The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-23 00:00:00

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. The following event, which occurred in the neigh- , bourbood of Chesham some weeks ago, has much agitated the public mind, and continues to be the subject of conversation in that neibhhourhood:--Ed ward Hitchcock, a phut-dyer and glazier, living near Chesham, on the nth of January took his gt:n and went from home ; he was seen shortly after to enter a wood, called Coppice Wood, in tompany with a ma.) of the name of Wm Hobbs, a labourer; of whose character, little of good can be spike!). In a cr.),trter of an hour the report of a gun was heard, and presently Hobbs came out of the wood ; and as Ise was going away from it was met by Hitchcock's wife arid a gentleman of Chesham, whom business with Hitchcock had caused to go to his house. Hitchcock impaired of him where her husband was ? To which he replied," I don't know, I ha'nt seen him these two hours," and seemed agitated, Tyco slays elapsed, and Hitelico:k did net come home, when a search was directly natdt for him in Coppice Wood, and he was there found under a tree near the skirts of the read, lying on his side, with his hat at his feet, and his gun under his arm, while the ground where his legs and feet lay wete furrowed by the struggles which he had most probably made when in the agonies of death. On a close exami nation, it appeared that his death had been caused by r. gnn-shot wound, the whole charge having made but one perforation, entering at his left cheek, and coming out as his back. An i ►inquest was held before Mr. Cheareley, when Hobbs stated, that im mediately be got into Coppice Wood with the de teased, he separated from him and went to Manila's Wood for a bundle of sticks, and did not see him after. The Jury being impressed that Hitchcock had destroyed i.unself in consequence of the deranged state Hof his affairs, returned a verdict to that effect, with the addition, " that the act was committed whilst Ire was ender the influence of insanity." This ver dict, however, became much talked of, and a day or two after, Hobbs was in a public-house, when a per van told him that he must have shot the deceased, and that he had perhaps done it when carrying the gun on his shoulder, with the muzzle towards him, Hobbs acknowledged that he had shot Hitchcock in the manner suggested. A second inquest was then held on the 12th January, when he made a second deposition to this effect, and a verdict was then re turned, " That Hitchcock was accidentally shot by William Hobbs." Thus matters st-►nd at present, but the public mind in that neighbourhood is far from being satisfied with this result, and it is the opinion of nine out of ten that the truth has not yet transpired ; and that a further and most serious inquiry is requirel. Windsor Express. " BI T ILKING" SYSTEM CONTINUED. 'ln our paper of Monday last we inserted a para graph copied fram the refs° Mail, stating that on the night of Saturday week preceding, about ten o'clock, a violent outrage was committed upon n woman wined Gowenlock, at Wooden Lint Mill in the parish of Kelso, but giving almost no parti • ciders as to the nature or extent of the alleged out rage. 'We have learned the circumstances from good authority, however, and they appear to be nearly these:—About the hour in question the woman Gowenlock had left a neighbour's house, and pro ceeded for a short way along the road in the direc tion of Kelso, when she was suddenly seized by two ruffians, who instantly cra m me d h e r mouth with tow, and then tied her wrists with cords, after which they threw her down and performed the same operation on her legs. From that moment extreme terror rendered her completely insensible, but before her senses forsook her she heard one the ruffians say to the other, " Bring the sack." It appears, however, that when these desperadoes first sprung upon her she had screamed out and made a considerable noise, for the inmates of the house she hail left, hearing sounds indicative of distress, immediately repaired towards the spot whence they proceeded, scared the villains ere they had time to bag their intended vic tim, and found the poor woman in the state we have described, her mouth filled with tow, and her legs and arms firmly tied with cords. She was recovered with difficulty from the swoon into which shu bad been thrown by this sudden attack with its appalling concomitants, and has ever since been in a state of high delirium, with very few intervals of returning sense and reason. During these, however, she men tions the words used by the one to the other, when the operation of binding her hand and foot had been nearly completed. When the intelligence of this horrid atrocity reached the . authorities here, they immediately despatched an active and zealous officer to the spot ; and he has pursued his inquiries with such ability and perseverance, that he has been able to trace the perpetrators of this atrocity to .Edinburgh, where we have little doubt that he will succeed in apprehending them. In the course of following out a clue which he had found, this in dividual, a few nights ago, came in contact with six notorious resurrectionists, all of whom asserted, that the " 13urking" system was still going on; and the facts we have mentioned seem to corroborate the assertion.—Edinbtagh Paper. HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Tuesday last, as one of the Carlow coaches was on Its'way to this city, when a little on this side of Kill, a large stag cleared the wall which bounds the road, pursued by the high mettled buck-hounds belonging to the Officers of the Bth Hussars, stationed at New-bridge. The stag being nearly knocked up, as were also hounds and horsemen, took the road for about two miles. The horses which drew the coach being some of Mr. Purcell's best, set off at full speed, and kept close on the dogs until the stag was caught near Black Church. In fact, the passengers by the coach may be said to have been "in at the death." The coach man, with great skill and dexterity, guided the horses in such a way as to insure the safety of the coach and passen gers, to the surprise of every one who witnessed this extra ordinary spectacle.—Dublin Morning Register. WANT OF SPRING.-Ludicrous words and phrases, happily applied, often survive arguments. A country witness once styled the late Sir Vicary Gibbs, Sir Vinegar Gibbs, and the nickname stuck by the sour cad Judge till his death. Cobhett used to annoy Lord Erskine by styling him " Laird of Clackmannan," a pa tronymic which the Ex-Chancellor was by no means ambi tious of retaining. When Sir John Sinclair was compil ing his elaborate Statistical History of Scotland, it is well known that the clergy were among his principal assistants. One gentleman, the incumbent of a small parish near Peter head, after describing the extent, natural productions, &c. of his parish, remarked that the people were " sober, in dustrious, and plodding, but they wanted spring." This phrase caused a good deal of merriment at the time, and is still a bye-ward in the district. One day after the pub lication of the history, a party of gentlemen happened to dine with the minister, when one of the company having, like Dr. Johnson, forgot that in using wine there is such a thing as moderation; experienced some difficulty in mount ing his horse to depart, when, with one foot in the stir rup, he turned round and stammered out—" I am like your parishioners, I want spring."—lnverness Courier. Such is the bustle in the Post-office at Ox ford, that several extra hands hive been called in to assist. One Committee paid thirty pounds postage for letters one night. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTA;\CE•--IU a family of which there were three sisters, (two of whom are now married ladies in the parish Of Arbuthnott,) the whole three were born on Candlemas morning ; there were five years between each of their births, and the same time al most to a day between each of their marriages.—Perth Courier. BURKE IMPROVED.—A clergyman in Kir riemair, a parish in Forfarshire, has been " improving" on the crimes of this wretch and his as,ociates. As to the foture state of the murderer, thus saith the preacher :—" I do not say that it impossible that his soul may go to heaven, bnt it is altogether improbable, for the holy angels would not keep company with sack a criminal." A gentleman having called for small beer during dinner, the lady of the helve remarked that she teas afraid it IV di dead. " That I should not be surprised at," observed the gentleman, " fir the list time I Was here it:was very bad indeed."—allacclesjield Herald.= FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France of Feb. 21.) PARIS, Fxs. 20.—The Duke de Mortemart, Ambas sador of France to the Court of Russia, arrived at Frank fort on the 10th, and set out the next morning fur St. retersburgh. A Journal of to-day speaks of the departure of the Rus sian Ambassador from Turin in such a manner as to make it appear that it has some political cause; but we know th it Count Woroneow has left Pitdrnont only to go and see his mother, who is ill. It is affirmed that the French frigate stationed in the Tagus will receive orders to quit that coast, or at least to cease to be a focus of conspiracy against the Government of Don Miguel. (From the Jottrnal du Commerce of Friday.) 19.---Letters from Madrid, of tlfe 9th ihstant, say that the paragraph in the speech of the King of France, concerning the new states in America, has produced a painful sensation. In fact it is easy to abserre in it a decided inclination formally to recognise the new governments. It appears besides that the frequent communications between the Cabinet of Madrid and that of London are not confined to the arrangement of the affairs of Portugal. It is affirmed that they relate also to the old American Co lonies ; the Spanish Government flatters itself that the sacrifices it may make in America will be amply com pensated. An express was despatched yesterday frrom Paris for Vienna, by Count d'Appony, the Austrian Ambassador at the French Court. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS k FEB. 20.—Five per Cents., 110 f. Ioc. sc. ; Three per Cents., 76f. 40c. 45c. ; Rank Stock, I,Blof. ; Neapolitan Renter, Cert. Fal. 82f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 78a ; Interminable Spanish An nuities, 481 48. • PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE 0 - CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan Brazilian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 31A Portuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New Ditto, 1821 Thinish ... 65 Spanish, 1821 — Greek Bonds —-- 1821 _ ...._ Ditto, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. HOE —c. Guatirriata — Exchange 251: 30c. Mexican Bonds . — 3 per cent it. 75c. Ditto, 1825 25 4% - EXchange ...... 25f. 30c. LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, FEB. 13.—His Majesty has been pleased tc—day to give a public audience in the palace of Bemposta to a great number of persons. Ilia Majesty happily experiences a progressive improvement in hie health, and paying un wearied attention to the petitions of his faithful subjects, receives tl i etn all with the paternal regard of a monarch, time faithful imitator of the virtues of his ancestors, and under whose auspicious government the Portuguese nation enjoys tranquillity and happiness. On the 11 th inst. at eleven in the morning, a person in the street Embaisaticr, in Bdcm, firing a pistol, it hap- pened that at that moment a guard of the Ist Regiment passing, the ball wounded one of the soldiers in the arm ; fortunately the wound was slight. We relate this fact simply as it passed, and long to see how it will be paintel by those who are charged with the lying correspondence, and how it will appear dressed up in the radical journals of London.—Lisbon Gazette of Feb. 14, inclusive. FRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB. 20. Bank Stock 25215 t. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 per cent - Gov. Stock, 3!3 per cent 93' !National Ditto — Ditto, New 934 Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent lOl i Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3! , ,:, percent.... 963. i Provincial Ditto cns4 Royal Canal Stock —; Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock —i Imperial Mine — City Deli. 4 per cent —l Mining Co. of Ireland — Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. 96% !Commercial Buildings — CtRMAN PAPERS. FRONTIERS or MOLDAVIA, JAN. 26.—The last mail from Jassy, brought the news that the plague has broken out in the military hospitals there, and that both the hos pitals and the houses of the physicians belonging to them are closed against all coMmunication. Since the 18th January, the cold in Moldavia has been very severe, viz. 25 degrees below zero, by Reaumur's thermometer ; on this account 5,000 pelisses were sent from Jassy for the Russian soldiers, who are at work in the open country. Accounts from Bucharest say, that many of the Walla chian Iloyards intend to go to Transylvania, because the apprehension of sudden incursions of the Turks in Wallachia, make it unpleasant to remain in Bucharest. The severe cold has indeed for the present hindered the execution of the attempts prepared at Rudschtlek and Gbittlevo, but it is most probable that the Turks on the return of milder wea ther will repeat their incursions. The Russian army in Wallachia, according to accounts that may be depended upon, is, however, 45,000 strong, and therefore fully com petent to repel such incursions with vigour. JASSY, FEO. I.—Great changes are =kin.; in the Rus sian military administration. Many persons high in office leave the army to fill posts in the interior. Among others our esteemed Governor, Count Pahlen, will lay down his office, and go to St. Petersburgh. He will be succeeded by Major-General Schellerceff. General Count Diebitsch is expected soon to return here; and it is also reported that the Grand Doke Michael, who had intended to go to Italy, will return to the army. The preparations for the supply of the army are immense, and the activity displayed in the organization of the troops that have returned from the campaign is inconceivable. The Turks remain quiet in their fortresses, and a sally which they lately attempted from Ghiurgeto cost them many men. A regiment of dragoons, which General Langeron had armed with lances, is said to have attacked the Turkish cavalry on this occasion with such impetuosity, and to have thrown it into such confusion, that the garrison of Ghiurgevo, fearing that the enemy might enter the town together with the fugitives, shut the gates against the latter, who were cut to pieces under the walls of the fortress. TRIESTE, Fna. 7.—A ship has arrived here to-day in 19 days from Malta, but' it brings no news except that there were in the port when it left, four English ships of the line; one French ship of the line and one frigate ; one Russian ship of the line, wittthe Admiral on board, and four Russian brigs. ODESSA, JAN. 28.—After 14 days severe told, the Welt= ther has become more mild, the snow is melting, and the ice that covered the road is beginning to disappear. BERLIN, FEB. 7. —Our last accounts from St. Peters burgh are to the 27th January. Accounts had been re ceived from Odessa mentioning the negociations at Con stantinople, which afford the unwelcome certainty that though the Porte will agree to the proposals of the French and lEnglish Cabinets, and send Commissioners :0 a Turkish town in the Mediterranean to meet Eng lish and French Commissioners, in order to deliberate on the affairs of Greece, the war between Russia and the Porte must continue. The Porte is said to have de clined an exchange of prisoners, which the Emperor of Russia wished, and it even seems not inclined to make use of the permission which it had before asked of Russia, to send agents to Akermann. The Emperor of Russia has therefore no choice left but again to have recourse to arms, to assert his rights in a second campaign, and compel the Porte to yield. Public opinion at St. Peters burgh is said to be decidedly in favour of war, and the Porte may in the sequel repent its arrogant conduct; for the Russian national pride is now roused, and it may not be so easy to allay it. Here, too, where all the steps of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh seem to be known, public opinion is more than ever against the I'ortc, and more in terest is shown in the cause of Russia than has ever been shown before. It is said that an august personage has expressed his sorrow at the continuance of the war, and at the same time manifested so much in terest for Russia, that it may be concluded that the most cordial friendship subsists between the two Courts. The difference between Brunswick and Hanover begins to as sume a very serious appearance, and it is probable that we shall soon hear more of this matter than might be wished. VIENNA, FEB. 9.—Metalliques, 97 9-16 ; Bank Shares, 1109 ; in the evening, 1110 i. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1829. Nothing of importaz.ce is to be found in the French Papers. The Chamber of Deputies have, for the present Session, withdrawn the articles of impeachment against the Ministry of M. DE VILLELE, in order the better to discuss matters of more im portance to the real interests of France, which are about to he submitted to the consideration of the Legislature. According to accounts in the Brussels Papers, the apprehension of the plague having re-appeared among the Russian troops is unfounded. The medical men had mistaken the illness of a soldier for a case of plague. The intelligence in these and some German Papers is at present favourable to the Russians. To-morrow's arrival will, we presume, do poetical justice to the " much injured Turks!" Dutch Papers of the 21st inst. have been received but are devoid of any fresh news. General GEIS MAR appears to be a man of very rising reputation, and will, judging fiom his late exploits, prove more troublesome to the Twits in the next campaign than they are at present aware of : BERLIN, FEB. 16. The St. Petersburgh Journal contains the following account of the taking of Kali by the Russians. From this it appears that the Russian troops were commanded on this occasion by General Geismar (not Gorman, as errone ously stated in the account from Bucharest), and that the Nell- who was taken prisoner, was the same Ibrahim Pacha who was Governor of Silistria during the late siege. THE HAGUE, PEE. 19. This being the birth-day of his Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Prince of Orange, was kept with the usual ceremony. His Royal Highness completed the 12th year of his age. The following are extracts from Hamburgh Papers of the 18th inst. : IVALLACHIA, JAN. 23. The had weather still continues and interrupts almost all communication, in consequence of this the price of provi sions have risen to an alarming height, being now nearly 300 per cent. dearer than usual. An okka of flour, usually six paras, now costs eighteen, and a load of wood has risen from six or seven piastres to thirty. The poor are of course in very great distress, and it is expected that the magis trates will speedily take the most suitable measures to re medy a state of things which excites the greatest apprehen • sions. VIENNA, FEE. 12. It is said that the 16th inst. is fixed for the marriage of her Royal Highnes the Princess Maria Louisa Augusta Catherine, second daughter of Isis Royal Highness the Grand Duke, and his Royal Highness Prince William, second son of his Majesty the King of Prussia. HANOVER, FEB. 15. By a Royal Ordinance of June 3, 1826, the Provisional Assemblies are authorised to make proposals for modifications in the law relative to the Land-tax. It is expected that such proposals will be made this year by the States of several provinces, and will engage a great share of the at tention of the General Diet. The thaw, which has now set in, threatens a partial inundation of the country, about the city especially, as the snow is said to be from 10 to 12 feet deep in the Hartz mountains. BERLIN, FRB. 15. An Ordinance of the Polish Council of Administra tion of the 14th ult. decrees that on account of the want of cotton yarn in the Polish manufactories, the ordi nance of the late Governor, prohibiting the importation of cotton yarn, without special permission, is revoked, and every body shall be at liberty to import it on paying the duty fixed in the tariff of 10th of March, 1825. IrIADMISAGH, FEB. 17. BORSEN HALLE, YOUR. O'CLOCK.—Our place showed no signs of improvement to-day, notwithstanding the rise in Amsterdam, nor did the advance in the French three per Cents. produce the effect that might have been anticipated. The fluctuations in English Consols excite no inconsider able degree of attention. Money is very abundant, and Bills on London continue in demand. End of February. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent Anglo-Russian Loan 9114 Ha.nhurgh-Russian Loan Anglo-Prussian Loan of 11118 99% Austrian Bank Shares llls Austrian Metalliques ..... 974 By the Columbia, Captain DELANO, London line of-packet ship, arrived at Portsmouth, a file of New York Papers, to Feb. 1, inclusive, has been re ceived at the North and South American Coffee house. After a careful inspection of their contents, we can find nothing worth extracting, they being chiefly filled with quotations from the English Journals. We have received Gibraltar Chronicles of the 2d inst. They contain, under date of Cadiz, 28th January, a code of regulations, issued by the Su preme Beard of Health of the Kingdom of Spain, with the sanction of the KING, for the intercourse between Gibraltar by sea and land with that King dom. A rigid quarantine is to commence from the 4th inst., and continue till the middle of the month, after which period any luggage that may pass must be accompanied by certificates that it has been thoroughly cleansed and fumigated, or has been received into that fortress since the fever hal ceased. We are not in the habit of noticing the vagaries of some Police Magistrates, though, were we so disposed, there would not be wanting abundant op portunities of " showing up " to public ind;griation, acts at which even the Committing Magistrates them selves would blush in their moments of responsible reflection. In saying this, however, we slo not insinuate that Alderman Sir JOHN PERRING feels with us as to the consequences of his late decision. No, we perfectly acquit that worthy Magistrate of all other feeling while on the Bench save that of strictly discharging his duty. Whether in discharging that duty on Saturday last, in the case of a poor starving wretch, who, in the extremity of hunger, took a cake from the window of a confectioner, Sir JOHN PERRING overstepped the ordinary bounds of discretion vested in all Magistrates, we do not pre tend to know, but we are quite certain that he over stepped the bounds of humanity. But lest Sir JOHN should suppose that we deal unfairly with him, by commenting without cause, we shall give the par ticulars of the case here from another Morning Paper, although a similar one will be found under the usual head : " GUILDHALL.—A young man, decently dressed, but whose famished looks sroke trumpet-tongued that to hint' the very crumbs from the rich man's table would be a luxury, was charged by Mr. Hold, pastry-cook, St. Paul's Church-yard, with laying ♦iolent hands upon one of his bons-bons, in the shape of a Banbury cake, value three halfpence. " The prisoner gave his name, John Price. " According to . the pastry-cook's statement the prisoner was passing the shop in the course of the same morning, and suddenly seising the tempting morceau, endeavoured to make off. We have many depredations of this kind committed on us,' added Mr. Hold, and we generally let the delinquent escape; but the extraordinary account the prisoner gave of himself induced me to give him into custody.' " Sir J. PERRINO—Anti you might have let him off too if he gave a satisfactory account of himself. What account did he give ? " The Complainant—No account at all, Sir John ; he only said he was hungry. " This being deemed a very extraordinary explanation for stealing three halfpence worth of pastry, the prisoner was asked what account be pleased now to give of himself ? " Prisoner—l am a tailor. I came from Yorkshire, and have been out of employ now nearly six weeks. I was famishing and was driven to steal the cake by hunger. " Sir J. PERRING-.4 shall commit him for trial." And sure enough he did 1 The poor fellow was committed to Newgate to take his trial this sessions. Now what do our readers think of the Magis trate's tender feelings after reading the above case ? Nay, we will go further, from our respect for the character of an English Magistrate, and ask the worthy Alderman, now that he has had time to reflect upon the matter, what does he think himself ? But we will spare him the pain of answering ;—the case must have been mis-reported,—some mistake must have occurred;—Sir JOHN PERRING 18 too humane to act in the manner described ; he is too humane to send a poor starving fellow creature to prison for stealing a cake, value three half-pence; Sir JOHN is, besides, too just to impute to the unfortunate culprit that that was not the first time he was guilty of such offences, which one report says the charitable Magistrate did. The prosecutor seeing the forlorn state of the poor prisoner, and feeling ashamed at being seen in a prosecution of that sort, begged the Magistrate's pardon for troubling him with such a paltry concern ; —he even wished to let the matter rest ; but no, the Alderman was of a different opinion, and actually bound over the pastry-cook to prosecute the lad at the Old Bailey, where the prisoner must hope for a little of that merry of which the Alderman had none to spare. We direct the attention of those who feel an inte rest in sspporting the independence of public spirit in Bath, to a letter in another column, respecting the late Anti-Catholic Petitions " got up" in that fashionable resort. But the Vestry, or rather Brunswick meetings in Bath, are not singular in their endeavour: at delusion, nor in the cool re ception they meet from the knowing discernment of the public. The same fate seems to attend the alarmists in every quarter. In London they failed most miserably, though supported by the hono rary services of Mr. llALcomn himself, and backed to this very day by the con genial howlings of sundry Aiming and Even ing Papers, and two or three weekly maniacs, who have abjured all pretensions to decency in the extravagance of their rage against Mr. PEEL, and their sorrow at the certainty of his return for Ox ford, notwithstanding all their falsehoods and all their worthless and vain endeavours to keep him out ! With respect to the abuse of such Papers as the Standard and Mourning Journal, (doubly mournful this morning alas !)—or the scurrility of the Age— that Brothel Gazetteor the venality of the John Bull, that virtuous supporter of Church and State!— Mr. PEEL need care little ;- - the sinners must work in their dirty vocation, or they will get no bread. But though the character of the Right Honourable Gentleman must stand higher with all respectable people, what will become of the Church of England if such be its friends ?—lf it must stoop for support from such hands, the work of pollution has not only begun, but is already accomplished ! The price of Corn this day at Mark•lane was from two to three shillings lower than last ‘seek. What will the alarmists say to this ? The Aati-Catholic Meeting at Buckingham was characterised by the usual good feeling on such dis interested occasions. We regret our inability to give the manly speech of Lord NUGENT, who, him self a host, stood up against the selfish and exclusive spirit of intolerance exhibited on that occasion. Quebec Papers to the 23d ult. hare arrived ; they state that the Upper Canada post has brought the Speech of the Lieutenant-Governor on opening the Session of that province. His Excellency re commends the repeal of the Act of the 44th of the late King. This is the Act under which Mr. GOURLAY, although a B►itish sub ject, was imprisoned, and subsequently sent out of the country, was generally condemned as arbitrary and oppressive, and, as it was only enforced in this one instance, obtained the name of the Gourley Act in Upper Canada. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TIVELTE CLOCK. The - Brokers have already commenced making arrance ments for the settlement of the account on the 26th inst., and there has been some appearance of its proving Dullish. Consols opened at b 7 1, but hare since become rather heavy, and are now 871 t, with limited transactions. Ex chequer Bills - have again advanced in price and nre now 61 3 pm. ; India Bonds, 56 8. The Foreign Funds continue uninteresting, with scarcely any business ; Danish Bonds are 641 5 ; Russian, 981 1 Mexican, 6 per Cents., 244 51; Greek, 14 ; Brazilian stock 614 2 ; Portuguese, 481 9 ; upon the whole the prices are nominally a shade lower. In Shares there is no business doing. Three per Cent. Consols, 871 3 ; Ditto, for Account, S7l ?,-; Three per Cent. Reduced, 88 i ; Three and a half per Cent. Rednoed, 97 ; Fonr per Cent., 1826, 1054 i f ; India Stock, 231 32; Bank Stock, 211 12 ; India Bonds, .56.8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 60 3 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 614 2'; Buenos Ayres, 34 5 ; Chilian, 211 21 ; Colombian, 181 19 ; Dani•th, 641 5 ; French, Five per Cent., 1091 10 ; Three per Cent., 761 4 ; Greek, 14 1; Mexican, Five per Cent., 204 11; Ditto, Six per Cent., 244 51; Peruvian, 13 14; Portuguese, 4SI 9 ; Russian, 98/ 1; Spanish, 91 10. Mixtes.. - -Anelo Mexican; 80 791 die. ; Brazilian, 33 5 pm. ; Bolanos, 40 pm. ; Colombian, 20 dis. ; Real Del Monte, 100 per share; United Mexican, 273 63 dis. Consols, 87 1. TWO O'CLOCK. THRBB O'CLOCK. Cons*la, 874 j. FOUR O'CLOCK.— CLOSING PRICES. Consols 87i Do. for Ac. 87- Brazilian Bonds -- Buenos Ayros 34; Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824 Danish 65 Greek, 1825 Mexican, 1825 211 Peruvian Russian 98 Spanish 10 OXFORD ELECTION. Je vols qu'on ne gagne rein a presser Pecorce "—MOREAU. Quoth a Maudlin fellow to old Doctor Routh,* (Whilst squeezing an orange he held to his mouth), " Mind your eye my good doctor, the truth I reveal, " Tears will follow the action of pressing the Peel." * The President of Magdalen. A DEMY. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.---We understand, that in consequence of the large number of voters who are expected to be present in Oxford, at the ensuing election for the University, Mr. !eel's Committee have felt it necessary to detain coaches for the conveyance of his friends in all the principal towns, especially at Bath, Exeter, Cheltenham, and Birmingham. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SILK. SALE.-- This morning the Company's Sale of Bengal and other Silks, commenced at the India House. The quantity to be offered for sale on the present declaration, is much larger than at the last sale. The sale this morning was nume rously attended, and in consequence of the very dull sale of the Silk trade, it is fully expected that the aretage of prices obtained throughout the sale will he under those of the last sale. The sale commenced to-day very heavily, and as far as it has proceeded the Silks have been sold at a reduction of from Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. on the prices given at the last declaration. The quantity of Bengal Raw Silks to be offered, (Company's goods) is 2,400 hales, being 200 bales more than last sale. The private trade silks are also more numerous than at last sale. His Grace the Duke of Northumberland is expected to arrive in Dublin on Tlinrsdoy veinnight.— Dublin Morning Post. ATTEMPT AT BRIBERY BY THE BRUNS WICK CLUB.—We stated some time since that fonr thou sand pounds were sent to London for the purpose of attempting to corrupt the purity of the liberal London press. We repeat our assertion. It is true. We pledge ourselves to it ; and we know the attempt will be spurned with disdain by the editor, or even junior editor, of any paper of character.—Dublin ➢lorning Register. It is said that a change of quarters of Regi ments in Ireland will take place immediately —Cork Cue- s6tution. LORD N—'s NEWEST.—A friend convers ing with his Lordship on the Meeting at the Rotunda, asked him what he thought of the speech of Mr. Sergeant Lefroy, " Why," replied the worthy Nobleman, " I think it will get him appointed permanent sergeant' during life. Dublin Morning Register. The Net produce of the Tax on the Beer, Lee. within the City of Glasgow, and liberties thereof, in cluding the Barony of Gorbals, for the last five years, ending on the 30th of September, was as follows : X. s. (1. 1823 931 2 9 182 1,197 13 2 1825 1,087 2 1 1826 6Bl 14 3 1827 757 8 8 £4,655 0 11 Average £93l 0 0 Levied under the Act 39 Get). 111. c. 40, the endurance of which is for thirty-eight yea's from 13th June, 1799, and to the end of the then next session of Parlisment. Tire tax is levied not on the quantity brewed, but on the quan tity vended, tapped, or sold, Glasgow Chronicle. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, FEE. 20.—The number of petitions that have hitherto been presented in favour of the liberty of public instruction amounts to laS ; a great many more were presented to the Second Chamber in its sitting . this morning. We learn from good authority that M. Capaccini, the legate of his Holiness, has lately declared, in the presence of respectable person., that the nee . ociations between the Government of the Netherlands and b the Holy See were proceeding in the most favourable manner. According to the official tables of the population of the kingdom, on the Ist of January, 1828, the cumber of in habitants amounted to 6,166,854. VIENNA, FEB. 9.—According to accounts from Jassy of the 29th of January, the apprehensions that had been on•ertained there for some days, on account of a supposed case of plague in the military hospital, had wholly vanish ed. The medical treatment of the soldier, who was sup posed to have the plague, and his recovery, have proved that Ire had another disorder. In consequence of this, the 16 days' quarantine, to which the four physicians to the hospital were subjected by way- of precaution, has been re vs,ked, and they can practice at liberty as usual. Count Pahlen left Jassy on the 27th of January for Bu charest.—Austrian Observer, Feb. 10. FEB. 10.—Metalliques, 971; Bank Shares, 1,110 i.— Allgemeine Zeitung, Feb. 15. BEntAN, FEB. 15.—The Odessa Journal of the 31st of January contains the following report from the theatre of war up to the 15th of January:— " Adjutant-General Count Suchtelen, at the head of a strong detachment of the vanguard, has taken and forti fied Tschernowody, and sent front that place troops in all directions, and as far as Lake Beylyk, and beyond it. These troops make prisoners of the Turks who venture out of Silistria to forage. The Christian inhabitants of Silis tria continue to leave that place, and take refuge with our advanced posts. They unanimously affirm that numerous desertions take place in the garrison ; that there are but few regular troops in the fortress; and that even the ea ,4,.. 4A *11.114 _, , v.4 ,, i , j,, ,-,,,, .. s Assies Fe . . - i%t c :: ...z ,.., 111/ V \V valry is reduced to 500 or 600 men, whose only means of subsistence is foraging, or, in other terms, plundering the surrounding country. The inhabitants were occupied in repairing the buildings and fortifications damaged by our artillery. The garrison was in want of flour, which it will he more difficult to procure, as the sudden rise of the Danube has lately carried away almost all the water mills. One of them has run aground near Tschernowody. We have frequent communications with Lieutenant-General Rudiger, who is at Bazard . lik ; and according to the most accurate accounts from Pravady, Dealt°, and Ghebedsche, every thing there was as well us could be wished. These positions are important on account'of their strength, and garrisoned by numerous troops. The enemy posted _be hind the Balkan, at Aidos and Shumla, has not ventured to make any attempt. There are not above 8,000 or 10,000 men in garrison at Shumla. Our troops on tie right bank of the Danube are in general in want of no thing; the cold is: advantageous to their health. Our communication with the left bank is only occasionally in terrupted, and we receive regular supplies of provisions." WARSAW, Fan. 12.—The Grand Dukc Michael ar rived here yesterday, evening, and after a abort stay will go to Tulczyn, the head-quarters of the Guards.—Prus sian State Gazette, Feb. 16. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. B - ink Stuck - !South Sea Stock ......... ...... 3 per Cent. Red. IS% 9 jOld Annuities 3 oer Cent. Cons S'iN IA jNew Ditto 3! per Cent Ditto Bed 9 7 1 ?4., !Ditto 5002 d. 59 61 pm. 4 per Cent. lO2 1% 2 Ditto Small -...e 2.1. 59 63 pm. Ditto, 1126 lo.s4iri Ditto Commercial —pm Rink 1.. Ann. 2o_ 1-16 20 Bank for Account — India Stock 23334 31 30 :India for Account Ditto Bonds sti 55 pm. iCons. for Acct 87% IMICES OF SHANKS THI9 ➢AY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Shve Polanos Mining Co. £3OO 340 Brazilian Imp. Mm.lu. (iss. at 51. pin.) £2O Ditto National 5 9 4i 3v United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) £3.9% 1: S'OREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. AMSTERDAM, FEB. 20.-11. 92 5-10.—Two months, 11. 85. HAMBURUD, FEB. 17.-13. BN.—Two months, 13. 714. BERLIN. FEB. R.—Three months, 6. 21%. ST. PETERSBURGII, FEB. G.—Three Months, 10 29-32. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. • Due. O America 1 1 Hamburgh 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 2 1)ub1:n 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 1 I 'Handers 0 0 Lisbon 1 1 France. 0 0 Malta 0 1 Got tenburgh 1 0 Mexico 1 G uernsey & Jer.ey.. 0 2 Waterford HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning —.16 minutes after 5. I Evening... 34 minutes after 5 THE COLOSSEUM. THE Public is respectfully informed that the COLOSSEUM is now OPEN fir inspection for a short period, previously to the entire completion of the design. The works consist of the Painting of London— a Saloon fur the reception of Works of Art and Literature— an extensive range of Conservatories—some idea of the Cascades and Rock Work, viewed from the Cottage, and a Suite of Rooms for Annual Subscribers, comprising Libraries, Reading Rooms, Refectories, &c. Tickets at ss. each, which will be an immediate pass into the Building, &c., may be had at the North Lodge of the Colosseum, from 10 till dusk. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECI lON. THE COMMITTEE for CONDUCT ING the RE-ELECTION of Mr. PEEL MEET DAILY at the BRITISH COFFEE-HOUSE, Cockspur street ; they beg to inform Members of Convocation, that the DAY of ELECTION is fixed for THURSDAY, the 26th Inst. They trust that those Members of Convocation to whom, owing to inaccurate Lists, they have not sent Circular Letters will excuse the omission, and allow them earnestly to request their support and presence on the 26th. Gentlemen wishing to secure post-horses, or any other means of conveyance, are requested to _apply at the Com mittee-room. GRANVILLE C. H. SOMERSET, Chairman. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. BLAKENEY V. BAGOT. The House was occupied, till our Reporter left, with arguments in this part-heard appeal, the point on which the question arose we stated on a former d4y. i COURT OF KING'S BENCH. LIBEL.—DANCE V. ROBERTSON AND ANOTHER. Mr. TALFOURD opened the pleadings, and Aft' BROUGHAM stated that this was an action by th e plaintiff, Mr. Dance, provisional assignee of the 1 6 ; solvent Debtors' Court, against the publisher and proprietor of the Morning Herald, for a libel pub' fished in that paper on the 24th of September lass/ reflecting on the plaintiff's conduct. The de' Pendant had pleaded a justification. The latter 1 10 been in the situation which he holds for the last tell years, and all persons, whether they had been before him as opposing an insolvent, or in that ow fortunate situation themselves, would bear testicnoni to the arduous and laborious manner in which he bad constantly performed his duty. The libel I° question was one of the worst kind, as it tended to destroy the confidence which the Court and th e public had reposed in him, and to represent him 94 incapable of filling his situation. " THE INSOLVENT COURT. " (FROM • CORAESFONDENT.) " The Chief Centmissioner of the Insolvent Court 0 unwell, and was unable to attend last Friday. Whetler his illness is contagious, and operates on those beneath bl o ' or not, we cannot tell. Certain, however, it is, that 1 0 Dance, the provisional assignee to (he Court, who alone ,e appointed to take all depositions, and attest the proce of the unfortunate prisoners seeking relief under the 1 0 ' solvent Court, did not attend last Saturday at the King . Bench Prison, though last Saturday was one of the feil days especially marked out for his attendance on all ths debtor's prisons in the metropolis, and the consequence 0 ' that many miserable beings will now have to linger tes o l days and weeks longer, as the vacation approaches, and subjected, not only to the horrors of imprisonment, but 0 the upsetting of all their calculations, the disappointmel of their friends, and it is more than possible, the want 0 food during the extra cmfinernent, which his absence occasion. .... "Hal this been a solitary instance, it would not hat's been brought forward; but we are sorry to say it is not , The evil frequently occurs, and many individnals and fe' milks are plunged in misery, and compelled to taste tbe, bitterness of hope deferred' from the . non-attendance this gentleman on his appointed days. Whether it were intended that poor ' white slaves' should dance attend • anre on the provisional assignee, or that it is optional wit" such provisional assignee whether he would attend or no t ' or that indisposition really prevented such assignee fro attending, we cannot tell. Whatever may be the Woe: such is the fact, and it is high time that the Insolve:' Debtors' Court should be made acquainted with the fact; Sir .T. SCARLETT addressed the Jury for the- de fendant, and Mr. BROUGHAM was replying, at the time we went to press. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAV OLD COURT. - - - - Margaret Hiker, the elder, was indicted for th e wilful murder of Margaret Howse, aged 13, 0 " Hester Hibner, the younger, with being an accessari before the fact. Upon being placed at the bar, tbei pleaded in a firm voice, not guilty. Mr. ALLEY applied to the Court fer a postpone' ment of the trial till next Sessions. It was a case at tended with most serious and afflicting circumstance s ' He had only received his brief last night; and the indictment being of a very great length, he had Jr / had time sufficient to carefully examine it. After a short consultation, Mr. Justice GAZELER informed the prisoners that the Court taking into consideration the circumstance! attending their case, had agreed to a postponemem of their trial until next Sessions. They were then removed from the bar. 'J' younger prisoner is remarkable fine young vvornar' , and certainly looks incapable of c ommitting ti le atrocious act with which she stands charged. Timothy and Judith. Donovan were capitally dieted for assaulting Jeremiah Connor,. and stetlirig from his person 31., his monies. The parties are all Irish; and it appeared bi cross-examination of the prosecutor that be bad ceived 15s. on account, and signed a paper, dech.tri. : that the prisoners never had robhed . htm, but that he made the charge at the time he felt much aggravated . Mr. Sergeant ARABiN directed -the Jury to acqt l4 the prisoners.—Verdict, Not Guilty. COMMITTAL OF A WITNESS FOR PERJURY. James Shgh, aged 27, was indicted for stealing ° coat, value 55., the property of - Styles.: The prosecutor and prisoner were lodgers in the same house, when the latter, on the 20th Decembe r ', absconded with the coat, and was-not again beard for several weeks. At the time he was epprebencr eu he had the coat on his back. • The prisoner called a witness to prove . tb‘4.he bought the coat of a Jew, who .swore that he " 14 : present at the tim e , b u t b e cou ld not sa y in G ha t part of the town it was, on what day, or whether tt was a black' or blue one. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Sergeant ARABlN—Gentlemen, do you be: lie ve one word the witn es s f o r th e p r i s o ner h as s poken r The Foreman said they were unanimous in th ° opinion that every thing he had stated was false. Mr. Sergeant ARABIN immediately committed him for wilful and corrupt perjury, and he was cones ducted by the officers into Newgate; the Learn Judge said it was necessary examples should - 10 made, the interests of the public must be protected; A DELICATE FEEDEII.-Last week butcher residing. in Nuneaton undertood for a wager ° 2a. 6d., to eat half-a-pound of scratchiuga-cake or g rave , from the chandler's shop, and drink two pint.' of ale' which feat he speedily accomplished.—Coventry Observer, MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.— A most dis tressing and melancholy event occurred on Thend e / night at Mouli nearn , P ert h s hi re, near Dun k e ld . Ayo _„, man, aa Officer of Excise, and a native of England, w as to have been married to an amiable young woman of the neighbourhood, on the following day, Friday. His i rg ' tended mother-in-law having had occasion to call for WO on Thursday evening, he accompanie I her to the water side, to see her across to her residence. The boat WAS °II the opposite side of the ricer (then much swollen) when the young man imprudently reso l ve d t o sw i m across to fetch the boat for his friend. He had nearly made good hie landing, when he was heard to utter one or two screaelg, and his friend saw no more of him. She hurried to the next house, and alarmed the neighbourhood, but their efforts were unavailing; the night was dark, and search was fruitless. Next morning, as the Caledonian coach was passing, the passengers observed a crowd hurry to a SP° t about two miles from Moulinearn, where, doubtless, 1. " 5 body had just been found. A more affecting visitation cannot be imagined. She 'who fondly expecting on th e following evening to be his bride, was the same day called to behold his lifeless corpse.—lncernese Courier. • A BAND OF ROBBERB.—On Wednesday night, the 11th inst. four fine rams were stolen from th e farm of Mr. Silvester, about half a mile from Wien Suspicion immediately f e ll u p on a gang o f thi eves w ho ha d their haunts in the cav e s and f as t nesses i n t h e v i c i n ity, hail been the terror of the neighbourhood for several 7°l pod. A line and cry having been raised, a nu mber 0 ' the inhabitfints collected, and under the direction of Mr' Andrews, an active constable of Helston, the house of man named Jore, of Landewednack, was searched, whe re r they found 82Ibs. of mutton, cut u p an d sa lt e d, p a rt °` which was conceded in a bed. In another house belong' ing to a • man named Hocking, two legs of m ottet , and some sheep-skins stripped of the wool, were lotted' —Jose and flecking were apprehended and sent to ston, when the latter gave such hints as indnced a party t° set off early on Tueialay morning, with intent to a ppro' hend Stephen Jose, brother of the prisoner, James Jose , and William Harris, who were concealed in the caves„ among the cliffs. The party were eo disposed as to cut on ! all retreat on the land side, and on their approach they 8 3 ' 1 Jose and Harris at a distance near Kynance Cove. Chace was instantly given, when these desperate characters, find - , ing their retreat cut off, made towards the sea, into whic h they desperately plunged. They continued to float for about 20 minutes, when they sunk arrd were both drownekl,. —Devonport Telegraph. i 4 f