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MAGAZINE DAY. Magazine Day again ! We had fully intended, at the commencement of a new year, to be very generous in our extracts from the most popular periodicals of this month, so as to render three, at least, of our numerous columns, amusing, instructive, and varied. " But how," says Sul tan Memnoun, in g The Rambler,' "are the good intentions of mortals frustrated," an unusual. press of matter has left us little else but the inclination ; and, instead of show ing ourselves off as particularly generous, we are compelled to become unusually parsimonious. In the course of the month, however, we will amuse our readers with occa sional desultory extracts, so that they may still have the different Magazines anatomised for their gratification, though not all ". at one fell swoop," like the children of Macduff. But enough ; proceed we now to business. BL ACKW OOD'S MAGAZINE. The." Noctes," as usual, are full fraught with humour and sound observation, "de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis ;" whenever Christopher wishes to encourage a young hand at the pen, he sounds the puff preliminary in Ins " noctes ;" the self-satisfied Avglit instantly replies with a note full of admiration frotr, beginning to end ; a rejoinder, accompanied by a 'To - Jest for his contribution is then dispatched by thew}, l bibliopole ; and our tyro is straight way announced e.nong the additions to the month, it may be to the year, "i'h e present Number is in all respects worthy of its prede',:essors; but our limits prevent any minuter observati , i n s on it. THE LONDON MAGAZINE. We regret much that our space this month prevents us from noticing the very able article, entitled " Adventures of a Foreigner in Greece," which does credit to this Ma gazine. Its details respecting the death of the famous Greek warrior Marco Botzari and his Suliotes—Lord Byron's Missolonghi body guard--should be read by every one, as also the magnanimous address of his sister to the Greeks who surrounded the corpse. The few last num bers of the London, have catered successfully to the ap petite of the public, in a certain light miscellaneous conti nental information; it has few papers of thought, or fancy, or criticism, (its last, in particular, whenever they occur, are characterized by a petty splenetic malignity un worthy of a man of talent), hat those of the nature just described have nothing tt which we can possibly except, either in point of inciflent or comment. THE MONTHLY REVIEW _Has distinguished itself this month by some amusing strictures on Miss Landon, who, though assuredly 110 Sappho—as the Editor of the " Literary Gazette " would 'lead us to suppose—is yet, no fool. Indeed, she is a Very pretty Poetess, and writes on love as we shoUld like to see it made. The Review of " Boaden's Lire of Mrs. Sid dons" is penned in a still stronger spirit of animadversion, and there is not one remark in it with which we do not cordially coincide. Amon4 other equally pungent sarcasms, it calls Mr. Boaden, a ptrsitive Quack—we go two degrees further—and call hion'a superlative on scribbler who has eked out a trashy volume with a slip-shod diction, alternately porapenis as Gibbon—and negligent as Hazlitt. The other Reviews are all more or less deserving of corn- Peeqdation, espcially one entitled, " The InVasiOn of Por tugal ; - ' , to which - we direct our reader's attention. • Tlfr. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Thift `Convers-itions of Paley," in this month's Num ber, Bute th , • of character to recommend them ; and at the Universitic)---Catnbrifke in particular, where Paley ;5, e.,5 ha should evcry where be, the text book,—will be read with the zreateA avidity. It has long been the fashion with Mr. Coleridge, and the wild metaphysicians of his rears, to-vnder-rate the genius of Paley ; till, however, • thercan disprove the enrargted trimitAes of his moral phi , liorophy, end substitute beaer in their stead, they mist be enntent to let him remain at the head of a ll reas onin sans. ,„Revie•vr - M — "Or - rll afl" Taitilly" us Written with litre discriminating and critical taCt, somewhat too laudatory, perhaps, but, on the whole, just. “ London Lyrics, the year twenty-six," is a very Aiboritte- piece of humour, and trundles easily off the tongue. - THE MONTHLY AND EUROPEAN MAGAZINE -Sets out on what the late lamented Historian of Chi vaity would cell the- " grand pas"—that is, in a very spirited' rapid manner, as such a periodical is in duty bound the rarival of a new year. " The Catholics of Ireland' is its !ca: ing article, and deservedly so ; for al: th 0. 4 ,1, new theories, still the subject b6rs it 'silt. Miss Mitford's " Christmas Party"—a Village • Sketell,'poswfse. - More. than usual verisimilitude to re commend it; but as 'this lady is well known to that vast body, the periodical public, we forbear giving any extracts. LITERARY MAGNET. We grieve to state that this Periodical is becoming grievously old-womanish. What is Mr. Alaric Alured Watts about, that he thus sleeps over the child of his adop tion ? Is the neophyte ill ?or is the parent indifferent to the education of his offspring ? Something, at any rate, is the matter, or we should not have such drowsy elegiac prosings r as those scattered lavishly through a would-be w►tty article yclept " Book Beggars," wherein it seems to be the - wile ambition of its author to show himself of us a great man—a point which we hesitatingly concede to him. We are quite convinced that Mr. Watts could never have seen - this lucubration, or he would scarcely have burdened his generally amusing pages with its awkward nonsense.— Next month we hope he will starta giant refreshed—with renewed energies, and give us another " Gertrude," im expectation of which treat we here gratefully bid him good bye. . THE INSPECTOR Is, though somewhat puerile, a very promising and talented publication: the present number, for instance, is inenntparably better than the last, and if the next 'be lit a littipottional' ratio .better than the present, in -'tlii'ernitsini a few months what may we not expect ? Ainoi%others, we my venture to recommend the able artiste entitle ~° Aeri.politan Sketches," as also the Son fiiirn Ore : 4 *-Bowles, inserted under the head of aO poetic. Eiem,"_l7; ;, - tide eminently happy in its con ception.' INTELLIGE\ CE. • • LLUlD'S.—(Tirts DAv.) • Dzst, Dxc. 30.—Wind N.W.—Remain the Scorpion, Smith, fr;,irs London, foi.J.tmaix t ; Isabella, Peacock, fur Grenada ; and sEVeral othcr.4. DEC. 3.1.—Wi.1d W. by N.—Remain the Brighton, Sebor, for New York ; and tie following outward-bound :—Lau a , BAk pei , f or vep a rai s O ; Tham es , Warring, f or B e ngal ; Gazelle, Berm, for Triziite ; Hindostan, Lamb, for Vera Cruz ; — Jackson, fir St. tincia - ; and Hod, Coy, for the Mediterranean. , The hemevrard-hound have all sailed; . • • , .POl.-zetaovria, DIM SO -end 31.—Wind. N.W—Arrireil the Martha.- Robson, from Honduras ; sailed. 9th ult. Sp o ke on - :Thursday several• lef‘rred transporsq in chap s of the Channel. Arrived, the Sea 1.1.,,ier, .Stokes, ,frettu St. Michaels ; and the :-. CbaraplanAtinspox '.., from London, for thkon ; the St. Lawrence transport can e tm, harbour again. pr, y ;Lc t-rxr; D cc. 29. ---:W in d N.—SO, N. N.ly. —Ar r i ve d the - ()swell,' Way,' ff - oniPrruce Edward's Island, and, t h e M ercur y . flawkin, frord Si. 11:eliels. ..., .Coil:, Dgc.'lt. —Wil:d S.E:—Arrivcd No. 2 Ilerids., trans port,'from Polhill:a:7h, to take troops to Li s bon. 1 - ItrintrooL, Drc. 2f.'.--Arrived the A. Mackenzie, Pernik, 1 from Demerara ; Belvidere, Alarbury , from Charleston ; Lorf!) Byron, Small, from Pictou. DEC. 30.—Arrived the Belem Castle, Jones, from Lisbon, sailed 17th Dec. ; the Sicilian, Langley, for Liverpool, has put back to Palermo with the cargo shifted. lattlews_ilas been invited to Oxford by thp " big Wi g s" of the. University, to give his varied entertainment, for one or two nights. • He is now e ng aged on a theatrical trip in York shire, and on his retu r n h e intends to excite the sons of Alma-Mater. THE tECUTIONS TO-MORROW, Charles Thomas White is the son Of a master coachmaker, who for thirty years, lived in gi'eat respectability in Bloomsbury, and died nine years ego, leaving a widow with an income of about 3001., per annum, and an only child, the subject of the present notice. The boy, from too great indulgence, was a spoiled child; and though he always orptested the utmost affection for his widowed mother, yet. he frequently occasioned much Severe maternal sorrow. He was apprenticed to a bookseller, in High Holbbarn, hut did not serve out his time. He cdmMenced as a bookseller in Holborn, sohie time ast, and his mother supplied him with money to otoek his shop. In the early part of last year, he becakr.e atquamted with a young woman, whose friends are reapettable, and after four interviews only, he marrW(l her, and settled upon her an annuity of sixty-fire pounds per annum, with the interest of 2,0001, Otte moiety of which was adva nce d by his mother, and the other by her friends. The union proved an unhappy one, and, through want of economy and attention, the t;'nainess was not very successful. Still, he was not in , want of money : his mother supplied him with above 10001. (luring the past year; and he might have had.2oo/. more at any time if he bed applied to her for it, and no ad equa t e mo ti ve appears to have e xi s t e d f or the commission of the heinous crime of which he has been convicted. The mother and wife of the unhappy man, since his apprehension, have not been upon friendly terms, on account •of the wife's apparent neglect of her husband. • She did not visit him in his confinement for ten days after the charge was preferred, and the unfortunate breach has been greatly widened in consequence of White hav ing, previous to the trial, made over his property , to his mother. His motive in doing so was very considerate—..his mother had supplied him with the property originally, and his wife's settle ments were sufficient to maintain her in a state of independence. During the past week, the wife and mother have repeatedly vi sited him—though not at the same time; they have taken care to avoid a tneeting. s His health has undergone a rapid change, in consequence of the horror his mind is uniformly impressed with at his approaching death. Being unwell, be was advised to have the assistance of the surgeon of the prison, but he c:`rciaitned—" I have more need of the Divine thln the physician." —H e has oc casionally attempted to apply hithselfrto reading, but could not for more than a few ItAnUltes together. When Doctor. Cotton has en deavoured to direct his"thoughts to a future state, and to seek for pardon through th e mer it s o f a S av i our, he premed his throat with both hands, apparently suffering it‘ imagination. the horiid sensations of strangulation; Weft:erne has become convulsed, and finally he has faittteal-, and eontinued senseless for some time. Se- - veral petitietra have been addresSed by himielf and. his mother to the King, and on Friday his wife addreesed an effecttng letter on behalf of her husband, to the SteretaryOf State for the Hoine De partment. During the past week, White admitted that he was guilty of• setting his hoirt on fire, but said, that he was in a state of temporary insanity at the time. He denies that he pur &aged the links, as was stated on the trial, and says he found them in his house. We fear that not the slightest hope of a remission of the punish ment can now be Intatained. Still, however, the wretched man clings to Imp, and only yesterday he expressed an opinion that he Fhotid net suffer. his weakness is quite childish, and though the fitct can scarce be credited, it is•true that he bat constantly been engaged in forming plans of the most impracticable and absurd description for effecting his escape. the following Peann of the mother of White, was, during last week, addr e ssed t o th e Secretary of State for the Home Department. TO TILE RIGHT I-lON. ROBERT PEEL, &C. &C. " Sir,—The humble petition of Mary Ann White, the mother of Charles Thomas White, now a prisoner under sentence of death in Newgate, for the crime of arson, humbly showeth— " That your petitioner, overwhelm e d with sorrow the most poignant, in the anguish of her heart, presumes, through you, Sir, most humbly and most respectfully . to approach his most Gracious Majesty, and humbly but most earnestly, implores that the Royal eletneucy may he extended to her unfortunate son. " Vetir petitioner, with the anxiety of a fond mother, educated her son in good habits and principles, and he was watched over —by a now sorrowing parent—with the most solicitous care. " If, through the infirmity of nature, in an evil hour, he com mitted a crime by which he has fallen from a state of comfort and respectability into the depths of distress, and to add to his an guish, has involved his dearest connections in shame and misery_ permit your petitioner humbly to represent that he is young and inexperienced, being only 23 years of age, and bit h la a tier . I_y married Into a respectable family, and that his widowed and affectionate mother, your petitioner, who has always borne an unblemished reputation, whilst lamenting the fat of an_oultz_, • • calyx - Oil Lpa!r... " Your petitioner, on these several accounts, is most:anxious that her son should escape the shame of an ignominious death, and if mercy should be extended to him, that in a foreign land he may atone for the errors of his youth. " Your petitioner humbly hopes that you will deign to com passionate the youth and sufferings of her child, and the deep at fiction of his disconsolate, heart-broken mother, and that you will please to comply with the humble prayer of this petition, and re present his case so Avourably to his most gracious Majesty, as to obtain a commutation of his sentence of death for transportation for life, and your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray. " MARY ANN WHITE." To the above was added the following:— We, the undersigned churchwardens, overseers, and vestry men, of the united parishes 'of St. Giles in the Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury, beg leave humbly to recommend the object of this petition to the Royal mercy." [Signed by 40 of the most respectable vestrymen, overseers, • and churchwardens of the parishes.] The answer to the petition, given at the Secretary of State's office, was— " That nothing could be done in favour of the culprit, unless some facts transpired, from which some doubts of his guilt might be fairly entertained." During the past week a good deal of exertion has been made by the Sheriffs, and by the Solicitor of the convicts, George Houghton and James Bishop, to save them from capital punishment. These youths were convicted of assaulting and robbing Mr. Fuller, a surgeon, at Bethnal-green, but,' from the time of their apprehen sion to the present moment, they have uniformly protested that they were not the persons who committed the robbery in question. When on their trial, their defence was an alibi, but the Jury dis crediting the evidence, which went to prove that they were not on the spot when the robbery was committed, found them Guilty. Riley,- who was convicted with Amelia Roberts, of stealing plate, &c., value 4001., in her master's house, is a poor simple -creature, and -he asserts that he did not know of the robbery till after Roberts had committed it ; and when he left London with her he believed her representation that the property was her own. His assertion is fully borne out by the woman, who, though re gardless of her own fate, has manifested . the utmost anxiety to save him from execution ; and to the Sheriffs, and Dr. Catton, her constant exclamation has been, " Poor Riley is innocent—l alone am guilty." Riley cannot read or write, and is so extremely ignorant, that he is considered little better than an idiot he is attended by the Rev. Mr. Devereux, the Catholic Priest. • All the culprits, excepting White, appear to be prepared to meet their approaching fate with firmness. Yesterday a sermon was preached in the chapel of Newgate. At the customary hour the Sheriff's arrived at the chapel, when the four unfortunate men were conducted to the condemned pew; at tended by Mr. Baker. The Rev. Mr. Cotton read the service of the day, and when he came to that part of the Liturgy where the mercy of heaven is invoked "for those who await the awful execution of the law," White, who had hitherto been wrapt in thought, burst into tears, and remained deeply affected for a considerable time afterwards, as did his unfortunate companions. During th e whole service the unfortunate men behaved in a be coming manner. The female (Roberts) was seated in the gal lery, where she was attended by religious persons of her own sex. At the conclusion of the sermon the culprits left the condemned p e w, White taking the lead: he walked unsteadily ; and, long be fore he got to the door of the chapel, be put on a fur cap, as if unconscious of what he Was doing. After the was conducted to-his cell, the unfortunate man was visited by his wife, and afterwards by his mother. Several of the relatives of the other culprits were also admitted to an inter view. . LA W OF LIBEL.—Anew American dictionary has recently been published at New York, by a person of the name of Anson, who thus defines the word incongruous :—" Incongruous, a. absurd, unsuitable, inconsistent, the English law of libel." DALKEITIL—We are informed that the town of Dalkieth, together with the Duke of Buccleue.h's Palace and Park, are to be soon lighted with gas, and the works set a-going imme diately under the superintendence of an able engineer. The lamps ars to be lighted upon a new and inure expeditious plan, and therN some talk of placing a large gal lamp at each of the four parapet of the tower of the Old Church, furnished e l reflectors, in order to prevent the operations of e w p i r t n h er p s ow . 4 e, the midnight intruders,—the disturbers of the dead. These lights will, present a beautiful appearance . when viewed from the Noble Duke's Pfaaco, as well as from.the surrounding country, where they will mark to.he eye of the traveller, the exact site of Dal.. keith, even in almost --- darkest night,.Edinburgh Paper. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. [From the Quotidienne of Friday, Dec. 29.] PARIS, Dec. Vl—Dining the last three days, the Ministry has received from Bayonne several Expresses and Telegraphic Dispatches, and yet its Journals continue to observe the most profound silence With respect to Portugal. Every body is con vinced that if the Marquis of' Chaves had received any check, they would hasten to publish it, for it is probable that such news would have helped to provoke the rise of the Funds.- However, as the Address of the Chaniber of Deputies has at length been adopted after three Sittings, We must hope that they will venture to publish at least, a part of the documents received from the Peninsula.. Meanwhile, we communicat e What we learn from our Correspondents. Letters from London received last night, announce, that the oc cupation of Oporto took place on the 15th of December, The population of that city had risen against the Regency On the 12th, but the forts were not oceupiedby the Royalists until the 15th. PARIS, Dec. 28.—This evening, at eight o'clock, the King, being in the Audience Chamber, seated on the throne, received the Grand Deputation of the Chamber of Deputies, charged with pre senting to his Majesty the Address voted by the Chamber, at its sitting of this day. The President read the Address, which was as follows : Sii t r —Your faithful subjects, the Deputies of the Depart ment 4, come to deposit, at the foot of the Throne of Your Ma jesty, the tribute of their respect, and the homage of their devo tion: Your Majesty has caused important labours to be prepared for this Session—you have calculated on our zeal—we shall justify youi confidence. 4 Sire—The O►donnance of your august ancestor founded the Forest Laws upon bases, the wisdom of which belongs to all ages ; but every day shows us the necessity-of making their arrangements harmonize with our institutions, and with the existing interests of property. - "' The wants of the army and its relation with societyyequired _antic Improvements_ in military law. We shall receive, Sire, with eagerness, a project which is to appoint limits more definite, and guarantees more satisfactory to that jurisdiction. " Sire, the first act of voilt ; tlolVd Was a 'Splendid testimony of your atta.!lititent to public liberty. It is to save from its own ex ceNs, one branch of the public liberty ; it is to put an end to those afflicting scandals that your Majesty announces a law, whose ob ject is to ►epress; With more vigour, the abuses of the press. Sire, - France loves that liberty, for the fulness of which she is in debted to you ; birt she sees, end she deplores that licentiousness, which is its .most irreconcileable enemy. The Deputies of the Departments-will not forget, that one of their duties is to watch over the preservation of the one, by insuring- the efficacious repres sion of the other. . • " The Charterhas 6Onsecrat er i the institution, of Jury ;—to apply useful remedies to those defects which . experience has dis covered in its organization, is to acquire a title to . publicgratitud e . " Your Majesty is convinced of the insufficiency of our laws on the subject of the Slave Trade. We shall do, Sire, whatever can be done to check the guilty calculations of so odious a Lit pidity ; and we wish that good faith in the execution of engage - zneuth, and the Voice of humanity, may every where find as sincere respect. An augmentation of expenditure was called for by the works of our high rays, by those of our fortifications, and our naval arsenals. The fate of our pious and laborious Priests, re quired legal improvement, the justice and suitableness of which no one could deny. Your Majesty informs us, that the increase of the revenue from indirect taxation admits of an dddition to the endowments for these important services of a sum equal to the last depreiventent. Sire-Useful expenditure is also economical ; we shall exa- mine attentively that which your Majesty announces, and whieh appears to present the precious advantage of freeing the Communes from an irregular charge, and of preparing for the indigent classes, who are ever 'present to the heart of your Majesty, abund ant resources. We hope, that these sums thus set apart, will for the future suffice, and that hereafter, the excess of revenue will be employed in the reduction of the most burdensome of our taxes. This reduction, Sire, is one of the wishes of France ; you love to hear those'*ishes, and it is our duty to express them. " ' As your Majesty, so we give-thanks to Divine Providence, for a condition which promises to your people still increasing prosperity. We behold an additional assurance of this, in the _ _ friendly dispositions of which Foreign Governments continue to give you assurance, and the conformity of their sentiments with yours, for the maintenance of peace: "'The events which have lately disturbed a part of the Pcnin . • •• • ... • • _ • sula have struck Ile • oar enoeavours, in conjunction with those of your allies, may put an end to that state of agitation and distraction, and that the - peace which we enjoy may sustain no injury from it. France can, without danger of bein: misunder stood, declare that she wishes for peace. The price at which she would not retain it is known. After bloody wars, which were not without glory to her, France, industrious and tranquil, is pleased to find in commerce—in the arts—in all the wonders of that civilization which peace protects and cherishes---another spe cies of greatness. But, Sire, you have well estimated the hearts of Frenchmen, warlike virtues are ever alive there ; our first in terest is honour, and the descendant of Louis XIV. may calculate on France as France calculates on him.' " The King replied, " I always receive, with the same smisfac tion, the expression of the sentiments of the Chamber of Deputies. " I see with great pleasure that the Chamber enters into my views, and will examine with as much care.and attention the im portant laws which I have caused to be prepared for the happiness of France. " You desire peace, Gentlemen. No one desires it more sin cerely than I do. The efforts lam making to preserve it are dic tated by my heart. " lam happy to announce to you, that my hopes in this re spect become daily more Sounded. If Divine Providence should ever order it otherwise, rely on me, Gentlemen, as I rely on you, as I rely on all my faitlifill subjects, and be assured that the honour of Fiance will remain pure and intact, as it has alwayS been." The orders of the Chambers, and the laws which prohibited the journals from publishing the speeches delivered in the secret committee, prevent us from . attempting to communicate the speeches in reply to those published by the oppositio n journals. Our readers will, therefore, readily understand why we do not give them the speeches of the President of the Council, the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, and M. de Martignac. B u t it is allowable for us to endeavour to ascertain the effect of these speeches on the Chamber, and we have learned, that out of 230 m e mbers, 200 voted for the address as proposed, rejecting► all the amend ments which were supported by the opinions which we read in the oppositionlournals. (From the Constitutionnel.) The public rumours in circulation this evening agree in repre senting the Secret Committee of the chamber of Deputies as nei ther less animated, not less keen; than - those that preceded it. The following is what we have hastily gathered from the en dits that are going about. "A number of speakers took part in the discussion on the draught of the "Address. M. Clausel de Coussergues delivered a long historical . discourse upon Portugal; and similarly to many Hon. Members who share his opinions, he contended that the Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro, had lost all right of giving a con stitution to Portugal. M. Berthier de Sauvigny spoke to the sam e purpose ; it is added, that he insisted that the Chamber should express the feelings which it must have experienced, as well as all France, on reading the speech of the English Secretary for Foreign Affairs. M. de Villele thought it his duty to reply to Messrs. de Clausel Coussergues and Sauvigny, and to oppose the amendment proposed yesterday by M. de la Bourdonnaye. It is pretended,' said the President of the Council, ' that the casus fee deris of England did not exist, and therefore that France, th e a lly of Spain, could not admit of the entrance of English troops into Lisbon ; this is saying, i n o ther words, that it is ne cessar y to break the state of peace.' M. Hyde de Neuville insisted on an argument, of which he had previously made use--=-an argument founded on an avowal made, according to him, to the Parliament of England by the Duke of 'Wellington, which went to ac knowledge that no easus ficeleris, so far as England was con cerned-, existed. Gen. Sebastiani, in a new and rather lengthy speech, manifested his opposition to the =composition of the ad dress demanded by M. de la Bourdonnaye• I cannot conceive,' said the General, whence arise "th e fears and diaquietude of those who represent Spain aa.abariAOlied , and in a state of danger. Do we attack that Power beeinise: e;e ish to keep it from overturn ing Portugal ? The (hangers Which 'are pointed at, seem to he nothing but an ill-disguised hatre c i o f the Constitutional institu tions granted to his subjects of p ortuga l by the Emperor Don Pedro, and a manifest wish for A, suc cess of Chaves and Sil veira. We have not to discuss,'.4l(led the speaker, the cases fcederis, but to use all ,our endearciurs to preserve that state of peace in which we now are, and to prevent Spain from dragging us into a foolish war, We may well b e astonished to see Eng land held up as a focus . of revolution which threatens the destruction of the world, M. Agier, though protesting his at tachment to Constitutional doctrines, expressed his dread at that state of destitution in which" o ur Ministers seemed to leave the King of Spain. A n amendment was proposed by the honourable Casimir Perier, expressive or a wish to see lawful o rder established in spiip,, - si the only _means of pre , serving the Peninsula from those .troubles " ' that agitate it. He drew an extremely lively picture of th e m, insisting:especially on ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAst WEEK. 1...' ...., 1 =.. ? V. ( 2 From When ce. a , ..... i., ,k. F ~6 .1 ,1 L i ± , Qrs. Qrs, Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. A hlborough 953 2398 '74 166 176 Alemouth — 29 711 Bridgewater Clay ('owes Colchester t Harwich Lei g h ; 4 Maldon Hull . ! ........... '-- 174 -- -- Ipswich Kent Lynn 129 1437 931 358 Plymouth Poole — — — 170 Sou t h wold Stockton — 110 1787 Whitby l3 —.— 150 NVisbeach 445 ' 810 Woodbridge ll6 597 18 25 180 Yarmouth Banff Berwick Dunbar ' Dundee — -- _ -- -- 10 Inverness .=--= 5089 12959 5228 4916 614 763 10662 IRISH Cork Drogheda Galway — 1216 Wexford FOREIGN Amsterdam Antwerp — 1078 315 30 300 Bordeaux Boulogne Bremen — 1674 1965 50 Carolien ziel — 350 80 Copenhagen I5o -- -- -- 1100 -- -- -- Dantzic 3OO 540 503 Dunkirk Emden — 1210 10 Griefswald T2S 315 590 45 G ron i i igen — 890 I larnburg h — 618 (39 129 425 Harlingen Havre — 260 250 Leghorn — 500 20 Marans Memel — 420 310 , 90 - Nantes Norden _ 340 70 Ostend _ '7l - 150 Petersbur:' Pillau 4O 4390 900 915 Quebec Rostock — 416 1241 169 47 1 Rotterdam - 332 Stettin Tonningen — - 700 70 25 - Tunis \Wender Wismar ~ 1300 1100 —: 442 260 . — --,- Tot a l ... 8482 15923 5228 3138 2554 5970 4212 10662 the necessity of taking precautions against being compromised by a government, over which, according to the confession of the Mi nistry, we had no influence. It appears that the proposed amend ment was lost. M. de St, Chamas proposed one of quite an op posite kind, which was also lost. M. de Constant proposed a Bd, to entreat his Majesty to take measures," in conjunction witbihis allies, to establish in Spain such lawful order as might ensure France and Europe against the renewal of those troubles which endanger their peace. M. de Bouville said that France having been insulted by the more than arrogant speech of Mr. Canning, the Chamber ought to express its displeasure in the Address to the King. This proposal met with no better reception than the rest. Finally, M. Hyde de Neuville's had the same fate. The whole of the Address, as proposed by the Committee, with the exception of one slight retrenchment, was then put to the vote, and adopted, as we learned, - by a majority of 200 against 30. FUNERAL OF MR. BRIC. - -The remains of Mr. Brie were removed yesterday from Marl borough-street to St. Andrew's Church-yard, for temporary in terment, where, we believe, they will remain, until his friends arrange for their burial in the manner due to his honoured me mory. Although it was determined by his friends that the last solemn offices should be conducted with all practicable privacy, it was found impossible to repress the public feeling, and Confine the-ceremony to its original intention. A great assemblage of the public attended his obsequies, and testified their affection for him by their mournful demeanour. There were great numbers of pri vate carriages and other vehicles in the procession that followed his remains. At eight o'clock the funeral moved forward. There were four mourning coaches, in which were— CHIEF MOURNERS. Rev. .Ir, Brie Mr. E. Brie Captain Johnson MOURNERS. Alessrs. MG , srs. Robert Johnson John Finlay Charles Meara A. C. O'Dwyer W. Leahy J. ITCarthy W. Jeffeott. Christ. Fiiisimon Mr. D. O'Connell OFFICIATING CLERGYMAN. Rev. Mr. L'Estrange. Crowds of the most respectable gentry and trading cla::ses of the city formed the melancholy procession. Amongst those whom we noticed were, the Messrs. Mahons, David Lynch and Son, Hon. Conville rfrencb, Nicholas Power, Hugh O'Connor, F. W. Conway, Pierce and David Mahoney, O'Neill, Scott, O'Beirne, Cullen, White, Ronayne, Burke ; Members of the Bar, including N. P. O'Gorman, Wolfe, Fogarty, Howley, Gaban, Brady, Cooke, Coppinger, Leake, and hundreds of most respectable in dividuals; whom we cannot enumerate. The remains were de posited, with most affecting solemnity, in the spot we have already described.—The assemblage appeared as. if oppressed jug vidttally with some private affliction, and after the melancholy formalities were gone through, retired with a deadly silence, as an indication of their grief.—Dublin Morn. Register. The victims that fall around us by the hand of sickness, are mourned ; but there is resignation in the mourning, because we ♦iew it as a visitation of that Divine Providence, to which it is - - the duty of man to submit. Those who fall in the battle field are mourned; but there is a consolatory pride in the mourning, when we reflect, that they have died in the service of their country, and that their names will be recorded 'in the annals of its history. But when a friend is sacrificed to the undefined punctilios of savage honour ; and that, too, in a cause where he himself is not immediately or personally concerned—then, indeed, the anguish must be severe, the regret deep and lasting. Such has been the melancholy fate of Mr. Brie; such - must be the feelings of his relatives and friends.—Freeman's Journal. THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE.—(Tuts DAY.) The supplies of all descriptions of Grain during last week were considerable, and there was again a large arrival of Flour. This morning the quautitie of Corn fresh in• ate tolerably.fair. The Wheat samples are chiefly in bad condition,. and f4f.such scarcely any buyers can be obtained ; superfine ,s4tnples n cannot be re ported lower than last week, but other kinds are ls. to 2e. per quarter cheaper. Barley meets a:very heavy sale, but the holders will not submit to less prices for the best samples. Beans and Pease are both very dull, and each ls. per quarter cheaper. Oats are abundant, and the demand far less than the supply, and as the weather is very mild, this trade is in a very dull state, and The Flo ur trade tett -Per, Anarter cheaper for most kinds. y eavy, and reported lower. 495. 595. 555.' 655. 475. 51s. 51s. 555. 565. 58s. mg. S4s. 555. Ns. 625. 635. Rye (new) 36s. 40s. Barley 3.35. 355. --Fine (new) 365. Superfine 3Bs. 40s. Malt Fine 575. 655. rease, Grey (new) (new) (new) 43s. 48s. 501.58s.Boilers Wheat, Red (old) ---- White (old) -- Red (1M) _.--- Fine Superfine White ( 1826) .... Fine Superfine Beans, Small (new) 19s. 52s W.,...• (old? s.ls. 58s - .Tick (new 4.4s 48s. (old) 4tis. sh. ---Harrdw (new) 461. 50s. ----: (old) 493. 545. 13rank —.43. —s. Oats, Feed 265. 30s. ..--,........ Fine 3os. XL Poland 30s. 33k. Fine 3ls. 355. .......... Potatoe , 32e. 3h. -- Fine 34s. 375, .......s. Scotch 35. 395. Flour (per sack) 503. 533. ...........„..—Seconds a 425, US. .—..........N0rth Country 42s. 4ae Bran lts. l2g. Of Or AGGREGAT, Taro+, 735—Linsei 'Z QUA. rTITY —Ram Lemp, HER IC, 12—Br ?ds, 4. :INDS rank OF PI 6-1%! ILSE. fustard, ~;r- SMITHFIELD MARKET.—(Tms DAY.) Notwithstanding that the buyers were at this day's market nu merous, the weather favourable for slaughtering, and the supply by no means great, Beef, Mutton, and Pork, experienced a heavy sale, at about 2d. per stone beneath Friday's prices, at which Veal was stationary. !Wits PER STONE OF Bp3s. TO SINE THE OFIALS. s. tl. to s. d. Inferior Beasts .. 3 2 3 8 Second quality ditto 3IQ 4 2 Prime large Oxen • 3 0 5 4 Prime Scots, &c ' 5 4 5 6 Inferior She e p 3 0 3 4 second quality ditto...: 3 6 310 Coarse-Wooed d i tto 3to 4 2 SUFFIX, AS PER Beasts. 2,3.59 I ' Sheep. 18,000 6. d. to s. d. South Down Wethers . 4 2 4 6 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 4 Prime small , ditto 5 0 5 4 Large Hogs 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers 5 0 5 4 Suckling Calves...l2s. to 325. each. Quarter old Piga..los. to ltia. each. .ERIC S sTATEanorr. Calves.. Pigs. 177 I 130 .~ PRICES OF STOCKS THI Rank Stock ............ . ..... 200% 1 3 per Cent.'Red. ....... .. ...... 3 per Cent:Cons. 3yper Cent.' liitto i Red. 46 % 4 per Cent. New Ditto, 1826 Bank Long Ann. 18% India Stock Ditto Bonds 1 DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. South Sea Stork Old Annuities New Ditto A Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2,1. 2o.ptn. Ditto ...... 500 2d 18 19 pm. Ditto Small Ditto C ommerc i a l Sank for Account India for Account Cons. for Acct. 604 1 SON PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, , per cent. Braailian Bonds 61 2 Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonds, 6 per et. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1844 35 Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, .1926 l5 ex dlv. Guatursala -- Nlox icon 80nd5.... Do. 1 8 25 " (614 ex.diT INDS AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Neapolitan' 1824 Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — nrussian 5 lair cant. ..., — 12,itto, Ne w — nussiaii, New, sp. c. 8 536. Spanish, 1821 12% 1823 French Reines, sp. c -f. —c. - Exchange --t. —c. -3 per cent --1. —c. Exchange —4. —.c. PRICES OF SNARES AT ONEO'CLOCK. Paid • Brazilian Mining Company X2O British Iron Mining CoMpany 35 Columbian _Mining Company IS • . ss 17 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc. United Mexican Mining Company 27% , • . 20 “ Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company 25 . el - Alliance Marine Insurance Company 4)4 Per - ghare. 29 . --- PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, DEC. 29. Bank Stock St. Patrick Insur. (per share)... _ Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. ' Ditto, New ' 4 per Cent. Gov. Deb. 3% per cent Consols, 3 percent -- Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock ' 25 Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine . City Deb. 4 per cent. (X) Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Ottiee Deb. 4 per cent. Commercial Building,... ' — MAILS. Arrived. . Due. Arrived _ O Americ' 0 1 . Guernsey& Jerbey. 0 O Brazil 0 0 Hamburgh 2 O Buenos Ayres O Donaghadoe 0 0 Jamaica ...... ;-......... 0 2 Düblin O Flanders 1 9 Lisbon ' 0 IFrance O Gottenburgh 0 2 Waterford 0 Due. Zbr *tut LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1827. Dispatches have been received this morning at the Foreign Office from Sir WILLIAM A'CouRT, his MA JESTY'S Minister at Lisbon, and at the Admiralty, from `'ice-Admiral Lord ASIELIUS BEAUCLERK, Commander in-Chief of his. MAJESTY'S ships in the Tagus. These despatches were brought home by the Sir Edward Bankes steam vessel, which, has arrived at Portsmouth, having left the TaguS- on the evening of the 25th inst. The following are extracts of Sir '%V: A'Cot'RT's despatches to M r . CANNING : " LISBON, DEC. 19, 1826.—1 t would be difficult to de "scribe the joy with which the intelligence of the speedy arrival of our troops has been received by the public. The gloom and desPondency which had been hanging over Rll for the last fortnight, hare at once been dispersed, and hope and confidence have revived as if by magic. " Her Royal Highneis the INFANTA Regent, the Minis try, and the Chambers, are all equally warm in the ex pression of their gratitude to his MAJESTY, not only for his MAJESTY'S ready acknowledgment of the obligations of a Treaty, but for the extraordinary promptitude with which effectual assistance has followed that acknowledgment: "The KING'S Message to the morning, anil re cweaivseernNvnil7tihcedtgetel•catotetsnteeChnthatimsl-)inse • " The occupation of the forts at.the entrance of the Tag us by the British marines, has been readily agreed to by th e Portuguese Government, and vvill be carried into effect on Thursday or Friday." " LISBON, DEC. 25, 1826.—The Pyramus is. th e may vessel of the expedition that is yet arrived; but it IS said that there are four large ships now in the offing completely becalmed." The Marines of the Squadron had been previously land , ed under the command of Captain OMMANNEY, of His Majesty's Ship Albion, and are doing garrison duty in Forts St. Julien and the Bugie. His Majesty's ship Pyramus, arrived on the 23d Dec. in the Tagus, having on board a company of the 4th Re giment, but these troops had not been landed at the time the Steamer sailed. . Lisbon was quiet, and Oporto- had not falls,n.-- The Pilots at the latter port had been bribed by the Royalists,' and kept outside some English vessels and a ma n o f war brig, under the pretence of there not being water over the bar. came 50,11,. infa ntry Dr .. c. 'l.—The Marquis de Fronteira has just arriv e d (From the Lisbon Gazette.) o d f e t, \ v ' o ill s a l k o lo d r ro c o a . u: immediately charged3r WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 13. , bring ing 7 ;h the re 6 g e i l m d en a t n o d f "P with the rea under the command of Magessi, on the 10th inst . : neat Alegrete this first opportunity The Count and his staff, with the Baron de SabrorP, at the. bead of a squadron of the 4th regiment of cavalry, commanded b gua guard e of n t e h " e . srebels that tchoemCpoolsel Conde cavalry which wits surprised in villa Viciosa, and 2a L .9 i i e d i t i ad t k e o n et a nr n o t yp - er C ifs o o l otnhneaer that force, . D f 0 . rscoe li l h e o 2. l s n s a o s rled it mi l e a ar se iso a i n r o e g.f n dtehaed some to present themselves to the Conde de villa Flor. The rebels, favoured by the mountains, fled to Spain, at the first fire of the artillery; at four in the afternoon none of them remained-in the' others of the 14th Regiment of Foot, seized Province. The greater part .1 the Count's division, notwith standing teir exertions an i - ap s u er marchee, cou ld not earns up, so that the rehbels, covered by the rag, got into S pa i n. Here fol low the comme ndations of several officers. The Conde de , Villa Flor, says, that the Viscount of Beire and the Conde de Taipa, constantly accompanied biro. R. PINTO PISARRO, Chief of the First Divieion. On the 11th of this month, the Portuguese frigate, _A tt ...thazo, anchored in this p ort; it has toine in 14 d ay* from tk. I,4nd of Madeira, and b r i n gs 301 soldiers of the 7th Regiment o: Foot, which was stationed there, and 60 persons belongin g t ~ the families of the same regiment. The Orestes, merchantman, arrived to-day (the 13th). with 200 men, privates of the same regiment. The steani-packet Restauradur Lusitano arrived in this port on the 1 9 th from Oporto, having on board 134 passenger', among whom were 30 prisoners, sent by the Chancellor. The Gazette of the 14th contains the decision of the Infanta Regent, accepting the resignation of some of the Ministers, and also two others, ordering that the Baron de Sobisi Hermuno and Don Francisco de Almeida Portugal shall renounce the Nation* of Ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs, which they bad been previously allowed to resign. The Gazette contain also offers from two companies of marin . s. gnards, to serve in defence of the country wherever try can b e ‘• useful, in case they are not wanted on board the me.,-of-war. The Princess Regent has accepted their offer with many com mendations of their honourable and loyal sentim en t, . In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on the 19th the Se cretary, Senhor Costo, announced a letter froM the Minister of Foreign Affairs, stating, that the Princess Regent had thought fit that the two Ministers, Baron Hermono and D. Almeida Portugal, should continue to act as such. The order of the day was the project of the Conzastitmersitte. nance, ou the mode of contracting the loan required by this. and adoptedhy the Committee. tern, The President observed, that the fundarientai allitlel of the plan being discussed, a general discussion !iPP, ared I : l "eceoarY, and they might pro c ee d at once to the ar tic ' e '• Art. I.—The Government is authorised to cost4ria,a'Loan of 2000 Contos of Reis at 5 per Cont. interest, 4nd a Witting Enna of I per Cent. with such securities as may be judged-advisable. Art. 2.—Twenty Contos of Pa ; are to be annually employed in paying the interest, and redeeming the principal by *swing up the - : bonds of the Loan. To provide for the payment, some new Taxes era to be iiiipos, 7 ed : viz. SO per Cent. on every pack of Playing Cattle naiipt e 4 •., 6 ,~ i; ,