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FRESCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 9.—Five per cent.
Cons. Jouiss. du Sept. 22, 1824; closed on the sth of March,
at 106 f. Isc. ; Jouiss. du March 22, 1825, opened at 103 f. 30c.,
closed at 103 f. 40c. ;—Bank Stock, 2,o3oE—Neapolitan 5 per
Cents, (Certificates Falconet's), 91f. 25c.—Rentes d'Espagne,
20E—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 598.—Exchange on Lon-
don, One Month; 25f. ; three ditto, 24f 85c.—(Coors Au-
theutique.)

The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 4th inst.
contains the following article, which is highly
important to the merchants of this Country, who
are in tl►e habit of attending the Fair at
Leipsig

LEIPSIG, MARCH 2.

The Persians, who were here at the Easter Fair, were here
again at the close of the last Fair, andgaie us some hopes for
the approaching Easter Fair. They are men who tire extremely
well versed in trade and business, and are now visiting the ma-
nufactories. in Germany and Alsace, in order to see what
goods may be suitable for their own country, and which,
according to the present Russian system, can pass into tran-
sit, at the least expence, by way of Leipsig. In future,
they will bring hither silk and-Cachemere wool, and as they
say, and giVe us room to hope, will make considerable pur-
chases : but, the ornaments must be more in the oriental
style than is usual in our goods. Those which they want will
go farther into theinterior of Asia, where German, English, and
French goods have not yet found their way : they also study the
predominant taste at the Leipsig Fair with respect to the
manufactures of their own country which may meet with a
ready sale at Leipsig. The low duty on the transit of goods
through Russia facilitates the trade by this channel, which may
in time become important. On the other hand the trade with
Russian Poland is subject to many difficulties, but this is at-
tended with the disadvantage to Russia, that its fur must be
sold in the China market much lower than formerly, while or-
dinary Canada furs meet with a sale in Leipsig.

The following are extracts from American
Papers to the 11th February, which arrived this
day :

( From the Baltimore Paper of the 7th Februaryo

Captain Bowditch, who left the Isle of France on the 27th of
October, states that the Governor had given his consent to have
the Port shut; and meetings for that purpose had been held.—
Commodore Nourse, of the British frigate Andromache, Com-
mander-in-Chief on the Isle of France and Cape of Good Hope
stations, went on shore at Bombay, on the South-east part of
Africa, with six of his Officers and a French botanist, to dine
with the Governor. Shortly after, returning on board, they
were taken ill, and all died within four days, except the French

gentleman, who recovered. No.dthfot was enter!ained but they
were poisoned. The body of the Commodore was brotight to
the Isle of France for interment.—A fatal disease raged at

BUENOS AYItES, DEC. 1.

The unexpected detention of the ship Natchez, by which this
goes, enables me to say, that there is no longer any doubt as to the
views of England in relation to these countries, for., at a public
dinner given by the English merchants yesterday, to which a
number of the most respectable Creoles were invited, Mr.
PARISI! publicly declared, that he is already empowered by
his Government to acknowledge the independence of the Pro-
vinces of Rio de la Plata.

PORTSMOUTH ROAD.—The excellent improve-
ment in avoiding the top part of Bindhead is
now completed, and instead of a dangerous hilly
road a new cut is made round the left side of the
Devil's Punch Bowl of easy ascent, eighty feet in
some places less in elevation than the old road ;
and it is worthy of remark and highly compli-
m'ntary to the parties engaged, that although
the length of the new road is nearly a mile, and
a solid hill of some magnitude to cut through,
such were the admirable arrangements, that it
has been completed for the small sum of 9001.
in the short space of ten pecks. The success
which has crowned this undertaking we hope
will act as a stimulus to others on the same road,
and %ire might instance the corner just beyond
Kingston near the Thames—the turning out of
Godalmin at the Tan-yard, the narrow part of
Liphook, &c., as affording ample room for further
improvement in the road to the most important
naval arsenal in the Kingdom. •

The Official Dispatches from India, received
yesterday, are of so old a date as the 14th of
August, and of course contain nothing new. The
whole of them appeared some time ago in this

Paper.
1t is reported that Duke GEORGE• of S.
HILDBURGHAUSEN, second son of the reigning
Duke, is to be married to a Princess of Meck-

leliburg.

By the Allgenzeine Zetung of the sth inst., we
learn that Ministers from the Ducal Houses of

Gotha and Altenburg, Meinengen, and Coburg,
have been appoint,ql to regulate the joint ad-
ministration of the principalitids of Gotha and

Altenburg.

The Police at Cadiz has published regulations
for the due observance of Lent. In these sump-

teary laws it is ordered, amongst other things,
that no woman, of whatever rank or condition,
shall apiiear in the streets during Holy Week,
unless she is dressed in a decent manner. This

must give pretty extensive. scope to the caprice
and petty tyranny of the underlings of office, .
whether they be French or Spaniards.
A private letter from Munich, dated the 7th
instant, states that the King of BAVARIA had
issued a decree, to allay the fears which had been
excited in the minds of his Protestant subjects,
giving them the most solemn assurances that no
! change would be made, nor any interference
! allowed in their ecclesiastical affairs. This de-
cree, it is added, had diffused the most. lively joy
among the Protestants, who had ,felt uneasy in
consequence of some recent acts.
We hear from unquestionable authority, that
the party whose modest intimation excited such
just indignation in the House of Commons on
Thursday night, is nearly connected with the
project of the Liverpool and- Manchester Rail-
way, and that it was Mr. GURNEY, the. Member
'for Norwich, who so nobly spurned the offer.
According Allgeeine Zeitung . of the
sth instant, W. STEIN and Mr. F. GEnour,
Company, have concluded agreements with
t ior thel
the Agents of.- the Elberstield American Mine
owners of Mines in Mexico, for working them in •
joint partnership with the: owners, receiving an
equal division of the profits. The favourable
prospects held out by these contracts, for the
employment of capital, induced the Directors to
call a general meeting of shareholders on the
llth ultimo, at which it was resolved to increase
the capital from 200,000 Prussian. dollars (in
400 shares) to 500,000 dollars by the creation of
600 new shares, which are to be offered to the
old Shareholders at a premium of 10 per cent.
We understand that Mr. B. A. GOLOSCIISII nT
did not bid for the New
.Danish Loan at Paris,
as stated in a Morning Paper. The amount of

the Loan is said to be five millions.
The inhabitants of this town viewing- with cor
cern the proceedings adopted by the Catholics in order to ob
tain political power, have determined upon making known their
sentiments thereon to both Houses of Parliament. Petitions
have been prepared, and are now lying for signature at the
vestries of St. 31artin, St. Margaret, and St. Mary.—( Leicester
Journal, March 11.)
The appointment of Coroner for the county of
Surrey not yet having taken place, the fallowing inquiry was
instituted, and heard before L. R. ALLEN, Esq., yesterday
morning, at Union Hall police-office, relative to the death of
Captain John Conolly, a very old officer in the army, who de-
stroyed himself on Wednesday morning last, by blowing his
brains out with a pistol :—Frorn the evidence adduced, it ap-
peared that the deceased was between f',o and 70 years of age,
and that he had been very recently married to a young lady,
along with whom and her parents he resided at No. 17, Hercules-
buildings, Lambeth. For some time previous to the deceased's
death, a visible alteration was observed in his manners and
behaviour, which plainly indicated that he was labouring under
derangement of intellect. On the morning of his death, .\lrs.
Conolly arose at an early hour, as she was accustomed to do,
for the purpose of preparing breakfast, and while she was
thus engaged, the report of a pistol was distinctly heard
throughout the house. On sonic of the family proceeding to
the deceased's bed-room, they were shocked on beholding him
a corpse. He was lying on his back in bed, completely covered
over with the clothes, with the exception of his head and
face, which presented a horrid spectacle, a great part of the
skull having been blown off, and the brains scattered about the
pillow. The pistol with which the unfortunate man had corn-
mitted self-destruction was closely grasped in his lifeless hand.
Surgical assistance was instantly procured, but without effect,
as the deceased was quite dead. Depositions to the aboveeffect
having been taken on oath before the magistrate, they were
transmited to the parish-officers of Lambeth. The investiga-
tion has superseded the necessity of holding an inquest on the
body.
COOLIES, in the East Indies, are those natives
who are employed in cairyin ; of burdens, dig-
ging of trenches, and such laborious occupa-
tions;
with in. the operations
and who, supplying the place of pioneers,
ofcannot
militarybe dispensed
tactics
in
Hindostan. Most of
• •
the Foreign Regiments-. of- Artillery have half
a ctoryin anti
of
cavalry
have 3 or 4 pioneers each, to
smooth the roads, pass the. artillery along, to
dig trenches, S; c'. t'plotters'. Our. regiments of in-
fan
Bochart • supposes the word
to be derived from pzeones, a
people of .Asia,
whose principal employment- vas to dig the
earth in mines, &c.,