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PRICES OF FOREIGN 4astnan Bonds 964 armilian Bonds 89 Ditto Scrip 16 4pm Ditto Aoct. 164 16 pm Bassos elyrrs Bonds 944 34 4 4 Ditto Acct. 944 4 C,Oilian Boud. 904 Ditto Acct. 91 lioloontlian Bonds 104 Dam Bonds (1824)934 2 14 89 90 894 90 14 Ditto Acct. VT 4213424 •14 C 9 904 69 92 14 Danish Bonds 01 'Fritsch Hen trs 102(. 214. 7k. 60c. ixehasige 2.3 f. 111 c. lc. .Ditto Scrip 144 II pm Otto Acct. 154 4 pin PRICES OF SHARES ASSURANCE COP Shari. Pawl. Vance . . )001. 101. Milo Marine - 1001. Protector . - 251. 41. ettriEs. 1041. 101. 1 Anglo-Mexican - An . glo-Chilian A 'lima Iron and Coal 1001. 51. Beardian 1001. SL CelHien Colornbiaa 10111. 41 Heal del Monte - 4901. 701. 810 de la Plata . lON. 31. Molted Mexican - 401. SW. LIONT ♦$D COll Continental . 10W. 81. Provincial Portable - 11. United General - qL 71. IRON IAILIC Binning. and Liverpool M. IL London and Birmingham SOL IL London and Northern' 10W. IL NI/CELLARS Australian - 1001.. 11. 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Eti f 5 6 51 4 Portuguese Honda 001 Prussian Bonds 1001 Russian Bonds ima I Spanish Cons. 24 4 Ditto Acct. 201 Ditto 170 and 255 'Bonds 21 Ditto Cons. (1823) 141 15 100 95 110 90 17 15 14 12 17 16 1 17 121 20 19 29 3$ 27 29 24 20 25 27 23 90 21 39 34 30 25 111 12 1070 46 43 41 36 42 140 120 110 COIIPAXIII I . 1 9 4 b 3.1 4 IN /STS. 16$ 2 2 1 2 1 If 2 1 2 1 FOUL 40 37 35 W 11 2 3124 23 24 22 26 2 4 Y 4. Roc 1 121 ‘Vbite Receipt 2 2 I r 34 3l 3 ilrittolt Vreoo• THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This Evening, THURSDAY, Jan. ZO. will be performed DER FREISCHU rz. Ottoear, the Priaea, Mr. Mercer: Bernhard, Head Ranger, Mr. W iped* Hermit. Mr. G. Smith; Adolph. Mr. T. Cooke: Caspar, Mr. 'A Kilian, Kinsmen to the Head Ranger, Mr. Knight; Demon of HMI Martz, Mt. Howell; Zamlel, Smith Witeh of the Olen, Mr. Minskaid. Mina Oraddou; Rose, HMI Yovey. After which. THE SPOILED CHILD. Little Male, Mims Clara Fisher; Tsg, Mr. Harley. To conclude with HARLEQUIN AND THE TALKING BIRD, THE SINGING TREES, AND GOLDEN WATERS. Harlequin, Mr. Auld; Pantaloon, Miss Barnett. Mr. Blanchard; Clown, Mr. Kirby. Columbine, Tslenorrow, The Fall of Algiers, and the Pantomime. THEATRE. ROYAI„ COVENT-GARDEN. Thus Eveuing, TTHEHURSDAY, Jan. A 20. T. will be performed INCONSI N old !Mabel. Mr. W. Farren ; Young Mirabol, Mr. C. Keruble; Dura l's*, Mr. Jones. Bizarre, Mrs. Chatterley. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; Or, MORE OF MORE HALL. liagigguln. Mr. Lily; Pantaloon. Mr. Barnes; Clown, Mr. J. S. Gri maldi. Columbine, Miss Romer. Tamers: w. A Woman Never Text, and the Pantomime. Thls Evening, THURSDA Y. Jan.2o.called will be presented a new COMIC Barletta. THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR. The Principal Characters by Messrs. Wrench, J. Retire. Wilkinson. Power. Lee. Brown, Campbell, Salter, and Elliott; Miss Roden, KM Daly, Searle, Brian. &c. ate. After wbi:h a new Comic Pantomime, called MOTHER RED CAP: Or, H ‘RLEQUIN AND IHE FAIRIES OF TILE ROSE. ilarlesuLn. Mr. Kirby: Pantalonn, Mr. Elliott Clown. Signor Paulo. Columbine, Mrs. Searle. THE APOLLONICON. I.IADS.S IMIISDIATS PATSONAOS Or ITS lIILJZSTY. On SATURDAY NFET, at Two o'clock, The following SELFCTION IC ON, I will Le performed by Mr. PURKIS on the APOLLONT a Grand Muskat Instrument, invented and constructed by Messrs. Flight and Robson, Organ Builder% 101. St. Martin's-lane : PART 1. Overture (Haydn)—Duet. 'La el darem' (Moxert)—Olee. Curfew' (attwood)—!U, Siege of Belgrade (Martine)—Glovinette (Mozart). PAST 11. Overture, Der Freieebuts (Webers—Air,' Let not sorrow' (Weber)— Gipsies' (lice IT. Welsiti—Or. Bid use discourse (Bishop)—Hunting Chorus, Dcr Freisebute (Weber). N.B. Mr. Purldes Performance d site the Season. The Mechanical Powers of the Apollonicon are exhibited Dolly, from One till Four (except during the time of Mr. Purkis's attendance), performing Beethoven's celebrated Overture to Prometheus. Moviree overture to Zauberilote, and Ilaydn's Grand Military Movement from his Twelfth Symphony. in the execution of w hick it has been honettred with the sanction of the most eminent mechanical and entrrical men of the age, and is allowed to possess a grandeur an.: variety of effect, with a precision and a delicacy of expression, supe rior to any other !nu tument in Europe. TIM Music arranged for and set on the Cylinders by Mr. Flight, Jun. will be continued every Saturday The Da T I 111 Paess commenced publishing yesterday morning at live o'clock. The French Journalists, on Monday, filled their columns almost exclusively with their discussions of the great poli tical questions now affecting tlkir country. All moderate and reflecting men see with pain and apprehension, the as cendancy obtained in the public councils by the emigrant and the Jesuitical parties. The preject for the punishment of sacrilege, the indemnity for the old Royalist proprietors, and the ties by which France is bound to the Holy Alliance, form altogether a portentous mass of evil. Our Correspon dent is &speed to blame M. DE VILLELD severely for his Ministerial conduct, but, considering how he is sur rounded, and the parties he has to deal with, we can find much to excuse him : he is evidently quite sincere in his desire to remain at peace. _ _ In the Etcile there is an article extracted from the At:trios Ob•errer, the object of which is of course to show, that If the Mahometans have sustained losses at sea, the elements alone base caused them, and not the Greeks. It is admitted, however, that the Egyptian fleet is dis persed, though the Greek fire ships, we are told, produced no effect. The tempest aft?rwards became so violent, but we suppose against the Egyptian vessels only, that the Greeks, who do not appear to have been in the least embar rassed by it, took several transports during the confusion. 're• plague continues to rage at Constantinople. All the members of one fortigu legation have suffered from it mortally. Faure' Fewos.—Five per Cents. 102 t. 70c. Baak Stock, 1 967 f. 50c ; Neapolitan ft per Cents. Certif. Falconet,ellf. 110 c.; Route d'Espagne, 17/f. ; Royal epattish Loan, LIU. Exchange on Lawton, one month, 25f.; three months, 14f. BSc . —Corr Authentiqse, Jan. 17. Last night we received papers from New York to the 25th ultiind from Philadelphia to the 23d. Tire result of the totes %f the electors for the presidential office was known. The "hero of New Orleans," as our Transatlantic brethren, in the excusable fervour of their patriotic zeal, style the (i -t/event lawyer of Louisiana, lsad obtained a majority of 19 votes over the most popular of his competitors ; but as he falls 30 votes below an absolute majority of the whole number of electors, the election will, according to the con stitution of the United States, be referred to the House of hepresebtatives, who must choose the President from the three candidates who rand highest on the return made to Congress by the electoral body. The votes of the electors stood thus:— For General ANDREW JACKSON 101 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS - - 111 W. H. CRAWFORD - - - 41 HENRY CLAY - • - 37 The Democratic Papers insist that the House of Repre sentatives are bound to confirm the election of General Jecx sore. In a Republican State, they say, " a kis num ber of votes cannot, consistently with the principles of the Government, be preferred to a greater." This argument, however, it is easy to perceive, is the mere creature of party spirit. If it had been intended by the founders of the American constitution that any candidate who, like General Jecesue, had obtained a comparative majority of the votes of the electors, should of course become President, the constitution would not have ordered that in cases where there was no absolute majority, the election should be de cided by the House of Repreientatives, limiting Them, however, to select one of those most approved by the elec tors. The wisdom of this regulation will be apparent, when we consider that by the division of interest between two or three candidates, whose general principles might be approved by three-fourths of the nation, the well concerted union of a faction might secure a comparative majority for a man hated and despised by the very people he would pre tend to represent. We have known instances enough in our own country, in which the candidates at the head of the poll have really held the lowest place in the opinion of the electors. Where the field is strongly contested between men of op poeite principles, it frequently happens that those who are the least cared for by any body, get so many votes from each side that they appear to be the especial objects of the public choice. The House of Representatives, we have no doubt, understand their duty, and will perform in spite of the outcry and artifices of faction. We should, perhaps, notice that while the friends of General JACK SON insist on the majority of electoral votes in his favour, the partisans of Mr. ADAMS have calculated that the Secretary i of State had more votes of the people than the General. Each party stoutly maintains the ground favourable to its wisher, and neither seem disposed to listen to the plain dic tates of common sense, From the statement of the electoral votes in another column, it will be seen that political sen timents only have not governed the returns from the States. Of the 41 voters for Mr. CRAWFORD, 24, all that be longed to her; were given by Virginia alone. All the Presi dents hitherto, ADAMS excepted, have been Virginians, and the State seems still to be desirous to retain the dis tinction of giving Governors to the Federation. In the same manner Mr. Clear, who had altogether 37 votes, had 3t) of them from the two States of Kentucky and Ohio, who gave him all they had. He is a native of the former, which is identified in opinion and interest with the contiguous State of Ohio. All the six States of'New England gave their votes to Mr. ADAMS. The Southern and Western States, with the exception of Virginia and Georgia, voted exclusively for General J cesote. In a country so newly inhabited as America, it is surprising to observe the force with which provincial feeling already operates. The ques tion seems to have been less what should be the poiitical character of the future President, than from what part of the Union he should be selected. Virginia has had its day, and Mr. CRAWFORD was rejected, perhaps as much to humble her pride, as because he was not judged the most fitting to preside over the general Government. In the House of Representatives each State has one vote in choosing the President. As a majority of the States have electorally voted in favour cf General JACSSON, it is highly probable that on him will fall the choice of the House. The States that voted for Mr. CLAT, who is ex cluded from this second contest, will, it may be presumed from their locality, give their support to the General, who will in this manner certainly obtain the requisite majority. The PRESIDENT, in his Message on the opening of Congress, it will be remembered, recommended a provision for General LA FAYZTTZ, and in pursuance of this recom mendation a Bill has been introduced into the Senate, and twice read, nem ice contradicente, granting to the revolu tionary veteran the sum of two hundred thousand dollars in six per cent. stock, and a " complete and entire town ship of land, to he located by the PIESIDENT on any of the public lands which remain unsold." This generous reward of eminent and disinterested services, rendered nearly half a century ago, does honour to the people of the United States. In the history of the world there is no instance of a more sincere and ardent devotion to a dangerous, and at first almost hopeless, struggle, than that of LA FAYETTE to the cause of the United States. He was no soldier of fortune, seeking bread, and drawing his sword in any quarrel in which the belligerents would give him pay. He was enthusiastically attached to the principles on which, in his opinion, the Americana were defending themselves, and he spent his youth and his fortune in aiding them, without the remotest prospect of the benefits which at the close of his long and chequered life a grateful and flourishing nation solicit him to accept. The proceedings of the House of Representatives, re specting the purposed settlement at the mouth of the Ore gon or Columbia River in the North Pacific Ocean, will be read with considerable interest. The ambitious views of the United States already reach across the vast Continent, the eastern coast of which they have as yet scarcely peopled. What an outline they sketch for their empire ! Their jea ' lousy of the rising prosperity of Mexico seems to have turned their attention particularly to the occupation of the shores of the Pacific. The only news in these papers from South America is the following, which we take from the Baltimore Federal Gazette. We do not know how exactly to reconcile it with the later intelligence we received yesterday, of the correct ness of which, however, no reasonable doubt can exist : The Liberator Bolivar and all his anny passed the Andes, in three divisions, on the loth of June—the first under the command of General COMIONII,. by Caja Tambo, the second under the command of General Lana, by Chavin—third under the corn. mand of General La tlar, by Gusyanco. The vanguard of the enemy, composed of 9,500 men in Acobamba, was completely routed ; General Monet, who commanded it, was wounded and taken prisoner. Almost all this division of the enemy fell into our power, the number of killed on their part being very great. Retort this action 500 infantry and 100 cavalry, under the Spanish Chief Pena, came over to us, and fought valiantly, under the di. rection of their Commander. We have also taken four cannon, the train, munitions, forage, and many muskets. Our readers saw yesterday that the Coroner's Inquest on the young man killed in the boxing match at Chalk Farm, ended 'in a verdict of manslaughter against all the parties to the fight—the surviving principal, the seconds, and bottleholders. 'Flie Jury declared their " full con. currence in the propriety of checking the practice of prize fighting." The recommendation of the Judges is thus pro ducing its due effect ; and we hope the day is not far distant when this stain upon our civilization will be quite removed. The fatal battle was fought on Sunday morning last, and the CokoNER stated, in his address to tbe Jury, that " late the practice of prize-fighting had been carried on every Sunday in that neighbourhood." We hope that Mr. STIRLING was misinformed; for if his statement he cor rect, what can we think of the peace officers of that dis trict ? One of the witnesses says that he saw a " Bow street Officer on the ground, and desired him to put a stop to the fight ; which he declined to do, alleg ing as his reason that he had not his staff." This " officer," whoever he was, should be identified and discharged. It is scandalous :hat men in his situation should by their presence encourage so profane and wicked an outrage on the law, and on public decency,--more eve- Many when the Judges have so lately directed their efforts to suppress the practice even in its least revolting form. There was but little variation in the price of stocks yes terday. Consols opened for money at 93a, and soon ad vanced to 94 ; they declined to 931, and towards the close of the market looked up to 931, and left off at 94. The prices for time were 94i at the opening; towards the mid dle of the day they improved one-quarter per cent. and closed at the same price that they opened at. Mining 'Shares, notwithstanding the favourable news from South Amerisa, were heavy; indeed, all Shares were fiat yes terday. Despatches, dated the 12th of December, were received yesterday at the Colonial Department, from Antigua, and others, of the 10th df December, from Demerara. They bring no news of importance. Despatches, dated the Ist of October, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office, from Colonel Grant, at Cape Coast Castle. The Ashantees, in retiring, had laid waste the country, and reduced many of our native allies to the greatest distress. Colonel Grant was under the ne cessity of supplying them with provisions, and had ob tained, in furtherance of that object, a considerable quan tity of rice from Sierra Leone. The garrison was suffering in consequence of the dryness of the weather. By the Leeward Island mail, which arrived yesterday, letters have been received from La Guayrs, dated Dec. 7. They state that the unfounded alarm which had been pre valent in Colombia for some time, relative to the reported intention of France and Spain to invade that territory, so far from having subsided, had increased to such a degree that martial law had been proclaimed throughout Colombia. Lisbon Gazettes were receive; yesterday to the 9th inst. They contain nothing but a tedious homily on the blessings of the Holy Alliance. Letters have been received from Gibraltar, dated Jan. 2. They contain no other news than an explanation of the alarm felt by the Spanish Government at the appearance off' Alicant of 20 vessels, which were said to be tilled with Constitutionalists. It appears that these were all smuggling vessels, waiting for a favourable opportunity to land their cargo( 11. It appears by letters lately received from Valencia, that the Spanish Government has granted to an English com mercial house in that city (Messrs. O'Shea and Co.), the privilege of laying down mooring-chains in the bay, which I will be a great security to vessels in that port. Baazir..—A ship recently arrived at Rio Janeiro from Ilamburah, with 600 German emigrants, 300 of whom had been soldiers. The flags of almost all nations rimy be seen at Rio Janeiro.—Amer icon Paper. We have received Caracas Papers to the 2d ult. They contain no political intelligence of any moment. The By gota ConstiiuciLmal, of the 7th of October, contains an ac count of the ceremony of the presentation of the Nether lands Commission to his Excellency the Vice-President of the Colombian Republic, which took place on the 29th of September. The speech of the Dutch Commissioner, M. de Quartel, expressed the strong anxiety which his Ma jesty the King of the Netherlands felt to follow the example of England, in establishing commercial relations with the Republic. The internal condition of Colombia was, in all respects, most satisfactory. Extract of a letter dated on board the frigate Protector, in the Bay of Callao, July 17:—" On the 9th instant Admiral Guise despatched Captain Robertson, accompanied by Captain Fleiman and Lieutenant Sulmane, of his vessel, with 12.1 men, in nine boats, to take or destroy as many of the enemy's vessels as were in Callao. At his entrance lie ' was opposed by more than 1,000 soldi.ra and marines in the vessels, and 1,.500 attillery who manned the batteries of the Castle and kept up a tremendous fire en our men. Notwithstanding this, they eMeted the object of the enter prize, by d. stroying and taking the following vessels :—The President, of 20 guns, burnt ; Joanna Gordon, Sag-ship, taken ; Perla, formerly of Chile, taken ; a brigantine, name unknown, taken ; a large vessel, name unknown, burnt. The Protector, the Congress, and the Macedonia, were employed in diverting the attention of the batteries ; but almost the whole fire of the latter were directed towards the brave men charged with the destruction of the ves sels." A letter from Alvarado, dated November 27. states that serious discontent exists in the garrison of St. Juan de Ullna; and that two attempts have been made by the soldiery to communicate with the shore, and to give up the garrison to the Independents. The accounts of the first attempt reached Alvarado on the 26th November. Twenty men, in an attempt to reach the shore, had failed ; eleven of them were picked up by a merchantman. A precon certed signal was to have been made by them, when the soldiers were to rise upon the officers and take the place. The account of the aLcond attempt reached Alvarado on the morning of the 27th of November. Six soldiers had attempted to get on shore, of whom four had been retaken. The Governor, La Moor, is reported to be very ill. PIIII.ADELPIIIA, DEC. 22.—The French ship Calypso, Ducourinier, from St. Domingo for Ilavre, with a full cargo of coffee, arrived at Key West on the 21th ult., a prize to the United States' schooner Beagle and his Majesty's schooner Lion. The Calypso had been tsken by the pirates, and one half of the crew murdered : the other half are said to have jumped overboard and made their escape. The piratical prize crew were taken with the vessel. A letter from Cumberland (America), of the 2d Dec. mentions the loss of a schooner from Prism Edward's Is.and, bound to Nlharnichi, with ten passengers on board, all of whom with the crew perished. It also states that ten days before two young men skating on the liver Riche bucto, fell through the ice, and four others w:ici went to their assistance also fell in, when, melancholy to relate, all perished. Mr. R. Caulfield has given notice to the citizens if Hartford, Connecticut, that he has constructed " a carriage to be propelled with ease and expedition by manual exer tion," and that he proposes to exhibit it through the prin cipal streets of Hartford, as soon as Monday Ile:l.—Ameri can raper. _ _ LAND or PROMISE.—The Concord Register contains the following extract of a letter from a gentleman in the upper part of Rockingham County, to his friend in Con cord. The editor adds, that the man alluded to in the letter passed through Concord with his family last week, and corroborated the facts by his own statement:—" Last week, a man who seven years ago went his with family from Maine to Ohio, returned with them to this town. He had a one horse waggon. His family consisted of ten persons. He was in good circumstances when he left Maine; drove business largely in Ohio—raised 1500 bushels corn—and when corn was in demand there, could exchange 13 bushels of it for a pound of ten ; but sometimes the traders would not give more for it than for chips. lie had, as usual, much sickness in his family, though he lost none of his children. The doctor's bill was answered by giving up his land and building. 'When he left Ohio, he bought a pair of oxen for 400 bushels corn standing in the field--drove them 100 miles, and sold them for 13 dollars—travelled with his family 900 miles at an expense of 90 dollars, and was quite rejoiced that be had got so near home again."— American Paper. On the 14th December, two young men, sons of Mr. Henry Sower, of Franklin township, Ohio, went out to hunt deer. After sow e time, one of them perceiving some thing through the bushes, which be supposed to be a deer— fired, and, on approaching the spot, found bis brother a lifeless corpse !—American Paper. We have lately had advertisements posted on the walls, addressed to engineers, artillery drivers, & c., willing to adventure to Mexico. There has al s o been a little stir among the miners; but the experienced men have refused to go, without obtaining hif.;ll,r wages till!, the simulators will give.—Plymouth Paper. Last year 10,491 v•ussels passed the s..nnul ; among the number were 3,530 Br:!ish. It is intended to erect a new pier at St. Ives. PARIS. [FROM OUR coIRESPOWDIWT.I PARIS, JAN.I6. The decided acknowledgement, on the part of the British Cabinet, of the independence of the new States of South America, still continues to vex and agitate the French Ministry, although, as a feint, they hastened to declare, through the organ of their Journals, that it was no more than what they expected. They had, in truth, flattered themselves that the English Cabinet was wholly absorbed in the affairs of Ireland ; and they had hoped that, by means of the correspondence of the Jesuitical Committee, they were enabled to render the affairs in that quarter more and more alarming and perplexed; it never dreamt of having, at least for a long time, any inquietude from this most unexpected recognition. The publication of the official documents of the negociation with the Republic of Hayti (in the Courrier Francais of the 11th, 12th, and 14th inst.) has greatly increased the displeasure of Ministers, as these papers have fully exposed all its evasion and arti fice, while the frank, upright, and straightforward dealing of the President BOYER, gives him an ascendancy so su perior to our Statesmen, that the comparison is felt as ex tremely humiliating, and their amour propre has received a severe wound. It is, nevertheless, pretty evident, that the more enlightened part of the Ministry were inclined to have acknowledged the independence of Ilayti ; and that, in engaging BOYER to send Deputies, they were, in sincerity, inclined to accept their propositions ; but the clamorous and appalling outcries of the parti ',sonar chique and of the Jesuits, and the measures which these parties had induced some of the diplomatists of the Holy Alliance to adopt OD that occasion, had so far intimidated the Minister, that, as I have before hinted, his feats drove him to seek pretexts for breaking off the negociations. Even at this moment it is believed that M. DE VILLE:LT is secretly well disposed to follow up the liberal system of England, but that he is afraid of the predominant party, and of the Holy Alliance, who hang ugon his rear ; and thus the Government is plunged every day into deeper and more inextricable difficulties. The affairs of the emigrants becomes hourly more and more complicated: while the Dtputies were assembled in their bureaux to make their preparatory examination of the Law of Indemnity, M. DE VII LELE waited upon them, and earnestly endeavoured to induce the emigrants to lower their pretensions. " The local estimates," he tells them, "which are making in the several departments, may pro bably prove that the sum which the Government proposes to grant to the emigrants will fall very short of fully in demnifying the amount of their losses. It is propesed to grant a milliard (a thousand millions of francs, about four millions sterling) ; but it might be necessary to grant three, perhaps fenr, ; nay even more, to render the ineltinnity complete ; but the Government can grant only one milliard, and on DO consideration can it grant more ; and all difficulties which may be raised in the discussion, and whatever claims of compensation may be brought for ward, can tend only to excite distrust and discontent, and' rei der the law still more unpopular, without leading Government to make ore single concession, it having al_ ready gone to the utmost extremity of its power." This address, although by no means satisfactory to the emigrants, was however listened to with an apparent acquit seence. But since this, the aspect of affairs is changed ; the recent valuations taken in the different localities give ground to beiieve that it will require at least four milliards to reimbuse all the confiscated property of the emigr&e. Every fresh courier that arrives from the Departments, brings to some one of the Members of the Chamber an appraisement of their losses made on the spot ; and upon comparing this estimate of their loss with the rule of three proportion of the milliard granted them by the Governint nt, they find they will barely receiv:, one-foutth of the amount of their due. Thus it is that they combine and consult together ; their conferences always end in execrating the parsimony of the Minister. The body of the malcontents increases rapidly, since not a day passes that does not bring some of the Deputies an estimate of their lessee, and set at a further distance all chance of amicable adjustment. The majority, however, feel it prudent to show some respect to appear ances. The Commission charged with the examination of the Law of Indemnity is composed of Ministerial Deputies, the greater number of whom do not belong to the emigrant corps ; it is therefore almost certain that their reports will be drawn up in a sense agreeable to the Minister, and that the adoption of the project will be concluded without any amendments, or at least, any of importance. But it is at the time of its discussion that the separate pretensions will discover themselves ; we may then expect to see amend ments pouring in by hundreds, all of which will be seconded, because every emigrant Deputy, with his I: , nkrediet (the estimate of his losses) in his hand, will be sure to support any amendment that promises him the sum approaching nearest to his demands. A more embarrassing discussion, perhaps, never came before a deliberative assembly than this is likely to be. M. DE LADOURDONNATE has started a new view of the matter, by which he flatters himself to unite many of his colleagues. " The Minister," says he, " wishes to col mate our property upon the same scale of value which it bore in 1790; but this is inconsistent and unjust. It is acknowledged that they had no right to plunder us ; that the laws under which they acted are long since annulled; and that, according to the most rigorous rules of equity, we have not ceased to be proprietors. 'We are then, even at this day, at least the virtual possessors of the property which has been forcibly taken from us. It is upon the value of that property, at the present moment, that the esti mation of our indemnity should be calculated ; this estimate will, no doubt, amount to a greater sum than can be granted to us ; but we shall then have shown that much more is due than what is paid to us ; and that we are willing, from patriotic feelings, to con tent ourselves with the indemnity the Government has been pleased to grant us. Thus we appear to yield a portion of our right, rather than to insist upon it to its full and fair extent." In other terms, M. DE La- BOURPONNAVE is desirous, that, in receiving the money out of the pockets of the French people, it shall not be said that France gave a thousand million of francs to the emigrants, but that the emigrants most generously surren dered to France three or four thousand million of francs, upon which they had a valid right to insist. This surpris ing refinement of cajolery is nevertheless looked upon by some of his party as an act of liberality on their part, which ought to cover them with glory; and, absurd as all this may appear, it will no doubt meet with many abettors. But M. DE VILLELE, in the mean time, will cautiously avoid every movement that may ascertain his real strength, and leave all this sophistry to make what way it can. The discussion of the Civil List has given an opportunity to the majority of the emigrants to express their hatred to the Duke of ORLEANS: It is hardly credible to what in tenseness this hatred is manifested in the private conver sations of the Deputies. If the rules of the House per mitted them to have put the question of separating the 4th article respecting the House of Ort t.EA NI from the rest of the Loi, there is no doubt the proposition would have be en adopted, and carried nem. eon. ; or at least there would Le: have been twenty voices against it. It is evident, from the observations which escaped in that Sitting, that should the direct lineal descendants of CH A acca X. become extinrt, the ascendant party of the present day would leave 1 , 0 efforts untried to place the Spanish branch of the family Oh the Throne of France, to the exclusion of the Oat ANI branch, which is the legitimate, in the event of the death of the infant Duke de BORDEAUX, who is the last of tl,e present line. Mib bur - a THE BRITISH PRESS. "Ph elks • '~._ •~. . r ' . DRURY- I.A YE THEATRE. Last night a new Opera, in three acts, was produced at this Theatre, entitled The Fall of Algiers. This Op en is made up of very slight materials, although its per. formance was not over till eleven o'clock. Story, pin:, or incident, it cannot beast : and in situation (as the players term it) it is lamentably deficient. The first act ithre duces Ai-croon Rock wardine (Horn) to our notice, and he detail; to Timothy Tourist (Harley), the story of his woes —of his early marriage, and his father's displeasure. Timothy, however, endeavours to lighten the weight of their captivity, and determines, when liberated, upon publish ing an account of the treatment of slaves under the mild government of the Algerines. Akernon's wife, Amono . a (Miss Graddon) was also made a captive, and Orasmi m (Sapio). one of the Dry's chief officers, falls deeply is foe, with her. He presses his suit, but in rain ; Algernon is within his grasp, but be promises him freedom if he resign her to the loving arms of the Algerine. Algerno,,, like most other scenic lovers, determines rather to die than live without his wife, and Orewnin threatens him with in. stant death. At this critical moment the English fleet heaves in sight, commanded by the father of A/gernea, and the Dry consents to the liberation of all the Christiai. captives. Orusmin, however, determines to make Amanda his property, and refuses to obey his master's order. The bombardment of the citadel then commences, and in a few momenta Amanda is restored to he husband, and the Ad miral has the pleasure of rescuing a son, whose fate hello; long considered as utterly hopeless. There is also a love affair between Timothy Teterist and l aurettu (Miss Stephens): but Cogi, an old servant of the Governor's, is smitten win her beauty, and has her placed as an attendant upon Amandc, in the Harem, until a fitting opportunity occurs for mak ing her his wife. She yields a pretended consent to his addresses, and lee, in the excess of his love, gives her sundry jewels which be had purloined from his master. These jewels she speedily transfers to Timothy, and ale( his escape, by furnishing Lim with the cloak in which she was to leave pass Ad the guard herself, on her way with. Gobi, to take shipping for Et F . and. This, we may re mark, is the only solitary situ:lna tin the Opera. Terry payed a testy old Admiral, who will not bear contradiction, in his usual iron manner; and Harley was, what a!ways is, humorous and active. Sapio and Horn were in excAlent voice, and to say of .liss Stephens, and M.te Craddon, that they sung well, is what every one who ha, ever heard them will readily believe. Most of the tamp were encored, and all undeservedly ; one-half of then might be omitted, and if the opera was compressed into two acts, it might have a chance of prolonged existence. The dialogue is unpretending, and the music without clea rscter or novelty. The house was crowded, and the open announced for repetition to-morrow. The scenery net beautiful. Mr. Alostyn Jones, of Fliutshire, has presented a n:or Operatic Play to Covent-garden Theatre, in which a very young Lady, of extraordinary vocal talent, is shortly to make her d by,. Ma. AIATIILWI.—(From the Lieerpoot Adrerileer of Tuesday).—Mr. Mathews has been quite " at home" in Liverpool tbr three nights alrtady, and each of his perfertn omen have been attendt d by a crowded house. His Trip to Anicrien is planned and executed with all the extraordi nary gcniva and talent of the performer. He has noticed the peculiarities of our trans-atlantic fiends, and with great good nature briwgs them before us, as be has dove those of our own countrymen. We know that the field tf eceettri city and fun in the United Seats is not an extensive as is Old England ; and we are surprised to find that Mr. Mathews has gleaned so much there. We «insider several 'of his representations peculiarly balmy. isrtiec t laely the American Landlord, Jonathan W. Doubikin, the lin tuckian, the German Charge to the Grand Jury, and the genuine patriotic feeling of Mr. Pennington. The French man at the Post-office is a very pathetic interesting tale. The rapid changes of character in the third part of tie entertainment area snort extraordinary display of Mr. Ma thews' peculiar po•wers. Weob.trve that the Trip to Am - rice is to be n p.-a..d to-morrow evening for the last time. We congratulate Mr. Mathews on his success at Liverpoe, and hope to find diem " at home" on some future occasior. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 17.—This morning, at seven ci'VoclP upwards of SOO of the junior Members of this Universiw, who have kept their regular terms, assembled in their r epective colleges ; from whence they prom. dell, with the Father of the College, to the Senate 'house, in order to ta - dere° the usual examinations for the degree of B. A. wlec`i will continue six hours in each day, until Friday nex:: and on Saturday the academical honours will be adjuigel, and the degrees conferred. DUBLIN MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.—A general meet ing of this Institution will be held at the Theatre of Ari.. Royal Arcade, this evening, at eight o'clock. Visitors with be admitted by ticket. IVe feel very great pleasure ii learning, that this Institution has attracted a 'hereof tha: attention from the public to which it is so eminently en titled. The names of Leinster and Charlemont—names which fill the brightest places in the short bnt brilliart history of Ireland's glo: y, and which even in the present day', rank first in the estimation of their country, are en rolled amongst the supporters of the Dublin Mechanici Institute. We hope to see their illustrious example speedily and generally followed by any persons of influents or property who still remain in Irelame—Datitlits Paper. Dr. Halloran, who once resided in this neighbourhood. and educated the present Master of the Roils, Lord Gifford, and who, it will be recollected, was transported for forging a frank, kelps the Sidney Grammar School, .tha only seminary for classical education in New South Wales.—Exeter Paper. If you would preserve your walls from damp, cover than with honks of Political Economy. It is one of the driest substances known to exist in nature.—Kreter Papr. On Saturday a beautiful tomb of John de Sheppy, Bishop of Rochester, was discovered in Rochester Cathe dral. It appears that the Bishop died in 1360, and was buried in a niche not far from the altar rails, and over him was ereot:d a Gothic tomb, on which there was a Cull length figure of the Bishop in his robes and mitre. It is in very good preservation, and was di covered by Mr. Coe tingham the architect, who is now employed to make esti mates prior to the intended restoration of this Cathedral to its original beauty. The niche hid formerly been bricked up, and the foundation of the tomb appearid par tially under the brick work, which led ►o the discovery. — Maidstone Gazelle. There is now living at Barton, an old lady of the name of Faunt, who has nearly attained the great are of ins. She was lately obliged to change her residence, and Imo' being removed, sitting in a donkey carriage, the Fpcctatetl were surprised at her fresh and healthy appearance. She has lost her hearing, but in other respects enjoys her fa culties. She is, however, so reduced in size and weight, that her granddaughter generally carries her to and froth her chamber to the fireside, where she usually takes her place only every other day, az the intermediate day she generally indulges in bed. Though deaf, she is cheerful. and fend of company. She has lately cut new teeth, to the great surprise of her family. The spinners lately employed in the factory of Messrs . Ainsworth and Catterall, of Preston, have turned out f..r an advance of wages, anti those of Mr. Bashed, near Leyland, have also giver up their situations on the same grounds. ...••••••••••••••• _111•••111,6. • 1 ~~ P Avi The F : g e nt 1 hrr• 1, 0 7 • lion• i The H Lidy Lima 1 .. fro The ibhey, The 1 Wood c Counter We ❑is 1 : the which I l ent : liord ii: ii bvy D..) ' • 1 Tits n ( king ir knot, Jenks getable ID entei narked iscl mu Tl:;itt Flor On S Bold cult at Lord A, frc