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Government. It remans to notice other provisions upon the subject -Of punishment, which have been originally suggested by the Colonial Legislature. The Act appears to sanction an unlimited delega tion of the power of punishment, so that even a fel low Slave might be intrusted with it, provided that the correction does not exceed ten lashes. In the presence of the owner or manager 39 lashes may be inflicted by his authority ; an extent of power which cannot be neeessary;and which might probably be the source of serious, abuse. The 37th section of this Act authorises private p ers ons to commit their slaves to prison in the public work-houses of the island without the war rant of a Justice of the Peace; and the preceding section, the 36th, enables the gaoler, as well as the owner, to inflict punishment 'by whipping in prison without trial. It is difficult to perceive the neces sity for such an extension of dome s tic authority, and if unnecessary, It Is plainly objectionable. The fine of 10/. for inflicting repeated punish ments for the same offence can scarcely be incurred any case, since no record is to be kept ascertain ing the grounds of any particular punishment, and. the party accused may impute to his slave whatever offences he may think proper, 'without the necessity of proving them. The tine on a work-house keeper inflicting an excessive number of lashes is 101., a punishment which may, in some cases, be entirely disproportionate to so serious an offence. Thy complaint, which the slave is authorised make before any three Magistrates, would not, 1 fear, be a very effectual means of redress.— As they must always be three proprietors of the oi.lne parish, there is a manifest danger of the influ ence of local partialities. As every groundless com plaint is to be punished, it is to be feared that many well-founded complaints will not be preferred. The mere failure of evidence in support of a complaint is surely not enough to justify the punishment of the party complaining. The owner should be bound to prove that the complaint was malicious or fri volous. On the subject of marriage, I observe that no se curity is taken against the possible case of the unrea sonable or capricious refusal of the owner to con sent. By confining the power of celebrating mar k iages to the clergy of the Established - !hurch, every other class of religious teachers are d prised of the means of exercising a salutary infi mice over the minds of their disciples : and probaoly the Roman Catholic priestg may be entitled to say, that such an enactment takes away from them a right which, by the esnsiinon law, they enjoy in every part of his liejesty's dominions to which the Marriage Act of George 11. does not extend. The necessity of un dergoing an examination by a clergyman of the Esta blished Church, as to the nature and obligations of the marriage contract, is not very apparent, and might, perhaps, operate as a serious impediment to the formation of such connexions. It is difficult to Iniderstand how the range of inquiry respecting the obligations" of the marriage contract is to be li mited, since that expression may be supposed to em brace a large variety of moral and religious consi derations, with which the slave population in its present state must be very imperfectly conversant. I observe that this act does not require that any registry should be kept of the marriages of slaves, nor even that any periodical returns should be made of the number of such marriages. On the subject of the separation of relatives, the word " family" is left without a definition. It is susceptible of so malty different meanings, that it would seem peculiarly necessary to ascertain the pre cise sense in which it is used. The rule laid down in this law scans also to require some better sanc tion. It is simply a direction to the Provost-Mar shal; but if he should disobey that direction, it is not provided that the sale should be void. A pro vision appears to be wanting, for enabling the officer ;!o ascertain whether 'any particular slave is or is not a member of the family. The property of staves is left by this law in an un protected state. No action is given to them, or to any person on their behalf, for the defence or reco very of it. The single case in which any remedy is provided, is that in which the property of the slave is taken away. No mention is made of that much more important class of cases in which property may besvithheld. The slave could not under this law recover a debt, nor obtain damages for the breach Of a contract. The mode of proceeding by information for penalties before three justices of the peace, is a remedy to which hardly any one would resort, for the act does not give the amount of the penalty, if recovered to the injured party, and the slave himself coup not make the complaint, except upon the con dition-of receiving a punishment if the justices should deem it groundless. The slaves are also excluded by the terms of this law from acquiring any interest in land,—a restriction which would appear at once im politic and unnecessary. On the su/ject of what has been termed the com pulsory manumission. of slaves, this act does not profess -to adopt the measures suggested by his Majesty's Government. It is, therefore, needless to institute any comparison between those measures and the enactments of this law; but upon that sub ject I may, perhaps, at no distant period, have occa sion to make a further communication to you. On the subject of gratuitous manumissions, and manumissions - effected by voluntary contracts, this act requires that in all cases security shall be given for the maintenance of the slave. In the case of testamentary manumission, the estate of the testator is to be liable to the payment of an annuity of 10/. for the support of the slave, if he should become in capable of maintaining himself. These regulations must, of course, operate as a great discouragement to enfranchiscinents in all cases. Without incur ring this inconvenience, an effectual security might have been taken against the abuse of emancipating slaves, incapable, from their age or infirmities, of procuring theirs own subsistence. It is to be feared that serious inconvenience may arise from the neglect of the proposal to provide a method by which - a slave could ascertain what parti cular person was entitled to receive the price of his 'freedom. In the case of plantation slaves, the title is usually the same with the title to the land itself, and cases are stated to have occurred in which a - slav e has lost the whole earnings of his lite by payin g the price of his liberty to the wrong person. On the important subject of the evidence of his elaves, his Majesty is graciously pleased to signify his approbation of the advance which has been made towards abetter system of law ; but, in reference to t his subject, lam to observe that this law app ears 'to contemplate the admission of the evidence of ,Slaves in those cases of crimes only in which they are usually either the actors or the sufferers, exclud in oth er cases , —a disti nct i on ing their evidence which does not seen] to rest on any solid foundation. There is riot any necessary connexion between the baptism of a witness and his incredibility. The rule, which requires that two slaves at the least shall consistently depose to the same fact on being exas person can b e conv i c t e d m ined apart, b e f ore any f re e on slave testimony, will great ly dimini s h t h e value o f the general rule. In some particular cases, such for example as the case of rape, such a restriction might secure impunity to offenders of the worst descrip tion. The rejection of the testimony of slaves twelv e months after the commission of the crime would be fatal to the ends of Justice in many cases, noris I easy to discover what solid advantage could result from it in any case. If the owner of a slave is convicted of any crime on the testimony of that slave, the Court has 110 power of declaring the slave free, although it unlY exerc se that power when the convictio n proceeds on other evidence. Highly important as it is to deprive a slave of every inotiye for giving fals e evi dence against his owner, that object might be se cured without incurring the inconvenience of leaving he slave in the power of an owner convicted of the extreme abuse of his authority, In rejecting the proposal for establishing a record of the names of all slaves sufficiently instructed to lie competent witnesses, the Colonial Legislature appear to have neglected the means of providing cheap and effectual encouragement to good conduct, and of investing the religious teachers of the slaves with a powerful and legitimate influence over them. His Majesty has observed with great satisfaction various provisions in this act for the improvement of the condition of the slaves, which originated ex clusively with the Colonial Legislature. Among them I have particularly to advert to the clause re quiring the gratuitous baptism of slaves, and to the regulation by which slaves are allowed one day in each fortnight to cultivate their provision -grounds, exclusive of Sundays,. except during the time of crop, the smallest number of days to be allowed in one year being 26. It may, perhaps, however, be necessary that some more effectual means should be devised for enforcing obedience to this law. The enactment requiring a monthly inspection of the provision-70unds, and th e d e li ver y o f a n ade quate supply of r provisions, when there is not a suf ficient quantity of such grounds, is calculated to pro duce the most beneficial effects, and might be ren dered still more valuable by some alteration in the terms of the oath, which are susceptible of a con struction remote from the real intention of the framers of the law. Great advantage may be anti cipated from the regulations for the support of the mothers and nurses of large families, and for the protection of old and infirm slaves. The provisions for the prevention of excessive labour contemplate the working the slaves for 11 hours and a half daily out of crop, and place no limit to the continuance of their work during crop-time. Considering the climate in which the labour is to be performed, and that, after the work of the field is over, there will yet remain to be done many offices not failing within the proper meaning of the term " labour," I should fear that the exertions of the slaves, if exacted up to the limits allowed by this law, would be scarcely consistent with a due regard for the health of the labourer. The crimes of murder and rape, when committed on the persons of slaves, are most properly made punishable by death : but if these enactments are to be understood riot as declaratory of existing laws, but as introductory of new laws, then it is obvious that there are other offences which might he perpe trated on the persons of the slaves, against which the same punishment should have been denounced. The rules for the prevention of mutilation and other cruelties, however just and valuable in prin ciple, would,. I should fear, lose much of their efficacy in practice from the peculiar complexity of the pro cess which is to be observed in bringing the offender to justice. In the cases supposed of the dismem berment or mutilation of a slave, fine and imprison ment would seem a very inadequate punishment. The rules on the subject of runaways claiming to be free, and respekng slaves carried from place to place for sale, seem well adapted to prevent the re currence of serious abuses. The provisions of the trial of slaves in criminal cases would also appear to be a material improvement on the former law. I perceive, however, that the evidence of slaves on such trials is to be admitted against slaves. It is not said that such evidence shall be admitted in/ them, although of course this must have been the intention. It is to be regretted that no provision is made for securing the attendance of judges, regu larly educated to the legal profession, on slave trials. It remains to notice those parts of this Act which provide for the punishment or the prevention of crimes committed by slaves. The crime of harbouring runaways may be puni shed with much more severity, when the offender is a slave, than when he is a free man,—a distinction which reverses the established principle of justice, that the malignity of crimes is enhanced by the su perior knowledge and station of the criminal. In many cases, both the nature and amount of the punishment to be inflicted on the offending sl•ive are referred exclusively to the discretion of the Court. lam riot aware of any .;:ecessity for so unlimited a delegation of authority. Among capital crimes are enumerated rebellion and rebellious conspiracy, As these are terms un known to the law of England, it is not fit they should remain on the Statute-book without some legislative definition of their meaning. Felony seems to be generally declared capital, when committed by slaves. The case of the cler gyable felonies is not noticed. The enactments by which assault or offering vio lence t o a free person are declared capital, are framed with an extreme laxity of expression, and have an appearance of severity, which I am persuaded was not really contemplated by the framers of this law. The definition of - the offence of Obeah will be found to embrace many acts, against which it could not have been really intended to denounce the pu nishment of death. The definition of the crime of preparing to administer poison is also so extensive as to include many innocent, and even some merito rious, acts. Thus also the offence of possessing ma terials used in the practice of Obcah is imperfectly described, since no reference is made to the wicked intention, in which alone the crime consists. The owner of a slave condemned to death or transportation is in all cases to be indemnified at the public expense for the loss of his property. His Majesty's Government have repeatedly expressed their disapprobation of this rule of law. It weakens the motives for maintaining good domestic discipline, and for preventing the commission of crimes by the authority of the owner. It is unjust to indemnify any rnan at the public expense for a loss, in which his own culpable neglect of duty may have involved him. To the slave it is unjust to deprive his owner of all pecuniary interests in the preservation of his life ; and, when the crime of the slave is, as it often may be, the direct consequence of the owner's posi tive misconduct, it is in the highest degree im politic to relieve the owner from the loss.— The power of remitting the sentence of slaves, condemned to hard labour for life, is to be exercised only when the slave evinces, in every respect a complete reformation of manners. I fear that few men undergo such a total change of character as this under any circumstances, and that a prison is among the last places in which it is to be expected. Independently of this consideration, I ap prehend that this clause may in some degree dero gate from the power, which, under his Majesty's instructions, you possess of pardoning offenders, or remitting their punishments. I have thus explained at length the considerstiont which have imposed on his Majesty's Governmens the necessity of submitting to his Majesty their advice that this act should be disallowed. It cannot but be a subject of deep regret to them, that their sense of public dety has prevented their adopting a different course ; but I trust that, upon a serious and deliberate review of the subject, the gentlemen of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Jamaica will themselves be disposed to admit, that the deci sion which has been adopted was inevitable. The preceding remarks will show that this act has not been disallowed upon any slight grounds. The i many wise and beneficent provisions which t con tains have been fully appreciated,although they have not been thought sufficient to compensate for the irreparable injury which the best interests of the colony might sustain from some of th e enac t men t s to which I have particularly referred. Even were t h e law unobjectionable on every other ground, it would be impossible to surmount the difficulty pre sented by the- clanses for restraining religious liberty. I have the honou r to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) HUSKISSON. Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Keane, K.C.8., Th e f o ll ow i ng a re the clauses contained in the law which refers to the sectarians LXXXIII. And whereas it'has been found that the practice of ignorant, superstitious, or designing slaves, of attempting to instruct others, has been attended with the most perniciou s consequences, and even with the loss of life : Be it enacted, That any slave or slaves, found guilty of preaching and teaching as Anabaptists, or otherwise, without a permission from their owner and the quarter sessions for the parish in which such preaching or teach ing takes place, shall be punished in such manner as any three magistrates may deem proper, by whipping, or im prisonment in the workhouse to hard labour. LXXXIV. And whereas the assembling of slaves and other persons, after dark, at places of meeting belo%ing to dissenters from the e t iblished religion, and other persons professing to be teachers of religion, has been found extre mely.dangerous, and great facilities are thereby given to the formation of plots and conspiracies, and the health of the slaves and other persons has been injured in travelling to and from such places of meeting at late hours in the night : Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the commencement of this act, all such meetings between sunset and sunrise shall be held and deemed unlaw ful ; and any sectarian, dissenting minister, or otherperson professing to be a teacher of religion, who shall, contrary to this Act, keep open any such places of meeting between sunset and sunris e for the purpose a f oresa id, or permit or suffer any such nightly assembly of slaves therein, or he present thereat, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than 201., or exceeding 50/., for each offence, to be recovered in a summary manner before any three justices, by war rant of distress and sale, one moiety thereof to be paid to the informer, who is hereby declared a competent witness, and the other moiety to the poor of the parish in which such offence shall be committed ; and, in default of pay ment thereof, the said justices are hereby empowered and required to commit such offender or offenders to the com mon gaol for any space of time not exceeding one calendar month ; provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to prevent any Minister of the Preshytcriau Kirk, or licensed minister, from per forming divine worship at any time before the hour of eight &clock in the evening at any licensed place of wor ship, or to interfere with the Celebration of divine wor ship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish and Roman Catholic religions. LXXXV. And whereas, under pretence of offerings and contributions, large sums of money and other chattels have been extorted by designing men, professing to be teachers of religion, practising on the ignorance and super stition of the negroes in this island, to their great loss and impoverishment : and whereas an ample provision is already made by the public and by private persons for the religious instruction of the slaves : Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the commencement of this act, it shall not be lawful for any dissenting minister, reli gious teacher, or other person whatsoever, to demand or re ceive any money or other chattel whatsoever from any slave or slaves within this island, for affording such slave or slaves religious instruction, by way of offering contributions, or under any other pretence whatsoever; and if any person or persons shall, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, offend herein, such person or persons shall, upon conviction before any three justices, forfeit and pay the sum of 201. for each offence, to be recovered in a summary manner, by warrant of distress and sale, under the hands and seals of the said justices, one moiety thereof to be paid to the informer, who is hereby declared a competent wit ness, and the other moiety to the poor of the parish in which such offence shall be committed ; and in default of payment, the said justices are hereby empowered and re quired to commit such offender or offenders to the common gaol for any space of time notexeeeding one calendar month. Mr. ATKINSON rose, and said that he congratu lated the House—•he congratulated the country—on this message having being sent down to the House. He hoped the House would coalesce, and be una nimous in objecting to the whole of the suggestions now submitted to them, and form a determination in carrying through the provisisions of the law, which they had so laboriously and zealously framed last year, purposely to meet the views of the British Government, as it was now evident nothing they could do would satisfy our enemies. There was not a single passage in Mr. Huskisson's letter which was not objectionable ; and he therefore trusted the House would have but one view of it, that it should be printed, and that a call of the:House should take place to have it fully discussed. Mr. HYSLOP said, that it was the duty of the Lieutenant-Governor to send down to the House any instructions he may have received from his Ma jesty's Government, and that it would only be the usual courtesy to allow the Message to lie on the table. Mr. ATKINSON said he did not refer to the Lieut. Governor, but to the Message itself, which was ob. jcctionable. Mr. Cox moved that 500 copies of Mr. Huskis son's Letter should be printed, to be disseminated thoughout the island, that the general sense of the inhabitants respecting it might be obtained, which was agreed to. . . . . Mr — . Atkinson was repeatedly cheered during his speech; and his proposition was agreed to with ac clamations. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF K BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND FJ BE TRIED mow The following completes th of Wednesday : Walton v. McMahon Edmonds c. Lowe Tate v. Mackintosh Cook v. Cambridge Joyce v. Harwood Child v. Tatley Sibthorpe v. Mills Luckey v. Snowden Bishop v. Smith Jacobs v. Dewnell Kynaston v. Bird Bowman v. Everard Felton v. Lawrence Matthews v. Randle [NG'S BENCH. tOMISSORY NOTE CAUSES TO 'DAY, JAN. 21. ie list published in THE SUN Holloway v. Wilde Horton v. Tatley Jacobs v. Neale Bond v. Cox Perkins v. Griffiths Richards v. Nodin Atkinson v. Newport Steel v. Martin Buckingham v. Bean Brown v. Cooke Lewin v. Wilford Dixon v. Rand Beete v. Bidgood. SIIIPPINCI INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. Tli URSDAY, JAN. 17.—High water 5 lain. past eleven. Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Prosperity, Ralph, from Car lisle, with barley. CLEARED OUTWARDS.—The Madras, Christian, for Calcutta—Othello, Thompson, for ditto—Anna, Watter son, for Derbyhaven—the Lady Maxwell, M'Call, for Douglas—Thales, Robertson, for Pernambuco—Cale donia, Shirninins, - for Douglas—and Sophia, Edwards, for Demerara. Telegraph Office, Jan. 17 Ho LY FAD, JAN. 16.--Arrived the Mediterranean Packet, from Zante, for Liverpool—Neptune, from Riga, from Liverpool—Anne, from Charlestown, (Cornwall) for Liverpool—Hope, from Swansea, for Chester; all well. Wind E. 8. E. ANOTHER EXTEMPORE.—OII Thursday morning, a little before eight o'clock, a poor woman, who resides in Tasle-street, having occasion to go into Strange ways on business, was suddenly overtaken with the pains of labour, and was actually delivered in the street of a fine child.—Manchester Herald. A COLD BATH.--At an early hour on Tues day morning, the watchman on duty on Essex-quay, observed a military youngster on the lark, in the act of hauling down the shutter of a shop window. Having sprung his rattle, the hero decamped, and coming in con tact with the quay wall, he cleared it at a bound, and got snugly landed in the river, where he remained, up to the very epaulets, in mud and water. A ladder having been procured at the Head Office, the unfortunate larker was drawn out of his cold bath, and having his stomach warmed by the potent influence of a dose of scaltheen, administered by a Peace Officer, he was enabled to crawl to his lodgings, his ardour for nocturnal gambolt4being pretty considerably damped —Dublin Morning Post. A SINGULAR CASE OF SMALL Pox.—R. CHANT, mole-catcher and gardener, Odcombe, Somerset, was inoculated for the small pox, fifty-nine years since, when he had it remarkably line. Among the cases of the natural small pox in that parish, a short time s i nce, there were sonic of them very virulent. In visiting one of the persons suffering under this dreadful disorder, on th e I st January last, he found that it afterwards affect e d hi s stomach with a sickness; he was soon seized with pain in the head, shiverings, and every sytnpton of a violent fever, and for three days his friends thought he could not survive. About that tune the small pox made its ap pearance moderately all over his body, and the pustules exhibited every symptom of 'virulence. This is one of the many instances of persons suffering under the effects cf this disease after having been successful inoculat e d._ Dorset Chronicle. The Maguircitc4; are still at work in th e neighbourhood of llruinkeerin and Innismagrath : there are a set of persons calling themselves Steel Boys, well armed, perpetrating the greatest disorders; no one dare go into the house of the unfortunate M‘GARRAIIAN. If Would he a matter almost impossible to narrate the several instances of more than diabolical villainy of which they are guilty. We have heard on undisputable authority, that a poor shop keeper, convicted of being a friend of the APGAanAnAtes, was compelled to swallow a quarter of a pound of tobacco, the effect of which proved fatal in a few days..--Stig o J01417Z71. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, Thursday, Jan. 17.) PARIS, JAR. I6.—We find the following in the Austrian Observer : " Yesterday despatches from Constantinople, dated the 16th, were received at Vienna by express. On that day M. de Ribeaupierre, who was still hindered by the con, trary winds from proceeding to the Black Sea, formed and executed the resolution to take advantage of the wind, which blows constantly from the north, to sail by the Dar danelles for the Mediterranean. His intention is to go to Trieste with his family and the persons of the embassy who have embarked with him. Some perstins in the ser vice of the Russian Legation have remained at Constanti nople. The Russian Ambassador did not meet with any obstacle from the Porte in execution of his design. The greatest tranquillity still prevails in that capital." CONSTANTINOPLE, Dr:c. 11.—So far back as the 29th of November, M. Guilleminot had written the following note to Baron Ottenfels " Sir,—Your Excellency knows the circumstances which cause my departure from Constantinople. In the absence of the French embassy, the representative of his Imperial Apostolic Majesty is called to protect the interests of religion in the Levant; and I find that this proceeding agrees with what has been done before in similar cases, and with the stipulatimrs of the treaties with the Porte. " In consequence, I have the honour to confide to your good oflicea, the French missions, and other religious insti tutions which generally enjoy the French protection, and I flatter myself that you will not hesitate to grant my re quest. " I shall be very grateful for every thing that you may have the goodness to do in favour of these institutions. I doubt not that you will succeed, and I have the greater confidence in your favourable sentiments towards the establishments. I beg you to accept before-band the as surance of the gratitude of my Government and my own. (Signed) " M. GUILLEMINOT." On the sth of December, M. D'Ottenfels sent the fol lowing answer : " Sir,--I would have immediately answered the note which your Excellency did me the honour to write to me on the 29th of last month, had not a long indisposition hindered me, to my great regret, from thanking you for the new proof of confidence which you have given me, by recommending to me the French missions, and other reli gious establishments, during the absence of the embassy of the King of France. In order to be able to make your Excellency easy on this important subject, I lost no time in informing the Reis Effendi of it; but I saw with regret, from the first answer of that Minister, that the resolutions of the last Divan do not permit, under present circum stances, the admission of a foreign protection, either for the subjects of the three Powers, or for the establishments which depend on those three legations. " Far from being discouraged by this first refusal, I yesterday applied to the Reis Effendi on this subject, and made representations, accompanied by remarks calculated to induce him to consent to my request. That Minister gave me the express assurance, that neither the exercise of the Christian religion, nor its servants, were in any danger; that all the religions and churches should be duly respected ; and that the Divan intended to prove by facts that the sub jects of the three Powers, after the departure of their Am bassadors, had no need whatever of seeking foreign pro tection. " Under these circumstances, I have only to acquaint you, Sir, that I will neglect nothing to keep the Divan in these favourable dispositions to protect against every viola tion the missions and religious institutions intrusted to my care, and to answer in this manner, as far as depends on me, to the desires of your Excellency, which are completely in unison with the sentiments of my heart. Accept, &c. (Signed) " OTTENFELS." ODESSA, DEC. 25.—We learn that M. de Ribeaupierre, instead of coining here, is gone to the Archipelago. We do not now know whither to send his despatches, which, by his order, have already been sent to this place, by Minziacky, the Consul at Bucharest. Movements of troops are ob served in our neighbourhood, and preparations are visibly making to open the campaign. The day before yesterday several ships of war were sent to the Danube, with pon toons for the passage of that river. BUCHAREST, DEC. 25.---We are lost in conjectures re• specting the change of M. de Ribeaupierre's route, espe cially as, by his order, all despatches addresed to him, are to he sent henceforward by the Russian Consul at Bu charest to Odessa. Some persons think that not the con trary winds, but some political reasons, have induced_him to change his intention. The last accounts from Bessara bia say, that Wittgenstein's army has been reinforced within six weeks by 20,000 men, stationed at such short distances, that it must either advance or change its canton ments, because the maintenance of all these troops in this position, and in this season, is ton expensive. However, it is not thought that it will advance, because the Turks do nothing to induce such a measure. (From the Constitutionnet) The illoniteur this day publishes the comparative ac count of the receipts and estimates of the Budget of 1827, and the comparative accounts of the two last returns. The result of these two tables is, that, in 1827, on a balance of the inerease and diminutions, the receipts are, 3,401,000 francs below the estimates ; and that, as between 1826 and 1827, there is a falling off to the amount of 15,847,000 francs. If to this deficit on the receipts the increase of ex penditure be added, the accounts of the year will present to the Chambers a result not satisfactory, and, above all, favourable to the Administration of M. de Villele. A good deal is talked of respecting the creation of a Council of War, to be composed of two Marshals of France and five Lieutenant-Generals. (From the Quotidienne.) _ _ M. Vallette, formerly Private Secretary to M. de Cler mont Tonnerre, is appointed Chief Secretary of the War Ministry. The Secretary-general of this Department will in future, have functions more extensive than formerly. It is asserted that Gen. Balthasar d'Arce will have this office ; but nothing is as yet decided respecting it. On the 12th of January there was a report on 'Change at Marseilles that a ship of war had arrived at Toulon from Smyrna, having touched at Scio., The letters brought by her had been scut by post. _ _ The Grand Council of the Canton of Valais has decreed the abolition of the punishment of death. FRENCH FUNDS, JAN. 16.—Five per Cents, 103 f. 70c.; Three per Cents., 691. 15c. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 15c. ; three months, 25f. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17.—There have been 1,500 bags of Cotton sold to-day at full prices, and the market very steady. BATTLE OF NAVARIN.—The Genoa fired away in the action, one thousand four hundred and twenty eight round shot of different sizes ; and upwards of three hundred grape and canister. The powder filled and used on the occasion, was, one thousand six hundred and seventy seven pounds, independent of the cartridges, kept constantly filled—say about thirty rounds.—Plymouth Journal. Mr. BLACKFORD, silversmith, of Bridgwater, was attacked near Knowle, o,a Wednesday evening, by two fellows, one of whom seized Ms horse by the bridle, whilst the other laid hold of the stirrup leather, and with many imprecations, demanded his money. Mr. BLACKFORD freed his elf from the former by striking him across the arm, and then, spurring his horse, dragged the latter a con siderable distance, until he was disengaged by the stirrup giving way. The robberies on the Bath road are now so frequent that scarcely a week passes without one being either attempted or committed.—Dorset Chronicle. Seldom, at this time of the year, has so much rain been known to have fallen as during the present season . Scarcely a day, for the last three months, has e lapsed without more or less. On Saturday night the wind blew almost a hurricane, and many houses and trees re ceived much damage. Among other trees, the venerable one ,. known by the name of "Maiden Beech Tzee," fell a sacrifice. Its weight i s computed at nearly twenty tons , an d from its eminence ((eing situated at a point where the Lyme, Bridport, and Ch ar d roads, meet that of Crew k erne ), it was observable at the dist ance of many m il es , and has served the inhabitants of th e ne i g hb ourhood as a land-markfor several centuries. T ra di t i on relates, that it was p l a nted, with two others, b y t h ree ma id en ladies, from w h o m it took the name of " Maiden Beech Tree," and which the spot on which it grew is likely to retain.— D o rset Chronicle. MURDERER APPREITENDED.—A man named WILLIAM TARRANT, but who had assumed the name of Bustinv, has been apprehended in this town, charged with the murder of his wife in the city of Cork, about two mo nths ago. He ab scon d e d i mme di a tely after th e COM _ mission of the crime. Mr. 'W. R. COLLISTER arrived h ere a few days ago in pursuit o f the murderer, and th roug h the active exertions of J OHN WCOMBY one of ou r po li ce officers, he was taken into custody on board the Great Britain, in which vessel he had taken his passage for New York. Ile was extremely near effecting his escape, as the vessel sailed from this port originally on the :30th of Dec., but was compelled to put back from having experienced an accident. The prisoner was sent to Cork on Saturday to take his trial for the offence.--Liverpool Courier. PRICESOF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 4O9V, 10 3 per Cent. Red. 3 5 % 3/ 3 per Cent. Con. SS % 31 per Cent - Ditto Red 9 9N% 3 4 per Cent. New 101 N 1007 i 1 Ditto, 1826 1 021, Bank L Ann. 19 5-1 7-16 India Stock - Ditto Bonds (10 92 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FONDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds GON Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1821 Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, '825 Gnatunala Mexican Bonds. Do. I 525 PRICES OF SIIARES TM, Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. Flibernian Mining Co. Mexican Mining Co. PRICES OF IRISH STOC Rank Stock 21.5!i i Consols, 3 percent. 84% Gov. Stock, 3% per cent Alli Ditto, New - 4 per Cent. 101!„; Gov. Deb. 3% per cent. 93% Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent - Ballast Office Deb. 4 D. et - COURSE OF EXCH.? Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight l2 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp ;± :1 Hamburgh M. B. 13 11 Altona 13 111 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 60 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin — Frankfort on lgaine, Ex. M. 150/ Petersburgh,rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective A. 2N. 10 3 Trieste do. Madrid 3 5 1/ Cadiz 354 Bilboa Barcelona 3ll Seville Gibraltar 46 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S.•uth Sea Stock 924 Old Annuities — New Ditto — Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 58 60 pm Ditto 5OO 2d. 59 60 pm Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pill. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Ac. THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOM I Neapolitan, 11424 ............. r Peruvian Bonds ............... .3 Portuguese Bonds. ............ Prussian, 5 per cent ......... Ditto, New Russian, New Spanish, 1821 lO% 18`,.n French Renton, sp. c. —f. Exchange 3 per cent Exchange --f, S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. . pm.) £2O 94 93 7 23 77 8 :S.—DUBLIN, JAN. 16. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irigh Ditto • National Ditto 16N Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings .NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4B Genoa 25 50 Venice 46 Malta Naples 3;3•N 1 Palermo per oz. 116; Lisbon 46 Oporto 46 Rio Janeiro Bahia 37 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork 1 BULLION, PER 07.. S. d. Portugal Geld, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 104 Silver. bar% standard 0 0 0 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Ar4ved. O America 0 0 Hamhurgh 4) Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 , 0 Lisbon 0 (1 France 0 Gottenburgh 0 0 Mexico 0 O Guernsey& Jersey. 0 2 Waterford 0 Due. MEDICAL SCHOOL, ALDERSGATE-STREET. THE STUDENTS and FRIENDS of this Establishment will dine at the Albion Hotel, Aldersgate- street, on TUESDAY, the 29th inst. Dr. CLUTTERBUCK;in the Chair. Ticket, 1/. ss. each, to be had at the Hotel or School. Dinner to be on the Table at Six o'clock precisely. J. R. GATLEY, Hon. Secretary 07 , Clitr LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1828, The Morning Chronicle of to-day has put forth the following list of the new Administra tion, and, though not yet officially announced, we have reason to believe that it will prove to be correct, with the exception of Lord PALMER,- sTON, whose name has been omitted : CABINET. The Duke of WELLINGTON to be First Lord of the Treasury, and to retain his office of Commander. in-Chief. Lord LYNDHURST, Chancellor. Lord BATHURST, President of the Council. Lord MELviLLE, 'President of the Board of Con,- Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Privy Seal. Lord DUDLEY, Foreign Secretary. Lord ABERDEEN, Chancellor of the Duchy o Lancaster. Right Hon. ROBERT PEEL, Secretary for the Home Department. Right non. NirtwANt HUSKISSON, Secretary for the Colonies. Right Hon. HENRY GOULBURN, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT, President of the Board of Trade. Right Hon. J. C. HEftRIES, Master of the Mint. Viscount PALMERSTON, S ecretary at War. From the materials of which this Cabinet is composed it is plain that concessions must have been made on both sides, so far as personal feel- ing is c oncerned, but, from the character of Mr. HUSKISSON and his friends, we are con- vinced that neither the principles of free trade, nor the interests of the Catholics, have been compromised by their acceptance of place. In another column will be found some ex tracts from the Paris Papers of Wednesday and Thursday, by which it would appear the Rus sian Ambassador, finding it impossible, from contrary winds, to reach Odessa, bad tbllowed the route of the other Ambassadors, and passed the Dardanelles without meeting any opposition. His destination was supposed to be Trieste.— The correspondence between the French Am bassador and the Austrian Internuncio merely refers to the interests of the Christians in Con stantinople, who are confided to the protection of Baron OTTENFELS. According to accounts from Bucharest, the army of Count WITTGENSTEIN has been rein forced within six weeks by 20,000 men, but it was considered that scarcity of food would Com pel the army to change its position. The Moniteur has published a comparative account of the receipts and estimates of the Budget of 1827, with those of 1826 ; the result is a defi ciency of more than half a million sterling for now entertained i s , t m t u o s t e s trr couragee n g t e The disc uss i on respecting s th wi s p l o l me of th e mos t new Mini s t ry still continu es . Th e op i;o: that h av i ng f a il e d i n t h e ir attempt themsel ves b y a coam liti i o n i i i: cr i influ en ti a l men , the to meet the Chambers. The following are extracts from the Allge meine Zeitung of the 12th inst. : VIENNA, *JAN. 7• The circular note of Count Nesselrode, relative to the interruption of the negociations at Constantinople, which arrived here with the last courier, and i❑ which the:Russian Court again expresses its determination to abide entirely by the Convention of the 6th of July, maintains the hope of peace in the public here, and the opinion that the Rus sians will not pass the Pruth. Count Carman is expected here. At the meeting of the Bank to-day, the dividend for the second half year of 1227, was fixed at 36 florins per shale, and, a; 52 floi ini have been paid for the first half year, the interest for 1827 is tiS florins per share; 149,171 florins 581- kr. have been placed in the reserved fund. VIENNA, JAN. 7. Metalliques, 891 ; Bank Shares, 1,048. ROME, DECEMBER. It will be recollected that Monsignore Ignazio Ronaldi, Bishop of Urbino, who was sent last year to Sardinia as Visitatore Apostolico, was there suddenly taken ill, with his three assistants, and that, within a few months, all four died. This event naturally gave rise to various conjec tures at Rome. It is now again in contemplation to send a visitation to that island ; but the Government has not yet been able to determine on the choice of a person.' At length it has selected the Abbe d'Albertino Bellenghi, Procurator-General of the Cainaldolenses, who however, natural fearing the fate of the preceding Visitatore, has not yet been prevailed upon to accept the office, though he has been very much urged, not 'only by Cardinal Zurla, but even by the Pope himself. We learn from the Legations that the Papal Commis sioners sent hither have at length succeeded in discovering the authors of all the crimes and murders which have taken place in Romagna for some years past, even of the attack upon Cardinal River°la, and that they are'all to be brought to trial. Yet it seems, even on this occasion, as if the arm of justice were withheld on a side where the humane and religious sentiments of his Holiness will yield before the letter of the law. For it is affirmed that the investi gations, which have already continued two years, have shown such an unexpected connection of the criminals among all classes, that if the tribunals were to decide accord ing to law and justice,there is no family of any distinction,tbe reputation of which would not suffer directly or indirectly. These considerations, as well as the innumerable reclama tions and remonstrances ivhich the Government has re ceived on this subject, have, it is said, made his Holiness resolve to suffer only the really great criminals and conspi-' rators to undergo their merited punishment, but to pardon all the others, particularly those who were not immediate participators, and even to conceal their names from the public, For this r eason no t th e s li g h test particular iS known at Rome respecting the course of the proceedings; it has Merely transpired that an uncommonly great nuns her of persons of all classes have been arrested, and that there have been several sequestrations of property. For this year past there have been reports of new in trigues of the Carbonari in the kingdom of Naples, and particularly in Sicily ; it was even affirmed that emissaries had been sent from that - country to the Roman and Tuscan States, the arreit or whom, it was added, had acquainted the Magistrates with various particulars of these associations. The arrest of ...a certain Cavalier Guiseppe Basile .de.Luna, who had liVed here for. many years as a Neapolitan refugee, seems to have thrown more light upon the affair. An extraordinary courier has lately been sent to Naples, who, it is said, has to deliver secret documents', which interest the Government. It is not known whether the despatches of this courier relate to the affair of Basile, but it is Supposed that they do. This courier is the inspector' of the Minister of Finance, a cir cumstance which might, perhaps, give reason to suppose that his mission was of a very different nature. HESSE CASSEL, JAN. 2. We have read with surprise some accounts in the Allgemeine,Ziemig, of the future residence of her R o yal Highness the HlectresS„of Hesse, and of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Electoral Prince with a Princess of the Netherlands-4NA Princess must be the only daughter of the Kiug - )—whereas we; who are on the spot, do not hear a word of this news.. We have received, this morning, through a private channel, Calcutta Papers 'to the 19th August. Lord AMHERST was to leave Meerut on the sth August, and not on the first, as for merly stated. , The indigo crop, about Cawnpore, was net turning out so well as was expected, the produce being rather below an average rate.. The accounts from Rangoon, of the 2d August, stated that rice was selling there at twenty rupees per bag.,q'ranquillity ; prevailed at Rangoon. The following-are extraCts':-- Fiom Madras we lear n that his : ll , lajeaty's 30th Regi ment will" march on to-morrow morning, on route for Trichonopoly. It ,Will be relieved in the duties of the garrison of Fort St. George by his Majesty's 89th Regi ment, from St. Thomas's Mount. The' Sir Edward Paget, Captain Geary, is announced as arrived at Cal cutta. The markets at Calcutta are represented to be inactive during the past week, And the sales of every de scription of :piece goods has been limited, except in a feof instances. Cotton continues in fair demand, and the prices steady. The Indigo crops of 1826-27 may now becon sidered out of the market, and accounts from the interior of the incoming produce are favourable, the annexed is a state ment of the exports of the crop 1826-27 from Calcutta up to the 31st July, including the I-lon. Company's ship :..... Great Britain, F. mds. ; Foreign, Europe, 15,332 America, 3,210 ; Persian Gulf, &c., 3,3lo—Total, 87,775. OPIUM.—We know of no sales, but shipments are go ing on. . _ _ SPELTRE on the decline. Lead, an increased inquiry for. Copper Sheathing, looking up.—Freights to London, 41. for dead weight—W. to 61. for light goods: To Liver , pool, a little higher. It. is understood Sir Charles Metcalfe left Delhi for the of the the im la il Presidency on 26th July, he is expected to reac h Calcutta about the end of August, when he will take hi s seat in Coun cil, in succeesiou to Mr. Harrington. O n th e 17th July or ders were received to prepare for the ar r i va l o f his baggage across the Jumma that evening. Th ese papers enter very m'teli:dmofiibse stamp regulations, and give very full ex t racts from the En glish fully to th is formatio n termed tratiOn. It was stated, that Lord Amherst h a d b een re quested to remain in India beyond th e end of 1827, the time fixed for his departure. v troul. THE FUNDS -(THIS DAY). CITY, Twzarz o' Ctocr. The Morning Papers have put forth various lists of the parties likely to compose the new Ministry, and one of them even with more confidence than the others. We suspect little is known positively on the subject. In the mean time, all parties are enabled to suit their fancy by the , abovementioned lists. ex. div. f or money; they The English Funds hare had no important trans actions te.day. Consols opened at 861 i f o r be came 86 +1 ; but for the l ast, h our have remained at the opening price, looking ra th er h eav y. I n di a account, and 85 i Bonds have risen to 90 2; and Exchequer Bills 58:60 prem. The Foreign Fund s i mproved a li tt l e w i t h t h e ad vance in the p r i ce of Consols yester d ay. This morning there i s scarcely a b arga i n d o i ng; B razilian are quoted hi g h er, 60k i ; Buenos-Ayres, 41 2; Colombian, 251 26. Russian have advanced t o 93 ; 4 Danish, 603 61. Mexican Bonds maintain a tri fling ris e; an d are 47 4-,. There is no thing new to communicat e e i t h er i n the b us i ness or pr ice of Shares. Col om bi an Mines arc I 11 p m . per share ; Brazilian 69 70 pm. ; a fresh call of 301. per share has been made o n Tlal puxahtia, and they are now quoted 110 100 disc. Three per rent. Consols, 85i, ex . div. ; Ditt o f or the Account 86k i; India Bonds, 90 92 pm. ; Exchequer. Bills, 58 6 0 fon- Foitarcx.—Brazilian, 60k i ; Buenos Ayres, 41 2 ; Chilian, 24 6 ; Colombian, 2510 ; Danish, soi 1 , n I , —ref, 17} f ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 35k 6i ; Ditto 6 p er c ent ., 47 J ; Peruvian, 25 6 ; Portuguese, 71 I ; Russian, 93 ; Spanish, 101 11. MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 60 57k die. ; Brazilian; '69' 70 In. ; Colombian, 1 14. pm; Real del Monte, par, 10 ' pm ; United MeXican, 21 20 dis. TWO O'CLOCK Consols 86i sellers. THREE O'CLOCE. Consols for Account, 86i ; for February, 86i, the price. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 85-4 Danish 601 Do. for As. 861,• 7 Greek, 1825 171 Brazilian Bonds 60i- Mexican, 1825 47j Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chiba!' Do. 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