The Sun. — London, England, 1825-12-17 00:00:00

WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ti WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY hereby g've no '', that an HALF YEARLY GENERAL COURT will S t !id9 Pursuant to the . directions of the Act of Parliament, pi k i T ne West India Dock House, No. 8, Billitet-stinare, 00 th l AY, the 6th day of January next, at One o'Clnek in ,i' If at which Meeting a DIVIDEND will be de. lured for the Half-year ending the 31st instant. India Dock House, Dec. 16, H N B — . 1 L 8,2 0 5 N . GLANDS, Sec. West I „..: • Ihe Chair will be taken at Two &Clock precisely. is PRICE OF STOCKS THIS N nk tit k .oc a Per Cent. Ited. 791 i 8 1 8 i oPer Cent. C ons . .Per Cent B4ll , 1 - 11 tto R e d. Per Cent. New !Mitt liatik Lon g A nn. 19 181 1 9 titock 04)itto Bonds ... 70 80 70 die. ' °l4l l Sea St 6.: FRICF.S or FOREIGN FI Austrian Bag, 5 p. cent. 90i 13 B razilian Bds 1825 Scrip ..oenos Ayres Bds Bds 6 per cent — eholomin h u o• do. 1824 ... 5Gi 5 64: 6 6 per cent lOO ( "o. 1825 Week Ws 4- ' O . 1825 55i 16 A lexica n lld s 5O N. 1825 58.1 i 1 i 79 81 oAy AT ONE O'CLOCK. OM Annuities New Ditto Ex. BillBlooo/.10. 40 6068 dis. Ditto 500/. 1;d.... 35 55 dis. Ditto Small 10. ... 10 20 dis. Ditto Advertised Bank for Acct. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Mexican Scrip Neapolitan, 5 per cent. Neapolitan do. 1824 Peruvian Bonds Do. Scrip Portuguese Bonds 7B 9.1 Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto New 90 Russian, New, 5 p. et. 8. 34 Spanish 1821, 4 per et. 133 12 i i 1823 French Rentes,s p. c. ---c. Exchange ... —f. 3 per cent. 62f. ex thy. --- Exchange ... 25f. 10c. PRICES OP SIIALIES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Anglo.Chili an Mi ning Company Per Share. • Rolivar Mining Company 13 4 Pasco Peruvian Mining Company 4i d ew United M ex i can M i ning Company 15 14 Welch I ron and Coal Mining Company Protector Fire Assurance Company British R oc k and Patent Salt Company TRICE OP IRISH STOCKS, DEC. 13. 6° Bank Stockl Mining Company l4 pm. v• Deb. 3_ i per cent.... 944 A St. Patrick Insurance. i I dis. (;!Per cent. N ew do. 1004 i Patriotic ditto ov• Stoek, N per ct. ... 891 R Royal Irish Mining s' ° ' l3o ls 3 per cent. .(I.oyal Canal Stock i,*land Canal Stock Provincial Bank - !tto Loan, 4 per cent. ... I Fish Shares Ditto Ditto, 6 per cent. ... 70 I New Brighton FOREIG MAILS. ARDIVED. I)UE. 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 -1 0 L n isuer asey oa and Jersey b Gottenburgh Ilatnburgit - Holland Flanders Malta AL lpt, : 1 , . 1 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO MOlt ROW. ng, 53 ininuts after 7. j Evening, 19 minuten after B. rir l r, Iv LA Q ItSUN. OLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, ~ ,t 2'[.7RT) AY EVENING, DECEMBER 17 I'ls. THE FUNDS. C onsiderable agitation was produced yesterday arte rnoOn in the City, when the fact of an issue of i Notes by th e B an k o f E ng land was ascertained. s teral pa rce l s o f o ld O nes we r e dispatched to Country Bankers—the only parties to whom this ne w issue of p a p er h a s been made. The result o f this measure on the country circulation is awa ited with anxiety, great difference of opinion Prey. • ailing on that point. If that class, through lth ose hands 1/. n o t e s may be expected to circu late in place of sovereigns, should manifest a disi nclinati o n to this substitution of public, for p r ivate paper —th e a dvantage gaii;ed in point ot ime, would be more than counterba auced, by the probable reaction consequent on a failure of the attempt to reintroduce this species °f circulation. True it is, that with the excep tion of the County of Lancaster, the circulation of krold ot • n i s intercepted by the notes of Count ry B anks, and a preference may b e g i ven to tho se of the Bank of England. The late runs upon Country Banks have , nevertheless for ced sovereigns into circulation in many dis -I:icts, where they were comparatively un "%lvo to the labouring classes whether u Prefere nce to go ld w ill be manifested, is the Problem, of which a solution is so anxious ly desired. That this issue of a currency so uni versally obnoxious is, to say the least of it, a l ' re cautionary measure, dictated by the great and incr easing t dem a nd for gold, it is impossible to l eu Y* The step was not taken w ithout due del iberation, nor can it be doubted that the Go vernor and Directors of the Bank suggested solid grounds, on which the acquiescence of the Ca binet Was given. In such a crisis, it is, how ever futile to assign reasons merely palliative of th e measure. Such, for example, is that of thp • - Inconvenience arising from the weight of g(11-1 ' Waiving minute calculation, we may as 6Ut", without risk of material error, that twenty thousand sovereigns do not greatly exceed 400 Pounds weight. This surely is no great ac cession of burthen for four horses, especial- IY a s on such a journey, there is naturally an e ' t emption from the usual incumbrance of luggage. Three persons of average weight, with the usual quantum of travelling luggage, will form an bg gregate weight of 5001 b., and if t o this e added, that of a servant, it is considerably more. If the demand for gold bad coati- nued, the coffers of the Batik might have been drained to the last sovereign, and although a considerable stock of Guineas might have remained, as well as of Bullion, neither would have supplied the place of Sovereigns for the emergency of Country Notes of only one pound. The necessity of exacting a shilling from the holder of a 1/. note in exchange for a guinea, would have been an insuperable obstacle to that rapid payment, which can alone arrest the progress of panic in a country town. A general expectation prevailed this morning, that the determination of the Bank to resume their issue of small notes would lead to a more liberal scaleof discounts, which would - be felt, by an improvement in Consols. The market, contrary to such expectation, opened heavily at 81+ although it had previously been ascertained, that ,he reports in country letters, were on the whole more favourable than had been an- ticipated. Suspensions of payment by seve ral Banks, chiefly in the Midland Coon.' ties were indeed noticed, but w hit an apparent confidence, that the suspen , ion would in most cases be only temporary. A decisive contra diction of the rumoured stoppage of a West India house, tended to confirm the tranquillity by which the agitation of the week has been succeeded. The Consol market has, however, been heavy up to 1 o'clock, and the quotation of ConsOls, which have been at 81+, is only 81a 1.. Large sales have been made in the Three and a half per Cents., which have fluctuated from 87i to 841. Reduced have been sold from 791- to 784. Et is understood, that one of the heaviest. accounts on the market, amounting to three millions, has been made up. India Bonds have been done at 'various rates of discount, from 70 to 80. Exchequer, RlOOO, from 40 to 50-56-68 discount. P5OO Bills, 35-55 dis. EIOO Bills, 10-20 dis. That the condition of affairs has been mate rially improved, is incontrovertible. In London, the Runs on Bankers have subsided, but the Country Banks, Is ith the Manufacturing and Mercantile Interests, have yet to pass the ordeal. FOREIGN'. Foreign Securities have declined generally. A rumour is current in the City of a Procla mation to suspend the exportation of Gold being about to appear, but we can trace the report to 110 authentic source. The French Papers of Wednesday were re ceived this morning, but they contain nothing of the slightest moment. The following extract, however, gives a fuller and better account of the Turco Egyptain fleet than has hitherto reached ns, as it -enters more into detail, and shews us from whence the vessels of which it is compos ed were obtained. The Journal -de Paris places the cost of this expedition at the enormous sum of fifty millions of piastres.—According to the Journid des Debuts., the French Chambers will meet for the dispatch of business. on the 25th of January next. We.find in these papers no remarks on the state of the. French Funds, which, Nvere quoted at three o'clock on Wednesday as.follows For the end of the month. Five per Cent. - 95 f. 50 c. Three per Cent. - - 62 f. 50 c. which gives a decline of 50 rents. in the first, and an advance of 40 in the latter. The following are extracts:— . " The day before yesterday we announced the disembarkation at Navarino of part of the troops from Alexandria. We can now give further details : The disembarkation of the troops and munitions of war terminated on the 9th November. The corps destined to reinforce the army of Ibrahim - Pacha imme diately commenced its march for Tripolitza, under the com mand of officers, who waited the arrival of the &eat Navarino. The Ottoman Squadron' i; composed of the following ships : Ships of the Capitan Pacha.—Thirty-one, viz. 9 frigates, 9 corvettes, 10 brigs, and 3 schooners. Ships from Algiers--Five, viz. 2 frigates, 2 corvettes, 1 brig. • Ships from Trippli.—Four, 2 schooners, 1 corvette, 1 brig. Ships from Egypt.—Twenty-nine, viz. 2 frigates, 1 corvette, 16 brigs, 9 schooners, 1 steain-bOat. European Ships.—Twerity-seven, viz. 7 English, 8 Austrian, 3 Sardinian, 1 Neapolitan, 5 Spanish, and 3 Tuscan.—Be.idcs 1 American ship, 10 fire-ships, 26 transports frOm Alexandria. In the spiole 133 sail. But it is to be remarked that France is not concerned in the expedition. A part of this force is destined to operate against Alisso longhi, for the reduction of that place is considered cer tain at Constantinople for it will now be attacked both from land and sea. Several private letters from the' lonian Islands announce the arrival of one division of the Turco Egyptian fleets at Navarino, and they add that another division had been attacked by the Greek fleet off the island of Cerigo, but the re sult was not known. Ibrahim Paella whose head quarters are at Tr i p oli tz a, s cours the Noma in different directions with his detachments, with a view to maintain his c ommunication, and to disperse the bands of Moreotce, which have formed themselves anew. Cala mate is again besieged by the Mussulmans, as also is Leondari. and other places of importance. Several detachments have separated from Colocotroni, in consequence of the want of money and provisions. The European Counsellors of the Porte have persuaded the . Government to continue the campaign through the winter, and It edschid Pacha has received orders to employ every means to hasten the departure of the Albanians and Etolians. When the Capitan Pacha has completed the disembarkation of the troops in the Mores, he will sail for the. Gulf of Lepanto, in order to undertake a new attack upon Correspondent d'Ailemave.) • • We read in the Aristarque that the Chambers will be con voked for the 24th of January, and that the Archbishop of Rheims is about to receive a Cardinal's hat." Hamburgh Papers to the 13th December, re ceived this day, bring us dismal intelligence of the damage done by the - stormy weather lately experienced in different quarters of Europe. It is said that at Copenhagen, on the 26th and 27th o f November, the tide rose to an a l arm i n g height, an d destroyed almost all the repairs of the dikes that have been made with great exertions since the inundation of the 3d arid 4th o f February last ; and at Elsinore it reached a point six iilhes higher than at that period.— T he Glasgow frigate was obliged by the stormy weather to put back to Eisinore. It is thought that the batterie.s of Cronenburg have sustained some injury. On the 28th October a dreadful storm did great damage at Moscow. The roofs of 90 public and private buildings, and ,of six churches, were blown off; and in the Black Sea three ships were stranded, one of which perished with •the whole crew. The others were greatly damaged, and the fate of two others is unknown. The following are extracts ; ST. PETERSBURGII, Nov. 15. The new British Ambassador, Lord Strangford, arrived on the Bth on board an English frigate at Cronstadt, and came here on the 9th with a numerous and brilliant suite of diplo matic agents and English naval officers. HA:sinußon, DEC. 6.. Our Senate has appointed Mr. E. Weber to be Consul- General for Haniburgh in Haiti. ST. PETSBURGIi, Nov. 26. The Senate has enjoined all Ma.*istrateS to take care that the same weights and measures are used throughotit the Empirein, the buying and selling of corn. The Hague Courant of the 14th December received this day, has long accounts of the pro ceedings of the Second Chamber of the States General in debating on the Budget of 1826. In this debate the establishment of the Philosophi cal College, which has excited so much uneasiness in the Netherlands, was attacked with much virulence, and pronounced by some of the mem bers as a violation of the Constitution. We sub join the following hriefaccount of these debates: — In the Sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General, the tLbate on the Budget for 11126, was commenced. In this debate M. de Strassart said that he considered the Philosophical Collarc as a proof of the generous and equitable sentiments of the King. 3i r. Surmont de Volksberg he thougla the college an institution which might excite disagreement, and which was not called for by necessity or even by any advantage to be expected from it. He thought it not good that the Ecclesiastical Superior.. had not the smallest influence in the nomination of the professors; he conceived that it would be better to take measures to improve the system of study in the seminaries. He hoped the King would consider the objections made to the philosophical college, and revoke the decree of 14th M. Gerlache, in a speech an both- long, contended that this college was an institution at variance with the manners and the notions of the nation; that Church History and Canon Law were very nearly connected with theohigical studies ; and therefore belong to the seminaries, and should therefore not be included among the sciences taught in the . Philosophical College. These objections, however, do not hinder him or the preceding speak ers froth voting for the budget. 31. de Seeus thought the College a violation of Art. 190, apd 191 of the Constitution, ;and for that and other reasons voted against the budget. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURGII, DEC. 9.-35. 8. ; 2 Us., 35. 5. ST. PETERSBURGIT, Nov. 25.-10 h. LElrsio, DEC. s.—Three months, 6. 143. BERLIN, Drc. 6.—Three months., 6. 254. V IEAT VA., Nov. 30.—Three months, 9.45. ANIS"! EILDAM, DEC. 13.-49 1. ; two months, 39. 8. The subjoinel letters from Napoli di Romania and Constatitinople, extracted from the Oriental Spectator received this day, thew : the alarm of the Greeks and the hopes and expectations of the Divan. How far these hopes are likely to he realized we cannot say, ,but well founded as they must be acknowledged to appear, still much may yet. be done by the insurgent forces, if union and consistency are to be found amongst tl►em. The intelligence here conveyed, is simply the arrival of the. Turco Egyptian fleet off Candia, but we yesterday . gave account of its having reached the port of Nava rine, and commenced under the direction of the Turkish General h►mself, 113111141A1 l'AcnA, the disembarkation of the troops it brought. Every thing in this quarter announces the, approach of a crises which must be fatal to one or other of the beiligerants NAroLI DI RoZIANIA, OCT. 19. The Greek Government, in its ;dam,. has sent to Athens and to several islands to require troops, but no succour has yet been sent to it. Admiral Allan is c,tti4ng, with about 70 sail, between Candia and Scarpantn. A letter front Santorin, of 15th October, says—" About 35 creek ships lie at anchor off' our island. waiting for the Turkish fleet from Alexandria. We do not know .what they inten:l, Lut we feel that the crews daily cane on shore, and plunder and lay waste the neighbour ing country." CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10. The Porte having received official news that the fleet had passed Ceriga under full sail for the Morta, hopes that Ibrahim Paella, with the aid of the reinforcements it . . brings, will be able to subdue the whole of the Peninsula, ‘ And therefore put an end to the insurrection at once. A levy of 1,500 horses has been ordered here by the Porte, which are. intended for the Alorea.—(Allgemeine ZAtring, Dec. 9.) . • By an arrival from Quebec, we have received papers from chat City of the 17th, and from Montreal of the 16th of November. Their con tents are not:of, political interest, but we make the following t.‘tracts:— IRAIIIICH I .SUFF)3IIERS, A Meeting of the inhabitants of tht: District of St. Francis was held at Sherbrooke on the sth inst. Mr. Justice FLET HER, in the Chair to devise means for assisting their fellow subjects in distress in the Province of New ilrunswicir, .oc casioned by the late fires. Gentlemen were appointed for that purpose in the several - townships of the district Who were to keep an exact list of the' names and places of abode of , the Contributors, or .of such designations as they may respectively choose to adopt for the .purpose, with the sum subscribed by each,la eider that the same may here after be published in the St. Francic Gi27.Clie, or such other newspapers as may be thought proper, and to account for and pay over the same hereafter to the treasurer, so that tile whole of the monies to be collected may be transmitted by him froth time to time in one or more aggregate sums fb the principal Com mittee, for this purpose, in NeW Brunswick, or their agents in this province. We had a fall of snow last night which covered the ground, but the weather is comparatively mild. There are still about 60 vessels in 'port, and some of them are but partially loaded. It appears probable that all these vessels will be loaded before the cold sets in.' We have had no arrivals for a week past, and from the large number of vessels lately lost in . the Gulf, we fear that those due, if they have not put into some of the • lower ports, will be found among them.—Montreal, Nov. 16. ( Quebec Popes'.) The Provincial Parliament has again been prorogued until the 3d January.—(Monircal Herald.) • We are desired positively to state, that the report which appeared in a Paper of this morn ing, of the failure of Messrs. IL, E., and R. FOSTER, Bankers, of Cambridge, is entirely with out foundation. Yesterday a•Board of the Lords of the Trea sury was held at the Treasury Chambers. _ _ Ou Thursday Mr. kontscuiLD attended seve ral times at the Treasury. _ _ Yesterday the Marqui ,, of HASTINGS transacted business at the Secretary of State's. Office for the Colonial Department. _ We understand that the Directors of the Bank of England have, in addition to the very large supply of specie sent into the country, issued some one pound notes, to take the place of the small provincial notes in districts where the failure of Banks has occurred, being intended as a tem porary measure to relieve the distress in those districts. We understand that Miss ITAMMERSLEY, of Covent , garden Theatre, .was this, morning mar ried at St. George's Church, Queen-square,.to . - the Baron de KOLtt; THE KING. WlNnson, DEC. 16.—His MAJESTY arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon, soon after two o'clock, in a close carriage, attended by outriders, from the Royal Lodge in the Great Park. His Majesty proceeded down the Long Walk into the Little Park, and first inspected the exterior improvements along the east part ; he then directed his attention to the south of the building, and afterwards entered the Quadrangle through the New Gateway. His Majesty visited the suite of rooms which are getting in readiness for his occupation, and there is now no doubt but they will be fit for his reception next autumn, at the latest, for his winter residence. His Majesty appeared in good health and spirits, and remained at the Castle nearly two hours, when he returned to the Royal Lodge. His Majesty is ex pected to take his usual airing this day. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, tke. The Countess of Sandwich, for Hinchinbrook, Huntingdon shire, for the holidays ;'Hon. George Anson, for A therston hall, Warwickiliire ; Major Ellis, from Liverpool to Dublin'; Col. and Mrs. Clayton, from Shrewsbury, to Bath; Lady and Miss Stoughton, from Alnwick, for Bath. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. Sir John Harrington, Baronet, at Berkeley-square, from Brighton ; his Excellency Count Lieven, from Brighton; Charles Tyreil, Esq. and family, from Suffolk; W. Powis, Esq., from a tour ; John Rolls, Esq. at Long's Hotel, Bond street, from Paris ; F. Morgan, Esq. from Paris ; F. Morgan, Esq. at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street, from Hants ; F. Nunes, Esq. from Hants; J. Campbell, Esq. from Suffolk ; .1. Pigott, Esq. at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-:;treet, from France ; J. J. Guest, Esq. from Wales; Sir H. Vivian, from Beechwood. - BATH ARRIVALS.—Hon. 'Miss Broderick, Hon. Miss Mon tague, Hon. Captain Boyle, Sir E. Hartopp, Baronet; Sir R. Church, General Drummond, General and Mrs. Patterson and family, Colonel and Mrs. Bligh, Col. and Mrs. Crookahank, Colonel and Mrs. Strode, Colonel WoOdforde, Major and Mrs. Stuart, Captain and Mrs. Rancour, Capt. and Mrs. Hancock, Captains Barrett, Cockrane, M'Donald, Thornton, Thornhill, Thomas, Turner; Rev. Mess's. Gunning, Knapp, Malthus, New, Royer, Stafford Smith, Tucker, Townsend, Wiggett, Wilson. Yesterday being the Birth Day of Prince Leopold, the same was observed by his Royal Highness's tradespeople, illumimi nating their houses. The Duke of York has arrived in town from the seat of Mr. Greenwood, near Sudbury, Suffolk. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at his seat, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, from a tour. , Earl and Countess Gower have arrived at Castle Howard, Yorkshire, from a tour. Sir William Curtis has been confined to the house, and par tially to his bed, for several days, at his Marine Villa, at Rams gate, in consequence of a violent inflammation of the lungs and chest ; hut it gives us sincere pleasure to state that the highly respected Baronet is fast recovering from this severe attack. CONSULTATIONS OF MINISTERS.-The Earl of Livzstroor, and the CHANCELLOR of the Excn r- QUER returned to London yesterday morning, about half past ten o'clock. In the course of the morning the Minis. ters were busily engaged with most of the Cabinet Minis ters in London, and various public anti official Gentlemen.— Messengers were dispatched in different directions without any cessation, till some of them were quite exhausted. The con sultations were held , at the house of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and of the Earl of Liverpool, but principally of the lat ter ;, in tact, the Noble Earl's house was in a constant state of bustle during the wholeday, and probably a more important subject never occupied the attention of any Minister, especially under such , extraordinary circumstances. At two o'clock the Earl of HarroWby, the'liord President of his Majesty's Mo,t Hon. Privy Council,. arrived. in town in his travelling chariot and four, havitravellea with great speed from his seat in Staffordshire.- The NOble Earl, after an interview with Mr. Secretary Canning for some time, went to the Earl of Liver pool's house in Whitehall-place, and joined in the consultation with the Earl of Liverpool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Melville, Mr. Huskixson, and Mr. Secretary Peel. The Noble Earl returned from the consultation to Mr. Secre tary Canning, at • the Foreign Office.—k four o'clock in the afternoon, a very important Meeting took place at the Earl of Liverpool's house, consisting of the Cabinet Ministers most conversant with Finance, viz.:—The Noble Earl, as First Lord of the Treasury ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Berries, and Mr. Harrison; Mr. Secretary Peel, as Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England ; John Pearse, D . q., S. Thornton,. Esq., and another Bank Director; some of the Com missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt ; S. Higham, Esq: Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners. The:Meeting continued in deliberation till half-past five o'clock, when the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors of the Bank, returned to the Bank of England. The Cabinet Minis ters and Official I :entlemen remained in consultation till near a quarter past six o'clock. . -- THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND. — Itisconfi dently said that this Nobleman has made a libera provision for the unfortunate Lady whose Grand. father declined a legacy of 60,0001. in favour o his Grace's family. It is understood, however, that the Duke does not wish to have this act of benevolence, in behalf of the Lady, generally known, gut it is proper to violate the delicacy of the Noble Donor for the honour of human na ture, HAYMARKET THEATRE .--An entire change in the interior of this convenient Theatre, it is said, is to take place before the opening of next sea son, and, from what we learn, the audience part is to form the segment of a circle. The last season it seems was uncommonly productive. The reception of KEAN in America affords a striking proof of the vicissitudes of fortune. This man raised more money than even GARRICK did within a similar period, though a comparison between them would be like that of " Ossa to a wart," yet if he should be driven from the stage, he mustbe dependant on the Theatrical Fund, founded by the late Mr. H ULL, though his name is never mentioned at the Anniversary Festival of its Members. It may, however, be fairly questioned, whether KEAN'S private conduct should ex pose him to so severe a fate ; for if mankind in general were to undergo a rigid scrutiny, " whO would escape whipping ?" SHAKSPEARE. — It is not a little gratifying to our national pride to find that the works of our unrivalled Bard are in such high estimation as to call for new editions, though we have innumerable collections of his dramatic 'treasures. We recently noticed a forthcoming edition from the correct and beautiful Chiswick Press, with the powerful recommendation of an Essay on the Life and Writings of the immortal Bard, by Dr. Sysissoss, the learned and elegant translator of The .zEasis, and we now learn that there is another edition from Mr. PICKERING, embellished with a great number of excel lent engravings, from designs by STo•rSIARD, one of the best Artists of the present day, an Artist with a vivid imagination and a skilful hand. It appears that the enterprizing individuals who undertook to raise the riches lying at the bottom of Vigo Bay, are likely to meet with the fullest success. They have already raised a great quantity of silver plate for the service of the table. This plate was part of the cargo of a ve ssel which was wrecked in 1701 : it has the arms of Spain, and the date 1691. They have also secured; by the aid of the diving-bell, a cannon, and cannon-balls, and a part of the deck of the vessel. As soon as the weather will permit they will resume their labours. A !ready 12 vessels have been discovered, and marked out by buoys. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION. ROOM, DEc. 17. Cowls, DEC• 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Anna Louise, John Knaack, from Hamburgh for Rio ; Lmann, Sweelderup, from Hamburgh for Jamaica; Hindriette Frederike, Meenke, from ditto for Oporto : Tartar, Baker, from Amsterdam for Dublin ; Lembranca, De Barras, from Hamburgh for Ma deira, very leaky; Oudemeening, Kelf, from Antwerp, wind bound.—Passengers per the Ottawa—Dr. Robertson, of the 70th regiment ; Assistant-Surgeon Crawley, 68th regiment ; Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Lloyd, Messrs. H. Atkinson, Tress, and P. Sheppard ; the remainder of the 37th regiment, under the command of Adjutant Dyer; and the detachment of non-com missioned officers of the 76th regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Kennedy. [FROM LLOYD'S.] PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 16.--Wind W.S.W.- - Arrived his Majesty's ship Espeigle, from the Cape of Good Hope ; his Majesty's ship Pelter, from Halifax • Ottawa, Douglas, from Quebec in 27 days. The Woodbridge and the Maria trans ports, were to leave in five or six days for Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind \V.—Arrived the Betsey, Ogen, from Cadiz ; and Polidora, Ficke, from Hamburgh for New Orleans. FALMOUTH, DEc. 15.--Wind W.--Arrived the Jane, Silvers, from Sunderland for Lisbon. Sailed the Magdalen,. Le Rose, for Jersey ; and Active, Banks, for London. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Alexis, Cross, from St. Vallery ; Rosalie, Haan, from Amsterdam'; Peter and Jane, Viscent, from Cape Breton ; Eleonor, from Sicily ; Shamrock, Hay, from Sicily ; Shamrock, Hay, from Lisbon ; Cambria, Cook, from Campeachy, last from Cork ; Ontaria, Wells, from Quebec ; and Liverpool Packet, Adams, from Virginia. DEAL. DEC. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived the Scotia, Dale, from Alicant; Caledonia, Cawse, from Smyrna ; Lebanon, Blake, from Tarragona; Fortune, Backlin, from Leghorn; Richmond, Middleton, from Denia ; Mevagissey, Andrew, from Messina ; Alert, Cuthbertson, from Petersburgh ; Ste phen, Dodd, from St. Ann's ; Eglinton transport, from Malta ; and Henry Cox, from Jamaica. Arrived from the River and remain th e Arundel, Ford, for Jamaica ; Britannia, Evans, St. Kitt's ; Amazon, Todd, Alicant; Charles, Milne, Tobago; ' Bruce, Sim, St. Lucia; and the Branstone, Giver, for Boil carlo. The outward-bound remain all well. • Arrived off Doyer the Grenada, Anderson, from Bengal. The Star, Becket, from Dantzic to Plymouth, was on shore near Dantzie the .sth instant, full of water. The Dandy, Gibbs, from London to Amsterdam, was on shore near Harlingen the 10th instant, but expected to be got off. The Aurora, Schroder, from Pillaw to London, - put back the Ist instant, leaky ; cargo shifted, and would be obliged to dis charge. The Paragon, Pool, from Petersburgh, was lost on Ame land the Bth instant. , 1, 5 % 4, 11 t 3 . 41, - 4 .2 - r .C.l i r ' :'1:41,-ir_17.:... - - 4 / . ..i7 t - " 4 !.. j' -.. *> . , 'S.St v ~ ...v.tlf.›.- ,- _,C-1 .. v i. - -Air') 0 - 1 - li - - \ •-"-i* A 1 4 fli, . 44 It THE ARM Y. The depot of the sth (Northumberland) Regiment of Infan try is ordered to embark, from the He of Wight, en board the Zephyr transport, for conveyance to Tynemouth. A detachment belonging to the 74th Regiment of Foot has arrived, on board the Arah transport, at rortsmouth, front Halifax, and is ordered to Chatham, for the purpose of pro ceeding from thence to Edinburgh, to join the depot of that corps, which is at present stationed there. The depot of the 42d (Royal Highland) Regiment of Infantry has arrived, on board the Susan transport, at Edinburgh, front Cork, where it is to be stationed. The depot of the 91st (Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot has received orders to march from Edinburgh, to Perth, where it is, for the present, to be stationed. ANECDOTES, &c. ASIASSIN.--The origin of the word assassin in' its present application is not generally known. The following brief account, collected from various sources, will afford the necessary explanation. The word assassins is a corruption of Hussunes, a tribe of fanatics, who appeared in Persia about the eleventh century, and whose leader was called the Old Man of the Mountain. Their religion was founded in I.llnhani medanism, with a mixture of the Sooffees of Persia ; and one of their leading dogmas was the metempsychosis, to which they added a belief of the divine inspiration of the imans. 'A blind obedience to their chief was, consequently, one of their principles of action, and they were accordingly sent by him to foreign courts to murder the objects of his hate, and were also hired by other Princes for the saine purpose. Hence the mo dern idea attached to the term assassin. The Oriental histo rians make frequent mention of their enormities, as do likewise the historians of the Crusaders, with whom the adaptation of the word to its present signification may have originaLcd. • lirsTorticAr, 1, lIENOM kNA.— 1 is a si:iZula r fact, that Parliament has assembled on a Sunday, in conce quence of the death of the Sovereign, no less than three times during the present and the three preceding reigns ; in George I. on occasion of the death of Queen Anne ; in George 111.,- on occasion of the death of George H.; in George IV. on occa son of that of George 111. It is also equally singular, that the reigns of the first three Edwards should have occupied a space of time considerably exceeding a century ; and that the reigns of the first three Georges should also have occupied a similar period ; Edward I. ascended the throne Nov. 16, 1272 ; Edward 11. July 7, 1307; Edward 111. September 21, 1327. These three Monarchs ruled England for one hundred and four years, seven months, and twelve days. As the reign of the late King terminated on Saturday, the 27th of January, .18'.:(1, the time occupied by the reigns of the three Gearges was one hundred and five years, five months, and twenty.nine days. CHRONOLOGICAL NOTICES.—The third riiod proposed in the duration of the World (ton? the Crea , ion to the present time, stands in connection with unitersei History as follows ; —The Year of the World then was 4332—the Year of Christ 383. This was in the 3d year of the 290 Olympiad 1135 years after the building of Rome—the 9th year of the reign of the Emperor Gratianus, and in which he was killed by Maximus. The year of Julian Account was "569," - 's ---the I iro year of Damascus, Bishop of Rome—the sth of the reign hi' Fe-gusus, then King of Scotland. Medogisilius, the first King of the Vandals, had then reigned two years. England was then subject to the - Romans. • lIUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS or HOUNDS IN TIIE.ENST7ING His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Belmont Cottage, 111 aidenhead Thicket ; Frid ay, at the Magpies, ikounsow Heath. The East Essex Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Aldham Hall. The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Monday, at A bbot'a Wood. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hallow ; Friday, at Beedon Hill. The Somerset Subscription . Fox Hounds, on Monday,. at Combe, Sydenham ; Wednesday, at Kennel, Nettlecombe ; Friday, at I gingham Brake. Sir R. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Thingrarn Gorse; Tuesday, at. Staplesford Moor ; Wednesday, at Gate Burton ; Thursday, at Nocton House; Saturday, at Welling - ore. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcharn ; Wearies day, at the Race-course ; Friday, at the Dyke. The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket Hill ; Wednesday, at the Kennel, Ilford ; Friday, at Tellescomhe Tye. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Moralay, at Eton 'Wood ; Thurs day, at Bradby ; Saturday, at stone's Gorse: Sir G. Sitwell's Hounds, on Tuesday, at the Kennel; Fri day, at. Brightside Bridge. Mr. Muster's HOurds, on Monday, at Clipston ; Tuesday, at Pitsford ; Thursday, at Badby Wood ; Friday, at Preston. The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Burton Wood ; Fri day, at Gransden Kennel. GENERAL Rooir..—Tfiere is a . letter in town from a British naval,ofEcer, dated from the coast of Peru, in which it is stated one of .our Naval Commanders entered into the port of Callao, with the intention of offering his mediation between the Spanish Governor RODIL and the Patriots, and that he might be instrumental in saving the life of so brave a man, by conveying him to Europe. He was received in the most hospitable manner, and notwithstanding all the rumours, he partook of a ,very handsome dinner (perhaps got up for the occasion). He speaks of liodil, who, •in the most polite man ner, declined all interference of the British officers, saying he would defend the place to the last, and would die at his post, as became a true Spaniard. lie is described as a man about four feet and a half high, with a long heard, a gentleman in his manners, at the same time of the most determined charac ter, and, notwithstanding his diminutive size, that the British officer says he would delight to fight alongside him in a good cause. 1