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obscurity, are indispensable for the due regulation of accounts of all descriptions. On the decease of the late Treasurer to this Establishment (Greenwich Hospital), it was dis covered that some very criminal irregularities, in which the first Clerk, who acted in the capacity of Deputy Treasurer, was implicated, had taken place in the course of a series of year: ; and on investigating the circumstances, it clearly ap pealed that the abuses were mainly attributable to the facilities afforded to the dishonest agent, hy the adoption of a defective system of account. The accounts of the defaulter were committed to the scrutiny of a professional acco u nt an t (M r . Ab bott), and the same individual was employed to devise a new plan for accounting for the 'future receipts and expenditure. We had no intimt , Lion whatever from Mr. Abbott, although at the time associated with us in the task of inquiring into and suggesting improvements in the mode of keeping the public accounts, or from the direc tors, of the intention of immediately introducing in this establishment a new system of book-keep ing, so as to enable us to submit our opinion mipon the subject, or to contribute our assistance during the process ; and on our visit to the Hospital we found the reformed sVatem already in operation. . This arrangement is strictly conformable to the Italian or mercantile method, and appears to have been hastily adopted with 'reference to the usages of counting-houses, or from such models as are contained in the elementary treatises on book-keeping. The present Deputy Treasurer (Mr. Paine) is already *so sensible of the difficulties in which the ' l 7;fatigement is likely to involve him, that he nas determined on keeping a separate ledger upon a more simple and intelligible plan, for his own information and guidance, thus commie.- Ling a this early stage of th e p rocee di ng t h e re . newal of the former inconvenient practice of opening new books to supply the deficiencies of the old ; and that it is an acknowledged part of the arrangement to revert to the assistance of the professional accountant when the time shall arrive for closing the annual accounts. SUMMARY OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS. We beg, in conclusion, to subjoin a summary of the principal regulations which we have felt it to b our duty, in the present stage of our in vestigation, to submit for your Lordships' con sideration : they refer more immediately to the departments intrusted with the application of the Public Funds, those employed in the collection of the Revenue having been reserved by us (we trust it will be deemed upon good grounds when the magnitude of our undertaking is duly con sidered) for a separate scrutiny and Report. Ist. The introduction of a regular uniform system of account, under the following specific arrangements : A — Cash Book, specially devised for the busi ness of the Public Offices, is to be kept upon one and the same plan in all the Public Offices. The Cash entries are to be entered at large into the Ledger, without being previously trans cribed in the Journal. The Journal is to include a detail of all the cash transactions at home and abroad, except those entered in the Cash Book. The Ledger Accounts are to be balanced by double entries, the entries to be more full and circumstantial than under the Italian plan of book-keeping : the Ledger Accounts are to con sist principally of those forming heads of the estimates and accounts with Sub-accountants— the accounts with Contractors, Officers on full and half-ray, and other persons not Sub accountants, being included in the Subsidiary Books. The Journal and Ledger appropriated for the business of each year are to be kept open until all the transactions of that }•ear at home and abroad are included therein. The Principal Books are to include only ac tual Receipts and Payments. 241. The least possible delay is to take place in bringing to account the entire transactions of the department ; with this view, the cash entries are to be carried into the Ledger at the begin ning of each week ; all home Sub-accountants are to render their accounts weekly, and all Ac countants abroad monthly ; and the accounts are o be examined immediately upon their receipt, entered in the Journal, and thence posted into► the Ledger. 3d. A Balance-sheet, with explanatory docu ments, to be transmitted to the Treasury at the commencement of each quarter. 4th. A separate Journal and Ledger to be kept for ascertaining the cost of articles manu factured by the departments from raw and other materials ; and an annual valuation is to be made of the stock of important articles remaining in the stores. sth. The Principal Books and Accounts of the great Public Departments to be annually re vised in the respective Offices, by Inspectors acting under the immediate directions of the Treasury. 6th. The Cash and Store Accounts of the se x eral Commissariat Accountants to be examined and audited simultaneous by one and the same Board of Audit. 7th. Those accounts being rendered monthly, are to be audited in detail immediately upon their receipt in this country; and during the process of audit, books are to be used by the ex aminers for recording the Cash transactions of the Commissaries: every unnecessary impedi ment to the early transmission of the accounts to be removed, and the mode of stating theni in the Audit Office to be reduced to the simplest forms possible. Bth. The repayments in this country on ac count of Army Extraordinaries, in respect of sums deposited in the Military Chest abroad, or advances therefrom for Ordinary Services, or to the Agents of the Ordnance, Naval, and Victu alling Departments, are to be regulated under the special superintendence of the Board in trusted with the audit of the Commissariat Ac counts. 9th. A second revision to be made of the Accounts of the Departments, including those of Scotland and Ireland, after the New General System of Account has been established, for the purpose of clearing away all the old books and accounts that will then have become unnecessary, and of regulating upon a permanent footing the whole of the Subsidiary Books, both Cash and Store, which it may be proper to retain in the executive branches, depots, &c. Of the contemplated improvements, the most important are the introduction of a complete system of official Book-keeping, and the rapid rendering, incorporation, and auditing of the en tire accounts of the Departments. (Signed) T. C. BROOKSBANK. Treasury Chambers, SAMUEL BELTZ, Feb. 9, 1829. The walks in Kensington-gardens arc no 1% - inkof green, but a+ brown as a torrid bun and the tread of flOOO Ivo t very day can wake thew, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(LAST NIGHT.) Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented a Copy of an Order of the Lords of the Treasury for an al teration of the plan of London Bridge, agreeable to the Aa of 4th Geo. 4 cap, 5; which on the motion of the Dube of WELLrNGTON, was ordered to beyrnded_,_ Robinson prfsented the Annual Report of the Commissioners of Holyhead Roth On the motion of the Earl of MALMESBI RY the accotmtn rtiative to the wool trade, delivered it cn the 12th instant, were ordered to be printed. SLAVE TRADE The Eail of SHAFTEStURY, by his Ma jesty's command, presented Copies of all the Orders intfeti by his Majesty's Government, relative to the amelioration of the condition of the Slaves in the West Indies, in the Colonies of Southern Africa, and in the Mauritius. COUNTY RATES. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved for cer tain Accounts relative to the amount of all monies levied as County Rates, the manlier in which the sum is assessed and appropriated, from 1813 to 1829. COMNION LAW COMMISSION. Earl CAWDOR rose to ask the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, if it were the inten tion of his Majesty's Government to carry into ex ecution any or all of the recommendations of the Commissioners for inquis lug into the State of the Common UM' ? He thought those recommendations were of great importance. The LORI) CHANCELLOR, in answer to his Noble Friend, begged to state that he had, some time ago, given instructions to the Commissioners of that Inquiry to prepare Bills to carry their recom mendations into effect. He had seen the Gentleman who presided over that Commission a few days ago, and he understood from him that some difficulty had arisen, from a difference of opinion among the Gentlemen connected with Wales, on account of the districts ; not, however, on account of the principle, to which they all assented. The Com missioners were at present engaged in examining some Gentlemen from Wales on the subject, and he had rea•on to believe that the Bills would soon be ready. Whether the House would be sitting or not at the time the Bills would be ready he could not say ; but if the House were not sitting, he should take care that the Bills should be printed and circulated, so that a full information might be given of what they were to contain, so as to enable their Lordships to be ready for the discussion in their next Session. No delay should take place on his part. THORNDIKE'S DIVORCE. Lord BERESFOEtD moved the committal o, Thorndike's Divorce Bill. The Earl of LAUDERDALE opposed the motion. He thought the husband had not acted to wards the lady with that care and attention he ought, and their Lordships would depart from all the principles they had ever acted on if they con sented to the Bill. He moved, that the Bill be committed this day six months. Lord BERESFORD supported his motion, con tending that Lieutenant Thorndike had showed his wife as much attention as possible, and had taken all the precaution in his power. The Earl of LAUDERDALE and Lord BERESFORD each said a few words in explanation. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the Original Mot ion ....... 8 Against it. _ Majority Their Lordships then went into a Committee, and the report was ordered to be received to morrow. CITY ACCOUNTS. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY stated that the accounts supplied by the City of London, agreeable to their Lordships' order, woe not as com plete as they ought to be. The City of London came to that House to ask for favours, and, there fore, had itself to thank for the interference. It ap peared on one return that 3,0001. more a year on a sum of 30,0001. might be obtained. He, therefore, concluded that if the whole accounts were examine: it would be shown that a great additional sum might be obtained of the city from its own sources suffi cient for the purposes for which they asked assist ance. If the whole of the accounts ordered by their Lord on the 18th May were not presented be- fore :Monday next, he should make a motion to summon the Lord Mayor to appear at their Lord ships' bar. It was not till twelve o'clock that day that the accounts required by the Committee had been submitted to it for examination. The Earl of LAUDERDALE, as Chairman of the Committee, felt it his duty to state that he had seen nothing in the conduct of the City of London to warrant an inference that the city was unwilling to comply with their Lordships' order. It was mo rally impossible for the Corporation to bring before their Lordships the information desired by the Noble Lord by Monday next. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought, that as the consent of the city of London had not been given to produce these accounts till he had given his notice of an additional motion, it was not a proof of the willingness of the city to-Eubtnit- -these accounts to Parliament : he should not therefore be diverted from his course by the observations of the Noble Ear!, and should bring forward his motion on Monday next. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought that the Noble Marquis, who only wished to give notice of a motion, ought not, in fairness and candour, to have discussed the merits of the conduct of the city of London. The Noble Lord bad not only made some observations on the merits of the case, but he had stated what he must wish to have an opportunity to correct. He said that there had been no opportu nity of exathiiing the accounts required of the Com mittee till twelve o'clock that day. His Noble Friend alluded to the accounts of the Finsbury Estate, but he must positively deny his Noble Friend's statements—there had been an opportunity of examining these accounts. But there were other proprietors of these estates besides the city, and without their consent the city had not thought proper, and jus:ly in his opinion, to lay those ac counts on the table, where they might be examined by the Counsel against the Bill. At twelve o'clock they had consented to submit these accounts even to the opposing Counsel. He must also deny that the accounts referred to by the Noble Marquis were concluded in the order moved for by the Noble Baron. Those accounts had never been called for by the House, which the city of London had produced before the Committee. He called on his Noble Friend to make his motion then, and let the city of London know that it must produce these accounts. As to the unwilling ness of the city to produce these accounts, he knew that the moment their Lordships' order had been sent to the Lord Mayor copies of the accounts were made. They were made, and were submitted to that House the day after the consent of the Common Council had been obtained. There was no intention, there fore, to object to the production of these accounts on the part of the City. His Noble Friend knew all these circumstances as well as he did. If his Noble Friend meant that the City of London had treated that House with any disrespect, and desired to con ceal from it some circumstances that the House ought to know, he hoped he would make his motion then, and not make a statement that was something like a threat that if the City did not comply with their Lordships' order, he would summon the Lord Mayor to their Lordships' Bar. The Earl of MALMESBURY thought it was only justice in him, who had attended the Commit tee regularly, to declare that he bad seen no Us.. willingness on the part of the City of London to produce the accounts. As he understood the matter, the Finsbury Estates were held conjointly with the Prebend of Finsbury, and the Corporation of the City thought it would not be proper to pro duce these accounts without the consent of the Pre bend and Pishop of London, It would have been wiser if the Common Council had given a more speedy consent io the production of the documents. It appeared to him that the City Accounts were correctly kept ; and he must say that they were in the bands of One of the ablest ofricets he bad ever met with. The Bishop of CHESTER had been called on, as Prebend of Finsbury * on the subject, and had given his consent immediately to the production of the accounts. He had understood from the City officers when the application was made to him that the City was anxious to produce all its accounts. Lord DURHAM was of opinion that the Noble Marquis was not fairly dealt with, and had some doubts that the Noble Duke did not fully understand the subject. He thought that the details of the Market Tolls, of the Finsbury Estate, of the Coal and Corn Meters, did properly calve within the wording of the Order their Lordships' had made on May 15, on his motion. These were the details which the Noble Marquis wanted to have produced. He admitted that the Corporation had shewn a great willingness to produce its accounts in the Committee; but there was a great difference be tween producing accounts in the Committee and laying them on the table of the House. From the Committee they were afterwards withdrawn; but when they were laid on the table of the House, they were printed, and remained as a record. The City had not shewn any readiness to submit its accounts to the House, whatever it might have done as to the Committee. He hoped his Noble Friend would keep his eye on th e due performance of their Lord ships' Order of May 18, and that he would not swerve from his purpose of giving notice of a motion for Monday next. If the City did not produce the accounts, he might then renew his notice, and keep it hanging ever the City till the accounts were pro. duced. Lord MELVILLE defended the city of London from any accusation of delay in complying with their Lordships' Order of May 18. It was not possible to produce the details asked for by the Noble Mar quis. It was physically impossible that those ac counts should be produced. By bringing the books to the Committee, instead of having copies made and then printed, a great deal of time had been saved. Lord CALTHORPE—If he had seen any thing like unwillingness on the part of the City to pro duce its accounts, he could assure the Noble Mar quis he would not support the City in any such conduct. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was sorry to expose himself to any charge of want of candour on the part of his Noble Friend. He was of opinion that the details which had been referred to did fall within their Lordships' Order; and with all the re spect he had for his Noble Friend, he would not then follow his recommendation and press his mo tion. If the papers were not p►oduced he should make his motion on Monday. Lord MELVILLE suggested, that as the Noble Lord's notice stood, his motion would be in fact to summon a Member of the House of Commons to their Lordships' bar. After some conversation as to the form of the notice, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY substituted " some members of the Corporation of the City of London" for the " Lord Mayor." ORPHANS' FUND. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after ob serving that the message sent by their Lordships to the House of Commons, to request a Copy of the Report of the Committee of the House of Com mons which had inquired into the Orphans' Fund, had not been complied with, gave notice of his in tention to call their Lordships' attention to this sub ject on Monday next, if no answer were returned to their Lordships' request before that time. Lord DURHAM knew that it was the intention of the Chairman of that Committee to move that the Report be sent to their Lordships.—Adjourned. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. lIANIBURGH PAPERS. (From the Hamburvh Reporter of June 12.) FROM TILE VISTULA, MAY 28.—1 t is supposed that their Imperial Majesties mean to return to St. Petersburgh at the beginning of July. While the Empress remains at Berlin in the bosom of her family, the Emperor will probably go to Bessarabia and the Principalities, and thence return by the shortest way to his capital. It is reported here that the exportation of corn from the kingdom of Prussia (in the provinces of East and West Prussia) will be prohibited, both by sea and land, till th e p ro d uce o f the approaching harvest can be ascertained. This measure, it is added, has been judged necessary, in order to guard against any deficiency that may be felt in consequence of the late inundations. A General Amn e sty o f a ver y com p re hensive na ture was published at Warsaw on the day of his Majesty's Coronation. CHRISTIANIA, JUNE I.—As far as the accounts hare been received, the 17th of May passed over quietly, and without any festivities, all over the kingdom. There is still some agitation here, but no further disturbance has occurred. HAMBURGH, JUNE 12.—The Prussian State Gazette relates an incoherent story of the timely discovery of an intention to murder the King of Naples. It appears that a man of the name of Benzi, a clerk in the Neapolitan 'I reasury, was show ing off his bad horsemanship in one of the streets ; and being at length thrown by hi 3 steed, a pistol which he had in his pocket, went off us he fell. Some police officers instantly hastened to the spot, and upon examining his papers, thought it advise able to take him into custody. On being examined, he admitted that he had intended to shoot the King as he passed through the Strado Nuova, his usual promenade. At his second examination, as might have been reasonably expected, Benzi betrayed signs of madness (which the correspondent of the State Gazette is charitable enough to suppose were counterfeited), declaring his motive to be revenge, the King having refused him the hand of the Prin cess Christina, of whom he was violently enamoured. Letters from Odessa, 24th ult., state that a part of the Turkish fleet had again run out of the Bos phorus. Admiral Greigh, on being informed, im mediately sailed from Sizopolis i n search of the enemy. Whether the Capitan Paella was on hOard was not known. The new Post Office is to be opened on the 2t{, of August. During last week, in Aberdeen and suburbs, twenty-seven couple entered into the holy state of matri mony. One of the parties being a female above eighty years of age ! Caledonian Mercury. ANOTIIER DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.—A few minutes after seven o'clock this morning, an alarming fire broke out at the house of Mr. ALnKRS LEY, chairmaker and carpenter, No. 18, Hollen-street, Wardour.street, Soho, which at first threatened destruction to the adjoining premises. The fire originated nnder the following Lunentable circumstances :—An elderly woman, who occupies the front kitchen, had just risen from her bed and dressed herself, and was on the point of lighting her fire, when her clothes by some means ignited, and she was instantly enveloped in flames, which soon communi cated to the furniture in the apartment, and rapidly as cended to the upper part of the house. The screams of the poor woman soon brought the rest of the inmates to her assistance, but the flames burnt so rapidly that they were unable to extricate the unfortunate woman ,and she perished. The rest of the inmates narrowly escaped with their lives, but they were unable to save any portion of their property, and several of them had not sufficient time to put their clothes on, and fled for protection in a state of nudity to their neighbours. 'rhe fire raged with great fury f or a b ou t 2.,:agines ar iv minute,rwed in quick succession, henthePhoeuix and ,British, Sun, and ot h e r engines, a plentiful supply of water being obtained, played with great effect on the flames, and by eight o'clock the fire was entirely subdued, but not before the house, with a great quantity of valuable furniture, and other property, was entirely destroyed. Some premises at the back ; rdlnining the rear of the I noaces in Oxfvr4l.3trcet i were idea evuoiderably injured. PRICES OP STOCKS 1. Kis O.S AT ORE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock • • 2ll-'4 1 SotlNSca Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. ... .. ... 57 , ,51 , 6% Old Annuities — 3 per Cent. Cons. • , • shut I New Ditto — S 4 per Cent 961-:, 3 i ' Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 66 61 pm. Ditto Red. 96.', , 4 1 , 2 Ditto 410 2d. 66:67 pm. 4 per Cent. Ditto. I ,, Yti Ditto Scrip — Bank for Account — Bank L Ann. India Stuck shut Cons. for Account Ditto Bends PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 5 8 ,30i7: 3(, Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Portuguese Bonds 4O Chilian Bonds Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds .... ...... 17 N Ditto, New Ditto, 1824 Danish — Spanish, 1821 — Greek Bonds — 1823 - Ditto, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala — Exchange...... —t. —c. Mexican Bonds — '— 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 18251. 21% Exchange —f. —c. PRICES OT SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE o'cLociC. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) XlOO 34'>i Protector Insurance Comp Provincial Bank of Ireland 23 Due. I Arrived, Arrived O America 0 I 1 Hamburgh 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 1 Dubltn 0 0 Leeward Islande ... 0 O Flanders 0 i 0 Lisbon I 1 France. 0 0 Malta 1 O Gottenburgh 1 0 Mexico O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...H minutes after 2. I Evening .. 30 minutes after 2. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. GENTLEMEN who intend to support Mr. CAVENDISH, and who are proceeding to CAM BRIDGE, by the North Road, are requested to apply at the THREE CROWNS INN, at LEICESTER; the GEORGE INN, at STAMFORD ; the INNS, at AL CONBURY HILL ; and at the FOUNTAIN INN, HUNTINGDON; where Agents are appointed to facili tate their conveyance to Cambridge. CHARLES BABBAGE, Chairman. British. Coffee-house, Cockapur-street, June 13. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. MR. CAVENDISH'S COMMITTEE respectfully announce that the Day of ELECTION is fixed for TUESDAY, the 16th instant. The Poll will open at Eight o'clock in the morning, and close (as has now been arranged at Five) in the afternoon of that day and Wednesday. It will dose finally in the course of Thursday. Arrangements have been made for facilitating the con veyance of Members of the Senate, both to and from Cam bridge, with all possible expedition. Mr. Cavendish's Friends have provided ample accommodation at Cam bridge for his Out-voters. It is requested that all inquiries and communications may be addressed to Mr. Cavendish's Committee, who sit constantly at the British Coffee house, Coclispur-street. June 8, 1829. CHARLES BABBAGE, Chairman. THE COLOSSEUM. THE Public are respectfully invited to an inspection of this MAGNIFICENT EXHIBI TION in its progress towards Completion. The • Works consist of a STUPENDOUS PANORAMA of LONDON taken from the summit of ST. PAUL'S, a SALOON for the reception of WORKS of ART, an extensive range of CONSERVATORIES, stocked with the CHOICEST PLANTS, and a SWISS COTTAGE, &c. &e. Admission :is. each Person from Ten till Dusk daily. at re - sr.« LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1829. The Election of a Member for the University of Cambridge commences this day. Mr. CAVEN DISH is the popular candidate, and has for his supporters all the intellect, the respectability, the rank and Whiggism of the University. Mr. BANKES on the contrary—poor Mr. BANKES— the lost hope of the Ultras—the straw at which the drowning Intulerants catch, as though it were (and the mistake is natural) a block of wood— Mr. BANKES is upheld by those stiff pedan tic divines and schoolnien, whose principles are as old fashioned as their coats, and who for the last twenty or thirty years have known little more of the world than what they may have been able to glean within the walls of their Colleges, or the narrow limits ,of :heir Rectories. The %Try sight of these Uni- versity Ultras is a curiosity; they arc formal, simple-minded, self-opinionated, and incurably- intolerant anomalies, mesa who have little in corn • mon with the world, but the mere faculty of breathing, and who, over their choice wines in the Combination-room—a place of sacred re sort, which they arc far too orthodox to neglect—are in the daily habit of 'nosing over, the High Church principles of PITT, and that promising young statesman, ELDON. And these are :the Electors—these the Nes tors on whose shouliers Mr. BANKES is to be born triumphantly to St. Stephen's ! Absurd idea! We entreat our readers only to take a peep at these grotesque incarnations of intoler ance. We intreat them only to put themselves inside the Telegraph, hurry down to Cambridge, which they will reach at a most convenient op portunity, and if, after an attentive scrutiny into the different persons, manners, modes of thought, and habits of life of Mr. BANKES'S supporters, they still pronounce them fit judges of what a representative for Cambridge should be ; we agree with all our heart and soul to eat them. The Paris Papers contain no news from the theatre of war in the east, but they have some particulars of a late attempt to foment a partial revolution in that focus of sedition, Catalonia, in the west of Europe. The real grounds for this affair -seem to have originated in a base scheme planned by Count D'ESPAGNE for en trapping General MILANS, and o th er Constitu tionalists of distinction, who had sought and found an asylum in France from the persecution of FERDINAND and his " beloved" tools. The following is an extract respecting this affair:— (From the Journal du Commerce of Saturday.) Pants, Jumg 12.—The Journal of Perpigndu pub lishes the following note respecting the arrest of General Milans , Some Spaniards were surprised and arrested on/ the 34 instant in a barn situated at the foot of a mount/tin of the Albires, near the commune of La Roque, wh;el t bor ders on Spain. They were seven in nurrstr ' ar4ed w i t h guns and pistols. Among them w as General leAilans, who there was reason to suppose was at IMontpelie;;. It was known that insurrectionary traOvements had taken place at some parts of the frontier/ of Catalonia. Some bands had even been seen on the top y the mountains and alarming reports calculated to parali se our commer cial intercourse with that cout4ry en itinually circulated on the frontier of the Eatern Pre .s. !Measures of pm-out:on had been ordered for som , jAys put by Daros Romain, Prefect of the Department, in order to calm the minds of the people, and to prevent any interruption public security, or any violation of the territory. This magistrate was making an excursion to convince himself of the execution of his orders, and happened to he . at La Roque at the time when General Mantis was arrested. The latter was conveyed in a carriage to Perpignan, and lodged in the infirmary of Dr. Carcasonne." The insurrection spoken of in this note, on the Spanish territory, bad rather a serious appearance. It is said that the inhabitants of Massanet, Agullana, Darrius, St. Lau rent de la Mouga, Campredon, &c. had taken arms, and that the stone of the constitution had been set up at Man resa ; but, on the other hand, the Count d'Espagne was on the frontier with a force sufficiently considerable to ex cite fears that this attempt might have fatal consequences for those who may have been engaged in it. (The Gazette de France and the Messager des Chain bres contain no foreign news.) FILENCII FUNDS.—PARIS, JUNE 13.-Five per Cents. 108 f. 90c. 85c. 93c.; Three per Cents. 79f. 10z, sc. 15c. ; Bank Stock, 1,872 f. 50c. Naples Stock, 851. 30c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 76f. ; Haytian Loan, 449 f. 450 f. Exchange on London, one month, paper 25f. 50c. ; money, 25f. 45c. Three months, 25f. 30c.—Coors Authentique. By the arrival of the Alecto from Jamaica at Liverpool, Papers have been received at the North and South American Coffbe-house to the 21st of April from Carthagena. The following Bulletin Extraordinary announces the happy ter mination of the war between Colombia and Peru:— " BULLETIN EXTRAORDINARY. " C.% RTHAGENA, APRIL 9.—A Bogota despatch, of 21st March, contains the official account of the termina tion of the war in Peru, in conseglience of the decisive battle at Turgoni, on the 26th February, by a Colombian force of 4,000 men, commanded by General Sucre, over the Peruvian force of 8,000 men, commanded by Lema. The preliminaries of peace were signed the 27th February —en the part of Colombia by Generals De Flores and O'Leary, on the part of the Peruvians by Generals Ca mara and Osbegosa ; the ratification by Sucre and Lena. " On the Ist March General Bolivar writes from his head-quarters, Gimbal], 20th March, confirming Sucre's acts, stating that he was pushing On to Esquedor. " Among the articles we cite the following : The Co lombian territrry to extend as far as New Grenada did in August, 1829 ; the debt due by Peru to be paid within 18 months; Commissioners to be appointed to carry these two articles into effect ; and any dispute as to the amount due, an American Power shall decide. Bolivar guaranteed the Pinchincha corvette to be restored by Peru, and 150,000 dollars paid for the attack on Guayaquil, which city is restored to Colombia; the Peruvian troops to retire south of Macara. The President of the United States of North America to be invited to he mediator." These events, and the approach of the Congress Consti tuyente, has inspired a little confidence, and will prohabl give life to commercial operations. The Hamburgh Reporter, and other Papers of the 12th inst., have been received. They do not, however, contain any additional news from the armies on the Danube. A rumour was spread that the Turkish fleet had again ventured into the Black Sea, and that Admiral GREIGH, being informed of the circumstance, had made sail in quest of it. It was not known whether the Capitan Paella was on board. The Emperor of RUSSIA is not expected to join the army, but will prObably make a circuit through Bessarabia and the Principalities, on his route to St. Petersburgh. The purpose of the Emperor in visiting Berlin is clearly of a political nature, although the mo derate Autocrat wishes to throw over it the specious cloak of family connections. The ' truth begins now to develope itself, that Russia's attempt to subjugate Turkey is ten times more objectionable to the Powers of Europe than it was during the last campaign—and for this for. cible reason, that the moderate professions of the EMPEROR do not at all square with the immen sity of his preparations, and the manifest objects of his ambition. The great Powers have hitherto been passive spectators—they will henceforth, if occasion require it, beccine active agents in pro tecting the independence of the Turks, and se curing their own respective interests. The family alliance between Russia and Prussia may assure the EMPEROR of his father-in-law's assistance—and this would not be objected to by neutral Powers, were it needed in the way of defence, but he much deceives himself, if he expects it will be tolerated for the purposes of aggression. Let the Emperor NICHOLAS but once overstep the bounds of endurance, and he will repent too late the consequences of that presumption which has roused the jealousy of Europe, but cannot avert its vengeance. The following account of the attempt lately made to open the navigation of the Rhine to the commerce of England, will be interesting to our merchants : FROM THE DANUBE, May 27.—Report4, the authen ticity of which we cannot, however, vouch, state that it has been resolved that the Italian regiments now in garrison in Hungary shall return to the kingdom of Lombardy and Venice, and, on the other hand, the Hungarian regiments now in Italy return to Hungary, or at least a pat t of them, and that the change will take place in the course of the summer. This measure is, however, merely for the sake of cere mony, because the maintenance of thellungarian regiments in their own country is far less expensive than in Italy. NUREMBURC, JUNE 7.—We have, already mentioned that the Dutch smack Johanna Cornelia, Capt. Ste venen, had sailed, on its return from Cologne to London, with a cargo of 1,600 cwt. of mineral water, after the differences between the Cai.tain and the consignees had been decided by the Tribunal - I,', Cologne. The Tribunal of the first instance had rejected the Captains claim to a special indemnity fir the charges on the\eck and the Rhin e , an d sentenced him to make good th.i.ojury sustained by the delay, but the Court of Appeal reversed this sentence and declared, that not only the transit dsvty but the tolls and charges paid by the Captain on the Dutch rivers and the di t Rhine were to be charged to the cons 'gnees. This fi rs t attempt to make a voyage direct fro , "di e sea to th e Rhi ne has had an unfavourable result r, i respect to the expense, and it is not likely that in frAtire much lower freights will be obtained upon the ,I,.t,ik ; but, with respect to time, the experiment has - iroved highly favourable, for another cargo which left London at the sunie time as the Johanna Cordelia did - ,ft reach Cologne,. by the ordinary channel, till a forti;;lght later. This shows what immense advan tages all:the countries on the Rhine would gain in their inter4urse with England if the navigation of the Waal Were free, which is navigable for ships of 5 or 6,000 cwt. so that the conveyance would he quicker and cheaper. The Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 9th inst., contains the following description of recurring shocks of earthquake in Italy :-.... ROME, MAY 30.—The almost daily recurring shocks of earthquake have filled the inhabitants of Monte Albano with con•ternation. It was reported that an eruption of the Monte Cavo, between the lake of Neini and that of Castel Gandolfo, was to be apprehende.l. If bettveett the two old craters, which form these lakes, a new one s had be formed, Albano, Aricia, Genzano, and pleini would he in itutulaeat danger of destruction, The Go vernment has sent some eminent naturalists to - the 0 0 to examine into the matter, who have dot turned. It is said that the water in the two 1 0 ' has suddenly fallen fifteen feet, and did the tree , the forest wither and begin to smoke). hie 'various pie"' all which are symptoms of an approaching eruption' The Diario of the 30th gives the names of the corn° ' sioners sent, viz. Professors Morichini, Scarpellinit Ba u r' locci, and Carpi ; they are to examine the change of tme colour of the water in the lakes, and the sinking of the° The house of Sch---s, one of the oldest banking cubs in this city, has failed for 250,000 scuili ; it •i 6 ' U r posed it will pay about 30 per cent. VIENNA, JUNE 3.—Metalliques, ; Mak Sha le ' . 1,1131. A Bill is now in progress through the lb° of Commons, the avowed object of which rs' enable the Lord of the Manor to t0c 1456 , 4 Hampstead Heath. W e cannot too strour protest against this outrageous Act, which viol° every principle of good taste, feeling, and polity' Hampstead Heath has long been looked on hi the majority of respectable London tradesmen and their families as a place of chosen resort, whenever their leisure enables them to t ilril d their backs on th e c l ose , pent-upr r smoky streets of the m e t ro p o li s . I n point air, it is well-known and much esteemed f°l* its salubrious properties, and hence during th e summer months, hundreds of families resort on the same principle that they would resort (could they afford it) to Cheltenham or some Such fashionable watering-place. The present Oi l however, if permitted to pass, will go far to reduce it to the level of Brentford, Isle worth, and such like smoke•invested towns; and by depriving it nearly, if not wholly, of it s salubrious character, will materially interfere the interests of its inhabitants. And pray 14 whose request is this delighful Heath to be e n ' closed ? At the p ra y er , f orsoot h, o f the Lor d of the Manor, to whose individual interest° hundreds of respectable tradesmen are, it seen * to be offered up as victims. We say nothing of the disinterested spirit that has dictated this r e ' quest ; it sufficiently speak , : for itself; but we ni at least be permitted to comment upon the go t . taste that recommends th e c h o ki ng u p a nd 5 11 focating the prettiest, the healthiest, the 111°6 picturesque spot for miles about London, O h coarse, unsightly mass of bricks and worts ( ' which, agreeably to th e p r i nc ipl es o f ino" er►t architecture, if built up into something houses this year, will most assuredly turo /8 down the next. Should such a preposterous Act as this E ti. closure Bill be allowed to pass into a law) th e next proposition, we suppose, will be to erect brewery, or contract for a wash-house, °ll Richmond-hill. One Act is not a whit 1 13 ° 11 ridiculous than the other. Them are lio arrivals at the Governool offices this morning. Sir ifENRY HALFORD had along . interW' with the Duke of WELLINGioN this inornil' It. is supposed relating to the health of the PO lf of CLARENCE. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TwaLrE Clocr: The Concol market remains in the same l i ntel!, state as yesterday. Consols open e d a t th e ir ckS it ' v price yesterdaj, 88} a for account. §). Prices in the Forei gn mar k e t are qu it e non l o%, There are no arrivals this morn i ng o f an y 0 3 _ 11 , § 6- qttence. The accounts f r om Ba r b a d oes an d Anu)r ni • represent those islands as suffering severely 047 ,' drought—they having had no rain f o r nearly „§' months. The wells were nearly all dried up, 1;i, great apprehensions were entertained by the robs tants for their stock, in consequence o f the soo t "' of fodder and water. The value of importations into France. duri 6 l 1828 was 607,677,321 francs, imported in 3 , 4 t§ French vessels and 4,122 foreign. The oce r were 609,922,632 francs. WO 0' CL 0 Ci r. ' be The Consul Market is not quite so good as ill t early part of the „day, and may be quoted at pre ° , at 884 sellers for the Account, owing to some WW I stock having been sold. TRIMS' O'CLOCK' Consols for Account, 88k. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING pßicv s' Consols Danish 66 Do. for Ac. ; Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds 56i ! Mexican, 1825 211 Buenos Ayres ; Peruvian Chilian Do. 18i Russian 971 Columbian. 1824 171 i Spanish 9 SECOND EDITION. SUN-OFFICE, Half-past Four' ASCOT HEATH RACES. (BY EXPRESS.) RACE COURSE, THREE O 'CIAK:% . ,, His Majesty arrived on the Race Course precn at one o'clock, his suite following in five carrioetti and two pony phaetons. His Majesty was receir. with acclamations, which had hardly s u bsided betbr the races commenced. The Oatlands Stakes for all ages.. Two 0' and half. Mr. Chifney's Zinganee, 4 yrs, Bst 716 Mr. Sadler n's. Conrad, 5 yrs, Bst . • • Lord CavendU's Rapid Rhone, 5 yrs, Bst 8112• 4 • Lord Mouutcharles's Rasselas, 4 yrs, ist 51b • Won by a length easy. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft.—New - Mr. Payne's Pauline Lord Jersey's Will 2 o-the-Wisp . . Duke of Richmond's Scimetar Lord Egreniont's Camel colt . . • • Won by a lnh. The King's Plate will uot be run for till four ° CAMBRIDGE ELECTIO; (THIS DAY.) SECOND EXPRESS. STATE OF 111E' POLL AT TWO O'CLOCK.. Mr. CAVENDISH - - f : 5 4 Mr. BANKS - - "