The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-16 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1823.

“ The Cause for which HAMPDEN fell is the Field. aid SYDNRY died on the &gold!”

WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.
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The Old House of Lora', Guy Fawlres'a Cellar, &c
have been entirely pulled down, the rubbish cleared away,
the old bricks cleaned and this portion of Cotton Garden,
which is behind the house of Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, the
Usher of the Black Ito 1, presents a grand open apace for
the formation of those improvements about the House of
Lords that are in contemplation. In promotion of such
improvements, the foundations are already laid for new
Parliament Offices for the ('leeks, and Offices connected ,
with the House of Peers—their present Odic, s being at so
inconvenient distance, in one of the Government, or
"official" houses, in Abingdon street. The new Offices
will he, as they ought to be, contiguous to the House of
Lords ; and besides affording rooms for the official per-
sonages, there will be large and appropriate apartments
for their Lordships' Parliamentary documents, consisting
of the Parchment Rolls of Bills that may have received the
Royal Assent, the Parliamentary Papers, . printed and
manuscript, &c. Another portion of the improvements
will be the continuation, or rather the completion of the
Royal Entrance. The route heretofore taken by the Sove-
reign, when his Majesty went to Parliament for the pur-
pose of proroguing it, or of opening th,r Sessions, wash
after having ascended the grand new staircase, communi-
cating with the covered way, &c. in New Palace yard,
through the'Old House df Lords, thence aloanigletrhyei
n Paintedinto the
Chamber, .across the end of the Long G
Royal Robing Room, which directly communicates with
the present House of Lords. The old House of Lords no
longer existing, it will be seen that a portion of his '
jesty's route to the Robing Room, has thus been cut
off, so that the projected improvement at this point, and
which will form part of the buildings of which the foun fa-
toms are now laid, will consist of a gallery to perfect the
Royal emote to the Robing Room and House of Lords.
The works are proceeding very rapidly; there appear to
be no fewer than 130 workmen daily engaged at this poist
of the neighbourhood of Westminster Hall. These build.
ions and improvements are carried on under the controal
of the Board of Works. and Mr. Soane, the Head Surveyor
or Architect of that Board, is in daily attendance, super.
intending the progress of the works at the new Parliament
Offices, the new Courts of Law, the alterations in %Vest.
minster Hall, &c.
The two" official" or Government stone fronted houses,
forming the corner of New Palace-yard, and nearly facing
the Royal entrance to the House of Peers, are also under-
going a thorough renovation, under the order. and inspec-
tion of the Board of Works, and at the public expense,.
These houses are occupied by Sir George Rose and Mr.
Cowper, the Clerks of Parliament ; and they communicate
with the present Parliamentary Offices of the House of
Lords in Abingdonostreet.
The neighbourhood of the Treasury will also be the
score of great alterations in the course of a day or two.—
The office of the Board of Trade, which abuts upon the
Treasury, and alongside which there is the Treasury pas.
sage, leading into the Park, is to be forthwith entirely pull-
ed flown, and the old materials sold by, auction. The
groundwork of these projected alterations is already sur-
rounded with high fences ; the several portions of the
Ibuildings are being lotted, preparatory to the sale, and at
the end of this week, workmen will begin to pull down the
I old buildings, offices, &c., to make room for the erection
of new premises for the offices, &c. of the Board of
Trade.
The extensive labours going on at the resilience of Lord
Bexley, (the late Chancellor of the Exchequer), in George
Street, which has been so much amended by the " West.
minster Improvements," merit some notice, —not because
they constitute what are called Government works, but
because they have been mainly promoted by the opinions
of officers connected with the Board of Works. Lord Bex-
ley's present residence did belong to General Fawcett, and
his Lordshir previously to retiring from the Chancellorship
of the Exchequer, bargained for the purchase of General
F.'s fine house in George Street • but the sale was not com-
pleted, in consequence of the title not being so satisfactorily
as was desired. Lord Bexley did not become the purchaser,
but took the premises on a " repairing" lease, at a good
rent. His Lordship had not long been in the possession of
such house, when some of the timbers (" needles," as they
are termed by the architects) gave way, and the walls began
to sink in such a way as to create some alarm for the fate of
the house. A surveyor was called in, and, eventually pull-
ing. down and rebuilding. were prescribed, which were
soon afterwards commenced. The front of the house and a
portion of the street are enclosed with palings, and a consi.
derable number of workmen are daily proceeding with those
" repairs," which some have calculated as not being likely
to cost the Noble Lord less than 2or 30001. His Lordship
has also most extensive works proceeding at Bexley,—
alterations and improvements that will cost some thousands;
so that his Lordship is likely to hare almost enough of
" bricks and mortar."

THE LATE GALES.
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EARTHQUAKE AT SEA.—Un Sunday, February 10, 1523,
at 1 p. on-, the East India Company's ship Winchehat, in
her passage from Bengal to England, experienced a shock
similar to that of an earthquake, which alarmed the whole
chip's company. The slip had a tremulous motion as if
passing over a reef of coral; at the same time a rumbling
noise was heard, which continued from two to three
minutes. As the vessel was at the time several hundred
miles from land, and apparently out of soundings, E.
lone. 83, N. lat. 25., the agitation can only be accounted
for by referring it to a subterranean earthquake, connected
probably with an eruption from some of the numerous
volcanic islands which abound in the Indian seas. It is
indeed to he regretted that the commanders of our mer-
chant vessels in general do not more frequently attend to
the observation, and subsequent notice in some journal, of
all such phtenomena, as it would doubtless be of great
value to their successors. The whole of the Indian Archi-
pelago presents the strongest evidence of having been, at
no very remote period, produced by volcanic agency, many
of the islands being at present active volcanoes. It is
therefore presumable that similar operations are still going
on to a great extent, though concealed from our view by
the depths of the ocean, till they present themselves to the
incautious mariner as a sub-marine rock or shoal. In
navigating seas contiguous to volcanic districts, a ship
never ought to be considered, as a matter of course, " out
of soundings." It would not he difficult to enumerate
several instances wherein such fatal security have been
attended with the most melancholy results.—(Literary
.71 illettin,)
(to Tuesday morninLs, at one o'clock, twenty-live met
convict: under sentence of transportation, the major part
of whom Cr.' far life, were removed from Newi,ate /IF
caravans, under a proper eicort, in order to be conveyed
on hoard the Leviathan, Captain Stedman, now lying at
Portsmouth, from thence to New Solidi Wales. On their
quitting, they expressed their thai.ks to tiovernor tor
his humanity. Not a single prisoner in the gaol is now
in irons.

A lot of bullocks from the Coonty Care, had
L..eit intended for the Bristol 3larket. Wag I.n
exposed for sale on the I'eradr; tits very lom priers at
which they were offered, ind.ieed many gen•lewen r. siding
in the Liberties to become Cr', and :he entire was
disposed of in this manner-3 to 4 •ar 01,h fr )nt 4'. to 4
,guiaeas.7(Cork Southern Reporter.)

On Saturday morning, about half past eight, the Swedish
brig Amphinn, Appelberg, Master, bound from Stockholm
to Havre tie Grace, with a cargo of deals, iron, &e. was
driven ashore between the Circular Redoubt anitDvnichurclr,
having parted from her anchors during the very heavy
gale from the south west, (then, in some degree subsided)
and almost immediately fell on her beam ends in a terrible
_surf. The crew consisted of right persona with one pas-
senger, who placed themselves on the vessel's side imploring
that assistance which it seeme I almost impossible to
bestow with sufficient promptitude. The Officers of
the Coast Blockade got a boat from a station at some
distance, and, at the most imminent peril of their
lives, from the tremendous surf. Lieutenant Dyball
of the Royal Navy, accompanied by four seamen, put off
to the . 1, which they were not able, unfortunately, to
reach, the boat having been upset at some considerable
distance. The spectators, to the number of forty, headed
by Mr. Ilrooman, Mr.Giloon, &r. of the Coast blockade,
linked their hands together, and thus entering the surf,
succeeded in getting the Lieutenant and his brave fellows
;ass/tore, whither the boat was driven some time afterwards;
when Lieut. Dyball, having been disabled by a vrr' severe
contusion on the right side (struck by the boat in cap-
sizing), his place was taken by Mr. Collins, Admiralty
Midshipman, who had just succeeded in reaching the
vessel, when a tremendous sea took the boat, carried away
three of their four oars. and dashed them, to the
horror of the spectators, amidst the breakers to
the leeward of their object: here the seamanship and
coolnesekef Mr. Collins excited the highest admiration.
lie delibefately tore up a waste board of the boat, and
using it as a pada-, assisted by the one remaining oar,
brought the ho it out of the breakers safely on shore.—By
this time several seafaring people from Sandgate had ar-
rived at the spot, who, assisted by Mr. Knott, of Hythe,
with a waggon and harness procured a galley from that
place, and on its arrival it was immediately manned by
six able hands of Sandgate, Gr ires' Blobs:As, Flischer,
Overton, Cock, &c.; the blockade host was again most
gallantly manned by Mr. Collins and men, and put off at
the same time. The anperiority in size of the Sandgate
boat enabled them first to reach the vessel, and they
brought safely ashore seven of the nine persons; Mr.
Collins quickly followed with the remaining two, amidst
the plaudits of a great number of persons there collected,
who alone can duly estimate the dangers braved, and the
devoted gallantry of their conduct. The Swedes were
conveyed to the Swsn Inn, Ilythe, where every kind-
ness and attention was manifested towards them. The
cargo, as respects the deals, has been since discharged,
but the vessel is completely a wreck, her side being total-
ly bilged.
The brig Nottingham, of Weymouth, Scrivens, coal
laden, was lying off Romney, the Captain and crew
ashore (excepting the mate) seeking to sell their cargo,
in the gale she drifted on a sand bank and sprung a leak.
Cargo partly saved. Vessel bilged.
In the course of this and last week, we have bad smell
heavy gales of wind, especially on the night of the Ist
inst. when a tremendous gale came on from N.E. veering'
to IV.N.W. and continuing for about twelve hours with
great violence. This, we learn, extended far to the east.
ward, as well as along; this coast where it has proved not
a little disastrous to
shipping, as appears by the following
particulars:—On Friday the 31 instant, the Unity, Ed-
ward Ward, of Faversham, from Archangel to London,
saw a vessel to leeward, with a signal of distress flying,
bore down, and having hailed without receiving any
answer, hoisted out his boat, but on boarding her found
no person. The vessel was a schooner of about 90 tons,
under the Hanoverian flag, full of water,•and seemingly
from Norway, being loaded with battens; there was no
name, the mainmast was gone, the bulwarks carried away,
and there was no boat, from which, and the circumstances
of some clothes and a cask of bread being on deck,
it was concluded the crew had been saved by some
other vessel. While engaged in this endeavour, to render
the assistance the first signal of distress seemed to call
fur, the attention of Captain Ward was directed to another
from a vessel on his lee bow, made all sail, and on
coming up, found it to be a Galliot with her rudder gone,
and very leaky, then by observation in Ist. .56. 15. N.
long. 10. W. This vessel proved to be the Gato, Captain
Schuth, of Groningen, which, on the 30th ult, sailed from
Dunbar, for Stettin, with herrings, and in the gale of the
Ist, being about sixty miles from St. Abb's Head, when
under storm sidle, was struck' by a heavy sea, which
carried away the bulwarks, boat, binnacle, and compasses,
split the mainsail, and broke the tiller of the rudder,
which, in consequence, soon after broke from the irons,
so at to he altogether useless. The Gato was repeatedly
taken in tow, and every exertion used to bring her to
land, nntil Sunday the sth, when, from the violence of the
gale of that day. from S. to S.S.E. the Galliot was literally
covered with the waves, and the crew, four in ?timber,
were now exposed to the utmost danger. In this trying
situation, Captain Ward got into his small boat, and fair
of his crew having also volunteered their services, pulled
through the tremendous waves, and rescind the unfortu•
nate t.'reigners from their perilous situation, at the most
imminent hazard of sacrificing their own lives. The
Galliot, then in lat. 56. 57. was soon after abandoned, the
cable by which she was towed having broke, and although
seen vex: day, about eight miles off Peterhead, and on
Wednesday last about six leagues off Rattray Head, the
vessel, in all probability must be lost to the master and
sole owner. Nor was the friendly regard of Captain
Ward, to the relief of the distress of his fellow creatures,
confined to the cases we have now stated ; for although
short of provisions and water, from a long and severe
passage of about seven weeks from Archangel, he, on
Saturday, received from on hoard a Dutch Galliot, the
crew of the sloop Fisher, Anderson, of Lerwick, from
Sea lloway to Leith, with fish and kelp.- This vessel was
no leas unrcrtunate than the foreigner, for it proved that'
after having encountered very hard gales, she, in the storm,
of the Ist and 2d, lost her boat, bulwarks, &c. had the coin .1
passes upset and broke, and was afterwards laid to under the
I try-sail, when he was run foul of by a Dutch fishing vessel
or dogger. had his bowsprit carried away, and bow stove
in, so that it was hardly possible to keep the vessel up with
her pumps, until next day ; when, on the fisher hoisting his
jack, another Dutc!4 fishing vessel, the Dejonge William,
bore down and took out the crew, which were hauled on
board by means of a rope : and think th fisher must have
Knee down-anon afterwards. The day following they were
taken on board the Unity, and Capt. Ward having now
about twenty people on board, found it necessary, from the
state of the weather, to bear up for this place, the wind
still prevailing strong from the southward. Ile accordingly
cause into this bay on Monday last, and landed the two
notuttunate crews, who bore testimony to the kind aitention
they had received from Captain Ward and crew, whose
conduct throughout entitle them to the greatest credit for
such meritorious exertions, and to that fav,toraYe regard
of Lloyd's, as may prove an incentive to the imitalan of so
nob'e an example in similar cams of difficulty and distress.
The Unity spoke on the 25th Aognst, the ship Kingston, of
Hull, all well, 69 miles to the northward of Cape Sweetnose,
out days from London for Archangel.—(.le;deea
CArunick)

PROVINCIALS.

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thRIIINGIUM POLICE. October 12.-4 IrOPEPUL
Charlotte Woodward, a sort of Meg Merrilies personage:
Thomas Woodward, a fine. gay, hold faced villain ; and Jan.:-
Woodward. a very iisterestiag looking gipsey, though tainted
with somewhat of the devil in her disposition—as will his
shewn, were charged with kicking up a row, and mit t au as-
sault upon their landlady. It appeared that the poisoner!..
together with two stout bull dogs, occupied the slope apart-
ment, and all would have been as happy as the day was long,.
had not our hostess looked with a somewhat too jealous eyes
upon her cut Inc tenants; but, however, all jogg..d merrily on
until last Monday evening, when the male prisoner. having.
taken a trip to Harbarne Wake, returned with two mere
tenants of the same species ; but, by'r Lady ! our hostess wall
inexorable, end refused to welcome her guests ; the man
stormed—the dogs growled, and " sweet eenfusion " reigned.
The young female now appeared on the theatre of action—
defended her husband—and the altered visage of the com-
plainant was a tolerable proof that the tittle glpsev was a pro-
ficient in the art of „attack," as well as of " self defence."'
The watch was charged, and the whole party (cx •epfing this
dogs, who succeeded iu making their escaiie,) were taken into►
custody, together with a precious assortment of property. con-
sisting of two boxes, containing a choice selection of "pins.
needles, bobbins, and finery ;" fishing rods, nets, snares, anti
other articles in the poaching line; a choice selection of gam-
in Materials, via. cards. dlce. balls, &c. and (though last, nut
I least,) an assortment of cabalistical articles, which might have
enriched the study of even a Friar Bacon. The latter article's
the Magistretes took a fancy to, and retained; but the prison-
ers. titer a suitable admodition, were discharged.
Tue LOST SOVERSIGN..-..—John Boner was charged with
stealing a sovereign.
Anthony Sheet, having bowed to the Magistrate!, stated hie
case :—" Please your Honour, I had a sovereign, and I sewett
it in my breeches, and always sleptwith them under my head;
this morning I awoke at the hour of four, and I found my so-
vereign safe, but at the hour of five, when I awoke again, yode
Honour, it was gone, and the prisoner was gone too."
Chairman—Are you countrymen
Witness—No, your Honour, (with a shake of his head) I
should he sorry for that.
Chairman—Why, where ire you from ?
Witness—From the County of Down, your Honour.
Chairman—And where does the prisoner come from ?
Witness—From the County of Tipperary, your Honour.
The prosecutor allowed there were five more prisoners in the
room, hut he was quite sure that the prisoner was the thief, and
I no one else.

Chairman—But you canrot be sore that he was the man.
Witness—Yes but 1 can, your 11,m)ur, and will take Ply
oath of it ; lie left me, and • spoke a word at all to m
and all the others rpmained in the room.

The prisoner, taken and searched, had no sovereign 11
his possession, but silver to more than the amount, but whiz't
he said he had received in wages:

The Magistrate observed. that there was not evilence sa!t-
cient to commit the prisoner, and he must be di,rmarged.
Diseharrd! (exclaimed the poor complainant in despair.)
sute your Honour don't mean to discharge the man, till he na
given me hack my sotrreign ?
The simpli:.ity with which the poor creatare told his tale, an
the distress which he exhibited at being robh'•ti of the who!..
of his herd earnings, excited the sympathy au. compassion e(
the whole Court.

AN sSetittsO Tot:Tn.—On Thursday a bra nourons hove
was practised at Birmingham upon a yotrig man, who,
from his manners, did not seem to have very extensive
experience "in the ways of courts and cities." Mr.
Sadler was to ascend in kis balloon, but n• arrangem•t
had been treaties although it hail been the intention, at I
that some one should accompany him. Some wag. bo.c.
ever, wishing to play a little on the credulity of the rustic
fellow in question, told him that Mr. Sadler was huntin4
ail over the town for some one to go up with him; and
that he would give a very handsome sum to any adven-
turous youth who would become Ids companion. One
hero thought this a good opportunity, not alone to im-
mortalize his fame, but to pot a little cash in his pocky.
and therefore lost no time in proceeding to Mr. Sadler to
secure the engagement. Mr. Sadler was not at home, line
the candidate for aerial honours was introduced to Mrs.
Sadler, to whom he opened the subject of his call.—"
coon, ma'am," said be, stroking his well greased locks
over his forehead with his right hand, while he dangled
his hat in his left, "to offer myself to Mr. Sadler to weat
upon an in this yere balloon journey as he's a goin tos
take. I heard from some friends a mine as he was In wtrit
of a young mon loike me to go up wee him, so I thowt
I'd coons and affer myself." Mrs. Sadler was not a link
astonished at the appearance of the candidate, and aike4
him whether he hail ever been up before? " Why, me
Ma'am," answered he, " I can't say as I have, tlioao.
maybap I've been in the clouds too—for when I was int
Westmorclandt I've moray a time stood on the hills, ant
seen the clouds under my feet."—" Do you want to matte
any philosophical experitnents, that you are desirous .1
going up, Sir ?" "No, I can't say as f do; only I thought
as Muster Sadler tveoted a young mon to go wi"im,
moi't as well offer myself."—" Don't you think you
be afraid ?" "Nom, Child; I'm not dears! of nothing—an.l.
where any other mon will go, I'll go."—" %Vell, Sir, I will,
mention your application to Mr. Sadler, bat it will also be,
necessary to say what you will pay for the opportunity of
taking this trip." "Pay:" said Jolterbead in astonish.
mend—" pay! why I never thowt of paling any thing.-
What! pay to run the risk of breaking ones neck betores
one's time. No, no, ma'am, I thowt Measter Sadler was
to pay me; and a main round sum, too, or I'm sure It
never a thowt (WC _ _

"Oh, well, Sir, then I can relieve yon from all doubt oa
the subject, and assure you Mr. Sadler does not want any.
gentleman of your capacity to accompany him."
"0! very will Ma'am, if paying is the order of Om
day, I wish you good bye, for 1 would not go up at i:t
under thirty pounds." And so retired Mr. Jolterbesd,
with a scrape of his heel and a pull at the fore locks
his hair.

Last night there was a halo round the moon.—The following
experiment. described by Dr. Brewster, illustrates, in a bents-
tiful manner, the actual formation of haloes.—Put a few lbws
of a saturated solution of a'unt on a plate of glass, and in n lit-
tle time it will crystallize in minute octoltedron,. When this
Is htld between the observer and the sun, or a candle, with Vas
eye close to the smooth side, three beautiful haloes are ob-
served, at different distances from the luminous body. The in-
nermost, which is the whitest, is produced by the images re-
fracted by a pair of fares of the crystals, not much inclined to
each other; tha second, which is more coloured, witii the blues
rays outwards. is formed by a pair of faces more Inclined; and,
the third, which is large, and highly coloured, by still ris,,re.
inclined facer:. Each separate crystal forms three images of
the larninous object, placed at points 120 degrees distant front
each other, in all the haloes; and as the faces are turn
every possible direction, the whole circumference is e•smpletely
tided up. The same may he produced by other ervitalt. am(
the deers may be curiously varied by crystalizing together
salts of di !retell: coleurt4.

Duct..—.'s meeting took place in the fields at the back-of
Canotibury House, early yesterday morning, betwe..n Mr.
—r and Air. B—t, a gentleman of fortune, in the vicinity.
of Burnham, Bucks. The dispute originated in covsegiteicet
of allege:l misconduct to a niece of 31r It— in a bill
IrOOUI. .1 he patties tired tWice, Mr. B. received a
woun,l on !Le side on the second tire. :dr. 11.
a• surgeon,
a 1 attend, Coe parties
, and the affair was e:tlctl Car as th:.
wratia of the opposing parties went.

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FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE FRENCH
PAPERS OF MONDAY.

(CRON! THE MONITEVW.)
PARTS, OCT. 1?.-At twelve o'clock this day, there was
!,,0.%,:i0 the cluirch st Notre Dame a solemn 'Li lh urn, in
tob.-ti of gratitu•le for the happy deliverance of his Catholic
Alajestv the King of Spoin, in presence of the King, the
Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family and the blood.
S 4 Nis.% of artillery were fired at the departure of the King
from Notre Dante, and on his arrival at the Tuileries. At
right the public edifices and private house's were illumi-
nated.

(FROM TIM ETOII.E.)
Puts, OCT. 12.—An i 11111 l rose multitude had assembled
by no tn, on the way leading from the Tuileries to the Me-
tropolitan Church, to winters the passage of his Majesty,
and their Royal highnesses Monsieur, Madame, and the
D.tchess de Berri. At two o'clock a discharge of artillery
annoonced the departure of the august personages. The
air resoundel with exclamations, repeated from a thousand
voices, of " Long live the King ! Long live the Bourbons!
Long live the Liberator of Spain!"
On alighting' at Noire Dame, the King was received by
the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, and the Grand (Ricers
of the Crown. The Ministers already occupied the seats
• reserved for them round the Throne which had been erected
in the choir, where were also a number of the Peers and
• Persica. Amongst the Peers was remarked the Duke.
Mathieu de Montmorency, who has so much reason to
rejoice at the happy issue of the war.
The sanctity of the place did not restrain the enthusiasm
of the congregation. At the sight of our Monarch and
hi•: augnst Family, the vaulted roofs of the Temple re-
echoed the exclamations of •' Lang live the King!" which
weir tittered with an energy difficult to describe, and
wdi,•it fur a long time delayed the ceremony. The Te
jo,nr, en :antique, was executed by the musicians of the
chapel.
'I lie most delightful weather favoured the King's return
to the Tuileries. On the way, a population, eager to con-
template his Majesty, saluted him with exclamations indica-
tive of their affection and gratitude. Flags were displayed
from all the nindows. At the Prefectnre de Po!ice, the bust
of the Hero of Spain had been erected amidst military
trophies and white flags, surmounted with crowns of
laurel.

The countenance of the august spouse of the Duke
a•Angonleme brained with rapturous joy.
About WO of the labouring classes of Paris have paraded
the streets to day, bearing in triumph the host of the Duke
d'Angonleme, crowned with a garland of laurels, and sur-
moomiteml with flags fleer de lies*. On reaching the Place
Vendome, they placed a crown d'ison.ori dies on the head of
time statue of Louis XIV. The procession made the air
resonn I with acclamations of " Long live the King! Long
live the. Bourbons ! Long live the Duke d'Anguuleine !"
which were unanimously repeated by all the spectators.
The bust of his Royal Highness was also carried to the
triumphal arch of l'Etoile, where it was placed amidst trans-
port m of indescribable enthusiasm.
Journal des Debate cites some nasmges from the
di •eourse of the Archbishop of Paris, after the performance
of the grand 7'e Deem, at Notre Dame, which are pecu-
liaily characteristic:—
.. Ferdinand VII. is free, and the King of France is his '
Liberator. One hundred thousand Frenchmen assembled
by his orders, commanded by a Prince of his family, 6y
him whom hie heart lures to name hie roe. They marched
invoking the name of the. God of St. Louie; the throne is
preserved to the Grandson of Henry IV.. a fine kingdom is
preserved from ruin, and reconciled to Europe, and a
peace impossible to obtain by other inerbes, is' conquered by
a scar the most just, time most loyal, and at the same time,
the least bloody that was ever waged. Six months, dearest
brethren, six months have sufficed fur the performance of
so many miracles.
Thanks to the King, whom God has enlightenzd ;
whose lips are like an Oracle (says the Holy Ghost) ;
whose mouth errs not in the judgments which he pro-
rounces ; whose wisdom scatters the wicked and after
having vanquished them, makes them pass under the arch
of triumph.—Dicinatio in labiis regis ; in jadicio non
errata os ejus. Dissipat Myles rex sapiens, et incurrat
super eos fornicem.•

"Thanks to the Christian Hero, whose faith has sanctified
en expedition already so legitimate—whose courageous feeling
and holy valour have been the admiration of his soldiers, and
who, in he sight of that same Africa, heretofore the theatre of
P o many exploits and so much constancy, has shown to all
Europe that a descendent of St. Louis, who trusts iti the
Lord, is always sure of conquering the enemies of God and
of Kings, were they more fierce than the Saracens, and more
ferocious than the Barbarians.

" But, above atl, dear Brethren, thanks to the Rock of ages,
to God himself. who has instructed the unwise, that he has
re ,!,teed us in the rank which he has assigned to us among
is :lions, after having made us discard in a moment of anger
all our iniquities ; and that the time has come when we shall
receive no other laws than his own."
• •• A divine sentence is in the lips of the King; he trans-
gressetlt not in judgment."—Prov. xvi. 10. •• A wise King
acattereth the wicked, and passth the wheel over them."—
Prow. MC. 20.—Who can doubt the wheel?

The Archhishop addressed a speech to the King. in which he
described him as " the two-fold saviour of his people, the
founder of a new era, the legislator of a state fatigued by SO
years of systems. now become the pacificator of nations, and
the deliverer of Kings !"

The king:replied—
" I sensibly feel what you say to me ; you have bestowed
on me praises which Ido not merit. I repeat, it is God who
has done all. Let us then return thanks to him for all his
mercies. Let us thank the Motner of God, the Queen of An-
gels, who has never ceased to give us marks of tier powerful
protection."
Fut:Nl:ft FUN Ds,Otrober 13.—Five per Cents. opened at Mr.
3:lc. ; cioAed at Sof. 40c.—Bank Stuck, I,olof. —Neapolitan 3
per Cents. 77i.—Excliange on London, oue month, 23f. 80c. ;
three months, 9M. tide.

An important error crept into one of our extracts from the
French papers yesterda). In the news from the Grand Head
Quarters it was said—`•The King has issued a Decree,by which
be has granted an amuesty, in gene: al, to the guilty. The first
authors of the Revolution are not excepted." The latter
sentencu ought. unfortunately. to have been rendered thus—
•• From this are excepted the first authors of the Revolution."
Ours was not the only evening paper that was led into the
error.

BavoNsre, Oct. 7.—A1l eyes are turned upon Mina, who
is not likely to yield Without a vigorous resistance. It is
affirmed that he has written to the Regency, that the lives
of a French Lieutenant-tieneral, of a great number of
superior Officers, and of two Bishops, who are in his
power, shall answer for that of Riego, who is now in
prison at Madrid, under the custody of the Captain of the
Guard. It was said that a Decree of the Regency was to
be published in a few days, retstahlishing the Inquisition.
This tribunal has already been reinstated in some places.
particularly at Valladolid, where the people raised a tumult
an order to have it restored. Other great cities will, doubt-
less, soon follow this example, especially, if we consider
the addresses that have been sent ; for instance that of
Saragossa. In which it is said—' The tranquillity of the
nation will not be confirmed, unless the holy and august
Tribunal is established; because many persons do not
dare to make declarations before the ordinary Tribunals,
for fear of drawing on themselves nnplesant consequences;
whereas they would make them to the Holy Office, whose
religion discretion is well known."

listexotrrn.—On Tuesday morning lest, the °Metre of the
coast guard station at Winterton seised on the beach there a
large open logger, having on board about 200 half ankers of
Geneva. Some resistance was made by the smugglers, and it
Wsapposed that several of them were ly wounded ; and
we regret to stale that the officers were very much beaten,
Wag opposed to ten times their number.

MAI
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PRICE OF STOCKS THII
Rankfnook 224/
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S p. Ct. Cons. B3ll
Si per Cent .. . ...... 98
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New Fours
Long Ann. 2l 20;
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THURSDAY EVENINH. OCTOBER 16, 1823.

STOCK-EZCII ANOIR, 12 teesocu.—Consols opened this morn-
ng at 8:t!, to 1. This being settling day at the Stock Ex-
change, very little business is doing, except in the adjust-
ment of accounts. Up to the present hour we do not hear
of any fuilures, as the Iluctuatio:.s during this account have

not been eery extensive.
The Expresses from Paris this morning itavehrought file
French reifies at 1;0. 69., and Spanish 311.
FOREIGN Fri% us.—Contrary to expeciadon, we do not
hear as yet of any failures in the Foreign inurliet, as most
parties are Bears of the above Stork. The market remains
steady at front 191 to 30, and the parties are busy in paying
and receiving their accounts.
New Spanish, 21-01 d, 30—Colombitin, nothing doing—
Russian, S:3; S4—Poyais, 15.—1 a all other Foreign Securities
little or nothing is doing.

IVe have received this morning Paris papers of Tuesday,
front whilst' we Idea the following:—
(Fitom THE ETOILE, CCT.
TELEUIL DESPATCH.

MARSHAL LAVRISToN TO VIE MINISTER OP WAR.

SAR.►GOSSA, Oct. 10.—An enemy's column set off with
between .1 and TWO men from Tarragona, the 2.ltb of Sept.,
commanded Ly the ei deentat Minister, San Miguel, passed
on the 2'.; h by Lerida, and overnm Aragon. On the Bth
of Oct. it oas overtaken by general rlievelleux, at the
village of I'.aella, six leagues from Mesta, and six
leagues from Bat bastro. It ►cas overthrown at the charge
of the bayonet at. d completely routed.