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considerable contingent but uncertain expenses. which, in all similar undertakings, must be in curred,—for law charges, and professional ser vices of architects and surveyors in valuing, ne• gociating, and completing the numerous pur chases to be made—making good the deficiency of parochial rates during the progress of the improvements—interest on purchase .monies— compensations to tenants at will, fbr which, after the formation of the estimates, a provision was introduced during the progress of the Bill—and various incidental expenses attendant on a work of this description; neither did the estimate:- include the cost of repairing the carriage and foot ways, which will be, broken up—erecting Limp and guard posts, in lieu of those to be re moved in the course of the work—and erecting a new vestry room, sexton's office, and watch house, for the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, in lieu of the present buildings to be removed ;—all which costs and charges are to be provided for and made good out of the funds to be rrised for the purposes of the Act. These charges, together with an excess upon Mr. Nash's estimate ofthe value of the property at Chnring-cross, and in the Strand (arising principally - from sums paid for " good-will") and the expense of widening Bedford -street, not laid down in the plan referred to by the Char ing-cross Act, but authorized by that Act, make the whole estimated expense of the im provements now in progress under the powers thereof amount to the sum 0f1,147,313/. 12s. 9d. as by an account and estimate presented to your Honourable House on the 19th of March last, To effect these improvements, there has, nil. der the provisions of the Act, been borrowed of the Commissioners for the loan of Exchequer Bills for Public Works, upon the security of the Estates of the Crown, 400,000!., at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum, interest, and on condition of applying an annual instalment, of at least two and a half per cent, to the re payment of the principal: and up to the sth of January last, there had arisen from sales of Estates of the Crown ;—from rents of property purchased for the improvements ; from tm:e repayment of monies advanced during the progress of former improvements, to make good the temporary deficiences in parochial rates;—and by sales of old materials, 143,926!. 11s. 9d.: and there remained to be received for other Crown Estates sold, and upon exchanges made, but not completed, 159,905/. Bs. 6d. There are further sales in contemplation, the estimated produce of which is 139,1001. These several sums, with the produce on the sale of the before-mentioned Exchequer Bills (409,179/. 10s.) amount to 852,111/. 10s. 3d.. leaving a deficiency to be provided fbr, to com plete the improvements, of 295,2021. 2s. 6d., as appears by an account and estimate, also pre sented to the House of Commons on the 19th of March last. It was intended that, with the aid of the sum borrowed of the Commissioners for the loan of Exchequer Bills, sufficient funds should be raised, by sales of Estates of the Crown, to make up the whole sum required ; but as some of the _estates, which we think it will be most advisable to sell, are now held on leases, of which there are several years unexpired, and at rents below their present value, we are of opinion that it would be disadvantageous to bring such properties to sale till the leases shall have more nearly expired ; and that it will be preferable, and afford readier means of expediting the completion of the im provements, that a further loan be made, upon the like security of the Crown Estates, anti with similar provisions for repayment, as that already made ; and the Lords of the Treasury concur ring in those opinions, a Bill for authorising such f►►rther loan, to an amount not exceeding 300,0001., is, under their Lordships' sanction, now about to be submitted to Parliament. We have purchased the freehold of 198 houses and buildings ; and the interests of leaseholders and occupiers in 342 houses. ‘Ve have also acquired of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland six freehold houses, on the north side of the Strand and west side of St. Martin's-lane, by an exchange of Crown pro perty, consisting of sundry warehouses and stable buildings in Great Scotland-yard. In addition to the purchases and exchange above-mentioned, which have been completed, we have agreed for, but not completed, the pur chase of the freehold of 134 houses, and of leaseholders' and occupiers' interests in 50 houses. We have also agreed with several par ties for acquiring, by exchange, 50 f:eehold houses and one leasehold house. There remains to be settled the interest of 23 parties in 158 freehold houses, and of lease holders' and occupiers' interests in 87 houses. In negociating these purchases, only eight case ; have occurred, in which it has been ne cessary to resort to the compulsory powers of . the Act, ibr obtaining verdicts by Juries ; and in six of those cases verdicts were taken by mu tual agreement, tiller the Juries had been im pannetled. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DEVONPORT, DEC. 12.—0 n Thursday the Kent, 76, was rerbov,:d to moorings off Torpoint, to make way for the St. Vincent, 120, to haul off from the Dock-yard. The alterations of the Dub lin, 50, having been completed, she is moved up the harbour. By the arrangements in her new stern, she can, if necessary, bring three stern chasers out of the Captain's cabin windows alone. The report of this vessel being intended to relieve the Sybille, on the African coast, seems to be pre mature, as her draught of water is considered to be too great; and we now hear that the Dryad, 42, from her high-sailing qualities, is likely to be selected for that station. She is at present under orders to be in readiness for commission. His Majesty's .loop Cordelia, 10, Commander . E. W Boyle, is expected here, it is supposed, to be paid off, The Bramble cutter, 10, Lieut. W! Haswell, sailed for Falmouth on Thursday. The Reindeer brig is ordered to be brought for ward at this port for the packet service. Ica Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Druid, Py lades, Hyacinth, Leveret, Royalist, Raven, Star ling, and Meteor steam-vessel. Island—Britomart. His Majesty's sloop Britomart, 10, Commander Johnson, which sailed from this port on the 19th ult. for the Western Islands, returned yesterday, having landed Mr. Consul-General Read at St. Michael's .on the 28th November; and having left that island on the next day, She brings no news of any consequence. No men-of-war were there, though it was reported that a Portuguese force was still blockading Terceira. The merchant vessel Samuel Smith, which had ran foul of a wreck at sea, had been recently condemned at St. Michael's. --Devonport Telegraph. Now that the buildings adjoining St. Martin's church are removed, that edifice, when viewed from about the centre of Pall-mast East, presents one of the noblest specimens of the architecture of the laiit age, and from which our modern. Pallattioe might take a useful lesson. They bare as yet created nothing like it. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GERMAN PAPERS. (Flom the Courrier de Smyrn.,-.) SMYRNA, OcT. 25.—For the last fortnight pub lic attention has been strongly excited by the in surrection which was said to have broken out in the interior of N'atolia, and the rapid progress of which was painted in exaggerated colours. Though we have hitherto refrained from speaking of this affair, to which circumstances give the greatest importance, we have collected the most accurate information, which enables us to describe it as it really is. The insurrection, if this name may be given it, is con fined to the province of Aidin Guselissar, in which only one district, that of Eudenrisch, refused to join it. The inhabitants of this district, satisfied with the administration of their Aga, informed the insurgents that they Ns ould not receive them, and threatened to oppose them by force if they should, notwithstanding this notice, show themselves among them. '1 he inhabitants of the other districts, on the contrary, incensed at the oppression and extor tion of the Government, and resolved to repel force by force, called to their aid a chief of tire Ze) bed:6 (irregular mountain troops), who at present com mands about 1,000 men, and placed him in a manner at the head of this insurrection. Wherever he ap peared he moved without bloodshed the existing au thorities, protested indeed his disobedience to the Go vernment of the Sultan, and his respect for his person, but announced the abolition of the new taxes, and the ample execution of the new firman relative to the levy of taxes issued two years ago. This firman en joined the Governors and Ages, with threats of severe punishment, to treat thepeople with mildnessand jus tice, and to confine themselves to demanding the taxes (tithes) imposed by precedin g firmans. This is in general th e su b stance o f t h e demands of this province, which has put itself, as it were, under the protection of this military chief, making him the organ of its complaints. But this chief has already abused his power, and demands from the rich inha bitants more than these moderate taxes, for exceed ing which he reproaches the authorities. Some dis tricts already murmur against him. The Govern merit, which seems to have considered this affair as unworthy of its attention, doubtless desired to let it decline of itself, and it has succeeded. The insur rection has lost the greater part of its strength, and the military chief sees himself almost deserted by the population. However, as it is absolutely necessary to reduce to order the province which is at present withdrawn from the Sultan's Government, orders have come to-day from Constantieople for Elez Aga to reduce to order the - rebellious Zeybecks arid their chief, on whom alone the vengeance of the Government will undoubtedly fall. Liu Aga, svho is one of the most powerful Derebegs of Natolia, en joys great public esteem, which will reduce the re bellious districts sooner than his troops could do. His very name is a pledge which they will gladly accerr, so that a speedy termination of this insur rection may be foreseen. If it was not calculated to give the Government very serious alarm, it must, however, tend to show it the necessity of employ ing the leisure that peace will afford to regulate the Administration, to reduce the burdens borne by the people to a due proportion with its means, and, ob serving the principles of justice and political eco nomy, to take advantage of all the resources which this r'ich country and its excellent population offer to the Sultan. (The Courrier de Snwrite of Nov. I says nothing or this affair.) The same journal says— ___. " The Russian squadron has sailed from Vourla to Poros to pass the winter. There is every reason to believe that that squadron will not leave the Archipelago till the affairs of Greece are settled. The English squadron is at anchor at Vourla. Ad miral Malcolm is in this city, and dines to-day with Admiral de Rigny."—Allgenteine Zeitung,Dec. R. TRIESTE, Nov. 22.—A traveller, who has ar rived here on board a ship, in 19 days, from Syra, and who left Tchesme the 24th October, represents the insurrection in the neighbourhood of Smyrna as much more dangerous than it is described in the ac counts from Constantinople. ? he Government had immediately adopted ri gorous measures to suppress the insurrection in its birth, but without success. It was said the insurgents had defeated and put to flight a detachment of troops sent against them, and had afterwards occupied the town of Cassuba. In general, the state of affairs was considered as very serious when the traveller left, and alarm was felt even in Smyrna.—(The next mail from Constanti nople will show what credit may be given to these accuun ts.)—Nuremburg Correspondent, Dec. 7. (From the ,Allgenteine Zeitung.) VIENNA, DEc. 3.-31etalliques 1021; Bank Shares 1,2371. THE FOG. Yesterday morning the metropolis and its environs were enveloped with a dense fog,and between eleven and twelve o'clock it was hardly possible to walk through the streets without danger. The shops were lighted the same as at night, and the horses of the stages coming into town were led by their drivers, the lumps not proving of the slightest use. At Hyde-park-corner one of the Brentford coaches drove over the pathway close to the iron rails of the Duke of Wellington's mansion. A gig, in which a lady and gentleman were driving, came in violent contact with the railing which surrounds the new St. George's Hospital; they narrowly escaped with their lives. Two young females, while crossing from Coventry-street to Sidney's-alley,were knocked down by the leaders of a stage-couch and were much injured. The fog was not half so dense at the east as at the west end of the town. Although the fog in London yesterday morning was heavy and disagreeable it was not so remark ably dense as between Hounslow and Piccadilly. As the coaches approached Brentford the fog be came remarkably thick. In Brentford persons in the middle of the street could not see the houses on either side. The coachmen driving four horses generally, between Kew-bridge and Hyde-park, could not see their leaders. At Turnham-green the driver of the Cranford coach had his lamps lighted soon after ten o'clock, and between this latter place and London the whole road was one scene of dark ness, the coachmen generally dismounting and lead ing their horses, or employing men to do so.; con sequently, there was a continual hallooing all along the road, and it was only on approaching within six yards of the turnpikes that they could be discovered. At eleven o'clock severalof the usual stages stopped at Hammersmith, or returned to Hammersmith, the passengers or the, coachmen thinking it dangerous to proceed. At Kensington, and Hyde-park, the fog was equally remarkable, but it gradually abated near Piccadilly. In Piccadilly it was not more remark able than usual on foggy days, Last night the fog was more dense and heavy than it has yet been since the commencement of winter. Men and boys, with links, thronged the streets, and it was scarcely safe for a foot-passenger to cross from one side of the street to the other. To carriages the danger was extreme. The stage-coaches were accompanied some distance out of town by several persons with lights; but, even thus assisted, could scarcely ven ture to proceed at the rate of two miles an hour.— At an early hour of the morning we had not re ceived informatices of any accident, but we have no ' doubt that some must have occurred. The new Police will, it is said, be immediately extended to the eastern parts of the metropolis. A Bank of England Branch Bank was opened at Norwich on Tuesday. STATE OF BARNSLEY.—No improvement has recently taken place i❑ the trade of this town ; on the contrary, a linen manufacturer there, who has lately been doing a good deal of business, has suspended payments, and consequently a great number of weavers have been thrown out of employment, in addition to the number which was before daily increasing, owing to most of the manufacturers limiting their make,—Halifax Chroniek. DAT AT ONE.O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS ilthk Stock ...... ...... 2163= 216 3 per Cent. Red. 0 3 % 4% :3 per Cent. Ccns. shut 3 3i per Cent. lOO DM , Rel l 99 3j%Ni I per Cent. Ann Ditto, 1926 .... ...... ... 105%q0i Ditto Scrip Sank L. Ann. Ditto 30 lean; India suck shut :)itto Bonds 7O 68 pm. South Sca Stock shut Old Annuities 93 Ncw Ditto shut Ex. Bills, Xl,O 0i) 2cl. 73 74 pm. Ditto lld. 71 75 pm. Ditt0...,........50.3 2d. 71:75 pm. Ditto..... l:d. 74 75 pm . Ditt.i. small Ditto l:d. F 4 151:m. Bank for Account - India for Account -.... iCons. for January 94N?;, PRICE 3 OF FOREIGN FUNDS TIII3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds 6611. V i i 7'6 Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 27 Portuguese Bonds (Milian Bonds — Prussian, Old roloinbian Bonds .......2:1!.4 23 Ditto, New :10814 Ditto, 1824 Danish 7 4 1,4 Spanish, 1521 . 10%14i Greek Bonds 1823 Ditto, 1825 G ,I atiinala — '— Exchange Mexican Bonds —;— 3 pee cent. —t. , Ditto, 1825 PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Bolanos Mining Co. .£71)0 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O I)itto National lO Folumbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £35 Real Oil Monte Mining Co. .£400 British Rock and Patent Salt C 0...— 7 MAILS. Due. Arrived. Arrived, 493 16 1 4 V, 87+ 75 Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayrez 0 C Jamaica 0 O Cartilage:la 0 1 Leeward Inland.; ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Mexico 1 France 0 0 Sweden O Guernsey & Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH wATZP. AT LONDON BRIDGE TG—MORROW. M;:rning... 44 minutes after 5 I Evening ... 6 minutes after 6. 2 ° ) . r t e; Qt, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1829. The French Papers of Sunday have been re ceived by Express, but their contents are not politically important. HASSAN PACHA, the Governor of Smyrna, died of an apoplectic fit. He was a man of much prudence and sagacity, and was generally beloved : (From the Messoger des Cliambres.) SECOND EDITION. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 10. The Sultan and his Court and the Standard of the Prophet still remain at Ramis Tchillik, or in the Palace of Ejub ; and it is thought that he will not return to the Seraglio till after the evacuation of Adrianople. Halil Paella and his numerous escort have em barked on board a frigate to go to Russia. Smyrna has sustained a severe loss by the death of Hassan Paella, who had an apoplectic tit on his return from the Dardanelles. This Governor was generally esteemed. All nations agree in praising him, for, by his prudence, he was able, in the most critical circumstances, to preserve Smyrna from internal troubles. The Courier de Smyrne contains the following paragraph under the head of Syra : " Count Capo d'lstria is at this moment having a palace erected at Lepanto, in the English style, and barracks for 2,000 men. A body of troops is assembling at Megara, under the name of the Camp of Instruction. Count Trezel is gone thither with two battalions of 500 men. The real object of this expedition is not known." PARIS, DEC. 13. The Moniteur of to-day contains a Royal Ordi nance, dated November 22, countersigned by M. Monthel, which distributes into a special section the sum of one hundred and five millions twenty-two thousand eight hundred francs, granted by the law of the 22d of August last, for the expences of the Department of the Interior during the year 1830. VIENNA, DEC.l.—Metalliques 102k—Four per Cents. 91 k—Bank Shares 1,235. The following are extracts from the Austrian Observer of the 4th inst. Their substance has been anticipated by the French Express : CONSTANTINOPLC, NOV. 10. The news of the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of peace on the 14th September, which took place at Adrianople on the 28th of October, arrived here on the 30th of the same month ; the conditions of the treaty are not however fully pub . . _ _ _ _ lished. The Sultan, with his Court and the Stand ard of the Prophet, still resides in the barracks of Ramis Tchiflek, or his palace at Ejub, and it is supposed that he will not return to the Seraglio till the Russians have left Adrianople, The departure seems only to be retarded by the delay in giving up Ghiurgevo;# meantime the greater part of the Rus sian troops that were in the camp near Adrianople have already commenced their march to the Balkan only the Russian head-quarters still remained in that city. Count Alexis Orloff, one of the Russian Plemi potentiaries at Adrianople, who has been long ex pected here on a special mission from his Sovereign to the Porte, hat not yet arrived. On the other hand, Bahl Pacha, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Porte to the Court of St. Petersburg!), has already embarked, with a numerous suite, on board the frigate which is to convey him to Odessa. Meantime two events have taken place, which are the more to be deplored, as they seem to have been brought about merely by a misunderstand ing. The one is a sanguinary engagement in the first half of October, between the troops under Field Mush! Count Paske witsch, and the Turks under the command of the new Seraskier, with considerable loss on both sides ; the second is a similar, but less sanguinary, engagement, on the 16th October, between a de tachment of the army under the command of Mus tapha Pacha, of Scutari, stationed between Adria nople and Sophia, and the corps of General Gies mar, who had orders to observe the movements of the Pacha. The explanations which have since taken place at Adrianople have put an end to fur ther hostilities, and the good understanding between the troops of the two Powers and their'tomman ders is restored. General Giesmar, however, still remained posted near Sophia at the end of October. The insurrection of the Lubecks, inhabiting a dis trict of Asia Minor, near Gulphessan, which at first threatened to be serious, as these mountaineers had got possession of the town without opposition, ap pears to be drawing to a close, since Ellez Aga, of Scalanuova, has received orders from the Porte to reduce the insurgents to obedience. Smyrna has sustained a very severe loss by the death of Hassan Pacha, who, on his re turn to that city from the Dardanelles, was car ried off by a fit of apoplexy ; the residents - of all nations unanimously agree in bestowing the most unqualified praise on the prudence and firmness with which lie maintained public tranquillity and security at Smyrna, under the most trying circum stances. One of the most agreeable circumstances of late, is the formal revocation by the Porte of the measures adopted two years ago against the Catholic Ar menians. °Me's from the Sultan have been de spatched to the several places in Asia Minor which were assigned to those exiled from the capital as their place of residence, and to announce to them the permission to return to Constantinople, where they will again enjoy the free exercise of their religion. The Turkish fleet, which has been stationed for some months in the Bay of Bujuckdere, under the command of the Capitan Pacha in person, returned to-day to the capital, and anchored before the arse nal. It is believed that the Turkish ships which escaped the catastrophe at Navatin, and have • We learn from Bucharest that Ghiurgevo was given up on the 12th November, since been detained in the harbour of Alexambia, will now soon leave that port to return to Constan tinople. That squadron consists of an old unser viceable ship of 80 guns, six frigates of 44 and .51 guns, seven corvettes of 22 guns, two brigs of 20 guns, and one schooner of 16 guns. MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA. General Kisseleff, appointed President of the Divan:of both Principalities since the death of Count Soltuschin, passed the Danube, at Sistow, on the 20th Nov., and went to Ghiurgevo, and intended to arrive at Bucharest on the 24th. In all the mer cantile towns of that country General Kisseleff an nounced the freedom of trade on the Danube, and also the free exportation of salt from Wallachia. This last measure has caused great satisfaction and joy among the who began to suffer from a scarcity of that article. The corps stationed before Shunda and the second corps, under General Pollen, . have both received orders to set out on their march back to Russia. After the evacuation of Adrianople the Russian head-quarters were to be removed to Selimoro, there to remain for the winter. The cold weather having set in with great se verity,hopes are entertained in the Principalities that it will have a salutary effect in stopping the ravages of the plague. New York Papers to the 25th November have been received, but they contain no news. The decree of the Mexican PRESIDENT for abolishing slavery has, we rather suspect, ap peared in the American Papers already. The articles are,— " 1. Slavery is for ever abolished in the Re- public. " 2. Consequently all those individuals who' until this day, looked upon themselves as slaves, are free. " 3. When the financial situation of tl►e _Re public admit, the proprietors of slaves shall be indemnified, and the indemnification regulated by a law. " And, in order that the present decree may have its full and entire execution, I order it to be printed, published, and circulated to all those whose obligation it is to have it fulfilled. " Given in the Federal Palace of Mexico, on the 15th of September, 1529. " VIGENTO GUERRERO. "LAURENCE DE ZAVALA." The following is an account of the death o a man whose temerity got the better of his dis- creti on :-- SAM PATCH'S DEATH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALBANY DAILY ADVERTISER. Rochester, Nov. 13, 1829. Sam Patch is no more ! He made his last leap from a scaffold erected on the brink of the Falls, this afternoon. The staging was elevated 25 feet. He sprung suddenly from it, and descended about one. third of the distance as handsome as he ever did,— He then evidently began to droop, his arms were ex tended, and his legs separated ; arid in this condi tion lie struck the water, and sank for ever ! It was a fearful leap, and fearfully has it terminated. The prevailing opinion is, that he became lifeless ere he reached the water. He had drank freely during the morning, but was not apparently more overcome than he was on Friday last. It was truly a solemn scene, where so many thousands were witnesses to an immolation which had its origin only in an effort to satisfy the craving appetite of human curiosity. Sam's last request, as 1 understand, was that the funds collected should be sent to his mother, if his adventure should terminate fatally. His body has not yet been found. The heights of the Genesee Falls, down which he jumped, is 100 feet. The staging was 25 feet above the Falls; the distance which he descended was, therefore, 125 feet. (From the New York Morning Herald.) SAM PATCH. —The body of this unfortunate and deluded man has been found. It floated ashore, we are informed, a few rods below the spot of the tra gic scene. The body is said to have been examined by several surgeons, who reported the rupture of a blood vessel. It was observed that he entered the water in a sliding manner, with limbs extended, contrary to his usual way, and that before setting out he had taken an immoderate dose of ardent spirits. Tkat he was a man of intemperate habits, appears from the Lockport Gazette, of the 14th inst., which says—" Sam Patch passed through this village, a few days ago—drunk. Nothing extraor dinary was discovered in his countenance." Yet, with such a character was the man capable of con grecrating together thousands of the populac e w i t hi n the bounds of the corporation of an enlightened vil lage, to witness his presumption and death. From New Orleans we hare Papers to the 28th ult. The Lousiania Advertiser, of the 27th, con tains the following article from Tampico : " The schooner Eclipse, of this port, is reported to have been seen at sea, bottom up, with a hole cut in her side. Two other vessels were also reported bottom up, and lard and flour drifting from them. " The brig Caroline, of Nantz, was upset and sunk on the 10th of September, while lying in the river Panuco, forty miles from Tampico, with a cargo said to be worth 200,000 dollars, and the books of several mercantile houses, which, together with the vessel and cargo, were totally lost. " We learn, by letters of a late date, from Mexico, that the General Government has levied upon all goods which entered the capital 25 per cent. on the original import at Vera Cruz. The addition on liquids is 37i per cent.—National Gazette. NEw ORLEANS, OCT. 31.—Cotton.—Arrived since Oct. 1, 1,661 odes; ditto same time last year, 10,498 ditto; ditto year before, 9,130 ditto. " Export.—Since Oct. 1, 1,294 bales; same time last year, 1,499 ditto; ditto year before, 9,130 ditto. "Stock on hand yesterday, 5,884 bales; ditto earns time last year, 13,364 ditto ; ditto year before, 12.145 ditto. " Freight.—Nominal. Not a vessel loading for Liver pool. _ " Excliange.—On London, 7 a 9 per cent. ; ditto France, sf. 20c. a sf. Ssc. STocirs.—" Louisiana State Bank, full shares, S-sths paid, 8 per cent. pin. offered.—Bank of New Orleans Stock, full shares, half shares, 6 per cent. pin.—Bank of Louisiana, S per cent, offered. PRICES OF STOCKS, Nor. 20. . . _ . - Offered. Asked. United States Sixes, lBl5 lOl% 101% Ditt., ... Four and a Half 1831 lOO% 100% Ditto Canal Sizes'', 1827 lll 112 Ditto Ohio Sixes lB5O lll% 113 Ditto Fives We received this morning the following from our Paris Correspondent : " PARIS, DEC. 13. " It has often occurred to me that the last will of Napoleon, written in the prospect of death, and after a long period of exile, would form a theme of no small interest to a biographical enquirer, since the legatees, who were thus dis- tinguished by the most extraordinary man of his age, must not only have been connected with the testator during some period of his career, but their zea l an d fid e li ty, h ave se cur must, by edthegood opinion of a keen and accurate observer. Some notices of this kind have reached me, which have not yet been submitted to the public eye ; and, as they are calculated to throw some light on the character of Napoleon himself, by showing the motives which guided him in the selection of his friends and depend ents, and the qualities which secured his perma nent good will, I may be induced, from time to time, as opportunities occur, to give you an oc casional sketch of the description to which 1 have just alluded. " General Hoggendorp was a Dutchman of some eminence in his own country, where one if not more of his brothers are still high in office in the Ministry of the King of the Nether lands. His first interview with Napoleon was after Louis Buonaparte had displeased his brother by the assumption of certain airs of in dependence in his government of Holland, which were not consistent with the views of the Em• peror. It is known to have been Napoleon's policy on such occasions, as that on which he meditated the annexation of Holland to the Empire, to make it appear as if the object ori ginated ir. the wish of the people, whom it was his pleasure to transfer from one government to another. He had accordingly directed that a deputation should be appointed to wait upon him, for the purpose of giving him the apology he thought necessary for dethroning his brother Louis, who had displeased him bywinking at infringements on the part of his subjects against what Napo leon was pleased to call his continental system, the object of which was to exclude the manu factures of England from every part of Europe, directly or indirectly, under his controul. At the head of this deputation was General Hog gendorp, who disappointed the Emperor by the view he took of the separate interests of France and Holland, and expressed himself strongly against the annexation of the Low Countries to the Imperial Government. With ordinary men this opposition to an object, which he had so much at heart, would have created enmity and ill will. It was dif ferent with Napoleon, who relied perhaps on the extraordinary power of fascination which he un doubtedly possessed to overcome his scruples, and had the penetration to see that a man who was bold enough to oppose his well known wishes, for the purpose of promoting the true interests of his country, was one in whose fidelity he might safely confide. This was accordingly the course which he pursued with General Hoggendorp, who, though consi derably older than Napoleon, having begun his military career in the service of Frederick the Great, soon felt himself under the influence of that master mind which then swayed the desti nies of Europe. Napoleon probably found that Hoggendorp's education (lid not qualify him to promote his views as a military man ; at least, it appears, that although nominally appointed one of the Emperor's Aides-de-camp, he was never employed in actual service, but was often left in the capacity of civil governor over the places which had been conquered by the imperial arms. On such occasions he was accus tomed to receive strict orders from the Em peror to watch over the proceedings of the French Marshals, and see that they did not commit plunder, or appropriate the spoils of the towns which fell into their hands to their own purposes ; and, from the firmness of Hoggen dorp's character, he was no doubt very well qua lified for such a task. " To give you an idea of the means IN hich Na poleon employed to secure the affections of his adherents, I may mention than Hoggendorp was much afflicted with gout, and that while in attendance on the Emperor, in his quality of Aide-de-camp, his extreme sufferings were often observed by Napoleon, who has frequently got up in the middle of the night and sat down on his old Aide-de-camp's bed-side, to comfort and console him. On one occasion, in the heat of an engagement, Napoleon on turning round saw Hoggendorp on horseback, evidently writh ing in agony, and immediately sent an another officer to him to say that he was permitted to fall into the rear. From the optional terms in which this order was given, General Hoggendorp thought himself at liberty to remain in his place among the officers of the . staff; but such was the extraordinary coolness of Napoleon that, in the midst of the anxieties of a day of battle, lie found leisure to think of the private feelings of those around him, and even to choose his expressions in sending a second message, which made it imperative on Hoggen- ' dorp to retire. " Although he had evidently conceived an attachment for his old Aid-de-camp, yet Napo leon did not except him from the operation of that system which he applied indiscriminately to all around him, and which was that no one should be permitted to amass such a fortune as to enable him to become independent, or to separate himself from the fortunes of his master. Soyez tranquille pour ravenir' was a favourite advice from Na poleon to his dependants, and accordingly when Hoggendorp found himself in the midst of roy alists, without friends, and without money, at the period of the first restoration, he retired to his native country ; but there too his reception was not perfectly to his mind, so that on Napo leon's return from Elba he proceeded to Paris, and offered to serve the Emperor in any department which would not compromise the duty which he owed to his native country. Go then, and assume the government of Nantes,' said Napoleon , and there, accordingly, General Hoggendorp remained till tlfe lapse of the hun dred days, when he found himself still more awkwardly situated than before, and resolved to take shipping for Rio de Janeiro, where he became acquainted with a friend of mine, to whom he had carried letters of introduction from Nantes, and from whom I have obtained the fol lowing particulars. " Hoggendorp, although now far advanced in years, still showed himself possessed of great personal resources. He succeeded in purchasing, although he had not the means of immediately paying for, a small property a few miles from Rio, on which there was a house, but scarcely any furniture. He had brought a single attend ant with him from France, and the two together engaged in a variety of undert a ki ngs f or t h e pr dustry, the last of whi c h was a pose of supporting themselves by their.o wa pro cess ; ) i , extracting the essential oil from the rind of 1111, orange. Lo the meantime he had presented 11,'.e. self at the court of Don John VI., and be' l resel tt come a great personal f a vourite of the p i i o Emperor D on P e d ro , who was accusto med ride out of an evening, without attenda nt '' . t i , General Hoggendorp's little farm, to 0° ; with him on matters of great importance.. such interviews it was not a little extraordinat:i to see the s e lf p os session with which die General would receive the future Empero r, in s chamber which had no other furniture ° rough oaken table, and a few wooden bad'', ranged around the wall s . The money t' ece ', sary for the speculations in which he had C':l gaged, and which, as might have been esV ete proved uniformly unsuccessful, was advanc e by the friend to whom I have alluded, who, l' Yf ever, since the old man's death, has been ro ll ': bursed by his relations in Holland. 11 l death, as well as in his life, there was sometial; extraordinary. The person, half friend, ha lf (I°' 'nestle, who resided with him, came down 01 1 day to Rio, to announce that the General ° no more. My friend thought it was his OP to wait on Don Pedro, and mention the circer' l stance, when the Prince gave orders tha t the General should be respectably interred at 11 15 own expellee. The servant, however , on 11,i return home was surprised to find that master was still alive, having recovere from a lethargic stupor into which he had pre' viously fallen. In the mean time all the neces' sary preparations had been made at Rio for to interment ; and my friend, on going out nex t morning, to superintend the details of the filt iv ' was in his turn surprised to find the Illi' t3l : e n which had been commited, but which pro ved be only a very short anticipation of the f act ' e as he received the old man's blessing anti his l sigh before setting out again for Rio. Had be e lived a very few days longer, he would ha Y i had, to him the unspeakable satisfactio n, knowing that he had been remembered by poleon in his last will,—an honour, undoubto of more intrinsic value than the crowns ".I', coronets which wer e l av i s hed with such Pt°.l`ls sion by this ext raor di nar y man in the days of hi power." hi s resv The Duke of CUMBERLAND left deuce at Kew yesterday morning a t ten n'cL' ck for J ot er ioyypau at hie i c es e l g r e i:s i i r r i : N n V pe i eo n d L s a o pt r Cg P la a: vr k ee , ma o o n ngt a r: : visit bdteoi tie kt to bassador, the Princess Latrine, some of the Foreign nisters and their Ladies, and a select parts' lity and Gantry. Some of the party are expected to $ t 3 l on a visit to his Royal Highness for two or three dal.' 1 ft The Earl and Countess of VERuLtof -e : their residence near St. Albans, Herta, on SundlY' company with the Duke and Duchess of Gt.oucts Os ' (who bad been staying for some dare on a visit t° t i , Earl and Countess), and proceeded to the residence oil', Marquis and Marchiones: of SALIIBURY, at Hatfield. '- Dowager Marchioness of SALISBURY, the 110 n. S il t it. t . ; \VILLEBLET (daughters of Lord COWLEY), an d a P a- ia of the Nobility and Gentry have arrived at Hatfield to uJ present at the annnual ball given by the 3 11 i r q uii ed o f the :S* 1 ) 1- Mar clrioness this evening. Other festivities a re rapect to take place. The Earl of ABERDEEN had an intervle w with the Duke of WELLING TON yesterd ay at the Trea ol • The Duke of WELLINGTox visited the Siamese youths yesterday, at the Egyptian.hall, a nd ' fr ? t ti f, the number of his inqui r i es , w as ev idently interest ed 'al them. The king of DENMARK 110 been giving ge ; veral concerts : at one of them his MAJESTY Sod Pr i !, CHILIIITIAN presented Mr. Moscumrs, at the cond o" ; of his performance on the grand pianoforte, with aPletbi did diamond ring and a gold snuff-box, expressing,, at same time, their approbation of his performance la gratifying terms. mister, L e ou la is M'L dyan a d uz, family of ti a At hiser Elicticen Esq., arrived residence, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, on SIT American ;; 1. ni last, after a quick passage, in the packet ship Cain gt from New York. The carpenters at the Adelphi are beginit,_A 6 to tremble for their situations. The e l e phant obee f uo some sails loosened on the stage a few morn ings ago, W- o• she quietly seized a hammer, and ver y d e liberately P r o ceeded to fasten them. This is a positive fact; 014, think, evinces her extraordi nar y sagac ity more do e ' . than her feats on the stage.—Sunday limes. ult The person convicted of a n i n decent, ass B . o 4 at the Westminster Sessions on Saturday last ',„ol sentenced to six months' imprisonment, was not al" - Jonw HARRIS, as stated in our report, but Jour(' !i v°. THE LORD RECTOR.—We are g l a d to le—, # that the Marquis of Learsnowrre has accepted the n et t' e ship of our University, to whi c h h e was c h ose n by a majority of the students. His Lordship will, of 0 7 0 ,.. visit this city at the time of inst a ll a ti on ; an d it is a ° ' io d likely that the two celebrated poets, CsairesL L Mooar, will accompany him.— Glasgow Free Pro* A new singer has excited some sensation alit Vienna, and it is said that she will probably 10 , ak ,... ie much noise in the musical wo r ld as SoarTaa. about 18 years old, and is the daughter of M a dams u l i:e; BAUM, the vocalist. The young lady in qu es tion ba g ? - 0 0 made a very successful debut, and attracts the difettaritiord less by her beauty than by her singing. This is the t h ' o or fourth lady who has been announced in Germs _ tr ill - likely to replace SoNTAG, without fulfilli ng that eaP7O. tion. The managers of the Theatres at Vienna coui to use the greatest activity and exertions to su pply De v teok A new comic opera was lately brought out, c a lled -tar, o f tiere de Montfermeil, taken from the French vaudei" e that name, the music of which was co m p ose d by CoS a ti Another opera, Der Vampyr, the LINDTAINTES, which has been very popular in the Ili towns of Germany, did not succeed at Vienna ; and b e tto r "" ballet, Gabrielle de Vern, net with scarcely a L ; reception. The revival, however, of an opera whi",',/e played a few years ago, coder the title of the NOW; 00 Raul, taken from an anecdote relative to HATDS, a n d ta d which a vaudeville was founded at Paris, has ett r Lif large houses. The music of this piece is taken et t ";io from the works of that celebrated composer. Sci,,,o popular piece, the Manage d'lnclinadion, has ale° "- well received by the public. STATEMENT Or THE FRENCH JOURNAI". ort —We learn from a recent French P a p er , L e Com?' li te that there are now at Paris 152 Journals, literary , " of tific, and religious, and 17 political—in all 169; these Papers 151 are Constituti o nal Journals—or, ic y )' are called, Liberals. The others a re more blonaro ,. l in their spirit. The 151 C ons tit u ti ona l h ive , it is sta ted' ' 197,000 subscribers, 1,500,000 r ea d ers , a nd proda ce o9' income of 1,155,000 francs; th e 18 o th ers have 21 „: 0 subscribers, 192,000 readers, with an i ncom e of 43740. Besides these Journals publish e d in th e ca pital, ther e d. printed, it is calculated, in the provinces, 75, exclusiveof Papers for advertisements and Government bulletin& 00 0 - the country Journals, 66 are Constitutional, with 861 o f subscribers, 1,400,000 readers, and produce an incom e 750,000 francs. The remaining nine are Itlonsrel lici t i and, with 13,000 subscribers, have 250,000 readerth l : o , their income is about 314,000 f rancs , ma king the s eb t i,.. periodical Press of France amount as f o llows :---C ° _ rl9 l l, tutianal Journal*, 217; sub sc rib ers , 283,000; re*::, o l 2,900,000 ; income, 1,805,000 f rancs . Monar e Zo; Journals, 27 ; subscribers, 34,000; readers, 44 0 1. ineome, 751,000 francs. M a ki ng a t o t a l o f 244 Jourti._,,, 317,000 subscribers, 3,342,000 readers, and a total of 2,546,000 km*