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TILE KIM; OF BAVARLL DREADFUL lIIIRRiCAIVIC AT 011111 ALTAR. I 'FAILURES OF BANKIXG 110 USES. LIVERPOOL COMAtERCIAI, INTELI,IGE.V CE. s
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theta the Comrrier ',weak of Saturday.) We have receiv accounts of 'a •
Most disaetrous buret- During the prevalence of the late destructive panic in the IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL PROM THE 24T11 TO 'rue
MUNICH, Dee. 20.815 T DECEMBER. INCLUSIVE. Se
cane at Gibraltar on the night of the 6th December, ac- money market we did all in our power to support public ere- Sugar. B. P. . 1,718 Hlids H ides, cow &in 9.470 dr
ill The biro which the nation conceived on the ascension companied with a dreadful destruction of property and dit, and we therefore forbore to give insertion to any articles Ditto, ditto . 10 tierces Ditto, ditto - 4,018 witted n
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of Louis I begin to be realized. Numerous and useful
IR lives, increased, we are sorry to say, by the infamous con- that might have injuriously affected public confidence. Ditto, ditto . 6 barrels Horse Hides . 49
reforms put auto execution with as much justice as wis- .26 casks Cotton :
duct of the Spanish troops, at a time when the rage of the We now lay before our readers the following list of the "slr" -
ire eon promise us greet reli:fs for the future. But it will Ditto -86 bawl Sea Islanierained r
11 be some yesrslvetfore we can reap die fruit of the paternal
cares of our king; for before thinking of diminishing the elements ordinarily suapends human aeimesities. The banding-houses that have failedoliatinguishing those firms
following is a summer • collected from various accounts:- which have tit en Gazetted as bankrupts. The others, of
summer) , eAlsohlnessses s 613 punch. do. and Bowed - 4,Ebaga ett
- 100 barrels New Orleans n
The hurricane commenced on the 6th, at a quarter be- course, have withstood the shock :- Punic - 53 tons Pernambuco 1,173 •
taxes, it is necessary to cover the deficit to prevent the fore eleven at night, and lasted till three, eel. The Yes- Ashburton-Browne and CO. London-Pole and Co. Goltwood . 2 Maranbam .' 1,798 a
bankruptcy towards which the prodigality of the late kite; eels .3Turpentine . 675 barrels Bahia 1,214 li
uriven on shore amount to upwards of 200, large end Bnbury-Gillet and Co. Di.tn-Sike. and Co.-Criss. -
nee bat many pre-
en hue dragging us. It ray be bnlifli- t small, besides a great many craft th .t sunk at their moor- Ba
th-aCarenagh and Co. Gas. Ditto.-ti,irling and Co. Tobacco - 873bhds. Pernerara . 151 ' t,
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vale interests are hurt by this system of economy, but sir- ings, having been run foul of. The lives lost could not be Bedford-Rawlins and Co. Dieo-Willene and Co. Tar - 1,012 barrels Egyptian . 211 r
cumstances imperiously called for it. Birmingham-Gibbina and Co. 31Inid•onne-Edineads and Co,- Tallow - 1.416 casks Surat • 2,420
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ascertained up to the Bth of Decemecr. The day pre- Deserted. (hutted. Fit:l:seed - 1.800 bags -----•
In *company the merit of. the. King's measures vres viously seven (lead bodies were found on the beach, and a Brecon-Bromage and Snead. elattlon-Crickitt and Co. Quercienn Bark 218 hhtle Total - 12,221 I
brought under discussion ; opinions were very much di- few more in the evening. The larger ciass of vessels lost Roston-In Blow and Co. 51elksham-31nule and Co. r
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!tided: the Comte tie •Mongelas, a great partisan for re- are chiefly Americans, Sardinians, and Gibraltar vessels, Bradford-11 entworth and Co. Zantwili-Bnzton and (n. THE COTTON TRADE. ,
Tams and the national interests, at last put an end to the very few English, a Moorish schooner of war, and the Co- __...w.---
discussion by this remarkable expression:-" Gentlemen, lombian privateer General Soublette. The scene witnessed Diftis__Tem lain and Cri. Nnrintenpton-Smitlt and Co -
13.?ghtetnted.eashmar snd Co, . erwowc"Xlllot. I.-
the-
Pm' Account of Cotton insportel into Liverpool the laet Eleven ;
Veal's. I
gentlemen ! we have a just and economical king; find me
. was most appalling; vessels anti crafts torn to pieces; poor Ditto-Cashman & Muggridge. Gazetted.
=any like him." The K ing's repu teem for justice is alrestty wretches covering the neutral ground with their effects, fi.ristel-Browne & Co.-Gaz. Ditto-.-Osbornc and Co.-Gas 1815. 1816. lBl7. 11818. 1819. 1 1820.
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ris well established, that three peasants lately came from the saved 'from the wrecks of these vessels; dead bodies lying Chelmsford-Cricket and Co. Norrnelt-llny and Co.-Gas.Upper Palatinate to einnplain to his el njest yof some vexatiousGasetted.
on the beach in great numbers, and the Spanish troops chnitenhnin_ Peterborough-Simpson and Co.G Bags. Bags. Da,V,. I Gies. Bags. 1 nags.
Hartheds and Co. Plymouth - Elfotdandoe-Gas. America - - 168,000 142,i352161.210, 186.7771131426 272,501
proceedings on the part of the Authorities. One of them committing cool blooded murtless on the unfortunate and Ditto-Turner and Co. Ripen-Charnock and Co. Br land Per. I
went to the Palace, and Navin, met a gendarme in the defenceless crew of the Colombian ptivAteer, who, by Daveritry-Walker and Co. Roniford--Joyner and Cn. tee* . . 63,000 93,069 99,997 139.743' 110,632 159,570
- eorrisiors, asked him what was to be done to convey his pe-
swimming from the vessel, were endeavouring to reach the Desonport-Shiells and Co..- Di, tea-Searle, Son, and Co. Dulch Colo -
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tetion to the King. The gendarme, who, no-doubt, bad English lines, and in the act of so doing were fired upon 91'1'1 • St. Notes-Rix and Co. nm - - 19,800 20,1241 ]3,3081 14,489 9,831 10,093
some old ministerial cornexion, instead of satisfying him, in the water by about fifty Spanish soldiers, and fifteen 1-;.1,5), Fincham Brill.'" Ditto-Gorham and Co. "Bat. Island.,
shamed him out of the raise?, and conducted him to the g Piper and CO. Sheernesa-luthop am. &e. 11,281 9.4:j 8 7071 11.1130 6,839 6.201
•officers of revenue. Some of them were saved by the Desl--11ay and Cu. seoekton-Hutchinson and Co. India - - 1,481 10,414 23,689 . 63,115 55,179 7,668
police office, where the Commissioner, after using the nn- English officers, who, at the risk of their lives, woe in a Evesham-Hartland and Co., Ditto-Hutchinson and Place. Egypt - - - - - - - -
fortunate fellow very ill, snatched his petition emu him, boat on board the wreck, and were fired at by the dustardly Falmouth-Carne and Co. Sospez-eGregory and Co. Other places . 2,200 730 3,368 4.268 198 3,313
and ordered him to quit the town within four-anal-twenty Spaniards. About seventy remained on board until the ti:Teee/le"'" and Co' Swaff ham-Day and Co ---- -- I--r- - -
bouts, under pain of being put into prison. The poor evening, when they delivered themselves up to their cruel rester-Turner and Co. sweneet-Gibbins and Co.
(I aaaaa end-Brenchley and Co. 270.762 278,432.313.0771426.2 367,212 4.11,336
mail returned to his inn anti related the affair to Teek.hury-Hanland and Co.
persecutors, on condition that they should be considered Hereford-Gerard and Co.- IVakelled-,Wentweirth tied Co.. A
met. ' 182,1. 1822. 1823; 1824. 1825.
his landlord, who, upon hearing it, undertook to see as Colombians, and their lives saved, which was agreed Gssetted. Gazetted.
justice done him. In fact, two hours after the peasant to, anti guaranteed by the. Spanish Consul at Gibraltar. Hinckley-Jervis and Ce. Wellingborough-Morton and -- - -
• Bi.p. Bass. Bags. Rags. flags.
was summoned to the Palace, where the King received At Cadiz, during the same hurricane, the 'loci has been Ditto-Sansom and Co. c_ it Gazette& m -- - 272 261 291121 417 14R 256,838 397,427
Hutidenfteld-Dobaca and Co. Weymouth-flaming and 'en. Retail and Portugal - DUO 134.575 133.012 134,075 189,503
him very graciorsly, ard vrornised to ace his rlquest at; trivial-an American ship anti a schooner, a Spanish ship, 0 test. eiliitehaveri-Johnston and Co. Dome Colonies - 9.636 14,520 7,215 7,439 10,504
tended to. Uaving immediattly aummoned. le Cniumbi' and two brigs, a small Dutch vessel, and small craft.
- .Kettering-Keepand Co. Gazette& West India Dilates,
s oner and the tentliirme, he made them many reproaches
The following
are extracts of letters received yeste. day Kixiingston-Shrubsole and Co. Wintberne-fleas and Co. Bahamas, &e. . 12132 9.226 12.031 12,131 12.834
for this abuse of rower, and having threatened them withcesten-C sarke ane CO. Wislseach-Hitt ill and Co.
from Gibraltar :- edit' - . - 3,849 2,1111 8.139 13.609 16,252
his displeastre, drove them from his pretence. " GlltaeLTAlit, Dec. 13, IMs. lewes-Wood and Co. York-Wentwordi and Co.-Ce- Egypt - - 21,7441 71,200
In general the police, etch as it exists in our age, is not .. The Colombian London-Everett and Co. Gaseited. Other places . - 3,451 9331 2,6114 i be 737
privateer, General Soubletterwein on shore
__. _.... _. .a.- -....................nr ...1 th.• gnan;sh hors_ and is now in one. -____ 413.106 144 0401580 235 446,062 706.257

(From the Ceorrier Freaceit at Saturday .)
MUNICH, Dtc. IS.
The hopes which the nation conceived on the aacensiou
of Louis I begin to be realized. Numerous and useful
reforms put into execution with as much justice as wis-
Jum promise us greht relit fa for the future. But it will
be some yesrslattfore we can reap the fruit of the paternal
cares of one king; for before thinking of diminishing the
taxes, it is necessary to cover the deficit to prevent the
bankruptcy towards which the prodigality of the late king
was fast dragging us. It ray be imagined that many pri-
vate interests axe hurt by this system of economy, but cir-
cumstances imperiously called for it.
In *company the merit of the King's measures was
brought under discussion; opinions were very much di-
vided: the Comte de .Mongelas, a great partisan for re-
forms and the national interests, at last put an end to the
discussion by this remarkable expression :—" Gentlemen,
gentlemen! we have a just and economical king; find me
many like him." The King's repu cation for justice is alreaely
so well established, that three peasants lately came from the
Upper Palatinate to complain to his lilnjesty of some vexations
proceedings on the part of the Authorities. One of them
went to the Palace, and havin4 met a gendarme in the
corridors, asked him what was to be done to convey his pe-
tition to the King. The gendarme, who, no.eloubt, bad
some old ministerial enenexion, instead of satisfying him,
shamed him out of the polio?, and conducted him to the
police office, where the Commissioner, after using the un-
fortunate fellow very ill, snatched his petition fiont him,
and ordered him to quit the town within four and-twenty
bouts, under pain of being put into prison. The poor
man returned to his inn and related the affair to
his landlord, who, upon hearing it, undertook to see
justice done him. In fact, two hours after the peasant
was summoned to the l'alace, where the King received
him very gracior‘.ly, zed fromised to ace his rlquest at;
tended to. Uaving immediately summoned' le Commis-
s'oner and the gendarme, he made them many reproaches
for this abuse of power, and having threatened them with
his displeasure, drove them from his presence.
In general the police, sash as it exists in our age, is not
ail to our King's taste. In the first days of his reign,
the Directeur-G-neral having brought him the usual po-
ce report, the king e'ter having read it, said,to him—
M. the Directeur, I will dispense fur the future with pre-
senting me toa.elt r pOT tb ; I dc,nt want to know sandalous
anecdotes, nue to penetrate into Wilily privacy. All I re-
quire of .you is, carefully to wretch over the maintenance of
good order and the ea'ety of the citizens."
It was endeavoured to excite discontent in the army on
account of t'ie re;litary reforms, but the fidelity of the
officers has rendered these guilty attsmpts vain. . About a
month back, some subalt, rue were arrested for -having in
a public-house herd some disrespectful languageconcerning
the King; a tiong other things, they r. mooched him as
being " the King of the peasantry." Ws Majesty having
been informed of it, immediately said, " Let them be put
at liberty, they have given me the moFt enviable surname,
the only one indeed I am ambitious of

" The Colombian privateer, General Soubleuerereot on shore
just at the commencement of the Spanish linen, and is now in ens-
session of the Spaniards, but a complete wreck. On touching ground,
from her sharpness, she immediately heeled over, and the water
came half way up her decks. In this situation the Captain landed,
supposing, it is sail, it to be the English side of the neutral ground,
and took with him two bones of treasure, amounting to 50,900, or,
as some say, 93 000 dollar,, with which he got safe into the gar-
rison. At day.br.falt, a boat with a few men put off, and on ap-
proaching the shore the Spanish guard presented, and were about to
tire, but fortunately those in the boat were t-lao armed, and, on pre-
paring to return the fire, were allowed to land without molestation,
and got riff safely to our side. A reinforcement now tame down
from San Roque, sod the remainder of the crew, destitute of arms
or means of escape, were summoned to surrender, which they re-
fused. In the mean time two officers of the 234 Regiment put off
in a oral' boot, ae:ompanted by two men, and succeeded in bring-
ing off a few of the crew, under a heavy fire trom the Spanish
guard. This deterred others from putting off to their assistance,
and they seemed wholly abandoned to their fate. One or twp boats,
however, kept rowing about, and picked up two or three who jump-
ed overtioant ; but whenever they approached for that purpose, the
tire was renewed, anti some, I thins, must have been shot while
swimming.- Ore escaped by se imming to our side, which be
rta,thed almost cahausted. They were again summoned to sur-
render, but refused, and their situation being hopeless, the Spa.
niards baring intimated their intention of firing into the vessel un.
leas she immediately did an, the second Captain went on shore, and
stipulated for their being considered prisoners of war, and that. their
property was to be respected, which was granted, and 91 ivere
marched to the 'lnes as such. In the night, however, t 3 of them
contrived to effect escape, and are now within our lines."
!Nom ANOTHER LETTER OT THE SAME TATS-1
"On the 6th instant we experienced such a gale as was never 'le-
fore known in this bay ; more than 200 vessels, of all descriptions,
have been driven on shore. The gale commenced about ten or
eleven o'clock at night, and lasted about two hones. You may
therefore conceive what must have been the violence of it while
it lasted."

PROVINCIAL. RANKS.

SOUTHAMPTON BANK.
We fed great pleasure in noticing the re-opening of the
bank of Messrs. Kellow and Pritchard. At the usual hour•
this morning (Saturday) this respectable firm cOmmenced
the payment of ■ll their notes, 'u well as transacting their
general business ; thus afforlirg to the public an, additional
guarantee of their stability, by the ample means they pos-
sessed of commanding assets in so short a period. During
, the temporary suspension of the firm, the knowledge that
' their credit remained unaffected must be gratifying to the
feelings of Messrs. Kellow and Pritchard ; and that it was
wholly unaffected is evinced by the general disposition
shown by the town's-people to receive their notes as usual.
—Southampton Herald.
WENTWORTH AND CO.'S BANK.
We state with pleasure that should the bankruptcy be
proceeded with, a very handsome dividend may be expected
in three or four month+, and the remainder in a very short
time. A resident in York is the individual on whose ac-
count the docket has been struck ; but we understand, on
good authority, that efforts are now making to supersede
the bankruptcy altogether, sad to give the public security
for the payment of the full amount of their debts, by three
instalmens, commencing in about three months. How far
• this very desirable arrangement will be brought to maturity
we know not—nor indeed, at present, do the parties them-
selves. It is, however, quite clear, that whichever pro-
ceeding is adhered to, the result In ill be such as even in
' anticipation should remove every thing like evil foreboding
or gloomy calculation.—York Herald.

Stock on band and Current, Prints, the hat three years
(Slat December etch year), with the Export.

1823.
BAGS. 1 PRICES. EXPORT
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/TOM I 1. d. s. d. Bags.
Sea Islands - - - 13,700 1 0 a 1 9
Stained ditto - - 1,300 1 0 84 0 114
Rowed' . - 125.51101 0 7 0
Orleans . - . 24 600 0 8 0 II
Alabama , - - 21.190 0 7 0 9
Peinams - - . 19.500 0 11 1 0
Bahia - . 9.890 0 10 0 114
3laranhams . - 21.209 0 10 011
Minas - . - 2.050 0 9 0 104
Para . . • . 550 0 0 10 11,905
Demerara . . 650 0 10 0 114
Surinam - - . 0 0 0 0
Barbadues . . 700 0 91 0 10
West Indies - - 4,550 0 74 U 10
Smyrna - - 0 0 0 0
EItYPI - - - 620 0 0 0 0 •
Peru - . t 0 0 0 0 0
Bourbon - . . 80 0 0 0 0
Surat - . . 7,800 U 84 0 74
Bengal • . . 7,250 o 84 0 7
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Total - 261,000 - 11.905
1824.
BAGS. I PRICE. EXPORT
STOCI. e. d. • d. Bags.
Sea Islands - . 2,”0 1 3 a 2 6
, Stained ditto - 200 0 84 1 0
Booed. . . - 4C,300 0 9. 012
Orleans . • 4,600 0 9 1 0
L Alabama . . . 6.3:10 0 11 0 9
r Pemarni . - 14.200 1 04 1 1
Bahia - . 6.9410 0 10 011
Maranhao* • - .11.5110 1 U 114 0 11
. .Boas . - . 1.200 9 8 010
- - 1.000 0 104 0 104 AIR
- - 680 9 104 1 1
- tiDeruatiramneamni. Demerara
. - . 0 0 0 0
I Babylon's - . 700 0 V 0 94
a West India - • 8,700 0 74 0 94
I Smyrna - . - 100 0 8 0 0 •
EIIYPI - . - 8.200 ' 0 11 0 114
Peru . . - 0 0 0 0
Bourbon - . 50 0 0 0 0
' Sure• - . . 6.000 6 64 0 74
I, Bengal - 8,150 0 6 0 7
n Total - 121.000 i - - 20,08
r, 1825.
BAGS. PRICE. \IEXPOIII
STOCK.
LS A. fi. P. d. Bags.
5. Sea Islands . . 4.324 1 84 a 2 6
Stained ditto - 1 613 0 8 1 4
:lowede - . . 82 921 0 6i 0 94
Orleans . . 20.847 0 8 1 0
T• Alabama - . - 17.098 0 64 0 8.
,is Pemams . - 33.656 0 11 1 01
ir Babia . - . 17.072 0 101 011
11l Maranhao, - 37.837 0 10 011
..1 1
,655 0 S. 0 10
"" Para - . 794 0 l-li 0 104') 34,61
e" Demerara - - - 2,422 0 10, 1 1.3
h- Surinam 200 U 114 0 11
y- liartadoes .. - 1.591 0 0. 0 l
rid West India 3,177 0 7/ 0 11
,d Smyrna . . - 18 0 0 0 0
" Egypt - - 62,9::4 0 94 0 114
IS, Peru ' • 578 0 0 0 0
Bourbon - - - 444 0 1161 1 0
Swat " 9,954 0 5 0 74
ht. Bengal - ' - 6,511 0 0 7
ts, Total • - 310.719 . - 1 84,6

[room A CITTEIt, DATED DEC. 101
" About two hundred •easels are lost on the neutral grounds ;
there were nearly three hundred in the bay at the commencement
of the hurricane. out of. which it is calculated only twelve have
escaped witheut any serious injury."

PLYMOUTH BANK.
Nothing of any moment has transpired relative to the
affairs of the late firm of Elford and Co. since our last.
The meeting of creditors will take place next Friday and
Saturday, at the Royal Hotel, in this town.—Deronshire
Frerholdrr.
MONMOUTH AND BRECON BANKS.

trans; • LETTER PAVED DEC. 8.1
„We have to advise you done of the most violent gales of wind
ever felt here, and, which has produced the most calamitous results.
For these right days past we have bad rough weather from the
South Al'est to West, but on the evening of the oth the wind shifted
to the North-west, and blew a perfect hurricane. Several large
vessels in the bay coon got adrift, and carried all before them.
There are upwards of one hundred vessels ashore on the neutral
ground, many of them perfect, wrecks. or some othcrs not a
vestige can be found. nor of their mews. Several went down at
their anchors. The number of lives lost cannot be aseertainee.
Many of the poor Snagi'h emigrants recently Invited out of the
garrison to favour Ferdinand. have perished. There was in the
bay the Co'nmbian privateer General Soublette, which was driven
from her anchor, undeethe Spanish guard-house. on the neutral
ground, and in the shriek got distrusted and filled with water,
heeling over to the starboard side; when the crew endeavoured to
escape, the Spanish troops fired upon them. The captain and
about twenty men made their escape to our part of the neutral
ground, and sought protection for his crew from our Government.
It was refused. The Spaniards, meantime, continued to
lire, finding the crew could not return it, anti munleted many lc
cold blood. One of the Colombians then mounted the rigging
with a flag of truce, and was there shot by the Custom-house
Officers; but Mr. Turner, the Commanding Officer, ;lien on
board. was allowed to come on shore. The terms could not be
agreed upon. and Tumet wished to go aboard again, but the noble
Spaniard told him he was* prisoner! At last, on the interference
' of gentlemen from our prrison, particularly B. Henry. Con-
sul foe the United States, a paper wassigned, engaging to sue
their lives. end the survivors. about eighty, Were landed.
The brig South, from Liverpool, a a:shore."

We stated in one last, that the bsnks of Mesas. Bea
msge and Snead had, on the 2lst lust., suspended their
payments. They announce that they shall "recline pay-
ments in two months, with satisfaction to the public and
credit to themselves;" and their notes are now freely taken
by the tradesmen of the neighbourhood.—Carmarthan
Joeraol.

BUCKINGHAM BANKS.
We are happy to find that all alarm has subsided re-
specting the local banks in this neighbourhood ; and that,
with returning confidence and supplies, some of those adja-
cent to as appear about to resume their business. We learn
that the brmk of Messrs. Gibbins, Gillett, and Tawney,
is likely to re-open on the 1 dth February next.—Bucks
Chronicle. •
HAVERFORDWEST BANKS.
We are sorry to announce that the Haverfordwest banks
have suspended payment, but we hope that they will ro-
same in a abort time.

We are sorry to hear that the mercantile firm of Messrs.
Butterworth and Co. of Shelf, near Bradford, have this
week suspended their payments, and that a number of their
hills have been returned dishonoured. This failure will
be a serious aggravation to the distress already experienced
is Bradford and Huddersfield, and our .Keighley corre-
spondent says, " that fur two days past tibia town (Keigh-
ley) has been greatly clouded by the suspension of pay-
ments of Messrs. Butterworth. All the manufacturers and
shopkeepers, with very few exceptions, are sufferers, and
should that house not immediately resume their payments,
many must be inevitably ruined."—/Seeds Mercury.
A SMUGGLER SHOT BY THE COAST BLOCKADE:—
An affair of a-serious nature occurred on Thursday night.
Several smugglers,endeavouring to run some tubs of spirits,
wee intercepted by a patty of the coast blockade, under
the command of Lieutenant 11-estbrook, near Dymchurch;
but some resistance to the seizure being made, it became
necessary for the blockade party to use their tire-arms, by
a discharge of which a person named Charles Reely, of
Hythe, was killed, having at the time four tubs in his pos-
session.—Cinque Ports Hermit!.
An Edinburgh Paper of September 1, 1748, relates the
following fact :—" Charles Brown, a notorious thief and
house-breaker, having been indicted at Stirling in May
last, was, till his transportation, confined in the closest
prison, or pit, in the Tolbooth of Stirling, and each night
shackled and enclosed in a wooden box made for that pur-
pose, he having before broke fourteen pair of handcuffs.
However, in the night between August Roth and 21st, he
got out of his box, broke off his shackles, cut the iron
stanchions off the only window in the prison, and made his

TEO"! THE AGENT TO LLOYD.A.
Glatt...LTA', DEC. B.—We bare had such rainy end tempts-
mous weather (blowing a tale from S.W. aid W.), that on the
night of the Sth inst. upwards of 100 sail of large and small veeels
were stranded on the beach of the neutral ground, many of which
are complete wrecks.
Dt.c. 12.—We have since had a continuation of the came, and
many vessels are now added to the number of the wrecks. To-day
the weather appears awe more settled, end we hope the storms are
all over. You will better judge of the severity of the late gales
which put an end to all business for the time), when we state that
of between three and four hundred vessels then in the Bay, not a
dozen have ettespcd without some damage or other ; and out of this
number about 150 to !00 large and small vessels are driven on shore,
many of whien are total wrecks. The Adman, Stewart, from Lon-
don, is one of the fortunate ones.

Total

GLASdow Corron—lfEattre, Dec. 31.—We live
but a limited demand for Cotton this week; prices are
altered. The sales amount only to 793 packages, as folk
431 Bt:wetls'Bd. middlhig fair, to Bid. good fair; 79
leans 91d. middling fair, to 11d. good ; 32 Demeraras 1
fair to 110. good fair; 83 Egyptians 11d. middling
Md. good fair ; 24 Surinami 111 d. fair; 124 Surat,
to 641. fair; 20 Madras isia. middling. Imported
Demerara, 43 bales. The import of Cotton into Glasgo,
in the present year, is 13,700 bags larger than that of 11
year: of which upwards of 13,000 bags were import
from tendon. 'The stock on hand at present amour'
7,100 bags, being 1,550 bags larger than at the same
last year. The apparent consumption in 1825 is
1,100 bags, or nearly fifty bags more than that of last
The prices, after prodigious fluctuations, are now from
to 12i per cent. lower than at the end of 1824.
Paosrznlrr or Geasuow.—As a decided proof of
increase of the prosperity of the country, and of the
tent of business transacted in the present year in Glasi
and its neighbanhood, it may be mentioned, that for
year now closed, the Excise Duties paid into the E:
Office have considerably exceeded in amount what
been ever known to have been collected on dny preach
year. The sum actually remitted from Glasgow amour
to upwards of 700,000 i. sterling, being rather more t
third of the whole receipts of the Excise in
land, which, last 341 r, according the public demi'
yielded to the Treasury 2,200,0001. sterling, exclusiT
port duties.—Glasgow Chronicle.
THE BONE Taans.—This new and singular branch
industry is about to be introduced here for the employr
of the poor. An eminent merchant has signified hir
to make up a cargo, and the Mendicity Committee
employing the aged women and children in collecting
W e hope they will succeed in their laudable attempt
troduce a mode of industry so beneficial. If they
export bones with flesh and blood about them, they
we have no doubt, find it (to the town at least) a very ~
vantageous trade ; but without that, we must acknowledge
we eittertainlome apprehensions of their eventual success •
itowever, it can do no harm to try—on the contrary,'
we }re sure, do good.—Dublin Paper.
On Monday a servant girl, while employed in cleat
a window of a house in Ann-street, Stockbridge,
tunarely lost her held, and fell into the area, in cons
of which one of 11,2 r ann.( was broken, and her
acriotudy injured, as to render her recovery doubtr,
Edinbur&-h

The Scotch distillemare in sad dismay at the discovery,
at the Custom-house, of a clause in the Act of Parliament
which denies them the privilege of exporting spirits into
England. They have so long inundated us with that com-
modity, that it is supposed almost ruin must ensue to those
who have now large quantities lying in bond anti in the
River ready to be delivcal on application for sale, as the
whole must now be returned to Scotland, and perhaps
thrown on the hands of th-
Grs.—Eighty years ago, when the retail of gin was
found destructive to the morals of thepeople in the metro-
polis, and when flogarth assisted in raising the cry, with
his celebrated print of Gin-alley, an act of Parliament
was passed to prohibit the sale of gin in small quantities.
The Act was, however, singularly enough infringed by
several of the apothecaries and chymists of the day, many
of whom were fined 100/. each by the Conimeisaioners of
Excise. One of them, a Mr. Turner, litigated the ques-
tion at a great expense; his pica was curious. It was,
that the right of selling spiritous liquors was originallt
in the apothecaries, they being the best judges what quan-
tities should be administered—that he had experienced gin
to be very efficacious, particularly in the gripes, and since
the commencement of the Act, he had observed that
disorder to be the epidemic malady of the kingdom,
and thought in administering thereof he had not exceeded
the privilege of the faculty.
On Wednesday night, between eight and nine o'clock,
two men, accompanied by two ferrates, one of the latter I
carrying a child, went into the house of Duncan Mackenzie,
publican, No. 118, Canongate, where they called for a half
mutchkin of whisky toddy, for which they paid, and hav-
ing remained ten or, twelve minutes, left the hour, when
it was discovered they had taken with them a feather pillow,
and had left in its stead an infant boy, apparently from
two to three months old. The child was decently dressed,
end there rere snare linens wrapped about it sufficient for
another dress. It is to be hoped the whole actors in this
disreputable and criminal affair will be discovered, and
. punished as they deserve. As it is, the child clearly falls
a charge on the parish. Neither of the females seemed to
be the mother of the child, the one being an old woman,
and the other quite a girl. From their dialect it is sup=
posed they were from the west countiy.—Cokthinian M.r-
cury.

escape.'"
Last week a child was laid down at a gentleman's door
in Charlotte-street, Glasgow, which was traced to a young
woman in Corbels. She was seized, and readily confessed
her guilt. The father of the child had absconded, and
she had maintained it for six months. She wrought as a.
piecer in a cotton-mill, and her whole income was Bs. per
week. She gave .Ss. a week to a woman for nursing her
child, audpaid 2s. a week for her own lodgings, leaving
only Is. for her support. In these desperate circumstances
the poor creature had struggled for the time above-men-
tioned, often in a famishing state, till at last, in a moment
of despair, she abandoned her'offspring. It was affecting
to witness the fondness with which she caresb7.4 her child
on its being again presented to her. Her story being
ascertained to be true, no punish men t was pressed against her.
Henry 1.3i1m, a wholesale dealer in base coin, has been
Committed to Bodmin gaol, to take his trial at the next
Assizes, under the following circumstances :—A short time
since he made his appearance at Devonport, where he was
recognised and closely watched. Having inguir:4 for the
nearest road to Liskeard, by way of St. Germans, suspicions
were excited that he meant to proceed into Corn wall by that
route. Day and Johns, two very active peace officers, who
had been following his steps in conjunction with Ellis, set off
fur St. Germans on Saturday afternoon, And reached that
place a short time before the arrival of the market boat, in
which Giles had taken a passage. After some maneeuvre-
ing, the constables succeeded in taking him with nearly
40!. of base shillings and half-crowns is his possession,
• and about 10. in goad money. The false coin is remark-_
ably well-executed, excepting the milling at the edge;,
which is very defective.—Derenshire Freeholder. •

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Thel"AnngivLerlimrryiiMikreetiMrr"....lof"th‘eiOf7ieAndis'ir„^r, et; Lingeb,., I, 4.4.
held yesterday evening, at the Queens, ,'set ',"l . .I::1
fields, (or the purpose of receiving they early Re,
mittee, mak thee elude, at half. f.
JOSEPH BUTTERWORT/1. E‘q. 51. P. —.. wee a ehere
past six o'clock, and a few verses from the 4 01 ne! re; pa.eaes,„,._
extemporary prayer having been go're the "ult ; 17,,,•--,,-;i. 4
shortly addressed the meeting. He felt extra 'nc'Y .4Pfe'l . ""'"'
meeting the friends of religion on the present . 1'ae5ic."..e..,....81143Lt 'II,
with feelings of heartfelt satisfaction that he four. `,"l,ric:ll7=
bed taken up the cause in aid of the parent Society t ,',,;14 ;7
to find that South America had been rescued from t still mach iv:
both in a religious and political point of view, bu l'r
mained tq be done. In many parts of that great t Ttlinenmat =
*nations were yet of frequent occurrence The bottle
VOst fatty
Info were found in the etreet% of the principas calm le
morning Weltering in their blood. It was customary at. a **mug.
for A stogie individual to have five or six to escort him : . 4l!'
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Africa the missionaries Were receivinglng every encouragem ee
of ,
would not trouble the meeting with recounting the excreta. 9,, .
missionaries in the East and Wert. further than saying that • Teri. .
lively prospect of success also was apparent there.
The Report.was then real. -Anti. stating how perplexed t
Committee were in drawing it up, in order to lay before the s
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scribers the remit of their exertions, in •• d w
ear and undiegult 's
narrative, it espressed deep regret in having to announce that le. ili
subscriptions *ere totally inadequate to meet the demands sakes
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farther and more extensive exertions were made to support tbe Pa-
rent Society. There was, however, one cheering prospect, which
sp-eatl around like the light of Hieven, whiet said-" Go on and
prosper." It was the soul cheering fact that other chapels had
taken up the cause, and that the attendants of thin (Qrseert-etreet),
Was rot second in its exertions, followed closely by ait Ow others. i .
1 It exprtssed • regret that those who were in Isrudably employed in
citing iestrudion so our own infante would•not also take int, vie* ,
i the necessity of also admtni.terine salvation and instruction let the
• children of one heathen fellow creatures, and stnngly enforoed the.
reeeinity of finishing the gond work, by establishing an infant sure
7, iliary society ; which, however email, *meld do mare good than
could be expected. I ,
- The accounts of the Treasurer were then reed, by which it ape,
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peered that the receipts of the Iwo year were 341/. Ss. W. cols s '
7 leeted alone by this branch so.iety, leaving a defecation of i
1 1
3 421.191.844. . ~
4 The Rev. Dr. REECE moved' the continuation of the Reentte J.
and in a' eloquent speech set forth the necessity of recallleg to a J
4 sense 'greened duty the millions of fellowecreatures at oreseut In a
2 state of d e knew He cited. se a praise-worthy butanes, the fed,
17113 that one young child alone had collected rro lens there H. es. Iflde
in aid of the. Society, and that collectively not tear thaw tit beli
- teemgetherel by the same means.
i 7 The. Rev, Geondr MORLEY next addressed the meeting, and .'
- In the emirs; of. his exhorts ion to the youthful branches,strongly
rs enforeee the necessity of their adopting the eremite wet forth by the 11.
report and the Hon. Chairman. Ile noticed particularly one pert
,- of the report, namely, the supposed defalcation in the penitent ac-
counts. On this point in error had ocdurre I. and he was happy to
..., Aar, that et, far from any defalcation, there was an inereased fund (I
o,tr the p•evinue year, The fact was, that a ereat number le =b-
m' •eriptions hal been paid at the Missionary House, but those were
- entered to the account of the Queen-street Chapel. and when the
• alimal report of the aggregate amount of the funds were published' ) 41
It would be found that not less tram between B,oool.and 4,9001. bad
been collected by this Society alone, including the benifaciioos in 1 . t ,
the immediate neighborhood. On thi whole the present yeef wee far
more favourable than the former, and he trured that as yearerolled
on so would their funds increase. From slanch rater alone there was art
increase of 600/. ; from Nottingham also there was an *denies's; 1 •
NUM over and above the last year of 8004 and jn almost every other' ' I ;
town there had been more or less additions; so that to my the
~,„ cause wan declining wasspeaking in emote Still, however exer. )1
"" dons were wanting; and every additional stimulusi given was
plucking teem the lire so many f'ellow.creaturee. The Increase ifs
the Foreign Auxiliaries was also cheering. Instead of 2.0001. in 1,
the farmer year, the last produced upwards of 8,000 L; and in India 4
and Ceylon the cause of religion was melting rapid strides.,-as •
proof of which, at one meeting alone, net less than six adults bed li
been brought to devote themselves to the Almighty, and throw up .!
idolatry. 1 ,
The Reverend Alexander Fisher, Mr. Richard Watson, Mr. 1 : i
James, slt. Marriott, and several other Gentlemen, addressed 0. r
Meeting.
*--,,, The several resolutions were unanimously adopted; and thanks it
' having been voted to the Hon. Chairman, the Meeting broke up.
A literal substerioion was collected on the occasiou.
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PET k THE SILK TRADE.
;a. [From the Mseckaisll Conrir'.] •,I
IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
We have been favoured with a copy of Mr. Ilvskissonli
answer to the memorial of the operative silk weavers and I '
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dyers of this town. This Memorial was forwarded to the 1
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Board of. Trade about a fortnight ago by our worthy
County Menthes's, at the request.of the body from whom it I
emanated. 'f he answer of the Right Hon. Gentleman,
"82 which we subjoin, will be read with deep interest by all
engaged in this important branch of manufacture. It is k
frank and explicit, and certainly goes to show that all the II ~.
distress which at present unhily exists is not exclusively .. 1
the result of the policy adopt by his Majesty's Govern-
ment. .
' So far it cannot fail to he satisfactory to the memo-
rialists ; hut we feel extreme regret, in common with ,
them, that, notwithstanding the depressed state of the ' ! i
trade, which, after all, must for a time be rery materially
affected by the measure, Ministers still adhere to their
determination not 'to extent the time fixed by the Act of
0,082 s i
1824 for the admission of foreign wrought silks:--•
Board of Trade, Dee. 24, 1825.
Gent lemen,-I have to acknowledge the honour of your letter of
the 14th inst. enclosing a memorial from the weavers and silk dyers i/: 1
POIIT
of the borough of Macclesfield, and also a letter from the Mayor,
~p which accompanied that memorial. 't
In conformity to your request. I have communicated these docu-
ments to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He very sincerely ye-
grets, in common with myself, the depressed stare of the meaufac-
tore of Macclesfield, and the unfortunate halms which have lately
occurred there; but, after the most mature consideration which no
can give to the subject of the silk trade, we do not fed ourselves
justified in departing from the decision lately communicated by. the, .
Board of Trade, in answer to an application similar to the present
from Alacclesfield.
14,680 That decision in substance was, that we could not consent to ego- • •
tinue the, prohibition of foreign wrougld villa beyond the period
now fixed by the Act of 1824.
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If however any practical proposal shell be.brought formed by ~,•
the manufacturers, which might appear to them calculated to ten.
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der the ,orotertion which that law substitutes for prohibition, mere
effectual, without the visa of throwing the trade into the hand/ of
the smuggler, such a proposal will receive from US the most Etat- I' e
dye consideration. ~
As the memorialists "profess that they do not go into arguments
upon the question," it is only further necessary for me to state. e - •
, that, in the judgment of this Board, the present depression of' 1.
84680 prices, and singnation in the silk trade, are mainly ibe ascribed 4,
to other causes than the passing of the Act of the Session before the 1
e had last ; and amongehese causes, in no aneall degree, to the extrava. .7
e un. glint speculations in the raw material, and to the very unusual eeri. l'
Lions taws in many parts of the kingdom, but more especially et it
Howe
_, Macclesfield, rapidly to increase the manufacturing establishinente, i
9 Or' and the number of hands engaged in them ; speculations 'lettered 4,
110. into, and exertions made, since the passing of the law for the ad.
ng, to mission of foreign wrought silks, and when this change must hays
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s eve been as much within the knowledge and contemplation V the 4,'
parties as it is at this moment. •
from 1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
t • i • ~
asgow Your very obedient humble servant, , ,
of last W. 1-11:SICiSSON.
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M, r•DEL-It gives us extreme concern to find core- . I.
tayturt. mined within, or upon the confines of, our county fine a
oin 71 th,!se inhuman barbarities at which the mind sickenti„vittilo 1
it deplores alike the fate of the sufferer anti the salmi:es:Ns. .
of the of the guilty. The following is an extract of a letter dr-
he ex- rected to our respected neighbour, Brigetle-7vlsjor Beevor
lasgow " Newtownbarry, Dec. 26.-I ton sorry to inform you that 1 i4'
'or the a most atrocious and wilful outrage Was committer) or.. t
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Excise Saturday night last in this neighbourhood, near G. WAr- • ~
at had ren's, at Ryland, on'the body of a man named' It. flogbes, i
!ceding who was inhumanly murdered about the hour of nine 1 .'
ounted o'clock. An inquest was held yesterday ; 1 kayo ss.
than a been on the Coronet's jury, and a verdict of *Will tourda • I
Scot- :las been given against Nicholas .tordan and Simon Cow.
counts, man. 'they have both fled the country."-Carloto Mora. it
wive of in;; Post, Dec. 29.
f MELANCHOLY AND FATAL AECTOE:ZT.-In the fore- ''' ;
inch o noon of yesterday, as a carter in the employment of Mr.
oymoni Nlainard, of. the East India Dock, was driving a team be-
kis wish longing to that gentletnan, through the Rope-makevs;fals,
intend Limehouse, owing to some cause at present unexplaitese 4-1
g them. he unfortunately came in contact with the wheel of sho-
at to in- cart, which passed over his body, and. before any assiAt- 1 •
7 could ance could he rendered him, was literally crushed to pieces.
would, Scarce had the. accident occurred, when several persous
rery ad- / .a up, and had him immediately removed,• and medical
owledge aid procured ; but all was in vain, so human waistline* ,
success; could be of any benefit, the vital.spark, had fled. The ea I- • .
,it will, fortunate deceased' was a' peredu of good 'chasietrri midi . , i .
has left a young family to deplore. his untimely end. 1
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cleaning Anew species of horse stealing hag been prsAised in
, unfor- Newcastle-upon-Tyne within the last few days, psy it
sequence young man, who boa obtained hackneys from sersral-w. I , ,
hcA.l so sons who let horns to hire, antler the pretest. tbst thy),
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Lbtrul.- were wanted for diff,rent surgeons. Hev he dile:plea tic
the horses isnot yet known..-Netecartle CoartgAt. ' 4'
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