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TXTIIIACT Or ♦ rillir•TE !ATTICS.

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The Emperor Alexander bad time before he died to write a loner
with his own hand to his brother the Grand Doke Constantine,
containing various explanations respecting his bat wfll. I' lesaid

TIM BgAISH - PRESS. -

that this is thektteihislarrnifflosall Doha Mideast hie takes hi.
penes to St. Petersbargh, to deliver It te the &impress Ilothes, as
wall as a letter from cor:staatios hhaselE

we are extremely impotleot for the pi:bill:ado Of the coottlits
of these letters.

The journey to the Crimea made-the Emperor Alekander ac-
quainted with the little real progrecs that has' been made by the
new colonies and the other establishments foamed by his coders.
The ?elution which this circumstance caused him, and his extreme

activity in Investigating the obstacles to the civilisation of the
Crinies, had placed the Emperor in a SUM of mind whith contd.
bitted to aid the progress of his disorder.
The funds have experienced great fluctuation.' at Frankfort and
Vienna. It was said that Prince Metternich was extremely un-

easy at receiving no communication from the new Emperor Con.
stantine; that that Prince was gone to Bessarabia to inspect the
army of the South, and that that army had entreated bun to march
to the aid of the Greeks; a measure to which he Is supposed to be
well inclined. These apprehensions have been in some measure
allayed by news which has been circulated with some emphasis,
that Constantine had written to the Emperor of Austria, " that he
would follow in every respect the last will of Alexander I." Rut
these vague assurances, which at the beginning of a reign would be
only mere forms of etiquette, have not even been given, eines
the news of the abdication of this Prince was circulated; bat it
was asked whether be has not resertcd For himself, or for the
(Irani Duke Michael, the throne of Poland. All is uncertainty
anti agitation.
iFrotti the Qeotidienge of Tuesday.l
PARIS, JAY..!.

The news of the death of the Emperor Alexander haring reached
the headquarters of the Russian army of the Watt at :Weilllow,
the Count of Osten Sicken. General-ht-Chlef, caused all the
corps of the areny.to take the oats of 11414 to the Emperor Con.
stantine.

A striking ceremony took ;stare this meaning in the Christian
Greek Church. in the Rue des Billettes. (bunt Porto di Borgo
assembled the subjects of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia be-
longing to his Legation, and received their oath of fidelity to the
Emperor Constantine.

[From the Courrier Francais of Tuesday.l

PATHS, JAx. 3.

A report has been spread that the object of the (hand Duke

Michael's mission to St. Petersburgh is to make the following pro-
posals: that Constantine shall renounce the throne of Russia, on
condition that he shall remain King of Poland, which kingdom
shall become independent, and that the provinces separated from it
under the reign of Catherine 11. shall be re-united with it that a
principality shall be formed of the Crimea and the establishments
on the Black Sea, to be given to the Grand Duke Michael. This
would be a kind of dismemi,ering of Russia to which indeed so vast
an empire has a natural tendency.

The Amsterdam Papers of IVednesday arrived last
night. The principal intelligence they contain is relative
to the state of affairs in Java, which they insist is much
better than bail been rtpresented. Our readers, if they
are curious, will find the details in another column.
Vi'e have also received papers of the same date from the
Hague. They announce that the Prince of ORANGE
will shortly go to St. Petersburgh, for the purpose of
complimenting his brother-in-law the Emperor Co r-
rir
£ on his accession to the Russian Throne.

'CITY, THURSDAY EYZNIXO.

The transaction* on the Stock Exchanges appear to be
fast returning to the state in which they were carried on
previous to the late disastrous panic. Consols opened se
821, and but little variation occurred during the day.
The prices of Reduced and Three and a Half per Cent•
Stocks remained steady at yesterday's quotation. Bank
Stock was 221. Money has become so extremely plentiful,
that the quantity of bills for discount is very much dimi-
nished. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds are a shade
higher. _ _ .

The advance on South American Stocks was consider-
able, which was attributed, rnd no doubt justly, to the
favourable intelligence from Mexico. They were full I
per cent. higher. Mexican 6 per cents. were til, 714, and
at one time they reached 721; .001041006, 68i, from
which quotation they afterwards, haimeievaleclined in a
slight degree. Russian Stocks were 811.—I.in other Secu-
rities there was little business doing.

The only bargains in Shares were In thoieef the Anglo-.
Mexican Company, which advanced from '6
to 10 pre-
mium ; having been depressed to the fOrmer price by the
publication of the Report.

The Lisbon Gazette to the 19th tilt. has r.-rived. It con-
tains no political news, and its Court intelligence, re-
specting the improved health of the King, and his return
to Lisbon, we had previously obtained through the French
Papers.
We have received Demerara papers to the 14th of Nov.
They mention that an undertaking of great importance to
the colony—the supply of fresh water by canal, from
Lamaha Creek to Georgetown, by a trench, to be fourteen
feet broad, and eight feet deep, had commenced. At a
previous public meeting of the inhabitants, the Hon. Mr.
NFTurk in the chair, it was agred that all planters should
de•ach a tenth part of their neg:oes till the undertaking
was completed ; and the Chairman stated to the meeting,
that he was authorized by his Excellency the Governor
to me..tion, that every facility would be given by the local
authorities in the colony to this very important undertak-
ing. A Steamßoat Company. to navigate the river and
adjacent coast, had also been established.
THE QITARTER'S REYLNUE.--The Quarterly and An-
nual Accounts of the Revenue, which are made up to this
slay, will not be completed till to-morrow, when we shall
be enabled to lay them before our readers. Meanwhile,
we have the satisfaction to state, that the expectations
which were formed at the commencement of last year, of
the produce of the Revenue, will ha found to be amply
realised.—Corn ler.
PaoviNciat. BANxe.—The banks of Messrs. Haraand
and Sons, of Tewkesbury, &c. possess property sufficient to
pay twenty shillingi in the pound to every creditor, and
leaving a balance exceeding ninety-seven thousand pounds
in their favour.--We are happy to learn that such is the
confidence in the solvency of the firm of Gibbins, Eaton,
and Co. that tradespeople et Hay take their bills in the re-
gular course of trade.—llereforil Joaryak
The last Papers received from New York, to theith ult.
all speak of the late failure in Finsbury-stpare, with the
deepest feelings of sympathy for their venerable and highly
respected countryman, who, it appears, has been the foun-
der of the fortunes of innumerable Americans. We have
seen many letters, in which, to the credit of the writers,
they not only acknowledge this, but evince the same confi-
dence as heretofore.

Extract of a letter from New York, dated Dec. 8 :
" We fully expected the worst waft over, but the failure of
Sam. IVilHams s house has put quite a gloom over the
city. The hanks are afraid to discount, and will con-
tinue so until they find who suffers by Williams's. The
failures here have exceeded one hundred in two months.
Some of our first merchants have failed. The banks are
unwilling so discount for importers, and fearful they may
draw out specie and and it home." •
Li vEsroot., Jaw. s.—Our cotton market droops a little.
About 4000 or .5000 bags have been sold in the week, but
prices may be quoted about a farthing lower than those of
last week. Some indication of speculation has shown itself
to-day.
Ri.PIESENTATION OF YORESOIRE.OIII Milton has
published an Address to the Freeholders of Yorkshire,
dated Friday last, in which his Lordship States that when
an election takes place, he shall again make an offer of his
services, and as he feels anxious that the peace of so great
a community should not be prematurely disturbed, he ab-
stains for the present from soliciting their suffrages.
Mr. Hynilman, a young and rich West India plantp,
purchased Gloucester Lodge, the late villa of Mr. Secretary
Gentling, about four months ago, for 30,000/. Sines that
I period, vast sums have been appropriated tbr the improve-
ment of the house and grounds.