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COUNTY MEETINGS. FOR THE SUN. Mu. Enrrolt,---It appearing ,to be ,Mr. Con arrr's intention to attend the Norfolk County Meeting, in consequence of the qualification which has heen recently presented to him, I beg leave to refer your Norfolk Readers to the Acts ,of the 60 Geo. 3, c. 1, Geo. 4, chap. 6, sec. 4, by Ai Weil it will appear that no person is allowed to attend County Meetings as a Freeholder (if lie resides in another County than that where the Meeting is to be held) anless he has been. in pos lession of his qualification twelve months, awl its -value is fifty pounds a year !—llow much it is to be regretted that the Legislature, whilst passing these Acts, did not destroy OCCASIONALITY al together. A NORF OLK REEHOLDER. Middle Temple, Dec. 30, 1022. • AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. A number of Counties in Scotland, (Argyll, Banff, Caithness, Cromarty, Dumbarton, Elgin, Fife, Forfar, Lanark, Mid Lothian, Renfrew, •Sutherland, and Wigton,) lu appointed Com mittees to meet at Edinburgh, for the purpose of considering the Agricultural distresses L ot' the country, and the means of relieving them ; and a meeting of the General Committee was held at -the Waterloo lintel, on Monday the 23il of De cember, 1 BT2, the Right Ilon, Sir ,Fniug Strict:Alß, Bart. in the Chair, Iv hon he laid before that Corn •nvittee, a report, drawn np by a sub-committee, "appointed by a former General Meeting on the 16th December, which consisted of the following queinherp, 1. The Earl of Rosebery, The Lord Belhaven 3. Sir Henry Steuart, Belhaven; of Allanton, 4. John Vans Agnew, Esq. Sheuchen, 5. Gilbert Laing Areason, Esq. of Lindertis, 6. fleorge.Robertstm Scott. Esti, of Benludin, 31.11. . 7.. Sir Alin Sinclair, the Chairman. After some discussion, the following report was nnlmitouusly approvid of. REPORT. The Sub-Committee beg leave to express the opinions they have flamed, on the important subject referred U) them, in the following order , I.- Thnt one greatdause of the present agricultural distress arises, front the rapid iherati,Al that took Ogee in the currency, in consequence of the Act ;'9, (.ha'. 111. vaalti, which his in. ereaeeal the real valne • of. all money peytitients, rendered the prices of all the productions it the soil dieproportionally low, and . Occasioneil a want of a sufficient circulattng medium in the country ; thereby nuginenting, to a groat dwee, the heaVy pressure of taxLition, and of other Mirth-lie affecting those chimes who are now soffering; and hence that ineny persons alio here entered into money engagements, are itivolvedin obligations, , Which they cannot fuliiiwitliout ruin to themselves end their • 11. '['hat if the provision of the said act (50, (co.i c. 490, by whieh " all the restrictions on payments in cash, shall finally cease and determine on the Ist of May, 10.13,"' be car. tied into effect, it is likely greatly to aggravate the severe dis. .tram now - exiating ; and that Pariiainot, therefore, Shott 1(1 be petitioned to direct their earliest attention w that enact- That the hardships and dieadvantages resulting from the sudden alteration in the currency beforementioned, appear to Ole ronlynittee to have la en considerably increased, by the concurrent operation of the coinage act (rid, 6,0. 111. e. 68,) by which, in conaequence of the regulatioior for the silver coin. N.ra, gold is made the sole legal tender for paystiente except to .the Rlllollnt of forty shilling,. IV. That a remiesion of taxation, as far as is consistent with the public safety and interests, and with the preservation of .the national Nib ; and, (wherepracticable), the oubstitution taxes ' which would press more equal upon the whole comm. nity,in the room of some which are severely felt by- those whose e incomes, (now greedy reduced), are derived front land, would be a great tiource of relief. 'rhat it would be very desirable, to have country banks established in England arid Ireland on principles similar to atioptedin Southold, which, by augmenting the circula tion, anti placing It on to footing or security, would confer an essential benefit upon every part of the United Kingdom, whose 'interest:, arc trow so closely combined. , VI. That although the Committee do not venture to recam finite], in the present situation of the country, that tiny fresh • provisions should be introduced into the corn laws, as now este- Welled, they are of opinion, that the permission to warelionee foreign grain in this kingdom, ,has an effect very prejudicial to the wholesome anti intended operation of those laws. Vii. That by improvements in the distillery laws, an ade. quate reduction of the duty on spirits, and more freedom to the trade, a much larger consumption of graM would take place titan at present,-the ,revenue would be increased--a 'better] • quality of spirits matle—and the fraudulent practices which now accornpany diatillatioq, with their demoralizing effects, would be prevented, or diminished ; and that by adopting, also, a better system for the manufacture and sale of beer,- the dim. somption of that article, and consequently of barley, would be greatly increased. 'file mewing then resolved, That it copy of the proceedings of this day, he transmitted to the convener of every county in Sentland,.with a resittest, that he shall take the earliest oppor. unity its his yower. of calling a county meeting, to take the same into its immediate consideration. On the motion of Lord Succoth, seconded,liy the lit:namable Lieutenatit.General Duff, the thanks of the meeting ,were voted to the Sub-Committer, for having condocted the imeiness re 'lentil to them, with AO much zeal, prudence, and ability. E Upon the thanks being voted to the Chaitenan, lie expressed lifts great sittisfactitilr,. that the business had been brought.to go . happy a conclusion, .and his full conviction, if the proceedings of tfint day were acted upon energetically, by the counties of. - Scotland, that consegtiences highly useful to' the country at large might lie confidently relied on. 'lle particularly tilluded to the plan of milking silver jointly • with gold, a legal tender,. by means of which alone owing to the low price of silver, - (45.; per ounce), compareA to its mint price, (Ua.fido per ounce), an addition would be made, at the rate of nearly 12 per cent. to the price:4 of all agricultural - productions ; and another most Important object, an ineretoce of circulation, would likewise be qbtained : for Ale bonier) of paper - money would be entitled to maintain in circulation it larger amount, when, instead gof being` compelled to pay excinsively in gold. at 17e. 10d. Per ounce, they could, in aheir-optim, pay in silver, at the rate of lis. per ounce. He added, that either silver stone, or jointly with . gold, had been a legal tender in this country, from the most ancient periodi Of its history, till the Bank Restriction anti the tleinage'Act of Ltd,% wizen, , fig thp first time, gold wee. made exclusively, except for payment under 40 shillings, the stand , card of valito.—ttedinkoyes (Maroc'', Dec. 23. Af3RICULT URAI J 'REPORT FOR DEC E BE R. From the drought at the commencement, and the subsequent. continued rains, a.considerable ,part of the wheat seed has been put in unusually late. The appearance of the young crop, how ever, js -univetlally good. Local 41amage has been done to tho wheats by the late Houk, from which they are recovering ; and the crops, gene rally, will rec , ?ive a salutary check by the late and present seasonable weather. The potptoe crop Inis proved great, but' the considerable cul tivators are so dissatisfied at the present prices, that many of them have determined to contract that culture. geport speaks still more favourably of the turnips, and of all the green cattle-crops. Lands have been for some time getting ready for putting in the early pulse. Store cattle and sheep, from the abundance of keep during this autumn, have been saleablewithout any depres sion of prices : but cows and calves, and foals, have been most ready of sole. Pig breeding has been utterly ruined in this country, by the con - aunt and extensive importation from Ireland. ~` - i CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the Venus, KILGOUR, which arrived on Monday from the Cape of Good Hope, letters have beef► received in town from that Colony to the 17th October. The Venus left St. Helena on the 30th October, and on her passage from that island to Falmouth, on the 2d of December spoke the Adamant, homeward bound from Cal cutta, in lat. 34. 6., long. 34. 48., all well. The following is an extract of a, letter brought by the Venus, dated Cape Town, October 16-: " Our last accounts from our settlement at Graham's Town continue to be of a very unsatisfaCtory kind. The settlers there are Very discontented with their. situation, and such as have been able to raise the means and obtain the Governor's permis sion, are rapidly quitting the place. In the environs of that settlement the Caffres have lately made some dangerous incur sions, and several of the settlers who had taken up their habi -1 tations in the immediate vicinity, bad, it was reported, fallen victims to the savages. This had also been the case with some individuals who had imprudently ventured in the woods, for the purpose of hunting, and who have not since been heard of, but it was feared had be"en murdered, as traces of a party of Caffres having been in the direction of their route, were dis covered by the party who were sent in pursuit of the absentees. To add to the inconveniences of those settlers residing in the outskirts of Graham's Town, hostilities are stated to have taken place between two of the Caille tribes, in their neigh bourhood, and several cattle had been carried off at various times by the marauding parties of the combatants in their pur suit of each other through or near to the European settlements. Two muskets had also been stolen from the house of one Minim, Whose 'residence was on the borders of the Hottentot country. Some of the settlers, however, On this side of Gra ham's Town, had succeeded in manuring, and, in somemea sure, cultivating several phits of the ground there which had hitherto defied:all agricultural ingenuity and industry; and there was every prospect of a considerably further portion being brought fit for cultivation by the next season, although the im pregnation of salt-petre in the ground is very strong, andt7.- eeedingly difficult to get rid of. " Alf hope of civilizing the Caffres. is now given over : the national feature of this people is ferocity, and they ,do not pos sess any of that uncultivated shrewdness which has heen so much oh4erved in many tribes and nations of savages. They are very eruel, and without any, ideas of society, or : any appar ent wish te know.more than their rude state of life has already taught them ; and our settlers'ilave.now givfn over all thought of attempting. to :obtain.their friendship, and are only anxious to guard themselves against the consequences of their :ani mosity. " The tribe of Kia King is however some exception to this rifle. This Chief,' ever Since be has obtained his authority, has been very anxious to be upon sociable and intimate terms with the English; and has rendered us all the assistance in his power to check the atrocious inroads and daring depredations of the natives ; and through his means frequently droves of cattle, belonging to the settlers, which would otherwise have been inevitably lost, have been recovered.—ln' return for these favours, he b?is received considerable presenti from the Go vernor, as well as from some of our principal settlers; 'but al though his tribe is thus somewhat seciable, no hope is enter tained that any considerable intercourse will ever be carried on between the European settlers and the natives. I should here mention the Portion of country held by them comprehends the Most fertile, u well as the most barren part of the country." CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The English Funds have continued very I . !eavy this they, occasioned probably by the present account tieing a heavy bull one. There is also still a distrust existing respect. ing the state affairs betwixt France and Spain, but surely a slight reflection should convince all that the King of France is sincerely resolved to maintain at peace- Duke Mathieu de Alontmorency, and, a few other furious Ultras, committ. ed the French nation to an impolitic contest with Spain, for which there was no just ground, and the result of which would probably have been fetal to the Bourbon race. His Must Christian Majesty sees the dangers to which Duke Ma thieu has exposed his Government, and he dismisses him front his Councils. Surely it is not necessary to entail the calamities of war on a population of 30 millions, because a few Ultras, having the power, have pledged France to interfere with the Spanish Constitution, for no other reason than to promote the views of ,the Emperor Alexander,in European Turkey. The French King had chosen, in this instance, that policy which is best calculated to preserve his Crown; and liberal sentiments have thereby gained a great victory over violence and fanaticism. The Consols @Petted at 81, fell to 80a, and closed at nob Foreign securities have been very flat also this day, but it was, probably occasioned by the monthly settlement of rime bargains, although the December one is a very light one. At one time the Spanish Bonds of 1821 were mover cent. loWer titan yesterday. 'lt was ieported that orders had been received from Russia for clothing for 150,000 men, and also for 20,000. stands of arms for Prussia. Neither of which' rumours are true. .Trade in general is very dull ; on the Baltic Walk few sales, .of any article have been effected. The General of -the Tallow Speculation is at .present in . winter quarters, and he neither . buys nor sells. Many still expect Tallow to be dearer, as they calculate on the time sales being larger than can be supplied , without applying to the great speculators, in which case.cer . tainly they would be compelled to pity dearly fur their deft.' ciencies. 'This cannot, however, mucit afrect the consumers, because its continuance would only he or short duration. Se veral Gentlemen also calculate still on a heavy duty being laid on Foreign Tallow, to assist agricultural distress. 4ny such. tax would be impolitic, for trade is heavily enough burdened already. It is, however, not at all probable that any additional duty will be imposed on Foreign Tallow; 38a. to 395. is the currency this day, and there is certainly little appearance of any amendment.—,(Morging Chronicle.) • In the cathedral of Saragossa is the tomb of a famous Inquisitor. Six pillars surround this tomb ; to each is chained a Aloor, as preparatory to his being burned. On this St. Foix inffeni ously observes. 44 If ever the Jack-Ketch of any country should be rich enough to have a splendid tomb, this iniea serve as an excellent model." The Ilythe Soup Society have resumed their effective relief to the poorer classes during this inclement liettSoll by a weekly issue of coals at sixpence per bustle!, and a distribution of good meat soup at a halfpenny kr quart, on Tuesdays and Fridays. In the night oryesterday week, the poultry house of Mrs. Kelly, at Ifernden Farm, in IL'astry, was broke open, anti thirteen turkeys, two guinea fowls, and several other fowls stolen. THE ARMY. War-Office, Department of *comps, Dec. 24, 1822. SlB,—r am directed by the Secretary at War to annex, for your information and guidance, a Statement of the Rates of Allowance made to General and Staff Officers of Regiments in Great Britain, in lieu of Forage for their Horses, for the half-year ending the 24th inst. agreeably to which the charge!: for the forage of the horses of the are' to be _corrected, where the proper chargc , his not bum made in your accompta, Rates of Al 16:eanee. Bcrks ls. 9d. Cornwall . - 1 11 Devon , - - . 1 9 Dorset - 1 8 Essex - 1 9 Hants . - 1 9 Kent . . 1 9 Lancaster - 1 10 Middlesex -•- 110 Norfolk - 1 7 Northampton - 111 , 1 am to add than an allowance of one shilling and nine-pence per ratio will be granted for forage in each of the other Coun ties in which there are no contracts., I am, Scc. (Signed) LAU. SITLIVAN. Counties. Rates Counti:s. lowance. Northtunberland Is. 7d. Nottingham - 1 10 Somerset - 1 10 Suffolk - - 1 7 Surrey - - 1 11 Sussex - - 1 9 Warwich - 110 York - - 1 8 North Britain - 2 1 Guernsey - 1 1 1 Paymaster of the No. 398. GENERAL ORDEn. . Horse Guards, Nov. 30.1822. His Majesty has been pleased to command, that the Stan dards in the Cavalry shall be carried in future by Troop-Ser• jeant-:Majors, anti the Commander-in-Chief desires that the same may be observed accordingly. By his Royal Hipness's Command, HENRY TORRLNS, Adjutant-General. No. 399. GENERAL ORDER. . . Horse Guards, Dee. 20, 1822. The Commander-in-Chief desires, that Officers commanding Regiments and Detachments serving on the • Irish Establish ment, will, on all occasions, assist,.by every means in their power, the references and inquiries of Air. RicitAnD Army Agent, Dublin, resident Sub-Agent to Chelsea Hos pital, relative to Chrlsea Pensioners who reside in Ireland, and are permitted to draw their pensions - in that.ceuntry. By command of his Royal Ilighuess, • The Commando , inXidef, HENRY TOItRENS, Adjutant-General. STATION'S of the NINTH BATTAtioN of the Royal ROO- Illent of ARTILLERY, with the Names of th e C a p ta i ns corn . mending the different Companies.. Head Quarters, Woolwich. Lieut.-General ROninyr,Dotrdt'As, Calenel - CoMniandant. Ist Company, Major Wm. D. Nieolls,,Captait---Jamaica. , • 2d Ditto, Major Christopher Wilkinson; Captain—BarbuOes• 3d Ditto, Major Henry Pierce, Capt a in—=Jamaica. , lth Ditto, Major Philip Hughes, Captain-:—Chartemout. hth Ditto, Blajor John `lichen, Captain— 167c010n. fish Ditto, Major John E. Jones, Captain—llidifax, Nova Scotia.- 7th Ditto, Major Thomas J. Forbes; Captain-- West hulks. Bth Ditto, Lieut.-Colonel Andrew Bredin,Captain—Canada. .„ . . The Detachmentibelonging to the undermentioned Co r p s : the 20th, (or East D evons h ire ) the 47th, (or Lancashire) ; an d the 67th, (or South Hampshire) Regiments of Fool), which marched on the 6th and - 7th inst., from Albany . Barracks and Gosport, for Chatham, where they arrived on . the 14th inst., pro ceeded from thence to Wavesend, where they embarked on Sa turday last, the 28th inst., on board the East India Company's ships, the Inglis and licrefordshire for Bombay. • Detachments belonging to the sth, oth, 21st, and 35th Regi ments of Foot, have embarked at Cowes, on board the Loyal Britoutransport, tbr Barbadoes,. ' - Detachments l a to the 33(1, - 50th, 01st, and 02d Reg'. Monts of Foot have embarked at Cowes, on board the Echo transport, for jam:Lica. - A Detachment of the African Colonial Coris has received orders to embark, at COWLI, on board the Louisa transport, for Cape Coast Castle. Detachments belonging to the undermentioned corps :—the Bth, 18th, 28th, 32d, 30th, 51st, 80th, 85th, and 00th Regi ments of Foot, embarked at Cowes, on board the John Richard transport, for the Mediterranean. _ _ Ddtacliments belonging to the 04th and 75th Regiments of Foot, embarked at Cowes, on board the John Richard-trans port, for Gibraltar. „ • Cohniel Fitzelarence has received orders to join his regiment in Ireland forthwith, and is accordingly preparing for the im mediate departure of himself' anti family.. Several other Of cern, we understand, have received orders to join .their respec tive regiments as soon as possible. A detachment of the 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons, embarked at Gravesend on Saturday last on board the llon. .East India Company's ship Inglis, for Bombay. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, the remains of the late Mr. DueAwn:a, one of the principal Pages to the' KING, were interred in St. Mar. garet's Westminster Burying Ground, adjoining - the grave of 'the late Mr. Santbagen, who was the principal Page, and was the first Page his Ma jesty had when a youth, and who continued to live with the . King to a very advanced age, till he died about two years since. Mr. Dupasquier was followed to the grave by Mr. G. Dupasquier, his eldest son .; Messrs. Troup, Lucas, and Ste phens, brother Pages,; and Messrs. retsttm Hesse, of the King's houaehold. !tons c-srcar.rNo.---The inhabitants of liitchin, in Bedfordshire, hove for runny months past been in the constant habit of being plundelV of their horses, and indeed of every species of articles appertaining to 'their stables. On the 14th of November last a fine half-bred bay mare, in 'foal, was stolen from a farm-yard belonging to J.aits KEmrsom, Esq. of Shitlington.. Every means to discover the thief, or the mare, proved infidctual, although it had been traced to the environs. of London, rode by a man whose description answered that of a Thomas Bell, alias Clarke, alias Rich ardson, who resided at Shitlington, and who had long been suspected of being deeply concerned in many robberies. On Saturday night last, War den, a constable of Bedford, arrived in London, a reward - having been previously offered, for this . Thomas Bell, when he applied for the assistance of one of the London officers. Thompson, a constable of St. Sepulchre's, was the first he could meet with, to whom he related the circumstances, and from Thompson's residence close to Smithfield market,the Bedford officer could not have selected a better man. On Sunday morning they succeeded in finding the horse at the stable behind the Gray hound, at Kennington Common, where they dis, covered it had been brought in a very fatigued state, by a man answering the description of Bell, abdut Six hours after it was supposed to have been stolen from Shitlington. They shortly afterwards succeeded in apprehending Bell, whom they found concealed in a small house, about half a mile from the horse ; in the house they found parts of several horses' tails, sundry bridles, bits, saddles, &c.; they immediately proceeded with their prisoner and the horse to Hitchin, where, upon taking the prisoner before a Bedfordshire Magistrate, at the Sun Inn, he was fully committed to take his trial at the next Bed ford assizes. Other charges were then preferred against the prisoner for stealing bridles found by the officers in his possession, and which turned out to belong to other persons in the neighbour hood, upon which charges he was also fully com mitted for trial. CIRCu 3icisiox.—Holitlay at the Bank, Exchequer, East India and South Sea Houses. PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, .1.4. x. 1, . . AT ONE O'CLOCK'. French Five per Cents. 89. i. Six per Cents. 00. Russian { Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. ' . Ditto New 03. N eapolitan 1 s r e i r v i e p r 7 r B C i. ent. Bonds, ni . Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 64. Spanish - New Ditto, 56. Scrip, 0 disc. Prussian f Five per Cent. Bond s , 06. I Ditto New, 86,1. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 91i. . , Chili 7.44. ' Old Bonds, 00. / Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, CIL Ditto Scrip, 00. Peruvian : New n i Sl nirai £ an C °°. il 21 10s. Sx per Cent. 02-96. , American i Five per Cent. 96A. Three per Cent. 70k. 111611 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-51011110W. Morning, 00 minutes after b. Evening, 20 minutes after c, THE SUN. KOLEM QUIS DICEBE F.iLium : J UDEA?' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 18,2:. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCHANGE, Haff-past Twelve o'Clock.-- Few persons attended the earlier part of this morning on the 'Change, on account of the dark .ness, but more particularly owing to the new Room being opened in - Cope' Court for the Foreign Securities ; a good deal was done at the above room in New Spanish Bonds. Four Ex presses arrived this morning from Paris ; burthe price of the French Funds was not ascertained till a late hour ; they were Sr.O 15c. at leaving off. Consols opened at 80 r 7 , and up to this hour they are 81. FOREIGN MAIIKET.--But little doing in the above Market. We have not received any French Journals since our last. There are private letters from various parts of Europe; but they are only re markable for the terms of confidence in which some of them speak of the cause of the Greeks, and for the very general opinion which is now entertained that that interesting and he roic people are about to be taken under the pro tection of England, Jitters from Constanti nople announce that the Turkish fleet had en tered the Dardanelles. It was known that the Admiral's ship had been blown up, under 're. From the LON DON G 4 Z ETTErf De e. 31. Croryn.Office, 21, 1822. MENntn. returned to serve in this present Parliament. Shire of Itoss.—Sir James Wernyss Mackenzie of Sealwell, Bart„ in the. room ot"rhonias Mackenzie, Esq., deceased. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. M. Marks, Romford, Essex, slopseller, from Jan. 4, to Jan. 11, at the Court of Commissioners. • T. Pearson, Oxf'ord-street, MithUesex, oilman, from Jan. 4, to Jan. 18,.at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. BANKRS. J. R. CuflleY, Ipswich, maltste U r PT to surrender Jan. 7, at s i x , 21, and F e b. 11, at eleven, a t the Great White Horse, Ips wich. Attornies, Mr. Simon Batley Ja&amen, Ipswich ; and Messrs. Bromley, Gray's Inn-square, London. J. Eaglesfield and .1. Wall, Hinckley', Leicestershire, ho. siers, Jan. 20, at six, 21, and Feb. 11, at the Ram Inn, Hinckley. Attornies, Messrs. Long and Austen, Holborn court, Gray's Inn, London ; and 3lr. Cordell, or Mr. Scul thorpe, Hinckley. T. Lamplough, Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire, corn-factor, Jan. 6; 7, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Dog and Duck Tavern, Kingston.upon-Bull. Attornies, Messrs. Rosser and Son, Bartlett 's-buildings, Holborn. J. Redmayne, Burton, Thornton in Lonsdale Yorkshire, coal-dealer, J a n. 13, at s i x, 14, at ten, and Feb.ll,l at eleven, at the Royal Oak inn, Lancashire. Attoinies, Mr. Jack son, Garden -court, Temple ; , and Mr. Bradley, Kirkby Lansdale, IVesanorland. R. Pullan, Leeds, Yorkshire, merchant; Jan. 8, at five, 9, and Feb. 11, at eleve n , at t h e N ag ' s Head Inn, Bradford. At.. tornies, IM r. Evans, Hutton-garden ; and Messrs. Bentley and 3lossman, Bradford. .1. Stickland, sen. and .1. Stickland, jun., Newgate-market. cheese-mongers, Jan. 7, 14, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Alliston and Hundleby, Freeman's-Court, Cornhill. J. Dickinson, Aldersgate,street, leather seller, Jan. 7, 14. and Feb. 11, at t we l ve , at t h e Court of Commissioners. Attor nies, Messrs. Pullen and Son, Fore-street, Cripplegate. DIVIDENDS. jan. 23, W. Ilnyton and 11.1. - Dotiglas, Sunderland near the Sea, Durham, coal-litters -01m. 21, J. Evens, Wapping, linen. draper—Jan. 21, J. C. White, Mitre -court, Fenchurch. street , merchant—Jan. 21, W. Surrey; coaLmer chant-..-Jan. 21, W. Carnes, Canal-row, Bermondsey, rope.. maker—Jan. 21, A. Barniisehina, Gravesend, hard wareman— Jan. 21, J. Dalton Tottenham-cou r t- roa d, merchant -~/an. 21, R. Ritchie and .1. Rigsby, Deptford, brewers —Jan. 23, I. Longrigg, • Liverpool; linen-draper. -; CETIFICES, JAX. 1. W. Cook, W ou ldh ß arn, Kent A , T co 2 T. Herbert. jun., Great Ilussell-street, Bloomsbury, auctioneer—W.3. W. Lindsey, Bath, silk-mercer—J. Watkins, New Crane, Shadwell, butcher—J. Armitage, Pontefract, Yorkshire, cotton-spinners. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Barnes, G. Swallow, and R. Barnes, Manchester, cotton dealers': so far as relates to G. Swallow—J. C. Johtison, K. Morris, J. Carter, Liverpool., conunission-agents : so f a r as re lates to J. C. Johnson—R. 11. Marten, S. and W. Smith, and It.. G. Marten, Mincing-lane, brokers.M. Hart, 0. R. Robin son, and T. H. Brotikiii,' St. John's, Newfoundland ; so fa r as relates M. Hart—W. Boyes and J. Constable, Kingston...upon- Hull, ironmongers—W. H.. Cobden and J. Gent, Fenebnrch street-chainbers; sugar-brokers—. 4. Docker and G.:.4parks,Lower E. Smithfield, carpenter—T. Stace and R. Johnson, Pavement, Moorfields, machine-rules—J. Eaton and W. Lefever; Union. court, Broad-street, straw-plait dealers—R.'Abbott and W. B. Frost, Needham-market, Suffolk, surgeons—W. Halton, C. Scott, and J. Edwards, Frith -street, Soho, tailors—N., N., and ,Bury-court:anm s a rtt, 3 ll a . ti.N . e l'it t i tr r ;):; U e.. r :l l l : i3 .e u r . tCriswell a : nit e t e ni t d , o w t. l . 1 de ll 1. ! r o - eels, so far dero: Lutnley and R. :fabling, Gracechurch-street, wine-merehants—W. Cleaver and C. Yardlev, High Holborn, soap-manufacturers—J.. Window and T. Vacher, Craig's-court, eharing-cross, agetts—J, O'Brie n Broad-street-buildings, anti M. Kolste r , St. Dotaingo, wer , chants—C. D. Broughton, W. Spront, and J.. 1. thttlott, Nantwich, bankers, so far as relate s t o W. Sprout—R. ilaik es , W. and I. Currie, Kingston-upon-Hull, baulcers—r. and V. Brown, RatdiftThighway. boot-makers—G. Solomon and J. Wickes, Smith-street, Northampton-suare, coloured paper, manufacturers--T. Perceval and S. S. Saxon, Burton and Mil ton, Soniersetsbire, silk-throwsters-IV. Thorpe and It. Bell, Boston and Bourn, Lincolnshire, merchants—lt. and H. Ri chardson, Ilowibrd.buildings, renchurelt-street, ahip.brokers. nedos, by the Greeks; and that disaster, to addition to the repeated diicomfitures previously sustained by the Ottoman arms, both on sea and, laud, had greatly dispirited the Mussultuans. llamburgh Papers to the '2Bth ult. readied us this forenoon ; but their contents are act 0 1 much importance. 1073 ships, up to the 26th of November, had arrived at Cronstadt in the course of the year. Gas lights are about to be introduced, for the first time, in Banta. The abolish e d i n t h at E mp i re i n t , 20, is again to Lancasterian System o f Eduratioo, which was be established among the regiments at St. Peters burg. A Stockholm Journal, entitled Argus the Second, has been suppressed for inserting an article on the Agricultural distreses, on the gra duation of taxes, anti the expence of the armir.— From the will of Prince IlArtnEsunnp, itappears that his whole fortune amounts to about 700,090, dollars. . ' A •r i . ns P te E rd T a E m ßzi 1... 7 n G II? Dec. 10' Exchang e on L on d on II ambargh - - Paris 9 31Xds 9i 9 pIE 101+. . ... ~,.. , Aarnraott, DEe zt• No Exchtnge was lf publishc-d to-day,. on account of the bw lidays, but busing was done On London - . - ilusterdant :(6) 5 7 t, to w Parts - 2t; 13-18th to a• 3 1, n i - ~ Ail for Monvy. Our Lisbon Papers are to the ultimo. They are chiefly filled with the interesting de tails sespectiug, the Queen of Portugal, which tee laid before our Readers yesterday. : They however, supply the following information re specting the deliberations of the Corte In the sitting of the dth, Senhor F. Aitonio de Campos read; proposal for drawing up a Commercial Code. lie 140- posed that a reward of 8,000 milreas should be oared to the author of the best plan for such a Code, and halt" the stun t'" the Authors of the two projects which may be thought deserving of 11 e accenit. The projects to be presented to the Cortex on the Ist of December, 1824. It was ordered to be read a so" condAinie in a future sitting. It was in the same sitting of the I;th that Senhor Correa de Lacerda made his motion for auk. menting the strength of the regiments of the' line, to the same complement as before the reduction of 1814, an :Ic count of which we gave some days ago. In the sitting of the 9:11, the .Minister of the Marine was introduced. and read a paper, in Which he represented the deplorable state of the Portuguese Navy, and of all the establish ments belonging to it. At present the navy consists of three ships of the line, 8 frigates, 9 corvettts, 5 brigs, 11 ships of burden, and 7 - g mall vessels used as packets: but all the ships are old, and wilt be unfit for service in ri r years. At Rio de Jv:tnteelir,o athnedreorrie:tabritiiticatlntililnrce: o n f the lnit)s i t i e nil of t e h f e r t i t g i t g e t s w , , t t w it o h co ip r; Senhor Fonseca Rangel moved that the necessary information should be asked of the Government, that the Cintes might de signate, in a constitutional manner, tho a mou nt o f t he f orce ne cessary to be maint a i ne d b y l and and tea; and that the Mini. ster for Foreign Affairs be ordered to acquaint the Coates with the state of our political relationi with foreign nationa..:— Ordered." AMERICA, [L'xtraet of a Letter, dated Catpp calvas, near Penqacole, oct. inth:) " The revenue cutter Louisiana arrived here a few days ago from a cruise on the coast of Cuba, having made live prizes. --,The vessels captured were schooners from 80 to 100 tons burthen. Two were burnt, and Ore e sent i nto N e w Or leanS—one loaded with coffee, and another hav ing a q uan ti ty o f d ry goods on board.l{ he crew of one only was taken, consisting of 17, who are under guard at this camp; having been detained for trial. The other crews escaped into the woods, after 'having butt a quantity of coffee, Sm, they had on shore. The vessel to which the n prisoners here belonged, hi a dditi on to their small arm!, mounted a large swivel."—(3Tobile Register.) Yesterday the Duke of Yontc held a Levee nt the Commander-itt-Chief's Mice in the IforEe Guards. Last evening a King's messenger left le" with dispatches for Sir CHARLES BAGOT, our AUL hassador at St. Petershurgh. The Spanish courier, who arrived in London 0 11 the night of the 'llth hist. with dispatches from Sir WILLIAM A'COLItT, our Minister at M a drid, left town on Sunday with Mr. CANNING'S answer to them. Yesterday Mr. CANNING transacted business at the Foreign Office. On Monday the Duke of Your took the diver sion of shooting nt Outlands, accolopa n i e d by a select party of friends, who experienced abun dant and exce ll en t sport , h aving killed 130 heft" of game, 100 of them were pheasnot s , which were brought to London yesterday morning in a cart. It is understood that Lord Ct-tsw iLL lA3t bus accepted the office 'of Minister t o the Swio Cantons, having failed in obtaining a n a ppoint" ment of a more desirable nature.--(Morning Paper.) Admiral JARAT, the new ,Minist er from Spail l t t o x t c h e i l s ie C n o cy 7t, arrived in t own on Nionday. 1115 before leaving Paris, bad an int er ' view with M. tie . VILLELE, the result of %chic"' it is said, has been to remove ail d ou bts from his mind of a friendly accommodati on between th e two Governments. Besides the squadron under Commodore Sir EnwAtin O WEN , w hi c h sailed -ou TuesdaY 1 it from Plymouth for the West Indies, the Banke r'' 26, Capt. F. FtinEß, and _pioneer schoo(l2, Lieut. FA VELL , h ave since passed that por t for the same destination. Lady HOLLAND, we are c oncer ned to Bat e ) 15 serious , • .st et' indisposed i n Old Burlington