The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-18 00:00:00

CEREMONIAL FOR THE FUNERAL PROCESSION OF HIS LATE

ROYAL HIGHNESS FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORE AND OF AL-

BANY, TO THE ROYAL CIIAPEL OF ST. GEORGE, AT WINDSOR,

ON SATURDAY, THE 20TH JANUARY, 1827:-

The Remains of his late Royal Highness will lay in State in
the Royal apartments, in St. James's Palace, from Thursday
morning, the 18th inst. until Saturday morning, the 20th. The
public will be admitted from eleven until four o'clock upon Thurs-
day and Friday.
On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock precisely, the remains of
his ' .te Royal Highness will be removed from St. James's Palace,
escorted by a detachment of Cavalry, in the following order:—
Trumpets and kettle drums of the two Regiments of Life Guards,

and the drums and fifes of the Foot Guards.
Knight Marshal's men on foot, with black staves.

A Mourning Coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the
Servitnts of his late Royal Highness.
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A Mourning COach, drawn by four horses, conveying the
Pages of his late Royal Highness.

A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Medical
Attendants and Private Chaplain of his late Royal Highness.
A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying
the Secretaries of his late Royal Highness.

A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Aids-de-
Camp of his late Royal Highness.

A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Equerries
of his late Royal Highness, and the Assistants to the Adju-
tant-General and Quartermaster-General.

A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying Garter
Principal King at Arms, and two Gentlemen Assistants.
A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the two
Executors named in the will of his late Royal Highness.
Carriages of his Majesty.
Carriages of the Royal Family.
The State Carriage of his late Royal Highness,

drawn by six horses, conveying Clarencieux King of Arms,
with the Coronet of his late Royal Highness,
attended by two Gentlemen Ushers to the King, as supporters.
Ten of the THE HEARSE, Ten of the
Yeomen of Adorned with Escutcheons of his late Yeomen of
the Guard, Royal Highness's Arms, and drawn the Guard,
with by Eight of his Majesty's with
black Horses, driven by
Partisans His Majesty's Body Partizans
reversed. Coachman. reversed.

The whole Procession will be flanked by the Life Guards.
The Procession will halt at Cranford Bridge, and remain there till
the proper time for proceeding to Windsor.
On arrival at Windsor, the Procession will be joined by the
servants and grooms of his Majesty, and of the Royal Family,
in deep mourning, on foot, each bearing a flambeau, and by the
trumpets and kettle drums; drums and fifes of the Royal House-
hold, also on foot.

The whole Procession through Windsor to the gateway of St.
George's Chapel, will be flanked by the cavalry, every sixth man
bearing a flambeau; and from the gateway to the Chapel, it will
be flanked by the Foot Guards.
Upon arrival at the south door of St. George's Chapel, the
servants and grooms, the trumpeters and drums, will file of with-
out the door. The Body will be removed from the hearse, and
carried by ten Yeomen of the Guard into the Chapel.

CEREMONIAL OF THE INTERMENT

The Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household, attended by the
Deputy Comptroller of his Majesty's Household.
Choir of Windsor.
Prebendaries of Windsor.
The Dean of Windsor.
The Banner of Albany, The Banner of the White
borne by a Horse of Hanover,, borne
Colonel in the Army. by a Colonel in the Army.

The Banner of r
the Falcon and
Fetterlock,
borne by d.n
a Colonel in t
the Army. c. 7

The Banner of 4,
the Crest
Of his late Royal g
Highness, a
borne by a
Colonel in the
Army.

THE BATON
Of his late Royal
Highness as Fieid
Marshal, borne upon a
black velvet
Cushion, by Field
Marshal the Earl of
Harcourt, G.C.B.

THE CORONET
Of his late
Royal Highness,
borne upon
a black velvet
Cushion,
by Clarencieux,
king of Arms.

oThe Banner of
the White
Rose,

yC si borne by a
0:1 Colonel in the
Army.
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Colonel in the
Army.

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Household. His Majesty.

THE BODY,
Covered with a black velvet Pall, adorned with Eight Escutcheons
of the Arms of his late Royal Highness, carried by Ten.
Yeomen of the Guard, under a Canopy of black velvet.

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o. in a long black cloak,
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a"a"with the Star of the Order of the Garter ,2
embroidered thereon.
Trainbearers—Two Marquises.
Eight Earls, Assistants to the Chief Mourner.
PRINCES OF THE BLOOD ROYAL,
In long black cloaks, '
with the Star of the Order of the Garter embroidered thereon;
the Train of each borne by Two Gentlemen of the respective
Households of their Royal Highnesses.
The Two Executors named in the Will of his late Royal Highness.
His Majesty's Ministers.
Private Friends of his late Royal Highness.
Peers, Privy Councillors, and others.
Gentlemen Ushers.
Gentlemen Pensioners, with their axes reversed.
Yeomen of the Guard, with their partizans reversed.
Upon arrival within the Choir, the Body will be placed on a
platform, and the Coronet, Baton, and Cushions will be laid upon
the Coffin.
The Chief Mourner will sit on a Chair at the head of the Corpse,
and the Supporters on each side.,
The Princes of the Bloosiner;al-will be seated near the Chief
Mourner.
The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household will take
his place at the foot of the Corpse, and the Supporters of the
Pall and of the Canopy will arrange themselves on each side of
the Body.
The Service' before the Interment, and the Anthem being
performed, the Body will be deposited in the Royal Vault. Sir
George Nayler, Garter Principal, King of Arms, will pronounce,
near the Grave, the Styles of his 'late Royal Highness, after
which the nobility and others, who composed the Procession will
retire.

N. B. The Knights of the several Orders, who attend in the
Procession, will wear their respective Collars and Stars; and the
Knights of the Garter will take their plate in their Stalls.

GENERAL ORDER.

" Adjutant General's Office, Dublin, Jan. 8, 1827.

" It is with the most sincere grief that Lieutenant-General Sir
George Murray discharges the painful duty of communicating to
the army in Ireland the afflicting intelligence conveyed to him in
the annexed letter, of the death of his Royal Highness the Dukeof
York.

" The Lieutenant-General is persuaded that the troops under
his command will participate in all the feelings which he himself
experiences upon the melancholy event. They will call to re-
membrance that his Royal Highness, their late Commander-in-
Chief, has been throughout the whole of his valuable life, a bene-
factor to the army; that filling with dignity the high station in
which he was placed, and firmly maintaining the just authority of
his command, his Royal Highness was, however, at all times, easy
of access, condescending, affable, kind, and indulgent--whenever
there was room for kindness and for indulgence—without betray-
ing the important public interests entrusted to his care. That his
Royal Highness was the friend of the Soldier, as well as his Com-
mander-in-Chief ; the sure refuge and the firm protector of all
those who stood in need of his assistance ; his benevolent mind
was actively occupied to the latest period of his existence for their
advantage. _

" By his Royal Highness's unremitting attention to all the de-
tails of the service; by the many and important improvements
which he introduced into every branch of its interior economy;
and by the steady and impartial hand with which he upheld its
discipline, his Royal Highness formed an army, which, in every
part of the world, has fought the battles of its country with suc-
cess, and everywhere covered itself with glory.
"The name of his Royal Highness the Duke of York will long
continue to be loved and to be revered by the British army; and
the Lieutenant-General is- confwient, that whilst every officer
and soldier, whom he has the honour to have under his orders,
will unite with him in deeply lamenting the severe loss they
have sustained ; they will feel also, that the best tribute which
they can pa)/ the memory of their late illustrious Commander is,
by strenuously endeavouring, each in his station, to support and
to perpetuate that character which the British army has so justly
earned, and so fully enjoyed, both at home and abroad, under his
Royal Highness the Duke of York's able and upright administra-
tion of the duties of Commander in Chief.
" By command of the Lieutenant-General Commanding,
" J. GARDINER, D. A. G."

PRINCE POLIGNAC'S JOURNEY.-If you want
London news, never look for it in a London Journal, but turn to
some Correspondent's "letter in a Scotch, Irish, or French Paper,
and you'll find what you seek in a moment. We are often
astounded at the intelligence of these men, and at their means of
procuring it. Do you know what Prince Polignac is gone to
Paris for ? Some of our cotemporaries ventured a sort of modest guess
at it ; but read the following, and you have the whole ready cut
and dry :—" A London Correspondent of the Scotsman writes
It is said by
some, that the French Ambassador, Prince Po-
lignac, goes to Paris on account of the illness of a relative. This
is false. Prince Polignac, who is an extraordinary favourite
with the King of France, goes at the united request of M. de
Villele and Mr. Canning, for the purpose of using his influence
with Charles X., and inducing him to insist upon Ferdinand
granting a charter to the Spanish nation. I can state to you, on
good authority, that M. (It Polignac and Mr. Canning nave had
several long conferences on thk subject. It is nn conenton affair
which takes the Ambassador away, for be suffers so dreadfully
from sea sickness, that nothing abort. of urgent matters would
induce him to cross the sea at any, much les. this, season
of the year. Shotild.he, on his ca.-ival in Paris, wsfmly se-
cond De a partial chak'e in the Freneh Mini-try may
be expected. •It shoufd, hoWeVer, 'be observed, that Polignac
is on some points, suspecte4 leining 'to the Jesuits; --A Cor-
respondent.

THE ARMY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—The death of his Royal Highness the Duke of
YORK, and the necessary appointment of a new Com-
mander-in-Chief, have naturally given rise to a compa-
rison of the present condition of the Army, with what it
was at the period when that lamented Prince first as-
sumed the command. It is universally admitted, that it
was then inefficient and ill regulated to a great degree ;
and if the innate valour of the British Nation redeemed
the character of the Army from disgrace in the field of
battle, still there was an almost incredible amount of
corruption in the bestowing of Commissions, and a con-
sequent incapacity in those who held them. There were,
as was expressively said by the Duke of ARGYLE, at a
former period of our history, " striplings tottering under
the weight of their cockades ;" and as a modern writer of
eminence asserts, even ladies held Commissions, when
pensions could not be procured for them. In short,
it was a system of the most shameless favouritism.
The complete change which was effected by his
ROYAL HIGHNESS, and the present admirable efficient
condition of the British Army, are familiar to every
one ; and it is not, therefore, with a view of paying
any tribute of praise to the departed, that I have
at present adverted to this subject, but it is for
the purpose of humbly stating an opinion, how-
ever much I may stand alone, that there is still room
for improvement, that however brave, however well
disciplined our troops may be, still—that there is
something wanting, when the condition of a soldier.
is not such as to excite competition for the honour,
instead of requiring the arts and manoeuvring of the
recruiting serjeant. There is no use in concealing
the fact—the situation of a soldier is not considered so
desirable as that of a footman in a nobleman's or gentle-
man's family. No recruiting party is requisite for the one,
whilst it is for the other. GIBBON, in his " Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire," says, "In the purer ages
of the Commonwealth, the use of arms was reserved
for those ranks of citizens who had a country to love,
a property to defend, and some share in enacting those
laws which it was their interest as well as duty to de-
fend." Now, lam not Quixotic enough to propose
an immediate disbanding of the army, in hopes of get-
ting another composed of a superior class of citizens ;
all I mean to say is, that during the period that the
Duke of YORK commanded the Army, not only was
there an evident improvement in the character of the
officers, but also in that of the men, a striking proof of
which is given by the writer to whom I have before
alluded, who states, that only two disbanded sol-
diers
had been tried in Scotland since the last peace,
whereas, after the peace of 1783 there were as many as
six or seven under sentence of death at one time in Edin-
burgh jail! This is truly satisfactory, and it is a pro-
gressive improvement of this sort that I should wish
to advocate, instead of resting satisfied with what has
been already done. Some men are enemies to improve-
ment of any description ; but surely all whose opi-
nions are of value would prefer seeing " the use of arms
reserved for those citizens who had a country to love,
&c." instead of for gaol birds and reprieved felons. It is
hard that wretches of this sort should be allowed the ho-
nour of fighting for their country, arid thus whitewash-
ing their base characters. It may, however, be said, all
this is very well ; but how is it to be brought about ?
How are you to compose the army ofa set of men, such for
instance, as the present non-commissioned officers ? I
.should answer—by treating them when raised as these
non-commissioned officers are treated. lam quite
satisfied, that it would be impossible to manage the
present army without corporal punishment ; but it
would not be so with the army which I contemplate.
I am confident that a slight addition to the pay,
when the state of our finances will permit it, and
a guarantee against corporal punishment (already be-
come so much less frequent), after a certain period to be
fixed, would so change the nature of the service in. the
opinion of respectable men, such as farmers' sons for
instance, that the whole recruiting service might be
discontinued. This saving of itself would not go far,
thesuggest, that.
principleenduionn.
but, for Mr. HUME'S satisfaction, I ooubldetoveeigiititcuarrleeatstooe
ber of men .vould be equivalent to the present army,
qaupalliatiiityl7nagslandaollpetr
of case" qualityof sufcohr
and the pay of tilos:
I should
oureldduactedallmiegvietntsg•
that of the remainder, for suppose that
900 picked men,
1,000 taken at random. There is already a
provision for soldiers,
munificent prov after certain periods
of service, a great part of which, (that for seven
years men at least), might be saved to the country, or
go also to increase the pay, were the service made more
attractive, and it is in the existence of that prospective
reward, that I expect to find a substitute for cor-
poral punishment. I repeat my conviction of
the impossibility of this change being effected in-
stantly, but supposing the army composed of rational
beings, instead- of the reckless persons now to be found
in it, a loss of six or twelve months service by the
sentence of a Court Martial, might (very •
easily) be as
effectual in preventing drunkenness, that source of al-
, most all crimes in the army, as the degrading
punish-
ment inflicted by the cat-o'-nine-tails. Of course the
highest penalties must await the crimes of mutiny and
insubordination. But to those, Officers of every rank
are as much exposed as private soldiers, without feeling
from it any degradation. It is in stripes that dishonour
lies, and, in this respect, at least, we should endeavour
to imitate ancient Rome, which held sacred the persons
of her citizens, however guilty she might have been in
disregarding the rights and privileges of other nations.
z.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening,
about half-past five o'clock, as John Chick, carman to Mr. Pick.
forth, coat-merchant, Scotland-yard, was riding on the shafts of
his waggon, in Kennington-lane, the horses suddenly took fright,
and, darting towards town, the fore-wheel of the waggon coming
in contact with a lamp-poet on the road side, he was thrown
from the ahafts,, and the hind wheel passing over his body, broke
hie back : be was taken up quits insensible, and conveyed to the
sign of the Pilgrim, in tke Vauxhall-road, where he died in a
few minutes, leaving a wife and four children to lament his loos.

THE CORK MAIL COACH BLOWN INTO THE
Boa or ALLaN.—On Thursday night, the Dublin and Cork
Royal Mail, which runs by Cashel, on its way to Cork, met with
a most extraordinary accident. Upon leaving Urlingford for Lit-
tleton, the passengers became so terrified at the state of the wea-
ther, the wind then blowing a complete hurricane, that they de-
termined, when a short distance from Urlingford, to abandon the
coach. It was most fortunate for them that this resolution had
been adopted by them, for the coach had not proceeded more than
a quarter of a mile, when a blast of wind, sweeping with irre-
sistible force across the road, at once, whirled into the Bog
of Allen the coach and horses. The coachman and guard,
with the greatest difficulty, escaped from the imminent dan-
ger in which they were placed. Only one of the horses could
be extricated from the traces in sufficient time to save him from
drowning—the other three perished. So deep had the mail-coach
been sunk into the bog, that it was not, up to a late hour yesterday
evening (Friday) moved into the road. The guard was obliged to
proceed in a chaise with the mail from Johnstown to Littleton and
Cashel, and notwithstanding all his exertions the mail was not in
the last-mentioned town until two hours beyond the usual time.
This is the same coach which was attempted to be robbed a few
days since.—Dublin Morning Register.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1827.

We have not received any French Papers nor com-
munications from Paris since our last, nor can we
trace that any subsequent advices have been received
in town in the course of to-day.
In the absence of intelligence, it would be useless
to express further opinion upon the complexion of
the previous intelligence from Paris, or upon the
loose reports which have reached us from Madrid up
to the Bth instant. A few days must decide the great
questions, now hanging in uncertainty ; and till then
we must submit to remain in suspense.

S this afternoon from Paris,
rieeceallivoevae, we understand that an
by which an Etoile of yesterday morning has reached
an eminent house in the City. 'We have not, how-
Expiriiecsse
has v.•ritillg
been ti
ever, been able to obtain a sight of it. The French
Three per Cents. had declined on Tuesday to
65f. 75c., and the 5 per Cents. to 981. 55c. It is
reported that Mr. LAMB, and also the Austrian
Ambassador, had left Madrid.

`We received this morning the Nurenzburg• Corre-
spondent of the 9th inst., and Harnburgh Papers oil
the 10th. The winter had set in at St, Petersburgh
on the 27th ult. when the Neva began to be frozen
over. The navigation of the Elbe was interrupted on
the 6th inst. by floating masses of ice, so that ships
could not ascend higher than Cuxhaven.
From the frontiers of Poland, it was stated, that
orders had been sent from St. Petersburgh to the army
in Georgia to suspend offensive operations—it was
supposed at the mediation of England :

rETEASSURGH, DEC. 2S.
Up to the 16th of this month, 953 foreign merchantmen have
arrived at Cronstadt, and 912 have sailed from that port. The
name of the Ambassador coming to St. Petersburgh front Khiva
is Wnis Njas Derdinisow, and he has 19 natives of Khiva in his
suit. He comes by the way of Astrachan.

DEC. 27.—Winter did not set in here till yesterday. The
freezing of the Neva has interrupted the communication with Vas-
sili-Ostrow. We do not remember the navigation of the Neva
to have ever been open so late as this year. Since the year 1718,
when the observations on the freezing of the river were first re-
gistered, the year 1772 was that in which the Neva continued
open the longest, viz. to Dec. 24.
Prince Saltikow, chamberlain, died on the 26th.

STOCKHOLM, DEC. 22.
The King and the Crown Prince followed the funeral proces-
sion of the late Count Brahe, who was buried with great pomp
in the church of St. Clara. The family of Brahe was related to
the house of Wasa, and with the Swedish monarchs descended
from Gustavus.

DEC. 29.—The election of representatives for the next Nor-
wegian Storthing are now concluded. Our newspapers report
many instances of housebreaking and robbery, committed during
the month, in East Gothland and other provinces, upon the
country people, and the Government has taken rigorous measures
to put a speedy end to such disorders. The immorality caused by
the trade of smuggling, which has been carried on for some time
by armed bands, may be a chief cause of these excesses.
The King has caused a new iriine to be opened near Gelliwars,
in Lapland, which is reported to be very rich, and has the advan-
tage of lying on the sea coast. M. Stenstrup, from Norway, for-
merly inspector of the silver mines at Konigsburg, is now here, and
has invented a new and very convenient kind of steam carriage
for the conveyance of the ore.

COPENNAGEN, DEC. 26.
In consequence of the great scarcity of ready money in Jutland,
a proposal has been made to the National Bank, to establish in the
principal towns of Jutland, discounting offices, as branch banks
could not be organised so speedily as the urgency of the occasion
requires.

HA3IBURGN, JAN. 6.
There is a great deal of floating ice in the Elbe, so that the
navigation is stopped, and ships from the sea cannot come farther
than Cuxhaven.

JAN. 9.—The navigation of the Elbe, which has been inter-
rupted for some days by the quantity of floating ice, has begun
again to-day. The English ships the Alster, Captain L. Brady,
from Hull, and the Snaresbrook, Captain Hart, have come up to
the city this afternoon, during a violent storm from the N.W.
As the Elbe near the city is still full of floating ice, it will pro-
bably be some time before ships can go to sea.

Colonies. This letter merely points out the intricacy
of the several Acts of Parliament which affect this
question, and explains the state of the law as under-
stood by Mr. GALLATIN. It concludes by expressing
as opinion, that the difficulty of understanding the
Precise meaning of the Acts might have been con-
sidered by Great Britain as a sufficient reason why the
United States might not have been disposed to accept
the conditions on which, by those Acts, the inter-
course was opened with the British Colonies, without
having previously at least come to an understanding
lof their true intent and meaning. The letter itself
contains nothing worth printing at length.
The New York Advertiser of the 21st ult. states
that the dispatches received by Mr. WARING, an
English Cabinet Messenger, contained the Conven-
tion between the two Governments for the execution
of certain provisions of the treaty of Ghent, particu-
larly that for the payment, by this country, of a specific
stun for the property seized at the termination of the
late War. The dispatches are said not to relate ma-
terially to any other subject.

A singular scene occurred the other day at the Old
Bailey, before the Learned RECORDER, in the case of a
Woman who prosecuted another for robbing her of se-
ersl articles of wearing apparel. There was no
Question as to the identity of the thief; but the Re-
le9rder started a puzzling objection as to the ownership
the property, whether it vested in the prosecutrix
or her husband; on which the following examination
took place :

V7heprosec a ntrix, on
woman? being sworn, was asked by the RECORDER
le Was married
reseentrix—l was once, my Lord.
RECORDIR--IS your husband dead?
Prosecutrix—l believe he is, my Lord, but I cannot say for a
certainty.
. rtEconnaa—lt is necessary the Court and Jury should be sa-
tided on that point, because if your husband is living, all pro-
12:".ty that you may have in your possession belongs to him ; and
articles being laid in the indictment as your property, the
charge
in that case must fall to the ground. What proof have
You that your husband is not in existence?
1/roseentrix—About a twelvemonth ago, my Lord, my hus-
nd went into the count, and I have not seen him since, but
tla brother wrote to me to say he was dead.

bscoßnEß—Have you no other proof of that circumstance ?

Prosecutrix—l hay. not, my Lord.
de=he RECORDER did not think she had sufficiently proved his
h, and recommended the Jury to find the prisoner Not. Guilty.
The Jury under the Learned Recorder's directions, acquitted
tut prisoner.
I Now, this decision must be very edifying to married
'Women, who happen to be robbed while their husbands
litte abroad, and still more edifying to thieves, who
'oust feel deeply indebted to the Learned RECOR-
-1 b
ER for so valuable a hint. It is a good thing
t° be learned in the law, if it were only to exer-
"ise one's humanity by enabling unfortunate people to
,get out of an awkward scrape when they solemnly
declare their innocence at the Old Bailey ; for, so
long as the law is on their side, it is all right in the
'Ye of the Judges, and they get off with flying colours,
and their spoil to boot. Witness the lucky culprit
above. But though this view of the question may be
all very well for people who make free with their
neighbour's property, and in good keeping with the
humanity of Lawyers, it is quite out of keeping with
those who have lost their property, whether married
Or unmarried. Is it not, we ask, a great blemish in our
eeuninal code that a robber should be suffered
to
escape, because the property stolen happens
t 0 be laid in the wrong person ? Is it not
tellough that the property has been stolen, no matter
4.211-1 whom, to justify the conviction of the thief ?
We are aware that difficulties interpose themselves to
leting upon this principle in all cases, but the fact of
theft and the identity of the person ought to be sufficient.
Why not word the indictment so as to convict the culprit
upon a clear proof of his having stolen the property of
John Doe or Richard Roe ? It is a common saying,
that more thieves escape through the loop-holes of the
law than are caught in its meshes, and we believe the fact.
We think, with all deference to the Learned Gentleman,
that he has stretched a point in not taking the be-
lief of the woman, as to the death of her husband,
44'1 more especially when it was corroborated by the let-
ter of the brother, who ought to know the fact. The
; for
of the prosecutrix is certainly a bad one,
t?:She has not only lost her property, but the protec-
-04 of the law, as she could not prove to the satisfac-
tion of the REcoRDER the extent of her misfortune.
bt
W,,l'at evidence can there be of events at a distance but
I.' teport ? But reports are different in different hands.
ould be well for those doomed to undergo the last
itt- w
tttnce of the law if they could so effectually doubt
the
truth of the Recorder's own Report, as he has
done that of the poor woman who failed in convicting
the e .
[li
I._ ef for the loss of her property, because she lost
'et husband.

Gibraltar Chronicles to the 29th December have
been received. The following are extracts
T'lears by an official communication recently received from
a nig, that his Highness the Bey having established manufactures of
iNt?°wder, has prohibited all further importation of that article
projnY ports of that Regency ; and that his Highness has also
tear I.ulted the further importation of butter, on account of its
tear
and high prices.
F° i. 11,e port of al is henceforth to be the only port open to
e'en commer Pa inma the Isle of Majorca.

- -
We have inserted in another column, a letter from a
„orr
th --sPondent, pointing out the great improvement in
hiC floral condition of the British army, which took
ilr ac 4 during the period his late lamented Royal High-
-44 the DUKE of YORK presided over it, and sug-
rtting that this moral improvement might be still
4 her extended by increasing the pay of the army,
litki introducing a system which might supersede the
e
feessity of having recourse to corporal punishment
,c3l.the maintenance of proper subordination and dis-
,ll);Line• None can be more sensible than we are of the
of4iP's of the late Illustrious DUKE upon the gratitude
11 118 country, for the measures which he steadily acted
1)04 for the elevation of the character of the soldier,
tioti h the improvement of his condition in society ; and
e:e can be more inclined than we are to advocate any
tff," which could be adopted for extending this moral
trZt}'Ton the condition of the men composing the
Ibr 1„
Army ; but we fear that the mans suggested
IN "cr correspondent could not be adopted. The pre-
-nancial state of the country could not bear any

increase of the pay of the Army, which, indeed, is uni-
versally admitted to be sufficient for it, when composed
as at present.

A suggestion appeared in our Paper a few days
ago, that a general subscription sßould be entered into,
for the purpose of erecting a colossal statue of his
late Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, on the Pa-
rade in St. James's Park, and other Papers have ad-
vocated the same, or some other measure having a like
object, namely, to testify the sense entertained of the
value of his Royal Highness's public services, and in
grateful respect to his memory. Of the propriety of
such a proceeding there can be no doubt. It would
prove the universal feeling of respect entertained for
his character, while it would keep alive the remem-
brance of the obligations owed to him by the commu-
nity at large, and the army in particular. But have
not the services of his Royal Highness entitled him
to a still more honourable testimony of national grati-
tude ? Have they not justly deserved to be recorded
by the erection of a public monument to his memory
in St. Paul's Cathedral, at the public expense ? Most
assuredly they have. If such a tribute of the nation's
gratitude was ever due in any case for public services,
not sealed by loss of life in battle, it is due to the ser-
vices of the Duke of YORK. If Statesmen and Philan-
thropists
have received such honours after their decease,
ought they not to be paid to the memory of a Prince,
whose life has been devoted to the service of his country
in the arduous and most responsible office of COrn-
mander-in-Chief, and by whose judgment, discrimina-
tion, impartiality, and benevolent feelings, the discipline
and character of the British army has been elevated to a
point which it never before reached, and the comforts
and advantages of the soldier raised in a proportionate
degree ? Is not a public monument due to a Prince
who was no less the uncompromising supporter of
the honour of the military profession in , respect
to the conduct of ita officers, than the protector
and encourager of those who filled the private ranks
—entitling himself to the honourable designation
which he received, of the Soldiers' Friend ? Do
not those charitable foundations which he extended
for the better support of worn-out soldiers, or those
which he established for the maintenance and educa-
tion of soldiers' children, call for a public record
of his Royal Highness's philanthropy and Chris-
tian benevolence. To specify, indeed, the claims
which the late Duke of YORK has on public
gratitude, would occupy far more space than our
columns can afford—but enough has been said
to chew, that if ever public services are again to
be honoured by the erection of a monument at the na-
tional expense, the claims of the late Duke of YORK
to this mark of his country's applause are irresistible.
His ashes will repose with those of his illustrious an-
cestors—on the spot hallowed by the surrounding re-
mains of the greatness of the EDWARDS and the
HENRYS ; but let a monument to his memory be
placed in that Metropolitan Church whose walls re-
cord the nation's gratitude to its mighty dead.

Another bag of letters and papers have been received from the
wrecked packet ship Panther, from New York, at the Post-Of-
fice, the whole of which are in a very mutilated state, and nearly
illegible, from the action of the salt water on the writing. Mexi-
can Papers have, however, been received at the Nurth and South
American Coffee-house, by this conveyance, to the 20th October
inclusive ; their contents are, however, quite uninteresting.

The new duty that has recently been laid on the importation of
cotton goods in Mexico, and which amounts to a prohibition on the
low article, ie understood to be intended u a protection to the home
manufacture, which has been long among the•lndians in exist-
ence, and has been recently imitated both by the British and
A msricans.

THE FUNDS.

CITY, (Tuis DAY), Twelve o' Clock.

This morning the British Funds have continued in rather a
feverish state ; Consols opened at '79 for account, were after-
wards sellers at 79, but recovered again and went up to 79i I,
and are now 79i ; the business hitherto has not been extensive.
India Bonds are at a reduced rate, being 35 7 ; and Exchequer
Bills, 20 1 pm. The Foreign Funds are extremely heavy ; and
Mexican and Colombian Bonds are lower than they were quoted
in the early part of the morning, Colombian being from 31 2 to
30i, and Mexican from '6Ol to 59i 1; Portuguese Bonds are
lower being quoted at 70 2 ; Russian, 8q 51 ; Greek have de-
clined to 14 15 ; and Danish to 59i 6/. With respect to Shares,
the market, if it can be called one, remains in the same languid
and torpid state, with scarcely a bargain effected in any one of
the speculations.

Three per Cent. Consols, ex. div. 77k i; Ditto for account,
79 I; India Bonds, 35 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 20 1 pm.
Fortexcx FUNDs.—Brazilian, 58 60; Buenos Ayres, 55 7 ;
Chi Han, 35 7 ; Danish, 56i 71; Colombian, 1824, SI 2 ;
Mexican, 3 per Cent., 48 50 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 59i 60i ;
Peruvian, 31 2 ; Portuguese, 70 2 ; Greek, 14 15 ; Russian,
1341 5i ; Spanish, 12i 13.
MlNlll.—Anglo Mexican, 35 SO die. ; United Mexican, 11
10 dia. ; Real del Monte, 100 10 pm. ; Bolanos, 60 80 pm. ;
Tlalpuxahua, 45 55 pm. ; Bolivar, 2 3 pm. ; Colombian, 15
17 pet Share ; Potosi, 47 9 per Share ; Brazilian, 3 2 dis.

Two o' Clock.

The English Funds suddenly fell soon after twelve o'clock to
781 for Account, on a report, by express, of the French Funds
having become much lower. Another cause was stated, that
considerable sales were making by persons at the west end of
town, who are supposed to have good information ; a third state-
ment was, they were selling an extensive Bull Account of a party
who were not able to meet their expected differences on the 23d
inst. They have since improved, and arc now 784
Mexican Bonds are again worse; they have been 584,1 ; for
Colombia, such is the market, that no sales can be made but at a
great sacrifice. Every thing in the Foreig❑ Market is extremely
heavy. In shares, the accounts of the Thalpuxahua mines are
confidently stated as extremely favourable ; and this speculation
is represented as promising well for the parties concerned in it.
THREE 0' CLOCK.
Three per Cent. Consols for account, 781.
FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE.
Consols 76i 7 Danish Bonds 56
Do. for Ac. 78# s Greek Do. 1825 141
Brazilian Bonds 58 Mexican Do. 1825, 58i
Buenos Ayres De,. 54 Peruvian Do.
Chilian Do. Russian De. 841
Columbian, 1824, 301 Spanish Do.

BRIGHTON, JAN. 16.—Wc continue, and with
considerable anxiety, to expect arrivals at the Pavilion ; but at
present the Palace remains as it has done for weeks past, and with-
out any increase to its domestic establishment whatsoever.—The
Austrian, the Russian, and the Portuguese Ambassadors have
been all here ; the first arrived at the Royal York Hotel on Sun-
day evening. The Marquis Palmella and family have removed
from Hanover-house, on the Marine Parade, to apartments con-
nected with the New Steyne Hotel, in St. James's-street. The
Right Hon. Secretary, Mr. Canning, it is said, will leave us, for
a few days, towards the end of the week, in order to be present at
the Royal Funeral.--A fire burst forth from a house in Back
Gardens, between four and five o'clock this afternoon, which was
got under with but little mischief to the premises, but not before
the town had been thrown into considerable commotion by the
ringing of the Town-hall fire-bell, and the rattling of the engines
through several of the streets.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY—(Ting DAY.)
wELLEsrET V. DUKE OF BEAUFORT.
. _

Mr. Wellesley took his seat as usual this morning, behind his
leading Counsel, Mr. Hart, and appeared to follow him with
satisfaction, as he proceeded through the case on his part.
Mr. HART said, that he had exhausted yesterday a great por-
tion of his Lordship's time, upon the testimony of Dr. Bulkeley,
as contrasted with the evidence given by Mr. Wellesley, and
other persons connected with him, and the learned Counsel
trusted that the Court *mild not consider that time as having been
wasted by him. When the Court rose he was about to state
a letter written by Mrs. Bligh in answer to one written by her
husband, and the purpose of that letter was to retract several of
the charges in the letter written by the husband. Mr. Bligh
stated he had made those inquiries, which left no doubt whatever
as to the criminality of his wife, and of her having made his
house the scene of it, and desiring her to quit it. Mrs. Bligh,
in her letter, endeavoured to rebut this. The Learned Counsel
wished to know whether it was to be wondered at, when Mr. Bligh
had driven her from his house destitute and unprotected, that
she had pursued a course, perhaps not very commendable.—
, The Learned Counsel would now call the attention of the Court
to the affidavits—to the last affidavit of Dr. Bulkeley of the 4th
November, 1825,—in which he says, that after Mrs. Wellesley
had withdrawn her protection from Mrs. Bligh, and on the fa-
mily leaving the dinner table, Dr. Bulkeley and Mr. Wel-
lesley, then being left alone,, the conduct of Mrs. Bligh
became the subject of conversation ; that Mr. Wellesley
then :described it as being abandoned and profligate; that she
had wished to intrigue with him, but he had refused to do so.—
What, the Learned Counsel begged to ask, would have been the
conduct of any rational man placed as Dr. Bulkeley had been?—
Considering what Dr. Bulkeley had previously said, would he
not have called to Mr. W.'s mind the barefaced falsehood he, Mr.
W. was asserting? would he not have said, good God ! Mr. W. what
is the use of this prevarication between our two selves, did you not
admit to me, two months ago, that you had intrigued with her ?
Contrasting this affidavit:with others made by Dr. Bulkeley, what
was it good for, was it worthy of being contrasted with others
which had been made ddiberatelfand -properly ? The Learned
Counsel considered Dr. Bulkeley's affidavits to consist of incongrui-
ties. The next document which he would call the attention of the
Court to, and which was material in this case, was the narrative
of Mrs. Wellesley ; but he trusted his Lordship would distinguish
that part of it which was written by Mrs. Wellesley herself, and
that which had been added to it.
His LORDSHIP would thank Mr. Hart to let him know what
was introduced that was not in her hand-writing ; and that which
was not introduced and was in her hand-writing.
Mr. HART said, his Lordship would recollect that great stress
had been laid upon the circumstance of Mr. Wellesley's having by
some means, no matter bow, introduced this woman into the
family of his wife. There had been some parte cut out from the
narrative the Court had, and the Learned Counsel believed, that
the passage he should read was one. " That she remained at her
lodgings until within four days before her departure from Naples."
She was obliged to quit those apartments, the time for which she
had taken them having expired,and the proprietor refusing to let them
for a short period. So that so far from Mr. W. having got that lady
into his house for the purpose of intriguing with her,it plainly appear-
ed she never was in the Wellesley family till a few days prior to that
on which they left Naples, and then only because she was obliged
to leave her apartments, and at which time Mr. Wellesley said,
you are to travel with us to Florence, and come and take up your
abode with us for the few days previous to our departure ; that it
was their intention to protect her until her relations and friends
received her. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment
upon the affidavit of Mr. Pittman, and was observing on the
cause of Mrs. Wellesley's illness at the Opera House, when
His LORDSHIP wished to know whether Mr. Hart considered
that Mr. Pittman had sworn falsely as to what had occurred there.
Mr. HART did not mean to say any such thing, but,
he considered he might swear right enough as to the illness,
but wrong as to the cause.—There were other features in
the case which ought to be called to the attention of
the Court ;—one was, and the Learned Counsel trusted
his Lordship would consider it pretty conclusive, of the
firmness (if so it might be called) with which Dr. Bulkeley
had acted. What would his Lordship think of this man,
who had been so ready to make affidavits in this Court,
when he heard, that, at the trial for adultery, he
did not come forward to be examined. Meara, his coadjutor in
affidavits, was not also examined, though he was the servant of Dr.
Bulkeley, and, the Learned Counsel believed, was only at Dieppe
at the time, and might have been compelled, had his master
thought proper, to have come forward ; but no such thing
had been done. Why was not Dr. Bulkeley to be call-
ed in to the witness' box to give his evidence? Why not call
him forward, a, matt above suspicion? • The Learned Counsel
wished to know whether the falling out with one attorney or an-
other attorney was to be any excuse for his not having been exa-
mined ? Could not a subpcana_a bit of parchment—have been
get, commanding him, at his peril, to have been in attendance, to
give evidence at the trial ? But nothing of this sort was done—
and why ? Because they could not rely upon the standing proof.
His LORDSHIP thought it was material that he should have
been examined ; at the same time, according to the only account
he had seen of the trial, and that was of course only from the
papers, he thought, and he could not account for it, but he
thought there certainly was a great deal of evidence not
given on each side, which might have been. No one
could look at the account of the trial, and not see
that the Counsel for the defendant gave it up. Why was not an
attempt made to reduce the damages ? If the conduct of Mr.
Bligh was such as had been represented, he certainly would have
had his damages cut down to mere nominal damages, if that had
been so. Unless the non-appearance of Dr. Bulkeley and Mears
was accounted for, his Lordship thought it a material circum-
stance in this case. _ _

Mr. HART said his Lordship was aware that it could not serve
Mr. Wellesley's cause, to call witnesses for the purpose of discre-
diting them. _
His LORDSHIP thought if what was stated with respect to
Mrs. Bligh was true, the damages would hays been merely
nominal.

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a little equity phlegm mixed up with a charge to a jury.
His LORDSHIP thought they did not much like that at law, be-
cause they understood very little about it.
Mr. HEALD thought, according to what was now passing, that
law seemed to be the best scale for equity.
Mr. HART then proceeded through several other affidavits, and
concluded by trusting his Lordship would think that the order in
this case ought to be made in Mr. Wellesley's favour. Mr. Wel-
lesley had no wish to leave in doubt what he meant to do with his
children. All that he now wanted was to let the world know,
that in the opinion of the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
he was deserving of having the care of his children ; that he was to
be considered as an affectionate father, and one worthy to introduce
them into that society which they, in their situation in life, were
destined to fill.
Mr. HORNE followed Mr. Hart on behalf of M. Wellesley.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—(Trus DAy.)
The Court was occupied, this morning, in hearing motions,
none of which possessed any interest.

SHERIFFS COURT, RED LION-SQUARE-(Tans DAY.)
SIR. T. M. WILSON V. BAXTER.
The plaintiff is the Lord of the Manor of Hampstead,
and the defendant is a keeper of poney chaises and don-
kiss, residing on the border of Hampstead Heath. An
action of trespass had been brought against the defendant
for allowing his donkeys and chaises to stand on the heath, and
damages were assessed to-day before the Sheriff of Middlesex.
Five witnesses were called to prove the trespass complained of.—
From their evidence it appeared that the defendant used that part
of the heath adjoining his premises as a standing for his donkies,
It was given in
evidence also, that a saddle was detected lying'
eight of which were seen there at one time,
on the heath, and
still further, a basket and a 'small bundle of bay were sworn to
have been found trespassing in the same place.
These facts having been established to the satisfaction of the
Jury, damages to the amount of 5/. were assessed against the
defendant.

INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COU.RT.—(Txts DAY.)
The Commissioner!' were engaged, this day, in hearing the peti-
tions of unopposed insolvents, and hare appointed to-morrow for
hearing the opposed petitions.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
HATTON-GARDEN.—(TiIIs DAT.)
A young man named Bradshaw, a jeweller, was charged with
anindecent assault on a girl named Brown, about 15 years of
age, servant in the house where Bradshaw lodged. A similar but
unsubstantiated charge had been before made against the same
party, and several witnesses now api;...ared, who spoke of the com-
plainant as being of a light and very forward character, and who,
in a complaint of such a nature, ought to be narrowly looked after.
The Magistrate said, that as the assault had been distinctly
sworn to, the young man must find bail.