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. . ":.1 - I •VA ''`''''' --'-''4:.‘• •44'014 e; t itq - -- v,k74 ' l / 4 • ' • `--:;,. ..1.,..,-,- /„..---------••• i% — ' ''. ' o , i) 4 . ,\\ ii i , • t 4 / A i • . 1 illi 1 . •, 5..... 1 I • .'''' ''' lai • \s s ' • :. , i 2... , -. , , --- - -- 1 •I• 4, . • N ` A Ow . :„.. -. . r N ‘...., I e l°lll 7 ll ‘ i r 4 : • __. • . f.,• 1'01ik3414111 1 , . . .. . . 1 1 .. : THE CONSTITUTION—NOTHING I LEES, M 411) NOTICING MORE. _.m2L THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 7, 1830. NUMBER 13,365.] PRICE SF,VENPE'NC i , . has rattly changed. Ooe d than was found an the Wald of Kingetoursok (in let. 75 N.) and bears these words :—" Leung Sprats= Diane Thordareson and Snide Ocissonino, raised this column the Saturday after Glapsday (as April holyday,) and left this place in the year 1153." The Rank ascriptions go back wards and forwards, and round about. according to the whims of the Writery ask sometimes the ease with the earlier Greek. The collection of Northern antiquities was begun in 11107. The tent impulse yeas even by Nyerus a year before. There b a consider able "ander of took, weapons, utensils, and ornaments of stone, (probably the Goat collection in the world,) of Northern urns and trues, et keplements used in the administrations of Pagan rites. Them are spectated., too, of the weapons of war from remote times down to our own. The Northern Said is a hoe held for poetry, which Ochlenschinger has turned to a splendid account ; and what with the Saps, and what with the antiquities that Fe male to us, there are abundant material. for historical and de 11eacto:ther building which struck me as most remarkable is the Exchange. It is roared on piles. and has the swamies of an Or namental Dutch erection. Its length is abt;ve 400 feet, and the lower men modem wholly of canna Tag stone work is of Swe dish engin, aid wasting& front by Christian the Forth. *hen he took Calmar. The bedew are oenameatal wkh stiff, naked, half-apnea, male and female—which bat not; it very de cent appearance. Its spire Is fanciful. haft formed, salt were, of the Intertwined bodies of four serpents. The roam of assemblage. is the second story of the building--the beer of 'Mop from half put one to half-pan two. Anions those who crowd there, Gaston and English are as much spoken as Danish ; but the commerce of this country, notwithstanding the tateroparable advantages of its geographical position, is almost nothing—at least if contented with what it might because. There is the same mania far home manu facture here as elsewhere—ea the taxation which compels a people to buy the dearer and the worst article is constantly in operation. The Government here is a great manufacturer—ead a dear and a bad one, as usual. The troops are clothed with sloth made at the King's looms, costing the nation 1001. when .501. would bey the article. So is It with the porcelain manufacture, which wasbought by the King in 1779, and which, as a matter of coats., k a soave of constant loss to the revenue. Here are East and West India Companies, with the usual attendants upon mooopolles—bad ser vice, and heavy charge. What a pity It Is that there is not some Accountant-General to make a yearly statement of what nations lose by their pride, their prejudice, and their folly —Mons Herold. FOR TIM R&M ANUFACTURR OF OLD IRON NOM; AND POlt WOOD HOOPS. YICTUALLING Sy 4, $430. THE COMMISSIONERS for ICTUALLING eis MAJESTY'S NA rr, ft. do Willy)** tlidee, LITERATURE. RENE CAILLIE'S TRAVELS.—Minsuesso). In the first Number of the Foreign Literary Gazette, published yesterday, we find the Editor justly congra tulating himself on being able to give copious extracts from Cartua's Travels to Tisabectoo—s very interest- pals of bar iron, dean hemp. 1284. Rix, bristles. dread and raw hides, rye. oats. linseed, diaper. and deals. were less than in The stock rentaiMng on band at lias dose of the navigation con sisted of 15,000 ponds if copper. 101.000 ponds of tallow, 11.000 ponds of bristles. 18,000144.-s, 80,000 chetwerts of wheat, 60,000 rye. 200,000 of oats &c. &c. The number of oats, *ips which arrived nut last season ex ceeded the foreign and American vessels, there baying been in rirt 837 of the former. 83 American, and 809 foreign vessels With respect to the supply of produce next year, the advice, state, of tallow, there were expected down 170.000 casks, the cattle being its excellent condition. Of Sax, tbe accounts of the growth are favourable; but of hemp the supply was expected t,i be small. The next year's supply of iron was likely to be diminished. by the usual quantity going to the ports of the Black Sea, which, during the Persian and Turkish wars, bad come through St. Peters burgh. The export of grain was expected to fall off. though the necks were large. The dealers In bristles do not intend to bring in a large stipply next year, the prices being to very low. The opening of t. navigation of the Black Sea. bad depressed the import trade of Russia. Of cotton manufactures, the imports were very li it last season, but the stocks remaining were very small. That on Tommy, the 19th instant, they Will be 11114 to re ceive Tenders in writing (sealed up.) and treat for the re4nanu• I factoring of all such.ionotities of OLD IRON HOOPS as may arise in his Majesty's Victualing etsitee at Deptford, for ems year certain, and fuftbet vita tbrke months' notice dab be &en for the termination of tie Contract; and also with such persons as will undertake to supply (or selainute Contracts) such TRUSS and WOOD HOOPS u may be demanded ter the Viettssiiiiofisenice at Deptford, for ooc year certain, and further until Rota( Vaal, notice. ,„ Sampks of the Truss and Wood Hoops must be- pratina Stith ing work, as yet unpublished either in the original French or in the English translation. CAILLIE raj treated with hospitality at Jenni, whence he embarked for Timbactoo. Of Jettni he tells us :-. " I paid a visit to the market ; I war surprised at the number of the people I saw there, It is well supplied with all the necessaries of life, and is constantly crowded by • multitude of strangers, and the inhabitants l 4 the neighbouring villages, whci attended to soil their produce, add to pur -aaie *lt and ether commodities There are several rows of dealers, both male and female. Some ereet little patisatles of mew. to -protect themselves front the excessive beat ottbeeen ; over these /bey grow a peps and than form a mall hut. Their pods ue is out in little baskets, placed on large rowed rudders. In going round the market, I *boomed some shops pretty well stocked with European commodities. which sell at a very high price. There was a great variety of cotton =printed muslin., calicoes, scarlet cloth, hardware. dint. ike tbe whole of thew articles appeared to be of English ma nufacture. I saw. however, some French muskets which are much esteemed. Among the other articles on sale, were glass trinkets, false amber, false coral, sulphur in sticks, and gunpowder, which, I was informed, is manufactured in the country. I am not acquainted with the materials of which their powder Is made ; but it appears that they are pounded together in a mortar moistened with water. They form this pow der info lumps of the size of a man's fist, which they dry in the son. The purchasers allow it to remain in the same state until they are going to use it, when they crush it, and put it In a pew. der.born. When they load their muskets with home-made pow der, they use a much greater quantity than they would think no. emery of the European kind, which they value far more highly. Their powder produces but a weak explosion ; it sometimes issues from the musket like a fusee, without any report. While de scending the Dhloliba to Tem, I saw at a village a large calabash full of saltpetre, which appeared very fine ; but I cannot t ell how the people procured it. I questioned a Moor, who merely replied : It is powder;' and I could learn nothing more about ft. The dealers in colat-nuts occupy one end of the market. They are ranged la two rows, with each a small pannier of coasts before him. which they sell retail at the rate of eight or ten cowries s piece. The low price proves the great abundance of this fruit in this country; but the usual price is from fifteen to twenty cowries. There are also butchers In the market, who lay out their meat much in the amt way as their brethren in Europe. They else thrust skewers through little pieces of meat, which they smoke-dry and sell retail. Great quantities of fish, fresh as well as dried, are brought to this market, In which are also to be had earthen pots, calabashes, mats. and alt; bot lbs salt in the market is only sold retail ; that which is sold Macleod,. Is kept in the warehouses. There are greet numbers of hawk* in the streets, who cry the goods which they carry about with as in Europe : they sell stuffs made in the country, cured p= eblatotets, honey, vegetable and animal butter, milk, and The last article, which is scarce, is brought by women from the dis tance of twelve or fifteen miles round. Millet straw is sold in the. market ; and, during my residence in this town. I saw, every evening, negresses purchasing each a certain quantity for ten cowries to cook their suppers ; the ordinary [anon ant 110 cowries, which are equal to twelve sous. Fortunately, this Is not a cold minty. The Moors of Jenne do not keep shops ; they employ eonfidesda agents, or even slaves, to sell goods on their account. It is their custom to sit on mate before Ash dean, with some ask* of salt plated beside them, and in this way they wait for cm. touters to buy their goods, or others, who may Wish to Thus they accumulate, without Owing themselves much trohble, great quantities of ivory, gold, rice, millet. honey, raw wax, cured provisions, and hoops of small onions. These articles they deposit in their storehouses, whence they forward them to Timbuctoo, when they have correspondents, who send them in exchange for salt, tobacco, and European merchandise. There are also metabolite among the negroes of Jenne ; but the trade they carry on Is net so considerable. The articles they deal in are seldom of great value, but consist chiefly of the samba sea, tamarinds, pimento, long minter, leaves and fruit of the boabab, gumbos, leaves and fruit of Guinea sorrel, pistachios. beans, and a number of small articles which Sr. brought to Jena* by the people of the caravans. They also send to Timbuctoo calabashes ma earthen pots for culinary purposes. The was purchased at Jenne is used for candles, which are made with. out molds, and generally consumed through the country. Quan tities are seat to Timbuctoo,whete there is a great demand for them. The Moorish merchants resident is Jeene, about SO or 40 in SUM. Der, occupy the best houses, which have. besides. the advantage of being situated near the market. The principal trade of the place is in their bands. They form companies of several partners, and are owners of large barges. which carry cargoes of native produce to Timbuctoo. Jenne was called by the early travellers the Land of Gold." However, that metal Is not pea. duced in the environs. but it is frequently brought to Jenne by the Mandhigoea of the Kong country and the merchants of Boum. It forms • principal branch of commerce fat these rich traders. They also deal in Slaves, whom they send to Taillet, and to other quer. tus. as Slogodor. Tunis, and Tripoli. I have seen men leading these unfortunate beings about the streets. and crying them for sale at the rate of twenty-live, thirty, or forty thousand cowries, ac cording to their age. I was grieved to see such an insult offered to human nature." the 'renders. The Cattalo, Of the Oentratt msplir sees at dd. Ogee. Each Tender must specify the tote. In words at length, and I. delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed; and mast be accompanied by a Latter dazed by two responsible Persons ',- gaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the peed Bum of ZSOO, for the due performance of the Contract for the re•aanb. facture of Iron Hoops ; and ,g2OO for each of the Contracts for Truu and Wood Hoops. The Person who males the Tender, or some Perm, Mb his behalf, must attend to answer *hen called for. M. WALLER CLIPTON: In ef a mti manillas 'the stamp-dutles to Russia, the charges for broterase on drafts and stamps had been reduced to one-half per cent. A Mutton of the Custom-house charge. iv - by serail'the , as weU as ent.he t shipping charges, was under consideratio;. Governm FRENCH PAPERS. From the Messager de; Chambres of Jan. 4. AUGSBURGH, Dcc. £S. " Them has been a great deal mid here of an insurrection of the Tyrolese, because they feel very sensibly the absurd vexatior, wiet which the Imperial officers allow themselves to oppress them However, no general movement against the House of Au•tria has been produced ; bat we are astonished at the want of foresight of our Statesmen, who, by gross faults, have changed into indifferen, e perhaps into hatred, the sincere attachment by which the Turole.e were distinguished In 1809. Austria has not suffered a single stone to remain of the ancient political edifice of the country ; it has made these barren mountains a bell to the inhabitants, and a par radise to the people in ace, most of whom are strangers to the country. M.& Metteralch pretends that the obstinate heads of the Tyrolese mast yield to more formidable notions, and that it would be ridiculous to feu the Tyrolese. They an still a little protected in the councils by Counts Seurat and Kollowrath ; but the power of M. de Metternick is such, that it would render even the protection of the emperor useless. Recent examples of this are spoken at, though an article of what is called the multitude(' of 1816 prohibits the sending of deputations to the Emperor. The town of Mena, forming the capital of Tyrol, found some intrepid men, who went to Vienna to lay their com plaints before the Emperor. They reached the capital, but the Emperor, after having heard their complaints. said to them.' My dust children, endeavour to quit the capital as soon as possible, otherwise you run much risk that the Ministers will have you ar • "MeV " AMICABLE SOCIETY FOR INSURANCE OF LIVES. seastatres me, rune setzer, LONDON. Incorporated by Queen Anne, 1766e —quad its Powers further el tended by his present Majesty's Charter, granted the 12th February, 1823. THE DIRECTORS have to offer to the attention of" the Public, TABLES of RATES for the INSIJR ANCEof LIVES, at the various Ages from 8 to 72; either for the whole Life, any specific number of Years, the contiageney of one per son surviving another, or for the joint continuance of the Lives of two or more persons, the 'moraine payable on the Death of either. Insurances in this Office are effected in certain eases at a realm tina of nearly 20 per cent. and on the whole on terms greatly fa vourable to the Insured; and Insurances may be effected from 4400 to 45000, and every kind of Intimate, however sholt the period of continuance, Is entitled to a partkipetion in the prangs,/ advantage accruing to the Corpdtadoo. Thew Miran*** are wholly appropriated to the benefit of the Insured, In proportion to the amount of each Insurance. In the last year, Insurances en 255 SUMO beilMnst Calms, at 4251 181 s. per Share, bebop ea $0 Shaves admitted indef a gua rantee of ALSO per Share, 467 18s. per Cent. as 10 Shares ad mitted under a guarrlitee of aOl6O per Share, AST 81. per Cent. on 2 Sturm admitted nod* a guaranteed £l7O per Share, 447 Ss. 6d. per Cent. ea 6 Shaves MhbisSe4 under a gumantee of ASO per Share, 439 18s. per Cent. and on 178 Shares adadtted soder the presented guarettmed wee of MOO per Share, ASS 1111. per Cent. in addition so the amehnt originally idebred. Abstracts of the Charier sad Its-lan, with Tablet of **Pre miums, may be had at the Mee, where atwddatice is gaiter dailp from Nine till Three d'cloelt. By order of the Court of Direetairs. 1. PENSAM, Registrar. CONDITION OF FINANCES IN SPAIN. From the Journal du Commerce. " In virtue of the Royal ordinances of the 24th April and 15th May, 1820, the directing Junta of the finances of Spain have made their report, accompanied with a variety of s•atemente relative to the condition of the finances of the state. ft appears from tilt re port that the average produce of the revenues has amounted from the year 1814 to the close of 1820, to 431,194,774 reels (about four millions sterling), after deducting the expenses of collecting. &c. It should be observed, however, that at that period a good deal of trade was still carried on in Spain with Peru and Mexico, which, slate then, bas entirely ceased. The restorstiou of 1823 has destroyed the little industry which the Constitutional system had encouraged. end 20,000 individuals have since abandoned that devouring soil, and have ohms refuge In foreign lands. The Mexican Spaniards, whom political events have driven from the Continent of America, keep away from their in hospitable country. The attlitunt of property of the latter I. esti mated at 150 millions of Imam, laid out at Paris, ileedeaus, and London. " In the absence farm, published statement retitle . , to the tar trinue of * country whose Government i►, nevortbekse endeavOur. Mg to prdebre eredit abroad, and according to the best infornsation that indirect means can procure. it la impossible to nine at to than SIO millions of teals (3 2-34 millions stereos) the anment Of the present revenue of Spain. The budget of the expenses, whk have been as much as possible adapted to the etisting order of things, present' the following particulars FRENCH FUNDS, Jam 4. Pine per Cent.. 10/f. 7Se. 102 c. 20e. St. Three pee Geo. 25E SOc. 40c. SOc. Nspki Stock, 90f. SOc. Royal Spanish Loin. Wet I Rent* PerpetesNs d'Es p ere, 10j. EZCZASOI OP LONDON..4Ift month, paper, fildt. 50c. money, 1 25(. 4k. Thee moths. paper, Mt 35c. money. 231. 30c.—Cears kikeetique. " lihrysl Household (According to Mr. Gsray's steteinessi the expenses amounted to 58,973.800) " Foreign Affairs (According to Mt. Garay, 17,4316,8811.) " War DepartMent (According to Mr. Gamy, 572,680,4164 " Minister of Justice •• ..• .. (According to Mr. Gany,12,0441,151.) " Minlitry of the Marine...... s (According to Mr. Getey.185.985,837.) " Ministry of Finance, according to the report of the Directing Junta of 1620 140.000,000 THR KING. 11,000.000 506,000,000 rIIHE SUBCRIBERS to Mr. FINDEN'S WHOLE- I& LENGTH LINE ENGRAVING of HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY GEORGE THE FOURTH, are respectfully Informed that the Prints, price se3 3s. each, are now ready for delivery. London : Moon, Boys, and Graves, Printeellers to the King, 6, Pall Mall. .Jannaty I, 1830. 31,000.000 lICOOO,OOO In a f-w days, in Co. %THE LIFE of LORD BYRON, including his Cot -1 respondence *ith his Friends, and JOURNALS of him OWN LIFE and OPINIONS. Ural 03,000,000 aso.ooo,poo " Mt Amount of Revenue being By THOMAS MOORE, Esq. JOHN MURRAY. Albernetie Street. " The Annual Deficit it of. " To dill Morin must be added the deb, contracted abused. u follow : " For Arrears of the Royal Loan abd the mute perpetuate . 40.000,00 d " Rcitnbursement or the Socks ache Royal Loan ....... 12,000,000 " French Annuities . " English A ........ This day was published, In post no. price 10.. tki. SATAN: a Poem. By ROBERT MONTGOMERY. Author of " The thiffilpfesence of the rkity, Sm. 14. " Whence cornett thou?"—" From gding to and fro in the Borth, and from walling up and down is it."—Job. chap. L 7. London : !'rinsed for Samuel Maunder, Newpate street. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION. TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. This Day was Published, Parts I, add HARACTERISTIC SKETCHES of ANIMALS : C Drawn from the Life and Engraved by THOMAS LA NDSEER. CONDITIONS • This work will be published In Pans, the first day of every alternate Month. Each Part will tangelo Eight Engra vings four being large Plates, and the remainder spirited Vignettes of appropriate subjects, designed by Mr. Lampasas. The Engravings will be accompanied by interesting Descriptions and Notices of the various Animals petalled and the whole Work will be got up in the but manner. Price of the Royal Edition 90 per Pars. Imperial Quarto, on India Paper . 12s. ditto. London : Moon, Boys, and Graves. Printselkrs to the Kist, 6, Pall Mall. NKr I. eontains tits Girafe—atinassue—Thlbet Dogs—A (d -ean Riephant.—Paal 11. Bevil Tiger9—lbes—Elk—Musk Os. This day is published, Nu. IV. of the ONDON UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. L COMMITS : Address to the Public by the Proprietors--Departing Twilight —The Fur Fugitivtl, a Tale of 1851—To Memoir of Paracelstio..Tlatt Wabderer of Franconia, a Geological Romance—Genius—The Litetart Union-i-thekagle's Song, freely translated front the Girmin —Personal Recollections of Lit instant Charles Spencer, half pay ...-- Regiment; Chap. I I 1.-..0n Druidi cal Temples and Stones—.on the National eltataetet Of the Irish. The Family of the Jobas—SittspUfitatinh of Irtiowledgr, No. Bristol Colley—Travelling Reminiscences of sn Irish Law Student ....There's nu Forgetting. Rtvlaws.—lilentents of Physics, by Neill Arnott, Family Library, No. VIII. The Court and Camp of Beionaparte -.Sketches of Intellectual and Moral Relations, by Hanle! Mos, ILD —The LIR of a blldshipittaffot.Tne Cabin*, Clelopattlia, Vol. I. Sir NValter Soot's History of Scotland—The Young Lady 4 s . Boob, &c. UNIVERSITY INTELLIOEMCE.—The Proposed Hospital In COINIft• 14)0 with the University of London—Statement issued by the Council—Christmas Examination, 1940, the Senkle Litt& 'CladB-.‘ Cambntige Pane Subjects..Thi Law • lispotts—lEstritti truth New Books. Tag Duals'. --Drury Lone—Foveirs Intelligoines....Dwpsestic Intelligence—Meteorological Table— NOtices, &c.--List of Patents grahted to Dreehiber—A Table, .MSwing" the Hlgbastnnd Lovfew Pritei of the' P u bli c Funds orr radio Day, frcifit Ike dlth Nbv. " the 44th of Dee. both ineltwitre..:PrentlOWns oft CatiliiikaPese at. December St, 1849—List of Bertha s Marriage*, mad•Orsilts in Decemb,r, 1529. Chance, and Co. 85, St. Paull COPENHAGEN, Oct. 1829. Independeetly of the unfinished Palate of the King, there ate two buildings here, which, from their very remarkable and unique cha racter, are entitled to borne partkthr description. They both emanated from Christian IV. who, if be had turned his attends* to the arts, would clearly have invented a new, however grotesque, style of architecture. The first is the- Trinity Church, better known by the mime of the Round Tower. It is in the Kiobtba gergide,oi Dealers -street, and Its first stone was laid by the IN- Dish Monarch in 1637. Originally intended as a church for the University, it became, from the increase of the population, the parish church; but it does its daily and most important service* to the University, and Is the depository of the eatensive library, and of the collection of Northern antiquities, in its upper stories. By the way, why are churches of England useless for six dayi out of the seven ? Why should they not have their upper stories too; and apply them to the purposes of daily life—to become libraries, school*, and places of public utility. An additional story added t-• a church would cost little; • and boundless are the uses to Wiikh it nalcha be turned. Here the utility is of hourly obviousness • and certainly the choir is not desecrated by the good deeds Whab are dune above it. There wait formerly 111 Lads efontatentoratiori sera vice carried on here, but it has been diteoutinued. The towel was projected by longuniaotan, a disciple of Tyciho Beebe, and has been described et some length by Puntopiddan, is his " Origin.. Handsaws." Its height is 113 feet. eschitive of the observatory at the top ; and it is ascended, not by a staircase, but by a brick-paved road, so easy and gradual la the elevation, that carriages have mounted from the foundation to the top ,• on tine deession, Peter the Great ascended la a coach' and . blur (A.D. 171 O,) accompanied by the Empress. Sikh' a collective is is employed for the drawing of spruce beer gives nos (now the outer wafts iddletnove.t pretty dear idea of the Satire . of' doe asenit. The top is re ached without any fatigue; sad the edible 'Gumption is a prodigious improveMent on the wearyins steps Pitt Mild; the *Medi of mosetimets It emitted. In tide/ lithe Clherch Wee/ is the motaalleat of Rudd Marshal Selma 1 and there, tee, Jeep Asnas Niagnous (Arse 31agnsoms who the very curious wwhicherwoott esesstd W ) alk Ti and .hie Amt. the poet, of whose met yon have bad mile. and may have ether opportunities - of judging. Thi library is rich ID Seendhirtlio et-Muria. 'entre . Is wasileesodle 128.•;$ belletit the only one that wrists id Runic elsarainera•—.and Northern Sagas Is vely considerable. Rash has added gyvatly it• site t4pstmesakml by his genera jotinieV. sad IDe. IVilda. Of Calcutta, has presented many sianscrit . And other beg a le Count Nioltke's library of natural Itistoty, and Schoo's as Datti-lt . idtfightdrbre. loth' lash vatiable'aPpeddaged: • Arranged along the &Meat Or ll* It tpund Tower. me ramp Ibsfik inscriptions on huge stone. several or which lave been ?oupd latitudes long duce shaudon'etl by civilised beings ; sewilkittergive. WOW* evidence to the fact that the climate of Northern &rep Rails ti 5.500,009 (2-4.sthe UMW sterling). It would scent that it is the Parisians and the Dinh *ho are to provide for these accumulating deficits, by giving their money against renege perpetualles. " The whole amount of the public debt of Spain is 16 billions of reale (160 millions sterling). In the last oicial quotation of the Spanish Funds received from Madrid, we bad them at the fol lowing prices : Bonds of interest due 9$ ditto. le Vales —99 per cent. disciont. ,1 Vales Cons°lidated....99 ditto. " AI for the rents perpetuelle and the Rork tarli, they are not seed mentioned, transfers or invesuaents in those securities not being practicable in Spain. “ Let, then, those who have the temerity to compare the credit of the Spanish Government to that of any other Government, and who raise a cry *taloa the warnings given by the French Press to dike Frenchmen on whose purees Spate still keep' a covetous eye, considet the statement we hays here entered into. They may, in so doing, blush at their madam, their ignorance, or their bad faith: TRADE Tr lrm RUSSIA. The eomnserelal intercourse between Great Britain and %Mk I hieing closed for the season. maw details relative to the trade as. ibe peat year Mee come to hand by the last ordeals from St. P.. tetsbursb. it appears that the importation of conga sooda St. Petelsbersh In the lapt year, had been much more !glow due than doting 1898. There had arrived 56,571 pieces of go. brit:9.90.849 *Easel prbits rif all kinds, 34,430 pieces of MAI old handherebiefs 18,755 ;demo is( velstet and velveteens, and lAN piece* Of coverlets. Of wadies goods there bad beep impeited 10.975. s pods, and 1,001 of yarn. The importation of Goa Ni fagirM tirtionelderiddy, being ?lAN poode hi the lad year 149,994 pose 1529. TS* arrival of Cotton were 8000 Splint 74405 peed§ 11148. Th e importation of lead its pigs , " z apped.. and its sheets 15,844 peed., of dyed twist. 65,710 (Ad Of undyed 474.747 geode, being very ettosiderable Ms. • or 1 OIL * fie idleiti el' Rased& piano to &Mob' end other Porte en IMPS':.-Qt tame, 3,941.500 peak in thi lan year 'plow 1 1 1 1.3 11 . 00 11 . 4 0 , 44 it. ilia Pf•imasimpt, 391,1t00 poode; haM c all i.l i Pl 43oo . 4 gr dl 11 1111. 1 101.1_ 0 0 rids, 11•11.,),ss" yid ono. 00 po6ife; of br 51,990 geode ; of was. 44 gdinfe'; raw Maids i 11t4dbd ; and dressed,' 33,30 u; tit bat Arts, 1,tu7,11100 poodle; of (wisp, mai rasa r • of 144414 Mini ebetwensl Ors% 103,000 der if kow. emcee, K wt,„ do 4noegli 159,700 do. of *kWh 4010,1161:4 at Per. MOW . Pieces ; ordrdis; MOOD Stem dis ' difid; ospotie of peat.'.. Woo K refohhitgh:f e s e llt o t aa risill . .ic•Pitileeded dm* $B 9ll in. 1 lb m/Sow. g et, dim homy, Um, *bd. ashes, was. ortiar. 1111105 6 . wheat. NW* derably ; stride and crash. The eipOrts of last year to British Rota E, DEC. 9.—The inexorable, who make their bread by " poisotting port" and "letting lodgings," bold on In their stale corny, and will on " bate one jot" of the " war prices" which they had last year. Even a poor "sefittrin," like myself, all alone and without say Incumbninee whatever, cannot "locate" my little body in a decent apartment In the Via Babreloo or Plana di Spanga for less than a louts a day. or, at least, three piastres. 'I o this sum may be added ten pants (es. 7d.) for a dinner without wine, a world of money for foe 4 and fourteen peels for a bottle of sherry (6s. dd.) without including sates-de-plc, or any of the thousand-and-one Meadow which one finds it necessary to have. Time, however, who have the misfortune in these "evil days" to have families, have found it necessary to eschew hotel' and ledging-boeses, and to take op their abode in palaces ! This will sound somewhat extreardinasy to an English ear. but such. Degertheiess, is the fact. Be it known sot* you that divers " =senates" In this dry--to wit, Princes. Dukes. Mar golin., Cardinals, &c. are infinitely more needy than happier of hosel-keeeers ; aod that. therefore they me willing t lee a parr, (and the best. pert too) of the palaces for muck lower prices—com paratively speaking—than the professional lodging-bouse.keepers. Hence they have this year fouled ad abundsnce of customers ; for where 'betake family of eight or ten perseps, wish four or five ser vants, the saving In this way is immense. Not but that they are cheat. ed, and hugely too • for theft ls no needy Italian Noble who would not bleak his wo rd to gain ten pauk ; but even with this and the robberies of their servants (if they be Italians), they are yet better ed 4 as regards the pocket , than at any betel in Rome. Thus Lord Shrewsbury has taken the Wenn* Palace ; while Lady Virestmor- Wel rents another outside the Porta Pia, belonging to the family of Pants'. Sir George Warreoder, who has lately arrived, and is sitting a succession of dinners at Heidi% is in treaty for another palace ; and so they say is Mr. Charles Grant ; and at this moment there is a Maestro di Oise on the lookout for a suitable palace for the Marquis of Hertford, who is expected soon. A comikierabie sum has been offered to one Italian Nobleman, but I believe the engagement is broken all—Drag Paper. RONAN BANDITTI.—There it now in one of tho prisons of the Roman Government a celebrated chief of banditti. named Gasparoni, who Is accused of 143 murders, 105 of which he onnfesses. The first crime of this person was a murder, com mitted when be was only 16 years of age, on bit parish prie st, tor refusing him absolution for a theft. At 16. he distinguished bon sai is a skirmish with the pollee of whom he billed or wounded 20, and was elected captain of tire band in which be served, said the numbers of which he subsequently raised to two hundred.— Amongst the most daring exploits of this band. prior to their be coming so numerous, was the stonnieg of a Convent of Nuns at Mount Corned', la the middle of the day, sad carrying off 34 icropuish who were there tor education. and whom ha selected from the others, having previowly obtained information that their parents were in circumstances to pay a heavy ragwort'. They were kept ten, and some nth twenty days in the mountaiss, where (to his credi t be it spokes') every attention and respect the situation and their safe keeping warranted, was paid them. The ransom demanded hr each varied from 200 to 1,000 dollars; and for which he bad the moorage, sub was the terror ids name bad acquared, to treat In penes; so one dared stress hint, from fear of the . nominees% Whet is meet extraordinttry in the life of this inheres.% is his strict attention to the outward forms of his religion ; his person was nearly covered with crosses and images of saints. He (as well as most of his companions) auended regularly on the festivals, never once committed either senrder or robbery en a Friday. and always on this, as well es other vigils, observed a .paries fast. A priest was tempelled•to confess them once a Steed% (who of course, from terror, gave them immediate Antolission,) Mod one of this ceder was at lest the means of bring ing them to. jumiee, sad dint:eying the Laird. On tatir-alg once to the mounteins, alter a Severe enemata with the gendat oligrlt, in which be had been worsted, sad gee of his best men killed. he sowed • bishop and a friar who bad been tale° the day before, mid awaited his return to name tbeir.rarasoni. Minted by the lens he bed .sosiiined, they were inthiediattly ordered ira tifF i to. when *deemed to th e illshap. that 4k only use of pr eservin g his life was en hie knees to deny the esionroce of the r. . The bishop, sigh* no ratans elevesplefftleatb. " 0 014 i.l l l 2 4 6 9114 0 2 1 * ilbalirWid. " Wreath! Obeli set Mk' l'f,thY I. *ifs ileitmagy stabbed him to the heart. 'I he Mad grad mist * With eribing the ~der of the bishop, t i .. , . lierili b t & :nettkOtili WIN . Wwastaily geilltade. Orr his hop s reply was shon Pr, LIMO WIF be an ac whiners, Miff may sa save the bishop's mm hoe purgatory. ' world is tee .11011/Opt fee thee ;" anti preeeethi hie carbine, shot Mos dead et ids feet. .