The Sun. — London, England, 1830-01-22 00:00:00

TIIE SCENES OF BYRON'S CHILDHOOD. The following passages from Moore's " Life of Byron," suggested by the character of the scenery where Byron lived'when a child, and to which he referred not unfrequently afterwards when a man and a fashionable author, are worthy of the pen of his highly-gifted biographer : " To the wildness and grandeur of the scenes among which his childhood was passed, it is not unusual to trace the first awakeuingof his poetic talent. But it may be questioned whether this faculty was ever ro produced. That the charm of seerery, which derives its chief power from fancy and association, should be much felt at an age when fancy is yet hardly awake, and associations but few, can with difficulty, even making every allowance for the prematurity of genius, be conceived. The light which the poet sees around the forms of nature is not so much in the objects themselves as in the eye that con templates them ; and imagination must first be able to lend a glory to such scenes before she an derive inspiration from them. As materials, indeed, for the poetic faculty, when developed, to work upon, these impressions of the new and wonderful, retained from childhood, and retained with all the vividness of recollection which be longs to genius, may form, it is true, the purest and most precious part of that aliment with which the memory of the poet feeds his imagi nation. But still it is the newly-awakened power within him that is the source of the charm—it is the force of fancy alone that, acting upon his recollections, impregnates, as it were, all the past with poesy. In this respect, such impressions of natural scenery as Lord Byron received in his childhood, must be classed with the various other remembrances which that pe riod leaves behind—of its innocence, its sports, its first hopes and affections, all of them reminis- K-ences which the poet afterwards converts to his use, but which no more make the poet than, to apply an illustration of Byron's own, the honey can be said to make the bee that treasures it.— When it happens, as was the case with Lord Byron in Greece, that the same peculiar features of nature, over which memory has shed this re flective charm, are re-produced before the eyes under new and inspiring circumstances, and with all the accessories which an imagination in its full vigour and wealth can lend them, then, in deed, do both the past and present combine to make the enchantment complete, and never was there a heart more borne away by this conflu ence of feeling than that of Byron. In a poem written about a year or two before his death, he traces all his enjoyment of mountain scenery to the impressions received during his residence in the Highlands ; and even attributes the pleasure which he experienced in gazing upon Ida and Parnassus, far less to classical remembrance than to those fond and deep-felt associations by which they brought back the memory of his boyhood and Lachm-y-Gair Tit who first met the highlands swelling blue 'Will love each peak that shows a kindred hue, ?Jail in each crag a friend's familiar face, And chip the mountain in his mind's embrace. Long have I roamed through lands which are not mine, Adored the Alp, and loved the Appenine, _ . Revered Parnassus, and beheld the steep. _..., . . Jove's Ida, and Olympus crown the deep. But %was not all long ages lore, nor all Their nature held me in their thrilling thrall; The infant rapture still survived the Loy, And Loch-na-Gar with Ida look e d o'er Troy, MixedCelticmemorieswith the. Phrygian Mount, And highland Jinn, with Cotalie's clear fount.' " THEATRE, TOTTENHAM-STREET. The new drama of the Forty Footsteps is running a successful race, and though repeated each succeed ing evening its attractions seems undiminished.— The afterpiece, last night, was Don Giovanni, in which Mrs. WaYLETT played the lively hero with very great effect. Madame VESTRIS'S laurels are shaking, for her competitor possesses in an eminent degree those same peculiar pretensions which ac quired the former fascinating actress so much cele brity in male characters—the strut, the swagger, the pleasing imputience, and the symmetrical propor tion of—but we have said enough. Mrs. WAY LETT is deficient in none of those essentials to render her Don a " marvellous proper Ivan." We must not forget to mention in very favourable terms Miss A. TREE'S song, " The Merry Girl of Portici," ti medley from illossaniello, very tastefully arranged by ALEXANDER LEE; it includes the delightful barracole, part of the Market Chorus, and some odd snatches from the best music of that brilliant opera. It is well adapted to Miss A. TREE'S voice, and she warbles the simple strains so sweetly as tt call forth a nightly encore. PRICES Or STOCKS THI! 3 ink stock 217}2 18 1 ,4 1 per C2xt. Red. 94N% pzir Cent. C0n5....93% 23.4 334 per Cent. lo o',';% ',ha , Red. lOO% ki li 1 per Cent. Ann. ..titto, W 26 Ditto Scrip — gank 1.. Ann. 1974 11-16 I )itto 30 years (mil a Stock — 7=itto Bonds '74 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds 72 IN Peruvian Bonds 3uenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New lOl Ditto, 1821 25 4% Russian — DanisM 764 Spanish, 821 11%N Greek Bonds .33 IA : 18 . 23. — Ditto, 1825 34;‘, 1 4 3;,c, !French Rentes, sp. c. —l. —c. Guatimala I_ _ Mexican Bonds . — -- 3 per cent. —t. —r. Ditto. 1825 26 2 4 ! Exchange —f. —r, PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (ss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 5934 Brazilian Mining Company Brazml3 n Imp. Mm. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) .£2O 84 834 UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 22.—0 n Friday last Thomas Scott, Esq., B.A. of Queen's College, was elected a foundation Fellow of that Society. On the same day Frederick Dusautoy, Esq., B.A. of Queen's College, was elected a Fellow of that Society, on Mr. Edwards's foundation. The Rev. Townley Clarkson has been presented, by the Lord Chancellor, to the living of Beyton, Suffolk. The Rev. Frederick Custance, B.A. of Trinity College, and Vicar of Steeple, Essex, has been presented by the Rev. Charles Musgrave, Vicar of Halifax, to the perpetual Curacy of itippon:len in that parish, vacant by the death of the Rev. Robert Webster. On the 11th instant the Rev. Charles Murray, B.A. of St. Peter's College was instituted, on the presentation of Wither Brampston, Esq., of Oakley hall, in the county of Southampton, to the Rectory of A'he, in the same county, vacant by the death of the Rev. Benjamin Lefroy. The Rev. James Hutchinson, M.A. has been ap pointed head master of the free grammar-school of King Edward VI. in Chelmsford. STATE OF THE WEATHER IN LONDON, By AIR. BITHRAT'S RYGISTEIt THERMOMZTEIL-Lorrest degree of cold by FAHRENHEIT'S scaled-- Monday morning, IS degrees below freezing. Tuesday ditto 17 ditto Wednesday ditto 11 ditto By Mr. BITIIRAY'S barometer, north gate, Royal Ex change, the greatest fall that has been observed the last ten years, took place between Tuesday and Wednesday, when the mercury fell 1 inch 1-10th in 24 hours : this change was also accompanied by a very heavy fall of snow. It is remarked that a large amount of stock on balance is passing on this occasion out of the names of small holders, and accumulating in the names of our leading bankers and capitalists, who advance money on its pledge as security. Hence it is to be inferred that the present prices of stock are considered by the public at large as too high, or that great numbers of persons, owing to the prevalent distress throughout the country, are sell ing out, and compelled in part to subsist on their capital. There is mush difference of opinion at the Stock Exchange on this point, and it is one certainly respecting which it appears very dif f icult to come to any conclusion, but it may be remarked that the latter supposition, viz., that the sales are produced by the distress of the country, would imply that the distress has spread in a greater or less gree through every class of the community, and that the country, as a whole, is not saving money. It is next to , mpossible, we think, that tke savings of the country which st.pplied during the war 20,000,0001. or 30,000,0001. annually in leans to Government, can have fallen in peace to nothing, and therefore incline to the opinion that the extensive transfers lately made are rather to be referred to the belief that the funds are too high than to distress.— he number of powers of attorney registered at the Bank within the last three or four days baa exceeded 101 former (Kamm Dinh rbr Zug - • LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1830. We call the attention of our readers to the case of " BARKER and others 1.7. FIELD," in our columns of this day, by which they will per ceive that the Mad Doctors have again been in the field, and by the verdict of a Jury, after five minutes' consideration, suffered another defeat. The question was not as to the sanity of a living person—but living or dead seems of little im portance to Mad Doctors, any man they may have once seen must of course be mad, and they are always ready to swear it. The ATTORNEY GENERAL very appositely remarked that it was the interest of each of these worthies " to find in " the face of everyiman he looked at, some mark " of insanity." Mad Doctors are indeed persons of surprizing genius and talents, and we can never sufficiently thank Dr. BURROWS for bring ing himself, his fraternity, and the system, fairly before the public. It now appears from the evi dence of Dr. MUNRO, after 14 years' expe rience at Bedlam, that he has discovered some external subject " may be inserted in the brain " without producing death or insanity !"—As the ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed, this "very " learned profession discovers secrets every day." The time was, " when the brains were out the " man would die," but it would seem with Mad Doctors that a quantum sqificit of modest assur ance, mixed with some other good qualities, makes up for all deficiences. We have not time now to enter further upon this subject, but shall take an early opportunity of so doing. The state of the Lunacy Law, and the dreadful abuses of the present system, must shortly undergo some revision. The health of the Right Honourable Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD is, we regret to state, rather worse to-day. Indeed, if the present symptoms continue, we apprehend his retire ment to be inevitable. We received this morning the following from our Paris Correspondent : " PARIS, JAN. 19. " The produce of the French revenue for the year 1829, as compared with the year immediately preceding, is not more satisfactory than that of England. The following statement I extract from the official tables, which have just been published in the Moniteur ; but as they only present the balance of deficit or increase on the various branches of the revenue, I fear that I cannot make the subject so M i could wish to shoo, who arc accustomed to the more concise and more luminous views which are now periodically given of the British revenue. " On the following branches an increase appears in the year 1829 as compared with 1828 : Direct taxes, including principal and addi- Francs. tional centimes, equivalent nearly to our as sessed taxes Duties on registrations and mortgages Revenue and prices of domains sold Produce of the sale of gunpowder—. 517,000 Produce of the Post •effice department, includ ing the charge for the transmission of money 56,000 Produce of mails and picket boats 159,000 Salt works and salt mines of the East 367,000 Miscellaneous remipts Total amount of increase on these branches ... 9,146,000 " On the other hand, the produce for the past year has been less than that of 1828, in the thllowing branches : -- Stamps 1,913,000 Woods and domains Customs Duties on the consumption of salt 321,000 Indirect taxes, including those on wine, brandy, and other corn - modiths, nearly equivalent to our excise duties 5,707,000 Produce of the sulc of tobacco Annual cutting of wood '3,559,000 Lottery 2,092,000 Gross amount of the decrease .. From which it appears that the decrease ex ceeds the increase so as to leat•e a deficiency on the year, as compared with 1828, of ... 10,960,000 On comparing the last three months of 1829 with the corresponding quarter of 1828, the deficiency is very nearly an exact fourth part of the whole decrease of the year, being " Another view of the subject may be taken, by insti tuting a comparison between the amount of the revenue which has thus actually been recovered, with the estimated produce according to the budget for 1829, presented to the Chambers by the Minister of Finance during the pre vious Session. In this view there will be an excess o■ the following brunches : Direct taxes Registrations, mortgages, ice 8,712,000 Customs: Gunpowder 391,000 Mails and packet boats Miscellaneous receipts 2,388,000 Total amount of excess On the other hand, a short coining appears in the following branches:— Stamps 917,000 Revenue and price of domains sold 263,000 Woods and domains Consumption of salt 448,000 Indirect taxes Tobacco Post office 941,000 Annual cutting of wood Salt marshes and salt mines of the East 202,000 Lottery 122,000 Total amount of the short coming as com pared with the estimate ... Shewiug an excess over the calculations of the budget to the amount of the difference ; being In the calculations of the budget a consider able increase was anticipated for the year 1529, as compared with 1827. The amount of this increase was estimated at 11,051,000 And as the actual produce of the revenue has exceeded the calculations of the Minister to the extent of 3,730,000 francs, it follows that the aggregate of the two last men tioned sums represents the amount of in crease fur 1829, as compared with 1827, being The last three months of 1529, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1827, shows an increase of " Although the gross amount of the deficiency on the year and quarter, which is thus exhibited, as compared with the year immediately preceding, is not nearly so great, in absolute pecuniary value, as that which the British Re venue aeffers on a similar comparison, yet I have reason to believe that, on a careful examination of the branches on which the deficiency has arisen, it will be found to indi cate a much more intense degree of suffering on the part of the people of' France, than that which is said to have existed in England. It will be seen, for instance, that in the item of registrations and mortgages, there is an in crease of three million. and a half, as compared with the previous yell-, and the extraordinary excess of 8,712,000 francs over the estimate of the Minister of Finance. You are probably aware that this is a tax not on wealth or income, hut on poverty and wretchedness; it is a tax on those who are obliged to sell their property, or to borrow money by way of mortgage, and I am sorry to say, that the schedule of the English Stamp Act contains a species of taxation, which although not quite so oppres sive in amount, is just as objectionable in principle. " It is generally understood in England, that the amount of the Excise Revenue affords a tolerable criterion of the comforts and prosperity enjoyed by the great body of the people; and if this reasoning be applied to the French tables, it will be seen that there is a deficiency of up wards of five millions on the year, as compared with 1828, and a similar short coming as compared with the calculations of the Budget. In the item of tobacco, also a deficiency appears under both views of the subject, and Although not an article of the first necessity, it is not to be denied that when taken in connection with the general aspect of the whole statement, it must be regarded as affording strong evidence of great suf fering and privation on .the part of the lower orders. It is true, that a part of this deficiency may be ascribed to the acknowledged inferiority of French tobocco, and the consequent temptation which arises to introduce it from foreign countries through illicit channels. Even under the old system of farming this tax, the con sumer's inducement to encourage the smuggler was not so great as at present, as the farmers generally found it their interest to promote the consumption, by providing an article suited to the taste of the consumer. In the branch of the customs there is a considerable excess in both statements. There is an increase also in the Post-office de partment, but it is ascribed to a corresponding increase in the charge for the transmission of newspapers. The defalcation in the item of the lottery will scarcely be re gretted by any one but the Minister of Finance. It has probably arisen from a regulation which for bids the sale of a smaller chance than to the valise of twentypence. It is said, however, that the lottery office keepers have suffered so truck from this re gulation, that they encourage the wretched victims of this species of legalized gambling, who cannot afford to pur chase a whole ticket, to club together for the purpose, three or four or half a dozen often parting with their last sous, to make up the minimum now fixed by law." The Hamburg Reporter and other Hamburg Papers of the 15th January have been received, but their contents are not politically important:— STOCKHOLM, JAN. 5. The Christmas and new year's holidays have caused only a short interruption of the labours of the Diet, and many important resolutions h ave b een passed by the Estates in their late sittings. The sum of about 800,000 rix dollars, required for the completion of the Gotha Canal, is granted, by which the accomplishment of that great work is secured. The budget of the expenditure is now voted by all four Estates. The law relative to the customs has been passed as proposed by the Commi ttee , w i t h a few modifications, and the principal articles of the law for the extraordinary expenses have been adopted. Among the subjects yet to be discussed are some proposed alterations in the Const tution, the consideration of which must be resolved upon now, in order that a definitive resolution may be taken in the next Diet; also a proposal for the relief of the landowners, which will doubtless give rise to very warm debates. As the Diet has also to discuss several new laws, the Session will probably not be closed before the middle of February. The Swedish Minerva, which is considered as a semi-official journal, says that the King will visit Norway in the spring. A Cabinet Messenger has been despatched to St. Petersburgh with an autograph letter from his Ma jesty to the Emperor of Russia to congratulate him on his recovery. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 9. Count Meuron, the Prussian Ambassador at this Court, died here last month. Count Von Lowen dal, the last male descendant of the celebrated Mar shal, who gained the battle of Bergenopzoom, and son of a legitimate daughter of the Prince de Bour bon Charolais, died on the 22d ult. His Majesty has been pleased to resolve that the name, arms, and title of the deceased, shall descend to M. Von Hayghens, Ambassador from the Netherlands to the United States of North America, whose mother was a Countess Lowendal. In 1829 the number of births in this capital was 3,475; that of deaths, 3,890; excess of deaths,4ls. DRESDEN, JAN. 8. The General Diet of the Kingdom was opened here on the 6th, with the usual formalities. A report says that a corps of our troops, of about 3,000 men, is now getting ready to take the field, re specting the destination of which all kinds of re ports are in circulation. Similar preparations are said to be making in the Electorate of Hesse. HAMBURG, JAN. 15. BORSEN-HALLE, FOUR O'CLOCK.—Our Corn market continues extremely dull, so that we must again confine ourselves to simply stating the prices, most of which are merely nominal:— Wei g ht. Rix dollars. Dantzie Wheat 122 to 126 120 to 128 Pomeranian 124 to 128 ...... 105 to 108 Anhalt, white llB to 124 120 to 125 --- red 122 to 128 114 to 113 Danish 120 to 128...... 80 to 88 Dantzic Rye llB to 122 63 to 64 Upland 116 to 123 64 to 63 Altntdeburgh Barley 93 to 105 4B to 52 Anhalt ' 9B to 104 4B to 58 Mecklenburg') Oats 66 to 57 .. 40 to 41 Pomeranian Malt to Pease, yellow, Upland Holsteia R:Teseed to l5O to 160 Large transactions in Funds continue to be made. At the close of to-day's business there were more sellers than buyers. Greek Bonds have been sought for, but though there are some on the place, we have not heard of any bargains being terminated. To-day's liquidation went off well. For the end of the month the engagements are already very heavy. End of January. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent Anglo-Russian Loan 149 Hamburg-Russian Loan 1033 Polish Bonds ' 121% Austrian Bank Shares 1285 Austrian Metalliques New Austrian 4 per Cents. Anglo Neapolitan Falconets 91% The following are extracts from Dutch Papers of the 20th instant : BRUSSELS, JAN. 16. It is affirmed in several quarters that the Philoso phical College, the establishment of which gave the first ground for so much dissension, will be shortly established. It is supposed that while the Govern ments shows itself resolved to act with energy, it will, on the other hand, use its endeavours to meet, as far as possible, the wishes of the Roman Catholic Clergy. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 17. We see, from the Batavia Journals to 19th Sept., that the hostilities with the natives continue. In the beginning of that month Diepo Negore had appeared to the west of the Progo, but with only 80 horse and 200 foot, and had been speedily repulsed. On the 7th he appeared again with 1.50 horse and 200 foot, at Bangnlang, preparing to cross the Progo, but had been compelled on that day by the troops under Major Bauer, to retreat to the mountains without corning to an engagement. The enemy's infantry was at once dispersed, and only a few men who held by the stirrups of the cavalry, or the manes of the horses, reached the mountains. Several more chiefs hag! submitted to the Government. HAGUE, JAN. 18. Only 35 Members of the Second Chamber of the States-General being present to-day, no business mild be done, and the Chambers adjourned to Monday the 25th. We have received a communication request ing us to contradict an assertion put forward in our late notice of Mr. MooFtE's admirable Memoirs of BYRON, to the effect that he (Mr. MooRE) had encouraged too strongly the notion that Lord BYRON was a confirmed sceptic." Mr. MooRE, certainly, in page 131, to which he refers us, asserts that " neither now nor at any time of his life, was his Lordship a confirmed unbeliever ;" but the tendency of several passages in his volume, in spite of this saving clause, would lead the reader to suppose that he was. Else, wherefore the frequent apolo gies for his scepticism ? Especially the indirect one in pages 122 and 123, where his Lordship's early infidelity is made the subject of some just and natural reflections. Why too the following observations ? " With him (BYRON) the canker showed itself in the early morn and dew of youth, when the effects ofsuch blastments is for every rea son most fatal, and in addition to the real misfor tune of being an unbeliever at any age, he exhibited the rare and melancholy spectacle of an unbe lieving school-boy. The same prematurity of developement which brought his passions and genius so early into action, enabled him also to anticipate this worst dreariest result of reason ; and at the very time of life, when a spirit and temperament like his most required controul, those checks which religious professions best supply, were almost wholly wanting." Why also—if Lord BTRON were not really a con firmed unbeliever—have we the following ad ditional remarks ?—" We have seen in these two addresses to the Deity, which I have se lected from among his unpublished poems and still more strongly in a passage of the cata logue of his studies, at what a boyish age the authority of all systems and sects was avowedly shaken off by his enquiring spirit. Yet even in these there is a fervour of adoration mingled with his defiance of creeds through which the piety implanted in his nature (as it is deeply in all poetic natures), unequivocally shows itself, and had he then fallen within the reach of such guidance and example as would have seconded and fostered those natural dispositions, the license of opinion, into which he afterwards broke loose, might have been averted. His scepticism, if not wholly removed, might have been softened down into that humble doubt" — (does not this passage imply that his Lordship's scepticism was not a matter of doubt, that it was unhappily worse than a mere doubt, that it amounted to confirmed infidelity ?) " which so far from being inconsistent with a religions spirit, is perhaps its best guard against pre sumption and uncharitableness ; and at al erects, even if his own view'4, of religion had not been brightened or elevated, he would have learned not wantonly to cloud or distutb those of others. But there was no such Moni tor near him." Again, " after his (Lord BYRON'S) departure from South yell, he had not a single friend or relative to whom he could look up with respect, but was thrown alone on the world With his passions and his pride, to revel in the fatal discovery whici he imagined himself to have made of the nothingness of the future, and tf e all-paramount claims of the present. By singular ill fortune too, the individual, who among all his college friends had taken the strongest hold on his admiration and afrection, and whose loss he afterwards lamented with brotherly tenderness, was to the same extent as himself, if not more strongly, a sceptic." Now are not these passages rather at variance with Mr. MOORE'S declaration that Lord BYRON was at no time:a confirmed:unbeliever ? He has shown us that his scepticism was not mere doubt. What then was it ? All that we ventured to observe in our hasty notice of the memoirs was, that Mr. MOORE had encouraged too strongly the belief that his Lordship was a confirmed sceptic ; and a re-perusal of the above passages still leaves that impression on our mind, though we say so with great deference to the excellent and high-minded biographer. SHIPPING INTELLIOENCI3.-•(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 21.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrired from London the Briton, Clement, for Brest; the Wel come, Paul, for Bordeaux ; an East Indiaman is turning through the Gulph, supposed to be the Abercrombie, Robinson. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind E.S.E., a gale.— Arrived the De Cocq, Julius, from Batavia; the }Frondele, Thome% from Pernambuco ; the \Vest moreland, Patrick, from New York; the Monckton, Richardson, and the James, from Demerara ; the Hero, from St. Michaels; end the Matilda, Cumming, from Messina. COWES, JAN. 21.—Arrived the Superb, Bene• dick, from Alexandria ; the La Fayette, of Boston, apparently lumber laden, was fallen in with in lat. 33. long. 40. by the Nepol, Smith, arrived at Cowes. The Gustas Brandt, Harvey, from Archangel to Liverpool, is stranded near Archangel. The hemp and tallow saved. The Catharine, Lunder, from Wel!s to London, and Bee, of Lynn, are wrecked at Sutton, on the Lincolnshire coast. _ . The Iris, Wardell, and Thomas Bowden, Heppe!, of Sunderland, and Greenwood, Dury, are on shore at Amthorpe, coast of Lincolnshire. The Smalls, T erry, from Quebec, is on shore at Whitby. . THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL YE O' CLOCK. By the two French mails arrived this morning we have received the schedule of the Revenue for the year 1829, so anxiously waited for. The reduetion presents l t i h ng e corre sponding oil' o of the Revenue is evident. The whole month of December, monthwl en o c f o compared en e with thtsat a of four millions of francs ; of that sum there is a de ficit of 568,000 francs in the Customs; 1,000,000 in the Salt Duties and the Taxes on Public Coaches; in Tobacco there is a falling off of 500,000 francs. But the branch which has been most affected is the Lottery, which is 1,300,000 francs less than in 1828. It appears that Capo d'lstria is going to return to Geneva. From Ismail they write, that the St. Nicholas, taken from the Turks, laden with powder and war like stores, has been blown up in the above port. Four ships lying near it were also destroyed. THE FUNDS. Owing to the bad roads, the post was not dis tributed until a late hour this morning. Our Consul Market this morning appears in a feverish state; Consols, which left off yesterday at 93ii for the Account, opened at 93ii, but soon after receded to 931-8, and 93 for money, at which price they are at present, with a very heavy market. The cause of the above decline is not exactly known as yet. In the Foreign Market little business doing at present. Several of the inland mails are still wanting. ENGLISH FUNDS. Si- per Cent. 100-i New 4 per Cent., tola 4 per Cent. 1826 1051 India Bonds, 73 74 Exchequer Bills, '77 '7B FUNDS. Greek, 33.1 41 Mexican, 26ii Peruvian, 19A- 20 Portuguese, 59 60 Prussian, Russian, 110 Spanish, 118 TWO O'CLOCK. We have positive accounts this morning that the old Queen of Portugal is dangerously ill with water on her chest, and it is supposed she cannot live long. Money is so abundant on the Continent that the King of Bavaria has authorised his Ministers to pay off all the Five per Cent. Loans, and to issue for it Four per Cent. Bonds, which are at 100, and 2 per cent. premium. Accounts have also been received this morning from the Continent, stating that the King of Wir temburg has come into an immense fortune, by the death of the Queen, of upwards of three millions of guilders, iu consequence of which he has ordered, for the good of his subjects, that all the bonds arc to be paid off at 3f per cent. The Consol Market is rather better than in the early part of the morning, when they were done at 95i; at present they may be quoted at 951 f for the Account, and 95e for money. Some fresh reports were in circulation with re gard to his Majesty's health; but they are vague, and not to be relied on. Money is more easy to-day. In the Foreign Market little doing. Prices are much the same as yesterday. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 95 Bank Stock, 2171 18i India Stock, 230 31 3 per Cent. G:ns. 93 Do., for Account, 931 it Ditto Reduced, 9i FOREIG Brazilian, 72 Buenos Ayres, 30 32 Chi!ian, Colombian, 24 5 Danish, 75i 6i French, 5 per Cent. 108 9 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 84 51 At the grand reception at the French Mo narch's leree, on the Ist of January, a certain Academi cian having been asked how many members of the Aca demy were present, "only four besides myself," replied he. "That," said TALLETRAND, "makes exactly forty, the number of the members of the Academy. H ow „?" a Why," said the Prince, "4 and 0 make 40 !" —Foreign Literary Journal. The distress in Preston turns out to be much deeper and more extensive than was imagined. The indi viduals who are relieved by the Soup Committee every week, amount to no less than 10,000 ; so that it may be said, very nearly, if not quite, one-third of our entire popdation are receiving charitable relief! And as all persons receiving more than half-a-crown per week each are excluded from the benefits of the charity, we may form some estimate of the wretched earnings of the 2,000 who are relieved. It is probable the average hardly amounts to 2s. And Preston, be it remembered, is a town generally understood to be infinitely better off than most of its neighbouri.—Preston Pilot. LAW I NTELLIGENCE.-(THIX D-AY). COURT OF CHANCERY. ENORMOUS COSTS . --11EECHEY V. nxesxr..x• Mr. RUSSELL applhd, in the absence of Mr. Knight, in consequence of sud--'cii illness, for an order directing thus ease, which was in his Lordship's paper of to-day, to stand over for the present. The question now to be brought before the Court simply was, wheth.-r five thousand pounds were to be considered as a reasonable sum to have been incurred in the examination of nine witnesses, which pro ceeding occupied eleven days? The Loan CHANCELLOR-Pray, where were the Wit' news ? Russia : or the East I n di es , or where? Mr. RUSSELL—No,:my Lord, only in Louvain,.An . twerpo and P.!ris. LORD CDANCISLLOR-Well, why can't it be heard wiled We cowe down to it ? Air. RussELL—l3ecatise, my Lord. Mr. Knight has been taken so very ill as to ba unable to come out; [treatise I consider this a most important case both as regards the parties, and as regards the principles of the Court ; because there are, I believe, no less than ten Counsel on the other side—(Laughter)—and because I have never bad a brief in the cause before this time. _ Lord CII A NCELLOII -- And are you the only counsel opposed to these ten ? IlussELL—l shall be the only one opposed to thee'• Lord CHANCELLOU—WeII ; perhaps you will best the whole ten. Mr. RusszLL—l have no doubt, with your Lordship t d assistance. Lord CIIANCELLOK—YOU have no doubt that you will beat them ?—(Laughter.) Mr. RUSSELL—Why, my Lord, I have no doubt what ever, that if I were prepared to go on, I should beat them all—(Mtteb laughter)—with your Lerdshp's aasistaneet which I am sure I should have. The LORD CHANCELLOR-Very well, as yon are such an army in yourself, I think we had better leave the further discussion till we arrive at the case in the papers anti in the meantime get your ammunition in readiness as quickly as you can. Mr. ItussELL—Very well, my Lord. IN THE MATTER. OF FOAM, A LUNATIC. In this matter the Master was of opinion, that an estate belonging tie lunatic, situated in the West Indies, should be sold ; a purchaser was found, who applied a few 110 1 ago for an order, directing the necessary parties to join is the conveyance. The Court doubted its jurisdiction, the property being in the West Indies. This morning Mr. Teastovie appeared on the one sids• and Mr. SIDEBOTTOM on the other, who agreed that the Court had jurisdiction over the property. Indeed, in their view, there could he no difficulty in the Court's making an order for the conveyance of property over in an y fir. reign country. The difficulty would be in the parties having the benefit of such order, for they would have to apply for the assistance of the Foreign Powers where the property might be placed, but no each inconvenient* would arise here. The LORD CirAxcELLOR desired to have a brief, aftd the affidavits handed to him, which he would read, and then state his opinion. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His HONOUIt took came petitions to-day, many of which were orderrd to et Ind over, in consequence o f the sudden indisposition of Mr. KNIGHT and the c o n tinued illness of Mr. HORSE. No case of any public importanc e came before the Court, previous to our Reporter leaving 11 . 1 half-past one o'clock. BANKRUPTCY. A notice was put up in the Court this morning, stating that it wa, the Vice-Chancellor's intention to hear bank' rupt petitions at Lincoln's Inn on the 30th instant, and also on the 2d of February. DAT AT ONZ O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities 93% New Ditto Ex. Bills,.£l,oJo 2d. 78 77 pm. Ditto lid. '7B 77 pm. Ditto 500 2d. '7B 77 pm. Ditto ..... lid. '7B '77 pm. DMA Small 2,1. '7B '77 pm. Ditto lid. 78 77 pm. Bank fbr Account India for Account ,Cons. for Jan. 20 93% N PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 19. , . Bank Stock 2554 St. Patrick Incur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3)4 per cent. 99% National Ditto .2 IN Ditto, New — Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent :10114 ' .llibernian Bank — Gov. Dcb. 3 , :j percent.... Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal StocK — Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Inmerial Mine • City Deb. 4 per cent --Mining Co. of Ireland ...4 P-16 Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c ---,Commercial Buildings — YODEIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. AM3TERDAM, JAN. 19,-12. 2734 to 12. 25. Two months-12. 20 to 12. 1734. _HAMBURG, JAN. 15.-13. 13%.—Tw0 months, 13. 1234. BERLIN, JAN. 12.—Three months, 6 29. BREMEN, JAN. 12.—Two months, 618 619. ST. PEEERBRURGII, JAN. I.—Three months, 10 21-32. Due. ,Arrived. Arrived. ~..._ 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 4 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Cart hagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 1 O Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Mexico 2 France 0 0 Sweden O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 9 Waterford HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 55 minutes after 0. Evening...2s minutes after I. PRUSSIAN LOAN OF 1822. 'OTICE is hereby given, that, in order to provide for that proportion of the PRUSSIAN LOAN negotiated by Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD in London, in 1822, which is to be redeemed on the Ist July next, the following BONDS of that Loan were drawn on the 2d instant, viz. : Letter A No. 43 44 53 56 PO 91 102 103 VA 107 123 134 169 169 179 181 243 244 245 263 264 265 22 Bonds of .£l,OOO £22,000 Letter B. No. 145 a 152 197 a 201 329 a 336 367 368 37 a 373 377 378 34Sa 392 395 a 397 493a02 610a612 614 a 616 619 620 653 a 653 660a6C4 8650613 120 a 923 23 Bonds of ..C5OO X41,3C0 Letter C. No. 357 358 3M 361 a 353 571 a 376 378 380 391 481 485 487 488 4 , 20 a 495 498 a 505 760 a 177 859 a 876 895 a 912 1123 a 1140 1356 a 1373 1428 a 1445 1743 a 1753 1859 1860 1562 a 1575 2057 a 21'64 2105 a 2112 2241 a 2248 2273 a 2280 2869 a 2376 2465 a 24 - .2 2481 a 2.488 2513 a 2520- 2617 a 2614 2665 a 2672 256 Bonds of £250 £64,000 Letter D. No. 1646 a 1661 1603 a 1670 1671 1676 1679 11.80 1682 1693 1695 a 1688 1690 1893 a 1700 1702 a 1105 1707 a 1149 2213 a 2332 3527 a 3667 3609 :3672 a 3719 3990 a 4079 4170 a 4259 5327 a 5356 5353 a 5372 5374 a 5381 5333 a. 5102 5105 a 5.410 5413 a 5418 5120 a 5121 6600 a 6689 6955 a 7039 8362 a 8381 83.93 a 5412 8813 a 8922 10236 a 10340 10866 a 10970 12651 a 12755 13011 a 13175 14331 a 14435 15591 a 15693 15501 a 15905 16221 a 111325 17586 a 17890 18216 a 18320 1925 Bonds of 1001 £192,500 Total, 2286 Bonds, amounting to £320,000 The payment of which will take place on the I st July next, at the Office of Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD, in London. The holders of the above.mentioned Bonds are therefore required to present them, with the Dividend War rants thereon, up to the let July next inclusive, at the aforesaid house, and to receive the principal Money, as also the Interest which may he due on each Bond up to that date, at which time the iatereet will cease; and the public is further informed that the amount of each Divi dend Warrant which shall be found wanting, from the Ist July next to the let January, 1852, will be deducted from the principal of the Bond at the time of payment. N. M. ROTHSCHILD, Agent to his Majesty the King of Prussia. London, 22d January, 1830. ROLLS COURT. The MAsrEtt of the ROLLS heard petitions and consen t causes to-day in his private room. The Court had dis posed of but very few unimportant petitions when we Wl' COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Court was occupied for a great portion of the aal in trying the case of 4 . Hughes, assignee of Dickenson, Anderton," which was an action against the defendant for money had and received to the amount of 6001., and which sum it was alleged had been retained by the defendan t, to the injury of the creditors of Mr. Dickenson, who ti -01 been declared a bankrupt. •: There was no likelihood of this c tie termimating wben our Paper went to press. VAIL MARKETS.-(THIS DAT), CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of grain are very small, except of Irish Oats, of which there is a fair quantity. The arrival of Flo! i is trifling. The thaw had a t o a h o p e th at t h e r i ver W" a l soon be clear of ice, but there is no disposition yet on el part of our buyers to make any purchases ; therefore, sales of corn may be reported nominally the same as u" Monday. Flour unvaried. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. giigßch Irish 350 - Foreign I 1,250 - Oats. 90 qrs. I,4oosac" 8,900 500 131' CITY MARKETS (TWO O'CLOCK.) PLANTATION Sue A as.—The market continues firm, and a very good proportion of liminess done; 10 " grocers and refiners have been purchasing freely, altar, they there has not be e n a ver y a b un d ant supp l y at malic e : this week : a public sale of 214 Idle. St. Lucia Sue on Tuesday went off briskly at very full prices. FOlt/IGN SI:GAUL—A public sale of 413 bhdi. Porto Rico Sugar of good dry and fins quality W, brought forward yeste r d a y, o f w hi c h a p ar t w as *cam' say about 160 bhda. from 20e. to 245. Gd. ; the r e ' maiader are under offer at the prices of which they Wel l bought in. RerruEn Suoats.—ln large lumps there has been leer doing this week, and for immediate delivery purelsall might be made 6d. per c wt. l ower; b ut f ee d e li ve ry 11 , 1 next month last week', p r i ces are f u ll y suppor t e d. 1° small lumps and single loaves for crashing, there continn' a good demand, and prices are rather higher. The de' mend for crashed for the Mediterranean is rather at/ save. Hamburg loaves for the d ou bl e - re fi ne d B oun ty, l' lj a double loaves are also in good demand, at rather advanc e prices ; the groeers also have been doing more business i° the finer descriptions. Coatis.--Only one public sale has been brought fo r ' ward this week, chiefly suitable for the home trade, , r , which there continues a demand, and fully maintains lw a , prices. For Foreign there are some inquiries; but Ye", little appears to be done, as the holders are not preo 9ll4 sales. Delivered last week in West India Docks, 331 cas k' ' 80 bags, &c. Stock on hand in West India Docks (on 18th instant) 10,589 casks, 74,000 bags, &e. Stock on hand in West India Docks (on 20th Janns i l ° 1829), 10,683 casks, 73,548 bags, Ice. FltUlT.—There is little to be noticed this week; pr'' et° remain as last. Rust.—There is much business doing in Jamaica R 6l° : and prices are firm ; fine torts, from 30 to 32 per one demandoverp a t f, are ni,are scarce . 3s. per gallon. A fai th Lee.wer advanceal so ardsare of i d. in re l i gallon has been paid. BALTIC PRODUCT.—The Tallow Market continues rs ceedingly heavy, and sales are reported at 336. per C Hemp is at 455., and Flax at 355. 10d. per cwt. There is scarcely a single public sale of produce s °l : nounced for to-day. INDIGO Sa.Lx.—Up to this morning, 10, 200 0, have passed the sale out of 12,328 chests, the amount the declaration. The sale is going off steadily. OILS.—The market is steady. Sperm at 72/., Gree t land at 291. 10s., Pale Seal at 31/, and Brownlditto;; 281. to 291. p er t un ; Pal e Rape is at 43/., Brown dill at 41/. per tun ; Cod Oil is at 311. per tun. In the Hor Market there is scarcely anything doing. A person of the name of JOSEPH RAY.IO7: who occupies a small farm in the neighbourhood of F u d' by rather an unusual fatality, having had the na iss tune to lose a nunibtr of cows within a very short peti tel became impressed with the a bsurd idea that it was ;el work of witchcraft , and last Wednesday morning, in 00;4 as he in a_;ined, to " break the spell," had the infatua tiv to bum a very fine calf to death. ,141 We understand, says the Salem Gazette, a young 130 , 1 Constrictor, of considerable size, was obts- 00 by one of the seamen on board the brig Osprey, of Sili n , e l ,; ,tt Manilla, for the purpose of bringing him home. ic p reptile, however, made his escape from the box in vo - "; ( 1 he had been confined, soon after sailing, and was suPe 0 to have died or gone overboard, as nothing more was s er o f hi m during the voyage. But when the cargo of ty i 0 Osprey came to be discha ged, his snakeship was founaid, a state of torpor, his huge length snugly coiled among slur; bags of sugar, where he had been fasting for many roosti without any apparent injury to his constitution. He in good health and Npirits, and in the possession of on e the owners of the Osprey,--Nero York Paper. , DAI Therei: tt on of ma meter in I Bess es bes go far to profess to The scene early perk shifts for give the a powers 4 " Field o Francis tl - ► dour, varit B PeCtiVe C Place beta detailed w title the a historical under the " the her enterprisi petrieian tunately the Eigir Claims of as the leg to the t Seventh. quently e present ts of course' ley, to rei Payan N space to of the scattered In generi Interest. a Wild e -Payne W Gr o b y , , Pencil. 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