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• PRICES OF BRITISH 'Bank Stock 2293 Ditto Acct. 3 per tsnt K d. 94 a 3 per emit. Cont. 113 Ditto Ai 4 I9J STOCKS YESTERDA Y. 1 Long Ann. South Sea Stock South Sea Old A nou Hos South Sea New Annuities E 1.000/. CI 65 pm Ditto, SOW. Small 62 "m Ditto, 10. 1.600/.6311a 66 pm Ditto, SOW. 63 62 66 pm Ditto, Small 63 62 b 6 pm -.CO 954 31 per Cent. 101 3) pet *tat. Red. Mk 101 Xi. , 4 per Cent. 104 106 India Stock Ditto Acct. I tato Itonsi• In Iwo riiite.n Art it Lilltn,tu.N Austral' Bonds Ditto Acct. Brazilian Bonds 885 8 5 .Liao Acct. gni Ditto Scrip 16 5 16 pm Ditto .Icct. 165 16 5 5 pm Buenos Ayres Bonds 94 5 4 Ditto Acct. I :hili3n Bonds 675 88 Ditto Acct. Colombian Bonds 93 Ditto Acct. Ditto Bonds C 121) 96 al 6 Ditto Acoount 96.5 3 6 5 Ihni.ll Bonds 'Ditto Marks Banco Dutch Bonds 24 per Cent. L 134 i;xelangs 12 french Hewes 10'2f. 73c. 103 f. 23e. 163 f. tlxchaage 26f. 10c. 23f. Nitta Scrin 144 om t Lett Ditto Acct I 4 pm Greek Bond. 06 a / 61 a thew Acct. 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Portugal (Sold in coin 0 0 Foreign Gold in bars 2 17 V New Doubloons 3 17 0 New Dollars 0 4 104 Silcerinbars 0 I II -- • -- - Cadiz . - 3. Litlboa l'atce'ona t•evillt - - 3 4 ibraltar - - 31 PRICES 01 SHARES it ESTERDA 1 . Anglo.3lexican Mine 1001. Share, 101. paid, £lOO United Mexican Mine - 401. - 101. - 115 Arigna Iron and Coal Mines 1001. - 51. - 10 pm Colombian Mine . 1001. - 51. - 51 30. Real del Monte Mine . 4001. - ;01. - Braa;Ean Mine . 1001. - Si. - 35 pm Rio de la Plata Mine . 1001. -5/. - 52 30 pm - 1001. - - - 252 7.1 pin Ilibamian Mine - 50/. - 21 - Si pin Australian Company . 1001. - 11. - 33 33 Canada Company . 1001. - 51. -21 i 23 Equitable Loan Bank - - 11. - General Steam Navigation 1001. - - Pearl Fishery Company 251. -2!. - 15 18 pm Ailiame Company . 1001. - 101. - 11 ariue Alliance Company 1001. - - Continental Gm Company 1001. - 81. - Ipm Provincial Gas Company - - United General ditto . 50!. - 71. - Bath and Bristol Rail-road 501. - 11. - Kentish Rail-raid - 11. - I,andon and Bristol - - Alanchester and Liverpool .501. - 11. - 40 pm B.szningham and London Railway 'UNITED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION, No. 13, OLD LONDON. 14th January, 18!5. Notice is hereby given, That a MEETING of the SHARE. HOLDERS is appointed to he held at this House. on MONDAY, the 31st day of January instant, at Twelve o'Clock precisely, to take into oonskletation and decide on the propriety of increasing the Capital of the Association, the extent and mode of the In_ cease, and the Measures to be adopted with reference thereto, and on other apecial affairs. No Shareholder will be entitled to vote, unless he shall bare been the Proprietor of at least Ten Shares for tote preceding Six Calendar slnntha„ nor to vote by proxy. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Secretary. ZitevitiltVreoo. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This Evening, SATE R►) %V. Jan. 15, will be performed THE t' tnINET. - Prltioe Orlando, Ur. Said.; t °nut Curves), 14r. Cattle; Mardwa de Grand Chateau, Mr. Browne Lorenzo. Mr. !torn; Whlnisleulo, Mr, Harley; Peter. Mr. Dulrne. Irloretta, Miss Stephens: Cumitalltla, M-,. bedfurd ; Lanes. firs. Ilarlowe; Curivao, Mrs. H. Hushes. Atm which. HARLEQUIN AND THE TALKIND BIRD. THE SINGING TREES. AND GOLDEN WATERS. Marlequtw. Mr. Auld; Pantaloon. Mr. Blanchard; Cluww, Mr. Kirby: Columbine. Miss Barnett. Or. atonday.Pizarro. with the Spolrd Child. he very extraordinarily popular new Pantomime every tvening. TIIEA7'RE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. This Eve ' , SATURDAY. Jan. IS. will be performed nrit Or. THE RI, %CR Id UN rSMAN Oe^ POHF.MI Ottocar, /dr. Baker; Conrad, Mr. Exerton: Caspar, Mr. Bennett: WiiheLne, Mr. Penman : the Meek Hunt Sintill of Bohemia, Mr. Evans. Bertha, Miss Patois; Lena, Miss Late. fter %Melt, HARLEQUIN AND Tile DRAtiON OF WANTLEY: Or, MORE or MURK HALL. Hicisquin, Mr. Liar ,• Pantaloon. Mr. Manes; flown, S. CHl makif. Culunilaim2, Miss Homer. lit. Monday, Hamlet. 'I r.r ne w Pautuudine every Evening. ADELPHI 711E47'RP, STRAND. E% ening. SATt:RDAV. Jan.ls. will be presented a new Coma; Onrletta. called THE LIFE. OF AN ACTOR. Chit.setenl;) Mesare:Wrench. J. Reeve, Wilkinson, P t.: c. Brown, Catnp , Jell, Salter, eui Elliott; Mim M Ha;), Searle, Bryan, Ice. Oce. wit1:11 a new ramie Pantomime, tailed MOTHER RED I'AP ; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRIES OF THE ROSE. trcu::), Mr. KA rhy Pantabrota. Mr. Elliott ; Mom, Signor Paulo. Coitillibine, ti rr. Mork. TO R PoRVt NTS. A I.,!ttrr is at our Office for the 'Writer of the Article on " Popn ill!t3ll Returns," given in our Paper of Deteraber 31. • filtlTllll Passe commenced insblisking yesterday morning at tire o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY. JANUAIIY 15, 1825. Paris Papers of Wednes.lay arrived yesterday. 'Their columns are principally occupied with the official documents respecting the late negeeiatinn with Hayti. We have given the proclamation of Boyce on its close, and a summary of the proceedings of the Ilaytian Deputies with M. Esraxaaar, the Prefect of the Lower Itldue, who was appointed to conduct the negociation on the part of ['ranee. The Punic faith of the French Government was conspicuous throughout the whole of these transactions. It was expected, perhaps, that the sable Atnbassadots, unskilled in the intricacies of European diplomacy, might be entrapped into some concession fatal to the absolute in dependence of their State, but they scan to have had a wholesome distrust of the parties with whom they hail to deal, and the negociation ended, as all unsuccessful at tempts at reconciliation usually do, in a wider an: more confirmed alienation than before. Tile South American question is mil; canvassed with great earnestness by the French Journalists. The Royalist Papers, notwithstanding the spitit of exaggeration which characterises them in their dissertations on all political sub jects, appear to be assuming a more reasonable and mo derate tone. The Journal Jet D.luts begins to doubt whe ther it would not be the best policy of France to become the rival of England in the profitable commetce that will take place with the new States of America. Even M. DE il!::sTtatisarsxn thinks, that the wisest use of the !la teral advantages of France would not consist in devoting her resources to a struggle for the maintenance of the Ino =lschia] principle in the Americas. The Quotillienne, it is true, talks of the right we give by this act to any other Power to recognise the independence of Bengal, Mysore, and Ceylon, should the interests of its commerce dictate such a measure. It is hardly worth while to argue with a debater cf this szhc.ml, or uc might again, as we did yes terday, refer to our struggle with our American colonies 1 fifty years ago, and ask this adherent of the floly Alliance whether, in case of any future disagreements with our colo nists, any principle could be applied to our injury which was not used against us in the former contest. No, no we owe the strength and stability of our dominion not to the good-will of the holy Alliance, but to the wisdom and justice of our policy, and the vast wealth and unconquer able apitit of our people. According to the private correspondence of the Constito tionne!, it seems that FERDINAND of Spain really intends to make an effort for the re-establishment of his authority in America. It would be as well for him, perhaps, if he were to begin by re-establishing it in Spain first. If he had shown himself worthy to reign at home, his power abroad would not wholly have passed away. [From the &vile dated Thursday.) PARIS, JAN. I!. We this moment learn that his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand IV. is dead. His son, Francis 1., on ascending the throne, has issued a decree, confirming all the existing authon ties in their respective functions.. !From the Coiutifidionna of Tuesday.) MADRID, Me. 30. The affair of the disputes between the Generals Olaneto and La Sons has latterly occupied our Government almost exclusively, its chief care bring now directed to the preservation of our Colonies in the Pacific. - litany l'ouncils have been held to decide the knotty point as to which of the Generals the Government shall support ; it was still undecided yesterday ; but to-day, fear ing that a continuance of these disputes may give a death blow to the cause of the .Mother Country in Peru, a step has been decided upon, which may tend to exasperate tbent more. It was judged expedient that the delegates of those Generals should convey fresh orders and decorations to the respective Chiefs, and assurances of the entire confidence which his Majesty hail in their courage and loyalty, and of tire approbation which their conduct and services had produced. We are also a.stired, that it was this day decided on to send 12,000 fresh troops to Peru. That the 31inister of the Indies should be established on the same footing as at the time of the Count de (hives, and that General Apodaca, Viceroy of Navarre, and for merly of Mexico, sfrould take the portfolio of Minister of the Indies and that the Supreme Council of the Indies should imme diately name two Intendant +lenerals, for the purpose of hastening this exncdition; and that they should select from the officers of Artilleiy, who wire in Spain, who had formed part of the exec ditien commanded by General Murillo, in order that they might start with the first ships quitting our ports. As to the sources from whence the heavy expenses of this expe dition are lobe defrayed, the Church Revenues which the Clergy propose temporarily to give up, are reckoned on, and the n.-- ceipis arisirg from the seventh of the property of the Monastic Or ders, the sale of which was granted to Charles the Fourth. by a bill of the Sovereign Pontiff; and which has only been in part ex ecuted. PARIS, JAN. 11. _ _ . The Commissioners of the Marine in our ports havibeen charg ed by his Excellency the Minister of Shrine and the Colonies. to apprise the merchants who may have vessels in the roads of Ha rannah, that *frigate, a brig, and a corvette, on the Antilles sta tion, will firm a subdivision to be stationed off Havannah, to be specially employed in the protection of French nirrelumtmen agaiest the pirates, with which those roads swarm, and to act in obedience to the orders of M. Angelucci, the Inspector-General of French Commerce in the island of Cuba. The command of this division will be entrusted to 31. Curillier, the Captain of the Nym p lee frigate. Fl zwcn Ft: WDS.—PAUIII, JAN. 12.—Five per Cents. opened at 1021. 6.4 c.; closed at 102 f. 75c.—flank Stork, 1.9051. ; Neapolitan 5 per Cents. Falconoct Certif., 814 ; Royal Spanish Lean, 54; Exchange on London, one month, 2lif.; three months, 21f. C'oarr Atdigentique, Jan. 12. The Prussians arc quite happy that the balance of trade with us, as indicated by the rate of exchange, has turned in their favour, and they enumerate the causes of this change with evident glee. Not long ago they were repin ing because a contract had been made with Sir W. Cos aatv eto light Berlin with gas. "By this agreemtnt," exclaimed they, " we are still further enriching that for tunate island ;" and they seemed almost to repent of the bargain they had concluded for the supply of light so much cheaper titan they had ever obtained it before. They suspected that, by paying less than formerly, they w:uld infallibly become poorer ; but now, as the rate of exchange on London has fallen, their feelings will perhaps be recon ciled to their interests. As to our own welfare, we know that if the balance of trade be rather against us for a time in Prussia, it will be the more in our favour elsewhere. iVe bare no fevaish dread of these fluctuations, and we patiently leave them to find their own level. Our readers will peruse with great satisfaction the re port of the proceedings at Bristol in honour of the Earl of LIVkIYOOL and Mr. CANNING. The Corporation seized the occasion of their visit at Bath, to invite these distin guished statesmen to a public dinner, previous to which the freedom of the city was presented to them. They also ac cepted the freedom of the Company of Merchants, and re ceived an address from the Chamber of Commerce. The sentiments expressed by these two eminent members of the KiNa's Councils are well entitled to observation. The value and importance of the most liberal principles of commercial intercourse with foreign nations, were never more eloquently or forcibly stated than by the Right lion. Secretary. The Earl of Li vs aroot, on returning thanks after the drinking of his health at the dinner, having alluded to the increas ing prosperity of the country, to which his Lordship said. I without exaggeration, no limit could be fixed, Mr. CAN-' NING thought proper to call the attention of the meeting to the frame and substance of the system of government under which we have been raised to such an unexampled height of greatness and glory ; and in the course of his admirable panegyric on the Constitution, the Right Honourable thntleman filiciteusly introduced a rich compliment to the British mercantile character : " There must," said he, " be something peculiarly good in the elements of a Constitution which produce such effects. I think those elements are to be found in an enlightened and liberal Nobi lity, an active and upright Magistracy, and an able, zealous, and conscientious Clergy. They . are also . to be found in those enter prising commercial communntes of this country, which encourage the skill and stimulate the industry of the people, by ample n o ultra:ion. It would appear that the whole machine of society has received an aceelentting impulse, and that this country is be ginning a count: of prosperity which shall exceed all that has gone before, as much as the present exceeds all past expectatioa." Such entertainments as these are not vain ceremonials. They arc peculiar to this country, and they form part of those political excellencies which have insured it the ' high destiny that belongs to it. In England only can be found that happy mixture of the pride of birth, the dignity of rank, and the lustre of talent, which is essential to the construction of such a fabric as we live under. A case of some importance was tried yesterday at Guild hall, involving the question of Police Reports. This was an action against the Murning Adeertiser, for an article the same in substance as formed the subject of the argu ment before the Court of King's Bench last term, in another case. In the present instance the defendants went to trial on the general issue, and they obtained a verdict. This is the first decision by a Jury since the legality of these reports has been questioned. Yesterday was the settling day in the Foreign Market ; the accounts of the parties were generally very intricate, but no defaulter was declared. The shares in the Chilian Mining Association were dis tributed to the subscribers on Thursday, and bore a pre mium in the market of 4 25/. each. The capital of the Com pany is fixed at 1,000,000/. sterling, divided into 10,000 shares of 100/. each, on which a deposit of 5/. has been re quired at the time of subscribing. This dissociation has been formed under the sanction of 1)on Mariano de Egan', the China!' Envoy, who is President of the Company. The following are extracts front the Gibraltar Chraniele of the 2341 ult.:— " The 'icy of Algiers has desisted from all claims upon the Government of the Netherlands, and ratified the Treaty of 1816. " Foreign rice is henceforth to be admitted hto Spain, upon payment of a duty of 212 niararedis per arrybe." PA 111 S. o- [FRO3I OUR COURESTONDENT.I PARIS, JAW. 12. It was observed that on Saturday last, when his Majesty CnAitLES X. paid his devotion at the Church of Saint Ge nevieve (tho late Pantheon), he appeared particularly grave, and we are inclined to believe that the Archbishop of l'ea's Lad an intention to restore his MAJESTY'S spirits when he made use of the following phrase in his address to him :—" Le Sceptre de .llfarie et la Roulette de Gene vieve, voila les deux grands appui de rutre France et rutre Capital." This specimen of ecclesiastical nit has run the gauntlet of all the Parisian salons. Here, with France and her capital thus sublimely snpportal, we shell make but slow advances in the way of liberty, of science, of the arts, or in the prosperity of our agriculture, commerce, or manufactures ; but discourses of this kind do not fail to obtain the end proposed by the clergy. What they desire above all things is, to occupy the public attention ; and what mortifies them abuse all things is, the perfect indifference with which they are generally regarded: their great anxiety is to make their concerns, in some shape or other, a sulject of national interest, and if they succeed in doing so, by whatever means, they are satisfied. This is the principal motive of the abominable law on sacrilege, which they have lately proposed, notwithstanding they are fully aware that none concern themselves about their &s -ties consaer4s, or ever dreamt of profaning them. It was this motive that produced the absurd discourse of our Arch bishop (M. Qu ELI N), which we should be inclined to at tribute to some Monk of the eighth century, rather than to a Prelate of the 19th. But the fact is, that a rational ser mon would have hardly been noticed out of church, while ' an harangue, remarkable for its absurdity, finds occupation for the Parisian circles for four-and-twenty hours; and it is this the clergy desire. if, however, the good people of Paris have laughed heartily at the puerile discourse of our metropolitan, they have not found equal cause for mirth in the reply of his MAJ Earl-, who appears to trust upon the intercession of la Mere de Dieu and the patron Saint, for the accomplishment of all his duties to his people. The Kt NG,in this ceremonious visit to the church, has performed an act which the clergy receive always with an extreme of grateful reverence: he has granted a hundred thousand francs fur the embellishment of the church of ST. GEN E n E VE. The aversion of the emigrants to the two laws presented to the Chambers, becomes every day more manifest : when the first symptoms of this opposition were discovered, M.' de VILLE I.F. exclaimed, with irritation, "S'ils ne veuknt pas de cette lui, its n'aureit rien du tout"—" they shall have this law, or none ;" but we look upon this threat ass mere gasconade. De VILLELE owes his credit entirely to the emigrants, oral he will be obliged to submit to them, even if they insist upon more than he proposed to grant. I mentioned to you in my last letter, the combination which the chiefs of the opposition de droit intended to form against the Minister, and which had for its object to admit the articles of the law which should fix the principles of the indemnity, to amend or reject the others, and to reject al together the law for reducing the Redes. Since I then wrote, this combination has been formally declared in the advertisement which M. de CIIATEAVISItIAND has placed at the head of the second edition of his ',dire d en Pair de France; but it is doubtful whether it will succeed. There are, perhaps, on the cuts that, eight or ten members capable of arranging and following up the plan of a parlia mentary campaign, the rest have two governing authorities, which supply the want of political talents, and which they follow implicitly—the orders of the Minister and their own personal interests. It is, above all, on the question of the indemnity, that it will be difficult to subject them to any kind of discipline. It is with them one dFidre deprtune, and on such a subject they will never be made to hear rea son when it runs counter to their interests. 'l•he proclaim ing the indemnity to be only an act of rigorous justice, has awakened all their pretensions ; it is no longer an indem nity that will content them ; it is the restitution of their landed domains which they now seek. They boast that there are a hundred Deputies fully resolved to admit of no other indemnity than that of restoration to their estates. If they have not exaggerated their force, the Minister will find himself more embarrassed than he would have been by the success of the combinations of MM. de LA BOURDON NAVE and others. Without doubt, between this and the discussion of the law, M. de ViLLELE will spare neither money nor promises to calm the more unreasonable and to persuade the rest to patience. Whatever may be the result, it is the nation that will be the sufferer,—it is the nation that is to be devoured : the only question is— with what sauce is she to he eaten ? The recognition by the British Government of the South American States has caused, as you will have per ceived by the public journals, the most lively sensation here. The Royalist party cry out bitterly against it; but the Minister, whatever may be his secret wishes, will never dare to imitate the example of England; he was last year decidedly for acknowledging the independence of Hayti, but the clamours of the monarchical and religious party alarmed him from his purpose, and obliged him to break DT the negotiations. Our monarchy men, proud of the excesses gained in Spain, blustered about declaring war against England, but we may readily imagine all this war like zeal will vanish in vapour, however warmly they may pretend that the Holy Alliance participates in their indig nation. They acknowledge in secret that the Court of St. James has completely outwitted M. de VILLELE and the Tuileries. Despatches, dated the 26th of November, were received yesterday morning at the Colonial Department, from the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant-General the lion. Sir W. Lumley, K.C.8., at Bermuda. Every thing was going on well. Despatches, dated the 26th of November, were also re ceived yesterday morning at the Colonial Department, from the Lieutenant-Governor Major-General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart. at New Brunswick. They bring no news of importance. The Greek Chronicle of the 16th of November, an nounces that the Senate of Greece had opened its Session, under the Presidency of M. Panouzzo Notaras. M. Beffroy tie Beauvoir, Ex-Member of the National Contention, died a few days ago, in the seventieth year of his age. Extract of a letter from Havanna'', October 4:—" The whole garrison of the fort at Vera Cruz has arrived here, full of scurvy, leaving only a small reinforcement sent from this place. Proposals are on foot for an understanding be tween that fortress and the Mexican Government, and we are not without hopes of a speedy re-establishment of our trade to that quarter. - NeArOLITAN LOAN of 2,5n0,0001. negociated by Mr. N. M. Rothschild, in London.—The half-yearly dividend of this Loan falling due en Tuesday, the lit of February next, will he paid on that and every succeeding day, between the hours of ten and two, at Mr. N. M. Rothschild's Counting-house, New -court, St. Swithin's-lane. It is re quested that the warrant, with a list thereof, in numerical order, may be loft one day, for the purpos: of being ex amined. ' 1 _ . - • ~+ J - -y , . . I'HE BRITISH PRESS. FINE ARTS Yesterday was the day appointed for the Artists to deposit their paintings at the institution for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom. The directors have this year called forth the talents of artists in the marine de partment, to produce paintings toeominemorate the Baffle, of the Nile and Trafalgar, with a premium of 2001. for the test, and 1001. for the next best of each subject, and the fortunate candidate is to have a commission to paint pictures on these subjects, on a large scale, to be presented to Greenwich Hospital. We have been favoured with a view of those painted by Mr. Serres as a candidate for the premium proposed. This marine artist has painted two of the Nile; the first, the cominencement of the action, at sunset, in which every ship appears in her station, and may be considered an accurate representation of it, atal will, probably, from its minuteness, be the Mott acceptable to naval men, who will be best able, from their professional skill, to appreciate its excellence in that respect; tons lands own, who have tto such association, thesubject is not so pic turesque as the second, which gives the French Commander in-Chief's ship, L'Orient, at the moment of explosion, an effect which is very imposing. The Artist has succeeded in giving a most spirited delineation of this decisive period of the battle, and he has not allowed his attempt to give effect to this splendid achievement to interfere with the fidelity of the representation. The French fleet is seen at anchor, and the majestic Bellerophon, Swiftaure, Leander, and Minotaur ; and, to complete the composition, the boat which the ortal Nelson despatched to save as many of the crew of L'Orient as could be picked up. The third picture is the conclusion of the battle of Trafalgar. Mr. Serres has so arranged his composi tion as to combine all the principal incidents of that memorable day. He has introduced the Victory with Lord Nelson's flag still flying at the foretop, and the signal for close action at the maintop gallant-mast. Leviathan appears, and on her larboard bow the San tissitna Trinidada lying a log on the water, without even a stump of a mast standing. On the opposite side of the picture another group is formed of the Royal Sove reign, Admiral Collingwood, with only her foremast standing, bearing his victorious flag, with the Santa Anna, that he had captured, close on board, on his lar board bow, totally disinasted. The intermediate space is occupied by the 'l'emeraire, with a French ship on each side, that boarded her at the same time. The Earl of Northesk, in the Britannia, on the second ground, takes the lead, engaging a French ship. Rear-Admiral Du manvir, and Admiral Gravina are seen in the distance, making their escape with several ships. The scene claws with the Achilles taking fire. We s ere about to expatiate in detail on the display of talent which these pictures exhibit; but when we recol lect that a judgment is to be passed upon them when coin pared with the performance of other candidates, we feel bound, in candoui and fairness, to leave them to make their own impression, and to abstain from all further remark. WINDSOR, FRIDAY, Jew. 14. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to her Royal Sister, the Princess Augusta, at Frogmore: the Royal Duchess returned to her residence at Bagshot in the afranoon to dinner. The Princess Augusta,attentled by her Lady in waiting, took an airing in her carriage and four un Tuesday, and honoured the Earl and Countess of Harcourt, at St. Leo nard's Hill, with a visit. Her Royal Highness also visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Ragsbot. The different improvements and alterations are proceed. ing at the Castle with great 4iripatcb. The Princess Sophia went to visit the King yestettlay. Her Grace the Oneliess of Richmond, affinity beautiful daughters, the Ladies Lennox, left Morrison's Hotel on Monday, for Howth, to embark for England.—Dub/in Puper. Earl Bathurst and Mr. Wilmot Horton transacted busi ness yesterday morning at the Colonial Office. Dovist, JAW. 13.--Came in the Spitfire packet, from Calais, bringing the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby and suite, who, after taking refreshment at Wright's, set oft' for London. Sailed his Majesty's steam packet the Fury, with the mail and passengers to Calais. Sailed the Monarch steam vessel with passengers, for Boulogne. The Lord Mayor yesterday received twenty guineas from the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth, in aid of the fund for the Spanish and Italian refugees; an example which, it is to be presumed, will be followed by other Cor porations. 15'0 are authorised to state that Sir James Mackintosh has accepted of an offer of a public dinner, in Glasgow, in the month of April next, when he comes here with Mr. Brougham : and that therefore the anniversary Fox Din ner will this year be postponed.—Glasgow Chronicle. ADCLP/II TIIC•TIII..—The entertainments now per forming at this successful little theatre have obtained much popularity. Every evening there is a full house to witness the broad sketch of the miseries consequent upon The Life Van Actor, and the excellent scenery and high humour of Mother Red Cup, or Harlequin and the Fairies of ge Nose. Both pieces are very entertaining. By the death of C. M. Cheere, Esq., a vacancy has oc curred in the representation of this borough. We have authority to state Marquis Graham intends offering himself as a candidate ; and it is also mentioned that Gco. Pryme, Esq., will again come forward. The day of election is not yet fixed. We are informed that it is upwards of half a century since a vacancy has been occasioned by the death of a Member for the town.—Curithridge Chronicle. POLITICAL Rumotias.—We have been favoured with the view of a letter from a Noble Lord of ancient family, and high political character, slated London, January 7th, in which the writer states, that he has been informed from the most authentic quarter, that it is the determination of his Majesty's Ministers to introduce the measure of Catholic Emancipation, with some restrictions, Immediately on the opening of Parliament, whether the Catholics petition or not—and that by this course it is expected his Majesty's Ministers will not be harassed by the very numerous peti tions which the Catholic Association has intimated its in tention of submitting to the Honourable House. It is further intimated, that the 40s. freeholders are to be en tirely done away with.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. The city of Waterford Committee for furthering the plans of Mr. Cropper, have resolved upon forming a Joint Stock Company, with a capital of 10,000/. to be raised in shares of So/. each. . It is said that an extensive forgery, in Falconnet's Neapolitan Bonds, has been discovered at Brussels, and that the party is arrested. We understand that, although the prospectus for the Caledonian Dairy Company was only once advertised, in OUT paper of Thursday last, upwards of 33,0001. of the capital has been already subscribed for ; and that there is no doubt of the whole being filled up in a day or two, and the establishment soon coinmenced.—Edinburgh Paper. We are authorised to contradict the paragraph which we copied from an Edinburgh Paper on Monday last, stating that Major Laing was about to proceed with two secre taries, 16 men, &c. to explore the Niger. Sir John Rae Reid, son of our late excellent townsman, Sir Thomas Reid, Bart. remitted last week, through Win. Key, Esq. to Provost Thompson, the very handsome sum of 1501. sterling, to be divided equally between the Kirk Sessions, and our two principal charities—the Dumfries Hospital, and the Dumfries and Gallaway Royal Infir mary. An instance of such munificence is of rare occur rence, and we trust the generons donor, who appears to have caught the mantle of his father's virtues, will long be spared as* an honour to satiety.—Dumfries and Gallo way Courier. Among the Bath arrivals of the week is the once cele brated " Carraboo, Princess of Javan!" A diligence was stopped by highwaymen, a few days ago, in the vicinity of 'I illiers-sur-Avre, and the passen gers robbed. The police are in pursuit of the robbers. Drowned, about thirty miles off this port, Mr. John Stephenson Ea►t, son of Mr. Josiah East of this city, Mate of the ship Neptune, on her voyage from the Wtat Indies to Liverpool. During a heavy gale Mr. East was struck from the top-sail yard-arm into the sea, and drowned. He hail served his time in Mr. Pope's employ of this city, and was universally esteemed by all who knew him.— ' Waterfird Mirrvt. H.O - 11. From a file of Haytian Papers reecivell yevertlay we ex_ tract the following Proclamation of the l'resideut of Ilarti to his countrymen, oil the rupture of th? negociations w:;h France for the recognition of the itt,lepmtdence of tin : island : Jcam PIERRE BOYER, President of Ilsyti All nations have had their revolutions, gi c el otto at pernirio, according to the causes which have given rt•e to them. 504110144 derived their splendor from such political shocks ; others hue been shaken, and have fallen into decay. These, too corrupt to preserve the national energy unimpaired in th e m id st of ston,t, have sold their liberty, anti have crouched beneath a disgra e o ut servitude ; those, on the contrary, arming themselves with a nut!: resolution, have shaken off the foreipt yoke, and tendered tha t , selves independent. It is in the rank of the latter that it h it pleased Divine Providence to place us. We shall constantly env," all our elforts to justify in the eyes of the world the unequirsw signs of the Supreme IVill. !faring issued victorious from the straggle in which they w ee engaged by the necessity or regaining their inalienable rights, th e Harlan nt.tion, enlightened by experience, had no other wahin es than to found the bases of their Government upon institute., similar to those which had entitled a celebrated peopl e to suffrage of the universe. From that time they percetvel, that reach the height of their destiny, it was neccasary to carry , .e„ culture to a flourishing state. to hasten civilisati on , and nut, commerce into their ports. All the nations wh o d es i re d to er g blish a reciprocity of trade with our ltepublic were therefore participating in the ad vantages of these tell nutted and protected. France herself was no so oner reco neiltsll„ to a Monarch wh o h a d j ust re.aseeictt whose fleets no longer shut the s eas aga i nst h er, dia.. s4 the wrongs of an agt;rcet i on 1.1 SO tt E c e u n m g ts p i i i t . e . ; in h e. oe of means t flo e fe impute anterior his Government, we received the commerce of that Power. but untie a 'nuked Hag. This form of admission was necessary fur the Lionel security. Such was the situation of Hayti, when, towards the end October 11114, General Dauxion Lavarete, furnished with struetions by M. ilalonet, 3linister of his .lost Christian N. jesty for the Marina Ikpartnient, landed at this port. his pro positions were as ridiculous as the object of bis ovcrture cos treacherous. They were rejected, and the nation held dianselve upon their guard. It is true that his Mau Christian Meier, disavowed the mission of that agent; but we were then pemnue to consider as authentic powers invested with the signature eft Minister who would not dare to deny it. General Damon returett to Jamaica in the curly part of December. Two years after, and at the very time when Ilayti was occupss in revising the fund:entente( act of her regcnetation, a west deputation arrived on board the French fril:ate La Flow which, ulthough emanating directly from his 3lost Christian Ale jesty, had no better success, because the pretensions had not beer changed. • Notwithstanding these attempt; well calculated to awaken t't distrust of the people upon the projects of a Cabinet who persiaid in seeking to make them retrograde loaned!. slavery, the Foss commerce continued, nevertheless, to carry on, with the most pc. feet security, its transactions with Hayti. 1 he correspondence to which the two missions just mention!: gave rise. lisruid been published by my predecessor, I .hall enlarge further upon this first eposh of the diplomatic overtures.. Fiance with the Government of the Republic. It now remains ft me to make known the details of the negociationa, of which it ws believed possible to renew the thread with nie. To these I du. annex the official papers relating thereto. The re-union of the northern part of the Republic gave birh fresh propositions which M. Aubert du Petit 1 boners was chap: to bear to me on the part of the Councillor of State, Esmaagar. who, at the time of the mission of the Viscount de Fonianges, 1816, of which lie binned a part, acquired, by the manifestatios of liberal principles here. the esteem of the Haytian Gorernment M. Aubert aanounced to me, that his Majesty Loris XVIII. " had decided to consecrate our independence, and confined himself to claim the right of Lord Paramount, with indemnities der the Ce! 'ion of the territory and property." My answer was positive, and whilst I repulsed even therm shadow of a Protectorate, I consented to revive, ss the only way that could lead to a definitive treaty, the offer of a reasonably calm lotted indemnity, which my predecessor had made to Geneni Hauxion, and which the iscount de Fontanps had discarded This offer, on my part, remained in oblivion, notwithstanding the M. Au beet had given me the, assurance that nothing was waited for to finish it, except the knowledge of my determination. lt should be remarked, that every event which increased the pros peril . ) , of the Republic, was shortly after followed by the sending of some agent, whose mission was ever rendered abortive by the ra tractiottof the French Cabinet. Scarcely had the inhabitants of the eastern part expressed they firm desire to form with us, in future, a single and same natinr and had realised the requirements of the Constitution, when M Lint presented himself to me, with confidential notes from de 3larquis de Clermont Tonnerre, Minister of the Marine. The object of these notes was to induce me to make a becoming over. cure. His Government, he said, haring already made the firs: advances in vain, w..s desirous that I should take the initiative in my turn. I had not forgotten that the mission of General Dauxinn, which was altogether as ministerial as that of 31. Liot, had been for disavowed. I also knew what to think of the motives of non.success, which served as a pretext for this preposition; but, being desirous of affording a fresh proof of my conciliatory dispo sition, and thinking that it would be agreeable to him who solieite.t this negotiation, that it should be carried on with secrecy, I believed that it could not then be placed in more suitable hands than in those of General Boye, who had been here for some time. This General, who justly possesses my esteem and confidence, set out in the month of May, 1823, invested with my full powers. Ito accomplish the conclusion of a commercial treaty, founded upon the recognition of the independence of Hayti. it is surpr sr.`, that the negotiator appointed by the Marquis de Clermont Ton. nerre to comer with pun, had nut a sufficient latitude given to bin to accept my propositions, since, after all that had been in egitaaor. since 1814 the French Cabinet ought to have been fixed, bon upon our determination, and upon the demands with which France could hope that we should comply. However it might be, ti:n negotiation, which the 31inisters had urged with their utmo wishes, miscarried (will it be believed ?) from a chicanery upon de nature and mode of the indemnity proposed by General Hoye. M. }:smangart in his letters dated August 27, and Gook 26, 1823, expressed to me how deeply he regretted that mission with which General Hoye was charged had not aut. eeeded. lie attribute the cause of it to the choice of my age. and the difference which he found between the propositions mail. to him by me on the Illth of May., 1821, and those which Gene. rel Hoye presented to him. Nevertheles , not despairing of bvin; able to bring to an end an affair which lie hail su touch a heart, he urged me to send another agent, who, front his 'nun don, was not indifferent to the results of the negociation, sub who should ben the bearer of my first propositions; assuring me, that then the King's Government, who wished for nothirg except just and moderate conditions--such, in short, as I envie.: had desired, would ever be disposed to treat upon these bases— bases which, he admitted, had nothing unacceptable, and whit!, unquestionably, he was not authorised to further in the inter. val that elapsed between my despatch of May 18, 1821, and the day of his conference with General Hoye, at Brussels, ice August 1 t.,s. - to these two letters of 31. Esmangart, a third soon succeeded. which he addressed to me on the 11th of November, 1823, to ar• nounce 31. Laujon as the tiosseasor of his entire confidence, to express to me his ardent desire shortly to co-operate in the iroz elusion of the treaty which was to put an end to all the uncertainties In effect, AI. Laujon landed at Poet-au-Prince a hew days after mi proclamation of the foth of January laid, and presented to me i note in the form of instruction. After haying stated is this not. that it had not been in his power to prevent the rupture of the ri• gociation at Brussels, AI. Esmangart added that he h.td please:: in believing that I would return to the disposition which 1 had srr flounced to him in the despatch which 31. Aubcrt had been charged to deliver to him. to support of this assertion, 31. LaNjon made endeavours to induce me to send an agent to Frame, affirming dm the King's Government rendered dependent upon this step the be. nudity of the verognitiein of the independence of Hayti, atfer the bases of the 10th ut 3lay, 1821. So much perseverance on the past of 31. Estriangart, in pursuing the accomplashment of this great work. determined me to reply le his last letter by my despatch of the 4th February, 1824, infornes;; bin that, yielding to the desire of his Government. I was about ro that effect to send to France a mission with the powers necessary. In consequence, on the Ist of May last, the citizens Latosse. nator, and Itouaner, notary of the Government, embarked cor board the commercial brig the Julius Tltalea, furnished with fp , letter of medence, dated the 21.1 th April, 11124, and with my ir structions of the saute dste, which could leave no doubt upon the clauses el the treaty which they were charged to conclude, awl upon the indispensable formality of the recognition, by a Hopi Onloonance, of our absolute independence of all foreign domina tion of the authority at a Lord Paramount, and even of the Pro tectorate of any Power whatever; iu a word, of the independent: which we have enjoyed foe twenty years. did not hesitate to consider it my duty to congratulate wine!: upon having sent of the citizens Larose and Roomier, since tlur had not then reached their destination, upon receiving succtssive r by differ:lit vessels a dozen of letters, in which Messrs. Esmangsr and Lattion expressed their bupatience on account of the delay c. the person who was to be the bearer of my propositions. But ti an inconceivable fatality, which always turns aside the French Ae ministraiion from the approximation which it ever appears so de sirous to effect—tout by a system of tergiversation a hich pr; vents it, at the moment of concluding, admitting the propcsition afreae. admitted, or which leads it to reproduce the pretensions which had abandoned to create for itself an opportunity of alleging t h insufficiency of the powers of toy agents, the mission of th. citizens Larose and Roomier rcrnsitied, like the preceding one-. without result. They therefore found themselves under the meshy of demanding their passports to return to the Ilepubl.:. where they arrived on the 4th instant. Their conduct answered my expectation. It will ciao cunt:: them, I 'me no doubt, to the national approbation. The accrue" witich they rendered to me will be annexed to the otliciai papa which 1 have mentioned. I have just made known the fact. and I StlnCr.tler them to di! tribunal of public opinion. liayfl will have it in her power ,0 judge whether her Chief Magistrate has justified the coetidea , y placed in him, and the world, on which side was the geed faith.. I shall confiue myself to declare, that the !briars will never dews front their glorious resolution, but will watt with firmness for ee issue of events. Ar.d, if ever they shou'vt find theeeselvcs ca 2.4 _ ror — dr , . • "r ACT. boctit Isbly Lora %Cita !runs