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London, England, 1823-01-06 00:00:00

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MONDAY, SANUARY 6. 1823.
Eetruasv.—Holiday at the Bank
THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXCHANGE, HALT-PAST TWELVE.
Consols opened this morning at so; to SI, With little business
doing. Expresses from Paris this morning have brought the
French Funds of Saturday at Silf. loc. at the close. Private
letters by the above conveyance state, that owing to the English
Ministerial Papers continually writing against a peace with
France and Spain, a damp had been thrown on the French
Market.-•In regard to the Colombian Loan, nothing has yet
transpired from the new Charge d'Affaires concerning it ; but ft
is generally thought that some negociatlon is going forward with
the above Gentleman and the Contractors.
Ironton PiAItICET.
New Spanish Bends opened this morning at 54%, at which
price they are up to this hour. The only business doing is in
Colombian and New. Spanish.

Current Prices :—Adlian 75, New Spanish 541, Old 61,
New Prussian 631 ex. div. Old 05/, Russian 82}, Danish 91,
Neapolitan 771 Scrip, Peruvian 77, Colombian 69 to 70, Spa-
nish Scrip 101 dis.

We this day present the Returns of the Year's and
Quarters' Revenue, ending on the sth instant, as
compared with the corresponding periods of last year.
In looking at the details, it will be seen, that although
the Customs, the Stamps, Post Office, and bliscella-
neous, have increased during the year, yet that there
has been a decrease in the Excise, Assessed Taxes, &c.
(owing in some degree to Duties repealed), which
makes the receipts of the year 1822 less than that of
1821 'by 008,711.

The report of the proceedings in the Dublin Com-
mission Court will be read with much interest, as
they present- much food for reflection. In one case,
we find a man administering illegal oaths, and joining
a Conspiracy, in order to put down the Protestant
Religion ; while, in another, we find a Conspiracy
(for such Mr. PLUNKETT boldly declares it) for the
purpose of extinguishing the Roman Catholic Reli-
gion, by knocking out the brains of a Protestant
LORD LIEUTRNANT. In the one case justice has been
done, and the offending Catholic has been transported
fat life; in the other case the more criminal Pro-
Italtants have been acquitted. The Grand Jury, after
deliberating two days, threw out the bill iharging
tittlflen.Witkiv_elnObicrp *rka presented' a !Olin
a- riot andanisdenwassoiur, agaiust two persoast biow-
ing, no doubt (for we will not give thesn'the eredit
of supposing that *it sins*-a
mere Irish bull) that it
requires inert -than ti r 6 persons to constitute a riot.
We can well imagine the surprise of the Judge and
the Attorney-General at such a decision on the part
of a Grand Jury; and we rejoice that the latter still
means to proceed against the parties. But what a
wretched State must that.country be in, where-an at-
tempt was made on. the life of the First Magistrate,
and he is without that :redress whirl' belongs to the
• •
meanest subject ! The evidence given at the Police
Office and that adduced before the Grand Jury, on
'the subject of the late outrage, must bave differed
strangely if there was not sufficient grounds for send-
ing the parties to trial.

This morning we received a regular file of the
United States Papers to the Bth instant. It is ex-
' petted that Congress will seriously take up the sub-
ject of the Slave Trade with a view to its entire
abolition.

The latest accounts from Mexico represent the
spirit of dissatisfaction as rapidly spreading. The
Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Don Jo-
MANOEL LoxzAoit, with his Secretary Don
Toangs, had arrived in the British barque Maria in
Hampton Roads.

The accounts from the Brazils represent Pernam-
buco as in a very unsettled state. A battle bad en-
sued between the militia and the regular troops, at
Oneida, in which the former were defeated, and some
of their leaders taken prisoners.

A letter from Monte Video states that General
LEcon had placed himself at the head of an army of
4,000 men, and was determined to compel the Euro-
pean troops to embark for Lisbon. The Portuguese
were inside the town,- and the Patriots had advanced
'to the walls-for the purpose of carrying this deter-
mination into effect.

The new Emperor of BRAZIL is said to have sent
an express to Lord Cocus.ont, requesting him to
take the command of the Brazilian fleet.

PlRATE&Captain CALDMILL, from Havannah,
confirms the report received several days since of the
capture of pirates by a British sloop of war. He states
they had attacked the pirates near Matanzas, and
taken about 30,the remainder were driven oa shore.
In addition to the above., it it repotted that the TYSII
had engaged the pirates and takess 29 prisoners: the
British lost 12 killed, besides wounded ; the loss of
dm primes was supposed .to he about +0 or 50.

Two DMA with P"peti to the4th instant,
reached us this forenoon, On the 28th and 29th Ult.
there was a dreadful fire !lathe villages of Keent and
Balgoi, but the particulars of the disaster are not yet
known.
An article from Frankfort contains some :Devil*.
dons on the mission of Lord STAANGFORD and Baron
Lusaliitati, the A.Ostrian,Minister, to. Constanti-
nople. It• says, they will find nottheir arrival-at ..Cess•
stantinople, things very much efiiiiigetle • aid in such