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London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.
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HANOVER DECEMBER ie.
The Assembly of the Sates of the Kingdom hn
decided, in one of its first sittings. that th torture
shall abolished; - has been also

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. be _ and it proposed,
SANK OF TES pomp aTATte, that exculpatory oaths in criminal examinations shall
Mr. SreNcza, of New York, on Wednesday, of- be abolished, as wholly useless: the introduction of
feria hr consideration the following Resolution: the trial by Jury has also been spoken of.
" Resolved, That a Committee be appdnted to inspect the STOCKHOLM. DECEMBER 11.
books and examine into the proceedings of the Bank of the Uni- Sweden's iron mines are inexhaustible ; and, ac-
ted WI" and to report whether the provisions of Its Chatter
coming to the researches ordered by the Government
have been violated or not; and. particularly, to report whether
the instalments of the capital stock of the said. Bank have been last year, they increase in number and productive-
paid in gold and silver coin, and In the funded debt of the Cm. ness, the nearer we approach the Polar regions : but
ted States? or whether they were in any instance, and to what a mine has now been discovered in the Government
amount, paid by the proceeds of the notes of stock-holders, di..
of Stockholm, on the estate of Westerlisa, belonging
counted for the purpose? and also to report the names of those
persons who now own, or who hay, owned, y put of tju ts. to the family,of Rudesk, which, according to the
law stock of said Bank, and the amounts of discounts, if any, analysis made by the Board of Mines, contains 28
to such papas respectively, and when made; and also to re- per cent. of iron: proposals to work it are circulated.
port. whether the aid Bob. er any of its aims of discount The clefts of the mountain shew the increasing rich-
sad deposit, have refused to pay the notes eels, Bank in specie,
.04. around, and home refused to receive, to payment of doms
nest and excellence of the vein.
due to them or either of them, the notes of the Bank ? and The effects of the late Queen are now on sale by
whether the Bank, or any of its 05ces of discount, or any of auction. .
their "fac-n or agents. have sold drafts upon other °lkea. sr Many complaints are received from Norway, em-
eriti the Ileuk, at an advance, and have received a premium for
cerning the devastations committed by the Pine Ca.
sack drafts? also, the amount of the notes issued, mettle at
Philadelphia. and at auk once of discount respectively, and the terpillar, in the forests of that kingdom. In Hede-
amount of capita wiped to each °See,
at together with the mark, there are large tracts of forests entirely killed.
amount of a public made at the Bank and each of- In the south of Sweden, where this insect is also
See, and on account of transfers thereof; and the total found, the damage done by it has never been so con-
miscount of bills and notes discounted by the Busk and Its *eve-
rid Aires since its organisation. That the said Committee have siderable as' to excite attention.
leave to meet in the city Of Philadelphia, and to remain there as TANGIERS, NOVEMBER
long as may be necessary; that they shall have power to send The Plague proceeds, daily increasing in its fatal
fns persons and papers, and to employ the i-eguinte desks, the
career, and will soon have attained its greatest height
expense of which shall be audited and allowed by the Committee
here and in the neighbourhood. The number of
of Acceunts, and paid out of the Contingent Fund of this Home."
.Mr. Sezocea remarked, on introducing this Mo- deaths amounted here in the three latter days to
tion, that it was with considerable reluctance he had above SO; in the worst times it never amounted to
submitted it to the House-....a reluctance, however, above 40 per diem. In the city, there died.in Auget
proceeding wholly from his inability to do justice to 160, in September 267, in October 479. In some
the subject, and not from any doubt of the necessity villages the.whole population is swept away; the
or of the propriety of the proceeding. He had waited cows and other cattle roam about without an owner,
till this day, in the hope that some-Member, whose till the Governor thinks fit to collect them for the
•lexperience was more eztensive.than his own, -would use of the Sultan. In the northern cities of the
have moved the inquiry; but having been in this re- kingdom, Tetuan, Mequinez, and Fez, the disorder
spect disappointed, he had.felt ari, it imperious duty rages under the name of a fever ; for nobody dares.
to do it himself. As to the authority of this Hoese publicly to call it the plague. One of the Consuls,
to make the investigation, he thought there could be
who lately sent to I•ez to obtain certain intelligence,
little doubt. If there should be any doubt on the received through his agent, a Jew, a certificate 6i
mind of any Gentleman on this subject, he referred the perfect healthiness of the City, though the mes-
him to the '22d section of the Act establishing the senger verbally-affirmed,. that be had himself seen
Bank, which expressly authorized an examination of several persons brought out, who had died of the
the hooks of the Bank, when required, by a Commit- plague. The Emperor is still at Fez, but will shortly
tee of Congress. As to the necessity of the inquiry go to the City of Morocco. This change of residence
proposed, he presumed there were few of those near will be the signal of desolation for the southern parts
him whp were not aware of the agitation which of the empire.
exists in the public mind on this subject, and who BERLIN. DECEMBER 19.
didnot perceive that from one end of the country to Baron Von Scholden, who was sent to Weimar
-she other loud complaints were made against the with a letter from his Majesty to the Empress Dow-
, conduct of the Officers of the Bank. It was neces- ager of Russia. renewing the invitation to her Ma-,
. sary for him to state, Mr. Spencer said, as he did ex. jesty to tale Berlin on her return home, has brought
• plicitly state, that he meant to implicate the conduct back the pleasing intelligence that her Imperial
of the Bank in nn respect: on that point he bad Majesty thinks to lee at Potsdam on the 29d, and on
formed no opinion, and would form none, until the the 25th at Berlin.
facts reported by the Committee should justify him CONSTANTINOPLE NOVEMBER re.
in drawing his conclusions on the subject. He was The Persian Ambassador, Mirza Abdul Hassan
neither hostile to the Bank, nor particularly friendly. Chan, had an audience of the Sultan last week, and
He owed nothing to it,be was the proprietor of none of delivered the presents, consisting of horses, shawls,
its stock, nor, that he knew of, were any of hii friends. and rich stuffs. He takes similar presents to the
But. that complaints existed against the Bank, he Emperor of Austria, the King of France, and the
well knew and, whether well or ill founded, it was Prince Regent of England. His stay here is drawing
equally due to the nation and to the Bank, that a ' to a close; after which be will proceed to Vienna,
inquiry should take place, and such a report be made 'aris, and London. ,
as would shew that the complaints were unjust, if Sixty-four iron cannon have lately been proved at
such should prove to be the fact, Or, if otherwise, Tophana, which the Porte has purchased abroad.--..
should exhibit the specific instances of misconduct Its agents are commissioned to purchase more can.
which the Committee should be able tie discover. The non and ammunition.
objects specified in the resolve, Mr. Spencer said, ALTONA, DECEMBER so.
were all those, respecting which, to his knowledge, The Regiment of Fuhnen, and the two Battalions
complaints had been made ; and they were subjects of Jutland, were conveyed over the Elbe, from Ham-
respecting which it was at least certain that the es. burgh, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, net
tion required information. The friends of the Bank, without difficulty and danger, but happily without
he thought, ought to solicit the inquiry proposed ; accident. The first has left us; and the latter, com-
they should be anxious that a full investigation should manded by Prince William of Hesse Cassel, will
take place, and that too by a Committee having no continue its march to-morrow, The other troops of
resentments against the Bank to gratify ; nor any the contingent will probably be obliged to go round,
feelings of friendship or attachment to bias them in through the Duchy of Lunenburg, the increase of
ice in the Elbe renderiag the passage over more and
favour of it—by a Committee depending cn their own
inspection for facts, and not on information of a ge- more difficult.
neral nature„derived from the officers of the Bank. Prince Frederick of Hesse, Commander-in-Chief,
A full and fair view of the. whole subject, thus ob of our contingent, issued, before he left us, an Order)
tamed, would be attended with the most happy eon. of the Day to the troops, expressing his approbation'
.sequences.to the nation and to the Bank, if it should of the conduct of the Officers and men during the
. be shewn that immense discounts had not been made three years they have been under his comrnand• his'
to particular persons, for the purpose of speculation regret at parting from them ; and his wishes for ;heir
merely ; that, by this means, the stock of the Bank future welfare.
had not been blown up into a bubble which had now MECKLENBURG, DECEMBER Is.
bunt; that the Bank had distributed its accommo- In the night of the Ist inst. M. Von Plessey, land-
..,dations with a view to the accommodation of the holder at gepersdarf, was murdered in his bee in a
cdmmunity rather than of individuals ; that it had cruel manner. He was found at day-break weltering
used its best exertions to accomplish what was one of in his blood ; the skull fractured, the brains scattered
the objects of its establishment, the equalization of on the floor, one eye out, the breast and arms pierced
.the curreficy, as far as practicable ; if it had done all with many wounds, apparently inflicted with knives
this, and fairly endeavoured to meet the public ex. and pitchforks. Notwithstanding these dreadful
pectations, although is may have failed in that ob-
wounds, he did not die till the third day. As there
lace, it would become an act of justice to rally round was no appearance of any robbery having been com-
tae lastitution, to sustain and give it credit, because vatted, tscupposed that hatred and revenge, ex-
us
could doubt the utility' of such.za Institution cited by the harsh ereatmenrezercised by the deceased
(sae
la the nation, if properly coklucted: • Widothere ob- trkielreetelei • were the teetiees cif the grilse 'e

iligious confrs.ol3. 116: aff..ir ha. biv, 4
of very hvely dis,:ussions in the litvarian
State.

RASTADT, DECR?dBER
The first acts of Government of the aeo ;
Dike are of a nature to inspire the greatest coal,
His Highness professes, OR evey occasices, shc
liberal principles. " I consider myself, (he hleui
one occasion), as the first Servant of the State...,
first Ilepreselitative of the Nation—in this priz
I have been reared from my tenderest years,
shall study to make it the rule of my att i
execution of the ciiscult duties which have desi
upon me." It is by sentiments such as these,
the Grand Duke advances In public ccrAdec
Some very important ameliorations may deli
soon be expected.

THE EVENT;

rG. STAR

LONDON.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1819.
THE FUNDS.

PRICE Or STOCKS THIS DAY AT rwxxvx o'cxecx :
,3 per Cent. Reduced 7711-41 per Cent. Cons. shut
Cons. for Account, 781-4 per Cent. 86ii
I ?er Cent. 94U-5 per Cent. Navy shut
India Bonds 76 78 pre.—Onmium par.
Exchequer Bills 11 16 pre.

We give to-day some farther extracts frrn
American Papers received yesterday, the „b,
of which is of no ordinary impertance.
can's motion in the House of Representi.ti:es,i
inquiry into the proceedings of the Bank tithe
ted States, militates strongly against eie bri
prospects held out by the PftesIDENT'S Message,
motion insinuates that the capital of the Bank
sisted not in specie, but in the notes of puklie
holders, discounted for the purpose—that the
refused to pay its own notes in specii on der,
and would not even accept its own notes in the
ment of debts due to it. Mr. SPIN= added,
he was not contradicted in the House, that grey
tation existed in the public mind t:pi a this si
It was complained that the Batik had made la,
discounts to particular persons, for the purl
speculation merely, and it was generally wet
that by this means the stock of the Bank was
up into a bubble, which was now burst.
State Banks, front Cincinnati to Kentucky, hal
obliged to suspend cash payments. A general
overhangs the nviinied institutions of the coal
common medium of circulation, which was*:
from the national establishment, has rot been
in practice ; specie is above par ; the Nation,
shares are below those of the State or Pr
Banks ; great disappointmentehave been felt
classes of speculators—great sums of mom
been lost, and much. distress is experienced t
out all the commercial towns.

The Paris Papers of Friday have arrived ; on Sa•
turday none were to appear on account of the Christ-
mas Festival.

The Moniteur contains a Royal Ordinance, em-
bodying regulations for the management of the Bri-
dal foundations remaining still for the education of
English, Scotch, and Irish Roman Catholics, having
for its object " to unite order and economy in their
expenditure, with the respect due to the intentions of
the founders." By means of these regulations the
revenues will be employed in future almost entirely
on the essential objects of the foundations, under the
direction of a gratuitous Board to which their admi-
nistration is given, which Board shall be subject to
the authority of the Minister of the Interior.
The Chamber of Deputies were on Saturday occu-
pied in their Bureaus in discussing the Project of Law
presented by the Minister of Finance, tending to
authorise the collection of six-twelfths of the contri-
butions for 1819, under the assessments for 1818.—
The Project was ultimately remitted to a Commis-
sion consisting of a Member from' each Bureau, and
Count Betroscrs has been appointed to present the
Report of this Commission to the Chamber.
Galignanis Messenger, contains an advertisement,
of which the following is a literal translation:

Orrza or Ilsatuana.—Count Saarsfield Lucan, descendant
of the Royal branch of Lorraine, the Carts, and other Sove-
reigns of Europe, desires to contract a matrimonial alliance with
a Lady, capable, by her quality and fortune, of supporting the
rank and titles which she will obtain by this honourable alliance !
The following are other extracts:
PARIS, DECEMBER 23

A letter from akerc.liain in Rotterdan
the 21st instant, gives a most sombre pic:ur
stagnation of all the principal branches o:'tr:
the general scarcity of cash, throughout du
territory. The following particular extract
useful to the dealers in and consumers of the
alluded to:—" I some time ago advised yo
prospect of the new Madder ; I have now
say, that if you feel inclined to make any in
there cannot be a more favourable opportu..;
the present. The very general and unpve
scarcity of cash, the stagnation of trade,
pressing wants of the growers, have costril
pioduce-a very great decline in the price o
tide, which is likely to remain low for sever
ket days to come ; but as the spring appro
revival of trade cannot fail to cause an inc
price in the article alluded to. The new
fully justifies the good opinion formed of its.
and the old is becoming very scarce, so t
prices are not likely to be affected by the de
the new. The following are the current pri:

The Duchess of Berry, who for some days past
has been indisposed, is perfectly recovered. Her
Royal Highness dined yesterday with his Majesty.
M. Ravez, President of the Chamber of Deputies,
is confined to his house by an attack of the gout.--
On this account, the Vice-President, M. Courvoisier,
read the Address of the Chamber to his Majesty.
The Duke of Bourbon broke his collar-bone yes-
terday, by the overturning of his carriage in return-
ing from the chace. He is doing very well.
Madame de St. Morys, and Madame de Gande-
chard her daughter, had obtained from the Court of
Premiere Instance, a judgment against M. Plefayf
(Playfair), Editor of an English Journal printed at
Paris, under the title of Gal:gnat:is Messenger. In
giving an account of the deplorable event which de-
prived these Ladies of a husband and of a father, M.
Plefayr had allowed himself to impeach the braver),
of M. de St. Morys, and thus to sully his memory by
an imputation of all others the most dreadful to a
French Officer. For this offence M. Plefayr had been
sentenced to three months' imprisonment, a fine of
SOO francs, and damages and costs to the amount of
10,000 francs more. Yesterday his appeal was heard
before the Cour Royale, which confirmed the judg-
ment of the inferior Court.

1610. 1517. 1816. 16:2
Crop, 51...64 62...72 $5...72 60
Little do. 49...51 56...59 54...56 ZS
Umbto. 41...49 49...54 46...54 SO
Little do. 31...41 42...46 42...46
Samene, 21...37 32...40 39-36

Little do. 44...48

MuII,

4...10

~...50

Letters have been received from Madrid, up to
the 12th, which allay all uneasiness as to the state of
Spain. The movements of some bands of robbers
and deserters in Andalusia had been overrated. The
Court, so far from having fled, had been celebrating
with great pomp the anniversary of the birth of the
Queen-Mother. The accouchement of the Queen
Consort was daily expected.

French Funds.—Five per Cents. 63 francs. Bank
Stock 1495 francs.

FRANKFORT, DECEMBER to.

The Journals of Bavaria announce, that the ci-
devant Hospodar of Wallachia, Prince Karadju, did
not repair to Switzerland till after having in vain so-
licited permission to settle in the Austrian States.—
The Austrian Govertiment has not wished to com-
promise itself with the Sublime Porte. The same
Papers say, that the Emperor of Russia, to whom the
Ex-Hospodar has made the same request, has refused
him an asylum in Russia for the present, but has
permitted him to hope that in time this favour may
be granted him. These facts evince the good under-
standing which exists between the Ottoman Porte
and the two imperial Courts.

The Diet has suspended its Sittings till the 20th of
Fanuary next. •

• AUGSBURGA, DECEMBER is.

The Papal Nuncio, who is now at Munich, meets
with rut difficulties in the execution of the Con-
cordat, which he knows not how to reconcile with
the religious Edict of the King, establishing in the
„POS.: gArgnaptarr mutat; the equal right; alb

It is not likely that these low prices c
continue ; and they must get up as soon as I
kets recover from their present flat state."
But little business has been transacted in
ton trade, either at Manchester or Liverpo
Wednesday ; but the arrivals during the we
been much more considerable than was esE
Large quantities have arrived from Bombay
ham, and Philadelphia, as well as from oti
of the United States, and the Brazils.
The following is an extract of a letter
Manchester Agent at Philadelphia, dated
ult. received by way of Liverpocl 'l'
the current year, may be considered as teal
and I am happy to say that it has bcen
than the preceding, not only in our ova p
branches, but in every other ; an .I there i
prospect of considerable improvement. The
evil we experience, and which is comrrca I
out the United States, is the scarcity of es
proper circulating medium, and the isregn
the banking system : these create ernbarr..
which are always unpleasant, and frequem
ded with serious consequences, in a mercar
Many persons connected with the Man
of Yorkshire and Lancashire have arrived he
the four last months ; and among them at
whom I knew %%hen in your town. They 1
contemplation to settle in the vicinity of
and sonic of them 1-.avc obtained grants of
other facilities for tae e tion of Cotton a'
len Mills, with the re luisle establishment
manufacture of these fabrics. It will, how
long time before these establishments can b
to as:; •• kind of rerfecticsa, sc as tc ksxs th

.66.3'16,8 1117,eissity: its IV perceptible degree.- The
.661 y iedificktali.ttai I knew, whn are'lll(eTy to des.
tine perniatteot,benefit by the transfer of their pro-
perty and ealenis Yo ibis side of the Atlantic, are
Idessrii Hai* a and Morrison—the former of whom
patrtedied by the Government and Congress, as,
twill as 'by ninny of the principal me'rchanrs dnd
in.onled men, both here and at New York. 'the &Ce-
cile of their works and machinery go on with great
spirit; aal it is espetted, that by the commence-
%eat of the New-year, or shortly after, they will
Lave every thing complete both for the spinning and
weaving Cotton goods cf the finest fabric. They have
skeadY many experienced workmen on the 'spot ;
Ind Others have been engaged by an Ageat on your
side the elAter, to arrive here by the time the build-
diags are completed. Mr. B. to a general and
thorough knowledge of the various processes used in
the manufacturing of Cotton and Woollen goods,
adds that of an able engineer and most skilful me-
chanist. His engines, and other machinery, have
.been constructed here, under his own personal in-
spection, from models he brought over with him."
Mr. W. Donna, formerly as mitten Manufacturer, at
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