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country was unparalleled in the world. The law admitted of no distinction between the high and the low ; and if the Judge or the Advocate shrunk from their high and important duties, they found they had, however, a corrector in the public press. He did not, indeed, wi s h to see e ith er bo w b e f ore it ; for he hoped their own consciences would lead them onward in the path of justice; but still he could not help thinking that it was to the press that this country-owed, in a great degree, the high station it held.in jurisprudence, and also in the enjoyment of every other valuable privilege which it possessed.--(Much applause.) The CHAIR ILAN begged now to propose the health of " The Bat."—(Loud cheers.)—The country were feelingly alive to every advantage, civil and political, which is derived from theindependent character of the English Bar. He could assure them that, at the present moment, there was as much independence, spirit, and feeling, in that body, as there ever Was within . his memory. During that period, indeed, some meteors had shone forth with unrivalled splendour, who had now descended to their graves, and reposed •in the gratitude and Veneration of the country; but much of their celebrity, their energy, and their expression of high and constitutional principles was to be attributed to the times in which they lived, to the excitement produced by the singular and unparal.l doled events which characterised that period. If, therefore, there was less brilliancy, there was not less talent, less inte gtity, or less devotion to the great conservative principles of the Constitution,—( Hear, hear !)--He begged therefore to pro. lose the following toast:—" The liar, and may that body ever possess the respect and the affection of the people."— (Loud cheers.) . Mr. Sergeant PEaXE returned thanks. lie hoped that there Would always be, and, as far as his recollection served, there always had been a great cordiality between the Bar and the Gentle Men of the law. There had been among the many provements of the day one which nothing but the liberality of the present times could have exhibited. lie meant that of a ..body of men associating themselves without any regard to per sonal interest, in order to Maintain the honour anti the integrity ,of the profession of which they were members. It was an ho , nourable feature in the history of the period to see such an As. sedation leagued together for the purpose of correcting the in. accuracies, and purging the impurities which had too long been the disgrace and the opprobrium of the law.—(Cheers.)—The effect of such an Institution was visible, not only to them and to every thinking person, but to the world ; for it had been seen, that men, at whom the finger of scorn had baen pointed, , Were permitted to proceed in their fraudulent career, because to one bad the power or the spirit to protect the victims of their injustice. It was the poor. and those whom misfortunes had reduced to poverty, who felt the effects of their depre dations ; and whose unfortunate situation prevented them from exposing and punishing their oppressors.—(Cheers.)— ' Mr. Sergeant Peake then requested permission to propose a toast, and after briefly alluding to the projected improvements ?ing forward in Westminster, under the direction of Colonel -•reach, proposed a health to the Hon. and Gallant Officer.— (Cheers.) • • • Colonel TRENCH shortly returned thanks. Then followed . thehealths of Lord Manners and the Irish Bar —The Judges of Scotland and the Scotch Bar—and, The healths of the former Principals, the Committee, the Stewards, the Directors, and other Office-bearers of the Society, , were afterwards drank, with several other appropriate toasts; • and the company did not separate till a short time beyond " the keystone Of night's sable arch." The dinner and wines were highly creditable to the acknow ledged taste and liberality of Mr. KAY. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS ' iimik Stock 2304 231 ' 3 per Cent. He& 94gi 3 per Cent. Cons shut Ditto Red. lOO4 101 4 Per Cent. 1 Di " d * t New shut Bank Long Ann. 22 15-Ifith 23 imp. 3 per Cents . — ' India Stock shut Ditto Bonds 965. South Sea Stock PRICER OF FOItEION Fl Austrian Bds, 5 per ct. 94/ Si thazllian — nuenos A yres 1 pm. Cliilian 11th, 6 per ct. ... C olombian Ild s, 6 per ct.... Do, do. 1824 MI i Hanish, 5 per cent. — Greek lids .. 57 6 7 Mexican ads 6611 i .......--__Scrip ---.--: Neapolitan, A per cent. -----__ &rip O pm. Peruvian Bonds 73 DAY AT ONE Wet.oCiE. Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Ilillslooo/.:11. 54 52 Ditto fjd. 53 Ditto WI. —.... 54 53 Ditto lid. Ditto Small 2d. Ditto lid. Ditto Advertised Bunk for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Opening 95h NDS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds B7i . Scrip — Prussian, 5 per ct. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per m-94 .1 Spanish 1821, b per et....22ai 1823, ditto lB Alliance Shares Palladium Equitable Loan — Canadian — French It entes Scrip 23it CALCUTTA, Juxr 30. Current Value of Government Securities. Buyl Rs. As. J Six per Cent. Rs. As. ISel 'Prem. 37 12 Bengal Remittable Loan f 37 0 BOMBAY, JULY 3. Exchange. On London 8 months sight, Is. 81. per Rupee. Calcutta 30days, 105$ Bombay Its. per 100 Siccas. Madras do. 1000 Bombay Its. per 100 Madras. Company's Paper. Remittable, 115 Bombay Rs. per 100 Siccas. Unremittable, 108 to 120 do. According to Registry. MADRAS, JULY 14. Six per Cent. , Bengal Remittable Loan - I'm per Cent. Bengal Unremittable Loan -..... 34 Premium, FOREIGN MAILS. ARRIVED. DIY S. Guernsey and Jersey .Lisbon . Gottenburgh Hamburgh Holland France Flanders America - Leeward Islands HIOII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. _ ll "rning. 2 minutes after B. I Evening, 33 minute* after 8. TIIE SUN. 301E31 QUIS DiCERE FALSUM AUMEAT.? LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 13, 18'24. We have received by Express from Paris at t late hour jhis morning the Etoile, dated yester !lay, It is quite destitute of any article of poli tical intelligence. The Rentes on Saturday at half-past three o'clock were 102 f. 20c. for mo l'eYs and 102 f. 36c. for the end of the month. Papers from Paris and various part of the Continent arrived yesterday, and extracts from t hem are given in preceding columns. The ca lamities produced by the lute dreadful storms and floods at St. Petersburg!' and its vicinity far exceed those sufferd in Germany, the ac counts of which had already reached this country. The united violence of the wind and water a t St. Petersburgh on the 19th ultimo was most appalling. While the sheet-iron on the roofs of the houses was rolled up like leaves of ! su per, the flood rose to the height of nine and t en feet in the open streets. Vessels were w recked in the centre of the city, which was strew " in every part with fragments of ruin. Even the n eighbouring villages were swept away, and their entire population destroyed. The pub 1 • distress is, of course, extreme ; no business was done on the Exchange, and the poor were famish ing for want of bread. All these horrors, insup portable in themselves, were aggravated by the commencement of winter, amidst the general desti- tution of all classes of the citizens. At Stock holm the storm, though not equally violent, was productive of extensive mischief. Frankfort Papers to the 6th instant arrived this morning. An article from Cracow gives an account of the prosperous condition of that State under the 'present government, since its founda tion in 1815 ; taxes have been reduced, a por tion of the old debt paid off, the farmers of the State Domains have bad 3.1,6ths of their rent remitted, and canals and other useful works have been constructed. From Stuttgard we learn that the negociations for a commercial treaty be tween Wurtemburg and Switzerland are pro ceeding with every prospect of a satisfactory result ; that the negeciations for a similar treaty between Wurtemburg and Bavaria have already commenced ; and that those between ‘Vurtemberg and the Grand Duchie, of Baden and Hesse Darmstadt are to begin as soon as the Commissioners from the latter States arrive. A Leeward Island Mail arrived this morning, and also New Brunswick Papers to the 10th ult., hut they do not bring any news of importance. Princess FEononE attended Divine Service the Royal German Chapel, and heard a sermon by the Rev. Dr. KUEPER. Yesterday the Princess SOPHIA visited the Duke of YORK. Mr. Secretary CANNING transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Ills Excellency Prince PoLIUNAC, the Amba4- sador of France to our Court, left town for Paris on Saturday, where it is rumoured that he is to take the office of Minister for Foreign Affairs. On Friday night, after the breaking up of the Cabinet Council, Mr. WARING, a King's Mes senger, was sent off from the Foreign-office with dispatches for St. Petersburgh. On Thursday Mr. CROTCH, the King's Mes senger arrived in town from Paris. do Saturday, the 27th ultimo, Messrs. TAP I N E and REISINGER, of Berlin, cast, to all appearance successfully, the colossal statue in bronze of Prince BLUCHER of Wallstatt, which the King of PRUSSIA has been pleased to order to be set up it: Berlin. It is eleven feet high. This is the third statue in honour of the hero which has been cast in the Royal foundry. A uasuutto, Nov. 30.—1 t is generally believed that the East will become in the Spring, the theatre of great events. A new Note is spoken of, which the Russian Cabinet, in concert with Austria, will cause to be delivered to the Otto. man Porte: it will not be an ultimatum ) but a kind of sum mons to the Porte to evacuate the principalities within a cm.. twin time. This note is to be supported by a display ot tary force on the side of Bessarabia. It is already reported there is going to be a great meeting of Generals at St. Pelera burgh : among them are the names of the General-in-'.Thief, Count Oster - Suiten, Count Wittgenstein, Lieutenant-Cie.' neral Sebsneft, and Count Rollin!, General of Artillery.. On the other hand, the Porte has liven orders for a speedy levy of new troops both in Bulgaria and the tuljoining pro vinces. The Pitches are enjoined to hasten these levies as much as possible, they are to include all 11usselmen without exception, and to be made at the expense of the Michas by the Sultan's express orders. It is observed, that the future desti nation of these new levies is not mentioned.—(Brussela Paper, Dec. 7.) Letters from Moldavia and Wallachia art' rare, on account of the apprehensions entertained of the plague. The SERASKIER, Dervisch Pacha, urgently desires reinforce ments. Besides the enormous losses which he has sustained in his unfortunate campaign in Lavadia, several thousand soldiers, wearied out by so many reverses, have deserted their corps, and returned to their homes. This Paella has been informed by his agents, that the Greeks were making serious preparations to invade Thessaly.—(lbid.) 1 [LELA N U.—'flie feeling at the Castle, on the present state of Ireland, may be judged by the follow ing extract from a Dublin Paper : " In future an Artillery Officer is to mount guard at th e Castle, and two addi t io na l pieces of ordnance have been placed therein. The Magazine has been augmented by 20,000 additional rounds of ball cartridge. Several Regiments are under orders in England, for the dif• ferent towns in Lancashire, from whence they can reach Dub. lin in twenty-four hours. A Company of Sappers and Miners is to be quartered at the Phoenix Park. The military are still biletted on private individuals, and every thing has a warlike appearance. The Earl L L tTHURST, Mr. WILMOT Howl." the Commissioners of the Canada Company, and several other distinguished individuals, dined with Mr. S. M‘GILLivuAY on Friday last. By letters from the Isle of France, of the 17th of August, it is stated that all communication be- tween that island and the sister Isle of Bourbon was for the time interrupted, in consequence of the measles in a very aggravated form, having committed great ravages among ►he slave popu lation of the latter island. It is a remarkable circumstance, but not gene rally known, that neither the small-pox, measles, hooping-cough, nor scarlet-fever, has ever been known either in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, or the Sandwich Islands.—(As. Journal.) It appears by the last letters from Madras and Bombay, that great dissatisfaction prevails in the Army, from the hesitation and delay of the East India Company to give up the booty taken in the war of 1817 and 1818. THE CANADA Ct.un.—The first meeting of this respectable Club was held on Saturday last. President, A. STEWART, Esq.; Vice-President, S. WGit.t.iviiAlr, Esq. The following wonderfully had pun was made by accident one day last week :-- A sailor, who has been for several years in India, was de. scribing, in the hall of the Navy Pay Office, where he was waiting, the vast changes which have taken place in the Metropolis during his absence, and after enumerating many o f them, he observed, that they had made great alterations on the roof of the Admiralty. "'They have changed it quite since I've been away," said Jack, " and set up a taunt mast atop of the house."—" Mast !" said his companion, " there's no mast there."—" No mast !" said Jack, "go and. tell that to the marines. No mast ! why what was it I seed set up there, then P'—" Why that," said his friend, " was the SEMA - PfIORE."--" The same afore," cried Jack, " I'm d--d if it was, there was two dollygraphs up there when I went to Ingy." ' ALARMING FIRE AT TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. A fire broke out last Friday morning in the south-east corner of that magnificent pile of buildings, the new quadrangle of Trinity Col lege,Cumbridge. The first alarm was given about ten o'clock in the morning, and in about a quar ter of an hour an engine was brought to bear upon the building. Few persons only having collected in the first instance, the fire had gained some head by half-past ten, and flames burst out from every window ; by this time, how ever, a very large number had assembled, and two more engines were brought in, which played with great success; at a littl e a f ter eleven, several men having reached the top of the building, took off the slates, a n d t wo p i pes b eing conveye d t h ere, and a large supply of %ater procured, they poured it downwa ids in torrents. This expe dient proved , highly effectual, and happily by twelve o'clock the fire was completely extin guished. It broke out in the ground floor, where a number of doors and planks had been placed to dry, and the damage consists principally in the large quantity of timber which has been destroyed. The outside is very little injured, but the floors and ceilings are nearly demo ' lisped. The Master and Fellows of Trinity College were indefatigable in their exertions and giving the necessary orders in every direction, while the Members of the University in general laubably flocked from every College to assist in bringing pails of water to supply the engines.— Four double rows were formed with the- greatest regularity to the river, and had it not been for the immense numbers, and the promptitude and regularity with which they assisted, the fire would inevitably have been attended with the most se rious results. No lives were in danger, us the south and west sides of the quadrangle are not yet inhabited. ROYAL NAVY. PoturasiouTu. DEC. 11.—On 'Wednesday his Majesty's frigate Doris, Captain Hope Johnstone, arrived from the South American station, having been relieved by the Blanche, Cap. tain Mends. The Doris is last from the River Plate, having left Monte Video on October 5. All was tranquil at Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, and British interests were pursuing at these' places with perfect good understanding" b etween a ll the authorities.. Th e Eclair, 18, Captain Bourchier, was lett in the River, intending to proceed up to Buenos Ayres. Th e Briton frigate, Sir Alurray Maxwell, left Monte Video on the 28th of September, tier the station round Cape Horn, in the place of the Auror a The day before she *ailed, (o e . tober 4), the ship Urania, Captain Reynolds, of. London,• arrived from Lima, bringing accounts from Callao to the 21st of August, when that port, and Arequipo, were Mill in possession of the Spaniards. Commodore Guise went into Callao, on the 29th of July, with his squadron, firtsl.upon the batteries, captured two gun-hriga, 'and burnt two Spanish merchant-aid s. The Cambridge, 80, Captain T, J. Dialing, was lying at Callao. The English Commissioner,Consul, and Deputy-Consul, had been permitted to land &pat Oat slur, but they were not acknowledged by the existing %merriment. —The Mersey, 20, Captain Ferguson, wait daily .expe cted at Callao. The Fly, 18, Capt. Martin, h a d tooclieil at4„tilea, on her way to V a lp ara i s o, with treasu re f or t h e Aurers..42, ,i P;•11. Prescott, which ship was only waitin g h er 'irnfal, pto. Iteed to England. The Tartar, 42, Capt. T., BniSvrk.wits pro. tecting the British interests at valparaiso. - The Fly was to proceed to England on the arrival round of , the Brit On. The squadron r ound Cape Horn were all we ll: . The Doris left Rio Jane ir o on . th e 7th Sept., when the SPardate + . 74 Admiral Sir Geor ge E 're, K.C-11.) and Blanche, were lying Or there, and the ) *eau at Perhainbuco. The new Sloops of iVar, Champion, estes, and Pylades, have gone out on an experimen agailattern sai ha tin vi g ng undergone ahem. t i f ons th: for Ha the rbou p r urp (t o t t‘4.o sal erithei. Sir John Phim more , in the Thetis, is to rake. them under his direction in the present trial, and they will be also acco mpanied by the b:cylle, one of, the; j to . t A he, brigs l w a e r g st e w s t a o r fd converted,wofa war. T he y Scilly. an d the Sailed t arche jta: th i P. W. I'. Walls, is under orders for the Cape of )ceerru'Abiii'f twenty2tal Capt ain leag u smal les t Murray, for the coast of Africa. The 'Niemen, 20, Ca twin and will sail when the wind is fair. The Owen Glendower, Good Hope, Commodore Christian, tiir the Cape of Good Hope command ; and the Esk, Capt. W. J. I'urchas, for the Coast of Africa, are shortly expected from the River. Remain at Spithead— Niemen, Champion, Orestes, and PYlad ex , an d a b out 100 sa il of outward.hound m erc h antmen , w i n d •bound. H Majesty's yacht the Royal Ge orge was paid off on Wed nesday, and re-comniissioned by Ca ptain the Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel, C. B. ABANDONMENT OF SEAMEN. NAVY.OFFICE, DF:C. 9. Sir,---I am commanded by the Commission of the Navy, to transmit a circular letter of this date, which they have caused to be sent to his Majesty's Consuls and Vice-Consuls, communi. casing to them the sentence awarded by the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster, on Lowther Christopherson, master of the brig Trafalgar, of Maryport, in Cumberland, for forcing and leaving four of his crew on shore in the Bay of Chaleur t and I am to rrqucst that you will make this sentence and conviction known to the masters of British vessels, that they may be deterred from the commission of the like offence. I am, sir, your humble servant, G. SMITH. Mr. Bennett, Lloyd's. " Navy-Office, Dec. 2. " Sir,—ln reference to our circular letter of the 16th of May, 1823, stating that John Ferrier, master of the Endeavour of Arbroath, had upon representation from his Majesty' s C onsu l at Genoa, been tried for wilfully leaving behind him two of his crew, whom he took out with bins, they being in a con dition to return, and being convicted thereof, was sentenc ed to three months' imprisonment, pursuant to the statutes of the llth and 12th of William 111., cap. 7; and tiOth of Geo. 111., cap. 38. We have now to actinium you, that Lowther Christopherson, master of the brig '1 rafalgar, of ltiaryport, in Cumberland, was, at the sittings after Raster term last, before, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, at West. minster, convicted of the offence of forcing and -leaving four of his crew on shore, in the Bay of Chahar, in North America, and that he was , on the 27th of last month, adjudged by the said Court to be Imprisoned for three months (being the specific pu nishtnent provided by the aforesaid acts) in the King's Bench prison ; anti we have to desire that you will make tha conviction and sentence of Lowther Christopherson publicly known in your Consulate, in order that other masters of British vessels may be deterred from the commission of the like offence." On the 23d of last month, MATTHEW VON CowN, one of the most celebrated Austrian literati, died at Vienna, in the 46th year of his age. The Agricultural Interest of t hi s country is likely to labour under much di sa d vantage, j u consequence of a Decree issued by th e Ki ng of the NETHERLANDS, prohibiti ng the exporta tion of bones from Holland, whence considerable supplies have annually been imported for manure. To cast a stone upon a grave, , was considered in early times us au act of loyalty o r p i ety ; and an e xpression of friendship or of affection still remains in the north of Scotland to this e ffect, " I will cast a stone upon thy cairn." His M,tJESTV's most gracious pardon for Harris, who was capitally convicted, but quently respited generally, ha s b een forwarded to Hertford gaol from the Horne Department. — The case of Davis, who was al so capitallY, "1" vic t ed Is not u, but respited till Jan uary, s ubse- eter mined. THE KING, &c. WINDSOR, DEC. 12.—0 n Friday afternoon his MAJESTY took an airing in his pony phaeton, for nearly two hours, in the Great Park, accompanied by the Marquis Conyngliam.— Yesterday the King did not leave the Royal Lodge the whole of the day.—From many circumstances we are led to think that his Majesty will not proceed to Brighton this winter.— Divine Service was this morning performed at the private Chapel, Cumberland Lodge, to the Royal Household. His Majesty was not present.—Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta is expected to leave Bagshot Park fbr her residence at Progmore, at the latter end of the week, should her Royal Sister the Duchess of Gloucester still continue in good health. . . ';., • I s -Wk ,4, , E. v •.....„ , 6 4 ,,, w.. 1 ,4 .t ri ,6 o ,6 4 _,....' • rv• , "4 0 ' . . :,,, 6. , 6 ..,.., ~ : , • - - c- ~, L. V. e 4 , 111 '.. , VII ,--• . ) 47' 7'.1 k - ,''' ' ' ‘". +i. 7 111 rit ' 1 -- OA%) 4 \4 . •F* • '',.....:* - Vtiiio \ -4 -4`,Eif•or;s2 ": 0 r . ,t ; t e w . ' O - ,, -( :.i- -, -..--, —,.--=, - c ..,•‘‘ r '4 fo r,.- -- v 1 * *, T; -r-1.1 OF 1-- ~,, 4, . - le 1 A . • s ue, ,7i - -• • `Oiv, 1 , 0 ~i , ith FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marchioness of 11'estmeath, at St. James's Palace, from Thomas Hope, Esq.'s seat. Deepdene, near Dorking, Surrey; the Dowager-Duchess of Rutland, at Lord Forester's seat, Willie Park, from a tour; Lord and Lady Nugent, on a visit to Lottl and Lady Grenville, at their seat, Dropmore Lodge, from Bucks; Colonel and Mrs. Austin, at Jor dan's Hotel, Saint James's-street, from their seat in Kent; Lady Sarah and Miss Bailey, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlyn, at ditto, from a tour; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Yates, at the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover-square, from Lancashire; Mr. Kalk brenner, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, front his tour through Ireland and Scotland. Dr.PAnTt'nEs.—Colonel 'Campbell, from Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Continent ; Wm. Andrewa, Esq. from the St. .lames's Hotel. 3ermyn-street, for the Continent; Colonel Dalrymple, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-place, for his seat in Kent ; Hon. Capt. Cadogan and Mrs. Cadogan, and Family, from Mivart's Hotel, f or Brighton. LORD BURGIIERSH'S DRAMATIC ENTERTAIN FLORENCE, Nov. 20.—0 n Tuesday evening, his Excellency Lord Burghersh, Minister Plenipotentiary from his Britannic Majesty to this Imperial and !loyal Court,Apve a Dramatic ' Entertainment at his Lordship's Palace. The piece repre sented was " La Fedra," an opera set to music by his Lord. ship, with exquisite taste and with great knowledge of the musical art. The principal parts were supported by the first singers now engaged at the Per la, viz. :—Signors Vt..lluti and Reina, and Signora Bonini. The other Parts and the Choruses were executed by several skilful amateurs. The company assembled on this occasion was at once select and numerous. The per formance of the Opera, which occupied four hours, was fol lowed by a brilliant Ball, which did not close till three in the morning. The most sumptuous refreshments were served up, and the usual elegance of his Excellency was displayed in all departments of this splendid Fete.—( Gazetta di Firenze.) FESTIVITIES AT CAMPSALL PARK. Sir Joseph anti Lady Radcliffe entertained a large party on Wednesday last, consisting of the most distinguished shionnbles in the neighbourhood, on the occasion of the birth of a son and heir. A splendid dinner was succeeded by a ball and supper ; the former was opened by Lady Radcliffe and Lord • Macdonald. At the latter every delicacy of the season, and the choicest wines were displayed. The Rand of the Inniskillen' Dragoons, in their full dress uniforms, attended and played a selection of airs during the dinner, and assisted by Harman's quadrille Band, enlivened the evening's amuse ments till a hue hour. On the following morning a sumptuous drjenne succeeded, and the Badsworth fox-hounds awaited the heroes of the chase on the lawn. The whole concluded by a magnificent display of fireworks In the evening.--Among the number of fashlonables present were—Lord and Lady Macdo nald, Lord and Lady Staffbrd, the lion, Misses Macdonald, the Hon. Misses Jerningham, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, Lady Amelia Kaye, Sir John and Lady Byng,Sir Thomas and Lady White, Hon. Es Petre, lion. P. Stourton, Major and Mrs. Wood, Captain Hodgson, the Officers of the Inniskillen Dragoons, the Staff of the district, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, Mrs. Cracroft, &c. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. HUI:TIT:GS OF HOUNDS IN TUN PIIESENT WF.EK. The Vale Harriers, on Tuesday, at Deuce ; Friday, at Alarsh Copse. 'the Earl of Dery's Stag Hounds, on Tuesday, at Potter's. End. ' H. Jollifre's, Esq. Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at the 19th 'mile-stone, Croydon-toad; Saturday, at Platt's Green. The Surrey Harrier's, on Monday, Wednesday, and Satur day, at Sarkzerate a d. The Earl of Scalborough's Fox-Hounds, on Wednesday, at the Jockey House t Friday, at Clayworth Village. The Badsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hampole Inn; Thursday, at Notton Village ; liaturday, Smeaton Midge. The Earl of Darlington's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, a t Tantielcl ; Friday, at Goskins. The harnbton Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Elemore ; Thursday, at Plawsworth ; Saturday, at Milder). DRURY LANE THEATRE.--Mr. SAPIO, who made so favourable an hnpression on the public in The Seraskier, on Saturday last assumed the part of Orlando, in the Comic Opera of The Cabinet, with equal success. Several of the diurnal Critics have intimated that he copies the style of Mr. BRAIIASI. We do not think so ; he has a style of his own, and though it at times may appear too ornamental, yet it seems to be so more in compliance with the taste of the times, than in gratification of his own. He pleased the audience so much on Satur day that he was obliged to repeat one air thrice. We have not room to give sufficient notice of Miss STEPHENS, Miss POVEY and HARLEY, who all eminently contributed to render the piece pe culiarly successful on this OCCIISIOII. The new farce of My Uncle Gabriel followed, and its success was. fully ratified by the universal ap plause of a very numerous audience. Time LATE MR. KEMBLE.—The KING'S express and most gracious permission, to dedicate to His MAJESTY the Life of Mr. KEMBLII, was on Sa turday communicated to Mr. BoAnstx by Mr. PEEL, the Secretary of State for the Borne Department. We learn that the little Theatre in Catherine street, Strand, is taken by Gentlemen of talent, rank, fortune, and education, in order to eats. blish a National Theatre for the improvement of the rising generation, in which Elocution, Singing, Dancing, Fencing, the Languages, and all ac. quirements which adorn accomplished society, are t o be taught by Professors of the first emi nence. Such an Institution holds forth strong p r e ten sions to public protection, and w ill doubt less be successful. A gentleman who had neither voice nor skill, ' once attempting to sing in company, when he had come to a conclusion, Bannister said, 44 Your song, Sir, is like the small-pox."--" how' is that ?" said the company—" explain, explain.' •••''• 44 Why," rejoined the Wit, " a devilish good thing when it is over." The late JONG, riding over Richmond-hill, in quired to whom belonged a stone fronted house of peculiarly handsome appearance, then fitting up. Being told that it was the property of Mr. his Majesty's card-maker, he said, t , B , L i s , u ha c t a Amn man's t cards must have turned up all rumps." MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, DEC. 12.—Wind W.—Arrived the Anteus, Ayres, from Prince Edward's Island, in 31 days ; Defendant, Carr, from Miramichi; Prince, Bradford, from St. John% N. B. ; Eliza, Hudson, from Petersburgh ; Expedition, Watson, from Aberdeen. for Jamaica ; and the Governor Halkett, Dixon, from Hull, for Sierra Leone. Came down from the River and remain the Colombia, Wilson, for Tobago ; St. George, Brown, for Grenada ; Boddington, Sims, for St. Lucia; Ind the Vemi h a, _, for Bermuda. FALMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Mar. c`tioaess of Salisbury packet from the Leward Islands, last from St. Thomas's : sailed the 9th o f N ovem b er ; Princess Eliza beth racket from New York: sailed the 6th of November, and from Halifax the 19th; and the Stanmer packet from Lisbon : sailed the 2d inst. Sailed the Lord Wellington packet, for Jamaica; Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon; and the Prince Regent packet, for the Mediterranean. PORTSMOUTH, DFC. 12.—Wind W.—Put in the f :h w. outward-hound vessels wind bound, viz. r—Eliz a b e th, Collins. fo r N ew S out h W a l es; S toc k holm, for the Alecilterranean ; Nesbit, for Jamaica ; Nautilus, Win hard, for China; John Lang, —; John Shand, ; Seho. field, Evan s ; and Pahl, Child. I~lvEiti.ooE, DEC. 11.—Arrived the Gleaner. Neal, from Newfoundland ; Providence, Muir, front Sa.yrna ; Knowles, from B or d eaux; Sir William Corgrev-, Davise.n, from Maracaibo; Margaret, Pllkington, from Miramichi ; Charles Scott, Wilson, front St. Andrew's, N.B. ; and the Derwent, Harrison, from St. John's, N.B. [From the Agent to Lloyd's at Sunderland. Dec- 10 .1 " There is now scarce a vessel at this port but what is laid up for the winter, a circumstance rarely known at so early a period of the season. Th ere i s a large fleet expected, which it is supposed they will lay up as they arrive." The Noonnabull, Scott, from Sincapore, has arrived in the Downs. The Mercator, Thurlbeck, from Petersburg)] to London, was driven on shore the 20th ult. near Liebau. The Janna, lia%king, of North Shiells, was abandoned he 6th instant in lat. 47. long. 16. The Quay, Brown, bound to London, on leavin g Oporto the 20th ult, struck on the Bar, but got oir and put back, and was discharging. QUEBEC. Nov. B.—We experienced a very violent gale from the East to North East on 'Friday and SatLrday, attended with snow. The weather was not cold, but the snow fell to the depth of four or five inches. We had no other arrivals than a number of coasting schooners. The snow storm would probably prevent vessels, where they could come to anchor, fom sailing. We have collected the shipping intelligence and other in formation respecting the damage done in the river, which follows The gale was first felt by several outward-bound vessel'', on Friday afternoon, abreast of Green Island. The Fisher, Kay; Dryail, Fell ; Jane, Hossack ; Anglin, Earley ; and Princess Royal, Townshend, with three others, put back to the Brandy Pots ; at which place, the following day, the Fisher lost both anchors and bowsprit, and the Anglint one anchor, cable, and bowsprit, by parting their cables and getting foul of each other during the gale. They have both returned to this port. The Emma, Reid, lost both masts and anchors the same day at Hare Island, and it Is thought is in a very damaged state. The Maria, White, lost both anchors at flare Island, Satur. day evening. She returned to this port this morning. The schooner Victoire, with rum and sugar from Halifax, went on shore near La Pointe de St. Vallies last Saturday even. ing ; one man was unfortunately drowned. A schooner was dispatched this morning to bring up part of the cargo; after lighting her, it is expected she will he got off. A brig, supposed to be the Mary and Jane, from the WeSt Indies, was at anchor yesterday in the Traverse, with l oss o f rudder and main-top mast, a nd had a signal of distress flying. She will soon, it is hoped, get up to this port. A pilot, arrived yesterday, reports that a ship was on shore last Tuesday morning at Green Island, dose to the light-house. The pilot says he landed and saw the captain, crew, and pas. sengers, the latter six in number; he does not recollect the name of the vessel, but remembers to have been told that she had a general cargo of dry goods, and sails and rigging for seven new vessels; he feels confident the ship wrecked is the same that Mr. Finch launched this spring. From this it is supposed that the vessel is the Harlequin, Hall, from London. She was at the time he saw her half tall of water. In conttadiction of the above, we have been favoured by Captain Hobson, with the following extract from the Log Book of the Royal Charlotte, arrived last night from New foundland. " Tuesday morning, 2d instant, above Cape Chat, saw a new ship, deeply laden and full rigged, boun► up, had plain varnished sides, and a figure head of a man in an inclined po. skim. Thick weather followed, and lost sight of her. saw the same vessel on Thursday, a few miles below Bit,, in emu. parry with a brig and a schooner, all bound up." From a comparison of the foregoing, it is certain that ►he pilot if correct in his report of the Harlequin being on shore at Green Inland, is incorrect in his statement of th e d a y o n w hi c h he saw her.—(Quebec Gazette, Nov. O.) Till MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, Dtc. 13. The arrivals of most kinds of Corn last week were consider.. able, and the quantity of Flour was very large. This m orn i ng there hi a good fresh supply o f Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Pease, from Essex Kent, an d S u ff o lk, an d several more vessels from the eollurn ports of Ireland with Wheat and Oat.:.— There is a general dullness in the Wheat trade, and the prices of this article are declined 2«. to 3s. per qr. for the best samples, and all other (mantles 4s. per quarter lover. Barley is more plentiful, and 2s. per qr. el.ouper ; Tr , doll, but prices arc unalt2red . • moling Peas are in w be ome hea v y, an d are declined 3s. per quarter; (.lrey P a ocarly maintain the terms of last hlutday. Oats are mire plentiful th an of late, and the prices are Is. cheaper thur t is day seennight. The Flour trade is extremely dull, but thi re is no a:teration in prices. I~Rltlvats OF LAST WEER—English Wheat, 13.556; Bar. ley, 14,211 h ; Malt. Orr. 3 67 1 R tl ; Beans, 1,415 Peas, 3.564; Irish Wheat, 2030; Oats, 3,07 ; Foreign (hits, quarters ; English Flour, 16,444 Wheat, Red (old) sos 1161 Beans, Small (new) ....41s 43, White (old) s2s 74s --- Red (1824) 44s 52s --. Tick (n, w) TIN 37i --. Fine 56s floc Superfine ....64s 66s Harrow (new) 40s --. White (1824)...411s 52s told) ...44t4 4pl —. Fine 55160a Drank B4s 401 Superfine ....84s 7th Oats, Feed ols tr.ts Rye 3ss 40s Fine 24s . .!6t Barley 3 l lB Poland 03s --:. Fine 40s 42s -Superfine 1.46 404 Malt 50s 064 - Fine 0114 744 Pease, (trey 40s 414 -Maple 42s 434 -White .... Ns Mir -Boilers 624 64s Fine 256 '26s - Potatoe "Os 290 ----Fine. "Os 31* - scotch 32s 333 Flour tiler sack) Ms tits .....--- hecond A &ls :if* - North Country 50s .54s Bran . Bs Vi GENERAL AVERAGE prime Or GRAIN, rims, THE R.E. TURNS RECNIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 4. Wheat, 88*. 04. ; Harley, 41s. 11(1. ; Outs, 235. ( h i. ; ityr, 40s. fat ; Beans, 42*. 24. ; Peas, 48s. 7d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, conykrtimi December 8, 1824, is 80*. 20.1. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. II Ths following is an accurate Report of the nombess and prices at Smithfield Market this morning CATTLE AT MARKET Beasts 6,062 I Sheep and Lambs 20.000 Calves 163 ; Pigs To sink the Offal, per stone of tab. Beef 4. Od to 4s fkij Veal 6n 4d to It s 4d Mutton 4s Od to 4s 10d Pork Lamb Os to Os Otl. MAY ANT) STRAW, PER r,oin. Hay £3 Os to £6 Os I Clover £4 0:4 to XII Os Straw ;£1 16s to .C 2 Os. BIRTHS. On Thursday last, in Devonshire-place, the lady of William Clay, Esq., of a daughter. On Saturday last, in Bernard-street, the lady of Frederick Thtedger, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the sth of June, at St. Georga's church. Mai r. E. nigginson, Esq., of the Supreme Court, to Fanny, tiatighttr of the late 'William Clay, Esq., of Ouilford-btreet. At Streatham, Wi ll iam Willi, uf Martin'n-lane, to Elizabeth, youngest (laughter of Joseph Ilarrißon, E l., of Bantam. On Sunday, the 12th inst. Lary Ann, daughter of T. U. Alsager, Esq. , Meeklenbur g h.square. On the 3d inst._ ,h y the rupture of a blo n d- vesse l . Eit m hedi. ho wife of Mr. W. I. Roper, of Duke.street„ Portland-plat - 0. On Wednesday last, aged 71, Mrs. Sykes, the wife of Vi' ii liam Sykes, Esq., o f Edgely !l ouse, near Stockport. T V. oak Dies been bers, ;ow ord arY the 01 ard