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POREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France of Jan. 26.) SD/AYRNA, DEC. 22.—The following is the tenor of the memorandum 'which Mr. Stratford Canning has addressed to the English consulate at Smyrna:— " Mr. Elliot will deliver to the Consul of his Bri tannic Majesty at Smyrna the following note, as soon as the Consul (Mr. Werry) shall have assem bled the. English merchants. Mr. Elliot will inform them in his presence that the English Ambassador has received and taken into consideration the peti tion which they addressed to him on the 16th of this month. He will add, that in consequence he is ordered. to make to them the following communica tions " The Ambassador makes every effort to procure to. the English commerce all thd protection and all the assistance compatible with the state in which the mutual relations of the two countries are placed, by his departure from Constantinople. " For this purpose, he has authorised Mr. Werry to continue to exercise the functions of Consul till the 13th of next month. Ile has also agreed with the senior commanding officer of his Majesty's aqua • dron, that be shall constantly have a sufficient mari time force at Smyrna, at least till the expiration of the above term. He has also left the Consul, as well as the other subjects of his Britannic Majesty, liberty to remain at Smyrna, even after his official functions shall have ceased. " Immediately after he has closed his office,, that of the Consul of the Netherlands will be open to the English merchants, and in case of need, the Lega tion of the Netherlands at Constantinople will inter vene in their favour. The Porte, besides, has de clared its intention of taking fur the present, under its exclusive protection, the subjects of • the three Powers who remain in its dominions. " With respect to the neutrality of Smyrna, by which it is probably meant that none of the Powers at war with the Porte is to make any attack on that city, the Ambassadors will take the opportunity to lay the wishes of the merchants before his Majesty's Government. Meantime he believes that they have no reason to fear any attack on the part of the Turks. "..The eatirpatiou of piracy in the neighbouring seas is undoubtedly an object of the bighes timportance, which merits the mos t s e r i ous a tent i on an d the most constant efforts. If the instructions given by his Majesty's Government, and the activity of the allied , squadrons, have not yet sufficed to.put an end to the evil, it must be attri buted to the particular facilities which piracy finds in :the peculiar localities: of the Archipelago and its coasts. It must be 'hoped that more efficacious Inettitireswill be taken for the total extinction of this-scour e, audit will be a real satisfaction for the Ambassadors to be . OA to accelerate them. "•Mr. Elliot Will teiinintite' these ecamunicationi by inviting the merchants not to lose sight of the precarious 'State of our relations with Turkey, and will ; warn them in clear terms of the,, clangers: to which they will expose their interests, ? if they-neglect the opportunity whi c h. now oilers itself to them, speedily to put their' affairs in order, and to prepare themselves against the. possible case of a decisive rupture, the probability of which-would be-as little honourable as prudent to conceal, however deplorable the case may be, and Avhatever'efforts sbouldbe taken to prevent:its occurrence if possible. • " tht board' his Majesty's frigate'Dryad in the: Ilk , of VOtirla, Dec. 19, 1827. " (Signed) " STRATFORD CANNING." emu, ttG. 30.—Yesterday morning, at" ten o'clock, the Drycui - frigate, which had made the passage from Von& in seven days, cast Miebor :in pia friaarL. it bad on board Mr. Stratford Canning and hl5 `suite; and Mr. Curtnr.right, his Mujesty s Consul-General at Constantinople. To-morrow at noon ',Sir. Stratford Canning will be received on f . . 10„ with the honours due to his rank. Since the lauding of General Clturah'at Drago rueltre, we have learned nothing certain respecting his farth er o p erat i ons. A ccord i ng t o a - letter from ?mesa, Veli Bey, the Governor of that citf, after being joined by the Turkish cavalry which was at lamo, did not leaVe it till December 12. On the. two preeeding - days;:tyc'orps of Turkish troops; stated to amount to 2,500 men, had alsO commenced its march towards DragomtVre, to act under the' Com mend 6f - Veli Bey agaitiA the Greeks, who had acted - under . General - Church. Our .yesterday's Gazette has announced that General Church has left the neighbourhood of Dragortiestre, and has commenced his marreft"'tOwara - Missolonghi.— ilustrida Observer. BUCHAREST, J. 5.—A courier who has arrived frer4 - Conitantinople, and who has proceeded on his' ' journey to Vienna, 'is supposed to hart brought im portant communications, - for after 'his arrival an ex traordinary bustle was obserVed in the hotel of M. Minziacky. Hitherto we had al wa y s fl at t ere d ourselves with • the hope that an arrangement would be made in the affairs of the East, and with the idea that no open rupture would take place be tween the Porte and, the Allies. But since yester day a war is thought of,- and it is affirmed that ,Minziaeky is going to leave us. Consternation is expressed oic every countenance, and many families are putting their affairs in order, that they maybe able to quit the Princip a li t i es .— A rghugsbu Gazette. ODEssi,Dc. 22.—We expect with impatience the approaching events, and we desire the.beginning of hostilities, which atom can give new life to busi ness in our market, for the foreigners settled here are: the only persons who have any connexion with the Mediterranean ; the- Russian merchants and ma riners have been strictlyprobibited from attempting any enterprise on that side. This prohibition has almost. occasioned a riot at Oczakow, where the' Go vernor wanted to extend'the prohibition to vessels undor foreign.-. flags— The intervention of Count Paulin put an encl to this misunderstanding; he has ordered that no foreign vessels sh ou ld b e d eta i ne d . Reinforcements of troops have been sent to the ' fortresses a the mouth of the Danube, such as Ismail and . Rilia. It is said that there is a considerable mortality there, which as far as Ismail is concerned, is very probable, because the environs are very marshy. Opposite to Ismail the Turks have an en trenched camp, which extends to Bardaboi, and is only an hour's march from the Danube. The number of Turkish troops assembled at that point is esti mated at 20,000 men. Quarrels are ' said to have taken place there between Turkish and Russian , soldiers who were engaged' in fishing. On that arm of the Danube Which forms. the island of Saline the Turks have stationed a great number of gun-beats, and appear to show an inten tion of making a serious resistance to a Passage of the Russian troops- The Russians, on their side, have made all their preparations, to pass, at the first order, this same line, which it is true presents many dim. eulties on account of . the breadth "of the river; but which' is, hoWever,-inuelf less dangerotisin this place than in any other. •It seems 'that the Turkish gun boats haVe of late greatly harassed the Christian vesels navigating the Danube. I,c t tersfrOm Persia say, that Abbas Mirza is still mai Tauri,, waiting for permission from Teheran to go. to St. retersburgii, where, it is said he intends to sign_himsch. the treaty of peace 11 ith the. Emperor hagsburgh G -agette. FRENCH FUNDS. —Five per Cents., 103 E, 85e. ; Three per -Cents., 691. 900. ; Naples _Stock: 76f. 60c. ; 14, ya l Spanish Loin - 1;73i ; Ilaytian Loan, 6791. 30c. Exchang e er(,Limuion, one moutb, thiee months, 251. LISBON PAPERS. OF TLIE CTIAMBER OF DEPUTIES. This Chamber in its sittings fiom the 11111 to the 18th of J anuary , continued the discussion on the project - of law for repressing the abuses of the liberty of the press, from articl e 32 to 90. On the close of the debate upon the last article, several additions were . proposed by some members, all which were ordered to be referred to the Committee for mini. nation. _ _ -------- ' In the sittings of the 16th of January, the Vice- President announced that the deputation o f the Chamber had waited on the Princess Regent with the answer of the Chamber to the speech from the throne, which was to the following effect : ." The Chamber of Deputies having heard, with profound attention, the words which your Highness was pleased to address to it from the throne on the solemn opening of the present session, has charged us to express to your Highness its gratitude and inviolable fidelity. " The Chamber is not surprised that the first ob ject of your Highness's thoughts should be what is still wanting to complete and to consolidate our po litical edifice. " The Chamber desires to answer the honourable confidence of the King, the wise views of your Highness, and the intentions of the nation Which elected it, by performing its most sacred duty, and employing all its zeal and activity in accomplishing so important, difficult, and glorious a work. The Chamber heard with the most lively in terest and sincere gratitude the information Which your Highness was pleased to give it, that his Highness the Infant Don Miguel, intrusted by his Majesty with the Regency of these kingdoms, is on his way to take possession of that office. His High ness, by the intentions which he has ordered to be expressed to the Portuguese, and which ate so worthy of the elevation of his character and of the virtues hereditary in the august family of Braganza, %yin put an end to civil dissension, extinguish extra vagant hopes, and confirm the authority of the con stitutional law. The resolution which the Govern ment of a neighbouring nation has takes/ to oppose the pertinacious attempts of the enemies of the peace and happiness of the Portuguese, is founded on the acknowledged principles of the law of nations, it is conformable to the sentiments which ought to characterize a just Government, and is an essential condition of the reciprocal interests of the two States, and of the solid happiness of the whole Pe ninsula. The Chamber respectfully thanks your Highness for the important communication. " The Chamber also thanks your Highness for the information, that the appearance of our finances is not unfavourable to the public credit of the state, aid it wishes that an energetic and vigilant admi nistration, and strict and just economy, may daily improve the state of the public revenue, and offer to the people the prospect of agreeable and conso latory hopes. " The certainty which your Highness has been pleased to communicate to the Chamber, of the con tinuation of peace with foreign Powers, founded upon ancient alliances and on the general interests of Europe, is another subject which demands :the gratitude of the Chamber. The Government of your Highness will preserve to us this inestimable blessing, by means of that honest, upright, and generous policy to what becomes the dignity and the character of a just and virtuous people. " It will be the greatest glory for the Chamber to be able to merit by a faithful performance of" its duties the favour of his Majesty, the gracious appro bation of your Highness, and the disinterested praise of its fellow-citizens. It will spare no pains to ob taini this great reward, the only one that is worthy of its exertions, its wishes, and its hopes." Her Serene Highness was pleased to make the following reply : _ _ " In answer to the speech from the throne which che Chamber of the Deputies of the Portuguese na tion sends to me, I recognize the zeal and unwearied patriotism by which it is animated. Its united exer tions tending to the grand object -of public pros perky,. cannot fail to produce thqadvantageous result of which the nation has so much need, and which it so well deserves." In the sitting of the 17th Senhor Derramado made a proposal to apply to the Government specting the ruinous and contraband trade in foreign corn which was carried on upon the frontiers 'of Spain. lie proposed that the Ministers should be asked to explain, frig ; whether the difficulties in exe cuting the lawS -ropeeting trade in foreign corn arose from any defect in the laws themselves : secondly, whether there was any act of her, Highness's Go vernment which could authorize, directly Orindi reedy, the importation of foreign corn for the supply of.the British arn►y. This motion was unanimously approved. In the same sitting Senhor J. H.. do Couto intr4- Need a project of law for the encouragement of agriculture.. In the sitting of the 18th, a project ()flaw for the division of the Portuguese territory into 14 provinces, namely, seven in Europe, t►wo in the adjacent At lantic. islands, three in Africa, and two in .Asia, was introduced for the first timer—Lisbon Gazettes to the 19th if January inclusive. Letters from Vent Cruz of the 6th of De' ixiitber, which is two days later than the New York packet, have been received by a private vessel. They re latt entirely to commercial affairs; but it seems a bad then' for the state of Mexico that the writers countermand the orders previously sent for the shipment of. goods to that ceuntry, declaring that they - have lost all confidence in the existing Government. The same individuals, riot a fort night before, were pressing for consignments. Letters from. Bahia. of the 25th of November have been received, which disclose some nefarious tran sactions,. th e odium of which is thrown, .but we hope un justly, on the traders of this. country. It appears that some of the current coins of the province have been so adroitly counterfeitA, that though not of greater value than the fourth part of the genuine ones, means have been found, by payment of them in duties and otherwise, to get them into general circulation. The local Government paid them away for some time among the inhabitants in the usual manner, but the forgery being discovered, they refused to take. them, any longer, even though force was for a time re sorted to for that purpose,, when an investigation was set on foot, which exposed , the.whole fraud which has been practised. Some of the counterfeit coins have been sent to England, and the whole proceeding has, we believe, been fully detailed to Lord DUDLEY, in the hope that some steps may be taken to punish or expose the real authors of it, Much has been said of some supposed slight which has been put upon Lord ELnorr, by his not being consulted relative to, and forming part of, the new sterial arrangements. The version of the matter, as it has reached 'us, is as follows :—That the Noble Duke now at the head of affairs, in the outset of the matter, called upon the Venerable and Learned Lord, who congratulated his Grace un his MAJESTY having . eingled him out as the per 'sdn, to 'whom the delicate' and difficult task of 'forming a new Administration had been confided; adding, that, as for himself, he was noiv growing old, and that it was time for him to be directing his mind to other than State affairs; and that the Duke, taking this in its literal mean ing, took no, pains to alter the Noble Earl's real or appa rent sentiments, and troubled him no further.—Morning Paper. - • The change in the . Ministry has made no al teration in the appointment of a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The present Ministers have sanctioned the nomination of the late Ministers in the person of the Marquis of ANGLE sx.s, who, having recovered his health, is making prepara tion for his departure from London fur Ireland. The Noble 'Marquis takes with him Lis son, the Earl of UxBUIDGE, •as his Secretary. A Paper of Saturday stated that LOrd Low-rues. had taken ()Strice with the Duke Of WELLING TON for sanctioning the Peerage of Mr. LAMBTOIs% The offence; if it really exist, :. arises, it is understood; from another cause —vii. that'hiS Lordship wished for the ap pointment of th e Fiat Commissioner of the Woods and F n sts. it is said, was oofferedtheappoine. en C ANN ING becoming Pretnisil but his Lord ship declined accepting that office - under Mr. anent br CANNING'S Atninistration. The Duke of MaziTs.ost is expected to be the new Lord Chamberlain. The Duke of WELLINGTON has had several communications with his Grace within the lase few days, which are understood to be upon that subject.. --.Morning Paper. • on its return to L on d on , J4mEs As th e D o ver mail was proceeding through ßuckland l as t wee k, GREEN LANs, the guard, stood up to blow his horn, ,but the coach at the time coming in contact with a stone or a hillock in the road, he lost his e quilibrium, and was preci pitated with considerable violence to the ground, by which Idl he had one of his wrists broken, a leg seriously frac • tired, and otherwise very much injured in several parts of his body. The unfortunate man was conveyed back to Dover, where he remains in a deplorable state. He has a Large family, and his wife is within a few days of her con fi cement. irlo l'AeA6sllll.# 13}*" • LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1828. It is not our intention to occupy the 'time and exhaust the patience of our readers, by replying to all the accusations which may be brought by our contemporaries against those members of the late Administration who are included in the new. But- we are at the same time unwilling to leave altogether unanswered mid unexposed, a grave charge advanced by the Scotsman, a paper of talent and respectability, which in talking of the new arrangements, observes, « that Lord DUDLEY, and Messrs. H um( tssoNand G RANT, should have taken office under Lords WELLINGTON and B ATIIURST, With a majority of Ultra-Tory Anti-Citholicain tbe Cabinet, does seem to be degrading. It is' so, decidedly, if they have sacrificed principle to emolitment ; and it is a sacrifice of ,reputation, even although they may have become' parties to the re-construction of What is called the Govern ment; 'from the hope of doing good." Now really it would have been well to ascer tain, in the first place, that this majority of Ultra Tory Anti-Catholics did exist. But how is the fact ? Why, that the majority of .votes in the Cabinet is actually in. favour of the Catholic there being—. • - • For the Catholic Question—Earl Dtipx,xY, Lord Met vILLE, Lord ELLENBoNoif GU, Mr. GRANT, Earl of ABER DERN, Lord PAI.3IERSTeN, Mr. Husxissorr. . : Against:the Catholic Question—Duke of WELLINGTON, Earl HATIIIIRsT, Mr. GOULBURN, LORD CHANCELLOR., Mr. PEEL, Mr. HENRIES. So -that any charge founded on this assumption must consequently fall to the groUnd. But our contemporary is unwilling to allow the possibility of isenlie, and goes on to insinuate that the individuals " have sacrificed principle to emolument," or if, that should I not be the case, he blames them for having " sacrificed reputation in the hope of doing 'good." We were not before aware that such conduct would be deserv ing of censure, and it does appear a monstrous doctrine, which would substitute the love of re putation for the pure and disinterested motives of virtue.' But we are satisfied that our contemporary . is already convinced of the erroneous view which he has taken of this matter. For our own parts, we arc every day more and more convinced that a spirit of liberality will distinguish the New Administration. When its. 'formation was first intrusted to the Duke of WELLINGTON we, no doubt.; had strong suspicions that a desp era t e ef from .the Cabinetethadetoe alt menstablish tainted Toryism, by exclud ing With liber ality. B u t the conduct of his Grace has proved that o ur sus pi c i o ns were unjust, and the ,t dissatis faction w hich i t ha's already given to the thorough-goin g Ult ras , is the best p roo f t h a t the Ministry, as at present constituted, - will on the whole,meet with the approbation and sup port of moderate and sensible men through Out the kingdom. The Paris Papers of Friday, and the Gazette de France dated Saturday, possess little of novelty or political importance. In another column will be found some extracts detailing the instructions of Mr. STRATFORD CANNING to the merchants of Smyrna, the spirit of which we have already given. The Dryad frigate, with his Excellency and Mr. CARTWRIGHT, his Majesty's Cousul-General at Constantinople, on board, arrived at Corfu on the 29th December. An article from Odessa confirms our observa tion that war was eagerly courted by persons who wish to contract for supplies to the contending parties, for it now appears that these speculators eagerly desire the beginning qf hostilities,which alone can give new life to business in their• market ! If such men could cast the die—the game of war would be not only universal; but eternal. Lisbon Gazettes to the 20th inst. havebeen received. They contain the answer of the Chamber of Deputies to the Speech froth the Throne on opening the Session, and as is usual in such cases, it is merely an echo of the speech. There is one curious passage respecting the re turn of Don MIGUEL, whose presence, it is fondly anticipated, will terminate civil disSension ; his Highness is also lauded for the expression of his kind intentions to the Portuguese, and these intentions are said to be worthy of the ele vation of his character, and the"virtues hereditary in the august family of Braganza. We were well aware that royalty is hereditary, but that virtue was so . as a necessary consequence is new to us—and the more so because the good Portu guese have singled out Don MIGUEL for this hereditary attribute—he being a Prince to whom, but six months ago, they uncharitably denied the possession of one solitary virtue under Heaven. But there is a time for all things, and if virtue be not an hereditary appendage to royalty in Portugal, servility seems to be no vice among the people, nor is its practice considered degrading. The distressed situation of the inhabitants of Queenborough is likely to be one of the first . subjects of discussion in the ITouse of Com mons, and the sympathy entertained for the poor but honest and public 'spirited fishermen is' as general as it is sincere. The frequent meetings for devising means of relief, attest how strongly public opinion is interested in favour, of the vie tims of arbitrary authority. We do not pro fess to be perfectly acquainted with both sides• of the question, but if we . are "to believe half, nay, a quarter, of the assertions on .thepne side, the poor fishermen have been treated with a cruelty , quite unpardonable—and that cruelty has been continued with such systematic ferocity as to amount to persecution of the most aggravated description. It was not enough that honet iudtts try should be debarred from present employ, it was to be prevented from future prospect of resource. The select body—the • Corporation, was appa rently bent on making a wilderness of what was once the busy haunt, ,of industry and public spirit.. And ..all for what ?—because • the freemen would not consent - to sign away their birthright, heciatase they refused to up their undoubted privileges into.the obnoxious custody of their persecutor. The select coterie of Queenborough,;once :so .happy in the success of its lab Our,. are n - ow'• only remembered in the curses 'of - the Tamished inhabitants. Even though the , ,cause of suf fering humanity has triumphed in a court of justice against the oppressors of the poor, yet the Select Corporation step in with a bye-law, to rob the inhabitants of their victory. Corpo ration is an odious word—odious not in itself, :but from its being too frequently a mask for rapine under the plea of exclusive privileges, which are always held at the expense of the community at large ; and from this odium the select coterie of Queenborough are not likely, by their re-. cent conduct, to redeem the graceless epithet. It appears that, from the year 1820 'to the pre sent time, the privileges, or rather the rights of the inhabitants, have been gradually cut off— the people have been reduced from being pro prietors.' of fisheries to mere laboureri, and at 'length expelled from the enjoyment of their pro ,perty. Their sole fault, we should say virtue, has been opposition to the select _body of Cor porate officers, by returning independent mem bers to Parliament. Their chief tyrant has been heard to say that no_ one who shall not relish his bye-law shall be allowed to prosper. -A Chris tian sentence, truly ! Why this gentleman' might sit for a portrait of the DE Y of ALGIERS, whOSe - vengeance extirpates those who question his absolute decrees:. But the character Of this proceeding is altogether foreign to our free institutions, and must be met with correspond ing energy: The subject cannot fail being brought before Parliament, where' the Corpora tiint if they ,have acted rightly will obtain jus tice, and if not, they must look for that. exposure which an indignant public will be most ready to approve. At present we offer no opipon—we merely state the .circumstances which have been already detailed, witha rude'bui natural eloquence that touched the public heart. Bombay of the 2d October, and Calcutta Papers of the 6th September, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house ; their contents arc not interesting. In the for mer mention is made of the assassination of Mr. STEPHENS, Principal Assistant to the Agent of the Governor-General on the Norbunda, at Seonee. The Paper of the 3d September, from Calcutta, states the telegraph has announced that the GOVERNOR.-GENERAL was expected at Mirzapore on the 27th August ; the despatch ,of yesterday mentions his Lordship's arrival there at eight A.M., and it was expected he would remain there for some days. A letter from Marseilles, of the 18th January, brings as follows :—lt is announced, this moment, that Gen. GVILLEMINOT has arrived at Toulon. The Specter' teur, Oriental, under date of Ist December says, that Count Admiral DE RIGNY and Commodore HA mIL TOY have written to their Consuls, that conformably to the treaty of the 6th July, no merchant vessels should carry any communication or provisions to the ports of the continent of Greece, and the Islands which are the theatre of war. Gibraltar Chronicles of the 7th inst. have been received ; their contents are not of the least interest. The fourth meeting of the Garrison Races had taken place, the company was splen did, weather fine, and every thing had been con- ducted in a way conducive to the enjoyment of the scene. Letters from Madrid of the 14th January state, that on the 31st Dec. there were 350,000 Royalist Volunteers in Spain ; this militia costs per year sixty millions of francs. It appears certain that orders have been sent to General SARSFIELD to disband the army he commanded in Catalonia. Admiral DE RIGNY has written a letter to , the Maritime Prefect of Toulon, dated Milo, 30th October, and Smyrna the Ist of Dec., stating his regret and indignation at the continua tion of the Gre.ek piracies, which are dispersed through the whole of the Mediterranean, and take refuge in inaccessible points. From Constantinople, of the 31st December, they write that the CAPITAN PAGLIA, in an excess of zeal for the service of his country, has exiled from the capital some of the most distinguished families. The new , money, which is at a is depre ciation of 25 per cent., going to be put into circulation, and the Government are going to pay their debts with it, which causes great anxiety to commerce. • A Cabinet Council will sit at the Foreign Office at Four o'clock. llt is said that the Duke of 'MONTROSE I,Vill move, and the Earl of CHICHESTER second the ADDRESS in the House of Lords. Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIs officiated this day for the first time as Vice-President of the Board of Trade: • Mr. PEEL will giVt'a grand dinner this even _ iug to, the leading Members-of the House of Commons. , • • •11 .YlO, THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY):'A os) CITY, TW 1111 X 0' .CLOCril. : There is no particular feature to notice this morn ing in the British Funds, nor is the quantum of business of a.description to be considered important ; the first price'of Consols was 85i, sellers, both for money and account, since which they were, for a very short time, 85A 6, and are now Ssi for ac count. *lndia Bonds and Exchequer Bills remain, at Saturday's prices, the former being 91 3, and' the latter 60 1 pm., but there is nothing doing in them. The Foreign Funds are nearly without any trans actions to-day; Brazilian Bonds are 601 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 41 2 ; Colombian, 23 4; Meiican, per Cent. 45; Peruvian, 25 ; Russian . Bonds, 931 94 ; Danish; 61i i; Greek, 174 Shares continue to attract little attention ; Anglo Mexican Mines are 5- dis.; Brazilian, 69 71 pm. ; Colombian, 11 2 per share ; Real del ,Monte have advanced to 10 20 pm.; Mexican Mining Com pany Shares, 12 13 per share. His Majesty's ship Jasseur has arrived from the Western ports round Cape Horn .at RiO Janeiro, and was expected to leave the latter port on or about the let of January for England. - This morning the quantity of wines clearing at the 'Custom House has been very considerable; an idea is entertained that an additional duty oritbis article of luxury will be one of the new measures of taxa 7 tion, and in consequence the dealers are anxious to get into stock. Three per Cent. Consols, saf '3; Ditto for the 1 3 Ac count, 85/ ; India Bonds, 91 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 60 1 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 64 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 41 2 ; Chaim, 23 4 ; Colombian, 23 4 ; Danish, 61 ; French, five i perG Greek, M e xican, 5 per Cent., 34 5 ; Ditt0,193 1 4 ; 4f ; Ditto three per Cent., 694 70 ; 6 per Cent., 44/ 5 ; Peruvian, 25 4 ; Portuguese, 71 2 ; .RllB4n, 934 4 ; Spanish, 10 4. MlNzz.—Anglo' •Mezican, 574 die. ; Brazilian, .69 71im. ; Colombian, 2 pm. per Sharelßeal dcl Monte, 10 20 pm. ; Unite d Mexican, 214 204 dig. ; Mexican ,Company, 12 - 13 per shoie• TWO O'CLOCK Consols have - been rather heavy, and after having been 8544 are . now 8531. The reason given for tbe decline is the French Funds coming a little l ower . t.t*Jih.. - t - r.A Ut;l ' The Foreign Funds remain in the same state as in the morning. The French F un d s c l ose d on Friday, five per , cents. at 1041.; three per cents.69l. 9s e TIIKEE O'CLOCK Consols fo r A ccoun t, 8. 5 3 4. Letters from Smyrna of th e 221 Dec. are recei v ed, every thing was in a state of perfect quietness. So remarkably wet has the season been, that numerous springs of water have appeared in the neighbour hood of Pembroke, which have not been seen for many years past —Some, indeed, had well nigh been forgotten to exist.— Carmarthen Journal. On Tuesday night, a gentleman of Forfar shot a wild swan on the Loch. It is a beautiful a nimal ; weighs upwards of 20 lb ; m easures acros s, when the wings are expanded, 7 feet 10 inches; and from the point slits bill to the tail, 4 feet S inches. Caledonian Mercury. ACCIDENT.—This morning, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, as a fine little boy about five years of age, the son of a respectable baker in Arthur street, Goswell-street, was amusing himself in the shop of his father, he unfortunately fell into the cellar from a height of between eight and nine feet. In his descent his bead struck against the steps, by which his skull was dread fully fractured. The poor little sufferer was immediately conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital for assistance, ut tering the most piercing shrieks. SHIPPING INTELLIGFNct--(THcS LAY.) FROM .LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 26.—Wind W. 7 -4iirrived the Excel. lent, Wood, and 'Silvia, Hayes,,from Demerara. Arrived from London the Burlington, Jackson, for St. Kitts ; Julius Crsat.,, Stafford; for Honduresland Naples Packet, Wiitill ? :for,Naiikes. The • outward. bound remain. FALMOUTH, JAN.-24.--Arrived the .Duke of Kent Packet, from 'Lisbon, in four days; G. Macin tosh-and Nymph, froM Cette. Sailed the Francis Frecling, for St. Michaels ; Coquette, Hinds, and Chance, Nicholson, for Lisbon. - The Rachel, Cooper, from Hullala to Liverpool, put into Donaghadee the 24th inst., with damage, and must discharge; having struck on the Foreland Rock. • The Three Sisters, of Scarbro', bound to Gibraltar► put back to Jersey• the 23d inst., with lon of, sails, bulwarks, and a part of her cargo thrown overboard, and must discharge. The Three Friends, Osborn, bound to Tetccirs, was totally lost, 'with'tlie CreW, in Dingle 14Y, the 18th instant. The Fottunata, Palermitatia, from Gibraltar t° Rio Janeiro, was captured off the latter place pre ;lions to the 21st of November, ,by ! the Congress Buenos Aires privateer. • • • THE ARMY. 1 t A Detachment of the Reserve. of- the 99th Foot, . sta tioned at Clare Castle, is ordered to hold itself in rea di n ess to ,embark to join the -Service. Companies;at , t4eAft,uritius• A Detachment of the Depot of the •86eli",_Regiment marched from Newry to Cooley Point, 'oil the 21st inst., for theputpose protecting a veitel stranded near White haven; ". • • - 11:Detaelinient f 'orthe'' - . 51fil Regiment marc hed o n the - 19thinat::frinn - -Kilkeiati); and 'arrtire4 ,at Cashel on the 22d, to remain until further Orders Our correspondent was wrong who. informed us that the Duke of WrLuttaTorr had written.a letter to T ing h i i m m es to . remain in nffiee.- • -• the sKunchighietiteofrKawanslvT;ittdeseni.r A Sunday paper lia's . published 'an absurd. for gery, purporting to be a letter from Lady Cazoenic to Mr. Husussux. We can state positively that no letter has been written : the message was verbal. Some. Members of Parliament who reside 'in the city have received cirCulars to-dity trom Mr. Past, as leader of the House of Commons, Soliciting their attend ance on the first day of the Session: Amon the various rumours at Westminster, respecting the l'arliainentary campaign, the one seeMinglf mist accredited, when we went to press was, that after the Lord CHANCELLOR delivers the Speed' to-morrow, the further business will be adjourned for a fortnight. - • The remains of the late Countess Dowagcr GaosvEr:on were removed on Friday from her late resi dence at Ealing, in Middlesex, where her Ladyship recently {lied, for interment in the family vault at "Shareshill, in Cheshire. Her Ladyship was daughter of HxNrty VEst- NON, Esq., of Hilton-park, in Staffordshire, by Lady HENRIETTA, daughter of the third Earl of STArroxD. On Wednesday, a meeting of the inhabitant householders of. St. Leonard's, Choreditch, took place in the vestry-room, for the.purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitionmg PArliameat for the, total repeal of the inhabited house-duty. , - THE ATLI EglEllist. Arrangements having been made for the purpose of bringing 'out the Athenaeum a day earlier than usual, the kifth Number of that Work will_ appear to-morrow, Tuesday, and will contain a chil -1 ratter of Mr. SouTnry—Pictures of Society from the Life, by a Noblernan-Reviews of the'latest Publications, with a great 'variety of Literary Novelties.—Orders re ceived by all Bnnksellert and Newsmen, pried ad., 147, Strand. Whilst sonic spirits were landing from ,the Mary Ann, in Bovisand Bay, a simple countryman offered money to a soldier, an Irishman, who was guarding the prqperty, on the condition that he, the soldier, should fill two bladders, (meaning with ruin), fur him. Pat pocketed the cash, took the bladders, and returned them, to the countryman, filled with salt water. The latter,- alarmed for his treasure, began to remonstrate. Pat would hear no arguments, he had delivered full and good measure, and had done his duty.—Devonport Telegraph. NONCONFORNIING WESLEYAN METRO' nrsTs.. r —We perceive from the plan of the Local Preachers, just published bythe Nonconforming Wesleyan Methodists, in the Leeds Circuits, that there are upon: the..:liat 35 names, consisting of 28 local preachers • and 7- exhorter', and that they have 18 places of public worship. , The number of members in society are, we understand, calcu lated at from 800 to 1,000, and . there are about 50 &asses. —Leeds Mercury. t endurance. I n deed The Royal Adelaide, building in this yard, ' s:n n e d d, is tla a at our f u ture n fi a n vy e vessel. than was allotted seasonedlat l ra ti p m i dbl timber awo,inow so approaching sb oeb . eeat t h o snot : o rsi f ig p ooln l if e lgy t g i oors seasoned, the stocks, remarkably,,h she is well e to the fleets which formerly so conspicuously supported the promises H a a n vin ex g istence much longer fame of Old England.--Dcronpert Telegraph, , • We understand that the ComMittee o f the Association, established at this port, for the preservation- of life from shipwreck, have promptly administered relief to a number of seamen, who were wrecked here in the gale of the 13th inst. and thus suddenly deprived of their only Illekilr . ; of subsistence.—Devonport Telegraph. The agriculturists of Herefordshire are about to petition the Legislature for the revision of the game laws, and, as one reason, state, that though they a re de barred from killing game themselves, they are not only Jou . - dened with keeping it, to the destruction of their .'own crops, but are taxed, in the shape of county rates, to pro secute and maintain poachers. MoNTnosr.—Shipbuilding is very brisk here at present. We have no less than five different building yards; and they are all full of vessels nearly ready for launching.—Ca/ecfpniars..Preury. We are credibly informed, that there. are re surrection men prowliggabout the.Prin.cipality, " s ee king whom they Wednesday, a respectable farmer, namedthey may devour."— Carmarthen Jo urna l. ; On DAVID HANPBURT, of Ashover, put a period to his tence, by cutting his throat with a razor. The cause of the rash act is said to be a dispute about some property de pending on a law'suit.—Nottinghetn Mercury: An Italian cook having sent up a hare at din ner, ornamented with the paws as they had been cat off, 00 being asked a reason for so doing, said it,waii done to grew that the animal was a h are , and not a cat. — Hants,aron. MELANCHOLY S UIC IDE.—JOHN R EDDY , a man of respecta bl e ap p e arance, who was lately clerk tb Mr. WHITE, of this city, put an end to his life, in a field at Kilereen, near Kilkenny, en Tuesday. A razor, was s tj i s n ian k d s e t la n t d h l il e i : a p l e discpvered ,near him, with which he had so desperately cut his thro a t as almost to separate his head from his body:+" Waterford Chronicle. time she was in a state of starvation," On Saturday last, a poor woman, by h er pearance we must - call her as such, . asked at the B l 4t a ria coffee-house, Ki ng -street, Westminster, for a bit of bread, v a n te comply with her request,- ordered sora b rea d tcilsc - given• her, when strange to 'say, s he de clined6at'ure labour in the streets, : and being should have given her butter with it! • the offer; intimating at the same time. that they On Tuesday last, a destitute young female friendless and without an asylum, her aceouehement tually took placeAn a timber - yard ( N ,f la g yO e o ri rn t ' 7e M m ß e o n unc l d v h e a3 r y e G sh lah :o ee t t i t n e2 g . in the woods of C. J. B party itmiD . LING, Esq., of Middleton, near Leeds, they had the iris' fortune to lose one of their dogs, a favourite springer' which fell into an old pit which had partly been tilled' ur, In order to rescue the poor creature from his :u n pleasAn" situation, a person descended the pit, twenty yards del i ' when to his great surprise, he discoveredthe skeleton of man, the bones of which were quite . soUnd; the teeth Pe r b ' feet, and the hair fresh . ; the clothei were all decayed, the exception of one pocket, which was found to contailt thirteen. snares. • It is supposed from this circumstance the unfortunate man had been a poacher, and that the pursuit of game, he had fallen into the pit.---cle!..! w hile. Mercury. LAV The elevezi - , this mat This branees, the cour out into in consu It Was El Justice ] His H jiff; Case was ;.- This ( Some mo This at Guild] diet was eater a tt Inent gi , stamp.. ledgment dertaking ,counted t -Mr. K on the gr a receipt The C Ifl payme the bills c , • questic cessary. analogous I.dgTrkeht trials, t h , e oarit G : Ca n a a h rn t ' a e th rot e f .I tr u i, Alt ii, 4t4 day. 0 olds Tern Lord 1 future no th e' fount Which occ !orilies, m in Proper Th e A, Gene ra l it would ii resigned, , tcirney,G, senio r Ki the Alcor adatessed CRIMINA " BRE) In rule the t o h e i s s set aside the form( The attic and a ver damages. marry the The semi The I marry on Mr. Se in the fir count ho within a I be,should the plaint that h e i % he could house for for her, m, lowing. The L tai i d y a rc Mr. 8,, defendant wb !her e art Judg e for tortterniet Z s .mueh a, 11 ' sister, on dem, Able time,behaved these • 7 „, a lady to Ira j u harried tc M r. 8( te n d ed "I th e Powe tract defi, The el'idenee ,tIrPPLEMENT to the LONDON GAZETTE of FRIDAY, JANUARY 26. Saturday, January 26. At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of January, 1828, present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Ilis Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare Henry Earl Bathurst, Lord President of his. Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and his Lordship took his-place at the Board accordingly. This day the Right Hon. Edward Lord Ellen borough was, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and his Lordship took his place at.theßoard accordingly. 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