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li'ren; the .Ilimiteur of S ttuntsy, Oct. 30.1

The Official Part contain% ■ !loyal Ordinance, which determines
Art the credit opened lire the ccccc Cur the imprinted' accounts
in arrears, shall be invariably closed on the lit of Dot:cottior, and
moil consequently be rolueni and Iliad to the amount of the pay-
masts made up to that time, Cc.

(Non.Otlicial Part.)
/S 1.1: 0? Comatea, AJACCIO, Oct. S.

Tha Session of the Council.llencral of our Department, opened
the flit of last month. Could Lt tiny, our new Prefect, iu the first
sitting, delivered a discourse of which we will quote the most re-
markable /wasps.
The Count observes, that " having been only three months in the
country, he, of course, must wait till a longer residence shall have
made hint better acvaiined widi it berme he can propose any ame-
liotations or innovations. and that for the present Session he shall
content himself MI:II askia,; a priihihition to carry arnia—a pruhibi-
tian, the utility of which he says has never been doubted by pro-
dent persons, forcing Irmo tha 'mods of men, who feel the influence
of their burning climate, the deadly WIMIPOIIII which they never lay
aside; the most trifling altercations will eca•e to be transformed into
blaudy arfrays, and the inveterate hailed of families:icing no longer
IA by reciprocal acts of vengrsetc_•, will be graduslly appeased,
and become extinct.
•• Thanes to the activity of my predecessor—to the public force,
the cumber oaf persons who have ill from justice, who infested
Corsica, bail considerably diminished. These was still one obstacle
to their entire destruction : if they were too closely pursued, they
got on baud a ship which cir.veyed them in a few days to the coast
off Sarlinis„ where they wsi:ed a favourable upporiun:ty to come
and re-coition:ince in this department the course Of their robberies
and alines. This laic resource bus been taken from them. At my
requisition, made by virtue of existing cociventions which had fallen
tato oblivion, the Dennese gov.•r:ttue::: has dcterruined on gi sing
up these Corsican malefactots who take refuge in the dominions of
that Power ; and the recent exan.p!e of Sarocchi, one of their most
ei-leLrated Chiefs taken by the 6ardinian gendhumes, will teach
•hem that henceforward their only al:cc:a:ire is distant exile or the
capital.

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" Vas, Gentlemen, the progress of Corsica in the career of civi-
lization cannot be us eriooked ; citura daily &name more rare;
education. diffusing in country its salutary influence, is pre-
wing a generation IsLich isM lose orth r and labour; even manu-
factures 'ecru to be inipn;:ing is a certain degree. iVe will not
tweet, (lendemen, to Ws:: to the regem:eat'ng power, the first
author of these benefits, C prow°. or oar gratitude; two-fold
experience has ciwirniced you that your destiny is ir.variably in.
volivai is that of the august faintly that governs us ; the absence of
the Bourbons was a doLtl:blow to t!.is inteiesting island; their
presence, which aeakais finest r,c :ileoions, t:3niutirves anal
vivifies it, and seems destined to ruse it a s:cond inns front its
ruins."

FRICIICII FUNDS. PARI4, OCT. 30.--.5 per Carts. opened at
50..; closed at 1021. atle. !lark Stock, 1973(. Neapolitan
I per Oenta. Intleonent ecrtilicates), E 93. Rent.: trEipagne.
Kayla Spanish Lorn, 571. Exemtve on lamilon, one n•onth,
Mt 10c. ; three ditto, 24(. :I;t:.—rea-r (kr. a).

Some intelligencz of consider:tide interest was received
yiatcrday from Brazil. Don I'rn:.o has subaned the Per-
nambucaus. The city surrentkred on the 17th of Sept.,
and the port is again open to shire of all nano's. The
Empyror's troops, Y,ooo in number, it appears, entered

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the place without much opposition, and CA GV A 1.1,1 0
• ? rAta na A!! lil • DR, and the other Chiefs of the Inde-
Ipendent
party, sought refuge co board the British frigate,
tie Tweed. The imperial 111)));:s were landed at Algoar,
and materially assisted the operation. of the squadron by sup-
pressing the iii?utrectiou in the in:crier before they attacked

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the city, which fell with little resistance. Tranquillity
was quite restored at the date of the latest accounts, and it
was expected that the trade of the port would soon retivr
Lord C v commanded the naval and military ope-
rations against the city, and pushed them forward with the
greatest rigour and severity. Two British frigates ere on
their passage homewards with four millions of dollars.
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the American Papers, received yesterday, we find a Mani-
festo, is.stud at Pernambuco, in June, by the Deputies
who were sent by the Great Counsel of the Province to
wait on the Este Enna, at Rio. The lkputies complain
bitterly of the insulting treatment they sustained from his
Imperial Majesty. One of them, BRAEILIO QUAILIM•
Tonkel)°, was selected to address the Etercaos, and on
the 14th of May they were admitted to a special audience.
The scene that ensued is thus described in the Manifesto,
which is too long and tedious to he quoted in full:—
" The reception that his MAJEST Y gave 10 your orator did not
correspond to the hopes entertained of the magnanimity of a Prince,
and luf a Prince who has been your idoL Your Deputies were
greatly vexed in seeing, we will not say the indifference, but the
cold disgust and a kind of disdido with which his MAJESTY
heard us ; he took the document containing the exposition, and
answered—' That he was certain that all the province of Per.
nanibuco was obedient to him ; that it was the Recife alone
which opposed hie orders.' At this observation your orator
wished to defend you ; he was at first interrupted, and when
be had scarcely articuLced the first word, in the second at-
tempt to speak, he was ordered to be silent, his MAJESTY plac-
ing his forefinger on his mouth and saying, ' Be silent, be
silent.' What else was to be dune after they had been told that
orders had already been given, when in such an unconstitutional
manner a Province so respectable in sn many respects was refused.
that defence which the lowest of men possesses as a natural right,
inviolable even at the Ottoman Porte. Your representatives then
begged permission to retire, and his MAJESTY answered them
abruptly, "As soon as you coo." Upon this kind answer, they
saluted his MAJESTY, and rewiring immediately to return among
you, they set sail from that Court the 20th of last month, after ex-
periencing all the difficulties and revisions in the offices that
private men do who are not clothed with a public character."

Several reports were current yesterday in the City, re-
'specting a dici‘ive victory said to be gained by BOLIVAR
over CANTERAC. ThesertlMOUTS had their origin in some
letters from Bogota, stating that the news was iu circula-
tion there, but it could not be traced to any authentic
source. We have had so teeny unfounded reports of
Bou v•it's successes in Peru, that we cannot, under these
circumstances, be expected to place implicit reliance on
the truth of this intelligence. Among the versions of
this affair that were given yesterday, some detailed the
particulars with precision, wbilst others only pretended to
state the general result. The army of BoLavaa was
swollen to a force of seventeen thousand, and that of his
antagonist reduced to seven thousand and some cavalry.'
The attack was said to have been made by the Colombians,
from three different points, and the victory is represented
to have been complete. The loss of the Spaniards was
very great, and that of the Colombians considerable. A
general officer, CORDOVA, and several Colonels, are
among the killed. A letter from Buenos Ayres, dated
the 26th of August, announced the entry of General MIL-
LER into Lima at the head of 4,000 men, but whether
previous or subsequent to the battle, or in consequence of
any battle at all, could not be learned from this communi-
cation. We earnestly hope the news of this victory may
be officially confirmed by the next arrival, but at present
we must rather hope than believe it. We have no doubt
how the contest must end, but we are not therefore to give
credit to every rumour agreeable to our wishes, or even to
our expectations..

The letter we published yesterday respecting the Coal-
trade has produced a considerable elect in the City. The
eminent politicians of that Corporation, who, in their wis-
dom, had determined that the price of coals was regulated
by a sort of mysterious "management," which they could not
divine, have been quite surprised totind bows few plain facts
have set them down. The abolition of the assize of bread
has shorn the Loan Mayoa of all power to interfere with
the trade of the Lit, but we hare several times noticed the
expression of sentiments from the Civic Chair, which have
strongly indicated the regret of the speaker that this vex-
atious authority was suppressed. The present MAYOR
has unfortunately been anxious to manifest his activity for
the good of his fellow-citizens, by a speech at almost every
Court of Common Council, on the subject of the alleged
frauds anti abuses in the coal trade. At lira it was under-
stood that he directed his attacks against the fraudulent
tricks and disreputable artifices by which same coal-dealers
were practising petty impositions on the public; but latterly
it has appeared, that his Lordship was engaged in no less
a task than that of proving that a conspiracy existed among
the " coal-owners of the North to keep back the supply, iu
order to enhance the price." The assertion that the
" coal-owners have pocketed the repealed duty of 3s. 4d.
per chaldron." is at once 'hewn by our correspondent
to be destitute of foundation by a comparison of the prices
during the months of August I ti..n and 1824, from which
it results incontestibly that coals are this year lower upon
the average 4s. 3d. per eluddron, that is to say elcvenpeuce
more than the repealed duty. ' We shall be curious to see
hew the profound economists of the Common Council will
meet the stubborn facts of our correspondent. We sus-
pect that we shall hear no more of the " management" of
the 'nt trade.

Tat! COLVMBUs.—Extract ofa letter dated Portsmouth,
Oct, 31.—•' Passed by the Isle of Wight, this day, for the
Downs, the raft-ship Columbus, length 3UI feet, breadth
50 feet, 6 inches, depth 30 feet ; ineastning 9,600 tons ;
cargo, red and whit:: pine anti deals ; in quantity, 6,300
tons. Sailed from Quebec 5111 Sept. from Point des Bus-
canites colter being on shore) Nth inst. She has a crew of
VU men. '

The latest intelligence last night respecting the Colum-
bus was, that she had reached the Downs in safety. •
Despatches, dated the 16th July, were yesterday re-
ceived at the Colonial Office, from Sir. G. L. Cole, K.C.11.
st the Mauritius ; they contain no political intelligence of
importance.
We understand that official despatches have been received
by the Greek Deputies, which fully coiditin the successes
obtained by the Greek lb:et over the Ma!Hunching.
By letters from Colombia of the l.stli July, we learn,
that the very active a►►d judicious measures adopted by Mr.
Henderson, his llritanuic Majesty's Consul-General, arc
likely to produce not only the immediate removal of the
obnoxious regulations, preventing British merchants from
transacting their own business in the ports of Colombia,
but the establishment of a commercial toile, relative to the
dutie3 that will be eventually beneficial to Great Britain
and Colombia.

A report of the loss of the Asia (the Spanish man-of-
war that was to produce a count:r-revolution in South
America), W 3.4 yesterday posted.at Lloyd's. %Whether this
report he true or false, it is lend to drtermic. ; but one
thing is c...rtain, that it is of very little import:lm: whether
it is true or false, as, if she could be pronounced. sea- •
worthy, it was the utmost that could E said in her favour.
We regret to hear that the health of Sir W. C. tic Cres-
pigny is in so precarious it state as to occasion his medical
advisers to intimate that unloss he gives up all species of
active exertion, the most dangerous consequences are to be
apprehended. This will be the means of leaving tho field
open for another candidate for this town, at the next gene-
ral election. as we think we may venture to state. from an-
, thorny which may be relied on, that it is uut Sir William's
intention again to solicit the Itat ISt b of his constituents.-
4outhampton Herald.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

F4OIION ABLE I NTELLIGEN Cl.

('nuns and Countess Lieveu arrived in town yesterday, from
iVinilsor Castle.
The Marquis of Titchfield arrived on Sunday at his father's (the
Duke of Portland), in St. James's-square, front Lord o.li. Ca.
vendish's seat, Compton-plate, Eastbourne.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived yesterday evening at
their house in St. James's-square, from Woburn Abbey.
Earl and Countess Cowper arrived in town yeuerday, from
Windsor Castle.
Earl Spencer hes left his seat, Althorn'. Northamptor.shire, on a
shooting excursion, at Mr. Coke's, Holkham, Norfolk.
Baroness Willoughby has left town, for her scat at Richmond.
Lady Caroline Lairili has arrived at Melbourne House, White-
hall, front Bracket Hall.
turd and Lady Holland are expected to leave town to-morrow,
for Brighton, for the benefit of her Ladyship's health.
Lord George. Bentinek left town yesterdayfor Newmarket.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford and family are ex-
pected In town this day from their scat, Trentham llxll, Stafford-
shire.
Colonel Campbell has amved at Miller's Betel, Jennyn-seet,
from South Anosies.
Sir William Houston, Bart. bass left town for his seat, Avisfoed,
Sussex.
Mrs. Jones and family have arrived at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower
Brook-street, from a tour.
Sir William, Judy, and Miss Bottum, left Kirkham's Hotel
yesterday, for Bath.
Sir U'illiarn Owen has arrived at Goald's Hotel, Jermyn-street,
from York.
Lady Bloomfield has left town, for the Stud House, Kingston.
James Bradshaw, Esq. has arrived at his house in Grosvenor.
place, from I hfordshire.
Charles and Lady Duneornhe have arrived at their seat, Den.
eombe Park, Yorkshire, from a tour.
Lord Melbourne entertained Earl and Countess Cowper and a
select party at dinner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall.
The Earl of Besborough, we are concerned to state, is much in-
dimmed at his seat, Roehmnpron.
Departures from Penton 's Hotel, St. James's-place :—Earl
Thant, for Paris; General Coffin, on a tour.
Arrivals at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street :—Mrs. and the Misses
Heather/re, and the Honourable Mr. Bassett. Departures :—The
Rev. Mr. Cautley and Mrs. Cautley ; Robert Alexander, Esq.,
and Mrs. and Miss Alexander ; the Rev. James Beard and Mrs.
Beard.
Arrivals at Mivart's Hotel, bower Brook-stmt :—The Countess
of Orkney, from Becks ; Sir Henry and Lady Fitzherbert, front
Derby ; the Earl of Burford, from Oxfordshire ; Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton. from Naples ; J. Deuncey. Esq., from Bucks ; and St.
George Caulfield, from Paris. Departures :—llia Excellency
Moan. Bored and suite. en rouse for Lisbon.

Doyen, OCT. 31.—Arrived yesterday his Majesty's
packet the Spitfire, with Lord Dartmouth and many other
passengers, from Calais, and this evening his Majesty's
packet the Fury arrived, with his Excellency the Ambas-
tailor from Saxony, and other passengers from Calais.
Early yesterday the Lord Nelson Great Boat, Larkins mas-
ter, belonging to this port, was, whilst fishing to the west-
ward, run down by a smack belonging to Whitstable,
loaded with apples. The crew of the boat, six in number,
were fortunately saved, three by jumping en board the
smack, and the other three by taking to the punt.
The Bishop of Durham has made a third donation of
1001. towards defraying the expense inciters-el by the
purchase and enlargement of the Sunderland Parochial
S. hoofs.
The Right lion. Lord Macdonald was to be served heir
to his late Noble brother, within the Parliament House,
Edinburgh, on the 30th ult.
The representation of this county will become the sub-
ject of extraordinary competition at the next election.
The Right lion. Charles Grant, the present Member, the
Right lion. Lord Macdonald, Colonel Baillie, of Lees,
M.P. for Hendon, and J. N. Macleod, of MaCICNI, have
respectively addrevsed the freeholders, and the canvass is
proceeding with great spirit on all sides.—lnverness
Courier.
The rumour of a general election in the spring appears
to gain ground. We have some reason to believe that,
whenever it takes place, there will be a strong contest for
the County of Northumberland, as certain influential fa-
milies are understood to have determineel to endeavour to
throw out the present Whig Member. One of the (kutle-
men who represent this Town in Parliament, is even men-
tioned as likely in such an event to offer himself as a can-
didate. In that case, or indeed whether he offers himself
for the County or not, we have little doubt thst some op-
position will take place in the election fur Newcastle.—
Tyne Mercury.
The Flag Commands on home stations have been re-
duced to three only, in consequence of a re:cut regulation
of the Board Admiralty, by which the command of the
Leith station is given to thr Conintander-in-Chiel at the
Norc, and the Cork station will, after the period of Lord
Colville's command has expired, merge into that of Ply-
mouth. This alteration will create a considerable advantage
in a pecuniary point of view, to both the eastern and
western stations. It is repotted, that during the last three
years, the Flag share for seizures made on the Cork station
has been upwards of 7,000/.—Ereteing Paper.
The Magistrates and Council of Edinburgh have given
notice, that after Candlemas the rate of interest on all sums
of money held iu loan by the town, will be reduced to three
and a half per cent.
The first stone of the new bridge at the North Strand,
Limerick, was laid on Monday by the Earl of Clare, as
proxy fur his Excellency the Marquis Wellesley. There
was a very interesting precession on the occasion. The
bridge is named the" W elle sley-bridge."
Mr. Mathews will perform his Trip 10 America to-
night, at the English Opera-house.
Lillie, an able American artist, has been for some weeks
past engaged in taking a portrait of Sir Walter Scott, for
the Institute at Boston, and be has completed one of the
most perfect likenesses ever beheld.
Ms. Wiest e.—This gentleman, we understand, is at
present in Fife, engaged with the portrait of the Eat' of
Kelpie, which we hear promises to be a very successful
likeness. The study for the picture of his aleicsty'e entry
into llolyroal !louse is also far advanced, and is conceived
in a manner every way worthy of the artistis fame. There
is a fine etching in Edmonstone's, by Raintlach, of his
picture of Distraining j,r Rent, which, even in its present
state, will highly gratify a connoisseur.
Eyre Lloyd, Esq., of Beeclnount, Co. Limerick, and
Miss Massey, from Limerick, arrived at Portpatrick on
Thursday, the 14th inst. The following morning they
were married according to the forms of the Scottish Church,
and immediately set onion) thence before the arrival of the
packet from Ireland. The lady is a minor, and entitled to
a very large fortnue.—Cori: Paper.
A rather extraordinary circumstance ex-cored on Sunday
week, at a village in the eastern part of the county of
Warwick. A young couple presented themselves to he
joined in the holy bands of matrimony. Every prepara-
tion was made without delay. The ceremony minimum!,
and proceeded without interruption as far se that part
where the tnan puts the ring on the woman's finger, and
says, With this sing I thee wed," &c. In pronouncing
these words, the bride-groom chanced to smile on his be-
loved, which was returned with the sane gentleness by the
, fair one. The Clergyman became indignant; he imme-
diately threw off his surplice, and left the altar in haste.
Every intercession with the worthy pastor to proceed with
the vervice was in vain; and the young couple left the
' church, apparently in the deepest distress.—Silifleel.dare
Advertiser.

CATHOLIC AISOCIATION.—Yesterday (Thursday), the
ballot for the election of an Agent in London terminated
at four o'clock, when Mr. Ewa. MacHonnell was unani-
mously chosen. The Earl of Kenmore and his three
brothers. the Honourable Meams. Browne, have sent in
their subscription to the Catholic Rent, and have become
Members of the Catholic Association.—Dutriti Paper.

At the first meeting of the Paisley delegates, the number
of associated members was upwards of YANA. As the ope-
ratives in several parts of the town have not bad an op-
portunity of subscribing their names, it is calculated that
by the time the next Rerun is given in, they oill amount
to nearly 3,000. Ayr, Newton (Ayr),Wallacetown,
Pu•c:-
wick, Kilmarnock, Lochwinnorit, Johnson, Elderslie, and
Renfrew, have signified their intention of associating with
Psislcy, and communications arc daily expected from the
other towns in the western districts.—fifav!Jta Chronicle.

M. Jadelot presented to the Aeadcmy,on the 10th of
August, the brain of an idiot (a child), the two lobes of
which offered, at their snit( rior surfac.., not an:, Ira e of
convAtions. The two hemispheres consisted of an uni-
form layer of white medullary substance, coveted by a thin
layer of cineritious matter. The lateral ventricles, and other
parts of the brain, were in thcir natural. condition.—Landun
Medici! lirposi:ury.