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I'llE LONDON JOURNALS. DA I LY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Jan. S, 159.5. [TH E TIM ES.] The Message of the American President to Congress, dated the 7th of December, has been brouLeit to us by the Nero York Evening Post of the 9th. it is not m erely as the last Message which Mr. Monroe will ever communicate in his character of President, that we consider this an interesting production. To a lover of humanity and of public liberty it possesses the valuable qualification o f describing an amount of national prosperity, e njoyed by a people who speak our language, and are cemented to Englishmen by a common blood and lineage, superior to all that has been recorded of any community on earth.--To wards foreign States the President indulges a spirit of uniform and impartial good will. Aloof from the atriities and heart-burnings of the Old World, he disavows all share in those systems of policy which engage, combine, or distract the European Powers. The balance of power in Europe is de clared to he a thing indifferent to America. The growth of the new Republic, near neighbours to the United States, the sympathy between their respective institutions, are dwelt upon with na tural exultation by Mr. Monroe ; and, we are happy to see, reiterates the maxim that no enemy from Europe ought to he permitted by the United States to molest or disturb the independence of South America with impunity. It is announced as a reasonable expectation, that Portugal will shortly recognize the sovereignty of Brazil. Eng land is spoken of in terms of cordial respect and amity. The abolition of the slave trade is pro nounced to be an object " near the heart" of 1 both nations. A treaty was signed between the two Governments, making 6 ' piracy" of that hor rible traffic ; and though some practical difficul ties had arisen in the execution of the treaty, it is understood that they are likely to be removed. — Some differences relative to the frontier line are also in the course of adjustment. With regard to France, there are complaints suggested on the subject of her delaying to indemnify America for spoliaiions committed on the commerce of the latter during the late war with Great Britain. — The President has succeeded in arranging with Russia the questions which had been raised by Alexander's claims upon the North-East Pacific. The finances of the Republic are progressive and prosperous. - The whole amount of the public debt is about 80,000,000 dollars, Or a little more than one-third of the annual taxes paid. by the people of the United Kingdom. The Sinking Fund appropriated to its redemption is 10,000,000 dollars, or one-eighth' of the debt, whereas the Sinking Fund is 1-160th of the debt of pn g land. The Retentie of America is 18,500;000 dollars, or a little more than 4,000,0001. sterling, osnetwelfth of the income drawn from this-nation by the Government. In that small amount of taxation the demands of the Sinking Fund are included. In eight years, since . the Ist of Jan. 1817; the United States have paid off 37,500,000 dollars, or little less' than one-third of the then existing National - Debt! So much for comparative finance. Nevertheless, it is well known to com mercial men connected with that country, that a loan for 8,000,000 dollars having been opened to pay off six per cent. stock, and to bear an inte rest of .41- per cent., the subscription to that loan has not yet been more than half completed. We observe with satisfaction the cordial and affec tionate manner in which Mr. Monroe recom mends to the Legislative Body a consideration of the merits of M. de La Fayette, and of his ser vices to American freedom. The spirit in which this recommendation is likely to - be acted on may be jodged from the' reception given to the brave and virtuous object of it, by the Senate and House of Representatives on the 9th of Decem ber ; each of these bodies'appointing committees to introduce him 'to their respective-Chambers, and rising when he entered, addressing him col lectively through the Speaker, and paying him afterwards their individual respects. Who does not envy La Fayette's feelings ; and still more the feelings of those who did him this homage ? Upon the whole, the speech of the American President would repay the most studied and pro found attention ; and, as we have already hinted, might be taken as a useful model for great pee sonages in other parts of the world, when they profess -to enlighten their subjects by a Royal view of the national interests and concerns. The result of the votes for the new President is as follows : - _ • For Mr. Adams - 74 For General J ackson - - 44 For Mr. Crawford - 32 Mr. Clay has too few to give him any chance of success. There are still 107 votes to be given ; hut as the President must be chosen by a ma jority of two-thirds of the electors, it is under stood that no election can take place ; and there fore the a ppointment of Chief Magistrate will devolve upon the House of Representatives. [MORNING POST.] The ship New York, which arrived at Liver pool on Thursday, has brought New York Pa pers to the 17th of December. They reached us at a late hour last night, and we have extracted from them the whole of the President's Message, a copy of which had a few hours before been re ceceived in town through the medium of the Glasgow Courier. This document extends to such a considerable length as to leave us scarcely any room to comment upon its contents, which are however, both gratifying and important. It sets out by announcing the realization " of the most sanguine hopes which had been enter tained of the public prosperity." The growth of the United States as a nation is justly re presented as rapid beyond example ; and that of every particular State as commen surate wish the whole: whilst the great va riety of wants- and productions amongst them strew n to form a domestic market s. nd an ac-: Live intercourse between the extremes,. and through i'verY portion of the Union, which operates to render it perpetual. The relations with Foreign. Powers i are. described as of a friendly character, though certain interesting differences remained unsettled. with some. The revenue, under the existing system of import and tonnage was adequate to all the purposes of the Government ;—agriculture, commerce, manufac tures, and navigation flourished ; the fortifica tions were advancing, and the Navy was aug menting to the limits prescribed for it by law ; and for those blessings, which cannot fail to make countries rich and powerful, the President invites the people to offer grate ful and unceasing acknowledgments to the. Almighty. With Great Britain, the commercial intercourse of the United States rests on the wise and liberal principle of reciprocity. Much re. gret is expressed that no arrangement should have been finally concluded between the twe countries, for the complete suppression of the Slave Trade. This is certainly a matter of con siderable regret, but it is one which we did not anticipate. We recollected that an Act had been passed last year by the British Parlia ment, to keep pace with that understood to be in progress at the same time before the American Legislature. We also remembered that a treaty for the suppression of the Stave Trade had been signed and ratified by our Government, and we little imagined that any thing had *arisen to frustrate, or at least to delay the completion of an arrangement which seemed to have received its final sanction. It now appears however, from the correspondence which has passed on the subject between Mr. Quincy Adams and Mr. Rush, the American Se cretary of State and Envoy to this country, and Mr. Addington, our Minister at Washington, that the Treaty in question had been ratified by the British Government as at first concluded, under the expectation that it would not be made a sub ject of renewed discussion in the United States. In the mean time, however, it. had received some alterations in Congress, and our Ministers con tended that " a second and qualified ratification could not be given, without impairing the dignity of the Government by the implication that the former ratification had been an act of the Sove reign performed in vain." The differences, however, are said by the President to have been reduced to a point not of sufficient mag nitude to be permitted to defeat an object so near the heart of both nations, and so desirable to the friends of humanity throughout the world ;" and we trust that his statement will prove correct. The Convention for settling the hn. portant question as to the claim of Russia on the North-West coast, concluded at St. Petersburg!), was to be laid before Cona b ress together with the information required by a resolution of the Senate as to the effect produced on the rela tions with Spain and Portugal, by the recogni tion on the part of the United States of the South American Republics. With regard to those States, the President notices that a Charge d'Affaires had been received from Brazil, and Ministers Plenipotentiary from Colombia, Chili, Guatimala, Buenos Ayres, and Mexico. 4 treaty of commerce has been agreed upon with Colombia.—The account given of the Ame rican finances shows them to be most prospe rous. The receipts into the Treasury last year' exceeded the expenditure by 3,000,Q00 dollars. The public debt, which in 1817 was 123,491,965 dollars, was now reduced to 79,000,000 dollars, and 10,000,000 were set apart as a Sinking Fund for its further reduction. In fact the view presented by this able and im portant DocumAil, the last which Mr. Munroe will have to deliver of the internal condition, trade, manufactures and external relations of the united States, is one calculated to rejoice all who feel interest in the progress of nations towards prosperity and perfection. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Message of the President of the United States presents a most favourable view of the situation of that great Republic, which seems destined to exercise one day so powerful. an influence on the natiOns.—" The receipts at the Treasury during the current year, exclusive of loans, will exceed 18,500,000 dollars, which, with the sum remaining in the Treasury at the and of the last year, amounting to 6,463,99.2 dollars 81 cents., will, after discharging the cur rent disbursements of the year, the interest on the public debt, and upwards of 11,633,911 dollars 52 cents., leave a balance of more than 3,000,000 dollars in the Treasury on the Ist day of January next (instant)." It appears that about one-seventh part of the debt will have been paid off this year. The President sup poses it will all be paid off in ten years. Since 1817, it has. been reduced from 323 millions to 79. millions, notwithstanding the large sums expended in the construction of public buildings, the'erection of fortifications and arsenals, the augmentation of the navy, the extinguishment of the Indian title to large tracts of fertile territory, the acquisition of Florida, &c. It is gratifying to learn that many of the Indian tribes are making steady advances in civilization. No fewer than thirty-two schools have been estab lished, containing 916 scholars, who were well instructed in. several branches of literature, agri culture, and the arts. ,The number of persons who received education in Russia in 1816 amounted to little more than 40,000. The Pre sident, as Was to he expected, speaks with due admiration of the gallant efforts of the Greeks. • ETIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.] We'have received a copy of the Message to the American Congress, and give to-day such parts of it as are worthy of general considera tion. It is, as usual, a glowing picture, though as free from exaggeration as possible, of the in fluence which good Institutions, with a wise Government, have upon the lot of a People. Their' good effects are so perceptible in the present instance, that they offer a most tri umphant refutation of the miserable sophistries which issue - occasionally from the Imperial Presses of Vienna and St. Petersburgh. If we compare the situation of the Americans, as it is described in the simple language of their Presi dent's Message, with that of the subjects of their Imperial Majesties, how the contrast strikes us ; vs - - it 'confirms those political predilections which we share in common with all freemen. lii one country, we see every thi►►g having a tendency to make man what his Creator intended him to be, lending itself to this grand social consumma tion—universal education, cherished ; industry encouraged ; person and property enjoying the most perfect protection ; and the population in creasing with a rapidity to which we can find no parallel, and what is more extraordinary, without the vice or misery with which it is too often accompanied in other countries. We may use this language now, in speaking of the Ame ricans, without hurting the prejudices or the pride of a single rational Englishman ; for their prosperity, instead of proving a source of alarm to us, has materially contributed to our own ; whilst their emulation in the arts which we cultivate in common, had served only to call forth the energies of our national character. This is so true, that the wealth, commerce, and power of England, have advanced at a pace fully as ra pid as that which• has characterised the progress of the Americans since the establishment of their independence. Yet, for half this period we were involved in a war of unparalleled expence ; and, in spite of this drawback, we have no reason to fear a comparison. The external re lations of the United States present as favourable an aspect as their domestic interests. The same spirit of justice and moderation animates both ; and the results are the most perfect concord at home and abroad. Their foreign policy, as it regards Europe,consists, according to the Message, in cultivating peace and friendship alike with all nations, and in carefully abstaining from all inter ference in their disputes. But this abstinence does not extend to transactions, where European and American interests are mingled ; and here the Mes sage assumes a lofty, though not an assuming tone. It states distinctly, that any attempt to interpose by force in the affairs of the new States of the American Continent will be regarded as hostile to the interests of the United States. This im portant declaration is made without the slightest air of bravado, but it will tell better on this ac* count ; and the simple and almost indirect man ner in which it is made will encourage no Eu ropean Power to slight it. In speaking of the relations with those new States, the Message con tains no novelty, except a hope that it expresses that Portugal will speedily recognize the inde pendence of Brazil. The American Papers,from which we have copied the President's Message, contains intelligence of a recent date from Mexico, where some slight disturbances ap pear to have taken place, but more the result of a bad police, than of political discontent. — When the Government consolidates itself, dis orders of this description will be of more rare occurrence ; and we cannot feel any surprize at the insecurity of person and property, that still prevails in a State so newly erected and so im perfectly organized, when we recollect how slow we were ourselves in obtaining good police regulations : even those which we now ha v e, are very far from perfection, but such as they are, and they are incomparably better than they were a few years since, they date their origin in a great measure from the commencement of Mr. Secretary Peel's Administration, as head of the Home Department. There is a loose re port of a second victory over the Spaniards in Peru ; but the confusion that marks the rumour, may be accounted for by the circuitous mode of conveyance, without overturning its -probability. Though it does not mention the precise corps that has been beaten, nor the place where the engage ment was fought, yet as it concurs with a.- former report, and with the circumstances of the hostile forces, as described in the last official advices, we are disposed to give it credit. It is represented in the mean time as a complete victory, the enemy being reduced, it is said, to a state of nullity. [NEW TIMES] The feeling produced by his Majesty's recog nition of the South American States has been quite electric. Throughout Great Britain the measure will be received with one universal gra tulation. The name of Mr. Canning is honour ably associated with an event which tends to secure the blessings of civilization and hide _ pendence to so large a portion of the globe. It is not merely that he happens to fill the office of Foreign Secretary at the moment of the recognition, but that he has . for,,above a twelvemonth so ably and so steadily jvuoued a policy directed to this great result. The. depen dence of the Spanish Colonies on the Mother Country had de facto ceased. The Kingdom of Spain and the Indies had become a vain and empty hypeitole ; but still the Spanish Cabinet might, by judicious and temperate measures, have secured to their Sovereign great advantages in a new arrangement with the Independent provinces. The disinterested anxiety which Great Britain shewed to promote such an arrangement, entitles her to the gratitude of both parties. Mr. Canning from time to time urged the Spanish Ministers to adopt an enlightened policy suited to the occasion; but as they appear to have constantly shewn an infa tuated blindness, on this subject, it has at length become necessary for the British Government to act independently of the wishes or pretensions of the King of Spain. There are many important points to be regulated in our commercial inter course with Mexico, Colomhia,and Buenos Ayres, It cannot be supposed that people like the inhabitants of those regions can all at once have' attained the most enlightened notions in respect to their commercial policy. There are imposts to be removed—there are vexatious regulations to be abolished—there is a freedom in the exercise of religion to be secured ;—on these and numerous other points we may easily believe the powerful mind of Mr. Canning has been long employed, and the all-powerful in fluence of Great Britain will now he exerted in securing them by Commercial Treaties. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Paris Papers of Wednesday are filled chiefly with articles relative to the new projects of law. Some of the journals have not yet finished the Speech of M. de Martignac. The Royalist indemnity is the subject of every conversation ; all parties agree in objecting to the mode in which, according to the project of law, the Board of Claims is to be constituted.— M. de Villele, with his characteristic love of arbitrary power, has proposed that it shall consist of four Ministers„ and three Coun cillors of State, to be named in the law ; and:that if any claimant shall be dissatisfied with the judgment of the Board, he may appeal to the Council of State, who are appointed and removed by the Ministers. The whole disposal of the six hundred millions of indemnity will thus be entirely at the good will and pleasure of M. de Villele and his colleagues. With them alone it will rest to decide who shall partake of this vast gratuity, the largest ever bestowed in the history of mankind. The appearance of the project for the reduction of the Rentes has ex cited a great deal of surprise, after the re jection of the former project by the Chamber of Peers last Session. It is remarked too that the Minister of Finance has rather a singular notion of distributive justice, when, in order to indemnify one class of public sufferers, he seizes on the property of another. The rise in the Fends on Tuesday is ascribed to the activity of the jobbers employed for that purpose. On Wednesday the Rentes declined to 102 f. 95c. — No legislative business was transacted on Tues day, excepting that in the Chamber of Peers four projects of law were introduced on various subjects. The third related to the regulation of Convents, and the mode of allowing them to obtain or succeed to property. The fourth was for the repression of sacrilege ; this is a favourite object with the French Clergy. We shall be somewhat curious to see what sort of a measure they have proposed. By the Etoile it appears that Ferdinand of Spain is carrying on the work . of " purifying" and proscribing as vigorously as . ever, against men and books. [MORNING HERALD.] The Convention agreed upon between the Go vertu - Rents of Spain and France for the continuec occupation of Spain by French troops has beet published in the Madrid Official Gazette. The terms appear to be those originally stated. — The French Army of Occupation is reduced to 22,000 men, who are to occupy Cadiz, the Isla, Barcelona, St. Sebastian, Pampeluna, Urgel, Jaca, and Figueras. They are to be clothed, fed, and provided in every respect by Spain. One of the provisions in this Convention is whimsical enough—it is that the French troops shall retire at the good pleasure of Ferdinand, as if the very act of occupation did not make Ferdi nand a nullity in the hands of the occupant Power. If he wanted to get rid of the French against their inclination, his only resource could be applying to some other foreign Power. There is one thing in this Convention which proves the wretched state to which the King of Spain is reduced. It would be too odious to surround his person with French troops, and he dares not trust his safety to Spa niards. In this predicament an expedint has been adopted. Independently of the 22,000 French troops occupying the fortresses, two regiments of Swiss are to remain at Madrid to attend the King's person, jointly with Spanish troops. There were formerly Swiss Guards in Spain, as well as in France, and under this colour Ferdinand commits his safety to foreigners. It would seem, how ever, that the Swiss Cantons, which made the capitulation for the service of these re giments with the King of France, is not at all satisfied with their being left in this manner at Madrid, wholly cut off from the French army. The apprehension is, that they may be attacked and overpowered by the Spaniards, who, whatever their imimosities of party among themselves, agree all in one thing—a cordial abhorrence of foreigners—especially when those foreigners are placed in a situation so insulting and humiliating to the Spanish nation. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN'. 7. This day the Adjourned Sittings were commenced before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE at Guildhall. BRETHERSTON v. BoswooD. This was an action on the case, brought by Mr. Bretherston and Mr. Waterhouse, against the defendant for negligence in driving their coach, by reason whereof a person of the name of Amos suffered a severe bodily injury, for which they were obliged to pay him the sum of 4001., and this sum they now sought to recover. Mr. SCARLETT, Mr. MARRYATT, and Mr. ARCHBOLD, were .for the plaintiffs, and Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. ALDER SON for the defendant. The circumstances of the case were these : The defendant was engaged as a coachman by the plaintiffs, in the early part of 1823, to drive the Liverpool mail from London to Coventry. —On the evening of the 2d of June, in that year, he drove the coach from the Swan-with-two-NeckS, in Lad-lane, to born bard-street, and after taking up the mail-bags, he proceeded on his journey. The pavement in the p oultr y being under repair at that time, the - coach was obliged to take a circuitous course by Charlotte-row and Bucklersbury, in order to get into Cheaside. It appeared from the evidence for the plaintiffs, that when the defendant mounted the coach he was not per fectly sober. On approaching the turn of the street at Buck lersbury, he drove the near-wheel horse on the foot-way, and the splinter-bar came in contact with the' corner house. In stead of pulling up the coach as he might have done, he lashed the horses on, and the result was that the coach was overturned. Mr. Amos, who was an outside passenger, was thrown under the coach and violently bruised. His legs were lacerated, a partial mortification ensued, and a portion of the bone of the let , was in consequence discharged. He was confined to his bell for nine weeks, expended on his cure a sum of 3851., and was not likely ever to be restored to the perfect use of his lower limbs. He brought an action against the plaintiffs, who, upon inquiring into the circumstances, paid him 4001. The accident being wholly the result of the defendant's negligence, they now proceeded against him.. . For the defence it was shown that there were several other pro p r i e t o rs of the Liverpool mail, who were notjoined in this action, and who had paid their proportions to the compensa tion of Amos. Therefore, the present plaintiff's could at best recover only the proportional sums - which they - had contributed to Amos. It was attempted, also, to be shown, that the acci dent arose not from the misconduct of the defendant, but from the circumstance of a mare, called the Cambridge mare, having jibbed, or hung back at the turn of the street, as she was very much accustomed to do. But it turned out that the Cambridge mare was not harnessed to the mail at all that night, and the horses employed were the regular ones, and perfectly quiet and tractable. The Jury, under his Lordship's direction, found for the plaintiffs—Damages 651., being the proportions which they had paid, leaving it to the other co-proprietors to bring their sepa rate actions. THE NEW COURT.—Several improvements have been effect ed in this Court since the last sittings. Stoves have been erected under the floor, which diffuse an equal degree of warmth throughout the edifice. A part of the floor has been Matted, and the walls are hung with the portraits of the Judges, which decorated the old Court. These paintings have been cleaned, and in their present situation they look to advantage.— There is still considerable difficulty in hearing. The seats for the Counsel behind the bar ought to have backs to them, and the floor beneath them should be matted. It is but justice to add, that the general aspect of the Court Is creditable to the taste of the architect, and to the opulence of the Corpo ration of London. MILITARY OCCUPATION OF SPAIN. (From the Madrid Gazette of the 28th of Dec.) CONVENTION BETWEEN THEIR CATHOLIC AND MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTIES FOR PROLONGING THE STAY OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN SPAIN, AFTER THE IST or JANUARY, 1825. His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain and of the Indies, having judged that it would be useful to continue in his States a part of the French Army beyond the period of January 1, 1825, in order to give time for the complete re-organization of the Spanish Army, and to consolidate the re-establishment of public order ; And His Most Christian Majesty the King of France and Navarre, desiring to give to his Catholic Majesty a new proof of the lively and sincere attachment which be feels for his august person, and to confirm his legitimate authority for the welfare and prosperity of his people ; Their Majesties have resolved to conclude, in order to effect this object, a new convention, and have named Plenipotentiaries. to that effect,— His Catholic Majesty, Don Francisco de Zea Bermudez, Knight Pensioner of the Royal and distinguished Order of Charles 111., Councillor of State, his First Secretary of State, President of his Council of Ministers, &c. &c. ; And His Most Christian Majesty, the Sieur Charles Joseph Edmund de Boislecomte, Knight of the iloyal Order of the Legion of Honour, his Charge d'Affaires to his Catholic Ma jesty, &c... Who, having exchanged their full powers, drawn up in good and due form, have agreed to the following articles : Art. 1. The French corps d'armee at present in Spain shall be reduced to 22,000 men, to take place from January 1, 1825. 2. These troops shall be stationed in the following places:-- Cadiz, Isle of Leon and its deperdencies, Barcelona, St. Sebas tian, Pampeluna, Jaca, Seo d'Urgel, and St. Fernando de' Figuieras. 3. Independently of these troops, a brigade, formed of two Swiss regiments, and commanded by a General Officer, shall re main at Madrid, and in such of the Royal residences-where his Majesty may be, to do service near his person, and that of the Royal Family, jointly with Spanish troops. 4. All fortresses at present occupied by the French troops shall be evacuated, with the exception of those which are desig nated in the second article ; and the troops which make no part of any of the new garrisons shall return to France at the period (Jan. 1, 1825) fixed by the present convention. 5. The French troops are to furnish the garrisons of the cities and fortresses indicated in the second article. The military command of each of those cities and fortresses shall belong to the French officers provided with a letter of service to com mand in it, and the relations of the French Commandants with the Captains-General, or with the Viceroy of Navarre, in the cities where the two authorities, French and Spanish, are united, shall subsist such as they were established by the last conventions. 6. The French Commandants will apply to the service con fided to them the provisions of war, which are found in the , fortresses occupied, and which are to be furnished by Spain. None of the arms, munitions, or magazines, forming the provi- , sions for the fortress, are to be withdrawn but with the approval and consent of the French Commandant who may be there sta tioned. 7. His Catholic Majesty engages to provide for the establish ment of barracks, magazines, mateliel for the hospitals, convey ances, military rations, provisions for a siege in the fortresses, and to make all repairs and other arrangements which, may be considered necessary. ' 8. The tams fixed by the tenth article of the convention'or ; 9th of February, for the expences of pay, maintenance, equip ment, and clothing, which constitute the differences between the peace and the war footing, being reduced in proportion to the number of the troops, remain fixed at the sum of 900,000 francs per month. 9. Measures shall be concerted, between the two Govern ments to establish the amount of the expences mentioned in the sixth article of last June, and to secure their reimburse ment. _ _ _ 10. His Most Christian Majesty only leaving troops in Spain in compliance with the request made by his Catholic Ma jesty, these troops shall be withdrawn as soon as the parties in terested shall judge it necessary; having regard to the reser vations contained in the sixteenth article of the convention of the 9th of February last. 11. All the clauses of the convention of the 9th of February, and the regulition which is annexed to it, those of the conven tion of the 10th of February relative to the service of the mili tary posts, which are not modified in the new arrangement to be concluded between the two Governments, founded on the present state of things, and all those of the convention of the 30th of June, which are not contrary to the present stipulations, shall continue to have full and entire effect during the whole period of the present convention. 12. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifica• tions exchanged with the least possible delay. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries, in virtueof their full powers, have signed the present convention, and have affixed to it the seals of their arms. Done in duplicate at ~San Lorenzo de l'Escurial, December 10, 1824. (Signed) EDMOND DE BOISLECOMTE. .(The ratifications follow, of their Most Christian and Catlin lie Majesties, bearing date Dec. 3, and Dec. 113, 1824. .. • SCARCITY OF FISH.—The state of the winds have been such, that for some time past fish generally has been very scarce, and consequently dear. Yesterday morning,“ Cod all alive, oh !" was remarkably so, foulemoderate sized fishes having sold at Billingsgate, first hand," for the moderal' sum of seven guineas. Sad news for the gourmand ! SAND SHOWER.—A shower of fine whitish sand fell at Mendoza, South America, on the 13th of August+ . froth a dark cloud, which covered the whole of the city. ,A„ similar phenomenon took place to the distance of from 30 to 4?, leagues south of the city. COAL MARKET, JAN. 7. I I Ships at Market. Ships la -so Price. A' 60i Newcastle - - 191 -30 s Od to as r 6 9 Sunderland - - 5 -39 s 6d to 43 s v"' COURSE OF EXCHANGE, January 7. ,t Amsteidam Ditto, at Sight , ._ _ Rotterdam Antwerp l2 3 Hamburgh 37 0 24 VW Altona Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto rlourdeaux t ditto Berlin - Frankfort on the Main . .... 1514 Ex. Mor; el Petersburgh 9 : •,i Vienna lO 0 Trieste lO 0 Madrid .• . 36 Efrecli ril Cadiz 354 Etrecti'l Bilboa ' • 35i Melt. Barcelona Seville Gibraltar 5l Leghorn Genoa . 44Y-Venice, Ital. Liv 27 Malta Palermo Lisbon Oporto . slf Rio Janeiro . .. 1 Bahia soi Dublin .... 9} Cork 9} pet Cent. BULLION 'ortugal Gold,in Coin 1.0 0 0 per Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 New boublooils New Dollars 0 4.101 Silver Standard in Bars, 0 5 Oi BIRTH. At Hampstead, on the 7th in'st., the lady of T. P. de Rour e ' Esq., of a son. MA lED. Oa the 7th inst., at Greenwich church, Mr. Richard St l „ t e of Suffolk-street, Southwark, to' Anne, daughter of the Major-General Andrew Burn.' At Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land, on the th of A ur a, 1824, Captain Bingle, to Miss Mary Cross, late of the Stra° London. Printed hnd Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the S v OFFICE, No. 112, strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS• DIED. a atli On Sunday, the 2d inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the i" year of his age, Edward linight, Esq., late of Sloane-st ye e C helsea. ri 4 Yesterday morning, at her residence in Aldermanifir Anna, second daughter of Benjamin Fayle, Esq., wife 01 * Benjamin Babington. d e. On the 6th inst., at Hampstead, in the 6th year of hit 4 P Henry, fourth son of Edward Henry Nevinson, Esc" •