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'COURSE (IF EXCH. Amsterdam C. F. 12 11 Deno at sight 12 8 nottardam ....... ....2 U. 12 12 Aatrerp 12 12 Ilamburgh 211.1. 37 11 Aiwa. 2l U. 38 Vitale, days'sight 2550 Mato. U. 25 RO Bordeaux 25 80 Retiia 7 0 Frank.onMain Ss. 51.1111 Pesetaburgh, rble. 3 Us. VI vosnor,saertive ft. 2 M. 10 20 e trte ditto 10 20 10 tridix 16 a' I STOCKS YESTRRDAY. Guatemala Bonds Dino Scrip 11 dis exicati Bends 59 I Ditto Boss ono 64i I Wm Acct. 65 4} Peruvian Bonds 43.1 Portuguese Bonds Prussian Bonds Stlt Russian Bonds (1629).784 9 Ditto Acct. 791 Spanish Cons. In Ditto Acct. 12 f ANGE YESTERDAY. I Leghorn (ienoa. 431 Venice 41 Malts 0 Naples 311 Palermo per or. 120 Lisbon 50 'Oporto . 04 Rio Janeiro 46 Bahia 50 Beene, Apra 43.1 I Dublin ICork 9 IBULLION, TED. oz. 1. s. d. Portugal Goldin coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold in bars 3 I 7 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars, stand U 0 0 it ll / . . ,A 421 1 . ES OF FOREIGN ... e . trit Baud 90 . toinabian BelLs &Si_ Ditto Bonds (MO COI 1 I Dttto Acct. 60i t I I 1 f I 1 thibiAh Bonds .-pitta Bonds OM) Ai i a Ditto Asti. 884 "./ I V renish Rage s per Cf. Daf. Sic. _ 30c. 75c. 9 6 _E. __ 1 r..;;digaire 211:10e. SOL viva Por d s ' Wroilk Bonds (lm) 17 Is tiiix~lcar.... accb Ur Y/WTBMIDAI. sill,. Share, PAM. Prowslaa parfaits. th= A46l6.llexicia 6 ; 'll 7i 6 • Smi Bolivar Chilian Colombian I9S 11 Hibernian SI 4 Potosi, La Pas, and Peruvian M• Slaked 3lexican ..... Ditto New 3 dii di, 40 10 ej ri AJliance Britishand Foreign 100 10 P.Oladium lO 2 a i dis intsent t•WEOUS. AnglchNlasiean Mint. 26 6 par • Bndoh lion 103 23 10 9 a dis Keitisb Rock and Patent Salt 10 6 par a West India Company 100 S 2e i f dis GREEK LOAN, 182.5.—The Second - Half-yearly Di vidend on the Ronda of the above Loan, due on the lit of January next. will be paid on the succeeding days, at the Count in.housc of J. and 3. RICARDO, iVamiord.court, Throgtnor- ton street. The Dividend .Warrants, with a List thereof in numerical order, raust be left, at least two days previously, for examination. ARGYLL ROOMS. A GRAND MASQUERADE and CARNIVAL, un -11 dee the immediate direction of SIX NOBLEMEN, will _ Mtge at the ARGYLL ROOMS, TO-MORROW EVEN. • high reputadon which them entertainments attained last jar tee jag ge d the DIRECTORS to mpg. for the whole qf the MASQUHR.ADES is be given at,the Argyll Rooms this sea m" Aka/fender the maxim ',the Noblemen whn have hammed • this with their immediate patrvoaee , a series of Masked FETES will be brought forward, exceeding all formeroccaslons in brilliensy, • "Amager. sod magnificence. In appoetionlog the FIRST GRAND MASQUERADE far Tomorrow the Dimmers have ths pleasure to snaemee. that regu ledges have been made by which the Company will be rendered mem select than hitherto. And the Nobility and Gentry me m ound that Tickets will be disposed ra to none bet persons eolith, fetae ir e , tenet. of distisetion who may wish to unite in the festive I tiny, Gentlemen of Fashion. or Ladles of the Haut Ton, desirous ' • ' portably of the true spirit of the eetertalument by meaning dmemors. are all infeemed that the annoyance and freedom of Slenderly pongee will be thinly guarded armee, as oaken in va. mime disguises will be amassed - hi the rooms, to secure ems and picket intenepthei to the Msequers. The Diemen pledge themselves that the llesquerode To.llloe. few wiR be tbe meet select, splendid, and festive entertainment ever produced, sad worthy in every respect of the immoral taste, and the begin and talent of the metropolis. For Tickets and Dues to view the Masquerade appli to the sob. • geounittee. who sit daily at Mr. CHARLES WRIG 'T'S, Opera Coloonsde, Heyinarket. • Mr. Charles Wright is appointed by the Directors Purveyor of ' the Champagne and other French wines on this occasion. IfMe nritiOlt Woo. DRURY-LANE THEATRF:. Tide armateg. RLDNESDAY. Dee. IS, will be performed the Comeilz_of _ _ TUT - - . Doctor Cantwell. Mr. Dowton t Maw-worm, Mr. Liston t Colonel Lambert. Mr. Walhiek. Charlotte, Mrs. Davison. After whleh the new Pantomime sailed MARLRQDIN. JACK Or ALI. raAnis. ffarlegaln. Mr. Howell; Pantaloon. Mr. T. Blanehard; Clown, Mr. southby. Columbine, bliss Barnett. Tomorrow, A Care for the Heart-aehe, and the Pantomime. - - - COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. This Erectus, WEDNESDAY, Dee Se, will be performed the Comedy a J011:4 BULL ?empiric. Mr. Cooper ; Don. Mr. thuMeton, Mr. Jones ; Sir Simon Rochdale. Mr. Blanchard; Job Thornberry. Mr. Fawcett: Dennis Brolgruddery. Mr. Connor; Dan. )Jr, Raynor. lady Carolina Bray more. Mrs. Chatterley; 'Mary. Wm Chester ; Mrs. Urulgruddery Mrs. Davimport. After whleh th• new Pantomime called HARLEQUIN AND TUE MAGICK ROSS; Or BEAU CY AND THE BEAST. liarleinla, Mr. Mars Pantaloon. Mr. Barna.; Clown. Mr. J. IL Grimaldi; Colmnbine, Miss Monica.. Toanorrow, Rob Roy Macgregor, and the Pantomime. ADELFHI THEATRE, STRAND. Thls Evening. WEDNESDAY. Dee.2A. will bdpresonted the Nautical Melo-Dramatic Durletta of TtlE. PILOT; Or. A TA!}: m' THE Sr '. The prinetral CharaeVes by Messrs. Ten 7 y. Yates. T. P. Cooke, and J. 11c: e; and Mrs. Parse! Ilan*. After which a new nurletta, called Ebt 1S BOXES. _ .. The Characters by Messrs . . Terry, Foster, Yates, and Meredith: Miss Roden. and Mr, Doly. • To conclude with a new op:end:4 Pantomime, called THE THREE GOLDEN 1..41111i! Or. HARLEQUIN AND TIIE WIZARD nw‘ne. Harlequin, Mr. W.Rirbrt Pantaloon, Mr. Elliott; Clown, Signor Paulo: Columbine, Miss Plesoott. The 811111111 PRESS commenonl publishing Iltagrdly 1124161d011 at five o'chock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Dzcznara AS, 182 i. The Paris Papers of Saturday, with the Eloile and Pilate of Sunday, were received in the course of yesterday. The Elias contains some interesting, and we suppose authentic, details relative to the circumstances attending the decease of the Emperor ALE; NnElt, and the Proclamation of his successor, CONSTANTINE. There seems now to be no reason for believing that A t.exaxnr a died by violence, and the proceedings of the Imperial Family, after his death, indicate the existence of nom: of those feelings which must have prevailed if he had perished by the hand of the assassin. On Sunday the Court of France went it.to mourning for his late Imperial Als;esty. The mourning will be black for the first eleven days, and white for the last ten. Au order for a similar measure appeared in the London Gaunt last night. The despatches from Lord Sins NOFORD, officially announcing the melancholy event, arrived only on Monday. ' A private letter in the Pilule represents the coasts of Spain to be infested to exams with Colombian privateers. All the ships that have vsluehle cargoes are captured on leaving the Spanish ports. Tice vessels are immediately destroyed, and the crews landed. The King of Sears/ will end that the South American question cannot be postponed indefinitely, unless he has resolved entirely to renounce foreign commerce. Faritrcu FIT xua.--PARTR, Drr. 24—Vive per Cede. 93f. ?Sc. Ddto for the end of the month a' three o'clock, WU. 30e. Three per Gluts. eV. OSe. ; ditto for the end of the month, at three o'clock, 413r* 9k. NeePoltisei, 74r. lidc,:-Etoile. The letter of " A Calm °Aver ver" in another part of our paper will be read with interest, from his anxiety to rasnove all cause of immediate apprehension to the Silk Trade, in c 'sequence of the opening our ports to foreign to nu gh t silk, and to animate our Manufacturers to the encounter, from SP assurance that they will suffer but little, if at all, from the'oontest. Nothing would rekke us more than to find the result square with his prediction. We arc not our. selves alarmists. That the British Silk Manufacturer I may one day enter the field with his foreign rivals we do not deny ; but he will require a previous trainitl for the contest. It is—in our view of it—a question of time ;in skill he is already equal to his competitor; in capital more than equal ; but in machinery—tbere he is behind : he is making, however, great advances towards (quality. But will he invest his capital in machinery with this fear of a foreign rival before his eyes? We think not. It is not merely from France and Switzerland, be it remembered, that he has a successful competition to dread; he has more to fear from Bengal than either, and from China than all combined. If. has, in the latter, to vie with cheapness of labour united with extreme skill, and there again conjoined with a power of imitation that is almost miraculous. As to the sincere anxiety of Government to pro mote the real interests of the trade, that, as we have already said, has never been doubted. That the principles of ,free trade are in themselves, taken in the abstract,essentially good, sound and enlightened—all who truly understand them must be equally disposed to admit. But the point in issue is—will the app/leaden of them to the SILL THADI of Great Britain, in the resent state of its progress, he a measure protecti..e of its interests, and conducive to its present and permanent benefit ? That they may be ap plied with success to various other branches of industry, we can readily imagine—more especially when aided by that reduction of tares, to which OW present Ministers have been attentive far beyond all their predecessors, and which has raised them so deservedly high in public con fidence and in popular estimation. But in regulations em bracing the great concerns of commerce the best intentions may be frustrated. It is the actual state of a trade which can :done determine on the policy of the measures to be ap plied to it. We adduce the following documents—tha correctness of which may be depended on—to show the state of iMprove ment, by comparison, between the silk manufacture of France and Great Britain:— IN FRANCE. Consumption of silk, raw and thrown, in 1820 - 3,±10,00016,: Ditto Ditto in 1824 • 5,050,000 lbs. Being an increasl of 2.000,080 lbs., or nearly two.third4 in 4 years. _ _ _ To which we have to subloht the important fact, that of the silk consumed— In 1820 the produce of France was . . 2. the imported from other countries . 3-sths But in 1824 the produce of France was 2.3ds and imported - - 1-Sd It is the opinion of well-informed merchants, that in a few years importation will nearly, if not wholly, cease. The increase in the English consumption, in the same period, is as follows: Raw and thrown imported from all parts in 1820 . 2,547,211 lbs. Ditto Ditto in 1824 - 3,382,357 lbs. To show the improvement of the Swiss and German ma nufacturers, u well in utivity as in the power of produc tion, it is necessary to state that they receive their supplies from the north of Italy, which is likewise the same market that furnishes silk--raw and thrown—to the English ma nufacturer. This market usually exported silk in equal quantities to England and other countries ;we mean, that about one half was exported to England, the other being distributed among the continental manufacturers : but so great has been the increase of Swiss and German industry, that the proportion exported in November last was as 7 to 1 in favour of the continental and against the British manufacturer. It may here be proper to observe, that France receives no supplies from the north of Italy, being furnished exclusively from Piedmont. Every one whose attention is drawn to the important =tett of the Silk Trade of Great Britain, and to the, ope ration of the new law as connected with the inferences to which the above statements lead, will appreciate their 'im portance. We would commend them to the consideration of our correspondent, the Calm Observe?, who has shown himself so well qualified to estimate the weight and value of all the consequences which may be drawn from them. CITY', TUESDAY EVENING. The holyday at the Bank to-day had a natural tendency to depress the British Funds, from the circumstance of there being no bargains for money, and Consols were heavy without any apparent cause. The price declined from 821, at which it opened, to 6111. The market became firmer in appearanc2; but there was, as we understood, no reaction for an advance. Reduced Stock sold at so for Thursday. Exchequer Bills were at par to 2s. dis. ; and India Bonds at the same price. The transactions in the English Securities were very limited, but those in the Foreign Market were still more so, and the quotations, particularly in South American Stocks, werelower. Colombian Bonds were 601, Mexican 6 per Cents. 64, 65, ant". Russian Bonds 784. There was scarcely any other business done in this market. A renewal of business occurred in Mining Shares. Anglo-Mexican Shales were 5 premium, United riTexican ditto 71, and Real Del Monte Shares reached 150 prem. Private athiees from Cadiz of the Bth inst. speak con fidently of the intention of the new Sdanish Ministry to make a free port of Cadiz, and to admit goods into it upon the payment of moderate duties. Two meetings of the principal merchants in that city had already taken place, and a Commission, consisting of three or four persons duly nualified for the task, had been appointed to draw up a Memorial to the King, upon the present state of the corn merez of Cadiz. It is stated that the object of this Me morial will be to demonstrate, that the pent defalcation hitherto experienced has ariecn more from the excessive duties imposed on Hritidi manufactures, and from the ex tensive system of smuggling which is carried on, then from the entire extinction of the commerce of South America. In consideration of the commercial advantages which are to be solicited, Cadiz engages to pay into the Royal trea sury, in the first instance, a certain sum cf money, besides an annual anfount equal to what was realised by the cus toms, twenty or thirty years ago. The measure is stre nuously supported by the Governor-General, by the Bishops, the Clergy, and all the local authorities of the city. It is thought, however, that should Cadiz he made a free port, it will materially affect the trade of Gibraltar. The former is considered as a port easy of access at all times, and with all winds. In the Frankfort Papers, under the date of Switzerland, December. 17, we find the following statement :—" Two proposals have been made, in the Representative Council of Geneva, ene to abolish the punishment of the pillory, the other, Tsui It!ix fitustunique zit, for the abolition of the penalty of death." Advicca from Zante state that the intrepid defendca of Missolonghj, perceiving that they are on the point of being attacked by sea and land, had resolved to maintain the contest :o the last. After a general review, in which each Chief embraced the soldiers, the Bishop gave them his benediction, sprinkling the holy water on their stand ard, which was:decorattd with crowns of laurel ; at the same time were embarked for Zante and Cephalonia, the archives of the Government, as well as the old trot, wo. , men, and children. The separation caused the greatest grief. All commtn.icatien was still open with Missolenglii by sea and land, and numerous bodies of troops have entered as wello as a great quantity of provisions. They were also working on the batteries. This ground, already bathed in blood, will be defended, inch by inch, as there arc no hopes of retreating.—Paris Paper. • THE BRITISH PRESS. FRENCH PAPERS. [From the Pikfc of Sunday.) MURCIA, DEC. 2. (PRIVATE LETTER.) " From the Siraiia of Gibraltar to the waters of earthagens, the number of Colombian corsairs, large and small, is very con siderable. All our ships, whose cargoes are valuable. income their prey, and, to comple!c our misfortune, those which are not laden they sink or burn. We see landed en our coasts, every day, the unfortunate mews of ships taken. sunk, or burnt. On the lid Inst. the Commissary of Marine of Almeria received &deices from dif remit maritime points on the must of the kingdom of (Irene', in which it was announced, that on the 9d, and on the morning of die Id, fifteen vessels had been captured. These corsahw, havirg re solved to annihilate our mercantile navy, have taken their mea sures so well, that no ship can escape aem., They have armed small boats, which pan along the coast touching the land, enter our ports, and carry off ships. This has just happened at las Ho quetas close to Almeria, where they have seized in the port a large three masted vessel, which bad taken refuge there." [From the Courier Francais of Saturday.l Pants, DrC. 23. The Minister lies just taken his part with respect to the trial of Ouvraril. There was at first a report circulated that the Attorney- General would move in the Court of Caseation against the order of the Royal Court, but the (Hai- is decidedly sent to the Chamber of Prem. This is a great step. The Minister did not resolve upon It till after many dircutsions in Council and mature deliberation ; yet, nevertheless, in adopting it, it would have been difficult to do it with a worse grace. M. Benin is charged with the functions of a public Minister in the Chamber of Peers. , RUSSIA. [From the EMU. of Sunday.' FARIS, DEC. 24. A letter from Warsaw, doted December 12, states as follows: The firm news of the illness of the Emperor was so alarming, that it caused at St. Petershurgh a feeling of anxiety which was seen in every face. The pepulution hastened to the chmelies, where public prayers had been ordered. They enlarged on all the par ticulars of this fatal journey. It wee feared that the life of the Em press was in danger, but no one conceived the least alarm for that of a Prince in the prime of life. They repeated all the particulars of the Illness ; his refusal of the advice of the physicians ; the de lirium which manifested itself, during which the Emperor tore off all the synapisms which had been applied, and which left no hope. Suddenly a courier urrived from Taganrog, de-patched by the Prince of Volkonski, who brought the tidings that, at last, the Emperor had received the attentions of the physicians—that he had tonfesszd himself—that he had communicated—and that they had hopes (leaving him. As soon as this news was known, the joy became inexpressible. The people ran into the streets to congratulate each other. The de light appeared as great as the grief had been profound. The Em. press Illother, who had received a most affecting letter from the Empress Elizabeth, in which, after speaking of the horrible an guild) of the preceding days, this Princess indulged in hope, and salt that God would spare a Prince, whom fifty millions of men claimed from hint in their prayers, ordered a Te Deem, at - which she was present. The Tc Deem was not yet finished when the Grand Duke Nicholas entered the church, pale, and in a state of grief not to be expressed. The horrible news of the death of his brother had just been communicated to him. Ile did not wish to tell it himself to the Empress, but desired the At diimandrite to make it known. The latter approached the Empress with a crucifix, covered with a black veil. the Empress understood both this proceeding end the silence whirls accompanied it. She fainted, and hail not reco vered from her swoon when she was carried out of the church. The Grand Duke Nicholas repaired to the Senate, where he caused his brother to be proclaimed Constantine the First. Ile took, In pre sence of the Guards, the first oath to the Emperor Constantine. Every one was affected, and duly appreciated this nobleness in the conduct of the Grand Duke, whom duty alone could for a moment abstract from his sorrow. During this time the Grand Duke Constantine was shut up in his palace, and manifested no with to receive any one ; no wish that the Army or Senate should come to salute their Em pero r The only order that he gave was, that the Grand Duke The immediately proceed to lit. Petersburgh. A most affecting spectacle was presented in the contrast afforded by the mournful and voluntary solitude of the new Emperor, and the generous eagerness of his brother to be the first to offer him hostige as a subject. The last words spoken by the Emperor Alexander testified his perfect resignation to the decree of Providence. He placed his life and his Empire in the bands of Him who was master of his heart, as a man accustomed to leave all to Him through whom kings reign. II is last moments were quite serene. Some hours before dying he caused the blinds of his window to be opened, and exclaimed, while he looked on the cloudless sky of the Crimea, " What a lovely day !" The Emperor and Empress inhabited so small a house that their chambers were scarcely separated, and, consequently, the Emprese, after having witneued the death of her husband, has had almost immediately before her eyes the accon•paniments of death. The escort of the remains of the Lmperor Alexander will have 500 lupines to travel, and there in no doubt that the whole of the population will wet it on the way, to testify, the sorrow which this event has inspired. We think that some authentic details will not be read witl.out interest, which relate tea great personage who for a long time was very ricer the Prince Constantine, now Emperor of Russia. We speak of General Croutta, born in one of the Prince's Is lands, situated in the sea of Alumna, opposite the seraglio. A Russian Ambassador, who resided at Constantinople. having recognised striking traits of genius in young Croutta, took care of his education, and attached him to his embassy. At his return td St. Petersburgh he presented his protege to the great Catherine, as being acquainted with the Greek, Turkish. Russian, and French languages, and as being besides possessed of political and military talents. Catherine afterwards advanced him, entered him in the college of St.Petersburgh,and intrusted the education of the Prince Constantine to hilfi. The latter knew how to appreciate the great talents and qusl:ries of Croutta, attached him to his person, and made him his Aid.deXamp. In conversation lie oftener gives him the tide of Pater, than that of Governor. Six years ago the Emperor Alexoncle-, being at \review ssicl publicly to Croutta, "Would to God that I hod many Genera ls like Croutta, for independently of his talents, he is a martyr to labour." Croutta has not shared the disgrace of Cepo (Chula, because Prince Constantine did not concur in the policy of his brother. General Croutta is about litty-scren years of age; he la short, bald, with a keen and penetrating bine eye. He is a Statesman and a good Poldier. Be inhabits, with Prince Constantine, the pa lace called Briveder or WlifeaW. ST. PETETISIIIIRCIL, DEC. 3. The Envoy of the Khan of Mellor's arrived at Moscow on the 18th Nov. from Osenbourg. The object of his journey related tb commercial attain. Irieutcoant.General Kurata, Polit:11 Staff Major of his Imperial Highness 0:e Grand Duke Voustantine, has just been decorated with the diamond cross of St. Alexander Nevski , . Since the day before- reatcrday we have had continued cold weather, at 10 decrees Retutmer. The Neva, and all the canals, are covered with flakes of ice, and the communication between the different parts of the city is temporarily interrupted. Tallow has been ;his-year the moat considerable article or Rut. clan exportation. At the beginning or last month the quantity a!ready.eamirted amounted - to 3,1110,920165. The Gm:rile of last night• notifies the arpointmcnt of Charles Mackenzie, I•:atj. as his Majesty's Consul-General in Hayti, to reside at Port-au-Prince. . M. Machado, formerly Consul-General of the Spanish Constitutional Government at Paris, has left this country, and was, it is said, on the 22d inst. at Brussels. Thence he departed for Italy. It will be remembered that he holds in his bands, as trustee, about 300,000!. (u it is stated) of money advanced l,y tho French Government as indemnity to Spanish claimants under the treaty of Paris, anti that in more than one of our Courts suits have been institute!' to compel the surrender of this trust-fund. —Llforning Paper. The Mint is at work night and day coining sovereigns ; a new coinage of shillings is near issuing, the die of which is peculiarlrbeautiful. . The Stock of the Taunton and West Somerset Savings' Bank exceeds 206,Q00/. Many London depositors have withdrawn their moncyfrom these banks. The mischivous effects resulting from the late prevailing panic has been remarkably exemplified in the case of the Bath City Bank, of Smith, Moger, and Smith, which, though pos-eased of an abundant surplus capital, was, by the additional alarm excited in the neighbourhood on Tuesday, by the stoppage of Messrs Cavenagh and Co.'s bank, compelled to close for a short time, to enable the firm to convert the securities they possess into cash.—Bristol Mercury. A Treasury order has been issued, dated. the Bth of De cember, permitting • tobacco to he warehoused five years without, additional rent, and ordering the duty to be charged on the weight actually delivered from the ware house. though not provided for in Act 6 George IV, car. 112. Vicv-firaat. Cr.vm Esc-v.—We understand that the Marquis Wellesley has been graciously pleased to remit seven months of tue period of imprisonment which indi• v 4111113 were adjudged to slam in our county gaol, for rioting on die streets of Belfast on the 12th of July last. This boon indicates his Excellency's confidence in the tranquil character of our population, and we licipa will be. properly appreciated by the individuals who were so misnlided as to disturb the peace of the community.— .2Vc ithcrn 11/i 1451110.2vA81.K INTELLIGENCE. The Duke of St. Alban's, Lady Charlotte Beaulerk, and Mrs. Deutz, hue arrived in town from Brighton. The Honourable Robert Smith has left town, for his seat, Gay. karst, Bucks. The Earl of Bristol and the Ladies Harvey, arrived in town yesterday. from their seat, lekworth Park, Su%lk. J. M. Smith, Esq. lett town yesterday, or his teat, Rushiferd Lodge, Norfolk. Lady Arundel left town yeetetdu, for her seat, Kent. Dowager Lady Nears entertained a party of fashionable yenta'. day evening, at her house In A lbeniatle.street. Departures from Thomas's Hotel, Ikrkeley.square:—The Earl of Eltathatn, Ur Lord Sydney's seat, Frognal, Kent ; Ixdy Keith, on o tour; Sir John and Lady Smith, for their seat in Bonnet:ire; K. H. Vade, Esq. for his seat, Whitton Park, Berks. _ Lord and Lady George Thynne left Head's Hotel, Lower Gros vennr-street. yesterday. for their seat in Bedfordshire. Arrivals a: the Bath Hotel, Arlington.strert:s-Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, trom the Continent ; Mr. and Miss }larding, from Bath. Departures: —S ir Morris Ximenm, on a tour; Mr., al m, and 3liss %Vaud, for their seat in Buck.. Arrival at Batts's Hotel, Dover-strea:—Capt. and Mrs. Mors head and family. Departures Lawraoce, Esq., J. Dodson, Esq., S. Smythe, Esq., for Kent. THR ICING. Wtranson, Dec. 24. His Majesty's phaetons were ordered to be in attendance at two o'clock this day, but, from the appearance of the weather, it is not likely that his Majesty will leave the Royal Lodge. • His Majesty attended the new private chapel yesterday morning, where he heard divine service, and received the sacrament from the Rev. Dr. Sumner, his Majesty's private Chaplain. His Majesty did not take an airing either on Saturday or yesterday. Mr. Secretary Canning left his residence in Downing street, yesterday morning, on a visit to the King, at the Royal Lodge, Windsor. The remains of the Dowager Marchioness of Bath were removed on Wednesday last, from her house in Lower Grosvenor-street, for interment in the family vault in Wilts., Mademoiselle Bonini, who will make her first appearanc in this country in the opera of /1 Crociato its Egittn, at the King's Theatre, on Saturday evening, brings a high refutation with her from the Continent. She is reported to be an accomplished singer, and a very scientific mu sician. We understand this lady will be succeeded by Pasta. D'Egville has been rehearsing his new ballet at the Opera-house nearly every day during the past week. Ilia ,figurantes will present a perfect novelty in the King's Theatre ; where, during many years in this department, we have been accustomed to old women. These worthy persons have been in general pensioned off, and a number of pretty faces introduced in their stead. Mr. Bengough, formerly a performer at Drury-lane Theatre, and lately at the Surrey and the Coburg Thea tres, died yesterday, after an illness of some weeks. A person in Dalmellington (Ayrshire), in writing to a friend here, says, " The only news I have to communicate is the sudden death of the Rev. Mr. Currie, Minister of the Gospel in Coraphairn, on Friday last. While marrying a couple in the school-house there he suddenly dropped down, in consequence of an apoplectic fit, just as he was finishing the last sentence, and instantly expired."— Stirling Journal. We have been favoured with the perusal of a very polite letter from Mr. Gcdby, of the General Post-office, Edin burgh, in reply to a communication from a gentleman in town, regarding the transmission of letters to India, in which he states that it is not necessary that newspapers for India should be put into the Post-office on the day of pub lication, as the regulation, respecting them, remains ipt formerly.—Paisley Advertiser. Step TRADE .—lt is exceedingly irksome to as to be con tinually recurring to the deplorable state of' the silk-ma nufacture in this town and its vicinity. How many work ing people will be discharged this night we cannot say ; but at present there are not less than eight thousand men, women, and children, either wholly out of employ, or put upon such short allowance of work, and at such reduced prices, that the parish must soon have atburden thrown upon it which will be insupportable. It is painful to know that industrious families deprived of employ, are now subsisting by selling or pawning their clothes, a re source which must soon fail them.—Macelerfirld Herald. Our Liverpool correspondent states that it is confidently reported there, that the opposition to the Manchester and Liverpool rail-road will be abandoned, and that the Marquis of Stafford hu purchased 100 shares in that very useful public undertaking. SINGULAR MISTAKES.—On Thursday morning last it was stated that the packet-ship James Cropper, Captain Marshall, had arrived at this port (Liverpool) from New York. lt was subsequently discovered, however, that the information was erroneous, the ship not having arrived. The mistake arose thus. Capt. Marshall, of the James Cropper, has a brother in command of the packet-ship Manhattan, at present in port. The two brothers arc, we understand, so very much alike in person that one bas been frequently mistaken for the other. Qn the morning in question a person met Capt. Marshall, of the Manhattan, and not knowing that he was brother to the Captain of the James Cropper, mistook him for the latter individual. So confident was be that he had seen Captain Marshall, of the James Cropper, that the statement of the vessel having ar rived was, on his authority, posted at Lloyd's and the Ex change-room. It is a singular proof of the personal likeness of the two brothers, that a second gentleman said, on Thursday forenoon, that he also had seen the Captain of the James Cropper go through the Exchange-square ! This vessel arrived the next day.—Lireepoel AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATIL—A mclanclwly instance of of the uncertainty of human life occurred on Sunday. Mr. Rowe, one of the chief constables of' Liverpool, and whose duty it was to bear part of the civic regalia before the Mayor to St. George's Church, was standing a few minutes before eleven o'clock, in the vestibule of the Town-hall, with his cloak on, waiting until his worship came out of his room. Whilst conversing with one of his companions Mr. Rowe turned his head a little, and suddenly fell down on his fare. He was immediately raised up; but his eyes were fixed, and the vital spark was fled. Mr. Rowe was upwards of seventy years of age: and had been one of the constables of the borough nearly thirty-three. Ile was a man universally known and respected; and his awfully sudden death has excited general regret—Liverpool .a/hion. DARING ATTEMPT AT It01:Br.RY.—Ill the night t f Sa turday last a most daring attempt was made to rob the Stamp-office, situate in the' ati Chnrchyarll, Liverpool. The Stamp-office and the office of Messrs. Shand, Ellis, and Shand adjoin each other. The entrance to the former office is protected by two doors, both of which are ex tremely strong and well bolted. The robbers, aware of this circumstance, made their entrance into the office of Messrs. Shand, Ellis, and Shand, the doer of which W3S protected by a single lock only. The two ((flees are se parated by a brick-wall, nearly a foot thick ; and the rob , hers, with the aid of a mallet and chisel, made a round hole in it, sufficiently large to admit the betty of a man. By this means they gained an entrance into one of the closets belonging to the Stamp-office, in the hope of finding in it the iron-chest in which the money is deposited. In this, however, they were disappointed, the safe being placed in an adjoining closet. But they found Mr. Stani forth's private desk, which they broke open, and robbed it of sixpence in copper, having missed the sum of twenty shillings in silver which was in it also. Determined, how ever, upon reaching the closet in which was the iron chest, they had began to perforate the wall, in order to make a hole similar to the one which they had made in the first. In this operati"u, fortunately, they seem to have been SUN prised, as they had only proceeded so Poe as to break the plaster. They decamped so suddenly, that they left behind them their tools. During the ti:ne they were in Messrs. Shand, Ellis, and Shand'e office the robbers must have re regaled themselves, as broken fragments of fowl were found ni the room. We understand that they would have been disappointed of much booty, even if they had succeeded in reaching and opening the iron -chest, as Mr. Staniforth ' rarely keeps much money there.—Liverpool raper. We have read in PK :tral journals an account of six dead bodies being brought into Dover on Sunday last, but after diligent inquiry we can find not the smallest ground for the report. A number of dead bodies did arrive about that time, but the numberfar exceeded six—they were turkeys, and known to be from France, not even supposed to be from the Ogle Castle.—Cintee Poet: Herald.. TO TILE EDITOR oF THE BRITISH PRESS St rt-1 addressed to you, shout a fortnight ago, a few re marks on the much agitated question of the Slut Taeae, and I addressed them to you with the more confidence because I felt satisfied that you' would receive them wi t h =doer, and that they would obtain from the ampute e _ turers themselves a fair and impartial consideration. On every queation of political e conomyc which th e pasting events of the 'day have brnr discussion ye t , hare displayed more profound views, and illustrated them with more clearness, than I have met with in any other daily journal. At the same time, however, there ar e many points on the subjett before us upon which 1 differ from you, and from those whose sentiments you may very justly be tuppased to convey. That y ou have no wish to excite any unnecessary apprehension I am sincerely convinced. I have no doubt but that you actually. feel all the alarm from the co llie . quences of removing the prohibition from foreign silk, which you so forcibly express; but my own impres sion is, that the consequences you describe are not hkely to ensue. If your premises were true, I s h ou l d then readily admit that your conclusions were correctly &a tm; but as to the total ruin of this branch of trade, and the throwing out of work the numbers said to be employed i n it—there is no likelihood, I apprehend, that any such evil will arise. How can you suppose that the manufacturers of France, who even during the time of the prohibitory system in England, have been as actively employer! as they could be, can all on a sudden be prepared to supple the full consumpt;on of the English market, which, "i doubt not, is nearly as great as that of the wh o l e continent? Are the French manufacturers to neglect all their former connexions, and withhold the regular supply from their own market, for the purpose of speculating in a new one, with which they have but little, if any, previous ac quaintance, and in which they have no regular connexion formed ? If therefore you, and your readers concerned in the silk-manufacture, reflect for a moment, that before the continental manufacturers can, with certainty, employ any great number of their looms for the London market, it must be the work of time, and not a short time either, you will be forced to admit that the British silk trade has nothin; like immediate ruin to dread. With the talents and loud judgment that you manifestly possess, you are capable of affording much valuable information, and of giving much useful advice, but you may, at the same time, occasion much evil by creating unnecessary alarm; because, taking things at the worst, and even at the full extent of your or ticipatious, it will take years before the foreign silk mine facturer can supply the English market with goods equal to its demand, and for the present the English manufac turer will secure himself from loss, if he only, as a prem.- tionary means, reduces his work. If he stops it entirely, 1 e will only secure success to his rivals; and being left alone in the market, they will, in the end, obtain a price for their goods which would • have amply compensated the English manufacturer. If this takes plate, the latter will repent his hasty dcci. sion, in giving up his manufactory, but he will repent, when it is too late, that he has given way to feats for which there was no sufficient foundation. While therefore 1 contend that nothing can be so fatal to this branch of in. dustry as the great dismay that seems to prevail, 1, on the other hand think, that good advice is much wanted, and may be most salutary, and this service your columns ma: , most essentially render. Admitting the imposaility Of the French supplyino , fully the English m ar k et — espec i a ll y in its first imports—l should incline to advise the manu facturers not to despair; nor to abandon themselves to the idea of being unable to compete with their rivals. I would entreat them to reflect, that ahhough, by the sth of July next, the importation of foreign wrought silks should be permitted, yet that the foreign manufacturer cannot at once supply all that will be required for our consumption, and that the advantages with which his limited supply will come into the market, will be in some degree compensat , d by the thirty per cent. duty, anti that at all events we mint have a considerable share—if not thogreatost share—of the market. Let it bo remembered that until the repeal of th, prohi. bitory system came under consideration, but little, if any, improvements had been made by the English in the mode of manufacturing their silks. Secured against the introduction of foreign goods, the English manufacturers were content to carry on th:ir business in the same man ner as their predecessors ; but no sooner was it intimated that the trade would be thrown open, than they endea voured to ascertain what improvements could be made, and it is a well-known and important fact, that within the las: two•years looms have been constructed and are now in use which will produce, at a very little additional expense, nearly five times the quantity of silk produced by the looms previously employed. Ido not pretend to offer any opinion as to the time within which these improved learn; may be brought into general use, but if such (and within I so short a period) has been the effect of anticipated coin ' petition, what may we not expect from British skill and in dustry aided by capital, when forced into actual competi tion ? Should the result even be such is to evince that we have a chance of success, we shall at leagt not be ruined by the trial. We shall have profited by the experiment, and we may feel confident that should practice prove the theory of Ministers to be erroneous, they will not be back ward to devise other and better means of protection. From their generosity towards the Silk Trade, by giving back to it the large stun of five hundred thousand pounds, we may rest assured that they will not readily permit a trade to be ruined for the encouragement of which they tr.vc already done so much. Ininty h f a o t rm it er w c il o l m b m e n o n u ica t t o io f n ti l m h pu av w e e s r t o af f el my con viction theeriliss successfUlly to cnmpete with the French manufacturers, so long as they shall be obliged to pay fourteen or fftetn per. cent. dearer for the taw material: but as this 'tiff culty cannot be retuoved without the risk of materially injuring the throwster, I think the attention of his Maicst ty's Ministers should be particularly drawn to the preclud ing, by every possible means, the clandestine imports:lot of French goods, which, if not effectually checked, will occasion incalculAlc injury to the Silk Trade. I wish to di , understood as speaking on the supixvition that the law sr it now stands will be carried into tact, htat without nouncing any opinion upon its policy. My sentiments mi that point will he the subject of a futme ktter, havittc already trespassed too long on your indulgence. My objcc: is impartiality, and full and fair discussion, and I therc!ct.: again claim to subscribe myself A CALM OBSERVER. ' CONSPIRACY AT Sr. SErAs:rtAy.—We have recc;v: • further particulars respecting the conspiracy at St. S,•bri tian, and we arc concerned to fin,' that an Etigrislintsr. named Jenkins, has, on the stispkion of being itnplicAt. in the affair, been treated in the west igncininicus thrust into a Spanish' prison, and actually march , : I fetters to Bayonne. At this plsea be r.-n^ itnnwilintely (-- tiered out of confinement, by the Frcr,ell G-n-nandant.. tha prompt and d. terminal n of the En : . Consul. We shall to-morrow give a . . 1 the partenl , • his examination before the commandants at St. and at Bayonne; his innecenca is arpari tit, free! being released, one, receiving palTort3 to p 1 r,•e , ..1 land. A Frenchman, said to racy, is in chains at Bayonne. Ti..e•mar.: a: iLe ?:!1 Madrid to France, has been intercepted by alcro:ed 1• —nothing but the Government dcvatcht PARLIAMENTARY rIF. , lis said to he t!..? i - tion of Alt. Hume, early in the onuing,S . F , i , . It, ti` C , ,, ~ a return of the tannbr of sytare can'scf plwr-: - • :,' consumed on Christmas-dav in London and W (s n : .,; • : • distingnishing the strocts, lanes, and ttlioyS in Idlic. , ! consumption took place, and rto•ing tl!c speci!it trivi . . 1 . each description of padding. The ohje:t of :qr. Ilirr c, u said to be tivc-fold; hut the princ:;•al F iat i, :,, 1 -r. , .- ~ u the lower classes of p:ople in this c ontry :r - . th.. ri,• wretched on the face of the etnah, and that it 1 :7 : ! 2 . r a want of education that we are 10 :11:ri'a . .. , ;'•.''r ::'5: racy in persisting in rre'crt:ng r;t.t.s:l,:-.:tf an I Pi. ding to Scotch broth. MURDEIL—The body ef a man, mho la' LA.:: I:1] days missing, has been fonntl in the tei : ',lt!tott , Kilcolgan, with marlcs of ‘iol,:oco about tithe proctor to the Itevc:cail Mr. nuke, is supposed to have been inurikicil while in di:: of his duty. A policetuan who came here fcr a CjTOll, ! formed us of the circumstance, but we have not het:: to learn the verdict.—G.:!L•a: .!dr:?tiscr. • . s ome ctanu die lion, own itnag with her 1 fi re •; T 1 rnodi, no b upon lIIIBC to N tt i 101111 the 1 to! whe Let' sive the then recd shot the dun wri Crn aq d SPIN Tilt