The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-04 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. • (From the .Gazette de - France, dated Dec. 2.) TRIESTE, Nov. 2 o . — Alemantile letters from Zara say, that the. Montenegrins have recommenced their plundering incursirAs on the fruntiers of Dalmatia. The cordon on the frontiers has been reinforced by several detachments of Chasseurs, and the Govern ment has Proclaimed martial law, in consequence of which several robbers, who were arrested, have been executetd. VIENNA, Nov. 2:2.--Our Funds are rising. Yes terday a courier was•despatehed to St. Petersburgh, aria another arrived from London. The last accounts from Cronstadt announce that the cases of plague have become more numerous in a neighbouring village where it has broken out; but RS the place has been surrounded by troops, and every precaution taken, it is not doubted that with the excellent measures employed in the Lazarettos, all danger of contagion will be averted. PARIS, DEC. I.— Some Journals have announced on the authority of letters dated the 15th and 16th, that Don Miguel was in a much more dangerous situation than he was confessed to be. Now we are able to state, from letters of a more recent date re ceived by express, that the. situation of the Prince does not excite any alarm, and authorises the hope of a very speedy recovery. (Prom the Courier Francais of Monday.) PARIS, DEC. I.—We are assured that we were well informed in announcing that the French army . could not quit the Morea till towards the end of March. It appears, however, that the Ministry pro poses to bring back those whose cure is prevented by the influenee.of the climatt. At the same time it is said that those of our soldiers who have served their term will return also. Our expedition to the Morea not being considered as a suspension of the state of peace, the delivery of the definitive conga , will not be interrupted. On the 20th of last September M. de Debelleique, Prefect of Police, published an Ordinance for the extinction of mendicity. We remarked at the time that the effectual mode of attaining this end was the removal of the causes of mendicity ; that we must put an end to the protection of lotteries and gaming houses, and the multiplication of convents and reli ligious establishments, which - continually acquire without alienating; we said, in fine, that work must be procured for vagabonds, rather than shutting them up and sequestering them from society. Now the Prefect addresses himself to the benevolence of the inhabitants of Paris, to obtain, by subscription, the means of increasing the depot of, \Tillers Cot erets, and forming branches at Paris. We begin by 'declaring the law inhuman which punishes with long imptisonment- those unfortunate persons whom misfdrturies 'have reilneed to the ne cessity of begging, pr who,,-without having been found begging, have not -been able-to-show a resi dence and means of subsistence. That provision which gives absolute authority to the sub-prefects to detain persons con victed •of vagabondism and beggars, for an indefinite period, is equally hard. In the first place; we think that the society, which has established for its benefit the right of pi ()- petty, arid which severely punishes robbery, is rigorously bound to provide for the subsistence of beggars, whom their age, infirmities, or sex, render unfit for productive labour; in the second place, healthy beggars ought • not to be deprived of their liberty, except for the time necessary to amass a saving to supply them with the first necessaries, and that in fine the punishment of imprisonment ough to be suppressed since there is no real crime. _ _....._. Now, for the support of 'the poor in the Budget are allowed six cents and a-half on the produce of the general contributions for the depots of mendi city, and the Councils General of these Departments have a right to vote to the amount of five cents of the same contributions for the same purpose. Now we applaud the motives which induce M. de: Belleique to institute the present subscription for the purpose of increasing the .means of subsistence of the poor. It must, however, 'be' remembered, that the budget of the city of Paris amounts to 45 millions, which is greater than the revenue of Denmark, or the Swiss Confederation. No doubt, if the unnecessary expenses to ,which this is devoted . were laid aside, there would be means enough left to form new depots, or increase that of Villers-Coterets. . _ We conclude by observing, that subscriptions ought never to have for their objects that which affects the social body, and for which supplies are voted in the Budget. FRENCH Funns.—Rentes, Five per Cent. 107 f. 30c. 10c. Three per Cent., 751. 75c. 76f. Bank Actions, 1642 f. 50c. FOREIGN Fu N DS. ---Neapolitan Rentes, Cert. Pal. 81 f. 25c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 99i-; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 51 50i; llaytian Loan, 632 f. 50e. 6.301. Extract of a letter from Paris, dated Novem ber 21 :—" His Royal Highness the Prince Conde, Duke de Bourbon, has given a .zuost-splendid fete in honour of St. Hubert, at Chantilly. Above 50 of the most dis tinguished personages of France (amongst whom was Prince Louis of %Men; Prince Talleyrand, &c.) were present at a series of entertainments which lasted a week. The stag and wild boar were hunted ; and shooting, bin. (petting, theatricals, and illuminations, in turn contri buted to delight the distinguished party." It has just come to wit knowledge, that a kindness, the more delightful, because never intended to be published, was exercised a day or two ago by the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, Mr. Price. A gentleman at one time of high standing in the theatrical profession, but who, through misfortunes, has been, with his family, entirely dependent in an infirm old age, upon the labours of a son, even now not more. than 22,, died last week, and his death was yesterday followed by that of his youngest daughter. It may b e imagined how heavily th e great expence of the illnesses and funerals of two persons under such circum stances must fall upon an extremely scanty income. Mr. Price being apprised of the emergency, immediately sent a cheque for a handsome sum to assist in relieving it. The deceased gentleman was nineteen years a subscriber to th e Covent-garden Theatrical Fund, but, by some chan ce , not having paid up the twentieth year, 'he was considered as disentitled to the annuity. Mr. Fawcett has been ap plied to to represent the distressing position of the family to the fund, and to urge the Committee to do something for their relief. It is to be hoped the benevolent Manager will not be less active than he generally is on similar occa sions.— Times. * A festive meeting of the members of the club of " True Highlanders," the object of whicsh is to alle viate the wants of aged and distressed Scotchmen, and to cultivate the language, manners, and customs of the lliQh lands, was held at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur street, on Tuesday. The principal attraction of the even ing was the expected presence of General Stewart, one Of the most enthusiastic members of the society, who set out yesterday for the governmer tof St. Lucia. The General, however, was unable to attend • but the meeting did not forget his merits, either as a soldier or an annalist of the Highland regiments. ELOPEMENT. —On Wednesday night la'st, about twelve o'clock, Mr. B. Broughton, a plumber and glazier, of Horncastle, eloped from that town with Miss Caroline Simpson, daughter of the late Mr. Simpson, for merly an excise officer: they were matried the following morning at Hull.—Boston Gazette. A few evenings ago, a rough-looking Irish man called at a Clergyman's house in Stranracr, and civilly requested the loan of his great coat, for the use of a surgeon, who had been deprived o f his own by some acci dent, and whose compliments he delivered in due f orm . The minister was just about to comply w ith the request, when the thought struck him that as h e was a tall, and the Dactor rather a short man, it was strange that the mes. cenger should have paSsed so many friendly doors, an d landed at his in the suburbs of the town. In these cir cumstances he told the man that when he brought a line he would get the article, and though Pat affected great cheerfulness, and promised•to return with a written order, he never found his way back. When inquiries were made next day, it was discovered t' at the Hibernian Jeremy Diddler had been trailing entirt ly on his own account. Though the applicant had a good great coat of his own, be tried the same trick at other houses; but as the attempt failed in every instance, we infer that the lieges are all d' Yorkshire," and not to be done in that way.—Dumfries Courier. •ionliiumniiiftilmwasiammomu PRICES OF to - 011E16( FUNDS THIS DAV AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds 64U Peruvian Bonds 11.uetios Ayres Bonds ...... ... Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds .. , Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds 24 (3 Ditto, New Ditto, 1824 23+t, !Russian 9 6!-i Danish 633(3 , Spanish, i 921 — Greek Bonds 1823 — Ditto, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican Bonds . 3 per cent. Ditto, 1825 3 2 1 14' -- Exchange —t. —c. . i)r 1411. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1828, Our City Correspondent informs us, that in consequence of the Bank having yesterday dis counted so liberally, it is expected that there will be a new issue of Bank Notes in the course of this day, to the amount of 750,0001., which will give an increased impetus to business. Money is mere abundant, and the rate of discount is lower to-day, probably in consequence of the determination come to by the Bank of France. Such conduct will give increased stability to public confidence, and thereby promote the general welfare. It is generally reported in the political circles ,n Paris, that the opening of the Chambers will ;ake place on the 27th January—much about he time that our own Parliament will meet. The French Papers of Monday, and the Gazette de France dated Tuesday, have been received. Their contents arc not politically im portant. But they contain some news of a com mercial nature which is highly interesting and important to the people and prosperity of France. It is that the Bank of France has resolved on re ducing the interests on the discounts of that establishment frotil four to three per cent. This proposition was made at a meeting of time pro• prictors by M. L AFITTE, the great banker o Paris, and- the most influential monied man it France. The proposition was favourably re ceived, and the further discussion upon the mea sure adjourned for eight days, in order the better to give it the amplest consideration. "No doubt," as a Morning Contemporary has well expressed it "is entertained of its ultimate adoption : " Such a measure, though carried into effect by an esta blishment which is of infinitely less importance to the commerce and financ•ts of France, than the Bank of Eng land is to those of this country, cannot fail to have a great influence on the interest of capital, and on all monied transactions among our neighbours. The Bank of France, -by-avoiding all transactions with Government, and having none of its capital-locked up in Government securities, is enabled to lend accommodation to trade nearly as exten sively as our more gigantic establishment. For some time past it has discounted at four per cent., and his had sufficient employment tin• its funds at that rate. By reducing the rate front four to three per cent., it lessens by 25 per cent. the profitable employment of all capital advanced to trade. Other banking houses, in the metro. 1 lis at least, must follow the example, and thus a considerable change must be produced in the benefits aris ing from the accumulation of capital. While this mea sure is in contemplation by the Bank, the Government of the country seems pledged to an opposite system. By the failure of M. de Villele's attempt to reduce the 5 per Cent. Stock of France to one of a lower denomination, the public creditor is still phi at • the former high rate, and the exist ing Administration cannot venture to take advantage of present circumstances to relieve the public from any part of its burdens without incurring the odium to which their• predecesiors were exposed. Thus the Govern ment of France pays 10,000,0001, or 12,000,0001. sterling for a debt of between 200,000,000/. and 210,000,000/. while private borrowers can obtain accom modation for a fourth or a fifth less. The consequence of this proceeding of the Bank must be, to raise the price of the public funds, if Government persists in its determina tion to attempt no reduction of the rate of interest. The formation and announcement of a commission to ir quire into the existing restraints on French trade, and the means of its improvement, have invited addresses and projects front many of the manufacturing and com mercial districts and towns of the kingdom. A meeting of. the principal merchants of Lille lately adopted resolutions, and voted a representation to this com mission, in which they demand that their city be made an entrepot for colonial produce—that commodities not prohibited in France may be admitted to them on the land side as well as by sea—that the duty on coffee be reduced—that the tobacco monopoly may be abo lished, and that the prohibition of receiving colonial produce from England be abolished. Thus, at the very time when some ignortnt or interested persons among us are clamouring for the re-enactment of restrictions happily abolished, the French commercial body seems to join the Government in demanding a review of their system, with the object of rendering• it more liberal or less exclusive." German Papers, received this morning, say that the late news from England, respecting the price of wheat, had rather damped the ardour of speculators in corn--:-so much so, that upon a comparison of the positive cost and the pro bable returns, they had, wisely no doubt, deter mined not to export any : r•Roal THE MAINS, NOV. 22. The last accounts from England inform us that the average price of wheat had reach il ed et., :i3 is s., on a ly n , d is. r conse quently . th i e le du sp ty ect o d i a l to fo rs r , ei i g az pla • doubt whether consignmentsrter to British ports could be made with ad vantage from this part of Germany down the Rhine at the present price of wheat. According to their estimate, the expenses of carriage aprli.idceduhtlit:Esnlgvloatnildd, absorb the whole difference between t h e original price of articles so that i t f he adecline a s n h d o theil;d market ' Pi ace there, which from the reduction of the duty may be confidently expected, such commercial speculations would brin g loss rather than profit. VIESNA, Nov. 22. The Courrier de Smyrne of Oct. 11, has long ex tracts from letters from Canca, in the island of Candia, which are of an old date, (indeed Aug. '20.) but contain some interesting particulars. They speak with much apprehension of the state of things the island, and with considerable bitterness of the conduct of die Greeks, and of the English squadron blockading the ports. The Greeks, it is stated, who are disposed to rebellion compel their countrymen who are disposed to remain quiet by threats of killing them if they refuse to take part, and they rob them of their corn and cattle, and thus force them to join in order to obtain subsistence. The PRICES OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Y10ck>e,...i....,, ..... 209 2% iSouth Sea Stock 3 per Cent. Red. r,6 % 3/4% iOld Annuities — 3 cer Cent. Cons, ro.:, per Cent. 9SU f Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d.62 61 65pm. Ditto Red _WY %96 ;Ditto 500 2d. 62 65 pm. 4 per Cent. Ditto, P. 26 lOl% 4 i Ditto Commercial 13.nk L. Ann. - , Bank for Account India Stock — lindia for Account Ditto Bonds 64 138 pm. !Cons. for Acct 873043-6% : must excite. What shall we say of the English squadro__, which, though allowed without restraint to take in provisions in the several ports of the island, notwith standing the strict blockade which it enforces, remains a quiet spectator of all the excesses that are com mitted, yet it belongs to one of the Powers which have declared that the treaty of 6th July was made to prevent bloodshed. It was even ob served that on the late landing of the Greeks, the English squadron appeared in the road of Canea, and it is generally believed that this diversion was intentional, as it obliged the Turks to leave 500 men in the batteries, who might otherwise have been employed against the Greeks ; and on the same day the Pacha offered the English permission to take whatever provisions they wanted in the town, an offer of which they made ample use. As Mustapha Pacha has, on the whole, a force of above eight thousand men, the writer says he will be able to overcome the Greeks, and the consequences of the war in this un happy island may be easily foreseen ; and it is the more strange that this state of things should be allowed to continue, as the Turks have given no cause for it, but would have ensured to the Greek population peace and security, by their wise and be neficent Government, and the simple disapprobation of the President, or a summons from the Admiral of the allies, would put an end to the troubles at once. VIENNA, Nov. 22.—Metalliques, 9511; Bank Shares, 1095. It affords us very great pleasure to perceive that the public sympathy keeps sensibly alive to the cause of the distressed Spaniards, Portu guese, and Italian Exiles, as will be seen by the list of subscriptions in our front page. We earnestly trust that those who have not yet contributed their mite, will step forward and aid the cause of benevolence by charitable bene dictions. Those whom delicacy has hitherto de terred, may forward their donations anonymously to the Secretary, and thus " Do good by stealth, yet blush to find it fame." We arc happy to learn from documents which have been laid before the Lord Chamberlain, that the gasometer has been removed from Covent-garden Theatre, and every means for the manufacture of gas Vut a decided stop to. Equally gratified are we at perceiving the prompt attention paid by the Lord Chamberlain to the safety of the public: Before - he would permit the Theatre to be • re-opened, his Lordship , addressed a letter to the Proprietors, in which he requested that they would supply him with vouchers for the safety of Covent Garden, which they accordingly did. We hope that this vigi lance will be continued, for by a strict attention to the state of public buildings in general much calamity may be averted. While on the subject, we may just remark that the observations in a Morning Paper, whose exceeding impudence is by no means its least recommendation, on the state of the gas at Drury Lane, has already disgusted the majority of its very few subscribers. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVII o' CLOCK. In the absence of political intelligence in the City the principal topic of conversation has been can vassing the reported intention of the Bank of France to discount at a lower rate of interest; many persons express their doubts of such a plan being put in exe cution, and the opinion in Paris is, we understand, nearly divided on the subject of its practicability. Consols closed yesterday at 87f-, for account, and opened this morning at 87f -a, became buyers, but went down to 878 ; the market afterwards under went an improvement, and they are now at the open ing price ; the Contango has been reduced to I per cent.; Reduced have been buyers at 96k. The premium on Exchequer Bills has undergone an im provement from 60 2 to 6.5 7 ; and India Bonds from 62 4 to 64 7. The transactions in the Foreign Funds have been, up to the above hour, of little or no importance; Portuguese, 54k; Russian, 961 ; Danish Bonds, 631 -; Brazilian Stock, 64 I; Buenos Ayres, 478. In Shares there is nothing new to report, either in prices or business. Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto, for Ac cou❑t, 874 ; Four per Cent., shut ; India Stock, 242 ; Bank Stock, 2071; ; India Bonds, 62 64 pm.; Ex chequer Bills, 65 7 pm. I'OREIG N.-Brazilian, 64 4; Buenos Ayres, 47 8 ; Chilian, 26 7; Colombian, 23A- ; Danish, 63i i; Greek, 17; Melican,Five per Cent. 26 ; Ditto, Six per Cent., 321 Peruvian, 19 ; Portuguese, 54 i; Russian, 964 ; Spanish, 101 MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 75 dis. ; Brazilian, 42 4 pm. ; Bolanos, SO pm. ; Colombian, 14 dis. ; Re.il Del Monte, 150 per share; Tlalpuxahua, 20 per share; United Mexican, 22 21 dis. TWO O'CLOCK. A considerable change in the Money market has taken place to-day. Money is much easier in the City, and Exchequer Bills, on which 5 per cent. was demanded yesterday, may be had at 3 per cent. to-day. The liberal conduct of the Bank is stated to l)e the cause of this favourable change. Consols remain, for Account, 871 i. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 87} 1. HUNTON'S PROPERTY.—Yesterday Hun ton's property at Layton was sold at Garraway's, by Mr. Farebrother. The room was crowded. The property was bought in fur 3,4501., being the amount for which it was mortgaged prior to Messrs. Curtis having any right in it. The highest bidder went to 3,1001. The lease of the Bishopsgate house was sold for 4001. .A correspond ent , i n allusion to a paragraph in yesterday'st?aper, suggests the most probable object of i negociation, t any, said to be going on between tha Noble Premier and a distinguished member of the Bar, is to bring about an arrangement which would prevent the latter from succeeding to an office which would bring him more into the Royal presence than might be agreeable.—lllorn. Herald. Sphakiotes are incited by emissaries to make them selves masters of the crop of olives, which is more abundant than has been known for many years. The letters express surprise that the allied Powers, who publicly disapproved of the expedition against Scio, suffer such a state of things to last, and quietly look upon disturbances excited by- a feW individuals who, whether authorised or not by the President, seek only their own interest. The Turkish autho rities do their utmost to protect the peaceable Greeks, but not a day passes that some Turk is not murdered in the country, and it must be expected that the Turks will at length lose patience, and the Paella (Mustapha) will not always be able to re strain the exasperation which such a state of things MESSRS. FRY AND CHAPMAN'S BANK RUPTCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six—ln reference to the Report furnished by me of the proceedings at the meeting of the creditors of the above firm, I beg to state that in the hurry of sending off my report, I ought to have mentioned that the sums were to be proved, not that they had been proved. They stand as mentioned in my report, in the books produced at , the meeting, and formed the subject of public conversation._ The confusion which existed in the Court, and the appa rently determined manner of parties engaged to keep every thing secret, rendered it a matter of the utmost difficulty to ascertain what debts were proved, and what were not proved. At the future meetings of the creditors it will be seen, when the proofs are made, how far the sums due to Coun try Bankers, as mentioned in my report, are incorrect. I subscribe myself most respectfully, YOUR REPORTER. Dec. 4. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. Lord Viscount Ecresf ,rd in Cavendish-square ; the Earl and Countess of Surrey at Norfolk House, in St. James's-square, from Worksop Manor; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hope in Mans field-street, from Deepdene ; Earl and Countess Cowper, from their seat, Pansanger, Herts , Countess de Grey in St. James's. square, from her seat in Surrey; Lord and Lady Bangor and family at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Farnham at the Royal Hotel, St. James's.street, from Richmond ; Mr. and Mrs. Carter in Chesterfield-street, from Lyme Regis in Dorsetshire ; Captain Chadwick in Clifford-street, from Malta; Mr. and Mrs. Bromley in South Audley-street, from Warwickshire ; Major Fielding oh Pall-mall, from the Netherlands ; Mr. and Mrs. Hood in Lower Seymour-street, from Brighton ; Captain Peacock in Waterloo-place, from Dublin ; Mr. Musters in Grosvenor-place; Capt. Leslie , _ at Fenton's Hotel, from a tour ; Mr. and M rs . Norton in Harley-street, from Brighton. CHANGES. Capt. Anthony Walker, from Maidstone, for Chester; Major and Mrs. Hammond, from Ramsgate tbr Bath ; Earl of Shrews bury,, from his seat, Heythrop, Oxfordshire, for Alton Abbey, Statlbrdshire ; General and Madame Sablonkoff, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Norfolk; Colonel and Mrs. Charles Dashwood, from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Canterbury ; Colonel and Mrs. White, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for their seat, Porters, Herts ; Captain and Mrs. Fitzgerald, from Harley-street, for Melton Mowbray, Leicester. shire, ARRIVALS AT BATH. Hon. F. Lumley, Baron de Sternberg, Sir Edmond and Lady Stanley, Lieutenant-Colonel Cassell, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Howard, Major Lowder, Captains Carnet, Hamilton, Young, Huntly, Lieutenant Turrgy, Rev. Messrs. Ireland, Pear. son, tiroset, G. R. Kensit, Stanhope, Mr. and Mrs. Ayerst, Hasting, Hickman, Taylor, Clark, Brace, Charlton, Parkhouse, Messrs. Bland, Cox, Collingridge, Fussell, Jenkins, Lawson, Lovell, Robertson, 'Poker, Snowden, Wigget, Luton. Knatch_ bull, Baker, W atts, Moss, Hare, Mold, Daley, Warrener, Slater, Price, Phipps, Tudway, Flight, Lawson, Roebuck, Mis tresses Bostein, Grey, Harrison, Jackson, Croft, Rose, Watkins, Colonels Grant, Taylor, Falkland, Wickham, Misses Harvey, Barrett, North, Little, Baker, Thomas, Holland, Richards, Coultharel, Charlton, Taylor, Falkland, Hill, Jocelyn, &c. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM, Count de la Rochefoucault, Hon. Somers Cocks, Sir Anthony Leetimer°, Bart. Dr. Shoolbred, Colonel Smithson, Colonel An. drews, Major Robertson, Captain and Mrs. Gronow, Captain Hodgson, Rev. J. W. Hayes, Rev. A. Kelly, Alderman and Mrs. Budges, Mr. and Mrs. Slater, Messrs. Morton, W. Price, Flirter, Jenkins Coker, Carter. Watney, G. Roebuck, Innes, Morley, C. F. Alder, T. Mullins, Wasey, Burton, Gresley, Leehmere, Jones, Williams, Crane, Bird, Mrs. Browne and family, Mrs. Fenton, Mrs. Betty, Miss Boscawen, Miss Towns end, Miss Bisset, &c. A RRIV AIS AT THE STEYNE HOTEL, BRIGHTON. Mr. and Mrs. G. Fuller, Lady Nugent, and Miss Longden, Miss Baker, Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, Mr. Westby, Captain Robe, &c. ARRIVALS AT THE OLD SHIP HOTEL, BRIGHTON. Mr. Davis, Mr. and Miss Watson, Mrs. Martinez, Mrs. Stead man, Mr. and Mrs. Finch Vedler, Mr. Byrne, Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby, Mr. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Seddon, &e. We understand that Mr. Denman's election to a Silk Gown was first communicated to that Learned Gentleman by a note from the Duke of Wellington, in which his Grace assures Mr. D. that the King was satis fied the expressions made use of during the Queen's trial were not intended to he pet sonally offensive, but arose out of professional zeal for the cause of his client. The Duke also adds, that it is his Majesty's wish that the " patent" should have date with those of the late batch of King's Counsel. One of the London Journals lately took notice of a very fine log of • Honduras mahogany, which produced the amazing sum of 6681. ss. ; it has turned out that this log was only one of three pieces from the same tree, and the importers, Messrs. G. F. Angas and Company, of Jeffrey's-square, London, have lately received the other two pieces home, per the Alexander. The first log, which was the mid.lle piece, measured 2,093 feet; the two end pieces together measure 4,103 ft. 8 inches, and the weight of the whole three pieces at the King's beam wan 14 tons 1 cwt. 2 gni. 24 lbs.—A more beautiful and valuable piece of mahogany, it is supposed, was never imported from Honduras. A Grand Ball will be given at Camberwell, on Monday, the 15th instant, for the benefit of the Spanish and Italian Refugees. - We have the pleasure to state that the sub scription for the Spanish and Italian Refugees amounts to the sum of four thousand three hundred and fifty pounds. That delightful winter residence, Torquay, is filling rapidly. Among the late arrivals are the Mar chioness of Bute, the Countess of Guildford, Sir L. V. Palk, his Lady an 4 family, Lady Clanbrock, Honourable Lady Trench, Lady Rathdown and her daughter, Lady Ann Monett, Lord Birne, the Hon. Miss Grey, Hon. Mr. Bul ler, and family, Lady Buller. Lord and Lady Dudley, and Lord and Lady Sandon, with numerous other families of distinction, are shortly expected.—Exeter Alfred. SINGULAR DREAM.—Between eight and nine months ago a woman of this town dreamt that a female of her acquaintance had died in childbed. She com municated her dream to the female in question, who laughed at it, and treated it as idle coinage of the woman's brain. A few days ago, however, the unfortunate indivi dual was taken in labour, and, we lament to say, died under the very circumstances prefigured in the dream.— Liverpool Albion. NATURAL HISTORY.--On Sunday week a very fine black martin or swift was seen taking an aerial excursion about the cathedral of Durham, with as much spirit and lightsome gaiety as if it had been hovering in the warmth of a July sun. The summer visits of these birds generally terminate about the month of August, and they are very rarely to be met with ill the north after that period. The swallow may be seen to the latter end of Sep tember.—Hull Packet. A few clays since two notorious poachers, father cnd son, each named John Tout, were detected in one of Lord Rolle's preserves et Bieton. His Lordship himself secured the father, and the keepers took the son, and found in their possession a long net and a cock phea sant. They have been sentenced to three months' hard labour at the tread-mill in the county bridewell, and to find securities for their good behaviour for one year.— Western Luminary. A short time ago a hare was killed, on the Duke of Devonshire's estate, at Londsborough, in York shire, the head, neck, and breast, one ear, and both fore legs of which were of milk white. All the other parts were of a beautiful grey.— Chester Coro ant. On Saturday last a seizure of base coin, to the amount of 11601. was made by Mr. Lavender, in the house of a Mrs. Morton, of George Leigh-street, Man chester. Mrs. Morton was taken into custody, and com mitted for trial. The scarlet fever is raging with great fury at Ghent : no less than 47 children were carried off by it in three days.—Brussels Paper. CORBETT'S CORN AGAIN.—" Cobbett," said one friend to another, " is making every thing of his cern—he'll make roast beefof it next, I expect." " Corned beef, I suppose you mean," rejoined the other. the report which has just been published relative to the means of finishing the canals in France un dertaken in virtue of the laws of 1821-22, it appears that, for a long time past, the establishment of canals has been intrusted either to the State (which employed the general funds of the Treasury), or to companies of capitalists,' to whom were secured the receipt of toll, &c. on the canals they constructed. Each of these systems had its peculiar advantages and disadvantages; but hitherto no attempt has been made to unite the two so as to form a third.— In 1821 an opportunity was afforded for the opening of canals wherever they were practicable, and the whole of the works required a capital of 1,113,684,902 f. It was hoped that private companies would undertake this vast enter prise, so that the Treasury would have no outlay, but not a single undertak er appeare d . O t h er arrangements made in 1822 were only partially successful, and the works advanced but slowly. It therefore now becomes indispensably necessary to adopt some other system ; and with this view the C ount M o l e proposes to t h e commis sion-Ist. That in fut ure i nqu i ry s h a ll b e ma d e prev i ous to conceding or beginning any plan ; 2d, Measures taken for encouraging th e f ormat i on of compan i es ; 3d, o exa mine whether it may not often be advisable that Govern ment, instead of being the borrower, should become a lender ; 4th, To apply to the Director-General for posh. tive information relative to all the canals, either finished or commenced, forming part of the public property; and to examine whether these canals, divided into lots or other wise, might not be ceded to companies who would under take to complete them and keep them in repair.— Galig tna's Messenger. s, No., - No, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 3.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—The outward-bound sailed last evening. —Arrived the Ark, Morris, from Honduras. A number of craft have been employed to-day weighing the anchors lost in the Downs; but only One has yet been landed, the others being dropped near shore. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind S.S.W. to W.— Arrived from London the Fifeshire, Wilson, for Brazil, with loss of anchor and cables; and the Ceres, from Spain. PLYmouTH, DEC. 2.—Wind E.—Arrived the Beales, Howes, from Smyrna ; Olive, Fudge, from Messina ; and Nymph, Powers, from ditto. FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind S.E. to E.—Arrived the Navarin, Middleton, from St. Domingo; Hot spur, White, from Manzanilla ; Emancipation, Richardson, from Quebec; and Mavalison, from Leghorn. MARGATE, DEC. 3.--Arrived the Pegasus, Pugh, from Jamaica. RAMSGATE, DEC. 3. Arrived the Frances Louisa, Moller, from Oporto. DARTMOUTH, DEG. 2.—Arrived the Symmetry, Gibbons, from Pernambuco ; Dove, —, from Valencia; Florida, Weston, from Boston. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2.---Arrived the Zelis, Landers, from St. John's, N.B. DUBLIN, DEC. 2.—Arrived the Margaret, An derson, and Perceval, Johnson, from Quebec; Lovely, Cruiser, from Lisbon ; Mungo Park, —, from Oporto. GREENOCK, DEC. 1.--Arrived the Elizabeth, M`Lean, from Demerara; and Sophia, Neal, from Montreal. PENZANCE, DEc. 2.—The Ann, Burner, from Dartmouth to Liverpool, in getting under weigh this morning from Mount's Bay, went on Angus Ledge, but was hove off and warped up to the pier. Cargo discharging, KINSALE, Nov. 29.—The Lowland Lass, Miles, of and from Yarmouth, to Ancona, has put in here, with loss of foremast. BELFAST, DEC. 1.-I'he Nymph, Molloy, bound to Jamaica, was got off yesterday evening, without damage, and is now proceeding to sea with a fresh breeze at N.E. MARGATE, DEC. 3.--The Pegasus, Pugh, ar rived in the roads from Jamaica, sailed the 23d Sept. She saw two vessels on shore on Sound Point, one apparently an American, the other a large British brig. ALDBOROUGH, DEc. 3.--A large boat was picked up here yesterday, painted on the stern " Saviour, of Hawiek, Joseph Cobb." YARMOUTH, DEC. 3.—His Majesty's sloop Chil ders returned to the Roads, and brought up safely last night. The sloop, reported yesterday as dis masted, proves to be the Ancbolm of Hull, Chap man, from Boston to London, and has been brought into the harbour. The Stirling, Hill, of Aberdeen, collier, from Peterhead to London, was, during the gale, assisted by a boat into Lowestoffßoads, where she lays in a leaky state; she bad been abandoned by the crew previous to the people there having gone to her assistance. Rims, Nov. 30.—The Emeline, Coppen, put into Brest 20th instant, with damage and very leaky, having experienced very severe weather in the lati• tude of Cape Finisterre, and it was suppoied would be obliges to discharge. The Dido, Luscornbe, from Newfoundland,:was on shore in Bootle Bay, on Tuesday. The Mary, from Miramichi to Leith, was darer' on Bondica rocks on Monday; two of the crew drowned. The North Star, of North Shields, was wrecked on the Barnet Sand on Monday; crew drowned. The Hunter, Latour, from Philadelphia to Bor deaux, was totally lost at the entrance of the Ga rove, the 24th inst. THE ARMY. LORD HILL'S LRCRE.—General Lord Hill, Command ing-in -Chief, held a Levee yesterday, at his office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by the following Ge nerals, and about twenty other officers Lieut.-Generals Hislop, Blachford, Eden, and Hutch inson ; Major-Generals Grant, Anderson, King, and Watson. A Detachment of the 6th Dragoon Guards marched this morning, from London to Manchester. _ A Detachment of the 68th Foot marched this morning, from London, for Burnley. A Detachment of the 87th Foot, marched this morning, from London, for Chester. Ann Rowbottom, of Dukinfield, Cheshire, aged 80, is at this time cutting five teeth in her lower jaiv ! Accounts from most of the fox-hunting dis tricts describe the sport as excellent, and the season as having commenced under the most favourable auspices Bath Chronicle. The march of refinement has been so rapid in Norfolk that the poachers there travel in barouches, and the link boys in Norwich wear gloves. FALL OF A METEOR.—A few evenings since, about nine o'clock, a lady, who was looking out of a draw ing-room window near the Vittoria Hotel, observed a beau tiful meteor streaming through the sky. It came from a northerly direction, and diminishing as it approached, fell upon the lawn in front of the Vittoria, where it remained burning for several seconds. It was about the size of an egg, and was composed of a pure white flame, but on exa mining the spot where it fell, no vestige of its existence could be found.—Cheltenham Chronicle. The baboons of Ceylon are large and very fearless. A gentleman having on one occasion shot at a young one, the mother came boldly up and wrested the gun out of his hand, without doing bins any injury. The 16th inst., Maria, the wife of John Finch, of Wickham-market, was delivered of a daughter' in the presence of her mother, grandmother, and great-grand mother; therefore herself and infant child made five ge nerations, all then present.—lpswich Chronicle. It appears by the report of the Commis sioners for inquiring into charities that the income of all the charities investigated and reported upon, amounts to between 480,0001. and .500,000/. per annum. Not long ago (we are unable to give the pre cise date), a singular circumstance occurred at Loch Harrow, which, although much talked of at tke time mong the scattered pastoral population of the place, never found its way into the public prints. On the top of a bill, an the immediate neighbourhood, either a water-spout, or a thunder cloud of extraordinary density, burst with such violence, that the torrent soon forced a passage for itself, the traces of which are still visible; and, cataract-like, de scending to the lake below, produced such a dire commo • tion, that hundreds of trouts went actually east on dry land, and the waters of Loch Harrow partially dislodged, from a position which they have occupied since the era of the good. Though nobody witnessed the phenomenon at the mo ment, its effects could not be concealed ; the first shepherds who repaired to the spot, could hardly believe their own eyes, when they saw fishes perched like birds on heather bushes, and sheep gazing at them with the greatest gravity, as if • considering whether they should so far violate their in stincts, as presume to breakfast, for the first time, on fins. Nor were the herds, their masters, a bit wiser ; fur while some talked of the world being near an end, when the or der of nature was so completely inverted, others who had heard of a shower of herrings, insisted that there must be such a thing as a shower of trouts ! But the gully in the crag, the enlargement of the loch, and the wetness of the heath, pointed at last to the proper conclusion ; and we only regret that no gifted individual, combining all the qualities of a naturalist, a poet, an angler, and a sports man—such, for example, as Professor Wilson—had an op portunity of witnessing, and adequately describing the grand turnwil.--.Dumfrics Courier. ,-••• % THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY• HAY MARKETS--(.-k t per L'ad of 33 Trusses' ) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ...... ........ .i 2 0 to Best New Meadow H a y Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay Clover Hay 3 Oat straw £1 Bto£l 12 Wheat Straw 11 2 , 0 1 A good supply, and a ve r y d u ll t ra d e ; prices as last q" SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Me a do w H a y £2 21°3' Best New Meadow Hay 2 10 0 Fine Uuland Meadow and Ry e - grass H ay 3 Clover Hay (extra fine)...Xs Generally 3 3• Oat Straw XI 4to £1 E6—Wheat Straw I IF,/ Meadow Hay from 3s. to 55., Cl over H ay 5 5., and e`;4. Bs. per load lower than last; quoted: Supply good. '- very dull. PICTURE OF THE COURT CHARLES 11. One nobleman ofgreat abilities wandell as a Merry Andrew. Another haranguiw mob stark nak e d f rom a w i n d ow . A thig"", in amb us h to cu d ge l a man w h o h as 0 i.OO him. A k not o f gent l emen, o f high ollio influence, combine to push their fortunes st i f t by circulating stories intended to ruin All of cent girl—stories which had no foundatiolllol which, if they had been true, would neermi passed the lips of a man of honour. .A - ) child is fbund in the palace, the oar, some maid of honour by some courtier, 0 ) haps by Charles himself. The whole /4 panders a nd b u ff oons pounce upon i t, and , it in triumph to th e R oya l l a b oratory , wil e. Majesty, after a b ru t a l j est , di ssects 4 1 .- amusement of the_ass e mbly, an d probablt, father am ong t h e rest ! The faiourite DU stamps about Whi te h a ll , curs i ng and sW The Ministers empl o y t h e i r t i me at t h e C board in m a ki ng mout h s at eac h ot h er, a n d ) ing off each other's gestures, for the amusenl; the King. The Peers at a conference beg, pummel each other, and to tear collars and wigs. A speaker in .the House of Con? gives offence to the Court : h e i s wa ylaid ? gang of b u lli es , an d hi s nose cut to t h e ! ) fo This ignominiou s di sso l uteness , or rat h er , 1 j may venture to designate it by the only * word, blackguardism of feeling and marlip could not but s p rea d f rom private to publid sot The second generation of the statestnetit this reign were worthy pupils of the schoSi which they- had been t raine d, o f t h e g a s table of Gram mon t an d t h e t i r i ng room of '5l In no other age could such a t r ifl er as Bucl ham have exercised any political influence. no other age could the path to power and r have been thrown open to the manifold infs' ll of Churchill. The history of that celeb man shows, more clearly perhaps than thi any other i n di v id ua l, the malignity and exten t the corrupti on w hi c h h a d eaten i nto the hes". the public morality. An English gentleme ll i family attaches himself to a Prince who ha s 1 ,0 duced his sist er , an d accep t s ran k an d wait' the price o f h er s h ame an d hi s own. He w,"_,i, repays by i ngra tit u d e t h e b ene fi ts h e h a s r y chased by ignominy, betrays his patron in a 1 7 0 1 ner which the best cause cannot excuse, V commits an act not only of private t reac hery j o of distinct milit ar y d eser ti on . T o hi s coed it at the crisis of the fate of James, no servile, modern times has, as far as we remember,.' nished any parall e l. Th e con d uct of P i p scandalous enough, no d ou bt, i s t h e ver y fast ousness of honour in comparison of it— perfidy of Arnold approaches it most nen, In our age and country, no talents, no servifs no party attachments, could b ea r any man .; Y gre et at i c , before Churchill u C s hu e r h e h ulot a l h ad performed tions which in some degree redeem his chartl' with posterity, the load lay very lightly on h'ir he had others in abundance to keep- - him i ii countenance. Godolphin, Orford, Danby, A ! trimmer Halifax, th e renegade Sunderland, all men of the same class.—Edinburgh Belli' We have the best authority for stating t , his Majesty never enjoyed better health than at the 4 1 :1 sent moment. This we stAte positively. Brig Gazette. 0 On Tuesday last, Si r Ed war d D enn y, ,0 M.P., arrived in Tralee, on a v i s it t o hi s extens i ve 0 .10 in Kerry, where he had not been for the last twelve Y7 d l on which occasion the tow n was ill um i nate d .-- Free Press. On account of the very unsettled state of tie i weather, Whitehaven coals have, this last week, 6 ,4 141' shilling per ton in tlfe Dublin market : they are note ing at twenty shillings.— Carlisle Journal. THE REBELS DEFEAT ED .— We h a ve bee. much pleased with this lively little print, which repre:if the mother of a family in th e a ct of asserting her sui? if over her rebellious young children. The mother's 01` .. pleasing and characteristic. • : 1 1. A little work, entitl e d th e E x t rac t or , is ll ° OO P' publishing in weekly p ar t s , 6d. eac h, b y H unt an d It professes to contain the essence of all the p e riodl' o , newspapers, magazines, reviews, &c., and as a work of lection displays much tact and discrimination. . 0 0 The following whim s i ca l groun d s o f exe mPti o from the militia appeared among the returns posted 0 1. 0 f door of Gateshead church :—" Exempt.—A Reerm li p o Serjeant in the army of Immanuel, whose kingdom of this world—viz. a licensed Wesleyan Methodist Preto" —Hodgson Cason." AUXILIARY RELIGIOUS TRAC T SOO- c, th e ORANGE-STREET CHAPEL ANNUAL MEETING.---Y e 'llif day the Annu a l M ee ti ng o f thi s S oc i e t y was h e ld st. Chapel, in Orange-street, Leicester-square. The T o .y Mr. Fletcher was called to the Chair. The Secre :4 o read a long Report of the exp e ndit ur e o f th e con tribufr b y in the circulation of religions tracts, and . coacluda d stating that the Society was in debt eighteen and it pence. on Friday night last, about seven o'el ° , c ; Mr. Cappe, of Leadenham, was retu rn i ng h ome f r om P; celn fair, in cimpany with a friend, on h orse b ac k ; PcaT f:l7 to s, beyond the great t o ll-bar, th e y were b eset b y four rib°-flig who succeeded in knocking Mr. Cappe off his horse. t e ll friend escaped ; but the unfortunate gentleman wh ° ,o was bruised and b ea t en w i t h bl u d geons i n a manner whin' proves that murd er i s accounte d very li g h t l y by the°4-01, human wretches in th e i r p ursu it s . Th ey too k a bout ', it s from their victim, and so me l oose s il ver , an d l e f t 1 10°1- state nearly dead. —Boston Gazette. tO The intended bridge from West m inster - 0 Lambeth will lead to great improvements contigul ° ,o the Archbishop's Palace. A new roa d i s to b e ope ned I: jr. e p , Church-street, through Pratt-street, to Vauxhall and ip nington-lane. This improvement has been some contemplation. The road is marked out over some c°r ie ridgenington, belongi ng to hi s M a j esty as l or d o f t h e manor 01 ':age nington, and can h e opene d at sma ll expense b y the P,` 4 l of Company. The intended avenue in front of the g 1 ,7• ‘ ,1 • Lambeth Palace, will form a convenient and excellent'h' way, leading direct to Prince's-road, Kenningto"le '' • and Vauxhall turnpike. The ancient Palace of the jis• tropolitan is without those approaches which shout" ( t he tingnish the residence of the highest dignitary' ° „ 0 church ; and at the present enlightened period, wu c "i 2 h li t much attention is paid to public improvements, it , 11 ';te be made more ornamental. It was iu eontempli o %, , snake a road close to the bank of the Thames, but. the tb° luable wharfs and property in that direction rent leteq lin g project impracticable. At present there is no g e „, t i t iv from Lambeth Palace to V aux h a ll an d K enn i ng ton. " kw . out taking the circuitous w a y o f th e L am b e th and w al nington roads, or going th roug h m i sera bl e , confine",`- t dangerous streets, running along the bank of the rive r ' 111,7-fling Paper. An apothecary at Bienne, near Berne, 13tcly ( fell a victim to experi men t s on t h e i n t er nal a phosphorus. Findi ng no effects from the first doses, increased the quantit y gra d ua ll y , an d t oo k in the seas be, a few days no l ess th an s i x ounces o f phosphorus. Iff , _ came senseless, an d exp i re d a f t e r re maining four chi,' that state. nnlication fe [ ( 1 14 6 4: 1 1 t ° Ad *I th th e '4‘411