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} u _~ ..FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS . groin the .'toile, dated Thursday, Feb. 1.) CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 31.—We expect very shortly the arrival of M. de Ribeaupierre. M. Minziacky has al ready had the Hotel of the Russian Legation, at Bujukdere, put in order for his reception. It is said that the Sultan is very much displeased with the Hospodar of Moldavia, for having, on . a mere report, sent to Skuleug the Mehmander, who was commissioned to receive the Ambassador. It is affirmed, that the Mainlander has re ceived orders to return to Jassy—there to wait for the official notice of the approaching arrival of the Prussian Minister, for whose reception great preparations have been made at Jassy. The negotiations for the pacification of Greece, which Mr: Stratford Canning has hitherto conducted alone, are still in the same state; a satisfactory result cannot be ex pected, except from measures taken by the European Powers in concert—for which reason, the arrival of M. de Ribeaupierre is impatiently desired by the Greeks. It inay, however, be doubted, whether the Emperor Nicholas is inclined to sacrifice to' the Greeks the peace of his Empire, now that the internal state of Greece is no longer a secret. The system of reform makes rapid progress, and pro mises to attain the desired object. It is only in Asia, where the number of the exiled and fugitives is very great, that some symptoms of opposition are here and there re marked.. At Aleppo, the Pacha has been obliged to fly, in order to escape the fury of the Janissaries, whose disso lution could not be effected. Such a resistance may be foreseen almost in the immediate vicinity cf the capital, on the coast of Asia, where the number of the discon tented daily increases. However, the Sultan proceeds without intermission in the execution of his plans. The ' Captain Pacha, the Reis Effendi, the Grand Vizier, and the Kiaja Bey, second him with great energy. We have no important news from Greece.—Augsburg Gazette. PARIS, JAN. 31.—A Morning Journal says, " Lord Cochrane has written from Marseilles to the Greek Go vernment, to have ready twenty or twenty-five of the best Greek vessels, supplied with provisions for two months, and ready to sail immediately on his arrival, in order to carry into execution the project which he has formed, and which be will communicate only to Admiral Miaulis. The Hydriots have already chosen the vessels which are to make part of this expedition." LIES OF THE DAY. PARIS, JAN. 31.—The Constitutionnel—lt is said that the unexpected return to France of M. de Fontenay, the First Secretary of our Legation in Russia, is in conse quence of important papers seized by the Russians on the frontiers of Persia. The same—M. de Gabriac has ad• iced the Princess Regent to enter into a negotiation with the insurgents, before she employs the English bayonets against them. The Quotidienne—The letters from Madrid,- which an nounce the taking of Chaves and Braganza, are evidently forgeries. (1.) The Courier Francais—The project of law on the press has been withdrawn by the Ministry. The Courier Francais again—The Duke and Duchess of Reggio have refused a second invitation of the Emperor of Austria. (2.) The Journal du Commerce, after having said that the Austrian Ambassador having, in consequence of a decision of his Court, given orders to announce persons bearing the titles of duchies and principalities by their family names, and that one of the Marshals of France had bit terly complained of it to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, adds that the Foreign Minister then wrote to the offended Marshal a note of invitation, to which the Marshal re plied by a refusal (3.) The Journal des Debats :—The project of law on the press comes from Montrouffe. The project of law amend ed by the Keeper of the Seals, is only the menace of ano ther more favourite project of the company (4.) (From the Constitutionnel.) - - - - CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 27.—The organization of the new troops continues with the greatest activity, and every day some new recruits arrive from the Provinces, who come to join the new regiments. Fifteen hundred men, from Asia Minor, have been incorporated with the troops of Mahmoud Pacha, upon the Asiatic side of the Bospho rus. A step has been very lately taken which has excited a strong feeling. The inspectors of the quarters of the City, and among others those of Kassim-Pacha, Galata, and"Pera, hare already put it in practice: the measure I mean is, the enrolment of every Turk, without distinction of age. It is supposed that this enrolment has some relation to the military service. The Governor of Belgrade has been appointed to the Government of Bosnia ; and the Pacha of Janboli has been named Pacha of Belgrade; his pachalick has been given to Belenli Mustapha Pacha.—Austrian Observer. PARIS, JAN. 30.—1 t has been a long time known, that the presence of Marshal Beresford, at Lisbon, was ex tremely disagreeable to all classes of the inhabitants; but it was to be feared, that the important service just rendered by England to Portugal might have prevailed on the Go vernment to forget the repugnance of the army and of the people, towards him. Happily, this has not been the case, and the Ministry and the Cortes gave the most decided proof of their national indeptndence, in dismissing for the fourth time from their country, a man of whom every one was distrustful, and who was suspected besides of an un derstanding with the Court of the Queen Dowager. Our Lisbon letters state, that Lord Beresford has definitively quitted that city, and we hope that no temptation will in duel him to return, with a view to perform any part there. It is painful, that a man of so great talents in mi litary affairs, should be so much an object of distrust, that he can perform nothing but disservice to those, u pon whom, notwithstanding their reluctance, he so in consLlerately perseveres in pressing his kindness, In October 1820, Marshal Beresford arrived fr o m Brazi l ,with the most eVensive powers from King John VI., to repress the revolution which had then just broken out, but he was not even allowed to land. On the day after that which the vessel conveyed him arrived, there was s fete given, on account of the armiversary of Don Pedro, to which all the English at Lisbon, even the Captain of Lord Beresford's ship, were invited; his Lordship alone was excepted, and was forced to proceed to England with ,out setting his foot on the Portuguese territory, Imme diately after the counter-revolution of 1823, Marshal Be resford hurried from England, but he was a second time obliged to return to his own home. The insurrection of 'Deadlifiguel, in 1824, furnished the Marshal with a third drPeetunity of pressing into the game, and a third time he wi"bliged to quit Portugal. Lastly, he comes a fourth time setltiout commission ' and merely by sufferance, and under rayon 43t. the disembarkation of the English troops —a (Mirth time has the national antipathy manifested itself and the Marshal returns as he came. Sir Robert 'Wilson is speedily expected in Portugal. M. de Fontenay, first , Secretary to the Embassy to Russia, arrived.yeat er d a „ Y from re t e rsourgii, as an Ex (1) We do not make either politics of • ntri • intrigue or of interest. We content ourselves with relati ng readers will judge whether we have they are, and our ruim fscteas ed this duty. (2) This lame journal is in the right when it affirms that what has been said of a direct conversation between the Duke of Regg i e A nd the Count d'Appony is totally destitute of foundation, as well as what has been added of a, pre te nded . meeting of the Marshals. (5) Th e Austrian Ambassador could not refuse the titl e of the D u ke of Reggio to Marshal Oudinot, because Reggio, o f w hi c h the Marshal bears the title, is in Calabria, and not near Modena. (4) It is inconceivable bow a man like M. de Cratelle can adopt such extravagancies, arid thus fall into the snares of the Re volutionist& lie announces a history of the project of law. W e pity him if he begins this history upon ouch a data.—Note of the .~ ~•- traordinary Courier ; he performed the journey with extreme rapidity. It is said that this unexpected journey is the result of certain important documents seized by the Russians on the frontiers of Persia. AMERICAN PAPERS. The question whether the Government of the United States will take any part in the colonization of free blacks on the coast of Africa, has been decisively settled by the House of Representa tives in refusing to consider a resolution proposed by a Mr. Weems of Maryland, asking an inquiry, by special committee, into the expediency of appropriating money for the transportation of such free negroes as are disposed to go to Siberia. A refusal not only to grant an inquiry, but to consider the request, is deemed con clusive as to the disposition of the House. PUERTO CABELLO, Nov. 26.—At four o'clock on the morn ing of the 21st inst. Colonel Gela, the Governor of this place, and Guerras, the Commandant of the castle, were arrested by the officers of the battalion on duty here. Corn. Borgnin is appointed Governor for the time being, and the officers and men have sworn to hold the place, subject only to the orders of Gen. Bolivar. On the 22d instant General Pedro Brescoro Mendez arrived here, and has been prevailed on to remain and take the command. The Civil Authorities have approved of what has been done, and sent to inform General Paez that they will not recognize him as a Civil Chief. Every preparation is snaking for defence, though the general opinion is, that Paee will not have a sufficient force to attack us, even if he wished it. Such is the feeling on the sub ject, that I should not be surprised to hear of Caraccas doing the s une. Colonel Caravena despatched two companies of the Battalion de Occidentes and a few cavalry against us. The cavalry were mad enough to attempt to pass the barrier, and were fired upon by the piquet ; one of their officers was dangerously wounded. The remainder immediately retreated; the two companies of in fantry passed over to the town, and entered, shouting "Bolivar." There is nu doubt but that all the troops sent against us will do the same. The Proclamation made by Paez after the last meeting at the San Francisco, was the primary cause of this movement. Busi ness of course is at a stand, and will continue so until this affair is settled. By the New York Papers, it seems that the claims of numerous individuals from the French Government (commonly called French spoliations), are in the hands of a person who is making a digest for report from the department of State to the House of Repre sentatives, in conformity with a resolution of that House at its late Session. EAer INDIES.-We have received Bombay Papers to the Bth of October, and accounts frotri Bengal to the middle of September. The Enterprise steam-vessel had arrived from Rangoon with 23 lacs of rupees, the second instalment frona his Burmese Majesty. The Enterprise also brought two lace on merchants' account : (From the Bengal Ilurkaru, Sept. 12.) We have been informed that the Burmans maintain, that the instalment, which, according to the assay of the British authori ties, is short by two lace, is complete ; it was with the greatest difficulty, report says, that even 23 lace were raised. We have not been able to procure a copy of the Siamese Treaty, but the heads of the articles, as given in yesterday's Bull, will be found in a preceding column. The subjoined is the only additional information in last night's Government Gazette : " The Burmese authorities at Rangoon had endeavoured, it is said, to dissuade Mr. Craufurd from going to Ava, as it would be sufficient to meet the Woonghee at Henzada. Their object was supposed to be apprehension of the exposure of the deceptions they had been practising ou the King, to whom they had reported that the second instalment had been paid in full some time before.— Mr. Craufurd of course paid no regard to dissuasions which were incompatible with the treaty, and left Rangoon for Ara on the Ist of September, in the Diana steam vessel. He was aceom panied by Lieutenant Chester, Dr. Stuart, Lieutenants Core and De Montmorency, Mr. Judson, and Dr. Wallich, and Captain Craufurd, the Commander of the Diana. The escort was com posed of 25 men of his Majesty's 87th, and 15 men of the 38th Madras Native Infantry, 6111 picked and steady men, and equipped in the handsomest manner. BATAVIA, SEPT. 9, 1826.---(Errancr OF A PRIVATE LET TER. The war in the interior is worse than ever, and the natives are daily getting the upper hand of the Dutch, who have got scarcely any troops, and have been several times defeated with in the last three months, with loss of men, ammunition, and bag gage. Doupo Negoro, with whom they are contending, has turned out to be a very clever fellow ;. he has put the Dutch to their last resources. They have lately liberated the old Sultan Mancobornie, who had been a prisoner for the last fourteen years, and two of the Members of Council have proceeded with him from this place to reinstate him. This measure of the Dutch is looked upon by many to be a very dangerous and last effort. They have also been compelled to withraw the entire of their troops from the out stations in Borneo, Sumatra, Macassar, and the Celebes, to protect the head-quarters, Java. The King of the Netherlands is so dilatory in sending out men, that, perhaps, when he does send them, they will meet with a warm reception, as the rebellion is daily increasing, and there are no regular troops Batavia. They come out from Holland two hundred at a time, and are forthwith taken into action, so that the merchants, &c., are obliged to do the garrison duty of Batavia. I came off guard last night, and I can assure you, that I did not feel much the better for my twenty- four hours of it, having to march about patroling during the night, after my late illness. There are re ports afloat that the Commissioner intends reducing the duties.— This remains to be proved." COURSE OF EXCII/ 1 Amsterdam ............... C.F 12 5 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp l2 ft liambusgli ............... 2% U 37 3 Altona 234 U. 37 4 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto Bordeaux 25 85 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 158 Petersburgh, rble ....... 3 Us. 9 0 Vienna, effective ii 2 M. 10 13 Trieste do. Madrid 33% Cadiz Ililboa Barcelona Seville Gibraltar 45 FOREIGN EX.CH.4.NGES ON LONDON. AIfiTERDA3I, JAN. 30.-11. 97.—Two Months, 11. 95. X, HANBURGII, JAN. 26..-36. 7. X—Two Months, 36. 4. PF.TERSBURGII, JAN. BERLIN, JAN. 23.—Three Months, 6. 2811. VIENNA, JAN. 17.—Two Months, 9.58. MAILS. Arrived. Dee. Arrived. Due. O America I 0 Guernsey& Jersey. 0 O Brazil t 0 1 It liamburgh O Buenos Ayres • 0 1 Holland 0 0 Donaghadae 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 O France O Gottenburgh 1 1 Waterford 0 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). 7 FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 2.—Most of the outward-bound sailed. Arrived, with despatches for the Netherlands, the brig of war Zwaluw. The Pilot of Flushing, No. 2, sailed yesterday, at a.m., and has this day proceeded to Ramsgate. FAtmonzit, Fru. 1.--Wind S.E. to E. S. E.--Arrived off the port, the American brig Florenzo, for New York. Arrived, the Lisbon packet Prouese, from Newfoundland, for London, sailed Oct. 6. Sailed, the Matilda, Vaux, for Smyrna and Constantinople. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived, the Ark, Arkhurst (late Caslin), from Sierra Leone in 70 days ; the latter Master was murdered Dec. 6, by one of the crew, who after wards jumped overboard. On the 11th Dec., spoke the Louisa, Daniels (South Sea-man), in lat. 10. 33., long. 22. 30. ; the ship Enchantress, in lat. 48. 48., long. 10. 10. The ships left at Sierra Leone were the Adamant, with 1,000 loads of timber on board ; the Maria, of Liverpool, to sail in about three days; Orestes transport, from London for Sierra Leone; Cape packet, Kelly, for Van Diemen's Land. Arrived, his Majesty's cutters Arrow, Repulse, and Rose, from a cruise—the latter has sailed again on a cruise. The Economy, from Oporto, off the Wight, has landed the mail. Hmovicn, FEB. 2.—The Waterloo Dutch line-of-battle ship was seen at anchor on Wednesday last, at the back of the Sandy Island, near Heligoland, dismaeted, by the Vansittart packet. Livarrom, FEB. I.—Arrived, the Delaware, Hamiller, from Virginia; and the Brown, Stanton, from St. John's, New Bruns wick. GRAVESEND, FEB. 2.—Arrived the Grecian, Allen, Marga ret, Wrangles, and Demerara, Venables, from Demerara ; Speedy, Giles, Totness, Severn, and Sally, from St. Michael's ; Colum bine, Tait, from Bombay ; Alpha, Ilowden, from Oporto ; Al bion, Procter, from Sincapore ; Jessie, Tweed, from Teneriffe ; Security, Ross, from Batavia; Mary, Lee, from Rio Janeiro; L av inia, Brooks, from the Isle of France. Sailed, the Fame, B a nks, for Messina ; Edward, , for Bremen. B FEB. 2.—Arrived the Lucy An n, Whi tmore , from Jamaica; Angel, from Carthagena ; Manchester , BRISTOL, Atalanta,L, from Zante. The Union, Berry, from Newport to Wexford, sprung a leak on Wednesday, and was run on shore near Milford ; it was sup posed she would go to pieces. The Atalanta, Davidson, from Liverpool to Belfast, sunk in Castleclown Bay, Isle of Man, during a gale on the 28th ult. MR. HOUY, THE EX-EDITOR OF THE EDIN- ' BURCH COURANT.-This unfortunate man, for whose apprehen sion, on a charge of extensive forgery, a reward of 5001. has been offered, is by this time, in all probability, Fafi_l landed in that rtfugium peccatorum, the United States. He was seen in this city, where be remained one night, about three weeks ago, by our informant, who had opportunities of being intimately acquainted wit!i hie person during a residence of many years in the Scotch metropolis. His exterior betrayed evident signs of the anxiety that reigned within. He went from hence to Li verpool. It may be mentioned as honourable to the national character, that the circumstances in which Houy was placed well known to our informant, who, by a singu lar c incidence, had a London paper, giving a minute descrip tion vieCF;ec the :f t f l u Y gitive, in his pocket, when the latter entered the room of a public-house in which he was seated. Motives of de licacy to the unfortunate man prevented our informant making himself known to him, and the same disinterested spirit pre vented the secret of which lie was in possession escaping his lips until now, when the fugitive may be considered beyond the reach of his pursuers.— Chester Courant. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW• ‘lQrning 25 minutes after .7. I Evening 52 minutes after 7. 1.1.5 ht LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1827. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received, at a very late hour this after noon, by Express from Paris, the' Etoile of yesterday morning, from which we have only space to insert the following extract, without comment : (From the Etoile of yesterday, Feb. 2.) MADRID, JAN. 23. The Regiment of Lancers of the Guard left yesterday, with a detachment of Artillery, to reinforce the Corps of Observation of the Tagus. The Gazette of Madrid, of the 23d, gives the news from Portugal, from the Lisbon Gazettes, which we inserted three days ago. The force of the Marquis de Chaves, which the public papers state to be 10,000 men, occupies prin cipally the Tras-os-Montes ; the brigade of Canellas, Montealegre ; Magessi, Silveira, and Telles Jordan, are in the Province of Beira. On the side of the Regency, the troops are in the entrance of Duero and Minho, and Tras os-Montes. Marshals de Camp Anjega and Stubbs, have under their orders Brigadier Correa de Mello, Colonels Moura, Zagallo, and other detachments in the Beira ; Count Villa Flor, Silveira, Claudino, Accredo, and Colonel Pinto, are in the Alentego. PARIS, FEB. I. Every means has been taken, and orders sent to Lisbon by an Extraordinary Courier, that the Marquis de Chaves and Count Canellas should be immediately sent to France. On the part of Villa Flor, he had taken measures to open a communication with the Spanish Authorities on the frontiers, and assured them he would respect the system of neutrality adopted by his Catholic Majesty. Notwithstanding the rigorous measures adopted by the Spanish Go vernment, some of the military Chiefs of the town of Castile, have still persisted in their connivance with the Portuguese Insur gents who have taken refuge in Spain after the combat of CornclT. General Longa, whom they ordered to remain quiet at Valladolid, the head quarters of the Captain General, has again set of for the frontiers. CONSTANTINOPLE, intc. 31. Letters from Pstersburgh announce that the Minister of Fo reign Affairs of Great Britain has sent to AL Nessefrode a copy of the full powers which he received from Napoli di Romania, from the Greek Provisional Government, in consequence of which it is stated, that on the moment of the arrival of Ribeaupierre negociations will •again take place in junction with the English Ambassador. FRENCH FUNDS.—Five per Cents, 100 f. 50c. 65c. 60c.; Three per Cents., 68f. 50c. 55c. 45c. 85c. The Paris Papers of Wednesday and the Etoile dated Thursday morning have reached us. They con tain no news from Spain, which some of our cotem poraries consider as satisfactory proof of things going on as might be wished. We cannot think so, because, if FERDINAND had come to any decision favourable to the wishes of Great Britain, it would have reached us in some more conclusive shape than the article we published on Thursday from the Madrid Gazette. The absence of further intelligence from the Spanish capital shews, therefore, that the state of doubt of FERDINAND'S intentions, which has existed so long, still continues. The Etoile has a long string of Lies of the Day, amongst which we find a paragraph which appeared in the Constitutionnd, stating that the unexpected re turn of M. de FONTENAY, the first Secretary of the French Legation in Russia, was, in consequence of important papers seized by the Russians on th© Fron tiers of Persia. up to the s .The containsEtoile ls t Dec.,bu alsoin intelligence i gen t ce from Constantinople is unimportant. The French Funds on Wednesday continued steady, Extracts from the Papers are given in another column, "PAuzs, .lAx. 31.—Five per Cents. 100 f. 35f. 40c. 50c. ; Three per Cents. 63f. 30c. 25c. 15c. 20c. 25c. ; Bank Stock, 1,995 f. ; Rentes de Naples, 74f. 20c. 15c. 10c. ; Rentes dEspagne, Royal Spanish Loan, 52.—Exchange on Lon don, one month, paper, 25f. 45c. ; money, 25f. 40c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 25c. We received last night, Brussels Papers to the Ist instant, from which we make the following extracts. The coronation of the Emperor NICHOLAS, as KING of Poland, is to be accompanied by military fetes of the most brilliant description ; and 45,000 Polish troops, under the immediate command of the Arch duke CONSTANTINE, are to be assembled on the oc casion : " BRUSSELI, J A N. 27.—1 t is said that the Coronation of the Empero r o f R uss i a, as Ki ng o f Poland, which is to take place next sprin g , w ill b e accom p an i e d by military fetes, which it is in tended t o ren d er as b r illi an t as those that formerly took place in the reign o f King Augustus. It is reported that between 40 and 45,000 c h osen troops o f th e Polish army will assemble on this occasion at B ezecv -Li tons ky, and will perform grand evolutions for seve ra l d ays, in the presence of his Imperial Majesty, and under the immediate command of the Grand Duke Constantine. " JAN ; 28.—His Royal Highness Prince Frederick arrived here at midnight. " A British Cabinet Messenger passed through this city last night, on his way from Germany to London, with despatches. " The Second Chamber of the States General met yesterday in a General Committee, to deliberate on two proposals respecting the Reporters for Journals. The President stated, that according to the Report of the Central Section, the majority had declared in favour of the proposal of De Hooft ; he therefore proposed to inti mate to the Reporter for the Journal de Bruxelles, to whom a place in the body of the Hall had been assigned, that this favour was withdrawn from him because he had not answered the ex pectations of the Chamber. This proposal was unanimously adopted. The Reporter will therefore have to sit in the Gallery assigned to the Reporters. " Means will be considered of in lie sequel to place the Re- porters in such a manner that they may take their notes without inconvenience. " JAN. 29.---An extraordinary courier has come this morning root the Hague, with despatches for his Majesty. " Jaw. 30.—Captain Imbyze, of Batenburgh, who quitted his Majesty's ship Waterloo on the 24th instant, brought to the Hague, on the 28th, news of that ship, from which it appears, that on the day mentioned it was at anchor about four miles north west of Borkum, in twelve and a half fathoms of water ; that the hull was in very good condition, and without any leak. Jury masts had been set up, as well as possible; and when the Cap tain left the ship they were weighing anchor. He afterwards saw the ship sailing towards Heligoland, in order to seek a safer anchorage. It is hoped that, as the south-west wind has blown for these two days, it has arrived there. " Letters from Berlin of the 23d say, that the 25th bulletin of the King's health states the cure of his foot to be proceeding in a satisfactory manner. " Letters from Dresden of the 22d, announce the delivery of the Princess Amelia, consort of Prince John of Saxony, of a Princess. " The Carlsruhe Gazette says, ' the Universal Gazette lately stated that the Duchess of St. Leu had lately given to Sir Walter Scott, documents for the history of Buonaparte, which he is writ ing.' The Gazette of Carlsruhe declares itself authorised to affirm, that this assertion is wholly unfounded. " Lausa>rxx, JAX. 19.—For some time we have seen in Western Switzerland some agents of the Vieeroy of Egypt, who ndeavour, by the most seducing promises, to engage in the ser vice of that Prince young soldiers and subalterns who have served in France. Most of them are Piedinontese exiled from their country, for having served the cause of liberty in 1821. Hi therto nobody has been caught by their harangues, which are worthy to be compared to those of our recruiting officers in the villages, and they have every where met with hatred and eon tempt." [These papers contain the Project of Law on the Organization of the Courts of Justice in the kingdom of the Netherlands : it consists cf 5 Sections divided into 118 Articles.) The following are extracts from Dutch and Ham burgh Papers received this morning. It will be seen that the Waterloo has arrived safe at Rotterdam : MERLIN, JAN. 24. His Majesty's recovery proceeds in the most favourable manner, but it is said to be his Majesty's wish to keep the foot bound up for a fortnight longer than the physician at first thought neces sary, in order that the cure may be more certain. We hear that the King will go to Toplitz so early as the beginning of May.— The King has appointed M. Andrew Richert, in Cape-Town, Consul at that place. The funeral of Lieut.-General Von Brauchitsch, Governor of Berlin, who died on the 19th, took place yesterday, quite pri vately, according to his own directions. Only an hour before his death lie received the discharge which he had solicited from the King's service. servedtte ii On the 10 th of this month the Royal Academy of Ssiences celebrated its 100th a n niversary. in the presence of their Impe rial Majesties. On the 6th, the gallery of Russian Generals of which we s p oke ST. PETIRSBURGH , JAM. 13. in' our last, was consecrated in the following man ner :—The subalterns and privates of the Regiments of the Gu ards who in the Hall Qf St. George and the White Saloon ; during the liturgy, thanksgivings were recited in both the Ha lls. t a h n e d I l m 4, p erwialereFamily b e l a ed m e w o i t u h t o t l f i e the t e a h n d u a r e r d h s , ,taol3tl,'e new gallery, where only those offi cer s and When theirfAhey r Generalsthe anei proceeded w assembled who had the m e d a l s of 1812 and 1814. e I p sB e te r i Ire sfe2 nd o rma n c e of the hymn for the late Emperor Alexander, and prayers for the welfare and long life of the present Emperor, the gallery was sprinkled with Holy water. Henceforward the standards of the Guards are to be preserved in it, the places for which were fixed by the Emperor under the inscription, Borodino, Tarutino, Klastgi, Krasnoje. After the ceremony was over, the subalterns and privates were admitted into the gallery : it was pleasing to hear these veterans, as they recognized the features of the Generals who had shared their hardships and dangers, repeat their names, and relate to each other their great actions in the field. HAGUE, JAY. 28. Accounts from Ilelvootsluys of the 27th, say, that the ice boats were employed for the first time, on the 26th, to convey the English mails, viz., that of the 19th from England, and that of the 24th to England. ROTTERDAM, JAW. 29. We have a report today that his Majesty's ship Waterloo has arrived at Cuxhaven, all well on board ; none of the crew were missing, and the troops were in want of nothing. The state of the rivers occasioned by the iee, and the quantity of snow that has fallen, have caused great delays in the arrival of the mails, particularly those between the northern and southern provinces, which have been delayed 14 or 1$ hours. Most of the vessels that put out from Delray], and other place: to endeavour to get to the Waterloo, have been obliged to p back without effecting their object. If we forget not, it is Mr. Locic E who says some where that objections to literatu re g enerally proceed from those who are utter stra n g ers to it, and whose opinions respecting it 8 than that of a person who had never visited a s t range country would be, r egarding Its therefore e customs, nomore value manners, and institutions. Perhaps no subject has ever suffered more from this species of blind-fold hos tility than what is generally stigmatized under the name of Political Economy. Its merits and its de merits, its objects, and the means by which it pro poses to arrive at them, are alike unknown to the self-sufficient railer against the whole system. He views it as a sort of blaek art, and prides himself in his utter ignorance of any thing so demoniacal. We are far from wishing to deny that po litical economists have occasionally overlooked those circumstances which are apt to interfere with the beauty and harmony of their ideal system—but there is no more argument in this against Political Economy, than if one were to deny the theory of pro jectiles, because some mathematician, in treating of it, had overlooked the resistance offered by the air to the flight of a cannon shot. Every sensible man, no doubt, even after he has made up his mind that a change is advisable, considers, next, wizen that change may be effected. To attempt it too rapidly, or to defer indefinitely what is palpably expedient, are extremes alike removed from the line of wisdom. In the o pinion of some persons, nothing disqualifies a man more for a seat in the Legislature than having bestowed any attention on this subject. To them there appears great absurdity, even in the notion ad vanced by Mr. Justice BLACKSTONE, that be who pretends to make. new laws, ought surely to know something of those already made—but as to speculating on the subject, and endeavouring to discover what errors have been committed by former Legislators, in order to avoid them in future—as to entering, in short, on the subject of Political Economy _it is, in their estimation, a satisfactory proof of a disordered intellect. To decypher hieroglyphics, on the pyramids of Egypt, or to write folios on a Greek particle, would appear rational compared with the very mention of Political Economy. And, yet, without knowing it, these persons are constantly discussing . (with sufficient ignorance, no doubt) many of most interesting subjects connected with it; such as the Corn Laws, Free Trade, &c. &c. So that they actually abuse a thing, the very nature of which they are unacquainted with. With all our admiration, however, of Political Eco nomy, we are quite satisfied, that in its adaptation to the present system of things, there is occasion for the most scrupulous caution. It is a science universally admitted to be still in its infancy, and one in which the Philosopher will advance, step by step, and not by sudden strides. And if such caution be requisite for the speculative writer on this subject, how much more is it incumbent on the Legislator. The mistake of the one may expose him to the satire of an antago nist—the errors of the other may plunge a nation into misery. The amount of this fearful responsibility frequently paralyses the mind of the timid statesman, who prefers existing evils to the possibility of worse, seeing no middle course to take ; whilst the clear-sighted mind of a CANNING or a HUSKISSON can see the existence of evils in the present system, and disre garding the civium ardor praviz jubentium, unmov ed by the rash counsels of visionary theorists en the one hand, and the childish fears of men bigotted to abuse on the other,—can steadily pursue the best in terests of their country on the justifiable responsibility of the pre-eminent talents with which they are gifted. We are glad to learn that the Society for abolishing the practice of sweeping chimneys, by means of climb ing boys, have of late been very actively employed in drawing the attention of the public to this subject. Branch societies have been formed at Tottenham, at Edmonton, and at Hastings ; in all which places the child-devoting system has been almost wholly abolished. These societies are principally composed of ladies, and surely the cause of suffering childhood is peculiarly the care of woman. In the metropolis, where the evil exists in its most frightful form, a new establish ment, for sweeping chimneys by mechanical means only, has been formed, under the patronage of the above Society ; and when we consider how great is the evil, and how easy the remedy, we feel confident, that, at no distant period, the labours of the Society will be crowned with that complete success which they so eminently deserve. Our Paper this day furnishes a rare sample of no velty at three Police Offices :—Bow-street, the Man sion but not Ho t u b s e e le a snd La s edifyingmb et r in tehe— eta 1 differing moral 1 d they First, then, Bow-street, as being nearer home, de mands our charitable notice. No one who has had the pleasure of listening to Sir RIC HARD that Magistratebut n aifk el ; promptitude which he displays in coming to a Inust lo h ok ay s e i felt nto the pi acuteness tter a and with the g whicheat conclu sion where less gifted minds would hesitate with be coming decisive c r: ?t i : o ra r: odp taiset optics, ia rloe o m f ae t tr h aa e , with half an eye, can see stars in the milky way, while ll qotuheearti question seers,nd übbuth ough before t they esetF loss to discover the milky way itself! Thus, it is, that one half of the world see double, while less elevated people are as blind as moles. In the case at Bow -street, it appears that a poor but very honest,man had been taken up by one LEVI, a butcher, for uttering base coi n — a half sovereign and a shilling. The money was pro duced before Sir RICIIARD who saw at once that there were too good reasons for Mr. LEVI'S assertions ; and he lamented that so much ingenuity should have been misdirected. The counterfeit gold was so like the genuine, that it really puzzled his Worship to say which was which ; but LEVI, who is perhaps no bad judge in such matters, was positive as to the bad one. The prisoner earnestly asserted his innocence, but of course to no purpose; for who would believe the asseveration of a man, charged not only with uttering bad silver, but counterfeit gold ? The man had received a good charac ter, which was all well enough ; but a good character • • weighs little against a positive charge. In this dilemma, one person in his simplicity suggested that the half sovereign should be weighed ; and, indeed, it looked rather odd that this had not been done at first. W e ll —the counterfeit was weighed, and instantly rose ten shillings in the estimation of his WonsitiP What a discovery ! But then for the unlucky shilling—it had to stand a different ordeal, while honest LEVI felt the pockets of his inexpressibles, and shrugged his shoulders. The shilling was cut, and proved to be good also ! Now, all this only shows how dangerous it is to act upon sudden impulses—prejudic e was strongly the poor man, and the circumstance having two pieces of money in his possession, if they of against happened to be bad, was conclusive of his fate. There have been such things before now as substituting base coin for good, but detection is difficult, and the world remaina ignorant of how many innocent people have been convicted upon circumstantial evidence. In the present case we acquit the parties concerned of any corrupt motives —they have acted, as in duty bound, for the good of the public. But as publicity is the best saf eguar d o f h onesty a nd fair dealing, we would merely suggest, for the satisfaction of persons who ' may in future be wrongfully charged with uttering base coin, that it be cut before their eyes, s o a s to prevent the possibility of collusion. less we say the better—the poor lady's Wpm distress Perhaps the As to the case at t he Mansion-House, • .1_ NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn Genoa 4 3 14 Venice Malta Naples Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Avres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork ............ 38 ..per oz. 114 5014 BULLION, PER OZ. S. d. Portugal Gold, in co,n 00 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 3 13 3 New Dollars Silver, in bars, standard 0 0 0