The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-22 00:00:00

THE FUNDS. CITY, (Tun DAY), Twelve o' Clock. This morning the chief business has been the Broken and 'Jobbers making up their accounts for to-morrow, although some .:transactions of importance have taken place in the British Funds. iThe Bulls appear to be well prepared to take an enormous quan 'thy of Stock to-marrow, and it has every appearance of being a (Bear account. Consols opened at 791 1 for account, and after! i theing done at a shade lower, appear to have fixed themselves at .80, buyers, with a firm appearance ; India Bonds are 39 41 ; and, lExchegner Bills, 20 I pm. In the Foreign Funds little business Fins hitherto been transacted, and that little has been effected at rather lower rates ; Mexican 6 per Cent. Bonds are 614 21 ; ' Colombian, 31i 2i ; Russian, 851 1 ; and Portuguese, 71 S. Nothing new can be stated relative to Shares. Three per Cent. Console, 77} i ; Ditto for account, SO -il ; 'lndia Bonds, 39 41 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 20 I pm. FOREIGN Fawns.—Brazilian, 58 80; Buenos Ayres, 53 5 ; Chilian, 35 7 ; Colombian, 1824, 31i 2-1 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., '5O I ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 811 21 ; Peruvian, 50 2 ; Portuguese, 71 3 ; Greek, 14i 15 ; Russian, 851 / ; Spanish, 12i IS. MtNes.—Anglo Mexican, 371 2i die. ; United Mexican, 11i 10i die. ; Reel del Monte, 100 pm. ; Bolanos, 60 SO pm. ; Tlalptixahua, 45 55 pm. ; Bolivar, 2 3 pm. ; Brazilian, 4 2 ' die. ; Colombian, 13 15 per Share ; Potosi, 47 9 per Share ; / Two o' Clock. Consols hare been NI, buyers, are now 804 ; Exehequer Bills are also 2 per Cent. higher, and are 231. premium. The British Market is good ; money plentiful. Some, however, doubt if they will keep up the present prices after the settling day to morrow. Russian Stock and Mexican Bonds are higher ; the former at 186 ; the latter 634 Colombian are quoted 32 33 ; and !Spanish 121 Brazil Mines 'are 5 3 discount. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Three per Cent. Consols for account, 80- 1. FOUR &CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. Consols 78i 4 Danish Bonds 582 iDo. for Ac. 8(41 Greek Do. 1825 15 Brazilian Bonds 593 Mexican Do. 1825, 632 'Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 31k Chilian Do. 35 Russian Da 861 4 'Columbian, 1824, 321 Spanish Do. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VIOE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—(Tpus DAT.) The Court was occupied this morning in hearing arguments in i causes, none of which possessed any general interest. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL—(Ttexs DAY.) (Before the LORD Crinsr JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) This being the last day of sittings before Hilary Term, the Court was occupied in disposing of undefended causes relating to bills of exchange. ADMIRALTY COURT—(THIs Der.) Lord STOW! L opened the Court this day, at the usual hour, land appeared in excellent health. DEMERARA ANI) BEREICE. The Kiwi's ADVOCATE stated that this case came before the Court upon questions arising out of the insolvency of one of the 'Prize Agents, appointed upon the capture of two Dutch Islands in 11796. Lord SrowEt inquired, what were the circumstances which occasioned such an extraordinary delay in bringing the case forward. The KING'S ADVOCATE said, that would appear in the progress of the case which he was just about to state. Lord Srowxr, said, he was particularly anxious to know the occasion of the delay, because he had received a letter from Dr. Pinkard, to say that he intended to have a petition presented to the House of Commons, praying that the case may be ordered to be dismissed from the Court. For his (Lord Stowel's) part, he could not perceive that the cage was brought into court until now. Sir C. RoßlNsos stated in continuation, that the mass of the booty coming to the persons composing the expedition had been lost, by the insolvency of a person named Desborough, who resi ded in the West Indies. ILord Svowxt—Who was Mr. Desborough ? Sir C. Romsow—My Lord, that will be explained in the case, and I really must be permitted to go on with the statem e nt. Lord STowitL—Yes ; but it is necessary that I should under stand, to enable me to go on with you. Sir C. ROBINSON resumed.—The first distribution took place, 'n 1819, when 18,0001. was distributed, and from that distribu- 1 tion no question arose. A further sum of 2,5201. was due, how-' ever, to the captors, and this sum was received in 1820 by Paton and Grenfell, who were agents for the military force employed in the expedition, and Cook, Halford, and Son, who acted as agents for the naval part of the expedition. Soon after the receipt of this sum, Mr. Paton, of the firm of Paton & Grenfell, became a bankrupt, and from his bankruptcy a deficiency arose which occasioned the present suit. The questions for the consi eration of the Court now were, whether Paton's deficiency should be made good by his co-partner Grenfell; and also whether Cook, Halford and Son, were not liable for the deficiency, the agency having been undertaken in conjunction, and the money paid at the Ordnance upon the joint receipt of Mr. Halford and Mr. Paton. In 1824 a monition went out, upon the petition of the Treasurer of the Admiralty, against Mr. Grenfell and Mr. Hal ford, calling upon both the agents' houses to bring in the full sum of 2,520/. ; and he now submitted that those parties were both accountable for that sum, notwithstanding the bankruptcy of _ Paton. Dr. Pnzr,Latoas said, he appeared for Messrs. Halford and Cook, who were the agents for the naval part of the expedition, and as the delay which had taken place was alluded to by th e Court, he thought it necessary to say, that no imputat ion of de lay could be made against his clients. They had originally re ceived half the sum in dispute, namely, 1,2601., but subsequently it was found that the army employed in the capture were entitled to no more than a moiety of the booty, and in consequence Mi. Halford transferred 4001. to Messrs. Paton and Grenfell. The balance remaining in hand be was always ready to pay, and would have dist r ib u t e d l ong s i nce , b u t was p reven t e d by an order from j the Privy Council, in consequence of disputes between the claim ants as to the proportions to which they were entitled. Lord STOWEL said it was perfectly clear that the delay had taken place in consequence of disputes between the parties, and he could not conceive how any one informed of the circumstances could attribute it to the Court or to any one connected with it. Dr. deNNEn appeared for Mr. Grenfell, who made an affida vit that the partnership whi c h h a d existed between him and Mr. Paton was dissolved in 1819, and notice of its dissolution regu larly published, aid that he never rece i ve d any part of the sum paid by the Ordnance in 1820, nor had any thing to do with its dissolution. The documents in support of the statements made by counsel, were then read and occupied the court until its rising. The case stands over for argument. SHERIFFS COURT, RED LION-SQUARE—(Tms DAT.) SIR. SHERIFF FAREBROTHEB. V. SPUR. In this ease damages to the amount of 2141. 1 is. Gd. were assessed against the defendant before Mr. Stirling, one of the Coroners for the County of Middlesex. Part of the money was advanced by the plaintiff in his capacity of auctioneer. A Jury had been summoned to institute an inquiry arising out of a writ of out lawry, which had been sued out against an Irish Baronet, now residing in France. The immediate object of the intended inquiry was to ascertain what property the defendant had been seised of at the issuing of the writ of out lawry, as th e l entering was then forfeited by him, to the Crown. Mr. CARTER attended to day for the plaintiff, ulo i s a solicitor; but in consequence of the absence of the opposite par ties, and in the hope of bringing about a compromiee, the inquiry was postponed to a future day. With the ♦iew of ascertaining the exact amount of the de fendant's property at the period in question, it was proposed to examine the trustees of his marriage settlement, one of whom is a nobleman. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. --";: - - sit reported that he had got on board the fleet. Lord Ponsonby I'd arrived at Buenos Ayres, and was well received. RIO DE JANEIRO, NOV. 2. The harbour of Rio presents a beautiful eight at present F r ., ench, E ng li s h, an d, Brazilian squadron of men of war : and q /is morning, the American frigate, Brandywine, and sloop of wa r , Vincennes, anchored in the harbour, and exchanged 441 ates with the respective squadrons and forts ; indeed ever since 1 hare been here, my ears have been stunned with the roar of a l:tillery. The Emperor, I suppose wishes to let his subjects .he has plenty of powder, if nothing else. The town is 'ell of t roops . Y ou cannot pass a street w i t h ou t mee ting a guard h 1., ° Y 40 ) and sentinels marching up and down the streets, and I taink, candidly speaking, every fifty men that I have met in my e xcursions th roug h th e c it y h as one or t wo e paulets on his shoulder. There is a large body of Austrian troops in the city (fine noble looking fellows,) who, I am told, are not much liked by the na futes. lam also told there are upwards of twenty thousand soldiersi ill the city a n d diff eren t f or t s , w hi c h I a m induced to think is pre tt y correct. I had this day a view of the Emperor, being his levee tl ay; he is r a th er a goo d l oo king man about 2 7 or 28 y ears of a g e. ,he rides through the city frequently unattended by any guards, in !' Plain citizen's dress : he is represented to be en active, intelligent 133 ", rather parti a l to the old Portuguese , having made the prin elpal part of his sel e ctions of officers from them which has rendere d r'l. rather unpop u l a r with the Brazilians. T he war with the e,nwa-Ayreans has destroyed nearly all t heir coastin g business, W hich has also tended to lessen him in their esteem. The L'ationa/ Ad v o c ate of the 28th December o bserves, there a pp ears 7„ be a good deal of peculation on t h e course which Congress take on the Colonial Trade. Some letter writers from washington say, that an effort will be made to close the inter course with th e British North American Co loni es , which the late Orders in Council still left open ; others again insinuate, that no su ch policy will be sanctioned by Congress ; a Correspondent is Inclined to the latter opinion, and we think it would be better licy for th e interest of thecountry to adopt this course ; because England refuses to negociate on the Colonial Trade under the influence of secret views there is no reason that we ,luauld get i n a pet and rupture our equal intercourse with regard to another, and distinct portion of her Colonies; ; t he best policy is to let the English Cabinet alone, and in their effort to grasp too much, they will dupe themselves; t hey then observe that the strange conduct of the English Govern jtneut springs from the designs upon Cuba, and their solicitude to 'attire all the trade of South America—they are even willing to l ueritice a portion of their own interests in the West Indies for that darlin g object; with regard to the trade of South America, the e nterprise of ou r merc h an t s , th e con ti gu it y o f th e two countries, and the friendship growing up between the citizens of both, will always form a sufficient check to British ascendancy in that point. The ,Spanish m erc h an t s o f t h e i nter i or o f M ex i co and Colombi a are Just getting into the practice of visiting New York for their yearly supplies ; this intercourse is rapidly increasing. The tran quillity which Bolivar appears to have restored in Colombia will give strength ad rapidity to its growth, the great bne of conte- : t ion, they add, n is now the Island of Cuba, and unles o s that p o int n is sa tisfactorily arrangedwill never be without cause of irritation ; they then recommend the American Cabinet to get amicable possession ,o,!' that i s l an d , an d to put i t b eyon d th e reac h o f any E uropean Power, which would be a master stroke of policy beyond even the' acquisiti on of Florida, and equa l to t h at of Louisiana. The s t atesman who could place Cuba under the power of the Amer-- can Republi c wou ld occupy a n i c h e , s id e b y s id e, w i t h t h e grea t Jefferson. Every movement of the American Government should b e directed to that great end. The Colonial Trade Question seems, by these Papers, to have el eited c ons id era bl e sore f ee li ngs i n t h e peop l e o f th e United States, and they content themselves, that although the trade di eet may be diminished, that as no country can furnish, on such 4r tos, supplies needful for the islands, that this branch of business w ul be therefore only transferred to other ports through the neutral islands, to the British West India colonies. The proposed law in France for the suppression of the liberty of Press, has met with opposition from all the friends of literature and the well wishers of their Country. At the head of this meritorious opposition, stands the French Academy, which has done itself un speakable honour by the manliness with which its mem be"have come forward at all hazards to vindicate litera ture and the mind of France from the degradation a l'd bondag e intended by the Jesuits. But the mag nanimity of some members of the Academy has been risited on them as a crime by their abrupt dismissal fr om offices—held not for political subserviency but as a reward for literary merit. The spirit which dictated this petty revenge was worthy of those minds Rho conceived the idea of destroying the freedom of the Press, and with it, the generous ardour for literary distinction among a people who have produced men of the first genius and renown. But the enemies of li beral knowledge will not profit by this attempt to enslave the mind of France. They may triumph in the Senate, but their momentary success will only redound to their own disgrace, and eventually Conduce the more certainly to overthrow their hypocritical system. It is only men who fear to submit their actions to public observation, that have °cession to dread the light of truth. A man conscious, ° f upright conduct will fearlessly meet the p u bli c scru-I t iny, and acquire more honour by the ordeal, because nia character stands above reproach—honour being th e rule of his actions. The Jesuits while in power, Sacrifice literary men to their spleen, but they will 11° t increase their influence by offering indignity to th °se who should have received favour as being orna 41ents to the country, and the benefactors of mankind. l i n another part of our Paper will be found an ad ertisement regarding " the Posthumous letter of the i uke of YORK," from which we gave some extracts, 44 t week. leas 'We understand from Mr. CLERC Sm mr, that he c/emanded from the Courier, the authority upon wh ich that paper declared the letter to be a fabrication, but has hitherto received no answer. We did not Touch for the authenticity of the letter, but We should certainly think any person calling him 'elf b ookseller to the Royal Family too respectable a tra desman to impose wilfully on public credulity. t fil e lett er may not have been actually written by the , lj " of YO RK , an d yet it may contain sentiments vhich he w i s h e d should go forth J to the public as his. It -t is rumoured that an overture has been lately made' ` o the M arqu i s of LANSDOWN to join his MAJESTY'S Q C orermnent, on the understanding that the Catholic uestion should remain as at present, open to the views W hich eac h Member of the Cabinet might entertain upon that subject. The Noble MARQUIS, however, ' i t is said, declined this offer, with a declaration that he Would never form part of any administration who were t lot agreed upon that i mportant question of State fPolic and determined to alter the presentlaws as eting his MAntsTY's Roman Catholic S lubjects. af- Gibralta Chronicles of the lit r Chr ink. h ave been received: t ot heir tontenta are unimportant. It contains not i ce of a Royal . 4-ler having b een i ssued at Madr id on t h e 9t h December, renew- I for three months the permission granted to Foreign ships on can6ttli an l as t, t o convey produce from the p orts on the pay ti t i an Sea t o t h ose on the ocean an d M e dit erranean, upon hi t ; of ditty of 4 per cent. ; and further makes known, that e,14t0 Y has ordered ships of war to convoy such Spanish yes sscx„,, carry _on that or the coasting trade. TIANorr.R, JAN. 12.—A Courier who arrived here last night brought the melancholy news of the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The King and the Royal Family, including his Royal Highness's brother residing here, are plunged into afflic tion by the loss, which is severely felt by the inhabitants of the three kingdoms, and as much as any where else in this country, here the recollection of the former abode of this highly esteemed Prince has left a profound impression of the great qualities which acquired him universal esteem, love, and attachment, as Prince of a part of the Country,' and as C o mmander-in -Chief of the British Army. The theatre is closed for the present. * The Bishoprick of Osnaburgh seems to be meant. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN AT DUBLIN. — The election for a successor to the ciric gown, vacant by the death of the late Alderman Exshaw, took place yesterday. Four names were sent down, after which a ballot took place, and the votes ap •eared as follows : .Dixon p a ilere f a r l— D D il‘i:lio u rrn b : / riot w L a lo s yd then declared duly elected by s :majority o qf Friday. RESURRECTION MEN. (From the Liverpool Vourier.) LIVERPOOL EPIPHANY SESSIONS. On Saturday last, Peter .31' Gregor and John Ross were ar raigned on a charge of having unlawfully opened graves, and carried away various dead bodies. They pleaded, Not Guilty. Mr. Caomrrox read over the indictment, and Mr. RAINCOCK stated the case for the prosecution. The Rev. James M'Gowan—l am a schoolmaster in Hope , street. In October, 1825, a person, calling himself John Hen -Irderson' applied to me to let bins a cellar under the school, which I did for 151. per annum. He said he was a cooper, from Gree r nock, but dealt in any articles he could get a profit by. The day !after, a quantity of casks were brought. The cellar was shut during several of the winter months ; and, after he and his !men came again, I frequently smelt a very disagreeable odour 'proceed from the cellar, which, they told me, was fish oil. In his cross-examination by Mr. BOTCH, he, the reverend gentleman admitted, that the men had applied to him to permit them to put glass in the windows ; he told them they might do ,it, but they never did it. . . 1 . George Leech stated exactly the same circumstances that he .;, gave on the trial of Donaldson. He related how the prisoner kßoss hired hie cart to convey the casks from Hope-street to the George's Dock-passage, and the proceedings which were adopted ,on the discovery being made. He said, about a week after the `last Sessions I was driving my eart up Redcross-street, when 1 saw the prisoner Ross coming up. He immediately recognised me and ran off. I and another carter named Hughes, chased 1. shim down Redcross-street, along Sea-brow, up James-street, • . k along Fenwick-street, round the Exchange, and into a privy in the Pig market, in Chapel-street, where we took him. 1 J. Hindley—l am a carter and live opposite to Mr. Mac- Gowan's cellar door. I have frequently seen the prisoners in the .-: cellar. The morning before the discovery I saw them heading the casks. I have not seen them since the discovery, until last Wednesday. About five o'clock one morning, before the die eovery, I saw the two prisoners come to the cellar. They had a '''sack. One of them unlocked the door, and they went in. I frequently complained about the smell ; they said it was cod oil. Cross-examined by Mr. ROTCH. —One evening, about eleven ,o'clock, I saw four men standing at the bottom of Hope-street : F they walked on. I was rather suspicious, and followed them along several streets up Crabtree-lane, where I lost them. lam k. ' sure the prisoners are two of them. On the Monday before the , Z discovery, the smell was so bad that after I had eaten my break-' r , fast, I was quite sick. E. Hindley—l am the wife of the last witness. I have fre quently seen M‘Gregor and Donaldson (who has been convicted) in the cellar. The men were generally there in a morning and r;afternoon. I told M'Gregor to take his stink away, but he gave ~,'z' me no answer. Cross-examined by Mr. HARTLEY—My husband frequently abused me about the stink. I said it was not me who made it, but it proceeded from the cellar. J. Hughes—l am a carter. A fortnight before the discovery, Ross and another man came to me at the Dry Dock, and hired my cart. I went with them to Hope-street, fetched an empty cask, took it to the salt-warehouse at the Dry Dock, got it filled with salt, and then conveyed it again to Hope-street ; Ross gave me two shillings. A few days after the last sessions, I was going up Redcross-street, and recognised Ross, when I and Leech pur , sued him, and took him in Chapel-street. J. Foster, a police-offieer, described the appearance of the cel lar ; he found three casks and three sacks, containing bodies, and two casks containing salt. T. W. Davies.—l am a surgeon. I was sent for to the dead house. I examined the casks brought from the quay, and the casks and bags brought from the cellar ; they in all conveyed 32 bodies, seven of which were those of children. I have every reason to believe that they had died a natural death, and been , disinterred. Cross-examined by Mr. Rorcx.—Studied medicine at Grey's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, in London. When I was there the price of bodies was about six guineas. I believe it is now much higher. The supply of bodies is by no means adequate to the demand. R. Nuttall.—l am employed at the White Horse, Dale-street. On the 4th November last a man brought a box to the office, di rected to " Captain Woodedale, Royal Marines, Mitchell's Lod gings, Edinburgh ;" he paid 2d. for booking and went away. Cross-examined by Mr. ROTCH-1 did not take particular notice of him. I cannot swear Ron was the man, but I think be was. J. Connor. —1 am book-keepeer at the White Horse. I was not in when the man brought the box ; it was heavier than the parcel; I usually carry ; I felt a very infectious smell to arise from it ; I opened it, and found it to contain the body of a female ; I sent for a constable, who took the box and its contents away. R. Foxdale.—l am book-keeper at the Golden Lion. On the 16th November last, about half-past nine in the evening, a person cams with a box, laid it on the counter, and asked had we any coach to Scotland. I told him we had. He said, the box con , tained books, &c. It was directed Captain something. I was rather surprised, and sent the boy over to the White Horse, to inquire the name of the person to whom their box had been di rected; he went, returned, and told me. I found this was the same. I said to the boy, "It is right; go and tell that friend of mine." The boy, understanding, went out, when the man set off is rnn. E. Hughes sworn—l am a porter at the Golden Lion, I was lent by dr. Foxdale to the White Horse. lam sure 141'Gregor is the man who brought the box. I followed him ;he was taken in High-street. Crom-examined by Mr. Borctt—l took particular notice of the man who brought the box. He remained in the office whilst I went to the White Horse. He must hare heard Mr. Foxdale tell him to go to the White Horse. lam quits sure M'Gregor is the man. Robert Ryley, police-officer, sworn—The prisoner M'Gregor was brought to the polies;-office. I searched him, and found two keys, a knife, and a cord. He told me, " the keys belong to two boxes in Scotland, and the cord is what I carried the box with." I went to the parish cemetery, in Mount-pleasant, next morning, and found that one of the keys opened the vault where ,the bodies are deposited. One coffin had been opened, and the body was gone. I received the box from Mr. Foxdale, it con ;Wiled a dead body. I sent it to the dead-house. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawn:Ey—The cemetery is within the boundaries of the town. The lock of the vault is a common one, and there is nothing remarkable about the key. Mr. ROTCU addressed the Jury in a very able speech, on the behalf of the defendants; and maintained that there was no evi dence adduced which proved the conspiracy between the defend ants ; and begged the Jury would dismiss from their minds any prejudice which they might have against the prisoners; and in giving their verdict merely confine themselves to the facts vihich had been laid before them. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. The REconnEw then sentenced them each to twelve months' imprisonment in Kirkdale House of Correction, and to pay a fine of 251. to the King. Before the sentence was pronounced the prisoners put in an affidavit, stating that they were poor and destitute; that they had been hired by the anatomical students at various universities, who offered them very large rewards ; and that it was their ne cessities, and not their will, that led them to traffic in dead bodies. Our readers may remember that Donaldsoa's sentence was for eighteen months' imprisonment, and pay a fine of 60/. to the King. ANOTHER WRECK AT STOTFIELD SKERRIES.-I Lossiemouth, 15th Jan.—" In your Paper of last week, I noticed frith much satisfaction the interest which . most of the town s i n th e no rth are taking with regard to the Light-houses in th e M oray Frith, and although there seems a diversity of opinion whether one erected at Tarbetness or Stotfield Skerries, would be most be neficial to the trade of the Country, I am satisfied that all are actu ated by the same laudable motives,—that of selecting the scite which is calculated to he most useful. I lament to say, that last night, the Aid of Dundee, James Gilchrist, Master, was wrecked on Stotfield Head_and melancholy to relate, every soul on board perished. The fragments of the vessel are strewed along the shore. There is seldom a season but we have to witness many similar disasters, and I am not aware that a s i nge acc id en t h a s happ ene d on T ar b e t nese , or itsimmediate neighbourhood, during the last twenty years."—lnverness Courier. At the close of Friday's sale of indigo at the India- House, 2,274 chests, including 930 belonging to the Company, had passed. The chief purchases continue to be made for foreign orders, although winch of the indigo brought forward bas been of low quality, and more suitable for home consumption. This fact, as indicating the steady progress made by manufactures abroad, is highly important, and ought not to he lost sight of by those who watch over the indication s of our national prosperity - , or the re ♦erse. The following have been the prices of indigo obtained:— Bengal, fine purple..... l2s. 10d. to 133. 2d. per lb. Purple and violet Fine violet 118 . 6d. to 12s. od. Good and middling ditto 10s. Od. to Ile. 6d. ! Good ♦iolet and copper Os. 6d. to 10s. 6d. Ordinary and middling ditto Ba. Od. to 9s. 6(1. IConeurning qualities OudQ, ordinary Middling to good WINDSOR, JAN. 21.—1 t was announced on Sa turday, that the KING would leave Windsor on Tuesday for Brighton. This statement, we believe, will be found to be perfectly correct. Such certainly is the present arrangement. His MAJESTY has not dined with his distinguished attendants since the death of his lamented Brother ; but we have great pleasure in stating, that his MAJESTY'S general health is very good. A few clays ago his Majesty was pleased to order that the servants of the different branches of the Royal Family should go into State mourning, with swords, &c. So that they have been obliged to have new and expensive liveries. The French Court wear mourning for the Duke of York eleven days. The six first days in black, the five last in white. The mourning began on Thursday last. It is said that the Lord Chancellor, having been recommended not to undergo the fatigue of attending the Duke of York's funeral, replied, that he would do so were it to cost him his life the next day.—Morning Paper. _ _ _ The several Masonic Lodges, that of the Prince of Wales (to which the Duke of York belonged), the Lodge of An -1 tiquity (the Duke of Sussex's), &c. have voted Addresses of Con dolence to the Duke of Sussex, the Grind Master , on the death of !his Royal brother. It may be justly said with Smollett of the immense house just finished for the late Duke of York, " It is thus, men' build houses of 1,000 by 500 ft., forgetting that of 6by 2."--, Sunday Paper. A gross error has been inserted in nearly all the Newspapers relating to the salary of the Commander-in-Chief, which has been there stated to be three thousand pounds per an num. We believe the pay of the Commander-in-Chief to be six teen pounds a day, with an additional large allowance for forage for a great number of horses, and other emoluments attached to the office, together amounting to nearly 10,0001. a-year.—Morn ing Paper. The Wood-cutters employed to fell the trees in Carlton Palace Gardens, by Royal command, suspended their de vastations when they had advanced as far as the Duke of Buck ingham's house; the Noble Duke having addressed a supplicatory letter to his Majesty, entreating that the trees immediately oppo site his Mansion, although in the Royal Gardens, might remain. The King granted the request. In the programme, given to the High Constable of Westminster, and other officers to whom the Arrangementg were entrusted, it was stated to be " the private farieral of his Royal Highness the Duke of York." The King of France was present at the Ball given by the Duchess of Berry, on Tuesday night last. A separation between a very high couple is talked of, in consequence of the lady's frequent visits to Geneva.—Sun day Times _ _ ARRIVALS.—The Duke of Leeds, from Hornb) Castle, in Bruton-street ; the Duke of Beaufort, from Badminton in Grosvenor-square ; Earl Howe, from Atherstone, at Bagley. The King's Theatre, Haymarket, will re-open to morrow, the 23d instant, with Pacini's comic Opera of Schiara di Bagdad, in which Signor Zuchelli, Primo Basso Cantante, from Paris, will make his second appearance. Frederick Reynolds's new Comedy is to be called " Edge-tools ; or, Covent Garden at Old Drury." The serious part of the plot is founded on the tale of Olivia Garcias, in his Town Memoirs ; but the comic plot is said to be so broad and ori ginal (ant, consequently, dangerous), that " Edge-tools" will, pro bably, die, and " make no sign," on the first night, or live, like John Bull and Pizarro, for a century. The Lessee of Drury-Lane Theatre having cleansed the Augean Stable, the real receipts of the Hence (exceedingly augmented by the introduction of new Check-takers) come into the treasury. During no period of Mr. Elliston's administration were such profitable returns made from the Pit, as during the last fortnight, although that part of the 'I heatre has often been equally full. There is nothing very wonderful in the " Brushing case in Chancery on Monday, except that Mr. Brougham was not retained."—A besont would be useful in that Augean stable. The reply of the Great Lord Peterborough to a Spanish Ambassador in his time might be a warning to Ferdinand 1" Estce que lo'n nacre lee rois cbez yous ?"—" 06; et on le mass acre' aussi." EARLY Hotirts.—A well-known gentleman in this town, after playing whist all night, rose from the table at six o'clock in the morning, and in reply to the remonstrances of the party against his going so soon, declared that he would not deprive himself of his natural rest for any man !—Manchester Gazette. During the reign of Francis 1., there were only two coachee in Paris ; one belonged to the Queen, and the other to Diana of Poicticrs. Men and women rode on horseback ; the greatest lords carried their wives behind them ; and this eustona lasted until the middle of the 17th century. When the Grand Duke of Tuscany died, he was laid out upon the bier in his full state costume, with his crown, sword, and emblems of his rank and office around him. The bottom of the bier was an inclined plane, which gave the corpse the appearance of almost standing upright, and nothing but the pallid, inanimate fact, and half-closed, glassy eyes, bespoke the ceremony to be funereal. ELOPEMENT.—A few days since a gentleman aged 37, a resident of Congleton, eloped on a matrimonial trip with a beautiful and accomplished girl aged 17. In order to deceive the vigilance of the father of the young lady ; the lover took his' beloved in a cart to Leek, whence they set out for Manchestei , and the would-be happy couple presented themselves at the Church door ; when lo! the father who had taken the nearer road through Wilmslow, arrived at the Church just in time to prevent the nuptials from being celebrated, and bring , back his single daughter to Congleton. --Macclesfield Herald. A LONG PIPE.—The coaches that run between Glasgow and Paisley, are now lighted up with portable gas. When one of the coaches was ready to start from Paisley the other day, one of our Manchester merchants who was inside, heard an old woman exclaim when she saw the gas, " Gude guide us ! hat they laid a pipe a' the way frae the cross o' Glueoe to this?— What will they do next r—Mancheater Gazette. " Our usual beau, besides the dear god-papa, was a Mr. Morris, the curate of the parish, an uncouth, gawky, lengthy man, with an astounding Westmorland dialect, and a most por tentous laugh. Really his ha! ha ; was quite a shock to the nerves—a sort of oral shower-bath; so sudden and so startling was the explosion. In loudness it resembled half a dozen ordi nary laughs rolled into one ;' and, as the gentleman was of a facetious disposition, and chorused his own good things, as well as those of other people, with this awful cachinnatioo, it was no joking matter "—Miss Mitford. LIBERTY OF TNT!, PRLIS.—in the new year's ad dress of last week's Lancaster Gazette, we are gravely told that it is " ridiculous and incongruous in a weekly provincial journal" I to discuss " high matters !!" For his part, the editor say. he shall " sit still in the old State carriage, and entrust life and lug gage to the coachman and guard." We wish our old friend, Billy Minshull, a pleasant journey !—There is little fear that he will run his " leaders" off their legs. We rather think he has never yet been guilty of employing any cattle of that description (of his own at least) during the former part of his journey.— Chester Courant. At the period of Wilkes popularity, every wall bore his name, and every window his portrait, in china, in bronze, or; in marble ; he stood upon the chimney-piece of half the houses of the metropolis ; he swung upon the sign-post of evert- village, and of every great road throughout the country. He used him self to tell, with much glee, of a monarchial old lady, behind whom he accidentally walked—looking up, she murmured within his hearing, in much spleen, "he swings every where, but where he ought !" Wilkes passed her, and turning round, po litely bowed.—Mirror. FROST.--The very frost itself is a world of plea sure and fairy beauty. The snow dances down to earth, filling all the airy vacancy with a giddy whiteness ; and, minutely iehdel i epected, every particle turns out to be a crystal star, the perhaps, of myriads of invisible eyes. The ice (hereafter des tined to " temper dulcet creams" for us in the heat of summer) affords a new and rare pastime for the skaiter, almost next to flying ; or suddenly succeeding to rain, strikes the trees and grasses • into silver. But what can be more delicately beautiful than the spectacle which sometimes salutes the eye at the breakfast-ronr n window, occas ioned by the hoar-frost dew? If a jeweller had come to dress every plant over night, to surprise an Eastern tut tan, he could not produce any thing like the " pearly drops," or the "silvery plumage." An ordinary bed of greens, to those who are not at the mercy of their own vulgar association., will some times look like crisp and corrugated eme rald, powdered with !diamonds. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S.—(Tara Mt.) FALMOUTH, JAx. l9.-- Wi n d N.E. to E., fresh breeees and cloudy.—Arrived, the Totnesa, Follett, from St. Michaels iw 22 days. Sailed, the Lord Melville packet, Furst, for Jamaica and Vera Cruz ; the Tyrian packet, Lieutenant Dwyer, for the Lee ward Islands. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Arrived the Triumph, Green, for the Cape of Good Hope and Bombay. Sailed, the General Pal mer, Truscott, for Madras ; the Sea Horse, for St. Michael's ; the Hon. Company's ship the Repulse, for Bombay and China, passed by the Wight this morning; His Majesty's ship Asia, for the Mediterranean station, went out of the harbour and remains at Spithead. LavaßrooL, JAN. 19.—Arrived the Bolivar, Crosby, from Charleston, sailed 19th December; Sir Neil Campbell, Scott, from Sierra Leone, sailed loth December. Sailed the Fame, from Malta ; Hope, - , for Terceira ; Victory, Jennings, , for the Isle of Man. Doran, JAN. 20 ♦nn 21.—Arrived his Majesty's packet Spitfire, from Calais ; and his Majesty's packet tape, front Ostend. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 19 AND £o.—Arrived the Eliza aryl Taste, Hare, from the Isle of France, tailed 6th October, and from the Cape of Good Hope Bth November; the Mary, of Workington, from Rio Janeiro, out 65 days, spoke on the sth January, in lat. 37. 17. long. 42. ; also the Agenoria ; also the Tenys, of Hull, from Charleston, on the Sd January, in lat. 33. 87. long. 43. 59., ' by the Eliza and Jane. The Columbus, Delane, from New York in 17 days, has arrived off this place. DEAL, JAN'. 20.—Wind N.N.E.—This day minute-guns were fired by his Majesty's ship Ramillies, ott the funeral of kis Royal Highness the Duke of York. His Majesty's ships Repulse and Herefordshire passed through last night. The Honourable Com pany's ship Duke of York, for India, ran on board his Nether land Majesty's brig of war Zwaluw, in the Downs, last night, about 8 r.st., and carried away the bowsprit of the latter ; the D. of York remains. His Majesty's ship Barham, arrived from the River, to receive the flag of Admiral Fleming, as Commander-in- Chief on the Jamaica station. The Duke of York has just sailed. Arrived the William Russell, for Brazils; John, for Pernambuco ; Marlborough, for Jamaica; Ocean, for Honduras; *Ad Triumph, for Bombay. The Juno, Oman, from London to Newcastle, was carried i." 4" Harwich yesterday, dismasted and abandoned. The Dart, from Sunderland to London, ran on Hasboreugh Sand on Saturday, and was abandoned by the ores. THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE.—(This Der.) The supplies of all sorts of Grain daring the pact week were good, with considerable7quantities of Flour. There is tkis morn ing a fair chew of samples of most kinds of Corn fresh up from the neighbouring counties. The heavy fall of snow this morn ing renders business very inconvenient on the Corn Exchange, the samples being mostly affected thereby ; the attendance is thin and the trade limited, so that the prices of every article may be reported nearly as quoted last Monday, except for a few very fine samples of Wheat and Barley, which have rather exceeded last quotations. Fine Beans are also in demand for seed, at rather higher prices. The Flour trade is extremely heavy. - PRICES ON BOARD OF SNIP, Wheat, Red (old) ....... White (old) ........-- Red (1826) 47s. 51s. —Mk (new) Fine rile 565. 58s. ----Harrow (new) (old) . 495. toes r*. Mk 424. 46e. -462. 51s. ~465. 240- ..465. $45. Brank -4. Oats, Feed 269. 30s. Fine 3os 325. ..-- Poland 302.335. Fine 34i 355. Potatoe .325. 314. Firm .........344. Vs. Scotch .365. 395. Flour (per sack) 46s: /es. 4411. 435. ---North Country AN. 453 Bran llr. , Superfl White (1826) .... 51a. 541 Fine --..---- , Superfine 655.636. Rye (new) 36s. 40s. Barley 33s. 355. .....----Fine (new) 36s. 375. ----Superfine 3Bs. 40s. Malt Fine s7s. 655. tease, Grey (new) ----Maple (new) ......---.White (new) 43s. 491 ----Boilers sos. ..35, ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURI/.31 LAS? AE=[. Prom Whence. r E 1: . 1,, 5 1 '' ' • s. , 6, n • Qre. Qra. Qrs. Qre. 42rs. Qea. Ir. e 4.1, AMborough 625 1636 43 °6 61 Alemouth l3B 35 2 Boston Cowes — 5 *-- 815 Colchester Harwich ALeigh 1531 267 , 229 263 131 ..... Maldon 1240 714 26 246 182 9660 Ipswich.-- I Kent Lynn — 617 Rye Southampton Southwold Stockton Wisbeach 220 Woodbridge BlO 1137 103 158 203 1050 Yarmouth Berwick . — 103 . —s Inverness ---.--- —.... 7274 5851 7126 2427 11 53 1116 nota IRISH Dublin — 780 ,-- .... —. Youghall — 1070 Po/1210N Antwerp — 1463 .... 1 190 18 _ Boulogne — 5 6 .... ..... Dunkirk — . 5704 61 406 — Gibraltar Hamburgh 627 143 1498 3 150 Harlingen — 1707 475 910 Havre Lanion — 347 Leghorn Marseilles Morla ix .... — Ostend — 205 I P° ~ Passages Pontrieux Rotterdam — 720 Treguer — 2286 -- --- --.--- --- __ Total 7901 .g QUA I bfl94 NTIIY —Rapes ieulp, AGGREGIAT Tares, .92—Linsee OF OT : eed, ,101 'ER K 1 OF FI 169 ULSIC. .Musta] la, 15. SMITHFIELD MARKET. 7 (Tius DAT.) --- 15014 l, 0.- - ----- - - -- ----- - - This day's supply, especially as regarded Sheep and Beasts, was limited from all quarters ; Bcef and Veal met with a ready sale, at about 2d. per stone beyond Friday's quotations ; but, though Mutton and Pork went off briskly, neither experienced an advance. PRICES rim STONE OF S LBS. TO 11)4K THE Orlate. a. d. tot. d. s. 4. to'. d• Inferior Beasts 1 2 3 6 South Down Withers . 4 2 4 6 Second quality ditto..., 3 8 4 0 Laage lotus, Calves.... 4 $ lia Prime large Oxen N 0 5 9 Prime 'mall ditto S 6 910 Prime Scots, is 9 2 5 6 Large Hop 316 4 1 Inferior Sheep 1 2 3 6 Small Porkers 4lO 5 2 Second quality ditto.... 3 0 310 Suckling Calve/I-15s. to 965. eav6. Coarse-woolled ditto... 4 0 4 2 Qnartsi old Plirs..loa. to les. etch. Boas tg. 9,102 SUFTLY, Al TEL C; I Sheep. 25,800 9 MIK iTATZ)IIO I7 9 I Calves. I 106 1 . GO NEWGATE ANDgton LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per e, by the Carew. a. cf. to a. cl. .. d. tag. 8. Reef Niutton On Tuesday morning, a woman named Margaret Afeany was found dead in her bed in a house at Carrick-on-Muir, with some marks of violence on her person. We hare not heard the result of the inquest.— Waterford Chronicle. yet seen any no ti ce t a k en o f i, and as th e c h arac t er o f th e CHARACTER OF M. DE VILLELE.—We lately perused a lively and interesting l etter in the New York States man, wherein the writer , who dates from London, Octob er 30, speaks of M. de Villele as o f one with whose his tory he is pretty this intimately letter it a French Aliniste r at this time cannot be a m atter of entire indiffe rence to our coun tr y men, we shall here transcribe a pa:elle from the letter to w hich we have adv erted—" In fact, the French Premier, though by no mean s equal to the English Secretary is ot h e r respects, is altogether a match for him in the essential re quisites of wariness and cunning. Like him, he has rise* to his , present exalted station ftom an early life of obscurity; and his i cqu thaienteltglileVlie h)a;ers not mind respectably endowed, though not really great, has been sharpened as he has continued to advance into life, by an insa- , tiable thirst both of power and aggrandizement. He We. an ad-1 vocate by profession. Having made up his mind to pursue the career of a politician, and a successful one too, he permitted no sense of propriety, no scruples of honour, to interfere with any means, however despicable, which could eubeerve his purpoae• • I" the presence of the high or the powerful, he was all abjection, and flattery. There was no degradation too deep for him, where any part of his system of rising was likely to be Pro moted. In the art of " booing to the great mon,' he outdid Sir Pertinax himself. In his avarice, he was a p erfect realisation of Overreach ; but he had the art of hiding the features of his character in such an insinuating exterior, that he passed for some thing like a model of disinterestedness and liberality. I have not leisure to trace him through the progress of his tortuous, yet er advancing career ; but you can imagine the expertness of his nduct, from his ultimate pa rticipation in the Councils of Roy y. 21, erpoo ev " L• • 1 Mercury.