The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-08 00:00:00

FRENCH MINISTRY. A change in the French Ministry had become Gb Indispensable, and had been so confidently an ticipated for some time past, as the result of the last election, that its occurrence has excited little regret and no surprise. On the contrary, (with (nit any reference to the conduct of the states men who retire from office, or the qualifications of those who succeed them), the general feeling seems to be one of satisfaction, tbat the agita tion of the public mind is likely to be allayed by so small a sacrifice, and that the known adhe- rence of his Majesty to his servants, as well as the tenacity of thelatter to their places, had been overcome without any hazardous experiment on public patience, or an attack on the principles of constitutional government. A solemn appeal had been made to the nation in the most favou- cable circumstances for the Ministers, and-under the most powerful' pressure of their agents the r nation . had, answered that appeal by a protest instead of a, vote of approba tion ;—and the most opposite_ parties, ad journing the . decision of their common quar rel, had joined in that protest, filling the repre sentative ChaMber with the pledged organs of their hostility. To have attempted to c a rry on the Government in the face of such opposition, would have betrayed either an utter contempt for the constitutional systeni, in which' the elective body had recently shown themselves so capable of acting their part with firmness and effect, or a reckless disregard of the public tranquillity. How 7 ever much,.therefoie, it is to be regretted that so dexterouS a Minister as Villele should have been compelled to retire from office (for offences towards public opinion probably nu his own), and however useful it might have been for a Go- . vernrnent like that of France, only commencing its constitutional career, to have retained for some time longer a Ministry with which France and Europe were becoming acqUainted, instead of commencing the repetition of the frequent changes both of men and systems which preceded the 'appointinent of the late Cabinet, a trial of a new Administration had become indispensable. It -would be superfluous to repeat the charges against the Cabinet of Villele,—charges of sup porting the Jesuits and the priest party,—of maintaining an oppressive police system,—and of attempting to restore the most obnoxious privi leges of the old regime, as these accusations are now sanctioned by the verdict of their country and the sentence of their Sovereign. We shall therefore only further claim the attention of our readers to a brief and candid notice of the Mi nisters whom the ling has . now called to his Councils. .. Count IFerronays, Ambassador to Russia, passed the greatest part of his youth abroad. He was Gentleman of the Chamber to the Duke de Berri, and followed his various fortunes. He is a man of a very agreeable appearance and address, of undoubted probity, and is generally thought attached to liberal and constitutional principles. M. de Martignac, the son of a celebrated ad vocate of Bourdeaux, had begun to make him self known before that city had acquired its ex traordinary claims on the gratitude of the reigning family by its conduct on the 12th March, 1814. Successively a Deputy to the Chamber, the King's Commissioner in Spain, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles 111., Minister of State, and. Director-General of thesiesnaoisisi this, fortunate son of the Gironde,—a type of those Gascons who, according to a saying of Henry IV., take every where,—has now obtained a portfolio, the object of all his prayers and exertions. M. de Aiartignac is gifted with considerable talents, is distinguished for elegance and amiable manners in society,.and displays in the Chamber a clear and copious eloquence. We may remark, how ever, that his conduct during the last Session did not evince much steadiness of political prin ciple, and that his adherence to M. de Villele through good and through bad report, will not tend to increase his popularity with the Liberals. But recent events, it is hoped, may have given him clearer views of the nationalinterests, while his dexterity will enable him to take advantage of the constitutional breeze which has set in so steadily from the electoral colleges. M. Portalis, who is a Peer and a Judge of Cassation, gained great distinction last session by his report on the petition of Count Montlosier. Though a great enemy of the Jesuits, he is a man of undoubted piety. His religious princi ples endangered his personal safety during the empire, when he protected M. Franchet, the present Director-General of Police. Being a man of an enlightened mind and liberal princi ples, his aversion to the Jesuits is not likely to compromise the impartiality of his administration. At the same time his excellent private character, and the respectability of his family, must form a strange contrast with the morals and connexions of his predecessor. M. Roy, originally an advocate, has become the possessor of an immense fortune. Since the commencement of his political career, he has shown very considerable financial talent. He occupied the place of M. de Villele immediately before the formation of the late Cabinet,—he distinguished himself for a strenuous and ef fectual resistance to M. de Villele's plan of the Three per Cents, and his political principles, both in office and opposition, are not calculated to inspire any alarm respecting the course which he may now pursue. Count Chabrol belongs to a family who seem born for office, and who enjoy places under every regime. Being a member of the last Cabinet, it was n ot supposed, at first, that he would detach himself from his colleagues, and remain in the present ; but his probity and ta lents for business, which are said to make him useful to any Ministry, iuduced the King to re fuse his tender of resignation, though repeatedly pressed, and to command the c ontinuance of his services. He seems now better placed in a Ca binet formed at his own ,recommendation, than among his former associates, with several of whom he could not sympathize. General Decaux, promoted from t h e p lace o f Director-General of the Administrati on o f War to that of Minister of the same department, has j ust been nominated a Deputy, we believ e for the first time. The General has considerable expe rience in business, is moderate in his opinions, and respectable in his private character. The new department of Commerce, an imita tion of our Board of trade, is given to M. de Saint Cricq. He began his political career in 1800, as Secretary to the Prefecture of the Seine and Marne, and has for several years been Di rector-General of the Customs. His reports on financial and commercial subjects, which are every session read in the Chambers, give us no high idea of the extent of his knowledge, or the accuracy of his principles on economical subjects. It may be premature, with the necessarily li mited knowledge possessed by foreigners of the capacities, experience, and views of this list of Ministers, to decide bow far they will be able to consult the public interest, if counteracted by a Court of different religious tendencies, or how far they may deserve the confidence of the nation without forfeiting that of the Crown. It is obvious, from our description, that none of them are men of extensive family connections, and that they do not bring to the support of the Ministry any number of devoted adherents. Their personal influence is not felt in either Chamber, nor firmly rooted in any party. They must solicit support, instead of receiving it as a homage—they must conquer the Chambers be fore they are sure of their majority. The Peers made by Villele must at first cling around their maker, and resist the usurpers of his place ; and the Deputies who range themselves under either banner, must hesitate to desert their party for an Administration which hoists no decided co lours, and which the country rather views with hope than confidence. The only thing in which they all seem to agree is, an aversion to the Je suits ; and their strength, therefore, may soon be ascertained by the dismissal or continuance of the Jesuitical Directors of Police, Franchet and Delavau. It gives us sincere pleasure to add our convic tion, that this change of Ministry will make no change in the foreign relations or policy of France, though it may be a little displeasing at Vienna.—Titnes. FRICE4 OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 43 Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. 39N Greck•Bonds Ditto, 1825 17% Guatimala — Mexican Bonds. — Do. 1525 46A% Arrived. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank Stock . 105 3 per Cent. Red. 53%54 3 per Cent. Cons. 8 2 fit ex div. 3Y, per Cent. Ditto Red. S. per Cent. New...98 , ,VA ex div. Ditto, 1826. Bank L. Ann. India Stock Ditto Bonds 83 pm. S•iith Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 58 57 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 58 57 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons, for Ac. 84 % 4, 14 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 - Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bond , : — Prussian, 5 per cent. — Ditto, New — Russian, New — Spanish, 1821 10 V8 1823 French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent —f —c. Exchange —t. —c. Due. I Arrived. O America 0 1 Hamburgh 0 O Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 IFrance I Gottcnburgh 0 0 Mexico 0 O Guernsey& Jersey. 0 I Waterford 0 • Q., 111114 4 611,. 4.--;;(-- • • )) 6 ettr 7- LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1828. We have the highest satisfaction in stating that his MAJESTY, who has suffered from an attack of the gout within thelast few clays, is recovering fast from the effects of it. Nom of the Paris Morning Papers of Satur day reached town last night, in usual course. We shall suspend making any further observa tions on the Revenue until the publication of the official statement of the Revenue of Ireland during the last year, and of the detailed account of the produce of the Excise Duties on each article. In the meantime, we shall only observe, that to those who possess any knowledge of the subject of our National Finances, it is disgusting to read the silly trash which the Courier and New Times write on this subject, either from ignorance, or from a wish to conceal the real facts of the case. One paper labours to prove that a falling off of the Revenue of the Post office is to be hailed as a happy omen of the pros perity of the country, because the amount of that branch of the national income would have been swelled if extensive bankruptcies had taken place ; while the other attempts to show that the decrease of the Excise has not arisen from a less consumption of exciseable articles, but from the reduction of Duties—a cause which has ceased to operate. It has never been our wish to describe the Finances as being less favourable than they are. Our object solely is to speak the truth on this subject, and to divest it of that mystery which others attempt to throw over it. We have every confidence in the resources of the country, and it is only necessary to understand its financial state tobe satisfied that we must use all due means to husband those resources, to enable us to draw more largely upon them for the mainte nance of our national credit. Hamburgh Papers of the Ist inst. were re ceived last night. They contain no political news. An article, dated Vienna the 25th of December, mentions the failure of a large house in the wool trade, the debts of which amount to 700,000 Imperial florins. The state of trade at Hamburgl► during the last year may be judged of by the following statement of the number of ships which arrived at that Port during the year : From the East Indies 10 West Indies 102 South America 129 North America 100 Canary Islands Smyrna 1 Mediterranean 108 Spain 5 Portugal 36 Great Britain (includ ing the ships with ballast and cement) 488 Archangel Sweden and Norway 5O The Baltic B4 Denmark and the Coasts 69 Holland, East Friesland, and,the Coasts 284 The Weser B9 •boats have made thirty The English Steam voyages, and the Dutch sixteen : about fourteen hundr e d ships have sailed from the port in the same time. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. frA MB URC H, JAN. 1..-. Being a holiday, no liets were publi.lied. Two months and a half, 35 9. LEirsic, DEc. 28,—Three months, 6 14. BERLIN, DEC. 29.--Three months, 6 22g. AuassoltGli , D Ec• 28.—One month, 9 48. PETERSBuItoIf, DEC. 28.—Three months, 10i. We received, this forenoon, the flush ian Oh server of the 27th ult. It contains intelligence from the Morea, through Zante, to the 7th, by which it appears that provisions had been thrown into Navarin and M o d on by several merchant vessels ; and that the report of the Turks having burnt the ships which escaped the destruction of the battle at Navarin is unfounded. The fol lowing are extracts VIENNA, DEC. 26. The following are the latest accounts that we have re• ceived from the lonian Islands : ZANTE, Nov. 28. Ibrahim Pacha was engaged till the 4th of this month in preparing the receiving ships of Isis fleet. On the sth he went to Modon ; on the same day, and only a few hours after Ibrahim left Navarin, Tahir Bey, the Capitan Pacha, embarked on board one of the best corvettes that escaped destruction on the 20th October, and sailed for Constantinople. After the Allied squadrons had left Navarin, several merchantmen, laden with provisions, which were at an obor here, went to Navarin and Modon, where they dis posed of their cargoes to great advantage. The greatest tranquillity and order prevailed in both places. On the 14th of this month an Egyptian brig of war, which had made the passage from Alexandria in 14 days, arrived at igodon, with despatches for Ibrahim Pacha. zAvrE, DEC. 7. A few days ago it was reported here that the vessels Iselonging to the Turkish and Egyptian fleet at Navarin, which remained after the catastrophe of the 20th October, had been burnt by the Turks themselves. In conse quence of that report the English resident here sent his sloop to Navarin to inquire upon the spot whether it was nrell founded or not. The sloop returned yesterday with the news that the above statement was wholly false. Lord Cochrane, who lately appeared on the Coast of Illaina with the Hellas frigate, and is said there to have slunk a pirate ship, appears again to have left those seas.— it is not known whither he has directed his course. The Nuremberg Correspondent di the 31st tilt., and Frankfort Papers of the Ist inst., which ',lave also come to hand this forenoon, do not contain any news. The following are extracts : FRANKFORT, Mc. 31. His Royal Highness Prince Gustavus of Sweden arrived here yesterday. The account and concluding report of the Central Com mittee for the Government of Dusseldorf, relative to the application of the voluntary contributions entrusted to it for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations in the win ter 1824-25, on the banks of the Rhine, is new pub lished. It affords a pleasing view of the judicious exer tions of the Committee, and of the ample contributions from all quarters, which amounted to the unexpected sum of above 100,000 dollars. The Committee finding in the spring that the very favourable weather had enabled many families to resume the cultivation of the inundated lands with much greater success than could have been expected, considered whether it might not correspond with the intentions of their benefactors, to re serve a part of those ample contributions for future disasters of the same kind. Ile entire amount received was 103,880 rix dollars. The Committee distributed 82,982 dollars, the remainder, 20,437 rix dollars, have been placed at the disposal of the local authorities as a reserve against future emergencies. BERLIN, DEC. 25. The journey of his Royal Highness Prince William, his Majesty's second son, to St. Petersburgh, relates entirely, as we learn from good authority, to a family affair respect ing which the public will be informed in a few months.' Our City Correpondent informs us that he has seen a letter from Paris, dated on Saturday night, which states that "'The Three, per Cents. were done after 'Change hours at 68f. 20c. The new Ministry will not have the majority in the House. It expected that VILLELE will be impeached in regard to the finances, and the creation of the new Peers. The deficiency in the French finances is stated to be 120 mil lions of francs." We have received a Boston Paper of the 13th ult. which states, - under the head of " United States' Navy," " that by the official papers re cently transmitted to Congress, it appears that the vessels now in commission are—one ship of the line, six frigates, and four schooners. The Mediterranean squadron will this year consist of the Delaware, 74; Java, 44; Lexington, 22 ; Warren, 22 ; and Porpoise, commanded by Captain CRANE. Captain KIDGELY continues to command on the West India, Captain BIDDLE on the Brazil, and Captain JONES on the Pacific station. Ten new sloops of war will be prepared for sea in the course of the year. Under the law for the gradual increase of the Navy, con tracts have been made fbr the frames of five ships of the line, five frigates, and five sloops of war. Contracts have also been made for a large portion of the labour and materials of the dry dock at Gosport and Charleston, and the works of the latter have commenced. The Se cretary of the Navy is of opinion that our naval force in commission cannot with propriety be diminished, if regard be paid to our com mercial and other interests. He recommends the establishment of a higher grade in the Navy than that of Captain ; an augmentation of the Marine Corps ; and attention to the Naval Hospital Fund ; and for this purpose four hospitals at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk, have been purchased." TILE FUNDS-(TPLIS DAY). CITY, TwEarz o'CLocz. Yesterday was the first transfer day in Consols, and they are now quoted without the dividend. They opened this morning at.Bl i f for account, and 82i ex. div. for money, since which they have im proved a trifle, being 841 for the former, and 824 for the latter; the Commissioners gave 821, India Bonds are 87 8; Exchequer Bills, 54 5 pm. The Foreign Funds appear to have but little activity. The intimation of the Charge d'Affaires of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, announcing his regret that the ensuing dividend on that Stock cannot for the present be paid, has some time been foreseen, and the effect has therefore not been so important as might have been calculated; it is, however, fair to observe, that this Government has made strenuous efforts and sacrifices to keep up their credit, and such as throws into the shade other and more powerful States, who have failed in keeping engagements at even an ea r lier p e riod. Th e B onds are 43 5 ; Mexican, 46 I; Russian, 904 1 ; G reek, 171 18; in Colombian there is no alteration. their Shares remain quiet, without any thing novel to notice. TWO O'CLO CK Consols have remained steady at 84 k for so m e time, the new Account for February opened to-d a y, and is fix e d for the 28th. The contango is scarcely a Sixteenth per cent., at which rate some trifling business has been doing. TI!REE 0' CL 0 cg . Consols for Account, 84-, buyers, and 8413, sellers, for next time. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 824 Danish 59i- Do. for Ac. 84+ Greek, 1825 17i Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 461 Buenos Ayres 4.3 Peruvian 26 Chilian Do. Russian 91 Columbian, 1821 Spanish, 1821 101 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY, FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 7.--Wind S.E.--Arrived from London, the Numa, Wade, for New South Wales; Roche, Collis, for St. Thomas's; General Palmer, Truscott, for Madras. Passed the Elvira, Clayton, for St. Domingo. FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind E.N.E. to E.S.E.— Arrived the Rocket, Cumming, from Cephalonia, in 51 days. Sailed the Planet, Barclay, for Jamaica; Columbine, Brown, for Rio Janeiro; Norton, Den man, for St. Domingo ; Erin, James, for Vera Cruz ; Eutha, Benson, for Malta. GREENOCK, JAN. s.—Arrived the Londonderry, Wyse, from Londonderry; saw a large brig on shore in Kilcattan Bay, Island of Bute, at 10 a. m., with a brig of war in atondance. RAMSGATE, JAN. 7.—The Ann and Elizabeth, Moyse;from London to Fowey, has put in here with damage and loss of bowsprit, having been run foul of by a brig, while at anchor in the Downs. The Jane, -, from Demerara, and the British Union, Power; from Cadiz, are supposed to be arrived, the former off Dovei, the latter off Ryde, Due. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morn ing in trying two cases of assault, one by Mr. Sea man, a lodging-house-keeper against Thos. Hughes, the serv an t of a lod ger i n his house, and the other brought by Hughes against Seaman, for an assault upon him on the same day. The Jury found both Guilty, and the Court sentenced Seaman to pay a fine of Is., and Hughes was ordered to find bail to keep the peace for one year towards Mr. Seaman, himself in sureties of 40/., and two others in 20/. each. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY, BOW-STREET. CU TTING AND MA IMING.—John Hodgson and another butcher lad, were committed for re-examina tion, on a charge of cutting the thigh of a cat's-meat man in Hungerford-market, last night. He is now in the Hospital, and the surgeon's certificate de scribed him as dangerously wounded. PUBLIC SALES.-(THIS DAY.) BY MR. MUSGROVE, AT THE MART. An Improved Rental of 47/. per annum, arising from a leasehold house and premises situate No. 6, Gutter-lane, held under the Saddlers' Company, for an unexpired term of 19 years from Lady-day next. —Knocked down at 120 guineas. KENT-ROAD,---A brick-built House and Shop, situate in Charles-street, let at the yearly rent of 201., held by lease for an unexpired term of 45 years, subject to a ground-rent of .5/. per ann.-175 guineas. A LEGACY.—A Three Hundred Pounds Legacy, payable on the death of a lady aged 87 years, and in an infirm state of health, amply secured on money in the Funds, now standing in the names of respect able trustees in the Bank of England.-1901. BY STEVENS AND BRENCHELEY. DALSTON.—A Leasehold Estate, comprising a neat country residence, situate No. 1, Bath-place, Ralston, Middlesex, with numerous out-offices, &c. also a kitchen-garden and paddock, comprising about one acre of land, and two houses adjoining, being Nos. 2 and 3, Bath-place; the three houses are held on lease for 21 years, at a ground-rent of 18/.-650/. BY HAINES AND SON, AT GARRAWAY'S. The Blue Posts Public-house and Wine-vaults, situate in i',lipert 7 street, now carrying on an exten siir.e. business ; the premises are in good repair, and are held, of which 171 years were, unexpired last Christmas, at a rent of 631. per annum.-8301. A man, named JOHN AGNEW, died last week at Southsea, near Portsmouth, at the very old age of 104. He had served many campaigns in the 33d regiment, and enjoyed a pension during the last fifty years of his life. A party of gentlernetrwere shooting four days last week, on the preserves of W. H. WHITBREAD, Esq., M.P., in the course of which time they bagged upwards of six hundred pheasants.—Herts Mercury. We are sorry we cannot speak of this county as an exception from that contagion of crime, which, melancholy to say, appears to be making rapid and alarm ing strides in every district in this kingdom. Our County Gaol and Bridewell are now more thickly populated with culprits convicted and undergoing their 'sentences, and prisoners awaiting trial, than has been recollected for a long period. Of the latter, there are fifty-nine already set down for adjudication at the next Sessions, being twenty more than the Calendar contained at the corresponding Sessions of last year, and which leaves the cases of fifteen or sixteen, charged with offences of a more serious nature, for investi gation at the Assizes. The appeal business at the coming Sessions, it is also said, promises to be very heavy.— Worcester Herald. A GHOST.—For some time back the inha bitants at the north end of Montrose have been much an noyed and terrified, by the appearance of an unearthly-like being, standing about seven feet in height, with all the habiliments which constitute the ghost. Some fellows of daring courage have given it chase ; but so dexterous is the spectre, that the pursuers soon lose sight of its flying skirts. Many conjectures are afloat in regard to its swift ness; every old wife has her way ; and the moderns attri bute it to spring-heels, &c. Two gentlemen of distinction not far distant, are named as being the said ghost. The prank is understood to be played for a wager of a large amount. —Dundee Advertizer. To PREVENT DROWNING..--Tile human body in an ordinary healthy state, with the chest full of air, is lighter than water. If this truth were generally known and well understood, it would lead to the saving of more lives, in cases of shipwreck, than all the mechanical life preservers which man's ingenuity will ever contrive. The human body, with the chest full of air, is so much lighter than water, that it naturally floats with a bulk of about half the head above the water; it can no more sink than a log of fir-wood. That the person may li ve an d b rea th e , thn, it is only necessary to exert volition, so as to render the face the part which remains above water.—Dr. Arnatt's Elements. TURTLE HUNTING.—The handle of the spears with which the Indians strike the turtle, is made of very hard wood ; the head is a triangular-shaped piece of notched iron, with a sharp point ; a piece of iron is joined to this which slips into a groove at the top of the spear handle, and has a line attached to it which runs through eyes fixed for that purpose - to the shaft of , the spear, to which a float is fastened. The Indian; when near enough to strike the turtle, raises the spear above his shoulder, and throws it in such a manner that it takes a circular di rection in the air, and lights, with its point downward, on the back of the animal, penetrating through the shell, and the point becoming detached from the handle, remains firmly fastened in the creature's body ; the float now shows on the surface of the water which way the turtle has gone; and he is easily hunted up, and secured, by means of the fine, which has remained attached to the spear head...— Reber/s's America. The Swiss dine generally at maid-day, or very soon after ; so that when the youte, as it is called, arrives, namely the tea—appetite has become keen, and the stran ger is allowed to see the rapid consumption of the many kinds of substantial cakes with which the plates are loaded. The meal, as it may be called, over, the assembly, however numerous, is broken up into a great number of small par ties, who continue at cards unwearedly till the hour of parting—generally a very early one. Let it not be thought that this passion for cards includes a love of deep play ; the spirit of CALVIN himself stalking. into the room, would not startle a Swiss snore than the sight of gold on the table; he would feel himself on the very brink of perdition ; a Katz (a safe coin, of the value of three half-pence) a game is commonly the highest stake at these parties. At Berne the play may sometimes exceed this, but in the other can tons never. Nothing like conversation goes forward ; that part of the assembly— an d i t i s a very small one—that does not gamble, from the national and confined turn of their converse, interest the strangers but little; and the w omen, cold, plain, and amiable —good domestic oharac ters, whose travels have been along the streets and the immediate neighbourhood, but little—how little ! in their own glorious land, whose limits they scarcely ever pass— ,4 doomed to live and die," as a traveller has said, " in the place where they were born"—can their society be fasci nating or brilliant ?.-IVew Monthly Magazine. PRICES, &e. OF SHARES IN BANKS, CANALS, RAILWAYS, ROADS, &c. AT HALF-PAST ONE THIS DAT. (FOR THE SUN.) No. of Shares. 20,0001. 1,000,0001. 3,000,0001. 5,000,0001. 1,500,0001. 1:66 sh, 1482 - 950 4000 ish, 4000 472 720 400 500 460 W6ot l 35754 01 11,600 41491, 1500 3096', 749 6239 25,:18 11,6991' 21371)L 489:1 1000 sh. & 10001 1000 2000 4W2 2393 11,6001. 4000 BAN KS. Prov. Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. 25 pd. Bank of Scotland 831.65. Bd. pd, Commercial D 0.... 500/. sh. 100/. pd. National Do. 1001. sh. 10/ pd. Royal Do. 1001. pd. CANALS. Ashton & OldhamTA Y. 9'71. ISs. sh. Ashliy , deaaaeucti.... A. 1131, sh Barnsley 160/. sh. Brecknock & Abergavenny 150/. sh. Birmingham, f share 17/. 10s. Birm.,S4 Liv. Junc. 100/. sh 25/. pd. Bolton and Bury 250/. sh. Bridgewater and Taunton 100/. sh.' Chelmer and Blackwater lOO/. sh. Cnventry , 4. lON. ell. Cromford UK sh Derby - 1501 . MI: , Dudley • ..1 • JO/. As Ellesmere and Chester Av 13:31, sh. Erewash 1004 eh. Forth and Clyde.... Av. 400/ 16s• sh• Grand Junction 100/ sh. Grand Union lOO/ sh. Grand Surrey 100/. sh. Grand Western .... 1001. sh 791.1x1. Glamsrganshire ... A. 1724 13s. 4d. Grantham I'o' sh. Iluddersfield",.., Av. bit. Os. (id. sh. Kennet & Avon Av. 39f.185. 10d. sh. Lancaster Av. 471. Os. Sd. sh. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. Leicester . ~.., 1404 sh. Leicester & Northamp. Av 53/. 10s. Loughborough- • Av. 142/ 17s. sh. Macclesfield lOO/. 381. pd.l Monmouthshire 100/. sh. Montgomeryshire 100/. sh. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. Mersey and 'riven Neath 100/. sh. Oxford 100/. sh, Peak Forest kr. about IS& sh Regent's Av. 40/. 10s. sh. Do. New Shares 25/...13/. pd. Rochdale Av. 85/. sh, Shropshire 100/. sh, Stafford and Worcester 1401, sh, Shrewsb•iry 1'25/. sh , Stourbridgc HU. sh, Stratford-on-Avon Av. 79/9s Sd sh, Stroudwater Swansea 1001. sh, Thames and Severn, black 100/. sh. Ditto Ditto red lOO/. sh, Trent and Mersey, ?/ash 5Ol. Thames & Medway Av. 3011 a 3d sh. Warwick & Birmingham 100/. sh. Varwick and /Capron ...... —lOO/. sh, Worcester & Birrning. Av.lB/ Ss sh, Wilts and Berks... Ay. 16117 s Sd sh, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh, RAILWAYS. Cheltenham 100/. sh. Cromford & P. Forest 1001. sh. 50/.pd. Forest of Dean 50/. sh. Manch. and Liverp. 1001. sh 271. pd. Severn and Wye Av. 351. sh. Stockton and Darlington ....1001. sh.', ROADS. Commercial 1001. sh.l Ditto E. Ind. Dock Branch 100/. sh.i Great Dover-street. 704 pd. Highgate Archway Av. 30/.75. 10d. New North Road Thames Tunnel W. pd. 50/. sh. BRIDGES, Hammersmith --- 50 sh. Southwark Av. 631. Ss. 60. Ditto New 5Ol. sh. Waterloo lOOl. sh. Ditto Old Ann. of 8/ per an. tio/. pd. Ditto New Do. ail ditto... 40/. pd. Ditto (Bonds)......variout amounts Vauxhall Av. 701. lOs. 3d. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd. Alliance 100/. oh. 10/. pd. Ditto Marine 100!. sh. 51. pd. Atlas Birmingham Fire — . .250/. 55/. pd. ,British 250/. sh. 501. pd. County Fire lOU sh. 10/. jut. Globe Stock Guardian., 1001. sh. 101. pd. Imperial Fire ...... sh. 501. pct Imperial Life. —loo/. sh. 101. pd. London Fire 751. sh. 121. 10s. pd. London Ship • 'Si. sh. 12/. 10s. pd. Manchester 1001. sh. 101.1 x!. Palladium 5Ol. sh. 21. pd. Protector Fire 2O/. sh. 21. iNI. Provident Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd. ltock Life 201. sh. 2/. pd. RoTal Exchange Stock Union 2OOl. sh. 201. pd. WATER WORKS, East London 1001. sh. Grand Junction ... Av. 41/ I3s. 4d, 'Kent 1001. sh. ,Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh., Manchester Av. 461. New River London Bridge I Water Annuities .... 1800 8294 1380 Oldham Gas & Wat. 61. pd. !W. South London lOOl. sh. West Middlesex ... An. Mt 12s. 9d, York Buildings 100 sh D 0 C, Commercial 1001. sh 2600 1065 Ish. 450,000/. 3,114,000/. 11,300 1;100,000/. 2503 '704 4250 2400 DOCKS. 1000 20,000 200 201 500 2500 10,0 '0 480 1000 8200 400 12,000 6000 610 last India Stock London Stock St. Katherine's 701. pd. ,West India Stock GAS COMPANIES Ashton 25/. pd 'Bath 2O/. sli. 16/. Birmingham 5O/. ill Bristol 640/. sh. Birm. & Staf. 5O/. sh. SW. pd. City of London 1001. sh. 901. pd. Ditto New 100/. sh. wt. pd. Continental 95/. sh. Si. pd. Derby .50/. sh. Leeds lOOl. sh. Liverpool 1001. sh. London Portable 1001. sh. 18110 s pd. Provincial Portable ...121. sh. 91.1x1. Rochdale 25/. sh. 1080 10,000 60,000 20,000 10,000 4000 2000 20,000 .4,000 000 10,000 1800 5000 !Sheffield 2!1. sh. 1;/, pd. Sh rewsbtir lO/. ;h. United Gen 4/. . Wakefield y eral 50 sh. 25/. 0 pd sh. Westminster Chartered -W. sh. Ditto New 5Ol. sh. 101. pd. York ` , 51 sh. MINES. Real del Monte 440/. sh, Bolanos 3OO-200 pd. Tlalpuxahua 4OOl. sh. aux. pd. Anglo Mexican 100/. sh. 351. pd. Unit. Mex.... 2/. pm 40/. eh. 35/. pd. Mexican 1001. sh. 23/. pd. Brazilian....sl. pm. 35/. sh. 20/. pd. Colombian 1001. sh. 20!. pd. Pasco Peruvian 401. sh. 23/. pd. Famatina 250/. sh. 751. pd. Arigna 50/. sh. 161. Hibernian .50/. sh. 81. pd. MM. Co. of Ireland2s/.811.31. 10s. Royal Irish 25 iss. 2 pm. 21 is :k1 pd. ,Potosi 151. sh. 101. pd. 'Gen. MM. Assoc. 100 sh. 51. pd. I Welsh Iron and Coal 251. pd. MISCELLANEOUS. Auction Mart 501. sh. Australian Co. 100!. sh. 14/. pd. British Annuity Co. 50/. sh. 261. pd. British Iron Co 1001. sh. 101. pd. Canada Company 100/. sh. 101. pd. Dev. Haytor Granite 50/. sh. 6/. pd. French Brandy Disty. 501. sh. RI pd. Gen. Steam Nar.Co. 1001. sh. 13/. Pd. Hill Joint Stock Co. 1001 sh. 251. Pd. Lon. Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. Metrop. DAR C0....100/. sh 501. pd. New Corn Exchange 501. sh 23/. Reversion. Int. So. 1001. sh '7Ol. pd, 125 0 65 0 31 0 218 0 33 10 59 0 6 0 90 72 0 36 0 82 10 92 0 1)9 5 08 0 par 14 11 63 0 26 0 V 0 167.10 92 10 3 15 -- i. 10 .1 7s 6d 28 0 37 0 S p. cent. p. cent. 4 p. cent. lop. cent. 22 10 530 10 15 16 p. cent. 1 8 90 5 0 2 10 - - 10 0 :1 5 1 14 12 4 p. cent. 2 10 3 0 12 26 0 16 o 8 0 95 0 22 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 00 4 0 - 13 1 15 15 0 3 0 14 p7c—ent. 15 5 p. cent. 1 0 55 o. c. ON SALE, SHARES in the Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Ellesmere, Lancaster, Shropshire, Swansea, and Wilts and Berks Canals; Manchester and Liverpool Rail way ; Guardian Assurance ; Manchester Waterworks ; Ashton Gas; Mining Companies, &c. &c. WANTED, SHARES in the Ashton, Barnsley, Bol ton, and Bury, Grand Junction, Huddersfield, Kennet and Avon, Peak Forest, Rochdale, Stratford on Avon, and Worcester and Birmingham Canals ; Manchester As surance, and Birmingham and Staf f ordshire, and City of London Gas. MACARDY and HALL, Share and Stock-Brokers, 6, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London; and Itioncheeter. HONOUR AMONG THE POACHERS, OR RAISING THE Wm:J.—The wife of a well-known poacher in Penrith, being desirous to keep up the festivities of Christmas, and not over scrupulous about obtaining the means, waited upon a number of persons in that town to whom her husband had occasionally sold game, and told them that an information had been laid against her husband, and that a subscription of five shillings each would enable him to pay the penalty, without his being under the ne m _ city of infarminq against them. T his g entle hi nt had the desired eff ec t : in almost every instance the money was readily given, and the woman realized a handsome sum. The tale about, the information was a fdbrication.-- Carlifle Patriot. hicENoNtEN - 0/ 4 . — A wonderful and strange animal, never before . seen in this country, was yes t e rday caught on the prennses of a gentleman residing a t Bead ing, Yorkshire. It has a head lik e a cat, f ore f e et like .n a leopard, hind feet like a ferret, purple eye the shade, and of a greenish huewhensee when seen It has three white marks over the right eye , a nd thr ee black over the left. It is of a whitey-brown colour , n in the light. spotted with red. The tail a beautifully white, tipped with blue.—N.l3. We have received the above marvellous account from a correspondent, and leave our readers to de cide on the share of credit to be apportioned to it. 5 0 44 tkbs, 18 0 . 1 0 4 0 180 ii 15 0 32 & bs, 5000 50,0001. t;000 2000 60,000 50,000 21,000 1200 Ish 4001) 1,000,011 Q/. 20,000 2400 31,000 20,000 40,000 250,000 100,000 105,0291. 1300 7500 THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAT.) HAY MARKETS.--(A 1 A & • Zs - Lowland Mead. Hay 3 10 to 4 ' 5 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Itye.grass Hay 4 0 5 0 New Meadow Hay 310 410 Supply rather limited, and tz day's prices. t per Lead ot 95 Trusses.) • 4 MESS. A. a. S. ; Clover Hay ' 4 Ste 6 U Oat Straw 1 8 112 Wheat Ditto ll2 116 ide somewhat brisk, at Satur- s. Lowland Mead. Flay 3 3to 4 0 Upland Ditto 315 415 Rye-grass Hay 315 415 New Meadow flay 310 4 0 The best Meadow and Clover . quoted. Supply good, and, trade ryl ELD. s. Z. IL Cloy. Hay generally 4 5t05 10 Do. extra fine 0 0 515 Oat Straw 1 8 110 Wheat Ditto. llO 113 Hay ss. per load lower than last dull. CITY MARKETS, TWO O'CLOCK. In Rum no business of importancehas been entered into lately. The quotations for oveTproofs are firm. SALTPETRE may be quoted a shade lower, but there is no disposition manifested by capitalists to speculate in this article at present. The SILK market continues to display much activity at the advance noticed in the last report. COTTON WOOL.—It is expected that the sale et the India House in the latter end of the present month will be encreased by further declarations to about 7,000 bags. The demand for most descriptions of Cotton is steady, but not active, anti the prices to-day are about the same as at the end of last week. RUSSIAN PRODUCE remains without animation. The latest accounts from St. Petersburgll state, that the supply of Tallow this year will exceed that , of last SeilFOil and will amount to abo u t 200,000 casks. The price continues at from 375. 9d. to 3ss. per cwt. Hemp and Flax are pretty firm. In INDIGO very little is expected to be done until after the sale. Shipments to some extent are still made to the Continental Markets, where better prices can be obtained. Hops.—The payment and receipt of differenceg, arising out of the bettings on the amount of duty have since the first instant occupied the attention of the speculators. Some very considerable sums have changed hands. Business is steady at prices about, the same as last week. The IRoN trade is quite as brisk as at any period within the last three months, and the late advance is mentioned with firmness. The Continental orders for machinery have not been numerous of late, but full employment is offered in the completion of pre vious orders. Oats.--The demand for Oils is brisk. Sperm may be quoted as high as 811. per tun. Rape Oil is firm, and for other descriptions the holders ask all advance in price. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, Jan. 4. The supply of Wheat fresh up to-day is large; very fine samples nearly obtain last Friday's prays, but general rune, and all lower qualities, are very dull sale, and 6d. to le. per quarter lower. There is very little doing in Oats, the consumption westward being chieflysupplied by Irish Oats from Liverpool. The supply of Barley has fallen off this week, and there has been a fair demand for good Norfolk , at an advance of 6,1. per quarter upon good quality, sad Is. upon superfine bright samples; but there is no invo provement in the value of other descriptions. The quart' tity of Beans at market exceed the demand, and they sell very heavily at a reduetioa of Is. to 2s. per quarter. Rapeseed is 1/. per last dearer ; the stock here is very small, not having been so trifling at any period during the last seven years, and at Hull it is calculated not to eX' teed 10,000 quarters. • Wheat, Norfolk and Sull6lk, Red 49s. to 525. fine 555. - White.... 565. to 595. fine tits, - New, Red 475. to 495. fine 535. White 5 0. to 563. fine 595. - Foreign, Red Ms. to 555. tine 575. Barley, Norfolk and Sufiblk 3l-s. to 365. fine - Lincolnshire 29s. to 31s. fine 325. -- Yorkshire "%Vold 29s. to 295. fine 30s. Beans, Old I 545. to 565. fi ne 595. - New 43E, to 445. fine 465. Oats, Poland and Potato 20s. to 275. fine 295. Friezland and Small ls. to 21s. fine 265. Dealing 1034t1. to 13d. per Stone. Shelling 2Bs. to 305..-s. to -s. per Load. Malt 33s. 41s. fine 435. per Load. Rapeseed NOTTINGHAM.—Jan. 5. Our supply of Wheat to-day was limited, and the 4e' 'nand exceeding the 'supply, in some instances more mond was obtained than of late. 'Malting and Grinding Barleyl in plenty, and each is. Wirer. Fine New Osts witboUl alteration. New Beans again I*.' to 2s. cheaper. The fol' lowing are the averages per quarter. Wheat-- .L 2 11 6 'Oats £1 4 4 Rye. jl 2 Barley ll2 10} I Beans, new 2 8 OlPease, boil. 00 u COTTON TRADE. EDINBURGH JAN. 2.--It gives u s pl easure t o lay before our readers a very satisfactory fact concerning the prosperity of the cotton manufactures. The quantity of cotton consumed in Scotland this current year is, on an average, 328 bags a week larger thas it was last year. In 1826, 1080 bags a week. In 1827, 1400 ditto. The value of the yarn made from this increase is one year would be about a quarter of a million, and the goods about half a million sterling. STOCK IN GLASGOW. DEC. 11826. Dzc. 1827. Sea Island • . , 248 1274• Stained ditto e 606 629 *Upland 867 8993 Orleans 1079 4276 Egyptians 1921 2250 Detneraras 1053 952 West India 935 East India 220 2466 6673 21,675 biroßTs INTO G L A s aow—Foreign, 62,980 Coastwise, 26,750 Total ............... 89,730 TOTAL IMIORT Or CO MN IN ISM Liverpool, about .... 760,000 London ....... . 74,000 Glasgow ............... . 63,000 Total ............... 897,000 Glosymo Chronicle. LAW NOTICES. Al ieani ton Burnett COURT OF v. I" : ll l o Gu y l n th d : s e rn r v n i . d : j . t NCR. The following Special Jury Causes are appointed to b 4 tried next week, at Guildhall :- 3101iDAY, JAN. 14. Yeates v. Carusew Dutton v. Burnett Windeler v. Burnett - Same v. Melville Solart v. Maes Lord Mayor v. Hunt Levi v. Basler Lubbock v. Ward Heyman v . Marshall The King V. Discombe Same r. Same Stretton v. Kensington Canal Company Burnett v. Cooper TUESDAY, r Play Young v. The rm K c King g lit vej : dch . Reilly Taylor Congreve v. Rottou Fairlie v. Denton JAN. 15- v. Pryor H o d gso n Reid v. Smart Landy v. Graham Bolland v. Baxter Same v. Same Mortimer v. Ellice ~ JAN. 1 6. Browning v. m ywvn Wilton v. Alills j Cocks v. B orradaile Wiggin v. Bainbridge Tomkins v. Savory Power v. Butcher JAN. 17. Bassett v. Pryor Borlase v. Kay Gurney v. Same D N ESDA , The King v. Taylor Same v. Bolton Same v. Same Same v. Trevett.. Same v. Hunter Reynolds v. FalmeTriwnspAy Solarte v. Williams pv al o S o Samel n b na l ten e smn e t vy : sse t : . na v ot s P t Y F . ufe : ro A l i t t d : nfh:sya above voi Special caijapyu Juries as't: JAN. 18. I Bradley v. Materhouse al Tuesday following, the re- w ill be taken. No oth er a n . for these Sittings. r HIGHLAND SCHOOLS.—lmpressed as we a l, ways have been by the important call on our Scottish countrymen to patronise the humane and wise sche me of the General Assembly for establishing schools and c a t ech i st , in the Highlands, and Islands, we are happy to be inf orme d that the respectable and numerous Presbytery of p a i s l e y have resolved, at their last meeting, that a collection i n a id of the Assembly's fund shall be made in all the p ar i s h e s within their bounds before the first day of May Edinburyit .Evening Courant. rnce Z 25 6 1 180 01 I'7o 0 11 15 180 0 16 p. cent Dividend per Share per Ann. 14 p. cent, 6p.cent. 80 0 102 0 1220 0 400 0 170 0 70 0 112 0 1400 0 590 0 306 0 27 0 3 15 72 0 25 0 13 0 1 0 3 0 101 8 0 250 0 215 0 1 10 Ili 0 17 0 131 12s ed 10 0 13 - 8 - ro 001 51 2s 6d , 160 0 45 0 47 0 22 10 130 0 35 0 3 0 35 0 5 0 28 0 94 0 110 0 22 101 20 10 7 10 I 2 1 2 18 0 3/ 2s 6d 260 0 480 0' 170 0 1 5 15 p. cent. I 5 p. cent 1 2 19s. rd. i p. cent. 1 0 2 In 4 p. cent 0 10 5 0 4 p. cent. 2 10 7 0 1 0 4 p. cent 4 p. cent rs. 4d, - IS p. cent 1 8 (A'bourn In thi Couns e l Proceed There "I the ea cha nge, of the T. J. I visited tin and that t J . Hine proved th deelaratiol Th e c, J ury for witnesses J oseph been in at, wife, horn A ttended offiee-cour March, an her On int( v dap s , b ro iled 16 was furniti Se veral Port of MI Mr. F. I DEN left tl di et for th, .apectaptrcel Etipiobiyiesi be csiulvSi "ft hasshrui tt °°" by th e P ea 'att. it as i '2: 11143 at th e tl iere th anci withi n acum e n Of E l l whisp ex ti Pl°ll4 g tr very site_a remai ns of Csy st .: opal the the not In i d ' to t k tii . Pr N c what Ivh I 540 1597 70 3000 2409 100 250 2 50 1786 :MOO 12,294 9220 56 0 700 500 300 3617 6000 20,000 800 350 1600 2500 MOO 3742 610 135 60 0 :100 0 139 0 300 0 ,0 100 0 31 0 392 0 321 0 - 25 0 220 0 - 90 0 240 0 800 0 340 0 112 01 25 01 13 5 1000, 135 0, 800 0 210 0 220 0, 44 0 450 0 300 0 24 6 36 0 840 0 12 0 268 0 200 0 127 0 100 0 38 0 5 10 120 0 S 0 58 0 9 10 4 15 9 0 93 0 3a o~ 42 150 0 20 15 97 0 12 6 0 13 0 6 0 10 0 4 0 H 0 33 0 4 0 40 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 23 0 16 0 I6s. 6(1 £1 10 37 10 12 0 12 10 2. 0 - 4 6 0 6 0 5 0 2 11 5 (1 - 8 LAm