The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-04 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS.. (Prom the Gazette de France of Feb. 2.) ' VIENNA, JAN. 23.—The Marquis de Barbacena arrived here yesterday from Rio de Janeiro with a Mission. It is said that he brings the will of the late Ernpresk LeOpoldine, and that he will afterwards go .to Lisbon•to execute the orders of Don *Pedro re specting the partition of the treasure left by King John; and which is estitriated,at 54,000,000.. . *- The half'of this - inheritance is to gO to 'the Queen DoWager, and the remainder will be divided equally among -the' children. - It seems that "what has been said . in* - fOr4n . nals of the marriage of Don Pedrowlth a 53:ardinian - .Princess, is - at les*St *prerriattife: • Metalliques, 90i; Bank Slihrec 1,042: PARIS, Fi;a. 1.-The Archbishop of Paris is ap pointed-President, and the &fon Mounier Secre tary, to the Commission of Ecclesiastical SchoOls, All the Members of which met the day before yes terday in one of the - Halls of the , CotinciYof State.' It • is affirmed 'that the Commission* his required more extensive information before it forms its opinion. The Nurernburg Correspondent announces- that letters from Russia speak of a change in - the Ministry of that empire, and particularly of the retreat of the Count de Nesselcode: FIEXCH Ftrwns, Fri. I.—Five per Cents., 103. 75. ; Three per Cents., 69 30. Naples Stock, 76. 20. Royal Spanish Loan, 721. Spanish Rentes Perpetnelles, 49k. ENchange on London, one month, 25. 10 ; three months, 25. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS tank Stock per Cent. Red. 86 5% per Cent. Cons. 8518 5 N per Cent Ditto Red 93 2% per Cent. New ......... 100% to, 1826 flank 1., Ann. ps 7.16 .ndia Stock )itto Bonds 9l 93pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS lustrian Bonds, 5 percept. —I drezilian Bonds CON itieno's Ayres Bonds. ... . . hilian Bonds, 6 pet et. — Colombian Bonds —;+ l)itto, 1824 Oardih, 3 per cent. - Jreek Bonds - 'ACM, :825- 1 Oat imala • ~1 , 4exiean Bonds' • . 142 4,c! 11525 .39 By, MA. Arrived. Due; O America 0 U Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres . 1 •?. Dublin ' 0 1 Handers 0 O France 1 Gottenburgh 9 1 Guernsey& Jersey 0 GERMAN PAPERS. VIE/VA, JAN. 22.—Private letters from Trieste affirm that the Commanders - of the allied squadrons in the Mediterranean • have declared all the Greek ports and fortresses which are in the hands of the Turks in a state of blockade, and that several' ships of war are already cruising before Patras, Modon, Coron a and Navarin, to enforce this declaration. If this news should be confirmed, it would be a farther step towards an actual state of war with the Porte. Metalliques, 90f. 94 6ths ; Bank Shares, 1,039 f.— Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 25. ' SMYRNA, DEC. 15.—The Oriental Spectator con tains the following, letter from Bairout, in -Syria, which, though of an .old date, is very i. teresting. It adds, that it is from hrespeetable Fre ich merchant in that town, whOse correspondent t Smyrna has communicated it to the editor of the ~Speetator " BAIROUT, SEPT. 29.—1 can give you no bril liant description of our situation in this country, where the turn which political affairs have taken has given its the coup dr. grace. We had scarcely re covered from the effects of a dreadful famine and the plague, .which compelled us to shut up our ma gazines almost the whole summer, whew& new 'tills forttme threatened our interests and even our lives. The exasperation of the Mussulmans, produced-by the resolution of the three Powers,. is still kept in check by the ancient esteem, which they paid us, and by the remembrance of the long friendship of which they were proud ; but we must confess that at this moment only faint traces remain, and that we are now in a manner obliged to be constantly in arms, in order to obtain some of the which treaties grant us. The indefatigable, exer-• titans of M. Guys, our Consul, who is highly esteemed here, will soon cease to be sufficient to ward off the blows which are aimed at us from all sides. No re monstrancea are attended to ; our complaints on whatever subject are disregarded, and we have lost the moral influence which .was our sole protection here. It is evident that this hostile attitude which the Turks have assumed with respect to us arises from the distrust which they feel towards every Eu ropean, since they fancy that they see a general anion of the Europeans against the Porte. Our situation is so precarious, that we shall perhaps be all of us soon obliged to emigrate. " The Christian inhabitants, who fear the anger of the Turk.; who may be every naoment induced by, events to the commission of excesses, have fied r with their merchandise, effects, and money into the moun tains ; so that if we wish to transact any business, we must carry money seven leagues distant into the mountains, in order to purchase silks, or Any other goods; and it is frequently necessary to go armed. • 'This emigration tends to general ruin, and will not cease till we are perfectly easy with ;respect to the sue of the negotiations in Constantinople. " The Christians settled here are not the only persons who have fled into the Mountains. The English Consul and his secretary, with some per sons of their nation, and others under their protec tion, have also fled, by which the alarm has not been a little increased. The French, notwithstanding the I 1 humour of the people, have hitherto held but, and we remain, in some degree, the last. remnant of the European population. But as our insulated situa tion is rendered still worse by the entire absence of ships of war, by the almost equally complete want of merehantmen, of which we have seen only two for a very long time, and which, besides, did not escape the plunder of the Greek pirates, we are be aides, especially in the eyes of the Turks; rather for saken exiles than Greeks, who have voluntarily set tled among them to form and to consolidate com- I utercial relations between Frame and Syria. This situation begins to be very dangerous, and if some fortunate chance and more effectual protection does not soon give us a little more weight in the eyes of the nations, we shall probably find it prudent to with draw. Besides, the most alarming reports are in cir culation ; the only object of themis to incense the peo pie, who consider u s as allies —nay, emissaries o f t h e Jreeks, and ascribe to us all the injury done them by the pirates, who, dming the last five months, have taken above two-thirds of the goods consigned to this country, and of which it is so much in need. If this state Qf things should continue but a short rime longer, our trade on this coast must be totally destroyed, which is the more to he lamented, As so much pains have been taken within these few years to encourage it ; and in 1825 it had become so active that there was reason to hope that it would soon em ploy annually .50 ships. But the plague of piracy , as detoured every thing, and the captains' f ships avoid these coasts as a sea full of shoals, the dangers . of which it is impossible to escape."—Austrian Ob .7tever, Jan. 22. We ha-..e authority to deny that any message ' was conveyed '-.y Lord Howes to nF. WALDEN from Lady CaNtonio to Mr. lICSKISSON,...6n the subject of Mr. HUS xistow's acceptance of office, as is falsely asserted ,in the same SUarlay newspaper which last week contained a fa bricated letter on the same subject.. We contradict this of a respectable ,4? , arrespondent ; folsehood'en• the authority but we would" udfriee him and his friendstc,ta4 o no of any thing that appears in so despicable npaper,.-4notice i nz „. MELANCHOLY.SUICIDE.—Ori . Frida t I*Otn —:____.. j o g last General-viscount - de . - SA LT) OS, a SPania: 'Of ;high ran lc, an d one of those,iiitubs of t.e FEADI NA4to: have sought an -asollw in thi s'nbti7,- terminated his exisnnie at the house of a Mr, PERa 97 ,,,, of No. 0, Berner-attest;. where he ti 4. commercill-mad , been for 'sone time past residing. The evils attendant nn depri vation of rank, and pecuniary ii; ‘xiliLobscurity, fficiultis. - --4re supposed to have led to, if not induced, this calamitous catastrophe , combined with another cirelimsfailee *Arch, no doubt, is fresh in the mind of the re, de r—th eapPrebension of his -.inn BA LTA n, on a" charge of forgery on • .1 , wi Es, LLOYD, ban k ers , preyed on the sensitively liononiabld mind and Co., of the deceased, and created feelings "'hicil t4'prlit e 61 an old Castilian could but ill endure. Yot having ! ,..,iii; ; l o ssii before tnentioneVatisP'4l Was as usual on the morning' had taken plabe, an d d ri gding; excited that some calamity to his room to ascertain the cause of-abeince;-I'he worst fears were realized, and the 'Viscount was discovenil sus pended fr om the bed-pest. 'When his son, 13 At.usart. Samos, was under trial, lie exhibited a nervous irritabi iity approaching almost to insanity. Life, however, wa s spared ; and on an implied compact that he would leave the country, a verdict of acquittal was returned. Grateful for the clemency he had e?cperienced, the Viscount .was anxious that on the instant the pledge should be redeemed and good faith restored ; but it was all in vain: the son Atilt remained in England, and every moment that be lingered added an a dditional corrosion to the wound which was already festering, u ntil death closed the scene. Daring Saturday And yesterday several distinguished foreigners, the disastrous „occurrence having obtained circulation, called at the :Viscount's lodgings. T he Coroner's inqu e st has no t as yet taktu place on view of the body, 7' 444* „sm. , 44440 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1828. The Election of a Member to serve in Par liament for Liverpool, in the room of the Right Honourable W. HUSKISSON, will take place to-morrow, the sth inst. The Election of a Member for Ashburton in the room of the Right.Ho' n. STURGES BOURNE, will take place to-morrow the sth inst. The Election of a Member to serve in Parlia ment for the city of Durham in the room of Sir H. HARDINGE will take place to-morrow, the sth inst. The Election of a Member for the Borough of Corfe Castle, in the room of G. BANKES, take place on Friday, the Bth inst. • The, Election of a Member for Ripon, in the room of Mr. SHADWELL, will take place on Friday next, the Bth inst. The Election of a Member to serve in Par liament for the county of Durham, in the room of Mr. LAMBTON, now Lord DURHAM, will take place on Wednesday the 13th inst. The day of Election of a Member for Cam bridge is tot yet fixed. -'t The French Papers of Friday add little to what the Gazette de France communicated re specting the reported change in the French ‘finistrr. ft is now confidently stated that M. CHA TIROL has resigned the Department of Marine, in which he is to be succeeded accord ing to some reports by the Count de la IiouR DOINA Yr, the Chief of the Ultras. One thing is clear, that the Ministry is by no means in a settled state. The partizans of VIT. LELE express strong hopes that he may resume his station as head of the Ministry, and his continued stay in Paris gives some colour to their hopes. The near approach of the day for opening the Session must accelerate, if it do not consolidate, the complete formation of the Ministry. By the following extracts from some Papers received this morning, it will be seen (if the report is entitled to credit) that IBRAHIM . PACHA has embarked 13,000 men on board of 33 vessels for Alexandria, but that the fleet was overtaken by a violent storm and dispersed, while apprehensions are entertained that some have sunk : We have received important news, should it be confirmed, from Marseilles, of the 26th January, it is stated that Ibra ham Pacha had caused to sail from Navarin, 53 ships for Alexandria, having on board 15,000' men, but a violent hurricane took place soon after their departure, and it was feared that a Turkish ship had perished, as signals of dis tress were made from her. The extreme scarcity of pro visions were the cause of the Egyptians retreating as well as Austria having, after the departure of the Ambassadors from Constantinople, forbidden her vessels from trans porting to Greece, all provisions and ammunition. BARCELONA, JAN. 23.—Although it was the desire of his Majesty to leave us soon, be will still he obliged to re main for some time, as.his health will not permit him to undergo the fatigue of travelling. A report prevails that the Royalist volunteers, which were disbanded, are, going again to be organised in the province. This report has caused an unfavourable im pression, and things are far _from quiet: It is known that agents are busy working up another revolution. A report prevailed'at Leghorn on the 16th January, that Ibrahim Pacha had left the Morea clandestinely, and sailed for Egypt. Letters froth Cadiz of the 16th January state, that a French frigate had arrived 'in that port froth Rio de.Ja neiro in 54 days. - The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th nit. and Frankfort Papers of the Same date, have been received this morning. They contain little poli tical intelligence. 'We are glad to perceive that the principles of Free Trade have extended their liberal influence to Bavaria and Wurtemburg, both which - have, entered- into a commercial t r eaty, -- reciprocally b ene fi c i a l : AUGSiIURGII, JAN. 25. We are able to iiiteit .. btt good' authority, that the lo ng desired treaty of commerce between Bavaria and Wnit em _ burg was s igned at Munich on t h e 18 t h o f J an uary. ' .The line of custom-houses hitherto established between the two kingdoms will . be closed on. the; Ist of July next, and the communications3larl forvill be w i neeT iron, irlyfre co e r and cattle; all the stipulations They will be so on the Ist of stipulations of this commercial treaty betigeen the two States have been regulated with much circumspection, and on principles equally liberal and equitable. swiTzEß.LArin, JAN. 22. The committee appointed to revise the penal military code, for Om use of the Swiss regiment in the service of France, has just terminated its labours, the result of which will be laid before the directory, and afterwards commu nicated to the cantons. This code will be one of the prin. cipal subjects of the deliberations of the next Diet. It will also have to direct its attention to an irregularity in ibe Sd Swiss regiment, in the service of Naples, where there are three companies, for which there is no treaty, and the officers of which belong to the canton of the Gri sons, which have repeatedly refused to take any part in the capitulation with Naples. STUTGARD, JAN. 26. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick, his Majesty's nephew, set out .this morning for St. Petersburgh, on a visit to the Imperial family and the Grand Duchess Helen, his sister.—The Prince will return at the beginning - of April. TRTESTF, JAN. 18. Contrary winds prevent the arrival of the ships from the Levant. A Russian frigate (perhaps with M. de la Ribeaupierre on hoard) is said to be off the port. - - . . FRANKFORT, JAN 18 . There is rather more business doing in Eng Hell tn.anii factures than for some time past. Some considerable pur chases have been made by Swiss houses in particular, which, during the present season, cannot receive consign inents directly from England. On the other" hand, the winter is not favourable for the silk trade, at least as far as the connection, of Frankfort extend,. though the demand for that article from the north of Europe continues to in crease, so that we now receive orders from Sweden and Norway. Brussels Papers of the 2d inst., received this forenoon, contain little of interest, but we extract the following :--- BRUSSELS, JAN• 30. The Consul General of Spain at Amsterdam informs the merchants, that by a Royal Decree of the 28th of November last his Catholic Majesty bas made Barcelona a port of depot, with the same privileges as those of Santander, Corunna, Cadiz, and Alicant ; and that by another Decree of the same date, the importation of spun cotton of foreign manufacture, both white and coloured, is prohibited up to No. SO ; and that by the 6th article the additional duty is for the present suspended, which was imposed by the Royal Decree of the 2d of August, on the importation of foreign cotton wool. We have just received a letter from Rome, dated Jan. 17, which informs us that the Countess de Celles, lady of the Ambassador of the Netherlands, died in that city on the 13th inst. The Countess was the daughter of the Count de Valence, Peer of France, and of Madame de Valence, daughter of Madame de Gen ZIAGUE, JAN. 29. In the Sitting of the Second Chamber of the States- General, M. Loop, reporter of the Committee of Physi cians, presented among others, a very long report on a pe tition from a printer at the Hague, who desires that a law be proposed to the Chamber, revoking that of the 10th April, 181.5, the decree of the 20th of the same month, and the law of 6th March, 1818, which contain penal enact ments against those who attempt to excite trouble and dis gust in the kingdom, &c. These laws, says the pe titioner, were enacted in consequence of troubles and alarms which no longer exist. These laws, he says, give rise to the greatest abuses. Several Members spoke in favour of the substance of the petition, but the petitioner, it seems, had proposed an usual course of submitting it to the Chamber, which made it ne cessary to put the question of printing the report to the Committee, but on a division the number of Members present proved to beinsufficient, and the question was therefore ad journed. BRUSSELS, JAN. 31. We learn that the Second Chamber of the States Gene ral will commence next week the discussion of the code de procedure civile. HAGUE, JAN. 31. Second Chamber of the States General.—A project of law relative to the Customs was received, which contains regulations in favour of commerce and navigation. The printing of the report on the petition of M. Lagenhasen, printer, at the Hague, was ordered without opposition. Malta Gazelles of the 26th of December have been received, but their contents are of an old date and unimportant. Gibraltar Papers of the 14th ult. have come to hand, but their contents are not of the slightest interest. The Princess Elizabeth packet has arrived with a Mediterranean mail. She sailed from Corfu Dec. 18, from Malta Dec. 29, and from Gibraltar, Jan. 22. The article in the last number of Blacktvoods Magazine against the Whigs is a mere tissue of intemperance, and what is remarkable the same angry tone is exhibited in the more abstruse speculations of science. We have the various subjects of the Currency, the Bank of England, Country Banks, Emigration, &c. discussed all in the same intemperate manner. The writer really seems angry that all the world will not agree with him ; yet he is not a deep reasoner ; he seldom appeals to facts or to prin ciples ; nor does he seem, all the while that he is dealing out his philippics right and left, to know very clearly where the difficulty of his subject lies, nor what it is that he is opposing. His arguments are, for the most part, either irrelevant or inconclusive. They do not touch the main points at issue ; they fall quite wide of the mark ; which the writer is so far from per ceiving, that he goes on with fresh alacrity to some new delusion or inconsistency. We shall give some specimens of this novel mode of rea soning. On the subject of emigration, it is ob served— " There is no excess of population in the Bri tish Islands. There may be districts to which the people crowd till they overstock agriculture or manufactures; but the surface of these islands has acres enough to feed, clothe, and employ five times their present number." The writer here does not seem to understand the question at issue ; which is Rot whether a greater quantity of food can be got from the Bri tish soil, but whether it can be got in time to feed her increasing people ; because, if this can not be done—if the population outstrips the supply of food--the inhabitants will starve, be the fertility of the country what it may. If, in five years, we have an additional million of in habitants in the country, and if it occupies ten years to provide the additional food which they require, is it not clear that they inust be hardly pinched in the meantime, however fertile the country may be, and for this plain reason, be cause food is not produced fast enough for their support? The writer must prove, not only t h at more food can be extracted from the surface of the islands, but that it can be extracted in ti me to feed the inhabitants, however fast they m a y in crease. This is the point which he must prove, in order to make out his case ; and not m ere l y that, within some indefinite period, the produce of of the sail can be increased. On the subject corn and currency his asse r tions are equally told ; but he does not seem to be at all acquainted with facts. Thus he says— " It is a matter of demonstration to all that the admission of foreign corn duty free would make corn generally very cheap," &c. Is this writer aware, that for thirty years or more prior to the year 1815, foreign corn was admitted duty free ; and that. its price, so far from being cheap, was in general very high. From the year 1805 its price was never under 735. per quarter, and was often much higher, as the following account will show : DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock 99 1 ,1 Old Annuities New Ditto nt. Bills, £l,OOO 21.61 62 pm. 500 2d. 61 62 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial —pm. Bank for Account m. o , Ifidia for Account ..... • -- Cone. for Ac. - 115"14 5. THIS DAY At ONE O'CLOCK. INeapolitan, i 824 ' • _ Peruvian Bonds... ...... ~..... Portuguese Bonds Prussian, .5 per Cent.......... Ditto, New — Russian; New O4 i Spanish, 1821 10 '1 7 s I - •••••-•••••• 182 — 1 French lientetr, sp. c. —1 —c -4 ----Exchange...... —t —c• --- 3 per cent...—. —f —c. -- Ekchange —f - - c• --- Plums OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. • Per Share. .. , . drazilian - Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) $.20 • 83 Briti s h.lroti Mining Co. 42t Columbian• Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 121. 1 : - 2534 zo ilexican Ilining C 0......, 23 - United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) :15 46 Alliance Marine Insurance' 5 • - Palladium Assurance Co. LI 2 Hibernian Joint Stock Banking Co.—. , 25 . _ l7 Provincial Bank of I r el an d 25 - -1-0 % 4. ...PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS.-...DUBLIN, FEB. I. _ . tank Stock " `245!;, i Si.:Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) —. Consol,, 3 per cent. Royal Irish Ditto ........... ctov. Stock, 3% per cent.... ft?•% National Ditto _ ihtto, New --- Patriotic Ditto 2% per Cent. 101% Hibernian Bank — joy. Deb. 3% per cent. ... 94 1 ,4 Provincial Ditto -toyal Canal Stock ?rand Canal Stock Imperial Mine .2ity Deb. 4 per cent -- Mining Co. of Ireland tailast Office Deb. 4 is. ct. , Commercial Buildings — 'Arrired. Due. 2 Hamburgh 1 J Holland o Jamaica 2 0 Leeward Islands O Lisbon 1 1 Malta O Mexico 2 Waterford 0 PRICE Of WHEAT PER QUARTER. s. d. I s. d. 18 e 4 6O 0 ' 1810 1805 B7 10. 1811 1806: 79 0 1812 125 0 1807 73 0 l813 1808 79 0 1814 74 0 1809 95 0 Now during this period of high prices not only was importation free, but it was encouraged by a bounty, by which we drained Europe of all its surplus supplies. Still the prices were high ; so that it is not such a clear matter of demonstra tion, as this writer seems to think, that " the admission of foreign corn duty-free would make corn generally very cheap." But his arguments to prove that the fact of a guinea exchanging for 275. in paper, is no proof of the depreciation of the paper, certainly afford the most singular specimen of his perverse judg ment. • " How then (says this writer) do they prove that during the war the paper currency virtually lost its value ? Simply by the fact, that the price of the guinea rose to 275. or 28s. This fact is evidently worthless, unless it can be proved that no rise took place in the price of bullion, and that the guinea fetched the price we have stated as circulating medium—as cur- rency—in this country." We say that Bank notes have fallen in value ; and we give this as a reason that it requires more of them than formerly to purchase a guinea —or, which is the same thing, that a one-pound Bank note can be purchased for 14 shillings. Is not this a tolerably plain proof that its value has fallen ? But bullion, it seems, rises, as well as coin. Of course, the notes having fallen in value, it will require more of them than formerly to purchase the same quantity of bullion, or any other article. This is a necessary conse quence of the depreciation of the paper. If bul lion were not to rise, the fact would be inexpli cable. But it is only, be it observed, when pur chased with paper, that its price appears to be higher. We require more Bank of England notes to purchase the same quantity of bullion, not because bullion has really risen in value, but because the notes have fallen in value. "It is matter of demonstration (says this writer) that a great rise took place in the price of bullion, not only in this country, but in others." If this was the case, it must be matter not of demonstra tion, but of fact ; and we should like to see any fact produced to warrant this assertion. Bullion never rose in price except when it was purchased with Bank of England notes. It did not rise in Hamburgli, nor in any of the Continental markets ; as is shewn by the prices current of these places, given, we believe, in the Appendix to the Report of the Bullion Committee, or certified by other evidence equally conclusive. It is upon such loose assertions, however, that this writer builds his hypothesis. We cannot follow him through all his diffuse and inconclu sive speculations on Country Banks ; nor is it necessary, as the above specimen of his inatten tion to the most important facts slims how little his authority can be relied upon. There is no doubt that Mr. TRANT will he returned for Dover. Mr. HALCOMB is said to have no chance. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWVAPR o' CLoor. The gloomy,- appearance which has for some days attached to the English Funds still continues, and a disposition is perceivable in the public to sell this morning. Consols opened at 85 4, both for money and account, being the closing price of Satur day, and the only alteration since has been their having been 85 f, and again recovering to their first rate; the premium on India Bonds and Exchequer Bills continues without the slightest alteration, the former being 91 3, and the latter 61 2. The Foreign Funds have scarcely had any atten tion paid them, except in Mexican Bonds, which have declined from 39 1, the first price in the morning, to 38 I; Buenos Ayres Bonds have also fallen to 39 41; Colombian are 22 4 ; Brazilian maintain their rise steadily, and are on Russian are a shade lower, being 93f 4 ; Portuguese Bonds do not move in the least, and the price continues stationary at 71f 2. In Shares Real del Monte are 20 pm. ; Brazilian Mines 58 60 pm.; Tlalpuxahua Shares are 150 100 dis. It is understood the last accounts from this concern were, that they had no credit to carry it on, and every appearance was extremely unfavourable to their future prospects. Three per Cent. Consols, 85i i; Ditto for the Ac count, 851 1; India Bonds, 91 3 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 61 2 pm• TWO O'CLOCK Scarcely a bargain is doing in Consols, the price continues at 85i I . • ".1 THREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 85k 4 FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 851 Danish 611 Do. for Ac. 85 1 a Greek 1825 174 Brazilian Bonds 60.1. Mexican, 182 5 38 f Buenoi Apes 39 P eruv i a n Milian Do. R uss i an 931 . Columbian, 1824 23 Sp an ish, 1821 10k , The head mastership of Abingdon-school is at present vacant. There are five candidate; : from Ox ford, the Rev. Mr. Wm:Jams, Fellow of Pembroke ; the Rev. Mr. YOUNG, of the same College; the Rev. Mr. ITEwi.v.TT, of Worcester College ; and the Rev. Mr. linzat, of Christ Church. From Cambridge, the Rev. Mr. Bucialast, of St. John's College. The vacancy will be filled up by election to-morrow. SHIPPINd INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.). FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 3.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived from London, the Mercy, Paezly, for Barbadoes ; Ber wickshire, Madon, for Bengal; his Majesty's ship Gloucester, for Lisbon. Arrived the Countess of Errol, Henderson, from Leghorn. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2 and 3.—Wind rived the Egginton transport, Miner, from Malta. Put back the Ealing Grove, Falconer, for Dominica. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Wind W.—.-Arrived the David, Richards, from Oporto. FALMOUTH, F. 1 and 2.—Wind W. to W.W.N. —Arrived the Princess Elizabeth packet, from the Mediterranean, sailed from Corfu on the 18th Dec., Malta the 29th, Gibraltar the 22d Jan., and Cadiz the 24th. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon; Recovery, Patterson, for Bombay; 'Ca therine Elizabeth; for Batavia; and Hector, Tute, for Jamaica. CCXIIAVEN,JAN. 21.—The red buoy is driven from its station, and lays in 10 fathoms water on the Vogel Sand, about four miles to the north of its place. The rest of the buoys are laying in all direc tions in the channel of the river. The two light boats are gone to Heligoland. JAN 30.—The light vessel No. 1, (outer) was not at her station this morning. The light vessel No. 2, (inner), was at her station. The river was entirely clear of ice. The Alexander, Turcan, from Ireland to New castle, was carried into Alemouth in a very leaky ►tate the 30th nit., having struck on the Bondicar Rock. The James and Ann, Thompson, from Colchester to Scotland, was driven upon a rock off Bambro', the 29th ult., and only part of the sails and rigging expected to be saved. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.—Arrived the York, De Cost, from New York, sailed the Bth of January. Off Liverpool the 31st, the Felix, from Buenos Ayres, sailed the 9th of December. The Albuera, of Aberdeen, has been taken by the Gen. St. Martin, privateer, and was spoken , with 27th Dee., in lat. 16, lon. 31. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. His LORDSHIP came into Court this morning at half -past ten o'clock. Mr. BARBER requested leave for a lunatic petition, in the matter of Craven, to be put in his Lordship's paper for Thursday next.—Leave granted. WINTER V. LORD ANSON. Upon this case being called, in consequence of some misunderstanding of the parties, it was order ed to stand over till Monday next. IN THE MATTER OF RUSS, A LUNATIC. Mr. SUGDEN stated that this was the petition of John Russ. The committee of the lunatic, and the facts of tile case, were rather peculiar :—Theluna tic was entitled to certain property of a very uncertain nature, consisting of old buildings, which were in a very ruinous condition, which never could be let to .advantage; several of the pre sent tenants had already given notice to quit, unless the premises were put into a proper state of repair, which would cost more than the property was worth. For part of this estate, in which the lunatic had an interest of five-sixths, the sum of 3,8001. (much more than it was worth), had been offered by parties whose intention it was to erect a church on the scite. This, it was considered, would very 'much encrease the value of the remaining part of the lunatic's estate, and the committee therefore thought it was his duty to present this petition, praying that it might be referred to the Master to enquire whether it would - be for the lunatic% benefit, to sell the whole or any part of the estate, and whether any application should be made to Parliament for an Act to enable the parties to do so. This application was not op posed, and the Court had made similar orders in several instances. His LORDSHIP made 'the order according to the prayer of the petition. IN THE MATTER Or WALKER, A LUNATIC. This was the petition of the only brother of the lunatic, who had property in the stocks to the amount of 2,4001. which prayed that he might be appointed the Committee without the expense of a reference to the Master, the property being so small.. His LORDSHIP knew of no instance in which the Court had made such an order, and thought that a reference was-essentially necessary. SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, BART. v. JACKSON. The COURT then proceeded with this part' heard appeal. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. At the sitting of the Court this morni.ng, Mr. Simons applied to have a cause, in which Mr Heald held a brief postponed. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said that he had had an interview with that learned gentleman, and that he expressed his decided wish that no cause might be postponed on his account. PIERCE, ASSIGNEE. OF AMBROSE, A. BANKRUPT, F. THORNBY AND OTHERS. This case came on for argument upon a plea, and the only question was whether the feneral assign ment by a bankrupt was such a reduction into pos session of his wife's chose in action as to bar her right in the event of her surviving her husband. In the present case Mr. Ambrose, whose wife was entitled to a legacy of 8001., became a bankrupt, and died pending a suit instituted by his assignee for the re covery of the amount of the legacy; the question now was, whether, as the legacy at the time of the assignment was merely a chose in action, it could pass under the assignment ? The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought the question of considerable importance ' and would there for e lo e k at the authorities before he gave his judgment. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) THE KING V. ROBERT TAYLOR. The defendant in this case was in attendance be fore the sitting of the Court this morning, accompa nied by several friends, but it was intimated to him by one of the officers of the Court, that as Mr. Jus tice Bailey was engaged in the Bail Court, he would not be called up for judgment this day, upon which the Reverend Orator and his party withdrew. THE ICING V. BROWN, IVI.Y. Mr. BicouGHADI appeared to support the rule ob tained in this case, on behalf of Sir Wm. Brabazon, Hi g h Sheriff of the county of Mayo, algaaceini P ar. against 1 r. Brown, M.P., for the county M a y o , f or a libel pub lished in the Morning Post. He commenced by a dverting to the argum en ts us e d by Sir James Scar lett. The election for th e c oun ty of Mayo, took place in June 1826, an d t h e pu bli ca tion of the libel t t o eo b k e p t l h a e spceienech of theytehaer defendant in The libel hisp purported that he speech li am which spoken, o t iv ,l k ) re u .n t ,B t h ru e o, h\avifficnh inad d a was vit a m aterial feature i n t h e d i d no t state that the published speech was s u b s t ant i a ll y t h e sam e which Mr. B rown had case; though, if t h e libeelinhadparbleiaemn :Parliament, same ,and had sent it for publication, it would have been no excus e , though a . considerable extenuation. Another circumstance was, that Mr. Brown neglected to make his motion until the end of the Session- of 1827, and gave no explanation of this extraordinarY delay. He then charged Sir W. Brabazon, in un paid Officer of the Crown, with being one of a gang of conspirators concerned in a scheme of riot and murder. This serious and aggravated c harge was founded on the fact that information had been con veyed to Sir W. Brabazon through the Chief Con stable of Police, that it w a s intended " to lick the Browns. 7 Something like this occurred at every contested election in England, as well as in Ireland, but this was no foundation for le charge of conspi racy to murder, which he contended was the true purport and intendment of the libel. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to enter into a defence of the arrangements made by the High Sheriff to pre serve the peace, when he was interrupted by - Lord TENTERDEN, who observed that if , -Mr. Brougham wished to go on with his argument, the Court was ready to hear him.; but the opinion . of the Court now was, that to use the mildest 'term, there had been great neglect of duty on the ink of the sheriff; but that the libel 'went beyond What the facts of the case justified. 'When a party applied for the interposition of the Court by means of Ai criminal information, it was nec essar y th at he should appear purged entirely of all blame himself. As at present advised, the Court did not conceive that Sir William Brabazon was free from the charge of negli gence. - _ _ Mr. BROUGHAM said, he proposed to show that Sir William Brabazon had taken the best means he could under the very peculiar circumstances of the ease,_to preserve the peace by a proper distribution of the . police. Lord TENTERDEN repeated that the Court had no objection to hear Mr. Brougham, but their present opinion was, that the rule for a criminal information should be discharged, the party against whom the application was made paying the costs. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that after the intimation the Court- had thrown out, with their Lordships' leave, he would take an opportunity to consult with Mr. Erskine and Mr. Parke, who were with him in the case, and mention the matter again ft) . the Court. Their Lordships would see that the libel contained some very grave charges. Lord TENTERDEN agreed that the charges were very grave and that the libel went f ur th er t h an t h e facts justified ; but at the other side there was cer tainly . great negligence. These observations he made with an intention of expressing himself in-the mildest manner towards both gentlemen. CORPORATION OF WELLS. Sir JAMES ScARLETT moved fora rule to :hew cause why a writ of Quo Warranto should not issue directed to Robert Brookes, calling on him to show cause by what authority he held the office of Master in the Corporation of the city of Wells. Lord TENTXRDEN said, Master was rather a sin gular title in a Corporation, and inquired whether the persons holding the office were of the rank of Aldermen and Burgesses. Sir JAMES SCARLETT said there were no Alder men belonging to the Corporation of Wells. There were twenty-four burgesses, eight of whom, with the Mayor, were called master s . Th e ground on wh i c h the rule was applied for was that Mr. Brookes was elected when there was not a majority of the mas ters, or of the capital burgesse s , nor of.the whole body present; and also that Mr:Brookes was never sworn into the office, the duties of which he dis charged. The Court, granted a rule nisi. MANDAMUS. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having moved, as of course, for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to two Magistrates of the County of Bucks, calling on them to issue a warrant for the collection of Church -rate, under the Act of Par liament, Lord TENTERDEN said, that upon consideration, he thought the Court could not grant such a rule, on the principle that if the M ag i strates acte d on it, they might subject themselves to an action of trespass. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that in the present case the Magistrates were parties to the application, as they were desirous of obtaining the opinion of the Court on a disputed question in the Act of Parlia ment. Lord TENTERDEN said the Court could not inter fere. They had refused to grant a mandamus,, to the Aldermen of London on precisely similar cir• cumstances, and on the same principle. Rule refused. The Court rose at one o'clock, after which Lord TENTERDEN sat at Nisi Prius for the trial of Common Jury cases.' THE ARMY. A Detachment of the Depot of the 86th Regiment, marched from Cooley to Newry, on the 26th alt., having been on duty, protecting a vessel stranded , near. W.hitehaven. The Reierve Companies of the 49th Regiment, the Depot of the 41st, and the Reserve Companies of the 63d, marched this morning from Dover, to occupy Deal and Thorncliffe Barracks, during the Election of a Member of Parliament for the Town and Port of Dever. - The Detachments of the 11th Light Dragoons, the 13th, 14th, Slst, 38th, and 44th Regiments of. Foot, which bad embarked on board the Thomas Omits East Indianian, were obliged to reland at Gravesend, in consequence of the Regiment tfomr Bengal. arche on , the 28th ship having sprung a-leak. Two Troops of the 6th Dragoon Guards have been or dered to march this day from Manchester . to Norwich. Large Detachments of the 11th Light Dragoons, 16th Lancers, and 31st Foot, embarked on. the Ud instant at u G l r t p . av f eese r ta om cm:Rl L ' e i lnts r b Eil rtid al t d h7e3 F di r l e ß e e m hanegi. ont to Buttevant. On Saturday, the despatches for Bengal and China by the ship Marquis of Huntley, Captain JOHN SMALL HENRY FRAZER, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. Two of his Majesty's horses, Leviathan and Fleur-de-Lis, have been entered for the Oxford gold cup this year. They are named by Mr. DELME RADCLIFFE, and eleven other horses have also entered for the same race. The wreck of the Hay/on transport was sold on Thursday, as it lay on the rocks, off Mount Batten, for 550/.—Devonport Telegraph. Yesterday the most Honourable Arthur Mar quis of DOURO, eldest son of his Grace the Duke of WEL LINGTON, attained his majority, having been born on the 3d of February, 1 807. The event will be celebrated this day, and several entertainments of a public and private nature will be given on the occasion. Among the former, there are to be two public dinners at Reading, one open to the public, the other confined to what are called the friends of the True Blue cause, with this special proviso, " that any repentant Radical will on this occasion not be refused admission." A public dinner will also be given at Basing stoke, and one at Strathfieldsaye, the residence of the Noble Duke. The Earl of LONGFORD, uncle by the mother's side to the young nobleman, will give a large party at his seat, Pakenham Hall, county of Westmeath, Ireland; and at the patrimonial residence of the WELLESLEY family, Dungan Castle, county Meath, where the Duke himself was born in May, 1769, there will be a public entertain , went for the tenantry of the estate. A game-keeper in Herefordshire killed the following beads of gaze, from January to December last year, omitting the months of October anti November, the accounts of which he lost :-217 pheasants, 443 partridges, 34 woodcocks, 15 snip es , 2 wild ducks, 1 land rail, 142 hares, 68 leverets, 3,997 rabbits,—total 4,9l9—Carmar then Journal. The typhus fever is very rife in Arnold.. 111 Bond-street, several families are sorely afflicted by it. A man of th e name o f C oorea , a soldier, on f ur l ough, has died of this disease. —Nottingham Review. SMALL Pox.—This dreadful disorder leas lat e ly manif es t e d itself in the vicinity of Brecon to a fright ful degree :—At a lone cottage, a man and four of his children ( o ut of five) were carried off by it i n a very short time, his wife and onl y one little boy escap i ng t h e ravages of the disease ; it w as of the confluent sor t, an d of the very worst kind. Surely yar . ents will no l onger neg l ect getting i• children i mm ediately v accinated, and not l et prejudice stand thetheirthe wa y when life itself is concerconcerned.....Cumi„.ian. 'JosT DETERMINED SUICIDE.---Last a bout half past eleven.o'clock, a young m an , named JAaZEs 19, residing in Great Su rrey -street, Black- M IL Ls, aged friars' -road, blew his brains out with a pocket pistol. On Friday night last, as two seamen were re turning rather groggy to their - ship that was lying in the Tyne, one of them took a fancy to go down Woodside Main pit. His comrade in vain endeavoured to persuade him to give up the idea, and was w a lki ng on, when he turned round and was surprised at his appearance. The poor fellow, it seems, had laid hold of a rope at the month of the pit, thinking it would extend to the bottom, but in this he was deceived, for it did not reach further down than 25 fathoms from the bottom, anti he was of course killed instantaneously by his tab.—Durham Advertiser. Reading has not for the last twenty years been so overrun by thieves as it is at present ; scarcely a morn ing dawns, but our ears are assailed by " Well, h ave y o u heard of last night's robbery ?"—Bucks Gazette. T It To- da aminatio crowded before Al thronged Ide per& taking tl arrived i anitiety He appe: been sup shirt and Mr. E observed sent, am plied tha tiered Fu the Hou waistcoat marks on stained, 40t. The • Air. 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