The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-04-07 00:00:00

dr" - ,r SUFFOLK PETITION FOR REFORM. " To Till Ho eouaAßLc TIIE CONNORS 0/ TWZ UNITA> KINIaIOII 0/ GREAT BRITAIN AND I , IN PAILIA WENT ASSEWEILED. " The huble Petition of theNobillty, Gentry, Clergy, and Fre m eholders of the County of Suffolk, assembled at Stowmarket, " Sheweth—That the County of Suffolk hes twice laid Pe- Iti - es before the present Parliament, praying fors Reform in the Representation of the Commons; but that these Peti tions, as well as many others of the same tendency Irani. other counties, remain without effect. "That your Petitioners feel an increased conviction a. tbe benefits which would result from a more free, more ge. neva, and morn frequent exercise of the elective (mettle ; hut your Petitioners renew their s u pp lication, not meralt tseeause they believe that Reform would be beneficial, Out EA.-wise because they claim it as a Constitutional right of the Pr ople. "That your Petitioners regardirith veneration and wars e tlachment the genuine Constitution of England; and they therefore feel the greater sorrow and indignation when they trace the growth, and witness the effects of abuses which degrade and endanger it. • That this revered Constitution gives to the people* share in the Legislature, and a power of checking the Mi nisters of the Crown, by means of a body of Represeetatives in Parliament, freely chosen by the Commons at large from amongst themselves. " That the Peers of the Realm, and the Crown itself, are prohibited by law, as well as by the spirit of the Constitu tion. from influencing or Interfering with the Election of a Representative of the People; so that the House of Com mons ought to be composed of Members chosen by the free Commoners of the Realm to protect particularly their riguts end Interests. ''Vat, b fact, the composition of your Honourable House is widely different. That a large portion of your Honourable House consists of Members nominated by cer tain Peers of the realm; a second portion by the Ministers of the Crown ; and a third by individuals who have acquired au undue influence in decayed Boroughs, and who too Ire .quently make this influence tae means of bartering the inter ests of the nation for their own personal advantage; lastly, that a considerable number of the Members of your Honour able llouse enjey l uc r a tive Places, Pensions , or Commis sions under the Crown, which render them more or less de pendent upon Ministers. That your Petitioners beg leave to submit the present state of the Representation in Suffolk, as one amongst many rumples. That from this County sixteen Members are returned to Parliament; only two of whom are eh ~sen by the Freeholders o f the County ; that tn are electd by the Freemen of Ipswich; two by those of o Sudbury;e and the othte ten Members are returned to your 11011J0 able House upon the nomination of a very few indiviormjs - 'riot y our Petitioners disclaim any intention of throw ing lint eeriminate censure, or imputing intworthy motives to a'l who enjoy this power of nomination, or to all the Metehers who are thus returned to Parliament; outb ho u r r Pe.Voeers cannot help seeing that , in consequenc.e abuses L the Representation, a large majority of your Ho nourahm House is composed of Members who are corn pier ly independent of the people, and whose interests ire dbliact frim, and frequently adverse to, those of the nation at there. " That the injurious resuls of these abuses have been glaringly manifested of late years in the subserviency of Parliaments to the Ministers of the Crown—in the enaetment of Stelittes which tend to subvert the constitutional liber ties of the sobiect—in a great waste of the public treasure— iu the inirrsition of exeemive taxes—an lin a disregard of the emissions and Petitions of the people—even under circum runete of great national distress. " That the severity and continuance of this distress make your Petitioners feel the more sensibly the want of Repre sentetives whose interests would be the same as those of the people, " T'vt your Petitioners behold with disgust and indigos tiers the absolute Monarchs of Europe c inspiring spinet the freedom of mankind, interfering with the internal affairs of independent and unoffendingnations, and trampling alike upon dell rights and international laws. That your Peti tioners cannot but feel a jealousy of the designs which these powerful and unprincipled invaders may entertain against the free. Constitution of England, if they should unhappily secceed in destroying the liberties of Spain and Portugal.— Test your Petitioners therefore deem it the more important that the Constitution should be revived and strengthened by a timely Reform, and that the liberties of the nation should be shielded by their proper guarantee—a real Representa tion of the People in Parliament. " That your Petitioners do not presume to lay down a re ticular scheme of Parliamentary Reform; they only ask fur inch constitutional measures as may render your Honour able House the genuine organ and the security of Cm pen pie; but they must earnestly pray that your Ibnour.hle House sill give the ea:Lest attention to this great olject, ant will thus, by restoring the strength and it • lemony of the coustiretion, empire the retorts of domestic prosperity, gene ral confidence, and national power." PETITION OF THE BARLEY GROWERS IN NOR FOLK. The following' a7p'ears from a Norfolk paper to b. in the conrse of sign2tnie in the neighbourhood of Nor- .slob : To the tforourah:e tLe Commons of the United Kingdom of Oreet Hritain end Ireland, in Parliament assembled . The humble Petition of the Owners air! Occupiers of Land io the vicinity of Norwlrh and in the county of Norfulk, t•itiew rth,—Teat your Petitioners humbly beg to rerresent to yourlion. House the very great losses they have long suf fered by the great depreciation In the prices of agricultural pr oduce ; and they tr.erefore humbly beg to call the serious attention of your 1-ionourable House to enact such laws as i I tend to increase the consumption of barley. .• And your Petitioners humbly beg further to state, that In their opinion a fin Vier reduction in the duty of malt, and a free and IM. psi dent sale of beer, would not only material ly benefit your Petitioners, but that the lower orders of so ciety (who are the princip al consumers) would be supplied with a very superior and more nutritious beverage at lower prices, and Isis Majesty's revenue scarcely eiminiehed, as your Petitioners verily believe that the increased consump tion would compensate for a less impost of duty. • "Your Petitiobers also beg humbly to state.that whilst their very.esistecce as aviculturists depends upon re ceiving.fetr reniurerating prices for their crops of bar ley, they cannot but view with the greatest alarm the dangerous end increasing niotiopolizing system pursued by the brewers in the purchase of public houses at enor mous high prices, to the exclusion of small capitalists, who would otherwise be competitors by brewing a sope v*or 'quality, and consequently increase the consumption of tht principal leo !uce of Norfolk. " Your Petitioners beg further to state, that whilst all other trades in the United Kingdom are free and open to alt his Majesty's liege subjects, the produce of barley. which pm a very large duty in beer and malt, is the only ar ticle restricted in its sale, and, consequently. diminished in Its c ensamption, by the present existing laws in licensing ptrilic-houses ; and as a proof that a much less quntity of m alt is Vo w used in brewing th a n heretofore, your Peti tioners beg to refer to the returns made to, your Honour sole House, by w hich it a pp ears, that notwithstanding the fl.iurishing state of our trade, manufactures, and commerce, and a very considerable Increase in the population of the country. tile qaenti y of malt charged with the duty in the year 1812 was less by $,831,31-1 busisels Ulan in the year 1791. •• Yont• Petitioners also beg humbly to state,that the bills now introduced by the Honourable House, imPosing a duty of las. per barrel on beer, to be sold at a price not ex ceedine -275. per barrel, will he of little use to your Petiiion erg. if the Brewers are res•ricted not to use more than one quarter of malt for every five barrels of beer, because, sin less the malt he of a superior quality, a sufficient strength cannot be drawn, and the sale of second and inferior malt (which, if not restricted, might fiad sale for brewing for im mediate ose) wit remain as heretofore, a drug upon the market. suffering a depresssion of 11l or I2s. below that of t h e beet coality, as may be seen by a reference to the prices in Matkriane. Your petitioners therefore humbly entreat, that your Honourable Rouse would reduce the duties, grant a free trade, and give such other protection and encouragement to the Agriculturists. as in your wisdom shall seem meet. •' And your Petitioners will ever pray," dc. ''.!_: THE ST. 101URICAN PAPIIRS. - • . t... 0. Tiro following letter, copied from the Bakirmire Ame rican, affords the true key to the fate of . the Bill re-'. .ported at the last Session by the Committee on Mann. factures : EXTRACT OF • LETTER TO THE EDITORS, PROM A MEM-. BER of/ coNGSESS, ashingt DATED Won, Feb. 24, 1823. " The tariff hill is put to sleep for the present Session. It asked more protection for certain manufactures than was prudent. We lose etnnetiuvs a great good by ask ing too much. It would have deprived the treasury, an nually, of at least one million of dollars, and gave no thing to replace that tax, for which the Committee 6n Manufactures are not sensible ; their duty is confined to such objects as may he benefitted. It will be much better that a bill should originate with the Committee of Ways and Means ; they must , 1 think rep a tariff on general prir,ciples at the nest Session, when the chair man on manutactures can move such amendments as he may think will tend to the advantage of the manufac tures of our country. I say that the Ways and Memo must report a tari ff act next year, because, (if they de not) our finances will be as bad in 1823 as they were in 1820—Congress must lay an excise on spirits—twenty p five cents er gallon wouive flue minions er an num, and enable all Congressld toa id our growing p manu factures." FROM VALPARAISO.—We have been favored by a friend, with the following extract of a letter, dated Valparaiso, Nov. 36. " I have just escaped from one of the greatest dangers that l ever experienced. On the night of the 19th inst. we were visited by a terrible earthquake, which laid this Ilfine place in ruin*, and shaken all Chili to its founds ' Lions. What few houses are still standing are so shat tered that they can be no longer tenanted. 'the inhabi tants have all retired to the hills, and are living in tents. You cannot imagine the horrible condition of this place; there will no doubt be a famine, as provisions now are selling at the most exorbitant prices. About three hundred people have been taken out of the ruins, and every day two or three are found. " I was sitting with some frets Is in my room, when the first thing I heard was falling of the roof—and on rnshin4 forwards, 1 found it - impossible to stand, the earth was its such violent agitation. I fortunately got into the street before the house fell—the next moment the earth was rent asunder, leaving a tremendous chasm. The objects on all shies, the screams of the dying and of the fugitives, and the danger which surround me. tilled my mind with the most awful emotions. At length, 1 was delivered front danger by the interposition 4.f one of my friends—and I have been living ever since ott lewd Every two or three hours there a rt.-ev convul shion of the earth, which communicates itself to the yes 'els in the harbour. SALEM, (Mass.) MARCH 3.—A few days since, an ' enormous cod fish, weighing eighty:Mur pounds, was caught by some Marblehead Pi-itermen. On its being landed, it was at once agreed to present it to John Quincy Adams. as an appropriate testimonial of the gra tiTude of Fishermen for ins most able and triumphant defence of the Amerivan right to the Pisi.eries, in the negotiations of Ghent. The fish was accordingly frozen with great care, in order to preserve it, incased in a box of ice, and transmitted, with a letter from the do nors, to the Hon. Secretary of State.--(fiegister.) New QRLBANP, 'Fan. 17.—Loss of the Steam-boat Tennessee.—The Tennessee left New Orleans for Louis ville, on Sunday the 24 inst. with 16 cabin and about 160 deck passengers and a cargo estimated at eighty thousand dollars. At Nathez the number of (leek pas sengers was increased to shout ISO, whence she departed on 'Thursday 6th inst. with ISO porous on board ; on the evening of Saturday the tfdt, being about 180 miles shave Nathes, the unforeseen and terrible accident occurred, which is detailed in the statement of the surviving passengers below, by which the boat and cargo was entirely and almost instantly Inst—upwards of thity persons drowned, and the remaining individuals of ther p a ssengers and crew with ditlicti!ty saved from sharing the same fate. The night proved very boister ous accompanied by a thick fall of snow, and many who hail escaped a watery grave, by ctiaging to bashes and trees, or by gaging in!ct the ntarsto s, narrowly escaped perishing from the s-verity () the weather. It gratifies I I us to learn, that the sante humane and manly qualities which have distinguished Capt. Campbell through life, are awarded to hint on this occasion, and the survivors, while they speak in :he highest terms of his ability and uniform carefulness as a commander, attribute to his ex ertions the preservation of many . of those who most have perished, hut for the unreentt-d swell among the marshes and basins, which was continued tin ing the re.l mainder al t he H ight. Cs n p orsengers lost—Mr. Nonvelle. of Lexington, K. ; J. W. Poole,of Baltimore; J. Maybin, of Philadel phia; Mr. Caruthers, of Teanessee. Deck passengers—Mrs. Mansher and child ; (keep Sanders, Samuel Cooper; David Nave; John Kielty; Sa muel Ilencely; Alexander Stewart, first engineer; John Kepler, 2d ditto ;---s-Terley, fireman ; negro James, 2nd cook; negro- Fanny, steward; Agile., a negro woman belonging to Mrs. Shields; s negro woman and two boys, belonging to 2 passengers. It is supposed by the captain and passengers that from 10 to 13 deck passengers, have perished, whose names are not known. We, the undersigned, surviving passengers on board the steam-boat Tennessee, commanded by Captain John Campbell. boned from New Orleans to Louisville, do state, without being consulted, or s olicited by Captain Campbell, that this beat teas well mailaged on the trip — that on the night of the hob inst. this boat struck on a log some distance from shore, whieli caused her to sink in the space of 8 minutes; the night was dark, and the engine was stopped, but so soon as the extent of the in jury the host had received was known, it was started again with the view of running her on shore, but she wont down so fast that this effort proved unavailing. (Signed by a committee of the surviving passengers.) N. SURREY ASSIZES. KINGSTON. ATIIII. 1. 1823. . GAINSFORD V. SCOVItI.I.. Mr. COMTN opened the race, by stating that this was an action to recover the value of a certain quantity of butter and bacon, which had come into the hsthis of the defendants as wharfiogers, and which they had converted to their own nee, &e. Mr. M A RRYATI then addressed the Jury for the plain titf. . The delentlen,s, Messrs. Scorch. be said, were merely nominally se, Messrs. Owen, Carroll and Co. of Watet ford, the slippers of the hotter and bacon, having given them a guatau'ee. He then detailed the following circustances, which we afterwads supported by the ev idence m o f 1t...i witnesses. re Carroll r and ,on the 25th Nov. his', shipped 11$) lielcins of butter 11841 25 bales of baron,"on board the Friends, Captain Ellio:t, on ac count of a e taresein..nee: - of bun ion, upon wham they drew for the amount ag-reeably to the terms of the con tract made by their agent. The 101 l of lading and in voice far these goods were received by the cheesemonger on t h e t tlith o f the same month of November. On the 26th of the following month (Der.) he sold the butter and bacon in qnestion to another chersemonger, upon Mnn he drew. ais enstornary, r the amount at two mounths. About a week after, i s rheesemonger placed the bill of lading in tbe trends of a broker, who, at his request, shisanced him 3:101.on the same. receiving at the same time, authority to sell or otherwise dispose of the 1 goods, to reimburse himself for the advance he had made. meese---.- - For this purpose the broker applied to the plaintiff who declined buying;' but, at the request Of the broker, agreed to make ao advance upon the gtiods, upon having the bill of lading placed in his hands as a security. This transaction took place on the Bth of January, and the two rheeseusongers having stopped payment on the 27th of Janaary, at which time the ship had not arrived, the shippers of the goods, Owen, Carroll and Co., determined to hive the goo :s stopped, and fur that purpose applied to the defendants, Scovells. Mr. OWINET, for the defendants, endeavoured to show that the plaintiff was aware of the insolvency of the cheesemonger to whom Carroll shipped the goods, and also of the other cheesemonger, to whom they had the a t n sold ; bet the only witness he produced, proved that plaintiff had actually given credit to the cheesemonger to whom the broker made the advance, subsequently to the Bth of January. The Learned Gentleman said, that at most the plaintiff was not entitled to recover more than 298/. ss. 4.1. the sum he had advanced ; and he trusted the Jury would think with him, that he was not entitled to a verdict at all. Mr. MARaYATT, in reply, said, this was a case absos lntely without any defence at all. The defence which his learned friend hail endeavoured to set up, namely, a collusion between the parties, was proved to have no fountlatioo. Nay, the only witness called by the de defendants' counsel, had strengthened the plaintiff's case. As to the amount of damages, lie differed entirely from his learned friend. Although the plaiatiff's claim may fall short of the value of the goods, yet lie was entitled to recover the whole value, because he stoodin the situa tion of a trustee for the surplus ; the same as in a case of mortgage where the advance had been short of the actual value of the estate. Baron RtCIIAROS said, that it appeared in evidence 1 . that Carroll hail made a legal sale ; that the person who pnrchased of Carroll had made a legal sale to another ; that that other had parted with th e . bill of lading in a legal way to the broker, as a security for money advanced, and to whom lie hail given power to sell the goods ; and that the broker had placed the bill of lading in the i bands of the plaintiff, who had actually advanced out of his own pocket the sum of mil. ss. 4d. The legal title, therefore, was clearly in the plaintiff ; and if the Jury were of opiiiiim that all was fair and honest, as it ap peared to him to he, they would then find their verdict for the plaintiff for the whOle value of the goods, which appeared in evidence to be 3361. Bs. 10.1. Verdi' t for the plaintiff 3361. 18s. 10.1. Messrs. WILDE, ltkes and PEACOCK, attorneys fur the plaintiff. Mr. Jews Bruit's, jun. for the defendants. PORTUCIAL. iSv the Lisbon packet on Saturday, a file of the Did rio do Govern°. has been received from the 10th to the 20th ult. These papers describe the movements and ope rations of the Constitutional Army down to the 17th. — The following is an outline of the:n : —General Itego reached Villa Real on the 9th, with four battalions of chasseurs and tnree of infantry, and the Penafil, Maia, Ville flu Conde, and Barcellos militia. On the following morning, he sent forward a light division, consisting of four battalions of chasseurs, and the 21st regiment, to Villa Ponca de A pier, nearly mi.l.way between Chaves, the Er-Count's headinarters, and Villa Real, those of General Rego. This light divisioa was commanded by Brigadier-General Pamplona, a brave and experienced officer, who was twice promoted during the Peninsular war, on tite field of battle. • In the mean time, Brigadier-General Correa, with a brigade of militia, and the Ilth chasseurs, also moved forward on the 11th, pursuing a line of march to the left of Villa Real. The rebels posted in the neighbourhood withtlcew es the Constitutional troops advanced, and did tstt offer the smallest resistance. On the 11th, they sent a Captain with a flag of truce to Vali Real, who in formed General Rep that the object of Ex-Count Ama rante was not to spill blood, but to unite with his coun trymen, and form a Constitution similar to that of France. nem Rego dismissed the Captain, telling him that he could acknowledge no such General as Amarante, and that if he and his followers had repented, they must ask pardon of the nation and the King. On the 13th, Amarante concentrated the whole of his force, and attacked the light division tinder Gen. Pam plona, which, as above stated, had been pushed forward from Villa Real. This division was composed entirely of infantry, and that of the enemy chiefly of cavalry. A very severe action took place, and Genral P&OlilOnS, after behaving in a most gallant manner. e and seeing his lit le force overp ‘wered by superior numbers, was him self compelled to surrender. The particulars of this oc currence, as far as they were known at the time, are toned in in General lie 's despatch, found in our extracts from the Lisbon papers; but private letters from Lisbon, of the 20.11, writt-at at night, consider this affair in no other light than as a surprise of au advanced p. Gene ral Pamplona, who was at least seven leaguer ost in advance of the main body, comatanded by General Rego, was per haps too confident ; but the incident can have no mate eat effect on the eventual issne of the cause. General Rego immediately crosacd the Tamega, a river that de. scends into the Doiro from Chaves, and took up his po sition in the city of Amaraide, as being inure convenient to form a junction with the twits advancing from Oporto, and to organize a plan of operations with the Spanish Commander in Galicia. General Quirega. Sousa, for- merly Ambassador in London, and who batl b een ap pointed Governor of Villa Real by the Ex-Count, it is said, had fled. With respect to the scere of Count Ainar in'e's at tempts, it has been limited to the not therm division of a district which forms Yearly a par dlelagratn terminated on the south by the Douro. The Tausega constattites the western side of this district. On this nv-c, within a few miles of the frontier, st ends the town of Chaves; and Amarante, the hearkpiarters whence Rego dates his last despatches, seems ta be above two days' march lower down the Tamega, and within less than (moor the confid ence of that stream with the Douro. The river may be considered to form the eastern extremity of the disturbed district, and on the north le reaches to Galicia. 'When Count Amarante began his work, he held forth to his countrymen a return to the goo t old times, in all their glory—the King to absolute pewee over his subjects, and over his Majesty the Inquisition. For this lot, un fortunately, there were few or no bidders. The Count has latterly put up a new article, and offers the charter of Louis KVI 11. Hto this may answer, it is probab:e that a post or two will inform us: bat it is clear that the rebel General could not himself have hal any fixed view of the real dispositions cherished among his countrymen in favour of any noes pecific frame of government, sinee he finds himself so OOU compelled to shift his ground, and to change the principle in which he demands their concurrence. •------ An Evening psper on Friday, it appears, put into cir- l . 1 culation a statement to the following effect:—" That the French Drclarat;on of War bad been received by our Government —that Thursday was the day appointed for its discussion, with our Foreign Minister and the French Ambassador, and that his Excellency and Mr. Canning were actually closeted,. for two bogus, at Gloucester Lodge, on that day, on this important subject." Those persons who hate ten aims of Imowing better, declare that there are not the liiast grounds for to story. All that gave countenance to it was, that the Viscount de Mar cellos, who is not the Ambassador of France, but merely the Charge d'Affaires, did certainly d of two . hours) but it was nothing more than a visit of ceremony ~r ~`~ [Citr INUL ABSTRACT OP THE NET PRODUCE OP THE IttllENOt OP GREAT BRITAIN IN THE YEARS AND QUARTERS ENDED APRIL 5, ISM AND APRIL S, 1823, SHOWING THE INCREASE OR DECREASE ON EACH HEAD THEREOF. Years ei 19.22. April 6''lncrease 1823. Customs .......Z 9, , 333,711 Excise 29893.CM3 Stamps... • ... 6,227.318 Post 0111ce 1,288.900 Taxes ..... • 7,518,7M Miscertancous 330,483 9A46,612 70,03 1 t6,516.9•ht ° 6,200.060 1,369,000 81,0011 1,1#9,701 I i70),1S 0,1174,833 .. . .. ... 1 426,578 103,093 6.11,65 S 81.385,6491 49,824,0b7 238,1 1,810,1312 Deduct Increase .14236,026 Decrease on the Year !I Qrs. ended Aprils Increase 1822. 1823. 7`,8 2,109, 9,528 7055,656:27 ,348 1,573,831 .... ,000 324,00. ' lIC 861,73 i 76,7 • --- - 1 10,608.104 '1,361,755 I )ecrease Excise 506; Stamps. Post Office.-- 320,0. Taxes. 980,91( Misceilineons 83,6211 00,619 8,4 1 119,161 t0,903,3ftl 32.707 325.163 Deduce Iccrease 32,707 Decrease on the Quarter £29 ~l:4 INCOME AND CRAMISE ON TIER CORSOLSDATED FUND IN TER QUARTERS ENDED THE STIII OR A PRIL IRgi AND OM. INCOME. Qrs. ended April 5. 122. HIM l'1,088.108!' 1,973,397 Ca storos.. 5 836 798 5.13 1 . 274 Earise 1682.346 1,573. 854 Stamps St° MO 330000 T Post- axes Ottice 979.076 835.14 I I l i Miacellakteotts 03,621 7 0 . 799 -------- 10,765,949 9,984,1411 To Cash brought to Cousolidsted Fund. being the amount Issued in Irelandjor public ser% ices, per Act 53 Geo. 111. esp. 9S, sec. 12 X11,151,8e9 10,053,718 CHARGE. Qrv. ended April 5. N 2. 1523. Exchequer Annnities ---...----- r Imo •4. 121.711 Soutn S e a Company. l4'6 83,011 Bank on their Capital £9,125 85, 10 Dividends 5 744,158 4,735,11 Notional Debt. 3 195,763 1 , 210 , 010 Trustees for the payment of Naval and NU Dory Pensions Civil List 212.500 i Pensions 93,475 ImperialAnneities Other Charges 1,4^0,00 21-431 1 ) fl i,3:1 97,262 9,800,819 7,920k0W1 Surplus .1,bt5,03 0 2,133:e1s £11,154,5139 10,03,ia. Exchequer Billsissued to mee., the charge at the sth of Jan 1823 .0,028.354 Deduct surplus 0.133,708 Exchequer Bills to be issued to meet the charge at 6th April 1 Z3,794, S2S .593 ------ MAILS. ARR. DUE. 1 ARR. DUI. 0....H011and 2....DUblth ........ 0 2. • Waterfowl.. • . .0 o....llasnbro 0 0.... G & Jersey. • —0 2. • .• France 0 0 .... Lisbon ........ 0 L.... Flanders ..... . 0 0— —Gottenburg . • .. 1 0.. • •Malut ..1 Ott *Wessman. MONDAY EVENING, APItIL 7, 1823. PRICE OF STOCKS Till 3 DAY AT ONR O'CLOCE. Rank Stock ........ K.421,f1 Ditto Bonds —s. 193. 30spc. S per Ct. Red 73s I NI:MS.2dg mi • A _ pe. ~.. , 3 11. C t. C ons 7415111 [Oda $ tea ro. 4 per Cents ... .... ..(12,, ( 1 --SW. 124 153 Nape. New Fours Long ra.. India Stock Con.for teet 74U NEWS FROM FRANCE. • Our readers have had the King of France represented to them as a great lump of fat, that does nothing hut open a bole in the upper part of it, and swallow down thins from the point of a fork or the bowl of a spoon. It is curious enough to observe, in the French papers, that this great lump of fat is almost constantly engaged in consultations pith some Minister or other. In the papers now before us, for instance, we find him one day in council from 12 o'clock to half-past one. Af er this we find bins receiving two or three Ministers one after the other, and transaang affiirs with them ; and, which is well worthy of remark, we find bins the next day tak. ing leave of the Duchess d'Angouleme at nine o'clock is the morning This cannot he a twee lump of fat. This cannot he a mere bladder of lard. In short, this English public hears nothing hut lies through the channel of its stocks jobbing press.—'The Duchess d'Angouleme is goes of . it seems, to the camp, where, her husband is Cum. islander in Chief. The Duchess is renowned for her vigour, and we imagine that her presence with tie army will do the Duke no harm, especially if there should be any thing like disaffection at work, in din ing into matters of this sort, one pair of woman's eyes is worth five or six pair of men's.—The conspiracy is the French army turns out at last to have been some at' , , conduct in an aid-de-camp of General Gnillemont, which has caused the said aid-de-camp to be arrested and wit to Pa: is. That is enough fur our newspapers. Will' them that is a ninthly throughout the whole In* though a thousand such things happened in the Repub. lican armies of France, and though such things wills: turslty happen in a state of things like that which isnot existing in France. —We believe very little, indeed,' we see in the French papers. If we were' they now say, the Spaniards are already if we were to believe what the Spanish 1. should look upon the invasion as the most all adventures. —We know that the Cortes of Spain have left Madrid; and we mui they would not have done this, if they had selves able to defend it. We said from that an army of twenty thousand Fret ; believe wia done fora. papers say, lost despotic . .s and th• KIK lust believe 0 id thought . n the beßial k renchnsto to,uoul .3,176 1 %j . ~ I I M mar app pap' the Ch of ell lig 71.1i3 - T r i \ i‘