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EAST INDIES. The following is a copy of the petition of the British and Native Inhabitants of Calcutta against the Stamp Regulation lately promulgated : TO TIM RIGHT if ONOURABLZ THE VICE-PRESIDENT IN COUNCIL. The humble petition Of the British and Native Inhabi tants of Calcutta, Showeth—That your petitioners respectfully, but most earnestly, entreat the attention of your Lordship in Council to the Stamp Regulation lately promulgated, and which has excite.: the greatest apprehension and alarm among the British and Native Inhabitants of Calcutta. 2. In the preamble, it is stated to have been passed by the Vice-President in Council, under the powers vested in him by the 98th and 99th sec. 53 Geo. 111. c. 155, and with the sanction of the Court of Directors, and the appro bation of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India. 3. Your petitioners have always tinderstood that the statute adverted - to, as vesting this power in the local Go vernment, Was limited to duties and taxes connected with customs, and was passed for the express purpose of obviat ing difficulties arising from the imposition of such duties and taxes, within the jurisdiction of the King's Courts in India. _ _ 4. Your petitioners cannot think that the Legislature in tended to give to the local Government the right of un limited taxation. They humbly submit, for the considera tion of your Lordship in Council, that if the Legislature bad intended to bestow any general power of taxation beyond the subject matter of customs specifically mentioned, such power would have been introduced by a suitable pre amble, reciting the expediency or exigency of the measure, and would have been strictly defined as to its objects, and cautiously limited as to its extent. Your petitioners can not think that Parliament would heedlessly bestow the dangerous power of unlimited taxation, by general expres sions, unconnected with the subject matter, and of dubious construction. . - 5. Fourteen years have illy eliipsed snare the enact ment of the 53d Gee. 111., entdoscing periods of great public difficulty, when the country was 'engaged in expen sive wars, yet no tax has ever been imposed under the authority of that statute; and your petitioners pray that a power, which, if it exists, has thus slumbered since its creation, may not be called forth at a period of public peace and tranquillity, when they hope that the exigencies of the State cannot require its exercise, and in times of commercial pressure and difficulty, when individuals are ill able to bear it. . . 6. Your petitioners, in thus drawing the attention of your Lordships in Council to the legality of the regulation, and the important principle which it involves, cannot be misunderstood. They disclaim any wish or intention to question the power or authority of Government; they are only desirous of respectfully conveying to your Lordship in Council, their opinion upon a subject of the greatest mo ment to their present and future interests. 7. With respect to the operation of the regulation, your petitioners are unable to express to your Lordship in Council, the public inconvenience, embarrassment, and actual distress, that will inevitably follow its enforcement. 8. The Native Shroffs in particular have already taken the greatest alarm, and contemplate abandoning an occu .pation which they could not pursue without ruin, under the provisions of the Stamp Regulation. 9. In every country such a tax waist produce great in , convenience in its operation, and be attended with great vexation in its collection ; but circumstanced as this coun try is, your petitioners avow their belief that, that if the regulation should be carried into effect, commercial deal ing' would be impeded to a degree affecting public credit, and that money transactions would be wholly suspended. IQ. Your Petitioners have often experienced, and ac knowledge most thankfully, the considerate attention always paid by Government to the opinion of the community,when respectfully urged : and they entreat the attention of your Lordship in Council to therespectability and number of the signatures to this petition, evincing that it speaks the sen timents and opinions of the British and native inhabitants of Calcutta. 11. Your Petitioners abstain from troubling Government by going in detail through the regulation, and pointing out the evils likely to ensue from each provision. They do not believe that human wisdom could devise any regulation of time same general nature and character that would not, in its consequences, be injurious to the public and to Govern ment; and the prayer of their petition is not for the modifi `""'", "- ' -:--""-- "; +hp.measure. 12. In conclusion, your Petitioners ueciare uiss uw asA., sure jos ever been fussed or proposed by Government which excited such general alarm and dissatisfaction ; and they earnestly pr Iy, that your Lordship in Council will be pleased to allay such t;.'elings, and restore public confidence, at a period of known tommercial embarrassment, by annulling and abolishing the regulation in question ; and your Peti tioners shall ever feel grateful. [Here follow the signatures, amounting to nearly 500, including all the principal mercantile houses in Calcutta.] vuzeles OF STOCKS %HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — South Sea Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. ......... 9354 2% Old Annuities — Sper Cent. Cons. ......... shut New Ditto 3% per Cimt. . .............. POI Ex. Bills, .-El,OOO 2d. 43 42 pm. Ditto Red. SO% 3i 1 Ditto 5OO 2d. 43 42 pm. 4 per Cent. New shut Ditto Small Ditto, 1826 Bank L. Ann. lB% 19 Bank for Account — I` ndia Stock shut India for Account — Ditto Bonds :0 72 pm. Cons. for Ac. 83V;i34% PRICE! , OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT CNE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Neapolitan, 1824 Brazilian Bonds 6l 60% Peruvian Bonds 26 % Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — Chiltan Bonds, 6 per ct. —2634 1 Prussian, 5 per cent. Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — - 11 ti THE ARMY. A Field-Officer's Guard, furnished by the Coldstream Regiment of Guards, has received orders to hold itself in readiness to march at a moment's notice, to Greenwich, as ,a Guard of Honour to Don Miguel. A Detachment of the 3d Regiment of Infantry arrived in town on Tuesday, from Reading, on route to Chatham. A detachment belonging to the 14th Regiment of Foot arrived in town on Tuesday, from Hertford, on route to Chatham. A detachment of the 65th Regiment of Infantry ar rived in town yesterday, from Norwich, for Bristol, on route to Naas. A detachment of the 77th Regioeutof Foot arrived in to w n yesterday, from Norwich, for Bristol, on route to Belfast. A detachment belonging to the 96th Regiment of To fantry arrived in town yesterday, from Norwich, for Bristol, on r oute to Plymouth. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST. On Tuesday the Half Yearly Examination of the Gentle men Cadets at this institution took place before the follow ing Commissioners of the Supreme Board, viz.:-- General the Hon. Sir Edw. Paget, K.G.C., Governor. Lieut.-General Frederick Maitland. Lieut.-General Sir W. Gordon, Quartermaster-Gen. Lieut.-General the lion. Sir Alexander Hope, Lieut.- Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, Adjutant-General. c o l one l utler, Lieut.-Governor of the Royal Military College. Lieut.-ColonelMacdermott. Captain Ganfock, Military Secretary to the Supreme Board. Above ,twenty Gentlemen Cadets were examined, and received testimonials of their proficiency and competency to hold Commissions in the Army, viz.:— Potter, Dalgety, Regr. Cour•_Crawley, Beanelere, Lee. FRENCH.—M'Cleverty, Crawley, Humphreys, Jones, Grant, Armstrong, Lugard, Evans. GERMAN.—Wheeler, Darling, Lewes, Dalgrety, Dau berry, Alley. L —Best, Hamilton, Chalmers, Dunleve, Galloway, Dillon. EXTRAORDINARY SHOT...--.-" A lady, living with Alt, Jowls CATON,' on Taylor's Island, killed oa the 11th ult., forty-eght wild ducks at a single shot." Did this lady shoot in petticoats or pantaloons ?—New York Gazette. cimu r...—Did not thin lady shoot with a long bow ? CAN DEAD FISHES SPEAK ?—A negeo about to purchase a fish visited a shop where several were exposed for sale; hut, suspecting that One, which he in tended to buy, was not altogether as fresh as he could wish, he presumed either to dissipate or confirm his suspicions by applying it to his nose, The fishmonger, conscious that it would not bear much examination, and fearing that other customers might catch the scent, exclaimed in a surly tone, ." How dare you to smell my fish ?" "Me no smell, me only t a lking to hint mama." " And what were you talking a b o ut ?" " Me ask him, muse, what the best news at sea." " And what reply did he make you ?" " Oh, mosso, he say he knew no news, as he have not been there these three week. • THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE FOOL.---TWO men, the one a philosopher and the other a fool, were in the service of the same master, and both slept in the same bed, the philosoph er lay on the outside. One =rain having overslept themselves, the master, tangcom with a whip, flogged the philoso p her , nearest to Ins who happened e entrance into the roo m. it This I will' avoid another time," said the Philosopher to himself; on the next night, therefore, he changetisides with the fool. In the morning they again transgressed, and the muter same to chastise *en', but retlectin,, that li e had before whipped the luau t hat was near est, Le thought it but just the other should :e el his disp leasure likewise ; accordingly he went to the other side of th e b e d, ilia bl.as fell ag ain upon the ; thus eonfirulin h • g poor }truth, th e wi,„„t cannot g Y his example the ge taerele.yoia uvirfate" rjr f 4 t 'llll ui - " r44-w. Eft , • .1 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 182'7. His MAJESTY arrived in town, this afteinoon, at a quarter-past one o'clock, for the purpose of holding a Council, at which his MAJESTY will receive the Recorder's Report of the persons convicted at the October Sessions. It is ex- pected that his MAJESTY will return to Windsor, this evening, on the breaking up of the Council. In the late edition of our yesterday's Paper, we mentioned that an Austrian Messenger had arrived with despatches for Prince ESTERIIA ZY, the nature of which had not transpired. We added that the Messenger left Vienna on the Bd inst., at midnight, up to which time no in telligence had arrived of the Ambassadors haling quitted Constantinople. We have now to add, that the reports which were circulated that, prior to the date of the despatches to the Austrian Ambassador, accounts had reached Vienna from Constantinople up to the 18th ult., when the Ambassadors were still there, are without foundation. No intelligence from tile Turkish Capital later than the 12th had been received in Vienna. The next arrival must, we apprehend, put an end to the painful Mate of suspense which the public have been kept in with respect to the issue of the long pro tracted negoelations. In the Gazette de France of 'tuesday morn ing, the arrival of which by express in o wn we mentioned yesterday, we find intelligence from Constantinople to the I2th November inclusive, which it derives from the Attgsburgh Gazette of a later date than those which have reached us.— The Ambassadors of the three Allied Powers returnpri on the 10th their answer to the condi tions proposed 11 the PORTE on the Bth and 9th. It is said to Lave been to the following effect : " Ist. The Treat, Of the Gth of July, NYI has not been annulled, forbids the Allies to abandon the question of Greece, as the PORTE desires. a 2d. The Turkish fleet gave occasion to the battle of Navarin, which destroys every claim of the PORTE to an indemnity. - " 3d. The PORTE has the less reason to expect satisfaction, as it was informed in due time that an event, such as that at Navarin, might occur if it did not listen to the counsels of moderation, or if it should be tbA2 first to attack." . • The note is said to h a ve concluded with the expression o f a wish that the 'P oRTE might accept the pacification of Greece, and give a favourable answer on this subject. The Am bassadors added, that until they shall have re ceived that answer they would not leave Corp.,' stantinople. Preparations for departure were, however, making in their hotels ; and the Eng lish and French Ambassadors had freighted Sar dinian vessels. This information goes far to confirm that which had previously reached-us, of the probability of the departure of the Ambassadors about the 15th, for there is no reasonable hope to be entertain ed that the SULTAN would have abandoned the resolution which he had coolly and steadily acted on up to that time. The non-receipt of farther direct advices from our Ambassador will prove, we expect, as we before observed, to arise from his having left Constantinople by sea, proceed ing into the Archipelago. The fact here men tioned, of his having freighted Sardinian vessels for the conveyance of the Embassy, adds strength to our opinion. The Journal des Dehats contains another vehement attack on the French Ministry for the danger to which it has subjected the peace of Europe, by bringing France into probable colli sion with Turkey, and thereby allowing a pretext to Russia to pursue her own views in the East. The arrival of the King of SPAIN in Barce lona was not to take place so soon as had been expected, the preparations for the reception of his MAJESTY not being - completed till the 4th of this month. We subjoin some extracts from these Papers— (From the Gazette de France of Tuesday.) PARIS, DEC. 10.—We continue carefully to publish every thing relative to the affairs of the East that we find in the German Journals and in our private correspondence. The Austrian Observer says—" That as soon as the Franks residing at Smyrna heard the news of the battle of Navarin, they hastened to return from the country, and to embark their property. The Pacha immediately quieted their alarms, by assuring them that he took measures for their safety, and that all the merchants to whatever nation they belonged should have protection for themselves and their property. At the same time, and in consequence of a conference with the Pacha, two Austrian frigates came and anchored before the hotel of the Austrian Consulate, and kept 400 men in readiness to land, at the first signal in case of tumult or of fire. Many. other European ships of war, and one American, were also in the port. M. de Rigny, who arrived on the 2d, incognito, paid a visit on the day following to the Pacha. It is said, that he has de clared that the expedition against Scio was undertaken against the wishes of the three Admirals, and that Lord Cochrane had replied to Colonel Leblanc, who announced to him from M. tie Rigny orders not to act, that he had other instructions. M. de Rigny himself had been to Ip sara to prevent the sailing of the expedition, but did not find it there." (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) "CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 12.—The following is the essential and authentic tenour of the collective declaration of the three Ministers, delivered on the 10th to the • Reis Effendi, by the dragoman of the Baron Ottenfels ; and it is to be observed, on this'occasion, that, to support it with energy, they have each for himself presented a separate one to the Porte. It states, that the Allies never can consent to the demand of indemnity made by the Porte, because the event at Navarin was produced by itself. The same reason likewise does away with the demand of satis faction. .t.—innmpnt of the intervention cannot be admitted, because such a step would be a violation of the convention of the 6th July. Such are the contents of this note, in which there is no mention of any term for the departure of the Ambassadors, nor of any concession on the part of the Allies. All the reports that have been spread of these two points are, therefore, destitute of foun dation. It is not known whether the Porte will answer, but all its measures appear to be destined to support the resolution which it has taken. Hitherto complete tran quillity and security prevail." P4Rls, DEC. 10.—Lieut.-General Barbou and Major- General Baron Meriage died yesterday at Paris. Neither of them was advanced•in years._ A telegraphic despatch from Toulon announce. the arri val of a venal from Syria, on board of which is the Abbe Damazure. " LIES OF THE DAY. " The Journal des Debats.--' France is to be assisted in an expedition against Algiers by Spain, which will furnish a contingent of 5,000 men.' " The Same.--' The Russian army has passed the Pruth.' 6 ' The Quotidienne.—‘ The Ministers speak of their majority of 18 votes.' rYtto, 182.4 S per cent. 53}6% Spanish, Greek Bonds I 7:" --- H 19 ' 23 _ Ditto, 13<5 Guatireala — —*Exchange —6. —C. Mexican Bonds 57 3 per cent. 67t 75c. Do. 1825 43% 4 48 —Exchange 2st. 15c. 'KS.--:DUBLIN, DEC. 10. St. Patrick Insur. (per alt.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh.. ....... 3 O Holland O Jamaica 0 0 Leeward Islands • Lisbon 0 O Malta O Mexico 1 Waterford 0 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI.OcK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at Si. pm.) £2O 110 105 111 103 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 20 lsy 19 General Mining Association Mexican Mining Co. Potosi La Paz and Peruvian A,130C 5 " £1 ss. United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 35 17% 18% IS Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 26 25% PRICES OF IRISH STOCI Bank Stock 249% Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 90;4 Ditto, New per Cent. 99% Goy. Deb. 314 per cent Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct - Arrived. Due. O Americh 0 1 Brazil• 0 O Buenos Ayres 1 • Dublin 0. Flanders 0 1 France Q Gottenburgh 1 Guernsey& Jersey 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 49 minutes after 9. Evening ....23 minutes after 10. LATE FIRE IN QUEEN-STREET. UTLER, HEYWARD, and Co. beg to _UP inform their Friends and the Public, that they are now settled and in Stock at No. 2, Paternoster-row, Cheapside ; where all Orders addressed to them will meet with immediate attention and dispatch. N. 8.—8. H. and Co. will feel obliged by their Country Friends not forwarding any empty Packages to them until their Premises are re-built, which will be speedily effected. Dec. 12, 1827. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Correspondent in Bath will see by the following that her humane opject has been duly , attended to : (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday laat.) JOAN' RIDER, THE EMIGRANT.—The case of this unfortunate man, mentioned in our last paper, has excited considerable sym On L a a ti cli y iig a l d le a a l e l c t o h u e n olecg e of . t e h m t p n a o pe ti r ce a hl gist been ra a t n e s‘i,..err h i e . district of Middleham, sent for the Overseer of Coverham, and suggested the propriety of his immediately repairing to Leeds, to bring Rider to his parish, if he was In a fit state to be removed, or, if not, to assure the parish-officers at Leeds, that every expence which had already attended his residence in the workhouse, or might attend his continuance there, would be refunded by the township of Coverham. On the ar rival of the Overseer in Leeds, he found the poor man very much improved in health, by good nursing and suitable food, and so much recovered as to be able to travel home in a cart, which was provided for him, and he has left Leeds to join his family, which, during his absence in Canada, has been very expensive to the parish. A letter addressed to Wm. Holds worth, Esq.; Constable of Wakefield, by the Chairman of the Parish Board at Leeds, complaining of the improper removal of Rider from the Vagrant-Office at Wakefield to Leeds, and of the person who brought him here, placing a man in his helpless condition upon the flags in the public streets, has led to an inquiry into theconduct of the Wakefield vagrant officer, and to the appointment of a Committee, at a meeting held last Thursday, to manage the affairs of that office in future. The result of the inquiry we have not beard, but from the disposi. tion manifested by Mr. Holdsworth, and the other gentlemen in office, we are convinced that every thing will be done in their power to prevent a repetition of similar conduct towards the distressed, or of any thing that may tend to involve the townships of Wakefield And Leeds in litigation.—We had last night the pleasure to receive, for the use of John Rider, a ten pound note inclosed in a letter from London, of which the following is a copy : • Sun-Office, London, Dec. 6,18 V. I DEAR SIRE,—/ have much pleasure in forwarding the in. closed £lO to your care, to be applied to the relief of John Ri der, the unfortunate man whose case was so humanely treated in your excellent Journal, and to which notice he is indebted for this donation. Please to ackncwledge the receipt of this, and believe me to remain, Yours, truly hi. _, EniToß. • o oussrs. flames 0u.4 " TALES OF THE -DAY. " The Courier Francais.—' On Thursday morning, every thing seemed prepared in the residence of M. de Villele for a speedy removal ; the hotel taken by the Minister was mentioned, and the apartments of the Rue de Rivoli were deserted. But this retreat was only a feint. However, a council was held, and some of the Ministers tendered their resignations ; Messrs. de Villele and Peyron_ net joined them, but all was afterwards arranged, &e. &e.' " CALUMNIES OF THE DIY. " The Quot4dienne.--‘ M de Villele approved the ad dress of 1821, and persuaded his friends to vote for it, saying that it was necessary to some to a conclusion.' " (From the Journal des Debats, Dec. 9.) BARCELONA, DEC. I.—The King was to have arrived here to-morrow, but certain preparations for his reception not being yet finished, have caused his departure from Tarragona to be delayed, and the arrival of the Court is now officially announced for the 4th. Count St. Priest, who, it was thought, was still at Bar celona, suddenly arrived here from Tarragona, on the morning of the 29th, and a few hours afterwards his Excel lency took post horses to proceed to France. It appears that this Ambassador will not return to Spain till the Court I shall have returned to Madrid. . A report has been circulated, that the Apostolicals being somewhat directbaffled in their now allth v e i ir ew e s ioi b l y s t th he wa iun r n d s st . h e e cti a o rm n Catalonia, in which they endeavour, it is said, to seduce. The report is rendered in some degree probable by the manner in which the troops in the garrison have been distributed ; for the Citadel, Fort Mont Juy, and all the important posts, have been occupied by the Royal Guard, while the troops of the line have only those posts in the interior, or externally, which are but of secondary importance. The General-in -Chief, Count d'Espagne, resides himself in the Citadel, in order to hare it ;pore in his power con stantly to watch over what is passing in Barcelona. Yesterday the rear guard of the division destined for the garrison entered. It conducted hither more than a hun dred persons taken from the prisons of Manreza and iri e h, ap of Own have been implicated in the rebellion at Bar celona. They were marched immediately to the Citadel, there to be 'maned. Private letters were yesterday received in town from Mrs. STRATFORD CANNING, dated at Corfu, which mentioned that she daily expected M r . CANNING to arrive there. His Majestys packet-brig Frolic has arrived with a Brazil mail. She sailed from Pernam buco on the 25th September, from Bahia, on the Ist October, and from Rio de Janeiro on the 23d. By this opportunity we have received Brazil w the abov e d a t e , from which we extract tPhaepe following, relative to a motion in the Cham ber of Deputies resp ec ting the celibacy 'of the Clergy :--- RIO DE JANEIRO. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, 01/ the 10th o c f om c r n t Ober,tte !ff e e n red Fgo, a ei sepa ra t e vo t e o n a motion of Senior a member of the Ecclesiastical Ferreira Franqa, and r equeste d th a t be might be excused from reading it ; that it might be printed. This request not being granted, be proceeded to read a very long paper, in which he began by observing, that it is necessary, first to develope some principles which, though known to many, are yet unknown to a great majority. He therefore pro posed to show : l.—That it is competent to the temporal power to decree impediments to marriages—to dispense with them— and to revoke them. 2.—The origin and progress of the celibacy of the Clergy. S.—The results of the prohibition of the marriage of the Priests, (Padres.) 4.—The right and the duty of the General Assembly of Brazil to abolish the prohibition. Having traced at great length the history of the origin and progress of the celibacy of the Clergy, and the fatal effects on the morals of that important class ; and having expressed a hope that the Pope, who daily dispenses even with the most important of the canonical laws in favour of individuals, will not refuse to confer a general benefit on the faithful, and on the Church itself, when a whole nation petitions him to do so ; the honourable member proposed : I.—That the Government be authorized , to obtain from his ?fellness the revocation of the spiritual penalties im posed on the Clergy in case of their marrying, explaining to his Holiness at the same time the necessity of doing so, since the Assembly cannot avoid revoking the law of celibacy. 2.—That the Government shall appoint to our plenipo tentiary a certain time, and not longer than is sufficient, in which the acceptance of the petition must be definitively received from the Holy See. 3.—That in case the Holy See should refuse to accede to this petition, our Plenipotentiary shall declare to his Holiness moat clearly and positively, that the General As sembly will not abolish the law of celibacy—(a Assembles Geral nao derrogara a Lei do delibato)—but will suspend the Benephasito to all laws concerning ecclesiastical discip line, which shall be contrary to its decrees; and that the Goirernment will maintain the public tranquillity and or der by all the means in its power. After a debate, in which the printing of this vote was opposed by the Archbishop of Bahia, it was resolved by the Chamber that it should be printed without delay. (The Rio Papers to the 29th October contain nothing of any importance respecting the war with Buenos Ayres.) The Sandwich packet has arrived with the Lisbon mail of the 2d inst. By this opportu nity, we have received Lisbon Gazettes to the Ist inst. inclusive, which contain nothing worth copying except the following Extract of a Despatch from Madrid : OFFICIAL. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. usßox, xov. 29. COPT OF TIIE , THIRD SECTION OF A DESPATCH FROM JOSE GUILHIMIE LIMA, DATED MADRID, NOV. 23, 1827. In the conference which I had to-day with D. Manoel Salmon, that Minister repeated to me, that I might give the assurance to my Government, that the Government of his Catholic Majesty was resolved to act with the greatest energy, that the tranquillity of Portugal might not be dis turbed by the emigrants who are in this kingdom ; that it had recently sent to the Captain-General a recapitulation of all the orders of his Catholic Majesty relative to this subject, for the strict observance of them ; and that orders had been given to make public in the depiits the departure of his Serene highness Don Miguel for Portugal, and the inten tions by which he is actuated, in order to prevent them from being any longer deluded by their Chiefs. The Lisbon Gazette to the Ist of December inclusive, contains no further news, being filled with aecouuts of the battle of Navarin, and other extracts from the English and French journals. We have received this forenoon the Alige meine Zeitung of the fith instant, which con tains no news. The. following is an extract : VIENNA, NOV. 30. His Royal Highness Don Miguel returned three days ago from Maria Zell, and the Austrian Ambassador of the Court of Lisbon, Count Bruchelles, having already set oat, he will in a few days leave Vienna to proceed by Paris and London to Lisbon. His Royal Highness honoured with his presence the several fetes given in his honour, and 4g 4dared he should always think with pleasure en his resi dence in this capital. VIENNA, arc. I.—Metalliques, 88 1-1 G ; Bank Shares, 1030. Extract of a letter from the Agent to LLOYD'S, at Smyrna, dated Nov. 5 : " Advices of the affair of Navarin reached us on the 27th ult., and during the past week the British and French houses have placed as much of the valuable property in their warehouses as they possibly could, on board the merchant vessels in port, for safety. The Pacha maintains excellent order by a powerful and strict Police, and has promised to give ample time for embarking all persons and property, even should war be declared. The pressure of a large naval force within pistol shot of our houses, puts the safety of the vessels in the Bay beyond doubt, and the Ame ricans, Imperials, and Dutch, would assist with their boats and marines to preserve order and carry off Euro peans. The French have two frigates and three or four small vessels in port, under Admiral de Rigny. The Cambrian, Dryad, Raleigh, Gannet, and Camelion, are here. The Parthian sailed last night, and the Rose, after watering at Volo, proceeds to Malta. In case of departure we shall he amply protected by convoy ships. His Ma jesty's ship Zebra having sailed with the Comet and Eli zabeth for Constantinople, and being aware of the action of Navarin, will probably have prevented British vessels from going up for the present. The Greeks have landed at Scio, and Lord Cochrane is bombarding the fort." COUNTRY CATTLE SHEWS. CHICHESTER. FIRST CLASS.—A silver cup, value 10 guineas, the gift of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, for the best Ox ; to Joseph Goodman, Esq.—A silver cup, value six guineas, for the second best fat Ox ; to Mr. B. Staker.—A silver cup, value six guineas, for the best fat Steer; to Mr. Cal houn.—A silver cup, value 10 guineas, given by the Mem bers for the City, for the best fat Runt, to the Duke of Richtnond.—A silver cup, value six guineas, for the se cond best fat Runt ; to Mr. Neal. SECOND CLASS.--.A silver cup, value eight guineas, for the best fat Cow or Heifer; to Mr. R. Cousens.—A silver cup, value five guineas, the gift of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, for the second best fat Cow or Heifer ; to Mr. R. Lacy. - THIRD CLASS.—A silver cup, value 10 guineas, the gift of Lord Selsey, for the 10 best fat six-tooth or full mouthed South Down Wethers ; to Mr. Copis.—A silver cup, value eight guineas, for the 10 best fat four-tooth South Down 'ethers ;to Mr. H. Sadler.—A silver cup, value three guineas, for the ten best fat South Down Ewes ; to ?Jr. Billingliurst.—A silver cup, value six guineas, for the J 0 second best fat South Down Ewes; to Mr. T. Hal sted.—A silver cup, value six guineas, for the 10 best fat Ewes of any description ; to Mr. Wyatt Lindsey. We have the satisfaction to announce that her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA Will shortly * arrive her, for change of air. —Brighton Paper. DEVONPORT, DEC. B.—The Invincible, 74, Clarence, 110, and St. Vincent, 120 guns, having been completed, alongside the Dock-yard, have been replaced at their moorings in Hamoaze. DEVONPORT, SUNDAY EVENING, DEC. 9. —This day our dotk-yard has been full of bustle ; sixty s hipwrights have been employed in fitting up the E rebus bomb-vessel, which is to proceed immediately to the Me diterranean, Orders have been issued to fix sights to the guns of the three guard-ships, the Britannia, 120, Ocean and Windsor Castle, 74'5,-which is generally a preparatory measure to a vessel being ordered on a hostile expedition. To-morrow (Monday) an additional number of shipwrights will work on the Erebus, in.order that no delay may pre vent her speedy departure to join the combined fleet in the Mediterranean.— Western Luminary. THB WEATRE.R.—Since the frost passed away, the weather in this quarter has been at once variable and highly uncomfortable. Within a very few days, the thermometer ranged from 23 to 52—a thing almost un known even in our fickle cliinate. More recently, our even ings have been as stormy as our mornings are raw, thick, and foggy, and altogether, we are experiencing to the full, what our ancestors called the dreary days of December. Friday last was truly a frightful night. The rain descend ed in 'torrents, and the wind blew with such fury, that in detached situations were apprehensive that personstliei d'o living'ei gs would be tumbled about their ears. The top of the 'Tire of the new church was beat by the blast, and win not stand so long as the Pyramids of Egypt if its ar chitecture is disturbed by many such storms..- - -D umfries Courier. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 12.—Wind S. by W.—Arrived the Watchman, from New Orleans, and. Aurora, Stanley, from New York. The Oscar and Charles, with several others, names uuknown, have returned into the Downs through the gales. The Tryphena, of Dartmouth, got on the North Sand Head last night or !arty this morning, while blowing hard from the southward, and is wrecked ; part of the cargo, con sisting of brandy, and one man, have been saved. The Vrow Maria upset the pauls of the windlass, and part of her cable ; and the Watchman parted with her cable during the gale, and both were sup plied with others. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind S. S.W.—Arri ved the Frolic, from the Brazils, in 41 days, overshot her port, and will forward her mail this evening. PORTSMOUTH, • DEC. 11.--Wind S.W.--The whole of the outward-bound sailed this morning, with wind at E., except the General Harcourt, and Elizabeth and Louisa. TIN afternoon the whole returned to the Motherbank, the wind having shifted. The Tryphena, Tollett, from Rochdale to London, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sand yesterday morning; only one of the crew saved. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Constantinople, dated Nov. 10 :—" The supposition that I had formed of vessels being warned against entering the Dardanelles by some man of war, is confirmed by advices of the Zebra brig being there for that purpose. A few vessels that received their firman and visit, previous to the imposition of the embargo,have been allowed to proceed both upwards and downwards; the former empty ships have been allowed to go through, whirst the latter, being loaded with wheat, may yet be detained on arrival at the Dardanelles. We imagine that the embargo has only been put on to enable the Porte to supply itself with wheat, if matters should not be satisfactorily arranged. Great apprehensions are entertained that a rupture between the Porte and the Powers, who are parties to the Treaty, must take place; and were it not for the embargo, great numbers would immediately embark themselves and property. Travelling tighans, or personal passports, are refused, and it is even difficult to obtain them for the person accom panying the regular post, A Greek force has landed at Scio, and is occupied in bombarding the town. THE FUND3-(THIS DAY). CITY, TwiLrß o'CL•as. No further intelligence from Constantinople, rela tive to the departure of the Ambassadors or other wise, has this morning arrived; the rumour which was circulated at a late hour yesterday, that infor mation had arrived of their being at Constantinople on the 18th, has net been verified, indeed what we have in the French Papers appears to be tb6 only intelligence on the subject in London. The Brazil packet has arrived, and brings letters from Rio Janeiro dated Oct. 25 ; they state that no prospects of a peace are entertained ; the Exchange was 33d. A large amount in gold for the Brazilian Mining and another Company has arrived in this packet, the value h variously stated, one account gives it al 25,0001., and another as 40,0001. The English money market is , in rather a tranquil state after the storm of yesterday afternoon. Consols for the ac count opened at 831, turned buyers, and imme diately afterwards sellers, which is the present quo tation. Several of the Bears yesterday bought in their accounts, which assisted the market in its rise. The rumour respecting the Ambassadors remaining on the 18th had some effect in advancing it, but, originating as it did, by a gentleman who has been a very large operator lately, induced many individuals to look at it in a suspicious manner. Exchequer Bills, 44 pm. ; India Bonds, 73 pm. In the Foreign market there is very little atteia tion ; Brazilian Bonds are 61; Buenos Ayres, 52; Colombian, 28 ; Danish, 59 ; Greek, 18i; Mexi can,49;ngo Me xi canPieruviar Peruvian, 26f; Mining s 6i; Russianime. 60 d ,8 . 9 5 ; Spanis is. h, 11*. A Brazilian, in consequence of the arrival of the gold by the packet, and the good accounts from the As sociation, advanced 101. per share to-day; the pre sent quotation is SO pm., they have been done at 85 pm.; General Mining Association, 91 pm.; Real tlel Monte,. 30 pm.; United Mexican, 18 die. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols remain steady, with little doing : the only variation has been their decline to 83k ; pre sent price, 83i- The accounts received by the mail from Rio de Janeiro say but little on the subject of peace; but a ge neral feeling existed, that this event would most likely take place. The exchange remained 33i 4. Coffee had also been on the rise. Brazilian Mining Shares have been 88 premium, but are now 78. The packet brings 24,0001. in gold for this concern, which, it is stated, is going on most prosperously. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 83i, buyers. The Russian Ambassador, the Portuguese Ambassador, and the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Earl DUDLEY and Mr. HUSKISSON visited Viscount GODERICIF yesterday, at his residence in Down. ing-street. _ _ The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Earl DUD LEY, and the CHANCEILOR of the EXCHEQLER, had in terviews with Mr. HusKtssoN yesterday. Mr. TIERNEY visited the Marquis of LANS DOWNE yesterday, at the Home-office. The case of M'GARRAHAN v. MAGUIRE, has been fixed for Thursday next.—Dublin Morning Re gister. . . The Marquis of CHANDOS is entertaining the Duke of WELLINGTON, Mr. Pact., and a numerous party of Noblemen and Gentlemen, at the seat of his 4ord ship'S father, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, at Wootton, Buckiogliamshire. Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS left town on Tues day, for the seat of Lord BRAYBROOEE, in Berkshire, to join a shooting party for a few days, DON MIGUEL.—There was a Meeting of uaofoserthif this day, the reception of Don MIGUEL, at the City of London considering the propriety of Pot nlTaa vk l ei u nr g ng e arrangementssfoerl thele rc purpose on his arrival in London. The meeting was strictly private, and, we understand, was but thinly attended. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain EDWARD MAXWELL DANIELL was sworn into the command of the ship Duchess of Atholl, consigned to Bombay and China. The cause of " the Hon. and Rev. Arch deacon TRENCII v. ENEAS M‘DoNNeLL, Esq.," which came on for trial on Monday, at the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, not being concluded, the trial was postponed till the following day. The Fancy Fair for the Cobinty Hospital com mences this day, and has drawn to the town a consider able influx of persons from various parts of the county, many of whom are vendors, and others interested in this work of charity. The Old Ship will, during the conti nuance of the fair, be of course tho chief resort of fashion here.—Brighton Paper. INFANTS' ScitooLs. — A meeting, very fully and most respectably attended, was held at the Market house, on Monday last, to establish an Infants' School for the children of the poor, of all religious denominations, the management of which wag proposed to be entrusted to members of the Church of England. After a variety of speeches, a Committee was formed , to make a public report of their proceedings. —Taunton Courier. A beautiful pied blackbird was shot at Wil ton, on Monday last, by Mr. Wooncecx : the neck, lower part of the breast to the vent, and wings of a fine snow white; the upper part of the breast, back, and tail, a fine jet black. It has been preserved by Mr. EnwAitus, of Araesbury.—Bath Chronicle. MINIM _AP LAW INTELLIdENCE.—(THIS DAV The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that he was COURT OF CHANCERY. ' •• ed N leave the Court to-day at 12 o'clock, to attend the mah' ll ° of the Recorder's Report. IN THE MATTER OF THE REV. MRS. HOLMES. , Mr. HoersE said, this matter there were two p etitiow standing in the paper of to-day. The one was, 0 9 tbe part of Mrs. Stephenson, who had sued out a second et° mission against this gentleman, praying that at the ea' ecuting of it, he might be produced, to which there was e° objection.—Order made by consent. him The next petition was on the part of Mr. Holmes self. It stated that Mr. White, the solicitor of Mrs. S te ; pbenson, had lodged a distritigas on Mr. Holmes's s toel'! the Bank, which bad the effect that an injunction from Court would have had, inasmuch as it prevented the / 331 . 1 t, parting with any of the funds ; and also that lie bad ten to the steward of Mr. Holmes, desiring him not to r ip ' ceive any rents or profit, or to part with any 11 10 ' e) , t • his hands to Mr. Holmes, or any other person , cept at his peril, as the Lord Chancellor had 0 ' . 7 1 ,1, e ed a second commission to issue against Mr. 1 1 .,. „1y effect of this was literally to starve Mr. H. and his Lrh The Learned Counsel thought he had only to s ote cro t a case to insure the immediate interference of the Seal to compel the withdrawing of that distrisg as of t those notices, because mere improper conduct on t l ; e _ r iot of a person, without the leave of the Great Seal, t ot never known. The affidavits of Mr. 'Hughes, a ae l r supported the statements of the petition. Mr. WRIGHT was with Mr. HORNE. There cot no doubt that the solicitor of Mrs. Stephenson had ty this course, after the former writ had been quashed, :4 cure the funds of Mr. H. for the payment of his costs,•„cet.,, from ether motives his Lordship could not countenaa though he had sworn the costs of the former proceecP,g: had been paid by him or the petitioner, Mrs. Stepheno!)s because Mrs. S. was not in a situation to pay them, havi'l. no income but an annuity from her father of 2001. a ye h against whom she sought to uphold the Commission. such a course of conduct were to be tolerated, every P er son who hereafter sued out a commission against any a n ' fortunate individual, would go to the Court of li,xclietl aer : issue a distringaii which a person can do withou t an' affidavit, and without applying even to the Court Rog IS ' to the clerk, and tie up the individual hand and foat - , A His LORDSHIP wished to be satisfied that he s"' vent a suit going on in the Exchequer. ugi an Mr. HORNE said there was no suit in the DOI — A n There was no bill fi led there. That this Court "Ziii entire jurisdiction, and that, but from what bs d from his Lordship, it never could have occurred to big s ‘ ; ; b i anybody would have entertained the slightest doubt.e',,, of the jurisdiction or of the propriety of this Court's ia ea ference in such a case as this. The petitioner here had Olio), out a commission against a gentleman, and during pendency of the trial of that commission, had gone 600 surreptitiously laid hold of the whole property. I n f lit matter of Baker, the late Lord Chancellor found tbat tr brother of the alleged lunatic had given notice to th e nants not to pay their rents; and he then said that 1 , commission should not be executed until the suppos ed natic was furnished with ample means to make his d e feu' e r It was at first stated that the expense would be 901' o r 900/. ; but it • turned out tkat it would arnou 9t „, 1,5001., and his Lordship refused to suffer the i,t tion of the commission until that sum was bro es o e g into Court ; it was done in the course of tlV°:s9 three days afterwards by the brother, the commission sad acted on his own executed, and the party was found 'not to he a lunatic, had ev e r since retained the dominion over his prop ertY ,, o ll His LORDSHIP said, that there Lord Eldon baU " i „cl thought proper to be done. by commission, to enforce what he - Mr. HoitNE did not wish his Lordship here to s e t ' but directing the rents, &C. to be paid to Mr. ll ol°es ; • T o only by ordering the party to withdraw the noticeseal. go in direct contempt of the authority of the Great S 0 1 Mr. SUGDEN had seldom heard stronger. lauguag to so weak a case. The fact was, that in Sept. las t - De Holmes (for, under the circumstances of this ease ' was bound to consider it the act of Mrs. H., and 90 " , Mr. H.), had sold out 800/. stock, and on the 80th,", October, the very day on whic h Mr. H. had been footle.; e lunatic, another 1,000/., which he (Mr. S.) considers f: 1 improper conduct as any that by possibility eou_sl be stat e d ' that the only object of his clients was, to protect the perty of Mr. H., who, he was confident, would again be 1011 4 a lunatic, though, in point of technicality, his L o rdship po t felt it necessary to set aside the last verdict. His clients diu.of wish to prevent the other side having the means of to trying the question, and they would consent to the o fep i l of Mr. H. receiving the rents now due, and if th e l. to not be sufficient, then the parties might apply r„3 " fe d, have a sum advanced front the stock; but he auvs, l ;If that his Lordship ought not to let the parties be 5t to take away the whole of the funds in the Bank. Re' His Loananar inquired the amount of the rents l'a‘ v , Mr. HonNE believed there was a year due, and t ba- these amounted to 1,500/. or 1,600/. The reason %AY , - be en prevented for the last twelve months receiving sums of stock had been sold was, that the lunatic ha" 0 . d' his rents. I, e sale i The LORD CivarcimLor. doubted muck that t" % i o n. had been made by Mr. H. ; or that this was his p et ' - t tri - Ha was inclined to thinlethat the whole was to be 3 t ote buted to Mrs. H., though he did not for a moment' e l l t be any improper motive: But he felt bound to prete e l i g ht property as much as possible, because it oto l be, that on this occasion Mr. H . • might not be te if to be a lunatic ; at the same time as it was abs o ° co l necessary that he or his friends should have amP, l l e , to conduct the defence, be considered it rig ht - r a d 'l ila White should withdraw his notices to the asi'tewiaetofore, tenants, that those rents might be received bt and that afterwards , any further application g deemed necessary. sveF e ' His Lordship left the Court at a few minutes past t ash illine A notice was this mornin VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. timating his Honour's intention to hear unopposed 010 rupt Petitions on Saturday the 15th instant, and 01 3 t (lay week, at three o'clock. MOLONY V. 111 OLONY--JACKSON V. 5101,0Nir. 0, His Iluxoult , in allusion to the motion in these CA' ll O,, which stood over for the of having additiona l a purpose nig davits g posted up in the Court , ir, , as to the genuineness of a power of attorney, r duced by a Mr. Eager, said that Mr. Eager's solicitor h, furnished him with office copies of certain affidavits; `j them ? O n bing a n wnswere the na tive, his Hoe wished to know wheth er the opposite p ar ty h handed down e his o copies , adding a t the same tiule: that be would be prepared to dispose of the 'notion w het' ever the matter was mentioned in the course of the day ' ad also se_:, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. tathlileleeged it 'V" i°ll:l4i This was an b gh tailor, fbr the recovery of 241. i5B. 6d., p cfl l oo a rt in he t c i sl ff owt w hees f r i o o fo g nisttedaiteStiZoßnNirTTeuV. nished to the defendant. " fo r ' i t w d t e h ri c e h d t e h hb f e ya en t defendant objected rol f 0, p b p y ea t r i ed ie from plaintiff, th 6 e s E 2 - , for a coat charged 61. ethic for him to wear, and he also objected to the pr' s S o to being extravagantly high. He therefore paid P''' Court, and went to issue for the remainder. i , t ti A great deal of evidence was adduced to shear t'froibl° coat was three inches too small in the waist, and itile e vi' for the defendant to wear, but the witnesses who gt e te d i deuce to that effect, admitted that they had only uspotle on him yesterday morning, whereas the coat was three or four M years back. tirl ii° r. Sergeant WILDE, in reply, m a d e a mos t boto ° o of address to the Jury, and commented on the unfair' ) go , trying a coat yesterday which was made three Ye 33 0 0 Mr. Haigh was a citizen, and perhaps had since t" e , t he was made been Churchwarden, or served some other °) ° ti,e parish officel.—(A laugh.)—H e meant no offenc e re el Jury, but they must be aware that nothing could be h - e f o re 11 unfair than to expect th a t a coat mad e f or a ,3 ° I "fter he served parish offices, could be expected to fit hint a fter; wards.—(Great laughter.)—The coat had beets reP I, ef' altered, and fitted so well at the time, that Mr. H a ' 9t pressed his perfect satisfaction, and his brother sai d ' O lO a capital fit, and only wanted taking in a little in the " of the back. fil P -rdi , .' . 'ff to the , 0 t .dile The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintil amount of his claim, excepting a deduction of 9s•► they conceived to be overcharged upon three waistcoat- INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Laste r: John Blair IPPCarthy was opposed by a Mr. w .1 0/ , and two other creditors, whose united debts were under oj The COURT considered the opposition insuffici ot ,i ' ordered the insolvent to be adjourned generally, in I. " amend a notice. e 6 Several other insolvents w e r e disclArgk :1 being an o p r A plearembeonagti,. has s t r e 2 c 4 e. tlfeety excited long, s p o fe r , l) tse 00 ; by a tuiioencianpaitytbhiiistown. The engine is of 2 4 ho r se poweef'fer° was constructed by Mr. flown Err, iron-founder. , 0 0 partial voya ges have been made, which comple tel Y P be o of the e ngine. Yesterday morning 1, 0 started on a voyage up the Witham to Lincoln.'' Gazette. COMMOD The Loan °until this dal, _ . • p~R eai i . \ ln o t motion aTes: ve.the pertr.if the purp ose ,this subject, a n d permitted t o To o oc coPy of it forpnlformer cute ( ' - ur Pose, At Eelf declar e that as Only a copy. 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