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pitENCII LOAN of 1823, for 23,114,516 RELATES, Contracted by 'Messrs. DE ROTHSCHILD .nROTHERS, Paris.—The Holders •of Certificates issued ender this Loan, are informed, that at the time of the 3th Pay tent, which is fixed for the B th Day of MARCH next, the .:, ) IVIDEND falling due on the 2 2 d of th at Month on 15 otipons, that is, on the 13 last Instalment s, and on the 2 first ' lll, ch are held as Security, will be be admitted in part Pay ment ; thus the amount to be paid on the Bth March will be as follo ws: on a Certificate of 500 Rentes - F. 260 25. 1,000 Ditto - 520 50 - 2,500 Ditto - - 1,301 25 - 5,000 Ditto - 202 50 ,The Holders of such Certifica t es are moreover notified, that t rie Coupons of the 3d, 4 th , s th , 6th, and 7th, Instalments, should be detached immediately , so that the y may be sent to Iris, and converted into Inscriptions pri or to the 6th March next,' as the Parties will otherwise experience delay in the receipt of the Interest on these Instalments. TH. LIONETT, Delegate of the Royal Treasury of France. London, Feb. 9, 1824. To prevent delay in receiving the various Twentieths, it is requested that the proper Blank Forms may be sent for by the Parties from New-court, a few days previous to the Payments. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIT DICERS FALSUM 4uDEAr? LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1824. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received by Express the Eloile of Monday, and have selected the following articles, Which are of some importance : (From th Etoile of Monday.) SPAIN. MADnip, FEB. 2.—The King of Spain has Signed an act, by which he acknowledges that he owes to France the gum of 34 millions ; and has assigned as a payment for the above debt the 'alt mines (Salines) of Arragon, and the Customs or Miranda. The departure of the Body Guard is postponed. The Government has published the following official Article in an Extraordinary Gazette of to-day. Lieutenant-Colonel Barradu, who was dispatched to Cuba to bring intelligence of the deliverance of the King, and to re-establish the authority of his Majesty, has completely suc ceeded in his mission. From the bay at Cadiz, Wher e he performs quarantine, he has sent to the First Secretary of State the following cotn- Munication : " I arrived at the Havanna Dec. 9, and I im mediately transmitted my dispatches to the Cap tain General. He commenced by dissolving the Revolutionary Assembly, and broke the Constitu tional stone. rie following day 7's Deum was chanted. I must give great praise to the probity and loyalty of the Captai❑ General." To this dispatch is annexed a Proclamation of the Captain-General of the Isle of Cuba, Don Fran cis Vives. The Castle of St. Juan Ulloa, con tinues to brave all the efforts of the Insurgents, and reliance can be placed on the zeal of Gene ral Vives. His artillery is immense. A Royal Decree announces that his Ma jesty has recommended to all his Ministers, an d Particularly to the War Ministers, to observe the strictest economy in their respective depart- On the t 6th in the morning, General Sarsfield made his entry into Barcelona. Courcr NEWS, FEB. B.—His Majesty heard Mass in his apartments.—After Mass, his Ma- Jesty received the Ambassadors, Peers of France, Ministers, &c. it is said that the opening of the Chambers is fixed for the 7th April, the day on which the Eidassoa was passed. The Paris Papers are unusually barren of im portant intelligence.—The elections, or rather the manoeuvres adopted by all parties to prepare the return of their respective candidates, continue to engross the whole attention of the French Press, and the war is carried on between the different Journalists with considerable ability.— The Government displays a degree of activity and anxiety which proves that it is not so secure of obtaining a Chamber according to its own views as it affected some time since, and even boasted to be and its agents suffer themselves to he carried by the ardour of their zeal to an extent which is far more likely to injure than to serve its cause. The Opposition Journals skil fully avail themselves of all their faults, and by Publishing them, destroy the effect of most of the Circulars which are secretly issued. The follow ing extract. from one sent round to all the Ent- PloNjs at Evreux by the Ring's A ttorney at that Place, will show how far the principles of the Charter are derided, its injunctions evaded, and the freedom of election destroyed, by the blind Qugerness of furious partisans : " The Kixa wishes that the elections should be completely 'ree : the right of voting freely is inscribed in the Charter; but t hat Charter also consecrates another right. T o the head of the "fate belongs the nomination of all public , f unctions. Now the AIaTG deigns to forewarn you that he will act towards you as pou will have acted towards him. Your conduct shall regulate his own ; you will dispose of your vote, and he will dispose of Air situations." Th e Constitutionnel, which publishes this disgraceful in ,P.ll tance of direct menace and dictation , just l y observes, that it impossible i i it should have been authorized by the Govern ment, and points out that it is degrading the Kugo's 11.1A atsTy to use his name and make him engag e p ersonall y in tteetioneering contests. The intelligence of the death of Sir THOMAS MAITLAND, brought yesterday by our express from Paris, was but too well founded. Govern ment have received dispatches from Naples and Malta, announcing the melancholy event, which took place on the 17th ult. by apoplexy, at Malta. Sir THOMAS' MAITLAND was G. C. B. and G. C., Colonel of the 16th Regiment of Foot, Governor of Malta, Commander of the Forces in the Mediterranean, and Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Shortly after the intelli gence of his decease had been received by Go vernment, a King's Messenger was sent off with the ►nelancholy tidings to his noble Brother, the Earl of LAU DKIIDALE, at Dunbar, in Scotland. Curt, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened at 911, and got up to 914 for the Account, and 911 for Money, with a good deal of business doing in the earlier part of the morning. FOREIGN MAnKET•--Very little business was doing the early part of the morning ; but, on the arrival of an Express from Paris, Spanish Bonds rose to 25 for next account with 'he market looking up. This favourable movement was owing to the letters brought by the Express containing accounts of purchases in Spanish Bonds by seve ral great houses at Paris, in consequence of some agreeable intelligence having been received by Express from Madrid.—The Mexican Mine shares excite considerable interest, and are regarded as a gocd article. A letter written at St. Petersburgh on the 9th ult., by a person of authority, says the rumour seems to gain ground with individuals connected in the circle of the Court, that a particular 51i- ••• nistry for the Affairs of the IturinttA I. House will very shortly be instituted ; and that the [Lead of this new Department will be confided to the Chief of the General Staff, the Adjutant- General, Prince WOLCIIONSKY, who is now on his route from France to the Russian Metropolis. This new Ministry, it is further added, is to embrace several important details, and to be very comprehensive in its nature. In the House of Lords last night the Marquess of LAMDOWN gave notice, that unless he is pre vented by some anticipatory proceeding on the part of Ministers, it is his intention, early in the ensuing month, to bring for►rard a motion relative to the independence of the South American Go vertunents.—ln the House of Commons various petitions were presented praying for the repeal of the duties on coals carried coastwise, a measure which we have frequently recommended in this Paper, o►► grounds that it is not now necessary to • The K c No, we are rejoiced to state, is so much recovered that he is expected in town before the end of the present week, when his MAJESTY will hold a Council to receive the Recorder's report and transact other business. Yesterday morning about ten o'clock the Duke of CLARENCE left Bushey Park in his travelling carriage, and arrived in London at a quarter before twelve. His Royal Highness afterwards received visits from the Duchess of GrmucEsTe.a and the Princess SOPHIA. At two o'clock the Princess SOPHIA went to visit the Duke of Yont, after his Royal Highness had transacted military business with Sir HERBERT TA.TI.OII. Part of the establishment of their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER are arrived at Lulworth Castle, to carry into effect the necessary arrangements previous to their Royal Highnesses' arrival, and taking posses sion of that mansion. Extract of a letter, dated Bahia, Dec. 15 : "We have advices from Rio to the 28th ult. The Emperor had issued a decree convoking a new Assembly, according to the formula fixed on by the last; and it is to be hoped this may, in some measure, allay the agitation caused by the late dissolution." WILLIAM MARK, Esq., his Majesty's Consul for Malaga and the Kingdom of Grenada, goes out in his Ma jesty's ship Phatten, now at Portsmouth. The KING has been pleased to appoint GEORGE R. CHI NNERY, Esq. Commissioner on the part of His MA JESTY, to reside in Spain, under the 7th Article of the Con vention concluded at Madrid, on the 12th of March 1823, be tween Great Britain and Spain, for the settlement of the claims of British and Spanish subjects. The Marquis La FAYETTE having expressed a wish to visit the United States, the Ame7icans are about to send a national ship to convey him to and from France. , Mr. WINGFIELD, it is reported, is to be one of the new Masters in Chancery ; and Sir GIFFIN WI LSO::, the Recorder of Windsor, is, it is added, to be appointed the Welch Judge, in the place of Mr. WIN GFIELD.. The remains of the Countess of HARRINGTON will be removed on Thursday next, from the Stable-yard, St. James's, for interment, in the family vault, in Westminster Abbey. A petition is about to be presented to the House of Commons, by all or some of the per. sons lately sentenced in the Court of King's Bench for keeping gaming-houses. The grounds upon which the sentences are to be complained of, will, it is said, he rather curious. SCANDALOUS REPORT. - Our street reports last week would inform us, that the Proprietor of a London News paper, which had libelled an highly-respectable Member of the Corporation on the subject of Sherif Thorpe and the Grand Jury, had cried " mercy," and given up the author of the libel, who proved to be no less a personage than one who looks up to the Representation of a metropolis in Parliament! We sincerely hope that, for the honour of Ireland, the fact may not be so.—( Antidote.) It is in contemplation at Newcastle-upon ' Tyne to establish a Library in that town, adapt ed to the means and wants of the working classes. Its establishment is for the purpose of affording them an opportunity of gaining an increase of knowledge and amusement on the most economi cal terms. There was a very large supply of grain at the Corn Market, N e wcastle-upon-Tyne, on Satur day, the 7th instant. The finer descriptions of Wi fell about Bs. per quarter, and the inferior 10s., compared with the currency of the Satur day preceding. jr-` -; , 3st • ) ('- . fl a ti P 1 ) .... i ' ' • : ) •-, 0 , .. 44. • ' 4 -'-----.. - • 4 R . 4,' THE KING. BRIGUTOII, FEE. 9.—We rejoice to state that his MAJESTY is now regarded as free from indisposition. The appearance of his Majesty at the Chapel yesterday, is mentioned as confirma tory of that happy event. The public anxiety, consequently, is now perfectly dissipated. The only answer given to inquiries a t the Palace to-day, is, in effect, " That his Majesty is well." His Majesty is expected to leave this place on Wednesday or Thursday for Carlton-house ; from whence. report says, he will in a few days remove to Windsor. For the first time since his late regretted attack of the gout, his Majesty took dinner with his attendant Suite yesterday. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS The Earl and Countess of Darnley, at their house in Berke- j ley-square, from their seat, Cobham Hall, Kent ; the Earl and Countess of Arran, at their house in Dover-street, from their seat, Arran Lodge, Sussex ; Sir John Perring, Bart. in Port land-place, from his seat near Plymouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Morris, and family, in Great Cumberland-place ; James Stuart Wortley, Esq. M.P., and Lady Caroline, at their house in Curzon-street, May-fair, from their seat, Wortley Hall, York shire; Hudson Gurney, Esq. M.P. Mrs. Gurney, and Family, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Res , wick Hall, near Norwich ; _the Marquis of Winchester, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat, Amport House, near Andover, Hants ; Lord Hope, at ditto, from a tour ; Sir H. Fane, Bart. at ditto, from his seat, Hants ; C. Baird, Esq. at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Capt. Acheson, at ditto, from a tour ; Earl Fife, at the Pultency Hotel, Albe marle-street ; Lord Belton, at ditto, from his seat in Hants ; W. A. Maddocks, Esq. M.P. at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosve nor-street, from his seat in Herefordshire ; Robert Aberdeen, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton ; John Morsheacl, Esq. at ditto, from his seat in Derbyshire ; Lady Stewart, at Kirkham's Hotel, Brook-street. CLIANGES.—Lord Montague, for his scat, Long Ditton ; Lord Wm. Russell, for oburn Abbey ; Major and Mrs. Ramsey, for Brighton ; Joseph Ilayne, Esq. from Stratford place, for Cheltenham. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Countess of Listowell has issued cards of invitation for an early party on Friday evening, at Kingston House, Knights bridge. Lord and Lady Holland entertained Viscount and Vis countess Granville and a distinguished party at dinner yester day, at Holland House. Lord Melville had a grand dinner party on Saturday at the Admiralty. Dowager Lady Neave had a select party yesterday evening, at her house in Albemarle-street. MONUMENT to the MEMORY of the Late CHARLES pecu liar department in which his distinguished talents were Tlmre is certainly no individual, in the dis played, to whose memory the British public owe so much as to the late Charles Dibdin, who may with truth be styled the Shakspeare of song. The subscription set on foot to erect a national monument, that may embalm the remembrance of his genius, and testify the grateful sense which his countrymen entertain of the important services derived from it, is honour able to our national character. It has hem, till now, a reproach to us that an i n dividual, whose whole lire was spent in promot ing the rati ona l d e li g ht and moral festivity of his country, and who drew f ort h, f ro m the full resources of his fancy and his feeling, th e volumes of national music and of national son g , which he h as b equea th e d to his country, should have received no public testimonial that might put its gratitude on record.— No language but our own contains such specimens of charac teristic sea-son g s ; no music but our own has melodies cf the same peculiar and appropriate cast. It is impossible to appreciate their value too highly. It is not too much to say that they exalted the character, while they refined the courage of the BRITISII NAVY. They did this by super adding a tone of sentiment to the bravery of British tars. His ballads seem written with in express view to this end ; they have all of them a to to soften thc coarseness of their uneducated feelings by imperceptibly training them to an ele vation of sentiment—to the recollections of home—to the hopes a nd fears of absence—to the remembrance of female tenderness an d of female attachmen t. A leaning towards all this is to be f ou nd in all his songs ; they indeed d er i ve t h e i r ce lebrity from the interest, in . this way, which they excite. Several of his lyric compositions, marked out to be sung at the approaching public festival, are in this respect unrivalled, " Tom Bawling,', The L an that loves a Sailor," " Be n Baeksta y," " True courage," " The s'oldier's adieu ;" all these, and many, many ot h ers , have been sung and listened to on hoard our ships of war, with a delight of which we landsmen can have no concep tion. They are strung to the manliest and most generous feel ings of our common nature, and linked with all the associations which give an interest and a value to life. It would be difficult to point to any instance in which the human intellect has pro duced such an infinite variety of excellence in ballad poetry ; every single effusion of Dibdin's genius bears not only the Y, but that distinguishing character ht stamp fitsit or to ig reflect the spirit an d sent i ments o f t h e c l as s to d w i h re to c whose feelings it is addressed. His dialect and phraseology are always appropriate, whatever be the subject. Ile gives to sea faring simplicity, and his apt introduc tion of t o among s t the happiest efforts of his muse. t e i r t i o ns t allise always grace ce of It is greatly to the praise of Dibdin's songs that they never were the vehicle of personal satyre; and great as this merit is, they have one still greater—that they never pain the purest deli eticy, or offend the chastest ear. A national monument is well bestowed on every individual who has contributed to raise the fame of his country. The display of our gratitude is, in such a case, connected with our best interests; for, in a nation, fame and its rank h as no firmer basis than the genius The active an d p ra i sewor thy exertions of the of its i p s oople. power, Committee of Management will, we are sure, fully justify their opinion that the intention of raising a subscription for the above object, only required to be brought before the public to insure a general anti liberal support; and we arc rejoiced to learn that the nobility and gentry have come forward with ala crity to promote and extend the contributions. The report of the "Merry Wives . of IVindsor" being converted into an Opera is totally untrue, and evidently the "weak invention of some enemy." The play is about to be brought for ward at Drury-Lane, with the whole comic strength of the Company, and with no other ad. ditions than as Amiens, and Rosalind, and Lo renzo, and Jessica, have songs in As You Like It, and the Merchant of Venice, so Fenton, Mrs. Ford, and Mrs. Page, are to warble a few of our Bards—" Native wood notes wild." Mr. CONWAY THE AcTolt.—The New York Statesman, of Jan. 13, gives the following account of Mr. Con way's first appearance in that city :—lt gave us great pleasure to see the numerous and highly respectable audience that at tended the theatre on Monday evening, to witness the first ap pearance of this tragedian. Mr. Conway's figure is very pre possessing; his noble and majestic walk, and his easy and distinct pronunciation enabled him to give a very true personi fication of hamlet. There was certainly no misconception, but some want of energy in the earlier scenes; but before the termination of the play we were fully convinced that he pos sessed extraordinary talents. The parting with his bosom friend Horatio, was very fine. There is nothing more touch ing in all Shakspeare than the following lines, which were energetically recited by Conway : " If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity a while, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain To tell my story." The closet scene with the Queen was also well performed, and from the many beauties he elicited towards the close of the piece, we are convinced lie could still make more of hamlet. The paragraph in a Sunday Paper, stating that Miss STEPLIENS is shortly to be united to Mr. ROWLAND STEVENSON, is without any foundation. REV. ED W ARD I RYING.— It is reported in Fife, that the Rev. Gentleman has been olfered the church of Leslie, vacant by the translation of the Rev. William Greig, to St Ninian's. We have also beard that it is probable Mr. Irving will accept the living, which is in the gift of George Leslie, Esq., of Leslie, and one of the best in Fife.—( Fife Herald.) POETRY. THE SOULS OF THE JUST• Souls of the just ! whose truth and love, Like light and warmth, once lived below, Where have ye ta'en your flight above, Leaving life's vale in wintry woe? God hath withdrawn you near his throne, Centre and source of brightness all, As o'er yon hills the evening sun . Recalls his beams when shadows falL But there are wistful eyes that find A loss in every parting ray; And there are exiled souls behind That long with you to fly away. Oh happy hour, when ev'ry germ Of captive spirit shall be free, And shine with you all bright and warm, Around one glorious Deity f T. D. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-110 0 M, Fin. 9.. D E —STATE OF THE ODDS. By. 25 to 1 agst Silkworm 25 to 1 agst Cydnus 25 to 1 agst Skim colt. 30 to 1 agst Bess 30 to 1 agst Potina 35 to 1 agst Myrmidon. 49 to 1 agst Edward 60 to 1 agst Brother to Carbo naro. 5 to 1 agst Swiss 7 to 1 agst Reformer 11 to 1 agst Grenadier 13 to 1 agst Jessy 1 1 to 1 agst Osmond 15 to I agst Reticule 20 to 1 agst Don Carlos 20 to 1 agst Cressida 23 to 1 agst Hudy Burly DONCASTER 11 to 1 agst Altisidora filly 12 to 1 agst Swiss 17 to 1 agst Rosanne 20 to 1 agst The Miller of Mansfield. Considerable sums betted eve! flora f.—Oaks and Ride ST. LEGER. 22 to 1 agst Reformer 22 to 1 agst Miss Crantield 22 to 1 agst Mandane 24 to I agst Ringlet 50 to 1 agst Ina. between Swiss and the Altisi llesworth nothing done. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF lIOUNDS IN TUE PRESENT WEEK. The Duke of Grafton's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Gay burst; and on Friday, a b . .Whistley Wood. The Earl of Darlington's Fox Hounds on Wednesday, at Houghton Turnpike ; and on Friday, at Ingleton. Sir .John Cope's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Compton ; and on Saturday, at Bradfield. Sir Tatton Sykes's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at the half way between Stamford Bridge and Gate, Helmsley ; and on Friday, at Settringham Beacon. The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at PlumpUn Plain ; and Saturday, at Wellingdon. The Hampshire Hounds, on Thursday, at the Chequers, Ropley ; and on Saturday, at Bradby. Mr. Farquharson's Harriers, on Thursday, at Winford ; Friday, at Somersetshire bolts ; and on Saturday, at Chilbo rough. The Northumberland Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Nc therwitton ; and on Friday, at Longhirst. The Earl of Scarborough's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Finningley Park ; and on Friday, at Aston. The Earl of Ilarewood's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Tockwich ; and on Friday, at Byrom. • The Cottasmore Hounds, au Wednesday, at Holywell ; and on Friday, at Burley. Sir R. I'ulestone's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Sarn Bridge; and on Friday, at Carden. The Watnall Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Annesley ; and on Friday, atWoodborough. The Lewes Brookside Harriers, on Wednesday, at the Kennel ; and on Friday, at Telefeombe Tye. TROTTING MATCH. Captain Henderson's Match, which excited much attention, took place yesterday, at Halsted, Herts, over a two miles piece of ground for three hundred sovereigns. The match was to trot l 6 miles in one hour, and to carry nine stone. h e match wa► done as follows : M n. Sec. let two miles in - 7 28 6th two miles in - 2d ditto - - 7 26 7th ditto 3d ditto - - 7 50 Bth ditto 4th ditto - - 7 22 I sth ditto - - 7 18 It was altogether a fine race, and won hardly. broke into a gallop in the seventh mile only. Min. Sec, 7 20 . 7 22 . 7 24 59 30 The hcirse Cotritstw;.—The matches for 50 sovereigns, between Mr. Lanibton's bitch . Hawthorn, and Captain Swan's Juniper; and sum, between Mr. llarper's dog Ply and were run on Thursday morning, a m o tin n i a e l t t f c l if sv o c e fu n o s s v r i w i r tlll o o n e n Y s ls b itk i en f s b t . l::h th i te , l ci a . m an i b l t a o r n k ,ss M afte ano r r, an n e e x rts ce . llen T t h r e un firs o t f three-quarters of a , mtle. The second was equally as fine a run, an d was won by Hy. A Subscription Piece of Plate, value 201. was the next match. Mr. Ilarrison's Truth, heat Capt. Prescott's r., Owen Mr. Honeyman's Romp, beat Mr. Gent's Fag ; Mr. 's Ellen, beat Mr. Roden's br. d. ; Mr. Sharp's Pluto beat Mr. Howard's. In the tie, Truth beat Pluto, an d Ellen beat Romp. In the second tie, Truth beat Eller, and won the prize. Mr. Bouverie's Skim beat Mr. Roth's Folly, in a 101. match. EXECUTION. I\'JUI.IIAUSEN, JAN. 30.—Yesterday took place the execution of Harms, a workman formerly employed in the printed cotton manufactory of the Messrs. Koech lin, near Dournay. Having entertained some hostile feel ing towards the master printer, he was determined to be revenged, and, on the 16th of last August, he, wi great sane froid, went up and stabbed bins twice with a knife, and then broke his skull with a hammer. _During his confinement, and at his trial he exhibited the utmost care lessness and insensibility, and even gloried in what he had done. It was only when his wife and children were made mention of, that he appeared at all moved. Ile ar rived here yesterday at eleven o'clock, from Colmar, aed saluted all those in the streets whom he formerly knew.— At half-past two he was led forth to the place of execution, in the square before the hospital. Ile ascended the scaf fold with firmness and alacrity, and fixed his eyes, without shrinking, upon the fatal knife. However, as the last instant approached, he seemed to pay more attention to the exhor tations of the two attending clergymen, he became silent, and his looks and attitude exhibited something like repent ance. The concourse of prsple present, not only from the town hut the surroui ding country, was immense. One of the Priests have prolionnced a discourse analogous to the occasion, and a copy of verses read, not badly written, having reference to the same, was distributed amongst the multitude. As this has been the only exhibition of the kind since the year 1790 in this town, when a woman was executed for infanticide, the spectacle produced a very deep and general effect. Pity for the criminal was the prevailing sentiment ; the emotion became widely spread through the crowd, and tears were shed and loud lamentations were heard on every side. .AUTIIENTIC ANECDOTE Os' AN ASS.— THOMAS BitowN, residing near llawick, travels the country as a higgler, having an ass the partner in his trade. From suffering under a paralytic affection, he is in the habit of assisting himself on the road by keeping hold of the crupper of the saddle, or more frequently the tail of the ass. During a recent severe winter, whilst on one of his journies near Rule Water, " the old man and his ass" were suddenly plunged into a wreath of snow. There they lay long, far from help, and ready to perish— at length the poor ass, after a severe struggle, got out, but finding his unfortunate master absent, he eyed the wreath for some time, with a wistful look, and at last forced his way through it to where his master still lay, when, placing his body in such a position as to afford a firm grasp of the tail, the honest higgler was thereby enabled to take his accustomed hold, and was actually dragged out by the faithful beast to a place of safety.— (Kelso Mail.) Bow-STRZET (TIIIS DAY).-Three coal heavers, named Searles, Barlow, and Groom, were charged by Mr. R. Boulter, of Milford lane, publican, with a most violent outrage in his house. They were stated, in fact, to have annoyed the whole house, and even to have gone the length of rubbing out the marks from the slate of the liquors called for.— The only cause for their outrageous conduct was, that being in a state of intoxication, Mr. Boulter refused to draw them any more. They were or dered to find bail. COURT OF KING'S BENCH —(This Dar.) RETAIL 11REWERIES.-lIROOKS V. TIIE RING. This %vas an appeal from a conviction made by two Magistrates aLlhentford, and confirmed by the 'Middlesex Quarter Sessions, against the appellant, for having sold beer without a Ma gistrate's license, he being a common brewer and having an excise license. The convictica took place under the Ist section of the 113 cap. of the 35th George 111. The cause was foe ' hearing in the Crown list, but on the Attorney General's stating that the case was not likely. to occupy the Court long, and of great puklir: importance, the Court consented to hear it oi of turn, accordingly Mr. Serjeant PELL was heatd. at length, in support of the conviction, when it appearing that Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL intended. calling the attention of the Court to upwards of 40 different Statutes, the LORD cillEF J U3TiCa . declared that coming to a question of so great magnitude unprepared they should not be able to do justice to it ; nor would it be fair to post pone other business to the extent which, if they heard that, they would be compelled to do.— It was therefore ordered to conic en again in its egular turn. COX V. BAKER. This was an action for goods sold and de. ivered : the amount sought to be recovered was 1771. 13s. ltd. Thomas Weaver, clerk to Mr. Mayhew, a So licitor, proved that the defendant had recently become a bankrupt, and that, in a list of cre ditors furnished by the Commissioners of Bank rupts, the name of the plaintiff was included for. the amount now claimed. _ _ _ James Sellitor, apprentice to the defendant, proved frequent deliveries of goods. Verdict, 1771. 13s. ild. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEB. 9.—Wind W.N.W.—Came down fri m River and remain with the outward-bound as before, the Lavi nia, I)ltrrison, for Faro; Bee, Wishart, tor Constantinople; Neptune, Walder, for New Orleans; Sir Joseph Banks, Blake, for Jamaica ; Dart, Douglas, for Sierra Leone; and Mary, 31'Clure, for Jamaica. PottTsmot7Tn, FEB. 9.--Wind S.W. ; PLYstouTiit and FALMOUTH the Bth, S.W.—No arrivals or sailings.—Remain the outward-bound as before. LIVERPOOL, Fr.n. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Mexican, Christopherson, from Havannah ; Alfred, Gordon, from Charle ston ; and Dickens, Proctor, from Bilboa. WEYmotrTir ' FEU. S.W.--Off the Port the Voyager, Richardson, from the Cape of Good Hope. GRAVESEND, Fun. 9.--Arrived the Kingstone, Luckie, from Demerara; and Henry Wellesley, , from the South Seas. Sailed the St. Mary's, Burton, for Jamaica ; Symmetry, Davison, for Demerara; and Britannia, Ruble, for Lisbon. ST AN GATE CREEK, Fun. 9.—Arrived the Sultan, Yeoman, from Smyrna; Simpson, --, from Odessa; Ariadne, Pitt, from Ithaca; and Lesly Ogilva, Randall, from Palermo. INDIGO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE INDIA GAZETTE. DEAR MR. EDITOR—As it. way be interestiaz to those concerned in the flue line, to know the fate of the poor planters in this district, I shall feel obliged by your giv ing room in a corner of your paper to the following distressing facts, which will confer an obligation on, Dear Mr. Editor, your most obedient servant, AN INUNDATED PLANTER. Purneah, July 17, 1823. The season throughout has been attended with a series of misfortunes, to all those who have had any thing to do in the cultivation of indigo hereabouts ; for the long continued drought in the earlier part kept back the sowings of the low lands till a late period, excepting a few biggahs that were sown in the D'hars, or low marshy lands, after which we wert: . blessed with a few showers of rain about the 7th May, which enabled us to complete nearly the whole of such lands as are subject to an early inundation, together with a good deal of the high lands, so that the dark cloud that had hung so long over us, began to vanish, and every thing wore a favourable respect until-the beginning of last month, when the weather took a different turn, and brought down torrents of rain, which, se- Iriously injured all that had been sown, by overflowing the D'hars and Nullahs, which inundated a considerable part of our low land plant, and otherwise prevented the growth of whatever remained standing on the high lands. The weather continued nearly the same until the 23th ult. when the principal rivers began to overflow their banks, and threatened immediate destruction, sweeping away whatever came in their way, so that many of the planters, to make sure of what 'remained, were forced to begin manufacturing unripe plant, some of it stand-, ing 2 and 3 feet in water, which consequently yielded little or no produce, barely sufficient to defray one-half the expence of manufacture ; others that were somewhat better treated, by the rivers, commenced working on the Ist inst., myself amongst the rest; but the incessant heavy rains which we have had fur the last month past, has drenched the plant so much that it is downright ruination to manufacture it, as it is does not yield above half the produce of last year (which at its lowest ebb produced 3 maunds per 1,000 bundles) and one of my inundated neighbours from 11 vats, containing about as many hundred bundles, got only 1 box of indigo, equal to about 11 seers ! The weather this month has been equally as bad as the la it, which has brought down the rivers in all directions, so tent every thing now around us puts me in mind of the catastrophe which happened last year at Burrisaul, for the country is tine sheet of water, which has caused many of the factories to stop working for the season ; consequently all hopes ef making evert half the quantity of indigo that was made in this district lug t season is now at an end. A. I. P. TO TILE EDITOR OF TIIE INDIA GAZETTE. DEAR SlR—While you are busy there, editorising works for publication, we are no less busy here in cutting plant from under four feet of water. Purneah has been overwhelmed with rain. Every shower that descends brings forth a deluge, and ever since the 27th of May last. (but before that period we had not a drop of rain for nearly two months, and such was the scarcity of it, that in con_ sequence we sustained considerable loss in our high land crop), there has been one continual fall of rain, which, together with the inundation, has nearly set the whole country afloat, much less indigo plants, which, am sorry to say, has been wholly s:vent away. The plant we are now manufacturing produces on as average of 100 bundles, only 10 to 15 cakes, (any longer continuance at this rate will tend to inevitable ruin), so if the rains do . not immediately cease, which, to our great vexation, yet continues an d keeps washing ()Tall the colouring-matter from the plant, we shall, I fear, make nothing, and a total failure will, I ap prehend, be the termination of the season in this district. I have been here upwards of ten years, and have never known to have experienced such a season as this is likely to be. The past year had likewise been a very wet one, notwithstanding I made indigo sufficient to liquidate all my expences ; bUt. that bears no comparison to the present, which, I have reason to fear, will be a most ruinous one,—and as for my part, if I can but clear one fourth of my expellees, I shall indeed consider myself as very fortunate.—So much for our labour and good luck, Mr. Editor, which, if you think worthy your notice, your giving it insertion in some corner of your entertaining Paper, will much oblige your obedient humble servant, AN UNFORTUNATE PLANTER. District of Parneah, July RI, 11323. TO THE EDITOR ot"ritE INDIA GAZETTE. DEAR SIR—By inserting the following extract of a letter from one of my neighbours, in u corner of your Paper, you will much oblige, Dear Sir, your most obedient servant, A PLANTER'S FRIEND. Purneah, July 22, 1823. Extract of a letter dated I'arneah,lsth July, 1823. " My DEAR Six—The rivers are down upon us in all direr dons, and consequently all indigo prospects are now at an end. Manufacturing is going on, but the produce in general very inadequate. The Ganges has risen,—the planters therefore below may expect inundation and wretched produce, so that the season in general is likely to turn out disastrously."