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!MICE:. 01 , lIHITI3M Beat Stock 202 2,1 203 pee Cent. Red. 70 781 a pee Cent. Con.. Du. Acct.s4 test se 3 pee CARL 31 perCt. Red. eII 116 t►*. lOit4t N 17hTittlR . oniis - 4/t 50 Colombian Bonds hi 4 Duns Acct. 51 2 13t 7 Ditto Rends (1624) 531 44 6 Ditto Acct. 54 t 6si t 6 7 7i si 7 6 7 Daniels Bonds 1 00 1 t DatoßuDdl ( 1836) lib 7 0 Ditto Acct. 53 8 French Rentes S per Ct. 93f. Exchange 26f. 10c. lirenth Routes 1 per Ct. 611. 50c. 1121. Eachange 251.25 c. 10c. 20c. COURSE OF EXCH, Amsterdam C. F. 12 11 Diuo at sight 12 8 Rotterdam .2 U. 12 12 Aotoerp 12 12 kilsoshorgh 2i U. 38 1 Ikons 4 U. 38 2 Aids, 3 day s• • igh t 23 AO Ditto. 2 U. 26 84 Bordeaux 26 86 Serlin 7 0 Frank. on Main Ex. 31.166 Fetasburgh, role. 3 Us. Vf VIIIIII3, effective 11. 2 31. 10 22 Yr:taste ditto 10 22 Madrid 38 Loth& 36 ..3ti Baresions PKICYII OY 1111 A itt;,b SIINF.S. Share. Paid. Premium Fier Shire. Ante-91ex inn £loo 35 721 Angie-01111m Brazilian lOO 5 1 50 3 11 100 5 2A 250 12} 9A 15 100 itls Potosi. In Pat. and Peruvian 50 5 United Mexican Ditto New Fanntina 40 10 4i 4 ASPUANCE CC MTANITII. Alliance British and Foreign 100 10 1 Protector Fire British Iron British Rock and Patent Salt 10 II Irish Manufactory Precincts' Rank of Ireland lOO 10 4dis Rio da Is Plata Agricultural lOO S 4 dl. MEXICAN SIX PER CENT. LOAN.—The Fourth Quarterly Dividend, due on the Ist Day of JANUARY nett. will be paid on the succeeding days between the hours of Ten mid Two &Clock, at the Counting-house of Messrs. Barclay, Bet ting, Richardson and Co. No. IL New Brosd.street-mews. The Dividend Warrants, with lists thereof, numerically arranged, must be left fur examination one day previou. to payment. ARGYLL ROOMS. AGRAND MASQUERADE and CARNIVAL, un der the immediate direction of SIX NI/RM.:3IEN, will siren at the ARGYLL ROOMS, on ZHUHSDAY EVEN ! NO, December 21. The high reputation which these entertainments attained last riir ham induced the DIRECTORS to engage for the whole of tie MASQUERADES to be given at the Argyll Rooms this sea- Aud under the sanction of the Noblemen who have honoured them with their immediate patronage, a series of Masked FETES will be brought forward, exceeding all former occasions in brilliancy, splendour, and magnificence. In apportioning the FIRST GRAND MASQI'ERADE for' Thursday, the 29th inst. the Directors have the pleasure to an. sourer, that regulations have been made by which the Company w.:l he rendered more seder tinr hi. hero. And the Nobility and Gerdy are assured that Ticket. will be disposed of to none but persons of rank, fashion, or talent. Families of distinelon who may wish to unite in the festive ta-oog. Gentlemen of Fashion. or Issdies of this Haut Ton, desirous of partaking of the true spirit of the entertainment by avmming c`aracters, are also informed that the annoyance u,d freedom of disorderly persons will be strictly guarded against, as officers in va. nous disguises will be stationed in the rooms, to secure ease and prevent interruption to the Masque's. The D;reetors pledge themselves that the Masquerade on Thurs. day, the 29th lest. will be the most select, splendid, and festive en. te-ra'nment ever produced. and worthy in every terpeet of the im. proved taste, and the fashion and talent of the metropolis. For Tickets and Boxes to view the Masquerade apply to the sub. committee, who sit it sit y at Mr. CHARLES VIIIIGH VS, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. Er. Charles Wright is appointed by the Directors Purveyor of tEe Champagne and other French winos on this occasion. :iii Girt L. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Tale Evening, WEDNESDAY. Doe 11, will be performed the Comedy of THE. HYPOCRITE. Doctor Cantwell. Mr. Dowtos; Maw-worm. Mr. Liston; Colonel La:nt.ert, Mr. Matlack. Charlotte, lira. Darls...n. After *bleb the DI vertisement of THE CAMP. Principal Dancer., Mr. and Mrs. Noble, &e. lo oonelude with the Farce of LOVE. L ‘M, AND PHYSIC. FlerJbls, Mr. Harley Andrew, lir. J. Russell; Lubin Log. lit. Liston. te•morrow, Ouy Mannertpgt The Camp; and Deaf as a Post. COVENT-OARDEN TiIEATRR. Tbli Evening, WEDNESDAY, Dee 21, will be performed the Opera of Til k LA:ENNA. . . . Dan Jerlme, Mr. Illanehard Carlos, Madame Veatrlat Antonio, Mr. Pe►rn,an: Ferdlnsuel. Mr. rhauset ; Isaac, Mr. Fawcett; Father Paul. Mr. Bartley. Clara, Ines Patoai Louisa, Mies Lu►e; the Dwaine. Mrs. Da►enport. After which the Operatle Nice of 'T WAS I. Ths othelpal Characters by Messrs. Dutuset, Keeley. Evan•, and morning: ldiu Jones. Madame Vestris. and Mrs. Oa. enport. To morrow. The Road to Rolle 1 end ' Twas 1. ADFLPHI 7'HEA'llit., STRAND. This gran!ag, VILDNICSDAY. Dee.ll, will be promoted the Nautical Melo-DrarratlFßurletta of THE PILOT: Or, A TALE OF THE SEA. The priostral Characters by Meier*. Terry. Yates. T. P. Cooke, cad J. flares: and Irs. Fitt wEllatn. After which • new Burletta, ettEed CHRIS r M AS BOXES. The ammeters by StAsrs,Terry.yoster. l ate,. sod Meredith Miss - Bodeo.~nd Mrs . -t~tr. lo conclude with the CraidTclik-Ider,TiZoal, Allegorical, Operatical, Meld-Dramatlcal, Magical lanythlng but Tragical) Surietta of SUCCESS! Or, A HIT, IF YOU LIKE IT. fir. principal Cbaractere by Messrs. V 1 rencli. T. P. Cooke, Yates, and J. Reeve ; and Alm Fitawilllauxi. Ti.e 1:111711111 PItCIII commenced publishing yesterdAy morn. in; it five o'clak. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MCI:MEER '21,1825. It will be seen by last night's Gazette that the Meeting of Parliament is fixed for Thorplay, the Qd of February. The !toile of Monday, which reached our office last night, adds nothing to the information we had already re ceived concerning the sudden death of the Emperor ALE :- A xnsit. A conjecture is hazarded that a disorder in one of bis legs may have proved mortal. This suggestion sears only to show how utterly unexpected his decease was, and how extremely difficult it is to guess what can hive carried him off in the full vigour of life and health. The Efate apparently treats with contempt the announce ment in the Priurian calendar respecting the Grand Duke. NICHOLAS, and attempts to explain how the mistake must have originated. The children of CONATANTtNE by his fresent wife, the Countess GRADZINSICA, who was a Rus sian subject, are excluded from the succession by a de cree of the late Emperor, by which it was declared to be a fandsmental law of the empire that no Prince should hereafter ascend the throne of the Czars, unless his mother was of an imperial or royal family. It is supposed, therefore, that as the Grand Duke NICHOLAS Omit su.cced CONSTANTINX, it was " very natural" be - presumptive. This explana satisfactory. The question rti t N■ wholly omitted in unless for some reason of m his birthright, was the 1; NICHOLAS at any rate could only be heir presumptive to his brother CoNST AN* TINC. The next advice, from Russia will be exceedingly interesting. At present there is manifestly a dark cloud of mystery hanging over the relations in which the members of the Imperial Family stood towards each other. LFrom the Etude dated Monday, Dec. 181 PARIS, DEC. 18. A great Prince is dead. Generous and magnanimous, the Em peror Alexander will leave a long remembrance of his reign and of his noble qualities. The elevation of his character, the disinterest edness of his policy, are universally known ; his loss will be deeply felt. The Emperor Alexander had long had a disonler in one leg, and it is supposed that the humours may have aizended, and caused his death. The present Eropemr, the Grand Duke Constantine (*), was born May 1779. This Prince is plunged into the most 'unfound affliction he was warmly attached to his brother. The Em peror Alexander had just named his brother Viceroy of Poland and he was at Warsaw when he learned that he was going to ascend the throne. The last act of the Emperor Alexander published at St. Peters burgh, was an Ukase to manifht his particular favour to the toa•a of Taganrog, and to give it all possible means to improve its port In this Ukase, dated 31st Oct. the Emperor oalered that a tenth part of the duties of customs taken there should be employed in the amelioration of its port, and in the construction of the buildings necessary for its commerce, and proportioned to its importance. The Emperor had just appointed a committee, of which the Sena, toe Dudenski wu President, for the improvement of the situation o the c tics of the Empire. • We yesterday quoted from a German Journal what is said In • Prussian Almanack of the Grand Duke Nicholas, whom it calls Heir to the Throne. A Journal having eadeavourcd to give im porunce to this article of an Almanack, we think it proper to say that the Grand Duke Constantine, having no children by the first itarriage, and those of the second marriage not being entitled to inherit the throne of Russia, it is very natural that the Prussian Almanack should call the Grand Duke Nicholas heir to the throne, to which he will be called after his brother, the Emperor Constan. tine.—(Note of the Etoik.l Beaux, Dec. 4. The panic which has been felt on the Exchange of Paris and that of London has spread among the speculators in Berlin. Every body was seeking to -schange his paper for silver, which it is very difficult to procure. The expresses from Paris are Impatiently ex. petted• It appears by the following letter from New York, dated the v3ll of November, that precisely the same effects are taking place there as have resulted in this country from over-trading and excessive speculation : " Things in this city are in a most melancholy state; some of the first houses have suspended payment, u well as some of the banks. The Stocks have fallen in two or three months nearly 20 per cent. The Bank will discount first-rate paper only, and some of that is known to have been sold at l l to 2 per cent. per month discount. In about five days twenty of the first houses stopped : the house of Smith and Nichol for about two millions of dollen; several from 50,000 to 200,000 dollars. One house at Philadelphia, Edward Thompson and C.). has failed for only three million of dollars." They arc but ill acquainted with the history of com mercial legislation who do not know how much the real prosperity of trade has oftentimes suffered by the treasures devised to increase it. The SILK TRADE-if the law which is to commence its operation on the Ist of July be persisted in—will furnish a proof of this more impressive than was ever yet on mercantile record. We say if it is persisted in, because if it can be made evident to Ministers that the admission of foreign silks into this country, instead of being a wise and politic measure, would be a measure that would bring with it an incalculable mass of auffering,and be utterly ruin ous to the manufacture it was intended to protect ; we feel satisfied that the whole reasoning which led to it will be fully reconsidered, and that although the principle of free trade, as applied to this manufacture, may not be aban doned, its enforcement will be postponed until, in the gra dual progress of improvement, it may be acted upon with safety and effect. We are by no means disposed to undervalue the liberal principles of trade; but let us inquire for a moment what alone it is that can render a relaxation of every restriction on foreigners advisable and politic, so far as Great Britain is concerned. Is it not obviously this,—that a facility will be given to the introduction of our own manufactures into the Continental market? But, we ask, will France return, in kind, the favour you are about to bestow upon her? Assuredly not. Were she even so inclined, our silk manu facture is not in a condition to avail itself of the'advantage• It would cost France nothing to permit the introduction of British silks into every village in her dominions, be cause she is well aware, that from their relative prices, they would not find a market. Let us hear the language of one of their latest writers on political economy, M. Tit Rot a- LANDRY, whose opinions, we know, have considerable weight with his countrymen, and who is, moreover, one of their most strenuous advocates for the system of free trade. "It is not to be supposed," says he, " that con sumers in France, having at hand articles equal in good ness, and lower in price than those of England, will prefer such aware foreign. Some ladies at Court, infatuated with every thing English, may have this fancy, but the body of consumers, that make up the mass of our municipal and agricultural population, are far from being infected with this sort of whimsy ; they are ardently attached to French manufactures, and more particularly to those of the excellent fabric of Rouen ; Mey reject every Ming that comes froin ENGLAND.*** This being the feeling of the people of France with regard to English goods, it is quite manifest that the demand for them in the French market will not be at all increased by the boon held out in the ad mission of French silks into England. The French Government act upon the system of exclusion, nor will they be induced to relax in their rigour by an example which we may set them of an opposite policy. They are extremely well disposed to benefit by our enlightened ezanipk, but not at all disposed to follow it. Thus the great object to be attained is lost, and one of our most im portant branches of manufacture is sacrificed without even the chance or hope of an equivalent. So far, therefore, as the prospect of obtaining similar concessions was an in ducement to this commercial regulation, that prospect neither will nor can be realised, and any support that it might restive from that anticipation falls at once to the ground. Although reasoning may be deemed inconclusive, facts cannot be disputed. If any class of manufacturers throw up their trade, from a conviction that they shall be ruined by continuing it, should a particular law be carried into effect, we need ask no further proof of the injurious opera tion of such a law, so far as the trade is concerned. If all he workmen to whose industry that trade gave employ ment are turned adrift, from the inability of their masters, in consequence of that law, to give them any longer the means of earning their bread, no further evidence need be • Dee Intpots, rt cPs chi gee des pcspks en France, par L. D 2 Ito IsLA m n 22. To avoid any charge of misconstruction, we vt 111 give the pilule in his own words Peut-on arise que des consomma. tans Francais ayata psis d'eux deg marchandises aunt pasfai es et mins chives que cella des Anglais, pniferetat cellos qui setont 6trang6res ? Quelqins femmes demur, etigoufes de tout ce qui eat Angicis, pouront minis cette fantaisie, ma's In nombreux et:loam mateurs de nos vines et coax de la population agsicole wont loin l'aroi► adopt& an pistil Isaias; trib attachas aux fabrications Pram/alas, et surtout I allies de l'exeellente fabrique de Rouen ; ib eoettest lost cc qui vies! d'AMOLET ERSE." should at once be styl td heir pres new, however, is anything but sal is, why was the name of CONSTA the calendar ? He certainly, ur State set aside and barred front heir presumptive to the throne; 4 .TOCKS YESTERDAY. Long Ann. 181 India Bouda 7d 85 63 die South Sea Old Annuities 761 Ea.Billslid.l,oool. 86 88 40 di, Ditto, 5001.65 40 24 dii Ditto. Small 15 8 5 dia n l'OClin Y Gilt At,* i . Greek Bends Ditto Ronda (182017 8 17 18 Ditto Acct. 178 17 klesiam Bonds al Ditto Bonds (1024) is 7 1 8 8 9 88 98 9 88 98 Ditto Acet. A6l 8 74 4 84 8 i 9 4 9 81 Peruvian Bonds 40 39 40 Portuguese Bonds 73 Prussian Bonds 874 91 Russian Bonds (1 8 22) 76 9 8 98 88 Ditto Acct. 76 80 78 Spanish C0n5.134 128 4 138 Ditto Cons. (1823) V ,AMA. 1' En , f ERUA 1 . 48 Genoa 434 Venice ...... Malta _, 27 Naples 391 Palermo per in. 120 Lisbon 80 Oporto—i 60.3 Rio Janeiro 48 Bahia 50 Buenos A yres 43i 1 Dublin !Cork _ _ _ 14 BULLION, PER OZ. IP. cl. PortugalGoldin coin 0 0 0 Foreign Bold in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloone 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bare. 'tend 0 .5 lel THE BRITISH PRESS. sought of the deplorable impolicy of it as it regards the interests of the :Lori:men. If these workmen—Pe hundred thousand in number—are to be thrown, with their destitute and helpless families,on the public for maintmance, who, hut for that law, would ha:•e subsisted in comfort by the earn ings of their own labour, and have brought up their children in habits as industrious as their own, there can he no doubt that the change is mischievous as to them. With all this before it, is Government not called upon to re-consider the policy of a law thus regnant with disaster? Is it not clear to demonstration, that there must be either some grievous error in the principle, or some fundamental de fect in the reasoning which led to its enactment? The Silk Mataifacturers i instead of providing—as at this period they ought to be—for the supply of the spring market, will meet that season with empty warehouses. The loss here is irreparable, and every passing day aggra vates the evil. This will, no doubt, be highly advanta geous to the foreigner, who will come fully prepared to supply the demand to any extent. It is well known that the greatest preparations are at this moment making in the the silk-manufactories of France and Switzerland, and that their looms are in full activity from the contemplated opening of the trade with this country on the Ist of July : while here the expectation of that event has pro:Weed the most depressing stagnation. Thus while our own manu facturers abstain from working up any more goods in the face of this denunciation, foreigners are exulting in the expected abundance of the ha s rvest they shall reap from the operation of it. The increased price of silks on the Continent has arisen from the orders already received from England, and the provect of indefinite extent to which they will be multiplied. It is this very cause which has produced the riJeof price in the silk market of the Con tinent, and that has occasioned the fall of price in our own market, owing to the dulness of sales which necessarily attends the dreaded approach of an overwhelming foreign importation. If, in consequence of the English manufacturer being thus deterred from preparing a Itock for the supply of the spring consumption, the Frenchman once gets his foot firmly into our market, no legislative enactment, which the consequences may call for, will again dislodge him. For it is most important here to remark, that the French im porter will have three strings to his bow, while oars is broken asunder. He will reap with three sickles, while our sithe is hung upon a hook. His outs notrA,l is secured to him by the prohibitory system of his own Go verntnent. Ile has the foreign market always open to him from the English silk factor being unable to compete with him; and in additidn to this he is ushered into the English. market by the new law, where he finds the manu facture abandoned—the *orkmen starving—anti the looms at rest ! He can afford to sell at a very small profit, be cause the profits of his home-trade will indemnify him. He has, moreover, this home market always to retreat upon, and what he cannot sell here he will get rid of there ; he can, therefore, at any time remedy a too plentiful supply. Thus the French silk-manufacturers, hedged round with all these advantages, will set the English manufacturers, with all their skill, and industry, and capital, at utter defiance, anti will tread them down at their pleasure; and while the French weavers will be fed and fattened, the English weavers will he pining in poor-houses, or rotting in gaols. _ _ _ This state of things, too, let it be remembered, will be at its height, in all likelihood, in the midst of a General Election ! Can we look forward without alarm at such a juncture to the dispersion of half a million of distressed and beggared workmen, stripped of their all, and stripped of it, as they will conceive,—however erroneously it mat ters not, the effect will be the same—by a law enacted by their representatives in Parliament, in the teeth of the misery that it was foreseen and foretold would flow from it, and which will actually have brought them to wretched ness and rags ? This is a picture—appalling as it may be —that a few short months, will place before us, if this law takes effect. The weavers are an orderly, honest, and loyal class of our manufacturing population. But these good proper ties, in a crisis of distress and discontent, are not to be depended on. A loyalist upon a full stomach is a radical with an empty belly. This is a most serious truth, and we are anxious to awaken those whom it most concerns to a timely consideration of it. CITY, TUISDAT EVENING. This was a day dering which little business has been transacted, and remarkable for the absence of all agitation. It was one of those profound calms, which, in the moral in the natural world, are the certain and necessary con sequences of previous storms. The panic has entirely disap peared ! The intelligence from the country is highly satisfactory, and public credit is tranquilly recovering itself as confidence becomes more assured. Money is by no means so scarce as it was. Under these circum stances the prices of Stocks have been steadily advancing. The improvement in Consols was full 1 per cent. They opened at 79L., and rose gradually to 84 at which they closed. Reduced advanced from 76 to 781; 31 per Cent. from 83 to S. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund purchased at 76 and 84. The improvement on Exchequer Bills was equally great ; they began at 85 dis., but at the close of the market were at 40. A communication was made this morning from the East India-house, that after the 19th inst. their Bonds will hear four per cent. instead of three. This notice operated very favourably. India Bonds, which were previously at 95 dis., rose instantly to 55, and we understand they were subsequently transferred on much better terms. The Foreign Market was very dull in point of business, though prices were on the increase. Russian Five per Cents., which we re much deputised in consequence of the death of the EMPEROR, have recovered nearly four per cent. The South American Securities are sti❑ inactive, but improved in value. Colouabian Bonds are 57; Mexi can Bonds 59 60. Nothing was doing in Shares. There is untruth in the itatement of a Morning Paper, that the stock of sovereigns at the Bank was exhausted on Saturday last, and that the cashiers were compelled to pay in guineas. Mr. Rothschild yesterday paid into the Bank 150,000 soverigns, and it is understood that he will pay in upwards of 500,000 (luting the week. Large remittances in gold have also been received from the North of England. It ic a fact that, notwithstanding the demand for coined gold at the Bank of England, bullion still remains at a comparatively low price, and is less in demand than has been known fur some time pant. Great efforts were made last week to relieve Norwich, where the late failute of one bank recently brought on a run upon the others, in:l it is estimated that one house in Lombard-street remitted to the amount of nearly 500,000/. for that purpose. . _ By the letters from Cornwall it appears that great dis tress for specie existed ; so much so, that change of any description was with difficulty obtained; but no failures have occurred in that quarter. ERRATUM.—In our leading article of Monday, on the silk trade, it was stated, by an error of the press, that the average cnst of raw silk per pound is hurteen shillings. The statement intended to have been made was seventeen shillings. This correctiod will render intelligible the cal culation respecting the total value of the raw silk annually consumed in this country, which being in weight 750,000 pounds, arnousilsoos-the average of seventeen shillings per pound; to the sum we stated, viz. 063,000/. MEXICO AND SPAIN. [ From the New lurk Advertiser, Nov. WI The late circular of the Pope addressed to the Mexican people has received a severe criticism from other quarters beside the Congress of the State. The Bishop of Puebla has published a pastoral letter to his diocesans on the sub ject, in which be remarks, that his Holiness has been de ceived with regard to the actual situation of the country, anal believes the inhabitants to be in a state of insurrection and disorder. " But 1 will not tire you, beloved brethren," says the Bishop, " with long preambles and digressions ; this is a business which is to be resolved by facts; and as I have noted them upon the pontifical letter, I will give you my respectful comments in the same order." The Pope presumes that his encyclic " sent to all the Bishops in the Catholic world," on his " elevation to the throne of St. Peter," has been received ; but the Bishop of Puebla states, that it has not found its way into Mexico, because the Spanish Cabinet have not chosen to hold any communication with Mexico, even on subjects of religion. He also adds, that if the Pope does not open a direct channel with that country, he can have no communication with it; but such is the situation of things, that it is difficult to tell how his Ilonness, after the principles he has professed on the sulj th e e ct tb o e f . revolutions , can preserve consistency with out acknowledging the Republican Government as the powers The following extract from the Papal Epistle will show what misrepresentations, prevail even in the palace of the Vatican:— Text.—" Truly, with the most bitter and incomparable grief, proceeding from the parental lure wish which we r Rand you, we have received the meurnful news of the deplorable condition to which rebellion has reduced the State as well as the Church, excited by enemies; bemuse we know full well the injuries which result to religion when the tranquillity of a people te dis turbed." INDIA. We have received Bombay Papers to the 13th August inclusive, which bring us the intelligence of the death of Sir David Oetterlony. This melancholy event oc curred at Meerut, on the 11th July. The Bombay Ga zette, speaking of him, justly says, " As a public charac ter, w are not aware of his parallel in the annals of British India. During a most active service tot* 47 years in the double capacity of statesman and soldier, his unremitted exert;ons aiil unerring judgment contributed largely to the Ertabiiity of Government and prosperity of the country. Colonel Cowper, Commandant of Engineers, died at Bombay on the 29th July. The news from Calcutta, and consequently from Ava, is not of later date than that which has arrived direct from the former place; but we see a fact of some importance mentioned, which either had not reached London before, or hail escaped notice. The supplement to the Calcutta Go vernment Gazette of July 10 contradicts the report of the Siamese having joined the Burmese, in the following terms :-- " Ann ACA S.—The erroneous pronunciation of a name by a na tive newsmonger, who furnished the information from Annear', noticed is oar last, gave rise to a curious mistake. Sitaum and Siam indeed are not easily distinguished from each other when ut tered by a Mug, and this accounts for the private report alluded to about the Siamese having joined the Burmese. It is a fact, that a .small body of the Shaumese, tributaries to the King of Ave. and inhabiting the northern provinces of the Burman eirmir.., have been drawn to the southward. They are, however, understood to be quite contemptible in a military point of view. We received the communication at a late hour, otherwise we might have pointed out at the time the improbability of the Siamese having joined the Burmese, front the fact of 4tlo bullocks being on their way from Siam to Arracan. a messenger having been previously sent to ascer tain whether trade could etill be carried on during the present occu pation of the province." The following extract fiom the Madras Gazette of July 30, indicates, if the report should turn out to be well founded, that the chastisement inflicted on the haughty monarch of Ava was already begun to abate biz insolence, for though he disdains to treat with the East India Com pany, as below his lofty regard, he has avoned his readi ness to sue for peace to the King of England. He forgets apparently that his ancestor, when subduing Pegu in 1757, gratefully accepted a present from the Company, consisting of a few yards of red cloth, two blunderbusses, and a few Bengal handkerchiefs, for which the conqueror made the magnificent return of eighteen oranges and two dozen bads of Indian corn. _ We have been favoured with the perusal of a letter from Hans goon, under date the 20th of May last, which mentions that his Golden Footed Majesty has intimated to Sir Archibald Curipbell that he is ready to treat for peace, provided the treaty be between himself and his Majesty the King of England, but that he cannot think of treating with the Honourable East India Company. This is certainly somewhat wild, but we trust the treaty, when entered on, will be within the walls of Ammerapoors. The letters received from Bombay yesterday state the exchange with England at 25., equal nearly to Rs. V., at Calcutta, on account of the difference of the value of the Bombay and the Sicca rupees. Extract of a letrer from Cadiz, of the 3lst November:— " The misery here is so great, that General Aymerich was obliged to order the police to interfere in the distribution of bread to the public; and the Chamber of Commerce has assembled several times, devising, as the only means they could suggest to alleviate the distress, to send a petition to the King, to declare Cadiz a free port" The PieVniontese Gazette of the 7th lest. mentions, under date of Naples, Nov. its, that their Neapolitan Ma katics, with the rest of the Royal Family, were still at Carats. The English schooner Express sailed on the 23d of that month, for Malta; and the English frigate the Thetis, with the Racer cutter, sailed from Naples on the 25th ult. the former for Algiers. A letter from Zante, of the 12th November, has the fol lowing passage :—" I am sorry to have to announce the arrival of the Turkish and Egyptian Fleets at Modon, with reinforcements from Alexandria. They arrived about ten days since, and I hear they have landed 12,000 troops. '1 he affairs of Missolonglii were in a very pro sperous state, but it may he expected that the fleet will soon he off that place, and that they will induce the I besieging army to return to the siege. 'the latter had retired to the mountains, and, no doubt, would have soon dispersed altogether." Inane NETIVEEN TILE. UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AMEnrc A.—Our commercial intercourse with the new States of South America is becoming of increased import ance every day. We are induced to make this remark from having seen a list of clearances for Brazil and South America, since the Ist of August. It includes 18 ships, 64 brigs, and 21 schooners, laden chiefly, we presume, with the produce of this country, of which flour is the most pro minent article. This (lees not include vessels for the Spanish Main and the Gulf of Mexico.—New York Even int; Post, A'uv. 21. I' Hs CURUENCY.—Niany country banks, both of great credit and resources, will be put, we are afraid, to much inconvenience, not from any want of inclination on the part of the Bank of England to supply their necessities, but from want of power. Sovereigns are in the act of being coined, and the Bank are making notes as quickly as it is possible • but it is not practicable, in this manner, fully to satisfy the demand from the country which is daily expe rienced. Under these circumstances, it ought not to be injurious to the credit of any establishment, should it not prove at once able to meet every demand upon it.—We are assured, upon good authority, that the Bank, on Mon day night, could not furnish, in exchange for large notes, fifteen thousand pounds, either in one, five, of ten, pound notes, and that they requested, as a favour, they might not be asked for sovereigns. Ties Mrwr.—All is activity and despatch at the mint. The Right lion. Master (Mr. IVallace), and every officer' of the establishment, are at their posts. The mint has' been for some time coining silver for the supply of Irish currency. That employment is now stopped, and nothing is thought of hut a supply of sovereigns for the Bank. The inciter (Mr. Mushet) mentioned in the evidence before the Committee of Parliament, that with its improved ma chinery and ordinary diligence the mint could coin twelve million* in the year. This rate of despatch is far short of what can be accomplished on an emergency. If sup plied with bullion at proper intervals, and on a proper notice,l t can coin half a million of pieces in a week. On one occasion, we are informed, 300,000 silver pieces were struck in a day. (Viii the utmost despatch, however, dint can now be expected, probably not more than 600,000 or 600,000 sovereigns can be coined in a week. THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday, at ten minutes past one o'clock, hi s m a i r4 , 7 arrived at his Palace in Pall-mall, from his Royal Lo" in Windsor-park, Hillis travelling carriage and four. wi t h out-riders. His Majesty was received at the grand entrarce of the Palace by General Bayley, his Equery in Soon after the arrival of the King his Royal brother tia Duke of York was admitted to an interview with his Ma jesty. . . . Afterwards the King held a Court, which was atterda by the Austrian Ambassador, the Lord Chancellor. the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord of the T e usury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for the Home Departm e nt, the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, the Presialentof the Bow cf Trade, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, tL e blaster-General of the Ordnance, the President of the Board or Control, the First Lonl of the Admiralty, t h e Master-General of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Lord Chief Justice of the the Court of King's Bench, the Judge Advocate, the Muter of the Ceremonies, the Re corder of London, &c. The King held a Privy Counci at which Mr. Crerille attended as Clerk. The Council proceeded to take i ce consideration the meeting of Parliament for the despat c h o f business, for which the Council was specially summoned. It was decided that the Parliament should be further pro rogued from the Srh day of January next to Thursday t h e 2d of February, then to meet for the.despstch of busmen, At the conclusion of the Privy Council, the Rec or d er of London was admitted to the presence of the King in Coun cil, when the Learned Judge made his report of the con victs capitally convicted at the Old Bailey in the October Sessions. The report occupied the attention of the King and Council upwarus of an hour and a half. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, was intro. duced to his Majesty by the Right Honourable George Canning, the King's Principal Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, his Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies, when hid Excellency took leave of the King previous to his departure from Eng. land for France, to which Court his Serene Highness h u lately been appointed Ambassador. The Judge Advocate was admitted to an audience of his Mairsty to make his report of some Courts-martial, and to t de his Majesty's commands on their deci s i onr . The King gave audiences to the Earl of Liverpool , the Earl of Harrowby, Mr. Peel, Mr. Canning, the Duke of Wellington, and the Lord Chancellor. „ The Court broke up soon after six o'clock, when the Kinglet town on his return to his Royal Lodge in Wind sor Perk. The Earl of Delawar and Colonel King were the Lord and Groom in waiting. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Reader, do you not like sitting round a cheerful fire, chatting, •joking, laughing, sipping your glass, in short, enjoying all the delights of home on a cold evening ? We like it, or any thing that reminds us of it, for our pans, and pity those that do not. If the expression may be al lowed, we like to be at home when we are out. It is, per. haps, the complete gratification of this feeling that renders us partial to small theatres. We enter them with an how d'ye air ; we conic at once to the table without the formal introduction of winding passages a mile long, we take our seats and feel at home; it seems as if we could shake bards with the performers, who rather appear ac part of a convivial dinner party that men marched upon a stage to amuse us for the money we have paid on our entrance. We hare been led to make these reflections by the gratification we experienced in a visit we last night paid the little theatre whose name stands rubric to this article. The laughable Lurletta of bulgings.to Let com po sed the first course; the second consisted of a piece that has deservedly had a great tun, called Hans of Iceland, which was crowned by Mq Hoshands &met. We shall merely add, that there are dishes to suit all palates; for those that like laughter, there is .Mr. Wilkinson; for those lachrymal) , inclined, there is Miss Watioa ; and Mrs. Wa)letv, Mts. Lovedsr,i Mr. Vining, and Mr .5. H. Chapman, will be sure to mike friends with their auditors generally. We base only time to add, that we have no space for a detail of the pieces, but recommend the play-goera to judge for themselves. FASIIIONAIILE INTELLIGENCE. His Royal !Debora the Duke of York is expected to leave town on Friday, for Halvah. Cud., on a visit to the Duke of Rut. land. Lady Elizabeth Palk left town yesterday for her scat, Reetwl [loupe, Enfield. _ _ _ The'llowager Marchioness of Salisbury left town yesterday for liattield, for the holidays. Lady Arundel arrived yesterday at her house, in Albemarle• street, from her seat in Kent. The Hon. Robert Smith arrived yesterday at his father's (lAr Carrington), Whitehall, from his seat in Bucks. Lord dlolyneux has arrived in town from his father's (the Ez of Sefton) seat, Gmxteth Hall. William Harries, Esq. arrived yesterday at Fenton's New Hote St. James's.street, from Lincolnshire. General llepburnfle ditto for Stailiwdshire. Sir Jennison Gordon, Bart. left the Burlington Hotel, 0:r1 Burlington-street.. yesterday. for his seat in Suffolk. Baron Fogel left town yesterday, for the Countess of Bridge. water's seat, Ashridge, Hem. Arrivals at Fir:dung's Hotel, Oxford-street:—P. Ro'aerr, Esq., and T. Roberts, Esq.. from Esher; Fombelle. from Cheltenham; Attwood, Esq. from Reading; Colotiel Wollaston, from Hinckley; Ihor p e, Esq. from a ,our; the Honourable Mr. ArlAttlinot, ditto; end Captain Iladirg, ditto, Departures: Sir Charles Blois, Bart., and C. Blois, Esq., for Suffolk; the Hon. and Rev. A. Cathcart, for Yorkshire Barton, Esq. on a tour; Colond Barne, M.P.. and airs. and Not Barrie, for Hampton Court; E. Protheroe, Esq., and Mrs. PM' theme, for Hera; Miss O'Connor, for Ireland: Dufficisl, Esq. on a tour; Colonel Edwards, for Wales; and Mrs. Linda:, on a tour. The Duke of York held a Levee, as Commander-ca• Chid, yesterday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, at hi' office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by about forty military officers. Prince William of Brunswick lies been dangerously in Paris of an inflammation of the lungs, but has happily recovered. Report speaks highly of a new Annual Volume, enti:kki Janus, which is about to he published by Messrs. ffirtr and Boyd, of this city. We understand that the Editor has been fortunate enough to secure the assistance of several very eminent literary characters ; and the nams in parti cular of Miss Edgeworth, Mr. Coleridge, Professor Wilson, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. De Quincey (the Opium Eater), tie. &c. have been mentioned to us.—Edinbargh Way Joirnal. A letter from Maracaibo, dated October 42, states that preparations were making for celebrating San Simon day, the birth-day of Simon Bolivar, which would be on the 28th. James Munroe, late President of the United States, hi been sworn in u Justice of the Peace in London county Virginia. He took his seat as junior member of the Coot refusing to accept the chair of the presiding Magistra:e which was offered him.—A'etv York :Idealiser. Ni.w CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.—The new t atm' Association met as usual on Saturday last. Mr. 0 Cows , withdrew a notice he had given of a motion to thank th el, c:ors of Trinity College, which it seemed lie find girt in ignorance of the very facts on which the motion Is.:F he founded. After some talk about education, the stun . 301. was " allocated " from the ftinds of the Assoc' " towards building a school in the parish of C'hutchtest: county Cork." In the course of a new debate on etinGtri , Mr. O'Connell expressed his determination. should O'Reilly, at the next meeting of the Association, not forward his motion for the appointment of two petst•r: each parish for the collection of the Rent, to take up ti' matter himself. This announcement was received ‘sil loud applause, and the meeting was then adjourned :v .hrce weeks. _ . A meeting of gentlemen embarked in the indigo tr , :e took place on blonds's , . at which resolutions were adort..l, that application ahould he made to the Court of Pircttro to postpone the sale used fur the 17th of January till 11 ' middle of April, and that they should be requested to me their influence to the same purpose with the individuals concerned in the private trade ; also that a postporemen t should take placeof the prompt due early in 5813JantlAr.v, O n the parties undertaking to increase their cierosits, P 2 Y interest for the accommodation. Wl' t hi o di (irecso 1!:e rel bigiVY sl6teti( c hurcl eivilii) to the Tlrt on 111 T 11( were i ice&the oc them ; trio% t ieql pre h IL% 11 We con% r ca d of ,y "in