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LORD COLLINGWOOD'S CORRESPON- DENCE. AND MEMOIRS. (FURTHER EXTRACTS.) Shortly after the battle of Trafalgar, Lord Col lingwood wrote to Lord Barham, then First Lord of the Admiralty, the following letter relative to the promotion of officers belonging to his victorious fleet : .--" I beg to express my earnest hope that your I.ordship will take into consideration theaaaecuhar, circumstances of the late action, in ,which as much, gallantry Was displayed by the fleet, and a powerful -armament of the enemy ruined in as short a time as in any action; but what, distinguished it from all. .othert is, that the usual reward to the captains, arising from the sale of prizes, is almost all lost by the wreck and ,deatruction of the ship. What Go vernment may please to do in this respect, I cannot say, but, none was ever more worthy of its regard. To the officers, among whom are many yoling, men qualified for Lieutenants, the most grateful reward would be promotion; and if your Lordship would enable me to dispense it to them by commissioning the four ships, and appointing the officers serving in this fleet, I should feel exceedingly gratified in having it in my power to reward so much merit as is now before me. I have mentioned this subject in full confidence , that your Lordship feels the sane disposition towards them with myself, and in. doing it I have only per formed a duty which I owe to them." It would seem to be reasonable that the officers who bad gained. 'such a victory should have the promotion which might be necessary to fill up vacancies. Lord Barham, however, thought differently, and could by no means wave the privileges of the Admiralty in favour of vulgar merit. He writes thus to Lord Collingwood :a-a." In oraler to prevent disappoint ment to individuals, I must beg that you will strictly conform to. the rules laid down by the Admiralty, 1-,y which they leave death and court-martial vacan cies to the comisanding officer, and reserve all other to themselves. I aui the more particular on these subjects, because. the. ,neglect of thetn has created • mueli slisappointmeot to individuals as well .as their. friends here. I, shall trouble you, through my Secretary, • with, a list of such persons aa I wish to fill the Admiralty. vacancies." Lord Collingayood writes thus to Lou Barham on the Pat of ,March, 180(1, on the subject of the ap pointments a--3' I hope your Lorehastp will excuse toy expressing my great disappointment that the only officer to whom I was particularly anxious, or whom recommended .to your Lordship to be promoted, has been passed over uunoticed ; and I can now say, what will scarcely be credited, and, what I am willing to believe your Lordship is-not aWareof, that lam the only Commander in the fleet who has not had, by the courtesy of the. Admiralty, an oppOrtunity to advance one ollicer of any description. The mis fortune I had iolosing two friends in Captains Duff and Cook, made it necessary that I should fill their places, which I did as justice demanded, by pro ' motil; the First Lieutenants of the Victory and Royal ....4ave reign. My First Lieutenant stands wherel.placed him, in the Weazle, covered by his wounds, while some of those serving in private ships are Post Captains. Lieut. Launiess, ti.e .only per eon I recommended to your Lordship, is an old and valuable officer; he has followed me from ship to ship ail the war. A complaint which he had in his eyes prevented his going into the Sovereign when I removed a few days before the action ; but I did hope that my earnest recommendation to your Lord ship might have gained him favour. My other - Lieutenant, who removed with me into the Sove reign, was, happily for him,_killed in the action, and thereby saved from the mortification to which other wise he would probably have been subjected." The. ;interest which predominated over that of Lord Col= iingwood, and the individuals which Lord Barham dcascribes as being disappointed_Veciuse their pro teges did not get the vacancies ought to have - .been given to meritorious offieers,,is described in the allowing extraot of a letter froth Lord Collingwood Captain-Clavel, his old Lieutenant : " The Royal Sovereign. -" Lord Mulgrave knows my opinion of you, and the stotafidenee I have in you ; but the truth is, that he is' so assessed by peptone having Parliamentary influence, that he cannot find himself at liberty to select those Whose nautical and gallantry would otherwise present men for the service. A hole 'or two in• the skin will riot weigh against a vote'' in Parliament; and my influence is very light at ,resent," The first consequences of Parliamentary patro; • mag a being more attended to than nautical skill may be - • found in -the following extracts :--Lord Collingwood, writ ing to Admiral Lord Radstock, November 1, 18053, says, ,$ When one, considers that in all great bodies of men who are h. any profesSion, a large proportion of them engage in i t more from motives of individital interest than from pub lic spirit, at? laws, rules, and regulations should have this pr i nc i p l e i n view, and the interest of those who really serve should be advanced. It is not, however, the case, which is the reason that the ships have very inex:uerienced youths for their Lieutenants; end the - surgeons have a premium, or a large half-pay, for going ashore. I could say a great deal more on the subject, if I were not afraid it would im press you with an idea that lam hard-hearted, which, in deed, ,I am not. The difficulty in getting officers is such, that the subject has Peen much upon my mind. Few line -of-battle ships have more than two or three officers who .are seamen ; the rest are boys, fine children in their mothers' eyes, and the facility with which they get promoted makes them indifferent as to their qualifications." At this time, however, there were not less than two iluingund nine hundred and twelve Li.eutenants ,on the Navy List, of whom not more than 1,800 were actually em ployed.. like seamen among them were thrown on the shelf; and wetie obliged to .beg for employment. The con. :sequence of persoca with Parliamentary influence hieing IstErted to:pension young men, by giving them commissions in the navy, or, as Lord Collingwood exaresses it, "Of ,effieas in the navy being niatle the provision for all sorts of ;4/ c ," is shown by the fact, that we had at that very • time u ring list of Admirals who were regarded apparently by the 41Y Board. as unfit to, be trusted. There . 44 " 1 were in iibt up- Admirals of a rank high enough to • succeed Lord collingw.ood in his command ; and yet he was constrained, tn.qugli .Pfc'sj;kg his recall OR the Admi raltv; to retain the coni7aand, because nobody could, be found worthy to' be entruste'l with it, The Admiralty must have looked on that list, i::'• Earl of Chatham has been said to have done in looking over a list of our Gene rals, with fear. "I know rsot " (said that Statesman) " how these gentlemen may affect the enemy, but they miike me tremble." " I have before . mentioned my de iimira health " (says Lord: Collingwood in A letter to hislada), " to Lord Mulgrave, and he • tells - Ale in re-, tioat he hopes I will stay, • for he knows riot how to p,upoy my plaCe. The impression which his, letter made upon me was one of gritf and sorrow.—Bret, that with n,,,: we have, there should be thought to be Any (lifficulty•i n finding 3 successor of superior ability to me; 1 0.11, that there' hould be any difficulty in the way of the eoily roLlifort 'and happiness that I have to look for Ward to in ." 1 - l is w" rid. " . /With our irrufwltte numb er o f Ad m i ra l s , oz , ret ` or ,:; was a difficulty :IP' fuuling one capable of his ;ircluous situation with honour; Pt), potwith stauiiinz Lord Collingwood' s health, he was std. fired to :lie at his post. " I was nmeh obliged," h e says i n a leap to Lo r d R a d_ " for I,;:tr kind letter of the sth of 3 h'Y Api. a i —__ appears •to rue to be as heavy a youth as I have ,;ee He has already got beyond the hounds of his cbi- n. lity ; yet his father, I &vie say, think s hint qualified t o rommand a fleet. But if sortie zegard be not paid to the ability of those Commanders, their ahivs had better be in Porchester Lake. I have sent horneseverr4, cau se they were not only o f no use , but were c onstant pl agu . e , son will seta good example, Ipm sure he wilt, of dili gence. I keep him very aridly at hula duty, and he is very active." It is well known that only tlic.vsi who had in fluence were very early promoted, and of course the fore-, going, as well aS the following passage in a letter to Mr. .Vackett, can only apply to one of thernt,--" -- has 1 - .. sen behaving very ill. He has been twice in ennfinernent, an d , i ; 114 , to have been tried by a court-martial, bat i begged him uff, and he has written to roe a very penitent letter, proMising amendment. The fact Is, that these boys are made lieutenants too soon, and before their heads cat: .hear good fortune. It seems so easy to them, that they do not set the value on their situation which they ought. I stand between them and danter as much as I can, but they have still unfortunately the power to ruin themselves." " It is certain," he writes to Lord Mulgrave, then First Lord of the Admiralty, " your Lordship canuut know many, of those gentlemen who are recommended by their friends; one of them is turned off the quarter-deck for some un-officer like behaviour. I think your Lord hip will approve of his reforming before he is promoted." Young • has returned to me," he says, writ ing to Lady Collingwood, " but I have little hope c-tax: ~, his being a sailor. He does not take notice of any thing, nor any active part in his business ; and vet, I suppose, when he has dawdled in a ship six years, lie think himself very ill used if he be not made a Lieutenant. Offices in the navy are now made the provision for all sorts of idle people." And again, " - writes to me that her son's want of spirit is owing to the loss of his time when he was in England, which is a subject that need give her no con cern, for if he takes no more pains in his profession than he has done, he will not be qualified fora Lieutenant in sixteen yeais ; and - I should be very sorry to put the safety of the ship and the lives of the men into such hands. He is of no more use here as air officer than Bounce (Lord Collingwood'l dog) is, and not near so entertaining. She writes as if she expected that he is to be a Lieutenant as soon as he has served six years, hut that "is a mistaken fancy; and the loss of his time is while he is at sea, not while be is on :shore. He is living on the navy, and not serving in it; too, is applying to go home. If he goes, lie May stay, for I have no notion of people making the ser vice a mere convenience to themselves, as if it were a pub= lic establishment for loungers." And again, " 1 wish - were on shore. As to his being an officer, it seems to me entirely out of the question ; that would be vorting with men's lives indeed." And, writing to Mr. Blackett, he says, " I was surprised to see Mr. come out again. They think when they have served six years at sea they should be made lientenants, and never deem it necessary to qualify themselves. He is a good quiet young man, and walks about doing no harm : but lie h as no act i v it y i n hi m . Such people become pensioners on the navy rather than officers in it. I hope they will send out somebody to relieve me; I wish very much to return to England." And again, writing to Lady Col lingwood, " - was sent out again with all his infir mities. It makes my heart ache. The object, I sup pose, is, that I should make him a lieutenant, which I never will do, that he may have an annuity and a live lihood on the naval establishment ; but my duty is to seek officers capable of doing the service'of the country, and none others must expect advancement from me." Those extracts show us how little such persons deserve to he made officers ; and that when made. offisers they only become pensioners on the country concealed under the uniform of an honourable pro fession. But let us suppose, as sometimes turns out, that the persons who are thus provided for become active officers ; the consequences far the country are not less deplorable. They harass their men by their carelessness and want of skill ; their ships, which are nice and complicated machines, requiring constant. care,, entail a ruinous expellee on the country, and "are seldom .or never, far any long period, fit for service. We have witnessed more . shun one rise of this description. They were dashing sprightly buckS,'would-he-fire-eaters, whose ships were either things for show, or dilapidated by excessive and unnecessary, wear. The following is Lord Collingwood's opinion of this class to Lord Radstock; on the .10th of March, 1806, be says, " I see the names of some very indifferent young men in the promotions, who never go to sea' without meeting some mischief for want of common knowledge and care. Every three brigs that come here commanded by three boyS require a dock-yard. The ships. of the line never have anything for artifi cers to do. I have sent some home, because they could not be maintained in this country, and their service amounted to nothing. Better give them pensions, and let them stay on shore." DRURY LANE THEATRE. Considerable disappointment was manifested here last night, by the audience, in consequence of the " Lord of the Manor" haVing been substituted for the advertised Opera of " Isidore di Merida." The Manager was loudly called for, when Mr. Wallack appeared and stated in explanation, that " Isidore di Merida" was postponed owing to the illness of Madame Feron. At this moment it was asserted by some one, (we believe in the Pit) that Aladame Feron was not au invalid, but that she had gone to a dinner party, which produced from Mr. Wallack a very acrimonious, and we think, superfluous rejoinder. It was received notwithstanding by the party to whom it was addressed, and by the audience in general, with grange apathy. After some further altercation the Lord of the Manor was allowed to proceed, which, aided by the stirring music of Braham, and the judicious acting of Jones, restored all parties to their wonted good humour. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Mr. Kean appeared last night as Sir Edward Mortimer, in Colman's "Iron Chest ;" a strange drama which the author of " Broad Grins" has somewhat clumsily manu factured from Godwin's fine tale of Caleb Williams Some years since, this was one of Mr. Kean's most finished perforniances—the scenes immediately preceding—and subsequent to the murderer's confession as given by him) used to produce an electrical effect on the audience—but were last night—we regret to state it—received with comparative indifference. There is no disgusting the fact : Mr. Kean's day has passed. His star is no longer in the ascendant; his energy has faded into tameness ; his voice is little more than a whisper; he is the mere ruin of his former self. Last night he was more than usually deficient in spirit, made but one or two important points in a character where every scene is a succession of points, and appeared ex hausted even with this slight exertion. He did his best notwithstanding, and was favourably, though not enthu siastically heard. IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS CONNECTED WITH THE TRADE OF Hamsuactr.—The Board of Trade and Commerce at Hamburgh have. since the 4th of Jan., simplified the quotation of the course of Exchange on Eng land, by reducing it from the imaginary coin of shillings and greots Flemish, to marks banco, in which ail the com modities of importation are bought and sold. This lung desired measure will particularly tend to facilitate the ac counts and Exchanges between the two countries. The Exchange of the 4th inst. has been quoted, marks 13 and eishillin g banco. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE BusnE.—We are greatly delighted in having received accounts from the county of Kilkenny, stating, that this beloved and re spected character is entirely recovered from the severe in disposition which affected him at the time of his leaving Dublin.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. The following gentlemen have been appointed Deputy Lieutenants of the county of Ayr, by the Lord Lieutenant Sir JAMES BOSWELL, of Auchinleck, Bart. ; Joint FERRIER HAMILTON, Esq. of Cairnhill ; LIENRY BlTcrnE, Esq. of Busbie; JAMES FAIRLIE, Esq. of Holing; GEORGE JAMES CAMPBELL, Esq. of Treesbanks. Commissions dated 17th December, 1827.—Edinburgh Observer. • W. HussELL,• Esq., of Brancepeth Castle, has declared himself, through the medium of his respected TENNYSON, Esq., M.P., a candidate for the representatiprl of the county of Durham in Parliament. Lord ENc.ounz (grandson and heir to the Earl of ELDON), the Hon. Wt.r.mant I(werzl, liaaatNgTo.s, Sir iirn -15/O3TII WILLIAMSON; Bart., and Mr. EDWARD BY4III - hasp also been mentioned; but at present there is no_appearance of any of these parties taking the field.— York Chronicle. A 'gang of robbers were last week apprehended in the town of Diss, whose depredations have now con tinued about the vicinity in Norfolk and Suffolk for several years, tfol.‘ , te cted, and but little suspected ; they consisted of a father and severs; sons.—Cambridge Chronicle. I t i s w i t h n uicli regret tho ye rove arrived at a cgrivivtion that . the Wool Trade of this comity is in a very depreped end alarming condition. The growers have mostly three or four years' stock on hand; and are unable to procure a market at any remunerating price,--Dorset 1 , Chronicle. ST ATE•OF TRADE.—There was 3 good deal . Mere business doing in our market on • Tuesday than we have noticed s for sonic weeks. The demand for printing cloth tv.l'partionlarly ily,4•ly,' End an advance in price was :xotty generally obtained. There Rap alio !s good deal d o ne in' yarns ; but Ave do not hear that any improvement in price could be obtained.—Nancliester Herald. papers from Quebec to the 9th, and Mon treal to the 7th ultlinO, have been received at the North and South American Coffee House. They contact a notice from the Adjutant-General's Militia-Office, dated Nov. 26, stating, the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief's intimation, that lie considere it his duty to signify Apt') the under-mentioned officers, that , hit MAJZSTY has no further occasion for their services, and that he ryas the commission which they respectively held, to wit, Cient.-Colonel Louis BouanacEs, of the 2d battalion of the county of Richleau; Major VALIERES DE ST. REAL, of the 4th battalion of the county of Quebec ; Captainh JOSEEIL Dar,oitexa, CLEMENT ILIDON DE BEAUREU, and .T. B. OUSELLETTE, of the Ist battalion of the county of Cornwallis; Lieutenant Lanta of the Qd battalion of the county of Devon, and Major H. ST. GERMAIN of the Ist battalion of the county of York. FOREIGN INTELLICiTs.NCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France of Jan. 9.) CORFU, DEC. 26.—Lord Cochrane has been, for some time past, with the Hellas frigate and some other Greek vessels, off the coast of Mains, where he pursues the pirates. He lately sunk the schooner of the famous Kututzi, and took seven of the crew prisoners, the rest having escaped by swimming.— Another piratical schooner, ofl6guns, has succeeded in escaping him by its superior sailing, but it is hoped that it will not be able to escape from two French vessels which are pursuing it. On the 22d he res cued a Dutch ship from the hands of a Mainote pirate. Two of the robbers, supposed to be lonian subjects, have been sent to the Authorities at Zante, to be punished. The pirates of Carabusa having captured two vessels sent by the American Philhellenists, which were bound for Napoli di Romania, an American frigate stationed in the Archipelago has been to Ca rabusa, burnt seven piratical vessels, and hung upon the spot the whole crew, consisting of 15 men. At Navarin, Modon, and Coron, the Franks and Greeks lived in the most perfect security. Three Turks who had killed a Greek have been shot by Ibrahim's order. We have news from Malta of the 14th. Many ships of war were at anchor there. Besides th e English ships, Asia, Albion, Genoa, Talbot, lifus quito, Philomel, Racer, and Hind, and the French ship of the line Breslau, there were in the port of La Valette the following Russian vessels, which ar rived there on the Bth : the Aze; Hargudd, Eze kiel, and Alexander Newsky, of the line; the Pro vornoy, and Castor frigates, and the Gremiastochy corvette. All these vessels were admitted to pra tique on the 9th; their time of quarantine was re duced to 16 days ; and it has besides been reckoned from the 25th of October, the day on which they had last communication with Navarin. This favour has been granted them that they may be able more speedily to repair their damage, and land their woun ded.—Austrian Observer. FRANKFORT, JAN. 4.—The Marquis de Barbacena Chamberlain of the Emperor of Brazil, who, when he was known by the name of General Brant, nego ciated, in the year 1824, the Brazilian Loan in Lon don, has arrived here on his way to Vienna, and thence to Turin, where he is to marry, by proxy, a young Princess of Sardinia, who is destined to ascend the Throne of Brazil. The marriage has already been contracted by the intervention of the Emperor of Austria, father of the late Empress of Brazil, the proposals made, in the first instance, to a Princess of Bavaria, not having led to a final result. The new Empress will sail in the spring for Rio de Janeiro, on board a ship of the line, which will be sent to Europe to fetch her. Great preparations for her reception are. already making at the Palace in this city, ansi the country seat of St. Christopher. The Marquis de Faubathe, Charge d'Affaires of Brazil at the Court of Naples, will also accompany the new Empress, as well as several Brazilians of distinction, who are now in Europe. The Marchioness de Santos will quit Rio de Janeiro before the .arrival of the Empress, and will go to the province of St. Paul, where she was born. This is one of the conditions of the new marriage, the Empress having formally declined the services of this First Lady of the Palace. The Marquis de Barbacena is accompanied by only one Aid-de-Camp, whom he brought with him from Brazil. BANKS OF TIIE VISTULA, DEC. 27.—The Polish array, composed of 40,000 old troops, has just corn-' menced its march to join the great Russian army. The Staff of General Rautenstranch has already set out, and the vanguard, formed of four regiments of Lancers, under the command of his Royal Highness Prince Adam of Wirtemberg, and the brigade of General Count KraltOwreki. Their vanguard will be formed of a divisio❑ of infantry, under General Count:Stanislaus Potocki, and of a division of cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant-General Weis seilhoff. The corps de reserve, with which is the park of Artillery, will be commanded by .Lieutenant- General Count Kraswiski. It is thought that the Polish army will be sta tioned along the frontiers of Galicia and the Buko wina, as fir as the fortress of Motzens, where it will wait for the plan of its military operations.- Swabian Mercury. (From the Quotidienne.) PARIS, JAN. 7.—Yesterday evening their Excel lencies Count Portalis, Minister of the Interior, and the Count de Chabrol, transacted business with the King, as did M. de St. Cricq, Minister of Com merce, this day, after Mass. We have already received letters from the depart ments near Paris, giving us an account of the joy that had been manifested at the appearance of the Royal Ordinance, dismissing the old Ministry. The French frigate La Fiore, from Brest, and destined for Algiers, arrived at Toulon on the 31st December. (From the Constitutionnel.) PARIS, JAN. 7.—A letter from Corte, of the 14th December, gives some account of the candidates for the deputation of Corsica. The Count de Rivarola, formerly Deputy, and M. Pozzo di Borgo, Receiver- General, were the Ministerial candidates. The Constitutional party preferred M. Olivetto, Coun sellor of the Royal Court of Bastia, and the Viscount Sebastiani, General of Brigade. Among the em ployes of the Government several laid claim to rights against which the electors had loudly exclaimed; but, unfortunately, out of the thirty-one electors of Corsica there are five public functionaries, and, although the titles of several among them are, it is said, doubtful at least, no one dared to question the legality of their using them, remembering the Ad ministration of which they are the proteges. GENEVA, JAN. Eynard has sent us the fol lowing letter, which we hasten to publish : " Geneva, Jan. 2, 1828. " Gentlemen—The Greeks, and all the friends of the Greeks, being impatient to know of the departure of Count Capo d'lstria, I hasten to transmit you the copy of the let ter that I haVe just received from that es cellent man. " E. EYNARD." " Ancona, Dec. 26. "I have received, my dear Eynard, your letter of the 16th, and I hasten to answer you, by announcing to you, at last, that the English frigate, expected for this five weeks, cast anchor at one o'clock, in this port. I have not yet received the letter of which the Captain is the bearer, but the English Consul writes me that the ship came from Corfu, and is at my disposal. I hope, there fore, that I have reached the term of my long quarantine. If, before the departure of the post, I can add a word more positive, respecting the moment of sailing, I will do it. " I thank you for the information you give me relative to the sending of an entire cargo of potatoes; it is an im mense benefit. I shall be delighted with beginning by a fete, in which I shall in person take a part in the laltour of sowing this precious production. Be well assured, that the-cargo of which you speak to me will be received with lively g ratitude, and that it will not be eat in the see ds.— Preseot my-thanks to DI. Fazy and 3T. Bictet, as we ll as to all thO se who have contributed to this Pod wor k . CAPO D'ISTRIA." " P. 8.- 1 have •received my letters, and I have now only got to!arrange my departure with the Captaip, which will take place as soon as the wind becomes favourable. "-- Journal de Geneve. A circumstanceA)f. a very painful nature, and pi,e• the evening of w hi c h i s a s .yet iorolvea in considerable mystery, occurre d a fe swun d d ag agot e parish of PQ F the nth ult, a girl of the naluu of IIio , FLE or RAPHAEL, servant to the Misses-Coanii: South-park, complained, we understand, of being sl i ghtly indisp os ed, and retired to bed at an earlier hour than usual. For months previous, the appearance of the girl had exc i te d a suspicion that she was in a state of pregnancy; b ut w h e „ questioned on the subject, she stoutly and uniformly denied the fact. On the 31st ult., or the day followin g , i t was so obvious that some change had taken place, that the whole funily became alarmed. Though there was every reason to suppose that a child had been born, not a trace of the corpus delicti could be found ; and though ponds have been dragged, and out-houses searched by the officers of justice, it is undiscovered, we believe, to this hour.— The supposed father of the child (a ploughman) as well as the mother have been apprehended and placed in Kirkcud bright jail.—Dumfries Courier. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STIN/K5 THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. B. 94% % 1 / 8 3 per Cent. Cons. 835 % ex div. per Cent. 81% ex div. Ditto Red. 91%4 4 per Cent New 100 99% r Ditto, 1826 101 1 A Bank L. Ann. lO 3-10 India Stock Ditto Bonds B7 97 pm. Ssuth Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 59 60 pm. Ditto S(X) 2d. 59 60 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Bank for Account India for Account Cons, for Ac. 85% 5% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY A T ONE O'CLOC).. Austrian Bonds, 5 percent —1 Neapolitan, Brazilian Bonds ... 6O i Peruvian ponds 1824 onds 95 - 34 Buenos Ayres Bonds 44 I Portuguese Bonds '7 Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. ... ' Prussian, 5 per cent. — Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. 5 9 -'4 Spanish, 1921 10% Greek Bonds — -- I 8 Ditto, !825 Guatunala — Exchange —f. —C. Mexican Bonds —— 3 per cent. —I —c. Do. 1825 4634 1 i Exchange.,„., —t. —C. PRICES OF SHARES THIS Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/ British Iron Mining Co. Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/ Hibernian Mining Co United Mex. Min. Co. (his. at 21 PRicits OF IRISH sm.!' Bank Stock Conpli, 3 percent. - Gov. Stock, 34i per cent :89% Di t to,_New ' - 4 per Cent. lOO Gov. Deb. 3y, per cent. Royal Canal Stock .... Grand Canal Stock -1 City Deb. 4 per cent - Ballast Office Deb. 4 D. ct - DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. pm.) £ 2O 91 92 40 7)4 '. pm.) 25 22)i 23y. 8 pm.) 35 1414 KS.-DUBLIN, JAN. 8. St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto ... ....... — National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — Hibernian Bank — Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings —.. VICTUALLING OFFICE, Jaw. 10, 1828. T HE Commissioner s f or Victualling his Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give Notice, that en FRIDAY, the 18th inst., they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing, (sealed up), and treat for Two Thousand Four Hundred Sscks of BISCUIT MEAL. Two Hundred Sa!ks of Kiln-dried Household FLOUR. Thirty Tons of COCOA, British Plantation. Four Hundred Quarters of PEASE, (Kiln-dried). Thirty Tons of New RAISINS, and Twenty Tons of New OATMEAL. To be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, one-half of each of those Articles by the jet of February, and the remainder by the let of March next. Samples of the Cocoa, Pease, Raisins, and Oatmeal, must be produced by the Parties Tendering. The conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the Price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clook on the day appointed ; and the person who makes the Tender,, or some person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. p 4 raits 41 - Er , FRENCH FUNDS._PARTY, JAN. B.—Five per Cents., 102 f. '7oc.—Three per Cents., 68f. 20c. ; Bank Actions, 1,850 ; Neapolitan, 74f. 85c. ; Spanish, (1823), 68if. ; Exchange o❑ London, at one month, 2M. 15c. ; at three months, 25f. It will be seen, by our extracts from the French Papers, that the Marquis DL BARBACENA, Chamberlain of the Emperor of BRAZIL, is to marry, as proxy for his Imperial Master, a young Princess of the Royal House of Sardinia. The dismissal of the Marchioness DE SANTOS from the situation of first lady of the palace of the Emperor, is a preliminary condition of this marriage contract. We received last night Washington and New York Papers to the 18th of December inclusive. They are chiefly filled with reports of the Trea sury, the Aar, and the Naval Departments, which run to an extraordinary length. Nothing of in terest had occurred in Congress. The news of the destruction of the Turkish Fleet at Navarin had given general satisfaction at New York. The Reports of tie War Department, the Navy Department, and the Treasury, would more than fill our Paper. Frankfort Papers of the 4th inst. were received this morning, from which we give the following interesting account of the interview between the Persian Prince ABBAS MIRZA and the Russian General BENKENDORF, at the head-quarters of the latter. LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1828. As yet nothing . further has • transpired with respect to the forinat* of a New .Adnainistra tion, nor is the country satisfied why the existing Ministry should not 'elect a chief among them selves, worthy of his MAJESTY'S confidence and the support of the country. We have uniformly advocated the principles of Mr. We perceive by the last paragraph of the ar ticle, that the mountains of Curdistan are vi ,sible from the Russian camp. We fear the result of the Persian war will excite a strong desire in the troops to cross that barrier to the softer climate and delights of the Eastern world : CANNING'S Government, because they were founded upon enlightened and liberal views of policy; the Government of Lord GoDErticit acted upon those principles because they were best adapted to the wants of the country—why CT. PITEASBURGW, DEC. 20. The Northern Bee contains a letter from Tessudschi, on the banks of lake Urmio, dated the 17th of November, of whick the following is an extract :-4‘ While I was in General Benkendorf 's detachment, I was witness to one of the most remarkable events of our times—the arrival of Prince Abbas Mirza, in the Russian camp. General Benkendorf was commissioned first to receive Abbas Mirza, and then to show him the Russian troops on parade. The first reception took place at some wersts beyond Schewes ter, in a large plain near lake Urmio. The Persian Prince, who was previously informed of the movements of the de tachment of General Benkendorf, came to meet us, accom panied only by Fet Ali Khan, two foreign officers, (who had come from Teheran to join him) and two equer ries. General Benkendorf detached a division of dragoons, under Count Tolstoi, to escort the Prince. Abbas Mirea rode along the line, saluted the soldiers in Russian, aurl when the General approached him, said, "I am very happy that you, General, who were the first that drew the sword against me this year, are also the first to come to meet me on the eve of pence." He then said, with dignity—" Much time 'is required to form a nation to war; we are but beginners; you too have had your apprenticeship before you attained the degree of abi lity which you now possess. However it be we shall henceforth live at peace. Yet," added he "is it not strange that I should come to you as a visitor in this country ?" then should not the Government be reconstruc ted upon the same basis, filling up its number with men of congenial spirit ? If this should unhappily not prove the case, the nation will have renewed cause to deplore the loss of Mr. CANNING, and more reason to lament that Lord GODERICH should have become his successor. With profound respect for the amiable charac ter of his Lordship, we question whether he should have accepted a responsibility of which he felt himself incapable. It is one thing to fill the duties of an ordinary office, and another to superintend—to wield—to direct—or it may even be, to controul the energies of va rious minds in separate departments. But there are men in the Ministry who possess such minds—men whose talent is as undoubted as their honour is unimpeachable. If a change of Government take place, we trust, it will not be of such a character as to plunge the country into that state from which the enlightened policy of Mr. CANNING'S Government has so tri umphantly and so beneficially extricated her commerce—trade and manufactures. An Ultra Tory Government would entail ruin and dis grace upon the country, but the thing is impossible,— it is against the spirit of the times,—contrary t• the best interests, the wishes of the people. But should an exclu sive Government take place—can they avoid re trenchment, to which tl►e Parliament is pledged ? They cannot back out of the question of Greek Independence, because the Treaty ®f the 6th July was originally suggested during part of their own administration. The system of Free Trade cannot now bewholly repealed without entail ing redoubled misery upon our commerce, by para lysing the enterprise of mercantile speculation. But there are other questions of equal impor tance which would be affected by the re-adoption of the former policy—and these we leave ~.at present, sincerely hoping that we may have no cause to lament their disarrangement. Since writing the above, we understand, that nothing has yet been settled. At two o'clock, the Marquess WELLESLEY visited the Marquess LANSDOWNE at tl►e Rome Office. Abbas Mires requested General Benkendcrf to show him the troops, which were drawn up in a line along the road, at the distance of half a werst from the place of meeting. He also begged the General to introduce him to the persons of his suite. The Cossacks were at the head of the de tachment, and the Prince desired to be introduced to their commander, Colonel Schamechew, saluting him and all the Cossacks. He said—" Those I suppose are your best ea►alry." He was much struck at the Bight of the infan try; on seeing the knapsacks he said, shaking his head. " How can these people march with such a load, it is almost as heavy as the whole baggage of one of our horsemen." The artillery particularly excited his at tention and curiosity. He rode along the front in order to examine the cannons, never failing to greet our soldiers, who cheerfully returned his salutation. A crowd of people from the neighbouring ♦illage thronged about our line ; there were about 300 Persian horsemen on the other side of the road under the command of his son, a fins lad of about fifteen. The Persian warriors had a gloomy look, and the feeling of mortified self love was painted on their countenances. Abbas Mime preserved his apparent gaiety during the whole time that he remained with us. He begged the General to let e. Russian battalion file off before him. Before leaving us he expressed his wish to see the Emperor of Russia and the Imperial family. He said that he hoped peace would soon be concluded ; that be , would do his utmost to effect it. Lastly, he added, that he would write to the General, and that he hoped soon to see him in Russia. Abbas Mirea, after having taken leave of us in the most affable manner, sent Fet Ali Khan to ask the General for a list of all person, who were with him, and to repeat the assurance of his regard. I have given you literally the words of Abbas Mirza, but it is impossible to describe the nobleness of his manners, or the grace and affability which he unites with the dig nity of a Sov ere i gn ; t h e an i ma ti on : o f hi s c ountenanc e an d the unaffected smile which scarcely permits any trace of care to be visible; his features arc perfectly regular, his eyes large, lively, and penetrating, and his teeth fine ; his complexion is brown and pale, his hair and long beard very black, and his costume was very simple, only his dagger was ornamented with valuable jewels. His horse, the finest I ever saw, had very rich harness's, plated with solid gold. The Princ e i s b e twe e n 40 an d 50 years of age, in a word he is on e o f th ose ex t raor di na ry persons who make an indelible imp ress i on on th ose : w h o have seen him. It is a pity that h e i s surroun d e d w i t h p ers ons whose minds and understandin gs are no t sufficiently elevated to second his views. All f ore i gners i n P ers i a agree in doing hie h i m people, justie e ; but for i this m he most w earnestants ep deesrip, and the peoplere, to enlight en Christianity. Prejudice opposes every thing that might be undertaken. We received last night the Paris Papers of Tuesday, and the Gazette de France dated Wednesday. They do s nott ng col the a Ambassadors, intelli gence from Turkey repc although the G aze t te d e F rance has an arti c l e r contain from Corfu of so late a date as the 26th Dec. The report of the destruction of the Greek fleet at Scio is now entirely contradicted. An article dated on the banks of the Vistula, Dec. 27, extracted from the Swabian Mercury, states that the Polish army, composed of 40,000 old troops, has just commenced its march to join the great Russian army. It is supposed that The weather is extremely fine. We are on the banks of a lake which resembles a sea, being 148 werias is length, and 80 in breadth. It contains a great number of rocky islands, and in the distance we perceive the sum mits of the snowy mountains of Curdistan. The inhabi tants cro w d roun d ns with provisions and excellent fruit. We are treated even better than we were in Germany in 1813. i'apers of th e 9 t h i nst. have been re creriexcept the a d Ship W aterloo, of 7 4, from Java. The follo w i n g are e xtracts : 0 i 3er a d l i s of s ei he Netherland H TVaterloo, which arrived on the 4th in His Majesty's ship sa usszts, JAN. 8. ;he Texel, after a pas sage o f 84 d a y s from Java, has brought ;he Batavian Jour na l s f rom t h e 27th to the 4th Octob er , they do not contain any news of much importance. On the Ist October a great fire broke out at Bruton- by this fatal even t cannot be estimated, bat the whol'' of Motzens, where it will w a it f or th e this army will be stationed along the f r onti e rs of , zorg , at t h e place called the P asser , b e hi n d the Cchind Galicia and the Bukowina, a s far as th e f or t ress i temple, which consume d ninety houses. The loss envoi. p l an o f i quarter wo u ld certa i n ly have fallen a prey to the flaineS . but for the exertions of the Magistrates and the garrison• the 19th Septem be r, d a es t i ; r s i its military operations. His Excellency the Commissioner -General, by a decrti e in this qu k atti, No further changes in the French Ministry h he displayed tt i tle to of ecffaectta.the res th tora s tio ir n of peace, h as gis:e: • o f tisfaction to M.. S tarers , oc ng ra t ka g rt i a ve f a or m t:e rk of l h w i lirl im n on appear to have been made, and some of the Papers are beginning to express their disappoint- that M. Starers shall, w so ith ac t t he a rli i l d il i a; meat. Camp to himself. These Journals contain l ong d eta i ls of the journey ' of b i l The MiniSterial Candidates for the r e presen- Excellency the Commissioner -Gener a l to Salatiga. tation of Corsica succeeded. We learn from Bruges that hi s M a j esty has been please d to release from their imprisonment M. Abstains,. advocatl The French Funds are rather higher, having at Nimeguen, and M. de Vliegher, printer of Ike net Gazette of B ruges , wh o were C on d emned on the gd Oe' closed on Tuesday at 86f. 20c. tober, the first to 12 months, and the latter to 16 m o uth! I joy at Bru ges . imprisonment. Thi s ac t o f generos i ty has caused grol col Extracts umn. of these Papers are given iu another A case occurred yesterday at the New Court► Old Bailey, which exhibited the humanity of Mr. Serjeant ARABIN in a sad light. A prisoner was accused of stealing two seals, and acquitted by the Jury. The Learned Judge, how e ver, thought it a pity to let so good an opportuniti escape without giving the prisoner a sample 01 Old Bailey advice—which is generally the most unprofitable of any, as few are ever able to is/tt advantage of it. The prisoner received a good character, and could probably dispense with the admonitions of the Learned Sergeant • but 11;° innocence was no protection,—h e was again called up to hear the hacknied tale. Th e mo' nitor had scarcely proceeded, when he g a v e the . prisoner a pretty broad hint of, the mercies io store for him had he been found guilty, and then addressed him thus :—" If you had beet convicted, you would have been transported, for robberies, committed in the way in which you did this, are becoming--" The Constitutionne/ o f T ues d ay contains hpropagating a very unlikely rumov i that orders have been sent to Toulon wn p a a hm r e ag ey ra ' P rel General GUILLEMIXOT is exp ecte d t° land, directing him to proceed t o Corfu. The following letter is taken from the J ou rno du Commerce : TOULON, JAN. it. The brig Grenadier ii arrived from Algiers, and brid. deopatehee from Admiral COLLIE; who ham left the'frigid i Amphitrite, which he hal lent t o re - victual at Mahon, 191 he has hoisted his Bag on board the frigate Constance. The same Paper also states, that orders haft been sent to Cherbourg for the sailing of 0 1 Orestes for the Levant : and a levy of M ar ine) has been ordered in that arrondissement. Letters from Rio de Janeiro of the 7th No state as positi ve th a t peace is con c l u d ed betwee' the B raz il s an d Buenos Ayres. Th ey a l so add th i Lord PoNsoirßY will retur n t o res id e at Rio, i° quality of Minister from England, and will brief with him the treaty to be ratified. The treaty the same as rejected by the Republic. The publication o f L given seve ra l extract ' h ave already Lord CoLLlNGvrooili Correspond ence i s the best monument whin could be r a i se d to the memory of that truly grea( from thi s very interesting wor k , and some more man. will be found in another part of our Journal! The Editor is a nephew of his Lordship, and ha' executed the task with as much ability as discre' tion,--totally regardless of an opportunity (ad there were manY) for editorial di s pl ay, i n his devu' tion to do justice to the memory of his im mor tal kinsman. But he will hav e hi s reward—the noble co nsciousness of an honourable but model . m ind, while he is associated in the publi c v o ice with the memory of one so dear to our nail / • fame. Though Lord CoLLINGwOOD Was 11 0 very conspicuously before the public, yet no , officer in the navy performed more arduous duties, and none brought more capability to their performance. His character was integrity per sonified ; devotion to his country was, next to his honour, the dearest, the proudest object ' Ol his heart. H e gloried in a straight-forward, manly! upright course—securing the esteem even of duos who felt mortified at the unbending sternness of hi with ed hiti or 'ill . 14 n hick Ci Ohl those w ays _fluty. t he Pe to th; view 1 voutit lead n( tut -11 fects o not cc commg thised wh o gi ho pes t O *lx "Innia ti ll a St too oft, be rase : dari n g, upon t - reward lad itt, Th• di! General PORT The prisoner's Counsel, naturally apprehely sive that the Learned Sergeant was about ti transport his client for not being guilty, here interrupted the speech, and appealed to the ver' dict of the Jury, but all te no purpose. The Learned Sergeant somewhat disappointed i' fionutondt putting a proper period to the sentence, re' buked the Counsel for irregularity. It was il l vain that the Counsel reverted to the man's ilv nocence ; the Judge had more last words, how ever, out of place,—(4 he had a public duty tc fi e ou :::::: :r r it ' C lan st, tl fri perform"—(still harping on the sentence !)--' and again proceeded, while the Jury stared-' cros j f , the Counsel gloomed—and the prisoner tbanko l * his innocence that it was no worse. We wonder what the Judge, having thus se Amherst - iqr HULL, ani vgd 1, monized on the prisoner's acquittal, could 101 l a s "''C ad " - 'arge fu said had the fates convicted him. Really MI av rat , J , apj Sergeant ARABIN should husband his chin* P o sed to for proper occasions. We know that some people o l r o t I.ls lose t i thye ifrolra:osuert,sdpiespec:, name is 4 their genius by giving the speech out of place 'l but we question if the applause missed by the i e s r s s i , ng rather. a n than Opp neglect of the one is overtaken by the diligene ..- w di h sl il i e ke ot m h l of the other. We are afraid- that the Learner -1:'Consol Sergeant's bounty will never gild refined gold, °F aeconi nor paint the lily ; but his excessive anxiety f° w ay ,ht public good wou ld l ose none of its virtue II! 4 e now being tempered with justice. V o l unteer ethic' 414 reh of r e , ei sounds harshly ou t o f season, .and ridiculous oti • ved 1 i , s stated a of place : telling the prisoner to preserve DP is huppos( character after robbing the prosecutor, was j 0 ' ' mother r( as wise as cautioning the prosecutor to take est' }7Phases effects of his seals a ft er h e h a d l ost them! t . 4 4 bIVIII ill futtn up, wit to his nor will 8111 pp 8 pm. ; Bo Real del 1 Account 14 g fro m h (l ePartur e 4 negociati certain affa irs with ~ " in a f a i r Wi ll prever Consoli Si e'r'upted 'ng,ton, c (I N ; (41 (lay t T 4t ev e , ii Y; wt P er ,:?, in and 1 ' occu ' el eq C t Lo 430p1,14', arriv whi ofti r d i Ivo! 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