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more than J maks towards ameliorating the of slaves. He also read a part of a letter from of Manchester, expressing a similar opinion. stated that he had made a summary of what dov by the other islands, from which it resulL Foinday lahour had been prohibited in oat island, mtnica; that the Evidence of Slaves.had been in tiro, Grenada and Tobago ; that Marriages of Slaves hid been legalised also in tivq, the Bahamas and St. Vincent's ; that the slave's right to property had been admitted in•,foni, Grenada, Tobago, Sc. Vincent, and D .minica, and perhaps Jamaica: that the .power of purchasing their own manumission had bee n granted to slaves in no one of the i lands; that the non-separation Of families had been acted in two, the Bahamas and St. Vincent's, but that in none had the abolition of the driving whip, or of female flogging, been carried into effect. The Noble Lord. aft -rwaids gave an account of twenty-four cases of complaints tried at Demerara. Seventeen of those were from slaves against their masters, and the result was, that twelve nut of the seventeen complainants were punished by the Fiscal's Court; that two were restored to their masters, with liberty to be flogged; and that two only were redressed, one by the dismissal of the manager, and the other by the imposition of a fine which was never paid.— Six of the other cases were complaints from masters against their slaves, and all the sit were given in their favour, f. ur of the slaves being punished by nagging, and two by imprisonment. The Noble Lord then lead from the Report on the table a num bet of other cases which had taken place at Berbice, and in other colonies, in which slaves, after having proved the complaints which they had made, were still ordered by the Fistal to be flogged, though at the same time he severely reprimanded the managers. In some of theist cases, great cruelty had been displayed. Two women had miscarried, in consequence of severe and unjust flogging ; a negro, who had been flogged for resisting the violation of his daughter, had applied for redress to the Fiscal's Court; but in none of these cases had Any decision been given. This sheaved a great partiality on the part of public functionaries, and a mockery of t justice, arising from the corrupting influence of slavery, which could only be remedied by a motion like that With which he should conclude. For what else than being parties to the practices which they were appointed to repress, could make .public functiouazies act as it was admitted they were in the habit of doing ? The Noble Baron,after collating several pins of. the Report . f Commissioner wharris, to she" , that he was liable to the charge or inconsistency, concluded by moving an humble Address to his Majesty, praying that he be leased to appoint as Judges, A ttornies-General, Fiscals, Guardians of Slaves, and other Officers in his Majesty's West Ind ia Colonies, such individuals as shall themselves not be owners of slaves, or have reversionary in terests, or any interest in slaves, directly or indirectly. Earl BA THURST agreed with the Noble Lord op. posite, that whatever was to be done had better be done by the Colonists themselves, than forced upon them by Parliament. lie defended the conduct of the Fiscal, Mho was just;fied, if slaves made complaints to him that 'seem groundless, in ordering them to be punished. All that was stated in the complaints of these slaves must not be taken for granted as true. With respect to the Comm ssionei Dwharris,he (Lord Bathurst) had not been aware that he was possessed of slave property when he' appointed him, or he certainly would not have done so; because he was on that account not the fittest person for wadi ars office. Still, however, he contended that there was no inconsistency or contra dictions in his statements. The cases quoted by the Noble Lord were n a true criterion to judge of the enhdition of the slaves ; for if he collected all the complaints of apprentices against their masters in this country, be would find as many instances of cruelty and oppression here as be did there. According to the way in winch the Resolution was drawn up, if it were adomed by the Mouse, tram eacept one or two of the principal Officers could have any domestics; for in Slave Colonies, none but slaves could be bad to fill that situation. After some further observations, his Lordship expressed s hope that the. House would not accede to the Resolution, and moved the Order of the Day. Lord SU FFIELD made a few observations in reply, and his Lordship withdrew -4k motion. Lora ELLENITOROUGH would have been better (leased if the motion had been met by a decided nega tive. He , aw no reason to press upon the Howe a Re solution of that kind, which was only calculated to do mischief. Whatever was to be done, could only be effected by the silent operation of Government, and th it :nea ure would have destroyed it. Nothing would have better effect with the planters than good example, and the hope of preferment by the Government in con sequence of their good treatment of their slaves. Ile wished the word ' , emancipation" had never been used in the discussion of this subject, tur it only threw obstacles in the way of the melioration of the slaves. Let them first be made worthy of freedom, and then give them emancipation. With those views of the question, he re peated his regret that tle motion bad not been met by a decided negative. - Lord CA LTHOR PE made a few observadous in favour of the principle of the measure. Lord DUDLEY and WARD merely rose, in con sequence of having been personally alluded to by the Noble Lord (Suffield), to a s sure him that he had never made a'sy sarca,sns on what had been said by him.— His Fr'end (if he would permit him to call him so). had come forward with a string of cases which had been mostly before the country for some time : he did not. how ever, go so far as one of his co operators; for his Noble Friend only excluded the proprietors of sL•ves from certain offices in the West Indies. whilst his co operator, o whom he had alluded, would ea- chide them from a seat in Parliament. Lord ST. VINCENT stateJ that every encourage ment I , ad been given by the Creoles in Jamaica to the disbemination of religion ; and every thing width the Bishop and Clergy had asked for had been granted to them by the Holum of Assemby. The motion having been withdrawn, the House adjourned at a (IMAMS PAST EIGHT O'CLOCK. e Emmy of corn factors were to form thensseivei into a body to the perfect exclusion of individuals who happened not to belong to their Company. The original cost of the 'premises was 12,0001. and the originators of the Bill had offered them 60,0001, in addition to the original cost, by way. of good will. Then bad offered very reasonable proposi tions te the proprietors of the Corn Extbange, ail of which had been refused, and, in fact, such a system of refusal had never been beard of. This had been done for the purpose of keeping up a tiJratem of monopoly. The public interest demanded that the House should interfere, and compel the proprietors of the Corn Exchange to accede to the advances made by the new Company. Mr. CALCRAFT opposed the Bill, it was a violent, infraction upon private property, and such private .pro perry was said to support a monopoly. They had not only sought a new Exchange, but to take away the premises of the present proprietors. What would be said by the Bank or East India Company, if new Companies, should they be appointed, were to say we must have the premises of the old Companies. There might be a new Cern Exchange, but do not interfere with the old Exchange , if the public were to be bene fitted, there-would be much more chance of that being effected by two Exchanges. The new Company might proceed, but let them build elsewhere. Sir E. KNATCHBULL spoke in tief,oce of the Bill. It had appeared to the Committee that no other site was so good as that of the present Exchange. Every just compensation of course would be made; and the necessity for an enlarged accommodation was in reality admitted by the opponents of this measure. Except Parliament would sanction this measure, another Corn Exchange would be erected alongside the present one, but without any communication between the two Corn Exchanges—( Hear.) Mr. Alderman WOOD said that the supporters of the present Bill would only be subjected to the incon venience of not having a communication between the two markets sanctioned ; he had been of opinion that such communication ought to be allowed, but others thought differently. The present Exchange was termed a monopoly, but most unjustly ; there was not, in his judgment, any ground for such •illfying change. Besides, much of the flour consumed by the bakers, &c. is London, never went into the market at all. But he should •ote against the Bill, on the ground that people's private property ought not to be taken away without their leave. Mr. Aldermad BRYDGES supported the Bill; more accom modation was wanted, to put an end to the limited proctedings of the Jobbers. The Gallery was cleared for a division. The numbers were— For the Bill, 76—For the Amendment,27—Maj. for the Bill, 49. The Glasgow New and Cross Street Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. Sheriff Caowosa presented a Petition from the Lnrd Mayor and Corporation of London, in favour of the principles of Free Trade, and praying for some alterations in the Corn Laws. Mr. Alderman WOOD supported the prayer of the Petition.— The House must be conviiiced of its necessity from the Considerable decrease that had taken place in the year 1826, as compared with the corresponding quarter in 1825. Mr. W H ITM ORE said, that iis.consequence of the great anxiety which existed throughout the country on this question, be should, instead of postponing its discussion to so late a period as he had pro- posed on a former evening, bring it before the House to-morrow (this) night. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said a few words in support of the Petitiod, which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. CORSET presented a Petition from the Ship-owners of Sunderland, praying for some protecting duties on foreign shipping, and in favour of the reciprocity of duties. Mr. Il EATHCOTE hoped that this subject would soon occupy the attention of the House. This , country wee far behind all the continental nations in the carrying trade. Mr. BARING supported the prayer of the Petition. He thought it useless to remind Gentlemen that this was not only a question of national wealth, but one of national honour and importance. After a few words from Mr. Roasarsox, Mr. HUME wished the House to remember the prediction of Mr. Ricardo, that if some law was not passed to relieve the shipping interest, by repealing all those taxes which bore on iron, timber, &c. the nation would lose its trade. Ile hoped' the Parlia ment would sot separate without making a reduction of those imposts.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. Alderman THuSI PSON moved for a Return, showing, in one sum, the whole amount of spirits distilled in the United King clots' for three years preceding the lOth of October, 18'25, and the amount of duty charged on the same ; with a similar Return for Scotland and Ireland respectively; and a similar Return fur Eng land to the year 826.—Ordered. COURT OF CHANCEItY.—EXCLUSION OP REPORTERS. Mr. ABERCROMBY presented a Petition from George Farquharson, complaining, that on attending to report proceedings at the New Court of Chancery, on Friday last, the attendants and officers denied him admission, observing, that they had orders for the ex clusion of all Reporters; the petitioner was, therefore, deprived of the means by which he got his bread, and prayed that the House would be pleased to institute au inquiry. The petitioner attended fr.= the office of the New limes Jou, nal, for the purpose of furnishing that Paper with an accurate account of proceedings; it had been his constant practice to do so for the last 20 years, and it was bard that he should be excluded, unless upon very good grounds. The SOLICITOR-GENERA[. said, no order bad been given for the exclusion of the Reporters, but there was very little accom modation in the New Court for strangers. The size of the building did not admit of it. After some observations from Sir M. W. RIDLIT and Mr. H. Su ass, the Petition was recdnd. Mr. ABERCROM/3Y was rejoiced to bid that no order had been thade by the Lord Chancellor, for the exclusion of the Peti tioner. It afforded him great pleagure to say tbat the officer had not received his instructions from that High Personage. On the Order of the Day for the second reading - of the Usury Laws' Bill, The CHANCELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER suggested the postponement of the Bill for the present Session. Serjeant ONSLOW said, he awaited the pleasure of the Horse ' either to proceed or adopt the suggestion of his Right Hon. Friend. _ _ M r. Secretary PEEL thought the inquiries as to the currency of Scotland and Ireland affected this question ; the proposed post ponement wee r therefore, expedient. The Hon. Gentleman might rely that in the recess the attention of his Majesty's Government mow be directed to the subject. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW then acquiesced in the suggestion, and the Bill was postponed. low to the holdeh of .its - hciitser 311 s the d mtisfactlon to state drat the views hall bien Onspletely raalisai in the an&that.the abbstripilont, in so far ascent:vied from hasty 'survey of the nearer tn nine than to eighttivilliOns. Con siderably more would have been subscribed, he had no doubt, doting the two next days. The chat-0 ilia( would be created by this funding would be a capital stock of 8,569,0004 the interest on which would athount to 542.4001. The only Sinking Fund which it would be necessary to provide would be one per cent on the difference, viz. 560,0001. The charge of management would be 2,568/. and the total charge 544,968/. The discharge of this SUM would be met by the saving of interest on the Exchequer Bills ; and the excess of charge, amounting to 77,0001. would be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, which would he found fully adequate to that purpose, as he had formerly stated that there was a surplus of 114,00 a On the first Resolution, that Subscribers be entitled to 107/. Capital Stock for iOOl. Exchequer Bills, being put, Mr. IRVING inquired how it was intended to deal with the Bank respecting two millions of Exchequer Bills? The CH A NC EL 10 R of the EX C H EQUER replied, that they should be paid off at a convenient time, which would be facili tated by the arrangement then in progress. In answer to a question from Mr. 111111ERE.r, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he did not propose to raise a Sinking Fund on the whole Debt, but on the differ ence between the Capital and the amount of Funded Exchequer bills. Sir J. WROTTESLEY made a few observations, which chiefly referred to the exped;ency of appointing a time for payment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would be rash to state the precise period. They were under no positive obligation to pay at any particular time, and he thought it would be imprudent to fix the payment so early as was suggested. In reply to a remark from Sir F. 0111XAmnr, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not recollect saying any thing of favouring one class over another. . The Resolutions were accordingly agreed to; the House resum. ed, and the Report of the Committee to be received to-morrow. -' - • the size of the Milk& The Bin had beet cAlled an idstislitii_ .eicinfedllailfrte alto condition Lriv . a,te property. Is .was priests property in as mini as 'be 4n d 6 had now the Duke =change had been'oecogailed by the Legislature. All the prawn —r` G overnment Company wanted, Wu ter establish . a market next door to*, ' He then - e 4ifthe d ' present one, and nisrely to knock downs such of the peetkien cou r se a, had been wall as leas occupied by fear stalls. He thought the snore parties aft could be asi sited that there *ere ib the gimpeting with one another the greater benefit b oo k s , came nee lan d , D o• the publibwas likely to , receive. • siderably more i Mr. C RTEIB supported eheitmentiment. • . ' • admitted Sir R. WILSON did not understandwhy a body of corn factors doubt, doting 1 _ . . . HOUSE OF COMMONS. hlr. S. RICE brought up the Report of the Irish Manufactory Bill Several amendments were added, and the Report was received and ordered for further consideration. NEW CORN•EXCHANGB DILL. Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved that the Report of the New Corn-Exchange Bill should be brought up. Sir T BA BING opposed the motion. He could not allow the _Bill to progress another stage without protesting against it: He would move that the Report be brought up that day six months. 31r. HUME seconded the Hon. Baronet's motion. He thought it very hard that a Joint Stock Company should deprive the ori- Opal Proprietors of the premises, without building them another Corn Exchange. If the present Corn-Exchange were too small, he could have no objection to the erection of another, but undoubt edly the original should be allowed to remain. Sir J. BRYDGES opposed the amendment, and hoped the Report would be brought up immediately. Mr. T. WILSON said the present Exchange was built by merchants of corn under commission, and they therefore ought to be allowed to enjoy the privileges of the Exchange, which they would not be able to do If it were enlarged as the Bill intended, because it would be then frequented by millers, jobbers, and corn ehandkrs. It had been stated that during the last ten or fifteen years, the sale of corn had decreased, and he therefore contended that there was no occasion for an enlarged Corn Market. The whole tenor of the Bill was a speculation; if it were carried, they would chute any sum they liked for the stands, and thereby gain their ends. ji -Ides It SUMNER said the original Exchange had been in the pesetasion of a Joint Stock Company for 75 years, during which, the population of London had increased; and with it the demand •.,or corn. He therefore contended that it was requisite to enemas. COMUITTZI 01 WAYS AND WEANS. The House then went into a Committee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER begged to remind the Committee that he bad, on a former occasion, stated to the House that it was his intention to fund eight or ni; e m llions of Exchequer Bills, with the view of enabling Government to repay the advances made by the Bank of England, and of diminishing the number of Exchequer Bills in the market. In pursuance of that resolution, which appeared to be well received, he had last week sent a message to the Bank, announcing the intentions of Government, and the terms on which the contract would be made. He had informed the Bank that Government would be ready to take money or Exchequer Bills; the former at a premium of 10 per cent. He had also thought it necessary to represent to the parties, by way of inducement, that the New 4 per Cents. to be created. would not be reducible in less than seven years. It was proposed that toe in terest should commence from The sth of April, aod - that the dividends should belSaid on the 10th of October ; also, that the interest en Exchequer Bills of 2d. per cent= per diem should be current until the day on which they are paid. This bonus it had been thought CRIMINAL JUSTICE RILL. Oa the motion of Mr. Secretary Put, the House went into a Committee on this Bill. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that he had an alteration to be made in two clauses, which were of an important character. He wished in one to enlarge the authority of the Magistrates with respect to the power of admit ing to bail in certain cases. At present that power rested on very slender ground, a statute of Edward 1. He wished to put it on more sure grounds, and to define more clearly in what cases persons charged with felony should be admitted to bail, arid in what cases, speaking generally, bail should he refused. The clause which he should propose would enact, that where a party was charged with felony on oath of a credible witness,which charge was not answered, and of course left a strong presumption of guilt, the party should be committed ; but in cases whete it appeired to the Magistrate (sap posing it to be brought before a single Magistrate), that a strong case was not made out, and that a strong presumption of guilt did not exist, then the Magistrate would have the pOwer, and it would be his duty to remand the party, until his case could be considered by two Magistrates, who would in such case have the power, if they took the same view of it, of admitting the person to bail, taking care to have good and sub stantial bail. The experience of years had shewn, and be would not go further back than the commitments of the last seven years, that a vast number of p. rsons were acquitted or discharged from want of prosecution, who had been imprisoned for considerable periods for felony. Now, if. the Committee looked to the effect of impri soning for a long period, in a comm )n gaol, an inno cent man on aoharge of . felony, and considered that in almost all c nes such a person came ut a much worse man in point of moral characterthan he was-when he went iii—(hear)---they Would nu, he was sure, object to the grant of a power to Magistrates, which would prevent, in many cases, the chance of an innocent man being ezpo,ed to such a contamination. tie inserted the word " felony," and that was a mo,t important alteration, because at• present, where a man was charged with felony, the Mnistrate, even though he might not think it a case strongly presumptive of guilt, had not the power to admit to bail, but must commit or discharge the prisoner. Mr. SCARLET!' said that, in point of fact, Magistrates bad already, on many occasions, exercised the power of admitting per. sons to bail in doubtful cases. DEN M A N said, that the word " competent" witness should be inserted instead of the word " credible." Mt. Secretary PEEL said, that he proposed to reprint the whole of the Bill, with the additions. After afew words from the Avrosanty-Grantaax, Mr. C. Wite sox, Mr. TILZMAYNZ, and Sir G. Currwyon, the claim: was agreed to. On the next clause being read, which directed that Magistrates should return the depositions, and that the Magistrate betore whom the charge was heard should have the power of binding parties to appear sod give evidence, Mr. H. TWISS suggested that the trial should not be allowed to come on until the depositions were returned into Court. Mr. Secretary PEEL thought that this might lead to improper collusions between parties, and to a delay of justice. It would be better to leave those nutters to the decision of the judge. Mr. H. TW I SS. said, that if the judge had the means of knowing the depositions without their being returned, the objections would be unanswerable; but how could the Judge know the discrepancy betweee the first testimony of a witness before a magistrate and that which he might give on the trial? Mr. Secretary PEEL repeated his former objection. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL concurred in the observation of his Right Hon. Mend, that the proposed alteration would leave an opening to many collusions and delays of Justice. Mr. SCAR LETT thought the depositions ought to be returned to the ant of the Crown. _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as we understood, that the Magistrates were at present required to return the depositions into court. After a few words from Mr. Site, Mr. Pan, and Mr. Guntaa Lams, the clause was agreed to. On the clause not to commit for misdemeanour unless the de. positions should be taken as in cases of felony— Mr. Secretary PEEL said be hoped the Committee would have no objection to adopt this provision as a safeguard to the liberty of the subject, although he admitted the clause was altogether a new one---(Loud cheers)•—These depositions should be transferred to the Court where the offence was tried, and though it gave perhaps a little more trouble to the Magistrates, be had not the least doubt the Magistrates would accede to this point. Upon the next clause, Mr. PEEL hoped he should shortly be able to presents BiU for abolishing the distinction between dergyable and not clergyable felony ; which clause was also agreed to. Mr. Secretary PEEL, in proposing the clause, that "if the offences of Accessary and Principal be committed in different coun ties, the Accessary might be tried in oither," said it was suggested to him by a celebrated cue which occurred at Hertford, and where considerable difficulty presented itself to bring the criminal to justice, in consequence of a defect in the law, which was supplied by the present clause. [The Right Hon. Gentleman, we believe, alluded to the case of Turpin, who was an accessary in the robbery at Lord Cowper's, in Hertford, for which he was executed.]—Agreed to. Mr. 8 Y KES suggested an Amendment to the Clause, which pro. posed that " all offeoces committed on the boundaries of two or more commies, may be tried in any of such counties, or within the distance of five hundred yards of such boundary or boundaries," that he may he tried in whatever county he might be apprehended. Mr. Secretary PEEL objected that great inconvenience would arise from such an amendment. It was fairer to the prisoner that he should be tried in ornear the county in which he could be mess readily and easily furnished with the means of defence. Mr. DEN MAN suggested that it might be left to the discre tion of the Magistrate by whom he was committed, to determine in what county the prisoner should be tried. • The clause in its original form, after a few words front Mr. Sea &Lyre and the Soucrroa-Giumaat., was agreed to. The ATTORNEY GENERAL, in the course of the discus sion, remarked that it was absurd to set aside indictments for such omissions as the words, " contrary to the form of the Statute." The old law was so particular in this respect, that Sergeant Haw kins had said that the surest way was, instead of saying contra forma staduti qic siattsientn►, to sax centre ferment *amt. Mr. SdAitt P.if aid that the old Was foe iai with frq to time and place, which are very material with reference to the in an elihi. _ Mr. Secretary PEEL said that he led die law as to an eiL;± where he found it. The Bill then went through the donimittee; the Report wai brought up, and ordered to be taken Into could's - Alamo& Friday' LA Rahlt BILL, af Mr: Secretary PtEL,in moving the ol d er the d ad 'for the further considei odors of the Larceny Bill; said it wasl.isintentiontoproposetonsiderablealterationstothe: present state of the Bill. He had purposed to consolidati all offences relating to property under one law, hin he now Inteitded tti make a division Of them, tinder twa Acts& The first should reldte to acts of larceny, and fe<: lonians violations of the rights of property ; Ind the se.: cond was to relate solely to the malicious destruction of property. He had found this division rrecessart upon A due consideration of the subject. He did ant relinquis!i all hope of being able to catty the BM through ment during the present Session; but if this were found to be practicable, the Bill would be proposed at the earliest future oppor tunity. He wished the Bill to pass through the Committee, in Order that it might be seen whether it could paw into a law. Mr. - SCAItLBTT said, that the Bill was of great importance, and he thought it better that the summer should be allowed for its consideration. The House then went into a Committee upon the 13111. M-. Secretary PEEL said, that throughout the pre sent B 11 it would be seen that his constant endeavour I was still further to reduce the number of sentences in fl ctiag the punishment of death—(Nenr, hear). Bf 'the old law, the stealing from a Church WAS punish able by death; but he doubted if stealing a prayer.; book, for instance, from a place of Worship ought to be visited with any such consequences. He did not ima gine that it would at all lessen the security of Churches by putting them on the footing of dwelling-houses.— He wished to make the offence capital only when the Church was feloniously entered. The robbing of booths at fairs would be also made a capital offence. Another more important subject was the robbing of dwelling. houses to the amount of 40s. This sum had been fixed in the reign of Queen Anne, and he thought that the raising of it to 51. would not lighten the prohibition of the offence. This, of course, alluded to stealing, inde pendent of burglary. In the case of stealing fish, by the law, as it now stands, no distinction was made between stealing at night, or breaking down mounds, or robbing under any other circumstance. The punishment for breaking down mounds was seven years' transportation. He certainly wished to protect the angler Trom such consequences, for, by the common consent of mankind, the angler was reckoned an exceedingly harmless sort of a Gentleman —(A laugh).—He wished to enact, that all persons who catch fish, or who try to catch fish —(a laugh)—by angling, should be obliged, if requited, by proper authority, to divulge their names and places of residence, under a penalty of 201. Re also was desirous of putting the stealing of deer or venison upon the same footing as the stealing of mutton or any other meat. At present, any person in the possession of venison was liable to be cited before a Magistrate, and the onus probandi, as to his becoming possessed of it, was thrown entirely upon the accused. Tile result of the Bill would be, to comprise about one hundred Statutes within the compass of thirty pages. This would of itself be a great advantage, but ft was of still greater importance to render the laws intelligible and cer tain, and to approximate punishment to the nature and degree of offence.—The Bill then went through the Committee, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into consideration this day. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Hats-ran Twxavx °Twat. fr THE EVENING STAR. 'LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1826. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 781 j for the Account, with a heavy Market, and but little doing; since which the Market has somewhat improved, and Consols are now 79. The New Scrip is at a discount of from 1 to a l, and it is expected that a great quan tity of it will be thrown on the Market, as the persons who wrote for it will have nearly the amount they asked for.) Nothing is doing in the Foreign Market. Current Prices: Old Spanish 2, Mexican 601 4, Colombian 59e 40, Russian 76, Peruvian 25 26, Greek 14 to e. ONE O'CLOCK. The Market has improved, Consols advanced from 78/ to 791, and are now 791 to 4. The New Scrip is also much better, and is at premium. Pr, MR OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. flank Stock 201 199% 3 ,er Cent. Red. ex div. 78% % 3 ,;er Cent. Cons. 78% % 79'4 79 1 / 4 3 1 1 per Cent. ex. div. 86 3 per Cent. Red. 84% 85 4 per Cent. 943 4 1 4 95 9.4% 95 Long Ann. ex div. 191-16 19 1 11 I idia Bonds. 5 prem. £l,OOO Excite+ Bill. 6 8 prern. 000 and £2OO ditto 6 8 prem. £5OO ditto 6 8 prem. C )ns. for Acct. 78 7 / 8 3 / 4 79 1 4 79'i 4 per Cent. New Scrip 1/ 8 s/ 8 dis. par. EXCHANGES. Amanita...sr, Aran 14.—0 n London, 40. IL 2M. 40. 4. Hassamion, Aram 11.—Gn London, 37. 11. 2M. 36. 101. ST. PITZISIBUILGII, hLtacit 28.—0 n London, • Lorne, Arau. 7.—On London, I M. 6. 191. Blow, Aram .—.—On London, 3 M. 7. 21. FOREMN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK Colombian Ms 6p C 401 11 I Mex. Bonds 1825, 601 160 11 Do► Bds 1824, 591 1 40 Peruir.llls. 6pC. 26 391 Ditto Acct. 261 Do. Ace. 391 40 39 401 140 Ruu.l3ds, 1829, Sp C. 761 Danish 11d5,1825, 3pC. 55 1 Span. 5 p Ct. Cons. 8% Greek Bonds 1825, 5p C. 14/ I French Reines, bp C. 96E.5006f Mexican'Bonds, 5 p C. Exchange, 25f 55e 60c Ditto Acct. 61 601 11 1 Span. sp. Ct. C. 1823, BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK. SHAUL rata Anglo asiliaa 100 8 5 Brazilian 100 15 91 10 British Iron Company 100 30 101 United Mexican 40 20 Ditto New 40 16 Alliance British & For. 100 10 Australian - - 100 4 101 9e 13 Hamburgh Papers to the 11th, and Ditch Pipers to the 15th inst. reached us this forenoon. They are silent on the affairs of Greece, but contain the follow ing intelligence from Batavia : HAARLEM, Arm 14. By accounts from Batavia to the 30th November, we learn that the Sultan of Soeracarta, remains faithful to his engagement with the Netherlands'Government l and has sent his uncle with five hundred men towards Mage lan, to oppose on that side the attempts of the rebellious Pangeraigs of Djocjocarta. In seaeral t rebels Segni S t.