13osSilScript • - LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. Three o'clock, p.m. The Paris Papers, received last night, meadow that the most active preparations are making for war, which is considered inevitable. The Dods announees that Rear-Admiral Hamlin has sailed with a squadron from Brest ; and it is also men tioned that the Cortes had authorised the issuing of letters of marque, and upwards of forty bad beets already grunted to persons who had applied for them. A private letter from Paris, written by a friend to the cause of the Constitutionalists, reluctantly con firms the previous accounts of Beasieres being at the head of 15,000 insurgents, and discredits the re reports in the Courier Francais, that this bead of rebels had been dispersed. Shotild llessieres get to , . Madrid, it was expected it would produce a counter revolution, but not to that extent which would sa tisfy 'lassie, and the other Holy Confederates, and therefore it is-believed that war will be immediately declared by France against Spain, to accomplish a counter-revolution destructive of the liberty of the Spaniards, to obtain possession of her fintresses, and t ) subjugate the country in the same manner that the Neapolitans have been dragooned by the Aus trians. , If the Spaniards were in possession of the real objects of the Bourbons and the Holy Alliance, every man of them would unite to repeal and to crush the invaders. In the event of Abisbal not having sufficient force to protect Madrid against Bessieres and his rebel force, Ferdinand will be re- moved, but not, we believe, to Cadis, but to Portu gal. In such case, if the French should penetrate to the Spanish capital, and make any attempt upon Portugal, it will inevitably involve this country in mentioned in the Paris Pip= that the departure of the Duke of Angouleme for the army will be much sooner than was expected. Russian politics are no doubt actively at work, and the pre sent French Ministers are their dupes; but the peo- ple of France, with the exception of the Ultras and Buonapartists, are for peace. The latter foresees the consequence of war, which will produce results con trary to the despotic expectations of the Bourbons and the confederated Sovere;gns. The French Funds have declined two per cent. They were on Friday at 79 f. We regret to state, that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is indisposed, at Kensington Pa lace. Un Saturday last Mr. Jackson arrived with des - patches from Madrid, and in the afternoon a Cabinet ' Council assembled at the Secretary of State's Office •for. Foreign Affairs. The Bishopric of Meath, vacant by the death of Dr. Beirne, has been offered to the Hon. and Rev. G. V. Wellesley, D.D., brother to the Viceroy of Ireland. His Majesty's ship C'onway arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday last, in 49 days from Bahia, at which place the Portuguese Bag was still flying on the 2d of Januar/. The town was closely hemmed in by the Brazilian forces, under the command of Labs tour, and the usual intercourse with the interior so of cut off, that the city was reduced to the greatest privations for want of fresh provisions, ve getables, and fruit. The garrison of Bahia is said to consist of three thousand regular troops, a slum ber, however, not more than sufficient to defend it ; for the nature of the ground is such, that the invading force can, without inconvenience to themselves, vary their attacks on different points, so as to harass the tt 1. • r t 1:! r I ~ . perseverance force can, without inconvenience to themselves, vary the company in the boxes and the pit (both of which places PRICE of MEAT, exclusive of the mat, which consen ts their attacks on different points, so as to harass the were thinly fi lled), that there was liege or no danger to be rip- of Head , Entraik , an d Hide, and is worth abou t Id. p er prehended, the people in the gallery were not to he tranquil- -1 . s soldiers exceedingly. One or two of these attacksFßlDAY. lined. Wofully distressing was the result—eight individuals pottud. m - 0 1: e o r A a v t o . neofB I b s . were made every week, upon the different out- were literally trodden to death ! There are two young women Beef 3s 64 to .4s 44 Beef 3v Gil to 4. Id posts; and although nothing very material appeared or the name of Green and Johnson ; a Mrs. Riddell Robson Mutton 3. Id to 4s fid Stumm Ils Id to 4: 01 Od (the wife of a respectable builder, who himself escaped with Lamb Os Oil to Os Oil Lamb Os Oil to 0, to be effected, the Portuguese troops were becoming Id to bi Ind 1 Veal 6. 04 to Os 01 some very terrible bruises), a fine youth, aged about 14, son Veal 4s 3 64 to 4.4 84 I Purl; 3, Id to '4s 44 more and more incommoded by this species of war- to Mr. Wilkinson, the veterisary surgeon ; a young man, of P" rk , - . 4 . 1) • fare; and as strong reinforcements to the Brazilians the name of Hand'asyde , aayle, aged about 18. son to Mr. H. the Head of tattle at market. Head ut Cattle at Market. were on their way from Pernambuco and Rio, it was bookbinder ;an elderly person of the name of Edwards. a Beasts • not thought likely that the place could hold out eellerman, to M . Laidler and CO., spirit dealers a per - Sheep eon of the name of Heaton, belonging to Gateshead% and a Pt ISO much longer. stranger, a stout man, apparently between forty and fifty years ''' v ficirj ea tlaroayvwer . . 1 Im l : 3_ 3 m l A lL i n i et r. The banking-house of Messrs. Turner and Co., of age. Of eourne several are wounded. I have not learnt I of Cheltenham, was opened a few nights since by the exact number ; bet I would fain persuade myself, from false keys—live locks, and re-locked—and robbed to what I have heard, that the casualties that way are fewer than .t 3 0 0 to ig 4 0 al considerable amount, in Bank and their own coup. i m o i s z t lit Isaac hewn expected, where so many lives have been It Is naturally inferred, that though the Season is scarcely ~ - ' - . 12 2 o t.. 12 10 • try notes ; '2,0001. of which have been paid by their LONDON • Prin - es it and Putlished by the Proprietor JOHN et • half over, the theatre wiol not be (vended again till neat win- :own bankers, Esdaile and Cu., and we understand flu // d rier, at the Offiee, 76, Fleet-Street, where all victor, le tar. A coroner's inquest is now sitting over the bodies of the nearly the same amount of Bank notes and bills, unfortnnate persons who lost their lives in the wsy previously //drier, (pest paid) must be m1(1441,84,4 recited." . i 1 I . s -.... . . - - IT:lT2taffP..l/ NAT, REGIST • & • DlRras. henry Arlington street, the lady of 'ry Porter, Iraq. of a Mill Inca child. Mie Indy of Dr. Sprirgin, of Gull/lord street, of a sou. In Bloomsbury square, Mrs. Wingfield, or a son. MARRIED. At St. Mary's, Lambeth, the Itev. W. Thompsoo. of Attie/atone, Wirsvickshile, to Liam, eldest daughter of E. N. Thornton, *sq. of Kennington. At illassitan, In Suffolk, Mr. Goddard. vollcitee, of Onyx to., I. Mary Awn, daughter of N. Roper, esq. of the former place. At St. Paul's, Covent garden, Mr. Wm. St el, of Clolisee Covent garden, to Mrs. hbrah Child, of Bermondsey. At Stemisy, Mr. John Gilbert, of the Borough. to Barak daraibbie of the late W. Hoy, esq. of Braughlog, At bt. Stephen's, Coleman street, Air. Win. Pope, only ma of K. Pope, elm. of Chertsey, Surrey. to Mary , second daughter or Mr. Y. Newberry. of Bow, Middlesex. DIED. On Thursday last, al his house at Kingston, Robert Stair, aari. At his house at Knightsbridge, monies Leopard, egg. On Wednesday hist, at Alton, Danis, aged Id, Ambrose Tbomm, olden sou of A. Ilumphrys, esq. of 'torpor street, Bloomsbury. At Westboorne green, Ueorglaua, youngest daughter of Vice Adml Mr G. Coekbern. At Stratford, Eases, aged MI years, Emma, eldest daughter of M. late Capt. C. Pelly, LONDON MABICETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, Fit. Q. The supply of grain received this morning is very small. and the market generally advancing: Wheat may be quoted from Ys. to 3s. per qr. above our Friday's quotations—the same will apply to Barley, which goes off well at that advance. Oats are fiinu is to 2s. per quarter above our last statement, and sales are readily effected at that rise. The principal part of the supply received last week was disposed of by Friday, and consequently the small surplus left, added to the arrivals since, are very incon siderable, and the attendance of buyers this day being large, has occasioned very considerable business to be done, at an advance. Beans sad Peas ate from 2s. to ss. per qr. dearer, sod Flour has advanced is. per sack: CURRENT Per IV iuehe :►:s OF GRAI AN FOIL T 1 of Mght Bust E WEEK, ter Mearpure4 MONDAY. 39 • 49 42 a 60 44 a 311 29 a 24 26 a Si 52 a 6 19 a 22 23 a 25 24 a 2G 25 a 2S 28 a 36 u 39 28 a 31 23/. u 244 wza/440,0. I. s. 38 a 48 43 a 401 44 a 64 20 a 24 27 a 36 a a GO , 21 a 23 24 a 26 24 a 27 25 a 29 28 a 30 36 a 40 28 a 32 23/. a 24/. Ftl DA Y. 6. 30 a 49 42 a 59 44 u 54 20 a 24 26 u 30 52 a GO 19 u it 23 a 24 24 a 2tl 25 a IS 28 s JO 58 ■ SU 28 6t Si M. u 241 OW Wheat New Red Wheat New White do Rye Barley Pale Malt ..... • Feed Oats Brew or Poland din New Tick Bruns . Old dttlp New Pigeon ditto Boiling Pear Grey Pease .... Rapeseed per last AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, Per Quar t er, sit thel %%r.se Maritime Districts ill ,ENGLAND and WALES, for the Week eudiug Feb. 15th, extracted (runt Saturday a Gazette. Wheat... 41s 4d Barley... 284 2d Beans 251 Id Rye.... 22s lid `Oats.... leis Tdl l'ess 1011 BROWN OR MUSCOVADO SUGAR. Average Price fromihe Benin's made in the Week ending Wednesday last, S. lid. per cwt. exclusive of duty. PRICE OF FLOUR, Per Sack ut Five Bushels, or 280Iha. Mut ilay. s. s. Monday. s, st Fine English Flour 3.5 a 46 Norfolk &Stockton U a SS Seconds ditto .... 32 a 33 West Country 85 a4O BREAD, 60. to 7d. the S2tiartrin Luuf. PRICE OF TAL PRICE Or FAT, per stone of Sibs. .OW, SOAP, &c. .. d. Town 'follow Rabbi• do. Candle 0 0 •- - - s. (I. White do. 0 0 Whiterhapel Market 2 4 Melted Stuff St. James's Market . 2 4 !tough ditto 2O 0 Clare Market 0 0 G ' 7 0 -- 1 Good Dregs 4 8 Utud Soap ... ---- Mottled Average .... 2 4 Yellow do. TALLOW.CIIANDLERS' HALL. Price of CANDLES-11100d', 10s. Od. per dozen—Stores, lis. od. per do. PRICE OF LEATHER, Per Pound. dulls, 50 to 651bseuch 214 to 29d Drawing Hide, ... 18d to 194 Fine Coach 11ide5...... ... 184 to 204 Crop fliders,2s to 40165, for cutting lBd to 204 Ditto, 45 to 50Ibs 2od to 21i Calf Skins, 30 to 40181 22d to 2611 Ditto,so to 104bs Ditto, 10 to tallbs 24d to 274 'fanned Horse Hides ltd to IBd Small Seals (Greenland) Large ditto, per pound ... . . SMITHFIELD MARKET. MONDAY, Frs. 44.—Our supply of Cattle this day is rood& rate, and there is no variation in the price 01 Beef oe Mown from our statement of Friday last. Veld. beware,. hid. pr stone cheaper than on that day, and Pork is is good dated at an advance of od. per stone. Upon the whole. the &kindest is but trifling from Friday. The toll - owing is a correct statement of the prices and numbers at market:— PRICE of MEAT, exclusive of the 0 1 / 4 1, which consists of Head, Entrails, and Hide, and is worth about Id. per :d.—Per stone of Xibs. I ii k , f~ T 1 SERVICCS OF PLATO TO AMOASSADOHO.....Mi nisters have adopted a new regulation, as a matter of economy, respecting the services of plate allowed as perquisites to Ambassadors and Ministers appointed to foreign Courts. This custom has been abolished, and a service of plate is to be kept at every foreign Court, with the King of Great Britain's arms en graved on it, for the use of the Ambassador cr Mi nister, as the case may be. The Marquis of Lon. doederry, who has resigned his embassy at Vienna, u the last who will enjoy the perquisite of the ser vice of plate at that Court. Sir H. Wellesley, who is appointed so succeed the Noble Marquis, takes out the service of plate which is to remain there for all future Ambassadors, and which is to be issued from the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Letters from Bayonne of the 7th inst. state, that the King of France's speech was no sooner known at St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Bilboa, Vittoria, Logrono, and Pampeluna, than the indignation of the citizens was at its height. " The constitution or death.*— " To arms to repulse the enemy;' was the general cry. Torrijos having manifested his intention to organize the national guard in Pampeluna, hereto fote a focus of conspiracy, above 400 citizens came to ask for arms. The same General having resolved to open a road across the almost inaccessible moun tains of Navarre, for the purpose of sending artil lery to Irati, above 800 inhabitants volunteered their labour. Great hopes existed of the speedy dispersion of the remnant of the Army of the Faith', as in the values which sheltered them, the inhabit ants had themselves taken arms for their expulsion Cearous ROCKET.—On Friday night a newly invented rocket was let oil; in the presence of the officers of the garrison, on Chatham-lines. It was of a peculiar construction : after rising a consider able height in the air it explodes, when a parachute, contained in the head of the rocket, is separated From it, suddenly expands, and has depending from a ball of considerable magnitude, that gives out a most brilliant light, illuminating the country for Dear a mile round. The parachute prevents the ball from descending to the earth, over which it hovers like a satellite, and is intended to show the position and movements of an enemy's army, or a body of troops by night. Seven ovens tin. baking buiscuits have been em ployed within the last two or three days at Dept ford; and on Friday morning 100 additional ropernakers were set to work at Woolwich. CAPT. PARRY'S EzPEDITION•—An account re delved, though circuitous►y, we are rejoiced to learn, ,affords fair hopes of the safety and success of the .apedition under the command of Captain Parry, It is derived from Ituasia, and communicated to our Board of Admiralty. The particulars are, that several fishing vessels belonging to Kamtschatka and the Aleutian Islands saw our illustrious navigators off Icy Cape. The Russian Commandant, Krusen. stern, states, that, on receiving the intelligence he examined the masters of the vessels separately, and that their relation of the fact agreed in every cir cumstance; and he expresses himself to be entirely satisfied of the truth of the report. This is great and gratifying news for if it be correct, which there is good reason to believe it is, then is the great geographical problem solved which has excited so intense an interest, and to British intrepidity and , -severance is owing to another of those grivid dis coveries which form epochas in the history of the world. As Icy Cape has been reached from Bell ring's Straits—as it is indeed yearly visited small Russian ships—all apprehension about our bold na vigators will be at an end as soon as the tidings are confirmed, and we shall only have to curb our im patience for letters from our noble countrymen, now happily. we trust, ploughing the Pacific Ocean on their homeward way. DRIADFUL Arc tnzer,—Extract of a letter, dated Newcastle upon-Tyne, Feb. 20.—" It is with mach pain that I acquaint you with the following calainitooa accident which took place at onr theatre here yesterday ewening. Shortly after the commencement of the second act of Tom and Jerry. one of the ges.lights is the third box from the stage, on the right side of the house, by some mischance, had set fire to the wood work that enclosed the pipe. The consequence was an immediate and unmeasured alarm of fire ! ' pervaded the house. particularly the gallery, which, unfortunately, was vary much crowded. Notwithstanding it was 54,011 apparent to the company in the boxes and the pit (both of which places were thinly filled), that there was lithe or no danger to be ap . . .