The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-19 00:00:00

THE LATE LIEUT.-COL. BRERETON.

(From the Times Correspondent.)
BRISTOL, JAN. 18.
The accounts which have appeared in the publi-
cations of this day, respecting the career of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Brereton, have been both incomplete
and inaccurate. lam enabled, from authentic docu-
ments, to subjoin a brief memoir of the services of
the ill-rated officer, which in justice to his memory
ought to be submitted to the opinion of his country-
men.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Brereton, late In-
specting Field-officer of the Bristol district, was the
descendant of an ancient and respectable family, and
was born in King's County, Ireland, on the 4th of
May, 1782. In the year 1797 he went as a volun-
teer to the West Indies, with his uncle, Captain
Coghlan (now Colonel Coghlan), of the 45th
Regiment. On the 25th of June, 1798, be ob-
tained an ensigncy in the Bth West India Regi-
ment, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
in the same corps on the lst of July,
.1800. The
Bth West India Regiment was reduced m 1802, and
in April, 1803, Lieutenant Brereton was ap-
pointed to the 2d West India Regiment. On
the 20th of April, 1804, he received a Cap.
taincy in the Royal African Corps, and being
separated from it, served in the same grade in the
Royal West India Rangers, of which corps he be-
came a Major on the 15th of March, 1810. He
was raised to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Royal African Corps on the 20th of July, 1815,
and was transferred, in the same capacity, to the
53d Regiment on the 12th of August, 1819; to the
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lonel Daniell, on the 19th of July, 1823. Every
step in the course of Colonel Brereton'e professional
elevation was obtained without purchase.
Colonel Brereton was in the service of his country
for about thirty-four years, above eighteen of which
were spent in tropical climates. From the year
1797 to 1802 he was serving in the 'West Indies ;
from the spring of 1803 to 1804 in the island of
Jersey; front 1804 to 1813 in the West Indies;
from 1815 to 1816 on the west coast of Africa ;
and from 1818 to March, 1823, at the Cape of Good
Hope. He was on full pay as an officer for thirty-
one years and four months, and on half-pay for two
years and a quarter.
In the routine of active service, Colonel Brereton
was engaged at the taking of the Danish and Swe-
dish West Indian settlements. In 1804 he acted
under the command of Lieutenant-General Purdon
and Colonel Forbes, as Adjutant to the Ist East
India battalion, raised for the defence of the island
of Jersey. He was appointed Brigade-Major to
his relative, Brigadier-General Brereton, when Go-
vernor of the island of St. Lucia, in March, 1805,
and served in that capacity until the General re-
turned to Europe, early in 1807. In 1809, he was
et the capture of Martinique, under the command
of Lieutenant-General Sir George Beckwith.
During that year he was appointed Brigade-Major
to Major-General Weal, and held that rank at the
taking of Guadaloupe in 1810. Placed in command
of the left wing, he proceeded with it to the colony
of Surinam in 1811 ; he was removed thence to
the garrison of Mount Bruce, Dominique, and re-
turned to Europe in 1813, in consequence of ill
health, and the injuries he sustained from a hurri-
cane that year. Subsequently sent out as Lieute-
nant-Governor of the settlements and garrisons of
Senegal and Goree, on the west coast of Africa,
he returned to Europe, in consequence of ill
health, in December, 1816. In 1818 he went to
the Cape of Good Hope, and was placed by Lord
Charles Somerset in command of the garrison upon
the frontiers of the colony. A domestic calamity
recalled him to Europe in March, 1819 ; but he
again proceeded to the Cape, as Lieutenant-Colonel
of the 49th Regiment. He was in command of the
garrison of Cape Town, until relieved by a senior
officer, Colonel Napier, in 1823, when he obtained
permission to return to England on private affairs.
Colonel Brereton was married in London to Miss
Olivia Moss, who died three years ago, leaving him
two daughters, one born on the 2d of May, 1826,
and the other on the 2d of October, 1828.
The only doument which Colonel Brereton is
said to have written, ere he committed the act which
left his children destitute of parental protection, is 0
letter in which he recommended the orphans to the
care of his uncle, Colonel Coghlan, an officer of 43
years' standing, who has sustained more than one
" honourable scar" in bearing a commission under
three British Sovereigns. The letter to Colonel
Coghlan was confined to the consideration of matters
of a domestic charactor.
Among the documents collected by Colonel Bre•
reton, with a view to his defence, were testimonials
from the deceased Generals Bowyers and Sir
Thomas Trigg,---from Sir George Beckwith, Sir
Charles Weal, Sir John Keene, and Sir Herbert
Taylor. There was also a testimonial from Sir
Henry Torrens, under whom he had acted as Lieu'
tenant-Colonel of the Royal African corps ; and 0
letter from his late Royal Highness the Duke of
York,. which recommended Colonel Brereton to theparticular attention of Lord Charles Somerset, the!'
Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
The feelings of Colonel Brereton were generous'
his actions liberal ; and the fatal rashness by which
his friends have been plunged into the deepest tale'
tion has not only deprived his children of a father's
fostering care, but of every thing that might be
styled an independence.

PA ars If CLERKS.-Nothing can be more
unequal than the pay of these functionaries.--I1
:,,me of the London parishes, such as Marylebone and
St. George, Hanover square, the remuneration exceed]
1,000/. a year, while in many country parishes, wit°
marly the same labour, the reward is not 5/,

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DEACLE versus BARING.
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By the Rev. D. WILLIAMS, A.M., F.G.S.
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THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1832.
CIIOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT.
COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.-(THIS DAY.)
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and Walker.
Secretary.

No reports received from Sunderland, Newburn,
(Signed) WM. MACLEAN

The petition now lying for signature at Bristol,
beseeching the Crown to extend its mercy to the
criminals convicted of participating in the late
riots, is rapidly filling up. We are glad to hear
of this ; it does credit to the humanity of the
Bristolians. The punishment of death should
never be inflicted except in cases of most
aggravated guilt, such for instance as mur-
der, which reason, religion, and the first and
commonest instinct of nature warrants society in
visiting with the severest penalties of the law.
When inflicted in more ordinary cases of delin-
quency, this punishment not only ceases to ope-
rate beneficially as an example, but throws dis-
credit on the Legislature which exacts it. We
are far from intending to assert that the Bristol
riots were cases of ordinary delinquency ; we
share with the rest of the world, the horror, dis-
gust, and indignation which they were so
Well calculated to provoke ; but we think
that there are strong circumstances of pal.
liation which may be pleaded in mitigation
of punishment. There was no deliberate at-
tempt at mischief on the part of the rioters ; no-
thing transpired at their trials to prove that they
acted on any preconcerted plan ; they were
guilty, deeply guilty ; but their guilt was that of
infatuation, of phrenzy, rather than of cold,
studied, methodical malignity. Had the
civil Power done its duty, these misguided
men would never have had an opportu-
nity of effecting mischief. Their riotous
disposition would have been checked at
Once ; their passions quelled before they had had
time to overthrow the reason. But by their
scandalous, unexampled—nay, we will even add
unprincipled—lethargy, the civil authorities ab-
solutely invited the riots, which they now, in
the true spirit of poltroonery—for all cow-
ards are cruel—thirst to revenge in blood. If
the Bristol rioters were guilty, the Bristol magis-
tracy was doubly so ; if the one party had
a right to stand at the bar of justice,
the other had an equal right to stand there be-
side them; nor do we know any earthly reason
why the brave military and the misguided popu-
lace should be made the victims of a slothful,
chicken-hearted Magistracy. In the sacred name
of justice we demand an investigation into the
conduct of the civil authorities of Bristol ! Till
this be instituted, we shall not cease to think
that the weaker has been made the scape-goat of
the stronger party, and that vengeance, not right,
has had its dues.
When there were few or no indications of

aught but an ordinary tumult at Bristol, who so
brave—who so chivalrous as the civil authori_
ties ? Flow these doughty Quixotes cuffed and
kicked the people about, so long as they ima-
gined they might do so with impunity ; and
oh, how they shrunk like foxes into their
holes, the very instant the peril became im•
ininent, and they fancied their sacred per-
sons might be endangered ! Yes, they scampered,
like curs, from the very storm they had them-

selves raised. True however to all the forms of
Office, abounding as mach in cunning as they were
deficient in courage, they shuffled the load of re-
sponsibility off their own shoulders, and threw
it on the backs of some seventy or eighty brave
soldiers, headed by a gallant veteran who had
served thirty years in his MAJESTY'S service,
and would have been alive at this moment, had
not the quick honour of the British officer mas-
tered the cool sagacity of the man of the world.
These things must not, nay, they shall not,

be forgotten ; neither shall it be forgotten that
on Friday the 27th of .Idnuary, five misguided
wretches are to be sent before the judgment seat
of their GOD, while those who by their negli-
gence actually furnished them with the opportu-
nity of becoming criminal, are as yet, not even
put upon their trials

Brussels and German Papers have been re-
ceived.iiiThe prolongation of the time allowed for
the exchange of the ratifications, is to the 31st
of this month. In the meantime the Belgians

are preparing for any untoward consequences.

The following are extracts :
BRUSSELS, JAN. 14.—The Government received yes•.
terday evening the news that the Conference has prolonged
the time fixed for the ratification to the 31st January
(not the 30th, as a journal has stated). This decision

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forms the subject of the 54th protocol.
LIEGE, JAN. 13,—Major Capia Aumont's corps of par

tisane closely invests Maestricht, and interrupts all commu-

nication.—Politi e.

BRUSSELS, Jaw. 14.—The King returned to Brussels
at ten o'clock last night. His Majesty stopped at Alost
to accept a supper offered him by the Magistrates and

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principal inhabitants.
General Belliard, who did not stop at Aloft, arrived
here at five o'clock.

We hear that the Ministers intend to present to the
Chambers a project of law, authorising the creation of a
military order, to be called the " Order of Leopold."
It was reported at Antwerp that Colonel Bergen is
going to return to his regiment, which is in the province
of Luxembourg, General Belliard having been appointed
Commandant of Antwerp in his room.
The Ist regiment of cuirassiers, the 2d regiment of
chasseurs at Mons, and the artillery of the line at Namur,
which were to have left these places on the 11th and 12th
to join the army, have received counter orders.
We hear one of the principal manufacturers of arms
at Liege has received an order for 40,000 muskets from
the Paella of Egypt.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 15.—The Minister of War has written
to all the officers and commanders of the Civic Guards,
desiring them to send him a list of the men of the first
ban, who have not yet been called into active service, as
also of the men armed and equipped, as well as those who
are not. He has also ordered them to assemble the in-
complete companies, and to be in readiness to mach with
their corps at the first summons.
The Government having given up the plan of forming
a foreign legion, M. A. Murat has resigned his commission
as Colonel of it. _

General Goblet arrived the evening before yesterday at
Brussels with the 54th protocol.
Two battalions of the first regiment of Chasseurs, which
were on their march to the province of Luxembourg, are
on their return to Liege.
JAN. 16.—Yesterday the King gave a private audience
to Sir R. Adair, General Belliard, and General Desprez.
His Majesty transacted business successively with his Mi-
nisters.

M. Steven, editor of the Messager de Gaud, was ar-
rested yesterday morning at six o'clock, and taken as a
prisoner to the Citadel. His office was surround by '
the armed force, while the police were making a sear& in it.
Our troops will not be on the frontiers on the 15th.
The Government has taken such measures that 50,000
men may be assembled within twenty-four hours.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 16.—The Journal des Flandres
says, " We have this moment learnt that this afternoon,
the 16th, at three o'clock, the presses and printing-office of
M. A. B. Steven have been again put under seal."
CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the sitting of the 14th the Minister for Foreign
Affairs communicated to the Chamber.
1. The note of the Conference relative to the protocol
of Aix-la-Chapelle. 2. The answer to the Memorial of
the King of Holland on the 24 articles; and 3. The pro-
tocol of the 11th inst., which prolongs to the 31st the
time for the ratification of the 24 articles by the Five

Powers; the reasons assigned for this are the difficulty of
the communications at this season, and the desire of the '
Powers that the ratifications may be announced simulta-
neously.
The Chamber has been chiefly engaged in considering
a project of law relative to the mines.
VIENNA, JAN. s.—An English courier was despatched
yesterday to London ; his despatches are supposed to re-
late to Don Pedro's intended expedition against Portugal,
and to the prevention of the re-action in the Peninsula in
case Don Pedro should succeed.
We bear hardly anything of Poland. It seems that
our Cabinet leaves it entirely to the wisdom of the Em-
peror of Russia to regulate the affairs of that kingdom as
his own generosity shall prescribe, and as the wants of the
country, with which he is well acquainted, require. Of
what use, it is asked by some, would complete independ-
ence be to Poland, if the sentiment of nationality must be
purchased by the destruction of all manufactures and trade.
If Russia excludes the productions of Poland from its
markets, the trade of the country is ruined, and it can
never recover its ancient prosperity.
The expedition of the Pacha of Egypt to Syria also gives
rise to a frequent exchange of couriers. The conduct of Me-
hemet Ali has always been so prudent, that we must suppose
either that he is sure of his object, or that he has in case
of failure some means in reserve which will secure
him from personal danger. At all events, his rebellion
would be far more dangerous to the Porte than that of the
Pacha of Scutari ; we therefore look forward with im-
patience for news from Constantinople and Egypt. It is
said that the projected marriage of the King of Naples
with a Princess of Sardinia will not take place.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.
Jan. 6. 7.
Five per Cents. 851,4 Bss;i
Four per Cents.
Bank Shares. 1158
Thratxx, JAN. IL—The two last cholera patients
were dismissed as cured on the 9th in the afternoon, and
no new cases have since occurred. At Konigsberg the
two last patients left the hospital on the 4th, and up to
the 6th there had been no new case. At Breslaw there
was no new case from the 4th to the 7th.
VIENNA, JAN. s.—Only one cholera patient re tnaining.

We have great pleasure in directing public
attention to an advertisement in The Sun of
this day. respecting capital punishment in cases
of forgery and other offences. The Society
for the diffusion of information on this all-
important subject deserves the best thanks
of the public, for its humanity and unwearied
exertions in endeavouring to ameliorate the
sanguinary character of our Criminal Code.
It must be obvious to every reflecting
mind that if the extreme punishment of the
law be inflicted in cases of minor crime, the
justice and morality of inflicting only the same
punishment in cases of aggravated enormity are
completely destroyed. Let us hope that one of
the first acts of a reformed Parliament will be
to make our criminal code more consonant to
reason by abolishing all statutes that adjudge
criminals to' death for any offences but those of
the most heinous character.

It transpired this morning in the city that the
provincial bank of WATERS, JONES, and Co., Carmarthen,
has stopped payment. Its notes were refused by the Lon-
don house at which they are made payable, with the re •
mark that they must be referred to the acceptors. It is
understood that the failure has been caused by incautious
advances to a large agricultural district. Of the extent of
the failure, and the consequences with which it is likely to
be attended in other respects, nothing is yet known.—
Another failure was mentioned on 'Change of an English
house connected principally with the Portuguese trade, but
the transactions were on a small scale, and the event itself
wholly unimportant.—Times.
It is said that the Tories have obtained a
conviction so certain that the Ktsca will create Peers,
and that the Minister will recommend the creation, that
they begin to despair and acknowledge tatt the Bill must
pass. A good sign of success is, that the Bishops are re-
ported to have ratted. They only showed their hostility
to the late Bill, because they thought they could turn out
the Ministry; and being now convinced of the contrary,
they are going to support Reform. Their repentance
however, comes too late. They are no longer wanted,
and the people will henceforth dispense with their services.
—Brighton Guardian.
•

WILKIE has finished his picture of KNox
preaching at St. Andrew's to the utter confusion of the
Roman hierarchy.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Lord GOWER'S tragic drama—as he modestly styl, s
it—entitled Catherine of Cleves, was hst night produced
it this theatre. It was highly successful, and deservedly
so, being replete with incident, simple and unambi-
guous in plot, chaste, elegant, and unambitious in lan-
guage. It does the noble adapter, we believe we may esti
him the author, infinite credit, and induces us to hope that
he will one day favour the stage with a tragedy of his
own, unassisted composition. A Peer of the realm is far
more nobly employed, inspires a far stronger reverence
for his order in the hearts of the people, by cultivating
and enlarging the realms of intellect, than by patronizing
Crockford's, or showing himself off as a lion at New-
market. The first act of this clever drama is occupied
with an interview with Ruggieri, an Italian astrologer
(G. BENNETT), anti Catherine de Medicis, the Queen
Mother (Mrs. LOVELL), the latter of whom, for reasons
not needful here to explain, having a design to promote an
intrigue between St. Megrin (C. KEMBLE) and Cathe-
rine of Cleves (Miss KEMBLE), wife of the Duke de Guise
(WARDE), has brought Catherine, in a swoon magically
caused, to the astrologer's abode, which she is aware St.
Megrin will shortly visit. She retires, St. Megrin art
rives, and the astrologer, introducing Catherine, leaves
them together. A scene ensues in which Catherine be-
trays her secret that she loves St. Megrin, hut their
interview is interrupted by the arrival of her husband.
She escapes undiscovered, ; and St. Megrin, after a brief
and angry interview with De Guise, follows. The
latter left alone discovers his wife's handkerchief on the
couch whereon she had been reclining, and vows vengeance
against the lover. The second act commences with
another angry interview between the husband and the
lover in the presence of Henry the Third of France
(J. MAsoN), ending by an agreement that their quarrel
shall be settled by a single combat. We are then
introduced to the boudour of Catherine, where she is soon
visited by her husband, who forces her by manual violence
to write an invitation to St. Megrin, determining on his
arrival at night, the time appointed, to have him assas-
sinated. The letter is despatched to him by Arthur,
her page (Miss TAYLOR), who delivers it duly at the
commencement of the third act. The lover, suspecting
no treachery, attends at the appointed hour, an inter-
view of fondness and despair ensues between Catherine
and himself, but finally, while attempting an escape, he
is attacked and slain by De Guise's hand. Cathe-
rine immediately swallows poison, and the piece con-
cludes with her death and her husband's remorse.—
Such is a brief outline of the plot. The characters were
all Alit supported. Miss KEMBLE, as Catherine, dis-
played a judgment beyond her years ; and a sensibility that
in the more impassioned scenes riveted the attention of
the audience. C. KEMBLE made a truly chivalrous lover,
and in his interview with De Guise, in the presence of
the King, displayed much of that glowing animation,
which we have so often admired in his Faulconbridge.
The stern, haughty character of De Guise could nut
have fallen into better hands than WARDE'S. He failed
only in an adequate expression of that tenderness which
he is supposed to feel when kneeling beside the corpse
of his young wife. Mr. Mssost made a very respectable
monarch, and created his one Peer with a promptitude
and energy that our Whig Ministers will do well to fol-
low. The audience seemed to be of the same opinion,
for they applauded the impromptu elevation of Count St.
Megrin to a Dukedom, with the utmost heartiness and
abet ity. We must not omit to notice the performance of
Miss TAYLOR, who as Catherine's page exhibited a
comic archnesss of manner and delivery, that re-
minded us of Madame VESTRIS in her earlier days.
There are one or two points in the play which struck
us as injudicious. We particularly allude to the
somewhat haeknied incident of Catherine's thrusting her
hand through the staple, and the ungenerous conduct of
her lover in leaving her defenceless in such a situation.
To be sure, the author has furbished up an excuse for
St. Mcyrin, but it is like Mr. CROKER'S Anti-Reform
diatribes, a mere begging of the question. Another defect
is, that some of the earlier scenes of the drama are too
much spun out. The action at times halts, in order that
the characters may prose. Now we like a plot that bowls
on like a chariot, without let or hindrance, and whose
progress we can track step by step. But these are motes
in the sun-beam. Taken as a whole the play is an excel-
lent one, and will, we doubt not, have its fair share of
popularity. Having already done well, let Lord GOWER
ti y and do better. He has good stuff in him ; in jus-
tice to himself, therefore, he should give his abilities
fair play. But in order to do so, he must eschew all un-
reasonable fastidiousness, the besetting sin of modern pa-
trician literature.; bear in mind that the applause of a
circle is not the applause of a world ; and above all, that
SHAKSPEARE, who was the least fastidious, was, and
ever will be, the most successful of dramatists. We subjoin
a specimen of the versification. The lines marked in italics,
strike us as being remarkable graceful and melodious
. . . Wretch! the time has been
When, in this vast and lonely room, at midnight,
Tempest without, and every wind of Heaven
Demanding entrance at the clattering pane,
With those grim portraits of my tyrant's ancestors,
Where'er I moved or bent my sight, still following,
Or meeting every motion with a frown—
I should have blest that human footstep's sound,
And rusli'd to meet it, and have almost died
Of disappointment when it died. But now
The hissing of the coit'd snake in my car,
The raven's croak upon the murderer's gibbet,
The mandrake's shriek, were music to the sound
Of love's light step, and youth's elastic tread,
Upon the wrought and inlaid marquetry
Of yonder corridor. Yet I despair not.
He will not come—he will not risk his life
On that anonymous scroll's encouragement.
He deem'd another's hand let fall the dowers
Into that den. His words were courtier's compliments—
He loves me not. 0, God, that I could think so !
(She goes to the window and opens the casement.)
I yet might warn him, were the night less dark.
Some sign! (She returns in ecstacy.) The portal closes !
He is saved!
Saved for to-night ! The scroll has fail'd to reach him,
His better angel's hand has misdirected
The blind and innocent messenger of death;
And means may yet be found to arm the victim
Against the future vengeance of my husband.
He shall not perish ! Hark ! that sound returns—
That dreadful sound of footsteps on the stair!
Is it my husband ? Is it some consi*ator ?
It mounts—it hesitates--arrest it, Heaven !
No—it approaches ! Fly ! for mercy's sake,
Seek not this fatal threshold! Hence! avoid !
I rave! Is not the portal closed behind him ?
What means of flight, then ? Hell is leagued against us_
Heaven yields, and hope is fled, and prayer is powerless!
[The door opens. Enter St. Megrin.]

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The information in regard to the state of foreign po-
litics, and particularly that which we communicated to
the public in our City article of the 12th of January, that
the difficult impediments in the negotiations between Hol-
land and Belgium had been removed, and that in a few
days we should bear of important events on that sub-
ject, is in a great measure verified this morning, by the
estafette from Paris, which announces that Prussia and
Austria have sent their ratification. Now there cannot be
a question of doubt that these two Powers have previously
consulted Russia on the point before they sent their ratifi-
cation ; therefore, in a short period, we may naturally ex-
pect the ratification of that Power also.
The estafette from Paris brings French rentes 66f. 85c.
Consols, which left off yesterday 82i _a (ex-dividend),
opened at the same price this morning, and at present may
be quoted 82A ; for February account 821
This is settling day in the Coniaal Market. The chief
business doing is settling their accounts, and the fluctua-
tion during the account has been about 2 per cent. At
present we do not hear of a failure. The great city
capitalist has again maintained the field of battle, and taken
all his stock. Belgium Scrip, 1,:lf dis.
By the French :nail, this morning, we have the follow-
ing from Vienna :—" We learn that the Egyptian at my
made an attack on St. Jean d'Acre, and were repulsed in
the storming of it with great loss."
They write from Toulon, Jan. 11, that a ves,el arrived
there bearing the Russian flag, with important despatches
for the Russian Ambassador at Paris, Pen° di Borgo,
which were instantly despatched by a confidential mes-
senger. The sailors report that the Russian squadron
was going to leave the Levant for the Tagus to oppose Don
Pedro's expedition.

.11ALF-PAST ONE.
The fluctuation of Consols this morning has not been
of much consequence—from 82a down to 82-a for money,
ex•dividend ; at present they are S2-a 1. The account
appears going well, and is a Bull account, the erJn-
tango being about two per cent.
Accounts from Constantinople, to the 19th ult., state
that the army of the Paella of Egypt was defeated in
storming St. Jean d'Acre.
Consols for Account, 82,i:1

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols B2l i Danish
Ditto for Account 82 4- Greek, 1825 --
Brazilian Bonds.. Mexican, 1825 --

Buenos Ayret....
Chilian Ditto ....
Columbian, 1824

Peruvian ....... •
Russian ...... 9S
Spanish

Lord WYNFORD, it is said, is particularly
hostile to the creation of any new Lords, apprehensive that
it might detract from the dignity of the Peerage ! OJAY
think of it.--411orning Paper.