The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-10-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTEWOENCE. --.01 0 .-- FURTHER EXTRACT% FROM THE FRENCH PAI OF SATURDAY. (FROM 'TIM ZTOILE.) INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN. .. Thwbeed-qsamen, which on the 5 *ere at . ~.. Mary, Temoved on the tith t a Xeres, the 7th to Lebrija, the Sib to Mints, and the 9th . to Aim& de Ritadaim.Jimt., leet4 front Seville. M. the Count Arnbrnjeac is arrive] at•Cadiz„att ' of the Royal Quart!, -which IS to embark tor Breit aa.soottali pt ovillons shall be put aboard the fleet. ,„ .. ~ I , PARIS, OCT. 19.—We have for some days .past, the Spanish Journals; in which is to be found the:letter-4A Doe Antonio Salinas, on which the liberal , jounsalis tied much occupied : as we have not found in • them -1 shied tam and only declamation, we have waited in order lii Irwin! the eatire troth. The Restaurador, in whfgh'tthigilew apstch appeared, repeated what it said the day Wore; which was, " that there was a revolt amongst the troops; of Ballasteros." . ....•.t. . . To-day we learn that the King has assigned doe Witt to,f Granada to Ballesteroe, to await there hie nr , leti.' • The disbandieg of his troops has been ordered, andthis reinction experiences no difficulty. !. The King has confirmed Gen-ral blorillo lg . :the - sewn. mand which the Regency bail confided to him. • The Restaurador of the 13th, which we received. this clap, only contains .the Decterta.of—the Regency subsegnent to the 26sh May, 1623. , _ l , „. , ALCA Li , Ocr. 20.—Hie Metal Richness the Doke of Angoulenie arrived here. yesterslag, and ieto leaye today for; *Seville. . rat• . (PROM THE touaiza 11140,10A4 ..•.,1 1 .9i, 4tll PERPIGNAN, Oct. 6.—On thd first of Brie ranntirtaiiktrall Rotten made a general review. of the garrison of Barcelism. He addressed all the troops. He stepped for a hung time lefore the tine battalion of the 21st of the line• (Soria). Ihrteld the soldiers that he was resolved to defend .lisr- celesta to the last extremity ; that - if he was him.elf• cam paled by the circumstances of the war to quit the city, lie was resolved to .retire to Mount-Joui, where he ,was determined to bury himself beneath the ruins after his ,pro visions wereconsumed. He asked his soldiers ittkey,wgre disposed to follow him; they uuanim.rusly replied Adds • the cry of "The Constitution or Death!" On the 2d :the news of the defeat of Baron d'Eroles by ',lobelias, .as . Sidemont, was annonnee•l in Barcelona. • The Bulletin; which bra been published, reports, that the troops can- . mended by the Baron have been either taken or Miriade sad that the Baron himself has fallen into the. haodismetrillse Constitutionalists. •It is publicly said .th it • the bmaiiint the Baron d'Eroles shall be responsible for lbw Jib or Riego. • . !!1.Y;• . 4!“ " We are assured that hloberas, when be sallha 60M Tarragona, was certain that he. would. be followad:keribe, division of the Baron d'Eroles, that his inettnotions erne to drat biro into the plains of Lerida, not, to attailt him until, his corps. were entirely ensnared, and eves, rawly beflultitcorporal and four men. : ..•e-isq dei; ! !:.• ~ (PROM 7416 QUiVTIDIP*VE.)' s ' " 4 " 1 i ' MatSomr, Veer, 12.—The rumours whick,have 11 . 001 - in: cirislatio in this.. Capital respecting Generals Ma ratter... ifili . fiterillo, have ; been greatly..exaggriatel. be : rc i kg*isee which the King manifested • to recore Beli }stet. bad at first given them a show oryirdiabilitY.:.'andit wail certainly natural that his .51ajestY slfould bave.presetive4,4 painful remembrance of the violence which that °epees-II 'displayed towards him to compel him to proclaim. tbq Constitution of the Cortes. lie might also, rteelleet. ;hal the vacillations of Morino on the day of the 7.11: of July, may possibly have delayed the triumphs of the trpe. Hopi* cause, and occasioned many calamities. Bat st is: powili 'that the subsequent conduct of ihositwo Military. tbitek: will palliate the wrongs with whiCh they may lie re.; proaebed. • . . Ballesteros had been advised, it is said by t ,eetee • he * * ' • 1; Gena.ral (ricers, to delay the step which he adopted towned4 the King. The impatience which he felt to. snaoifeet his; repentance, counteracted the favourable inipressiOref.lai which his Majesty would have been accessible if the ital tervlew bad not been rather unexpected and forced. Itcjec to be apprehended that the intelligence received 'nisi, Cordova may diminish in the King's mind the disposition which he would otherwise have felt to acknowlidge c tbe' sertide, bowever'late, Which bare been rendered to hiqt,i •,, , c ; :. . ("mom TDB COMISTITUTIONNEL.) • •IT. i Swrreammtn,. Basis, OCT. 12.—The measures 'yesii4.l lug foreigners who -reside in our' canton, - have 'bec;lme! more rigorous than tree. Instructions have been *int to the police on this subject. Foreigners, however, who hags -lived a long time among ns,'and conferred 'advantagei on • this city, are not tote sent away. • Fumes' VAIN" OCT. IS.—Five per Cent. Cons: Mottled Min. 45.; Nosed it 90. 35 . ; Bank - - Stock, 1,630. i 'Nekton. limn 5 per Cents. 774. Exchange on London—tnialib . ill, 25,. 25, 75; 3 ditto, 25.55. , „ E•RTIMUIItt.—ANCONS, SEPT. 21.—We have received news from Ragusa of various unfortunate occurrences. In August the heat was at 31 deg. Ite , nrour, which produced coat scions diseases, that carried off a great number of people. The drought was very distressing. (Li the 20th the air became suddenly dark ; a fiery meteor pissed over the city, fell into the sea, and was sticceeded by an rank., quske, which overthrew many houses, and several persona were killed. The sea retired nearly a mite from the coast. The first shock was felt in Turkish, Bosnia;. it• Caused an• immense piece of rock to fall, which, fulling into the lea,! struck a vessel laden with Sour, end buried it' with its *hole crew in the waves. It is reported that a volcano has broken out in the province. At Ragusa, s r;rt built by, the 'French, and a, great number of houses are throws:: down. COPiNII.IOIIN, OCT. 11.-rOll the Sth of last nioath. ia • bog in an elevated situation began to move, and ,eovered; a great extent of the valley with slimy clay, by which 56. farina sad houses have suffered very considerably. STOCKHOLM. OCT. 3. 4 .—The harvest has been extremely. prodoetive throughout the.kingdont, and the exportation of iron very considerable; from Stockholm alone the value of the quantity exported is 210,000 rix dollars. Tire BighigiD WNALs.—(llaloemoplera Acutorostreta).. This animal, which was caught on the Bth instant..in * Hasler Lake, adjoining Portsmouth Harbour, may be con sidered as rare phenotnenon on any part f the British Coast. It is not a species of the Grampus—its eppearance seems to correspond in the material parte with the fritrels species of the Whak:—lt receives its name frow the "pointed form of its snout. Its length is 22 feet 10 inches, but 25 test whin measured by a line over its own uneven surface : the circumference is 12 feet in the thicicest part of the body • and the "read of the tail 6 feet. It is an inhabitant of the Greenland Seas, hut has occasionally visited the German Ocean. The devil of this species is considered as a great delicacy by the Greenlanders, and they accordingly puns* it with great eagerness. A beau tiful one of this species was caught thirty-seven years ago on the Dogger Bank. and was taken to London, when it was purchased by Mr. John Hunter, add described and limed by hiss is the Philosophical Transactions for 1787. FATAL ACCIDINT.--011 Wednesday. as the Cork mail coach, which left Dublin on the preceding night, was on Its way sear Johnstown, county of Kilkeney, it unfortenattly came In contain with the pier of the turnpike. whereby Mr. 11~ Weedy. of Itathudnes. In the County of Debits. who • is the coach, was killed on the spot. The de- ' thlrty-tbree years of age. He was a geniis '/We nsaiirellyilited by a numerous circle of friends, who will &WI Wit sisesiti which tat to his Wisely fate, THE ST, /1 • .. - ' • - ": 111.1ta. I Mill- mum ' silt. o pos. .6 ...roblin. r I 0 .... Hb11ati1..4....0 0.... Waterford.. •. 1 I ....Hambro ' o'' .....Ort .Al 4k Jersey... 0 -. 1 . ... Frasee.. sr** ore.- 0....1.15h0n 0 " 0 ...Flanders ... p .i.o 0 ... Gotten oars 0 , I 0. .. .10 tilts .......t....0 . t -.PRIDE OF WF0131141 THIS . DAY AT 01411'0 1 CD0Vitt' 1 lRankStock .... • ..., 1 . 224, Mt India Stock 44' tv g . t. R a 1,........ L . : ill iiii xli g vd d ,t , .... 8 1 , per cont. eiiii'-' 9643 moot: ( 41 * 35 39 P ill. 4 per tient, •':.1...1001444 ---80131:..: 41 35 30 Om, Neu Folly!' ...4....k 104 103 i —!..." 11 1 1 •8 1111 : 4 1 3 8 2 9 § Pfs Long Ann. 2l Lottery Tickets.. 191. Ms. tap. 'll'pstr Ct. Ceo. for Actg. ' S3ii Ott taltatelsman. '• 1 YmAD4r litENl NG. 'OCTOBER 21, ifirAC.', „ Exinuser., TIVKLVIL o'CLoce.—Conshls op ened • r 'kV*, Ithlet•pece they retitain. steady, with little beiinese. kapeaset from fees, tiebloni arrive on Tuesdays,..arad we-bear ofeensear yet. Private accounts from Paris state, that* Fiieitrit Miniti*'are ',illicit displeased - With the hied:keret:of the ..King of Spittle, as a • great nitatbeilbf their eapitaitsticas well as ours, 'will be • involved by. the non,saertilim..of the Spanish Lean. . The sew Government of Spain, it is understood, ara het eager le•Coutract for a lose, but the old contractors, as well 'in thi : nlonirOn . lerrtt Of 'ibis eoustrt, l alti of Prance, are deictinined not. loliare, May dealings with them, uselLtha King ratifies the former itins4bavist is graraetees for4he Lseetwity of their paymnt 444, and France. Foattax Fuxos.—Spanish Bondi ortheif i typroylltfri at 24, 24k, 25, 23i, and 211,. LitdedeAleistg.eatelli above stock. •; • I ▪ F.l ,!e.. us2l 1."40,4 . WI to 21-7-. Old, 2 t to i—CaPenettaavel-ran• - • . Con, fla to I—Poysis, "As iseit predicted, the r4tdtation of the Offal Govern emir* iwSpain, has been a death-blow to the interests of the S nish bond-holtrs. That wrstciteitkaue,cf deceit I;nd tatiettoOd ? the New rites, declared AO rifling but the restottitloh •Of the lea p' Co%it•'riltnetif, could restore . order to the country,, and stability. to •the finances; and thAt i to„tbio,.eyent alone could they look forwardio.any improvement •in the valne of their property. The more 4ottentlitia t 'tko.Were told, would certainly be t iliiewmed ; .hot the • faience .teas to be acknowledged t t .. leatttee of 'Certaittty ; and that interest-ORa to be rtnetteeNriPpatid is the , 'moot royal • The 'hotire of 'slid' foOrti not :40 11449 °' .14 was to detach the nictitied 'interest of England trout the cailke•; arid to, reel, theei to. look to the sacoapid i Abellloly Allies, as their seeoßty. What bribe the hill* receipt' for this had s-nice, we know not ; but the. melt, harprovell what reliance ought to have been placed opoe tiiii• - siribe of the Bourbons. : Common sense,indeeti, ought to kw* prevented any delusion upon this heed. The (*cotes, by ;reizing open the Church and Crown Domains,i . had wherewithal . seem* the interests of the boa holders, when a little tranqnillityabould have enabled them to es tablish something like order its their system of •iaternal economy. They had the means in their hands to 'marmite* their engagemeab:asLthere is sec sioubtbut that thAtt 'have feinted then to the. eeifletlet rmei "rift of the restoration of the King destroyed at once alt - ellnece eittleV t rititirtient of•.be - . pjinsp t, .and tire security, of 'Hoe interest.. The Church resuinee its possession.; • The national land! , become, again crows Propetty. The ea penceiof the State are eacreased fonr.fold ; and thefirtai- , ets reitit i to'iliidOsieskte state in which theciaaaa icen involved.foe malty era Ferdinand, -bowmen atlittete too suspense idreinalti Open 'this bead: life' le - iiniti'litratia. avowed. lie.will recognise neither. Ficrolie'..irstiett ant he will need all the money that can be Vetoed for Wit even purposes; and the, bond-holder. 'may throw theliitieuds aside„ to wait for the chance of another, .revoletion to bring them again into repute." As a set•off to the Wilful delusions which the New Times propagated on this. topic, it very candidly advises the monied iete t rest,•not to trust Ferdinand with any, kantAiAculaely, 'if it , is to be applied to the re-conquest of the colonles. This is somethinefikat - advising : a man not •to die' twice: Ferdinand Is not likely to gain any credit on' ,t,h,p,loplt Erelong', •kle is too well known there.,'llesides,; -baying loses to all the revolted colonies, it would bedroll,. littleed;•lla'loan Were 4itiettti desfrciy the ralidityOf time* -whicittaltsody exist. Theta/the-of tiro Neal Milo is quite 'pleased With the itlea thUt the Spanish hood-hohiers will he ruined : and he argues tliat-GOVernmentle by' no *Ants bound to insist upon ,t good faith" being "nit. with them., , .10/bas it ouglitto do is but of little 'roomette ; for it will set dolts duty..., But 11 seems to us only reasoaable that it s 'should endeavour to p r otect interests which It hal brought; • leo jeoporily.:: . 'The Goeernment,. to which the 'tote was made, was recognised, andsrested-with by the Government - of England ; and if it . insist .aeon the fulfilment of the nodosel contracts, it ought she to see that other: contracts made on the faith' of amity and. alliance of the two States were also' fulfilled. -Vile, Jtowever,' is not to bq gitrited. " Strict neutrality" is the order of the day. "Let other nations de as they wiH, and our selves as we coo." This is the language of the Ministry ;• and despicable as it is in a motional point of view, we are. ready to allow that their misconduct has rendered it neces sary fur them. A teartaf many years, end an expenditure of many millions, *mild not restore to England the ad. vantages which she possessed, a few short months ago. The most fatal blow ever aimed at our general interests has been strnck during the present summer;—without raising the slightest feeling on the part of the ministerial. herd. Their neartrality•bas reduced them to statues; and there they stand in the Treasury Chambers, more like the! Mutes of the Holy Alliance, than like the rulers of a. great State and the Ministers of a free people. AN to inst y o rif i l lw ltem Times of tliii morning.nalt a ' i Prinies from Spain and, Portup f the old colonies in South , America iftimpting ro ietiTae Them to tire e cioditkn again. Ibis is a niiable,sipidient, lamoilAng like the pm. Wadi:be quittluidaittAtodaco.lhem to sobjectioPr as to 'NIVVIRt 171 Mei upon Tuna. i Fru- ws.. ...... ----- _ lath the breed to have any wish for . IM:importation. ' Are once remember a serious proposal to conquer North Ame rica, and divide that portion of the Continent among our Yorks, our Clarence+, use Cumberiands, and the rest of the Royal PrOgenti ' but from Some unaccountable indifference to Ropnity, the Americana still maintain their Republican institutions; and the %cry mention of a King, throws aven dm black population into a lit of involuntary 'ROW, They Pre, to be sure, a very untutored race; and their, want of reverence front monirchy proceeds from an inability to appreerate its blessings. Hut Remy wise men. have been equally puzzled on that head.---,- The New Times•eaye:' " The natural course of events, in „ . p. almost ail parts of South America, tends to the establish !' meat of independent states, under governments more or "ins monarchical." This is one of the plain untruths with, ''Olilth this jaurndl often tonne Its readers.' ' ' '4 in known' tout there is no tendon/sr whatever Ito , monarchy in :Eolith America. TIM` is .ll ?Viotti; and al most universal feeling agtdatt =it.; nod a cargo of Princes from Europe weed be tiiife 'nicely . to meet with an elevation to the scaffold, durs-to +looses, if they were to 'press their royal • pretellitone.' 'ln' Mexico, a man did venture to set up the trade of Kingeraft, but the 'pecula tion failed. There wereAsie fools enough to enable him to keep his shop open. In the thasils. IhenrAby ill chance they had a royal government,' it Is not yet shaken off; but there is a strong tendency to get rid of the monar chical principle in that quarter 4 , 1t0 ; and. it is far more probable that the Prince thryAtive will be returned to ' Europe, as not worth the expend of keeping, than that any importation of Princes would be revived. The love of Princes is fast decaying, and the iteripteral admits "sot not to put any trust in them," is gaining ground.ninong the people of every country but this; and here we have :, not a monm by, but a dish of mixed government, In Which tie monarchical principal is . spriuliled E like 'Assegai Aver tainted meat, to disguise it by divot*, and to tener the stomach to digest it. . . --......"--. , There are reports in town, that Nina continues. his defence of Catalonia, notwithstanding the liberation of I llrerdinand; and so:,e advantages are attributed him ; ,while it is also immured that Llobera has taken tie ' rt fnyalist leader, Barton IN:roles, prisoner. The fact oess !nevolt in the army of hallasteros is matter of great pro bability ; and one inference at least may be drawn from Illte circumstances, that the captnre of Cadiz will not en.. isble the French materially to reinforce their troops in ether quarters; it being necessary to guard against futore ebullitions of public spirit.. The Duke d'Angouleme shewed great caution, in not even entering Cadiz; but a strong French garrison is pieced there; and there is some talk of their holding, it as long, as we continue to hold tiibraltax.Algesiras,too.is to receive a French garrison. •`• • --.....en5ee...-- lingland,•it appears, isnot to acknowledge the indepen dence of the South American States, withoat the coneend of Ferdinand. Hew this is 'to be obtained we know not; bait is grossly-temporizing with our commercial interests, to take each mean and paltry ground of proceeding. .Mr Cobbett deserves great praise for the very ptiblic spirited manner in which he has attempted to put an end to the extortioa practised at the Kensington turnpike-gate. — Such abuses; aid theyure carried to a mods greater ex. tent than is geeetally isegieed s seasot be too much • ettposed. A Morning Piper. •bas made the important discovery, that a transfer of landed property does not destroy the property ; and that it is immaterial to the tenant who is his landlord, provided his treatineot is the. same. This is used as an.argument against Mr. cobbetra principles about the transfer of property ; but ilsowriter begets that . Mr, . Cobbett's arguments are addiesiet . tO the 'present race of land-holders; and they probably think it. in soles thieete'them, though it may be nothing to die aid*: ~. J. ~ •lrettirs of the 6th instant were received'yesterday from Madrid and other parts of Spain. Theta is, however, little• worthy of notice in them, and scarcely a hint on Those from the south describe the French as ex tremely unpopular; but that the chief cause is the irregu larity of their payments. Contrary to the notion enter. tamed here, that they had been most liberal in their dealings with the inhabitants, they had incerred large debts wherever they could obtain credit. It is remarkable that none of the letters (rota Madrid mention of allude to 'the proclamation of Ferdinand issued at Part St. Mary's. Letters, dated Saturday, and received yesterday from Paris, by express, mention that the mate:A dissatisfaction exists among the Feenels.hliwistry,•at the condnct of Fer dinand since his release. They charge Itim,itissaid,with;ngra titude, for his otter disregard of their advice, as evinced in every public measure he hal adopted. It has been resolved, therefore, to withdraw immediately nearly ail the French troops from Spain; in consequence of which resolution, the monthly payments made to the Regency by France, and which amounted to more than 1,500,000 francs, are to be discontinued, while all remittances to the army are to cease, there being, it is snppo.;ed, money enough in the. military chest of each division 10 elver them back to France. _ The Commissioners named under tbeCOnverition for set Clement of claims of British subjects on Spain, hare sus pended proceedings, in consequence of Ferdinand's Decree annulling the Acts afire late Government. A3IERICAN Cos:stns.—The appointments of the Chief Consuls to the South American Provinces hare been nearly completed. Some of them have even already sailed for their respective places of destination. We understand that a nephew of Mr. Burke has been appointed to the Chief Con►ulship at Valoraiso. This nomination has not been procured through the medium of Parliamentary influence, hut has. we have reason to believe. directly emanated from ' the highest quarter.—(Morning Pape:.) . • • , . . -e------ 01•11ALTAIL—Extract of a letter, dated Oct. 4 :—" We ittalierstand Arguelles and several other Members of tic Cortes are now /in our bay, having hastily escaped from Cadiz, fearing the retaliatory disposition of the Royalists. The accounts brought by these individuals state that the rigarebaittiesnttscownhfouspioronreigned professed "e theses ireA4mita Mow. isteserisos is await-their aline— eil C o i n n s t U i t a u d t i i z o n a a m l o n p n i g n i t o l i n g s se , a o n f d t h m e a i n " ; We have bad a long SUCCCSIIOD of easterly. .winds are, which has hrooght. numbee.ol . wheat_circe isleour `trays - . . OSBRALTAII. OTT. .....—'l 4 llB .1 ' French frigate brought from Cadit 250 of the Fre;i 7 elaeards to . garnsee Algesiras, which have been landed there. which indicate', an intention of occupying the sea ports. ' The following intelligence respecting the proceedings of Lord Cochrane, was yesterday posted up at Lloyd's:- 111/IRANIIAM, Auer 19.—Lord Cochrane arrived at this port, 26th ult. in the line of battle ship D. Pedro Isl. Hitherto no other vessel of his sqnadron has appeared r'en the 28th the Imperial flag was hoisted, and LorJ Coalesce seizes all the property belonging to Portuguese residing in Europe, but consents to its being delivered up on payment of half of ite valve. The Sampson, bound to Liverpool, is detained here by order of his Lordship, for having Pur ina's, property •on •board. Like wise the Wellington, Mondell, and Jubilee, Luckrocl:, for Liverpool; . end Waterloo, Cricket, and Ossian, Black. The following vessels have been taken possession of by Lord Cochrane at Meranhain, previous to the 20th Angy,st, vim.:—The It eorge, Weistead, from Lisbon, (since releinwil) Folix,Ventora, Constitutional, Barges Cameiro, Pombinha, Bella Alliance, Cassadoris, Ventura Felix, Conde de Carat taros, Felton, 01o7ia, Sao Joze dos Laraargeiras, Toninba, • St..Savenr.Alfrid, Smith, Dispatch Packet, Hussey, Hope, Jitiob, and Maria, late Pussick. DIIMERARA.—A Copy of the following letter from the Under Secretary 9f State in. Lord Bathurst's office, has. Says the Bristol Mercury, been received by Mr. Aldsrmaa Daniel, of that City. Mr. Culeenhonn, to whom the letter is addressed, is Colonist Agent for Dominica, Nevis, 'and St. Kitt's : " Cirencester, Oct. 4, 1623... " I aft directed by Lord' Bathurst to inform yin, in answer to your letter, addressed to his Lordship, and ie ceived by him this morning, that 'it is the intention of ',Goviinment to send out immediate . reinforcements of troopsle • the West Indies, and that preparations fur that wpm are already made. 1 remain, &c., • " It. WILMOT HORTON. " The Leeward Island Mail is dsteined till Friday. • " J. Colgehours, Rae." Wa understand that so fully nre - Ministeri Impressed el& the necessity of imparting - religions hSstruction to the 0448 4 6 . ede West India Colonies, that they:.bave . applied le Use Wesleyan Missionary Committee for 30 young men *be sent as Missionaries to the West :tidies. Agreeable 10 'the resolutions of that body, these Missionaries are to he under the direction of the Committee. to whom the Government ii to make a regular allowance for their s:.p. port.—( West Briton.) A private letter from Malaga elf the •231 ult. slates. Veit *weld system being re4stablishml; the importatida rif wheat is again permitted, though subject to the former high - duty, when coining from foreign ports and in foreign bottoms of 26 reale vellinf the , quit tit, and of 19 reals yellers in Spartish' bottoms. The saute lettermentioes that the old regulation respecting tonnage is again in force, consisting only of one real .velion the ton on foreign vessels. .- % . The Russian Government bas issued-lam orders, which add to the extensive rigour that haa . been employed for some time, towards all persons inhabiting the sea coast's of the empire, and who are suspected of carrying on a contraband trade, or having in the w. rehouses merchandiae prohibited by the last Tariff. The Authorities on the frontiers have received the injunction to exercise she strictest vigilance, especially towards the Polish Jews, who are accused of favouring smuggling. A Special Ordinance containing very harsh regulations, has been jssued respect ing the. lattero—(Brusseis Papers, Oct. V.) A hone in . the Baltic trade has lately stopped payment— losses its an extensive tallow speculation are assigned as the cause. . •• . Sixty Farmers are to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act at Cork in a few days. (Cork t'onstiesition.) It appears that whenever a bill of parcels is called an invoice; in a letter accompeifying it, it is liable to dodble postage ; but that when it is called a bill of parcels, it is only liable to . single postage. _ . 111111100,111ALUS.—As many imptiries hare been made res p e cting she case of hydrocephalus lately poticed in this Paper, we hive much pleasure in having it is our power le continue our favourable reports. We learn that the water abstracted tines the head by the different operations amonms to 15 pines Ave intact', and diminishes imiterially in the rapidity with which it is formed; the bead is consequently much Ina in size, and is assuming a more natural shape. The health of the little sufferer continues generally good, and the intent grows. We are happy to find that the prospect of Anal recovery is cuspidate' still more flat tering than we last reported,—(ialistoury Journal.) • A few days since a person called at a house in the neigh hourhood of Ceckernsouth, and found four sisters, three of whom were knitting and the other was sewing, whose united ages were 310 years. It has been distoveeed in America that a ronnd thin , plate of soft iron, fixed on a lathe spindle, and turned uith ' great rapidity, is capable. in a very surprising manner, by the motion .outs edge, of cutting hard steel ; the groom in the steel acquiring an intense heat. without' the same degree of heat penetrating the soft iron. The Culoneley of the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion has, in consequence of the death of Major General Kelso, become vacant. Colonel the llop. Henry King, from the half-pay, of the 6th Regiment of foot, it is expvted, will be appointed to the command of the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion. Married, at Kirkildy, on the 14 . 11 inst., the Rev. Edward Irving, A.M. of Hatton Garden, Chapel, London, to Isabella. eldest daughter of the Rev. John Martin, Kirk ably. PLURALITIES IN THI CIIVCCH us SCOTLAND..--Ofl Tuesday, at twelve o'clock, the Synod of Uleyow and discussion,Ayt met in t t h h e e j T ai r i on gin C en h t it o rc f h t , he Glasgow. Presbytery lrll e a gl e a a f i t n e :t i a n d i : a t:- fog Principal fil`Farlano Minister if the High Church was affirmed by 10 votes to 35. The case therefore goes to the General Assembly. The objection to inducting the Reverend Doctor arises from the old constitutional aversion to pluralities, and the wholes nue anxicy to preserve res. byterian purity. Mr. John Symons has been elected Mayor of the Borough of Bossiney or Tiotagel, for the ensuing year, The row Member of that borough, John Wortley. Esq. son of the Member for Yorkshire, attended, and was elected Recorder. in the room of the late Charles liashleigh, Esq.—it is un derstood that Mr. Stuart Wortley Las 'lately become sole proprietor of this sung borough, the patronage of which be ' heretofore divided with the Earlof Moui.t Edgcumbe. 'I he Lila of this species of properly his become toe common to create surprise. - (West Brito,a.) FATAL ACCIDINT.—On Friday morning, Mr. William and Mr. George Farrant, sons of Mr. Fa , rant, of Exeter. surgeon, were on a shooting excursion at It n os ( list. about three Mlles from home ; George being upon a hedge was in the act of taking the gun (which had a per cussion lock) from his brother, when a bramble caught the hamnier, tbathad been cautiously placed on the spillet, • and drew it back sufficiently to mauls detonation; the whole charge entered just under (he right breast of the unfortunate youth, who instantly expired.—A Coroner's jury held an inquest upon the body in the afternoon, and returned a verdict of Accidental Death. The deceased (M'. Oeo. Farrant) was about 19 years of age. -ME emia).l vllWr Mi it 11.01 . 3 / 4 4/114 0 • 'OM 4Fasti ed •C M r to xle ?vim Th by th .1t ' 4t, L. I ss, be d post o he Brit and VIM Ea( -the cut( to 1 at i a F