... FROI OUR P0IVATE CORRESPONDENT. London, December 3O. The demand for specie to-day at the Bank of England, and at the counters of private bankers, has increased, and in several instances the m'money paid out' by the latter has very much exceeded the sumn received; still nothing-likei run was experienced upon, any house, and we do not see any reason whatever for general apprehension at present. ...

... Some additional particulars to those we stated last week of the mode in *which Banking is carried on in this County, inay be wcceptable to the pubrlic: 'Ihe bosiness of some establishmnets is condtucted differ- ently fromn that of others. The late firm of Dobson and Sons, of kiudderadeld, issued but a comparatively small nuumber of their Bank Notes, which, in ail, at the moment of their flhurm ...

... .LttCr to the Editor of the Edinburgh Observer. '-'hrongh the medium of your pablic-spirited jour- C: 5 er Ieave to olfhra few remarks on the singular con- *coe of the moist distinguished and highly-gifted or- ?? of our S-ottish Bar, on a recent occasion. edllesda lst, I formed one of the Jury that were A Illcd for tlhe trial of the Master and Pilot of the tC ( shn, s asis Well known to the ...

... GLASGOW,. JANUARY 2. As a decided proof of the increase of the prospe- a rity of the country, and of the extent of business n transacted in the present year in Glasgow andi its neighbourhood, it -may be mentioned that for the i b year now closed the excise duties paid into the excise b office have considerably exceeded in amount what E has been ever known to have been collected in any r ...

... ' The Russians are insinuating anid cunning, de- ceitful and perfidious, sensual and immoral, given to levity, fond of n1oveltv, improvident with the coi- mand of a little money; they are avaricious and muean; when cash abounds they are generous, ostentatious, and prodigal; they are cheerful, good-humoured, ant social; they-are luxurious, hospitable, and charitable; they lovelight occultations ...

... LONDON, DECEMBER S0. -a I .. - I t The death of the Emperor of Rus~sa is an event calculated, of course, to. excite political speculation; and we have accordingly-seen, in the columns of our contemporaries, various conjectares as to the probable consequences that may be expected to result from it. We have hitherto. abstained from taking any part in these probleiratical discussions; not do we ...

... Aftirder itear Aradee.-An account has just reached us of the murder of three men onlthle night of Christmas day, in the neighbourhood of Ardee, oiw the old road leading to -Carrickmacross. There are various reports in circulation :respecting this unfortunate affair; some assert-it to be the ?? of a drunken-quarrel; it is said by others, that one of the parties was carrying property feloniously ...

... IO Y JANARY .. I MONDAY, JAINITARY 20. I The additional notices in the last London papers on the late jyvent in Russia seemn little more than .. ?? as- __ ?? . 1 *. _ _ tt z V ?? I. ireiterations of what we already know on the sub- ject; and a portion hf their other matter consists of unprofitable speculation on the probable policy of the new Emperor, the subjects of which will readily occur ...

... (From the Courier Francais.) Paris, December 20. About a year ago it was reported that an impor- tant interview had taken place between the Emperor Alexander and his brother Constantine. The latter had long since declared himself in favour of the Greeks, and thought the Russian armies ought to march to Constantinople; he had just urged his bro- ther to renounce his uncertain policy, and take a ...

... The Amsterdamn ship Pactolus, Captain Bessom, has arrived at Cowes in 105 dys fromn Batavia. We learn that a serious qua rel has taken place between the. natives and - Europeans (-Dstch;)in the eastern part of the island, hli the vicinity of Samarang. A snumber- of Chindse have been killed, and a great number of villages burnt. The coffee and rice plantations have been destroyed by the na-. ...

... -,1NLITARY PROMOTIONS. W.rtOFfGCE, DEC. 23, 1825. ?? Lille Guards, Cornet and Sub-Lieut. H. it be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Upton, promot- ; ,r e Ho V. XV. F. Kinnaird, from 88th foot, to '1nadSub H).ieut. by purchase, vice Vyner. ,tto-Cornet and Sub-Lieut. E. G. Howard to be 2ena, by purchase. vice Smith, promoted; to be Cor- * ' SbYLieuts. by purchase, I-on. C. F. Berkeley, :Ioward, G. C ...

... (From Janus; or, Edinburgh Literary Alnanack.) Tbe great eye of clay was wide open, and a.joyful light filled the air, heaven, and ocean. The marbled clouds lay to motionless far and wide over the deep-blue sky, and all I memory of storm and hurricane had vanished from the A: magnificence of that immense.calm. There was buta gen- tie fluctuation on the bosom of the-deep, and the sea-birdstt ...