The Sun. — London, England, 1824-10-05 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. (From' the Mooriteur. ) ORDINANCE OF THE KING. 4 . CHARLES, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre. On the Report of our Minister the Secretary of State for the War Department, we have or dered and do order us follows: " Art. 1. Our well-beloved grandson the Duke de Bordeaux is named Colonel-General of the Swiss guards. " 2. There are.to be attached to the person of the Colonel-General as Titular Aides-de-Camp, Major Generals Baron de Gady, Baron Vasserot do Vincy, Count Courten,nud Colonel Graffen vied de Blonay. ig 3. Honorary Aide-de-Camp, Forestier. " 4. The former Staff Major-General of the Swiss Guards is to-remain. " 5. Our Secretary •of State' for the War De partment is charged with the execution <of the present ordinance. "Given at our Chateau of -St. Cloud, the the 28th September, in the year of Grace 1824, and the first of our reign. " CHARLEs." The Duke of I3eja sets off to-rnerroAv with his suite for Vienna. The re-entry of all the classesdn•nll the Col leges of the Academy •of Paris is fixed for Mon flay, the 4th instant. The Royal Council of Public 'lnstruction has decided, that on occasion Of the accession of Charles X. a holiday shall ber granteti in the .first fortnight `of this month. (From the Journal des Debate of Saturday.) PAM., OCT. 2.—We have abstained, that we might not in terfere with present affliction and present joy, to raise any question on the Censorship, and to endeavour tv find out the mo tives for the error committed by the Ministry, which had recourse to a measure so contrary to public opinion and the French chit racier. Legitimate liberty is generous, because she is strong. But the imprudent partizans of The Alinisters have broken the - silence which the policy of their employers should have imposed on them ; they pretend to inform us' what were the important circumstances which occasioned the establishment of the Censor ship ; they point out the persons who, according to them; have procured the Ordinance to restore the liberty of the press. 7 ,.1n this proceeding there is a most disguSting indecency, and even anattack against the principles of legitimacy, and of eon stitutional liberty. 'The hnportunt circumstances now pointed out asweeasioaing • the establishment eif 'the Censorship ht.ethe of 'ecting event for. which all France is now in mourning. -Do not these writers perceive what anti-national, anti-royalist.sen timents they attribute to the Ministers, in supposing them to entertain such injurious .suspicions of the loyalty and delicacy of the French. They thought, it appears, there were French. men capable of profiting, by ainoment olgeneral consterna tion, to propagate revolutionary doctrines, and expose the prin. ciples of legitimacy to danger. They had so little confidence then in the intelligence of the nation, as to suppose it likely to be agitated by such miserable attempts. •!They were-wrong. The opinions of all parties would have cruebed witlruniversal ccntempt any journal which could have been so mhd and so pious as to disturb the 'last moments of the "Father of his Country: If the sickness othis'Majesty was The true reasolvof establishing the Censorship, the Ministers; •by provoking and promised scanditiouaofinro9gtiiiW, lr tti TiVi l i t l l l ; ) ,M Sovereign hold the language of faliehood. For this Ordinance gives as a motive " the jnrisprUdence willch has just been ad mitted by the Tribunals with regard to an existence, in right, and in fact, of the Journals:" 'We .know that this motive was only a•pretext, but it is for the - Ministers. openly to say, that they slipped into at 'Royal Ordinance , a• frivolous and unfounded allegation—an allegation which was, moretwer, useless, for with a good conscience and a sentiment of loyalty, they would have Said, " In consequence of important cir.. cumdances rnhich will be communicated in the two Chambers." To what does it serve now to substitute for a pretext—absurd and insulting to the Tribunals—another which is absurd and insulting to the whole nation ? On the lrith of August, -Mini sters wounded the honour of the Magistrates, and on'the3Oth of September they wounded the honour of all' France ; and all this to prevent the avowal of a truth known to all the would—' an avowal which escapes at every minute in spite , of them. Who is there, in fact, who does not know that the sole motive of the Ministers was the fear inspired by sonic articles in Itoyalist Journals, and their inability to reply t ()Them ? These are the important circumstances which they attempt to disguise in so many incoherent and contradictory ways. But this.finesse his attobject in view still more blameable. 'The partisans of Ministers dare to pretend that we ought ..to be thankful to the Administration - for having supported for two years the liberty of the press, and for restoring it to us, after suspending it six weeks. What unbecoming and unconstitutional language t An Administration supporting far two years the execution of that articleof the Charter which guarantees to the citisons the right of publishing their opinions, being responsible to the law ! An Administration which hark suspended this liberty, not for six weeks, but till the meeting of the Chambers, that is to say, for as long a space as possible (six or seven months), asks our praise for its goodness, because it has been obliged to give up the melancholy pleasure of speaking alone ! This , will deceive nobody. We have to thank the King. Full of a noble eon& • deuce, he measures the hearts of the French by his own heart, and he gives us a right which he knows we shall only employ for his service, and for the defence of his crown. We must return thanks to the King then, And it , is to him that we shall endeavour , to,prostit our respectful andlincere gratitude. The Ministers alone bane done the mischiefi , and the: King - alone has • • - done the good. • Though we were not perMittetl; during the-reign of the Can. ttorship, to print the muted the illttstrious author of Delo Mon:. asepsis scion la Chark, our readers are certainlynot ignorant , title two or three .days - after the publication of the Ordinance e,Au g ust, ill, M.' de Chateauhriand, always ready to de fend the public liberties, the immortal work of the departed Monarch; published a pamphlet, entitled 'De la Censure. This noble and generous work, in spite of the obstacles thrown in•ite way 4 the subalterns of a dministration, has sold 10,000 copies. To.morrow the Noble Peer publishes another . pernphlet, the tied Or which is De l'Abolition de la Censure, which will form a sequel to the other. %icy of inforWe take the opportu aling our re a d e r s , t h at i the last eight or ten slays, same English Journal's, Imre filled their cam and • I pa l i n tleularly 'The Courier, calumny diatribes orabsurd stories against hl. de Chateauhrian" slur pitver entitled ro pe Caurfer, indeed, .even pretends Roi est Mort r Rae lc. Kai honoured btthe most "Rue Itega l s sn oft tl e o t n id j esl ot re7ho'dy by Its proud Anti menacing tone , olyiri -- consorsilip m. 4l e iliT atau. .briand's Pamphlet on hsls most WOO' Mime?, because, under the Cen b eenle )Pth to in 4 not reply ft) hit? the Parisian Journals, for &sr I)l i f i l i s t nn a p Y n w rlT i tng the work that was attacked. Let us now hal field of t:tt e le more neble 1/ it is tO: be combated; It will be done on a .and, above all, more French. .BEttr.tk, 5err..23.-41IS Majesty has addressed the follow-. Yi ing Cabinet Order to the Regency o ' beignitz— " During my ..stay in Silesia, .I had so many motives for setisfactionAthatl cannotleave tide province without expressing my pleasure at the state of the country, on the progress of civilization, and on the good order every where remarked. I have, in particular, heard with pleasure of the zeal which the States, the Circles, and the Towns have shewn to improve the Landwelir, the ap. ' pearance of which gave me4reat satisfaction. I appretinte these sacrifices so much the more, because 1 am not ignorant that cir cumstances, which It is impossible to.remedy, subject the coun try to several embarrassments; but`in them 'I see a proof that the advantages of an Institution so important to the welfare of the State are fully felt. I charge the Regency to make these sentimenttknown-inits district,and to thank the inhabitants for the proofs of their attachment to my person.and family, which, they every where displayed. I express my satisfaction with the Regency itself, and with all parts of the Administration, for the favottrable.result of their activity. " FREDERICK WILLIAM. • " Breidau, Sept. 15, 1824." ( From the Courier Francais.) . " PARIS, OCT. 2.—The Abbe de la !Vienna's has returned from his journey beyond the Alps; and though lie has un doubtedly received some pleasure from it, he also suffered some tribulation. He was near enjoying, at the island of Capri, all the pleasures of arbitrary government, which he has so often praised in his journal. Not having a passport, he was taken for a Carbonaro in disguise, and the Commissary of Police would not set him at liberty - till he was ordered by the tiovern- . ment. It was necessary that a young French artist, whom thence brought acquainted with ill. de la Alennais, should take a boat and go over to Naples for an order to set the Abb.' at li berty, who, thanks to the zeal of his companion, was released after 24 hours' detention. They write horn Britsea,--of September 15, that a man of the name of Nicora, who was sentenced to two years imprison ment, for the involuntary homicide of a young girl, has escap ed from Corsica by means of a Sardinian passport. His escape makes a great noise, and those who should have prevented his embarkation are accused of negligence, because it is said they had received information of.what was to happen. By not tak ing precautions to prevent .the escape of condemned persons, people are exposed, in this Island, to hereditary hatreds. By interrupting the course-of justice the goverment exposes it. self to force the Corsicans to mur der one another, to satisfy a , point of honour, which is among them as sacred as duelling in France. ( From ailignanrs Messenger of Saturday.) PA Is, 2.—The manufactories of Alsace have for some time been remarkably active, on account of the demand for America, to which country the exports within two months have been very considerable. This demand has occasioned calicoes, and other cotton goods, to rise nearly 25 per cent. The workmen can scarcely manufacture articles in sufficient abundance to meet the demand. Mariam, SEPT. 22.—Althotigh twelve days have elapsed since the arrival of 31. &m in this capital, he has not yet been to his Majesty, to transmit to him the important communica. dons with which he is said to charged, in consequence of the conferences which have taken place at Paris between the French Government and the Ambassatiors,of the High Powers. This delay, upon an object of such high importance, assumes in vul gar eyes the appearance of an indifference, which would be al together inexplicable, if the administration in Spain was not completely different to what it is in every other country in Eu rope.. it is undoubtedly in consequence of these inconceivable delays that nothing has transpired 'relative to what has been done, or will be done, with respect to it new foreign loan. Ne vertheless, much is said upon this subject, and the following statement upon the negociationa that have taken place is much . more probable than any other. Upon arriving at Paris from London, M. Zea-Bermudez had conferences with Messrs. of Frankfort, Naples, and Paris, from which resulted a proposition on the part of those gentlemen to contract for a loan of 400,000,000 fr., of which one4ifth alone at the fixed rate of fifty-eight per cent. and four.fifths• to be negociated for the Government, payable in twenty.fourmonths, with an anticipa tion of 60,000,000 fr. between the present time and December 31. However, in making this verbal proposition, Messrs. de R.— begged of .51. Zea the time necessary to go to London, to con fer with their elder brother previous to.making the written pro position. But this elder brother of the four houses was against entering into any negociation with Spain. Messrs. d e R— returned to Paris. Having gone too far with 1.11. Zen to make an abrupt retreat, without presenting a proposition analogous to the first i they began by explaining that upon the 00,000,000 fr. offered in advance, they intentle that they should pay to France what Spain. was indebtett to her, namely : For payment of the account agreed on '34,000,000 fr. 'For the subsidy of '2,000,000 of francs per mouth for the support of the army up to Dec. 81 24,000,000 'Total . • .58,080',000 - What Spain, by her transaction; with England in 111:23, promised to pay as indemnities to , English subjects : 10;000,000 'Total - 68,000,000 fr. By this proposition the negociatlon was broken off. Ifut its M. Lea had stopped a long time at Paris for the nego. elation, and it was disagreeable to return to4ipaitr with such a disapp,intinent, conferences were renewed in the last moments of his stay, and M. Zea carried with him a note . from Messrs. upon chat could be done. The issue of su many fruitless attempts, it would seem, ought to produce a conviction that it is impossible to raise a l oan at a higher rate than,(ls per cent., of which :to in bonds of the loan of the Cortes, and 35 in money. The chances of o pp ortun i ty h ave also gone,by. The fever,•or mania, for lo ans , h as di m i n i s h e d. in England. The. losses suffered with Spain, and the loans of the New American States, have opened the eyes of bondholders. FRENCH FUNDS —P,lnts , Oct. 2.—Five per Cents. opened at 1011. 00c.; closed at 1011. 00e. ; Bank Stock,;. 1,940 ; }lento d'Espagne, 184 ; Royal Spani‘h Loan, 1112.3, 57 ; Exchange on London, one month, 251. 15c. ; three ditto, 25f.--(Cear i Authenague. G It E E C E. ( From Me Agent of Me Greek Committee.) NAPOLI DI ROMANIA, AUG. order to affiird time to the Executive and Legislative Bodies to make their arrangements, 1 have been absent for a few days at a very delightful spot within 8 or 9 miles of this, the garden of Tolone; anti on my return last night, the first news I heard were, that the fleet of Mahomet Ali reached Rhodes about a fortnight since. It is supposed that it merely stopped there to obtain water and refresh the troops, after which it will either steer towards Can dia mitre- Mom. vls already stated, the most vigorous pre parations are making throughout the confederaticra, and from all I see, it re a lly strikes the that this grand expedition will tend.rather to enrich than endanger the Greeks. It is besidei of infinite importance that they should be occupied, and from the success which has attended their last feats, I see no motive fur alarm as to the future. I told 11_, In my last letter to him sent through your. self, that there were above 10 vessels bearing the English flag in the. Egyptian fleet: the accounts on the subject are contra dictory,. sonic saying. there are no English vessels, while Co.; letti, -a member of the. Government, assures me there is Alia of more than 30, ,with the names of the Captains, in the hands of the Executive ! I have.asked for a copy, and hope to be able to send it. In consequence of the deplorable state of the Ipsariots, who have collected at Napoli di 111alvasia to the number of four thousand, of which three•Tourths arc women and children, I have determined to let them have IOU!. in -the name of the Greek Committee. I. am urging the establishment of a chart. tables' at the seat of Government ; but I will not rob the Greeks Of their due—the idea Originates with themselves. A subscription: tier the Ipsariots is:, also much talked of; and will no doubt take place ; yet these are the people who are constant ly abused, and designated as worse than the Turks. ZANTE, Alto. 24.—Lord Charles Murray died at Gastouni on the 11th inst.,.and.was buried there. Tim GREEK, MrECEWAS.—JOHN 'I 7 4II.VAKI, a rich Ipsariot, long estriblished . in Russia, is regarded by the Greeks as one of their most liberal frien ds, not, only on lie : count of the large sums he has given to several public esta blishments, but also on Account of the money he has supplied to contend far their independence. He was distinguished during the war between the Russians and Turks in Ind, and,: selling his patrimony at that • period, fitted out a privateer, and did a great deal of mischief to the Musselmans. At the peace' he retired very poor to St. Petersburgh, where he found protectors and patrons. He •was appointcd'intendant of Public Revenue at Astrucan. In this ernploymenthe grew rich without injuring the country which ,had received him. He hactliardly heard that the Greeks desired to improve them selves than to contributed large ',sums of money to establish schools. :-He improved the harbour of Ipsara at ,an expendi ture of '300,000 piastres. When Greece proclaimed her inde.:. pendence, he forgot his age add infirmities, and breathed only of the combats in which he desired to engage. Possessing 4 re, venue of mere than 1;000,000 piastres, -he has consecrated •it to', thd liberation of his countrymen. He is on the poin tof coming amongst them to end hislast-days with theni.—amyrneato CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY. Yesterday, a numerous meeting of the friends of this institution took place at the City of London Tavern, for.the purpose of confirming the appointment of a secretary, with a salary, and upon other business connected with the in teresteoof the Society—Virst. WILLIA3I9, Esq. M.P. in the Chair. _ Mr. Bo nwossi, one of the Directors, after some observa. lions upon the zeal and talents of the late honorary secretary, 31r. Richardson, proposed a resolution in favour of the ap , pointment of that gentleman with a salary of '2OOl. a year. Mr. COPELAND seconded the motion. Mr. GREGORY considered the proposition equally wicked and impolitic—wicked, inasmuch, as it was calculated to divert the money which had been raised for poor deserving objects to a very different purpose ; and impolitic, because it violated economy, which he considered the vital principle of charity.— , The appointment of a secretary with a salary stripped the So ciety at the power of placing 15 poor women upon the books of die Charity, and he trusted that those benevolent individuals Who surrounded him would give - its due weight to the objec tion, and unite' in the endeavour to put an end to all possibi lity of specillating upon the prosperity of institutions of this kind.—(Some applause and hissing.)—To Mr. Richardson, whose respectability and rank were well known, the sum of 2001. could be no object, while to those unfortunate persons who were waiting in anxiety for the bounty of the Society, it was matter °fermi' concern. The motion would, he trusted, be negatived,,when the meeting considered that the affirmative would turn away from the current of charity 400 annual subs scriptions.—(A mixture of applause and hissing.) Mr. WHEELER contended strenuously in favour of the ap pointment, which, he said, was deeply due to Mr. Richardson, and the refusal of which would be an act of the grossest injus tice to that gentleman, whose services had added so immensely to. its numbers and respectability. When first Mr. Richardson accepted the office of secretary, the difficulties he bad to con tend with were very great. The number of subscribers amount ed:to no more than 180, and they had found serious impedi ments to increase, but those impediments were removed by the intervention of Divine Providence, who directed them to a per son qualified in every respect to benefit the institution. Whe ther or not he hail fulfilled the expectations of those by whom he 'had been appointed, was well known to the public; but perhaps it was not equally well known that it was owing to hisixertions that the subscribers increased from 100 to 6,000 (loud applause); that he had not only devoted a great part of his oWneime, which was his stock in trade, to the interests of the Society, but actually bestowed the attention and labour of his clerks upon the duties of the office. He (Mr. Wheeler) was not personally acquainted with Mr. Richardson, hut he knew him to be entitled by the most undeniable claims to the situa tion of secretary with the salary. Mr. TITTERTONIR Director) stated that he had suggested to the board of Directors the propriety of rewarding the exer tions of Mr. 'Richardson, by whom the business of the Insti tution was transacted with incredible rapidity and correctness. In the space of half an hour 400 claimants, it was ascertained. had been paid in consequence of his admireble arrangements. (Applause.)—The other sex were pointed at by Mr. Gregory in rather an uncantlid manner. The exclusion of 15 women was selected as an argument against the appointment, and was certainly calculated to give an unfair hnportance to the pro posed measure. 'But the way to view the question was, to ask how much had been gained by Mr. Richardson's labours, and to place one sum against the other. How could the Society expect, that after a five years and a half's attention to it with. out recompense of any kind, a man could continue to labour upon the same terms P It might as well be expected that a man would be clerk in the Bank or in the East India-house gratis.—(Applause and laugher.) Mr. Cttoox said, that an advertisement had appeared in The Timer newspaper of the 29th of September, calling upon those persons who objected to the appointment of a Secretary o with a salary, to attend the meeting of the City of London Ge neral the advertisement, and asked whether It would not have been much more fair and honourable, to ad vertise for the members been Pension Society, on the 4 th of October. l ie then read not to come and object without hearing, but to conic and hear, and ascertain, whether they were hound to vote for or against the proposition.—(Applause.)—lle would beg leave to ask, whether it was not extremely unfair to put such an advertise ment as that he had read into a great public print. The object of it was palpable, anti he should wish to be in formed by the Gentleman who opposed the appointment, whe ther he was the person to whom the meeting were indebted for the advertisement. Mr. 'Crook concluded with observing, that it would be most unconscionable to call upon Mr. Richardson, after he had for so long a period served the Society gratuitous ly, to continue to do so, after the Institution had so extensively improved under his superintendence. Sir PET Eit LAURIE said, that if the Society had been set going by Mr. Richartition at the commencement, he should be diaposod to give it the epithet of a job; but the fact was, the former secretary was not capable of performing the duties, and the performance of the duties fell upon Sir. Richardson, who Y. l4 lll Z y sl i ot it il il tFv I tit wadr tn wished to be understood, that motion qualified fhothne l_ c i a t o l tn i ct t e i s f l o m s e e h manife s ted rli t el s: e s w ta t h i s t; i tt ye t , 'hw. girponits he (Sir Pew, thing like jobbing in it, he would not have thought of any thing but opposition. bore testimony to th e mer i ts o f M r . l t Richardson. Mr. STEPHENs was of opinion that it was not the most eco nomical plan to be converting honorary secretaries into salaried secretaries. An honorary secretary was considerably above a secretary ; he had a power which a salaried Secretary could not dream of wielding, and the question was, whether he would become the sort of person which a society could wish, upon being paid fin. his exertions, and whether that sort of controul could he exercised over him which it was nem eery for a society to maintain over its servant. He (Mr. Ste. phens) did not mean to oppose this proposition but he certainly thought that it was a p ract i ce wort h y of being discountenanced, to make a man an honorary secretary, and after a service of two oor three years, to let him creep into a salary and a sinecure.— , (A laugh anti applause.) —The town had already been informed of the practice in other instances, and certainly under different circumstances; and really he hoped that the thing would soon 'drop altogether. Ile confessed his prejudice towards the sort .of-conversion to which he had alluded ; and was of opinion that there was nothing like the honest old plan of advertising for a • secretary, for then there would be comparison of talent, and the .person elected would feel himself bound to attend to his duties. The eriontaton here inthrmed the meeting that Mr. Ri chardson' had dropped the title of honorary secretary at the last meeting. A Subscriber cried out, " Ts this sum of 2001. to be annually paid r' Mho CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative, and that it was to take its date from Midsummer, 1023, at which period the title was dropped, and the appointment determined to be sub mitted to the great body of subscribers. Mr. Ourotime rose to reply. Ile admitted the respectability of Mr. Richardson.; and, in answer to the question whether that gentleman had not merited something front the Society, would say he certainly did. In fact, Sir. Richardson had already received something substantial in his consciousness of having done so much service disinterestedly, and in the nume rous votes of thanks which he bad received from crowded assem blies, for his gratuitous labours. With respect to the epithet " honorary," lie should just make one observation. Ile feared that sonic circumstances combined to make a new reading ne cessary, and that for the word " honorary," ought t.) be substi tuted that of" mercenary."—(l4outi disapprobation and some laughter.) The CliAtitmAN was obliged to call the meeting to order, and Mr. Gregory declared that he did not mean to apply the effensive word to •Mr. ltichardeon. He certainly thought, after all that had been said of " h onorary secretaries" lately, and their determined object at s t art i ng , t h ose w ho ever intended to make money by serving the poor, ought to drop the distinguish ing title. Mr. EVAN s was decidedly of opinion that the resolution en tered into at a fortner meeting, and now brought forward for confirmation, should be rescinded, upon the ground that the sum of 2001. would beeibliged to be withdrawn from 15 poor women, and because the subscriptions of 333 subscribers would be swallowed up by such appropriation of the funds. Ile was convinced that if the salary in question were voted to the Secre. tary, the Soci e ty would sustain fatal injury in the defection of the great mass of f the subscribers. Ile for one would with draw from it, as he could not permit so unwarrantable an app. propriation o f hi s money. He trusted that his example would be followed by many others, convinced as he was that this was the best way to dispose of " honorary" secretaryships. The female subscribers, in particular, he looked to for approbation of his amendment, which he then moved to the effect of refus. ' ingthe salary. A Oentleman said, on the part of some ladies who were present, that the original mot, (Applause.) had . their 'full support.— The question on the amendment was then put, and four hands were held up. The original motion was then carried by acclamation. A ballot .waaimmediately called for:loudly by the opponents to the motion for the appointment, and Mr. T. Wu sow, M.P., rose .to rdeprecate the attempt:to sow dissension in, anti occasion expence to, the Society, by the proposition to proceed to -a .ballot. lie represented also the total absurdity of doing NO, the numbers being, he said, -so disproportionate as-to:leave not the slightest doubt of the deter. minauon of the majority. The CHAIR 31.4 w, in reference to the laws of the Society, de. dared that the ballot (if any were determined upon) must take place upin the spot, and the votes were to be calculated from the number of votes to which each individual was entitled by the amount of his subscription. Now there was one gentle man in his eye who would support the original motion, whose vote would outnumber those of all who opposed it. This inforhiation concluded the business. The salary is de clared settled, and the Chairman having expressed his satisfac tion the Meeting proceeded to the other affairs. This Meeting most strongly proved that there is a feeling against the formation of societies fur the benefit of the officers now on the spread in the city. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. MARSH AND CO. Yesterday evening, pursuant to notice, the Commissioners sat at the Bankrupt Court, to receive proofs of debt from the different creditors. Long before the hour appointed for the sitting the room was filled by the creditors. — They consisted of ladies (widows) anti tradesmen, principally, with some of the more pretending order in society. Through out the features of all there appeared an intense anxiety, which was not a little aggravated by the total want of punctuality on the part of the Commissioners. Before the Commissioners made their appearance the clerks were employed in filling up the depositions of the different creditors, who had not already fulfilled that ceremony at the office of the Solicitor to the Commission. At half-past five o'clock the Com missioners took their seats, and as soon as their approach was announced there was a general rush to the table. Five Commissioners were employed simultaneously in administering the oaths to the creditors. The debts proved on this occasion were princinally of an amount between 000/. and 1,2001. There were several debts between 1001. and 2001. The confusion which prevailed after the business began, beggars all description. The ladies, of course, expected to be waited on first; but they had to contend against some sturdy competitors for priority : some had their horses at the door, some again looked at their watches, and watched with agitation the progress of the hour to the moment when some suburban coach was about to start. Occa sionally there was a cautious, agitated old gentleman, seen pacing the unfrequented part of the room, moralizing on the un substantial nature of human prosperity. On the whole, though nothing official transpired, there appeared to be a general per suasion amongst the creditors that things were not so favourable as they were at first led to believe. This opinion was not a little confirmed by the deportment of one of the Commissioners (of ce lebrated philanthropy), who, whenever a creditor presented hint self to swear to his deposition, took occasion to commisserate with him—" Ah, you here ! lam sorry to see you, indeed." The debts were almost all of a nature to require no examination on the part of the Commissioners. 'We must except, however, three or four instances, where creditors attempted to mix up the debts contracted by Mr. Fauntleroy with their claims on the firm. These attempts were resisted, of course, on the part of the Commissioners. One individuld complained loudly of the injustice done him by the refusal of tne Commissioners to admit the proof of a considerable sum for an equipage of a very costly description. Ile represented, that the articles which he provided were such as the partner of a banking house, of the extensive nature to which Mr. F. belonged, ought to possess ; and, in short, that they were necessaries, an d ought to be charged to the partnership account, as much as the sta tionery used in the Bank, or the House itself. However, upon this point the Commissioners were inflexible, and the indig nant creditor was told he had no other resource but to levy his demand on the personal estate of Mr. Fauntleroy.—( /kruld ) COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS' HALL. (Tins Dar.) EX-PARTS-STACEY, AIARBIS, ANII GILAHAM. The Commissioners held their second meeting this day. The choice of Assignees was the first business of the day, when Messrs. Hare, Holland, and Lewis, were proposed. To these, the names of Messrs. Bushnell and Hutchons were proposed to be added. After considerable discussion it was resolved that the creditors should decide whether there should be three or five assignees, and as they proved their debts they signed one of the lists, the one being for five, and the other three. So equal were the votes, at the time our Paper went to press, that it was sup posed the creditors would be specially called together. THE ARMY. The tat division of the 65th Regiment of Foot, arrived on the 20th ult. at Donaghadcc from Portpatriek. (COPY.)-OAIMISON ORDERS. Deuonport, Jane 9, 1824. Since the 2d Battalion 3d Guards are under orders to leave the Western District, Major-General Sir John Cameron feels himself called upon to express his unqualified approval of the interior economy, discipline, appearance, and conduct, of this Battalion. The Commanding Officer, Colonel Cochrane, has, through out the Major-General's appointment to the District, evinced the most indefatigable zeal and energy in the discharge of his responsible duties, whilst the proficiency made by tha Bat fa/ht., neiv •innveir, e nts. maps , Bic tliii,v,duantage of heavy garrison duties, conspicuously proves the Colonel's ability. The Commanding Officer has been ably supported anti as sisted by the Field Officers and Battalion Captains. The Major-General has remarked with extreme satisfaction the constant and devoted application of the Adjutant, the lion. Captain Stopford, to the drill, correct deportment, and welfare of the soldiers. Tite steady system, indeed, pursued by the staff of this Battalion appears as efficient as exemplary. The Subaltern Officers have been necessarily disposed on guard, in proportion to the effective strength of the rank and tile, since by usage to his Majesty's household troops are re stricted to the immediate charge of their own Officers. This arrangement has born heavily upon them, most part!. cularly the Ensigns—the Major-General has, however, very sin cere pleasure in testifying that the comparative weight of duty has been cheerfully taken for a period of' two years, anti unex. ceptionably executed. The Non-Commissioned Officers are highly meritorious, they have preserved a vigilant and zealous course. The Privates having conducted themselves as formed soldiers on parade, and with decorum in quarters. Sir John Cameron having thus every cause to respect and admire, must part with the 2d Battalion 3d Guards with sincere regret; the 3lajor-General requests Colonel Cochrane will ac. cept and communicate to the p ffi cers, Non-Commissioned Offi. errs, and private soldiers, his thanks for their exemplary car riage, and hest wishes tor their prosperity and happiness. On Thursday last, two transport ships, the Grenada and the Henry, sailed from Woolwich with 160 female tonvicts on board for Sydney and Van Dieman's land. The de lay in sending away female convicts has been for some time !matter of complaint, and we understand that a representation is • to be immediately made by the Magistracy of some of the adja cent counties to the Secretary for the Home Department, of the vast inconvenience arising from the long detention of female con victs in the several prisons after sentence of transportatation has been passed upon them. Within the space of two years there have been no more than three transmissions of the women to the usual place of destination, and the prisons throughout the coun try h a ve been so crowded on account of this arrangement, or. rather this want of arrangement, as to prevent the possibi• lity of classification—an expedient in prison diacipline recom mended as the most effectual means of improving the habits of the persons confined. Most of those f ema l es wlio went off in the last batch, as it is called, have been in confinement eleven or twelve months, to the serious ex pence of the several coun. flea in which they had b ee n committed, and the irreparable ' injury of the less guilty, who have been compelled to asso ciate with them,; and this delay is permitted to take place when the necessity for female servants is so pressing in New South Wales, that letters from thence state, that the me. ment a female transport ship arrives, the beach is crowded with settlers, who at once take into their employment what. I ever women are not irrecoverably abandoned. It is known, too, that -matrimony quickly follows transportation,. and then Government resig n s it s c o n tro u l o ver t h e m. By the last Newgate Callender, it is to be seen that nearly 60 women left that prison on the occasion alluded to, and that the Recorder's report is not now, as it used to be, delayed until the most daring criminal expected mercy, but, on the contrary, is made with the moat punctual And humane regularity. Within the last three or four sessions, the report has been received without any mare delay than was necessary for an investigation into the cases of the condemned. 'rhe cause of all former delays in the present reign, assigned by -the Secretary himself, is such as to reflect great honour on the Sovereign. His abhorrence of signing death-warrants is so stront that be trembles at the name of the Recorder, and of course . he wishes to receive as few visits as possible from an officer with so awful a character— ( Times.) IMPORTATION OF -GREEN MARBLE /ROM IRE LAND.---A quantity of beautiful Green Marble has been just imported from Ireland, where it was discovered itiew months sinceon the estate of .JoIrN D'Ancr, Esq. of Clifden Castle, in the county of Galway. It is admitted by the scientific num of this country to surpass the " Verd Antico" in shade and colour, and to bear a comparison with any other marble in its being easily worked, and its capability of receivingahe finefit polish.; and will, if converted into chimney-pieces, tables, stands, or columns, be found to constitute one of the principal ornaments .to an elegantly furnished .apartment, and must at. tract the , admiration of the,tasteful and affluent. The only quarry of green marble ever found in this country was in Wales, but it was not convertible to any purpose ; Egypt and Ireland, therefore, are our only resource. WEST INDIA DOCKS. STOCK ACCOUNT for the Week ending Saturday, the 21 of October, 11124. Delivered. Stock on Hand. liome Con sumption. 3,088 287 148 Exports tion. Articles. - filids West India iTrs ills Brazil • Chests liavanah Boxes East India & I. Bews Mauritius . Casks I'ns lids Pns Hds Pits lids Casks Molasses - Rum - Brandy • Holland. . Anack . Wine . Pipes tits Trs Ills Coffee Cocoa Pimento • Ginger Pepper . Cotton Aloes Arrow Root Balsam . Bark Cassia Fistula . Cloves Cochineal . • Elephants' Teeth Gum . • Hemp II idea Horns Indigo Ip ecacu itnh a - Jalap - • {Whale - oil Castor . Coco Nut Palm . Pearl Shell . Pine Apple . Rice and Paddy Sago . . Sarsaparilla . Tallow . . Tortoise Shell • Turtle Mahogany Bags Casks Bags Casks Bags Casks Bags Casks 1 Bags f Bales I. Bags Gourd, J Casks I. Boxes 5 Boxes 1 Jars Cteaskns ro.„ Bdls Bags Casks 1 ('asks A Bags f Bags I. Serons No. I Casks - 1. Boxes Tons No. No. Serons 1 Casks Bags Bales Galls Casks Casks Casks Casks j Serons Casks J Casks A Bags Boxes Bales Casks f Boxes A Bales Casks WOOD. ',op Pieces Plks &Bds .1 14'8, Plks African Timber 1 I;°egcses Cedar s Santa Maria 1 1 Pieces ___ Ebony Tons • Lig. Vita - Tons Box Wood Tons Log Wood Tons Fustic . Toni Nicaragua Wood Tons Cam Wood Tons Tons Tons Bar Wood Brazilletto Saunders Wood Pieces Lancewood Spars No. Staves - - No. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS ONE O•C tities ........ t Rank Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons . 95 4 ii 34 per Cent Dissd. shut 4 per Cent. { Assd. shut New... 103114 Bank Long Ann. shut Imp. 3 per Cents India Stock DAY AT Old Anna New Ditto ........... P.N. Bills 1000/. 2d... Ditto ............ 1 Ditto ...... 500/. 2d... Ditto ............ Ditto Small 2 d. Ditto ............ Ditto Commercial Bank for Act.... India for Acct. ....... Cons. for Account ..... Ditto Bonds B7s. 863. South Sea Stock ,OCii• r • - - . ...... 415 .. .. .. . 46 "17 411 40 h° 40 5 ° ' 4O 0...... 9511 °. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, AT ONE o'o ' Austrian Ilds, 6 per ct 'l7i Portuguese Bonds ***** - "" Brazilian — ___---SCTip ............ Ali Buenos Ayres Chnian, lids, 8 per ct. ct•••• ' Colombian Bds 6 , per ct 7Bi Bussian, New, 5 per ~A 1 21 ----Scrip — Prussian, Spanish 1821, 6per t.'" 1 Danish, 6 percent. Greek Scrip — Alliance Shares ............ .... Mexican lids ...50,ij tiO 59ii Palladium ................ ..... Scrip •— Equitable Loan ............. ..... Neapolitan, 5 per cent. Peruvian onds • 68i French Itentes ............ , 13k - Scrip — 5 per ct. ... „„„„. OCO' Scrip puo4 0 1 FOREIGN MAIIA. ARRIVED• 1 Guernsey and Jersey iottenburgli France America 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRUME TO--- -- a f t er Morning. 31 ininuteA after 0.1 Evening', 53;nrinut snßfi THE SUN. SOLEM QUIN DIOERE FALSUJI AVE' LaNDON . 44 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 51 1"--. - There was not -s this 11 :t r i l " ; new in the city ing, nor any arrivals up to a late hour (r° Iru 0 Americas, nor do we hear of any exPress Paris. It. eems of PORTUGAL may cent appointment of an Ambassador to the 1 011; already to be surmised, that the !` those which at present exist between this coantry to be and the Court of Lisbon. We have reason ~, have, however, that this appointment is nier'viJe PORTUGAL feels that be is bound by to confi rm those amicable sentiments which hoof So long connected the two Courts. The . Ki n g to lead to other relations then maintain the most friendly ties with this coo llt , Y ; forits kind ai owces, particularly on some rec!,it3 occasions; but IA would be vain indeed in 0 gratitader 941 3,0 38 7, 61/ :4,05 550 1,104 120 529 904 120 '204 ' ' ` 37 1,290 44i 834 291 I,usi 1 1,2 93 240 18 1621 8,84 4,0 14 82 0 26 130 610 1,20 6 6 3,41, 11,04 SI 2,0 1,82 4 1 01 411 6 ,643 617 17 1 1 1 tt