The English Stock Exchang...
The Times, 1824-11-05T00:00:00

'T'he English Stock Bxahange was shlt yesterday. In he private bargains, which were very limited; there oc- *urred no variation oa the prices of Wednesday. Yesterday there wvas a pro jbrma mneeting of Parliame;st, wbich took place for the purpose of carrying into effect the Farther prorogation ordered by the late proclamation. The Commissioners wvere thc Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Helens, Lord Bexley, and Lordl Giffrl. The Commolus were re- preselnted by the clerks and ofricers of that house; and. on Lheir aplnearance at the bar, His Majesty's comnmission was ea(d by MUr. WValmsley. 'he Lord (Chancellor, in viriue f this commission, notified His Majesty's vill and plea- sure that tile Parliament be further prorogtred until Thurs- Llay, the 6th of Januiary next, " to be then here holden." As the noble and learned Lord did not addt the words " for the despatels of business," it appears that another proroga- tion IS contemplulatedl, which probably will postpone the day of actual meeting to the beginninlg of February. Bo i.IVAR'S ARMY INx Pr co .-Contradictory accounts having appeared from various quarters respecting the niin- bers and state of efficiency of the army with which Bolivar commenced the campaign for the inmependence of Peru, it is satisfactory to be enabled to state the real facts on'the authority of a letter from Truxillo of the I 9tll of June, written by a person on wvhose veracity perfect dependence may be placed. Wher. the Liberator broke up on the 6th of Mklay from his head-quarters at Truxillo, his army con- sisted of 7,0Jo Colombians and 4,000 Peruvians. A few days after he commenced his march, 1,h00 troops arriied at Truxillo from Panama, and proceeded to join the main body On the 30th of Mlay, by a vessel arrived at Pacas- mayo, intelligeNce had reached Truxillo of the sailing from l'anama oR the 8th of May, of 3,600 more troops, of wbich 1,500 dlisembarkeJ at 1'ruxillo on the 7th of June, and the i remainder were every day expected. There were also on the inarch for Guayaquil, from Quito, 1,500 more, which woulId make the whole force of Bolivar as iollows:- J,eft Truxillo, May 6, 11,000 Since (Usembarked at Truxillo, . .000 Expected from Panama, .2,100 Ditto froe, Guayaquil . . . 1,500 Total . . 17,600 All these troops wexe in the highest state of order and dis- cipline. The great niatural wealth and resoarces of the dis- trict in which Bolivar has fixed his head-quarters, had en- abled him, by forced contributions, to place his troops in the best state of equipment. Since the report, wvhich was receivet a feiv ldays since by way of Cartliagena, of a victo- ry having been gained by Bolivar's troops near Jauja, on the 10h of July, nothing has transpire(d either to confirm or to overthrow it. Some considei'able timle may indeed elapse before that question is set at rest, although the ad- nirable state of dliscipliiie and efficiency of Bolivar's army must necessarily lessen the anxiety of thie friends of indle- pendence respecting the result. On Wednesday the Lord MCayor Elect, the Sheriffs, the Recorder, the City Chamberlain, and several Aldermen, attended by the City Marshals, Miarshalmen, &c. proceeded from Guildhall to the house of the Lord Chancellor, in Hiamilton.place, Piccadilly, to receive from him an intimation of His Majesty's approbation ef the choice of the citizens of London in their clection of Lord AMayor for the ensuing Year. '1'he Sheriffs, with the City Remembrarcer, afterwards proceeded in their state carriages round the wvest end of the town, to invite the Foreign Ambassadors, Cabinet iThnisters, the Officers of State and tlousehold2 the Judges, and other pier. sons of distinction, to the grand civic entertainment to be giver at Guildhall on Lord Mayor's Day next. This being the anniversary of Lte Gunpowder-plot, will be obseived as a collar-day at St. James's; the royal standard will be hoisted on the Tower, and the Park and Tower-guns will be fired at one o'clock. Yesterdlay the annual sermon was preached at the parish churclh of St. Mlargaret, Westminster, accorling to the will of ilrs. Joan Barnett, commonly called the " oatmeal woman." She left to 20 poor widows of that parish 405. per annum each for ever; 20s. for a sermon to be preached annually ois the 4th of November; 20s. to the overseers ot the parish for a treat, and one of the dishes at the entertainment, in memory of her, is always to be an oatmeal pud- ding; and halt-a-crewn to the clerk, and half-a-crown to the sexton. MATRIstONIAL LOTrEtLY.-This day, aceording to an- nual custom, on the Mh of November, under the will of ir. Maine formerly a brewer in Wapping, six maidens, edticated in his hospita3 in Fawdton-flelds, Wl'appiig, will meet at the trustee's house, to draw lots, untler the will of the fotunder, for a Prize of 1001. as a marriage portion. The husband of the sUcceasfuf candidate must be a ne- chanic, belonging tO the parishes of St. Johnx, hTapping; St. Paul, .Shadwel1; or St. George in thte East: he must not be a sailor, sol. dier, or waterman; and hc msust have testimonials of his good charac- *er. The yoosg wpman ronst have attained the age of 21, and have been in one pl]ace three years as a servant, with atie lpropriety,