The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-21 00:00:00

'IIIEI -STA,TESIVAN

messwewswi,
officers, to risen! whphave bees, for yeasting share, forget-
ting what they forsiwerly had herbed. we have now five
slo cps of war, and thirty masters eoliseaudant; so that
an officer cannot hope to be employed atelier than once
in six years. To have, an efficient .saty, the proportion
between sloops -of war and line af -lista. ships sod
frigates must be preserved ; an* I trust, said Mr. P.,
that the subject will receive from the Committee the
consideration its importance deservei. The itesOlotiol
was agreed to. _

' MAILS. • -
ARR. DUI. All. 1111• It.
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I....Dablin • ' •• 0 . I....Holland' 0
1.....Waterf0rd.....0 1....Ha5br0.... . ..-..di•
0.... G & Jecsey. • ..0 o....Franee • 0
0....Li5b0n.. ...... I 0 ...Flanders 0
o....Gottenberg ....I . 0....Ma1ta

TRICE OF STOCKS TIII9 DAY AT ONE OLOCK. 1
Bank Stock. . . 9374 India Stook ...... .... •• • •
3 per Ct. Red 891 Ditto 800111 ... • ...... Se
Bp. Ct. Cone . 881 'Ex.lllll.6da i 66 bb'•-•
Si per Cent • • • 100 1 10001. S • PIP.
6 per Cents . .1011 1 --11001.... 53 55 pm.
New Fours .. '. .. 10311 —tilatall..s6 63 —s pm
Long Ann 96 9.10 LotteriTiskets. •.. ..49(. 19s
Imp. it per fit....... ..... .. Con. for Amt. : .99-8131-89
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should be redeemed It is just and' wise that delegate
public authorities shisuld hold such engagetnents sacred
for where assassination is the result of conspiracy, th
deeds of darkness could never be brought to light without
an oecessary could safely reckon on the promise of safety to
itlittelf. Iris to encourage othkrs to make similar discoveries,
in sueh inlittroati hrimei; sad therefore oni public grounds,
no hope altould be heti' out to criminal accessary, that is no'
intended to be scropilitusly realized.

According to a letter from Copenhagen on the 3d inst
the Danish Marine has now one Admiral, one Vice Adm i
ral, seven Rear Admirals, nine Commodores, five Captain
Commode's*, twenty one Captains, twenty six Captain
Lieutenants, forty one First Lieutenants, and thirty three
Second Lieutenants. .
The carrying of walking sticks containing swords or
-daggers has been prohibited here by superior authority.
; „A paragraph lately appeared in our paper, taken from a
eoteniporary Journal, stating, that" the abolition of thel
Scottish Commissary Courts took place on New, Year's
Day." which we are now informed is incorrect. It is the
Act passed last Session of Parliament. for regulating the
' Commissary Court of Edinburgh. and for altering and
regulating the jurisdiction of inferior Commissaries in
Scotland, which took effect on tba Ist instant.—(Eci ibergh
Observer.)
ELECTION OF A ROM AN • CATHOLIC Btstme.—At a
General Meeting of the Clergy of the United Dioceses of
Kilmacdoagh and Kilfenora, held in the New Parish
chapel of St. Joseph, Kiovara, en the 13th instant, the
Very Rev. Doctor Edmond French, Warden of Galoav,
was unanimously elected to the vacant See ; and the posta-
1-lidos proceeded to Rome fur applobation mid confirms
tion of she Holy See.
-..-Tatie Astsiv.—By the death of General Francis Dandas,
which recently took place in . Scotland, the Colonelcy of
the 71st (Highland Light Infantry) and the Governorship
of Dumbarton Castle have become vacant.
Detachments belonging to the 20th and 47th Regiments
of Foot embarked in pursuance of ;receipt's enters on the
15th inst. on board the Castle'Huntley Bart laitsmati fur
Bombay.
' Detachments belonging to the 11th Light Dragoons, anti
the 16th Lancers,and the 13th, 33th, and 37th Regiments
,of Infantry, embarked on the 17th instaut on hoard the
Duchess of Athol Indiatnan for Bengal
The late Joseph Slarrystr, Esq. M.P. is said to have
diedimmensely rich. His wealth is estimated at nearly
half a million sterling.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, it is said, has
killed more game in the present sea.on than usual. The
Dnke has visited nearly every celebrated preserve in Eng•
land,ind hat on all occasions bred seeeessfol. His Royal
1 Highness's excel' nt health lies enabled I • to take severe
exercise, and followed the sport with great ardour on all
these shooting excursions.
The Duke of Snasex has arrived at Kensington Palace
from Tnnbridge Wells. '
The Earl of Liverpool arrived in town yesterday morning
iin Brighten.
Mr. Secrethry Canning transacted business at the Fo.
riga Office yesterday.
An elopement lies recently taken piece in Paris ; the
parties are Mrs. 1., the graniklaughter of the celebrated
Lily A., and Lord' B-1, which has occasioned a great
•deal otgessip andacandal io that gay city. Lady A—h
is highly incensed at the imprndence oilier grand-den ghter
and is reported to have destroyed a codicil to her will, by
which the fair fugitive, in the event of the old Lady's
death, wonid obtain twenty-five tbon•and ponds and ids
vahnible diamonds.—(.lJereing. Chronicle.)
...,..Const Sscitagoa. January 21.—The arrirals of this
week me: only moderate. Wheat, 3,090: firth y, 2.3011;
• 200; Irish 0.15, 350 qrs.; Hour, 3,400 sacks. Th. re
'vefoit th- cheat trade this morn-
' -close of Monday's
'a. More motley
nistaloml. Ilium
to those of last