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London, England, 1826-01-10 00:00:00

GENERAL. ORDERS.

Heal-Quartets, Calcutta, Aug. 6, MU.
The right wing of his Alojesly'a :filet Regiment of Fnot, arrived
front England on board the Honourable Company's ship Charles
Grant, under the commaad of Lieutenant-Colonel Cassidy, will,
with the *anoints of Government, be disemlisrked from that ship.
and proceed in the river-sloopa sent for the 'reception of the some.
Further instructions will hereafter be issued, respecting its junction
with the left wing of the corps.
. .

Ey order of Ili' Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
THOMAS 111•11 A HON, Col. A. 0.

EUROPEAN GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL.

Head-Quarters. Calcutta, 4th August, 1825.
At an European General Court-Martial, assembled at Agra on
Saturday, the 21Iih Slay, 1025, of which Lieutenant-Culoncl J.
lklenient, 68th regiment native infantry. is President. Gunner
Philip Dogherty. laboratory nian, attached to the Agra inagesine,
witeaura,gned on the following charges. viz.:—
" Ist. For clandestinely concealing himself within the magazine
yard in Fort Agra, on or about the evening of the 23d of February,
1825, until after the gates of the yard were shut for the night, with ;
the felonious intention of stealing property therefrom during the
night.
" 2d. For feloniously and forcibly breaking open the lock of the
treasure-chest lodged in the office or store-room of the magazine.
yard, and for feloniously and forcibly breaking open the lock of a
box contained in the said treasure-chest, and for feloniously steal-
ing, taking, and carrying away therefnun, a bag containing the
sum of sonat rupees six bondretf and fifty, the property of Govern-
mein, and erremi of pay belonging to rnen then on command, with
which said bag, containing the sum of six hundred and fifty rupees,
he, the Said gunner, Philip bogherty, effected his escape from the
Jiald wiesszine.yard, by lowering himself from the window of one
of the store-rooms, a height of about twenty-two feet from the
ground.
"3d. Foe absenting himself, without leave, from duty on the
tnorning.of the 2ith February, 1825, and not returning till brought
back from the Bazaar on the forenoon of the 26th, 1n a state of
drunkenness, when his box was examined, and in it was found the
bag, in which had been placed the said sum of sonar rupees six
hundred end fifty, but which said bag, on its discovery in the said
prisoner's box, contained only the stem of sense rupees one hundred
and eleven.

rirptiti4eitier charger thdrourt came to the following decision :.
FIWOING.—" The Court having maturely weighed and con-
sidered the whole of the evidence on the part of the prosecution.
and of the defence, do find the prisoner Guilty of the whole and
every part of the Ist and 9d charges exhibited against him.
On the 3d charge, the Court find the prisoner Guilty of absent-
ing himself without leave from his duty. and not returning till
brought back on the 28th February, 1825, in a rate of drunken-
ness, when his box was examined, and io it was found the bag in
which had been placed the sum of six hundred and fifty rupees,
stolen by the prisoner out of the box within the Treasure Cheat, en
Agra magazine ; and that the said hag, when so discovered in the
prisoner's box, contained in part and that the prisoner's box con-
tained in the whole, the sum of one hundred and eleven rupees,
specified in the3d charge."
SENTEXCE.—The Court, having found the prisoner Gunner
Philip ht:ias Dogherty, laboratory man of the Agra maga-
zine, guilty of the charges as above stated, do adjudge him the said
Gunner Philip (alias Phillip) Dogherty to be transported as a felon
for seven years.
Approved and confirmed,
(Signed) EDWD. PAGET, General,
Commander-in-Chief in India.
The Governer General in Council concurs in the sentence of
transportation for seven years passed by the Court Alartial at Agra
on Gunner Philip Dogherty. which has been approved and con.
finned by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.
(Signed) AIHHERST.
EDWD. PAGET. •
JOHN TENDALL.
J. H. lIAHINGTON.
The prisoner. Dogherty, is to be sent to the Presidency by the
earliest convenient opportunity.
The Court is dissolved.

Ey order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
W. L. waTBor4,
Adjutant-General of the Army.

WRECK OF THE CYMONE.

GISEANBILY, JAN. 3.

The inquest of the Royal Court into the conduct of the
authorities of Alderney, on the occasion of the Greek brig
of war Cymone's wreck, closed on Saturday. Mr. John
Gaudion, King's Procareur at Alderney, was present at
Court, and satisfactorily exculpated himself and his friends
front the charges brought against them. His defence was
made in open Court; but as the examination of all the
witnesses, and the Court's deliberation previous to their
pronouncing judgment, passed in private, it is impossible
for us to enter into details. It will, however, suffice to
say, that the Court gave it as their unanimous opinion,
that there was no foundation whatever for any accusation
against the authorities of Alderney.
We feel highly gratified in being able to record this
decision of the Court, on their terminating an inquest
which has octupied a considerable portion of their valuable
time, during the last four or five weeks—au inquest too,
which, from the indignation excited in the public mind by
the malicious stories of plunder and robbery, said to have
been committed on the propeety of the Greeks, must have
been undertaken under the influence of feelings not very
favourable to the character of the inhabitants of Alderney ;
for we must suppose our magistrates to be more than men,
before we can suppose that, previous to their examining
witnesses, they felt nothingof a sensation which, in other
respects, was very generally, if not univenisHy experienced
in this town.

Upon the whole, we think that the Greeks have no cause
to complain of the treatment they have met with in these
islands. Previous to the period when the reports, pre-
judicial to the inhabitants of Alderney, began to assume
some degree of importance, the Captain and Lieutenants
repeatedly expressed themselve► as perfectly satisfied with
their conduct ; in this island they received every possible
mark of friendship and hospitality from his Excellency S
John Colborne, who kindly allowed rations to the crew,
and-gave them quarters at Castle Cornet; and, previous to
their departure from this island, a sum, amounting to
nearly three hundred pounds, raised by private subscription,
was distributed among the men.—Guernsey Paper.

Poaching has of late greatly increased in this neigh-1
hourhood, which will not appear extraordinary, when it is
known that at Brighton a sovereign is often-given for a
brace of aunts. At this time there are in our House
of Cc 21 poachers under conviction, and one for
trial. it is high time that something effective wu
done to a step to this demoralising offence.Lewts
Papa.

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THE ROYAL NA►Y.

The Lordt of l'at Admlnky hate promoted the tollowieg ace/
hetweea the itt cf t)cmher and the 311 t or boomotw, g— _ _

To Be A. T. John
Leith.

To HE COMMAWD.F.Re—T. Stephenson, 113. J. Pope John.
stone, U. 11. Cockerell, J. Allison, W. Symonds, C. Critter,
Illasysard, J. Mundell, W. G. H. Whieb, T. B. Bond, and 'S,
Aland ley.
To BE bIECTT.YANTII—C: J. Seecombe, W. kiett,H. k.
H. Fitmoy, W. Wellesley, W. C. Webber, A. Batton. H. A.
Meetlon. J. Sibly, F. W. Justice, J. A. W. Hill, W. Ifeltaby,,
C. Dimork; C. Htlton:`W. Brtedon, M. Mc:Vette, W. Ensphri
on. E. IL Corson B. Allen, W.D. Miller, J Jeayes. A. S.
Lowe. W. Mall wall. A. ftesd, W. Clapp, IL Dowse, A. Kellett%
E. Kelly, R. J. Ma.sh. end George Trollope.
'Captain John Wilson is stfpointed to the Java, at Plymouth;
Capt. Crnwtty. Badger (Inc home Sendai, at Chadian' ; Ceps,
Septimus Atahin, North Star, 2S, at M'oolalch; Lieut S,senie
timyti., of the l'ort.moul. Semaphore, to be Seettol Merit of flip
Victory ; !Amts. Joseph Camillen and Gordon 31*Donald, to Sus
Prince Regent; Lieut.. Spark,: Thompson and 0. C. Oliver,
Spartiste ;, Licuts. Snow. Maitlard, T. Lewis, and W. H. nth,
Superb ; Lieute. M'itliasp and Charteris. Phitomel I- Mu&
Boultbie, North Star; Lieur, Bemire Kennedy, Badger; MS.
Hunter, Itlaver, rtrtiate Mr. Hellisions fflatter,toPerh;
' E. Kelly, Oweh tHer.dower, to the rank of Lieuretrant,`anff
mud the Wir.srd hrtg ; Mr. Hooper, formeely of the Weis, NO
be Purser of the Ordinary at Tatham, tics Met Cbarketklomerts
deceased. 'Stk.
Mr. 0. A. Atheism, Sargerareand New% Marna Oitiloa .441
John 51'llae (h), Assistant Surgeons, have been re-appointed tie
the Superb, 71, at Fororw.outh.
It is acid ;hat acne further Oared naval regulations will sheet
be issued, among whith, It is mesitionld that therrias'ent of al.
ire to have the sole charge and responsibity of the Olio's stores, at
'oat such part as has hitherto been placed in.the charge of ISO
boatswain, carpenter. and gunner. For this additi oral rimy this
master will have an appropriate allowatice, which will have the d.
feet of increasing the ciffirence between the full and half.paig
those ntlicerts. It is also stated that the instructions for each
or officers will be issued separately.
Lieut. Hallows, enmtnanoling the Dolphin revenue cruller,
stationed at Dartmouth, captured on the night of the 29 h ult. neat
the Bolt Head, a French stool., from Cherbourg, haring a cargo of
158 casks of foreign spirits, and dew of six men on board.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, SUWDAY, JAN. (L

Wind R. with Frost—High Water, 69 minutespaat /O.
Four Irish Mails due.
Arrived the Silas Richards, Hoideidge, froze New York; but.
can Gibb, Maxwell, from Quebec.
No 'Opel arrived from Dub in. •
•
The lovely Jenny, Jones, from Newry, for Liverpool, was nut
foul of at Beautraris, received considerable damage, and must
discharge to repair.
sailed this day, the Highlander, Stott, for Rio 'de Janeiro)
Cognac Packet, Hitasdale, for *Pernambuco ; Harmony, Rea), ter
Antigua; —, for Jamaica ; Manhattan, Marabon,iste
New York; Montezuma, West, for Philadelphia ; Argo, Quinn%
for Sierra Leone.

FALMOUTH., JAN. 7.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packatfrem
Lisbon ' • Petere, Smith, from Bristol ; Enterprise, Ilacken ; an
Sarah, Booster, from London. Sailed the Stanmer packet fee
Lisbon ; Kingfisher, ditto, for the Meilterraneert; Fly, Sut-
ton, for St. Michael's; and Euretta, Irvin, for Trinidad.—
Windl E.—lt continued blowing very heavily from the east boa
Thursday afternoon, two o'clock, until yesterday afternoon about
four, when it moderated. All the verse) have rode eithout tip
slightest r:amage.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 7 . —Arrived the Brothers, Forbes;
Asia, Round front Lisbon ; sailed in can:11)ml with the brit
Goodwill; llisjeetic, Champion; Prince Regent, Lark;
and Hope • parsed by the Georgians for Madras.—Windt
The Lively frigate arrived here on Monday from Jamai
Vera Cruz; the sailed from Port Royal on the 29th of 0
and Vera Crus the thh November A arrived off H staens II th alt.
sad hailed the same day, but in consequence of the wind being.*
N.N.W. did not get through the gulf until the 15th, when
wind shifted ta S.S.E. and blew a tremendous gale. The Lively
Intended to here gone to New York., but was prevented.
PONT SMOUTII, ./AN. 8.-=AtTivet the Economy, Fhnning, ham
Memel, with lons of anchor and table ; Spanish schooner Sante del
Carmen, from St. Sebastian • Tudor. Ftarding, from *tali
Endeavour, Winson ; and Friendshipj.ight, from London.
the Hope transport for fork.—Wind E. hard gale.
DOTER, Jaw. 8.-Theri are immense arrfesb of Nold dilly;
one vessel brought this afternoon 460,000 sovereigns for Mr. Rothe-
child.

DS•I.., Jaw. B.—Throughout yesterday and this dny It Inis
blown very strong trom the eastward. No arrivals or sailings: lbw
Admiral Cockburn, Palalox, and a Dutch galliot remain.
RAMSGATE, JAN. 7.—The Maria Anne, Durant, bound SD
Bourdeaux, has discharged her cargo in a damaged slate.
SHEERNESS, JAN. 7.—The Ontlerneeming, Vander Abell.
from Amsterdam to Leghorn, has been brought into this pc*, with
loss of anchor and cable, and the Twe Gebroeders, liobina, free.
Amsterdam to London, with loss of bower anchor and cable, end,
leaky, having been on shore on the Middle Ground. '

GRAVESEND, JAY. 7.—Arrived the Two Sisters, Team",
from Tonningen; Garodina, Romder, from Embden ; Ayres,
Battin, from Hamburgh, and several others, in a strong oda is
e.t.d., names unknown.

JAN. B.—The gales continues. Several ships have
names unknown. Sailed the Auguste, Grandin, for 11:2:,1 uPo.
*lt
the Paget, Wing, for Gonstantinople.
SCARBOROUGH, JAi:. 7.--. The Ann, Fowler, hence to }Pe.
mar, put into Wargo, hear Gottenburg. She was out 16 dim
and experienced a suecessiott of tremendone gales. Copts@
Fowler reports, that several ahipa were oq shore on the island of
Leaeoe.

141911011, DEC. 26.—The *Union, Abbott, from Seville is Loa.
don, has put in here leaky, and has been hauled on shore to OH
vent her sinking.
A brig, apparently about one hundred tons register, was dci
on shore, waterlogged, near Ballantrae, some days ago, witted( itly
person on board. Our informant states she *as first obsolete* its
the offing about 3 o'clock p.m., and such expedition woa need bi-
" the natives," in destroying the vessel when she came ashore, nikl.
carrying away the materials, that 'calmly a vestige other rettniessil
on the beach next morning. We trust, that for the-honour ashes
Ayrshirecoast, that some respectable individual in Ballantrae wal
be able PI contradict this very serious charge against the
inhaftit-
ants of that place.—Ayr Courier.
During a storm on the evening of the 20th ult., a boat, market
" Benjamin, of Chepstow, James Phillips," was driven on Miro
in Gastletown Bay, Isle of Blan.--Greetrock Advertiser.
The Hector, de Vries, from Embden to Gibraltar, is on sham
near Graveslines, but is expected to be got oir—cargo (wheat) ti-
maged.
The Africa steam-vessel, bound to Sierra Leone„has just en-
tered Ramsgate with loss of rudder, having been on *bore.
The Carolina. Bias, from Neastadt to Hull, was stessiied at
running, lst inst.
The Hibernia, of Plymouth. from Terra Nova to Metstaa, tuns
wrecked on the coast of Calabria 9th ult.

- -
The Jorge Mida, Brankman, from Hall to Amite= put
into Cuxhaven sth inst. leaky, with loss of sails, an , watt
cables, and mast discharge.
The Bayonnaia, Rieffaod, from St. Jago de Cuba to Bourdeaux,
was lost 6th Oct. and four of the crew drowned.

The Hercules, Shipman, from Amsterdam, has put into Whit-
stable`, leaky, with loss of anchors and cables.
The Lovely Jenny, Jones. from Newry to Liverpool. lets pat
into Besumaris with damage, having been run fatal of, and mac
discharge.
The Concordia, DOE, from Riga for Antwerp, which has*
into Neviungshaven, must discharge part of her cargo to rosialr.
The Vrtendschap. Hazewinkle, from Rouen to Housbuttgla, Dot
into Carolinerzyl, 20th Dec. with loss of anchors, cable*, mai, &c.
and a great part of the cargo damaged.
The Lute Eintraeht, Kroger, from Riga to Schiedam, basE
stranded can Lessos, was obliged pa thaw overboard half the car ,
and afterwards arrived at Asg, with loss of anchors and W.)

A remarkable circumstance lately occurred at Amersham.
About a month previously a box hlid been stolen torn the
bedchamber of a person of the name of Salter, containing
in notes and sovereigns nearly 1301. One of the notte
stolen was a Bank of England RUN., and it fortunately
happened that the date and number were ercertained, so
that on inquiry at the bank the day after the loss was dis-
covered, it appeared that the note had not been brought in.
Of course payment of it was stopped: No clue to the
' robbery has been discovered, save that the thief in all pro-
' bability gained access to the house through, a broken lat-
ticed window, and in the dusk of evening made his wsy
to the chamber. where the box was deposited whilst the fa-
mily were engaged below stairs. It was quite clear in-
deed that the depredator must have possessed the moat ac-
curate information of the house, and the place whers the
box was deposited. On Wednesday morning last, a letter
which had been put into the post-office at Ainer►ham the
preceding evening, addressed to Salter, was d, Livered to
him, and, on opening it. the contents proved to be the 1001.
note. The paper which formed the envelope was clumsily
folded up, and fastened with shoemaker's war. The iIL f
was no doubt aware of the note being stopped, and of the
despot and risk attendant on any effort se inn it in sitet -
la t ion .

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PRICES or BRITI6II
limb Stock m sn
into Aut.
S.* Cent. Red. j
11210 Cent. Conelli I I
/Pitts Asst. j $24 7
Riper Cent. tog
so ;Hu Ct. Red. !Di

?KICKS OF FOBBION
Ilium Has Bends 89f 1
Po* Scrip 1'34 die
!how Ayres Bonds 78
I*. Asst. 78
Osionibiss Bonds
• Roads 11824) WI 781
Ins. Asa. 681_
• Bonds Of 3
Notch Rents' 5 per Cu. 38f. 54k.
Isslisniss ISt ik.
hawk Bente, 3 per Ct. at
Bsehbage Ik.
4 Lass-muds Bonds

,TOCKS YESTERDAY.
Kau • per Cent. 1111 914 t I
Gong Ann. sul
India Sands'3 26 pm
Ex. Dillsl.ooo/. 9 8 d..) 7 9 pm
Ditto, 9001.7 10 pm
Ditto, Small 710 pm
!.orrery Tickets 1111. 11/s.

S TO( !KS V HSTE It DA It .
Break Bonds
Dittoßonds(lB23)l44 134 14
Aleskati Bonds
Ditto Bonds (1323) 701 1 704 t
Ditto Acct. 704 1 1 704 1 f
Peruvian Bonds 43 6
Prusvian Bonds
Ditto Bonds (1822) 914 f
Russian Bonds 83 4 34 I 413 t 4
Ditto Acct. 83 4 3f 41
Spanish Bonds 161 f 131133131
Ditto Acct. 124 f
Ditto Bonds (1823) 8

PRICES OF SHARES YESTERHAI .
mists.
!tare. PAM. Premium par Illkass.
A ogle- Mimics' .6109 35 11l 121
Brazilian .. .. l9O 11 41
9!'
Ilolombiais WO 1 9
Farostir.s
Barites .... tee a 21 1 dis
Poolia.Poznoian ... —. 199 5 / 1 die
Potosi La Paz & Peruvian Ass. 10 1 211 /des
Volum! 'lexicon
Ditto New 4O 10 91 191
Welch Iron sad Coal 25 20 6 dis

AssuaAncs COX?•Iglil.
Mame British and Foreign— 100 10 24

IRON RAILWAY,.
Liverpool and Manchester lOO 6 20 66 20f
lIISCCLI.ANCOUI•
British Iron lOO 21 fif di'
British Rock and Patent Salt 10 6 If
Canada lOO 10 18 19
Druitrrlch Patent Salt
General Steam Navigation lOO I 1 1 dl.
Mszisan
Provincial Bank of Ireland lOO II 2 the
Rio de la Plats Agricultural lOO 11 4 dies

Elte SrittOlt

DRURY-LANK THRATRF.
rhts Imam. TUMMY. JltNtiCreAbury,an. 10 NOR OBBpeE will be rformed the Comedy of
*HUH IiRY.
Int Orbit* Mr. Williams; Sam Swiped, Mr. Liston ;
Lady Cresabizryi Mn. DIMINO; Mn. Swipes, Mre. Oiler ; Lapelle,
ilrs. C. James.
After which a new Farm called
WOOIeGATHERINCL
Titeptinelpal Characters by 1111111716 Lhiton, W. Bennett. Peaky, and
J. Russells Mrs. Yates, MIN I. Paton. and Mrs. C. Jones.
To eettelude with the Pantomime of
HARLEQUIN, J4CX OF ALI. rRADZS.
War/polo, Mr. Huvrell ; Pantaloon. Mr. T. Blanchard; Claws, Mr.
I'. Brown .Colausibine, Mine Barnett.
o-mo rrow, The Itypocrttet and the Pantomime.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
Tale Evening. TUESDAY. Jan.
LARI.IO, will be performed the Opera of
C
The Duke Vivaldi, Mr. Power; ROllllllO. Mr. Fawcett: foam. Mr.
Puri-met: (Sermon, Mr. Keeley; Nimpedo. Mr. Meadows. Clad,
Miss Paton; Vespins. Ulm Love.
After which the now Plass of
THE SCAPE-GOAT.
The Characters by Meagre. Blanchard, Cooper. W. Farrell, and Mea-
dows; Misses Jones and A. Jones.
To conclude with the Pastomim• of
MARLEQUIN AND THE MAGICK Roll;
Dr, BEAD ry AND THE BEAST.
ilerteaula, Mr.
Grimaldi; Col LW; Pantalumbi oon
ne, Miss RO Mr. Dameslllllr. ; ChM,. Mr. J. S.
To-morrow. The Duenna; and the Paneenthae.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We wish the circumstances attending the publication of the lut
communication of " A Practitioner" bad not occurred. The
errors. however, are not very material, and on reconsideration our
Correspondent will perhaps agree with us that it is hardly wont
while to correct them by a formal notice. The Editor knew
r.dthing of the alterations till the letter wu published.
•

7lt• •EPHITIO H Pass, commenced publishing yesterday son
in` sr five o'clock.

LONDON, TUESDAY, JANVAILY 10. I$U.

Last night we received the Paris Papers of Saturday,
including, as usual, the Etude dated the following day.
,The only news they bring from Russia is, that the Senator
-*appointed by the Grand Duke NICHOLAS to communicate
;to the Emperor CONSTANTINE " the result of the de-
'liberations of the Council at St. Petersburgh' had arrived
at Warsaw. This announcement is of a very singular and
mysterious character. If the Emperor CONSTANTINE was
w succeed his brother, as by hereditary right, how is it we
find him thus in treaty with the Grand Duke Ntertotas
and the Council at St. Petersburah ? What deliberations
could they have had, with the result of which it was ne-
cessary to acquaint him by a special envoy ? It would seem
as if an attempt was making to impose terms or conditions on
the new Emperor before he is allowed to assume the reins of
government. This may account for his otherwise extra-
_ ordinary delay at Warsaw. We look with much anxiety
for the next intelligence from Russia. There are some ob-
stacles in the way of Co NBTANTINL'S accession. Know-
grog his unpopularity with the Muscovite nobles, perhaps
be dreads his father's fate, and is himself negotiating for
the Cwwn of Poland in exchange for the vast dominions
of the Cans. . .

The politicians of the French capital are busy with spe-
culations as to the meeting of the Chambers at the end of
this month. The Miniidry are threatened with a more
powerful opposition than they have yet had to contend
with. The failure of U. DE VILLELL's plan for the con-
version of tho Rentes, and the financial panic which fol-
loVred, and which in France the Opposition ascribe entirely
to his operations, will probably embarrass him ; but he has
iio adversaries who could supply his laborious habits of
business and knowledge of official details. lie is there-
fore safe, in spite of the clamours raised against him. In
malty respects, too, be Ins latterly conciliated public
opiuton. The liberal course of foreign policy he appears
disposed to adopt towards the new States of America has
secured him the friendship of the leading persons in the
commercial world. He consequently feels himself in a
oosarditiou to set at defiance the factious outcries and in-
trigues of the Royalists who have arrayed themselves
agautst him, and who, while they are the only party that
could eject him from office, have not sufficient influence,
either at Court or elsewhere, to accomplish that object.
The subscription for General For's family amounted,
co Friday evening, to upwards of 695,000 francs, about
ef,Boo/. sterling. The department of the Upper Rhine
has alone subscribed 6'2,683 francs.
The French Funds continue to advance rapidly.
[From the Etoik dated Sunday, Jan. 8
The Senator Apatehinin, chosen by the Grand Duke Nicholas to
allny to the Emperor Constantine the result of the deliberations of
the Council at St. Peteraburgh, has arrived at Warsaw.
The Message of the President of the United States is extremely
hag, and we have given above all that can interest European
readers. It seems pat the United States do not abandon their
vein/stow to be indemnified by the present Governments of
Essope.
The Prince Royal of Wirtemburg, aged three years, has bees
dangerously ill, but in now recovering.
The French frigate the Thetis, of 44 guns and 300 men, and the
Eti perance corvette, of 20 guns and 150 men, arrive. at Sydney,
Nre South Wales, on the 30th of June last. They sailed from
France on a voyage of discovery.
At, Evening Journal Eta,ES that his Majesty's ship L'Alcyone,
commanded by M. Leine, had been totally lost on its way to
Toelon. We are able to say that a telegraphic despatch from that
parts dated January 2, announces the arrival of that vessel in the
Reads.
The shock of an earthquake which was felt at Strasburg on the
lid Decemb2r, at five in the morning, was also felt at the same
erottent at oflenburg, for two seconds. three leagues from that
place, at Kuck, on the Kiwis, the oscillations seemed to be re-

ne
the
that

peated during two minutes. The motion was from S.E. to N.W. ;
the air perfectly calm.
Fa CNclt Fvxus.—Paats, Jaw. 7.—Fire per Cr ts. 9r.r. 80c.
Three per Cents. 681. 3k.; Bank Stock 20771. rifle. ; Rente do
Naples 781. dOc.; ftente d'Espagno, 10ii ; Royal Spanish Loan
49if.. Exchange on London, one month, 251. 15c. ; three months
!4f. 90c.—Court

The silk manufacturing districts, we lament to find, are
suffering under the pressure of increasing distress, to
which there seems no prospect of alleviation. If this is
the natural and necessary operation of the system of open
trade, so far as it applies to this valuable class of manufac-
turers, their situation is peculiarly unfortunate. What
equivalent of advantage it will bring to the general com-
merce of the country remains to be seen. We are cer-
tainly not very sanguine on this head. When we call to
mind that the duty upon raw yields an annual revenue
of eight hundred thousand munds, and that she working
up of this raw material gives employment to as much
labour as receives for its earnings not less, on an average
estimate, than mu* MILLIONS ANNO•LLY, we cannot
help feeling anxious for the preservation of a manufac-
ture, the loss of which will leave so appalling a vacuum.
With the fullest reliance on the principles upon which
Ministers have resolved on the removal of the prohibition,
and with the firmest confidence in the rectitude of their
views, we still cannot divest ourselves of serious appre-
hension. We read in the distress which this law has pro-
duced already a lessen of caution against perseverance.
We have not of late been sailing in smooth water. We
are in a state that should lead those who have the guid-
ance of public affairs rather to court safety than to coun-
tenance experiment. Convinced, as we are, that the law
for the admission of foreign wrought silks would not have
been enacted but from a conviction, which, if well
grounded, would authorise it ; yet looking to the fearful
stagnation of the British silk trade, and to the hundreds of
weavers that week after week are thrown out of bread—and
suing no quarter from which any remedy is likely to be
brought to all this mass of suffering, we cannot overcome
the impression that this measure will ultimately prove
fatal to those interests it was intended to promote.

We think it unlikely that the question of the abolition
of the Corn Laws will be brought under discussion in the
approaching Session. It embraces considerations of such
great magnitude, and involves interests so extensive, that to
agitate it, on the eve of a dissolution of Parliament can
hardly be deemed prudent. It is of great importance on
a subject upon which public opinion is so much divided,
that all classes should be brought to examine it coolly;
that we should consider it, not in the spirit of contention—
not as a struggle of conflicting interests- —but as a measure of
policy, affecting the whole kingdom in its consequences, and
on which therefore every man, as he values his own welfare
and the well-being of his country, should reason without
prejudice, that he may bring himself to a correct and con-
scientious conclusion. We say this the more earnestly,
because we observe a desperate party repeating incessantly
the phrase put into their mouths by the Times journal,
sending an outcry through the land against " the tax on
bread," and thus endeavouring to inflame the working
classes against the agriculturists and farmers, who are in-
sidiously represented as their natural enemies—as the
description of persons to whom all their privations may be
traced—whose prosperity is enjoyed at their expense—who
thrive only on high prices extorted from their labour, and
who must be brought low before the great body of operatives
can have the necessaries of life put fairly within their
reach. " The land-owners," they are told," have opened the
campaign—they have met in several places—have agreed to
resolutions, and have recommended all concerned to be
active in petitioning Parliament to continue the unjust TAX
on every man's loaf of bread; and this ought to furnish
another reason for active exertions among Me people, and
more especially among the working people, whose voice,
when generally expressed on reasonable grounds, will not,
they may be assured, be neglected. It has been the
custom among the working people to rely on others and to
neglect themselves; the consequence has been what it must
inevitably have been, namely, that much has from time to
time been done against them, and very little, for Mem."
What can exasperate the lower classes against the land-
owners more bitterly than thus to hold them up as taxing
the loaf of bread, upon which so much of their bard-earnings
are expended, and a sufficiency of which many, with
large families, are with their utmost labour ill able to
obtain? This language is full of danger, and it is meant
to be so. It is the language of a Action in this country
which, have all along looked to the working classes as to
a great body through which they could alone carry their
purposes. They know that if they can succeed in beating

down the land-owners, the ARISTOCRACY must fall, and
that with it will go the whole frame and body of the Con-
stitution actual and virtual. Can any one have failed
to remark how artfully this Jacobin faction praise
the Ministers, and press them to persevere in ob-
taining " cheap bread," and putting down "the mo-
nopoly in corn ?" What is their design ? Their design is
no other than this—to delude the multitude into a belief
that they have In Government an effective ally in this con-
flict, and under cover of this delusion they strike at the
heart of Government itself. When we find the leaders in
the combination system flocking on a sudden to the standard
of those who oppose the land-owners, or, as they contempt-
uously term them, " the Acre-men," this is of itself enough
to put the most unreflective on their guard. In wishing to
open the trade in corn, Ministers, such of them at least
as are the advocates of the measure, have no other anxiety
than to give to this country all the advantages which na-
ture holds out to her commerce—they have given to this
subject an ardent and unremitting attention. Whether
they are right in the views which they have taken of this
system of policy, as applied to the produce of land, is a
point on which there is scope for opinion ; but whether
right or wrong their object is praiseworthy—their aim is an
enlightened one; and their language upon it is moderate,
measured, and direct. But this Jacobin party, while they
affect to echo their sentiments, revolutionize their language
by exciting the working classes to clamour tumultuously
against what they seditiously call " the tax on bread."
Their great hope is to cut off from Ministers all prospect
of retreat, and that while assailed on the one side by the
resistance of the landholders, they may be goaded forward
on the other by the factious outcry of the operatives.
We with to draw the attention of the country to the
mischievous energy of this faction of the CON.srTs and
the llAancasTt.as, and by e timely warning to winger-
act '
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THE BRITISH PRESS.

which the whole appearance of the Stock Exchange was of
a more cheerful ascription. The reports that were circu-
lated were all of a favourable nature. It is imposible to
imagine in this respect a more complete change than we
have lately had in the City. In the first place, it was con-
fidently asserted, on the authority of letters from Hain-
burgh of the 4th inst., that NICHOLAS had been pro-
claimed Emperor of Russia, CONSTATINE retaining the
Sovereignty of Poland : this had the erect of advancing
Russian Stock r..ti per cent: but made no impression on the
Consols Market. The importation of half a million of so-
vereigns at Dover, and the rapidly improving quotations of
the French Funds, were, however, circumstances which
exercised a material influence otter the price of the British
Stocks. Consols for account opened at 821. They rose in
a very short time to 83k, and finally left off steady at the
opening price. Exchequer Bills were Ds. los. premium,
and India Bonds kSs. 26..

The dividend on Consols was this day in course of pay-
ment to the public. Money on the Stock Exchange is ex-
ceedingly abundant, and out of the house first-rate bills
can be easily discounted.

In the Foreign Market there was great firmness, with
rather advancing 'vices. o.dombiati Bonds closed at 88} ;
Mexican 6 per Cent. 70} ; Brazilian Scrip ISe discount.
There was some business doing in Spanish Bonds ; they
rose 1 per cent. Some reports were in circulation, to
which we can at prevent merely allude thus generally.
In the Share Market every thing remains at nearly the
same price as on Saturday.

It was reported in the City yetterday, that intelligence
had been received from Berlin via Hamburgh, stating that
the Grand Duke Constantine had' resigned the throne of
Russia in favour of his brother Nicholas, and that the
latter had been proclaimed at St. Petetsburgli. The same
account adds, that Constantine is to he King of Poland.
The Funds are said to have risen at Berlin in consequence
of this intelligence. 'We give the report without attaching
any importance to it.
It appears by the Frankfort Papers, received yesterday,
that the Russian Diplomatic Agents resident in Germany,
are calling on all Russian subjects to swear fidelity to the

Emperor Constantine.
It appears by the Dutch papers received yesterday, that
the statement of the Prince of Orange having set out for
St. Petersburg!) was premature. Ile left the Hague but
to go to Brussels, from which place he had returned on
the 4th. _ _ _

Letters have been received from Amsterdam, dated Gth
ins:. They state that the convulsion in the money market
had subsided, trade had resumed its usual channels, and the
value of money had fallen to the old standard of three and
four per cent. per annum. During the alarm only two
failures of any consequence took place in Holland.
The Nuremberg Correspondent, of the Ist instant, states
the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar to be serioualy in-

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disposed.
Their Majesties the Kings of Bavaria and Wirtem-
burg have granted to the family of the late celebrated Jcan
Paul Frederick Richter, the same privilege, for the impres-
sion of the complete cellection of his works, as all the
Powers of Germany have lately given to the great poet
Goethe.

The letters by the Turkey Mail are from Smyrna to the
Ilth ult. • they do not allude to the report that the Greeks
had opened negotiations for the surrender of their inde-
pendence to the Turkish Government.
Extract from a commercial letter, dated Hambnrgh,
Dec. 27.--" The distressing accounts from England respect-
ing the failure and stoppages of banking-houses, together
with some extensive failures on the Continent, have created

general alarm here ; and many of our export houses are
consequently anxious to ascertain the extent and result of
these misfortunes before they enter into further transac-
tions ; business doll descriptions is therefore very dull,
and few purchases are trade: Hitherto so stoppages have
taken place in this city.; manly houses, however, find it
difficult to negotiate their drafts on England, particularly
their long indirect bills on the country, though they are
made payable in London. In point of fact, since the fall of
the Exchange on the 21st inst. (which was eleven grotes
Flemish, or nearly three per cent.), the buyers of London
paper will take nothing but first-rate two months, or quite
short bills direct on London. Money is scarce, and dis-
count at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum. A good deal of
barley has lately been bought for the British market. At
present there are not more than from 700 to 800 lasts here.
In the spring considerable briskness is looked forward to in
this article, as well as in oats. Freights are rather lower—
for barley to London, Hull, Newcastle, or Leith, 6s. per
quarter, and ten percent. primage are paying."
Girton Gazettes, from the 20th to the 26th December in-
clusive, reached us yesterday. 'I hey contain no Portuguese
news, except some ordinances relative to the army, and
an Alvara giving a new organisation to the means for pay-
ing the public debt; the measures prescribed by the or-
dinances of 25th August, and 29th of June, 1821, not
having produced the desired effect, and it being of the
highest importance to preserve the public credit, to main-
tain the principles of justice, and the honour of his Ma-
jesty, that obligations contracted under his imperial and
royal name should be duly fulfilled.
We have seen letters from Gibraltar dated the 19th
ultimo, that reflect the highest credit on the character of
Sir John Phillimore, of the Thetis frigate, and the Eng-
lish Governor, General Don, for their conduct in giving
relief to the sufferers from the late hurricane, but which
will probably bring down upon England the wrath of Fer-
dinand. It would appear the Spat.ish Authorities refused
ell assistance to the shipwrecked mariners, and would op-
pose the English from the garrison proceetjing to their re-
lief; the English commandants simultaneously ordered a
force to proceed by land, and the crew of the Thetis to
proceed in boats, to give assistance in preserving the lives
and property of the individuals; of course this spirited
conduct met with no opposition, but we understand the pro-
ceedings have given the highest offence to the Spanish au-
thorities. and that the conduct of the English has been
strongly represented to the Spanish Court, in a despatch
sent off express.
From the Agent to Lloyd's at Gibraltar, dated Dec. 19 :
" In consequence of the opposition made by the Spanish
Authorities to any assistance from hence going to vessels
driven on shore on the beach in the late gales, for the pur-
pose of getting them off, Sir John Phillimore, of his Ma-
jesty s ship Thetis, on Saturday evening last sent his boats
armed, and they succeeded in getting off the Providence,
of Malta, after discharging her cargo, and are now working
at the Lovely Cruiser. A strong detachment from the
garrison, under the command of a Field-Officer, was sent
out to co-operate, and remained but all night. The out-
posts still continue reinforced. It is said Sir John intends
to get off a Portuguese schooner and some other vessels.
that are stranded. The Spaniards, upon seeing an armed
force, made no further opposition."
We are happy to state, that before the Palmira left
Calcutta, authentic accounts had been received from
Saugar Island, that Captain Burrows, Captain Finn-
cane, Captain M•Carthy, and Lieutenant Brownrigg,
and every officer and man, except the Purser of his Ma-
jesty's ship Alligator, and one Sepoy, passengers by the
Lotus, from Rangoon, had been saved. After the boats
left the vessel with the Second Mate, anti twenty others,
(whose conduct appears to have been very reprehensible)
the survivors constructed a raft, which enabled t' em to
reach the shore.
A sample of very fine cotton, grown in our settlement
in New Holland, in the parallel of 32 degrees south lati-
tude, has been received in Glasgow. It is, in quality, be-
twixt the Sea Island and the Upland, rather inclining to
former, very clean, and well adapted for several kinds
• manufactures. It is worth, at the present market
per pound. The quantity is about albs. It is
to be put into the hands of a spinner, to spin
:hest possible number for which it may be found
We anticipate, in the course of time, a large
cotton from that quarter of our empire.—Cilas-

.F6.—A m STEEDAIK, JAN. 6.—On London,
months, 40.
iN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 27.—M etalliques,
Stock, 1,163 4-5.

et the effects which their despnate activity iA caleulattd to I ttr. toriner,
oour;nzir pu
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reduce. We are in a conjuncture that requires ill the r.
ratchfulness of Ministers over the movements of their immediately
ew allies. They are auxiliaries . whose co-operation, in it II the high
he way in which they manage to give it, is the wont evil adapted. \V
supply of co
hat could have befallen the country. g, gum; Courier.
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MY, Mownh Evrlstwo. 4-; two4o
The Money Market was to-day in a 'mild great ac- AUSTRIANni
ivity. We do not recollect a day fat a Jong spite past on PO} ; Bank
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