Star. — London, England, 1826-02-04 00:00:00

.~ IP' those reprieve 1:a br ` els di sposed C. Also • for a similar return 4 raspecting persons convicted of stealing vheep.• .... Mr. ELLICE gave notice of a motion, for Thursday, for a re turn of the amount of Dank-notes in circulation during each of the last six months. Jr. D 1 , .N NI AN gave notice of his (Attention to move, on Friday next, for the examination of w•itttesars in Or raw of *lr. Kenrick ; and, ma the 21.1, for Copies of all Proceedings in Detnerat., oat the trial, of slaves for insurrection. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHF.QUE.R requested the llonomahle•and Learned Gentleman to fix some other day for the former t.f these motions. On Friday it was his intention to state to the House the measures to he proposed, in consequence of the concession made-by the Bank of England, which conceedon• he was happy to say, had been this Jay ratified by the Court of, Prtiprirturs. • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL announced his intention to propose three Bills—to amend the Insolvent Act; for the Recovery of Small Mists •' and to alter the Law of Arrest. . The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCH E.QUF.R moved for copies of all correspondence which had taken place between Go• vestment and the Bank of England, relating to any alteration in tht exclusive pi ivileeps enjoyed by the latter. ADDRESS TO THE THRONE. ,Mt. STUART WORTLEY, junior, moved that the Report be .brought up. .Mr. W. WHITMORE could not refrain from expres sing his teeret, that one sue ject,which he deemed of the highest inportance to the country, had been entirely °nutted in the Speech from the Throne. It could not be tleubted the Ministers were sincere in their wishes to stet the industry and enterprize of the country free from shackles of restriction and monopoly by which they had been hitherto oppressed. Yet, when he reflected op their adherence to the existing Corn Laws, he was really . sit Sr to account for the inconsistency of their con dud. otherwise than upon the supposition that they were eontrouted by some powerful influence, which they wanted either the courage or the power to resist. The alteration of our Corn Laws appears to be so necessary srfoundation (Or that wise and bens ficial system of free trade which Ministers have determined to pursue, that their negiect of it would be an inconsistency the most violent, if it was not to be accounted for by the existence, of an ing .ence paramount to all idea of consistency.— The Hon. Gentleman would now feel it his duty to bring the important subject of the Corn Laws before the House. He deeply regretted that it should not have, fallen into more competent hands. The Hon. Gentle man sincersly rejOced that Government had expressed its determination not to be deterred by the apparently unfavourable 'circumstances if the moment, from the porsnit of tho.e liberal views wall regard to trade,which in his opinion, could not fail to be permanently benefi• vial. - It was obvious that the prosp'ct of a change so material as the admissi , n of French silks into the English market must create fora time a considerable diminution of demand for the article of British manufacture. This effect, howreer,would, be was convinced, be only tenmorarf. Ile could not sit down with out expressing his perfect approbation of the measures about to be adopted in order to guaid against the recurrence of any such shock . , to'vur currency as it has rtcently experienced. The Hon. Gentle, man could nut think the suggestion of the Hononriable Member for Txunton; that of adopting a mixed standard of gold and silver, en tided to much attention. He would now conclude by expressing hi; determination to give notice on an early day of a motion on the Corn Laws. 1 Sir CHARLES FOItBES rose for the purpose of t noticing thatpart of the Speech which related to India. HEr'egretteil to observe, that this subject had been' detrnedof such trivial importance,' that the observations ofi the Hon: Member for Montrose had • been suffered by Ministers to go'wholly . unanewerecLiln those obser vatidn%',hoviever, • he entsteliAr ea. He was quite conyinsed,of the. necessdiy'nl tlissiseedy rev urination of thkeris: w ith the ;Bur *lose, if that were practicable. We hall been laid tliatlissMujesty hoped for its cessation at ato,clistont period. What was the foundation of those hopes t , It had now raged for • two-years, and so far from any apparent approach to its conclusion, it had, in fact, been converted into a war of extermination. You may, continued the Hit. Baronet, penetrate into the dominions of the Burmese, you may even take posses sion of their capital, and yet the termination of the war be-as distant as ever. You were told last Session, that none of the other Native Powers had manifested a dis position to provoke hostilities eith our. ndian Govern ment. He should be happy if that assurance could now Irate been repeated. But it was well known that hos tilities had been on the point of commencing in other quarters. • He would recommend, a• the only mode of putting a spee.ry end to the war, the immediate with drawing of our troops, nor could any disgrace attach to this line of cond•act. It, as he believed, the war was ori,inally unnecessary and unjust,. the greatest possible disgrace would be that of perleverance. He rote' taired a settled convis lion that every legitimate object might bate been attained without the employment of an army. He must be permitted to allude to the Noble Lord at the bead of the Go vernment of India. Whilst all men concurred in feelings of respect for his private character, all at least who knew anything of India , were unanimous as to h is unfitness for The government of that mighty empire. The Honourable Baronet concluded by re commending a relaxation in (stout of India, of many existing coentnet ciat prohibitions. The subj• eta of that vast empire had a right to justice at our ha iris, std if their claim was continually re sisted, the consequences would probably be fatal to our authority. Mr. WYNN had been desirous last night of replying to the. observations which had fallen from the Honour. able Member for Montrose upon the situation of aff ars in Indi s; but he felt that the deeper interest excited ley affair' nearer home. would have ifforded him little hope of being able to engage the attention of the House lie should now, therefore, embrace the opportunity of replying to two Honnurahle Members at the same time. the Right Honourable Genaleman contended that the Burmese Wir was Strictly just, inasmuch as it had been provokstik .. by systematic and persevering aggression. ThieZsw . ey, bad possessed itself if die territory which sepaimed-its• boundaries from ours, and having thus brought themselves into contact stub our frontier, they traniteitisl - the Most hostile disptaiti nr, and affraded ti:e twat indisputable • evidcrlce, that whenever se embroiled with any of the other Powers of Edits; we might calculate upon them as enemies. It Lad been said that our troops had met with no success .• against these enemies, that they had not been brought into Contact with them. How unjust was this suppo tation;to the bravery of our men and the skill and gal. laatrpol•their leaders! Two of their strongest forts had.been taken, and he had no doubt that a coming • ataciorauch success would lead to a secure and g lo r i ous react:. It was difficult to speak' with confidence in re gard to military operations in a country so distant, that th_ most recent intelligence must lb six months after vat eveia.e. But, from all the information in his posses trion4b entertained the ntott confident hopes of a , satis factory termination to the contest. It had been tri utnpllantly asked, why engage in a war in which neither honour nor profit was to be acqiiired.? The Right Honourable Gentleman knew of nu war, which, if unnecessary, could be productive of via er. It was on the. sumac' of imperiaaus necessity only that this war was to be delended. Observations had been made op the sfa:iments made last year, that , ncoie of the other statiVerbir•Ott had $1)6%) a disposition to uniatibeM selvil st 411 fis ; Dampest ; and it had bleu Mit/. ed from the silence preset yecl op e e'pre:ent occasion that a similar statement eould . •not now hive been made. This suspition he wai happy to have it in his•powee to remove. .HckneW Or no unfavourable; change, in the dispositions of any., of tbe Native ,Powers *ith respect to the mortality which bad taken place *mono. she .troops, he did ascribe th.it to any peculiar insalubrity in the scene of warfaite. It was a misfortune generally incidental to the commencement of military operation's in !edit. The latest accounts, he was happy to add, were highly favourable •as to the restoration of the health of the troops.. In the m.in ming, under the command of Sir Archibald Campbell, no sickneis existed, nor was iuy doubt en: tertained that it • would take the &Id in full force as sow as the rainy season was over. • • Alt.-C. HUTCHINSON said, that the lion Gentle man had mistaken the words of his Hon. Friend who had spoken before him. He (Sir C. Forbes) did not wish to detract from the merit or valour of those troops en gaged in carrying on the war in India; heonly regretted that the principal enemy they had to contend with was disease, against which no troops could stand. He gave credit to the Ministers of his Majesty for the great an xiety shewn by them in drawing the attention of both Hou-es of Paoli iment to devise some means for the relief of that commercial embarrassment which had been so generally felt in this country, and the mention of it which formed so prominent a feature of his Majesty's Speech. He also highly approved of those Tieafies of Navigation and . Commerce which had been entered into with Foreign Powers. He was astonished, however, at the little that had been said about Ireland, and though he was glad to see the intentions of Ministess were turned towards increas;ng the harmony that existed between England and Foreign Powers, yet he would have been mcre pleased had those intentions been directed towards. Ireland, which, in spite of all that had been said on the subject, be was still inclined to think in a very doubtful state of quietude. The Hon. Mover and Seconder .of the Address had said a great deal about the imptovements that had taken place in the trade and manufactures of that kingdom, but they had not enlarged so much on its state nl trail which was of equal conseqrsence.- He thought it was a dangerous piece of policy for the Members o! either House to di,cuis every topic connected with Ireland, with the exception of its tranquillity* It would shew to that nation, that they considered Its welfare as a matter of indifference ; and yet they would think that they had done their duty towards it.—lt was evi dent that proper care was not.takeu of the interests of the people of that country, and he was sorry to say. that the French set us a better example. The Honourable Gentleman then contrasted the Speech of his Mesty with that of the F.ench King. The Speech of the King of France commenced by informing his people that he would re lieve them from nineteen millions francs of taxes, and that he would con3ider the interests of every description of his people. Nothing of this kind had been set forth in the Speech of his Majesty the King of Eriglami. He believed the Cabinet would do all they could for the suffering Irish; yet there was some strange infatua tion attached to the name of Ireland which prevented Ministers from devising any beneficial means to relieve it. He had been tempted to rise, because being an Irish Member, he felt that there would be a stigma attached to his name if he did not speak about ' the state of his suffering countrymen. Mr. LOCKHART said, that he should be sorry to throw a damp upon any improvement that could be suggested to prevent a recurrence of the late embar rassment in the commercial world. He regretted that the influence Of the remedy suggested by the Govern ment should be but partial and local, instead of general. He hoped the measure would be very generally adapted. It was a very erroneous idea to suppose that a banking firm consisting of three persons was not so secure as one composed of double that number.He found upon looking over a list of between seven and eight hundred banking establishments. that the generality of them consisted of three or four Gentlemen only to each firm. If banking houses could derive any benefit from the association of the number allowed by law to each bank, they would very naturally go to the extent of that permission. But they bad found that it- was not the number that created an idea of wealth, but the respectability of each individual. To make use of a Latin phrase, he would add that— " Testes ponderentur non numerentur." He thought that the plan of common deed partnership was very good, where a number of Gentlemen associated themselves to gether, and each put in a certain sum of money to form a capi tal, and could not be made amenable beyond that sum. The con sequence was—that each individual composing this partnership kept an eye upon his neighbour, to set that he did not go beyond his deposit, in speculating, &c.. He would add one word about the landed property of Bankers. The landed property of those Gen tlemen was in general of no use to the creditors, on account of the intricacy of the law. Sir THOMAS LET H BRIDGE had heard with great satisfaction that part of his Majesty's Speech which re commended the adoption of some means to alleviate those pecuniary embarrassments which had hem so ge nerally felt. He could not, however, completely coin cide with the Honourable Gentleman who had been so earnest about the Corn Liws.—lt would have been very premature for Milisters to have attempted the amendment of the Corn L rws without doing something to relieve the embarrassment of the currency.— He had questioned a number of silk throwsters who had settled in the county which he bad the honour to repro sent, as to their opinion of the Corn Laws, and they bad all to a man declared that they did not wish for a change. They %sere undoubtedly most competent to judge of the state of the Corn Laws, as they had felt the increase in the price of bread ; yet they did not complain. The llouse had been informed by an lion. Member, that the benefits of free trade had not been tried in the Silk Trade; fie entreated the House to pause before they allowed the.' law on that subject to conic into full operation. Ile could haul m• that Honourable Member, that a silk trader in Lyons had offered to deliver in this country, for home consumption, any quantity . of silk at the rate of 10 to 55 per cent. The Hun. Member concluded by saying, that he had repeatedly conversed with different persons on the subject of tit: absorption of the aim and two pound notes, and they thought th.it it would he attended wish great inconvenience.— He wished to know what they proposed to supply their place with? If with gold or silver coin, what would be the tesulc ? In cense quence of the difierence of Foreign Exchange, it would all be swept off for exportation. Ile knew very well that they could re•ii4ue the notes. That was vet y true ; but the relief thus would be only tem porary,.and be wished it to be permanent. Mr. MIME protested that he had never beard such a speech as that which had just fallen from the Hon. Baronet. What connection there c uld be between the Corn Laws and the Currency he was at a loss to con ceive. As well might the Honourable Baronet have said that the East India Company's monopoly of tea affected the currency, as that it was ,in any way in fluenced by preserving to the Landed Proprietors their in olopoly in corn. lie could not see the least affinity between the Lao subjects. With regard to what had fallen from the Honourable Baronet, as to the feeling of the manut .cturing classes upon the question of the Coin L rws, he could not believe that such opinions • were shared by the mass of th.st body. A few indi viduals might have told the liktorsutable Barone( this, but the feeling could not be entertained by the body at large. He was assured of this by tlse evidence given before the Committee which sat upon the Silk Laws. It the Howe looked at that evidence, it would see that the' priacipal Silk Manufai:turers declared that they had no fear of competition if they same relieved (tom the pressiiiP of aloe laws. He could also speakfrom his owtt eipe ience, l tiiiireci from much.intercourse and correspondence with 'the manufacturing intetests; he had consulted them upon this subject. and they genes rally taid that theylvad no fear of competition in plain goods, but that in fancy w. rk, which was a branch of very minor importance, they were not yet prepared to meet the stench in the market. He therefore thought' that Ministers were bound not to give up the principle of their measure, although it might be expedient to, extend the period of, its operation, •in respect to a few' articles, for one or two years. He deprecated any delay in extending the same principles to the CO) n Laws, and trusted that the earliest time would be seized for vcu ting that desirable object, consistent with a dug consi deration of the interests of landed property, which he by no means wish: d to see depressed. He was con vinced, however, that the change would be for the ulti mate good of that interest. He was sorry the House was so constituted that the Ministers should be deterred, by a certain influence, from bringing forward a meavire which he believed every one of then' considered as an advantage to the country. They u ere afraid to bri. , g it forward, because try were afraid to mett this in fluence ; and, indeed, it it passed that Howe, little could be expected from the other, after the five of the Canada Wheat Bilk At all events, he would have that House du its duty, and act as became the proper guardians of the interests of the mass of the people. [he Hon. Member then complained that the question which he had on the previous night put to the Right Hoe. Presitient of the Board of Coutroul had not been fully answered. lie was sorry to see the interests of 100,000,000 of people consiiered as a mere episode in the affairs of the country. He contended that the rtes. sures which had been resorted to wilt respect to the Press in India were illegal, although the Law Authori ties had declared them to be otherwise. lie also denied that the justice of the Burmese war c ruld be proved by any docurnen•s yet betoie the House, or within his knowledge. The Right Hon. Gentleman had, indeed, expressed his confidence in the present government of I , lclia, but he would ask him whether that confidence was shared by the Court of Directors ? He would ask him whether they had not communicated to him a con trary feeling? for it was publicly said they had ex pressed to him their want of corficlence. The inhabi-1 tants of the country over which Lord Amherst presided l i had no confidecte in his competency for the duties of his high office, and this opinion was everywhere pub licly expressed. The H.rnourable Member then read an extract from the letter of an Officer in Cal cutta, received that morning by hls Honourable Friend the Mem. ber for Coventry, stating that the Government was inefficient and imbecile, and that nothing could be expected from it. He had never seen a letter from Calcutta, for the last fourteen months, which did not wind up in the same way. These letters agreed in admitting the amiable character of Lord Amherst's private feelings; but fgr himself he must say, that he could see no proof of this lu I the conduct or the Government towards the regiments who refused to marsh at Barrackpoor, and who were cut down without mercy, before means were taken to induce them to return to their duty, or explain the groUnds of complaint. Mr. FREMANTLE assured the Hon. Gentleman that the tone of Indian correspondeke was not uni formly melancholy. Every letter he read afforded ex pectations of a speedy and honourable termination to the war. With, respect to the degree of confidence which the Cohrt of Directors reposed in Lord Amherst, the Hon. Gensktnair ought to know that, if the Court of Directors were dissatisfied with has Lordship, they had It in their power to recall hies; therefore that point was also replied to. • But what. could be more unbecoming than to stack the character of Lord Amherst with setups from anonymous letters ? —(Mr. Huss denied that ..they were anonymous).•—Tbe Ho nourable Gentieman proseeded—Would the House believe•-- would the epuntry believe that Lord Amherst was to be decided on by this sort of evidence ? It did not become the Hon. Gen• deman to endeavour to raise •an odium against an individual by vague and sweeping declarations. Let him not rely on letters penned, perhaps, by ignorance or malice; but if he has any pre. rise point for any specific cause of dissatisfaction, let him bring it forward in a definite shape; and he bad no doubt • his Hon. Friend (Mr. Wynn) would lend him his aid in Its investigation. The report was then brought up. On the motion that it be read a third time, Sir C. FORBES said a few words in explanation. The Report was then read and received. Mr. W YNN, after a few remarks in explanation from Sir C. Forbes, said, that there was net the slightest foundation fur the statements which were made in the letters that bad been read to the House in the Surse of the evening. It really appeared as if the writers of those letters only wished to see how far the credu lity of their correspondents would go—(Hear! and a laugh).—He thought it would be much better for the Government to defer all information on the subject until the measure should come before the House at a future period. After some words in reply, from Mr. Hoare, Colonel FRE M AkTLif. said, that every Jun had been nude, on the part of Lord Amherst's Government, to avoid all forcible measures with respect to the ninth:ter s that it was possible to use. It was then moved and agreed to, that the Report be presented. Mr. W YNN said, that be should, on the 28th, move that all the Documents connected with the late transactions in India might be laid on the table of the House--(Hear !). The House was then adjourned until Monday next. BRAZIL. nlo DE JANEIRO, Dec. I. It is understood that Sit C. Stuart, who is gone from hence to Bahia in the Diamond frigate, .will, in a few weeks from this time, go down to the River Plate, pro vided with requisite powers from the Emperor fur treat ing with the Government of Buenos Ayres ; but I must say that I feel considerable apprehension about the re sult, and it is certain that every day's delay makes it more difficult for him to heal the breach that has been made befween the two countries. Buenos Ayres, by ad mitting the Banda Oriental as a member of the federa tion, becomes directly a party to the. war with that pro vince. Inde:d, it is . said that a d.clarrithin of war has been positively issued by the Congreis, and we are there, fore in daily expectation that a similar step will be adopted by the Emperor. This quarrel, I have reason to know, is a source of great perplexity to the English authorities here, and I understand that they are most anxious to put a speedy end •to it. Commodore Taylor, who is an E'glishman, was to have commanded the squadron sent to blockade Buenos Ayres, but ke has (twined it, by the advice of Mr. Chamberlain, the English Consul. The command is, therefore, to be given to an American Officer, of the name of JAvitt, who has just arrived here from Ceara, its the Pedro Primeiro. A susaltsquadron mast also be detached to watch the Northern Provinces, where, though in appearance all is quiet, things are not in the state that i; to be wieled by the friends of order. Most of us regard the strife with Buenos Ayres with great appreh ossson, on account of the probability there is, should they be hard pressed, of Bolivar's coming for ward to their assistance. This, indeed, is very cur rently believed by many, with the addition that he' is 'to take up his headquarters in the Province of St. Minh The name it Bolivar has already done so much throughout South Artie:lea, for the establishment of liberty and independence, about which he talks so plausibly in his proclamations, that his very manse and ' appearance in brazil might do infio.ite mischief. Sit Charles Stuart's powers are said to he very ample, a - 4 that he is actually authorised, in ca e, of need, to give up the Emperor's pretensions to Mon'e Video, if no other means should present themselves for avoiding the evil of a protracted war. As far, however, as a judg ment can be formed from appearances, and from the Emperor's declarations, the war will-be carried on with the utmost vigour. Lobo, the Btatiliaq Admiral, has been recalled from the river Plate. -December 7. The Paula frigate, late Surat Castle Indiaman, is ready for se:, and I understand will sail to-morrow morning tor the River Plata, with orders declaring the port of Buenos Ayres in a ►tats of blockade. Yesterday the Maria da Gloria corvette arrived here from Maldonado: the, on the 154 of last month, theaptuted two Brazilian vessels from Itio Grande, which had been captured by the Lavalkja privateer, with a commission from the General whose name she bears. You may conelder war declared between this country and the united provinces of the Rio de la Plata. This will create great distress, and will nn doubt ruin many of the mer chants.especially those trading to Rio Grande. Intimation was last night given to the Foreifu Comuls-.resideot in this city, that the port of Buenos 'Ayres is strictly blockaded, and we are told that a vessel under the flag of that Republic, now in this harbour, has been seised. GREECE. Tlt'Sf THE ETOILE 01P WEDNESDAY. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. • • " Ltamoex, Si',. se. " After so many vague and contradictory reports respecting the late events in Greece, we. have just te• ceived the most authentic dispatches respecting the battle which has once 'mote saved M;ssol'righi friirn the fury of the barbarians. The Porte, tired of the promises of Redschid, and despairing of his ever making himself master of that town, had exiled him to Asia, where death will perhaps soon overtake him. Jussuf Pacha, being appointed in his room, left Patras, the command of which he gave up to lbr•hint, with the Turkish fleet and 7,000 men, commanded by the apos tate S Ives. These troops joined the remains of the army of Redschid Pacha, and, on the SO .h of December, Missolonghi was again attacked by sea and land. The garrison defended it with unparalleled courage: yet i; was threatened with total destruction, when the G:eek fleet, consisting of 72 vessels, appeared in the Gult. The brave Miaulis manseuvred on this occa,ion with so much ability, that he forced the Turco•Egyptian fleet to a general action: it was very obstinate. The ship of Miaulis was sunk, but he happily got on board ano ther, with his crew. At length victory declared for the Greeks: the enemy took to fl;ght, 'after having lost about 16 vessels, as well frigates as brigs, which were burnt and sunk. The Greeks lost four vessels, the crews of which were almost all saved. As for the Turks who attacked on the land side, they not only failed in their enterprise, but after having been driven far from the town by the garrison of 7.000 men, and by 5,000 fresh troops whom Miaulis had landed, they were almost all destroyed. A report is even current at this moment, which, if true, would crown the joy of the Greek:. It is said that Colocottoni, profiting by the absence of Ibrahim Pacha, has made himself master of Tripolizza, the Egyptian garrison of which has been cut to pieces. THE EVENIN(i STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1625. STOCK EXCHANGE., TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened at 791 for the Account, and soon after there were Sellers at the above price; there is scarcely anything doing the Matket. Consols are to the present time 791 Buyers for the Aecetust, and far Money 791. The Foreign Market is in a state of stagnation. Current Prices: Old Spanish 1111, Mexican 661, Colombian New nl, Austrian 911 92, Russian 84%. Buenos Ayres 3 2 disc.. Brazilian Bonds 59J 601, Greek Bonds 151, Exchequer Bill, par tot discount. ONE O'CLOCK. 9 ' Within this hour the Consol Market has taken a change by far more favourable than in the earlier part of the morning. Consols have been done at 801 fer the Accuant, and considerable sales have been made at the above price. One of the eminent Brokers has given 4 per Cent. for the call of a large Let at 82, fur the whole of the present Account. PtIICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 211 1 ,E 212 1 ,E S per Cent. lied. 80 1 4 % 3 per Cent. Cons. 79% s/s 80 1 80 51 per Cent. 89 3 / 3 Vs 51 per Cent. lied. 88% 89 4 per Cent. 96% 97 96 7 /it Long Ann. 19% g India Stock 234 1 % India Bondi. 6 4 1.1,000 Exclieq. Bills par. 1 dis. 1 prem. £101) and £2OO dirto 2 5 prem. Cons. for Acct. 79 ;f t 8051 1 Vs EXCHANGE. Sr. PETERS• 1111141111, Jaw. 19.—0 n London, 1 1.5.16th1. FRENCH FUNDS, Pasts, Fenno...ay 2. Five per Cents. . 99f. 55f. Three per Cents. . Bank Stock • Bente' de Naples • Haytian Loan • • • 785 f. FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Austrian lids 5 p Ct 921 92 flex. Scrip. Brazilian Bonds, Neapolitan Bond., Ditto Acct. Perim. lids. ni p C. Du.Serip,spC.lB2s, Ditto Acct. Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Scrip, 1825,6 p C. Chili= Bonds, 6 p Ct. Poi tuguese Bond. Colombian lids, tip C. Pruss. Ilk. Sp C. 931 Do. lids 1824, 581 Do. Bonds. 1822, 92% Po. Aec. 58% 1 19 Si Ituss.lids,lB22, Sp C. 341 1 Danish Bonds, 581 Ditto Acct. 841 1 Do. Marks Span. 5 p Ct. C. 11% 12 Doak's, 5 pC. 1825, Ditto for Arc. Ditto Acct. Ditto 510, Greek Molds p. Ct..C. 1823, Do. lids, 11 125, 151 141 kends Reines, 5p C. Ditto Acct.l6 • Exchange, Ale:. Bonds 5 p. Ct. 611 French Itentet, 5 p C. Ditto Acct. 5 p C. Exchange, On. 8d5,1825,6 pC. 661 1 1 Guatemala Bonds, Do. Acct. 661 1 1 1 ► 1 Ditto &rip BItLTISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. United Mexican SH • it N. 40 . Of. . 2045 f. . 77f. 25c. M. 1w 20 Ditto Ne* 40 10 I'4 British Iron COmpany • 100 C 5 141 Gold Coast Asiociation 100 5 4 Proicial Bank of Irrfand 100 10 Si Rios& la Plan AgricuL Can. 100 5 i Our Readers will observe with satisfaction, that at the Meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Sock, which was held yesterday, the utmost readiness was evinced, by a very large majority, to meet the wishes of '`is Majesty's Government, for improving the state of the Currency, as far as that depends on the sur render of the exclusive privileges of the Ba.•.k. This. important Establishment has acted wisely, and prudent ly, by such a well-timed concession. The later from the Earl of Ltv EltfOOL, which was read to the Meeting, car - not fid to attract the atteLtion of the puttlic,as it et..! F th T IV COI lase eni th 4 exc Upi 'C our Jibe I!er sun far Loy ii nd atii, par v e yeti we i allu I •tr n 4i el