The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-24 00:00:00

Tilt NATIONAL REGISTEit.

Pi!" PCITLIC FUNDS.

The settlement of the account at the Stock Exchange,
on Tuesday lasi, produced a trial of strength to
tween
both parties, and stratagems were fteely resorted , with
the view of deceiving each oilier concerning the real •
state of the market ; an,d among these were fictious sales,
and purchases/0 a large extent, the nioney having been
lent in sonic instances for the purpose, in order to con-
ceal the real operator. The speculators for a rise have
lutherto been completely triumphant ; the funds, some
slight reverses excepted, has ing continued buoyant and
proaressively iti.prot lug the whole week. The abuir,
dance of money, and the difficulty of employing it,
%%Inch are, if posaihle, greater than ever, give great
advantage to their transactions. Exchequer Bills, ut
consequence, which, have Men lately at a dtacninit of ten
shillings, are now at a premium of four shillings. This
abundance wascobvions too in the eighth payment on
the last loan, which was paid oil .Friday without pro-
ducing the smallest impression. Three defau tees have
been &elated at the Stock Exchange, on transactions
of inierior consideration. The Cotnntitice .have lately
visaed some new law on the stilixt of defaulters, which
will tend greatly to increase die difficulty of readmission,
after an exposure of that iiiittur, and .by -rendcring the
members more cautious in nbenr speculations, will tend
rqualiyin thesectiiiiv of their own body and of the public.
Tile highest prier of the week in Consuls for the account
w is on Saturday morning at theopetting of die market,
when the gig/station avas 6s,L, but .some unusually
heavy sales of stock fur mom y, and for Mr.ttluesilay,
which is the first open transfer day, takingplacr, a sub.
s /ieta decline of .j per cent. occurred, and the.
transactions of the day closed at 681, and ;hough not
so low as oil Wed/les/1.1, the market lett off extremely
heavy. Part ~of eltia depression, however, may be
ascribed to the day, 00 transfer being made on Saturday,
which, as the abundance of mousy is not then in full'
operation, is generally is levied by the spsculators for a
fall, when they seek to itiAsaii impression on the funds.
That party net er wanted a reinforcement so much as at
-the present moment, a great majority of speculators
being sanguine in favour of a risk..

At five o'clock on Saturday afternoon the mail-
coaches from places to the north of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, and also those from Manchester and Chester,
had not arrived at the Post-office. As this precluded
all possibility of ~delivering the letters brought by
them, notice was given, in the. evening, that they
would be delivered till three o'clock in the
*Remo .n of yesterday, on application at the window
.of the Post-office in Lombard-street. After the
.i'suing of the notice, the Chester mail arrived at
eight o'clock- The report of the guard was, that the
roads from the otheritide of Kettering, owing to the
great fall of snow, were almost unpas slat.
Exygetsivz Ft itE.—Aboui half past one o'clock yes-
terday imnrititig, an alarming lire broke out on the pre-
mises of Messrs. Thomas and Co. porter merchants,
Thames Street. which rapidly communicated to adjoin-
ing houses in the occupaiansof Mr. Matthews, brush-
maker, Mt. Field, tallow-chandler, Mr. Field, drug-
broker, the very extensive premises of Mr. Garratt, tea-
dealer, and a private house tenanted by a Mr. Holland;
the Hones then took the direction of the premises ut
Messrs.Ronalds and Coventry, the whole of which,
tog, t ler with two houses in Swan Lane, anal .Bridge-
ward charity-school, were entirely consumed. The
roof of„Fisiimongers'-hall sustained considerable damage,
and great apprehensions were entertained for the safety
ce
of this elegant edifi. At about half past four the
roofs of M .Childe's and Mr. Matthew's houses fell in
with a Aremeoclous-orash, and greatly tore:ill the II ,axes.
The -iron manufactory office, on the Ike his of the thdateit
ail surrounded by Nitres, tint escaped without injury.
Toe fire continued burning at an alartuitig roe.
_Ullkli
male past ten oclock yesterday when all CX-
iioiou of sortie gunpowder took place, winch tore oft
tar 1(1.115 of several of the houses, and caosed great ap-
pieheitsion; hies, bricks and wood were scattered about
in ye. direction. Some ',MODS staatling near the spot
were lifillCillt1111,:111 conatapienee of their fallung on them:
j boy 1131.1 his 81.111 lacerated very tinsel', and some of his
fingers torn off. Shortly afterwai.is the whole of the
hoosesen Swaii-latie fed down and completely blocked
up the road-way; and the woule of the outer houses
mentioned svere, with the furniture and property, a mass
of rums A -fireman narrowly escaped with. his life ;
a hule exerting himself on the premises near Nlr.Ciiilde's
hot se, a high wall gate way, and nearly i:overcrl how ~
but by a sudden jonip backwards he es aped.
WAKEFIELD .SESSIONS.—On Friday last, at the
General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held by
adjournment at Wakefield, for the West Riding of
the County of York, the Grand Jury returned a
trite bill for misdemeanour against J. Mitchell,
against whontue indictment had,been preferred for
directing abusive and seditious language against the:
Prince Regent and the two Houses of Parliament,
at a Ituditad Reform Meeting, held on the 4th of
October last, at Skircoat Moor, near Halifax ; and
for then and there using expressions tending to
excite the people to partittun the estates of the great
nobility ; and, among others, of Eurl Fitxwillium
It will be recollected that Mr. S. Wortley referred
to these latter expressions, without rutting who
had used them, more diali once during the lust
sitting et: Parliament, us inditatting the nature of
the views entertained by the Reformers of York-
shire ; and that, lie did not awe to hold them up to
public notice, until he was reminded by Mr.
Brougham, tliiit to tell one half the truth was just
as 11Eta..611 as to juin to it one half of another awry
anti that therm! inference would is: very difl'crent