The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-04-04 00:00:00

, ~~ A ;,;._ jrr ~!C"'" „ 1 lAMB. 02. MIL I 1.11/2. WIC I. • ..Doblie 0 I.—H*llmi ...... . .0 2....WatorforcL . • . 0 0.... Hasbro 0 0 .... 0 & Jersey ... . 1 0.... Frame 0 0.... TAsboo 1 O. ... Flinders ...... .1 1 ....Gottonborg • • . • 0 0. ...Malts 0 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS BOIL Stock g per Ct.Hed p.Ct.Coos ...... 144.7 per Ct. Cents Fours. per Ct. 1797. .ong Asa Imp. per Ct.. . . Irish 5 per Cents DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock . ............... Ditto Bonds —s. 245. Ships. South Sea Stock South Sea Old Aon ......... lt"ill'gd* ( ISs 12$ 143 ps. 10001. ---4061. 131 12s 14sps. ----Small 18.12$ 14spat I Coo.for ieet .......... 741 a Lotteryrieketa .... —/. —s %Ott Sztatcontan. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1823. PEOPLE OF FRANCE. We really think it, and have long thought it, little *lion of madness in our journals to be incessantly repre-1 senting the French people as discontented, and so much discontented, too, as to endanger the existence of the Bourbons. Still, however, these journals persevere ;and we may ezpect them to assert, that rebellion is on the point of breaking out in France; we may always expect this as long as the French Government does not act the Tart of a traitor or a tyrant towards its own people! We have all along (beginning with last August,) said, that the surest means of the Bourbons gaining the cordial love of the French people, was, show ing hostility to England. We said, that the way to re_ store themselves to the hearts of Frenchmen was to go to war with England, or, at leas', to do something injurious and humiliating to England. And, this we said, too, even before the Congress assembled at Verona—Now, we beg our readers to look attentively at the following passage, published to-day by the Morning Chronicle, and t sken by it from a French paper, called the Pilote. " Extract of a letter from Marseilles. dated 26th March, ' " 1823:—' Aereeably t.) my promise, I hasten to make known to you what has passed in this town since the scan " dalous scene of the 15th Inst. Oa the day following, the " theatre was closed by order of the Authorities. Cer. 4 ' fain people were thus extremely disappointed, for they " had projected the renewal of these disorders. They are not " men, however, to beeasily discouraged; and accordingly ••• t':ey reserved themselves for the day of the arrival of "General Driche, which took place on Sunday the 22d inst. " Whilst the band of the regiment was honouring him with `• a serenade, crier of—" Down with the Liberaas !—War "with the Keglieh I—were re-echoed. Public tranquillity " was not disturbed ; but a coffee-house was closed as a " measure of precaution. Two other serenades were given " to the General on Monday and Tuesday, which were only " interrupted by some cries of " War for ever d" Now, mind, this is at Marseilles, a great commercial sea-port, a place which we were told was ready to rise against the Bourbons, because they were going' to war! But, this cry of " War with the English :" how does the Chronicle make Mat out ?—The fact is, and we state it as a fact that we know as well as we know, or can know, any fact of the same nature : the fact is, that the invasion of Spain is, by the people of France, looked at as a war against England ; and it is to this cause, and to this cause only, that its great popularity in France is owing. Of this fact what better proof need be asked for than that which has thus been furnished by the Chronicle itself ? How the COUR! tit wilt draw comfort from this we know not: its friends, the Bourbons, are popular in France; but, alas! it is only because these Bourbons are going to capture the "out-works of Eng " land aud I reland," which it cost us 150 millions of money to drive these saute French out of! If the CI:4IRM can draw comfort from this, it mutt have a proboscis more cunningly discriminating than that of the bre, which contrives to get honey ont of ordure. COUNTRY BANKERS. There h a rumour afloat, that an application is to be wade, when Parliament meets, for a re-enactment of the • legal tender, in order to protect these paper•money people alter the first of May ! We do oot believe this; that is to say, we, do not believe, that the Ministers will make any such application, or that they will give it their countenance. The thing has now gene too AT ! To se-enact the legal tender would be to enact h<t is a settled point; and, while our Ministers can get alov upon levelish ground, they are not men to take a kap like this. The ptfifof prices has quieted the land lords; it does for to-day ; and, as for to-morrow, that our Miuisters think kss about than we hope, they, for the sake ofthelr own souls, think about eternity. To-morrow is, faith, much too distant an epoch fur them so think ahout ! Consequences mast be close, indeed, for them to think about them. Paris•papers and letters of Tuesday evening have been received, as well as the Pilate hearing the date of Wed nesday Morning. In a preceding column we have ex tracted from them a report of the debates in the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday and Tuesday, on the new Law of Finadee or general Budget of the year. The most re markable fact to be noticed in them is the speech of M. de Labowrdonnaye, a Royalist member, denouncing M. de Villele for want of due energy and decision in conduct ing the War against Spain. M. de Labourdonnaye is the chief of the extreme Ultra party, and appears to have been irritated against the Minister, because it was by the means of the Ultras that M. de Villele had been salted to Ate, and he bad therefore promised that the party " shinld obtain a signal triumph." The accounts from the Spanish frontier are contradic tory. The Gazette de France states, on the authority of a letter from Bayonne, dated the 25th ult., that Quesada had entered Spain, and taken Iron. The Pilate, on the other hand, Wiser% on the credit of a letter from the same place, dated the 27th, tit at Quesada had been beaten, and that the Trappist, who had made two attacks upon Iran was so utterly routed by the Constitutionalists, as to escape to the frontier with but one attendant. The bake of Angooltuse returned from Perpignan to Tou louse on the 25th, and left the latter place for Bayonne on the 21th. He ryas still expected at the head quarters on the 31st. The Qaotldiettise says, that a report from Marshal Moncey, which has reached Government, con tradicts all the statements from the frontiers which have been recently circulated, and gives the best idea of the spirit of the soldiers, and the most positive and most fa vourable iaformation respecting the situation of the trATEniik ~~ army. In several of the Ultra Journals it is attested that General Gnilleminot vrill resume his functions as Chief of the Staff, and Marshal Victor return to Paris, and re sume his duties as War Minister. One of the Aides de.camp of the former, however, the Couritr E4rait pis says, arrived in Paris, on Tuesday, under the conduct of an officer of Gendarmerie. On the 26th ult. the Police Commissaries of Bunrdeans proceeded to an hotel in that town to arrest an individual who had been denounced by superior authority. They, however, only seized two boxes belonging to him, as he had escaped. Letters from Marseilles, of the same date, re present that city as continuing to be the scene of great agitations. M. Manuel still continues highly popular in ' Paris. On Monday, the natives of the South of France assembled in great numbers. They proceeded as a depu tation to their illustrious compatriot, and to express to him the sentiments of the high esteem which they en tertain of his patriotism, his courage, and his talents. Intelligence from St. Sebastian, dated the 211 Or announces the arrival in that district of General Bal. lasteros. The Quotidiemee now says that the hostilities will not commence till the 10th inst., so that the statr meat that the French army would cross the Pyrenees ou the Ist, seems to have been cofounded. /ANNUS FUNDS, APRILL—Five per Cents. 791. 15c. ; Neapolitan 5 per Cents. M. —Exchange on London — One month, 25f. 63c. ; three ditto, 25f. 45c. Brussels papers Levelness received this morning to the I 30th ult. They give an account of the closing of the session of the States General. Accounts from Stockhohn, of the 18th ult. state, that Frykstrdt is set at liberty again ; a person of the name of Scl►agerherg is, however, arrested on account of expres tians which he has used respecting several persons i►► public offices in different publications. In the sitting of the Chamber of Peasants, a member proposed a motion to reduce the whole army. He would have the army consist entirely of conscripts, who should serve from the age or 20 to that of 40, instead of from 20 to 25 as hitherto This motion was so ill received by the Peasants, that the question was even put and carried to a divi• sion, whether the mover should not be put upon his trial. The address presented to the King by the Did in reference to the forged orders lately sent to the Gover nors of several towns, is expressed in very strong terms, and urges his Majesty to order every exertion to be made to discover the authors of the crime. An article, dated Dresden, March 28, announces a rumour that the beautiful estate of Morcolini, near Has terwitz, is purchased for the King of Naples, and that the Sovereign will chase Dresden for his future residence. STOCK EXCHANOt, NALIP•PAST 12 o'cLocx.--The re ports which were in circulation yesterday, concerning Spain and France, not being credited in the City, have occasioned a depression in the Funds this morning.— Console opened at 74i. and at present they are 7411, with a heavy market. Some great sales base been made this morning, by some eminent Brokers. It is resorted that an Express of Thursday has arrived from Paris. which has been the cause of the above sales. We do not as yet hear the price of the French Funds. Another report I% that the new Levy of 1823, of fifty-thousand men, has begun to be pot in force. Despatches were received yesterday by Government from Madrid, bait the contents have not transpired. Spanish Bonds, which opened this morning at 3011, have fallen to 29/. Chili, Gel—New Spanish, 29f-0141, 34—New Preesis, 741—01 d, 791,ex. divid.—Russia, 711 72—Colombia, 3714. New York Papets have arrived this morning, to the 11th March, from which we extract the following : Maxtco.—ln a file of Havana papers, we find letters had been received from Tampico to the 6th Feb. In consequence of Ethavani and Santa Anna having united their forces, Iturbide who had gone down again to Ja lapa, fled precipitately to Mexico with an escort of only 20 men. He then issued a decree, commanding under pain of death, that all those who held the property of subjects of the Spanish Government, should immediately deliver it up. Guadalupe Retoria had gone into the inte rior with forces, and at Tampico, and other places on the Coast, to the north, they had declared against Itur bide. Such families that bad fled to the Castle of St. Joan de Ulloa, for fear of an invasion of Vera Cruz, bad returned in full confidence. A provisional regency had been established in Jalapa, whose government was re cognized by the Republicans, until the Congress should be re-established in Mexico. ADMIRAL Owe 's SQUADRON. —The Selina, from Do minica, brings accounts of its arrival at Bizbadoes on the sth of February from England. The object of the I arrival of this squadron was not known, but there had been considerable manoeuvring with them, and no little 'reconnoitering by the Eden. whom the charge of the. Police of Para is confided, was dismissed. "The Marquis de Latour Madhouro, Ambassador of . Preece, left Constantinople on the 20th February. Some i claims *filch remained unanswered, nut allowing of bisi having an audience of reception of the Grand &drew. he set off without taking leave ; but on the day follow. ing that on ss hich he departed, the Count de Beanrepaise whom the Marquis left as Charge d'Affaires, was receiv ed by the Grand Vizier and the other Ministers of the Porte." Gibraltar Papers to the 11th ult. have arrived, from which we make the following extract:— " A Spanish squadron, consisting of the 64-inn ship Asia, Casuda frigate, a corvette, and the Aquilis brig of i war. is to cruize in the Mediterranean, under the coin- 1 mend of Rear-Admiral Vacsro. " The Municipality of Barcelona have settled the du ties to be paid on the importations in foreign vessels; they are to be higher by one-fourth than those laid on the same articles when imported in national bottoms." BRIGHTON, APRIL 2.—lt is with much concern we state, that his Majesty experienced a fresh attack of gout, in his foot last night, which, however , was as s li g ht as sudden ; and, we have the happiness to add, that has Ma jesty was pronounced much better this morning. At this time, half-past nine o'clock, p. en. the physician's' report is equally favourable. A Council would- h a ve been held at the Palace to-day, but for the aline event : its delay is not expected to exceed a day or to o. Armi 1.3.-1 he slight but sudden re-visitation of gout in his Majesty we innitioned yesterday. It is with ex treme satisfaction we this day add, that the premising symptoms of yesterday were not fallacious. The grati fying report to empiirers at the Palace this morning has been--" His Majesty Las had a good night, and is much better to-day." The unhappy maniac we noticed some little time since, has been con tttt itt.d, in default of li sil, until he shall be land suitably provided for by his ftiends. The apartments in Windsor Palace are quite ready to receive his Majesty, whose intention is occasionally to sojourn thither when be returns to town. A gentle man who the other day, confesses himself extremely die- 1 appointed in many respects at their want of capacity and convenience, notwithstanding the magnificent exterior of this stately meek. When palaces like Windsor were built, the comforts suit conveniences almost necessary to existence in our days were unknown. Daring the ensuing s pring and summer season , when the weather hies-,pens to be favourable, should his Majesty resolve to discontinue his little sea voyages, the cottage in Windsor Great Park will be resorted to by way oil change of scene, from the bustle of London, and the eitai cumscribed character of the apartments appropriated to his Majesty in the palace at Windsor. The ChiefJusticeship of Ely is vacant by the death of Edward Christian, Esq. Sir Hay Campbell, Bart. of Succoth, late President of the Court of Session, died at Garscube, on Friday last, the 28th ult. According to a Parliamentary paper, the expense of the Custm-house establishment in Scotland is 122,482/. It was p stated, in a late paper, that a naval officer, whose death was then announced, was the last of the companions of Captain Cook, in his voyages round the world. One of the companions of his second voyage is still alive, and doomed to end his life in the workhouse of St. Cuthbert. He afterwards fought in America, and was seven years under the immortal Abercromby, when he commanded a battalion, composed of the light compa nies of the army. which was continually exposed. This I poor man has no pension, although he had attained the rank of serjeant in the army.—(Edintergh Sear.) About eleven o'clock on Wednesday evening, the I watchman in BeWs-wynd being alarmed by cries pro- Iceeding from a public house, near the middle of that lane, immediately procured assistance, and sent into the house, where five desperate characters were found. On searching the house, a watch was found in a barrel among herrings, and a chain and seals in another part of the house. Tire officers of police then prepared to take the whole into custody, when a fellow of the name of Ol‘Callutu took up a table knife, and with the most dreadful imprecations, made a thrust at one of the watch men—the diabolical attempt was only frustrated by an officer breaking the knife by a stroke of hie baton. The whole party was secured, and brought to the watch house. On Thursdar. 111‘Callorn was sentenced to 60 days confinement in Brideoell--one of his companions to 311, for returning from banishment —two were dismiss ed, and one detained till the watch could be accounted for.—(l/sid.) Mrs 111‘Kinnon, it is sail, received the fatal answer to her petition with mach greater firmness - and compo-, sore than was looked for, and bas since appeared more resigned to her fate.—(lbid) he price of oatmeal fell one penny per peck in our market last week, and at Dalkeith market on Mon day. Is. per boll. The prices of grain on Thursday, at Dalkeith, fell generally 2a. per bull—{/bid.) MARRIAGE IN HIGH Ltea.--On Wednesday was mar ried at St. George's Church, Hanover- square, Lord Petre, to Miss Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard, of Lower Grosvenor-street. It twerps generally believed that Mr. Hughes Ball is married to blercandotii, and that they have been enjoy ing the honeymoon, at a comfortable but sequestered seat belonging to the Noble Thane of the North, whom re port stetes to have contributed a marriage portion, coin mensurate with the esteem in which he held this favou rite sylph, his prote gee, if nut relative. The works carrying on at Sheerness have not, latterly, been sufficient for the constant employment of all the prisoners belonging to both ships stationed there t but as an early embarkation of convicts fur New South l Vales will take place at that port, the remaining number will in all probability,be about adequiee to the future demand for convicts' labour. Tut Opens Hoese.—The attention of all the an 1 mirers of the Arts may, we think, be with reason called It was reported in the City t his mornin g , th at in the to the Ornamental Wo rk' which is just finished and account of the last Quarter's Revenue, (to be made up placed iu front of the Opera House. The emblematical to-morrow,) there will be found a surplusof two millions devices arc well conceived and ably execat -d by the Art more than in the corresponding quarter of last year. ist, whose province it has bets to compallet, letethe this varied A report was current at P aris, that Ferdinan h a d group. The serious, the com e ic, the b orchestra, written to Louis, at the instigation of Sir William and other departments, are represented faithfully. A A'Court, to engage him not to d ec lare war. The Courier group . of eight figures delineate the fair dauelsters of Francais intimates that the warlike feeling of the Cl- :terpstchore, each exhibiting the varied and astonishing teas had greatly abs'ed, and that any sort of pretext to movements for which the real candidat-s of fame in the get well out of the oar would be gladly laid hold of.— interior are so justly celebret-d. We have. too, the Viso (Moraiag Chem) loncello, a la LINDLEY : the Clarionet, a la Wi hit a N ; the It was very generally reported on Wednesday, that 110- Flute, la NICDOLSoN ; and other figures. all appropri vernment had received despatches from Sir Wm. A'Court, ately aSspose.l of. These constitute a armguap of forty subsequent to the King's departure from Madrid. Up to nine, and the effect of the tout eieseustle ost striking a late hour in the afteruoon of that day, we find no ad- and happy. vices from Spain had arrived, consequently nothing can Martin Staton, Esq. has written a letter to the Ma he known from Madrid later than the 21st. gistrates of I nche North Riding of Yorkshire, complaining VIENNA, MARCH 28.—The Austria* (Themes of this of p risoners st unconstitutional practice—viz. the committal day contains the following intelligence : of p untried to the degradation and severity of " Corterrawrismets , Fsit. 28.—0 n the 14th inst. two tread mill. This is evidently a most gross violation of events happened at Pent which, although unconnected the law. Mr. S. entreats a Meeting of the Magistrates sot with public a ff airs, or military discipline, have excited a the subject, on thel7th of April. —(tone Mercury.) lively sensation :—A French supercargo, named flaissin, FALSE Dices—The recent sletectiun of false dice re bad had repeated violent altercations with ssveral work- sembled circumstance which happened many years ago men, who affirmed that they bad grievous c ause o f at a fatuous gambling house, in the elsief region of complaint against him. They assassinated him in the gambling, the parish of St. Jarnes.—A nobleman, when open street. he had lost a considerable sutn, suspecting some fraud, " The other tragical event which has made greater declined.playing any longer, took the dice, and placed noise is, Don Cullaro, Chancellor of the Catholic Arch- them in his pocket.te Tlw gang all iu al, fear bishop of Constantinople. was assassinated in his house, l a g that the d el would put were an end to their depre. at Melo, by villains who bad effected an entrance. The dentine. After a consultation for some time, it was re murderers have not yet been discovered ; but as they solved to offer his lordship's valet tic chambre 50el. if carried off a considerable sum of in sney and important be would enter his master s room, retrieve the false dice, papers, it is presumed they will soon be detected. The and substitute good ones. The bait succeeded ? and the day following this assassination, the ropoldgi Bachi, fo house preserved its character. STATE OF IRELAND. • (PllOll Tht DUBLIN Ft/ENING POST OF TUEEDAY.) ' We need only refer to the Monster Papers, to show that the same apecieS of diiturbanee exists lu Cork and Limerick, which have diagrased those eobuties for such a length of time. The Judges are now on circuit, and in these ter places ; bdt nothing has produced a permanent effect. In • the North, is.We have had °Cession to mention already. the Calendars have been comparatively light. It will be seen by a Letter from Enniskillen, that the Homicides at Dro- • more, so frequently me ntioned in this Paper, have been' brought tojustice.. They were prok.-ctited at the instance of the Cowen, add a verdict of manslaughter obtained.— Lieut. Hamilton, the Commander of the Party, bad not Bet surrendered himself. This, we believe, is one of the erst verdicts which hasbeen obtaiodd agii:nst the Orange Fac tion in Ulster. Erract of • leder from Enniskillen, March 30:—" At the Assizes at Omagh: Lieutenant Hamilton's Yeomanry were tried for the homicide at Dromore, and contioted ei manslaughter, Hamilton not hiving yet surretidered. is a defeat the Orangemen did not belittle's) on. Knowing the interest you take in inch proceedings. t expect to 'UP able to mild you ft • report of the trial. Id Enniskillen the calendar was unusually light. in the Croatia Coal, John Keys was tried and convicted for the warder of his father; alt the witnesses for the defeats - were examined by COuti• sellor Kernel'. There was not a single record. " P.S.—The trial of the Orange Yeomen at Ormigh for the murder of M`Drien was a Crown °prosecution. Seven Yeomen were convicted. I have not yet heard the stin *nee." eeeeeeeeere,!=. SHIPPING INTELLIUENCI Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at the Cape of Good Hope, dated 10th January : " By the arrival of his Majesty's ship Andromache, Commodore Noutse, last from De Lagoa Bay, we leer, that his Majesty's ship Barracuta , and seven surve y in g v sae's, had su ff ered much from the effects of the slim Ile on the east mist of Africa, and that Captain Oilfield the former, and Captain Litchmore of the latter. were b th dead ; besides several officers an 1 about 011 men. The As prev, arrived in the Clyde, on Mon day from Calcutta; sailed from the Sand Heads the 3rd. December, in Company with the Asia, Balderston, and left his Majesty's Ship Glasaorv, at Ked l .erec, wait ing the Embarkation of the Governor General. DEAL, APRIL 3.—Arrived last night and sailed for the River, the Acasta, Griswald, from New York : the Arleora, from Jam ice. Also, to day, the Wilson, 5S r'ays from Jamaica; the Mary Ann, Catike , , and the Posthumus, from Ditto; and the Courier, Omit, from Rio Janeiro —The Asia, Reid, from Batavia. was • supplied with an anchor and cable last evening, and has sailed this morning.—The fo!lottiog information is d. • rived from the Salads, Wilson, arrived in the Doe..na from Jamaica.—Sailed from Nigrel Bay, Feb. 5, uhdr..• convoy of His Majesty's Ship Falmouth, and in coup) .f y with the following vessels for London, the ship %Vom:_ lark, and brigs Kingston. Blucher. Sicilian. Harmony, Alliance, Mary Ann, and West Indian Packet, and the Adeona for Liverpool.—Called off the Havannah and cleared the Gulf of Florida, on the 22d February. then parted company. The Harmony when last sp oken with on the Gull , was making a great deal of water. Captain Tyson stated they had to k ;p pumping every half hoqr, and that the pump leather was fast expending. The night however coming on prevented a supply from the Salacia. PLY 11101.7711, APRIL 2 —Arrived tha Mary,. Killock, Goth Tericeira, in 14 days.—Wind W, FALSIOUTU, APRIL 2.—No arrivals or sailings.— Wind W. Cows., APRIL 3.—Sailed the American slip, Howqua, Nash, for Hambro'. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Arrived His Majesty ship, Cygnet, from the Cape and St. Helena ; sailed un th.e 21st of Feb. and Hit Majesty s ship, the Brlten, fru.n `lvinouth.—Wind W. S.W. SPORTING INTELLICIENCR. ---hap-- BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—APRIL 3. CIARLT STAKER.-3 to I agst Moses-13to 4 agst Pas/ho me-3 to 1 agst Swap-9 to 1 agst Wanton—l 2 to 1 ag,t br to Antonio. COLT RIDDLCSITORTU.-9 to I agst Web colt-3 to I agst Eolith's—St) 1 east Talisman. FILLY RIDOLCSWORTS.--6 to 3 apt Veil. Deowt.-1 1 to 2 apt Web colt-13 to 2 apt Pentnic —9 to t apt Erolling-10 to 1 apt Taliginnu-17 to 1 agst Aladdin colt-19 to 1 apt br to Packs. OLICI.-6 to 1 apt Veil-8 to I agst Zairla filly. ST. LLGLII.-17 tot apt Sherwood-17 to 2 agst Tinker —l3 to 1 agst Miss Pauny, by Walton-20 to 1 apt Pe tals Royal. —eras PITCAIRN'S IsLallo.--Extract from the report of the ship Hercules, of Calcutta, Captain John /lenders in, from the coast of Chili, March 2G, :—" The Her cules arrived at Pitcairn's 'eland on the sth May, an I landed the presents which %%ere sent to the inhabitant. fiom the gentlemen at Calcutta. John Adam: was still alive, and the rest of the inhabitants, 53, in num- her." WesTattxrrEh 5R5310)19.-11tese Sessions commenc , .1 yesterday. Several cases of petty larceny were dispos.i of, which had nothing remarkable in them. Mr. Tay be moved for leave to enter the awl .1, and for an order TO fix the day for hearing and determining the satire, in ri!er important ease under the Licensing Act, in whies Stringer is appellant, and -- F.sq. son, the informer, defendants. The motion was allowei, and this day fixed for the hearine ; but at one o'clock to-day, the cause had not come on. Coarr-Excnvsce.—The supplies of Grain since Monday are moderate. Meat remains in the same state as reported on Monday last. Barley has no variation, and Beaus st it heavily. Peas of both kinds fully maintain their prices.-- Oats sell freely at rather higher rates than last quoted. SAIITHrIELD NIARKET, APRIL 4.—The supply this morning, at Market, of all descrip , iois of cattle. was fully sufficient for the demand. Lairb is sautewhat lover in price. The price of Mutton is also expected to fail. Beef is rather lower than last Monday. WATERPO&D MARKET, APRIL I.—Batter was at Fl 9; yesterday far fresh qnalities (equal to about 945. mid. with the former Irearnage.) Weighed at the Crane on Sato. day, 32—yesterday, 41 firkins. Bacon pigs are still de creasing in value; a few lots brought 254, to 255. ed. oar Saturday, but yesterday 245. ed. was scarcely PEceetir4l,. DREEDIM. FIRE IN limits HOLBOSI —About tea *retools last night a serious and alarming fire broke out at the house of 51r. Meelint, No. SO, High Holborn, haberdashery end which in less thLn half an hour completely destrcyejl his house and valuable stock in trade. The front of the house fell outwards into the street, while some of the wat thir.n and others near at hand were standing in the front of the house ; but they very fortunately escaped, with the sx:ep7 tion of a few receiving acme contusions. Although re never saw the fire-engines and their attendants, aided f.y a plentiful supp y of water, more prompt at their posts, sails was the rapidity of the dames, that in addition to Mr. Meednes house being entirely consumed, the devouring . element extended to the house of Mr. Howard, the pastry. , cook, and that of Mr. Walker's. the stationer, both of which were materially damaged, and fears were enttrtelasd of their eventually falling in. Tue property of Messrs. tVa'ker and Howard was partly removed to adjoining Wince-, hut we fear the fire was so rapilthat much of their furniture and valuable stock in trade could no t be saved. A tams posse of Police officers and parish constables, aided by wattr.uteat, were on the spot, in order, if possible, to prevent the depret da:ions so frequently committed on PRIER awful crcourrennes, and to assist in removing from the szene of contrutration whatever part of tire property teight be saved. Totir pre sence was of the utmost importance, as an immense crow.;. amongst 11/117111 were of course several of the light-finzered gentry, was assembled on the spot. We were Rot e to learn to what .•motra t.e parties Isere d. • 1