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sheets of the boat, we shoved off' and proceeded to the Asia. The face of the water was covered with pieces of wreck : masts and yards drifted about on the surface, to which clung hundreds of poor wretches whose vessels had been blown up. Numbers of them imploringly cried upon us, in the Turkish language, a small smattering of which the most of us had picked up at Smyrna. We kept paying out the hawser as we pulled along, but, just as we came within six fathoms of the Asia, our hawser terminated, and we could not proceed any farther. The crew of the Asia, at the gun-room port, seeing our dilemma, hailed us, and hove a rope's end to make fast to ourhawser ; but this we could not ma nage. A man, then, of the name of George Fin ney, captain of our main-top ; seeing there could be no other way of getting it done, jumped into the water, and swam the distance between the boat and the flag-ship ; the end of the hawser was then put out of the port, and Finney, catching hold of it swam back to the boat, bearing the end of the heavy rope in one hand, and swim ming with the other. We soon made what sailors call a " Carrick bend" of the two ends, and began to pull back for the Genoa. The Admiral appeared on the poop, in a plain blue surtout, and signed with a handkerchief, for us to make all speed. Scarcely had we gained half . way between The Asia and our own ship, when the former ship's mizen went over the quarter with a crash. We thought the Admiral was in volved in the wreck, as we saw him standing at the place not a minute before the mast went over ; but we were relieved from this apprehension by his re-appearance on a conspicuous situation. We picked up on our way back ten of the poor drowning wretches who were drifting about during the storm of fire and thunder, that made the ancient island of Sphalactria tremble again. —Several of them were Arabs, quite black, but all were Mahometans, as we saw by the lock of hair left on the crown of their heads, by which Mahomet, according to their own belief, lifts them to Paradise. Not a shot had struck the boat since we left our own ship, although several pieces of burning wood and showers of burned rice and olives, from the Turkish ships, rained down upon us in plentiful profusion ; but as one of our men, called Buckley, was hauling a tall, stout young Moslem out of the water, a shot blew the head of the Turk to pieces, upon which Buckley, turning coolly about, said, "-- me, did ever you see the like of that?" Cool, however, as a British sailor is in danger, nothing can approach the Turk in this respect. George Finney— mentioned before—had hauled one into the boat, a fine looking fellow, and ele gantly dressed. He was no sooner seated in the bow of the boat, than taking out a portable ap paratus, lie began to fill his pipe, which having done, he struck a light from the same conve niency, and commenced sending forth, with in conceivable apathy, volumes of smoke from his mouth. "Do you see that Turkish rascal," said Finney, who was provoked at this singular instance of indifference. " Well, since lie cares so little for being hauled out of his Botanic Majesty's clutches, we'll send him where he came frown," So saying, lie made a spring forward, and seizing the Turk,who could not understand how he had offended, tumbled him overboard before any one could prevent him. The Turk soon recovered, and got upon a piece of the wreck of one of his own ships, tihere he was picked up by the Al bion's boat. Another instance of Turkish cool ness I may mention, which, although it did not happen in our ship, was told me under well authenticated circumstances. Some of the crew of the French frigate Alcyone had picked up a Turk, who, by his dress, appeared to be a person of rank in their navy. When he was brought aboard, he found his arm so shattered, that it would need to undergo amputation; so he made his way down the cockpit ladder with as much ease as if he bad not been hurt, and as much dignity as if he had made a prize of the frigate. lie pointed to his shattered arm, and made signs to the surgeon that he wanted it off. The sur geon obliged him so far, and having bound up the stump, and bandaged it properly, the Turk made his way to the deck, and, plunging into the water, swam to his own vessel that was op posed, along with another, to the very frigate he had been aboard of. He was seen climbing the side with his one arm, but had not been aboard many minutes when it ble N up, and he, among others of the crew, in all probability, perished in the explosion.—Caledonian Mercury. The Lords of his MAJESTY'S Most Honour able Privy Council had a meeting at eleven o'clock yester day morning in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were Lord WYNFORD, the Judge of the Ad miralty Court, and the Chief commissioner of the Woods and Forests. The appeal of WHITE PARNTHER (from Jamaica) was marked for hearing on their Lordships' list Mr. Bucnalwe, on the part of the appellant, opened th e appeal, which was in fact a case of equity in the Chancery Court of Jamaica, from which Court reference by appeal was made to their Lordships. The Court, by a decree in 1828, founded on a bill Sled by the respondents in 1822, ordered the sale of an estate in the island of which the ap pellants, as mortgagees, had been in possession for a number of years, in order that the respondents might be permitted to establish a claim on the property prior to that of some of the mortgagees; Amongst others, the wife of the deceased proprietor of the estate claims 300/. per annum under her husband's will, bearing date 17751. The decree, it was contended, was wrong, inasmuch as the respondents in the bill on which it was founded, did not offer to become liable for the payment of the claim of the mortgagees, and also for all the costs and expences of the suit. As to the claim of the wife, the words in the will making the bequest were, " after all my just rein lawful debts are paid." And as the appellants stood in the character of creditors, the claim, even under the words of the will, could not claim prece dence. The counsel for the appellants occupied the Court about four hours. The counsel for the respondents then commene,ed his reply. At half-past three o'clock Lord WYNFORIG intimated their Lordships' wish that the fartliei hearing of the ease should be postponed. Thair Lordships lien a .journed. Mr. BucKINGH Am's lately-published volume of Travels in " Assyria, Media, and Persia," will be found more than usually interesting, from the attention he has bestowed on the remains of antiquity still existing in the countries of the Medes and Persians; which researches not only explain a►rd confirm several statements in the his tories of HenonoTus and of DIODORUS SICULUS, but also throw a light on many passages in Holy writ. The scene of the sacred story of Queen E6THER, MoanEcal, and King AHASUERUS is, in particular, dwelt on with much interesting and picturesque detail. The Marquis of STAFFORD, who, in 1820, regulated the rents of his English estates according to the average price of wheat, still adheres to that system ; thus meeting, as nearly as possible, the exigencies of the times and the necessities of his tenants. Under this arrange ment, the deductions received by his tenants amounted in 1821 to 32 per cent. 1825 to 16 per cent. 1822 to 46 ditto 1826 to 28 ditto 1823 to 35 ditto 1827 to 31 ditto 1824 to 22 ditto 1828 to 26 ditto Ilia Lordship has, in like snanner, regulated the rents of his Scotch estates by the average price of wool, wedders, and ewes, by which his tenants in the North have re ceived the following abatements :—in 1821 to 18 per cent. 1825 to 27 per cent.' 1822 to 36 ditto 1826 to 18} ditto • 1823 to 40 ditto 1827 to 29i ditto 1824 to 32 ditto 1828 to 31 ditto. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 2 1 1.4 Danish 7414,% Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 99 Vi Guatimala Mexican Bonds. 19t5 Ditto, IB2S 2-Nl6, PRICES OF SHARES THI; Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/ Ditto Subscription Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. (iss. at 51 • Ditto Natiimal Reil del Monte Mining Co. United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21 COURSE OF EXCH . Amsterdam C.F 12 8 Ditto, at sight 12 51 Rotterdam 2 U 12 8 Antwerp 12 8 Hamburg 51.8. 14 1 Altona IA 11 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto 2 U. 26 20 Bordeaux 26 20 Berlin Frank forton Maine, Ex. M. 1541 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective A. 2 M. 10 15 Trieste do 10 15 Madrid 3514 Cadiz 35% Bilboa Barcelona :353 Seville 35% Gibraltar 47% DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. FRICFS OF STOCKS THIS Bank stock 1 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. C0n5....93% 4 1 ,4 374 N per Cent. 99% 100 DUO Red.' 99% 100 4 per Cent. Ann '03214% Ditto, 1826 Ditto Scrip Wink L. Ann. 19.6% Ditto 30 years India stock 228% 229 tto Bonds 6B 68 . pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities... .......... New Ditto Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 67 69 pm. Ditto ltd. 67 69 pm. Ditto .500 2d. 67 69 pm. Ditt0......,, ltd. 67 69 pm. Ditta 6mall Ditto lid. 67 69 pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for January NIA %4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds 16% Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old Ditto, New Russian i Spanish,) i4LI 11%%% 18'n 834 French Rentes, sp. c. Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent —f. —c. Exchange —t. —c. ; DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. pm.)LlOO 30% 32% S 12%13 pm.) £2O - 10 16% .... IWO :5 ii pm.) £393 17 18 17% 18 ,NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4'7% Genoa 26 0 Venice 47% Malta 48% Naples 39 e Palermo per ez. 119 Lisbon Oporto 43 Rio .lanelro Bahia 26% Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 ••,;4. " -k- LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1829. Despatches were received at the Foreign office this morning, from the British Minister at Lisbon, and at the Colonial-office from Jamaica, and Barbadoes, the latter are dated the 29th of September, and relate entirely to local matter, connected with the Colonies. The following are extracts from Lisbon Gazettes of the 15th of November : LISBON, NOV. 9. His Majesty the King, having been pleased to have notice given to the Board of Health by a message from the office of the Secretary of State of Marine and Colonies, dated Oct. 23, that it appears from a despatch of the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires in the United States of North Americn, dated the 7th of September last, that the yellow fever has manifested itself in the city of New Orleans with such dreadful violence, that from 60 to iio persons die daily ; and as in consequence of this official notice it is necessary to adopt strict measures to preserve those kingdoms from the introduction of so destruc• tive a scourge, which measures, however, may with the more reason be expected to be temporary as tile winter season is at hand, which usually checks the deleterious effects of such miasmata, it is ordered : I. That vessels, persons, and effects, coming from New Orleans and the neighbouring ports, shall not be admitted into any port of these kingdoms what ever be their cargo, or even if they are in ballast. 11. That vessels, persons, and effects, coming from other ports of Lousiana, not included in the preceding Article, as well as those coming from the ports on the west bank of the Mississippi, shall be admitted into the port of Lisbon only, and sub jected to a rigorous quarantine. 111. That vessels, persons, and effects, from the other ports of the United States, in which the yellow fever usually prevails in the summer months, shall be admitted in the port of Lisbon only, when the whole or part of the cargo consists of goods sus ceptible of contagion, and subjected to a quarantine of twenty-one days; but if the cargo is of goods not susceptible of contagion, the term of quarantine shall be twelve days only. IV. That vessels, persons, and effects from the Havanna!' and the Gulf of Mexico, shall be ad mitted in the port of Lisbon only, under a rigorous quarantine, whatever be their cargo; or if they are in ballast, their further fate depending on the legality of the papers, &c. V. That the chief officers (guardas mores) of health in the ports of the kingdom shall strictly observe the regulations of the edict of the 25th of November, 1826, respecting the legality of the pa pers of vessels coming from foreign ports, and shall be individually responsible for every omission in a matter so essential and so often recommended. That the present edict may be generally known, and that no person may be able to plead ignorance, it is or dered to be posted up in all the public places of the ports of the kingdom. DR. JOAQUIM XAVIER DA SILVA. Lisbon, Oct. 27, 1829. Another notice of the Board of Health, dated November 3, announces that the Portuguese C0n .411 at Bayonne has sent word that the Board of Health in that city has revoked the order by which vessels from the ports of Portugal were subjected to quarantine; and that the Portuguese Consul at Trieste has likewise announced that the quarantine 'mposed at Triest, Genoa, and Venice, on vessels from Portugal, is now abolished, so that it appears that the false reports of the plague having shown itself in Portugal are now dispelled, as in fact the state of the public health is as good as possible. The Nnremburg Correspondent of the 23d November contains little news. The cold weather has checked the plague in the principalities. ODESSA, NOV. G. Count Pahlen, one of the negociators of the treaty of Adrianople, arrived here to-day from Bourgas, on board a Russian frigate. We have no informs tion of the Turkish Legation to St. Petersburgh having left the Bosphorus; it is understood that it is to land at Caffa. Several hundred Turkish pri soners of war are embarked in transports to be con veyed to Bourgas. BUCHAREST, NOV. 6. . The plague has; considerably abated here in (Frtm the Boslou paper of the 3d November.) Wallachia, in consequence of the setting in of any cold weather. Yesterday and to-day we have had no new cases. Accounts from Colombia, by the Leeward Island mail, state that BoLivAR was busy in organizing the Provinces, and commerce began to revive. The political news is not of import- mice. We have received New York Papers by the packet-ship Canada, arrived at Liverpool. They are, however, of the same date as those pre viously received by the Hannibal. Our City Correspondent says, that " there are many persons in the City who have great doubts of the surrender of the Spaniards at Tam pico, owing to the late accounts received, via France, not mentioning the circumstances." A Philadelphia Paper, received this morning, of the 29th October says, (‘ The Editor of the New Orleans Argus, of the 3d Oct., expresses a strong doubt of the truth given of the capitu lation of BARRADAS." We forbear giving the affidavits filed in the case of KEMBLE v. KEAN, as they have been already sufficiently made known to the public through the medium of the Morning Press. Stripped, however, of the cumbrous drapery of legal language, the case'lies in a nutshell. Mr. KEAN refused to act at Covent-garden, because he could not play there on certain nights which he appeared to fancy. He thought it beneath his dignity to give way to Miss F. KEMBLE, who had been some time announced for those particular nights, and for which boxes had been taken by numerous parties. The following ex- tract from Mr. BARTLEY'S affidavit sets the matter in its proper light. " As deponent found Mr. KEAN continued to urge the acting of his three gratuitous nights, asked him what night he should announce him for, to which Mr. KEAN replied, after some consideration, ' next Mon day,' meaning thereby Monday, the 30th day of this present month of November. That upon this having been said, Mr. BARTLEY stated that he could not announce him for that day, as Miss FANNY KEMBLE had already been announced on that night, and that very many of the boxes were taken for that performance, upon which Mr. KEAN observed, cannot act on the of nights, that would let Roscius down indeed, or words to the like effect ; Mr. BARTLEY then returned to his former recommendation, that Mr. KEAN should meet Mr. KEMBLE to arrange that and other points of difficulty ; and Mr. KEAN ac cordingly appointed to meet Mr. KEMBLE at vent-garden Theatre, at twelve or one o'clock on the following day, meaning Tuesday, the 24th day of November. That he attended at the theatre with Mr. KEMBLE in order to meet Mr. KEAN, as appointed, but he did not keep his appoint ment ; but about half-past twelve o'clock on Tues day, the said 24th day of November, whilst Mr. BARTLEY was waiting in expectation of Mr. KEAN's calling according to his promise, he re ceived the letter from Mr. KEAN, dated on that day, which is set out in Mr. KEMBLE'S affidavit, and to which letter he, by direction of Mr. KEMBLE, sent the answer dated the 24th of November, 1829, which is also set out in Mr. KEMBLE'S affidavit. That on Thursday, the 26th of November, not having received any reply to last mentioned letter, Mr. BARTLEY wrote the letter of that date, which is set forth in Mr • KEMBLE'S affidavit. That since the said last mentioned letter, Mr. BARTLEY has not received an 3 communication whatever from Mr. KEAN." From the above it may be inferred that Mr• KEAN did not really mean to throw his charity away. Since he had made the offer of his gra tuitous services, another Star had arisen in the theatrical firmament, and the world knows but too well that two Stars cannot co exist—at least Mr. KEAN seems to be fully sensible of the fact—for he says "that would be letting Roscius down indeed !" Pray, how long does Roscius intend to keep up ? Will Mr. KEAN carry his exclusive pretensions so far that he must be the sole actor—that, like some other absolutes, he will permit no rival near his throne ; but engrossing all public favour in his own person be a sort of theatrical maid of all work ?—Oh, thou boundless jealousy of Othello, how are the mighty fallen ! What a pitiful figure does this gratuitous offer now cut " I will make you a present"—" generous donor " Nay, I will make the present_ twofold,"-- Doubly generous ! !"—" I will even treble the gift, tu,relieve your necessities."—" Trebly gene rous and --munificent donor ! ! !"—" Aye, but stop a moment, I had just forgot a trifling cir cumstance, I will couple these presents with such conditions that you cannot accept them !" " Magnanimous truly !" Now this magnani mity is something of a piece withthe gratuitous offers of the modern Roscius. He will only act when it will be out of the power of Mr. KEMBLE to accept of his eminent services, unless indeed he can enlarge the stage, so that Richard may strut his hour at the same time with Romeo, or that— 4 ' Dread o'er the scene the Ghost of Hamlet stalks,— " Othello rages— And " poor Covent. garden mourns"— that the boards are not wide enough to let this mighty Colossus stride the earth. Really we are great admirers of Mr. KEAN'S transcendant abilities, but we are not blind to his follies. In a mind like his, we regret—deeply regret, to behold the petty demon of jealousy have such ungenerous sway. Had it been a brother rival, we might, perhaps, pardon him, but to a lady, and such a lady too, who had stept forward under such paralysing circumstances to save the falling fortunes of the stage.—Oh, " It oscius !" where was thy gallantry—if not thy bounty ?—and echo answers, where ? The good people of Paris seem at length to be acquiring a taste for the plays of our immor tal SHAKSPEARE. Innumerable attempts have been made with, it need scarcely be added, very indifferent success to reconcile the genius of the Poet of Nature to the trammels of the Greek unities, which the French have so long been ac customed to regard as indispensable in their dramatic representations ; and it is not wonderful, after the conceptions of SHAKSPEARE had been so often mutilated and defaced by our own play wrights, that the caterers for the taste of the Parisian public should have thought themselves warranted in making some further attempt to reduce our favourite dramas to their own stand ard of excellence. At length, however, a new spirit has arisen in French literature, and SHAKSPEARE seems now destined to be courted in France with even more enthusiasm than he has ever met with in England, in spite of all the force of national prejudice, and the vain but abortive efforts of VOLTAIRE, who was so long the god of their idolatry, to ridicule and write down a genius so much superior to his own.— More than one version of "Othello" has already been produced at the Theatre Francais, and, as might be expected, each in succession approaches more nearly to the original. Some attempt or other has indeed been made to exhibit the most, if not the whole, of the plays of SHAIK spEARE in French costume ; but to an English reader, whose mind has been deeply imbued with the great conceptions of the original, the sacrifices which are made to restore the unities, and the ridiculous blunders which are so often committed, from an obvious ignorance of the meaning of the text, leave him often at a loss between the opposite calls which are alternately made on his risible faculties and his feelings of disgust. The very names of the plays are often laughable in translation ; thus " The Taming of the Shrew" is strangely burlesqued by " Com ment On dompte les Femmes." " Les deux jeunes Nobles de Vb-one" may pass for " The Two Gentlemen of Verona ;" but what is to be said to " A mauvais commencement, bonne fin" of one translator, or " Tout es! bien qui finit Bien" of another, viz. Messrs. DELA PLACE and LETOURNIEUR, for "All's Well that ends Well." " Justice pour tons" is certainly better than " Mesure pour nzesure," which is not French at all, and is any thing but the mean ing of " Measura for Measure." " Much Ado About Nothing " is also variously given as " Beatrice et Benoit," and "Beaucoup d'em barras pour rien." In the same way "La nuit des rois," and "La douzienze nuit," are va riously given by different authors for " Twelfth Night ;" but the last has no meaning whatever in French ; so also " Peines d'amour perdues," is to be found for" Love's Labour Lost," although " Haine aux Femmes" has been proposed as a more natural title. " Le Songe," or "Le lavede la li-Aotzt," is the only name we have yet ob served for a " Midsummer's Night's Dream," " Comme it vous plaira," and "Lesgaies Corn nzseresde Windsor," will immediately suggest their own originals. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, Twatra o'CLocr; Boston Papers to the 3d November have been received at the North and South American Coffee hou,e Halifax to the 16th October ; Miramichi to the 7th October ; and St. John's, New Brunswick, to the 17th October. (From the Boston Paper of the 3d November.) On Saturday we were visited by a storm of wind and rain of unusual violence; it commenced at day break and continued till midnight; the tide broke over the wharfs, which have sustained much da mage. So high a tide has not visited this city for 30 or 40 years. The damage sustained by the ship ping is less than might have been expected. The New Orleans Courier of the sth ult. says— " We are sorry to state that the fever still rages on the coast nearly all the Way from this place to Natchez?' The Boston Papers state the revenue accrued at that port during the last month was 500,000 dollars, and the revenue this year fully maintains the receipts of last year. The accounts from Havannah, of the 7th Oct., announce that transports had been engaged to con voy 2,000 troops to Tampico, and that several American ships were engaged by the Cuba Govern- ment for the service. The above Paper also adds, that at Cadiz a Russian ship had been chartered to take on board 500 sailors, to man the Spanish fleet at Havannah. The information from Liverpool, this morning, of the 30th Nov., states—" We continue to experience a fair inquiry for British Plantation Sugar, and the sales of this week amount to 800 hods., at steady prices, besides 1,200 bags of good brown, at 475. Gd. to b3s. per cwt. There was also a steady demand fer Cotton : the sales were, during the week, 14,350 bags. The demand for Tobacco ra ther limited, and the prices keep steady. THE FUNDS. A Lisbon Mail has arrived, brought by the Mag net, which sailed on the sth of November; also a Leeward Island Mail, by the Barraeouta, which sailed from Barbadoes on the 24th of September. The information by the above conveyance has not transpired. Consols, which left off yesterday at 93* for money, and 94i to for the Account, opened at 934 and fot• January Account 944. This being the day for the settling of accounts, an improvement has taken place in the market, and Consols may be quoted at present 93i 94 for money, and 94i buyers for Jan. 20. In the Foreign Market nothing doing at present. ENGLISH FUNDS. 38 per Cent. 998 100 New 4 per Cent., 1031 1 4 per Cent. 1326 1054 6 India Bonds, 68 69 Exchequer Bills, 68 69 FUNDS. Greek, 291 Mexican, 24i 5 Peruvian, lb 16 Portuguese, 50 51 Prussian, Russian, 109 Spanish, 11/ / Bank Stock, 216 17 India Stock, 228 9 3 per Cent Cons. 94 Do., for Account, 941 Ditto Reduced, 93} FOREIG] Brazilian, 674 Buenos Ayres, 26 28 Chilian, 26 28 Colombian, 21 I Danish, 74 French, 6 per Cent. 1081 94 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 844 TW'O O'CLOCK. There has been a great deal of bustle in the Consol Market this morning, owing to the closing of Consols, which have improved from 941 to 94 for the Account, and are at present 93i to 94 for Money; and 94i for 20th January. The Commis sioners for the Life Annuities purchased about 15,000 to 16,000 31 per Cents. The public are anxiously waiting the result of the meeting of the Bank Directors to-morrow, when it is expected that a new financial measure will be adopted, which it is understood will make money plentiful. In the Foreign Market, Greek Stock has im proved to 29 to 30; in other Foreign Securities little doing. Consols 94k. THREE O'CLOCK. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.••(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Harmony, Taylor, from Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Argus, from Quebec ; Amelia, from Smyrna ; Colyton Union, Goode, from Messina; Ashburton, Balhack, from Naples; and Restitution, Rice, from Charente. FALMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Magnet packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 15th inst.; and Barracouta packet, from the Leeward Islands, sailed from St. Thomas's the 12th of Oct. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Arrived the Lovely, Cruizer, from Patri. BRISTOL, Nov. 30.—Arrived the Coral, from Virginia; Anne and Mary, Foster, from Sicily. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.—Arrived the Corsair, Gra ham, from New York. Off Port, the Sappho, from Jamaica. DUNDEE, Nov. 30.--Arrived the Bellona, Mitchell; Henry, Betts; Samuel, Duff; La tona, Ormond, and Scotsman, Reed, from St. Pe tersburgh ; Urania, Mearns, and Armstead, Glendy, from Riga. HULL, Nov. 29 and 30.—Arrived the Amity, Stubbs, and Daniel Wheeler, Wharton, from St. Petersburgh; Cornwallis, Barns, from Wyburgh ; Glenora, Ware ; Mary, Johnson, and Tianby, Layton, ditto; Rebecca, Anderson, and Wort ley, Redley, from Gottenburgh ; and Columbia, Pearce, from Pernau. STOCKTON, Nov. 30.—Arrived the Ibbetsons, Simons, from St. Petersburgh; and New Concord, Watson, from Memel. The Caledonia, of Glasgow, was fallen in with the 4th ult., in lat. 42, long. 68, abandoned, water logged and dismasted. The Harmony, Cruize, from Memel to London, was abandoned the 26th ult., totally dismasted. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. The Vwx-CuaxcaLtoa was occupied the whole of the morning with bankrupt petitions, possessing no interest except to the parties. ROLLS' COURT. Nothing of any interest took place in this Court to-day previous to our going to press. His HONOUR took petitions and short causes, the hearing of which appeared likely to occupy the Court the whole day. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THY PORTABLY BATH COMPANY.-THE WEST LONDON WATER COMPANY V. SURVERCROP. Th's was an action by the plaintiffs to recover from the defendant, John Hilary Survercrop, who was laid as one of the persons composing the Portable Bath Company, in Oxford-street, the value of water which it was alleged had been fraudulently obtained from the Company. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom were Mr. Den man and Mr. Comyn), stated that the defendant, in 1821, bad established a Company for the supply of warm baths to the public, and engaged with the above Water Com pany to supply him with water for a tank at the lower part of the defendant's premises. It was subsequently, however, aseertained that that the defendant, in conjunction with a turncock belonging to the Company named George Smith, had another pipe laid on the sewer.pipe, for the purpose of supplying an upper cistern with water, which had, however, been previously pumped up from the lower cistern. The Water Company having been informed of this pipe, sent a person to inspect the premises, who found that the pipe had been recently stopped, and the mortar of the wall, where it had been stopped up was quite soft. As, however, this fraud had been carried on for a considerable time, the Company were obliged to bring their action. The Learned Counsel then called witnesses who proved that Mr. Survercrop had, by letter, signed by himself, made the contract with the Company ; Mr. Van heiden, however, being on one occasion, when he called at the Water Company's Office, in his company. The pipe was proved to have been put down by a plumber, brought by Smith, the turncock ; it was laid on the sewer-pipe, between the main pipe and the guage-cock, and was done in the night. The defendant's name was also proved to have been on the carts of the Company. Mr. CAMPBELL (with whom ;vac; Mr: Holt), for the defendant, contended that he was not a partner, but merely a clerk in the Company, and that at the time the new pipe was laid on, which was done at the instigation of Smith (and for the mere purpose of saving labour), Mr. Survercrop was in the country ; he had since offered the amount of the advanced rate the Company would have charged for supplying the water to a first floor, and contended that no mora water had been used. The Learned Counsel called witnesses, who proved that Smith, the turncock, kept a book awl received the amount of the difference for forcing up the water. The defendant's father, one of the partners, produced the deed of settle ment, which set out that the defendant should have a sa lary of two per cent. on the gross receipts of the Company. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply, contended that the Company's receipts which he had put in would show the difference in the quantity of water supplied while the last pipe was on, and which was also observable when it was again taken off. He submitted that the defendant, having formed the contract, having his name on the carts, and being included in the deed of partnership, was quite suffi cient to fix him as the defendant, and the evidence was also enough to fix on him the knowledge of the fraud. LORD TENTERDEN summed up, and the Jury found for the plaintiff.—Damages 201. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. LIBEL AND FALSE lIII.RISONMENT....FINDEN V. WESTLAKE. Mr. SerjeantWiLnx stated the case; the plaintiff is a young man of very respectable family, and the defendant an at torney; and the action was brought to recover a com pensation in damages for a libel and false imprisonment. The libel consisted in the defendant publishing a hand bill, offering SOL reward for the discovery of three bills of ex change, which be charged the plaintiff with having em bezzled, and afterwards having him taken up on that charge. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The Learned Counsel then detailed the facts of the case, and called the following witnesses. John Tucknell was employed by the defendant to post about 150 band bills, offering a reward of SOL for the discovery of three bills, which bills charged the plaintiff with having embezzled. The defendant gave directions for them to be posted in the City and west end of the town. Robert Duke is a police officer of Hatton-garden.—Ap prehended the plaintiff on a charge of felony ; received the warrant on Saturday night, the IBth of April. Mr. Westlake, the defendant, wished witness to execute it that night. It is very unusual, no Magistrate attending at the office on a Sunday, to execute warrants on a Saturday night, and therefore he objected, unless ordered to do so by the Magistrate. Defendant said he would apply for such an order, as the young man was about to leave Eng land, which be accordingly did and obtained it. The defendant then said he would send one of his young men with witness to identify the plaintiff, and requested, for the sake of his family, the warrant might be executed in as quiet a way as possible. Witness then proceeded to the house of the plaintiff's father, but was not able to serve the warrant that night, the young man being from home. He, however, called again the next morning and took him into custody on a charge of felony, and conveyed him to St. Martin's watch house, where he remained all that day. On the following morning he was taken to Hatton garden Office, where the defendant attended, and said the matter had been arranged and he did not wish to press the charge further. The plaintiff was accordingly discharged. On the Wednesday following witness received a message from the defendant stating, that the plaintiff's father had refused to sign a bond, and he must therefore take the young man again into custody. Witness refused, without a new application to the Magistrate, which Air. Westlake a day or two subsequently made, but he could not obtain another warrant. Saw several of the bills issued by the de fendant. They applied to the plaintiff. Cross-examined.—When the plaintiff was examined before Mr. Laing, on his being discharged the Magistrate did not say, " Young man you had better take care of yourself." Some days after this discharge, the plaintiff, with his friends, again voluntarily attended at the office. On that occasion did not recollect that the Magistrate said lie might think himself a fortunate young man. Mr. Mallett, chief clerk at Hatton-garden Police Office, remembered Mr. Westlake applying on a Saturday for a warrant against the plaintiff. The parties again appeared at the Office on the following Monday, when an examina tion took place, and the plaintiff was discharged. The information, on which the warrant was granted, was then put in and read, and stated that Westlake, attorPer at:-law, maketh oath and saitb, that be believes that Francis William Finden had embezzled a so—n, X6l his property. i'veo f4 After other evidence was heard a verdict vizi P. the plaintiff—Damages, 2001. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT---P se. t ;I IN RE WILLIAM BURTON, INSOLYENT. --"°C TRUST BY A CHURCHWARDE N. Cott In this case, which has been twice before tbe it appeared that the insolvent, an auctioneer, wb°sii been elected upper churchwarden a the parish Mary Woolchurch Haw, Lombard-street, in t, 4 do London, at Easter, 1828, was opposed by Mese' nc e and Burn, the present churchwarden., in p0t.,..., th- for resolutions of the parishioners assemble! inl es "'n' debt or sum of 4561 . 3s. 9d., being the bal lace Lo from church Rates collected by the insolvent of tbeAF;hi4 oners, by virtue of his office of churchwarden ,sp " it appeared tho insolvent had appropriated to his lei' It was proved that in the autumn of 1828 ( whilstof solvent was churchwarden), the parish chor e : $ 1 united parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth AndSt' fel Woolchurch Haw, in Lombard-street, underseent,66ool extensive general repair, amounting to u pwards o ', w hii of this sum, the quota to be paid by the parish 0 s o the insolvent was churchwarden ' amountedd 3001. ; and the parish surveyor having , on tbe cember, 1828, certified that the works had beet' c l e by Mr. Benj. Shaw, the contractor , to his satisfeej•l.dl vestry was held on January 6, 1829, when the ti l ' - ( 1 0 demands were examined and passed for pay ment ' o t special church rate of one shilling and threepence The pound was made for defraying the same. Tib,,, amounting to 3801 . or thereabouts, was deli vered ec insolvent, as Churchwarden, to collect and Pei tbe n tractor and other tradesmen's bills. It further err that the whole parish contains only thirty-six Ileugeljd eluding the Mansion-house, the rates of whi ch are l'-og the Corporation of the City of London, a nd i n ' to about one-fourth of the whole assessroea t ; that the parish being very respectable, chJefiy bal' l and public bodies, the rates are e asil y collected few days. The insolvent accordingly collected the but instead of paying the demands on the p arish for tbe pairs forthwith, the contractor, Mr. Shaw, (vd!ose.„ mand was upwards of 200/.) after repeat ed app1101; was only able to obtain from the insolve nt 651., end ji wards arrested him for the balance of his demand, soul came his detaining creditor. The insolvent' s own DO; delivered to the succeeding churchwardens bavig.o produced to the Court, it thereby appeared that the vent bad paid out of this special rate several soars, the ingthat, 01- altogether to about 1701., and as ~;;•nt mainder being upwards of 200/, Mr. Burton ef ig mi "; l oo or in other words, bad appropriated the money to use, besides about 2561. arising from other rate& t tl The case, as stated, having been clearly rode °l;;',fit Court, (after censuring him in strong terms 1:,„"joi mixed public money with his own private funds) , the insolvent to have committed a breach of Wis:1:11 spect of the 2001. of the special rate niisappror " r t ,, t tt him, and ordered the insolvent to be imprisone Zoct suit of Messrs. Beadnell and Burn, the present c." wardens, for the period of six months. ti The Court was very crowded, and the no case appeared to excite much interest and atteotie°' PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DA' l be The Lords of his Majesty's Most Flonou ra vose Yr Council held another meeting this morning. Sir sent were Lord Wynford, Lord Lowther, an d topher . Robinson. tbe Mr. ROUPEL was addressing their Lordbilste v . Par morning, in the part-heard appeal of '` ther," remitted from Jamaica. THE SPANISH LOANS.—(THIS DAt) Etio i A meeting was convened by public ticke r- LI Dori the Holders of the Spanish Cortes Bonds fo r tuisf old ing, at the City of London Tavern, for the purp o9 e ° l 4l( into consideration some important documents front "" connected with the Loans. 00 ;0' The Committee of the Spanish Bond-holders 'PI to to manage the negociations which have been gofird ward, for some arrangement between the King % L i 0 , and his foreign creditors, gave notice that Ito) ! thing at present to communicate on the Bade! t , Loans, and that when necessity required, a meson s be convened by them. o'clock. Some dissatisfaction is expressed thst the o f 13°13 At the meeting this morning, only a feu' op ° of the t ,„ holders attended, and no business was gone ioWcoo,oiti late, have no t . made public the steps they have adorT ,„ eu eral obtain justice from Ferdinand, espe c i a lly it ' 9 . ; : te rvie believed, that they have had more than one w — n odi with Lord Aberdeen on the subject. It is ab i° 4 ;", stood, that two eminent houses are engaged in gociations referred to. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. There is this week a small supply of Gra in, but 'ijo quantity of Flour. The Wheat trade is heavy a t t o day's prices. Barley sells very slowly at late quo !;00 Beans and Pease remain as last reported. Oats rile their former prices, with a limited demand. The trade continues very dull, except for prime parcel9' ARRIVALS. (Wheat. Barley. Englishl,sso qrs. 4,55 0 qrs. Irish 7BO 180 Foreign - _0 400 at5 4 . 0. 1 5 ,,,,,0ri1trif - - - - - - - HAY MARKET S3 S I .— IT ( H At F p I e E r L Lo p ad . of 36T2russ0t: Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £ 1 10 3 S New Meadow Hay 3 3 Useful Old Ditto 3lO 6 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 5 I Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s s... Generally Oat Straw £1 Bto 1:1 12 Wheat Straw 112 t be Supply, which was for the most part composed °f stir of yesterday's market, good ; trade dull, and prices as FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM' • si Viscount Mahon, the Hon. Mrs. Leigh, Gr Hon. Sir R. and Lady Wolseley. Colonel and lip Colonel Kingscote, Captain Inglefield, , 11el it an Leeky, Commissioner Briggs, R.N. N. Rev. W. AY'" 11 0 * Corry, Rev. W. James, Rev. Mr. Rickel, Mr. mond, &C. &c. ARRIVALS AT BATH. vo lltin - 411 Sir 11. and Lady Bickerton, Sir R. Hill, Sir S. Gene o p Wathen, the Hon. Vevey Knox, Lady Bathurst ! . .0, Cmj Mrs. Cameron, Colonel Chatterton, Colonel C*:„ e yor, Phillott, Colonel Haverfield, Major and Mrs. ," 00%4 White, Captain and Mrs. Brown, Captain Barrett% o t, Captain Orbe, Captain Young, Captain Havelock, Capt. Gage, Capt. Potters, Capt. Jennings, Rev. ;,,, o terb Rev. Mr. Ireland, Rev. Mr. Wickham, Rev. Mr. Dr. Simpson, Dr. Wickliffe, &c. The transfer books at the Bank of P'w for the Three per Cent. Consols will shut this (16/:fer paratory to the payment of the dividends. An t i r r he bs the New Four per Cents will cease to -morrow, A1 1 ' 1 :01 0 for the Life Annuitesand the 3 per Cents of 172 6 ;01J on the 15th inst. The day fixed by the Bank th e 40 for the re-opening of the transfer-books after ePi of the dividends on these Consols is on the 20th Jeusgiefi the New Four per Cents. on the 21st ; Life A OO Ol l the 12th ; and the Three per Cents of 1726 00 0 , 1 0 January. India Stock closes on the 3d inst., auk on the 14th January ; and the books at the 6°:ilip House will shut to•morrow, and open on the `2° ary. In three per Cent. Consols private transfers allowed some days previously to the 20th Januor Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD left town ° P o*. day, to join the Duke of WELLINGTON, the E arl ° f iOl DEIN, and the other Noblemen and Gentlemen 8%0 Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, on a visit to the " Bedford. 'vett The Marquis DE PALMELLA arrl. • 1 1 town on Monday from the Continent. The Ig 3 r c l u ritl he See . ceeded in the afternoon to the Office of 0, 6 State for Foreign Affairs, and transacted official:os The weather continues most prol mt „ — pest agricultural work, and the country presents an , B i ,r g ri of general employment ; the potato crop i s f o r wo o( ' part well got in, and in good order. —Limerick s o It is our painful duty to announce lot public the calamitous event of the loss of Cronl er ood fire, which accidentally broke out at twelve to tlo Monday night the 23d ult., and entirely coes n t o f regret to add, the greater and most valuable Plir'sidel fabric, which had just been completed at a C°l3 expense.—Roston Gazette. A handsome monument to the late At to Sir DAVID BAIRD, is about to be erected oil "; - 1 1 44 Thomas-Castle, a small hill about two mile to those Crieff. A road is at present making for t he !lA % conveying the requisite materials to the top of t"eistlf the building will, it is understood, commence spring.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. Air it In the town of Topsfield, Mass.' c° Or" ,lid i l about 900 inhabitants, only two persons ha ve , g re the SW Dec. 1818. One of these was 13 9 1, - E r the other a child one year old.—.Sakm Bee"