Star. — London, England, 1828-12-27 00:00:00

1 W - IRELAND. 1 place ABPIDOED PRoal THE IRISH PALMS. At the meeting of the Catholic Association oa Tues day, Mr. O'Conneli, in allusion to the Duke of Wel lington's letter to Dr. Curtis (which has excited much speculation in the Irish papers), said, that f or Ireland he I ,,,k e d for • appier days; he had the opinion of the ?rime Minister of England that it was for the interests o f t he nation that the Catholics should be emancipated; that the hero of Waterloo had a brighter career of glory t o fore him than what flowed from all his achievements, the public will see. He held in his hand a letter from the Doke of Wellington to Dr. Curtis, where his Grace sa ys, it is for the interests of England to grant emanci pstion—(Cheers). Mask—in the first sentence he has committed himself. Mr. O'Connell then read the le ter f: om the Duke to Dr. Curtis, and said, am I eally read ing the declination of the Prime Minister of England? lam reading a copy ; the autograph of the letter is in this town, which was written by the Duke himself; there is the recorded opinion of the Prime Minister, where he declares not only his anxiety to settle the q uestion, but that the settlement of the question would benefit the St ite. He was not surprised at thi., bearing i n recollection the sentiments expressed by Mr. Dawson, at Derry, which were somewhat similar to the opinion of the Duke, trom which it could be inferred that Mr. Das son was not giving utterance to the opinion or, the Peel part to the Administration, but of the Duke ot Wellington ; and further, Oat tie Peel portion s f the Cabinet would be thrown out, and their places filled by men really disposed to do justice to Ireland. As to burying in oblivion the question for a, time, which the letter recommends, " that there might be a discussion on its merits," how that could be effected —how they could bury it in oblivion and discuss it, he could not comprehend—he rejoiced at this declaration. He would be better pleased had it contained an actual promisor ; then he ...cold ask how could any man con tinue Prime Minister that would declare a pirticul T I question to be beneficial to the country, yet refuse to 'I consider that question ? Cu uld he hope to continue in office without carrying a measure which he declares to be if s - uch perniat asst utility to the country? He was not without hope. that the Doke of Wellington would be as popular in the Association as any member ever was in it when the suing was done, but not a m , metit sooner. In reading this document he was breaking no confidence; it was intended to be printed in the news papers on the next day. He considered he could not do better than read it in she Associations, to demonstrate to the people what the conviction of the Prime Minister was upon the question. He therefore thought that this document, although only a copy, of such importance, that he w. uld move to have it insetted on the minutes. Mr. J Dwyee had great pleasure in seconding the motion. As to the recommt :Illation to bury the ques ti nin oblivion; l;e consi eted it an impossibility. He thou;lit ro tefl ct;ng Statesman Muuld bury in oblivion a question of such param. ust importance. It is the duty of a Prime Minister, where there is a conflictiog opinion upon a cutestion aff cting the safety of the State, to lead they u'utc miter to take a manly, decided, and straightforward c urse, to put an end to a question which agitates the country. In the question of the ts senters, which, from the stae of public feeling, and the previous declaration of Mr. Canning, it was consionted imp•acti, able to carry, vie decided course which the Duke of Wellington took in the House of Lords carried the question. He hoped the Duke, on the Cats olic Qoestien, would ci me f ~ward, and lead the eublic mind. through himself into the balance, and either stand I or falloby cars ying the question. Mr. (not:NULL handed to the Chairman an address from a Society of the Fr iends of Ireland in Quebec, to himself, constratirlatitig him on the success of the Clare election. He would prepare an answer to this address. As it was read a: the Association, he would deem it his duty to submit his answer to it before he would send it. He then handed in 101. from t oeWeaveis if Sokol fields, to be appropriated to the funds for the relief of the forty-shilling fierholdets. Upon the question of radical reform, Olr. O'Connell pr .ceeded to observe, that he pot forward such topic at the Clare Electioti, against the advice of many of his friends ; so far fetus getting any assistance by it, here was but one radical oformer in Ireland, who declared for him, Mr. Francis Blake Foster. If he had been present he would have tupputteal the motion of Mr. Foster ; there was no pot:km.4lot reform that would not have his support. N.. man was more attached to the question of Radical Re- Lam than he was. Mr. 0 Costs coo handed in 101. his own suLscription, nd that of drffeteto members of his family, for the ear 1529 He said there way a matter cf a pers nal na me that regarded himse'l, concerning which he con: . ered the Association was entitled to have an explonao alluded to expressiiins of his at a former eeting, namely, "that he discovered with surprise hat the Catholic Rent had been lodged to his account t the Hoer Man Bank," which was the fact. This had wen occasion, of curse, for an exceeding deal of ludi rous slander; he would stste the fasts, and then move ior a Csinmittee to make a report. In money matters, people cannot be too scrupulous. When the new Catholic Associa:ion was formed, the Hibernian Bank refused to °pin an Account with the sew As;sociation, which, he must say, was a srecies of cowardice that should not have existed in a commerci .1 establishmmit ; they refused to open an account unless in the names the Treasurers—no check would be received unless signed by the three Treosurets, so that in the ordinary tz P -n d i tore of the Association, it would occupy the time :I one man alone, who would deserve a salat y of 4001. tea to go with the checks to these Gentlemen, when mild be found they should be satisfied by dm"- Toms bifure they would sign the check; the matter 'waste so troublesome, and the whole machinery so zd, that they declared that they could not be with it further. Then it was suggested that should be transferred to a sepet ate account. 'us (Mr. O'Connell's) name in the Hibernian at that time he gave Mr. Dwyer a letter, rg him to draw checks in his name. When he letter, he supposed it was only done for the snd the matter entirely escaped his recollee letter never once occurred to hint until is nation which he had mentioned, when be to ask in whose name was the balance stand. :hough it was in his name, the account was irate and apart from his own private account tbernian Bank. He never drew any of the was Mr. Dwyer alone who drew them. Such :act. laid bold of by the paltry press, the half rd half Popish press, for the purpose of assail. :aluniniating him. These things would vex but him; he did not value their abuse; he be abused. The Learned Gentleman moved imittee to report on the facts touching the of the Catholic Rent in his name in the Hi -ark. Mt. STAtiuToN seconded the motion. Mop -- • Quo hoped 14r. O'contiell would make it part yryst• le Pa le rays ration, repro ace, in as put )I w•as ded by not of to man ice, an- Lomime oar was of his notice, id and hois the alcoant of the Catholic Rent is to be kept in future." • Mr. O'Corsu ELL-With pleasure. i Mr. FORD—In money matters there should not be * shadow of ground given for complAint. There was no mercantile house where the book-keeper and cashie• were united in the same person. Mr. O'Counext. then lead the notice of his motion for a Committee, to report upon the facts touching the lodgment of the Catholic rent in his name. He said he left space in the margin for Mr. Ford's suggestion— " whether any and what change would be made in keeping his accounts." Mr. FORD gave notice of a motion to that effect. Mr. COSTELLO— Ibere is not a Catholic in Ireland requires a motion of the kind. Mr. FORD said, in giving notice of that motion, he would not have done so, if for a moment it could be construed into any reflection upon Mr. O'Connell, or on the manner the accounts were kept. Mr. O'Connell has no more to do with the accounts than the man in the moon. He had an opportunity of knowing the fact; and he was confident not a shilling of the fund had been misapplied. Mr. o' , Consfoxx—Let us come to the real business of the day; he distilotly pledged himself to be in Lon- don on the 3d of February, to make arrangements on the 4th, in order to take his seat on the sth. He pledged himself to take his seat on the opening day of the Ses sion, and before the King's speech should he read, or an address moved upon it. He pledged himself to that, and demed that he had on any former occasion eve, pledged himself or insinuated that he would take hi seat at an earlier period. He would therefore take hi' seat on the first day of the Session, unless he saw before that time a written pledge fr -m some responsible mem ber of the Mini,try, that the Catholic Question would be made a Cabinet measure: He would now say that nothing but force or air it egal vote should exclude him from that House Commons. He had as good a light to take tits seat there as any other Member what ever that sat in it. On his going ther e, he would give his qualifications to be a Member as to landed property —the oath on that he would take, but he would take no further oath. He would wow go further ; he pledged himself that he would prove there that he had a r ight to take his seat in that House without aoy other oat i. The' Act of Union was the only Act by which the people of I Clare were enabled to send a Member to Parliament. N w it was indispensable that he should hod in that Act, 'or in some other subsequent Act, the obligatior. tt) take the oaths, or what penalty was attached to the refusal so' to do ; such penalty, he admitted, natglit be death,, transportation, fine, or imprisonment, but he (Mr. °Tonna) asserted, that no penalty whatsoever was contained in the Act of Union against any Mem ber refusing compliance on this subject. It he stood in that House the Representative of one county, he stood in it in the same capacity towards seven millions of per.ons. Under all Cie circumstances he proclaimed before hand that it would be a national act of injustice to think, by the flippancy of a vote, that they could turn • ins out—it would be a Cromwellian Act—no prec:dent could be shown but that of Cromwell; and subsequently in the case of Wilkes. tilt ao attempt to turn him out of (tat House to sit and vote into which he had been elected by the free and unanimous voice of the people, in the fair and legitimate exercise of their fran chise, wit:rout a statute law on the subject; and he now defi d tho e opposed to him to show any statute law authorising them to expel a Member for no other rea rm) but his refusing to perjure himceif. If they should attempt such, he would only render obedience through fo. ce, aid pledged himself to resort to •every possible mode of coit•titutional resistance in such an event. The Speaker proceeded, Three Provisional Meetings and an Aggrag .te Meeting have entered into resolutions that I shall be accompanied ashen 1 go to take my seat by two Gentlemen front each county, city, and large town in belay d, and now From this sp it I ask, will Ireland give me that support? In two days this question will be read all over Ireland ; and from this spot I again ask will Ireland give we that suppoit? I may be presump tuous, but I think that Ireland ought to do so. Mr. SreeLe—These is or.e way of Ansa ering that question, by three cheers in the Catholic Association. The three cheers hiving been given, Mr. °CONNELL proceeded—Ye., I know that 1 shall get that support; I require it not for myself, but that Ministers may see and understand that that sym pathy exists between this Ass ciation and the people, which I think we deserve. He concluded by moving that the Committee do take the necessary steps to pro cure the attendance of two Gentlemen from each county, Ste in the kingdom; on the 4th February, in Lund in. The motion was carried. After some other busines-, I the meeting broke up. Isla DESPERATE RIO AMONG THE IRISH IN CATO-STREET , Yesterday the neighbourhood of Bryanston-square was in a state of the greatest possible confusion during the %hole of the day. 'lt appears that some lrishmetr, who reside in Horace-street (late Cato-street), Mary la-bonne, were, as emly as ten o'clock in the morning, dikking In a 1)01,c-house, called .the Doke of York, the corner of Mlyneue street and Qfreen street.— Some dispute arose between them, and they turned out into the .street t., fi A ht. This was communicated, as if by magic, to the 11 ish inhabitants of Horace-street. who rushed to the scene of action, armed with blud geons and weapons of • every description—even to Some persons were dispatched by the neigh hours to the Police Offices, for assistance, before the a: rival of which the inhabitants of a distant colony (Calmel-building', Portman-square) had arrived, and being also armed with bludgeons, &c.joined the crowd, which had now become a scene of dreadful uproar and confusion. All the shops in the neighbourhood were necessarily closed, and the violence of the contending parties had arrived at a state of desperation seldom witnessed. Strong parties of the police from Bow-street and the Mary-la-bonne offices arrived, but their exer tions were attended with little or no good effect. The parties became, if possible, more irritated than ever. Mr. Rawlinson, the Magistrate, found it necessary to give his personal attendance, and tar a length of time exerted himself for the restoration of tranquillity, but to no purpose. The worthy Magistrate was under the ne cessity of calling for the assistance of the military, and bairns one and two o'clock, a detachment of the Foot Guards, quartered in Portmau-street B irracks, arrived 'in the spot. It was then found necessary to mid the Riot Act, which circumstance becoming known, together with the presence of the military, began to cirap the ardour of the belligerents, and the police were enabled to seize upon the ringleaders, fourteen of whom were secured and taken to Mary-la-bonne watch house. There were a number of very serious wounds inflicted, and it is feared that in many cases they will prove fatal. The mob at one time consisted of many thousands of persons r end the inhabitants declare, that they at one time sotertained the most serious *We' hensions fa the tonsequence;. mexam , votaf• EXECUTIONS AT CHELMSFORD. Yesterday morning haing the day appointed for the execution of Michael ('ashen. John Brien. and Robert aides, who were rentencycl to death at the late Astize: for the county of Essex, vast numbers of persons !ton, all parts of the county began to assemtle at an Cm l. hour opposite the New Prison, and fiorn its being mar ket day, the space of ground was coveted with a great multitude of individuals. As eat ly as 'ix o'cl.ck the drop was erected on the top of the prison over the ea- trance gate. Cohen and Brien, it will be recollected, v ete con victed at the Assizes, up. n the clearest te,timony, ol having assaulted and robbed Mr. Wm. Gree. hill, of East Ham, in whose service they had been; they then' absconded, but were apprehended at Bristol with the stolen property in their possession. They were both extremely ignorant, neither of them being able to read or write. Cashen was twenty•five years of age, and a native of Tipverary ; his wife and child, an ittlaitt of fifteen months old. reside at Bristol, and since his con- democion he has expeessed a de4iie that his w lie sh old be removed to Ireland. Robert aides, the other wretched culprit, was 33 Teats of age, and born of very respectable patents in the vicinity of Egham. At the Assizes there were no less than five indictments against him, four for hoist stealing, and one for stealing a bull and duce he fers ; he was enly hied upon two and convicted, when the Learned Judge felt the i , sciease of this species of ciirre to call for some die idful example, and the ptisorer was doomed to suffer, He Lad a a lie and seven children, the eldest being seventeen years old, and the youngest only about as many months. His wile, a very re spectable female, possessing a truly amiable charac ter, has been incessant in her attentions to her wietchtd hasband during lis imps isonment.—Oa es had for some time entertained hopes of pardon,. from there being, as he conceived, an insufficiency of evidence, o►, as he expi esetl it, he had not been pro perly d. fended ; but the frequent conversations with his brothels and other persons dispelled his hopes of par don, and lie Was then induced to attempt to blibe the convict who was left in cha•ge of hum by the promise of making a Gentleman of him," ptosided he would find means to aid him in his pienieditated escape. Ilis companion, however, gave U4, 4 ' 1 144,11 t o Me. Na d ir, the Governor, and Oades was then removed to another apartn.ent. Since then he has directed his whole thouglas to prayer, and the constant attention Oman him by the Rev. Mr. Hutchinson, the Chaplain, Mr. Neale, t' e Governo►, and also by the schoolmaster, has had the effect of preparing him fur the awful visitatiun he was sir soon to experience. Last Monday week h s wife brought five of his cliil aren to the prison to take their final leave of their wretched patent, and no pen can adequately describe the •pect.scle that then presented itself. The whole of the patty were absorbed in the most agonising symptoms of grief, and the parting drew tears front ail Mho witnessed it. Oades then, and at other times when thinking of bis wife and latinly, always became frantic with ivies, and was oith &eat difficulty calmed. On Wediustisy last his wife took her last farevicll of him, and the scene was tepresetited by the officers to be of a most digressing kind—indeed those interviews wete of so agonising a nature, that it became perceptible to every one that his frame was fast sinkina horn then effects, and his faculties became so impaired that it was soon found necessary to have two persons to suppoi t Fom the ex ensive system s f rohbei y in which Oades had been engaged, it was hoped that he would have given some iniot (nation that anon , ht he the means of rendering some kslice toward, those who have suf ler. d by the loss oh c ittle ; but to all incplities upon those points he telused to give any •a'isfactory answer. Cashen and B ien, ever since their cnndeninatroo, have had the assistance of two clero men of the Cathn. lie faith, the Rev. Ur. O'Leary, and the Rev. Mr. Foley, who Mete unrentio ing in then exertions to instil into the minds of the ur.h ippy men a 'toper sense of their. dreadful situation, in winch t'iere was abundant proof of their succ:ss. On Sunday last the Chaplain pleacited the condemned Set mon in presence of all the ptisuirers, and the affect ing language of the ltev. Divine made a deep impres sion on all who heard it. On Thursday (Chi: is mas day), he preached another sermon, from the first chap ter of St. Luke, verse 6 "To give light to them that sit in dankness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." At the conclusion of Di vine Set vice, as Oades was leaving the chapel, he said to his fellow prisoners, "Goad bye, good bye, good lads." During Thursday night persons were appointed to sit up with the wretched men, and at an early It tut yesterday mottling the Chaplain and Governor visited them. At ei g ht o'clock they were removed into :cps'. rate cells, attended by the tespective Clergymen. Oades oas then so faeble that he was obliged t be supported by a person on each side; he, nevertheless, joined fervently in prayer, and' -appeared exceedingly penitent. At nine o'clock, the ceremony of pinioning the wretched men was performed, and then the awful procession cammenced, from that part of the prison across the yard to the apartment in the ledge over the entrance gate, Cashen and Brien walking with the two Roman Catholic Clergymen, and Oades supported by tw•o men, and attended by the Chaplain. At half past nine o'clock, Faxen, the executioner of Newgate, ap peared on the drop, and in a shot t time he was followed by the wretched criminals, who were placed under the fatal beam, and the signal being given during the reading of the Burial Set vice, the unhappy men `Mere launched into eternity, apparently without a struggle. While the executioner was pinioning Cashen's arms he exclaiMed, "Pull them tighter ; you may as well tie them xs tight as you can, and mind I don't suffer much." Cashen was first on the drop, and in the middle of a prayer he broke off, and said to the executioner " You have not put the knot tight." He subsequently com plained that the knot ought to be under his ear, and , not under his chin! The Rev. Mr. Foley having as cured him that all was right, he concluded his prayer, and then Resigned himself into the hands of the execu tioner. Alter hanging the usual time the bodies were cut down. That ol Oades will be delivered to his bro ther this day, and the other two bodies will be interred at Sptingfield. Extract of a letter hom the agent to Lloyd's. at Trieste, dated December 13 A letter has just been received from Captain Maughtan, of the Elbe, bound from hence to Smyrna, stating, that after contending with hard easterly winds for several days. he had taken shelter on the sth• ult. at Milo, together with a Russian squadron d• stined to blockade the Dardanelles, con• sisting of a 74 and three frigates." AFFAIR 01 110NuUR.—A meeting took place on Tuesday mornining, at eight o'clock, in the Pruenix Park. between Mr. StasoN and Mr. Coon, the former attended by Mr. F. LEYDEN, and the latter by Captain HAWRINII. After• an exchange of ihcns the patties were, with much difficulty, reco. eller), and lett the ground.— Dublia Paper. ity. The "Plieate4 ly. The INuWed wl Rent sh tit ian of 10 . 2, i n hi utob tn e, b 'eks And wet 04 Ithorising was got " e the lei success. . °met% no eral Tile m O4 e con v e r , e B a ttle PPened ; Athol to sepal , the Mt rttal of neck s ;It lie, call. ate t h e G present an!e an , infortna• g and c 4 able the y bod in Pa" ked 10%, NightlY t'r a Con ti a war A Rrne , t , t star** err a n 13, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING. His Majesty's Star Holm Is meet nn 111, day, at the ft:l Unit ihrub+hili ; and Friday, at Stoke Green. Fitzwilliant's Hounds on Monday, at Iltdford Putllena ,4 Tburs.lay, at Abbt.t's Ripton. Lord Yarherourh's Hounds an MOndaT, at Grainslivhouset WediseAdAy s at Lattimore Furze ; ltritiay, at Leahouse; and Satue day,.at the Kennel. • Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds on Vondsy. a t Langworth bridge Tuesday. at Stizilby ; Thursday, at Ilelchfordtown ; Friday, are Blankney ; and Saturday, at Skelitngthurpe and inceby Village. The Black moor Vale Hounds on Tuesday, at Inn Wood; and Friday, at Stock House. • The Brighton (harrier, on Moviday, at PAtcham; Wednesday , near the Race Course; and on Friday, at the Dyke. MATCH AGAINST TIME. Tuesday Mr. Matthew Allen, of Portland Town. undertook to run a mile in six minutes. on the Kilburn road, for the sum of £5 and a supper for twelve persons. Mr. Allen, who weigh+ 14 ►tone s started from the lkro of Maida, at ten o'clock, and wan witk ap. patent ease, having twelve seconds to REDUCTION OF TIIE MILITIA STAFF. The resolution of Government to effect this redu:- don, the official or d+ r for which we I.ohlt.lird on t h e 7 Is inst. has long been anticip4ted ; and we are inclined to regard the measure as a pieliniinry step to t' e tr t+l abolition of the entire staff establishments. The ter vices of the Militia during; the war hate been viten acknowledged, both in Parliament and ILEof 1 • T..e , and Ir sh Mil tins at that period amounted to one hunched and twenty-:sine regintentv, and their united strength, on a rongh calculstio:., could'not have been less than eighty thuusand men, all as effich-nt ard well disciplined as Vie line. They were not only the de pots from which tie lewd sr army derived peti, dically •its largest aod most serviceable reinforct ments, but almost the only force which remained to gait ison the lliitish islands, and maintain their internal tranquil lity. When the war let minated they were marched home to their respective cou-.ties and disbanded, with the exception of the stiff or skeleton of each corps, which was retained, under stated regulations, to pr - serve a framework, as it were, for the raw materials that it was contemplated to model into soldiers at t e annual t :linings. The subaltern Officers—that is the Lieist oatits and Ensigos—wer: temporarily dismissed, with an allowance in lieu tit ha f pay, partly gua ranteed at the commencement of the war, but finally • fixed by Act of Parliament shady before the peace, for which they were un , nimitusly gratefu'. The Field Officers and Capta ns Itavoig • been l remised nutting were awarded melting; and to this day they complain with bitterness of their fruitless services. Several years elapsed bef re Government conceived it ne cessary to order a tiainina ; and, in the twelve years that hive gone by since the gen-tal disband. men!, the militia have only beers time limes called out, and in no case !or a longer pe:iod than four meek*. In that space-of time it is need ess to say that no extra ordinary progre-a was made in modelling saw recruits suddenly called from the loom and the plough-:a-1.—.. The Staff undoubtedly 1 .boured hand, and so did the docile novices themselves; but, as serer al dais at the beginning an.] end of each period were unavoid bty ota copied iii giving out and taking in at ens and clothing., they had b Ately begun t. f el thentselves at ease in the ranks, wen they were tens to the right about This being a well-known fact, we scarcely 'leak that even the staunchest stickler for the di:embodied system will say th..t it has been of material advantage to the count , y. S thousinds of count , y lads have, it is true, been instructed timaey rules of the mi:itary discipline; but we question whetter the in. jury their morals must have sustained (torn their being cnngregatei in a town, arid emancipated from ths; sut veillance of their friends, does not more than court terbalance the ultimate advantage. The staff have don their duty well, a; far as duty was required of them ; t.ute for-years together, that-duty teas been nothing more than attending a monthly parade, and giving casual assistance to the civil power in ca , es of riot or fire. The non-conimesioned officers have becon e ant spatted both in system and years. The subalterns, ti.o, are fast losing their mtlitar knowledge. and, iLouhtedls, , their youthful ardour, and the field officersa- d captains who • beljnged to the corps when on permanent service, har ing rio inducement to remain indai s men, have, in in numerable instances, thicien up their commissions, which either imam vacant or are held by ni vices who know nothisig of discipline. Under these clic urn• stances we do rot see how Government cuulJ do better than put an cod t0.4.1te whole system, with the under. st rutting that due compenv-tion .hail be made to all who have a claim to it. At tis moment the average allowance to each tegument, fit subaltern officers, does tot, according to the Parliamentary returns, amount to 5001. annually, and a rapid diminution of that sum may .be confide thy anticipated. In the same way there would be a yearly diminution of any retired allowance which might be made`to the members of the staff; and, in the course of a very short time, the expense to the country would become-quite insignificant. We are at a loss to determine, horn tie order referred to above, whether it is the intention of Government to grant a retired allowance to the individuals who are to be struck off the establishmei t on the 24-11 June, 1529; brat we take it for granted that such is the case. In the event of the set vices of ,the militia bring again required, an expesienced Adjutant, and a supply of smut, well trained uon-contruissioned officers fn m the line, wculd re-organise the corps anew as expeditiously, and as .serviceably, as the exigencies of the State could possibly demand.—Edinburgls Observer. The paragraph about ele revenue w! ich we col ied from The Vines of Thursday, cola si is a material error. An increaser t I,OOOAX/0/. on the quarter in the Excise is wrong. On the year it is a great sum, and mt.re ban Ministers, we believe, had any eipestatirn Our late Monarch, Gwent the Tniao, was the 'res. vial patron of Dr. IlantvirEL, and or w did then con descended to visit hum. While tie Doctor was con. su ucting his large celestial tele.cfn e, the KING called one clay along with one of the Bishops, to see tin instrument, which was, lying on its side, and wide enough to admit a person to walk into it with d httlr stooping. The Bishop wished to follow, but his Ma. rum insisted that he should, in this case, lead; "go on," said lie, "go on, and show me, as you are in duty bound, the way to Ileaven."—Scolsnran. These i• no vutts in the Paragraph a WO has gone the rounds that the yetervs ate tit be celled obi. We can po itively state thli :he Government has nu such steps in contemplaton.— Plymouth J0111'11(11. CIONSTADT I DEC. 2 —The Gull - 6 entirely coveted with ice, excepting a small opening at am Muleircid, and a tew spots which are not frozen over between thil place and Oranienbaum, from whence a number of people have closed to-day on foot.