The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-02-18 00:00:00

WANKAUPT LAWS.

Mr. COURTENAY gave notice that he would move
for leave, to-morrow, to bring in a Bill to consolidate the
laws respecting bankruptcy.
In answer to &question put by Mr. HUME,
Lord PALMERSTON said that the Army Estimates
would probably be brought on, on Friday.
Sir tiEORGE COCKBURN said he also expected to
bring forward the Ordinary Navy Estimates on the same
day.
The Reciprocity Duties Indemnity Bill was read a first
and second time, and ordered to be printed.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at half-past• seven.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1824.

IF STOOL EXCHANOR, 12 o'CLoca.—Consols opened this
morning at 91111. They got up to and at present are
9114. In the early part of the morning some business was
doing, bat the money market seems still to be heavy, owing
to a scarcity of cash. Consuls for money are 9144.
By the Expresses from Paris this morning, the price of
the French Renter are 100 f. 35c. and Spanish 264 to 4.
Foastax FUNDl.—Spaoish Bonds opened this morning
at 25 to ; but owing to two parties in the market, one for
selling and the other for buying, the Bonds lowered to
241.

Private letters from Paris, by the Express, state that
several good purchases have been made there in Spanish
Stock, owing to the opinion that the old Loan will be
acknowledged, and that a liquidation is on the tapis for
that object. The chief business doing in the above market
this morning has been in the Northern Loan. The South-
ern securities have not improved.

New Spanish. 19 3-01 d, 251 to 3—Colombian, 711 to 72
—Chili, 83 to 3—Mexican Scrip, 83 to 3—Prussian New,
93i—Old, 95i—Hullet's Mexican Mines, 1 din. to 1 prem.—
Anglo Mines, 9 prem.—French Scrip, 11 a,
HA LP PAST TwiLvx °Twat.— Within this half hoar
200 thousand Consols bare been sold by a great Bull, who
is supposed to be making up his accounts. This has low-
ered Consols to 9131.

We have received this morning by express the Joined:
del Debit+ and the Etoik of Monday, from which we ex-
tract the following:—

(liOld VII JAMUL MS DIMATII.)
Yesterday evening the King gave an audience to Marshal
Duke of Ragusa. To day the King heard mass in his
apartments.

They write from Brusells of the 12th Feb. that his Ex
cellency M. Talk has been named Ambassador to the Court
of London, and Baron Vander Capellen, Governor Gene-
'al of the East Indies. will return to take the Portfolio for
Foreign Affairs.
,Nasmottao, 9th Fan.—Cotten, JAN. 6.—We bare
t le moment received the agreeable news of the landing
ef the Greeks in the island of Mitleney, which hu perfect.
lucceeded. The Helleoes, to the amount of 7or 8000
lien, have planted every where the standard of the Cross,
and forced the barbanans to flee. The Turks will be
°Wised to evacuate the island. Others letters state that
the Turkish Government of Purse. having received infor-
mation that Patras was to be taken by assault, thought
proper to retireto Lepanto.
They write from Bayonne of the lOth Feb. that Prince
nogolena with bis family, composed of 20 persons, as well
LI Mats Florida, have arrived there and have set oat for
Italy.

(Prom the Etoile.)
Ontss.s. Jan.2o.—Aceording to the news from Constan-
:eople of the 15th of this month the Reis Effendi Saida
La! nee yet taken possession of his situation, the minister
flag dangerously ill. Another person is already named
Sti succeed him, Hayad Bey, who was exiled in 1821, by
n.slet Effendi. The refusal of Persia to ratify the treaty
61tette seems seriously to affect the Turkish Hovernmeet.
she Nevre from Orem condones to be disastrous.—