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hi l ; sw l4\ ■ ," Gone. fir/ li 2 10 glte PRICES OF 4 14terrism A ToCK s YESTERDAY. Irak Stock 2161 2111 2141 II peer Cent. Red. 90j 1 Firer It 'RA: NI la Long Ann. 24 1.11 SON ContaCotts. Ex.BiUslid.l.oo4ll. 811 rila 3 .4441‘a1t.,144 It j ea Lbw, SOW. II V 11 di 1101,Dout, 901 L, . _ Ditto, Small 18 11 di. 1 4 111C116 OF POUZION STOCK/ IiF.STEIt OA V. Ilaerboamill&•.- • Preach Routes 3 per Ct. W. 76c. Dim 41410.... , . mi l :, , . Oa, 26e, Exchange 23f. 10c. S a i rri l g k eI S I IT,dlll . Greek Bonds AyteadMlli 71 • Dltto Bonds(1825) 17 1311 18 Diisks`Aettl." ' • ''' ' 4 ' ' Mexican Bonds 40 I& iitillioulksale 01111! , .8 • Ditto Bonds (18251 85 41.4 bun Volt 40 2 1 2 . 2 2 pitto T te n ct. 41 4iSiig 41 41 1 Bonds Di si c ;1 11.1 1 31:2i 3i 51 1 It 2 Ditto Acct. 48j t 11110 ' 1 ' ' Prussian Bonds SSi ' Ditto Bands (1822) fe Dims Bomb 118E6) ell ft .. Russian Bonds (1122) 18 a i ..___ _. - ..... . . Pft ICIARIIP /2116 t R 248 YES TB Rll A 1 . arixEs. :,. ' 'bare. Paid. Premium der Emu. =ilex ton £l6O 00 36 13j 74 6 16 f 6f p.... 3 14 9191011 t sod 640 . 4, •••... 60 2 If dim ....„.....r ...... ..... 100 5 6 pNoem , .......... .. 60 4 2 I 3 dis • lOO 6 1 de 05t5........... 4OO 400 2 ciskifll Msainsn Dim New ...... ... „.......„, 4O 10 64f 5 Mists Iron an Cal 26 20 7 6 7 dis astiviairrl COMPANIES. Gliiiillan -. . 100 10 91 AOIIIII GLT AWD COI COMPANIES. Sillial mrscELLAxEous. MOO Gliettaliiteain Naidiar ; 12. 6 1 dis liprial Plate OW ....1.44 10 2 1 die rrelcan ..w. snatrisksrf (Yellow) .. .....r, Provincial Bank of Ireland ...a. regos. DRURY-L.ANE THEATRE. .TAIS Evening, To ußstmv.Ne poem be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SC INDA L. Peter Yeas's, fir. Dui/ten; Sir Oliver Surface. Mr, IVilliams; smin flaektskte. Mr. Browner Joseph Surface, Mr. Archer; Surface. Mr. Walisek; Crabtree, Mr. Hattie; Mules. Mr. Lady Teazle, Miss Kelly; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Davison. After which the Farce of TURN OUT. wee, Mr. newton; Somerville, Mr. Horn; Dr. Truth's. Mr. ems: Forage. Mr. J. Russell; Gregory, Mr. Harley. Marisa, MO Kely. To-aserrow, Famed]; The Camp. and The Panel. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. This Evening, THURSDAY, Dee glorfli be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. tr Tessie, Mr. H. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Fawcett; amid Backbite, Mr. Jones; Joseph Surface, Mr. Coopers Mae, Mr. C. Kimble: Crabtree, Mr. Blanchard. Modes, Madtneley. Lady feast*, Was Chester; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Gibbs. _ -- - - After which (4th time) an °parade Mc*, *ailed 'TWAS I. ntip Principal Character' by Messrs. Durnset, Keeley. Frans. a Ames; Miss Jones. Madams Vestrls, and Mn. Davenport. To conclude with (9th time) a new Piece called THE cCA PE-GOAT. TM Characters by Meows. Blanchard. Cooper W. Farrel, and aleelowst Misses Junes and A. Miles. To-morrow, Chad. The Deserter ot Naples. arid 'Twas I. The BRITISH Pates commenced publishing yesterday morning at half.past five o'clock. LONDON, THURSDAY, Dectstaza 8, • The Paris Papers of Monday have arrived. As we naturally anticipated, the Cowries Francais has been ac quitted. The terms of the judgment are similar to those pronounced by the Court in the case of the Constifutionnel, Public attention still appears to be directed to these im portant prosecutions. The Journals of the Royalist Op- podelon affect to tegard the result as a ministerial defeat, but we observe that Ibis does not seem to be the view of the Liberal papers themselves. They talk less of the Ministry than of the Jesuits, by whom no doubt the pro scutions were instigated. The French funds, it will be seen, have risen consi derably. The Five per Cents. closed on Monday at 96f. 74c. and the Three per Cents. 60f. .Soe. The unfortunate King of SPAIN, in addition to all the other troubles by which his evil genius has surrounded him, was, it appears, menaced with the destruction of the jot splendid of his palaces by fire. The convent of the Escurial was in flames, and there was little hope of saving the palace from sharing its fate. A royal decree has been bayed fur the regulation of the finances ef the kingdom. No mere fiscal arrangements can replenish the treasury of an impoverished nation like Spain;. but' there is nothing la this decree in any respect calculated to forward the ob jats of its contrivers. M. Zia has been ordered to depart in great haste on his mission, or rather exile, to Saxony. [From the Courtier Francais of Monday, Dec. L.l MADRID, Nov. 24. M. Zea Bermuda, who is appointed Minister at the Court of Drasdcn, with a salary of 2,000 piastres, own his removal from Madrid to some foreign Ministers; accordingly, in the order which communicates his nomination to him, he is expressly told that he is to set out as soon as possible, for such is his Majesty's pleasure. fie succeeds M. Busecourt, who remains attached to the Ca. manilla of the Infant Don Carlos, one of whose favourites he has always been. Elie Majesty returned to the capital the day before yesterday ; the glasses of his atrriage wets up. In the evening all the Chief saucers of the Royal Guard waited on his klajesty, and requested MCI to honour the guard by reviewing it next day. The King crooned, and told them he would see the guard pass under his windows, which he did yesterday at noon ; the Swiss took part is the parade. The Minister Zembrano, commanding the cavalry of tie Royal Guard, was at the head of the troops. It must be owned that they were part ctly well equipped, but the !soldiers were mere youths; they are not sufficiently instructed in their military datles, and would not have strength enough to endure the fatigues of even a short campaign. The horses are in bad condition, especially those of the Cuirassiers, who can hardly carry their riders. The officers are not older than the soldiers. A fly days before the return of the King, the intendant of the police had orders to send away from the capital all monks and pellets who were there without sufficient reason. This is the same measure that was adopted last year towards officers on half pay. According to the information which has been received by the Minister of the Marine the English Company has already disco. vend at the bottom of the sew, is the port of Vigo, live galleons, whieb sank there 120 years ago In sounding, a large body was fria.-4, which is supposed to be a sixth galleon ; but a sudden ✓ows arising it was necessary to put off' the estunisaton till calmer weather. The let regiment of cavalry of the line, which had been stmiewed for some months at Caramancheles, has now received order** proceed to Cordova. We have just learnt that the convent of the Escurial Is all in dames. Fire engines have been sent with e.l haste from thls.elty with the necessary assistance and two archi tects se direct the workmen. It is affirmed that the fire commenced in the kitchen of this convent. Tutarter Forrus —Pants. DEC. 6.—Five per Cents. opened at c l ose d at th.f, 7sc. ; Thee per Cents. opened at 65f. 70c.; closed et CA I. Bank Stock, 2030 f. ; Neapolitan Bente', 78f. 49c.; Spanish Loan. 49f. ; Ilaytian ditto, 800 f. Exchange net Lon don—One Month, 24f. 95e. ; Three Months 24f. 76c.—Cours AstAtnifpc. Mr. Boars has somewhere said, that nothing is so cold as the heart of a thorough-bred Metaphysician : had he lived till our timus, he would have excepted the heart of a thorough-bred suck-j4ber. liven the daily press, when it is thoroughly infected with this selfish and mercenary spirit, 4prepared by it, to saetiaee the deepest interests of the labile to the private pot of its conductors, who look to evospl-erivis of stars with a callous Indirerenee, except u to tbi beating it may have—Jr may be made to have—on their own speculations. It is impouitle, tin any other manner, to account for the studied efforts which have been made by the Times imangruent the pressure of commercial distress, by thrusting every topic into discussion which could most tend to aggravate it. Its leading columns from day to day, encumbered with abusive declamatitim, which has no other object than to bring the credit, not only of the Bank of England, but of the whole class of bankers and of commercial capitalists, into suspicion. For this pur pose it not only has recourse to false arguments and un founded assertion, but it brings up the rear of its periods with vulgar invectives, wrapped up in coarse and con fused metaphor. In its leading article of yesterday, a cir cumstance, having in itself—even if true—nothing of an importance to make it a subject of public comment, is brought forward with great solemnity, as a matter of rumour, and is made a handle for the further propagation of alarm. The public are informed that— " Reports were circulated yesterday that an eminent London Banking-house had been placed in sudden diffi culties on Saturday, but that on laying before the Direc tors of the Bank of England a statement of the situation of the firm, they advanced a large sum of money, by which relief was afforded, and the shock to general credit, which even a temporary suspension of payments would have caused, was prevented. It is added, that this was regarded as an affair of so great importance, that the Bank Direc tors met on Sunday morning to take it into consideration. On examination into the accounts, however, the security appeared to them to be so ample, though unfortunately not at once convertible into ready money, that they without hesitation advanced the sum required." That an eminent banking-house, anticipating the possi bility of a sudden demand from the panic of the moment, should take due precaution to provide against it, and that the Bank of England, after being satisfied, upon in vestigation, that the firm had ample funds—although not convertible into currency upon the spur of the moment — should advance a sum sufficient to meet any such exigency, should it arrive—is surely not a circumstance so extraor dinary, that the very rumour of it should be made a matter of public announcement. No. But neither does the Times proclaim the circumstance simply as matter of intel ligence. In that light it would not have been worth relating. But there was a purpose behind, and it was this: the giving currency throughout London and the whole king dom, that " an eminent London Banking-house" had ap plied for, and obtained, relief from the Bank of England, would have the effect in a certain degree, us no particular firm was mentioned, of bringing the credit of ever!' London Banking-house into suspicion, and the alarm being thus general, might bring a run upon all. This purpose, and no other, could have been answered by it, and therefore this purpose, and no other, could have been intended. In proof of this, we need only attend to the invidious and un called-for remarks with which this journal follows up the rumour " The Bank may hate acted humanely in affording the relief requested, and the security may be sound. With respect to the public, so far as it is concerned in this trans action, it not being probable that gold to a great amount has been in the first instance transmitted to the house in question, an additional quantity of paper (convertible, no doubt, into cash on application at the Bank) to the amount of the sum advanced, has been sent into the market. We suppose that the funds possessed by this and other houses, not immediately convertible in the amilin4l4„ - rlso„eipaa their credit, may consist of at oRTG•1311; and if so, this is also a great public evil—that bankers, the dealers is paper. should have seized so much of the real property of the kingdom, that they have not le#Aemselva sufficient in their coffers to carry on the concerns of their houses, or to meet an exigency: a difficulty arrives, and they are obliged to quit their prey. They resemble pike and other rapacious fish of lesser dimension', who pursue and seize a gudgeon, which, when they are at the point of swallowing, a larger pike supervenes, and appropriates the victim." To what end are these malignant insinuations thrown out but to destroy still further that confidence which is the great support of public credit, and which is already most unreasonably depressed ? Why at this moment, of all others, are the great banking-houses in the metropolis to be thus publicly charged with seizing on real property with such rapacity as to be left without the means of answering the demands upon them ? It is here declared to be a great public evil that the funds of bankers should consist of mort gages, and they are represented as possessing themselves, through this means, of the real property of the kingdom. Was it ever before heard of, as matter of accusation, that a banker took landed security for any sum he advanced to a customer in the way of accommodation ? Is not all mortgaged Troperty redeemable on payment of the sum borrowed upon it? How then cats any banker seize the estate of the landed proprietor, or how can he convert it, in any manner, or to any extent, beyond the' ' lien which he has for the sum advanced upon it? It is not true, as hen insinuated, that the bankers thus obtain real property in exchange for their paper; no notes of any pri vete houses are issued in London; their payments are effected, it is true, by the paper of the Bank of England, but it must also be remembered, that it is the paper of the, Bank of England that is deposited with them by their cus tomers, and that cash is obtained by them readily; and upon all occasions, and that without regard to whether it was cash or paper that was paid in to account. No set of men employ their money more prudently than the London bankers, and the public have had such unequivocal proof of the stability of their credit, as is not to be shaken by any tumour, not even when aided by all the malignant comment with which thel"imes gives it currency. As to the existing embarrassments in the money market, they were occasioned, at first, by confidence imprudently given, but they are at this moment greatly augmented by that confidence being as unreasonably with/v./d. If no un due excitement had been employed by the press, mercantile credit would by this time have settled itself much better than it has been permitted to do between the excesses of enterprise and caution. But there is no doubt but that I , y its own elasticity it will ere long shake off the languor that now oppresses it, anal the rational confidence which is daily reviving is a proof of it. The important letter concerning the Silk trade, in our paper of this day, will be read with deep interest, not only by the persons immediately interested in that branch of the national manufactures, but by every well-wisher to the prosperity of his country. The writer, it is evident, is thoroughly conversant with his subject, and his statement of facts, we know, may be relied upon. He has discussed the question with so much ability, that it would be imper tinent in us to add a single remark. We invite the attention of our readers to the article in another column respecting Mr. PF.aisiats's wonderful engine of devruction, the steam-gnn. The experitnents performed on Tuesday, before the Duke of WELLiNCITON, prove, blond all doubt, that a power has been invented which will work a complete revolution in the art of war, or, we ►bcu'd perhaps rather say, annihilate it alsoLether. universal destruction : for what bulwark of defence could withstand a showet br stream of cannon-balls issuing from itesin-gun ? As to armies meeting each other in the field, ;Walther of them be provided with instruments of this na • cure, it may in a few minutes sweep its antagonist from the surface of the earth. The application of Mr. PER IINS'S high-pressure steam to mechanical purposes must also be attended with results so highly beneficial, that we can hardly exaggerate them by auy anticipation we can form at the present moment. WEIFiIiGLY EVENING. A great degree of agitation and depression is still mani fest iq the Stock Markets. In the course of the day con siderable business was transacted in Consols, which fluetuated between 841 i to 81, sellers, during the early part of the morning; and the concluding t i aotations were 8341 84. e prices varied very little from yesterday in the Foreign Market, in which there is still considerable languor. Colombian Bonds were 62 ; Mexican Six per Cents, 84; Greek Bonds, 17 19; and Spanish ditto, 151. The Sugar Market does not improve. In the absence of a public sale, the price of Coffee nominally continued steady. THE' 3RESK ..-- mustlire at peace when war will tbeceturily produce I THE GREEKS. The Austrian Observer gives various extracts from the Greek chronicle of Missolonghi, from the 21st of Septem ber to the Sth of October. No. 73, of the 24th of Septem ber, gives a long account of an attack made on the 21st of September on the Turkish works. They had prepared a mine to blow up the crown of the terrace of the Franklin battery. To deceive the Turks, they first blew up a small mine, and then began the attack, which continued with great spirit on both sides, hut to the disadvantage of the forks, till at 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Greeks sprung their great mine, the effects of which are described as hav ing been most destructive to the Turks. The works on which they had employed so much time and labour were destroyed in an instant. The Maltometans, seized with a panic terror, retreated in the greatest confusion, and in all directions, exposed to a heavy fire from the Creeks. Part of the garrison of Missolonghi made a sally to attack the enemy in his own entrenchments, but the blowing up of the mine bad caused such a cleft in the ground that it stopped the pursuit. The Turks on the other side of the cleft, finding themselves safe, kissed the ground, and waved their bright sabres, as in defiance of the victors. " This victory will be inscribed in golden characters in the annals of Greece." The loss of the Turks cannot be less than 400 men, and as the booty, both in arms and clothes, is for the most part rich, it is certain that the enemy lost many officers. The Greeks hod 15 killed and 35 wounded. The prisoners say that 1,600 Turks, cavalry and infantry, encamped about Anatolico, have set' fire to their barracks and gone home. Soliman, Paella of Berat, who com manded in the little fort of Anatolico, has also gone home. The Kiaja Bey bas come by sea from Salona, with only 60 men ; the others demand their pay before they join the camp. Nothing of importance is stated as having occurred, though there was occasional firing on both sides, till the Sth of October, when the Greeks sprung another mine, by which 130 of the enemy were killed. The Greeks had two killed and three wounded. INDIA. According the latest accounts from Sir Archibald Camp bell's head-quarters, which remained at Prome, no move ment had taken place, his army being shut up there by the rainy season, which usually lasts in that country till the end of October. Although a considerable number of the inhabitants had returned to Promo and to other places, it seems that the system acted upon by the Burmese, of de populating the country in the route of the British forces, hod been to a great extent successful. The provisions for the supply of the army could not be obtained in the neighbourhood of Prome in anything near the quantity re quired. These were conveyed from Rangoon, a distance of about 1.50 miles, up the river Irrawaddy, by a flotilla of men of war's boats employed for that purpose, under the command of Captain Alexander, of his Majesty's ship Alligator. Nearly the whole of the country between Ran goon and Pt ome had been deserted by the inhabitants. Private letters state, that the King of Ava had offered to negotiate, but little reliance was placed on his sincerity ; and it was expected, that as soon as the weather would permit, which it was expected would be in October, Sir Archibald Campbell would then move upon Ummerapoora, the capital. In the early part of May Sir A. Campbell sent a detach ment to explore the interior of the country. They first marched towards Tanao or Tor.go. At the distance of 40 miles they came to Tagoontline. Where the Burmese had not preceded them they found the people quietly at work, weaving their coarse striped stuffs, and apparently contented. Wherever a Burmese force had been, desolation marked its course. From Tagoondlac across the Galadyat mountains to Tanao is about 70 miles. The detachment, however, could not proceed so far, but struck off in a north-west direction to Tow-kin•dine, which is about four miles inland from Bollay, on the river Irrawaddy, and a small party proceeded as far as Meaday. At a village, four miles on the Prome aide of Meaday, were the remains of an extensive iron-foundery, where cannon appeared to have been cast ; and the fact that the Burmese do make guns is very generally asserted by the best informed natives of the country. The Madras papers contain the official despatch of Lieut. Pemberton, detailing the proceedings at the capture of Munipore. This enterprising officer volunteered to at tempt reaching Munipore, and left Sylliet with a force of .500 bayonets, under the personal command of Rajah Gumbecr Sing. These were principally Muniporeans, and therefore well fitted for the service in which they were employed. Lieut. Petnberton speaks its high terms of the energy, perseverance, and skill of Gumbeer Sing, and of the patient submission of hit men to very great hardships and privations. The Boadicea was waiting at Madras, to carry a large supply of treasure to Calcutta, and proceed from Thence to Rangoon and Prome. The amount of money shipping at Madras was said to be half a crorc of rupees. Money was , plentiful at Madras, but very scarce at Calcutta, where the subscription for the new Five per Cent. Loan had been very trifling, and it was thought the Government would be obliged to modify the terms in favour of the lenders, before it could get the whole sum subscribed. The Ceylon Government having lately changed its currency to sterling, had drawn some bills (but not to any great amount) at a premium of three per cent. These bills having come into the Madras market, tended to raise the Exchange, which it was expected would soon be at Is. lod. The prices of she Company's paper at Madras were--Six per Cent. Loan, SO per cent. premium ; Five per Cents., par; Carnatic Stock, first class, 117 per cent. premium ; ditto, second class, par. Piece goods have formed ~ he chief shipments of the season. Intiigo is at high prices, the first crop having failed; but hopes are entertained that the second crop would be more successful. A Lisbon packet arrived yesterday with letters to the 26th Nov. The King of Portugal, it appeal's by them, has been indisposed, and in consequence retired to one of his country palaces (Maffei) about six leaguet from Lisbon. The private letters further notice a very im portant fact, via. :—That a decree is coming out, declaring an amnesty, without exception, for all those persons con cermd with Don Miguel. It was expected that the above (Imminent would make its appearance in a few days. The Palaoe and Monastery of the Efteurial were built by Philip 11. in the strange form of a gridiron, the instrument of the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, upon whose anni versary the Spaniards gained the victory of St. Quentin. The Convent is 740 feet, by 580, and the Palace forms the handle of the imaginary gridiron. The paintings are ex cellent and numerous; and the with containing the royal tombs is grand aistl impressive. Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope yesterday reached to the 29th September. The steam Yesql, the Enterprise, had not• arrived. She was then 44 days at tea front tie E , Ojai channel. FRENCMPAPERS. LFrom the Eloile, dated Tuesday.l - MADRID. Nov. 24. His Majesty ham nominated M. Zr, to be his Minister Plenipo tentiary at the Court of Dresden, whither he has received orders to repair forthwith. A report is circulated that the Palace of the Escurial is on Bre. It will be very difficult to arrest the progresa of the flames In this building, thought thc:c is but little carpentry in it, because, besides the want of water, thee ore very few inhabitants in the village or its environs. Although this edilice boats nothing extraordinary but the immense quantity of stone used in the building of it, it would be a great calamity if it should fall a prey to the flames, as it contains great riches, paintings, and church ornaments, the loss of which would be irreparable. P.S. There is no doubt of the fart that the Escurial is on fire, but we cannot send the details by the courier, who sets oft in an hour. Lassos, Nov. 19. The Emperor and Kiog continuing to be indisposed, received, in a private audience, Count Cssallores, who Ives admitted to present his credentials as Ambassador from the King of Spain. Letters from Rio Janeiro state, that negotiations had been opened in concert with the Ministers of France and Austria. resi. dent there, relative to a commercial treaty between 'Portugal and Brazil. which will complete Me act of independence published on the 13th instant. PARIS, DEC. 6. The first sentence consequent on the proceedings against the Car. bonari of Rome was pronounced on the 21st November, msde pub.. lic on the morning of the 22d, and carried into execution on the 23d. It was given apinsr six of the accused. The proceeding was separated into two divisions ; the first com prehended the Sectarians who had participated in murders. The second comprehended the foreign Sectaries, among whom Don Luis Spada will figure. By virtue of the first sentence, Targhini and Montanari, assnourins of Pontini, suffered the last punishment on the 23d. at ore o'clock in the afternoon. For twenty-four hours these unfortunate men. aware of their fate, were offered the consolations of religion, which they constantly refused. All the religious congregations had prayers, to obtain from Heaven their conversion. The Pope even, though still very weak, passed a part of the night in prayer, for this pious purpose. One peculiar circumstance in Rome is to see the Sovereign Pon. tiff watch to implore from Heaven that pardon, which it is not given to temporal Princes to grant on earth. The people of Rome have been filled with consternation by the sang froid displayed by the condemned during the progress of the preparations for their punishment, and especially by the obstinate disdain with which these miserable wretches repelled the exhorta -110115 of the 31inisters who attended. This example of invincible incredulity, unheard of in the Holy City, produced a general semi. meat of melancholy. Targhini bad begun addressing himself to the people, exclaiming, "I di:. a Freemason—a good Carbonari." The beating of the drums iotterupted him. 3loatanari made the same declaration. It) a few days from this the second judgment will be pronounced, and it is generally believed that the publication of the Bull for re newing the excommunication pronounced by Benedict XIV. and Pius VII. against the freemasons and secret societies will follow this decision. the Notizie del Giorno contains but the following article:— '• The Special Commission assembled on the 21st inst. to judge the six individuals accused of high treason and rebellion, with arms in hand. In execution of the sentence which has been pronounced, Angelo Targhini and Leonidas Mot tonari have been beheaded this morning in the square Del l'opulo. Their four accomplices arc condemned to the galleys for life." The Ilfetnoriul Bordeluir announces that it is certain that the Marquis de Matatlorida has not been able to obtain permivion to go to Madrid; they expect him even at Bayonne. As to:ll.llgarte, it appears that he has also received counter orders. M. A. de Rothschild has just been at Catael to establish a bank for discounts. It is said that the Grand Duke has placed at his dispo.ition a capital of five millions of crowns, taken from his pri. vate funds. LISBON Pll PERS. (OFFICIAL.) LISBOY, Nor. 21. I, the Emperor and King, make known to all who shall see the present Alvaro, that, to give my faithful subjects a new proof of my solicitude to promote th.:ir prosperity, and to protect the important branches of agriculture and comineret, desiring, at the same time, to facilitate the means of reconciliation, and to re-establish between the Portuguese and Brazilians the relations which have been interrupted by the extraordinary events which my paternal heart desires to forget, I have been pleased to ordain as follows : I. The wines and brandies which are exported from the ports of Portugal and of the Algarve, of the islands of the Azores, and of Madeira, for the ports of Brazil direct, in Portuguese or Brazilian ships, shall pay only the half of the export duties fixed by the Alvara of the 4th June this year. 2. Those shall be considered as Portuguese or Brazilian ships which are the property of a Portuguese or Brazilian, and the Com mander, and at least two-thirds of the crew of which are Portu guese or 13raziliar a. 11. The exporters are to give security, binding themselves to unload in the ports of Brazil ; and, within six months after the sailing of the ships, they are to present a certificate of such un loading, in default of which, they will be bound to the payment of all the duties now paid, according to the said Alvaro of the 4th of June. I therefore command the 'President of the Treasury (and other public otlicens, &c.) dilly to execute, &c. TILE EM PEROR AND KING. D. MIGUEL ANTONIO DE HELLO. Lisbon, Nov. 25.—Exchange on London, 52i. ACQUITTAL OF THE COURRIER FRANCAIS. ROYAL COURT OF PARIS, DEC. 5. M. DE Mum. the Attorney-General, having addressed the Court against the Courrier Francois, and tl. 11l Ent LHOu, for the defence, having resumed his arguments, the President at length interrupted the latter, by saying, " your cause is heard." The Court retired at two o'clock into the Council Chamber, and at three o'clock resumed its sitting. The first President, before he delivered the judgment, addressed the public, saying, that the Court had witnessed with regret in the last case, the manner in which its de cision had been received. It hoped that to-daythe assembly would be snore respeclul and preserve silence. He then pronounced judgment in nearly the following terms s The Court upon article 3 of the law of the 17th of March, 1899, and the demand of the Procureur-General, considering that the greater part of the articles objected to be inserted in the Courrier, although very blameable in their form, do not possess at bottom a sufficient character to affect the respect due to the religion of the state; and that, although in fact other articles do possess this cha racter, yet they are by no means numerous, and have appeared under circumstances attended with mitigation, such as the era blishment in France of religious orders not sanctioned by the laws, ultramonsane doctrines publicly preached by a part of the French clergy--doctrines which tend to compromise the rights of the throne and the liberties guaranteed by our institutions ; dec!ares, that there is no ground for suspension, but admonishes the publisher and edi tors of the Courrier to be more circumspect.—Without costs. The French papers hare talked a good deal lately of a pretended establishment of Bergami in Russia. It appears, nevertheless, that he has never left Pesaro, where he re sides by himself, and is said to be very unpopular with his •neighbours, to whom he has given various causes of offence. He spends his time principally in field sports. Latterly he has got into a rather awkward scrape. Wm. Austin, the son, real or adopted, of the late Queen, is arrived at Pesaro, and means to institute a suit against him to recover, in virtue of her will, the lands of which Ber gami, in spite of Austin's claim, persists in keeping pos session to his own use.—EVile of Monday. Alosnic GoLD.—This beautiful metal, which has re ceived the patronage of his Majesty, attracts general atten tion. His Majesty, we understand, has given orders for the use of it, to a great amount, both in the external and internal decorations of Buckingham House and Windsor Castle. This scientific discovery is the result of experi ments continued upwards of 20 years, and more particu larly for the last three years, during which period the most active and unremitting perseverance has been used to ob tain the metal in the state of perfection which the speci mens exhibit. Making every allowance for the enthusiasm of those connected with the discovery of this new metal, it is impossible not to anticipate that great advantages will be derived to the arts and to our manufactures, from the em ployment of so cheap and yet so splendid a material. The beauty of the specimens we have seen it would be difficult to praise too highly. Upwards of t,oool. Bank of Ireland notes were in the Tullamore mail bag, which was robbed on the 15th ult. A reward of 501. is offered by the Postmaster-General, for the thief.—Limerick Chronicle. We are happy to be enabled to state, that the Alston lead mines have, for some time past, been more than usually lucrative. The agent of Greenwich Hospital has, within the last few days, made no less than 18 wants for new mines, and had applications for eight more. We believe this is unprecedented.—Tyne Mercurj. Ga's Lacistrv.—A gentleman on Friday last went to purchase a lottery ticket at one of the offices in Cornhill, and by accident dropped three 101. notes. Soon after his departure they were discovered by a person in the office, who kept them in safe custody till Tuesday evening, when the gentleman again made his appearance, to know if he had dropped them there. He received an answer in the affirmative, and immediately the identical notes were placed in his hands, when he generously gave the party who preserved them a " Thank'ye," and vanished. FINANCES OF SPAIN. The following Decree has been issued by the King of Spain for the regulation of the finances of that kingdom t .„ In order that it may be known and calculated beforehand, by th, year and the month, the revenues of the State, an d that an cut, and proportionate distribution may be made btlween the dill ' obligations or the several departments, and that the expenditure may also be regulated conformably to the income, and public and private means, after having previously heard my Council of 11,1in4,, ten, I have decreed as follows : Art. I. Each Minister shall make annually, under distinct bead, of disbursement, a Budget of those of his Department. 2. These Budgets shall be sent to the Minister of Finance, or the latest, by the first of November. 3. The latter Minister shall make such observations on the said budget as he may judge proper, and with a statement of the tut revenue brought to the Treasury, which he shall have previoasl called for from the Comptroller.lieneral ; h e shall transmit them isl the Council of 31inisters by the 14th of the said month of Norm, ber, at the latest. 4. This Council shall examine the budgets, and make the changes and retrenchments which may be desirable, and shall after wards sendat ion. them t..) the Minister of Finance to be su b m i tted for myapprob 5. The budgets approved by me, shall be communicated to the respective Ministers, to the Directors-General of the Treasury, ass to the Directors-General of Disbursements. 6. These budgets shall not contain any provision for unfertiese expenses. For these my Council shall set apart a sum en Nag fur all the departments, but this shall not be touched without in , authority, given on the representation of the Council of 31in440m: 7. All payments not comprehended in the budgets shall be We gel and inadmissible, and the authorities who shall hare mad e them, or the ordinance for them, shall be solely responsible t or t h e reimbursement to the Treasury. 8. In order that the funds brought to the Treasury may, be equin e distributed among the obligations of each department, my Coos a of Ministers shall, in every month, make a general distributi on of the sums which the Treasurer-General will transmit monthly to each department. 9. And in order that this distribution shall be made as closely le possible, the Minister shall cause to b e transmitted, on the 25.1 1 or each month, by the Comptroller-General of the public reveta a , statement, by province and by class, of the net revenue paid into th e public chest in the preceding month, and another of these expect e d in the cutrent month, explaining on what such caleulatims ace founded , and lastly, a statement of the produce of the last mouth, compared with that of the corresponding month in the precedingy eei. 10. The .Minister of Finances shall, besides, transmit by ti le Comptroller-General of Disbursements, a statement Ppecifying th e sums which were to be paid in the preceding month, those winch have been paid, and the causes of the deficiency, if any, whi c h may remain. _ . . I. The documents specified in the two preceding articlesdull be sent to the Council of Ministers, witlt the obmervations which may have been made on them by the 31inister of Finance, and the •Council, on inspecting these documents, shall proceed to the dittri. button ordered in article 8. 12. The differences between the receipts expected and thous actually rcalistd, between the payments made and those which ought to have been made, shall be adjusted in subsequent distid. buttons in such a manner, that at the end of the year the receipts of the Treasury and its payments shall be balanced. 13. The system instituted by this decree shall commence front the Ist of next January. 14. A clear and simple account shall be kept by the Minister of Finances of the following items :—The sum remaining in hand, and the surplus of the contributions of the preceding year ; of the revenues of the State, specifying their different branches; of th e actual sums annually sent to the Treasury, and likewise of those received by separate departments; of the expenses of colkctioa and administration, and only on the distribution by budget, sad by the articles of the budget; in such a manner that the stale of the Treasury may be instantly ascertained, and that of the payments on the budget of each department. 15. In order that the accounts may be kept with exactness, usl the details which have been set forth, the Minister of Finance shall cause to be furnished to all the departments the whole of the data. ments. and all the necessary instructions. Given at the Escurial, Nov. 14,1825. (Signed by the King's hand.) To Don Luis Lopez Ballasteros. _ SIEGE OF CALLAO. Adviccs have been received from Lima to the beginning of August. The following extract from a private Later contains the fullest account of the siege of the Castles of Callao which has been received in England, and, as it also gives a description of the situation and defences of the fortress, will be read with interest : " Callao is situated on a neck of low land that projects into tho pea, and contAined before the war about 4.000 inhabitants The fortifications consist of three castles, mounting together one hon. tired and ninety pieces of heavy ordnance, and entnmand the town, the harbour, and the whole neck of land across which they are sb. tuated. They are built of heavy moue-work, incliniq inwards from the base, and surrounded by deep wide moats, with heavy draw-bridges across, in the ancient style. The walls are so stung that no artillery can penetrate them; their inclination intrude from the base causes t'e balsa which strike them horizontally to glance over ; besides, they are protected by trenches thrown up ca the outside, nearly to the muzzles of the guns; and which ea answer as a breast-work for troops outside. " Six months ago, when the Patriots a second time got panes. sion of Lima, it was expected Rodil would have immediately es pitulated and surrendered Callao: instead of which, be drove the old men, women, and children, trom the town, laid up stores of pruviaiona foe his troops, and defied his antagonists. Was force at that time was IMO men, but tit number is reduced by death and desertion to about 800. They are blockaded by a squadron of five or six vessels, and besiegal on land by a Patriot three of 1.000. The castles contain immense stotea of ammunition and con• siderable wealth. " Rodil is a determined man, in desperate circumstances. Ile may be reduced by disease and desertion, but will never voluntarily surrender. His boats fish in safety under the guns of the castles, and he has land enough within their protection to raise vegetables for his troops. " The besieging army occupies a small town called Belli. vista, on the road to Lima, about three.quarters of a mile from the castles. This town is nearly destroyed by the guns of the castles; there is scarcely a house remaining habitable, sod the soldiers are prineipally sheltered in tents behind the remaining walls. " There has been daily fighting for the last three months, and frequent skirmishing between the troops. The firine from the castles is at times tremendous. They certainly return the Patriots ten shell for one. " I visited the Patriot camp a few days age, and leaving my horse at Bellaviata, proceeded on foot along the trenches, which project in short angles from the town, about halts mile to. wards the castles, and within a few hundred yards of them. " These trenches are dug about three feet deep, and the loose earth thrown up on the side towards the castles, and staked ; to that the trench and breastwork together are about as high u the head, and behind them I felt tolerably safe from the he ' , Fa whistled over me. Whilst looking over the mitrenthmentst It lower end, towards the castles, I observed one of the fishing box full of men, pulling towards the blockading vessels. They were deserting from the aides, which instantly opened a melt td• mentions fire upon the boat. The shot dashed the water shoe: he r without appeanng to do her any serious damage. " I took this opportunity, whilst they were enraged on theses side, to gn beyond the entrenchment, and view the castles. They did not appear to have received the least impression from the hew firing that had been made on them by the besiegers. They bad e very military appearance; the Royal Standard was flying; the sentinels were marching on the battlements ; and evert doge , ' peered to be In perfect order. Ido not think they can be taken by assault ; the moat is too wide to be passed without much lbw; the land is so low they cannot be undermined, and they limbo" bombarded without any perceptible effect. The besieged he" made every preparation for defence. I was told by Offices in the Patriot camp that the walls were covered with bomb-shells, rail to be tired and roiled on any assaulting party. " I had not much time to make nbservitions ; the boat escs7ed and the firing against the enerenchments recommenced, and eves within them it was rather warm quarters for a disinterested wee' tator. On returning to Bellavista, I observed several Officers col- lected to see the boat escape, and found among them the chid engineer, who is a Frenchtmon„ and speaks a little Ecei‘!'. " It appears Rodil is most apprehensive of disaffection among his troops. He. however, has one regiment that he enlisted et Arequipa, in which he placed great confidence. Ile peewee" most rigid discipline; no three persons see allowed to conittle together privately ; and any sign of discontent is punished yob instant death. At one time a Colonel spoke to him, of their sites tion, told him the troops were loyal, and determined to die under his command, in defence of the modes, but they were desirous to know shot prospects he had of success. " Rndil immediately had the troops paraded. informed thOU his affairs were desperate, and he did not wish any to ecedei 3 him who were discontented ; but desired them to use that titar signify their sentiments, and ordered those who were dissativfixl te ground their arms, and advance in front. Accordingly Arta fell . men, including the Colonel and some Offi:en , marched out et the were when he instantly ordered the line to fire on them. And were all executed. It was an awful stratagem to distort I'4 rid himself of the disaffected, and to awe the garrison into furore silence. " A few such men as Roth! would ruin the Patriot esuee,i ° this country, and literally be worth the Indies to Ferdinand . Liverpool Albion. Yesterday Mr. Bolland handed round to his brother bc. risters, at the London S e ssions, a letter, which iwe " 114 senior practitioner at the sessions, had received fr Ja: Lord Mayor, ruesting him to notify to the gentlem en 0' eq the bar, that whenever their avocations brought th em ro the Old Bailey Sessions House the table would be open ro them all. This hospitable practice preva il e d until *W u '. 29 years ago, when it was discontinued, an d the custom 01 giving personal invitations to the banisters alternately 03 different days was substituted. This regulati on will maw ially increase the expenses of the session, which fan caw the purses of his Lordship and the Shelia. 41.11.112 r Ar t EEO ri • b le at as were a inferior ill a „ fi n ttid keninea ov oicorne rat t o be please , it sold riot be }n ghsh Ari4ioP • is grven by The first , tin I:;li i i iil l e t l eti, t 2 4.se t o lf f y ie 4r e resootypo? ! fnyaat ? lea.itt n t n aitiirlcur l virio, y a .svaems,, g ie i vi, ii l l:ibi 4.l ,in uffi nglesisi;tdeuti t sr l ed e rtin i .i r o o of;dei t r ei rl i ofe r y o cgl air t pima id iser u 4 r e y a l .u r x .in a se to e s ° :ni tr. f itt j,, or . stpe• • . 1 . 2444 si lll4 r -7 t* dr* hasitaryjoi ndal tr.VA Oda* S , Oll 40 1 4. 4 , :by Mr. by Coionel Kee " Lord Mou ihip, that he re Lordship objee general nature, through conseio :ion. To such nAt to the Sol was wrote ; an wine mark, hei touches no man rtuart desired tl him, and let li rox : he had it an assurance, t that her Grace and, in eonsequ that interview, ship. 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