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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS (From the Gazette de France of Tbursdly, Jan. 14.) PARIS, JAN. 13.—The ilfoniteur of to-day con tains, in the official part, the proces verbal of the biddings for the loan 80,000,000, at four per cent., which was taken by Messrs. Rothschild, Brothers, at the price of 102 f. 71e., this offer being superior, as well to the 7ninimunt fixed by the Minister of Finance as to the offers of the three other parties who bid for it. The new loan yesterday on'Change at a premium of l per cent. The Gazette sayA—" It cannot be imagined what may have induced the Minister of Finance to adopt this measure, when we compare what has now taken place with his speech in 1524, in the Chamber of Peers ;" from which it quotes a long paragraph, arlding—" In the above passage all the arguments in favour of the three per cents. are developed, all the oi.jections derived from the increase of the capital are refuted, and the inconveniences of a stock above par are pointed out. We see that M. Chabrol has left nothing to be said against the measure which has just been adopted by the Minis ter of Finance." ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. 26.—We again hear of an increase of the Regiments of the Guards. Ge nerals Paskervitsch and Diehitsch are said to have received orders to send a list of the individuals, from the General to the Captain, who have distin guished themselves by their bravery and fidelity. It is supposed that this addition would give to the Guards three or four regiments of infantry and three of cavalry, which would make about 10,000 men, the organization of them to be confided to General Diebitsch, who is shortly expected here. The winter is uncommonly severe ; the cold is 22 degrees to 24 degrees Reaumur, which paralyzes a littl the pleasures of the season—even the national parties of Iraineaux. Another cause may be the illness of our august Monarch, who is not vet re covered, and has not left his room. Hald Pacha is expected at the end of the month. The Porte seems to have given him orders to hasten his journey, in order to arrive before General Diebitsch. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JAN. 13.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 75e. 80c. 70c. 75c. ; Three per Cents., 841. 65c. 60c. 75c. 70c. ; Bank Stock, I,liiB7f. 60c. ; Rentes de Naples, 931. 10c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 82 ; Rentes Perpetuelles d'Espagne, 613. ; Haytian Loan, 4301. Ex change on London, one month, 25f. 60e. ; three months, 25f. 45e. Com s Authentique. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. IG.—On Thursday last, being the first day of Lent Term, the following Degrees were conferred : _ . William Burge, Wad ham, Grand Compounder. Rev. Robert David Cartwright, Queen's. Rev. Charles Parker, Queen's. Rev. George Wood, Lincoln. Thomas Gladstone, Christ Church. Rev. John Wordsworth, New College. Rev. William Henry Parson, Magdalen Hall. Rev, Thomas Sanderson, Magdalen I fall. The Vice-Chancellor has fixed on Wednesday the .27th inst. for the election of a Vinerian Fellow, in the room of the Honourable Mr. Abbot ; end on Thursday the 28th for that of a Clinical Professor, on Lord Litchfield's foundation, in the room of the late Dr. Bourne. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. John Bramston, M.A., of Exeter Col lege, in this University, to the Vicarage of Great Baddow, Essex. The Rev. Bernard John Ward, M.A., of Trinity College, in this University, has been instituted to the Vicarage of Peterchurch, Herefordshire. Patrons, the President and Governors of Guy's Hospital. The Earl of St. Germains has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Henry Jonas Barton, of Brazenose College, to the united Livings of Latton and Eisy, Gloucestershire. _ The Rev. John Spurgeon, 8.A., to the Rectory of Twyford, Norfolk. W. H. Clarke, 8.A., of Catharine Hall, Cam bridge, to the Second Mastership of Norwich Gram mar School, on the resignation of the Rev. T. Currie. The Rev. C. Tripp, D.D., Rector of Bondleigh, Devon, to the Rectory of South Bradon, Somerset shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Watson; patron, the Earl of Egrement. Whilst treating of the practices of one Bishop, those of another have been kindly offered to our notice in extenuation. What we should say of the latter is, that though the affair is most painfully affecting, yet we cannot make out that there has been such shifting and brokerage of church preferment,—so much changing of cards, so much taking up and laying down of hands,—as in that case which we first presented to public reprobation. The PRETYIiaN family had their aces and kings dealt them out at first. Theirs was plain whist; the game of the other man has been cribbage or !carte. However, we offer the following extract from IltviNGToN's Clerical Guide : !•. G. T. PRETYMAN, Chancellor and Canon Residentiary of Lin coin; Prebendary of Winchester; Rector of Chalfont St. Giles, in Buckinghamshire ; Rector of Wheathamstead, Hertfordshire; and the Rectory of Harpenden, in the same county ! ! V' Jot NIP ar.Tvsaw, Prebendary of Lincoln; Rector of Sher rington, in Wiltshire; Rector of Winwick, in Northampton shire!!! lI:CRARD Parrvmax, Preet ntor and Canon of Lincoln; Rec tor of Middleton Stoney, in Ox. fordshire ; Rector of Walgrave, in Northamptonshire ; Vicar of Hannington, in the same county ; Rector of Wroughton, in Wilt. shire."' " Well done, good and faitlind servant," Bishop Tom- LINE, " enter thou into the joy of thy Lord !" We shall, in truth, marvel greatly, if thou bast not got some warm preferment, in return for all these things, in the diocese to which thou hut been since translated ! Is this the way in which church property has been heaped upon the members of their families, men of no particular desert whatever, by the apostolic fathers of the church?— Times. Yesterday was the birth-day of the Duke ot GLOUCESTER, when his Royal Highness completed hi' 53d year. The tradespeople of his Royal Highness illu minated their houses in the evening. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND came to town yesterday from Kew : their Royal High nesses remained at their residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, till half-past six o'clock, when they left town on their return to Kew. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after noon at the Foreign Office, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke Of WELLINGTON, Earls BATHURST, ROSSLYY, and ABERDEEN, Viscount MEL VILLE, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. HEARIES. The Ministers assembled between two and three o'clock, and sat in deliberation till fuur o'clock. LADY BYRON.—" Yesterday, a very pretty letter from AWWAHELLA, which I answered. What an odd situation and friendship is ours ! Without one spark of love on either side, and produced by circumstances which in general lead to coldness on one side, and aversion on the other. She is a very superior woman, and very little spoiled, which is strange in an heiress—a girl of ..'2o—a peeress that is to be in her own right—an only and a savante who has always had her own way. She is a poetess—a mathematician—a metaphysician— and yet withal very kind, generous, and gentle, with very little pretersion. Any other head would be turned with half her acquisitions, and a tenth of her advantages."— Moore's Byron. BYRON'S OPINION OF MATRIMONY.--..- DALLAS called before I was up, so we did not meet.— LEWIS, WO, who seems out of humour with every thing. What can be ,the matter? He is not married—has he lost his own mistress, or any other person's wife?— Honcsom, too, came. He is going to be married, and he as the kind of man who will he the happier. He has ta lent, cheerfulness, every thing that can make him a pleas ing companion ; and his intended is handsome and young, and all that. But I never see any one much improved by matrimony. All my coupled contemporaries are bald and discontented. W. and S. have both lost their hair and good humour ; and the last of the two had a good deal to lose. But it don't much signify what falls off a man's temples in that state !—Moore's Byron. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank stock 2lB Mi 3 per Cent. Red. O4 5 l 3 per Cent. Cons. 94!8 IA 4 "q,i per Cent — Ditt , Red lOOl4 t per Cent. Ann. Ditto, 15126 Ditto Scrip tilsnk t.. Ann. 1.• 13-16 .74 Ditto 30 Sears India Stock 230 231 Ditto Bonds 73 74 pin. TRICKS OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 7IM% . Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds ... 284 Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 .... Dani,h Greek Bonds IB2B — . Ditto, 1825 3l % .French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala — Exchange —f. --. Mexican Bonds 3 per cent. Ditto. 19 . 25 9 7N EXclianze —f. PRICES OF SHARES THE Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. . , Ditto National Real del Monte Mining Co. PRICES OF IRISH STOC . Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 334 per cent - Ditto, New 4 per Cent 101.7i Goy. I)eb. 344 per cent 91•7, Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c 1.Y234 COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F 12 71 Ditto, at sight 12 51 Rotterdam U 12 ij Antwerp 12 7-1 Hamburg M.B. 14 0 Alton: l4 01 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 SO Ditto 9 U 26 5 Bordoaux 26 10 Frank fort on Maine, Ex. 51.154 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, efle,tive tl. 2 M. 10 17 Trieste do 10 17 Madrid 35% Cadiz 351 Gilboa Barcelona 35% Seville 35% Gibraltar 47% Arrived. Due. 1 America O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 O Carthagen't 0 I Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 1 France 0 0 Guernsey &Jersey 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'PO-MORROW. Morning ... IS minutes after 7. I Evening... 43 minutes after 7. IMPORTANT FINANCIAL PROJECT. THE ATLAS OF TO-MORROW, Jan. 17, will contain an Original Document of the highest public importanoe, given with full details at great length, in which an ingenious Project far Raising the Na tional Revenue, by way of Toll, is submitted to ccnsidera firm. The results proposed in this elaborate view of the complicated machinery of finance are an increase in the income of the country, and a decrease in the individual amount of taxation. It is intended to secure an equaliza- tion of burthens proportionate to the division of property, but to he carried into effect without any of the objection able features of an Income Tax. The ATLAS will also contain, in addition to its usual variety of Origin it Mat ter, a continuation of the Inquiry into the present Lunacy Laws. The great capacity of the ATLAS, being double that of the largest of its contemporaries, enables it to embrace, in a more comprehensive form than any other, all subjects of current interest. A Country Edition is published for Post on Saturday afternoon. The Index of this Journal is now ready, stamped, price 6d. and will be found interesting to all readers, s an Historical Paper for the past Year. Atlas Office, Beaufort-buildings, Strand. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 'South Sea Stock 104% Old Annuities — INew Ditto — lEx. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 77 78 pm. Ditto lid. 77 71.1 pm. Ditto 500 2d. '77 78 pm. Ditto lid. '7'7 '7B pro. DittA e;naall Ditto lid. 77 7S pro. Bank for Account — India for Account ,Cons. for Jan. SO 93° DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share . pm.) £lOO 44' 4344 pm.) £2O 83 80 81 10 25 la £4OO '7l :KS, DUBLIN, JAN. 13. lit. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto 'Patriotic Ditto 'Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto !loyal Irish Mine Imperial Mine ' Mining Co. of Ireland ....4 9-16 Commercial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 26 5 :Venice 47 Malta 4 9 ,4 Naples . 39 , ,.4 Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 4 3 14 Ito .Janeiro Bahia 26!4 Buenos Ayres — Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. X. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars ,Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburg 2 O Holland O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands 0 O Lisbon 0 O Maxie,. O Sweden 1 Waterford jr *tin, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1830. Despatches were received at the Colonial Office this morning from the Governor of the Mauritus, dated the 15th Dec., and also from Bermuda. The Messenger despatched to the Duke o BUCCLEUGH returned to town yesterday from Dalkeith House. The Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT arrived in town last night from Italy, much recovered in health. The Marquis of CHANDos arrived in town this morning, at five o'clock. The report in the city yesterday with reference to the price at which the French loan was taken was not correct. The price at which Messrs. RoTnsciuLD were declared the successful can didates was 102 f. 7-!,c. The other parties bid 97f. 55c. 98F, and 1001. It was on the 12th, in Paris, at a premium of 11. per cent. The fol lowing, from our Correspondent, enters more into detail : • " PARIS, JAN. 13. " As I mentioned in my letter yesterday, the new French loan has been taken by the Messrs. Rothschild at 102 francs, 7-1-, centimes. The other bidders were M. Aguado, 97 francs, 55 centimes ; Messrs. Mallet 98 francs, and the Company of the Syndicate of Receivers-General 100 francs. By a strange inadvertency, the sealed proposal of the Messrs. Rothschild had been given in without being signed, and as their offer was the last that was opened, the omis sion on their part, and the great difference of two francs 72 centimes, between their offer and the next in succession, amounting, on the whole loan to 1,600,0001., became immediately apparent ; but the Receivers-General, who were the next in order; could not well insist on their right of preference, to the prejudice of the public interest, and the Rothschilds were of course quite too spirited to think of availing themselves of the extraordinary disparity in the proposals for the purpose of cheapen ing their bargain. On every former occa sion, I understand that similar proceed. ings have taken place in this country by means of open competition, and not, as in this instance, by sealed offers, a mode which, it is said on the Exchange, is not so well calcu lated as that which resembles an ordinary auction, to produce the highest price from bidders in this country. By taking into account the deferred periods for the advance of the capital the present value of the loan is, reduced to 101 f. 4c.—, and it follows that the State has succeeded in this instance in borrowing at a rate of interest something under four per cent. per annum ;—I believe exactly three francs 96 centimes per cent. The premium on the Loan has already been as high as 1i per cent., and I understand on 'Change that a large proportion of it is already in the hands of English capitalists. It is generally understood that a plan is in progress, and will speedily be produced, for the extinction of the French Five per Cents., in ten successive series of annual payments, so that the last will not be refunded for ten years to come. " PARIS, JAN. 12. " A further modification of the French Ministry is at this moment the subject of anxious discus sion in some of the best informed circles of Paris. Those who conscientiously believe that the pre sent Cabinet cannot stand before the Chambers for a moment, and who yet entertain some sen timents of respect for the personal character of the Prince de Polignac, are disposed to believe that the Premier would gladly rid himself of General Bourmont and M. de Ranville, who are regarded on all sides as sources of weakness rather than of strength ; and it is even thought that he has not abandoned the hope of prevail ing on M. de Martignac and M. de Roy to join his administration. Other reports, which are not entitled to - the same degree of attention, speak of the retirement of Messrs. Courvoisier and de Chabrol; and some have even gone so far as to say that, instead of strengthening his government by the accession of men of more moderate principles than himself, the Minister is about to call in the aid of some of the most vio lent of his own party. " In speaking of these reports, the Gazette takes care to lump them together, and then ob serves, that the false and the true have been con founded, and that those with whom the rumours originated have often given their own conjec- • tures for realities. The Ministerial journalist concludes, however, with an observation, which appears to me to amount to an admission, that some further change is about to take place, espe cially when it is seen with what industry and pertinacity he traces out and contradicts every similar report, which seems at all to affect the stability of the cause which it is his business to support. " < Whatever may happen,' he adds, and if " the Ministry has occasion to modify itself, " it will only be on the side of the Royal pre " rogative, and for the sake of strengthening " it against the attacks to which it is exposed. " The Ministerial system is distinctly traced, " and will not be changed. It is the cause of " Monarchy against revolution.' " In this country, as in England, the message of the President of tl•he United States of America, was looked for with some curiosity as the first distinct intimation of the system of his Govern ment, and it seems now to be admitted that when General Jackson was accused of entertaining sentiments inconsistent with general tranquillity, he had become the object of unjust attack ; or at least that in a country where public opinion and public institutions have so much weight as in America, it is not safe or easy for any public officer to act on principles inconsistent with those of the great mass of his fellow citi zens. It was to be expected that the amour propre, for which the French as a nation are so remarkably distinguished, would be sensibly ruffled if not seriously roused by the manner, approaching to menace, in which the word collision is employed, as a contingent re sult of the pending negotiations between France and America. In alluding to this part of the message, the Quotidienne of this morning does not attempt to disguise the feeling of soreness it has occasioned. The unwelcome observations are not merely characterized as exceptionable, but are denounced silly bravadoes, addressed by the reps esentatives of North America to France, their benefactress.' You are aware that the claims of America on France originate in the losses sustained by the mercantile interest of the United States, in consequence of the proceedings adopted by France under the famous Berlin and Milan decrees. The justice of these claims is not, I believe, disputed in this country, but a counter claim has been raised on the basis of the treaty for the cession of Louisiana to the United States, under which, it is said, that the latter had promised commercial advantages to France, which have not since been realized ; but, it is contended, that America, on the contrary, has concluded various treaties with other States of Europe, in which she has granted to these States advantages superior to those which were promised exclusively to France. This they say, in a settlement of pecuniary dif ferences between the two countries, should enter into the general account ; but the Americans are understood to contend that their claims are of a nature so well established and defined, as not to be liable to be compensated by the vague and unintelligible plea which is thus set up on behalf of the French Government. " Those clauses of the Message which relate to the tariff were expected to be of a much more decided character than they have proved to be. It is known that the northern and southern States of the Union are much divided in opinion, as well as in interest, on the subject ; and so much has it been regarded as a matter likely to be of serious consequences, as to have pro duced a report in Paris that a project was on foot for breaking up the American confederacy, and dividing it into four independent Govern ments. But although there has certainly been a great deal of bad blood on the other side of the Atlantic on the subject of the prohibitory duties imposed by the tariff, yet I should think that Jonathan's good sense, and his determined na tionality, will prevent him for a long while to come, from throwing away the advantages o f hi s relative strength and preponderance in the scale cf nations, because he finds a temporary diffi culty in the fiscal arrangement of his domestic concerns. " At yesterday's meeting of the Academy of Sciences, a comparative statement of some in terest, on the subject of the variations of the temperature in Paris and Toulouse respectively, during the late severe weather, was presented to the Academy, as the result of the observations of M. Mathieu and M. d'Aubuisson, from which it appears, as you will see from the subjoined note, that the cold has this year been more in tense in the South of France than at Paris. The observations are marked of course in both cases by the scale of Reaumur. PARIS. Weather. Temperature. deg. min. December 26 Dark 27 Clear 12 7 28 Ditto 14 5 29 Cloudy l3 2 30......Ditt0 10 31 Ditto 3 9 January 1 Clear 11 5 Dark 2 3 3 Ditto 0 3 TOULOUSE. Weather. Temperature. deg. min. December 26 Snow• 9 West. 27 Dark 12 2 ditto. 2h Serene l5 1 ditto. 29 Ditto 13 ditto. 30 Ditto 13 3 ditto. SI Ditto 93 S. E. January 1 Cloudy 93 ditto. 2 Dark 62 West. 3 Ditto 58 ditto. " I have just learned that the new French loan of eighty millions of francs at four per cent. has been taken by Rothschild at 102 francs 7 centimes." It is gravely asserted, by some English Law yers, of the system of special pleading, that it is a perfect practical application of the rules of logic—to which Mr. JEREMY BENTHAM has somewhat quaintly replied, that such assertion only convinces him of the Lawyers' perfect igno rance of logic. We do not presume to cast such a general reflection on the profession, but when so repeated instances occur in which justice is frustrated by this very special pleading, we cannot certainly join in a panegyric upon its value. The case of WATTS v. LAWSON, reported yesterday, will, in some degree, exemplify its operation. An action is brought against the Times Newspaper for a mis-statement of an occurrence at a police-office. The Editor, as appears in evidence, had offered to insert any remarks of the parties on the correctness of the report in the Times, saying " that the Times had nothing " to do with the truth or falsehood of the impu " tations made at the police-office, and that they " only studied correctness as far as being a " faithful report of what passed there—and that " if the parties had any charge against the report " in the latter particular, the Times would tell " lingly insert it." The parties, however, in sisting on the insertion of an editorial notice, stating, " that a full enquiry had been made, the result of which was the conviction of the Editor that their conduct had been perfectly honourable "—(an assertion that would have been, in the first place, false, and, in the next, would have implied that the Times had originally declared itself to have a contrary conviction) —the defendant was obliged to abide the result of a verdict. The person whose character was implicated in this transaction appears, in fact, to have been T y r. ,Tir. EMERSON, and not Mr. WATTS; but, as we presume, they are both satisfied with the share of public attention this affair has given them, we have no wish to dwell upon this point. The great anomaly in this case is, that the defend ant should not be allowed to justify his conduct by proving the substantial correctness of the report published by him. The gist of the supposed injury was a misrepresentation of a matter which took place in Marlborough-street Police-office, and if the defendant could show that his report was not a misrepresentation, it would be abso lutely unjust to allow the plaintiff to reap the benefit of an act, which so far as regarded him, was, at most, damnunz absque injuria. But, it is said, all ex-parte reports of police matters are illegal, which is true so far as they are libel lous, and no farther; and this brings us round to the glaring absurdity of the law, which holds it to be libellous in a Newswaper to report bona fide, without the slightest malice, the depo sitions of witnesses who may maliciously come forward to calumniate an individual. If a wit ness swears at Marlborough-street to a fact, which afterwards turns out to be untrue, is it not too bad to punish the reporter of that witness's ex amination, who has no means of knowing its truth or falsehood ? The saddle should be put on the right horse ; and the law is strong enough to punish witnesses for perjury, or conspiracy to take away a man's character. Why, then, is the Press to be responsible for what the witnesses say ? But, it may be answered, the publication .of an unfavourable deposition will injure a man's cha racter equally whether true or false, and that the termination of the proceedings ought to be waited for. We reply, that if the deposition be true, it is monstrous to punish the reporter any more than the maker of such true deposition ; if it be false, the deponent may be brought to justice for his false testimony. Where there is malice, there is guilt ; where there is no malice, neither is there any crime ; a principle which the law of England professes, but does not always act upon. As to waiting the termination of the proceedings, we ask whether the com mittal of a man to trial, is conclusive evidence of his being a thief? When the Jury have ac quitted him, he is no thief, and yet there is no legal objection to previously publishing his com mittal for theft by the Magistrate, though a pre sumption may thus have been raised among the public against his character. It is just the same when a prisoner is discharged by the Magis trate, and when an unfavourable deposition of the first witness against him has been published, which is afterwards contradicted by other tes timony. The public are not so stupid as to judge of a man's character from a part of the evidence against him, when they know the rest is to follow. Our law considers the public, as SIIERIDAN said, to be an old woman ; and thinks it its business to be constantly on the watch, lest the old woman should be imposed upon. Assuredly the intellect of the public cannot be very vigorous, if it does not know that there are two sides to every question. From the inability of the Times to prove every word of its justification, which, indeed, is not, and cannot be, done once in a thousand times by defendants who plead justifications, a verdict passed against it. Yet there is rarely any alternative on these occasions ; for if the general issue alone is pleaded, a farthing will carry costs, which, it is needless to add, are often quite as important a consideration as damages. It is frequently, therefore, advisable to risk the special pleading of a justification, as, if the gauntlet of technicalities can be run, the defendant in a libel action, now and then, gets a decided verdict in his favour, and thus succeeds in escaping from his law-thirsty pursuer. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK A Halifax mail has arrived this morning, brought by th:.. Plover, sailed from Halifax 22d Dec., and from Bermuda 7th Dec.; by the above conveyance Halifax Papers to the 20th Dec., Miramichi Papers to the 16th Dec., and Prince Edward's Island Papers to the 9th Dec. have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house ; also Mauritius Papers to the 27th Sept. The Halifax Papers state that his Majesty has been pleased to call the Right Hon. Alexander M`Donald, Roman Catholic Bishop of Rhesina, to the Legislative Council of that province. Satisfac tory accounts of the health of his Excellency have been received from Bermuda. The Miramichi Papers state that the river had been frozen for some days, persons had crossed it on horseback, but it is again open, and winter had not yet established its influence. The Prince Edward's Island Papers say, that Sir Peregrine and Lady Maitland on their arrival at Barbadoes, finding that island in a very sickly state, sailed again without landing ; they have since ar rived at Bermuda, his Excellency's health was im proving. Private accounts from Mahon state, that the ne gociations which were carrying on by the Porte and England to obtain a peace between France and Algiers have been broken off. Owing to Algiers demanding of France the sum of twenty mil lions, instead of seven millions which the Dey for merly- claimed. Accounts from Lisbon state, that the garrison of Elvas has returned to its duty, caused by a sum of money having been received from Lisbon to pay a part of the arrears of the garrison. The desertion in the North amongst the troops still con tinues, as well as the emigration of several wealthy families, amongst which is that of General Louis de Rego. THE FUNDS. Up to the present hour there does not seem any disposition for business in the Consol Market. Con sols, which left off yesterday at 951- / for the account, opened at the same price this morning, and for next time 96. We do not hear as yet that any public bargain has been done in the New French Scrip, although it has obtained a premium at Paris of per cent. It is said that an Express has arrived from Paris, but the contents have not as yet transpired. .„... . . . In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet ; prices nominal as yesterday. FUNDS. 31 per Cent. 100 I New 4 per Cent., 1011 4 per Cent. 1826 105 3 . 6 India Bonds. 73 74 Exchequer Bills, 77 78 FUNDS. Greek, 331 34 Mexican, 271 Peruvian, 21 22 Portuguese, 59 60 Prussian, Russian, 1101 Spanish, 101 TWO O'CLOCK. ENGLISH Bank Stock, 21S 19 India Stock, -- 3 per Cent. Cons. 944 Do., for Account, 95; 1 i Ditto Reduced, 94 Z FOREIG: Brazilian, 71 Buenos Ayres, SO 32 Chilian, 27 28 Colombian, 254 Danish, 754 64 French, 5 per Cent. 108 9 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 84 5 The Consol Market is not so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 95i- f, since which they have receded to 95k, and at present may be quoted 951 buyers. In the Foreign Market Greek has improved one per cent.; Spanish Stocks, also, rather better. In other Foreign Securities little doing, owing to ac counts from Rio Janeiro unfavourable to the Impe rial mines which only produced in 13 days an average of Gibs. of gold per day, the shares have lowered 10/. LtvraPooL, JAN. 11.—Our cotton market this day has been extremely animated; the sales are 6,000 bags, at an adva►►ce of fully yd. per lb. on the prices of 31st December. Accounts have been received this day by an ex traordinary conveyance from Vienna, of the 6th instant, stating that the Four per Cents. there, and the Bank Shares, have considerably improved. The New French Scrip is reported at 2 per cent. premium. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 95i. A daring burglary was committed this morn ing, at three o'clock, at the residence of J. B. CLIFTON, Esq., at Putney. The villains entered the house by making a hole in the back door, by means of a centre-bit, and were proceeding to ransack the lower part of the house, when Mr. CLIFTON, being woke by the barking of one of his dogs, went down stairs with a brace of pistols in his hands, and, on his opening the passage-door, ths robbers, hearing his steps, made their escape. Mr. CLIFTON pursued them, and came nearly up with two men at the entrance of the town of Putney, who started off again the moment they saw they were pursued, and ultimately escaped by jumping o►er into the yard of the workhouse. Mr. CLIFTON was near enough to them to have shot them, but forbore firing, as he could not be sure of their identity, which, however, was subsequently esta blished by their dropping in the pursuit a pair of boots, which they had stolen in his house. Active search will be made by an officer from Marlborough-street. A GANG OF MONSTERS.—Between nine and ten o'clock last night, as Mrs. FREEMAN, an indus trious widow, about forty years of age, residing at the bottom of Drury-lane, near Wych-street, was passing to wards her abode, she was attacked at the end of Black•- moor-street by four ferocious monsters in the shape of men, wrapped up in fashionable cloaks, by stabbing her in the side with a small sword, such as is worn occasionally in light walking-sticks. The villains broke the sword, leaving about six inches thereof sticking in Mrs. FREE MAN'S side, who instantly fell upon receiving the wound. Police-constable, F. 122, who came up is a minute there after, lifted Mrs. FREEMAN from the pavement, and pulled the deadly weapon from her side. He then followed the ruffians through Clare-court, and other alleys in the vici nity, but we are sorry to say, that for the present they have elude(' his pursuit. The monsters, are however, well known, and it is to he hoped they will not long escape justice. We are glad to state, that from the thick gar ments and stays worn by Mrs. FREEMAN, the sword did not penetrate sufficiently deep to endanger any vital part. DISTINCTION BETWEEN SKINNING AND SHAVING.—A Scotch labourer shaving his neighbour on a Saturday night, observed that he was making very wry faces, and asked him the cause, when he received this ap posite answer :—" If you are skinning me, it's no that sair t but if you are only shaving, oh, it's desperate." LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. LI HARWOOD, IN THE MATTER OF TERRY, nissmaurrs. Mr. ROSE stated that this was a petition, praying the smersedeas of the commission, on the ground of its being concerted, and taken out with the intention of driving the creditors into an arrangement. It appeared from the statements of the Learned Counsel that a commission of Lankrupt issued in September last against the Terry's, on the petition of a gentleman, named Eller, residing at Walcot, Somersetshire ; that Mr. Eller became the petitioning cre ditor at the request of the bankrupts, and with know ledge of Mr. Richard Else, of Bath, who was employed to strike the docket, and who had been for several years preceding, the confidential solicitor of the bankrupts. On Messrs. Terrys being declared bankrupts, one of their shopmen was appointed provisional assignee, and cne of the bankrupts had been heard to declare, that the commis sion was a friend'y one, that Mr. Else was a friend of the bankrupts, who would be very kind to them, and if they could not get their books made up in 29 days, another docket would be struck, for the purpose of giving more time. Shortly after the issuing of the commission, Mr. Els, the solicitor, wrote a letter to several of the cred:t rs, accompanied with a statement of the concerns of the bank rupts, and stating that if the bankrupts were allowed to go on, Bs. in the pound might be secured to all the creditors, to be paid by instalments, at six, 12, and 18 months. Before the issuing the commission the petitioning creditors in consequence of a letter received from Mr. Else, called upon him, when Mr. Else informed him of the affairs of the bankrupts, anti persuaded him to strike a docket agains them. Upon this Mr. Els observed he should wish to consult a friend before he did any thing; when Mr. Else said it was necessary a docket should be struck, there was no time to lose, and if it was not done then the business would get into other hands, and it would not be so well for the parties. After striking the docket, the petitioning creditor consulted with his own solicitor, who informed him he had acted exceedingly wrong. and that such a commission would be superseded. Upon this Eller expressed a wish not to open the com mission, and stated his fears to Else of being put to ex pense. Upon which Else told hint he need not be under any apprehension on that head, as he would indemnify him. Upon Mr. Eihr attending before the Commissioners, he hesitated to open the commission, observing that he un derstood it would be superseded. Mr. Rose went through a great many affidavits, in order to support the petitit and to shew the concert existing between the parties. The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed, that he did not know what he could do without the intervention of a Jury. The case was certainly a suspicious one, but the Court could not act on suspicion. Mr. KNIGIIT observed, that every statement in the peti tion was most positively contradicted over and over again by the most respectable and undoubted authority. The petitioner, a❑ old woman, who could not even write her name, and had been formerly a servant of the bankrupts, was a markswoman in the hands of these parties, and to tally ignorant of the effects of the action. She had placed her earnings with the Terrys, and had, by so doing, lost her all. His clients were perfectly ready to comply with the intimation of the Court. The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought such a course was the only one he could adopt. His Honour, therefore, directed the question to be tried at the next Assizes for the county of Somerset, the petitioner to be the plaintiff, and the as signees the defendants. and all parties to be examined. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Dossmq V. HEBELER. AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover damages for demurrage, and the trial seemed, from the unusual attendance of mer chants and shipowners, to have excited some interest in the mercantile world. The trial arose from nearly the same transaction as a case which was tried last night by the same shipowners (of the Illanturer) against another mer chant, named Drop. It appeared that the vessel arrived in port on the 6th of January, 18'29, and was reported Is ready for discharge. The defendants, however, did not clear any part of their consignment of the cargo (wheat from Bremen) until the 22d instant, which was two days after the fourteen days, in which they (the defendants) had stipulated, by the bill of lading, to clear it. or to pay demurrage (four guineas per day). The whole of it was not claimed before the 30th, and the plaintiff called the master of the vessel to prove that the defendants might have cleared it within the fourteen days, if they had not neglected to do so. Mr. POLLOCK, (with whom was Mr. ALDERSON ), for the defence, Contendel that the neglect arose on the part of the plaintiff ; that the defendants had twice sent for their part of the cargo before the expiration of the fc:a•-• teen days; and that the captain had kph. the man whom they had sent that their wheat could, not then be got at, and that they must wait till their turn came. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 421. SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE. (From the Literary Gazette.) The funeral is to be public, and on the same scale as Sir J. Reynolds's. The body will lie in state at Somerset House on Tuesday or Wednesday—(what a contradiction in terms ! a corrupting corpse lying in state !)—and the burial will take place at St. Paul's Cathedral on Thursday next. The procession is to move from Somerset House at half-past ten o'clock ; and it is supposed that the ceremony will occupy at least four hours. The arrangement em braces the family relatives of the deceased—the Academi cians—the students of the Academy, and noble and distin guished persons to close the line. The site selected for his last resting-place is in the vault beneath .he south aisle, in the immediate vicinity of the grave of Sir Christopher Wren, and only divided by the late President West's trout that of Sir Joshua. The remains of Opie, Barry, Dawe, (at whose funeral we ourselves saw Sir Thomas acting with the Russian Ambassador as pall-bearer, only a few weeks since), and other distinguished artists, occupying the ground adjoining. His Majesty has given orders that his private carriage shall head the funeral train. The spectacle will, we presume, be very imposing and solemn. The students, in particular, will have cause to meditate deeply. It is a few short weeks since their President and great Example addressed them on delivering the rewards and honours to which, beginning their career, they had entitled them selves: they may now behold the end of the dazzling course. He who spoke to them so affectionately and so encouragingly ; he whose talents led him through flowery paths to fame ;—he will, on this occasion, point a far more useful moral, and, it is to be hoped, not without its effect on the ardent and enthusiastic minds that may contemplate the scene." (From the Court Journal.) There was ever present upon his countenance a look of settled melancholy, the effect of which, when contrasted with the almost seraphic smile which his countenance as sumed when he addressed any one, amounted to the pa thetic. The writer of this notice had the melancholy gra tification (for a melancholy one it was even then, when no fears could have been entertained of what has since hap pened) of meeting Sir Thomas Lawrence at a private party only a few days before his death, and ke never remembers to have marked the contrast he has alluded to, as exhibit ing so striking features as it did on that occasion. There was something in his smile,—coming and going as it did upon a face of deathlike paleness, and where the habitual and natural expression was one of profound melancholy, which could scarcely be witnessed without calling up re flections, infinitely more nearly allied to the latter than the former feeling : and when the position of the man wan recollected—at the very summit of national popularity.— the undisputed head of the Arts of a country, whose Art stands unrivalled and undisputed in the world—the per sonal friend of his Sovereign—the idol of his private friends and acquaintance—the possessor, in a degree never before known, of inexhaustible " appliances and means" for gratifying his favourite tastes, and administering to his mental wants (we allude to his collection of a certain class of works of art, which has never been rivalled in the world) finally, the man whose magic hand could create gold with a touch :—To see such a man as this, blasted like a beautiful plant, stricken by frost or lightning o 41i4 withering away w ith an i nwar d somet hi ng whiob 'preyed upon the very spring of his life, was a sight that he could never contemplate without feelings of the most melancholy nature, and which feelings were never so actively called forth as on the cccasion to which we have just referred. OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE. —" Noris nos, inquit : docti SUMUS. " -Ifor. Sat. ix.—Dr. JACKSON, an Oxonian professor, happening to meet with PORSON, the celebrated Professor of Greek at the sister university (thinking thereby to compliment him), observed, during ft conversation he held with the caustic son of Graiit4, ttti . o PORSON, you are the only man that ever left Cambiidge with any Greek learning !" " And you, Sir," answered PORSON, with one of those severe and expressive look s with which he knew so well how to accompany a deserved rebuke, " You, Sir, are the only man that ever left Ox ford with any learning at all !" 4( Felicem, aiebam tacitus." " Thou halt a head, and so has a pin," thought Pomo:4 itIIPPINC DEAL, J Snowdon, f the CaMbriZ FALMOUT. the Forth Plover pack and from Ha ALDBOROI timber have and Dunwic two vessels,ka ma D u oi L 13 . S. 0. not legible. BRIDLING' Great Yarm( hour, ran on The Mary, was wrecked The Vitt4 N. 8., was d 23d of Nov, with her carg OLI ,ypi‘,,eferasyroetnrels ih breaking r a .1 property. r i eoapg Jam e s - p - nerdr a i ts n ' S' yso d t Y .ne e e l : i i Death ; but str his former resp t i J tloCaloit a u fn':ges : d:Tilec y ldmrwufhrP:4:.eb w bi entntse°ltSrnn o li if'' nY:lelia u 'agisocs l fESsg d :tevels evt'llt b aluliiel e i 1 1 W., at ua casiNj t roi b rti onri: e .srast b .A_ll mi a eEe r nxla aoals o i ter nLs f et rie.i t oni l 3l: the county of S Wisest purpose A course. 11 and 12 o'clo s,ereasab. out a boat l 1 : possessio than 4 0, each nr he got W i t h in , Pist ol, and • ' h e llllll ad with one Pistol, and irnm Which knocked One of th e t L his, and Was pa part} beat en. Th e NV IpOrewhich they w ~r ich Berri, the except the Louse. ` N Le °. p s a 3 rt but had nevera wounded. Tlie he had succeeds house without ' very dirty smock frock. John Brown stationed near seeing between 1 Party o f armed with long UP you ---_,' E llis, at the saw got within abou O'clock. discharged. ta l i c,o e ne y ekse t t I rdo l eie on the i, t2ih l ll i ,ea n ds o 2o c (, 11 Pina aim, whi( covering his se. u 'vsY. Was not of the gang, but Clou dy, but suffi( Yards distance. Cress-examini in the gang. I was assaulted. John Sullivan ventive Service. eeeded towards t Pursued by a 10 ng bats. The struck witness °t ilers and retie down and much , Cross-examine _titoween 60 and 4 fo b r ut three yard e able to ewes pssitively to a rn' Party Only swt '4i,charged. Be -examined.. Prisoner was one ~ James Campb t '' - e , and w as o The witness her( I'._s detail e d a b ove bond th ere wet the tt) es* attempts hl ow ill usket out tv4x ~ which fell( tire s dreadful" be m be t.b.. loner, said, 44:t_iteard the p al oo u° doubt II ,g," g,, ‘...r 0 ,. • nigh t, '' - examine. cei yed but knew f o , tVVO 4 wenn ( et te tittle. tr ba Char les Dudlq 11 1 , - ,'' .i t in the P re 14 - 1 1 . `" of Octobe vve„e en the prisons ji Marks o f Id( of L ' l lies Dicer e) i ll 'its wind ow b e i ti , , , w hen he saw N must he 10( el o e ,ross-exa t ni ne( 1 , but discharg hil l seplt Ballaw, ki iti Attended t 'wi t o thers, on th, re t t , l . 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