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FRENCH PAPERS. ( From the Doik of Wednaday) PARIS, SETT. 13. CHAMBER OF THE KING. FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE KING'S ILLNESS. " Seven o'clock in the evening. " The fever, which had subsided for a few hours in the morning, returned with increased violen,ce towards three in the afternoon. Greater depression and proitration •of 'vital force is ob. servo bhp. (Signed) " PORTAL, " DUPUYTHEN, " ALIBERT, " THEVENOT. " DISTEL, " The First Gentleman of the'Xinfea Chamber, " Count de DAM AS." SIXTH BULLETIN OF THE KING'S ILLNESS. " Nine o'clock in the evening. "'Tic fever is more violent. Much agitation, hr at, and thirst, are experienced. The King. preserves his understanding, and experlancos some pain hi the legs." (Signed as before.) SEVENTH BULLETIN OF nu: KING'S ILLNESS. " Sept. 14, eight o'clock in the morning. 41 The King has been during the night in a state of great depression (uffoissement) ; the fever is still very strong ; the debility goes on increasing." (Signed as before.) ETOHTLI BULLETIN OF THE KING'S ILLNESS. "Two o'clock in the afternoon. " His Majesty had a stronger fainting fit at one o'clock ; the breathing is become more painful and interrupted.; the pulse Ls extremely weak and intermittent. " The prayerslor-the Dying, and the Recom mendation of the Soul, have been recited in the chamber of the King, in the presence of his fa. .roily. his Majesty heind them with perfect consciousness." (Sig►red ai before.) At two o'clock the King was plunged in so profound a lethargy that the most intense anxiety was spread throughout the 'Palace and the crowd ►►ssembled in the Place du Carousel ; but at half past three o'clock the King recovered from this - lethargy, and was perfectly sensible. PARIS, SEPT. 14. 'Every moment diininiihes the hopes Which wo Might have entertained that the 'health of our be loved Monarch would improve. His strength diminishes, -but his firmness is still the .same.— ;rite prayers of religion, the wishes of the int- Thence multitudes of subjects assembled round : the Royal residence, cannot suspend the progress of disease, nor check its most visible effects. If, -as every thing induces uato belle vu, ti n e King, on his bed of sickness, where all his mental faculties ere alive, has known the pledges of love which burst forth , in every part, he mill have de rived from them the strongest consolation which lie CILII receive, and'his sufferings will have been alleviated by them. 1 The French have displayed all their character in this great conjuncture. All the -conversations among persOns whom this event has brought toge. ther are inspired by the same sentiment. Every one recalls with pleasure theclaims of this Prince 'to the respected gratitude of his people. :[let if -the present is for us a subject of grief, the future offers at -least its consolations. The august race -of the sons of St. Louis, continued by a miracle, will never more •perish ; and Providence, ;Odell -signalized in so striking a way itsprotection or France, otTers the most precious pledge of this protection, in giving to its love4hree generations -of Kings, In France the King does not die- I is Majesty, Mtn yesterday had given'his bles sing to his family in the morning, - demanded to see the Children of Prance. They arrived et Sit. Cloud at „three o'clock, and . were conducted • shortly afterwards to the apartment of the .King, their great uncle. '['hey left at five o'clock, and .as they quitted the Tuileries to .return to St. Cloud, the crowd threw themselves in their,pas. sage, shouting repeatedly live le Rol! Vittent les Bourbons! _ _ Although the - King, the day before yesterday, presented himself before the Trih:mal of Pond. teoce, his Majesty confessed again yesterday.— We are assured that at the moment when the Grand Almoner arrived, the King said to Mon. lieut., 6 6 My brother, you have affairs which claim your presence-4 also have duties to fulfil ;" words worthy of a son of Louis, and which re mind us of what Henry IV. said to his confessor, during the ceremony of the Queen's coronation— " I am thinking of the last judgment, and of the account which we must render to Gud." SPA IN. MA 1) It I S Err. RN Express.) The King and the Royal Family still remain t. Ildivfonso. _ Th e Captain... General of the Kingdom of Gre oadu has transmitted to the Minister a list of the I ""lnti"k's taken ut Tarifa, and shot at Almeria. Ploy were 32 in number; amongst •• 4 ')ln WaS Lu•ut.-Colonel Juan •Lux, Captains Le , stamente, Louis tie Rute, and Mier. lnd Ensign Joseph Verbis. We r.omark in tl ;, list the name of a certain Mon ,a. fat. 4 sir Wilber :'Court has received , from the aud• of leave. 1k has set out for :.,;51)0!) as An. .'idor to his Alost Faithful Ma-. J"~{y• • Tht Editor ,p=aced Cugnet -apreroe fireside+ 'folk, in a note, eys, thin is the cele-, .arlot, who lot proclaimed lihnself, French Republic. THE GREEKS AND TIIE TURKS. Bitlsstms,SEPT.l4.—The Austrian Observer of the 4th contains an,article from Constantinople of the 10th August, relative to the retaking of I psara. It says,that when the Greeks returned to the island there were only 1500 Turks, part of whom got , on board twenty Turkish transports, which, however, except three, weie'buint by the insur . gents. Three hundred Turks fled into some store-houses in the city that were still standing, where they would likewise have perished had not the Turkish fleet suddenly arrived, on sight of which the Greek expedition fled. The Turkish flag is now hoisted on Ipsara, which!, according to all accounts, is an untenable, uninhabitable heap of rubbish. The Captain Paella caused the few stone houses still standing to be pulled down ) and the harbour to be filled up with the rubbish, , on which he immediately put to set again. The Turks lost nothing of consequence ou this occa sion, except a considerable part of the cannon taken, and either from neglect or confusion left behind. The insurgents had got thirty or forty of them on board their ships, and threw a greater number into the sea when they, wefts obliged to take flight. No kind of action, either by land or by sea, could take place on this occasion, as the 'Turkish and Greek troops did not meet a moment in Ip sara, and the two fleets did not meet either be fore or after. According to the report brought by the French corvette La Chevrette, 38 Greek ships were ofr the South point of Scio, about four miles from the Turkish fleet; and according to an account that may be depended upon from Smyrna, of the 2d of August, nothing had taken place up to the 3011' of July. The Capita!' Pecha, who was before Mitylene, was daily ex pected to sail against Samos, being in a manner compelled to hasten this expedition, on account of the great accumulation of volunteers that flock to Scalanuova, whose number, according to the lowest statement, is 30,000 men. The Austrian Observer says—The Egyptian ex pedition was iu the Bay of Mumarissa, opposite lthodes,having sailed from Alexandria on the 14th ./ uly. 1 t consists of 50 ships of war,loo transports, 14,000 regular infantry, and 2,500 cavalry ; 6,000 men from Caudill are to join it, and it is believed that its first attack will be on Hydra. The retaking of Casso, though affirmed by the Greek newspapers as confidently as that of Ip sara, has even less foundation in truth: it seems to be confirmed that Hydriot and Spezziot ships are goite to meet the Egyptian fleet. The Observer then proceeds to chew at great length, by a comparison of dater, the utter (else, hood of the accounts published under the head of Odessa, Missolonghi, Zaute, Corfu, &c. : " There can be no doubt," says the Journalist, " that party-spirit will as usual attribute all these observations to a hostile spirit, and accuse the Austrian Observer of participating in 4 the ex tensive conspiracy against the Cross formed by the agents of the Christian Powers ;' which the Journal des Debuts, without affirming any proof, presumes to exist. No greater injury can be done by the numerous friends of the Greek in surrection to the cause they support than by publishing such absurd rhodomontades. - r)AIYRNA, AUG. 7.—The Greeks have received part of the English Loan. They have refused 300,000 piastres for the ransom of the Podia of Argos. The Turkish fleet is proceeding against Hydra and the Morea. An epidemic disorder in the Turkish expedition against Samos, and the defeat of Ormer Paella in Beetle, Is confirmed. Athens is blockaded. THE LATE AFFAIR OF TARIFA. The following is an extract of a private letter from Cadiz : " CAntz, Auo. 27.—You must, no doubt, have been stir prised at my silence respecting the late affair at Tarifa ; but, when I assure you that it has terminated like all other Spanish enter prizes, and which termi nat i on I ant i c i pate d f rom a j ust knowledge of their character, you will, lam convinced, thank tne for not having unnecessarily alarmed you. " The aftitir, however, is now ended, and many of the un. fortunate wretches who could neither think nor act for them. selves, but who were seduced into the desperate adventure by desperate men, have, ere this, paid the p ena l t y o f t h e i r re b e l. lion. Thirty are said to have been shot the day before yester. day at the lines of Gibraltar, by order of O'Donnel, Governor of Alga i rag. " W hese unfortunate Individuals remained, anti were made prisoners at Tarifa, after it had been taken by the French troops ; but the promoter and ringleader. of the banditti made his escape, with many of his followers. " It is to be lamented, indeed, that so many Frenchmen should have been sacrificed on such an occasion. Why not have ordered the Spanish Royalists to reduce the place ? " Xite French kieneral now sees the error ho committed in sending . his troops after a.reckl ess b an di t ti. " It is true they behaved themselves admirably on the occa sion ; but.they fared somewhat the same as our brave English heroes of Talavera and Barrossa, who, after having gained the victory, had to share their laurels with their inglorious compa nionsen arms—the Spaniards. " You will be surprised to see General O'Donnel's Procla ,mation to his brave soldiers after the stupendous operations of ' 1 Tarifa. Ile compliments them on their military prewar and loyalty Yes, soldiers l' he exclaims, ' you have once more strewn to Spain and to the world, the undaunted ,courage of Spaniards... yon ran to the breach sword in hand, and well contended with the others. for the post of danger I " It is very true that O'Donnel was at Tarifa with a few Spaniards, but although he had not women killed or wounded, while the loss of the French amounted to upward« of onehundred, killed and wounded, holy quite persuaded that the Spaniards effected every thing, and that the French were trimly an auxiliary force not necessarily called for. " Some disturbances are said to have broken out at Almeira, and other places along.the Mediterranean.coast ; but it is most likely they will all terminate in the same manner. " I forgot to mention that the French fleet, which sailed from this port some time ago, and about which so many con- jectures have been in circulation, are expected here in a few days, as the French Consul has received a number of letters from the Minister of Marine, addressed to the Admiral of the squadron." PrrEnsnunuit, Au°. 20.—His Majesty, the Emperor, set out this morning eatly for G a ts c h e n a , o n his tour to the Southern Provinces of the Empire. COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 7.—The price of oats has risen from eight to eleven marks, but is not likely to get higher. Accounts from Viborg of the 25th August say that the fine weather being so favourable, the harvest is far advanced, and much corn already got in.; but the crop of rye Is expected to be a third less than last year. WAESAW, AVG. 29.—8 y an Ukase of his Majesty the Em peror of Russia, all .lews who are not physcians or established merchants, arc ordered to renounce, by the year 1828, the petty commerce they have hitherto carried on, trades, &c., and to re turn to the occupation of their ancestors—that is to say, to till , the ground. For this purpose the Government will assign them lands in the temperate climate of European Russia, pro. vide them with every thing necessary to commence agricul— tural operations, and found their new settlements, and allow them exemption from taxes for fiorne years, if they conform to the supreme Will of his Majesty. On the other hand, they h ave on other alternative, but must entirely quit Russia and Poland. The publication of this Ukase has caused great eon iternation among the numerous Jewish population. COURT OF BANK PROPRIETORS. Yesterday a General Quarterly Court, as well as a Half-yearly Court of Bank Proprietors, was held according to the Charter, for the purpose of considering . what Dividend, should be de clared for the half year next ensuing. The Court was very numerously attended.—At twelve o'clock the Chair man, Cons;Emus it, Esq. entered, accompanied by the Court of Directors.--The Secretary having read the Minutes, The CHAIRMAN stated to the Court that the Court of Dine ' tors, having fully considered the present affairs of the Bank, had thought proper to recommend that a dividend of four per cent., profit and interest on their capital and stock, should be declared for the half' year next ensuing. He now therefore pro posed this In the shape of a Resolution. Mr. Youxo here rose, and said he presumed they were as sembled there for the purpose of giving or withdrawing, if they thought proper, their consent to the measure now proposed to them ; but he for one, before the Resolution was put, wished to obtain sonic data on which to finind their consent. Ile was never an advocate for the production or exposure of accounts; but he thought it his duty to obtain every information as to measures which extensively affected their interests. A con siderable sum had, he understood, been advanced by the Bank on mortgages, and farther advances of the same nature were, he understood ' in . progress. Ile had upon this subject to put to the worthy Chairman a question—which was, What was the amount intended to be advanced upon mortgage, and what was the sum actually advanced ? The CHAIRMAN said he believed it had been already stated that it was not the intention of the Court of Directors to advance more than two millions on mortgage. Ile could not say exactly how much had been alrdlidy advanced, but he conceived that the full sum of two millions would probably be made' up in a very short time. up T on he S c tO i C i k a ( a ,Lt Mr. Youn g b egge d to k now h ow much had b een a d vance d —Nothing of any consequence. Mr. You xu—l am informed that a considerable sum is about to be issued for advances on stock. May Ibe informed what is the intended extent of those advances ? The CHAIRMAN (as we understood him) replied that he could give no information on that head. Mr. You sic—Have the advances already made exceeded 500,0004 ? The CHAIRMAX..." They have not amounted to quite so much as 500,0001." Mr. YouSIG said, thetas they were met to consider of a divi. dend, they might legitimately question the propriety of such ad vances, and whether they were not exceeding mischievous and ruinous in rendering capital too cheap. It was, he contended, a very serious consideration of the effect of forcing so much capital into the market, which must inevitably operate to increase the value of property. In a time of peace when there was no press. ing necessity for such a course, no emergency which demanded it, such an artificial system ought not to be resorted to, as it was pregnant with danger. In the case of any political ange taking place, the effects would be most ruinous, and in these veering times they ought to calculate upon such changes. The course pursued by the Couit of Directors in adopting such mea. sures, without consulting the Court of Proprietors, was highly inconvenient, and ought not to be persevered in. It was com plained of loudly when it was first resolved to advance money upon mortgage, and since then the Court of Directors had in the same manner adopted a Resolution to advance money upon stock, in which, lie was happy to hear, they had not been suc cessful. Ile now strongly protested against this system, and for one would exp re s s hi s hope that no measure of the kind would in future be resorted to, without specially convening and obtaining the concurrence of the Court of Proprietors. Al though we might hope, yet we could not expect to remain , always in a state of peace, and whenever that peace was dis. turbed, the consequences of the system now pursued must be disastrous. It rendered moneyed property of no use, and enor mously advanced the price of other property. The Citatuatax made sense observations, stating, that if the Court of Directors.had intended to employ only . a small portion of il tli r e . ir i %ap u i N ta a l in in t t l e ia r t rt m tp a te n ( n i e ti r ie at c co m ii i r ri p n e a r a c , e a n i t i . d in sa te m l res i t e — did not understand the course of his argument, which was, that pro ceedings of such an important nature ought not to be taken without convenin g t h a t Court, and submitting them to the con sideration of the whole body of Proprietors. The CHAlnmAtt said, that for many reasons, which it was not necessary to enumerate, the Court of Directors had adopted the course now complained of in the confidence that it would have the sanction of the great body of the Proprietors: that sanction they had always hitherto received, and he had no doubt that the Proprietors would continue it. Mr. ts. Dixox said, if his opinion was worth any thing. (and he lied lived many years in the world), he, would say lie (lid m( ham La tha h jk i oe g bn h i l ii y inn e gf u os d runc t lhm h e a ((i n nv l ae a l n loc ' fe w st l h l oe l n a l r h nb t l we i st e ttg C sa o eg u ccu r t ;r j o tii f tesp Directors of Hear, hear !) THE BANK'S ACCOUNTS. Mr. N. GIINDRY requested the Proprietors to remember the circumstance that took place at their kfalf-Year_ly Meeting in September two years, ago, when the Court of Directors were asked whether they could afford the dividend or five per cent. nut of the then profits. They answered in the affirmative ,• yet at the next m eet i ng they .reduced the half-yearly interest' from five to four p er cent• w i t m o at assigning any reason. Just before that time they m a d e a b arga i n upon an annuity, by which'they were to advance to Government a million .and a half of money (as we understood the. Hon. Proprietor) upon an annuity for orty-fbur years. Now he wished to know from the Chairman whether the interest was reduced from five to four per cent in consequence of that bargain. The CuAinmAN—When the Court of Directors propoSed that Resolution for the reduction of the interest from hve to four per cent. they did so i n the same manner as they have pro. posed the Resolution at present before the Court—upon a full consideration of all the affairs of the Corporation. Comas said, that one million anti a halfof money was then taken out of tho general profits of capital, which he con. Pry tended ought to have been divided in the shape of a dividend amongst the Body o f t h e of capital w as most un j us t , and those who caused it were untie. serving of confidence. Proprietors. Such an appropriation The Cuarn max said, it was an employment of capital which was authorised by the very Constitution of 41w Corporation. • Mr. 0 tiNDItY, with much warmth, denied that u was to be justified. lie had spoken to the best informed persons on the subject, and they all joined in condemning it. The Oralll,3lAX said, that before the Court of Directors made that agreement they took the opinions of Counsel, who all agreed in considering it• a proper and legal employment of capi tal. Some further observatiohs were made on the subject, when The CHAIRMAN again put the Resolution for declaring a dividend of four per cent. Mr. GUNDItY, as an amendment, moved that the dividend for the half year ensuing 'dwelt' be five instead of four per cent. lie did this for the purpose of compelling the Court of Direc- tors to furnish to their constituents a proper account of their affairs. Mr. SELWYN, the Barrister, seconded the motion. In taking this step lie begged to disclaim any hostile feelings towards the Court of Directors. With the exception of one, to whom he was bound by ties of gratitude as well as of esteem, they were utterly unknown to him as lie was to them. But he came forward on a principle of duty, for the purpose o f arra i gn i ng their conduct in office. They had heard that men loved dark ness when their deeds were dark, and the anxiety which was manifested to conceal every thing was in itself a strong imputa tion. He, however, disclaimed any personal imputation on the Directors ; for they pursued this system of darkness because their predecessors for the last SO years had pursued it, altkough Court after Court their attention was called to its injustice and its mischiefs. If, h owever , i nstea d o f f o ll ow i ng blindly the system which others had pursued, they were to consult their own excel lent understanding', their Charter and theirilyc Laws, and the Statutes on the subject, they would give up the practice, which was unwarrantable either by law or sound policy. In the 12th Section of the Bye Laws it was ordained, " that twice in every year a general Court shall be called and held for considering the state anti condition of this Corporation, and for the making of dividends out of all and singular the produce and profit of the capital, stock, and fund of this Corporation, and the trade thereof." They were there assembled under this very Bye law ; but the notice which convened them together told them that they were only assembled for the purpose of declaring a dividend, without saying one word about their being assembled to take i n t o consideration their state and condition. This course pursued by the Court of Directors, he contended, was both an absurdity and an anomaly ; it was a system which all should join in petting an end to. What could be more absurd than that the vast body of Proprietors should he assembled to give their consent to a dividend, without any accounts being submitted to them on which they could found their consent ? An ingenious architect might so fashion that Court, as to produce one echo of consent to the Chairman's proposition ; and such an erection wou ld b e a desirable imp rovement , as it would save them a ll t h e trouble of attendin g . Th e pract i ce was an anomaly; for it was part of our public System, that the great body of those whose money was expended should have some check on the expenditure.— Such a check in the House of Commons was the gre a t ga f e .. guard of our liberties. Should not that check or controul exist in the present instance ? Should so small a Body as the Court of Directors have the unrestrained disposal of twelve millions of money without any controul whatever ? He contended that it was the first principle in the Charter, that the Court of Pro prietors should have such a controul ; and was hi g hl y necessary that they should exerc i se i t . Every body ther e w i tnessed the vast alterations that w ere making round that ho use; and he woul d not arraign their s tyl e , f or that was a matter of taste, But they ought to have a voice, and say Whether or not the erections were necessary. They had,. however, no opportunity of knowing anything upon the subject. And here he would ask, whether, although the Member of the Court of Directors might be men Ofire_eat knowledge, their information was so un i versa l , t h at t h ey odd not by any possibility veceive any useful suggestion from .the able and experienced Gentlemen who sat in the Court of Proprietors ? No man, he positively asserted, .could read the Bye-laws without being convincid .it was intended that the Court of Directors should have the benefit of the wisdom of the Court of Proprietors ? In fact any other system would in itself be absurd. Ile was bound to - discuss the objections that were made to the system for which he contended. It was said you ought to have confidence in your Directors. But however honourable these Gentlemen might be, anti lie admitted that their honour was unassailable, had they not all had too much reason to deny that they were hound to repose confidence in any men ? Confidence might and had been abused. The nature of man finbatie confidence. He did not allude to recent circum stances; but they should remember the great breach of confi. dence that had been committed in 1797, when in consequence of rash loans—( Here loud cries of Order ! were made from all parts of the Court.) Mr. YOUNG rose to order, and said that if the Directors were upon their trial for what was done by their predecessors in 1797, the Learned Gentleman might be in order; but, as they were not, it was proper that he should be confined to the pre sent affitirs of the Court. Mr. GUNDftY warmly contended that his friend was in order. The CUAIaMAN said, the question now before the Court was, whether the dividend should be five or four per cent., and he begged the Hon. Proprietor to confine himself to it. Mr. SELWYN contended that he was in order, and lie should, if he were, not interrupted,have pro cee d e d t o s h ew t h at t h e mat ter related to the making of a dividend. Ile was about to re sume the same course of argument, when he was interrupted by renewed cries of " Order !' The CITAIRMAN submitted to the Hon. Proprietor whether, after his (the Chairman's) view of the point of order had been seconded by this manifestation from the great majority of the Proprietors, it would be adviseable to continue in the same course ? Mr. Srt.wirx said, that from his respect to the Chairman, and those Proprietors who had thus expressed their opinion, he would consent to be , silent, although he did it with the convic tion that he was perfectly in order. After some observations from Mr. YOIT WO. the amendment was put and negatived by a considerable majo r ity. The original Resolution, that the next half-yearly Dividend should be Four per Cent., was then carried, and the Chairman announced, that Dividend %%grants would be ready on the 11th of October next. 111 r. Clutanty invited the Proprietors present who had voted with him to sign a demand fora Ballot. A Proprietor submitted to Mr. Gundry, whether, after the experience which he had had of a ballot, it would be of any avail to trouble the Proprietors by calling for one on the present occasion. After some further conversation, Mr. Gundry gave up his intention. LOWERING THE RATE OP DISCOUNT. Mr. Youwn begged to know from the Chairman whether it was the intention of the Court of Directors to lower the rate of discount. Such a proceeding must have very serious effects on the commerce of the country and on the interests of themselves as individuals; e.nd if there was any intention to adopt it, they should be first informed of it. lie now, therefore, asked, was it intended to lower the present rate of discount ? . The CItAIIIKAN said, the question he considered to be very injudicious, and it would be equally injudicious for him to make any answer.—( Hear, hear !) Youso then asked whether if' such a step abould be considered as necessary by the Court of Directors, they would previously to putting it into execution conv e n e a eneral Court of Proprietors ? The CMAIRMAN said, he had no authority to promise to convene a General Meeting of' the Proprietors. Mr. Youwn said, he had received such an answer before, but the subject was one of the deepest importance to them, anti he hoped that such a proceeding would not be taken with. 1 out giving them an.opportunity of discussing it in a General Court? • , . The CIIAIRMAX said he could only give the general promise that the Court of Directors, would act conscientiously for the good of the Company conformably to circumstances. Mr. 110T1I8C1111.1)tose to address the Court. The greatest attention was immediately iven to him, but he spoke in so confused .a manner that we -had great difficulty to collect hie observations, the purport of which were that no Proprietor had a right to demapd of the Court of Directors what were their in tentions. yoRpERy py POWERS OF ATTORNEY. Mr. 'WTI. rose to propose a Resolution to the effect that the Governor and Court of Directors should he requested to take into their immediate consideration, whether some more efficient means cannot be taken for the prevention of the forgery of Powers of Attorney upon that liouse.—( Hear, hear .)—.lle would make no observations in favour of the motion, for he thought it wanted none to recommend it. He should only re. serve himself in reply to any objections. The CHAIRMAN said that the Court were doubtless aware of a forgery having been committed upon them, but there were, he• niight observe, some circumstances peculiar to that case which had afforded greater facility for the offence than in others He had to assure them that the subject formed one of close and strict investigation now before the t ourt of Directors. Mr. Bti-r stated that he bad a plan of his own on the sub ject, and lie wished that morning to have had an interview with the Court of Directors, but to his surprise Lie was refused ad mission. Th e cumustaw said that the Court of Directors were that morning considering of the Dividend to be proposed, and on such occasions the doors were invariably locked. They would, howeve r, be extremely happy to receive any suggestions on the sabject from the Hon. Proprietor. Mr. 8. DIXON said the Court of Directors, would, as a matter of Cours e, give every attention to the subject ; and the only effect of the Resolution would be to take away from them the merit of any thing they might produce as originating with them. selves. Air. BUTT then withdrew his motion. A Proprietor then moved the adjournment. 'the motion was immediately put. Another Proprietor rose at the same time to propose a Reso. lotion, but he was told by the Chairman that the Court was adjourned. The Members then separated. SINGULAR FRAUD. Two men and two women lately called on Mr. N. at Ponlargy, in the department of the Haute blaine ; the chief of the band, snuffing up the air like an ogre when he scent s a corpse, cried with an air of inspi ra ti o n, t° There is money here, a great deal of money." Mr. N. and his wife replied he was mistaken. The other, listening to nothing,repeated, " There is a great deal of money here, ► at least ip,iloo francs are concealed ; you do not know where, nor do I, but we will find out. Quick ! bring an earthen pot, put 80 francs along with these 18 pieces of b francs, which I . put in ; shut it up caref u lly, and bury it in your cellar ; let it remain there a month ; do you hear ? one month ; and, at the end of that time, we will return to divide the fifteen thousand francs, which by virtue of my magic words will have united themselves to our money." As he said this, he put down the money with many con tortions, and the others did as he directed. Mrs. N. being a little curious, as what woman is not ? could not wait for the end of the month, but went that very day to see if her treasure was augmenting. Trembling with hope and fear, she took up the pot, and found to her surprise only some large and handsome stones, wrapped up in dirty 1 linen. The sorcerers were immediately pursued, who, not dreaming of their danger, had gone tranquilly to sleep at Essey.l The Chief, at hearing the noise of the gendarmes, rose in haste, asked permission to retire for a moment, took the common purse, and disappeared. her companions are in the hands of justice, which, without a miracle, may exclude the magicians for some time from the light.— ( French Paper.) nature t 'The body of the young man who poisoned himself at the Thatched House,' Islington, on Friday last, and on whom an Inquest was held the following day, was ow ne d would in a f ew yesterday by his brother and sisters, it having been exposed in the vault of the church for that pu rpose. A the time the Inquest was held thew was no clue to his connexions. It was, however, supposed, from the contents. tend er of scrap of paper in his pocket, that a disappoinunent o had pro_ t l i n u a c n ed of tl r e e r s a p n e g e e t n a te l t e i t c . on l n t e t x u fo rn n s s l on a t n d d. :a t u b; v s :la Young gentl , monthshave come into possemon o f considerable property. The South bank of the Thames, near Water loo-bridge, will shortly be cleared of no less than fifty old houses, which are now pulling down. The narrow dirty passage along the hank to Pedlar's-acre, and Westminster-bridge, called Narrow-wall, will be opened for the removal of the above obstructions and rendered more corn. modious to passengers. it is at present called lielvidere•road. PILICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock — 3 per rent. Red shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 94 3i per Cent. — Dissd. shut I per Cent. {Assd. shut New lB6O Bank Long Ann. shut hull. 3 per Cents. — I niUnt;tOck ..... Ditto Bond 84s. South Sea Stock — PRICES OF FOREIGN VU nstrianincls, 5 per ct. — Brazilian Buenos Ayres ChtLan, 13t1s, 6 per ct. „- Colombian 1h15.6 per ct Scrip lO dis. 2 Danish, s . per cent. — Greek Scrip — Mexican Bonds s4i/ —,...--Scrip Neapolitan, .; per cent. Peruvian Bonds — Scrip DAY AT ON E O'CLOCK• Old Annuities -- New Ditto Ex. Bills 1 NW. 2d. 42 Ditto 13d. Ditto 5001. 2 d. Ditto lid. 42 Ditto Small 2d. — Ditto lid. — Ditto Adier 2d. Bank ftir Act. India for Acct. Cons. fur Account 11}!i NOS,. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PortuKttese Ronde Scrip Prussian, 5 per ct. -- Ditto New Ilussian, New, 5 per ct.— NI Spanish 11121, sper ct. ltq 27 11123, ditto ... Il Alliance Shares Palladium Equitable Loan I Canadian French Renter Scrip - PRICE OP IRISH STOCKS, SEPT. 11. o ik o n v. k n St e o h c . k 3i per cent.. 9 3_5.4 Grannr tr al o 4Loperance,inipt..ct.... 662 Stock, 3i per ct. ti —DittoStock ............ . Goy. Deb. 4 per cent. — Royal Canal Stock ......... 2 1 Gov. Dch. 5 per cent. — Wide-street Cert. 6 per ct. --- --Stock, 4 per cent. l4 Do. Deb. with (iov. Sec.— New - Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — 1)o. 6 per cent. City Debentures, 5 per ct — Ballast Office Gott. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct — 4 per cent. .................. ..... Excharge on London, Sept. 10, ti. FOIL EIGN hi A Mi. ARRIVED. c. (lottenhurgh Holland Esuaders y_ 1 a 1 WATER AT LONDON BRIM:13 TO. 31()ItU()Ir. 310rning„ 2fi mingtes after IL I Evening, 5 iiiinutei after 10. THE SUN. sotzx outs incEnE n.ji wjt AUDgar LONDON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 104' DEATH OF THE KI SG OF FRANCv" Ali uncertainty is now at an e nd. The 10:4(1. cares. of FRANCE is released f rom a ll human The following Telegraphic Dispatch reaah4 :own this morning, ann ounc i ng th e aw -f u event:-- cc Cahn'', 18M Sept., Half-past Five o'Clonk in the 4fternoon. cc we have just received the following Telea graphic Dispatch announcing the KING'S Deat h ' " The KING died this morning at four o'clock' King CIiAULEiI X. immediately set ou t for St' Cloud with the DAUPHIN, the DAUPHINUS, and he Duchess of BEIMY. " The people hav e s h ewn d ur i ng the KIN G lnvss the most affecting sorrow. Courier; ar' setting out at this moment in all directions with the news."—Signed at Paris, &c. It may fairly be said of the late Kill; °f FILANCL, that ho bore his faculties with tooelo nose and dignity. lie• had received such tryilli; lessonz in tho school of adversity, and Ow shucks of his fortune had been such, that th' pride of birth and the prerogatives of 110PIIY' "lien ha arose to the rank - which his; aiLcosi'r3 enjoyed, way ho supposed to have given traY what h© coneelVed to be due to his "WV' 05 the best foundation for the security of his flu was a scholar, and was distinguislugl sj" gacity, and reflection must have convlacati l ll m that all those arbitrary powers %which 1 ' 46 -r .ors possessed, were inconsistent with tb4 rt°. greys of know ledge end the s pirit of th" i'. Peace to his' manes ! History gill d 4) s character, and w ill, o f course, e d gas him°. one of those few Monarchs w ho o ' l6l 4)4141".°4 lit b 1 tag; o the most e l evate d ran k, and Iv" r( om the experienco t o d er i ve his own happineS9 happiness of his People. no' r We sincerely hope that his Suacelsorf 6wre CHARLES THE TENTH, who has sulferei4 MOO . 0 under the he was oblig vi e c d issi to tud s: s ek ef ai f l or i : s n y n i t t , i , in it v: u.i arrests in 0 this country, has also Ittarod „ ° don) from ad ver sity, and will IV' th 0 ( measures that may best tend to the svulfarf. ore 10* tiure$ a People, and th a t no ne of those likely to hazard the tranquillity of 1131 " .°° ° ' r No official notification of the Death , t ' °‘ King of FRANCE, we have reason to beapve - reached our Government when this PLIP-r ut to Prosm. of /Sr"' We are sorry to hear that the DA°, 00 ro° , l l Litorroy still continues hi a state far 't he a d 0 valescent. Periodical spasms in the ears his Grace is still subject to • MINIM