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PRICES OF FOREIGN Austrian Bonds 981 1 Brazilian Bonds 884 1 8 Ditto Acct. 88 Ditto Scrip Ditto Acct. 151 15 pm Ditto Scrip (18•25) Ditto Acct. 2. I pm BVIITIOS Ayres Bonds 91 1 Chillian Bonds 904 'olombian Bonds - 91 i Ditto Bonds 0W.1) 901 1 Ditto Acct. 901 French Renter , 1001. 50c. 25c. ex STOCKS YESTE RDA Y. Alnico,' Bonds 80/ Ditto Acct. 801 d # Ditto Scrip(lB2s) 2/ / rm Ditto Aect. 2.1 / # pm Neapolitan Bonds Ditto Acct. 93/ Peruvian Booth. r,74 Ditto Acct. 07/ Pottugurse Ito, , ds 90/ Ditto Acct. 901 Prussian Bonds 1011 Ditto Bonds (11;22) 104 Russian Bonds 95 41 Ditto Acct. 95 Spanish Cons. 2.2illitu i 3 Ditto Acct. 221 #I t Ditto Cons. (1823) 18 171 # Ditto Acct. 171 ANGIE YESTERDAY. Exchange 28f. Ioe. Greek Bondi 51 Serip (1325) 41 dig Ditto Acct. Amsterdam C. F. 12 I 11)itto at sight 11 19 Rotterdam ...........2 U. 12 3 _.__ ___________ beghom 49.1 Genoa 451 Venice . 7 Malta Naples . 40a Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon 51 Oporto 511 Rio Janei r 0....—... 46i ' Bahia 50 1 Dublin 9l Cork 9l Antwerp 12 3 /laniburgh 24 U. 36 II A item' *4 U. 3611 Paris, 3 days'eight 0 5 10 llitto 2 U. 20 45 ltaurdeaux 25 45' serlin 7 S Frank. on 31 ai ii Ex. 31. 1514 Petcratiiirorh, rble. 3 Us. V Vienna, efficlive 8. 2 31. 9 58 Trieste ditto 9 58 Madrid 364 Cadiz 3 1 Rilbao Ilsrcelone 'SS Seville -a Gibraltar 'SI lIULLIODI, PE OZ. f. s. d. Portugal hold in enin 0 0 9 Foreign Gold in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 3 17 6 New Dollars 0 d 11 Silver in bars, stand 0 6 1 A NGLO-MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION. IV The DIE EC'fORS of the ASSOCIATION for assisting in working the MINES of MEXICO and other parts of Spanish Atnet Ica, hawing made* call of FIVE POUNDS on each of the Shares of the Association. u der the powers vested in them by the Deed, the Proprietors are requested to pay the same, on the amount of theit respective shares, to Mears. BARCLAY, TRl'f TON, BEVAN, sad CO. oa or before the 12th day of April next. JOSEPH LOWE, Secretary. 147. Leadenhall-straetellth March, 1825. gin it rtiatit WOO. THEA7'RE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tomorrow Evening, DRUTUS. THLIR/MAIr. March 24, will We Perforniwi Lucius Junius Brutßunus, Mr. Kea" ui n7 Tun s. s. Mr W . Wallaektest. Tul li s, Mrs. n ; Tarnnla. . After which a new Pastoral Ballet, eallad THE ROSSIGNOL; Or, THE BIRO IN THE. BUSH. no Principal Characters by Mr. and Mts. Noble, Ac. To conclude with SIMMON AND CO. Mr. Teter Simpson, Mr. Terry; Mr. Brumley. Mr. Browne; Mrs. mploc. Mrs. Bunn: Mr, Brumley, Mrs. W. %sent ; yrs. yitsanan, Nun Smithson ; Madame i.e Trappe. Yrs. Orger. THEATRE R0Y.41.. COVENT-GARDE. To morrow Pvenipir, THURSDAY. Marta 24. will he performed WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Lard eriorY, Mr. W. Fermi ; Sir William Dorrlion , Mr. Fawcett; Sro urn", Evelyn. Idr.Copper. Lady Priory, M 1 Jones; Lady Mary Ralle, Mrs. Gibbs; Miss Dorrilon, Hive Foote. After %%bleb, ALADDIN: Or, THE WON DERFUL LAMP. Aladdin, Rea. Vining: Abanazar. Mr. Farley; Kamen, Mr. J. S. Mi. St Wow'. Mrs. Davenport. THEA7'REROTAL, DRUR Y-LANE. ORATORIOS.—LAST NIGHT. nn FRIDAY NEXT, March Sd. under the Direction of Mr. FL R. Bishop. who will pres‘de at the Organ and Piano Porte, a GRAND SELECTION of MUSIC, from the Works of Ilanthl, Haydn, Mozart, CA:ant:Ml, Roasini, Weber, &e. PART I.—A Selection from the Sacred Oratorios of the Messiah, Solo mon. the Creation, the Seasons, and Mozart's Requiem, be. Previous to which, Cherub:lin:Overture to Anacreon. A Selection from Rom bergs Grand Te ile um . End of Part I. a Concerto on the Violoncello by Mr. I Indley. Ps c.v. 11.—Weber's Overture to Der Preischutz. Ilaydn'e Grand Cho. nu, Der Sturm." Selecti.ms from Rossini, Bishop, C. Smith, Kelly, Pepusch, Mozart, and IS cher's Precloss. Between the Second and Third Parts a Concerto on the Flute by Mr. Nicholson. Pear 111.—Mozart's Grand Turkish Overture. Selections from Hodson, Handel, and Branam. To conclude with, fur the sth time in this country, and by perinission of his Most Gracious Majes.ty, Weber'. celebrated Cantata, called " Kampf and Sleg," In commemoration of the Ehttles of La Belie Alliance and Waterloo. Finale, " God save the !time." Principal Vocal Performers—Misses Stephens, Graddon, Cooke, and Love Mrs. Bedford: and Madame Caradorl: Messrs. Braham. :torn. Bedford. Rohfit,oo, and Tinnsy : Master Edmonds: and Mr. Bellamy. The Orchestra Will be .iti the extensive scale usual on such met:- Maus, and Ml by Mr. T. Cooke. The Choruses under the Superin timicnce of Mr. Watson. The DrainaUc Free LIM does not extend to these Oratorios. THE.47'RE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. ORA TORIOS.—LAST NIGHT. This Evening. WEDNESDAY, March 23. Fair, 1.--Selections from the Sacred Oratorios of Samson (Handel). Job (Flueselli, and The l'rophecy (Wade); and from Mozart, Haydn. and S. Weide,. Pale ll.—Cantata, "The Offering of Devotion at tt e Shrine of Nature (for the Sr.; time in this country). the words by Hampden Napier. Ese.. arranged tithe original Music under the title of " Natur and Liebe," by C. ll. Von Weher. Concerto Oboe, ?dr.% ogt. Seisethms from Arne. J. Addlmn, Horn, Haydn. Bishop, and 1% side. Weber's ()tenure to Der Freischutz. Finale. "God save the King." Principal Vocal Perko-niers—Madame earadorl Mloses Graddon, Love, and Ilahurei Mrs. Timnant ; Master Longhurst ; and Si las M. Tree; Messrs. Brahatn, Pearlman, E. Chapman, Tinney, Robin son, and Belliony. Leader of the Rand, Mr. Mori. Conduetor at the Organ and Piano Forte, Mr. S. Wesley. The Choruses, under the direction of Mr. %tot em, will be numerous nod complete, assisted by' the Young Gentle- Men of his Majesty's Chapel Royal and St. Paul's CathedraL The whole under the superintendence of Mr. Hawes. The Dramatic Free List doer not extend to the Oratorios. THEATRE ROYAL„ ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE, 'STRAND. MR. MATHEWS AT ROME. T,,.morrow Evening, THURSDAY, March 524. and att Mend&TS. Tursdays. and Satanism Passion V. eve exeeptett, MR. MATHEWS' MEMORANDUM-Hook of Pesullarities, (*Damen. re, and Manners, twittered during hts various Tripe. NemorandA In Confueion°—. Night Coach" —•• Bubbler; • aapitel Satv—" salllng Natcti ° —•• Old and New Timer"—" Pubne todiss. How-street. Parr Ht.—% Mnt.opolylogue, to be called THE enoWN INN DANGER. _ Doors (nom at Seven: the Performance to commence nt Fight. Places to be taken Id W. Stevenson, at the Bus.orfice, Strand Entrance, from Ten 1111 Flee. Csvriost.—The new rntertalnment will not be printed and all Books professing to contain amy parts of It are gran Impaidtioup and frauds on the Puollc. THE .4 TRF: ROYAL, PNGLISH OPERA HOUSE, STR el ND. Opposite Waterloo Mtge. LAsr NIG)ITS. LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY And the PNCNOMEN of the HEAVENS and of the fi To be delivered by Mr. 13 1 .. 1t3:1,E . Y. on the WEDN F...nDAYS and FRI. .I‘Vg dining LENT. Toe Theatre still be eonetsutly warmed by large Stoves In weans ou.e. Tickets of Adria/Won tor Feunitlee to M hd Cal tesAerate Tense at the W.x.ottlee.—Doors to be opened as hart-put Ma. and begin at Seven. The Barns's Pitres CuttimetaC.!l . pupliatiing yesterday morning at Six 0'c1.66. LONDON, WiDNESDAY, MARCH WI, 1823. The Paris Papers of Sunday are entirely occupied with matters of domestic interest. The debates on the project for the reduction of the Reines was continued on Saturday. The principal speeches were those of M. DE LA Bova- DONNATE and M. LALLEV DC POMBIERES, both against the proposed law. We have given an abstract of the dis cussion in a subsequent column. The death of the Princess DE METTERNICH is confirmed by these Papers ; she died on Saturday morning. Her corpse n2l be conveyed to Austria for interment, and it is stated that the Prince will remain only a few days in Paris. The fall of Patras is positively announced in the Con stiltdiemotel, on the authority of letters from Leghorn. %%e are glad to perceive by the Eluile, that the Swiss Government is desirous of being included in the commer cial arrangements with the South of Germany. The in tercourse of the inferior States of Europe will soon be or ganised on principles in the highest degree friendly to the extension of trade. These benetkial changes must exercise a powerful influence on the principal Governments of the Continent, and dispose them to the sdoption of a more just and liberal course. I Front the Doile dated Monday.l PARIS, MARCH 20. The Princess of Metternich died yesterday morning at three °Arica. The Princess is rot to be'buried at Paris. On Monday, after a short ceremony, winch will be performed in the Church of Assumption, the body will be sent to tierrnany to the family e totes, where it will be buried. A large sum of money has been given to the poor, and fifty asses are to be said for the soul of the deceased. 'fbit King has sent his compliments of condolence to Prince Met .. rlich, to the Princesses his daughters, and to the Count and t. ‘ , .intess Ksterbazy, on wession of the death of the Princess. Actrourits froth Lucerne of the Ilth my, " We hear from Eng. land that Mr. Vaugllan. Micistzr of his Britannic Majesty to the Swiss Confederation, who lately left Switzerland on leave, will net return to Switzerland, but that he is appointed Ambassador to the United States of America, and will be succeeded here by Mr. Al gernon Percy, Secretary to the Legation at Paris, Ron of Lord Be verley, and nephew to the Duke of Northumberland." It is afsmted that the Direetoral Government of Switzerland has manifested an intention to take part in the Treaty of Commerce which is actually negotiating at Stutgard between the Plenipoten tiaries of the States in the South of Germany. Mr. Ilussrss3 N . II speech on Monday evening may de servedly rank him among the first political economists of the age. There is no Member more clear-sighted uto all that concerns the true interests of the commercial world. He stands on ground sufficiently firm to justify him in discarding, as he has done with unprecedented cou rage, the selfish and sorry doctrines of the Old School. It is gratifying thus to remark the practical result of the enlightened labours of RICARDO, MILLS, M'CULLOCH, and others, in rooting out the mistaken notions which had so long and so fatally mis-led the politicians and legislators of the " olden time." The Parliament of England will hereafter show to the great commercial States of Europe what are the only true means by which nations can enrich themselves in their dealings with each other. Commerce, simply considered, is nothing more than the exchange of one want for another want, and of one article of luxury for another. In all commerce between nations, as in all commerce between man and man, the more each possesses the means of supplying the necessities, or ministering to the comforts of the other, the greater will be the ad vantage desired to all from their mutual intercourse. The instant that intercourse is conducted upon the principles of monopoly and exclusion, from that moment their re spective interests are broken in upon, and the whole be comes by degrees a system of perfidious and unprofitable rivalry. So long as this system prevails it is utterly hope less to consolidate their reciprocal interests; trade, so con ducted, never can be any other than a struggle which country shall take the most profitable advantage of the other; and, as always happens in such a conflict, both sides in the end are losers. The sovereignty of a Mother Country over her Colonies has been exercised, time out of mind, in the most selfish and oppressive spirit of despotism. The colonists were looked upon as little better than hewers of wood and drawers of water to the Parent State. Gum BRITAIN can claim no exemption from this bitter reproach upon her parental character. Mr. Hes IL 199 0 w drew an animated and admirable picture of the mode in which she exercised her supremacy over Ireland, when up to the year 1180 she treated her as a colonial dependency. The rigorous com mercial restraints which she, in those days, imposed upon the Sister Kingdom, were such that the very mention of them called forth a murmuring chorus of " hear, hear," from every part of the House. It is difficult to conceive, under the enlightened Government of our own time, how restrictions so galling and so glaringly unjust were ever patiently borne. But the progress of increasing wislom in all that concerns the affairs of trade and commerce, is conspicuous in the enlarged views which govern the policy of Ministers, and in the manliness with which all those nar row notions are exploded which formerly were the regular and received rules of legislation. The enlightened colonial system, so ably advocated by Mr. HCSRISSON, cannot fail to be succeeded by results the most important to the mer cantile interests of Great Britain, both at home and abroad Without compromising those interests in the slightest de gree, all the profit to be derived from our foreign posses sions will be incalculably increased, at the same time that they are placed on the sound and secure basis of mutual justice. It has been a question of frequent discussion, whether colonial possessions add any thing to the real power and effective strength of a nation. For any practical purpose, this discussion must always be useless. It involves points which never can be settled by argument, and over which abstract reasoning can have little or no influence. Of this, however, we may be catain, that whatever wealth we may waste, or whatever blood we may shed to preserve our colonies, their gratitude will never go a step beyond their interest. We may watch o'er their weakness—we may nurse them into strength—but if, when reared to maturity, and in a condition to stand up in their own defence, we treat them on the footing of dependants,uron whose labour and industry we are to be feel and fatten, we may rest as sured that their struggle for independence will never be far distant. If, taking any colony, we overstock her markets with our goods, and leave her own upon her bands, by pro hibiting her trade with other countries, what pledge can we have for her fidelity, or how can we hope to keep her in subjection, when she shall be able to break off her al liance, and become a free State ? The liberal views taken by the Member for Liverpool are those which every British merchant must rejoice to hear maintained in a Bri tish Parliament; carried into effect they will open fresh channels of consumption in all quarters of the globe, by extending to all our colonies those equitable rights, which, in their re-action, will he the soul of our commercial pros perity and the source tfot ... .zarnanent greatness. The Foreign Stock Exchange yesterday was considerably agitated by the rumours that were in circulation as to the negociation now pending for a new Spanish loan. The Times, in support of its former statements on this subject, asserted yesterday, in the most positive terms, that an express had arrived from Madrid " with a confirmation, almost to the letter," of what appeared in that Journal on Saturday, viz. " the determination of FERDINAND never to do any act which should give the smallest value to the bonds issued by him under the Cortes." On Monday we exposed, by a relation of undeniable facts, the utter groundlessness of the statements of the Times on Saturday; and yesterday we were answered by the announcement of the arrival of an express confirming, " almost to the letter," all that the Times had previously published. The article of yesterday is written with even more solemnity and self importance than usually belong to that journal. An Evening Paper of yesterday observes, that" the diameter elite Paper is pledged to the statement ;" and indeed there is such an sir of oracular authority and seeming precision of detail that we might readily excuse a person unskilled in the areana of the Times for being deceived Ly a series of aasertioas so plausible and well arranged. "The character of the Paper is pledged." No doubt it is: let us see then what this "character' is worth. On Monday we denied all that the 7'imes had put forth up to (lett day. We showed by cer tain facts that the whole story of the Time, was a tissue of pure misrepresentation. It is our business to make a similar exposure of the article of yesterday. For this pur pose we shall first point out what parts of that article are mtt true, anti we shall next state, from our own sources of information, what is true with rtspect to the new Spanish I Loan. We begin then by denying the truth of every fact stated in the Times of yesterday as to the pending negociations for the loan? In the first place, it is not true that " an express ar- THE BRITI S H PRESS. rived yesterday (that is on Monday) from Madrid" with any communication whatever relative to the loan. No ex press strived in London on Mondsy from Madrid, unless indeed FERDINAND despatched a private messenger spe cially to Printing-house-square to mislead the " leading journal." Certainly no express from Madrid was received by the capitalists who have been negociating with the Spanish Court. It is not true that FERDINAND " has rejected all the various propositions made to him for patching up, by a loan, the tattered Finance System of Spain, because all of them required as an indispensable condition that these securities (the bonds issued under the Cortes) should, in some shape or other, be acknowledged." The writer in the Times must be wholly ignorant of what has happened; but in that case, we admonish him to be less positive in future, when he is " pledging his character" to doubtful facts; and it is our duty to warn the public against ever again giving him the slightest credence. We repeat what we stated on Monday: " FERDINAND has not, at any period, during the last three months, refused to recognise the Coates bonds. On the contrary, he has qili•red, and is at this moment willing to recognise them at :Jo per cent. interest included." It was the capitalists of London who " rejected the propositions for patching up the tattered Finances of Spain," without acknowledging the debts con tracted under the Constitutional System. It may be true that "it was proposed on the part of cer tain capitalists that five millions of money should be ad vanced to FEUDINAND, for which stock was to be issued at a fixed price," an d that "the whole pie-existing debt of Spain, both ttoyalist and Constitutional, was to he collected into one amount, of which 26 per cent. was to be paid to the holders, in money, &c. ;" but it is certainly not true that this was the proposal which has been for some time negociating. All sorts of absurd proposals may have been made to the King of Sears ; but it is not true that "of the proposed contracts for a Spanish loan" this was " the best." The loan respecting which Mr. GREGORY has re turned to Madrid, and to obtain which FERDINAND was willing to recognise the bonds of the Cortes at SI with in terest, is for a much larger amount. The capitalists, of whom Mr. GREGORY is the agent, require, as an indispen sable condition of the new loan, that the bonds shall be taken up at 35 with interest, and at that rate considerably more than five millions will be absorbed by their liquida tion. All the rest of the detail of this loan of five millions we need hardly add is equally not true. An important condition to which the Times does not allude, or, we should rather say, which it insinuates not to have been insisted upon, is, that no part of the proceeds of the loan shall be applied to any attempts to subvert the independence of the New States of America. We believe there does not remain one fact in the state ments of the Times, either on Saturday or yesterday, which we have not shown to be entirely without foundation, though the imaginary express of Monday had confirmed the whole of it "almost to the letter." Let us now, dismissing the Times and its statements, proceed to declare what is ti ue with regard to this loan. It is true then that an accredited agent arrived yes terday afternoon from the King of Scan:, with full powers to renew the negotiations which were opened several months ago with an eminent capitalist, but since suspended, on account of the refusal of FERDINAND at that time to acknowledge or sanction in any shape the financial transactions of the Cortes. It is calcu lated that Mr. GREGORY would have arrived at Madrid yesterday. Advice's had been received that his avant courier had reached the Spanish capital ; but the pe cuniary distresses of Fz RDINA N D arc so cogent, and his present " determination never to give the smallest value to the Cortes bonds" so subdued, that on receiving the intel ' ligence that his proposal to recognise the bonds at 28, with interest, was rejected by the capitalists with whom Mr. GREGORY is connected, he immediately despatched the agent now in town to make the best bargain he could with the gentleman with whom the pre vious negotiation had been conducted. Nothing of course can be settled till it be known whether Mr. GREGORY'S terms will be accepted at Madrid; and that can scarcely be before Friday. This is the actual state of the case. Whether it agrees "almost to the letter" with what the Times asserted on Saturday and yesterday, we leave it to the public to decide. We are somewhat curious to see how it will redeem its " pledged character." What will it say of the special mission from Madrid? But probably, those who supply it with information on this subject, may have thought tit to keep it in ignorance of the fact. We have heard it stated that the payment of the interest of the new Spanish Loan is to be under the guarantee of France for the first three years, during which period the French are to retain possession of Cadiz. We know not whether this be one of the proposed conditions ; but it is so manifestly the interest of France to adjust the affairs of the Peninsula on a rational and tranquil basis, that it is probable the Court of the Tuileries would become a party to any arrangement calculated to effect that very desirable object. CITY, TUMIDILT EVENING. The Markets in every descriptioii of Securities were ex tremely flat this morning. In the English Market Consols maintained yesterday's prices; 931 for Money, and for the Account 93H; but there was scarcely any business doing in them. In the Foreign Market the South American Securities were a good deal depressed, but no specific cause could be assigned for the decline. Colombian Bonds were at 901 i ; Mexican Scrip 214; and Brazilian Scrip the same price. There was a great degree of agitation created in the City this morning respecting the Spanish Bonds, and as to the probability of a new Spanish Loan being forthcoming. The Times of this morning asserts positively that there will be no Loan, and that an express arrived yesterday confirmatory of "the determination of Ferdinand never to do any act that should give the smallest value to the Bonds issued by him under the Cortes." This state ment we have good moon to know is wholly unfounded. No express was received yistenlay from Mat'lrid, but one has arrived to-day front the King of Spain himself to an eminent Capitalist in the City, with whom Ferdinand is &circus of renewing the negoeiations he had opened some months ago, but which were then troken off because his necessities had not at that period convinced him of the truth of the old adage, " that honesty is the best policy." lie is now the most perfect of converts; but certainly nothing respecting the Spanish Loan is as yet definitively settled. The Old Spanish Bonds were done at 2241, and the Bonds of 1823 at 17d. The New Greek Scrip was nearly the same as yesterday; it left off at 44t discount. In the Share Market there has been great fluctuation in the Pasco Peruvian Shares, which at one time were as low as 16. They fluctuated during the morning between that price and 19. The New Mexican Company's Shares were from .5 to 6, and those of the Colombian Agricultural Company were very steady at 14 13. The Pearl and Coral Shares continue to attract general attention amongst Specu lators, and were reel , firm at 9to 10 premium. There was nothing doing in Ridroads or the many minor Shares that have lately made their appearance. There was very little doing in the Colonial Market ; two boards of Demerara Sugar were sold at 645. There were no sales of Coffee. F4SHIONABLE INTELLIczNez. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's sixth siesernbly took place on Monday evening at her house in Arlington.strect. which was attended by a very numerous and elegant assemblage of distin guished fashionable ; among whom were, Prince Polignac, the Duchesses of Leeds, llerset, and Montrose, Dowager Richmond, Marquises of Downsire and Salisbury. illarchionesses Cornwallis, Londonderry, Emily of Londonderry, Downshire , and ii'inchester. Count and Countess St. Antonio, Count and Countess Ludolf, Count Moltke. Le Count De Lannay, the Earl and Countess De la Warr, the Earl and Lady Georgina Grey, the Earl and Countess Vernier's, the Earl of n estmorcland, the Countess of Essex, the Countess of Sandwich, Lord Pelham, the Earl of Vi'inchelsea, Earl Tyr:linnet!, Earl and Countess Langford, the Vice-Chancellor, Lady Melville, Lords St. Helens, J. Fitzroy, Sidinouth, Dundas, Whitworth, G. Hill, Harvey, Binning, and Strangford, Ladies Sidmouth. Cornwallis J. Blatchford, E. Edgecumbe, Deering, Graham, Binning, and Long; Dowagers De CliffOrd, Tullymore, Melville, H. Wynne, Molyneux, Lon gford , and Dundas; Sirs E. Cudringion, F. Baker, C. Flint, 11 , alter Stirling, C. Bagot, C. Ogle, William Burroughs, Gore Ousley, and G. Vl'arrender ; Ga neral and rs. Ross, &c. &c. The Duke of Norfolk had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house in St. James's. square. Mr. and Miss Peters had a dinner and evening party on Mon day, at their L o uise in Park-street, Grosvenor-square. Sir George Warrender, Bart. entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday at his house, Whitehall-place. Lord Bexley had a grand dinner party yesterday at hit house in Great George-street, AVestminster. Sir Thomas Lethbridge, But. had a dinner party yesterday at his house, AVliitchall.place. Lady Grantham entertained a large circle or fushienables yester day evening at her Louse in St. James's-square. Mrs. S. Letevre had a dinner party yesterday at her house, Whitehall-place. The Marquis of Titchheld has left ITelbeek, Notts, for Earl Wilton's seat in Lincolnshire. The Countess of 31anatleld left town yesterday for her seat at Richmond. _ _ Arrivals yesterday at Gould's Hotel, Joan yn,street :—Sir Thomas and Lady Ream (nu) Suuthainptort. Departures : —Sir George and Lady Nugeat far their seat in Bucks. Ur. and 31 iss Stewart left the Loudon Hotel, Albemarle-street, yesterday for their seat in Berks. Arrivals at the Waterloo Hotel, Jennyn-street : —The Reverend T. T. Penrose and Mrs. l'enra , e from their scat in Nottingham shire ; and John l'orgus, Esq. from a tour. Departure :—Doctor Hibberderi for his seat in Berks. _ _ Departures from Long's Hotel, Bond-street :—f :apt. Jervis, R.N. for Plymouth ; William Purvis, Esq. for Oxford ; Mr. and 'Airs. Sanderson for the Continent ;Charles Usborne, Esq. for Brigh.on ; and J. Whalley, Esq. for Paris. Departures from Bans' Hotel :—Mr. and Mrs. Smith far Essex ; Captain Roberts for Hants; Mr. and Mrs. Waller fa Dover; and Major Roberts for Hants. Colonel R. Macdonald, Mrs. Macdonald, and family left the St. George's Hotel, Albemulootreet, yesterday for the Continent. It is rumoured that the King intends to pay another visit to Ireland in the course of a few months. If this be true, there can be no doubt that it is seriously intended to concede the Catholic Claims.—Dublin Evening Pod. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief gave audience yesterday at his Office in the Horse Guards to Bootle Wilbraham, Esq. M.P., Lieut.-General Sir George Airey, Lieut.-General Wood, Major-General Sir Hussey Vivian, Major-General Clay, Lieut.-General Lord Howard of Effingham, Major-General Egerton, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Oxford, the Hon. Mr. Harley, the Duke of Athol, Major-General Sir George Bingham, Major-General Pigot, and about forty other Officers. The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Kent yester day, at her apartment at the King's Palace, Kensington. Advice. hate been received of the death of the Princess Metternich at Paris. FANCY BALL AND SUP/111 AT EDINBURGH:OD Wed nesday last a splendid ball and supper took place at the Assembly Rooms, Edinbirgh. Soon after nine o'clock the company began to arrive, but it was twelve before they had all assembled, amounting to upwards of 600. The appearance of the company was singularly splendid and fanciful, presenting every variety of costume. The dresses were of the richest description, and the costumes were very brilliant and tasteful; Greek, Turkish, Persian, Spa nish, Italian, &c. were diversified with rich naval and military uniforms, both foreign and domestic. With these were mingled, in gorgeous variety, the old Highland garb, some antique dresses two or three centuries back, the sim plicity of the Quaker costume, and the more splendid uniform of the Royal Archers. The elegant fete was under the patronage of the following distinguished Ladies, and conducted by a Committee of Gentlemen Managers:— Her Grace the buchess of Hamilton and Brandon, the Right Hon. Lady Catherine Whyte Melville, the Right Hon. the Coon. teas of Morton, the Right Hon. the Countess of Lieven and Mel ville, the Right lion. Lady Saltoun, the Right lion. Lady Mary Murray, the lion. Lady Sinclair, Lady Shaw Stewart, Mrs. Dun. das of Arniaton, and Mrs. Laing Meson. PHRINOLOG v.—Dr. Spurzheim's Fourth Lecture will be given to-morrow. NOBLE SPORTING.—It is said by those high in the sporting circles, that Lord S— has made a bet of 1,000 guineas with Lord K—, that the latter will not ride from London to Oxford, on the same horse, between sunrise and sunset. The match, we have been informed, takes place on the Ist of June. As Lord K. cannot be consi dered as a light weight, much curiosity is excited as to the result. We have heard, with great pleasure, that John Franks, Esq. K.C. who acted as one of the Crown Counsel on the Munster Circuit, has been promoted to the valuable situa tion of Chief Justice of Calcutta, with a salary of 6,0001 : perntiva anal ti considerable pension after seven years received a notification of employment.a his appointment whilst in this v last week, set off imme diately for London.—Limerick Obresw "• An organist was on Monday elected fof Iznibeth Old Church. The candidates *ere four in number, and we votes were as follow :—Long, 951; T. Ling, 830 ; White. 203; Adams, 184. The successful candidate is 'blind, and has been for some lime dependent on the parish. A letter from Charleston of the 10th instant says : " Cotton is up, and no one knows where it will stop -184 cents. paid to-day for parcels for the French mar ket, bought by those who have unlimited orders. Such qualities as sold last fall at 11 are now worth 164 cents. Freights are advancing; one penny is asked and given for Liverpool. Rice 605. per toil, and 14 to New York. Amongst the petitions presented to the American House of Representatives on the 18th ult. was one from the Se neca Indians, setting forth, " that they are much troubled by hungry priests among them, who preach to them doe , trines they do not understand, nor believe, and tell them that if they do not follow their inennetione, they will be burned for ever in a great lake of fire, &c. ; that the priests are lazy and won't wo-k ; that the habits of the women are becoming worse, by their being among them, and that the men drink more whiskey ; that they make them bad friends and neighbours, &c. and praying that they may be prohi bited from residing among them." The petition was re ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. NORTH CAROLINA GOLD.—Letters from that part of North Carolina in the vicinity of which gold has been found, state, that there has been a considerable quantity of gold found since November last, notwithstanding the in clemency of the weather. Somewhere near the source of Long Creek a mine has been discovered on the land of Mr. Barringer, who is thought to be enriched by it. Some say he has found already half a barrel of gold, while some limit the quantity to half a bushel. It is said to have been found on the side of a hill, between two strata of slate stone, and to consist of a mixture of gold dust and sand. It was supposed that Mr. Barringer had already collected gold to the value of fifteen thousand dollars.—Another letter states, that in Cabarras county, a week or two ago a single lump of gold was found, weighing 27 pounds Our informant himself saw, a few months ago, one lump of more than four, and another of more than three pounds weight, that had been found.—National EMIGRATION TO TDE BRITISH COLONY ON THE Rio DR LA FLATA.—The second body took their departure from Liverpool in the ship Martha, yesterday ve'nnight. They quitted the harbour with a fair wind, which, as it has eo'ntinued ever since, has by this time, most likely, con ducted them into a warm climate. This party is composed of the same description of men and their families, as that which sailed from Greenock in the Norval, a few weeks before, namely, farming men and artificers, and lilt., their Scotch friends, they are well supplied with implements foe their use. Mr. Barber Beaumont has a third party, which will /waved from the river Thames this week. This need is now clearing out from the London Docks, and besides paagengers, is well freighted with flour-mills and other machinery for the use of the settlers. This is a spirited beginning to a grand undertaking. • At the enrting As.sises for Cork there are 244 prim:eters 'for trial, of whom Se are charged with murder. - FRENCH' PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. O VITTINGA OF THE 111TH IT:STANT-1 The order the day was the renewal of the debate upon the law project relative to the reduction of the 6 per cents. M..DE LA BODSDONNATE said, that the effect of the pretended voluntary reduction of the fundi would place the owners of 6 per cent. stock', and even the Minister himself, in a state of absolute dependence en a small number of amitalists. who were accus tomed to domineer, and give every impulse to the movements of the Exchange ; the operation could not be carried on iviihout their help, and in consequence, it would be turned to their wile mist and, lastly, the operation could trot be carried into effect even or a moment, without doing an immense injury to private fortunes u well as public prospenty ; without annihilating public avid ; without paralising the external influence of the King's Govern ment, and shaking the safety of the legitimate throne, on which rests all pur guarantees for the present and hopes for the future. The speaker then objected to the briefness of the time fixed for the voluntary conversion of the 5 per cents., and proposed that it should be prolonged till 22d September. Thie holderr_ of the 5 per cwt. stock would have a momentary interest in . the reduction to 3 per cent. on account of the. Increase of their iepitsl. Being se duced by this difference of present worth, they wrald sacrifice the certain, but distant, benefit of a more considerable annual interest, and advocated with warmth the system of reduction ; tint this deice of gaming on account of the fictitious-rise of the worth of the funds, compared with their real value, would cease with the causes which had produced it. Without doubt, the Ministry confiding more than we do in the political probity of the inf.uennal powers, dila& themselves the more sure of a long peace, that they make great ita • criCces to keep it ; but had the tharrbtr received sufficient piStiges of their foresight in the affaini of Span, of Portugal and, above al:, of South America, to justify the confidence Which they claimed. and draw them, on the confidence or their bare assurance, Into a track where it was only necessary to err once to compromise what was held dearest by all nations—thitir fortune, their honour, and their independence ? The speaker concluded by voting againOt the project. 31. rte Farwtx.r.st supported the project. M. LALLET DE POMPIER ES said, the pro laii had it in view to serve the indemnity without affecting prib s lit t credit, without increasing the tames, and without diminishing the contributioni ne cessary fur the public service. Thus, exorbitant imposts produced more than was wanted: to perpetuate them was not to increase them, and to stop the action of the Sinking Fund on the Five per Cents. was not weakening the fEnds necessary foe that serviee ! Such abuse of words as this ought not m be Wondered at. For some time pest the Ministers had used that liceruse ; they arrogated over their language and [ - :en thoughts the same idthonty they did over their fortunes and persona. Even at this moment a3l iniSter, with imperturbable assurance, heal told them that the contributors gained by the perpetuity of the imposts exceeding thesrant, and that the tundholders had everything to lose in keeping their revenue,,. Ne came forward with a brazen face to announce to them future loans, wt ten the indemnity made the debt amount to live thousand mu. lions, and which the present law would raise to six and a half. The speaker then proceeded to comment Upon the project in detail, and concluded by voting against the law. 31. de LAuAZE entered into a refutation of the arguments which had been urged agtltest the project, and said he should vote for is. The Chamber then adjourned at half-past five. FINANCES OF MEXICO: We have received the official rort of the state of the Mexican finances, read in the Congress on the 4th of Janusry by the M. nister of the Department, Don Jose Ignacio Estera. The Report is divided into four parts: the first relates to the condition of the Treasury before his Administration; the second to its present con dition ; the third to the condition in which it ought to be; and the fourth to the means of attaining that object. The Minister begins by complaining of the great ditficultißs to be overcome in arriving at a correct knowledge of the state of the revenue. These obstacles have arisen from the revolution, of which the inevitable consequences have been the destruction of public documents, and a general con fusion in the exhibition of the public accounts, accompanied with studied complexities and suppresaiur.s, for the purpose of concealing fraud and peculation.. A detailed statement IS then given of the different btanchea of the public revenue from sources, of which the following is an abstract : GROSS FROCEEDS OF TUE GENERAL REVENU! OF THE MEXICAN FEDERATION. Duties on Import and Export - - - Duties on introduction into consumption (peaches de internacion) . • - Anse Re-enue from Tobacco, including the pure sod manufacture - . Revenue from Gunpowder - .. - Alcabala on Tobacco in the countries where it is pro duced . - - - Fogs - - - - . Lottery . . - . . Salt Works . - . - From the territories of the Federation - - National Property, property of the Compassionate Fund of Californias, of Temporalities, and the Inquisition - - Tenths in the eight Cathedrals of the Nation - Rents of the See of Mexico - - - Ditto from the dignity of Treasurer - - Contingent of the States - . - A retie - - - - Tolls - - - - . Mint - - - Sums due from debtors to the Salt Revenue, expected to he recovered - . . Foreign Loan - - . - 2,733,993 1,618,228 1,029,671 178,54; 39.784 342,533 95.833 68,38.1 16,147 4111,692 529,989 KIND 8,194 2,285,877 169.66 E 47,99: 35.574 . 1,317,543 Dollars 10,699,60 S Next follows the GENERAL. ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITCRE. Expenses of Adminia:ration of the Taxes . - 618.900 Pay of the Officers - - - 301,267 - Estimate cf the 3linistry of Foreign and Internal At tain. - - - - - . - 105.733 Dii to of the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Af. fairs - - - 77.220 Ditto of War for the !And Force - . 12,090,000 Ditto for the Marine - . - - 2,931.535 Ditto of Finance . . . - - 1,00,10 Arrears to be paid in ins - - - 80,804 Dollars 17,988.674 Gross Produce of the Revenue 10,690,608 Deficit • 7,298,0% Under the fourth head of his Report the Minister considers the means of supplying the large deficit eanib ted by the preceding ac counts. Nothing, he sa".:, would be more easy than to resort to the obvious expedient of new taxes to raise the receipts to the level of the expenditure. The condition of the contributors, their im poverisiimer.t sifter the struggle which they have for many years sus tained, prevent him, however, front proposing any expedient of s h i , sot , wb e resources which can be derived from the present andhe enniee.., which he turns his - 7 that h e is.. branches or the revenue, and reC:ving some changing the system, or ineomm um ; e : !he honest and peace...! citizen, will be su ffi cient. The first obje c t eof n, which old ones, without attention is the monopoly of tobacco, disgusted in considering in its decline and abandonment one the richest branches of the revenue, which might have delivered tin: Government from many of its difficulties. He prostwes a zealous union of the different States in preventing frauds which have nearly annihilated a branch of revenue which formerly produced 4,447,001 dollars. The Report concludes, after anticipating some objections which might be raised on account of the separate rights of the States of the Federation, by stating that he hail performed the duty which was imposed upon him by the fourth division of his subject, b♦ pointing out the possibility of covering the deficit which the exposé demonstrated without odious direct contrittutions, or the imposition of unknown indirect ones—" The re-establishment of the ancient monopoly of tobacco on its ancient level," says the Minister, " that of the duties on gold and silver in ingots, and of those on coinage, and the supprection of some of the maritime coatoms, which, as they are part of the general revenue, cannot be opposed to the into rests of the States, suffice to fulfil that object. Letters from Leghorn, Trieste, and Ancona state, in a positive manner. that Patras was delivered up to the Greeks on the Gth of February, on certain conditions, which are however not stated. Letters have arrived at Paris from Port-au-Prinee, dated 214 h Jan. The Government had completed the necessary measures for placing the island of Hayti in a state of de fence. It persists in the resolution to resist all external aggression ' • but the fears that had been e nt er t a i ne d o f an expedition from France appear to have dissipated, and it is thought that the French liovernment will be sufficiently aware of its true interests to renew the negociatiuns which were taken off last year. The Etoife of I .lfonday gives the following story, on the faith of a correspondent a Cambray. We look at the re. lotion with some suspicion, as it has occurred, we think, rather too opportunely to forward the passing of the law of sacrilege which is now before the French Chamber of Deputies :—" A most afflicting scene, which has 611 ed the inhabitants of the Chateau with consternation, took place in the evening of the 1 tth instant. The clergyman, returning in procession after carrying the Viaticum to a sick person in the suburb, a person rushed out of a public-house, and fell on the ecclesiastic to strike him; but the cowl instantly seized him, and but for the intervention of the local autho rities, who immediately pnt him to prison, be would info,= libly have been the victim of his abominable action. Re could not touch the sacred vessel, which the clergronagi carried wrapped up in a viil, but he threw down the Sa of it, surmounted by a cross, which was broken. the consecrated wafers were saved, the priest bavias ilit = the precaution to cover the vessel with bile hsaL • % dist Yesterday morning, soon after eight ei. . 4 , . out in the lower _part of the haat* gl o igr. e carpenter, near - Ilockheatit on the woe -4 wh:zh consumed the lowie part before it WU 1:7.• . It tO • • L I 1• I i - ; r , 4 ) '. . ' I ' le ki : 6