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This day was published, in Svo. price 7s. boards, A VOICE from INDIA. in Answer to the Reformer of England. Dedicated, by permission, to the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Controul. By .101l' B. SEELY. Captain in the Bombay Native Infantry, and late Second in Cntn nita:d ist Battalion of the Regular Brigade of his Highness the • Rajah of Nagpore: Author of " The Wonders of Elora." work may be profitably read by th ise who wish to have the benefit of practical opinions as to the probable consequences of establishing a free press in British India."—Asiatic Journal. " In Captain Seely's book we find the state of society in India very ably discussed. Indeed, the Captain is most successful while demonstrating the effects which would inevitably be produced on the mind: of the natives by anything like an unlicensed press."—Courier. " The work is written in an easy and temperate style ; and the. 1 mg and varied local experience of the author gives it a claim to the attention of the philosopher, the politician, the merchant, and the statesman."—Son. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-lane. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, The Wonders of Elora; or, the Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings excavated out of a Mountain of Granite, and extending upwards of a mile and a quarter, at Elora, in the East Indies. With sonic General Ob.ervations on the Ptople and Country. tivo. with several Plates, 16c. boards. This day was published, in post Eva. price 7s. Cd. boards, OUR VILLAGE; Sketches of I{u:4l Character and Scenery. By MARY RUSSEL mlTFortn, Author of " Julian," a Tragedy. Second Edition. " The Sketch:s of Country Scenery, in which this volume abounds, have such a convincing, air of locality ; the human figures, interspersed among them, are touched in such a lauzhter-ioving good-humoured spirit of caricathre, innocent, yet pungent withal, that we scarcely know a mote agreeable portfolio of trifles fur the amusement of an idle bour."—Quarterly Review, No. 61. Printed for Geo. 11. IVtittaker, Ave-Maria-lane. Also, lately published, Alice Allan ; the touott y Town, and other Tales. By Alexander Wilson, post Bvo. Bs. 6d. boards. . 6 We have been greatly pleased with a perusal of the Tales which form this volume. Their moral tendency is escelleta, which is no slight praise; but they have the further merit of being very interesting and well-told stories."—Literary Magnet, Feb. Scenes and Thoughts, in post Bvo. 7s. 6d. boards. " The Scenes in this volume are highly descriptive, and the Thoughts are sensible and correct. The Author, throughout, dis plays a most amiable feeling, and is an eloquent advocate in the cause of morality. The articles are on well-selected subjects ands are altogether of a domestic nature."—Lherary Chronicle. _ : PARLIAMEN 1 AR Y PIitUCELDING.S. lIOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 16. There being but thirty Members present at four o'clock, the Srsasiem adjourned the !louse till to-morrow. 111 E EVENING ST tit. LONDON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1825. THE FUNDS. STCCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 93j to 94 forthe Account, with little doing. FOREIGN FUNDS. In the Foreign Market all South American Securities are rather heavy. Current Prices: New Spanish 184 3, Ohl 944 Russian 97% 4, Mexican 804 4, Chiliau 841 89, Cultimbian New 903,91 Portuguese 90, French Scrip 15% 4, Austrian 974 4, Mexican Scrip 54 to 4, Brazilian Scrip 16, New Brazilian 4%, Gold Coast 34, Gretk .584 4, Greek Scrip 1, Peruvian 844. SHA RES. £lOO 100 40 100 100 Alliance Assurance Anglo Mexican Mines - United Mexican ditto - Brazilian ditto Colombian ditto Pasco Peruvian ditto - Buenos Ayres ditto • Anglo ChiWs PAID. !MICR TMIA.I P. £lO Je 81 pre. 10 125 150 10 135 140 5 1.5 h pre. 5 37 38 28 29 22 24 8h P::ICR STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 237 1 h, 238 3 I er Cent. Red. 94% 5 / 3 8 ler Cent. Cons. 94 93% . 3i per Cent. 101% • • 3i per Certt. Red. 101 % sis 4 per Cent. New 106 105%8 106 Long Ann. 23.5.16 14—India Stock 285 India Bonds 98 96 ELMO Etcbeq. Bills (2J.) 63 4 eal 1 / 2 d.) 65 3 £5OO ditto (1 1 4 d.) 65 3 £lOO and 1:200 ditto (2d.) 63; (1 1 ,44.1.) 65 3 India for Acct. `B5 l / 4 Cons. tor Acct. 93' 7 / 8 FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Austrianßonds 5 per Ct. Alex. Bonds, 5 per Ct. 801 1 1 Brazilian Bonds 884 Ditto Scrip 1825, 51 # pre. Ditto Scrip, 5 per Ct. Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct. Ditto 1825. 4 4 pre. Peruv. Bonds, 6 per Ct. Buenos Ayres Bonds 914 Ditto Acc. Ditto Acc. • Portuguese Bonds Chitian Bonds, 6 p Ct. Prim. Bonds 1822, 5 p.Ct. 99 Ditto Acc. Buss. Bonds, 1822, 5 p.Ct. 97j Columbian Bonds, 6 per Ct. 914 Ditto Acc. Ditto for Acc. I Spanish ° 5 p.Ct.Cons. 2411111 Ditto Bonds 1824, 901 & 1 Ditto for Acc. 244 I 1 1 Ditto Acc. Span. 5 p.et Cons. 1823, 184 1 18 Danish Bonds, 5 per Ct. I Ditto for Acc. 184 18 19 181 1 Greek Bonds 581 French Bentes, 5 p.Cr. 10:4.75c. Ditto Scrip 1825, 16 1 1 Exchange 25f. 10c. BRITISH AND FJREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. ASSURANCE CIMPANIES. SHARD. PAID. PRICE MR SHAM All. Brit. For. Fire & Life 1100 - £lO -18 i Do. DlArine - - 100 - 5 - 7 i MINES. SHAM PAID. PRICE rim MARS. Anglo Mexican - - £lOO £l5 - iss. £5 pm. - 125 130 Anglo Chilian - - 100 -5 - . 133 1 I Align./ Iron and Coal a 50 - 5 - S - 16 Brazilian - - 100 - 5 - 5 -25 i Chilian - - 100 - 5 - - 20 19 20 Colombian - - 100 - 5 - 5 - 37 General Mining Association - - - 131 14 Pasco Peruvian - 100 - 5 - -33 54 33i 34 lib) de la Plata - 100 - 5 - - 291 29 United Mexican - 40 -20 - 2 pm. - 135. 1421 135 Welch Iron & Ccal - 25 - 5 - -51616 7 6/ GAS LIGIIV AND COKE COMPANIES. British 1 ,.!C Continental rovincial Portable United General Bath and Bristol Mgnchester and Liverpool - 50 - - Q}; SNARL PAID. nave rER SNARL -4:50 -.05 -.2 . 100 - 8 - 9 fli 9 - --.- 1 .. 21 i SI - SO - 7 - 13 IRON RAILWAYS. SU A KR. PAID. raw: :az SHAIL —Ctes -21 -2 - 100 - 3 - 38 MISCI LL A? SOUS. !HARE. PAID. rasa' eta Amu's. Australian - - £lOO - British Iron Company - 100 • 5 • 71 French Four Canal Shares, 1000 f. 2881.59c. 1 1220 f. Exchange - -25 f. 10c. Association - 6 - 5 -8 . % 7/ .8 "%chance - 50 - 5 - 7 61 aC2S sit. iss..£lo pm. } 3.74 18 tecript of Ireland • ki mother column we have given a copy of Mr. 's fot suppressing unlawful societies iu Ireland. The blanks, of course, remain to be filled up; but we do not anticipate that it will undergo much alterationin its progress through Parliament. We are far from regretting the ample discussion the subject has undergime in the House of Common., because we thisl it may tend, and that considerably, to lessen the labours of Parliament on Irish affairs; but we do think, if the Bill h.sd been allowed to be brought in, and read a first time, its general and impartial charac ter, as relates to ali Societies in Ireland, would have brought to its support many Honourable illembe►s who opposed it in the outset. At a lAte hour we received the Etoile of yesterday, e by express. The following are extracts:— CONSTANTINOPLE, JANUARY 19. M. Minziacky has lately adiressed a note to the Reis Effendi, to demand the fulfilment of certain clauses s% hid) have not been executed, concerning the navigation cl the Black Sea, and the future administration of Wallachia and Moldavia; the answer of the Divan is evasive. The French Ambassador, Count Guilleminot, has demanded a •ecund audience of the Sultan, to present to him his new credentials. MADRID, FEBRUARY Z. The King of France has sent the Grand Order of the Legion of honour to his Excellency Count Zea Bermu dez, first Minister of his Maje,ty. They write from Barcelona of the 3d of February, that General Don Francisco lispoz y Mina, Don Antonio Itoten, ei-Givernor of that town, Don Joachim Bus wiet, Don FernanJo Button, Don Pedro San Castel lanos, Don Francisco Milans, and Don Antonio Gil, are cited, by the first and last bans which have been pub lished, by Don Felix de Puy y Ochoa, of the Counsel of his Majesty, an his alcalde, in the Criminal Chamber of Catalonia, on the Ist of February. PARIS. FEBRUARY 15. CHAMBERS OF PEERS. IFITTIhG OF no. 14. The Climber met at one o'clock, and continued its discussion on the project (.£ the Sacrilegious Law. The Chamber has not come to a decision on that question, and it was put off to Wednesday. FitOhl THE ETOILE OF TUESDAY. MADRID, FEBRUARY 8. The Consul of his Majesty at Lisbon writes, under date t f the 15th January, that there entered that Port, the chasse maree del Carmen, the Captain of which, Garcia Marina, declared to him that he fell in with, on the 15th December, in the morning, fifty leagues to. the north of the Canaries, a Spanish division of seven frigates, which sailed on the 7th of;December, from Ferrol to Atherica. This news is confirmed by a dispatch from the Commandant of this expedition, Dm Fernando Dominici, to the Minister of the Marine. French Rolm, opened at 1031. 75c. SOc. End of the month 105 f. 90c. This forenoon we received such of the French Papers of Monday and Tuesday as had not previously reached us, by Express, together with the Doile of Wednesday. The King of SPAIN IS stated to be dangerously ill ; his indisposition is said to have been occasioned 'by his Majesty falling into a violent passion with his Ministers! The French Chambers have had no proceedings of interest since Friday last. In consequence of the Report of the Commission on the Supplementary Credit for 1823, Messrs. OUVRARD, ROLLAC, and others connected with them, were arrested on Saturday. All OUVRARD'S papers were sealed. The Journal des Debats is chiefly filled with discus sions upon the Law of Sacrilege, which it designates a law of Blood, and deplores the excessive penalties and " frightful mutilations' which it inflicts. The Quotidienne inserts a letter from Lisbon, of the 25th ult. stating that reports still prevailed of Biitish troops l:eing on their way to garrison that city. It is admitted, however ' that no visible preparations had been made for their reception, and the whole rumour we may safely pronounce to be without foundation. LUCIEN MURAT, the son of the late Ex• King of NA inn, having been so imprudent as to leave Gibraltar for Algesiras, has been seized by the Spanish Authorities. The Courier Francais says, that LUCIEN MURAT was enticed on to the Spanish ground by a Spanish Colonel, with whom he had become acquainted at Gibraltar, and who took him out in a sperting party,; but that as he had an Austrian passport, granted with the consent of the Powers of Italy, as he is an Austrian subject, it is probable the Austrian Ambassador will interfere in his favour. The following are extracts : Gold Coast Ai New Corn Rao Pearl Fii Yellow It Provincial Bari Patent Bricks I In anotbe • Cot LBVlllel • PARIS, FEBRUARY L 4. Lucien Murat (son of the Ex-King of Naples) was at Gibraltar, on his way (as he said) to the United States of North America. Being taken on the Spanish terri to: y, he was arrested and sent to prison in - Algesiras. On his arrival at Algesiras he was interrogated. by General Joseph 013annel, who did not conceive that he had received orders from Madrid to arrest him if he should set foot . on the Spanish territory.—Etoik. MADRID, FEBRUARY 3. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. 4. A notice is published to-day, that on account of the state of the King's health, prayers for his recovery will be performed to-day, and the Holy Sacrament will be exponed during the se, vice. " His Majesty is, in fact, very ill, and general alarm is felt for the consequences of this illness, said to have been produced by a violent fit of passion into which his Majesty fell during a Council of State on the affairs of Spain. —lt is reported that his Majesty even deplored the sad fate which hal placed him at the head of hi, Govern rent; he corn, lained bitterly of having never been econded by his Ministers, though he had selected them' from the persons .whom he thought the most attached him. Lastly, according to the same reports, the •King said, that he knew that everybody deceived him; and that he was not without uneasiness for his own safety and that of his family. Whatever may be the causes of his Majesty's indisposition, it is certain that it -has caused gi eat alarm for these three days past ; the gout seemed dispostA to fly to the stomach, but the exertions of the physicians have arrested the progress of the disorder. Letters from Corunna say, that the Royalist Volun teers these have been disarmed, and that the Spanish troops of the line have been obliged to leave the city fear they should have come to quarrels with the French garrison. This operation has been effected, it is said. to the great satisfaction of the inhabitants of the town, and without the slightest opposition from the Spaniards, though their discontent was visible and their hatred concentrated."— Courier Francais. Trouble; of rather a serious nature have taken place at Grenada. The pripulace wanted to bleak up by force a Constitutional Meeting, or Club. The soldiers, instead of obeying the authorities, joined the populace. General Quesada has sent a courier hither, to inform the Goyernment of what was passing. By the arrival of the Celia at Liverpool, direct from Lima, and the Urania, from Buenos Ayres, letteis have been received from Lima to the .sth of October, and from Buenos Ayres to the 12th of December. The American brig Stranger entered the hat boyr of Callao on the 22d September, with provisions for the American vessels of war under Commodore Hurd.. She left Valparaiso on the 13th, at which period two Chilian frigates were ready for sea, and would sail in a few days to join Admiral Guise, Three Colombian vessels of war had joined the Admi ral, either at Huacho or Salinas: and 1,500 troops from Panama had landed at Huanchaco or Supe, Admiral Gum, thus reinforced, was expected to arrive off the harbour of Callao shortly after the sth of Octo ber. The Asia, ship of the line, remained at anchor in the harbour. A letter of the sth of :October, mentions that General Roma, the Royalist Commander its Cal lao, was fitting out several transports. The Patriots, it was expected, would take possession of Lima on the sth of October, as six officers and six men had visited the city on the 4th, to deliver bandas from General BOLIVAR. The feelings of the inhabitants were, it is stated, decidedly in favour of the Patriots. A letter from Chile, dated November 8, received via Buenos Ayres, states, that the Stranger, which left Callao on the 7th of October, had returned to Valparaiso. The Captain reported, that on the morning of that day Admiral Guise, with his fleet, appeared off the harbour to re sume the blockade. The Asia and the Achilles had been previously strongly moored cl.)se to the works of the fortress. On the appearance of Admiral Gorse, Governor RODIL requested Admiral GURUZETA to pro ceed to sea and attack GUISE, which he declined doing. RODIL immediately threatened to turn the guns of the fortress upon him, if he did not instantly obey the order; in consequence of which the Asia and the Achilles were getting under weigh when the Stranger sailed, on the 7th of October. The Captain did not remain to ascertain the issue of the expected engagement. Gover nor RODIL had about 1,500 men in Callao, the fortifi cations of which he had repaired and strengthened, as far as his means would allow ; but, from the circum stance of his having prepared the transports, it is doubt ful whether he intended to evacuate the place, or to at tempt to obtain reinforcements from the Intermedios. Lisbon Papers to the 6th instant, from which the fol lowing are extracts, reached us this forenoon; LISBON, FEBRUARY 3. Don Miguel Antonio de Mello, Minister of Finance, and President of the Treasury, having represented to the King that, in consequence of various extraordinary circumstances, there was an excessive accumulation of business, both in the Treasury and the department of the Finances, and that he was unable to attend to all the extensive ramifications with the zeal and success re quired; and that it would therefore be advisable to form a Junta, to co-operate with him to superintend the several divisions, to examine the state of each, and pro. pose atiy improvements that might be made, Ms Ma jesty has been pleased to appoint a Board, consisting of three persons, for the purpoie above stated. Fes. s.—His Majesty, by an Alvara, dated February Ist, has raised the Navy Board, called the Council of Marine, created by a Decree of the 3d October, 1823, to the rank of a Royal Tribunal, giving it the same ho nours and privileges as the Council of War,and ordering that it shall judge in the last instance all litigated cases, the decision of which depends upon naval knowledge; it shall. likewife be consulted en everything relative to maritime legislation. By a decree of the 3d, his Majesty orders the same Council of Marine to draw up a system of regulations for the navy, and a maritime penal code. Everything that has already been done on the subject, in confor mity with previous decrees, and according to a plan ap proved by his Majesty, is to be communicated (toge ther with the call plan) to the Council, which shall pro ceed without interruption till the conclusion of this important duty, that the best order may be at once established in the naval department. The Austrian Observer of the sth inst. which reached us this forenoon, contains the following singular but (if true) interesting account of ODYSSEUS, who hac be come so famous in the history of the insurrection in Greece. Numberless a:e the conjectures respecting the enigmatical conduct and the real intentions of this Commander. He now resides, again forsaken by all his companions in arms, in a cavern in the eastern de clivity of Parnassus. The place is absolutely inaccessi ble to an enemy ; it can be approached only by six long mountain ridges, rising 'almost perpendicularly one above the other. The cavern► is of ♦ery great ee. tent, so that it could contain some thousand men. It has excellent water, preserved in cisternt, which the new hermit had made in 1823. He has also built d hdisse detached from the walls of the cavern ; several Maga zines containing provisions and ammunition, and even 4 kiosk ; and he possesses two good field pieces. Since the summer of 1824, he has had with him his wife, his mother, and the children of the latter by a second mar.; riage. One of these children had the misfo: tune, while playing on a terrace, to fall down the precipice, where it was dashed to pieces. He has besides these no coni• panion, except the well-known Englishman (Irishman) Trelawny, one of the most intimate friends of the late Lord Byron. THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday, at two o'clock, his AlvEsrif held a Coat at his PAlAce in 1 3 411-mall, which was attended by, The French Ambassador, the Spanish Minister, the Sicilian Mi.. nister, the Danish Minister, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Preii dent of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lnid of tf?e Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign lye. partments, the First. Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master General of the Ordnance, the President of the Board of Controul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Recorder of London, the Master of the Norse, the Treasurer of the House hold, the Master of the Ceremonies, Eat Cathcart (Gold Stick in Waiting), the Honourable F. Cathcart. His MAJESTY gave audiences to his Excellency the Prince Da POIJONAC, Ambassador from his Most Christian MA.. JKSTY, when Monsieur Dos CHIMES was introduced for the purpose of delivering to his MAJESTY the insignia of the Most Noble Ordet' of the Garter, which had been conferred upon his late Most Chris-. tian Majesty Louis XVIII. His MAJESTY also gave audiences to the Count de Lttormr, the Sicilian Minister, and to the Chevalier de Los Rsosi the Spanish Minister, to receive their credentials, and likewise to' the Count de Movies, the Danish Minister. They were all at tended by the Right lion. GEORGE CANNING, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Sir HOBERT Catosoen, i his Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The Honourable FREDERICK CATUCART was pre sented to the Kinc, upon his being appointed his illajesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, when some al terations were made in the pricked list of Sheriff. fur the present year.--Mr. Button attended as Clerk &lithe Council. The RECORDER of London was admitted into the presence of the Kum in Council, when he made his Report. 'His MAJESTY gave an audience to the EMI of HO It-• itowsy ! the Lord President of the Council. Lord ST. MRLINS and Sir ANDERW BARNARD were the Lord and Groom iu Waiting. The Court did not break up till nearly seven o'clock. OLD BAILEY-THIS DAY. OLD COURT. These Sessions commenced this morning, at the Jus tice Hall, in the Old Bailey, before Mr. Justice Burt- ROUGH, the LORD MAYOR, RECORDER, Aide' men, &c. Them ate on the present occasion two hundred and twenty-siskprisoners for trial ; but, we mention the fact with satisfaction, the Calendar does riot contain ope case of forgery ; there are, however, nineteen for bur glary, and six for manslaughter. BURGLAR Y. Charks Lenny and John Wood were put to the bar, on an indictment, charging them with stealing in the dwelling-house of JAIIIeS Helps, a variety of property, his goods and chattels. The circumstances of this ca..e have been so very receatly before OUf Reiders in the Police Report from Bow -street, that it.is only necessary to say, that the prisoners were brought to justice in consequence of its having been discovered that they had left par t of the property at a coffee-house - la 3:.Martires lane, cn the morning after the robbery, which was found by the officers, who, on their return, secured them. The facts of the prosecutor's house having been broken open and the property stolen, the prisoners being in possession of it within so - short a time after, and their being taken into custody, having been sworn to by the respective witnesses, the prisoners were called on for their defence. The prisoners put in a written defence, in which they denied the charge, and said, in addition, that they had bought the property of a person they did not know. Mr. Justice BURRO UGH summed up the evidence to the Jury, who found the prisoners Guilty. NEW COURT—FIRST DAL Before the Recoeure. Francis Edward Courtney, aged 17, was indicted for stealing a canvas bag, containing 281bs. of coffee,value 30s. the property of Messrs. John and Joseph Travers * wholesale dealers, in St. S K ithin's-lane. It appeared from the evidence of P yor, a carman in the employ of the prosecutors, that on the 20th January last he was driving his master's waggon through Bun hill-row ;hC supected that some person was watching the waggon, which caused him to keep his eye on u, when he noticed a bag to move, and on his going to the back of the cart, he saw the prisoner in the act of drawing the coffee Out. Witness said, “Halloo ! my lad, what do you do there ?" the prisoner made co answer, but dropped the bag, and jumped from the tail of the can, when witness collared the lad and took him into custody; be made several attempts to escape, and repeatedly struck at the witness. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was rather in toxicated, and had got up in the cart merely for a ride. The RECORDER summed up, when the Jury, without hesitation, pronounced him Guilty, and the Court sen tenced the pi ismer to be transported for seven years. Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl of WIISSMORSLAND, at his house in Grosvenor-square. L:idy AGNES BULLER is much indisposed, at her house, in Whitehall-place. Yesterday, several Noble Lords appointed to form a ' Committee of Inquiry into the affairs of Ireland, met for the first time, in the House of Lords. Their Lordships did not transact any business. The meeting was pro forma. The SPEAKER'S Parliamentary Dinners for Saturday and Sunday next, are postponed, in consequence, it is stated, of the death of one of the Right Hon. Geutkmaat's sisters. Mr. WILBENFORCE is, in consequence of the declining state of his health, about to retire front Parliament, the sittings of which be bas uninterruptedly adorned for upwards of 45 years. General Ross had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Portland.place. Lord tiwydyr had a grand dinner party yesterday, at L 6 house its Piccadilly. The King of Payssi* has decreed, that au , hors oho desire to dedicate to him literary productions or works of art, muse first ask his permission. Tuesday, a Deputation from the Committee of Ma nagement of the important and national undertaking for a Canal between the English and Uristol Channels, had an interview with the Eat) of lavearota., fur the purpose of submitting to his Lord ship au explanatory account of the Scheme, with the Reports of Mr. Tecroan and Captain NICHOLLS upon it, and were must fa• yourahly received. Yesterday a Count of Directors was held at the Est India House, when the following Commanders took le ave of the Court, previous to departing fur their respective destinations, viz. Captain Join: lithe, .ttlas ; and Captain Wsra.ran Hors, Herd fordshire—for Madras aud China.. I,