The Sun. — London, England, 1824-12-21 00:00:00

ENGLISH and BRISTOL CHANNEL SHIP CANAL. [EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN NICHOLL'S REPORT.] Of the dangers attendant on the navigation round the promontories of Cornwall, at all sea sons, but more especially during the winter months, a great deal might here be said ; the frequent occurrence of shipwreck on this coast, and the loss of life by which it is accompanied, being matter of public notoriety. I well remem ber the impression made on my own mind many years ego, whilst traversing the shore adjacent to - and between the Land's End and the Lizard, where the numerous graves of seafaring persons who had perished on those inclement coasts, and whose bodies were interred near the spot where they had been washed on shore, frequently in clusters -of many together, were calculated to awaken the most painful sensations. Note.—At one place alone, near Gunwallor, there have been between 30 and 40 of these poor creatures buried. The marks of their graves are still to be seen. The proposed Canal, when completed, will as- , suredly tend to lessen the number of shipwrecks, and by so doing ‘t ill lessen, if it does not anni hilate the system of " wrecking" with all its de moralizing effects on the character and,habits of the people, which has so long disgracefully pre veiled on the coasts of Cornwall ; indeed, the undertaking is well deserving of 'public support, on grounds quite distinct from any calculation of advantage in it pecuniary point of view—l mean from motives of humanity'and general benevo lence, for I know of no public object that com bines so many of those considerations which must ever influence the Patriot and Philanthropist, or that would conduce to a greater saving of human life, or be productive of more extensive benefits to the country and to individuals wishing to place this interesting subject in its true light, and to found. it on something like official returns, I have bud the books at Lloyd's carefully examined, end the following statement, abstracted there from, shows the number of vessels which have :been wrecked, or sustained damage off the Land's End, or on or •near to the coasts of Dorset, So . merset, Devon, and Cornwall, between Bridge 'water River in the Bristol Channel, and the Bill .-of Portland in the English Channel, from 1815 to 1823, both years inclusive : Number of vessels that 1 Number of vesselsstrand. have lost their masts, or 1 , ,,, tr, ed on the above-named sustained injury at sea, in coasts, either diunagod or theirapproach to, or off the totally wrecked. Land'sEnd,and theabove named coasts. — lBl5 ' 51 713 1818 :48 43 .1817 22 04 1918 41 76 1819 35 57 1320 .37 50 1821 49 70 1822 49 74 1023 50 48 —.— 332 ' 553 Average, 424 per Ann. Average, 62 per Ann. By this statement it will be seen that, on an average of the last nine years, upwards of 42 vessels annually have been either totally lost, or --else have sustained damage in consequence of being • Chat W iiiii11411111" alIVIABl.l t h i VeLl r... CUMULI/ 'have met with injury at sea in the vicinity of 'these coasts, or in their approach towards them. ~If the sacrifice of human life, and the destruction of property which ensued, could have been added, -it would have exhibited the whole subject at one :view ; but it was found impracticable to do this. The numbers inserted in the above statement 'are considerably within the actual amount of in :;jury sustained, us the majority of small coasting vessels, being those mostly exposed to the ca • sualty of shipwreck, are neither insured nor no 'ticed on the books at Lloyd's. The statement, - however, although so far incorrect, will probably be deemed sufficient for the present purpose. If ' any addition shall be thought necessary for giving it a greater effect, such addition may be found ki nearly the last page of the extracts, which L have procured f r o m th e li s t o f Ll oy d' s , w h ere, in that' of the 7th of November, 182.3, just twelve months ago, it is stated, that " the whole coast, from St. Ives to the Land's End, is strewed with wreck, and it is impossible to ascertain the names of all the vessels that have suffered, as most of the crews are drowned. That Government will give its decided sup port to the undertaking, it is impossible to doubt ; for, independent of all its other advan ,. tages, and the facilities which it will afford to the conveyance of timber from the Forest of Dean, and the country connected with the Bristol - Channel, and for the transit of stores between the Naval depots of Milford, Portsmouth, and Plymouth—ifa war should break out, vessels, by going through the proposed Canal, would be -saved from passing along nearly one half the line of coast, and that too the part most exposed to the depredations of privateers,and cruizers ; and in all probability millions of Our resources would thereby be saved to the country, and kept from augmenting the power of the enemy. `.4 Po 11:TSMOUTli Ro - Ao.—The Intimation held our by the Landholders of the neighbourhood of Li ph look and Peters. field, of turning the Portsmouth and London Road through Farnham, instead of Guildford, has prompted the Trustees or the present road to the imutedinie alteration of the road over Ilindheati. The improvement is as follows :—lnstead of eon. ..tinning up the narrow and hollow way called Itood.lane,'whi c h in many places is scarcely 15 feet wide, with banks on each side from 15 to 20 feet high, making it extremely danstrous for coaches to_ pass road waggons, especially in dark nights ; an d being at all times flirty in die winter (which, of course:, with its narrowness, causes an immense wear of materials), and with. out a b reat h of air stifling during the summer,—it is intended to him a bold rood of forty feet wide, on the west side thereof, upon a level with the surface of the country. On ilindhead (kutanon, instead of ascending the hill called the Dray Hollow, which rises one foot in nine for a considerable distance, and several other ve r y sharp hills, rising and falling one foot in ten, eleven. and twelve, up to the highest point, and then descend ing 89 feet down to the huts. The Trustees are cutting a shelf round the side. of the Punch:Bowl, which, with cutting threugh two hills of considerable inaguitode, and tillin g up a va ll ey, w ill en able the public to ascend at the rate of about one foot rise i n 45. The new line opposite the.highect point of the old, road will be 80 feet lower, and will also be shorter by nearly .furlong; it is to be 30 feet wide, eat out of the solid, and the l . watt.* earth win form a bank of st artist 7 feet high on the west blftk2lnd expostxl' aids, completely . sheltering this hitherto very' of the road. 150 worktueu cottuneneett their op:ratio:llk, resterdsy setnight. FOR THE SUN. Ma. EDITOR—The War between Tv aim acid GREECE engages at present the attention of all Europe, and the general opinion seems to be that it will end in the downfall of the Turkish Em pire, which empire has been understood to be one foot of the Eastern leg of the Prophet DA. NIEL'S Image (ch. 2.), or that portion of the fourth (divided) empire, which was to fall into the hands of the King of the North, who was to plant (pitch) the tents of his horse-station be tween the seas, in the glorious holy mountain (ch. xi.), which the Turk has literally done. Tidings also out of the East and out of the North have troubled him, and he has gone forth with great fury to take away and destroy many:; at length he is likely to come to his end, and to find none to help him. These things, if they turn out so with the sequel in the next chapter, open a wide field for the contemplative mind.— The restoration of the Jews seems likely to fol low quickly. Let the Learned Reader that. is inclined to pursue this subject consult the second Book of Esdras, where it is more diffusely treated of.—(See ch. 12. and to the end of the Book.) It is true this Book has been held to be Apo cryphal, whether justly or not may deserve fur ther inquiry ; it has at least something to recom mend it, beiii.; perfectly consonant to the rest of Scripture ; as much, however, of it as can be understood, and much more of it may be under stood than is generally imagined. It has some pretensions also to inspiration, for it foretells the reigns of 12 Caesars, and 12 only.—(Ch. xi. and xii.) Although the Book is addressed to the Jewish nation, and the scene of the calm' ties foretold lies in Egypt, Syria, and Asia, yet it seems to be of too general an import to give any room for the Christian shiner of Europe to expect to escape, and his only trust should be in following the di rection given him in verse 67. ch. 16.:—" Be hold ! God himself is the Judge ; leave off from your sins, and forget your iniquities to meddle no more with them for ever, so shall God lead you, forth and deliver you from all trouble." Dec. 17, 1824. 0. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 20. CLERK OF THE PEACE FOlt HERTFORD. STOREY V. UOOXE. This was an issue directed by the Court of King's Bench to *try whether the plaintiff or the defendant w a s cle r k of the peace for the county of Hertford. The father of the present defendant had enjoyed the office for many years, but during the latter period of his life his son had assisted him, and after his father's death he had been tacitly recognized as clerk of the peace. It was, however, tbr some reason, lately discovered that he had no real title to the office, and not being able to show any regular appointment, Storey, the present plaintiff; was legally ap pointed in his stead by the Custos Rotulorum of the county, Lord Verulam. A great deal of documentary evidence was produced on the part of the plaintiffto show that the defendant never actually held the office, and that the different returns and orders were signed by his father, except in a few instances. Several Magistrates proved that they never considered the defendant as clerk of the peace, but merely looked upon him as assistant to his father. The CHIEF JUSTICE left it to the Jury to say whether they thought the father of the defendant had resigned his office to his son ; and if they thought he had, whether he resigned it verbally. There was no proof of any regular deed. The r imy, under all the circumstances, found a verdict for the plaintiff. The decision invalidates the right of the defendant . o hold the :Alice. Lo r d n acre , Lord Vesulatn, and the Marquis of Salisbury, sat on the Bench during the day. UUURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE FRACAS. GOLDSSIID v. GROVES. Mr. CAMPBELT. stated, that Isaac Lyon Goldsmid lota thi plaintiff; and Peter Groves the defendant ; it was an action for assault, the defendant had pleaded the general issue. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN stated that the plaintiffhad thought it necessary to institute the present action as well for the pro tection of his own character, as for the public good. The plaintiff, Mr. Goldsrnid, was, no doubt, well known to all of them, as, indeed, he was well known both in the monied and commercial worlds; the defendant was also a merchant in the city of London, and, perhaps the Jury, as merchants themselves, wo u ld think , that when a m an who was a me.r. chant, misconducted himself as such, their time could not be more beneficially occupied than inquiring into the con. duct of the man who had so miscanducted himself. The circumstanc. - s of the praent case were these :—ln August lest, the plaintiff contemplated a journey to Paris, upon the sub. ject of Spanish Bonds; whilst at Brighton, and a few days previous to his setting off for Paris, he was waited upon by the defendant, who appeared anxious to make some confidential communication regarding the intended journey. Mr. (ioldsmid, however, declined receiving such communication, saying, that whatever the defendant toid him he should not consider himself bound to keep secret. However, after several interviews, at the defendant'i: earnest solicitation, he introduced him to a very respectable merchant, named ilaillie, and subsequently the plaintiff' proceeded on his journey. On the plaintiff's return, about the middle of October last, he was standing in the avenue to the Stock Exchange, leading out of Shorter's-court, when lie was accosted by the defendant, who accused him of having behaved unliendemnely towards him in the Paris busi ness. The plaintiff replied that he believed he was a fool for having ever had any thing to say to the defendant ; to which the defendant answered, " No, no it was not fool, it was the , other thing." Th at is, said the Learned Sergeant, he meant my client was not a fool b uti a rogue, that his conduct was not the result of folly but of knavery, of dishonesty, want of prin ciple; that be had conducted himself Improperly. Some high words ensued, when the defendant, in a menacing man ner, brandished his umbrella over the plaintiff's head, and thrust at hint with It. The Learned Counsel did not mean to say that it was a brutal assault, but his Lordship would tell them that it was an assault in point of law, and the Jury would estimate the damage from Mr. Goldsmid's mental feelines, and not from the bodily inj ury h e had received ; he thoug ht that hie client had acted wisely in refraining to take notice of this assault in the way in whi c h t h e defendant wishcd,him, but by having recourse to the present proceeding. The Jury would recollect where the assault was committed; in the neighbour hood, he was going to say, the sanctuary of the Royal Ex change ; that place, of all others, where merchants most do congregate togetior, It was in broad day, in the midst of numbers of honourable and high-minded men, with whom the plaintiff was daily doing business, and where of course he would feel most jealous of his honour. The object of the plaintiff • was not damages, but he was anxious to .have his character, honour, and reputation vindicated by the verdict of a Jury of his country. He did not know what topic of defence was to be resorted to toeday ; but the defendant, it appeared, had considered it necessary for his defence to illumine the dark hemisphere of that Court with the presence of that great north ern luminary, whose eloquence was proverbial, he who, above the worse app ear th e all other men, b a d t h e talent of making better cauta , :, (this was in allusion to Mr. Brougham defending the cause), but this proved the weakness of the ddant's cue. 'When an extraordinary physician w as d inn • ' ca e, it was evident the disease was of an extraordinar y nature—desperate diseases requi re d desperate remedies. 'l he defendant's * as would, however, b e adorned by the bright eloquence of thee great luminary he hadalluded to, while the plaintiff's would derive no aseietane e froml• a case the humble gif ts of Ha adeo. cate. lie still, however, t rusted that the Jury would see it in it. proper light, and return such a ver dict as would, in the eyes of all the world, leave the charaet o f . r te' the plaintiff without the least imputation. Several witnesses having given evi,l4,„„. (*the assault as de scribed by Mr. Sergeant Vatighan,, 7 71 ' - Mr.. Buotioaros, far the defenc e , ra i d, that the Learn e 1 Sergeant had in his opening speech amused the Jury with a statement, nine-tenths of latch he had not pr ove d r it, even it' true, lie was well aware, not i •ev _a Particle or iota of evi dence could have b een receive d in that Court; but the story the Learnisi-Sergeant had told them was, that which his cli nt had instructed him to tell; from the manner in which it WAS told, it was impos s ibl e t h e Jury could form the least idea of what passed between Ate plainuff and defenda nt previous to', the assault :complained of. Was the tonduct of the defendant such as if the plaintiff had 'conducted himself towards him as a man of honour, and as a man of busineeS;and as if nothing had previously transpired between them ? , Certainly not; for the 'first words that passed at the Stock Exchange meeting were these—the defendant addressing himself to the plaintiff, says, Sir, your conduct towards me has been such as to requite some explanation ;" something then, must have passed be tween the parties; what that something was lie would leave the Jury to draw their conclusion, fulfitnever could be go t at by evidence. If the plaintiff was so jealous of his honour as ho was represented, why did he institute this sort of proceeding ? Why did he not make an affidavit of all the facts that preceded the assault? Why did he not put that affidavit so made on the tiles of the Court of King's Bench, and then ask of that Court to . protect him against the defendant by means of granting a criminal information. In that case the defendant would have been called upon to answer Mr. Goldamid's charge on oath.— The affidavits of both parties would have been read before the Court of King's Bench, and that Court, which was by its nature and construction the great conservator of the universal peace of this realm, would, upon all the facts of the case, have administered impartial justice between the parties. It was evident, therefore, from this proceeding, as well as from the statement of the plaintiff's Learned Counsel, that the plaintiff's object in this cause was damages, and not the re paration of his character. Now, as to the abusive language, the highly resp ectable witness, Mr. Ricardo, h a d t o ld th em that the plaintif had his share of die abuse. and so the general tenor of the evidence showed ; the expression made use of by Mr. tioldsmid, that Mr. Groves dare not go to Paris, conveyed much—it would convey every species of of ; fence on Mr. Grove's part that a slanderous imination could suggest—and yet Mr. floldsmid w a s represente d as the only injured party here: the other expression made use of by Mr. Goldsmid, namely, that of Go to Messrs. Baring, hear what they will say of you," also conveyed much insult, and, no doubt, had a tendency to irritate the defendant, the plaintiff' was well aware that, after what bad transpired, if lie had carried this case to the Court of King's Bench for a criminal informa- Von, he could not have stood there, but he was hopeful that lie might succeed here ; he admitted that an assault had been com mitted, but he was sure the Jury would not visit the defendant with more than nominal damages. The Learned Sergeant had remarked upon the attendance of him (Mr. Brougham) to con. duct this cause, and augured from that circumstance that tie defendant knew that his case was weak and rotten ; but it was quite the contrary. lie (Mr. Brougham) was not the extraor dinary physician the Learned Sergeant had represented ; he was in fact in that Court but a sort of quack, and irregular practitioner. The Learned Sergeants were the skilful physi cians, for they wore the cap of learni on _their heads, an ho nour to which he was not entitled, fo re had not yet taken up that degree. They then were th e skilful physicians, and he the unskilful; and this spewed that the defendant knew his cause to be just, that he was content to intrust it to ally hands, however iirskilful. Ile this, however, as it may, he (Mr. B.) was contunt toleave it in the hands of the Jury, as 12 honest men, and was sur e th at , as f ar as t h ey were able, they would do justice to Loth parties. The [.ono ClilEr JUSTICE, in hill charge to the Jury, said that the defendant's Counsel had no business to complain of what passed previously to the assault not being disclosed, because the Counsel for the plaintiff had put Mr. Millie into the box, for the purpose of proving what those transactions were, and the defendant's Counsel had himself objected to his being examined as to them, and which, in point of law, h e h a d a right to do ; to the expressions ade use of by the plain, tiff; if they sad been niede before any insult was offered by defendant, than they oughr to have a weight in the minds of the Jury; but they would recollect that the defendant brought these expresdons on himself by his provoking language to wards plaintif : with respect to what the Learned Counsel had said about the Court of lung .'s Bench, he was right in his de scription of tic practice of the Court; but as high as his (the Learned Judge's) opinion was of that great tribunal,•still he did not consider ;let this was a case that was altogether calculated for an appeal :o it. The plaintiff was a merchant, his charac ter was dear to him—that character had been publicly tra duced, in thepresenee of his brother merchants, by the defen dant; and the Plaintiff , perhaps , _ thought that he could not re fute the imputations; cast upon him better than by submitting his case to a Jary, composed of individuals moving in the same same city in which the insult to - him had been offered. It was sphere as 'Atwell, and by having their verdict recorded in the and the Jury w ad o ra til i d t t thy a w t h s it ve d rd a il m t a m ge u s st t p h r y f w or ou th ic e i plaintiff, give; of course they would not award so heavy d amages as it great Wily injury had been sustidued by the plaintiff; but they would give such temperate ilansges as they thought the circumstances of the case warranted a verdict for tee plaintiff—Damages, The Jury consulted for a short time a and then returned with EXECUTION AT MAIDSTONE. eaenden Heath, the awful sentence of the law v : ,li t y, f at at the acutistutiiedi place of execution on P was carried into circa on the body of Thomas Coombs, who, i at the late Kant ssizes, was found guilty of the murder of Beckenham. F rom th e first moment the pri sonerTh s . M enteredorga county gaol, the magnitude of the offence im. puted to him, and the pmbability of his suffering the heaviest the d penalty the law knows of; pointed him out as an object of the more peculiar notice of the worthy chaplain, the Rev. Mr. WINTER, who t h ro u ghou t has paid the utmost attention t o hi m . Th ese h ave be ni but badly received; the prisoner for the most part displayed a spirit of sullen indifference, and when questioned as to hts par. tieMation in the murder of which he had been convicted, he on most occasions became violent, declaring that he had con fessed the extent of his sins to Amighty God in secret, and that he was not disposed to repeat his confessions in public. Since his conviction he has slept but little, and on the last night of his eiestence, he dozed only for an hour. Early on the morn ing of yester!lay he was visited by the Rev. Chaplain, who en deavoured to bring him to a suitable state of mind for the re ception of the Holy Sacrament, and particularly pointed out to him the necessity of snaking a candid avowal of - his guilt or innocence in respect to the offence of which he had been found guilty. He promptly answered that he was innocent; and he was then asked, if that were the case, why he did not at. tempt to establish it at the trial. He replied, " What would be the wt, when it was predetermined that 1 should be found guilty ? It was the reward of 1004. that did for me." The strong circumstantial evidence obtained from the dove-tailing of the tobacco paper was then pointed out to him, and he answered, " What of that ? It was easy to tear a tobacco-paper, and put part of it into the gun, and then swear that they found it so. A hundred pounds will temp;: wen to many dirty acts." Several other parts of the testimony were pointed out to him, and his re. ply to each was, " The 1001. reward did for me." He was asked why he did:not account ror the possession of the fruit he had sold. To this inquiry he made no answer; and a little Fetbre eleven o'clock he was conducted into the chapel, where di.: solemn caemony of the administration of the sacra ment wa; performed, in the course of which he was asked by the Reverend Chaplain, whether he was innocent of' the charge alleged against him. To this inquiry he returned no answer, and it was repeated, but lie still remained silent. He was thm asked whether lie was guilty of the offence im. putcd to him. To which he answered, " Don't disturb my mind by inquiries ; I wish to have nothing to say to the ques tion altogether. Do you think I would tell a lie on the sub ject ? What ! Tell a lie under the circumstances of my pre sent case ? No, never." Under all the peculiarities of the case, the sacrament was at last administered to him, and was received without an avowal of guilt or innocence; but the manner of the convict left an impression that he was in his own mind assured of the justice of his sentence, and that he was only withheld from acknowledging his guilt by a fear of what might be said of him after his death. The culprit was a Bristol man, and served his time to a tallow-chandler. About ten years ago he was married, but had not seen his wife for several years. Park, to the Rectory of Dogmerifield Hampshire, PIZEFERMENTS.—The Rev. Francis Dyson, A.M. has been variant by presented by Dame Jane St. John 11fildmay, of Dogmerstield after noon, this the death of Thomas Peter Dodd Salmon. ESQ.--At half-past o M 'cI A ON I : I7vBK- ut E lda S y El'L°N gentleman, who officiated as Magis trate at the llatton.Garden Police Office, for a great number of yearn, died at his apartments in the Office, in the 65th year of his a g e. His com plaint was an asthma, originating from a cold ; he hail been confined to his room about a fortnight, and appeared aware of his approaching dissolu tion.sons He retained his facultie s to the last. lle wa s surrounded at his death by his wife, , d a ughters, and his brother, Mr. Sergeant Sellon, also a Magistrate of this office. Mr. Sellon was a County Magistrate, and Chairm an of the Corn. m ittee of the House of Correction , and filled many situations in the County of Middlesex. He was a matt of a mild and gentle disposition, a subscriber to many charitable institutions, and will be deeply lamented by all who had the plea sure of his acquaintance. WEST INDIA DO STOCK ACCOUNT for the ‘Veek endin, of December, 184. CKS. ig Saturday, the 18th Stock on Hand. 41,645 3,161 518 1,052 7,501 4,828 1,137 25,759 1,393 396 40 27 206 213 1,479 1,083 9,852 1,587 23,634 1,530 2,591 19 4,162 3,699 2251 11,132 2,894 660 .1,752 3,11-I 12,510 790 5,490 601 25 304 23# 6,290 1,994 453 105 0,416 6,683 34,598 Articles. Ilhds ' West India {Trs Bls Sugar Brazil . Chests Havanah Boxes Ea ll, B l t a l u n r d it i i a us & 1 Ba g s Casks f Pna 1. lids j . Pns 1. Htls 1 Yns Hds Casks IPipes lids 11 8 t Bags f Casks 1 Bags f Casks . 1 Bags ( Casks 1 Bags J Casks 1 Bags 1. I3ales Bags Gourds I Casks 1 Boxes f Boxes . 1 Jars Casks Serons {ls Bags Casks /Casks i Bags f Bags 1 Smits No. Casks - 1 5 Boxes 'runs No. No. Serons ICasks Bags Bales Galls Casks Casks Casks cCasks Serons Casks f Casks - 1. Bags Boxes Bales Casks / Casks - 1 Boxes Casks olassei - Rum - Brandy HoHands Arrack Wine Coffee . • Cocoa . . Pimento • - Ginger . - Pepper • • Cotton - - Aloes - Arrow Root Balsam . - Bark . • Cassia Fistula . Clones . • Cochineal . . ,Elephan ts"reeth Gum Hcmp Hides Horns Indigo Ipecacuenha • Jalap - {Whale - Castor . Oil Coco Nut Palm . Pearl Shell - Pins Apple - Rice and Paddy Sago . . Sarsaparilla Tallow . . Tortoise Shell Turtle . WOOD. Deli Elsrne 1 / 4. C0nl suniption 2,753 113 14 290 wed. rxporta , non. , {Logs Mahogany I'ieces Mks &11(ls ff kr& Plks African Timber fLogs Pieces Santa Maria { Logs Pieces Ebony . Tons Lig. Vitra . Tons Box 'Wood Tons Log Wood Tons Cedar Fatic Tons Nicaragua good Tons Ca, Wood Tons Bar Wood Tons Brazilletto Tons Saunders Wood Pieces Lancewood Spars No. Stares - No. ST. ThouAs.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East India and South Sea Houses. PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, DEC. 16. flank Stock — Grand Canal Loan, 6 p.a. 68. Oov. Deb. :Ii per cent. if 1 --Ditto 4 per cent. ... 45 Stock, 36 per ct —DittoStock Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. — Royal Canal Stock 2of Gov. Deb. 5 per cent....... Wide-street Cert. t per et — _,.._.Stock, 4 per cent....... Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec — _._,New Treasury' Bills, 5 per cent — Do. 6 per cent. City Debentures, 6 per ct — Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct — 4 per cent. FOREIGN MAILS. ARRIVED. DUE. Guernsey and Jersey Gottcnburgh liamburgh - Holland . France HIGH IVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 24 minutes after 3.1 Evening, 39 minutes after 3. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICEILE PILSII3I AUDEAT LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 21, 1824. We received this morning Hamburg!' Papers to the 15th instant. They contain an article from St. Petersburgh of the Ist instant ; but the parti culars it communicates respecting the disasters occasioned at Cronstadt by the late storm and flood have been already before our Readers. The subscription for the relief of the sufferers has re ceived many munificent contributions. On the 28th November the Neva was, for the first time this winter, covered with thick ice : the thermo meter (Reaumur) being then 10° below the freez ing point. It is said that Prince DOLGORUCKY, the Emperor's Aid-de-Camp has arrived at St. Pe tersburgh from Vienna ; the Privy Councillor Count LAVALLE from Paris ; and M. de RIREAU• PIERRE, the newly-appointed Ambassador to the Porte, from his estates in the interior. Dutch Papers to the 19th instant also arrived this morning. An article from Brussels states, that the King of the NETHERLANDS is still con• fined to his Chamber by the wound in the leg which his MAJESTY received in 1793, but in other respects his MAJESTY enjoys good health, and is able to transact business with his Minis. tars. From Haarlem we learn, that the attempt to convey the Bellona frigate through the great canal of North Rolland is likely to succeed. Only four horses have beek ‘ employed to draw her along, and on the 17th nethis month she was expected to be tit the Nieuw*a)rieep. EXCHANGES. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 17.—London, 39. 7. ; 2 months, 39.6. HAMBURGII, DEC. 11—London, 36. 3. ; 2 Us., 36. PET Eitsuumau, Nov. 30.—London, 9. 13-1 1 4 LEIPSIG, DEC. 10.—London, three months, IL 12i. From the German Papers which arrived this morning, we extract the Grand Seignior's Firman prohibiting the Bible in the Turkish Empire : ALEPPO, AUG. 12.—The Sultan has issued the following Firman " Know that I have learned that books, such as the Bible, the Psalter, the Gospels, and the Epistle of the Apostles, have been printed in Europe to the number of l or 3000 copies of each, together with a Treatise in the Persian language, and that 2 or 300 copies of each kind, with four or five o; the Persian Treatise, - have come to my capital. NOV as it is my duty entirely to prevent the arrival things in the empire under my Government, you have to order these books back to Europe ; and if such shall in future arrive at the Custom-house, to make a strict ex• amination and to take care that none of these books be sold in my capital. You will also see that no Musselmen obtain such b molts, and if time should be any copies of them that theyand be taken away and thrown into the fire to be consumed by it, a'move all things let none of them be sold or bought in any nmtry belonging to my Empire." This firman was sent also to the Cadi of this city, who thereupon called together the chiefs of the several Christian communities, and command ed them to enjoin such of their brethren as had any of these prohibited books in their possession, to deliver them up, threatening to hang all those who should be found to have retained the books. It is affirmed, however, that yesterday evening not a single copy had been delivered up. MI those persons who speak on the subject, the Ro man Catholics as well as the other Ch ristians, be lieve that this firman has been issued at the in° stance of the Roman Catholic Clergy There is not the slightest truth in the report that Mr. CANNING has resigned the post ►r he has filled for the last two years with so touc h credit to himself a►;d so much advantage to the country. . We extract the following from the Gibraltar Chronicle of the 29th ult.:— , "On the 23d instant it was of fi cially made known at Ca l!: that the French Government ha d issued orders, let to the the(-I'l manders of their squadrons and ships of war to protect ge Spanish flag from the attacks of the Algerines, as far as co" done consistently with what is due tp that Regency ; to Cadiz such vessels, lately conic from America, as are OW in Port Mahon, and to prevent the landing of the revolu• t i on any part of the coast of Spain ; and 2illY, to tile Military Commandant of Cadiz to come to an undenaaniliagl with the Spanish authorities, that vessels arriving froni )4° 11 ! the seas, may no longer be obliged to go to the 1151 "1 Islands for the purpose of performing quarantine, and tint avoid being exposed to capture by the Barbary crerl in thi Mediterranean." ' te convoy .......--„—_ An article from Stockholm of the 3d instant states that the new Tariff of Customs will bn published in a few days, and it is supposed that woollens and articles of iron and steel manufttv ture will still continue to be prohibited. It appears by a Berlin article of the llth 1 " slant, that all the Police officers on the fronti ers of Poland and Prussia have received strict orders tKoilpigredvoennitofttpierusPsoial,isli whither Jew it v Jews from entering r many of the trading and itinerant Je ws e oie od f 1 te I°. land would emigrate, in consequence of th e re ‘as aiwi l l cent Ukase prohibiting them to exercise their favourite pursuits, and directing them to anl'll themselves to agriculture. Yesterday morning Sir CHARLES SruAnTrrne reived a dispatch by a King's Messenger," " " - pole, Cambridgeshire, the . seat MIELE. ...Vl , ' Mr. Secretary CANNING transacted bus Hess —owninkstree I yesterday at the Foreign Office, n ~ith Sir CHARLES STUART. 0 Of Connte Woo d Yesterday morning the Earl and Livaapool. left their residence at Comb to ft Bath, where the Noble Earl is exP ecte remain about a month, ,teat Last night Lord BEXLEY left town for his 0 at North Cray, Kent, after transacting hesirs_e' at his o ffi ce, Lancaster-place, Waterloo-bride 1 ' to The Commissioners appointed to procer ( Mr. North America are Colonel CocKnuatf, . sd M 4 GILLIVRAY Colonel lIERVEY, Mr. GALT7O°IOI. of Earl IlAitn. Mr. DAVISON, two being appointed by the 00 vernment, two by the Canada Company , 9 1 l i $ by the consent of both parties. Their objefl4 to value the lands, reserved to the Goveronle; and Clergy, which are very able. The Commissioners will meet et A t , BATHURST'S at two o'clock on Thursday ee to receive their final instructions. r tone' ' Halifax Papers announce the death of ~° in. a nde.ri o DES BARRE, late Licuterant-tlovernor and Comm Chief of Prince Edward's Island, at the advanced ag e o f t he years. - He was an officer to whose talents and industry ihg extensive and s i s o i rd maratime interests of his country were greatly indebted'ilitof attending t funeral. remains were interred in St. tieorge's Church with Toots honours ; the President, Members of the Counci ncil, the . btib i, letter f a r i o . m !tome states , that froth of the Army and Navy, the Ala l' i s t ra tes and p cants, riP AI In P A p r ivate ie the HARROWBY had returned to that ail t o Naples, and that his Lordship was present, and splendid Dinner and Concert given by gr.aiee Mrs. TALBOT to his Royal flightless PO ii, HENRY of PRUSSIA, and many other dist ingel°. ed Personages. The Minister and Churchwardens of the nsr is r h of Rotherhithe called a public meeting e ite re . day (Dec. 20), and laudably commenced apa p are; chial subscription for the relief of the In , t he Spanish and "Italian Officers now su ff ering in ', metropolis. ' I.