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LONDON, SATURIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, ,1827. We have received the French Papers of Tuesday and. Wednesday, and the Etoile dated Thursday morn ing, from which we have inserted various extracts, principally relative to the affairs of Spain and Por tugal. They furnish us, however, with vague and contradictory reports only, and do not communicate the final course determined upon by FERDINAND and his Ministers. The Quotidienne now swells the force collected on the frontiers of Portugal under General RODIL to 24,000, and describes the situation of the Royalists' in Portugal as being much more Prosperous than there is reason to believe it actually is. The new law for the restriction of the press occupies the chief part of the columns of all the papers, amongst which there is a complete unanimity of feeling on this subject ; but the power of public opinion in France is not so irresistible as it generally proves to te in Eng land. The prosecution against the Courier Francais has not terminated in a manner which can be deethed very satisfactory by the French Ministers. The article complained of was pronounced by the Court as not exciting hatred and contempt of the KING'S Government, but only insulting the public authority, and a discussion and censure more or less severe on th e proposed law respecting the press. The respon sible Editor was, therefore, condemned to fifteen days imprisonment, a fine of 300 Francs, and the costs. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARI S , JAN. 9.—Five per Cents. 99f. SOc• ; q per Cent. 90f. 50e. ; Three per cents. 6Sf. ; Bank Shares, 2010 f. ; Neapolitan Stock, 74f. '2oc. ; Spanish Bonds, 12f.; Royal Spanish Loan, 47ff. JAN. 10.—Five per Cents. 99f. 20c. ; 4i per Cents. 91f. ; 3 per Cents. 67f. 95c. ; Bank Shares, 2010 ; Neapolitan Stock 74f, ]sc. ; Spanish Bonds, 12f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 4Sf. ; Raytian Loan, 640f.—Exchange on London —On e Month, 25f. 40c, paper; 25f. 35e., money. Three Months, 25f. 25c., Papei; 25f. 20e. money— Cours Authentique. New York Papers to the 19th, and Philadelphia Paper s to the 21st ult. reached us last night. They will enable us to complete the series of the official docu ments presented to Congress upon the subject in dis pute between this country and the United States. These documents, which we shall publish on Monday, consist of letters which passed between Mr. VAUGHAN, his MAJESTY'S Minister at Washington, and Mr. CLAY, t h e A merican Secretary o f St a t e . The Na tional Intelligences, of the 11th December, an nounces the bringing with arrival of Mr. KING at Washington , hi m , according to rumour, a Conven tion entered into with the British Government relative to the claims of American citizens for property taken Idurin g the late war, respecting which differences of opinion had ex i ste d b etween t h e C omm i ss i oners sit ting at Washington, under the authority of the two . Governme n ts. B y t hi s C onvent i on i t was rumoure d that Great Britain agrees to pay a .specific sum at once, leaving the distribution of that sum to be regulated by the Government of the United States. With this "ception, these Papers contain but little interesting matter. They mention, with satisfaction, the respect paid in Colombia to the memory of the late Ex-Presi dents JEFFERSON and ADAMS ; and at the same time put us in possession of the following articles from Bogota, dated November 6, announcing that BoLt- VAR would arrive in that city on the 14th of that month:— REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA. " Office of Secretary of State and of Foreign Relations. RocoTA, Nov. 6.—The iminense debt that Colombia owes to the Liberator, and her esteem for him, founded on the benefits h e has conferred on her, induces her to regard his return to our territory as a fortunate occurrence to the Republic. You are a M uses of th e e xstacy with which the people, at a ll po i nts, Ii ! I to prep ar i ng f or th i s even t, and hence I am i n d uced to suppose will be satisfactory to he notified, that the President Liberator Will arrive here on the 14th instant. Ri " Nis p u bli c l i fe has b een a model of devotion to hi s country. iffee s latifri!ces and his efforts have always been alike applicable and wh en :7 2 and no* scarcely does he touch the soil of Colombia, his influence and persuasion, he has succeeded in re., claiming from their errors several municipalitie's, and is com pletely restoring constitutional order in the departments of the Equator, Guayaquil, and Aznay. These are strong reasons for believing that his voice will produce similar effects in Venezuela, which regrets already its inconsiderate resolution ; and it is a high gratification for me to be able to give this proof of the Union which will henceforth strengthen Colombia, and of the realisation of the wishes of the Executive. I am, with perfect respect, &c. " JOSEPH R. REVENGA." COLOMBIA. " Office of the Mercantile Advertiser. " We are favoured with a Bogota Paper of the 26th of October, which contains a dispatch to the Government from the Intendant of Ecuader, with a copy of the proceedings at Quito, relative to the investment of Bolivar with the Dictatorship, and expressing the hope that all the departments may be unanimous in the adop tion of similar measures. " The reply of the Secretary of State, is dated Oct. 8. He states that he is directed to answer that the Executive of Colombia recognises no Acta in contradiction with the political Code which it received from the Colombian people, to carry into execution and cause to be respected ; and that so long as the individual exercising it, as at the head of the Government, and one single town adheres to the Constitution, his Excellency the Vice-President will support it with constancy, and sacr ifi ce hi s f or t une an d lif e i n it s defence. " Another paragraph of the answer says, " To all the reasons alleged in the acts of Guayaquil, &c. I must add on the part of the Government this, that the Liberator President has no neces sity for a Dictatorship. which of itself is sufficient to make every freeman shudder, and from the illegal, tumultueus, and improper way in which it was decreed, becomes absolutely detestable. The Liberator President, as Chief Magistrate, can assume the Govern ment of the Republic, and in the constitution will find all the powers necessary to save it from the dangers both domestic and foreign, of which so lively and exaggerated a picture has been drawn." We learn by letters from Jamaica to the 23d-Noy., which reached town last night, that a revolution had taken place in St. Domingo, in consequence, as it is said, of the coercive measures resorted to for the pur pose of enforcing the free labourers to cultivate the soil for their own maintenance, and towards the sup port of the Government. No details of this event have yet reached us. Mr. LISTER, our Vice-Con sul at St. Domingo, had arrived in Jamaica in an American vessel, from Hayti, having landed near Port Antonio, from whence he sent despatches to the Go vernor, and to Vice-Admiral Sir L. HALSTED. The latter immediately ordered his Majesty's sloop Harle quin to proceed to Port-au-Prince, for the purpose of affording protection to the British subjects resident there. It was expected that other ships of war would be forthwith sent to St. Domingo. We have already offered some remarks on the correspondence which took place in the autumn, between Mr. CANNING and Mr. GALLATIN, re garding the trade of American vessels with our Colonies in the West Indies, and we may, perhaps, again revert to the subject. The luminous statement of Mr. CANNING, ought to have put the question to rest ; but in the PRESIDENT'S Message to Congress, given by us some days since, ,there is evidently a feeling of soreness on that subject; owing, perhaps, as often happens, to a conviction of being in the wrong. What may be the result of the negotiations now pending, it is - impossible for us to foretel, but we should be sorry to anticipate any interruption of the friendly relations at present subsisting between Great Britain and the United States of America. Connected as they are by the ties of blood and a common origin, speaking the same language, and animated by a like spirit. of liberty—nothing seems so unnatural as a war between them. For what can either nation gain by war ? Great Britain, from her insular position, cannot well, if it were desirable, extend her European territories, but clearly not by hostilities carried can with a transatlantic enemy ;—and possessing herself of a greater portion of America, would be a very dubious benefit. Rich and free, and honoured amongst the nations, formidable on land, and paramount at sea, what could an extension of her colonies avail her ? Do not a hundred millions in " the clime of the East," own her sway ? And would not that of itself be sufficient as foreign territory ? Machiavelian policy might dictate the expediency► of frequent quarrels with the United States, in order to pre vent the growth of their Navy. But England has never drawn the sword as the aggressor, and we hope she never will. Providence has hitherto enabled her to defeat the most formidable coalitions of her most deadly foes, and on that Providence she may continue to trust, whilst she seeks her honour and her glory in protecting and avenging, not in conquering and ravaging, the other nations of the world. But, on the other hand, what advantage could th e United States derive from hostilities with England ? Do they want an extension of ter ritory, and are their wilds and forests capable of no farther cultivation ? Is the population so dense th at i t requ i res to b e t hi nne d i n fi e ld s of car nage ? If the acquisition of Canada is still their ruling passion, we would remind them that no strength can be gained by adding a population which will never amalgamate. with theirs. Or because in the late war they captured two or three of our frigates, with what were really line-of-battle ships, though under a different de signation, are they so infatuated as to think that they can cope with the navy of Britain ? Who can predict what may take place in the revolution of ages, but at pre sent their whole Navy would not amount numerically to one of our Fleets. No,—America has nothing to do with war whilst she can honourably keep clear of it. Let her husband her strength for repelling aggression— she has at present enough to occu py her at home. Beauteous, indeed, is the plant of Freedom, but th e rank luxuriance of the American soil rears weeds along with it. It gives rise to a style of manners capable of much improvement, by an intercourse with the polished nations of Europe. But above all, we would invite her to imitate England in that pre-eminent national and individual regard to truth, which has done more to raise the character of Britons than all the courage of her warriors, and all the wisdom of her Senators. The Allgenzeine Zeitung, of the sth instant, re ceived this morning, contains another specimen of the savage brutality exercised by the Turks towards the unfortunate Greeks. In the present instance, it is a gratuitous outrage perpetrated on the score of religious intolerance : IlArou DI ROMANIA, OCT. S. Ibrahim, in his last excursion to Calavrita, was guilty of an of cruelty which makes every Christian shudder. A Monk, " years of age, well known for , his ascetic life, was attacked b e detachment of Egyptian troops on the day of the Elevation of the Cross at the moment he was performing mass, and dragged before Ibrahim, with a great many Christians who were present at the ceremony. The cruel Satrap, without a moment's hesita tion, gave orders to cut these unfortunate people to pieces, whose only crime was being Christians. This cruelty has caused a great sensation, the monk in question being generally venerated. Frankfort Papers of 'the 6th inst. have been received this morning, but they contain nothing of particular in terest. It appears that the neighbourhood of Carls ruhe is at present infested by a gang of 500 thieves and robbers, who play all manner of legerdemain tricks upon the inhabitants to such an extent, that the police magistrates have been under the necessity to publish a warning to the workers of iniquity. A vessel which sailed, on the 26th, from Oporto, has touched at Poole, on her voyage to Jersey. We do not find that any news has been received by this arrival. Carthagena Papers have been received to the Sd November at the North and South American Coffee House. They confirm in every respect ,the accounts already received of the arrival of Bolivar in Colombia. They add, that the cities of St. Martha and Rio Hacha, and also that the towns of Solidad and Barraquilla, &c. agree with this Capital in investing the Liberator with every power necessary to establish order and union. They also contain a Proclamation from one Juan Jose Argote, Intendant of the department of the Isthmus of Panama, dated October 16, announcing the arrival of the Liberator of Guayaquil on the 12th September, and on the 18th he proceeded for Bogota. THE FUNDS. CITY, (Tan DAY), .Twelve. o' Clock. Few transactions have taken place in the English Funds since the commencement of business. Console have remained all the morning at 784 for money, 80i -I for account, and 804 4 for February. The Bulls, who form a powerful party, seem bent on going any length to support the Funds, at all events till the close of the present account, and, although the public are shy in mak ing investments at the present prices, still the speculators make purchases, which has occasioned Stock to be rather scarce. India Bonds are 44 6 ; and Exchequer Bills, 24 5 pm. The Foreign Fonds continue very flat with little doing ; Mexican Bonds are rather lower, being 64 4 ; Colombian, 334 4 ; Spanish, 13 ; Portuguese, 75 4 ; and Russian, 854 64. In Shares prices have gone down, which is attributed more to the state of the ac count than to any intelligence of an unfavourable nature having been received concerning them ; the discount on Anglo Mexican has increased to 24 die. ;on United Mexican, to 94 84 die. ; Brazilian Mines are 1 2 dis. ; Tlalpuxahua have receded to 45 55 pm. ; Real del Monte, 100 10 pm. Three per Cent. Consols, ex. div., 784 4; Ditto for account, 804 i; Ditto for February, 804 4 ; India Bonds, 44 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 24 5 pm. FOREIGN Fuwns.—Brazilian, 61 2; Buenos Ayres, 60 ; Chilian, 37 8 ; Danish, 584 9 ; Colombian, 1824, 334 4 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 524 31 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 64 4 ; Peruvian, 31 3 ; Portuguese, 75 4 ; Greek, 15 16 ; Russian, 854 61 ; Spanish, 13. Mixas.—Anglo Mexican, 37/ 21 die. ; United Mexican, 94 81 dis. ; Real del Monte, 100 10 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 45 55 pm. ; Bolivar, 3 4 pm. ; Brazilian, 1 dis. ; Colombian, 16 17 per Share ; Potosi, 58 per Share. Two o Clock. Consols have not varied from the opening price of soi i for the account. THREE O' CL CK. Rumours of all kinds are in circulation.—Consols have been 801 but fell to 79i- 80, for account SUN OFFICE, Four o'clock. MELANCHOLY LOSS. The following extract of a letter is this moment posted at the North and South American Coffee House.—Extract of a letter from Liverpool, dated Jan. 11, from a passenger on board the Anacreon, bound to Africa : " We are back, and may be " very thankful for it ; as an American packet, the United States, of 600 tons, and two brigs, 'are lost in Carnarvon Bay, and all drowned. The United States was a fine vessel, nearly new,:and was command ed by Capt. WILSON, bound from Liverpool for New York." FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. Consols 78-1- Danish Bonds 581 Do. for Ac. 791 Greek Do. 1825 1.5 i Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825, 63i Buenos Ayres D. Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. 37 Russian D©. 861 Columbian, 1824, Spanish Do. 124 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FROM LLOYD'S.—(This DAT.) DEAL, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Hope, Burns, front St. Michaels; the Cyrus, Manchester, from Naples; the John and Mary, Ste venson, from Cheeno ; the Amphitrite, —, from Cephalonia. In a squall, 10, a. m. the wind flew round from N.N.E. and at noon the whole of the outward bound sailed, among which were the Atlas for the East Indies ; and his Majesty's ship Zealander, for Batavia. FALMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Sailed the Redpole packet, for Halifax and Bermuda. Doves, JAN. 12.—Arrived off Port, the Navigator, Appleton. from Cuba ; Earl of Marlborough, Hutton, from Teneriffe ; and Ward, Ware, front St. John's. BRISTOL, JAN. 12.—Arrived, the Centurion, Brand, from the Canaries ; and Raehael, from Trieste. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 11.—Arrived, the Jeane, Stewart, from Car thsgena ; Julia, Martindale, from Demerara; Globe, Dixey, from Savannah; R. Fulton, —, from Charleston ; Amethyst, Cro cher, from ditto; Algoaquin, Dixon, from Philadelphia; and Au rora, Tale, from Marseilles. DUBLIN, JAN. W.—Arrived, the Venus, —, from Deme rara ; Pollock, —, from Messina ; and Mary, Bathford, from Gibraltar. CAZZ/C, JAN. 12.—Arrived, the Union, Clinch, from Trieste; Fortune, Castora, from Marseilles; Vittoria, Glig, from Almeira ; and Richmond, Moerditch, from Alogadore. ..' GRAYESZND, JAN. 12.—Arrived, the Catharine, Fligg, from Gibraltar ; Daniel, Mathiers. and Fortitude, Thompson, from Seville ; Anne, Dusbroy from Oporto ; Grace, Row, from St. Michael's ; and itawk, Clomp, from Demerara. Sailed, the Marcully, Cruir, for Calcutta. DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. PRICES OE STOCKS THI Bank Stook 201!6 Par Canh.R•d 79!..; 104 it ilp Cent . Cons.... ... 7 8 5 i% ex. d iv. ~..i per Cent Ditto Re 4. 66 'A I Per Cent. New... 91Y27ii% Ditto, INS - ex div. Bank Long I Stock Ann 18 45-16 19 ndi a Ditto Bond PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bonds _ %temps Ayres Bonds. Chilien Bonds, 6 per et. 36 % 7 C olombian Bonds — Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. creek Bonds _ Ditto, 1826 15% Guatemala _ Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 — Smith Sea Stock Old Annuities Kew Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 20. 24 25 pm. Ditto 5OO 20 24 95 pin. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Bank for Account India for Account Cons. 11>r Acct. SON NDS AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Neapolitan, 182 t Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds P.russian, 5 par cent. Ditto, New Russian, New, 5 p. c. SON Spanish, 1821 18" a _ Vi French Itentes, sp. c 981 25j. --Exchange 2sf. 50c. -3 per cent tSt. --C. Exchange ' ,st. 50c. PRICES OF SNARES AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mexican Mining Company £Bo 47}4 SO Brazilian Mining Company 2O 23 % Bolivar Mining Company Potosi La Pas and Peruvian Assoc. Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Company 10 fl% Protector Fir e I nsurance C om p a ny 2 .E 1 4 6 PRICE OF IRISH TOCKS, JAN. 10. - --- Bank Stock — - 233 St. Patrick Incur. (pee share)... Consols, 3 per cent 19% Royal Irish Ditto — GOT. Stock, 3% per cent.... 85%%% National Ditto Ditto, New 85% Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent. Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 96M 14 Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent. 9ON Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. Commercial Buiklings COURSE OF EXCII2 Amsterdam Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp " 12 6 liarnbulgh 2 1 4 U. 37 3 Altona '2!•4 U. 37 4 Paris, - 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U 25 85 Bordeaux 25 85 Berlin — Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 154 Petersburgh, rble 3 Us. 9 0 Vienna, effbctive fl 2 M. 10 13 Trieste do. Madrid 13X Cadiz Bilhoa Barcelona Seville Gibraltar 45 • MA Arrived, Due. 0 America 0 0 Brazil 0 2 Buenos Ayres u Donaghadee 0 1 Dublin 0 Flanders 1 1 France 1 Gottenburgh 1 —____ HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ....... 0 minutes after 3. I Evening ....... 15 minutes after 3. , 4 :::., -, ..14, tli:1 4 1 -:.-',: • A, ,i -544-11 , V ) t t'z... , 4- / f _ jut It, ..- . ..., , m, .--......., • NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47j Genoa Venice Malta Naples 3B Palermo per oz. 114 Lisbon Oporto 3m Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork 154 BULLION, MR OZ. *. d. Portugal Gold, in coin .... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars ...... 3 17 New Doubloons ............. 3 13 3 New Dollars .................. 0 4 14 Silver, in bars, standard... 0 4 111 43 46 40% 41 I L S. Arrived. Due. O Guernsey t 3 Jersey I O Hamburgh 3 ry Holland O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon O Malta 0 O Waterford UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN'. 13.—The Master of Balliol's prize, for a Latin Essay, by any Undergraduate Member of that Society, was last term adjudged to Mr. W. J. Cheshyre. Subject—Una urba Attica pluribus annis eloquentiee quam Universa Graecia operi busque floruit. At an Ordination held by the Hon. and Right .Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, in Wells Cathedral, on Sun day last, the following persons were ordained : lIXACONS. George Beet Brown, B.A. Clare hall, Cambridge. Philip Arden Ceoper, B.A. Oriel college, Oxford. Henry Arthur Herbert, B.A. Trinity college, Dublin. James Jackson, B.A. Brasenose college, Oxford. Henry Dudley Ryder, B.A. Oriel college, Oxford. George Arthur Smyth, B.A. St. Edmund hall, Oxford. Summerton Tudor, B.A. St. Edmund hall, Oxford. PRIESTS. James Thomas Campbell, B.A. Queen's college, Cambridge. Samuel Fox, B.A. Pembroke college, Oxford. Samuel Broomhead Ward, B.A. Caius college, Cambridge. Edward Power, of Magdalen hall, Oxford. ECCLESIASTICAL PAITEESIENTS.--The Rev. C. H. Williams, B.A. of Balliol College, to the Rectory of Cloverly, Devon ; patron, the Rev. Precentor Bartlam. The Archbishop of York has been pleased to licence the Rev. W. Airey, M.A. to the perpetual Curacy of Hexham, Northum berland, on the nomination of Colonel and Mrs. Beaumont. The Rev. James Morewood, to the Rectory of Dunlace : patron, the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. The Rev. Thomas Cupples, to the Vicarage of Balyrashane : patron, the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. The Rev. William Mill, to the Vicarage of Ballttwellan : patron the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. The Rev. Abraham Russell, to the Archdeaconry of Clogher. The Rev. Cuthbert Tetherston, to the Living of Nena b g• FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR, JAN. 12.—The KING still remains at the Royal Lodge. On Wednesday the Duke of Clarence paid a visit of condolence to his MAJESTY his Royal Highness remained a considerable time with his MAJESTY. Yesterday her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester arrived from Bagshot at Frogmore Lodge, to pay a visit of condolence to her Royal Sister the Princess Augusta, and in the evening returned to Bagshot Park. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, trans acted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Viscount Melville transacted business at the Foreign office yesterday. _ _ The Mourning for the justly lamented Duke of York is quite as general and sincere as it was for the interesting Princess Charlotte, whose early death caused such universal grief throughout the land. MR. GIFFORD'S LIBRA Mr.—We are informed that Mr. Gifford has bequeathed his curious library to Dr. Ire land and Mr. Heber.—Literary Gazette. A VISION OF MATRIMONIAL BLISS.—" What a blow it maun be to marry a snoring woman. Think o' her, during the hail hinny-moon, resting her head, wi'a long gurgling snorting snore, on her husband's bosom."—Blachwood's Mag. The report of Velluti's death in Le Furet is un founded. " A letter in his own handwriting, dated from Venice, Dec. 20, announcing his perfect recovery, is now in London. An illustrious person told Lord Chesterfield that he had drank six bottles of wine. " That," said his Lordship, "is more than I can swallow." The surveyors from the Bank of England were in Leeds last week, in search of a suitable building, in which to open the projected branch establishment. It is rumoured that preliminaries are entered into for the commencement of a branch Bank of England in Lincoln, a measure which is considered of importance to the expenditure and receipts of this agricultural and commercial county.—Stam ford News. However appropriate hi s name, it would seem that Colonel Le Blanc would have been much better engaged at White's than in whitening linen. The Magistrates of Queen-square have, it appears, issued a circular, hating for its object the better observance of the Sabbath within their district. This may be very proper ; but, to be consistent with themselves, their Worships ought to begin with the Speaker's dinners. A WORTHLESS ARTICLE.—A Fellow of atrocious ugliness chanced to pick up a looking-glass on his road. But when he looked at himself, he flung it away in a rage, crying, " Curse you, if you were good for any thing you would not have been thrown away by your owner."—Mirror. AN IMPUDENT PICKPOCKET.—At the Chester Assizes, August, 1825, William Leighton, for picking pockets at Congleton, was sentenced to be transported for life. On sentence being passed, the prisoner, in the most audacious manner, called out to the Judge and snapping his fingers, said " I'll toss you, hang or quits."—Bath Herald. AN ANTICIPATORY WISH.—A Lady made a Christmas present to an old servant a few days before it might have been expected. It was gratefully received, with the follow ing Hibernian expression of thanks : " I am very much obliged to you, indeed, ma'am ; and wish you many returns of the season before it comes !"—Literary Gazette. The work has commenced of lowering the ground along the line of street from Park-lane to Hyde Park•corner, and of heightening the road from thence to Knightsbridge, with a view of forming one perfect level with the new beautiful drive in the Park. It is hoped that the unsightly Obelisk, at Hyde Park corner, from its forming the constant receptacle of the many coloured printed bills, will now be removed, and a simple iron column, or a suitable inscription on a stone, placed on the ad joining wall, to denote the spot where the admeasurement of dis tance from London is calculated, may be placed in its stead. FROM THE MONTHLY REVIEW.—The author of the Novel of " Almack's " has contrived to exhibit the most ample, the most animated, and, we suspect, the most accurate picture of what is called " High Life r in this country which has ever yet met the public eye. There is no ambition to produce effect, no artificial mixture of the tragic with the comic—it seems to hare been the sole object of the writer to give a natural representation of the manners, the conversation, and in short, the every-day em ployments of the aristocratic circles ; and she has succeeded to the fullest extent. She has laid open the whole interior of fashion able and exclusive society, from the rank of the Duke down to the cadet ; and though her characters are all masqued under heteroge neous names, yet we feel that they have all of them figured, and perhaps, still figure in the very scenes where she employs them. The value of a work of this kind is inestimable. The deplorable condition to which the Countess de Lavalette was reduced, in consequence of that sublime act of conjugal love which has bestowed immortality on her name, is well known. We are most happy in being able to announce to our readers, and to the whole of France, the complete re-establishment of the health of this victim of the most noble devotedness. She has just been restored to her family, after a long and painful malady. The praise of this remarkable cure, which was, for a long time despaired of, is due to Dr. Blanche, proprietor of the magnificent Maison de Sant, at Montmartre, where the cares bestowed upon Madame Lavalette, during five long years and a half, have, at last, been crowned with the happiest success. Constitutionnel of Wednesday. TWO THICK SKULLS.—" Two cavaliers had a gallant combat. On my side was Samad, one of Ibrahim Saru's younger brothers, and on the other side was Shah-sawar, one of the Moghuls of Hissar. They met hand to hand, and Shah sawer urged his blow with such force, that he drove his sabre right through Samahad's helmet, and fixed it pretty deep in his skull. In spite of this wound, Samad returned the blow with such fury, that his sword shorn clean off a piece of Shah-sawar's skull as big as the,palm of the band. As Shah-sawar had no helmet on, the wound in his head was properly bound up, and he recovered."—Memoirs of the Emperor Beber. ANOTHER THICK SKULL.—AbdaI Kadus Koh- Inn, the elder brother of Kitteh Beg, having climbed up to the foot of the castle-wall, was hit by a large stone discharged from above, which sent him spinning down, heels over head, from that prodigious height, right forward, without touching anywhere till he lighted on his head at the bottom of the glacis. Yet he re ceived no injury, and immediately mounted his horse and returned back to the camp."—Memoirs of the Emperor Beber. N.B. These two anecdotes go far to prove the truth of our favourite opinion, that a gentleman now a days may do very well without a head. It is to be sure the fashion to wear one ; but all we contend for is, that there is no absolute necessity for it. A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION.—Mr. P--, the celebrated barrister, is a remarkably ugly man. Some months back an action was brought by an old lady, resident near his villa, against several persons, who, having obtained possession of a house belonging to her, had refused to deliver it into her hands. In this case Mr. P— was retained for the defendants, and cross examined the plaintiff with his usual dexterity :—" What motive do you suppose induced my clients to refuse giving you posses sion ?"—" Why the' wanted to humbug ine." "To humbug you ! what do you mean? I don't understand you—pray ex plain ?"—The plaintiff felt confused, and Mr. P— repeated his question triumphantly. After a pause, during which she had racked her brains to find out a suitable explanation of the word, the old lady said—" Suppose, Sir, I was to say that you were extremely handsome?"—" Well, and what then ?" replied the lawyer.—. Why then, Sir, I should humbug you most com pletely." As Mr. R. Havilland, the King's Messenger (son of Mr. Havilland, of Cheltenham), was on his return from Ma drid, with despatches from our Ambassador at that Court, lie was met within a few miles of that capital by a banditti, ten in num ber, who fired three shots through the windows, cut the traces of his four horses, and then dragged him out of his carriage, and robbed him of all the money he had about his person. They also took away his coat and travelling cap, and severely ill-treated him. Their object is supposed to have been not so much to plun der him as to intercept the despatches of which he was the bearer, and which were of great moment, as they were conjectured to be the last that would he sent by our Minister previous to his de parture from Madrid. Mr. Havilland, aware of the importance of the official documents intrusted to him, had taken the precau tion to conceal them in the lining of his carriage, by which means the object of his assailants was defeated. He was left destitute of a single shilling, and without clothes, at midnight, in an enemy's country. Much praise has been conferred on Mr. Havilland, for his conduct in this emergency, and for the zeal and caution with which he preserved the despatches. Mr. Havilland was, soon after his arrival at the Foreign Office, despatched to Naples, with an official communication to the Prince Leopold.— Cheltenham Chronicle. HAY MARKETS.—(Tnis DAT.) (At per Load of 36 Truism.) ST. JAMES'S. LowlandMeadowHay.t3 15 to 4 15 Clover Har.............£4 if le 8 le Upland Ditto Rye-grass Hay New Meadow Hay ..... 410 510 Meadow an d Straw Hay stationary. per load ssm. higher pirpl F. p t i h uE a .t n osepatr l .it al ayr t quoted; Hay Upland Dittol 10 IIS Rye-grass Hay ... Lowland Meadow HayS3 sto 4 5 Clover H wa a ii o b y; .o , a e a r r:a d. tr.d 1 0 1;1 . 04°1:014' 100 o i th i ev ii kinds, and A short supply, and a brisk trade. a N n e Nd i vewM Straw, Meadowea Meadow l a l: Ht a Bay yu . 05 . . t. .. 4. p : 4 7r i l 0 a di higli g o ,N O a tD orir t ha n ile a t Ditto t Thursday; unday; EDINBURGPI CORN MARKET.—an. 10. We had a short supply of all sorts of Grain, to-day except Wheat. Oats very deficient. Top price le. higher. Barley Is., Pease and Beans 6d. on the top of last market day. Wheat. Barley oi . I Oats. I Pease. lu ang First S econ d 2B, 6,1 285 6cl 278 6d Vs Third less Od 26s Od 25s Od 2s, Od N.., Od There were 850 bolls of W heat In market, 783 of which sold a s under : 12 at... 325. Od. 1 01 at... 295. Od. 223 223 at... 28s. Od. I 18 at... 275. Ad. 54 „ _ _ 36 23 Average, 28s. sd. 2-12tb e . * EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET.-also. 10. The supply of Sheep was greater than last week ; 21120 White-faced weddera, 225. to 265. 6d. ; Blank-faced, Ns. to 265. ; Ewes, 15s. to 19s. ; a dull sale, the qttantity being folly equal to the demand. In the Graesmarket Cattle were plentiful (250); best, Is. Od. to 7s. 6d.; inferior, from 6s. Od. to 71. ; a dull sale. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &e. - Beef, per lb. Os. 3d. to Os, 7d. Fresh Butter, per lb. Od. to Is. Od, Mutton 0 4 0 7 Salt 10 0 0 Veal 0 6 0 9 Ditto, per cwt. —.Ms. 0 0 0 Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per dozen —1 0 0 0 Lamb, per quarter 0 0 0 0 Oat Straw (kemp.)— 0 19 0 Tallow, per lb. 041 0 5 Wheat Ditto.--. 32 6 IS Quartern Loaf —0 9 010 Barley Ditto ---13 S 0 Potatoes, per 141 b. 0 6 0 0 G ood Hay, per st. 1 On Monday evening the lovers of intellec tual amuse ment received a great treat in witne ssin g the performance of M r , Elliston, who made his first appe arance in the character of -Rover, in O'Keefe's comedy of Wild Oats. N o twithstanding the im pression made on him by the hind of time, Pie is still a great, and in many of his characters an inimitable actor.— 'Wolverhampton Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.—(Tits DAT.) The Loan CHANCELLOR came into Court at ten minutes before eleven o'clock. BRUSHING PROTESSION..-BURLET V. MOORE. The alleged facts of this brushing concern were these ; both the plaintiffs and defendants had, for half a century past, carried on the profession of Attornies, at No. 8, Lincoln's Inn ; in Sept. last a partition of the premises they occupied was made, allotting two rooms to each party, the fee of the common passage being in the defendants, with the right of using in the plaintiffs; at the side of the outer door, since 1803, both parties had had their names painted, the one on the right, and the other on the left hand aide ; the defendants had thought proper now to erase the names of their antagonists ; the result was a bill filed by the plaintiffs, and the present motion for an injunction to restrain the defendants from repeating their acts of erasure. Mr. HEALD considered he ought to interrupt Mr. Treslove by stating, that be had a retainer in this case for the defendants, but that they had not had notice of this motion. His LORDSHIP'S opinion was, that notice of such a motion ought to be given. Mr. TnEstovir said, the defendant/ bad entered an appearance, with a view to defeat the hearing of the motion. Mr. HEALD denied this imputed motive. His LORDSHIP was quite ready to say, he would not grant this motion, until the defendants had bad the opportunity of appearing, otherwise he could see no limits by which expar4 motions could be considered as bounded. The best way was, for the plaintiff* to go immediately and brush out the names of the defencinte, to know what that would produce.—(Laughter.) Mr. HEALD understood, that since the appearance had been en tered, a demurrer had been put in to the bill. Mr. TRLSLOVR really thought he could make out an equity case for the interference of the Court, and he wished to take his Lordship's opinion on what he had to submit. His LORDSHIP felt perfectly satisfied that there were a great number of cases pressing to be heard, with quite as important equities as that of one man brushing out the name of another on a door-post, and therefore he should not hear this motion out of its regular turn. Why did not the plaintiffs go and brush out the name of the defendants ? 'Mr. TRESLOVE answered, because he was sure that such a course would be the high way to Bow-street. His LORDSHIP would not, upon its being pnt to him by a sort of side-wind, decide the question of law that this case involred for any man. Mr. ThrsLovic then wished to know whether dig. Court would allow the motion to be made before the Vice-Chancelle. His. Loansuir most willingly assented to this. Mr. SHADWILL thought the parties had better go to Bow street at once. Here the painting rests at present. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GummiALL--(Tuis DAT). The Court was occupied all the morning with a case for con spiracy in attempting to establish a bubble company. As, how ever, the trial was not expected to be over till a late hour, we defer further particulars till Monday. OLD BAILEY.—(Tins DAY.) OLD COURT. William Davies and Catherine Williams were indicted, the first for stealing, on the 28th of November last, a quantity of plate and other articles, from the house of Barbara Knox ; the female for receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Wm. Knoc resided at 5, North -crescent, Bedford-square, and was a Captain in the East India Company's service. The male prisoner had been in his service about three weeks ; on the 28th of November he had a dinner party, it was the duty of the prisoner to have attended, but he absconded that day, and a great quantity of plate and wearing apparel was missed ; did not see the prisoner afterwards till the 26th of Dec., at Bow-street. W. Bond, a Bow-street officer, traced the male prisoner to Bristol, where he found him on the I.sth December. Searehed him and found a watch and seals, and several duplicates of plate, a silver knife, and a small purse, on his person. Went to the prisoner's lodgings, and found part of the wearing apparel there. Darnall, a pawnbroker's assistant, produced some of the plate, which was pawned by the female prisoner, in her own name. Mr. Weston knew both the prisoners ; they had lived together in his service in the month of September. The Jury retired, and after a long deliberation, returned a ver dict of Guilty against both prisoners, but strongly recommended William Davis to mercy on account of his previous good character, in which recommendation the prosecutor joined. THE CASE OF CHARLES PIERCE. This unfortunate prisoner, who attempted self-destruction in Court, on being convicted yesterday, remains in a dangerous state; the symptoms continue the same as last night, and it is impos sible for any one to say what may be the result of such an act of phrenzy. The answer to an inquiry by the prosecutor this morning was, that "he remained in the same state, and the surgeon could not pronounce him out of danger.'! Another attempt at suicide has been made in Newgate. A prisoner, named Ann Young, who was committed for stealing a great coat, a few days since, had very nearly succeeded in hanging herself, but was fortunately discovered, cut down, and with dif ficulty, restored. She, this morning, pleaded-guilty, and was sentenced to seven days imprisonment, at the termination of which, her friends, who are respectable, intend taking her again ander their care. NEW COURT.--(This air.) Robert Smith, aged 19 years, was found guilty of embeagling on the llth December, 10/. 12s. 9d. received by him on account of Samuel Smeeton, baker, his employer. THE MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN M. .ARKET.--(Tnis DAY. ) this morning's market, but the inch of Vegetables, except Pots tch lower than on this day ten. .ration. There was a good supply at trade was dull. Prices of all ki toes, which were stationary, mui night ; in those of Fruit no Ate] a. d. toe. cl. Potatoes (per cwt.) 3 6 7 0 .Cabbages (12 heads) 1 () 2 0 1 0 2 0 Savoys Parsnips (dozen) Horse Radish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Brocoli 1 0 2 3 Celery 1 0 2 0 Carrots (12 bunches) Turnips Coleworts or Greens 1 3 2 6 Leeks Spinage (half-sieve) 1 0 0 1 6 Onions 2 0 3 6 s. d. to a d. Pears (half-sieve) 3 6 8 0 Apples, Common 2 0 3 6 Ditto, Choice 4 0 8 6 Quinces Oranges (100) Lemons English Walnuts 1 0 2 0 SpanishChesnuts(peek) 3 n 6 0 French ditto 2 6 4 0 French Walnuts 1 6 ♦ 0 Spanish liazlenots Filberts (121b5.) 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