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~. . • patcF.s OF FORERIN Artesian Bonds 096 lisseslisa Bonds Scrip 15 4 dis Acct. IA di, Ayres Bonds 73 Bonds 61 IV INISs Bends (IVA) 614 I ti CA; Dino Ater. ea 6 I 4 2 I 6 Dsolsh Bonds Dios Bonds (1823) 586 6 Fieseh Rents, 5 per Ct. Ilif. 241. 7k. W. lisehassis 2M. 2k. We. iTOCKS YESTERDAY. Preach Rents per Gt. NS change Mexican Bands Ditto Bonds (IOU) 661 1 6 5 1 Dino sl ASCI. 651 6 51 1 1 61 51 Neapolitan Dunes t ) 74 Peruvian Runde 43 1 . 1 Portuguese Bonds 741 a Russian Bonds (15211) 791 4 1 Spanish Cora. 121 Ditto Acct. 121 Ditto Cons. ( IBIS) PRIERS OF SHARES YESTEItDA I . NIXES. Share. paid. Pramlasa per Sharer. Aaolor.glexican £lOO so 715 Azigna Iroo and Coal 5O 11 3 die braoliao Bolivar 4.lliliaa Hibernian l aw 5O 4 32i 3 dia Fano-Pena/11a Real del Montt 4OO 109 130 111 Roo de la Plata lOO 5 1 t die Tlalpixabna. 4OO 20 35 40 llaited Alexitan Ditto New 4O 10 8 Welch Iron and Coal 2l 20 el die ASIIIII•NCE CO) PANIZIO• Protector Fire 6AI LtOET AND COKE C01.IPA•IIII. lJnited General attict L 1,0,6001. Anttralian lOO 3 10a Bri•iin Iron ... lOO 25 9i 9dS Briri.h Rock and Patent Salt 10 6 1 Canada ...100 II 14 heron Haytor Grande ll4 9 1 die Mexican lOO IS 6 i dis Patent Bricks Provincial Bank of Ireland lOO 10 24 }dirt trite litittolt VrtflO. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. This Evening. THURSDAY. Dec. 29, will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART-ACHE. Young Rapid. Mr. Brown; Old Rapid, Mr. Liston : Frank °Miami, Mr. J. Russell. 'easy Oatiand (lit %Mel, Miss I. I•rtun. After which the new Pantomime satinet HARLEQUIN, JiCK OF ALI. FRADIS. Harlequin. Mr. Howell; Pantaloon. Mr. T. Bituieharl ; Clown, Mr. T. Brown. Columbine. Mime Barnett. To-morrow, Lichange no Robbery; Deaf as a Poet; and the Pan. sodas,. COVRN7'-GARDEN THEATRE. This XVIIAillg, THURSDAY, Dee 29, will be performed the Opera of ROB ROY MACGREGOR. Rd'. 113 y, Mr. Warde; Dahl!. Nicol Jerrie, Mr. W. Varren. Diana Vernon. Hiss Hamraersley ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. nitwit. ►Rcr which the new Pantomime called HARLEQUIN AND THE MAOICK ROSE; Or, lI[AU I Y AND THE BEAST. Haelesala, Mr. lltIlar: Pantaloon. Mr. Barnes; Clown. Mr. J. S. Grimaldi; Columbine, Ulu Homer. To-morrow. The Birth Day; 'fleas I: and the Pantomime. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Lew egad •' Si A itifACT ." in answer to A CALM OiSERVEn," is received, and shall appear to morrow. The Balrie• Passe eornmenewl publishing yesteriay musing St rive o'el...ck. LONDON, THURSDAY, Dscsitssa 29, 1811. The Etoile of Tuesday, with the other Paris Papers of Monday, arrived yesterday. The only intelligence they contain of importance is that relative to the death of the late Emperor of Russia. which we have extracted in another column. We subjoin from the Etude the quota tions of the Rentcs on Tuesday. FRExcu Ft: rms.—Nam, DEc. 27.—Five per Vet ts. 93f. 75e. 0:ito for the end of the month at three o'clock, 95f. 73e. Three per Cents. W. 30c. t ditto for the end of the month, at three o'clock, Neapolitan, la. The Greek cause, which has been so malt' lima on the brink of destruction, will spin, in all probability, be rescued from danger, and, perhaps, at the moment when success appeared the least to beexpeeted it may be crowned with triumph. The accession of the Emperor CON/TAN TIN/ is an event of the greatest importance to the Greeks at the present crisis of their struggle. From his infancy Eis since have been directed to that quarter. Latterly the pacific palicy of the Holy Alliance, of which his brother ALEXANDER was the author, deprived him of all reason able hope of gratifying his ambition of founding afresh the ChristLn Empire of the East. He is now suddenly re leased from this restraint, and invested with absolute power ta carry into execution the projects which were instilled into his childhood, and which it is known he has ever since warmly oherished. There can be no doubt, therefore, that, witb a rough and ardent temper like his he will, as soon as 1.3 feels himself firmly seated on the imperial throne, turn his yas towards Constantinople. The insurrection of the Greeks, tl.e most favourable circumstance he could desire in case of ties with the Turkish Government, was apparently so nearly quelled, that unless he manifested his designs at an euly period, there was much reason to apprehend that he would lose the important benefits he might derive from the aid and co-operatian of the Greeks. We have there fore been leaking to every arrival from the East, during . the last twa or three days, for some indication of the feelings of the new Emperor with regard to the Sub lime Porte. It appears by the German Papers received yesterday, that M. Von MINZIACIY, the Russian Mi si.ler, delivered a note to the Rats EFFENDI on the 7th of November, complaining that the Resent' AGAS, after Living the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, had st only afterwards returned and committed dreadful ex cess e. M. lilt MINEIACEY communicated a copy of his remonstrances to the other Christian ministers, from whom it was believed strong representations would be made to the Divan, as to the necessity of acting with good faith in respect of the evacuation of the principalities, and a strict • !patina to the other provisions of the treaty of Bucharest. The Paste, it is evident, was alarmed at the avproecti_of the Emperor ALEXANDER, and had probably sent pub -1;c orders to the BLSCIILI ACAS, accompanied by se cret instructions of an opposite character. The Emperor CONSTANTINE will have no lack of pretences for any measures to w hich he may be disposed to hare recourse, and as the coke of M. de MINELACET will very opportunely warrant him in assuming a harsher :one than Russia has for many )cars held towards Turkey, he will only have at wee to denounce the perfidy of the Mussulmans, and pour upon their enfeebled and distracted empire the over whelming tide of his enthusiastic army. Some changes, it is stated, bare lately taken place in the Turkish Cabinet. The Grand Mufti was dismi:.s. , d on the ssth ult., but it was doubtful whether his rcinoval was connected with ary question of public policy. 'Fhe news from Greece through Constantinople was all of the most unfavourable nature. The fleet of the CAPI• AN P•CIIA, it was alleged, had succeeded in m ilt-twilling Patras and Lepanto previously to its @sal ine fur llliisolonshi, araiust which the whole force of the 3faitoniet: us, both naval and military, was directed. The garrison, hov::ver, were undaunted, and resolved to perish untl'r its ri;as; rather than suffer it to fall into the hands of it ; ba!barian besic;ers. That this is no vain bassi, the histu.'y of the first defence of Afiasolonghi would :r necessity attest. The Samietes who had disembarked in Candia have, it it, been defeated by the Turks, who :rel.* a sally from the fortress, and "lidded them all." To this extravagant story is appended a report of a mutiny ' in Napoli di Romania, in which three members of the Go vernment had been murdered. We give no credence whatever to thcse vague and unauthorised statements. We learn,how erer,from dim that theGreeka had lost no fur durground,and would be able to maintain the contest until the probable interference of the Emperor Co NSTAYTIe a would deliver them from their perilous condition. The arrival of Lord Co Clfn AN c would also take place about the same time, and the influence of his name would alone work wonders, even should Russia, contrary to all present expectation, adhere to the pacific policy of the late reign. The important subjects which will come under the con sideration of Parliament in the approaching Session, viz. the Corn Laws, and the Silk Manufactures—and the die- • cussion which they must necessarily undergo out of doors, from the vast extent of the interests which they embrace, and which they touch so nearly, make it essential that whatever relates to the principles of free trade should be distinctly understood. The political economists may be extremely liberal in their views, and their notions may be— and are—very enlightened; but their practical application ' is what, as a mercantile nation, we are most concerned with ; if they are calculated to increase the industry and promote the comforts of our manufacturing population, and to infuse new vigour into the different branches of com mercial industry, in this view they latuset be top highly praised or too extensively adopted. That the prohibitory system is an unnatural system we most readily grant, and if we could not only be safely but profitably rid of it, it ought not to have—nor in our opi nion would it have—a single advocate from one end of the kingdom to the other. But unfortunately our manufac tures have been nursed under this exclusive system—they have grown up under it to their present girth and strength ; and the true question therefore is, not how far the opposite course of treatment is better as a scheme of political econo my, but how far it can be safely acted upon in that parti cular state of things to which it is intended to apply it. There is something extremely captivating in everything which comes recommended to us as involving the principles of freedom—freedom of the press—freedom of thought— freedom of speech—and though last not least, freedom of trade,—all admirable in their way, undoubtedly, and coming to us with that engaging aspect which inclines us towards them instinctively. Averse naturally to every thing which savours of fetterings and restrictions, we erect our ears whenever we hear that the commercial avenues which hitherto were closed are about to be thrown open, and that the mercantile intercourse of nations is to be car ried on without curb or restraint. But, after all, we must descend, whether we will or no, to the matter-of-fact view of the case. Is it possible to adopt the principles of free trade, or is it even meant to adopt them ? In the true sense and genuine meaning of the phrase, we have no hesitation in saying that this is not possible, and cannot be intended. Whenever trade is free, every man will buy as cheap as he can, and sell as dear as lie can. This is the principle upon which all trade is conducted. If, for ex ample, the Corn-factor in England can buy corn on the Continent at 30s. a quarter, and importing it at that low price, can sell it—as he of course can at a most ample profit in Mark-lane—on the principles of free trade, there can be no impediment whatever to his so doing. The same principle, in the full swing of its operation, must be ad mitted into every other branch of commercial dealing. What the British Agriculturists or the British Manufac turers may suffbr must be thrown wholly out of considera tion. The question of free trade does not concern itself with their resources; they must contend with the competition each in his own way, anti to the best of their own means. " No," say the advocates of ths. free system, "we have no intention to injure the manufacturing and agricultural interest of Great Britain—we wish to encourage the growth of her pro sperity in both branches: it is therefore intended to save them both by protective duties against the ill consequences of . foreign competition." Granted. But the instant you do this, there is a breach in your system. Trade is no longer free. Your language to the foreigner, interpret it as you will, is this—" We will so contrive, by means of a duty to be imposed upon the article in which you trade, u to force you to sell it at a certain rate ; we shall, in effect, exclude its introduction at a price below that which it suits our own interest to fix ; below that price not a bale of goods of yours will we admit." It is manifest, then, that we use the term free-trade in much too wide a sense ; and that the system upon which we really act is no other than this —to establish such a commercial intercourse with foreign nations as may be beneficial to ourselves ; and to prohibit the admission of all foreign manufactures which might vie with cur home market, except at a price, whatever it may be, which shall / ?Tied that market from being undersold. You may give this trade, so restricted, what denomination you please, but most certainly it is not free trade, and all the arguments founded upon it, as such, are erroneous, and serve only to mislead. In an article in the Edinburgh Review on the "Reatric dons on Foreign Commerce," the writer sums up his re mat ks by saying— " It has been our object to endeavour to point out how this may be effected; and to show that, by giving freedom to commerce, those commodities which are now pent up in our warehouses would meet with an advantageous and ready market. Instead of having too large a supply of manufactured produce, it would be found, were we to con sent to relinquish our restrictions and prohibitions, and gradually to recur to the only sound principle on which commercial prosperity can ever be bottomed--that of-a per fect freedom of trade— that we might add indefinitely to its amount. The market of the world never has been, and never can be, glutted. The distresses of the manufacturers, as far as they originate in the want of a market (anti this is undoubtedly their principal source), are entirely a con sequence of our own perverse policy—of our refusing to admit the cheap corn of Poland and America—the timber and iron of the Baltic—the wines, brandies, and cambric: of France—the silks of Spain—the Sugars of Brazil, and so forth."—Edinburgh Review for May 1620. We shall have more to say on this perfect system of trade as we proceed. The subject js one, at this moment, of the deepest interest, and unhappily it is one, of all others, upon which the most chimerical notions are afloat. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The appearance of the British Funds to-day indicated, at one period, an improvement. The opening price of Consols was 821, and they subsequently advanced to 1, from which quotation they afterwards, however, declined to BV, which closed the market. In Foreign Securities there wat also an advance in the early part of the day ; but they drooped towards the close• Colombian Bonds were 614 64; Mexican 6 per Cents, 651 6 ; Bruit Scrip 15 dia. ; Russian Stock 731 9 There was no business in the other Foreign Stocks. Sharer were sought after again to-day. Anglo-Mexican • 4 THE BRITISH PRESS. Shares were at 5 premium ; United Mexican ditto 7 ; and Itcal del Monte 130 to 130. Money is much more abundant than it was on the Stock Exchange ; and in consequence of returning confidence. large sums arc remitted from the country to the town Bankers. Exchequer Bills and India Bands continue at par to 2s. discou►►t. The immediate effects of the panic are fast dying away, although the remote consequences of it moat be long and severely felt. 1 The Plate of Tuesday contains the following para graph relative to the story we published front the horning Post, announcing the death of the Emperor Alexander:— " We have noticed the decency with which the English journals 'poke of the death of the Emperor Alexander ; the Itforning• Past alone has related an absurd tale about the death of this great Monarch : so infamous did this ar ticle appear to us that we would not translate it. Other journals have been less scrupulous—all the English papers concur in ridiculing 'this news of the assassination of the Emperor Alexander. The Post itself does not appear any longer to insist upon it, for it says—" Whether the news be true or false, we had it from excellent authority." Now we know that it is always upon excellent authority that the English journals gen era lly relate their falsehoods. The Oriental Spectator of the 18th of November con tains a note from Colonel Accourti, Commandant, re lative to the land and naval forces of Ibrahitn Pacha. We do not perceive anything very new in it. The land forces of I brahhn in the Morea on the Ist September, consisted, according to M. d'Accourtl, 415,8.30 Egyptians, of whom eiglity were artillery-men, $3l pioneers, and 1385 cavalry, independent of the Torkish garrisons, which were there' before his first landing. Ile had lost in combats 14,000 men, and 300 by sickness. With respect to the number of vessels, as it has been given by all the papers, we remark only that they comprise in their enumeration two steam vessels, whereas everybody knows that one of them sank as she was leaving Alexandria. Havannah Papers of the 16th ult. notice that the Spanish squadron destined for the relief of the garrison of St. Juan had returned to Havannah without effecting their object, as the Mexican squadron was too strong for them. If the Mexicans can maintain their naval superiority for a little while, it is quite clear that the castle of St. Juan must fall. The safe return of the squadron was more titan was ex pected at Havannah, as there were great fears that it had fallen Into the power of the Mexicans. We have received Charleston Papers to the 2,1 instant. Surveys of roads between Mexico and the United States have been ordered, and the first report of the commissioners ' on the practicability of this important communication has been read :it is favourable as to the project. One of these papers mentions that the changes in the laws of Mexico are vexations, no less than three cargoes of American shipping having been confiscated on account of the changes in the revenue laws. We have received the Singapore Chronicle of the 4th of August. An expedition had been sent, by order of the Go vernment at Singapore, for the purpcse of taking formal possession, as it was understood, of several adjacent islands ceded to the English by the late treaty with the Sultan of Singapore. Although the circumference of Singapore is not great, yet the small islands to be landed upon are nu merous ard little known, and the objects of the expedition would therefore occupy a considerable lime in being accom plished. According to accounts from Penang, received at Singapore, Captain H. Burney hail been appointed as Envoy of the Governor-General, to proceed on a mission to Siam, should a fit opportunity offer for opening a negotiation with the people of that country, extremely jealous of any inter course with foreigners, and therefore difficult of access. FOREIGN EXCIIANGES.—Letters from Alexandria of the 7th ult. sta:a that the Exchange is nearly nominal at 73, and that bills on England were not to be had at the moment. Advicts from Messina of the 2d, and from Naples of the 6th inst. inform us that at Mes,ina the ex change was 57 j, and Naples 569. Letters from Trieste of the Bth inst. quote the exchange at 914. The principal London bankers are doing all in their power to lessen the circulation of one and two pound notes in the country; and instances have occurred in which a positive refusal has been,giveft to continue to conduct the agency for country banks, unless the small notes within a given time shall be withdrawn from circulation. The ob , ject is, if possible, to exclude all country bank-notes under the value of 5!. each. LOCAL NOTES.—On Monday week a meeting was held in the Exchange Coffee-room, Preston, to consider of the best means of clearing" 'the town of every description of provincial notes, that the circulating medium might be confined to the coin of the realm and Bank of England notes A considerable number of manufacturers, mer chants, tradesmen, and others, being assembled, Mr. Gil bertson was requested to take the chair, and having opened the business, ,jr. Clarke stated that the main object of the present meeting was to find out some mode of getting rid of the provincial notes now in the town. They had long been a nuisance and a clog to trade, and the sooner they were sent to their proper limes the better. It had been men tioned, and he considered the plan a good one, that a depot should he appointed where the notes might be taken, and forwarded to their respective issuers, making a charge upon each note to cover the expense of transmission. This would at all events clear the town for a time; as to puting a stop to them altogether, he was afraid that could not be accom plished. After a desultory conversation, chiefly as to whether a temporary or more permanent depot should be established, it was finally agreed that the operations of the plan should be limited to the next Monday.—Manchester Mercury. _ _ _ A letter from Liverpool mentions the arrival at that port of Dr. Fiarks, from North America. This gentleman was sent out by Government to assist in arranging the boundary line between the United States and the British possessions in Upper Canada, particularly as to the territory in the vi cinity of the lake the in woods. The letter mentions also that authentic accounts had been received (by the return of the canoes belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company), of the safe arrival of the North \Vest expedition, tinder Capt. Franklin, at Athabasca, where they had flxcd their winter quarters. The party were, all in good health and in high spirits. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:It is of importance to the trading part of the community to know, that the Weight and Measure Offices at Guildhall are now open to the public for the purpose of sizing and marking the new im perial standard weights and measures, which are to be used after the first day of January next. All weights and measures brought to these offices should be in u correct a suite as possible, in order that no unnecessary time may be taken in regulating them by the standard. REM•RICAIiaItriORICAL Fncrs. - Itiasingnlartltat Parliament has assembled on a Sunday, in consequence of the death of the Sovereign, no less than three times during the present and the three preceding reigns; in George I on occasion of the death of Queen Anne; In George 111 on occasion of the death of George 11 ; in George IV on occa sion of that of George 111. It is also equally singular that the reigns of the first three Edwards should have occupied a space of time considerably exceeding a century ; and that the reigns of the first three Georges should also have occu pied a similar period ; Edward I ascended the throne Nov. 16, 1272; Edward 11, July 7, 1337; Edward 111, Sep tember 21. 1327. These three monarchs ruled England for 104 years, 7 months, and 12 days. As the reign of the late King terminated on Saturday the 29th of January, 1820, the time occupied by the reigns of the three Georges was 105 years, 5 mouths, and 29 days. 14iANCI1ESTER AND LIVERPOOL RAIL-WAY.—The re port mentioned by our Liverpool correspondent is confirmed. We observe in the prospectus of thellanchester and Liver pool Railway Company, in the Liverpool papers of Tuesday, that the Marquis of Stafford has become a subscriber to that undertaking, to the extent of 1,000 shares. The state ments made by die Committee with regard to the single article of coals is so important, that, when combined with other saviags, we can hardly suffer ourselves to dou'A the success of the Bill in the next Session of Parliament. The charge made on the Stockton and Darlington Rail-road for the carriage of passengers, inside, is only ld. per mile, and they travel at the rate of eight miles per hour. Should this scale apply to the Liverpool and Manchester road, the charge would (only be about s. 7d. per head, instead of the present rate of les. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE salmi! PRESS. St a,--By the very correct view your paper bag taken of the horrid league which has been long formed by a party in thiccountry agaihst public credit, and of the part taken by the Tinzes against the Bank of England, private bank er", country banks, and every channel of bank-note circu lation during the disastrous panic which it had so great a share in creating, you have rendered the public a very acceptable service. In confirmation of your views, and to show that the Times Journal has been long lending itself to the views of this faction, I send you the following ex tracts from that Journal. The writer, who assumes the signature of Daniel Hardcastk has taken a page from Cobbctt's book, and is in confederacy with him in every line. The title of the subject is "On BAN x NOTES and CREDIT." " What," he asks, " is a Bank Note ?" A piece of paper with the figure of on old Sillil is the corner, de picted in the act of issuing prophecies and promises to the British paNic. What is the foundation of a Bank Note; that is, on what does it rest ?—On credit ; and what is credit ?—A phantom—a mere abstract id ea. Credit is nothing that is material or tangible ; it is neither wealth nor capital ; it is not gold, nor is it silver; it is neither food nor clothing, nor a ship, nor a steam-engine; but all these, and other things existing, credit intervenes, and by a variety of hocus-pocus tricks, influences their distribu tion, and so that the man who has nothing, coming in con tact with the man who has something, the one very dex terously, and by means of credit, contrives to get his hand into the pocket of the other. And this I clearly take to be the reason why all these mighty issuers of paper are so loud in their praises of credit." He then proceeds to ask, " Can credit build a house ? Yes, provided some man that has capital will pay for the labour and materials ; and credit can do still snore, and after the house is built, it can mortgage it. And this brings us ex actly to the transactions between the Bank and the Go vernment. Nothing so easy as for the Bank to furnish credit—that is, paper—but nil ultra." Such language as this, disseminated all over the kingdom, and read in every village, has a direct ten dency to produce that convulsion which we have so lately witnessed. With men of sense it can snake no serious im pression; but that is not the description of persons it is ad dressed to, it is meant for the great mass of the population, and we have had a fatal proof of its mischievous effects. A LOOKER-ON. FRENCH PAPERS. [From the Etoik dated Tuesday.) VIENNA, DEC. 19. . _ The news of the death of the Emperor Alexander 'has not pro duced on the Exchange at Berlin the same sensation as here. A courier is immediately expected from the new Emperor of Russia. Our Metalliques were to-day at 91, and Bank Stock at 1165. PARTS. DEC. 26. The Emperor Constantine getout on the 17th inst. from IVarsaw for St. Petcrsburgh. All the German Journals, whatever shades of difference there may be in their political opinions, ate unanimous in their expres sions of grief, respect, and admiration on the occasion of the death of the Emperor Alexander. They manifest an eager desire to coi -1 lect all the circumstances connected with the long journey of the IsUZURt Prince, whom death has just snatched from the love of his people, and from the admiration of Europe. These details are almost all of a very old date, many of the facts going as far back as the end of October. The descriptions of his reception, and of the fetes given on the occasion, form too melancholy a conttast to the mourning by which they are about to be succeeded, for us to transcribe them here. We have received the St. Petersburg?, Jonrnals of die Gth inst They only contain the two following articles:-- " We think it our duty to call the attention of the public of this capital to an object unique in its kind, and which is now offered to the inspection of the curious in the rooms of the Imperial Chrystal Itlanufactory : we mean the chrystal bed, which has been made in this establishment by order of his Majesty the Emperor, to be sent as a present to the Selma) of Persia. Waiting to be enabled to give a detailed description, we lose no time in remarking that this chef' d'auvre has been produced by Russian workmen, and from designs by 111. Joanoff, a Russian artist. " The Emperor returned on the 17th of November, at seven in the evening, to Taganrog, from the tour which he had made in the Crimea." _ . _ It is stated that a new amnesty has just been granted by his Ma. jesty to four individuals condemned for political crimes. These are, It is said, (7ossir, ' , mare, A rthauti, and lAvocat. A letter from Frankfort, dated December 16, contains the fol lowing **Out exchange has been thrown to-day into the greatest con sternation. All ki.als of Stock were instantly very mqcli de pressed. The Austrian Aletalliquel were offered at 91 ; the Bank Stock of Vienna at 1105, &c. A great panic taxed our speculators. whose perplexities were still more augmented when they learned by the last courier from Holland, that the new; of the death of the Emperor of Russia was probably already known thereon the 14th instant, while one of the most considerable houses had sohl that day 4,000 metallique bonds, and refused to make any sales for time. A great rise subsequently occurred." [From the Quothlu•nne.l Pawns. DEC. 24. Yesterday morning his Excellency General Pont) di Burge, Ambassador from Russia, attended officially to notify the death of his Sovereign. This notification was made in the presence of the Baron de Dames, and with the customary ceremony. FASIHONABLE IN2'ELLIGENCE. The Earl of Ilstrowby left town yesterday, for his seat, &tidos. hall. Staffordshire. Lady Elisabeth Stuart has arrived at the Earl of Nardsiekes, In St. James's.gq . unre, from Brighton. William Dickinson, Esq. M.P. hag arrived at his house in Upper Ilarley-etreet, from his seat Kingweaton, Sornersetshire. C. P.Thompson, Ego ; left town yesterday, for J. P. Illaequeen's seat, Ridgewood Lodge, Bedfordshire. _ . _ henry bite, Esq. AI.P. has left his seat, Markham, Desks, for Sklisbury. . . . Sir George Wombwell, Bart. leftiSexmundharn for Aldborough, Suffolk. Lady Selsey has left town for West Dean, Sums. Lord Althorp has left Althorp, Northamptonshire, for his seat In Yorkshire. General and 111ra. Ross hare arrived at their house In Portland. place, from their scat, Lanier-park, Herts. Doparturcs from Long's Hotel, Bond-street:—Captain Ander son, R.N., for Chatham ; Pujet, Esq., on a tour; Willi am Cobb, Esq., for Alehon owbrav ;C. Gilmore, Esq., for ditto. Lord Stourton has arrived at his seat, Allerton-park, Yorkshire, from a tour. Sir John and Lady Shelley have arrived at their seat, blaresileld. park, Sussex, from a tour. . . . . r General R 4111% entertained a distinguished party at dinner yester day, at his house in Portland place, THE CHURCH. We congratulate the friends of the Established Church on the progress the venerable Society for promoting Chris tian Knowledge is making in most parts of the British do minions. An institution that reckons amongst its patrons and directors the whole Bench of Bishops, all the Dignita ries of the Church, with very few exceptions, and the great body of'the clergy, cannot fail to excite in the public a confidence that its proceedings will be conducted on sound principles. Such has been the effect produced in an ex traordinary degree in Liverpool. The clergy of that town have lately, under the sanction of the Bishop of Chester, appealed to their flocks in behalf of this charity. 'they were reproved in a friendly manner for not bringing its claims earlier to their notice. And the result was 5.52 new aubscribcrs to its list. Prince Leopold arrived in town yesterday from his resi dence at Claremont. His Royal Highness dined with the Duchess of Kent, at her apartments in the King's Palace, Kensingtcn. Mr. Secretary Canning, after having the honour of dinir , with the King, on Tuesday, at the Royal Lodge, Wing sor, proceeded to the seat of the Earl of Liverpool, at Coombe Wood. The Right [lon. Gentleman arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from Coombe Woed. William Rankes, Esq. one of the present Representa tives of the University of Cambridge, arrived in Norwich on Thursday last, and has been paying his personal re spects to those Masters of Arts here who have votes at the next general election.—Bury Gcmcfle. IVe are authorised to state that Mr. Crickitt has with drawn his name from the banking-house at Colchester, and that in all other respects the business will, for the present, be carried on as heretofore.—Esscr Herald. SEA MEN.—The Quebec Gazette, of Nov. 24, observes— " that as the season advances the difficulty of procuring sailors increases ; not from a scarcity in the port, but owing to the determination of many to winter here; when they know they are sure of employment, in preparing rigg. ing for new vessels to be launched next Spring. Several vessels are now ready for sea, but arc waiting for seamen, who demand from 18 to 20 guineas per man for the run." MUS!C. THE MUSICAL SISTERS. Yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, nightly, and hourly , we become more and more musical in our h a bi ts ! For: merly the remark applied only to the old world ; t h e are ;. val of the last mail from America proves it to be now . equally appropriate to the new. The Italian Opera ha s been naturalized at New York. The " Falls of Ni a _ gara" will shortly tumble as melodiously as " Th 2 Falls of Clyde"—unpronounceable mountains, like Popocateped, b e smoothed down into a series of semiquavers, and " r i ver , (hitherto) unknown to song," flow along, through a liquid lapse of minims, to the air of " Water parted from the sea , " like the well-behaved dancing-bear in the play. 'lid, is just as it should be. What a pleasing reflection to io sideK that the town of " Concord" will at last have setnethin better to vindicate its claim to that title th an frog mittens! and that Mr. Owen and his co-operatives will be compelled to dwell together in " Harmony" in a new sense, and i tr spite of their ears and parallelograms. In Europe we do still better. Music is patronised when other arts car not show themselves without producing dis. cord. The Holy Allies have taken a hint from our own Shakspeare, and adopted, in its utmost and most literal interpretation, his opinion— " The man that bath no music in himself, Nor to not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils." Accordingly Rossini, Meyerbeer, mid Carl Maria yon ber meet with encouragement, when professors of sciences and holders of opinions, to the full as literal , thLugh per haps not quite so creative of harmony, fare the curs e fir tl.em. At home here in England—in our own country of fogs, firesides, and fortepianos--music is also d thriving art, ar d its professors richly rewarded. We It mour Bishop 3 notes at sight, or rather hearing, when Exchequer bills are at a discount. Musicians are the only people who can scar.: without fear of the Insolvent Court ; and to be al rnatly flat and sitarp, without impeachment of their honesty or wit, is to them alone of all other ruortah per. fectly natural. 8.. t to the point we are all fiddlers fro:n four to forty. The former part of the sentence is true, if Mr. Nlanning's account of his youngest daughter is to be credited. W e have se.n the young lady, and, truth to say, there appeared no reason to doubt the accuracy of the report as to her age. On the occasion of oar visit to the Egyptian hall yester day she executed a variety of pieces of music, both on the harp and pianoforte--sclos as well as duets—with a degree of taste, accuracy, and precision, truly astonishi ng , w h en her very tender years and the elaborate nature of the corr. positions selected as specimens of her talents are consi dered. Of course so youthful a performer could not be expected to excel in execution—the very deficiency of the necessary physical power incapacitating her from the attain ment of that excellence. But in all other respects her style of playing is good, and, considering the circumstance of her ' years, we may add, surprising. She, as well as her elder sister, played on excellent time throughout. By the latter, Kalkbrenner's variations to " Rule 'Britannia" were ex tremely well executed on the pianoforte, as was " Di rand palpiti, ' in which she was accompanied by her younger sister on the harp. The " Nightingale Duet" was pleas. ingly played by both on tl:e piano, th e younger Miss Man wereg the first part. Several oilier pieces of music played by the sisters, together and separately, in a style that excited the surprise and satisfaction of a numerous and elegant assembly. For our own part, we think the youngest child evinces talents of no common order, which have certainly been most usiduously, perhaps painfully, cultivated. We should add, the elder girl is said to be between seven and eight years of age ; and the instructor of both sisters is a gentleman named Toulmin. One more remark—we have no doubt tl.is will be a very popular, we wish we could add it was to us an entirely pleasing, exhibition. Apart from the high degree of eco cious skill and talent displayed by these children, we do net consider it as such. 1 t is somewhat painful to see females of tenders years and frames, after the revere discipline neces sary to ensure so early a proficiency in music, exposed to the gaze of a crowded assembly. Such a specks of training is not the most favourable to the development of the mental, moral, or physical, faculties. It seldom or never produces excellence in the art cultivated:in riper years ; and we do not wish to dwell upon its other and obvious consequences. Be this as it may, these are always sufficient people in London rawly to run after and reward all manner of wonders, no matter what their nature or tendency. The present exhi bition is curious, and in every respect more endurable than many of a similar nature which have been received with high favour by the town. PROVINCIAL BANKS. WENTWORTH AND CO. IVe are nearly tired of reporting the tardy proceedings connected with this firm; anti, though we still feel fully convinced that all will be paid, yet the continued silence of the majority of those whose authority is alone valuable, is, in our opinion, far from proper or satisfactory to the people, who are anxiously waiting to know if ruin, through delay, Ike. shall be their portion, or a well founded hope their anOlor. The names of the partners have not yet appeared in the London Gazette, as was expected ; but we know that the commission of bankrupt has already arrived in the country, and is now in the hands of a respectable solicitor. We lately stated that Messrs. Wentworth and Chalon had sent an order to Mr. Barnes, the head clerk here, to close the bank and not to open it again on any account. This order WS" complied with. Yet amidst all this, Mr. Rishworth on Saturday last at tended in York, had the bank opened, in order to show himself to the creditors, and gave them verbal assurances that all would he paid. How far this proceeding is in unison with the present wishes of the other partners we know not, nor do we care. The bank remains open, but we know of no advantage the public can derive from this measure. All that we and the public wish for, is an open statement of the case, and an assurance at what time the debts will be paid, according to human probability. We shall add no more—general re marks amount to little, particularly when they do net come before the public in the form of an official report, under the decided sanction of the partners altogether as an undivided firm.—York CONY ant. NORFOLK BANKS. The very partial ... laJßvocl; we noticed, last week, as having commenced on the banking establishments in this town (Bury) on Monday and Tuesday, was so promptly and cheerfully met, that even the most selfish and timid of the alarmed rustic; who had hurried hither on Wednesday morning, appeared rather ashamed of their fears than in. clined to profit by them ; the consequencesof which ehangi were, no trouble was found among the jobbers and dealers in the market, and not a turkey-woman inclined to bate d fraction of her price, even at the glare of gold in Fefereno; to the dusky hue of old paper. The notes of many of the most stable of our neighbouring Banks were, however, by no means current, although now they Leon to have as litt;e of a " questionable shape " as before the spread of the late foolish, and now happily, dissipitted alarm.—Bury Gazdte, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE BANKS Meetings have been held at Gloucester, Stroud, Stay bridge, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Bewdley, and lla.i ley, at which the principal inhabitants made knows their confidence in the stability of the respective banks there. The Gloucegter Jo . irnal says, a e have goad ressan stating our belief that Messrs. Turner and Morris i;l ii; very few days be able to recommence business, ode; new firm, in which some gentlemen of the highest chine a<r and of undoubted responsibility, will be junryl girl them. The baths ef Russell and Skey, and ofJatms Wood, a Gloucester, of Lechmer and Company's, at Tewkesbury , 0 Jones and Morgan, at Ross, of Bluxotne and Player Dursley, and four of the Monmouthshire Banks, hail a to sustain last week severe runs, but they rode tut tl storm admirably. it it A soldier of Marshal Sit:as army being disecv. red theft, was condenmed to be hanged. What he had 0 . . might be worth about five shillings. The Maishal him as lie was being led to execution, said to him, " 1111 a miserable fool you were to risk your life for tire di. ling !" " General," replied the soldier, " I have !lA. , it every day for five pence." This repartee saved his life 1. 0 int di cral sideret the A nrb ISt we pa fully doubt yeraed reamer A Crook• was ki stack