The Sun. — London, England, 1825-12-19 00:00:00

1 , h „ 0 ernrn en t this Session • but at the same time I entertained a,Pes that something creditable to the House might take place, `"e,r due consideration, in January Session; but these hopes to 4:mger exist,—and it is my duty to give my decided opinion 4Jcour Lordship, that nothing more will be done towards the y`f jioration of the condition of the slaves in this colony by the ••••ugullature." in the Gatette o f Saturday will be found tv• o~Jr Interesting dispatett from Sir HowAao DOUGLAS, Go rnior of the Provimee of New Brunswick, giving the first ‘ e 'R . a l accounts yet received of the dreadful ravages of the onfiagration in the woods and the destruction of property, life, 4 nd t o - f or • 'ma m its course. These details afford fresh grounds for Thnishing a liberal supl to reair the distress ' f the sufferers. e Y aho give ample security-that the contributions raised at otrle shall be properly applied. ,• W e have had thu pleasure Ito receive the follovr 'itg lett er per post t hi s morn i ng , f rom an ntel& lent Correspondo(ut : " NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, • Dxc. 17. vd:: The ll Unprecedented .alarm among the Monied Interests, C'ell has so distracted the metropolis for the last eight or ten h e l l, I am happy to say has produced no evil consequences s t i - And in sayin4 this, I think lam paying a compli , ent to the good sense of this great Northern district, by a e l ,, ln Vy Stating the fact. It is true, the public place the fullest they epee in the locsl bankers and they do this, because ii e Y are fully convinced of the great solidity of all our tl i t r ', l6 / 1 g Establishments. At the same time, it were to 14-441rtith; to say that no fears were entertained of a font t h e panic was of too serious a complexion in / t r t'°n not t o create appre h ens i ons f or more remote p l aces . however, most pleasing to state, that upon this our h . r j'at market day, when thousands attend from a most populous pleLgtelib,ourttood, here was scarcely an individual but felt com t4t _ satisfied, that the local notes (the great part of the usual r _eneY) were competent to all the ordinary purposes. This ziuttculation was.most correct, for there was not a demur of any _wo nse on the part of the tradesmen of the town. The necessary s:o quence is, that the business of the day has been got over lnuch in the usual way. _ "I will just add thisobseryati on : I was i n f orme d by a part ner of one of the most respectabl e of our banking establish t''etits this day, that for every HUNDRED POUNDS they. had r the ir called upon to a for the last few days, the deposits of ev ir ^f ien d s amounted y to Two litiwnnEn. And I firmly be the same r emar k would be applicable to all the banking ' 4 4 ol :Thropit s in the to'en. the_ ln doing myself the honour of addressing these lines to 4thtor of TuE Sux, at the present crisis, I have only one of that and as I am fully persuaded of the honest intentions leave .t Journal, upon all questions of national import, I will it . to a discriminating public to say How far it deserves t len of its country for the part it has taken in the troubles of "ct monied World, during the crisis adverted to." prid: RtT ING OF TH E CABINET.-TIIP meeting on rr, a Y of som e o f t h e Cabinet Ministers, part i cu l ar l y t h ose - ° Bt conversant with finance, the Governor, Deputy-Governor, oilsome of the Directors of the Bank of England, and some was I n e r C°lll roissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, s iiti . r great importance. It was even thought necessary to t io a Cabinet Council to meet at the shortest possible thevll at the Foreign-Office, and to procure the attendance of P qrn Memb ers of the Cabinet who were within the reach of a ine l°llB , to meet a t th e h our o f n ine o'clock the same even nsi),„a3 appointed by t h e E ar l o f Li v erpool as head of the off -ue oartment. In the mean time mes , engers were sent Net Z i . t he families of the Ministers who were a short distance the m. town, to inf orm th em o f t h e u navoidable detention of ren t m isters in L on d on , and that they would not be able to bt,Z. into the country t h at n i g h t . TEe summonses for as- Pear I ; n g the Cabin e t C ounc il were not i ss u e d till near half:- ges t 1.7 t O'clo c k, an d L or d Bexley being at his Lordship s to ndo " North Cray, Kent, which is fourteen miles from to 4, it was thought necessary to send the summons very L-ordship, the Noble Lord's presence being deemed et4 ential, as it w as a s important question on lon ikne ? to be di scusse d by the Council. Mr. Robin 1e , sT to e King's Messenger ' was dispatched to bring of jp„."-( 2 Lord to L on d on , an d although the Messenger did tvithlT e town till a quarter before seven o'clock, he returned Welli ' 8 Lordship by half-past nine o'clock.—The Duke of Col z - ,gton arrived in town in time to attend the Cabinet Ch '`."- There were also present at the Council, the Lord t,ll:ncellor, t h e Earl of Liverpool, tlee Earl of Harrowby, the so t , Il e i ellor , of th e E xc h equer, Viscount Melville, Mr. Etiskis liqhir. Council continued sitting Secretary g, in close deliberation vebi t ,;:,,twO o'clock, bein ' a sitting of near five hours.—The afte tn o;`-ouneil assembled again at three o'clock on Saturday *hea l n , at the Earl of Liverpool's house in Whitehall ; but siom o " it w as an adjourned meeting of the important discus n° s„."Ciday night, or another Council, was not known, as ch4 n 7., r11 , ° ll . B es were issued for assembling it. The Lord eecti l 'u.or and the same members were present as on the pry ftbo,t7l)ght. The Council only continued in deliberation till O f th e ~C,,1 1 minutes before four o'clock.—After the breaking up n 4 elib e , -4?tin c ii , this 1, r 3 tIOTI Canning And Mr. Huskisson remained with the Earl of Liverpool and the Chancellor of lit li ielleoue r for a considerable time.—Saturday evening 3lr. brelitki6son transacted business at the Foreign-office.—After the i l'elo e i t il g up of the Cabinet Council on Saturday about five kt , the Chancellor of the Exchequer left town tor his house tekenhani. p " tNTATIVE PEERAGE or IR EL ANDe te of the Poll on the lath inst : For Lo r d F arnham - 49 v or Lord ...Nlontatshel - 43 `rheaty in favour of Lord Farnham -, , , upon Lord FARNHAM Was declared duly electeu. b ri l i t l o exp ress t hi s moment arrived from P ar i s , r e a the rumour t h at M. nr V I LLELE has s his office in the Administration. b us s:turd ay evening Mr. H us i tts sox transacted at the Foreign Office. r • STRANGwAys, attached to the Embassy at t ur ,. a o, arrived at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, on Sa ''7, with dispatches for Mr. Secretary CANNING. ke,,t ed r ' pOULBURN, Secretary for Ireland, trans eiei "mess yesterday at the Secretary of State's Office for ,on Affairs previous to his leaving town for Ireland. kii t , u t ,e, Marquess of HASTINGS, his family and kep.," the regret of many of his Lordship s filen ar r e . a rain 114 111rZ! n g. te. leave Englatd. The Noble Marquess is ping to r i7 his Government at Malta. 44iT TNn Z COMAIEIICI AL BANK.—We have the tn °ri tY of Messrs. Smt - rn and Co. of this Bank N co ntradict a ma li c i ous P ara graph in the ~ tha mPton Mercury o f the 17th instant, as %g the failure of their House, and to state, Ve rt ' in consequence o f the stoppage of Messrs. xv —E T/ and Co., they have opened an account t _xessrs. BA RCLAY, TRITTON, CO., of ro oard-st reet. t s -4 CAMR RIDGE BANKS.—We are authorized to n ILA th e report Whi c h appeare d in the til e i c es of Sat ur d ay , stat i ng , th a t th e F irms of Fi l rs - THOMAS F ISHER and Sons, and Messrs. 4 nd R. FOSTER, Bankers at Cambridge, t 3 a ti t,. 4(o PPed payment. The run upon those Was pa r ti a l, an d c hi e fly co nfined to their %.,1.1 n otes, and ever y d eman d had been paid in ts4 (l or B an k o f E ngland N otes. E ac h o f th o se r _ Firms P'letablewas amply provided to meet th ve e ,! "um which th e P u bli c could have upon retql' but such has been the confidence of the ( IfliT: v , e friends to each firm, that not a single th4 ° .‘ oas been withdrawn. We are also au whi .Iksed ccto state, that the several paragraphs The Times " gave in that day's paper, teri,h ve to the Cambridge Banks, are most ma- Th.! f e ,troneous and unfounded. a Se,o Jereford Independent of Saturday last, in At e , t'd Edition, gives an account of a Meeting, which took * orld." that day on the present critical state of the commercial .on 1511 to ttb rIr • EtrEcx LYE took the Chair, rl7l the proposition ti 4 ,Yhje ct ."?-1 . Pater Esq. p_ The Chairman . opened „s t o, , W an a few Pertinent ' observations on the point in que!- "lon - was followed b nel M PRICZ who concurred inopi '/r it " t he Ch airman. y A r number . Of judicious Resolutions, e . nature with those passed at the recent Meet t inf n _a s t eye y rm non House, were unanimously adopted, and . I)._ O, o :ted to the ChLrnaan The Resolutions were signed by atbirfien present. • THE FUNDS. Consols—Saturday closed After the Market - - 802 . -80 P his morning opene Although the ruts on London Bankers might be said to have ceased generally, on Saturday, the Money Market continued to be greatly agi tated by the heilvy orders for sale of, - Stock, and successive applications for supplies, from Country Correspondents. In the different Funds open for transfers, sacrifices wr.e made, with a decision that manifested a determination to procure Bank Notes without regard to loss. For these, when obtained, gold and . , notes of small amount were demanded at the Bank, which was a scene of bustle and confusion until much beyond the usual hour of closing bu siness. The amount of small notes required (fives and tens) was so unprecedented, that it became impracticable to complete the business of the day until a very late hour. In Consols, which closed at 812, there were considerable transactions after the Market closed. Bargains were effected as low as 802 for Account. The advices from the country this morning were favourable, for although announcing the stoppage of an important Banking concern St Birmingham, the alarm appears to have subsided in most parts of the country. This may, how ever, be ascribed rather to the general expression of confidence, by leading individuals, than to any actual alteration, either in the state of the money market, or of the Banks to whom the sup port of public opinion is thus given. In several towns of the Northern Manufacturing Districts, the principal inhabitants have publicly announced an entire confidence in the solvency of their Banks. Such a declaration must naturally tend to abate the apprehensions of a populous district ; but unless pecuniary relief shall very quickly follow, there can be no well-founded hope of the speedy restoration of that confidence which may prevent a recurrence of similar dis. asters. It is notorious that, in the very towns where such public declarations of confidence have been made, the pecuniary pressure conti nues to operate without the slightest alleviation. The Country Banker dare not venture to afford accommodation—not even by discounting short I dated paper for his own notes, and thus the ma- nufacturer becotnes incapable of paying the weekly wages of labour. And this embarrassment must continue, until a circulation of paper can again be hazarded—for so long as individuals pos sess an unlimited power of issuing One and two-pound notes, Gold will never be suffered to circulate within the sphere of influence exercised by Country Banks. It is the very principle of a Country Bank, that its own notes should supersede every other species of circulation. Nothing could more certainly conduce to the re-establishment of confidence, than the resump tion of payment, by Firms, whose means are said to be so ample, that nothing but the operation of public panic could have produced a temporary inability to meet an ex tent of sudden demand so unexpected. It is seldom that the failure of a respectable, and a reputed wealthy firm, is announced without an accompanying hope of resuming payment — with a positive assurance of solvency, and even large surplus. Of a resumption of pay went, where credit has been once so deeply wounded, hope cannot reasonably be indulged ; and if business be resumed, it must thence forward be conducted under the disadvanta geous recollection of what has happened—which in the Money Market, assuredly will never be forgotten. Glass broken may be united by cement, but the fracture will ever be indelible. The advance of interest on Exchequer Bills to Imo pence per diem, was announced this morn. lng, notwithstanding which Bills of 1,0001. have been sold at a discount of 78t.! This fact renders any remark on the state of the Money-Market superfluous. Never has the scarcity of Money been greater. Consols have fluctuated from 804 to 81k, and down to 79k —the latest quo tation is 80 for Account. For Money, sales have been made in reduced at sacrificing prices, 761, it is said ; but it is difficult to come at a knowledge of the fact during the heat of the market. The Earl of CIIATITAM'S leave of absence `rill shortly expire, when the Noble Lord returns to his station at Gibraltar. Letters from the Cape of Good Hope to the Ifith October, were received on Saturday by his Majesty's ship Espiegie. No doubt existed that Lord CHARLES SOMERSET was about to proceed to England, as cabins had been ordered to be fitted up for him and his family on board of his Majesty's ship Ariadne. The cause of Mr. WunErtroncE BIRD'S recall is said to be a suspicion of having sold prize -slaves in the transfer of the Contreberg estate. The case had been investi gated by the Commissioners of Inquiry. Mr. WniTEroo RD, the aide-de-camp, who was present during the investigation by the Commissioners of the horse case, has quitted the colony, it is said, not much in the Governor's interest. In point of trade, the Cape of Good Hope is described, in one of the letters, as sinking into a very melancholy state, and that men of property were withdrawing their capitals from employment in it.— ( Times.) THE RING. WINDSOR, DEC. 18.—This morning his MAJESTY and suite, with the greater portion cf the Household, attended Di vine Service, performed by the Rev. Dr. Sumner, at the New Private Chapel contiguous to the Royal LOdge. The weather. not bearing a very favourable aspect, his Majesty_is not expect ed to take an airing this day.—Yesterday afternoon his Majesty left the Royal Lodge at the usual hour, accompanied by the Lord Steward, in the pony phaeton for a drive. His Majesty visited the Lake of Virginia Water during his absence from the Lodge, and returned between three and four o'clock,having taken but a short airing.—During the past week there has been no arrival at the Royal Lodge, but his Majesty daily dispatches messengers to the Home and Foreign Departments.—The Prin cess Augusta this morning had Divine Service performed at Frogmore Lodge. ,_.. , ti, ~..:. ....,,.. -,....,,a 4 , --..thu,....,, >,, , , i,. . i = ',...„.1 , - ...IL .', git tv )rk '.,,, 't <-3, i . 7 '• -Vic,. mi '. - ~i 7:5 (); 4 ' 4 1 N - - b., ' • i,s, • . . ?-.- -r- ( , iii T 4 1 , ‘z5.;:)..„,, 7 • ,•,•: ' 0. , .;f i il s • i-fsiNr.,,,-- ~,gg;,P. ..„\,\ •., irA o — - ~.„ )..• ••• • 7,,, e Vit4344Z--71 07 - f)-7,,„,- ,i. rii ..,..,, A 4* ep, FASHIONABLE CHANGES. The Earl of Orford, from Lynn, for WO'Berton, Norfolk; Colonel and Mrs. Ellis, from Cheltenham, for Bath ; Mr. R. Litycester, from Chester, tot Toft Hall, Knutsford ; Mrs.anel Miss Pigot, for Bath ; Count Schonberg, from Paris, for ltsmsgate ; Sir George Staunton, Bart. for Leigh Park, Horn_ dean ; Alr!:. and Miss Vade, from Brighton, for Bath ; Mrs. and Miss Montresor, from Cheltenham, for Bath. A RIZ IVALS IN TOWN. The Marchioness Dowager ofSalisbury,fr(Wri Rattled; • Lady 31slet and family, from a tour. At the Hyde Park 'Motel, Hyde Palk-place— Ir. and Mrs. Newman Smith and - .-Miss Smith, fron Seandon House, Wilts; Dennis Sainte, Esq. from abroad ; the Rev. II illiam say, from a tour; J. ilatfield, Esq. ; C. P. Bowles, from Devonport. The Duke of York attended Divine Service, yesterday, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, and heard a Sermon by the Rev. Air. Banks. The Duke of York paid a visit, on Saturday, to the building erecting for his future residence, in Stable-yard, St. Jarnees. Friday being the birth-day of Prince Leopold, the... Duchess of Kent entertained a select party to dinnef, at her apartments at the King's Palace, Kemington. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence, and Prince Leopold, were of the party. In the even ing Prince Leopold returned to Claremont. Mr. Serjcant Wilde,is so far recovered from his late indispo sition, as to lead to a hope that he will be able to resume his professional labours in the course of a few days.. The Earl and Countess of Clanricarde, Mr. Freere, sad Mr. Secretary Canning, have closed their visit to Mr. Husktsson's, near Chichester, and returned to town.---The Earl of Egeniont, for a s-ort absence, has left us for Petworth ; the cause is the serious indi,position of his Lordship's sister, the Countess of Carnarvon, who is at Petwmth Castle.--(Brighton Herald. ) THE THEATRE. DauttY-LANs.--On Saturday last a new Opera YII represented at this Theatre, under the title of Leocadia. The following is given as n sketch of the FABLE. - " Philip (Mr. HonNE) and Leocadia (Miss KEr.r.T) are the descendants of an honourable house, but from whom they have inherited nothing but an honourable name. The brother, de termined to win back his rank in society by the sword, is a Ser.eant in a Regiment of Spanish Guards, where his good con duct and noble extraction have won him the esteem of Don Carlos (Mr. MEAGER), his Colonel, and of Don Ferdinand (Mr. BnowsrE), a Captain in the same Corps. •Philip is about to be married to Bianca (Miss PovEY), daughter to the Alcade (Mr. TAYLEURE) of the village, and at the same time Don Ferdinand is to receive the hand of the sister of Don Carlos. But a portion of these hymeneal arrangements are suddenly in terrupted by the discovery that Leocadia is the mother of a i child, supposed by the whole village to be a foundling, in con- : 1 sequence of which the Alcade refuses to sanction the union of Philip and his daughter. Frantic at the disgrace east upon his family name, the former flies to Leocadia and demands the name of her seducer. She answers that she is unable to inform I hien and relates a story of her having beet seized by ?..teue young eAcers, and carried to a house of which she tally tetnem bees a particular room, where, on recovering from a state of " all too plainly told thr• she had nothing to hope but death." That she attempted to throw herself into the Tagus, was prevented, returned to her home, and became smo ther. Immediately upon this explanation I)on Carlos enters, declares his passion for Leocadia, and offers her his hand. He is surprised at finding them unite in refusing his proposal, when an accidental occurrence makes him also acquainted with the true cause. Philip, determined upon vengeance, is led to suspect Don Ferdinand, and goes to his house to demand the satisfaction of mortal combat. His sister, informed of his in tention, follows him there, and meets Don Carlos in the " fatal room," which still dwells witi. horrible distinctness in her me mory. It ix discovered that he (mistaking Leocadia for another) had been the author of her misery. lie implores forgiveness, and repeats the offer of his hand. Philip enters, and is rushing on the Colonel with his drawn sword, when Leocadia, throwing herself into his arms, eclaims---' No : he is my husband !' " It is evident that the event which involved Leocadia, the heroine of the piece, in sorrow, and the disgrace of having a child without knowing who was the father, is of such a nature as to render it by no means fit for a dramatic story that is to come before the public upon the stage. Great delicacy is certainly observed in detailing and alluding to this incident, but no recital, however scrupulously described, can pre vent the feelings from revolting against it. The piece itself is said to have been translated from the French, founded upon a subject among the works of the great CERVANTES. We see no moral purpose in this Opera that can reconcile it to the feelings of the audience, and we can only regret that, among the innumerable pieces which are presented to Managers, there should be so very few that have merit sufficient to be submitted to the Public; hut as the Public are always vora cious for novelty, and as old sterling pieces tire by repetition, Managers must, per force, accept the best that offers, rather than expOvie their Theatres to empty benches.—The piece of Sa turday is understood to have been translated by Baron Levees, a gentleman well known in the dramatitic world, and who has adapted some very pleasing music, composed by A ÜBElt, to Eng lish words. We conceive that the Baron, prepared this piece for the stage, under a natural persusion that the acting of Miss KELLY would be of so pathetic and inte resting a kind, as to make pity predomi nate over the feelings that otherwise would re volt from the event .which forms an essential fea ture of the plot ; and this anticipation of thea trical excellence was fully justified by the acting of Miss KELLY, who is certainly the most inte resting perfortner that the stage can boast, and who would have done honour to it at its most flourishing period,in characters to which her talents are adapted ; and indeed, except in parts of lofty and heroic grandeur, there seems to he no limita tion to her powers, whether in the path e ti c or the sportive. Her acting on Saturday was per fect,and forcibly excited general sympathy. The rest of the performers, particularly Miss POVEY, exerted themselves with various merit, and with commendable zeal. The piece was heard with liberal patience altogether, but was announced for repetition amidst applause and opposition, in which the latter obviously prevailed, so much -so as. to prevent Mr. HORN from being distinctly heard in his endeavours to obtain the general assent of the audience. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, DEC 19. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.S.W., this evening vari able.—Arrived the Canadian, lldney, from Quebec, sailed 26th November ; Thalestris, --, from Newfoundland. The packet ship Florida, for New York, remains, and will not be able to proceed before the morning of the 20th instant, the tides being too late and too early. The Norval, Leslie, for St. Thomas's, &c. has put back. COWES, DEC. lit —Arrived the Caroline Augusta, Ages, Russian galliot, from Hamburgh for Nantes, wind-bound; Juno, --, Bremen ship, from Bremen for Philadelphia, ditto; New Providence; American brig, from Waterford last for London, rudder damaged, off the Wight yesterday. MONTREAL, Nov. 16.--The schooner Rencontre, from Great River, Newfoundland, arrived at St. John's, N. 8., on the 16th October, with the master and part of the crew of the Thomas Pyrn, and Penrose, of Waterford, bound to Quebec, wrecked at. the above place on the 11th October; she was laden with salt ; whole of the crew saved. [Extract of a Letter from Captain Young, of the Justina, from Grenada, dated off Dungeness, Sept. 15.1 "On the 11th ult., about 2 deg. from the Bermudas, we ex perienced a complete hurricane, which commenced from the E.S.E., and went round to N.N.W., and lasted thirty hours. The day after the gale we• fell in with the Mayflower, a large schooner, belonging to and bound to Jamaica, in distress, out three weeks from Quebec, had thrown all her deck load over board, and very nearly foundered; supplied her with some sails, cordage, a spar for a gib-boom, and several other articles ; she appeared to have suffered much. [FROM LLOYD'S.] PORTSMOUTH, D: c. IB.—Wind S.S.W. strong wind and rain.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Tees, from the Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope ; and the Friendship, , from Mirarnishi. Passed by the Hyndman, Sergeant, from Deme rara in seven weeks. Sailed the Ottawa, Douglas, for London, and the Sprightly and Resolution cutters, on a cruize. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived the M'Duff, Elder, from London for St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, DEC. 17.--Nt r ind W.S.W.—Arrived the Rinaldo Packet, from the Leward Islands ; sailed from St. Thomas's the 21st of November ; Wanderer, Waygood, from St. John's, N. B. ; Ruckers, Soper, from London for Grenada ; Eliza and Jane, Piner, from Liverpool tor Oporto. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough Packet for Lisbon. DEAL, DEC. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ocean, Dean, and Cicero, Dale, from Quebec; and the David Owen, Walker, from Pernambuco. Arrived from the River avid remain, the Friends, Holland, for Jamaica ; and Providence, Wauchope, for New South Wales. The outward bound remain as before, all well. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived yesterday the Sophia, Morrison, from Bucktush ; Henry Arnal, Blair, from Pictou ; Aurora, Coulthard, from Miramichi; Good Agreement, Robson, from Dantzic ; Adelphie, —, from Ilalifax ; Bawes, Collins, from Quebec ; Industry, Blair, from Demerara; Camilla, Prewe, from Oporto; and Brothers, Wil liams, from Newfoundland ; also, to. day, the Canada, Udney, from Quebec ; and the Thalestris, —, from Newfoundland. CORK, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Speke transport, from Dept ford, to take on board troops_ for Barbadocs. The Christian, Thomson, from Dublin to London, was on Totness Rock, off Margate, yesterday, but expected to be got off. LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 19. Of all sorts of English Grain the arrivals last week were in considerable ; but of Foreign Barley the quantity is immense. This morning the fresh supplies are again moderate. There is so little doing in the Wheat trade to-day, that prices may be reported 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower than last Monday. Barley is considered from 3s. to 4s. per quarter cheaper than this day se'nnight. Beans and Pease are dull, and rather lower. Oats are in short supply, and with difficulty last week's terms are obtained, even for the best parcels. The Flour trade continues excessively dull. The following quotations for every article may be at present deemed almost nominal : ARRIVALS LAST WEER.—English Wheat, 2,982 ; Bar ley, 4,212; 111 alt, 3,333; Oats, 2,282 ; Beans, 1,692; Pease, 873 ; Irish Wheat, —; Oats, 1,190 ; Foreign Oats, 4,835 ; Barley, 26,000 quarters ; Flour, 7,728 sacks. Wheat, Red (old) s4s 66s Beans, Small (new)j....42s 45s White (old) s6s 72s (old) ....46s 433 _ Red (1825) 46s 53s (' . , - Fie 54s 58s I -- Superfine ....603 63s I --- HarruN(new) 445 45s White ( 1 825)...50s 54s I (old) ...4Gs 485 Fine 56s 67s Brank 34s 40s Superfine ....63% 66s Oats, Feed 2ss 27s Rye (new) • 36s 40s Fine 27s 29s Barley 25s 30s Poland • 27s 28. Fine (ncw) 36s 38s Fine 29s 30s Superfine 39s 43s Potatoe 'Bs 30s Malt s6s 64s -Fine 30s 31s —Fine 65s 70s Scotch 321 34s Peas Grey (new) 435 45s Flour (per sack).. 55. 60s Maple (new). .4fis 48s Seconds sos 54. —White (new)....40s 45s North Country 48s 50s —Boilers 50s 565 Bran 121 131 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIK,FROII Tyir RETURNS RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 10. Wheat, 64s_ 6d. ; Barley, 41s. Od. ; Oats, 275. ld. ; Rye, 455. Ild. ' • Beans, 465. Id. ; Peas, 475. 10d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed Dec. 14, 1825, is 375. 11d. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. 19. The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and prices at Smithfield Market this morning:— CATTLE AT MARKET Beasts 3,453 ; Sheep Calves To sink the Offal, per stone of Ott. Beef 4s 8d to 5s 4d I 'Veal Mutton 4s 10e. to 5s 2d ; Pork Lamb Os Od to Os Od. HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Hay Straw £1 14s to £1 18s. Letters have been received at Earl BATHURST's office from Sierra Leone, which announce the arrival there, on the 25th of October, of the Brazeti frigate, Captain ‘Vxr.cus, having on board Captain CLAPPERTON and the other officers under his direction, all well, on their way to the inte rior of Africa. ROYAL u NT—A fine deer was turned out of the cart on Farnham Common on Friday morning, for the day's diversion; a numerous field of sportmen were assembled ; the deer showed great sport, taking across the country towards Bullstrode, and crossed the Uxbridge road, whence he ran with great speed, making several turns through the inclosures, where, after three hours good sport, he was at length taken near Watford, in Hert fordshire. BATH.--Monday evening introduced for the first time on this stage, Mr. PERKINS, from the English Opera House, in the part of Octavian, in the Mountaineers. If Mr. Perkin's features be slightly exceptionable, he must be allowed to possess an elegant, well-turned, and symmetrical figure, a good voice and a complete knowledge of stage businese. The rapidity of his utterance, however, in the impassionate scenes, is certainly a defect, though of so easy remedy, that we hope the mere notice will lead to its correction. Although the play itself be too full of inflated conceit, and absurd romance, to have afforded any grand scope for the de velopement of characteristic talent, the voice of the house nem. con. seemed to pronounce him a favourite, and he will certainly prove an useful and ornamental acquisition.—(Bath Herald, Dec. 17) MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at St George's, Bloomsbury, John James, fourth son of Dr. Cointlet, to Louisa, youngest daughter of the Rev. Philip Basset, both of Geneva, in Switzerland. On the 17th inst., at Lewisham, Robert Shirley, Esq., of the Lodge, Kinfare, Staffordshire, to Eliza, second daughter of the late Thomas Britten, Esq., of Suffolk-lane. DIED. On the 17th inst., at Hampstead, in her 81st year, Elizabeth, widow of the late John Baker, Esq. On Saturday, the 17th inst., Mrs. Sarjeant, of King-street, Cheapside. On the 16th inst., at his residence, Weston-l o d ge , near B a th, James Richard Miler, Esq., in the 81st year of his age. On the 19th of August last, on the passage to the West In dies, Lieutenant Henry Ashfield, R.N. (first) of his Majesty's sloop Jasper, and son of the Rev. Charles Ashfield, of Stewk ley, Bucks. On the 15th inst., in Curzon-street, in his 80th year, Archi bald Mearns, surgeon, formerly of the 3d regiment of Guards. Yesterday, at neon, Dire. Phillips, of Grove-cottage,Clapbam. THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extract: from the Morning Papers,Dec.l9, 1825. [MORNING Post.] There was still much agitation in the Money Market on Saturday, but the fluctuations were chiefly in Money Stock. The books for transfer of the New 4 perkents., as well as . the Consols, are still open at the Bank for the convenience of the public, and 791 ex dividend was the quota, tion at which 3 percents. were done at the begin ning of business. As the day advanced, however, the want of money increased, and an hour before the close of the Market the price for Money Consols was as low as 78. For the Account, the variation was not very important, the opening price having been 81-11,the highest quotation 81k, and the lowest (which was the closing price) 814 Exchequer Bills underwent considerable fluctuations during the day, having been done at 70 discount, from which they advanced to 40 discount, and the last price was 60 discount for the 1,0001. Bills, and 55 for the 5001. India . Bonds were quoted as low at 80 discount, and at the close of the market 70 discount was the quo tation. There was a slight re-action in Bank Stock from Friday's price, it having been done at from 202 to 203. In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds b ore a ver y l ow quotation, 121- to 13 having been that of the close on Saturday. South American Stock was very heaary, although not much business was doing in it ; but some very heavy sales of Russian and Austrian Bonds took place, and former closed as low as 82, but the other Continental Bonds were not much af, fected. The rest of the Foreig n Securities pre sented nothing of moment. Th e house of Everett, Walker, and Co. have issued a Circular to their friends, in which they state their intention of winding up the accounts of the Firm by paying twenty shillings in the pound. [THE Timm] We really do not know under what state or condition of public credit we this day address the country. Dark rumours and boding suspicions have certainly been in circulation, that the Bank of England would suspend its cash payments, under a Council Order of course; and if such should prove to be the case, the portentous mea. sure may, perhaps, be announced or made known in the city about the time that the reader takes into his hand to peruse these our statements on the subject. But we cannot yet believe that the Bank will have been driven to take this step : neither could we, on inquiry, learn, at a late hour last night, that the official forms of state necessary to qualify the measure, and clothe it with a legal exterior, had been gone through by His Majesty's Ministers. It was on a Sunday, in the year 1797, that His late Majesty was summoned from Windsor by Mr. Pitt and his Ministers to do that which he had never dome in the course of his reign,—namely, to attend to secular business on the day which our religion consecrates to sacred repose and the worship of God. On the evening of that Sunday the Order in Council was issued, by which cash payments at the Bank of England were suspended : we say " suspended," for that was the term used at the time, although much too weak to express an ar tificial paper circulation thence commencing, and which was to endure for a quarter of a century, But we could not learn that the serenity of the sabbath was disturbed in a similar man ner yesterday by the King and his Mini sters ; and therefore we still hope that the authorization of a paper currency in lieu of cash, is the measure which is and will be long " suspended." The recollection, however, of the day on which the Bank last stopped pay ment, induced us to look back to the records of the time, and to glance over all the circumstances under which the event took place; and certainly the correspondence between Mr. Pitt and the Bank at that period, does present such a speci men of meanness and subserviency on the part of the latter, and of insolence mingled with embar rassment and evasion in the former, as will hardly be found to exist in any °thy official documents. The - Directors repeatedly inform the Minister, and pass resolutions to the same effect, that they will make no more advances to Government—that they cannot do it with.. out absolute ruin to their establishment. la contempt of these resolutions, the Minister as re peatedly demands of them fresh accommodation; sometimes promising amendment, while he is actually engaged in the eventual violation of that promise, by sending money out of the kingdom, which can only be replaced by the Bank—at other times scorning to make any such promise, but calling abruptly for money, as if the Directors had never signed a resolution that none could be supplied. We present an instance of the latter kind. After a debate on one of Mr. Pit t's letters, dated July 20th, 17917, the Directors resolve " That the Court do not consent to advance any 66 more money for the payment of such bills " which (as) fall due after the Ist of August." Hereupon they received a letter from Mr. Pitt, dated July 27, in which he says, " That it will 4 ' be impossible to avoid the most distressing and " serious embarrassments to the public service, ." unless, iu addition to the accommodation for 44 the present month, the Court can consent to " advance the second sum of 800,0001. in the " month of August, and can also make " provision for the payment of such further " Treasury Bills," &c. &c. On the receipt of which letter, it is resolved, " That this 66 Court do agree to advance for the service of the " public the sum of SOO,OOO/, towards the end of " the month of August," &c. &c. The follow ing is Mr. Pitt's own account of one of his volun. tary contributions ;—" Mr. Pitt said, that he 64 would lay his plan for the liquidation of the 44 rest (of a sum due to the Bank) by an addition " to the late voluntary loan, or by some other " measure as might be most forcible."—(Minute of Interview on February 10, 1797.) [NEW Times.] Although, AS we stated on Saturday, the issue of one and two pound cotes by the Bank of Eng. land is a measure of great and obvious utility,