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IF Mr. WAITHMAN rose to reply. He had no wish to prolong the discussion unnecessarily, and he there fore thought it right to state at once, that he had no material objection to the amendment being adopted. —He confessed that it appeared to him it would be better to have every individual case referred to a Corn mittee for investigation. With respect to the remarks which he bad made on Joint Stock Companies, he cer.l tainly never did mean to include all the great public Companies which had been instituted for many years. He believed that they had been most beneficial to the country. He spoke only of those Companies which had been formed during the mania, and which were for the most part mere delusions. The Member for Midhurst had made some observations, which he (A IdermanWaith man) thought only proved the necessity of the motion he had made—( Hear). With respect to the Equitable Loan Company, he had not spoken unadvisedly. He had studied the documents and the evidence he had then by him, and he should be able to prove the assertions he had made whenever he had an opportunity. With respect to the information afforded by the Hoe. Member for Cal lington, who had had so much experience in Joint Stock Companies, it seemed but necessary for him to remark that that Hon. Gentleman had looked abroad for Companies to defend, but had wholly neglected to notice the fact that he was himself auditor to we of those speculations in which material alterations had been made without the knowledge of the Shareholders. For instance, at first it was necessaty for a Director to hold SOO shares, when sud denly the qualification was reduced to twenty. They took 400 shares, but none of them had paid up on more than 300. The facts which he had stated remained entirely uncontradicted. The Hon. Alderman then recapitulated them, and after relating the conduct of the Directors of the Equitable Loan Company, concluded by saying, that he should not offer any opposition to the amendment. The question being put front the Chair, the Amendment was adopted unaniniously ; and a Select Committee appointed, consist ing of the following Members: Mr. Aldtrinan Waithman, Mr. Horace Twiu, Mr. G. Lamb, Lord Altborp, Mr. Ilobhouse, Mr. Ward, Mr. Lockhart, Sir T. Ackland, Mr. N. Calven, Mr. W. W.olridge, Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. Dickenson, Sir James Graham, Mr. Fazakerley, Mr. Warburton, Mr. R. Grant, Mr . I'allmer, Colonel French, Sir R. Vivian, Ma jor Moberly, and Mr. C. Ross. Mr. HEItRIES gave notice that on Friday next, he shonid ' move to Repeal the Duties on the Conveyance of Letters in Ireland. or. surri.r. The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, the &chequer Bills Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to•morrow. ILICIIOII PtTITIOW. Mr. MONCK presented a Petition from Beverly, complaining vf an undue Retarn. A sim►lar Petition was presented from Sudbury. The House adjourned at ten minutes Wore Tax o'CLocz until to-morrow (ruts DAY). THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6,1826. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opeued this morning about the same price they left off yesterday, at 841 1 for the Account; but soon after they receded to 84 to g for the Account, owing, it is said, to some of the He brew spcCulators having sold. Reduced may he quoted at 82/ 83. In the Foreign market but little is doing at present. Current prices : Old Spanish 121 Mexicans 701, Colombian 38 1, Chilian 38 39, Russian 86/ b 7, Greek 181 191. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. There is not a feature, either in the Britsh or Foreign Markets, wcrth the least observation this morning. Consols, which were in the earlier part of the morning at 84} for the Account,have since been done at 64 to 6, a fluctuation of about per cent. and at pre sent may be quoted at 844 to for the Account. In the previous part of the day sante large salt s were effected, since which little has been doing. Reduced may be quoted at 82/ to 83.—Shares have been the greatest speculation this morning in the Foreign Market, but they were so great a drug that they are not worth mentioning.—Consols are now 844 for Account. There Is an arrival from Penang of the 24th July : no news there. PRICK OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent Ited. 83 82 7 / 8 83 3 per Cent. Cons. Shut.' 5), per Cent. 89 1 / 2 1 / 2 3} per Cent. Re.f. 88 7 /g 89 1 /g 4 per Cent. New Shut. 4 per ('ent. 1826, 97 5 /s V 2 Loot! Ann. 19 1 k 7.16 1 / 2 India Bond, 35 37 £l,OOO Exact,. Bilk 19 18 £5OO ditto 19 18 tlOO and I.:2(K) ditto 20 22 Cons. tot Acct. t. 4 y i 84 1 /g FORRION FUNDS, TWO O'CLoCK. ('hilian Bonds 6 p Ct. 381 4 Mex. Acct. 59 Colombian Bonds, 6 p Ct. Do. lids 1825,Gp. Ct. 701 70 4 Do Bonds, i 824,381 Acct. 701 4 1 Do. Acct. 324 1 a Poi taguese Bds 5pC. Bonds, p Ct. 614 Ditto Acct. 75 Ditto Account 62 Russ. Lid% 1812. S p C. Creek Bonds, 5 p Ct. 15 Ditto Acct. so Bott(lB,lBt.s.sp C. 19 4 Spar. Bondi 5 p rt. 121 13 Dleclionds,s per Ct. Ditto Acct. 12; 13 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK. WA II It. rain. &linos 400 225 325 535 firazillan 100 20 35 344 British Iron Company 50 35 94 Colombian 100 15 114 12 Potosi La I'az and Peru. Ass. 50 5 £3, £2l7s. £3, £3 Ss. Royal Irish 25 1 9.16 £1 61. £1 4s. United Alezican 40 25 12 Van Dientan's Land Agricul. 100 24 5 4 FRENCH FUNDS. live per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Actions Rentes de Naples Rentes d'Espagne Haytian Loan ,991. aoc. . 71 f. 40c. . 20701. --c. . 771. 40c. . 101. Ojc. . 710 f. The C iraccas Papers, of the 11th of October, con• tains a Proclamation from General PAEZ, dated Head quarters, Caraccas, October 4 : " I made the clearest declaration of the principles that would wide my conduct in the difficult course ; I maintained, as an in violable principle, the integrity of the Republic • I pledged myself to the people, to leave them at full liberty to Republic; their senti ments In favour of such reforms as might seem to them most con ducive to their solid establishment and future happiness; and to suffer no interference with the free exercise of their rights; and, iit short, that no further innovation should be made in the Consti tutional regime, than such as might he indispensable in further-. ance of the cause of Reform." The private letters from Laguira state, that BOLIVAR has ceded to a Federal system. A Boston Paper, dated the 14th of November, states, that the last reports from Cape Haytien memions a rumour of an Isiurrection in the North. German Papers, received this morning. bring a Pro clamation of General YcamoLory to the inhabitants of Georgia, which is subjoined : ST. PETERSBURGH, NOV/043111 15. Lieut. Gen. Emmanuel is appointed in the room of Major• Gen. Prince Gortschakoff 11. Commander•in- Chief of the province of Cancuea, and of the troops cantoned on the line of the Caucasus. The proclamation of General Yermoloff to all the inhabitants of the province of Georgia, of which be is Governor, is extremely remarkable, in reference alone to the present campaign against Persia : he endeavours to prove historically, in very energetic, but perfectly true and just terms, the constantly faithless conduct of the Persian Government to that Prince, in all modern times. As it has not yet been published by any of the journals of this city, any more than another of nearly the same date, addressed to the Clergy and Priests of the several provinces adjacent to Georgia, I send you a faithful translation from the original. PROCLAMATION. TO ALL THR INHABITANTS OP GEORGIA. --- The Persians, or more properly speaking the Kisilbashians, who have been long known to the inhabitants of Georgia by their hostile disposition, and base insolence, have unexpectedly entered our territory with their forces. Firmly Convinced that our great Monarch, like durselves, his faithful subjects, maintain inviolate the rights of the peace concluded with them thirteen years ago, we did not think the hostilities which they have so shamefully began, possible at a time whiz our Ambassador is still among them. I think it unnecessary to give you here a detailed character of the Persians. You, Georgians, are per fectly well acquainted with them. But I must not conceal from you, that they have been able to gain over a part of their Tartar brethren in our territory, and that they pro mised their troops all the property of the Georgians as their booty, which, in former times, they carried into effect in so barbarous a manner; but they h ave already forgotten that theGeor glans, inspired by love of their true religion, and attachment to their country, drove them back into the frontiers of Persia with a hand ful of militia, and this in earlier times, wheu the powerful hand of the Emperor Alex older did not yet protect them. The deeds of the Georgians, and their intrepidity under the brave Wochtang Gorgasiaw, under the famous Princess Tamara, and under David, (called the Regenerator of his People) ate known to us from the history of this country ; but you still remember how the brave Czar Heraclius, with a small body of troops, defeated the Persians Sove reign, Ascadawners, and made the Khan of Erivan tributary to him. Now that just chastisement front our Emperor awaits the Persians for their faithless attack upon our territory, you will .mainly hasten to take up arms against the enemies of Russia, those enemies which are agaia thirsting for your blood. Which of you does net remem ber the invasion of Asimagnsed Khan, an Uncle of the present &hale of Persia, who laid Tiflis in ashes? Are not these Persians the tyrants who boast of the victims they bore made to their un bridled passions, with whom they till their houses and their Serag dos? A number of Christians are your countrymen. Your coun trymen, are compelled by them to follow the Mahometan religion. If the Tartars, who entertain like sentiments with the Persians, their faithless brethren, have ventured to betray their lawful Go vernment, it is my duty to require unanimous firmness from you Christians, the inhabitants of the province, committed to my care. I therefore call on all classes among you, Princes, Nobles, Peasants, to arm ; leave only a sufficient guard to protect your: houses and effects, and, furnished with provisions for zO days, hasten to Tiflis, our appointed rendezvous. Your Militia shall be led by the Mar shal of the Nobility, or his Deputy, for each Canton, and I will join to them a part of the victorious Russian armies. We shall advance together against the enemies of our tranquillity, and, with the help of Goo, defeat the faithless Persians. Let us drive them out of the country; the army expected from Russia will ' soon arrive, and then we will carry the war into the heart of Persia itself, and take twofold vengeance in the interior of Persia, for all the oppression and violence that Georgia has suffered from the Per sians, and for the mischief which they so insolently again do to us. Give me,therefore,an opportunity to acquaint our most graciousEnt peter of the exemplary zeal which you have constant's/ 'hewn dur ing my government of this province, that I may solicit for you proofs of his Majesty's favour, of which the treacherous Tartars alone have made themselves unworthy. After this pi-edam:tam of mine, none of you can excuse himself by saying he had no opportunity ut serving his own Country and the State. While I thus summon you to the path of honour and glory, and the restoration of the se curity of our families, I ant convinced that you will attend to it ac cording to your duty as Christians, and as bound by your oath of allegiance to your Emperor. With these sentiments you will gait, such advantages over the Persians as the Kisilhasbians have not long expected front the Georgians themselves. I hope that the Nobles will give the warriors and peasants the first example of va lour, and of a general rising in arms against our enemies. '—(The conclusion of this document is promised In a succeeding Paper.) N B. This Proclamation is dated Tiflis, 22d et August, N.S. The Sierra Leone Cazetie txtraordinary, of the 9th of October, contains a dispatch, addressed to Sir NEIL CA SITSYLL, Knt. C.B. Governor-in-Chief, from Commodore Cs;waLas 1.1u1.1.en, C. B. Commander-in-Chief of hl4 Majesty's squadron on the Sierra Leone station, communicating the total defeat of the Ashmore Army, commanded by the Kisui in person, on the 7th August, by the British troop., and our Native allies, under the command of Lieut.-Col. ROOS. The battle took place on the plains of Accra,and was vigorously and obstinately contested by the Ashantees. The fate of the day was long doubtful, and for some time the British had almost the worst of the action; but Colonel Marion, by a very judicious arrangement, opened a very heavy fire from tour nine-pounders and eight rocket tubes upon the enemy, which wounded the Kiac. The Congreve rockets caused consternation among the Asbantees, while Aeoro, King of Aquimboo, made a circuit with his force, and commenced an attack on their rear, and solely and . eventually decided, the fate of the battle. Several of the enemy's chief warriors wete killed ; and the Ashantre Kim; was nearly made prisoner, having been wounded in three places Ills equipage and camp, and several of his wives, with a very rich booty, estimated at 500,000/. sterling, fell into the hands of the British and their Allies; and in the camp was f9und the head of Sir CHARLES carefully preserved as a trophy, in a double folding of paper. Au oblation of run) had been made to it by the Kum in the morning, invoking it to call to him the heads of all the English Chiefs, and to give him victory. The loss of the British was trivial. The Ashantees bad between five and six thou sand killed on the field, and 2,000 made ptisoners by the Accran. (OFFICIAL ACCOUNT). " Colonel Purdon, on the 6th, took up his position with the Allied Forces under his command, the whole of whom were under arms all the day, hourly expecting the Ashantees (who were then but a short distance from them) would commence the attack; however, no thing occurred until the mornibg of the 6th, at half-past nine, when the action commenced by the Ashantees upon the centre of the Bri tish line, witb"considerable eff.-ct. This was very strongly resisted by Messrs. Richter, Hansen, Hutchinson, and Jackson, at the bead of their respective Militias, who composed the centre. The African Corps, with Colonel Purdon, were in the reserve in the centre. consisting of about 100 officers and men. Fora very consi derable time the fate of the day WAS doubtful, indeed, almost against us,.----the Ashantees finally succeeded in driving them close to the British guns; at which time Colonel PURDON, by a very ju dicious arrangement, opened a heavy fire from the 'stall artillery he bad, viz. four nine-pounders and eight rocket tubes, and sent a few Cungreve rockets among the enemy, which latter, for a moment, staggered them, as also wounded their King. " In the mean time Acoto. King of Aquimboo, took a circuit with his force, and commenced an attack in the rear of the Ashantees, and who, eventually. solely decided the fate of the day. They immediately b e gan to retire, and the rockets and artillery keeping up their fire, and the Ashantees falling into a division among themselves, the victory.was declared, after five hours, in favour of the British allied arms. Many of their principal men have fallen, among others their oldest warrior, Apulia The King who was wounded in three places, very narrowly escaped being taken priso ner. Quasbie Amanqua, one of our Chiefs, being mortally wounded, while in the act of dragging him from his basket.— His equipage, camp, and several of his wives, with a very rich booty, estimated at five hundred thousand pound sterling, fell into our hands ; and it is with sincere pleasure I iinform you, that in his camp the head of our late lamented victim, Sir Charles M•Carthy, was found, carefully preserved in a double folding of paper,in which Arabic characters were written, covered with a blue silk handker. chief, and sewed up in a tiger's skin. An oblation of rum had been made to it by the King early on the morning of the morning of the battle, invoking it to call to him the beads of the English chiefs, and to give him victory. He fled from the field with a few followers, and has since been reported dead of his wounds. The Ashantees fought very bravely, as did the Akims and Accra. on our side ; but the Footers fled at the first fire, which was the premature occasion of our line being broken. `• The loss on our pan is trivial, when compared to theirs. Mr. Richter is the only European wounded; eight hundred killed, and about two thousand wounded. Of the Ashantees, five to six thou sand were killed on the field, and 2,000 have since been taken pri soners by the Accras. The estimated force on our side, from very correct authority, was, on the day of battle, between 11,000 and 12,000; that of the Ashantees 15,000 to 11,000. • Being the first time the Congreves have been used, they spread terror and dismay among this superstitious race of people, more par ticularly by their King being wounded by one of the first. Many prisoners of distinction have been taken, but I am not able at pre sent tofurnich your Excellency with the exact names and account; however, I am of opinion, there is very little chance of their, for some time hence, troubling these parts again. "It is with pleasure I have thus-to congratulate your Excellency on the success of the British arms on this occasion." The French Papers which have arrived in due course, furnish some Russian Bulletins which carry the official history of the campaign in Georgia almost to the end of October. It does not appear that the Persians ventured on a second batik after the defeat which they experienced near Elizabetbpol. They found quick retreating a safer mode of making war, and had in almost every direction evacuated the Russian territory. After re-crossing the Araxes, the troops of ARRAS Max* had retired to the interior of the Persian province of Karadag, and that the Prince had gone in person to join his father in the town of Agar, where the SCHAV was endeavouring to collect a new army. His object however is represented not to be a renewal of invasion, but a preparation to meet the consequences of his wanton aggression, which he appre hended might speedily be felt in his own dominions. In fact, be expected the Russians to advance in their turn, and began probably to perceive that the loss of a few provinces, or the dismemberment of his empire might follow his rash attempt to recover those which he bad lost by conquest and ceded by treaty. According t• every appearance the war will terminate as soon as the Russian EMPIIROS may think proper, as after the events which have occurred the SCRAM would be most happy to obtain peace at any price. By the Cana.la, arrived at Liverpool in 17 days from New York, papers to the 17th ult. were received at the North and South American Coffee-house. A meeting of the woollen manu facturers of Boston took place on the 7th, for the purpose of ob taining, by petitions to Congress, an increase of the duty on foreign woollen fabrics to 50 per rent. ad valorem. Various resolution, were passed, reducible In substance to the three following points :--- 1. That the woollen manufacturers of the United States are in great distress, and mostly on the eve of bankruptcy ; 2. that former tariffs have done them no good ; and 3. that the country ought to be further taxed for their relief. Circulars, recommending similar meetings throughout the Union, had bees dispatched by a commit tee of correspondence, appointed for tilt general affairs of the trade. Accounts from Laguayra, to the 25th of October, bad reached New York, which tend materially to lessen the apprehensions of a civil war in Colombia. The leading men in Caraccas have declared their intention in supporting General Pats, to be nothing more than to hasten a general convention for the purpose of promoting a federal form of government. A public meeting was called at Caraccas by Pau on the sth, at which the vote was unanimously in favour of a convention. The island o! Margarita, by a violent movement, unaccompanied how ever with bloodshed, has separated from the department of Maturins and incorporated itself with that of Venezuela. In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Alderman WAITIINIAN brought forward his motion relative to the Arigna and other Joint Stuck Companies. He gave a general history of these projects, made a very strong impression on the House, and concluded his speech by moving, " That a Select Com mittee be appointed to inquite into the origin, management, and present state of the Joint Stock Companies, which had been formed in the years 1824, 1825, and 1826, with any special matter touching the conduct of Members of this House, and to report col erning the same." No Gentleman seemed desirous of supporting the motion ; but Mr. Baosotte, fearlessly challenging inquiry, did not hesitate to second Secretary CANNING, in a neat and elegantly appropriate speech, moved the following amt ndment. which was carried, namely—" To leave out the words' present state of the Joint Stock Companies, which had been formed in the years 1814, 1825, and 1826, and to substitute for them the Arigna Iron and Coal Company."' LAW ItEPORT. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Dsc. S. *Hs MOILXIbia CHIWNICLIV—STOCCLIT V. CLINIVT. This was an action of libel against the Proprietor of the Morning Chronitde Newspaper, by the plaintiff, who was described to have been. a coal merchant. The alleged libel had been insetted in the Morning Chronicle in the fot m of an advertisement, addressed to Jew brokers and others, and contained a caution against receiving a bill of exchange drawn by the plaintiff. and accepted by the D •wager Lady Page Turner, for 600 W. with interest, payable at six months, stating that the signature of Lady P. Turner to such bill had beets formed, or that. if the handwriting was genuine, the bill had been obtained by fraud. It appeared that the Plaintiff had been a tenant of Lady Page Turner, who was stated to be SO years of age, and that he had obtained the bill in question from her as an accommodation bill. On the circumstances being made known to Mr. Bilins, the agent of Lady P. Turner, that Gentleman drew up the advertisement, and caused it to be inserted in the Morning i!hronick. The publication of the alleged libel was proved, and a great deal of evidence was gone into to elicit the particular circumstances of the case, of which the above is an outline. Counsel having addressed the Jury, The Loan Cuter Justice, in summing up. said that this was an action for libel, which had appeared in The Morning Chronicle. An action for libel, unless malice could be proved, was not maintain able. If an Editor holds up a person to public scorn and derision, it is malicious, and he is liable to an action for libel, for an Editor has no right, for amusement or profit, to bring any Individual before the bar of the public. as it is frequently called. There is no country in the world where libel is so likely to injure a party as in this, where every man is allowed to appeal to ju.tice. These would be two questions for the Jury to decide— first, whether the advertisement in the paper imputed forgery or fraud to the plaintiff; and secondly, whether the bill was a fraudu lent one, and whether it was used for the accomplishment of fraud ? As his Le.trned Brother, Mr. Sergeant Wilde, bad observed, how ever, it was no extenuation of the offence to give up the name of the person from whom lie had received it—if this were allowed, every ruffian would have an opportunity of openly wounding the feeling, and destroying the reputation of individuals without an opportunity of punishing hint for it. The Jury would have to consider whether the publication in the present instance was a malicious one or net ? in his opinion it was not, but that would be fur them to decide. The Jury without hesitation returned a verdict for the defeudant. The Marquis de PALsszu.a, the Portuguese Am bassador, transacted bu.iness yesterday, at the Office of the Secretary of Sate for Foreign Affairs. The Doke of WELLINGTON, Earl HARPOWBT, and the Earl of Wannoanaiin,traitucted busineu with Mr. Secretary CANNINII, yesterday, at his Office in Downing-street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Foreign Office to Sir W. A'Cotiar, our Ambassador at Lisbon. _ _ THE Deice or Yosx.—We are glad to learn that his Royal Highneu feels himself able to go to 13elvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of RUTLAND, for one mouth. York House will be Riddled in 'brie weeks; but his Royal Highness will not reside there until nest March. Died, at Lisbon, on the 12th of November last, JOHN JAMES STEPHENS, Esq. Member of the Ez-Blitih Fac tory of that City, in the 79th year of his age. His memory w , ll be long revered by a very numerous circle of acquaintance of all nations, having always been con spicuous for many ti tl,e best qualities which most adorn the human mind : tot integi ity, charity, hospi tality, placidity and equanimity of temper, great affa bility, and good understanding. Mr. C. L. BUONAPARTE arrived at Liverpool on Monday, is the Canada, from New York. The Gazette of last night contains the promotion of Lord Ammer to the dignity of Earl, and of Lord Coataziutaza to the dignity of Viscount. It is understood, that the attempt to raise a Peruvian Loan at Paris, has failed. Accounts from St. Thomas's state, that General PAEz arrived at Caraccas, 3d October, and called a meeting of the Ca baldo, to act with him in the concerns of the State. One hundred of the most respectable citizens assembled. to devise means for placing things on a popular footing, and to improve the situation of the merchants. Mr. }men, Vice-Consul from Hayti, arrived yes. terday morning with the Commercial Treaty. Lieut.-Colonel DENHAM has left town for Plymouth to embark en board the Cadmus, Captain HAu.o% cm, for Siert - Leone, with dispatches from Earl Baru U 'I 'l.O i I Il t 1 1 1• 1 1 • fib , / J. F. KFALV, n! the STAR OrriCh .Vo. 1, -1 7:4 r•ripi!. . ANOTHER RIOT BY THE TURN OUT SPINNERS AT OLDHAM. We regret to state, that another riot of the mew serintis dangerous Character, has taken place at the factory of Messrs. C.A. hinge and Lancashire, of Oldham. We have received but a lola and unsatisfactory account of the affair, but so far as we have heart:, the following are the facts: about twelve o'clock un Monday a great number of persons, turn-out spinners and others, assemblej near the factory. and shortly afterwards nude an attack upon the gate leading to the factory yard. In anticipation of t i t , t attempt, the gate had been barricaded as strongly as ca. cumstances would permit, and the rioters were a long time bef.rt they could effect an entrance. At length, however, by mean, af crow-bars, and a large beam of wood,which they used as a hatterii,„ tam, they succeeded in forcing the gate. A large hotly of thein entered the factory, where they seized all the work-people, a/ j forced them out of the factory, but without committing Any seriul a violence upon their persons, and without doing ally serious in;uly to the machinery. When all the hands were driven out, they were collected h; body, and marched ostler a soon guard of the rioters, about It, f a mile Irons the factory, with what view, whether of cormuitri, g violence upon them, or merely expelling them from the town, uu s not appear; as their purpose, whatevLr it might be, was tritstraird by Messrs. Caine and Lancashire, who collected some peisot s together and rescued the prisoners from the hands of the rioter,. Yesterday application was made (in the absence (Attie Rev. does Houtz, of Ilullinwood) to Mr. FOSTER our sitting Magistrate, h.:- warrants against iiineteen of the rioters who w.f.: recognized, a.. 1 the warrants were granted. DREAurUL rillE. This morning, about four o cluck. or a little after, a dres,lf e t broke out in the premises of Mr. 11'i'hams, the ,ign of the Loath and Horses, in Charles -street, Drury-lane, a street tilled, Irons beginning to end, with families of the low Irish, consequently the most serious anticipations prevailed in the minds of the it:habitants of the result of the disaster. The entire back part tit the house was tenanted-by poor people, who slept two or three in a room, and when the fire was raging, a scene of distress amongst them took place that baffles description —no less than eleven women in a state of nudity were seen at the windows at the Track of the house, and the flamea spreading round them, shrieking fur assistance from the neighbours; while in the front, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and their family were with difficulty rescued frum the flames. At length a large van was pulled under the back room windows, and a ladder being placed in the bed of it, the poor creatures were, by dint of perseverance, preserved from destruction. The devouring element now began to assume a very frightful aspect, and the whole of the house, which is very extensive; was in 'one mass of fire, spreading devastation on all sides. Suck was the velocity of the flames, that all attempts to rescue any property from the burning building proved fruitless, and therefore it was abaft doned, and ultimately engulphed in the conflagration. Nearly all the Fire Office engines in the metropolis soon arrived on the spot, sod were stationed about the fire, a plentiful supply of water was served them from the main, yet they could not check the flames which had now communicated to the workshops of Mr. Knight, in the yard contiguous to the Coach and Horses; Mr. Knight is a I carpenter, and his premises being well stored with vro,d, it was thought that the whole of the range of workshops in the a and would have suffered, but by the exertions of the men belonging to the engines they were preserved, hut the house of ‘lr. Williams, to. gether with all his household furniture and other property, have been destroyed, as also the premises of Mr. Kni g h t , t h e carpenter NEWCASTLELTUN":I 4 4 - Nli, DEC. 5. Trim Coat. Tacna—A Itletting of the Coal Owners of the Tyne was held at the Assembly !looms, in this town, on Saturday last, R. W. BUNDLING, Esq. in the Chair. They resolved to co operate with the shipowners in their project to retard the selling of coals in the London market, and for this purpose appointed a Committee to proceed to the metropolis. Their expenses are to he defrayed by a per centage on the coals wrought at each colliery. They further resolved, " That in order to carry into effect the in tention of the shipowners (if freighting cannot be abolished altege- I then, which is highly desirable), not less than three market days for sale, be henceforth inserted in all charters of ships freighted by coal owners, and that a scale for demurrage be arranged by the Gentle men of the deputation with the shipowners." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Three Brothers, HAwnits front Dublin to Bristol, is bilged olfFisbguard. The Cimetick Packet, HOWARD, from Antwerp to London, was lost on Saturday off Orfordneqs—crew saved. The Storey, iavna, from Sunderland to Whitby, was wreaked on Saturday, off the latter port—crew saved. His 'Majesty's packet brig PLOVER has arrived at Falmouth, with a New York and Halifax mail. She sailed from New York the sd, and from Halifax the 15th of November. His Mijesty's ship Jun?la, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral LAKE, the Commander in Chief, was lying there, FALMOUTH, Dec. 4.—Wind N.W. to N.—Sailed the Magnet packet, Powraous, for Lisbon. Dear., Dec. £—Wind W.N.W. to W.—Remain, the New York Packet, Cacaos, from London to Jamaica ; Sisters, CARL, and Frederick, HALL, from Quebec; Columbus, Baines, Iron) Ben gal; Nelly, POTTINCHER, from St. John's; Lotus, Ba aver front Quebec; Sir C. M'Cartby , THOM A S, from St. Kitt's ; London Packet, Purim, from Faro; and the Simon Taylor, Mete, trom London. The American ship Factor, FLOYD, for London, arrived in the Downs this afternoon, with loss of anchor and cable, having before daylight ran down and sunk a schooner, from L ondon to Newhaven. Gaaysszatn, Dac. S.—Arrived the Britannia, WILLOCIC. and Waterloo,lla.acitsa, from Lisbon; Fairy, Barwts, and London, Romagna, from Hanover; Ninus, Gun, from Palermo; Fenwick, Ivaasort, from St. Petersburgh; and the Thomas, Lawts, from Jamaica. Sailed the Latona, Lows, for Demerara; Hudson, Ammar, for New York; Prince Regent, Tarim', for Tobago; Robert, BATING/ITS, for Montserrat; Reliance, Pumas's, for Ja maica; and St. George, Snow*, for Grenada. LITIMPOOL, Dsc. 4.—The Sc. Patrick, steamer, took fire last night in the Brunswick Dock, and has received considerable da mage. The Grand Turk, from Virginia, filled with water, and still remains on shore. The Bolivar, from New York, has had six feet water in her hold, and is still on shore, cargo discharging. The Nimrod, from Penang, is still on shore—she makes very little wa ter ; lighters have been sent down to her, to receive the cargo. The Liverpool, Gowan, from Liverpool for Dundee, is on shore near the Ormsbeads. Tats ARWlG—Detachments belonging to the 25th, 27th, 55th, and the 24 Battalion of the 60th Rifle Corps, embarked on the ad instant, on board the Marshal Bennett transport, at Portsmouth, for the West Indies. Several Detachments of Re. crusts arrived in town yesterday morning from Scotland, on route to join their respective Corps and Depots at Chatham and Canterbury. The Tea Sale at the East India House commenced yesterday : the qaantity put up has been much the same as usual. Bobcat have sold generally from id. to id. per lb. dearer than last sale, and the finer sorts 24. to sd. Congous about Id. dearer, in• eluding the duty. At the Middlesex Sessions yesterday, Thomas Smith, Samuel Harding, Thomas Worntan, John Burry, John Hunt, and Ann Davis, stood indicted for a riot and assault on Musset Stangroom. It appeared, the male prisoners were members of a combination of shoemakers, and the assault arose out of one of their meetings, the prosecutor being what they termed an "unfair" mars. The prisoners having expressed contrition, they %sere discharged on their own recognizances ; but the Court declared that future cases of this kind would be visited with extreme punishment. Bounts.—The fight, if suck it may be termed, between Sharpe ' and Gaynor, took place yesterday, five miles from St. Albans. The Knights of the X were, as is now generally the case, on the .1c.., and after a mo.t disgraceful fight of one hoar and ten nunti!r•l Sharpe was proclaimed the conqueror. CORN EXCHANGE, Daenrnaa s. Although the arrival of all descriptions of Grabs has been very limited, still our Market is extremely heavy; seemly a sale could be effected, excLpt to needy buyers, for which Monday's prices were obtained ; but bad offers been made, lower prices wuald have been subniitted to. Indeed, our paces may nominally be said to be as on Monday. MARRIED. This morning, at St. Glics s , by the Rev. Charles Jerram, Vicar Chohhain, the Rev. William Start, of Teffont Erias Rectory. Wilts, to Louisa, third daughter of John Gurney, Esq. Kings f I Oi