The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-05 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. For some tuat_past - a, considerable sensation has bean produeeel7lVthe nainkt2f, .several of the in. habitant= sot' -Irine:.:ci:Alttinted, Nlinerva-terrace, itl the r;ki,tatmi-ronikhrsrOussopleitce of the total dinap. retseanee of .t- kW ljli telly 'tire Vt'llpier of tatemises- near i v r -rg e irsii4ta ti - Alland chapel, in the . above roast, ',.tetati,Jl, appears, is unmarried. has IK-vn h of time at Brixton, mad became 'tenant of the house in Minerva-teracr, which she furnished in a very elegant manner ; and krl sr very retired life, no person living in the house with her, except nn old female attendant. This lady, !however, was in the habit of walking about the neighbourhood of a morning, and from that circum stance she was only known to the neighbours, no intercourse having taken place between them, Miss Norton being always extremely reserved in her man- Pier', exhibiting a disinclination to mix in society, ot• even to be on familiar terms with her ittiktediate neighbours. About seven werica hgo she dis charged the only person who resided in the house' h lier—the female servant ; and from that period tip to the present time the house has been shut up, no person ever coating forward to answer the door, wine!' lias been frequently knocked at by the neigh hoers, who were much surprised at the circumstance, knovvlsig that the occupant had not expressed her inrontion of quitting the place to aby or the trades people with whom she dealt . , neither had any of the furniture, which is of a valuable description, been removed. Fitter the house had been closed about a week, and the lady who occupied it still invisible, sonic inquiries were set on foot to ascer tain wh;st had become of her, and for this purpose every method was tried to discover some of her friends or relations, in order to communicate the cir cumstance to them, but none were to be found. The. matter here rested from the IGth of November, the house remaining still closed, and no appearanee'l of Miss Norton ; until at length the inhabitants re siding near the spot, fearful that she might have been murdered in the house, wrote to the landlord describing the mysterious disappearance of his te nant, and the facts relative to the house having been closely shut up ever since the period above specified. The landlord, on receipt of the communication, pro ceeded to Union-hall police-office yesterday, and pro ducing the letter alluded to, the magistrate (Mr. Swabey) immediately gave directions to the chief constable to proceed forthwith to the residence of the lady, and either obtain entrance by forcing open the hall-door, or through some of the windows. Another officer accompanied the chief constable to Minerva-terrace, and they returned to the office in about two hours, and gave the following account of the business upon vtliich they were sent :—Having knocked for some time at the door of the house, and no person answering it, they proceeded into the garden of the next house, and from thence got over into the one belonging to Miss Norton ; they succeeded in throwing up the sash of the back parlour window, and managed to enter the room upon drawing hack the bolts of the shutters. They then went into the different rooms on the ground floor, and in one of them found the carcasses of a dog and cat ; that of the latter was nearly demo lished with the exception of the head, and it is conjec tured that the dog, while in a state of starvation, had killed and devoured it, and then died itself from the effects of hunger. On the officers pro ceeding up stairs to the attics, in the back one, lying in the bed, they discovered the unfortunate lady, who appeared to be almost in a dying state.— On hearing the noise produced by their entrance into the room, she feebly turned round in the bed, and, in a scream of terror, exclaimed, " You are come to poison me." . The officers did every thing in their power to allay the state of alarm and agitation into which their presence had at first thrown her, and after a little time she became more composed, but from her manner and behaviour it was evident that the unfortunate woman was. labouring under insa nity. She raved about her sister, and talked in an incoherent strain during the time the officers remained in the room. On going over the house no provision of any. description was found in it, with the excep-. tion of a few mouldy pieces of bread in one of the . cupboards ; and from the state to which she was reduced, the bones being nearly ready to start through the skin, there is every reason to believe that she has not tasted a morsel of food front the day on which the house was first shut up, seven weeks ago, until that time. The chief constable and the landlord, who was present, immediately sent for a medical man, and some slight refreshment hav tug been administered to her after her long absti nence, it seemed to revive her considerably. to the room with the unfortunate lady were two cages containing two dead Canary birds which died from starvation, 'their stock of seed and water being ex hausted ; and the great probability is, that their unfortunate mistress could not have survived the week out, had not intimation been given to the magistrate, who directed the house to he broken into, if there was no other method of obtaining an entrance. From inquiries we have made in the neighbour hood, we have been informed that Miss Norton has a comfortable independence; but her relatives are unknown to any of the inhabitants, owing to the secluded manner in which she has lived ever since slit came to reside there. She appears to be about 34 years of age ; and, although now almost reduced to a skeleton, still her features denote her to have been a handsome woman when in health. Great commiseration has been excited in the un fortunate lady's behalf ; and although her friends are at present unknown to those who have witnessed the lamentable state in which she was found, every exertion will be used to find them ; and in the mean time due attention and care will be paid to the poor invalid, who at present labours under one of the heaviest of human afflictions—namely, the loss of reason. There were relieved at the Bethnal-green Board, on Tuesday afternoon, 3,471 persons. Iltt. S lELD.—Yesterday the remains of this musician were removed from his late residence in Berners street, for Westminster Abbey. The following friends attended—viz., Croasdale, Cusac, Broadwood, Valentine Blake, John Bernard Cramer, Vincent Novella, John Taylor (late Editor of The Sun), and Alexander Parkinson ; and the private carriages of John Fuller,. of Devonshire place, and Thomas Broadwood. , The coffin bore the in scription—" William Shield, Esq. died January 23, 1829, aged 80." THE PANTOMIMES.—The whole of these an nual entertainments have been very successful this season. ['he following is an estimate of the expenses attending each of the pantomimes, both at the major and minor esta blishments—it may be fully relied upon : Drury-lane, about.. Covent-garden The Adelphi 5OO The Surrey The Coburg 4OO The Pavilion The Olympic making an aggregate of 4,9761. for providing enjoyment for the holyday folk. Sadler's Wells is not included in the above sum, as that establishment (contrary to its practice for time immemorial) produced no pantomimic Christmas entertainment.—Morning Paper. The Journal cm Havre contains the follow ing article :—" The American Captain Cornick, who for a long period made voyages from the United States to Havre, and vice versa, on hoard the Jefferson, lately freighted at London to the Brazilian Consul, the new vessel James Cropper . , of 600 tons, which is now under his command, and in which he went to Plymouth, to take on board 400 Portuguese refugees. The winds which have prevailed since his departure from Plymouth, lead us to suppose that Captain Carsick must have reached, some days ago, the place of his destination, which is known to us, but which we are unwilling to make public, through fear of compromising the plan and intentions of the Por tuguese Constitutionalists. The issue, moreover, must shortly reveal a circumstance upon which we consiler it expedient to he silent at present, in the interest of a cause which is dear to us, and which we are anxious to serve by our reserve and discretion, if unable to serve it in any [her Way." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette etc Frantz, dated Feb. 3.) Pit:!, CFts. 2.—The three Ambassadors have arrived at Naples. Mr. Stratford Canning arrived there on the 14th. Count Guilleminot landed at Baia On the 16th, and the frigate which had M. de Ribeatipierre on board, entered the bay of Naples on the morning of the ITO, Sti.tS ; JA!'.l‘ Thereis now in the-Lazzaretto a this town ) a rrench courier who left Constan tinople on the sth, or according to others, on the Bth ; it is said that he has brought prirate letters which have given rise to various reports. Thus, it is said, that a qussian frigate belonging to the fleet of Admiral Greig suddenly appeared, bearing a flag of truce ) at the entrance of the Bosphorus, and de- Fired permission to proceed to the capital, and that the Governor of the fort at length granted the re quest, after he had received orders on the subject. The appearance of this frigate, which had no other object than an exchange of prisoners, naturally excited a great sensation, and the more so, as it nearly coincided with the arrival of a French Agent, M. Jaubert, to whose proposals it appears that the Reis Effendi has lent a favourable ear. All kinds of pacific news were immediately in circulation. The next mail from Constantinople trill inform us what truth there is in these reports. The Augsburgh Gazette adds, that letters from Vienna of 24th January again affirm that despatches, the contexts of which were pacific, had arrived, and that Lord Cowley, the English Ambassador, had sent a Courier to London with despatches, which re lated to the honourable reception that M. Jaubert had met with at Constantinople. (From the Messager des Chumbres of Feb. 2.) FEB. Russian Diplomatic Envoy ar rived at Paris the day before yesterday, and delivered to the Ambassador of his Sovereign despatches, which are said to 'he important. A letter from Rome, of the 22d January, says, his Excellency the Marquis de Ribeaupiere, the Ambas sador from the Emperor of Russia to the Ottoman Porte, arrived at Rome on the 20th of this month; he came from Naples. (From the Constitutionnel of Feb. 2.) PARim, FEB. 2.—The Ministry complains of the suspicions of which it is the object, but it depends on itself to make them cease. Let it speak and act boldly in the principles of the constitution. So long as facts contradict words—so long as the Scides of M. Villele fill the principal offices—the security of its protestations will he doubted. Doubts would no longer exist if M. Ravez entered the Chamber of Peers. (From the Journal des Debuts of Monday.) PARIS, FEB. 2.—lf we consider each member of the Alinistty apart, each seems worthy of our praise, but all together we feel less disposed to be pleased with them. What is the reason ? They wait : and all their conduct is by that means best explained. After all, this species of policy is that which is now most becoming. They have not wished themselves tO make a choice—they have awaited the Cham bers, and their interference. FR P;NCH Fuans.—Five per Cents., 1091. 60c. 75e. ; Four and a half per Cents., 1021.; Three per Cents., 75f. 60r. 80r. ; Bank Actions, 1800 f. FOREIGN FUNRS.-Neapolitan Renter, Fal. Cer. '79f. 35c. 65c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 76. ; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 47. 46i; ifavian Loan, 4721. 50e. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN. At four o'clock yesterday the LORD MAYOR or dered the books to be closed, and soon afterwards stated the *result to be— Mr. Sheriff Copeland 2BO Mr. Dove Majority - in favour of the Sheriff so It had been . previously agreed to between the parties that this meeting should not be final ; but that if it should be thought necessary to institute a scrutiny, the candidate requiring it might signify his intention on Friday, to which day the Wardmote should be adjourned. Sheriff COPEI.AND addressed the Wardmote. lle sahtted the assembled multitude as- their Alderman, and he took to himself great' pride in having been able, notwithstanding the great exertions of his 'op ponent, to stand so high above that gentleman on the poll.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. DOVE thought the worthy Sheriff rather premature in dubbing himself Alderman. It might happen, that on Friday next a scrutiny would be required, which might make an awful change in his fortunes. The most virulent attacks had been made upon him (Mr. Dove) in the progress'Of the elec tion. Insinuations bad been cast upon his birth, parentage, education, and respectability. As for education, some estimate might be formed of the worthy sheriff's qualifications in that way, from the fact, that even the few words which issued from his lips were first committed to paper--(liivws, and cheers) —and as for the other requisites, he threw doWn the gauntlet most unwillingly. Yesterday the. worthy gentleman required to be prompted by the two under-sheriffs, who supplied him with a few words.--(Loud • disapprobation.)—He (Mr. Dove) had had to encounter a vast deal. The wardmote was then adjourned, We are informed by an eminent professional gentleman, that Madame Pasta has made a larger fortnne than was ever made in England, by a professional singer, within an equal period. Last year Madame Pasta attended to her professional duties assiduously throughout the whole year, and not, as in ordinary cases, confining her exertions to the season. We are credibly informed thit her nett re ceipts within the year were nearly 17,000/. sterling.— Observer. The differences between the Paris bankers and the Caisse d'Amortissement, relative to the sum of 5,000,000 francs (about 200,0001.), advanced by them to M. de Villele at the time he was in power, give rise to a good deal of discussion among the merchants connected isith France, and vvious conjectures as to the mode in which that Rum was to be employed by the ex-Minister. It is the more general opinion, that it has been expended in the service of the Apostolicals of Spain, who were no toriously in possession of resources at a time when it was a perfect mystery from whence they came to the rest of the world. It is expected, unless the ex-Minister is re li eve d from the responsibility he is at present under to repay the money, that some very curious disclosures will shortly be made on this subject. The Monilcur of Sunday publishes the prices of grain in the different provinces of France, together with the scale for regulating the export or import of corn. It may perhaps be useful to some of our read rrs, to he re minded, that for the purposes of the French corn law France is divided into departments or markets of four classes, and that exportation as well as importation is pro hibited at certain prices, which vary in these different dis tricts. In the first, the limit of exportation is 26 franca the hectolitre (or measure of nearly three bushels), and of importation 24 francs; in the second, the limit of expor tation is 24 francs, and of importation 22 francs; in the third, the limit of exportation is 22 francs, and of impor tation 20 francs ; and in the fourth, the limit of exporta tion is 20 francs, and of importa!ion 18 francs. When prices reach respectively in these different classes, 213, 24, 22, or 20 francs the hectolitre, an order is issued by the Government to prevent exportation ; and when they reach 24, 22, 20, and IS respectively, no importation is permitted into the different districts spe cified, but upon payment of a heavy duty. Within a very little additional fall of prices below those limits, foreign corn is entirely excluded. A. present exportation is allowed in the first and second classes of departments, where tha price of wheat Is respectively 12 francs 69 centimes, and 21 francs 37 centimes. In the third class, which includes the great market of the capital, exportation is prohibited as the prices rise to 25f. 41c., while the limit of exporta tion is only 22f. In the fourth class, likewise, which in cludes the town of Nantes, and several other populous dis tricts, exportation is prohibited, and importation is free, the price of wheat having mounted to 23 francs 74 cen times. By these details it will be seen that France can afford a very short supply to England, the prices being high for that country, and the nearest markets being abso lutely shut. By the way, it may he remarked, that the ascending and descending scale of duties, for the invention of which the late Lord Liverpool got so much credit, seems to have been burrowed in principle from the French corn laws. PRICES OF IRISH EIT4 Ks, DUBLIN, FEE. 2. . , Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3 per cent. 95 National National Ditto — Ditto, New 4 per Cent lOl% Hibernian Rank ItiTi Gov. Deb. 34 percent.... 9634 Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock ... ...... Royal ]rich Mine ,— Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent — Mining Co of Ireland ...... . Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c — Commercial Buildings....... HIGH WATER AT LONDON ERIDOI To-mcoputovv. Mcrnine minutes after 2.1 Evening....l2 minute,' after 4. COLOSSEUM. TICKETS for PARTIES, or SINGLE TICKETS. nt Five Shillings each for Admission to the COLOSSEUM, prior to its final completion, to view the Interior of the Building—the Rooms preparing fin• Annual Subscribers—and the Conservatories, may be had at the North Lodge of the Colosseum ; at Sams' Library, St. James'•-street ; Ebers', New Bond-street ; Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Moon, Boys, and Graves, No. 6. ; Ackerman's, Regent-street and Strand ; Taylor's Architectural Library, Holborn ; Carpenter's Library, Holborn ; Harris's Juvenile Library, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Phrney, Bookseller, 17, Fleet -street; Royal Exchange ; and the Minerva Library, Leadenhall-street. The Building will continue OPEN DAILY, front Ten to Four, during the next week. br . 114 , lillll‹* LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1829. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. This long expected day has at length arrived —arid public anxiety was nover more intense to learn the particulars of the KING'S Speech, be.: cause on no former occasion was there a subject of such vital importance understood to be rc- commended to Parliament. The happy settlement of that Question—Civil and Religious Liberty—will confer an endless blebsing upon the nation, and give an enviable immortality to that Minister who has the firmness to recommend—to that Parliament whose wisdom shall sanction—and to that Gracious Monarch whose benevolence and virtue shall give the Royal Assent to the most just—the most sacred Bill which was ever presented to a British Sovereign, for the benefit of his people. But we are only writing in anticipation of what the next hour will confirm, or-but let us not despair. Early this morning the usual preparations for the opening of Parliament commenced—and were proceeded with till nearly two o'clock, when crowds of people began to assemble at both Houses of Parliament. At two o'clock Parliament was opened by his AIAJESTY's Commissioners, consisting of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WEL LINGTON, Earl Sir ArrEssumr; Eirt BA- THURST, and Lord ELLENBOROUGU. There were very few Peers in the House, amongst them we observed the -- Dukes of CLARENCE and RICHMOND, and Lords GODERICH, BEXLEV, HILL, and Ton- RINGTON. There were five Bishops ' pre- sent, amongst whom wire those of Lox- DON and LLANDAFF. The opposition benches were filled with an unusual number of Peeresses and elegantly-attired Ladies. The Members of the House of Commons having been summoned to the Bar by the Usher of the Black Rod, and the Commission having been read, The LORD CHANCELLOR then read the fol- lowing Speech : " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " his MAJESTY commands us to inform you that he continues to receive from his Allies, and gene rally from all Princes and States, the AiSUralleo of their unabated desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with his MAJESTY. " Under the Mediation of His MAJESTY the Preliminaries of a Treaty of Peace between his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, and the Republic of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, have been signed and ratified. " hlis MAJESTY has concluded a Convention with the King of Spain, for the final Settlement of the Claims of British and Spanish Subjects preferred under the Treaty signed at Madrid on the I 2th March, 1523. " His MAJESTY has directed a Copy of this Con vention to be laid before you, and MS MAJESTY relics upon your assistance to enable him to execute some of its Provisions. " His MAJESTY laments that his Diplomatic rela tions with Portugal are still necessarily suspended. " Deeply interested ii► the prosperity of the Portu guese Monarchy, His MAJESTY has entered into Ne gociations with the Head of the House of Bra ganza, in the hope of terminating a state of Affairs which . is incompatible with the permanent tran quillity and welfare of Pot tugal. " his MAJESTY commands us to assure you, that he has laboured unremittingly to fulfill the stipula dons of the Treaty of the 6th July, 1827, and to effect, in concert with his Allies, the pacification of Greece. " The Morea has been liberated from the presence of the Egyptian and Turkish Forces. " This important object has been accomplished by the successful exertions of the Naval Forces of His MAJESTY, and of his Allies, which led to a con vention with the Pacha of Egypt; and finally, by the skilful disposition and exemplary conduct of the French Army, acting by the command of His Most Christian MAJESTY on the behalf of the Alliance. " The troops of his Most Christian MAJESTY' having completed the task assigned to . them by the Allies, have commenced their return to France. " It is with great satisfaction that his MAJESTY informs you, that during the whole of these opera tions the most cordial union has subsisted between the forces of the three Powers by sea and land. " His MAJESTY deplores the continuance of hosti lities between the Emperor of Russia, and the Ot toman Porte. His Imperial Majesty, in the prosecution of those hostilities, has considered it necessary to re sume the exercise of his belligerent rights in the Mediterranean, and has established a blockade of the Dardanelles. " From the operation of this Blockade, those com mercial enterprises of his MAJESTY'S subjects have been exempted, which were undertaken upon the faith of his MAJESTY'S declaratioa to his Parliament respecting the neutrality of the Mediterranean Sea. " Although it has become indispensable for His MAJESTY and the King of France to suspend the co-operation of their farces with those of llis Im perial Majesty, in consequence of this resumption of the exercise of His Belligerent Rights, the best understanding prevails between the three Powers in their endeavours to'accomplish the remaining objects of the Treaty of London. " GENTLEMEN OP TOE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " We are commanded by his MAJESTY to acquaint you, that the Estimates for the current year will forthwith be laid before you. " his MAJESTY relies on ycur readiness to grant the necessary Supplies with a just regard to the exigencies of the public service, and to the economy which his MAJESTY is anxious to enforce in every department of the State. " His MAJESTY has the satisfaction to announce to you the continued Improvement of the Revenue. The progressive increase in that Branch of it which is derived from articles of internal consumption, is peculiarly gratifying to His MAJESTY, as affording a decisive indication of the stability of the Nations resources, and of the increased comfort and pro sperity of his People. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " The State of Ireland has been the object of IliS MAJESTY'S continued solicitude. " His MAJESTY laments that, in that part of the United Kingdom, an Association should still exist, which is dangerous to the • Public Peace, and incon sistent with the Spirit of the Constitution, which keeps alive discord and amongst His MA JESTY'S Subjects, and which must, if permitted to continue, effectually obstruct every effort perma ncntly to improve the conditiom of Ireland. " His MAJESTY confidently relies on the wisdom and on the support of his Parliament, and his MA JESTY feels assured thnt you will commit to him such powers as may enable his MAJESTY to main tain his just authority. " His MAJESTY recommends, that when this essential object shall have been accomplished, you should take into your. deliberate consideration the whole condition of Ireland ; and that you should re view the Laws which impose. Civil Disabilities on his MAJESTY'S Roman Catholic Subjects. You•will consider whether the removal of those disabilities can be effected consistently with the full and permanent security of our Establishments in Church and State, with the maintenance of the Reformed Religion established by Law, and of the Rights and Privileges of the Bishops and of the Clergy of this Realm, and of the Churches com mitted to their charge. " These are institutions which must ever be held sacred in this Protestant Kingdom, and which it is the duty and the determinaticn of his MAJESTY to preserve inviolate• " Ills MAJESTY most earnestly recommends to you to enter upon the consideration of a snbject of such paramount importance, deeply interest ing to the best feelings of his people, and involving the tranquillity and concord of the United Kingdom, with the temper and the mode ration which will best ensure the successful issue of your Deliberations." The French Papers are very barren of any news of political i►►terest. The Chambers have not yet regularly proceeded to business, being principally occupied in preliminary matters. According to accounts from Naples, it appears that the three Ambassadors have arrived there from the 14th to the 17th January. The mis s sion of Al. JAUBERT to Constantinople is said to be favourably entertained by the PORTE, but we think that little credit is due to many of the reports upon this subject. In the meantime, both the. Turks and Russians are unremitting in their preparations for the ensuing campaign. German Papers of the 29th ult. have been received, and, as usual, contradict the truth of the last reports. 'Hie Turks are now said to be averse to any adjustment of the quarrel through the mediation of the Allied Powers. In fact, w e think the Russians must make a much deeper impression, by means of their arms, before t hey can hope to convince the Turks, through mediation, even if supported by half a dozen Ambassadors. If the following accounts may b e credited, the Turks arc resolved to call out large bodies of men—but will they come ? VIENNA, JAN. 2S. The report that was in circulation here, that the Porte hal acceded to the mediating Powers, and invited the Am bassadors of France and England to return to Constanti nople, is not confirmed, and app ears to h ave or i g i nate d i n a stock-jobbing speculation. A Russian courier arrived here to-day on his way to Italy, and an English courier arrived from London. Count Zeppelin, the universally esteemed Ambassador of the King of Wurtemburg, died here yesterday afternoon, after a long and painful illness. Their Imperial Ma jesties showed him the most generous attention during his illness. FRONTIERS OF SERVIA, JAN• 13. The latest accounts from Sarajevo, of the 2d inst. Bay , that the following troops are ordered to tAke the field— from Bosnia (where the insurreetioa appears to be suppressed) and from Albania, viz. from Bosnia 30,000 men at the beginning of January, and 30,000 more at the end of the `daq►e month. From Albania, 50,000 men, under the Paella of Scutari ; 20,000 under the Paella of Jenibaz it ; and 20,000 men who will be under the command of the Rich& of Bosnia. The above - numbers are correct ; but the possibility of bringing such masses into the field seems very problematical. An account, received by way of Bel grade, says that part of the Bosniaks passed through Nils► in December, and that the late finnan, received by Prince Milosch from Constantinople, related to the subsistence of these troops. BUCHAREST, JAN. 9. Nothing new hart arrived here, and we hear no more of the advance of Tchapan Oglou. FRONTIEAR OF WALLACHIA, SAN. 12. The Pacha of Widdin makes bitter complaints of the want of provisions, and now that he has received rein forcements is as distressed as he was before when be asked for troops. He has quartered his cavalry at the distance of several miles in the country about the fortress, with direc tions to provide for their own subsistence. The country people are thus exposed to all kinds of extortion, and al ready begin to fly into the forests with their property. In Bosnia tranquillity is pretty well restored, and the Divan regularly holds its sittings in Travnik. However, a de putation is to go to Constantinople, with the permission of the Vizier, to make representations to the Sultan, and to ask new securities for tke privileges of the province, that there may be no ground for future complaint. The calm and judicious conduct of the present Vizier seems to have gained him the good will of the people, and to have restored order. These last statements, however, require confirmation, as they do not rest on sufficient authority.— The .same may be said of the accounts in circulation rela tive to Albania, which speak of a revolt of the Albanians against the Pacha of Scutari and Ochuda. . The Pacha of Scutari, it is said, cannot obey the orders of the Porte to march to Macedonia, because be is in a manner besieged in Scutari. The intrigues of • foreign adven turers, who distribute money among the people, are assigned as the cause of this insurrection, which is supposed to be connected with the Greek insur rection. The Porte, however, has force enough in Mace donia to make itself ol4yed in Albania, if there should be really any foundation for the report of hostilities having broken out there. VIENNA, JAN. 23.—Meta11iques, 97 I; Bank Shares, ,169. JAR. 24.—Meta11iquea, 97 7-6 the; Bank Shares, 1,111. It appears, by news from Paris, that the Por tuguese Rehigees on board of the four transports which were said to have been denied admittance into Terceira, by the British cruisers, have ar rived safely at Brest. Brussels Papers of yesterday's date have been received, but their contents are unimportant. Halifax Papers, to the 11th January, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The following arc the only con- ents worth extracting : The Representatives of the County of Halifax (S. G. Archibald and Laurence Hai tshorn) waited on the Hon. M. Wallace, and presented an Address from the district of Pictou, signed by upwards of 840 of the inhabitants of Ih: t flourishing portion of the province, on his resignation m • tie reins of Government. The Address is dated De eernwr 23, and expresses, in very strong terms, the bene fits the country has enjoyed, ari.ing from his paternal soli citude for the general welfwe of the country during his li mited administration. The Address must have been par ticularly gratifying to the feelings of that worthy indivi dual. Its sentiments are in accordance with those ex pressed by the community, and are the same that are en tertained by the inhabitants of the province generally. An appropriate reply to the Address was made by the Magis trates and other inhabitants of Neon. It is extremely gratifying to observe that in New Brunswick the Assembly are proceeding in their deliberations with the utmost har mony among themselves, and a good understanding be tween them and Sir Howard Douglas. TUE VUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELIR e'CLoez. In the midst of theintense interest which attaches to the proceedings in both Houses of Parliament this afternoon, another topic be also excited some interest in the City, viz. the arrival .at 13reot of four of the transports which sailed with the Portuguese emigrants, after having been prevented landing at Terceira ; an express has arrived at Paris to this effect, and further information may be hourly expected relative to this affair, and, if report states facts, circumstances bare occurred that must and will call loudly for a serious explanation of this transaction ; the transports, all of which were English vessels, have been fired at, and three of the parties un board of one of them in consequence have lost their lives. - Whether they were fired at by the British vessels of war, or not, is not distinctly ascertained, but lives have been sacrificed, and the guilty party to this charge ►ill have to account for a foul and deliberate mur der against a body of unfortunate and unarmed-men, in the course of a legitimate voyage openly taken, and so little ceremony used to conceal their destination, that at the period of the vessels sailing, they were stated as bound to Terceira,lin the regular Lloyd's List published to the whole world. Consols opened this morning at 87H both for money and time, and a good deal of business has been doing, principally for money, at 87fa, and faai for account, and a tendency has been shoWn towards a heavy market, by the sales of several lots of money stock. India Bonds and Exchequer Bills are 66 8 pin. The Foreign Stock Market seems in a very sickly state, and little or no business has been done at the following quotations. In Shares the same depression pervades : Anglo-Mexican Mines are 821 80 dis. ; Imperial Brazil, 38.40 prein ; Colinuhian, 184 18 dis. ; and United Mexican, 29 28 dia. Three per Cent. Consols, 874 4, Ditto, for• A►count, 87f ; India Stock, 239 260 ; Bank Stock, 212 213; India Bonds, 66 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 66 8 pm. Foactou.--Brazilian, 63 4 ; Buenos Ayres, 42+ ; Chilian, 22 # ; Colombian, ns l i l edd f isx. ; :exB l cr a aa n nz i i, 4 l2ia9 , n,2 6 3B 4. B : 4: ; s G i r x ee pet k 14 ce Cent., 2 4 9 ; 4 1% 3 1 0 e x ; i e p a pe n rm , u : F i; i a v n e ,cA p i p er C e nt ., in; :anPortuguese,2l 8 3 l 4 D o 8 di i i Russian,pni Real. i3FI siA ! I i_a 7 on i i 0 siAt e l- 7 ; 6: 045 8 01% p 711 a : n e5xr i sicha,nEl, share;tB 29T TWO O'CLOCK. Console, 871 1. THREE 0' CLOCK, Consol4, 87i a. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) FISII-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. This morning's market exhibited a scanty supply of all the tinder-mentioned kinds of fish, which sold briskly. The following. were the prices : Prime Turbot, each 2os. 051. to 305. OJ. Ditto small, per do. Cod-fish, cacti l7 0 20 (I Soles, per three pairs Fine whitings, per 15.. 5 0 15 0 tc, each H Sea addocks, per dozen 2O 0 30 0 Brill, each Ournetts, each Live Flounders, per quartern Live Eels, per 511, Duch Plaice, per basket 3 0 7 0 Fine Lobsters, per score l5 n 50 0 Inferior ditto lO 0 20 0 Shrimps, per gallon ' 2 6 3 0 Pickled Ilerrings, per 100 Beet Common Oysters, per bushel LIVERPOOL.-Pierce Mahony, of Dublin, arrived on Friday, on his way to London. Mr. ➢Lihony is Parliamentary solicitor to Mr. O'Connell for the ensiling important struggle to obtain a seat in the Imperial Par liament. Letters from Harwich state that the Lord Nelson packet had arrived from Heligoland without the mail, the Elbe king in such a state on account of the floating ice, that none of the boats would convey the bags across to Cuxhaven. SIIIPPING . INTXLIGENCE,-(THI8 DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Fe.B. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Match less, from St. Michael's ; and Liberty, from the Mediterra nean. Arrived from London, the Waterloo, Patridge, for lunaica ; George and William, Nicholas, for the Care; and Caledonia, for St. Vincent's. Powrstorrrn, Fee. 4.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Ar- rived his Majesty's ship Melville, from Gibraltar, and is under quarantine. PLvarouvr. FEB. 3.—Wind S.—Arrived the New Biddeford, Matheson, from St. John's; Reciprocity, Broady, from Lisbon; and Julian, Smith, from Virginia. FALMOUTH, Firs. 3.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived from Bristol, the Sarah, Webber, from Spain. Geer.soce, Fin. 2.—Arrived the Broke, Hardie, from Demerara; Hannibal and Elvira, Grace, from New Orleans. DUBLIN, Frs. 3.--Arrived the Tribnne, Leafier, from Gibraltar; Arena, Buck; Shannon, Jones; and Briton, -, from London. Arrived at St. Helena, and sailed on the Bth of Dec., for London, the Hoogley, Thorne, and Mary. A letter from Liverpool, received this morning, refers to another letter not received respecting the misfortune of the George Wilkinson, from Cocagne to Liverpool, and states that the Captain had been seen, but thought she was not in a dangerous situation. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. IN THE MATTES OF CLEMENTS, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC:. Mr. Wit IGHT, as junior Counsel, on the part of the pe• titioner, and Mr. HORNr., in opposition to the application for a Commission, were heard till one o'clock, when The Loki) Cnia4cEtimit rose tli proceed to the opening of Parliament. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THE KING V. JOHN MOSELEY BIRKS. The SOLICITOR• GENERAL, preyed the judgment of thd Court upon John Moseley Birks, who was convicted of ne gociating for the sale of a situation in Somerset House, in the gift of the Lord Keepei of the. Privy Seal, with a Itlr. John Field. The situation was then held by a Mr. Payne. The prisoner appearing, Lord Tistaxitpatt read over the evidence of the trial. It was an information lodged by the Attorney-General against the defendant for bargaining for the sale of a situ*. tion, which lie represented as worth 400/. per animist, with perquisites. The price agreed for was 2.8001., and the halves of two bank•notes for 100/. were received by defendant. He now put in an affidavit, admitting that he had been concerned in the negociation ; bat stated that he had been induced to do so by a man named Gibbon., who had repre sented to him that the situation was one legally saleable. He had not till afterwards known the nature of the situation. He also put in three other affidavits, as to his general character, in which the defendants stated that they believed him to have been the dupe of others. Mr. F. KELLY addressed the Court in mitigation, and the SOLICITOR.-GENERAL and Mr. Gustwxr in aggravation of punishment. Mr. Justice J. Parke having been engaged as Counsel in the cense, took no part in the consultation on • the bench, and the rest of the Court sentenced hint to one . year's imprisonment in Cold Bath Fields. LIBFL.—TIIE KING V. ACKLAND. Sir J. SCARLETT prayed the judgment of this Court against the defendant, who, it will be recollected, was con victed of a libel on the Magistrates of Bristol. The defendant put in several affidavits, in which he complained of the vindictive manner in which the prosecu tion had originated, and been conducted. Heals° complained of the Jurywhich had tried hint in Bristol,where he contended that it was impossible for him to have had a fair trial. Be fore those affidavits were read, the def. ndant applied to the Court to allow them to be read without the usual fees, as he stated himself to be in extreme indigence, and that he had already paid for them on the last occasion, when he was brought up, and when they were not read. The officer of the Court stated that they were entirely different affidavits and statements of different facts. Lord TENT ERPF.N said that there was no pretence for tle officer refunding the fees. The officer then intimated to the defendant,' hat en the receipt of 4s- 6d. the three affidavits in question would be read, and the defendant paid the . money. After the affi.- , davits had been read, the defendant addressed the Court at considerable length, and had not finished when we went to press. ARCHES COURT. IfAMERTON V. ITAMERTC , I4. Dr. I.USIIINGTON said, in this case Major Hamerton had conformed with the order of the Court, end filed an. affi davit, stat;ng that fresh facts of his wife's adultery with Mr. Emilie had come to his knowledge. He was now prepared to prove that the parties frequently met together in Paris, and under such circumstances that wouhl leave no doubt of an adulterous intercourse. This affidavit was confirmed by the evidence of a gentleman named Gyde, who had been over to Paris for the purpOfie of making in quiries into the conduct of Mrs. Hamerton. • The Learned Counsel, therefore, prayed that the Court would rescind the conclusion it had coma to on a forrner'day, and admit the alleg ition to proof. The Court inquired, if a copy of the affidavit had been served on the Proctor of Mrs. Hamerton. The KING'S ADVOCATE (Counsel for Mrs. Harnerton) Admitted that a copy bad been tendered, but he bad not yet seen it. Sir Jot's: Melon', said that in justice to Major Ha merton, the Court felt hound to rescind its former conclu sion, and to admit the allegation to proof. After a few motions of course had been disposed of, Sir JOH N NICHOLL held a Court of Prerogative, for the special purpose of hearing further arguments in the im portant case of Colvin v. Frazer, relating to theivrill of the late Mr. Farquhar. Dr. PRIM,' MORE addressed the Court on behalf of the next of kin. The learned Counsel commenced by repre senting the great hardship of these proceedings to his clients, who, if the Court should decree against theM, would be reduced from a state of affluence to misery and loin ; hot he trusted that he should be aisle to show that Mr. _Farquhar died intestate, although he w/se bound to admit that if the Other side could clearly prove that the will had heen=fiestroyed without the knowledge br consent of Mr. Farquhar, and the paper now propotinded was an exact copy, the law, however terrible in its consequences, must take its course. The Learned Advocate then west minutely into the evidence, and had nut concluded when our reporter left. LAW NOTICES. • COURT OF CONIMON PLEAS. MIDDLESEX COMMON JURIES APPOINTED. THURSDAY, ril3. b. _ Itsliu v. Milton I Hill v. Hubbard Corset and others v. Jones The above is the last sitting at Nisi Prins in Term, and the sitting• after Tern, is appointed for Friday, Feb. 13. The last sitting in Ten for London will he on Friday, February 6, and after Term, on Saturday the 14th, at ten o'clock on each day. COURTS AT DOCTORS' COMMONS. Sittings appointed in Hilary Term. ARCHES. Before Sir Jonst NicnoLL. Thin sday, February 5 1 Saturday, February 21 Friday, February 13 ADMIRALTY. Fief ire Sir CIIIIISTOPIIP:R ROBINSON. Saturday, February 7 I Tuesday, Fehroary 24 Saturday, February II Friday, March 20: PREROGATIVE. Before Sir JOHN NICHOLL. Monday, February 9 I Wednesday, February 25 Tuesday, February 17 'Thursday, March 19 DELEGATES. Before the SITRILOGATIM. Tuesday, February 10 I Thursday, February 26 Wednesday, February 18 .1 CONSIS'FORY. Before Dr. LustriNGTori. 'Thursday, February 12 I Monday, March 2. Thurad,.y, F e b ruar y 19 The several Courts to sit each day at ten o'clock pre cisely., XCHEQUER. 7, FEB. J. In re Winn. Petition In re Joh❑ May. Petition • of Jones In re Mayor, Rce. of London. Petition of Smedley SES. Mosm an v. Nich olson Livock V. EkTVOr Wood v. Wood. . • I COURT OF -- - -, „ %NC h ave authority to state that none of th e Tit URSDA Animals or Birds have been removed front Ex?ter 'Change, • Culley v. Coleman. Plea The same v. - the same nor will the Collection he disposed of piecemeal ; when the 1 Second ditto time arrives (which will be shortly), the whole will be re- i Farrar v. Allen. Exceptions moved at once to a situation highly suitable. I Halton v. Cove. Ditto HIGII COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDIN- , Santogv. Freitas. Demurrer BUROIL—On Monday last, the Court resumed the con- 1 CAI sideration of Hare's case, When after a. long and animated Bond v. Timson. Part heard discussion on the question, the proceedings against him Colbourn v.Warri.By order were ordered to be quashed. Hare is, therefore, to be itn- • Warry v. Colbourn. Ditto mediate' y liberated. i Merceron v. Jeffcries