Yesterday the Bank was sh...
The Times, 1824-10-19T00:00:00

Yesterlay the Bank was shut for the holydav, sndalso the Stock Exchange. Traissactions both in Foreign and English Stock lvere effected to some extent on the Royal Exchange. In the South American and Mexican Securities, the prices were nearly thesame as those of Saturdav,as were the French and principal Europeau Stocks; but Spanish Stock expe- rienced an advance of nearly one per cent., having foun(d buycrs at201. 'This has arisen from a general persuasion that no loan can be concluded without an acknowledgmenit of the Constitutional Bonds, the bubble ta wlichl we alluded yesterday having already exploded. Some names lhave been circulated on 'Change, on the authority of a Paris letter, as those of the parties who were to have co-operated with the French houses in the " breach-of-faith" loan, but we will not on such an autlhority name them more particu- larly. They are all of the second or lower class as capital- ists, the projectors of the new scheme not having had the effrontery to apply to any of the leading houses in finian- cial operations. The genatleman who i5howed us the extracts from lett rs speaking in favour of the high qualifications of Mr. Dwar- ris, late one of the Commissioners of Inquiry in the XVest Iidies, begs us to state, that. he committedi unwittingly a very serious error in giving us those letters for publication, they having been intrusted to hiim confidentially, for the mere object of convincinig us taat Mr. Dwarris was highly esteemned by the principal persons in the coloniies. It has been at length tiecideed that Mr. Fauntleroy is this day to be taken to the police-office, Marlborough.street, wbhen there is no doubt but he will be fully comnmitted to Newgate, to take his trial at the next O(ld Bailev Sessions, which commence on Thursday, the 28th inst. It lisa been said, hlowever, that some attempts will be madle for the purpose of postponiig his trial until a future Sessions. It is understood the Sheriffs have decidtlet as to what part of the prison he is to occupy. On Saturday, two sailors, named Hlugh Hastings and Alexander 'Mohayg, charged with piracy and mutiny, were removed from Portsmouth gaol, iu the custody of the Mar- shal ef the Adtmiralty, to be lodged in Newgate, until the Admhliralty Sessions. 'The account the young men gave at Portsinouth of the circumstances of the charge inatle against thlein is as follows :-They were seameni on board the muerchalit-shipHarva,?tahPocrket,bouri(l to Cuba; the greater part of the crew were foreigners thC whole were much dissatisfied with tlle treatment which they receivedl from the Captain, whlose name was Easton ; his conduct tolvards them was extreinely violent, and the provisions of the vessel were not good. Afler repeated disputes between the Captain and( the crew, wvho were thirteen in number, the latter came to the uijanimous re-olution of remaining for- wardl, and refusing to perform the labour necessary for na- vigating the vessel, unless certain conditions were comsplied with on the part of the Captaini. In the course, however, of a short time subordination was restored ; but soon atter fresh discord arose, and the foreigners, taking part with the Captain, three of the seamen, who were Englishmeni, were seized while ,.lcep in their haminocks, and( carriedl as pri- soners to the JIos'annah, where they were committed to the corinmoi gaol: here they clescribe their stiffcrings as rnost severe-the Spaniards were extretnely cruel in their treat- nitci of the prisoners generally, anad they remained for nine weeks, their daily allowance of food being onily about two ounces of bread, andl thrce gills of rice * at Jength they were ptut on board His Mlajesty's ship Vdor,ims, andl brougtht to Englandi, wvhere they arrived abotut ten weeks back, and have been since that time in confinemnent on boar(l the t'tiror rl, andI in Portsinoutlh gaol. Lord Granvldle, we uinderstand, is likely to succeed Sir I2htarles Stuart as our Ambassador at Paris. His Lordship, we be- lieve, is now in that c:.pital, the bearer of the usual let:cr of etiquette to the new Sovereign, upon his accession to the throne. Any ar- rangement that may be contemplated will not, of course, take place till aftr liis retLurn with the answer of' his hMajesty Cbarles X. to our own l'lonarcht.-J,s,eiitigpape!r. -Mr. HeDry Grey Bennet, who has taken up hiis residence in Buckinghatstsire, applihd to his firace oi' iuckingliain, the Lord Lieutonant of the county, through thc recotntnendation of wvhich officer the nominations to the magistrracv are made, to be placed in the cotumissioit. It is Sid that his (race positively refused to re- cormen(I Mr. Bennet. On 'T'uesday last his (4race the D)uke of Beaufort antI the iliarquis of Worcester arrived in Ncwpoit, from Swansea, the la-ter being memlber tor that borough, which was contested at the last general election, peid ot course hiiS most psrticultr respects, and noticed in the most flattering manner hils nunerouis ani higrhly re- spectable constituents resident in thit place; and it is understood some public mark of the sense entertainerl of the flanrinis's delicate attention will be shortly paid.r-Hereford Indepenrdent. In our last we notice(d the intende(d change in tlec repre- sentation of this county, by the resignation of Sir Jo3hn Lowther, Bart., and that l,ortl Frederick Bentinck hiad beeii mentionied as the new catididatc on the yellow interest. This statement has been since cotitradicted in a ministerial prinit; but, notwithstanding the nega. tior. so promptly given, we do not hesitate to repeat the assertion that such a measure is ii contemplation, if not actually tdecided upon.- Ca r iv l Jo ur n a . BoRouctt oF AsmInI(roNN.-We are enabledl to state, fronti unquestinnlable authority, that this borough will be contested at the approaching getneral election, anld the snug quiet manner in which these matters have becn hitlherto mituiged will be changed. .Mr. WVeeding,g a gentleman of great opu1enceZ xnd a unerchaist ofthe city of London, has signified hi3s intention of offring bimself, and standingsa contest; andh as apointcd a gentlkman of the town as his agent. On his succexs it is .nmpossible Hs yet to calculate.-Devon Freecholdet . Mr. Stevenson, a London banker, is expected to start for Petersfield at the next general election.-Coun7ty ClrronicZe. Saturday's Gazette notifies, that a second application will be rmade to Parliament for the establishment of St. Katharinle's Docks. Mir. Alderman WVood, during his late Yisit to Gioccster, was presented with the freedom of thatancient city, which hhad been unanimously voted to him by the Mlayor and Corporation on Ion- day. the 4th inst. The worthy Alderman subsequently attended the Corporation dinner, at which the venerable Bishop of the diocess was present; ani on the 15th inst. was regularly sworn in as a free- nan of Glocester. The respectable publishers of the novels andi tales of the Great Kaiotn Unknown of the North, had their periodical private sale of books, at the Albion Tavern, ent Friday last. when Tales of thle Crusxderr, by the author of Wavorley arid Ivanhoe, were ofteresi to the trade, aruabout 3 800 conies were purclhased by the book- seUers in London only. rhe work will be published next month. After the death of the late Lorti Ellenborough, a very large sumof money was discovercd deposited in the h,ouse of Gos- ling, the banker, in his l1ordahip's tiame, the profits arising from the lucrative office the reversion of which was granted to the present Lord. This balance had been tor otter to be bequeathed by the noblelord vhen hlie made his will, and was consequently equally di- vided amengstthe younger children, by which accident their fortunes were increased about 10,0001. each beyond the intention of theirfa ther.-.Morning paper. Advices were received by the family of iMr. Abel Au- brey, at Kensington, on Saiurday, that that gentleman was killed in a duel with a Captain France, on Tuesday last, about four miles fram Ito en, by the catial side, a ball having entered his right side and lodged in the body, from the effects of which lie survived but a few hours. The quarrel originated at a ball-room.-If'rorngpaper We understand that the colossal statue of Lord .3Melville has arrived in town from London, and that it will soon be placed en the top of the colunn in St. Andrew's.square; it is in pieces, and as we are informed, about 14 feet bigh.-Edanburglipaper. STEAMt-BOATs.-A steam-packet, named the Zim1ness Carolitte, runs regularly between Trieste and Venice. It arrived at Venice with 46 passengers on the 27th of September, and sailed thence on the 28th with 26 passengers. The autograph of Edward the Black Prince, which an- tiquaries have been in search of for mnany years, has at length been found on the Roll of the Artillery Company, where the nanmes and hiand-wriiting of some Of' the most illulstrious patriots arid heroes of early times are inscribetn. Two hundred male trnvicts Ivere removed on Saturday morning from the hulks at Portsmoutit, to on board the Assia Po e (under ciargeof Mr. T. Davies, surgeon), bound toNew SouthWafes