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Ann. 1 0 30 years l9 7-16 % Atto 30 y ears l9 1-16 , ,y, clia Stock Aktte go d ___ 76 pm. I 8 South Ss Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, L 1,006 2d. 76 77 pm. Ditto II d. 76 77 pro. Ditto...—. ...... SDI 2 d. 76 77 pm. Ditt0—..... Ditto Ditto lid. 76 77 pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Feb 25 91Min C h;: 14 FUNDS THIS PAY AT (INN O'CLOCK. Neapolitan — razillan Bonds 6S 714 !Peruvian Bonds ' 1t 4 % c i Plios Ayres 80nd5......... !Portuguese Bonds dian col ° . Bonds —;Prussian, Old — mbuin Bonds — Ditto,' New Ditto, Ift24 ilsuih ,Spanish, :821 lI% 1234 !i N I I ° eek Bonds .. , 523 3 itto ..... ••••• ...... .•• -- ,— — e , 182 3 ......... ............. —lFrench Rentes, sp. C. —f. —c. 3uatirnala — Exchange —f. —c. kexican Bonds ---- 3 per cent. —l. —r. ....._____ Litt°, 1823 —.— Exchange ...... —f. —r. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. R p i a_z .t rlm ti p wri tl i 11r n• Paid. Per Share. in : Co. (Iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 10 ~,,. net Monte Mining Co £4oo '"eral Steam Navigation Co.-----__ 22 23 1 .4 _24 Arrived. MAILS, Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America I Bra z il 0 0 Hamburg 0 Bu • Buenos A 1 Jamaica 0 0 yree 0 Carthagetta. 0 1 Leeward Islands ... 0 0 Dublin 0 1 Lisbon 0 0 'ganders 0 0 Mexico 0 0 France, 0 0 Sweden G u_orngeYtz Jersey.. 0 0 Waterford 2 4 1110 8 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ° ""C ... 40 minutes after 3. I Evening... 2 minutes after 4.. •-77- IA to - 4"crilikAh Tr* LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1830. Despatches were received at the Foreign Office, this morning, from the British Minister at Lisbon ; and at the Colonial Office, from Lord BELMORE, Governor of Jamaica ; from the different Governors of the whole of the Lee ward Islands, and also from the various Consuls of South America. Lord LEVESON GOWER transacted business, t his morning, with Mr. HERRIES, at the Office of the Board of Trade. The following are extracts from German l'apers, receired this morning : CONSTANTINOPLE, J.N. 6. Profound silence still prevails respecting the negociations relative to Greece, and there is the more apprehension of further difficulties on the part of the Porte, as it really owns 43 intention of evading, by some plausible means, the ful filment of the conditions of the late treaty, and has with t his view sent an extraordinary embassy to St. Petersburgh. The accounts from Greece speak unfavourably of the pre strvation of public tranquillity, and Count Capo d'lstria said to find it difficult to assert his authority. This is another circumstance which confirms the Porte in '4: notion that it is necessary to the balance of Europe p at its strength should be balanced entire, and that the , "trs will see th a t G reece i s no t r ip e f or i n d e p e ndence, nd Must remain subject to the Porte. It is unhappily that . si nce the report of the choice of a King has been k , n ctirn at P ores , par ty s pi r it h as b een b usy , an d every "IY believed himself released from the obligation to obey the President. The Rumeliots even mutinied, and the French troops already embarked, to the number of 2,000 were obliged to be landed again to maintain order in the Mores, Reinforcements are said to have come front Toulon. Several emissaries, especially a Greek who fled from C onstantinople on board a French ship, are said to sew the seeds of discord, and occasionally to distribute Loney. Meantime the President has had a conference with the three Admirals, who are said to have placed several skips at his disposal, to enable him to punish the seditious. Such circumstances are not calculated to make the situation of a future regent of Greece appear enviable. M. de Ribeaupierre is hourly expected here. The Turkish ships from Alexandria have arrived here. Hussein Paella has come from Adrianople where the Grand Vizier is, and Count Orloff is ;x1 the same situation as before, waiting for instructions from Petersburgh. Count Guille minot has made the Porte some proposals relative to the payment of the Russian indemnity, and expressed a wish for all the Catholic Christians in Turkey to be placed under the protection of France alone; the Porte has declined this proposal, the Reis Effendi observing that all Ray as should enjoy the same rights. Virswa, JAN. 29.—Metalliques, 103; Four per Cents., 96; Bank Shares, 1283 i. We have received Papers this morning from the Cape of Good Hope to the beginning of December. The only article of interest is the death of GIIIKA, King of the Caffres (From the South _African Advertiser, Nov. 28.) Early on Friday morning, the 13th instant, the Coffer Chief Ghika departed this life, after a long and painful affliction, during which we have heard that several old women, suspected of sorcery, have fallen victims to his superstition. It is quite uncertain who of his numerous progeny will succeed him. Mocomo is not without pre tensions; but report speaks in favour of a younger son named Cow -Clough. We learn from the Eastern Frontier, that although, the weather has been very changeable of late, the crops are hk►n g "et Some partial failures are inevitable, hut generally there will be an abundant supply of all sorts of graiq• Snch a season has not been witnessed these ten 3T " 1 " 8 . Reaping has already commenced. Paper s h ave reached us from Calcutta to the st h of Sept, and from 'Madras to the 3d of October. The former state that the Indigo crop this year will amount to about 130,000 etir r i ng at Inau nds. Nothi ng o f a p o liti ca l na t ure was either Presidency. At Bombay "lething like another struggle had taken place .; i tw een the political and judicial authorities. Process of the Supreme Court there had , g 414 been opposed by the Government, on con siderations of civil policy." c eounts from the Isle of France, via the Ca pe , state that some dispute having arisen t t ween the King of M a da g as ca r and the French, h e 1, th squadron of the latter had set fire to a —atave, and totally destroyed that city. th le Calcutta Papers, just received, contain e followi ng c i rcu l ar , f oun d e d o n the Half tn'itta question, addressed to the different Edi .l.3 and P ropr i etors o f per i o di ca l s a t th a t Pre sidency u. R.RTLrst iEN ,—I am directed tei transmit to yotl, for a d d ; inform a ti on , th e annexed copy of a letter this day, th e e ued to the poprietor of the Benyal Herald, under Gen a uthority of the Right Honourable the Governor eral in Council. I ant, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, GEO. swiNToN, Chief See. to Government. r4 uncil Chamber, 6th Aug. 1829. T o (Copr.) Mr, R. 111. Martin, hiopnewe of the Bengal Herald. t r i tt , --The attention of Government having been at twttt7ll to the Article in the Bengal Herald of the ti Inioant, commencing,—" We solicit the atten- Pe t . h . 0 f the Indian community, and the British Ni t re and P ar liament to the General Orders in our 1 1,:' 11 of to-day, &c.," I am directed by the Bight til t 'the Governor-General in Council to express to you 1 14 displeasure witk which his Lordship in Council b t , tt Perused the Editorial comments on the General e; it fli above referred to, as containing matter calculated to Eb t : spirit of mutiny and discontent in the minds of the and Pan n soldiery, to whose worst passions the mischievous - 7staken notions inculcated in that article are addressed, and to caution you splint indulging in stunner comments and observations in fnture, I am, Sir, your obcdient humble Servant, (Signed) G. SWINTON, Chief Secy. to Govt. Council Chamber, 6th August, 1829. To the manufacturers of Leeds we say, as we have before said to other petitioners against the East India Monopoly, persevere and justice will be done you. The speeches of Mr. GOTT and Mr. MARSHALL rest the question upon the foundation on which it ought to be argued, viz., is the exclusion of British industry from the China Trade, and from colonization in India, attended by any benefits to the people of this country, sufficient to render the continuance of thst exclusion expedient? The East India Company cannot shew any such benefits to have arisen, they cannot answer the overwhelming proof of the advantage of a free commerce, which lies in the fact of the prodigious increase of the trade with India since its liberation. We shall be told in Parliament, no doubt, with tiresome iteration, that the Hindoos are a peculiar people, and would be annoyed and persecuted in an in human manner by British settlers, and moreover that the Chinese are a peculiar people, and can not be safely dealt with except by persons wear ing a peculiar uniform. But the Government knows well enough, that the introduction of in dustry and civilization into a colony, whether it be Canada, or Bengal, is equally beneficial to the colonized, and the mother country, and it is further aware that free traders have no natural incapacity ofnegociating with the Hong merchants, and are just as likely to find out the way of deal ing as the Americans, or others. If there had been a Portugal company now existing, with the exclusive privilege of trading to Oporto, exactly the same arguments might be used for its conti nuance as for that of the China monopoly. The importance of drinking unadulterated Port wine might be duly enlarged upon ; and there is re ally no good reason why we should be at the mercy of private traders in this respect any more than in tea. In former times companies and corporations were the best means for the promo tion of trade, and unquestionably our commerce with the East could not have risen so rapidly but for the original institution of the East India Company. That institution however, as ARIS TOTLE says of Governments, " was ordained " to some end," and when our commerce was established on a firm footing, we apprehend, the end was attained. If the same reasons do not now exist which warranted the original sanction given to the charter by law, the rule " cessante " ratione, cessat lex," ought to be applied to the question of renewal. We believe the Leeds meeting owes its ori gin, in a great measure, to the vigorous efforts made by the Leeds Mercury to rouse the ma nufacturers to action in a matter so vitally affect ing their interest. That Journal has, we be lieve, never yet omitted an opportunity of being really useful to commerce, or to the nation. In addition to the slovenly and hasty manner in which the late Inquest on the unfortunate Lord GRAVES was conducted—a haste the motives for which we cam more readily compre hend than excuse—we cannot but express our astonishment at the conduct of the Coroner, who at the very moment when the evidence be gan to assume an intelligible shape, and to throw light on the causes that induced the deplorable catastrophe, was so far from furthering, that he actually attempted to prevent the elucidation of the necessary facts. CORONET—You have no doubt, I presume, that his Lordship committed suicide, while labouring under de pression of spirits ? Witness—l have no doubt that hie Lordship cut his throat in a fit of great depression of spirits, not knowing what he was about. Juror—But can you inform us what has caused that de pression of spirits under which his Lordship laboured? [The question seemed to excite the greatest interest among the Jury. All eyes were turned towards the wit ness ; but before he could make the reply, The CORONKR interposed, and said, he did not consider it necessary to put such a question to the witness. They had assembled to inquire whether Lord Graves died from violence inflicted by himself or by any other person, and in what state of mind he was at the time—whether insane or otherwise. It was in evidence that his Lordship had laboured under great depression of spirits, and it was there fore probable that he committed the rash act while labour ing under temporary insanity. Juror—But, Sir, I consider that we shall not discharge our duty unless we inquire into the cause of that depres sion of spirits under which his Lordship is said to have laboured. According to the oath that you administer to us, are we not bound to investigate all the cicumstances? Conoxxs—No, Gentlemen ; I do not consider it a part of your duty to make inquiry upon that point to which allusion has been made. The oath that I administer to you, and which is the same that is administered to Jurors upon all similar occasions, is, that " you shall diligently inquire, and true presentment make, on behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King, how and in what manner Lord Graves came by his death—anal true verdict give, according to the evidence—so help you God." The Juror, however, contended that he was justified in putting the question, and pressed for the answer. The COICONZIL said he would raise no further objection to the question. The witness might, if he pleased, give the answer. The question having been put, the witness said," I can not, upon my oath, take upon myself to state what was the cause which produced that depression of spirits under which his Lordship laboured." It appears by the above minutes, if correct, that every exertion was used to strangle the very evidence that was most essential to a right un derstanding of the case, and that those exertions were not desisted from till an intelligent and per severing juryman had pressed for the necessary facts. The Inquest altogether appears to have been a smuggled affair, and ought (as it would have been in every other case) to have been ad journed till better evidence could be procured. In fact, the inquisition should be held over again. At present a dreadful and suspicious mystery hangs over the case. We noticed on a former occasion a corres pondence between Mr. WILMOT HORTON and Mr. POULETT THOMSON, on the very import ant subject of the causes anti remedies of pau perism in the United Kingdom. This was, it appears, the first t , f a series of six successive parts, in which Mr. WILMOT HORTON has finally determined to embody his views, and to wait the effect of their circulation, previously to bringing the question again before Parliament. We have since read the second of this series, consisting of a correspondence with M. DUCH A TEL, the enlightened and philanthropic Author of the ig Essay en Charity," and have cleriveki from it both pleasure and instruction. I n another column will be found the two last of the letters, and if eur space permitted it we should have gladly copied the whole. The points which this second series is in tended to establish are ;-Ist, the practicability of regulated and assisted emigration ;-2dly, the economy of colonization as a mode of disposing of a pauper population ;—and idly, the error of the notions which have been promulgated with respect to what is called " the filling up of the vacuum." Upon the first point it is worthy of remark that M. DUCHATEL, who in his work, written before seeing the Report of 1827, had deprecated emigration " as a resource equally frightful and impracticable," has after reading that Report so completely altered his opinion, as to declare that, with the assistance of Go vernment, emigration is practicable and without danger, as appears to him demonstrated by the examinations taken before the Committee. M. DUCHATEL is further of opinion that the em ployment of capital for the purpose of emigra- tion, the interest of which less than the amount of the expense at present incurred, does. not constitute an expense to the nation, but a real saving,—in fact an economy. He, lastly, in repl) to the explanations given concerning the filling up of the vacuum, expresses himself as free from doubt on that head, and concludes by say ing, "from the moment that the question of " expense and profit is resolved in favour of " emigration as compared with domestic main " tenance, political economy has only to ap " prove the measure." There are certainly persons among us who dis approve of any and every measure, for the very reason that it is approved by political economy. To such people it is only lost time to quote M. DUCIIATEL or any other scientific individual, whose extensive knowledge, and mature con sideration of the subject, may render his autho rity of real weight. But there are now too many well-informed men who take an interest in the welfare of our wretched paupers, to give Mr. WILMOT HORTON cause to despair of the eventual success of his philanthropic exertions. Nothing appears clearer than that a million of unproductive paupers, costing the country three millions a year, and consequently (at 4 per cent. interest) representing an unproductive capital of seventy-five millions, would be removed with immense advantage to themselves and the nation, if they could at an expense of sixteen millions be, in six years, located in Canada, as was clearly demonstrated before the Emigration Committee. To deny such a position, is to affirm that an unproduc tive expenditure of three millions a year is more beneficial to the State than a profitable one of 640,0001. In this correspondence, the reasons why the void made by the abstraction of redun dant labourers would not fill itself up, are stated with more clearness than we have yet seen them assigned with. Mr. WILMOT HORTON main tains, that the change that would be effected in the state of society, by restoring the proportion between labour and capital to something like its proper level, would bring into operation the prudential check which acts principally, if not exclusively, in those circumstances of society, where a man's labour will procure a moderate, though not an ample, remuneration. Such he says is the present condition of France ; and it is assuredly the case that the rate of increase there is infinitely less either than that of Great Britain, or any other European state, being in the ratio of 6,536 per million per annum, while that of Great Britain is 16,667. There is much force in this argument, and we are certainly con vinced that in no country under the sun is the prudential check to marriage less exercised, and more required, than in Ireland. When a man has reached such a depth of degradation that he has no power left but to satisfy his animal desires, he does not, in fact, better his condition by restraining them ; but where there is a motive for prudence it is not an unreasonable supposition that it will begin to be exercised. Mr. WiLmoT Hort TON ' S reasoning deserves therefore much consideration. The diffusion of education among the poor will, we are confident, do much to remove their prejudices, by making them able to see when emigration will better their condition. The Scotch, the Swiss, and many of the Germans, emigrate voluntarily because they have under standing enough to know when they can do themselves no good at home. If our labouring population knew anything about Canada, or the Swan River,—if they had, in general, half the information they ought to possess, the Govern ment would have been besieged with petitioners for removal. But ignorance and want do not generate wisdom, and when such monstrous fallacies are believed by the higher classes, it is vain to expect to find reasonable opinions preva lent among the poor. Mr. WILMOT HORTON finds the public with arguments, but he cannot alas ! find it with understanding. Let him, however, persevere, for the truth makes its way surely, though slowly, and the time will arrive when people will express their surprise and sorrow that they should have so long treated with neglect an inquiry pregnant with so much good to their country. His MAJESTY has been pleased to grant a charter to the Royal Bank of Scotland, on the authorising an addition of 500,000/. to the capital, to be paid up within five years. When the last addition of 500,0001. was made to the capital of the Bank it was divided amongst the proprietors, and the whole sum paid from the undivided profits, without the proprietors being called on for any part of it.—North Britote. It is hoped that the front wall of the late A rgyleß oonas, towards Regent-street, may not require to is taken down ; that towards Little Argyle-street is in a very tottering condition. Notwithstanding the supposed close connec tion between a certain great Duke and the new Chief Baron of Scotland, it may be seen that his Grace's nephew and heir presumptive voted against Ministers on Thurs day night; which fact may negative the inferences to be drawn from the preferment of the Learned Individual alluded to. The place is worth 4,0001. per annum, and is not one of much labour.—Morning Chronicle. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Bala, Merionethshire, on the night of yesterday week, about eleven o'clock.—Afacelesfield Courier. RINDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. (From the Montreal Papers to the 31st Dec.) At a Special Meeting of the Montreal Committee, held on account of the recent intelligence from London, respect ing the negociations said to be pending for opening to the . . united States a direct intercourse with the British West Indies and Demerara, it was resolved that it gives great and just cause to fear that the interests of these Colonies, so distant from the observation of his Majesty's Ministers, may be misrepresented, and the protecting system of inter course which now exists and binds them together among themselves, and with the United Kingdom, may be weakened. It was then resolved, that in order to prevent such lamentable consequences, bumble memorials and peti tions should be framed and transmitted to the Right Hon. Secretary of State for the Colonies, expressing their alarm fait on the occasion. New York papers have just arrived to the 17th of Jan., by the London line of packet ship, the Hudson, Captain Champlin, at the North and South American Coffee-house, by which we have received the fokowing important com munication from Mexico to the 15th of December:—.On the 4th ult. all the principal officers of the Mexican Army of Reserve at Jalapa held a solemn meeting there, and fr4med a declaration in favour of the federal system of government, adding a call on the President to convoke as soon as possible the Supreme Congress, and to resign the dictatorial powers, and to make several changes in the mi nistry, and adopt reforms. 'Phis proceeding was imme diately prompted by the seditious military movement in Yucatan against the federal system. General St. Anna was invested by the Army of Reserve to take the command jointly with General Bustamente, in order to prevent a new revolution ; but in his answer he declines the offer, alleging sickness, and expresses himself against consolidation. There is a violent ferment through out Alexieo with regard to the Constitution. Several of the States have adopted the declaration of the army of reserve, and signified their resolution to assist in maintain ing the present order of things. _ . VERA Cave, Dec. 14.—A new loan has been made of two millions to the Government, one-half payable in cash. A conducts of one million of dollars was safely delivered on the 30th ult., and another was expected. Trade has been brisk. Madras Papers of the 30th September, and Calcutta Papers to the 7th September, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Madras Papers siy—" We understand that something in the nature of a fraud has lately been discovered at the Goverment Bank, but we forbear publishing names." THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off yesterday at 91 f for the Account , soon after they receded to 91f, and at present may be quoted 91k f for the Account. A great deal of business has been done, the house being this morning crowded with brokers and jobbers ; but up to the present time we have no political aformation of consequence. In the Foreign Market the chief business transacting was in Brazil Stock, which has rather improved. \Vs have a number of arrivals this morning; the letters and papers were delivered very late. FUNDS. 311- per Cent. 991 a New 4 per Cent., 101i 4 4 per Cent. 1826 105 India Bonds, 75 76 Exchequer Bills, '76 77 FUNDS. Greek, 34i 5 Mexican, 25 Peruvian, ISi Mir Portuguese, 59 41 Prussian, Ruseian, 110 Spanish, 13 TWO O'CLOCK. ENGLISH Bank Stock, 218 19 India Stock, 232 3 3 per Cent. Cuns. 91 4 1 Do., for Account, 2 Ditto Reduced, 92} I OREIG Brazilian, 68 Buenos Ayres, 29 Si Chilian, Colombian, lt2i 3 Danish, 74i 5 French, 4 per Cent. 108 i Ditto, f per Cent. 84 The Consol Market has been fluctuating during the morning from 91i. to 91i for the Account, and for Money 911 buyers. This rise in the market is owing to an eminent broker having sold Four per Cents. and pur chased in the Three per Cents.,which certainly denotes that the Four per Cents. are going to be paid off. Consols at present are 914 for the Account. A noted Hebrew died this morning, a Mr. Levy; he was a .great taker-in of National Shares and Brazil Stock to an immense amount. His death caused a depressioa in the market. Mexican and Brazil Stock are lower. Spanish Stock has improved, owing to a report that they have come higher from Paris. Accounts from Egypt state that the negociations which were going forward between the Vice-roy and the French Agent had ,been broken off, owing to despatches being received from Government at Constantinople. The information from Paris this day, states, that in the Council of Ministers, held on the sth inst., it was deter. mined that the Expedition against Algiers, consisting of 2b,000 men, should sail in May next. THREE Cr CL 0 Cli: Consols for Ae•eunt, 91i. Yesterday a highly-respectable Meeting of in habitant houleholders of St. Pancras' parish was held in the Vestry-room, " for the purpose of entering into a sub scription and adopting such measures as may be expedient for the relief of the distressed pcor." The following facts will appear rather extra ordinary at the present inclement season. An apple tree in the garden of Mr. VINCENT, of Fowey, has now on it part of a second crop of apples ; the came tree put forth blos , oins three times during the last year.—On old Christ mas-day, Mr. ROGERS, of Trenant, near Fowey, shot a large adder in one of his fields.— West Briton. MEETINGS OF THE CITIZENS —The city of Waterford is animated with one universal spirit of enthu siasm at the near approach of the contest. The citizens are proceeding earnestly in the work they have entered upon, of co-operating with the independent interest in the county. They have already appointed a committee, and procured committee-rooms, where they meet daily. Public meetings will lie held at St. Patrick's Rooms, hencefor ward, regularly three times a week. The committee of the citizens are zealous and indefatigable in the discharge of the duties imposed upon them. Flags and other emblems are already in preparation. In fact, in the course of the ensuing week, the city will he in a perfect blaze. The blaze is also bursting . forth in several other quarters.— IVaterford Chronicle. Mr. BUXTON, M.P. for Great Bedwin. voted in the minority, on Thursday night, the 4th instant, in favour of Sir EDWARD KNATEHBULL'S amildment to the address. The private letters received to-day from Rio de Janeiro are dated the 2d ult. The intelligence they contain, and which is necessarily excluded from the public journals, is important, because it would clearly indicate, if the statements are correct, that the Emrsnox has de termined on the support of his daughter's claim to the Crown of Pornigal. All the Ministers, it is said, with he exception of the Marquis of ARACATY, who held the department for Foreign Affairs, have been dismissed for their oppositi,ns to Don PEDRO'S wishes in this respect, and a new Ministry has been formed, at the head of which is placed the Marquis BIREACKNA, the Chamber lain to the young QITEEN, and who escorted her from this country. The new Ministers had not yet commenced o ffice, but were to do so, according to the private letters, on the sth of December. The following list of them, but which cannot be received as quite accurate till further accounts arrive, is given by one of the private letters Marquis Barbacena Finance. Marquis Paranagua Marine. Conde de Lages - War. Marquis Caravellas Interior. Marquis Basto (late Intendant of Police) _ _ Justice. Marquis d'Aracaty Foreign Affairs. Times. The Sepulchre of the Virgin MARY is a spacious grotto, cut out of the solid rock, and divided into two apartments. Several steps lead down to it from the surface of the valley. Descending the steps, we found ourselves under the first cavernous and gloomy roof. This was low, and cut with great care out of the rock ; and the air was ra ther close and sultry. Of the two apartments of the grotto, the inner one was more tastefully decorated ; for here was the sepulchre of the Blessed Virgin—a rich source of profit and superstition. It cost us four dollars to see it. Here also, in niches cut out of the solid rock, stood the tombs of ANNA and JOSRPII, with those of two or three minor Saints. A silver lamp was suspended over each of them, it being the time of a solemn ceremonial ; prfumes were profusely burned in silver censers, and their odour filling the place, did not render the air more pure or welcome. The small silver altar, massive candlesticks, and other ornaments, gave a rather costly air to this chamber, though the clouds of perfume that floated round half hid every object from the view. The sides of the rock were in some parts hung with tapestry, and in others cold and naked ; for the bed of the river Kedion was close without, down which, during the winter rains, a shallow torrent ran.— Caine's Travels in the .East. LAW INTILLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. WEST V. TANTON. Mr. Serjeant TA nny moved to show cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Serjeant Wilde. It appeared it was a case in which the plea was put in in the name of the solicitor of the customs of Excise, but the entry which was found in the hook (which he here produced) was Samuel Tan ton, at the suit of West. 'I here was nothing on the face of the entry which went to show that Mr. Walford ap peared in any other mode than an attorney. His affidavit stated, that the said plea was objected to on the ground of Mr. Walford having ns right to interfere in the matter. The application which was made before the Lord Chief Justice was this, to show cause why the costs should not be taxed, and the plaintiff prevented from proceeding in the action. The Lord Chief Justice took time to consider on the question; in the meantime the plea was delivered, and a question arose as to the validity and regularity of the plea. He was prepared to show cause why this rule should not be granted, it was a very important question to decide, having arisen from the construction of the statute of 9th George IV., chap. 25, which was an Act authorizing the appointing of persons to act as Solicitors in the Court of Chancery in revenue matters. His objec tion to this rule was this :—ln the first instance it was not competent for Mr. Walford to make himself defend ant in this ease, or to act in any case he may please; it should either have appeared on the face of the record that it was a case in which his Majesty had some interest, or the Board of Revenue. It was not sufficient, when a plea was put in, for the attorney to tell the Court that he intended to take up the defence of an action on behalf of his Majesty; but there should have been an applica- tion made to the Court of bis intention to act in the case. This was neither more nor less than a plea put in by a third person, who was aot authorized to act in it, he not being the actual defendant, nor a per son substituted by the defendant, he contended that the Statute of the sth of George the Fourth slid not authorise Mr. Walford to constitute himself (immediately, and without any previous notice, being an attorney to his Ma jesty), to act in a case between those two individuals, un less a motion to that effect had been made in this Court previous to the trial. The cause of the present action was this :—On the 23d of November, the plaintiff went to Bow-street, where he saw the defendant, who de manded from hint a seal and watch, and several bank-notes, which he positively alleged to have been obtained by forgery. The plaintiff said that such property was not the proceeds of a forgery, and that they belonged to no other person but himself. This was stated in the plaintiffs affidavit. The Learned Sergeant then concluded by saying, that he thought his client was fully entitled to damages for the detention of the property in question. Mr. Serjeant WILDS said that if the party went for substantial damages they might proceed, but if for nominal damages, he hoped the Court would interpose. In the case of Rowe and Brenton the Court did not require tl e defendant to show cause how he was interested in the action. The Cum JUSTICE said that they knew very well in ancient times no man could appear in Court by his attor ney, but that was annulled by a later statute, in which an attorney was allowed to act as the defendant. The 2d clause of the statute of George IV. goes to say, that certain persons who were appointed to act as attorneys on behalf of his Majesty might act and practice in all and every Court in the United Kingdom. It seemed to him that the words used in the plea of Mr. Walford did not bring bim under the cha racter of one who was not authorised to act in the present case. This plea therefore ought not to be treated as a nullity, but on the contrary it was put in by a person having authority to act for the defendant. _ _ 'Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Justice GAZELEE were of the same opinion. Mr. Sergeant BOSINQUET also expressed his opinion on the case, which perfectly coincided with his Learned Brothers. PREROGATIVE COURT. JUDGBLENT.-Tilt KING'S PROCURATOR-GENERAL 0. D AVIES. Sir JOHN NICHOL gave judgment in this important case this morning, and which has been so long before the Court. The decision involved property to the amount of about 15,000/. The Judge stated that this was a question to try the validity of a paper propounded by Mrs. Mary Davies as the will of the late Robert Spink Newsome. The deceased died in 1815 aged 19. The paper propounded was dated 1815. If not valid the property of the deceased will belong to the Crown. The real party in this case was the brother of the deceased, to whom all the property was to revert in case of the death of Robert Spink Newsome. The question was whether the paper propounded by Mrs. Davies was testamentary. Looking to all the facts of the case, he should revoke the administration, and decree nomination on the part of the Crown. Dr. Punramoax prayed that Mrs. Davies might be allowed the costs of the suit out of the estate. The KING'S ADTOCATE, on the part of the Crown and the other party in the cause, had no objection to allow coats. EXECUTION THIS MORNING. This morning the awful sentence of the law was carried into effect upon the person of James Butler, whose crimes have been frequently recorded in The Sun and other Journals ; but to recapitulate those whish he admits having been privy to would not comport with our space. At a little before eight o'clock, both the Sheriffs and the Under Sheriffs attended at the prison, who, preceded by their officers, were conducted to the press-room, into which Butler was almost immediately after introduced, supported by the Rev. Ordinary and Mr. Baker. The " yeomen of the halter" then performed the duty of pinioning him ; and during this solemn preliminary the convict complained repeatedly that he was bound too tight. He then addressed Mr. Sheriff Ward, and said—" Sir, you received the letter I sent to you?" " No," said the Sheriff; whereupon the culprit looked round with surprise. Mr. Cotton, the Ordinary, told Butler that he had the letter, and that in due time it should be delivered to the person to whom it was addressed. [The writer of this sketch has the letter alluded to i❑ his possession, but he •nly states that its contents com p!ctely exonerate the person who was tried with him upon several indictments.] The convict said, while surrounded by the persons pre sent,—" 0 Lord, I am so guilty, can there be mercy in store for one who has been a transgressor so long ?" Mr. Sheriff Richardson endeavoured to allay the feelings of the malefactor's mind, and Mr. Baker reminded him of the sufferings of Him who died for the transgressions of mankind. Butler said—" My punishment is just, and I venture to hope God will pardon me." The solem❑ procession then advanced towards the fatal scaffold, the prison bell tolling, and the Rev. Ordinary reading the usual extracts from the Burial Service, com mencing with,—" For I know that say Redeemer liveth." As he walked through the avenues, the culprit appeared firm, hot as soon as he beheld the dreadful scaffold his fortitude forsook him, and his frame was convulsed in an extraordinary degree, hut his mind appeared not to be so much affected, for in very coherent language, although under much agitation, ke called upon God for pardon until his stammering tongue was silenced by death. Owing to the torrents of rain which poured down during the morning, very few persons were in attendance to wit ness the exit of ono of the most expert " Cracksmen" who has for the last ten years lived within the Bills of Mortality. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). This morning the Company's declarations of Saltpetre, Pepper, Cassia, &c., was gone through. The sales were well attended. The quantity of Company's Saltpetre offered was 500 tons, and sold briskly from 275. 6d. to 28s. 6d. per cwt., being much higher than at 14:t The Black unsifted Pepper, of which there were upwards of 700 bags sold, from Sid. to 3d. per lb., and about 140 bags of White Pepper went off from sd. to 6d. per lb. The sale altogether was a smaller one, as regards spices, ever remembered. SUGAIL.—The deliveries of Sugar last week from the West India Docks amounted to 2,386 hhds. and 97 trs., but as there were loaded last week about 2,000 casks, the stock is not below 23.239 hhds. and 1,670 trs. In the Sugar Market this morning not much has been done, but business is expected to increase now that the navigation has become open. Refined goods are more firm. The transactions in RUM continue pretty large, but the deliveries last week were only about 300 puncheons, and the stock is now 206 puns. and 1,516 hhds. The market for Tins is languid at cost prices, except for superior breaks, which command a small profit. In BALTIC PatonucE there is little doing. The delivery 1 is o ro d inc u ley c e flr ol t e 2 r e c 43 i s s sk. nothing i T n th g oe3 n s e 3t w g7 k t 9 h d o t the s ma l l , e produce For cwt. In h is morning. 3 1 last week ooot ce Ir i s V k a as s r,t v i ca e ln r e y ( r is RAw SILK! continue very heavy. SHIPPING INTILLICIUNCE,(THIS DAY.) PROM LLOYD'S. DtAL, Faa. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Maria Louisa, from the Cape. Arrived from London the St. Vincent, Young, for St. Vincent's ; and General Harris, Stanton, for India. Poarsatourrs, Fan. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Hudson, Champlin, from New York; Louisa Barinwe, Lewis, from Rio Janeiro—passed the Protector, Waugh, from Calcutta, ssided 6th September. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Off port the Olive Branch, Anderson, frogs the Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind W. 6. W.—Arrived the Osborne Packet, from Jamaica, sailed 22d December ; Nocton Packet, from the Leeward Islands, sailed from St. Thomas's 12th December; Magnet Packet, from Lisbon, sailed 29th ult. Sailed the Swallow Packet, for the Bra ails, and Vigilant Packet, for Lisbon. Prt back the Plover Packet, for Jamaica. WATERFORD, FEB. s.—Arrived the Margaret, Gan thony, from St. Andrew's, N.B. ; and Active, Duncan, from St. John's, N.B. LIVERPOOL, FIB. 7.—Arrived the Halifax, —, from Halifax. BELFAST, FIE. 6.—The Dan, Simpson, from to Liverpool, which put into Donaghadee, has had the leak stopped, and will proceed without discharging. ftlAsaaxx, FEB. B.—The Hope, Renal, from Ports mouth to Sunderland, has been extricated from the Good win Sands by a Deal boat, with loss of anchors, chain, and hawser, and brought into theme Roads. The Hope, Fitzsimmons, has arrived at Burhaven, from Jamaica. The Orange-grove, Brush, was stranded at Algoa 131 11th November ; the crew and part of the cargo saved. SUICIDE OF LORD GRAVES. (ADDITIO?TAL r•XTICULARI.) The greatest excitation prevailed last night, at the west end of the town, by the dreadful death of the above much lamented Nobleman. The unhappy circumstances that were currently rumoured, and which are said to have been the primary cause of the melancholy catastrophe, were the sole subject of conversation at the various club-houses, and other fashionable places of resort. Many are the rumours connected with this lamentable affair, in which the con duct of an illustrious individual is particularly alluded to. On Sir James Anderson, M.D., who has apartments at Anglesea House, ascertaining the dreadful nature of the wound, and finding that his Lordship was quite dead, ha returned immediately to Anglesea House, and, with as much delicacy as possible, made known the shocking event to the Noble Marquis and family, who were waiting dinner for his Lordship, and who were surprised at his want of punctuality. The Noble Marquis became so affected, that for some moments he was incapable of utterance.— The letter mentioned on the Coroner's inquest to have been forwarded on Sunday afternoon, by his Lordship, to Lady Graves, at Hampton-court, from whom he had been separated a short time, it is said was an answer to one received by him a few days ago, through the Marquis of Anglesea, appointing an interview with him as yesterday (Monday), and it was arranged that his Lordship was to have dined with the Marquis of Anglesea on Sunday even ing, to arrange matters previous to the interview at Hampton-court the following day. The dinner was to have been on the table at seven o'clock, and at half-past six o'clock the dreadful act was perpetrated. Since the un happy separation of the Noble Lord from his Lady, the circumstances attending which are but too well-known to the public, various infamous allusions to the cause, which it is impossible for any person not to understand, have been made known to the public in the shape of caricatures, and have been exhibited in the windows of the different print shops at the west end of the metropolis, and since their publication his Lordship has been frequently annoyed by some heartless villain sending him anqnymous packets, containing some of these caricatures. On Sunday last, not many hours before he pat an end to his existence, he re ceived three packets of these prints, which considerably added, it is ■aid, to his already troubled and ex cited mind. His Lordship has left behind him eight children : one son and two daughters are married ; the rest of his family are at his seat at Bishop's Clist, near Exeter. About three months ago one of his daughters was married to Mr. Hankey, son of the eminent banker, at St. George's, Hanover-square. Immediately after the result of the inquest a messenger was dispatched to Hampton Court, to communicate to her Ladyship the result of the investigation. In the account of the Coroner's inquest held yesterday, it is stated to have taken place at eleven o'clock, this is incorrect, the Jurors wore summoned for half-past nine o'clock, and the investigation eoncluded a few minutes after eleven o'clock. We mention this circumstance, as a Morning paper states the inquest to have been held at a quarter before eight o'clock, and has commented on the unusual early hour. COURT CIRCULAR. The Russian Ambassador gave a grand dinner to Prince LEOPOLD on Sunday, at Ashhurnham House. Some of the Foreign Ministers, and also some of the Cabinet Ministers, were invited to meet his Royal Highness. Prince Lxorot.o left town yesterday for his seat at Claremont. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, Downing street, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Dnke of WELLINGTON, Earls BATHURST, ROSILYN, and ABER DEEN, Viscount MELviLLE, Lord ELLEnsoßoucrr, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. HENRIES. The Coun cil broke up soon after four o'clock. The Bishop of LONDON, the Bishop of EXETER, the Bishop of GLouctsTEß, Lord ELLINBOROUGH, Mr. Se cretary PEEL, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCREQUIR, Lord LEvEson GOWER, and Mr. GEORGE BANKIS, had inter views with the Duke of Vitrumietrox yesterday, at the Treasury. The Prussian Minister and the Colombian Minister transacted business with the Earl of AZTADJEEK yesterday, at the Foreign Office. The LORD CHAMBERLAIN had an interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON on Sunday. _ . The Neapolitan Alinister transacted business at the Foreign Office yesterday. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening by the Spanish Minister to his Government. The SOLICITOR-GZIMUL visited the CIiAIiCILLOA of the EXCnEQUER yesterday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. At the commencement of the betting Mummer had the call of Brunswicker ; the Mouse colt at the same time was hacked freely at 10 to 1, and seemed to threaten both the principal favourites—at the critical moment, however, one of the Brunswieker party entered the room, laid 6000 to 5000 on him against Mouse, and finally mad• him first favourite by a full point. Mummer, Cressida, and Mouse, left off at 9 to 1 each, without any choice, and half a point above that being taken about either. No others were in any great demand, ,douche rose half a point for the Oaks, a commission icing in the market to take 6 to Ito 4001. The 'setting closed thus ILIDDLIIIWOKTII. Mabmoud the favourite, the odds being somewhere about I lo 2, but nothing was none. MUST. 8 to 1 apt Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 9 to 1 aget Sir Mark Wood's The Mummer 9 to 1 aget Mr. Chifuey's Cressida colt 9 to 1 agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse eolt It to 1 apt Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler 13 to 1 aget Sir M. Wood's Cetus 17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 25 to 1 aget Lord Sefton's Sal colt 30 to 1 apt Mr. Ramsbottom's Zscharelli 30 to 1 aget Lord Egremont's Brother to Grampus 30 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Brine 30 to 1 apt Lord Sefton's Mouche (taken) SO to 1 aget Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur (taken) 33 to 1 aget Lord Tavistock's Custard colt 40 to I aget Mr. Petre's The Major (taken) 40 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Rupert 60 to 1 agst Snooks (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's lot (taken) OAKS. 11 to 2 agst Lord Sefton's Mouelie 11 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly His Excellency Lieutenant-General Lord COMIERNIKRE, of Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, Com mander in Chief of the Forces in ladle, is on his return to this country. His Lordship took his passage in Sep tember su board the ship Bland. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.--A new farce in one act, entitled Teddy the Tiler, was last night brought out at this theatre. It is a humorous piece, and was received throughout with approbatitn. PowrL was the hero, Teddy, and went through his part admirably.