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between Russia and the Ottoman Porte. Does it make his Majesty's heart rejoice ?—We do not be lieve it. Had Turkey beaten back the invaders, or had the conflict ended in a peace made upon some thing like equal terms, it might be a subject . of con gratulation from the British King to the Parhameut. llad Napoleon dictated his own terms of peace to us at the gates of London, would not we consider that any of " our allies," who alluded to such a con clusion of the war with France, indulged at our ex pence in a most bitter and sarcastic sneer The tranquillity that follows conquest is not the sort of peace that restores sovereignty to vanquished Kings, or brings security and independence to their people. Turkey is now humbled to the dust ; the Sultan holds his sceptre at the sufferance of the conqueror. The Czar has already boasted of his clemency, in allowing him to reign as a tributary Prince. Similar forbearance did Russ:a show to the Khan of Crimea ; but her ambition proved, in the end, too strong for the Councils of her moderation Vue viclis may now be inscribed on the standard of the Prophet. It floats over a disheartened people and a fallen empire. Such is the result of the straggle of our ally which the King of England is made to view with satisfac tion. It would have been, at least, more decent to have alluded to the catastrophe of the Turkish war as an " untoward event," which the Government of England had not the means to avert, but which her Monarch could not fail to deplore. Again, as to Portugal, we are told " his Majesty has not yet deemed it expedient to re-establish his Majesty's .:inlomatic relations with the Kingdom of Poitugal ;, but the embarrassments arising from the continued interruption of those relations increase his Majesty's desire to effect the termination of so serious an evil." Why the word expedient was used in this paragraph instead of the word right, we cannot say, unless from a confusion of ideas, for the whole passage goes to show the expediency of rene w i n g the diplo matic relations with Portugal, although his Majesty has not thought it right or proper to do so. Ile has subjected the country to embarrassments rather than violate principle, and in this instance has shown himself " too fund of the right to pursue the expedient." But the purport of Lord Aberdeen's speech last night went to prepare the country for a new course of policy touching this matter, although 't his Majesty laments that he is unable to announce the prospect of a reconciliation between the Princes of the House of Braganza." The country will hear with astonishment that the new course of policy contemplates the recognition of Don Miguel by our Government. This shows that right is at last to be sacrificed to expediency, and the orthodox prin ciple of legitimacy, in defence of which so much blood and treasure was wasted in the French war, is to give way to the heresy of usurpation. Of little moment, however, are the affairs of Portugal compared with those of our own country, now la bouring under the pressure of the severest distress that ever afflicted, in a time of profound peace, this great empire. How does the Speech allude to this ? In the following cold and apathetic terms :—" His nijesty laments, that notwithstanding this indi- Cation of active commerce, distress should prevail among the Agricultural and Manufacturing classes iu some parts of the United Kingdom." Now, we are certain, from the well-known candour and gene rosity of his Majesty's disposition, that, if he were pkaaonally in public to allude to the present dread ful arid alarming state of the country, he would deliver himself in language more expressive of his humane and kindly sympathies for the unhappy con dition of his affectionate and suffering people.— r ning Herald. We have this morning but a few words to be stow opon the proceedings of yesterday in the Court of King's Bench. The proprietors of this Journal were brought under the notice of the Learned Judges, and all that could be urged in ag gravation, with much that was said in mitigation, was heard with patience on the one hand and at tention on the other. It will be our duty to re vert to the subject at greater length than space or iodination will, at the present moment, permit. Thus much, however, we must now say—that if ow Puke of Wellington had, as we have heard he Jiad, any wish to listen to and conciliate public opinion—if he desired to extricate himself from a b a d cause, and to act in a manner that would cor respond with Ins former fame—with justice, at least, if not with moderation—there u as a Mephistopheles at his elbow who pushed him on to evil, who goaded him to his own—we will not say destruction —and who will laugh to behold a better and an abler man in a labyrinth from which there is hut one pas-age--a plain :and a simple one certainly, but, peihops, one not easily to be discovered. Sir alatnes Scarlett, the Attorney-General, has proved air insurissountable obstacle to the good intentions end the good wishes of his master. He has gone too far to recede, It is the curse of Ministers, we presume, as well as of Kings, to be attended " By slaves " W ho take their humour for their bidding." The I:,earned and Hon. Gentleman may scowl upon ;Ind scat at the free press of a free country—may threaten what he is pleased to call its " licentious tress" with reform, according with his own liberal judgment, and after his own enlightened views—but a power that has grown with the growth and strengthened with the strength of freedom, that is at once the bulwark and the glory of Britain, shall laugh him to scorn. Verily he will have his reward ! From him nothing is to be expected but the most merciless rigour. He has established the character he has been for years acquiring—that of being the t. ”Icompromising enemy of the press ; and from the depto of oar soul we avow that we bold ourselves to hint indoth ',ad for the attempts that have been made —alas! almost successfully made—to aim a death blow at liberty th t,ou4ll the individual over whom pitiful triumph of a he had yesterday the ;7`)°r speech that he knew must go forth without an an swer. From the tone and tenour of his reply— assumed only, be it remembered, when he saw a shad-Wad versary before him—from his ill-restrained soreness, from the vindictive bitterness that curled his lip, from his round assertions that a gaol in a distant county was a more appropriate meed than id gaol in town—and his gentle hints that all efforts to convert " a hardened sinner" would be as foolish as they must be useless—from him, and from the advice he will give his superiors, we can look but for the most relentless persecution—bur, God be thanked ! we are out of his hands. The judges who will determine our sentence are wise and just, and, thetefore, merciful. For Sir James Scarlett a day of reckoning will come ! —Morning, Journal. The King's speech, and speeches of much greater importance, will be found in those columns usually devoted to such matters. We call attention in the, first insta,ace to the address delivered in the name of his Majesty to the Houses of Parliament, and we simply usk the reader to favour it with a Balm pe rusal, and then say whether he thinks it such a speech as the situation of affairs should have ex torted from the Ministers of the Crown. A great portion of it consists of explanations relative to foreign affairs, which, when closely viewed, mean stothing, and even render more abstruse what they pretend to explain. The contest between Russia and Turkey, we are told, has been brought to a conclusion, which may be true in one sense, without at all assuring us that the terms of settlement are adjusted, or that all fears of a speedy renewal of hos tilities are removed. The liberation of Greece, we are informed, is completed; but not a word is said respect ing the contemplated sovereignty of Prince Leopold. The differences between Don Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, and his royal brother of Portugal, we are informed, still exist, and that his Majesty, or rather the I)uke of Wellington, is unable to announce the pros/rec./ of a reconciliation between the Princcs of the House of Braganza. The last piece of import ant information is worthy of notice by itself. It amounts to this, that Don Miguel is not for the present to be recognised. But what has Eng!and ro do with these fraternal and domestic differences ? Don Miguel i 3 King of Portugal. He is the Sove reign de facto, and as much the Monarch of Poi-- fugal as Nicholas is of Russia, or George the Fourth is of Great Britain. There he is—King-- the Sovereign elected by the people—the chief niagistrate by law—the ruler by force and by suf frage. It is, therefore. plain he ought to be recog nised. We of ►his country have no right to inquire whether his right to the Crown of Portugal be or he not admitted by the Emperor ofßrazil. His Impe rial Majesty has no right to interfere in the affairs of Portugal. lie is an alien—a sovereign excluded by his own constitutional laws from laying claim to the crown of a foreign sate. He cannot be King of Portugal and of Brazil at the same time. lle has no right to assume the functions of an imperial dictator. Hi, own subjects would restrain him from aspiring to the crown of Portugal—and Portugal would resist the claim even thou , h sanctioned by Brazil. Why, therefore, this fastidiousness towards our " ancient ally ?" What is to prevent England from recognising Don Miguel ? The interests of this country are materially involved by this procras tination of an imperious duty. We must eventually recognise this de facto King; therefore, why defrr it to our own injury ? But this portion of the royal address sinks into insignificance when compared with that which concerns the trade and manufac tures of our own country. The following will speak for itself : " His Majesty commands us to inform you that the export in the last year, of British produce and manufac tures, has exceeded that of any former year. " His Majesty laments that, notwithstanding this in dication of active commerce, distress should prevail among the agricultural and manufacturing classes in some parts of the United Kingdom. " It would he most gratifying to the paternal feelings of his Majesty to be enabled to propose, for your considera tion, measures calculated to remove the difficulties of any portion of his subj,cts, and, at the same time, compatible with the general and permanent interests cf his people. " It is from a deep solicitude for those interests that his Majesty is impressed with the necessity of acting with ex treme caution, in reference to this important subject. His Majesty feels assured that you will concur with him in as sgning its due weight to the effect of unfavourable seasons, and to the operation of other causes, which are beyond the reach of legislative controul or remedy." It is really distressing to see such nauseous trash —such contemptible nonsense—such unpardonable misrepresentations—put in the mouth of our revered Sovereign. The exports of the last year have ex ceeded we are told, those of any former year, and this fact is considered an "indication of active com merce !" What a :mph must the man he who writes this ? What signifies the amount of our ex ports if they do not raise profits or benefit the ma nufacturing classes? What is it to us but a proof of decay, if we send twenty hales of cotton twist for ten tons of corn, instead of ten bales of twist for ten tons of corn, as we did formerly ? What is it to us if we are compelled, as is the fact, to send a thousand yards of calico for one barrel of tallow, in stead of a hundred yards for the same quantity of grease ? Is it not clear that these increased exports, although they may indicate "active commerce," also indicate cheapness and increasing pauperism ? The secret of the evil lies in the exchange of these exports, and every practical man knows that our returns for these exports, for the last unhappy twelvemonths, have not averaged Gs. Bd. per pound of the prime cost of the exports. And yet these lasses are made a boast of by ignorant Ministers, who thus attempt to impose upon the country, and represent the intellect of the mercantile classes to be as low as their own ! It is, however, modestly admitted that distress prevails in some parts of the United Kingdom, and that this partial distress has been created by unfavourable seasons, and by causes beyond the reach of legislative controul. It is, we say again, truly lamentable to see such revolting nonsense, and such palpable fallacies, published in the name of the most generous and intelligent gen tleman in England. Were we not told by all the hirelings of the Treasury that the harvest of last year was a most abundant one—that the corn crop was above an average one—that hay and straw grew to excess—that apples were plentiful to satiety—that potatoes were so prolific and numerous that they could scarcely be dog by the labourers— and that Providence was kind beyond example ? Aye, all this we were told to suit a purpose; but now it turns out that the " slaves " deceived us, that their boasted plenty was a delusion, and that all our misfortunes have originated in a deficient harvest. Is not this enough to make any ran squeamish ? Ibid. The discussions in the two Houses on Thursday night and last night, on the Report of the Address, threw considerable light on the views and feelings of parties. The exhibition has been precisely such as will generally be witnessed in an assembly of men who are not in regular harness for and against an Administration. The Duke of Wellington's policy is to break down all parties, and to trust for support to Parliament generally. The period is singularly favourable for this policy, for long before the death of Lord Liverpool the two great parties existed rather from recollections than from substantive dif ferences of opinion ; and the late grumblings of old Ministerialists and old Oppositionists in the Cabi net put an end in a great measure to any remain ing distinction from habit. The Duke, too, has, by emancipating the Catholics, destroyed the grand redoubt, behind which the fanaticism and bi gotry of the country could always rally in masses, and from which no Administration could consider itself safe. Another important circumstance favourable to his plan is, the state of the country. So long as he goes steadily forward, disregarding the intarests of separate classes, the possessors of Parliamentary interest will not dare, at such a juncture as the present, to take upon themselves the responsibility of combining to impede the Government. The danger to which he may he occasionally exposed, of unions of different classes of individuals on particu lar points, we consider no detriment to him in the main. Were he in possession of a regular Parlia mentary majority, commanded by the never-failing means, he would be under the necessity of carrying through all measures proposed by him. Now a Minister may sometimes he under the necessity of proposing measures to gratify particular in dividuals, or in compliance with some peculiar influence, which it would not be for his interest to early, though, by having the command of a servile majority, be might be obliged to make tile attempt; but with an independent Par liament, an occasional defeat of this kind is of bene fit rather than otherwise, as it strengthens the hands of the Minister in a particular quarter, and supplies him with a valid argument for being fir whera ha ought. With every evil there is generally some good mixed up; and this good we have from the extent of our embarrass:petits, that a Minister who dares to set his face against profligate expendi ture, whether at Court or elsewhere, has less to fear the being supplanted than would be the case under more vaisperous circumstances. Such is the power of doing evil which . our Constitution allows, that so long as there is the possibility of wringing from the people the means of supporting praifli- Racy, that no Minister, if ever so virtuously in clined, could hold out against the force which would be brou g ht to bear against him. But times are changed; and we ace strongly disposed to believe that the policy of the Duke is the one which is beat suited to them. It is not the fashion in this country to make the King's Speeches the vehicle of any positive information, and it has even been maintained by first-rate men (the late Mr. Canning far instance), that they are bad in the ratio in which they approximate to meaning, as unanimity in the Address can only be secured by the Speeches containing nothing that can by possi bility lead to a debate . A King's Speech is sup• posed to be something like a grace before dinner, a piece of traditional formality, an d nothing more. The present Speech has been a good deal carped at, chie fl y, we suspect, because it contained more meaning than usual, for it conveyed a tolerably decided intimation that Ministers are determined not to alleviate the distress of A at the ex ' pence of B, nor to sacrifice the general interest by measures calculated to advance that of par . Ocular classes. Thus, tile positive part of the • I Speech called forth an opposition on Thursday night from those in the two Houses who either wish to rob Peter to pay Paul, or who wish to enrich particular classes by the policy of restrictions and monopoly. The fate of the Amendments moved in the two Houses was very different. Lad Stanhope, in the House of Lords, took such high 'round, that there divided with him only nine ;rgainst seventy-one, and the nine were strangely assorted :—The Dukes of Cumberland, Richmond, and Newcastle, Earls Stanhope, Winchelsea, Rad nor, and Carnarvon, and Barons Rivera and North wich. But the Amendment in the Commons enabled all those whose consciences allowed them to be nice, and those who, like Mr. Huskisson, seemed, though at a loss for substantive grounds of difference, to be lookiug out for a pretext fur appearing to differ, to swell the minority. Mr. Hus kisson thought the distress was more correctly stated in Sir E. Knutclibull's Amendment than in the Address, and entertained this opinion, whatever his wishes and feelings might be, however desirous he might be in other respects to abstain from such a course, he felt himself no longer at liberty to con sult those wishes and feelings, but was compelled to prefer that description of the condition of the country which appeared to him the most accurate. l Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the other hand, knew not to what object any individual could be looking, who should give the Amendment his support. But Mr. Huskisson knows the difference between the South and South-west side, as well as any one; ard we may be sure, if his conscience is so scrupulous as to refuse to lend it to the less per feet of two descriptions, it will be equally vigilant cn still more important occasions ; and we may infer from this indication, that though Ministers have ex pressed themselves determined not to abandon free trade, and not to alter the standard of value, he will exhibit towards them that sort of love which manifests itself in chastening the object of the love. But how distress should be universal under the system of the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, is a point which it was more incumbent on him than any other person to elucidate. The numbers who supported the Amendment were 105, and amongst them were many %N• hose opinions were much more in unson with those of Ministers than with those of the Mover. Twenty-eight of the old Opposition supported • the Address. In fact the divisions were of no im port one way or another. The most formidable opposition to Ministers will, we think, proceed from Mr. Huskisson's party. Mr. Huskisson, Lord Palmerston, and Mr. Charles Grant, are necessarily better acquainted with the vulnerable points of Ministers than any of the old Opposition. On Thursday night Lord Holland pressed Lord Aber deen hard with respect to our goings on in the case of Portugal, which we fear will turn out to have been anythilsg but reputable; but the facts are not sufficiently before the public. But last night Lord Palmerston convicted Ministers on their own con fession of what we cannot help considering as most dishonourable. " There was one subject," said his Lordship, " which was not fit for discussion that evening ; but as he would not advert to it on ano ther occasion, he would say a few word then—he meant the recent invasion of the territory of Mexico by the Spanish expedition from Cuba. This expedition sailed lately, but it was several years in a course of preparation. The Govern ment of Mexico wished to anticipate the at tack of Spain by a previous descent on Cuba. But England told Mexico that she would not con sent to permit them to make the attack. He said, if it was so—if Mexico, by the interference of Eng land between Spain and her Colonies, was prevented from taking a step to keep off an evil that was coming on her people, it was a most unfair pro ceeding. Government ought never to have begun on the principle of non-interference, or they should carry it fairly and impartially through. When they said to Mexico you shall not attack Cuba, they should also have said to Spain, you shall not attack Mexico." Mr. Peel's answer was most unsatisfac tory. " Did the Noble Lord 19ot understand that there might be some circumstances of so peculiar, and some circumstances of such overwhelming im portance with regard to the connections and rela tions of England with the isle of Cuba, as to justify a great departure from the rules which governed other portions of her policy, and not to be defended on general principles ?" What these circum stances were Sir Joseph Yorke let out—namely, that had the invasion of Cuba not been prevented, the island would at that hour have been in the pos session of the United States, and the President Jackson. And this is neutrality. We fear there is but too much truth for the reputation we have abroad of bad faith. We must delay noticing the change of opinion of Sir F. Burdett of the Duke of Wellington, so lately the object of his profound ad miration, to another day.—Morning Clt rowde. THE ADDRESS. LIST OF THE MINORITY ON SIR EDWARD KNATOIIBULCS ANIENDMENT.—FED. 4. Peachy, General Protheroe, Ed. Russell, Lord John Rice, T. S. Robarts, A. NV. Riekford, W. Robinson, George Sefton, Earl of Scott, Hon. Smith, S. Smith, Abel *Smith, Hon. R. Stanley, Hon. E. G. *Sebright, Sir John Sadler, 31. T. Trant, W. IL Thomson, C. P. *Trevor, Hon. It. Tynte, C. K. Tennyson, C. Uxbridge, Earl of •r Vivian, Sir R. R. *Wodehouse, E. Warrender, Rt. Hu. Sir G. Wall, C. B. Wyvill, M. Wood, Alderman Wood, C. Wetherell, Sir C. Wells, J. *Westenra, Hon. R. *Whitbread, W. H. *Western, C. C. Wilson, Sir R. T. Waithman, Ald. Althorp, Viscount Attwood, M. Plandford, Marquis Beaumont, T. W. Baring, Sir 'l'. 'Brownlow, C. *Bastard, E. I'. Burdett, Sir Francis' a Bankes, H. Banker, W. Bernal, Bright, H. Bentinck, Lord G. Brougham, Henry Baring, I'. Cripps, J. ' , Calvert, N. Calvert, C. Cavendish, W. Clinton, F. Canning, ltt. Hon. S. Carter, J. Bonham ' Dawkins, H. '►Duncombe, Hn.W. buncombe, 'P. Davenport, E. Dick, (juintin Denison, J. E. Encombe, Lord ' oFergusson, B. C. Fazakerley, J. N. Eyler, T. B. .Fane, J. .Grant, Ht. Hun. C. Grant, It. Gascoyne, Gen. Of the 28 Oppo! dress, we have the Barclay, C. Blake, Sir F. Buxton, T. F. Cradock, Col. I)awson, A. Easthope, J. Fitzgerald,ltt.Hn.M. llobhouse, J. C. Hotham, Lord Gordon, It. Guest, J. J. .Graham, Sir J. G. Howard, Henry Harvey, I). W. .Heatheote, Sir W. Huskisson, Rt. Hen. Inglis, Sir R. H. , Knatclibull, Sir E. Kemp, T. R. I.King, Hon. G. Lam!), Hon. G. Lushington, Dr. Labouchere, H. Lester, B. Langston, J. H. Nlarjoribanks, S. I Mrrdonald, Sir J. (Morpeth, Viscount *.Mundy, F. Macintosh, Rt. lion. Sir J. * Marshall, J. Maberly, J. Normanby, Viscount Norton, G. *Osborne ' Lord F. .O'Connell, D. Ord, W. *Palmer, It. *Pallir.er, C. N. Palmer, C. F. Palmerston, Visc. Phillimore, Dr. * County Members. sition Members whc names of 25 Flowick, "Lord Hume, J. Lumley, J. S. Marshall, W. Mildmay, I'. St. John Mond:, .1. 11, Parnell, Sir H. Pendary is, E. W. supported the Ad- Philips Y'i Kumbold, S. Smith, W. Stewart, Sir M. S. Stuart, Lora J. r.tylor, M. A. Warburton, Whitmore, W. W. COURT CIRCULAR. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday ifternoon, at the Foreign Office, which was attended by the Duke of WELLINGTON . , Earls BATHURST, 110.4,LYN, and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir C4ORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex cHEQuita, and \lr. HERntEs. The LORD CHANCELLOR subsequently joined his col leagues. The Ministers remained in deliberation about an hour and adialf. A Baird of the Lords of the Treasury was held yester day at twelve o'clock, for the purpos e of making the annual declaration of the public accounts. The Duke of WELLINGTON and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER attended the Meeting. The Board sat for upwards of an hour. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Earl of ABBE nEEN, Earl BaowNtow, Vi•count CLIVE, Mr. Secretary PEEL, an Lord LEVESON GOWER, had interviews yester day with the Duke of WELLINGTON at the Treasury. Despatches were brought by a messenger to the Foreign Office, yesterday afternoon, from Sir ROBERT Goanos, our Ambassador at Constantinople, for the Earl of ABER DEEN. The messenger arrived at the Foreign Office about two o'clock, in a post chaise and four. The Russian Ambassador bad a conference yesterday with the Duke of WELLINGTON, at the Treasury. Despatches were seat off from tie Colonial-office on Thursday evening, fur Sir JAMES KEMPT, the Governor of the Canad is, also for the Earl of BELMORY, the Go vernor of Jamaica, and the different Governors of the West India Islands. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1830. A spirited debate took place last night in the House of Commons on the Address. It would appear from what Mr. PEEL said, that the re cbg''ition of that bloody usurper Don MlGum, is not far distant. We have uniformly enter tained but one opinion with respect to the con duct of the usurper, and if the Government of this country recognize his right to the throne of Portugal, they will do that which they will repent when it is too late. If the will of the people be the standard of sove reignty, why was not NAPOLEON recognised as the chosen King of the French ? Were not thVi3oußsoNs forced upon France at the point of Briti , h bayonets ? Is this consistency ? But we have no space to pursue the question. The follow tub are extracts from Hamburg and pl'irtch- Papers, received this morning : THE HAGUE, JAN. 29. The Second Chamber of the States was again obliged to adjourn till Monday, there being only 47 members pre sent. We hear that the absent members have been strongly urged to return to their posts. FEB. —There being 57 members present at two o'clock the Chamber proceeded to bisiness. Several offi cial communications from the Government were made, and notice given of the receipt of a great number of peti tions. The cold continues to be very severe; this morning at eight o'clock the mercury and Farenheit's thermometer was at 3 deg. below zero ; at noon it was at 4 deg. below zero. This degree of cold, however, is still not equal to what we experienced on the 22d and 23d Jan. 1523, when the thermometer was 6i below zero. At Amsterdam the mercury has not been lower than S deg. above zero. COPENHAGEN, FRB. 23. The English Consulate at Elsinore has published an ad dress to his .Majesty signed by the Captains of 99 English ship., trading to the Baltic, thanking his Majesty for having ordered a floating light in the most dangerous part of the Categat, called the Trindel, which was formerly the terror of all mariners navigating those seas. On the 18th, we learnt that the force of the current hail destroyed the communication in a straight line across the ice, from Elsinore to Helsingbourg. Before the cur rent broke the ice a sledge, drawn by two horses, passed over it, and only the passengers, and one of the horses, were saved. For the last fortnight we have been without any news from the continent except a few scanty notices by the tele graph. Six mails are now in arrear. The kingdom of Norway has sustained a great loss by the death of M. C. T. Falsa, Justiciary in the Supreme Tribunal, at the age of only 48 years. HAMBURG, JAN. 29. BOASEN-HA UAL, HALF-PAST FOUR. OCLOCK.--The stillness in our Corn market continues, and with the ex ception of barley, it is only at reduced prices that sales of any species of grain can be effected. Of wheat, the arri vals by land carriage, have not been considerable ; still the quality not being generally approved of, sales were not to be effected without some difficulty. A lot of Silesian wheat was obliged to be brought to the hammer within the last a days, and was bought exclusively for the consumption of the place. Weight. Rix dollars. Pantric Wheat —to —to Ir'omeranian l2l to 128 103 to 106 Anhalt, white ll9 to 124 115 to 120 red 122 to 128 112 to 116 Danish 120 to 128 '74 to Ezo Dantzie ltye Upland 116 to 123 62 to 66 Magdeburgh Barley VS to 101 5O to 55 Anhalt 48 to 104 52 to 56 Mealenburigh Oats 66 to 57 4O to 45 Pomeranian Malt to Pease, yellow, Upland Holstein Rapeseed — to l5O to 160 The approaching liquidation for the end of January acted unfavourably upon the funds in the beginning of the week, but as the greater part of the jobbers have now balanced their accounts the market is recovering itself. Much business has been done to-day, and left off, buyers and wellers, st the prices quoted below. _ End of January. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent Anglo-Russian Loan Illi•% Hamburg-Russian Loan IO4N Polish Bonds Austrian Bank Shares 1291 Austrian sletalliques lOt% New Austrian 4 per Cents. Anglo Neapolitan Fa'collets TRIZSTY, JAN. 12. . . Letters from Zante say, that the Admirals of the three Allied Powers had a conference at Poros with M. de Ri beaupierre, and that Count Capo &Istria was engaged for several days in transacting business with the Itirquis, while he was at Poros. Several couriers were dispatched to London and Constantinople. A communication was also made to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Wanda. Petitions have been lately received from Greek inhabi tants of the Continent, begging that Greece may nut be mutilated, awl expressing a wish that Count Capo &Istria may continue at the head of affairs. It is said that di content in the lonian Islands increases, and that the Lora High Commissioner has again asked for a reinforcement of troops ; meantime, several ships of Admiral :%lalcolin's squadron have helm ordered to Malta. M. d• Ribeaupierre sailed from Poros on the 25th Dec. on board a Russian frigate for Constantinople, The troubles i■ Candia continue, and terrible cruelties are committed by all parties. It is reported that the Admirals of the three Powers intend to intervene with energy to put an end to this totally useless bloodshed. FRONTIERS OF SERVIA, JAN. 18. The Porte cannot yet accommodate itself to the spirit of the conditions of the Treaty of Peace, and does not seem to intend to fulfil theist punctually. Count Diebitsch seems to have had some presentiment of this, for letters from Adrianople say, that in the course of the last week movements have been observed in the Rus sian army, which indicate great mistrust of the Porte; the latter is taking measures which manifest an intention to resist any attempt to compel it to fulfil its engagement. All the troops that were on their march homewards have received orders to halt, and to be ready at the first notice to join the corps of Albanians, which is only a few days march from Sophia. The infatuation of the Porte is the same as ever, and much patience is necessary on the part of Russia to listen to the absurd objections that are made to the fulfilment of the treaty. The incorporation of the Servian district is not to be thought of, arid if Gliiurgevo were not evacuated, it would probably not now be done. Under such circumstances it must be presumed that the Porte again relies on foreign aid in case compulsory measures should be employed against it, brit it would probably be again deceived in its expectations, _ VIENNA, JAN. 25.—Metalliques, 102 i; Four per Cents. ditto, 95k; Bank Shares, 1279, 1281. It would appear by the following, from our Paris Correspondent, that there is another aspi rant to the throne of Greece started by Russia. Prince LEOPOLD is expected next week in Paris: " FA RIS, FEB. 3. " Now that the Parliamentary debates and other matter of immediate and domestic interest will constantly occupy your columns, I am aware that the space you can devote to your foreign correspondence must he greatly abridged, and that I must either write more seldom or more briefly. As, however, the settlement of the affairs of Greece seems at this moment to excite a great deal of attention in London and Paris, as well as in the other capitals of Europe, I take the liberty of directing your atten tion to an elaborate article in the Augsburgh Gazette of din 30th ultimo, which has reached me at so lota an hour in the day as to prevent my extracting it; hut which is remarkable for the vehemence with which it supports the pretensions of Prince Peter of 01,1enburgh to the sovereignty of the nascent State. This Prince is the nephew of the Emperor of Russia, and the son-in law of the King of Wirtumberg ; and hiving been born in 1812. is now in his eighteenth year. It is strenuously contended that the Grecian sceptre ought to be conferred on hint in preference to all other candidates. " The Greeks are still said to entertain the most sanguine hopes that Candia and Epirus will form part of the new Sate. At Syra it is said that public prayers have been offered up in the churches for the consummation of this event ; and in Candia the premature assurance that such an arrangement would be adopted, appears to have been received with every demonstration of joy in the disturl ed districts of the Island. The French troops are concentrat ing themselves near Navarin, and will probably remain there during the winter. " It is stated, in private letters from Trieste, of the 28th ultimo, that a very active communication is kept up be tween the Cabinet of Vienna and the Courts of Italy, the object of which is to maintain the tranquillity of the Pe n;nsula against the machinations of secret societies, which keep the Cabinet of Vienna in such a constant state of alarm. The method at present under consideration is said to be by means of a confederation of the sovereign Princes of Italy, formed in some degree on the model of that of Germany, to be placed under the protection of the Emperor of Austria, as King of the Lombardo-Venetian states. It is u ( t ) i i rl y e e rs o t : o te d h th K at ing the o Vicariate s ic a a r r a ia in te ia of the Association will de y" A corps of gendarmes has been formed for the terra firma of Venice, in consequence of its having become a free port ; and another for the territory of Trieste. Their duties commence on the same day, and their declared ob ject is the prevention of smuggling. " A national subscription has been opened at Brussels, to indemnify the Members of the Second Chamber of the States General, for the loss of pay and pensions they hare sustained by their conscientious resistance to the illegal exercise of power. Although limited individually to a very moderate amount, it is said to be proceeding rapidly. " The Hope loan has at length been recognized by the Government of Spain, and M. Aguado has contracted a new loan of 500,000,000 of reals. As the Hope loan amounted to 400,000,000, and the interest and rela tive sinking fund are stated to amount respectively to 24,000,000 and 30,000,000, the additional charge on the Spanish finances will make the whole sum due an nually to foreigners amount to no less than 84,000,000 of reale. _ _ . " The rumours of a change of Ministry continue every hour to gain additional credit. Those who think it will be but partial, say that General Bourmont has already se cured his retreat, by stipulating for the command of the expedition against Algiers. Others say that this task will be assigned to the Duke of Ragusa, and others, again, to Marshal Maison. The command is certainly, at this mo ment, an object of keen competition among the great military commanders of this country. " Prince Leopold is said to be expected on a visit to Paris in the course of eight or ten days ; and the report of his marriage to one of the daughters of the Duke of Orleans is again revived." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Charleston Papers to the 2d of January have been re ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house.— They state that the river St. Lawrence, opposite Montreal, was entirely free from ice on the 17th of December. Accounts from New Orleans, of the 13th Dec., say, that the stormy weather of last week, besides the injury done to the sugar planters, has caused great damage to the shipping. During last week, 20,501 bales of Cotton arrived at Sa vannah tromp Augustin and coastwise, exclusive of what was received in waggons. iItICES OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 21533 19 South Sea Stock — 3 per Ceat. Red. WWI, Old Annuities — 3 per Cent_ C0n5....914 2 1% 2 New Ditto 31, ; ', per Cent. — Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 2d. 7i; 17 pm. Ditt:: Red. 99361,4% Ditto lid. 76 77 pm. I Der Ceii. Ant:....... 1017. vi Ditto.... 51Y , 2d. 76 77 pm. Ditto, 1326 13 ink *:. Ann. • 19% 11-16 Ditt • Small Ditto 30 years — Ditto lid. '76 77 pm. Ditto 30 years India Str;ck Ditto Bonds ....... 76 pm. India for Account Cons. for Feb. '25...92 1% 2%:2 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds -04 Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds S 9N Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian I3onds Ditto, 1821 Danish . — Spanish, :S2l l2 Greek Bonds — 1823 — Ditto, 35•25 35}. ( 214 French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala — Exchange Mexican Bonds ....... ........ 23 3 per cent —t —c. Ditto, 1525 25 iy2 Exchange PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O ' CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) X. WO Brazilian Mining Company 5 13 , azillan Imp. :NI in. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Real del Monte Mining Co. .£loo Protector Insurance Comp £1 12 6 PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent Goy. Stock, 3;4 per cent 99; Ditto, New 4 per Cent 1111;C Gov. I)eb. 3% per cent 91% i Royal Canal StocK 45%; Grand Canal Stock - • ; City Deb. 4 per cent -, Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c - 'KS, DUBLIN, FEB 3 ISt. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto _ Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto ,Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings — NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF ExcliA Amsterdam C.F 12 8 Ditto, at sight 12 Rotterdam 2 U 12 8 Antwerp 12 8 Hamburg 11.8 14 2 Altona l4 21 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto 2 U. 26 0 Bordeaux 9 6 5 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 Petersburgh, ruble, :3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective H. 2 M. 10 15 Trieste do 10 16 Ma*triil - 15 Cadiz 1 5 ,34 Gilboa I W2 Barcelona Seville 15% Gibraltar 471/, Leghorn 4 7 14 Genoa 26 0 Venice 4714 Malta Maples Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 4314 Rio Janeiro Bahia 26 Lliienos A vres Dublio, 21 days' sight l% Cork lys BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New t/oubloons 0 0 0 'ew Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 4 DI FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN. 29.-13. 141i.—Two months, 13. 123 i. BREMEN, JAN. 22.—Two months, 622 623. BERLIN, JAN. 26.—Three months, 7. ST. l' F. TERSBURGII , JAN. 15.—Three months, 10 21.32. A MITE IMAM, FE8.2.-12. 22 5.10. Two months-12. 15. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TO-MORROW. Morning ... 55 minutes after 1. Evening...l9 minutes after 2. CP P4*. i 414?6,i -ili- f) it" ' • ' tytft "6C.1 THE FUNDS. Several foreign mails have arrived this morning ; but most of them will bring old dates in ship letters. We have but one arrival from Peru. _ The Consol Market, which left off yesterday very heavy at 914 for the Account, opened this morning in a very agitated state, at 91/, went down to 91i, afterwards were done at 9l a, and at present may be quoted 914 for the Account, aril 914 for money. The real cause of this sudden decline is not exactly known ; but it is said that the jobbers have over-bought themselves, and are throwing the Stock on the market. The Bears, at pre sent, maintain the field, but are cautious lest the Bulls should make a sudden attack on them, and rally the market. _ . Up to the present hour we have uo political information. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing at pre sent. The prices are nominal, as yesterday. The agitated state of the Funds in the early part of the morning, when Consols were done at 911 for the Account, has subsided, and the market rather improved. Consols may be quoted at present at 92 to I for the Account, and for Money 91i 92. Sonse business has been doing ; hut no speculations of magnitude, as the capitalists are waiting to see what the Ministers will do in regard to the finances, as well as for the relief of the present distressed state of the country. FUNDS. 35 per Cent. 991 Z- New 4 per Cent., 101 i 4 per Cent. 1826 1051 India Bonds, '74 76 Exchequer Bills. 76 77 FUNDS. Greek, 35 Mexican, 25 4- Peruvian, 18 19 Portuguese, 591 604 Prussian, Russian, 109 i 101 Spanish, 11 12 TWO O'CLOCK. The accounts received from Paris by the French snails, this morning, state that, if the German Journals are to be credited, the Treaty of Adrianople is far front having the result that wag expected, as numerous obstacles hav e started from the late war in the East, which might he the cause of a new war. It appears that Russia has sent orders throughout the Empire to hasten the recruiting, arid that her military attitude In Persia will not be re l axe d — Th e accounts from Constantinople say that the Reis Effendi has had some serious explanations with the English Am bassador with regard to having compromised the Porte. Accounts from I'aris state that the Spanish Govern ment has recognised the loan of Hope, being about 24 inillions of reax, with interest; and it appears that, on the 19th Jan. M. Ballesteros signed a new loan of 500 millions of reax with Agnado. General Barradas has arrived at Havre from New York. The Greek Government has published a new tariff for the duty on shipping. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 911 ENGLISH Bank Stock, 2181 19i I India Stock, 23.2-.1 3 per Cent. Cuns. 91i 92 Do., for Account, 92 -4- Ditto Reduced, 92 i lOKEIG Brazilian, 701 Buenoki Ayres, 30 32 Chillan, Colombian, 221 3i Danish, 7q French, 5 per Cent 108 9 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 64 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE .(THIS DAY• PROM LLOYD'S. PLYMOUTH, FIB. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the SO phia, Damsgard, from St. Übes. CLYDE, FEB. 2.—Arrived the Wilson, Simpson, 11 ' 41 Andrews, New Brunswick. CORY, Fen. 2.—Arrived the Tomlin, Harvey, and tke A polio, Ford, from Newfoundland. HoLvHEAn, FEB. 4.—Arrived the Mount Vernoes from Savannah: DUBLIN, FEB. 5.--Arrived the Jane, Leman, from WO. YARMOUTH, FEB. 5.—A long boat, marked " Sa 2 : le:,sko, South Shields, George Pale," was on shore I` N w by. The Scotia, from Liverpool to Greenock, struck on a rock in the Shannon on the Ist, and sunk, cargo discharr ins in a damaged state. The Caroline was lost on the Whitaker sand on the 2,1 inst. The Mississippi, from Chlrleston, arrived off the Land's End. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His Honour the VICE-CLIANCILLOA took causes tu-diP none of which were of the slightest public importance. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. IMVORTANT JUDGMENT RELATIVE TO THE LEGACY purr. -THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BIRNIE AND MOFFATT• The LORD CHIRP BARON gave judgment in this Cal e this morning, which was argued on Friday week. Ti' point upon which the opinion of the Court was asked wo' whether a legacy under the particular circumstances of tie case, ought to pay ten or only one per cent. duty. Ti; defendants were the executors of a gentleman name' Moffatt, who by his will left certain legacies to the , fe' fendant, with remainder to the children of his marriale with a lady of the name of Russell. At the time the Co d was argued, Mr. Amos, who was Counsel for the Crown, contended, that as Mr. Moffatt was a strutte r in blood to the testator, the duty on • the leg tof in question ought to be ten per cent. Mr. Alderson contra submitted, that the intention of the testator was t!sot the legacy was not to devolve to the children until after the death of both Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt, and that, under tie circumstances, Mr. Moffatt being no stranger in blood t ° the testator, the duty ought to be only one per cent. 113 giving judgment, the Lord Chief Baron observed that the question was, whether the husband had a right to take the whole of the legacy or only a moiety. Here could be 0 0 doubt that his marital rights invested him with an absolute power over the whole legacy; but as 1 4 only became entitled to the whole in consequence of hls marital rights, and as his wife was a stranger is bloc to the testator, he was of opinion, and the other Judges of the Court joined with him in that, that the duty ought to be 10 per cent., and a verdict therefore must be entered for the Crown fir the sum of 3,4501. 4s. 6d., the amotto, of the duty. The Lord Chief Baron in conclusion begged to observe though the Court agreed with him is the °Pi' nion he had come to, the reasons for coming to that ems' elusion were entirely his own. Mr. Baron GARROW would feel proud in being conti - i dered as joining in the reason stated by the Lord C•j' Baron in a much more able anti perfect manner than i' ° could possibly do, and he trusted it any person was taking notes if the judgment, for the information of the public) they would put in the pronoun we instead of I. Mr. AtnEseoN observed as it was a special case which : allowed them to turn it into a speci a l v er di c t, he shoal': adopt that course, and bring the, question before a Coi" of Error. COURT OF KING'S B I NCI-1. BERNASCONI V. CHAMBERS. - - - This case, which is an application for a new trial, tl' e facts of which have been repeatedly before the public, oe' copied the Court until nearly one o'clock. The questl' in dispute is the validity of the commission of bankrui issued against Messrs. Chambers and Son, late bankers I P Road -street. The COURT after hearing the arguments of the Attar' ney-General, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Kali' the whole gist of which turned upon the constructO of the last Bankrupt Acts, took time to consider judgment. The Judges rose at half-past one o'clock, and procee- A e j into the Exchequer Chamber to hear Writs of Error. COURT OF ADMIRALTY. JUDGMENT-THE JOHN. Sir C. Roanrsobr gave judgment in this case to-dsl: at was a suit promoted to set aside the verdict of 6 P e i Court of Ad m i ra lt y a t Gib ra l tar , w h ereby possessive' the John was given to a Mr. Cole, a British tuerelo: the vessel at the ti me b e i ng owne d b y Mr. Isnardi, .: whose orders she was then engaged in trade. Mr. Cv`i claimed th e vesse l on th e groun d of a bill of sale pzo ir' to him in 1820, and which he had not made over to 1 1 one subse q u en tly. M r . I snar di h ad purchased the vesic,' and contended that Mr. Cole had not given any co's sl. derstion. The Judge went over the very long evideoce adduced in the cause, observing that Isnardi had had PI P session of the vessel for a considerable time, and conitnen toi on the manner in whi c h th e trans f ers h ad been made The facts of the case have b een s o f requent l y b e f ore the public during the prosecution of the suit, need x lO4l/8 repeated. The Judge, after commenting on the evideoes" produced, gave it as his opinion that the restitution of vessel must be given to Mr. Isnardi, and that some recaP l# pence must also be allowed in the shape of dernurr4 e i The decision of the Court therefore was, that the Ye.' must be restored to Mr. Isnardi. DEATH OF LORD HENRY SEYMOUn• The Right Hon. Lord Henry Seymour died yeetertlai at hie residence at Norris Castle, near Cowes, Isle of Wiet: at the advanced age of eighty-four. He was the sectifl i t brother to the late, and uncle to the present Marquis ° Hertford. He sat in Parliament for a short time in th e early part of his life, but closed his public career at e t end of a few years, by retiring to the Isle of Wight, whet s the greater number of his days have been spent in buihliog Norris Castle, and laying out the grounds of his estate' Of so high an order were his Lordship's talents, that tl' e i Head Master of Eton pronounced Lord Henry to ho c greater promise than Mr. Fox, his cotempora ry an d frit' f, at that school. His habits were eccentric, but hie lain ° was of the most enlightened and liberal cast; it was GP' racterized by the purest benevolence, the most gener° ll feelings of friendship, and the strongest sympathy I°r misery and distress. It is from intimate personal acqu dist once with his Lordship during a long period of time, t" t we say, that DO man ever went down to his grave, carryil with him a larger portion of affectionate respect from friends and his neighbours of all sorts and conditions. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—On T 1 Ins; day night Ninetta, or the Maid of Polaireau, arrange and adapted from ROSSINI'S opera of La Gazza Ladr ..4 ° ' was brought out for the first time at this theatre. : 01 7/ PATort was the heroine, and executed her songs witli t possible, more than her usual ability. Mr. G. Pxxsol 4 made an exemplary Justice of the Peace. The opera S successful. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—A new coPli, i ‘ opera, entitled Bride and no B r id e, was produced be i r , • on Thursday ni g ht, with great and deserved success. • is an adaption from LA SCRIBE'S French opera of l a Fiancee ; the music by AursEa. On Tuesday last a very fine san-bill, a svl 'll l fowl not very rare in these parts at an inclement se 0 41 was shot by one of Sir W.M. CLAYTON'S gainekeepe,.... l Berke Chronicle. On Thursday last, Mr. PAUL, of Wielottt Farm, near East Coker, shot a crane, and whilst ca nlia, it hom e a l arge ee l came out o f i ts mout h a li ve , we i a pound and a half, which Mr. PAUL's dairyman tt 0 home and dressed.—Becks Chronicle. In consequence of a very heavy fall of snog Stainmoor, (about 18 or 20 feet in drifts) the mail 11! ,t to he brought to Carlisle on horseback, and to-ni g ht it 111 not arrive till seven o'clock, three hours and a q uart s later than usual.— 6la wow Cl.ronicle. _OO BIRTHS. On the 29th ult. the lady of R. Rowley, M.D., S 1 1 ' 1 ' wark, of a daughter. On the 2d inst. at Hampton-wick, the lady of C. D 11' jun. Esq. of a daughter, still-born. DIED On the 3d inst., at Bath-house, Leicestershire, ill Right lion. Lord Viscount Tamwor,h, only son of tl'‘, Earl Ferrers. On the 29th ult. Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. J. lAH'r more, of Yealmpton, Devon, and sister o f t h e l ate Si r Young, G. C. B. PRINTED AND PIJIILISHICD By MURDO YOUNU, 1 I Tin SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LoNION, Per b r it Col lAi 6, N TOR! don N PRC t 1 `Grea the ; COUi 'Sari Ani 4)1 A klitc klU,s f 11) Peac NON Jlist het grail all tl gnag nent Just the a mi Ctlra We tion far i rind imp, fron so n exhi Whi eXe( Btud and phi( ---S Prii mi n oi l &c. foul In j