The Sun. — London, England, 1823-01-06 00:00:00

PRICE O. TIIIB DAY AT Rank Stock 246 Spec Cent. Red. 79H 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 31 per Cent. ' 1 Old 97i 911 4 perlCent. New shut 5 ?er Cents. 1797 Bank Lorg Ann ° Oil Imp. 3 per Cents STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. • India Stock I India Bond a 48a. South Sea Stock • ' Old Annuities Fix. Bills • 812 pr. bitto Small • • Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Account Boi PRICE OF.FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JAN. 6, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 89. Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 82A. Neapolitan I Five per Cent. Bonds, 77 ex div. t. Scrip, 77.1. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 61. Spanish New Ditto, Ml. {Scrip, 10i disc. Five per Cent. Bonds, 83k. Prussian L Ditto New, 031 ex div. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 91. Chili 75. Old Bonds, 00. Colombian {Six per Cent. Bonds, 07. Ditto Scrip, 00. Peruvian New Loan, 77. Bank Shares £2l ss. American Six per Cent. 90A-98A. Five per Cent. 411i-94 Three per Cent. ti9i. Fren th PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, iAx. 2. Bank Stock' o io/ Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. 441 Gov. Deb. 3i per cent 93h —Ditto 6 per cent.... 68 Stock, 31 per ct 91 —DittoStod{ Gov. Deb. 4 per cent...... Royal Canal Stock Goy. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 4 per-cent. -4 Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec.... Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. City Debentures, 5 per Do. cent. '2/ Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. 5 per cent. Exchange on Lon. on, Dec. 30, Sik. 111011 WATER AT LONDO? Alorning, 56 minutes after 9. 1 4 BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening,. 27 minutes after 10. THE SUN. . . SOLEX OUIS DICERS F.4I,SU . M AUDF.I.I7' ? LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1 823. IVe have the pleasure to lay before our Readers the Official Statement of the REVENUE for the years and quarters ended sth January, Mt and 1823. Considering the large reduction of taxa tion which was effected in the last year, the result is most gratifying. [FIIOSI A COERF.SPONDENTA STOCK EiCIIANGY, Ilatf-past Twelve &Clock.— Cousola opened this morning at BG-i to 81, but not much business doing. The expresses from Paris this morning brought the French fund s o f Saturday at 88f. 10 e. The price at leaving off is stated in the private letters by the above conveyance to be owing to the English Mi nisterial Papers, which are continually writing against a peace between France and Spain, and throw a damp on the French mar ket ; but in regard to political information, no thing was known in the above Capital when the express left : and they were still waiting the issue from the Court of Madrid in regard to the Columbia Loan; nothing has as yet transpired from the new Charge d'Affairs concerning this Loan, but it is generally thought that some negociation is going forward with the above Gentleman and the Con tractors on the above subject. . FOREIGN FUNDS.—New Spanish Bonds opened this morning at 54i, at which price they are up to this hour ; the only business doing is in Co lumbian and New Spanish. The news received by the French Journals is not important. We have inserted the most in teresting articles under the head ' 6 Foreign In telligence" FRENCH PUNDA.—JAN. 3. rive per Cents. Closed at BB f. 30 c. Bank Stock 1599 E 50 c. Neal►olitan hive pet •Cents. Exchange on London —One Month 95 E 40 c. Throe Months 25 E 25 c. The Dutch Mail, with Papers to ,the 4th inst. came to hand this morning. From Frankfort they write, that a letter has been received from an y European merchant at Peru, which says that war between -Russia and the Porte was consi. tiered as in evitable.----T he Russians are considered by the Turks as being the instigators of all the troubles of Turkey by sea and land. From Frankfort they also mention that the specific mission of Lord STRANGPORD and Baron I,lu zrurruN, the Austrian Minister to Constanti nople, is likely to fail, on account of the changed state of that capital.---Accounts from Switzer. land say that there has not been such a fall of snow for forty years as has occurred this winter, and that six persons have perished from the in clemency of the weather. A Spanish Mail arrived yesterday, but the in telligence it brought was anticipated by accounts to the 25th ult., contained in the Paris Journals. The Papers received by the Mail reach only to the itith. The Universal of the 17th has some notes on the article of the Journal des . Details of the klth, in which the imprudence of an armed in tervention with Spain was so forcibly pointed °4 t. The Spanish Journalist observes, that there `' such truth mixed up with an equal quantity of error in the view which the French writer takes of the state of Spain. He agrees with the Jour-- , nal des Debrds, that materials for composing a House of Peers are not to be found in Spain. The supposition of anarchy in Madrid is repelled as a gross calumny ; and it is observed—" If in some provinces that anarchy which always ac companies civil war be experienced, it is the height of infamy toattribute that anarchy to the Constitution, when it is so evidently the work manship of those persons who have by intrigue and bribery raised the flame of rebellion, and in stigated disobedience to the laws. This is as absurd as it would be for a physician to pretend that he is alarmed at the height of his patient's fever, and yet give him medicines to increase it." A regular file of American Papers, to the Bth of December, arrived this morning. ( From the Commercial Advertizer, Dc.. 7. ) SLATE TRADE.—By the Congressional pro. ceedings it will be seen that there is at length a prospect that Congress will go the right way to work to suppress the Slave Trade. We have always contended that the only effectual mode by which this desirable object can be accom• plisted, would be to have a conditional• atid limited mutual right of search allowed. Great Britain has repeatedly offered this. Let the United States come into a measure and all Europe will follow. MEXICO.--By the last dates a spirit of dissatis faction was spreading in the new Empire, which threatened . to overthrow the new Imperial Go vernment, and substitute a Republican from the first Army sent to Guatemala, had been. defeated, and a fresh force was ordered thither, but it was thought it would be also routed by the Repub licans. Terms had been offered the. Royal Go vernment of Peru. Arrests of distinguished indi viduals are frequent in Mexico. MEXICAN MINISTER..—In the British barque Muria, arrived in Hampton Roads 'on' the 27th, came as passenger the Mexican Ambassador to the Government of the United States, Don. JOSEPII lonkGA, with Don Toitais, his Secre tary. PlavrEs.---Capt. CALDWELL, from Havannah, confirms the report, received several days since, of the capture of Pirates by a British sloop of war ; he states they had attacked the Pirates near Matanza, and taken about 30; the remainder were driven on shore. In addition to the above, it is reported that the Tyne had engaged the Pirates, and taken c. 29 prisoners. The British lost 12 killed, besides wounded. The loss of the Pirates was supposed to be about 40 or-50. FROM BRAZIL.—By the Brig Factor ,s.e learn that Pernambuco was in a very unsettled state. A revolution. had been effected in the Govern. ment by the soldiery, on account of some trans actions relating to the Rio squadron. The Government called in the Militia, to oppose the regular troops : a battle was fought at Oneida, in which the militia were beaten, and some of the Rulers taken prisoners. The President of the Junta escaped on board the English packet which sailed for Rio. A new Junta 'was nomi. nated by PEDNOZA, the Governor of Arras, and were elected by the soldiery, but the people op. posed this election. The Rio squadron sailed from Pernambuco on the 18th Sept. and.arrived olf Bahia on the 19th. No troops were expected in the Brazils from Portugal. Letters received this morning, dated Dec. 26, from Gibraltar, state the death of MuLY So- LIMAN, Emperor of Morocco, on the 28th No vember, and MuLy ARDAHUAN has been ap pointed in his stead. Every thing was quiet in that capital. LLOYD'S JAR. 6.—The reports in most of the Papers of the loss of his Majesty's ship Alligator is unfounded : it should have been staled—the American schooner Alligator. his Majesty's ship Alligator sailed from Madeira the 14th Oct. for the Cape of Good Hope and Bombay. We have [copied from the Dublin Correspon dent the important and unexpected intelligence that the- Grand. Jury have .ignored the Bills against the persons' indicted for the atrocious at tack in the Theatre upon the LORD LIEUTENANT. The ATTORN'iY.GENERAL for Ireland, on the annunciation being made to the Court, imme diately expressed his surprise at the decision of the Grand Jail, and declared his resolution to prosecute the persons accused b y ex o ffi c i o: in formations. We have . l earne d from a private source of information, that Mr . Foams and . the other prisoners ' have. been adthitted to bail. On. Friday night. Mr. LITTLtWOOh, the King's Messeuger, left _town with dispatches for St. Petersburgh. Saturday,: soon after one o'clock, Lord SUSSEX LENNOX, the brother t o t h e D u k e o f RICHMOND, arrived in Downing-street', with dis patches from Sir THOMAS MAITLAND, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. ACTION Wl= PIRATES. (From the Ainericari Papers ) PHILADELPHIA, N oN. 9.B.—The following ac count of an engagement between the United States schooner Alligator, and some pirates,. in which the gallant ALLEN was slain, we have translated from en Havanna Paper,. received by the Mary Ann, arrived here yesterday, from our correspondent in that:place. HAVANNA, Nov. 14.—8 y an express arrived yesterday, 13th inst. we notice the following : MATANZAS, Nov. IL—The gallant Allen (commander of the United States schooner Alligator) is no more ! You wit nessed the activity with which he hastened to recapture the ves sels which were taken in sight of this port. In fact he timely arrived to save five vessels which he found in the possession of a gang of pirates, consisting of upwards of 300, stationed in the bay of Siquapa, about 15 leagues to windward of this port. fie fell by two musket balls through his body, being in the foremost boat of a division'' which attacked the principal ves sel of the pirates, a beautiful schooner of about 80 tons, mounting an 18-pounder on a swivel, and 14 other guns, with the bloody flag nailed on the mast. lie was at the time with Captain Freeman, Commander of the Marines, with twelve men in the nearest boat, and took posiession of said schooner after a desperate action, in which his courage, mounted to the highest pitch; proved successful in concluenng her. All the pirates mails their escape, except one, betore the Alligator's boats could reach them; some running sway in their boats, and others by swimming. Two other piratical schooners got off' with a light wind, by taking to their oars.— Captain Allen died four hours after receiving his wounds, ma nifesting in his conversation a calMness and - fortitude honour. able to his character, and left his friends somewhat consoled by his heroic courage and intrepidity of mind. The schooner Al ligator came in this day, bringing along her prizes and five vessels retaken. The Government of this place is . making arrangement jointly with the Commander of., the Spanish brig of war (whdse con duct is highly . praised by the officers of the Alligator) for the interment, w i th all the honours of war, which is to take place to-morrow. This event has greatly dejected us, and our com merce with this island and New Orleans will be entirely de. strayed, if an adequate force is not stationed here to protect it. The best comment I can make for the present is, to enclose a list of the recaptured vessels, and tell you as a truth that many of our men arc missing, who probably may have been murdered. Loss of the Alligator's two boats.—Killed, Capt. Allen and 2 seamen. Mortally wounded, 2; severely ditto, 3. Vessels re.captUred.—Brig Iris, of Boston, bound to New Orleans ; brig Sarah Alary- Ann, of ditto, ditto ; schooner Argo,. of Salem, bound to 3lantanzas ; schooner Nancy and Mary, of Boston, from Norfolk to Pensacola ; ship IVilliarn Henry, of New York, bound to New Orleans, with passengers on board. • In addition to the preceding, the following was furnished by a passenger in the ltlary•Ann : About the 9th, two masters of American vessels came to Ilavannah, for the express purpose of raising money for the ransom of their vessels bound to savannah, which, with two other Americans (bound to New Orleans), had been recently captured by two piratical schooners near Key-Itomain, and left at anchor in that neighbourhood, waiting for their return. —Captain Allen,. of the Alligator, on coming .into port next clay, being informed therelf, started,, without coming to an anchor, in search of the pirat es , whom, on that or the next day, he discovered in the Channel of Matanzas. The Alli gator drawing too much water, two boats were manned and stood for them r an action ensued, in - the early part of which Captain Allen received two musket balls, one in the head, the other in the breast, and soon died, encouraging his men to do their duty, which they nobly performed ; fur after a short contest the pirates khandoned their vessels, and swam to the shore. The vessels were taken possession of by the victors, and carried into Matanzas. _ They mounted one gun each amid ship, with 40 men each, well armed, and had considerable plunder on board. Our in. formant does not know whzil became of their prizes. The Mary Ann has dispatches on board from the American Agent at Ilavannah, Ranishing official information in relation to this disastrous occurrence.. .I.REL AND. DUBLIN CORRESPONDENT 014 ICE, Fou o'CLocx. 'We stop the press to state, that the Grand Jury of the Com mission of Oyer and Terminer for the City of Dublin have ignored the Bills of Indictment which had been sent to them against seven persona, for a conspiracy to create a riot in the Theatre Royal, on the night in which an outrage was coin. milted against the Lord Lieutenant. A Bill of Indictment, however, was round by,. lbw Grand Jury against Thomas Graham and Henry Ilatidivieh, for a riot in the Theatre on that night.—When it was announced2in the Court that the Grand Jury had ignored tits Bills which lutd been sent to them against the other five persons, the Attnnuty,„Generai rose and said, that he would not make any observation on the Grand Jury, but would leave them with their conscience I to their God. He would suppose that they had, according to their conscience, performed what they conceived to be their duty ; but that he was determined to perform his duty. He said that, with such a feeling, he would instantly file er.o.fficio informs. tions against the seven individuals, as he considered that a clearer ease never had been submitted to the consideration of a Grand Jury or . more necessary for the investigation of a Petty Jury. Counsel on behalf of the seven persons moved the Court for their discharge; but the two Judges refused to comply with the application, in consequence of the declaration which had been made by the Attorney-General of his intention to prosecute hem by information ex-ollcio.—Jan. 2. The Committee of the Portuguese Cortes, ap pointed to consider of the documents relative to the Queen's refusal to take the oaths to the Con stitution, have reported that, in their opinion, the Cortes have no jurisdiction in the case. The following is ati extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Youghal, dated the 30th December :—" I fear the sloop Hope, of this port, has been lost off the coast, with all the crew, as a boat., marked ' Hope of Youghal, Alichael Cashman,' was driven on shore yesterday at Ardmore. When the boat was first seen in the oiling, four men were, observed In her, but the heavy surf on the shore washed them out. Two bats, and part of a compass, came on shore with her. I. have just heard of a large ship's boat. having been driven on shore near the same place. Several pieces of wreck are strewed along the coast, and it is much to be feared the losses at sea have been great, from the heavy gales of wind we have had at South to S.L. on Saturday, yesterday, and to-day." AMERICAN COIN.--The first money- struck by the Congress in America. is now become exceed ingly scarce : in fact it is only to be found in the Cabinets of the curious. They coined several pieces of pewter, of about an inch and a half in diameter, and of about 240 grains in weight—on one side were - inscribed, in a cir cular ring near the edge, the words " Continental Currency, 1770 ;" and within ;the ring a rising sun shining upon a dial .with the word 4 ; fiegio" at the side .of it; under which were the. words, 44 Mind your business." On the reverse were 13 small circles, joined together like the rings of a chain; °beach of which was - inscribed the name of some one of the Thirteen States. On' another cir cular ring, -within these, was inscribed " American Congress ;" and in the central .space, 44 We are one."—ln 1785, then American Congress intro duced a copper coinage ; up one side the c o pp er halfpenny bears a circularinscription--Libertas at Justilia, round a central cipher U. S.—on the re. verse is a - sun rising amidst Thirteen Stars, Cir cularly, inscribed_, Cons:el/alio nova.-.-It is , re markable, that the Austrians were , reduCed to the necessity of coining leaden money in when Vienna was besieged by the Turks.—King James IL also made use of that practice to pay his army in Ireland; in the year 1690. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Chohnnndely, accompa nied by Lord Henry, at their house in Piccadilly, from Brigh- ' tun ; the Earl and Countess of Coventry, from their seat, Creme ' Worcestershire; Lord Kirkwall, at lltivart's Hotel, Lower Brook -street, from Berkshire; Lord Lennox, at ditto, from a tour; Ball. Hughes, Esq. at ditto, from Paris; Capt. Wollaston, R.N. at Fenton's Motel, St. t James's -street, from Norfolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Channon, in Bruton-street, from Aston-house, Oxfordshire; 111 r. and Mrs. Fullerton• and family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from their seat, Hall Bame, Bucks. CUANGES.—The Earl of Charlemont, Lord Caulfield, and Dr. Turner, from the Pultency Hotel, Piccadilly, for the South of France ; Capt. Boyce, from ditto, for Bath; the Earl of Thanet, from Fenton's Hotel, for Maidstone ; Lord Brunde nell, from ditto, for Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire • T. Hunt, Esq. from ditto, for Melton Mowbray; Lord BZyne, from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, for Hastings; Colonel Wilson, from ditto, for Dover ; Sir Vincent Cotton, Bart. from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook -street, for 111adingley Hall, Cambridgeshire; Mr. and Mrs. Lyon, from ditto, for York shire; 111 r. and Mrs. Philip Bennett, from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Essex ; Thomas Raikes, Esq. from ditto, for Surrey. , J ,-" ,!•• 3. 4114, , 4.- 1 , g ~... ~,,, -... i ,. . , t:,',•:. , . ''.... . , 4(0 . ' 0 ' 01 , 1. ' 4. 1 14 N 4.. rT0 ,.... „, o ~ f;\,.. r 3 40‘.. 1 - , 4:'- ;•:. s'' r . • ,• 1 Ift o i 41 t FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Earl of Harrington had a dinner party yesterday at his house in the Stable-yard, St. James's. The Countess of Esr4ex entertained a select circle of fashion. ables on Friday evening, at her house in Hill -street, Berkeley. square, FANCY BALL,. &c. Lady HOBLIOUSE concluded her festivities at Whitton-park, on the 9d inst. by an elegant Fancy Ball and Supper, at which were present more than 300 Fashionables. At the commence ment of the evening " God save the King" was played by the full Band of the lath (King's) Hussars, which continued to entertain the company until the close of the Ball.—Among the Ladies we observed— Countesses--Ca.saillis, Dysart, Shaftesbury, St. Martin de Fronte. The Baroness llowe ; the Ladies E. Edgcumb, Jane Mont gomery, Al. and A. Kennedy, E. Cole, and C. Marley. Honourables—E. Darner, Berkeley Paget, George Seymour, W. Gosling, Carrington Smith, and C. Expinasse ; Misses Ad dington, Byng, Bassett, &c. Ladies—Cooper, Edmonstone, Pocock, Campbell, Copley, & c. Mistreases—Halliday, Dawkins, Disney, &c. Mines—Waller, Pococks, Knox,' Paulets, &c. Among the Gentlemen were—Earl Cassillis, Viscount Sid mouth ; Lords Seymour, De Dunstanville, and Muncaster; the Honourable' D. Kinnaird, J. C. Shore, Berkeley Paget, C. Forbes ; Sirs W. Waller, W. Cooper, A. Edmonstone, W. Jolliffe, E. Eardley Wilmot, and 11. Campbell ; together with Major Phillips and other O ffi cers of the 15th (King's) Hussars ; Messrs. Petre, Spencer, Sullivan, Tollemache, Gar nier, Paul, &c. Nothing could exceed the splendour and variety of the Fancy Dresses; and Quadrilles and Waltzes were kept u p until nearly seven o'clock the next morning. THE THEATRES. ' Kola's THEATRE.—The season commenced on Saturday under the management of Mr. EBEILS, who for the last two seasons has conducted the establishment with judgment and liberality..— The Opera was Mozmur's La Clemenza di no. Madame BORGENDSO, a singer much admired on the Continent, has not yet arrived, who other. wise was to have appeared on Saturday in Tan. credi. Madame IIONZI DE Bccxis was too much indisposed to take the part.of ritellia, in Tito, which was assigned to Mademoiselle CARADOItI, at a short notice, but who acquitted herself as well as if she had well studied the cha. recter. CAMPOItESE, in &sic), displayed tier fine voice and correct taste very successfully.— The splendid bullet of The Carnival of Venice followed, and had good support from most of the capital danceis of the last season, with th e ad dition of Mademoiselle 'AURELLIE from Paris, whose talents are. .of the first-rate order. The theatre was much butter attended than could be expected at this period, • when so many of the fashionable world are out of town.. God save the King was sung with great and Universal applause. DRURY•LANE.—A diverting little Comedy, In two acts, was brought forward at this Theatre, under the title of Siinpson and Co. As a proof that the Manager thought well of it, he cast it in a great degree with the comic strength of th e i company. The plot is ,by no means complicated, but ..excites curiosity and interest. Simpson (TERRY), a City Merchant, has a jealous wife, but is a faithful husband. Brumley (CoopEß), his partner, is also *furled, het is a gallant man, and in the disguise of a military Officer, attempts to carry on an amour sVith Mrs. Fitzallan (Mrs. W. Err), a lively young widow, just arrived from Indi a . By odd i nc id ents poor S impson suffers the suspicion of inconstancy from his jealous wife, and Bromley is considered as a model of conjugal fidelity. At length of course, matters are cleared up, end the whole ends happily. The intermediate mistakes are •highly diverting; Mrs. GLOVER. as Mrs. Simpson, Mrs'. - DAVIDSON as Mrs. Bromley, Mrs. WEsT as the Widow, and Mrs. ORGER as a French Milliner, all exerted themselves with great spirit ; and the piece was also much indebted to TEany and COOPER. The comedy was well received, and will no doubt be a settled favourite with the public. COVENT•GARD'EN.--As we predicted, Maid Marian stands its ground, and by the aid of beautiful scenery, good acting, and the charms of music, is not likely to fail in its attraction. The .jolly Friar Tuck, is a conspicuous character in this piece, and receives all . possible support from Mr. C. litster.c. The new Pantomime o f Harlequin and the Ogress continues to be very attractive. The house was very well attended on Saturday. The Duke of YORK returned to town on Sa turday, soon after four o'clock, from Brighton. Sir W. De CKESPIGNY arrived yesterday at Champion Lodge, Camberwell, from Wales,after experiencing a terrible overturn down a preci pice on the 'Malvern Hills, from the darkness of the night. Although severely, we are happy to hear he is not dangerously injured. The Duke of GLOUCESTER has purchased a considerable tract of land on and in the neigh• bourhood of -Bagshot-heath, which is to be brought into cultivation under the superintendence of Mr. CURREY, his Private Secretary. The Earl of liaarwoon, with his Accustomed liberality, has distributed, according to annual eastern', large quantities of blankets and ar ticles of wearing apparel, to the poor of his Lordship's extensive estates in the neighbour hood of Leeds. THE ARMY. The undermentioned services will be in course of payment on Wednesday, the Oth instant, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock, viz :—.oiteneral Officers—Wrounded Officers—Widow's Pensions—R4al Bounty Retired Full Ilalf-Pay—Adjutants of Local IVlilitia. The undermentioned Detachments, under the command of a proper proportion of o ffi cers, have received ord ers to marc h from Albany Barracks, Portsmouth, and Maidstone, to Cha tham, where they will arrive on Friday, the 17th instant, ',re. paratorr to their embarkation at Gravesend, on board the kast India Com pany's ships Hythe and Windsor, fo r B enga l, i n order to join their respective Regiments in that country : Corßs. From Member of Men. Date of March. . The 11th Light Dragoons Maidstone - 15 17th instant. The 18th Lancers - - Ditto -. 10 17th ditto. • The 14th Foot . - - Albany Barracks 70 9th ditto. The 38th Foot . - Ditto --- 50 9th ditto.. The 44th Foot - Ditto . -25 9th ditto. The 59th Foot . Portsmouth - 50 10th ditto. The 87th Foot - . Ditto --. 80 : 10th ditto. A detachment of the Provisional Battalion, consisting of 1 Captain, 1 Subalt er n, 12 S er j eants , and 208 Rani: and File, has arrived at Gosport, from Portsmouth, to replace the de-' tachment of the 47th, which has marched to Chatham, preps. ratory to its embarking at Gravesend for Bombay. PROMOTIONS. Tfrar-ge, January 4. 17th Regiment of Li g ht Dragoons, Lieut. Wemyss Thomas Cockburne, from th e 13th Lig h t Dr agoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice iVayth, who retires. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, Capt. John Ma.. din Maitland, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Churchill, who exchanges. Ist Regiment of Foot , Gentleman Cadet John Ogilvie, from the Royal Milit ar y College, to be Ensign, without purchase. Bth Ditto, Capt. 'Win. Booth, from the 53d Foot, to be Cap- tain, vice Jervois, who exchanges. 13th Ditto, Lieut Michael Fenton, to be Adjutant, vice Kelly, RV:motel—Gentleman Cadet Thomas illackwell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase. 17th Ditto, Henry Vyner, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Young, promoted. 18th Ditto, Brevet Lieut.-Col. Chatham Horace Churchill,, from the Ist or Grenadier Ftot Guards, to be Captain, vice Booth, who exchanges. 64th Ditto, s Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jervois, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain, vice Booth, who exchanges. 54th Ditto, Gentleman Cadet Charles Tobin, f r om th e R o y a l Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase. 69th Ditto, Gentleman Cadet William Cockiaell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase. 77th Ditto, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel. 'gunlock Hugh Maclaine to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice }iron - wed, who retires.—Capt. George Parish Bradshaw to be Major, by pur chase„vice Maclaine..—Lieut. Win. J. Hawkwell Bowen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bradshaw.—Ensign Agnew Chatn pain, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bowen.—Gentleman. Cadet Paris Wm. Augustus Bradshaw, from the Royal tary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Champain. 85th Ditto, Ensign Thomas P. Vandeleur to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Thomas Ormsby, promoted in the Cape Corps.—Edwani Lord Crofton to be Litstgn, by purchase, vice Vandeleur. 80th Ditto, Lieut. John Holland, from h a lf-p a y 88th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Wm. Tottenham, who exchanges. • 3(1 loyal Veteran Battalion .Ensilin John Lane from half pay 26th F oot , to b e Ensign , vice Satchel!, app ointed Quar ter-master. BREViT.—Captain John Fraser, on half-pay Bth ,Light Dragoons, Acting Staff-Captain, to have the local rank of Major at the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone only, during the pe riod of his being so employed. Commissions in the North Smnerset Regiment of Yeomanry, signed by the Lord Li eu t enant o f the County of Somerset : Thomas Kingston, Esq. to be Captain ; John Frederick Gent. to be Cornet. THE ROYAL NAVY. Capt. Charles •Bowen is appointed to the Driver, 18 gun sloop, on the coast of Africa. His Majesty's ship Doris sailed from Uma on the 4th of August, for . Valparalio and England. His Majesty's ship Aurora was at Lima on the Bth of September. The Trinculo, 18 gun sloop, is ordered to be commissioned at this port, and to be fitted for Channel service. The Leander, 60 guns, was paid off on Tuesday, by Capt. Job Hamner, and laid up in ordinary. The Pandoira, 10 guh brig, is ordered to this port from Ply mouth to be refitted. Ship: at Spithead—Calliope and Cameleon,—/n Horhotir— Queen Charlotte, Ramifies, Albion, Briton, Itingdove,Clinker, and l'elter. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAT, JAN. 4.—Wind S.E.—Came down from the River and sailed the Lady Hannah, Ellice, for Savannah burgh, for Teneritl e ; I n d ustr y, for Gibraltar; God Hope, for New Orleans; Lady Macworth, for Honduras; Sisters, for Demerara ; and Delight, for Berbice. Jag. b.—Wind S.E.—Sailed the Barclay, for New Orleans. 41rrived and sailed for the River the Cyrus, Beckwith, from Ballast ; also arrived and remains the Mellish, Ford, from Ma dram and Ben ga l. P ut b ac k t h e B arc l ay and Delight. • PORTSMOVTII, JAN. L.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Mr.. flan, Prince -Leopold, James, and Roselle, from Londoz;* Sailed the Charles Forbes, Bryan, for London ; Cyntha, far thC Mediterranean ; and Sally, for Leghorn. Jars. 4.—Wind PLYstotrru, Jan. 3.—Strong wind and squally.—Arrlyed his Majesty's ship Brazen, a nd Ocean transport, No. 44, Nut Ireland. The outward-bound which sailed yesterday retutned again last night, the wind having shifted to S.E., and blows strong, except two or two or three, among which is the Boro dino. Also arrived the Enchantress, Bond, from Rio Janeiro; Prince, Braithwaite St. ,lohn's t N.& ; Minstrel, Hodges., from Smyrna for London; i Risibto, .M`Williants, from Alex andria. COWES, JAl.l.4.—WindB.B.E.--Anivel the Potoma, Web ster, from Batavia in 106 days ; Charles Forbes, Bryan, from Bombay in 118 days; Vrow Catherine Elizabeth, Ingerman, trap Batavia. _ PaLstouTtr, Jaw. 3.—Wind E.5.E.,--Arrived the Nep tune, Roden, from Alicant ; James, Dunlop, 'from St. Kitt's : Dorset, Brisk, Trepani ; a nd R egen t Packet, Collins, from Sicily. JAN. 4.—Arrived the Lord Ilobart Packet, from Corfu_ sailed 20th November. Cowns.—The American brig Indus, J. Day, muter, whicti arrived here from India, about t wo mont h s since, aft erwards proceeded to Hamburg to discharge her cargo. In removing the bags of coffee between decks, two of the crew discovered a large snake coiled up. The reptile reared his head and began hissing, which so alarmed the nie.n., that they both fell back. wards ; but the snake remained coded up very quiet, it being rather cold for him. The men soon recovered themselves, and mustered up courage to make a blow at it with an axe, which nearly severed the head from the body. The skin is remarkably beautiful, and is now In the possession of Mr. W. Cubitt of this town. It has a yellow serpentine line from the head to the tail, each side of which is bordered with. black and brown, anti in every hollow is a spot of white in the shape of a diamond ; the head resembles that of a large congor- eel, and the body, in its natural size, was four inches wide ; the tail was similar to that of, an alli gator, or lizard, about twelve inches long. •On opening the body, it had a quantity of undigested Indian corn in its stomach, which must have been its principal food for about nine months—the time it must have beentut Ward.. The Indus ouched at several parts of the East Indies, before she could procure a cargo; and it is conjectured, the animal must have got on board by the cable, through the hawse holes, whilst the brig was at anchor at Siam ; for a number of smokes were. ob served ;swimming about . in the water there, but at no other place that the brig touched TIIE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, Jr..s. 6. Last week's arrivals of all Grain were only- moderate. This morning there was a good supply of Wheat, ilarley,.and Bens, from Kent and Essex ; but very little came fresh in from any other part. Considerable dullness has prevailed in the Wheat trade this morning, and although the prices are not quoted lower, yet it was with great difficulty that the terms of this day sennight could be supported. There htut alSe bean alcay s y trade for Barley, and except for the primest parcels for malt.; ing the prices are rather lower. Beans sell very heavily . at hist quotations. Peas of bode kinds are unaltered. Haring but few Oats now here, the Wes that have been effected are 'on WI as good terms as last quoted. SMITHFIELD MARKET, JAW, 6. There was a good s upply of Oxen at market this morn;ng, and the recta remain much the same as on last market-day -; in Sheep the quantity was but middling, but fully adequate fie the supply of the trade; the price of the above article s rather lower this titorning.—Hay remains as per our last quotation. .w 3~~s~. •v. ' AMP