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de Montbel, :Haussez, affirm and de . meeting the session; and, political obstacles which stir ,ation, they judge themselves totally ... of the Parliamentary struggle that is in &are toe no p.34,,,._ independently of thr round their sit ineap.thl^ t on. .t is reported that MM. de Polignac, Guer ra Ins and Bourmont, who are more confident in their st rer ,gth, have not yet been able to inspire their col ag ues with the same confidence." The Cornelia/ions:el says-' It is reported that eNI. de St. Priest is recalled from his embassy to the Cr sort of Spain. His successor is not yet known. It is asserted also that M. de Reyneval's arrival at - V henna, vvas almost immediately followed by an or er for his return, the Prince de Polignac intending give him the portfolio,'or rather the place, of First Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The preparations .for the expedition against Algiers give rise to a mul titude of conjectures: many believe that it is only as threat, and that the differences with the Regency will be adjusted the moment the preparations are terminated. The armament will nevertheless be organised, and will, according to circumstances, either proceed to the: Levant with a British squa dron, in the event of a renewal of hostilities between Russia and the Porte, or to support Spain in her th 'sempts to recover her dominion over Mexico and .her etherformer Col on i es . I t i s l i kewise rumoured that fou:'' of the Mini s t ers h ave tendered their re siiti,,tion h e the King, who declined to accept them.' j ourna l des Debals says upon the latter subject We do not Lelieve that any member of the Council has sent in !tits resignation. The only au thenticated fact is, that toer Ministers (Messrs. de Montbel, Courvoisier, Chabrol, and d'Haussez) de clare she impossibility of getting through the Sc,- ~ion and judge themselves totally inadequate to overcome the political obstacles which *wait them during the approacb 7 g parliament ar y struggle. ' " The Jen:rive de Pa,"it say-' For some (lays past the Deputies h ave h a d flsequent me e ti ngs , at which the measures to be adopted foe the opening of the session? and the overthrow of Ministers have been warmly discussed. The geneial opinion is, Oat the Chamber will not be compelled by Gorern inent to refuse the budget, end that the address will suffice to subvert the Ministry; but that, neverthe less, considerable danger will remain to be over come, especially on account of a project adopted by certain influential personages of the Court for mos. (lieying the law relative to election,. Against this project the efforts of the opposition will principally be directed.' " Baron Dudon has been appointed President of the Departmental Electoral College of the Loire Inferieure. " The Quolidienne gives the following from Lis bon !-' On the 23 , 1 ult., Mr. Brent, Minister from the United State:, had the honour of a long private eudience of the King of Portugal. His Excellency having ()Nerved that the hopes of all nations were seageilv directed towards his Majesty for the conci liation of parties, and the arrangement of the im portant Weirs of the realm, his Majesty replied in the following terms assured that I have no thing more at heart than the coceiliation of all parties, and that I shall take every possible means to remedy the evils which have resulted from the shock of contending factions.' a Private letters of the 7th inst. from Amsterdam state that the recent arrangements of the Spanish Government with regard to the Hope Loan, have caused the bonds to rise from 27 to 61 per cent. and the arrears of dividends from 5 to 26 florins. • All this,' says one letter,' has been for a long time contriving. With the accustomed good faith of the Spanish Government, they commenced by obtain trig at a very low rate the bonds and interest in ar eeer, and having got the bulk of these into their 4441, have effected a rise with a view to make new yietie e ta # for a part of this loan has already been eotivertea,l into Cortes Bonds, which the Govern. 'new refused to acknowledge-a system worthy of a country which totelllS to make a point of honour to deceive every one with whom it may be concerned.' " A Frenchman, accused of having spoken too freely on political subjects at St. Petersburgh, was iceoptir arrested and sent to Cronitadt, to be con dected thence to the frontiers, without having time given him tes 'apply to his Ambassador for protection. The Duke of Slortemart, being informed of this enieudeenture before his expulsion from the Russian :territory, immediately wrote to the Minister, Count :INesselrode. His Excellency took this opportunity to claim a treaty, in virtue of which no Frenchman can be molested in Russia till the French Ambas sador has been made acquainted with the charge etretinst hint, in or d er t h at l ie may employ his autho eity according to circumstances. " Messrs. de Potter, Coche-51omene, and le Van deretracten (editors of the Brussels journals, whom we mentioned as being under prosecution yesterday), Lave been confined its separate dungeons, and tire ,crested with the utmost rigour. They are allowed #lO communication with their friends, relations, or 'servants, and are wholly abandoned to the mercy of their gaolers.-Courier des Pays Bat of the 12th inst. " A letter from Tiflis, of the Ist ult., announces the assassination of Dr. Schultz, Professor of the University of Giessen, who had been sent out at the expem.e of the King of France to visit Asiatic Turkey and Persia for scientific and literary pur po-es. The melancholy event occurred in Curdis tan, on the frontier, of Inal-Huerilie between the villages of Bash Kullah and Perihan-Nichin. Two servants, a soldier and a Persian serjeant, who ac companied the unfortunate traveller, were likewise assassinated. Colonel Macdonald, at whose house the Doctor had received the warmest hospitality during his stay at Taurie, immediately sent off a confidential person for the purpose of collecting, if possible, the papers and effects of M. Schultz, and, in concert with the Russian Ambassador, took the first steps towards the discovery of the assassins. " Official letters from Paris, received at Besancon on the 3d instant, state, that on the 31st ult. the King signed an ordinance restoring to the capital of Fratiche-Comt6 its ancient school of artillery, and ordering the establishment of a large foundry for casting Calllloll. " On Thursday, M. Aguado left Paris for Ant werp; from whence he is expected to return to Paris on Tuesday next. " The cause of M. de Maubreuil was again called OD yesterday before the Tribunal de Prentitre In stance. After a discussion on the consequences that ought to result from the non-appearance of two of the defendants, the Prince de Talleyrand and the Intendant of the King's Household, the Court de cided that they were in default. " The pleadings in the affair of the Aft:moires de l'Ex-C'onventionn e l Lev:l:sear commenced yester day before the Tribunal of Correctional Police, when M. Achille Roche declared himself the editor of the work, and desirous of sustaining all the responsibi lity. M. Gauthier Laguyonic, the printer, protested that he had never read the work, and M. Rapeilly, the bookseller, avowed his having engaged M. Roche to revise it. The further hearing was postponed for a week." Falotera Fauns, PARIS, Fien . 13.-Five per Cents. 109 f. 50e. 55e. 50e. 55e. 50e. ; New Four per Cents. 1021. 35e. ; Three per Ceuta. 84f. 55c. 50e. 600. 55e. 60e. (56e. ; Bank Stock, 1,900 f. ; Naples Stock, 112 f. tise. 704. Gi, . 60e. 70«. ; Corks Bonds, 111 12 ; Royal Spanish Lean, 861 87; Spanish Renter Perpe tuelles, lililii; Haytian Loan, 470, 465. Exaan g e on London, one month, paper, 125 f. 70e.; 0 " "'nth monPy, 25f. 65e. ; three months, paper, 25f. 60e. ; time' (meal's money, 25f. 50e.-Cours Audio+. • er - 3 ' Hiber Bank Go p y:' Deb. 314 percent.... 101 911 4 ; IProyin n cia ian l Ditto 24% Royal Canal Stock ....... 4514 ; Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stick 207, lmperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent -; Mining Co. of Ireland ...4 15-16 Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c --!Commercial Buildings MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 1 Brazil 0 Carthagetta 0 0 Leeward Isl an d, i ... 0 1 Flanders 2 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 0 Maxico I France 0 0 Sweden 1 Guernsey&Jersey. , 0 2 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONT)O2: BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 2tl minutes after 7. Evening...sl, minutes after EA I r LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1830, Despatches were received at the Foreign office this morning from Lord COWLEY, our Ambassador at Vienna; from Lord STUART DE HOTIISAY, at Paris ; from Sir Cri ARLES BAGOT, at Brussels ; and from the British Mi nister at Buenos Ayres, dated Nov. 29. Despatches were received at the Colonial Office from Demerara, and several other of the \Vest India Colonies. Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS iv appointed to the vacant office of Treasurer of the Nary. He is an able man, well acquainted with business, and on the score both of talent and integrity thoroughly worthy of Ministerial and public con fidence.— Mmes. [We cordially concur in this just tribute to the merits and character of Mr, FRANKLAND LEWI3.] The Austrian Observer of the 3d and 4th of Februcay uoqtlinl the following relative to Greece VIENNA, Pall. 2. We have now received from Smyrna the two missing numbers (11. ard 111. of Nov. 27 and Dec. 13) of the Courrier de la Grece. No. If. contains, in the official part, the following documents :.„- " The President of Greece to the Senate, f; The Secretary of State will communicate to you, gentlemen, the letter in which Prince Polignec 4nnnunces the orders which the French brigade in the fortresses of Af,,,,;fm hits received. On this orcasion the French Mi nistry gives us new pledges of the kindness with which Charles X. is pleased to !tonne Greece , . " You will doubtless participate in the feeling, and wishes which we oTprecs in our answer to Prince Polig nite. You feel as we do that I.;reece will henceforth be obliged to the generous resolutions of his Most Ghris tian Majesty and his August Allies, not only for the consi deration of its destiny, but also for the resources which are necessary foe ;t to prove to them, by its restoration, the gratitude with which it is filled. "The Secretary for Foreign Affairs will communicate to yoo the information which we have received from M. Eynard on he Lt - T;;ortatit subject of the pecuniary assist ance for which we hawe been asking ever since the month of August. " This noble and high-minded friend of the Greek cause has not been contented with merely taking some steps—he has just sent us 700,000 francs of his own property, to give us means for the present to meet the must urgent wants of the public service. We have stated to him, in our answer, that we would inform you of it, and that you would express io him through us the gratitude of the Senate. '• The nearer Greece approaches to the term Oita lopg uncertainties, the more easy roust it be respecting the future fate, which the justice of the august Monarchs, its pro tectors, and the justice of the claims which it has ac quired by dear awl bloody sacrifices, promise it. " The President, J. A. CAPO D'ISTRIA, " The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, " JACOVITI RIZO. " Napoli , 9th (ilst) Nov. 1829." (Answer of the Senate,) " The letter of Prince Polignac, dated the 7th Oct., addressed to your Excellency, has filled us with great jay, and inspired our hearts with unspeakable gratitude. These repeated proofs of the unaltered kindness of his most Christian Majesty to unhappy Greece, and that at the mo ment when the uncertaiilty of its fate is to be decided, and an existence worthy of its just claims is to be ;footed to it, will bind us and our posterity by the ties of eternal grati tude to the august name of Charles X.—a name which will henceforward be immortal in history. " It is only by making ourselves the organ of the sincere prayers which the nation addresses to heaven for the pro longation of the valuable life of that most august Monarch that we can pay the tribute of our gratitude for hia magna mous protection, which, together with that of his august allies, will decide the recognition of Greece. At the same t i me we cannot but offer the expression of our gratitude to the Supreme Disposal. cf the fates of nations. It was he who consecrated our cause by so many evident proofs of his divine aid, and then placed at the head of our affairs a man who, on his first arrival in Greece, put an end, as by enchantment, to piracy and anarchy, the odious though inevitabl e results of pending circumstances which had so long oppressed our countrp—a man, in short, who, as appears from the letter of Prince Polignac, justly enjoys the esteem of the August Allied Monarchs. "The secretary for Foreign Affairs has also communi. cated to us M. Eynard's letter of 14th (26th) December, relative to the subsidy which he had been asking for since August, and the advance of 700,000 francs which that generous man bad made out of his pwn fortune. " This firm friend of Greece had long since acquired by his exertions and sacrifices numerous and just claims to the eternal gratitude of the Greek nation, but this last proof of his lively interest crowns his preceding benefits. " We beg your Excellency to transmit to this noble friend o f Greece the enclosed letter which we have addressed to him, as a feeble tectimony of the profound gratitude which the nation feels towards him, " The President of the Senate, G. SISSINI. " The Secretary, M. SUZZO. " Napoli, Nov. 16 (28), 1829." The Courtier de la Grece of December 13 contains the following decree of the President : " His Most Christian Majesty has given a new proof of his good-will towards Greece, by sending M. Gerard, a Colo nel of his army, to this Government, to ;mist in organiz ing the regular troops of Greece. In consideration of this, and to give so distinguished an officer a proof of the confi dence which his Majesty's choice gives us, we ordain as fullowr - Colonel Gerard is appointed Lieut.-General. 2. As such he will receive from us special orders, as well with respect to the organisation and inspection of the troops, as to the ether matters connected with the military affairs of Greece. "S. These special orders will be issued by us and the Se cretary of State for the Departments of War and the Ma rine, and to the Director-General of the regular troops, that each of them may see to their execution u far as he is con cerned. " The Secretary of State and the Marine will communi cate this Decree to M. Trezel, for his guidance. " The President, " J. A. CAPO D'ISTRIA. " The Secretary of State fin• War and Foreign Affairs, " V. A. CAPO D'ISTRIA. " Napoli, Dec. 3, 1829." VIENNA, FEB. 3.—Metalliques, 102 15-16; Four per Cent. ditto, 96i ; Bank• Shares, 1,281 4-5. We have given extracts from the French Papers in another column. The following is from our Paris Correspondent : " PARIS, FEB. 10. " It is known for some time back attempts have been made in various quarters to reach the Royal ._, ,:. toe present administration make it ne cessary to think of forming a new one. The third is formed of individuals connected with the house hold and the court, who expect to accomplish their purpose by indirect and secret means, and who style themselves ' use indirpensables.' The individual members of the present Cabinet do not all belong to any of these cabals. M. Courvoisier, on the contrary, is understood to represent the left centre of the Chamber of Deputies; M. d'Haussez the independent party of the right centre; and M. de Chabrol the centre of the Chamber of Peers. It is not so easy to assign a place to M. de Montbel— but it is certain, at least, that he does not belong to i the same cabal with de Ranville, de Bourmont, and the Prince de Polignac. In consequence of the in ternal dissensions of the ultra party, and the disco very of the intrigue to which I alluded in my letter of yesterday, it is said that a new coalition has been formed between the two centres; a strong indication of which may be found in the zeal with which the Journal de: Deba:s, although professedly royalist in principle, supports the pretensions to power of the Duke de Broglie, General Sebastiani, M. Casimir Perier, M. Royer Collard, and the elder Dupin, who are all as decidedly imbued with liberal senti ments. The only royalist ingredient proposed by the Journal des Debats for the new Cabinet is the Viscount de Chateaubriand; and what royalist, he asks, need have any apprehension for the safety or integrity of the Royal prerogatives with the noble Viscount at the helm of affairs ? Or what consti tutionalist would not be satisfied with such a decided majority of his own party in the Cabinet ? "Another instance has just occurred of the perni cious influence of the existing law of France, which enables the Government to limit the number of in dividuals who exercise the trade of printing, and • which, by means of the monopoly thus created, has indirectly established a distinct censorship over the periodical press of the departments. The constitu tional Gazette de l' Allier, which holds an eminent place among the provincial journals, had lately an article prepared on the subject of the Royal /ne gative, which the printer refused to receive. In order to demonstrate that this refusal was unjustifi able, the editor had the number of his journal con taining the article in question printed at the town of Nevers, at a considerable distance from Moulins, the capital of the department, and it must be ad. mi:tzd that mtn;ll more violent attacks on the prero. gative make their daily appearance in the constitt_ tional and other liberal journals of the metropolis. " The French Tjmes of this morning speaks of an arrangement under which it is intended thnt General Bourmont is to assume the command of. the expe dition against Algiers without vacating his 4egt in the Cabinet. ft is quiti that the ()omit de Cham- Pagny, first tide-de-Camp of the Dauphin, will be charged with his portfolio during his 011Re:Ic o , ~ It is stated in letters from the Banks of the Da nube, dated the 26th of January, that General Die bitsch has issued orders to every Commander of the Russian army, that no leave of absence, even for the shortest period, be granted to any of the officers. The regiments, pli thOir march to' quarters, have been directed to halt and to wait for further orders from the Commander in Chief. Accounts from all quarters appear to confirm the *4 that the tenure by which :ease is maintained in the East of Europe is far from being firm or secure. " In a private letter from Mentz, dated the 26th of January, it is stated that Cohlent4 is about to be declared a" free port. Considerable alterations are also said to be contemplated on the subject of the navigation of the Rhine. Bamberg and Aschaffen berg, it is alsp reporter], are to be declared free ports. " His Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick is, it seems, deeply offended with the terms of the first paragraph of the Speech from the Throne, by which Parliament is informed that his Majeaty 4'e. seises from ito. foreign powers the strongest assur! ances of their desire:to maintain the most friendly relations with Great Britain. " In a daily paper of yesterday I find the following announcement :—` Apres la lecture du discour: de lq couronne : le Lord Chancelier Trend place stir lq balls de colon P " `c " The first ex c it ement pro d uced by the TARTS startling state ments of distress and suffering so warmly urged in the late Parliamentary discussions is now in some degree moderated and calmed down into grave and dispassionate reflection. It cannot well be denied that the distress is both great and ge neral; it is not confined to England only, but is severely felt in various parts of the Continent of Europe, as well as in North America. It is remarkable, however, and ought perhaps to be 4 subject of consolation, that it seems to exist in the direct ratio of the wealth and the general advance ment of the countries in which it is experienced. In Spain and Italy, fur instance, and even in Turkey and a great part of Russia, no complaints are heard. In England they are no doubt loudest, but in France and Germany there is perhaps almost as much reason for murmuring, If you look to the other side of the Atlantic the case will he found to be the same. The United States is the only country which can be truly said to be rich, in the New World, and it is there ()lily that we hear at present of any extraordinary suffering. Again, if we look nearer home, we find that the Absence of complaint is pretty generally co-extensiv e with the poverty of the districts where that immunity is enjoyed. There is, it appears, much local suffering in the city of Dublin, but when was there a sea son so far advanced as the present which produced fewer complaints from Ireland generally, and particularly from the southern and western counties. In Scotland, again, the distress is apparently confined to the rich and populous districts of the west ; and, if you even inquire more particularly into its origin and its ramifications, it will be found to be considerable, pretty nearly in propor tion to the degree in which the places and the parties are connected with the wealthier districts of England. In the midst of ail this distress, it seems to be undeniable that money generally is unusually plentiful on all the ex changes of Europe. English Exchequer Bills, by the last quotation, are at 755. premium. In Paris, the Royal Bonds are keenly contested at three per cent. ; the Four per Cents, are at 102, and the Threes at 84. Similar results are observable in every great town in France. In Marseilles for instance, I have occasion to know, that it is with difficulty that 2f per cent, can be obtained for fixed capital. The consequences of this state of things are clearly all to the disadvantage of the producer and the benefit of the consumer ; but it should be kept in mind, that while most men are producers, all the world are consumers, and so participate in the advantage. It should also be remembered, that the inconveniencies re sulting from excessive competition in the production of commodities are necessarily temporary in their nature, since if an adequate return is not obtained, the ca pital will be withdrawn from that department of commerce ; but on the other hand, when the price of a commodity is once reduced, the advan vantage to the consumer may be said to be perpetual. That part of the distress which is felt at present by the agricultural interest, I am disposed to ascribe in a great measure to the concurrence of two unfavourable seasons. The causes, for instance, which produced the unproductive harvest of 1828 (lid not extend northwards beyond Ik e _ wickshire ; and I have reason to believe that, in the Lothians and the other corn districts of Scotland, the distress of the farmer has been comparatively slight. On the whole, therefore, I am disposed to regard the present asp ect of affairs without any feeling of despondency, and to renew the confidence I have for some time placed in the present Administrators of our domestic affairs, particularly when I see the moderate and reasonable views which continue to be acted on, with reference to free trade, as compared with those restrictive arid exclusive doctrines which find so much favour both in this country and America. Without adopting any chimerical ideas on the subject the English Government has now steadily pursued fur a number of years the good practical system of low duties and the re moval of mere prohibitory regulations. Under that sy s _ tern they have succeeded in materially reducing the taxes, and in some degree diminishing- the debt. If more ha s been done in these respects in America, it has not been in consequence of their restrictive system, but in spite of it and, as to'France, the result has b een , t h at since the Income ..., Expenditure, ... •.:e.. Imports. Exports. Duties. Rubles. Rubles. Rubles. Cop. 1825 188,196 73,392 15,940 86 1828 919,725 13,010 91,718 86 1827 1,939,183 183,580 298,212 23 1828 2,8.11,843 1829 514,924, ' 1 83,105 87 .4,488,213 V00,54'2 991,793 90 The chief cause of this rapid increase in the imports, and the custom-house duties, is stated to arise from a corres ponding increase in the importation of cotton yarn, from which the Muscovites take credit to themselves for the improvement which is thus indicated in one department of manufactures, viz, that of weaving. " You will find the Frerch Papers of this morn ing filled with angry invectives against the appoint ment announced in yesterday's Moniteur, of the Baron Dudon, as President of the Electoral College of the department of the Loire Inferieure. Is this the Liberals seam to me to be unreasonable, and their com plaint. would undoubtedly have more weight with men et moderate sentiments if they reserved them for those occa sions when the Ministry make actual encroachments ou popular rights. The right of the Crown to make this no- tnination is beyond all question, and it was not to be ex pected that the Itlitii,try would sacrifice the advantage to which they are thus entitled by the appointment of an in dividual whose political sentiments did not coincide wi h their own. " It is reported this morning that M. de Saint Priest is recalled from his embassy to the Court of Spain, and that M. de Ilayneval's arrival at Vienna was almost imme diately followed by an order fir his return. It is said that he is to join the Cabinet, and to assume the charge of the Foreign Department. " In private letters from Lisbon, of the 27:h ult., it is stated that Don Miguel has at length been constrained to sacrifice his principles, his inclinations, and even a portiou of his vanity for the preservation of his throne. At the last Council, held at Queluz, the question of a general amnesty was decided in the affirmative, and in the words of the letter, ' this precious token of the Royal clemency of Don Miguel will be immediately made public in the Lisbon Gazette.' " The result of the prosecutions of the editors of the Brussels Journals has probably reached you. It is stated that Messrs. de Potter, Coche Momens,' and de Vander_ stratten, are treated with the utmost rigour, bein g con fined its separate dungeons, and not being permitted to communicate with their families or friends." °•1 E ,xtract3 from New York and Canada Papers will be found in our front page, is now some years since we first called the attention of our readers to the true financial si tuation of the country : and it is our pride, not only that we were the first to expose the fallacy of some of tte statements which were put forth as accounts of the public Income and Expendi ture, hut that by doing so, and showing the real state of things when divested of all those contrivances which had been resorted to for the purpose of swelling the apparent income or di minishing the apparent expenditure, we opened the eyes of the public upon a subject which had previously beep but little understood and still less Attended to; and we think we may claim for onrselves the merit of some of those mea sures vfhiA have been since adopted in finance, and for the simplification of the financial state ments from which so much public good has resulted, Thus, our readers will remember that we first explained and exposed the folly of the scheme of the " Dead Weight Antwitis," a plan which was as incom rehensible as it was disastrous to the public .Lerests ; and we have reason to know that was owing to our exposure of this precious fal. lacy thg it was abandoned, when a part of it only bad been carried into effect—though not until it had entailed upon us and our children an annual payment to the Bank of England of 585,7401. for every successive year up to 1867, in return for certain payments made by the Bank between 1823 and 1828, which were counted as " Revenue" till we proved them to be loans made on the most disadvantageous terms. We recur now to these circumstances principally for the purpose of spewing our readers from the Financial Statement, just published, and which will be found in another column, that we were not wrong in our former predictions, that when those payments from the Bank of England ceased, our fancied Surplus of Income over Ex penditure would vanish, and the sum which would remain as bon4l . fide Surplus applicable to the redemption of debt would dwindle into " a mere span." We shall also avail ourselves of this opportunity of laying before our readers an analysis of the statement in question, namely, the Income and Expenditure of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 1828, and of comparing it with the same account for the year 1829, from which we are unfortunately led to infer that our financial situation is not one of perfect ease and prosperity. First, it appears, by this statement, that the total income of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 1829, was 50,786,6821., and the total expenditure, 49,075,1331., leaving a bonil fide surplus, applicable to the redemption of debt, of 1,711,549/. only. In the preceding year, 'B2B, the same statement gave the following results,, X 55,187,142 Total Incorno 49,33d,973 Total Expenditure ' Surplus, applicable to the redemption of Debt -£3,81i0,189 'finis, therefore, the actual surplus of income over expenditure was 4,138,6201. less in 1829 than it was in 1828 ; but all this is not actually loss of Revenue, for in the year 1828 nearly two millions (that is 1,975,3700 were received from the Bank of England on balance of ac count of the " Dead Weight Scheme," and therefore was a loan pro Canto ; abating, how ever, this sum, we still have had, in 1829, a less surplus by 2,103,250/. than we had in 1828; and we regret to add that this has arisen both from diminished Revenue and increased expen diture, as the following abstract of the account clearly shows,— 1828. 1829. Total Gross Income £55,187,142 £50,786,682 Total Expenditure SurpluA But, abating receipts and payments on account of the Dead Weight Scheme in 1828, not ex isting in 1.29, the account stands thus,— 1828. 1829. £52,104,642 X 50,786,662 48,229,843 49,075,13 S £3,874,799 X 1,711,549 Showing, as we asserted above, that our in come in 1829 was less than in 1828, while our nut.- ing th an the general ' results. c The Permanent ch eert branch es o f revenue in 1829 produced 1,236,802/ . l ess than in 1828, viz.,-- 1828.. 1829.. £51,665,077 50,425,275 £ 1 ,,802 This aro se f rom a diminished receipt in 236 every branch of the Revenue, excepting the " Taxes," in which there was a small increase in the year 1829. The opposite side of the picture unfor tunately is still worse, for the expenditur e in nearly all its details is greater than in 1828, viz. 1828. Interest of D e b t...,,,, 182 g. ..... £28,681,246 29, / 55,611 X Civil Li s t, Pensions, Mis— cellaneous, &c. ...... 2,204,553 2,252,999 Army, N avy , O rdnance, and Miscellaneous ...... 17,211,100 /7,6,522 As faithf u l J ournalists it is our duty to lay before ou r rea d ers the truth, however " un pleasant to the taste," and for the verification of all our statements, we refer our readers to the official statement itself; printed by order of time House of Commons, and which we now publish. That it is evident from these premises that our situation is not one at this moment of con gratulation, no one can deny ; but on the other hand it is not one of despair. The great and mighty resources of this empire are inexhaustible, if called into action with judgment, and ex pended with care and frugality. Our situa tion, such as it is, should only red.iuble the exertions of the representatives of the people to prune away all needless expen diture with an unsparing hand ; and, if then, the existing system of taxation should not be adequate to meet the expences which are unavoidably necessary, and to maintain unim paired the credit of the country, let some of those taxes which press upon productive capital, and on the productive classes of society be repealed, and a tax upon real property, including property in the Fund s , b e :i mposed, which would draw from the absentee and from the unproductive capitalist, whose masses of gold are as inert and useless to the community as the icebergs which have lately choked the Thames, a proportion of the wealth which they now derive from the publi faith, without contr ib ut i ng to the expences neces c sary to be incurred for its security and perma, nency. SUDDEN DEATII OF THE REV. LASCELLIS ilarMONGER.—.This mush respected and venerable gentle man was on Saturday evening last, found dead by the side of the road, leading from his residence at Clatford, to the residence of his relative, Gilonel 'armor:GEß, at Whertvell. The decased had been for many years one of the Preben daries of Winchester Cathedral. It appeared that he had in the early part of the day, paid a visit on foot to the Colonel, and was returning home, when he was suddenly taken ill, and sat down on the bank by the road side and expired.—Hants Chronicle. The storm of Saturday night was particularly severe in this quarter, and we are sorry to say has in one instance proved fatal, under peculiarly distressing circum stances. While Mr. J. Gu nnr, at Burnside of Menmuri, was coming into town, and between East and West Pitten driech, his horse tin ew him, and set off for Burnside. A farm servant at Pittendriech hearing Mr. GUTHRIE call for assistance, scent in pursuit of the horse, followed by Mr. GUTHRIE. Having proceeded some distance without suc cess, the man returned, and on his way back found Mr. GuTtrant buried in a wreath of snow, into which he had fallen, watched but too carefully, alas! by his dog. At this time, be was still alive, but the animal would not allow the man bo approach his master, in attempting which Le was severely bitten. The man immediately ran for assistance; but on returning with another servant Mr. G UTIMIIE was found a lifeless eorpse, and all attempts to restore animation were in vain. —Montrose Review. SINGULAR CAS= OF FORGERY. —About a fortnight Since, the wife of a pensioner named ADAM WATSON, residing ut Forces, died, and below her bed was found 201. in cash, and a bank cheque for 401. The old woman was always of penurious habits, and it appears she had the cheque made out in her own name. The widower, WATsox, and a man named HENRY, hare since been com mitted to gaol, on a charge of having forged the name of the deceased on the back of the cheque, and thereby drawn the amount front the branch bank of the British Linen Company at Forrest. It is seldom tbat men are appre hended for forging their wives' names, and as this is cer tainly a singular case, it has, we understand, been reported to the Law Officers of the Crown.—lnverness Courier. THE ROBIN.—An instance of the tameness of this favourite little bird, is now observable in a house in Leith Links. One evening lately, poor robin, in want of meat and fire no aloubt, espying an open window, made bold to enter, and take shelter in the parlour, where meet ing with a hearty welcome, he soon made himself quite at home, anal Lopped about the room. Free quarters were of course granted for the night, and he was allowed to re join his helpmate, who was discovered waiting him in the morning. Every night since he has repeated his visit, pnd perches sometimes on the curtain rod, and at other times on the fender, but Lis favourite haunt is the gas lamps in the lobby, and dining-room. He seems to be sensible of the kindness shown to him, and when the lady of the house taps him to the window, he obeys the signal, and repays her with a song. He seems to have an ardent love of liberty, and will on no account suffer himself to be caught.—,Scotsman. A correspondent informs us that the Right Rev. Dr. WILD, formerly of Lu!worth Castle, Dorset (which is still his property), has lately been raised to the dignity of a Cardinal. This, it is stated, is the only instance of an Englishman obtaining that rank since the time of Cardinal fioyeArtn, in the reign of CMARLES —Bath Herald. STATE or TRADE. —The resolution of the cotton-spinners to shorten the hours of labour in their fac tories has, we understand, removed the fears of many that the market would be overstocked with goods, and has thereby given some degree of coufid , nce to purchasers. If the manufacturers were wise er.ongh to follow the example of the spinners and give out less work, it might resist:Q.. ' ably be concluded that goods would not continue to fall in price ; especially if the weavers would endeavour to find as mush country work as possible, and thus du their part to relieve the market of the redundant labour there is in it. We understand that fustian, have experienced an advance, and we trust that the manufacturers will let the weavers share in it. An advance of wages, by making it less ne cessary on the part of the weaver to work long hours, would, besides the direct benefit to himself, be most ad vantageous to his employer. Besides, weavers are a nu merous class of consumers, and all the smaller shopkeepers are impoverished when they have nothing to spend.— Manchester Times. " CONSCIENCE DOTII MAKE COWARDS OF us ALL."-Eighteen years ago, about thirty of the Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMEE' S tradesmen dined at the Cremill Passage Inn. On that occasion one of the party missed an elegant silver snuff box, upon which lie act a high value. All denied the theft; a general search was pro posed, but the gem had wholly disappeared. Years rolled on--every member of that respectable society considered it a personal misfortune ; and at each of the succeeding annual festivities the incident was adverted to, and many regrets expressed that the Wail( sheep who had fouled the dock should be undiscovered. Last Tuesday, a little boy knocked at the owner's door, and delivered a parcel, which he said a gentleman had given him in the street, and which, on being opened, W 43 found to contain the long lost trea sure, neatly packed in cotton, but somewhat tarnished by time..—Devonport Teleuroph. Lany hark, Ford, for Jamaica. P ORTSMOUTH, Ken. 13 and 14.—Win1 S. by 0 Arrived the Harriet, from Batavia • and Lusitantsf f , EOM the South Seas. Sailed the Sophia, Bards', o J finaies ; an d hi s M ajesty ' s ship Wineheater, far the Indies. .1 ),I PLYMOUTH, FEB. 13.----Wind S.E.--A r rim Cygnet, from St. Michael's; and jMargaret, 13411 : from ditto. FALMOUTH, FEE. 12 and 13 —Wind S.S.E.--Art' th e Hea r t o f O a k , Stone, from Cette; and Col o . 0 Stephens, from Figuera. Sailed the Magnet packet , Lisbon. The Waterloo, White, bound to Liverpool, fell 0 1 the Quay, Galway, the II th inst.; the cargo dischare, The Jane, Good, from Oporto to London, was shore near Beechy Head, on Saturday. The Neptunue, Nunn, from Salon to Rotterdam, d rub on Serohy Saud on Friday, and sunk; clew saved. i , The Egina, h oun d to Lima. was on shore on the Channel, near Liverpool, on Saturday. The Gambia, Grov e , f rom Jamaica, has arrived 0- a II Land's End. The Hero, o f B e lf ast, was blowu out of St. 31ic h; the Sth ult., and abandoned, in lat. 37., long. 29, b ei leaky. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY. CITY,TWRL Ylis 0' CL Cf,!, Montreal Pap ers t o t h e 19th Jan., Quebec to the Jan., Halifax to the Bth Jan., Demerara to the 13th and New Brunswick to the 6th Jan., have been tecei v i this morni ng a t t h e N orth and South American (700 house. The Montreal Papers state, that it appears that 1 11 vessels employed by Lower Canada in the fisheries, 1 ° diminished from twenty to eight since the year 1892. j We understa n d th at t h e Attorney-General has mol' for a rule to show cause in the Court of Appeals, why t° , attachment should not be issued against Mr. Jusli* Uniacke, of the Montreal Bench; Mr. Rolland, advoca° lir. Henry Mackenzie, and Sheriff Gregory; for luall been concerned i n th e second seizure of some books 11 ' papers of the North West Company. The judgment of ib l i Court of Appeals was, that the first seizure was illegal- The Halifax Papers state that tlis last accounts f t .co Bermuda say that Sir Peregrine Maitland's health 11 not so favour a bl e as prev i ously received :he was oonfint to his house. It appears that the markets at Jamaica were very dug' but at Berbice they were better. The Quebec Papers are void of interest. " The New Brunswick Papers say that the Parliame n t Lower Canada was to meet on the 10th of January. From the Demerara Papers we learn that the transport' with the Slat Regiment have arrived at Bermuda. LIVEk POOL, FEB. 13.--Therr being but a small supP? of British Plantation Sugar in the market, the businco done for this week is limited : the sales barely amount to j 300 tree., at steady prices. The arrival of Cotton 60 week has been very extensive, 39,306 bags ; in anise' gnence of which there has been a limited demand, and this prices of all kinds have given way about id. per lb. The sales amount to 11,740 bags. Private letters from Vera Cruz, via France, speak of St. Anna having retired into the country on pretext of ill health. TUX FUNDS. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 92it for the . Account, opened this mos - fling at the same price ; sooll after they were doneat 92i for Account, and at present mar be quoted 9214, and for the next Account 92i 93 ; for Money 92ii, with little business doing as yet. We have numerous art ivals this morning from all patty, but no political information has as yet transpired. In the Foreign Market the chief operation is in Spanish Bonds, which have fallen about per cent, owing to their coaling 2 per cent. lower from Paris ; but by the private letters received from Holland this morning, it appears thst a great rise has taken place there in the Spanish Bonds. Brazil Stock is rather lower. In other Foreign Securities little doing at present. Buenos Ayres Papers have just been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 29th November, fourteen days later than the last accounts. The' Paper of the 28th November says, " in our last we men tioned that the old Legislature was to be reinstated. It is now finally determined upon to assemble in December. This measure will give satisfaction to all parties, and give peace to the province. The Senate of Conseltation was dissolved on Monday last. The number of represen tatives for the province of Buenos Ayres is 48, of which 45 will take their seats. On Monday afternoon the wina suddenly shifted, a heavy gale of sea made its appearance. Several accidents occurred amongst the shipping. Ex changes on London Bd.—all was tranquil." The Singapore Papers to the 2311 August, have also been received at the above Coffee-house. (From the Prire Current of Aug. 25.) EUKOPIAN PIECY GOODS.—Sales to a considerable amount have been wade ;at our last quotatio ns of goods just imported. • OPrust.—A few chests have been sold tt our last . • • quotations. ENGLISH Bank Stock, 2181 19i India Stock, 236 7 3 per Cent. Cane. Do., fur Account, 921 Ditto Reduced, 93i }OREIGN FUNDS. Si per Cent. 1001 New 4 per Cent., 101 i t 4 per Cent. 1826 1051 6 • India Bonds, 76 77 Exchequer Bills, 77 7ii• FUNDS. Greek, 36 Mexican, 24i 54 Peruvian, 18i 19 Portuguese, 53 9 Prussian, Russian, 1111 , Spanish, 14 HALF -PAST ONE. There are no speculations of any importance going forward in the Cornet market up to the present hone, and Consols have continued the whole of the morning at 94, alternately buyers and sellers for the account ; for money, 92ff, for next account 94 93. The favourite speculation this morning is Spanish Stork. In the Foreign market it has been done as low as 12i, aril at present may be quoted 14i ; in other Foreign Storks little doing. Lima Papers have been received at the North end South American Coffee-house to the Slat of October, but their contents are void of interest. The French division, composed of two frigate*, and three corvettes, which sailed front Brest, arrived at Martinique, on the 18th of December ; at that period, the above island was in good health, and all was quiet there, Consols have i m p rove d to 924 1, TWO O'CLOCK. with the appearance of a fine market. No political information to the present time. Brazilian, 69} 70 -- Buenos Ayres, 97 81 Chilian, Colombian, 22k 3 Danish, 75 i French, 5 per Cent. 100 i 10 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 84 5 Consols for Account, 92f TR I R .EE O'CLOCK FOUR O'CLOCK. —CLOSING PRICES. Consols 92 k i Danish Do. for Ac. 921 i Greek, 1825 36f Brazilian Bonds 69f 2 Mexican , 182.5 5i Buenos Ayres Peruvian 19 Chillan Do. Russian Columbian, 1824, 22 (Spanish 14i 13IIIT/L—Mrs. J. N. ; HART, of Villa/Airy,. pare, of a d a u g ht er. Mr. THOMAS MOORE IS:DOM in town, ar dently engaged in completing the Second and concluding Volume of his " Life of Lord Brawl," a large portion of which is actually printed. The election for the borough borough is fi xe d f or T uesday next at eleven P ock.o' naresThere is no doubt t h at Mr. rinoutsitnaz will Leeds Merc ury . b e returned.—, On Wednesday last, the 10th inst., a General Assembly of the Academician s of the Royal Academy of Arts was held at their apartments in Somerset-house, when CHARLKS EASTLAKE, Esq. was duly elected a Royal Avit , demician in the room of GEOUCE DANVir, Esq. decosase4L The marriage between Lord EDW. TUYNNE and Miss 11111.x.ism will take place within a month. Tll9, bride has, at present, but three thousand a year 1 she is i Lowever, in the immediate entail of twelve thousand; MYSTERIOUS CIRcUIis TANCE, , -- , ellie la bourers of D own h ain, in the isle of Ely, I re du i 4 i vp, the travel-pit, several skeletons of nun, a wo iM child. Th e y were all buried in a very sup rfici man; al man lie i , and some of them appeared, from the position in which they were found, to have been thrust into the ground in haste. In a hole with one of the skeletons a knife and dagger were found...—Cuinbritlue Chroni c / a , ' 1 t t 9 Nel ptainti In t toe late 30/. w sible f ceiring lent in Now, 1 'natio] not p c the rep, fou r w i brokers, disburse tending pairs, u i aurdity vonred ti letter, at able for Verdict-. Benja; Gloueeatt. It app e buoinees 4 lain W s e t retrieve hi 'Peettlatior u er t' goc,d ! toortifieath lied. ti tat h Ltd he den, moon w : a ; grediaora, .0 i iler a ' Court a o ler mount 4 pra id e tigth b Diarid 711 t .4 1 itti 1 J ' ' t 1 Seri ( defer, Plaini ( meet him f ghoul ( Th e tL e p reepor, Da II ill ing the Lab. a Ye