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Dar fee , Wag• :0 11 ' Wag LADY NEWBOROUGET. (From the Court Journal.) ate illy alp rig ro- The folloving romantic story, which was some time ago a subject of conversation in the fashion able circles both of London and Paris, pur ports to be extracted from a Memoir stated to be written by the fair claimant to the succession of the House of Orleans, and printed in Paris be fore the revolution of 1830, but immediately suppressed : " Lady Newboratigh had always considered her self as the daughter of Lorenzo Chiappini, formerly gaoler of Modigliani, and subsequently constable (sbirro) at Florence, and of his wife Vincenzia Dili genti, until some days after the death of the former (which appears to have occurred in the period of 1816-18, for the exact year is not given), when, having removed to Sienna, she received a posthumous letter from her supposed father. The following is a literal translation from the Italian original : "My Lady,--I have at length reached the term of my days without having revealed to any one a secret which directly concerns me and yourself. The secret is the following:— 1 On the day when you were born, of a person whom I cannot name, and who now is in the other world, a male child of mine was also born. I was re quested to make an exchange; and, considering the state of my finances in those days, I acceded to the often-repeated and advantageous proposals, and at that time I adopted you as my daughter in the same manner as my son was adopted by the other party. "' I observe that Heaven has repaired my faults by placing you in better circumstances than your father, although his rank was somewhat similar : this enables me to end my days with some comfort. " Let this serve to extenuate my culpability to wards you. I entreat your pardon for my fault. I desire you, if you please, to keep this transaction secret, in order that the world shall not have any opportunity to speak of an affair which is now with out remedy. " ' This, my letter, you will not receive until after my death. " ' LORENZO CHIAPPINI.' " Immediately after receiving this letter, Lady Newborough called before her Ringrezzi, the con fessor of the late gaoler, and Fabroni, a nephew of the confessor of the late Countess Borghi, when the former assured her that his opinion had always been that she was the daughter of the Grand Duke Leopold; but this assertion Fabroni instantly con tradicted, saving, ' Myladi is the daughter of a French Lord called Court Joißville, who had con siderable property in Champagne; and I entertain no doubt, that if your Ladyship were to go to that province, you would there find valuable documents, which I have - been told were there left in the bands of a respectable ecclesiastic.' " Two old sisters of the name of Banditti, who had been born and educated in the house of the Borghis, and during all their life in the service of that family, stated to Lady Newborough, and after wards to the Ecclesiastical Court of Faenza, that in the year 1773 they followed their master and mis tress to Modigliana, where the latter usually had their summer residence in a chateau belonging to them; that, arriving there, they found a French Count, Louis Joinville, and his Countess, established in the Pretoria! Palace. That the Count had a well-shaped body, brownish complexion, a red and pimpled nose. As to the Countess,' they said, in your own person you see my Lady, almost her perfect image.' They further stated, that between the Borghis and this family a very intimate inter course was soon established, and that they daily in terchanged visits. " The foreign Lord was extremely familiar with persons of the lowest rank, and particularly with the gaoler Chiappini, who lived under the same roof. The wives of both were pregnant: and it appeared that they expected their delivery much about the same time. But the Count was tormented with a grievous anxiety ; his wife had as yet had no male offspring; and he much feared that they never would be blessed with any. Having communicated his project to the Borghis, he at length made an overture to the gaoler ; telling him he apprehended the loss of a very great inheritance, which absolutely depended on the birth of a son, and that he was dis posed, in case the Countess gave birth to a daugh ter, to exchange her for a boy, and that for this ex change he would liberally recompense the father. The man, charmed at finding his fortune thus unex pectedly made, immediately accepted the offer, and the bargain was concluded. " Immediately after the accouchement of the ladies, one of the Bandinis went to the Pretorial Palace to see the new-born babies, when some women in the house told her that the exchange had already taken place; and Chiappini himself being present expressly confirmed their statement. The Lady Camilli (Borghi) at different succeeding periods often repeated the same statement. She said, like wise, that the Countess Joinville had been ac quainted with the whole transaction, and had seemed to he satisfied with it. "As there were several persons in the secret, however solemnly silence had been promised, there were some babblers, and public rumour soon accused the barterer!. The Count Louis, fearing the people's ind;gnation, fled and concealed himself in the con vent of St. Bernard, at Brisighella. He was ar rested ther e, and again set at large, but the Bandinis never saw him after that period. _ _ " The lady departed with her servants and her sup- positious son; but her own daughter being bap tized, and called Maria Stella Petronilla, and de signated as the daughter of Lorenzo Chiappini and Vincenzia Dil:genti, ever afterwards remained with them. The Countess Borghi was much vexed at the whole transaction, and, wishing as much as it Was in her power to repair the evil done by others, she retained the young orphan near herself, and treated her with uncommon tenderness. This she continued to do during the first four years of the child's life, until Chiappini tonic the infant with him to Florence, where he educated her, and purchased property with the money be had received by his shameful bargain. " Being in Paris in 1823, in the month of July, Lady Newborough had recourse to a stratagem, by which she expected to be led to some important discoveries. She inserted in the newspapers that she had been desired by the Countess Pompeo Borghi to discover in France a Count Louis Join ville, who, in the year 1773, was with his Countess at Modigliana, where the latter gave birth to a son on the 16th of April; and that, if either of those Persons were still alive, or the child born at Ma digliana, she was empowered to communicate to them something of the highest importance.' "Subsequently to this advertisement, she was waited upon by a Colonel Joinville; but he derived his title only from the reign of Louis XVIII. But before the Colonel was out of the door, she had a eall from the Abbe de Saint-Fare, with whom she had the following conversation : " The Abbe commenced—' The Duke of Orleans having read your article, desired me this morning to seek information respecting this succession; for we presumed that the thing in question was nothing else ; and at the period which you allude to, there Was nobody besides the family of Orleans, to whom the title of Joinville could belong.' Lady Newbo rough—, Was his Highness the Duke born at Modigliana on the 16th of April, 1773 ?' The Abbe--c He was born in that year, but at Paris, on the 6th of October.' Lady Newborough—' I ant sorry to have given you this trouble, for in that ease he is quite a different person from the one I seek; The Abbe—You, no doubt, know that the late Duke was a great friend of the fair sex, and the infant in question may have been born of one of his favourites.' Lady Newborough—' No, the child's legitimacy is undoubted.' The Abbe— ' That is very surprising; indeed the Duke ever *rapt himself up in mystery.' Lady Newborough Can you describe his appearance to me ?' The Abbe--' Readily, Madam. He was a good-looking Irian : his leg was well [made; his complexion was somewhat darkish red; and bad it not been for the .2, fl 4 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1832 We are happy to hear that in the interviews which M. CONTE and M. PIRON, the Director and Sub-Director of Posies in Paris, have had with the Duke of RICHMOND, since their ar rival in London, the most perfect readiness was evinced on both sides to enter into an arrange ment for the establishment of a daily communi cation between the Post-offices of this country and France. M. CONTE has waived the ob jection which he raised in the first instance, to the employment of light carriages from Calais to Paris, instead of sending the bags by man and horse, as at present, and is willing to concede most of the other points urged by the Duke of RICHMOND. He insists, however, that the law which now exists as to French vessels, by which they are prevented from conveying English mails, shall be abrogated, and the Duke of RICHMOND is willing to propose the abrogation of it as soon as the new Parliament shall meet; but the Duke, on the other hand requires that the French Govern ment shall immediately prepare a sufficient number of substantial• steamers to guarantee the punc tual and safe performance of their portion of the contract. To this the French Govern ment are willing to agree. It is impossible, therefore, that anything will prevent the comple tion of the arrangement in any way which will be satisfactory to the commerce of both countries. M. CONTE and M. PIRON have another ob ject in view than the mere settlement of this ques tion with the Duke of RICHMOND. They in tend to investigate the whole system of the Post office here, and to borrow from it whatever would improve their own. The Duke of RICH MOND has liberally ordered that every possible information should be afforded to them, and they are to inspect the Post-office and dine there this day. No official account has been received from Paris, by the French Ambassador, of the arrest of the Duchess de BERRI. It is not supposed, however, that the report of that event is incor rect. We believe it to be the opinion of our Government and of persons connected with the French Embassy, that the Duchess will not be tried, but be immediately sent out of the country. This may be the wish of the French Govern ment, and, under ordinary circumst a n ces , th e French nation would concur in it ; but there is a large body in France who contend that the sex of the Duchess ought not to. protect her from the legal consequences of her conduct, considering of how much bloodshed she has been the cause. The following are extracts from German Papers received this morning :- NUItEMBUII,6, Nov. I.—The brigade of four battalions of infantry, two squadrons of light horse, and a battery, which is ordered to Greece, amounts in all to 3,583, that is, including the officers, subalterns, &c. Only such subalterns and privates will be employed in this expedition as have still at least two years to serve. The cavalry will go without horses, Which are to be purchased in the king dom of Naples ; and when our men return to Bavaria, the horses are to be Greek troops. It is under :teod that the Greek Government will have to take upon it , &f not only the expense of the march of the troops, but also their pay. It is positively affirmed that his Ma jesty King Otho will leave Munich at the same time as the Greek Regency and the deputation, and will embark at Naples. —Nurembur g Correspondent, Nov. 2. _ _ PRAGUE, OCT. 26.—There is no need of such an elo quent appeal as Professor Jaake has given in his Weekly Political Journal of Berlin, which is much read in the higher circles here, to excite compassion for the exiled Royal Family of France. We, at Prague, have not hearts of atone, and wish the exiled family peace and consolation in the consciousness of their innocence, and rejoice that they have not been obliged to repair to Styria or Moravia, to find a secure asylum ; but our E:nperor has assigned them a residence in the venerable Palace on the Krad schin, from which there is an extensive view of the fertile valley of the Malda, and also of our ancient city. This may indeed be a bad exchange for the five proposals from Holyrood, which Charles the Tenth could not leave without exptessions of the most poignant regret. But policy required that the exiled Bourbons should be on the continent, and if France found it neces sary absolutely to protest against their residence in Italy, it would be difficult to find a more suitable abode for them than that now selected. The suite of apartments in the second story of the Imperial Palace, on the Kradschin, required no new and costly furniture or expensive arrange ments. Every thing is in the best condition : there is a domestic chapel, besides the magnificent church of the palace, and pleasant walks down to the grove behind the palace, where there is now an opportunity for amusement in shooting. All the necessaries of life are extremely cheap, the country being very fertile. We are, of course, unable to say any thing at present of the mode of life of the Royal Family, as they have so lately arrived. Our bankers, however, know that Charles X. had letters credit on Hamburg for 80,0001. sterling. of which he drew only 200,000 marks (about 12,5001.). He paid 1,400/. for the steam-boat which conveyed him to Altona. According to the Emperor's commands, he was received with all possible solemnity. The young Prince Henry V. is very fond cf military sights. It is a pity that our active commandant is absent on a tour to Italy. When the King and the Prince entered the kingdom at Gabel they were met by the civil and mi litary authorities of the circle. They had been previously complimented at Goslitz by General Coudenhone. At Zeetoru the King had.. a short interview with Prince Maximilian, brother of the Duke of Saxony, who, partly as a near relation, and partly from a grateful recollection of the friendly reception which he had in Paris, came to express in person his feelings towards the exiled Sovereign. Zeitung, Nov. 3. An Express has arrived from Paris, bringing the Papers of Thursday. Their principal com ments are on the Belgian Question. The general opinion in Paris was, that not a gun will be fired, and that the King of HOLLAND will submit to the Treaty entered into by Prince TA LLEYRAND and Lord PA LMERsToNT. Marshal GERARD has, it is said, received orders to enter Belgium on the 12th, if the King of HOLLAND will not surrender the citadel of Antwerp. How far this is correct we cannot say ; but the Conven tion between France and England, it will be re collected, only authorizes the French troops to enter Belgium on the 15th of November. Paris was tranquil, and the Funds were steady. We have advices from Barcelona to the 17th ult. The reports from all parts of the kingdom where the olive was cultivated mentioned that the crops were more abundant than they had been for many years past ; and as the fruit was nearly ready for gathering, no fear of a disappointment, as to ultimate abundance, was entertained. The holders of oil, how ever, by no means pressed sales, notwith standing the great fall menaced by the state of the crop. With respect to wines, the vintage had been good, though not over abundant, and was estimated as one-third more than that of last year. In consequence, a decline had taken place in the prices of both wines and spirits. A report gains ground, in Westminster Hall to-day, that the delay in filling up the vacant office of ATTORNEY-GENERAL, arises from the probability that his Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS will immediately retire, and that in that event the present SOLICITOR GENERAL is to be his successor, who other wise is to be the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Should this change take place in the office of the MASTER of the ROLLS, it will be another infusion of liberalism into the judicial seat of this country, from which the public may speedily expect to reap no inconsiderable degree of ad vantage. We have read with great pleasure in one of the country papers the report of a dinner given by the electors of Wycombe to Colonel GREY, son of Earl GREY, recently elected Member for that borough on the Reform interest. The speech of the Gallant Colonel was of course the treat of the evening, and we are almost in clined to envy those who heard it. Out readers shall judge whether we have. not cause. After taking a rapid glance at the progress of liberal principles for the last four or five years, Colonel GREY said— " The Reform Bill had now become the laviri4 the laud ; and havin g become so, g ave the people a ri g ht to expect that they would soon obtain other Reforms e q ually advantageous. He had no doubt but that they would soon have a practical and beneficial Church BAorm.—( Great cheerin g )—not a niggardly bit-by-bit Church Reform — (Great cheering)—like the Pluralities Bill of last Ses sion —(Cheers)—but as full and ifficient, and because fall and (fficient, as satisfactory a Church Reform, as our own Reform Bill."—(lmmense cheering.) We do not doubt that the cheering was im mense, for the declaration we have quoted, coming from the quarter it does, may be looked upon as almost of equal authority with an announcement of Lord GREY ' S, in the House of Peers, and is certainly sufficient to entitle us to take some credit to ourselves for the correctness of the information The Sun was the first to give with respect to the intention of his MAJESTY'S Ministers on the subject of the Church. This speech of the Gallant Colonel's is a symptom which the most obtuse of the Conservative party must acknowledge tO be as ominous of the down fall of the abuses of the Church, as the speeches of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S brother-in•law, DAWSON, were of the passing of the Catholic Question, months prior to that measure being brought forward. The liberals of the present day have, however, this f art h er com f or t in their prospect, that they n o w un d erstan d w h a t Earl GREY and his Mini s t r y mean b y " a f u ll and efficient Reform." In or d er , h owever , t h a t weak people, to whose ears " R e f orm " sodnds like ,c Revolution," may not be alarmed, Colonel GREY, in the course of the evening, let us some what into the secret of the details of the 4 49 Ninis" o , terial measure, by saying-L. " He had already told them that be wished to see, and that they were likely loon to ape, a full awl satisfactory Church Reform ; hut no Church Reform could be either full or satisfactory which did not provide a just compensation for the working clergy." The sentiments of Colonel GREY upon seve ral other subjects, of almost equal importance to the above, are such as cannot fail to give sa tisfaction to all sensible and moderate men. On the great questions of slavery, economy, and the ballot, he says— " They would also have a speedy abolition of slavery ; —(Cheers)—for it was impossible to suppose that, being free themselves, they would be mean enough to keep others of their fellow creatures long in slavery.—(Cheers.) They would also have a more rigid economy observed in every branch of the public service ; for the economy of a re formed Parliament would not be an economy in name, but a rigid, searching, all-pervading economy.—(Cheers.) He knew that many persons were of opinion that the system of intimidation and coercion, which the Tories were at present pursuing in all parts of England, ought to be punished in the next Parliament by the adoption of the ballot. He admitted that the Tories had done enough to provoke such a punishment ; but he was not inclined t o adopt the ballot until he had seen more of the practical working of the Reform Act. The Reform Act was an experiment on a great scale ; and if, unfortunately, it should not be so successful in is working as many of its friends anticipated, then he should be ready to vote for the adoption of the ballot, in order to get rid of that improper interference in elections wbich honest men of all parties equally deprecated. We are satisfied that however a Reformed Parliament may work as a whole, it will be found as necessary as it is just to protect voters exposed to the tyranny of such landlords as the Tories have throughout the country proved themselves to be, " from suffering for conscience sake." A very important Statistical Paper has just been published by Mr. PRATT,'the Barrister— appointed to certify the rules of Savings' Banks and Friendly Societies in England and Wales— who has already been made favourably known to the public by former publications of a similar nature. That at present before us is a table showing the increase or decrease of Savings' Banks, depositors therein, Friendly Societies, and Charitable Societies, in every county of England, Wales, and Ireland, between No vember, 1830, and November, 1831. To us, who have been so long and so earnestly endeavouring to impress upon the people that no one can so effectually help them as they can help themselves, the results exhibited by this table, are upon the whole, ex ceedingly satisfactory. It appears that in the year embraced by the returns the increase in the number of depositors in Savings' Banks throughout the Kingdom, is not less than 13,754 ; so that the mass of happy people, who have saved something out of their incomes " against a rainy clay," must have been greatly augmented, although not probably to the whole extent of the increased number of depositors here given ; for there are yet, we fear, many who, however inclined to economise, are not sufficiently aware of their security and value to place their money in Savings' Banks. Besides these individual depositors, there has been an increase in the number of accounts kept for Friendly and Charitable Societies of four hundred and fifty-three, a most important and gratifying fact. We should mention, that although the number of depositors has so vastly increased throughout Ireland, Wales, and England, for which latter the increase of accounts is 9,499, vet that it is only in the first that the amount invested in the funds on their account has corre spondingly increased, that for England and Wales having been diminished by 7,6441. As the falling off, however, appears to have taken place chiefly among the depositors of above 2001., it does not necessarily imply pressure of distress upon them, for that would first be felt by the small depositors, the number of whom save wonderfully increased. Deducting the falling off, on account of England and Wales, the total increase of investment on account of Savings' Banks is 114,9981. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. many pimples spread over his countenance, he would have been an extremely handsome man.' Lady Newborough—' And his character ?' The Abbe— ' His great affability was particularly admired.' Lady Newborough—' Your description perfectly agrees with the one given to me of the Count Join ville." The Abbe—' - One is in that case led to believe that it was the Duke himself. Lady New borough-6 That is impossible, if he really was born at Paris' The Abbe—' Allow me to ask you if there is much money to be had, and when ?' Lady Newborough=' I am extremely sorry that I am not able to satisfy you; I dare not give any fur ther explanation.' " During this conversation the Abbe continued staring at Lady Newborough almost in an offensive manner, and spoke to her sometimes Eaglish, some times Italian, wishing to discover what was her na tive language. The Abbe de Saint-Fare is a na tural son of Philip Egalite." PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. 11.111 k Stock - 3 per Cent. Red .... 82% ;India Stock 3 per Cent. Cons. 53% 4 3 7 % IDitto Bonds .... l5 14 pm. 3% per Cent. — South Sea Stock Ditto Red 90 Vi jOld Annuities — gew:3% per Cent. 9l 74 a 74 I New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... —l3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to exp i r e ' Ditto 5011 24 25 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 • 16 5-16 If, Ditto Small Oct. 10, ISO 1 6 1,4 i Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm. Jan. 5, 1860....•. - ; Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account — Aprils, 1980 — India for Acc0unt.......... Jan. 5, 1875 — Cons. for Nov &374 THIS DAY AT ONTE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ...............1034 Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 49 Ditto Account Regency Scrip 32 dis. Ditto Account 3:: dis. Prussian Bonds lOO% ... 14 Ditto Account 1 Ditto Bonds, 1822 lOl ,Russian Bonds, 1822 9B Ditto Account 99! New Loan 93 !•04 . Spanish Bonds, 1821 16 1 A 16 Ditto Account 16 1 A 16 1 A Ditto Bonds, ItM Ditto Account l5 14% French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Exchange —f —c. I—S per cent —I —c. -- Exchange 'Dutch Scrip 411,', 3,4 Ditto Account 4174% French Scrip 2 pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) ED Ditto National 1714 Ditto St. John I)cl Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. mn.) 45!,/, English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association ll Real del Monte Mining C 0...., United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. prn.) 40 Ditto New Scrip Alliance Fire Insurance Comp , Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co , Provincial Bank of Ireland 10 £2O '24 13 25 J6O 4814 1736 6 51( 1414:14 5 1 4 8 1 ,6 £1 5 6 7.74 .IiGE YESTERDAY. r Leghorn 47% Genoa 0 6 10 Venice 46le, Malta 46 Naples . 4O Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 49 Rio .laneiro '3o},i Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight I% Cork 1!;, BULLION, PER OZ. X. B. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars. standard 0 4 1 0 MAILS. Due. )Arrived. Arrived. Due, .....-. . O America 0 0 Hamburg ........ ..... 5 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 1 0 Jamaica. 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 3 O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 O France ...... 0 0 Sweden 1 GitetnscvSzlersev.. 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 56 minutes after 3.1 Evening...l7 minutes after 4. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds S9 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 47 3 4 Ditto Account 47;;', Buenos Ayres Bonds 99 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account 161 i Columbian Bonds 914 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 18'24 Ditto Account Danish Bonds - 6B Ditto Account Greek Bonds. Ditto Bonds, 1.825. Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 21% Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent . ,7 —... ---. Ditto Account 'Ni7.4 Neapolitan COURSE OF EXCH., Amsterdam C. 12 CI Ditto, at sight "' 41 Rotterdam U 12 61 Antwerp 12 8 Hamburg M.S. 13 15 Altona 13 151 Paris, 3 days' sight '25 85 Ditto .2 U. 26 10 Bordeaux .6 15 Berlin Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 1541 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 11 Trieste do Madrid 'l6 Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona 35% Seville 1514 Gibraltar 47►4 CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, TVHITEFIALL.-(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES New Cases Deaths Recoveries... . 4?, (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. MR. HUME.—It is said that a considerable body of the Liverpool freemen have it in contemplation to invite the Member for Middlesex to become a candidate for that .borough..--Nanchester Chronicle. .The Marquis CLANRICARDE has performed, we•are told, a great equeatrian feat. The distance from Boulogne to Paris is 170 miles: this was done in IS hours, in order to he present at a fete given by Lord GRAN,- vILLE. Of a truth, says the Cercle, here is a nobleman (qui court Nrment), who rides devilish hard for a dinner. At the assizes for the department of Vau elase, held at Carpentras on the 28th ult., a woman, named VAILLER, and her paramour, Roux, were found guilty of murdering the husband of the female prisoner, who had detected them in the act of adultery. As the Jury declared that the case was free from aggravated circumstances, Roux was sentenced to hard labour for 20 years, and the adultress to imprisonment for life Galignani's Mcssen. STATE OF r rltADE.—We have no material alteration to note in the state of the wooolen and stuff mar kets. The sales in the Leeds Cloth Halls during the past week have been about the same as for several weeks pre vious, and the finer qualities of stuffs, merinos, &e., still continue in demand.—Leeds Intelligencer. The finding and sentence of the general Court-martial held on private JAMES HAWKINS, of the 77th regiment, at Government-house, in September last, for maliciously firing a musket, loaded with powder and and hall, at Sergeant WIIITIIAM, of the same regiment, having been approved and cor.firmed by his MaiEsTv, was on Friday promulgated to the troops in this garrison. The Court found the prisoner Guilty, and sentenced him to he transported as a felon for the term of his natural life ; and his MAJESTY has directed that be may be sent to New South Wales.—Devonport Journal. SINGULAR WOUND BY A SPENT BALL.— An officer of the 30th Regiment, who went with his cigar in his mouth and sword in hand, to cover the retreat of the army in the descent of Mount Atlas, bail his mouth completely full of tobacco-smoke, which even kept the dental arches asunder, when he was struck on the right cheek by a spent hall, which entered and lodged in the oral cavity without any other lesion than the perforation of the soft parts which it met in its route. The officer spat out the tobacco-smoke and the bullet together. There still remains a slight scar on the cheek.—Medical Gaz. A fiiend of ours, who is one of the most facetious, is a wit and punster at the same time. One day during the time of the great commercial distress, he was travelling down what used to be the King's-r..ad, with another gentleman also of a facetious turn. The road sand had b een scrape d together, an d b an ked up four or five f ee t hi g h on each side of the roa d . S o me boys h a d been " Dear me , more di stress !" " galloping up o n it an d b ro k e it down, which occa claim, sioned one of them to look out of t h e w i n d o w, a n d e x. What's that ?" " Look," replied the one, pointing, " another country ' bank given way." "No wonder," replied the other, " see what a run there has been on it." Now this was punning ; but no one can deny both wit anti repartee.— Metropolitan. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W. light.—Arrived early this morning, from Portsmouth, the Suffrein French line 4-battle ship of 90 guns, Admiral Villeneuve, with two French frigates, and a French corvette; also his Majesty's ships Stag, Volage, and Conway. At noon, his Majesty's ships Investigator and Tender sailed to the Northward. At half-past 3, his Majesty's ships Vernon, Southampton, Castor, and Rover, with a French frigate, sailed for the North Sea. The rest of the combined squadron remain, zit 4, r.m. A British corvette, from the Westward, has just anchored. PtirmouTir, Nov. B.—Wind E.N.E. fresh.--Arrived off port, the Mersey, Connar, from Java. DARTMOUTH, Nov. S.—Arrived the St. Johannes, Nelson, Penelope, and Thrust, from Trapani. JERSEY, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Radcliff, Connor, from the South Seas ; and William, Broad, from Vestizza. HOLYHEAD, Nov. B.—Arrived off port, the Boykett, Hatton, from Bourdeaux. LIVERPOOL, Nov. B.—Arrived the Baltic, Thompson, from Rig I. BEACBYHEAD. Nov. 9.—Arrived off port, the Anna Maria, from Brazil. The William IV., Brown, from Newry to London was totally wrecked near the Lanci's End on Monday morning. BRISTOL ; Nov. 9.—Arrived the Arcturno, Oliver, Irom St. Petersburgh. ABERDEEN, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Bolivar, Ganson, from Archangel. LEITH, Nov. 7.—Airived the Isabella Simpson, Ben, from Mirimachi. DULL, Nov. B.—Arrived the Mice, Wardell, from Wyburg. LYNN, Nov. B.—Arrived the Robert Peel, Bambio, from Memel. The York Packet, from Cadiz, bound to Leith, put into Lowestoff, leaky, windlass upset, and with loss of anchors and cables, and it is supposed she must discharge. The Manly, Budzley, from —, put into the Isle of Man, after being in shore, but very little damaged. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GAR: IEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, but the trade was dull. Walnuts and Filberts dearer, turnips cheaper, than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise about stationary. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Potatoes (cwt.) 3 oto 6 0 Spinach (half-sieve)... 0 4to 0 S Ca'lbages (12 heads) 1 0 1 6 Apples 2 0 8 6 Ditto Red 1 6 2 6 Pears 1 0 6 0 Brocoli 0 6 1 6 Seville Oranges (100).. 6 0 10 0 Horse Hadish(bundle) 4 0 6 0 Lemons 8 0 14 0 Celery 0 8 1 6 English Walnuts 1 0 3 0 Carrots (12bunches)... 3 0 6 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 i Turnips Onions 2 0 3 6 Spanish Hazlenuts .... 5 0 8 t Coleworts orGreens 2 0 3 6 trench Walnuts 2 6 4 1 ., Leeks 1 0 1 6 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 For. Grapes (per 1b.).... 0 8 2 6 Melons (each) 3 0 7 0 English, Forced I 0 2 6 Pine Apples (lb.) Mushrooms (pottle)... 0 4 0 8 Filberts 0 6 0 HAY M Alt ELETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 Vew Meadow Hay 2 15 3 15 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 4 0 5 5 Oat Straw ll Bto ll 10 I Wheat :Straw ... 1 12 1 13 Supply moderately good, trade dull, and prices barely stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Itye-grass Hay ...... ... 3 13 4 0 Clover Hay (extra tine)....£s s... Generally .... 3 15 5 0 ),it Straw ....Z1 6to .£1 81 Wheat Straw.... 1 10 1 12 Straw from Is. to 3s. per load lower than last quoted; prices otherwise stationary. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD. The following Form of Prayer is to be used at Morning and Evening Service, after the General Thanksgiving, in all churches and chapels on each of the three Sundays after the ministers thereof shall have received the same : " 0 God, our Heavenly Father, who even in the midst of thy displeasure regardest thy people with compassion we offer unto thee our thanksgivings and praises for the blessing which thou bast vouchsafed to us of an abundant harvest. We acknowledge that, by reason of our mani fold iniquities, we might justly have been cut off by pesti lence or consumed by famine ; but thou bast refreshed us with comfort and hope, by abating the sickness where with our land hath been visited, and causing the earth to yield its increase in due season. " Give us grace, we humbly beseech thee, to shew forth our sense of thy bounties by the use we make of them, abstaining from excess and intemperance, and freely rt. lieving the distresses of the poor and needy. Dispose our hearts to contentment and peace, to brotherly love towards each other, and cheerful obedience to the laws, and so inform and strengthen our minds by the power of thy Holy Spirit, that fearing thy wrath above all things and being moved by thy goodness to repentance, we may obtain from thee, 0 gracious Father, relief in our af flictions, and the supply of our present necessities, an may at length be admitted into those heavenly mansions where all sorrows shall cease, and all wants shall be setis fled, through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord...— Amen." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE 0' CLOCK. We have no arrivals this morning, with the exception of the express from Paris, which brings an account of the capture of the Duchess de Berri. The French renter come rather higher, 67f. 60c. A , we stated in our city article of yesterday, the Dutch Am bassador bas had an interview with Esrl Grey, by which it is supposed that the affairs of Holland may still come to an amicable adjustment, although the combined fleets have sailed from the Downs to the coast of Holland. Some anxiety prevails for the arrival of the Lisbon mail, as it is some time over due. Consols opened at the same price they left off yeger day, 83i buyers for the Account; little or nothing doing as yet. The Foreign market is in a stagnant state at present. HALF-PAST ONE. We' have received the following letter from on board the Wellington, Don Pedro's ship, dated Cherburg, 2d instant : " Here we are at last with our ensign and pendant flying, complete!y armed and stored, and only waiting a favourable wind to shirt. When we arrived here first as a merchant ship, the authorities would not allow us to take in our guns, and we were obliged to go to a small bay at a short distance, and discharge the transport that had the guns on board and stores, which we did in three days : we then got under weigh, and hoisted our rrniant and ensign, gave three cheers and a Royal salute, and .cane-again to Cherburg as one of Donna Maria's frigates, The neat thing to be got over was the recognition. iiceolingly the Captain sent an officer to inquire if they would acknowledge our flag by returning a salute, which they agreed to do, and returned gun for gun, the Port Admiral sent us on hoard a tank of water, and every attention was showed us. Our Captain, Coblin, is a fine and brave fellow, and we have a good ship's company, consisting of nearly 400 men, and, in reality, it is a very fine ship. We mount 24 long IS pounders on the main -deck; 24 32-pound cannonades on the quarter-deck and gunway ; and 2 long 12-pounders on the forecastle." THE REVENUE 'We can state from the best information the progressive increase of the Revenue since the favourable termination of the last quarter on the 10th ult. On the recent great importation of tallow, large sums have been paid for the duties: one vessel brought 1,050 casks, and at another wharf there are near 4,000 casks more for the landing officers to attend to. The importa tions of fruit have been so extensive already, and so eagerly purchased in anticipation of a good trade, that the sum of near 16 , 0001. was paid lately in one day for the duties. In the account of ships' tonnage for one week the duty realized 10,000/. As to the con sumption and easy price of coals, nothing need to be feared far that necessary comfort of the poor, as in one day the arrival of colliers numbered 240. Consols have continued the whole of the morning at 838 buyers, for the account, with very little doing ; the fall in the price of Exchequer Bills lately, may be attri buted partly to merchants disposing of them to pay the duties at the Custom-house. Spanish Stock is lower. Dutch maintains its price. Portuguese Scrip 3i discount. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 838. CLOSING PRICES.--FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols Dittofor Acer 83i account 83 Greek Brazilian Bonds 47' I Mexican Buenos Ayres... Peruvian Chilian Ditto.... -- Russian.... 93 C.Aurobian 1824 Spanish l6i Of 49 prisoners for trial at the late Marlbo rough Sessions not less than 34 were under 25 yearn of age! and there was a boy and a girl, neither of whom were 13. 7%•)rilT or CITANCrnv.—(TITTS DAY.) Tl&e Loin CHANCELLOR set again at 11 o'clock. He continues to appear by no warm in perfect_ health. MORRIS V. LAUDON. This part-heard motion was resumed and in argum, nt ficcupied all the morning. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) GREENWOOD V. TAYLOR. This case came before the Court upon the petition of a Mr. Davis, the son of a person called American Davis, who, in the year 1801, was well known at the Tennis court ; and also upon exceptions to the Master's report. The bill was originally filed against Mr. Davis, who claimed under a bond given to his father by his late Royal Highness the Duke of York, the sum of 3,1391. 9s. 11d., for the purpose of leaving a discovery of the consi deration given for that bond by Mr. Davis, the plaintiffs, Messrs. Greenwood, Cox, and Co., alleging that it had been given for gambling transactions, and that it was consequently void. Mr. Davis obtained the order af the Court, referring the bill to the Master for imperti nence; and the Master was of opinion, that many parts if it were impertinent, and ordered those parts to be gruck out. The plaintiffs excepted to that report, and the Court allowed the exceptions. Another WV had been also filed by Messrs. Greenwoo i and Co., against the executors of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York, for an account of his Royal Highness's debts and effects, under which a reference was made to the Master, before whom Mr. Davis put in his claim for the amount of the bond riven by the Duke of York to his father. The Master did not allow this claim, and exceptions were taken to his report by the defendant. The sum claimed under the bond was ordered to be transferred into the name of Mr. Davis, to abide the further order of the Court. On the exceptions taken to the 11aster's report coming on for argument, his Honour 'fires:ted a trial at law to ascertain the validity of the bond, and ordered the consideration of the exception,' to stand over. Upon that trial the Jury found in favour of the validity of the bond. Mr. Davis therefore now came t o the Court by petition, praying the transfer of the money to him, and the exceptions, which had been ordered to stand over, came on with the petition for consideration. His HONOUR granted the prayer of the petition, and allowed the exceptions.—Mr. Davis, therefore, gets his 3,139/. 9s. 11d. out of Court. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BUST V. ALSOP. The arguments in this motion, which have occupied nearly three days, were concluded shortly after 12 o'clock •o -day. His Honour deferred giving judgment till Thurs day. Mr. Knight being engaged in the Lnrd Chancellors' Court, no motion could be proceeded with in his absence, and his Honour rose at half past 12 o'clock. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Court were occupied all the morning in hearing arguments upon the Crown list, a great portion of them !wing special cases sent up from the Quarter Se€sions. THE KING V. CHARLES HIGGS. This was an order of the Sessions at Wolverhampton, relative to rate upon the profits of stock in trade of inha bitants of that parish. The COURT were of opinion that the case had not been sent to them sufficiently setting out the points for their decision, and, therefore, they referred it back to the Ses sions for amendment. THE KING V. JOHN HUTTON, ESQ. Mr. TALroutto appeared to show cause against the is suing of an information in the nature of a quo warratzto, which had been applied for by Mr. Follett, charging the defendant with usurping the office of Mayor of the bo rough of Newcastle-under-Lyne. The Learned Coun , el read the charter of the 32d of Queen Elisabeth, which constituted the corporate body of the borough and em powered them to make rules and ordinances for the gene. ral government of the borough. In pursuance of that charter, the Corporation, in 1799, made a by-law to re • gulate the election of corporate officers, and that by law was altered by another by-law of 1620. Subsequently to that period the town obtained a further Charter from Charles the Second, which recognised the existing corporate body. The Learned Counsel then sub mitted three questions for the consideration of the Court : —lst. Whether the Corporation bad the power to make the by-law of 1599, regulating the election of corporate officers ; 2d, Supposing they had that power, whether they had not also the power to make the by-law of 1620, which excluded the commonalty from voices in those elec tions ; and supposing the Court decided those propositions in the negative, the third question would he whether the charter of Charles 11., in confirming and recognising the Corporation, did not also recognise the last by-law, which vested the election of a Mayor in the select body. He (Mr. Ta'faun!) submitted that the select body had that power according to their charter, and that therefore the election of the defendant was valid. The Court, without calling on Mr. Follett, who was engaged to support the quo warranto, ttated it was clear to them that the election of Mayor did not rest in the select body. The quo warranto was therefore directed to i s sue. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BOWEN V. EMERICK. This was an action of trover to recover the value of Six spring clocks entrusted by tl:e plaintiff to the defendant to sell for him. The cue was proceeding when our reporter left . . The Jury yesterday gave a verdict, :in the case of Sir Claude ; ; Scott and Co. v. Sir T. M. Stanley, for the plaintiffs—Damages 250/. which is meant to cover every thing. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) WHITTAKER V. BARKER. This action was tried before Mr. Justice James Parke, and was brought for the recovery of certain sums of money expended by a tenant on land, the property of the defendant. Mr. WIGHTMAN in the earl' , part of the term applied for ru!e to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the plaintiff, damages 301. The facts of the case were short!) , these. The plaintiff took a farm of the defendant, and entered into possession on Laily.day, 1831, covenanting to pay the landlord 95/. for the tillages then on the land. For this sum a credit was given, and the landlord did not apply for payment of it till the end of July in the same year, when some angry words ensued between the parties, and the plaintiff said, " Well, then, I will quit the farm." The defendant an swered, " You may." The plaintiff accordingly di i so, and now wished to recover a sum of 301. for money expended in improving the land, 841. ss. for crops reaped and sold by the defendant. The defendant met this claim by a set off of 951., as agreed upon, and contended that under the circumstances of leaving, the plaintiff was not entitled to the 301., as the agreement between the parties was for a lease of 14 years. The Court at that time took time to consider of their judgment, and this morning Mr. Baron BATLEY said the Court bad come to the conclusion that they could not grant the rule, as they did not think that the plaintiff could legally claim for the 301., under the circumstances in which he gave up possession of the farm. The agree ment clearly was, and indeed it was not denied, for a term of 14 years, and the plaintiff did not show that there was any bargain made between him and the defendant when he left the farm.—Rule refused. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Court, having disposed of several motions and the few petitions on the paper, rave at I I o'clock. The celebrated writer Mrs. BARBAULD, sur vived the publication of her first production 67 years. y a s s t i to t i a a t k n h i the n g A I t :a a d v e ti o t MEDICAL APPLICATION OF MATERNAL Soaaow.—M. DOUBLE— whore name must be familiar t , ) Paris—hadyf his or Sciences, in which he mentions the following circumstance our lat e i y readers occasion a a i o s n that iro of read a n when i ezn e e n hai t ee p iw la r as having first directed his attention to the sou n ds of the mother, heart 3shiaenlyaiydeahrsis ago,bead upon her bosom and wept in an agony of maternal grief at parting with him : but her philosophic son was otherwise employed the while. He was struck with th e distinct manner in which he beard the beating of her heart and the convulsive sobs of her breath ing—he listened to every sigh as illustrating the principl,a of accoustics—and hence he assures us the ot igin of the mode of examining into diseases of the chest by ausculta tion, now so generally adopted. M DOUBLE evidently thought the anecdote redounded talus credit; but we tt-sr he will look in vain for any compliment on the scale of feeling—truly hi s 3 a)J,9 froid was indeed cad blooded. --. 1 Medical o Gazette;