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F i PRICES or BIM ISLE Oast :Nick 213 It per Cent. Red. 113 824 3 per Cent Cons. UsetoAcet. 831 84i 83 84 .4 I per Cent. 9111 891 per Cent. Red.BVi PRICE., (IF OREIGN Drasilien Booth 29 4 Ditto scrip Ditto Acct. Midis Boerne Ayres Bonds 75 p l ai ds Bonds 67 66 Calombian Rods Dittoßonds(lB24)6ll 24 1121/ Ditto Acct. 61} 21 112 i f 2 It 2 finish Bonds Ditto Bonds (1826) 611 604 1 601 60 1 French Rentes 6 per Ct. 97f. 1141 f. 60e. 97i. Exchange 26f. 10t. .... 40 10 64 6 5,1 . . 6•! LTSEIT •%D COAX COY British MISCELLANZOUS. Canada lOO 10 13 IS Equitable Loap Bank 6O 1 !di, °tura Steam Navigation lOO s 4 dis Itl4l 51soutattoty Mexican ... .—..—.. ..... . Rlo de la Plata — Agricultural.— 100 6 4 dis Vigo Bay West India Company — lO0 — 5 24 4 dis at five o'cr..ek. .I'OCKS YESTERDAY. Lang Ann. 20 121 India Boa& 8 I 0 the Ex.rlinslid.l.ooll/,11 17 14d1e 5001.11 17 IS Ditto, Small 9 IS 10dis Lottery Tickets 191. 19s. from Lie- sTOCKS YESTERDAY. French Rentes 8 per Ct. QT. Exchange Ur. 10c. Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds(1825) 174 Ditto Acct. 18 Guadalajsra Bonds 59 HO Mexican Bonds 571 8 Ditto Bonds(1825) 81 44 11 4 Ditto Acct. 84 34 44 3 4 34 44 34 4 34 4 31 Peruvian Bonds 45 Russian Bonds (113'1) 89 Spanish Cons. 11 4 Ditto 110 15 Ditto Cons. ( 1823) 10 PRICES OF SHARES FESTERDAS . NINE/. Share. PR id . Premium per Owe. Anglo-Mexican £lOO 35 615. Analathillan lOO i 2 s Arivia Iron and Coal 6O 12 11 2 ais Bolivar Cobalt and Copper Chaim. ... lOO 6 105 Colombian lOO 6 6 Hayden Hibernian Faso- Peru vian Raid de! Monte Unlted 31caican . Ditto N0w.... ...... CHAMBERS & SON'S BANKRUPTCY. Ar.l, Mike lefameby res t that the Ceiatoheioaels undo, the =Mee" Chambers end Son. late of Nov ‘, beve mrp_eleeted MONDAY, the lab Ism. tee the proof of Debts, and FRIDAY the lid, for the choke of kidigibesewiewn the Oreditora are reqesmed to attend parroselly, be by theireA duly ev_aboriaed by• Power of Attorney to vote to the oedema itees who intend voting by Attorney may elands abet-memo tr ld fat eers. mation for that paws' it my Oilea, be Sem dadrampessith -e • WILLIAM a'BECKETT, . . 7. Oeidememasse. MENEM!! • gilt ritiOft Woo. •Dit'VRT-LA NE THEATRIf. wigwam& Ilrea ue Dselloettl begerlieseed the irfefiligiOsetailijhear. _Hr. it i tria Weeldessellges. j. L riNiss 101. lass Midden. which the Ebertleseeent of TEX CAMP. Peteolgol Denisena Mr. and Ws. Noble. - I . * eenetedTHE PANthEL.e with e Comedy of saarraie. Mr. Libman s blish atrtee to. Mr. is Harley' Donut Aurora, Mrs. Yates ; Bea. Ms Ray. tooperrow, any Manna-int. and The Wager. . _CO,TINVT-GARDEN THEATRE. nal lifka!ps, Mph,. Dee 9. wIU W perfatteed the Opera a MARI. The-Dobs Mafia. Hz Polio; I Siam°, Hr. Amgen iOlllOllO. Writit m Orroo/o. Mr. ae Keeley s Nimpedo, Kr. Meadows. Carl. s Vireo; M Love. After whisk tin new Plies of THE SCAPZ-OOAT. Tke Ortglet:= la6"barer, — COOper. Farhat. and owe Illease Jones and A. Jake. eonelnde wlth the Operatle nee* of •TWAS I. The i=al Cherseten by 111 — erers. Durant. Keeley. trans, and ; Klee Jones, Madams Vestris. and Mrs. Davenport. Todbarrow, The Three Strangere. The Seeps-Gest. and The Deserter of Naples. The Blurts* PAZ'S commenced publishing yesterday morniog lOND.ON, FRIDAY Daccusta 9, INS. Yesterday we received the Paris Papers of Tuesday, with the EMI* of rhe following day. Extracts from the latter will be found in another column. In the other Journals spore Je so Intelligence of importance. The King of Iterxes hal complimented the Saint's day of his consort by commuting the sentences of several individuals con demned for political ofences. The only Dews from Greece is, that the SULTAN had sent orders to RIDOCHID PACHA to press the siege of Misso- IaPP2I - subscription for General FOY'S family amounted, on Monday evening, to upwards of 318,000 f. The Duke of OkLZAXS had contributed the sum of 10,0o0f. There was no material variation in the price of the French funds. _ _ _ - [From the Mositear of Tuesday, Dec. 6.] Rout. Nov. 24. The heakh of his Holiness has mush Improved, the doon of hie ante-Ember have been opened, and his Holiness gives audience to aids persons whom hts Holiness wishes to in. It is said he will slimly salmon airing in his carriage. ♦ Poodfical Edict has been published to reduce the land tax by ore fourth. Only the landed propeny of persons living In foreign countries is excepted, which will have to pay the whole tax till the Owens wens to the estates of the church. • Oe the dey when the Alarquis of Tuscaldo celebrated the Saint's dray of the King of Naples by • grand entertainment, at which *sir Royal ilighnewes the Duke and Duchess of Lucca wets present, as well as the dipiontatic body, and the most distinguished persons at ROO2O, that Minister was informed by a very gractoos letut of the Queen, his sovereign, of the regal of Prince Carted, his son. Th. Prince Cssisti is at the hood cf a list of twsr.ty persons who an weeded, seisms whom is Captain Blanch. (From tht Jowl& des Detsts.l . ISAPLICS. Nov. 15. MI Majesty bas disthiguiebed tho taint's day date Queen (St Eisaboth's day) by numerous a* of clemency. Hering ordered that every sentence pronounced by & criminal court against ladivid.tals accused of revolutionary itusigues should be sabminid to lee peristal decision before it was tarried into ex ecution, two such sentence', passed by the great special tribunals, Salerno and Fiats Calabria, have just teen led teforc the pfonessk whe, after Lame investigation, Du mobred to make use ei the fairest prerogative of his crown, that of saving the lives of proms condemned by laws which are perhaps too severe. Feat inalvirlitals was cowls:nowt to death, their penalties have hew icila. ll -..One to banishment for I , fs ; one to Prilosment for life; the third and fourth, who seem to be particu larly guilty, to thirty years' imprisonment in irons in the bagnio of Gt. Stefano. Two persons condemned, one to 19 years' imprisonment in irons, the other to imprisonment for life, are to be banished, tLe one tor 19, the other 20 years. Many other acts of Royal clemen y have permitted persons im plicated in our calamities to rejoin their families, and had a ruin. quil life, blessing the goodness of their Sovereign. By a delicacy which .enhances the benefit, the names of those pavers twilled from banishment have not been inserted in the official journal. [From the Journal de Parir.l VIENNA, Nov. 23. Fs!likk nebill 3 Pbylleres, Hill, front Oporto; Ceres, Miller, from Lie- f:mm*3 Tone, Banks, from Rigs ' • Samuel and Sarah, Redhead, • !mei Memel k"rdward. Husband, from Daniarc ; Belsay Castle, Neharilsoll. from Illsarel Nicholas, Edington, from Rigs ; ader., Tindall, from St. Petersburgh ; Velsatura, Young. from drttol Riga,• Royal, from dirt° ; Charles Tennyson, Douai, frOrn Rifts; Ex, Rees, from Rotterdam ; blertop„ Drummond, twat Utteraltar and Tangier ; Pruvidence, Pearson,. from Dun- irk I Vtlendsesp. Valorn. from Amsterdam ; Janke Jan. Borer. :ramp, from Worcuni ; Enigheden, Leith, front Copenhagen ; itWins , girralfro , from Rigs ; Russell, Minto , from Calais ; icorne, Paul, from St. Petersburgli; Margaret, Smith. from dine; Addison, Brown, from ditto ; Sterling, Todd, from D a nt- !de ; Ajax. Robson, from ditto ; Triton, Morley, from ditto ; Queen. Heath; from ditto ; Scotia, Marna, from Riga ; Britan. r;LA Manley, om Demerara ; Jonge Johanna, blieberding, from ; 'Henry,en Cowd, from Seville. ElftkinD OIITWAADI.—The Barbadoes Planter, Redman, for Mattri-a and Barbadoes ; Spartan, Easterbrook, for Boston ; lox, Fox. jun., for Ostend ; Olaphyra, Sowell, for Antigua ; Morning Star, Bucklan, for Ceylon ; Dunira, Hamilton, for In. dis and China; Macotreen, Walker, for India and China ; Briton, titanlan. fOt Dublin ; Pheasant, Carnes, for Cork ; Velocity, Dy e r, „ for Waterford _• Elisabeth, Brooks, for Cape Coast CaSle. C OUTWARD. 11 GRAVESEND.—Mary Ann. Winter, for St. Thomas ; Bee, Nickell., for Hamburgh ; NOM,' S Aatrope , for Smyrna ; Hopewell, Parent, for Jamaica ; Vame,rraith, for &arm Leone. . CLTARIXO OUTWARDS —Carshalton Pork, Park, for Ja- maica! Royal Charlotte, Ford, for ditto; Lively, Baxter, for Bourdesurt ; Fox, Fox, for Ostend. O.VVWAID3I TO 1 / 1 6LAND.—The Courier, Owens, Nati Duke of Wellington, Wi.hsrt, for Galway. PRIVATE LETTER. We learn from Corfu, — that aTara; despatched from Constan tinople has brought to the Sneakier, Retlrthid Pacha, despatches from the Porte, et.joining him in the most formal manner to keep his army on the best possible footing; and notwithstanding the advanced season, to continue the siege of Missolonghi. He is in formed at the same time that the Capitan Pacha, as soon as he has landed the Egyptian troops in the Mores, will proceed to the Gulf of Lepanto, to co-orcrate with the army of Tbessaly. Redschid Paella has published at his head-quarters a brmen of the Sultan, threatening with the severest penalties every Turkish soldier who shall quit his corps. This Pacha has written very imperious letters to the Albanian Chiefs who have quitted the Turkish army to return to their homes ; that they are immediately to set out CO rejoin him with their troops. Friss/cm Fuxin DEC. 9.--Five per Cents. W. 9k. ; Three per Cents. lbf. 7k. ; Rente de Naples, 78f. 75c.; Rente d'Espagne, ; Royal Spanish Loan, 501.; Haytian Loan, 800 f. Exchange on Londuo—One Month, 25f. ; three months, 241. 80e. —Cows Authentic". We have received New York papers to the 17th ult. With the exception of the following paragraph, they are entirely destitute of political intelligence : (From the New York Gazette of Nor. 16.) Flom H .—We have been favoured by a very respect able mercantile house in this city with the following interesting letter, dated Havannah, Oct. 29 :—An expedition, consisting of three frigates and two transports, having on board 500 men, sailed from this the 20th of last month, for the relief of the Castle of San Juan de (lies, at Vera Cruz. When within one hundred and fifty miles of their port of destination a furious storm separated them. and this morning the largest frigate, the Sabina, with the Admiral on board, returned dismested, without having been able to r ffect a landing at the Castle. One hundred men, a number of officers, the principal part of the stores, and a quantity of money for the succour of the Castle, have returned in the Sabina, leaving those almost destitute that arrived there; so that the expedition may be said to be nearly broken up, because it will be some time before this ship is refitted; In the main time the Mexican force at Sacri. ficios, near Vera Cruz, consisting of a 50 gun frigate, two brigs, and six gun-boats, may attack and perhaps capture the Spanish frigates before they can return here. If the Mexicans had a force suf. deft to blockade that castle, and oblige It to surrender, it would be • good thing for us here. This treasury furnishes 50.00 dollars per month for that fortress, which is certainly not worth keeping, for the idea is preposterous that Spain can ever again reconquer Mexico The for of the castle would probably induce Spain to come to a reconciliation with Mexico for the safety of Cuba, and open a trade again between Vera Cruz and Havannah. This island is perfectly tranquil at present. Our ensuing crop will be large, both for sugar and coffee ; there is very little now of either in market, and no molasses—the former is held at enormous rates and in greater demand—the latter has not advanced any, being very little sought after. Exchange is heavy, owing to the failures in England and the United States. Bush.—Accounts from Pernambuco state that a numerous levy of troops was taking plate throughout the empire of Brasil. The levy *as made by tonsaiption, and many of the young men had escaped and concealed themselves to avoid it. The cause of this proceeding is attributed to the dissatisfaetlon entertained by the people of Brril to that part of the late treaty with Portugal which stipulates that the King of Portugal shall bear, in common with Don Pedro, the tide of Emperor of Brasil. It is supposed, therefore, that it ; would squire the whole force which could be raised to keep matters quiet. --Mo. Adv. [From Willie's Now Orison Pelee Carreat of Oct 151 Coven tr.—As it respects this article, we are competed to repeat the old story, " no sales or inquiry, consegneody obliged to omit quotations, sod haying no data to go upon, cannot vesture an opi ates es to he seminal value." We understand *Nevis great indite. try exerdsed in the country in picking, and but little disposition to send to market until there is a demand here and prices somewhat established, which is manifest by the small arrivals, compared with those thistime last year. The late accounts from Liverpool up to the 16th August, connected with the three preceding weeks, are unfavourable for early speculations in this article, and the views of the sellers and purchasers will no doubt differ very widely at the opening of the market. Arrived this week from the interior, 144 bales ; cleared for Liverpool 760. . - 257 bales 1957 Arrived sines lst inst. Arrived in earns time last year The Times of yesterday attempts, not merely to vindi cate, but to praise itself for the inflammatory endeavours it has made to aggravate the ernbarassments which, at this moment, afflict the commercial world, and for the extent to which it has contributed to excite that public alarm which has been so injurious to private credit, and so destructive to commercial confidence. But its mance:lure on this sub ject is worth remarking. The public are gravely told, in its leading article on the state of the Money Market, that " with respect to the measures taking in the City to sup- . port commercial credit, the present conduct of the Bank Directors is lauded, although they, it is said, have to bear the blame of having brought on the crisis by their own previous deviations from sound principles of banking." It is said! and who has said it? Is it not the Times itself that has, day after day, accused the Bank of having " brought on the crisis" by " having lent its aid to stimulate and encourage the rage for speculation ?" Has this journalist not, day after day, endeavoured to depreciate the credit of the Bank by undervaluing its resources, and by enumerating dangers which have no existence? But after at tempting indirectly to retract its malignant insinuations, and to shift aside the indignation it has so justly incurred from every quarter, this journalist manifestly feels humiliated by even this slight recantation, and he accordingly endeavours to recover from it by introducing a second leader; by way of apology for which, we are told that "the state of the money market requires a few additional remarks," and he then re turns to his attack on the Bankers, and renews his en deavours to cry down their credit and to destroy the public confidence in their stability. It is asked—" Are not these bankers well aware that the state to which they hare brouet things, by their over issues and their too ready supplies from scanty capitols, was a state most grievously oppressive and injurious to the nation, as well as destruc tive of• its character and morals? Why ask, thus artfully, it the Bankers are not well awa, e of having caused those dreadful effects on the credit, prosperity, character, and morals of the nation ? The accusation is as tithe as it is mischievous; and it is only an additional insult to ask the hankers if they arc not convious of its truth. The public are moreover told tkat, " such is the thoughtlessness of mankind, that if the difficulties now existing were smothered up, and the accommodation-paper men suff•red to huddle up their ()furs as well as they could, without being obliged to put their real junds to the test, their map, and not their danger, would be pleaded as a precedent to nye late their future conduct." The manifest object of all this ia, to induce all who may have any sums of money at a banker's " to put their real funds to the kit," and by this means, to occasion a run upon them, which, taking them I I suddenly, they tray be unprepared to meet. The Times has omitted no effort which could tend to produce this THE BRITISH PRESS• eLcet. But we would entreat all whom its misrepresenta tions may have misled, or whom its assertions may have inspired with alarm, to pause, and consider, whether by their groundless want of confidence they may not them selves occasion the very danger they apprehend ? No unemployed and unproducti ve in his chest banker, from the very nature of bia establishment, cart be supposed to Leep the whole of the money deposited with h im b y his custom ers, and if such alarmists as the Time: and Coansrr for the former is, on this subject, but an echo of the latter, and does but repeat and revive, at second hand, all hie stale and worn-out invectives against small notes, and credit, and paper currency—we gay, if such malignant alarmists as these shall succeed in inciting the whole mer cantile world, as with one accord, to call in every shilling of their money at any particular moment, it is obvious that no bank, however solvent, could be prepared with re sources to meet such a demand. A banker may have the means of doubly satisfying any calls that may be made upon him, but lie still cannot, from the very nature of his business, have a sum adequate to this exigency forthcoming on the instant. We all know that an individual with ten thousand pounds of property out on mortgage, and ten thousand pounds more in the funds, may be unable to satisfy upon the spot an un expected "demand of one thousand pounds. yet would any man of common sense hare any fear for the safety of his claim because the means of discharging were not inimediate/y available? What man—except from malicious or interested motives—would endeavour to depreciate the credit of such an individual? What but such motives then could induce any one to endeavour to occasion a run upon public hankers, for the purpose of "patting their real funds to the What can justify any Journal which has the power of work ing insidiously upon the public mind, and operating on its fears to a fatal extent ;—what, we ask, can justify it in misleading its readers as to the true principles upon which public business is conducted, and the true basis upon which all credit rests, and influencing them to act, from causeless apprehension, in a manner fatal both to the public interest and their own? But as the Times has chosen to fight under Mr. CORBETT'S banners, its proceeding is quite in character. We had intended to investi;ate the causes which have !ed to the present state of commercial credit, but the length of our present article obliges us to postpone this inquiry till our next. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Consols opened at 84, but they afterwards declined to 831 1, in consequence of the failure of the banking esta lblishment of Wentworth and Chaloner, at York. This bank was much connected with the manufacturing interest in the north. It had branches at Bradford and Wakefield, and an establishment in Threadneedle-street, on which it drew. It is feared that the stoppage of its payments will cause great inconvenience in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Another country bank was also reported to have suspended payment, but it was a house of very limited transactions. In consequence of the difficulties of the York Bank the state of alarm that has generally prevailed of late increased this morning, and some very extensive tales took place in the British Funds. The result was, that Consols closed at 831 /, Exchequer Bills were 11s. 17s. 14s. discount. In the Foreign Market the transactions were not nume rous, and prices were rather more depressed, particularly in South American Securities ; Colombian Bonds being at 61k, and Mexican Six per Cents. at 631 4; Greek Bonds were 17 19, and Spanish ditto 1.5 to There was a little more elasticity in the Sugar Market than there has been of Ixte. The quotations of Coffee,, however, were nominal, there being no public sale. The eseenots from *e manufacturing districts are fa vourable ; the working „classes are in full employment; and cotton having settled at the late reduction, there is now a !kir demand for cotton wool. The Moniteur contains an account of the labours rela tive to the liquidation of the indemnity of the emigrants. The following was their state on the Ist instant :-13,013 demands had been addressed by the Prefects of the Depart ments to the Directors of the Domains ; 10,891 bordcreaur had been drawn up by the Directors of the Domains; 5,533 demands had reached the Minister of the Finances ; 1,891 affairs had been transmitted to the commission; 1,512 claims, amounting to 69,089,926 fr. 93c. had been decided ; 1,306 decisions bad been notified to the parties interested ; and 642 incriptions bad been made upon the , Great Book, for the sum in capital of 33,142,3771'. 93c. We have received Brussels papers to the 7th had. The Rector of the parishes of St. Nicholas and Notre Dame has been sun - mimed before one of the Judges for a sermon which he preached. It is said the Hungarian Diet will address a second resolution to the Emperor of Austria, in which the facts that induced Lim to remonstrate against the levy of troops, and some acts of the Imperial Commis sioners in Hungary, will be more fully developed. Letters were yesterday received from Missolonghi of the 16th, and from Zante of the 26th October. They con tradict all intelligence of surrender to the Turks. The squadron from Egypt had not appeared on that coast. Tea TURCO-EGYFTIAN EXPEDITION.—The Austrian Observer, of the 27th ultimo, describes the expedition s en t against the Greeks, under the command of the Capitan Pacha, which left Alexandria oa the 17th October, to be very formidable, and to have consisted of the following ships :—One ship of the hue cut down; 20 frigates and corvettes; one steam-boat with three guns, bought in Eng land for the Pacha of Egypt, and manned by English; 10 fire-ships which have been built here; and seventy-nine transports. Trig DIET.—The Brussels papers contain a notice of the affairs of the Diet of Hungary, calculated to attract some attention. It appears that this Diet, which was opened with so much pomp, instead of proceeding with the expedition which the Emperor required of them to the vote of supplies, began to discuss the infringements which they conceived had been made upon their const;tutional rights, and embodied the substance of their complaints in an Address to the Emperor: The Emperor made to this Address an angry, and rather threatening answer, especially recommending to them to proceed to grant the supplies which he required. It appears that this answer has been followed by a second resolution of the Diet, not granting the supplies, but expounding more fully the grounds upon which they had urged their first complaint. As Hungary was supposed to be one of the parts of the Austrian Empire most attached to the Sovereigns, their pro ceedings have given rise to many speculations in Germany. It can hardly be supposed that people so well hemmed in and protected as the Hungarians, can be infected with the love of constitutions which Prince Metternich considers so pernicious. Their grievances are, no doubt, of a practical kind, and the Diet is so aristocratical in its formation, that they probably affect chiefly the Nobles. The levy of troops seems to be one of the grievances, but whether it be the manner or the substance of the measure complained of, does not appear. The Boston Papers received yesterday contain an ac count of a great fire in that city, which destroyed from fif teen to twenty houses, and property to the value of from 75 to 100,000 dollars. Au article from Mexico, of the 12th of September, states, that nothing new bad occurred in that Republic, but every thing was very tranquil, and preparations were making for celebrating the anniversary of Mexican independence on the 16th of that month. A church belLof steel has been made in Cincinnatti. It is in the form of a three aided pyramid, the mouth being triangular; it is supposed to be an improvement on com mon bells, both in shape and material—New York Paper. On the 3d the earth suddenly opened in the plain of Leyden, and a house was swallowed. Efforts were home diately made to save the inhabitants; in the night three men were extracted, two of them slightly wounded ; the other, a very old man, has his arm fractured.—Brursela Pups - T., D. c. 6. FRENCH PAPERS. Taganrog, [FromtheEd dated cc oi/ a r, dat ) ed to - e 24 n , ela n y tans the A letter fromST. PETERS co u UUROH, N0v.15. follow ings— __ o, The Emper or set o ff yesterday for Rostow, Nakitchevan, and ber Vd l i N otcherla.b. It is said that he will not be more than five days absent. " The Emperor addressed the subjoined rescript, dated Tagan rog, OCT. 7, to Admiral Schischkow, 51Lister of Public Instruc tion : " ' Alexander Semonowitch,—l have learned with the deepest sorrow the death of your wife. I sincerely share your grief, and hope that you sill bear it with resignation to the will of the Almighty, and that confidence in his mercy will bring you conso lation. ' I am your affectionate " ALEXANDER.' " ADRID, Nov. 24. There ha ve been circulated a Note from DI. D'OubriL, and the anss cr of the Duke del Infantado, relative to the removal of 11. Zes These two documents have evidently been fabricated by malice, and I have no doubt but some of your journalism will hasten to profit by them. I can assure you that the Russian Mi. meter has not addressed to our Cabinet so unpleasant a communi cation as that, the object of which was to create an impression that a misunderstanding was about to break out between our Court and that of St. Petersburgh. The Emperor Alexander has constantly testified the most sincere friendship for, and the most lively interest in our august Monarch, but his policy Is not merely governed by personal considerations. We, however, cannot conceive why the Duke del Infantado cannot offer every pledge that could- be desired for promoting the welfare of his country, and powerfully supporting the generous intentions of the King, who will contest with this illustrious person the influence which he owes to his birth, his individual visibles, and to the signal services which he has rendered to his King and country, towards which his invariably honourable and loyal conduct Is duly appreciated by all good Spaniards. The Duke del Infantado was, in 1812, President of the Regency, at the moment when peace between Spain and Russia was signed, I and since that period the Emperor Alexander has never ceased to regard him as one of the most name and constant defenders of legitimacy. The authors of all the falsehoods which have been circulated greatly deceive themselves, If they hope to disturb the good un derstanding which subsists between our Government and the Ca binets of our Allies. Their machinations, far from leading to the results which they wish to NM, will only serve to demonstrate, more and more, the necessity of reciprocally strengthening the re lations enmity and good will, which are so necessary to maintain the peace of this world. It would be difficult to find a minister mare competent to attain this object than the Duke del Infantado. In this respect we have not the least uneasiness, and we always indulge the hope of seeing this powerful Nobleman most worthily answer the expectations elf his sovereign and the royalists, who confidently repose on the firmness of his principles, and the great. nessof his character. Mfr. XICO. The fcllowing intelligence was received yesterday:— Mexico, SEPT. M. Altman, tincting his duties as President of the United Mexican Company interfere too much with his public duties, has been obliged to resign as Minister of Foreign Affairs. No event could have been more regretted, for no man is more respected here for ability and integrity, Ile is succeeded by M. Gainacho, of Nahum said to be a very able and respectable man. However, the mining concerns have nothing to regret in this change, as it must enable M. Alaman to give hit attention more exclusively to them. The epidemic, with which we have been visited here, is fast sub. siding. In public matters all is quiet, and money getting every day more plentiful. VERA CRUZ, SEPT. 25. On the 23d, the Castle sent a flag of truce, offering to enter into terms if this Government would allow them to send an officer to flavannali to learn the real political state of Europe and Cuba— when, if they turned out to be in the situation represented in General Barragon's letter of the 22d, they would deliver up the Castle on an honourable capitulation. General Barragon answered yesterday. Raying, too much time would be lost in a voyage to Havannah and beck, and unless they resolved on accepting of honourable terms immediately, he should commence operations with the squadron now lying at Saeraficios, which will be fully provided in the course of four days. It has been reinforced by the arrival, a few days since, of the 4 t gun frigate Libertado and the sloop of war Bravo. The latter spoke a fishing-boat °tithe Havannah, from which he learned that preparations were on foot to send supplies to the Castle, and that a squadron would shortly sail to convey them. IVe are all prepared for its appearance , and our naval force Is anxious to try what the Spaniards are =decor, confidently anticipating a suc cessful re.ult. _ _ It would appear, by the following extract of • letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Falmouth, dated December 5, that hostilities had actually Commenced between the Spanish and Mexican squadrons:— Arrived his Majesty's ship Jasper, In 61 days from Vera Cruz, and 76 (torn llavannah. She left the Spanish and Mexican :igasdron3 inaction, the latter commanded hy Captain Smith r and It was fully expected in warner t would be forced to surrender. and ill.* consequence would be, the capitulation of the Castle of St. Juan d'Clloa immediately." IN1)1.4. [From the Madras Government Gazette of July 28.1 AnuagaN.—Recent letters from Arracan communicate a few items of intelligence. A private report ment,ions that the Siamese had joined the Burmese, and that the latter had solicited, through the former, the assistance of China in the war with the English. The reply of the Chinese authoriti'es is said to be as follows: " We have long been on friendly terms of intercourse with the English, with whom we carry on a very extensive trade. We can. not therefore assist you with troops, but will use our interest, by way of mediation. to get Rangoon and Arracan restored to you. In the mean time the Burmese King must send to us the great Al ug Idol, called 31aha-monie, and the White Elephant." It was also reported that four ships had accordingly left China for Calcutta, with the Emperor's proposals, for the restoration of tranquillity. Information had been received at Arracan, tia Aung, that a Siamese had arrived there, to inquire of a Siamese merchant, resid ing in that town, whether trade could be still carried on with Arra can—as 400 bullocks, laden with oil, dhows, treacle, and cotton, were on their way from Pegu. The Siamese also reported that the Burmese army is at Niaugpoo, on the right bank of the Irrawaddy, where there iv a stockade. It is further stated, that the King of Ave has appointed Mang. Cra-Ro to the situation before held by the late Bundoola, and has presented him with all the money and property of the deceased. Ills Majesty has also, it is said, placed his son, a boy of about ten years of age, upon the throne, because the astrologers have prophesied that he will be a great King. ung-Cra-Ro is now at a place called Wamachooy, east of the Irrawaddy. and on the Siam road, about ten days' journey from Promo. 'The following is understood to be the disposition and force of the enemy at Chalang, Sowbowghoon, and Al ungpoo, or Mangpoo. At Mangpon, one thousand Burmese and one thou. sand Sianrse ; at Sombowghonn, two thousand Siamese and three thousand Burmese ; at Chalang, two thousand Blames* and one thousand Siamese : making a total of ten thousand men. The names of the Swedars of this force are said to he, Chymboo (Tomowyn), Charegee this son), Nulevngloy, Mongylong g l og (the Rajah of Ilaturce), Dawoy.oong. and Atowyn Mangle. Another report states that Mung-Cra-Ro is busily employed in raising and training cavalry for the ensuing campaign. [From the Calcutta Join Bull, July 14 :1, The Government Gazette notices more p a rti cu l ar ly than we were enabled to do, the report at Arracan of the Siamese having joined the Burmese; and also alludes to the rumour which we gave some days ago, th...t the Chinese were likely to take a part in the present contest. According to the reports that have reached the Cazette, this part is to be coofined to negotiation, and his Celestial Majesty is to use his influence with the British Government to restore Ran goon and Arracan to him of the Golden Peet—his Burmese Ma jc-ty agiceirg to gratify a penchant, which it seems the Great Emperor of China has taken for the .Mug Idol .11Ialut-mnnie, and the White Elephant ! All this is very well for an on dig, but bears toa many marks of incredibility on its face to deserve any serious Ete:Jttan. The intelligmce of the capture of Amman must have travel:cd with wonderful celerity to have reached Pekin in time to allow us already to know the Councils of the Chinese Cabinet ! _ The *tory ahnut the Siamese having contributed their quota of troop•, to oppose our further progre,S towards Ummernpoora, seem entitieti to more credit ; and when w.: compare the present conduct of this people with what we were told a few months ago, about their Chiefs coning to Rangoon, ad stipulating to give us power ful aid and assistance against the Burmese, we may at leant learn not to place much reliance on the sincerity and good faith of our Eastern neighbeurs, when we come to negotiate with them. We believe them to be as faithless in the Cabinet as they are cruel in the field. We are, however, somehow or other impressed with an idea that the Burmese war will soon be brought to a conclusion. In the progress which our arms hsve made, an d In the conq ues t of Aswan and Aracan, every object for which it was commenced appears attained ; atul the means are eff:ctually in our hands, of preventing in future such aggressions as gave rise to the present contest. By adding to the Company's tertitoeies the country lying between the Nar.f and the Armin) river, our southern frontier might per haps he strengthened, and protected more effectually from future inuptions ; and the keeping possession of such points as Ram_ nee, Cheduba, Bassein, arid for a season Rangoon itself, might effectually place it beyond the pnwe: of the Burmese any m ore to annoy us. Threatened as the King a Ava is with our arms being soon carried to the very capital of his empire, it may be presumed that he wottid he found ready to agree to our occupying the places we have enumerated and, on the other hand, it is not easy to see what advantages, beyond those we have already gained, are to be derived from persevering in our march upon Ummerapoora, when, we fear, no rich prize awaits the victors to reward them for encoun tering the dangers ohm inaccessible country, defended by • popu lation whose tactics evidently consist in leaving their homes until disease and want shall have thinned the ranks of their invaders, and compelled them again to seek their own shores. Some wags are now bringing out the old joke, that " the prevailing complaint in the bowels has been succeeded by a ccmplaint in the c/test." MlaNntiolGeeAslSteS:s:rt7a—n—it°fackt were yesterday received by th e E s t X o / c C t O A b r ' United Mexican Mining Association. Their conten ts aro UNITED vi c t o M I o h f ig tb i l e Ysa tsfacto retirement rY of tBliileicleatteheioreign Minister and mi n i ster of the Interior, Don Lucas Alaman, from office, i n or d er expressly that he may be enabled to devote the whal e of his time and attention to the important concerns of a l b s Association, of which he is the Chi e f Di rector i n Mexico, 1t is not, Nve be!ieve, generally known that Senor Ai tibiu is a native of Cluanaxuato, where hilt ancestors inhe r i ted some very valuable mines, and that he was sent to Europ e. while young, to be educated in mineralogy, chytnietry, c a d mining. For this purpose, he spent several years in p ar t, and Freiberg, and visited this country, in order to inspe ct and examine the system of mining pursued in Cornwall. The founders of the United Mexican Company have, a as think, wisely given Senor Alaman an interest in the net proceeds of the concern, which, in point of magnitude, considerably outstrips every oth er C ompany yet formed. They write that the celebrated mine of !U lu 6 nearly emptied of water, and is producing an abundance of the richest ores. The mines of Oaxaca were also n et , r productive; one of which (the Natividad) had bee n k r several months netting at the rate of 70,0001. per annu m , although not a fourth of the number o f l a b ourers had beta put on it which the mine required. The Calera Mine, re. cently discovered on the mother vein of Guanaxuato ( oa which the Valenciana, Rayas, and several of the lich en mines in Mexico are situated), through the geologic a l s hi ll of Senor Alaman, after every attempt to trace the vei n , during the last half century, h a d p rove d abortive, was ech o producing large quantities of rich ores. Twelve thousand dollars had arrived at the mint in the city of Mexico from the Company's mines in Guanstaito the preceding week, and the Commissioners of the A u . elation had received intelligence that convoys were on the road from the more distant mines in Oaxaca, bringing dol. lag: to an amount exceeding ten thousand pounds sterling, We are informed upon the best auth or i ty t h at the accoun t of the. Association in Mexico will be made up to the latter end of this year, and the amount of the proceeds of the mines immediately transmitted to this country for div Woo among the shareholders. ARIGNA IRON A.VD COOL - COMPAXy. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS, liredneaday, Dec 7, 185. Sta,—Having perused the report of the proceedings at the meeting convened on Monday of the shareholders in the Arigna Iron and Coal Company, as given in your Pape of this day, I hasten to inform you that I feel it my boun- den duty, both as a considerable proprietor in the said As. mention, and as a wellwisher to the shareholders at large, who are so much interested therein, forthwith to state, that I will in a day or two give a more just and detailed state ment than the ex-parte one which was then sent forth. As the founder of the Company I have a sacred duty to per form, and shall not be found wanting to it. One of :he speakers at the meeting spoke of me as a mason: he shall find 1 am not an idle one, nor willing that the public shou'd b.: duped by those who can thrive only by means of the in tellect of others. I am, Sir, Your very obedient servant, No. 4, Arundel-street, Strand. R. FLATTERY. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. It seems important to call the attention of our readtrt more particularly to this sulject than has been dame be fore. The farmers, especially, ought to know, that on and after the Ist of Jan. next, the new corn bushel will contain one quart and a fraction more than the present bushel, so that a quarter of corn will be snore by one peck and a fraction, than the present quarter. This difference is equal to 31. 2s. 6d. per cent., all which difference will be nein,: them, unless they obtain a corresponding addition in price, per quarter. The difference in wine measure is greater still, being 201. per cent.; for cite hundred and twenty gai lons and one gill, of the present measure, will be equal to one hundred gallons only of the new imperial standard. The beer measure, on tile contrary (for wine and be' L-u , eforth to he the same), will be In p'' 9 //as than the present auce.ur, 11. cec,y one hundred gall's. All weights and measures sold after the lot of must agree with the new regulations—that is, the oa- 3 °` weights and measures must sell no others; but p , ties may buy and sell by the old ones, by .9)64(11 areemed, else the new weights and measure s w ill bind tile paties in thei , r , contracts ; but then the old w e i g ht s arid m e asures must a.t of them be painted or mark e d, s h ow i tg t h e p roport i on they respectively bear to the nese standirds. It seems to us that there will be great trouble and peulexity in doing this, and that the beat way at once is to adopt the new weights and measures. But there should be a general and perfect understanding and agreement abort this matter, and perhaps the merchants and farmers, and other partiri in like manner interested in the change, had better bold public meetings, and agree upon wlnit is best to be done. I'he object of the Act is dearly a g 0341 one. It is essential —certainly most highly desirabk—thst weights and measures should be alike through di? whole kingdom. Extract of a letter dated Carthagena, Oct. S.—Several corvettes have arrived here to join the grand expedition azainst Cuba, which island is said to be ripe for revolt. The steam-boat has not been able to get much farther up the Magdalena than Mompox, for want of water. Tits CaZtutia or Povats.—A well-known Englishmen, formerly a General in the service of Colombia, Sr Gregor Mac Gregor, calling himself Cazique of Poyais, who w3i trying to recruit subjects for his pretended kingdom, siiv arrested the day before yesterday in rue Vantadour, N 0..% He was taken before the Prefect of Police, and examin , d by a Juge d'lnatruction. Yesterday he was committed w the prison of La Force.—Floik of Wednesday. Among the manuscripts which the celebrated Prim de Ligne, who died in ISI 4, lest to Count °Tonne!, art. t!lj memoirs of his life, which are generally regarded 31 t::r . most pointed productions of his pen. and the publication it which is impatiently expected. If we may believe tee Brussels Oracle, the Austrian Government has just prel.- bited the printing of these memoirs.—Etoile. The uniform of a Birman officer, brought to Steelliehv on board the ship Calcutta, and presented to the King vi Sweden, is to be stuffed, so as to represent a soldier of t!st nation in complete armour. The most remarkable part the excellent battle-axe of wootz (Indian cast-steel), which is finished in a manner that would do honour to the lii!! European manufactory.—lfambergli Puper. Measures are taking in Russia to prevent srmics.inF along the western frontier of the empire, by a double Ittic of Cossacks and infantry supporting large Lollies of Cus tom-house officers. Similar tiny:mitres are expected to adopted along the whole Ilussi:,:t co a st of the where it is said illicit traffic is carried on to a verY erect extent. At Hamburgh, whenever a scarcity of money ar.scs, either from the exportation of specic cr the want of fidehee, the Bank of that city advances its rate of accordingly, and the same course is pursued by ttivatc: . dividuals. Thus, a very short time ago, the b:terot at money advanced there to ten, and oven twelve per"cci::. addition furnished a premium en the risk .supposed incurred in discounting doubtful paper; the timid Capitalists brought out their limadd, and th,."*.M'!‘ of money became so ample, that the rate of intere:l is ts,i and„ will soon fi n d i ts f ormer l.vel. sam , ' prevails in all places where no me.rimum is fixed b' law td the amount of interest. It is stated with unshaken confidence. and ns tl:e of actual and repeated experience, that a half tin,l:er ot gin-sling, well covered with powdered nutmeg. prove s speedy and an efficacious styptic in that damactows alarming complaint, a bleeding of the lungs. It wss ilie discovery of accident, but has never been known to fall. though often tried, even when all wher known irnaas hate been resorted to in vain.—Nete Eveniqq LOW OF THE COMET STEAM PACKE T: M'lnnes, late master or the Comet sham-hoar, and Peter Nl`Bride, lately pilot on board that vessel, lase ha!' served with criminal letters to stand trial before the Hich Court of Admiralty, accused of culpable !Irrilic:Oe ; I ' t . having, by'ulpahle, negligent, and reckless command and steering, I4ought the Comet in collision with the Ayr steam-boat; whereby the former was sunk. anti about persons drowned.—Glasgow Clooniac. vie (Lord 1 T he Arod 4 Tie: deir se: Ti" Aug.. Wm., Stut Pa out (1 the I Amt Mr. hi: 11 of rai a bus ed cc aculp the t lit 1 heal' turd hope Itrig we 11 Cbri trade burb be-! 11a1) seal,