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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Jan. 27. [NEW TIMES:3 Yesterday was productive of some fluctuation in the British Funds. Consols opened for the Account at.9l, and went up to 91_1; but after wards a great effort was made by the Bear party to beat them down, which so far succeeded as to brigg them. to 90i,- at which price they closed. in the •Fpreign Stock Market there was not much ,The:Spanish Bonds were heavy,and closed .a.t.244; The chief subject of discussion during the day' )i.as the Mexican Loan, of which a prospectus .ppeared• in an Evening Paper, but we cannot lel:rn that its publication was - sanctioned by the ContraCtois. The Evening Paper referred to, 1'1.6-Never, declares itself, though unfavourable to -foreign Loins in general, yet rather well disposed towards 'this - Mexican Loan. We own we cannot see the grounds of the preference, especially after the full, and- unequivocal admission by the Morning Chronicle, that that country is in a most • unsettled state, and that up to the latest date no general form of Government whatever had been agreed upon by the inhabitants. No doubt Mexican Deputies, Greek Deputies, and all sorts of Deputies, will easily be found to take English money ; hut when the question comes to be, who shall pay . 2 —the question may not be so easily answered. [MORNING 'POST.] French Papers to the 9.5 th, and the Etoile of Sunday arrived last night by Express. They contain intelligence from Spain, by which it ap pears that the Marquis of Casa-Irujo did not long survive his appointment to the Ministry. It had excited too much displeasure amongst the Royalists not to create some suspicions that un fair means would be taken to remove him from the direction of affairs, and his death, which took place on the 18th instant, cannot fail to strengthen those suspicions. He has been succeeded by Mr. Heredia, late 'Minister. of Grace - and Justice, whose office has been filled by Mr. Calomanda, Secretary of .the Coun cil of Castile. Ferdinand has given a fresh proof of his love for information and his disposi tion to enlighten his people. He has issued di rections to the Police not to allow any work, in . any language whatever, to be admitted into Spain by sea or laud, without an express order from himself or the permission of the Council ; the latter to he given only. after having previously examined a copy of the book proposed for in .troduction. All works that should find their way Ow the country without leave, are to be seized, and their owners to be severely punished ; and particular care is to he taken 44 to . prevent the introduction, the circulation and the perusal of journals, _pamphlets, satires, caricatures, and other papers or pictures in which his person or Royal prerogatives may be attacked, or the mea sures of his Government ridiculed or censured?' It is evident that the branch of tl►e Police on whom this duty may devolve, will enjoy no sine cure.- These Papers contain no other intelii eence, except an article from Vienna, which states that the Russian Consul or Negociator, 11 ( 11. Minziacki, had at last reached Bucharest, (in hiS way to Constantinople, and had .been re ceived with extraordinary honours. [BRITISH 'PRESS.] .Letters from Demarara to the 29th of vember state the termination of the proceedings of the Court Martial for the trial of Smith, the Missionary, and that the result was transmitted to the Commander-in-Chief. The finding or sentence had not transpired ; but a later letter states, that theithhappy man was found guilty on the clearest evidence, and that .a day for his execution. had been. named. The whole subse quent proceedings after his trial cave .but too strong assurance of his fate. He was re moved, on the morning of the.27th of Novell"- 4er, from the. Colony House, where he had hitherto been confined, under a military guard, to the. New Gaol, where the 21st Fusileers took the guard, in place of the Militia, in the evening. If this unfortunate individual has been found guilty, we trust his guilt was clearly established; prejudice,. all through the island, has existed strongly against the Missionaries, and .we fear with too just cause : if they did not, like Smith, excite the negroes to open insurrection, their fanaticism was productive of great mischief. The spiritual dominion and triumphs announced .by them in the supremacy of grace, were confound ed by the negroes with temporal enfranchisement and authority ; and deep and dangerous discon tents followed. The general expulsion of the W e syleyan and other Missionaries from among the negro population is, in our opinion, indispen sable•to the peace of those islands. The stake at issue is too vast to be trifled with. [THE TIMES.] We do not like-the interfer - ence of the softer sex in politics. .1-lector's advice to his wife, to attend to the distaff, and leave the toils of war and the intrigues'of State to , stronger minds, ap plies to all ages. However, when the fair busy bodies 'will middle with what does not concern them, we would • have them corrected with gen tleness and humanity. The last letters received frpm.Spain evince the brutality of the present-Go vernment by its treatment of females whom it sus pects of opposition to its.principles. It appears that soon after the surrender of Pampeluna, a great number of persons were arrested, among.whom, uuder'tlle pretext of placing them in security, were included several ladies, who had at any former time manifested an attachment to the Constitu tional system. Most of them have sinse undergone the form of a trial, principally, as is clear, with the view of extorting money from them, and they have been subjected to the following sentences : Donna Francisca de Camarasa to be exiled to Zamora, accompanied by an officer of justice, whom she is ordered to support on the journey by a daily allowance of about two dollars.—The mother of the preceding, a lad . of very advanced age, tined 20 ounces of gold.—Donna Josepha Dendariena, 2 years' imprisonment in the royal .' gaol; ; but on payment of 10 ounces of gold an nually, she is at liberty.—Donna Eloya Harre quin, 4 years' imprisonment in the royal gaol ; but free on an annual payment of 100 dollars. — Donna Martina de Yriarte, 4 years' imprison ment; or to pay 20 ounces of gold annually.— Donna Joaquima Echarri, to be exiled from the kingdom of Navarre for 6 years, and not allowed to go near to the royal residence : sentence re deemable for 500 dollars.—La Senora de Eche verria (63 years old), exiled from Navarre for 4 years : remitted for 20 ounces of gold.—The sister of General Mina, whose husband was killed in one of the batteries during the siege, was still in prison, and her trial was to have come on last week ; when nothing could avert, according to the information received, her being sentenced to the hulks at Malaga. The only crime of this lady was that of being General Mina's sister.— A great number of ladies, both old and young, were in the prisons of Pampeluna when the letters were dispatched, which was on the 13th inst. We hardly know whether the Spaniards are more gallant who inflict these iniquities, or the French who suffer them to be inflicted. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The information received yesterday from Paris , by private express is by no means unimportant. From IVladrid the accounts received there were to the 17th inst. The Prime Minister of the ab solute Ferdinand, M. Casa riojo, : died on the.. preceding day. His death is ,an: unfortunate event to Ferdinand, for his talents and his cha racter might have assisted in reconciling Spa niards to despotism. To the cause of the people, however, it is advantageous, because it, will hasten the period when the natural rights of men must triumph over the principles of fana ticism and tyranny in the Peninsula. A great deal was talked of reducing the American Colonies to the legitimate sway of the Bourbons. Silver, it was reported, had been hoared, and priests and spies had been forwarded, by French . men of war, to pave the way in the American Continenent for the restoration of ignorance and mental debasement. The internal state of Spain, however, will for some time, at all events, not only afford full employment for all the resources , of his Most Catholic - Majesty, but also for the surplus means of his Most Christian Majesty. In Estrantadura the Constitutionalists are in consi siderable strength, under the Empecinado, and wherever there were not French troops,the govern ment of A bsolute Monarchy could not be inforced. At Madrid itself it required all the exertions of the French garrison to subdue the dissatisfaction of the -people, and every thing portended a reaction, which will require another hundred thousand Frenchmen, commanded by the Hero of the Tro cadero, and invoking the God of Saint Louis, to put them down. On Saturday the dismal ac counts received from Spain c aused the French Rentes to decline to 94f. SO c. ; Spanish Bonds, on the same day were done at 24-“, and the ;Naples, fell from 81-1- to Bonds of the King of 804-, because it. was reported that his Majesty would require another Loan, for which rumour, however, there was no auth or i ty w h a tever. Should Naples require farther pecuniary assist ance, the Gentlemen who ha ve h ereto f ore con ducted these operations, will fully • satisfy the public of the causes which rend e r more money. necessary. [MORNING HERALD.] The private letters from Spain contain little that can be properly called news. Th e y are, however, not without interest. • The state of that kingdom, or rather of Madrid, is anomalous — scarcely comprehensible. How is it to be recoil cited with reason that the faction of slaves and fanatics should be able to keep its ground at Maileid in spite of the French—that is, of the invading power which has overrun the na lion ?- Yet such app ears to b e , t h e f act . has. been generally, an.d with every appearance of. rea son, belie,yed that the French were hos tile to this party, and that an order had been issued for the instant departure of .the Bishops and Heads of Monkish orders from Madrid. — But so far is any such order from having been complied with, that a secret club of them,,called the Apostolic Committee, holds its meetings in the capital —nay, more, that they are visited by. King 'Ferdinand incog. Among them are Saez, the late Confessor, old General Eguia, and Ma taflorida, and others of the heads and partizans of the first Regency of Urgel. Under these cir cumstances it may readily be imagined that the am nesty has, according to the most recent accounts. been abandoned, and that the Inquisition, though declared no longer a fit instrument by the Pope himself, is about to be re-established.. The only, reasonable 'way to account for these singular. phe nomena, is the supposition that the monks- and fanatiCs are countenanced by Russian influence. It is said that Ferdinand personally is more under the controul of the Russian than of the Fretich *Minister, and of all the Constitutional powers Russia 11,3 urged the principles of abso lute authority in civil government and religion with the most undisguised and unmeasured la titude. The Inquisition itself was expressly defended in one of the Russian State Papers shortly before the invasion of Spain, and the imputations upon that 4 4 venerable institution". called revolutionary calumnies. It is not at. all matter of surprise, then, that the Inquisition should be restored under the auspices of his Imperial Majesty. One only tangible and specific measure ,seems to occupy the Govern tnent at Madrid. It is the organization of the police, or' rather of a .system of espionage to cover the whole kingdom, and to have its centre in the capital. The only doubt seems to be its practicability, considering the basis of the plan, the extent of the country, and its disorganiz ed state. The first step is to take a census of the population, Specifying age, sex, Circumstances, and, opinions. This, however, seems to us a system of suspicious tyranny incapable of being carried into execution by so weak a govertment as that of Ferdinand, and over such a population. In the provinces all is still pillage and confusion. The servile Governors- or petty authorities frequently denounce Constitutionalists by name, as persons out of the pale of law and humanity, who may be knocked on the head . by any body without being called to account, or rather with a claim of merit in having done so. It is not humanely possible that such a state of things should exist in Spain, or in any country under Heaven, long. Yet there is no appearance of any particular crisis or catastrophe at the present moment. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 26. JUDGMENT. GOURLAY, v. DUKE OF SOMERSET. His LORDSHIP, in' making some preliminary observations respecting this Case, before he proceeded in what be considered his judgment, again complained of not having been properly furnished with affidavits, respecting the identity of the plans that were produced at the trials. He also wished, that much of the language which had been used when the case was last argued, had not been used. His Lordship then pro. ceeded to enter at great length into the matters before him. In the first place he begged to intimate, that much had been submitted to the Court in the argument of which no no tice could be taken, as it was quite irrelevant to any thing that appeared on the record. In the course of the year 1809, the Duke, having a wish to introduce the Scottish manner of agriculture into Wiltshire, entered into an agreement with Mr. Gourlay, who was a Gentleman of great respectability in the county of Fife, North Britain, and possessing much agricul tural knowledge. Mr. Gourlay was to take possession of the lands and premises of Deptford Farm, in Wilts, in October, 1809, which he was to hold for the term of twenty-one years, at the rent of 6001. a year for the first seven years—and at, an additional rent during the remaining period. In the agreement a clause was inserted, authorising Mr. Gourlay to make certain alterations and improvements on the premises, to the amount of two hundred pounds, or to so much more as might be thought proper and necessary—the whole being first submitted and approved of by the Duke or his agent, Mr. John Gale. It happens to be the custom in Wiltshire that outgoing tenants retain possession of the premises of which they were tenants for a certain time after the term of their lease expires—and this was what first gave rise to quar relling between these parties. Mr. Gourlay complained of not having been let into full possession in the month of Oc tober, 1809, for in that month he was only let into poisession of the lands—and, having brought his wife and family from Scotland, in the expectation of being then also let into pos. session of the farm-house, &c., which, however, he did not get until the July following, lie was put to considerable expence and inconvenience. From that moment, instead of amity having grown, discord waxed stronger and stronger, until Mr. Gourlay filed his bill of complaint in this Court, when two issues were directed to be tried ; the first was, to try whether any, and if any, what sum was due to the plain tiff for not having been let into full possession of all the pre mises in the month of O c tober, 1809. The plaintiff claimed 200/.—The issue was tried before Mr. Justice Park, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 1001, which never afterwards was quarrelled with. The next issue direct ed was to try what the plaintiff was entitled to in considera tion of repairs and improvements on the farm, and to this issue the Jury found for the Duke entirely. A motion was afterwards made in the year 1816, on the part of Mr. Gour_ lay, before the Master of the Rolls, for a new trial, and Sir William Grant, on hearing the case laid before him, was of opinion, that he ou g h t to direct a new trial of the second issue, which he accordi ng ly did. It then came to be tried before Mr. Justice Holroyed, when the Jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff to the amount of 1,325/. and to a f urt h er amount of 6351. subject to William Grant's opinion (if the case should be again brought under his consideration), whe ther this amount had been laid out with the privity and approbation of Mr. Gale, according to the true intent and meaning of the agreement between the plaintiff and defendant. The case did again come b e fo re the Master of the Rolls, who was of opinion that the plaintiff was fully entitl ed to the 1 ,3001. and a fraction, but that he was not entitled to the 600 1. and a fraction. After this confirmation of Sir William- Grant's, the Noble Defendant considering himself aggrieved , lodged his beappealfore the the Court. Lord appealwh theich nowwpoauusgketo *have t complains,th of t h e a been left proceeding original decree in 1815, con t e nding no issue ought to- have be b directed at all, for the -plaintiff ought to have brought his action. It appeared to his Lordship ab solutely necessary, in deciding this case , to go through the whole of the record, and a ccordingly he stated, with great minuteness, the original /And amended bills, the answers, the agreement, the depositions on both sides, the evidence given at the trials, and the different reports that had been made by the Masters. At half-past one his Lordship completed his statements of the record, and declared that, to the best of his ability, equal justice should be done to the parties in this cause, as well as in all other causes, let their difference of situation be what it may ; but his LordshiP was too fatigued to concl ude his observations, and therefore he postponed what he had fur ther to say, till Wednesday morning ; by that time the Court wished to know if any person could swear the plans now before the Court were not the plans that had been exhibited at the trials, and therefore to contradict Mr. Gourlay's affidavit. Mr. HART said he knew now that nobody could made an affidavit that they were not the affidavits. His LORDSHIP then thought it must be taken for granted that these were the plans. Mr. Gourlay then begged to make an observation or two, the amount of which was, that he had ever since• Christmas been living on the charity of some Ladies, which he only accepted on certain conditions, and which he would not have accepted from men, for Pity melts the soul to love ;" and as he now had only one shilling in the world, nor knew particularly H isLoib w s i li th lp, respect to raise another, he wished to know what he was to do, spineclteetovihnigs beingthe Court , said ,it was not his able to sue as a pauper. duty to inst ruc t a ny su itor how t o proceed, but he felt satisfied that any Gentleman at the Bar would give Mr. G. any advice he stood in need of. Mr. Gourlay-Bait 111 present a regular petition respecting that to-morrow. TICE-CHA7NA y C L E O L R L A O N R D ' S WATERS. • COURT, An application was made by Mr. HEALD in this case to his Honour to subject the Master's Report to a revision. The Opera House to th e estate o f the late Signor Master had reported th at a sum of 956 /. was due by the former Proprietors of the Naldi. The Report had been confirmed, and his present mo tion was, that on the ground that the account was irregularly taken, the Report shoul d. be Mr. SirGDE:g opposed the subjmotionected to a revision. , and urg ed the delay that had intervened between the Re p ort a nd the present tardy appli cation. The'VICE-CHANCELLOR—In this case there has been great, and apparently- unauthorised delay. I cannot, however, at present determine upon the reasons that induced it. For the purpose of hearing, therefore, Mr. Taylor's explanation as to its cause, I shall permit it to stand over. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 26. PERUVIAN LOAN. XINDERT AND CO. V. EVERITT AND Co.. This was.an action .brought by the plaintiff's, who are Con tractors for the Pernvian Loan, to recover. from the defendants, who are bankers, certain instalments paid by the subscribers td the defendants on account of this. Loan. The plaintiff's obtained a verdict for 75.0001. MT. ATTORNEY-GENERAL this day moved for a Rule calling upon the plaintiffs to shew cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had. The ground relied upon in support of the motion was, that the powers of the persons who, acted in.this country as Envoys of the Peruvian Govern ment, had been revoked before they gave authority to the plaintiffs to receive the instalments from the defendants. The Learned Cotinsel observed that many imputations had been cast upon the defendants ; but they were ready to pay over the in stalments to whatever persons the Court should declare'entitled to receive them ; and in order to shew that they had no object except their own security in withholding the payment of this money, they would allow Exchequer Bill interest upon it up to the day of the decision of the Cc.:rt, stating to whom the money should be paid over. Mr. Bit o u Gli A st, for theplaintiffs, said they would he satis fied if the Court would direct that the money should be laid out in Exchequer bills, to be lodged in the Bank of England. The COURT refused to make such an order, lest some dif ficulty might arise in getting thernoney out of the hands of a third party ; besides, such an order would cast upon the cha racter of the defendants an imputation which the circumstances of the case did not warrant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—I must say that many impu tations which were not supported by the evidence were cast upon the defendants.—Rule granted. THE KING v. BASTONE, ESQ. This was a rule calling on_ the defendant a Magistrate of Yorkshire, to show cause why a criminal information should not be exhibited against him for illegally committing the pro secutors to prison. Mr. GURNEY, for the defendant, said he believed that the prosecutors were satisfied that a complete answer was given to the. charge, and that the. rule- must be discharged ; Mr. Bas tone, however, dtd.not press for costs. Mr. SCARLETT, for the prosecutibn,. admitted that he could not SUStain his rule, which was accordingly discharged, but without costs. THE RING v. SHERWOOD AND AI{OTHER. This was a rule obtained in last term, calling on Messrs., Sherwood and Jones,' booksellers in Paternoster-row, to show cause why a criminal information should not be exhibited against them for publishing a pamphlet respecting the late John Thurtell and his associates, tending to prejudice them on their trial. Mr. CHITTY, for the prosecution, said that he was instruct ed to consent to the rule being discharged on payment of costs by the defendants. Mr. SCARLETT, for the defendants, said that he was autho rised to agree to the terms suggested. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that the Court had no power to compel a party to go on with a criminal informa tion if he chose to decline it. The rule, therefore, must be dis charged on payment of costs. ARCHES COURT, JAN. 26. JOHN V. JOHN. Dr. SWABEY said, this was a suit for the admission of libel, for divorce, instituted by Samuel John, Esq., of Cornwall, against his wife, by reason of adultery. Dr. JENNER, on behalf of Mrs. John, stated the nature of the libel as pleaded by Mr. John, and took various objections to the several articles contained therein. On the 23d of Jan. 1810, the parties were married, and on the 24th of March following, Mr. John left his wife, for the purpose of attend ing his duties as Under Sheriff', in a distant part of the County. While he was absent, he learnt that Mrs. John had been delivered of a female child, at the house of her father, a gentleman of property and respectability, on the first of April ; and she admitted that her husband was not the father of the child. The parties contracted the marriagefor better for worse, and it must have been quite competent for Mr. John to have ascertained her pregnancy previous to the marriage, so that no deception was practised upon him, and therefore the present libel could not be sustained ; the Court in similar cases have already put that question to rest, particularly in the case of Perrin against Perrin (Dr. Adams's Reports, vol. 1), where Mrs. Perrin, previous to the marriage, had been delivered of two children, and she was actually receiving for their maintenance from her paramours the sum of 400 k; but the Court held that the libel was inadmissible, because the fact of the marriage was a waver of the husband's claim, and any act committed pre viously would not justify, him in suing for a divorce. In 1811 articles of separation were agreed to between Mr. Grill (on be half of Mrs. John) and Mr. John, by which the lady's fortune was restored to her, and her father was to maintain her. The deed of separation was intended by Mr. John's Counsel to be, produced in evidence against her;. but he (Dr. Jenner) con ceived that it ought not to be received, because Mrs. John had not signed it, or been present at its execution. The father's will bequeaths 1501. per annum to Mrs. John, and 501. to the daughter, born in April, 1813. Mr. Gill subsequently sent his daughter to reside with the Rev. Mr. Palmer, where it is pleaded that she became acquainted with George Robert Forster, and frequently spoke of him in terms of great affection, sometimes feigning herself ill for tbe purpose of seeing him. They used to meet at the house of one John Smith, whose wife was MrS. John's servant, and letters used to be left there for each other. On one occasion, when Mr. Palmer refused to send for Mr. Forster, she flew into a violent passion and broke the glasses on the table; this was stated on conjecture from their refusal to send for Mr. Forster, but Dr. Jenner cont e nded th a t was not sufficient to establish acts of adultery. The libel lastly pleaded that Mrs. John got acquainted with Mr. Weyland, a Curate, who was discovered with the lady in her bed room in such a situation as left no doubt of the adulterous intercourse : now this important circumstance, Wit were true, ought to have been specified by a certain date, but in what year it is not even stated, and was therefore too vague to sustain the present libel. Dr. ADAM followed on the same side. Dr. SWABEY, for Mr. John, contended that the articles charging the adulterous intercourse were as specific as was necessary to support t he libel. It was urged as an objection, that as this sort of conduct in the lady was s t ate d to h ave con tinued for some years, why was not the pres en t su i t i nst i tute d before 1821 ? his answer was, that Mr. John only received an intimation of the facts in that year, and having satisfied him self as to the gro unds for the charge , he prosecuted it with as much dispatch a s was p oss ible. Dr. Ix soIN a roar followed on t h e same s id e at cOnsider able length. Sir jo , * Nicol., ordered th e lib e l t o b e reformed. THE COMET. GOSPORT ORSERTATORY, JAN. 24.-At seven o'clock last evenin g, the comet was observed in th e t a il of the constellation Draco, 2 deg. 15 min. from and under the North Pole of the Heavens : it is, therefore, become a circumpolar object of admiration, as it does not set. Its nucleus is much better defined through a good achromatic telescope than hereto fore ; and it appears round to the naked eye, and as large as a star of the first magnitude.--The train, or tail, was about six degrees long, and the coma surrounding the nucleus close and thick, as formerly described. Its right ascension last night was 217 deg. 26 min., an d i ts declination 63 deg. 43 min. North. It has advanced through the Heavens 421 deg. since the 10th inst., that is at the astonishing rate of 3 deg. 2 min. 8 sec. every twenty-four hours, or seven minutes and thirty five seconds of a degree per hour; so that by observing its po. sition for a few hours, its motion is perceptible. This, is, cer tainly, a very great velocity, when it is properly considered in its own orbit. The speed of this comet outstrips all that have been observed here for many years past, not excepting the bril liant one in the autumn of 1811. Its present distance frorn the sun is one hundred and ten degrees, yet it becomes more con spicuous and better d e fi ne d i n i ts h ea d ' and as it is now withi n ' t he circle of perpetual a pp ar itio n , at least in this latitud e , it may, therefore, be seen soon after sunset, and throughout the night. It is now between Ursa Minor and the last star in the tail of Ursa Major, and about sixteen degrees westward of that star. As the brilliancy of the comet increases, and 'its position is so much altered, we may expect more favourable opportunities of seeing it. At the end of the month it will he on or near the last star in the tail of Draco, and about 21 de grees from Polaris. MEETING OF THE JOURNEYMEN SILK WEAN ERs.-011 Saturday evening a meeting of the Journeymen Silk Weavers was held pursuant to adjournment, at the Red Lion, Phoenix-street, Spitalfields, to receive froth their Committee, a final answer from the employers, as to the pre sent disputes relatiye to the prices of labour. The meeting was very numerously attended, and Mr. BAKER, the Secretary to theCornmi ttee detailed the result of the interviews which they had had with several masters, and read three letters from diffe rent masters. A considerable discussion then took place, which ended in the, adoption of a Resolution, that the Committee should cease their functions, and that the journeymen should assemble again next Saturday night, to receive from the Committee an account of the ex pences incurred. As far as we understood the discussion, it appears that only one article, of not very great importance now remains in dispute between the masters and journeymen, and that as to this article, they are likely to come to a speedy agreement. On Tuesday last Sir George Staunton, Bart.., of Leigh-park, ordered his annual bounty of coals, (ten chal drons), to be distributed among the labouring poor of Havant. The Treasurer of the Hampshire Hospital has received by the hands of Mr. Lyford, from a very benevolent unknown'Lady, a munificent donation of 50/., for the use of that charitable institution. RARE NEWS FOK THE GAME• PRESERVERS.- The Guard of the Portsmouth mail was last'week . fined in the mitigated penalty of 2()1., by . Charles Taylor, Esq. of Holly combe for having gamein his possession, and was dismissed from his situation. An eagle was caught last week on the estate of - Hewit, Esq. near Handcross, in Sussex; it is a fine full-grown bird, and came into a trap set . ,by Mitchell, game keeper to Mr. H. DEMPsTsR, who some little time ago., in exhi— biting_to some companions a sleight-of-hand per formance with a table knife, actually swallowed the knife, has died, it appears, chiefly from anxiety. His apprehensive state of mind was dreadful ; and on . the 17th instant, when on hiS way to Sir ASTLEY COOPER, to undergo an opera tion for its extractitm„ be died at Middletvich. LONDON MARKETS. . • PRICE OF BREAD. The Nice of the 41b. Loaf is stated at 10d. by the full-p r ic e d bakers. There arc others of the trade who sell horn a half penny to three halfpence below that rate. IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foreign Wheat Barley Malt Oats - Rye 414 - - Bea n s . 2,543 ____ ____ Peas - 1,693 'fares Rapeseed IG • - - Mustard ' Seeds 144 ---- Flour . Brank Linseed. 10,0167 iG - 142 - I,RO SE.EI)N, Jan. 26. Old English Clove r, 5157 Is 75s—fine, —s—new, 63s 77s 7SS Ditto (Foreign) 36s 42s 755--fine, 61s 76s isis new, 72s 89s' White ditto 64s 74s 76s—fine, 82s 88s 95s Trefoil .. per cwt.. las 26s28s—new 105 16s 24s per cwt. Ribgrass ... eSs 34s—new, 36s 4is Carraway Seeds 46s 52s 51s Coriander d'o ICs 12s I3s—fine, —s Tares . per bushel - 9s Od to 10s Od us St. Foin Rye-Grass... ...... ..16s to 24s—fine, 30s 32s —s per qr., Canary per qr 42s 45s to 47S od per qr.. White Mustard Seed Brown ditto As I2s 14s Oct ____ ___ _. . . - Winter Tares —s to —s od —s per qr. Rape Seed .. . 261 lus-r-new, 241.27.1.0 s per Last; New Turnip Seeds ins to 15s Od pr. hush. Linseed NEWOATE AND LEADENUALL Jan,, .t; By the Carcasc. Beef 2s . 4(1 to 3s 40 Veal 2s Sd to 43 se Mutton .2s 4(1 to 3s 441 Pork 2s 4d to 4s S& Land), os od to Os Ott. ST. JANIES'S HAY MARKET, Jan. 24. 0. Hay 31 lOs Od to 51 lOs Orl i Clover, 414 s Od t o 61 6 s od New Hay 01 Os Od to 01 Os Od 1 Straw 11 lls6dto 21 Ils ad' SMITHFIELD. Old Hay 4l 15s• Oil to 51 5s Ori--Average, 51 Os 0:f Straw Clover 5l lOs 011 to 61 6s oa--Average, 61 Os Od: W HIT E APE 1,. Hay 4; Os Od to 51 5s Od--Average, 51 Os Od New ditto Ol Os Od to 01 Os Od-Average, 01 Os 01 Straw Clover 51 0s Od to 6! 103 Od--Average. 51 18s 04, PEACE OF HOPS, ptr Cwt., dais. 26. GROWTH, 1823. Kent Pockets 81 lOs to 101 Os to 121 Os East Kent, Canterbury 171 to —lO3 Sussex Pockets 81 Os to 91 9s to - 101 5s Essex Pockets 810 s to 101 Os to 111 Its Farnham, fine, 161 Os to 211 Os—Second, 111 Os to 161 Kent. Brigs, 81 Os to 91 9s to 101 Sussex• Bags, 71 lOs to 81 8s to 91 Os Essex Bags, 71 lOs to 91 Os to 101 Os The old duly on the growth of 1823, is announced to be -26,0571 I Is. 94d. and 6-20th. itAW 1-11DhS. [lest Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... 9$ 4d to e s a. 3s Oil to 3s 4t: Market Calf .. each., Ss Oa Middlings 2s Sd to 2s lOd Lambs.... Os Od to Os °di SHEEP SKINS. Polk(' Downs Ss Od to 4s Od 1 Lambs Os Od to Os 001 PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 561hs each tier ilis e2d to 23d Ditto, 5I to 661bs each Dressing Hides Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401hs for cutting 180 to 19id Ditto .... 45 to 501bs Calf Skins..: ;(3 to 401bs ..... Ditt0.,....-. 50 to 701bs 24d to e7d Ditto 7O to 801bs .... , 2ed to 94d Small Seals (Greenland) lBd to 19c1 Large ditto • Tanned Horse Hides 140 to 17d Spanish Horse Hides 14d to 20d PItIOES OF TALLOW, SOAP, .B,e. per I 12 16 - :—Jttn. 247 Town Tallow 39s Od —s ad Yellow 50ap.......... 705 Yellow Russia 35s ad —s ad Mottled 7BO White ditto .. 32? Gd—s Od Curd Soap ditto.... 32s Od Od Graves l6s 04 Melting Stuff 241 s Od —s 04 Good Dregs 6s o4 Ditto Rough.. 18s ad —s Od VRICt OF CANDLES, FROM Price of Candles, per dozer 6d per dozen allow )) TALLOW CHANDLER'S HALL. I), Ss 6(l Moulds, lOs Od. ed for ready money. PRICE OF RAW FAT, pei Stone of Slb.—Jan. 24. Price of 'fellow (as stated by the Tallow Melters , cis lAd COUNTRY MARKET. - GITILDFotur MARKET, Jan. 17. Wheat per 1. 14; Os to 1.81 10s Barley, 11 8s to 1110 Old Wheat 161:01 to 201 lOs Beans, per qr. 11 16s to ,2I 0 Oats, per qr ... 11,29 to 11 lOs Pease, per qr. 1118 e to 2125 , Old di tto .. 01 Os to 01 Os Rye, per qr 11 19s to 21 4; COAL. 111.11t1;.ET, Jai'. 26. Ships at Mallet. Ships sold. Price. 701 Newcastle 244 Sunderland 7.1 BIRTHS. On Friday, the 23d inst. ' at Hans-pl ace , Sl oane - street, t he Lady of Thomas AugustusJessopp, Esq., of Waltham-erossr of a son: On Monday, the 28th inst., in Lincoln's-inn-fields, the Ladf of George Pocock, Esq., ola son. On Sunday, the 1 - 13th inst., at her father's residence, Ryde• House, Isle of Wight, the Lady of Capt. T. R. Brigstocizer R.N. f a daughter. MARRIED. On the Nth inst., at Oxted, -Surrey, David, eldest son 0 1 M. D: Getting, Esq., of Wandsworth, to Mary Taylor? second daughter of Thomas Talboys, Esq., of South-cottage Oxted. On the 26th of April, 1023, at Singapore, Alexander 1110 v" gan, Esq., late of the Honourable East India Company's Se':" vice, to Maria Frederica, youngest daughter of Thomas Wol• King, ESq., late of Trincomalee, island of Ceylon. On Tuesday last, at St. Maurice Church, Winchester, the Rev. T. Westcomb, Rector of St. John's, in the Soke, and Vicar of Piddleirenthyde, in the county of Dorset, to Lucy, eldest daughter of Samuel Deverell, Esq. On -Tuesday last, at Cheam, Thomas Corner Esq., of Al' lington, Sussex, to Henrietta • Matilda, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Henry Peach. _ _ _ On Wednesday, at Holy Rhood Church, Southampton; Charles, second son of Captain Pettengal, to Sarah, thins daughter of the late W. Pattinson, Esq., of Gravesend, in the county of Kent. • DIED. On the 14th ult. at St. Petersburgh, Count Schuwalow, Ad' jutant-.General of the Armies of Russia. He leaves a young . widow and two sons, and a very considerable fortune. Ile w 54 the individual who concluded the truce with Caulincourt, it` 1813, and afterwards accompanied the ex-Emperor of Frarce , as Russian Commissioner to Elba. He was buried with gre' 2 funeral pomp on the 19th, in the Kasen church. There v ,, '` present at , the ceremony, the Emperor Alexander, the t''' Grand Dukes, the Prince of Orange, and all the Chiefs Battalions who were at the residence at the time. The twelv" different Orders, with which the deceased was invested, wer e carried to the tomb by twenty-four officers of the Guards 3 1 ' . ternately. On the 29th ult., at Vienna, Baron Von Kerpen, Genera of Artillery, in the Austrian service. On Friday, the 23d inst., at his house, Binfield, Berks, Lieu' tenant-General Sir Francis Welder, aged 49, leaving a w idovl and eight children to lament his loss. On the 23d inst., at his house at Croydon, aged 78, Chris' topher TaddY; Esq.. On. Wednesday, the 21st inst., in her 62d year, Miss Itil‘f of SawhridgeWorth, Herts. On Friday last, in the prime of life, of pulmonary consuiiW tion, Thomas Dent, sq„ of Sidbury, Worcester. At Clayii,l:l-ledge, Hants, Mrs. Guitton, the wife of 2.11 1° Guitton, of Little-park. On Saturday last, at Plymouth, Major-Gen. J. Williams/ °( the Royal Marine Corps, lately Commandant of the Port' mouth Division. On Wednesday. aged 23 years, Elizabeth, youngest daugh ter of B. -Su - Others, Esq. of Preston. On Friday, at her residence, F'elpham, in Sussex, Jane, - Lady of Edward Percival, Esq. Printed and .Published for •the PROPRIETORS, at the Sti lf° OFFIGE,I.I2, Strand, by J. B. CMISTAIRS. pn me Be ino