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London, England, 1828-02-02 00:00:00

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would 1 probably have been in the
ame situation
--th, ugh not in either How,e; only for the pri-
lileg es of Parliament thetrwould have then substi-
tutes 1 the privileges 'of Calais or of Bonloane-
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11 tiT present. mitigated state of the Bank-
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193 solvent Laws, arrest- for debt is a
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. -liming punishment, except to - those sen-
AT,, persons who are the. least likely to
2W•fe, incurred it wilfully. The rogue and the
Iprofligate laugh at that which cannot possibly
be,vof long duration, and surely it is better to
;106. It-to the propertyrather than to the person of
I,oe-debtor. Put it out of his power to cross the
*ea, orget Into Parliament, and laugh at his cre-
nditore ;, facilitate the means of attaching his.real
...,and personal property, whether he be present or
?'4l*.ent. (as is the case in Scotland); and let those
~,,Riffer who trust men possessed of neither one
• . .410 z. At other, any more than of character.
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00 great facility in obtaining credit is the
411111 of this country, and the evil would
:80011 correct itself, •-•-if imprisonment were limited
Cities •• of swindling, and obtaining goods or
4nifney under false pretences.
• go:whatever may be said of imprisonment
er judgment has been obtained, the system of
• - prf.yioug:47est is really monstrous. No one is
44empt troin, it, who does not resolve cheerfully
4o submit to the payment of. all demands which
• the greatest rogues in the land may make, and
Atttat without a shadow of right. It is not long
:since a score or two of the most respectable and
wealthy merchants and bankers in the city were
' arrested in their counting-houses, at the instance
of an individual, asserting that lie had claims
against them,—but, as usual, without these claims
being sanctioned by a Jury, or having any niore au-
. thority than the ipse dixit of .an interested
iart,Y• In short, arrests originate so often in
knavery, perjury, and malice, or in the
most culpable
,negligence on the pait of
the creditor, that the independence of English-
men is constantly and needlessly compromised
by subjection to a punishment fit only for felons.
If exemption from this degradation does not inca-
pacitate the'Members of the two Houses of Pailia-
aunt (amounting to 1000 persons) for pecuniary
transactions with their fellow-subjects, and as the
lower orders are already virtually secure from
primary arrest by the limitation to sums of 201,
sve do think that the middling classes of society
are entitled, if not to the higher privilege en-
joyed by our Senators, at least to the secondary
- one, of not being insulted or immured in dun-
geons; before the existence of debt has been
established by the Verdict of a Jury.

The Gazette de France dated Thursday has
been received. It contains from the Augsburgh
Gazette the Protocol of the conferences rela-
tive to the new Treaty for the pacification of
the East. This new Treaty is in the spirit of
the first; it stipulates that though operations
may be necessary, both by sea and land, yet
that none of- the Powers shall seek an aggran-
dizement of territory, or' any other advantages

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Extracts will be found in another column.

We received this afternoon by express the
Gazette de France, dated yesterday. It an-
nounces a ' partial change of the Ministry in
Paris--two of the Ministers are said to have
received their dismissal—M. CHABROL and
another, but their successors are not named.

•
The pdvate titters by the :Express, state that
the Ministers in office are going to join with
the Royalists

'• VIENsa, JAN. 22.—Private Letters from Trieste state
that the Contmanders of the Combined Squadrons in the
Mediterranean have declared in a state of blockade all
the forts in Greece which are occupied by the
Turks; and ships-of-war cruise before Patras, Modon,
Coro; and Nayarit'. If this news is confirmed, it will
he a new step taken towards hostilities against the Turks.
Metalliques, 90 9-16 ; Actions of the Bank, 1039;
Five per Cents. Rentes, 103 f. 60c. 70c. ; Thiee per Cents.
69f. 355.

The following are extracts from the Allgemeine
Zeitung of the 26th ult. All accounts from
Alexandria say, that the PACHA will not molest
the European residents in Egypt, happen what

ALEXANIAIA, IJeL. 14.
We have been looking with the most eager expectation
for the arrival of the first Tartar from Constantinople,
after the battle of Navarin was known there. He came,
and the Pacha immediately sent for the Consuls of the
three Allied Powers, and declared to them that whatever
might be the final issue of the political ne,rotiations, he
would give them and the subjects of their sovereigns entire
protection. No European, therefore, thinks of leaving
Egypt, even in the case of war. The finances of the
Pacha are in a most deplorable condition, and no idea
can
he formed of the scarcity of money here.
r.}:ol-10ttr, JAN. 16.
We have received letters loin Malta to the 7th of Jan.,
which bring the following particular! :—" An English,
corvette and a brig sailed yesterday to join the other ship,
off Carabusa, in order to keep that nest of pirates in check,
In the harbour of Malta there are four Russian ships of time
line, two frigates, and two brigs; also some English frigates
and brigs. The English ships of the line, Asia and
Albion, and the Rose corvette, sailed for England six
weeks ago.
By an Austiian brig we have news from Constantinople
to tho 25th Dec., the Government had detained a number
of ships laden with corn, among which were eight Maltese,
had taken the cargoes at a certain fixed price,
and then
suffered the ships to sail in ballast, without obstacle. A
•. Sardinian ship, which has arrived in seven days from Na-
val* brings the news that Ibrahim Pacha had secretly
embarked for Alexandria, but this is only a report, which

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is much in need of confirmation.
A Courier lately arrived (at Leghorn), in sixteen days,
. from St. Petersburgh, going to the Russian Admiral at
Malta.
Notwithstanding the many indications of war, the gene
ral opinion here is in favour of peace. The prices of corn
do not rise.
SICTILNA, DEC. 8.
The Warren, American corvette, Captain Kearney, re-
turned here yesterday from a cruize in the Archipelago,
with two piratical vessels, which it has taken, besides de-
stroying many others. At Andros he not only found the
pirates who had plundered the Cherub and the Rob
iZoy,. hut discovered one of the proprietors of the numer-
t'ua mistics which infest those seas. In his house were
found the papers of the Cherub partly torn, with many

articles belonging to those ships. As the criminal was nut
to be found the Captain ordered his house, which was just
new, built of stone, with the fruits of many years piracy,
to be blown up, which was immediately done. Though
the pirate was not to be found the Captain obtained positive
information, from which it appeared he must be at Smyrna,
whither he generally goes to dispose of his ,plunder. Hr
was indeed here a few days ago, but is gone again. When
the people of Andros saw how the Americans chastised
those who attacked their flag, they promised Capt. Kearney
to der their utmost that the ships of his nation in the Archi-
pelago might be no more molested.

Montreal of the 31st, and Quebec Papers
the 29th December, have been received at the
North and South American Coffee-house, 'chi.
New York. From the former we learn, thz.l
on that morning, HORATIO GATES, U. Holt-
WOOD, CAMPBELL SWEENY, and THOMA,
PonTrous, Esqrs., left that City, for Quebec.
They carry with them the Loyal Address of the
inhabitants of the city and district of Montreal,
favourable to the present Administration ; it
has annexed to it about 5,000 signatures ; man
more were due, but the Address was necessaril-:
despatched without them.
On the 4th a Meeting of the inhabitants of
Le Prairi took place, agreeably to public notice.
when E. HENRY, Esq., was called to the Chair,
and ISAAC JONES, Esq., to act as Secretary.
After a brief statement of facts, two resolution,
were passed by acclamation.

These resolutions stated the late extraordinary
and unconstitutional conduct of the House of
Assembly regarding the appointment of Speaker,
and loudly called for an expression of their
sentiments thereon ; and that it is highly
expedient to address • the Governor on the oc-
casion, expressive of their loyalty and attach-
ment to his Majesty's Government, and
their approbation of his conduct in pro-
roguing the. Parliament. Similar meetings of the
inhabitants of the town of William Henry, for
the same purposes had taken place, as well
Three Rivers, Glengary,-Chambley, New Glas-
gow, Terre Bonne,. and part of the County of
Effingham.

A Cabinet Council sits this afternoon at four
o'clock.

SHIPPING, INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 31.--Wind S.W.--Arrived
from London, the Fortitude, Wardle, for New
Orleans; Martin, Hoshin, for Charleston; and
Mayflower, Foster, for Bordeaux. Put back the
Isabella, Bell, for Gibraltar; Mayflower, Martin,
for Lisbon; and Premium, Young, for Cadiz. Ar-
rived the Seal, Brown, from Oporto.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind S.W. fresh breezes.
—Arrived from London, the Persey Hall, Head,
bound to St. Lucia.

JAN. 31.—Pa back the Ceres, Warren,
for Bombay ; Tunis, Lc Grand, for Gibraltar.
WATERFORD, JAN. 29.--Arrived the William,
Taylor, from Bilboa.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TIVEZIPE O'CLOCK.

To-day being a holiday at the Bank and both
Stock Exchanges the dealers in the Funds have met
as usual on the Royal Exchange, where business
has been doing to a greater extent than usual on such
occasions, and the appearance has continued heavy ;
the first price qubted for Consols was 85- it, and
some private bargains have been effected at 651,
sellers, the market has since had a weak appearance,
and the general observation is that no person need
consider them extremely desirable even at 85i; they
are, however, called buyers at this rate.
• In the. Foreign Funds Mexican Bonds have still
further declined from 40i to 38, some persons will
insist they have been 37k, but we have reason to
consider . 38 as the lowest rate they have actually
been at to-day, they are now somewhat *recovered,
and are called 38 9 ; some enquiry has been made
this morning about Brazilian and Buenos Ayres
Bonds, under the impression that peace between
these Powers may be reasonably expected; the packet
from the river Plate is expected every hour, a vessel
from thence on the 9th Dec. having arrived, but no
letters are yet up from her. The Brazilian blockade '
of the river Plate is a mere farce, and the vessels
from Buenos. AyTes proceed :and enter the .River
without the least difficulty.
It is stated in the City that, zit the latest dates,
every thing remained in a state of the greatest quiet,
at Constantinople, and the Reis Effendi had called
the English residents to inquire why they appeared
alarmed; if it arose from the Ambassadors having'
left, he informed them he would be their Consul-
General, and any complaints they had to make-might
be made to him, and their wrongs (if any) he would
redress, assuring them, at the same time, of the pro-
tection of the TurkishGoverninent. The same com-
munication is understood to have been made to the
Franks at Smyrna.
The French Funds are understood to come over a
little lower, which may account in a small degree for
the flatness of the English Consols.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, ; Mexican Bonds, 381 1.
HALF-PAST TWO.
Conbols, 354 t•
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for Account, 85i t.