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rOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, Dec. 4.) SEMLIN, Nov. s.—The exchange of couriers is very active here, and it seem s t h a t since the fall of Varna fresh hopes are entertained of bringing the Porte to a conciliation, though it still makes ostensibly the greatest efforts to continue the war. The Pacha of. Widdin, who found mem a long time ago to, increase his troops to the number of Y. 6,000 men, is said to have asked for further rein forcements, but he has been referred for this purpose to the Pachas of Belgrade and Travnick. We learn, imwever, that the Pacha of Belgrade has refused to furnish him with any troops; and that, on the con trary, that he has himself asked the Porte for rein forcements to be able to keep the Servians in check. The Russians have fixed themselves in Kalafat, and are busy in making pontoons, whence it is in ferred that they have the intention (though perhaps it is only a demonstration) of passing the Danube and of joining the Servians. On the other hand, it appears that the latter had no intention whatever in taking part in the war. A Servian merchant, who deals in furs, and whd is connected with people of every class, affirms that even if a Russian corps should enter Servia, the people would remain quiet, and would not declare in favour of the Russians unless the latter were masters of all the fortresses on the Danube. It is not the first time that the Servians are exposed to the temptations of separating from Turkey, but they know by experience the dangers of such a slip, and are by no means disposed to risk their safety without sufficient guarantee. At all events, it would not •be easy to pass the Danube at Widdin, and take up a fixed position on the right bank. An attempt of this kind, which was made some months ago at Giurdzevo, was un successful. It cannot, i►ideed, be doubted that the Russians haVe some designs upon Servia; but this can only be for the next campaign, in case peace should not be concluded this winter. Some days ago 8,000 muskets were despatched from Belgrade to Adrianople. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) Mono v, Nov. 6.—After the embarkation of the Turkish garrison of the Castle of Morea, the Gene ral-in-Chief left it with his Staff, and arrived yester day it► this town, where it seems that his head-quar ter, will be fixed, at least for the present. The troops have quartered themselves, us well as they could, in the ruins of Modon, where there are no inhabitants left, except a few very dirty and wretched Greeks. The French lead the most melancholy and tire some I:fe in the world. The prospect of another little expedition is held out to us, which makes us take patience. 'We are promised also that the number of sick will diminish, as soon as dry cold weather sets in. Coron has been given up to the Greeks, who at present have only 200 men there, all in rags, and ill armed, under the command of Nicetas. We have not yet seen any of their troops, neither irregular Pelicari nor Tatcticos ; and we wonder how they will do when the French are gone, for it is certain that Count Capo d'lstria can do nothing that he wishes, and that his Government is in a state of real anarchy. A detachment of engineers has just set out for Corinth, in order to fortify the Acro-Corinth and the Isthmus. We have not sufficient troops of this excellent corps to suffice for every thing that it would have to execute. We expect reinforcements, as well as artillery. The Ambassadors continue to dispute about the frontiers of Greece. It is thought they would - not soon agree, and that for very good reasons. FRANKFORT, Nov. 28.—A book has just been published at Leipsic which excites a great sensation in all Germany; the title of it is " Ten very im portant Reasons in favour of the presumption that Hussein Pacha, commander in chief of the Turkish army, is Napoleon resuscitated, and returned 1" PARIS, DEC. 3.—Our correspondent at Constan tinopleinforms us that the Minister of the Nether lands had received, on the 25th of October, an Eng lish courier, despatched by the English Ambassador at Vienna, with the declaration of the British Go vernment, dated Sept. 30, relative to the blockade of the Dardanelles. M. de Zuilen communicated this document to the Reis Effendi, who received the news with composure, and only answered that Di vine Providence would not withdraw its protection on this occasion from the Ottoman Empire. It was hoped that before the blockade was carried into effect, the convoys from Egypt would arrive at Con stantinople, which would suffice for the consumption of the capital for six months. • It has been reported for the last two days, that the new Grand Vizier had concluded with the Rus sians an armistice for three months. The Captain of the Columbus, who was at Navarin at the end of October informs his owners at Havre, that the Commander of the French squadron had ordered the transports which were in the port . of Nayarit' to take in provisions for three months, and those vessels which could not comply with this order, had been sent back to France. It vas not known where the transports retained would be sent. Fatmcn FuNus.—PARIS, DEC. 3.—Five per Cent. 106 f. 90c. 95e. 1071. 1061. 93c. 1071.; Three per Cent. 761. sc. 75f. 95c. 76f. ; Bank Stock, 1850 f. ; Naples Stock, 01f. sc. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 79k; Haytian Loan, 6301. Exchange ou London, one month, 25f. 30c.; three months, 25f. 10c.--fours .Authentique. EXTRAORDINARY BATTLE WITH FISH, An American Newspaper contains an account of one of the most extraordinary battles ever fought on sea or land. A shoal of large fish, betwe en twent y and thirty feet in length, was discovered in Harps well river, The fishermen who discovered them followed them in boats, tiring at them with muskets whenever they appeared above water. The alarm soon spread from shore to shore, and in a short tim e the river was covered with boats filled with warriors, armed with muskets, harpoons, hatchets, and what ever deadly weapon could be seized at the moment. Several of the fish were killed by the incessant fire that was kept up, but the greater part were driven from the river into a cove of shal low water; and here commenced an attack and method of fishing never before known. First, as became his station, Mr. Curtis, the representative of Harpswell, armed with a broad axe, threw him self from his boat astride a monster, twenty-two feet in length, and rode him several rods, all the while cutting into him with the greatest industry, till, by repented blows, he dispatched him. A s l girited young fisherman pursued two large fish on shore, and thew, having made a noose on the boat's pain ter, he slipped it over the animal's head, and secured him to a tree ; he then procured another rope, and having secured the second fish by the tail, hastened to his boat to make new conquests, for it was the law of the case that every man should have what he could secure. The result of the enterprize was, that twenty-two men, the successful part of the company, killed seventy-one fish, being, w i t h those that sunk in the river after being shot, the whole shoal : it is not known that one escaped. The blubber, it is expected, will yield seventy-five barrels of oil, worth from 600 to 700 dollars. Some of the fish, alien struck with the harpoon, became tremendously furi ous. The largest fish was twenty-two feet in length and eighteen feet in circumference ; the paps at the breast were seven or eight feet in length. It is re markable, that amongst all the confusion and peril of the battle, not a num was hurt in the conquest of such a multitude of fierce and powerful animals. The large water-beetle, which is in the habit of feeding upon the spawn of fish, occasionally in the even ing climbs up the stems of rushes, Sce., out of the water, sufficiently high to enable it to tike wing ; in these cir cumstances it has been caught, and putting it into water, has been found to give out the spawn with which it had gorged itself previous to taking flight, both in a digested and undigested state—so that, on trial, it has been found that it produced fish of various kinds. BRITISH CATHOLIC PETITION. (From the Catholic Journal.) The following interesting correspondence has taken place between Edward Blount, Esq. and Lord Nugent, upon the petition which was agreed to at the last meeting of the British Catholic Association : "London, Nov. 30, 1828. "MY DEAR LORD-.:-I have mach pleasure in obey ing the instructions I have received from the British Catholic Association, to convey to you a copy of the petition of the British Catholics to the Legislature. "As their chosen, and s►ntdy, and talented advocate, they request you to present their petition to the House of Commons; and they entrust it to you, with gratitude for your past, and confidence in your future exertions. " I beg to call your particular attention to the senti ments contained in it, and shall be happy to be favoured with your opinion upon them, as well es on the expediency of bringing it before Parliament es early ma possible in the approaching Session.—Believe me, my dear Lord, with sentiments of sincere regard, to be ever yours, " EDWARD BLOUNT. " To the Right Hon. Lord Nugent, Dropmoro Lodge, Bucks." " Dropmore Lodge, D. 3, 1828. " Mr DEAR SIR--I beg to acknowledge the honour done me by the British Roman Ct tholic Association, in again intruating me with their Petition t.) the House of Commons, of which you have sent me a draft, and b ex press my concurrence in the opinion, that it should be prevented as early as possible after the opening of the Ses sion. With respect to the points to which you desire my attention, I have only to state generally my entire agree ment in the spirit and reasoning of the petition:tbroughout, and allow me to say, especially in the substance of the prayer with which it concludes, for a total and un conditional repeal of 'the penal laws now in force against you. Feeling as I do, that no state hrs any right to limit the religious freedom of its subjects, unless under some immediate and proveable necessity for its own preserva tion, and convinced es I am that no such necessity is . now proveable against you, I must maintain that the right re turns to you to enjoy all the privileges which are enjoyed by your fellow-subjects; and, if this be true, to enjoy them without further condition or qualification. You have, then, no reason to ask any thing short of unconditional, unlimited, and unqualifief justice; those who think you entitled to it, have no right to demand less; nor can they propose less, without injustice and prejudice to your cause; nor ought they or you to entertain, by anticipation, any question touching what some persons are pleased to term securities, to provide against dangers which we say do not exist, and to compromise privileges, to which we say you have a clear and absolute title. " At the same time, however, that I state this, without any reservation, I cannot but see, that seldom has so great a practical good, so long contested, been at last gained un accompanied by some important modification of what, in the abstract, is to be contended for or. principle, and with out abatement ; and I am obliged to say, that I can easily conceive modifications, practically harmless, and if proposed by those persons who have hitherto been your opponents, not useless, as furnishing them with an excuse to them selves for at length consenting to an act of tardy policy and justice. Of this We had a strong instance last year, in the Act repealing the Sacramental test. Believ ing too, as I do, and as the general failure of the attempt to revive a senseless and unprincipled rancour against you in this country, has shown me, that the minds of Protestant England is not unfavourable to a friendly settlement of your claims ; but doubting, as I do, that it is prepared for such a settlement, without some accom panying arrangement, which might satisfy long-cherished prejudices, and, at the same time, not impair the substan tial benefit, I confess, for one, that I could not regret the seeing Catholic Emancipation won in the manner (short of any abatement in the franchises contended for) that would reconcile and unite in support of the measure, the feelings and opinions of all your Protestant brethren, whose feelings and opinions are worth consulting. I ant aware that this is an admission which has already incurred the animadversion of one, whose concurrence. in any views to be entertained by you in this matter, is most im portant; and to n-hose influence, in directing the minds of his countrymen in the furtherance of their great cause, that cause owes much of its present power. I think it unadvisable to perplex our efforts with the anticipating ar rangements, of the nature of which we know nothing ; which, if proposed at all, may he either offensive and in jurious to the character of the whole measure, or entirely harmless and inoperative ; but I think that Mr. O'Con nell has misapprehended some of the most illustrious of your body, in thinking them fairly chargeable with the inconsistency of petitioning for one thing, and being pre pared to accept a different one. They do not petition for one thing, and profess a readiness to accept a different one. Substantial justice, simple and entire, is what you claim. But substantial justice, accompanied by harmless or inope rative provisions, is not fairly to be called a different thing. It s the same thing, done in a less frank and less conci liating spirit; and again I instance the repeal of the sacra mental test. But, even were it a different thing, there would be no inconsistency in accepting a payment in part of a jest debt. The only inconsistency in that case would be, in giving a receipt in cull of all demands. " I cannot, however, but take the liberty, which your letter gives me, of imploring you, and the British Catholic Association, not to be betrayed into any act or word which could render you justly liable to the reproach of having put to hazard that union which ought to exist between two of the most important bodies in the empire, engaged in the most important struggle for their common rights; at a time, too, when union of purpose and feeling must ensure success, and difference might delay it. Shun any heated discussion with those who are your partners in the struggle, pursue your own course resolutely, and reserve for your. selves the glory of having strengthened your great common cause by forbearance. " Forgive the freedom of this advice from one who has not another public object so near his heart as your suc cess. When the fit time shall arrive for the discussion, see what may be proposed by those who have hitherto been your adversaries. Watch what may be proposed with the utmost jealousy, but with the utmost calmness. Em brace it, if it shall be such es neither to conflict with your honour rs subjects, or your duty to your religion. If it shall conflict with either, reject it. But, mean while, ask for nothing less than what you feel to be your right; discuss only what you fed to be your right—tots and unconditional justice. " Believe me, my dear Sir, " Always yours very truly, " To Edward Blount, Esq., Secretary " IVUGEiti T. to the British Catholic Association. FASHIONABLE DIRECTORY.—A little pub. lication, entitled the Royal Blue Book, being a Guide to the Town and Country Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, has been sent us for an opinion on its merits. Upon inspection, it appears to be an improvement on the " Court Guide," for with all the information contained in that well-known book of Reference, it possesses the addi tional advantage of classification, which, to a stranger in London, cannot fdil to he of great benefit. The squares and principal streets in the West End are all given with respect to the position and numbers of houses, with the names of their occupano, exactly as they exist in the locality. ' This obvious improvement must save a great deal of time to people Who have, on: some occasions, lost half a day in hunting out a particular house. The book contains besides all the usual lists of Bankers, &c. and win be found generally serviceable. A Brunswick Meeting was held on Thursday last, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, at which Colonel Harvey presided. The Meeting possessed no oue feature of particular importance. LIBERAL ANTI-BRUNSWI CK UN-CON STITUTIONAL CLUB or IRELAND —The 1k seeedersMembers from eta Kildare-street have been take n u p b y th e leading the Association; and there i s actuall y s ome a Club. The Marquess of Westmeath, Lords Bective, .Cloneurty, Roasmore, and Clantmirris, have sent in their adhesion ; and the splendid residence in -Copp er _ alley, late in the occupancy of the Mendicity Committ ee , is spoken of as likely to be the " house" of the new society. Dublin Evening Mail. Mr. O'Connell has signified, that the Com. mittee appointed for that purpose have agreed to recom mend to the Association, not to express any opinion favour able to the system of exclusive dealing. - - A vacancy occurs in the representation for the borough of East Grinstead, by the succession of Mr. C. Jenkinson to the Peerage. PROTESTANT LIBERALITY.—Lord Viscount Duncannon, that spirited and liberal landlord, has forgiven a year's rent to all his tenantry on the Leitrim estate ; and has just given twenty pounds towards finishing the Catholic chapel at Drumshambo, part of his Lordship's estate, through the hands of his much respected agent, Major Currey.—Dublin Morning Register. TRADE OF LEITH.--On Sunday forenoon, no less than 40 vessels entered Leith harbour from various ports, and a very considerable number of them were loaded with grain.— &ohm in. rRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red B 6M 'A 3 per Cent. Cow: 3W, per Cent. 95tA 1 4 Ditto Red, 95% 1 4 4 per Cent. Ditto, Ii 26 lO 4l 14 Bank 1.. Ann. l9 7-16 % India Stock — Ditto Bonds 09 pm. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. iSouth Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. MBA, £ 1,1100 2d. 67 63 pm. Ditto 500:2d. 66 67 pm. Ditto Small 2d. 08 70 pin. Ditto Commercial Bank Ibr Account India for Account Cons. for Acct 87 % 14 , 'IIIS 11,% V AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Neapolitan — Peruvian Bonds IS. Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old Ditto, New — 'Russian , Spanish. 18'21 10m - 1 823 - ,French Rentes, sp. c. _f .... e . Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent. Ditto, 152.5 — - Exchange —t. _c. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 0414 Uuenos Ayres Bonds ...... Chiba!) Bonds 26 6% Colombian Bonds — Mao, 1824 231( Danish 6 3% Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 l7 Guatimala — Mexican Bonds . — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE &CLOW:. Paid. Per Shar Bolanos Mining Co. £3OO 390 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 3EI 16 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 2214 PRICES OF IRISH no( Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 94% Ditto, New 94% 4 per Cent lol9' Gov. Deb. per cent 95% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. c :KS, DUBLIN, DEC. 3. St. Patrick Insur. (perch.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank . Provincial Ditto Royal Irish :dine Imperial Mine !dining Co. of Ireland , Ceinmercial Buildings COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F 12 '2+ Ditto, at eight 12 0 Rotterdam 2 U 12 2+ Antwerp 12 2+ Hamburgh M.B. 13 13+ Altona 13 13+ Paris, 3 days' sigkt 25 45 Di to " U 25 65 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M.1.51i Petersburg!), ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, etre live :I. 2 M. 10 3 Trieste do 10 3 Ma , rid 37 C-adiz 77 Bilboa ' `36Y4 Baretlona 36 S-ville 34 1! Gibralt7.r MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 2 1 i , übl n O Flinders 0 O France. 0 O Gottcnburgh 1 O Guernsey & Jersey 0 .24GE YESTER DAY. Leghorn 4SM Genoa 25 40 Venice 473j Malta Naplts Palermo per oz. 120% Lisbon Oporto 4641 Rio Janeiro 9 1 14 Bahia 36 (Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 434:' 3 - ght ll4 Cork ll%, BULLION, PER OZ. _ X. s. d Pr rtogal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 10; New I oubloons 0 0 0 ew Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh 0 O Holland O Jamaica 0 Leeward Islan& O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'ro-MoKaow. Morning ... 8 minutes after 2. I Evening.... 33 minutes after 2. k i 11 23 ., , Ely LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECESIBER 6, 1828. The Times of this morning says that the Duke of WELLINGTON is seriously bent upon bring- ing about a settlement of the Catholic Question, and that the differences between his Grace and Mr. PEEL have been all smoothed away. Such is the general rumour. But we can go still further. We know that the Solicitor-General is at present engaged upon a Bill for granting further concessions to the Roman Catholics; but that all his MAJESY'S Ministers are not agreed as to how far these conces sions shall go. The Duke is said to be disposed to grant the accession of Catho lics to all offices but that of Lord Chan cellor in England and Ireland, and no seats in Parliament I This, he hopes, will satisfy the Catholics ; but he is much mis- taken to hope for any such impossibility. The right to sit in Parliament is the first wish of the Catholic leaders, and unless his Grace can satisfy them, he is not very likely to satisfy the great body of the people. But it is not to be expected that any proposal coming from, or appealing to, the Government, can settle a question which has, for half a century, engendered so many individual and national ani mosities. It must be the work of Legislation to appease the one and satisfy the other. This we do know, that Mr. PEEL has so far changed his opinion as to yield to the necessity of some change, and the concession, however tardy, does him honour. The best of men will long indulge in conscientious scruples ; and it is only the best of men who have the candour, the generosity, and the patriotism, to forego their own individual sentiments for the good of the community at large. The French Papers have some news from the Danube, but it is not sufficiently important to require serious observation. The state of affairs in that quarter can present little to interest public attention until Silistria is taken. The Russians arc busy in their demonstrations of attacking Widdin, in which if they prove successful, the Turks will not have much to boast of in their remaining holds on the Danube. With Widdin in their possession, the Russians would have Servia at their mercy ; but any interference with that might rouse the jealousy of Austria still more bitterly ;han ever. The French, by all accounts fronilhe Morea, have far less comfort than they had anticipated. Their hope of glory has been changed into the certainty of bitter disappointment. But that is all in the chances of war. The Journal of St. Petersburgh to the 19th ult. has been received, but it does not contain any news from the army. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE had arrived at St. Petersburgh on the 16th, and the Grand Duke MICHAEL on the following day. The funeral of the late EMPRESS had not taken place, but her remains were removed from the Hall of the Throne to the Chapel, where they lay in state. The EMPEROR had appointed Lieutenant- General Baron G E SNIA R Aide-de-Camp-Ge neral to his MAJESTY, as a reward for his emi nent services, allowing him at the same time to retain his present functions. Dutch Papers to the 4th have also been re ceived, but they are principally filled with the debates on the motion of M. DE BROUCKE RE, respecting the law on the press. Several peti tions had been presented against the existing i law, among which is on© from the lawyers, pl sicians, landowners, manufacturers, and mer chants of Liege, and another from a number of the inhabitants of Maestrecht, to the same effect. Neither these Papers, nor the Prussian State Gazette to 29th November, inclusive, have any recent intelligence from Turkey. We direct public attention to an excellent article from the Morning Chronicle upon the law of Evidence, or rather the abuse of it, which will be found under the usual head. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY, FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. s.—Wind E. by W.—Arrived from London, the William Maitland, Jameson, for Bombay; Christopher, Harvey, for Genoa; Pons Alice, Callender, for Sierra Leone. Arrived the Ottawa, Douglas, from Quebec. About 20 anchors and cables have been landed since the gale of the Ist. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. s.—Wind S. to S. by E.-- Sailed the Egginton transport, for Malta. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London, the Georgina, Thompson, for New South Wales ; Eagle, Price, for Jamaica ; and New York packet, Crosbie, for Jamaica, all with loss of anchor arid cable ; and the Eagle, with loss of boat and damage. FALMOUTH, DEC. 4.--Wind W.--Arrived the Sea 'Nymph, Burrows, from Yarmouth, for Naples, with loss of anchor and cable; Menusia, Meyer, from London, ditto. Arrived from London, the Cumberland, Nancy, for St. Michael's; Sarah, Lacy, for Jamaica; Luna, M'Clure, for ditto, loss of anchor and cable; Janet, Thompson, for ditto, loss of anchor and cable; and John Price, Cromartie, for Barbadoes. Sailed the Navarin, Middleton, for Antwerp. CREEK, DEC. s.—Arrived the Symmetry, Wat son, from Smyrna; and Sterling, White, from Palermo. The Union, Lewis, from Youghal to Penryn, was stranded in Youghal Bay the 2d inst., and it was feared would not be got off; crew saved. The Diana, Woods, from Wick to Dublin, struck on the back of Island Davar, the 24th ult. and sunk; only one of the crew saved. The Teignmouth, Cole, from Mazastin to the Sandwich Islands, was totally wrecked in the Gulf of California in July; the crew, and between 30 and 40,000 dollars saved. The Prospect, Edmond, of Scarborough ; Crisis, Ward, from London; Eliza, Foster, ditto; Brothock, of Blyth; Union, Hattersley, of Whitby; Friends, Cooper, Pomona, Tuff, Symmetry, 'Thompson, and Carolina, Parry, of Sunderland ; Nathaniel Park, of Yarmouth; Solebay, Lothian, and Fame, Grainger, of Whitby ; Mary, Leggett, of Chichester ; Racbael, Bray, of Hastings; Laurel, Dunlop, of Arbroath; Harmony, Nagle, of London; and Venus, Dollman, from ditto—w•ere:driven on shore near Scarborough. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK. The decline which took place in the English Funds yesterday was somewhat recovered at the close of the market, and Consols were done at 87i ; this morning their first price was the same, but they immediately became 871, alternately buyers and sellers till within a few minutes, since which they have declined to •871, sellers, which is the price at the present moment. India Bonds are 68 70; and Exchequer Bills, 65 7 pm. The limited business doing in the Foreign Funds leaves little to notice, except that the prices are nominal; below are the quotations. The Share market is nearly a dead letter, no alteration in the prices having taken place. Three per Cent. Consols, shut; Ditto, for Ac count, 874 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 864 ; India Bonds, 68 70 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 65 7 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 641 4 ; Buenos Ayres, 47 8 ; CliiHan, 26 7; Colombian, 23i 4 ; Danish, 631 i; Greek, 17 A; Mexican, Six per Cent., 324 1 ; Peru vian, 19. 20 ; Portuguese, 513- 5; Russian, 96 ; Spanish, 101 A. MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 77 5 dis. ; Brazilian, 42 4 pm. ; Bolanos, SO 100 pm. ; Colombian, 14 13 dis.; Real Del Monte, 250 dis. ; United Mexican, 22 1 dis. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols are 87; a agaia, with scarce a bargain doing. An express has arrived from France, which is said to announce that the question of the Bank of France discounting at three per cent. had not been decided upon, but had been referred to a Committee. The general opinion in Paris was against the proposition taking place. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 874 General Stubbs has arrived at Plymouth from London, and taken the command of the Portuguese troops. GENTEEL PAUPERS.—On Tuesday' last a poor man, residing at Wortley, near Leeds, but belonging to the township of West Ardsley, took his wife and fire children to the latter place, in a hackney coach, for the purpose of procuring parochial relief. They left the coach at a distance from the overseer's house, proceeded thither on foot, and were relieved in the most liberal manner, and after taking some refreshment at the Inn where the coach waited for them, they returned home in that handsome and comfortable vehicle.—Doncaster Gazette. One hundred and five red coats were seen one day this week at a muster of the County Limerick Hunt ing Club. It was a splendid spectacle to see so great a field in motion.— Tipperary Free Press. - - - COMPOSURE IN DEATII.—On Tuesday last, a man named Charles Turner, of Charles Town, 'knowing himself to be dying, put one band upon the other for the purpose Df feeling his pulse, which he found faltering, when he deliberately said " the factory is stopping," and died al most instantly afterwards. —Stockport Advertiser. At Mr. Overy's, Watlington, near Battel, this season, one single hill of hops in his kitchen garden, con sisting of four poles, produced the extraordinary quantity of six bushels and one gallon of hops !—Brighton Gazette. The following extract of a letter from Odessa will, perhaps, show that the Russians do not intend to re train wholly inactive during the winter season, on the side of Turkey :--.‘"The first contract for transports taken up at Odessa by the Russian Government, expires the 20th of October (Ist of Nov.) The Government offer to take up the same ships for four mouths certain, from the Ist of No vember, at two rubles ten copecks per chetvert of wheat for the larger, and two rubles forty copecks per chetvert per month for the smaller vessels ; coppered ships to have ten copecks per chetvert per month more, reserving the right of employing them for a further period of four months, on the old terms of 2,500 rubles per month, for ti vessel carrying 1,500 chetverts and upwards, and at two rubles per chetvert per mouth for smaller ones." An incrustation of salt, thirty miles in length and several miles in width, is find on the coast of Chili to the south of Coquimbo. It has the appearance of that compact ice which forms on the surface of lakes and rivers in America towards the middle of the winter. The thick ness is about two feet. When a block of it is removed, the space is soon filled up by new salt. The great road runs for a considerable distance along the edge of this curious formation. It has frequently happened that when mules, horse', and, even men have died in this part of the route, their bodies have been perfectly preserved for a long time afterwards. ,( I say, Bill, hit him on the raw," said a hackney coachman, the other day to his comrade, who was " vol loping" his horse most furiously to no purpose,—" He han't got no raw."—" Vy dont ye stablish von then," rejoined the humane Jarvey : LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. At the sitting of the Court the Common Ser geant was called within the Bar by the LORD CHANCELLOR, his Majesty having been pleased`to confer upon him the honour of a patent of prece dency. • COMMITTAL or MR. BRUCE. The Court ordered Mr. Bruce to be fully com mitted to the Fleet, in consequence of his persever ing to address it after he had been ordered to sit down. His Lordship regretted it person►illy for Mr. Bruce, but he felt it was his duty, and the only means of putting a stop to such incessant inter ruptions. i\ir. Bruce bowed to the Court, stating he was prepared to submit to its orders. IN THE 'MATTER OF JENNER, A LUNATIC. Mr. PEPYS was proceeding to_ open this matter, when Mr. BICKERSTETII observed, that the order asked for, with the exception of a little alteration, was quite a matter of course. Disputes had arisen in this case, as to the validity of the will of Dr. Jen tier, it was affirmed by his clients, and denied by the petitioner, who was the Committee, and desirous of taking proceedings for the purpose of invalidating the will. He, however, could not do so, without the authority of this Court, he therefore prayed a refer ence to the Master for that purpose, but in doing so, he asked that the patty adverse might not be pre sent; that was reasonable enough with some little qualification, and he did not object to it. His client besides being next of kin, had an interest under the will, and therefore it was quite preposterous to suppose he would not feel as much anxiety as any one in the proceedings being properly gone on with. After some short discussion at the bar, it was agreed that an order should be drawn up giving Mr. Bickersteth's client liberty to attend upon the pro ceedings before the Master, so far only as it related to him in his character of next of kin. ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS. Mr. SUGDEN suggested to the Court that .some arrangement was necessary as to the manner in which the business which was specially appointed shOuld •be proceeded with. There was a case of Badcock and Grundy appointed for Monday next, the Covent-garden Theatre matter stood for Tuesday, the case of Badcock and Grundy was of considerable importance and of great length, and it would be impossible for it to be concluded on Monday ; he, therefore, trusted the Court would finish that case before it proceeded with any other. His LORDSHIP thought that was the best course to be adopted. There was likewise a part heard appeal of Purrier and Rankin, which was of con siderable importance, which it would he well to finish. The Court would proceed with Badcock and Grundy on Monday, and every day successively till it was concluded, with the exception of the seal days. It would then finish Purrier and Rankin, and afterwards take the case of the Covent Garden Theatre. CHAMBERS V. CHAMBERS. Counsel then resumed their arguments in this part heard bankrupt petition, at the conclusion of which his Lordship observed, in justice to the Vice- Chancellor, he ought not to decide hastily upon a matter of fo much importance. He would read the whole of the evidence with great attention, and give judgment this day week. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. GREEN V. BOTIIROYD. Sir J. SCARLETT stated that this was an action on the Statute 95 Geo. 11., c. 39., s. 1-13., to recover penalties against Mr. Bothroyd, the landlord of the King's Arms, Golden-lane, Barbican, for allowing public music and singing at his house, without a license to that effect. The penalties they sued for amounted to 3,0004, being 30 penalties of 1004 each. The plaintiff,' however, who had been con victed himself in the same sum, for the same offence, would only go for one penalty, as be had no motive for bringing the action, but that of abating a public nuisance. He (Sir J. S.) then stated the nature of the alleged nuisance, and called witnesses to prove the case; after which, Lord TENTERDEN said, that the July could not do otherwise than return a verdict for the plantiff for one penalty. The Jury almost instantly returned a verdict for the plaintiff, 1001. penalty. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, (Middlesex Special Juries.) WIGGINS V. BOIIDINCTON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a 'contractor with the St. Katharine's Dock Com pany, for carting the bricks necessary for the build ings of the Company, against the Proprietors of the London Docks, to recover compensation for losses sustained by him in consequence of the delays to which his carts were subjected at the navigation bridge over the entrance lock of the London Docks. The facts of the case resolve themselves into a small compass, although the attention of the Court was occupied during the whole of the morning in eli citing them. The swing bridge over the lock in ques tion must be swung back in order to let ships enter or pass out of the docks, and the carts of the plain tiff were compelled to wait until the passage of the vessels was completed, which sometimes occupied from 20 minutes to half an hour, although it might be effected in five minutes if the practice was adopted of letting out or in one ship at a time. In consequence of these delays, the plaintiff was obliged to employ additional teams, which cost him about 2/. Bs. per day. The defence to this was that the bridge was made in its present site by Act of Parliament, and that either the carts or the shipping must he aCCa sionally interrupted, and of two evils the Company chose the least; for the interruption to the. shipping hazarded their safety by causing them to lose the tide, while the carts only lost the time during which the bridge was open. The trial is likely to occupy the whole of the afternoon ; the point in dispute being whether any unnecessary delay was occasioned to the carts of the plaintiff. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. ROOZE. This was an information filed against the defend ant George Rooke, charging him with being con cerned in unshipping some illegally imported spirits, and with harbouring the same, by which he became liable to three times the duty. The Soma Ton GENERAL in stating the case, said that smuggling was now carried to such an extent as to make it necessary for the protection of the re venue, to proceed against every individual of the numerous gangs who assisted in carrying on that desperate trade. It appeared clear, from the evidence of two wit nesses, that on the night of the 30th of November, 1827, the defendant was a v ery act i ve member of the party, who were landing tubs of brandy from a ship off the coast of Devon. He was also seen at the house of a farmer, named Hoyle, in the parish of Prentishow, on the next morning, with a great number of those who had been his fellow-labourers on the previous night.—=Verdict for the Crown. THE ATTORNEY-GENEEAT. V. MARTIN. • This was an information filed by the Attorney- General against Maurice Martin, who carried on the business of a paper-stainer in Regent-street, charging him with various frauds on the Excise; the principal of which were that he had counterfeited the stamp or marks generally used by excise officers, for the. purpose of marking paper during the process of its being stained; and also that he had sold stained paper having these counterfeited marks on it, for the purpose of evading the payment of the excise duty. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated the case. The defendant was an entered paper -stainer, in Regent street, and in Smith's-yard, Brewer-street, Golden square—and perhaps it would facilitate the impor tant inquiry with which the Jury were entrusted, if the manner were explained in which the duty is usually charged on stained paper. The first step taken. by the manufacturer was to produce to the officer a ream of paper in its original state, from which he takes as many sheets as he intends to stain. The officer then stamps the back of these sheets, .~ ~. `Y. _~ A. S. --.....- ip . _ and takes what is called the first accountd i 1 sheets are next attached to each other, to the I'',ll I generally of about 16 yards, forming what is a piece. This piece is again produced to the 0; who puts on it " the frame-work stamp." stamp has five separate compartments: the first tains a moveable letter, calied a check-letter; the compartment is made up of moveable nut s '', denoting the progress of every piece. The', space is filled with figures shewing the length' . ' piece—the fourth space denotes by decimals breadth of the print. In the present instance it 58.100ths, which was a little more than half a la i The last mark on the stamp was the year in "74/ it was made, the duty was generally charged o ° , ol paper when the second or framework stamp. impressed, f or it was t h e c u stoth w i t h many , facturers to put on a sma ll s p r i g Or figure 01 0 pattern on th e p a p er b e f ore t h ey b roug h t i t fat second stamp, so as that the figure might the pear, and t h e d uty b e c h arge d b y the offieff would appear that the officer entertaining strong picion that the defendant was practising 50me ... 21 went to his shop in Regent -street. On eXtinli the stained p a p er th ey immediately perceived i crepaney between the stamp on several pieced paper and the genuine or legal one. The diffeSi was apparent on th e fi rs t v i ew , b ut upon measP4 the interv a l s w i t h a p a i r o f compasses , no doubtr left on the mind of the officers as to the fraud had been practised. Whilst the officers weres ing ;the shop in Regent-street they perceived a run off in the direction of Smith's yard, ant 4 . 1 going to that pl ace th e same b oy was met by 2 comin g out of th e manu f actory w i t h a l arge e n°3 of stained pap er . Th e o ffi cers, on searching the. nufuctory found more paper with the connterfj mark, amounting to about 155 yds. which they sr; They also seized some of th e p a p er in:Regeit-s°7 In the February followin g ano th er searc h was .- and a discovery of more ,p a p er h av i ng t h e c o feited mark was the cons equence . Th e Lea_P;6 Solicitor admitted that the num b ers on the r were the same as those given t o th e d e f en dan t the officer, but it would appear that these nun were not stamped with the genuine mark, and 9 rherefore a fraud of a most serious character .; been resorted to. thentiCallGedo,halenfdl hi ßird, sdire a c n t e i v t , t i S d p e e n c c t e o , r so of far ex a c s is h e; 4o l cognizant of the matters in question, corroborr the statement of the Solicitor-General. Id Mr. Sergeant ANtinEws app e a re d f or t h e de. i o ant, but had not cross-examined this witness * , our Reporter left the Court. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS--(THIS DAV OLD COURT. Charles Yeates alias William Smith, aged 30, indicted for being at large in this kingdom, 1 ) 1 , the term for which h e was sentence d to be gr ported had expired. , • Mr sergeant A RABIN sa id h e cou ld not advnse 1 prisoner t o retract hi s p l ea, for h e had been a t ti o bar on more than one occasion, and, therefore, - 0 . most probably acquainted with the rules of the 00 Mr. ADOLPHUS—Yes, my Lord, he is ail offender, and has been capitally convicted at Ms different sessions, but his sentence was commutro transportation at th e H u lk s , f rom w h ere , h o wl he was sure to make his escape. ii Mr. Sergeant ARABIN—WeII, if the sentes commuted this time, he shall be sent out of country. A i John Attridge, aged 16, was c a pit a lly conviete'',,,, a highway rubbery on the pers on o f G. A r nett' Death. Matthew Riley, aged 20, l a t e a e le r k i n Wi t flee of Messrs. Lane- and Croft, was iodicted - jt forging and uttering a cheque for 1801. 10s. 7 ,,:d 4 intent to defraud Messrs. Grote and Freer bankers. t t I Y Mr. BRODERICR, f o r th e p rosec ution, s_a_ed case. at considerable length, and called the foil' ing evidence :..- . Mr. Hopper Banks examined by Mr. LAW.-- 1 1, a clerk:to Messrs. G ro t e an d Company. Me ld and Croft, of Lin co ln' s I nn -fi e ld s , keep F-ri at our house. On 16th October the cheque produced was presented and paid; I think it sti r the prisoner that brought it, and remarked it t s for a large amount, when I w a s answere d it 07_ d 4 pay stamps. A few days afterwards I saw the r t . soner at Marlborough -street office, and was 11 1)1 _1 4 ' point him out as the p erson w h o b roug ht t h e eherci, It was paid in one note for 1001. and two of,l 0 The notes now shown to me correspond with numbers entered in our book. Cross-examined by M r . CLantssox—l cite tOt swear positively that the prisoner is the person " presented the cheque, but believe he is. hi William Kempster—l am one of the ms•-, tellers in the Bank of England. On the 16th v i e the note for 1001. was changed at the Bank%4 person who brought it gave his name Mattr, Riley, and received .50 sovereigns and a 504 O P " 111 r. James Collyer examined by Mr. LAII - -=- 3 „t i i . a tailor and hosier in the Po u ltry. O n the 16P ; .,/ October the prisoner came to my shop, and Tip " Ali, Mr. Collyer,. how do you do." 'I toldr d ; he had the advantage of me, as I did not know k 741 he replied, " why, surely, you must recollect fey Messrs. Lane and Croft's;" he then said that F i a wanted a suit of cloth es ma d e t h at day, e!"_;) uncle of his was dead, and he (the prisolly : was going to America the next morning. I ‘,.i him it was a short notice, but would try and ace's{ ~ modate him. He then gave or d ers f or a bl ue sni a g iS o o rt' clothes, which, us he had just told me his u ncle-4 'l,t7 t l dead, rather e xc it e d my susp i c i on , an d I as k e d ~ for a depo s it. H e sa id, " Why, pay before O they say, is the worst pay of all; but I havi 4 : objection." He then pulled out of his pocket O , 6 of isovereigns, and after looking out some shirtsso ! , fi t ; 0 t other articles, paid me 141., and requested thel% )bee be sent the following motoing, directed to W. r'So . well, No. 4, High-street, Bloomsbury, as that le .; his name and address. Just as- he was l eav ing j, • • shop be returned and said, " Oh, perhaps, ' f i W, , i Collyer, you can oblige me with change f o r 01'4 t ..• 1 and two 401. notes ?" I told him th a t tcould PO el a but would send to the Bank. He requested-4 Cie to return him the 50/., and the other notes I 1 7:d a . '"g and got changed, which I gave to him in the eves:ie of the same day. I received a note not to send wd, things. I did not see him again until -he wad - ""... endued at Marlboiiiiigh-Street. t og Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—My 0 picion was excited by the circumstance of i ii; prisoner ordering a suit of blue clothes for mourn „ o , there was nothing wild in his manner, but he !- 1 peared rather nervous. JP Morris, a Bow-street patrol, examined- 9 the 16th October, I wa s sen t f or t o th e G o at s h e Crown public-house, and requested to t a ke i t i prisoner into custody; on searc hi ng hi m I foils tei considerable quantity of sovereigns an d a 50 1 . 1% 4 likewise a bra ce o f pi sto l s , powder, balls, and fl'7l o ' , he refused at fi rs t t o te ll hi s name , b ut after/ 1 1 1 A . said it was Riley, and that he had just re eeiVli s legacy, an d i nten d e d to go to ' I re l an d t o see to mother. I understood he had been' threateninfr shoot the landlord f or re f U s ing hi m c h ange _fort ,;. .50/. note. - . oil er Cross-examined" by Mr. CLARKSON--The pil° ;,„a was very noisy when I took him into custody''' 7 0 appeared intoxicated; he was most violent ill M6 manner, and acted like a man who had. 104 he senses. I attributed it to the effects of liquor;, to laid down on the floor, and it required three ple. hat remove him; he attempted to bite every onelline approached. The pistols" were loaded at the, i that I took them from the prisoner. ' a s aner" Mr. Lane examined—l am a solicitor in 1/ .6 0 col ß lec e- te ex d a t m h i e ne n d e — xt t rom p ship with Mr. Croft, in Lincoln's-Innsfields, sots i r n is g o . ner was very cop'. AP prisoner was a copying-clerk in our office "%of four years. We keep cash at Messrs. Grote -_.., Prescott's; the cheque now produced is not ulll e I belle - handswriting, or of that of my partner; it to be the hand-writing of the prisoner. ._,„( Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKsori-rThe la"' ,ref, tet• , it ;11 tat :411 ate 111 c 34 4 lakt ),,‘'( ti,:, 1 / 4 1) ' kton: o t.. tl el ' Oci