... FRY AND CHAP Md.N'S BANKRUPTCY. The Third Meeting of the Creditors of Fry and Chapman took place yesterday, at assinglhaU-street. The principal feature of interest presented at the present Meeting was the decision of the Commissioners on two points of considerable importance, reserved for their consideration at the last meeting. These points were, the admissibility of over-due checks, as being ...

... SI lP IVI IVS. DRAL, JAN. 21-W.S.W.-Tihe 'I henmi Cuirtts. j, intl the Downs, through tit-e Gulls, gl- rlird.d- Ar the came uff, arid is at anchor it, tire G.: 5. W-e 1 she has si:aridned any dainage. Arrised tie Eni.ly, Soulth S-as. POhMrOUTIeJt, JAN. 21.-Calm.-Ari ived Ibis Mljert Arrow, fir, n) Boal cne. PLYNOUTrl, JAN. 20-S. W.-Arriveil *be Priam, Yor,, Caiiz ; and Spartalr, - , from St. I ...

... BANK OYENGLAND. d, MEETING OF BANK PROPRIETORS, ye A Quarterly General Mfeeting of the Proprietorsof Bank ve Stock was held in the Bank Parlour yesterday nerlntg, pur- * suant to the terms of tihe Charter, for declaring a Dividend on Is the Capital Stock of the Company. of The Meeting was most numerously attended, it being gene- rally understood in the City for the last two or three days that ...

... MONEY-MARKET.-Crry, Mommy. Alarming reports were in circulation this afternoon of an expected additional failure of consequence in the City, which we hope will prove untrue; but, whether ill orwell founded, it is certain that the pressure for money this evening is increasing, and the Banking Interest ap. pear to be generally making further preparations against any pressure. The discount of ...

... SHIP NEW.S PLYMOUTR, MAY ,?.-On Thursday last, the African Colonial stearm vessel, arrived hert with dispatchbet from.Fernardo, Po and Sierra Leone, which litter place ahe lekft on the 14th of March. The disp atcles were forwarded rn London, but the nature of the news ttev contain lias not transpited here. The veqse is tender to fti PEtlan, and Is commanded by Lientenant R E. Vidal, of that ...

... PORTSMOUTH, PiEC -O. Extrsct ofa latter from an 47ii~ctir Xteea 5nhMajesty'sship Hleroli Rio de JsteirO, Ocotber 7,1i828 : Tbere ii a large French squadron Itre, tonsisting of a line- or-battle sbip, weithout a poop, frigate u'~erned, twro rcunld- tslimed brigs, and a corvrette, beaides rteveral vessels of the old build. They are taking 'great pains with their asiips, andl are improving them ...

... DIRECT TMXES IN FRANCE. We are not aware that the French system of Tarstion has ever been described in this country ; and Yet it is, perhaps, as worthy of attention as their Vaudevilles and Comic Operas. We have above a rthousand legislators in the British Isles, holding their seats by heredi'Rry right, pusrchase, or vtrttiai elI~ctinn, who do or ought to decide upon many intricate fliancial ...

... A CORRESPONDENT at Huddersfield makes the following pertinent remarks, relative to the workings of the bill that has just been passed, to prevent Scotch small notes from circulating in England. CC Your exposure of the way in which C the Scotch bankers transact business has opened the eyes of many who were either blind, For refused to see. 'Whgn a young man, say a Draper, has the misfortune ...

... I DIAL, MARCH 21.-Wind S. W.-Arrired the Glory, Pfpe, Pa srr,,o. ']'be outward liound remain. PORrSImOUH, MARCiH 2L.-WInd W.-Arrived tile AntOi- nette, GtnakFon, BIbia ; AlezaInder, trAnsport, Thomson, Libbon-sailed iu company witb tic Barrack, Amity, Cliristo- pber, rn4 Lotus, transports. Also arrived the Francis Freeling, iron, Gibraltar. FLYMOU lItM MARCH so.-Wind S. W.-Arrived from Lon- ...

... THE MONEY-MARKET.-CITY, TiUlRSDAY. The breach of faith on the part of Don Miguel to- wards this country, in assuming absolute authority in Portugal, has been the topic of very general interest in the City during the whole of to-day ; and among all classes but one sentiment prevails on the subject. It is asserted, but we know not on what authority, that Don Miguel is acting more under the ...

... MARKETS.-Mii 9. StGAR.-The lower descriptisns of Sug re have been vIry, duriilg the week, and where sales hbve been i ffected, a redc.:. in prices ias& been submitted to. COFFER.-Daring the present week tils article baas Riven w from Is to 2s, nmi at thit reduction sales Lave beed wits re: great dificuilty eff.cted. SALl PLTRE.-Ir this market there is b t little business d6: at 24s 6d. SPLRITS ...

... THE Mon8v]¢rAR=ET.-MIY, 8.47'UNDAy, The Stock Market was fully attended to-day, butthe expresses from France communicatiDg no change in the French Funds on Thursday, our own remained for domc time steady, at quotations a shade higher than they left off yesterday afternoon. Consels for Account opened at 85 ,s, and rose in a few minutes to 86: the largest bargain publicly speken of at this ...