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the Prussian with temerity, in having attacked a French
corps with a very inferior number; adding, that al-
though the Prussians might not love the French, they.
at least ought to esteem them: After this short con-
versation: the Grand Duke made e slight inclination of
the head, and followed the Princess into the other
apartment.
Count Frohberg soon afterwards returned, and in-
formed us that the carriage was ready. We imme-
diately got into it, and set out for Auma.
I fiiund my new companion very kind-hearted and
intelligent, a little sanguine and hasty in his temper,
but evidently must susceptible of gratitude and friend.
ship. His countenance was pale, but animated. Out.
conversation was carried on in English ; and he in-
quired with much eagerness after his British friends. I
had the satisfaction of being presented to his amiable
widow, when at Munich, in 1816. The Countess in.
formed me, that her husband had alluded to this ad-
venture, and expressed much kindness towards me;
and she was so obliging as to present to me a ring,
which had belonged to.bim. Before we had been many
minutes in tlie carriage, he asked me whether I was ac-
quainted with Lady Louisa Manners (the present Coun-
tess of Dysart), accompanying his inquiry with a cor-
dial encomium. I was unable at that time (though
now more fortunate) to answer that question in the
affirmative; but I asked the Count in return, whether
he knew her Ladyship's son-in-law, my intimate, and
excellent friend, Colonel Duff (now Earl of Fife). As
soon'as I mentioned that I was a friend of Colonel
Doffs, he shook me by the band with the greatest
war milt; and our common regard for my distingui.hed
countryman (a regard in which all who know him so
largely sympathize) not only created a link of attach.
meta between us, but mainly tended to render his ex-
ertions in my behalf more cordial and more unremitting.
We met, in the dark, a long row of waggons and
artillery, at a narrow part of the road, where two car-
riages could not well pass abreast; and our carriage
was obliged to draw up in a field, until the waggons
and other conveyances bad proceeded. It was in vain
that my friend, the Count, dismounted angrily from
the caniage, and authoritatively desired the drivers to
draw up on one side, and allow our carriage to pass,
telling them who he was, where he was going, and that
he was-expected to sup with the Emperor. They coolly
laughed at all his earnestness; and one of them told
him that he was afraid his supper would be very cold
b.f. ire he got to his journey's end.
The Count did not recover his good humour until
some time after we had quilted the scene of our deten-
tion. The spectacle around cis was most interesting.
A number of fires was kindled in various directions,
around which we perceived the French soldiers sing-
ing, shouting, sleeping, or cooking their victuals.
The Count was remarkably communicative; but
without attempting to deail many interesting facts
which he narrated, I cannot avoid recording one speech
of his, which remained deeply impressed on my mind.
I mentioned that I had left the Prussian army in as
high spirits, and as confident of victory, as the French;
and that I therefore thought the issue of the contest
taaler doubtful. "A decisive hauler" replied be," will
be fought before' many days have elapsed; and I Will
bet you sixty Napoleons to one, that the victory will be
ours. Yoh say that the Prussians are in high spirits;
but on what is their confidence grounded? Not surely
in respect for the talents of their General—not on the
remembrarrte of exploits of their own, nor in love for
the service in which they are so it used? The French,
on the other hand, adore their leader, who has so often
conducted them to victory :—their own past achieve-
ments iaspire them with confidence in themseltes
they ale attached to a service in which they are well
aware that the meanest and most friendless may ac-
quire reputation and advancement. The Emperor
knows their character well, and has employed every
means to conciliate affection to his person, as well as
to enforce obedience to his authority. No service is
permitted to pass unnoticed or unrecompensed. He is
end, wed with an excellent memory, and is often known
to address even a private soldier or subaltern Officer,
whom he remembers to have seen at Austerlitz or Ma-
rengo, reminding them of their former good conduct,
and calling upon them to act up to it in future. By
such means, he not only captivates the heart of the
person so noticed, but excites emulation on the part of
all who witnessed such a scene, and who long, by fu-
ture prowess, to attain a similar distinction. The very
institution tithe Legion of Honour, which is attainable
by all classes, has greatly increased his popularity, and
is become a general object of military ambition. In
phort, I may say, that no General was ever more sta-
. ()ions to captivate the affections, and win the confidence
of his a:my ; nor was any ever more successful."
• I do not •pretend to say that these are the exact
w,nrcls of Count Frohberg, 'but they express his semi.
ments without any exaggpitknt. He cherished a warn
attachment for the person and character of Napoleon.;
juts I am peoppded,that,his opinion, though somewhat
biassed by his feeling, was founded on personal know.,
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PARIS, Abates sus.
In the discussion to which the trial of the Amnia:du
aesuwerce by the Chamber of Deputies gave occasion,
some orators maintained that every person had the right
of petitioning the King to dissolve the present Chamber,
and consequently of explaining the grounds of the peti-
tion. 'This idea having obtained general circulation,
has not remained unfruitful. Two hundred merchants
oflP,u is, all of them respectable, have, in fact, presented
a petition cc; the King, beseeching him to dissolve. the
present Chamber of Deputies. The reasons which t! ey
give for their prayer are—that the Chamber has ceased
to be the organ of. France, or of the defence of French
interests;and that it ,endangers the public tranquillity,
as well es the existence of the Crown. This petition,
i; is said, was drawn up by a Judge of the Cour Royale.
No. Jpiammil has yet dazed ta publish it, or even, as far
as .1 :know, to speak of it. I w ould Wive sent you a copy,
had it oontaiued any fact of which you are as yet un-
informed, but as it only contains the opinion of the sub-
scriber: it could be of no interest.
If such a step (which among us is the first of the kind)
could have any effect, it would be to make the King
pesaist in the suppOltOf She Lh ' writers whose dissolution
triftl:fndest- The exercise of the right of petition. is,
razulfroes-,of,Charlas, X.
,a remnant of revolutionary
94100 he hasalitays aspired to correct us. 'the
tfitiiners woindhave aeavd much better in addressing
„IV& Varies or the General of the Jesuits.

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SAIIIRDAY,

1, 1826.

- STOCK EXCII ANG E, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The fluctuations yesterday in Consob were to the extent of le
per Cent. in consequence of which several persons realized consi-
derabk sums. This morning Consols eq►ened at 79J e for the
Account, with a great deal of business doing ; they are now 70 1,
but the Market is by no means settled. The sudden return to
town of Mr. Secretary Cauxtva, and his interview with the Knots,
racks...such speculation.
In the Foreign Market South American Securities have expe-
rienced a considerable fill, Mexican Six per Cents. which were i

done yesterday at 723 are this morning at 65 to 653 ex div. of
Twelve per Cent. Colombian yesterday at 593 are this morning
at 55, Old Spanish 103, Greek 173 18, Exchequer Bills 2to 5
premium.

ONE O'CLOCK.

Cons;is are, up to the present time, 791 t d; within this hour they
hare been done at 791.
PfIICR OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock Shut.
3 per Cent. Red. Shut.
3 per Cent. Cons. 79 A 3/8 34 14
31 per Cent. Shut.
S 1 per Cent. Red. Shut.
4 per Cent. PS t/, % 34 %
Long Ann. Shut.
India Stock Shut.

Indi# Boudr. 2 3 prem.
South Sea Stock 89%
£l,OOO Ezcheq. 818. 2 3 prem.
£lOO and £2OO ditto 2 3 prem.
£5OO ditto 2 3 prem.
Bank for Acct. 208
Cons. tor Acct. 791 h 3/ 3/4 79% % 1,4
FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK
Colombian lid., 6 p C. I Ditto Acct. 651 5 7 618 51 6ax d
Do.llds 1824,55 7 61 1 4 Ferny. lids. 6 p C. 291
Do. Ace. 551 5761 f f 41 Ditto for Acc. 49 -
Danish lids, s p C. 571 7 'idly Russ.Bels, 1822,6 pC.
Ditto Acct. S7l ex dir Ditto Acct. 81 791
Greek Bonds French Reines, S p C. 96f 50c
Do. Bonds 1825,171 Exchange, 25f 50e
Mexican Bonds, Sp C. French Reines. 3 p C. 65150c661.
Do. 800d511125,657 6171 51exd Exchange, 25f 60c
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.

SHAM raw.
Brazilian 100 10 9
British Iron Company 100 30 14
Provincial Portable Gas 100 41. 1
General Steam Naviga►ion 100 5 le
Mexican Company 100 15 5e
West India Company 100 5 2ii i

• The thermometer in the most variable climate in the
world is not half so sensitive as the Stock Exchange ;
from which, however, it differs in this respect, that it
follows the laws of nature, while the Stock Exchange
' is often regulated by rules of art.
Yesterday the Funds rose 1 per cent. without any
assignable cause to justify such an advance, and when
they had attained their height, they were driven down
again as rapidly to nearly the price at which they
opened. That returning confidence in the commercial
world had, and must have, an influence in raising the
funds is natural, but nothing yesterday occurred to
throw a damp Son the present prospects of the country,
and yet the funds fell again, which is either a proof that
the advance was not a natural one, or that the fluctua-
tions were the effect of speculations.
Today the Funds are depressed, and some persons
in the City, who for every why will have a wherefore,
attribute it to what they call the sudden recall of Mr.
Secretary CANNING from the country, but what are the
facts ? Mr. CANNING, whose attention to the duties
of his office, is only equalled by his domestic affections,
wished to visit a dear relative at Bath; and with that
view left town on Tuesday, and travelled to Marl•
borough, where he slept. Early next mornirg he pro•
ceeded to Bath, where, atter passing the day and night
there, and having executed the object of his journey, he
set out on Thursday morning to return to London,
and proceeded as far as Sal: Hill, where he arrived at
six o'clock, to dinner. Not intending to travel farther
that day, and having fixed his return to town for
Friday, Mr. CANNING determined on passing the
night at Salt Hill, and while there his private Secretary,
Mr. STAPYLTON, arrived in consequence of some busi-
ness
having occurred at the Foreign Office during the
absence of the Right Hms. Secretary. The business, which,
we.believe, related to dispatches from the Duke of
WELLINGTON at St. Petersburgh, was not so urgent as
to render it necessary Mr. CANNING should alter his
arrangements ; he therefore passed the night at Salt-
hill, and being near Windsor, he rode to the Royal
Lodge, and at an audience transacted the necessary.
business with his MAJESTY. Now what is there, we
will ask, in all this, to affect the Funds, or excite the
least speculation in the City ? Nothing certainly.

Haytlan Journsls.to the 16th of January have beers
received. 0(4 of them contains an account of the
opening of the sessiOn of the Sable Parliament, on the
10th of January. Among the spectatori of the cere-
mony were the Consul-General of France, and some

French Naval Officers. The PassiOnNT arrived about
iiin.so'clock, surrounded with the officers of his staff, at
'the Hall of Assembly, and hav7ng taken the Presiden-
tial Chair, pronounced a speech, in which he announced
the completion of Haytian regeneration by the acknow-
ledgment of Haytian independence, and defended the
policy of the pecuniary sacrifices by which it was Rut.-
chased. The President of the Chamber echoed the
speech of the Chief Magistrate; and the meeting broke
up amid the cries of " Long live tke Republic r “ Long
live the President of Hayti !"

'a tl ird, or a fourth of the whole, according as there are
one, two, three, or more children, is to be given to the
eldest son, in case the father should not have disposed
of it before his decease; and this share Is always to be
taken from the real property, if it be possible to do
so consistintly with the interest of the other children.—
If the deceased divided his property in general terms
among his children, the same arrangement is still to
take effect.

The new law, it will be seen, does not assign the
whole inheritance to the elder son ; but only provides
that the moiety of his property, which a man is allowed
by the French Jaws to dispose of by will, shill, in the
event of intestacy, be assigned to the elder son, instead
of being distributed, as formerly, in equal portions
among the children. The law which steers a middle
course meets with great opposition.
Letters from Spain say, that a new Treaty had been
concluded, by which the French troops were to retain
possession for several years of Barcelona, Panspelona,
Cadiz, and the other places which they now occupy.
An order had lately been transmitted from MaJtid to
Barcelona to prohibit the issue of any sums from the
tre.sury beyond what was absolutely necessary, as all
the disposeable money was wanted to pay the Regency
of Algiers an indemnity of six millions of !teals which
.he claimed and which Spain under her present imbecile
Government was not strong enough to refuse.
An article from Constantinople,, dated the 25th of
February, states, that Lord COCHRANE had arrived at
Zante, which excited great alarm among the Mussulmen.
—Letters from Constantinople to the end of February
state that even at that late period the British Minister
had not reached the Turkish capital. Sir Hurisox
Lowa was at Constantinople, and attracted much atten-
tion amongst the Mussolmen and Europeans. Accounts
from Corfu confirm the partial defeit of the Captain
PACHA by the Greek fleet, and his subsequent depriva-
tion of the command. It is also said that an Eiglish
vessel having attempted to enter Missnlonglii with
provisions, had severaly suffered from the Turkish fire.
—A great number of Greek beads mad ran bad been sent to Con-
stantinople, and displayed as the walls and at the gates of the Se-
raglio; butvasoset-off for these trophies, t►e Greeks had to skew,
according to letters from Vienna, the celebrated French Renegado,
Colonel Sans, amongst their prisoners, together with the garrison
of Trifoliate, whom be commanded.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

We have a hundred reports in the City, in addition
to a world of conjectures, about the Revenue. Mr.
CANNING'S audience of the KING, the nature of the
Duke of WELLINGTON'S dispatches, &c. &c. Among
the most prevalent rumours is one that BoLIVA R is dead,
and this report has caused South American Securities
to fall three per Cent. Another rumour is, that 'the
VIGILANT man of war has brought unfavourable news
from Mexico, and that the treaty with that tepublic
will not be ratified. A third rumour is, that the Por-
tuguese Regency has demanded the protection of this
country against the intrigues of the QUEEN'S party,
which is becoming powerful. Though none of these
reports are traceable to an authentic source, yet they
affect the funds considerably.