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it oprniug 11, continuer to ovisioni, 60un,1 blunts, to p u t f.te turrd goodt, the Hrilexpout. for the Mr.. 14 -1 an unfortunate 0 veesels frum Raul aturnas on I in the sea of the blockad e i Pecha is nu ipp thttrtl Nth' c already on !be n► the tlih to re arrived here. u the theatre of bet et cell Aldus Lot of the rigour le Grand Vali, 7theipal force at it Paella to the of 11,000 ones t for armamlnts to will make a b fully enforced lot a single ship lago. Hitherto, plies, though not the Dardanelles tke mein+ d way suppose that lumber.) be 7th inst. the ship only. It is quit the Mores, wore of this re. have somewhat that 5,000 fresh be landed in the 'Dandolo, who Is Dec. at Mulo, . 20. vs O'CLOCK. count, with little It present. 6 O'CLOCK: Ise whole of the rids little business ary. for an inter. n signed at Pais. I has eau,ed the to the Porte.— led by the Allks, D the 2lit ultimo. pence have taken save the King of tome importance. d. His Lord at. II is still doubt If. SCOTT St 'ks to ley to be all in all. of his immense ulous rumours as On Wednesday letherby, the scat afterwards waited le freemen in the Inc definitive was soon afterwards; pea of his consvnt and indepe.idenre. threatened by as iced van flights s er and Lang tnat!be. *long thibit beautiful nense Bock+ of olding, of Ems widgeon; and at one shot!-- a, sugar, coffees • sea trom 11)(1. 1, whence theca !s, across Servia nany, and even anted at Calm% eagues distant" ralent, as far as the world ! d to have been 4antucket in the which are not rr in Europe or rain inhabittnts a. es, the II of the Get Iple to th ch e hat, Let ior dates . on the pa l n of an its al, thou l t strictly er has set ilk, f the Bla c k e suspended, : as far as er or leaved,. fiber 25 arrived 'fly known io his troops that t for Schuette, Tabir Neil% has received Irianople to the fore, with his re been sent to et the Russians opening of the COURT CIRCULAR. the Duchess of KKNT and the Ptincess VICTORIA orrivad at their apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington, on S atu rday afternoon, from a visit to his DIAJUTT, at his Palace at Windsor. - A Cabinet Council was held at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office Downing -street, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington Earls Barhurst and Aberdeen, Viscount Melville, Lord Miriam: rough, Mr. Secretary Peel, Sir George Murray, The Chancellor of the Eschequer, Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, and Mr. }ferries. The Ministers sat in deliberation during three hours. The French Charge d'Affaires t, ansacted business yesterday, at the Office of the Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs. BRIGHTON, JAN. 25. The night of Friday was intensely cold, and the morning cf yesterd iy exhibited to us the earth covered with one entire and extended sheet of snow, but not to any rreat depth. The air throughout the day and last night remained frosty, and but little alteration took place until nearly six o'clock this evening, when .the Kind shifted from the north to the south-west, with a rising breeze, and an improvement in the tempera ture of several degrees. The Princess AuGuirra, owing to the cold weather, has confined hei self to the Palace since Friday, and the Nobility and Fashion have pretty generally followed her Royal Highness's example. The two Lad:es Cornwallis passed the evening with the Princess on Thursday. The last names left at the Pavilion include those of Lord Thomas Cecil, Captain Macdonnell, Mrs. Gaseley, Mrs. and Master Dicks, and the Major Baron Schmiedesm, late of the 7th Royal Hussars. Apartments were ordered at the Marine Hotel for the Princess Pnlignac, but a notification was received this morning that, in consequence of the coldness of the weather, her Royai Highness would delay her visit to Brighton. The Baron and Baroness Feick, the Dutch Ambassador and Lady, are prolonging their stay at the Albion. Mr. and Mrs. Fairiax, who had arrived at the above Hotel, removed from thence to a private house in the Royal Ceescent, yesterday.. • . Sir Frederick Bathurst and Mr. Harvey Bathurst, from the Royal York Hotel, fawn el to town yesterday. Lord Thomas Cecil continues at this house. ,Air. Mackenzie arrived and joined his brother, Col. Mackenzie, at the blarine Hotel, this afternoon. Lady Wharncliffe is among the ti-t r,ceived guests at this house; his Lordship is expected to be there to morrow. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. AR RI VA LS. The Earl of Tanheroine, in Grosvenor.square, from Bucking hamshire; the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, at her seat, liolderwood Lodge, Hants, from D. Kerr, Esq.'s seat in Surrey ; Duke and Ouches. of Atholl and family, in St. James's-square; loom their seat iu Scotland; the Marquis of Clanricarde, in St. Janies's-streer ; Sir Robert Harland, Bart. on Ricbmond-terrace; Colonel Macleod, in Jermyn-street ; Captain Currie, in Jermyn s.rceti Mrs. and Miss Gower, in Baker -street, from Dorsershire ; Mts. and Miss Lair, in Brook street, from th e I s le of Wight ; Captain Clarke, in ' Pall mall, from the Netherlands; Lieut. Cul. .P.rker, in Curzon -street, May-fair, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Moore, in Grosvenor-street, from Salisbury; Lieut. Hawkins, is the Reg,nt.street, from Gibraltar ; Mrs. and Miss Dawson, in Somerset-street, from Brighton; Major Taylor, in Sr.' James's. place from liri b hton; Lieut. nant Col. Atcheson, from Scotland ; Lord Carrington, at his house, Whitehall-yard, from his seat, Deal Castle, Kent ; Lord Wiliam Russell, at Warren's Hotel, Re gent street, Irons Woburn Abbey ; the Rev Edward Smith and Mrs. Smith and family, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork -streets, from Canterbury; David Anderson, Esq. at Longs Hotel, Clifford -street, from Edinburgh ; Colonel Fits clarence, at the Royal Hotel, St. James . ..street, from Bushy Park ; S I. Jeffreys, t-q. at ditto, from Ireland; John Simpson, Eq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-stsett, from Nlanchester ; J. Ctivie, Esq. and J. Beard, E.q. at ditto, (rum Manchester; the lion. Colonel and Mrs. Knox. at ditto, from Brighton; Mr. and Sirs. Ackers and family, at ditto, from Wilts; Lord Dormer, at ditto, from a tour; Lord Harry Vane, at ditto. CUANGE& The Earl and Countess of Jersey. at their seat, Middleton Park, Oirord.hire, from the Duke of Bedford's, Woburn Abbey; 4r. Villehois and family, front Gloucester-place, to their seat in Norfolk ; Lord and LaJy Bangor, from the Burlington Hotel, for Brighton ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Creaky and family, from ditto, I for Leicestershire; Captain Hyde Parker, from Feston's Hotel, fur his seat in Hams; Edward Fuller, RI. and family, from Long's*Hotel, for their seat, Carktun Hall, Salmundbant ; the Bi.y. Wm.' and Mrs. Gamier end family, from Warren's Ho t el, for ibeir seat in'Hatits ; Captain Henry, from ditto, for Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Beaumont, from Crawley's Hotel (Tate Cook'.), Albemarle-street, for Southampton ; the Hon. A. and Mrs. Foster, and family, front the Royal Hotel, Sr. James'iustreet, for Dorset shire; Captain Versturme. from ditto, for Berks. It is confidently stated, about bath Houses of Parlia ment, that his Musser purposes to open the approachins Session of Parliament In person, if health permits. Gray dinner) will by given las the Duke of W EL LINGTON the Earl of Aseaszaw, and Mr. Pam, on Wednesday week, to the Members of both Houses of Parliament. His Ma. JUITY . I Speech will be read at each of the dinners. _ _ Di.patches e.e rt seised yesterday front Lord Sru •ae ss ttOTHSAY, at NHS The Duke ot N. RT11111188111•AND was born on the 40th of April, I'M, and is therefore in his 44th year. Ins Grace milt his seat in the House of Lords during the life-time of the late Duke, tit 1812, as Baron Num Ile succeeded his father in 1817, and 'mimed April 29. h. 1817, Lady Cuamovva Ptoasrttw OLIVS, nau6liter of the Earl of Powts, by whom he has no surviving issue; and his Grace's only brimful-, Lord l'aunuos, is at present heir yr. sumptive to the Dukedom. IslAsQuEttaug —Last night a Grand Masquerade took place at the King's Theatre; and Mr. WRIGHT might boast of a more numerous, and, we may adJ, more brilliant assemblage than we have wimessed for a long period on similar occa.ions.— There were, upon a lair computation, not less than three thou.:it'd persons present, suited in the costumes of all nations, and great numbers repre.tming dramatic characters. Dancing was kept up with much spirit tin a late hour, and the supper and wines afforded sererdi satisfaction. _ The vac.nt B'u- Ribbon. will be bestowed upon the DAL. of RICHMOND and the EArl of ANIIMMUDIAM. Asa ',loot tit the abundance tit 'he late harvest in the Northern Counties. we may mention that the trading vessels arc at present engaged in trim.porting grain to the southern markets particularly London and Leith. Cargoes of potatoes from some o, the most remote diotticts have alsu been sent southwards.—lsseeroesi emsesee. A !no 'Acetic Latiy in Yorkshire ha's recently offereti to .übscribe 50,0001. towards the endowment of an University in that county ; :.nd a Noble Earl bas professed bis willingness to give a similar benefaction. Mr. li GIIATTAN, M.P. his had a pleurisy, an ery siptlas, and a nervous affection, and has lost 90 ounces of blood. He is therefore, as may be supposed, in an extremely delicate state, still unable to leave his room; and it is doubtful whether it will be in his power, by any effort, to occupy his place in Parliament on the sth of February.—lireemon's Andros/. We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 6rh inst. N cases of fever having occurred since the 24th Dec. the M dical Repoit has been discontinued. The fol lowing Proclamation has been issued: With a view of carrying more fully into effect the Proclama tion of the 27th December, and of more certainly securing the public health against the possibihty of a recurrence of the malady which has for the last four months committed such ravages in the garrison, his Excellency the I.IIIUTINANT Govassoa directs that a strict examination and second purification of the dwellings, bedding, clothing, &c. of all classes of the inhabitants be performed, smiler the superintendence of the Medical Officers of the Army, having Police Serjeants under their orders, with a sufacieut num ber of peraous as ex;iurgators (who have passed the fever), who will receive iostsuctions from the principal Medical OMCO% He will direct them to be supplied with the ebloruret or oxide of sodium Acid of lime—substances discovered to be eminently useful as disin&ctants, and in the prevention of disease ; a considerable quantity of both articles being lately received front Marseilles, and for which the garrison is indebted to the humane consideration and hberality of the French Government." Here follow lengthened details of the means to be adopted iu tarrying these arrangements hits effect. The accounts Err m Bogota, in the New York papers, state that General Sucre hod arrived from Upper Peru. lie was immediately appointed by &Ilioar to the COM. msnd cf . the Colon,bran army of the south, seventeen thi tisar.d men. The invasion of Peru was expected to be c tined into effect for th with. THE ARMY. A Detachment belonging to the 56th Regiment of Foot marched ibis morning from London for Bristol, on route to Newry. A Detachment of the 70th Infantry is ordered to march from London for Bristol, on route to Butte/ant. The Detachments belonging to the 2d Battalion of the Cold. stream Regiment of Guards that are now stationed at Kew and Reading were ordered to be relieved yesterday by similar Detach ments from the same Corps at Windsor. The following official Circular has been issued last week from the War Office, addressed to Colonels of Militias: Sts—Scveral applications, founded on the proposed reduction of the Militia Staff, having been made to me, respecting the dis charge of Sergeants, I have the honour to acquaint you, that as the extent to which the reduction shall be carried into effect will depend upon the determination of Parliament, it will be advisable that no Sergeants should be discharged until such determination shall have been announced. " And as the claims of the Sergeants to be pensioned are made to depend not only upon length of service, but unfitness and infir. rimy resulting from military duty, it will be essential to ascertain before they are discharged, whether their cases' can be brought within the regulutions under which militia pensions are granted. "I take this opportunity of informing you, that the clothing due on the 25th ult. is to he supplied for the number of Non-commis. simod Officers and Drummers intended to be retained; and that those whose reduction is contemplated will be considered as entitled to compensation to the date of their discharge. • " I have the honour to be, " Sir, your moat obedient servant, "H. HARDINGE. " To Colonels Militia." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS Assivao This Day—Dublin I—Waterford 2—Guernsey and Jersey I—France 1. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated December 17 :—" The information that the blockade of the Dar danelles has been limited to grain cargoes has been confirmed by our Commodore, Sir THOMAS STAMP, who was informed by the Commander of the blockading squadron, on his late visit there, that only vessels with such cargoes would be prevented passing through ; and that Colonials, or any other description of general merchandise, would suffer no impediment. The Urania is in consequence taking on board coffee, &c. for Cuns:antittople." The Rambler, Shillings, from Yarmouth to London, was driven on shore near Harwich yesterday, and full of water. DIAL. W.--Arrived the Rochart, from the West Indies. POWIIIIIIUTH, JAL 26.—Wind N.W. to S.W. P LYMOUTIII, JAN. 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the Catherina, Baker, from Boordeaux ; Venus, Elridge, from Seville; sod Atalanta, Milleard, from St. Michael's. Ettarourn, JAN. 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Adventure, Ente, from BLAILUILY, JAN. 21.—About twenty pieces of American oak timber, II:0 pipe stave,, some lire-timber and deals, two capstan bats, marked " Unity," part of the stern of a vessel with " Unity." have been washed on shore between this and Cremar. (Mem. No doubt, part of the cargo of the Unify, Fox, from Quebec to Hull, Abandoned in the North Sea last month.) THE THAMES. Nothing can equal the alarm and damage produced upon the river, by the late very dense frost. The shipping in the lower pool 'has in a great many instances been driven from the moorings by the immense floating bodies of ice, which have continually, upon the return of the tide. been lotced between thr tiers of shipping. Since Wednesday last until yesterday, not a single vessel de• pas ted frum the fiver; the wind first set in heavily from the N.N.E. and but slightly ve red until about four o'clock yesterday mtaning, when a heavy fall of rain commenced, and the vane changed to S by S.W. a brisk taw commenced, and the ice on the shores broke up an J swept away towards the mouth i,t the Channel, and during the entire f the day fl 'aced down the rivet in great masses. Among the disasters produced by this accuo.ulat ion of ice, the following have come to our knowledge. A large c, llirr brig (the Arabella) was driven by the force of the current from her m'nring chains and lines, and su.•k in Limehouse-reach. Ater of about fifty sail of colliers drifted from Limehouse, and one or two lost their masts, and others were much damaged. Several light:•rs were carried away w ita resistless vetuosity, and three laden with corn capsized and swamped at Woolwich; one only was recovered at Erith, where she had been driven ashore. Toe small craft, early in the danger, wt.re removed ashore, and the watermen have been altogether unable to put out from dreir respective stairs. Tr e s•ulors and masters a the vessels in the centre tiers in the river, in many instances, were unable to quit the r slips, and only in some places could assistance b: rendered them from the shore. The river yesterday evening was getting tolerably clear of 0 e icebergs—the vitid is a fine one tor the channel, and will di ift It 4 way, it ',expected, altogether. The nut-door thermonieler, which was at 22 on Sun day evening, rose to 34 during the night; while the barometer • dos ing the same period, sank nearly a whole degree. We noiiced, i r clfllalght •iiice, th t, by the contem plated reduc•ion of the Militia Staff, Di om-Major Clan k, of the Ea-t Devon, would he discharged from the regiment, after a service of vsty•nine yeas and seventy days!!! Within these few day, we have had •he hollow• ing particulars communicated to us relative to the . mother of chi, veteran:—" In the month of Januat y, 1812 M try Cl/1k made .n application toJohn Hawker, Esq. at the Guildhall of this borough, retative to some parochial matters, when, from her extreme old e, th, worthy Magistiate WAS induced to make some Inqui , le:, of her. She then gave the following account o• rer self and family. She stated that 'she was 'lron' Dundee, in Scotland, and was one 'hundred years of age on Michaelmas Day preceding ; she was baptized in Dundee, at the Ne,. Kirk,and produced her certificate; her father was named John Gourley, was a blacksmith by trade, and lived in the Nethergate; she was married to Philip Clark eighty years ago, before the rebellion in Scotland ; the Minister who married her was the Rev. Mr. Davison ; she had eighteen chil dren, fifteen suns and three daughters; her husband had been dead twenty one years; he died on the 15th day of January, 1791; at his death he was a serjrant in the royal veteran battalion ; he had been wounded at the battle of Fontenot; be belonged to the Bth regi ment, and was taken prisoner; she was sith him at ihe battle; Duke William commanded at the tine; five of her sons were killed in Keppel's battle, and two were swallowed up in an earthquake, with Captain Bulteel, of Topsham ; and one of her sons. Richard Clark, was drum-major of the East Devon militia; she had an unmarried daughter, aged forty-siz years, living with a grand-daughter aged twenty." These were the parti culars .she gave of herself. From being born in Scot land she had no settlement, and she was allowed three shillings per week from the parish ; but when the par ticulars of her life became known—principally through the exertions of Dr. Stewart, who met its the highest praise for his humanity—this once respectable old fe male received a weekly sum of five %billings; this was continued up to her death, wh-ch event occur red in Ja notary 1817, being then in the 106th year ut her age. We learn that exertions are making to obtain the churn major a pension sufficient to maintain him with credit doling the remainder of his life.—Plymosith• Ucrald. • DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELDS. • 'uence of the suggestions of the Loid In COD S% Mayor on Saturday last to the Deputies from the pi. riches of Christ Church, Spitalfields, and Sc. Ma:thew, Bethnal-green, last night a Meeting i f tl e Gentlemen of both parishes took place in the National School-room, Quaker -street, Spitalfields, for the purpose of forming a Committee to co-operate with his L irdship in the laudable undertakiug of an appeal to public feeling and sympathy on the part, of the distressed silk weavers. About eight o'cl- ck the Reverend Mayne was called to the Chair. The Clinton* anrized them of the purp sec for which they it. and as Mr. Bruton, their Vestry Clerk, had hitherto taken a most active part, he was the more competent to enter into a detail. Mr. Brutton said, about three weeks ago he formed one of tire deputstion that waited upon Mr. Peel, and although that Right Honourable Gentleman would not pledge the Glvern mein, yet he had no doubt of his individual exertions and influence; and it was from his suggestions that the Deputation waited upon the Lord Mayor. Here Mr. Brutton detailed the interview with the Lord Mayor,' which is already before the public, and added that he had seen his Lordship that morning, who assured him of Mr. Peel's individual support. Temporary relief was therefore likely to crown their exertions. but he would rather see substantial and permanent support given tow industrious a class of his Majesty's subjects. He con cluded by recommending the formation of a Committee. A Committee, consisting of 14 from Bethnal Green and 12 from Spitalfields, ssete then appointed, when it was resolved— Ist. That the foregoing number do form a Commit. tee of both Parishes. 2J. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that io order to alleviate the present distress in the Parishes of Spitalfields and lethal G.een, a Public Subscription be set on foot, and that a respec ful appeal be made to the public philanthropy, thrt:ugli the medium of the Lon don Press, stating generally the appalling misery which pervades the wla , .le Siik district of the metropolis. SJ. That the foregoing Resolutions be trancmitted to the Right lion. the Lord Ala) or, and entreating his Lordships powerful co-operation in the undertaking. The Meeting then separated. MELANCHOLY EVENT. GREENOCK, JAN. t 3. Sunday, John and G•lbei I M . Cof quodAle. brott:ers, and John Pearson, brother-M law to the former, all dt•ep sea pilots, belon-giog to thi• place, being At the isle of Little Cumbrae, on the look-out Icr inward bound veisels, observed the bog King's Cove going cu , of the Frith. There being no wind they went on board ot this vessel in their little punt or yawl, leaving their large 1 , boat at anchor. Having remained on board until the', ma ter of the brig wrote a letter, which one (.1 them' tonk charge of and promised to eeliver, they got into their little vessel at halt past four o'clock in the af es noon, and commenced plying their couple of oars for Cumbrae, which was distant four mi!es. Having rowed for about half an hour, Pearson, ss ho pull d the afttr oar, requested John M'Cnrqundale, who was sitting in the stern, to tike a spell. The latter immedi.aely got up to do sn, bat while he and Pearson tk e in the act ot changing positions, the yawl went off the cquili brium,cap.ituf, and the party were iastantly immersed in the water. Being all excellent swimmers, especially Pearson, they soon recovered themselves and got hold of the boat, which was now bottom unermost. In this situ*. •ion, than which the human mind can scarce figute to itself one more appalling,. they remained for a cons siderable time, at short intervals shouting with united voice:, in order to attract the attention cif the clew of any vessel which might be passiok The strength of Pearson at length failed, and he lost hii Ir, Id of the boat, but was speedily eilabled to regain it through • the exertions r I the f itmer, who basin ! ), succeeded in divesting himself of his briots, could exert himself with greater effect in the water. In little time, however, Pearson, in strugglieg no doubt to obtlin a better' position, reversed the bin, which turned completely round, whelming J. M'Cor quAale and himself under it. Gilbert, after swimming about for a second or two, succeeded again in altering the position cf the boat, when his brother and Pearson made their appea:ance, the latter,who was now speech less ale! insensibl , having the former firmly clutcl.ed in his " death grasp.'' Die brothers spoke to one an other, but it was impossible to rid John of tree hopeless Pearson, not had either of then, a knife aid, which they might have accomplished that end, by cutting away the parts of John's cicitlies which Pearson had in hi , grasp. They struggled for some time, and at length tiorh went down. Scarcely had Gilbert, the survivor, !Inked for an instant at the circling eddy caused try their disappear &lice, ssh n lie was ticked up, al:et be•ng above two bouts in the water, by a boat from the bloop Arnet ica, D•encsn, master, and cat ried on board of that vessel. The t‘ , o men who have thus met with An untimely end were respectable in their line, and h4ve both left widoas and families veer indifferently pruvided for. INISTERS . PENSION SOCIETY.—A General Meeting of the Subscribers to this excellent Institution, for the relief of aged and distressed Printers and their Widows, was held yester. day, at the London Tavern, to receive a Report from the Com mittee, and to elect Officers for the year ensuing ; also to elect twelve Pensioners (six men and six women). After the reading of the Rvport and the Accounts, which were highly satisfactory, and other preliminary business, the ballot commenced for the elec. bon of twelve pensioners. There were seventeen male and twenty. four female candidates, and after some exceediney active polling, the Chairman (Mr. raimet), announced the undermentioned as duly elected: V IM. Charles Morris James Lee David Campbell Joseph Hart Andrew Aitken 2124 1967 1645 1292 1079 womax. Ann Webster 2805 Margaret Brown 2688 laizabeth Crabb 2493 Martha Douglass 1989 Mary Hunt 1908 William Newman 959 I Susannah Pearson 1813 The CHAIRMAN, in a brief speech, addressed the Meeting upon the prosperous state of the Society ; and after the usual votes of thanks were given to those Gentlemen who have taken active parts in the affairs of the Institution ; the Meeting adjourned tin July nest. Another system of adulteration, in that general ar ticle of consumption, tea, and which there can be no doubt, from what has already been discovered, has been carried on to a great extent, is now under the conside ration of the pre per authorities. It is well known, that in all public establishments, , as well as in the private houses of the opulent, it has been customary to give the waste tea lerves, after having been once used, to the indigent. For some time past, however, regular and systematic traffic has been carried on, and that too in many cases by hawkers of tea, who supply the lower --classes. These men allow a certain quantity of what they call fresh tea, for the leaves that have been used, and such leaves are so procured, or bought in larger quantities, for the purpose of being again dried on hot sheets of copper, which, added to other preparations, produces, apparently, a new tea, but of a very danger ous and even poisonous quality, resembling green tea. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S COURT. The following later is given by the New York Ad vertiser of the 23.1 ul•. " Want Hand*. Diet. 13. 's L ost night the President's Drawing Hoorn was opened, tor the tit st time this se 4 son. A large umhe• of Gentlemen arid Ladio s, consisting of citizens. tooeign Ministers and their suites, members ot the Co ngr e ss . s cc . • assembled st an rally hour. Mr. Adams a.,tl his L idy were unusually chee. ful. Their heal h s•e:ne.l to be de cidedly improved. Mr. Adams, as you are •ware, talks but little in mixed society. From soave cause or other he was, however, unusually affable last night ; and Mrs. Adams mingled among her griests, exerted herself to render their time agreeable. in the manner I f a mis tress of a private mansion. TI e east room, with all its gorgeous furniture,' was opened. 1 looked around to get a sigh of Mr. Ritchie or his corre-rondei.t, hut t':e former was not prettit. f he' tut niture,' however, w as there—the same. and resting in the same places as when its gorgeous' appearance first burp used the visit'', Mr. Senator Benton. I have an inventory r f the furni tore taken last night. It consisted of 19 O.J mahogany armed chairs (representing probably the old thirteen States), most of which had bo.toms, indicating tit it but few of the States would ever be found unsafe and u-elest ; and all of them were destitute of any covering, showing the Republican plaint), f the Revolution should ever be preserved. This was, and for several years , has been, the only furniture of the room, the simple grand, ur of which. together w ith its excellent moral, struck, the imaginative correspondent of Mr. Ritchie with so much awe. It is fair to state, however, in justice to the hospit il•ty of ;he President and his Lady, that for the accommod of titer guests they caused a few additional chairs ant settees, and two or three chandeliers, to be detailed for !he service of the evening. There was that in t e room, however, the gorgeousness' of which m;glit well impress an imagi nation less susceptible and fruitful than that of the Mts. souri Senator—a .display of beauty, grace, rind fashion, rarely exhibited in this city. The Marine band was stationed in this loom; and the dancing was com menced, and coritinned till about 11 o'clock, encouraged by the earnestly expressed wishes of the President and of his hospitable and elegant Lady. This is the only occasion of the kind on which dancing was ever Unto duced at the President's house during the present ad ministration; and, in former years, these was hut one instance of the so: t. Mrs. Madison once gave a dancing party ; but lions :he crowd which it drew together, and some disorder and confusion which took plate, she was determined never to have another. Report sass—and I desire that the information should be consideir. 43 Al cnnodential, lest the Jackson men sluoilit get hold tfthe.fact, aid reje.eot it as a pro f of the ex istence of strong arist cratic I redil,cti.ns on the part of t'tYiesident and his family.—report Sat S , that on the day of th:s unwonted cheer in the pa:ace,* the President , actl Is s Lady sere presented with their first pr indchild. , 'f he }(song' Princess,' it is said, alrea oy exhihits mush of the character cf her illustrious progeoitt.rs. . . The Bill to allow an adoiti , n . al 'drawback on im- potted sugar d in the ct untry, an ! exported, has at I •ngth passed the House or Repiescititives, by a lafge majority. The debate en ti e qoestion elicited much of the talent of the House. The sAme question WU., a few years ago, pie.ented to the S. nate rty Mr. D • Wolf, in his B ll to allow a drawback on the et:. pottati: n of duck, manufactured born lo•eign hemp. Mr. De Wolf's pr. piisition was then opposed by the same arguments which were urged ou this os (a-inn against Mr. C4mbeileng's Bill; and at tha: time the jealousy and iynotance of the I stop growing States, added to the timidity. of the commercial and m •nulaca times :r n i ti e Stat-s, negatived the pi , p Bur he:•er e arrived, a d our true iiitriests are every tlay otter ni u la derstood, and mote boljly asse teJ. The Re presenratises from the sugar }t rowing Sretes ap.,rowed the dray: back, as did a number of the southern rest ic. tinnist . s. The sugar growers, if se-fried, took n o the strange idea; that the encoui agement or tr.e r sport n of foreign sugar discouraged to consumption id d 5- mestit sugar. " Mr. Alexander Stnyth's proposition to clia• ge the Constitution, by making the Pie ade t alt. r the first term. and making Members or C r g Cbs in eligible to any office under the Government, was brought op to-day. General Smyth susia red the policy of the measme in a speech if the n) ojc. Ate knob of about two twins. lila.t he been I stehed in fora momen t by a single individu.ll, lie %scold i arc spokrn Irt gran days. A them: less acceist able at all times, and esp. cially tinder present ; ()lit cal circurnsra:•te., er uld karcely have been chosen; fur there are many Members %host interests will be promoted by a r •el coon of General Jackson, and there are many others who, tro doubt, ex p. ct to be rewarded during the present term with fat offices for their adhesion. MemorialF, signed by an immense number of in dividuate, continue to be presented to Congtele, praying tor protec ian loom the effect* t.f the present auction sys:em—one from Baltimore, presented to-d4y, lIIC4. suied I iity feet in length.' Sunday evening the house id Mrs. Smith, of Nire Elms'-lane, Vauxhall, was entered and robbed of watches, rings, and other va treble priiperty, to the amount of 20ji. On the same ni:ht the house of Mr. Cases, .in Bedford-place, Walworth, was entered a• d robbed of a variety c f property. The premises belong. ing to Mr. Ha.kerley, Bordett-street, New i %ton, were hriiken liars on Friday usi A lst, and robbed of several ar ticles of plate and other proi.etty. Wednetday evening, the cotton-factory belonging to Mr. John Thomasson, at M,ll-hill, -Little Bolton, was disco,. red to be = n fire. Four fire enaines 'etc promptly brought to the spot, and every exertion made to save the premises. • The whole of the machinery in th,t end if the mill where the fire commenced was destio)ed, only part cf the walls and the ch.mney-pipe being lets standing. The damage i, estimated at 7,00 W. and the an ount insured is 5,00 W. ninday se'nnight two amiable young men, William and George Bradley, sons of Mr. Bradley, of the Middle Hillgate, were drowned • in a reservoir which supplies Messrs. Axon's factory with water. They bad gone in company with some friends to enjoy the recreation of shaiting on this reservoir, and had been following Clic amusement the greater past of the afternoon, when about five o'clock one of them, George, and three Other young men, were precipitated into the water in conse quence of the ice breaking. The dare young men ex tricated themselves speedily, but George could nor. His brother, with all the warned, of fratern.l affection, on seeing his dangerous situri 41, rusred tow:m(1011e spot, fir the pus pose of rendering hirnassistance,when, melancholy to relate, within a shot t distance of the place where his brother had fallen in, the ice also gave way with him, and he fell into the water. Their more lot tunate companions hastened off the ice, and weld into the water with. the laudable desire to rescue them from a watery grave ; but all was in vain. An Icquet was held on then bodies on Tuesday, and a verdict of Accidental D..ath returned.—Stockport, Jan. 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