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London, England, 1828-12-15 00:00:00

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It is our melancholy duty to resort, that the
Wellivoo4 of (txd be‘ie) kcincardine, was, lost on the
bao4s of Tay on Supday, and every soul on, board kreriahed,
s4'l..ad a great many swipe on board, wiAch, she was going
%o carry to the Eoglish market, many of which reached
the kh",e it? s*fety. Sotur- Wats from BrOglity Ferry at-
tempted to reach the vessel, but were forced by the heavy
"4 4ild OnAug gale wbieil blew at the time to return with-
out getting near her.—Fife Herald.

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1828.

We are again compelled, by the pressure of
more interesting matter, to curtail our comments
upon political as well as domestic matters.

The French Papers contain the trial of M.
DE BERANGER, the poet, for libel. He was
sentenced to nine months' imprisomnent, and a
fine of 4001. The bookseller was fined 20/. and
six months' imprisonment. We shall give the
particulars to morrow :
The Messayer des Chambres, the French official Paper,
says—The raising of the siege of Silistria, the retreat of
the Russian troops from the two principalities, and the
movements of Hussein Pacha, are represented in twenty
different ways. There is aothing snore to say on this sub-
ject. The details received at Berlin from Constantinople
entirely agree with the last letters front Vienna. They
dwell principally on the "efforts which the party in favour
of peace is Making to prevail upon the Sultan mot to let
his armies have a winter campaign, by endeavouring to
point out to hire the disasters which a failure would bring
upon the empire in so critical a moment.

A memorial, extremely well drawn up by all the Mini-
sters in concert, has been presented to the Sultan by the
Kiaja Bey. They represent that it was an established cus-
tom among the Turkish soldiers to return home during the
bad season ; that another innovation, ordering them to
.brave the inclemency of the season, would not only discon-
tent the soldiers, but would entirely discourage them. It
was added in this memorial, that the winter already ren-
dered the roads impassible, and it concluded with intreat-
ing the Sultan to yield to the wishes of the nation by tak-
ing advantage of the interval to endeavour to lay the foun-
dation of a solid and durable peace.
The only answer to these remonstrances was a formal
order to send immediately to the Balkan all the troops that
were not absolutely necessary for the security of the capital,
and immediately 15,000 men set out for Adrianople.
A few days after their departure, news was received
that the Russians had abandoned their position at Shumla,
and that Hussein Paella was in pursuit of them. This
gave a new impulse to the martial ardour of the citizens,
and the friends of peace have less chance than ever. The
want of provisions is not yet felt at Constantinople.
It is affirmed that the agents of North America are on
the point of concluding a commercial treaty with the
Ottoman Porte.

FRANCH FUNDS.—Five per Cents., 106 f. 95c. ; Three
per Cents., 74. f. sc. ; Bank Stock, 1,850 f. ; Naples Stock,
78f. ; Royal Spanish Luau, 79 ; Haytian Loan, 6071. 50c.
Exchange on London--one month, 251. 80c. ; • three
months, 25f. 10c.

The Allgeineine Zeitung of the Bth instant
says—" For some time past neither the St.
Petersburgh Journal nor the Prussian, States
Gazette have contained any news from the theatre
of war. The Austrian Observer, received to-
day, is also without news."

VIENNA, DEC. 5.-111etalliquo, 95 5-16; Ban
Shares, 1,092.

We have received Lisboii Gazettes to the 7th
inst., but they contain no news. « His MA-
JEST x continues without change." So says the
Gazette, and- long may he continue so, say we.

" The waveless calm—the slumber of the dead."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCX.
There is no improvement to state in the business of the
English Funds to-day, and the same languor continues to
pervade the market which has existed for these last few
days ; Consols opened this morning at the same price they
closed at on Saturday, 87a ; and up to the present hour
there has been no variation. India Bonds, 62 4 pm. ; and
Exchequer Bills, 61 S pm.
The Foreign Funds have not improved ; Brazilian Bonds
are 63A 4 ; Buenos Ayres, 47i Si ; Portuguese, b3i 4 ;
Russian Stock, 95i ; and Danish, 624 S. To-morrow
will be the Account day in the Foreign Funds.
In Shares there is nothing doing, and prices nominaL

Three per Cent. Consuls, ;hut ; Ditto, for Ac-
count, 87i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 861; India
Bonds, 62 4 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 61 3 pm.
huninors.—Brazilian. 63i 4; Buenos Ayres, 474 8i;
Chilian, 264 7i ; Colombian, 224 3 ; Danish, 624 3 ,
Greek, 17 18; Mexican, Five per Cent., 25 6 ; Ditto, Six
per Cent., 32 ; Peruvian, 184 194 ; Portuguese, 534
64; Russian. 951 ; Spanish, 101 4.
_MitiEs.—Anglo Mexican, 774 6 die. ; Brazilian, 38 40
pm. ; Bolanos, 100 110 pm. ; Colombian, 14 13 dis. ; Real
Del Monte, 140 160 per share ; Tlalpusallua, 10 20 per
share; United Mexican, 232 dia.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Conkols have risen # per cent., and are now 1571
The failure in the City, alluded to in a Morning Paper,
for 80,0001., turns out to be less than the half of that
amount; report states there will be a dividend of 10s. in
the pound.
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for AccoNat, 8711;

Monday morning, about one o'clock, the
wind, from blowing strong at S.W. came suddenly round,
and blew very hard from E.S.E., and continued so fur
about six hours. The tide at Leith, (supposed in conse-
quence,) to,e upwards of 4 feet above what it had been
the tide previous. he following was the depth of water
of the three successive tides, at the pier head c--Sunday,
r. m. 11 feet 7 inches ; Monday, e. Mt. 16 feet 2i inches ;
Monday, P.M. 12 feet 111 inoltes. —Edinburgh Observer.

SHOCKINZ: MURDEIt.-011 Thursday a
dreadful minter was committed in Carrickmaeross, A
man named Flanigan. on coming home from his work to
bre.ikfust, beat his wife in so inhuman a manner, that she,
expired almost instantly: her liver was dreadfully lace-
rated, in consequence of the abuse she sustained. On the
following day an inquest was held, when the prisoner %vas
fully committed to abide his trial. It came out irrevi-
dence, that the monster •had been in the constant habit of
beating the deceased. The parties were little more than a
year`married—they had one child. Flanigan is about 21.
years old ;- the poor wife was not more than seventeen...—
Dublin Freeman's Journal.

,
Lance, the artist, nas nearly finished the two
fruit pieces, painted expressly for the Duke of Bedford ; and
after they have been exhibited at the Royal institution,
they are to be deposited in the Noble Gallery at Woburn
Abbey, amongst the splendid. collection of the works of
Alodern English Artists male with so utuch taste by the
Duke himself,

There never were so many salmon seen at this
season in the Almond, bear Perth, and its tributaries, as
within the 1!-4t two. er three weeks, and on those fords
which have been examined the spawn appear
to lie very
thick. The vigilance 'of that new, but much wanted,
class of men, the water bailiffs, has completely checked the
operations of the poacher in that neighbourhood, and a
successful fishing is naturally looked for towards the .ter-
mination of next, and in the course of the following season.
—Edinburgh Evening Courant,