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FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile of Saturday, Dec. 11.) Mtnntn, Nov 9-9.—Every thing is preparing in Spwie -for the general movement of the french troops to cross the frontier. it is certain, as has been already stated, that only two Swiss regi •thents will remain 'here, and that the garrison he commanded by Major-General Count -Lalogere. Lieutenant-General Count Giulio will com mand in .Cadiz, the garrison of which is cone. puscd of the 9th Light Infantry, and the 15th, 211th, 27th, 31th, and 35th of the Line. The rlth and 9th of the -Line will be in garrison- at Pampelnna, and the 3d -Light Infantry at St. Sebastian. The necessary artillery will also re main at Cadit. It is not certain who is to com mand iu Pampelumt, but it is thought it will be The Prince de Broglie. . - -- The Council of Castile, whose attention has ~ been particularly attracted by the itnmense esni million to 'foreign countries which takes place from all parts of the Peninsula, and the vast ca. ,p+tais of which it has deprived us, has just ad dressed a memorial to his Majesty, representing the incalculable evils that may be brought upon the kingdom by the continuance of such a state of :thing~, and proposes that those persons who have ...migrated shatl be ordered to return on pain of: :the confiscation of their property. 'Count Digeon left Madrid on the tat of De ,cemner, to have an audience of leave of his Majesty. Nat's, 10.—This morning, at seven o'clock, ii fire broke out in the Tuileries, in one of the rooms next to the apart ments of the first ;Gentleman of the King's lied-chatutier. The •persons in waiting exerted themselves to extin guish it, in which they succeeded by eight o'clock. The Duke de Doudeauville, Minister of the Kiog's household, repaired to the spot as soon as he was informed of the accident. M. Girodet, the eminent painter, died yester ti.ty evening at ten o'clock. Ife underwent on Monday a most painful operation, which was performed by M. Larrey with all the coolness that friendship allowed him to retain. M. Gi todet bore it with great courage, and the opera tion succeeded, but there was still reason to fear the consequences : it was the removal of a tumour in the bladder. M. Nlannai, Bishop of Rennes, died in that -city on the 6th inst., at the age of 79. 111. Jean 13aptiste Duch'llon, Archbishop of Tours, the senior of the French Bkhops, has just --terminated his career at a very advanced age : he was born on the 7th of October, 1735, and was, -therefore, in the 90th year of his age. ( From the Coustilationnel of Friday.) VII TO HI Ont. 2.—Lists are circulated here, containi►tg the names of persons residing in this ci►y and the environs, whom it isrintended as soon as the French are gone, to knock on the bead. yesterday a detachment of Royalist volunteers from Ham came here to look after some prisoners. They entered the city sinking songs that make one quake with horror, and of which the burthen was Long live the absolute King—and something '.sure. Tin: latter words allude to the re-establishment of the Inquisition. (Front the Courier Francais of Friday.) Ma.pitio, Nov. 29.—The King is still suffering with the ; gout in his arms ; but his Majesty's illness is not so severe as to confine him to his bog. Prince Maxintilian of Saxony, and the Princess his daughter, are constantly at the Escurial. All the Royal Family will quit that Palace on the 4th or bth of next month, and return to the capital. We learn to-day, that it was by the advice of the Council of Castille, that the King was induced to withdraw the consent which he had given to the Infant Don Francis, for his journey to France. The day be t re yesterday the King sent an order to this Prince and his young wife, for their return to the Escurial, which they will instantly obey. We learn to-day that this Princess is seriously indisposed, and the physician Castello, has been ordered to the Royal residence, with all possible speed. We flattered ourselves that the arrival of the father of our Queen would in some degree alleviate the fury of party spirit ; but it is feared that our weak hopes will not be realised. The familiars of our new Inquisition redouble their rigour in their virvrillanee, and their zeal in their denunciations. Their Chief, l)on Rulino Gonzales, fearful that power will escape him if he all‘.+w the least return of moderation, labours effectually to make the Government dread the spirit of the provinces of Andalusia. He hopes that in terrifying . the Court his own services will be regarded as Indispensible ; it was to preserve his authority that he circulated, sonic days since, by means of his confidants, a report that the Spanish refugees at Tangiers were making pre !mations there for a new attempt on the coasts of Andalusia. .Nlrently, in consequence of his reports, an order has been is. sued by the Minister of War, for the officers who had unlimited leave of absence, and who had established themselves in the maritime cities of this province, to return into the cities in the interior ; those who were born in those maritime cities only are excepted. Ile pretends also to have received an injunction to -deliver no inure passports to those persons who have served in the Constitutional armies, and who wish to go in various direc tions. Whether it be true or pretended, this order is rigorously observed. . . . Vincenti, Director of the Sinking Fund, arrived yester day at the Escurial, whither he. had been ordered by the King. It it .believed that this journey relates to some great operation wlich has for its object to ameliorate the pitiable condition of our finances. The greater number of the employes of Govern ment are reduced to the greatest misery, none of them having received any portion of their salaries for many months. Erron! fyigani's Messenger of pr . iday.l - • ----- Madame Leda 14u;inaparte ie seriously intlispiise:d at Rome. The apprehensions which for some time has been entertained for the security of the large saloon at the Lintel of the British iictitney, in which divine service has hitherto been performed, has induced his Excellency to close it - entirely, and the gallery on the opposite side of the garden has consequently been opened for several Sundays. It appears, however, from the architect's statement, who has surveyed it, that the latter is In a state no less dangerous than the other, and equally prudent to be avoid td. The order for the immediate repair or the Hotel has been issued by the Board of Works, and the workmen are to be employed without delay. Mich inconvenie.nee must neces sarily arise to Lord Granville front these circumstances, as his reception of the public authorities, as well as of his private friends, must for some time be deferred. It being impossible to finish the embellishments ofthe (Mem ber of Depeties in time for the opening of the Session, prepa rations for the Royal Sitting are making at the Louvre. Fiteziou ruNns•—Nitti, 10.— Five per Cents. opened at 102. it.; closed at 102.10.—Bank Stock, 1,990. Neapolitan 5 per Cents. (nilconetle Certificates), IN.—Royal ipanish Loan, 571.--Exchange on London, one month, 25.; thee 05.—a'aurs dirthentique. The 'distance at which the Indiana of Lateko, in Col u mbia; live from any church, obliges (hem .(says M. , Itiowctr in his interesting Travels through that country), to bury their dead in the ,The tombs are usually erected by the side of the most frequented routes ; and thus, aweirgst the fields of Colombia, we may recognize • a custom that was common to the Greeks and the Romans. These sepulchres, the only evi dence of the tesidence of human beings, do not, in such &situation, excite melancholy reflections, we they show that at a short distance resides the family of the person svisoltere reposes in his last „ a bode, and a degree of pleasure is experienced at Ma certainty of not bei ng in an uninhabited Aiiegert. PORTUGAL. Lissom, Nor. '2s.—The Gazelle of this date has tilts following article : " War-Office, Nov. 17. " It having been represented to me that Captains Joao Joss de CiervAllio, Jacinto Venancio de Menezes, Antonio Matthias tie Sousa Raivosco, and Francisco Antonio da-Costa, and Lieutenant Isianoel dos Santos, and Ensign Alexander Jose Rettellio i all of the regiment of Cavalry No. 9, neglecting the sacred duties of faithful subjects, and the probity inseparable from the noble profession of arms, in which they had the honour to serve my Royal person and the State, sometimes by regular discourses, sometimes by uttering unconnected phrases, have shewn in the difficult circumstances that have occurred an entire disaffection to m' Government, and to the integrity of the inalienable rights of my sovereignty, endeavouring by this most pernicious example to compromise and to disgrace the noble corps of the officers of that regiment, destroying by all means the confidence indispensable in persons on whore honour the defence and preservation of the State must depend anti desiring, as is proper, to make an example of them, whielt may satisfy our legal subjects, and serve as a warning to those who may venture to depart from the safe path which loyalty and duty point out, I think proper to dismiss the above-men tioned. (Names repeated.) The Council of War will attend to the order, and take the necessary steps to execute it. Signed by • HIS MAJESTY. " Palace of Bemposta, Nov. 13." (Another resolution of nearly similar tenour dismisses Jose Joaquim Ferreira, Major of the Veterans of the province of T res. os-M on tes. ) The Gazette of the 224 contains a long extract from a Royal Decree, relative to the management of the Royal forests, the deterioration and decay of which are highly prejudicial to the navy. The only news from Brazil in the Lisbon Gazette consists of articles extracted from the Dlario Flaniineuse of Rio de Jantii r a to the beginning of August. • •: (From the Journal des Dads.) !rano sr, No v. 21.--(Extract of a Private Letter.)—The moment:is about to arrive when our Sovereign will fulfil his Royal word, to put in vigour the legitimate Constitution of the Cortes of the three estates or estamentos of the kingdom. 'This promise, which in fact only expresses a duty of royalty, has continued for six months the party spirit which threatened our country. All classes of citizens waited with respect and confi dence the re-establishment of their ancient rights, and foresaw, in the establishment of a wise liberty, and in " die happy union of well balanced powers in making legislative acts," the guaran tees of a public order that shoUld be solid and tranquil. A single faction was still restless; this was natural, for It has nothing to hope under the dominion of law. It even rejects the monarchical order, the best organized, and su ff ers neither aris tocratic nor democratic institutions. The violent effints of this faction to overthrow by a coup de main the present Ministry, appears to us to announce that the Royal Ordinance of Refor mation will be conceived in the spirit of our best Monarchs.— An at once, however, there has been circulated in the political circles an extract of the project of a law, which does not corre spond to general expectation. It is as follows: " ORGANIZATION OF TIIE ESTATES OF THE KING DOM OF PORTUGAL. " I. The Clergy, the Nobles, and the Deputies of the Cities and Town will meet, each class separately, to deliberate wtih closed doors on the subjects brought before them by the Government. They are to have no Legislative power, and will only have the privilege of being consulted or heard by the King. " 2. The Chamber of the Ulergy shall be composed of the Bishops, Diocesans, the Priors of all the three Religious and Military Orders, the Rector of the University, two or three dignities of the Monastic Orders, In all about 20 or 25 persons; no one of them can take his place, unless called by a letter of convocation from the King. • ",3. The Order of the Nobility is to consist of ;80 members, chosen among all classes of Nobles by eleven electors,all of whom shall be named by the King. The 80 elected must be confirmed or approved of by the King. " 4. The third Order shall consist of a Deputy, chosen in • each jurisdiction ( comarca) by the Deputies of the town .and cities, who are to meet in the chief town of the comarea, to make the election in such a manner, however, that these electors should never amount to more than 20 persons, who are to choose one amongst themselves to be the Deputy. The number of Deputies of the third estate will consequently be equal to the comarcaz, or about 40, and seven besides, appointed by the King, to represent the Colonies of Africa anti Asia. No men.: tion is made of Brazils, but to say that his Majesty mi,:rves to himself, when the reconciliation is completed, to establish what, he thinks proper as to the representation of that kingdom. " ti. The Three Estates shall be convoked and dissolved a. the King's pleasure." INUNDATION AT ST. PETEItSRURGII. ST. PETERSDURGII, Nov. 10. (EXTRACT "most A COMMERCIAL. LETTER.) " The sufferings which for some months past have afflicted many countries, m consequence of extraordinary inundations,, have not spared our city; and there has not been in the me. " mory of man any example of such a flood as we have expe.., rienced. The following are some of the particulars :--This, morning, aboat nine o'clock, the w a t er in the canals, which are supplied from the Neva, h6gan to rise rapidly, and con tinuing to do so for some hours, so that at two o'clock the water was 10 feet deep in the Galeerenhof-street, which is by no means the lowest part of the city, and thus the whole city was inundated. The inhabitants of the low houses, of which we have a number, fled with their wives and children to the top of the roofs ; other families, irresolute in leaving their houses, unhappily perished in them, the water rising so rapidly that it became impossible to save them. To increase the horrors of this dreadful scene, a furious storm raged, which rolled up the sheet-iron, with which many roofs were covered, like paper, tors open doors anti windows, and, united with the force of the current, carried away many of the slight-built houses. At three o'clock the water began to fall rapidly, and now (nine in the evening) we can again go into the streets, the water having fallen to the usual high water-mark. Thefrightful darkness of the night, and the continuance of the storm hinder us from learning all the particulars of this terrible visitation. All the store-houses, magazines of wine, and by far the the greatest quantity of goods, are in cellars or ground-floors. The greatest magazine of raw sugar, &c., is close to the customhouse, which is the lowest part of the city ; and thus millions in value MUM be washed away or spoiled. Guard-houses, bridges, planks, a vast quantity of fire-wood, timber, household furniture, &c., covered time surface of the water in the streets, and terrible were the struggles of' numbers of cattle which, having been washed out of the stables, and unable to find a footing, perished." Nov. 20.—Most afflicting is the sight of tins dreadful devas tation, which has ruined mars thousand people, and even the most opulent families ; all the goods in the shops are destroyed ; the herring-magazines, with more than AO,OOO barrels of her rings, are overthrown ; and even the poles on which the build ings rested are swept away. The streets are covered with wood, dead horses, roofs and fragments of houses that have been washed away, and of stranded ships. Some of the neighbour in villages ar e en ti re ly swept away, and not a living creature left. To-day no bread is to be had at the bakers' :in short, the distress is infinite, anti we must look with anxiety to the ap mulling winter. Commerce is at a stand ; nobody thinks of payment—every one looking with grief at the wreck of his for mer prosperity ; and who can avoid being deeply affected at the sight of such terrible distress ?"--(.4nisterdunt Cour wet, Dix. 7.) (The following account of the same calamity is from the Hataburgls Maraca Hall List of Dec. 2.) HAM BURGII,_ DEc. 2. The storm of the 18th and Ithh November, which raged in Sweden, extended to St. Petersburgh, and did terrible damage, as appears from the following extract from a commercial letter of the 20th of November:- " Our city yesterday suffered a dreadful inundation, which has done infinite damage, and ruined many families. Early in the morning.the wind was extremely high, and soon became a perfect humane, the fury of which increased every moment. Unhappily it blew directly , from the north-west against the atr rent of our river, which drove the water over the banks, so that In a few hours it was three arskeens deep (about 9 feet) in the streets and the inhabit ants o f t h e l ower stor i es save d little or nothing. The storm continued till two in the after. noon, when the wind veered to the north, so that the water ceased to rise, and by ten at nigh t h a d run off again. The damage which the Inhabitants of all classes have suffered is in calculable, and to-day we are able to see the general confusion. ' Entire vessels, barges, boats, and fragments of houses, are lying in the muddle ofthe streets. In the Custom-house every tiring is in confusion. Sugars in particular are damag ed, which flowed half melted through the stree t s , a nd two-thir ds were supported to be lest. According to other letters, the Imperial :Salt magazine was entirely under water, and thousands of persons have lost their lives. (Go i l grant this latter circumatancesnay prove in correct). Of cours e no b us i ness was don e on 'Change,, arid no course of exchange can be stated." STOCKHOLM ' ,Nov. 19. On the 13th arid 14th' the barometer was lower than ever re membered here. The next day the sky was clouded, and the, weather extremely variable ; but In the night of the 111th, we had a hurricane of unparalleled violence, which 19 . re the ships in the harb our f rom their moorings, and 'dashed ni . ein'against each other; h ouses wer e entirely unroofed,r, and travellers who ' left this city to-day, !rave been obliged t p by .pisceded by la. bourers with axes , to c l ear a way throngli the trees th* flare been blown down and blocked up the toads. INDIA. ( Front last Saturday's London Gazette.) ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, DEC. 11. A letter has been received from Commodore GRANT, C. 8., commanding his Majesty's ships in the East Indies, addressed to John Wilson Croicer, Esq., and dated on board his Ma jesty's ship Li i fey, off Rangoon, the 20th of May last; in which the Commodore reports the occupation of that place by the land forces under the command of Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell, and the proceedings of a detachment sent up t'he river from the Liffey, under the orders of Lieute nant James Wilkinson, of that ship, accompanied by 100 men of the grenadier company of the 38th Regiment, under Capt. Beach, for the, purpose of destroying some stockades formed by the enemy on the banks of the river. Thii aervice was effectually performed, the detachment land ing in one instance immediately in face of the principal stock ade; the enemy was dislodged fl.om the-several positions, the stockades destroyed, and the villages burnt; and the Commo dore expresses his sense of the zeal and gallantry displayed by the officers and men employed on the occasion. The following is a return of the persons wounded in the per formance of the above service:--Lieut. James Wilkinson; Wm. Austin, seaman, fsince4lead); Robert Sim, ditto; Thos. Jones (I), ditto; Wm. Fergusson, ditto, slightly; W. John stone, ditto, ditto; Henry Brown, ditto, ditto; John Bartley, ditto, ditto; Walter Galway, armourer's mate, ditto. THE BURMESE WAR. ( From the Telescope.) As our opinions of the Burmese War differ from those of many of our friends, we beg to say a few words In explana tion of them. As to the :necessity and Justice of the war on our part, a question that comes frequent Ute t& be mooted in our disagreements with the Native Powers of India, there can be no two opinions. A predatory and sanguinary nation had in the grossesemanner insulted our flag and invaded our territory, and we were bound both by honour and for our own safety to punish the one and repel the other ; but it remains to be ques tioned, whether we have taken the best means of accomplish ing either of these objects. From the best information we can procure on the subject, the populations of the Burmese Empire is about equal to that of Great Britain and Ireland, and these people are well known to be haply, warlike and enterprising, and to meet a race of this kind in their own country, with which we are confessedly profoundly ignorant, must require all the resources of which we ate possessed, and these intrusted to the most skilful hands. Rut in a contest with any nation of 'lndia, it is not the power • alone with whom you are at war, that you have to dread, the other conquered nations will let no opportunity slip of re-as serting their independence; and, even, should they fail to do so, there are many thousands throughout the continent of Hindustan whose trade Is war, and who will flock towards any standard that may be raised, where there is a reasonable pro. spect of pay or plunder. These circumstances, combined with the admired disunion and imbecility of our present Indian Go. !vernintnt, give to this a more serious aspect, than any other contest since the days of Tippoo Sahib. But when we add to This, the mode in which the war has been conducted—that a 'handful of men have been thrust into the country, at the very commencement , of the rainy season, to perish by the climate or be cut up in detail, we must confess, that we anticipate nothing from the campaign but disaster and defeat. The expense already incurred by the Company is stated, a crore and a half of rupees 000,000), and this may be looked upon as only an earnest.of what is to follow. The Curt of Directors arc sending out an matt quantity of military stores, and taking up additional shipa;aad this with the contingent expenses will very soon empty the treasury of Calcutta of the superabundant wealth with ! width the wise and peditic government of the Marquis of Hest ! {uplifts-filled hi The sooner troops are dispatched from this country, in our humble opinion, the better; as they will find sample' !employment far them in India, should they arrive be fere'the commencement:elf the next rains. In another part of Mir columns °, will be found a representation sent to the Go. a e rnor-..(lamenil from a Gentleman high in office, and intimate ' ly acquainted with the courrtg. in which he propo se s to a tt ac k two provinces rattle neck of a Malay peninsula. This would have acted as a diversion in our favour till the end of the south. west w h„ we should have time to collect a resp_ect. awe force, and penetrate into the interior immediately. What te the feelings of the people of Calcutta were on this subject in the early part of June, may be gathered f rom the following extract of a priva letter received by t h e l ast arr i va l s " We find ourselves in the heart of war with a petty Prince to the southward , which has been permitted to assume conse quence, and gain apparent advantages, which do not reflect much credit to our present Government. While we have an armame nt of 10 to 12,000 men afloat before Rangoon, the maritime key of the kingdom of Ava, lying, we suppose, use less, and nearly half as many troops rilady to embark the same spot on the beach of Madras, we find the eastern frontie r , particularly towards the south', left exposed to a savage ma. rauding enemy, and we, poor devils I in hourly expectation of seeing the enemy within a few miles of Calcutta. Though there may not be any r ea l cause o f a l arm , our s it ua ti on i s by no means enviable. Nearly the whole of the troops of the Fort, Barrackpore, lierhampore, and Dum Darn, form a part of the expedition to Rangoon, and we arc thus left with two or three European c om panies in the Fort, a battalion of Seapoys (about the same number) at Dum Dungy two thin battalions of Seapoys at Barreckpore, and as many, with a handful] of Europeans, at lierthampore. By intelligence just received from Chittagong, where we have a superannuated Brigadier and a few Scapoys, with three or four pieces of ord nance, we learn that 40,000 .of the enemy, with a small body of the Company's discharged cavalry, have penetrated through Arracan into the Chittagong district, burned Cox's Bazar, ad vanced on Ramoo, immediately below the district station, put to the sword POO of our men, including 0 to 10 European officers, who were opposed to them, and it is feared will in a very few days force their way to Chittagong, while another overwhelming force moves on Dacca. These reports, which so far as regards the loss of our troops at Ramoo, admit of little doubt, have excited considerable alarm, especially since an opinion has gone abroad that Lord Amherst has been acting without the aid or counsel of the Commander-iii. Chief, who has been heard to express his disapprobation of several of our measures in very pointed terms. There can be no doubt that the enemy if half the strength reported, will easily force their way into Dacca, as well as Chittagong, and should the rains keep off, a little time will bring them within a few miles of us. They are, however, ill supplied with the means of transport ; and it is probable, as soon as they hear of our force at Rangoon, that they will immediately retreat towards their own country, and thus afford us time to look about us. As to driving them back, that, at present, is impossible with our force, which can not be augmented by troops from the interior, in less than a month or two. There is a considerable force at Sylliet, it is true ; hut it the report of the advuocr of a large body of the enemy on that quarter be correct, they will have enough to do in defending themselves. Every disposable man at the Fort s anti Dum Dam (a very trifling force) have been ordered off, and we are left here with a few Seapoys and the body guard.-- The women have been ordered to quit Chittagong, and the alarm is so great that one of our neighbours in business has actuallysolieited quarters in the Fort for himself, his goods and chattels. What answer he has received, if any, l am not in. formed. His application, indeed, may have partly been intended to show his want ofcontidence in the measures of Government, Which appear to have been badly managed and Cabinet. To want of unanimity much mischief is attri buted ; we think that the good old Marquis of Misting: line acted otherwise. c of the both in the Field h ec a etts re much to Burmese, on the dissatisfied powers oft m te anagenient, we must be dreaded ; and, independent of better icularly if we invest Ava. have our army nearly doubled, I Par i t nere matter of humbug,— Opinion, now-a-days, is beconing country. The late increase has the sword must soon rule The effects of ithenseorstu for the present, been wisely duce certain allowances, have, put the army be sent back to the Court suppressed. I only hope they Y however, ina says, that bard Am herst,for reconsideration; repo rt, . t ns of -the Conanander-in into good hutmhoisur, and the Court's orders to re in opposition to t he nces to be if so, the conseque Court's orders in force; ants discontent , dreaded are of the mast serious nature; Chief, Mr. Adam, and Mr. Fopenntliaoll, is determined to put the revolt, too, likely." i n Tar Su x —En. • This paper will appear to-motrow gar is so cro wded that four The gaol Of M -:- 1111in .'.4----- p r isoners have to sleep in one bed.—(Linterick Chrankk.) On Wednesday the indictm ent against Crock. fords for play. involving penalties for 70,000!. will be tried.— Vbe following noblemen and gentlemen are subned by the prosecutor Onl, viz.... The a uis of liertforu, Lord Glen- Wall Lord A l vanleY, Ur. B a ik es, ttc. (From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 11.) BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. B. Laing, Fenehurch-street, ship-owner and master-mariner. BANKRUPTS. J. Giblett, Frome-Selwood, Somersetshire, clothier, to sur render Dec. 17, 24, Jan. 22, at the Wheat-sheave: Inn, Frome- Selwood. Solicitor, Mr. Hartley, New Bridge-street, Black friars. J. Pickman, Shoreditch, ►rocer, Dec. 18, Jan. 1, 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Robin son, Walbrook. W. Powell, Upper North-place, Gray's-inn-lane-road, plum. ber, Dec. 18, 21, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' CAmrt, Basinghall street. Solicitor, Mr. Dodd, Caroline-street, Bedford-square. S. Radford, Chiswell-street, victualler, Dec.l.l, 21, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Martineau and Mahon, Carey-street, Chancery-lane. C. Bond, Gravesend, victualler, Dec. 18, 20, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basingliall-street. Solicitors,. Messrs. Saun ders, Bellwood, and Matthews, Upper Thames-street. J. Phillips, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, and Finch-lane, Corn-hill, money-scrivener, Dec. 18, 21, Jan. 22, at the Bank. rupts' Court, Basingliall-street. Solicitor, r. a'Beckett, Golden-square. 'F. Lingford, Sloane -street, Chelsea, draper, Dec. 14, 21, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrtl. Gates and Hardwick, Cateaton-street. J. R. Townend, Minories, hat-manufacturer, Dec. 18, Jan. 1, 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Clabon, Mark-lane. J. Crossley, Holborn-bridge, cheesemonger, Dec. 18, Jan. 1, 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Walker, Rankin and Richards, Basinghall-street. R. Dousbery, Bell-lane, Christchurch, Spitalfields, mustard manufacturer, Dec. 18, Jun. 4, 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Rasinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Birkett, Taylor, and Cot, Cloak-lane. J. Gledhill. Halifax, merchant, Jan. 5,8, 22, at the White Swan Inn, Halifax. Solicitor, Mr. Walker, Lincoln's-inn fields. P. Ball, Mevagissey, Cornwall, merchant, Dec. 28, Jan. 19, 22, at the White Hart Inn, St. Austell, Cornwall. Solicitor, Mr. Conde, Verularn-buildings, Gray's-Inn. G. Mason, Northampton, carpenter, Dec. 18, 28, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Patten, Hatton-garden. .1. Fuller, Bedford.place, Commercial-road, slater, Dec. 14, 18, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. So. licitor, Mr. Baddeley, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields. J. Daniel, Bedminster, Somersetshire, carpenter, Dec. 22, 24, Jan. 22, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Solicitors, Messrs. Hurd and Johnson, King's Bench-wall, Temple. J. Welch, Prince's-street, Lambeth, japanned leather-ma nufacturer, Dec. 14, 21, Jan. 22, at the Bankrupts' Court., Ba singhall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Watts, Dean -street, Tooley. street. J. Badham, Clifton, Gloucestershire, cabinet-maker, Dee. 21, 22, Jan. 22, at the Rummer Tavern, Bri.tol. Solicitors, Messrs. Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's.building's. olbom. W. Stevens, Alphington and Heavitree, Devonshire, builder, Dec. 2 13 , 29, Jan. 22, at the George Inn, A xm i ns t er . Solicitor, r. Fairbank, DIVIDENDS. Jan. 4, M. Edwards, Rochester, linen and woollen-draper— Jan. 8, S. Rucker, Old South &a-house, Broad -street, mer chant—Dec. 10, E. Townsend, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden, wine and cider merchant—Dec. 10, J. Perham, sen. Chart, Kent, seed-crusher—Jan. 1, N. W. Symonds, Crutched.ftiars, merchant—Jan. 4, M, Matthews and J. Hopkins, Rochester and Strom], coal-merchants—Jan. 5, J. and W. Kershaw, Halifax, merchants—Jan. 5, J. Brumley, Halifax, merchant_ Jan. 15, I'. Kirby Bethnal-green-road, draper—Tan. 3, J. Prosser, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, grocer—Jan. 11, D. Buchanan, S. M. Smith, and F. Ashley, Liverpool, merchants —Dec. 10, B. Winch, sen., Hawkhurst, Kent, farmer—Dec. 21, J. Drake, Lewisham, master-mariner—Jan. 19, W. Tol lett, Devonport,rocer. CERTIFICATES, JAN. 1. J. Bunker, Grafton -street, Soho, ready-furnishing-iron monger.—J. Millard, Cheapside, Hetning um, King's-Lynn, Norfolk, money-scrivener.—T. Haddon, Dean-street, Soho, coffee-house-keeper.—J. Narraway, Bristol, fellmonger.--11.. and G. Wise, Wood -street, merchants—J. Pickett, Caroline-street, Commercial-road, builder.-1. Whita. ker, St. Paul's-church.yard, dealer In music.—J. S. Adams, Newcastle-under-Lyme, merchant. —J. N. Waylett, Fish street-hill and Crooked-lane, cordwainer. R. Pearl, Cam bridge, cook. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. and J. Allday, Birmingham, saddlers' ironmongers. —R. Dewes, and T. Colbeck, Tat!caster, breakers of flax.—J. Beds ford and W. Dean, Birmingham, brass candlestick-makers.— B. and J. S. Barber, AValsall, Staffordshire, mercers.—S. Richards and A. D. Burrows, Grocers'-hall-court, book. Dangerfield and B. Mutlow, Tewkesbury, sur geons.—J. Haggitt and T. Salter, Burlinton.arcude, Pic cadilly, hosiers and glovers.—M. Oldtleld, 0. Rowland, and W. Smith, Macclesfield, Cheshire, machine - ma ken ! , so far as regards M. Oldtield.—W. Codding ? ton and W. Ilakeman,Manchester, warehouseman.—.l. - Howe and S. Taylor, Knighstone, Somersetshire, makers of reservoir, of salt water for baths—AV. Hatt and S. Preston, Leeds, builders--0. and J. Austin, Devonshire-street and Glou cester-street, Queen-square, lace and fringe manufacturers —W. Nurse and J. Wall, St. Paul's-church-yard, hat-manu facturers-0. Barber and G. ilellyer, Sidiesham, Sussex, farmers—R. Armstead and N. Rowe, Manchester and Middle ton, dyers—J. Doming and W. Cromp, Clarnmerciough, Lan cashire, colliers—S. and A. Brook, exhill, Sussex, farmers and graziers—l. Burley, and W. W. Pulley, Liverpool, dry. salters—A. Bernard and W. Aldersley, Gravesend, coach masters—W. Burgoine and G. Bolton, Wigan, Lancashire, pewterers. THE ARMY. [From the LONDON GAZETTE of Saturday.l War-Office, Dec. 10, 1824. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Acting Adjutant Joseph Hely to be Cornet, without pay. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Brevet Major John Mills to be Major, by purchase, vice Spooner, who retires ; Lieut. Augus tus Wm. Heyman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mills; Cornet Alexander Wadham Wyndham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heyman. 77th Regiment of Foot—Captain Thomas Andrew Girling, from half-pay sth Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Maclaurin, ap pointed to the 60th Foot. 89th Ditto— Lieut. 'Wm. Bell to be Captain, vice Sheehy, deceased. 90th Ditto—Richard Norman, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Popham, promoted. 2d %Vest India Regiment—Captain Samuel Workman, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Geo. Jack, who retires upon half-pay 3d West India Regiment. HOSPITAL STAFF—Deputy-Inspector Thomas Gunning, from the halr.pav, to be Deputy Inspector of Hospitals ; De puty Inspector Thomas Gunning to he Inspector of Hospitals for the service of the West Indies only. Commission in the North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. George Swayne, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Commission signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the County of Glamorgan. Cardiff Troop of Gentlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Villiers Stuart, Gent., to be Cornet. Central Glamorgan Cor of Gentlemen and Yeomanry Ca valry—Robert Hillier Ric kards, Gent., to be Cornet. Officers of Infantry are in future to wear, for undress, blue frock coats, with two epaulettes, cocked .liit uud plume; the hat to be worn en all occasions, except the parade, when the Chaco is to be worn. ntraLirt, Dix. 9.—On 11:ednestlay evening a quantity of ammunition, from Naas, on its way to Cork, passed through Carlow, guarded by a detachment of the 63d Regiment._ Lieutenant Rich. Royal Artillery, is appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir John Elley, commanding Limerick dis trict.—The sth Regiment of Infantry will not return from the West Indies until 1826.—The several parties of the 61st Regi. ment cantoned in the county of Limerick, are to join head quarters in that garrison on Saturday and Monday next. The 19th Regiment replace the 61st in country detachments.— Captain rhomas Meade, of the city of Limerick, succeeds as senior Captain to the Majority of the 211 t Fusileers, vacant by the murder of Lieutenant-Colonel Campion. HAMBURGII, DEC. B. —lt is said that the Russian tariff will be changed in many particu lars in the spring. It is stated in a letter from Frankfort, that the capital of Petersburgh has been the theatre of great calamities. The Newa overflowed its banks, in the night between the 19th and 20th of November, with such impetuosity, that the lower part of the town was flooded, and more than 1,500 persons lost their lives. The de struction of property is estimated at many mil lions of roubles. THE METROPOLITAN LAW SOCIETY, The Anniversary Dinner of this Society took dly to o at a i d se o d in ; sued o en protect r ote measuresct the rights esiltig andia be privileges gneral place on Saturday at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. Its object is to promote fair and honourable practice in the p rofela Mon of the law ; to prevent those abuses with which it has be en s to the public. The Chair was taken at half-past six o'clock by NATH ANIEL ATcIIESoN, Esq., the Principal for the year of the Society. He was supported on his right hand by William Williams, ely ) • f a dvantageous Members, a Esq. M.P. and on the left by Colonel Trench, M.P. Among those who sat at the dais, or board of honour, we noticed Win. Leake, Esq. M.P.; Serjeants Peake, S pan ki e , Wilde, and Adams ; and Messrs. Preston, C. F. Williams,V Pollen, Cour. tenay Oliver, Ferrer, Du Tale, and other liarristers.—Mr.Tho• ma . s, Mr. W. Y. Knight, Mr. Brundrett, Mr. Reardon, Mt' Windus, Mr. France, Mr. Davis, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Free. Becke, man, Mr. Drewe, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Downes, Mr . A Mr. Spence, Mr. Wtxxiliouse, and nearly t w o hundred other Members and their friends. After the cloth was removed, O l e Wee/hernia Grace was beautifully chaunted by Ma ster 81114 ' 4 assisted by the other professional Singers present. The CHAIRMAN then gave, " His Majesty the King ;1; " the Duke of York, the Heir Presumptive of the Throne; —" the:Duke of Clarence:" and the other usual loyal toasts' which were, accompanied with the accustomed acclamations' 1 The SEcit Era itY of the SOCIETY then read the Annuli. Report of the Committee. It detailed at some length the nature and objects of the Society, its institution and progress, and pointed out some of the advantages it was calculated to produce. • The Cum flaw: then rose. He observed, that after the e. port which had just been read, it was not necessary for liini to make any remark either on the object or the benefits of t_h 3 e Society. Some said that it was in its infa nc y , and suggested variety of objections to it, but he directed their attention to the extr a o r dinary result which had followed its estabiiihnient.-- and he had no doubt that the result of its labour would be :4 honourable to its members as beneficial to society at large.•- What had been done was a guarantee of what won't! he doe': (Applause.)—He would, therefore, propose tan Law Society of London, and success to its exertions.' -- Three times three. The CflalnStall then proposed the heath of " The fiord Chancellor of England."—(Cheers.) —lt was not necessary for him to enlarge on the legal character, the talents, and the and abilities of Lord Eldon. They all knew haw unfonded, . how unjust were the many idle stories, the weak a n dn absurd charges, which had been made against his character as a Lawyer and a Judge. He had known his Lordship for up- The ilfetro,l:. wards of 30 years, and without being carried away hiss Ira; tialities, he might say with truth, that there was no euligt rie which a man much more able and eloquent than 'Muse f (. 1 1 ,, Chairman) could pronounce, that could be undeserved blotit:: Lordship, who had for so many years tilled the moat laborious, anxious, and important office connected with the jarisPru tle ,..., of England with such distinguished advantage to the c oun try ' and honour to hiinself. He was, like others, a brilliant instil of the advantages which the Constitution of this coughe, heldo out to merit. lie had sprung from the middle walks 0. 1 2 1. En g. enjoy the most eminent office which could be attained to °ini out land : and thus, not only did his successful ambition I hePvalue of a path for the emulation of youth , but it prow. t- time t hat his own pre-eminent services. As this was the lost mon ., he (Mr. A.) would have an opportunity of "hataddre"i Lorid Eldon would, when lie retired from his office, of his brethren, he could only now express his hope , . ee . 10 grathude of his country, which would be as Perm al d le oe nta, lasting, as the wisdom and unshaken integrity of outs n o p and be . iknowledged when the invidious clam et P spirit were forgotten.—( Loud applause.) k with The health of the Lori' Chancellor was then thud nod 0 t the warmest demonstrations of respectful gratitude elm fection. hm ot of the Mr. WILLIAM WILLTA) I proposing the ---- h him ts, n Chairman, said that he had the happiness of knowing. ohm many years ; and he felt persuaded that those who . it i l l ' i him the longest, esteemed him the most.--(Cheers.) tiaitled, hands the interests of the Society would be ably Yna i ?, i , rev and he was happy in this opportunity of express- o ,g mch cunence in the beneficial objects contemplated by s t *" . ` applause.) . esperiennt nitid the kin d The Citaiumax, in returning thanks, said, that & his approbation which 'tad met his feeble exertions, would Li e be recalled to his recollection with peculiar gratification,_:. w i t h his brethren around him, he had been oblibzed_ to cutout A difficulties, probably incident in all largelodies of sr_', nte . man coming in early life from the country had to enT eo r i , many obstacles to his professional progress, yet, 11 rtes' ness and perseverance, he hid overcome every discoarmed circumstance ; and he could only assure the younger 01.01,.1q, of the Profession, that he doubted not their exertions, their dustry, and their honourable adherence to principle alitUijo demanly . conduct, would meet every reward their itniX o s could desire. From his experience of the Professionl7, the induced to think, that although young men coming. 11-- te country to practice in the metropolis had their difficulties encounter and some disadvantages, they had many Iseli lintsg r e t;, for in the country the best knowledge of the law of proPe—,. tine of t his health practice in a great degree, p and of constitutional principles was acquired, which the ry,,, though his health was not'good, and he was retiring from more laborious part of his professional duties, ha win! t ._.... feel the same anxiety to forward the interests of the hgcle , Ll scald be &tow' and though whatever he did in that respect, w by kindness, it should yet be done with firmness. He was _±.., us that the Courts of Justice were favourable to the s e, cipleis of the Institution which they advocated. They h mo o, elites ceived proofs of it already, and lie confidently looked foralr, It was their duty to protect the people of this c ountry, ie ___‘ , disentangle them from the miseries which hung round tltet,S, revented. Al' fers of real property--(Cheers)—for by the present ay s ty lit . expence of couveying an estate worth year , 100/. a s' usi 0 f re quently as great, as that of one wh ose value el ~.„,o, 0,000/. a year. He hoped his brethren would sheworgaili selves above the paltry feeling of personal gain, 813 4 r .,,,,oerti concur in every endeavour to put the transfer of t . ;,, be upon a snore equitable and rational footing. 0 11 ,c1 4;0 4 begged to thank them for the kind manner in which ' — aped received him, on this as well as every other occasion. applause.) .., 3fteder o f The CHAIRMAN next gave the health of " The. _. tent ios the Rolls," whose patient, impartial, and ge ntlemaa, t _L a w " !e dged (he said) to the business of his Court, and whose ne',"'s.,,ectfel legal talents and acuteness had not only attraeteli g o r e, bu t observation, during the short time he had Pregideld the public. merited the warmest gratitude of the profession eons, was 00 The health of Lord iiifliird, the Master of the health of Sir William Grant. the drank with much applause. , i n the e d to tram' lig the The CHAIRMAN then said, he begg , • ~, by Pr t hi s it, Ils line of toasts which had been laid before l'lr t er of the ° ' When it was recollected how great were dle that 11 ig h o ffice, he the country derived from his possession m ;tie heir tribute of gra m ' was sure that no one would hesitate tog" - I t o s iudgmeno We hi titude and affection to his great worth. .7 1 . w hich Ol t decisions ye _ , er . not of temporary importance; they were a l ay rein m a like those of Lord Eldon, be long and ben was was u' to ed. He had heard that Sir William Grant it 9 tinie9llleirdlltY declining state, anti if this were the case, w t . his fatiter s : d remember him ere lie was taken to the boa ints I, m , to (Applause.)—and, whilst he was yet allt°"gst theme its, his t! n ..: those acknowledgmtnta of his distinguished tt! . I . , oo lpruL late 4Thtivantages stit ch shaken integrity, and great attachment to constitli W ee r/ ciples, which might be gratifying to him to hear, ao vare pre-eminently his due.—(Clieers.) d 'lee eo Between these toasts several excellent songs sn t ent ieru sung by Mr. Jolly, Mr. Fitzwilliam, and the other as the present. proP'' e t. t el The CHAIRMAN then said, it was his duty to onratOca ii,„,l,,,az.iu. d e ta n l e ls e-S o n , A , 1 1 : : I C . 3 E L %o n it i , : n 1 1, 41 1 1 01 n i l n I' """ health of " Th The CHAIRMAN naxt gave the health of " ,I__,', lei ,,,i ': as to enable him to resume his judicial functions. „,,, o l' ea.! , Judges."—(Cheers.)--He was afraid that lie was, 1,r . . /i i„: r.. ,. . do justice to their inerie , , and to the excellence witi . , ,! t o., :t administer the law. It must be recollected that thee,,llo ~. the Courts were not alike, but they all tended The first was in its features and character unknon. aopl, countries. It deserved the veneration anti respect otetsn:itrou,coiti of England. It administered the most whelesom i / les w ill g to 7in bite jurisprudence, founded on those maxims and prinf i K ati in s constituted the lex non sir la of the country, wit, i c :o w, Po c t . times, been ackvawledgetl as replete with no m, sidle iakiej tical utility, and general regard for the p a rkasLibeftl es o ts " and the just interests of the suitor, than nose 1 a . itstc; Regulations, which were too often so W-ili agaeltetlratiooller required in immediate succeeding Seasiols, " curately expressed, that frequent repeals at -- t - i t l , t the ense: t i taint) , it introduced, and the door it opered to,v3 great iiastic and arbitrary constructions, was the soiree 0 ' g r of lie. 1 r itionte _ it and oppression to persons in various clod ht ,,, as the next Court, the Court of Common Pies, w heal pri g „f ' real prcrehY,f, were, a peculiar controuling power over toe justice 0 1 ii. the subject, its course had been markd by which NOVI tegrity, and a strict regard to those prizlples the dispositions of landed property. 'here was u m i l l _ llo o which had been , in other times, the cane of great . . i ' co tte to the people—he meant the Exchequer but of late tl cse a. of the Court had been much altered ; an whether the e pee, rive had resolved upon new measures, h reference CO., ~,, ee or from some other cause, the practice t that Court:l;4;oe to nothing ; anti the people were yery.aprf on `hetc() tos„,(l' without it.—(Cheers and laughter.)-11 calico on, , ,an IP' , mit that, generally speaking, the admitstrotion 31 i n " - riousretie . T C i