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DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. — 'lndia Stock Ditto Bonds I dig. South Sea Stock Old Annuities.... ....... New Ditto ...—. 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - Ex. Bills, .£1,000... 8 7 9 7 pm. Ditto... ..... „..50n 9 7 pm. Ditto Small lO 6 pin. Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account — India for Account — Cons. for Feb. 28 92 la !,', r}lls DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds • !. Ditto Account !Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account ip Ditto Accouiit — Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 18'22......... Ditto Accoont Russian Ponds, 1822 9')4 New Loan Ditto Account 9'2 Spanish Bonds, 1521 Ditto Account 13% Ditto Bonds, 15.13 Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f. —c. —3 per cent.' —f. —c. -- Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip 40% French Scrip PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. Ns. at 5/. pm.) £2O 41 41) Real dcl Monte Mining Co. 12 'X Protector Insurance Comp. T HE BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY. G. R. ROBINSON, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. This Company is formed for the purpose of providing in Lower Canada, and the other Provinces of British North America, Locations for Emigrants, and to afford them employment on their arrival. Applications for Shares to be mule in writing (post Paid) at the Company's Office, No. 1, Freeman's•court, JOHN GELT, Hon. Sec. ii*d':;;C:b , ay,* LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY e, 1832. The sudden stillness of the town, after the in cessant din for some time kept up by a succes• sion of false reports, has occasioned a feeling approaching to surprise. It turns out that th e double duty of invention and propagation having been found too much by the members of the Charles street Gang, they hired a gentleman of prolific genius, at a high salary, as " Inventor of Reports," which they devoted their whole ener gies to propagate. Unfortunately, however, the Charles street exchequer being in a state of ex haustion, the genius of the " Inventor" ceased with his pay, and he has not , only " re signed," but threatens legal proceedings for arrears. This circumstance has been the means of exposing some of the Club mysteries ; and we are, in consequence, enabled to state, that every officer and member of the Charles street Club has a club-cognomen, terminating with the word " Tory" by which he is better known than by his own ; and accordingly the " Inventor" above mentioned was dignified with that name of " In ventory." The Club Committee is termed the " Direc-Tory"—and the word " Secretary" has been torified to answer club purposes, and is always written in Charles-street " Secret-Tory." The following are some of the Club cogno mens : Lord EL—..II—.GH Am-a-Tory. Sir 11. H.11.1).—.GE ln -flam-a-Tory. Sir C. \V—TH I. De-clam-a-Tory. Sir R. I-GL-s Mr. A. B-a- a . ...... Migra-Tory. Mr. G--LB- N Nuga-Tory. • Mr. P5....-D Pred-a-Tory. Mr. J. C. H-uu-s Consol.a-Tory. Mr. D-ws-N Or-a-Tory. Lord LY-Dll-. ST Rot-a-Tory. Earl of H.lta-Wisr... Emenda-Tory. Duke of W-LL.-GT-N Peremp-Tory. Sir R. 1) - Tory. Mr. P-Rc-y-L... ln-cant-a-Tory. Lord AB- en--N Prevarica-Tory. Lord WH.ANC-FE Media-Tory. Duke of C-m--L--n . Damna-Tory. Mr. J. W. Ca-x-R His-Tory. Lord E-n-N Dila-Tory. Marquis of L-ND--D----Y Fulmina-Tory. Sir H. H-Lr--D Condolo - congra tula-Tory, alias Purg. a-Tory. Don MIGUEL has been unanimously elected an honorary member, and 14 3 7 way of pre-emi nence (the Don presenting the most perfect and splendid specimen of Toryism in Europe) his club cognomen is simply " Tory" without any adjunct. The LORD MAYOR of Dublin's visit to London (ostensibly to present an address to his MAJESTY), turns out to be a secret mission to the Charlcs•street Club, to exchange the ratifica tions of an offensive and defensive treaty between the gang and the " no surrender" men of Dublin, to whick Don MIGUEL is invited to become a party, and form a triple Alliance. The Committee for Foreign Affairs, or in the jargon of the Club, the " Direc-Tory for Foreign Correspondence," sits daily,—Prevarica-Tory in the chair ; Damna•Tory, Peremp-Tory, and His-Tory give constant attendance, and great hopes are entertained of blowing up a war in Europe. Several members having lately seceded, a general meeting has been held to take into con sideration the state of the Club, and the state of the nation, at which, after an animated dis cussion, in which Ora-Tory, Iylamnza-Tory, Declama-Tory, and other members took part, it was on the motion of Dila. Tory, seconded by Rot-a-Tory, resolved unanimously that " the salvation of the Club, the Corpora tion of Dublin, and Don MIGUEL imperatively require the Reform Bill to be thrown over board ; and that if Ministers dare advise his MAJESTY to create new Peers, they shall be immediately impeached by order of the Club." We hope shortly to be enabled to communi cate further intelligence. The French Papers of Friday and Saturday have been received, but their contents add little or " t hing Th e to our previ ous i n t e lli gence f rom Paris :--- (Froin Galignani's Mes senger o f S a t ur d a y.) Nouvelliste, a Ministerial Paper of Saturday's date fcroonnitaians the f o ll owing paragraph, copied, as it states, commercial l etter dated the 22d, from the eastern frontiers of France t " A ruinour now current here that the Rhenane provinces belonging to Bavaria are in a state of revolution, and that the Prussian provinces on the left bank of the Ithi i nn are di sposed to follow their extmple. It is asserted as positive, that trees of liberty have been planted at Hamburg, and that at Deuxponts and Pir masens the tri-colour cockade has been raised. Great con fusion reigns on the minds of all classes ; the insurgents speak of establishing a republican form of Government, of reuniting themselves with France, and of other projects of a contradictory nature." The Messager, also, of Saturday's date, says, " the reports are much exaggerated, and the Gazette of the same date does not mention them but as mere hearsay. The Nouvelliste contradicts semi-officially the report of the Con•titutionnel, that the French troops have landed at Civita Verchia. No such intelligence had reached the Government even by telegraph. PARIS, STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 24.—HALF-PAST FOUR o'cr.ocx.—The reports of the intention of the Pope to resist the landing of the French troops in Italy, added to some heavy sales, occasioned a slight depreciation in some of the prices. The Five per Cents. for cash fell 35c. ; and Three per Cents., 60c. ; and the Neapolitans, -t:ic.; the Four and Half per Cents. and Guebhard's re tained their yesterday's price. The Rentes Perpetuelles rose 4, and the Papal Loan, Fs. The Belgian Loan was nut quoted. For the end of the month, the Five per Cents. declined 55c. ; the Three per Cents. and Neapo litans, 50c. ; and the Belgian Loan, 4. The Papal Loan retained its yesterday's price. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, FEB. 24.-Five per Cents., 97f. 80c. 85c. 80c. 75c. 70c. 60c. 05c. 60c. 05c. 97f. 50 c . 40c. 50C. 55c. 50c. 45c. 40c. 50c. 45c. 97f. 50c. ; Four and Half per Cents., 89f. 25c. ; Four per Cents., 81f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 67f. 15c. 10c. 67f. 67f. sc. 66f. 95c. 67f. 66f. 85c. Mc. 65c. 70c. c. 70c. 75c. 70c. 65c. 66f. 85c. 80c. ; Bank Stock, 1,622 E 50c. ; Rente de Naples, 78E 40c. 2:5c. 78f. 7Sf. 10c. 78f. 78f. 5c ; Rente d'Espagne, 10 10%; Royal Spanish Loan, 75% % %; Rente Perpetuelle d'F.spagnc, 53 I 4 IA 53 53i, 14. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25E 50c. ; money, 25f. 45c.; three months, money, 25E 30c.-Cours Authentique. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, FEB. '2s.—Five per Cents., opened at 97f. 65c., closed at 97f. 70c. ; Three per Cents., opened at 66f. 95c., closed at 67f. 3c. ; Bank Actions, 1,620 f. ; Rente de Naples, 78f. 15c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 10 ; Royal Spanish ' Loan, 7514 • Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, opened at 53 1 / 8 , closed at 53. Exchange on London, one month, paper, :231. 50c.; money, 25f. 45c.; three months, money, 25f. 30e. The Lisbon Papers contain some official re gulations, having indirect reference to the threatened invasion of Don• PEDRO, which clearly show the anxious and uneasy state of Don MiGum.'s mind. Fain would he deny the perils of his position ; but in spite of him self the truth oozes out, and he evidently per ceives that the inevitable day of reckoning is at hand. It is said by those who un derstand the present posture of affairs in Portugal, that Don MIGUEL can scarcely calculate on the fidelity of a single regi ment, so busily are intrigues of all sorts pro gressing among the chiefs and subalterns of his motley party. The appearance of Don PEDRO'S armament on the coast will produce an imme diate sensation : (OFFICIAL.) LISBON, TUB. 13. 1.-DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Considering the serious inconveniences that have resulted from some of my subjects who are employed in my ser vice, having at the same time obtained some of them foreign employment and others privileges as factors or clerks of the subjects of other nations, and desiring to remedy this intolerable abuse, I have thought fit to order that any of my subjects who shall henceforth obtain any foreign employment in my kingdom, or a letter of privi leges from a foreigner, shall immediately lose any civil or military employment that he exercises, or office in the branches of finance or justice which he holds by right or service, and shall be incapable of being ever agai❑ em ployed in my Royal service. The competent authorities will see to the execution of the present decree. Palace of Queluz, Jan. 26, 1832. _Signed by the King our Sovereign. lI.—DEPARTMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL PRICES OF STOCKS THII Bank Stock( 196 5 N 3 per Cent. Red 83%1 3 per Cent. Cons. 82 1,(1Y4 3Y4 per Cent. SToi Ditto Red 90 TS% New 33per Cent. 90 89% 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1526 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860... 1674, 13-16 7 Oct. 10, 1859 l6 11-16 N • Jan. 5, 1860 l6,i Jan. 5, 1880 - Aprll 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, Ig7o - PRICES OF roittluti rUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Scrip Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto'Account 44%Ti Buenos Ayres Bonds— ...... Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds__ Ditto Bonds, 1834 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, !825 ...... « — Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent 31 Ditto Account 31►~ Neapolitan AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE. The Minister announces to the Vicar ofthe Chapter of the Archbishopric of Braga, that he has laid before his Majesty the offer of the Rector, Vice-Rector, Masters, and students of the seminary of St. Peter, in the city of Braga, to the number of 258, to serve as his Majesty may think fit, in defence of his indisputable rights and of our holy religion. His Majesty highly approving their noble and truly Portuguese sentiments, desires that they may be assured of his Royal approbation, and at the same time he informed that the revolutionists who now think of making war on us are the same who, from 1820 to 1823, and from 1826 to 1828, tormented the people in the most cruel manner, attacked all classes of society, even direct ing their rash hostility against the Throne, which has always been respected in Portugal, and against the religion of Jesus Christ. The experience of this conduct, which will never be obliterated from the memory of the Portu guese, has caused the whole nation to resolve rather to endure the greatest evils than suffer these revolutionists again to enter Portugal. For these reasons, and considering the scanty means and small force which they possess to attack us, his Majesty hopes it will not be necessary to em ploy the clergy and scholars as they offer, but should circumstances require it, he will employ them, as the defence of the kingdom is directed to the preserva tion of religion, the Throne, and the State. Meantime his Majesty recommends them to pray incessantly for the divine aid to Portugal, and to impress on the people, both by their exhortation and example, the fulfilment of their duties. The Minister Luiz de Paula Furtado de Castro do Rio de Mendota intimates to Sen. Joaquitn Gomez da Silva Bel fort that it is his Majesty's pleasure that the Judges of the quarters of the capital shall be as expeditious as possible in the proceedings against prisoners in their respective jurisdictions, and shall make monthly reports of the pri soners in the several prisons, and of the state of the pro ceedings. (OFFICIAL : ) DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, F. 15. Most Illustrious and Excellent Senhor,—The King eur Sovereign having considered the inconveniences which have arisen from the above, by which some foreign sub jects have given certificates to factors and clerks in num bers which are not authorised by treaty or by any grant of the Sovereign of these kingdoms for the purpose of withdrawing and exempting, by a mere certificate, such individuals who are Portuguese subjects, either to offices to which they are liable by the law or from the ordinary course of justice, has been pleased to order that henceforward no Portuguese shall retain a pri vilege from a foreigner unless he presents a letter of privi lege, granted by the respective Judge-Conservator ; and his Majesty has been pleased farther to order that the fol lowing regulations shall be provisionally observed in the granting of such letters of privilege 1. The letters of privilege of subjects of foreign nations, which are granted in consequence of the treaties with foreign nations, shall continue to be issued as heretofore, by the respective Conservators of the said nation. 2. That tkese letters may be obtained, and that the Conservators may issue them ; the person who requires such a one must present a certificate from a foreign merchant, declaring that the individual in question is employed in his service, receiving a salary, and another certificate from the local Consul, proving that the said foreign merchant is settled in Portugal with his commercial establishment. 3. On receiving these certificates, the Conservator shall proceed to take the necessary steps to assure himself of the truth of the above circumstances. 4. Having concluded his proceedings in the usual form, the Conservator shall order the letter to be granted, or shall refuse it, if he does not obtain the proof of all the requisite particulars mentioned in article 2, which are es sentially necessary for granting it. 5. If foreign merchants give a greater number of certifi cates, mentioned in article 2, than is founded on the special treaties by which the Sovereigns of these kingdoms granted such privileges, the Conservators are prohibited from re. ceiving them, and from granting by virtue of them letters of privilege. 6. All Portuguese, who actually have letters of privi lege, from foreigners of whatever nation, are obliged to have them revised by the respective Conservators, according to articles 2,3, and 5, within the space of two months, which I communicate to your Excellency by his Majesty's com mand, that you may act accordingly. VISCOUNT DE SANTAREM LUIZ DE PAULA FURTADO. Palace of Queluz, Feb. 11, 1832. SHIP NEWS. FEB. I2.—Arrived the Portuguese corvette Princeza Real, from the island of Madeira in twelve days, with twelve passengers, one of whom is a Lieutenant of Caca dore as a prisoner ; the Princeza da Beira merchantman in twelve days from Madeira, seven passengers, one a volun teer soldier as a prisoner ; the Princeza Real merchant.. man, from Madeira also in twelve days, eighty-three pas sengers, among whom are sixty soldiers as prisoners. Dutch, Prussian, and German Papers, of various dates, have been received, but their con tents possess no interest, with the exception of the following, which is disgraceful to the Prussian character, as regards the treatment shown to the brave but forlorn Poles AUGSBURG, FEB. 19.—. The Leipsic Gazette gives th following as a private communication. In the present cire cunsstance., when so much is written respecting the treat ment of the Polish troops in Prussia, we think it necessary to publish the official declaration which the Polish Com mander-in-Chief was made to sign before he crossed tha frontier. BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY, THE KING OF PRUSSIA. Protest of the Prussian Major-General commander of the second brigade of Landwehr, against the passing of the Polish G neral Ilybinski, and the troops under him into the territory on this side of the frontier. In the name of his Majesty the King of Prussia, my Most Gracious Sovereign. I, as his Dlajor•General and commander of the second brigade of Land wehr, protest against the entrance of the Polish General Rybinsk i and the troops under him into this territory, with any other view than that of seeking protection on neutral ground, which would be followed by their laying down their arms, and delivering up them and all materiel of war. If the Polish General is ready to agree for himself and his troops to this first and important condition, he and his troops may be assured of protection, and leave to reside in the territory of his Majesty, the King of Prussia, and he is desired to give his declaration in writing. Every body may, therefore, form an opinion, of the treatment which the Polish troops lately experienced is part of Prussia. VIENNA, FEB. I3.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 85 7- 16ths ; Four per Cents, 1,11/B.—Austrian Observer, Feb. 14. BRUSSIN FUNDS.—BERLIN FEB. Is. St. Schuld Sell. 4 per cent. Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent. lol3‘ Ditto Ditto 182?, 5 per cent. loll,‘ Ditto Bonds 1830, 4 per cent.. Exchange on London, three months 6.`28A —Prussian State Gazette, Feb. 19. Despatches were received this day at the Colo nial-office from Major-General Sir F. PON SONBY, the Lieutenant-Governor of Malta, dated Feb. 3.—From General the Earl of CHAT HAM, the Governor of Gibraltar, dated Feb. 13 ; and from Cadiz, dated Feb. 16. An overland despatch has arrived from India, but we have not heard the date or the news. CUMBERLAND ASSIZES. (Abridged from the Carlisle Journal.) The assizes for this county commenced here on Tuesday last, before Sir E. H. ALDERSON and SirJoHN PATTESON. A little after twelve o'clock both Courts were opened. Sir E. ALDERSON presided in the Crown Court, and Sir JOHN PATTESON at Nisi Prius. The Crown calendar contained the names of twenty-three prisoners. On the Civil Side only eight cases were entered. NISI PRIUS. THE WHITEHAVEN RIOTS.-.--JACISON V. THE INHABI- TANTS OF ALLERDALE WARD ABOVE DERWENT. Mr. AGLIANEY opened the pleadings. Mr. BLACKMAN stated the case to the Jury. The action was brought by Mr. Jackson, of the Black Lion-inn, in Whitehaven, for injuries which his house had sustained by the violence of a riotous and lawless mob. On the 213th of May last, being his Majesty's birth-day, a number of gentlemen of Whitehaven and the neighbourhood, as had been the usual custom, had fixed to dine at the Black Lion Inn; and a gen tleman of the name of Mr. Isaac Littledale was requested to take the chair. New in this county the political par- ties were divided into Blues and Yellows ; and Mr. Little dale was what was called a blue. The yellows wished to introduce a new custom ; and instead of going to the Black Lion, they mustered in very considerable numbers at Whitehaven Castle, to dine. In the early part of the day, the colliers in Lord Lonsdale's employment began to parade the streets, carrying yellow flags, and shortly before the hour fixed for the dinner, they broke into the Black Lion, and began to destroy the dishes, glasses, bottles, &c., and threatened they would pull the house down stone by stone, if the dinner went on. They were got out this time ; but came back again, with yellow flags' and music; again they broke into the house and recommenced their ss ork of destruction. They were got out a second time ; and again they came back with an effigy of Mr. Blamire, dressed in the clothes of Mr. Peile ; and they threatened to pull the house down, and in fact commenced the work by breaking nearly all the windows in the house. That there was a riot there could be no question; and the only ques tion would be as to the intention of the rioters. That they had fully intended to destroy the house, would be clear fr ,, m their own declarations, and from the acts which they committed ; and they were only prevented from carry ing that intention into full effect by the exertions of Mr. Peile, Mr. Quayle, and others of Lord Lonsdale's stewards, who had gone amongst them, and ordered them to go home. When Mr. Peile desired them to go away, they shouted, you, why did you bring us here, and now are going to desert us." One thing was quite clear—they had accomplished part of their work, by demolishing a part of the house, and rendering it almost uninhabitable. The Jury having heard the evidence, retired, and were absent nearly two hours, when they returned into Court ; and the foreman said " we find that there was no felonious intention on the part of the rioters to demolish the house but merely to annoy the party." His Lordship said—" that is a verdict for the de fendant; the other points being immaterial." SEDUCTION. - ROPER V. LITTLE. Mr. Armstrong stated the case.—The plaintiff was a "stateman," living upon his own property, near Wigton, and the defendant was a carrier, and butter and bacon dealer, residing at Scotby ; and the action was brought to recover compensation for one of the greatest injuries that could be inflicted upon a parent—that of the seduction of the daughter. The Learned Gentleman called Catherine Roper—l am the daughter of the plaintiff, who resides at Ringside-hill, six miles from Wigton ; I am just turned twenty years of age, and reside with my father. My father was in the habit of going to Wigton market and I went with him in July, 1828, where I met the defendant for the first time. I saw him at Wigton several times after that ; and he afterwards paid his ad dresses to me ; and continued to do so until 1830. I met him at Carlisle, in August, 1829, at Carlisle fair ; when lie would very gladly have had me to go to Gretna to be married. I told him we had not been long enough acquainted : he said we had been acquainted long enough —it had been for two years. He always talked about marrying me. At Wigton my father quartered at Joe Coulthard's, and I saw the defendant there in June, 1830, on his way to our house—courting to me. He was three nights at our house. O❑ the third night my father and mother went to bed—leaving me and the befendant sitting up. They went to bed about eleven o'clock, and we sat up till between two and three ; when I went to bed, the defendant followed me into my room, but it was before I was in bed. Intercourse took place between us at that time, and at other times until May, 1830. I was in the family-way in May; and commu nicated it to my father and mother after. I also told the defendant, and he always said he would marry me ; be said would let it alone for a fortnight or so, and then marry me. The child was born in my father's house in January 1831 ; and any father has maintained us ever since. The defendant is a carrier, a butter and bacon dealer, and a farmer. The Jury, without retiring, returned a 'verdict for the plaintiff--Damages 201. A SPANISH PLAY-BILL.—ro the Sove reign of Heaven—to the Mother of the Etei nal World— to the Polar Star of Spain—to the Comforter of all Spain —to the Faithful Protectress of the Spanish Nation—to the honour and glory of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, for her benefit and for the propagation of her worship, the company of Cornelians will this day give a representation of the comic piece called Nanine. The celebrated Italian will also dance the Fandango, and the theatre will be illu minated. HORRIBLE MURDER.—Sunday night a party of Whitefeet, armed, went to the house of JERE3IIAH FARRELL, tenant of T. KAVANAGH, Esq., of Borris, on the lands of Garnagully, and within about four miles of Castlecomer. They dragged the unfortunate man opposite to the fire-place, put him on his knees, and deliberately fired at his head, and blew out his brains, in the presence of his family ! These monsters then he'd up a candle, and said to the inmates, " Look at us, and try if you know IP', and prosecute us if you dare." After this they beat a brother of FARRELL'S, and then left the house. The deceased had been twice visited before and beaten by Whitefeet, in consequence of his having taken land from which a person of the name of WALSH had been previously ejected for non-payment of rent. Colonel OSBORNE, Major Swig- NET, of the 70th, and Captain TRENCH, C.C.P., went to the scene of this inhuman murder, the following morn ing, to hold an inquest, but, in consequence of the country people being at the fair of Ballyragget, they were unable to procure a Jury.....liiaenny Moderator. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE 0' CLOCK. Halifax Papers to the 10th of Junuary have been re. ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house. _ vV ST. JoHN's (NEw BnUNsWICK), DEC. 31.—1 n addi tion to the melancholy catalogue of the shipwrecks already known, it has fallen to our lot to record the loss of the Digby packet, Caroline, with the crew, and a number of passengers, amounting in all to 14 souls ; all of them are supposed to have perished. A severe shock of an earthquake was felt at Grenada on the 4th of December, when the people were in church ; the shock was tremendous, and lasted half a minute. The winter has been very severe at Halifax ; a great quantity of snow has fallen. They write from Paris, that the grand question is now to ascertain whether Spain will assist Don Miguel against his brother. The private letters, by express from Madrid, say that the new Minister for Foreign Affairs at Madrid has openly declared that it will be impolitic to suffer Don Pedro to establish a Constitutional Government in the Peninsula, and that the other Ministers are of the same opinion. The accounts from the frontiers of Spain inform us that the French Government, to prevent Spain from assisting Don Miguel, has permitted the Spanish refugees to pro ceed to the frontiers of Spain, and that General Mina is soon to head them. He has been purchasing a great quantity of arms and horses. A Lisbon Mail has arrived—sailed 19th February. Also a Malta Mail—sailed 3d February; front Gibraltar 15th February ; ani from Cadiz 16th February. THE FUNDS. The Estafette from Paris brings the French renter lower 67f. sc. ; but at present we do not hear of any im portant news by the above conveyance, but with the excep tion, w•e may add, of a private letter, stating that it was expected that a free trade would take place with England. Although the letter comes from one of the French Deputies, we cannot at present give full credit to it. We have no doubt that a great modification will take place between France and this country in regard to their future commerce ; but to that extent of a free trade between the two Powers cannot be correct. Our Funds are not so good as they left off on Saturday, at 82 for the account; they opened this morning at 828 at which price they may be quoted at present, with little doing. To-morrow being settling day in Consols, they are busy in making up their accounts. It now appears that there are a few cases of supposed attack of the cholera at the west end of the town, but not to any degree alarming. We understand that the passengers on board the Hamburg steamer, which left London yesterday for Hamburg, were examined by a doctor, and clean bills of health given to them. No doubt they will be permitted to land on their arrival at Hamburg. In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. We are happy to inform our readers, upon good autho rity, that the English claims upon the Brazil Government, which have been so long pending, have at last been finally settled to the satisfaction of both parties. The private letters by the estafette this morning from Paris again assert that the French Government have no tified to the Spanish Cabinet, that if they march an army to the assistance of Don Miguel, the French Government will order an army to proceed to Spain. The private letters by the Lisbon mail state that little dependence can be placed in the Portuguese troops, on the landing of the expedition of Don Pedro. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 821 for the Account, have since improved to 82i for the Account, and 824 for next time. This rise is attri buted to the settling of the Account; but until the Op tions are called, which takes place at a quarter to four o'clock, it cannot be ascertained whether it will prove a Bull or Bear account. A report prevails that 14 new Peers are to be made; but this is only rumour at present. The private letters from Brussels do not bring any thing of irrportmce ; therefore we must wait the operations of the Russian agent, which has arrived at the Hague. Nothing doing in the Foreign market of consequence. THREE O'CLOCK Consols 821 I. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL COUNCIL OFFICE : DAILY REPO BOARD OF HEALTH. , WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) , RT of CHOLERA CASES. .4 f: 1 7, . t 7° 2it: i r : Places and Date. E .., ce r...) .... j t..) t. ` ?, ~, 1 7 .! I 7: 6 e i -ij o a . ''' 7l § c g Z .-.".,` 7. , ., g i i-I'..i ~"E ! From the several Collieries and other Villages around Newcastle up to Feb. 23 .. 104 162 15 164 87 1102 170 Newcastle, Feb. 24,25 7 1 0 4 4 960 i 301 North Shields &c. Feb. 25 45 1 2 11 33 324 93 South Shields, Feb. 25 2 0 0 1 1 11 5 Hetton, &c., Feb. 25. Haddington, Feb. 24 3 0 0 3 0 132 60 Tranent, Feb. 24 9I 0 0 8 1 I 282 78 P r eston Pans, Feb. 24 Musselburgh, Feb. 24 Edinburgh, Feb. 24 ... Kirkintilloch, Feb. 24 Glasgow, &c., Feb. 24 23 32 19 10 26 106 46 Paisley, Feb. 23, 24 l2 12 8 7 9 M 32 Mary Hill, Feb. 24 61213 i 4 31 10 Coal Bridge, Feb. 22, 23 4I 4 2 6 0, 26 11 Total 1253 1227 48 1234 198 4171 1161 Total from places where the disease has ceased, or from which no returns have been this day received 1257 433 Grand Total 5428 X 1594 Grand WM. 111 (Signed) [ACLEAN, Secretary. Their MAJESTIES will not only shortly visit the two Metropolitan Theatres, but they have likewise intimated in the proper quarter that at no distant period they will visit the Italian Opera House and the Philhar monic Concerts. At each of those places boxes will be fitted up with great splendour purposely for their reception. KEAN.—When KEAN erected a monument to CoosE, in America, CoorEs. asked him why he did not write an epitaph also? " Sir," said KEAN, " the loss that two nations sustained by his death is CooKE's epitaph." KEAN, the actor, after a career of success as an actor, unexampled since the days of GARRICK, and after having gained by his profession, and spent it, upwards of 150,0001., is at length become a saving man. lie states his future project to be the accumulation of so much wealth a• will enable him to pass the evening of his life in tran quillity at his cottage in the Isle of Bute. Ship building, which for several years had become extinct at Carmarthen, has, we are happy to say, been renewed in that town ; there are now on the stocks a sloop and two schooners, in a forward state. Vessels, no doubt, might be constructed there as cheaply as in any other part of the kingdom, as timber is abundant, and was continually exported from the port when the building business was suspended.— Cambrian. BIRTH.—On the 22d inst., at 46, North Frederick -street, Glasgow, the wife of G. J. Durcts, of a daughter. FALL OF THE CLIFF AT FONVEY.—On Thursday se'nnight the cliff near Punch's Cross, at the entrance of Fowey harbour, on the eastern side, which had for several days been observed to be in a tottering condi tion, fell with a tremendous crash, when about 30,000 tons of stones and earth are supposed to have been sepa rated from the main land.—Edinburgh Courant. Typhus fever is very prevalent at Bradford. The Spey, JAMES commander, is just ar rived f rom Li sboa, whence she sailed on Sun d ay l ast. We are informed, by passengers who came by her. that the people are all anxiously expecting DON PEDRO, and are ready to join him. DON MIGUEL ap pears to use every effort in his power to prepare for the invaders. He has ordered the soldiers from the country, whom he calls volunteers; but they were brought into Lisbon shackled two and two, for fear of desertion. The Don is becoming cautious of making himself too public, and rarely ventures out without a nu. merous retinue of priests, by whom be is idolized. He last week borrowed a large sum of money from the Bank, and rigorously enforced the payment of the loan from the merchants. There were at Badajos, a distance of ten league s from Lisbon, about 40,000 Spanish troops in rea diness to support Don MIGUEL if necessary. The packet was kept in quarantine during her stay. There were 15 British vessels ready to discharge their cargoes, but the Lazarette having only room for one cargo at a time, the delay will be very great...—Second Edition of the Fuhnouth Packet of Saturday. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day at eleven o'clock, to hear EngliFh appeals. The Lords in attendance were the Lord Chan cellor, Earls Eldon, Denbigh, and Amherst ; Lord Plun kett, and the Bishop of Chester. LOGAN V. WINEHOLT. Sir EDWARD SUGDRN resumed his arguments on the part-heard appeal, which the Learned Gentleman had rot concluded when our reporter left. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury, at Guildhall. FRIEDLANDER V. THE LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. This was an action by the plaintiff, Benjamin Hayman Friedlander, a jeweller, late of No. 27, Earl-street, Fins bury-square, to recover the amount of a policy of insu rance effected with the defendants for 1,000/., upon the stock in trade and furniture of the plaintiff, which bad been destroyed by fire. There were several pleas to the declaration, charging fraud, that the premises were wil fully set en fire, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. HotiT), in stating the circumstances attending . the fire, and the large quantity of goods thereby destroyed, said he would be able to prove, not only that the fire was acci dental, but that the plaintiff 'a stock was worth 1,7001., exceeding the amount of the policy by 7001. Henry Friedlander, a son of the plaintiff, deposed that his father occupied two rooms on the ground floor and two on the first floor; the back room on each floor was used as a warehouse. Other persons, named Worrae and Smith, lived in the other parts of the house. In December, 1229, M". Sabine, the Surveyor to the Lon don Assurance Company, came and surveyed the premises and stock. On the 16th of May, 1830, the plaintiff went to Birmingham, at which time there were in the two warehouses cases, drawers, &c., contain ing large quantities of jewellery, plated goods, japanned goods, silks, and lace. Besides which, the household fur niture was worth from eighty to one hundred pounds. The plaintiff 's assistant, Nathan, was left in charge of the place with the witness. On the night of the 25th of May witness and Nathan supped together i❑ the front room of the ground floor ; after which Nathan smoked his pipe, then took the candle, and locked up the back ware house, and brought witness the key. There was no fire in the room. About eleven o'clock they went to bed toge• ther, in the first floor front room. About half-past two o'clock in the morning witness was awoke by Nathan pul ling his hair, and telling him the house was on fire; he jumped up, took his clothes, and ran down stairs in to the street, on his way to which he saw a light under the warehouse door. He met a person named Chopping at the doer, and they ran to the engine -house, but it was locked ; coming back they met an occasional porter of the plaintiff's, named Duke, who was also a watchman, and who had the keys of the engine-house ; they then took the engine to the premises, which were in one com plete blaze. They then went for the turncock, but it Iva, some time before they could get water. It was about an hour before any ether engines arrived. The stock in trade, hooks, the policy of insurance, and nearly all the papers were destroyed. Nathan that day wrote the fol lowing letter to the plaintiff:—" Mr. Friedlander,—You will not do otherwise than hasten to town immediately, as there was a fire in your house. (Signed) Nathan." The plaintiff arrived on the evening of the 28th. The witness then deposed to several applications at the London Assurance Office, for the amount of the plaintiff's claim, and exami nations before the Board of Directors, and at length the plaintiff was told that the Board was dissatisfied in conse quence of his claim being too indefinite. The witness swore that the goods enumerated in the claim were on the premises when the fire broke out. Cross-examined by Sir JAMES SCARLET; (with whom was Mr. CAMEBELL)-The plaintiff's name was Fried lander. He had never gone by that of Hayman. Some persons had called him by one name and some by the other. The plaintiff had been in business at Stettin, in Prussia, and came to this country in 1824 or 1825. (The case is not expected to conclude to-day, as there is an immense number of witnesses on each side.) BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Their HONOURS the Judges of the Court of Review sat to-day at the Public Sale-room Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, which has • been temporarily fitted up as a Court for the reception of their HONOURS. TURPIN IN RE-BROWN. His HONOUR the Chief Justice gave the judgment of the Court this morning, in the ease which was heard some time since before their Honours, on the petition of the as signees of Brown, praying that the trustees under his marriage settlement might be directed to invest the divi dends they should receive under his estate in Govern ment securities. The facts of the case were, shortly these : —Brown, the bankrupt, on his marriage, gave a bond to secure 3,0001. to trustees. Some time after that event he became bankrupt, and under the commission the trusters of his marriage settlement had been admitted to prove in respect of the 3,0001. Under that proof they had re ceived up wards of 1,2251., and the question now was, whether the trustees should be allowed to retain the dividend till the whole amount had been paid. The Counsel, on behalf of the petitioner, argued that such a course was contrary to the whole prin ciple of the Bankrupt Laws, and, in support of that pro position, cited the cases of ex-parte Smith, ex-parte Groom, ex-parte Vernon, and Mittford v. Wratton. The Court rook time to look into those authorities, and had now una nimously agreed in the opinion that the Trustees ought to be allowed to retain the dividends and interest as they should arise, until the principal sum of 3,0001. should be realized, and that then the dividends should be paid over to the assignees. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Buck iegbamshire, from China; Eagle, from Singapore ; Pro tector, and Exporter, from the Mauritius, and sailed for the River; the Waterloo, Blakly, from China, remains. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Wind N.E.—Passed by the Ellen, Patterson, from Bengal. Off port—the Bolivar, Martin, from Valparaiso. Sailed his Majesty's ship Pan taloon, for Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 24 AND 25.—Wind E.N.E., Passed by the Kerswell, Roswell, for the Cape of Good Hope, sailed 7th December ; the Arab, transport, from the Mauritius; and Bustler, Leader, from Figueira. FALMOUTH, Fen. 24 AND 25.—Wind N. to N.E.— Arrived the Hermes, steam-packet, from the Mediterra nean ; sailed from Corfu 30th ult., Malta 3d instant, Gibralter 15th, and Cadiz the 16th; Spey packet, from Lisbon, sailed 19th inst. ; Nameless, Heyward, from Trieste; David, Hammock, from Trapan ; Adventure, Wilson, from La Guira ; Diana, Holmes, from Alexandria ; Aurora, from Corfu ; Cornhill, front Florence ; and Sis ter., Cope, from Bellestrates. Sailed the Sandwich packet, for Lisbon. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 2.s.—Arrived the Alert, Griffin, from Terceira. Off pert, the Petworth, Islmonger, from Magadure, and Clnudins, from Messina. TogsAy, FEB. 25, Arrived the Concord, Smith, from Dijon. BRISTOL, Fits. 25.—Arrived the Vintage, —.—, from Oporto. LIVERPOOL, Fan. 24.—Arrived the Cape Breton, Johnson, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Robert, Wake, from Marnham ; Aquatic, Major, from Pernambuco; James, Laughto, from Ciunpeachy ; Euphemia, from Nassau, Henry, Greaves, and Marshal, Ney, from Charles ton ; William, Malvey, from Smyrna ; Ellen, Clare, from Messina; Margaret, Highfutld from, Messina; and Nymph, from Leghorn. GREENOCK, FEB. 23.—Arrived the Neptune, Whittles ton from Bombay; Sappho, Wallace, from Demerara ; and Union, Mill, from Lisbon. DUBLIN, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Susan, Johnson, from St. Andrew's, N. B. _ _ PENZANCE, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Maria, Slink, from Batavia; Margaretta, Hughes, from Surinam; Louisa, Emelie, from Porto Rico; Nestor, Hayman, from Salem; Herman, Leshe, from Baltimore; Eveline, Friend, from Alexandria; and Alepes, Wacklin, from Gloucester. GUERNSEY, FEB, 23.—Arrived the Blossom, Bennett, from Rio Janeiro. The Morning Star, Rendall, from Halifax to Leghorn, was run down off Cope Palos, on the 9th inst., by a French brig—crew saved. The Duke of RICHMOND had an interview this morning with Earl GREY at the Treseury.—•The in terview lasted some time. The people in the places in the Highlands, vi sited by the Glasgow steamers, are in a dreadful state of alarm, and are all on the qui rive to prevent cholera being imported from Glasgow. Ere a landing is allowed at Lochgilphead the steam-boat steward appears on the paddle-box, and a person on shore administers an oath, and then takes a deposition as to the good health of every person on board. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Pex e;717 'll It has surprised us not a little ko,llol'l44tiit among a certain class of politiciiiikh e pro. visions of the Reform Bill, which gives eight ad ditional Members to this great metrbpolis of the British empire, is likely to be contested with a heat which scarcely any other of its provisions has excited. We must believe the rumour on y. 'ti\ :"'~'~l i.:~ this subject to be correct, because it is in gene ral circulation, and because it remains uncoutra- dieted by the Press of the Anti-Reformers ; but unless Lord Chandos—a Nobleman of a high rank—had positively given a notice to that effect, we could never have conceived the possibility of refusing to London any privilege which was granted in similar circumstances to the other parts of the kingdom. Those who allow Man chester, and Birmingham, and Leeds, and Glas gow, which had never representatives before, to return Members under the Reform Bill, must have some novel and mysterious system to guide them, which cannot comprehend the metropolis and its suburbs. On what ground is any system of representation based, which could exclude the rights of the latter? It cannot be an inadequate population of unrepresented individuals in the metropolitan districts, for some of those districts which are only to return two Members each, have a more numerous body of inhabitants than any county in England or Wales, except Yorkshire, which is to return 36 Members, or Lancashire, which is to return 23. The district of the Tower Hamlets alone contained, by the census of 1821, 291,650, and by that of 1831, 359,821 souls,—a population greater than any one of 30 of the English counties,—one of which under the old system sent 42 Members to Parliament, and several of which, under the Re form Act, will elect between 10 and 18 repre sentatives. Finsbury, and its electoral district, by the census of 1831, contains 244,077 in habitants, being more than 19 out of the 42 counties of England, which, inclusive of their borough Members, are to be represented by be tween 4to 12 Members each. Marylebone and the surrounding parishes, which unite to form its electoral district, contain 240,291 inhabi tants,—a greater and more intelligent population than any county of England can produce, with the exception of three or four. The population of any one of the four districts of Marylebone, Finsbury, the Tower Hamlets, or Lambeth, ex ceeds that of the whole inhabitants of the bo roughs in schedules A and B, which for merly returned nearly two-thirds of the House of Commons. But omitting all consideration of the number of inhabitants in London, and looking, for a moment, upon the immense population of the metropolitan dis tricts as hordes of slaves,—no more to be reckoned in a question of political privilege than the blacks on a Virginian or West Indian plan tation,—let us regard, for a moment, that indi cation of their aptitude for voting which is mea sured by their possession of separate domiciles . Thus we find, by the last returns, that the num ber of houses in the district of Finsbury is 30,000, and the number of qualifying tenements 23,600 ; that the number of houses in Marylebone is 28,000, and the number of qualifying tenements 21,600 ; that in Lambeth the former is 29,000, and the latter 16,400 ; and that in the Tower Hamlets the houses are 65,000, and the qualify ing tenements 23,000. It is almost needless to say that in none of the enfranchised towns does the amount of the population, or the number of qualifying tenements, approach that of the lowest of the metropolitan districts. In Birmingham the number of qualifying tenements is only 7,000 ; in Manchester only 12,500 ; in Leeds only 6,700. Any one of the metropolitan districts contains more qualifying tenements than the whole of the two condemned schedules. It would be su perfluous to bring forward any other statement on this point than the simple fact that the metropolis and its bordering districts contain nearly a third of the whole houses of England rated or liable to the assessed taxes, the number of tenements of the annual value of ten pounds in the metropolis being 116,279, and over the whole kingdom only 378,786. But there is another essential element of qualification intro duced into every system of constituency, except that of universal suffrage—namely, property, or that criterion of patriotism and knowledge which is founded on the extent of individual posses sion enjoyed by the elector. And how stand the metropolitan districts in this respect ? The metropolitan county of Middlesex paid in as ' sessed taxes in 1830, the sum of 1,250,3001., while no other county in England, with few ' exceptions, paid a tenth part of that sum. The county of York, which is to send thirty-six Members to Parliament under the new Bill, paid only 216,8631., and Lancashire only 220,8541. Yet Middlesex, even with the six additional Members to be given to it, will only have a representation of fourteen instead of thirty-six or twenty-three. If the compa rison be made with any other county, the contrast between the wealth of Midd'e- sex and its number of representatives, placed on a parallel with the wealth and represen tation of the former, will be still more strik ing. Cornwall, for instance, which by the Re form Bill will return as many Members as Mid dlesex, both being 14, paid in 1830 only as sessments to the amount of 30,9031. instead of 1,250,300/.! Take the district of Marylebone alone, and we find that pays assessed taxes to the amount of 290,3761.,—greater than those of all Yorkshire, or of all Lancashire, and nearly ten times more than Cornwall, which is to be represented by 14 members in the Reformed Parliament. Taking the same criterion of pro perty, but varying its mode of expression, we may state that the rental of all the houses of England and Wales liable to assessment for the house tax is only returned at 11,154,109/., and of this sum the assessed rental of the single county of Middlesex amounts to 5,143,3401., or nearly one-half of the whole ! We have thus seen that the mighty suburbs of this mighty city pos sess an amount of population—a body of house holders—and an extent of property, which, being taken either separately or conjointly as the basis of a constituency, would entitle them to more representatives than the Bill proposes to grant, —in short, that, taken as population, the metro polis ought to return more than fifty Members, and as property more than two hundred. What, then, is the drawback ? Are the inhabitants of the metropolis less intelligent or less informed — less acquainted with the nature of their political duties, or less able to form a judgment on the qualifications or legislative candidates for their tarour,—less alive to the interests and honour of their country, or less disposed to promote its welfare and prosperity, than the propose d elec tors of other districts ? Let Lord Chand os and h to is msualoirnterssutchhin ak proposition. tw icebe fo r e they t ven turee were even to whisper such a libel on the good s e nse and political knowledge of the metropolis, we would venture to predict that every tenth , man on whom the Bill is to confer the electiv