The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-20 00:00:00

Con- I. E jng' in ,izea f eted bgust, eeti ne at (in- nt of You, Gentlemen, calling yourselves COntractors for a Loan for ;tir service, done without our authority, and against our instruc .ions, agreed to give us 80/. for every Bond of 1001. so improperly 133 ued M our names ; wc think the pric2 of 801. very fair ; but as we have only received from all persons in Great Britain, h ° ll l first to last, goods and mone , ,' to the amount of 15 or 20 Per tent. of the sum of two millions sterling, there remains due 1° us 60 to 85 per cent.; —pay us that, and .%••_; shall have no hesi tation in admitting our liability ; but until you do prcve to us e have had that sum, you must excuse our admitting any thin g about a Loan ; or that we owe more than 15 or 2 U per cent. with interest." Some such languageas this is perfectly natural. What can be more simple than for the Gentlemen 0 11 this side of the water just to pay up the twelve hundred t housand pounds that is short, and settle the dispute ? — lt can , no difficult matter, since thee have received that, and much 111 Ure from John Bull, and admit having in band nearly _ c uret hundred thousand pounds belonging to somebody, clearly not their own property, whatever use they may be making of it. The 29th November brought Of the receipt by this packet 11ranoth j er nacke• and letters fiom of the letter referred to in the • ones, at " Bogota, to the annexed communication, there 29 th August. The following is no reason to entertain any t °thmunication was thereupon doubt. But it is not quite so I n 4 desothe Stock Exchange:— clear that any such interview, " Colombian Loan. Free- much less the assurance in 'lran's -court, Nov. 29, 1823. question, ever took place. If ne Contractors of this Loan it were so, how happens it that 4ave received by the Jamaica some months, instead of days, mail a letter from their agent have elapsed, and no such let at Bogota, Mr. W. C. Jones, ter has been received ? or, if slated the 29th August, of received, it is presumable that whicll the following is an ex- it was not very fit for the pub tract :—' In my last interview lie eye, or there would have with Mr. Castillo (the Minister been no difficulty or hesitation ?f'i Fnance), he informed me of in making it known. Ais ntention to write to you It perhaps ought not to be vithin a fete days, acquainting stated what is the precise na- MI with Mr. Hurtado's ap- ture of the communications NirlLenent as Minister for this which have passed between ° ' ll htry in England, and to Mr. W. C. Jones and the dif u6hre you direct of the desire ferent public authorities of Co ol the Government to arrange lombia, of whom, and of his !very thing on the subject of intimacy with them, he speaks ;gr. sea's Loan, in the most in such familiar terms. The l atisfactary and amicable man- time is near at hand. when, by her.' an official exposition, all these misrepresentations will share the fate of the many other extraordinary statements and com munications which have emanated from the same quarter. But t hus much may be stated—and it is asserted broadly and Plainly --th a t the greater part of them are most impudent per versions of the real occurrences that took place at such inter viel", when they were granted at all,—and many of them are absolut e direct falsehoods. Outhe27th December, 1823, In the face of this laconic salved another acket; and on communication, will it be be that day th e p ersonsp calling lieved, that by this very packet ' th emselves"lmaalves Contractors, issued arrived the official Gazette of the following laconic notice the 12th October, containing "Colombian Loan. The Con- the first public notification of e l l etors have not received by the Law of the Republi c of Jamaica mail which arriv- Colombia, absolutely annulling this morning any further the Loan, Itisheaded "Law," l e eTidgence on the subject of pure the preamble is to the same - lLoan. Mr. Hurtado, the ort as it is given hereto npointed Minister from fore, in speaking of the Decree — 1' 4 434 to England, who is of the Senate, received by the on Way to London, has not packet on the I st of Oc t. The arr ive d by this packet. Law then goes on , " THE Y " " (the Senate and House of Re r4eacntatives of the Republic of Colombia, in C on g ress aesem `-'4,) " HEREBY DO DECREE, , elft. 1. The compromises made with creditors , Loans cots eluded, a n d a ll o th er financial operations earried into effect in E uf()Ps , by the ex-Milister, Francisco Antonio Zea, are here -I,y disapproved. art. 2. Nevertheless, all the amounts which the creditor: eau legally prove to have been furnished for the . Republic in *wney and effects, together with their respective interest, are acknowledged." The Decree then goes on to stipulate, that for the result of the liquidation or investigation of claims, Bonds may be issued "as far as the a mount settled and approved of, which said Bonds are to be signed by the President of the Republic, or the person exercising the executive power, or by the person by him duly a uthorized, so as to receive these New Obligations or B en d s , a s numerical amounts in any other Loan that may be decreed." And filially, providing to name arbitrators and re ferrees, in any case of disputes arising with creditors in Co lombia or Europe ; and also the mode of paying off' the amount a debt to be admitted on su c h investigation. This unequivo tel document is thus concluded. " Done in Bogota, capital of the Republic,this Ist day of July, 1828, and 'l3tli of independence. (signed) GERONIMO TORRES, Vice-President of the Senate. DOMINGO CAECEDO, President of the House of Representatives. ANTONIO JOSE CARO, Secretary of the Senate. JOSE JOAQUIM SUARES, Deputy and Secretary. Palace of Government in Bogota, this 7th day of July, 1823. Let the same be executed, (Signed) FRANCISCO DE P. SANTANDER. JOSE MARIA DEL CASTILLO, Se cretary of State for the Finance Depart ment." Thus stood the question when the succeeding packet arr i ve d %n the 31st January last ; not having on board Mr. Hurtado— but conveying Don Francisco Montoya, one of the Commis sioners appointed to this country—and thus it stood on Mon 'day last, the 16th inst., when the last packet arrived, bringing Senor Arrubles, the other Commissioner, but still no Mr. Hue tado, who will only arrive by the next packet, now on her pas uge fr.sim Jamaica to this country. One thing, at least, is re tuarkable on the occasion of the two last arrivals. Poor Mr. .loner's occupation seems gone. No bulletin to the Stock ae x Pange—no extracts of letters—no assurance of " satisfactory C m amicable" arrangement—no interview with the Vice Presi- Peri t ; n° correspondence from the Minister of Finance.- -which P ' t here are persons now here, who could put theirfingers upon trifli ng • o inaccuracies in statements sent forth to the world ni; mi4when those Gentlemen were four or five thousand miles pe° t b e more safely hazarded. Or, to use the language of w " gear'sca lett er of the 12th tele ‘ , The time is so" (Query, too) at ea, presentatio n will erd , when this traffic i s falsehood and misre- I have now at an end." • brought this long and extraordinary history i down to th e p resent ti ne. } iarthe acts, declarations, and decrees of th e Colombian ! Government, correspond with the acts and declar a ti ons of tors for the Col om bi an ',o is persons a the calling themselves Contrac atter which each reader of this article will determine for himself. I have aimed at representing with fairness the various facts, as shown by the proceedings of the opposing parties, for so I must speak of them. if I have misstated any thing, it is perfectly unin tentional, and I am open to correction. I have endeavoured to render my statements intelligible, and it will perhaps be ad mitted that I h ave not sacrificed truth to courtesy. The course t 'Ace in this respect was rend ere d necessar y by the most unpre (:edented efforts of certain individuals to suppress the truth, dis tort facts, and, generally, to mystify the whole subject. _Whatever knowledge I may possess of the course that will ue pursued by Mr. Ilurtado and the Commissioners, when they shall all be assembled in this country, it would be equally im- Proper and premature to suffer that knowledge to form a part of the present statement. I shall, therefore, add such general letnarks, in conclusion, as arise out of the preceding matter, : Wi thout entering upon ground so delicate as that occupied by t he Envoys and Commissioners. They will be found quite e clnpetent to the task assigned to them. From the period at which the comparison of Spanish and Colombian financial operations was discontinued, down to the presepresent time, little cause for observation on the former Stock nt Presented itself; except with respect to the Fluctuations, it'.°t considerable, which have been caused, from time to e l b n i l e , 'by the greater or less probability of a more favour -11.00Ailt;.. there „ e disposition of the Government as to the Loans.— is one point which ought not to be over- L o,t ed s ) as it affords a strong proof of the value set upon that ari s last . n e p ' an w i im any slur . has been cast upon them. If the mency-negociation be kept out of view, (I mean and, c e si Tig out of the original contract with Messrs. Bernales Sir j now in the hands of Messrs. Campbell and Co. and th at leusLubbock and Co.), I believe it will not be disputed t° 50 Per Yanish Government have actually received from 45 gate amour' of thene Cent, of the amount by of all the bonds and rentes issued Colombian Government declare that the aggre or 6 e a,ttern from le ' t of their debts to British subjects does not exceed _ to en the Y ar per cent. of the sum of 2 millions sterling, for which pted to be made ]Colombianresponsibe. e value t h at P. 4 niso stock is about 23—that of above 70 ; rit to say, loans raised under the direct sanction and autho deYet.ot. the Government of the country borrowing, without a C"ot being suested as to the receipt, by that. country, of at test 45 to 50 of per Cent. are reduced to 25, being about one-half '`Pon' the the sum actually given in exchange for the bonds—and this ciii i ft e the mere dread qf their being annulled : whilst, in the r case, where the Government declare that no authority existed for the negotiation of any loan, that the whole was car bed through by imposture ; and in consequence have decreed, ~/ a sol emn act of the two houses of Legislature, sanc tioned by te executive, and published with all formality as a law of the public, that the loan and every thing connected with it is THE SUN. 501,E31 QUIS DICERS FALSUAI AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1824. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received by Express the Etoile of yesterday and the Journal des _Mats of Wed nesday. The former contains FERDINAND'S Decree' for abolishing the Constitutional System in all his Ultra Marine possessions, and for legalizing the commerce of the subjects of his Allies with South America.—We are glad to perceive that this so much talked of document is not quite so liberal as was represented, because in its actual shape it is not so well calculated to produce the effect of inducing the British Go vernment to defer its recognition of the new States, as was at first supposed. The following are extracts : [From the "Rolle of Thursday.l MAnain, FEB. 12.—(8y a Courier Extraor dinary.)—The King has ratified a decree of the Ist of this month ; the treaty concluded on the sth January between Count Ofalia, first Secre tary of State, and the Marquis de Talaru, relative to the prizes made by the two maritime nations during the war. The King issued a Decree on the 9th to the following purport : " By the present Decree I abolish, in my Estates beyond the Seas, the Constitutional regime, and I re-establish my Government on the same footing as before the 7th March, 1 no. " ART. I. A direct commerce shall be main tained in my American States with strangers, subjects of my Allies, and friends to Spain ; and the merchant-vessels of the said Allies can be admitted to trade in the said ports, as they are in the ports of my European dominions. " 2. There shall be a Decree or Law to regu late the said commerce, and to name the ports where it will be permitted, as well in the Nor thern Sea and Islands as in the Pacific Ocean.— There shall be established custom-houses, where duties for importation and exportation shall be received on an equal footing, as respects the sub jects of the said Powers. " 3. It shall be likewise determined by regula tions on the subject, what advantage and prefe rence shall be given to the commerce, navigation, agriculture, and industry of the Spaniards. 4. Until the two preceding Articles shall be perfectly executed, there shall be no innovations on the actual state of the commerce of America. This Decree shall also be carried into effect as soon as possible at other points. The same shall be put into effect in regard to Cuba." Rents 99. 40. ; end of the month 99. 65. ( From She Journal des Dibats of rirednesday.) Fes. 17.--The Rentes for money have to-day exceeded par, an event which will be marked in the History of our Finances. In the au.ient regime, the Rentes never were beyond 84, and under Buonaparte they were not higher than 94. Therefore it has been reserved for the Constitutional regime, and to a Royalist :Mini ster, to see them at par. The Opposition Journals do riot cease to state that France will be crushed by Loans. It is true that we owe 197 millions of Renter ; 63 are anterior to the Restoration, and arose from old debts by the State. One hundred and thirty were created to pay the arrears of the Revolu tion, and the charges imposed on us during the 100 days. Four millions went to pay the war in Spain ; these four millions alone are attributable to the King and Government. The Duke de San Carlos, Spanish Ambassador, had the honour to be received by the King. OnissA, J A N . 21 .—Lord Strangford, it is said, has received new instructions and full powers to continue his m ediation between Russia and the Forte. We received last night the Paris evening and morning papers of Tuesday. The only article in them of general interest was the extract from the Journal des Dibats, relative to Spanish America, which we published yesterday. The following are extracts from the Moils of Wednesday's date : PARIS, FEB. 17 .--M. Joseph de Heredia, brother to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain, who is intrusted with a mission to the Court of St. James's, relative to the liquidations and claims, arrived at Bourdeaux on the 12th of this month, and set out for London the following day. The French Consul at Tunis has written the King's Attorney-General at Marseilles, declaring that there is not the smallest truth in a story told by the Journal du Commerce, and repeated by the Paola, that M. F., a merchant of Marseilles settled at Tunis, had committed suicide, after having made a solemn affidavit that he had com mitted the crime of baratry, for which M. Vita Costa, a merchant of Marseilles, had been con demned to five years' imprisonment. FRENCH Fn inls, Paris, Feb. 17.—Five per Cents. opened at 100. 30. ; highest, 100. 65 ; lowest, 99. 60. ; closed at 100. 15. Bank Stock, 1,750; Neapolitan Five per Cents., 86i ; Rentes d'Esp. 26. Exchange on London, one month, 25 45; three months, '25 35.—( Cours Authentique.) Dutch Papers to the 19th, and liamburgh to the 14th inst. have arrived. The former only announce that the Royal Decree issued in Jan. to authorise the raising of a loan of 1,500,000 florins, for the purpose of digging a canal from Vranen to Goraim, was ordered to be put into execution, and that the agents sent by the Kings of Sicily and Spain to Switzerland found much difficulty, both from the Government and the people, in obtaining recruits for the service of their respective Sovereigns. The Hamburgb Papers assert that the King of Denmark seriously intends to give a Representative Constitution to his subjects; and that not only Prelates and tha Equestrian Order are to have a share in the Repre sentation, but that free landholders and the cities will enjoy the same advantage. A High Court of Appeal for Holstein and Luueberg is also to be established at Kiel. CITY, Twelve o'C/ock.:--Consols opened this morning at 911,1, and, on the Expresses arriving from Paris with the fall of the French itentes, and likewise that of Spanish, the Market became heavy, and lowered to 91-1414.—The Expresses from Paris bring the French Rentes at 99f. 30c., last price after 'Change. They were done as low as 95 70 in the course of the day.--Spanish,2lN. The private letters state that the above fall was owing to an operation between a French Banker at Paris and a certain mercantile house in Lon don, for the purpose of purchasing New Spanish Bonds, and causing the New and Old Spanish Bonds to be nearly of one price. FOREIGN MARKET.-Little doing in Foreign Funds. The prospectus of a Loan of PBOO,OOO for the service of Greece is inserted in a preceding co lumn as an advertisement, to N%hiclt we beg leave to refer our Readers for the particulars of this, the first financial operation of the Greek Government in this country, and which is cer tainly brought out under the most respectable auspices and satisfactory guarantees. We also refer our Readers to a long and important com munication in our preceding columns, on the sub ject of Mr. ZEA'S Loan fur the Colombian Republic. COUNCIL OFFICE, WhtrrEnar.r..-Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the Lords of his Ma jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council assembled at the Council Office, Whitehall. There were present the Lord President, Sir JOHN NICIIOLL, Sir HENRY RUSSELL, Lord COLCHESTER, Mr. STURGES BotiariE, and Lord STOWELL. The bu- Siness upon which their Lordships met was to hear and determine French Appeals. Their Lordships were engaged till near four o'clock in hearing an Appeal from the French Commissioner's decision, in wlflchlso,ooo/.is at issue,arising from the bank ruptcy which took place some years since in the ex tensive house of BOYD, BENFIELD, and Co., and which was the cause of a number of other failures. The same parties recovered 100,0001. some time since under similar circumstances. The King's Advocate, Mr. FONBLANQUE, Mr. TYNDALE, and Mr. KERR, were heard upon this great question. The pleadings were principally in French. The dicision was postponed to a future day. Th 9 KIKO, just as he was about to step into his carriage on Wednesday at Carlton Palace, at a quarter before five . o'clock, to return to Wind sor Castle, was required to sign the Corntnission appointing Lord Chief Justice Gmorty " to act as Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper, in the House of Lords, in the absence of the Lone CHANcELLOR." The Commission had been seve ral days prepared, but the necessity of obtaining his INIAJEsTY's signature to it appears to have been forgotten till half-past four on Wednesday. The Commission was read yesterday on the meeting of the House. It revokes the appoint ment of Sir THOMAS ABBOTT, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, bearing date March 5, in the 59th of the late King, to act as Deputy Speaker. -_-(Morning Paper.) Twe Garex ClT.:sr.—Saturday last, a nu merous Meeting was held in the Town Hall, Liverpool ; C. LAwaexce, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair, for the purpose of promoting a subscrip tion to support the Greeks in their present struggle againt the oppressive rule of the Turks. About 1501. %vas subscribed before the Meeting separated. The Resolutions were moved by the representatives of every party. Yesterday morning W. WINGFIELD, Esq. was introduced to the office of a Master in Chancery by the Lord Chancellor. The Learned Gentle man appeared with his Lordship on the 13ench at the sitting of the Court; and as soon as his Lord ship placed his new hat upon his head, he bowed and retired. The sentence of the Court Martial, at Deme rara, on Mr. SMITH, th© Missionary, was that of Death, accompanied, however, with a recom mendation to mercy. His MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to remit the punishment of death, and to direct that. Mr. SMJTH should be dismissed from the Colony, and be called upon to enter into recognizance's not to reside within any of his MAJESTY'S Colonies in the West Indies. Ma. SHE 's TRAGEDY.—It is to be regretted that this Gentleman's Tragedy is not to be re presented on the Stage, as, from his well-known talents as a Poet, as well as an Artist, it was likely to excite a strong interest ; but we are as sured that the rejection was conditional, and that it would hare been licensed if the author had submitted to the erasure of certain passages. We hope that he will do so, and it may then afford pleasure to the Public, and he can still publish it as originally written. It is proper to add, that Mr. COLMAN'S new office is that of EXAMINER of Dramatic Works, that he makes his report to the Lotto CHAMBERLAIN on their merits, and upon whose judgment and authority alone they can re ceive the sanction of a Licitigcr. for performance. 'The sale of The Morntng Chronicle has in creased upwards of five hundred per day since August last—a period of only six months. WONDERFUL SUCCESS AT HAZARD'S ! I—BOTH the L 20,000 Prizes, Nos. 3,693 and 10,693, drawn yesterday, were Sold in Shares by HA zAnn and Co, at their old-established Offices, Royal Exchange Gate; 26, Cornhill ; and 324, Oxford-street.---Second Day of Drawing, St. Patrick's Day, March 17, when the Two First Prizes will have X 20,000 each. The Wheel contains Five of R 20,000, and many other Capitals. THE KING. WINDSOR, FEB. D.—This day at two o'clock, hi s ' t MAJESTY took a drive in his pony chaise in the Little Park. —His Majesty returned to the Castle from Carlton House yes terday evening to dinner, in excellent spirits.—The King has this day a large party at dinner.—lt is confidently reported that his Majesty will attend in person the turning out of tha deer at Langley Broom, to-morrow (Friday.) His Majesty, when he came to town on Wednesday, passed through Hammersmith, a little before one o'clock, preceded by two dragoons (the 3d), and follpwed by eight.— The appearance of the soldiers gave note. of the high per sonage who was on the road; and crowds collected to see him pass. He appeared at the window, so that his lookers. on had a good ♦iew of him. His Majesty was enthusi astically received, and loudly cheered, as the carriage hurried him along. His Majesty, in return to these marks of attention on the part of the multitude, bowed. The like scenes took place at Kensington. He arrived at Windsor Castle at seven o'clock to dinner, and had the usual dinner party—the Marquis of Conyngham, Sir W. Knighton, Colonel Thornton, &c.—lt is said that the King shortly intends to visit Drury. Lane, Covent-Garden, and the Opera House. ......a ... (Ali • •.e" , • ".. 4 , ',.) ,, t tir , ' ''.,- -; , • i' ... ef0r . ,444 , :i - '5•1:44. A ~..4. 1-4.6" 'r 1 'v . .t, . 4 - p • - .k. , .x. -,,,,, • C', - ..., tie" ~' 4 7,'; , 3t`lAl.mill.r,;,x, , „...., +. . • , ' ...E .' . .r .. .. ‘ ,7 114 .? ,1 47:14,11, ',....11.q.„..c.,,,:•4:41:5, ~ . ..„..,,,,- ; ,.., 0 , ~ , ,F , , , ,, .f , ..), , • ''''.‹ .3...„._:. ~...46). . : .s . l. ' . k -.-.) ••,,, 1.,,,,,, ''":/t, 05 - fx"" • - • 4. . ) (6 I* absolutely annulled ; and] where they declare that the whole of ' their debts to British subjects, for goods and money furnished, do not exceed 15 or 20 per Cent. of the amount of such pretend ed loan—which debts they resolve, after a due investigation now about to be entered upon, shall be honourably and liberally dis charged—in this case, I say, instead of finding the papers called bonds,in theproportion of Spanish, standing at one half of the rate of money actually paid, they bear a price, at this moment, not less than three times the amount of the sum ever received from all classes of persons in this country, by the Colombian Go vernment. If a Capitalist in this country wished to employ a large sum of money in the purchase of Exchequer Bills, or upon mortgage or security of landed or other property, common pru dence would urge him to ascertain that the securities were the genuine issue of the Government,—or, that the Estates, or ra ther property, were unincumbered, the titles good, and that they were not only not actually clogged with suits at Law or in Equity, but that such suits were not even to be dreaded.— Leaving all actual difficulties out of the question, the existence of doubt, or the apprehension of difficulty, in either one or the other case, would probably deter him from parting with his money. In the case of the Spanish Bonds this doubt or dread o' difficulty does properly deter Capitalists from advancing mo ney upon them, even at 2.s—and the man who should do it, would be set down for a madman. What, then, can be said of that man, who, being offered what is described as an Exchequer Bill, but which the Government have publicly declared to the world, is an imposture, and that they have cancelled, and will not pay it, having passed an Act of Parliament to that effect ; or, being presented with the title deeds of an estate, from which the seals and signature are torn off—should still freely advance his money to the amount of one half, or more, of the nominal va lue of such defective security ? Yet, strange to say, there are men in the City of London (whom I could name), Bankers, Mem ben of that body, proverbial for their caution, who, for the sake of a little more than the current rate of interest of the day, have advanced mosey, and largely too, (I believe I may say hundreds of thousands of pounds), at the rate of 50 per cant. and upwards, on the security of those pieces of paper called Colombian Bonds ! But I may be mistaken. It is, per haps, on the personal security of those who have pawned them, rather than on a deposit of such valuable property, that their own funds, or those of their customers, aro thus beneficially employed ! What, I would ask, will be the position of this Host of Pawnees, if another fall in the price of this commo dity, such as that of the 29th and 31st August, and many pre ceding ones, should take place ? Between the 29th and 31st August, the price fell from 68 to 44. Do those Gentlemen think, that, if a panic take place, they will be able to realise 10, or 50, or even 40, for the enormous amounts so held ? Let them not deceive themselves on this head. It may be well for them to reflect upon the matter before it be too late. Much has been said of the effect that will be produced upon the value of all the Stocks of South America and Mexico, by the recognition of the independence of those coun tries. Persons were even found so little versed in diplo macy and state management, as to suppose that the late Speech from the Throne was to announce this for ' mal recognition. Such persons will doubtless have experienced a disappointment proportioned to their ignorance of the prat tics on those occasions. But, supposing the fact to have been ' so, and that so great a departure from the policy hitherto pur sued with regard to those countries had taken place, as it was believed, or affected to be believed, would be the case, what reference could that have to the papers called Colombian Bonds ? It could not be the want of a formal recognition of Independence that has led to the reduction in their price; else Chilean Bonds would be just as low ; and the paying a premium on the Mexican Loan would ' be an act of egregious folly. And, by a parity of reasoning, • Spanish Bonds would bear a high value, since nobody enter tains a doubt of the Legitimacy of the Spanish Government. To sum up : Spain has received 45 to 50 per cent. of her Loans—but there is a dread of her anullinf them, and there fore they are at 25. Colombia has received 15 or 20 per cent. of the amount of a pretended Loan charged ag ainst her—she has ab so l u t e ly annulled that transaction, and therefore the value is 70 ! Ye men of Poyais ! Let not your spirits fail ; Your case is not so des 'rate as ye think. London, Feb. 19, 1824. SCRUTATOR. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY tT TWO O'CLOCK. India Stock .................. 277 India Bonds .................. 795. South Sea Stock .......... 103 i Old Annuities ............... 92 Ex. Bills ..................... 44 49 Ditto Small ................... Bank for Act. Act................ India for Con. Acct....... — Cons. for Act. 91jiii Rank Stock 237i 238# 3 per Cent. Red 921 91i 92; 3 per Cent. Cons. 9lai# 3# per Cent 1001 101 4 per Cont. i Old lo2k t New lo6li 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann.. 221 9-16tha Imp. 3 per Cants. 91a PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS ix LONDON, FEB. 20, AT ONE o'cLocx. French c Fire per Cents. 99/. I Scrip, Hi pm . Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents.,(Metallic) 00. Ditto New 94i. Five per Cent. Bonds, 84. Scrip, 9i prem. Fire per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821,24 f. Ditto 1823, 181. ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 95 i. 1 Prussian Ditto New, 94 Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Partucuom 94 Peruvian New Loan, 00. Chili 80k. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 69i. Maxima Loan, 7i prem. Poyais f 00. Russian Nenpolitan Austrian New, 3i. Hallett'►., i prem. Anglo, 8 prem. Bank Shares £23 10s.-114. Seven per Cent. 94-95. Six per Cent. 94-101. Five per Cent. 00-000. .Three per Cent. 76A 77. —......... PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, FEB. 17. Bank Stock 2591 Grand Canal Loan, 6 p.ct. 68 Gov. Deb. 3i per cent. — Ditto 4 per cent.... 44i Stock, 3 per ct. 98i DittoStock — Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock 26i Got. Deb. 5 per cent. - -Stock, 4 per cent. - Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec.... - -New Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — Do. 6 per cent. City Debentures, 5 per ct — Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct — 4 per cent. Exchange on London, Feb. 16, 84. Milligan Miss American HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning. 40 minutes after 6. 1 Evening, 7 minutes after 7. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Countess of Sandwich, at her house in Dover-street, from Brighton; the Earl of Pembroke, at his house in Privy Gardens, from his seat, Wilton House, Wiltshire ; Lord Say and Selo, from a tour; Sir Charles H. Coote, Bart. at his house in Connaught-place, from his seat in Ireland ; Sir John Copley, Bart. at his house in George street, Hanover-square, from his seat, Hanwell Park ; Mrs. Blaauw and Family, at her house in Queen Anne -street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth and Family, at their house in Ilanover-square, from their seat, Woolley Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire ; the Bishop of Dromore, at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Brighton; Captain Banton, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour; Captain and Mrs. Cheavell, and Miss Cheavell, at the St. Petersburgh Ho tel, Dover-street, from a tour. DEPARTIMES.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Salis bury, for their seat, Hatfield ; Sir John and Lady Shelley, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Belvoir Castle, en a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Yesterday the Duke of York entertain e d a distinguished party of the Nobility 2nd Gentry, at his town house, which is now advantageously thrown open to view from St. James's, and the Green Parks. The Duke of Somerset gave a grand dinner yesterday at So naerstt-house, Park-lane. Lady Campbell gave a Quadrille Ball last night in Baker. street. The Earl of Listowell gave an elegant entertainment yester day at Kingston-house. Sir George Talbot, Bart., gave a sumptuous entertainment, yesterday, in New Burlington -street. The Marquis of Camden entertained his Excellency Baron Pagel and a large party at dinner on Wednesday, at his house in Arlington-street. Lard Saltoun entertained a distinguished party of friends at dinner yesterday, at his house in Great Cumberland-strest. Count Lieven entertained Viscount Granville, the Prussian Minister, and a large party of distinguished personages at din ner on Wedneaday, at Ashburnham House, Huy-hilL AMEI►.CANTILE SHIPPING. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind E.S.E.—Remains the Duke of Bedford, for Madras. Sailed the Eliza, Scott, for Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Sky lark, Monday, from London for Smyrna ; and Josephine, from Dunkirk—in coming into Uatwater carried away the bowsprit of the sloop Liberty, then at anchor, and did her some other damage. FALMOUTH, Fsn. 18.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Jonge Marquess, Baker, from Rotterdam ; Four Friends, Roberts, for London ; Mantura, Davis, from Bristol; Malvina, WTatt, from London for /,ante. Two P.M.—Two large outward-bound ships are now going up the Roads. DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind E.S.E.—Came down from the River and sailed the Britannia, Davison, for Tobago ; Hero, Morris, St..Miehael'a ; Speculation, Garth, Faro ; Caroline, Ilarris, for Batavia ' • and several others, names unknown. COWES, FEB. 19.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Sprightly cutter, Brown, from Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 18.—Off the port the Meteor, Gardner, from New York. sailed 24th J a nuary. Sailed the Rochdale, Giddies, for Valparaiso; Luna, Williamson, and Ann, Per. rot, for Rio Janeiro; Edward Byam, Wilson, Maranham ; Exchange, Porter, and Eliza, Grisdale, New Orleans; Friends. Wilson, Boston ; and Ann, Williams, for Malta. GRAVESEND, FEB. 19.—Arrived the Hester, Gibbons . , from Palermo. Sailed the Sir David Scott, for India ; Nel son, Scott, for Pernambuco; and Lady Keith, Boyde, for Palermo. LIST OF THE MINORITY Who voted for Mr. Curwen's Motion, . , For the production of the orders of the Secretary of State, that, dispensed with the attendance of the house of Key's in the Criminal Courts of the Isle of Man. Abercromby, Hn.J. Gurney, Hudson Tierney, Rt.Hn. G. Althorp, Visct. Hamilton, Lord A Sefton, Earl of Baring, A. James, W. Wood, Alderman Bright, Henry Kennedy, I'. F. Wrottesley, Sir J, Brown, Daniel Kemp, T. P. Warre, J. A. Bury, Viscount Lamb, Hon. G. Williams, J. Calcraft, J. Monck, J. B. Duncannon, Visct. Mackintosh, SirJ. TELLERS, Ellice, Ed. Robarts, A. W. . Curwen, J. C, Grattan, J. Robarts, Colonel Hume, J. Guise, Sir W. Rumbold, C. E. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 20. The arrivals of this week are tolerably good : Wheat 5,400, Barley 5,700, Oats 11,600, Irish Oats 2,000 qrs. ; Flour 6,600 sacks. The Wheat trade has been lively to-day ; and fine de scriptions have rather exceeded Monday's quotations. Earley also sells well, on full as good terms as the beginning of the week. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats find buyers at much the same rate as last quoted. No alteration in Flour. SMITHFIELD AIARKET, FEZ. 20. The supply at market this morning was not so good as on former Fridays. Mutton was dear, and short in number ' • in con s equence of which high prices were demanded for all de scriptions of cattle. To sink the Offal, per stone of 81b. Beef 3s 4d to 4s 4d Veal Mutton 3s 8d to 4s 86 I Pork Lamb Os Od to Os ad. HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. !Tay £4 lOs to £5 5s I Clover £s 1O to ZS Cs Straw £1 18s so £2 4s. On the 11th inst., Robert Wm. Jackson, Egg-, A. 111., Trinity-College, Dublin, who called to the Bar by tt.e Ilonourable Society of Gray's-Inn. On Tuesday, in consequence of the high tide in the afternoon, it overflowed the wharfs, 11 cI. on the Surrey side of the River, and below London Bridge, so that the stree's and passages near the River were impassable till the ebb ties, It had nearly reached the terrace of the Custom House.