Star. — London, England, 1826-01-05 00:00:00

• HOWARD.AND GIBBS' CREDITO Yesterday a•Meking (lithe Creditori of Howaitand' Tibbs was convened, ptirsuant to an. Advettisenimat the Gazelle of the 13th of Decesisber. Mr. Sum* was tailed to the Chair. - Mr. S rEPH ZNS stated, that the circumstances that to the present meeting were these—A proposal of coat-. promise of the debts due in various ways by Lord Al vanley to the Bankrupts estate was made in the course of the summer, '20,0001. was the sum offered. This tam WAS rejected on the part of the creditors. In the month ni Sistember another offer of 30,0001. was made, which offer was rejected also, with approval of the creditors, and ibis was accompanied with an intimation• that .10 000/. would be accepted in lieu of all ilairiss.— This e.nonsunication he (Mr. S.)- made to Mr. Powell, the Solicitor of L-rd Alvanley's Trustees, accompanied with a statement of the accounts to which his Lord ship's estates were liable, andthe amount of the various demands upon him ; the amount at which he stated them was 53,7371. I3s. 3d. but that 40,( 00/. would be accepted, and a sacrifice of the difference be made, to avoid hostile proceedings. If, however, the propo sal t , pay that sum within a reasonable time was not acceded to, not a shilling more would be abated, and proceedings should be forthwith taken for the recovery of the whole demand. To this communication he re ceived a reply from Mr. Powell, stating, that 30,0001. was proposed on the part of the Trustees of Lord Alvanley, as one which, in their opinion, would cover all that was legally due to the Bankrupt's e,tate, and that they could not, consistently with their duty to the interests coi,fided to their cape,- propose a larger sum than 30,0001. The let ter further proposed, in the event of this propo sition not being acceded to, to leave the w hole of the transactions to at bitration. The letter further held out the prospect of the money being ready shortly after Christmas, from the sale of some of the estates. Circum stances stood in this position, and it remained for the creditors to decide what was the course for them now to pursue. Mr. POWELL then addressed the Meeting, be said they would no doubt be startled to hear that between , she months of March and October, in the year in which the bankruptcy took place, there had been negotiated bills and sums in different ways, to which Lord Alvan- Icy had been a party, to the amount of 150,0001. Of' this money so negotiated, Lord Alvanley had only re ceivr-d 30,0001. If it appeared, therefore, that this motley was not for Lord Alvatriey's use, but to assist the Louse of Howard and Gibbs in their pecuniary embarrasments, it would be.ome a question whe ther the whole of these dealings. did not strongly pattake of the character of a legal fraud? And it it did, of course the security that arose out, of them would fall to the ground. Again, the commission that had been charged upon discc unting those bills, l was enormous; there was a charge of 10,0001. for cam mission and stamps, where the legal charge ought only to have been five or 6001. They were discounted sometimes at 101. 201. and upwards per cent. A CRIEDITOR—Aye, and sometimes £lOO per cent. I was my seff offered £l,OOO for £7OO. A desultory conversation then took place as to the question of referring the accounts to arbitration, which, it appeared, had been objected to on the part of the assignees, because Mr. Powell, as Lord Alvanloy's agent, insisted on the whole accounts being re npeneWto be referred. At length it was agreed that a future Meet ing of the creditors 'Mind be called, to take into consideration the receiving from Lord Alvanley's Trustees the sum of £30,500 in gull of all demands. , .REDUCTION IN THE PRICii • OF BEER.—We under stand it is the intention of the Brewers to reduce the price of the Porter to sd. per quart. The reduction to commence from this day. REDUCTION IN THE DUTY ON SPIRITS.—The new , duty commences this day, and is 7s. per imperial gallon on all spirits made in England, and the same duty on ail spit its manufactured in Scotland and Ireland, and imported into this country. The spirit to be hydrometer proof, or if exceeding or falling short thereof, to pay in proportion. The duty on Ruin will be Si. 6d. per im penal gallon. The reduction will be about 2s. per gallon on British Spirits, exclusive of the addition to the mea sure (about Is. 6d. more) and in Rums the consumer will gain the additional measure, and perhaps a small addition to the strength. For some time since there has been established at Paris a company of forgers, who made, for 250 or SOO francs, extracts from the registers, proving the death of persons who, they said, had perished in the Russian Campaign. They effected this by effacing the names of soldiers really dead, by some chemical process, and substituting other names in their stead. To the ,surprise of some widows and heirs, persons pre sumed dead have returned, and thus the forgery has been brought to light. Some of Loyola's disciples, is their zeal, undertook to purge the library at St. Jean de Losner, of improper books, and sea away parts *f Voltaire, of Rousseau, and Montesquieu. Bossuet was to have been treated in the same manner, when their occupation was discovered, and they have, however, been deprived of .the means of performing such services in future. Sunday evening last, the dwelling-house of Mr. Cod ling, a Genilenian residing at Stockwell-green, was broken into by some notorious thieves, and plundered of vat ions articles of property, among wh:ch was a silver watch, with appendages; several silver spoons, two, fur tippets, a quantity of linen, a suit of black clothes, &c. 'Jo the same evening. the house of Mr. Barker, in Earl street, Lesson-grove, was forcibly entered, and robbed of about three dozen silver table and tea-spoons, a silver era and milk-ewer, a miniature set in diamonds, a gold topaz ring, surrounded with ditto; a pearl necklace, and ear-rings besides other articles of jewellery, &c. Another Gold Mine has been discovered in North Carolina, Ouse miles aboye the narrows of. the Yadkin River, which is represented to be very rich. A Company has been for Med in the counties of Rowan, Montgo mery, Arisen, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, and elsewhere, for tt:e purpose of Working these mines systematically, for which purpose they have procured a practical miner from Europe, a Mr. Rothe, who, hem an examination t the country, entertains an opinion, that this section of North Carolina is the most 'extensive deposit _of guld indica° discovered in the wo r ld.—American Paper. PURCHASING BANK NOTEII.—AsSOrtIe of our readers tight perhaps be disposed to purchase, at a discount, the notes of such banks as hive lately failed, we think it right to state, fol. the information of those who may not be acquainted with the law on the subject, that persons who purchase notes after a commission of bankruptcy has iisued against the bank by which they "ere issued, cAnabt ptove on the estate, in respect of such notes; and even if the notes. are purchased before the bankruptcy; the piircluuer can only Prove for the amount they really 'mad basiefae paid for thew. 4'ES Ni 1 NST ER SESSIONS—THIS DAY. This.morning, the General Quarter Sessions for the City .and Liberty of Westminster, commenced at the Guilohall, heftsin Fay -Nets CoNsr, Esq. the Chairman, - and a . Bench of Magistrates. From the report presented, of the state of Toth ill- fields prison, it appeared there were 115 prisoners, com mitted for ♦arious offences, and only six cases were entered on the traverse paper. Mr. ALLEN, Clerk of Arraigns, having sworn the Grand Jury, The CHAIRMAN addressed them as follows:—" Gen tlemen, it is highly satisfactory for me to inform you, that there is nothing which I have to dwell upon, that will come before you, but your good, judgment and long experience will enable you to perform, without a remark from the Bench." The Grand Jury then retired, to find the bills for felony, and, on the petit jury taking their seats, the Court proceeded oa the traverse paper, to try assault cases. KENT ASSIZES. The Winter Gael Delivery for the County of Kent, commenced at Maidstone on Monday. The Calend'sr contains about 190 commitments. ....... The Grand Jury having ignored a bill of indictment against Lieutenant hlillett, of his Majesty's ship RA... millies„ for the wilful murder of Robert Carpenter, at Lydd, on the 11th August, by shooting him with a pistol, the Lieuteaant (who had been admitted to b .il, and now surrendered) remained to be tried upon the Coroner's Inquisition ;but before he was arraigned, Mr. Baron Iluitrcir intimated that he had great difficulty in putting defendant upon his trial, in COOS!** quence of an objection apparent on the face of the Co- roner's Inquisition. The Inquisition alleged that the deceased came by his death in consequence of the act of Milieu, Lieutenant on board his Majesty's ship Ramillies," without giving the Lieutenant his Chris tian name,or even averring that thrßarrsillies was within the body of the County. Unless this objection could be remnved,he thought he ought not to array the defendant. Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. NIARSHAM, for the prosecu tion, submitted that there was svfEcient certainty in the description of the defendant to put him on his trial.— Every intendment most be made in favour of the Co roner's Inquisition, which, though traversable, was in the nature of a judicial record. It was impossible for the Coroner, perhaps, to ascertain the Christian name of the party - accused. Here was certainly enough ; and it was for the defendant to shew that he was not the party intended. Suppose a prisoner, upon being ex amined before the Coroner, or a Magistrate, refused to give his Christian name, it would be sufficient to de scribe him as a person whose name was unknown.— Suppose the defendant to be tried and acquitted on this Inquisition, and should afterwards be indicted, he might plead such acquittal in bar of indictment. . Alr. Serjrant eb.u.ow and Mr. Knox, fur the defendant, were . . stopped by Mr. Baron HULL9CIC. who was clearly of opinion that the description of the prisoner was too uncertain, to justify him in permitting the trial to proceed. It would have been very ea.) , to ascertain the defendant's Christian name. This was , not like the case where a party refuses to give his name; for in such -cases the refusal and the identity of the accused might be made. matter of averment and evicharice. Here there was so refusal of that ..kind hoggepteii; and, therefore, there was no satisfactory answer to the objection; witheibt adverting tb anvpaher objections app trent on the ee. l cord,.it was.macient to say that the defendant ought not to betried on this inquisition. The inquisition was ordered to be quashed, and the defendant was discharged. William Russell was indicted for stealing, at Teston, on the Iltb November, a pint of ale, value twopence, the property of Lord Barham. Mr. MARSHAM conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Cl..taKson the defence —The prisoner had been occa- 1 sionally employed to brew beer at Lord Barham's, house. He had been intrusted with the key of the cellar. Suspicion being entertained that he made free' with the beer, he was watched by his Lordship's butler on the 11th Novemb-r, and was taken in the act of drawing a pint of ale. After this he was allowed to, remain in the house until the 14th, when he went away. He was taken up on the 17th, and on the 28th he was committed for trial. On cross.ezamination, it appeared that the Noble prosecutor had been described by a wrong Christian name; whereupon the Learned J Age directed an ac quittal. Verdict—Not Guilty. It is propose.' to construct a canal I•r sloop naviga tion around the Fall, of Niagara, to connect the waters of Lakes Erie and Ontario. In repairing an old building lately,. in Newtown, Connecticut, a leather bag, containing several hundred dollars in silver, was found secreted in the chimney. It is supposed the money was placed by the former owner and occupanr,an old bachelor, some time since deceased. Friday, about three o'clock in the afternoon, bis Ma jesty's packet HARLEQUIN, whiist•attempting to make the harbour of Howth during an extremely thick frosty fog, took the ground at the back of the pier, before the direction at which its entrance ley bad been clearly as..! attained. The fog having &tared off immediately ' afterwards, the m.ll and passengers were landed with out delay in Howth harbour, and the vessel was got off without the slightest injory. Fin s.—About ten o'cl-ck on Tuesday night, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. J nes, a boot and shoe maker, in 'Globe -street, Bethnal-green, which instantly caught the stair-cite, and threatened the safety of the family and lodge's, who narrowly escaped with their lives. By the speedy arrival of the firemen, aided by a plentiful supply of water, the house. was preserved from destruction.—Yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the boiling house of Mr. Woodford, a tripe dressei, in Tothill-street, Westrotoster, which was confined tot the adjoining stabling and Mr. Woodford's warehouse, which, how ever, were de troyed. FRIGMG VOYAGE OF DISGOVERL—The Paris ACR ' decoy of Sciences, ni its sitting on Monday, ucceived st; letter from the Minister of the Marine, announcingthat the ell-vette l'Astrolabe, Captain Dumont de chtilijli r was about to sail on a.voyage of discovery, and reqisestr jog the Academy to appoint a Commission to prepare j such instructions as might he judged expedient. The l l object of this expedition it . to explore certain pairs of the globe, e hich ale not rt sufficiently wal known, and paiticu'aily the Coats of New Guinea, and alb.* of New Zealand: A Commission, consist's', of Messrs. Cuvier, Ar..g Delaplace, Desfon a;nes, D ilotig,* and Aithrone de Ito,sei, was appointed in c -nseijuetice.— Galisaani'a ides emger. COMMERCE OF GLASGOW. • - TROIA TIME GLASGOW* COURIER OP TUESDAY. The comroencernent of a new year enable, us In pre sent to our lt , aders a general view of the extent of 'the Imports and Exports, the Consumption, and the Stock on hand, of several of the most important articles of our Commerce. The following is the general summary for the Clyde: COTTON—BAGS. Import. Export. Stock. Consump. 60,059 1,576 7,039 56,995 46,457 5,592 54,702 1825, 1824, SUGAR. • Hogsheads. Tierces. Barrels. 1825, 24,969 1,078 2,052 1824, 24,024 1,168 2,660 &ock, Dec. 31, 1125, 6,014 164 COFFEE. Tierces. 964 1,125 1825, 1824, 24S Barrels and Bags. 2,796 2,725 Stock, December 31, 1825, 855 2,474 Ditto 1824, 614 1,546 HOME CONSUMPTION OF 1825. 1824. Sugar, cwts . 233,214• 261,000 Molasses, cwts. • 72,463 62,300 Coffer, ewes. 4,010 5,600 Rum, galls. 66,258 96.800 'Tobacco, lbs. . 755,468 578,200 From this statement it appears that the reduction of duty on Tobacco has increased the consumption about one-third, while the retention of the former duty on Rum has decreased the consumption of that article to nearly an equal extent. The following is the state of the Imports and Exports of Cotton at the great Colton port, Liverpool, for last }ear : Bags. 706,784 441,364 Total Imports, INS, Do. do.. 1824, Apparent Increase, Stock, 31st Dec. 1825, Do. do. 1824, 265,420 *511,700 121,000 Apparent Increase, • . 190,700 But the preceding statements give us 00 unfair and partial view of the subject. To place it in a fairer and more proper point of view, we must contrast the Im ports of 1824 and the stock on hand at the commence. ment of thst year, with the Imports of 1825 and the stock on hand at !he commencement of that year:— Stock, Ist January, 11124, . 3114,000 Imported, do. 537,492 Total Stock, Ist January, 1825, . Imported, 1825, . 921,492 Total Total for 1824, 255,3110 847,615 1 p 52,975 11t1,492 Increase - 160,483 But from this we have to deduct the increased exports and the increased consumption. What the latter is we are not yet able to ascertain exactly, but taking it in the same proportion on the imports as at Glasgow, Four per Cent. the increased consumption will be-- Increased Consumption—Bags . 34,000 Increased Exports . . . . 34,000 Total Increase . . 45,0450 which deducted from 160,483, leaves 112,488 bags as ;Nereid incriasel.zof importation beyond the demand of the tnirket,'ind which latter it must be recollected has, on account 'of conibinations and other circumstances of a like unusual nature, been more than usually dull during the greater past of the year which has 'just closed. From Egypt the increased importation amounts ] to 58,500 bales, which may be accounted altogether a new masker. Bait we may approximate the real state of the Cotton Market—that is,- the sopply to the demand, still mcne closely, as t..llows : . 6t9,0911 Bap. 34,000 14,000 697,091 . 1,034,975 Consumption af 11124 Do. increase of 1825, as above Increased Exports, 1825 Consumption, 1825 Stock and Imports, 1825 Supply in proportion to demand 384,977 which is only 1,877 bags more than the number on hand at the Ist of January, 1824. ANGLO-MEXICAN ASSOCIATION. Yesterday a very numerous Meeting of the S are. holders in this Association took place at the City of London Tavern. DAVID BARCLAY, Esq. in the Chair. This was the first General Meeting of die Proprietors, and a full Report of the proceedings in Mexico was read., It contained, first, an enumeration of the Mines, above thirty is number, along with a statement of the respective proportions of the annual profit on each Mine to the Company, in consideration of an advance. The Mines in Mexico, it appeared, are in no degree the pro perty of the G Iva nment ; they belong to individuals; and no foreigners were admitted into partnership in those concei ns, until the disasters of the Revolution, and the civil war, began in the year 1810, deprived the I Mite Owners of the capital requisite for the under- Itakings. The general purport of the Report was, that considerable progress had been made in raising the water from the inundated Mines; that quantities of ore had been extracted from the upper part of Mines; and that tie processes of stamping, amalgamating, and smelting, were in progress. The Report spoke with con fidence of the . ultimate success of the undertaking ; and the Directors expressed a coftviction, that if those Mines had been, dining the last century, a source of great profit. even under the great disadvantages of the Mexican method, the einpl .yment of Engl sh capital and machinery would not fail to render them much more valuable. A very tavourable statement from the First Commis sioner in Mexico was transmitted to the Directors. ' Mr. Powuts (one of the Commissioners) read an ab stract of the receipts and expenditure of the Associa tion from its commencement two years ago, exhibiting on one side the receipt of eight instalments, and on the other the appropriation of the money, which was ex 4pairded partly in the purchase of quiasilver, machinery, sthres, but in a greater degree in advances tift,die spot, for making the Mines. The amount of the receipts was upwardr of 400,0001. and the amount of the expenditure r 'tiler exceeded that sum. No disco Alen whatever took place upon the subject. The Re 114 W woo agreed to, and ordered to be printed, and after thanks were voted to the Chairman, the Meeting bryke up. ,-44 • Discounts continue in be fieely given on gond corn meicial bills in the City, ',Articularly when at slinri 'dates, and the' trans - act - inns of tra to appear to be gra dually rrtur i g to then forma Slat* SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. We Itive'reeeivqd an account from York of the NOrth Country Nominations for the Great Ssi Later Slakes at Doncaster, up to the last moment. • ' DONCASTER MEETING, 1826. • G Sitar Sr. LICIIII STAKta..—A Sweepstakes of 25 MTS. each, for cults and fillies, now two years old, to be run on the Tuesday in the Doncaster Meeting, 1826; colts to carry Bst. 61b. and fillies Bst. 31b. St. Leger Course. Mr. Powell's b. c. by Norton, dam by Canterbury, out of Merry_ thought, by Totteridge. Mr. Mason's ch. 1. by Egrenyont—Lancashire Witch. Lord Duudaesbr. c. by Amidst, dam by Pandolpho. Mr. Rolling's b. f. Grecian Queen, Sister to Homer, by Carton. Mr. Walker's b. f. Fair Star, by Milo, dam by Young Woodpecker. Mr. R. Harrison's b. e. Royal Oak, by Catton, dam by Smolensko. Mr. T. O. Powletes b. c. brother to Miss Fanny, by Walton. Mr. F. Lumley's br. c. by Ardrossan, out of Marygold. Mr. Stephenson's br. c. by Walton, dam by Phantom. Sir W. Gerard's br. c. Luaton, by Rinaldo, dam by Bening brough, out of Sister to (Irian. Sir W. Gerard's b. c. by Rinaldo, dam by Young Chariot, out of Vanguard. Mr. Wilkinson's h. F by Octavian, out of Don Antonio's darn. Mr. Jaques's br. 1. Galena, by Walton. Mr. Nevill's b. c. Smuggler, by 'Meths, D. Andrews. Lord Scarborough's b. c. Tatrare, by Cotton. Lord Scarborough's ch. c. • Conjuror, by The Jtrigkr, out of Catton's dam. Mr. Wortley's b. e. Crusader. by Cervantes--Detaviana. Mr. Wortley's br. e. by Cervantes, out of Calypsd.• Mr. S. Lawrence's ch. f. Eurasia, by Walton, dam by Hamble tonian. Mr, Frankland's b. 1. by Don, Juan, dam by Haphazard. Mr. Johnson's b. 1. Vests, by Governor. Mr. flaird's ch. c. by Ardrossan, out of Lady Cranstrazer. Mr. Plate's b. e. Nulens Valens, Brother to Conviction. Mr. Houldsworth's bt. f. Fanny Davies, Sister to Palatine. Mr. Wilson's eh. e. by Magistrate, out of Pluto's dam. Mr. Wilson's b. c. by Fdho da Puts, darn by Camillus, out of Filen. Duke of Leeds's gr. f. by Walton, out of Lisette. Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Whisker, out of Masquerade. Duke of Leeds's ch. c. by Whisker, dam by Trophonihs. Mr. ltidsdale's b. c. by Bustard, out of Olympia. Mr. Itidsdale's ch. c. by Tramp, out of Rhubarb's dam. Mr. ilidsdale's b. e. by Oiseau, wit of Bledora. Mr. Lambron's b. c. Ms:Oster:by Soothsayer, out of Loretta. Mr. Lambton's br. f. Claudine, by Ebor, - out of Orphan. Mr. Lemiston's b. e. by Waterloo, dam by Soothsayer. Mr. Watt's br. e. Belzoni, by Blacklock, out of Manuella. Mr. Watt's ch. c. Brother to Barefoot, by Tramp. Mr. Watts's ch. f. by Caton, out of Altisidora. , Mr. Petre's ch. 1. Missey, by Cotton, out of Agatha. Mr. Wilkinson's ch. f. Red Cross Knight, by Anudis. Lord Kennedy's b. c. King Carton, by Cotton. Lord Kennedy's b. c. King Cole, by Paulowitz, out of Isidore. Lord Kennedy's ch. Bedlarnite, by Welbeck. Lord Kennedy's bl. f. Mary Ann, Sister to Streatha m . Lord Kennedy's b. e. Scaramouch, by Dun Juan, out of Wagtail. Lord Kennedy's b. e. Caur de Lion, by Cervantes. Cradock's br. c. Hussar, by Whisker, sister to Torchbearer. Col. Cradock's br. c. Pirate, by Tramp, out of Minna's dam. Mr. Whitelocke's b. f. Gin, by Juniper, nut of Princess Jensima. Mr. Darnell's b. f. Decision, by Magistrate, out of Remembrance. Mr. Der nell's b. f. Jessamine; by Natio, out of Woodbine. air. I)arnell's ch. f. Redlock, by Blacklock. Mr. Pelham's br. e. by Tiresias, dam by Hambletonian. Mr. Loftus's b. c. by Cotton, out of Kitty, by Orville. Sir T. Sykes's b. c. by Juniper, dam by Camillus. Lord Muocaster's b. f. Garcia, by Octavian. Major Yarborough's hr. c. by Tramp, dam by Prime Minister. Mr. Holyoake's b. c. by Grey Orville, dam by Hambletosion. Mr. Gascoigne's b. c. Restless, by Magistrate, out of Shepherdees. Lord Kelburne's ch. e. Brother to Cymheline. Lord Milton's b. c. 'Firkin, brother to Sandbeek. Sir J. Byng's b. e. Mulatto, by Catton, out of Desdemona. Lord Fuwilliam's eh. c. Barataria, by Cervantes. Mr. Cradock's ch. c. Thales, by Tramp, out of Margatetta. Mr. Russell's b. c. Hardwiek,by Orville, dam by Dick Andrews. Lord Queensberry's 6. e. The Constable, by Magistrate. Lord Londonderry's b. e. by Whisker, out of Castrella. Mr. Farqubarson's b. e. by Cation, out of a sister to B.:lndict. Sir W. hlilner's b. c. 14 Cation, out of Neva. Sir W. Milner's ch. c. by Amodio, darn by Joolpey. . filr W. Milner's br. V. sister to Osmond. Mr. Brandling's br. f. by %Meek, out of Sheba's Queen, Mr. Brandling's b. c. by Tramp, dam by Sancho. The following colts and fillies have been nominated for the entre race in London and Newmarket: Mr. Payne's b. c. The Captain, by Wetback. br. c. by Octavius, dam by Election, out of Amato& b. e. by Anticipation, out of Gelder-rose. Mr. Mill's b. e. Panic, by Spectr e, out of Zuleika. eh. c. Apelles, by Rubens, dam by Woful, out of sister to Brandon. Mr. Marriott's b. e. Clothier. by Cannon Ball. General Grosvenor's ch. e. Full Moon, by The Flyer, dam Mem shine, out of Longwaist's grandam. Mr. J. Pickford's ch. c. The Captain, by Abjer, out of sister to Petworth. Mr. Wardell's b. c. Horn cliffe, by Whitworth, dam by Bt. George, grandam by ripator, out of Pyrrha, by Matchem. Mr. Mytton's b. c. Bowsprit, by Rainbow, out of Cobbia. Mr. Yam's b. f. Little B 3 peep. b. e. Paul Pry, brother to Madame Poll. Mr. Wortley's b. c. Crusader, by Cervantes, out of Octavian. br. e. by Cervantes, out of Calypso. Mr. Clifton's b. e. Tom, by Walton. Mr. S. Lee's eh. c. Musette, by Muley, daM by Alexander the Great. Mr. J. Rogers' b. e. Waterman, by Woful, out of 'Roulet. Mr. Forth's b. e. Merrier, by Phantom, dam by Ruben% oat of Chry seis. ---- b. e. Skyrocket, by Beilm, out of Y. Chrysels. ch. c. by Interpreter, dam by Canopus, grand-dam by • W. Woodpecker. b. f. by Interpreter, darn by Dick Andrews, out of- Spitfire. Lord Orford's ch. e. Rector, by Muley, dam by Dick Andrews. b. e. Swiss Guide, by Tramp. Mr. Thornhill's Sophist. The General. Mr. Pettit's, b. e. Baron blunchausen by Wofu l. Mr. Hunter's b. c. by Orville, out of Canvas. We feel confirmed, from certain respectable infor mation that we have received, in the accuracy of our seafood-lit that p commercial treaty with France, deemed favourable by those who are mote particularly acquainted with ha tenour, mat be con cluded before the meeting of Parliament.—Tuneh NSW YORK, DEC. KEAN concluded his late engagement here by his benefit last night in King Lear, berme a full and respectable house; and the perform ance, like the previous one in the same character, was true to the author and to natute. On tl.e fall of the curtain Mr. KZAII was called for, and after some minutes of rest from the fatigues of the evening. is appeared and made a handsome address to the audience, expressive of grateful feelings for the kindness with which he had been received. PETERSBORON —The Imperial Court of Petersburgh has assumed the ordinary mourning, commencing from the 9th ult. Every day funeral services are celebrated at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Cassan, and in all the Churches. Crowds of the faithful appear at the foot of the- altars, to deposit the tribute of their tears and prayers for t he beloved parent of whom they have 'been deprived. The reported abdication of the Emperor CONSTANTINE appears to be much credited in France. The reasonings of the French Journalisx on the asserted event are curious. One supposes that CONbTA NTINIS wishes.to be King of Poland ; another, that he means to turn Monk ; and a third, that having fixed his mind on becoming Esoperor of Constantinople, he is a Ming to give up the throne of St. Petersburgh. But all these are the vague ideas of the respective authors. Certain it is, that Cos. STANTINS has been formally proclaimed Empe, 441 beyond that, all is at prevent mere conjecture and , heartay.