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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jiw. 13. Henry Fuller, the surgeon, who was found guilty on Tuesday of 'presenting a loaded pistol at Taylor, an officer'Of the Mar. shalsea.Coort, by whom he had been arrested, was brought up for Judgment. Mr. ALLEY, who had been Counsel for the defendant, ad dressed the Court, and said, he was happy to inform them that Mr. Fuller.had settled the matter with the prosecutor. The prosecutor's Attorney declared that he was satisfied. The CHAIRMAN said he was very glad the matter was settled, and sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of one shilling. Mr. Fuller paid the fine, and was discharged. Six persons, men and women of the lowest description, were prosecuted by the Mint for uttering counterfeit half-crowns and shillings. They were all severally convicted, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. Mr. Field, Inspector of the Mint, who proved the coin to be counterfeit, stated, that in all the cases it was made from the dies lately seized on the apprehension of the gang of coiners. SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 13. Sarah Batts, a female about 30 years of age, and of very re spectable appearance, was indicted for feloniously stealing a shirt and other articles, the property of James Keatch, farmer, of Gar ret, near Wandsworth. There was another indictment against the prisoner, for unlaw fully carrying away the dead body of a female infant child of the said James Keatch, from the coffin in which it was deposited for interment. The prisoner, who is respectably connected, seemed to be deeply affected. Her case excited considerable interest. James Keatch knew the prisoner ; he resides at Garrett, near Wandsworth. On the 11th October last the prisoner called at witness's house, when his wife intrusted her with a child which bad recently died, for the purpose of carrying it to the sexton for interment. Witness having his suspicions that the prisoner had not buried the child, made inqu►ries at the sexton's, and ~ caused the grave to be opened, when the coffin was discovered to contain nothing but dirt. He immediately procured a warrant against the prisoner, and proceeded to her house, when he found her in bed, and a dead child, resembling in every respect the one she took away for interment, was in the room. A shirt which was on the deceased child belonging to witness, and other articles which:the child had on when it was carried away, were in the room. Witness swore positively that the child was his, and also the shirt. All the things in which the child was dressed in the coffin, with the exception of a flannel, were found in the room. G. Foster is sexton of the parish of Wandsworth. On 9th Oct. last, application was made at his house about the burial of a still born child, and on the 11th October, a young woman came to him and requested him to bury a still-born child, for Mrs. Keatch. He directed her to bring the child on' the following day, at half-past one o'clock, with a note from the doctor and the midwife to show that the child was born dead, and not bap tised. At ten minutes past one, he saw the prisoner and a little girl on the bridge—the prisoner having something under her cloak. He asked her if she had the child ; she said yes. He prepared the grave, and the prisoner handed the coffin to him, when it tilted over ; he said at the time, " It is very light, it must be a small child." The prisoner replied, that " the mother had not gone her time." Witness said, "It is the lightest 1 ever felt."— He covered it over, when Mrs. Batts said to the little girl by her side, " Now, you have seen the last of your dear sister," on which they left the place. The girl went through the gate, and the prisoner proceeded to a shed, where she had left a basket, when he saw her put her hands inside in a cautious manner, as if Ito avoid notice. She then followed the girl with the basket. On Friday evening the father of the child called on witness, and re- quested him to open the grave, as he suspected the child was not in the coffin. Witness got permission of the vicar, end he opened Ithe grave, when the coffin contained nothing but dirt. Isaac Collins, constable of Wandsworth, stated that Mr. Keatch came to him on the 13th of October, with a warrant against the prisoner, which he executed at her house. She was in bed. She said that the night before she had been delivered of a child. He remained in the room all night. The following morning Mr. Keatch entered the room, and on removing a cloth that lay on a , box, they discovered the body of a child. He exclaimed, " That is my child;" the prisoner contradicted him and said, " it was her's ; that she had been delivered of it the preceding night." It was dressed ready for interment in the usual way. Mr. Chapman, surgeon, of Wandsworth, on a Saturday in October, attended on the prisoner by order of the Magistrates of Wandsworth. He examined her ; she had no appearance of having been recently delivered. She appeared to be confined by illness. Cross-examined—She had not been delivered within a week or a fortnight. Mr. JRUMIT, on the part of the prisoner, called Mrs. English, a midwife, who attended the prisoner on the 12th of October, and delivered her of a child still-born. Her baby linen was all ready. John English stated, that the prisoner bore a good character in the neighbourhood. The prisoner being called upon for her defence, said, "All that I have to say is, that I was taken suddenly ill, and delivered of the child, which was mine, and all the clothes." She protested her innocence. The misdemeanor was not entered into. The CHAIR3IAN summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of 1444 Guilty.—The prisoner was immediately discharged. DEVON SESSIONS. CASTLE OF EXETER, JAN. 12. Major Bacon of the l'ith Lancers, appeared to answer an in dictment, charging him with having on the 28th of July assaulted Richard Chudleigh. Richard Chudleigh—l was in the employ of Mr. R. Davy, of Wear, on the 28th of July ; in the evening of that day I was rid ing on my cart with two horses; Northbrook-bridge is about 20 feet wide, and horses can pass through the water on one side. When I was at the top of the hill, I saw Major Bacon's carriage on one end of the bridge; there were others on the carriage be sides Major Bacon, and some by the side of the carriage, as if do ing something. My horses were going slowly on the proper side of the road ; I was in the direction for going through the water, to the left of the bridge; when I was about three or four land yards off, one of the soldiers left the carriage, and ran towards me ; he asked my name and my master's; he then caught hold of my fore-horse, on the right side of the head ; I jumped off, and i k .ked why he did so ; he gave me a very heavy blow with his fist upon the cheek, and I was obliged to hold the horse on one side ; then I had two soldiers on me, who beat •me very much, cut my lip, and ma's any nose bleed. Major Bacon was on the carriage, and lashed my horses with his whip ; t h e so l d i ers b eat me so, I did not hear Major Bacon say any thi ng . John Bass, of Lyrnpstone, ship-owner, on the evening of the 98th July, was mar Northbrook - bridge ; saw a carriage or b rea k coming down the hill with four horses, the leaders appeared to be restive ; four soldiers were tan the break, and a groom sitting on the box with Major Bacon. Cluidleigh's cart was coming down by Rooke's, and, as he came towards the bridge, be kept nearer the hedge on his proper side; when he came abreast the break, two soldiers came off, one took hold of the head of the forehorse, and the other demanded Cbudleigh's name and his master's name. Chudleigh came off the cart. Witness heard Major Bacon call out, "Pug him," or "Thrash him," he would not be certain which ; thinks it was pug him, and they did so until the blood began to fly. Two soldiers were upon him. Major Bacon called out; Tak e a nd drag hint in the river, and that will sil ence hi m ." Major Bacon was sitting on the box; saw him frequently strike the harass in the cart with his whip. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the bench having consulted about 15 minutes, the Chairman addressed Major Bacon. It was painful at all times to pass a sentence, and he al • ways felt regret in doing so , but he could remark, that whatever took place in that Court, would not affect his (Major Bacon's) situation in life, as a gentleman or as an officer highly distinguish ed in his Majesty's service. It was the opinion of himself and his brother magistrates, that justice would be abundantly satisfied with a reference to all the circumaanees of the case, by a fine of twenty pounds, and defendant to stand committed until the same be paid. A true bill was this day found by :the Grand Jury against Major Bacon, of the 17th Lancers, for an assault upon John Long, of Honiton, on the 25th of December. A notice from kr. MicheJena, the Colombian Consul, that the dividend due on the 15th will not be paid, has neither created any surprise, nor produced. any depression in the bonds, it being sufficiently evident beforehand that no funds are forthcoming. This is the second divi4And .unpaid Oh the loan of 1824. Mr. Miche lena's engagement to'give the public, through the daily jo urna l s, the earliest infOralation on the subject, is correct and just, and will no doubt be adhered to, but he has given no explanation why he has upd e it a k en th e important functions which used formerly to amertairk to, and were discharged in so satisfitc tory a man ner by, the Colombian Ambassador, Mr. Hurtado.—Teener. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE. (From the National Intelligencer.) OFFICIAL PAPERS OF OUR RELATIONS WITH GREAT Ducumenta from the Department of State (accompanying the President's Message.) MR. VAUGHAN TO MR. CLAY. Washington, Sept. 2S, 1826. have the honour to communicate to you the substance of a dispatch which I have this day received from his Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in which I am directed to announce to you the determination of his Majesty's Government to allow the provisions of the Act of 1825, which regulates the commerce with British Colonies, to have their course. In resorting to this determination, the conduct of his Majesty's Government is open to the imputation of tardiness, rather than to that of precipitation. A hope had been entertained that the late Session of Congress would not have been suffered to pass by without the adoption of some measure, on the recommendation of the President, for the abolition of the discriminating duties, which, for three years past, have been levied in the ports of the United States, on British ves sels trading between the United States and the British Colonies in North America, and the West Indies. " A proposition made by his Majesty's Government to the United States, through the British Plenipotentiaries, in the late negociations carried on in London—a proposition, having for its object the reciprocal abolition of all discriminating duties levied on colonial intercourse—has been since the summer of 1824, under the consideration of the American Government. An Act of Parliament, passed in July, 1825, which, while it offered the liberty of trading with the British Colonies to all na tions, limited that liberty " to the ships of those countries which, having colonial possessions, should grant the like privileges of trading with those possessions to British ships, or which, not having colonial possessions, should place the commerce and navi gation of this country and of its possessions abroad, upon. the footing of the most favoured nation." -the United States have no Colonial' ossesSions, but they might have placed the trade of his Majesty's Colonies in America, in British vessels, upon the footing of the most favoured nation in the ports of the United States, and they have not done so. It would have been infinitely more agreeable to his Majesty's Government, that the liberal dispositions manifested by England towards the United States, should have produced a corresponding disposition on the part of the American Government. But finding themselves disappointed in their long-cherished hope that such would be the course of the Government of the United States, it remains for them only to let the provisions of the Act of 1825 take their course. • I seize this opportunity to renew to you the assurances of my high consideration. CHARLES R. VAUGHAN. MR. CLAY TO MR. VAUGHAN. Department of State, Washington, Oct. 11, 1826. SIR-I have received and submitted to the_Presideut of the United States, the note which you (lid me the honour, on the 28th ult. to address to me, communicating the substance of a de spatch which you had received from the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in which you were directed to an nounce the determination of his Britannic Majesty's Govern ment, to allow the provisions of the Act of Parliament of 1825, regulating the commerce with the British Colonies, to have their course. The Government of the United States have ever been anxious that the trade between them and the British Colonies should be placed upon a liberal and equitable basis. There has not been a moment since the adoption of the present Constitution, when they were not willing to apply to it the principle of fair recipro city, and equal competition. There has not been a time during the same period, when they have understood the British Govern ment to be prepared to adopt that principle. When the Conven tion, in 1815, was concluded, the American Government was de sirous of extending its principles to the British possessions in the %Vest Indies, and on the Continent of North America ; but, at the instance of the British Government, those possessions were ex pressly excepted from the operation of the Convention. Upon the agreement of 1818, between the two Powers, to prolong the operation of that Convention, the British Government had not made up their mind to extend its principles to those possessions. It would be as painful as unnecessary to enter into a detail of all the countervailing acts of legislation which, subsequently to that period, were resorted to by the parties, in which the struggle on the side of Great Britain was to maintain her monopoly, and on that of the United States to secure an equal participation in the trade and intercourse between them and the British Colonies. In 1824, a negociation was again opened between them, on this and other. xubjects, through Mr. Rush, and Messrs. Huskisson and Canning, at London, and a gleam of hope broke out of the recon ciliation of the two parties, on that long-contested matter, but as there were one or two points in relation to it, on which they could not agree, the negociation was suspended, with an under standing that it should he again renewed at some early day, after the two Governments had fully deliberated on the question which prevented an agreement. Mr. King was sent to Great Britain by the United States, as their Plenipotentiary, in the Spring of 1825, and but for the state of his health, which compelled his return, and rendered necessary the appointment of a successor, he would have entered upon the negociation. In the meantime, in July, 1825, the British Parliament passed the Act referred to in your note ; but no copy of that Act has ever, at London or at Washington, been officially communicated to the Government of the United States by the British Government ; nor has there been communicated to this Government, any expectation of his Britan nic Majesty's Government, that the regulation of the intercourse with the British Colonies should be effected by mutual acts of le gislation. The Government of the United States, on the contrary, has reposed in full confidence, that it was the view and wish of both parties that, on the resumption of the suspended negotiation, that subject should be again taken up and provided for, and, ac cordingly, Mr. Gallatin has carried with him instructions which we had every reason to hope and believe would enable him to con cur with the British Government in an adjustment of it, on terms which would be entirely satisfactory to both parties. Judge, then, Sir, of the surprise and regret which the Presi dent must have felt on receiving the information conveyed in your note. If the British Act of Parliament were intended in the nature of a proposition to the Congress of the United States, it should have been officially communicated for their con sideration, accompanied by those explanations which the com plexity of the British system, and the terms of the Act, ren dered necessary—explanations the more necessary to a foreign go vernment, since the Act has been differently interpreted by British authorities at different places, and, it is believed, at the same place at different times. If the British Government had recol lected that the subject of this intercourse was comprehended in the negociation which both parties expected shortly to resume, it is difficult to understand on what foundation it should have placed the hope that Congress, on the recommendation of the President, would have abolished the discriminating duties. Supposing the Ame rican Government prepared to consent to their abolition, two modes of accomplishing the object presented themselves ; one by treaty, and the other by acts of separate legislation. The two Governments had selected the former as the more eligible, by opening a negocia tion, of which there was only a temporary suspension. The terms of the British Act of Parliament are general, applying to all foreign nations ; and doubts, at one time, were entertained here, whether it was intended to apply at all to the United States or not. If, during the three years past, the alien duties have been levied on British vessels entering the ports of the United States, during the greater part of the same period duties professed to be equal and countervailing, but really exceeding them, have been levied on vessels of the United States in the British Colonial ports. If they have been discontinued, it has been done voluntarily by the British Government. The Government of the United States has not, and would not have complained, during the continuance of their alien duties, of the imposition of equal duties in the British ports. - . . . . It is true, that the proposal by the British Plenipotentiaries to Mr. Rush, was made about two years ago, and that it has been under consideration of this Government since it was received. Mr. Gallatin is now in full possession of the decision of the Pre sident ; and the causes which have prevented earlier communica tion of it, are well known to the British Government. But if these causes had not existed, the lapse of time would not be extraordinary, especially when compared with that which had passed between the proposal of the American Government in 1815, and 1824. The Act of Parliament was only passed in July of the last year. The operation commenced in January. It made a very great alteration in the British Colonial system. Iti provisions were numerous and complicated, and it referred to other acts, also containing numerous provisions, all of which it was ne cessary to understand. Under these circumstances, it 'could not be deemed unreasonable, if the American Govern ment had required some time to ascertain the nature and effect of these changes. If the President finds, in the measure itself, which you have announced, just occasion for surprise, the moment was selected for its promulgation in England, is calculated to augment it: The moment was that of Mr. Gallatin's arrival in England, charged with full powers and instructions to arrange this affair upon the most liberal terms, and such as was confidently believed would be satisfactory to Great Britain. And you have, doubtless, long since communicated to the British Government the substance of conversations with me, in which you were informed that he would take with him instructions, framed in a conciliatory spirit, on all the points embraced in the negotiation which was commenced in 1824. If the President does not require a revocation of that part of the Order in Council which prohibits the admission of vessels of the United States, after certain specified days, into certain Bri tish Colonial Ports, as, a 'preliminary to all negociation on the subject, it is because, faithful to the desire which he anxiously entertains, of preserving the harmony and amity between the two countries, he will not follow the unfriendly example which has been exhibited by the British Government. He still cherishes the hope, that the disCMe3iOns between Mr. Gallatin and the British Government, will terminate in an adjustment of the Colonial Intercoiirse, which may advance the interests of both countries. I request that yoti will accept the assurance of my distin guished consideration, HENRY CLAY. The Right Hon. C. R. Vaughan, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Great Britain. MR. CLAY TO MR. VAUGHAN. Department of State, Oct. 19, 1826. Sir—ln a conversation which I had the honour 4 1 holding with you at the Department of State, a few days ago, I inquired - of you whether, under the Act of Parliament of July, 1825, Ameri can vessels were allowed to export to foreign countries, other than the dominions Of Great Britain, the produce of the British West India Islands, in like manner with British vessels, and at that time you could not inform me. Perhaps the late arrival may enable you to supply the information. I have, under that hope, to request that you will inform me whether, according to the British interpretation of that Act of Parliament, American vessels may export to, and import from, foreign countries other than the dominions aforesaid, the produce and manufactures of those countries and colonies respectively, in like manner with British vessels; and, also, whether all discriminating duties and charges imposed, either by the local authorities of the British Colonies, or by the British Parliament, between vessels of the United States and British vesseli, have been abolished. The import ance of a solution of these inpiiries will readily present itself to you. I avail myself of this occasion to renew to you a tender of my high consideration. . _ H. CLAY. To the Right Hon. C. R. Vaughan, Envoy Extraordinary ar.d Minister Plenipotentiary from Great Britain. MR. VAUGHAN TO MR. CLAY. Washington, Oct. eO, 1826. Sir—l am sorry that it is not in my power to answer satisfac torily the inquiry which you make in your note of yesterday whether, under the Act of Parliament of July, 1825, American vessels were allowed to export to foreign countries, other than the dominions of Great Britain, the produce of the British West Indian Islands, in like manner with British vessels ? I am not in possession of any documents which can lead me to put a construction upon the meaning of that act, beyond the im port of the words in which its provisions are conveyed. I can only refer you, therefore, to that Act, from whence you will be able to draw a just conclusion of the rule which it is in. tended should govern the commercial intercourse with British Colonies. I request that you will accept the renewed assurances of my distinguished consideration. CHARLES R. VAUGHAN. The Hon. H. Clay, Secretary of State. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Saturday, Jan. IS.) aLLIES OF THE DAY. (The (Jonstitutionnel.) _ PARIS, JAN. 12.—" The Spanish Government has declared that in case the Swiss should withdraw, it would require that the fortresses should be delivered up by the French troops." (The Constitutionnel aga in .) _ . „ ".It seems that England has required of the Cabinet of the Tuileries categorical explanation, and that such is the object of the visit of Prince Polignac to Paris.” (The Courrier Francais.) A courier set off from Vienna on the 6th of this month, with orders to the Austrian troops to stop on the frontiers of the king dom of Naples, because there is a great fermentation in the Abruzzi and in the dominions of the Pope." (The Constitutionnel.) " The disastrous effort of the project of law on the press is felt by all classes of society. We hear nothing spoken of in all parts of Paris but fetes put off, and balls which will not be given for this season." PARIS, JAN. 12.—We have spoken, on a former occasion, of an article of the Journal des Debats, in favour of England, which the English Journals had refused, as being too adulatory to the British Ministry. It seems that the Anglo-French correspondent has engaged to publish a certain number of articles against France, and even to get them published in Paris, if he cannot pro duce them elsewhere; for that of this day is evidently by the same hand, and inspired by the same intentions as that which caused such general indignation. We congratulate the Journal des De bats on the progress it makes, but we still more congratulate the Anti-French writer, for he certainly would not have found an other paper to receive his abuse of his own country, and his apo logies for foreigners. The Constitutionnel itself would certainly have refused to insert the phrases which the Journal des Debats contains to-day. The Constitutionnel and the Quotidienne announce, that on the motion of M. Lacretelle, the Academy will meet on Tuesday next, to address a petition to the King, against the projet of law on the press. The German Journals had spread a report that peace had been concluded between Russia and Persia, by the mediation of Eng land. The movement of troops, which are announced in all parts of southern Russia, give ground to think, on the contrary, that Russia will prosecute the war with vigour, as soon as the sea son will permit. VALLADOLID, DEC. 31.—You must have heard how the Por tuguese of the two parties entered Spain in pursuit of each other, but without passing the night there. This manoeuvre gave the Portuguese Royalists the advantage of re-passing the Tagus, to join those under Silveira. As soon as this violation of our terri tory was committed, the Captain-General, San Juan, took ener getic measures to oppose every new attempt of the kind. This General frequently receives Cabinet Messengers. ST. SEBASTIAN, JAN. 3.—People begin to entertain doubts of the success of the Portuguese Royalists, since they have not en tered Lisbon before the English, and as they have made but little progress since the middle of last month. The arrival of a large English force has greatly cooled the ardour of the troops, who might have declared against the Constitution, but for this e vent. This lukewarmness is farther kept up by the want of news from the Infant Don Miguel, who was to take the command of the Royalist forces, as they were at first made to believe. The Province of Guipuncoa has not yet proceeded to the election of the Municipalities, though this operation has taken place in the other two Biscayan Provinces, the example of which, the first has not chosen to follow. [These two articles from Spain are quoted by the Etoile from the Memorial Bartlelois.] (From tbeQuoticlienne ofFriday.) PARIS, JAN. 11.—The Marquis de Clermont Tonnerre, Minister of War, and the Baron de Damns, Minister of Foreign Affairs, had, yesterday evening, an extraordinary audience of his Majesty, for the despatch of business. We have received the Madrid Gazette, and letters from that capital to the 2d of January. The last news from Lisbon, which arrived at Paris by way of London, comes down to the 29th ult. The letters from Madrid state, that the Spanish Government, without being alarmed at the threats of England, is actively pre paring the means of defence, in order that, if the British Cabinet should proceed to acts of aggression, Spain may not he taken un provided. The troops continue their march towards the frontiers of Portugal, and several parks of artillery have taken the same direction. The details of the surrender of the fort of Almeida have been re ceived at Madrid. It was effected without bloodshed, the whole of the garrison having declared for King Miguel, to whom they took the oath, on the 20th December. The garrison forms at this moment a part of the division commanded by Brigadier Ma gessi. The Court of Madrid, not content with sending forces to wards Portugal, has also dispatched some to the Camp of San Roque to watch Gibraltar. The 2d reg iment of the Guard s h as taken that direction, and it i s asserted that they will be followed by the Horse Grenadiers of the same corps. Every arrangement has been made for the departure of the two Swiss regiments that are at Madrid. Many persons, however, be lieve, that these demonstrations are merely got up for a pretence. Mr. Lamb had not quitted Madrid on the 2d of January. We can conceive the reason for such a delay. Should England de clare war against Spain, the latter would march an army into Portugal ; and the five or six thousand soldiers of Gen. Clinton, would, in that case, have to combat, in addition to 40,000 Por tuguese, who will very soon be under the walls of Lisbon, 20,000 Spanish troops. Mr. Lamb has felt that such a struggle would be by 11.0 means an equal one. Although M. de Casa Flores, the Spanish Ambassador at Lisbon, has been received by the Regent, the departure of M. de Villa Real for Madrid has been suspended. (From the Journal de; Debate of Friday.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) , MADRID, JAN. 1.-M. Calomarde was not received by the King either to-day or yesterday. •It appears, however, that the displeasure of his Majesty •towards that Minister does not proceed from his conduct in his department, but that his disgrace ema nates from the circumstance of a great number of the original or ders which were sent to ilie 7 Captains-General commanding the Provinces on4he frontiers of Portugal, as well as memoranda of the remainder having fallen into the hands of Mr. Lamb. One thing is certain—by whatever hand they have been furnished to him, that Minister is loaded with authentic documents to prove, if need require, the conduct of our Ministry, and there is no doubt that suspicion attaches to the employer in the department of Grace and Justice, for the whole of the subaltern officers of that Department have been dismissed, and the Secretaries them selves are obliged to perform the whole of the duty ; and, as an additional security, they are placed in such a way that they can not communicate with each other, that they may be kept iu ig norance of one another's labours. The two Swiss regiments are to leave Madrid about the 10th, or perhaps before. Exclusive of the troops that have already set out for the Fron tier, from Alcantara, under the orders of Major-General Rodil, the 2d Regiment of Infantry of the Guard, and another Regiment of Provisional Grenadiers, are about to set out in the direction of Badajoz. Two companies of Artillery have left Seville for the same quar ter, and other corps that are scattered up and down that part of Andalusia, have received, it is said, orders to march thither also. According to public report, the command in chief will be com mitted to Lieutenant-General Sarsfield, one of the hest officers in the Spanish army. (From the Constitutionite/ of Friday.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) MADRID, JAN. 1.-The departure of the two Swiss regiments is positive, and those troops, whose preparations for their march are complete, will set out about the 21st instant. It is worthy of observation, that upon the arrival of a French Cabinet Courier, who came here on the 29th ult., a report spread abroad that our Government and yours, were agreed upon certain points, which would prevent the departure of the Swiss. This report, however, which originated amongst the persons who visit General D'Arbaud Jouques, and the Military Intendant of the Brigade, is utterly without foundation, and has been circulated with a design ; for those who know the conditions upon which alone the Swiss can remain at Madrid, also know well that our Government will never agree to them, and of consequence any lengthened sojourn of these troops is quite impossible. The garrison of Pampeluna, we hear, is also to be withdrawn, but the departure of the Swiss will apparently give rise to a ques tion altogether new ; for it is affirmed that our Government when it was threatened with the withdrawal of the Swiss, re plied, that" in the event of these two corps leaving Spain, the French Government must, of necessity, also withdraw its garri sons from the fortresses. While waiting the solution of this ques tion, which every day becomes more complicated, our Govern went has thrown itself upon the royalist volunteers, and as all its hopes rest upon that force, they have been enrolled for general service, like troops of the line.. This measure, however, is very ill liked, and the volunteers of Madrid, although the most ultra in the kingdom, wilt not, any more than the rest, sign an agree ment, which would convert them into real soldiers ; for in as suming arms, they had, in general, no other object but to clothe themselves with a uniform, which might permit them to gratify their hatred, and their revenge, reserving always to themselves the power of throwing it off whenever fatigue or danger should be the consequence of wearing it. The result of this disposition of mind has been that, when the volunteers were summoned to the house of Mr. Villamil to enrol their names, a great many re fused, and renounced a uniform which circumstances in future Might make it dangerous to wear. The whole of the disposable troops, both of the guard and of the line, have been ordered to •the frontiers of Portugal, but the deser tion in these corps is frightful, and especially in those of the guard, some of which, on the very second day of their march, had already lost a third part of their effective strength. A great many people affirm, that these pretended deserters join the Mar quis of Chaves, and that means have been contrived, by this trick, to send him prompt and efficacious succour, without the possibility of objection being made by England or Portugal. It was in, this way that the squadron of cavalry that left Campo Mayor, con trived to join him. M. Calomarde has twice presented himself at the palace, and been twice denied access.* The King appears to be exceedingly displeased with this Minister, on account of some original docu ments that have found their way out of his off►ce into the hands of Mr. Lamb. It is affirmed that that diplomatist has expended enormous sums to enable him, if necessary, to prove, by the actual production of the documents, the conduct of our Government, in respect of the invasion of Portugal. Various attempts, but with as little success as the first, have been made to prevail on M. D'Ofalia to accept of the Embassy to London. 4 ' It may be seen, that the abdication of Ferdinand, which was announced by letters from Bayonne, and by the Journal de Tou louse, as having taken place on the 29th December, was utterly false.—Note of the French Editor. THE LATE DUKE OF YORK. During the long illness of the Royal Duke, such was the excel lence of his constitution, that the members of the faculty frequently entertained sanguine hopes of his ultimate recovery. But it ap uirtvdiveefematue,cihtbleoinrgeexrp, e s e u t c a h . peared his disease had taken too deep a root ever to be removed but with his life; and after all their hopes had vanished, and when they knew he could not l a le f c a t t e b d e , r, w t a b s e • p v r e es n : r n a t b a l e t . noou, whereas the Royal Duke was - the strength of his cons titu P tTo s n ib tb t h i l e Y ia or s t fechoi tion;, it being their opinion that his Royal Highness could not . survivedpos s possibly live till F b r e i y d o a n y d n Wednesdayight. . mournful event in the George 111. The Duke himself communicated to Lord Sidmouth the intelligence of the mourn .following words : — " Windsor Castle, Jan. 29, 1820. „ iy beloved father, and our most gracious and excellent ~ My Lord —It becomes my painful duty to acquaint your Wi H ni i i s aa l r at n e n ß t o b y e a o l rHeasigibonne.s.ost. titlewdielal Lordship that it has pleased Almighty God to take unto himself lie expired at 35 minutes past eight o'clock, p.m. the physicians in attendance at this melancholy period. YorkH o o h . a d to Viscount thuteieilea S esdv i t d inin m ew : si u det t h l om i f , ap & ii:kri c sfs . , co & rtfe c vfit . I t s h oi e nv acKlr inclose " My Lord, ever yours, most sincerely, : i'g e gn' the certificate of all (Signed) " FREDERICK. e hii i ie • a e l d inaosff p e a tct re sii n on t a , and strict regard td official accuracy, performed the duty of e s t a o a s n o .n f w th n e n person.Rthoeyal occasion of T " h T e o p th u e ke ß o i f ght sin cere and was observed to be particularly affected during part of the ceremony of the interment of the Royal remains at Windsor. It is not quite seven years ago. The late King and Duke of Kent both died in the same month as the Duke of York. HORSE-GUARDS, JAN. 12. GENERAL ORDERS, IN AID OF THE CEREMONIAL TO BE OBSERVED AT THE FUNERAL OF FIELD-MARSHAL HIS LATE ROYAL HIGH NESS THE DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY, COMMANDER -IN- CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY ' S FORCES. A captain's full dress guard from the Grenadier Guards, with a colour, will mount at St. James's Palace, at eight o'clock in the forenoon of Thursday, the 18th of January, as a guard of honour over the remains of his late Royal Highness, which will during that and the following day lie in state from ten o'clock in the morn ing until four o'clock in the afternoon of each day. same e A captain's hour and guard, pla from e: on e t h l e s t l h 7 L d n 9 c t h e r willi in orderount a t t o tli se cure ready access to the Palace, and to preserve order. Om Saturday, the 20th of January, the Royal body will be re removed from St. James's Palace, Windsor, under the escort of a field officer's guard, with a standard, consisting' of 120 men, to be furnished by the Second Regiment of Life Guards. This es. cort will assemble at the Palace at seven o'clock in the morning of that day, and be relieved at Cranford-bridge by a similar guard, to be furnished by the First Regiment of Life Guards, which will proceed with the Royal body to the door of St. George's Chapel : the first escort to fall in the rear, and form the rear guard. The Royal Horse Guards (Blue) to take the duty in Windsor, and a detachment of that regiment, dismounted, to attend within the chapel, every fourth.man bearing a torch.—The commanding officer of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) will communicate with the s uperintendent of the Lord Chamberlain's department, as to the number of men that will be required for this service. A battalion of the Grenadier Guards will line the approach from the Castle-gate to the entrance of St. George's Chapel. A select detachment, consisting of the oldest soldiers of his late Royal Highness's regiment, will line the immediate approach to the entrance, and the space in the chapel where the body comes into the line of the procession. A subaltern's guard, from the. Foot Guards, is to mount at the Porch-gate, and to be responsible to keep all that space clear from interruption. A double line of Guards and Infantry of the Line will form from the Porch down the, street, as far as their numbers will ad mit, when the Cavalry must line the remainder of the road as far as Frogmore. - From Frogmore to Datchet-bridge the communication must be kept up- by patrols, in which the rear-guard will take a part as soon as the procession arrives at Frogmore. A small picquet of the Household Brigade of Cavalry must be, placed at the Junction of the roads on the London side of Frog more, and at Eton-bridge. These patrols and picquets must remain on duty until day break of the morning of the 21st of January. The troops for the above service will be as follow : Two Regiments of Life Guards. Grenadier Guards, 3d Battalion. Royal Horse Guards. Coldstream, lst ditto. 17th Lancers. Third, Ist ditto. Grenadier Guards, 2d Battalion. 67th Regiment of Foot. The Royal Horse-Guards (Blue) and the 67th Regiment of . Foot being already stationed at Windsor, will take their. duties from their present quarters. But the two regiments of Life Guards and the Foot Guards will receive orders to assemble at, or in the vicinity of, Windsor, on the 19th inst. A Captain's Guard of the 17th Lancers will relieve the Life Guards on duty at the Horse-Guards at four o'clock on Thurs day, the 18th instant; and the whole of the 17th Lancers will move into London to furnish the duties in the absence of the Life Guards, until the 22d inst., when the whole of the troops will return to their former quarters. Major-General Sir Hussey Vivian will take the command of the whole troops. Colonel the honourable IL B. Lygon will command the house • hold brigade. The Foot Guards will be commanded by Colonel Macdonell, of the Coldstream. All the troops employed on this duty are to be in full dress. The Master-General of the Ordnance will be pleased to make arrangements for providing a detachment of artillery, to fire minute guns in Windsor-park, as on former similar occasions. By His Majesty's Command, HENRY TORRENS, Adjutant-General. .Early on Saturday morning (as near as may be to eight o'clock) the funeral procession will move from St. James's Palace to St. George's Chapel, Windsor. It is arranged to proceed up St. James's-street, Piccadilly, and along the high road by Knights bridge, Kensington, &e. resting at Cranford-bridge. It will pro bably reach Windsor about ten o'clock; and the interment will tale place at midnight. It will be a grand military march, at tended by all the troops which the circumstances of the times ad mit of being brought together. The first portion will be entirely military; then mourning coaches containing the civil officers, &c. of his Majesty, the domestics of kis Royal Highness, and the ex ecutors (Sir Herbert Taylor and Colonel Stephenson, as we are informed.) Immediately preceding the hearse will be the car riage of the deceased, bearing his coronet on a cushion. The hearse itself will, for the first time, be drawn by eight of the King's black Hanoverian horses. We could wish that, instead of that vehicle common to all, it were, in this instance, a proper funeral car, more significant of a soldier's burial. Bat whatever it may be, it is to be followed by his Majesty's state carriage, the carriages of the several branches of the Royal Family, and of such other eminent persons as can be allowed to show this mark of respect to departed Royalty and goodness. Heralds and troops will flank the whole procession, and bring up the rear. THE MARKETS. C ORN - EXCHANGE.—(Tars DAY.) The wind having b een very b oisterous and contrary since this da ll. "'fi This u ighen'iorn the i supplies of G ra i n, consequent l y, h ave b een tri vimorning the fresh arrivals consist of moderate quan- Suffolk. The samples of Wheat at market are still chiefly damp, ftrroamd trade, Essex, f l: r e e n , t, l a n n a y d rys' a l' t ßeeag t h inect e s, p artihnclesini:o, P ea se, s; last t M onday. the transactions are limited, but some of the best samples are ra eapsoefsratßecd'hhevaaeutr,ryßindauilrilliee, ther higher. Beans and Pease may be reported dull of sale, at the In Barley be quan tities and ie s r same terms as on this day se'nuight. More money is asked for good samples of Oats, but our buyers will not consent to give higher prices • , this trade is therefore without animation, at the currency of last week. In Flour no alteration. PRICIS ON BOARD OF SHIP. , Wheat, Red (old) -....... White (old) . _ Red (1816) 47s. 51s. - .Tick (ne w) 4ls. ••••••••••ww••••••• Fine Ms. 555. -- --- (old) 48. Superfine 565. 5&. --Harrow (new) 465. ......... White (1826) .....51s. 545. ...........-.. (old) 4Bi. Fine Superfine 62s. 635. Oats, Feed ... . ................. 268 Rye (new) 36s. 40s. Fine .............30s. Barley 33s. 355. -... Poland .. ............. 30s. ...........-Fine (new) 365. 325. --.---:..... Fine 345. Superfine 34s. 40s. ........,. Potatoe '2s Malt 3 4s. Fine s7s. 655. Scotch 3Bs. Pease, Grey (new) Ws Hs. Flour (per sac k) 46.5. Maple (new) White (new) 435 . 414, . North Country ....40s. --Boilers ARRIVALS OF CRAIN IN LONDON 'DURING LAST WEEK From Whence. r ; ° 4:' aV n ..C . : 1-- .". , r • • —....—....- ........... __...._... ...._ ..._.___, ......._ , Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Q rs. sac '— Aldborough l5B 620 -- --- Boston Clay Colchester ..IHarwich — 515 --- Lei h 321 122 48 38 135 --, . 4 111al g don 156 220 305 77 38 25 36 1 Ipswich 143 465 265 31 55 50 Kent 6lB 231 20 68 76 172 77 0 Lynn ll7 188 -- Poole Portsmouth — _ 100 Yarmouth Banff — 420 --- Inverness —. 2075 2026 1881 1293 229 387 3754 FOREIGN .. . .... 1 1 5 4 9 3 2 .. . .9 6 2 __ Antwerp7o Dunkirk Morlaix — '750 -- Ostend Rotterdam — 330 -- ---- _ _ ___. Total AGGREGATE QUANTITY OF OTHER KINDS OF PULSE. AGGREGATE QUA] Tares, o —Linseed, NTITY •Rapese temp, FIER KI —Bran 62. 515 OF V' 55--111 LSE. :Ustard, SMITHFIELD MARKET.—Juis Day.) This day's supply of Beasts, Calves, and Pigs, was rather li mited, that of Sheep the largest for some time witnessed. B e ef, Veal, and Pork, went off heavily at about Friday's prices ; Mut ton also reached, in a few instances, its last quotations, though much of the best of it was sold at from 2d. to 4d. per stone be neath them. The Beasts, which were of fair average quality, were chiefly from Norfolk, Sussex, and the western and midland districts. nucts PER STONE OP 8 LES. TO SINE THE OFFALE. s. d. tor. d. Inferior Beasts 3 0 3 4 I. of. to s. el• SOUth Down Wethers . 4 0 4 4 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Large coarse Calves.... 3 4 4 0 Prime large Oxen 484 10 Prime small ditto 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c 4lO 5 2 I r arg• Hogs 3lO 4 g Inferior Sheep 3 0 3 4 Sinall Porkers 4lO 5 % Second quality ditto.... 3 4 3 8 Suckling Calves...l2s. to 325. each! Coarse-woolled ditto... 310 4 0 Quarter old Pigs ..101. to 16s. each. A good young short-horn Cow, with her small Calf, was , worth no more than from 181. to 19/. SUPPLY, AS PER C Beasts. I sh eep. 2,569 29,520 ERIC'S STATEMENT. I Calvec I Pi". 130 140 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. s. d. t o s. d. Beet ...................... . 3 0 4 8 Veal Mutton 2,8 3 8 Pork 3 4 5 0 MI NI NG I Quantity of C o NTEL LI Iast Thursd4 GENCE. Tons. Cwt. pper Ore sold at Redruth y ...... 2,838 0 . Average Produce ............................................................ 1 0 Quantity of fine Copper .—. .. . ................................... . ... 1 213 0 Amount of Sale, 4.14,50 12.1. Od.—Average Standar d, * lO4 12s. Od. Mr. Philip Hope, the brother of Mr. Hope, has given quite a new architectural appearance to his mansion in Park-lane. The caryatides figures still remain. The history of Marseilles is full of interest. Its origin borders on romance. Six hundred years before the Chris tian era, a band of piratical adventurers from lonia, in Asia Minor, by dint of superior skill in navigation, pushed their discoveries to the mouth of the Rhone. Charmed with the white Miffs, green vales, blue waters, and bright skies, which they here found, they returned to their native country, and persuaded a Colony to follow them to the barbarous shores of Gaul, bearing with them their re ligion, language, manners, and customs. On the very day of their arrival, so says tradition, the daughter of the native Chief was to choose a husband, and her affections were placed upon one of the leaders of the polished emigrants. The friendship of the abori gines was conciliated by marriage, and their rude manners were softened by the refinement of their new Allies in war, their new associates in peace. In arts and arms, the emigrants soon ac quired the ascendancy, and the most musical of all the Greek' dialects became the prevailing language of the Colony.—Ame. rican Paper. . ,