The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-07 00:00:00

NORTH ROAD. (From tlie Caledonian ,liercnry ‘'t S••• 121,3,)•) It seems rather singular. while extraordii exertions and sacrifices are made in other ;;;tr, oF the country, for saving a single mile, that ohs:titles should be thrown in the way of a plan for taking off 30 miles from *the Highland road from Inverness to Perth—the outlet to market, " the great artery of the Highlands," as a has well been called. In .order to render this more explicit, we have given, in our last page, a plan of the country in question, by which the great circuit made by the old road, while compared w ith that proposed by Mr. Telford, is made evident. It is a short-sighted policy at best, but may ad mit of explanation. The editor of the . Inverness. Jour:el—the " Mountaineer"—the " Protes tor"—the " Freeholder"—one single individual, is the primum mobile of this " rising," and the self-elected organ of the county of Inverness. It i.s no doubt very natural and proper upon his part (as the present. line of road passes through his lands), and On the part of those similarly situated, to object to any change ;—but to avow such a motive, and set this up against a great public improvement, is an instance of singular simplicity at the present day.—lt seems the re mains of the dregs of feudalism, and affords a strong proof of the expediency and necessity of smprovmg and shortening the communication with the south, as much and as speedily as pos sible. The inconsistency of objecting to a road as " wild and visionary," and at the same time objecting to it as likely to annihilate the other, and the absurdity of setting up paltry private in terests against a great public good, were suffici ently exposed in a former paper. It was stated there that no change of road, competition in trade, or improvement in the arts, could go on if it were te, be put down by saying, that the old machinery would be useless or injured by its success. y lt is proper to add in explanation, that the objections of injury to ifidividuals, and injury to what are called the county tolls, merge into one, as the present line will cease to be the communication to the south when the new one is made ; and will be turned into a local road, for the benefit of indivi- duals through whose properties it passes. Tolls are laid on in other places for the purpose of keeping up a road, but in the north it would eeein that roads are- to be kept up merely for the purpose of raising tolls. This is something of a novelty certainly,.but what shall be said if it turns out that the .tolls which the protestors refuse to give up for the public advantage, do not eeality belong to the county ? There can be no doubt about this, and it is idle to assimilate or confound the present case with cases of vested rights, such as established ferries or harbours, or roads made on the faith of nets of Parliament. It is toto odo different. This old military road was originally made and maintained exclusively by Government for nearly a centurl—afterwards kept up at the joint expence of the public and county ; and la-t year by toll. placed under au thority of the Parliamentary Commissioners, not permanently, but by way of experiment, and ex pressly for the maintenance of the road. The county, eopears from the c:ii3o quoted in the Journal, distinctly abandoned any claim they could have for repiYment of their share of the expence, and the Pariiernentary Commissioners refused to abandon their ci.erge of the road until the projected changes and improvements were made, and security given for keeping it in proper repair. As, therefore, it is an entire mistake to consider the road and the tolls as belonging to thecoenty, and as it will be of no use except for local accommodation when the other is opened, the objection is reduced simply to this, that the rights or interests of a few may be in• jived by the change. The ilnverness Journal, instead of attempt ing td reconcile these mconsiatencies, or deleau the positions formerly taken up, has changed its ground ; and, admitting the exc:diency of the road and the abeurriity of the objections made to it, attempts to raise the county and the cowry against subjecting themselves to the enorieoua expence which it is said this change will bring eiport-them. In the course of this attempt,further proof., of the same spirit of self-contradiction and coninsion, or obliquity of intellect, ere given. The Parliamentary Commisaioners, after being rather rudely taxed with following " wild and visionary schemes,' are now accused of issuing reports implying (erroneously) a minuteness of examination which prevented the county, out of respect for them, from making any objection ; and after this the Editor ends by saying " that they are all honourable men." The errata in figures are more important. It is said that a million and a quarter of the public money has been disbursed within the last few years e ejthin this county. Now it is proved by statements, appended to the last report, that the whole outlay" in the me Highlands from the com mencement of the :21nmissi" (1803) is little more than a quarter of a rr,Llion. There is thus an exaggeration of one million sterling ! It is next said, that the expence of the intended road will be about 60,0001. at the least, bat it is proved to be just half this sum, and further, that the improvement of the present line would cost upwards of 12,0001. These formidable figures set down at random are meant to alarm the county and the public, and another device has been fallen on to detach the northern counties, viz. by a paragraph in the Journal, stating that a Joint Stock Company is to be set a going, to ply steam-boats across the Moray Firth from Cromarty to Nairn for transporting cattle from the north. This is meant to supersede one great object of the intended road, but we cannot discover Pxy trace of so wild and visionary a scheme, anal would like to have it from better authority. At present it appears " A weak in vention of the enemy." In short, we have seldom so clear a case i;.5 this. The practicability and expediency of the road are warranted by Mr. Telford, and no rea sonable and impartial person will ask more. The vast advantage of it must be manifest to every one, and the objections made are palpably un tenable, corning from interested persons, and founded on narrow and mistaken notions. The only thing left is the expense, in regard to which, and the proportioning of it, very unfair and in accurate statements have been given. It is cer tain that the expense of the new road (attended with so many advantages) will be very little more than double the outlay required for putting the present one in a proper state of repair, and there can be no doubt that the Parliamentary Com missioners, when they issued notices of the bill tbr carrying it into effect, designed .that n this,. as in all former cases of roads made under their. Commission, one half of the expence should be borne by Government. If therefore any change has taken place, it must be imputed to the Pro, test and Resolution sent forth in the name of the County of Inverness. eOREIGN ENTELLIGENCF- FRENCH PAPERS (From the Gazette de Frimce nt Jan 6.) ODESSA, DEC. 3. che Onvernor-General.Counr Woriirszow, returned yeptertiay from his ext•ursion in ?he Crimea. On the sth of December the .Standard, Cdptain Kin.tt-azoff, arrived in th, port of Srba..topol, routing from Varna. At the time of its departure every thing was in the best condition, as well as on the whole of our cantotunt-nts : an attempt of the enemy upon Paravadi had been vigorously repulsed. Some of our men-of-war continue to cruise on the Turkish coast, from Yarns to the Bosphorus. PARts, JAN. 4.--It is announced, that on the 24th of September last, the King of Spain authorized the Minister of Foreign Affairs to sign a treaty by which France is inscribed for 80,000,000 of francs in the great book of the public debt in three per cent. stock. The Spanish Government will pay 4,000,000 annually, of which 2,400,000 francs for the interest, and 1,600,000 francs for the redemption of this stock. For some days past the health of M. Auger, per petual secretary of the French Academy, excited the most serious alarm in his family. He was attacked by a nervous affection, which liindered him from at tending to any business : he did not even attend the sittings of the Academy. Yeverday he disappeared from his residence in his slippers and night-cap, leavir-g his watch, his money, and a note, which an nounced the most fatal intentions. He has not re turned, aid the search made after him has hitherto proved unsuccessful. COURSE OF EEC% Arn , teritim C.I. • 2 I !I•to, at -11 Vat........ II 19 Ro't Mani —.2 U 12 It Antiver l2 1 H Vait-gli - 51 ., 311 A.lt • a ll II Paris, cye !a,„kit . 25 35 , Zito 2 U. 25 fiU Bord aux 25 65 erl FrAn fat M.iin?, Y x .; 151 , ersburgh, ru Us. 19 0 V euna, is 1 z M 10 2 ste P Ma rid.— acliz ............ 37 1 4 • i!boa %A,Tr.... 1 a .... 36',4 :1 v. 116 36N G bralt r 46 CAMPAIGN IN ASIA. (From the St. Petersburgh Gazette of the 16th tilt.) TEFL'S, Nov. 26.--lisjor-Gen. Prince Tschant schawad.e hay sent the following report to Coun Paskewitsch-Erivanski. On the 3d inst., in presence of the enemy's pickets, two companies of the infantry IT riment of Hoslove, and a part of the half battalion of the Ser bases of Erivan, formed a junction with the division of Bajazed, commanded by Major-General Prince 'fschantschawadse, who immediately commenced the attack. The Turks advanced to meet him with :5,000 men and two pieceS of cannon. They, how ever, fought with little spirit, and did not even fire their eaunon, but left the field of battle after losing about 40 men in killed and wounded. They, how ever, only moved their camp five wersts beyond the village of Hisikai, where they had been posted be fore the action. On the 6th instant they withdrew altogether. - In order to hasten the retreat of ale enemy, Prince TschantsclEtwildse made a forward movement in the direction of Melusgerd ; but not falling in with them, he returned to his camp at Pathos. The retreat of the enemy will make it pfy,sible for the troops of the corps of Baj:►zed to go into winter quarters. The principal cause of this retreat turns out to have been the movement made by the division from Kars, at the foot of the mountains of Sagantag, which separate the Pachaliks of Kars and Er gerotim. Major-General Bergmann, commanding division, received orders to march towards Erzeroum, in order to disengage the eorps of Prince Tschantschawadse. The Turkish troops stationed at Toprak-kale, seeing themselves nearly surrounded by this movement, and dreading the combined operations of the two corps, endeavoured to prevent the advance of liajor-General Berg mann, and on the 12th instant prepared to dispute with him the passage of the Ames. The Major- General finding great difficulty in passing that river, and considering that the abject of freeing Prince Tschantschawadse from the enemy had been ob tained, did not think it necessary to carry his move ment further, but retired in good order. Several hostile parties which crossed the river in his pursuit were driven off with a loss of 30 killed and wounded. On the 14th the whole corps of Majo.-General Bergmann re-occupied its original positions. WILLMER'S IMPROVED HOUSE KEEPER'S ACCOUN T,BOOK Iti29 Thk is dt cidedly the best honk of the kint which we have hither,o met wi;h, being an imptovemerit upon all others profss-ing the ar► of housekeeping. Any la'ly wi..hing to practise economy will 4o well to take this 'or her guide. It will sa' e her kbotir at the same time that it saves her money. It von tains, arnoi,.z other recommendc ions for domes:ic use--Direclions for Carling; a Gardener's Calendar; the various Artic es in season during tlw diffe. ent Months; Rules for Brew ing ; Useful Receipts ; List of Commercial and other Stamp. , ; General Market ing Table ; Farn'ly Washing List; 1 able of Income, Wage,4, &c.; in short, it contains every thing desir able for a good housewife, except the money, and that her husband will provide for her, while this book will teach her to make the best use of it, pro vided she has the inclination; and ladies know that where there's a will there's a way. We feel great pleasure in announcing that the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of this Diocese has been pleased to confer on the Reverend Dr. Collins, Head Master of t 142 Grammar School in this city, the valuable Rectory of Stokeir.,:eignheasl, in this county, the same being in his Lordship's patrcnle.—Exeter Alfred. The Lod Bishop of this Diocese has insti tuted the Reverend James Buckingham, L.L.B. Vicar of Burrington, Devon, to the Rectory of Doddiscombsleigh, on his own petition as true patron, void by the resignation of the Reverend George Hole, A very respectable old gentleman some. time age f e ll flown in a fit at Temple-bar. The crowd as sembled round him,- but no one knew what to do, or per haps cared, when a young man rushed in, exclaiming, " Oh, my uncle! my dear tipple!" took him in his arms, and prayed some one to call a coach. The mob were loon on the alert, rejoiced at the succour, end effected by the apxious conduct of the young man. Both were soon placed in the coach, the worthy old gentleman's pockets were speedily emptied by his soi-disant nephew ; and in the course of a short time, while the pious nephew was considering how he should manage to escape, he expired. What was to he done ? The check-string was pulled, and the coachman ordered to drive to Hospital, where he. sold the borli.—Norning .I),Ter. M. de Serisi, engineer of the royal navy at Toulon, who superintended the construrtion of the frigates built at Marseilles, for the Pacha of Egypt, has been ap pointed by the Pacha chief engineer of his dock-yard at Alexandria for live years, at a salary of 60,000 francs (2,4001.) per annum. Ott Thursday the Earl of Egremont regaled, at his noble mansion at 2etworth, upwards of 1,100 women and children of that end the neighbouring parishes, with the old-fashioned and substantial Chriatm . sis cheer— root-beef, plum-pudding, and strong beer. Four hundred p i Q ee-inddings and about two hundred stone of beef, were served IT uppn the occasion. The band of the 10th Royal Hussars tir.a to attendance, and performed several airs during the repast. ',the Noble Earl was present at the festive scene.—Susses :4dnertler. COUNTY OF MONAOH111 ! 1 ? ,---BALLIBAY PrITY SESSIONS. --On New Year's Day a Petty 5236:0128 Court was held at Bellamy. Major Carter presided for ties first time since his appointment as a stipendiary magistrate in the county of Monaghan. When it was generally known that Major Carter was to preside oti the Bench, the utmost confidence, anti the warmest hopes of oLtain4ng all that they desired—fair and impartial justice—were felt by the people who were to appear as guitars in the Court. The character for fair play, and a stern determination not to pollute the administrating of justice, by the influence of partizan feel ings, which was zuneeded by all parties to Major Carter, as the just reward of his upr..ig.ht conduct as a magistrate in the enmity of Tipperary, iavirefi the people of Ballibay and it: neighbourhood with a conviction, tinu Government had, at lc aQth, deemed it necessary to pay attention t4leir well-grounded ;remonstrances, and they looked to the nui giaterial integrity of Carter for the punishment of Orange and Police delinquency, nn:: the vindication of the laws. Their hopes were high, but they were; gratified to of S 1141irt eatqa,—PiPiin Morniny ftegieer. rtf • ..,114114 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1829, ROWLAND STEPHENSON. Up to the present moment STEPHENROW has not been found. The following particulars, however, fully corroborate what we have alrea4 stated with regaFd to his course to Bristol. They are also of the latest date, being up to lasi night . (Extract of a private letter from Bristol, Jan. 6.) " The particulars in The Sun, of Monday, re specting Rowland Stephenson, are correct. He was here on last Saturday night week, and was.seen at the Commercial Rooms. He appeared in great agitation and asked the Master if there were any vessels sailing to America. It has been since ascertained to a certainty—at least no reasonable doubt can attach to the circumstance— that he stopped at the Lamplighters' Hall, at Pill, a public-home, which, you may remember, is situated at the juncticn of the Avon with the Bristol Chan nel. On Tuesday morning be engaged a skiff of a matt named , a pilot, and having been armed with two brace of pistols, they set sail. The pilot returued on Sunday evening last, alone, but his mouth has been effectually stopped by gold—as it is supposed, for not a single word ran be got from him. Two of our City Officers, it is reported, set off tin• the Devon coast, immediately it was ascer tained that the fugitive had sailed from Pill, with the idea of taking boats and meeting him in the Channel. The result of their cruise is not yet known, but it is supposed they must have failed iu apprehending him, as the wind was fair for America when he set sail. The general opinion here is—and I must confess I think it a rational one—that he en gaged an American vessel to 'wait for him in the Channel. This might be easily concerted before hand with the mates of some of the American ves sels about to sail from Liverpool or from this pert." " P.S. Since I wrote the above, the follewing particulars respecting Stephenson have transpired at the Council-house :—One of the pilots has this after noon been examined. He states that on Tuesday last the fugitive, accompanieti, it is sa d,by hie clerk, hired a bout at Pill and sailed into the Charnel ; they were tossed about for some time in a gale, but eventually fell in with a colliery smack, bound for a port situated at the extremity of Co nwall, the name of which I forget. This %meek, it is '.aid•—l se r eak now of the alleged evi dence at he Council House—was al.o driven about in the Channel for several days, strong gales pre vailing ad the time she was out, but eUrceeded at length in getting into the port in question. I ought to tell ►on that th, se facts were stated by another pilot, who accompanied the former one, but who had not been •o effectually bribed. Neither of them however would tell the name of the collier or the master. But the general opinion here at present is, that both Stephenson and the clerk will be appre hended. Of course the effeir furnishes the er'grosa ing topic of conversation here." Since writing the above we have received the following :—" At length some clue has been found to the retreat of STEPHENSON, the fraudulent banker, and his clerk LLOYD. By letters received this morning from Bristol, two persons, answering :heir description, were put on board the Minerva, Capt. WALLACE, a fine sharp American built vessel, on the 27th of December, when she sailed for New York, and in consequence of this information his Majesty's ship Nimrod, of 20 guns, Capt. RADFORD, and the Ranger, of 28 guns, Capt. W. WAL POLE, sailed in pursuit on Sunday last from Portsmouth ; it is understood one of these vessels would make the best of her way direct to New York, whilst the other would keep the most probable track in order to overtake the Mi nerva. From the circumstance of her not hay- ing left King's Road until Friday last, there is every hope that one or the other vessel will he fortunate enough to apprehend the fugitives. It is reported that two pilots are in custody, and will be examined at the Mansion-house. Accounts have been received via America, rrom St. Domingo, of a late date, which mention lat considerable sensatio❑ had been created there by the rumoured blockade of the port of Auz Cayes, by a Spanish squadron, from the Havannah, and that General BOYER bad marched . for the same destination with all his disposable force. It is further said that this intelligence had created great fermentation in the Island, and was to lead to very serious conseq►►ences. The Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 31st Dec. says, upon the authority of an article from Bucharest, that tl►e Eold in that quarter Was ex. cessive—so much so, that instead of checking the malignity of the contagious disease, it only served to increase it. 'I he Turks occasionally passed the Danube in small parties, more for the purpose; of piuntLi than military enterprise. If we may credit the same a4hority, three regiments stationed in Bucharest had received order§ to proceed to reinforoe the garrison of Varna. Now if that be true, it shows pretty cl?arly that the Turks are not in such disposable force as to oppose their progress. It shows also that the Russians hare not all quitted Bulgaria; but gives reason to suppose that they maintain their position at 134zardjik, communicating with Varna, and their stations on the Danube towards IsmaeL The public have been of late so much imposed upon by sinister accounts, that even the truth is received with reasonable doubt A.NCONA, DEC. 23. lAccording to letters from Otranto the three Am bassadors have declared to Count Capo d'lstria that the Morea and the Cyclades have been taken under the protection of the three Powers, and that the latter will not allow of any attack by the Porte on those countries, but will consider it as directed agaiest themselves; and that on the other hand they re quired from the Greek Government to avoid every thing that may give ground to the Porte to make complaints and reprisals for attacks on the Turkish territory. Whether this declaration definitively limits the future state of Greece to the blorea and the Cyclades, , it is not stated in the note, but it seems to be a preliminary measure which, on the formal recognition of the new State, allows the enlargement of its boundaries, and may even render it necessary, if the Porte does not give the proper guarantees for its security. It appears, therefore, to be undecided what is to be comprehended in future under the name of Greece. For hi this too the Porte may concur, and on its yielding, or further resisting the intervention of the Powers, will depend the influence that it will have in fixing the internal relations of Greece. The Greek Go vernment, which is wholly directed by the Councils of the three Ambassadors, will suit its conduct to the declarations it has received, and is taking steps to prevent all hostilities beyond the above bounda ries. It is said that Count Capo d'lstria has sent _Commissioners to Candia to invite the Greeks there to live at reace, and to offer to the discontented an asylum in the Morea. Orders are said to have been sent also to Gen. Church to suspend hostilities as far as possible. These letters also state that a com mission, composed of Greeks and Philhellenes, is to be formed at Napoli, which is to take measures for the public tranquillity and safety, and to organize the army : it was believed that Col. Fabvier, who is shortly expected back from France, will be Pr es ident of this Commission. (From the Narernburgh Co-urier of War Goa Peo-ce.) FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, DE-C. 8. A few days ago the cold at Bucharest was 19 deg. Reaumur (42 deg. Fahrenheit below freezing, or 10i des. Fahrenheit below Zero). The con tagious diseases there also AS3UInI! a very malignant diameter; the number of sick and dying iu the hospitals is increasing, and there are from 40 to 50 deaths daily in the hospitals within the town. It has therefore been found necessary to have a new military lazzaretto in a monastery near the town, and all the carpenters in the town are put in requisition to fit it up with all expedition. Small parties of Turks venture from time to time . to the left bank of the Danube to plunder, barn some lonely houses, and then hasten back over the river. Thirteen of them were lately taken prisoners, and brought to the Ruaaias head quarters. It is said there are now 500 Russian officers in Bucharest, who received orders a few days ago to repair to their regiments in the country. Three regiments of the troops stationed in the town and neighbourhood have received orders to set out immediately for Varna, as Omer Vrione seems tc be disposed to attempt recover that place. It is also affirmed that the. Turks have passed the Danube, at Silistria, and burnt three villages- According to letters from Fockschiny, a great deal of snow fell last week, and many persons perished. ' VIENYA, DEC. 26. M. Bois le Coml., the French St.crefary of Leggyl* ion, has retired from Constantinople to Vienna. Bank Shame, 1,099; Aleulliques (not quoted.) We direct attention to the confession ex torted from the murderer BURKE, in another part of our Paper. If we may credit a person guilty of such unparalleled enormities, the mea sure of his inquity, conjointly with HARE, the master-demon, did not amount to thirty murders. BURKE professes to be penitent, and inculpates HARE as being the greater scoundrel of the two —a charge which no one will be inclined to doubt who has read the tragic history of their abominations. We are at a loss to discover upon what principle of decency, of conmon sense, or public safety, such a miscreant as HARE can be screened from justice. The blood of nearly thirty—it may be a hundred--calls out for ven geance upon the monster. But -what shall be done with the accessories to this damnable trade in innocent blood ? If there were not receivers there would, possibly, be no murderers in this instance ;—receivers, too, be it remembered, who instigated the wretches to procure as many bodies as possible. Really the thing is too hor rible for comment. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal College o f Physicians took place in Edinburgh, for the purpose of taking into consideration mea sures which it may be expedient for the College to adopt, with a view to tranquil lize the public mind on the subject of the late atrocities committed by BURKE and his asso ciates,—to prevent their repetition, and to relieve the Medical Profession, generally, from the odium justly excited by thew. By the London line of packet ship Maio», Captain CitAktnt IN, arrived from New York off Hastings, Papers of the 16th ult., and Boston of the Bth, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. They contain no intelligence but of local interest. The Bos ton Courier of the Bth Dec. has the following aIEXICO, OCT. 23. A Proclamation of the President of Mexico de clares that the Government had roceived informa- tion from various, authentic sorree• of a design of Spain for reeonquering Mexico, and that preparations were making at the Havannah for an attack on the Republic. He exhorts the eit;aerts to unity, declar ing that their intestine divisions have emboldened their enemies. SHIPPING INTIII4.IGENCE--(THIS DA' FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 6.—Wind li.N.E.—Several ships and vessels from Ramsgate passed this day to the westward. The lid of a chest marked T. Cullauson, Scarborough, 1827, has been picked up. YORTSMOUTII, JAN. 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Corsican, Smith, from St. David's. FALUOUTH, JAN. s.—Wiild N. to N.E.—The Sir David Ogilby, MLNieve, from Dublin to London, during a gale. at Melford on the 31st ult., drove, hooked the moorings of the Packet Hulk in the harbour, and was not clear the 2d inst. The Hope, of poffnung, froth Copenhagen to Hull, was totally wrecked, near Sakifeet, on Monday. The Venerable, Pegeon, from Newport to New. castle, and Elizabeth, Johns, from Youghal to London, were driven on shore, near Boseastle, on Sunday night ; cargoes expected to be saved. The Oscar, Loffrea, from oottenburgh to Brazil, was off the River Coln, yesterday, with loss of rudder, anchors, cables, and deck load, having been on the Kentish Knock. The William, M`Leary, from Wales to London, was on shore off L':trornness the 29th ult., and would he obliged to discharge. The Bienenkorl, Diedrick, of Stettin, was totally wrecked, near the North Foreland, on Monday night. The Tranby, Slack, from Archangel, upset, and tilled with water, near Hull, on Monday night. The Young Norval, from Nasehour, was on shoio in the Humber on Monday. The Avon, Phillips, from Sligo to London, was carried into Fishguard on Sunday, with damage, having been on' shore. The Lady Montgomery, from Westport to Liver pool, is lost on the Ribble Banks. The Arm, of London, was on shore ow the Red Noses, near Liverpool, ou Monday. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, Tn7sLrß o'CLare. Consols opened this morning at 87i I for Ac• count, with limited business ; fora considerable time the market appeared rather drooping, and they were 87i, sellers, but a slight rally took place, and they are now at their first quotation ; the Commissioners paid 864 for Reduced. The February account has opened, and business has . been done for that period at 87f India bonds and Exchequer Bills have improved a little this morning, the former being 74 75, and ;Le latter 70 71 pm, The business in the Foreign Funds has been un important ; Brazilian Bonds are 62:1 3. The Bank of Rio, it is said, means to issue from their Funds half a million of Dollars in specie, by which Bank !Riper, to double that amount, will be taken off the market, which will materially lighten the weight that at present oppresses the monied interest in that Capital ; Ruosi;in Stork is 944 5 ; Portuguese, .33 i; and Danish, 62 03. In Shares we have little to state; Imperial Bra zilian alines are 30 8 pm.; and Bolanoa, 95 105 pm. Three per Cent. Console, shut; Ditto, Aw Account, j; Three per Cent. &Klima, 86i ; Three end 11-Ivilt, Ditto, 951 ; Pour per Cent., 101 •; Ditto, 1820, 105 i it; Inia Bonds, 14 8 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 70 1 pm. Poautott.:—Brazilian, 8 1 4 8 ; Buenos Ayres, 40 7 ; Chilian, 22 4 ; Columbilm, 28 ; Danish, 021 :4 8 Greek, 16 17; Mexican , Pius. Cent.. 25i ; *tto, Six per Cent., BVIs 8 ; Peruvian, 177 18} ; Portuguese, 68 ; Russian. 94 8 ; Spanish, 10 1. Mt NEs..—.Al4lo3leiiean, °7?} di..; Brazilian, 58 8 pna. ; Rotaries, 45 105 pm. ; Colombian Mines, 141.14 dia. ; Real Del Monte, 160 gear share; United Mexican, 28* 28 di TWO O'CLOCK. Consols are now quoted, without the dividend, 86k, and for the Account they remain 87i f. TIMER O'CLOCK. Consols, S 7 f. FOUR O'CLOCK.— CLOSING PRICES. Consols 86k ! Danish Do. for Ac. 871 ; Greek, 1825 16 1 Brazilian Bonds 63 IMexican, 1825 32i Buenns Ayres Peruvian Chilian Do. 231 I Russian 9.3 Columbian, 1824 251 !Spanish 10 TIIE MARKETS.-(T1II5 DAY.) ,NSE YESTERDAY. tUg 1:1 h ••••••••• Cirfloa.•• • •....•.•.... v ....x i 4x Venial ....... ......... SlAlta • apl s •......•.... • — 3 l/ g t iermo ... .... —..p res. ISt. is , * ••••••• ••• •••••• t porta ....row.. ..••••• 46 R 0 hui, ro ••••••••••••••••••• ...., 8hi:..... •••••••••••• .....•••• 25 i 113 0110. Avtes — lot& , ri Jays' 4 ght.... 13ti Cork. ... . Arrived. Due. O Harnburgh • Holland 0 Jamaie 1 O Leeward L;lands; • Lisbon....« 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico 1 Waterford - BULLIOZ, PZZ OZ. . a. d. P. rti?gal Gold, both 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, 1:1 bars 3 17 - 101 New oubl ohs 3 18 0 ew a Ilars Silver, harp, standard 0 0 0 MA Arrived. 1)u e. • A interloa 0 O Brasil 0 O Buenas Ayres 9 I I •übl.n • Landers O I. rance 0 • Gott( nburgh 0 Guernsey Ci Jersey 0 HIGH WATICK AT LONDON BRIDOIL TO-MOMLOW. Morning ... 4 mirutes after 4.1 F.rening.....24 minutes after 4. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English Wheat this week is very small, but of ail other Grain consider&de, especially of Foreign Wheat and Barley. There is also a good arrival of Fleur coastwise. The briskness of Monday in the Wheat Trade has entirely subsided to-d iy, as the supply from abroad is so very large ; and, although prima cannot be stated lower, there has been very little dune this morning. Barley is very heavy in sale. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats maintain the terms last quoted, with a slow sale. Flour continues to meet a very shark demand. A FIRIVALL I Wheat. I Barley. Oat , . Floor. Engl 1:11 .... ..... ..... „ PIO gra. I 9,100 qrs. 6.7(19 qrs. 8,200 6 . k g5. Irish ... 420 Foreign ...„.... 59,700 11 7 .,750 19,500 The Earl of Liverpool, on Monday last, honoured this town with a visit, and, we are happy to say, apparently in perfect health. After a short stay the Noble Earl returned to Butted-place. —Lewes Jounzal. It is now become _notorious that the trade in stolen horses between this country and Franue has become as regular and organised a traffic as the most legitimate object of trade. The French Government have it in contem plation to reduce the duties upon wine and brandy, it being expected that the increased consumption will make up the deficit in the public revenue. A few days ago two lunatics were placed in a room of the house of deteiltion at Vascouleurs, previona to being conveyed to Mareville. During the night, one of them, in a tit of insanity, strangled the other.—Paris Paper. A glazier of the name of Veitch, while clean ing a window on Saturday on the first story of a house in North-bridge —street, Edinburgh, tell oa the pavement, and, alighting on his head, his Anil was so fractured that he died immediately. WOODCOCK SHOOTING.—As a proof of the abundance of woodcocks this season, Major Sharp of Houston, shot on Wednesday Let, in Houston plantations, four couple and a half, and on the Saturday previous, in company with another gentleman, he killed three couple. ....Caledonian Mercury. Lord Weymouth fought on English gentle man of the name of Hall, on Wednesday, in the Pois tie Boulogne. His Lordship's second was a Colonel Chairettee —the second of his opponent wad a Captain Whyte, who you may remember was hit by Colonel Snvell in a similar affair some years since. The quarrel not having been a deadly one, the !twat!, interfered after the first fire, which had fortunately produced no bad effect. ' Now,' said Hall, a very spirited young man of fashion, ' I fired purposely wide, let use show you what I ran do ; put up that hat on that stump, give tne a pistol, and then ' the ward' as quick as you please.' This was complied with, anti he drove the through the hat to the great satisfaction of his late noble opponent. An aggregate meeting of the Catholics of the county Clare, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for unconditional awl unqualified emancipation, will take place at Ennis on the 20th inst.— Dublin Morn. Register'. The Earl of Plymouth, it is understood, will reAign the Chairmanship at our ensuing Epiphany Sessions, and it is expected that Lord Lyttletoo will be chosen to succeed his Lordship.— Wurce,tter Herald. The branch of the National Bank at Dingwall and Nairn, will not, it is said, be long without a rival; a broach it also talked of for Invergordon, 84e.--•-lneernm Journal. WRST PORT ktißDßit. CONFESSIONS OP BURKE. . (From the Calscioulas _Mercury of Mouday.) The information from which the following article • is drawu up we have received from a most respect able quarter, and its perfect correctness in all re- • specti may be confidently relied on. In truth, it is: as nearly as possible a strict report, rather than the • • subataece, of what passed at an interview with Burke; in the course of - which the unhappy man • appears to have opened his mind without reserve, and to have given a distinct and explicit answer to every question which was put to him relative t o Ks connection with the late murders. After some conversation of a religious nature, in the course of which Burke stated that, while in Ire land, his mind was under the influence of religious impressions, and that he was accustomed to read his Catechism and his Prayer-book, and to attend to his duties, he was asked, "How comes it, then, that you who, by your own account, were once under the influence of religious impaliksion.s, ever formed' the idea of such dreadful atrocities, of such cold blooded, systematic murders, as you admit you have been engaged in—how came such a conception to enter your mind ?" To this Burke, replied, that he did not exactly know; but that becoming addicted to drink, living in open adultery, and associating continually with the most abandoned characters, he gradually became hardened and desperate, —.-gave up attending chapel or any place of religious worship, shunned the face of a priest, and being constantly familiar with every species of wickedness, he at length grew indifferent as to what he did, and was ready to commit any crime. He was then asked how long he had been en gaged in this murderous traffic? To which he an swered, " From Christmas, 1827, till the murder of the woman Docherty, in October last." " How many persons have you murdered, or been concerned in murdering, during that time ? Were they thirty in ail r " Not so many ; not so many, I assure you." " How many ?" He answered the question, but the answer was, for a reason perfectly satisfac tory, not communicated to us, and reserved for a different quarter. " Had you any accomplices,?" "None bat Hare. We always took care, when we were going to cons wit a murder, that no one else should be present— that no tele could swear be saw the deed done. The Women might suspect what we were about ; but we always put them out of the way when we were going to do it. They never saw us commit any of the murders. One of the murders was done is Broggan's house, while he was out ; but before he returned the thing was finished, anti the body put into a box. Broggan evidently suspected something, for he appeared much agitated, and entreated us to take away that box,' which we accordingly did; but be was not in any way concerned in it.", " You have already told me that you were enga ged in these atrocities from Christmas, 1827, tilt the end of October, 1828; were you associated with Bare during all that. time ?" —" Yes; we began with .selling to Dr. the body of a woman who had died a natural death in Hare's house. We got 10?. for it. After this we began the murders, and all the rest of the bodies we sold to him were murdered.' " In what place were these murders generally com mitted ?"--" They were mostly committed in tiara's house, which was very convenient for the purpose, as it consisted of a room and a kitchen. Daft Jamie was murdered there.. The story told of this murder is incorrect. flare began the struggle with him, and they fell and rolled together on the door; then I went to Hare's assistance, and we at length finished him, though with much difficulty. I committed one murder in the country by myself. It was in lase. harvest. AD the rest were done in conjuttetion with. Hare." " By what means were these fearful atrocities perpetrated ?"—" By suffocation. W s made the persons drunk, and then suffocated them by holding the nostrils and mouth and getting on the body. Sometimes I held the mouth and nose, while Hare went upon the body ; and sometimes Hare held the mouth and nose, while I placed myself on the body. Hare has perjured himself by what be said at the , trial about the murder of Doeherty. He did not sit by while I did it, as he says. He was on the body assisting me with all his might, while I held tho nostrils and mouth with one hand, choked her under the throat with the other. We sometimes used a pillow, but did not in this ease." " Now, Burke, answer me this question-Were you tutored or instructed, or did you receive hints from any one as to the mode of committing mur der ?"—" No, except from Hare. We often spoke about it, and we agreed that suffocation was tho best way. Hare said so, and I agreed with him. We generally did it by suffocation."—[O ur iu ferment omitted to interrogate him about the surgi cal instruments stated to bare been found in his how!) but this omission will be supplied.] " Did you receive any encouragement to commit or persevere in committing these atrocities ?":-,- " Yes; we were frequently told by Paterson that he would take as many bodies as we Could get fer him. When we got one, be always told us to get more. There was commonly another person with him of the name of Falconer. Ther generally pressed us to get more bodies for them. 4 " To whom were the bodies so murdered sold r' "To Dr. --. We took the bodies to his rooms in and then went to his house to 'we've the money for them. Sometimes he paid us him self; sometimes we were paid by his ass;stants. No questions were ever asked as to the mode in which we had come by the bodies. We had nothing to do but to leave a body at the rooms, and go get the money." " Did you ever, upon any occasion, sell a body or bodies to any other Lecturer in this place?" "Never. We knew no other." " You have been a resurrectionist (as it is called) I understand P" " No. Neither Hare nor myself ever got a body from a churchyard. All we sold .were murdered save the first one, which was that of the woman who died a natural death in Hare's house. We began with that : our crimes then eom menced. The victims we selected were generally elderly persons. They could be more easily disposed of than persons in the vigour of health." Such are the disclosures which this wretched man has made, under circumstances which can scarcely fail to give them weight with* the public. Before a question was put to him concernieg the crimes he had been engaged in, he WAS solemnly reminded of the duty incumbent upon hi m , situated as ho is, to banish from his mind every feeling of animosity towards Hare, on account of the eviaence, which the latter gave at the trial; he was told, as a dying man, covered with guilt, and without hope, except in the infinite mercy of Almighty God, through our blessed Redeemer, the Lord J e s u s Christ, he, who stood so much in need of forgive ness, must prepare himself to seek it by forgiving from his heart all who had done him wrong; and he was most emphatically adjured t o speak the truth, and nothing but the truth, w ith ou t any attempt either to palliate hi s own i n i qu i t i es , or to implicate Hare more deeply that th e f ar ts warranted. Thus admonished, and thus wa r n e d, he answered the several interrogatories in the terms ahoy(' stated; declaring, et the same time, upon the word of a dying man, that every thing he had said was true, and that be had in no respect exaggereted or extenuated any thing, either from a desire to in culpate Hare, or to spare ally one else. The uu happy man is, moreover, perfectly penitent, and re signed to his fate. He never deluded himself with any hopes of escape or of mercy; and he is now ac cordingly preparing himself for cOnfession and for rceeiving absolution, by a perusal of such books na his spiritual guides have put into his hands, and by listening with the most devout attention to:their re ligious instructions. He fully acknowledges the. justice of his sentence; nay, he considers it in some measure as a blessing, the certainty of his approaching fate having brought hack his mind to a sense of religion, from which it had been long estranged. At first be expressed deep re