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P r LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1526. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 80 to j, with little doing at pre. .sent : they are the same price foe Money, and for November Aeb count WI I, with few operations at present. In the Foreign market Mexicans remain steady at ssii I, with ikw operations at present. Current prices: OW Spanish 101 4, Mexican 6211, Odom- Ulu 551, Chillan 571581, Russian 83 84, Peruvian 27 28, Gra& Bonds 151 14. PRICE OF STOCKS AT FOUR O'CLOCIL Bank Stock Shut. 3 per Cent. Red. Shut. 3 pet' Cent. Cons. 80 1 / 4 797 s 80 3/ per Cent. Shut. .S/ per Cent. Re 1. Shut. 4 per Cent. New 95% % • 4 pew Cent. 1826, Shut. Long Ann. Shut. India Stock 241% India Bonds 31 32 £l,OOO Excheq. Bills 19 18 £5OO ditto 21 22 4:100 and i:200 ditto 21 25 - India: for Acct. 241 -Cons. to! Account 80 1 ,4 79 7 / 8 80IA • VORRION FUN US, TWO O'CLOCK. thilian Roods, 6 p Ct. Mex. Bonds.s per Ct. 511 Co. Ace. 38 Do lids 1825..6 p. Ct. 621 11 Colombian Hoods, 331 Do. Acct. 621 # 1 11 21 2 iDo. Roods, :824, Peruv. Eds. 6 p C. 28 Do. Acct. 551 44 1 Span. Bonds s p Ct. 101 1 1 Daniel Ponds, S pCt. Ditto Acct. 'BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK. mass. PAM. Pasco Peruvian 100 IS 11 United Mexican ' 40 25 111 11 Alliance British 100 10 71 General Steam Navigation 100 10 11 FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, °crones 4. d• The per Cents. • • . 28f. 10c. Three - Cents. • • 66f. 15c. per Bank Actions Rentes de Naples Royal Spanish Loan . 4040 f. —c. . 73f. 35c. . 461. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The Quarterly official account of the Revenue will bot be made up till Tuesday evening next, at the Ex 'chequer. It will be published, as usual, next day. In two of the great branches of the Revenue, according to the accounts which we have received, there is said to be considerable falling off; but in the hope that these statements may be erroneous, we forbear mentioning the particulars at present., In the Excise, however, there is au increase of nearly 50,0001. compared with the last Quarter; and in addition to this circumstance, it is con solatory to know that there is no lack of money in the City. It is a well known fact, that the interval between the shutting of Stocks and the payment of Dividends has heretofore, generally, been found a pinching time for money— this was particularly the case this time twelvemonth ; now, however, since the last shutting of Stocks in September,money has been easy, and abtmdant for discounts beyond the demand ; and next week the payment of the dividends will add six millions more to the circulation. Caraccas Papers to the 17th of August have been teceived this morning. The following is the substance of the law decreeing a forced loan : Aar. I.—That the national honour and faith are compromised . in the most solemn manner for the payment of the , foreign debt, which weighs heavily on the nation ; and having further taken into consideration the interest, and a proportion of the principal, as a failure in so sacred a duty would rob the Republic of its credit. S.—Thai, in order to avoid this misfortune, and discharge so indispensable an obligation, now that our political and financial affairs on the one band, and shoitness of time on the other, have not permitted the revenue to be so productive as might have been expected; under other circumstances, it becomes necessary to re mind the Colombians of the duty imposed on them, by the Consti tution, of contributing to the public expense; and manifests that the nation has both the desire and means of fulfilling-its engage-' ments, do decree that all heads of families; who may be adjust's. together with all administrators of property belooging to others, shall, on this occasion, and in support of the national debt, advance such sums of money, on account of the direct contributors, as shall not fall short of a dollar, nor exceed one thousand. s.—The advance shall be accredited to the parties on account of the direct contribution, to be repaid by quarterly payments each half year succeeding the period in which the advance was made, and documents shall he given to the lender, proving the sums lent. 4.—ln order to subscribe the smallest amount, it will be suffi- <lent to possess a property of two hundred dollars. s.—Civil servants. military persons, and ecclesiastics, whose pay or salary may exceed three hundred and twenty dollars per annum, and be in the receipt of one thousand, shall advance on account of the said pay or salary, the half of one month's pay; those whose • pay or salary is above one thousand dollars, and within two thou sand, shall advance one month's pay ; and those that exceed two thousand dollars, shall advance two months' pay. 6.-11te said accounts must be collected and delivered over to the Treasury of each Province, by the Ist of October next. (Signed) SA NTA N DER. CORO. - - fa t a letter received frOrit Coro, the 29th July, we have the following :—On the 24th inst. an order arrived here from Maracaibo to declare the province uncle' martial law, and place it in a state of defence against Venezuela. On. the 29th there was a counter-order occasioned by the people of Maracaibo having assem bled, and demanded froin the Municipality the cause of the martial law being proclaimed. It was announced • that it was to put down the proceedings in Venezuela. They eiclaimed they would not fight against their brethren, shouting, at the same time, " Union with Ve nezuela !" insomuch, that on the same day, Maracaibo, Trugila, Merida, and the Port of Alta Garcia, are said to have dune the same; and impatiently desire the or ganisation of the federal system. In these delicate tit.. cumstances, General Urdantea is said to hare acted with great prudence; and in order to avoid greater evil, has agreed with the Cabildo and people not to oppose their wishes, and thus the city is full of rejoicings. This province only wants the act of Maracaibo to follow its example; and although our communications with Vene; zuela have been cut off, it was only a temporary sus pension; the people, at well as the Government, are anxiously desiring an union with that department. We have received 11 Colombian° of the 16th August which contains the following article: CARACCAI, Atreus:l6. By letters from Bogota, of the 10th July, we learn that Colonel O'Leary, Aid-de-camp to his Excellency, Liberator, art ived in dtat city ; on the Stli of the month, with important dispaiches for Govern. . and General P.M. The Republic will await the result of the communication with extreme anxiety. We hare unclastood, that Colonel O'Leary has arrived in Valencia; but we'believe the former statement of his having proceeded to join General Paez in the Apure to be correct. We learn from respectable authority, that his Excel lency the Libel.Ater has refused to take part in the war now raging between the Empire of Brazil and the Re public of Buenos Ayres, and further that it was his design, under any circumstances, to be in Colombia by the end of November. The important scenes now act- ing, however, warrant the presumption that that period will be shortened ; indeed, we have seen letters from Bogota of 10th July, which state, that on that date he was supposed to be in . Panama. We have received Bogota Papers of the 10th of Juiy They are filled u ith , the official documents which appeared in this and ether papers some time since, on the subject of our present political circumstances, with ' the consments of the Editor thereon. By a Dutch Mail we have received accounts from St. Petetsburgh to the 18th ult. The Journal of that capital has the following : ST. PICTERSSURGH. SKr:mini 18. The Journal de St. Petersboukg contains only lists of promotions and favours on occasion of the Empetor's coronation. A Rescript, addressed to Duke Alexander of Wurtemburgh, expresses his Majesty's satisfaction with the measures which the Duke has adopted to im. prove the internal navigation of the empire. Among the new titles are that of Princess to the Countess Charlotte of Lieven ; of Count to General Tatischeff, Lieutenant General Czernitscheff, Lieutenant General Kouroula, Baron Gregory Strogonoff, and Lieutenant General Pozzn di Borg°, his Majesty's Am bassador at Paris: these titles are bereditaty. The Journal contains the names of the persons con demned to hard labour, the duration of whose sentence has been shortened; it is added: " After the expiration of the term fixed in the present Ukase, for the duration of the time which the above-mentioned individuals will have to pass ha bard labour, they shall all be banished to Siberia." Then follows the list of those who, having been ex led to Siberia for an indefinite period, are to remain in ba nishment only twenty years! We have received the Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Stale dated Thursday. It appears, by advices from St. Petersburgh, of the 13th Sept. that active measures are pursuing by the Russian Government, to repel the inroads of the Persians. The army of the Don, which is composed entirely of Cossacks, had received orders to march, in full force, beyond thE Caucasus, and join the troops under General Yasuo:Are: The Hetman General HOWAISKI, had already ad vanced his head-quarters to 11losdok. In addition to these move ments, instructions bad been sent to Astracan to arm the ships of war there, in order to attack the Persians by sea, should the war become serious. The • Osservarbee /Weans confirms the statement that.a steam _vessel, beating the English flag, had ret sail on the 26th of August from Cagliari, where it had remained forty days to repair its ma chinery, and directed its course towards Greece. The same paper adds, that tiro days after a vessel from London arrived at the same port, with Lord Coc AAAAA on board, and on finding that the steam vessel was gotte,.sailed six hours after to endeavour to overtake it. Since the fire at Constantinople, and the return of the Sacred Standard to its sanctuary, the meetings of the Ministers have no longer been held under the tent in the court of the Seraglio, 'but at Aga-Capoussi, the present residence of the Mufti. The damage oc casioned by the conflagration, both to the State and to individuals. is said to be incalculable. However disastrous this calamity may be considered by the Porte, it finds itself still mores embarrassed. observes the Journal des Debats, by the Note presented on the 4th ult. by M. Motsucxv. There exists, we apprehend, no alternative for bfahmoud. The skins/dun of Russia, if in its eighty articles, it contains no demands inadmissible in the eyerof her Mlles, will • not be disputed by Turkey—for one simple reason—she Is too feeble to carry on such a dispute at the point of the sword. The Autocrat, on the other hand, seems determined that discussions, which have already been prolonged for sevetal years, shall at length be adjusted. As our Paper was going to Press, we received a copy of the Suppleneut to the Gazette of last night.— This Supplement abounds with official communications from Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, on the subject of the late war in India, all of which have already appeared in this Paper. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK, Consols which were in the early part of the morning at $0 to receded to 791 for the Account, since which a reaction has taken place, and they may be quoted up to the present time at 80 to a. and for November Account 80a to a. The speculations have not been of any great consequence.—Accounts are in town from the Caraccas, as late as the 29th of August. A postscript to a private letter of the above date, states, that the Battalion of Apure had marched out from Caraccas, with two Colonels at their head, one an Englishman, to join Gen. Paez this was the only battalion in garrison there; but the writer adds, that it is the opinion there that Pass, in a short time, will be forced to submit. There is another letter in town of the 28th of August, stating that the above battalion bad joined Bermudez. In the Forcign Market the only business doing was in Mexicans. Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, Military Snretary tO the Commmander-in-Chief, Sir HENRY TORZERS, Adjutant General, and Sir RICHARD JACKSON, Deputy Quartermaster General, trans acted business yesterday morning with the Duke of Yong, at the residence of the Duke of RUTLAND,in Arlington-street. Sir Hewer HA L/0110, Dr. Mamstemasa, and Mr. li*Gamon, visited his Royal Highness yesterday. The Royal Duke took an airing in tke after noon for about two hours. _ _ _ A BoArd of the Lords of the Treasury was held yes terday at the Treasury Chambers,_ which was attended by Viscount ' LOWTHIM Hon. B. Nor?, and Mr. hl l blanurza, Lords Commis 'loners of the Treasury. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Foreign Office to Lord Bumwrismn, our Minister at Stockholm. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has left his seat at Beckeiiam, for Bedfordshire, on a visit to Lady DOCKING- Lady BYRON is stated, in the French Papers, to be nor► at Geneva. _ _ _ --- ----- Monday his Royal Highness the Duke of GLotlcEs- TIM and suite arrived at Luiworth Castle for the shooting season. Several Noblemen accompanied his Royal Highness to enjoy the sports of the held. Government have granted a loan of 6,000/. from the Exchequer for the formation of a road from Bradford to Thornton. BIRMINGHAM Music Marmo,Thursday, the Church was crowded at an early hour. and hundreds went away disappointed of room in any part. The sublime and divine Oratorio of The Messiah was the performance. The Oratorio was closed by the grand chorus" Halleiatjah I for the Lord God Otasiipetesse reigned,' which was given with a noble burst of melody. We understand that all the English Stamp Commis sioners' with the exception of Mr. Mostmaaa, have been dismissed —that the business is to be conducted in future by two Commis sioners only, and that Captain Famous Sonars, R. N. has been appointed by Mr. Pass as the second Cotioadsiewrp—Daiiss Evening Ms& 714111 V— ' • ‘!`‘• •14r. • -. :J. • c t STAR. smae l. ) • • r-- - •IN . . went CANTEMICRY, berosrit 5. . -...4101.-- THE ?41AVORALTY DINNER. Friday re'nnight, a highly respectable_aud numerous company attended the dinner at the Corn Exchange Room, in celebration of the inauguration of the new Mayor of Canterbury, (G. NMI), EA.) who was sup ported by— The late Mayor (J. J. Peirce, Esq.), Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. one of the County Members, S. R. Lushinvon. Esq. one of the Members for the City, Sir E. Brydges, Bart. W. F.. Hotel, Esq. (Recorder of Canterbury), Colonel Holmes, W. H. Balclok, Thomas Foord, R. Raiford, D. J. Parker, Fags. &c. &c. The dinner was well served, and reflected great credit upon Mr. Clements, of the Rose Inn. • After the removal of the cloth the usual round of toasts were given. " The King"—" The Duke of York and the Army"— " The Doke of Clarence and the Navy"—" The Archbishop and Clergy of the Diocese"—" The Lord Lieutenant of the County"— "The High Sheriff"—" The Mayor," &c. On the health being given front the Clair of " The Members for the County," with three times three, Sir E. KNATCIIIIULL most cordially thanked the com pany in the name of himself and his colleague for the honour thus conferred upon them. His colleague in the representation of the county had authorised him to say " that he wou'd undoubtedly haye been present, had it not been that he effected an immediate increase in his family, a circumstance which he trusted would be con sideted a satisfactory excuse for remaining at home"— He (Sir E. K.) had frequently before been highly grati fied by a similar distinction to that new conferred upon him by the manner in which his health had been drank, ;and it was to him the highest satisfaction, feeling as he did, that it was a testimony of approbation of his public conduct. He now met them for the first time since the General Election, at which the high honour had again been conferred upon him, of confiding to him as one of its Representatives, the interests of the great, the opulent, and the powerful county of Kent; and he felt all the importance of the duties which had thus devolved upon him. It woul4 be his study, as, it had been on former occasions, to apply all his in dustry and all the powers of his mind to the due discharge of tho e duties. It had been hitherto his constant elkleaTour, in that situation, Jealously, fear lessly, and indepen 'ently to attend to, and by every means in h:s power to pionrote the interests of the County; and he should now pursue the same straight forward and even course, lo .king only to the approba r ion of his Constituents as his highest reward. On the health of the Members for the City - being given, with three times three, Mr. LUSHINGTON returned l‘is cordial and sincere thanks for himself and Lord Clifton, who was detained in Ireland by business ni importance. Mr. Lushington hid also to regret the absence of the Earl of Darnley, from a diffetent ctu e—from the discontinuance of a practice formerly in exis•ence, of sending invitations to the dinner: the table was formerly surrounded with many of the neighbouring Gentry, and he hoped the Corporation would revive the old custom. He did not mean to throw any blame upon the present Mayor, as he was fully aware that the practice had been disconti• nued fur three or four years past, but he suggested the expediency of reviving the custom, as he thought it, in every point of view, mote eligible than the present sr tem of not sending any notice at ' all. He felt himsel f . highly gratified by the approbation of his public con= duct, testified by his frllow citizens in the very honoura- Me manner in which his health had been drunk, and he assured them that no exerti: ns sliculd be wanting, on his part, to deserve a continuance of their confidence. The MAYOR observed that h. was fully aware of what had been said by the Hon. Member, as to no invitations baiting been sent out, the reason being that he felt a great delicacy in sending an invitation to dinner that was to, be paid for. The system, however, did not on ginate with him, and what had been said upon this sub ject by the Hon. Member might be matter for future consideration. On the health of "Sir S. E. Brydges" being given with three ' times three, Sir S. E. BRYDOES expressed his warmest gratitude for the honour thus conferred upon him. Brought up And educated as he was in the city of Canterbury, his earliest recollecrions were associated with it, and he could not but feel in the highest degree gratified at the compliment now paid him. He had, perhaps unfortu nately, devottd himself from an early period to public life, and now, when on the verge of sixty-four, he could not but feel proud in receiving so honourable a testi mony of public approbation. He should follow the example of the two Honourable Members who had preceded him, and should purposely abstain from now entering into any of those great questions, which must so n be pressed upon the consideration of the Legislature. lie had been most anxious to obtain a situation in Parliament, by means of which he should hate had a share in the discussion of them; he would have given his right hand, nay, all that he could give, to have been placed in such a situation, where he might have urged those opinions which he believed in his conscience to be of the greatest importance at the present crisis. He could not but lament that such an opportunity had been denied to him, but fully aware that a social meeting like the present was very unfit for the discussion of complex questions, he should abstain from entering into them. He had put forth his opinions through the mediumn of the public press, and the com pany present, as well as others, were fully enabled to judge of them. He was speaking in the presence of two Honourable Members of the House of Com mons of great experience, of great ability, of great in dustry, of great excellence of character, who, he had no doubt, would apply themselves to the consideration of these questions, with every possible regard for the in terests of the country. Still, however, he suspected that he differed from both of them. But, he would only now say that be considered agriculture as the basis of the prosperity of the country, and that only in propor tion as that was supported, could the country be really prosperous. Hew fished to be distinctly understood in saying this, not to mean anything injurious to other interests of the country—se far from this, that were it possible to separate agricultural prosperity from the prosperity of the country, he declared he would not support it. Shortly afterwards Sir E. KNATONSULL took an op. portunity, whilst he applauded the Hon. Bataan, for ab staining from entering into complex questions, at a social meeting, of observing, that agreeing with the Hon. Bart. that agriculture was the basis of the prosperity of the country, he suspected that he could not go all the length to which the Hon. Baronet extended his opinions. He would, however, to the discussion of those questions now rapidly approaching, bring the best judgment that the faculties of his mind would enable him, guided by the best information that could be obtained, with a view to set those questions, in their true light. He could not consent, and be meant nothing disrespectful in the ob servation, to take the opinions of the Hon. Baronet 14. •Ite guide of his own ; but he would Iving to the dis. .ussion of those questions a 1 the consideration that he A• as enabled, and act upon the opinion which he had .hos deliberately forme'. Mr. LIMIIINGTON also took an opportunity to observe, that, agreeing with the Hon. Baronet that agriculture was the basis of the prosperity of the cout.try, he must still look to that question as connected wi t h t h e ot h er interests of the country, and consider those measures as the wisest and the most expedient which benefitted;4l the interests of the country, and bound them together in one common bond of union. The healths of the Recorder, Chamberlain, Sheriffs, Lord Sondes, the Hon. R. Watson, John Baker, Esq. and many of the Gentle. men present, were drunk with great enthusiasm § who severally returned thanks. BRIGHTON, OCTOBER 5. Mrs. Ftzberbert Is expected to return to her &eyne residence in about three weeks. Lord and Lady Downe took leave of us this morning, fot Worming. Lord Colville is arrived, and taken possession of 30, Regency. square, succeeding Miss Wykeham therein, who has removed to 53. Lord Chatham has given up the mansion engaged for him on the Marine Parade ; his Lordship, I regret to state, owing to indispo sition, will not visit us as originally intended. Lady Calthorpe and family vacate Bloomsbury Douse to.morrow, when a Mr. Russell and family will become the occupiers of the premises. Lord and Lady Anson will be here to-morrow; their daughter, for the benefit of her health, on a visit to Miss Scott, has been with us some little time. Mrs. Coutts is expected to be with us this evening, though at present I cannot find that any private, mansion has been engaged for her reception. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The General Ready, from Quebec, spoke, on the Ist October, in the Chops of the Channel, the Dutch ship Fortitude, from Holland for Batavia, having, on the 29th of September, lost ha aiq and mizen topmasts, and fore-topgallant mast. Sh e m had 150 troops on board ; ten men were hurt, and two of them had their legs broken. FA r.stoirrn l °cr. s.—Wind N.N.W.—Arri ve d o ff t h e port, the Don, Nl'll.l.Aw, from Richebuctu; and the Cygnet packet, from the Leeward Islands. Poorsmovro, OCT. 6. —Wind variable.—RArrived the Minstrel, A Recoil., from London for Bombay. Sailed the Vesper. for London; and his Majesty's ship Tants, for Plymouth. Parsed by, the Thomas King, WILLIAMSON; from London for Demerara. DEAL ; OCT. 6.—Wind N.W. to N. N. W.—Passed by, the Aicturus, FRASER ; from Leith for Jamaica; and KersweU, Amt. STMONS, from London for the Cape.. The Sarah and. Rubicon have sailed, and the rest of the homevrard.bound remain. Arrived and .remain, the Isabella, from Virginia ; Clio, ?AIKEN ; from St. Vincent's; George the Fourth. M' Kee. from Trinidad; Robert, DUNLOP, from l'unduras ; and 3learswell, PHILLITS ; from JiMakai all for London. Mit.ronn, OCT. s.—Arrived the Atlantic., Wane, front Liver pool fur Bahia, with loss of mainmast. STRONINESS, Sara% 29.—The Lark, Cniasswas, of. Yarmouth, from Liverpool, bound to Pernau, struck on the rocks in Pentlend Firth, and, after throwing part of the cargo overboard, wag got of, and brought in here in a sinking state. Witt , Oct.. 3.—The Jane. Warms, was drivcm•ea share near Bray Head on the 16th ult. and is totally wrecked. The John, Smog, from Dublin for this port, was driven on shore be tween Harringtmt and Workington ou Saturday, but it is expected 'will be got of with little damage. NEW SOUTH WALES. - : We have been favoured with a file of New South Wales Gazettes, to the 7 h y. It is pleasing to ob serve, from the local intelligence contained in these papers, the rapid march of improvement and knowledge in that distant but valuable quarter of our dominions. The Bank of Australia, about the stability of which some fears were entertained, has weathered the storm, which is a matter of great importance tothe future pros perity of that Colony. The Bushrangers in Van Diemen's Land seem to be nearly annihilated, by the capture of eleven of the most barbarous and daring of those ban ditti. The following are extracts : TROIS THE NEW SOUTH WALES GAZETTE.`. While we are sorry to report that one of the subordinate often has been placed under arrest by order of his Excellency the Go. vernor. for alleged malpractices in the Bonded Store, which is Xt. cached to the Commissariat ; still we have reason to hope, from &Is respectability of the individual said to be implicated, as well as the high degree of confidence with which he was trusted, that ihtcharges will prove altogether groundless. Tie Bank .f Australia will commence operations in less than three weeks. The Committee have engaged a' part of those elegant and commodious buildings, the pr4eny of.idiskines Underwood, in George -street. We are happy to see that nearly a thousand p ers are ready for assignment in the prisoners' barracks. Many *of the Settlers will now be somewhat relieved, and the pressing wants of the Arial!. tural Company will doubtless meet with proportionate attention. Shone*, the renowned sanguinary warrior, and chief at New Zealand, had visited the River Thames, and succeeded in carrying off the field of battle 180 beads! The women and children were hs. discriminately slaughtered ; and the former, who were far advanced in pregnancy, bad their bellies ripped up, and the children dashed to atoms ! Such is the state of the heathen nations even in our day.—A rril 5. Sheep are becoming a capital property at this moment', and will inevitably increase in value. At Bathurst, by advices during the last week, sheep were selling at 50s. and 60e. a head. Tasmania will be glad to hear of this; but they might as well have soars of our Aus tralian beef in exchange.—dpril 29. Er.orEmswr.—An elopement Cork place yesterday morning, which has created a great sensation in the fashionable world. The Lady is the wife of an eminent CounsellOr, and her paramour a Captain in the army. The guilty pair were traced as fat as Chelmsford where they stopped to refresh, when the husband and the Lady's brother came up and took her away si et areas, leaving her disconsolate lover, to pursue the journey by himself. The Wandering Piper, or supposed Col. MAC DONALD, arrived at Ashford, on Saturday last, and in a very orderly manner paraded up and down the town, performing on the Highland pipes; and so much curiosity was excited at this singular pedestrian in spec tacles, attended by his servant, that many spectators bestowed their alms more from the novelty of the occasion. In the evening, he per formed several favourite airs at the Castle,- Ashford, before a full room of company, which remunerated him with an adequate com pensation for his entertainment. Sloe/TOMS OF iAI PROVEM EN T.-- The London• G azette of last night, there are only two bankruptcies! Two of a former period have been enlarged, and other two superseded ! By the George IV. steam-packet, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, which arrived on Thursday evening at Brighton, we have received Gibraltar, Cadiz, and Lisboa Papers to a late date. The George IV. sailed from Lisbon on the 29th ult. having visited Malaga, Gibraltar, and Cadiz. The Cadiz Papers to de 26th, and the Gibraltar to the 16th ult. are entirely destitute of news ; the former not being allowed to publish anything, and the latter having apparently nothing to publish. A file of The Sierra I cone Gazettes to -the 26th of June has been received in town. By these we learn, that the inha bitants of Free Town are by no means free from alarm on ACCOUII: of the Asbantees. From the extracts, which we have given in another column, it will appear that, notwithstanding existing treaties, remonstrances, threats, and intreaties, the Slave traffic is still openly carried on under the sanction and protection of the French, Spanish, and Portuguese flags. Two facts stated in these Papers, if true, prove that the French force assembled in this quarter, fur the avowed purpose of putting an end to this traffic, .so abhorrent to human nature, rather encourage than repress it. The first fact is, that in her last cruise, the MAID/TONI fell its with a French frigate-built ship, which bad on board 700 victims, 300 of whom, on account of their crowded state, were afterwards removed to another vessel.— The other fact is, that when Captain V/DALL, of his Abiresres surveying ship 13ARRACOUTA, was in the river Bonny a short rime .ince, no less than ten slave vessels were lying at King's Pape!, awls , if which were under the French Bag, bad French papers, and were .nanned and commanded by Frenchmen ; the other three vessels .vere rurtuss.se or Spanish.