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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Feb. 18. [THE TIMES.] We last night received the Paris Papers of 'Sunday. The most interesting article of intelli gence which they contain, refers to the news from Madrid which we yesterday communicated. It will be seen that a paragraph in the official part of the Moniteur confirms our statement. It would have been well for the credit and good sense of Ferdinand, if instead of haling his de cree conveyed by telegraph to Paris, he had evinced a little more expedition in issuing it. It is now only a symptom of weakness, and a sign of a too late and useless repentance. Ile might as ' well declare free the trade with Gibraltar as with South America. In a letter from Corfu, we are informed that a representation had been made by the Euro;tean Consuls resident at Smyrna, to the authorities of the Isle of Ipsara, requesting them to give orders to their fleet to abstain from attacking the city of Smyrna, or any part of the coast along the Bay. These representations are said to be sisigned by the Consular Agents of Eng land, France, Austria, and the Netherlands. The Greek islanders are requested to announce their intentions on this subject by a proclamation ad dressed to the officers of the Greek marine, and likewise to the corsairs. The object is to save the European Christians yvho are established on this part of the shores of Asia Minor : and the precedents quoted are that of the Russians when at war with the Turks in 1773, and the conduct of Adm. Duckworth during the last war with the Porte. To this invitation the Senate of Ipsara that though willing to do every thing which might protect the commerce of Europeans, and prevent the dangers which threaten their persons from a state of hostilities, yet that the duty which they owe to their pm:try will not permit them to refrain from exercising the rights of war against their enemies (the Turks), or pursuing them along all the coasts of their do ' mination. They add, that the precedents of the English and the Russians in their wars with Turkey do not apply to those whom the Sultan cla;ms as subjects, and who carry on a national resstance to it ; that they will respect the Euro pean natne,and will make no attack except where they perceive the Turkish flag ; and that there only one way of escaping their vengeance — by agreeing to pay them tribute. This is slipping at once into the place of the Sultan, whose yoke they have thrown off, and whose tyranny they have for three years successfully resisted. [MORNING HERALD.] There is something at once melancholy and lu dicrous in situation of King Ferdinand and the party at the head of the affairs of Spain. Pecu niary distress is not the only difficulty under which the King and the Government labour.— There is among those, who would. serve him, or' whom he would venture to trust, a laughable po verty of intellect and education. The Spanish Royal Guard is to consist of 10,000 men ; and this number of human creatures has been, one way or another, collected into the semblance of a. military body• But of these a certain propor tion must be officers; and lo! and behold ! upon examining the qualifications of those who were to receive commissions, it was found that only about - half a hundred could read and write ! It is easy to judge from this what class of population it is that composed the armies of the Faith, and what the Constitutional. It proves that all the industry, intellect, and education of the country are of the latter party. Is it possible that a Go vernment with no foundation but the poor and ig norant can stand ? It is the enlightened intel lectual minority that moves and governs the great inert mass of a people, and ultimately makes the destiny of a nation--" mens agitaL molem." Such must he case in Spain, if the Sovereign pursues his present infatuated career. His want of money, and officers capable of reading and writing, is not his only distress. The French have, it seems, so teased him at Madrid, that he has resolved to shut himself up in the Palace of the Escurial. The French, at the same time, threaten to leave him, to the holy keeping of the Inquisition and the men of the Faith, and betake themselves beyond the Ebro ; which, however, can hardly be their intention. Among the rumours confidently circulated, was one that a fanatical conspiracy was formed in order to dethrone Ferdinand, and place his brother Carlos on the Throne. The latter is re presented as possessing more character than his brother. He is a bigotted devotee—not Without intellect, and rather conversant with public affairs. The party which sighs for the re-establishment of the Inquisition is naturally anxious for such a Sovereign on the throne. It was for an allusion to this supposed conspiracy that the Madrid Paper called the Restaurador was suppressed• The Spanish Government, it appears, struggled violently against giving an acknowledgment of debt to the French. This reluctance might seem rather unaccountable. — The Sovereign of Spain is wholly destitute of credit and money—and his note of hand need not embarrass him, as he could neither be ar rested nor proceeded against like any other man. But the French have securities in their hands— Bkrcelona and Cadiz, for instance—upon which they may close at a convenient opportunity, and under a convenient pretext. This event Ferdi nand cannot contemplate without uneasiness and shame. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] We rejoice to see that the subject of the Game Laws has at length been taken up by an influen tial Ministerial Member, who introduced it to the House last night in a very sensible, and, we think, unanswerable speech.—Mr. S. Wortley obtained leave to bring in a Bill, the principle of which went to bring Game as near to pro perty as the nature of it would allow, to place the law respecting qualifications as nearly as pos sible on the footing of that of Scotland, to. give proprietors possessed of a certain quantity of land,the right to appoint as many gamekeepers to 'kill the game as they pleased, to modify the law against poachers, &c. We should hope, with Mr. Wortley, if such a law were passed, " it would, ere long, become as disreputable to steal game as to steal wood or turnips." We believe it is at this day considered disreputable to catch salmon in rivers belonging to individuals, and game would by this law he a species of property precisely similar to that of fresh water fish. No law can add to the quantity of game consumed, for it is at present easily obtained by all those to whom it is an object at a reasonable price. -H " Poachers," as Mr. Wortley observed, 46 were daily and hourly increasing, and in spite of their heaping law on law and severity on severity." ---.We are glad to hear a country gentleman declare that no subject could be " more im portant to the comfort, to the morals, and to the well-being of the people of this country," than that of the Game Laws. Surely the comfort, the morals, and the well-being of the peasantry of a country, are an object worthy of attention. A spirited pamphlet, just published by Mr. Ridg way on this subject, concludes with this passage— " That poaching is the grand school of housebreakers and highwaymen, and that its practices are the rudiments of every kind of robbfry, scepticism itself can hardly doubt. Convinced, then, as I aih, that the present system is productive of hostility between the rich and the poor, which hostility is greatly aug mented by the part which society is driven to espouse; that no moral turpitude will be attached to poaching as long as we debar others from the enjoyment of a luxury which . , . wealth always will and always ought to procure; and that it i s highly desirable to give it the character of stealing, which it does not now seem to possess, I cannot but be of opinion, that the considering game property, and legalising the sale, will produce the desired effect ; and that at all events it is our duty, for the sake of the moral happiness and welfare of society, at least to make the experiment, unawed by the direful prognostications, and the fearful fancies of an infatuated Squirearchy." NEW TiMES] • The stimulus given to the Money Market on Monday seems to have operated with a very di- 1 minished effect yesterday. Business flagged both in the British and Foreign funds, and the transactions were very limited in point of extent. Consols in the morning rather declined in price from the quotation of the day preceding ; they had at one moment fallen to 914, but recover ed before the close of the day to 414. Most of the Foreign Securities, too, were unable to sustain Monday's prices. The French Rentes and Scrip were an exception to this remark; the Rentes remaining firm at 991, and the Scrip at a premium of 11. The favourite rumours respect ing Spain and South America not having been fully confirmed, it was natural to expect that the securities of those countries should somewhat de cline in price ; and so in fact they did. Colom bian Bonds from 73+ to 72 ; Chilean from 84 to 83 ; Mexican Scrip from 94 premium to 84 ; and Spanish Bonds of 1821 from 25.1 to 258. [MORNING- POST.] The claims upon the Treasury for a remission of taxes are becoming so numerous, and put for ward with so much confidence, that we feel it in cumbent on us to warn those suitors of the im possibility of all their wishes being gratified at present. However desirable the relief of parti cular classes may be, or however expedient with a view to the advantage of the country, the abandonment of certain taxes affecting the neces saries and comforts of the people, the State is not in a situation now to do every thing which might be desirable, either for a part of the community or for the empire at large. It should be recollect ed that only three or four years ago our finances were extremely languid, the utmost amount of the revenue being scarcely sufficient to cover the total expenditure of the nation. Since that time a most important and fundamental interest, the agricultural classes, laboured under severe de pression; and in order to resuscitate their pro sperity, it was considered advisable by Govern ment to curtail the expences of administering our affairs, and grant a correspondent relief to the public in the remission of taxation. What has been the result ? That in addition to the vast sum of fourteen millions per annum re mitted as Property Tax immediately after the war, a further remission of a least half that amount has taken pace within the last two or three years ! We would also impress on the public, that owing to the consistent pertinacity of Ministers to our established character for na tional credit, these great sacrifices base been made, in the first instance, without allowing the idea of an encroachment on public faith to be entertained, and subsequently, while our securities have been rapidly and steadily advancing. But because a great deal has been granted, too much should not be exacted. At this moment it can not in reality be said that a remission of taxes would be a relief to any portion of society, for no class is distressed. Individuals might expe rience some saving, perhaps, in their expenditure, if the duties oe certain articles were lowered ; but who will say that his consumption of neces saries or comforts is sensibly or essentially af fected by the taxes to which they are not liable ? We therefore contend that as the provident mea sures of Ministers have enabled his Majesty to hold forth expectations of an extension of the re mission of taxes, too extravagant notions should not be indulged of that boon, nor should it be supposed possible, as some persons seem to imagine, that it is only necessary to demand the repeal of duties, and they will be relinquished.We put it to the common sense and common honesty of our readers, if the realizing of such hopes would not be preposterous in the existing situation of our affairs ? So far as taxes can be remitted with out touching on public credit, or enfeebling the management of public business, we shall be among the warmest advocates of economy ; but when we recollect that enormous reductions both of expenditure and income have already been made, and that nothing more can reasonably be contemplated now than a relinquishment of du ties equivalent to the amount of our increasing surplus revenue, we feel bound to warn the Pub lic against countenancing those visionary schemes in which our superficial politicians are wont to indulge. [BRITI.;11 PRESS.] An interesting and satisfactory document from the Treasury has been laid before the House of Commons this Session, and printed by its order. It contains an account of the nett income of this country and of Irehind, for the year ending the sth of January, 1824; with an account of the COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Febriiary 17. Amstee dam ........................... 12 2 C. F. Ditto, at Sight .. II 19 Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburgli Altoua , Parib, 3 Day's eight Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto 8er1in............................ 7 10 Frank fort on the M n Petal 'burgh ............................. 9 Vienni ------ Trieste ................ ILI 10 .. &lad n*l ............ 361 Effemive Cadiz Bilboa ilercelotia Avvilic .......... )33 Effective si Effective 3S 33i GlibraltAt ............. s~ Le;lioin ................................. Gei,t•a „ .....):3:1-Venice, Ital. Liv. 47 0 Nlalta 45 -*Napl es Jae Palermo Lisbon .............. Ali Opiii to ......... 4li ItioJaneii o .......................... 49 Bahia • ........................ • al .... 9% ........ (21 " t pe: Ceut. BULLION. Portugal Galit,iti Coin 1.0 0 0 pet 01, Foreign (40111, in 1;:ti 4 3 17 6 Nnw Dolit);egirls ........ .... 3 14 0 Ngw D011ar5...... gilver in Bars. Standard 0 4 111 The spirit of enterprise created in this coun try by the late establishment of so many public and national . Companies, in the several branches of Insurance, Gas, Coal, and :Mining, promises the most beneficial stimuli to its future prosperity, and at no very distant day. The di vision of the proprietorships into so many shares, brings them within the compass, and ensures the employment of mo denite capitals ; at the same time that capital to a great extent may be engaged, from the nnmber and variety of these establishments. All shares in these institutions are already at a premium, and in some at very considerable rates. It had been by the formation of such establishments that England was enabled to become the great country she is at present, and to carry on those stupendous undertakings in the way of trade, navigation, manufactures, &c., which leave all the other countries of Eu rope far behind. When some of these Companies are put into activity, it will also have the effect of bringing our long-ne glected canals into more general use, and of. course raising the value of their respective shares. Viewing all these undertakings in the most favourable light, and regarding them as the means of giving full circulation to the dormant capital of the country and finding employment for a vast proportion of our peasantry, we cannot but regard them as likely to conduce to most beneficial effects on its future peace and prosperity. What. ever the Government can do consistently, to advance those ge neral interests, we have no doubt it will be spontaneously and satisfactorily bestowed. It is the very essence of the wishes of the paternal Monarch who reigns over us, to forward the improvement of the country by these means. It is assist ing at undertakings like these that true patriotism con sists, and not in spouting on imaginary wrongs, and setting . ons.portion of the people in hostile array against the other—en couraging hatred and fomenting divisions. We trust the ma nagement of these concerns may be entrusted to cautious and prudential heads and hands, for this alone will ensure to them what we ardently wish—complete success.—( Dublin Corres pondent, Feb. 12.) An Inquest was held at Gosport on Thursday last, before Mr. LONGCItOFT, on view of the body of Sarah, the wife of Henry Googe, who, in a fit of temporary mental derangement, occasioned, as it was supposed, by the recent accidental loss of sight, destroyed herself by plunging her head and shoulders into a half hogshead nearly full of rain water. Verdict—" That the deceased, bp* deranged, drowned herself." MR. 0 tVEN. .___..~,q:~t,,w REPLY to the REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of COMMONS, on the EMPLOYMENT of the POOR in IRELAND. (Concluded.) It is the late scieotifi, improvements which have now so altered all the old relations of society, as to con found and render unavailing the speculations of modern legis lators and political economists. it is a new power brought into daily action, too mighty in its immediate effects and ultimate consequences to be comprehended by the limited mind, which the present education of the world generally forms in those who have hitherto directed public opinion. And it is becoming too powerful by its hourly increase to permit the imbecility thus created much longer to derange the intellects and active opera tions of mankind. Can any men have a chance of legislating with success who are ignorant that a new power is in continual activity in Great Britain alone, which at this day executes more labour than could have been performed by twice the whole manual popu lation of the world, as that power existed only fifty years ago ? Can there be any hope that legislators should be successful in securing the happiness of any portion of their fellow-crea tures, who are ignorant that this new power is but in its in fancy ? That nothing can retard it ? That it is the interest of every human being to accelerate its progress, as soon as ever it shall receive a right direction ? That its progress may yet be increased many hundred fold ? Can any men have a chance of recommending proper practi cal measures for the relief of any country, the acknowledged misfortune of which is a want of employment for its starving population, who have discovered that abundance can be easily created with a very small portion of manual labour, and yet know not how to allow those that are in want to provide for themselves, although the world and every portion of it may be made to support an indefinite increase to its popu lation ? Here, Gentlemen, is the stumbling block in the way of all the political economists and legislators in the world ; and for give me, as I mean no disrespect to any of you, for saying, it is the stumbling block which has prevented your seeing either the cause of or the remedy for, the sufferings of the Irish pea sant, who, at this moment, is the scape goat of the new mecha nical system of Great Britain. You cannot any longer shrink from this question. All Ire land declares, by your minutes of evidence, that her peasantry want employment ; and employment they must have, if their condition is to be ameliorated. But this einploynient is not to be obtained under the present practices of society, unless you mean to destroy the agricul. tural and manufacturing prosperity of Great Britain, and of all other countries. You are hemmed in on every side, and some thing must be done ; the subject cannot any longer be set aside. It will force itself on the public mind, and it becomes necessary you should meet it openly and fairly, and do justice to your constituents. Let the starving inhabitants of Ireland know that you have at length discovered the real cause of their miseries, and that you are determined to pursue the subject, until the unemployed Irish peasant shall no longer have any just cause of complaint. The concluding sentence of your Report is of inestimable value. Let me intreat you to keep it in mind, and to reiterate it again and again in your places in Parliament. It ought in deed to be written in the most legible characters, arid placed over the Speaker's chair, as a daily memento to the whole house, until the unnecessary sufferings of the wretched peasantry of Ireland shall no longer disgrace the British Government. You say you " cannot conclude without again expressing your opinion that the employment of the people of Ireland, and the improvement of their moral condition, are essentially necessary to the peace and tranquillity of that island, as well as to the general interests of the United Kingdom." Here we are most fully agreed, that constant employment, under circumstances that will improve their moral condition, is that which is required for the poor of Ireland ; and the only question between us is, How can this be accomplished in the best manner ? It is not to be expected that Gentlemen in your situation can have an e xperienced knowledge of the practice requisite to effect this ' • and therefore your report contains many suggestions which cann ot be carried into execution, or, if attempted, would not produce the results which are required. To devise, under the present British scientific manufactur ing system, the means of giving permanent employment, and of improving the moral condition of millions of labourers, is not a task which can be hastily performed, nor can it be at tempted with any prospect of success, except by those who have long studied the subject, who have had much experience among the working classes, and who have in pructice encoun tered the difficulties of finding employment for them, and of improving their morals. Upon such experience, then, I recommend practical mea suree to you. You reject them, because they tend to equality among the working classes. I reply that the condition of the Irish peasant cannot be improved otherwise than by measures that shall bring him ::nearer in comforts and in knowledge to the upper ranks in society, and that it is vain and useless to at tempt to ameliorate his condition, without adopting measures that will tend to raise him in the general scale of society. But it may be said that I have devised the means of improv ing the condition of the working classes more than is necessary, and that some intermediate stage between their present state and the situation on which I propose to place them, will be better, both on their own account and on that of the upper classes. en reply to this objection, permit me to say that the late rapid progress in scientific inventions and discoveries has ren dered such intermediate stage of improvement fbr the working classes both impracticable and unnecessary. I may add, that the full benefits which I propose to give them will be obtained in a shorter time, and with much more of any yone of the measures which e y c o o u n o m have y, suggested results i ae your Report. The o The fact is, that while so much labour is advantageously and now necessarily executed by machinery, which was so lately performed by the hand, permanent beneficial employment can be given to all the working classes only by a change of system corresponding in magnitude to the change which has thus - been produced throughout all the relations of society. A complete c h a nge of ertem" becomes absolutely necessary to enable so ciety to derive unmixed benefit from the natural progress of the arts and sciences, which are of real value only in as far as they tend to improve the condition and increase the happiness of mankind. Temporary expedients may be tried again and again ; but it :will be speedily found that they will all a s heretofore, lead : only to disappointment. The new manufacturing scientific system, now fully and fairly established in this empire, and in the United States, and which can never again be repressed, will involve the people of these countries and others, by the periodi cal excess of their productions over any beneficial demand for them, in difficulties which will progressively increase until the world shall be compelled to make a proper and advantageous use of the wonderful productive powers which Providence has thus placed under our direction. Forgive me if I say, that until your minds are elevated to this enlarged view of the subject; any practical measures which you may recommend for the permanent relief of Ireland must be unavailing. The whole of Ireland, aided by the united wisdom of the British Legislature, is utterly incompetent, under the present system, even to suggest one practicable measure likely to effect the desired improvement in the general character and condition of the working classes in that island. • Those who really understand any thing of this important and interesting subject are now convinced that this can be effected only by the aid of funds from the Government, which shall assist the local efforts of the landlord and tenant to carry into execution well-devised measures permanently to employ the peasant, and improve his physical and moral condition. It is in vain to look for relief from any other source ; and al though some of the most acute and able of the economists of the modern school formed part of your Conunhtee, yet the evidence of stern and unbending facts was too strong for theories in direct opposition to them ; and you wisely, near the conclusion of your Report, admit, " Your Com mittee are aware, that according to many of the received prin ciples of political science, all artificial encouragements to industry and production are difficult to . be defended, and they are likewise disposed to admit the danger of public interference 'in Ireland as tending to make the people of that country look to Government and to the Legislature for relief, rather than to their own industry and their own exertions. But in the present state of part of that country, it may perhaps be questioned, whether any increased application of capital is likely to take place, so as to give more active employment to the people, until peace and tranquillity are fully restored. If, as has been suggested, tranquillity can best be secured by encouraging in clUstry among the people, it may perhaps be necessary that the fiat step toward 'the attainment of this object should be taken with the aid of the Government, relying afterwards on the ope ration of natural causes. Your Committee would however strictly adhere to the principle of aiding local effort only. But wherever works can be undertaken, which, on the fullest inves tigation, are considered to be of real utility, and of such mag nitude as to exceed the ordinary local resources, and where such security can be offered as to protect . the public from even tual loss, your Committee consider, that some assistance may wisely be given by the nation to stimulate private exertions." *lt is gratifying to me to say that in the greater part of this very impbrtant portion of your Report, 1 most cordially agree. Let but Government thus assist Ireland . with . funds that can eaoy be spared,' and let theSe funds be applied to enable the inhabitants to reap the benefits of the late scientific invention!' and discoveries, and you will speedily have the satisfaction to see all the peasantry well employed, their moral condition im proved, all cause of discontent withdrawn, and the peace and tranquillity of that Island secured and rendered permanent. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant, ROBERT OWEN. New Lanark, 4th February, 1824. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 17. At the Court at Brighton, the 19th of January, 1824, present, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council: Whereas there was this day read at the Board, the humble Memorial of Sir Henry Halford, Bart., physician to his Ma' jesty, and President of the College or Comonalty of the Fe-' culty of Physic in London, setting forth that the said Presi dent and College have, with great care, pains, and industry, revised, corrected, and reformed a book by them formerly pub' lished, entitled " Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalia Medicoruna Londinensis," prescribing and directing the manner of pre-' paring all sorts of medicines therein contained, together with the true weights and measures by which they ought to be m ade, which book is now perfected and ready to be published, and i 5 is conceived will contribute to the public good of his Majesty's' subjects, by preventing all deceits, differences, and uncertain. -- ties in making or compounding of medicines, if for the future! the manner and form prescribed therein should be practised by apothecaries and others in their compositions of medicines ; the' Memorialist, therefore, most humbly prays, that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to enforce the observance thereof, in suct; manner as to his Majesty shall seem meet: his Majesty thii day took the said Memorial into his Royal consideration, and being desirous to provide in all cases for the common good of his people, and being persuaded that the establishing the gene-. ral use of the said book may tend to the prevention of such de ceits in the making and compounding medicines, wherein the lives and health of his Majesty's subjects are so highly con.- cerned, hath therefore thought fit, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, hereby to notify to all apothecaries and others concerned, to the intent they may not pretend ignor ance thereof, that the said book, called " Pharmaeopceits Collegii Regalia Medicorum Londinensis," is perfected and ready to be published; and his Majesty doth, therefore, strict ly require, charge, and command all and singular apothecaries and others, whose business it is to compound medicines, C C distil oils or waters, or make other extracts, within any p a rt of his Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain called England, domi" nion of Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, that the, and every of them, immediately after the said " Pharmaco' pceia Collegii Regalia Medicorum Londinensis" shall be printed and published, do not compound or make any medicine or me' dicinal receipt or proscription, or distil any oil or waters, or make other extracts that are or shall be in the " Pharmacorceo Collegii Regalia Medicorum Londinensis" mentioned or named , in any other manner or form than is or shall be directed , prescribed, and set down by the said book, and according to the weights and measures that are or shall be therein limited, 0' cept it shall be by the special direction or prescription of some Learned Physician is that behalf; and his Majesty doth here' by declare, that the offenders to the contrary shall not only in' cur his Majesty's just displeasure, but be proceeded against far Isuch their contempt and offences according to the utal oo severity of law. JAMES BULLER. Crown Ojice, Feb. 17. 31E3IBER returned to serve in this present Parliament. Borough p of Ashburto n —Si r John Singleton Copley, Knt. w Mitjesty s Attorney-General. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. W. Vince, Lucas-street, Commercial-road, dealer. BANKRUPTS. E. Nokes, Norwich, merchant, to surrender March 1,3/ 's 9 30, at four, at th e C ast l e Inn, Norwich. Att orn i es , Aless_r s * Poole and Greenfi e ld, Gray's Inn-square, London ; arid Mess" . Parkinson and Staff; Norwich. W. Cannon, .Molyneux-street, Portman-square Feb. '2l, 28, and March 30, at one, at the C ourt o f ' Counv i ,,, sioners. Attorney. Mr. Hutchinson, Cro wn - court , Throe! needle-street. J. Howard, T. Howard, and N. Howard, Haughton, eashire hat-manufacturers, Ma r ch 1,2, an d 30 , ai ten, at Lib" Star Inn, Manchester. Attorneys, Messrs. Willis, Wats°„ ll ' Bower, and Willis, Tokenho use -y ar d, L on d on ; an d Mr. P" H. Wilson, Manchester. T. Leak, Helpringliam, Lincolnshire, victualler, March 14 at live, 10, at ten, and 30, at eleven, at the Rein Deer W I :, Lincoln. Attorneys, Mr. Forbes, Sleaford ; and Mr. 10 bert; Grays Inn. J. Crauaaz, Sloane -street, Knightsbridge, merchant r el. ' . 24, March 2, and 39, a t one , a t th e Court ofi Commissiona l ' Attorney, Mr. 11. IL Turner,.Percy-street, Bedford-square. 0 t S. Lamb, Ch eaps id e, h atter, F e b . 24, 28, and March 30Li' ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Fisur 7 and Sndlow, Thavies Inn, Holborn, London. W. Crowther, Sans-buildings, Islington, apothecary, r efr 24, 28, and March 30, at twelve, at the Court of Cornmissioo - Attornies, Messrs Stevens and Wood, Little St. Tho o Apostle, London. J. Cooke, of Frome-Selwood, Somersetshire, clothier, Mt 4,5, and 29, at eleven, at the Wheatsheaves Inn, Fromed. wood. Attornies, Mr. Hartley, Blackfriars, Londor 4 Mr. Miller, Frome-Selwood. DIVIDENDS. cl% March 2, R. Dye, Peckham, Surrey, wheelwaght --mar — 1 20, J. Chalk, Blackfriar's-road, coach-make,--March 11, Barton, Freckenham, Suffolk, Innkeeper—iliarch 9, T, way son, Manchester, dealer—March 19, E, Oittenden, Ashfor d : Kent, ironmonger—March 11, J. Cloodeild, sen. J• an d Jackson, J. Goodchild, jun. J. Jacksco and T. Jones, .!1: Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham, banlra—?March 11, W. '. l . l ‘' gett, Bury St. Edmund's miller. CERTIFICATES—March 9. J. Burraston, Hereford, coal-merchant —R. S. Roc li ,r Bishop's. Waltham, Hampshire, tanner--J. Davies, Herefor", victualler—T. Ellaby, Emberton, Buckinghamshire, lo;ge merchant—G. Ferns, jun., Stockport, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Boond, Altringham, Cheshire, and J. Spencer, Salford' Lancashire, It manufacturers—R. Plummer and T. Mass e y', 1 ` Norwich, ironmongers—J. H. Cook and R. W. Martyn' ~ tock, Somersetshire, surgeons—J. Lowe and G. Lynam Sta" - , upon-Trent, Staffordshire, millers—J. and K. Cosens, TAD ston, Sussex, farmers—J. Salter and W. Moore, Stafford-pl a 1,. Pimlico, dealers in tea—J. Goren and T. Lord, solicitors .- 1 ‘ Dighton and J. Sayce, Stroud, Gloucestershire, clothiers -- "_, Tozer and R. White, Melksham, stone-blue-manufacturcr ° ;, A. L. Pfeil and J. Feldwick Broad-street, Bloomsbury, i r „. mongers—H. Downs and JAiallard, Brighthelmsto n , Stis s e , coal-merchants—G. and J. Plummer, Topcliffe, Yorloa 1 ;„. grocers—J. W. Ma yd and J. N. Shelley Epsom, 5urg 2, ;." 1 ,,,t T. Pearson and R. Ball, Derby, confect iotras—J. J. Bissell, Hales-Owen, Shropshire, inaltsters—J. - 0( ' Kilby, York, brewers. BIRTHS. or' On the 17th instant, in Whitehall-place, the Right Lady James Stuart, of a son. A of On the 16th instant, at Broad-street-buildings, the LA.Y George Stephen, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. rrilefi On the 17th inst., at St. Paul's, Deptford, Mr- Haro.-910A of Broseley, Salop, to Susanna, third daughter of 3lt• "" Ashford, Loam-pit-hill, Kent. —doe Printed and Published for the PROPRIEWORS, at the SI OFVLCE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTATAS. balance of public money remaining in the Ex chequer on the sth of January, 1823 ; the amount of money raised by additions to the funded or unfunded debt in the year ended sth January, /824 ; the money applied towards the redemption of the funded, or for paying off the unfunded debt, within the same period ; and the money remaining in the Exchequer on the sth of January, 1824. This document is made up according to the present form of the public ac counts, and takes the shape of a balance sheet ; so that the whole income and expenditure of the country meet the eye at once. This is a sasisfac tory mode of statement for the public at large ; and a review of this paper affords a gratifying picture of the rising wealth and resources of this great country. The income for the year, paid into the Exchequer, amounts to the sum of 57,672,9991. Bs. 4kd. This large amount in cludes—besides the produce of Customs, Excise ; Stamps, Taxes, and the Post-Office, with the other comparatively minor assessments-766,6661. 131. 4d., money received in repayment of the Loan due by Austria, and paid by the late Contractors here into the Treasury, and another large sum of 4,675,0001. paid by the .Trustees of Military and Naval Pensions, after deducting 175,0001. included in the re mains in the Exchequer of the sth January, 1823—which sum goes to the discharge of what is tecnically termed, in Parliament, the dead weight for the year; while, on the expenditure side of the balance-sheet, the country is charged only on this account with a sum of 2,800,000/. Long Annuities, into which the decreasing charges under this head have, by a resolution of the Legis lature, been commuted : these annuities remain al most perpetual ; while, in 10 years,the dead weight of the Naval and Military Pensions, by the deaths of individuals now receiving them, will be lessened one half ; and, in ten years more, sink into almost nothing. The total amount of the expenditure on the balance sheet amounts to 50,962,0141. 17s. 11,1 d.; the increase, as we before stated, to 57,672,9991. Bs. 4fd., leaving a surplus of 6,710,9841. 10s. 54-d. paid into the Exchequer above the expenditure of the coun try, applicable to the Sinking Fund, and a re duction of taxation beside of near two millions, affording, in prospect, a most important relief to the country. This paper exhibits, in a most sa tisfactory view, the rapidly increasing resources of the Empire. Their is now an actual Sinking Fund, really applicable to the reduction of the National Debt, which, if peace should last for some years to come, must make a most serious inroad on this great, and once al most hopless, incumbrance. Each coming year must also witness new diminutions of the public burthens ; while our resources are, at the same time, progressively increasing, and the finances of the country acquiring confirmed strength and stability. This is a most gratifying and cheering prospect; a striking contrast to the gloom and d e spondency that, some few years since, settled over Great Britain, and carried such universal depression in its train. That such a state of things may long endure, the country each year increas ing in prosperity and rising in resources, is our sincerest wish. Content, confidence, and national happiness must all follow with it. DIED. 0' On the 3d ult., at Brixton-hill, in her 70th year, Mary Trood, late of Knightsbridge. , i ,, et° On Sunday, the Ist instant, at Finchley, Sophy: u li ' o ill of. the late Rev. Thomas Boyce, rector of %ridding The Suffolk. Wi s l On the 13th instant, at No. 1, Little Charles-street , ~ • if minster, Mary, relict of the late Lieut. William 1114 Into the• 9th regiment of foot. ___.....S