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SUCCESSION TO THE RUSSIAN THRONE. (prom the Dolls dated Thursday, Jan. b.l ST• PETEIIRORGII. Dec. 17, N.S. (SST/ACT Or 4 IPRivArn eneessw.) Thalßood Duke Michael. who has this night arrived from Iffantaw, has put an end to all the reports w h i ch had been elicit . relgtive to the departure of the Grand Duke Constantine for ,vanroir. At the period of the marriage of the Grand Duke Constantine 11401 ;he daughter of a private Polish gentleman, the Empress Mother, who wioi ( - riposted to it, obtained from the Emperor a de eision, according to which, in forming this alliance, Constantine was to renounce his right to the throne in favour of the Grand Doke Nicholas. The Act was prepared, assented to, and signed by Constantine, and three copies of it were secretly deposited with - the Senate, the Synod, and the Supreme Council of the Empire 'bis secret document was not to be opened, but on the death of tho Emperor Alexander. Immediately on the dismal news of the 27th being received, the packets were officially opened • but. front respect for the here. dietary rights of his eldest brother, the Grand Duke Nicholas de. clart.d, on the spot. that he renounced the benefit of the Act in: question. and that he would take the oath of fidelity . in the Eni. wm Constantine I. The Senate , the great Dig nitaries of the Y.enpire, and the soldiers, followed his example, and from that Moment they were only occupied in looking fur the arrival of their new Sovereign. But the latter, faithful to the arrangements to which he had subscribed, made no preparations for quitting Warsaw, where he held hinted( reedy to acknowledge the Emperor Nicholas the From lie waited for enters, without which he thought he could Let leave his residence. his singular state of things continued till the arrival of numerous couriers at Warsaw, bringing with them the adhesion of the Imperial Family, and of the great bodies of the State. Now the struggle of delicacy is at an and, and the ran Emperoris expected litre in a few days. His arrival will aus pend fir touromd.twesity hours the moitmlog, which is to last a year. During all that period there will be no balls, no speztaeles, DO meetings In St. Petersbur. After deploring the loss o an Emperor so generally beloved, all hearts naturally feel for the Empress Elizabeth—an angel of virtue. of benevolence, who adored her husband, real who received his lest 'Ugh. 11l herself. overwhelmed with grief, she has displayed in these awful moments superhuman firmness. Dnrirg live days ale did not quit for one moment the pillow of the Emperor. and when the fatal hour arrived, despairing, but resigned, site drank from the bitter chalice. She washed the form, and the hands, of him whom she had loved so well ; she clewed his eyes, and crossed Cis hands on his bosom. Theo It was that she fainted. I think 1 alien gratify you by sending copies of two letters, which this Princess wrote in the Empress Mother. They have been coped and circulated at Court, and I pledge myself for their authenticity. They present the simple expression of profound grief and Christian resignation. TAGANROG, Nov. le, (x s.) 1825. Dear Mother,—l was not in a state to write to yon by the courier of yesterday. To-day, a thousand and a thousand thanks to the Supreme Being, there is decidedly a very great improve ment in the health of the Emperor—of that angel of benevolence in the midst of his sufferings. For whom 'should God manifest h 1 idnite mercy, if not foe him? Oh I my God, what moments of rillietion have I passed ; and you. Dear blother, I can picture to sajaeli your uncommon. You receive the bulletins. 1 oar have, saa~leefore, men to what a state we were yesterday reduced—and API more last night t bat Wylie (an English ph) sicinn) to-dev, pays himself, that the state of our dear patient is satisfactory. He Is exceedingly weak. Dear Mother. I confetti. ,to you that lam ate myeelf and that I can say no more. Pray with us--with fifty millions of men, that God may deign to coral lete the cure of our well-beloved patient. NOVEMBER 19. Our angel Is gene to Heaven. and I—l linger still on earth. Who w oul d have thought tiat I, in my weak state cf health, mould ever have survived him ? Do not you abandon me, mother, for I am absolutely alone in this world of cars. Our dear deceased has resumed 11 1 .1) air of benevolence: his smile proves to me that he is happy, and that he gazes on brighter abject. than exist here below. Illy only consolation under this ir reparable loss is, that 1 shall not survive him ; I hope to be soon rmonned to him. ELINABETR• This interesting Princess declared that she wished to accom pany the body to this place. Reflect what dreadful anguish ribs must sustain in a journey which must occupy two months, wersta, at 30 in each day). Every day the dory will be de psstted in the Churches. It is impossible that she can sustain it. Yesterday the courier brought nothing from her—her weakness is extreme. MEXICO. The following is the Proelsmation of General Victoria, to which we yesterdsv al tided, issued in consequence of the fall of St. Juan D'Ullos :••••• TEE PRESIDES? OT THE VEITED MEXICAN STATES TO BT TET.LOW 00.1NTR731101 Fellow-Countrymen—The flag of the Republic floats on the Castle of Ulloa. I enflames to you with indescribable pleasure, that at the end of 304 years, the standards of Castile hare (limp poued ftom our shores. It was my first care, on succeeding to the seat of power by your hue election, to declare that an absolute confidence, founded on your valour, that the obstinate Iberian would reduce his doniteieme within their ancient limits. The day of so touch glory and so much happiness for our country has now arrived. Mexicans—By the path of blood, traced in the town of Dolores, you marched to obtain a decisive triumph. It has cost you the lives of your heroes, the sacrifice of innumerable victims, the ruin and the conflagration of your homey. Despotism has been extin guished in a sea of blood and tears I Vera Cruz, the illustrious Vera Cruz, supporting the national cOler ' has brought this glorious work to a conclusion. There a handful of brave men, struggling with the climate, and with death in all its aspects, has triumphed on the ashes of that heroic city. A page of sorrow and of horror will eternally preserve the memory of the invincible people who braved, by their own force, and de prived of all the resources of war, the extremities which the hopes of tyranny had dared to threaten. Vera Cruz has acquired an im. mortal renown, which will extend its glory to the remotest corners of the earth. It deserves the national gratitude. I have been a wimeee of its unlimited suffering.: the highest authorities of the nation are acquainted with it. Vera ems may hope for every thing teem their justice and esteem. Fellow Countrymen—The providence of the Eternal has pro dyad an order hf things entirely new. AU wounds are closed— gjl distrust and jealousy have disappeared. Wheeever we direct bur eyes we see only brothers and friends. All opinions, all sects, 4: parties, group themselves around the national flag ; ungrounded fear and hopeless sedition will never return to disturb the repose of eke greet family. Passions have died ; union founds its rights on common intetesta, on generous principles, and on your noble.dispo same. Unhappy will be be who would saw discord—move %w -ham still would he be who would break your fraternal borde— llos country will avenge its wrongs. My friends, the past belongs to the domain of history ; to you brimgv to secures futurity of happiness and prosperity. Time Miser ; and Mexico, by your hands, will be raised to the summit of its dentinies. Who does not now begin to see the endless pro pulsion of our power, of our trade, and of our felicity Arlen, presenting one aspect to Europe, anti another to Asia, the riches of her virgin bosom for the reciprocal commerce, relations, and utility of mankind. Mexico, rising from the degra dation of slavery with the Majesty of fro: notions, ancient and modern, displays a sublime and august character, which policy Ms subjected to its calculations, anti cabinets to their views. The Spanish Colossus, pressed by its own weight, hes fallen • great eackme have arisen from its ruins—Mexico raises its he ad; the lettings of its dignity occupies the world. This, rellow-ciusens, is tat work of yew hands. if y friends, in communicating to you this intelligence of un tpealtebk importance., I furnish to the nation au account of my woes and my exertions. Ndw that the issue corresponds to my wishes, I feel a pride in what 1 hare dune; and I may be per mitted to congratulate myself that the year 1825 approaches a ter. sweetie° as happy and prosperous as its commencement. iittll.l thermion may yet gather laurels in a wide field. it' the Cabinets of Europe conform to the light of the age. and accommodate their policy to interests so solemnly }lll4C , ll)Dtti on this continent. We sbe4 cultivate the free relatiocs of peace and friendship with all v;ie world. This great republic will be not less esteemed and ap. ps lusted for the richness of its soil, than for the equity and benevo lence of the citizens who compose it. Mexicans, an epoch ap proaches of boundless felicity. Glary, fellow-citizens, to the heave General who has terminated the labour of four years by the nonquest of this hostile fortress. Okay and honour to the brave who there have purchased this day of stational joy with their fatigues, their blood, and their heroic estretiogs. A grateful country, duly estimating their services, will know how to reward them. Pellow.eithiens ! Long live the Mexican Republic ! (Signed) GUADALUPE VICTORIA. ..;:exico, Nov. 23, 1825. • MIL DOUTII LE'S Serf-1110E PLAN. or TEACHING Far:cur.—Among the ingenious methods which have been thought of to facilitate the acquirement of the French Language, abet of Mr. Denville has certainly the highest claims to public notice. By hie mode of tuition the Pupil will not only be enabled t.• converse with the same fluency and accuracy of prosundation ws if he hod studied in Paris, but he will likewise be qualified to' wr:te with the greatest purity turd elegance; for such is the efficacy of his system, the while the Pupil 'equines facility in speaking, i.e gradually attains a thorough knowledge of the elementary prlciplcs of the language. and this becomes perfectly acquainted w:th those variances anti niceties of expression which so frequently occur in polite conversation among the fashionable circles in the apt. sal of France. The French Grammar which Mr. Danville has just published on the same plan, is lithly calculated for the rapid at 'moment of that fascinating language. It center., exercises chiefly composed of expressions Ind sentences most used in familiar dia. esurse, thus a ffordi ng the student, in presenting to his view the odes of Syntax: a vOnahle collection of useful phrases. The na ture of the French verbs is also eitbabited in quite a novel and per. 11111112 net ; but the remake on Pronunciation, the 'spin xenon* of Idioms, the models of composition for the common bit- SIAM of the world. and the Treatise on French Poetry, are pecu liarly serviceable. The wholsi,in short, is so judiciously arranged tau those w h o may w i s h to a cquire a kaowledge of French, with a view to corm:within, will find this work extremely useful. It is published by the author, 2, Lawrence-lane, Cheapsida, and C. Coventry-street, Haymarket. PION'ES OF FOUEIUN Amorist; Bards 11-sztlian floods tto Scrip Ditto Acct. 14 13 dis Down A Ire. Monde 78 Chilton floods GI rolotittosn Bonds Ditto Winds (11124) 67 61 6 61 6 4 Dille Acct. 674 6 e t s i 4 6 6 il Dosish ) 631 24 Ditto Acct. 63 24 Prevotb Rental 3 pet Ct. Nit. 7.1 c G 6 f. STOVES YESTERDAY. 1 Exchange 211 f. 10c. $:. 21ezirati Bonds 641 4 Ditto Acct. 631 1 Dj.lo 7 Donde (1020 71 70 0114 i 0 Unto Acct. 71 4 611 , 1 70 egi 1 70 691 701 1 IPortiviatt Bonds 44 3 44 Prtro.ian Bondi 92 Ditto Acct. 024 Russian Ilona, 811 2 11 I 11 Spaniel' Hondo 19 12 Ditto Arct. II Ditto 111 121 Ditto Bonds ( 1613) 73 114 8 h 7NiiE VESTERDA) . COURSI CXCII Amsterdam C. F. 12 7 Ditto at eight 12 4 Rotterdam ....2 U. 12 8 Antwerp 12 8 Flambtagn 24 U. 37 4 !knots. 25 U. 87 5 Perla, 3 days'sight 25 40 Ditto 2 U. 25 45 Bardeen x 26 66 Berlin 7 Frank.on Maul Ex. 31.155 Petereintrgh, rble. 3 Us. Of Vienno,efreetire 8. 2 51. 10 20 Trieste ditto lit to Madrid 384 I;adiz 36F Rilbtra 11;1 Ilareelono I Revllle 34 I GiOr‘ltor 11.eghor . o — 4Bl 'Deno& 44 1 Venice 0 Malta 0 Naples 'toe Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon 51 Oporto 51i Rio.lanerro '46 Bahia 49 Buenos Ayres 434 Dublin 0 Cork 0 MULLION, ?Et OZ .4:. a. d. FortitgalCioldin coin° 0 0 Foreign Gold in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons ..... ... 3 11 3 New Dollars 0 0 0, Silver in bars, stand 0 6 Of PRICES OF SHARES YESTEUDAI. MINE.. Shin*. 0104. Premiums perSbaetr. Aaglo-51exiean £lOO 55 10 121 Arigna Iron and Coal it) 12 2 dis Rranlinn colombian lOO 5 9 General Mining Association esytien lllO 5 Sit di. Pasco-Peruvian Potosi ha Pas A. Peruvian AN. 50 1 If t die Tlalptisshua 4OO 5 0 211 United Mexican ...... Ditto Nen 4O 10 121 13 119 j 11 AVRINANCIE C.I/IPAN li.. Mleteee !Irklsh and Foreign 100 10 I Ditto Marine lOO h f GAID LTOPIT AND COICX CoXP•. , IFS. United General AO II die 11017 RAILWAY/. Liverpool and Manchester lOO 6 24 XIDICELL•XX01111• Australian Sirithh Hock and Patent Salt 10 0 1 Provincial Rank of Ireland lOO 10 21 di. gite /3rittOh Vrt DRURY-LANE. THEATRE. This ivenlngs6tTl RIM V, Jin 7. will be performed the Opera of THE CABINET. Prince Orlando, Mr. Sidelair; Peter, Mr. nOwton ; Whimsical°, Mr. Harley. Floretta, Miss Stephens. After which the Pantomime of MARLNLIS, JACK OF ALI. fRADCS. MarJetain, Mr. Rowell; Pantaloon. Mr. T. Blanchard; CJewn, My. T. Brown; Columbine, Miss Barnep. Oa Monday, Rob Roy; and the Pantomime. COVENT.G.4RDEN THEATRE. This Brining, SATI; ti hA Y. Jan 7. VIII be performed the Comedy*: A 1101.1) STROKE FOR A IV IFR. „ ..... Colonel regimen, ►ir. C. Kemblet Peeriwinkle, Mr. W. Fermi; nbadinh Prim, Mr. Fawcett; Freeman, Mr. Cooper; Shnor. Pure, Mr. Meadows. Ann Lovely. Mies Jones. After which the Pauteminte of ■ABLEyUIN AND THE M.WICK ROSE; t.2y, MAC I V D THE BrAST. Mar Wools, Mr. Char, Pantaloon. Mr. Sarum; Clown, Mr. J. S. Grimaldi; Columbine, Wee Romer. On Monday, Macbeth; and the Pantomime. ' ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND. Thia Ereulug, SATURDAY, Jan. 7, will be presented the Nautical hlelo-Drsmatle Burletta of THE PILOT: Or, A TA I.E OF TILE SEA. . . The principal fiiii.l 7 nieg, T. P. Cooke, and J. Reeve; awl Mn. Fitzwilllain. After , e bieb the Barletta SILTCESS; ur, A HIT, IF LIKE IT . - • The principal Chains iers 17 . 1!I Yates. J. Reeve, and T. P. Cooke anc(Mrs.Fitzwilliam. • To eooelude with the Comic Pantomime 4.1 f THE THREE GOLDEN LAMPS: . Or...HARLI.St2IN AND THE WIZARD DWARF. Militlaqu!n. Mr. W. Kirby I Pantaloon. Mr. Elliott; Clown. Signor Paolo: Columbine. Miss ritmott. The BRITISH Passe commenced publishing yssterday sner ing at five o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, DM. The Paris Papers received yesterday bring some very in teresting intelligence from St. Petersburg!' relative to the succession to the Russian throne. It appears that when CONVT A NTINX married his present wife, the late Ehfesaoa exacted from him a renunciation of his hereditary right in favour of his next brother, NICHOLAS. A document to this effect was secretly executed in triplicate. On she death of the Emperor At.rx A Nbr It, according to his orders, it was opened and read; but NicuoLas immediately de prived it of all efficacy by himself taking the oath of fide lity to the Emperor CONSTANTINE ; a COW/16 which was followed by the Senate, the great dignitaries of the em pire, and the soldiers. Meanwhile CONSTANTINZ re mained at Warsaw, waiting the orders of the Emperor NI cif 01 es. It was not until be was perfectly satisfied of the adhesion of the Imperial Family and the Great OiH cers of State that he resolved to travel to St. Pete's , burgh. The conduct of the brothers has been highly honour• able to each : to NI cnotas, for refusing to avail himself of what he knew to be an involuntary renunciation in his favour, and to Cossr.sivrttic, for the sincere disposition he manifested to leeii his engagements, under whatever circumstances made. The whole family was evidently happy and affectionate. The letters of the Dowager Ex ratss reflect the greatest honour upon her virtue and piety. It is announced in a Ministerial Journal that Adniiral DCP r PRE, who is appointed to the command of the French squadron in the West Indies, is furnished with powers to complete the commercial arrangements between France and the Mexican and Colombian Governments. The Quoli (benne, the organ of the factious Royalists, hopes that this may not be the case, as the tendency of wick a policy could be—that Paper asserts—only beneficial to England, and certainly injurious to France. M. de VITA. EL t, however, knows how to appreciate advice from that quarter: he has made up his mind to promote the commercial interests of his country, and the outcries of a few disappointed emi grants will not drive him from his path. (From the Journal de Purl: of Wednesday, Jan. 41 PARIS, JAR. 3. il'e find the following details in a journal, the connexions of whit': ars chiefly commercial:— " We have letters from London, which induce us to hope that Admiral Duperr, 5.10 is going to take the command of the naval force in the •Antilles, is furnished with powers on • the part of France to effect something useful, both in Mexico and Bogota. We have reason to believe that the chief object of his mission is to carry into execution the arrangements which we announced two months ago as having been concluded between France and Mexico, according to which the Governments of the two countries were reel proc illy to appoint agents in each other's dominiona, to protect their commercial interests, and that it would be to make the choice for France, and to give to the agents it should have designated the necessary instructions, that the Admiral would carry to Vera Cruz a general agent, who would reside at Mexico; where he would probably open negotiations to attain a definitive convention, within a year froin this time; for we have reason to believe that this arrangement with 31exin is not agreed upon foe a longer time. " In line. it t ee ms t h at the great affairs of America, to which we had always directed our chief attention, being convinced of its immense importance to our foreign and domestic assume a certain form. " Ilayti will always h e a good thing well done, and necessar ily produce the moot fertile c onsequences. policy, begin to " The Commissioners of that Republic have quitted Paris, after THE, ,BRITISH PRESS. having completed a loan and a real treaty of commerce, the great event which brought them hi.ber. " We are jug aysured that those honourable negotiators dirt not leave the capital without receiving from the highest source a pledge of the value that France attaches to the result of their mit siont. This it the road that leads a State to prosperity and power." IFroto the qmolidieune of Wedneadsy.l Admiral 1/upenc is going to sail from Brest with a numerous aquadron to A oliics on a mission which is evidently of great Irm. portant, ; the liberal party hopes it is to establish relations between France and the 31exican and Colombian Republics. We hope they will be disappointed in their expectatiors. All persons versed In political rcmunny. and without party epirit, know that whatever our Government might do to secure the existence of the New States. wouW, at the most, benefit Eng lind, and infallibly injure France. FRE/IC:It Ft:Nos.—Pants, J AN. 4.—Five per ( . e, Is. opened at Kr. ; c l os ed it 901. 95e.; Three per Cents. 80c.; Neapolitan Rentea 791. ;..fipanish Lost, 48f.; Harlan ditto 7901. Exchange on London, one month, 23f. 10c. ; three months 241. 80c.—Cours The official returns of the Revenue which we lay before our readers this morning are by no means calculated to warrant the apprehensions that have been expressed by some of our contemporaries. On the year which has just terminated, there is, compared with the preceding one, a decrease of e 35,9401. This is unquestionably much less than was expected, considering the injurious effects that must have resulted lately from the stagnation of busi ness and financial distress of the commercial world. The reduction of Hove has also necessarily reduced the produc tiveness of the revenue. The loss sustained by the draw back on wine is estimated at upwards of 1,000,000 V., and the discontinuance of a portion of the tobacco duty does not amount to less than 550,000!.• When to these we add what would have been yielded by the duties remitted by various Acts of the last Session, it will be apparent that the present account is highly satisfactory, and justifies in the fullest manner the expactations that were formed respecting it. In consequence of the transfer of duties from the Excise to the Customs, we cannot accurately distinguish the relative increase or decrease of those two great branches of the revenue. In every inferior source of income there was an increase during the last year. The excess of the Stamp duties, as compared with the previous year, was 243,137/. ; in the Post-office, it was 73,000/. ; and in the Tax de partment 68,068/. The total revenue for the year ending the Sth of Janis" 1875, was 48,812,759/. ; that for the yeas _q t on same day 1826, was 48,573,819/. The return for the quarter is at first sight less favourable than that for the year: The apparent decrease is 1,159,9661. But Otis is easily explained by the untoward circum stances to which have already referred. An of them have operated with peculiar force during the late quar ter. In the corresponding season of last year there were large importations of silk, on account of which heavy payments were made into the Treasury, while lat terly, for many months, the purchases have been few and inconsiderable. The distilleries, also, have not been worked with a view to availing themselves as fully as possible, when they can, of the repealed duties on malt. From this alone the Excise has sustained a material dimi nution of its usual receipts. The pressure in the Money market has unavoidably induced the postponement of many other payments, which, in the ordinary course of things, would have been included in the accounts of the late quar ter. In some cases, for the present, it is impossible that these payments can be made without utter ruin to the in dividuals from whom they are due; and in such instances his MAJESTY'S Government have considerately refrained from aggravating the then existing embarrassments. The same causes have disinclined merchants from taking goods out of the warehouses beyond the actual demand of the moment. Upon the whole, therefore, we feel ourselves entitled to congratulate the public that the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain has so well maintained itself under the extraordinary and unparalleled pressure it has endured. We ahal) conclude with a piece of intelligence of the most gratifying nature, both as regards the revenue itself and the country, whose progress in wealth and commerce it de monstratively indicates. We understand that the receipts in Ireland, during the last year, have exceeded those of the preceding twelve monthr. CITY, FRIDAY EYENING. The Money-market was heavy to-clay, with the natural consequence of declining prices. Several large sales of .Stock were made early in the day, and there was not suffi dent firmness afterwards to reduce a reaction. Many re• ports were in circulation. '1 hat which hail the most exten sive and injurious effect was relative to the deficiency of the Revenue. Consols were by this means lowered for the settling on the 19th to 82if • and for the February account to 8241. The other British Stocks were not much affected. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds maintained the premium of yesterday. This being a holiday at the Bank, the trans actions in Reduced were for to-morrow, but they were not numerous. The dividends will be paid on Monday. The Foreign Market was considerably depressed, espe cially as respects South American Securities. At one pe riod the fall was fully 2 per cent. but towards the close of the day there was an improvement to nearly half that ex tent. Colombian Bonds, which opened at 671, had de clined to 6:4, but they finally rose again to 66k. Mexican 6 per cents. closed at 70. Brazil Scrip 13 clic. There was no material variation in the Continental Stocks. Russian fluctuated from blf to 84; the final quotation was 811. Danish 621. Spanish 12. The Share Market has not so good an appearance as yes terday, and but little business was doing in any a the Companies. Anglo-Mexican, 10 12f pm. ; United ditto, 14 11 pm.; Potosi, about 1f die. Extract of a private letterfroni Paris, dated Wednes day evening :—" There have been some heavy failures to day on the Stock-Exchange, but without affecting the Funds. No lees than twelve defaulters are declared; one for Bor 9,000 francs. At four o'clock the Rentes were 63 75, since when no operation has taken place. Ex change, paper cash—One month, 515 10 ; three months, 24. KO We hear from Carlsruhe that the son of Colonel Gus tafsen (Ex-King of Sweden) has lately quitted that city to go straight to Milan, where he is to fill the rank of Lieut.- Colonel of a regiment of Austrian cavalry, in garrison there. _ _ _ His Majesty's ship Pyramus, with Sir R. K. Porter, Mr. Morier, and their suites, arrived at Barbatloes on the 17th November, and sailed again with Mr. Morier and his suite on the 211 of November, for Vera Cruz • and his Ma jesty's ship Primrose, on the same day, sailed with Sir IL K. Porter red suite, for La Guayra. From the Mexican Papers we And that daring robberies have been frequent in the capital. Property to the amount o f 2,300 dollars, belonging to English merchants, bad I L:en stolen. These occurrences had called attention to the state of the police, which was the subject of discussion in both Chambers. ]n a moment of public excitement, every thing which tends to increase the alarm is greedily swallowed. A report has been industriously circulated, that four sail of the line and some smaller v( ssels are to be sent immediately to the Mediterranean, to guard against the supposed war like projects of Constantine, the new Emperor of Russia. Nothing has occurred here to warrant such a rumour. Both at our dock-yard and in the harbour, every thing proceeds in the usual course, and there does not appear the least in timation of any extra naval armament being about to be equipped. At Portsmouth there are flvewtil of the line' which might be fitted for active service at a short notice, but in that port the same tranquillity is observed, and no credence is attached to the report.—llytnoatilJoy'nol FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. . The Duke of Bumtench arrived yesterday at Thomas'. Hotel, Berkeley-square. from a tour. The Earl and Countess Cowper have left town for their seat, Pan singe►, Hera. Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook.streat:—Colonel and, Capt. On.y. Departures:—The Rev. Mr Cholmondley. dlontague Choiniondeley, Esq. and Mrs. Harrison, for /lasting.; Capt. Buller fur Brighton. Departures from Read's Hotel. Lower Grosvenor-street—Me. and Mrs. Best, for their seat in Norfolk ; William Howell, Esq. for Melton Mowbray. Earl Forteseue has arrived at his seats Castle 11111, Devonshire, from a tour. Lady Elizabeth' P►lk has left town for her seat Rectory / House, Enfield. The Earl of Besborough has arrived at his seat, at Ilothampron, from a tour. The Earl of Liverpool entertained the Marquis of Hastings, hoed linden, and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his seat, Coombe House. Surrey. The Lord Chief Baron had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Grosvetinr-square. Dowager Lady Neave had a select evening party yesterday, at her house in Albrmatle.street. 7'HE KING. W - 111D1101, TIIIIRADAY, JAN,. IS Yesterday afternoon his Majesty left the Royal Lodge at half after one o'clock, in his chaise drawn by four ponies, with outriders, and proceeded to Bagshot Park to visit their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. His Majesty reached Baphot shortly after two o'clock, slid remained with their Royal Highnesses until nearly four, when he took leave, and returned to the Royal Lodge to dinner. His Majesty ,we are happy to state, still continues to enjoy unabated health and spirits. Ilia Majesty, on Tuesday afternoon, took his usual sizing in the Great Park for two hours, in his pony photon. Last evening his Ma jesty again entertained his suite at dinner. Yesterday forenoon the Duke of Dorset took leave of his Majesty, and returned to London. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. List night, after the Marriage rd . Figaro, in which Miss Stephens's performance of Susanna merits more rommen (lotion than we have at present time to bestow upon it. a new farce, called Won'..Tathering, was produced at this theatre. When we say a farce, we do hut speak by the card," anti follow the phrate:ology of the bilk, for, truth to say, the humour of the thing was to be found in the face of that greatest of farce anti face makers, Liston, rather titan in the devic-s of the auther of the produc tion in question. I-fe is the only man to WI; a comedy. Authors have discovered this, and the sole comedy they are now in the habit of favouring us with consists in the aforesaid looks. Unlike the ghost in our great poet, there i.e " speculation," and a right good speculation too, " in his eyes." Accordingly it is the practice to send him for ward in pieces where everything is empty but the per-' former's head, anti yet, aided by the never-failing ".nods and becks" which he holds in command, not merely " wreathed smiles," hut genuine " broad grins," are the consequence, and the play succeeds. Does a writer wish to make assurance doubly sure, he invents a new pair of inexpressibles, or a broader brimmed hat titan his predeces sor, anti so, assisted by Liston and the tailor, both ends are made to meet. Talk of French apes and human monkeys —they are nought. Give us the man :who can do with his features what Masurier can only effect with his feet— roll his eyes about as easily as gooseberries—anti pick the pursed mouth of the veriest crying philosopher of a grin. Such a one art thou, Liston. Would we could print thy physiognomy, for the edification of distant readers and ages unborn ! In Waal gathering the artist has measured the actor for a character, which, if it is not very newZin the conception, or happy in the execution, at least fits him to a hair. This is much. On the present occasion Ligon is what we call an absent man (esprit distrait), who commits innumera- 1 ble blunders. His name, we think, is Wander. He is in love with one girl, and writes a letter declaratory of his passion, which he misdirects to another. Intending to visit his mistress, he steps into the Brighton diligence—in changing horses on the way, stumbles upon the return coach—rolls back incontinently to London—and never wakes from his reverie till he finds himself at the Serpen tine instead of the Steyne. He talks to a retired grocer of his hatred for sugar-plums, to a dandy expresses his abhor rence of puppies, and compliments a lady on the circum stance of her being middle-aged. Does he desire to snuff the candle, lie claps on the extinguisher, and when left in the dark complains of the villany of the Brighton chand lers in passing off an infamous commodity. Hat ing strayed into the wrong bedchamber, Wander peruses a page of Little, and is edified, mistaking it for Bacon—pope upon his intended mother-in-law in her night-gear, and when she faints in his arms, tells her not to be alarmed, " for he will bring her off and excuse the circumstance of her being found in his apartment"—the tidy protests " it is he who is in hers," and be coolly turns round and and asks " if the house is on fire r Does he write an epistle to his mistress, he flips the pen in the sand-box--dries the paper with ink—and mixes up the items of a grocery bill with the protestations of his aftlction. . B r ut enough—we pretend not to give the plot of what is almost too slight in its construction to pos sess one. Such are some of the moving accidents that •befal the hero, and of which Liston snakes good use to convulse . the sides of his audience. Finally the absent man is united, without mistake, to the woman of his choice, who is advised to keep a strict eye on him lest he should . fbrget he was married ! At the close Mr. Liston remembeis to forget to address the audience in be half of the piece and the author, but comes back for the purpose, like Paid Pry for his umbrella, and makes an effectual supplication. Who, indeed, that had eyes to see or eats to hear could resist him? The farce was ac cordingly forgiven. Ilowever, to make use of a puss in the style of the piece itself (there are puns in it, and bad enough, in all conscience), we doubt if to play-goers in general it would be very acceptable that Liston should long continue the• character of " the ahsent man," for to them his present.: must be at all times preferable to his absence. On Thursday evening the Duchess of Kent and the Prin cess Feodor, with their attendants, hcnoured Covent-garden theatre with their presence. Yesterday Prince Esterhazy transacted business at the Foreign Office in Downing -street. Don J. Hurtatlo, the C;iombian Minister, also transacted business at the Foreign Office. Thursday evening, soon after the breaking up of the Cabinet Council, Mr. Hill, the King's messenger, was sent off by 3lr. Secretary Peel with despatches to Ireland. On Thursday Mr. Latchford, the King's messenger, ar rived at the Secretary of State's office for Foreign Affairs, with despatches from Madrid. On Thursday Mr. Crotch, the King's Messenger, arrived in Downing -street with despatches from Turin. Yesterday being the anniversary of what is called Twelfth-day, the domestics, their friends, and the trades people of the Duke of York, had their annual entertain ment at the Royal Dukes house in South Audley-street. Yesterday, being the anniversary of the Epiphany, or the Manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Gentiles ' the same was observed as u sua l a t t h e Ch ape l R oyal. After the Rev. Mr. Barham, who officiated for the Sub- Dean (who was absent from indisposition) had read the Epistle and Gospel for the day at the altar ' Mr. Mash, the Gentleman Usher in waiting, approached the altar, and presented three boxes, according to ancient custom, con taining gold, frankincense, and myrrh, which were received by the Rev. Mr. Barham, in a large gold dish belonging to the communion plate, In imitation of the offering of the Wise Men of the East, on their first discovery of our Saviour after his birth. The other part of the church ser vice was read by the Rev. Mr. Packmau. An anthem ap propriate to the day was sung by Mr. Ilawes and Mr. Salmon—" 0 God, who, by the leading of a star," com posed by Mr. Attwood. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. Ltirnooaarutedeservesto be re corded, as a proof of the extraordinary despatch with which this ingenious style of engraving can be executed, that a very exact and spirited print of the fire at the shot manu factory on Thursday evening, as seen from Waterloo bridge, was drawn, printed, and publi s h e d on t h e n i g h t of the fire—a rapi dity of production unequalled in the an nals of the art. SPAIN. The Peninsula has just lost, nearly at the same time, th e two warmest partisans of the ultra-montane doctrines and absolute power. The first, Don Masi, Counsellor to the King and Archdeacon of the Chapter of Toledo, died in this diocese about the 16th December last, leaving vacant a place which yields an income of n<Arly a hundred sad thirty thousand teak The second, Don Carlos da Cunha, Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisbon, Marquis de Olhao, Compte de Castra-Morins, and a Counsellor of State, died on the 14th of last month, at the palace of Jonquera, at 66 years of age. He leaves many debut, although he was possessor of an immense fortune. The first has played some part in the political intrigues of Spairr, and recently made a new attempt upon the King to obtain the dismissal of the police and the re-establiahment of the Inquisition. The other played a more active pan in affairs. He was the head Counsellor to the Queen and the Infant Don Miguel. lle was exiled during the Government of the Cortes, and took refuge in Bayonne. His name was seri ously compromised in the events of the 31st March, and he has since then exercised less influence than formerly. We have before us a letter from Lisbon of the 18th Dec. which informs us that his fuheral did not excite public sorrow, although as sumptuous as possible. Soldiers, priests, and tnonla, in full costume, accompanied it to the ringing of twelve hundred bells. Dot; Carlo da Cunha, besides his pablig duties, is said to have exerebed several hidden ones ; he lea% it is said, at once Supreme Chief of the 'Reforming zNaciety of Portugal, a corresponding member of the Apostdie Junta in Spain, a Grand Dignitary of the French Church, and lastly the private agent of all the secret wishes of the Court of Rome. DUTCH POSSESSIONS IN THE EAST. Extract of a letter from Batavia, received yesterday, dated Sept. 15:— " The Javanese are in a general state of insurrection, particularly in the southward and middle districts, where several thousands of the natives were assembled in arms, and receiving no check from the Dutch Government, in consequence of the great reduction of their troops, such large requisitions having ken made for their Macassar expedition. The numbers of the insurgents are daily in creasing, and assume a more menacing aspect. " An expedition has gore out against them from fla marang, which has been repulsed with loss, and some English resident has been killed. A general panic exists at 13atavis, Samarang, and Sourabya. Every European resident has been ordered out on duty for the protection of their respective settlements, All intercourse with the in , terior is cut off. " Ihe general opinion ia, that without a timely supply of troops the European population will be driven into the ocean. " At Padang the Malays were rising in all directiors, and the military are quite insufficient to suppress them ; the inhabitants here have also been put in requisition for the protection of the city." PROVINCIAL. BANKS. WISBEACII BANK. Monday being the tlitYS44;int4birMessrs. James Hill and Son, bankers, of IS'isheach, to commence paying off their one-pound notes, the bank was crowded at an early hour by persons from all parts of the neighbouring country, anxious to be among the first of the applicants. Their hopes, however, were soon dissipated by the active circula tion of the following notice:— " WISDEACIt Box it—Disappointed of making oar resources I available, and of redeeming the pledge given by us to the public, we are under the painful necessity of requesting their further indul gence, which we trust will be required fot a short time only. The extreme difficulty which exists at the present moment of converting property into money, in consequence of the numerous failures in the banking and commercial world, renders this step unavoidable, but we hope on an early day to proceed with the payment of all our notes and deposits in full. "JAMES HILL and SON." The circulation of the above produced the greatest con sternation among the crowd, particularly with those who had come a great distance for the express purpose of chang ing their notes. The day, however, passed off (contrary to general expectation) quietly, and towards the afternoon the crowd began to separate and return to their respective homer.—Stamfori News. CAMBRIDGE BANK. Messrs. Hollick, Nash, Searle and Co. commenced pay ing off their one-pound notes on Saturday last, and con tinued paying on Monday morning, but in the afternoon of Monday the bank was again closed, and no further pay ments have been made. It is reported that a docket has been struck against the firm. The amount of their notes in circulation was very considerable, and the final stoppage of the hank occasions no slight inconvenience and distress to a large portion of the public, although it is con fidently asserted that the assets will fully cover the &- minis of their creditors.—Cusilridge Chrunicle. DEAL BANKS. On Tuesday morning a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. May and Co. was held at the bank. when a very satisfactory exposition of the state of their affairs was sub mitted to them by Mr. May, not less flattering to himself and partners than favourable to the interests of the public. The prevailing impression, founded on unexaggerated statements, is, that there are sufficient assets to satisfy every claim on the bank, to the uttermost farthing, pro vided no injudicious expenses are incurred. During the late run upon the Deal bank of Messrs. 'hikes, in comic 'pence of the sudden and unexpected failure of the bank of Messrs. May and Co. and while the impatient creditors were in crowds in and about the banking-house, and the alarm was at its height, a gentleman of Deal entered the bank, and emptied a hat full of sovereigns upon the counter. The effect of this act of friendship and generosity was instantaneous; the holders of the mites seeing the confidence which their townsman bad in the hank, imme diately retired : the panic, as it respected Messrs. Hulkea bank, ceased, and confidence was shortly restored. ASHBURTON BANK. On Monday last, agreeably to notice for that purpose, the highly-respectable banking-house of ssrs. Browne and Co. of Ashburton, was again opened for the purpose of paying off their notes. These gentlemen, with a large body of friends, took their station behind the counter, and it was a gratifying scene to see every one satisfied by the receipt of their cash. The firm of this establishment, by their prompt attention and honourable conduct towards the public, will be long held in remembrance, and tbry will retire from a concern with the highest credit to them selves, regretted by their friends and connexions. An arrangement is now effecting for the purpose of paying off their deposit notes by two instalments, one half in six months, and the other half in twelve months, allowing five per cent. interest.—Treirman's Flying Port rf Ezeter. I TEWKESBURY BANK. On Monday last, Messrs. llartland issued a notice at Tewkesbury, in which they state that " they are actively engaged in completing arrangements, which, they trust, will enable thein speedily to fix a day for resuming tlie.r payments. In the meantime they respectfully present to the public the annexed report of the situation of their affairs, which they trust will be considered as redeeming . the pledge given in their written statement of the loth ult. " We, the undersigned, having been requested by Mews. Na thaniel Ilartland and Sons to examine die affairs of their bank. ing establishments at Tewkesbury, Evesham, and Cheltenham, have the satiafaction of reporting our conviction, upon investiga tion of the accounts, that the bank users are fully equal to answer all demands upon them, without taking into calculation a consi derable unincumbered private property belonging to the individual members of the firm. "JAMES MARTIA.t, C. E. HART:WORD, (Overbury,) THOMAS C•DDIt E, "JOHN TERRETT, JAMES PETLEV." " Tewkesbury, 2d Jan. 1826 1 Worcester Journal. The banks of Messrs. Hartland and Sons, of Tewkes bury, &c. possess property sufficient to pay 20s. in the pound to every creditor, and leaving a balance exceeding 97,000/. in their favour.—Hereford Journal. During the first anxiety experienced at Falmouth with reference to the bank of Mears. Came' and Co. an old Woman who had one of their notes, hastened to acme her self from has by exchanging it. On reaching the house, however, and perceiving the unusual bustle at the entrance, she turned hack anti pocketed the note, assuring a com panion that it way quite safe, " for they were doing more business than in all their lives before "—Plymouth Journa. THE huts that 1 achoc is of and tl up al The nssist their schoo of no autbc patio! every grafi, onnitt whict whist 6 P1 10 % formi the vc Itl seldoi tdielet onl of WI these have that 70/. Flass, . , hona work • Isurni As throL rid Th 'year I its ree smut 4):fen &Rion eli Oe ea •Ilowe mute tip ul deCi: of I Bpi all 10Ori *ay w fee G ov . Aug in by Rat I pos,, la bokl E: k be $ de* aft*