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101 , .EIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de Prance of Jan. 24.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Dtc. 31.—Accounts have been eeceived * lrem Smyrna, which state that the French and English Ambassadors intended to wait at • • Vourla till they receivi s tseWS - of -the departure of M. ,• de Ribeaupierre, before they set out. for Corfu.—• they have sent io the Consuls of the two nations in the East, with the exception of the agents in 'Egypt and the Principalities, the order to consider their consular functions - as terminated, dating f rom the /sth of J anu ary, by which they must bare taken down from 'their residences the arms and the coleurS of their Sovereigns. They are at liberty to continue to reside in the sante places, but only as private individuals. M. de-Rignyia said to have made arrangements for the removal of the Consular agents. - The other Franks of the two nations have . been warned by a circular of the two Ambassadors - to remain tranquil, and not to give any offence by precipitate conduct. They were at the same time desired to apply to the Dutch Minister at Constan • &topic as their present protector. News had been received from Scio that Fabvier pressed the fort very closely, and that he had offered to the Governor an honourable capitulation, which the latter had refused. It was thought at Smyrna that Fabvier would make an attempt to carry the fort by storm. Within these few days the over great zeal of the CapitataPacha has given rise to nu merous proscriptions, and the most considerable fa milies have been tailed from that capital. The new coin, which will be depreciated 25 pet cent., will be. put in circulation next week. It is said that all the engagements contrs:Sisted by the Government will b e p a id in thi.s coin, which greatly alarms the merchants. Vii. de Ribeaupierre, who departed on the IC'th, has passed the Darda nelles without obstadt.--flugsburgli Gazette. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) The Porte has received news from Smyrna, dated the 24th, which must have increased its apprehen sions, and dispelled the illusions of the members of the Divan, who had flattered themselves that the Ambassadors had exceeded their powers. Messrs. Guilleminot and Stratford Canning, t fter their arri vai at Vourla, sent for the merehan is of Smyrna, and declared to then), as there was reason to fear that hostilities would soon commence, they were to take eneir measures accordingly. This declaration threw them into consternation, especially as the proposals made in concert with the! Piaeha of Smyrna, and the object of which was to 'have this city considered as neutral, which had been taken into consideration by the three Ambassadors, 'before the rejection of the convention of the 6th of haVing been also rejected, there is every reason for the Porte to fear an attack from the Allies. Mr s Stratford Canning - left Youths on the 2.3 d. Sin ce the arrival of this news, it is observed that th e mess inga of the Divan are much more frequent, and the military armaments more active. The Avails have entered upon their functions in Me quarters of the city. PART- 5 , JAN. 23 .5-111 reflecting on the commission svhich has been instituted to examine the measures relative to the sescondary ecclesiastical schools, we have been strweit by the following considerations:— It is Permitted to believe that a commission, some of the snembers of which are prelates . , can propose t o strir e ah e e pi scopacy o f itsrights with respect to the erstlesiastical schools, and to place all the little se vainaries in the kingdom in a state of dependence on a lay Administration, because six or seven of these establishments are suspected of being directed by _Jesuits, subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary Such a measure would not only be contrary to the acknowledged right • of the'• episcopacy-, it would offend the ideas-,of -general -equity; for, .admitting that .Jesuiti sus- iva ,eeisaseSithS,ititioceiit , citiglit not to ssrffer or the `s ,, ss:ens - •- - • -•- •-• thereforolgeyondii:dOubt, as we have airtady said,-that - the attention or :the committee will be directed tti•thtai seven : or tight -seconelary:edelesias timl schools; .which , are acchSetrof•b‘itiyeiii col leges, if it•is desired t&-teplate tlfe . S'e. -establish ments-in the class-of colleges of laymen, they will have a very simple meens . = to prove their ecclesiasti cal institotion,,l,This - will be, to rr, - d k e all the pupils wear the ecclesiastical habit; kr:+d by this means they will b. in the condition of:all-the other little send - • Had we not g'..ood reason toy say- this great affair of Jesuitism was , tt , -Chimera invented by the 1 - evolutio tg i sts to g i ve a fal se alarm to public opi nion ? All the fears" ° :with which they - bad filled France and - Europe=all those petitions which had moved the tribunals and the Chambersall the dis orders, iu short, which excited consternation in people's minds —are reduced to this irregularity, that 'there are in some little seminaries pupils who do not wear the frock. Consequently, all the greut measures called for by iberalisni will, at the most, extend to making the cholars at St. Acheul wear black robes ! ! Whatever idea may be entertained of the import ance of this result, we do not hesitate to predict that more serious results will proceed from the commis. sion Just appointed. (From the Journal des .Debals.) t RAREST, JAN. I.—There has been lately a Numerous meeting of the chief men of Constanti nople, at the Mufti's. Th e - R e i s Effendi made a 7 engthened report of the atual relations of the Porte with the Three Powers, and the Insurgents, uid gave his opinion as to the means which remained with the Porte to resist the evils which threatened it. He concluded his discourse by a call upon those present freely to give their opinion, and afterwards to vote according to their conscience. It appears that the situation of the Ottoman Porte was not - painted ill very brilliant colours, since it is.said that the majority coincided with the Reis Effendi, and consented to the different means of conciliation he proposed. It is, however, said, that the Mufti, whose influence in all State affairs is known, caused the resolutions of the assembly to be modified, so that the Porte must proceed with the greatest cir cumspection in every thing that relates to the Greek question, but that it is not to carry its con descension beyond the limits of honour, and that for the present it must confine itself to the propositions laSt made by M. de Ribeaupierre, and which the - latter had rejected, under the pretence that he could no longer receive an OffiCial cominunication from the Porte after the departure of his English and French - ,olleagues. It was proposed and resolved, to com municate these propositions direct to the three Me ditating Powers, and . to wait their answer b e f ore malting ' any chan ge i n t h em , or having recourse to the laet extremities-. It 13 said that the Porte addressed a note to 11. d e Ti,ibeaupierre, on the lath of December, in which it e;presses its desire to smooth ail difficulties, an d proposer, the following modifications of the view s Dii,the Mediating Powers :-1. The Forte will. grant the Greeks the right of governing tht;mselves, by Rajah s c h osen by themselv es , in the llorca and the Islands. c.!.. It will change the Capitation Tax, iiitt]rto paid, into art impost proportionate to the -reventicY. 3. It will not place Ottoma n troops iti the said provinces with the exception of sonic for ..rer„sel. M . de Ri beaupi erre did not think it neces sary to pay any attention to this note, which ap pears natural enough. After the'rneeting of which we have just spoken, the Grand Vizier went to the Sultan, and laid befor e him . the conclusions come to. The Porte look s upon the present moment as so important, th at i t wishes th e w h o l e nat i on t o participate in its delibe : a hatti-scheritf orders the convocation of a sort of National Assembly, and the choosing of the Representatives is already begun. FRENCH FuNos, JAs. 23.—Five per Cents, 104 f. soc. ; Three per Cents., 70f. 40e. ; Exchange on London, one month, 251. 15e. ; three months, 25f. An attention to neatness of dress and personal cleanliness seldom fails to influence the mor a l c on d uc t of individuals ; and it has, in proof of this, been observed, that those who delight in a good exterior are seldom either sottish or depraved. PHICESOF STOCKS THIS Bank stock -- S per Cent. Red.! flti s' 3 per Cent. Cons. -8534-%4 34 per Cent. " - • 934‘ Ditto Red. 93%14 4 per Cent. New 190%1?•,', Ditto, 182 f; Bank L. Ann. • •• - 195' India Stoel- 2-14 Ditto Bonds • t I 17.4pr0. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bends, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Chilian Bonds, ti per ct. Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 182.1 Danish, 3 per cent. ..... Greek Ponds Ditto, '825 Guatimala Mexican Bonds. Do. ... THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New .— Russian, New O4 Spanish, 1821 10% iB3 French Rentes, sp. c. —L —e. --- Exchange —f —.,, 3 per cent. —f. _c. ! -- Exchange —t. —c. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS.—DUBLIN, JAN. 23, Bank Stock Consols, 3 percent 85% Royal Irish Ditte ............. Gov. Stock, 34 per cent O'2% National Ditto — Ditto, New patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent. lON Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 34 per cent. ... 93;P„ Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stcck Imperial Mine -- T City Deb. 4 per cent Mining Co. of Ballast Office Deb. 40. et - Comm.- _ .reland —.nal Buildings counsz OF EXCH . ' Amsterdam C.F. 3 " . st - , Ditto, at sight...._ Rotterdam... 2 1.1 l2 3 Antwerp • 12 3 Harabl:rgh .........M. B. 13 111 Alt , ,n, ... • 13 Ili ?arts, 3 days' stilt Ditto - - - 'I. 2U25 60 Bordeaux.. 25 70 Beriln — li'tatlifort on Slain; Ex. 11.150 i Fttersburith, rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 I.q. 10 3 Trieste...... do. Madrid 3 5 ,'" Cadiz - Bilboa ,. 354 Barcelona 3IY, Seville Gibraltar 46 oCit YESTERDAY. Leghorn • Genoa 25 50 Venice 46 Malta Naples 39 Palermo per oz. 11634 Lisbon 46: 3 ,4 Oporto Rio Janeiro '32 Bahia , 37 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork 1 BULLION, PER OZ. .1. S. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0. Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10.1 Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 FOREIGN EXCHA. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 21.-11.. HA:I'M/RIM, JAN. 18.-13. 9 BERLIN, JAN. 13.—Three VIENNA, JAN. s.—Three mo FRANKFORT, JAN. 18.--.TIVO AGES ON LONDON. 973-.—Two months, 11. 90. .—Two months, 13. sq. onths, 6.24 N.: Ditths, 9. 47. months, 148. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America 0 0 Hamburgh 1 0 Brazil 0 1 Holland 0 0 Buenos A) res ...... 0 0 Jamaica 2 I Dublin 1 Flaiider 0 France 0 (I ottenburgh I 0 Mexico 0 0 Guernsey & Jersey. 0 1 Waterford 0 Eike - ,Itu o j/ . \Y •'4 4. LONDON, ATLRDAY MENIING, JANUARY 26, 1828. Mr. ARB UTHNOT positively returns to the Woods and Forests, in the room of the Right Honourable ST URGES Bo ult NE, resigned. Sir JAMES SCA R LETT has resigned the Attorney-Generalship, to which Sir C. WE TH ERALL will probably succeed. Mr. SUGDEN, it is rumoured, will start as a Candidate for the Representation of Weymouth, in the room of the Right Hon. THOMAS, now Lord WALLACE, of Knaresdaie. It is said that Sir JAMES 4ACDONALD and Sir JAMES MACINTOSH retire from the Board of Control. It is stated that Lord STOWELL will retire from the Admiralty Court, and be succeeded by Sir CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON. Mr..FRA.ISKLAND LEWIS iS to be Vice-Pre sident of the Board of Trade. Air. W.M. LAMB is to reutain Secretary fur Ireland. The Gazdtc of last night contains the folluw ing appentments His Grace ARTHUR Duke of WELLING TON, Right Hon. HENRY GOULBURN, Lord G. C. H. SoMERSET, Earl of MO,UNT CHARLES, Lord ELIOT, E. A. NPNAGIITEN, Esq.—To be Lords Commissioners of the Trea rury. Right Hon. HENRY GOULBURN, to be Chancellor of his MAJESTY'S Exchequer. Right Hon. Sir JOHN BECKETT, Bart. to be Advocate- General. Right Hon. J. C. HERRIES, to be Master of his Majesty's Mint. The Right Hon. the Earl of ABERDEEN, to be the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Gazette also announces the elevation of the Right Hon. THOMAS WALLACE to the Peerage, by the style and title of Baron WALLACE, of Knaresdale, in the County of Northumberland, as stated in our Paper of yes tcrday. The Morning Papers of Wednesday, and the Gazette de France dated Thursday, have been received. The Commission for investigating the insidious conduct of the Jesuits (although their name is never mentioned) is the general theme of discussion in the Newspapers and among the Public. No subject can be more important to their interests both present and prospective. According to accounts from Bucharest, dated the 4th inst., a numerous meeting of the chief men at Constantinople took place at the MUFTI'S. The REIs EFFENDI is said to have made a frank disclosure of the actual rela tions of the PORTE with the three Powers, concluding his speech by exhorting the assembly to give as frank an opinion, and to vote accord ing to their conscience. The situation of the PorrrE, being truly stated, was not flattering, and the majority 'of the Assembly agreed with the REIS EFFENDI in the different 'means of conciliation Which he proposed. This is sen sible. The tone of the PORTE is sinking to its proper level, and when it condescends to be reasonable in its demands it will be met in a corresponding temper. A good understanding ensues, and peace mill follow. Thus Greece is free—and the integrity of the Turkish Empire guaranteed. The Austrian Observer of the 14th instant, received this morning, contains some account of the situation of affairs at Smyrna, up to the 21st December. The English and French Am bassadors had resolved on taking down their national Rags from the Hotels of the Consuls, so long as the PORTE persevered in its refusal to the demands of the Allied Powers. The alarm of the English and FrenCh merchants was naturally great, but many of them thought it prudent to rely upon the assurance .of pro tection from the Turkish Authorities. The Ambassadors consigned over the interests of their respective countrymen to the protection of the Ambassador for the Netherlands. The Mer chants requested that Smyrna might be made a neutral town, but the Ambassadors could give no answer, nor if they agreed to that request, would the rapacity of the P-,RTE, in the event of war, respect leutrality of any town within its grasp : (FROM A LETTER.) SMYRNA, DEC. 21. The Ambassadors of France and England are still at Vourla. Yesterday the deputies of the French merchants went to that place. They found Count Guilleminot indis posed, who, however, received them. The deputies thanked him for the assurance which the French Consul had received some days before from the Ambassador, to the effect that the interruption of the diplomatic relations, which, perhaps, may be only short,,,woull not be attended with any interruption of commercial affa rs, that the con sulate would remain open, and the flag not he removed. To the astonishment of the Deputies, the Count answered that the moment was so critical that he must retract his assurance. That he had already written to the Consulate that in consequence of an arrangement with the English Ambassador, the French flag would be taken down on the 15th of January, and the Consular office be closed the same day. That after that day the Consular Agents might remain as private persons at Smyrna, but that their official character had ceased, and that the future protection of French subjects was transferred to the Ambassador of the Netherlands. The Deputies made some representations, and begged, as the English merchants had Mr. Canning in their address of the 16th inst., to make Smyrna a neutral town. They were willing to answer for the assent of the Turkish Au thorities to such a measure, extolled the moderation and the wisdom of these authorities, and lastly, requested pro tection against piracy. Count Guilleminot rejected the first proposal, as not in unison with the political interest, but said, however, that if a change in his resolution com municated to the Consulate,, should take place before the 15th January, they should be informed of it through Ad miral de Rigny. With respect to piracy, he promised that immediate attention would be paid to it; political matters had hitherto not permitted that project to be treat ed with the seriousness that it merited. The above-men tioned resolution of Count Guilleminot was communicated to the French Consulate on the 19th inst., its contents correspond with the above stated remarks of his Excellency. Mr. Stratford Canning, on his side, addressed a resolu tion to the English Consulate, in the form of a memoran dum, which we will communicate to-morrow. The 15th of January is also fixed in it, as the day on which the English Consulate is to be closed and the flag withdrawn. Mr. Canning replied by this resolution, to the petition of the merchants of the 16th. The English subjects were called together on this ac count, yesterday, and Mr. Elliot, one of the secretaries of the Legation, read the resolutions to them, and added, that after the 15th of January, any one might adopt such mea sures as he deemed most conformable to his interests.— Notwithstanding these resolutions of the two Ambassadors, the English and French merchants, confiding in the pro mised protection of the Turkish authorities, seemed deter mined not to leave Smyrna. Admiral de Rigny is said to have declared that the de mands of the Allied Powers upon the Porte could no lon ger be confined within the limits of the Treaty of London; and that every day's delay on the side of the Porte would render its situation worse. M. Froding the Russian Consul, is still here, and does not mean to go away till he is assured of the departure of M. Ribeaupierre from Constantinople. He will then embark on board' the Con stantine frigate, which will go to join the squadron of Admiral Von Lleyden. • Hamburgh Papers of the 19th, and Dutch of the 23d inst. have been received, this afternoon, from which we make the following extracts : STOCKHOLM, JAN. 4. It is positively affirmed that our new commercial treaty with Russia was signed at St. Petersburgh at the end of last year. The late treaty expired a year ago. In the course of last year the exportation of iron from Stock holm was 11,716 ship pounds more than in 1826. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 12. When the spring sets in the mails are to be conveyed across the Great Belt by a steam-boat, which has been purchased in England ; and for the more speedy convey ance of the mails by land, the General Post-office has de sired the proprietors of the carriages employed in this ser vice to purchase Vienna waggons (which are very light), and has offered to advance money for the purchase. At the close of last year the stock of sugar in our warehouses amounted to 4,832,0001b5. DRESDEN, JAN. 11. It has been reported that a Prussian army of 30,000 men will be stationed on the frontiers of Silesia, but it does not meet with much credit. WARSAW, JAN. 5. The cold has again become very severe, and the Vistula is frozen over for the second time. A great deal of snow has fallen in some parts of the province of Sandomir ; bodies of several persons frozen to death have been found, especially about the Kahlinberg. BERLIN, JAN. 6. Yesterday morning the cold was very severe, the ther mometer being at 13 degrees of Reaumur below zero. The day before a very deep snow had fallen. BRUSSELS, JAN. 19. We learn from Graave that the Meuse had been rising fur some days in such a manner that an inundation was feared, and it was thought necessary to put the inhabitants of the country on their guard by firing a gun, the usual signal in these cases. JAN. 10. Yesterday evening a Russian Cabinet messenger passed through this city, coining front London, with despatches for St. Petersburgb. " We are authi;rised," says the Gazette de Pays Bus, "to contradict the contents of an article in the Courier de Pays Bas of the 15th inst. relative to pretended changes said to have been made in the Philosophical College at Louvain." A British Cabinet Messenger from Vienna, with de spatches for London, has passed through here this evening. The waters of the Meuse, the Rhine, the Waal, and the Lek, continue to rise ; however, we learn from Cologne that the Rhine was falling there. The despatch of Mr. HUSKISSON to the Go vernor of Jamaica, in which he states the rea sons of his Majesty's Government for disallow ing the Act passed by the House of Assembly ‘, to alter and amend the Slave Laws " in that Island, will be read with great interest, affording, as it does, so striking a picture of the condition of society in these Colonies, where the popula tion consists chiefly of Slaves. The very exist ence of slavery implies the necessity of peculiar restraints. No man would be a Slave if he Could help it. Violence is the source of slavery, and by violence it must be supported—this radi cal injustice must prevail in the structure of every community in which there are Slaves; we cannot suddenly remove it, but we may endea r your by wise and efficient laws to palliate what we cannot altogether help. Now this is precisely the object of his Majesty's Ministers. They are anxious to reform the severity of the Slave Code, and though it appears that the West India Proprietors so far assent to this policy, vet they are so fearful for their authority that they cannot be brought to concur in that one efficient and practical measure for the improvement of their Slaves. Mr. MISKISSON objects para . cularly to the restraints which they would impose on the religious duties of the Slaves ; the Act which is disallowed permits no Slave to assume the office of religious teacher ; it permits no reli gious meetings, even on Sunday, between sun set and sun-rise ; and it is not sufficiently pre cise or positive in prohibiting the Slaves from working on Sundays. It may be remarked in general of the Act, that while it is sufficiently strict in guarding from all violation every right and privilege of the proprietor, it is not by any means so solicitous for the welfare and comfort of the Slave, affording him in many cases but doubtful protection even for his person or for his life. Thus the power of the Master to punish his Slave by lashing him, a source of such mani fest abuse, is scarcely at all abridged ; and there is no restriction whatever as to other modes of punishment. The Master may inflict upon the Slave 39 lashes, no witnesses need be pre sent ; the Slave has no power of appealing against this severity. The use of the whip in the field is not forbidden, and it may still be applied to women. The power of correction may be de legated to a fellow-slave, provided the punish ment does not exceed ten lashes. Such is the spirit which pervades this newly framed code, which it is obvious leaves the Slave in too un protected a state ; and it is on this and other accounts that the Act has been disal lowed. Ministers are intent on softening the severity of this code. In every view they are deeply impressed with the policy of humanity to the Slaves. They plainly see the peril that arises to the whole frame of West India Society, from the dangerous materials out of which it is at present composed. So long as the. Slaves are held in rigorous bondage, they must hate their Masters ; they must aspire ardently to freedom ; and looking to their numbers and their strength, it is scarcely possible to hinder them from secret plots and conspiracies. Society is, in fact, com posed of two hostile classes, ranged against each other, under their natural and respective banners of black and white. The one is at present kept down by authority. But how can we be always sure of chaining down the captive giant to the floor ? May not some of our bolts and bars in an unhappy moment give way ; or, may not the prisoner in some" evil hour, and by some of those strange mischances in human affairs which sometimes confound all foresight, break loose, and pull down in his wild fury the whole structure of society ? Now the object of Ministers is to avert these dangers ; to remove gently and cautiously the combustible materials which are ready to be exploded by the slightest spark ; to conciliate and soothe the negro bar barians; to reconcile them by gentleness to their condition ; and thus, taking from them the in centive to rebel, gradually to temper the jarring elements of the community into one harmonious whole. This we consider to be wise policy, and we hope that the West India Proprietors will se cond these enlightened views, under a deep sense of their common interest with the legislators of the Mother Country in securing the dominions and prosperity of these valuable colonies. AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION. Letters from Washington state that the Administration there do not know what to be at : they have no concert among themselves or their presses, yet there is the strongest reasons for believing that they are con sulting daily upon the subject of the Vice-President and the Minister to England. The Caucas at Wash ington will probably give to Virginia the honour of tendering her the Vice-Presidency. Mr. WEBSTLR is expected to be the new Minister to England and he is anxious for the appointment ; we must not be surprised if ADAMS be given up, and some one else be run. They feel themselves beaten, and, like desperate and drowning men, they are catching at a straw. Rely on it, the battle is fought and won, and if Mr. ADAMS gets 80 votes, I will never hazard another opinion. Letters and papers have been received to-day from Lima, to the ht of September. The chief incident they communicate is the arrival of General LA M from Guayaquil, and his inauguration into the office of chief President of Peru, to which he had been elected several months before. It seems to have had the instantaneous effect of calming the political dissensions which previously existed, and the first measures of the President proving to be of a mild and conciliatory character, his Government was already assuming a respectable and firm appearance. A general and full amnesty had been published in favour of the inhabitants of Cusco and the surrounding departments, who had withheld their adhesion to the Congress, it having been proved on their part that they had been misled into such conduct by false representations respecting the new form the Central Government had assumed. They now profess their willingness to be obedient members of the federation. An application had been made to the Peruvian Congress from the Government of Bolivia, for permission to embark Colombian troops at Arica, so that the whole of the Peruvian territory was likely to be evacuated by its late defenders. MARQUIS OF DOURO.—The dinner in ho nour of the coming of age of the Marquis of DOURO, will be attended by a numerous and most respectable company; all parties seem :desirous of showin g th e hi g h esteem in which they hold the immortal services of the Illustrious Duke of WELLINGTON, by laying aside political animosity en this occasion. The dinner is to be held at the Town Hall, on Monday the 4th of February, and we hope to see a large party of country gentlemen on this interesting oc casion.—Berkshire Chronicle. We are informed there were, a few days since, 22 vessels t a ki ng i n an d unloading rough rice for the London and Li verpoo l mar k ets, in Ashley river near the Charleston bridge. On Friday, a gentleman in Moray-place, had a party at dinner with him, and scarcely had the company taken their seats, when a thief or thieves opened the street door unseen by any one, and carried away the whole of the great coats and h a t s , w hi ch were in the lo bb y .—Edinb urg h Paper. NOVEL ROBBERY,—There is a set of fellows in this neighbourhood, who are in the regular practice of entering the shippons of the farmers, and cutting off all the long hair on the cows' tails, which they sell for some pur pose or other, and realise considerable sums of money. ...- Stockport Advertiser. --- - An announcement has appeared in a London Literary Journal, of the intended publication of sermons written by Sir WALTER SCOTT. We have authority for stating that these religious discourses (two, not three as mentioned, no doubt, in error), were written about two years ago, as an act of kindness towards a young friend engaged in theological studies, and without any intention whatever of their appearing before the public in print. Circumstances, however, which are applicable only to the gentleman for whom the discourses were composed, have induced the author to consent to their publication at this time.—Edinburgh Weekly Journal. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Redman, Freebootle, from Sierra Leone. The out ward-bound remain. PORTSMOUTH,JAN. 2.s.—.Wind W.S.W.—Passed by the Sir W, Wallace, Wilson, from Calcutta and Ascension, sailed from the former the 16th of Sept., PLYMOUTH, JAN. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from London the Bremen, Rawson, for Bilboa. FLUSHING, JAN. 19.—The Middleburg, from Ba tavia to Middleburg, put in here, 7th instant, and in proceeding to Campvere Road, touched on the Bangard Bank, but got off after discharging part of her cargo—she has put into Veire. The Rosamond, Storey, of Sunderland, was run foul of near the Spurn by his Majesty's ship Sapphire the 21st instant, and being dismasted and much damaged, was abandoned by the crew. The Sylvia and the Excellent, from Demerara, are supposed to be arrived, the former off Wey mouth, and the latter off Portsmouth, and the Thigh ton, from New York, is supposed to be arrived off Dover. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWEAVE 0' CLOCI. The non-arrival of intelligence this morning from any quarter has occasioned the City to be more than usually uninteresting ; the operations in the Funds have been of no importance, but the aspect of the market appears good, and seems to be supported by the public opinion in their favour. Consols opened this morning at. 854 for account, and the same price for money, since which the trifling business which has been doing has been at this price, alternately buyers and sellers, and are now the former. India Bonds are 91 3, and Exchequer Bills, 60 1 pm. The Foreign Funds have had little activity to-day; there appears to be much divided opinion relative to Mexican Stock ; many well-informed persons still retain a belief that his Majesty's ship Pylades will bring money for Government account, and they strengthen this opinion by the argument that no Government would risk their reputation by making application for a vessel of war without the certainty of having property to send by it to this country ; the packet, which is hourly expected, will doubtless set the matter at rest on this point; the 6 per Cent. Bonds are 44.4 5. Colombian are very heavy at 23; the old Bonds have been sold at 19. The other Foreign Securities bear much the same price as yes terday. In Shares there are no fresh quotations to give or any sales of consequence to report. Three per Cent. Consols, 85 4 i; Ditto for the Ac count, 854 1 ; India Bonds, 91 3 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 60 1 pm. FouziGN.—Brazilian, 601 ; Buenos Ayres, 41 2 ; Chilian, 22 4 ; Colombian, 23 4 ; Danish, 61 4 ; Greek, 171 I; Mexican, 6 per Cent., 441 5 ; Peruvian, 25 6 ; Portuguese, 74 2 ; Russian, 93i 4 ; Spanish, 10 %. MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 57A 5 die . ; Brazilian, 69 71 pm. ; Colombian, 24 5 per Share; United Mexican, 21i 204 die. ; General Mining Association, 9 per Share. Two O'CLOCK. Consols have been 84, buyers, are now sellers; the market continues to look up, although there has been no accession of business since the morning. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 84 6. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 85i Danish Do. for Ac. 85i Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 45 Buenoi Ayres 'Peruvian Chilian DO. - I Russian 94 Columbian, 1824 24 Spanish, 1821 10i THE NEW MINISTRY. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) With regard to the politics of the individuals on the Catholic Question, there is nearly as great a dif ference as in the last Cabinet, only that the parties arc more nearly balanced. They stand thus : FOR THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. Earl Dudley Earl of Aberdeen Lord Melville Lord Palmerston Lord Ellenborough Mr. Huskisson. Mr. Grant AGAINST THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. Duke of Wellington Lord Chancellor Earl Bathurst Mr. Peel Mr. Goulburn Mr. Herries. It will be perceived that the majority is in favour of the Catholic Question; so that those persons who pretended that a purely Orange Administration could be made in England, with any prospect of encountering Parliament, are totally mistaken. Even the Duke of Wellington has failed in this. The complaint of the Ultra Tories, therefore, against the late Cabinet, applies to the present ; and we are not altogether unprepared for an attack on their Catholicism. The complaint of the Catholics of Ireland against them—and as we rather think of the English people—will be very different. IMPORTANT.—We are enabled to state, on undoubted authority, that there will be no Dissolution of Parliament,--:-and that the Duke of WELLINGTON will not hold the High Offices of Premier and Commander-in- Chief: his Grace certainly vacates the l a tter.--Berkshire Chronicle. The Committee of the Crown Club have de termined to increase the number of original Members from three hundred to five hundred, and to admit Members of the Universities. IRON TRADE.—The iron trade continues very languid. A small reduction has taken place in cer tain descriptions of iron ; the price is now so low that it can with difficulty be made so as to realise any profit to the manufacturer. No further reduction in price is possi ble, unless the wages of the workmen are greatly reduced.— Carmarthen Journal. The weather was so open and fine on Sunday last, that a sky lark mounted the air in a field at Summer sail, near Chesterfield, with as much vigour and sung , as if in April. A bat was also seen by many people flying about, last Sunday , in the West-bars, Chesterfield .—Not- tingham Review. the in hole, ba and and loose materials , the recent insp ec ti ons, b y mea ns of the diving-bell, hav e gs, THAMES TUNNEL T HI S DAY.) -- D u ring the whole of the week the op era ti o n of filling up the aper ture in the bed of the r i ver was proc eeded with vigorously. As yet, however, th e i n fl ux o f wa ter into the tunnel has not been stopped, 200 tons of oifnt clay, o lay e proved that the means adopted to remedy the evil will shortly wholly prevent any further flow of water into the works. The steam-engine, which has been preparing for the last week, was set going this morning. The object in view in draining off some of the water in the shaft before the hole is quite stopped, i s , it is said, to consolidate the clay, &c. thrown into the hole, as, by taking away a small portion of the water in the works, the vertical pressure on the clay hags is rendered doubly great. The action pro duced in the water by the working of the steam-engine will probably b r i ng up some of the bodies of the unfortunate in dividuals who lost their lives this day fortnight, none of which have as yet been seen. Mr. BRUNEL continues to ex press his conviction that the tunnel can be completed, if adequate means are found to carry on the works. The shield, as far as can be ascertained by soundings, is unin jured. A report, detailing all the particulars, is in course of preparation, and will he submitted to the proprietors next week. Mr. BRUNEL, junior, has not yet recovered from the effects of the injury be received when the water burst in, and has proceeded to the country for a day or two to recruit his health. His strict and unwearied at tention for the fortnight previous to the accident, had tended much to relax. him. Mr. BRUNEL, sen. devotes nearly the whole of his attention to the operations at present going on. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Stud), Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d.60 61 pm. Ditto .. . 500 2d. 60 61 pm. Ditto Small ...... 2d. 60 61 pm. Ditto Commercial -- pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Ac 85%% LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY) - COURT OF CHANCERY. Immediately upon the LORD CHANCELLOR ceduig, market, The' down to We s t m i ns ter thi s morn i ng , whi c h w as till nearly 11 o'clock Mr. SUGDEN Wag suinmorr 4:lf•App to attend his Lordship in his private room, Vrho l clerably the Learned Gentleman was engaged for some 0 11 ' night; —Upon hi 6 return into Court he intimated to Bar that it was not the iiitbkitioil of his LordsV . of seert tc purl to come into Court till aft e r twelve O'aiiek; enutm° , vere m business of importance elsewhere. Upon the LORD CHANCELLOR'S return, atil hslf-past twelve o'clock, Mr. SUGDEN was ago summoned to attend his Lordship, with whom remained a considerable time. In consequence of this there were very so" rumours in the Coert that the Solicitor-Generalsb, had been offered to the Learned Gentleman, and y, Welch Judgeship, vacant by the retirement of i t ' NOLAN, to Mr. MONTAGU. His LORDSHIP came into Court at ten minU ( past one o'clock. • Plxtu Savoys( Remelt Celery li Carrots urnips t'ole,,vor eels Sweet 0 Seville I Lemons BRISTOW V. BRISTOW. Upon this case being called on, ML. LYNCH stated that he appeared in it. His LORDSHIP said this was the case in Wl Mr. Haye applied to be released from the prison, where he had been incarcerated for rnarrY'r a ward. His Lordship had seen the lady this 01 011 01 ing, and at present it was not his intention to 0 1 , any order, but he would communicate with parties next week. MESSENGER V. ANDREWS. The COURT then proceeded with this part -hey appeal. trwlanc Upland Rye.gra lqew Mi A g( LowlAni Upland : PetT(' ViCE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His HONOUR disposed of a few short causes, wl l ' were not of the slightest interest. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. (SITTINGS IN BANCO.) GREENSLADE V. DOWER, AND COLEMAN. Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a rule to show cat why a nonsuit entered in this case should no t be aside, and a new trial granted, or a verdict oa f : for the plaintiff. It was an action brought to rect . 9001., the amount of bills of exchange, which come into the hands of the plaintiff, who is a ben t resident at Guernsey. A person named willow held a farm at Ripley, in Surrey, under Lord ICI and disposed of his interest in this farm to the fendants for valuable cons id era ti on , o f which v, bills in question form e d a p ar t. Th e bill s v rere d cepted by Dower, for D ower an d Colem an , but u? ,' their being presented Coleman denied that the 11/ ever given Dower any authority to use his O t Dower suffered judgment to go by default, the question was whether Coleman was bound the act of Dower. It appeared that Coleman s t , Dower signed an agreement to purchase the is," from Willoughby, but that before the transact` was finally arranged, Coleman was taken dangero ill, and Dower acted for both. The Learned seemed to think that there was a striking differe d between a farming partnership and a trading nership, and upon that consideration decided, L) there vas no case for a jury. He (Mr. Brought howeyer, submitted, th a t th ere was some ev idei to prove that Coleman sub sequent ly recogn i se d v ) power assumed by Dower to make use of his io n Lord TENTERDEN thought the nonsuit entered this case was correct. Th ere was a grea t diferei between one of the parties of a mercantile M I giving bills to bind that house in theway of ur, and parties binding each other before the cotorae7 ment of a partnership. The bills in question' given for a farm and stock which were to be subject of a future partnership which might neve ) carried into operation, and which in this case never acted on. The three other Judges concurred in the epin il oai wast ovmps eenpai cnetglhaceoi wasiraissfrtrcrldutuyahn casemt necifdenel o sseepnst t ra rulracv i ntffietsi iyhhc o tchbeee n i gig en by the Lord Chief Justice.—Rule refused , MR. ROBERT GOURLAY.` Mr. CAMPBELL moved the Court to issue a di of habeas corpus, calling upon the Governor of , I P., Bath Fields prison, to produce in Court the D 5 of Robert Gourley, who was - committed to that t beenc e ' putt it t:h g e u sen in June, 1824, on the warrant of tt uniattt' The, prisoner complained that he had beenaggrie w in various particulars previous to, and. since his 1 finement, but as the Court had only to deal co the law under which the prisoner was held in ct i o tody," he (Mr. Campbell) would snit enter into alleged grievances. Lord TENTERDEN said, Mr:Campbell was qd right in the course he adopted. hiernaMoopmf.rin.9ttoteCe.nded to commit any crime, and the, m /4 1 , Ittc c %al ih o , d ß e E r LL the re 3 s 9 u t m h e a d n — d lll 4o r tl _G of o G urlbi eo y ri :t lvi l committed Act invested the magistrates s , power of issuing their warrant for the coo"' persons who were supposed to be insane, 0 atrate was directed by the Act of Parliament state in the warrant the grounds of his 04 cion for considering the prisoner insane, 0 , 1/ that he intended to commit any crime. In the PP sent case, however, the warrant of the committa l magistrate, followed as closely as may be the wok of the act of Parliament, stating that Rob' Gourlay was a person suspected of being derange 4 cl and intending to commit an offence, namely a tires , stated seene,fac aro,tln t i seeh warrant i oneasthTststatwhiele:The sixint nht any tr ay!that tteit l e o: f * :eti : i : suppose d intentien to commit a breach of it' l d of enc th e e ha p d ea i p t h tair a: taaacutltcreeeet:hv invested e e n ruorb Under warrant Binary power, but guarded againstt e h at e phra i e m tu p teh r d e e p i e nea r 00111 1 ercise of that power by enactin g of comm itment it l m n en t t he sh p o r u e l s d en b t e clearly expressed, and he therefore submitted Gourlay was entitled to the remedy he now appli for. After some consultation between their Lordshi p' Mr. Justice B AYLEY suggested that the Co l e should grant a rule to show cause why an habd . corpus w rmi t thought if the Court granted 0) , be argued when the priso was brought up. Lord TENTERDE N sa id, t h e difficulty w as t o o' 4 r t he. CAMPBELLmatter s hould g h t ht r who would appear to show cause against the w rit , l Mr. CAMPBELL said, notice might be served °I Mr. Halls, the committing magistrate. Lord TENTERDEN thought, that if the prises ) was deranged, as stated in the warrant, it w o uld . much mo re con venient to grant a rule to show ale , and it would not protract his confinement a day. , Mr. CAMPBELL said , in his o pinion Mr. Gouda I was perfectly sane. Lord TENTERDEN assumed nothing : he Cll preferred the more co nvenient course. Mr. CAMPBE LL said he was perfectly sati s fi e d with a rule to show cause. A rule to show cause why a w r i t o f H a br a' s hould not issue, was then gra n t e d . Coira sh COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Nothing of interest occurred in t hi s Court up t :he time of our going to press. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Several uninteresting motions Were disposed I) by the Barons in the course of the morning. Chesterfield, r e°l. --- ,4 l e EXTRAORDINARY CIRC U MSTANCE.--"'' few days ago, a man of the name of Cowmrt, in the 0 0 1 plow i t4s r l . ITBENnaNndETCo.P Adelphi Works,.` f into the of s r, Sadler,the purpose of having some gearing' repaired ; th e y eat* do into conversation, when he told Mr. BENNETT that It O t o reported he was drowned , and that his sister had hou j % e tio7 Messrs. wine for his funeral. A few minutes after, a person e'`; ‘ , into the shop and said to the man, is not your na me Co o l LEY? and he answered, "yes," when the former tr? his reason for asking the question, by saying that his bro;,o Jour/ COWLEY, of Becky, was drowned, and that be 4 ,11 come over for the purpose of inviting him to the fo nt ' which proved to be correct.—Nottingham Review. Fine I I nferic Shrimi 1 Fine Scotch Best C Native The bnainess arrive h remna n t bat few Jamaica rent, an article. in prime SUG AR , Brow 1) 1' Good ‘-oFT IE Jame Fu . Rti If p Jams teew %Ewa Logi, OIL, a, Whal .• Seal ABRE3, Mont Ditto • !IV TX An acto ikr‘d and • eut o. ;..zr • aPekia in s %s and •• •*••••amars Barley ... &Me of Corn !hick wi !her or 1 Aftgregai Corn W ean °4 trneal AlUregai Lusts LIN has beer to about other s en Sata e p rePeal ..fou rne , AL ing see , lade n w land, Mr. va was nal prompt • Castl es thett ,4 fe et. Ws reti r i ng --bre