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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARTS, JAW. 7. On Sunday evening, before prayers, the King transacted business with the Minister of Ma- rine. Yesterday, at noon; his Majesty recelved.in Nate audience M. the Count de la Ferronnays, -the French ambassador at the Court of Russia, Ais Excellency remained with his Majesty during two hours. Immediately afterwards the King transacted business successively with the Keeper of the Seals and the President of the Council of Ministers. The English .Journals have published a pre tended Note of M. Achille de Joutfroy, presented to M. de Montmorency, and dated Vienna, Sept. 3. We cannot believe in ,the authenticity of this document, in which the Royal Charter is bitterly censured, as disadvantageous to the sove reign power, more particularly on account of the `,unlimited religions toleration ,and " the incen , diary liberty of the. Press" which it sanctions.— The author of the Note allows, that the charter must be preserved in France, 4ecause no better substitute can,be made there ; but its introduc tion into Spain must not be tried, where, how ever, we would have supposed it might afford a Tileans of conciliating parties. In general, says that apochrYphal Note, every propagation of the charter will displease the three great Powers, viz. Austria Russia, and Prussia, ,which are intimately united,—which vote unanimously,— and which have great confidence in M. Achille Jouffroy. Next come insalts.and denunciations against celebrated statesmen., ,wita are charac terized as apostles o f charters. The Journal des ..Debate is included in these insults. This honour was certainly due to a journal which defends ll ,.gitimacy and the constitutional monarchy, the King, the charter, and men of worth. We appro. bend that this note is an odious fabrication of some Liberal who has wished to satirize certain opinions. Count Achille Jouffroy is too good a Frenchman to compose such an article, and he better knows what is due to propriety than to have presented it to a Minister of the King, such as M. do Mentmorency.--(Journat des !Mats). M. ,the Duke de San Lorenzo, the Spanish _ambassador, has complied with the requisite for malities in the suit which he has instituted .against M.M. Ouvrard and Rougemont le Low ,enberg,,and which could not be admitted to re .gistration by the King's Procureur, in default of the legalization of the signature of his Excel. Jency. This cause will come on next Wednes day before the Tribunal of Police Correction. nelle. The accusation against MM. Ouvrard and .Rougernont is that of an offence offered to his Majesty King Ferdinand the Seventh, by pre suming the legal existence of the. Regency of To the above statement the Journal de Paris ..adds—" It is said that the Regency of Urgel will be u party in the trial." If utlvices from Madrid may be relied upon, the ,Cortes have had very animated altercations with the municipality, on the subject'of the mea sures taken, it is said, to escort the King,and the Royal Family to the Isle de Lean. The muni cipality, which disposes of the local militia, has declared to the Cortes that it would not, on any condition, suffer the King to leave the capital; and that the militia and the inhabitants of Madrid would support this resolution. it is on this account that the Cortes have charged Riego promptly to assemble the forces at Ocana, and to bring others round the capital ; they also at the same time gave orders to prepare the Pardo, doubtless in the Intention of establishing the Monarch and all his family there. To accent plish this, they await the King's recovery from an attack of the gout which he is now suf- fering. The Count de Lagarde has, it is said, all his luggage in readiness for departure, and is occu- Tied in disposing of numerous articles.— (Quoei dienne.) The 'Change yesterday was in a state of intense agitation ; rumours of a very momentous nature were pretty confidently circulated, to give them a momentary value. Several speculators affirmed, that letters had been received from Madrid, announcing that serious commotions had broken out in that capital, shortly after the arrival of the Russian courier with the dispatches of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander, address ed to his Ambassador, in consequence of the deli berations of the Congress of Verona. It was further stated, that , the COugress had haughtily and insolently replied to the notification made to the Assembly of the tenour of these dispatches. This news, which uppears to us premature, had, however, influence on the operations of the 'Change.-('lid.) On the same subject, the, Etoile says—f' We believe this ,news at least premature. The courier who was the bearer of the declarations of -Thu three Great Powers did not set out till the 24th, and would arrive at Madrid on the 31st. The Ambassadors might notify the demands of their Sovereigns on the 2d. The commercial couriers .cannot, therefore, bring back any thing on the subject to Paris before the 9th or 10th. It is about that time only that we can expect to Throw the reply of the Cortes." It is announced that the Ministry has caused ..17,(X70 horses to be purchased in If and ,Germany ; that ten new regiments of cavalry are to be organized, viz., six of dragoons orchasseurs, two of hussars, and two of cuirassiers. It is also „affirmed, that a project,of . law tending to modify .the present law respecting recruiting and military promotions will be proposed to the Chambers in the ensuing session.—(Constilutionnel.) it is announced as certain that M. Berth) de .Vaux, one of the proprietors of the Journal get v, is nominated the councillor of State. A.dvices from Bayonne state—" Orders have been given to the Spanish residents at Bayonne to withdraw into the interior in the course of three days. The courier who is said to be the bearer of the order to the Ambassadors of the Allied Towers to depart, passed through here during the night of the 27tt of December, on his route to Madrid." Bestflares still maintains himself at Mequinenza, and has under his orders upwards of 3,000 men. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 7. (BY AN XXTRAORDINARY CHANNEL.) The head of the favourite Haleb•Effendi is fixed over the great gate of the Seraglio. From all quarters of the capital the people throng to contemplate this unexpected exhibition. The sentence (pita), placed above the head of this once powerful man, states, that he abused, in -the most criminal manner, the unlimited confidence which his Master had placed in him. The official recital of his tragical ends shows that this fa vourite, unlike others, did. not want personal courage. Sup ported by forty friends or devoted servants, he dared to defend himself against the Capidgi-baschi, who presented themselves to demand his head. Haleb ana his trusty defenders, after a long resistance, were overpowered by numbers, and cut to pieces. But the crisis is far from concluded; the Janissaries, infuriated at their triumph, demand that all the public offices shall be filled by their creatures. The Sultan recently wont, in the most cautious incognito, to the residence of the new Grand Vizier, probably to ask his advice. The interview lasted three quar ters of an hour, and was followed by the dismissal of nume rous dignitaries of all ranks. This Grand Vizier is himself only a vulgar fanatical Janissary ; therefore, the worst may be expected. The Sultan merely reigns nominally. The death of Chourschid Pacha is also officially announced ; but it is not stated whether it has been effected by suicide, which all here believe to have been the case. He is replaced in the command of the Mores by Teheledditt, Pacha of Bosnia, and a creature of the Janissaries. Since the revolution operated in the Ministry, all communi cation with the Christian Ambassadors had ceased. Lord Strangford will find things much changed on • his return.— (Gazette d'ilugsbourip) FRANKFORT, DEC. 29.. , -.on the 25th - Anniversary of the Accession of the King of Prussia to the throne, his Majesty remitted to the Students, who were condemned to several years' impriaonment for having joined in secret association, re mainder of their punishment and at the same time declared them admissible to public offices, from which their sentence excluded them. TURKEY. AtTOSIIII,IIG, DEC. was lately supposed, that in case of war between Russia and Turkey, Austria would remain neuter : a different opinion is now entertained; an offensive and defensive alliance between Russia, Austria, and Prussia, having been concluded at Troppau, by which the-two Impe rial Courts engaged to hold 60,000 men ready for their mutual aid, and Prussia 30,000, In case of war it is thought the Prussian contingent would go into Poland, and the Austrian down the Danube to the frontiers of Turkey. Now, it is diffi cult to hope that Russia and the Porte will agree : there are two difficulties—first, to bring the Porte to •enter on the pro posed negotiations—the second, to reconcile the pretensions of the two Powers, if the conferences should take place. .The Porte persists in asserting that it' is on a level with all the Christian Powers; that Russia cannot give a solid reason for withdrawing her Ambassador, or for refusing to send another, which would be the best proof of her pacific disposi tions. In the last notes delivered by the Reis Effendi to Count Lutzow and fiord Strangford, it was positively declared that the Porte would never consent to send an Envoy to the fron. tiers, since it lied nothing new to negotiate with Russia; and the preservation of peace solely depended an the faithful me eution of subsisting treaties, which the, Porte would faithfully observe. It is not likely that the Military Divan will adopt a more pacific resolution, or that M. Ottenfels, however skilled in the Turkish language, will be able to obtain what was re. fused to his predecessor. THE ARMY OF OBSERVATION-STATE OF THE PYRENEAN FRONTIER. • 'The i following interesting Article s from the same well-informed source from which we receiv ed the account of the Army of the, Faith, in yes terday's Paper :-- • The Pyrenees form a long chain of mountains, which extend between France and Spain, over a distance of Jtl leagues. The principles established by the ancient Commissioners of the two Crowns, for fixing the limits of their respective territories, was the division of ground, according to the flowing of the waters. They agreed that all the vilifies and plains in which the waters flowed to the south should belong to Spain, and that all those in which the waters flowed to the north, should belong to France. Notwithstanding this arrangement, the valey of Aran has, by the effect of an ancient marriage, always continued in tile possession of Spain, whose manners are common to the in. habitants; but the basin of Cerdagne, which is situated in the Eastern Pyrenees, in the middle of the highest eminences, and which ought to belong wholly either to Spain or France, is, however, divided between them. There are only two great ave. nues for an invasion—namely, 'Perpignan and Bayonne. By the former of these towns, an army may enter Catalonia, anti by the latter Navarre and Biscay. The two towns cotnnianding these passes have always been fortified, and Bayonne has 'been rendered by the genius of Vauban, one of the strongest fortified towns in I. ranee. The sanitory cordon has been changed into a corps of observation and 'is for into three divisions; their principal stations are'Perpignan, Toulouse, and Bayonne, and they are commanded by Generals Curial, Belair, and Auti. champ. General Curial is a Peer of France, and an old sol dier, who has grown gray in the service of the , empire. He is the mon.in.law of M. lieugnot ; hut, to judge by the confidence which the French Government at present reposes in him, he has not imitated his father-in-law in a moderate opposition to the Ministers. He is called a prudent man—that is. to say, he knows when to obey and say nothing. General Belair, who is also an old soldier, occupies Toulouse, which is a less distinguished post, because being distant from the frontiers, it is not very important in a military point of view, although it is of much importance when considered with reference to policy and intrigue. The General is, seldom at Touloutte, but the monks and nuns, and intriguers of every description, cross one another there in every sense of the word, and contrive what is afterwards carried into execu tion on the frontiers. Toulouse is at present the Coblentz of Spain, especially since the Regency arrived there. To make the resemblance complete, it was . - only only necessary that the Re. gent should be a Prince by birth, instead of being a noble of six months' date, like Mataliorida : that there should be a Mini ster clever and intriguing as Calonne, instead of those two unskilftil men, Gispert and Ortaffe ; and particularly that there should be a brilliant assemblage of courtiers devouring a thousand ducats a day at the table of an Elector. The Re gency is not so fortunate. A mule carries all its baggage, an ma forms its palace, and it is even said that the reckoning is .not always paid, _Bayonne, which, was at first the principal point on the frontiers, has ceased to be so since the" Re. gency, established at drgel, drew together all the insurgent forces, and directed the attention of France on Cerdagne. It might again become the most important town if the insurrec. tion should again break out in Navarre, and if O'Donnel and d'Eroles should at last come, like Quesada, .to take refuge be. hind the Biddassoa. It is through Bayonne that all the insur gents who have sought refuge in Perpignan, and have received the . pass.word at Toulouse, return into Spain to be compelled again to fly from it. General Autichamp commands at Bay onne. lie cannot have acquired any military experience under Buonaparte, because he has not served since the war in La Vendee ; but it is said that he possesses the bravery and frank. ness which ought to characterize ti Ventlean. His disinterested anti-revolutionary feelings do not displease the French people, who admire chivalric ingenuousness ; and it is certain that lie is much less offensive to the nation than certain Gascon.Ultras who affect a hypocritical moderation. The Bayonnese who are Basques anti not fiascons, declare their opinions openly, and use the fugitive adherents of the Faith very scurvily ; indeed,, the latter no longer show themselves at an inn or any public place, but remain until they receive new orders, in the sur. rounding country. They have adopted this resolution since the following event occurred at Bayonne :—Two officers of the Faith were recognized by some carriers to have been the leaders of bands who plundered them on the high road from Bayonne to Madrid, and they were pursued by the young men of the town Into a shop. The army of observation, divided 'into three corps, oecupies all the passes of the Pyrenees. Their staff's are established in the three principal towns, and the regiments are distributed at the entrances of the great rallies. The colonels and the chief parts of the regiment are placed in the large villages at the en. trances of the vallies, and do not fare quite so badly as in the heart of the mountains. Companies are detached, in turns, to guard the most secret and difficult passes. The openings worn by nature between high mountains, which serve as pas ses f or th e people on either side, and which in the Alps are called cola, re. ceive in the Pyren e es t h e name o f puer t o , f rom t h e Spaniards. Before the revolutionary war there were but very few of these passes; but there are more now, and the smugglers know a I greater number than all the geographers in the world put . to. gether, and more than the most powerful, army could guard. During the time the sanitory cordon was posted along the line of the Pyrenees, it only succeeded in putting a stop, to COM. merce, but not to smuggling, because the smugglers, as active as izards,* passed through places where an army could not pa-, netrate. It, therefore, communication could have spread the yellow fever, it would soon have made its way into France. It will afford some idea of what the smugglers in these mountains are, to know that they smuggle woollen goods with as great cer tainty as the inhabitants of Geneva smuggle jewellery in Mount Jura, or as ladies do Cachemere shawls in the ports of the Me diterranean. Nothing, then, .could be more useless than the sanitory cordon ; for it is certain that, notwithstanding the vigi. lance of The soldiers, it was continually violated. • • During the winter the frontiers can be more easily guarded, because the passes are less Amerce's, most of them being ren. dered inaccessible by the snow. However, that part of the French army which was in Cerdagne has suffered dreadfully, because it was obliged constantly to watch the two Spanish parties which were in .sight.. Cerdagne is the most wretched part of Spain, and, it may be said, of Europe. The soldiers could scarcely find straw to sleep upon, and it required all the zeal of the French Government, which while it renders the na tion dissatisfied earnestly endeavours to ingratiate itself with the army, to produce abundance of provisions in these almost un inhabited defiles. It is not that fuel, provisions, and clothing are not to be obtained here, but whilst the regiments and corn panics were lodged in the villages, the troops on guard were obliged ta watch in cabins built of stones placed together with. out mortar, hi the midst of snow, and in the worst climate of I Europe. Ai soon as the soldiers heard the " 'rragala," or any song, they were obliged to rim to the line to receive and disarm the defeated Spaniards of the Faith, whom they led to the laiarettos; taking care to guard them that they might not resume hostilities. This kind of service has all the incon venience, and sometimes the, dangers, of war, without any of its advantages. The forces stationed in the plains adjoi& tg the sea-coast, near the Eastern Pyrenees, were exposed to dreadful winds, which carry away the tents under which they sleep. It is in vain that one seeks to discover the utility of such military mea sures on the part of France, because, as the intention of the Constitutionalists to respect the French territory was well known, and has been constantly adhered to, the precautions which have been adopted were useless with respect to them ; and as to the Army of the Faith, many of its soldiers escaped from the Lazarettos, and with the smugglers traversed the unknown passes daily ; the separation of the two countries, therefore, was not complete, and the danger was precisely the same as it would have been, if the ridiculous guard had not been posted on the frontiers. It is impossible to imagine that the French Government hail any other object in view, in posting the army on the Pyrenees, than to terrify the Constitutionalists, by the apprehension of war, and to excite hope in the Insurgents, and afford them a secure asylum behind the French ranks t • for it is certain that there are many uninhabited, and it may b e said, neutral plains, situated in the centre of the Pyrenees, where the Constitutions. lists might have pursued theltigitiVes, and cut them to pieces before they could reach any French villages, without a violation of the territorial line. However, tile whole world now knows what opinion ought to be entertained respecting the perfidy of the French Govern ment, the encouragement which it has given to the insurgents, and the inducements which it has held out to them, and which must have been very great to have seduced so ambitious and cunning a man as the Baron d'Eroles, who, if he had followed only his own inclinations, would have been' a Constitutionalist rather than an. anti-Revolutionist. Every body knows the manner In whiCh the Countess Lined, the wife of oneof Mina's Lieutenants, was excluded from the French territories by the Prefect of the Eastern Pyreneeii—a kind of madman, ignorant and fanatical, restored to office on the restoration of the Boor. bons in 181 6. This unfortunate Lady, who wished to place her son at Wades, could not even obtain a delay of a few days, but was compelled to retire immediately ; while at the same time d'Eroles was in France, and the Regency was raising loans under the authority of the French Government. Although the European public knows very well what it ought to think on this subject, it is not perhaps altogether useless to demonstrate by facts that nothing was more hypocritical than the pretended so licitude of the French Government for the public health; and the change of the sanitory cordon into an Army of Observation was again only . a Gaston stratagem, since it did not serve to protect the territory, but only to secure an asylum to the in surgents. .The French army, without much reasoning, sees very clearly the nature of the employment that is assigned to it; but it is not very anxious to have the soldiers of the Faith as cofnrades. It punctually obeys the orders that it has received t and the dis. arming of the fugitives, which is a measure the French Govern ment could not with decency avoid directing, it frequently exe cutes with considerable harshness. After the capture of Puy. cerda, where 000 Constitutionalists drove out 3,000 heroes of the Faith, the French soldiers, indignant at such cowardice, whilst disarming the runaways, beat them with the butt ends of their muskets, and otherwise maltreated them. It has not been made known thatone of the fugitives who had not dis. charged his niece at the Constitutionalists, fired at and killed a. French soldier who was about to disarm him : the wretch Oas immediately sabred. - The French army is at present almost entirely composed of conscripts. These young.,men, doubtless, possess the mythic live bravery of Frenchmen, but they have never seen fire. It maybe said without exaggeration, that the line does not con lain one of the old Imperial soldiers, and not a sub-officer has served in the old campaigns, and o bt a ined experience in war. The army, therefore, is destit u t e o f goo d s ub-officers and good soldiers, which are indispensable in a war of partisans, where every thing depends upon individual contests. Many of the officers have seen service, and among them only can be found some of those intrepid warriors who have fought their way over all the Continent. The superior officers are anxious to give the Government every proof of devotion that is required from them, and to merit by humility favours which, in times of in. trigue, they cannot hope to obtain or preserve by their conduct in the field. The inferior officers--such as Majors, Captains, and Lieutenants—do not expect or desire any thing but the preservation of their commissions.'They say nothing; and if they are hurt sometimes when their old opinions are attacked, they do not allow it to be perceived. The young officers, who have received their commissions by favour, carry themselves very high, and flatter themselves that in the expected war they will eclipse 2r, years of military operations; this makes the vetarans of the army smile. As to the soldiers who have not conquered at Austerlitz, or Wag am, nor even been beaten at Waterloo, and during the last four years Bade only learned to make soup, they are indifferent to all insinuations, and await impatiently the expiration of their period of service. This apathy is not, however, sufficient to remove the fears of the Governinent, to judge by the circulars of the prefects re lative to the soldiers returning t o their homes, and the dismis sal of many officers. It is not apathy that a Government ' wants, but zealous activity. If it is not always possible to in stil liberal sentiments into the not very enlightened minds of soldiers, so neither is it possible to inspire them with feelings of love for men who have never combatted at their head ; and without that, .soldiers are good for nothing. The scientific corps of the army,-the 'engineers land artillery, are those upon which the fanatics place the least reliance. It is well known that in these corps the most decided liberal opinions have found an asylum, for liberty always files for sanctuary to the moat enlightened classes. There is much bustle on the road from Perpignan to Bayonne; but there is much more show than real activity. The officers on mission, aides-de-camp, and contractors, are continually in motion. Military stores, cannon, powder and bails, 'are carried along with great mph: dity ; and the.materiel is very considerable, but it is not corn. plete. One knows what French activity is capable of, but the party which direct this activity has not learned how to do so. France still . possesses great engineers, and men eminent for military administration, but they are no longer employed ; be. sides, every thing connected with the army is resolved uponwith. out reflection ; or according to any fixed principles. At one point there are many cannon, and very few stores; at another, great number of carriages, and no horses ; there is no organized company of transports, which would be indispensible in a Spa nish war; and, finally, it is a fact, although difficult to be. lieve, that the Corpse Observation, from Perpignan to Bayonne, consists at the utmost of twenty thou san d men , an d t h e per i o d of service of eight thousand of this number will, soon expire.— The fortifications at Perpignan are carried on with great activi ty ; so much so, indeed, that recently it appeared as though the town was about to be besieged. All the ramparts have been repaired ; the towers have been changed into bastions. Half moons and covered ways have been formed in all directions.— The citadel has been rendered very strong by the exertions of a very skilful engineer; the batteries are all mounted, and the provisioning of the town is far advanced. The making of car tridges goes .on with extreme rapidity ; sixty thousand have been made in a day. This can he accounted for by the fact, that cartridges can be more easily transported to Urgel than cannon. At Bayonne the works are absolutely at a stand ; the citadel alone is placed in a state of defence. Non e o f the artil lery which arrived from Brest has as yet been disposed of, and the guns are still lying on the borders of the Adour. There is only a park of field.artillery, which is very complete, and is fit ' for a considerable army ; but horses are wanting. On all sides one sees nothing but irregular preparations, which do not indicate any definite object; and the French people, upon be. holding all this bustle, say that it would be wiser to repair for tifications in the North than in the South, tier they will con. time obstinately to see enemies beyond the Rhine, rather than beyond the Pyrenees. EAST INDIA COLLEGE, HERTFORD. Audi alteram partetn. Statements have appeared, and letters have been inserted In several Newspapers, calculated to excite a general prejudice against the East India College, Hertford.—The system upon which it is conducted has been pointed out to public indignation, as illiberal and unjust— as at variance with the genius of the British Constitution—with the practice of our Eng. lish Universities—and with the habitual feel ings, as well as the future welfare of the youths, who are compelled to pass through so iniquitous an ordeal.—The friends of the College hope that the day is not far distant when these and other charges will be brought to proof, and the ques tion for or against the Institution be decided, once for all, by competent, impartial, and en. lightened authority. They are naturally anxious for such a decision, in the belief that all that is wanting to the defence of the College is an attentive and dispassionate investiga tion of the case. They are not without the hope that a more thorough and general know ledge of its nature and objects, and of all that it has done, is doing, and is calculated to do for India, and through India for Englaud, would induce the Legislature and the Public to place it for ever above the reach of meddling igno rance and interested hostility, and to cherish it as a security to the nation—", that those to whom she trusts her civil Empire in the East shall go there qualified, by character and at tainments, to uphold the honour of her name, , and diffuse the blessings of her Constitution ; and that, without such qualifications, no persons whatever shall go there to be so entrusted."— They are persuaded that the College has already in a great measure answered the important purposes for which it was intended ; that it is capable of doing so in a still higher degree ; and that the chief causes which have hitherto prevented its more complete efficacy, are the constant attempts from without at interference with its pro ceedings, and the strong re-action of secret in trigue and open clamour upon its powers of discipline, whenever they are exercised to that extent, which alone can secure and benefit the public, by excluding unworthy persons from the Civil Service of India. In their grief at seeing such an Institution misunderstood and misrepresented as it has been, they cannot but wish for an authoritative and final decision upon its merits, even though they may be told that the result would be—not, what they expect, Its establishment in a more free, independent, and effective position, but its entire abolition.— They feel assured that it never can be abolished by the enlightened Legislature which sanctioned it, upnn any of the grounds alleged by its ene mies; but that, if it fall, it must fall with honour, as a splendid, but visionary, attempt to secure from indocile ignorance and wilful pro. fligacy, an admission to that public trust which should be reserved only for trained capacity and for tried character. In short, there exists but one sentiment amongst the friends of the East India College. 'What they desire is, a fair and full investigation, whatever may be its result, by an unbiassed and a qualified judicature. What they deprecate, is an unprin cipled combination to undermine the College in public opinion, by a succession of complaints, in sinuations, and charges, in every shape but such as would bring the question to a just and legiti mate issue. In awaiting that issue, the public are requested not to listen to ex-parte statements, without at least recollecting the facts and argu ments on the other side, which are already within their reach. It may be remembered, that in the beginning of 1817, the Court of Proprietors at the India House was the scene of warm and protracted debates upon this very subject ; and that the invectives there delivered against the College were the occasion of calling out in its de. fence such a force of testimony, reasoning, and eloquence, as could not be withstood. As a spe cimen of that defence, it is sufficient to refer the public to the speech of Mr. Robert Grant, which is pieserved in the Number for June, 1817, Vol. ill. No. 18), of the Asiatic Journal (Printed for Black, Parbury, and Allen.) On the same occasion, a Pamphlet was published by Mr. Malthus (himself a Professor at Haley. bury), entitled " Statements respecting the East India College, with an appeal to Facts in Refu tation of the Charges lately brought against it." (Murray, 1817.) These " Statements" will fur nish the public with ample means of divining the probable truth and justice of the still more recent charges that have appeared in the Newspapers. Or if there should now be a difficulty in procuring copies of this pamphlet, the public may refer to Reviews of it in all the Literary Journals of the time, and especially to an article in The Quar terly Review for April 1817 (Vol. XVII. No. 33), distinguished for ability, candour, and states man-like views of the subject. Any of the above-mentioned documents may suffice to guard the public mind from the insidious attempts which are making to prepossess it unfavour ably upon this question. But there is one testi mony of a decisive nature proceeding from a quar ter which entitles it to particular attention. It forms a part of the speech of the Marquis of Has tings, which was pronounced at the Public Dispu tation at the College of Calcutta, June 30, 1817, and was reprinted in the Asiatic Journul (Vol. V. N0.21,f0r Feb. 1818). The following extract may with propriety conclude what is here addressed to the British Public, in the way of caution against their admitting, without examination, the cen sures and anathemas flowing from private interests at home, upon an Institution, the merits of which can be estimated only by an appeal to its public benefits in India. " In tracing the causes of the singular success with which this great and distant empire is governed with so much ap parent ease, and preserved in such tranquil lity, the, attention of every observer must be arrested by those institutions which are des. tined to form the future Legislators and States men of India, and which have already con tributed so largely to the general improve. meat in the administration of its affairs. The Institutions of Hertford and of Fort-Williarn wilt necessarily become objects of the deeps!! interest. The institution at Hertford has I; very lately been subjected to the minutestscrutia+ of the public at home, and it has passed th , ordeal with an increase of honour and repntatioA . , which, to those who, from its effects in IN country. see its value, cannot but be it source e the highest gratification." PRICE a THIS DAY AT F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. Endis Stock .............. BankDISI n n o i dt Ditto a South ff 0 rs i o S l o l e n s iliic St ock t. 4 Old Annuities. .............. 8i11y.................. 10p% • . sOli Cons. for Account ........ * A kind of wild goat. Bank Stock .. 3 per Cent. Red. 791 3 per Cent. Cons. 781 79 ex dir. 3f per Cent. Old 97f 98 1 P er Cell— .1" New99fi ex dir. i ser Cents. 1797 Rank Long Ann. 0 0; Imp. 3 per Cents. PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JAY• I°' Al' ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 00. {Six per Cents. 00. Russian Neapolitan Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 814. {Sail ), 754. Five per Cent. Bonds, 734 ex dit. AustrianAustrianFive per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds,. 60.. • New Ditto, 494. Scrip,l64 disc. proviian c Five per Cent. Bonds, 89. Daniih l Ditto New, 82i. .1 Six o ld per ß o n u d e s n , L oo B . onds, 61i. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1184. Chili 73. 73. (Ditto Scrip, 00. Peruvian New Loan, 76. Bank Shares £2l lis. American Six per Cant. 901-084. Five per Cent. 94 —9o¢. . Three per Cent. 694. French Spanish PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, JAN. 7. Bank Stocl4 , 2514 Grand Canal Loin, 4 P•c t : 6 11 Gov. Deb. 34 r cent. 434 —l)itto 6 per cent. Stock, 34 pe r c h °lit DittoStock. .......... Gov. Deb. 4 per cent...... Royal Canal Stock ......... . e Goy. Deb. 5 per cent. -AVule-street Cert. 6 Per c —Stock, 4 per cent.... 24 '2 Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec.', Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. Pipe Water Deb. 5 per City Debentures, 5 per Do. cent. Ball Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. 5 Exchange on London, Jan. 6, 611. HIGH WATER AT LONDOP Morning, tlti minutes after 1. I 3 BRIDGE TOJIORROW,: Evening , 51 minutes after_,L THE SUN. SOLED QUIS DICERE F.4I,SUM 411 DEdr I LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 180. [FROM A. coaarsportnEwr.] STOCK EXCHANGE, Half-past Twelve ICIOCV A great deal of business was doing this morill:41 in the above Market : Consols opened ;it tA , '' went up to 1, and lowered aoin to ob: Expresses froin Paris this morn i n g havet o ' the French Funds 87f. 35c., and Spanish 5V l ' The fail of the Spanish Funds in Paris is o' ll6 to the Spanish Government having dray'' d' Messrs. H u hBERT and C,0., their Bankers ati 4l 4l ' sl for 500,000 f. ; but, it is said, that owing ieso irregularity, or not having received the Sli ° Stock, they left their Bills unpaid, whicli crr protested and returned to Madrid. The :hor s ci t cumstance being known in our Market, wi th t v ih' e report of the diff eren t A m b assa d ors having drawn thems e lv e s from M a d r id, h a s cal.° - fall this morning in the Spanish Bonds. FOREIGN FUNDS.—The above' Mar' ► 1 (1 1 ` rather a dismal appearance thi s m orning, ' ll O , was first supposed in the. earlier part of th e m ing, that the Spanish Ulti matum h a d arrived' t th , soon after it was ascertained that the fall °f o r Spanish Bonds was oiving to their coming I° o , from Paris. New Spanish opened at 5 0 1 H 494-491. We have insert e d, un d er th e us ual bet ev to tracts from the Foreign Journals. They 01 ' nothing requiring particular remark". vur.sTcif FuNns.—JAN. 7. • ,„ , Five per Cents. r 71 8 7 highest 81 f. tiv Closed at Bank Stock 1530 f• Neapolitan Five per Cents. Spanish Bond s of 1021 bitchange on London—One Month 2 51 ''',& r. Three Months 25 t German Papers reached us this m orning fi ll :y the 4th inst. They contain an article fr ei v i , Banks of the D anu b e , w hi c h sa y s , that a I „ v potentiary is about to he sent to Constanti°o. who, without appearing as an AmbassnOr ° o r in the service of Russia, shall endeavour t° l . serve peace with the P or t e . This Env „t tV represent the Copers. Baron LIBEOLI' t* or Austrian Ambassad or , i s p ro p ose d for 1 " 0 tlOt pose. The same article also mentions) 6 / 0 1 alliance has been formed b e tween Resh ill 'a Britain, and the G re at E uro p ea n Powers) t rot' of what nature, or for what purpose, is 11°1 00 1 ' ed. Russia, it is said, will, in the Me l° VI continue her military preparations, as • 0/ means of giving weight to her negoellitiQvir The Greek Flotilla is about to enter t hc o i lll' danelles ; the Turkish Fleet is now' a t o rit t poli, and they intend to take advantag e absence to attack Chios and other Islands there are Turkish garrisons. In the absence or important Forele 1 ;0' 1 Bence, a Work has been just published, °lei° " Administration of the Affairs of Great ilitoffl#l &c. which ) being undoubtedly of al/