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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, Jan. 14.) PARIS, JAN. 13.—We have received from our correspondent at Vienna the following letter, dated Jan. 4 : " A courier from St. Petersburgh, of the 24th of December, has brought a new declaration of the Emperor Nicholas to the Allied Courts. His fm perial .Majesty declares, that notwithstanding the new refusal of the Sultan to accept the intervention of the three Powers, followed by the immediate de mand of their passports by the three Ministers, he desires, nevertheless, according to the treaty of the 6th July,to maintain the peaceof the Continent,and to wait for the farther proceedings of the two other Courts. Thus all the reports, spread by the liberal papers of Paris, that the Russians were to pass the Pruth immediately after the departure of the three Ministers, are refuted, and we are here persuaded that the winter will pass in negotiations. Our bank shares have risen from 1,029 to 1,044; Metalliques, 89k. We have a letter'from Trieste, of the Ist January, which says— " The last accounts from Corfu, dated the 10th December, state that Ibrahim Paella is preparing, in consequence of notice from his father, to return to Alexandria. Thus the Morea would soon be free, without a sanguinary war." ..EGINA, Nov. 20.—Commodore Hamilton, in one of his letters to the Provisional Government of Greece, treats of the question relative to the Prize Court established here. He requires the Govern ment definitively to make known the code which guides this tribunal in its judgments. " For," says he, " up to this day we see sentences founded some imes on the English laws, ill interpreted, sometimes on the French Code. Hence it happens that no Captain can tell whether, if he is correct with re spect to the legislation of his own country, he will also be correct with respect to this mixed legislation, which is made to accommodate itself to any case." .In fact, the Commodore proves that the English brig the General Brooke was perfectly in order accordlog to the English legislation, an I that, how ever, the court of Egina condemned it as if it had not been so. " This adoption of several codes," says he, " can only he considered in two points of view,--either as a stratagem, employed by had faith, or as the result of inexperience: and in both cases it is to be con demned."—Oriental Spectator. The following are the two declarations of the Creek Government respecting piracy, which we mentioned yesterday : " 1. The Representative Committee of Govern ment declares, the employment of cruisers was formerly necessarily considered as an arm by which we deceived the enemy, but it has become completely superfluous since the destruction of the enemy's fleet by the Admirals of the Allied Power g. In conse quence, from this•day all Greek ships of war are en tirely prohibited from cruising. " The Commanders of all Greek vessels will be informed of this, and they are ordered no more to go on a cruise (mettre en cotiovse), nor to detain in any manner, nor under any pretext whatsoever, any enemy's ship. " The Commanders even of vessels employed in the blockade are not to go beyond Ole limits pre scribed them, nor to detain any ships untie neutral flags, except such as shall violate the blockade, and shall be taken in the fact. " The Maritime Court, appointed to try causes, is not authorized to decide in future upon any prize, except such as shall have been made for the violation of the biockade. " In consequence, the Government will consider flrme Commanders who shall dare to act contrary to the present prohibition as pirates de facto, and will punish them as such. "Egina, Nov. 2, 1827. The Members of the Representative Commission, I R L O A AN TIALI. • " JAMUL' NAKO. "The See. of State for the Marine. , g G. GLARAKI." " 2. The Representative Commission of Go vernment declares,— " There is no doubt that shameful and scanda lous piracy has been from the beginning a scourge for our folio tv-citizens ; that it has even always ob scured the holiness of the struggle of the Greeks, and much injured the interest of the nation. " Like the present Government, the preceding have often publicly declared how much they desired :to put a stop to this inhuman piracy, and did not employ against that crime all the measures which ciiz•umstances permitted; and if they could not completely attain that object, the cause is to be ascribed to the old state of things. " But it is wholly necessary at length to annihi late infamous piracy, and to do away with every thing that may injure cor4rnerce. To effect this ob ject the Government has resolved to take the most energetic measures, and has sent Captain Mikes Ky parissi with ships of war, and a military force un der his command, to the Archipelago, for the spe cial purpose and with full powers to pursue the pi rates with all necessary rigour. Orders have been given by a circular to all the local authorities, to se cond on their part this salutary measure. " Messrs. the estimable Admirals of the three Powers are at the same time requested to have the complaisance to grant their co-operation in the de struction of this abominabLe piracy. " Egina, Nov. 2." (The Signatures.) —Oriental Spectator. - BUCHAREST, DEC. 18.—A Haul Scherif renews the orders for levying the military contributions in the Principalities, and threatens the Hospodars with the anger of the Sultan, if they any loMger delay to execute his commands. We hear nothing from the Russian frontiers. It a ppeors that great: military movements are making in the ,iiterior of the empire, the knowledge of which it is wisized to prevent being made known abroad; for, for these three weeks past, the greatest vigilance is exercised that nothing that passes in the army may be I:nown abroad.—Augsburgb Gazette. SHREWSBURY YEOUANRY CAVALRY.-- - Yesterday a piece of plate, consisting of magnificent and massive candelabras, executed in the f:rst style of art, (by Sroan and Alowrivr,u, London,) was presented to Colonel :DALLAS, comman der (i the Shrewsbury Yeomanry Cavalry, 1):F a deputation of the officers and privates of that corps, on the occasion of his leaving England for the Governorship of Saint Helena.---Shrewsbury Journal, Jan. g. Extract from the Agent to LLOYD'S at Con- F-antleople, dated Dee. 10 ;-4"f lie British Ambassador quitted :his capital for Smyrna and Corfu on the Bth inst., and the French Ambassador and Russian Envoy have also taken their departure. The Comet, O R MSTON, with the British Ambuudor on board, and th e Albion, CAsoTT, with part of his saite, have sailed for Smyro. The .fol lowing E ng li s h VeCeb2js are now here, viz.: _ Tranby, BAY, from Taganrog for !Syra; Mary Barry, BA KYR, from ditto for Zant e ; Cornelius, ,citEIGHTon, from Odessa for Trieste ; Alexander, ANDR.F.W.S , from ditto for Liver pool ; Earsdom, w RE/G , TNTA Isi, fr, - ;;:i ditto for Bristol ; Sky/ark, Davis, loaded here for Smyrna, The Po !al , : has officially notified its intention of stopping .corn _i a d„ vessels, and vessels laden with tallow are in the same pre dicament." PARIS, JAN. 12.—A Dew Ninisterial ar rangement is in contemplation. It is proposed to add three Ministers to the present number in the Cabinet. The Prince de Pouc NAC, M. de la BouunoNsArE, and M. DELALOT. The principal obstacle appears to consist in the pretensions of CHATEAUBILIANn, supported by the Journal des Ddxds. An Embassy has been offered to C H ATEAUBRIAND, and a Direction Generale to BEKTIN DEvaux, the principal proprietor of the Debuts. Should this arrangement take place, the Ministry will have at least the outward appearance of strength, as it will be sup ported by the Quotidienne and Journal des Debats, and their friends, and by M. de VILLELF. and the Gazette de France; in fact, by all 01.: Royalists, so that it could not fail to have a majority in the two Chambers. You must not be surprised at my speaking thus of the support of the Journals—they govern in this country. PRICESOF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3134S I per Cont. Cons 1 4 x 2 •Na3er*Cont ......... 92}% 4 Ditto lied. 92% % I per Cent New lOl 100 Ditto,ilB26 102% Bank L. Ann......... 19U 5- 11 _ 1 India Stock 24 7 1A Ditto Bonds 93 pm. FRICZS OF FORZION FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 por cent. 3razilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. -472 Chilian Bonds, 6 per et. Colombian Bonds I)itte, 1924 Danish 3 per cent. ...AO% ads Greek Bonds Ditto, !925 Guatunala \lexicon Bonds 1)0. 182.5 PRICES OF SHARES Tin Columbian Mining Co.(tas. at 51 United Mex. Min. Co. (iu. at V Guardian Assurance Co British Rock and Patent Salt PRIORS OF MISR STOC dank Stock 244K ''on,ols, 3 per cent. ...... 83 ' Gov. Stock, N per cent 91 Ditto, New ........ 1 per Cent. Deb. 3 per cent 9274 Royal Canal Stock :rend Canal Stock - !'it q, Deb. 4 per cent 3allast Office Deb. 4 v. ct - COURSE OF EXCH. msterdatn C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight l2 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp I 3 flamburgh M. B. 13 11 A Rona 13 11 1 Faris, 3 days' sight 25 A Ditto 2 U. 95 60 Bordeaux 25 '7O Berlin . Frankfort on 11Iaine, Ex. M. 1501 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 K 10 31 " ' Trieste do. lO 3 Madrid 35 Cadiz 35 Bilboa Barcelona 143 Seville 3 434 Gibraltar 46 DAY AT ONE o'CLOCL. Swuth Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. sills, £l,OOO 2d. 61 tiO pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 60 62 pus. Ditto Small Ditto C0mmercia1......... pin. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Act. (*NO THIS DAY AT ONIC O'CLOCI. Neapolitan, 111124 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New 92% 5i Spanish, 1821 10%94 - 19Z1 French Reines, 5 p. c. 103 f 25e. Exchange...... 25t 25c. --- 3 Der cent —c. - EZchange —f. U DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, e. pin.) £25 23 1. pm.) 33 15 10 20% Co 7 3 xs.—DUBLIN, JAN. 12. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Dittos National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings .NO E TISTERDAY. Leghorn 4B Genoa 25 50 Venice 46 Malta Naples per oz. 1 98 14 Palermo Lisbon 46 Oporto 46 Rio Janeiro Bahia 37 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l4 Arrived. sue. O Hamburgli 2 O Holland 1 O Jamaica 1 Leeward Islands 0 O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico 0 1 Waterford 0 BULLION, PER OZ. d. s. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 101 Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 MA I Arrived. Due. O America 0 Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 O France O Gottenburgh 0 O Guernsey& Jersey 0 CONTRACTS FOR TILES. NAVY-OFFICE, JAx. 16, 1828. THE Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy do hereby give Notice, That the Contract for TILES for His Majesty's Dock-yards at Deptford and Woolwich, advertized for THURSDAY, the 17th inst. is deferred until further notice. • v i ft , - LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1829. We published exclusively in last night's Paper le Prorogation of Parliament for another week, ' but we are still unable to give any information respecting that subject, which engrosses public attention—the formation of a new Administra tion. How long this state of things may continue, it would be difficult to say— but we may remark that the short period fbr which Parliament has been prorogued, cannot admit of any violent change in the Conn rils of the Nation ; and that the triumph of libe ral principles may be therefore reckoned on. It may have originated in an amelioration of views, in the Tory Leaders, or it may have been extorted from their fears of final defeat, but be the cause • what it may, we shall hail the formation of a Ministry, comprising the best and ablest men in the State on all sides, as an incalculable blessing to Britain, and to the World. . That a .cause which has only one not superan nuated Champion of respectable talents, amongst the Commons of England, must ultimately sink, we are as convinced as of our existence, though a abort and disastrous .contest for ascendancy might be maintained, supported by a bigotry rendered fiercer by despair. Batt that Heaven may avert this calamity from our land, should be the earnest prayer of every well-wisher of his country. The Morning Papers of Sunday, and the Gazette de France dated Monday, have been received. By reference to our extracts in ano ther column, itlwill be seen, on the authority of a correspondent of the Gazette de France at Vienna, that a Russian courier had arrived in that capital, bearing a new declaration of the Emperor NICHOLAS to the Allied Courts, on the subject of the Turkish affair. In this decia• ration his Imperial MAJESTY states, that " not withstanding the new refusal of the SULTAN to accept the intervention of the three Powers, fol lowed by the immediate demand of their pass ports by the three Ministers, he desires, never theless, according to the treaty of the 6th July, to maintain the peace of the Continent, and to wait for the . further proceeding Qf the two other Courts." This is a most important avowal at the pre cent conjuncture, for if NICHOLAS be sincere, it puts an end at once to the prospect of war, as far as Russia is concerned. It must also operate as a complete answer to her views of aggrandisement on the Turkish frontier, at least for the present. How far it may affect the te,niper of the SULTAN remains to be seen ; but We think, if he really apprehended that the Allies had ulterior designs against the integrity of the Turkish Empire, this annunciation of his most natur a l enemy, must greatly relieve him, and may very probably facilitate an amicable understanding with re spect to Greece. Greece must be free—the SULTAN feels that he cannot prevent it, in the face of such a powerful coali tion. The knowledge of this declaration had an immediate effect on the Austrian Funds, which rose considerably—the INletalliques to 89+. Though the Russian army is not to cross the Faith, we do not agree with, the Austrian Correspondent that the winter will be spent in negotiations, for at that game, we think, the Ottomans have played their part to some pur. pose. Coercive demonstration, and not hollow negotiation, will alone convince the SULTAN that the Allies are in earnest. It is again said, that IBRAHIM PACHA, in obedience to the command of his father, is preparing to leave the Morea. Perhaps he had better make a virtue of necessity, and quit at once. The uncertain existence of the New Ministry is the principal topic of discussion in the Paris Journals, and consequently with the public. Next to the speculations on the probable dura tion of the Ministry, the trial of M. Couctiots LEMAIRE, for the publication of an alleged seditious pamphlet, occupies the attention of the Parisians. The libel was entitled " A Letter to the Duke of ORLEANS," in which the Duke was called upon to head the Opposition to the late Ministry, and by taking advantage of the situation of public affairs, to take that station in the Monarchy which LA FAYETTE would oc cupy in a Republic. The KING'S ADVOCATE GENERAL prayed for a punishment of five years, and a fine of six thousand francs on the author, and three months' imprisonment on his printer and publisher. Judgment was deferred till Thursday. We cannot help remarking the singularity of a public prosecutor calling on the Court to award punishment at his discretion ! Surely Christian charity, if not some respect for the dignity of the Judges, might dictate more hu mility. Besides, though an injured individual might be a good judge of personal wrongs, we question whether a hired Counsel is the best judge of the measure of punishment which ought to be inflicted on the trespasser. Our neigh bours, with all their politeness and delicacy, seem to entertain odd notions of justice. In cases of seduction, indeed, it may be very allowable for a lady to rate the loss of her virtue as high as she pleases, for people generally most value that which they can never recover—but° here the cir cumstance is very different. Calcutta Papers to the 13th July have been received, but are destitute of any interest. A meeting took place for the purpose of determin ing upon the erection of a monument to the late Marquis of HASTINGS, in which is to be placed the statue already voted by the people of India. His Majesty's packet brig Plover has arrived with a Leeward Island Mail. She sailed from Barbadoes on the 23d November, from Tortola on the 30th, and from St. Thomas's on the llth December. We have heard of nothing impor tant which has arrived by this mail. It is stated in the Papers from St. Vincent's, that the Go -ernor of that Island had received orders from Government to dispose of the Crown lands, and to place the proceeds at the disposal of the Lord Bishop, to be applied in aid of the erection of places of worship. The following is a private letter, dated Laguayra, Nov. 24 The Government have created a debt under the name of a Floating Debt, for the settlement of all unadjusted claims for the payment of the Cemmissary Department, and debts contracted by the army 4 as well as for Protested Bills.— One eighth of the revenue of the Custom House is to he set aside for the redemption of these debts. But the writer of the above adds 'tie all moonshine, and so far from being able to discharge the capital, it will not pay the interest; and as for the English Loan, he considers it a (lead letter, and is surprised to hear that it even bears a price. He states, that the radical cure must be the reduction of the army, which at present is quite contrary to Bolivar's feeling and interest, and his conquests have reduced the effective force to nine thousand men ; but his present view is to increase it beyond the above force. The country is swarming with General Officers, and a law has given him the power of the nomination of new grades. There is nothing but con tradiction and inconsistency." ' We are happy to perceive that at a Meeting of the Directors of the Thames Tunnel yesterday afternoon, it was unanimously resolved to perse vere in this stupendous national undertaking. Such determination does honour to the public spirit of the Directors. We know of no pro ject, either ancient or modern, in which public sympathy has been so universally expressed. The novelty, as well as the magnitude of the concern, excites the wonder—the admiration of all. To give up a work of this nature, merely for a tem porary want of means, would be unworthy of our national character. So long as the affair is practicable, we feel persuaded that Govern ment would countenance the completion of the work, rather than suffer it to be abandoned for want of means. The opinion of Messrs. BRUNEL is decidedly favourable ; and they think that the present accident can be overcome in far less time, and at less expense than the first. The enterprising devotion of these scientific gentle men cannot be too much commended. It will be seen by a letter which we copy from the Times of this morning, that the TUNNEL is the theme of conyersation abroad, and will, we have no doubt, when completed, be justly reckoned among the wonders of the world. M. VA RENNE, who is attached to the French Legation at Constantinople, has arrived at Paris ; he ob tained a finnan from the SI:LTAW, to proceed by land previous to his departure he saw the Ambassadors embark. Accounts from Stockholm state, that the t, 6.43p,(1 a squadron in th e S pr i ng to the Go vernment leditear7attai7. The Emperor of RUSSIA has made a g reat number of promotions in his army : the Princes of Win- TILNITIERG awl ERNEST have been appointed Colonels of the Guards, and 24 Colonels have been made Major- Generals. On Tuesday last in making the excavation for the Junction Dock at Hull, an ancient sword Was found, nearly opposite St. J o h n ' s Ch urc h, about elev en f eet f rom the surface. It is of s t ee l, nearly three feet l ong , an d about two feet six inches from the guard to the p o i n t — The edge is much ind en t e d, as if from severe blows. The blade appears to have b een i n l a id. The guard is l oose , an d the handle has been twisted with wire, some of which yet remains. The skeleton of a hand was grasping the sword the moment it was found, but on exposure to the air it mouldered into dust.....l3estQn Gazotte, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 15.—Wind N.E. by E.—The Gene ral Harris, and Edinburgh, sailed this morning. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 15.--Wind E. to S.E.—The Maria, Boyce, from Quebec, was floated off last night, and is now coming into the harbour in tow of a steam-boat, much damaged. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Wind E.—Arrived the Speculation, Dups, from Emden to Lisbon, with loss of sails, and two men overboard. The Camoens, from Amsterdam, with sails split; and the Fowey, from ,lleath, with loss of bowsprit. It is reported that one or more vessels have been lost near the Bolt, supposed to be large ships. Same bales, con taining corduroy, dowlas, &c., have been washed on shore, and a board, with the letters A. Pearson, South Shields, has been picked up. THURLESTON, JAN. 14.—A vessel was totally lost, with all the crew, on Saturday night, near the Belt Bead; part of the stern of a boat marked " Lavinia, of South Shields, Clement Pearson," has been picked up ; also some cotton print hand kerchiefs, cotton velvet, and a quantity of plain cotton, &c. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 12.—The Ocean, from Lochen dal to Cork, with part of the cargo of the Peter, Ellis, from Archangel, was driven on shore, the 7th instant, in Clonokelty Bay. The Laurel, Rent, from Liverpool to Havannah, was taken and carried into La Guayra the 20th of November, by the Republicano Colombian privateer THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twws .'Cie ax. The English Funds to-day are in a state of quiet comparatively with the bustle which took place yes terday, and the business doing is rather of a limited extent. Consols opened at 841 1 for money, and 861, sellers, for the account, and shortly after became buyers, but receded to 86 j , and for a moment were 86, sellers, they are now 86 11; the Commissioners paid 86/, the continuation is not more than 1-16th per cent. for February ; the dealers have begun to make preparations for the settlement on Tuesday; India Bonds are 93 5, and Exchequer Bills, 61 2 pm. Every thing in the Foreign Funds, up to the above hour, has the appearance of a perfect calm, Mexican Bonds are 46}; Colombian, 26 1; Brazilian have improved a trifle since yesterday morning, being 60 1, whilst there appears a decline in Buenos Ayres of nearly 1 per cent., the present price being 41 3; Russian Bonds are 921 Danish, 601 i; and Greek, 171 In Shares, Brazilian Mines are rather better, being 68 70 pm.; Colombian, on which a sale has been lately made, are now 23 4 per Share. The only arrival this morning has been that of a Leeward Mail, but hitherto nothing has transpired by it of the least importance. The accounts by the Jamaica Mail, which it is calculated has now been five weeks at sea, are anxiously looked for. Three per Cent. Console, Sal ; Ditto for the Account, 86 ex. Cr. ; India Bonds, 93 5 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 61_2 pm. Foaalcx.—Brazilian, 60 1; Buenos Ayres, 41 3 ; Chilian, 24 6 ; Colombian, 26 1; Danish, 60i i; Greek, il7 f ; Alexican, 5 per C en t. 116 7 ; Ditto, 6 per C en t., 46 i; Peiuviam, 25 6 ; Portuguese, '7ll 2 ; Russian, 92 I ; Spanish, 101 11. Mixas.—Anglo Mexican, GO 571 dir. ; Emilie's, 88 70 pm. ; Bolivar, 2 14 die. ; Colombian, 23 4 per share; Real del Monte, par 10 prn. ; Tlalpuxahla, 100 die. ; United Mexican, 21 20 die. TWO O'CLOICIE. The Consol Market remains; nearly without any transaction at 86i, sometimes buyers and sellers.— Exchequer Bills are a little lower, CO prem. India Bonds, 93. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 86 -1. In consequence of the extreme severity of tile weather, and the bad state of the roads, several of the mail-coaches did not reach London till much later than usual this morning, and the letter-carriers were not, in consequence, despatched from Lombard-street till much beyond the ordinary time. MERCHANT COMPANY OF AYR.-A meet ing of this company was held on Wednesday. This corpo ration, we understand, passed a series of Resolutions regard ing the existing tax on receipts, and have agreed to memo rialise the Lords of the Treasury, and present petitions to both Houses of Parliament as soon as they meet, on the subject.— Glasgow Herald. A comic-tragic event took place about eight o'clock, on Saturday morning se'nnight, at the house of Jamrs GASKELLS, of Dialey. A man of the name of GEORGE BEAD, hit upon a novel expedient to rob the dwelling of GASKELLS. It appears the rogue, afraid of spoiling his habiliment, entered the chimney top in a state of nudity, head foremost ; we should suppose, that he might make the best use of his eyes in reconnoitering the regions below, his heels in this case being useless, although of para mount importance in another situation. After enduring the toil of his darksome journey with the patience induced by the hope of a rich booty, the miserable sinner found the gullet too strait for him, and unable to advance and incapable of retreating, his dismal lamentations affrighted the good woman of the house. She immediately called in the assist ance of her neighbours, who released the scoundrel from his awkward position. He is committed to take his trial for the offence.—Manchester Paper. One of the most dreadful hurricanes ever re wenibered was experienced in this city and neighbourhood on the night of Saturday and morning of Sunday last. The wind was so violent, that our habitations appeared shaken to their centre ; and the ear was every instant assailed with falling tiles. The river Ere has risen to a great height, the Haven Banks, in many places, being inundated, and the meadows near the river rendered impassable. Mr. BREWER, timber-merchant, has had a quantity of timber washed from the Shilbay, over Trew's Weir, one of the large trees on Northernhay was blown down ; about two hundred weight of !lead was blown from a house in St. Sidwell's, a great number of cloth-racks on the Friers blown down ; windows in different parts of the city shat tered ; and innumerable small trees and plants rooted up. By accounts from Plymouth, we learn that much damage has been done among the shipping. The gale was so ter rific, that the men belonging to the dock-yard were called out at an early hour in the morning, to secure the men of-war in harbour, apprehensions being entertained for their safety, in consequence of the Windsor Castle having broke adrift. They could not, however, render any assist ance until day-break, shortly after which the tempest for tunately subsided a little. A great many houses in the neighbourhood were unroofed, and windows blown in.-- Exeter Alfred. DILF:ADI:UL ACCIDENT.-011 Monday, the 7th instant, about eight o'clock in tie evening, a boy of the name of JAMES Mon.GAN', about' fifteen years of age , in the employ of M r . W ILLIAM ROBINSON, m i ller, near Robin Hood's B a y, was working in the mill with another boy and his uncle ( w h o h as b een servant in t h e m ill f or the last twenty-fiv e y ears ) . The grinding part o f t h e ma -, chinery, and also the d ress i ng cylinder, were i n f u ll opsrp., firsttion time,afltootiheto feei the boy tl is h ° e ß ( upright cast-iron a sent t -i rup to t o shaftte the cylinder A er with flour. Near to the steps on which he h etarl which turns the cyli n d er. The boy ha d one smoc k fro c k, an d whether he had slipp e d . o fr the steps aga i ns t amt the shaft or not, the s cannot be ascertai ne d, b ut in about two minutes after he had gone up, his uncle found that something impeded the machinery, and he immediately ordered the other boy to turn the water off. On running up stairs he found that the frock of JAMes Moacnti had got entangled with, and wrapped him close to the shaft, which in its regul ar opera tion moves round a b out eighty -five times in a minute, and is placed so neir the wall, that although the body passed free of it round with the shaft, yet the head and legs, of course, came at every point into dreadful concussion, and were mangled i n a s h oc ki ng manner. His scull and head were literally crushed to atoms. An inquest was held the next day, before HENRY 13Eicstrit, Esq., coroner, anti a verdict of " Accidental Death" found... Hull Packet. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) bEW V. CLARKE. Mr. ROUPEL made an application in this case for a Habeas Corpus, for the purpose of enabling Mr. Clarke, who was a prisoner in the Fleet for con. tempt of Court, to be present at the hearing of an appeal, that was to be heard in the Court of Dele gates this day. Mr. Roupel was instructed to make the motion yesterday; but in consequence of his Lordship being engaged elsewhere, he could not. This was, in fact, an appeal motion for an order of the Vice-Chancellor. The application had been made before him with notice to the other side, and he dismissed it with costs. The present motion was ex-parte. His LORDSUIP thought the issuing of a Habeas Corpus would be of very little use, because, if upon the return being read it appeared the party had been committed for contempt, which according to Mr. Roupel's statement he had, he should at once order notice to be given to the other side.—The Court therefore refused the application. CORBETT. V. CORBETT. The Court was proceeding with this appeal when we left. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. PROSECUTION FOR BLASPHEMY. THE KING V. TAYLOR AND OTHERS. As it was generally understood that the prosecu tion of the Reverend Orator of the Areopagus and his associates, for a conspiracy, would come on this day, a considerable number of persons assembled be fore the doors were opened, and it became extremely difficult for the officers of the Court to keep unoc cupied the seats usually appropriated to the Coun sel and others connected with the Court. We were gratified to observe that the female portion of the auditory was not so numerous as on the occa s i on of the fo rmer tr i a l, t h oug h th ere were some well dressed persons of that sex present. Mr. Taylor and the other defendants came into Court at as early hour, the former dressed in full canonicals, with white kid gloves, dress shoes and stockings, and all the attributes of modern dandyism. Lord TENTERDEN took his seat at the usual hour, and entered upon the first cause on the list, which was a question of account, and occupied the Court until within twenty minutes of two o'clock, when Lord TENTERDEN asked the Attorney-General, whether, as the prosecution against Mr. Taylor was likely to occupy a very long time, it would not be better to postpone it until to-morrow ? After some consultation between the Counsel on both sides, it was arranged that it should stand the first case on the paper for to-morrow. OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. All the trials having been concluded last night, the Recorder this day proceeded to pass sentence on the pri. soners. The following received sentence of death :—John Llandaff Darney, for forgery; Daniel M'Carthy, Henry Sutton, and Anthony Bernard, for stealing in dwelling houses; William Alkin, Robert Ryan, Samuel Smith, Thomas Floodgate, Michael Andrews, Henry Nichols, and Richard Jones, for grand larceny ; Matthew Green, Wm. Godfrey, and Thomas Newman, far hsrse-stealing ; Thomas Collinson, for burglary ; James Tomlinson, for stealing a cow and calf; and Nicholas Hennigan, for shooting at R. Taylor. This prisoner, a man about sixty-five, declared that he was innocent even in thought, of baying intended any harm to the prosecutor. The following were transported for life :.--James Ro binson and Bigley Hermitage. For Fourteen Years.—Robert Turner, John Jones, Eleanor Lewis, Charlotte Johnson, Mary King, Sarah Mosely, William Mitchell, Joseph Davis, alias Thomas Brown, William Woodville, Mary Sherbourne, Timothy Cochrane, and John Phillips. Forty-seven were sentenced for seven years, and a great number fur minor periods of imprisonment. LORD BYRON.—His Lordship did not like to see women eat, and would merrily say, that he had another reason for not liking to dine with them ; which was, that they always had the wings of the chicken!— Leigh Hunt. The wine countries have fewer poets who have sung the virtues of their heart-rejoicing liquor than the beer countries ; the fact is while in the latter the people sing about it, they drink it in the former. It is the same with love songs.—Exeter Alfred. The appearance of severe winter weather is again dissipated. A thaw set in on Saturday morning, and has continued ever since. Yesterday we had a good deal of rain ; in consequence of this our streets are in their usual disgraceful state whenever a frost breaks up after snow.— Caledonian Mercury. CIIURCII PREFERMENT.--The Rev. W, Ilunr.tnn, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the LORD CIIANCYLLOR, to the impropriate Rectory of Llangeler, in the county of Carmarthen. Patron, the 1(11444. The handsome sum of 10001. has been given by the Barons of Exchequer, to be appropriated for the purpose of building a wall around the Palace of Spynie, and making such improvements as will tend to beautify this ruin.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. THE LATE MR. CA NNI NG.---•The Rev. PETER. Roy, whose evangelical zeal is well known, was the county Kilkenny agent, and intimate associate of the late lamented Premier : alluding to his death, in an address referring to the uncertainty of life and all earthly honours, says—" A sense of justice to his character, as well as of gratitude for hiS kindness, constrains me to remark, that in the prospect of death, he founded his hope of eternal happi ness solely upon the merits of his Redeemer."—Cork Mer cantile Chronicle. The Brahnzin, POWER, master, of and from London, for Bilhoa, during a thick fog mistaking the Ness Rock for Berry H ea d, s t ruc k on Teignmouth Bar; but by the prompt assi s ta nce o f b oats f r om the shore, she w as got off, and bro ug ht i n t o th e h ar bour, without havi ng sus tained any injury. Sh e h as on board a very fine e l ep h ant, intended as a p resen t t o the King of SPAIN. —E xe t er Alfred. We hare hitherto abstained from noticing the recent military disturbances at Windsor, which have furnished so fruitful a theme for our local contemporaries ; but a fresh outrage during the present week goes far to dis pel the hope that the temporary irritation caused by them would subside. On Wednesday, a party of the 21st Fusi leers, who had been drinking at one of the public-houses, had an altercation with the landlord, who, declining to fur nish them with more beer, was inimediatelyknocked down ; a respectable tradesman in Peascod-street, who witnessed the transaction, remonstrated with the soldiers, but only shared a similar fate ; and a peace-officer who was sent for was violently assaulted, Application was then made to the guard-room at the C ast l e, and the ringlea d er was secu re d, and taken to the b arrac k s, to await furt h er i nq ui r y. I t would perhap s b e d es i rable to have the o ff en d ers i n t h ese cases consigned t o t h e c i vil power, as the publicity then at_ tending on th e i r tr i al and sentence w ould have a benefi c i a l example, whi c h i s lost i n the privacy necessarily att en di ng on courts-ma r ti a l.—R ea di ng M e rcury. WEST OF E NGLAN D GR M AND USICAL FESTIVAL—A larger or more sple ndi d assemblage of No bility and G e nt r y n e ver visited Exeter upon a n y similar Conc er ts under th e sp i r i ted direction occasion than a t th e of Mr. PADDON, held at CP l * {G ." N ' .l ; Piiblic rooms on Tues day, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday last. The per formances consisted o f two selection s of sacred music, on the mornings of Thursday and Friday, and three evening concerts, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Notwith standing the i n clemency of the weather on Tuesday even ing, th e company began to pour in early ; and by the time all had arrived, the room might be said to c ontain be tween four and five hundred persons of the highest rank and respectability. The principal vocalists were Miss PATox, Miss FoanE, Mr. SAyio, and Mr. PHILLIPS ; and the band was led by Mr. LODER, aided by the cele brated Mr. LINDLYY, on the violoncello; Mr. NicHor.- soN, on the flute; and many others of high celebrity in the musical world. The festival was highly successful,.—. Exeer Alfred. COURT OF CHANCERY. Upon his Lordship taking his seat this morning, several applications were made by Counsel, that many of the appeals might be allowed to stand over, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Heald and Mr. Home. Mr. PEPYS said he had received a note from Mr. Heald, in which he eras requested to state to the Court, that for the purpose of preventing any delay, he had returned the briefs in many of the appeals in which he was concerned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY MANSION-HOUSE. Two lawyers' clerks, as they stated themselves be, were placed at the bar before the LORD MAYO charged by a brace of watchmen with kicking UP row at twelve o'clock last night, breaking the g lamps, and throwing snow balls at them, (the wat t men) to the discomfiture of their dignified penal and to the disturbance of the respectable inhabits° of that part of the city called St. Dunstao's-bill, Tower Ward. John Read, one of the guardians of the aboi ward, stated the case, after which he called in ti aid of two more of his fraternity, who, in spite' what the unlucky quill-drivers said and attempted t say, proved (of course) what their comrade, Bea" had alleged. The LORD MAYOR awarded them to pay a wait of 13s. 6d. for their fun in smashing the lamps, 0 to reward the watchmen with two shillings each !' the trouble of taking them into custody, whit having done, and given a proinise that they woel never more wantonly throw snow-balls, nor amo themselves by breaking lamps, they were suffere to depart. TIM MAIMETL—(TiIIa DAT.) CORN EXCHANGE. The late boisterous weather has kept out the supplies Grain, and the report of arrivals this week is in COO quence very small. Wneat of prime quality is so scarce 0 , to retain its tendency to advance in value, but other ki have no variation. Barley remains at Monday's quo° tions. Beans and Pease fully maintain the terms of market day. Oats are firm in prices, with little doing. English Irish Foreign 550 qrs A . RRIV2SOAL:r.. Wheat. I. B ar l e y . y Oats. I Flout, 48 qrs. 950sacv FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE- There was a tolerably f a ir sh ow o f fi s h at this morning, market. Cod-fish, Turbots, and Brills, were =medlar fine in quality. The following were the prices : Prime Turbot, each Ms. ed. to 350.' , Ditto small, pee do. lO 0 12 0 Fine Cod-fish, each l5 0 18 0 Inferior ditto Fine Whitings, per 15 2 6 7 0 Scate. each Gurnetts, each Brill, each 3 0 $ 0 Live Flounders, ter quartern 36 • 4 14 0 16 0 „ S p F L r i r e sleuh Eels , , Fl p e e rr ib ,per Pneursh, draught i bushel hundred i . n . . d r . .. e . d .. . ... .. Fine Lobsters, per score .................... -- 4O 0 45 0„ Inferior ditto 15 0 20 % Shrimps, per gallon Scotch ditto 5 0 0 0 White Salt ditto 0 0 4 0 Best Common Oysters, per bushel Natives No alteration in the prices of other fish. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET,JAN.I4.'" We have had a good supply of both Beef and Mutter which met ready sale at our last quotations, Beef, 51d' to 64d. ; Mutton, 6d. to 64d. In consequence of the quantity of rain whia fell on Tuesday last, the town of Caine was flooded. It supposed the water has not been so high since the manse able flood of Nov. 1725. Many of the inhabitants bal l suffered in their property.—Exeter Alfred. On Thursday morning, , little before $ l5 "o'clock, a three-story tenement, at the foot of St. Mirreo street, Paisley, was discovered to be on fire. The toWn engines were brought to the spot with the greatest prowl' titute, and a party of the 42d Highlanders, stationed there likewise arrived with the fire-engine belonging to the ger' rison. Here an occurrence of a novel and interesting Os cure took place. The house on fire was a back building the gable of which stood on the side of the river Cart, en' being otherwise closely surrounded with houses, the oul" apparent means of making the engines act en it, wl by leading the pipes through two narrow closes. Officers commanding the party of the 42d, set ing the disadvantages under which the firetot laboured, ordered their party, with their engio into the river. Owing to the banks being want* in, this could only he effected by taking it up algo!, 200 yards to the foot of Marshall' s Lane, and running down the bed of the river from that spot • aid in doit4 this, although th e men were m iddl e deep, they carried tbei' purpose into effect, and remained in the middle of the r iver working the engine for nearly two hours, by which tip the fire was got under, after destroying every thing cool' bustible about the tenement in which it originated.--# Edinburgh Evening Courant. ADAM SMITH, in his Theory of Moral Sew timents, has rebuked Ttrousoir for his famous apostropbs in Winter' to the " gay, licentious proud ;" where h says, that amidst their dances and festivities they littl' think of the misery that is going on in the world cause, observes the philosopher, upon this principle the' never could be any enjoyment in the world, unless ever! corner of it were happy; which would be prepostermin' We need not say how entirely we agree with the philce pher in the abstract : and certainly the poet would deserf i , the rebuke, had he addressed himself only to the "gay ; but then his gay are also " licentious," and not only HOP' tious, but " proud." Now we confess we would not too squeamish even about the thoughtlessness of these glo:, Sail' : try ; for is not their very thoughtlessness th e i r excuse ' And are they not brought up in it, just as a b oy i n Giles's is brought up in thievery, or a girl to callousne and prostitution ? It is not the thoughtless in high life fro`' whom we arc to expect any good, lecture th em as we ma y: will, till th e diff hts i on they are ; or what a set of rascals to da nce an d b e merry " and observe—TuomsoN himself do es not say how age' eads s se o eise t vfl h ations spite of their better knowledge. oeyws, of necessity, i n t o theif He says, " Alt little think the gay, li cent i ous proud :" and forces th e m to look out upon the world, that th ey may not be lost by bei a under the level. a a l t i4 a startled We bad intended a very merry paper this week, to be' o f speak the favour of our n ew readers : gt a i : yo d u gr s bo o ot ,In t h as emy and o d n o g . CC A very merry, dancing, drinking, Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking" paper,. as DRYDEN has it. But the Christmas holidays are pot; and it is their termination, we suppose, that has Londe 01 ; serious. Sitting up at night also is a great inducer el your moral remark ; and if we are not so pleasant as Al intended to be, it is because some friends of ours, the °the night, were the pleasantest people in the world till five in the morning,-- The ampanion, No. IL t DIED.-At Alloa, on the ]6th ult., Mr. ./' i Cowtx, late farmer at Ames, near that place.—The late Mr. Jortx Cowl', among many anecdotes received fro his grandfather regarding the battle of Sheriffmuir, used 1° take much delight in relating the following :—The day a ftef this memorable event, Mr. CowiE's grandfather had the curiosity to pay a visit to the field of battle. Among the numerous relics of war with which the plain was strewed, tb c on ly thing that attracted yo ung C owles fancy, as worthy ° f had theynoshouldt, being carried away, was a drum which he found lying be' side the pale and lifeless body of its former youthful posses' sor. Without further ceremony, he immediately flung 0 1 met with noisy instrument over his shoulder, and turned his fic 4 homewards—little suspecting the danger to which he e% posed himself by carrying an appendage so warlike,-" Fortunately for him ; just as he was leaving the field,. be previous day, and was thus left to act the part of a h u mble a dragoon, whose bores had been shot the pedestrian. After a little conversation, it was agr ee d that m dragoon,er The Lad deadlyh e vengeance . I , t ' f s io l tv io riten Tb st e rY l Brae, when they beard cries behind them, which, o n turn' lug round, they discovered proceeded from three High' lander s , who were straining every nerve to overtak e theu3• alone, might have been doubtful, but accompanied by Cowie, an d the however, accompany got muleeacl , o t t h h a e u r t i o i a C m o w w a i; appendage which graced his shoulders, th e Higb' warlike landers at once concluded they were in pursuit of at least s g, e anee depicts in the countenances of the mountaineers, as they drew near , produced such a fit of terror in CowiE, that he shook free' head to foot; his companion, the dragoon, on t h e g sTeil.igeeachnatraanedtehr iosfdrtillime trary, saw the rapid approach of the enemy with as mud' firmness as if it had been that of a friend. Perceiving, however, the trepidation of Cowie, he told hint to fear so' thing—and drawing Lis sword with one hand, and taking a pistol from his belt with the other, he coolly aw a it e d the onset. The Highlanders came up, Sword in hand. Ilse foremost commenced the attack—his career was a short one, —the fi rs t bl ow f rom the dragoon li terally clove his hes", in two—the next was laid prostrate by the well-directs' contents of the pistol ;—and the third, seeing thefate of h i ' companions, turned about and fled. Cowls, hayi ng poil, an oppo r tunity of adding another re li c to th a t which bad already threatened his destruction, begged he might be ~ 1 11, lowed to carry off one of the swo r d s w hich belonged to t".."; Highlanders lying at his feet. Th e request Was regal') granted; and the relic has ever since remained in the P P milt'. --Stirling didcertiscr.; TH, shores ceeding employ and ind INCRE state that offences) foi Spihiby on THE I of the Kral :'old which The k i „ that it was 4 8 been sil his bed fo. llALyoun gone dai I return ha and the Du the state of brother.Of I WELLEs meta to th see his MA. being too English C InpLooateth eprsrfe,l:24 Preserves 01 destroyed a steward atti g ‘ v erPovvere, Re ward an , about the h nd barbarc pack and lo many are 8( !luenees wil eustod l'Plabourhy "tr the d;ir `uleUlty i n susp et , , o a en veL ~_° r 4 a g un 'Arne( it in to %° iti eo s ns 126111botrIll