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ANECDOTES OF THE cum OF ST. JAMES'S (From the New Monthly Magazine.) FIGHTING Frrvaxatataa.--Whilat on the subject of sinister ad mission to the Club, the writer cannot do better than relate tl very singular and whimsical manner in which Mr. Arthur Fitz gerald forced his way into Brookes's. This personage, it is we. known, though ly related to one of the first families ii _lit land murder Lei wa s publicly executed in the y e ar 1'786, for m had coolly premeditated, and w hi c h h e sae ' ( r ' which er)s he in a most cruel and cowa r dly manner. Ti r others perpetrated fame, or rather infamy, , which encircled his brows, front havin c , been the survivor in a great many duels, be.nfne at length th , canoe of the moat ferocious haughtiness, and greatly increased h _ overbearing and quarrelsome disposition. His &telling propen sities, however, kept him out of all the first chibs in London, and rendered him at once both an object Of terror and of hatred ; and, even when he was introduced et the Court of France, where single combat was not so much reprehended as in Great Britain, the young Monarch (the unfortunate Louis the Sixteenth) could not help showing his ahhorrence of a professed duelist, by utter ing a most deserved sarcasm on Fitzgerald, and by refusing to ad- Mit him a second time to his levee. The gentleman who intro. duced him (the English Ambassador), having said, " I have the honour to introduce "to your Majesty Mr. Fitzgerald, an Irishman, of high descent , w h o , i n his t lie, e,, has successfully fought no less than eight„ duels, and always killed his man." The King re- P. li e ct —" Monsieur l'Ambassadeur, I have read your famous Eng. tech history of Jack the Giant Killer, and I think it may be greatly improved by adding this Irishman's life, by way of Ap pendix—let him retire !" His Majesty further observed to the Ambassador, in the duellist's hearing, that if Mr. Fitzgerald showed a disposition to quarrel with any of his subjects, he should order him to quit France in 24 hours. But, to avoid further digression, the writer has to state, that Fitzgerald having once applied to Admiral Keith Stewart, to pro pose him as a candidate for Brookes's, and the worthy Admiral, well knowing that he must either fight or comply xVith his request, chose the latter alternative. Accordingly, ch the night on which the balloting was to take place (which was only a mere form in this case; for even Keith Stewart himself had resolved to black ball him), the duellist accompanied the gallant Admiral to St. James's-street, and waited in the moth below whilst the suffrages were taking, in order to know the ?'sue. The ballot was soon over, for without hesitatiort hell member threw in a black ball, and when the scrutiny te;o1, place, the company were not a little amazed to find not !'yen one white one among the number. How ever, the point ',I rejection being carried nem. con. the grand af fair now as to which of the members had the hardihood to annoutece tile same to the expectant candidate. No one would tuld :ertal.e the of f ice, for the announcement was sure to produce a etalienge ; and a duel with Fighting Fitzgerald had in almost every ease, been fatal to his opponents. The general opinion was, that the proposer, Admiral Stewart, should convey the intelligence, and that in as genteel terms as possible. But the Admiral, who was certainly on all proper occasions, a very gallant officer, was not inclined to go on any such embassy. " No, Gentleman," said he, " pro posed the fellow, because I knew you would not admit him; but, by G—, I have no inclination to riskmy life against that of a mad man." " But, Admiral," replied the Duke of Devonshire, " there being 'lan white ball in the box, he must know that you have black-balled him as well as the rest, and he is sure to call you nut, at all events." This was a poser for the poor Admiral, who sat silent for a few seconds, amidst the half-suppressed titter of the members ; at length, joining in the laugh against himself, he exclaimed, "Upon my soul! a pleasant job I've got into. D—n tit fellow I.—No matter !—I won't go ;—let the waiter tell him that there was one black ball, and that his name must be put up again if he wishes it." This plan appeared so judicious, that all cancel-red in its propriety ; accordingly the waiter was, in a few mintites, dispatched on the mission. tti the mean time Mr. Fitzgerald showed evident symptoms of impatience at being kept so long from his " dear friends " above stairs ; and frequently rang the bell to know the state of the poll. On the first occasion, be thus addressed the waiter who answered his summons : " Come here, my tight little fel low; do you know if I am chose yet?" " I really can't say, Sir," replied the young man, " but I'll see." " There's a nice little man : be quick, d'ye see, and I'll give ye sixpence when ye come with the good news." Away went the little man; but he was in no harry to come bark, for he as well as his fellows were' sufficiently aware of Fitzgerald's violent temper, and wished to come in contact with him as seldom as possible. The bell "rang again, and to another waiter the impatient candidate put the same question, " Am I chose yet, waither ?" " The' hallottitig is not over yet, Sir," replied the man. " Not over yet !" exclaimed Fitzgerald. " But sure, there is no use of ballotting at all, when my dear friends are all unanimous for me to costs in. Run, my man, and let me know how they are get ting on." After the lapse of another quarter of an hour, the bell rang so viole:itiy, as to produce a contest among the poor servants, as to whose turn it was next to visit the lion in his den ; and Mr. Brookes, seeing no alternative but resolution, took the message from the waiter who was descending the staircase, and boldly en feted the room with a coffee equipage in his hand. " Did you call for Coffee, sir ?" said Mr. Brookes, smartly ; " D—n your coffee, err, and you too," answered Mr. Fitzgerald, in a voice which made the host's blood curdle in his veins. " I want to know, stir, and that without one moment's delay, stir, ti I'm chose yet ?" " Oh, sir," replied Mr. Brookes, who trembled from head to foot, but attempted to smile away the appearance of fear; " I beg yoni pardon, sir ; but I was just coming to announce to you, sir—with Admiral Stewart's compliments, sir—that,—unfortu hately,_—there was one black ball in the box, sir; and—conse quently, by the rules of the club, sir,—no candidate can be ad mitted withont a new election, sir,—which cannot take place,— by the standing regulations of the' club, sir,—until a month from this time, sir." During this address Fitzgerald's irascibility appeared to under go considerable mollification; and, at its conclusion, the terrified landlord was not a little surprised and pleased to find his guest shake him by the band, which he squeezed heartily between his °w/I two, saying, " My dear Mr. Brookes, I'm chose, and I give y e m uch joy ; for I'll warrant ye'll find me the best customer in your house; but there must be a small matter of mistake in my election ; and as I should not wish to be so ungenteel al to make my sale amon g my dear f r i en d s u p stairs:until that mistake is duly rectified, you 'll step up and make my compliments to the gentle men and say, as it is only a mistake of one black ball, they will be so good as to waive all ceremony on• my account, and pro ceed to re-elect their bumble servant without any more delay at all ;—so now, my dear Mr. Brookes, you may put down the coffee, and I'll be drinking it while the new election is going on." Away went Mr. Brookes, glad enough to escape with whole bones, for this time at least. On announcing the purport of his errand to the assembly above stairs, many of the members were panio-struck ; for they clearly foresaw that some disagreeable circumstance was likely to be the finale of the farce which they had been playing. Mr. Brookes stood silent for some minutes, waiting for an answer, whilst several of the members whispered and laughed, in groups, at the ludicrous figure which they all cut. At length the Earl of March (afterwards the Duke of Queensberry) said aloud, " Try the effect of two balls : D—n his Irish impudence, if two black balls don't take effect upon him, I don't know what will." This proposition met with un animous approbation, and Mr. Brookes was ordered to communi cate accordingly. On re-entering the waiting-r oom , M r . Fi tzgera ld rose h ast il y from hie chair, and seizing him by the hand, eagerly inquir ed, " Have they elected me right now, Mr. Brookes ?" " I hope no offence, Mr. Fitzgerald," said the landlord, " but I am sorry to inform you, that the result of the second b a ll o ti ng i s , that two bl ac k b a ll s were dropped in, Sir." " By .1-8, th en ," exclaimed Fitigerald " there's now two mistakes inst ea d o f one. G° b acks my dear friend, and tell the Honourable Members th a t is a uncivil thi to keep a gentleman waiting below st a i rs with no m one to keep hi m comp any but himself , whilst they are enjoying th emselves with their Champaigne And their cards, and their Tokay, up a h oy ,. Tell them to try again, and I hope they will have better luck next time an d make no more mistakes , be cause it's getti ng l ate , and I wont be chose to-night at all. So now, Mr. Brookes, be off with lf a nd lave the door open till I see what , despatch you to ,k y e T, use Away went Mr. Brooke; for .the last time. On announcing his unwelcome errand, every one saw that palliative . measures only prolonged the dilemma ; and General Fitzpa t rickproposed that Brookes should tell him " his cause Wu hopeless for that be was p black-balled all over, fro m h ea d t o f oot, and it ' was hoped by all the members that Mr. Fitzgerald would not persist in thrusting himself into society where his company was de c li ne d: , This message, it was generally believed, would prove a sick ener, as it certainly would have done to any other candidate under similar circumstances. Not so, however, to Fitzgerald, who no sooner heard the purport of it than he exclaimed, " Oh, I perceive it is a mistak e i altogether, Mr. Brookes ; and I must see to the rectifying of b. — myself--there's nothinghkedatinp with prineip & l.--and so, I'll step up at onoe t and put this thing t o r i g h ts, without any more unnecessary delay. In spite of Mr. Brooke's remonstrance, that his entrance into the einb-roora was against all rule and etiquette, Fitzgerald found his way up stain, threatening to throw the landlord over the ban nisters for e nd eavour i ng t o s t o p him. He ente red the room with out any farther ceremony t h an a b o w, and saying to the members, who indignantly rose up at this most unexpected intrusion, " Your servant, gentlemen ! I beg you will be sated." Walking up to the fire-place, he thus addressed Admiral Stewart :—" So, my dear Admiral, Mr. Brookes inforrns me that I have been elected three times." " You have been balloted for, Mr. Fitzgerald, but I am sorry to say, you have not been chosen," said Stewart.-.._ " Well, then," replied the duellist, " did you black-ball me?"__ " My good Sir," answered the Admiral, " how could you suppose such a thing !" " Oh, I supposed no such thing, my dear fellow, I only want to know who it was that dropped the black balls in by accident, as it were ?" - • -• • - - Fitzgerald now went up to each individual member, and but the same question seriatim, " Did yoti black-bail me, Sur ?" until he made the round of the whole club ; and it may well be supposed, that in every case he obtain ed similar answers to that of the Admiral. When he had finished his inquisition, he thus addressed the whole body, who preserved as dead and dread a silence as the urchins at a public school do on a Saturday, when the pedagogue orders half a score of them to be horsed for neglecting their catechism, which they have to repeat to the parson on Sun day :—" You see, gentlemen, that as none of ye have blackballed me, I must be chose : and it is Misther Brookes that has made the mistake. But I was convinced of it from the beginning, and I am only sorry that so much time had been lost, and honourable gentlemen prevented from enjoying each other's good company sooner.— Waither ! come here, ye rascal, and bring me a bottle of Champaigne, till I drink long life to the club, and wish theta joy of their unanimous election of a real gentleman by father and mother, and"..... The members no* saw that there was nothing for it, but to send the intruder to Coventry, which they appeared to do by tacit agreement ; for, when Admiral Stewart departed, which he did almost immediately, Mr. Fitzgerald found himself com pletely cht by all " his dear friends." The gentlemen now form ed themselves into groups at the several whist tables ; and no ens chose to reply to his observations, nor return even a nod to the toasts and healths which he drank, whilst discussing three bottles of the sparkling liquor which the terrified waiter placed before him in succession. At length, finding that no one would communicate with him in either hind, either for drinking or for fighting, he arose, and making a low bow, took his leave as follows :—" Gen tlemen, I bid you all good night; I am very glad to find ye so sociable: —l'll take care to come earlier next night, and we'll hare a little more of it, plase God." The conversation imme diately became general, and it was unanimously agreed that half a-dosen stout constables should be in waiting the next evening to lay him by the heels and bear him off to the watch-house, if he attempted again to intrude. Of some such measure Fitzgerald seemed to be aware; for he never showed himself at Brookes's again, though he boasted every where that he had been unani mously chosen a member of the club ! NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Poersaiourir, FIB. 3.—On Monday arrived the Nimble cutter (tender to the Revenge) from the Mediterranean. She left Malta on the 12th of December. The latest news then received from the Archipelago was by the Zebra, which arrived at Malta on the Sth of December. The struggle between the Greeks and Turks was most violent near Athens, into which place the Greeks had succeeded in throwing a reinforcement, and subsequently made a sally from the Acropolis, in which many Turks were killed, and their force obliged to retire. The Greeks lost but few men, but amongst them, their enterprising commander, Goura, upon whose exertions the Greeks very much depended. It was, notwithstand ing, expected that, without some great reverse befal the Turks, the renowed Athens must fall again. Captain Hastings had ar rived at Napoli di Romania, in his steam-boat, the Perseverance, but from some causes not explained, he was not well received.— The mechanical works of his vessel were much damaged.—Mr. Humphreys died at Aguia about the middle of October, supposed to have been poisoned, in revenge for having published so unpa latable an expose of the state of affairs in Greece. The arrival of Lord Cochrane was most anxiously expected. The following was the disposition of the squadron :—The Re venge (Sir Harry Neale) on her passage from Baia to Marseilles and Malta, to await the arrival of the Asia, from England. The Cambrian, Capt. Hamilton, C.B. detached, in the Archipelago, for the protection of the trade, with the Glasgow, Talbot, Rose, Parthian, Brisk, and Chanticleer. The Seringapatam, Gannet, Pelorous, and Raleigh, are employed at Alexandria, and cruising on the coast of Syria, on a similar service. The Arjadne was to return to Naples, to take Sir Frederick Adam to Corfu ; the Zebra and Philomel, to take convoy to Smyrna and the Darda nelles; Pelican and Weaale, to the lonian Islands; Mastiff, to commence surveying in the Archipelago ; Camelion and Alacrity, waiting at Malta the return of Sir Harry Neale ; and the Medina , was waiting at Malta for the trial of the pirate crew of the armed Greek brig, which she some time sines captured. The Calyspo yacht had arrived from England; the Jasper was daily expected from Newfoundland. Sir John Stoddart had arrived at Malta, and entered upon his office as Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court. On Monday, his Majesty's ship Mersey, 28, Capt. Ferguson, returned from South America, having been employed upwards of three years, on the Pacific side of that station. The presence of a British squadron of ships there, being no longer necessary, the Cambridge, Blanche, and Eclair, were under orders to return home ; the Doris frigate, Sir John Gordon Sinclair, and Jasseur brig, Capt.' Handfield, were to take the station for the present.— The Mersey left the Cambridge and Blanche, at Calloa, on the 27th of July; sailed from Valparaiso on the 7th of September; Co quimbo on the 20th ; came round Cape Horn in fifty days, to Rio Janeiro, and sailed again thence on the 28th of November, leaving there the Ganges, 84 (Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway), and Doris, the latter being about to sail for the Pacific. The Ranger and Heron were in the River Plate. The Emperor of Brasil sailed from Rio, in the Don Pedro, 74, on the 24th of November, for Rio Grande. The Mersey is come into harbour to be paid off. She brought about 480,000 dollars, for British Merchants. Arrived this morning the Eden transport, Lieutenant Gill, from the River, for the Mediterranean ; Perseverance, from Oporto, for London ; Ina, Findlay, for Tobago ; Sisters, Bross, in 40 days, from Messina, for London; and the Elizabeth, Hen derson, from Leghorn, for Newhaven. This morning arrived the brig Ark, Arkhurst, acting master, in 70 days, from Sierra Leone, with timber, for London ; her master, Thomas Caslen, was murdered on the 6th of December, by a black man named Messina, one of the crew, who, because he was refused to leave the helm, caught up a knife, and stabbed Fred. Royston in six places, and then jumped overboard and drowned himself, uttering, as he sunk, the most horrid oaths. We are happy to learn, by letters which we have received from Port Royal, Jamaica, dated the 24th of December, that the squad ron on that station was very healthy. The Aurora frigate, Capt. C. J. Austen, sailed on the 22d for the Barbadocs station, to re lieve the Dryad, Capt. Chambers. The ships in Port Royal were the Isis (flag-ship), Magnificent, Rattlesnake, Bustard, Britomart, Ferret, and Nimble schooner. The Espiegle was at Havannah ; Harlequin at St. Domingo ; Druid, Valorous, and Primrose, on the Leeward station ; Pylades, on a cruise ; Tweed had saileder Vera Cruz, Havannah, and England. Mr. Arthur, Midshipman, Isis, was promoted to be Lieutenant of the Valorous ; Mr. Bond, Aurora, to be Lieutenant of the Pylades ; Mr. Hope, Scylla, to he Lieutenant of the Ferret ; and Mr. Squires, Second Master of the Aurora, to be Master of the Magnificent. On Monday the Parmelia transport, Lieut. Moriarty, arrived from the Leeward Islands, with the head-quarters of the 21st Regiment, which hare disembarked and marched to Albany Bar racks. On Thursday morning, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, K.C.B. sailed for the Mediterranean command, in the Asia, 84, Capt. Edward Curzon, with a fine wind from the The Orestes transport, Lieut. Garratt, sailed this afternoon, with troops and stores, for Sierra Leone. The ships which were hired as transports, to convey the troops to Portugal, are, as they return home, to he discharged from the service. The Starling was paid off on Tuesday, and recommissioned by Lieut. Richard Stuart. Rear-Admiral Charles Adam is appointed to succeed Lord Amelius Beauclerk, as Commander-in-Chief at Lisbon, and on the coast of Portugal. Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen is appointed to the Eden, for a special service on the Coast of Africa ; Capt. Samuel Burgess, to the Alert, 18, at Chatham ; Lieut H. Bolton, to the Thetis, vice C. J. Nash; Mr. B. Loden, to be Purser of the Alert; Mr. W. Bothwell, to be Assistant-Surgeon of the Alligator; Mr. D. Barnes, to be Assistant-Surgeon at Plymouth Hospital; Mr. Jas. Gule, of the Revenge, and Mr. J. J. M'Donnell, of the Cam brian, to the rank of Lieutenant ; th e f ormer a pp o i n t e d t o th e R e venge, vice Lieut. Wm. Dickson, appointed to the Raleigh, vice Wyndham, deceased ; Lieut. Tomkins, Ariadne, to the Philornel ; Lieut. Bell, Revenge, to the Ariadne. On Monday morning, we had four ships of war lyi ng a t Spit bead (including the Redwing sloop) and three of them bore Ad mirals' flags, making four officers of that rank, in command at the port, via. Admiral Sir George Martin, Vice-Admirals Hon. C. E. Fleming and Sir Edward Codrington, and Rear-Admiral Sir Thoma s Hardy. Such a circumstance had not before occurred during nearly a century (we speak of this fact from oral testi mony) if it ever did before.—Hampshire Telegraph. LONDON UNIVERSITY. By the deed for the erection of this gteat work, it is fixed, that the building shall not be begun until there are 1,500 shares of 1001. each actually subscribed, and the number may be increased to 3000, whieh would reduce the amount of each share to 501. On Saturday last the whole of the 1,500 shares were filled up, ani the second instalment of 101 . (making 351. per share) paid hp on a large proportion of them, when the Council flied on the 7th of March for laying the foundation stone, which will be done with all becoming masonic ceremony by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. We congratulate the country o n th e progress Made, and the prospect that now fairly opens of great public ad vantage from this establishment. To those who have objected to this College, we would say, that it is not to be considered as in opposition to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but in aid of them, and as affording collegiate education to those who either cannot be admitted into the Establishments in question for want of room, or whose income does not enable them to bear the expente of either of them. It is also pleasing to understand that the ablest and best informed persons in both these Universities speak without jealousy of the London University, in terms highly to their honour, and thereby shew a degree of liberality which we are happy to make known. We are confident there will he ample employment for all the three Universities. With the cont pletion of the Establishment now almost secured, the next ques tion to be asked is, when it will be completed ? and we are ena bled to state, front good atithority, that Messrs. Lees, the con tractors for the building, and Mr. Wilkins, the architect, are both confident that the building will be ready for the commence ment of the Lectures in October 1828, or, at the farthest in Fe bruary 1829, allowing the longesrperiod (of two years) that has been contemplated. We also understand that the number of can didates for the several Professorships in the University hold out the certainty that the most eminent men in each branch of learn ing and science will fill the chairs. It must, indeed, be an object with most of the men of eminence to have the capital as a field for the promulgation of their opi nions. It has long been matter of surprise, and we would add of reproach, that the capital of England should be the only capi tal iu Europe where an University is not established ; and we congratulate the country, that it will be so soon in the power of young men to obtain a complete, efficient, and economical system of education suitable for the age we live in. As it has hitherto been a great desideratum, we are confident that the London Uni versify will soon acquire that eminence which its extended plan, ' and the liberal principles on which it is established, entitle it to hold among the schools of Europe.—Morning Chronicle. 1760 1761 1762 1763 1761 1765 1768 1767 1768 1769 1,70 1771 1772 1773 17'71, 1775 1776 1777 1778 -- 1779 1780 1791 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 171)5 1796 1797 11V8 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1904 1905 1806 1807 1808 . ......... 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1921 1922 182:1 1824 1825 1826 August. I November. From the same hand, and connected with the same sub ject, may be added a series of remarks on the rate of inte rest at which Government loans have been negociated from the period when such transactions assumed any de gree of national importance. RESLARKS• The average rate of interest at which the loans were negociated during the American war, that is, from the beginning of the year 1776 till the end of the year 1784, was 51. 7s. Id. per cent. The average rate of interest at which the loans were negociated during the war with the French Republic, that is, from the begin ning of the year 1793 till the end of the year 1801, was 51. 4s. 7d. per cent. And the average rate of interest at which the loans were nego ciated during the war with the French Empire, that is, from the beginning of the year 1803 till the end of the year 1814, was 41. 19s. 4d. per cent. It therefore appears, that in proportion as the debt increased in magnitude, the greater was the facility in raising money, and the lower the rate of interest at which money could he obtained. The average price of 3 per cent. stock during the American war, that is, from the beginning of 1776 till the end of 1784, was 654 per cent., being equal to rate of interest on 1001. of 41. Ils. Ild. ; and the average rate of interest at which the loans were negotiated, during the same period, being 51. 7s. Id. per cent., it follows that there was an average gain of 15s. 2d. per cent. on the interest on these loans, being equal to a capital of 251. ss. 7d. in 8 per cent. stock. The average price of 3 per cent. stock, from the beginning of to l a rate nfte 785,tillthineernesdt nit of 1792,100. of 31. 1. 1 was7si.per cent., being equivalent r e T n h e e b average l i p e i t e b e a o t f i s 3, of the year 1793 till In c e t n b t e . b e e t o g c i k n n duringthe war with the per o the end of the year 1801, was 613 per cent., being equivalent to a rate of interest on 1001. of 4/. 17s. ; and the, average rate of in terest at which the loans were negotiate& during the same period, being Si. 4s. 7d. per cent., there was, consequently, an average gain of Is. 7d. per cent. on the interest on these loans, being equal to a capital of 12/. 12s. 9d. in 3 per cent. stock. The average price of S per cent. stock during the year 1802 was 71 3 -16ths per cent., being equal to a rate of interest on 100/. of 41. 4s. 3d. _ . _ The average price of S per cent. stock during the war with the French Empire, that is, from the beginning of the year 1803 till the end of the year 1814, was 62i per cent., being equal to a rate of interest on 1001. of 41. 15.. sd. ; and the average rate of interest at which the loans were negotiated, during the same period, being 41. 19s. 4d. per cent., it follows that there was an average gain of Sc. 11d. per cent. on the interest on these loans, being equal to a capital of 61. 10s. 7d. in three per cent. stock. The average price of 3 per cent. stock, from the beginning of the year 1815 till the end of the year 1821, was 70 3- 16 th °1 per cent., being equal to a rate of interest on 1001. to 41. ss. 6d. TIIREE PER CENT. STOCK. We copy from a Cotemporary the following Table, showing the price of Three per Cent. Consols on the first Thursday in February, May, August, and November, in each year, since 1760, together with some remarks on the rate ei interest at which the Loans have been negociated during part of that period. The extraordinary fluctua tions which take place in the value of Government Secu rities is here clearly seen at one view : but it is gratifying to observe that our national credit seems to stand higher in the last four or five years than at any former period. The extraordinary fluctuations to which the Government Secu rities have been subject at various periods form a very carious inquiry. We subjoin, therefore, a table, which has been prepared by an intelligent friend, giving the results of those fluctuations during a very long series of years : ♦N ACCOUNT OF THE PRICE OF THREE PER CENT. STOCK ON THE FIRST THURSDAY IN FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST, AND NOVEMBER EACH YEAR SINCE 1760. Year. 81!4 71% 85 83M, 84 1 ,( 9114 89% 89 8 9% 88% 7944 86 1 ,i :Fri. 8814) 87% 88% 89 81% 7934 69N ;Fri 93%) :Sat. 86 1 ,0 87% 89 1 4 88 3 4 9 8 8 6 8 2 874 89% 86 ) 88% 89y, 851-i 75 1 4 621 :Fri. 03 1 4) 62 57N 67 % 62 3 4 57% 57% 6oN 58% 69g 67% 68% ;Fri. 39) 77% :Fri. 751,0 eat. 80%) 65% ;Fri. (i 6%) 484 48% 56 1 , 63% 60% 76% 73 564 , SS!,‘ 95% 67% (Fri. 58%) 62% 724 7.5 74% :Fri. 784) 78 877. 'Fri. 90%) 74 6614 'Fri. 69 1 ,i) 56% 49 br , 60 6414 67% 69% 53i!‘ 6Thi 6134 (Fri. 63) (V 4 664 64 1 4 (Fri. 59 1 ,0 58' 63 8 61% 6234 83 767 , 4 67 1 ,4 67 1 ( 77% 82% 83, 96 , 4 8734 81% February, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile dated Saturday.) Panic, Faa. 2.—lt is well known that the Constitutionnel has twice repeated that M. de Calomarde was no longer Minister, and that be was replaced on the 20th by the Count D'Ofalia. To-day it has a letter from Madrid, dated the 22d, saying that M. de Calomarde has ceased to be sole Minister, at least ostensi hly ; for henceforth his colleagues will transact business with the King, instead of submitting their reports to M. de Calomarde ; and it is in this very number in which the Constitutionnet gives itself so glaring a contradiction respecting a piece of intelligence which it has twice affirmed, and we have twice corrected, that it dates fo speak of the falsehoods of the journals. Prince Talleyrand was in the Chamber of Peers yesterday. The Casimir arrived on the 30th of January, from Cayes (in Hayti), with letters dated the 21st of December. The Ternaux arrived at the same port on the gist , wi t h letters from Port-au- Prince of the I Sth of Dece m be r. Ever y thin g was perfectly tranquil at the departure of these two ships. Coffee had fallen to 61 piastres, and the freight remained at the high price of 130 f. to 145 f. The Telegraph was to sail three days after the Casimir and the Hebe (merchantman) a few days after the Ternaux. The Government of Hayti was preparing to send considerable remit tances of colonial produce by several vessels in lading. His Majesty's corvette, Hebe, from Brest, with the agent of Hayti on board, arrived at Port-au-Prince on the 18th December. LIES OF THE DAY. The Journal du Commerce—The military chest of the Swiss regiments returning to France was carried off by the robbers on the road from Madrid (1). The same—The Regiment of Swiss infantry in garrison at Bayonne is going to he sent into Spain, to secure the communica tions between St. Sebastian, Parnpeluna, and Victoria. The Journal des Debats—M. de Villele i in saying in the Chamber of Deputies " it would be for those who forced foreign arms to invade France, to answer to the question which I am now treating of," alluded to 1815 and the 100 days, and thus distin guished a France misled from a faithful France. Une France egaree d'une France fidele The Courrier Francais—The equipages of the Marquis de Chaves, which had arrived at Madrid, were not examined by the Custom-house Officers. The Constitutionnel—The Spanish soldiers sent to the Army of Observation on the Tagus, all cry, " The Constitution for ever !" The same—The Marquis de Chaves, Jordao, Magessi, and others, who entered into Spain on the 12th, have been able to enter again into Tras-os-Montes, protected by the Spanish Au thorities. The Quotidienne —The Ministry has caused a report to be cir culated that the Law on the Press was withdrawn, in order that the Law on the Postage of Letters may pass more easily. (From the Constitutionnel.) MADRID, JAN. 22.—A1l the letters from Cadiz received by this day's courier state that the French are about to evacuate that place, and that the National Guard has already received orders to hold themselves in readiness to perform a part of the duty there. This news is looked upon here as premature, but by no means as false ; and, moreover, it is certain that three regiments of militia and a regiment of infantry of Lusitania have orders to set out for the environs of Cadiz. PARIS, FEB. 2.—This day the Ministerial paper, the Drapeau Blanc, which has been supposed to be in the pay of the Establish ment of Foreign Affairs, announces that it will not appear again. The Aristarque ceased at the commencement of the new year. The Ministry is said to have expended no less than three millions during the last six years, in sustaining these Journals, which nobody eared to read. (From the Journal des Debats.) PARIS, FEB. 2.—News from Lisbon of the 17th, ,and from Madrid of the 22d, confirms the account of the complete defeat of the Marquis de Chaves, and his entry into the Spanish territories. Generals Jordao and Magessi have also entered Spain. The Mar chioness de Chaves is expected at Madrid, where her husband's baggage, and those of the other Generals, arrived on the 21st. They were not inspected by those persons placed at the gates of the. city for such purposes, though this privilege belongs exclu sively to Ambassadors. On the 22d M. Calomarde was still Minister, the only change which the Legations of France and England have obtained .as yet being merely, that henceforward all the Ministers will transact business with the King, hitherto M. Calomarde alone enjoyed that favour. Letters from Madrid, of the 28d, say the Colonel of an In fantry regiment, who is brought before a Council of War, is ac cused of having, with a force under his command, suffered a co lumn of Portuguese to pass freely, which, according to his instruc tions, he should have stopped and disarmed. The Journals of Toulouse announce, under the Madrid head ; the sale in that city of a part of the moveables and effects of M. da Moustier, and that the remainder are packed up_to be Bea to Paris. (From the Etoile, dated Sunday.) WAR OFFICE. LISBON, JAN. 20.'-General Count de Villa FIT. writes from head-quarters at Almeida, on the 15th, that the rebels had re tired the same day from the Portuguese territory into that of Spain, where they occupied Alvea do Crispo and Villa de Cervos. The Marquis d'Angeja has caused the charter of Don Pedro to be proclaimed at Villa Real, and General Correa de Mello, at Villafranca. The Count de Linhares has presented to the Chamber of Peers, a project of law, to determine the responsibility of Ministers. It is to be printed for the use of the Members. The sitting of the 19th, in the Chamber of Deputies, was oc cupied with the discussion of the question, whether Don Manuel Trigoso, being appointed Counsellor of State, could retain his seat as Deputy. It was decided in the negative by 52 to 34. In the same Sitting a Project of Law was presented to declare the ports of Lisbon open to all nations, with a duty of 1 per cent. on the re-exportation of all goods. The English troops are on the point of leaving Lisbon, to aid Portugal against its enemies. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) iiie A'Court ßegent The troops of the Marquis de Chaves having re-entered Spain, the Count de Villa Flor has signified to the Sp anish Governor that he is authorised to receive arms. One of the regiments from Gibraltar ( 1,000 men) has landed. s n T a h m e e Co u G n r t a d n e d a s s R o e f a l th i te s going e r t o a n P d a r4 or sw. Si r S word. The W i has given him a cross worth 120,000 francs. Our letter accompanying the express says ...- PARIS, FEB. 3.-" News from Lisbon of the 20th has been received to-day by express, and is in the Etoile published this evening; but little has been done on Change to-day. Three per Cents. closed at a quarter past four at 68f. 55e. Colombian in demand at 33 ; Mexican at 64. No sellers." PARIS, FEB. 3.-Five per Cents. 100 f. 70c. 65c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 55c. 60c. 65c. 60c. ; Three per Cents. 681. 40c. 30c. 40e. ; Bank Stock, 1995 f. 2000 f. 1997 f. 50c. ; Rentes de Naples, '74f. 15c. 10c. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 1 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 521- 52. 52*. 52. ; llaytian Loan, 610 f. 60011-Exchange on Lon don, one month, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money, 25f. 40e. ; -three months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 261. FROM. A NO T HER LIST, PRINTED AT FOUR O'CLOCK•---Three per Cents. 66f. 50c. ; Five per Cents. 100 f. 75c. (1) A person belonging to the administration was robbed of hi own money, which probably caused the report. (2) The Journal des Debate confounds two very different pe riods, 1814 and 1815. Mfr. de Villele evidently spoke only of 1814, and that is what he said in the Chamber on the interpella-. tion of Dupont [de l'Eure).-Notes of the Etoile. ma k . , 68 guns, long thirty-tw os , on t h e pound cal ronades on the upp er d ec k . T HE A M ERICAN GREEK FRIGATE HOP E. --. She maina ddoeuctl,e and ba n f k o e r r t , y_two_ She is, we believe the largest frigate in the world; she is wore like an SO gun ship, in point of size, than a frigate ; her tonnage is stated at 1,700 ; there is a large cabin on the main d ec k, simi lar to our own frigates, with the gun-room below ; there are a great number of small cabins on the lower deck ; close abaft the mainmast their is a bulk-head put up, which completely separates the steerage from the fore part of the lower deck. In the steerage there are several small cabins. She has plenty of room between decks; her complement is six hundred men; at present she has only two hundred men on board. Miaulis has been made a full Admiral, and has hoisted his flag at the main. Constantine Canari, the celebrated commander of brulots, is appointed Captain under Miaulis. It was Canari who blew up the Capitan Paella's ship at Scio ; he is a very, brave fellow. The frigate is to be got ready for sea imme diately, to join the Spezziots, who are bent on attacking the Egyptian fleet, which arrived at Navarino in the early part of this month, from Alexandria. A game cock belonging to Mrs. Eglin, of the Joiner's Arms, at Carnforth, near Lancaster, has changed his colour five different times in the course of the last four years.--- The first colour was a black red, with some yellow feathers ; next piled ; then he became black, and afterwards changed to a lily white ; he again changed, and has assumed a fine spangled pile colour. PRICES OF STOCKS THL Bank Stook -- S pot Cent. Red 60 10 / %.. 8 per Cont. Cony. WA% 8% per Cent. -.. Ditto Real. 87% STA 4 k , er Cent. New ~,,. . .... .9614% Ditto, 18-26 R"lsik Long Ann. lll% 5_ . indirt Stock 238 X 40 Ditto Bonds 51 50 51 pm. 'HAS AT ONB O'CLOCK. PRICES OF FOREIGN F' Augtrian Bonds,B per cent. — Drarilian Bonds Buonos Ayres Bonds. Chisan Bonds, 6 per ct. — Colombian Bonds 14 14 Ditto, 18'24 ... ...... 384 s y, 71A, 8 Danish, 2 per cent. Greek Bonds — Ditto, .18,?6 l6 Guatllnala — Mexican Bonds M Do. 1822 Neal ,olitzui 1424 r Or., Vln ti Ro ads 31 3 , ., Portugu.ir linnets — Powsian, 5 par cent. Ditto, New Russian, New, b p. c. „„„, 80i Spanish, 1821 ., 12 u.i4si :ice .--.— French Rentes, sp. c —t --C.7. Exchange —f. —c... —3 per cent Exchange —t. —c. PRICES OF SNARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Minin f g Company £2o 25 244; Columbian Mining Company l5 IS. Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc. Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Company 10 81)41i Arrir€4. M A Due. O America O Brazil 1 O Buenos Ayres O Donagliadee 0 3 Dublin I Flanders 0 1 France O Gottenburgh STOCKS, FEB. 2. ft, Patrick Incur. (per share) Royal Irish Ditto Natienal Ditto Patriotie bStfo Hibernian Ravi Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Building% Arrived. Otte. O Guernsey& Jersey if 0 Hamburgh 2 O Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lit ',col O Malta 0 2 'Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 23 minutes after 9. Evening 55 minutes after At. 1 Z- b i t Un LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1827. A Cabinet Council is to be held this afternoon at Brighton, to which place most of his MAJESTY'S Ministers have proceeded, the Duke of WELLINGTON and Mr. CANNING being previously there. We regret extremely to add that the accounts re ceived in town this morning of Mr. CANNING'S health are far from satisfactory. Two expresses reached town this morning, from Paris, by which we received the French Papers of Friday and Saturday, including the Etoile dated yes terday morning. They do not, however, contain any intelligence of importance. The Etoile has accounts from Lisbon, but down only to the 20th January, the date of our last direct advices from thence ; and furnishing no later news from the head quarters of Count de VILLA non, than the 15th, when, as we before knew, he was irt Almeida. The fugitives of the rebel Army were at Alyea de Crispo and Villa de Cervos, in the Spanish territory, and therefore, the next accounts from Madrid will probably shew us in what m anner Spain will finally determine to act. Letters from Madrid speak of the p robabilit y of the evacuation of Cadiz by the French troo p s. • The French Funds closed on Saturda y at the same prices exactly as on Friday, viz. :-5 per cents . 100 f. 60c. ; 3 per cents. 68f. 40c., but they are said to have been at 100 f. 75c. and 68f. 55c. a t a quarter past four on Saturday evening. Extracts of the Pap will be found in another column. The Sierra Leone Gazettes to the 25th November, which reached us on Saturday, contain lamentable proofs of the extent to which the Slave Trade is still carried on upon the coast of Africa. Brazilian vessels seem to be largely engaged in this horrid traffic. Of a Gold e passage thirty-nine vessels b oar d e d b y hi s M a j esty ' s s hi p E s k, between the 2d o f F e b ru a ry an d 16 t h A ugust , no l ess than eightee n were un d er t h e B raz ili an fl ag . His Excellency the NElLG overnor ,Sir g t madeCe A lt t BELL, had returned to Sierra Leone from vin Coast, f in inr from e Cape Afri ca n co a steam-vessel, t t e s e s days,el, ha touching Bananas in his way. The chiefs of the nations i n amity with us in the neighbourhood of Cape Coast Castle were so much elated at their successes against the Ashantees, that they resisted, to the utmost of their, power, the measures taken by his Excellency for the e stablishment of communications with the King of ASIIANTBE, for the settlement of existing differences, and the conclusion of peace. Brussels Papers, of the 3d instant, reached us last night. Letters from Constantinople, of the Ist of January, mention, that so far back as the 27th of August, Mr. STRATFORD CANNING had communicated to Count NESSELRODE, his having received full powers from the Greek Government of Napoli, to enter into nego ciations for peace with Turkey. The Senate of 1-lamburgh have resolved, it is said, to send an Embassy to negociate a Commercial Treaty with the Emperor of BRAZIL. The damage sustained by the expedition for Batavia in the gales it encountered, is said to amount to two millions of florins. Frankfort Papers, of the 29th ult. have been re ceived. A letter from Dresden, of the 23d, states, that the baptism of the infant Princess took place that day. The intelligence from Greece, contained in these papers, is not worth extracting. The Austrian Observer of the 24th ult. and the Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th, have been received this morning, but their contents are unimportant. The following arc the only extracts worth giving VIENNA, Jas. 21. Accounts from Corfu of the Ist January say that the greatest anxiety preraila at Napoli di Romania ; the several chiefs who are r PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock Consol4, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 344 per cent. Ditto, New 85% 4 par Cent. 94 Gov. Deb. 3N per cent t77 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Dab. 4 per cent. -- Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. - DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCI4. South Sea Stork Old Annuities New Ditto £l,OOO 30 pro, Ditth 5OO Ski 48 30pin. am, &hall Ditt errnmeteitil pnr Bank f• - o India flir Acconat !st Aect &Wei Xi%