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tat noco eo roglA time. Pa id assiso 'el ill it n Ole ?"rids! a k r. Uill' toe , tee or' oro Jib e DO I , bs in tint f ,S AI; t° lO ile i o°l THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGA TION, COMPANY'S PACKETS LEAVE LON tiON ar follows For HAMBURG with his Majesty's Mails— The Ramona—Capt. Rigden Major. The Superb—Capt. William Morphee. The Tourist—Capt. Charles Berners Bridge. The William 3olliffe—Capt. Alexander Downie. Every Saturday Morning before daylight. They also leave Hamburg for London every Saturday Morning before day light. For ROTTERDAM with his Majesty's Mails— The Attwond—Capt. Robert Stranack. The Lord Melville—Capt. John Middleton. The Sir Edward Banks—Capt. Isaac Mown. Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning at Seven o'clock Precisely, and they leave Rotterdam for London every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. For OSTEND, the Earl of Liverpool, or Brockelbank, every Kam day morning. For CALAIS, the Belfast or Columbine, every Son !lay Morning. For B er th s app l y a t this Office ; and for Freight, to Xis.. Norman, No. 1, Water-lane, Tower-street, Agent to the Company. Powerful Steam Craft always ready for towing. CHARLES BESSELL, Secretary. 69, Lombard -street, Dec. 18, 1832. 11 1 rbeir 9. 0 sici' Al lor, t 01 TO THE ELECTORS OF MIDDLESEX. GENTLEMEN, N consequence of Lord H en l e y h av i ng with -41. drawn himself as a Candidate for the representation of lbw great County, I have been earnestly solicited by a numerous body of the electors to offer myself for your suf. frage s at this important crisis. I feel honoured and gra tified by the anxious solicitude which has influenced my decision to place myself in your hands. My Parliamentary conduct during the last 20 years is recorded with that of other independent Members. If it has been such as you approve, and you should be pleased to elect me one of your representatives, it is my determination to pursue a similar course. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, CHARLES FORBES. Fitzroy.square, Dec. 15, 1832. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. THE COMMITTEE for promotin g the ELECTION of Sir CHARLES FORBES beg leave earnestly to appeal to those Electors who had pro nised their support to Lord Henley to come forward on the pres. nt emergency, and to record their votes in favour ,of Sir Charles. An individual canvass is obviously im- Possible from the close approach of the day of election, but the Committee will gladly afford every facility in their Power to those electors who may be willing to afford them their assistance. The District Committees are now sit t'ng at— The London Tavern, Bishopsgate street. The Portugal Hotel, Fleet-street. The British Coffee-house, Cockspnr-street. The Stratford Coffee-house, Oxford-street. The Cadogan Arms, Sloane-street. The Angel Inn, Islington. At all which stations Conveyances will be provided on F t_he days of polling, which are xed for Thursday and riday next, the 20th and 21st of fi December. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. AT a MEETING of ELECTORS of MIDDLESEX, resident in Islington and Clerken- Well, held at the Angel inn, Islington, Dec. 17, 1832 ; . Resolved unanim o u s ly—Th a t the thanks of this Meeting de tendered to Sir CHARLES FORBES, for the very s pirited and handsome manner in which he has come for ‘.ward, at so late a period, as a Candidate to represent the metropolitan County ; and in consequence thereof, the Electors now present do pledge themselves to use their 4 ltnost exertions to insure his Election. HERTFORDSHIRE. THE COMMITTEE for CONDUCT ING the ELECTION of LORD GRIAISTON SIT DAILY at GREEN'S HOTEL, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, from Eleven o'clock to Four, where every ar r4ngement will he made for the Conveyance to the Poll " the Electors in his Lordship's Interest. The Polling is fixed for Thursday, the 20th, and Fri. t 47, the 2lst instant. 40, ,14 , • rite Vi = llll. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER IS, 1832. The Tory Press are all up in arms at the I dea of Mr. HumE's starting, and being likely t o succeed, in Middlesex. Their rage knows /° bounds. Their personalities are beyond be lief. 1 The Post of this morning, however, it Is but justice to state, exceeds all its Conserva tive contemporaries in the virulence and long ''incledness of its abuse of the Hon. Candidate. I t scatters its flowers of Billingsgate with a lavish fe cklessness, as though they were perfectly in tVlaustible. Mr. HUME, according to our contemporary's showing, is a man who " endea s, ours to viti a t e an d d eprave t h e commun i ty ,"— who makes the cause of economy ridiculous a nd odious,"—" who sneers at all who acknow ledge the superintendence of Providence," — w ho strives his utmost " to degrade and injure an d weaken the state,"—who is of a " dis position so intensely selfish that all he has done may fairly be inscribed to selfishness in its narrowest and most sordid acceptation"—in a "rd, who is any thing and every thing that our c ontemporary chooses to make him out. This to a fair sample of the way in which the Tory PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONY O'CLOCK. Sank Stock 'per Cent. Red 83% 14 India Stock :per Cent . Cons. 4 per Cent. — South Sea Stock ...... 92M itto Red 91% % j Old Annuities — Rew3}4 per Cent. 3 Per Cent Ann. 1726 .... —l3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 4 per Cent. 1826 ... ...... 100%34 iEx. Bills, .tl,OOO 3O 31 pm. Wink Long Ann. to expire Ditt0............500 10 31 pm. Jan. 5, 1861 1 ... ...... 16 5-!6 li Ditto Small ... ...... Oct. 10, 1850 l6 3-16 Ditto Commercial.. ..... .. pm. Jan. 5, :860 Ditto Advertised .— pm. Jan. 5, 1880 Bank for Account Aprils, 1880 — India for Account ....... .. Jan. 5, 1870..„... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds B9 'Peruvian Bonds lO4 (I... Van Bonds ^4% Ditto Account — Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 494 Brazilian Bonds 441% Ditto Account 4914 4 Ditto Account-- ...... 46%% Regency Scrip 4l:dis. Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Acc0unt ......... 4fi dis. Ditto Account 0 0% 136 Prussian Bonds 994 Chilian Bonds .... .......... —.164 Ditto Account — Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 Columbian Bonds 9.74 Russian Bonds, 1822 98% Ditto Account. — Ditto Account 9831 Ditto Bonds, 1824 lO4 I New Loan 9178% Ditto Account — Spanish Bonds, 1821 —.164%4 Danish Bonds 68% ; Ditto Account 164 Ditto Account —l Ditto Bonds, 1823 14 % 34 Greek Bonds 22; Ditto Account. — Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account...—. ...... 264 i— Exchange —f —e. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. -- :1 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account 203 114 Exchange...... —f —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. — Dutch Scrip 41%1( Ditto Account 26 Ditto Account 41%34 Ne ap01itan...,.............. —' French Scrip :2,pm. prints are hi the habit of scattering their dung. They abuse and blacken with a zeal and hearti ness, as if their whole soul was in the dirty work—as if slander were their favourite and legitimate vocation. On Mr. HUME'S elec tion, however, such base, crawling calumnies can have but one effect, that of creating an over whelming reaction in his favour. Even the clerical howl of Atheism, which the Middlesex Pharisees got up so industriously against him, will serve only to swell the number of his voters. But Sir C. FORBES, to promote whose electioneering interests Mr. HUME has been so grossly ma ligned, is there a man in all Middlesex, with two ideas in his head, who imagines that the poor, silly, old Baronet will be the better for it? By no means. Sir CHARLES is too well known —first, as a notorious Anti-Reformer ; secondly, as a man of equally notorious incapacity. He has been weighed in the balance and found want ing. The hand-writing on the wall has come. forth in judgment against him. His exertions— wonderful considering the limited, the very limited compass of his abilities—in the cause of the Anti-Reformers, during the late tremendous strugle, can neither he forgotten nor forgiven. We subjoin a few of the numerous charges now put very seasonably into circulation against him, to not one of which has he yet condescended to reply, possibly because the task requires the aid of more shrewd and disciplined sophistry than he possesses : ELECTORS OF MIDDLESEX. OBSERVE!! That SIR CHARLES FORBES, the new Candidate is an ANTI-REFORMER and an ULTRA_ TORY! That he has been for many Years a Member of the House of Commons, for the rotten Borough of Malmsbury. That he never gave a Vote in favour, either for Inquiry, for Economical Retrenchment, or for Parliamentary Reform. That he supported the infamous Six Acts, and all the Bad Measures of the Castlereagh Administration (after the Mas sacre at Manchester, 1819), by which the Liberty of the Press was narrowed, the Freedom of the Subject injured, and the Rights of the People endangered ! ! ! That on Fifty Great Questions, from 1826 to 1830, for In quiry, Retrenchment, and Economy, his name is not to be found in any of the Lists in Favour, but in the Lists Against those Motions. That he Opposed Scotch Borough Reform, in every stage, and in every way in his power. That he Opposed the East Radford Reform Bill, in all its stages. That he Voted Against the Question of General Reform, on the 2Sth of May, 1829. That he Voted Against the Reform Bills, brought in by Lord John Russell and His Majesty's Ministers, and was more hitter against these Bills, in every stage, than any other Tory in the House ! The He is against Ballot,---against Triennial Parliaments, — and against any Extension of the Suffrage. Will you, Electors, support or Vote for such an Ultra. Tory as Sir Charles Forbes? who has been so long the in veterate Opponent of the Rights and Liberties of the Na tion, and who has insulted the People, by declaring that " the Petitioners were not very unlike the animals on whose skins their Petitions were written."—(See debate of 14th March, 1831.) A FREEHOLDER. Among the other valuable recommendations which in the eyes of the Conservatives (those sanctimonious patrons of hired bullies, buffoons, and scamps of all sorts and sizes), Sir C. FORBES possesses over Mr. Hustz, is that of extreme sanctity. He is a Saint of the first water—a Middlesex Mazyworm, whom it is profanation to doubt, and flat blasphemy to oppose. " Look at him," cry the Conservatives, " look at the dear, good, pious man, anointed from head to heel, with the precious ointment of righteous ness ! Is it possible that a man can be found to oppose the pretensions, of such a child of grace, to all political, as well as evange lical purity ?" Such, or something like this, is now the cry of the Conservative prints, who, finding their idol incompetent and indefensible in all other respects, have at length adopted him as a saint, and discovered that he is a pattern of apostolic purity. But this hum bug will not go down. These are not the days of puritanism, whatever they may be of cant. As a religious man, in the only fitting sense of the term, Mr. HUME'S claims are as unquestionable as those of the most faultless parson in the three kingdoms. He cannot cant, it is true, but he can bow before his GOD in the modest solitude of his chamber, and perform his duties as a meek, unobtrusive Christian, without calling aloud on all the world to admire him. The Conservative prints seem bent on showing their readers how much fitter Sir C. FORBES is for a Praise- God-Barebones Parliament, than for such a one as is now shortly to be called together. He is a Saint, they say, therefore—mark the sequitur ! —he must make a capital Senator, just as if legislation were a mere matter of cant. But our Conservative contemporaries had better hold their tongues on this score. It can do their idol no good, and may possibly do him much harm ; for political Percevalism is just now at an awful discount. The elections seem to have worked wonders in the morale of the Cabinet. 'We hear of nothing but projected improvements. Among other things, it is said, that the law of patents is to be amended. It is high time. A patent for England, Ireland, and Scotland, costs 3451. In the United States the expense of a patent is 6/. 15s. What but a system of corruption could have prevented a Reform in this respect so long ? The high price of patents has been a great check to invention ; for few clever men have money enough to risk so large a sum. Many of the discoveries by which patents have been realised fell into the hands of speculators, who had money to advance, whilst the inventors received, perhaps, only 201. or 301. In a country where so much depends on inventive genius, the Legislature should encourage the man whose mind is more richly stored than his purse ; but the whole state of society is wrong. Merit and industry seldom meet with a reward. The aristocracy of birth and the aristocracy of wealth have hitherto had entirely their own way. We stated yesterday that the accounts which we had received from Oporto gave the lie to the assertions of some persons who had addressed a letter to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, on the situation and prospects of the Portuguese Constitutionalists. It appears that a great num ber of young men, who fancied themselves worthy of holding commissions in the Constitu tional army, had gone to Oporto as volunteers, expecting, on their arrival, to he appointed aides-de-camp to the EMPEROR, or brigadiers at the least ; and that having been deceived in their expectations, their conduct had become so turbulent, and otherwise itnproper, as to render it necessary for the EMPEROR to send them back to England. We know not whether the Chronicle trio were among these discarded aspirants or not, and whether they formed part of the hand of soi-disant gentlemen, who landed at Gravesend on Thursday last, and there be haved so indecently in a public inn as to disgust all who heard them ; but if they are of the same description of persons as those to whom we have alluded, we can only say that Don PEDRO has done well in having got rid of them ; and we only regret that the British character should have suffered in his estimation from such an unworthy specimen. We fear, however, from what we have heard, that the greater portion Of the adventurers who went out to join the Em. PEROR, are of no better stuff. And this brings us to the subject of our last accounts from Oporto; for one of the most striking passages of a letter from a British officer of high rank and respectability, is the following. He says, " The men who have been sent from London are little better than robbers—they are, nine out of ten, drunkards, and such corps as the British, with the exception of one or two, were never seen." The writer, after this censure on the agents of Don PEDRO for sending out such persons, pro ceeds to criticise the conduct of the EMPEROR'S Ministers at Oporto. " Never," says he, " was there such extraordinary negligence. The fine wines and brandies, upon which PEDRO could have raised a loan which would have prevented all present difficulties, were for fifty-six days in the possession of the Constitutionalists, and yet no attempt was made to remove them from Villa Nova, where they are now in the power of the enemy." Of the energy and activity of PEDRO he speaks highly ; but his Ministers are, it seems, with few exceptions, men totally unfit for the exigencies of such an enterprise as that in which they are engaged. At the date of the letter from which we have these particulars, three sorties had been made, and all with good effect ; but the grand sortie was to take place in the course of a few days. Should that succeed, the Douro would be again open, and the army receive the reinforcements which they consider necessary before taking the field. The troops are in high spirits, and, with the exception of some of the British, many of whom, it seems, had been grossly deceived here as to the nature of the service which they were about to enter, full of devotion to the cause. There are, however, some companies of English soldiers entitled to high praise ; among them are two companies of volunteers, all riflemen, com manded by a Captain PHELAN, who share with a Piedmontese company of volunteers, com manded by a Captain BIGN, and a Portuguese body of guides a chevalohe honour of serving as body-guard to the EMPEROR. Of those men the writer speaks very highly, and he states that the EMPEROR, notwithstanding the misconduct of some of the British, still shows a strong pre dilection for our fellow -countrymen, and expects them to accomplish great things. The Miguelites had thrown upwards of 140 shells into Oporto, from Villa Nova, in the course of one day, but without doing any injury to the Constitutionalists. They had, however, killed several women and children, and set on fire a Miguelite convent. Our correspondent does not add, unfortunately, that the fire de stroyed all the monks. An attack on the Foz was threatened by the Miguelites, but that castle had been fortified on a plan transmitted by the veteran Sir JOHN DOYLE, uncle of Sir JOHN MILLET DOYLE, and was too strong to fear any force that the Miguelites could bring against it. The news by the Pike, from England, of the prospect of a recognition of the Regency by Lord PAL.. NIERSTON, had caused great delight to the Constitutionalists—(wo u ld it not be better if they were to trust more to themselves, and less to Lord EA LM ERSTON ?)—and produced great gloom in the opposite party ; but whilst the Constitutionalists were hoping, the Miguelites were acting, and every day increased their means of annoyance and narrowed the means of defence. The writer, in the course of his letter, says, " The conduct of the EMPEROR is beyond praise. He is all life and energy, and he is anxious to take the open field ; but his Ministers remonstrate and say, that, though they are strong enough to defend Oporto, they cannot with their present force move far from it." This is not very cheering, although he says in another part of his letter, " Every thing looks well for the cause." To us it seems that, situated as the Constitu tionalists are, their only chance of extricating themselves is by action—vigorous action. The Miguelites muster, indeed, more than two to one. But what are two to one with men in despe ra te circum s t ances , w h o see starvation ininactivity, and behold in action a chance of glorious triumph or honourabl e death ? We have before us the French Papers of Sunday. The news of the taking of Fort St. Laurent arrived at the Tuileries at 2 o'clock in the morning of the 14th inst., and was immedi ately communicated to the different posts of the National Guards, and of the troops of the line. The guard kept upon the Duchess of BERRY is very strict, but she is allowed to walk upon the ramparts of the fortress, which gives an op portunity to the partisans of her family to look at and salute her from a distance. Addresses of congratulation continue to pour in to the KING from the provinces. It will be seen, by the following extracts from the Allgemeine Zeitung, that intelligence has been received from Constantinople down to the 10th of November. We hardly know what to say to the strange account it gives of Russia having offered, and the Porte having accepted, as sistance to repel the advance of IBRA• HIM PACHA upon the capital of Turkey. The motives of Russia are sufficiently obvious ; but that the Turkish Ministry should be so little distrustful of the known enemy of the Ottoman empire, as to admit his troops within their territory, to teach them how to overcome the difficulties of the country, to show them its weakness, in short to train them for the conquest of Turkey, is a thing we are unwilling to give credit to, till confirmed by some better authority than that of a journal like the Allgenzeine Zeitung CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 10.-The MOnlielir Ottoman shows the positions of the contending armies of Ibrahim Pacha and the Porte, which is not very favourable for the latter. The Egyptians appear to intend to march directly against the capital, and wait for the cooperation of th it fleet to attack it. The remnant of the Sultan's troops (for the name of an army is wholly inapplicobie) U at this moment exposed to the greatest danger. The Grand Vizier, has, therefore, precipitately left the city, is collect ing all the troops he can, and hopes to employ the enemy till the arrival of the auxiliary corps, which is said to be expected from Russia. It is universally reported that the Russian Ambassador, in an audience of the Sultan, de clared to him that the Emperor, his master, was ready to assist the Porte, against the rebellions Pacha of Egypt, and that this was the reason of the Sultan making him such rich presents, in which even the Secretaries of the Legation were included. It is further stated that the preparations are already making in Odessa to employ Russian troops, and that a Russian squadron will join the Turkish fleet. Most of the Turkish men-of-war are, in fact, in the channel, and seem to expect reinforcements from some quarter, as their crews remain on the complete war establishment, and a great quantity of ammunition is sent on board. The Capitan Pacha, however, will not command it, but will be succeeded by an experienced seaman. Should these various reports be confirmed, the Egyptians will soon be reduced to the defensive, and have to make a dangerous retreat. Only 10 000 well disci plined troops are required, round which the scattered divi sion may rally, to dispute the victory with Ibrahim, and prepare for him a very perilous retreat through Syria, which is partly desert, partly desolated by war ; and where, if be should be unfortunate, be would be as likely to find enemies as he found adherents in his victorious career. The people of the capital are made quite easy by the hope of support from Russia, on which they entirely rely. It is a strange phenomenon, to see the Porte in close friendship with Russia, with which it has been, in almost uninterrupted enmity ever since the time of Peter the Great. The noble conduct of the Emperor Nicholas, on this occasion, is indeed in harmony with his acknowledged magnanimity and wisdom. Instead of profiting by the embarrassment of the Porte, which he might easily have done ; he is the only Monarch that hastens to its support. Ile has already shown, by recalling the Russian agents from Egypt, how much he disapproves of its rebellion against its Sovereign ; and the late order to Russian subjects to suspend all commercial intercourse with the Egyptian ports till Nlehemed is subdued, proves th e consistency of the Russian Cabinet.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 12. Muivicu, DEC. B.—On the 4th three new Deputies arrived here direct from Greece, who confirm the accounts of the universal wish for the arrival of the King. One of the Greek Deputies is to return to Munich as Minister from Greece at the Bavarian Court. His Majesty the King returned on the 6th, in the after noon, from Perl Ach, whither he had accompanied King Otho. The Queen did not return to the capital till mid night, having accompanied her son as far• as Aibling. The Greek Deputation, after a stay of nearly two months, left us on the '7th, in the morning, and the Re gency is to set out to-morrow, the 9th.—Nuremburg Correspondent, Dee. 10 Sala -RNA, Nov. 17.—The situation of the Porte is ex tremely critical ; it is threatened not only by external attack by Ibrahim Pacha, but by divisions in the Divan itself, which paralyse all its movements. There are still in the Divan many adherents of the old system, who con sider all their misfortunes as consequences of the innova tions introduced by the Sultan, and even impute to him as a crime, that he has slept under the same roof with Franks, being of opinion that the Christians make use of him to undermine the Mahometan religion. This party has most of its adherents in the powerful class of the Ulemas, which had lost much of its importance in the state bythe Sultan's reforms. This party is, of course, displeased that the Sultan, seeks assistance from foreign Christian Powers, against the Arabs, their fellow believers. In the Assembly of the Divan in which the question was put, whether, under sneh trying circumstances, it might not be advisable to apply to the Russian Emperor for assistance against Mae med Ali, such agitation ensued, that the Sultan, dreading more serious consequences, caused the proposal to be with drawn, and an assurance to be given to the most influent tial Members of the Divan, that he would never have as sented to this step, though he had received from the Em peror of Russia many marks of friendship, and was con vinced that he was the only foreign Monarch who wished well to the Porte. While they are debating at Constantinople about the propriety of asking foreign assistance, the Egyptians are preparing to make the most advantage of their victories, and in case of negotiations to impose the hardest terms on the Sultan. In this critical situation the Sultan must either be relieved, or must depart from the course which he has hitherto followed with so much perseverance; he must return to the old system, or be• have with the same hypocrisy as Mehemet Ali ; that the great majority of the Musselmen, who are still rigid ad herents to all the forms of the Coran, may consider him as orthodox, and themselves bound to obey him. But it is difficult for the Sultan to accom modate himself to such a party; and according to his custom he will rather expose himself to the greatest personal danger than renounce the completion of his reforms. He may, therefore, not have been quite in earnest in the ready withdrawal of the proposal to ap ply to Russia, for we know that negotiations are on foot with England for the same purpose. This, however, does not cause so much dissatisfaction as an application to Russia would do, though many are especially averse to England. The Sultan will need great energy and pru dence to maintain himself under such adverse circumstances. Besides the unfavourable situation of his affairs at home he has to contend with an enemy who leaves no means untried to obtain their end. Every kind of seduction has been em ployed to induce the soldiers to abandon their duty. These attempts have hitherto been unsuccessful, but considering the perversity of some members of the Divan, they might, in the end, produce some effect. It is said that Mehemet Ali lately caused some overtures to be made to the Capitan Pacha, the object of which was to get the Turkish fleet delivered up to him, but which the Capitan Pacha rejected with contempt, and immediately sent an account to the Sultan. He seems, how ever, to have thought it necessary to send several of his ships to Constantinopl4 not trusting their crews. VIENNA, Dec. 6.—Five per Cent., 84 ; Four per Cent., 73 ; Bank Shares, I,oB3.—Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 and 10 Dec. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bombay Papers to the 23d August has been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The ship Fuzil, Cunim, after a very fine passage of only 15 days from the Mauritius, came in yesterday morning; she left on the 2.cl inst., at which time every thing was quiet there. A Singapore Paper of the tlst June, received at Calcutta, announces that orders had reached Batavia from Europe, or dering the concentration of all the European forces of his Dutch Majesty at Java. The following has arrived by the French mail this morn ing :—A part of the artillery of the garrison of Brussels has left for Venloo. M. Nothomb, Secretary-General of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has set off for London with despatches. Accounts from Oporto via Havre, say the greatest privations are experienced by the Constitutionalists, and the inhabitants of • that unfortunate city were under great alarm, owing to the conti nual bombardment by five of the Miguelite batteries placed on the left side of the Douro, which day and night throw shells in the town. The two great streets, des Fieurs and Bellemente, have been the principal object of their bombardment. Most of the houses are pierced with balls. The Convent of St. Do. minique, at the extremity of one of the streets, and in which was deposited all the merchandise was set on fire by a bomb on the 27th October, and on the 29th was still smoking and in ruins. The loss sustained is computed at a million of crusades. In the official despatch of General Gerard, he states that the foul th parallel has been opened before the bastion of Toledo, as also two new communications. One of them advances on the glacis, on the left of the bastion of Toledo. The accounts from Berlin mention that a Prussian army of 50,000 men is stationed on the frontiers of Prussia. From Mayence they state that, for some days past, a great number of heavy artillery has passed there, on their way for the strong Prussian fortresses on the Rhine and Moselle. THE FUNDS. As yet we have no further info;mation from Antwerp, although the French mail has arrived. In all probability, there was nothing of importance to communicate, as it would take a day or two to put Fort St. Laurent i❑ a proper state to fire on the citadel, as well as to put their breaching cannon in the advanced batteries. The Dutch accounts speak of an armis tice but we doubt whether this will take place before the cita del surrenders. Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 81 i% for the Account. Nothing doing as yet. HALF-POST ONE. Up to the present time we are exceedingly dull in the city for want of intelligence. Several vessels have arrived from Oporto, but of old dates. The Funds, which were stationary most part of the morning at 84 1 A % for the Account, have rather improved, and Con. sols are at present 84 % % , but no business of consequence doing. The Foreign Market is also in a stagnant state. Consols for Account 84 % 14 THREE 0' CL 0 CR, CAUTION TO MEDICAL MEN, CIIYAIISTS AND DRUGGIS TS .—..W e have good authority for stating that the i n f ormers are on the alert aga i nst me di cal men and chymista, for selling Cayenne Pepper without a license ! What next ? Count LABENSKI, one of the Secretaries to the Russian embassy in Paris, arrived in town on Saturday, with important despatches for Prince LIEVEN. His Highness being at Brighton, the Count left town imme diately, and returned with the Prince to Ashburnham house, oh Sunday eveuiug. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 17. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not sit to.day till twelve o'clock. THE DUKE OF YORK'S AFFAIRS. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN, on behalf of the executors of the late Duke of York, moved for the commitment of Mr. James Farquharson to the Fleet prison, for a contempt of Court, he having published certain statements in the Times newspaper, relative to the above case, of what took place before one of the Masters. The Learned Gentleman said this mo. tion was brought forward in order to render the proceedings in that Court safe, and to protect the suitors from being held up to public odium by the publication of misstatements in the press. Some time since a body of persons, calling themselves creditors of the estate, formed themselves into a committee; he did not doubt but that they were really creditors, but up to the moment when he was speaking, they had most studiously concealed their names. Two solicitors acted for them, and ap. peared for one creditor each, at the same time stating that they acted for many creditors, but they refused to give the name of any other than the one each. The first notice of this motion was served upon the publisher of the Times; it was accompanied by a letter, saying, that if the author was given up, the proceedings as against the publisher would be aban_ doned. Next day the name of Mr. Farquharson was given in as the author, and that gentleman waited upon the solidi. tors for his clients, and said he would avow himself as the author, if the Times was released ; and at the same time said that he did not attend at the meetings, but received the infor mation from one of the committee. This explanation was not quite satisfactory, and the solicitors gave notice to that effect Upon which Mr. Farquharson wrote to them, and distinctly avowed filmset' as the author—that he had been at th meetings, and had sent the artieles as matters of news, for which he had been paid in the usual manner. Accordingly, his clients released the publisher of the Times. However, if Mr. Farquharson would only give up the name of one of the peakers at the committee, they would at once release him, as they had not the slightest wish to hurt him, who was the mere reporter; but if he was obstinate, and would put him. self in the place of the real offenders, then he must take upon himself all the consequences which the rules of the Court imposed upon his Lordship to inflict. All they wanted was to have the real author, or first communicator of the libels, of whom they were quite ignorant, and they trusted that even now, though late, they would come forward, and not let Mr. Farquharson, who was comparatively innocent, suffer for their fault, Why Mr. Farquharson would not give up his informant he (Sir E. Sugden) could not say. It was most singular, for he, being a reporter, paid by no party but the newspaper, surely ought to have no delicacy in giving that information which would at once relieve him from his at present unpleasant situa tion.—A most singular thing in the reports of those meetings was, that the Chairman was at all times called by his official name—in no instance, by any chance, was the real name of either him or any of the speakers given, evidently showing that strict concealment was aimed at.—The reports which were said to have been given in at those meetings were most exagge rated, and seemed to have been concocted by persons well practised in the art of libelling, for they carefully began their statements upon truth, and then upon that foundation they built a superstructure of the most infamous libels. By this plan it was impossible for the persons libelled to meet the libels with a direct denial; but to clear themselves from such aspersions, they were forced, as was the wish of the libellers, to enter into a long explanation; and God help the private person who had to do so with the whole of the press against him. His affidavits most distinctly denied all of the statements com. plained of, as well as the whole series of them, which had been put forth since the first, which he believed was in September, last year. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read the joint affidavit of Sir Herbert Taylor and Sir Benjamin Steven. son, which denied the statements in every particular, and ac counted for all the property of which the Royal Duke died pos. sensed. The Learned Counsel then read the articles complained of, which appeared in the Times of the 19th, 25th, 29th, and 30th of November last, commenting strongly upon them as he went along. He then read the affidavit of Mr. Farrar, the solicitor of the complainants, which showed the untruth of the statements. The Learned Counsel again made an offer at once to close his brief against Mr. Farquharson, if he would disclose the name of his informant, and was proceeding, when The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired whether it was likely that he would finish his statement in a quarter of an hour ? Sir E. SUGDEN said " No." It being then four o'clock. and of course dark, the CHAN CELLOR adjourned the further hearing of the case until to morrow. (THIS DAY.) THE DUKE OF YORK'S AFFAIRS. The Counsel in support of the motion to commit the Re. porter who furnished the reports of alleged meetings of the creditors of the late Duke of York, and of things stated to have transpired in the Master's office, to the Times newspaper, some short time ago, resumed this morning, and had not con. chided when we left the Court. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) WILSON v. MOORE. His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied the whole morning with this part.heard case, which involved questions relative to the property of a gentleman named Craw. ford, who had formerly carried on to an immense extent the business of a merchant at Glasgow, Newfoundland, and the West Indies. The points in the case chiefly rested upon mat. ters of account, and were devoid of interest except to the par ties concerned. VICE•CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY, The VICE-CHANCELLOR sat to-day, at 10 o'clock, but in consequence of being prevented, by the absence of Counsel, who were engaged in the Lord Chancellor's Court, from making any progress with the causes in his paper, he rose in less thus 10 minutes after he had taken his seat. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) LAZARUS v. DEWDNEY. Mr. WILLIAMS stated the case to the Jury. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mordecai Lasarus, a glass-mer. chant, as holder of a bill of exchange for 221. 95. 6d., drawn by a person named Rowbotham, and accepted by the defendant„ a student at law. The defence was that the bill was a forgery. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant, who was a young man of respectability, studying for the bar, had been in the habit of frequenting the " Finish," a house of some notoriety in James's-street, Covent-garden, and kept by Row botham, with whom he contracted a debt of 16.. or 171.; that on the morning of the day on which the bill was dated, between seven and eight o'clock, the defendant, after having been at the " Finish," went to the King's Head in the same neighbourhood, and accepted the bill there, Rowbotham giving him thebalance There were present Rowbotham, Mr. Watkins (landlord of the King's Head), Nicholson (Rowbotham's waiter), and a gentle. man named Boyd. The latter was not called as a witness. The witnesses underwent a strict cross-examination, but their testimony, as to the acceptance and the consideration given for the bill, was not in the least shaken. Rowbotham, it appeared, had been a bankrupt, and had got his certificate; he had not paid any dividend, nor had he given up his house. He paid the bill in question to a person named Genese, who was one of his assignees. Mr. Watkins was his other assignee. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in addressing the Jury for the defendant, said he felt considerable anxiety on account of his client, who was a young gentleman studying for the same profession to which he had the honour to belong, and wtio, if he was the person to associate with Rowbothato, and to endeavour to escape from the payment of a just debt, would be greatly disgraced ; but he appealed to the Jury to rescue him from a most infamous conspiracy. The bill was supposed to be drawn by Rowbotham, who kept a house that was notoriously infamous, and who had been a bankrupt, obtained what was called a whitewashing commission--(Laughter)--and had not paid his creditors a shilling in the pound. He would prove by witnesses that the acceptance was not at all like the writing of the defendant, and that, in fact it was both signed and spelt in a very differen way from that in which the defendant signed and spelt hit name. The defendant sjztietl his name W. Jameson Dewdney, whereas the acceptance to the bill was W. J. Deudney 3, he always signed his second Christian name at length, and his surname was spelt with a ze, and not as in the bl,ll, with a u.: Mr. Charles Wheatcroft, clerk to 11,4, Wingfield, the bar. rister, had known the defendant four or five years, and had fre. quent opportunities of seeing him sign his name. He clkci not believe the acceptance to be the defendant's, and he pointed out the variance as detailed by the SolicitorAeneral. Cross-examined by Sir J. SCARLETT,—Witness was clerk to a debating society, of which tlie defendant was secretary. The society consisted cf young men studying for the bar, of members of the bar, and Members of Parliamen,t.—(Laughter.) A book belonging to Rowbotham was put into witness's hand, with defendant's name and residence (Joy's hotel) in it, and on being questioned, he said he did not believe that to be the defen dant's hand writing. He never saw the bill, of:exchange before he came into Court to-day. Samuel Warren, Esq,, a special pleader, had known the de. fend4nt some years, and on being shown the bill, he said he did not believe it to be the acceptance of the defendant, and he pointed out the variations. He was of the same opinion with regard to the signature in Rowhotham's book, Cross-examined—Never saw the bill before to-day. He thought he knew where the "Finish" was. In his younger days, before he was married, he believed he went there twice, but not more Went there with a barrister—(Laushter)— from curiosity, having heard of the place. Qnly said there a quarter of an hour, and left from the intolerable smell of the place.—(Laughter.) Sir JAMES SCARLLTT, in reply, said a great many per. sons had been to the p6intiff's attorney, under a Judge's order, to inspect the bill, and not one of those persons had been called to proVe that it was not accepted by the defendant ; the only witnesses called were two who had never seen the bill until this morning. His Learned Friend had used some very hard words, which were easily tpstl, but with the evidence on the one side of persons who saw the bill accepted, and en the other of two persons who merely gave an opinion upon that which they never before saw, he Was sure the Jury would not decide that Robothara committed a forgery, and that the wit nesses were conspirators and perjurers, It was most distinctly proved that the defendant had run up a score at the " and that he accepted the bill and received the few rwand"h ference, probably to defray the, expenses of the day. As to the difference iu the hand-writing or in the spelling of the name, it should be recollected that the acceptance was given at Watt or ' ht o'clock In the morning, and the difforeneitaight be ac 'anted for by the quantity of liquor which the defendant might have taken. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in charging the Jury, said the case was a most important one, an.' required their serious attention. The Juty, after a few minutes' consultation, found a verdiet for the plaintiff, for the amount of the bill and interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY.) ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.- LIOGBRS V. POLFREMAN. This case was stated to the Jury by Mr. Humphrey. lie said the plaintiff was a very respectable man in business as a hosier; the defendant was the keeper of the Hand-in-Hand public house in Holborn. A sister-in.law of the defendant's had, for a long time, been living in his house, but not latterly ; being uncomfortable, she determined to leave, and go to live with another sister. The plaintiff; who had long been a friend of the family, went, on the 24th of October, to help the young lady to remove. Having called a coach, he was in the act nt' receiving some boxes to put in it, when the defendant run out of the house, caught one of the boxes, and tore it into piece-, he then took hold of the plaintiff—pulled him out of the coach—and struck him severely on the face. He then called a policeman and gave the plaintiff in charge for an assault, which the policeman refused to take, as he had not seen it. The defendant then said, " Very well, then I will charge hint with felony; he is a thief and a swindling scoundrel." The police man then took both the plaintiff and Miss Green to the station house in Covent.garden, and afterwards before a Magistrate at Bow-street, where the case was heard and instantly di.rnissed. The Learned Gentleman proved his statements by the evi dence of the coachman and the policemen. Mr. ALEXANDER, for the defendant, said he was sorry that it would be his duty to bring out some family secrets which had much better be kept back, but which were rendered ne. cessary, in order to clear the defendant from the almost insane conduct which was at that time proved against him. The facts were these :—About a twelvemonth ago Miss Green ha._t absented herself from the defendant's house for two month,. along with the plaintiff', with whom she kept up an impropv: intimacy; the defendant had succeeded in getting her bacL ; when the coach was brought up he was informed that his wife'; sister was again going away to renew that improper intimacy, and he tried all in his power to prevent such a scandalous pro. needing, and who, of the Jury, would not have done the same He would prove that the plaintiff was the first assailant, and, it he did, he hoped the Jury would have much pleasure in re turning a verdict for the defendan'. A number of witnesses deposed, that when the defendant attempted to take back some of the boxes the plaintiff' strucl. him over the face, and that that was the first assault. Mr. CHILTON replied, and His LORDSHIP having summed up, the Jury returned verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 201. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS I). FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 17.—Wind W. to W.S. W., strong all day.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Cruiser, from Portsmouth, and re mains with the combined squadron; Sarah, Whiteside, front Bombay,—sailed Aug. Augusta, Mason, from New York ; and the Lively, from Smyrna. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind W.S. W., a gale. FALMOUTH, DEC. IR—Wind S.W. to S.S. W., fresh gale, and squally.—Arrived the Courier, La Maitre, from Rio Ja_ neiro ; and Elizabeth, Willis, from Oporto. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 16.—Arrived the Phoenix, Warren, from Oporto. MARGATE, DEC. 17.—Arrived off port the Eagle, Gib son, from Sierra Leone; Medora, Watson, from Smyrna and the Alfred, from Villa Vicissa. GREENOCK, DEC. 15.—Arrived the Lady of the Lake, White, from St. John's, N.B. WATERFORD, DEC. 15.—Arrived the Unity, Steadwell, 7 rom Gibraltar. CORK, DEC. 15.—Arrived the Frivell, Holliday, front Oporto. KINSALE, DEC. 16.—Arrived the Margaret, Welsh, from Monte Video. PENZANCE, DEc. 16.—Arrived the Dolphin, Johns, from St. Petersburgh. BRISTOL, DEC. I7.—Arrived the Favourite, Denia. MYSTERIOUS AND MOST DETERMINED MURDER. Yesterday, at 1 o'clock, an inquest was held at the Blue Last, Compton-street, Goswell-street, before Mr. Stirling, nn the body of Mr. Henry Camp Shepherd, head clerk of the firm of Messrs. Williams and Sons, soap-makers, of Compton-street. The crime was perpetrated in the count. ing-house between the hours of 9 and 11 o'clock on Sa turday night. The greatest excitement has been caused in the neighbourhood. Wm. Smith, surgeon, examined—Lives at 79, OM well-street ; had very little to say, merely knew the deceased, and was sent for at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning last; received a message from his sister to go over to Mr. Williams's as soon as possible, for that he or one of his clerks was very ill, and they knew not whether he was dying or not ; he instantly went over, and found the deceased exactly in the position the Jury now found him ; observing the deceased lying on his left side and much blood on the floor„ he imagined there was some injury on that side of his head ; on elevating the body, and on turning it a little over on the right side, he discovered an extensive fracture of the skull ; he was quite dead, and mii.t have been so for several hours ; had no doubt but the wound was the cause of his death, and that the wound was apparently inflicted with a blunt instrument; he would observe, that it did not occur to him at first that the man was mur dered, nor did it appear to be the impression elf three of the men present when he first saw the body ; they endea_ voured to account for his death by saying that be had been standing upon a chair, and had fallen backward end struck his head against the small lock of the iron safe ; this was not his real opinion ; a poker, with which the injury was inflicted, was not discovered until after he left ; it was his opinion that the poker was the weapon used ; it bad a sharpish edge, and would icflict a similar wound; he took out a triangular portion of the cranium. (Here the poker was produced, and one of the sharp edges had hair upon it, though it had been since put in the fire.) Dennis Finn examined—Lived in William -court, S e .. ward-street; be is a labourer, and saw the deceased about 9 o'clock on Saturday ; deceased was a clerk, because he paid him his wages in the counting-house of Mr. Williams ; on Saturday he paid him 18s. at 7 seven o'clock, hut he crime back a little after 9 to get a half-sovereign ex. changed, which a grocer had refused as being bad ; saw him no longer; no angry words passed between them ; all the men had left, and be saw nobody with deceased ; he had worked off and on the premises since 1814 ; he could not say whether the deceased locked the gate after he left him; he was with the deceased about five minutes ; there was no difficulty in exchanging the half sovereign ; deceased was in good health, and he thought him sober, and in complete possession of his faculties; deceased put the bad half sovereign, he thought, in his right hand breeches pocket; the grocer he first went to to change the half sovereign lives at the corner of Buxton-street, and his name is Mr. Frederick Cheney, and is Mr. Williams's foreman besides ; he went back with the good half sove reign after 9 o'clock, and Mr. Cheney took it ; he could not say whether deceased had his watch about him ; he was present when the other men were paid, and nothing unpleasant—no quarrel—took place, nor any stoppage of' wages. No man was dischar ge d on S aturday night ; there was al strange man worked there on Saturday for half a day ; he was occasionally employed ; he did not see the half-day man paid ; probably he was paid fir.t. He heard none of the men complain in the course of the last week ; he had no suspicion of any body. There was a man discharged, two or three years ago, but be had not seen him since ; he was certain he did not see that person on Saturday night—indeed, if he had, he should not have recognised him. He did not hear of deceased's death until 12 o'clock on Sunday; he was told of it by the policemen, who came to examine him. The dress he wore now was the same lie wore on Saturday night. William Miller, a boy empl o y e d in the offic e , saw d e _ ceased alive on Satu r d a y night, a bout e i g ht o ' c l oc k ; de.. ceased was then a l o n e ; one or two p ersons m i g h t be about the premises ; th e two carmen we re i n t h e sta b les, though he did not see them ; he kn e w t h ey were, b y h av i ng heard them come in and go out ; he sate nobody lurking about, and could not account for the accident ; on Sunday morning he saw the body, about a quarter past eight. James Frederick Cheney saw the deceased alive for the last time on Saturday evening, about eight o'clock, whose character was uniformly kind, and who generally left the countingshouse about ten o'clock ; on Saturdays, having to make up hi s accounts, ho remained sometimes until 11. •Richard Ch eney, b rother of the former, and employed on Mr. Willi am t s premises exunined--A father and son used to call upon deceased ; the latter called about three weeks ago, at eleven o'clock at night ; he saw deceased, and was t o ld not to ca ll aga i n un til he had p a id t h e money deceased had l en t him; this yang man was a bad cha racter, and was discharged for forging tickets of the esta blishment for three or four shillings; he co u ld not say whether this young man , whose name was S amue l New land,bor but powerful young man ; th e d og k new h i m, and wou ld not bark at him ; thi s young man had an aunt that use d to keep a publio.hou se i n J ewyn . street ; on Friday n i g ht another young m an o f respectable appearance supped with deceased in th e count i ng- h ouse. The Jury, witho u t h es it a ti on , returned a verdict of ta Wilful Murd er aga i ns t someper ou or persons unknown." Two or three persons h ave b een apprehended, and the w a s seen about the premises on S atur d ay ; he was a officers, who are making the most active searches, feel cow-, fldeut that the guilty will soon rte found out. PRICKS OT SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE &CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. 4,1 810 Mex. Min. Co. lies, at 5/. pm.) XlOO 8 13 0 lanos Mining Company £l5O le2g arazillan Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 46 1 4 Ditto National IN 10q Ditto St. John Del Rey ...... Ditto Cocaes British Iron Mining Company £5O 18% t olumbian Mining Co. (iss. at N. pm.) 49% 6% I ':ngllah Mining Company 12% 25 General Mining Association ll 5s 4 Real del Monte Mining C 0...., - 184 United Mex. Min. Co. ciss. at 2/. nm.) 40 4>K Ditto New Sciip 5 5% Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 8% Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co 25% 6% Canada Company l7 46 General Steam Navigation Co. ...... 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