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BRITISH k AVIS commenced publushirg yesterJay morn ing al he o'cl-ck. LONTDOti, TUESDAY, Dicerreca eO, 18115. Last sight, by an extraordinary exprers, we received the .1110 Awn of Sunday. The information they contain raleinigelleelpsily to the sudden demise of the Emperor of ialbwk tipplers died suddenly at Taganrog, after a fie* Aare There are some singular circumstances cellneetadlith Ght decease of his Imperial Majesty. The Royal Calendar published at Berlin under the immediate censorship of the Prussian Government, had just trade a very remarkable announcement, in stating as usual the list of the Sovereigns of Europe, as it is given in our Court Calendars. The next brother to the Emperor Ar E ZANDER . was the Gesnd Duke Conn./air' xa, and as the Emperor bad no male issue, the Greed Duke CONSTANTINE was of anaree, fa the enter of succession, the heir presumptive to the Imperial throne. But the Prunian Calendar, without in any manner explaining its statement, an messed lie the Ent time that the Grand Duke Idtcnoxas, the younger brother of CONSTANTINE, was the " thronfolger," or heir to the throne. This unexpected announcement had just excited public attention, when the news of the emperor Attiarairit's decease arrived, to add to it a more painful interest. We fear that this me . lancholy event will greatly retard the progress of the nego tiations regarding Greece, which Lord STRANOFORD was, it seems, commencing under the most favourable auspices. It is impossible to foresee the consequences that may ensue from this sudden death of the Emperor ALExA ND&R, *specially if it should have happened, as appears probable, that some previous misunderstanding bad taken place with the Grand Duke Cowsrawrimr, whom lie had excluded from the succession.; The late Emperor was born on the 24th of December, 1777. He bad not therefore completed the SST h year of his age at the period of his premature decease. He was married in 1793. to LOVISA MARIA AUGUSTA., daughter of the Hereditary Prince of BADEN. His Imperial Ma jesty had reigne nearly 24 yens. Wear glad to icd that the health of the King of Poa- TUOAL is reels as to give hopes that his life may be pro- longed for many years. [Prom the Mcsdentr of Sunday, Dee. 18.] Winded Part.) PARIS. .Dsc. 17. DESPATCH TRANSMITTED FROM STRASBURG, DECEMBER 17, IN THE AFTERNOON. Tax NINIETILII OT TRANCE AT BERLTX TO THE PRESI DIO? OT TOR COUNCIL OT aerwtarxr.s. The Emperor of Russia has died at Taganrog, after a few days' illness. The express which bronght this news set out from War. saw the Bth of this mont h. The Grand Dukes Constantine cnd 3lichael had not yet set out from that capital for St. Petemburgh. (From the Journal des Debuts of Sunday.] PARIS, Dec. 17. We stop the press to insert the following no:e, which we to. cerred at 10 o'clock in the suming. Tb.. event which it announces (Arno: fail to have the meet MOW consequences is the present state of Europe : The newest the death of the Emperor of Rosalie having been received at Court to -day, the acute stitch her Royal Highness the Duchess of Berry was to bare given to.mcfrow tverin will not take place, in consequence of this event. " Saturday. Dn. 17, 1825." N.B—When we received this note, the following article was in the press. We think it proper to give it without changing a word. A Germs literary journal. the Feaftle de Con:creation (Coarersetioulduro tontaine the following observations:— The Royal Prost:as Calendar, as it is everywhere sold, gives in a single line a piece of news which intermit more than one part of the world. In the list of Sovereigns we find, as usual, under No. 3, " the Emperor Alexander of Russia," but the followirg line is added :—" Heir to the throne, t h e Grand Duke Nicholas, brother to the Empaar. born :he 26th Jima gith July), 1780.- T his rotice is important, became the source hom which it r oma , dues not permit its Lonecuires to be doubted. We do no more than faithfully translye the German article, but the political Journals of Germany will doubt/ma inform us what we are to think lithe fine, which is very important, if true. We have long since known that the Oland Duke C,or.stantiae had to children by his drat marriage, sod that toe children he may have by his second s merlinee cannot inherit the throne of Russia. But no public act is known by virtue of which the errand Duke Constantine le personally excluded from the succession to the throne. This Prince is still sufficiently young, and so long as he is not for. Acidly excluded flora the throne, to which tie is called by the or der of sue/tenon ettabliabed by Paul I, the Grand Duke "- ~~ chola. is only the eventual heir. Let us wait for what rill be said and publlshol at St. Petersburgh, for it is difficult to Fe mme silence. We hare join received by an etteaordioary channel news front Lisbon, of Dec. 4, and we can confidently affirm that the state of the King of Portugal's health is not at all alarming. His Majesty had nearly recovered from the disorder in his leg, and was expected at Lisbon tromMatta, the 6th inst. The Lealdade mon.of-war sailed the 231 for Rio de Janeiro, having on board Senhor Mathias Pereira, Charge d'Affaires of Portugal at the Court of Brasil. n• ounce the ratification of the treaty concluded 29th August between his Most Faithful Majesty and the Emperor of Brasil. (From the Coarlitationeel of Sunday.) FRANIVORT, Dxc. 13. (IXTEACT Or • PRIVATE LETTER ) According to batten received from St. Petersburgh, the opening of the conferences relative to the affairs of Greece, notwithstanding the arrival of Lord Strangford, has been deferred till the return of the Emperor, who was expected the first fortnight in December. Nevertheless, preparatory and confidential conversations fee-1 quently take place between Count Nesselrode and the new British Ambassador, though the latter has not yet been presented at Court, and bas not paid the usual visits to the other; members of the Diplomatic Body, except to the Ministers of Film and Austria. with whom he has had several private interviems. The inclination of the Emperor Alexander to maintain the meat* of the world being sufficiently knowo, it is thought that, in ea* of a difference of opinions, this Monarch will rather yield to the vineel of Et shied than oppose them at the risk of seeing that pence turbid. The Russian nation continues to testify the greatest tote- i rest in the fate of its unfortunate Tellow.Christlans. A w e ten. dertaken wish contrary views would be disapproved by public opinion. I. The new Almanack oflierlin is very remarkable foe one puff cubit cireumetatiou It I. wsil known that in Prussia, and eve esally •i Berlin, all the Almanacks are subject to a rigorous cen sorship, and that nothing can be inserted in them without bring authorised. People have therefore been much surprised to find under ibe head of the reigning houses in the article " Rustle," that after mentioning the Emperor Alexander, the editot of the Alma. sack adds, " Successor to the throne (thronfolger), the Grand Duke Nicholas, his brother, born 1796." This designation, which is given this year for the first time in the Almanack t f Berlin, would cert-inly not have been inserted in it if it were in : conformable to the truth. It would result, therefore, the the Grand Duke Constalitine, the elder .brother of the Grand Duke Nicholas, had renounced the eventual succession . the report of thiX renunciation bad, Indeed, circulated some time ago, but no great attention was paid to it. It seems, unless there is an error of the press, titian this report was well founded. The Paris Papers of Saturday contain scarcely a line of political intelligence worth extracting. The French funds were suffering from the effects of the panic which prevailed last week on our Stock Exchange. [From the Moniteur of Saturday, Dec. 17 j Pants, Dec. 18. 1.-tters from Gibraltar announce, that Capt. Cunningham, com mander o( the Colombian privateer, General Soublette, is dead, in consecidence of the amputation of the arm, which was rendered necessary by a wound ahich he received in the action which lie bad not feared to it lytaire in with I Spanish men-of-war, escorting 18 merchc-tnien, bound for the Mediterranean. (From the Elea(' dated Sunday, Dec. 111.] Convtr, Nov. 10. We have no account of the Egyptian expedition since its lauding at Navattno. We learn from Athens, that the greatest tranquillity prevailed •sere, and even that families came from other provinces to take r , ige. The Tur/fa of Salon. and Negropont think of nothing less .n of disturbing the environs, and °our& maintains good order in Athena. Nevertheless, however great the services renderecl by that Chief may be, the Government looks upon his power with dss trust and envy, and it is said that attempts are made to draw him out of the Acropolis, in order to place in it an officer more depend ent on the Government. Fa ext. u Fu —Paws, DEC. 17 —Fire per Ce, ts. opened at 113 r.; elcried at 9Sf. 10:. ; Three per Cents. 621. We. ; lk:aapoittan Rentz' ibf. 60e ; Royal Spanish Loan, 494 t Exchange on London —One Month, 25f. 26e. ; Three Months, 25f. Com AtAnGrie. Last night we rewired Papers from the Hague and Am sterdam of Friday last. Great interest appears to have been excited by the discussion of the budget in the Second Chamber of the States-General on the 14th inst. The gal- lilies were filled, and it is added that the Prince of Oitalloe wag in his box, and that most of the Ministers were pre sent. On the following day the four projects of law were adopted, but the voting on each was very different. The first, for transferrirg certain items from the annual to the deceninal budget, by .57 votes to 43; second, fixing the ways and means, by fi9 to 32. The fourth, fixing the sum to be employed in) 1826 in redeeming the national debt, unanimously. The following are extracts: — ST. PETERSEUROH, NOV. 20. Though Russian produce is say low in price, on account of its abundance, the exportation from Riga, especially of flax and seed, has this year exceeded in value that of last year by above four millions of rubles ; and the importation, chiefly in sugars, shows an increase of 1,300,000 rubles. Above 1,000 ships have entered the port, and above 100 were still there on the 1041. STOCIHOLM, Dim 2. The report that a new tariff may be expected at the beginning of next year begins to be more generally credited. It is said that the merchants of this city and Uottenburgh have petitiooe.l his 31a. jesty to make some change.t. The English frigate the Berwick, Captain Armstrong, which stranded neer Calmar, and was carried into dock there, has been destroyed by fire, which broke out in the cabin. P1P 1P1.1111111111111111111.11111111111.1111 .: • - . tRICES OF MOT ISM sTOCBB YESTERD sY. steccik 301 I 3 1* " reris Pe l t n . it rie l l " 83 881 ' ' Pent. Rad. 704 lie 77* v 41813401 71 Dim Bawds 7,1111 dis * Cons. Ex. Bills 14d. I.ooit. 47 Iledie o rect. 0011 864 fie SW Ditto. 1001.26 114 60 die 024 81 711 Of Ditto, Small 6 20 die . •Se par fe at. 314 Pi Lottery Tickets - - ' 1 1 441414. OF FOREIGN STOCKS YESTERDAY. lictip pil ltio r D li rtto ie go i nd ß rO d ll 6 24i 574811 1 7 if Ditto Aces. 574 7 884 7 4 811:sod o s (11134) 66 4 4 14 4 p Pe ru ru o via la n oß lio on o d d s s 8 , 4 8 0:0 A blan ect. ll. ll4 6 4l d l . 4 3444 6 44 Portuguese Bond. 76 8 • illholek Bonds Ditto Binds (18°-)10 ' O e tto Sends ono 664 7 Russian Roods (1822) 81 moo; lsok Bonds 80 7, if &attends 0820 II if Ditto Ace!. illi 79 80 Dirtor Aces. 16 Spanish Cons. Guatemala Ronda Ditto 310 134 t PRICES OF MARES YESTERDA I . MINED. !bare. Paid. Premium per Share. A °‘ tti r fi 4 au ean t £loo U 3 1,00 $ 14 dis 1 1 00 88 : 1 1' le ion ' 1; IA Pile, slid Peruvian 50 5 3 dia Royal Irish Witted Mexican " . DIN* New 4O 10 6 4 5 krelsh Iron and CoaL...— atminitsoce CCMP•KftI. Alliance British sod Foreign lOO 10 Rho Marine lOO 1 4 1 • satSol4l.l.as sous. teRl4O iroh lOO 24 10 4 dis . nose illeiody Distillery Co 6 O, 1 1 Desteral Steam Nevieatleo lOO I 1 die lifendurso , lOO 6 8 dis -fi c lha or Ireland IOON 10 2 n: Piet a Agrieulrural I 14is i 4 ifs - • glie lerttiolt aprtgio• C to- . DRURY-LANE 7'IIEATRE. This Erenloe. rt 10.6 DAY, Doe. 20, 1•111 be performed tbe Reireetie rtraine of nurrus. swans. Mr. w.v.k I wavier, Mr. Harle7; Mephletophilfts. Mr. J. RuSeed. Riseotta.. Wes 1. Paton; Altai. Miss Or Addon. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. .... AMSTERDAM, DEC. 16.--40 f. 3c. ; trn months 39f. lk. Hwakw QUO, Dec. 3.-35 t. 9e. ; two Us. 3:if. LEIr3TC, 17IC• lye. Beaux, Dec. 13..-6 f. 244 c. We have received New York Papers to the 25th ult. It appears that an expedition, consisting of Mexican and Colombian vessels, had sailed from Carthagena, it was supposed against Cuba, but the destination of the fleet was known only by conjecture. At the date of the last advices from Lima RODIL continued to hold out in Callao. Sick ness and desertion were however reducing his strength daily, and it was supposed he would be obliged to sur render by the beginning of November. We subjoin an int ,, resting article respecting the Money Market of New York. The panic and pressure (we use their own words) had been of a very serious character. lie*s is playing with the greatest success. flis apolo geticsl and supplicatory letter completely allayed the excite ment against him. At the close of the second day'■ play he came forwent and begged pardon for his past conduct, and assurel the house they should have no future cause of complaint. The opposition entirely died away in a few evenings, and the theatre was nightly crowded with ladies! _ [From the New York Milk Adre , tiser.] K Nine YOR, Nov. 24. XHE MONEY MARKET. For one or two iteeks put there has been 1 continued scarcity of money. The ramie of this treasure has been owing to the failure of one or two banks, which were not entitled to oonfidence, together with the stoppage of several mercantile houses. This, with the fact that many of our city banks have refused to receive the notes of most of the country Banks, has induced the hold ers o f sma ll sums to believe that there was no security in any bank -notes, end consequently there has been a constant demand for specie on almost ill the city bank.. As the demand, however, has been not only promptly met. but the several banks have been accommodating and dispcsed to give any description of specie required, the demand for specie from persons who are not familiar with banking gperations has greatly subsided. In the prevailing excitement, hitich blame has been attached to the United States and other city banks. That they can or have had any motives in distressing the public is perfectly absurd. The prosperity of all the monied institutions is intimately connected *ith the wel'are anti pros perity of the mercantile community.--as it must he elisions that by the failure of the merchant th e banks must suffer. The panic which prevailed et the close of last, and the commencement of the the pretest week,it A sated by monied men, had sensibly .übsiderl yesterday. The Stock market, which had bent greatly depressed, E B PRESS. Ihas reoseered, and large sales were made at an improvement , par ! ticuterly in that of the Bank of the United States. It is hardly to be expected that while Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore have felt comparatively no pressure. the scarcity of money can con tinue for any length of time in this city. (Front the New York Goma,. of Nov. 23 1 An intelligent passenger in the brig Hamlet, arrayed at Phila delphia from Clown, which place he left on the 19th ult., has informed the Editor of :he Nutional Gazette that, at the date of his deprature from Lima (August 20) Callsu still held oat, but that sickness prevailed to a rest degree among the unfortunate inhabitants who had retired within the Royalist lines, and that the scurvy raged among the MOPS, in consequence of their listing nothing but salt proviatons to lire on ; that many of the inhabitants had left the place, and thrown themselves on the mercy of the be siegers; and that the desertion frpm the garrison was considerable dally ; yet, smh was the ohatinady of General Kochi. the Royalist commander. that it was supposed he might hold out November, if not sacrificed by his own troops previously ; the rigorous treat niece which he had been compelled to adopt having created great discontent among the troops. Bolivar was still In Upper Peru, though daily expected to rc turn to Lime. At Panama, part of 4.000 troope.si the liberating army of Colombia had sr-ived, and the rest were daily expected, on their return to Colombia. These troops are composed chiefly of blacks. mulattnes, and I ediane, and 4 was reported they were to proceed from Chagres to Certitagens, to join an expedition preparing there against Porto Rico or Cuba. One of the Commissioners from Bogota appointed by the Colon'. Man Government had reached Chaves front Carthagena, cr his way to Panama. to attend the Congress of Ministers about &stem- Wiag there. The Commissioners from Lima were already at Pa lliate, Waiting the arrival of others. IProm tie New York Advertiser of Nov. 21.1 COLOMBI A. We have received the Colovitiiiino of-Oct. 12th, which commu nicates no political news. It is said, that in consequence a the grave of an Englishmen bestial; been violated by the co pidity a J fanaticism of sonic of the people, the body robbed and exposed, a representation and protest is to be made by the British Minister. The treaty between the two ceuntriee secures to British subjects in Colombia the right of sepulture, 6• in such places as they shall deem llt and proper to establish for that purpose, with the consent of the local authorities ; and the burial-place of the dead shall not be violated in any manner nor on any pretext." - - (Prom the Ilattimore Federal Colette of Vow. 171 MEXICO, COLOMBIA. AND CUBA. A few days previously to ale Hog of the Colombian brig Isabella, from Porto Cabello. the colombian corvette Utica, 32 guns, and the frigate Ceres, 32 guns, left Porto Cabello undo* the command of Orn. Lino Clemente, for the purpose of joining a fleet of seven (ripen and a severely-four gun ship under the Mexican dig at Carthugena. Rumour orcounw was busy in naming the point of attack to be made by the combined fleet, the station of each commander, the probability of' its success. and the certain glory to be acquired by the united elate of South American valour. The island of Cubs b^ing the only prominent hold of the Royalists worthy the lint consideration of the South, we% sup posed to be the immodiive object of attack, but the prtsent de ficiency in the maritime departments of the republics, which a very short time must remove, lea's to the impression that the rumour in this respect is somew tat premature, and that advisable delay might render success ce tain. Nror Yogis, Nov. 24. PRICE OF STOCKS. United States Sixes, 1813. 11.011 sales—ditto 1814, 1013 Wel— shed States Four ard a Halt 1831 NA—ditto 18:13, 94 to lOU United States Threes, 83} to 86—Canal Sixes, old, 116—ditto Fives, new, 115 to 118}. Banks—United States 113} sale. The opinion that an Ordeal the Privy Council islikely to be Issued to the Directors of the Bank, directing the temporary suspension of cash payments, prevails very generally, but without producing any of that feverish alarm which those public journals that have been so active in spreading the late panic throughout the kingdom—the effects of which have been so disastrous—are endeavouring to excite. If such an Order is issued, it will no doubt be in terms similar to that of 1797, prehibiting the Directors from issuing any cash in payment till the sense of Parliament can be taken on the subject, and until the proper measures can be adopted for ifirpparting, under the circumstances, the public and commercial credit of the kingdom. At the period of 1797 it was the dread of an invasion that induced the farmers and oth?rs resident in the distant parts of the metropolis to withdraw the money from the hands of those bankeaa with whom it was deposited ; and, upon that occasion, the aux commenced upon the country banks, and the demand for specie soon reached the metropolis : this is the natural consequence of a sudden panic, by what ever cause it may be excited, since it is obvious that coun try bankers must take up their notes thus rapidly brought in for payment, either in bank-notes or in cash, and that the quantity of Loth, necessary to supply this de mand, must be obtained ultimately from the Bank of England. The great vacuum in the circulating medium must be filled up, and this can only be done by an excessive drain of specie, or by an inordinate issue of Bank paper. The funds of the Bank, it is well known, are affluent ; and it has gold, both in bullion and specie, amply sufficient to fulfil all its engagements, and to satisfy all the legitimate demands of commerce; but if a panic is wickedly excited, and mischievously kept up, for the purpose of destroying all commercial confidence, and inducing a sudden and universal anxiety in the holders of nctee and bills to convert all the paper currency of the kingdom instantly into gold, to secure themselves against imaginary danger, and to pro vide against contingencies which are never likely to arrive, the consequences may be such as to carry the embarrass ments which have already proceeded from it, to an extent that may be not only destructive to the pursuits of com merce, but incalculably hazardous to all the best interests of the empire. It becomes in such a case the duty of Ministers to take security against such consequences, and to adopt, in the interval between this and the meeting of Parliament, whatever measure the exigency may be found to require. The resources of the country were never greater than they areat thismomen t, not was tbcreevera period whenleasground of apprehension existed as to the solidity of public credit. But if, owing to the unfounded alarm which has been every where circulated, and the want of confidence produced by it, the mercantile world are reduced, while that alarm continues, to seek aid from the Bank of England, and the Bank . , in order to relieve the pressure of public distress, and to re store that credit and confidence so generally but so unrea sonably withheld, extends its discounts, and affords every other means of accommodation which the urgency of the time requires, it can clearly not do this—nor could in com mon justice be required to do it—if, in the operation of that panic, the effect of which it is so liberally assisting. to mi tigate, it is to be drained of that supply of gold with which it must meet the increased issue of its paper; if, we say, the exertions of the Bank, which have produced the most [ salutary einem, are not only to be turned against itself, but against the country, should an Order in Council be con templated, the just reliance which the public at large place in the integrity of Government will give assurance that the policy which led to the temporary adoption of such a mea sure will be fully sufficient to justify it. C(TI, MONDAY EVENING. The efforts to depress the Nloney Markets, and to pre vent the restoration of confidence, have continued with unabated Teal dosing the day ; and they will, we have no doubt, be increased, as the necessity for them evidently be comes more urgent, in consequence of the decline of the consternation that has for the last week so fearfully ha rassed the public mind. In the midst, however, of all these endeavours to aggravate the grievance of financial emharrassments, it gives us sincere satisfaction to be en abled to assure the public that the accounts from the country by this mos:sing', post were much more consolatory than could, under the present circumstances, have been expected. Loose rumours of failures of provincial banking establishments were put forth, but they could not be traced to any authentic source. A communication from the Treasury, relative to Exchequer Bills, was entrusted to Mr. Hass, the Cashier of the Bank of England, and it was posted at an early hour at the Stock Exchange and Bank. It was to the following effect—that on and after the 19th inst. (this day) all outstanding Exchequer Bills would bear interest at the rate of 9d. per diem. The British Funds have been particularly heavy to-day. A great quantity of cock that has been offered for sale . , we understand, is in the hands of the brokers, who, in many instances, are endeavouring to hold it to the ac count day, which, however, many will find a difficulty in tieing, in consequence of the scarcity of money. This cr cumstance had the effect of reducing the money price of Consols to 76, and the Reduced Annuities to a simil-r quotation, whilst the Accouat bargains were done at SO!. Exchequer Bills were fluctuating between 411 s. .50s. 61s. and 70s. dis. After a • vari , ty of fluctuations, Consols closed at 7941, and Reduced Stock at 76k. The following prices were reported in the Foreign Nlarket : Colombian Bands 54 ; Mexican Six per 56 ; Russian Bonds were 81 99, and India Bonds 705. 90s. dia. COASULTATIONS OF lIIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. Probably there has not been a day since the late war an distressing as yesterday proved to be with such of his Ma jesty's Ministers as were in London, with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, whose necessary engagements in the Court of Chancery prevent his interference but wry rarely when Cabinet Councils are held. The important business of finance, and the state of the money-market in general, which now agitates the country at large, combined with the mournful and important event of the sudden death of the Emperor of Russia, engrossed the whole of the atten tion of the Ministers from an early hour in the morning to a late hour at night. The Secretaries of State's offices and the Earl of Liverpool's house in Whitehall, were in the greatest state of hustle and agitation during the whole of the day, particularly the Noble Earl's house, which was the principal resort of Ministers. At a late hour on Sunday night Mr. Raisner, the valet to Lord Clanwilliatn, the British Minister at Berlin, ar rive-I at the Foreign-office, in Downing-street, with de spatches from the Noble Earl to Mr. Secretary Canning, announcing the mournful event of the decease of the Em peror of Russia. Mr. Rai .ner did not leave Berlin till two o'clock on Tuesday, the 13th instant, at which time the death of the Emperor was not known in Berlin, with the exception of a limited number. His Excellency Lord Clanwilliam had only known it about two hours previous to his despatching Mr. Raisner. Soon after the arrival of the despatches at the Foreign office, Mr. Williams, the King's Messenger, was sent off with despatches to his Majesty at Windsor, announcing the melancholy tidings, and two other of the King's Mes sengers, with similar despatches, were sent off to Earl Bathurst, and Count Lit yen, the Russian Ambassador, at Brighton. A Messenger was also sent to the Earl of Liver pool, at Comhe Wood. Y, metals) , morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, the Earl of Liverpool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Bexley, arrived in London. These distinguished characters, together with Mr. Peel and Mr. Huskisson, were in close consultation during the whole day. At a quarter past three o'cicck the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England arrived at the Earl of Liverpool's house, and were admitted to a consultation for upwards of half an hour. At four o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived at :he Earl of Liverpool's house, and was admitted to a consultation for about twenty minutes. Yest, Hay morning the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company waited upon the ChancePor of the Exclnquer, but the Right Hon. Gentleman being so much engaged with the Earl of Liverpool, they could not procure an audience. -•-• The result of the Cabinet deliberations upon the subject of the distressed state of the Money Market has been, not a suspension of cash payments by the Bank of Dietetic', nor an unlimited issue of. piper, hut an order to the officers of the Mint to expedite, with all possible despatch, an ex traordinary coinage of sovereigns. In consequence of this order, which was issued on Thursday, an unexampl e d degree of activity pervades the operations of the Mint, and Mr. Morrison, the Deputy Master, and Mr. Atkinenn, the Provost of the Managers, are indefatigable in their exertions to forward the wishes of Government. The men work extt a hours, and so great is the effort milking, that even on Sunday they were employed the whole day. It is conjectured that, by means of this unremitted exertion, and with the assistance of the incomparable machinery which is erected at the new Mint, they will be able to throw off seven hundred thousand sovereigns per week. Despatches were yesterday received from Berlin, by Ge v. rnment, which announce the death of his Imperial Ma jesty Alexander, the Emperor of all the Russia,. We be lieve no particular details of this melancholy event have transpired, though the accounts referred to leave no doubt of the fact. The melancholy intelligence was transmitted by our Ambassador, the Earl of Clanwilliam. Mr. Wil liams, a King's Messenger, was sent off early yesterday, ' with despatches to his Majesty, at Windsor, to announce the important event. Accounts front Demerara have been received to the 30th Oct. The drought continued ; the inhabitants were in want of provisions; the plantains were burnt up. By the Leeward Island mail we have received Bari:re does Papers to the 28th of October. On the 25t.h the House of Assembly was opened by the President Skeeter. The only important point in his speech is the allusion to a despatch be had recently received from Earl Bathurst, in which he states—" It is not easy for him to express the disappointment which his Majesty's Government expe rience at the neglect with which the late Acts respecting the slave population is treated, nor can he ventute to answer for the result to which such a return to these repeated re presentations may possibly lead in the next Session of Par liament." His Majesty's ship Tees, Captain Tincombe, is arrived at Portsmouth from Madras. She sailed on the Still July from the above Presidency, from Trincomalee on the Bth August, from the Mauritius on the 14th September, and from the Cape on the October. The letters by this conveyance will not be received in town till this day. A lahia Paper of the 18th October contains an offi cial article, dated the 7th of that month, from the Palace of the Government. It sets forth the vexatious acts of violence suffered by the Indians, as represented by " the Chamber of Villa Verde, in the eon:area (district) of Porto Seguro,"their sons being taken from them by judicial orders, to be putt into the service of private persons; arid directs the local judge to take speedy measures fur putting an end to such vexations, and for securing all the privileges granted them by the law of Jane 6, 175.5. Letters from Rio Janeiro of the 23:1 of October state that the packet was to sail on the 25th with Marshal Brandt to Lisbon, who was to carry the treaty lardy con cluded between Brazil and Portugal. Marshal Brandt has been elevated to the dignity of a Count, in consequence of this mission being confided to him. A Brazilian ship of war had been appointed to proceed with the copy of the same treaty to England. Ousni.e COMMERCIAL. BANK.—We have the autho rity of Messrs. Smith and Co. of this bank, to contradict a malicious paragraph in the Northampton Mercury, of the 17th instant, asserting the failure of their house, and to state, that in consequence of the stoppageof Messrs. Everett and Co. they have opened an account with Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, and Co. of Lombard-street. The following paragraph appeared in the Birmingham et, of yesterday :—" Our correspondent's letter of last week (dated from Royal Exchange, Dec. 12) contained a paragraph reflecting upon the credit and responsibility of Mr. Hamlet, of Prince's -street, London, which, in tub reliance upon his usual accuracy, was inserted in our paper accordingly. Having, however, since ascertained that there did not exist the slightest ground whatever for the report, we take the earliest opportunity of contradicting it, and of regretting that we should have inadvertently been the medium of giving publicity to so unfonnied a state ment.—Ente." A Council is appointed to be held to-day at Carlton Palace, to receive the R ccrder's R:port. lIUME. ft is known to the public that at a meeting held in thi s town on the Bth of August last, consisting principally or the operative classes, *resolution was pasped to raise a fund for the purpose of purchasing . a piece of pl ate , to b e pre 'Knit d to Mr. Hume as a tribute of respect for his lobo. rious and patriotic exertions in the Senate, and particularly for the services lie had rendered to the labouring cla ss " by his advocacy of the repeal of the Combination Laos. The differences between the masters and their workm en at Bradford retarded for a time the progress of the subverip. tion, but soon after that struggle was at an end the COM trittee, to whose management it was . confided, w rote to Mr. Hume a letter, dated the let of Novernher,app r i z i og him that a fund was now lodged in the Treasurer a hand, for the purpose of purchasing the plate, and requesting r 4, know if be would accept of the present ; in reply to which application Mr. Hume addressed the following letter to the S6cretary Dryanstone-aquare, Dec. 2. Sin—On my return from Scotland, I received your letter of the 2.st oh. enclosing a copy of the resolutions agreed to at a public rreoting at Leeds, on the CM of A ugur last : and I regret Milroy absence has occasioned so much delay zu seecnowleding your e s p. munmation. _ _ . ........ I am fully sensible of the kind intention of that meeting; but I am glad that you consulted me before the plate was prepared, I have determined (for reasons too numerous to be here detailed) not to accept of any such presents, in future, from 'any clam of the community. It has given .me much satisfaction to learn that my public me. duct hes met with Ole approbation of sa numerous and useful a class as the operatives of Leeds; and I request you to inform them that the heat return they can make for my limbic erections M their behalf, will be a continuance of that moderation and pro. priety which has hitherto marked their conduct, since the rapeti cf the ..lombination laws—as creditable to themselves as it is gratify. tog to all their real friends.-1 remain, Sir, Your obedient humble Servant, To Mr. Joseph Addyrnan. Secretary JOSEPiI HUME. to the Operatives at Leeds. Le:* Mottvy. FASMONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Marquis of Camden arrived in town yesterday, from is seat. the Wilderness, Kent. The Marquis of Westmeath left town yesterday, for the Duke ef Buckingham's set, Avington, Hants. toil.' Harrow!), arrived in town yesterday, from his seat, Saaciss Hall, Staffordshire. Colonel and Lady Eleanor. Lowther have arrived at their hoot in Britton.'Prete, preparatory to her Lvdrihip's aeconeher.ent, :run the Earl of Lonsdalea near,Cottearnore, Rutland‘hi re. C. P. Thompson, Esq. lefitoon yesterday, for Hollycombe, :'_c seat of Charles Taylor, En. M.P. Lord Cranley arrived yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel, Bore. street, from a tour. Sir Roger Greeley, Bart. left Stemma's Hotel,l Bond-atter, yet. terclay, for hie seat, Drakelmr, Derbyshire. Mr. and Mrs. Togood and family arrived yesterday at the We. tech.* Hotel, Jerroyn-street, from *Bath:. Sir Colin,' Lady, and Miss Campbell, have left the Wetet!oa Jermyn.street, fur theft new residence in Stanhope-sun!, Mayfair. Arrival, at Jordan's Hotel, St. Jamees.street :—Thos. M'alker, Req. from !Seth ; Randwy, Esq. front a tour; !Hachure e, H.troff, front Paris; Ford, Esq. and son, from a tour. Arrivals at Fenton*s New Hotel, St. Jamee..street :—Het,ry P.rratt, Esq. from the North ; Thomas Page, Esq. from his se; Cobham. gurrey ; Francis Morgan, Esq. from his seat in Hants. Caot Gardiner, R.N. hai left ditto for Chatham. • Departures from Thomas'. Hotel, Berkele,..quare:—The End of Chatham, for the Earl of Clarendon's seat, the Grove, Herts ; ;kr John and Lady Smith, for their seat, Sydling, Dontetsere. Arrival. at Alirart's Hotel. Lower Rrook.atreet t..—The Mm. Childers and family, from Derbyshire; Lord Auley, Iron Oxford ; St. George Caulfield, from Bughton ; J. Dauncey, 12ss. from Berks. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's.atreet :—The Hon T. ' , tenon, tr ,, rn Bieester ; Westenra, f:sq. ftcrn Clifton; 0. Wood, I:sq. from I)esonport. Departures :—J. Pigott, Ebq. tut Bath; J. J. (hest, Esq. for Wales. Yesterday morning lethrs were rtceived in London from the Duke of Cambridge, at. Hanover, dated the ♦th inst. when the Royal Duke, the Duchiss, Prince George, and Princess Augusta Caroline, w.re in the enjoyment of good health. The Duchess of Gloucester was to leave Brighton yesterday morning, and her Royal Highness was expectO to reach Bagshot last night. The Duke of Gloucetter is expected to leave Tanaivotth Castle. Prince Leopold arrived at Marlborough Houle yesterday morning, from his residence at Claremont. His Royal Highness left town in the afternoon for Ashbridge, Her.. fordshire, the s:at of the Earl of Bridgwater. Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, tie Secretary of Legation arrived at the Prussian Minister's house, in Mansfield -street, with despatches for his Es c.illency; also with despatches from the Duke of Cur.:• bet-land, to his Majesty and Mr. Secretary Canning. Yesterday Mr. Bish, and several other Lutery•office km-pers, waited upon the Lords of the Treaste.y, to make arrange-nents fur the drawing of the ensuing Lottery. IVe understand it is the intention of Mr. Rothschild to commence an action against a Su ;day Paper, for a libel. IRISH ItCPRERENT•TIVE PEERAGE.—The election for a Representative Peer for Ireland, in the room of the late Earl of Donoughroore, which has been so strongly con tested, terminated on Friday night, in the return of Lord Farnham, by a majority of three, the numbers being, for Lord Farnham 49, for Lord Mountcashel 46. The Dubbn Correspondent says—" The contra reflects no small he nour upon the Administration. It is the first instance since the Union of an election of the sort being left to the pure and uninfluenced consideration of the Nubia Electors. Government was supposed to be able almost to appoint the successful candidate." Lo►d Cloncurry voted on Friday for Lord Mountcashel, and Lord Gosford for Lord Farnham. HAYMARKET THEATEE.—An ehtire change in the - terior of this convenient Theatre, it is said, is to take place before the opening of the next season, which will be a great improvement; the audience part is to form the sett nient of a circle. The last season, it stems, was uncos monly productive. The duel between Captain Smith and L. B. Thwaites, Esq. of Chatham-creseent, Walwor:11, which wisprevot.t from taking place at Finchley, on IVednesilav hst, by pco!.t interfrrence, was fought or. Saturday, at Ambrrry (', , nl mon, near Bromley. The parties are distantly relattki and the meeting arose in a dispute at Drury-lane Theatre. respecting alleged familiarity in work, spoken by Mr ; insulting to the fe.dings of Captain Smith's niece. li e parties fire t t and in the second fire Mr. T. recerv‘d a serious wo Ind in the shoulder, and our corn kruntleEt ,states that the lull had not beLli extracted on Saturday night. Mr. Maugham, in his excellent Treatise on Me Late of .4 foroeys, Solicitors, ana Agents, has supplied a detidera tum to the profession which cannot fail to be well received. It is singular that open nearly every branch of law with which the profession is occupied the troyt complete instruc tion is furnished, while, as to the decisions and enaemests which regard the profession itself, no collective infortna.to was given until this Treatise aripc amt. Letters from Lyons state that a dreadful inundation had laid waste a great part of the country as far as Dijon.. A: Braget the inhabitants were for two (ley' compelled to talc refuge on the tops of their houses. Hokum B ITl.—On IVeiluestlay morning a fel : low was driving an ass cart on the banks of the Irwrli, below the New Bailey in Salford. Tae animal, whetter owing to the weight of the lord in the cart, or to the bad condition of the road, stopped, and notwithstantliog the severe blows of its master remaintA stationary. At kill!, finding that heating would not answer his purpose the kl low went to a pl ace i n the nei t hhourhood, procured a quantity of shavings, and set fire to them under the animal's belly. The poor creature writhed under the tor ture, but was still un a ble to prcceed ; when the wretc h who owned if, assisted on this occasion by another bar barian, actually procured a s econd supply of shavings!to t again set tire to them as before. At length the ass, star lated by the pain it was enduring, got the cart into inouoi and was driven away. Our informant saw the transamo from the opposite side of the river, and at too great a lii' lance to admit of his either recortis;ag the fellon4 CE gaged in it, or interfering to stop their cruelty ; otherwise we should not have had the mortification of concluthag account of conduct of this sort by the statemen t of iht:. hoving escaped unpunished.—Maschester Osa.-than. CO U A A Court of Col Pl T ' usnt t i * ° n 4 t r t7 i ot I.n "s orthe W of s thea "rnresew , EQUI f Or'Alderman▪ ingo •positto • • n or oon — s i s, h e trial „,,,tbeancer as to „i ta ble Loan out s olely ors: disphling uragi; simile , 1▪ •Atgetre and MI ow ened in get( h e ld' meeting eec rble; but, twirl o ut Whore the cooe d. It appeal opro p t lited 13,01 • e ulna since, I byl been complete A started , a tht Although cngagri piled madness:, Y their tnadneat. when they 11 0 Pu'r la; awl the only w ho had been dui out to them. lie *wider whether r j o itaerL, oral a pel se schetr tell to bring torw be certainly would The ltE m s:satts of the Court relati , A itlenuan ex pees! Mr. SAVAGE To t hosobject of the ComeOu Council. doing so at the I bunions on that d hu the represent.' c r ipplegate With( their representative then asked the To when a similar pet tame of the Ward hait,g done, The Loup MA 6411 in sufficient the present year, I propriety of adjoul Mr. SAVAGE. sISS Seconded by . gr. rhnt•l4 draw his motion. a:ion of the state o locked to the Mb h .d an objecti, cep,a had alteettly al the number without a new pr. c, tot of Alden:tie' The Iit:Cc:ROE Made Without Ow The CITY SO I Mr. A I.lernoto that the WA rd W.O mend the Court to snd afterwards Fro Officers. Mr. OLDHAM t be aijouraed muion between 51 llessrs. CH.! yesterday the C wilier meeting at of debts, and to tr. neessarr. Mr. Chambers a 31r. MAYHEW, a claim of 12:11. Os. it. George's Schon originally deposi:c, Caanty e asked the draw that which w. not in their own ? The Secretary ir virtually tnres•cd whom intended to Nona of the monc cock being cunate The CO/gauss! raxption of the of amence of all. The necessary p Mr. F. Poxioc ungnees, opposed due to bin] as one c the ground that Mr. Chambers, be The facts were aim (lumbers and Mr. Mr. Elwell, upon deposited in the I: from the name of and of course del Alt. Hicks, his co-: bon for any mane teatator, which w 1 / 8 1. If, therefore as executor, placed aware of the inaolv to become persona Junction wish the o And sepposing fir boast which had fs Me responsible Is liction of duty, an, gentleman had not banned Cost:mei u imviag, the moor was merely a cunt Locks always thee Mr. Chambers pen Mr. DAMPIEU, the transfer of the Chambers must he 111 w when the lust into his bank, it Gentleman entered some part of Mr. two months before Accountaut-Gener or Court ; and the stand. He denied unless he rendered Mr. POLLOCK Waft his failure, I Mt Chambers— After some other Cwarnissioners observing, that it' chatnbera, the clai to the bunk nDantemit 1 141611t0 his client, die Court of Chinc Mr. POLLOCK C hUlell-841reet, essmination, it pr cored, and Jr. DI Mr. Denew, in said that a Wat Were actinic 1 1 911 , a. in the pot tri irked. He t Mir. A. Baring, X The Court basil LiPuostid. SPOI TAT' .1 , .... ) liettkng . WRI ;4 jinx !wit iinperor o' reatlensein hwnoa eroald bet% only 1 The odd , : lift (41 'Mace is gettin••• • a.... 1 is now al et notice. t.t° • ago Moo ilittt Tred to I Agit tto tO •gst The al tol a„ , ,t A,1%. 20 to 1 a.;fit Gnu; 22 to 1 g,et Zule 7 to 1 apt Nlig 8 to 1 apt ram LO aot ;* la I apt Hem ost 14 a 1 asst Elixi