be impossi ble to arouse to a sense of the duty they are called on to perform, in endeavouring to put an end to these malversations ; for, though there are many of such obtuse and callous perceptions that t hey moot be convinced they have any duty to per form, in preventing their neighbours from profiting by t he misapplication of the bequests of dead men, To man can be found so blind as not to comprehend how the feeding and educating the poor, by the pro since of estates left to them for the purpose, is not, 'never) respect, better than forcing him to pet his land into his own pocket to furnish the means for :.ch subsistence by paying a rate, imposed, in some seances, by the very thieves who receive the rents a the pauper's inheritance. Every Landholder, every Parishioner in the Empire vrcepting only the robbers who filch these funds) has a direct interest, in detecting, exposing, and, to the stmost of his power, putting an end to these shame hi'. and wicked robberies. We speak not now of the et:ty which every individual owes to his poor neigh lair who has not the means of procuring redress, std ho is perhaps even ignorant of his own wrongs, !a we have lived too long to expect much, in public vestions, from arguments founded on moral obli ptioas oaly ; but of the duty he owes to himself and I, his own family, to take care that the funds which imuicl be expended in maintaining and educating poor be applied to their destined use, before he , :ier Corporation or Parish jobbers to put their :rids into his pockets, and make free with his pro-. tety for these purposes. We hope that the labours of the Commission will mend to all the parts of the Empire. The instances rf robbery for the act should have its proper epithet) of public trusts which Mr. BROUGHAM has yetraamed re all, we believe, confined to Erkgland. The fol -I,v,ing case belongs to another part of the United :—A bout two hundred years ago certain were bequeathed in •frust to a certain Corpo for the purpose of maintaining and educat- 4.3 many boys as the sum might be equal to. money was vested in land, and by increase of the v.i:ue of property of this description since that the funds became of such magnitude that in maintaining 150 or 140 boys (and there are dcrn that number) they might, if applied to no e.ler purpose, maintain, clothe, educate, and appren ,e su: many thousands. But mark the fact. The igistrates of the Corporation and their successors 4 dice were appointed the Trustees ; and these men, nme years ago, in the ckararler of Trustees of that kad, let oat° THEMSELVI4 in the ckaracto of Ma. ;iaraa, a large part of the lands belonging to the l'ru,t, at a low perpetual ground tent, and afterwards, z the latter character, re-let the land athigh rent—thus kinging into the coffers of the Corporation a large vernal revenue which in justice they ought to have Fpropriatecl to the original purposes of the Charity!! xh a case as this speaks more than a volume, and is one of such notoriety that many who may read article will be at no loss to point out the case aided to. We cannot conclude our present remarks, without *g to the great interest which Mr. Baouonase in having these abuses sifted to the bottom. If 'tour Commissioners are to be appointed, be d** who are to be paid for their labours, he be appointed one of them , and should it be that Members er altiament shall not be ible, that he may have tt.e power of refusal even hat condition, persuaded t'..at even his temporary , irenient from other duties would not be too great sacrifice for the attainment of the object to be en heed to the Conunission. The Paris Papers of Friday arrived last night, and morning we have also received those of Satur- Neither of them watain any thing of import . The Chamber of Deputies were summoned *meet oa Saturday, when, says the Monitors, it )4 expected that Ministers would present the Act the closing of the Session of 1817.—Five per efts. Friday. 68 Ir. 40 c. ,Ige unde rstan d t h at no other cr.:. ,e existed for Mr. . L a ttnunt's quitting his situation at St. Helena, than '!‘c l 4l:gero us state of Mrs. 13ALC0MBes health at 1 1a aof her embarkation. Kingdom:— funds were ration for th mg as many The money the value of period, the fu !tead of main seldom that ether purpose ta out man Magistrates t licc were nme years a ;cad, let oat ;r:tra!es, a 1; .m,t, at a lo latter c 1 iatc zzaual rover •,..rcptiater.l l.;ch a case is one of . ...is ankle N . ..lualed to. We can't iuding to in hay patuttous tdes those xta to be a 4 terrftimed digibie, tht ea that con Nlrement ttaerifice I 'c . .lated to t] The Pari rcornin il 7. Neit} P m The rut oa tl scar.,?cte `°' t 4 do ' 121 x4 Friel. undo :c Brno of II AMBURGII MAIL. A Hambnrgb Mail an4ved last night, from the Papers brought by which the following are extracts : " LEIPSIC, MAY st. " The Leipsic fair has been by no means so fa vourable as was.expected, but at the same time not so bad a one as the complaints every where made • might lead us to conclude. " The buyers from the North, who are properly the soul of a Leipsic fair, were not so numerouc, and as the fair was overstocked with goods of all kinds, many of the sellers did not find their advantage in it. It is indeed certain, that the quantity of goods ma nufactured is much larger than the quantity con sumed. The English wel.: numerous, and threw away their goods at very low prices; and as the num ber of Jewish sellers increases every year, it is not to be wondered at that the German manufacturers did not meet with much demand. It cannot be af firmed that any article was eagerly sought after. " In general there was not much done on a large scale, but the amount of goods sold in small quan tities was very considerable. The weather was very fine all the time of the flit, and attracted many pur chasers from far and near. The number of country people who visited the fair was very great. Printed callicoes of elegant patterns met with a ready sale, and flannels were not to be had towards the end of the fair. Linen maintained its price ; furs were in request. In general all fashionable articles, and which united beauty and fineness, were much sought after. Colonial goods were not in demand ; coffee, however, was high, the pound being from 9 groschen to 9 groschen-and 6 pfenning. " The book fair was so far good, that the book sellers who were present paid. But the sale of books on scientific subjects was extremely indifferent ; those which had the best sale were such as related to the politics of the day, almanacks, and such as concerned the secular festival of the reformation.— Many old booksellers were absent, but sent the balance of their accounts. " Prince Hardenburg was at Leipsic from the 12th to the 19th of April, and even gave a great entertain ment, to which many merchants both of this city and foreigners, were invited. The Senate has given notices to the Jewish dealers to go again to the Briihk, and there carry on their trade; but they have made ob hections and threaten not to visit Leipsic again. They ad applied to Prince Hardenburg on the subject, who referred them to the Prussian Ambassador at Dresden." " SWITZERLAND, MAY 6. " Letters from Nidaw of the 29th of April, say— ' The destructive inundations have again begun and our whole district will soon be converted into one wide lake. The return of this dreadful scourge is cawed this time by the great quantities of snow on Mount Jura which the returning warmth of the spring dissolves too rapidly.' " The Council of the Canton of Lucerne has issued a very severe Edict against Lotteries of every de scription." " WARSAW, APRIL ea. " The Senate of the Kingdom of Poland presented on the 26th of April an Address to the Emperor of Russia, in which, after having expressed its grati iu,de for the constant solicitude manifested by his Majesty in favour of the Poles, it adds— " It was in your power, Sire, to abandon a noble but unfor tunate nation to the fatal lot which destiny seemed to have pre pared for it ; you have chosen to raise it and render it happy ; in your magnanimous thoughts you have assigned it the highest rank to which man united in society can reasonably pretend ; but your wisdom has not dissembled that it is for perseverance abne to attain so great and so difficult a result; that the most liberal Institutions cannot acquire solidity and security, except by means of a gradual and systematic developement . . . . The fairest theories have in our times produced great evils; perfection is not to be approached except by the aid of the light of experience ; it is that which you have taken for your guide Sire, we feel, we confess ourselves happy ; we are so by the ad vantages which the Constitutional Charter insures to us, and which we already enjoy; we are so by those which the same Charter further promises to us, but which could not yet be de veloped either on account of the shortness of the time, or be cause your Majesty's wisdom waits for the most suitable mo ments to put them in force; lastly, we arc happy by the hopes which your magnanimity permits us to entertain, fur a hope, emanating from your goodness, authoxised by your wisdom and supported by your power, has, in our eyes, the character of rea lity and certainty ; and what particularly proves Hitt this hap piness is felt is, t►at knowing the source from which it flows, every one would willingly sacrifice his blood, and even his life, if your safety or your glory require it." LETTER FROM ST. PETERSBURG'', APRIL 25. " By an Imperial Ukase, dated from Warsaw, 22d March, 0. S. a great increase and extension of the inland navigation of the Empire is ordered. In order to defray the great expense, several taxes have been at the same time ordered —as, for in stance, an augmentation of ten per cent. on some export duties. The merchants are to pay an addition of five per cent. to the taxes they have paid hitherto ; from the peasants, one copeck per head more. The barks which are employed in the inland.navi ption to pay a duty in proportion to their size and cargo.—We lave had a thaw for three days, but the ice on the News is still so firm, that it is only since yesterday that carriages have ceased to go over it." The elegant Mansion of Sir JOHN FLEMING LEICEs- TYR was yesterday crowded with Beauty and Fashion to view the splendid Collection of British Arts which he has so liberally exposed to public view, as an ex citement to other men of rank to emulate his example. The arrangements between Spain and this country for the im mediate abolition of the Slave Trade on the African coast, north of the equator, and its total abolition in 1820, have been promul gated in Cuba, by order of .±s Spanish Government. Floweas, from Basingstoke, has undertaken to go SS miles per day, for 16 successive days. He starts this evening from Oxford-street, down the Western road, and will return by way of 'f aunton, Somerset. Dosusa.—Stephen Piggott, of Maidenhead, 22 years of age, fighting a pitched battle with a man named Carlton, on Monday se'nnight., on Maidenhead Thicket, after a contest of near an hour, received a blow which caused his death. Carlton stands committed on a Coroner's Verdict of Manslaughter. STATE OF THE ODDS—BETTING-ROOM, MAT 18. DERBY. 11 to 5 agst Prince Paul 13 to 1 apt Msonides 6 to 1 Sam 16 to 1 Guy Mannericg 8 to 1 Fincshade 18 to 1 Flu Cloddy 9 to 1 Allegretta 20 to 1 Slim 10 to 4 Seymour 25 to 1 Nymphina 13 to 1 . Roger Bacon 40 to 1 Caractacus Twenty horses are expected to start. 7 to 4 agst Finny 7 to 2 Btheis 6 to 1 Loo A to I asst Lurd Stawell 17 to 1 Flirt 20 to 1 Qxadrille THE QUEE.VE HEALTH. Since the recovery of the QUEEN from the violent attack of the spasms at the Duchess of Yoße's party, her MAJE S TY has enjoyed tolerable health, continued her family visits, small evening parties of her parti cular friends, and rode short distances round Lon-1 don, &c. iler MAJESTY has, however, been attended by her regular Physician, Sir FRANCIS MILMAN, and occasionally by Sir HENRY HALPORD. Her MAJESTY had a small party on Sunday, and enjoyed a tole rable night's rest. Yesterday morning her MAJESTY found herself much indisposed, and Sir FRANCIS MIL►IAN and Sir HENRY HALFORD thought it right to call in Dr. MATON, the physician extraordinary to the QUEEN, when, after a consultation, a blister was ordered to her stomach, and we are happy to say that her MAJESTY was pronounced much better in the evening.—This m.,rning the following Bulletin was issued respecting the QUEEN'S health : " Queen's Palace, May 19, 1818, " Quarter past 10 o'clock, A.M.' " The Qoecx was very much indisposed all day yesterday.— Her Mammy. is better this morning, having passed a good night. (Signed) " HaNILT listroan. " Faallas htuaux." THE PRINCE DE CONDE. We mentioned yesterday the death of the Prince of CONDI, who was in the 82d year of his age.—He was born in 1738, tw years before his Majesty King Gonna the Third. He at the early period of 15, the Princess Csswaxorri of Bohan Sou bier, by w►om he had the Doc de BOURDON, a Prince familiar with many inhabitants of this metropolis, and Mademoiselle de CONDE. He commenced his career of arms is t►e Seven Years' War, and fought successfully, say his French biographers, against the Hereditary Prince, afterwards Duke of Baunswica. He was named Grand Master of the King's Household, and Governor of Burgundy, which latter office he held for 35 years, and endeared himself in it to the Burgundian& by his liberality. From the peace of 1783, to the breaking out of the Revolution, he culti vated letters and literary men. His Serene Highness is well known to have published a history of the life of his warlike an cestor the " Great CODDE.," which is spoken of as a work of equal modesty and merit. At the opening of the Revolution he signed the famous " dlemoire des Princes," addressed to the King ; and in July, 1789, retired from France with his family to Brussels, and thence to Turin. The earlier years of the Prince de Colon's exile were employed and ennobled by his exploits at the head of the little army of French loyalists which followed his standard, and bore his name. After the campaign of the year 1800, this corps was disbanded, and the Prince repaired to England, where he lived in the full enjoyment of general respect, until the King's Restoration in 1814. The greater portion of his time, since his return to France, has been spent, we believe, at Chan tilly, where the Prince inhabited a small building, the wreck of his own ancient and magnificent palace. His town residence was the Palais Bourbon. His mind, since the murder of his heroic grandson, the Duc d'Facazur, the last brave branch of an illus trious house, had imbibed a deep tinge of sadness. But from this affliction he took refuge in habitual piety, and looked for comfort where the best comfort is to be found—in the exercise of his religious duties, to which he devoted a large portion of the latter years pf his life. He may, without exaggeration or injus tice, be entitled a Prince in the highest degree brave and polite, affable, generous, and pious. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the mar riage of Colonel SEYMOUR with Lady CHARLOTTE CHOLOIONDELEE took place at the Marquis of CHOL MONDILLEY'S house in Piccadilly. A select party of the Nobility and Gentry were present, and the PRINCE REGENT performed the interesting office of giving away the amiable Bride. The ceremony was per formed by the Bishop of EXETER, after which the happy pair set off for the Hon. Mrs. Ling's seat, at Kingston, where they intend to remain some time.— The Bride's dress was a white satin slip, covered with rich point lace ; head-dress, feathers and diamonds. Sunday the infant son of the Marquis and Mar chioness of ANGLESEA was baptised at Uxbridge house, by the Rev. Dr. DOWDESWELL : the sponsors were, his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, hi, Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, and Lady JANE PAGET. nle child was named GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK. After the ceremony, his Lordship gave an elegant entertainment to a party of distinction, among whom were, including the Royal Sponsors, The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Earl and Countess of Galloway, Lord Graves, Earl of Uxbridge, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. C. Paget, General Champagne, Mr. Singleton, /C.c. In the evening her Ladyship had a Concert, which was attended by a select party of her particular friends. A Courier Extraordinary arrived yesterday from Berlin, bringing to the Baron de HUMBOLDT the King of l'uessiA's signature to the late loan con tract entered into between the Prussian Govern ment, and the firm of Messrs. ROTHSCHILD, of Lon don. The same Courier conveyed to the Baron DE HUMBOLDT the signature of the States of Prussia and other parties interested in the loan. We observe by the Amsterdam Price Current, that this loan was sel- ling there on the 12th instant, at 844 a 85. Tuesday Mr. IIt:NT arrived at Bristol, in his tan dem, accompanied by an individual resident there, and took his station on one of the brass pedestals in front of the Exchange. It being a holiday, a larger number of people were assembled than usual, to whom he addressed a long harangue, in the course of which he complained that his trunk had been de tained by the Custom-house Officers. He then de clared his intention of offering himself as a candidate for the representation of that city at the next election, expressing alvillingness to perform his promise ; but said that surely no reasonable man could expect him to waste his time and his health without a fair pros pect of success ; he never would be made the tool of one party to distress the other—he condemned oppo sition merely for the purpose of causing money to be spent ; and, therefore, unless the electors would man fully come forward and support him, he could not be, expected to place himself in the situation of a candi date. It would appedr by a poll book, in the posses- • mon of his friend, that four thousand electors had voted on the last occasion, and, therefore, unless one thousand would, before the day of election, enter their names as his supporters, he did not think there was sufficient chance of success to warrant his offer ing himself as a representative for that city. After a long speech, Mr. Htrwr descended from the pedestal, where he had " fretted his hour away," and, accom panied by a numerous party of his hearers, proceeded to regain his trunk. In a short time he returned, re- ' mounted the pedestal, and read several extracts from the Red Book. fie finally promised his auditors that, if they would give him proper encouragement, he would meet them on the commencement of the elec tion. He then ascended his vehicle, and deliberately ' drove out of town ; soon after which the mob sepa rated without tumult or confusion. FALMOUTH, MAY 16. Wind sorth.4--Sailed, the Marshal Wellington, GORDON, for Bengal ; the Mary, Sravrga, gar Gi braltar and Mogadore, having on board 0. S. Dot. (MA 5, Esq. and suite, Consul-General to the Ewsaca or Moaooco. PORTSNIOUTII, MAY le. Wind N. E.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Tusint, from a cruize .— His Majesty's ships VENOEUIt and Rochefort, went out of harbour, and anchored at Spithead. DEAL. MAY 18. Wind N.E.—Sailed this morning for the River, the Bombay and Charles Grant Indiamen, and the whole of the homeward-bound. Came down from the River and sailed, the Lavinia CUMMINS, for Sr. Vincent's; Averick, MArmovz, for Virgini a; cd Quee.n Charlotte, TAYLOR, for the Cape of Hope; Radius, Detain, for New York ; and Berwick, SMITH, for Quebec. Arrived the Earsilon, Winans/I.N, from Newcastle for Naples ; and Sesostris,Snowpsom, from Hull for Calcutta, and sailed ; also the Stockton, HARRISON, from Calcutta, and sailed for the River. The brig Vesta, VONPIRR, from Hamburgh for St. Thomas s, ran on shore on the Goodwin Sand last night, and Was got off again by the assistance of a Rainsgate boat, with an anchor and cable. GREENOCK, MAY is. Arrived here this morning the ship Margaret Bogle, GrasoN, from Demerara, in 45 days—spoke on the 25th ult. ia.lat. 35. 30. long. 40. the brig Apollo, of Boston,. froth London to Philadelphia, out 24 days, all well ; and, on the 26th, lat. 36. 52. long. 38. 15. the ship Nancy, of and for Philadelphia from Liver pool, out 21 days. The St. George, M'Costa, ar t rived here this morning from Pa-a—sailed thence 29th March. The Mary Ellen, DONALDSON, sailed on the 26th March for Liverpool.—On the Bth inst. in lat. 46 40. long. 17.10. spoke the brig Salem, from Pool to Newfoundland, nine days out, all well. MAY 16.—The Pallas, ROBISON, from hence for Miramichi, was fallen in with on the 29th ult. in lat. 47. 2. long. 33. 29. by the Fortune, WILSON, from Jamaica for Hull; she was then in a sinking state, lying on her beam ends, and full of water : the crew and passengers, to the number of 30 persons, were immediately rescued from their perilous situation, and taken on board the Fortune, from which they were landed at Falmouth the 9th inst. The - Independent privateers continue to swarm in the West Indies, and many of them commit depre dations on every vessel they fall in with, regardless whether they belong to friend or foe. They are still so numerous on the coasts of Cuba, that no Spani,h vessel can venture out of its ports without convoy. On the 19th February, about ten o'clock at night, the schooner Lihal), from Tobago for St. Vincent's, struck on the east reef of Ganovan, when three sea men, and three passengers (a Miss CHICKIE, her sister in-law, and a child), perished. The Master (PATER SON), was the only surviving individual: he drifted on the Main Hatch to Little Tobago, where having recruited strength, he reached Mireau by swimming. Friday se'nnight, Charles Robertson, an old man residing at Temnabonuch, in Perthshire, who had gone up the burn Abelune, to gather brnsficvood, fell over a precipice, and was killed on the spot. REMARKABLE DELIVERY PROM DEAT!i.—The fol lowing are some further interesting particulars of the fate of the men who were inclosed in the Quarrelton coal pit, near Glasgow:—Two of them, by a remark able providence, have been got out alive; but with regard to the rest, there is no hope. The water from an adjoining waste broke into the pit on the morning of the 'id instant, and though a powerful steam en gine was instantly set to work to pump it out, and continued to do so night and day, it was observed by the following Monday, that such was the vast accu mulation of water, that little progress had been made, and there was no prospect of speedily getting at the. men who might be above the level of the water; it was therefore resolved to drive a mine from the pit to the place where it was probable die men might be. Accordingly, on Tuesday morning, the sth inst. the mine was begun, and completed on the morning of the 12th inst. This mine is about four feet by three, and only two persons could work at a time. From the plans kept of the workings of this coal-work, it was known, for some days, that by Monday or Tues day the mine would be driven through, and the pub lic anxiety was excited in no common degree to learn the result. The opening of the mine into the work was considered to be attended with danger from the foul air, and it was arranged that Robert Hodgert, and his brother William, should encounter this dan ger. When they bro.: = through, the foul air instantly extinguished their lights, and the feelings of the par ties may be more easily conceived than described, when the words, " Is that you, Uncle ?" saluted the ears of Robert Hodgert. These words were uttered by his nephew, William Hodgert, who, along with his brother James, had heard the sound of the mining for, as they conjecture, two days, and were waiting for de liverance from one of the most awful possible situations. They immediately entered the mine, and got out, and fortunate it was that they were able to do so, for their father and uncle declare, that such was the effects of the bad air on them, that they would not have en tered to render them assistance. Their only suste nance for ten days and ten nights, in total darkness, amidst bad air, was the impure water of the pit and three pieces of oat cake, which, by groping round the work, they found in the pockets of the cldthes left by some of the men who escaped. The only per son in the same awful situation with themselves that the Ilodgerts had any communication with, was Alexander Barr, but whose voice they had ceased to hear, as they suppose, for at least two days before their deliverance. From the time they heard the miners at work, they occasicnally threw sto.tes at the place from which the sound proceeded, in order that the miners might know they were alive, but the mi ners did not hear them. To enter the mine is now impracticable, owing to the bad air, and it will be a number of weeks before the water is drawn from the pit, consequently the fate of the remaining five men is certain. xiLemurs, may B.—Yesterday our second market for the sale of Linens was held at the Meisel. Purchases were made at Si) adequate value, and the quality of linen was not Inferior to the produce of our opening market. Of bkached linen there were offered 11 pieces for sale, and there were also IS pleats cf I rreY whieb of cvurpe comprise', canvas and diaper. li , ( . 1 . i • 1 I . • I 1 " • ti k' 1 1 f , • ' 'l 'l i Ji;* • if,. 7 t .1: . • 1 1 1 , ( 1 7 .. i i , . . : f • ' ' 4, • . 4. ' I • ; i i 1 ' . ' 1 • , I.' t . r , 1 , I / * f j , ; .. I ~ 1 1 a' , . 1 i I t , t I , i . ;• ' . .- - ~i 1 .. • : , I I . t 1 ' ,$ .1- • ..." 1 . i ‘1 : 1 ;i ' 1 e