The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-29 00:00:00

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I to, L92t5 - Fv..iptige ...... —t. —c. ... ritiCEs Of Kilig.llB !MIS DAy AT Cl4l O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Shi.r... 11,1 irtlian Imp. Min. Co. (lee. at 51. pro.) £2O 6l h Oitto Yal ted Ilex. Miu.. Cu. au. IA 21.. pl pun) SS 15 -----__________ rtieEs or Imam irrocco, ural.nl, DEC. 26. L i kik Stook _, ~ 250 oat. Patrick lures. We , sh.) la, 11 per eeu — C... ..7... 86% , Royal Irish Ditto 1,7'• Stock. SKr per welt 95 4 ; j National Ditto —...-....- , New . ...... ...—.. —:- P.itriutie Ditto .......... Cont. lO2 i l Hibernian Bank . .. 2 0 v. Dela. 84 per sent.— 1/6 ' Provincial Ditto ..-..-.....- ,loyal Canal koek 41 Royal Irish Mimi — imed Canal Nook "_.---....-. Imperial Mina le---_____t i tze t ob. 4 por sent .. --Mining Co. of Ireiarid S% Oftiee Deb. 4p . e . .-- C.Gromerulal Buildingo .•—• ___ FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAWN/UGH, Due. SI —lB.l6.—Two months, 13 . 6 !'i• T. PAcranar.uon, Disc. 14.—T 11refe months, 10 42J; iblitz.kw, DR.!. 26. ''Three tuoutkg. H. 21%. Lutpue, DEc. 10 —Three rnonthg, 6. 13 1 ,4. FNAXKPORT, Duc. W.—Two months, 148. MAIL. Atriy,d . Due. Arrived. Due. 0 Amerlea ....... 0 0 liamburgb-........- 0 0 Brasil ............. 0 1 Holland . -- 0 Bueizo; Ayree ....... 2 0 Jamaica ...... ...... 2 Dublat..._... - . .. 0 0 Leeward Ulan& 1" Flanders... 1 Franee_... . _. 0 0 Malta ..—.— ...... - 0 2 Gottrinbarill ..— 1 0 Maxim, ...-... "eragay & Joney.. 0 2 Waterfor d........- U Az alum VrATEIt. AT LONDOX R TO-MORROW. 4 '" lu lg —63 minutes after 6.1 rainutee after 8. SALISBURY BANK. MESSRS. BRODIE mid Co. be g to in. forin the Public, that their NOTES and BILLS 04 REMINGTON, STEPHENSON, and Co., Will be Paid by Memrs. WILLIAMS, DEACON, and Co., bankers, Birokin-lane. ABINGDON BANK. - - TliE Public are respectfully informed, that all BILLS and NOTES drawn by KNAPP and Co., on REMINGTON, STEPHENSON, and Co., will 4 aret dae honour on presentation at the how* of Merlon. DEACON, and Co., bankers, Birehiu-lane. RAMSGATE BANK. MESSRS. BURGESS and SON respect fully inform the Public, that all NOTES and RILLS drawn by them, payable at blessni. REMING TON, STVPHENSON, and Co., will meet else honour, "being presented at Messrs. /3ARNARD, DIAISDALE, end CA.., ennhill. Rninegute, Dec. 28, 1828. * l 4ll - LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 99, 1828. The failure of the :house of REMINGTON, STEPHENSON, REMINGToN and TOULMIN, Which took place on Saturday, is still the ab &z)rbing 'topic of conversation in the City ; but We are happy to say that the circumstance has created no . alarm whatever. Os the contrary, the Funds have risen, and public confidence stands as firm as ever. This se not only honourable to those who stand for- Ward in support of public credit, but must prove in the end beneficial to themselves, as well as Conducive to the general interests of society. Up to the hour at which we write (THREE O'CLOCK), the City is as calm as if nothinghad taken place. The Cnly curiosity excited is as to the reported apprehensi on of Mr. STEPHENSON, some supposing that- he has gone off to America, in , a vessel from Portsmouth, while others think that he yet remains in London. His conduct lase certainly been moat extraor dinary---we may say culpable, for such is the general impression. Even allowing that some misunderstanding had existed between himself awl his partners, was it honest in him to Make the public suffer for the gratification of his spleen—perhaps of his revenge ? Not only has Mr. STEPHUNSON'S conduct injured, to a certain extent, those immediately in connection with his Banking-house, but it might by im plication have been of serious disadvantage to the public at large, for rumour in such eases is frequently mare mischievous than the reality. A panic, like a house on fire, involves all without discrimination—and Mr. STEPHEN SON'S conduct might have produced very ruinous effects, but for the praiseworthy confidence of the commercial public. We are gin(' to understand that die sympathy of the public is deeply interested in favour of Mews. REIIINGTON and TOULMIN, whose character is above reproach. So confident were the parties who inspected their affiiirs last week, of their eutir© solvency, that they would have trusted them to any amount. The total amount of money and securities actually taken away is said to amount to 160,000/. A confidential clerk has also ab sconded, and rumour says that a relative of Mr. STEPHENSON is also a participator in the transaction. The circumstance of Mr. STSPHENSON leav ing a cheque on his private account afier he had taken away perhaps more than all his property, aggravates iIIOeACT of diminishing the pecu liar character of the transaction. His hav ing a bsconded with money may be ex plained, but what name does the abstraction of securities deserve ?--Surely that citcum stance ulone throws a world of doubt upon the honour of Mr. STEPHENSON'. • We h ave great satisfliction in stating that aU the Country Banks who kept accounts with Mews. REMINGTON and Co. have been taken, op by other houses. In fact, so prompt has been, the alacrity of many honeß, that supplies were sent off on Satorday to the country, before the news could have reached thew. Further particulars will be found in auntl►ur part of our Paper. The PRESIDENT'S Message will be found in another part of our Paper. We have no room for corny:Kent. The following are extracts from Harnburgh Papers of the 24th inst, HAMBUTIGII, DEC. 23. BORSEN-UALLR, FOUR O'CLOCK, funds there has been much'business doing. The demand for the liquidation has been by no means incon siderable, and orders from Berlin to sell brought a good deal of paper into the market. In Anglo Russian, Danish Metalliques, and Austrian Bank Shares, large transactions' have been made. To wards the close of the day, business was somewhat dull. The approaching close of the year has raised the discount to three per cent. Gold is noted at 1031, and to be done at 103 i; bills on London de clined -I, at which quotation they left off demanded. End of December. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent A ng l o -Russian Loan 49' 491 li a . n b urg h-Russian Loan Anglo-Prussian Loan of 1318 4/9 Austrian Bank Shares 1103 Auettian Metalliqueo 41 6 ,4 Exchange upon London, at V , uonths... 13. t 5 ,4 ..--- at sight I3. 8 RIGA, DEC. 4. Six months enly have elapsed since the Emperor sent forth one of his armies. As decisive moments approached, be repaired to place hi►nself at its head. In Europe, Moldavia, Great and Little Wallachia, and a considerable portion of Bulgaria, have been conquered ; eight fortresses have been taken inde pendently of the fortified positions on the Danube, and two of the enemy's camps have been captured. Our trophies consist of 957 pieces of artillery, 180 standards, and incalculable quantities of stores. Seventeen large and 45 small vessels have been partly sunk and partly taken. Nine Pachas and 22,500 men have laid down their arms to our troops, and thousands of Bulgarians have been rescued from servitude. In Asia—three pachulics or govern ments, six fortresses, three castles, and three camps have been taken; and in these 195 standurds, 11 horses' tails, and 313 pieces of artillery ; eight Pashas and 8,000 soldiers have been taken prisoners. A hostile corps of 30,000 men has been defeated, thousands of native families, which the Turks were driving before them like so much cattle, have been set free, and restored to their homes to dwell hence forth in peace, under the protection of the victors. These advantages have cost us about eight pieces of artillery lost before Shumla, and somewhere about 6,000 men killed. The line of our troops now ex tends from the strongly fortified Kalafat, from whence the Turks were driven by a panic from Widdin, therefore to Varna. We have our fore posts on the Ka►ntahik and on the Dewee, and Bit zardjik and Pravadi are covered. Front Shumla, the observation of which during the winter could not have been attended with any benefit, and from' Silistria, where frost and inundation threw obstacles in the way of the continuation of the siege, our troops have retired to repose during the winter in Moldavia and Wallachia; the enemy who attempted to molest them on their retreat was repulsed with loss. VIENNA, DEC. 16. A courier from Parma has brought the news o ,he death of Geu. Count Neipperg. ODESSA, DEC. 6. An Imperial ukase has ordered the line of cpiartut tine on the Dniester to be removed to the Pruth, which was do►►s on Nov. 30. As the commu►►ica tioii between - Bessarabia and the province of t hersen are re-established, this measure will have the most beneficial effect o►► the inland trade. It has been continually cold since last Wednesday, the ther►no meter being at eight degrees below freezing at sun rise. In fact, we might have expected more severe cold, as the winter has long since set in in Molda via and Wallachia, which are so much further south than Odessa. SMYRNA, NOV. 15. It is affirmed that the Sultan has disapproved the Convention concluded by the Viceroy of Egypt, for the evacuation of the Morea, and has required from him 25,000 men (regular troops), 12 millions of piastres, and a sufficient supply of provisions to carry on the war in Europe with more vigour. The Porte, it is also said, is negociatilig under hand, re specting the affairs of Greece, and it is further af firmed that there is reason to believe that the Sar dinian Ambassador, Marquis de Grapello, under the pretext of accompanying his family, has been in trusted by the Sultan with a mission to the Ambas sadors of the three powers. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 16. A Royal Message was yesterday communicated to the Diet, proposing a new grant for the comple tion of the Gotha Canal. His Majesty laments the insufficiency of the funds already employed in this enterprise, but that they may not have been ex pended in vain, and in the conviction that the canal will not only be of great advantage to trade, but in time of war be found of great importance in the de fence of tbe . kingdogn, his Majesty does not hesitate to recommend a new grant of 809,591 rix-dollars. The Dutch Papers of the 27th contain nothing that has not been . anticipated by the Brussels and other Journals. The trial of the miscreant BURKE, the close of which, together with an ably condensed nar rative of the West-port Murder, will be found in our columns of to-day, has developed the most atrocious system of crime that the wildest ima gination ever yet conceived. The most aban doned scoundrel on record shrinks into insigni ficance by the side of this, superhuman assassin, who possesses every one attribute of the Dtemon but his intellect. He has, it'ceems, been more or less mixed up with a dozen murders, planned with the cognizance, if not with the actual as sistance, of five or six others, both male and female, and perpetrated with so little attempt at secrecy, that the parties concerned evidently fancied they were driving a trade, illicit perhaps, like contraband wares, but perfectly reconcilable with the ordinary notions of business. This idea, revolting enough in itself, becomes still more so from the circumstances connected with it. Murder, it is dear, has for months past, perhaps fur years, been reduced to a trade in Edinburgh. It has been made a matter of cum- mercial speculation, a subject of pounds, shillings, and pence. Scarcely has life quitted the btaly of some wretched victim, ere application has been made to other parties, to whom the subject has been in due form delivered up, and by whom the reward has been paid. And all this disgusting traffic, this wholesale merchandize of blood, haS taken place, because the Legislature, hesitating between a sense of prudence on one side, and an apprehension of popular clamour on the other, has hitherto reflised to adopt any plans whereby subjects may be afforded for dissection. But the evil has now reached its climax, and will work its own cure. The West-port Murders call, with the voice of thunder, on Parliament to devise some expedient which may prevent their future recurrence. Had the subject been more seriously attended to when Lord LA NSDOWNE last brought it before the House of Lords, nearly a dozen murders might have been prevented, and the public been spared the shock of perusing a nar rative, compared with which even the atrocities of CATILIN E, though detailed by Sm.LusT, are innocent and insipid. Quebec Papers to the 20th of November have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house :—That of the 27th of Nov. states, that the Resolution proposed by Mr. VILLERS for abolishing imprisonment for debt for merchandize sold aLd delivered to per sons not in trade, has been postponed for a fortnight, to give time to those interested. At a dinner of the Lowth Independent Club, held on Monday last at Dundalk, Mr. SHEIL, who was in the Chair, announced his intention of standing as a candidate for the county of Lowth, whenever Catholics should be eligible to sit in Parliament. We may, perhaps give the proceedings of this Meeting to-morrow. Mr. SHErL was the principal speaker. A King's Messenger was sent off from the Foreign-office, on Friday night, with dispatches for the Continent. The recent gales have been the cause of some heavy ground seas on the coast of Sussex. Considerable damage has been sustained between Chichester and Shore ham harbours. Many articles have been driven ashore with evident Marks of having been lung under water. Some cases of brandy, of peculiar fine flavour, escaped the vigi lance of the blocknde service,•and met a welcome reception elsewhere.---Hants Chronicle. Abigail Simpson, a miserable old woman, a pauper, who resided at Loanhead, was missed some time ago, and is supposed to be among the victims, sacrificed by the miscreant Burke to the dissecting knife of the anato mist. She watt last seen in Edinburgh. going into some low house, but we do not knew in what quarter.—Cale donian Mtreury. Saturday last was a busy day at Keith and Fochabers. His Grace the Duke of Gordon having ar ranged to discharge the debts and incumbranees on his estate, from the sum of 400,0001. of which statements have lately appeared in the Papers, Saturday was appointed for paying the different sums at the above places. Rumours of Henry Saunders, the Bank swindler (who is almost as notorious a character as Jonathan Wild) being with his gang in the north, rendered our countrymen doubly cautions; and almost every man who had money to receive, came atreeded by a strong body guard. One man who lifted 2201. took with him from Fochabers to Elgin a party of six men duly armed with dirks, sticks, and pistols ! It was amusing enough to see the parties move off in order, the " rich man " in the centre, encompassed by his valourOus attendants, like a deserter under a military escort.—/nveruess Courier. HENRY SAUNDERS.—A few days since a stranger, having the appearance of a gentleman, called at the Bank at Elgin, to converse, asbe said, with the agent, Mr. Brander, about hiring a country house which Mr. Brander has at present to let in the neighbourhood of Elgin. After some conversation vn the subject, and having in spected the house, the stranger took his leave, stating that he would call next morning with his lady to see hew she liked it. NOw the gentleman had a strong squint with both eyes, and was marked with the small-pox, both cha racteristics of Saunders, and Mr. Brander thought it would be as well to make inquiry at the inn, when it was found that there was no lady in the ease, and that the gentle►r=an bad set off in a post-chaise for Fochabera. The Hampshire Telegraph (Portsmouth paper) of Saturday, says—" A dreadful scene of !hit dis graced this town on the evening of Christmas-day, and last evening, occasioned by the inebriety of a number of privates of some of the regiments in this garrison; the . consequence of which has been death in one ease; a fright. ful wound, from unprovoked aggression, in another ; and severe injuries to other individuals—all perpetrated by the bayonet. It is impossible to picture the sensation of fear which prevailed among our peaceable townsman on the evenings alluded to. Without an apprehension of danger from this formidable weapon, no one, at times, could pass down either Broad-street or St. Mary-street. A large proportion of the soldiers of the 60th and 83d are recruits from Ireland—young men whose passions, when inflamed by liquor, are so intemperate, that, on the slightest grounds for quarrel, they have recourse to their bayonet to inflict mischief. On Christmas -night, in an affray ia Broed street, between some soldiers and some sailors James Woolard, a private of the 83d, was killed by a bayonet stab, and several seamen wounded. On the body of the former an inquest was held, before Mr. Franklin Howard, coroner, yesterday, eontirAted to-day, and is adjourned until Tuesday, under• a hope that facts may, in the mean time, be elicited which may lead to a discovery of the perpetrator of the deed. Last night a private of the Royal Marine Artillery, peaceable disposed, was suddenly en countered, in Prospect-row, by about a dozen of the 60th Regiment, who surrounded him, and without the slightest provocation, stabbed him in so dreadful a manner, as to cause his bowels to protrude several inches. The poor man was taken to the infirmary this morning, with hopes of his recovery. The Lieutenant-Governor (Sir Colin Campbell), no: the commanding officers of oerps, are ac tively engaged, this evening, in preserving peace within the garrison, strong patrols parading in every direction." Of all the instances with which we are ac quainted of lawless outrages, as connected with the game laws, the following exceeds in daring atrocity :—About half-past eleven o'clock on Wednesday night week, the gamekeeper of Edwin Corbett, Esq , of Darnhill, in this county, was out on the grounds, and not far from the mansion, when he observed four men near the wood armed, who ran away on perceiving that they were discovered. In a few minutes, however, the keeper heard a loud hence), and immediately afterwards a body of men, from 20 to 30 in number, and most of them armed, approached him.— • The keeper then retreated to the house to give the alarm, and mustered nine of the male domestics, with whom he again sallied forth ; but so far from the poachers being in timidated, they advanced into the farm-yard, where they appeared determined to stand a regular fight. With these unequal odds, the keeper and his men thought it prudent not to approach them nearer; but while they were in this position three shots were fired, a part of the contents of which entered the clothes of the keeper and coachman, hut fortunately did them no personal injury. In solve of the other discharges, however, a valuable dog was severely wounded, and is not expected to reeiwer. The apparent ringleader of the gang then called out to his ootnrades— " Charge again, and fire away." Under these perilous circumstances, the assailed retreated to the ball, when the villains with the greatest effrontery, and as if in triumph, marched round to the front of the house, perambulated around it, and continued firing until they had killed almost all the pheasants within reach. It was observed that most of the men were habited iu flannel jackets, Chester Advertiser. FAILURE OF MESSRS. REMINGTON, STEPHENSON, AND CO. FURTHER PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The failure of M,ssra. 12-n, 'S n, and Co., bus created considerable senaatica in the City ; for, although rumours strongly prejudicial to that house bad been in cir culation very -recently, yet it was pretty generally consi dered that such arrangements had been made as guaranteed the solvency of the concern, and precluded the possibility of a stoppage. This event, it is understood, has been im mediately occasioned by the very extraordinary conduct of one of the partners, who, it is said, has disappeared with a very considerable suss. The discovery was not made till the middle of the day on Saturday, when one of the clerks went to the Bank of England, for the purpose of drawing 58,0001. in Bank notes, and found that he had been anticipated by his employer. It is asserted by some parties, that serious differences have existed among.the partners for a great length of time, and that Mr. S. has merely taken a measure that should compel a crisis in the affairs. This is in some measure corroborated by the circumstance of his .having left a cheque upon his private account for what he took with him. Others, however, say, that this was merely a ruse, t o give the matter an air of a.regular transfer, and to pre vent a Magistrate from granting a warrant, in the event of one being applied for by the other partners. The creditors hear that they will be paid in full. But when did a Bank fail, and such an assertion did not follow ? A Stockbroker, net a hundred miles from the Bank in question, had a narrow escape with a considerable balance. When unfavourable reports became very strong, a week or two since, he drew out the whole amount. He was sub sequently waited upon by one of the firm, who assured him, in the strongest terms, of its stability—adding, that they had 100,060/. more in the house on that day than could by possibility be called for: which representations there is every reason to believe were correct. The Broker, however, after hesitating a few days about taking back his account, luckily made up his mind to fix it at the Bank of England. This failure, it is said, will occasion a stir in the Bo rough of Leominster ; and a certain well-known Lottery Contractor has bees observed to exhibit that pectiliar com placency of countenance with which most persons observe the punishment of An angenereus antagonist. HALF-PAST ONE. We understand that one of Stephenson's clerks went off on Saturday night, supposed to have assisted in making out false accounts, on which the house Was previously as sisted by the bankers up to the present time. No tidings have been heard of Stephenson, but it appears that an Ame rican vessel which has been lying a week at Portsmouth, has suddenly sailed. It is rumoured that the above person may be en beard Ler. TWO O'CLOCK. It is confidently reported that a principal clerk of the banking-house of Remington, Stephenson, Remington, and Toulmin, of the name of Lloyd, has also absconded, on the evening of Friday, and is supposed to be in connection with the absence of Mr. Stephenson. The deficiency increases in amount. Among others who are sufferers is the Life Insurance Company to the amount of 39,000/. Exche quer Bills. A certain ex-Sheriff of notoriety, who is at present in America, to the tune of 16,0001. Altogether the deficiency is now stated at 160,0001. The failure of the banking-house has not had the least effect on the market, although the deficiency is mush larger than the public expected. In the Foreign Market little doing. Sir John Lubbock has taken up the account of the Leominster Bank of T. T. F. Woodhouse, who made their notes payable at Remington and Co.'s. The general topic of conversation in the City 'this morning relates to the late failure of the Bank of Stephen son, &c. In the first place the defalcation is reported to have turned out greater than was mentioned on Saturday. There appears to be a deficiency of eighty thou sand Exchequer hills, thirty-nine thousand of which belong to a certain Insurance Compaq, sixteen thousand to an Ex-Sheriff, supposed at present to be in Alum-eke, and the rest to souls Bankrupt Estate, besides the defi ciency of dee 58,0001. in Bank notes. In fact, every hour further deficiencies are discovered, and it is evident that a great part of the above sums must have bees made away with some time since by the person who has absconded.— We understand that sixteen messengers, or police officers, are gone in search of him, but up to the present time no clue has been discovered, and also that the Lord Mayor ! has granted warrants. The amount missing at the Bank irw•-house is supposed to be 180,000 pounds. THREE 0' CL 0 CS. We notice a report of the return of Mr. Stephenson, to state that up to the above hour there is no truth in the rumour. (From the Times.) SATURDAY EVRWINCL—SOOII after the commencemen of business this morning, the money-market was thrown into a state of dismay by a report that one of the partners in a banking-huttee in Lombard-street had absconded, and carried off with him a very considerable sum of money. On further inquiry this fact was established past doubt, wad it was followed at two o'clock this day by a suspension of payments by the house of which he is a partner—that of Messrs. Remington. :Stephenson, and Co. The partner who has disappeared is Mr. Rowland Stephenson, who is member of Parliament for Leominster, and treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. We think it right to give names thus explicitly, both for the information of the pub lic, and to prevent the suspicion that might otherwise fall on other persons, if they are withheld. Besides the sum taken off in money, which amounts to 58,0001., it is said that a large amount in Exchequer-bills (more than 30,0001.) has btxn abstracted from the banking-house; bra. at present it is matter of inference only that these have been removed by Mr. Stephenson, for whom search has, been made in every direction, but up to this time without any success. The account in circulation is, that Mr. Stephenson, at a late meeting of the partners, laid claim to the money, as belonging to him of right individually, but that his claim was disallowed, and that being the case, he resorted to this method for obtaining what be considered to be his due. Mr. Stephenson, it is said, was at the banking-house yesterday evening for souse time alone, and this morning a cheque was found in his handwriting for 56,000/. on the house, which is therefore presumed to be the sum removed; for, owing to the suite of confusion which followed the discovery, no titriet investigation into the situation of the house could take place. Cheques and bills continued, as we have stated above, to be paid for tome time; and it was not, as we understand, until the discovery had beery made of the removal of the Exchequer bills also, that the other partners determined on a suspen sion of payments. The explanation given by them to their customers was, that they possessed what they consi dered an adequate supply of money in the house, but that owing to the event which had occurred, they were so little able to understand their real situation, that they considered it more prudent to atop. It need not now be concealed that this is the banking-house at which all the rumours of last week pointed. It has since transpired that a meeting of souse of the principal bankers took place there on Monday last, for the purpose of inquiring into its affairs, when statements were made, and securities submitted, which appeared so satisfactory, that all the assistance was given which the house called for. We have reason to know that the bankers so consulted were not only satisfied themselves of the solidity of the house, but spread it abroad that they were so, and induced many of the customers of the house who had withdrawn their amounts to bring them back. It is still maintained, we believe, by these gentlemen, that but fur the disappearance of Mr. Stephenson, and his withdrawing the money front the house, no suspension of payment, would have been necessary. Mr. Stephensou's con duct, so far as it has transpired, is certainly quite inexpli cable, and his friends who know him best think that his mind has been affected by , the difficulties in which the house has been placed, and that he scarcely knew what he was about. Others imagine that he withdrew the money in the first instance for the purpose of redeeming Exche quer-bills deposited in the Bank, but finding they could not be obtained, on account of the holiday, he became alarmed at the prospect of being dialled with having removed the Ex chequer-bills from the houee,and under that feeling absconded with the money. It is thought pretty generally that be will not be found to have quitted the country, or to have - entertained any intention of doing so. Ile was Eeen this lionising, it is said, en the L'eeex•road, and might there- fore have been proceeding to Marshal6t, a teat which he has in that county. Until some further 'information has been obtained on this very mysterious transaction, there will be found in the city every disposition to put the most favourable construction it will allow ma Mr. Stephenson's conduct ; for every man feels that the notion of an indi vidual, who hairis such a rank in society, carrying off pro perty, is inure destructive to credit and confidence than half a dozen failure., and a vital blow to the character of the city itself. The house of Remingto:a, Stephenson, and Co. is not considered to be of the first class, nor cf very extensive business, acd two or three of its best accounts with country banks have been withdrawn within the last twelve mouths. The Canterbury, Ashford, and Winchester banks, have removed their accounts to other houses ; and of the town accounts, it is probable that mote than half were with drawn in consequence of the very general currency of the late rumours. The injury, therefore, aecruiag to indi viduals from the stoppage will be of less extent than is usual on such occasions. The effect on the hinds has nut been very material. Console have declined about per cent. from the highest price of yesterday, but that is in part ascribed to a fall in the exchanges, and to a rise in the price of gold, with some large exportations of the precious metals. (From the Morning Herald) .c has been stated in some of the Sunday Papers that .re Lord Mayor has granted a warrant to apprehend Mr. Stephenson. Now this is not true. An application was made to his Lof dship in private; but there was not any person that could make oath to farts sufficiently to justify hir Lordship in granting a warrant. It appeared that Mr. Rowland Stephenson had absconded with property belong ing- to the firm. A question arose whether he had taken property that did not belong to the firm, but had been merely deposited with them by their customers; and it ap peared that property of that description had beer. taken : but the only individual that could prove the fact was Mr. Remington, and he was so distracted that he was not in a fit stzltso to have an oath administered to him. Officers were dispatched to all the ports after Mi. Stephenson: but, in whatever they do, they will be acting entirely on their own responsibility. It is stated that securities to an immense amount are missing front the strong room of the banking-house. It is not true that Mr. Stephenson was seen at St. li:trtholontew's Hospital on Saturday mornin:, for be had not been there for several days. Although a warrant cannot be granted, yet every facility will be af• forded for apprehending him. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY: FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 27 and 28.—Winal S.S.E. to E.—Thr whole of the outward-bound have sailed. The Lady Hannah, Ellice, for Calcutta, leaving sprung a leak, hay re turned to the River. Arrived the Hope, Porrett, from Terceira. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 27 and 28.—Wind Ar rived the North America, Bartlon, from Alexandria. Sailed the Sir Andrew Hammond, for the South Seas; and Amity, Willcox, for Lagusyra. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrived from London, the Countess- of Dunmore, Robertson, for Berbice. Arr ived the Fly, Carlisle, from Carthagena; and 'Tantivy, Hodges, from the Mediterranean. FAL:mourn, Dcc. 26 and 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Resolution, Mudge, from Lisbon. Sailed' the Christo pher, Harvey, for Genoa; and Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon. _ . - MARGATE, DEC. 2S.—Arrived the Nathan, Beach, from Bengal, sailed from Madras the 22d of August, Cape the 25th of Oct., and St. Helena the Bth ult. COWES, Dxc. 28.—Arrived the North America, Bur den, from Virginia. LIEItrOC Dcc. 27.—Arrivol the Silas Richards, from New York; and Retson, Dellin, from Richebucto. The Kamaslda, White, from Gottenhurgh to London, ran on shore near Stroustadt, but was got off. The -, Taylor, from Leer to London, has put into Delfaye, with loss of tuichors. The Unity, Fox, from Quebec to Ilull, was lost the 19th, on the Ridge, off Hasbro ; crew saved. The Thomas, Anderson, from London to Sligo, put into Stornoway about the 19th inst., to discharge and repair, having been on shore. The Delta, Wallis, from St. Petersburgh to London, was en shore, on Saturday, near Saltfleet. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TwEr.rs o' CLocr. Notwithstanding the great failure in Lombard street, which might naturally be supposed to have au important effect on the monied market, the English Funds have recovered the decline which took place on Saturday. Consols Opened at 87i /, and 801710 purchases of money stock raised them to 87 i; they have been buyers at a fiddle ; Reduced has been done at 86k. The premium on India Bonds and Exchequer Bills has declined to 65 7. The Foreign Funds are nearly without business, Russian Bonds, 95 i; Danish, 62i 3 ; Brazilian, 63/ a ; Portuguese, 534 ; and Mexican, 32 In Shares the premium on Imperial Brazilian Mines is 35 7; United Mexican, 24 3 die. Up to the above hour no tidings have been heard of Mr. R. Stephenson, and considerable alarm is entertained by his friends; it is with much regret we also learn that the amount abstracted from the funds of the firm is now increased, by report, to a much more considerable sum than was first men tioned on Saturday. Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto, for Account, 871 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 86i, India Bonds, 65 67 put. ; Exchequer Bills, 65 67 pm.. T 11' 0 0' CL 0 CK. Consols have been 6374 buyers, but are at presen sellers. Portuguese Bonds THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 87k, buyers. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES Consols 'Danish 63 Do. for Ac. 87 , 1 Brazilian Bonds 631 Buenos Ayres 47i Chilian Do. 21 Columbian, 1824 231 Greek, 1825 16i Mexican, 1825 3 9 1 Peruvian Russian, 951 Spanish The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and the Household of the Royal Duchess, attended divine service yesterday in the private chard in Kensington_ palace. The service was perforated by the Rev. Mr. Davy, Chaplain to the Royal Duchess. A Cabinet Council Was held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-otli e e, D own i tar . stree t, which wee attended by the Duke of W e lli ngton, the E ar l of Aberdeen, Viscount Melville, Ltd Ellenborough, Mr. Secretary Peel, Sir George Murray, a n d M r , Vesey Fitz gerald. The Ministers remained in deliheration upwards of two hours and a half. The American Minister had an interview with Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, at the Office of the Board of Trade, on Saturday. Ilis Excellency transacted business at tho Treasury, and also had a conference w►th the Earl of Aberdeen, at the Office of tl►e Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Viscount Melville and Mr. Secretary Peel visited the Duke of Wellington yesterday. The Lord Chamberlain transacted business on Saturday at the Treasury. A deputation of the G oldsmiths Com p an y waited on Mr. Peel , at the Home-office, and had an inter view with the Right Hon. Secretary. F U N E RAL OF SIR GILBERT EAST, BART. —.The procession that accompanied the remains of this Nobleman to the vault, as ie..ipects ostentation and grandeur, h as never pet haps, !wen exceeded. Tile procession left u a n.plare, Maidenhead, the seat of the deceased, on Friday last, and arrived at the White Hart lan, Brentwo.ii, the same evening, where it rested, mid moved sufficiently early the following morning to reach the Black Boy Inn, Chelins fin d, by seven : after which, the solemn train moved on towards Witham. About halt a mile from its place of destination this grand spectacle was much increased, and doted with about 24. carriages, of the neighbouring gentry. Sir Gilbert has left a widow, but no childr e n. —Windsor Express. About four o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday week, a smart shock of 'an earthquake was felt at Cowie, being the third time within the last four months. A loud thundering none, accompanied and followed the shock, which was heard eastward at the distance of twelve miles.— Caledonian Mercury. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WIC IC. .. ' ;..i . Z r . : 4 From Whence. .7-; r P ? r. , --- i_ — Qv'. Qtr. Qtr. .Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sek Aldborouglt...... 100 1264 - - 36 71 li Alemouth , - - - 1903 , - -.. - Boston - - - 2840 - 1 - i • : Clay :-•:. V a l r c w h i c e )t i er 1 - Leigh 697 201 63 257 396 - 4 . 4 Maldon .566 163 - 109 304 470 13 Gainsborough - - -...— Grangemouth.- - - - - - • ,-.. • - Hull - - 1040 - - 1 Ipswich lO OW/ 1829 25 21 4 S 19 14 Kent 471 444 116 170 81; 4.05 .. 1,,, Lynn - 340 - - - - - Newhaven - - - 1 ,_ _ -._ Poole - 40 30 ' - Southampton - - - - _ _ 1 Stockton - - - 240 - - :Z. Wells Wisbeach Woodbridge 2B 1953 129 - 250 159 1 Yarmouth 1303 1146 - - - Aberdeen - - 3104 I - 1 ..... Banff lO - - 4403 - - Berwick - - 1900 - - Dunbar 9l - - 450 .- - liiverne, l5O - - 106 - - Leith Montrose - - - 72 -- - 2595 7238 5363 17670 2010 1269 l S 1 mien Dublin Galway Limerick - .... - 7 , 729 - - Newry - - 410 - - Sligo - - - 1271 - - Waterford Youghall ~ --b3l - - Fonniox. Amsterdam llBO - - - - - Antwerp 9466 340 1 - - 130 - Archangel Bourdeaux - - Bremen lBlO ' 130 - Sh 100 25 ' Copenhagen ' Dantzic - - - - 1430 Flushing C.O - -' - -. Hamhurgh - 495 - .320 ' Harlingen - 341) - -- 11avre ... ...... I 3.11; - - - - Leghorn ' New York Nyburg 506 - - - 440 • Ostend - - - - -i -, Pe tershurgh lO2l - - .2180 - - l'illau 620 - - - - -- Quebec - - - - - - 1 Slanders _ __ - 205(1 - Riga Ron n ebec k 6lO - - - ' Rotterdam - - - - Spain 4700 - - - t Stockholm I— • Total Au° emu ATE QUANTITY OF OTHER IkINDS OF ru :sit t Rye, o —Taros, o—Linseed, 430-Rapeseed, 0-Brank, I Mustard, 164-.Swels, 250. QUANTITY O 0--Liuseed, Mustard, 11 SMITHFIELD MARKET. 10a :tt) 116 .I.OS L. 100 - 146 K. .1234 Xl4 11757 E. mrr - At this day's market, which exhibited throughout but a moderate supply, each kind of meat met with a tolerably ready sale, I3eef and Mutton at an advance of from 2d. to 6d. per atone ; Veal and Pork, at fully Friday's prices. PRICES YR% STONE OF SLIM TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to 5. d. Inferior Beasts 2 8 210 Second quality ditto 3 9 3 8 Prime largo Oxen 4 B 410 Prime Scots, ac 4lO 5 2 1 n fenor - Sllecp 2lO 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 4 4 0 , Coarse-swooned ditto 4 I 4 101 Soutlidown Wetliers 4- 8 5 31 SUPPLY, AS PER CL Beasts. I Sheep, 1 2,218 11,920 1 About 1100 of the beasts came about 300 from the western and m Norfolk, Sunni, Essex, and C. Kent and Sussex ; and most of tl &c., in the neighbourhood of L s. d. to s. d. Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 .Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Prime small ditto b 0 5 4 Large Hogs 4 9 5 8 Small Porkers 5 4 5 U Suckling Calves I 2s tn Sad. each, Quarter old Pi gs Ilk to 20s. each . E AK ' S STATE NT. Calves. 1 Pigs. I 00 e up the different North Itoasd ; iidland districts ; about 80 from :ambridgethire ;. about '2O from :he remainder from the marshes, ,ondon. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone , by the Cat:: s. d. to s. d. a. d.tos d. Beef 2 4 4 0 Veal ......... 4 0 6 0 )4inton 2 6 4 0 Pork .. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, Nif.WCASTLEMPON,TYNE MARKET...Dee. 97. The farmers supply of Wheat to-day Wls moderate, f or which the demand was heavy, at a fatter decline of 2s. per quarter. There was a fair supply of country Oats, which sold readily, the Potato* at an advance of Is., the other qualities at the prises of last Saturday. In Barley we can note no change, the tine parcels free sale, but fly., middling and inferior are almost unsaleable. Beans and Pease as our last. Very fine Rye in demand. New. Old. Wheat, Northumberland - Norfolk and Suf!bilk 606. Berwick and Scotch Ws. 765....... - Dantzig SOs. 526. -s. Rye, Norfolk and Sudo ...... -. roreign —s —6. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Stidblk...4os. 4c2s - Grinding arid ........... 336. 3Ss. Malt, Norfolk and SuWolk ..... ........... Beam, Small 40s. tom. Tick Pease, White 16s. -- Gray Oats, N rthumbertand, Potatoe ...... 275. 5186, ---- ..... Vis• Foreign Feed •• , .6 Flour, Fine (per sack) per bushel cheaper ; Boili ng Peary CORN lIIARKET.—Dee. sr. support last w ee k' s p r i ces . Wheat to-day is 6J. per 7116 . lower ; Grinding Barley ts , vu t e l l h; saleavO have are er fßu y lel l a i ln u ts l i e l d 'ar o:te ly in soles of Malt—new is l s. per load cheaper. Plour is 2s. to 36. per sack lower than last week, and Oatmeal about Is. per load. The mild season, with the fickle state of the market, prevents con sumers providing against frost, which sometimes causes an extensive trade, at this time of the year. cilAomary Bushel. Quer. of 8 hap Bush, Wheat (7011).) s. d. to s. d. s. d. to a. English, 6 12 082 9 S 6 4' Fine New..-----11 0 11 6 72 2 82 9 Second Runs —lO 0 II 0 73 0 79 at Scotch & Welch II 0 II 9 79 St 7 Irish, Fine Old 1U 6 11 0 '75 '7 79 2 New —lO 2 10 9 73 9 77 4 Interior 9 0 10 0i 61 U 72 0 Foreign ' Free ll - 6 It 211 U v S 7 7 Barley (60lb ) English, Fine Irish cn .114 .-t• I% ,r 4 • 63 6 9 54 6 0 30 3 3 43 4 46 9 36 )1 41 7 34 8 36 4 Inferior for grinding Oats (45ib.) Sce eh P ta oe '2 4 English, lr ,or ... F° l li i i i :e o et a v i l e in n l g d a e n -..-...: 1 1 -- 44 4 4 2 3 1 44 4 4 Foreign, 4 0 4 Pease (1.1111). Blue, (tinders) 0 7 3 White (ditto) 6 6 6 0 .deans (Imp. Qr.) a. d. to a. d. (Per S English, 48 0 50 0 /*lour, Interior— 46 0 48 0 42 0 43 SI 1 33 7' 31 1 St 4 30 5 31 8 31 8 33 7 2 10 SI I, i••••• • 0 b 0 0 Seconds 51 U Malt (per loud of 6 h op. Bush.) I— Irish, Fine. 00 tl Nottaigli,un, tine.. 50 0 St U --SuperSue U Yorkshire ,4s 0 SO 0 ----Heated or stale 52 0 Irish and Inferior—, 36 0 4e 0 Per load of i4illb. Per Sack of 2901 b. Imp. Oatincal, t uglisa., 17 0 u Plour,Notts. Fine 60 U 61 0 ---,Scotch to Irish :It3 U 40 0 Sup. 63 0 64 U reeding o 7 u 31 u 52 0 64 0 48 0 NS ck S. d. to a. d. icrfolk and JOblk, Flue 0 Flue 58 U 61 0 to U S."! 0 61 0 (b 0 5%11 Foreign Last week a gentleman in the neighbourhoo Cardiganshire shot a bea u tif u l u hi te wot d d o c t o ' c N k o e Til a ri ? is now in the posocision of Mr. Shaw, of Shroisbury, for the purpose of being stuffed.— Cumbrian. Edinburgh is in a dreadful state, at least the New Town, with Typhus fever : it is very fatal, anti rapidly increasing, so much so that the new Acaili.my and sert•ral private schouli were obliged to be shut up for some - days past. It is a fact, that scarcely one family in Great Kiug , street has es,rapetl, and in :natty instaueee it has ter. initiated fatelly. People are leaving town in t umbers, but we oust the hclidays will see it get less preva'ent. It is coutintil to the higher thisseB. Greenock Adeati. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. The supplied of all sorts of Grain last week, but espe cially- of Foreign Wheat were very large, with a consi derable qwtutity of Fleur coastwise. The market to-day, like the weather, is extremely dull, the best English Wheat is Is. to 2e., and damp parcels 3s. to 4s. gat quarter cheaper than on thin day se'anight ; the foreign samples may be purchastsl at 2s. per quarter reduction. Bar!ey, unless superfine, is very heavy in disposal, ami may be obtained at rath'.r lower terms. 862114 and Pet.se are so little in 'demand, that with great difficulty the terms quoted can be made. The Oat trade partakes of the ge neral heaviness, and only good heavy parcels maintain last quotations. The stock of Flour in London is still Very great, and there is some es\peetation that the top nominal price must be reduced ba. per 9ack• flacks ON 130.11 th OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) ---s. -s. Beans, Small (new)...-s. .-s. White (old) -s. --ti„ ...---- (old) ....455. 504. Red :1828) - 'rick (new)....1t11. 'Ms. - Fiiie 6os. 63.5. . (old) .... 38i 40.,. - Superflue 6os. 70s. - !farrow (new) 'is. 44)4. White (1923) st3s. CS& - Fine 70s 735. Brank 0 4s. Vis. - Superfine 765. SOs. Oats, Feed `his. 505. Foreign free flis. 90s. ---- New ' ISs. 9 45. .386. 42s - Poland 945. 30s. New Ms. 34a. New...... 20s. 275. 3r.s. 32s - l'otatoe 25.4. kits. 46s 45; ...... . . 60s. 655. - Scotch ?lid. 3. - , 68s 70s. - Irish 20s. 235., 29 . ss. 406. Hour Town (per sack) 705.: 755. 41a. 42;. - Seconds 60, Ms. , 4os. 445. --- North Country 5E4. 63 4 . 405. 483. Bran ...., ............ .... 7s. Be. Rye .. Barley ----- Fine Superfine Malt Grey Maple White Boilers , 'ease, _a "--.,.