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PR !CRS OF BIiITI Hook Stock Int !Au • Acct. 3 per Cent. Red. 914: 1 1 •: per Cent. Cone. V • hitt* Aces 94114 :11 per Cent. 1) per Cent. Red. lel 11101 :sew 4 per Cent.losll talla Stock !Atte Acct. 100 f Ditto Bonds 103 1412 pm ill ON SATURDAY. houg Ann. 2215-16 23 South Sea Stock South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New Annuities 1.0001. Ditto, 6001. Ditto, Small 52 rtn Ditto, id. 1.0001.66 66 pm Ditto, 5001. 66 66 pot Ditto, Small 60 66 pm PRICER OP FOREIGN Awstrisw 911 =2 " PT tree Scrip Chao 881 (Aorabian 931 New Mt 43 9241 4 pr Danish //reek 46i 1 Alcxican 81i :RS ON SATURDAY. (1824) Ditto Scrip pr Peruvian 834 Portuguese Ditto Seri, Prussian S per Cents. 100 e Russian per Cents- V 6 Ditto Nest 1191 Ditto 0823) PRICES OF SHARS S OWBATURDA l'. Anglo-Mexican Mine - l OOIIMM. Share, let paid, £l3O 100 grated MexiCIIII Aline - 4W. 101. it Arms Iron and Oval Mines 106 L ii. 20 J C-siombian Mine - 1001 . 31. 43 .teal del Monte Mins - 41101. 701. I:median Mine . 1001. IL -- SI I Itio de la Plata Mine . 100 L V. ~... 49 Claim - 1004. - - 39 Iliisernian Mine - SW. . 21 7 pro .:ustralimes Company -1110 L IL 37 i'..ritish Ship Canal . . . 1 Canada Conspeny - 11101. IL 94 Netropolitan Aldo's" Dairy - . 1 ,'iquitable Loan Bank - —IL 44 nti.ieral Steam Navigation' lOU —30 s. Pearl Fishery Company 231. 116 .1N Lance Company - 101. , —19 L 18k : 4 n.tertor Fire . - ss - ar. Marine Alliance Company 1551. U. 7 1 pr y, continental ( Ira Company 100 L IIL -.. 1 1 ;•Nivineial Or. Company - - 2 1 Pr . itad General ditto ._ 111. ..- 71. 3 ,,, th and Bristol Ran-reed MIL 11. li,nriib Rail-rand - INA IL 7 ..indoe ad Wad . iii. -...-- I:imebester ad Livorpeol Kt U. • Dinning:sM mil Linke RaUway Loudon and lisithem 3 prD NritifSit WOO • TYE - AVM ROYAL, DRIIItk•LANK. This Evening. MONDAY. lac. 1 7 „ wig be performed PIZARRO. Mr. Powell; Rolla, Mr. Wallaett Along°, Mr. Archer; Dri= Mr. Terry: Las Came, Mr. Pope. Cora. Mrs. W. West ; 11111% Mrs. Bunn. After which, THE SPolliD CHILD. Te conclude with HARLEQUHI AND THE TALKINO BIRD, • THE SINI7ING TREWS, AND GOLDEN WATER S . IT irlegnin, Mr. Auld; Pantaloon. Mr. Blanchard; Clown, Mr. Kirby. Columbine. Mies Barrett. Tolimillnerw, Der Frelmhuts. The very extraordinarily pintular new Pantomime every Evening. •!erf!...w. TYE ATRE RnY Ai.. COV ENT•O.4 !WE A% This Evening. MONDAY. Jan. 17. will be performed - HAMLET. • Hamlet, Mr. C. Irernble Claudia, Mr. Chapman ; Horatio. Mr. F..nnett; First Grare4llgger, mt. Fawcett. upholis. Sias 11. Tree; t.:rtrtr4e, Mrs. gawelt. After whleh, HARLEQUINOr, A MORE NT) THE DRAGONALL. OF WANTLEY OF MORE H 11 ,rlequin, Mr. Eller; Pantaloon. Mr. Barnes; Clown, Mr. J. S. Or!- maldi. Columbine, Miss Romer. 'Tha.roorrow, As Yee Like It. The new Pantomime every Evening. e SaiTtnt PRESS commenced ontilishing on Saturday morn Ins at five o'clock. LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY IT, ISYS. The Paris Papers of Friday were received at our office !...st night. They bring a good deal of foreign news, none of it is of much importance. It appears that • .- Turks bore resolved upon a fifth attempt to subvert the :::pendence of Greece, in which purpose we fear they be confirmed by the unhappy dissensions existing iongst the Greeks. No apprehension of their final sub ‘..gation need, however, be felt, as the moment danger Ay approaches, should it ever arrive, the common safety I produce onion and success. The defeat of IBRAHIM CHA is admitted by the Oriental Spectatcr. Ite King of STAIN is relaxing a little the system of -:eeution on which be has hitherto proceeded. Some of 17:: disgraced Graudees are permitted to resume the deco or:ions of their rank. But the infatuated Monarch per ! cis in his project of reconquering South America ! We -rr gravely told that BOLIVAR is " in a situation where he exn inspire no uneasiness." Certainly not to the friends of ~ . •t:erlean independence ; but unless all reasonable calcu :..i3,llll have been defeated by adverse fortune, the Colotn i • .n Liberator has, long ere this, destroyed the last vestige t the royal power in Peru. The decease of FERDINAND IV.Of Naples is fully con f :,ned. His son and successor, FRANCIS, the Constitu- Conil Prince Regent of 1821, has been considered to be ~%_:idedly liberal in his political sentiments. The late So was too ignorant and narrow-mindrd to have any :r..-per conception of the duties of hi: , station ; and we arc e:teid that if FRANCIS be better disposal, he has no op ; 7rtunity of consulting the good of his people while the t. ilitary yoke of Austria presses on his sboulthrs. 'Me rrcognition of the New States of America continues . be the exclusive object of discussion with the French iticiens. M. DE VILLELE is attacked on all sides for himself to become the dupe of English policy. 1 1 II: is charged with embarrassing the finances of France :_t five yews to ccme, by his plan of indemnity, so that GM take ne leading part in the polities of Europe. This 1 "lame may be justly imputed to him by these who are pitosed to the indemnity in Coto, l u ut it cornea with slit • ulat inconsistency from the pens of the royalists, who are ; t the same time. actually censuring the Minister for not r:iing them enough. Do these men suppose that the t Inflects of a nation can be rattle proportionate to their irtetily expectations? The Journal des Debuts, after .L- this decay of Fretish influence and the i.i.ellernioance of English, obs:rves, " We have seen ?:ngland acting with the holy Alliance, withdrawing 1 ..tself from is, and now acting against it. Will she cede from • step she hes taken with firmness and ? In the person of Mr. CANN vga, she has r Tit than another PITT. Ile has shown what may 1 t gained in a war of opinions by giving words their value." The writer afterwards reasons in this manner c the subject of the indemnity to the emigrants:— " The Peers and Deputies should, previous to any discussion, a, "1 the following questions:- - set. Is there a et:et:linty of ten years peace fur Europe and ? •• W. if this certainty do net exist, ought we to fetter our t :Arany as to the fissure ? '• 3. Does the project of M. De Viliele assure or promise to csanl indemnity ? 4th. If it du ant assure it, if it be only a promise, does it de s .are to be dlatossed in detail ? `• sth. Will this dis:ussi,m, without any result, awaken danger ( its passions ? In t hi n case, espec rce 'Jr. p ially, di s c u ssion should be avoided. fa: when assions are awakened, every other project will be imps vie ; and we diem with teelings of persons tired of seeing France • :on up to false conceptions, that there Ste other projects, the sue • A of which would be prompt and certain." •flie Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Thursday the discussion of the project of law respecting some .changes of Crown estates. The name of MURAT was ....intoned in the course of the proceedings, and excited disiderable murmuring. It seems that his heirs hire u.:..tns on some of the property, but the Chamber was of .e accord in rejecting them. Itikkelk latins—Pas is, JAw. 14.—Five per Cents...opened at 7ae.: dosed at 1021. 75e.—Itank Stock, I,BOOf. ; Neap:Allan 4; per Cents. Faleosnet Certif., 581 ; Royal Spanish Loan, ; hange us London, one momh, 25f.; three weedily, 24f. tic.— C.. Tr Jas. .._ - 7 . T • We have received Brussels Papers to Saturday inclusive. They are principally filled with the debates in the States General, on matters of internal regulation. A project of law has been discussed to put an end to the circulation of French coin in the southern provinces of the kingdom. It was carried in the Lower Chamber by a majority of only five votes, there being 47 for it, and 42 againpt it ; but in the Upper Chamber the votes were equally divided. The project is of coarse rejected. This is the first instance of such a division. It is announced that the KING'S health is completely restored. nit usszr.s. Jaw. 12. The Court of Assize has this morning seozenced H. Voudevelde, for swirallitig and usury, to two years Imprisonment, a fine of 1,000 &wins, and after the expiration of his imprisonment so remain for five years under the police. A strict search has lately been made in this city within these few days, for the purpose of aciziog a pamphlet, with ties title of " St. Napoleon in Paradise and in Exile." nauseam. JAN. 14. M. Vanderfosse, Governor of the province of Hainaut , who was entrusted by his Majesty with a mivion to Paris, relative to our Lanz:ter:la' relations with France, arrivedlMESl in this city on t he 12th. NBORON, R. A letter written from Para by a person of some distinction, con tains the following passage :—`• It is observed, that since the de parture of Lord Strangford from Constantinople, the influence of England over di, minds of the Ministers of the Porte visibly de clines, while that of Count Guilleminot, the French Ambasasulor, has considerably sossiostood. We are ignorant whether hi. Excel lency has taken eV sup; to induce the Divan to adopt a more con ciliatory:quern folioolidso Greeks, though the Sultan has formally declared that he orSologyed to try the chine- of another campaign against the Grealalliellgging oo ibis aid of the Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt.", BERLIN, JAN. 5. An EstmortHolt ort ro or. despatched from the O ffi ce cif Foreign Affairs, at Vien n a, t within these few days despatches of the highest importance to our Cabinet, supposed to be relative to recent icoinniunications from the Bcitisb Government to the Austrian ♦Ye have received Jamaica Papers to the 7th ult. The House of Assembly had adjourned on the 3d, and it was expected that the business of the Session would be closed in the course of the next fortnight. The following are extxacts:—. [From the Jamaica Courant of Dee. 61 COLOMBIA. The following articles are translated from Colombian Gazettes of recent dates:— The following Proclamation was read by Bolivar himself to his army, at the opening of the Campaign, and which happily had the desired effect : " SOLDIEas !—You are now about accomplishing one of the greatest deeds and obligation, which [leaven has destined man to perform ; it is that of liberating half the world from oppressive slavery. "Soldiers !—The enemies which it is your duty to destroy, boast of having been triumphant for these last fourteen years ; yet, will they dare nliasure their arms with ours which have proved victo rious it. a thousand battles? "'Soldiers !—Peru and all America expect from ycu peace—that dear offspring of victory ; and even Europe contemplates on you with admiration, because the liberty of the New World is the hope of all the Universe. Will you therefore slight this general wish ? No! No No! lam convinced you will not, because you are ins inciblc. " Botivan." By a law passed in Congress on the )6th August last, the fol. lowing places have been decreed as the only ones with which a direct commerce of importation and exportation from Europe and the United States ear, be carried on, and at which several places Custom-house' are to be established : Ix THE ATtawvic—Parapatar and Juangriego, in the Island of Margarita; the following provinces of La Antigua, Guayana, and Smatoloms• de Angostura, comprehending the ports of Cu. mans, Barcelona, La Gules, Puerto Cabello, Corn, Maracaibo, Riohacha, Santa Martha, Cartagena, Cliagres, and Porto Bello. Ix Tac Pectrie—The ports of Guayaquil, Est:omit:les, Pa nama, and Buenaventura. DASSETEIIt, ST. KITT'S, SEPT. 7. An important communication from Earl Bathurst, to his Eseel lenerthe Captain-General, was laid before the two Ilan= of Le . . gislature on Friday last, in reference to the Slave Population, and containing some recommendations founded on the Trinidad Order In Council, with the view of consolidating various enactments res. panting that class : and which Order, it is intimated, is about to be immediately elset4 to Denier are, Berbice, St. Lucia, and the Mauritius. Theig. ohle .bO,lllll-Is•p•Sela likewise notilies the ap pointment of the Colonial Bishops. No discussion took place Its the House of Assembly on the subject, a bill, as we understood, be ing sireak . in • COWSe of preparation for the accomplishmeut of every practicable measure of imi , rovetnent ; and it now remains • 'ligation of the deepest interest' for legislative determination, how Ise the views of his Majesty's Government may be reconcikd with the peculiar local circumstances of the country. We loam by a gentleman lately from Alarunique, that two brigs. with six guns each, have lately carried into that Island cargoes of ' African Slaves to the number of six huralre,l, which have beat sold there.— Bat Woes Paper. It gives us much pleasure to find, from the number of letters we have received from the City on the subject of the mining speculations, that the remarks we have made in the way of admonition have produced a strong impres sion, anti a correspondent good effect. Some few there are, however, who, while they admit the justice of our remarks and the usefulness of the cautions they contain, insist, nevertheless, that they apply too generally, and that their force and severity male it of the more importance that they should be restricted to those specific mining projects and projectors, against which the unreflective were put so strongly on their guard. It was our design, in the few observations which we made in our Paper of Friday, to intimate to that inconsiderate class of persons for whom our words of advice were intended, the necessity of making, previous to parting with their money, the necessary in quiries as to the character, condition, anti responsibility of the parties upon the faith of whom they embarked their property ; as upon the result of such inquiries they could alone be safely governed, with regard to the shares they were rushing with such avidity to obtain. We could our.. selves name the parties whose mining project?, now in the market, have raised them from insolvents to men Of wealth, and who, had their speculations failed, would have only been bankrupts two or three months later. We could also name those houses of the first respectability in the City, under whose sanction' i pther mining shares arc in the market, and whose known wealth and integrity, if they afford no positive guarantee for the success of such ad ventures, is at least ample security for their uprightnets . and prudence in the management of them. But it obviously does not lie with us, nor with any public joiiiiSl; to - point out Who, in surlr speculations. may , or meg . sot be safely trusted. It is not our task on sorb occasions to range characters to the right and left ; nor should we, however well warranted our estimate of them might be, be justified in doing it, Those who might applaud our discrimination in such case, must think very ill of our judgment. While the rage for mining shares is running like wild-fire, anti thousands, dazzled by the prospect of great and sudden gain, are risking property which they can ill afford to lose, and setting the whole earnings of their industry on the hazard of the die, we feel no concern for the moment, but to blunt the edge of the mischief, and to warn the in considerate, Were it is too late, against thus throwing their money into the lap of gambling speculators, and bringing themselves into entharrassment, anti their families, perhaps, to ruin. At such a moment, we have no time to class the different schemes, or to apart and separate the parties under whose patronage they appear. Our remarks are general, because our (slued is general ; and however tender we may feel towards the reputation of particular in dividuals, we cannot, by going into detail, libel by excep tion those persons of whose character we might, deservedly, be less tenacious. We must leave it to thoso whom our reasoning and our remarks may concern, to snake thatlap plication of them which their own prudence may dictate and their own safety require. One thing is certain, that however high the chasacters may be of those In wham some of those mining projects have originated, it is not the channel in which small pro- . • - THE BRITISH perties should Le directed. We know that butchers, bakers, and several other tradesmen of small means, are investing money in these shares—are withdrawing from the calls of their business, sums which their neccssitiea cannot for any length pf time dispense with, and who, as they canno t afford to wait the time that must elapse before their hopes can be realised, must be certain losers, let the prospect of ultimate gain be ever so well warranted. These arc in the condition of necessitous ticket-holders, who, however favourable may be their eventual chance of a prize, cannot afford to wait the drawing of the lottery. It behoves the class of persons we are alluding to, to turn their thoughts I from all such modes of gain. We would earnestly entreat them to do so. Mining transactions are not for them. Their gold and silver mines are their industry and honest labour. These are the sources of profit to which their little accumulations of capital should, at all times, be turned ; in these mines the returns are eatsin, and the gains wear well. The emancipation of South Americo' will throw open a boundless market to manufacturing and commercial in dustry ; the recognition of her independence on the part of Great Britain must open that market to British capital and manufactures, to an extent incalculable. The increased quantity of specie which this extensive intercourse will require, when considered in connection with all those prospects which open themselves to political and commercial foresight, may, in a use, juasify the spirit of specu lation, on the part of individuals r•ho have embarked in the working of particular mines, whose names are a voucher for the stability of their undertakings, and the probable success of their views. 'The Bus's duty from the mines, which was one-fifth of the metal taken out of them, will be now no longer payable. The great improvements in the art of mining and metallurgy, that may be now for the first time applied in any new undertaking—these, and other advantages, arising from superior skill and the spirit of enterprise, may make such speculations profitable ; but these are calculations into which we cannot enter, and which do not interfere with the warning voice which we have raised against the almost daily appearance of some new scheme, and the infatuation of the crowd that seem to contend whose folly shall be foremost. Now that the old Colonial system, and the despotic and selfish policy to which the South American possessions were sacrificed is at an end, we trust that the Rulers of those fine and fertile kingdoms will apply her treasures to the setting up and encouraging proper manufactures, and in fostering the speed of science and civilization. Had the Monarchs of Spain turned their thoughts this way ; had they employed the infinite resources which their rich possessions gave them, in fostering the spirit of indtistry throughout their Colonies, anti—in the guidance of en lightened policy—laid open the whole of their extensive int•rcourse to all her subjects, Spain would have taken rank at this day with the first Powers of Europe, instead of being, as ski is—the feeblest, the most degenerate, and the moat degraded. It will be remembered, that when Mr. O'Corrieau. was held to bail at the instance of the Irish Arroaittv-Goes- Rex, he expressed his regret that he would be prevented, by his expected trial, from-coming to this country on a mission, in which we believe be was to be associated with his learned Mends, Mr. Sum and Mr. Bate. If we are iiot mistaken, Mr. O'CsigNll.l. isori than initiated that the prosecalion had been commenced with a view to keep him in Ireland. The absurdity of the imputation could only raise a smile at the learned gentleman's expense on this side of the Channel. 0:i the other it was heard with undisturbed gravity, and by a large part of his auditory probably re wired as true. He has wrought such wonders among his countrymen in persuading them that all the opinions they bold with respect to themselvu are quite right, that it is not surprising they should, by a kind of logic peculiar to them, conclude that he would succeed in convincing the people of England that their notions as to Irishmen and things are completely wrong. We see, however, by a Dublin paper, that it was intended to bring forward a motion at the Catholic Association on Thursday, that " Messrs. O'CosIs'ELL and SHEIL be deputed to attend the opening of the Session of Parliament, on the 3d of February, and that they be instructed to pray to be heard at the bar of that Ilonourable House, on the merits of the general Question of E:nancipation." To *his course there can be no reasonable objection. We feel no apprehensions for the safety of the Protestant Establishment from the speeches of these Learned Deputies, should they be admit ted to the Bar of the House of Commons, however impas sioned or even violent the style of their intended address may be. We can foresee no possible harm from the sound of a Catholic voice pleading before Parliament in support of claims advanced by the members of the persuasion to which he belongs, and-by whom he is specially sent to ad vocate them. This display we are sure need not " fright the isle from its propriety." It is desirable that we should know what the Catholics have to say on their own behalf. They are numerous, and they are discontented. Let us learn from them how far they carry their expectations of relief, and what arguments they can furnish for the changes they propose. All this would be well. Explanation would in this case, as in most others, tend to the production of a better state of feeling between the parties to the controversy, ' who at present are fast falling into ill-humour and hatred towards each other. So far therefore as relates to this part of the object of the inteaasladptiseigW no_ reflective Protestant can or will regard it with disfavour ; but we are sorry to perceive that it was contemplated also to drag into this measure the same mischievous dead weight which has lat terly sunk the Catholic question lower than it has been at any previous time since it has occupied the public atten tion in this country. We allude to the design of instruct ing the Deputies to " co-operate with the various branch Associations in the North of England, in explaining their principles and vindicating their belief" Why is there this incessant attempt to identify the progress of the Catholic faith with the 'lumen of the Catholic claims? The ques tions are wholly distinct, and nothing but the grossest folly and fanaticism can induce the Catholics to mix them up together. Certainly it is not as Catholics that they would be admitted to the full enjoyment of their civil rights, but imply as . fellow -subjects. If the test of their admission was to be the reasonableness of their belief, we suspect that until they could convert us we should continue for ever to exclude them from rank and office. Instead of founding their application on the general principle of the right of admissibility inherent in all the KINU'S subjects to public honours and employments, they urge their pre tensions on the score of their belief, which they cherish the more, they tell us, because it is an hereditary creed—in itself a reason truly net worth much. But when they array themselves as Catholics, and assert the supe riority of their faith, and in that character demand en trance into the sanctuary of the Constitution, they natu rally reuse against.theniselves an overwhelming host of le- ~~~ . • •.:-.,1M53.. • • BESS. versaries. The Roman Catholic religion may be the most I unreasonable in the world. It does not follow that those wbo hold it should be denied their political rights, unless it can be shown that they are bad subjects ; and then the latter reason alone decides the necessity of exclusion. The times we believe are gone by when the Roman Catholics were dangerous to the established institutions of the land. If we were circumstanced as our ancestors were at the Revolution, there could be no doubt that we should, in self-defence, be compelled to deprive the Catholics of all political power ' to vex and molest the existing order of things ; but now they are harmless; the necessity no longer presses upop us, and we should cease to withhold what they may enjoy with advantage to themselves, and safety to all. But as their friends we advise them, while they are engaged in the discussion of their political claims, to say nothing about their religious opinions, which are quite immaterial to the question, and can never be introduced, as they have latterly thought fit to bring them forward, without great offence to the Protestant people, to whom they arc ap pealing. Before we dismiss this subject, it is our duty, in fair ness, to say a word on a ridiculous discovery lately made bp some of the violent alarmists, via that "the Porn has fixed this year for theJ übilee, as foretold in Pass:own . ' prophe cies." As this renowned seer also foretold the general massacre of the Protestants during the same year on which the Jubilee is to be held, it follows of course that the Pore is actually hastening the hour of our extermination. Now, surely it was known that the Jubilee is periodical, and that it will take place this year, simply because this is the twenty sixth of the nineteenth century. There was no Jubilee in 1800, because Rome was in the hands of' the republican French. It requires no gift of prophecy in us to foretell, that in 1830 there will be another Jubilee. We dislike this absurd eagerness to see danger in every passing transaction, i and to magnify it wherever it exists. We have received the Lisbon Papers to the sth January. They contain no news but extracts from foreign Journals. Patiasausean, DEC. 22.—The commercial caravan set out on the 13th November from Orenburg for Bucharia. It consists of 1,000 camels, with an escort of 100 Cossacks of the Ural, 100 of Orenburg, 260 infantry, and 40 artil lery, with two cannon. M.LostiaEtierme Baffroy,ex-Conventionalist, who died at Liege on the sth of this month, was born at Leon in 17;1. He was brought up to the profession of military engineer, and was afterwards an (Seer of cavalry. He filled various offices during the Revolution, and was one of those who voted for the death of Louis XVI. In the sequel he lived in obscurity, and retired to the Netherlands in 1816, in consequence of the law of expulsion. It was he who in 1795 dispersed the club of the Jacobins at Nice, and ar rested the most furious of them. He was ill about three weeks. He died as a Christian, and received all the Sacra ments.—Brosiels Paper. Demerara Papers have been received to the 20th of No vember. The colony was tranquil. The Colonist news paper continuel surended by the order of the Governor. The following appointments have taken place : Wiliam 111—illiam James trl:rban, Esq. to be Govern ment Secretar. November I'9.—fames flsckett, Ecq., to be Receiver of Tran. slant Tr.:tiers' Tax and Colonial Duties on Wine, vice U. C. Searle, reigned. On the 30th December, W. Chad, Esq. British Minister resident at the Saxon Court, presented has credential" in a private audience, and bad the honour of dining at its Majesty's table. Letters have been received from Corfu of the 114 h nit., confirming theaccounts of the unfortunate dissensions be tween the Grcck Government and the Military Chieftains. There had been blood abed at Tripolitza • and Coloefitioni hail made an appeal to the Primates of the Mores, or...ging them to declare against the Executive. The Greeks con tinued. masters at sea : eleven Turkish vessels had been brought in to Napoli by Admiral Mitorlis. An American ship, from Batavia to Holland, has brought advices from that island up to the 17th of Sqtern ber last inclusive. From these we learn that produce note rally has fallen in price, anti that coif e in particular was as low as ten dollars per pecul. Of European articles, tin is stated to be high, and is quoted at 26 dollars on shore, a price which, with the Dutch imposts, raises it far be yond the value of British tin. When this ship sailed the Governor was making a tour of the Moluccas ; and it was generally expected, that upon his return arrangements would he made for diminishing the exorbitant duties imposed by the local Authorities of Batavia, upon all articles of British export, and conforming the impost, in some degree, to the spirit of the treaty made between his Netherlantlic Majesty and the Court of St. James's. It is the general opinion in Java, that the policy adopted in that colony will regulate the policy of Sumatra ; though what that may be is of course as yet unknown. This arrival brings no late advices from Singapore, though we are in every day expectation of such intelligence by the ship .13rothers.— Tel.:cope. In the course of last year, 1919 ships arrived in the port of Hatriburgh ; among which were 613 from England, 130 from Brazil, 388 from Rolland and East Vricsland, 4 from India, 72 from the West Indies, 89 from Vienna, 41 from North America, ibc.-1,512 ships sailed for different ports, exclusive of above 100 ships lying in the river. some of which sailed in October, but have been hindered, by con tinued storms, frum putting to sea. Almost all those ships have sore:tined mote or less damage, and some have been even obliged to return to the city to repair, and take in a fresh stock of provisions. It is genera ly reported that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs intends to follow the example of the Swedish Government. Eighteen Cons slates ate to he abo fished, and this measure will chiefly affect the Levant, where, however, the French trade has not enjoyed too much protection, since the war between the 'forks and Greeks. France, it is said, will no longer have a represeg tative at Bagdad, Bassora, Trope:ant, Coron, Napoli di Romania, Camila, Arta, mid Chius.—Nuremberg Cur retpondent. A motion will be made at the Catholic Association to day, by a Gentleman of popular powers of a high order, seconded by a Merchant of great wealth nod resp:ctahility, that Messrs. O'Connell and Shell be deputed . to attend the opening of the Session of Parliament, on the 3d of Fe bruary, and that they be instructed to pray to be heard at the bar of that Honourable House, on the merits of the general question of Emancipation. It will also form a part of the motion, if we are rightly informed, that these gentlemen shall co-operate with the various branch Associa tions in the North of England, in explaining their principles and vindicating their belief. For ourselves we need only say, that we highly approve of this resolution, persuaded as we are that much good must result from the discussion of the great question of Emancipation.--Deddirs Freeman's Jourruil of Thursday. As a proof of the increased value of land in Tonics, on Thursday last a sale took place at the Ship Inn, fur the sale of lands in the said pariah, adjoining the town, part fur building on ; and so anxious were the bidders to become purchasers, that twenty lots sold for upwards of 1,2001. per acre; and since the sale, some of the persons who were so fortunate as to have made purchases, have had from 25 to 75 per cent. offered them on their r esp ective bargains. The! greatest part of the property belonged to John Endle, Esq. of Weston.—Sherburne Journal. REMOV•L or THE Dosser SLISIONS.—The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Dorset were opened on Tuesday the 11th instant, at the Town hall, Woodford. 11. C. Sturt, of Moore Critchell, EV/. took the oaths to qualify as a Magistrate. The Justices adjourned to the Crown Inn, for the settlement of what is called the civil business of the county, when, amongst other matters, the removal of the Sessions from the towns in which they hive been hitherto held, to Dorchester, was finally determined on. This question, which has caused so much agitation in the county, is therefore, as we presume, set at rest ; we understand that eighteen magistrates voted against the removal of the sessions, and twenty-four for it. , +~III • gr PAISHIONABLE MELUGENCE. arrivedgeat' li'yeoln b e Abb ey, Bucks. at her ho use I n D uva l The Earl and Countess of itoßnl, and the Ladies Harvey, a r . rived on Saturday at their House in lit. Junes's.square, from their seat, lekworth Park, Suffolk. Lord and Lady Carrington. and family, arrived on S a t ur d ay at s th tr e ,cei ir ht l ,e to rvo u roi se ui , ln l ;7 l: t h s t ef t n el t t ee a , lilidifnrwcoihtcniiii,tbliiireasooirke, Huntingdon. The Marquis of Chandos hu arrived at his seat, %Vinton, Burke, front A vington, Hants. The }fon. W. and Lady Barbet& Ponsonhy, left town y estet , day. for Lord Robert Spencer's sada li'oolbediog, S ussex. Sir John :izebriglit, Bart. has left town for his seat, Beechwooe, Hens. Mrs. Graves and family arrived on Saturday at Long'i Bond.vtreet, from Bath. Departures :—Captain and Mrs. Bondi; and W. Fl;zg.erald for Brighton I C. Lumley, E N h . fur dand Capin NoLI . e, IL N. for Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Warren left Blake's Hotel, Jetinyn•street, ep Saturday. for Paris. Artivah at the t. 4 .t. George's lintel, Alhemtite-street:-111ajor and Mrs. Slierson, frmn Lesilierhead, Surrey; Captain Jervoise, from a tour. Departure :—Captain Coghlln has left ditto on a tour. Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel. Lower Brookntrert;_j„ Jones, Esq. from %Vales • Charles de Creep4,my, Egg from a tour ; Charles Hunt, Esq. frog Oxford; Captain 111'0141nel, f rom Brighton. Departrtrea from the Royal Hotel, Rt. James's -street:—Sly Godfrey %Venter, Bart. for'Sis twat, Battle Abbey, dunes; the Hew. John Bill;ngton, for Kent; Honourable W. F. Twisletor, for Bucks; Charles bander*, Esq. and son, for their seat in He. yonshire. Departures from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley -square t—Sir Ed ward Purim, Bart. on a tour; IL. If. Vide, Esq. for staiimore. Arrivals at Milton's Hotel, Lower Brook.street:—The Honour able Mrs. and Mims Caulfield, from Chatsworth; I. L. Parker Neg. from Yofr,,m rkihirt; Mrs. J. Money and family, Herta: D eparture t _The Hootsurabk Satille Lumley, for Brighton. 3LIPSHALL'S PERIS7REPHIC PANORAM, This panoramic representation is well contrived to bring before the imagination the reading events that followed on the fate of NA POLF.ON BOY ArA WTI:, from the utter extinc tion of all his hopes at the battle of %Waterloo, to the final close of his existence on the island of St. Helena. The re presentation of this island, made illustrious by his impri sonment and death, is given with great accuracy. and fixes the leading features of its scenery on the memory in a thin ner not easily erased. The Plantation House and grounds of Sir Hudson Lowe forms the third slew ; and the fourth is a view " fairy land," me of the most picorresque spots on th., island. The subject of the fifth scene that comes before the view is Longwood house sad grounds, the memorable residence of Napoleon ; and the concluding, scene presents the spectator with a correct delineation of the interior of the island, and a correct representation of his funtral procession, as it proceeded from Longwood Hot:se along Rupert's Valley, to the place of interment ; taken by Captain hlarryatt, of the Royal Navy, who was on the island and personally present. The views are all of them associated with a history that is full of interest: the music played during the exhibition: the whole is well selected, and has an appropriate effect. On Saturday the Duke of Clarence and the Princess Sc phis visited the King. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence came to town on Saturday morning, from Bushy. The Duchess of Kent paid a visit to their Royal Highnesses, at their residence, Sable-yard, St. James s. The Royal Duchess returned to Kensington, accompanied by the Duchess of Clarence ; the Duke and Duchess of Clarence returned to Bushy in the afternoon, to dinner. The Duke of Sersea has been confined for some time to his apartments in Kensington Palace, with a severe cold; his Royal Highness is much better. Saturday was floc Duke of Gloucester's birth-day, when his Royal Highness completed his 49th year. 'the day was cel.brated in London by the tradesmen of the Royal Puke dining together at the Thatched House Tavern. In the evening his Royal Highness's tradesmen illuminated their houses. The Lord Chancellor bad an audience of his Majesty yesterday. Earl nirrowlky arrived in town on Thursday, from a visit to his son at Genoa. The Marchioness of Conyngham, with Lady Elisabeth, are, it is said, preparing to visit the Continent. Friday night Lady Bloomfield gave a grand entertain ment to a numerous party at her Ladyship's house at Hampton Court. A report has for some days been in circulation, that Ministers have a plan under eonsideretion for taking the management of all the turnpike-roads in the kingdom into the hands of Government. According to this re. port, it is supposed that turnpikes will be abolished, arts the necessary sums for repairs and other expenses be raised by a duty on horses. his reported, that at the ensuing election of a new Parlia ment a townsman means to offi.Thitnself am anew candidate for the representation of Kingston-upon-Hull. At present no candidate has declared himse'f for our vacant representation ; but it is generally unders:ood that the Marquis of Graham and Mr. Pryme will air them selves.—Cambridge Paper. It is seriously reported (says a paper of yesterday) among the lovers of taste, and the admirers of the in:- provemen:s westward, that a proposition will be made to Parliament in the ensuing S asion, for a sanction to erect a splendid, new, and suitable Palace, for the first Saverti a n in the world. _ It is currently reported that Lord Robertson is about to retire from the Bench, as well as Lord Glenlee. Both these Judges will carry with them the respect and regret of the Bar, and of the great body of legal practitioners.— Seotrinon. Mr. Canning arrived in this city on Thursday evening last. Ile is visiting his venerable tutor, Dr. Pelt, Canon of Christ Church, and Archdeacon of this Diocese. We understand that be will remain here for several days.— (Word Her old. BATH ASHITALS.—Bishop of Bath and Wells, Vis count Melville, Countess Powlett, L , rd and Lady John Thynne, Baron and Baroness Brown Mill, Hon. Edwald Byng, Honourable Mr. Bathurst, Ilonourable Mrs. Gould, Honourable Mr. Jervis, Sir J. and Lady Beresford, Lieut.- General Orr, Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Bingham, Colonels Foster, Lewis, Thompson, Major Fitzgerald, Major Wal lace, D. and Mrs. Carr, Dr. Panour, & c. &c. _ . Liston took a benefit at the Brighton thcat re on Wednesdo night. He appeared 04,Maiouvwm, in The Hypocrite, anal Sam Serory, in Fish oitt of Water. An address, written by G. Colman, Esq. was also delivered by him, seattd on a (lowboy. It is enough to say that he acquitted himself with his usual whim and success. Mr. hlacready's indisposition, we are sorry to say, arises from a confirmed pleurisy. We think we may now positively state, that the differ ences between the parties connected with the King's Theatre are rapidly approaching an amicable termination. Mr. Ehers will, in all probability, be able to announce, in a very few days, the nature of his arrangement for opening tae theaue.—Sueday Paper. On Saturday the first general rehearsal of the new f rth morning Opera at Drury-lane Theatre, callcil the Fall Algin a, took place in the saloon of that Theatre. Tb: music is by Mr. Bishop. In the IBletekluien Mail of Wednesday week, a person advertises for a wife, and says, " fortune will he an objec• tion rather than otherwise, as the recommendation muss evntre in the lady's virtues, and not in her pecuniary hope. or expectations! ' Du st..—A duel was fought yesterday, in the Plcenia Park, at half-past four in the afternoon, between Mr. R—ds, Demeter, and Mr. 0---L The parties fired two shot' each, fortunately without it jury to either, shiest the affair terminated amicably. Surgeon 11—y attended profee'onally. We hare not heard the cause of quarrel: — Dublin Murning l'o.q of Thursday. It'e are happy to learn, by a letter from Scotland, thst the inhabitants of Greesock, moved, as we understand, be the judicious remonstrance's of their friends, through tb: medium of the press, have set *going a spirited subscrip tion for the erection of a nit nurnent to the memory of thin illustrious townsman, James Watt. The subecriptioa list been extremely liberal ; nearly 1,400/. has already ben received.—Telesenpe. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Sunday last a singular sad fatal accident happened in Pendleton. A man newel William Lord, a blacksmith, was eating a beef-steak, w.ten a piece stuck in his throat, and he was suffocated in s few minutes, notwithstanding all the efforts of the persor a sb • to relieve h!rn. . • ~ .4 _aJ I i i P IF% It 4.