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~~ r triumph of British influence, and the recognition of Brazil is therefore confidently anticipated. FRENCR FUNDS.—PARIS, FEB. 7.—Five per Cents. opened at 103 F. 70c.; closed at 103 f. 65c.—Bank Stock, 1,983 F. 75 c.—Neapolitan Rentes, 89.—Spanish ditto, 17k; Spanish Loan, 571.-LExchange on London, one month, 25f. ; three ditto, 24f. 85c.—( Court Authezdique.) We extract from the Frankfort Journals of the L d instant the following regulations respecting ff the sale of salt in the Rusian Empire:— PETERSEURGII, JAN. 18.—The following order has been published here:— " Desiring to afford to our faithful subjects all possible faci lities for the acquisition of an article so indispensable as salt, by the advice of the Council of the Empire we ordain 1. The salt produced in the Empire shall be sold wholesale and retail in warehouses of the Crown, at a reduction of from to 40 copecs per pood, according to the situation of the springs, that of the Governments which derive their supply from them, and the facilities of conveyance. The reduction shall take place according to the table annexed of the prices of salt for 1825, published by our express command. The Crown will bear the loss caused by this measure. 2. For the benefit of the Governments in the Baltic and those adjacent, the import duties on foreign salt are diminished 10 copecs in silver per pood in the ports of Esthoria, Lithuania and Courland, and in the town of Narva: no change is made for the ports of St. Petersburgh, of the Government of Arch angel, and for the Custom-houses on the land frontier, because salt produced in the Empire may easily be procured there. " We hope that our faithful subjects will see in this mea sure, which diminishes the revenue of the salt-works by about three millions of rubles, a new proof of our paternal solicitude. " Given at St. Petersburgh, Dec. 8, 1024, the 21st year of our reign. " ALEXANDER." `Lis* Papers from the 25th to the 29th -ult. arrived this morning, but they do not contain a singl e article of the least interest. NEW MEXICAN SIX PER CENT LOAN.---This Loan was brought out this morning to the public, at 891. 15s. for every 1001. Stock, with a divi dend from the Ist of January last. The first instalment (15 per cent. on the Stock) is to be paid this day ; and remaining instalments are to be paid as follows : s pe cent. on th e 14th March (ln which a Dividend of 4 10 per cent. on the 13th April, pericent. for the immediate payment will be allowed. 1 0 per cent. on the 20th May 1 1 0 per cent. on the 11th July I With . Interest at the rate 1 per cent. on the 10th Aug. I of 4 per cent. from the 10 per cent. on the 7th Sept. r 13th April next to these 1 0 per cent. on the 20th Oct: 1 dates. 9 i per c en t. on t h e 20th Nov. J 4 , It appears by accounts from Switzerland, that the lion. Mr. PAKENHAM a nephew of the Duke Of WELLINGTON, acts as Charge d'Affaires to the , Swiss Cantons during the absence of Mr. , v AucnAN, the British Minister. The hurricane of 21st December threw down the Colos sa l St a t ue o f S a i n t C H RISTOPHER at r , t ,'ga. In its fall it killed a soldier of the 4 th Itegiment of the Marine. _Letters have been received from Pernambuco, dated th e 2 6t h o f D ecem b er , b e i ng three days later than th e p rev i ous accou nts. The prisoners from Bahia had reached that place, and the 13a1- .four transport, i n , w hich they had been conveyed, _v.as tying moo re d b e tween two Brazilian vessels ut war. The order from Rio de Janeiro for im mediately di sarm i ng t h em was about to be put into executi on , p rev i ou sly to their being trans ferred to th a t p l ace . It is said the differences between Lord COCHRANE and the Brazilian Go vernment, which had created in him an aversion to that service, have been satisfactorily adjusted, and that his Lordship has consequently aban doned intention of returning to England. Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined . with the Earl of HARROWEY, at his house 'in Grosve n,nr-square, being the first Cabinet Dinn er the Noble Earl has given this season. — Mr. Secre tary PE EL was p reven ted from attending the King's Court yesterday, by indisposition . The Right Hon. Gentleman continues confined to his House with a severe cold.— Earl BATHURST transacted the official duties of the Right Hon. Secretary with the KING in his absence. • P rince POLIGNAC, the 'French Ambassador, transacted business yesterday, at the F orei g n Office, Downing-street. Sir Lord MAlicus HILL is preparing to a ccom p an y olr CHARLES STUART to,Lisbon: „ It is at length, we hear, decided that Sir ItAt,en PALMER, who was some time since ap pointed to-a Puisne Judgeship in India, shall now go out as Chief.—(Morning Paper.) The Hon. Iloutarr S. DUN DAS is appointed one -(4 -the Commissioners of the Navy Board, in the • ro om of the late Hon. E. BOUVERIE. Yesterday, Mr. HuNTER, one . of the King's Foreign M essengers , arr i ve d at the Foreign "lice, Downing-street, with Dispatches from our Ambassador at Paris, to Mr. Secretary CANNING. The RECORDER of LONDON yesterday made his report to the King in Council of the following prisoners under s entence of death-in Newgate, and who were convicted at the December Old. Bailey Seisions, namely—Lot Carlidge, aged 40 ; luau Ann Ricroft 35; Charles Metzger, 19 ; William 'Alley, 21; Hannah Harriet Burton, 42 ; Elizabeth Bowsley, 13 ; Coroline 111olineux, 12 ; and William Harrison, 21; for stealing in a dwelling-house to the amount of 40s. and upwards : all , of whom his Ma' esty was graciously pleased to respite dur ing his Royal pleasure. j The cases of Edward Harris, for high way robbery; Levi Abrahams, for burglary ; and Robert Ball, for arson, are postpOned until a future r e p ort. None of the cases in anuary Sessions were reported. The consumption of coals has rapidly increased within these three years. According to a return made to the Court of C ommon Council, it amounted, in 1822 to 1,199,511 chaldrons ; in 1823, to 1,437,251 ; and in 182 . 4, to 1,52 4 , 807 . COMMITTAL OV MRS. KEATON.----,•TiliS unfor tunate woman was brought-up before Sir-GEORGE FARRANT, at Marlborough-street Office, this day, and underwent an examination, the result of _which was her full committal to Newgate on a charge of murder. ALARMING FlRE.—This morning,a little before six o'clock, -a Fire broke .out at the sign of the Barley Mow Public House in the Strand, near to Exeter Change, which was completely destroyed, and although the house was full of inmates, pro videntially no life was lost, nor have any other premises been injured. ~ .034,. - V.:....:,_t: t tit) r : . ' i., .--• ' _ - f l r. • E1A.!.."7:-%1 •••••'-'4.4,-3--.14.1.4-I.ii,-;...;-; ' :,, m. . 4 • ''. t 0 Ir. THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday, at two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Court at his Palace in Pall-mall, which was attended by the Lord Chan cellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Ad miralty, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the President of the Board of Controul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster, the Master of the. Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, Earl Cathcart (Gold Stick), the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Recorder of London, the Judge of Madras, the Judge Advocate-General. Viscount Lake was the Lord in Waiting, Colonel Whatley was the Groom in Waiting.— Robert Buckley Comyn, Esq. was presented to his Majesty by the Right Hon. Charles Wynn, President of the Board of Con , t roul, to receive the honour of Knighthood, on his being ap pointed one of the Puisne Judges at Madras.—The King held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Buller attended as Clerk, at the conclusion of which the Recorder of London was admitted into the presence of the King in Council, when he made his report of the convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the last December Sessions.—His Majesty gave audience to the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Liverpool, and the Judge Advocate-General, who laid before the King the proceedings of some Courts Martial, and took his Majesty's commands upon the same.—The Court broke up about half-past five o'clock. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.' The Duke of Devonshire, in Piccadilly, from the Duke of Rutland's seat, Belvoir-castle; the Bishop of Bath and !Veils, and family, in Langham-place, from Bath ; Lord Stopford, from Ireland ; the Duke and Duchess of Athol and family, at their house in Great George-street, from their seat in Scotland ; Lord and Lady Kingston, at their house in Hertford-street, from Ireland ; Lord and Lady Langford and family, at their house in Berkeley-square, from their seat, Cooper's-hill, Sur rey; Lord George Lennox, from his seat in Sussex; Viscount Duncannon, from a tour ' • Lord and Lady Anson , at the i r house in Curzon-street, May Fair, from their seat in Stafford shire ; General and Mrs. R oss and Miss Gunning, from their seat in Herts ; D. Tighe, Esq., from Brighton; Mrs. A. F. Greville, at her house in Great Geor g e-street; G. B. Hamilton, Esq., from Brighton ; Sir Alex. Hoye, Bart., from the Military College, Bagshot ; lion. Thomas Knox, M.P. at his house in Upper Grosvenor-street, from his seat in Herts ; Mr. and Lady Sarah Bailey and family, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook street, from their seat, Hertshall, Suffolk ; Mrs. Henry Hoare, at ditto, from Brighton ; J. Batson, Esq. at ditto, from his seat in Cambridgeshire ; . Hon. Andrew Windsor, at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from Warwickshire ; Hon. Captain Edward Curzon, R.N. at ditto, front Lord Lonsdale's seat in Derbyshire ; Mr. Hudson and Mr. Torre, at ditto, from Abingdon Hall, Cambridgeshire • Mr. Vansittart, at ditto , from his seat in Bucks; General Hart, M.P. at Hohnes's Hotel, Parliament-street, from Ireland ; Mrs. Rose, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mrs. and Miss Smith, at ditto, from a tour ; Lord. Longford, at the London Hotel, from Ire land; Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, at ditto, from their seat in Suffolk; the Rev. Mr. Gooc h, at the St. eorge's Hotel, Albe marle-street, from a tour ; Captain Jervoise, R. N. at ditto ; Captain Sanderland, at ditto; Mr. Powell, M.P., and Mr. Crewe, M.P. at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from -Ireland ; J. Mansfield, Esq. M.P. at the Royal Hotel, St. James's street; E. Blacket, Esq. at ditto ; A. Daniells, Esq. at Hakes's Hotel, from Brighton; M. Daniells, Esq. at ditto, front ditto ; J. Papillon, Esq at ditto. CIIANGES—The Earl and Countess of Jersey, for their seat, Middleton-park, Oxfordshire; Col. Lowther, M.P., for the Earl of Lonsdale's seat in Rutlandshire; Lord Frederick Ben tinck, for ditto . ; Thomas Smith, Esq., M.P., for ditto ; Miss Dawkins, from her house in Queen Ann-street, to Cobham lodge, Surrey ; Mrs. Herbert, from liakes's Hotel, for Brigh ton ; Mr. Auhury, from ditto ; Colonel and Mrs. Scrjeantson and family, from ditto, for Hastings ; the Rev. Ch. Anstey , and Mrs. Anstey, from ditto, for Bath ; Mr. Sewell, from do.; ; J. Skrine, 'Esq. Mrs. Si.rine, and family, from dit to, for . Cambridge ; Admiral Lambert, from ditto ; the Reverend Mr. Lake, from ditto ; William Hutton, Esq., from ditto, for Ox . ford ; the Rev. C. Rose, from ditto, for ditto; the Rev. Mr. Ravenshaw. from ditto ; Geo. W a ddington, Esq., front ditto. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. TJIE PRINCESS POLIGNAC'S PARTY.—Her Highness had an elegant party at the house of the Embassy, Portland-place, on Tuesday, consisting of the Austrian-Ambassador ; the Nea politan, Bavarian, Prussian, Danish, Wirtemberg, Hanove rian, and Portuguese Ministers-; the Duchess of Leeds , the Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury, the Countess Lieven, Mrs. and Miss Freemantle, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Nichol son, Madame Faulke, Mons. de Newmann, Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, Lord A. Hill and Lady Mary Hill, Countess of Jersey, Earl and Countess of Tanker vale, General .Grosvenor, Mr. Jervis, Captain Drummond, Countess of Essex, Lady de Clifford, Countess Munster, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Sir William and Miss Boroughs, Lord Palmerston. The party this day will consist only of dinner company ; on Sunday next there will be an Evening Assem bly, when the State apartments will be illuminated with a more than usual splendour. 'the Countess of Essex entertained an elegant circle of Fa shionables yesterday evening, at her house in Hill -street, Berke ley-square. - Lord James Stuart entertained a distinguished party at din ner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall-place. . General and Mrs. Ross entertained the Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis, and a select party at dinner yesterday, at their-house in Portland -place. The Duke of Clarence came to town yesterday morning, from his residence at Bushy. His Royal Highness left town at half-past four o'clock in the afternoon, on his return to Bushy. • On the retirement of Prin aul Esterhazy from the Em bassy at our Court, we hear that the- French Ambassador re moves to Chandos House. The Marquis of Salisbury is-about to launch out with a re sidence and establishment suitable to his rank and fortune ; Devonshire House, in Hanover-square, is to be his future residence. ne of the finest mansions in Py, w the O hammer on the demise of pre be brought to ----=---- ----- but we bed for several days past, with excellent Baronet is fast recoverin g . Sir WILLIAM CURTIhs a h s a e s ver b e e fi e t n of c t r e fi go n u e t d ; to his ; are happy to hear that the ,he Fool'''. V. 11A YN E. — , I costs in this cause were o n Tuesday damages eveningand; ‘ and tax thet i money lerit by Mr. HAY N p i a l id to same time • receipt at the Mr. FOOTE was repaid at the treasuryNVe oufncdoevrenstt-agnadrdetnbaTthteahtere,acontu; ntn e n l e h fi u rs , t ire n d ig p h o t u , o i f s ll s l i i x ss . FOOTE'S appearance this season, d b le teen shillings, the largest sum ever‘rveacseived.t MISS WILSON is engage or Manager of the Pergola, at Florence, asSerious Opera, wlich is to make her first appearance in a new y P i rinfa in D in o ' n e n s a ar a i n o d , voice is reported, by those who have hear is in preparation expressly for the occasdiohn.er Us'ihnigs atL Lady's change—it is larger, rounder, and excessively _. S v-PHENrs • BURGIIERSH'S Concerts, to have undertonseweae.t ;coinmpslleetwe .. 1 , and fi ow sin with h son E she ngl i music, solemn and affecting, like that of Miss r— iiishmreuscihdeinmtsp number 2000 persons. ; r o t v h e e t y l . are T tr e c r a e n r e s e x n e t ,„ o t / over flows Mr. G EORGE D AWE, who has been occupied. some years in painting for the Emperor of Russia an extens i ve Yteadt present Gallery of Portraits of the Generals who commanded the Im perial Armies in the memorable Campaigns of 1812, 1813, and . 1814,has succeeded in completing nearly three hundred portraits, highly to the satisfaction of the Emperor, and which, of course, is highly gratifying to the English Artist. Mr. Dawe has had the additional honour of painting a full-length Portrait of his illustrious Patron, a * copy of which is on its way to England for the Gallery of the Marquis of Londonderry. The Gallery set apart for the Emperor, for the pictures of the Generals , is one of the wings of his Palace in St. Petersburgh, and adjoins the Gallery erected by the late Empress Catharine, called the Hermitage. In addition to the likeness of the Generals who distinguished themselves in the three campaigns, which are to be Awed in the new Gallery, the likeness of the late Princess • Charlotte, (who sat to Mr. Dawe a few weeks . previous to her decease), Prince Leopold and the Puke of York are to grace the Gallery. POETRY. ORIGINAL VERSES BY LORD BYRON. The following verses are stated to have been written by the late Lord BYxoN in the Album of the Union Hotel, at Cha mouni, near Geneva : All hail, Mont Blanc Mont en Vert, hail !. With thee I can associate still ; And, should all other pleasures fail, I'll stretch me by the murnfring Or into solitude I'll fly, And commune with the DEITY ! Far from the pride and scorn of Man, The worthless objects of their care, The works of nature I can scan, And sometimes bold, yet fearful, dare Express those feelings kindly given By the benevolence of Heaven ! Alone I come ! alone I go ! Alike unnoticed and unknown ! Press'd by a weight of lasting woe, From East to West by tempest blown ; No rest ! no peace ! until I fly From Time into Eternity ! Yet why— why should I complain ? Are not some other joys my own, Joys which the multitude disdain, To duller, happier souls unknown ? Yes, 1 will bravely dare my lot Until I die and be forgot ! No need to add my humble name, Ne'er mentioned yet by babbling Fame ! Few will demand to whom belong These transports of a Child of Song• One who would wish, with Poet's fire And daring hand, to sweep the Lyre ! EPITAPH.—in a village church-yard, near Thornton, in Yorkshire, is to be seen a plain stone, close to the church, raved to the memory of JOHN TaoLLor, who appears to haze been the builder of the church; and the epitaph runs quaintly in these words : " Here lies Jonw Titor.r.or, Who made these stones to roll up ; When God Almighty took his soule up, And his bodie went to fill this hole up." Ilacnxttn S ESQ.-011 Friday last, the 4th instant, died at his seat at Aloor Park, near Ludlow, in the fifty-first year of his age, RICHARD SA LWEY, Esq. He was of very ancient Norman origin, his fatuity being descended from Humphrey de Salwey of Kanke, in the County of Stafford,and himself maternally from the Lords Fol liott, of Stonehouse,in the county of Salop. In 1795 he married Isabella, daughter of Job Walker Baugh, Esq. of Stone-house, and is succeeded in his estate by John Salwey, Esq. his only son. He was a Gentleman universally beloved and respected, for his high principles, conciliating and amiable disposition, and polished manners. — By this deeply afflicting event, his family have to deplore the irreparable loss of the kindest and most affectionate husband and father, and his friends, by whom his private worth could be best appreciated, a most excellent man, kind-hearted, benevolent, and humane ; his charities were extensive, but unostentatious, and his memory will be long cherished in the grateful recollections of the poor of his immediate neighbourhood and the surrounding country. — lie was High Sheriff of the County of Hereford 'in the year 1807, and in the beginning of the war with France served on the Continent in the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and was afterwards Colonel Commandant of the Ludlow Volunteers, which, from the great respect and regard he was held in by that corps, he was enabled to bring to the highest state of military discipline and per- fection. FRAUDS OY THE FRENCH PRIESTS.—A dispute, which as yet has only occupied the_ Clergy of the capital, is engaging the attention of the whole world, now that sacrilege is the order of the day. A pretended historical fragment, beautifully printed, on handsome paper, ac companied by an engraving, informs us, under the title of Marie Antoinette a la Concicr gei'ie, of incredible, and almost miraculous cirumstances. The Royal victim, who has always been supposed to have been so strictly guarded in her prison, received, according to the pamphlet, the visit of a charitable and devout woman, and likewise that of a priest. This is not all. Mass was celebrated in her presence, and she received the sacrament. This pious and affecting though unfortunately improbable scene, is accom panied with details not less romantic. Another historian has made his appearance, and has stoutly contradicted the narrator at the same time supporting his denial by proof and argument. His refutation is entitled La fausse communion de la geine soutenue uu moyen d'unfaux. The anecdote is pronounced apocrypha I,and its inventor honour ed with epithets which we will not repeat. What is most deplorable is, that the man taxed with so interested an imposture, is 'a minister of the religion of . the State. A speculation so bold and so sacrilegious, at the moment when it is in contemplation to . arm the Catholic re ligion with capital punishment against those who profane it, gives rise to many reflec tions. It appears to us, that we have already arrived at that point at which the legislation should rather adopt measures for repressing the abuses which have crept in under the mask of religion, than by creating a new theory of crimes and delinquencies. If they are desirous of reviving ancient customs, let them at least seek their models in our Parliarnen s, and• not in the annals of the Inquisition.—(Le Consitutionnel.) SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-ADOUt eleven o'clock this forenoon a very distressing occurrence happened in the house of Mr. D. Morris, Grafton-street, Saint James's: the housemaid, a girl of 17 years of age, was cleaning the drawing room window, and 111 r. Morris's youngest son, a child of nine years of age, happening by some means to get possession of a fowling-piece, which was loaded, and, unconsciously raising it parallel with the girl, it went off, and the contents lodged in her back, neck, and right shoulder. Her shrieks attracted the attention of some persons passing, and they rushed into the house. The alarm of the family may be imagined. Instant medical aid was procured, and Mr. Young, the surgeon, having examined the wounds, declared his opinion to be that she could not survive many hours ; how ever, every medical attention has been adopted, and she was alive at 12 o'clock. The shock it is feared will prove very in jurious to Mrs. Morris, who is in a very delicate state of health. A man having business with a Magistrate who was an auctioneer, gave much offence by neglecting to call him his Worship; for which he received a severe rebuke. Soon after he constantly attended the Justice's sales, bidding for al most every lot; " three-pence, your Worship—sixpence, your W ors hip," which caused such scenes of laughter at the auc tioneer's expence, that he was glad to give him ten guineas never to attend his sales any more. JARNOWICK, the composer, being in the music shop of Railleux, accidentally broke a pane of glass. 64 Those who break windows must pay for them," said Bailleux. 44 Right," replied the 64 How _much it it ?" " Thirty sous."— 's a three-franc piece." 44 But I have no C o scm t h Ta e lel r ile ; r c hange." " Never mind that," replied j ar nowick, U we are- now quits," and imtne diately dashed his cane through a second square. SPORTING. LORD YARBOROUGH'S HUNT. A few days ago, Mr. Robert Everett, of Kettlebythorpe. who rides 18 stone, took a leap on a horse five years old, got by Orion, in a field in the occupation of Mr. Edmondson, of Bar net by le \Vold, over a quickset fence, guarded on each side by hurdles, which measured horizontally from the point of the toe of the foot which was nearest to the fence to the point of the heel of that foot which was nearest to the fence on the other side, 28 feet, and when the tape was stretched tight over the hurdlesfrom toe to heel, the distance was 31 feet. The leap was measured by Mr. Wm. Edmonclston and Mr. Wm. Abraham. TROTTING. The Marquis of Huntly lately matched his hack mare to c.!rry 8 stone, and trot 36 miles, in three hours. The perform ancetook place between Forres and Elgin, on the first of Feb. Owing to the superior qualities of the whole of the Noble Mar quis's hacks, the mare was the favourite at high odds ; she did the first 18 miles in 1 hour and 14 minutes, and complet d e the 36 miles in 2 hours and 46 minutes. A performance not to be sneezed at by the trotting Fancy on this side of the Tweed. • The match for 300 sovereigns for Major Bouverie's cele; brated mare Bantem, to trot (saddle) 16 miles in one hour, and to carry 10 stone, took plice yesterday morning over four miles of chosen ground, from Ashford-common a nd from thence over part of the Staines-road, towards Bedfont. Betting was six to four on time, and much sporting took place. Screece, Major Wombwell's late groom, rode the mare as follows : The first mile was performed in three minutes and forty se conds, and the four miles occupied fourteen minutes and 22 seconds. The mare broke her pace in the seventh mile, and was turned, but she did the second 4 miles in 15 minutes and 26 seconds,—makint , half the distance in 29 minutes and 48 seconds. The third 4 miles was done in 14 minutes and 50 seconds, and the fourth in 14 minutes and 58 seconds,—which was winning the match by 24 seconds, and that cleverly too. PONY RACE IN HYDE PARK. Yesterday a grand pony race took place in Hyde Park be tween Captain. Barber's bay pony and Mr. 3laclatea's brown, for 25gs. aside. The distance was fixed at three quarters of a mile, - from Kensington-gate to the Bridge in Rotten-row. The Captain rode his own pony. At starting both ponies displayed excellent speed, and kept neck to neck for the first quarter of a mile, when Mr. :M.'s took the lead in admirable style, and dis tanced the Captain's. GOLD 1N NORTH AMERICA. WASHINGTON, DEG. 27.—1 have just seen and conversed with an intelligent Gentleman who resides in that part of the State of North Carolina where gold has lately been discovered.—From bins I have learned several facts, in relation to that subject, with which I was previously not acquainted, and which I presume may be interest ing to you. You may recollect, that when first found, this precious material was picked up in the bed of a brook ; it is now found on higher ground. The farm on which the . most has been obtained, is situate d in Mont gomery county, about sixteen miles from Montgomery Court house. The farm (of about 450 acres) belongs to a widow, who has several sons. The property was equally divided amongSt them ; but by an amicable arrangement; it is agreed, that whatever gold may be found on the portion belong. ing to either brother, it shall be equally parted among the rest. The metal is found in lumps of various sizes ; the largest lately picked up weighed four pounds ten ounces—ano ther, three pounds and two ounces. [You may remember. that some years ago, in the brook first-mentioned, a lump was found, weighing twenty-eight pounds.l They have not yet gone far from the surface, not perhaps above twelve feet ; but the lower they go the more gold is found. The mode by which the metal is obtained is by putting the soil into " rappers," that is, boxes placed on pieces similar to those under a cradle, where water is poured on it, and the dirt is constantly agitated, till, by its gravity, the gold sinks to the bottom, and is then picked out by hand. The land on which it is found is of rather poor quality, raising say twenty bushels of corn to an acre. There are about one hundred and fifty hands at work ; though the num ber varies, as few of them are hired, but consist of persons living near by, who are permitted by the owner to dig, on con dition of yielding up to him one half of what they may find. A negro lately found a lump worth one thousand and fifty dollars. The gold is of such virgin purity, as to require two carats of alloy to bring it down 'to the American standard for gold coins. The gentleman who gave me the above particu lars has in his possession several small lumps of it, which he showed me. In shape, they look much pieces of lead which have been dropped in water ; they are of a deep yellow, but without any glittering brightness. • Some of that found on the high ground is paler. The surface on different parts of which this precious metal has been discovered, extends about thirty miles, within which space there are eight diggings, some more and some less productive. The poor people who adventure, generally club their earnings in companies of three and four. When they come to tough clay they throw it on one side, as it requires too much time and labour to wash it to ren der the business profitable. Yet it often happens, when the rains have washed these heaps of clay, that small yellow points are exposed. There are, as yet, no persons of capital embarked in this search; but, should this happen, as doubtless it soon will, we may possibly have a regular gold mine ; an event which, in my judgment, is a matter rather of regret than con gratulation. N. B. Our readers may recollect the exhibition, at this office, last year, of two lumps of this Metal, weighing, one of them, 370 dollars, and the other about 170. Recently a lump has been brought to this city, from Curacao, or St. 'Thomas's , w eighing upwards of seven thousand doliars. — (New Yo rk Commercial Advertiser.) WANTON ATTACK UPON FEMALES. BO\-STREET (This Day.)—Two interesting females, dressed in a style of fashion, attended to make a charge against a man holding a situation as patrol, for having assaulted them in a most wanton manner on Wednesday night last. One of the complainants stated, that on Wednesday night she was passing by the Opera House with he friend, when the prisoner ordered them to move on, and after using the most violent language, pushed her with his stick, and gave her a blow on the face, and took very indecent liberties with her, which caused her eyes to be discoloured very much,She proceeded to a watchman, and had the prisoner taken to the watch-house. This witness, who is a highly interesting young woman, ap peared in a pregnant state, and excited strong indignation against the prisoner, who in his defence denied the charge, and seemed to excuse himself by saying they were prostitutes. This they denied, and Mr. .HALLs, in terms of the utmost indig nation, condemned the prisoner's conduct. It was no matter what a woman's situation was in life, in any they demanded our pity and protection. and he wished to impress on the minds of all officers and patrole, that whenever they exercised cruelty to women, in what they called the execution of their duty, (if proved) they should receive merited punishment.—He advised the complainan•s to indict the prisoner at the Sessions; whi ch they were determined to do. DESPERATE SUICInE.—An Inquisition was yes terday afternoon taken before Thomas Stirling, Esq., at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of George Rose, who com-. 'mitted suicide, by hurling himself head foremost, from the parapet of the house, No. 2:2, Church-street, St. Giles, in which he lodged, into the street. It appeared from the evi dence of the wife, that he had been for some time. past in a consumptive state, that in addition, he had been recently attacked by the Typhus fever, from the effects of which be was slowly recovering. Early on the morning of last Sunday, - she was sitting watching by the bed-side, when he expressed a desire to have some tea made, and she left him for that purpose; but had scarcely got down stairs when she heard a heavy fall, succeeded by a groan, and which she found proceeded from her husband, who, it seems, had, the moment she had quitted the room, left his bed and gone up to a cock loft, and thence precipitated himself into the street. Witness, on getting to the street, found her husband supported by two watchmen, whom she requested to carry him to the Hospital, but they refused, assigning as a reason, that they must go to t he watchhouse to resign their lanthorns, &c. as it was just o the stroke of seven.. The man ultimately was carried to th H os pital by some neighbours , when it appeared that his jaw-bone was fractured, and his right thigh broken ; be sides which he was much bruised and , shattered in different parts of his bod when he lingered in extrethe agony till five o'clock m the evening, he died. Several facts Were mentioned to show the delirious state of th e unhappy man, of which the Jury ex pressed themselves satisfied, and returned a verdict of insanity- The conduct of the watchmen in refusing to take the man to the hospital was reprobated by several of the Jurors.— Another Inquest was afterwards held by the same Coroner, and at the same place, op the body of Catherine Shelton, aged 39, who, it appeared, resided in Cirencester-place, and had on Saturday last taken a powerful dose of laudanum, which every effort to dislodge from the stomach proved unavailing, and causeh e un h a ppy woman expired in the course of the day. The of the rash act was not clearly shown ; but it appeared. that she was much addicted to drinking, arid it was supposed she had committed it while in a state of inebriety—Verdict —lnsanity. COURT OF CHANCEILY—(Tnis DAY.) JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. The Court of Chancery was this day crowded to excess long before the LORD CHANCELLOR had taken his seat on the Bench, although his Lordship entered the Court before his usual time, by Gentlemen interested in the issue of this question, which has called forth so much public attention. Ills Lordship commenc e d by observing that a vast quantity of papers had been handed up to him, of which, in the first place, he should only refer to two bundles which he then held in his hand :—these he considered himself not at liberty to look at, as-they might contain letters and documents of which the other side had not been put in possession of, or that his Lordship's attention might not have been called to, in the course of the arguments adduced in the hearing of this important cause. — He would, however, say, that if this Company were a bubble, under and within the meaning of the 6th of Geo. 1., this Court would be induced to deal most tenderly with it, even before it had been tried in a Court of Law ; and if so, how much more imperatively was it called upon to do so after that had taken place. His Lordship would not now give an opinion as to the legality or illegality-of the present Company, but as it had been sent forth to the world that his Lord• ship had expressed very different sentiments to those which had fallen from him he would now request to correct them. What he meant to say was, that where any company or set of partners acted illegally, they had no right to come to that Court for relief. All, there- fore, observed his Lordship, I will now say is, without giving any opinion whether this Company was legally formed or not, that no in tention exists of disposing of it by an expost facto law. If you mark any point, I will look at it this evening if I am able, but I will now only repeat what I have before said relative to an expost facto law. LENT ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Before Mr. Justice PAR x and Mr. Justice Bunn OtiGll. Southampton—Monday, February 20, at the Castle of Win. chester. Wilts—Saturday, March 5; at New Sarum. Dorset—Thursday, March 10, at Dorchester. Devon—Monday, March 14, at the Castle of Exeter. City and County of Exeter—Monday, March 14, at the Guildhall, Exeter. Cornwall—Monday, March 21, at Lancaster. Somerset—Saturday, Mardi 26, at the Castle, Taunton. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Before Lord Chief Justice BEST and Mr. Baron II ULLOCK. Northamptonshire—Saturday, Feb. 26, at Northampton. utlandshire.—Friday, March 4, at Oakham. Lincolnshire—Saturday, March 5, at Lincoln: City of Lincoln—Same day, at the city of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire—Saturday, March 12, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham—Same day, at the town of Nottingham Derbyshire—Thursday, March 17, at Derby. Leicestershire—Tuesday, March 22, at the Castle of Lei. cester. Borough of Leicester—Same day, at the Borough of Lei.. cester. City of Coventry—Tuesday, March 29, at the City of Ce, ventry. Warwickshire—Same day, at Warwick, MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEB. 9.—Wind S.W. moderate .breezes.—Arrived from the River ant remain the Maria, Rutter, for the Isle of France ; Fortune, Vaughan, for Cadiz; Mansfield, Mastin, for Oporto ; and Telegraph, Grandin, for Havre. The lion. Company's ship Kellie Castle sailed his morning with several of the outward-bound. PonTsmoUTH, FEB. 9.—Wind W.—No arrivals or sail- ings. FALMOUTH, FEB. B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon ; and Bellona, Hutchens, from London for St. Michael's. The Lady Louisa packet, Ihr Buenos Ayres, was spoken with in lat. 16. 26. long. 33. out 47 days, by the Blonde frigate, arrived at Rio. LIVERPOOL, FEB. B.—Wind N.W.-:—Arrived the Burrow, Dawson, from Trinidad ; Thomas Fowler, Cunder, from Savan. nah; Pomona, —, from St. John's, N. 8.; Cossack,M‘Maseer, from St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Charente, Campbell, from Cha. rente ; Margarets, from Smyrna ; and Columbus, Rich ardson, from Charleston, sailed 7th January, in company with the Washington, for this port. The Jasper and the Isaac Hicks were to sail on the Bth, for LiVCir()Y. The Caledonia, Bishop, for Demerara, got on shore yesterday on the Nort4 Bank, but was got off last night with 6 feet water in htr hold, and brought into Prince % Dock Bason. GRAVESEND, FEB. 9.—Sailed the Hon. Company's ship Kent, Cobb, for China. MARGATE, FEB. 9.—Part of a sail, among the Wreckage brought here the 7th instant, is marked " Wilkinsons, makers, Newcastle." Arrived off Dover the Radiant, Phillips, froth Jamaica; Mary, Beachcroft, from Demerara; and the Grampus, Gay, from Charleston. The Three Sisters, —, from London to Malta, is wrecked near Treport; part of her cargo saved in a damaged state.— N.B. This is supposed to be a mistake, and ought to be the Sisters, Stockell, which vessel was blown out of the Downs on the 2d instant. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Yesterday the dispatches for Bombay and China, by the ship Inglis, Capt. Serie, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Capt. Richard Rawes was sworn into the com mand of the ship Warren Hastings, consigned to China direct. Arrival at Rio de Janeiro—The Mary, Watson, from the Cape of Good Hope, the 22d Nov. Sailings from Rio de Janeiro—The Medley, Crockley, for the Cape of Good Hope, the 6th Oct. ; and the Cumberland, Cairns, for New South Wales, the 17th Nov. Arrival at Bengal—The Stanmore, Gray, from South A m eri ck Mauritius, Nov. I.—The Barossa, Hutchinson, was to sail from the Mauritius. for London, early in Jan. Yesterday the Hon. East India Company's ships—Nellie Castle, Capt. Adams, Scaleby Castle, Capt. Newall, and Kent, Capt. Cobb, were dispatched ; the former for Bombay and. China, and the two latter for Bengal and China. Passengers per Kellie Castle, fox Bombay—Mr. John Doig, Assistant Surgeon; Mr. Wm. Geddes, Cadet; Samuel Parr, do. • Chas. B. Raitt, do. do. per Scaleby Castle, for Bengal—Mr. Fred. Valli, day, Writer; Mr. Benj. Bell; Mr. Wm. Walker; Miss Grace Barstow ; Mrs. Macleod. Passengers . per Kent, for Bengal—Mr. Jas. Grant, writer ; Mr. David Pringle, do. ; Mr. Edw. R. Townshend, Assistant Surgeon ; Miss Catherine Murray ; Mr. H. A. Shuckburgh, Cadet ; Mr. John H. Hatchell, do. ; Mr. George R. Birch, do. ROYAL MEws.—The arrangements for the re removal of the State Horses, Carriages, Servants, &c. from the King's Mews at Charing - -crosi, to the newlperected Royal stables at Pimlico, have been accompanied by an order from the Duke of DORSET, as Master of the Horse, directing that no married groom, helper, or pstillion, shall be allowed to. have more than two children re siding with him in the new establishment. (Morning paper.) A serious cident hppened . a short time since to the only son of the a ßishop of London while play i ng with a powder flask ) which unfortunately burst in his hand,