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rfticzb or BRITII3I Rank .itnek 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per cent. ConnArl 1 88 0 Ileus Aut. i I 34 pert eat. 97 34 per Cent. Rd. 111. 4 per Cent.lol4 1031 STOCKS I India Ba 'ERDA Y. 13 pm Frit t'Es I IF VORRION lawman Roads 97 I Mao Ant. 974 leinaillao Bona. 73 61 Dina Acct. 734 Maio Scrip (1823)N e dla DIM Am. tlt die Masan fond. 234 Dim Acct. IS 4$ 54 3 Colombian Bonds Ditto Aect. Liao Rondo (1821) 77i 1 81 Atte Acct. 771 1 1 3 1 1 Danilb Bonds !We • 3rae Are. iAttt (1825) ditto Acet. I di. french Mamas SpetCt.lolf. 60e. 102 f. Dttic; dart. - Xichange hit 10c. Long Ann South ilea Stoat Billi.l;d. LOOM !16 2 pm Ditto, 680 l 36 pm Ditto, Small 83 pm Lottery Ticket., VA Ilk. PRICES OF SfIARES YESTERDAI . I Irian. Share. PAM. Theraturn per lbws. Ariatin-litel Iran 1100 90 60 An ulo. Chillan lOO 6 214 ' Bolles? . 60 3 23i 23 1., . Igueeelloa. Espirito Santo Brazil 1110 SGI I I Equitable 23 2 I ' likairal Mining Association lOO 6 4 ' Ilaytien . Pasco.Peruvian 100 5 74 8 Potosi. 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Sept. S. will be performed TH KeIIy:ER BOY. The Characters by Miss Strain. Cooper. Baker, Bartley, Keeley, W. Chapman; Mtn Gowan'. Atter which. THE STOUT ck:NTLENAN! _ . . relnelpal charariera— sera t ears. C oo per, Keeley. - Slits Soden. Mrs. Tay tore. Mrs Brian. To conclude with HIT OR HISS! . •• • . Diet Cypher. Mr. Matiewsi — Jerry Binemom. Mr. Reyna% lire. Au ca Carel Ins Ileneymetab. Mrs. Grove. i t SADLER'S WELLS. This THURSD tY, September Sorill be performed the THE N' frD GIRDLES: Or, WINICI THE WITCH , L A N D THE LADIE S OF SAMAECLND. After which THE LAWYER, THE JEW, AND THY YoRKSHIRIMAN. To emvinde with FAIRY BLUE AND FAIRY RED: Or, HARLEQUIN AND THE MARBLE ROCK. The CRITIIII Passe commenced publishing ynhoday morning at •quatter pest five o'clock. LONDON, THURSDAY, S►r7srses 8, 1828. The daily contradictions in the yews from Greece in the Continental Papers render die information they give us of little value. What they contain one day they deny the next. In the French Papers, received yesterday, the af fairs of the Patriots are represented to be in the most ruinous condition. lesantat PACIIA is said to be pro eecding steadily with the conquest of the Mora, and the dissentions of the Greek Chieftains to be higher than at any former period. We observe, however, that these statements are loose and indefinite. No places are men tioned of which the Egyptians had obtained possession since they left Tripolis:a. We are not disposed, there ' fore, to place any reliance on these vague reports. Spain the Government is busy arresting the sus pected confederates of Bessie es,. These persons are mostly ecclesiastics, and some Noblemen of high rank. The Minister CALON•RDE is about to be prosecuted for lair connexion with the Carlist conspiracy. While Fra in ti AND is thus guarding against the dangers with which his late royalist friends threaten him, he relaxes not from the work of destruction against the Constitutionalists. Nat only has the gallant EXTZCIN•DO been put to death, in violation of the capitulation on which he surrendered, but two others have since suffered in like manner, at the very tune when pursuit was making after the Royalist rebels. These two individuals, who were executed on the 24th ult. were named lor.r SIAS and SANTOS. They were residing at Tarifa. when that town was taken by the Constitution alists, and as they remained there until it was re-taken by the French, they were arrested and condemned to death for high treason. They met their fate with admirable heroism, especially Int.rstss, whose conduct made a deep impres sion on the people of Madrid. These spectacles are not calculated to fix more firmly the tottering throne of FEADINAND VII. V The Etak contradicts, in the most positive terms, the report that a Fr,:nch fleet had sailed to take possession of Cuba. The squadron • whose movements have excited alarm in the West Indies, was, it is stated, to proceed in tl e direction of the Azores, for the purpose of tuanceuv- Flog, previously to its return to France. From the DAL- dated Taeatlay.l CONSTANT INOCLE, Al,lO. 10. Neva very favourable to the Porte, with respect to the events in th- Morea, continue to be spread here ; it seems, however, that they are a little exaggerated. It is pretended that Ibrahim Paella has not Gni,: cnrqucrcd almost the whole of the Peninsula, but that in the put wltkii is not conquered. Colocotroni and Pietro Bey art at open variance with each other. The Greeks of Constanti nople, however, refuse to give any credit whatever to these ac counts, and do not seem to have lost the hope, that the present campaign will end to the advantage of their countrymen.—eings lt se g/i Gazette. The corps of Albanians ender Hussein Bey is said to haresuffered II considerable loss in its march from Naysr;no to Tripoli= ; it is reported that between Niti and I.rontlari it WWI surprised by the Creeks, who had surrounded it en all sides ; that it succeeded in Inshing its way and jninirg Ihraiiim Psalm, Lot only at the ex. pease of great sacrifices. and the loss or all its baggage. The Egyrtian evt has P !I c d for Nararino to fetch troops, artillery, and ammunition from Alexandria. isrg Co, lrspondort. 111..rtnito Aro. 211. The death of Paui Iglesias has produced among the people of Al sdrid opposite sensations. It hen they saw 'mire, drawn on a Lucille., ■ man whom they had known as one of the most flourishing citir , trit. of the capital, a general sentiment of pity was manifested. II .r Iglesias mounted the scaffold, and having already the cord inured his neck, asked to speak. " Spanlarda, my brothers," said •• I have been devoted to liberty ; I die like a Christian ; I flee recei the aide of TTEgion ; pray fur me. I die for my coon. tr;. kr you all; learn from me to die with courage." flay the threw himself off with him. and Iglealas, already sus pended, cried with a loud voice tt Liberty or Death." At this unlspected incident eri.•a of " Loog live the King" burst from all parts. Is the midst of these shunts as ozdatarion of an opposi:s ~~ -~ character was hoard. It Was with difficulty That the individnal from whom it proceeded was saved from the hands of the people. The Royalist volunteers of Salamanca have voted an address to the King, to solicit from him the re-establishment of the Holy Office, in order to secure public tranquillity in Spain. PARIS, SIPP. 6. They write from Smyrna, under the date of the 6th August, that the state of the Mores afforded grounds for increased uneaai. ness. Demetrius Ypsilanti had fled from Tripolina, where we had been led to consider him a conqueror. All the accounts which arrive from this unhappy country concur in representing the Greeks as divided among themselves, and in a wotse situation than they had cm been since the commencetnent of the war. Ibrahim Pacha wu daily gaining strength in the Mores. [From the Journal do Dcsats of Monday.] MADRID, Are. 25. The revolt of tlessieres was naturally expected to have an in. fluence on the ministerial destinies of M. Calomarde. accordingly hit dismissal is not only talked of, bat it is even asserted that that Minister, against whom it is said proceedings are already Matt. tututed, will be brought to judgment. . - Numerous arrests have taken place during the nights of the 22d and 23d. Among the prisoners may be noticed the Marquis of Car denas, a grandee of Spain; the Canon Roses, a Councillor Of State; the Abbe Mole, honorary chaplain to the King ; and the Canon Sulsa, Director of the Lady Canoness of Saint James. Other persons belonging to the first classes of society are spoken of as having been arrested. The police has not confined its disc-orates merely to those libe l have directly or indirectly shared in Bessierea' enterprise; they hare besides got possession of the funds, which were to foment the insurrection and maintain the insurgents. In the two cathe drals of Cuenca and Placentia alone, 'ft is asserted that they have seises milliom of reels (about 80,00014 so that if similar disco veries are Made in all the cathedrals of the kingdom, Bessieres' insurrection will have come in the nick of time to give our finances a little breathing. When the police discovered these sums at PlA cencia, eight Canons of the Chapter of that Cathedral were ar• rested. It is the commander of a squadron named Albuin, to whom the pursuit of Bessieres has been most particularly confided. lie is well acquainted with all the roads which traverse the mountains of Cuenca, where, for several years during the war of Independence, he commanded a band of partisans. It has just been made known, that the persons whose arrest is mentioned above hare not been placed in the prisons of Madrid, but have been conducted by the Police to different places of con. finement in the provillem Since yesterday it has been reported that General Mina had re turned from London to Gibraltar, where he was to take the corn mand of an expedition composed of Colombian corsairs, intended to attack Port Mahon. Fame's Finns.—Pettis, Sere. s.—Five per Cents, 101 f. 90e. Three per Cents, 711 t. 80e.; Bank Stock, 2,1701. Rente de Naples C'ertif. Falconnet. 86f. 45e. ; Bente, d'Espagne, 17f. ; Royat Spanish Loan. (1823) 48a ; Exchange on Loodoa, one month, 23f. three ditto, 241. 85c.—Coen Authentiq ue. CITY, WEDNESGAY EVENING. • Consols opened under a slight reaction, 87j 88, from last night's improvement, as the latter qirotations of yesterday rather indicated; but they soon recovered from it, and at one time they reached 881, buyers ; their closing price was 881 f. Exchequer Bills were Ss. Ss. prem. There was fair business doing in the Market, but it was not a day of extensive demand, and was less marked by any particular feature than any day during or since the panic. Money Was rather more plentiful than even it was yesterday, and every thing seems to prove that the alarm respecting the scarcity of money is ceasing. The Exchanges were a little better yesterday, and this trifling amendment has produced a lively . sensation, as well informed persons think that the present is only the commencement of improvement, and that the exchanges will shortly be in favour of this country. In the Foreign Market, the chief bu t siness continued in South American Securities, and the bargainsin them were extensive at an advance in price in all of them. Colombian Bonds were eagerly sought after at 78 to 4. The new Guatemala Scrip had its full share of attention at the im proved quotation of 21 2 discount. Some very heavy busi ness was done in Mexican Scrip at 74 7 discount. Brazilian ditto was at 8i 8 discount, and the Danish at 7 6k dis count. The business in Greek Scrip and Spanish Bonds was very limited, the former was reported at 163 i discount, and the latter retrograded to 21 21k. The transactions in the Share Market were principally confined to Potosi Shares, in which there was considerable jobbing at Sj 4, and just before the market closed, there were buyers at 4. The old Chilisn Shares rather improved to-day, they were 9 10, and the Anglo-Chi!ian Shares were a shade lower in value, 16 2. The Anglo and the United Mexican Shares remained at yesterday's price. The Sugar market is still heavy. The Regent and Amazon arrived yesterday from out posts at Jamaica, but the letters they bring are of old dates, and relating only to commercial transactions. Aaarrr or Beast zass.—The following article is copied from a French Ministerial paper:—" We have received by an extraordinary courier, letters from Madrid, dated the oath. They contain the whole of the details of the arrest and execution of Bessieres. Himself and accomplices were executed at the head-querters of General Espagna. One ■lone escaped. Bessieres and the eight accomplices he had remaining with him were feeding their horses in a village when Colonel Albuin arrived. His arrival was so sudden that Bessieres had only time to mount his horse and fly ; but the animal having shortly fell down with him, he fell into the Colonel's hands ; in the fall his leg was wounded. Both him and his companions were, according to the cus tom of Spa . m, granted three days for repentance of their sins, and on the :26th they were shot. When led to exe cution, Bessieres and his companions shouted " The King for ever !—Death .to the Ministers !" •,:l EXECUTION OF EmPECTNADO.--The / 1 / a 4rtu Gag( tte announces the tragical end of this patriot. The following account of his last moments is furnished by an inhabitant of Rucda, where the unfortunate General was hanged. In his will the Empecinado bequeathed four pieces of cloth, which belonged to him, and were in the possession of a friend, for the use of the royalist volunteers of Rueda, from whom he bad suffered such hor rible treatment. When be came out of theprison to undergo his punishment, he became violent with rage on finding that it was intended to put him upon an au. He refused, and went to the place of execution on foot with great firtwnesa. When be had reached the foot of the gallows, ha suddenly made so great an effort that he burst the cords by which his arms were confined. He then attempted lto rush through the line of soldiers who surrounded him, and no doubt he would have escaped if he had been armed; but as it was, he was attacked and beaten down with blows. A rope was then passed round his neck, and the hangman, who was upon the gallows, leaped upon him, and with the assistance of some bystanders put him •ia death. As this wretch wa.; returning to Valladolid, after the execution, he was welcomed in several villages with theriliging of dr: bells.—Courier Francais. The"Biion ill:roles died of apoplexy lately at La Man cha, returning from a watering place. He was but forty years old. Some holders of Exchequer Bills have availed them selves of the Gov eminent notice, allowing them to ex change them for money, on giving one day's previous in timation, to .)he amount of 50,000/. This example will be followed toe very great extent, should those securities fall to a further discount. Messrs. Latitte and Daring are mentioned as likely tol l take the llavtian Loan of seven millions sterling. When we carry back our recollection fur half a century, and ima gine any individual talking of a Paris and London hanker lending seven millions of money to a Negro Republic,wo must he struck with the changes that time brings about ! N. Onward basimblished a letter from the Conciergerie, dated September 2, in which he ratites that in July last, when the 3 p.e cents, were above 76f., being convinced of the danger of the conversion upon the bases adopted, he proposed to the Count de Villele to give him a certain and very 'e means of effecting this conversion, or paying off the total of the grand livre to the satisfaction of every 1 1 one, even the stock-bulderv. Ile reef aired, in the event of ' bis plan being adopted, to have secured to him in the con version six millions of rentes, at 3 per cent., which he' would pay in proportion to the livraisons, at the rare of 7.5!. This proposition he now renews, and affirms, that ra soon as it shall be adopted and made public, the 3 per cents. will irnm.diately rise above sof. and keep at that rate. - . • GERMAN PAPERS. STOCKTIOLY t AUG. 23. According to accounts received from the Norwegian commissions, ' appointed for the rectification of the frontiers between Norwe gian and Russian Lapland, they arrived on the 27th of June at Kola, in Russian Laplatul, where they were received in the most I obliging manner. The Russian and Norwegian commissioners then proceeded to the frontiers so commence the survey, and there is no doubt that the whole business will be completed next year, to the entire satisfaction of the two governments - AVO 19. Messrs. Michaelsen and Benedicks have begun to engage Nor wegian sailors at Chriatiansand to man the ships which they have bought of the Swedish Government. They will be conveyed from Frederickvurn to Carlacrons. After the troops assembled at Stordals Bale had been re ♦iewed on the 21st of last month, by Licutenant-General Stabell, They marched on the following night towards Drontheim. where they passed the second night. No quarters had been prepared for the Norwegian troops, because it was proposed, in case they go as far as Druntheim, these men, being all acquainted with the inha bitants, a m id easily procure themselves quarters; but for the Swedish troops, accommodation was prepared in the riding-house and the crown bakehouse. But as soon as the unexpected visit was known In the town, several of the inhabitants came to the Swedes, and desired to have a larger or smaller number of subalterns and privates in their houses, where they were treated with the ancient northern hospitality. On their return to the camp. Count Trumpe, the High Bailiff, gave a breakfast to all the officers, at his seat, Bomb', and as soon as this was known, a number of farmers vo luntarily came from the environs,with meat and drink for the men. FGANXTOIIT, AUG. 28. About nine thousand persons have subscribed to the collection of sermons published by the Rev. Alr. Ztmmermann, Court Chap. lain in Darmstadt, the profits of which• are to be applied to the building of a church for the new Protestant congregation at Muhl. hausen. A lady in the Hague subscribed 1100 florins for one copy. The amount of subscription is already 30,000 florins. EXCHANGES ON 1A)N 1 )0N. - - 11•34nURGICSE1. SEPT. 11 ,}.—Two months, ss 89. I ST. PETERIBCROH, A 1143. 19.-10 11-16. I.stPotu, AUG. 29.—Three months, 6 B6IILIN, Aug. 30.—Three months, 6 264. Auo. 24.—Three Months, 9 37.—Ilatni.ur: Alpert, Sept. 2. SPAIIV. [From the Madrid Gazette of August 28.1 The following despatches have been received by the Minister of War:- 1 have the honour to announce to your Excellency, that on the - 23 d at noon, the traitor Ilessieres and his associates were arrest:d in the village of Zafrilla, by a detachment of horse grenadiers belong ing to the Royal Guard, under the command of Lieutenant-Colorel Don Saturnino AlbuM, whom I had ordered, as I apprized you In my former despatches, to pursue them till they were exterminated. Lieut.-Colonel Albuin has this moment arrived with the criminals at my head-quarters, where i had taken by anticipation the neces eery measures to catty intol'ull. effect the orders of the Ring our Master, communicated to me by your Excellency, the entire execu tion of which I shall report to-morrow, in order that you may transmit the same for the information o f Majesty. God preserve you many years. Head-quarters, 3lolina de Arrsgon, Aug. 25, 1825, at Nine o'clock in the evening. (Signed) Count D'ESPAGNE. SECOND DESPATC H, The sovereign Decrees of his Majesty of the 17th snd 21st of this month, and the orders communicated to me by your Excel lency, dated the 23th, have already been executed. As soon as Don Georges Bessieres, and the men in his suite had been taken by the troops under my command, which h a d been in pursuit of them, they brought them to my head-quarters, where they arrived yesterday at nine in the evening, as 1 havo already had the honour to announce to you by my despatch of yesterday. The decree of his Majesty was immediately made known to the Chief, and the seven accomplices of his crime, whose name and rank are sub joined. All the spiritual aids of our holy and consoling religion were administered to them, and alien they had confessed the fright ful crime of which they had been guilty they were shot. The exe cution took place this day, the 26t1, at half-past eight in the morn ing. They died like Christians, repenting their high treason, and praying to God, that their punishment might serve as an example, and prevent the recurrence of a similar attempt. The troops of the Royal Guard, Infantry and Cavalry, and a squadron of the Ist Regiment of the line (formerly Saatiago), which was at my head , quarters, have bem witnesses of this execution, and have defiled before the dead bodies. (Signed) Count D'ESPAGNE. Molina de Arragon, Aug. `2.i, 1325. - - Bolsterer' had published a list of proscriptions of 17 persons whom they were to use all possible means to make away with, and the name of M. Zea Bermudez was the first. Arrsgon seems to bethe province on which this General and his party had more particularly fixed their views. The Captsin.General has acted with as much firmness as prudence, and this part of the country, after a momen. tary ferment, has returned to a state of the most perfect tranquil. lity. The Aristarqut Paris Paper states, that several agents o Ferdinand have bad interviews with M. de Villele on the subject of a new loan, for the purpose of soliciting his in fluence in the negotiation. T he French Minister, accord ing to the Aristarque, invariably commenced by asking whether the parties had authority to recognize the loans of the Cortes, and upon the answer being given in the nega tive, the interviews have always terminated immediately. Extract of a letter from Paris :—" The intercourse with Madrid is incessant. We now learn that a monk has been arrested in the Spanish capital, and all the details of the, conspiracy of Don Carlos obtained from him. lea Ber mudez has been fired at as he was proceeding in his ear -1 riage to have an audience of the King, but he was not in jured. The French and English Ministers were with the King on the 21st ult. and it is positively asserted that he has consented to place himself entirely under their guidance." On the 30th ult. M. Bergeron, formerly Rector of the parish of St. Sulpice, near Orleans, was sentenced, by the Correctional Tribunal at Blois, to three years' imprison ment, and to pay a fine of 300 francs and costs, upon eon ' viction of outrage to the Royal Majesty by expressions 1 1 publicly employed relative to the charter.—Galignani' s Messewrrr. The following is sn extract of a private letter, dated Corfu, August 13 :—" On the 11th instant I wrote to you by the Courier, and I told you of the assault made by Rumeli Valessy, at itlissolonglii, in which he lon nearly the half of his army, and retired in great confusion. Our fleet, which arrived at Missolonglii, triumphed over that of the enemy. With one fireahip the Greeks succeeded in burning two large vessels, and took one brig, and the rest were put to flight and pursued by our ships. A part of the Turkish fleet took refuge at Avlona, where they are blocked up by a division of the Greek squadron. Yesterday there arrived here several small vessels from Calamo anct Prevcsa, from which we learned, that the Greek troops who were at Salona had arrived near Missolonghi, and had given a sig nal, by kindling fires, to our troops in that place, and hav ing come to an understanding with them on the 7thi instant, a general and sudden attack was made both within and without the place on the enemy, and a dreadful massacre took place; many prisoners were taken and the rest driven to Vraehori." iVe stated yesterday, that a carriage loaded with gold bad been stopped at Valenciennes by the French Authori ties. it appears that Rothschild bad contracted to supply the King of the Netherlands with a quantity of ingots of gold for a new coinage, and that this was a part of it. The carriage was stopped for want of a regular permit, but this was soon obtained, and the conductors were allowed to proc-ed with their charge to its destination. FLAX TXADE.—The following letter has been received at the Baltic Coffee-house:— AURA= Consulate, London. Sept. C. SIR—I beg to inform you that I have received an official com. municanott from my Government, which 1 think may not be unin terest:ng to the Baltic merchants, and others, namely ;—that seve ral merchants in Revel have united to establish a Flax Trade in order to augment as much as possible the exportation of that article. They have, for this purpose, .ea.nged an expert person, well ac quainted with sorting the different qualities of flax, and purpose shortly to send different qualities of Esthonian flax to the different places and countries that trade in that commodity. I remain, Sir, your obedient humble Servant. L A. DE DUBATCHEFSKY. To William Wilson, Esq. Secretary to the Committee of the Baltic Caffc:.-house. t.r. Coax lILTURNR.—On Tuesday an information came on to be heard before the Worshipful tlie Mayer and Aldermen, against Mesas. Ilall and Gleadow, for a false return of barley, on the 30th July last. After an investi gation which lasted upwards of three hours, the informa tion was dismissed, en the ground of a want of sufficient legal evidence. _ • .SM A ri.-Vox.--The linty Gazette contains the following paragraph :—Alarming as the disease called small-pox has been in this town, we are sorry (query, glad), to find that the fatality and extent of it have been vet y much exaggerated. After 'the most strict inquiry, we can assure the public that the number of deaths occurring from that disease, in this town, within the last three months, has not exceeded fourteen—and that there are not at this time twenty cases of small-pox within our boundary. It is also satisfactory to find that of those who have died from this disease, rot ore had teen vaccinated ! --•- ... CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope 144 received yesterday to the 11th June • the intelligence is important. An Order in Council from England had been received in that colony, which has thrown the inhabitants into the greatest consternation. The paper money in circulation was in rix dollars at 4s each. The order from England is ,that the payment for this currency is to be made in new coin, at the rate of one shilling and sixpence for each rix dollar. The alarm was so great that the inhabilints had proceeded to the Governor, praying him to stay the order in Council, as they thought the British Government :lad been misled. his Excellency stated that his orders were peremptory, and he accordingly issued the proclamation. Immediately on the receipt of this intelligence in the City, the merchants met to deliberate on the subject. The next arrival from the Cape will bang the memorial of the inha bitants. The general meeting was to take place on the 13th of June. The following is the Proclamation of the Governor with the public notice:— ORDINANCE Of his Excellency the Governor in Council, for making British Silver Money a legal tender in discharge of all Debts due to In dividuals and to Government, at the rate of one shilling and six- pence for each paper rix dollar. Whereas his Majesty's Government has determined to establish the British currency as the circulating medium of all the Colonial possessions of the Crown, and has further been pleased to order and direct that the Briti.lt silver money shall be a legal tender in' this Colony, in discharge of all debts due to individuals and to the public, at the rate of one shilling and sixpence for each paper rix dollar, and so in proportion for any greater or less sum. Ilia Excellency the Governor in Council is pleased to enact and' , declare, that from and after the date of this Proclamation or Ordi nance. British Silver Money shall be a legal tender in this Colony, in discharge of all debts due to individuals and to the public, at the rate of one shilling and sixpence for each paper rix-dollar, and so in proportion for any greater or less sum. His Excellency in Council has in consequence issued the neces sary instructions that a table or scale shall be printed forthwith, apezifying the relative value of the paper rix-dollar. and el all the lesser proportions thereof, 'with British money, in order to regulate the payment of the established Government duties, fees, &c. until such time as new schedules of duties, &c. shall be made out. The Governor in Council is further pleased to order and direct, that from and-after the 31st of December next all Heads of De partments in this Colony, and all other Civil Servants therein, shall render their accounts in British money : and that all contracts entered into, or purchases effected by the Civil Departmzots, for the Public Service, after that date, shall also be made in British money. And that no person may plead ignorance hereof, this will be published and affixed in the usual tranner. !int! save the King!, (liven at the Cape of Good Hope, this th day of June, 1825, By command of his Excellency the Governor, (Signed) R. PLASKET, Secretary to Government. By order of the Coancil, (Signed) P. 0. BRING, Act. Clerk of the Council. PUBLIC NOTICE. Commissariat, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, Bth June, 1826. Notice is hereby given, to such persona as may be desirous of tendering rix dollars for bills of Exchange, drawn at thirty days' sight, by Assistant Commissary-General /I eweteon, upon the Right Honourable the Lords Contmtssioners of his Majesty's Treasury, that on Wednesday in each week, commencing the 15th instant, at , twelve o'clock. Bills will be granted at this office, in exchange for the same, at the fixed rate (according to instructions which have been received from their Lordships), of a bill of 100!. sterling, for every 103!. in papa mix -dollars, computing each rix.dollar as equi. valent to one shilling and sixpence British sterling money. The tenders to be sent in any time prior to the hour specified. and to express the respective amounts in whicit the parties may wish their bills to be drawn, observing that to bills will be granted but for sums of even hundreds, from one hundred and upwards. The following are extracts from the papers : [From the South elfricaa Chronick of June I.] By the last arrivals from Batavia, we learn that the Sultan of Palembang had commenced hostilities against the Dut-h Govern.' ment at Palembang. but was defeated with considerable loss, and his father was a prisoner, and sent to Batavia. [From the Cape Town Paper, June 4.1 His Majesty's ship Sarnarang, Captain Dunn, arrived in Si mon's Bay, from England, on Tuesday last, having on board forty thousand pounds in British silver, and two hundred pounds in copper coin, consigned to the Commissariat Department, for the puhhe service on this station. _ We have the pleasure of announcing the safe return of his Majesty's Dockyard cutter, York, whose t nn.arrival for some time caused conbidernble uneasiness. The York reached Port Natal after a passage of seventeen days, from Simon's Bay. The party now at Natal consists of Messrs. Farewell and Tynn, four other Europeans, three Hottentots, and several Caffres. They have formed an establishment on the north side of the harbour, near the watering place. Their habitations consist of three small houses, and several huts built with earth and rushes. Tbey are upon the most friendly terms with the natives, and have the pro tection of Chaka, the King, who professes great respect for white people. C•THOLIC INTOLERANCE.--A letter from Rouen, dated the 2d of September, contains the following details : " My wife was delivered of a son on the 6th of July last. The intended godfather and godmother were then upwards of 200 leagues from Rouen. It was necessary to await their arrival before the baptism of the infant could take place. They came on the 26th and 27th of August, and it was decided that the ceremony should be performed on the following Monday, the 49th. The curate being absent, we applied to the vicar, and at eight in the morning the child was carried to the church, accompanied by the godfather, the godmother, the mother, and several other relations. It was baptized without any remark. I should observe that the child is very robust, and appears to be four months old. The vicar must have seen that he was more than eight days of age. We went to have the baptism registered. I The vicar asked what was the child's age? lie was told that it was born on the 7th of July. Without any furthe r ' inquiry or preambie, he turned towards the parties prestnt, and said—l have a painful duty to perform ;itis to ex communicate the father and mother of the child. The godfather asked in virtue of what law ? The vicar teplied that he acted in pursuance of a pastoral letter of the Arch bishop, by which all parents arc excommunicated who, within eight days after the birth of a child, do not have it baptized. But, said the godfather, this child has bad the water cast upon him. No matter, replied the vicar, I can not help that. I must execute the order. The party then withdrew." In the different ports of France there arc twelve vessels bound for llayti, that will sail between the present day and the 20th inst. According to an account published in the Official Gazette of Norway, the Rerctine of that Kingdom in 1821 ex ceeded the expenses by the sum of 70,000 rix-dollars in silver, and 133,000 rix-dollarc in bank paper. In conse quence, the government has deposited the sum of 150,000 rix-dollars in the bank of Not way. The Stocktulni Gar.cite of the '23d ult. contains the re markable and afflicting news that the Veterinary Surgeon to the stud at Stanisholtn, having opened the body cf a horse which died of a contagious disorder, caught the in fection and died. A soldier named Penis Sengis was lately condemned, at Lille, to two years' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 16 francs, with costs of the proceeding, for having publicly shouted the seditious cries of " Vire l'Empereur—Vivo Napoleon IL—Vire le Roi de Rome."—French Paper. LlVEnvooi. Mait..—The alteration in the arrival of the north mail, which took place a few weeks ago, must, we think, be found extremely inconvenient to the mercantile community of Livcrpoo!. That mail now arrives a little before nine in the morning, and the letters are delivered at a quarter before ten :—the office opens at half-past eight for the delivery of letters from London and the other parts of the country, and Ireland ; so that individuals are sub ject to the great inconvenience of having to send a second time to the pest-office. Scl are aware that the alteration is a great accommodation to the inhabitants of Edinburgh; hut we trust means will immediately be adopted to secure the arrival of the mail at least an hour earlier, so that the letters may be here in time for the first delivery.--Liver pool Advertiser. A Paper was prlblished in 1711, called Tim GROWLE/t. —True to the assumed character, this modern Diogenes snarled at the vices and follies of the day. One of his sub jects is the M cr.cLus. who are thus introduced: " Alas! a handsome young mercer cannot carry on his business with any reputation without an embroidered coat to stand at the au op-door in, to invite in his customers." WIT OF Milt FORF.TATIIFIIB.—The peace of 1713 gave great satisfaction to the citizens; and the proclamation of it was honoured with the usual State c.:remonies, the re sponses of shouts and bout'. res, and with general illumina tions. Aldhon,h many eccentric nictbods may have been taken by individuals to express theirjoy,onc only of those has been recorded, which was the thought of the keeper of the Spread Eagle Inn, in Graccelturch-strect, who advertised one altillin; tickets for a Pr•cm pudding, nine fat in lengift, (went v . it'ci:es trradn, Mud rix igc.4rt drep. POETRY. THE AJPERANNUATED HORSE TO nzs MASTER. WHO HAD SENTENCED HIM TO DIE AT THE END Or THE SUMMER, ON ACCOUNT OF HIS REIWo UNABLE, FROli EXTREME OLD AGE, TO LIVE THROUGH THE WINTER. And must thou fix my doom, sweet master, say._ And wilt thou kill thy servant, old and poor ? A little longer let me live, I pray, A little longer hobbl e round thy door. For much it glads me to behold this plans, , And house within this hospitable shed ; It dads me more to see my toaster's face. And linger near the spot where I was bred- Foe,•ah ! to think of what we both enjoy'd In my life's prime, e're I was old anti poor, When from the jocund morn to eve employ'd. My gracious master on this back I bore. Thrice told ten years have darted on down along, Since first these way-worn limbs to thee I gave; Sweet smiling years ! when both of us were young, The kindest master, and the happiest slave. Ah. years sweet smiling ! now for ever flown! Ten years thrice told, alalt, are but a day ! Yet as together we are aged grown, Together let us wear ' ur age away. For still the times behind are dear to thought, And rapture mark'd each minute as it flew, To the light heart all-changing Masons brought Pains that were soft, or pleasures that were new. Ah ! call to mind how oft near Scaming's stream My steps were bent to yonder Muse-trod grove; There she who laird thee was thy tender theme, And I the chosen messenger of love. On the gale's pinion, with a lover's care, E'en with the speed of thought did I not go_.. Explore the cottage of thy absent fair, And eas'd thy if ek'ning bosom of its woe? And when that doubting heart still felt alarm., Throbbing alternate with its hope and fur, Did I not bear thee safely to her arms. Assure thy faith, an d dry up ev'ry tear And, ah I forget not when the fever's pow'r . Rag'd sore, how swift I sought the rephyr's wing, To cool thy pulses in the fragrant bow'r, And bathe thy temples the clearest sluing. Friend to thy love, and health, and not a foe E'ed to the muse who led thee on to fame ; Yes, e'en thy lyre to me some c h arms may owe, nd fancy kindled into brighter flame. And hut thou fix'cl my doom, sweet master, say_ And wilt thou kill thy servant, old and poor A little longer let me bye, I pray, A little longer hobble round thy door. Nor could'rt thou bear to see thy servant bleed, Tho' weeping pity has decreed his fate; Yet. ah ! in vain thy heart for life shall plead, If Nature has denied a longer di.te. Alas ! I feel 'tie nature dooms my death, Alt me! I feel 'tin pity gives the blow— Yet, 'ere it falls, alt, nature take my breath. And my kind master shall no sorrow know. Era the last morn of my allotted life, A softer fate shall end me, old and poor May timely tare me from th' uplifted knife, And, gently stretch me at my master's door. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Arthur Stanhope, Esq. entertained the Dowager Marehionew of Salisbury and a select party to dinner yesterday, at his villa, Bute House, 13rompum. The Duke of Portland has arrived at his seat, iVelbeck, Notts, from a tour. The Hots. William Ponsonby left town yesterday for Dorset shire. E. Brand, Esq. has left town for Lord Matdonald's seat, Anna. dale, Isle of lay; N. B. The Dowager Countess of Gosfort and Lady: M. Acheson hat: arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley.square, from Brighton. Viscount Deerhurst has left town for his seat in Worcestershire. Departures from the British- Hotel :—Capt. and Mrs. Price, for Worthing ; W. Marsh, Esq. for ditto ; C. Pownall, Esq. for Paris. Departures from Long'a Hotel, Bond-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner, for their seat in Stationlshire ; Lieut. Jackson, R.N. for Chatham ; Capt. Harvey, for Brighton. Departures from the Royal Hotel, St. Tames's-street r—Sir C. lbbertson, for Brighton ; the Rev. G. May. for Bath ; Captain Mousley, on a shooting party ; the Hoe. T. Fianna, for Bucaing bannhire. During the Earl of Liverpool's stay at Brussels, his Lordship had the honour of dining with the King of the Netherlands. Mr. Canning's house, in Downing-street, when complete, will be one of the most capacious mansions in town. The addition to it of Sir Robert Preston's late residence will enable the Right Honourable Secretary to enjoy his do mestic comforts and luxuries upon a large scale, and transact the public business in his extensive cflices under the same roof, without the slightest annoyance or imp venience. The Eul of Carlisle ttd, on Sunday last, at his scat Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Tl:e venerable owner of Lulworth Castle, now an eccle siastic in a Convent of the Order of Jesuits al road, roe. seases immense wealth in this country, all of which, it is said, he devotes to charitable purposes. This religious devotee is reported to have bid adieu to his native land fa ever. The last advices from Stockholm state, that Sir B. Bloomfield has returned to Stockholm from his journey to St. Petersburgh. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the Eas India House, when Capt. Henry Bonham Him was sworn into the command of the new ship building by Henry Bonham, Esq. consigned to Bombay and China. The Bittern sloop of war was docked last week, and Sir H. Davy's protectors removed from her bottom. They have also been taken front the bottoms of several other commissioned ships, as the Pandora, Druid, Nightingale, &c. and are to be disused on all sea going vessels by order. Specimens of the state of the protectors have been sent to the board.— Western I,:aninaiy. The new Court-house and Vestry-room now building for the parish of Mary-la-bonne, will, it Ds said, cost little short of 1.5,000/. The Rev. G. P. Richards, of Beverley, returning Iron Cottingham to the former place on Tuesday evening last, in a gig, accompanied by a servant, the horse ran away with them, in consequence of a fright, . and Mr. Richard, to escape the danger, leaped nut, and unfortunately broke the small bone of his leg. The servant escaped with only a slight bruise. Mr. R. was subsequently conveyed home, and it is hoped is doing well. NEW CATIIOLIC ASSOCIATION.—On Saturday tbc:i. was a meeting of the Education Committee, pursuant to advertisement. Shortly after a few members had assemble , l in the Secretary's (Mr. Dwyer) room, this gentleman caw,: into the apartment in which the Reporters were assembled. and ipformed them that the business of the Convnittic was concluded, and that it was not likely there would lx any meeting of public interest before November next. — Dublin Frerman's Journal. The hair-dressers of the city of Paris, according to (V• tom, had a mass pe rformcd on the day of their patrca, St. Louis. The solemnity was celebrated with great rili:l` on the ‘29th Angus;, in the church of St. GenuaiL l'Auserrois. Nothing was spared to give splendour to tl;e ceremony. A collection made by delegates at Lenses of II.: contributors had produced about 1000 francs. The who!,. of this sum seas cons( crated to this religious act, io sf' 4 of the remonstrances of some of the society who thought that a simple mass, accompanied with an act of charity to wards the unfortunate, would have be e n as pl eas ing ia , eye of God as the magnificence displayed on that cv casion. According to their plan they hid proposed to moderate in the church expenses, and to divide the F 1:1- saved between the Luna-out inhabitants of Saba. and a poor and infirm old man who had formerly et:ei• eised the calling of a hairdresser. The advice of this not having been followed, they expressed a hope that. the future, the produce of the annual collect:on shaft net be placed in the hands of a few deloates,.but comided these of 'be Seciety for :Mutual Relief, in order lets extravagance may ho shown towards the parish kiligir. 7 boys, and more liberality towards the inthgtn: of their profession. ST. PETERSHUIteII RACES.—On the 16th ult. at Lie o'clock in the morning,the race between English and ossack horses, of which notice has long since been given, t ( " 4l ' place. There were two extremely beautiful English sta.. iions belonging to an English society here, and two 01- sack horses belonging to General Orlow Denitsow. distance run was 7 4 rersts. The second Engiish hors: gained the prize of 2.1,000 rubles. A company has just been fumed in Paris for the mt.- nuracture er ice. don, 11;1 the the Pte' uon to su him poin . Gam in d at d (sup and ract and and Mari send with from the I llid from clan j quit; the liaill pole hu , • The Ileerthe Nailer% !led le sosee k t, in min i beryl ! ?Gwen goo ham .r !_ ga tt inri 1 .1160 11 : Itat STOCKS YESTERDAY. =Bondsßettie ee p Gt. 711. 740. ge 21. 10c. Greek .1 Wreak Scrip (IOU) 17 dlll Ditto Acct. 181 17 181 die Guadalajara Coro. Bonds al Guatemala Scrip 21 dia Ditto Acts. 21 4 2 1 2 dlx Mexican Bonds 72 1 2 $ 21 Ditto Acct. 711 2 1 Ditto Bonds (1825) Ditto Scrip (11123)41 1 1 71 1 dis Ditto Acet.lll 8 i S 71 1 1 dia Peruvian Bonds 1584 8 Portuguese Bonds 8.11 Russian Bonds (1822) 934 3 Ditto Acct. 931 Spanish Cons. 211 1 1 I 1 Ditto Acct. 211 1 'I