Star. — London, England, 1823-12-29 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERIC.-1N CONSULS. ne Cambridge, 80-gun s tip, Captain T. J. MA LING, arrived at Spithead on Wednesday , from the Note, En id f or foreign service, and intended for the South A m erican station. The Consuls appointed to Monte ridge, B uen os Ayres, Chili, and Peru, with their wives. . 04 f am ilies, in all 72 persons, go out in the Cambridge, ; a d p e at exertions have been making to hasten her de ,,,itare. So urgent were the orders for her to be ready to r - se ii when wind and weather will permit, that her were mustered and inspected, and paid advance of f t " t h e day after she arrived at Spithead (Christmas /my) . me-following are the names of the Gentlemen srbo take passages in her: Itenscsorr, Esq. Consul-General, and U. n(31;1101111 and u lnas*, Kim Vice-Consuls, for Peru. Neon. Esq. Consul-General, Ds Roos and G „,,, &qrs. Vice-Consuls, for Chili. paws , Esq. Consul-General, and Gurrirws and R. F. , flouserm ig a crs. Vice-Consuls, for Buenos Ayres ; and Dien, Bs+ ConsulftGenetal, for Monte Video. p unle AIONU/11EA 7' TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE C. DIBDIN, ESQ. --....-- &today evening the Committee of Management, y o doeducting the subscriptions for this popular under tiling, resumed their labours at theFreemasons' Tavern. it is known to the Public that some months ago a D otting of the admirers of Mr. Dibdin 's writings and we posttions took place at the Freemasons. Tavern, to gss'der of the propriety of raising a subscription for a page Monument to his memory, when a series of reset titionswere passed, a Committee appointed, and.a sub scription mimed into. .., At the meeting on Saturday, Dr. KITCHENER pre fwd. The chief business transacted was the passing of A psolution for holding a Public Dinner in February o mit which nearly the whole of 'the professional ta fa w • A will attend, for the . purpose of giving many id . Vast favourite songs, and on that occasion n ' ' if the Monument . is to be exhibited. ‘ , th e subscriptions already announced, there ~:? that spoke volumes—" An Old Admiral, . . 1 ' 0 One who acknowledges the service which • 'renderedlo the British Navy,•lol." " A Jack t".• all his Rhino, but me at an end, 1L'lt:" besides rs equally pertinent. . L"l•Dr. Kinsman announced, that as he. possessed the • *Eysingular piano-forte on which Mr. Dibdin used to , totem in the year I'7BB, when 'whole audiences were "gratified by his exclusive talent, and the construction of ich was highly curious, he could not put it to a bet ier tee than in rendering it subservient to the object twbicb the Meeting had in view. He therefore begged „spfresent it to the Committee, as a subscription, leaving it to them to dispose of it to the best advantage. ' It was eventually decided, that the instrument should hued at the Public Dinner, previous to any sale .tak beg place. The names of the Stewards already appointed were then announced, and comprised several of the Nobility, and mutt of the leading characters in the musical and dramatic professions, which, we presume, will be offi cially announced. BRIGHTON, DECEMBER 26. THE KING. L addition to the Royal and splendid suite of yester &l i the Earl and Countess of CnicazsrEft, the Earl ad Countess CowPsn, the Count and Countess Mow s?* the Conde de FUNCHAL, and the Marquis GRA itmi;bad the honour of dining with his MAJesTY to-day. At this time, (nine p. u.) the whole mike of the Palace apartments, for the first time - this year, were generally and beautifully illuminated. The increase of Royal guests, since dinner, includes — Lady Durrell, Colonel and Mra. Fitzclarence, Captain Foy, Mr. aid NM Hope, Colonel French, Colonel John, Lord Dudley Steart e -and, of the 7th Royal Hussars, Colonel Thornhill, Major Fnues yajor Keane, Captain Strangeway, and Earl of Hopetoun. The Dukes of YORK and CLARE CE were unostenta tidally walking in various parts of the town yesterday and to•day. The Duchess of CLARENCE, attended by the Countess of Elinor, took an airing in his MAJiteri carriage each day, before dinner. The Duke of WELLINGTON, the Earl of Ealtor4 the tad Of HOPETOVN, Lord GRANVILLE, and other Noble Personages, were with Colonel THORNHI LL, at Portslide, this morning, and enjoyed some very interesting pram ticewith the Colonel's hawks. Lel BATHURST took leave of his MAJESTY, and left tk a Palm" to return to town, this morning. • The Duke of Yonx went yesterday toLulworth Castle the Coditem of Mr. fleuesory co a visit to the Right Moo. Secretary, for a few days, to meet a shooting party. Mr. Pirtle*, • Losameron, Sir.,Hammat Tarteut, and several other °facial 43 teuten,1t.ft town on Sanuday for LulWorth Castle, to join ihe.grwty. Marquis of STAFYORD entertained, on Saturday, rilrrari t a h .ev PAGEL, and a distinguished party, at dinner, RA almond. * - - b. Countess of Essaz entertained the Dowager "Moot of firemen, and a select circle of fashionables, on Satur etraideo, at her loose Berkeley-Aquair. Ile Earl of HARRINGTON had a dinner party yester afetildihease In the Stable-yard, St. James's. In the evening ha Lodytatp entertained a select circle of fashionables. The Earl of LONSDALE is entertaining a distinguished Ilurgaiseds at his seat, Cottesmore, Butlandshire. Marquis of TITCIIFIELD arrived on Saturday at of Portlaud's), in St. issues-scrum, from a tour. uis of ExaTzir has left Thorir.i;s Hotel, for the Pavilion, Brighton. Thrillarlitais of HUNTLY has arrived in toe* from sett,„ Castle, Huntingdon. ‘.' • • "In Laval; left town on Saturday, for Brighton. 14d It ..ERICELEY has arrived in town, from Molsey. Zil e Hon. W. 0. POWLETT has arrived at his seat , near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, from a tour. General MINA attended Mass, }esterday, at South ,strighteetieg.auPtt He looked very well. He is a little lame In his T he ')anish Genetal.Qvinonn visited Winchester on Spy, 14 " 11 sevaight, acooospaoled by Sir Toon., Dr ~ am. N Pantomimes at both Houses were repeated on viii great applause, and each promises to be of lasting Imagism ;,. A ec°rding to accounts from Turin, dated the 1 7th .."scant, the King VICTOR Eta ANVIL', was in a very low ;.* According to the description given of his hoolth ntibe bulletins of the 16th and 17th, he was much worse ca the ratter day. Letters from Bogota, the capital of Colombia, datea 19 th'esi Ottober, state, that intelligence had been re. e‘ed of the arrival of llutavAn in Lima, early in Sep :tuber, where dictatori a l po w e r s h a d been conferred on si " under the titles of Protector a Peru and Generalis :ft° the united forces of Colombia, Chili, and 4 eol. Com m i ss i oners h a d b een appo i nte d to proceed 1 . 0 aorope f or t h e purpose of negociating a loan for the R epublic of Colombi a . I t i s that M. RAVZSGA, 14e Pt ewn t Euvoyn in this country, but whose recal has "no of f icially announced, is to fill a very high and re- Voinible situation at the seat of Government. LITERATURe, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. • witecitible. ' . M. Lemercier has recently publislied'inTitris4 NeW Poem, the hero of which is Moses, chiegy remarkable In the y ear 1800 . for the f o ll ow i ng hi storical notice : • (says M. Lemercier), I addressed a copy of my poem of Homer and Alexander to the First' Consul, and received an invitation iodine with him on the following day; at Afalrnaison. On-my arrival there,' I found a sreat'stumber of persons of rank, with whom I'entered into a conversation on the cOmparatiee merits of epic and didactic poetry. When Bonaparte entered he .was informed of our conversation, and said, on hear ing that I admired most the epic poets, " He is right —they relate things with more order, and more dra. matically. Besides, fiction in action strikes most pow erfully. Let us see, Alexander chose Homer for his poet—Augustus chose Virgil ; as for me, I have only Ossian—all the others are taken." After dinner, M. Lemercier being alone with Bona. parte and Madame, the First Consul produced the an thor's work, which he had been reading, and said" He! he! I see that conquerors do not please you much; and yet you render justice to what they have done, if noble; your picture of ancient and modern warriors is instruc tive. We will read it over together. "He then sat down, and desired me," says M. Lemercier, " to do the same." Madame Bonapartesook a seat near oar table, working at her needle, and every now and then laid it down to attend to our conversation. I took the poem and began to read, but Bonaparte snatched it hitstily out of my hind, saying I will read it myself." He then began, and stopped at these lines: " Et Sakai's* stied dafkilia de Xerxes D'ins iscustaiissiessolisni fa amis." a What do postulate then r says Bonaparte. " Ah, yes, Themistocles : : 124 s s °such boldness and strength as Ulysses." _ At the verse upon•tbeinvasion of Asia, he said " Yes, if Alexander had not conquered, Greece would have -perished; 'sad ifotrid /rive purchased King Philip, who bought Republics." • " De Darius guifuit it tientle diadems." " That verse is a good picture." "Je reconnois Mei:mai:de Ind tart me menace." " It is doubtful," continued the Consul, " whether, if Memnon had lived, Alexander would have succeeded better than Agesilaus." At another verse, ending with C'etait le grand Cesar, he cried, 44 Ab , ah i • thole we are—l will write Com• mentaries myself some day." At the description of the battle of Canna, a That is right ; he concentrated his centieto envelope the Ro mans right and left. lam sorry that you - did not et plain that this was a cavalif manoeuvre." -• •Coming to Hannibak*he looked at me gravely, and• said, “ Whom do you think the gre.ttest man as the ancients ?" " Hannibal," said I. "I am pleasellti hear you say so—l feared, you were . about to say Cesar —he is the hero of poets, not the warrior of warriors."' Then adding with vivaci:y, " you judge well in a mili tary sense, for a person who is not of the profession Vie metier). Hannibal, Hannibal is the greatest. Captain of the world! But how does he appear remarkable to you ?" " Because, when abandoned, betrayed by Car thage, which he served, he maintained himself in an enemy's country by his own resources, and made new troops out of all the foreigners whom be met with in his passage. A note of my own'poem will shew you that I have not reproached him with falling back at Capua." 44 I had remarked it," said the Consul, " and . I appi ove of it ; the-tattier: (bavards) of historians, decide our affairs too much at their east, in their cabinets." DISINFECTING AGENCY OF CHLOAVRICT OF LIME. The following fact, quoted by the Med. Repository, from Archives Generates de iYedeeine, cannot fail to prove useful to Anatomists, and highly so in cases of inhumation, fur the purpose of judicially investigating the cause of the death of the individual : " Messrs. Orfila, Lesueur, Gerdy, and Hennelle, hiv ing been requested by the Proettreur du Rol to examine the body of an - individual who was supposed to have been poisoned, and who had been dead foe nearly a month, found the smell so insupportable that they were induced to. try the aPplication of the chlbruret of lime, as recommended by M. Labarraque. ' A solu. tion of this substance was frequently sprinkled over the body, 'end produced quite a marvellous effect; for, scarcely had they made a few aspersions, when the un pleasant odour was instantly destroyed, and the opera tion could be proceeded is with comparative comfort." MEDICINE. • James's Powder. An analysis lately made by Mr. .Phillips, of some James's Powder, bought from Messrs. Newberys, Bt. Paul's Church-yard, yielded . Peroxide of Antimony - 56.0 Phosphate of Lime 4. .7 - Asrit . Oxide of Antimony, Lnpuiltv indtoss . The quantity of protc.xide of antimony, contained in the powder, , 4 was so small that it. would •have been nearly impossible. to have ascertained its weight."— Ann. Phil. • Acetic Acid, a remedy for Warts and Corns. According to Mr. A. T. Thomson, " Acetic acid is stimulant and rubefacient. It is principally employed as a refreshing scent in syncope, asphyxia, and nervous head-aches; and for obviating the unpleasant smell of the confined air of crowded assemblies and of the sick -room. It is also an excellent application to warts and corns, which it seldom fails to remove; but in applying it, care must be taken to avqid eroding the surround ing skin." Tar, a remedy for excessive Salivation. Dr. Ks uger-Hausen, of Gostrow, has given an account of a man who, during a state of excessive salivation, attended with hteenorthage from the gums, had em ployed the usual astringent gargles without benefit, who afterwards covered his tongue and inside of his . rnouth and fiances with tar, by means of a brush. He soon afterwards recovered without any other remedy. Dr. K. has since employed the same means in several cases,• ' with the effect of quickly removing this disagreeable consequence of medical treatment, without any incon yepiebce multing from this new method. -, - ------- I ••,.,t;t _ .• - , Mr. Gazuttu, the Prussian Minister-en .11111Aiintal States, died at Washington on the 24.1 inst. His Bejaia was attended by all the principal Officers of the Genes tnent. This was the first instance *Jibe death bf a fo reign Minister at the seat of- Goeirslisent; -and not of respect to Mr. G zinnia, the sittinsig die.C.Mogrtoe was. suspended on t h e day of his familia' '' A meeting was held A New Yotk"Aakkelliiset—mi raise a subscription for the Greske o uerbiebnwas seeit attended, the large Pathologic... Om Apdiaig. filled to oyes flow ill. • • . ~. - • viz Anmt • *Aston boo'boon pewit to ,approye of tie 72d RegiMent of Topc gala becoming a Mighbind . Regiment, and of its bearing the title Of a lb. 724 or the Duke of Albany's Own Iliahlanders." The 3lst (Hunftidonshire) Regiment of Foot, now stationed at Naas, will it hlllidetsteml, be ordered to replete the '77111 Re ,itiment in Dt;bilm I r , The 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Infantry re orders to march, on Monday next,. from 'Woolwich for Wi r, where it will arrive the following day. A detachment of the Re ginient is ordered to be left at Deptford, to do the Dock-yard ditty. The head-gunmen of the 71t1 Regiment of Foot, now proCeed ing from Scotland - co Ireland, will be stationed at Castlebar. 'l'be head-quarters division is ordered to arrive at its eltstitigtion on the 3d of January next. The 77th (Rut Middlesex) Regiment of Infantry, will reach Fermoy, on the 29th inst. its route to Cork, toambark for Jamaica. Three buodeed men have already beon reported as having en listed for the 95th (now raising) Regiment of infantry. It is supposed that the same number of recruits have been also enlisted for the 94th (now raising) Regiment of Foot. The ranks of the 95th Regiment, the depot of which is feta- Wished in Winchester garrison, are hlling with, suck astonishing rapidity, that a completion of the corps within two months may be anticipated. Large parties of recruits arrive daily. On Christmas Day, about fifty men, completely clothed, attended Divine Service; and when it is considered that they had not been asaeir.bkd more than five days, their orderly behaviour and soldier like appearance reflected great credit on their Colonel, Sir 'homer Captain FULLIRTON, of 'lleribergb-Park, Yorkshire, is appointed Lieutenant-Colonel In the Southern Regiment of West Riding Yeo manry Cavalry; and Jona Futicavow, jun. Esq. is appointed Cap tain of the Rotherham troop, vice his father, promoted. _ Orders have arrived, direttimg thht the several Officers who have been appointed to the Regiments now raising, should speedily tc-; pair tts the.districts where they are likely to be most stirs:eau] in raising mew for the service. ' The following is the (h.:intuition ~r the Officers appointed to the recruiting service in Cork rarrisnn : Captain CRAItt, 94th Regiment. Cork; Captain lix lia an Luxe., 95th Regiment, Limerick; Lieutenant /ibis - Ks, pith Mallow; Lieutenant ALSIANDLII, Dith Regiment, undue;R Lieu tenant BICXZWIVII, 94th Regiment, Youghal. THE MURDER OF MR. IVE,4IZE. HERTFORD, DECEMBER 28. The prisoners charged with the murder of Mr. Weare have ceased to be the objects of universal attention which they were some weeks ago..- It is fortunate for the in terests of public justice that that state of extreme ex citement which was recently witnessed, is no more.— ' There are, however, even now, many who visit Hert ford for the purpose of learning all that can be heard of the accused. The precautionary measures adopted some weeks ago by the Magistrates have not been at all relaxed. If the safety of the nation depended on their being kept secure from public observation, more care could not betaken to ba te that curiosity which would seek to gratify itself by looking on them, than is taken. The prisoners attend the Chapel on a Sunday, and have uniformly conducted themselves in a manner be coming their unhappy sitdation. . Hunt is a good deal depressed; Probert is' not,4o.,;itauch so as he was, and 'Thurielris in good spiriti, but does not indulge in any unbecoming levities. " He seems at his ease, and speaks with confidence and ieittitty of the result of the trial. In one of the weekly papers, an essay was pub lished, about a fortnight ago, in the shape of a defence of lhurteU. This was lately taken to him in the prison, and spoken of as a clever peeformatice. Thud& looked at it, but did not jois in the praises of which it had been made the subject; he Iriumpbantly remarked, .4 if he could not make a better defeae than . that, he would offer none." He lately expressed an opinion respecting the extra ordinary absence of a Rev.-Gentleman whose case has recently attracted no small share of public attention. To him it seemed probable, he said, that he had been put out of the way by those with whom be had .unfortunately connected himself, from an apprehension that some of their secrets, of which he was in possession, would rot be safe in his keeping. • To prevent that disclosure of their iniquitous practices which the Gentleman' in question might have deemed it right to make, there is but too much reason to fear that he has been sacrificed. • Some alterations are making in the Court House; the Jury box has been ordered to be raised, and the work men are now actively engaged in making other im provements which were suggested by the, Learned Judge who presided in the Crown Court during the late Assizes. • 'lhe witnesses will be Or assembled in - 11Crtfcird on . Monday next, and lodgings have been taken for them in different parts of the town. Thomas lhartell will be again taken dawn under a writ of habeas. Ile expresses strong commiseration for the situation of his brother. It is stated 41 a Paper of yesterday (we hope incor rectly) that among the sporting • circles bets are still offered on the result of the trialiand in many cases these are connected with the fight between Spring and Lan gan, which will take place as. the same period, namely, on the 7th o f January, betweep London and Manchester. The idle hoax that Mr. Weare is still alive, •and That he is to be produced *on the trial, still obtains credit among thole who do not refleet on the positive evidence which was given before the Coroner of the identity of ' the , body.fmand. - . --s---_ -.......-....- By the Jamaica Mail, which at rived last Saturday, accounts have been received from Bogota to the 19th of October. • The Papers ceatain no political news, and areschielly filled with•the laws of Congress passed in its last fiessiona„ Among them we observe an Act, pant ing to Messrs. Runde'', Bridge, and Kungen, the ex clusive privilege of the pearl fishery on the coast of the Republic; in the South Sea, from Cape North-East, to Cape Corriente ; and in the Atlantic, from the north east boundary of the Republic to Cape San Roman, for five years—and in other districts i of the coast for ten years. The natives are not prohibited from fishing in. their accustomed manner during these periods, but they are not to use the machinery which Messrs. Minden and Co. are about to introdnce,and at the end of the privi leged terms, Messrs. Rundell and Co. are to give up this machinery in perfect order to the Government; one fifth part of the produce of the fishery is also to be given to the Government as a consideration for this privilege. --Another Act gives to Mr. Charles Stuart Cochrane the exclusive privilege of manufacturing sheet' copper for eight years, and the Government is to enjoy,certain specified advantages therefrom. Tbe.Aet of Congress respecting Mr. Zeit': Loan is also published, but our . readers have long since been made acquainted with it. The Editor of • 1 ke Geseitt remarks upon it, that this decree "shall be so fulfilled, that it may never appear in the annals of Colombian Independence and Liberty that Colombians took advantage of succoors that weie seat to them, and then refused to pay for them, on the teems to which •war and the necessities of the time o bli ge d ilkeakto agree • He. adds, " If the Loan of 30 hills:as, decreed- by . the .Congress, should take effect, 1 as eippearsierobalie, the Saancial affairs of the Republic , seillussiert a most islaperrant change. and the old and emir creditors willle less exposed to tni wits, donbts,.or laskinstaities. Coloinbiai at pastel itscapableof satisfj. , iag a oath larger debt."-Alle• next Cortgresa- is coo- , yoled, by a decree of the Executive: 6 for ihegld ' lances y. . . Sri y4L IAirELLIGENC . E. The Hunter, Tunny% was an shore Dear Charleston, on the 45th alt. and it was feared wild go to pieces. The Annes, Jonsson, is wrecked at Ruthlin Island. The Friends, Sinrosos, got on shore on the Home Sand, the 24th instant. • Captain Ptzeauneicx Is appalltted to cdnonaid tht 'Beier sloop of war, at .S!ieerriess. , • We learn by letters from tithon, that the British squadkon bad been dissolved, and that Sir Haulm NEALE had tailed to DESQ3I3C his command in the Mediterranean, aetompanied by Ns Itrou.ss,— The SEEINOAPATAM was to sail for Chatham. to be palltoff. Ths WINDSOR CASTLE, t 4, Captain Catas. DASHWOOD, WES toco.tinae is the Tagus. The Canna:nay will be stationed in command taunt! Cape Horn. We are informed by letters from Gibrahar, that the-Arenas, 84, Captain EDWARD BRAD% C.U. and the Sneeze, Q 4, gpptain Sir THOMAS STAMPS, K.C.B. arrived at Gibraltar ,on the 44th uk. with the 12th Regiment on board, from Portanosith. • The troops were to land the next morning, aud the 27th liniment to embark for Barbadoes; at which Island thine ship expect to meet with orders as to their ultimate destination. Tile very superior sa't'ing of the GANGES was maintained throughout the voyage. The Sren.LE and ALACRITY were to-leave Gibraltar oh the 2d inst. for Malta. The TRIBUNE, 46, Captain Gums, was to leave Cadiz on the 21 inst. for England ; she expected to be relieved by the GLASGOW. Body on Saturday morning a vessel, called the Little Ferret, of Portsmouth, which was running into Portsmouth harbostr, was seized by • boat stationed at the Custom-house watch-kluge. and discovered to have en board TZ7 tubs of foreign spirits,- beiides a quantity of silks, and other contraband goods. Her crew cbniisted of only oue man and a buy, who were secured. Ills Majesty's stoop CAMVI.r.vr, Captain .1. It. Bunyan, is under ordt rs to proceed abroad with dispatches, and expected to sdll from l'ortsmouth to-morrow, hut for what swarm ha* not transpired. The CREOLE frigate, Commodore Sir Tooasas lIARDy, is shortly expected front the South Americ.m station. FALMOUTH, Dec. W.5.W..--Arrivcd the Prin:e,Co burg, PAGE, from jaandon for Lisbon ; Matilda, WHITi, from Newfoundland in twenty-one dais; lady Mary Pelham packet, from St. Tliumas . s--sailed the 113th November. Sailed, but re• turned again, the Stanmer packet, for I.isbon; Frolic packet, for the Islands ; and Sutly cutter, for I)ublin. Also put back, the Thetis, Grimm:a, for Seville; and Bose, Cousear, for St. Michael's. . _ . - 01ITS110UT14,. Ditc.2B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from the Downs, the Wellington, Wkrsots, for' Oporto; Cdedonla Comma, for Jamaica ; and Cognac, Itlacvni, fur Charente. Rentals, the whole of the outward-bound u before. ReGRAI3I--Ca unzips', }dummy Armors, CAIRZLION, CARARGER, and KANGA ROO. _ _ I)etra., Dee. 29.—Wind SAV.—Came down from the River yes terday and remain, the following outward-bound vessels; viz.— Harmony, Wommit.; Glory, I,lcioax; Edystooe, Sevens; Bri tannia, EVANS ; Duke of Wellington, Carnets; Ann Maria ' CARS; Berbiee, Wants Wants; Smithwtaelt, Ross ; anti Good Intern, Poz: also, to-day, the Prince Coburg, FAlT11; Elizabeth, Brooms ; Ida, Varzos ; and North Briton, Taps. Arrived and mailed for the River, the Placidia, Fantszocon, lion% lieenos Ayres; Ceres, Amer, from Denia; Henry, Caen), from Lisbon; Archimedes, IPnarr, from Marseilles. The whole of the outward-bound remain all w 11. 11vaaroot., Dec. 27.—Arrived the Anna, Cienvatas, from Ja ' maim ' • Derwent, HARalsos, from St. Joint's, New Brunswick ; Royal Edward, —, front Prince Edward's Island; Elizabeth, Lenin, from Cape Bieton ; Tom, Dimension, Roes Paraiba; Leona, Boum, fro% OJessa ; Agnes, Watson, from Gem.; and Sally, Cumatims.trom Lisbon. Off the port, the Richard, Hammer, from Denr:rara ; Robert Ft.lton, and Mount Vernon, from 24w York ; and the Protector, —, front St. Tohn's, New Brunswick. Coriesnsurn, Dec. 16 —Accounts from Et-ineur say that . the roads were MU of vessels which had sought btlt:lzer there during the late storms. Si. Pezensition, Dec. 9.—*ce the 0i . .-Iniag of the navigadoa this season, 700 ships have arrived at Riga; the number that have sailed is 632. CUSTOM-HOUSE, DECEMBER ST. Stites F.xxs ED Ism A RDS—Theßambler. Atlantic, Perseverance, Salus, Visoountess Downe, Filey, and Barbara, from Hamhurgh; Doune Coolie, from Oporto; Robert and Ano, :from Quebec; Thomas, Alida, and Louise, from Lisbon; Spanish Patriot, from Cadiz ; Friendship, Friends, and William, from Seville ; Ataphes, from Pernambuco ; Swift, from St. Michael's ,Wiiliam, from Ross; Pcovidence, from San Lucar; and Jane, from Malaga. Extsszn oc:wimps—The Smyrna, for Constantinople; Re source, for Calcutta; Britannia, for Hamburgb ; Posthumous, for Jamaica; Magnet, for New Orleans; Prince of Waterloo, 'for Ostmd; Jare, for Gibraltar; Echo, fur the Cape of Good Hope; Hero, for Calais.; and Hebe, fur Faro. A 11110.11 D—At Jamaica. the Edgar, Swiney ; Alexander, Just; Melville, Bowe; Arethusa, Anderson; Albion, —, and Juno, Pritchard, trom London ; Charlotte, Gambier • Alexander, Pettier Caroline, Bebbey.; Marquis of Wellington, G ibson: and Matilda, Marshall, from latverpool. F The novelty of holding art Assize so near The - Tetra. polls as Horsemonger-lane, attracted 'a 'great litinib4 of idlers to the Surrey side of the water this' Morning,4o see the ceremony of the Shetiff meeting the Judges, which forms so important an event in every country Assize town. 'The Judge, Mr. Justice PARK, left his house this morning to open the Surrey Winter Aidiye4 and was met in the Waterloo road by- Turtneit, : tsq. the High Sheriff, who received bins with a fiction, ,of trumpets. The Judge having quitted ,his own. .carriage fqt that of the High snetig, th• procei. sion WAS formed to conduct his Lordship to the' C6u/K.: A number of peace officers led die May, and were. followed by twelve javelin men, dressed in the livery of the High-Sheriff. The innr..tY carriages of the Judges PARK and Hotnovn, and htseen Gentle men's carriages, canie nest, and the whole : proceeded to Horsemonger-lane Sessions House, where the com mission for holding the Assize was opened. The Jtid the Sheriff, and other officers, then proceeded in dr . same state to hear Divine Set vice at St. Mary's Climb, Newington, where a Sermon was preached by the Roy. .Dr. OssLow, the Rector. Mr. Justice H01 : 1131tD Vas not present, but was expected to meet Judge Nit at two o'clock at the Sessions House. CORN-EXCHANOR NIARK•LANK, DkC. D. . • The arrivals of all descriptions of Grain last week were consi derable. This morning there is a good supply of Wheat front Essex and Kent, with moderate quantities of Bliley, Beans, aid Piwe ; but the wind being boisterous and contrary, there' is very little' Corn from other parts. There bas been bat Mlle hselinatina an the part of the millers to purchase Wheat to-day, and as the Oita . of }lour does not advance. the Wheat trade is therefore eery Jail, and hardly maintains the quotations of this day sennigist. Bar ley hai sold freely, on better ttrmsthan this dayee'nflight.' Deana and Grey Pease are also rather dearer. White Pease for grladise have advanced 2s. to 3s. per quarter, and each as will boil well ate rather higher. Although there are not many Oats fur sale,.7q, the demand ii only limited to-clay; still rather better Prices ors obtained fur the few parcels that have found buyers. • °Over Seed continues to advance in price, and Rapeseed is also dearer. • .'. . . .mutes ON maul) lute. • ,1* Vi T heat, Red (new), 16s. 58s. Rye, new, 445. C2s. • -- old, 545..6 . 25. - old, 445. 'sos. • I • White new, 541. to 69.. Beans, Small, new, 56a. 311 r. ' - old, 565. tlfts. - old, 395. figs. • . .... , .. Barley, )Jew, 265.35%, • 1 • Tick, new, 5.55. 375... : 4 -.:,;,..1 3 . . ---- Old, 265. 395. - 01d,•475. 395. • ,4 Peas, Grey, New, 30s. 325. Oats, Feed,...new; 20s. 1134'":" Old, 31s. 335. • - old,. ills. 414 a. ••' 'toe.' '1 . Maple, new, 341.355: ' ' • Poispd, fiesr,ll4 Mg :it kio,s, ' .'' - old, 345. 331. • • ~...- old. $44 su.. 71 4... 44 : . Potatoe, new, * 2. . Slisa,, - • . White, new, 35.. 38. . fa. t •.----"' , 565. 40.. ,:--:: old,,lfits.lol3. ' .." 1 "" - • 403. 445. ''• • 1110Itt, per *O4 tlimilit sails • • ,---• 440004./ 411 4% :4 ' • 16 . 10014 4 aPr hat 4.400010 1 fri wheat, 1000 ' 1 i . l a C m i 4"1411'.. y-:,`- ' . t*l HiWr . Barley . N i a, - .or Ale, ;,t . i pa ver . Matt . • "s 011inits emir r !I; it . •ii in effecrill Oats • • - ' SlSlStlilogialt fiolittaliglLl aille•Ligi slllTiiiiiiiiii.Dt IIARKBT, •Die There was a strait Ihiarhst this asonstatisads ..." 5 ' "7 bat still a sufficiency for the dtatink its tine Si . -''' • , dine freely, Owing to doe werweather; and Itivilig ' ' their Chrbitailla woe* lei awl; theaWslo *4lo* gl I I wash tile wawa. loWntintatilay. : Priaidietak arallaill. . • its..thi„. etc/ Attie ditu#P4 for. I,lupg .orror 7 .7 4 t -... --n ~ • ptices„..minc ! ,,,,per stone 91814..3a. pit tckist•ild Trait, 3s. ea. iills. - od.lll :.-wy, Ili ! Gam, st.os. to Gt. Oa. Straw, it. IN. '; - .: il -4 ~ .!