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Y DA I Lei HE LONDON JOURNALS. la tracts from the Morning Papers, Feb. 5 ) 1825. [MoaNING Pow.). A discussion arose in the House of Commons last night on the Report of the Address, in which the second or third-rate men of the Opposition resolved to shew that they possessed to admira tion the faculty of echoing the sentiments of their leaders. As nothing new or important was produced on their side, we should scarcely have noticed their exertions, had it not been for the gratifyiug assurances which they elicited from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. These, we are rejoiced to state, were of a nature to please all parties; for they related chiefly to an object, the only one, perhaps, on which no difference of opinion or of feeling exists—the reduction of the public butthens. Justly unwilling to go mi- Isotely into the subject at the present moment, the Right Hon, Gentleman had no hesitation, in 'stating generally that he expected to be able to " propose such a further reduction of Taxes as would meet the entire approbation of the public." Beneficial as the removal of restric tions upon trade proved last year, the advan tage was not one which could immediately be as certained and felt. It was even a matter in dis pute at the time when the repeating system was adoptsd, and therefore was not received by the people with all the - satisfaction which would have been produced by a direct abolition of imposts. In the present case, the relief is to be immediate; bat what forms an additional subject of congra tulation, is the certainty announced by the Right Hon. Gentleman that the situation of the country is such that it will enable him to pursue both courses at once, and " to afford assistance to the community as a farther support to the sound principles which had been brought last year into partial but successful operation." It was also gratifying to hear from the same quarter, though it did not come exactly within the sphere of his own department, that the augmentation in the Army was totally unconnected with the state of things in Ireland, and that " not a single soldier more wovld be sent to that country in conse quence." Mr. Secretary Peel, in reply to some observations from Sir John Newport, con vincingly proved the necessity of repressing the proceedings of the Catholic Association ; and the secretary for Ireland, Mr. Goulburn, gave notice that on Thursday next he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the Laws rela tive to associations in that country. [NEW. TIMES.] The Debates, alt - eady commenced with so much spirit, and at so early a period ot the Session of Parliament, have excited that interest which might naturally be expected. The expres sions which intimated a possibility of war (al though the hope of continued peace was at the same time declared to be sanguine) appear to have created, in the minds of some persons, ap prehensions which we look upon to be erroneous. To this cause may be ascribed the slight altera tion which took place Yesterday in -Consols : they opened at g312,-;, and w closed at 933 buyers for the account. The observations of the Lord Chancellor relative to the shares in the va rious new speculations, and the measures which are likely to arise from the late mania prevailing for , speculating in these under-, takiogs to au extent previously unknown, have produced no inconsiderable degree of alarm amongsi the parties interested, which will pro- 1 bably be increased by what fell from the Lord Chief Justice yesterday, in the case of Josephs v. Leprer.c. The prices have materially de dined, as will be perceived by our list ; and in many instances sales could not be • effected without submitting to a ruinous los9; so that the prices itay be considered nominal. The Thal.' joyzakua Shares, which two days previously were 60,tiere sold .yesterday at 125 ; and if we may judge croin the terms of the prospectus itself, are not likely to support even this price. Se veral new speculations, which were in formation, will, it is expected, be now laid aside. The Rail Road and :other speculations requiring the permission of Parliament to their completion have declined materially, and several have been got rid of at a discount. In the Foreign Securities e:are was no particular alteration. [TH E TIMES.] appears that a Spanish Ambassador, a M. Rios, has actually arrived in London, to " re. inonstra te" with his Majesty's Government against the recognition of the South American Republic. The Embassy is somewhat late. Ferdinand and his Ministers were apprized long ago, that after the independence of South America should be cornea clear and positive fact, England would of necessity regard it as a duty, both to her own subjects and to the world, to secure by the ac customed forms of regular compact and of di plomatic intercourse, the maintenance of those ilMelations, political as well as commercial, #ttich it is -Om. tmidoulated. right „of ,a 4 sove reign States to establish with each. other. Eng land, again, with a liberality and indulgence whiChhave been but ill-requited, offered to make, ht,r - own enjoyment of those benefits subordinate iu somt degree to the interests of Spain herself, if - the latter Power .would• only &midi-scent! to ow the advantages that might stilt be open to her, and wisely anti honestly to- forego such as it was manifest to all mankind she never coul,l by any human • means recover. Spanish ar rogance and folly would not hear the consi derate proposals of the British • Government. Ferdinand and his Ministers rejected the pro position to treat South America as an inde pendent power, not only within the time allowed by Mr. Canning, but at any given period, or under any definite circumstances. 'They turned aside from the subject of colonial freedom as , from the contemplation of some horrible spectre wkrich *fel , could annihilate by shutting it from their s4lo l t- England, it was obvious, could not sacri fice herself nor her prosperity to these miserable. delusions in the Spaniards. The period must come, sooner or later, when, morally speaking, it would be no more possible to deny the inde pendence of South America than that of North America ; but it was easy to see, that if Spain were to be the arbitrator for other Governments, the recognition of the new Republics would be delayed as long as had peen that of the United Provinces in the 17th century. And on what pre text was it that this big and boastful tyrant re jected so scornfully the amicable solicitations of his allies ? Why, that he intended to re conquer the /1 millions of insurgents ! A pretty conqueror, truly 1 without a league of land on earth which he could call his own, or defend if in vaded by the most feeble enemy—a man without a ducat to buy his dinner, without credit or cha racter to procure him 61 by way of loan—with out a house in which to shelter himself from his own Spanish countrymen, but by virtue of a guard of foreign soldiers—without physical means to enforce his authority over a menial servant, but through the bayonets of French troops—terror stricken at the bare suspicion that the strangers were about leaving him to the mercy of his mis called subjects—an animal such as this to in sult Great Britain by daring to talk of his dominions in America ! Well was it said by the mover of the Address in the House of Lords, that the independence of the American States was unquestionable ; but not so was that of Spain herself—now a poor appendage of the French monarchy. What, then, is the business of this Ambassador here ? He comes, we are told, with some tale of a tub, that our " recognition was " at the time in progress between the Spanish 66 Government and the South Americans, for ad " jesting their differences by treaty—that the 66 Colonists were to be independent by Spain, but " to submit to be governed by Spanish Vice " rot's !" Who will believe such a gross, such a stupid, such a self-contradicting falsehood ? Two parties are necessary to a neguciation. That Spain may have been weak or impudent enough to make this kind of overture for the occa sion, that she might have some quibble where with to exercise the cunning of the Jesuits about her high-minded Sovereign, and to stave off, for perhaps a fortnight longer, the sad moment of irretrievable despair, is not out of character for her present politics ; but to whom was the offer made ? How has it been received And by whom ? And how are the South American Go vernments parties to it ? Of all these particu lars, so essential to the thing called " negocia tion," we shall hear, no doubt, an edifying history from his Excellency M. Rios. But the farce is too gross, and Mr. Canning is fully competent to treat it as it deserves. [MORNING HERALD.] A decision of very considerable importance was made yesterday by the Court of King's Bench, with respect to the Shares of the Equitable Loan Bank Company. That Company was de clared to be illegal, inasmuch as it issued trans ferable shares, and by naming Directors, and requiring of the holders of its shares to obey the rules and orders issued by those Directors, as. sumed !o itself the character of a corporate body, without having any legal authority so to do.— We refer to the report of the decision, and to the abstract of those sections of the Act upon which it is founded, for the de tails of the subject. The importance of the decision arises not so much from the effect, which it will have upon the shares of the Equi table Loan Bank Company, as from the death blow which is gives to all internal speculations of Companies which issue transferable shares, or in other respects act like corporate bodies, with. out having been previously sanctioned by Royal charter or statute. It applies to the Railway Companies, to the Promoter's Society, and, in short, to all those projects which are confined in their objects to the United Kingdom, and which are not expressly authorised as the Act requires. That section of the Act which subjects brokers dealing in such illegal shares to a penalty of five hundred pounds, is deserving of the immediate attention of that class of men whom it may affect so severely. We must add, that never was a decision of a Court of Law more seasonable than this, or more likely to produce effects of a beneficial nature. kBRI T ISti PRESS.] The Lord Chancellor has intimated his inten tion to bring in a Bill relating to Joint Stock Companies, which he considers at this moment as carrying on to a most mischievous extent. In this opinion we perfectly agree, and therefore it was that we took so much pains to put the un wary on their guard against risking their pro perty in the unsafe security of projected South American Mines. We knew the greater part of them to have originated in the sordid spirit of gain, with very Little care for the fate of those at whose espence such gain might be made. But we are by no means prepared to concur in theexpedi ency of legislative interference,and more especially of those sort of peremptory and directorial man dates, which this Noble Lord seems likely to issue upon this subject.. Judging from the spe-; cimen which was given to the public in the Re solution !Aught forward by his Lordship at the close of the iast—Session, we should,_ certainly, not be inclined to think very highly of the ser-, vice which his Lordship will render to the pub lic by his intended Bill. As a lawyer, Lord .Eldon has no superior; in legal learning he is be- Jon(' all comparison, and in judicial integrity he is beyond all praise; but in matters connected • with the mechanism of society and the concerns Of commerce, we must be excused if we augur no good from his Lordship's interposition. The pre cedents which govern the Court of Chancery, and the principles which regulate the Stock Exchange, arise out of different operations, and affect very ititferent interests. he two eons of policy move on a quite different parallel. A cts of Parliament are quite beside their object when they begin to interfere with the speculations of commercial en terprise, or to regulate, the investment of redund ant capital. It may be that many projects may he brought before the public, which, although promising great advantage, are at bottom delu sive. But leave the delusion to itself, and it will soon work its own cure. Some Joint Stock Companies. may come in an insidious si.lapp, and may promise a return of profit which they will never realize ; others, equally questionable, at their first establishment, may be ultimately productive of great profit to the shareholders, and of inestimable benefit to the nation. Then comes the evil of legislating on emergencies ; the con. troulling and restrictive enactments strike at all alike. To remedy an evil which was temporary, you intercept improvements which would have been permanent. It is essential to the interests of commerce, that capital should be left free. Let every man invest his money as he pleases. If, in so doing, he places confidence where he ought not to place it, it is better that his credulity should teach him wisdom, than that the Lord Chancellor should bring a Bill into Parliament to fetter, for ever hereafter, the freedom of speculation ; to draw up articles of faith which shall govern the operations and investment of all monied capital ; and to decide on all the sanctions which, in the wide range of projected establishments, shall be demanded as a preliminary guarantee. — All this intermeddling with private property we consider as utterly unjustifiable on any principle of wise policy, and wholly uncalled for on any ground of protective justice. The lan guage made use of by his Lordship, in detailing the object of his proposed Bill, was not so ex plicit as might have been wished. We under stciod him to say—and we believe the public so understand him—that "in these Joint-Stock Companies, before their information takes place, the shares become objects of sale, to the enor mous profit of the persons by whom they %Ma first projected ; that it was his intention to bring in a Bill that would put an end to these projects ; and he thought proper to mention it. on the first day of the Session, in order that those persons whom the Bill might affect should have early notice of it. The operation of the Bill would affect all sales of shares in those Companies that were merely proposed, but not yet in reality formed, and its operation was to begin from and after the first day of the Session." Now, by " those companies merely proposed, but not in reality formed," must be understood, we pre sume, those Joint Stock Companies recently created, which are not established under the sanction of Parliament, and which may possibly never obtain that sanction. But, to our appre hension, this appears the height of injustice, nor do we know how it can be reconciled to any sound and obvious views either of justice or ex pediency. The sudden and extensive alarm which this threatened measure is likely to produce, have a direct tendency to depreciate the value of the shares in the hands of the present holders, and consequently to, make them inevitable sufferers ; and, what is still worse, it secures com plete security to the original projectors,who, hay. ing planned the scherne,and sold the shares a t a high premium before the first day of the Session, when the proposed Bill is to commence its retrospective operation, are not only absolved from all conse quences, supposing it turns to be ultimately a bubble, but the whole loss consequent on the fraud is fixed by Act of Parliament, on those who alone ought to have been protected against it ! Those who committed the breach of faith are saved harmless, while those who were deceived are exclusively made to suffer ! The policy of this proceeding appears to us inexplicable. We have no time at present to discuss it further, but we shall not fail to attend the proposed Bill through all the stages of its progress. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] It will be seen by our Parliamentary Report, that the campaign has commenced with strong symptoms of vigour bit the part of those who form what is called the Opposition, upon the Irish question. A long discussion took place, last night, upon the question for bringing up the Address, in answer to the Speech, in which Lord Nugent, Sir John Newport, Mr. Denman, Mr. Fitz gerald, Mr. C. Hutchinson, and others, strongly condemned the measures already adopted by Government towards the Catholics of Ire land, as well as those in contemplation. Mr. Peel, Sir Thomas Lethbridge, and Mr. But terworth, as strongly defended the conduct of the Irish Government ; and Mr. Peel declared his decided opinion, that the great body of the Catholics of Ireland, would not identify them selves with the proceedings of the Catholic Board. Whilst Mr. It Martin -as confidently as serted his opinion and belief to be, that although the great body of the Catholics did not approve o f the violent language used by some of the Members of the Association, yet that they agreed with the Association in principle, and would act by their directions, and support any proposition emanating from the Board ; and Lord Nugent said, he should on an early day have to present a petition from the English Catholics, signed by three rimes the number of persons who ;lad signed former petitions from that body, which petition should state one fact, namely, that the English Catholics agreed with, and were ready to support with their voice, the claims of their Irish brethren. In the midst of this diversity of opinion, :his Majesty's Govern ment have - determined on immediate ap peal, by %d itch the opinion of the House may be obtaingd. Mr. Goulburit gave notice of iv' motion forrThuesday,next, for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent illegal Associations in Ire land. This • hasty /node of proceeding was strongly reprobated by Mr. Brougham, who con tended that dine should be given for assembling and obtaining the opinion of Irish Members on this important subject, and with a view of en forcing a full attendance previous to the second reading of the Bill, he moved that the House should be called over on Friday se'nnight,. which was ordered. That paragraph in the Speech which alludes to Indian Affairs was also discussed at considerable length ; and Sir Charles Forbes censured the Government of India, for having unnecessarily and wantonly plunged the British Dependencies into a war with the Na tive Powers. He also ridicu;ed the idea of send ing out so small a force as Ministers contem plated, where a force of forty thousand men would be required to effect any good object. This attack on thelndianAuthorities called up the President of the Board of Confront, who said a few words in justification of the Board,and requested of the House to suspend its judgment until cer tain Papers, now in progress of printing, should be laid before them. The Right Honourable Gentleman also expressed a confident opinion, that, when they had read those Papers, Gentle men would agree with him,that the war in which we were engaged was unavoidable, and that it had been brought on by the unjust pretensions and faithless conduct of the Burmese Government.— The Right Hon. Gentleman also gave another piece of important information to the Public, namely, that advices had been received recently which stated, that the health of the troops about Rangoon had greatly improved of late. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The King's Speech has produced no tensible effect upon the English Funds, for the statements contained in it, and in the speech of Mr. Canning in the House of Commons, are of so balanced a nature, that the most experienced jobbers upon 'Change are undecided in opinion as to whether they ought to buy or sell. The impression, how ever, as far as it could be ascertained yesterday, tras unfavourable to a rise in the Funds, as Mr. Canning admits that the recognition of the independence of some of the South Ame rican States excites some uneasiness as to the future conduct of the Allies, whilst his expres sion of hope that all will end well, is by no means of a sufficiently decided character to satisfy the speculators who are usually most sari guine for a rise. The part of the Speech which alludes to the desire of our Allies to maintain and cultivate the relations of peace with his Ma jesty is considered very equivocal, as compared with what was said in the Speech at the close of the last Session, and which was as follows : " I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposi tion towards this country." Our City Politicians fear that the desire here mentioned amounts only to a hope that England may pursue such a policy as will induce the Allies to remain friendly, and not to the usual pledge of amity. Consols for the Account opened yesterday morning at 93-a, and were, at the close of the day, 93f4. In the Foreign Market there was very little doing ; the South American Securities, have, however, im proved a little. Mexican Bonds were at 8l and Colombian at 911. The effects of the Lord Chancellor's notice on Wednesday night, relative to Joint Stock Companies, has not been so great as might have been expected, though Shares ge nerally were a good deal depressed, and if the holders had attempted to force sales, there is little doubt that the fall would have been very great. Few persons here understand what the Chancellor really means, but it is thought that his regulations will not affect for . eign specu lations. NEW SPECULATING COMPANIES. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 4. JOSEPHS v. rrPatzE. This was an action to recovEr certain differences sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the defendant having ne glected to perform his contract with the plaintiff, regarding the sale of sundry shares in the Equitable Loan Bank Company. On the trial the Jury found for the plaintiff; subject to the opinion of the Court as to the legality of the Company. Mr. GURNEY was to-day heard for the defendant, and Mr. SIARRYAT T for the plaintiff; after which the Court consulted together. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that it was evident the ac tion could - not be maintained, as the company itself was illegally formed. The company proposed to lend money at a higher rat?. of interest than is allowed by law, the whose 40,000 subscribers to it must therefore conform to the regulations prescribed by the Act of Parliament regulating pawnbrokers, or all that they did was illegal, and no remedy for it could be had in a Court of Law. Another objection also occurred, looking at the present state of affairs ; " for," said his Lordship, " we cannot shut our eyes to what is openly passing around us." It was the duty of the Court, that the company was in direct opposition to the statute of the Cth of Geo. 1., which was expressly passed for the purpose of prohibiting all gaming and speculating in public funds, and schemes. It appeared to him that the pre sent was an illegal association, the bargains in it were purely gambling transactions, and in such transactions where one man gained, it followed that another must lose ; it was, there fore, calculated to injure the morals of society, and ought to be recognized in a Court of Law ; a nonsuit ought therefore to be entered. Mr. Justice BAYLEY delivered his opinion at great length, to the same effect. Mr. Justice IIOLROYD did the same. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said, it appeared to him that the object of companies of this description was to open books for the purpose of drawing in unwary subscribers; and in pre. suming to act as a body corporate, all their acts were illegal, it therefore came within the meaning of the oth Geo. 1., and was " a common grievance, prejudice, and inconvenience to a great number of the King's subjects ;" for even the prospectus of the company itself did not say what the object of the company was, further than it was to lend money at 8 per cent. interest upon its own showing, and it was therefore illegal.—Nonsuit ordered to be entered. Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT then delivered himself to the following effect—" What I am about to state does not at all refer to any point agitated in this cause, but I am very much inclined to think, that most, if not all, of the newly proposed companies are illegal at common law, because all transactions in them are, in fact, bargains and bets, in anticipation of get-1 ting an Act of Parliament." For the information of our readers—but more especially for those in anywise concerned in Joint Stock Companies, we an nex the substance of the Statute 6 Geo. I. cap. 18, sect. 18: " Whereas it is notorious that several undertakings or pro jects, of different kinds, have been publicly contrived, &c.— within the City of London, &c.—which tend to the grievance, &c. of his Majesty's subjects, in their trade, commerce, &c. &c. " Be it enacted- . - " That from and after the 24th June, 1720, all and every the undertakings and attempts described as aforesaid, and afl other public undertakings, &c. tending, &c. and all public subscriptions, receipts, payments, assignments, &c. for fur thering such undertakings, &c.—and more ,particularly the acting, or presuming to act as a corporatelbody, for raising ' transferable stocks, and transferring any shares in such stocks ' without legal autlicrfity, either by Act of Parliament or by any charter from the Crown—shall for ever be deemed to be illegal and void, and shall not be practised, or in anywise put in exe cution." The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court could not in terfere. RUSINNS OF THE COURT. The Lam) Ciff tEr JIT S'l' ICE said his Majesty had been pleased to issue his warrant, empowering the Judges of this Court to sit after the present Term. The warrant was read by the officer. It set forth, that as the various matters could not be heard and disposed of in the Hillary Term, the Lord Chief Justice was required to meet with the other Judges at Ser geant's Inn Hall, or other convenient place, on the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 113th of February ; and on the Ilth of April, for dis patch of matters, as of Hilary Term. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, after the warrant had been r•.fad, said it might be of great convenience to suitors and gen tlemen of the Bar, that the sittings at Nisi Frius should be rear the place where the .Judges sat ; he should, therefore, pro pes, to hold the Sittings after Term, on Monday, the 21st of February in London. The Sittings for Middlesex would com mence on Monday the 11th of April. NEW SOUTI WALES. We copy the f 0110%% ing account of the disco very of a New Island in the Southern Ouean, from the last Papers received from New „South Wales. The merit of this discovery rests with Captain HUNTER, of the Donna Carmelita ; from the log-book of that ship we coppitke fp lowing interesting account : JULY 29.—Fine clear weather, carrying all possible tail. At eleven, 30 P.M., saw the land bearing S.W. by W. distance six miles ; up courses and shortened sail to the top-sails t and stood towards it at day-light; fresh breezes, the land discovered proved to be an island. At three, A.M., close in under the lee of it, observed a number of fishing canoes to leeward, which were flying for the shore with all possible dispatch ; sore down and intercepted one of them; with a great deal of persuasion got one of the people to come on board, when I presented hint with a hatchet and a piece of white cloth, which pleased him niuch, as he showed it to all the canoes about the ship, and after that we did not want for visitors. About this time a Chief came on board, and on my making signs that we wanted re freshments, he sent all the canoes on shore and staid himself on board with a few others. At 11. So close in shore, armed and manned the cutter, and dispatched her on shore in charge of the First Officer and our friend the Chief, keeping another on board as a hostage. At I P. M. the canoes returned from shore, to the number of thirty, laden with hogs, yams, plantains, &c. and traded with the greatest honesty for iron hoops, nails, &c. They seemed so be very expert swimmers, as they often got their canoes' over turned, but it never ipcomrnoded them, for they soon put them to rights. They are about the colour of i%ialays, but have more of the European features. The canoes Are very handsome, not unlike those of Ceylon, and ornamented with shells. At 4 P. M. the cutter returned from the shore, having on board twelve hogs, a great quantity of yams and tropical fruits of all kinds. The following is the Chief Officer's report of the Island of °Pa use, or Hunter's Island : " At one P.M. got close in shore, the native desired us not to pull in shore, when we observed a great concourse of people assembled on a bluff point of land. The surf being pretty hight, we landed opposite the. The native in the cutter pointed out the King, (Fuuafooah); and the Monarch, with his attendants, came round and seated himself close to the boat, when the native desired me to walk towards the King. I thought it best to go unarmed, as it would make them have more confidence in us, most of them were armed with clubs. with short round heads, and some with spears, from 24 tag , feet long, and a few were much longer. A great many women; numbers of whom carried two spears, were present. I was desired to sit down close to the King, and after making my obeisance, presented him with a white shirt putting it on him I likewise gave the same to his brother; both seemed highly pleased, and in return made a present of a hog, a basket of yams. - and bananahs and cocoa nuts. After sitting some time I made the King a present of a looking glass, which seemed to wt• prise them greatly ' • it went from the King to th e Q ueen , and from her all round, every one taking a look at it, and then touching the crown of their heads with it; and the same cere mony was performed with every little present made them.-- The King took a shell from his neck and gave it me ; I then made signs if there was any water to be had ; they said Her*" tote, and pointed among the hills. 1 expressed a wish to go and see the watering-place, the King got up and d es i re d me'me'to folloi, with our friend the native. I took the carpenter and four men armed, in case of accident. The King had gone .• by a shorter route over the hill ; however I soon found it was not the watering.place they were taking us to, for we found ourselves on the beach, not far from the boat, in a kind, of cone, with a smooth beach, where we saw his 31ajestY seated with all his attendants, and I was requested t o s i t down opposite to him on the gr ou n d, which 1 accordingly did. The beach was marked out into apartments by rows of stories. Tne women were ordered on one side, but only for a short tiere , when they all crowded round us, and were particular in looking • at our shoes and buttons, but were very civil. Shortly after the King's mother came down, an elderly woman, about 50, the, King himselfseemed about 30, his Q ueen a b out 20, stout an d good looking, and was the only one that had part of her boson' covered. She was a very fine figure, her teeth perfectly eve n and very clean. All the women and men had their little /Inger ! cut off by the second joint o n th e l e f t h an d , an d t h e women h a s: their cheek bones perforated, and the blood smeared round ahnu` an inch. Some of them were tattooed with a red colour, cane' cially in their arms, mostly in circles about an inch round ; were uncommonly civil, and did not seem at all bashful. The • • signal being m a d e f rom th e s hip f or . us, I expressed a w ish 10 go on board, and his Majesty expressed a wish to go which, as he would not take canoes to bring him back. I de' dined. I left a ram and an ewe with the king, for the benetil of f'uture navigator, and made signs to the natives net to kill them. The women were all naked, excepting a small cover" . ing round the body; and the men mostly wore a kind of in° " round their bodies, with leaves of trees woven into theta, like Highlander's kilt. The Island was enti re ly compose d lac* in some places almost a metal. It lies in the lat. of 15. 31.' and long. 176. 11. E. by sun and moons, brought up by ehron'y meter, for four days previous. COAL MARKET, FEZ. 4. - Ships at Market. Ships sold Price. 424 Newcastle - - 26. - . 29s 6d to 395. r f 5/ Sunderland - . 61 . 32s 6d to 406 '7". COURSE OF EXCHANGE, February 4. Arosteidam 27: . 1 4 4e51 1 , ; 2 01 . F. -, : Us. ~ i Ditto, :it SiKlit Rotterdam le 4 ' Antwerp Hanibtirgli Altona • Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto • 45 46 i '-'''' llotirdeanx, ditto Berlin 7 6 . ... 151 E., . NlO O / F 1 ankforton the Main Peteisburgli ~ 9 , Vienna lO 4 'Trieste lO 4 Madrid Cadiz 6 Bilboa 364 Effect° Barcelona .35 • . :.eville Gibraltar 3l • Leghorn Geni , a Nfrilta 4l-Venice, _Navlcs Ital. Liv. 27 , 30i _ _ . Palermo Lisbon . 118 per Os. Oporto Rio Janeiro Sli Bahia Dublin 91 Cork 91 pei Cent. BULLION. r.rtiigal Gold,i it Coin I-n 0 0 ii.t O P Foreign Gold, in Bars ..-t t; 9 • New Doohloons New 1)onal - 4 0 4 10i Silver Standard in Bars. 0 0 0 _..........e. BIRT. 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