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The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-29

SURGICAL REFORM.

AT a numerous PUBLIC MEETING of
Members of the Surgical Profession, and other
Gentlemen, held at the Freemasons" Tavern, on Tuesday
evening, Dec. 5/341, pursuant to Public Advertisement,
JAMES PATY, Esq. in the Chair :
It was resolved, by a great majot ity—That the-best in-
Wrests of the Medical Profession, and of the Public, ate
identified with the cause of Medical and Surgical Reform ;
and that Mr. Wakley, as Editor of the Lancet, having
given the first impulse to that cause, and having subse-
quently advocated it with undeviating firmness and fidelity,
is entitled to die cordial thanks and support of this
Meeting.
It was unanimously resolved,—That the purposes for
which the Hospitals and Infirmaries of the metropolis
were founded, and that the views of the humane contri-
butors to their. funds, are materially promoted by the
weekly publication of Reports. detailing the Medical and
Surgical treattneat of the mafortenate patients, and that Mr.
Wakley, having originated the practice of publishing Hospi-
tal Reports, has conferred important benefits on Medical
Science, re on the cause of humanity.
It was resolved, by a great majority,—That the inde-
pendent and impartial ptinciples on which the Lancet was
first established, have been preserved by Mr. Wakley at
all risks; and as it was acknowledged at•thelate trial, that,
the legal expences of some of his opponents, on another
occasion, were defrayed by certain Hospital Physicians
and Surgeons, it is further resolved, That a Subscription
be opened for the purpose of defraying the expencee of the
late action.
It was unanimously resolved,—That in accordance with
the feelings which this Meeting has expressed, Mr. Wakley
be invited to attend a Public Dinner, and that a Coarmittec
be forthwith appointed to arrange the same, with power to
add to their number.

JAMES PATY, Chairman,

. The Chairman having left the Chair, it was unanimously
resolved, That thy thanks of this Meeti.ig be given to Mr.
Paty, for his very ecnirteous and impartial conduct as
Chairman.
The dinner will take place on Friday, January 23d, at
the Freemasons' Tavern, the arrangements for which will
be announced at an eurly day, and placoi named at which
subscriptions will be received ; until, and after which, they
may be paid, or forwarded, to James Paty, Esq., the Trea-
surer, 33, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, and at the Lancet
Office, 210, strand.

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KNOWLEDGE.

THE COMPANION to the ALMANAC
and YEAR BOOK of GENERAL INFORMA-
TION, fur 1829, will be published on TUESDAY, Dee.
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Of whom may be had,
THE BRITISH ALMANAC for 1829. Price 2s. 6d.
London, England, 1828-12-29

(FROM THE NIT4VS.)

We insert in ot:r filth page a letter from the Duke
of Wellington to the Rev. Dr. Curtis, the Catholic
Primate of Ireland, in reply to one addressed by the
latter to his Grace, requesting information of the
intentions of Government in the enstiiiq,. Session of
Parliament; as to Catholic Emancipation.* We
accompany this letter by some comments made on it
by the Dublin Evening Post, which. seem to us to
partake in a striking degree of that implicit confi-
dence in the Premier which on more than one occa-
sion we have felt desirous of cautioning the Irish
Catholics against too much indulging in 4 We have
read this letter over with much attention, and with
every dispositioN to find something in it favourable to
the cause of religious liberty, but we must acknow-
ledge our inability to detect one sentence. which by
any torturing of obvious meaning can be made to
imply the slightest favour to the Catholics. On the
contrary, if words are to be taken in their natural

* The Rev. Dr. Curtis, the present Primate of Ireland,
has fur years been on terms of the greatest intimacy with
the Duke of 'Wellington. The former was Rector of the
University of Salamanca when the Duke fought the memo-
rable battle at that place, and it is understood rendered
very important services to this country, from his greet in-
fluence in the city and its vicinity.
t The paper we have mentioned is not, however, the
only Dublin newspaper which has sang tUa similar lauda-
tory tune. AN the Liberal Irish newspripem have exposed
themselves, more or less, in the same ridiculous manner,
The Dublin Morning Register, speakixg of the letter
says--" The most marked feature of the document is the
undisguised and bold avowal that its writer is not
merely favourable to, but 'sincerely anxious to witness
the settlement of the Roman Catholic Question.' Herein is
cause of gratulation to the Catholics, and confusion and
despair to the enemies of civil and religious liberty." In
reference to this hyperbole of our Irish contemporary, we
would add--" words"," mere words"--full of sound,
but signifying nothing.
London, England, 1828-12-29

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London, England, 1828-12-29

THE LONDON MAGAZINE—THIRD SERIES.
9rHE Conductors of the LONDON AI A-
GAZINE propose, with the uoutmenoement of the
new year, to devote a portion of each Number to a brief
but comprehensive and digested notice of every leading
Novelty and Discovery in Science, Natural Philosophy and
History, Statistics, Legislature, Jurisprudence, &c.. ee. ;
so that a Conversational Record may be preserved, of easy
reference, of all valuable additions to the knowledte of the
age. This department will be collected from all the Foreign
Periodical Works, and from our own various records of
inventions and Improvements. The important reports of
Parliament will be systematically consulted ; scattered pa-
ragraphs of modern Voyages and Travels, which :IN any
new materials to our stock of existing information, will
be diligently culled ;—..and in all cases the authorities for
these abstracts will be carefully given. The paging of this
part of the London Magazine will be distinct, so that the
original and the compiled portions of the publication may
be separately bound at the end t:f the year; the one form-
ing two volumes, the other one. This new department
will be entitled " THE JOURNAL OF FACTS."

London : Printed for the Proprietors, and published by
their Agent, Henry Hooper, at tho office of the London
I%lagazine, IS, Pall-Mull East.
London, England, 1828-12-29

MARLBOROUGH.STREET.

It will be recollected by our readers that some
time since we gave, under the head of " Affiliation
Extraordinary," a very. curious and singular account
of an order of bastardy being made on his Grace
the Duke of for the maintenance of a female
child. In the account it was stated that the female
went by the name of Smith ; that she was a person
of superior manners and address, independent of her
personal accomplishments; and that his Grace had
settled the demand at Marlborough-street (which,
by the by, was Marylebone), for the sum of 120/.
On Saturday, just before the close of the business,
au elderly respectable person came to the office, and
meeting Sir George Ferrara, who was about leaving,
handed to the worthy Magistrate a long memorial
upon the above subject.
Sir G. FARRANT, after looking. at the paper,
desired the applicant to see Mr. Grist, the overseer
of St. George's, Hanover-square, upon the subject.
Shortly after Mr. Grist came to the office, when
the latter handed to him the memorial which he had
presented to Sir George when the following colloquy
took place:—
Mr. Grist—What is the meaning of this, for I
know nothing about it ? Applicant—l wish to
know where is the female who calls herself Smith,
and who has affiliated a child to his Grace the Duke
of ' ?

Mr. Grist--The parish of St. George knows
nothing about what you allude to; we have bad but
one duke's name iu our books for these twelve years,
and that watt a foreigner.
The applicant sighed, and observed that it was
very hard that he could gain no information upon
the subject, although it had brought him to London.
Mr. Grist--Pray, what is your motive for making
this inquiry ? Applicant—l have reason to think,
from the account and description which has appeared
in the papers, that the female who has been living
under the protection of the Duke of , and
who afterwards affiliated the child, is my daughter,
and, having lest her about the time named, impresses
the conviction on my mind that the female who has
now assumed the name of Smith is my lost daughter.
Mr. Grist—Under those 'circutestances you had
better apply to Marylebone, where probably you
may hear something of the female.
The applicant thanked Mr. Grist for the informa-
tion, and retired.-7-Sunday Paper.
London, England, 1828-12-29

MARYLEBONE.

On Thtirsday night, a lady who lives at No. 39,
Upper Baker-street, Regent's-park, found an unex-
pected guest sitting by the side of her parlour-fire.
The stranger was dressed in a handsome cloth•pelisse
and 'a magni6eent velvet bonnet, and bow she came
there, or who she was, the servants could rot, and
she would not, tell ; and she was sent to the watch-
house. She was brought before Mr. RAwuNsos,
the next morning to answer for her conduct ; and
alter the had declared her..elf to be Elizabeth Lee, a
watchman came forward with the charge.

Watchman—Last night, your Worship, was
Christmas Hight.

Mr. RAWLINSON—WeII, I know it was. Don't
tell me what I know, but proceed with the charge.
Watchman--1 had just called the hour of half-
past ten, your Worship, when I was called into No.
39, Upper Baker-street, to take this here prisoner
out. I found her sitting in a harm chair, before
the fire, in the parlour, and a mortal hard job I had
to get her out on it, for she stuck to it like a bit
of wax.

Mr. RAWLINSON—What did she say ? Watch-
man—l cou'dnt get nothing out on her, and I was
ordered to take her to the watch-house.
Mr. RAwt.tssoN—Was she drunk ? Watchman
—Quite toxated, your Worship.
Miss Lee said she had been dining with a few
friends, and as she returned home she fainted away
opposite the above house,'and the door was open.
" And you carried yourself into the parlour," said
Mr. RAWLINSOS.

" Yes (replied Miss Lee) and I beg pardon for
the intrusion."
Mr. RAwuNsoN told her, if her intrusion was
pardoned, she must pay for be'ng drunk ; and he
dried her ss.

iNow Miss Lee, having neither pockets nor
money, was detained by the gaoler; but in the even-
ing Mr. Rawhoson remitted the fine and she was
discharged.
On Saturday morwing Miss Lee was brought be-
fore Mr. GRIFFITH by another watchman, who found
her half an hour after she had been liberated the

BIRTHS.

Ou the 24th inst. at Bath, the lady of H. K. Chad-
wick, Esq. of a daughter.
On the 22d inst. at Gattenside House, near Melrose,
N. 8., the lady of Captain Lyon, of a son.
On the 25th inst. at St. Katherine's, Regent's park,
Lady Taylor, of -a still-born child.
On the 23d inst. at Hythe, the lady of J. IL Hurnfrey,
Esq. of a daughter.
On the 21st inst. at Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire,
the Hun. Mrs. Fraser, of Lovat, of a son and heir.
London, England, 1828-12-29

HATTON-GARDEV.

Amongst the numerous night charges disposed of
on Saturday none were of any extraordinary istte-
rest, if we except the following :
A constable named Jordan, belonging to Penton-
ville district, charged a gentleman with committing
an assault on his. The complainant was passing
along the street on Friday night, when the defendant,
Mr. Charles Greenhill, was walking towards him, in
company with some ladies, keeping the side next
the houses, which he, the complainant (although he
admitted wrongfully) insisted on having; on which
the defendant put his hand on his (tho complainant's)
shoulder, and shored him from the side he con-
tended for, on which he instantly took him to .the
watch-house.
Mr. LAING-It appears to have been a ridiculous
squabble; at the same time addressing the de-
fendant, said, " You are discharged, Sir." De-
fendant—Will you permit me to send for my family,
who witnessed the transaction ? I have been shame-
fully ill treated.

Clerk—Pay a shilling for your discharge.
Defendant to the Magistrate—l'll pay no shilling.
What objection can you have to permit my family
to explain the circumstance ?
Mr. LAING--What have I to do with your family
when you are discharged, Sir ? Defendant—l con-
ceive, Sir, I have been shamefully treated; and,
taming to complainant, " You, Sir, you may rest
assured of it, shall hear more on the subject."
The defendant then retired.
WORSHIP-STREET.

The oldest individual connected with this esta-
blishment does not recollect (upon a similar occa-
sion, even in better times) to have witnessed so
many black eyes and bandaged heads as the com-
plainants and the accused presented on Satarday.
London, England, 1828-12-29

DIED.

On the Meth inst. John Johnston, Esq. of Danson, Kent,
in his 84th year.
On the 24th inst. al his house in Bloomsbury-place,
James Clay, Esq. deeply lamented by his family and friends.
In Surrey-square, after a long illness, in her '7Bth year,
Mrs. Frances Muskett, an excellent parent, a kind friend,
and a pious Christian.
On the 21st inst. at his residence, Mortimer-ter race,
Kentish-town, Mr. George Taylor, New Inn, solicitor.
On the 25th inst. at Coventry, aged 68 years, John
Woodcock, Esq. banker of that city.
London, England, 1828-12-29

THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.

THE First Number of this New Publication,
will contain among numerous professional Papers,
by Officers of both Services, au interesting anecdotic:al ar-
ticle relative to the Battle of Waterloo, by au eye witness.
A Memoir of the late Captain Sir William Hoete, R. N.—
Account of the Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, by an Officer
engaged.—Naval Tactics.—Sailora asmi Saints.—A Me-
moir of the late Sir Harry Calvert.—Twelve Years' Mili-
tary Adventure iu India, comprising Anecdotai.of the early
Military Career of the Duke of 'Wellington, now first pub-
lished.

Printed for Henry Coburn, 8, Now Burlington-street.

'IIOtUIIGESS' NEW SAUCE fur genurul
iLO purpoem, having given sack great approbation, and
the demand for it nontinuing to incrowse, JOHN BUR-
GESS and SON beg most respectfully to offer this their
beet acknowledgment to the public far their liberal pa-
tronage of the same : its utility and great couvecionse in
all climates has recommended it to the mast distinguished
foreign connections, who have all spoken highly iu its re-
•cmutuendation.—lt is prepartvl by them only; and for
p.eventing disappointment to Families, all poesihle care has
been resorted to by each bottle being sealed upon the nark
with their firm and addreae, as well u each label haying
their signature, without which it, cannot be genuine,
JOHN BURGESS and SON'a long establisle_sd' and
much-esteemed ESSENCE cf ANCHOVIES, continues
to be prepared by them after the same manner that has
given the greatest satisfaction for many years.
Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of the Savoy step*,
London. The original Fish-sauce Warehouse,
London, England, 1828-12-29

STATE OF PUBLIC SECURITY.

(The following circulars have been issued from the
Home. office.)

Whitehall, Nor. 21.
Sir,—l urn directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to re-
quest that you will transmit to me as soon as possible,
for his information, answers to the questions sub-
joined, relative to the state of the watch in the parish
of -.

" How many evening or night patrol and watch-
men ? What their hours of duty ? What their pay?
For what time appointed ? Whether any and what
incidental expenees ? How many watch-boxes, and
where situated ?

" Whether any and how many day patrol or street-
keepers ? What their duties ? What their pay ? By
whom, at what time of the year, and for what time
appointed ?
" Whether any and how many inspectors, direc-
tors, supervisors, or superintendents of the day or
night watch, or day patrol ? What their pay ? Whe-
ther any person set over the inspector, director, su-
pervisor, &c. ? Whether the constables keep watch
and ward, superintend, or in any manner interfere
with the watchmen ?

" Whether any, and what, directions or regulations
are given to the night or duy watch ?
" What the amount of the watch-rate per quarter?
How the rate is made ? How much in the pound ?
If the watch-rate is included in the rate for lighting,
or in any other rate, state the amount of the separate
expense of the watch, and deduct it from the total
amount of the rate.

" Whether the watch and police of the parish of
--, or of any district within the parish, is regu-
lated by commissioners, or others appointed by act of
Parliament ?

"Js the parish of - united with any other
parish for the purposes of watching or of the police'?
And is there any, and wkat put of the parish, on a
different footing with respect to the watch, from the
remainder of the parish ?"
Mr. Peel is aware that information upon some of
these questions has been already -received from the
parish of -, by the Police Committee which
eat during the last session ; hut he is very desirous
of receiving from you full information upon ail the
questions together.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
S. M. PHILLIPPS.
The Vestry Clerk'of the parish of

Whitehall, Nov. 21.

Sir,--117r. Peel desires me to request, that you will
transmit to me, for his information, together with
your answers to the several questions which have
been lately addressed to you by Mr. Peel's direction,
a copy of the yea►ly account of the receipt, the ex-
penditure, and disbursements of the watch department
of the parish of -.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
S. M. PHILLIPPS.
The Vestry Clerk of the parish of

Whitehall, Nov. 2).

Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to re-
quest that you will inform him whether the night or
day-watch in the parish of are regulated, or
money raised for their payment, under the provisions
of any particular act of Parliament ? And if that is
the case, he requests you to transmit to me, for his
information, the title and chapter of the act.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble ,tervant,
S. M. PHILLIPPS.
The Vestry Clerk of the parish of—.
London, England, 1828-12-29

night before creating a disturbance in the street,aiu
this was his story :—" She was kicking 14 p a great
rowation, your Worship, and I went up to her and
said, " My good woman, you are doing wrong ; go
on—just like that, your Worship; and she up with
her fist and gave me a cheater.
Miss Lee hoPed Mr. Griffith would excuse her
having been rather disorderly, for' it was entirely
occasioned by a little gin which her fellow-prisoners
persuaded her to take upon an empty stomach.
Mr. GRIFFITH told her not to talk nonsense about
being rather disorderly and her empty stomach : it
was proved that she had created a great disturbance,
and had endeavoured to injure the watchman's
stomach by giving him a " cheater," as he called it;
and she should be fined again, and locked up till she
paid it.

William Jennings and George Childs were charged
with felony.
On Christmas-day Mr. J. H. Nunn, shoemaker,
Lesson-grove North, locked up his house, and visited
his brother in Paddington-street, and at six o'clock
in the evening they walked together to Liston-grove,
to see if it was safe. Mr. Nunn was surprised to
find the street door only single locked, for he had
locked it twice; and when he opened it they found
the two prisoners in the parlour, and they secured
Jennings, but Childs made his escape. They tent
for Hall, the officer ; arid, after he had handcuffed
Jennings and made him safe, he went in seach after
the other prisoner, and he found him drinking in the
parlour of the Globe priblx-house, at th corner of
Stephen-street, within eighty yards of the place
where the offence was committed. The prisoners
made no defence, and were committed to Newgate
for trial.
London, England, 1828-12-29

(FROM THE MORNING HERALD.)

At:ong the reports of the day is one that the
Wellington means to al
Duke of the Vice-
regal office fn hen Mr. Hume, only
one or two Sessions ago, proposed the same
thing, an absolute veto was put upon the very
idea by the present Dine Secretary;
and it
would therefore form a corioo4, though not un-
precedented occurrence, to see the YilipP Minister
advocating that to-day which he opposed yes4r_
day. The history of politics too often shows
that measures are deemed right or wrong,. not
on tige ground of their own intrinsic merit or
defect, hut merely from the individual or the
party in whom they emanate. Whether the
office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland be one,
the continuance of which is essential to the
welfare and prosperity of that country, is a sub •
ject, probably on which much difference of
opinion wiil be found to prevail. That there
must be a local Government of some sort seems,
we think, undeniable. If it be said that there
is none in Edinburgh, we should say that the
cases of Scotland and Ireland are scarcely parallel.
But, though there be no local Government in
Scotland, there is that which has much of its in-
convenience without its advantages, viz., a sort
of family compact, made up of intrigues and pa•
tronage, by means of which political influence is
kept up in a way not always the best calculated
to meet the general interests of that- part of the
empire. One of the evils of Ireland certainly
would not be diminished by the abolition of the
Viceregal court—we mean that of non-residence
aim principal Nobility and Gentry ; and, espe-
cially as far as the capital is concerned, we may
expect to hear loud and heavy remonstrances
against it. For ourselves, without profess-
ing to have formed any decided opinion
upon the subject, we are inclined to think
that the objections to the office of Lord Lieute-
nant lie rather against its political nonentity than
any thing else. But now, and for many years,
Ireland has been governed in name by a Vick:-
King, but, in fact, by a mere Under-Secretary

of State ; but to so absurd alength has this
anomalous species of Government been carried,
that it is quite notorious that the ruler in esse
and the ruler de fizcto have been avowedly op-
posed to each other on questions of the most
vital importance. How men of nobility of
mind—to say nothing of personal rank—can
have been found to submit to this species of
mental degradation, we have been often at a loss
to imagine ; and we should certainly say, " either
make the office of Lord Lieutenant in reality
what it professes to be, or abolish it as unne-
cessary."
London, England, 1828-12-29

In ti few days, in Two Vols. Bvo 24w.

TWELVE YEARS' MILITARY AD-
VENTURE in Three Quarters of .the Globe : or
Memoirs of an Officer who served in the Armies of his
Majesty and of the East India Company, between the years
1802 and 1814, in which are contained the Campaigns of
the Duke a Wellington in India, and his last in Spain and
the South of France. ,
Printed for Henry Celburn, 8, New Burlington-street.

" TFIF. OLD -SOLDIER TURNED POLITICIAN.'
" wjaartru, " versus " ricirrucc." ,
ADecidedly CONSTITUTIONAL
JOURNAL, under the popular Title of THE
OLD SOLDIER, will be published, .(price 7.1.) on Sun-
day Lest, the 4th of January, IM9; and as thine are Po-
liticians and Agitators ridiculous in themselves, and whose
consummate vanity places them in ridiculous situations,
one mode by which " Tho Old Soldier " will attack each
persona will be, by Illustrating the Politics of the Day by
Caricatures. The first subject of the Series will represent
" The Old Soldier tot ned " Doing," not
" Talking," being the characteristic of " The Ohl Soldier."
A Preliminary Address to his Country is published at the
Office, No.- 4, Catherine-street, Strand, price
Advertisements will be acceptable; end as all the world
knows where a Newspaper is to be bmight, so where all
the world goes, there•will be found at his pun ""1" he Ohl
Soldier."
London, England, 1828-01-02

done, It says—.

Thi3 long and interesting document appears to he
spoken of by all parties with a due degree of modera-
tion. It is perhaps less exceptionable, both in twitter and
manner, than any of its predecessors. For aught we can
discover, from a cursory perusal, it presents a fair view of our
foreign relations and the domestic state of the country. Both
ate as prosperous as the public had reason to anticipate.
There is one idea in the paragraph relating to our claim upon
the French Government, which appeared to us somewhat de-
ficient in spirit and firmness. The President remarks, that
" the gallant and honourable spirit, which bee at all times
been the pride and glory of France, will not ultimately
petmit the demands of innocent sufferers to be Win,
guished in the rnt're consciousness of the power to re-
ject them."

This is a handsome appeal to the justice and
magnanimity of the French government; hot might th.
United States of America to concede to any foreign
state the if consciousness of the power to reject "
equitable claims ? With the domestic condition of the
country, and_its great interests, every citizen has reason to
be satisfied. Of some of the leading topics embraced
in the Message we shall hereafter take occasion to speak.

It would occupy more space than we can
devote to the subject, to enter into a minute
consideration of the several topics embraced in
this important document; we must, therefore, con-
tent ourselves frith hastily adverting to those
points of it which more particularly refer to pub
jects connected with this country ; and we wish
London, England, 1828-01-02

now it is the turn of the Pacha to be rallied ; for we have
here two or three doe of clever fellows, who understand
interests of all kinds better th.4.ri the. persons interested.
Undou!etedly something more fortunate might liap:sen to
the Pacha; viz. to be warned in time. But in good
policy the preservation of his fleet was not his first in-
terest, there was another superior to it, which we leave it
tt.,the ;deer...sighted men of the party to guess at; and
certainly the ~iii:4or3:, Of Navarin is not contrary to that

interest. 1
Consider these views, and venture to draw 646)k:es:ton.
A letter from Alexandria, of November 9, received at
Trieste on the 17th of December, confirms what we have
said of the tranquillity of that capital, and the pacific senti-
mente of the Viceroy.
the
,29,stri/n Qbsetrer of the 21st contains no news
frbdi GreeUei except aii ttXtract from the Corfu Gazette,
respecting the capture at a pirate b do English. vessel, and
the battle between the Austrian vessel the Sophia, and two
Greek rnieticOS,, one of which, attacked by a doten ton-
breve iocketsi thrOWn front the Sophia, blew up; only
six of the crew Ware' Fmleed np; and but three of these were
Greeks, the others were Austriaii utrd Sardinian stibjeces.
London, England, 1828-01-02

LONDON.
STEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 189,8.

We had the pleasure of exclusively publishing
last evening, in a Second Edition, the Message
of Mr. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the President
of the United States, communicated on the 4th
ult. to both Houses, at the commencement of
the First Session of the Twentieth Congress ; and
we reprint this interesting document to-day for
the sake of those of our readers who had the
First Edition of our yesterday's Paper.

We do not know that we could better describe
this Message in a brief manner than the New
York Statesman O the 7th of December has
London, England, 1828-01-02

when they would all quit together ; but it was
reported at Vienna that he would not liken to
their pressing solicitations, and embarked.

By accounts from St. Petersburgh, of a recent
date, received this morning, we learn that the Govern-
ment and the public are highly satisfied with the peace
concluded with Persia ; and great praise is given to the
Russian General for having followed the example and
principle of our Commander-in-Chief in India in pur-
suing his plan. In Making this peace, the Russians have
obtained one million and a half of specie, and three millions
and a-half to be paid them by different instalments, part of
the above sum has been hoarded up in the King of PERSIA'S
coffers upwards of a century. The hasty measure he took
in signing the peace was his great fear that his palaces and
treasures would have been plundered, as it is known he is
possessed of immense riches.

SHIPPINCi INTELLIGE DICE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.
FALatourif, DEC. 31.—Wind S. to W.—ArriVed the
Stanmer packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 23d inst. ; spoke,
on the 29th inst., the Duke of Kent packet, seven leagues
off land. Arrived from London the John Price, Wilson,
for Geneva ; the Francis Freeling, Madgi, for Cella; Tre-
velyan, for St. Michael's; and Active, Mathews,
for Terceira.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I..—Wind N.E.—Arrived the
Como, Older, from Trieste. Sailed the Maria, Parker, for
Charleston.

The Robert, -, from Quebec to London, was lost in
Anticosto in November.

The Honora, —, from Quebec to Belfast, was totally
wrecked at Matan.
The Parva, Douglas, from Quebec to London ; the Ca-
roline, —, from ditto to Bristol; Earl of Dalhousie, from
ditto to Greenock ; King Fisher, —, from ditto to Lon-
don ; and St. Anne, —, from ditto to Halifax—were on
shore in the St. Lawrence in November.
The Barbadoes, bound to Earbadoes, and Dolphin, were
abandoned in the St. Lawrence in November.
The Scarborough was fallen in with, abandoned, on the
13th ult., in lat. 45., long. 45.
London, England, 1828-01-02

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCIIANGt.
The mipplies of all kinds of Grain are moderate, and of
Flour tolerably large. The Wheat trade fully supports the
terms of Monday for the best parcels. 'Oarley selts rather
more freely, but at no alteration in value. Beans and
Pease remain as last quoted, with a little triore demand for
both. There is little doing in the oat trade, but the prices
remain firm. The prices of Flour are Unaltered.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour.
English
Irish
77i
Foreign • - '1 V=.3

FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.
Fish this morning were not very plentiful, nor was the
quality very fins Brills and Cod-fish were the chief kinds
in demand. The following were the prices.:—
Prime Turbot, each • .;. 18s. tid. to 245. Od.
Ditto =all, per do. -• . l6 0 15 0
Fine Cod,fishi
Inferior ditto
5 0 10 6
Pine Whitings, per 15 ..
State, each
Haddocks, per dozen l2 8 24 0
Brill, each
Fine Soles, per three pairs ..... I 6 8 0
Gurnetts, each
I 0 2
Live flounders, per quartern •• • 2 0 3
Live Eels, per 51b. . 6 4
Dutch Plaice, per basket • •••• '
Fresh Herrings, per hundred .
...... 0 0
Sprats, per bushel 0 0 4 0
line ,00Sters, per score 4O 0 45 0
Itifetior ditto lO 0 15 0
Shrimps, per gallon
Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 6 0 7 0
Scotch ditto 5 0 6 0
Best Common Oysters, per bushel
Natives 0 0 26 0
London, England, 1828-01-02

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

Phipps Medley, Bermondsey, horse-hair-manufacturer.
Archibald Prentice, Manchester, newspaper-proprietor.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Charles. Edward Collet and Evan Jones, Leeds, York,
merchants.

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.
Jehann Christian Bremen, Somerset-place, New-road,
Whitechapel, merchant, from Dec. 28 to Jan. 8, at
eleven, at the Court of Commissioners.

Samuel Dyson, Catherine-street, Strand, picture-dealer,
from Jan. 4 to Jan. 22. at eleven, at the Court of Corn-
...
runenoners.
London, England, 1828-01-02

PRICES OF FOREIGN GRAIN.

(From the Moniteur of Saturday, Dec. 29.)
I)EPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR.
Table of the Average Price of Wheat, per RedOlt
in various Foreign Markets, according to the prices c"
rent most recently received in this Office :
Stockholm
If.
Dantzic
Stettin
Bremen
Antwerp 3O
Trieste .. . 30
Naples
Civita Vecchia.... 30
Leghorn . 3O
Nice l4 Dec.
Santander 3O Nov.
Norfolk
New Yolk 3 quarters l3 48
France l5 Dec.
London, England, 1828-01-02

BANKRUPTS.

William Gracie, Berwick-upon-Tweed, printer, to sur-
render Jan. 11, 16, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the King's
Arms Inn, Berwick. Gilchrist, Berwick-upon-Tweed ;
Bromley and Bromley, Gray's-inn-square, London.
Daniel Oliver, Manchester, druggist, Jan. 22, 23, and
Feb. 12, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Lawler,
Manchester; Hurd and Johnson, King's Bench-walk,
Temple.

Jan Brice, Pontefract, Yorkshire, corn-dealer, Jan. 7,
8, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the New Elephant Inn, Pon-
tefract. Cloughs, Brook, and Norton, Pontefract.
John Sanders, Bristol, liquorice-manufacturer, Jan. 11,
12, and Feb. 12, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bris-
tol. Poole, Greenfield, and Gamlen, Gray's-Inn-square;
Cornish and Son, Bristol.

Robert Hodgson, Coburg-place, Borough-road, glass
and chinaman, Jan. 4, at ten, 11, at eleven, and Feb.
8, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Shearman,
Gray's Inn.

Henry Dyett, Clements-lane, merchant, Jan. 4, at eleven,
11, and Feb. 12, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners.
Gatty, Haddan, Gatty, and Haddon, Throgmerton-street.
Nathan Driver, Painswick, Gloucester, clothier, Jan.
14, at four, 15, and Feb. 12, at ten, at the George Inn,
Stroud. King, Sergeant's Inn, London ; Newman and
Son, Stroud.

Henry Tanner, Liverpool, master-mariner, Jan. 18, 19,
and Feb, 12, at one, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool.
Chester, Staple-inn, London; Ripley, Liverpool.
George Hunt, Birmingham, general-dealer, Jan. 10, 11,
and Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham.
Norton and Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square.
Charles Edwin Collett and Evan Jones, Leeds, mer-
chants, Jan. 8. at two, 11, at twelve, and Feb. 12, at
one, at the Court of Commissioners. Turner, Basing-
lane, London.
London, England, 1828-01-02

THE ARMY.

LORD FITZROY SOMERSET'S LIST.
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, as Military Secretary to the
Commander-in-Chief, went through his list yesterday, at
his office in the Horse Guards.
A few General and about forty other Officers, transacted
military business with his Lordship.

Detachments belonging to the 11th and 16th Regiments
of Light Dragoons have received orders to hold themselves
in readiness to embark, at Gravesend, about the 28th inst.,
on board the Reliance, for Bengal.

WINDSOR, Yesterday, at six o'clock,
his Royal Highness Don MiotEL arrived at the Royal
Lodge, escorted by a party of the 12th Lancers, and was
immediately introduced to his MAJESTY. In the evening
an entertainment was given surpassing in splendour almost
any previous one. The Banquet was served on massive
gold plate, and the grand suite of rooms were brilliantly
illuminated. The KING'S private band, attired in their
gorgeous state costume, were stationed in the conservatory,
and early in the evening performed, at his MAJKsTT's de-
sire, the National Portuguese Hymn in a most masterly
manner. Among the distinguished personages present at
the dinner were--Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Dukes of WELLINGTON and
DEvONSNIRE, Prince and Princess EsTratitarr, Prince
and Princess LiEvErr, Marquis PALMILLA, the Earl DUD-
LEY, Viscount GODERICH, Earl and Countess CARLISLE,
Earl MOUNTCHARLFS, Lord and Lady MARYBOROUGM,
Baron FALCY, Count VILLA REAL, Sir WILLIAM FRE-
3,ANTLE, Sir ANDREW BARNARD, Sir F. LAMB, M. de
SALDANIIA, the Loitls STEWARD, and the illustrious
Members of the Royal Household.
The Duke of CLARENCE left his residence
the Admiralty on Monday afternoon, for his seat in
ye
rnorhy Park. His Royal Highness left Bush
the Ksterda
4ingNar the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park, on a visit to
ly,
The
DukeOt WELLINGTON left town on
n for the Royal Lo ge, d Windsor Park.
•Mo
In di.
jasyc
oa ruteniG
GODERICH and Mr. HUSICISSON
returned bYwil Yesterda m
Windsor Park. y orning, from the Royal Lodge,
The
LORD
Ctr ANCRLLOR came to town yes-
terday morning, from hu
seat, at Wimbledon. Soon after
his arrival the Noble Lord proceeded to the Colonial Office,
and had a very long confereiee with Mr. HusEissox.—
His Lordship c'eeeded to the Foreign Office.
Mr. RoT afterwardsliHiL Pr
D transacted business at the
sc
Foreign Office, Downing-street, Yesterday.
A new politico-literary Journal was to ap-
pear on the commencement of the new year, at Dresden,
in the French language, under the title of "Le Conci-
liateur."
London, England, 1828-01-02

THE FUNDS-(TMS DAY).

CITY, TwzzrE o' apex.
Consols opened this morning at 84 with little
disposition to activity; the intelligence, as before
stated, that the Russian Ambassador left Constan-
tinople on the 4th ult., and that his colleagues were
to depart immediately after, caused a very trifling
depression, and they are now 834 4; the affairs of
Turkey appear to have lost their effect on the Funds;
the report which was mentioned some time since, of
the serious intention, as one plan of ministerial
recommendation of raising the revenue, to propose
a .5 per cent. tax on real property, is revived with
confidence, and it is said that this measure ►•ill be
proposed at the next meeting of Parliament. India
Bonds are 82 4, and Exchequer Bills, 53 5 pm.
In the Foreign Funds the arrival of the New York
packet ship has brought intelligence from Mexico of
the 10th, and Vera Cruz of the 15th of November;
by this conveyance, it is at length announced that the
Conducta had left the City of Mexico on the 6th
of that month with 1,600,000 dollars; it does not
appear what part is on account of the Government;
it is, however, mentioned, that part of the above
sum, although the property of merchants on its de-
parture, will, on its arrival at Vera Cruz, be paid to
Government on account of duties on goods now in
bond, and would be shipped with other property on
board his Majesty's ship Pylades for England. This
information caused the Bonds to look up, and they
have advanced to 47 4.although the impolitic measure
of sending the old Spaniards out of the Country,
who are the parties of the most wealth in the
Country, appears to be still the intention of the
Government; trade was improving, and in this respect
the accounts are good. Brazilian Bonds are 59i 60.
By a late adviee we learn that the Government were
also sensible of the advantages of an Income Tax,
and had for that purpose enacted a law on the estates
and property of all foreigners residing out of the
Empire. Danish and Russian Stock are lower, the
former 591, the latter 904.
In Shares Brazilian are improved to 73 pm.; Co-
lombian to 224 34 per share; Real del Monte to
.50 pm.; and United Mexican to 194 184 dis.
Three per Cent. Consols, shut; ditto for the Account
834 4; Three per Cent. Reduced, 834; India Bonds, 82 4
pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 53 5 pm.
Foaxiax.—Brazilian, 594 80; Buenos Ayres, 42 5 ;
Chilian, 25 7; Colombian, 264 7; Danish, 59 ;
Greek, 16i 171; Mexican, 6 per Cent., 464 7 ; Peru-
vian, 244 54 ; Portuguese, 714 2 ; Russian, 904;
Spanish, 104 11.
illncits.—Anglo Mexican, 60 574 die. ; Brazilian, 71
73 pm. ; Colombian, 224 34 par shale ; Real del Monte,
50 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 100 90 die. ; United Alexiean, 194
184 die.

TW 0
Consols have been 831, sellers 0' CLOCK
for account, are
now buyers, and business to a. greater extent has
been doing than in the early part of the morning;
Russian Stock are 902 sellers; Mexican Bonds, 47f 8.
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for Account, 83i 4 ; Mexican, 47i 8.
London, England, 1828-01-02

nations.

Turning from the momentuotts concerns of our Union,
in its intercourse .with- foreign nations, to those of the
deepest interest in the administration of our internal af-
fairs,we find the revenues of the present year correspond-
ing as nearly as might be expected with the anticipations
of the last, and presenting an aspect still more favourable
to the promise of the next. The balance in the treasury
ou the let of January last, was 6,358,686 dollars and 18
cents. The receipts from that day to the 30th of Sep-
tember last, es near as the returns of them yet received
can show, amount to 16,886,581 and 32 cents. The
receipts of the present quarter, estimated at 1,515,000,
added to the above, form an aggregate of 21,400,000 dol-
lars of receipts. The expenditures of the year may per-
haps amount to 22,300,000 dollars, presenting a small ex-
cess over the receipts.
But of these twenty-two millions, upwards ofsix have been
applied to the discharge of the principal of the public debt ;
the whole amount of which, approaching seventy-four
millions on the first of January last, will on the first day of
next year fall short of sixty-seven millions and a half. The
INalance in 'the treasury on the first of January next, it is
expected, will exceed five millions four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars ; a sum exceeding that of the first of Jan.
1825, though falling short of that exhibited on the first of
January last.

It was foreseen that the revenue of the present year
-would not equal that of the last, which had itself been less
than that of the next preceding year. But the hope Las
been realized which was entertained, that these deficiencies
would in nowise interrupt the steady operation of the dis-
charge of the public debt by the annual ten millions de-
voted to that object by the Act of 3d 31arch, 1817.
The amount of duties secured on mcrchandize imported
from the commencement of the year until the 30th of Sep-
tember last, is twenty-one millions two hundred and
twenty-six thousand, and the probable amount of that
which will be secured during the remainder of the year, is
five millions seven hundred and 74 thousand dollars ; form-
ing a stun total of twenty-seven millions. With the allow-
ances for drawbacks and contingent deficiencies which may
occur, though not specifically foreseen, we may safely
estimate the receipts of the ensuing year at twenty-two mil-
lions three hundred thousand dollars; a revenue for the
next equal to the expenditure of the present year.
The deep solicitude felt by our citizens of all classes
throughout the Union for the total discharge of the pub-
lic debt, will apologize for the earnestness with which I
deem it my duty to urge this topic upo❑ the considers-
ti:in of Camgress—of recommending to them again the
observance of the strictest economy in the application
of the Billie foods. The depression upon the receipts
of the revenue which had comtnenced with the year
1826, continued with increased severity during the two
first quarters of the present year. The returning tide
began to flow with the third quarter, and so far as we
London, England, 1828-01-02

PVIRGIL II MAROIIS OPERA.
• Interpretatione et Notis illustravit Carolus fluteus,
Soc. Jesu. jussu Christianissimi Regis, ad usum serenissi-
mi Delphini. Juxta Editionem novissimarn Parisiensem.
Huic Editioni accessit Index accuratissimus, ante editis
longe locupletior. Accessit insuper Clavii Metrico-Virgi-
, liana. Studio et Opera JOANNIS CAREY, LL. D. in
Usum philomusce Juventutis comparata.
Londini : Impensis C. et J. Rivington ; J. Cuthell ; J.
Nunn ; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, et Green ; T.
Boosey et Fil ; J. Richardson ; J. M. Richardson ; E.
Williams ; Harding et Lepardt; W. Ginger; J. Mawman;
Baldwin, Cradock, it Joy; Sherwood, Gilbert, et Piper;
G. B. Whittaker; Hamilton, Adams, et Soc. ; Simpkin
et Marshall, et Wilson et Fil, Eboraci.

Of whom may be had the following Delphin Classics,
Cornelius Nepos, 6s. 6d. bd.—Sallusting, 6s. bd.—
Ovidii Epistolie, Bs. bd.—Ovidii Metamorphoses, 109. 6d.
bd.—Caesar, 12s. bd.—Cieeronis Orationes Selcctie, 101.
6d. bd.—Terentius, 109. bd.—Horativa, 12s. ba.—Juve-
nalis et Persius, 9s. bd.—Justinus, Bs. bd.—Phsedrus,
4,. 6d. bd
London, England, 1828-12-16

WORSHIP STREET.

Jein Ward, the champion, was yesterday-bronglit
before Mr..BuouunTom on a charge of an assaidt.
Mr. 13ROUGI1TON—You are the man who holds
the title of champion of England Defendant—Yes.
What age? Twenty-eight.
Joseph Day, the complainant, stated he was a
salesman in Spitaltields-markat, and lodged at the
Ten Bells. That on Friday he- enteriad the parlour
to hive some porter, when Ward asked Jim up-
stairs, to support a benefit for Curtis. He wept pp
and.remained some time in company with two other
friends. They left the room and returned dowp
(stairs and went into the parlour. "slrard, Carter,
and "Arestern, followed them. They were all sober.
The convmation turned upon Ikey Solomons, who,
he (witness) said, had brilvd the officers to make
his escape. Ward said " yonr eyed, I could
have got away without." Witness said he Thought
Ward said, " What do you saYi"
and, tallk‘li:;thim by the collar, struck at him seven
or eight times, so that h,? fell senseless on the floor,
Mr..BitprGuToN—tiad yott not given
and (Lot his nose broken in two places.
him any
previous provocation ? Complainant—On my ozat
I had not.
Mr, Hill, asolicitor, 1010 attended for Ward, ex-
roplainant very
m
minutely, but could
elicit nothing from him to serve his client.
ward, in his defence, said he was only joking.
The complainant wanted to have a ronii4, and mtjed
him :very thing that was bad. He (the complain-'
ant)would not
stood tap, and thought he (witness)
hit him, .but he di4,
The Magistrates having i-',Tlsulted, Mr. BrtoMtl-
TON observed that it was a most 4nwarrantable at-
tack on the part of the defendant, and ait:t he had
done himself great discredit by using his fists in
fiat
way he had done. He should convict him in the
penalty of 3L, or six weeks' imprisonment.
The fine was 7,(lniediately paid, ept.. I
the parties
left the, office.

- - -
The hills peighbourhood of Kendal
were on Tuesday last tipped wiitaa wow, for the first time
this reason.— Trestiporeland Advertisee.
•

--------
A kitten, which had lost its mother, toGes.'
its residence in the pig-stye at Milurodgie in Glenalmond,
the occupant of which nursed the new comer with the
greatest care and seeming pleasure, ,unii? its arrival at cat's
estate. One day lately the cat was taken away, and the
SOW, Upon missing its companion, became outrageous, argil
demolished part of'its stye, by way of revenge for her loss-
S'ileli instances of unnatural attachment are, like second
Mr of fruit? "rare in Glenalmond."--.Peth Courier,
London, England, 1828-12-16

EAST INDIA.

The America, Donald, from Slncapore, off Dover—
sAiled from tht,nee June ],'from Brtavia 4th August, and
St. Went' Oct. 23.

TLe Mary, Datl)lo, from Bombay, passed Gravesend,
sailed.the 2il of August, and froro the Mauritius 24th of
Sept. nher.
The Caroline was vxpected to slit from the Mauritius
Sept 24, for Antwerp.
London, England, 1828-12-16

This day was publ:sheth the Second Edition, considerably
enlarged, of _ _

REASONS for not TAKING the TEST ;
fur not Conforming to the Established Church ; and
for not Deserting the Ancient Faith; with preliminary and
concluding Observations, together with some remarks on
the Bishop of Pew-borough's bite charge, &c. &e.
By JOHN EARL OF SHREWSBURY.
. . _

London: printed for Joseph Booker, 61, New Bond-street
N.B. An Edition also on common paper.
London, England, 1828-12-16

VIDOCQ.

To-morrow will be published, in Royal in bds.
li/EM6PIRS of VIDOCQ, Written by
himself. Vol. 1.

" lt. Vidocq will lie enrolled in the memoirs of all tittle
as one of the most extraordinary characters of his age.
Napoleon and Vidocq must go down to posterity together ;
and the history of his life will take its rank among those
standard works which, by the charm of style, the force of
truth, and the interest of the subject, will continue to give
pleasure independently of the fluctuating fashions and tastes
of mankind."—Spectator.
Hunt and Clarke, Yolk. street, Covent-garden.

Vol. 11. will aPpeafivery shortly. To be completed
in Four vols.