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LITERARY NOTICE. - The PROGRESSES, PROCESSIONS, and MAGNI • FIt!ENT FESTIVITIES, of KING JAMES the :FIRST, his ROYAL CONSORT, FAMILY, and ir:OUß'r, collected from Original Manuscripts, Scarce Pamphlets, Corporation Records, Parochial Registers, &c. &c., comprising the splendid Masques performed at Court; the Triumphal Pageants of the City of London ; numerous Original Letters; and Annotated Lists' of all the Knights of the Bath, Baronets, and Knights Bachelors, who re ceived those Honours during the Reign of King James.— illustrated with Notes, Historical, Topographical, Biogra phical, and Bibliographical. By Joux NIcHOLS, F.S.A., Lon d. Edinb. and Perth. This curious and very entertainink work will be published in eighteen Monthly Parts, of Which seven have appeared. Its plan is similar to that .of the Progresses of Queen , Elizabeth, by the same Author, a work in high esteem for its his loricar information and elucidation of ancient :manners. Accounts of the Royal Progresses from place to place, with the entertainments _given by Corporate Bodies, or at the mansions of the Nobility and Gentry, form the basis of the work. Interspersed are the - details of the -Court amusements, the baptisms, marriages, and other solenmities then celebrated, the reception of Foreign Ambassadors &c. &c. A strict chro =nological arrangement is throughout preserved. . TO tlie•lover of early literature a tempting op portuity is offered. The work abounds with re prints from tracts of the rarest description, the earigiteals of which are trot separately obtained isot. -- with much difficulty, and a collection of which were impossible, even at the greatest ex pence. " Amongst them are more than thirty Masques, the productions of Ben Jonson, Daniel, 'Chapman, Beaumont; Ste. many of them peiform ed by the Queen and the Nobility, and others by the (4entleinen of the Inn of Court." As many' of those rare productions, the " London Pageants," as the Editor . has been able to obtain, are included. ' l'o u s, however, the correspondence of . the Courtiers, no . small portion of which is before un published, is most attractive. The following ex tracts from a letter, written soon after the King's Accession, was addressed by Sir Robert -Cecil, afterwards the greet Earl of Salisbury, to Sir Thos. Parry, then Ambassador in France.:— " I doe further acquaint you , that since his Majesties pro. 1 -claming to this Crowne, there bath not so much as one only opposition, in word or deed, ben made against him, such being the concurrency of all sortes of peple, in mind, to acknowledg his Majestiees undoubted right, and to yeald him their most willing obedience. In so much as there cannot he imagined - in the world a greater demonstration of God's singular goodness towards .. . . . . .that wee are now so strangely and unexpectedly, made the spectacle of hap piness and felicity, in enjoying so quietly and peaceably of such a Prince, whome, with aolomon, we may just call a wise and understanding Prince, and one by whose long experience, hr Princely Government, and all Princely vertues wee may . justly promise our sells all future happiness. His INlajeity is now come on his journey hetherwards, as farr as Burghley Howse, and on Tuesday next is expected at my house at Theobalds, from thence he comes to Charter-house to my Lord Thernas Howard's, and so to the Tower of London. His Corona lien is deferred tyll the 25 of July next, against wch tome, the -Queen his wyf, and his two eldest children that are - fittest to travell are lyke to be here present. To-morrow, being Thurs day, wee doe solemnise the Funeral at Westminster of her late Majesty, of most happy memory ! and then the Nobility and State prepareth to goe to meet the .King, and to conduct him to London. One thing I had almost forgotten to tell you, whereof happily you may hear that it is true that his Majesty, as he was a hunting, got a fall off his horse ; but, God be thanked, he bath no hartne at all by'it, and it is no more than may befall any other great and extreame ryder, as he is, at least once every moneth. I thought good to give you notice of this, to prevent all bruit and rumours wch corn only encrease as they goe, and are reported at the worst." Cotton MSS. Caligula, E. X.—ln the same Volume (which is much da maged by fire) is a Letter from the King to Sir Thomas Perry, dated " Topclyffe, April 15"; announcing the Queen's death and his own succession to the Throne. This was accom .panied by a Letter in French to the King of France, notifying !eis accession. He wrote again to Henry IV. and Sir Thomas Parry, from Burleigh, on April 25.—Page 145. • The following -Letter, front James to his Queen, whilst, sire was still remaining in Scot )and, written entirely with his own hand, is cer tainly most curious. It is `to he premised that the Royal Couple were not always on the best ..terms : " MY HATTITE ; " Immediatelie before the ressaite of your lettir I was pur posed to have written unto you, and that without any greate oc cation, except for freeing myself at your handis from the im putation of seveareness ; but now youre lettir has geviii more inaitter to wryte, although, I take smell delyte to meddle in so unpleasant a proses. I wonder that nether your long know ledge of my nature nor my laite earniste purgation unto you Gan cure you of that rooted erroure that any diving darre speak or inform me in any wayes to your prejudice, or yctt that ye .scan think thaire youre unfriendis that are true.servantis to me. I can say no more, but proteste upon the peril of my salvation and damnation, that nattier the Erie of illarr, nor any flesh living, ever informed me that ye was upon any Papish or Spa nish course, or that ye hadde any other thouchtes, hut a wrong :.conceived opinion that he had more interest in youre Sone, or wolcie not deliver him unto you; nether does he farther charge the Noblemen that was with you thaire, but that he was in. formed that some of thaime thocht by force to have assisted you in the taking my Sonne out of his handis ; but as for any other Papiste or forrine practice, by God, he doeth no so much as al / kedge it; thairefore he says he will never presume to accuse them, since it may happen well to importe your offence. •" And thairfore I say over agane leave these froward womanlie apprehensions, for 1 thank God I carrie that lore and respecte unto you, quhich, by the law of God and nature, I ought to do to my wyfe and mother of my children, but not for Wan ye are a King's dauchter, for quither ye waire a King's or a cook's dauchter, ye must be all alike to me, being once my wyfe. For the respect of your honorable birthe and decente I married you ; but tine love and respecte now beare you is, be cause that ye are my Married wyfe, and so partaker of my ho noure as of my . other fortunes, I beseache you excuse my rude plainness in this; for casting up of your birdie is a needless hil -1 pertinent argument to me. God is my witness I ever preferred you to all my bairnes, much more then to any subjecte ; hut if you will ever give place to the reports of everie flattering :rico pliant that will perswade you that when I account well of an honest and wise servant for his true faithful service to me, that iteseo compare, or prefere him to you, then will nattier ye or I be ever at reste at peace. 1 have, according to my promise, ceppied so much of that plote quhairof I wrote unto you in my last, as did concern my Sonne and you, quhich herein is inclosed that ye may see I wrote It not without cause, but I deny re it not to have any Secretarys than youre self. As for your dool made concerning it, it is utterlie impertinent at this time, for sic rea , sons, as the bearer will show unto you, quhom I have likewise commandit to impairte dyvers other points unto you, which for fear of wearieing your eyes with my rugged hande, I have heirein omitted, praying God, my hairte, to preserve you and all the bairnes, and sende me a blythe meeting with you, and ..a couple of thairne. " Your awn, " JAMES R." The Royal autograph is engraved by Mr. it' ichols. • The following curious particulars of the plague in 1603, are from the Diary of Lady Anne Clifford : " From Windsor the. Court removed to Hampton Court, where my Mother and 1 lay in one of the Round Towers, roand about which weare tents, wher they died two or three a day of ye Plague. , .Tlier 1 fell extreaniely sicke of a fever, so . as ray Mother was in some doubt it might turne to the Plague; but wth in two or three daies I grew reasonnable well, and was sent away to my 06r.. Stndall's at Norburie, Mrs. Carington going wth me; for Mrs. Taylor was newly put away from me, hir husband dieing of the Plague shortly after. A litle aford this tyme my Mother and I, my Aunt of Bath, and my Cozen Fraunces, (her daughter), went to North-hall (my Mother being extreame angrie wth me for rideinge before wth Mr. Meuerell), wirer my Mother in hir anger cornaunded yt I heuld lie in a chamber alone, wch I could not endure; but my Cozen Fraunces got the key of my chamber, and lay wthnie, , wch was the first tyme I loved hir so verie well. The next day Mr. Meuerell, as he went abroade,ffelle downe suddainly, and died, so{ as. most thought it . was of the Plague, wch was then verie rifle. - It put us ail -in great feare and amasement, for my Aunt had then a suit to follow in Court, and my Mother to attend the -Kinge about the busines betweene my Father and her. My Aunt of Warwike sent us medicinek from a fide house neare - Hampton Gourt, wher she then lay with Sir Moyle Finch and his Lady." The following Song, with which the Queen in 1603, was welcomed at A lthorp, in Northamp too*hiry, the seat of Lord Spencer ; is from Bell Jollsoil's• entertainment these presented : SONG. This is she, this is she In whose world of Every season, parsOn, place, That receive her happy be ; . . , . . . • For with no loss, Than a Kingdoiv's happiness*, 1)oth she private Laces bless, And ours above the rest By how much we deserve it least. Long live Orianat - • T' exceed, whom she succeeds, our late Diana ! " Bringing with her the Prince, which is the great felicity of kingdoms." t " Quasi Orians Anna." Elizabeth - . • UNITED STATES. *BANKING SYSTEM. A recent' determination on tie part of the New York city Banks, not to receive on deposit the notes of a number of the country banks, has produced, in conjunction with the failures of the Eagle, Derby aid New Jersey Lombard Banks, no lit tle portion of alarm and pressure in the trading commu nity of that city. The New York Statesman of Saturday re marks :—" All the money of the Western Banks, in conse quence of these things, or some other cause to us unknown, is hawking about Wall-street at 2 to 5 per cent !—Something must be done to remedy this state of things, or all confidence will be lost in all our monied institutions." A am-respondent of Noah's Advocate thus sets forth the man ner in which some of the monied institutions in that city have been managed : " It has been frequently asked, how can a person, without money or credit, become the proprietor of wealthy companies? We answer, by a trick well known to stock-jobbers. Suppose the 'capital of the company to be seized upon be 200,000 dol lars, and that the stock is four" per cat. above par. Then an arrangement is made to seduce the secretary or clerks of such company, and to procure from them a copy of the stock ledger, whereon will appear the navne of every stockholder, and the amount of stock held by him. A broker is next employed to buy that stock, .and to raise on it, as fast as purchased, by pledging it, at its par value, until a majority of the whole stock :Is purchased. Thus to buy 100,000 dol lars of .such stock, would require a cash payment of only 4,000 dollars. _ The .deficient sum is generally borrowed of the broker, until the next election of 'directors, under the solemn promise, that as soon as possession is got of institu tion, the money will be returned out of its funds. Thus, while the innocent stockholders are reposing in confidence, the in truder stalks in. boldly, turns out the whole Board of Directors, appoints his own men in their place, makes himself President, and for 4,900 dollars, gets possession of funds to the amount of 200,000 dollars 1 ! The first act done by the new President, is to loan to himself 4,000 dollars of the Company's funds, with which he.rehnburses his broker, and then quietly goes to work to appropriate the rest of the funds, in a manner most ,conve nient to himself." SMALL NoTF.s.—The'old and respectable bank of North America, at Philadelphia, has undertaken to supply " the want of change," by issuing one and three dollar notes, en graved in the best manlier, and printed on the best paper, that they may not be counterfeited, and it would appear from the paragraph before us that the other banks in Philadelphia had conceded the issue of such notes to this, the oldest bank in the United States. This is all as it should be, if it be necessary to ' issue small notes—and, though opposed to the inundations that we have had of" filthy dowlass" from the district of Columbia and ,some of the neighbouring States; we are rather of opinion that the public convenience would be served, if the Legislature of Maryland were to authorize one of the banks, say the oldest, to issue two and three, or, at least, hree dollar notes, providing at the same time that they should be engraved and printed in the hest possible manner, to prevent impositions on the poor and labouring classes, on whom a large proportion of the mise ries inflicted by counterfeiters-necessarily fall. Vaassorrr.—The bank mania has broken out in this state, and promises to be very destructive of the people. Four new banks have already been chartered, and others are expected to be added to the list. COTTONS. CHARLESTON MARKET, Nov. 14.—The momentary de pression in this article at the close of the last week, occasioned by the unfavourable advice* from England has since subsided, and the new crop of Uplands is selling at the higher rates of the preceding week, (13 al4 cents.) The demand is princi pally for the French market. About :.00 bales of the old crop were sold during the week at 10 cents. In Sea Islands, no thing is as yet doing. MOBILE, NOV. I.—Eighteen bales of new cotton were re ceived last week in waggons, front Washington county ; and yesterday, another load from the same county, none of which has been sold ; 12 cents. was refused for the first lot. What the market will open at it is ditlizult to conjecture. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MJLLEDOEVILLE, Nov. 6.—On our journey to this place, we counted no less than 130 waggons, loaded with cotton, all bound to Augusta. Nearly the whole of that part of our staple which was formerly disposed of in this place, now finds its way to the former. No season within the memory of man, has been more favourable to its culture, and to the gathering it in.—ln several Places on the road, we saw fruit trees partially in bloom. SUGAR. We have conversed with a gentleman who has lately been on all the sugar plantations for 60 miles up the coast, and un derstand that several planters have already commenced mak ing, and that by the sth November all will he engaged. It is his opinion, that should the weather continue favourable to the sth December, the crop will prove more abundant, and of a better quality than last year. The cane is said to be shorter, but containing more saccharine matter than usual.—(New Orleans Price Current.) GREAT MI, CARGO. The Nantucket Inquirer says, that the ship Swift recently landed at that port more than three thousand barrels of sper maceti oil, making nearly one hundred thousand gallons. This is unil9ubtedly the largest cargo of spermaceti oil ever carried into;any port in, the known world —and is worth about eighty thousand dollars. The. Swift was absent but little more than twenty-eight months.—(New York Paper.) NEW YORK PRICE _OF STOCKS, Nciv. 19.—U. S. Six Per Cents. of 1813, 101 asked, looi off'd ; 1814, 1031 asked. 101 off'd ; 1815, 106 asked, 1041, Four and Half, 100 asked, USti off'd. Threes, 86 asked, 84 off'd. U. U. S. Bank, 114 k asked, 114 off'd. Bills on London, 109 a 1091. Spanish Dollars, 1014 asked, 101 off'd. Doubloons, 15 72 asked, 15 70 offered. The Missouri country, our readers all know, abounds in mineral wealth. Few of them, however, on this side of the Mississippi, have a just conception of the extent to which its mines are already worked. Some idea of it may be formed from the fact that the quantity of lead which arrived at the great shipping port of New Orleans, in the various forms of pigs, bars, and shot, 'amounted, in the two years ending Ist October last, to seven millions and a ballot' pounds. This quantity is exclusive of the great amount consumed in the States of Mis souri, Illinois, Indiana, _Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, .slissis sippi, Alabama, Western, and Pennsylvania, and the Territories of Missouri, Arkansas, and Michigan. The number of persons employed in Making lead, the SI. Louis Republican informs us, isigreater now than any time heretofore. Iron ore abounds in the same country, but is not worked, though the consumption there would afro - I . d a ready market for iron.-(.lVa tional Intelligencer, No. 18.) NEW ORLEANS, OcT. 25.—We have conversed with a person who left Campeachy on the Bth of this month. He in formed us that there were armaments preparing there, and not an American vessel in port. The commanding officer in Yuca tan, had lately been changed. The country was perfectly quiet. Our informant stated that the prices of produce and goods varied so much from day to day, that it would be useless to give any qufAations. IIavANNAn, Nov. B.—As anticipated, this market is en tirely overstocked with flour—since 10th October, 21,000 bar rels have arrived, and 131 dol. per bbl. is the most now offered. Considerable losses must take place, particularly as every ar ticle of export is at least from 12 to 15 per cent. higher than the markets in the United States will afford. FRENCH PAPERS. (From` the Etoile qf Monday, Dec. 19.) PARIS, DEC. great Prince is dead ; ge nerous and magnanithous, the Emperor Alexander will leave a long remembrance of his reign and of his noble qualities. The elevation of his character, the disinterestedness of his po licy, arc universally known. His loss will be deeply felt. The Emperor Alexander had long had a disorder in one leg, and it is supposed that the humours may have ascended, and caused his death. The present Emperor, the Grand Duke Constantine, was born May 8, 1771). This Prince is plunged into the most pro found affliction. 'lle was warmly attached to his brother. The Emperor Alexander had just named his brother Viceroy of Poland, and he was at Warsaw when he learned that he was going to ascend the Throne. The last act of the Emperor Alexander, published at:St. Petersburg!), was an Ukase to manifest his particular favour to k the town of Taganrog, and to give it all possible means to im prove its poet. In this Ukase, slated the 31st October, the Emperor ordered that a tenth part of the duties of Customs taken there should be employed in the amelioration of its port, and in the construction of the buildings necessary for its com merce, and proportioned to its importance. The Emperor had just appointed a Committee, of which the Senator Dutlenski teas President, for the improvement of the situation of the cities of the Empire. We yesterday quoted from a German Journal, what is said in a Prussian Almanack of the Grand Duke Nicholas, whom it callwiteir to the Throne. A Journal keying endeavoured to give importance to this article of an Almanack, we think it proper to say that the Grand Duke Constantine having no children by his first marriage, anti those of the second mar riage not being entitled to inherit the throne of Russia, it is very natural that the Prussian Almanack should call the Grand Duke Nicholas heir to the throne to which he will be called after his brother the Emperor Constantine.—( Note of the Etoik.) BERLIN, DEC. 4-- : The panic which has been felt on the Exchange of Paris and that of London, has spread among the speculators in Berlin. Every body was seeking to exchange his paper for silver, which it is very difficult:go procure. The expresses from Paris are impatiently expected. From the LONDON G AZETTE; Dec. W. BY THE KING-A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE R.—Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday the sth day of January next ; ‘Ve, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said sth day of January next, to Thursday the '2d day of February next ; and we have given order to' our Chancellor of that' part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to pre pare a commission for proroguing the same accordingly; and we do further hereby, with the advice . aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said 2d day of February next, be held and sit for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs. And the Lords Spiritual and ,Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires . .and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly at Westminster, on the said 2d day of February next. GiTen at our Court at Carlton House, this 20th day of De cember, 1825, and in the sixth year of our Reign. GUD SAVE THE AING. Whiehall; Dec. 19. The King has been pleased to grant to the Hon. and Rev. Edward Rice, Doctor in Divinity, the place and dignity of Dean of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester, void by the death of the Rev. Dr. John Plumptre. The King has Also been pleased to grant to the Rev. John Davison, Bachelor in Divinity, the place and dignity of a Canon or Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, void by the death of the Rev. Dr. John Wingfield. DECLARATIONS Ol' INSOLVENCY. J. Taylor and T. Collinge, Casdeton, Rochdale, Lancashire, roller makers. W. Stockham, 'Bristol, baker. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. W.. Giles, Heston, Middlesex, dealer. BANKRUPTS. G. Watts, Nottingham, frame-smith, to surrender, Jan. 2, 3, and 31, it eleven, at the Punch Bowl, -Nottingham. At. tornics, 'Messrs. Enfield and Son, Nottingham; and Messrs. Hohne and Co., New Inn, London. C. Scott, Constentine, Cornwall, scrivener, Jan. 3,4, and 31, at eleven, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro. Attornies, Messrs. Cardale and Co., Gray's Inn, London. T. Elliott, Nottingham, cabinet-maker, Dec. 21, at two, Jan 3 and 31 at eleven, at the George the Fourth, Inn, Not tingham. Attornies, Mr. Fearnhead, Nottingham • Messrs. Webb and Dolphin, Birmingham; and Messrs. Nottingham; and Johnson. Temple, London. • B. Blackband, Gnosall, Staffordshire, grocer, Jan. 12, at five, at the Office of Mr. Stanley; and 13, and 31, at ten, at the Red LiOn Inn, Newport, Salop. Attornies, Messrs. Herring and Baxter, Gray's Inn, London ; and Mr. J. Stanley, N ewport. N. Higgs and R. Hobbs, Duke's-row, Pimlico, brewers, Dec, 24, at eleven, Jan. 7. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Commis sioners. Attorney, Mr. 11. H. Turner, Percy-street, Bed ford-square. J. Shaw, Gower-street, Bedforfl-square, coal merchant, Dec. 24, -31, Jan. 31, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. At tornies, Messrs. Dickins and Davidson, Queen-street, Cheap side. D. Shaw, Upper Seymour-street, 3larylebone, baker, Dec. 24, at eleven, Jan. 3, at twelve, and 31 , at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Aubrey, Took's-court, Cur-. sitor-street. A. Morton, A. Rodrick, C. Morton, and E. 1.. Rodrick, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, bankers, Dec. '29, at twelve, 30, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Hind Inn, Welling borough. Attornies, Messrs. Hodson and Burnham, Welling borough ; and Mr. W. Hodson, St. John-street-road, Clerken well, London. S. sidwell, Shepton Mallet, Sornersetshire, innholder, Dec. 31, Jan. 7, 31, at eleven, at the Christopher Inn, Bath. A ttor nies Messrs. H. C. and C. Berkeley, Lincoln's Inn ; and Mr. S. Craddock, Shepton J. Finden, Upper John-street, Fitzroy-square, architect, Dec. 22, Jan. 10, and 31, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners. Attorney, Mr. W. S. Henson, Bouverie-street, Fleet street. J. Theobalds, Cambridge; carpenter, Dec. 29 30, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Hoop Tavern, Cambridge. Attornies, Mr. Jabram, Cambridge; and Messrs. Smith and Smith, Hatton garden, London. J. Jackson, jun. Ilketson, Derbyshire, rope maker, Dec. 24, 31, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners, London. Attornies, Messrs. Paterson and Peil, Old Breitd street, London. T. Garliek,'Fleet , market, undertaker, Dec. 27, Jan. 3, and 31, at eleven, at the• Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr: Parton, Bow-. Church-yard. A. Knight, Maldon, Essex, tailor, Dec. 24, 31, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners, London. Attornies, Messrs. Crowder and Maynard, Lothbury, London. J. U. Crook, Watling-street, cotton yarn manufacturer, Dec.' 27, Jan. and 31, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners. Attormes, Messrs. Van Sandau and Tyndale, Dow gate-hill. S. Baker, Wood-street, Cheapside, victualler, Dec. 27, Jan. 7, and 31, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Rushbury, Carthusian-street, Charter-house-square. J. Fisher, Taunton, Seinersetsbire, draper, Dec. 24, 31, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. E. Chester, Staple-inn. H. Triggs, Hampstead-road, Middlesex, copper plate prin ter, Dec. 22, and Jan. 7, at eleven, and 31, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, W. S. Dacie, Throgmorton street. J. Dean, Wookstock-street, Oxford -street, , tailor, Dec. 24, 31, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. flint, Berwick-street, Soho. F. Savery, Bristol, marine insurance -broker, Dec. 24, Jan 3, at twelve, and 31. at one, at the Court of Commis sioners, London. Attorney, Mr. Gordon, Old Broad-street, London. H. Cook, Witney, Oxfordshire, glover, Dec. 28, at five, 29, at ten, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Staple Hall Inn, Witney. Attornies, Westell, Witney ; and Messrs. Helder, Cle ment's Inn, London. J. Dobson and W. B. Dobson, Hudderfield, bankers, Dec. 28, 29, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the George Inn, Hudders field. Attornies, Messrs. Battye and Heap, Huddersfield, and Messrs. Jaques and Battye, Coleman-street, London. G. Osborne, sen. R. Howes, C. Smith, and G. Osborn, jun. Northampton, bankers, Jan. 3,4, and 31, at ten, at the Dol phin Inn, Northampton. Attornies, Mr. Seyes, Chancery. lane, London ; and Mr. Jeyes, Northampton. G. Hughes, Bodederu, Anglesey, shopkeeper, Jan. 16, 17, and 31, at eleven, at the Bull's Head Inn, Beaumaris.—Attor nies, Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and MeJcalf, Chancery-lane, London; and Mr. Roose, Almwch. C. Edwards, Cambridge, money-scrivener, Dec. 23, at ten, 29, at one, and Jan. 31, at two, at the Eagle Inn, Cambridge. Attorney, Mr. Coe, Hatton.garden. A. Ratcliffe, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, spirit-merchant, Jan. 2,3, and 31, at elevx the Crown Hotel, Devonport. Attornies, Mr. Taylor, ent's Inn, London ; and Mr. Chapman, Devonport. W. Denton, Canterbury, slater, Jan. 13, at seven, 19, and 31, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Attornies Mr. Lewis, Canterbury ; and Messrs. Graham and Galsworthy Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane. T. Harrop, Manchester, merchant, Jan. 4,6, at two, and 31, at eleven, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Attorney, Mr. Kay, Manchester. J. Houghton and S. Trueman, Radford, Nottinghamshire, machine-makers, Dec. 31, Jan. 3, and 31, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Attornies, Mr. Capes, Holborn-court, Gray's Inn, London; and Mr. Williams, Not. tingham. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 14, C. Grant, Cushion-court, Broad-street, merchant— Jan. 16, J. Richardson, Liverpool, merchant—Jan. 21, .T. Cop pard, Lower Mitcham, Surrey, drug-grinder—Jan. 11), G. and I. Peet, Gutter-lane,Cheapside, riband.manfacturers—Jan. 10, G. Hague, Kingston upon Hull, haberdasher—Jan. 14, W. Heath, Lower -street, Islington, butcher—Jan. 28, W. Er. wood and R. Crofts, Turner's-square, Hoxton, and Distaff lane, paper-stainers—Dec. 24,' E. Wheatley, Leicester-square, bookseller—Jan. 16, .1. Edmans, Warwick-lane, cheese monger—Jan. 12, J. Thackeray, Garrett, Lancashire, eotton. spinner—Jan. 13, R. and T. Hampson, Liverpool, corn. merchants. CERTIFICATES—JAN. 10. G. Hart, Deptford, and W. Pittock, Dartford, brewers—J. Ellison,• Keighley, Yorkshire, cotton-spinner—J. Wreaks, Sheffield, saw-manufacturer—W. Thornhill, York-mews, York-place, 6larylebon e livery-stable-keeper—W. Godden, Portsea, carpenter—l. Wortley, Monument Coffee-house, Fish street-hill, wine-merchant—W. Cooper, Fleet-market, linen draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. I. and L. Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire, attornies— F. fleaumont„ T. Phillips, and S. Wade. Gomersal, York shire, woolstaplers—W. Martin and J. Tourell, Church-street, Spitalflelds, silk weavers -E. Tucker and J. Gaiger, Beamin ster, Dorsetshire, tawers--D. Hodson, J. Rushton, and T. Dale, Gun-street and Fashion-street, Spiral&lds, machine manufacturers: so far as regards T. Dale—M. and N. Nor way, Wadebridge, Cornwall, merchants—A. Howden and N. Balleney, Old Broad-street, agents—J. C. Tufnell,. T. Collett, D. B. Payne, and LI. Hope, Rath, bankers—J. Sissling and D. Walls, Nottingham, painters—E. M.,. T. W. C., C., G. C., A., and R. W. Fox, and H., R., W., J., S. 1-e., and T.,1. Blake, St. Ilawse, rope manufacturers—G. and E. William son and S. and H. Tote, Rochdale, Lancashire, cabinet makers J. C. and B. C. Lombardini, Huddersfield, carvers-43. Bid dlecombe and T. Phillips, Winsham, Somersetshire dra pers—T. Ford and T. Crocker, Plymouth, builders—J. Appleby and T. Huitson, East Ham, Essex, silk manufae turers—J. flardstaff and J. Jones, jun., Bingham, Notting hamshire, grocers—J. Smirk and R. Hind, Preston, Lanca shire, iron founders— C. Grimshaw and N.Varley, Manchester, dry salters—R. Ashworth, W. Maden, and J. Smith, Roch dale, Lancashire, machine makers—l. Lang, jun., and G. Wragg, Manchester, hat lining cutters—J. and W. Ruggard, Lincoln, maltsters—A. G. Rooke and R. Staveley, Sheffield, silver plate manufacturers—J. Everett, F. -Seward, J. Hod ding, H. Iletley, C. W. Everett. and R. Iletley, New Sarum, bankers; so far as regards J. Everett and .1. Hodding—T. Wilkinson, and A., L., and A. Mellan, LonthCn, merchants ; so far 'as regards T. Wilkinson—J. Taylor and Collinge, Castleton, Lancashire, roller makers—F. Palmer and J. Mann, Chertsey, Surrey, tal low chandlers. • GENERAL MEETING 01. AGRICULTURISTS. Yesterday a Meeting of Agriculturists from various parts of the Kingdom, who were brought to London by . the attractions of the Smithfield Show, took place at the York Hotel, Bridge street, which was very respectably attended. The object of the meeting was to consider of the steps necessary to be taken to meet the question likely to be agitated in the ensuing Session of Parliament, .respecting the alteration of the Corn Laws. The business of the day was briefly opened by Mr. BENT LEY, from Kent, proposing Mr. FoasTER, of Bedfordshire, as Chairman, who, in an impressive and argumentative speech, explained the object of the Meeting, and urged the necessity of being prepared to petition the Legislature against carrying such a measure into effect. He pointed out the ruin that would ac crue, not only to the landed, but ultimately to the general wel fare of the community, whose interests, he contended, were in capable of being separate - a. The Chairman was followed by Mr. HuopEs, from Kent, who prefaced the Resolutions, which he proposed, by some very excellent observations on the necessity of union amongst all persons connected with agriculture, and strongly recom mended the formation of local associations throughout the kingdom. Mr. QUILTER , from Suffolk, detailed to the Meeting the exertions that had been made upon a former occasion in that county, and expressed his belief that, upon this occasion, simi lar activity would be shewn. Several Gentlemen from Berkshire, Essex, Sussex, Oxford shire, Rutlandshire, - Lincolnshire, Huntingdonshire, and. Surrey, made observations upon the proposed plan of forming Agricultural Associations ; and it seemed to he the general feel ing, that the adoption of such a measure would be attended with the most beneficial effects. The Resolutions, which will appear in a future Paper, were then unanimously agreed to; and the thanks of the Meeting voted to the Chairman. The following Resolutions of the Kent Central Association was adopted by the Meeting, and incorporated in their Reso lutions : " At a Meeting of the Central Committee of the several Agricultural Associations of Dover, Hythe, Ashford, Canter bury, Maidaton, and Rochester, in the county of Kent, held at the Rose Inn, Sittingbourne, on Wednesday the 23d Nov. 1825, Mr. Thomas Bentley,-of Iligham, in the Chair, " It was Resolved—That it is expedient, in order to pre vent any misconception that might arise as to the nature of these Associations, to explain their object.—The Committee, therefore, &Aare, that they are formed expressly for the pur pose of endeavouring to counteract the efforts of those delusive Theorists, who, under the plea of advocating the doctrine of Free Trade, are desirous of effecting the Abolition of the Corn Laws, the principle of which has hitherto been consi dered essential to the protection of Agriculture, and under the operation of which, this country has attained its present power and prosperity. The Agriculturists contend, that the efforts now making to introduce a Free Trade in various branches of manufacture, afford but a feeble argument in fa vour of 'a similar attempt with respect to the Corn Trade, for, should the present experiment fail, the mistake may easily be rectified, at the expence of, comparatively, a slight inconvenience ; but the difficulty of repairing evils arising from injudicious legislation respecting Agriculture, is of a much more ,formidable nature, tied the ruin that must ensue, from an urrivccessful interference with it, can only be esti mated by the consideration of its paramount and immense importance its the State. The Agriculturists, therefore ' fear ful of innovation upon a system which has been acted upon so long, and unwilling; to risk the known advantages attend ing it, for the sake of schemes of commercial aggrandize 'ment which may be never realized, have associated for the purpose, if necessary, of petitioning the Legislature to ab stain from any interference with • the Core Laws ; but, taking into their consideration how recently they have been re vised and altered, that they would allow a sufficient time for - their operation in their present state, in order that it may be discovered, by the test of experience, whether they are condueive'or adverse to the general interests of the State. Cer tainly as far as experience has hitherto gone, • the evils antici pated by the opponents of them have not been realized ; for, instead of the average price of Wheat being always but a trifle below 80s. per quarter, as was confidently predicted, it has ge nerally been, and is very considerably indeed below that sum; and the Agriculturists have no doubt, that should the present state of suspense and alarm on their part be removed, by an assurance that the present system would receive a fair trial, such a stimulus would be given to Agriculture as would ensure a supply of Corn equal to the demands of the country, and at moderate, steady prices, with the exception of those variations which the vicissitudes of the seasons will necessarily occasion, and which it is not in the power of human wisdom to prevent. "And it is highly important that Petitions, concurring in the same prayer, should if they become necessary, be pre sented from the great body of Agriculturists throughout the kingdom, this Committee earnestly recommends the formation of Associations in the different Counties, as the best means of attaining this desirable object; but should the alteration of the Corn Laws be proceeded in, it will be necessary for the Agri culturists to be prepared with evidence, to submit to the Le gislature upon the subject: and in that case, it is the opinion of this meeting, that a Committee should be formed from the different Associations throughout the country, to meet in Lon don, to collect and arrange such evidence: hence arises the necessity of immediate exertion to form Associations in every county, previously to the meeting of Parliament.' (Signed) " Tuoldas BENTLEY, Chairman." DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK• Old Annuities ............... -- New Ditto . ................ Ex. Billslooo/.1 :0.25 28 30 dis• Ditto 5001..1Ad. ... 20 15 Ditto Small 1 - Ad. ......... dis• Ditto Advertised ............ Bank for Acct. ............... India for Acct. ............... Cons. for ACct. I 180 i NOS AT ONE O'CLOCK• Mexican Scrip ............... Neapolitan, 5 per cent. .Neapolitan do. 1824—, .... • . Peruvian Bonds ...... 40 13 2 Do. Scrip ............... Portuguese Bonds • Prussian, 5 per cent. • ..... Ditto New .••••••'••••••••' Russian, New,sp.ct. 78:19321 Spanish 1821 ,bp • j ct. 1 3,1 12i 13 1 1 823 ............... French Ilentes,s p. c. Exchange ... --t ". 3 per cent. --f. Exchange ... PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE o'cr.ocrt• Per il au 11 ....... 1.1 ...... 169 Anglo-Mexican Mining Company Colombian Mining Company New United Mexican Mining Company Scarlet Dye Company Vigo Bay Company ro r.iGN 111,111,5. Anil' vE 0 pug. 1 Guernsey and Jersey Lisboa - Gottenburgh Haruburgh - Malta 1114.111 WATER AT LONDON lIRID6RTO-31 01 ' 0 , Morning, 48 minutekafter 11.1 Evening, 0 minutes 4,,Le' THE SUN. SOLEM QUID DICERE FALSUM ..4LIDEAT LONDON. . WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEeßilf lIER 21,19. We have this morning rec e i ve d the r ari Papers of Monday, which seem, for the must part, occupied with the death of the ErnPe r°- , ALEXANDER of RUSSIA. It is, however, to be re. marked that in the details of this event, no dsl ll/1. . yet been assiined upon which it took place' cause of the death of the EMPEROR 119 state by the Etoile, was erysip e l a s in his l e g , t complaint to which he had long been Obi ° • as. in consequence of a fall f r om his car s The Morning Post of this day, however, n sge rtst that his death was violent, and that his li fe fell a sacrifice to conspiiacy and treacher!' The detail, as given by that Jdurnal ip substance :—That CONSTANTINE, about five y ear , 1 s ago, conspired against the authority -ou life of his brother. The plan being dise avere the author was pardoned, and all that ev e s vnow reached the public was, a confused "" a , ledge that some regiments of Imperial Guar had shewn symptoms of insubordination at. or " ear St. Petersburg!), which had been promptly re 8' pressed. The punishment a warded to tharros c! sent EMPEROR, was banishment to the limi ts °f oi Viceroyalty, and a threat that ALEX AND E I t si . ° llo , leave the Crown by Will, to his third 10°` We have then a history of the attempts o ° l ' s ANDER. to regain his popularity with the ar ro l7 JO° by a pretended religious enthusiasm , an - 8 rs e ri to avenge the death of the Patriarch of t he w' is Church at Constantinople. But restrai ne d of these attempts by the policy of the —°ur Vienna, the army became again disconteu tedi e again a conspiracy was planned and its rare effected as follows • • h e ir irr " The conspirators took every means to creat e to t n t he tended victim the most unbounded confidence , and ncl return of ALEXANDER from the Steppes of the Cein'e2'ili a, before he quitted Taganrok, a succession of fetes W ag 4 \ -le 2o f, In one of these a water party was formed on the sea of. w . be and the conspirators contrived that the imperial boat ' ll°- h e manned entirely by themselves and their friends. 13 1 1 : 1 0e the vessel was solitary onshe waters—when no Cr could gas and no ear could hear—the Autocrat of half* w°r‘ strangled." Such is the tale a Ministerial Journal, jo,lire; ( nal devoted to the support of LegitirnaGY , g; o f of the death of the Emperor ALEXANDSI4 Aire the hand which his successor had ja hea rs ' ask, however, what probability the WI t he and have little hesitation in saying/ tha t ere latter part of it, if not the w hole, is ' OOO fable, an unexaggerated falsehood. That 0.. 1t f TEROR should be strangled at a water-1) 0 ' 1t, ' f v s all things the most improbable, in regal A'eo he crowds that attend could have preven t " so , their presence alone, the actin g . o f a 0 1e ' 1/ % 0 black and cruel. Most conveniently, " w . e ; pc) the crowd is left upon the shores; a l/ • o f boats were to be had for snbjects the pastime in like manner as their Wereeth and as if the conspirators were bettor r° 060 better practised in the art of naviga ti° : , t h eir the boatmen and others who obtainc" living by fishing and the other usual occ°Prit eo' s of men residing on the coast, and thus —r e re' abled to get so far a head of the rest sae " old tinue as to perpetra - te their crime an t se unheard. We scarcely ever read a s t°rl ed flimsy and palpably false in all its Pg ir Ta Jig are satisfied, that if the late Extvsltolt PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Rank Stock 2Ol ' 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. — 3A per Cent. Ditto Red. 4 per Cent. New Bank Long Ann. 29 4 India Stock Ditto Bonds 23 10 20 12 dis. South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian Bds, spercent Brazilian Ws - 62 1825 — --- Scrip Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian, Ms 6 per cent 5O Colombian Lids, D. do. 1824 58i it, 9 Bfl. Danish, 6 per cent. Do. 1825 . Greek lids Do. 1825 Guatimala Mexican Bds 52 Do. 1825 ... 6041 60 2 11 1