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11.1 f ~±~ PRICER OF BRITISH Beni, Stock 4301 0 40 3 per Cent. Reduced, 1111 4 3 per Cent. Cons. 901 31 per Cent. 1004 4 per Cent. 11094 102 New 4 per Cast.loo4 II bring Annultin. 2211 9411 Imperial 3 per Cents. Bank tor Account Venn. for Acct. 91 904 914 —— - - T(/('KS VgSTERDA V. India Stuck, 2711 India Itends,B7 84 India fur Account, South Sea Stuck. 103 South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New A.riuities 90a 1ti115,1.00.1. Wl U pr. Ditto, 30W. 50 64 pr. Dit.o, Small, 38 56 pr. Lottery Tickets, 191. 19a. release the Greek slaves, and prevent any rupture with this country. The act of outrage was piratical and atrocious, and deserves to be visited on these barbarians with the se verest consexpeences. These papers state that the affairs of Greece were the subject of frequent discussion in con ferences held at ('ount Nesse'rode's, between the Ambas sador of Austria and the Russian senator Tatischeff. Grztk agents, it is added, were expected in St. Peters burgh, and that the independence of the 4:reeks will be recognised by the Powers of the Holy Alliance, on the condition that they shall themselves propose tha Prince to reign over this new State. It was long since asserted to be the determination of Russia, to remove Bernadotte from the throne of Sweden, and place him over Greece as an Mile *ty. We have been assured on high authority, that these intentions are not abandoned by Russia, and that the deposition of Charles Jean, and the restoration of the son of Gustavus, is now resolved on ; if so, it is more than likely the Allied Powers will attempt to force Ber nadotte on the Creeks. Aerosol's°, JAN. 16. office ought to be change'l. We do not see why a Cabinet situation should attach of right to that office, more than to the head of any other Court. We know nothing of the merits of the case, as between the eccen tric and ut'fortunat. Mr. Gourlay and the Duke of Somer set, or whether the former has any merits at all ; but the cause has dragged out a procrastinated existence in that Court, of sufficient length to be five times over decided, and it is a cruel hardship to the parties that it yet lies over in doubt. A pamphlet has lately been published, by some weak and injudicious partisan, in defence of Lord Eldon, the practice of his ('jurt, and the endless delay■ so much complained of. This production, whoever it comes from, is utterly ineffective, and forms no refutation what ever of a single charge mentioned in Parliament. The delays of unhappy suitors - in that Court—" the anxious days and sleepless nights" of alternate hope and disap pointment they are fated to endure, have repeatedly been the subject of remark, and yet the system of torture and procrastination still goes on. Lord Eldon, himself, is too old to change, and the question so often asked is, who can supply' his place ? A suit in that Court may occupy the natural period of a man's life, and bring ruin with it at the close. The whole composition of the Equity Court needs essen tial reform. The intervals and accumulated expense be tween filing the bill, putting in the anzwers or demurrers, amending that bill again, the further tedious pleadings so often consequent, the slow examination of witnesses on in terrogatories' drawn out, the time that elapses before publica tion of these wire-spun depositions passes, the setting clown the cause fur trial, its long existence in the list before any hearing takes place, and then the hesitation displayed by the ( liancellor in giving judgment, are all sufficient to wear omit the patience and temper of the most determined suitor. We do not wonder Mr. Gourlay should complain : with hint it is completely the STIACKS YEISTERI)AI'. Spanish I Spey Ct. Cons. 25 4/ Ditto for Acct. 251161 Ditto 179 & 251 Duty 05 ditto 25 Dino h per Cts.(lo2l)lst 17 Ditto for the Account Ditto 1061. - es. lkteds Spanish Bonds (1820) . , Er. Return, 94 • Dn. Ex. 26f. AM. Do. Scrip, 7.1 pr. Ihuihilt Bonds, Ditto Marks Ranee. 911 / 31ex. Scrip, 3/ 1 1 t i i 41 4pr. COCRSE OF EXCHANGE VESTEHDAT. Amsterdam C. F. L 2 Leghont . . 461 I)itto, at stglit . 11 111 Genoa 431 Rotterdam l 2 3 I Venire - - 27 - Antwerp . - 12 4 ' d flanthorgh 37 4 I Malta A! - Naples . A trona - - 37 A 1 Palermo Pans, 3 days' sight 25 60 Lisbon Intro - 25 110 1 Oporto floordeaux . 25 00 Rto.laneiro Bolin - - 7 DI Bahia Frankfort-tort-the-61min 166 I)tthlin Peterslturgh - 9 Cork Vienna - 10 II Trieste - - 1011 Madrid - 341 Cadiz - 36 Bilboa - -31 Barcelona 35 . Seville . . 35., FKICES OF 1:0111:1111N Austrian Scrip, 8I A A pr. Ditto Bonds, f:bilian Bonds, 771 7 4 711 Ditto tor Arc. 77 ti 3 Colonib. Uonda, ga l 4 I)o. for Actount. GS Neapolitan Bonds, 82 4 I/ 2 Prussian Bonds, NI 1 41 Ditto for Acroiont., Ditto !fonds(l&22), "Russian Rands, :{94 90 894 914 Ditto for Arrt. 1401 Ditto Alettallic Stock 82 l'ortuguese Bonds, ir/I Alex. Aline.. 10 pr. We have received several letters from St. Petershurgh. It ap pears to be confidently expected in some circles In that city that important events will take place in the spring In the north mud south of Europe. It is even believed that the affairs of Greece will be filially arranged, and that the political independence of that country will be recognised by the Powers of the Holy Alliance, but on the condition that they shall themselves propose the Prince who shall reign over this new State. Such, it is affinuol, will be the result of frequent conferences held nt Count Nesselrodes, between the Ambassador of Austria and the Russian Senator, Tatischeff. It is even pretended that Greek agents will shortly arrive in St. Petersburgh, to discuss in the Itinsinn Council the interests of their country. It Is to be ob. served that Sir Itagot, the Itritish 31inister, lakes no part in the above-ninitioned conferences, whence it is supposed that the political system of England, with regard to the Greeks, differs from that of the t'ontinental Powers. JAN. I& According to recent accounts, the number of persons incited as making pan of the baud of robbers lately discovered, has become so numerous that the prisons of Amberg and Zulzhach are not auf6- i-eient to lodge them separately ; nice/wry' have, therefore, been taken to lit up fifteen chambers in the castle of Itotenburg, to re ceive the same number of prisoners, who will be removed front Amberg. 31ure nit:tubers of this band are arrested daily. . 62 4U 81 BULLION. d. PortngnlGold in coin 0 0 0 Foreicii Gold in bars :1 17 New Doubloons It 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 in Inas 0 ♦ 111 Gibraltar • " Itusticus rxpectat,_dum deflust amnia— " habitue et labetur in tonne volubilis sevum." But Lord Eldon bears all complaints of poverty and de spair with philosophic indifference, and refers the petition er, with full complacency, for consolation to the gowned pleaders around him. Did the Noble Lord himself ever advocate any cause without a fee? We never heard him praised for mush disinterestedness : it is not a family virtue. If we remember right, when at the Bar, like Ben Jonson's Lawyer,— NruMnuea, JAN. 12. Letters from Brody say, that Lord Strangfonl, after receiving despatches from alalta, intimated to the Divan the measures taken by the English Government against Tunis, adding, that this would affect the good understanding between England and Turkey. It is added, that the Sultan has sent orders to Tunis to comply with the demands of England, to release the Greek slaves forcibly taken from an English ship, and deliver them to the English ('onsul It is therefore believed at Constantinople, that the good under. standing between England and Tunis will soon be restored. _ " He would scarcely wag DOT yet lic still . 4 Without a fcc." But his Stoic recommendations cost nothing. We are glad to see the present Chief Justice of the Common Pleas presiding with dignity, and introducing something like order and decorum into that Court. The intemperance and personal acerbity of some of the Learned Sergeants added little to the character and respectability of the Common Pleas: it was often a scene of mere noisy declamation, in which Mr. Sergeant I'ell and Sergeant Vaughan were the prominent actors. The late Chief Justice Della* was a man of mild manners and most courteous demeanour, and little fitted, from his character and ill health, to control the learned " Brothers of the Coif." In this Court, of late years, was completely realized Pope's inimitable description— The Governor of Demerara has most properly submitted to the control of the highest authority in this country, the proceedings of the Court Martial in the case of Smith, the Missionary : the life of this man, therefore, will not hang on the decision of a Council of Officers, who could hardly escape the strong and violent prejudices now exist ing throughout the British West Indies against the Mis sionaries in general. The whole evidence and proceedings will undergo the calm review of Ministers at home. Smith may have been so wicked or infatuated as to urge the Ne groes on the eastern coast, who attended his meetings, to insurrection ; yet we are at a loss to imagine what possible purposes he could have attained by doing so. flail the rebellion succeeded, his own life and that of the other white inhabitants must ultimately have been the forfeit. We know no purpose the Missionaries could accomplish by urging the slaves to insurrection : but their zeal was at all times an ignorant and misguided one; their fanaticism most dangerous; and those doctrines of equality, proceeding trom election and grace, which they preached to the Negroes, hostile to every thing like submission and obedience. These men, unfortunately, were not qualified either by education, judgment, or experience, for the arduous pursuits they had undertaken. It seems admitted on all hands, that their re sidence of a few years among the African population hu been productive of serious mischiefs—of deep and dangerous discontents, among that numerous body. Unlike that able and successful order, the Jesuits, they neither possessed the knowledge, the diseritnination, nor the ability, for such undertakings; they did not temper their rude zeal with judgment ; nor hail they that calm discernment that fitted them for the diffusion of the Gospel among this inte resting yet dangerous race. Wherever these men have be stowed their unsolicited labours, whether in theWcst Indies, the islands of the Pacific, or Ilindostan, they have done little good. At the same time we arc afraid prejudice ran high against Smith and his associates ; and the Demerara paper of the Ist December, now before 116, leaves little doubt of the fact. When it talks "of the universal distrust and dismay produced" by Governor Murray's submitting the proceedings of the Court Martial, that involved the life of Smith, to the review of the highest authorities here, it forms a tolerable proof of the feelings then prevailing in Deme rara. The determination of the Governor, this paper (The Cuhusist) adds, " is no doubt a matter of deep regret to us " all." " Delaying the ends of justice where the necessity " is not obvious to all, is liable to dangerous misconstrue " tion ; yet (it concludes by saying) we trust and hope " that the public apprehension will gradually subside, " confiding in that watchful Providence, which makes " even the wickedness of the worst q• traitors subservient "to the ultimate putpnses of its justice." Such language as this, at once intemperate and inhuman, where the life •of an unfortunate man, however r,uilty, is involved, , speaks volumes as to the prudenc.. and indispensable ne cessity for the determination most properly adopted by the Governor of Demerara. If Smith should now be exe cuted, he will not fall front prejudice ; his life will only be forfeited on the fullest and dearest evidence of deli berate guilt. " The Temple late two Brother Sergeants saw, " Who deemed each other oracles of law: " With equal temper then congenial souls-- " One lulled th' Exchequer, and one stunned the Rolls : " Each had a gravity would make you split, " And shook his head at Dana', as a wit." But the Learned Brothers arc no longer likely to reign absolute. We heard Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, in answer to some observation of the new Chief Justice, state, with all' the air of a Dictator, " My Lord, we do not do so in this " Court." The Premier looked from his elevation at the disappointed Sergeant, and replied only by an " Indeed!" but the tone and manner were decisive. We are afraid that some of his Brothers on the same bench do not possess a higher share of the Chief Justice's estimation than the Sergeants. Scarcely had Mr. Justice Park commenced yes terday one of his usual long speeches, so full of legal lure and eloquence, than the Chief Justice rose from his seat and walked out—no very marked tribute of respect this to the sage Judge in question ! Sir Robert Gifford's elevation has been an extraordinary one: his birth was humble, and his talents extremely moderate. He is said to be a good rroperty lawyer, and owed much to the patronage and care of the late Sir Vicary Gibbs, whose cases, it is said, lie answered for some time before the latter quitted the bar. But in a political point of view, while Attorney-General, he was no aid whatever to bis party. His speeches on the Queen's impeachment were heavy and unimpressive; and in Parliament he made no figure whatever, and seldom spoke at all. Unlike, how ever, the once celebrated Garrow, who stood so much higher at die Bar, he did not sink into a Puisne Judge's seat, but became the head of his Court, with a peerage, it is said, in expectancy. The full flow oc fortune has fol lowed on built. Where much more talented men have re mained in comparative obscurity, he has risen to the highest legal honours. We trust his influence and decision will reform the character of the Common Pleas, and restore its respectability, which for some years has passed away. THE KING. —At a late hour on Monday night advice. from Ittighton staid, that the answer to the numerous inquiries at the Palace during the afternoon of that day was as follows: " The King has hid a severe attack of the gout, but his Ma jesty 1. better to:day than he was yesterday." " Monday, Jan. 211, 1824." Yesterday, at two o'clock. a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office by summons, which was again at tended by all the Cabinet Ministers, who continued in de liberation till about half-past five, with the exception of two of the Ministets, who left at half-past four. Yesterday afternoon the Duke of York, as Commander in -Chief, held a Levee at his office in the Hone Guards, Repeated complaints have been matte in Parliament which was attended by Lieutenant-General Sir henry and without its doors, of the ruinoun delays in the Court of Campbell, Major-General 11.11, Lieutenant-General Skin- Chaneery—yet Lord Eldon still sits there, and the proems- i r . ; lera Mi'i'V . ;l:7 l lla B i i i r ,it ‘ o . i i i llia r i„ K „ - t eir e t t ; m ra e n ra t i Lieutenant- Sir Charles tinativu goes on. The oft-repeated cause of the unfortu- Wale, Major-General Vincent, Major-General Anderson, nate Mr. Gourley and the Duke of Somerset, is another and about twenty others. tend neond of this Court. Judgment in this ease has long Yesterday the Earl of Liverpoo!, the Duke of Welling been promised. A stuffiest detail was on Monday given ton, Baron Pagel, Sir Charles Long, and a number of ot by the great Equity Judge ; but no judgment um: pro- Y her distinguished characters, dined with the Di* of ork. flounced. Mr. Gourley may starve in the interval ;—but Yesterday letters were received in London from the the Chancellor receives forty thousand a year—he knows Queen of IVirtemberg, addressed to most of the Royal nothing of the torments of " hope deft nee—casuistry and Family, &e. delay bring neither want nor despair to his door—the Monday evening, Mr. Proudman, the King's Messenger, left town from the Secretary of Stat e 's Office for the tome series of heart-broken suitors, to him, arc nothing—th e s i g h fx pertinent, with despatenes for I lertford, respect ing the of distress may reach his ear, but it appears to make little fat, of lima. impression o n hi s h e art. If Lord Eblon besmear up his The Address will be moved in the House of Commons hesitating • I (that never yet doubted where his next Tuesday, by Rowland Hill, Esq., one of the Mem non interests were involved), why does he n o t di s - hers for the county of Salop, a nd se co nd e d by J ames Daly, ? 11;. t ..4 4 1. t o t ti m e t if t i et le w M e o u n l tee de rs for and, (-m i nty of 11 . ;:dway. It is miss the anxious parties from his Court, and con scientiously premounee judgment at once? The Duke of I antisee + n i„ t h e I immtseatol of g e v ' es . ." l t i t !' i t s h t e o i n ). a '' tt n irt m , vt ‘ o li f Somerset has just as much tesmon to complain as I the Royal Speech, nothing of course can he permitted to _ transpi re till it has b een r submittel to his Maj t sty in b I Mr. Itourlay, and we are convinced feels the d e lay as I I Flan..rs 111.61 brought us GarmanPapers last night •. strongly, though he will not descend from his high sta adimg of whirl) will time to camplain. If the rotitted ovorattooi. of the I Mr. Shia. at the Catholic Meeting, on Saturday last, at !Dublin distinctly stated that th • int e rests of th • Catholi They state that ord. rs had Chatteellor interfere so mark. dly with the important bust- were • emffided to ' the metnilers f the o f Assoc le by the Sultan to Tunis. to mere of his Court, then the whole compsition of that high ciatam, as the represe:datiz%s ‘g fins prdaties ! I i I. 1; 1 1 , I ill 1 . .. ( ain %iu. MAILS. Anatvert.-1 French and 2 !lumbar h. Dots-2 ( en 4 limbuTgh , 1 Holland, and I F Elte 33ritiok 513regiO. The BRITISII Purse commenced publishing yesterday morn ing at half-past Ave o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1924. The Paris Papers of Sunday and tba Mak of Monday reached us late last night; their leading contents will be found below. The Munitrar asserts that Madrid was tranquil, though the Monk Sacs had returned from Toledo to that capital. The death of the Minister Irujo is not mentioned in these papers ; the statement of his decease, aml the appointment of Ilereilia in his place were there fore probably premature ; the Mohiteur denies that any tumult took place, as stated sonic time since, at Aleo venda. But what reliance can be placed on the French I Papers? Though these Journals wish to make it appear that Spain is tranquil, it is clear, from an ordinance given in substance in the Dude, and issued by the Spanish Mi nister of War on the 1:101, that the country in general must be greatly disturbed. This document states, " that " the King ;.: informed that in several parts of the king " dom men still show themselves, who, obstinate in their " principles, and act r•n touted to live in discord, think to " disturb. They break out (it asserts) into inv , vtives " against the sacred rights of the throne and praises of the " abolished Constitution. They spread alarming reports, " and carry their audacity so far as to infest the public " roads with arms in their hands." This does not smack much of the tranquillity trumpeted by the Alonifeue. To put down these dangerous discontent. a Military Commis sion is instituted in all the provinces, to be formed in fifteen days, for the trial of the Constitutionalista; against whom all the capital penalties of Ferdinand's 11ecree of May, 1.414, arc to be enforced. The malcontents, however, arc inn-Easing both in numbers and dsring. Accounts from Valencia to the 11th January state, that a group of armed Constitutionalists appeared on that night at the gates of 4 :trate of S. Narcissi), to carry off the guard, but failed. The declaration of Mexiio against Spain appears in the Restarrador. (from the Mouiteur of Sunday, Jan. 251 The official part contains a very long ttrdinancc, in twenty-six articles, the object of which is stated in the preamble, to be to p: event the future recurrence of that nutnerons accidents that have I:3ppened in Paris, from the fall of cornices, entablatures, &c. and to remove the bad appearance, the obstruction, and the &In gots arising front this projection of sliop.windows, signs, he. INon.ttnicial part.] .111A1)11111). JANI , AIIY 11. Madrid is perfectly tranquil; several Prelain•bniii;eni•lited in the capital hare lately left it. It is affirmed that D. Victor `lae has returned from Toledo, and is actually here. Nobody at Madrid believes that the departure of the Spanish troops. especially the regiment of the Prince, was by the desire of the Connuander-in-Chief of the Army of I Occupation. This regiment d cavalry was one of the most distinguished forces in Spain, and lived on gond terms with the allied troops. This MM. sure was taken entirely with a view to the public good, and to re move henceforth every pretext fm malevolence. The Liberals spread a report that there was a tumult at Alcoben. das. This is a notorious falsehood. is atirmed that the officers of the royal guanl will be selected turn the troops commanded by lietierils 1;rol:s. Charles Quatada, and others devcuril to the %Oil:, and that the re maiwler of these troops will be distributed among the other regi_ wuetsOf tbe anny. I FrOm the Etoiie of Monday, Jan. 'M. i 31Anitsn, JAN. 16. The King, our Sovereign, has jawed the following DeCTCC:-- `• Hy my Ik`cree of the I tilt of !breather last I thought lit to rem wir honorary medallion to all those of my subjects who, only to the voice of the purest 14yalty, hare braved all dampra •ci defend the right* of my isovervii.mty, religion, and the steer. I had authorised the t;aptains-Getwevl t gin the notes atrylieentra to persohi Wioni they ATkxll.l judfft .44111 of this die tioetioa ; but hating learned that the distribution was Dot made ac cording to the end I proposed, I declare that the right of means- MI tie said Deem Is henceforth reserved to ntyrtlf atone. " Jan. 14, 11t24." iis Alinister ef War issued on the 13th inst. en Ordinance in 1.1 srt;e!?s, of which the following is the preamble t— •- Toe King is informed that in several pans of his kingdom men S!:!: I,i , ew themselves olistinate in their prineiples, and, accustiminl to live in discord, think to disturb. They break out iwo Univ. tiles against them-red rights of the Throne, and praises of the l'ottatitutiot . They spread alarming report•i, and r ury their audacity so fur as to infest the public roods, with anus in their hands. In consequence his Majesty, peroration that the must efE.,ritisl win to prevent crimes, is nrompily to punish those who hao. already liven guilty of them, orders a. fllows: •• Att. I. In all the capitals of Provinces, includir:g the lk learie misfit's. there shall he formed, within 15 days, executive and permanent . 0111111111 91 11 1 147 11 . cot:Tont, or who is a lingailizr.tientral in the King's anries, ask nimbi ix. from thee, rank of Oillani to that of Sergetint-Msjor, Ulan Assessor, four tliirsls, aril as many clerks." T., I. h mist irk linters that the penalties to be inflicted on the ...indeiiined, shall he determined according to the Itoyal !knee of .Vlay 4. 11114. AI.VNCIA, JAN. 11. A group appear"! Ong night at the gager, of 1 itartt• 1 , 1 S. Nor. to e.trry till' the guard, bow thim Wad alictopt wholly fail e d. 'l'b•• Rerbutriolor publishes the derlar.ttion to aar by :11exico t,, the Met .I:timary, the lea be c.y tin d in our coltnific , . b • 11 frOitt • 31: } 116 FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Earl Burford has arrived in town from Gatton, Surrey. Lord Melbourne arrived iu town yesterday from Earl Cowper's seat. Pansunger, liens. The 31:trquis of Graham has arrived in town from Melton Mow bray. Leicestershire. Lord anti Lady Grantham left their scat, Newby Hall, York shire, yesterday, mid are expected in town to-morrow. The lion. Mr. and Mrs. Trevor are arrived at their house in Berkeley-vinare, from Viscount Ilatupden'► seat, Glynde Hall, Sussex. Lord Clifton has left town fur his father's (the Earl of Darnley) seat. Cobham Hall, Kent. I Sir Francis Vincent, Bart. arrived yesterday at the British Ho tel, Jennyn-street. from Paris. Departures from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street : Captain Forbes, R.N. for Portsmouth ; and Robert West, Esq. for his seat in Warwickshire. Mr. and Lady Harriet Baring anival oa Monday at Thomas's Hotel, lierklev•sqnare, from a tour. Sir Philip Roche, Bart. has arrived at. the Clarendon Hotel, ! Bond-street, from Brighton. Captain Sutton has arrived in town from Belvoir Castle, Bul -1 landahire. Earl Non:mom has arrived at his seat, Ditchley Park, Oxford. shire, from atom , . ' Counter. De (hey has arrived at her house, in St. James's-square, I from ha seat, Putney Heath, Surrey. PARIS. frllo3l A coIINESPONDENT.I yARIII, JAN. 22. Yesterday being the anniversary of the martyrdom of, Louis XVl.—for the race of royalty have their army of martyrs-4k day was observed with the greatest outward' solemnity; the risible suns of sorrow were not great, but the ceremonials of regret and reverence were all very care fully managed, and did great credit to those who had the direction and getting up of the concern. The Royal Fa mily attended the ceremony—very properly so named—of high mass at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, for the repose of the soul of the unfortunate Monarch ; for the sods of departed Sovereigns have no doubt a great dread of dis turbance in these unquiet times ; and no wonder, when even those which are living, and in the body, can hardly rest quietly in their beds, what with anxiety for their lov ing subjects, and the weighty cares of a crown, and the long et retria of anxieties which attend in the train of prin cipalities and powers. High mass being concluded, the Royal Princes and Princesses, with the military at. fr and the higher class of public functionaries, pluelkeled in grave procession, and " iVith leaden eye, that loves the ground," To pry their tribute of love and loyalty at his tomb. No person was permitted to enter the sainted sanctuary of de ceased Sovereigns, except in deep mourning, or—which is the permitted rust "me of military grief—in unifonn. The corpse, you may take it for granted, read a very edifying lecture: torrents of tears ought to have been shed—for who could look upon a martyrdom with dry eyes? Whether they were so shed over the remains or not I cannot take, upon me to any, not having been present. Whatever was necessary to be done, in order to keep the devil at due dis tance, I have no doubt was done, and the soul's repose can in conscience ask for nothing further. Mass was l.er formed in all the other churches, for " The head and heart 'molten taken, Like other fortresses, by rturm." Nothing in the way of eflkt was omitted. The Testa mein of Louis was read by the officiating priest. The shops were all shut up the greater part of the day ; the theatres were closed ; no business was done at any of the public offices • the morning newspapers were published. Everything ha d the appearance of a pious slumber. The whole of Paris wore the surface of a sinecure. It seemed as if " To shave, repent, and go to Pieep," were the great acts essential to the coimnen of a .• martyrdom. The Prince Carignan has left Paris, since the death of Charles Felix ; there is a floating rumour that he is the intended husband of the Duchess of Berry, who is said to be tired of weeds and widowhood. There is a science of sae,,ii• vivre, it seems, even in matrimony, and, like 'other sciences, it alannids with professor:; and when a widow hangs out the sign of the "filk null-gardi4," her fortunes always find a protector "ti la conscience." I went yesterday to the Louvre, to admire Drolling's delightful picture of the "Merkur dune Cuisine." I al ' ways view it with fresh pleasure ; it has about it a perfect ' tion of which the eye never tires. It is reported here that you are about to establish a national gallery of pictures in England. 1 hope the report is well-founded ; for you have been too long destitute of such an institution. The print-col lectors from your side of the water are very active here. I have just seen the print of "Ilia Most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth," by Lupton: it is certainly well done, and is in great request. I remember to have seen the stoppled engraving; but Wivell, the artist, has considerably im proved the likeness in the present portrait; he has been re markably successful in conveying all the peculiar touches and exquisite softnt as of the drawing. Speaking of en gravers, what a loss was Muller !—his " Madonna di S. Sisto di Itafaelle," if a proof, fetches any price. The weather here is damp, gloomy, and foggy; it matches your dullest days of November in England. I long for the sunniness of summer, with its lemonade and eau-de-grcseille. Jax. 2S. It is said that the Princess Louise of Prussia, youngest daughter of the King, is destined to be married with the the Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, who at this mo tnent is at Rome. Ferdinand of Spain has prohibited all hooks, pam• phlets, journals, prints of evety kind, to enter Spain till they have undergone a strict examination by the agents of the police. Ilia Royal Highness the Prince Frederick Gustavus of Prussia, brother to the King, has arrived at Munich in the strictest incognito, under the name of Count d'lngenheim, Ills Royal highness is expected to remain some days. Lettc:is frotii Madrid inention that on the morning of the Bth inst. a monk of the Co nvent of St. Gilles, two leagues from Madrid, who was suspected of Liberalism, was found stabbed in his twil, having a knife in his band: suspicion fell on a lay monk of the same Convent whose clothes were stained with blood. The latter, who had served in the Royalist division of Locho, was arrested and conducted to the public prison at Madrid. It is said the French Gardrs du Corps are soon to re turn to their own 'country. We harp from ('adiz that Le Saint Francais d'Assize, destined for the expedition to South America, is ready to sail, and that her crew is composed of Galician seamen. The ex-Minister of the Cortes has left this city, but many of the high functionaries of the ex-Constitutional Government are still here, as well as several Editors of the ancient liberal journals. JANt'aillT sas. Ilia Nlaiesty has sent, by the hands of M. le Due& la Chatre, a diamond ring to M. Crieri who executed for the theatre at the ('ourt the decorations of the opera of Vela •lome es Esragne. Doctor Robinson, whom the Belgium Papas repelled u dead, has just arrived at Paris. Letters from Aleneon, of the lsth, say, that out of .fl 9 Spaniards sent away from Marrwilltc,36 arc arrived, among which are the Mareelial-de-('amt., Torrijos, late Comman dant of the Nth military district, and Brigadier Sancho (Vincent), late Governor of Carthagena. The Grand Duke Constantine has arrived at Peters burgh, to assist at the fetes given in honour of the mar riage of hie brother, the Grand Duke Michael. FERDINAND or Sr AlN.—Early in the morning of the 11th of July, Ferdinand being in the bay of Naples, with his flotilla of galiots, went on hoard the Ceneral's galley by appointment. lie had scarcely said a few words to the I.:Lateral, when he took several turns on the half-deck, be- 1 mem the banks of rowers, and conversed with the Nea 'militants whom he found among the foreats (culprits sen tenced to the galleys). Ile entered into a long conversa tion with the Nlajor about service, asked for a musket, and in his presence went throngh the manual exercise. When he had done, the t:eneral invited him to breakfast on the poop. Ile accepted the invitation ; but before he seated himself at table, waliT was brought him to wash his hands. This he refused. Noteogio, said he, ci son sore anni the nos mi sun hipeto lr mani. Mischief on it !my hands have not been washed for these nine years past. A very cleanly Prince !" whispered among themselves the young knights who surrounded the royal person. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. French Papers of Sunday have reached us by express. The following ate extracts :— From the (merrier Francais.] TURKEY. SISTIWA. Dec. 2. The Spfetalcar Oriental makes an appeal to the humanity of Eu rope, fur in the Levant generosity has, tt asserts, done every thing of which it was capable. The object of the appeal is to procure the ransom of 10.000 or 12.000 Greeks of the Isle of Scio, who were made slaves by the Turks on their last expedition. There remains but this number of the 25,000 who were led into ra ys thin) , ; the others have been massacred, or have perished under the had treatment they received, or have been ransom d. The Specie. leer asks a subscription foe those who still languish in 'beery. The tame jdurnal gives the following new. from the islands : at Samos there has been no dimension since the arrival of the Go. vernor, who has been set over the inhabitants by the Central Go. vernment of the Hellenists; the spirit of those Islanders is always the samc--itxlependence or death. Every one capable of hearin g anus is armed, and even the women second the laWurs of the men. The latter have not neglected to fortify with care the four points by which alone the Island is accessible ; they have established upon them formidable batteries, constructed with the greatest art, where the bullets of the enemy may sink in the lining of the bastion without doing much injury ; at the first appearance of danger the entire island will became a camp. The two last harvests have been extremely abundant; with their wines the inhabitants purchase corn, and thew descents upon the coasts give them cattle. The Greeks who wevecom. pelled to fly from Selo. continue to return, and the villages are again becoming peopled. To favour the recovery of the islancl, the Pacha has traced around the city of Sdo a boundary which separates his territory from the villages ; he has prohibited the Turks, unda severe penalties, from passing this limit. The same interdict has been laid upon the villagers, so that the Greeks enjoy the most per. feet security. All the women who were mule slaves at the capture of the island and were taken to the continent, and who hare had the good fortune to break their chains and return to the villages of the island, are restored to their fredorn ; and also the women of Selo, ' slaves of the Turks, who inhabit the city, and who an deceive the vigilance of their mastm and escape to a village, cannot be claimed 'by them. In the Island of Syra there are warm discussions re . specting a new impost which the inhabitants see to be forced to pay. The Catholics refuse, and say they are not able to supply any more money, having alre ady paid, in a single contribution, taxes for two years. The same discussions take place at Sine, and it is feared that dissensions will break out in these two islands, but the armaments from Hydra will soon put an end to these dis. cnssiuns. PERPIGNAN, JAN. 18. ('pon the 13th, the arrival of Baron d'Eroles, Captain-General of the Province, was announced at Garcia : upon the 11th the French authorities paid him their respects. The seat of govern. ment of the province will be established at Garcia: when that takes place. Barcelona will be evacuated by the French troops. The arrival of M. Ic Bann, in this city is the subject of much appre hension ; particularly as it is known to be his intention to raise a corps of 800 moros de Feseusdra, a description of germ Wattles, which were hitherto very badly organi z ed, being principally r e . cruited among the smugglers, and which composed the police of the province. It is no longer doubted that this corps will not be corn posed of the most violent men of the party ; and . those of the Faith will not act a conspicuous part in it. The inhabitants of Barcelona are still uneasy, and they wish the French troops should not leave the city. TheJorrnal de Perpignan states that Jean Claude Birde. an officer on unlimited leave, one of the Frenchmen taken at lAers, upon the lfith of last September, anpeared yesterday before the Second Council of War, which declared itself incompetent to try hint, because he ceased to belong to the army when he joined the ranks of the rebels. Ten deserters have been condemned to death by the sante Council. [From the Journal des Debate.] HONE, JAY. 10. The phystiat have this day agreed that a change for the better has taken pl.. e in the health of the Pope, without declaring hiss actually out of danger. They remark with satisfaction that the oppression is diminished, the expectoration is more easy ; he takes nourishment, and the fever has subsided. In eonseguenee of this improvement the pleasures of the Carnival will not be interrupted, and the theatres will be opened as usual. Cardinal Huston, legate at Ravenna, is dangerously unwell. (From the romliintionneLl An order of the day has been issued to the 10th military divislen (Toulouse) giving the officers leave of absence to repair to their respective departments, to exercise their political rights as Electors. HAMBURGH PAPERS. Two Hamburgh Mails arrived yesterday bringing Papers to a late date. The article, originally from the Oriental Spectator, is of course to be read with the caution due to so suspicious a medium : ntEILEFELD. A few days ago a Commissary of Police came here from Magde burg, who, in consequence of superior orders, arrested the Comma of our high School, and a Mr. L--, • young clergyman in • neighbouring place. Report says that they are arrested for OM cal intrigues, They were both conducted to Berlin with an escort of gend'arnics. VIENNA. JAN. 12. The last accounts front Wallachia say, tlsat`3l. Minziacky, having fully recovered from the effects of the accident that he met with on the road front Lemberg to Hetmanatadt, arrived at Bucharest on the 2lkh December, whrwe he was received with all the honours due to his rank, and intended, after a very short stay, to proceed to Constantinople. AUSTRIAN FUNDS, JAN. 12.-31etalliquat, 81 11.16; Bank Shares, 9041. 'IAMBUS.GIFT, JAW. 30.--Exchan_ge on London, 30 6-36 9. ST. PETERSBURG'', JAW. 6.—tAcharge on London, 9 2544; Paris, 104.—Homburgli Papers, Jan. 20. TI'RKEY. The Oriental Spectator Dna the following from Casson, dated November 20:— The inhabitants of this island seem resolved to assert their independence. Of 12,000 of them, 3,000 are under arms. The Island is accessible in one point only, which is strongly falsified. They have dismantled their large ships, except three, and we small ones for their cruises. They live entirely on plunder, and carry off women and flocks whenever they can take them ; the for tiler they either sell in the market or employ them in work. Ttwr get their provisions from the island of Searpanto, the inhabitants which are oppressed by these unbidden guests, and lung for is old state of things. All the islands are in the most distressing situation, exposed the pillage and extortions of their own countrymen, and deprived of all the advantages they formerly derived from their coninierr4 anti other comm. lions with Turkey. The Central Government et Greece is gone to Argos, whither it has invited the islands to send Deputies.—.lllgerneime Zeitrig, Jea. Ilk THE GREEKS. lire have been favoured with the following important intelligence, which has reached a respectable Greek boast iu the City:— " ANCONA, JAN. 9. " I am happy to inform you that the Greeks are going on pros. perm's!, in every quarter. In consequence of the blockade of :11issolnylii haring been raised by the Turks, who have withdraws to their own country, the western part of Greece is now entirety free from those barbarians. This step was caused by the arrival fourteen Greek vmsels under the command of Prince 31avrocardim who found in the port a Turkish vessel, cootaining piastres (about 12,00(11. sterling), and &large quantity of stores. fi's• from the family of Vousnuf Itasca, of which he took posses.ior. Another Turkish vessel took refuge in the island of Ithaca. The Greeks have resolved to take Patraa by force—about 1.0t9 men are before that plarr, which contains only 2,000 Turks fit :e bear arms, the garrison hiving been much reduced by the pnvatioi of the blockade. Napoli di Romania, which had been held by th Greek Officers who took possession of it, in defiance of the co. vernment, is now in the power of the Senate, which is situ; there. Negropnat has been abandoned by the Turks, on their lemur: that Clysaes was about to march against them, en that the Eager pan of thetec is olso free, and Carpinessi and Patragiky hot vain risen against their oppressors. The dissensions whr• prevailed in the l'eloponnesus have subsided, and the pot. est harmony now subsist* between the tireeks, who wadi agao the t nemy in all quarters with zeal and enthusiasm. The remainder of the Ottoman fleet, consisting of about twenty. five vessels, arrived at Constantinople in the most wretched M. ditinn. The Sultan, to mark his displeasure at the result of the exiled. tion, instantly arrested the ('apitan l'acha. You may rely upe:. authenticity of this intelligence." PARIS, JAN. 21.—The French Government se': Saturday last an ultimatum to Ferdinand, that if `pa" dies not itr.mediately consent to the course of condi::: which had been agreed upon by Pozzo di Borgo, 1 / 1 ‘ French Ambassador, as well u the whole of the Frer:b troops, will forthwith quit Spain ; orders to which clic( have been sent to the Ambassador and to Bourtnont. It is reported that the French - Ambassador, the Mar quis of 'falam, has been recalled from Madrid, and 3h pointed to Vienna. Rumour adds, that M. Marcella' who distinguished himself while in this country, Charge d'Alraires, after the n.-cal of the Viscount Chatcauhriand, will succeed the Marquis of Talaru 31adr: Letters from 'Madrid, dated the Nth instant, annostv the death of the Marquis de Casa Irujo. lie is sucm'•• in the pest of Minister of State by M. Ilercdia. t. Minister of l'ailon and Justice, }nil this latter Minis:" is confided to M. Calomanda, Secretary of the Cenci: is Castile. The inoct recent advices from Spain announce, that ,41,1 the surrender of l'ampeltnia a gnat nnutber of bill " arrettetl, to der the pretence of attachin.mt to the Cot.-, tutionai syttent, and subjected to trial, principally, it fc'w• sem, with a view to plunder.