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DISCHARGE of CHANCERY PRISONERS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 19. WRIGHT V. WEGENEW-RICHARDSON V. IVEGENER. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—WiII your Lordship give me leave to mention the case of a prisoner in the Fleet ? In the cause of Wright and Wegener, I am humbly to move, on behalf of the plainti ff, for the discharge of Mr;Wegener, without paying the costs. And in another cause, of Richardson and Wegener, I am to move that he may be discharged without the payment of costs. I have the affidavit of Mr. Wegener, and, from the information I have ob tained, I can vouch for the truth of it. The fiat cause in which I am now moving, is a family suit, in which Mr. Wegener has entered his appearance, and the parties are willing to discharge him without costs. In the other there is a bill filed against Mi. Wegener by two persons, one of whom has been long since dead, and he has been thirteen years in prison, and no person has been brought forward to represent that dead person, and Mr. Wegener swears, in the life-time of that person, he saw him in the company of others, and he (the plaintiff) protested he knew nothing about the filing of the bill. The other gentleman, of the name of Richardson, the co-plaintiff, has been unfortunate in business— has become insolvent—and has ultimately.retired to Mexico, where he is now living, and no one step has been taken in the cause for all these years by any person representing him. Mr. Chip pendale, his solicitor, has left the country, and is resident abroad, where he is likely long to con tinue, and no other solicitor has been appointed in this matter. The clerk in Court, Mr. Shaddick, died in 1818, and I have the certificate of Mr. Mills, his successor, that no step has been taken in this cause since the death of Mr. Shaddick. The result, therefore, is, Mat there is no plaintiff; no attorney,. no clerk in Court, and no demand; and, therefore, on the part of this gentleman, 1 humbly move that he may be discharged. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Why did he not apply a long time since Tiie SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Because he did not know or had not inquired into any of these eireum s!ances ; and when I first saw him he told me he was preparing his answer. The LORD CHANCELLOR—There should be some person appointed to give advice to these unfortunate persons. The SOLICITOR,GENERAL—I hope we shall re medy that, with your Lordship's assistance. __ _ The LORD CHANCELLOR—It must be remedied. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—We all of us see the necessity of it, and I myself have taken much trou ble about it. I hope measures will be adopted to prevent these things occurring in future. Now, if your Lordship pleases, I will take the order for the discharge of Mr. Wegener from both contempts, without the payments of costc—Order granted. SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE. (FRO3I A CORRESPONDENT.) As at this moment every thing is of interest that relates to the accomplished and lamented artist so suddenly lost to his country, a lady puts it at your option, Mr. Editor, to give to the public a note received from Sir lhomas Lawrence very recently before his death. It contains an elegant compliment to retired excellence in a sister art; and gives an anticipating judgment on the younger Melpomene, from which few who have seen Miss Kemble will dissent. " Russell-square, Der. 17, 1829. " Dear Lady , I should lament still more than sincerely I do, that I could not obey your wish in receiving your son, if the darkness of the weather had not rendered my painting him on Tuesday impossible. I confess, with very true concern, to the fault of not writing an answer to your obliging, letter, which the pressure of much and unexpected business prevented me from doing. " If the loss of a great pleasure may be considered as some punishment for that offence, it was inflicted on me last night, in its depriving me of admittance to your box at the close of the performance, to have inquired of your Ladyship and Lady -, the impression you received from it. I hope your hands were moving as rapidly and heartily as hers, and from the same just and generous im pulse. Miss Ke►nble is to me the finest genius that has appeared since Mrs. SiddonS; and, bad she the same su perior advantages of person and countenance (though the latter in herself is fine, and of great and varied power), Might almost equal her. There were two or three bursts of passion, as natural and fine as any that I remember from that muse hersel!. But I am, in this ramble, losing the artist, in which only character I should address you ; the penitent indeed being added to it. I beg my best re spects to ----, and have the honour to be, dear Lady, your obliged and faithful servant, (Signed) T. LAWRENCE." NEW CLASS BooK.—The poetic treasures of mythology Lind classic fable have been long considered, by those concern:: in education, as unsafe in the hands of youth, owing to the urge admixture of grosser particles with the shining ore. The enchanting beauties of Ovin, in particular, have been denied to the knowledge of young ladies by reason of their tendency to corrupt, whilst en riching the mind. The solicitude of a mother for the proper instruction of her daughter has however at length obviated the complaint in question, by means of a new version—complete in all but its spots--of the whole body of heathen mythology, under the appellation of " Tales of the Classics," and with the accompanying advantage of eopious notes and observations. Mr. MACREADY played Macbeth one night List w,:ek at the Portsmouth theatre, to ten persons in the boxes, and a proportionably scanty audience iu the pit.— Brighton Gazette. A petition to the House of Commons, for the repeal of the Ifalt and Beer Duties, has been pre pared in the parish of Wrothani, and is in course of signa ture. It is to be hoped other parishes will du the same. It is no use complaining of hardships unless measures are taken to get rid of them, and it is quite absurd to sup pose the Legislature will remove grievances if the people wake no representations of their severity. —Maidstone Journal. The extensive premises lately occupied by the old Post-office in Lombard- street, whiali consists of a multiplicity of tenured, will, we hear, shortly be brought to sa!e. For the last three or four days a gentleman of military appearance has every afternoon sported in Hyde p irk a dark green-bodied cabriolet, without wheels, in Leil a whieb it is fitted up as a sleigh. The whole of the drive, from the quantity of snow that has lately fallen, forms a perfect sheet of ice, The sleigh is drawn with great rapidity by a fine spirited grey horse, and to the liar slesx are attached a variety of small bells, which, front their tinkling noise, and the novelty of alelgh-riding in this country, attract no small portion of the attention of the frequenters of this fashionable place of exercise. We have again to allude to the inefficient state of the volice in the Waterloo-road. Only two days ago, at the L'sar of ten in the morning, as Mr. GEORGE WELLS was passi.fg near the Coburg Theatre he was assailed by a gang of five fellovs, one of whom aimed a blow wiiich for tunately was warded off by his hat, instead of stunning him as intended, and the blow being as instantly returned with a stick, the yillain4, disappointed end mortified at their ifra;; ! fre, speedily dispersed. Surely the proper authorities ahcotid give more efficient attention to a neighbourhood thief is well known to abound in thieves, ruffians, and prosi;itutes, attd in which there are daily, Nay, hourly, de predations committed,—/Iforming Paper. LONGEVITY.—Died on the 4th instant at East aloulsey, Surrey, three persons, whose united ages make 215 years, WILLIAM Tukkixa, 92 ; Mrs. RAY MOND, ; and WlLLtam CANNON, 9i ; w,ost strange to say, they all expired on the same morning, and had the use of their faculties till the last; SUSPECTED INPANTICIDE.---On Sunday last, at mid-day, the body of a female infant, clothed merely in a shift and cap, and wrapped in a covering of old am, nel, was observed lying in the bed of the Nith, within two or three feet of the bank, nearly opposite to the New Quay. The body was conveyed to Truqueer Church, and examined by Doctors RousoN and SratorNc. Its age is guessed at three weeks, and, we understand there are good grounds for believing, that the poor innocent had been alive, when the barbarous mother, or some one for her, bad taken advantage of its helplessness, by consigning it to the deep, amidst the piercing cold of a December sky.— Dumfr ies Cou ri e LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1830. The French Papers of Monday have been received, but they contain little news. The preparations at Toulon seem to occupy public attention, and the opinion now is that Algiers is the real destination of the armament : (From the Messager des Chambres of Jan. IS.) TOULON, JAN, 12. For some days past it was reported that an Ad miral of established reputation will direct the attack by sea, and that the land troops will be commanded by a General of Division of the Ancient Army, who has been promised the baton of Marshal of France. " If this be true, and it is very probable, the Captain who is going to take the command of the blockade will be only subordinate in the command; and this would sufficiently explain the return of M. de I;tßretonniere. It is affirmed, that if the blockade has been relaxed, it is in consequence of a letter from the Admiral commanding the naval force in the Mediterranean, which informed M. de k Bretonniere of the Sultan's desire to offer his intervention in the arrangements between the lley and France; and that in the mean time he requested of France the temporary suspension of the blockade and permis sion for a corvette, a frigate, and two brigs, to quit the ports of the Regency, which were fitted out there, and which the Sultan desired to be employed in his service. This stratagem succeeded, since it was in consequence of this relaxation of the blockade that several corsairs put to sea, which now infest the Mediterranean. _ _ " The Itolage brig arrived yesterday from Na varin, and has received orders to-day to return to that place; but it waits for the despatches, which will be brought express from Paiis. The Cy g ne brig sails to-day for Mahon with despatches. Its departure is so sudden that it cannot complete its repairs, but the order it has received is positive, and it must go to sea immediately. All this proves the activity of the diplomatic operations in the Levant. It seems that our Government is resolved to take a decisive part in these important affairs. Heaven grant that there may be nothing more than a show of hostilities." FRENCH FIT tiDS..—PARIS, JAIL 18.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 75c. ; Three per Cents., 85f. 35c. 20c. 30c. ; Bank Stock, 1,8851. ; Naples Stock, 94f. 25c. ; loyal Spanish Loan, 821; Spanish RentEs Perpetuelles, 611 ; Haytian Loan, 425 f. Exchange on London, one month, 2M. 60c. ; three months, 25f. 45e. Coups Authentique. New York Papers have been received to the 17th December ; they contain a long report from the Secretary of the Navy, and other public documents, which have beer. laid before Con gress, agreeably to the tenor of the PRESIDENT'S Message. The following are extracts:— APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, IN TILE RE CESS OF TIIE SENATE.—Anthony Butler, of Mis sissippi, to be Charge d'Affairs of the United States, at Mexico. _ _ _ John M. l3ower, of Alabama, to be Consul of the United States, for the port of Guazacualeo, in place of Charles Douglas, removed. John G. l3oker, of New York, to be Consul- General of the United States, for Switzerland. " CONGRESS. — The Senate on Wednesday elected Mr. Smith, of Maryland, Chairman of the Com mittee on Finance. The various standing Com mittees were appointed ; and in that on :Manufac tures, every Member is supposed to be in favour of the Tariff. " REFORT OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT.—Gen. Eaton, in his report to the President, states that orders have been issued prohibiting any person, when intoxicated, from being enlisted into the mili tary service of the United States, or any contract to be consummated till time and opportunity are af forded for deliberation. lie recommends an increa•e of the annual appropriation (now 100,000 dollars) for the armament of the fortifications now in pro gress ; that no further purchases of powder be made at present, but of the materials which compose it; an enlargement of the engineer corps, and an in• crease of the number of surgeons and assistants. The present number is 52. During the past summer, Cantonment Towson and Cantonment Leavenworth have been abandoned the former as unnecessary, the latter on account of the unhealthiness of the position. " THE TARlFF.—lntelligence from Washington renders it probable that the opposition mean at an early day to b;i„g up the tariff, and to discuss it with as much virulence as possible. Mr. Storrs, it is said, is preparing himself for a great effort on that subject. On Thursday last there was some spar ring on the reference of the subject to a committee. The spirit that may agitate the Session began to Lhow some symptoms of strength. This at present may be the appearance of things according to all accounts ; yet we should not be surprised if another very important subject were to be the leading topic of the Session. STATE OF TRADE.—During the current year the general cry has been Dull times.' It is true there has been but little excitement about trade ; very few fortunes have been made ; no great speculations, and scarcely enough heavy failures (we speak of this city) to give variety and interest to the scene. We should suppose, from the language of some persons, that the ports of the world were generally shut against us, and that we had nothing to do but fold ourselves up in our shell. England, they say, adheres closely to the system of self-protection. She will only buy of us such things as she wants,—cotton, rice, tobacco, ashes, &C. She ought to take our flour and provisions too. Well, last year she opened her ports, and invited us to bring in our dour; but so pressing were the wants of our other foreign customers, that we sold them 700,000 barrels, and were able to spare England but 1.50,000 barrels,—a quantity only equal to the inspections in New York for ten days in the busy season. The north of Europe furnished ten times more wheat in England last year than we did ; and if the corn laws were abolished, it is doubtful whether our proportion would be greater. In the mean time we have good reason to congratulate ourselves that South Ame rica, the West Indies, and the Eastern States, are our natural customers, and have wants equal to our capacity of supply. The articles which England buys of us merely because she wants them, it is some consolation to know, are ten times as great in value as those which it is insisted she shall buy though she does not want them. The cotton, for instance, which she receives from us, amounts to 12,000,000 or 13,000,000 of dollars per annum. " We are inclined to think, upon the whole, tha t our trade has gone on very fairly. The fact, that we have had abundant harvests, and that there was never less produce on hand than now, is not easily explained on any other supposition." The Prussian State Gazette, German, and Brussels Papers, have been received this morn-. ing. The Emperor of liussrA was so far re• covered as to make his appearance on parade. A most destructive explosion took place at Shumla ODESSA, DEC. 27. It is not yet positively known whether Hali Pacha will receive passports to go to St. Peters burgh, or whether he will return home without ac complishing his mission; for a report has been spread since yesterday, that orders have been sent to Count Orloff, through Count Diebitsch, not to negociate any farther with the Porte, and that he is left at liberty to quit Constantinople. The measures that are taken afford, however, a much greater probability for the continuation of the journey, as many car riages and waggons are already hired to convey him and his numerous suite, with several hundred bales and casks, which contain the rich presents intended for our Court. Considering the notorious and ge nerally proclaimed pecuniary distress of the Porte it seems strange that the Ambassador should take with him such rich presents; and we cannot help suspecting that the Porte hopes by this means to get itself relieved from the payment of the military contribution imposed upon it,—a de sign which is expressly stated in several letters from Constantinople, and is also mentioned as the reason for the Sultan's having hitherto declined all offers of loans, intending to wait for the result of the negociations at Petersburgh. But when we recol lect the great sacrifices, and the enormous expence which Russia has sustained in two campaigns, it seems hardly credible that the Porte should obtain any considerable remission of the indemnity which has been fixed at so low a rate, or of the military contribution, which is by no means commensurate with the expellees of the war. The sums de manded of Persia were far larger, yet the efforts arid sacrifices in the war with Persia cannot be com pared with those of the war with Turkey; but however the Persians, after a very important cession of territory, obtained only a proportionably small abatement in the sums required. Notwithstanding the bad weather, our port is very lively; and if it were not for the plague, the place would flourish as it formerly did. TRIESTE, JAN. 6. A merchantman that has arrived here in 18 days, from Tschesme, fell in, on the sth day of its voyage, in the channel of Zea, with the united Egyptian and Turkish squadron, on its way from Alexandria to Constantinople. VIENNA, JAN. 9. The exchange of Couriers between Constanti nople, London, and Paris, is again very active; im portant results are therefore expected, and it is generally believed that the Porte will shortly recog nise the Greek State. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Lucca, his Highness the reigning Duke of Nassau, and M. de Rayneval, the French Ambas sador to this Court, have arrived here. The two last numbers that have been received of the Courrier de Smyrne have, for the first time, a vignette, representing a Tartar on horseback ; beneath is the motto, " Victrix causa Deis plaenit, sed Victa." PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds" Brazilian Bonds 7 2 1,i Buenos Ayres Bonds — Chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 2514 Danish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 . 34 % 5 4 Guatimala Mexican Bonds . Ditto, 1825 27 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THI: tnk stock 219Y,; 18 3 per Cent. Red. 94 / 9 /8 3 per Cent. Cons. 9 3i % 3 1 4 per Cent. DM) Red. loo'l Vi I , per Cent. Ann. Ditto, 1P26 Ditto Scrip - link L. Ann. Ditto 30 years India Sto At - litto Bonds 73 74 ern South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditt. Ex. Bills, X1,(101i ftd. 77 77 pm Ditte........ ....... 10. 7 7 79 pm. rMtt. .58 4 2d. 77 79 pm. ........ Ifd. 77 '79 pit. Data email l4. 77 '79 pm. Ditto lgil. 77 79 pm. sank for Account India for Account Cons. far Jan 20 951‘ THIS DAY AT DMZ O'CLOCX. !Neapolitan — ;Peruvian Bonds ;Portuguese Bonds ;Prussian, Old Ditto, New — , Russian 111N44 Spanish. 'B2l il±iN 823. — ,--- . French Rentes, sp. c. —l. —a. Exchange ...... —f.- - . 3 per cent —t. —e. !---- Exchange —f. —, . PRICES OF SNARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (l is. at 51. pm.) XlOO 40 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 84% 84 85 Ditto National lO 273! United Mex. Min. Co. (its. at 2/. pus.) £!1014 17%54 Australian Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 25 PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock 255% Consols, 3 per cent. - Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 9 9 1,4 Ditto, New - 4 per Cent. lOl% Gov. I)eb. 3% per cent 91% Royal Canal Stock 45t, /4 Grand Canal Stock --i City Deb. 4 per cent - i Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c - MA. Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayre. O Carthagena. 0 O Dublin 0 1 Flanders 0 O France 1 O G uernsey &Jersey 0 :KS, DEIBLIN, JAW. IS St. Patrick 1 nsur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto 27 Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co, of Ireland... 4 13-16 Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due. O Hamburg 4 O Holland O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Mexico O Sweden 9 Waterford NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 0 minutes after 0. I Eventng...23 minutes after 0. - efir . AUSTRIAN FUNDS. JAN. 7.—Metalliques, 103 i; Four per Cent. 94i ; Bank Shares, 1,287. JAN. B.—Metallique., 104 i; Four per Cent., 95i-; Bank Shares, 1,295. JAN. 9.—Metalliques, 105; Four per Cent., 95k; Bank Shares, 1,304. ST. PETERSBURGI!, JAN. G. On the 31st Dec. his Majesty the Emperor was pleased, for the first time since the recovery of his health, to which the interests of so many millions of men are attached, to be present at the parade of the battalion of the Ismailow regiment of the Guards in the drill hour. His Majesty was welcomed with loud huzzas, w hich his Majesty, greatly affected, in vain endeavoured to check by waving his hand. On the 27th Nov., by the carelessness of an ar tilleryman, an explosion took place in the great powder magazine at Shumla, which not only de stroyed the whole of the stone-building, in which there were 6,81)0 cartridges, and 2,000 barrels of gunpowder, but also 40 field-pieces, that were ready to be sent to Adrianople, were broken to pieces and totally spoiled ; nay, the latter were for the most part melted, and 48 artillery men were killed. In the same building there was a magazine of provisions, in which it is said 10,000 sacks of corn and a great quantity of other provisions were destroyed. The fire in this magazine continued the whole day, and as the bombs, grenades, &c. were flying about in all directions, nobody ventured to • attempt to extinguish it, though the Grand Vizier was present the whole time. On the first explo sion, the bombs flying over the town in every direc tion, a great agitation prevailed among the inhabi tants and the troops ; and, till the real cause was known, there was a general cry that the Russians were storming the town. This false alarm caused great confusion, which the Grand Vizier himself found it very difficult to put astop to. BRUSSELS, JAN. 16. His Royal Highness the Duke of Brunswick nr rived here yesterday, on his way to Paris. JAN. 17.—We learn from the States Courant that the first sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General will be on the 18th. JAN. 19.—The Duke of Brunswick left this city on the 8111. M. Preble, Ambassador from the United States, arrived yesterday. The following is from our Paris Correspon dent " PARIS, JAN, 17. " A Board of Health has been long esta blished in Paris, whose duty it is to watch over every circumstance which can at all affect the salubrity of the supplies of water, the cleanliness of streets and thoroughfares, and in general whatever relates to the wholesomeness of food and the health of the inhabitants at large. A report has just been published by this Board, which contains a variety of details of an irate ' resting nature a. 3 to the amount of mortality in P ar i s , an d th e di sea ses by which it is produced. In the year 1828 the number of deaths in this capital amounted to 24,299, showing an excess over the previous year 1827, during which there were only 23,241 deaths, of 1,058. In the total of 24,299,' there were 11,430 males and 11,859 females. " In the classification of diseases, adopting the order in which they produce the greatest number of deaths, it is found that consumption (phthisis pubnonaris) always occupies the first rank. During the year 1828 this disease de stroyed in Paris 1,133 men and 1,526 women. The periods of life when it makes the greatest number of victims are, in women from 15 to 45, and in men from 20 to 35 years of age. This is a result confirmed by long and frequent observation. The next disease in the order of mortality is the chronic or pulmonary cough, which, in many respects, is similar to consump tion, but which attacks its victims of both sexes from the age of 50 and upwards. In 1828 the number of deaths from this disease amounted to 688 men, and 851 women. Of the diseases which commit such extensive ravages in the first years of life, inflammation of the stomach has caused the death of 922 males and 1,124 females ; and inflammation of the bowels, 1,018 males and 1,122 females. Inflammation of the peritoneum has proved fatal in the same year to 141 males and 407 females. It is in the first year of life, and in males from the age of 15 and upwards, that this last disease proves chiefly fatal ; among females it attacks its victims also from the age of 15 to 45. Inflammation of the brain and its membranes, in the year in ques tion, produced the death of 254 males and 206 females ; the greatest number of whom were at tacked in the three first months of life, and from the age of 15 to 70. Inflammation of the lungs destroyed 1,042 men and 1,169 women, the deaths taking place in the greatest number from the age of 15 and upwards; but partly also in the three first months, and a considerable pro portion in the three first years of life. During the same period 477 men and 430 women have died of apoplexy. Schirrosities, cancers, and cancerous ulcers have, in the same year, de stroyed 174 men and 541 women ; these ma ladies being chiefly fatal from the age of 30 and upwards. Of aneurism of the heart there have died 223 men and 286 women, the fatal period beginning in both sexes at the age of 20, and extending over the whole term of existence. " Fevers are classed in the following order:— Cerebral or brain fever, 339 males and 340 females, the fatal period extending from the age of six months to that of six years ; malignant fever, 97 males and 95 females ; putrid fever, 90 males and 91 females ; bilious fever, 65 males and 54 females ; this whole class of diseases attacking its victims from the age of 15 and upwards. " Among the diseases which more particu larly affect the period of infancy, it is found that 889 boys and 852 girls have died of convul sions, the greater number in the three first months of life, and from the first to the fourth year. In teething 154 boys and 161 girls have died ; in measles, 120 boys and 202 girls ; in small-pox, 85 boys and 35 girls; in hooping cough, 78 boys and 82 girls ; and in croup, 77 boys and 75 girls. Premature births and still born children amount to 682 boys and 564 girls ; and those who, from weakness at birth, have sunk during the three first months of life to 215 boys and 298 girls. " On inquiring into the principal causes of mortality, it is to be observed that consumption, chronic or catarrhal cough, inflammation of sto mach, bowels, and the lungs, have caused nearly four-fifths of the total number of deaths. Cough and consumption, as in former years, and nearly in the same ratio, have made more victims among women than among men ; the same observation applies to cancerous affections and the diseases of the peritoneum. " Among children convulsions and measles are the two disorders which have caused the greatest number of deaths. It is observable that small-pox has cut off more than double the num ber of boys than of girls, which may probably arise from a greater degree of carelessness in parents, in having their sons vaccinated, from their not being so anxious about their personal appearance as about that of their daughters. The benefit of the great discovery of vaccination, however, as a preservative from the ravages of small-pox, is now very generally acknowledged in this country, and the prejudices which were for some time spread against it begin to yield before the mass of evidence by which its efficacy is daily attested. " It appears that the population of France is annually increased in the ratio of one in 58 ; the number of boys which are born, as com pared with that of girls, being in the proportion of 16 to 15, although it has been ascertained that among natural children the number of females is greater than that of males. The average number of marriages is 201,998 per annum ; and the average period of the duration of human life, which in the time of Voltaire, as stated in his Man of Forty Crowns,' was only 21 years, is now ascertained to be 31 ; an improvement which is perfectly analogous to what has been observed on this subject in England, where the tables of mortality, which were used for the pur pose of calculating the value of life annuities, have of late years been found to be totally inap plicable to the duration of human life at the pre sent day. In the whole of France a centenarian is found among every 66,670 of the population ; in 1827 there died of the age of 100 and up wards 153 ; of these fifteen were in the depart ment of the Lower Pyrenees, ten in the Gi -1 ronde, seven in Cantal, six in Aveyron, and seven in Gers. By a census of Paris and of the depart ment of the Seine, which has just been com pleted for the purpose of determining the annu al contingent to he furnished by the capital and the metropolitan department to the ar m y , the municipal authorities have succeeded i n reducin g their numbers for the city to 633,615, and for the department to 756,557. These numbers exclude of course all foreigners, and even native strangers who have not a fixed domicile in the capital or the department respectively." The present winter is likely to be memorable with stage-coachmen and travellers generally. The late severe frost has been succeeded by heavy falls of snow all over the country—then a gentle thaw for about twenty-four hours—frost again—and now a thaw. We are informed by the General Post-office, that the roads are in such a state from the accumulation of snow, that the mail coaches have been more obstructed than for many years past. One half of the mail coaches only had reached the General Post-office by nine o'clock, this morning, and letter carriers were despatched with such letters as had arrived up to half-past ten, at which hour none of the western mails had come in. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL Y 1 O'CLOCK The Washington Papers state that despatches have been received from Mr. Moore, American Mi nister at Colombia, stating that he has succeeded in procuring the admission of the justice and validity of most of the American claims on the Colombian Government. Accounts from Porto Rico of the 9th Nov. state, that seven young men were executed there, con demned as pirates. Quebec Papers to the sth Dec., Montreal to the 9th Dec., and New Orleans to the 25th Nov., have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Quebec Papers state that the Legislature of New Brunswick has been called for the despatch of business by the President, on Tues day, Jan. 12. The Montreal Papers say, we understand that in consequence of the Hudson Bay Company refusing to pay any part of the funds belonging to the late North-West Company, Mr. Ermatenger, as agent, is going to England, and intends to prosecute those creditors' claims. The number of emigrants, says the Quebec Paper of the 3d December, who have landed at this port during the summer has been unusually great, and may be estimated at 17,000 or 18,000. There are upwards of 10,000 from Ireland, 3,500 from Eng land, and 2,500 from Scotland. The New Orleans Papers state, by accounts from the Havannah of the Bth November, that an extra ordinary duty has been put on flour coming from Spain in foreign bottoms of five dollars per barrel. Another fire has taken place in the ill-fated city of Augustine; the damages done are calculated at 20,000 dollars. THE FUNDS. Owing to the great fall of snow, the inland letters were not delivered this morning until a very late hour The French Mails remain due. Consols opened this morning at the same price. they left off yesterday, 94i a for Februaty Account, and 93i for Money ; but at present the market is not so good, and Consols may be quoted 94i sellers, with little or nothing doing. This being the day of paying and receiving the differences of their ac counts, the brokers and jobbers are actively em ployed in the above transactions. In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 218 19 India Stock, 230 31 S per Cent. Cons. 93,1 Do., for Account, 931 4 Ditto Reduced, 941 31 per Cent. 100t1 New 4 per Cent., 1011 4 per Cent. 1826 1054 India Bonds, 73 74 Exchequer Bills, 78 79 FUNDS. Greek, 34 1 Mexican, 26-/ Peruvian, 20 21 Portuguese, 691 60 Prussian, ....._ Russian, 110} Spanish, 11i TWO O'CLOCK. OREIG Brazilian, '7ll 721 Buenos Ayres, SO 32 Chilian, Colombian, 251 Danish, 76 I Freoeb, b per Cent. 108 9 Ditlo, 3 per Cott. The Consol Market at present appears rather feverish. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 91.1- for the account, have since been done at 94, and at are present at the above price ; for money, 93k. It appears that a great quantity of Stock is in the market, and money is in demand in the house. At present there is very little doing in the New French Scrip; it must be quoted at about one per cent, premium. The Foreign Market is inactive, with little doing, and most of the prices are the same as yesterday. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 19.—Our Cotton market yes. terday was extremely dull ; to-day, in consequence of the accounts front New Orleans, Mobile, Charles tow►+, Savannah, &c., of the vessels loading for Europe, it has again resumed the confidence of the latter end of last week. The sales to-day amount to 1,000 bags. THRNE O'CLOCK Consols far Aneount, 841. Slit THOMAS LAWRENCE.—The funeral of this distinguished artist nok plac(ll , is day. There was a great crowd collected, and a vast number of private car riages followed the hearse. We shall give further parti culars to-morrow. The Duke DE LAVAL MONTMORENCY, the French Ambassador, and the Russian Ambassador, were occupied for a considerable time with the Earl of ABER DEEN yesterday, at the Foreign Office. A deputation of merchants from the City at tended yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade, and had an interview with Mr. LACE, the Chief Clerk, in the absence of Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD. It was decided, in the case of HANDEY V. HENSON, in the King's Bench, the other day, that general medical practitioners—that is, apothecaries—are entitled to charge f,r attendance upon patients. This decision was given under the direction of Lord TENTERDEN. It relieves this class of medical men from the necessity of procuring a remuneration for their time and attendance through the medium of enormous charges for unnecessary drugs. Yesterday the Marshalls Estate, at Romford, Essex, formerly the residence and property of RowLANn STF.VidENSOI4, was put up at the Auction Mart. The timber, which was to be taken at a valuation, is consi dered worth 1,2001. The property was bought in for 14,1201. Twelve cottages in Collier-row, adjoining Mar shalls, produced 1,6101. The estate cost Surritertsori 40,0001. A Vestry was held on Tuesday at St. Sa viour's, Southwark, Mr. BLACKITT, senior Warden, in the Chair, to determine the minutes of a former meeting, at which it was resolved that the south and north transepts of the church should be repaired agreeably to plans pre sented by the Wardens, and prepared by Mr. ROBERT WALLACE. CHARLES Porr, Esq., moved the confirms• tion of the minutes, which was seconded by Mr. Szr.r.s, and, after discussion, carried by a large majority. The v es try then decided that the Wardens should, witl out fur.her reference to the parish, proceed immediately with the works by public contract. For several weeks past two rooks (one having lost a leg, and the other being maimed in the foot) have regularly attended every morning to receive food from a female patient in the Lunatic Asylum, Nottingham. The birds at first were u little shy, but lately have become so familiar and tame as to take the victuals from her hands. She is extremely pleased with her visitors, who never fail to attend for their meld...Nov(4M Timis SHIPPING INTRLLIGENCR...(THIS DO') FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 20.—Arrived from London the Willome, Paul, for Bordeaux. Last night a Jo! sloop, rigged, belo ng i ng to t h e N avy Board, etwir, on shore before Deal B eac h, crew save d ; t h r oug .. ,, out last night and thi s morn i ng i t h as bl own 1 011 ' from the S.B. with snow and rain. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 19.—Arrived the Britann ia from New York, and the Hamilton, -- fr °/1 Savannah. Ds) 1 HOLYHEAD, JAN. 19.—Off Port, the Hope, - rymple, from Villanova; the Arcturus, Lisbon. The William Harvey, Gleanee, from Liverpom was driven on shore off Savannah, and bilged. OLD BAILEY.-(TIIIS DAY.) NEW COURT. The RECORDER took his seat on the bench at abnot u l quarter before twelve o' c l oc k thi s morn i ng , w h e n _ . „t u awful sentence of death was passed on the following fift et " prisoners who were found guilty a t th e l a t e S ess i ons , v iz. :1 Edward Kenny (a youth app aren tl y o f t h e age of I years), for stealing in a dwelling-house ; Thos. Ta .. „Y 1° , 1 , 6 for robbery ; Michael Shea, William Mealy, James son, Shadrack Musto, John Jones, and Edward Tutu „ „ Harrington (a most respectable l oo ki ng y oung man), 1" stealing goods above the value of 5/. ; George Jones, 01' Liam Jobbins, James Butler, James Silvester, Robe ° Winter, Patrick M'Namara, and Thomas Jones, for hoila r breaking. To BE TRANSPORTED FOR LlFE—William Belch' Mary Ousley, Thomas Adams, Sarah Batt, J o hn Anne Turner, Elizabeth Jackson, Henry Rowe, Jane Ra‘ t e i tins alias Phillips, Ralph Rawlins, Mariam Smith (ag 28), James Lynch, George Anderson, Richard Carte g f ' Isabella Robins, Robert Cooper, and Th omas G r i g g, (`' felony. To BE TRANSPORTED FOR FOURTEEN YEarii--.G ec. , Crouchman, Robert Larbyn, James C u ll e y, J as . Broo; David Lilly, Mary Whiting. John Tomlinson, Thotor Saunders, Joseph Goss, Thomas Stanes, Joseph Mar ti ,: Wm. Lawrence, Charles Riddy, A nne W a t son , Chat'i Tindall, Wm. Smith (aged 21), John Wakely, Saint Goddard, Jane Collins, Richard Crombey, Isaber M'Auley, James Smith, Win. Mager, Michael ICI J. hn Collins, James Jackson, Cathe r in e H o d ne ll, a Anne Crawley. To BE TRANSPORTED FOR SEVEN YE A Williams, John Wood, William Jones (ag e d lg rear s Thomas Ward, Thomas Jackson, William Patterson nagan, William Allen, John Taylor, Sarah Davis, P, linda Gardiner, Thomas Collins, Charles Crogga ll l Thomas Bailer, Catherine Day, Anne Smith ( a ged Thomas Williamson, George Darby, Robert Bur i4) ; Thomas Bell, George Hudson, Charlotte Atkins, All o Payne, James Hawse, Henry Glass o p, M ary H o bbs, Evory, William Burton, Anne Browne, Fredsri eji Buckle, John Krmble, Thomas Poole, Mary 50a0 0 ,,, John James Watson, Mary Hill, As z )ii a George , . 1° , 4 Jones (62 years), James Burling, J o h n H ur li tc h, , 1 , 3°1 Moore, James Hook alias Mayhook, A nn W a t ers , ne ° ,l Saund.ri, William Harlett, Thomas Crawford, Solol, Colman, Bich ird Thomas, Thomas Price, Sar a h 01 1 Anne Thomas, William Moss, Mary Anne Murray. Various other sentences of a more trifling nature W e passed, and the Sessions then adjourned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH COI N ' For the Week ended Jan. 15, 1530, matte up:from the getw',„,ii at the Inspectors in the difibrent Cities ana 7 l•owns in Eng l ' ir and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. of , 9( 1 ; Wheat-- 565. 31. Oats —21 s. Bd. I Beans..--. ,--• Barley--. 295. 6d. Rye .--.—.., 31s. 11(t. ' IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECED I '&I, Wheat—.s6s. 5d.1 Oats 21s. ed., Beans„,-- I 325. 5(1. 7d.1 Rye 31s. 9d . 1 Pea5e,...,,... 368. hums ON FOREIGN CORN. SC L Bd.l Oats 15s. 3d.lßeans--...2 19 . 4d.Barley ISs. 1 Rye 225. 9d.1 Pease SMITHFIELD MARKET. In this day's market, which exhibited what used to r 1t considered a fair average time of year Friday's supply , f trade was very dull with each kind of meat—with nee. a depression of from 2d. to 4d. per stone; Mutton, 'S' ei and Pork, at barely Friday's prices. PRICES PER STONE OF SLES. TO SINK THE OFFALS i s. (I. tos. d. s. d. to 15 Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 6 Large Lambs ....... 0 0 0 Second quality ditto '2 6 3 0 Prianestnall ditto... ? 0 i 0 1 Prime largo Oxen 3 4 3 8 LargecoArSeC a l V eS 4 „ Prime Scots, &c 3 8 4 0 Prime small ditto... 5 u 1' Interior Sheep 2 4 2 6 1 Large H ogs 3 6 4i Second quality ditto 2 8 3 21 Small Porkers 4 2 „ a c, Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves 12s to3 2 s•W `ioutlidownWetl e.s 4 0 4 41 QuarteroldPigs 12s t o 1 83 ' SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I PIP Sheep. Calves. 490 3,860 I 112 12 0 I lei Mu sa Mulch Cows, which were numerous, were dull of last week's prices, au useful short horns, with her ' 3O calf, producing 201. with difficulty. __.- NEWUATE AND LEAI)ENHALL MARKETS' At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d, to s. tl. t o s. sl• ) Beef 2 2 3 6 I Veal Mutton 2 ti 310 Pork _....., .........-- , HAT MARK ICTS.—(At per Load of 20 Trusses.) j ST. JAMES'S. i f I Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 4 tp 9, New Meadow Hay e 0 9 Useful Old Ditto 4l; 9 Fine Upland Meatlow and Rye-grass Hay , 4 0 j Clover Hay 3 10 11 Oat Straw XI IS to XS 0 I Wheat Straw... 2 0 i. A moderate supply, and a dull t ads; prices as last quo ET.—Jan. . • lt‘ In our market SOUTHAL to-day L MARK , which exhibited 2o but a lin i of supply, and was thinly attended by both London and c°,o :iv buyers, each kind of meat met with a very dul l 6 , 4 at the following prices per stone of Sib. to sink the 006 '0; Beef 2s. 6d. tops. Sd I V 4s. Od. to 7 . Mutton ..--. 2 8 4 0 l Pork 3 6 4 d e The foregoing quotations are Be e f a nd i n f e ri o r Mutton it/ stone lower ; Veal 2d. to Bd., and P or k 2d. t o 6tl. per stone hit/ than on this day se'nnight; in prices of prime Mutton no a tion. A great part of the supply left the mark e. unsold. __II LEWES MARKET.—Jan. 19. Beet 3s. Od. to 3s. 10d. I Veal _ Os. Od. to / Mutton 3 6 4 4 Pork 3ld Supply good, and trade dull. RUM FORD MARKET.—Jan. s. d. to s. d. s . d. 4 Heel 2 8 3 8 Veal Mutton Suckling Calves from 14.5. to 30s ; Quarter old Pigsl2s to 156' Supply limited; and trade dull: We have the happiness of announcing 1 ,4 1 ; the KING is in excellent health. Sir MATTnEw 1 .0); having occasion to go to Wi n d s or on M o nd a y, frool „ e t ( worth, where he had been crlled from Brighton to the Earl of EGREMONT, bad the honour of seeing 01'1 JESTY on Tuesday morning, and, as we are inforio'c; Sir MATTItEw himself, had the pleasure of findi° s ll , beloved SOVEREIGN in excellent health.. —B rig Gazette. THE KING.—We have received the foil ing from a correspondeat at Windsor, upon whose i t) / motion we can rely :—" Windsor, Tuesday Evenivg;- atn sorry to say that the KING has had a relapse. terday morning, at four o'clock, Sir HENRY HAl 5 ;,,c was sent for by express to attend his ikIAJESTY, tirY he found very unwell iadeed ; but in the court!s, the day the means taken by Sir ITExity relieved his ' ti , JEST] considerably, and he is to-day something l ' et 'o Sir llKltity returned to town late last night....—/i/otr Paper. The Austrian Ambassador visited the Va l. ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Office of the Secretad State for Foreign Affairs. The particulars of an interview betWeell r MAJESTY'S Ministers and the West India Planters of transpired in the City ; the latter are stated to liavc, a l plained of th e hi g h duties on sugar and other Wes t I ,"' e e products, and the depressed state of the European ma r s tf and to have added, that they were led to believe, frofil discussions in Parliament last Session, that the 01, sugar would be reduced. The Duke of WELLINGII i ti' represented to have said, that there was not the slig n ot intention of reducing the duty ; nor were any Me:, in contemplation that would relieve the West terests, which were only suffering in common witb other in the country, 111 CRYSTAL WATCH.—We some time mentioned that a watch, the movement of whi c— t ' enir dy constructed of rock crystal, had been prese °- o th . French Academy, and referred to the examinatiollop Committee. The report of that Committee has been made, and is exteedMgly favourable to M. Ro 3l . l '' the artist, who has tv,cosnplisl e I Viie delicate a nd d' work.—Literary Gazette. . 0 0 1 The trade of the port of Lancaster co nt Y to increase. By the returns of last year there vvg,' o vessels, 3,322 tons, entered more last year than year 1888. LAW ZX PARTY The cot whether ar as plaintiff, • purpose of by Mr. De Mr. Parry, circumstan, enquiry wa M b t T l .t°l againsththi e nv h :v i ire n se e t° a dop? i eni‘tuelh o t t l°P h u lar''''' Eldon had inquiry at 1 ship decline through all tions made . , pretty evid about 80,0 The Vic which was conveyance cons iderabl public imp the plaintif aside of the Mr. Ist behalf of be ordered of the Ace( also the it executor of The vi order the interested only make Mr. Cobb Bank, in Mr. Lc bett, coul Tlais w, to ascertiti cryi ng . (Other in havitig hi erroneous Humplel)) as the n another, t west drei " God he ill a dist frantic wi twenty th treated wi to knock '4 h 4oariltirlOftntf e i Ynirs a fetdtOted: v iirohan,':: : Pgro(lvd e e. l'ere s ati 4bgc: t 4orw) u,':-Pridv r ::ll' therefore hOra4ii, they cupid Rurnplebl Cr their the coon ( pinion 0 Who had d eraagein ouch cane The Le nesse., wl The ev tile Court Tiler Offenders England exceeds