Star. — London, England, 1829-12-11 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. General Sir Ronald Ferguson, Ban. in Bolton-row ; Sir George Robinson, Bart. in South-street, Park-lane; Lady Mary Bentinck. from Charles-street, Berkeley-square, for the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Portland, at Welber'', near °Henan, in Nottingham shire ; the Hon- Frederick Cavendish. yesterday from Old Bur lington-street. for Mother Hall. the seat of Lord George Ca vendish ; Captain-Garland, in Brook-stret, from Paris ; Captain Hope, In Bruton-street, from Paris; Major and Mr.. Warren, from Southampton, for Brighton; Lady and Alin perks, from Gloucester-place. for Bath; Captain Scott and Major Grey. from Waterloo.place, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Pole, from Gloucester-place, for Brighton ; Major Fitzpatrick, in Pall-mall, from the Hague ; Captain Erskine for Canterbury ; Mr. and Mrs. Simeon, from Hertford-street, for Bath; Major Gudiuer for Maidstone; Captain Milne for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, from Park Lodge, in Kent, for Brighton ; Mr. Henry Bonham, from St. JIMCS'i-street, for Brighton ; Sir H. Fane, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street. from Hants; Lord de Tabky, at ditto, from Oxford ; Mr. Sitwell, at ditto. from Yorkshire; Lady Westmeath, at ditto, from Lincolnshire ; Lord Douglas. at ditto, from Oxford ; Mr. Joddrell, at ditto, from Oxford ; Mr. Cotton, at ditto, from Oxford ; A. Grant. Esq. at ditto, from Herefordshire ; Mrs. Suckling, Miss Suckling, and E. Suckling, Rig. at the Berner* Hotel, Berners•street. from Patfteld. Essex ; Richard Blakemore, Esq. at ditto, from the Lays, Monmouth; J. W. Hearne, Esq. at ditto, from Hertford ; Sir George Crewe, Ban. and Lady Crewe, from ditto, for their seat, Calke Abbey, Derby. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX. CHESTER, DEC. O.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex arrived at Eaton Hall, the princely mansion of Earl Grosvenor, on Monday last, from Kinmel Park, the seat of Colonel' Hughes, where the distinguished visitor has been for some time previously in a deli cate state of health. Our good old city has been dis tinguished in all ages for its attachment to the per son and family of the Sovereign ; and the constitued Authorities could not suffer this opportunity to pass without testifying that the Monarchial principle is still as warmly cherished amongst us as ever, and that their at tachment to the family of our most gracious Monarch is as ardent and devoted as it formerly was to the imbecile and ungrateful house of Stuart. A special assembly of the Corporation was accordingly held on Monday,at which the freedom of the city was voted by acclamation to the Royal Duke, accompanied with a congratulatory Address. Yesterday morning the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and several members of the Common Council, in official cos tume, proceeded to Eaton Hall in a long cavalcade of car riages. They were received in the saloon by the Noble Earl and Lord Belgrave, accompanied by Sir W. W. Wynn, all three in their civic robes. They then proceeded in procession through the magnificent suit of rooms to the drawing-room at the extremity of which the Royal guest was seated, surrounded by the Countess Gros venor, the Countess of Wilton, Lady Elisabeth Belgrave, Lord and Lady Delamere, &c. His Royal Highness was dressed in a short green coat, with gilt basket buttons, and wore a small star. He looked well, although his general appearance too plainly indicated that he had not yet en tirely recovered from the effects of his late indisposition— Earl Grosvenor presented the Mayor, each of the Al dermen, and the Sheriffs,severally to his Royal Highness and the Gentlemen of Common Council en masse ; after which they retired to the dining-room, where a splendid dejeune was provided, and to which the worshipful body did ample justice. The Noble host did the honours of the table in person, and was very marked in his affabi lity and attention to his, guests. This important business disposed of, the Corporation took their leave, and re turned to Chester. The following distinguished indi viduals formed part of the guests at Eaton invited to meet the Duke :—The Countess of Wilton, Lord and Lady Delamere, Sir W.W.Wynn, the Misses Luxmore, the Lord Bishop of Chester, Dr. Phillpotts, the Venerable Archdeacon Wrangham, W. Egerton, M.P. &c. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, dined with the Duke and Duchess Of CUMBERLAND, at their residence at Kew. on Wed nesday. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER took her leave of the Duke and Duchess of CLA RENCE, with whom her Royal Highness has been staying on a visit for some days past, and came to town yesterday morning, from their resi dence in Bushy Park. The Duke of CLARENCE ac companied his Royal Sister on her way to town. The Duchess stopped at the King's Palace at Kensington, and visited the Duchess of KENT and the Princess SOPHIA. • Her Royal Highness afterwards proceeded to Gloucester House, Park-lane. The Duke of CLARENCE returned to Bushy Park in the afternoon. Sir GEORGE MURRAY transacted business yesterday morning at the Office of the Commander of the Forces, in the Horse Guards, with Lord HILL. Sir GEORGE left town in the afternoon for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. Prince latvzx gave a grand entertainment, on Wed nesday evening Amongst the distinguizhed persons in vited to dinner were the Duke de LAVAL MONISM.. REECE, Prince EITERHANT, Baron BULOW, the Earl of ARERDEEN, and nearly all the Foreign diplomatic corps in town. The Marquis of BATH, at his audit held on the 10th October last, at Longleat, generously returned 20 per cent. on the half-year's rent due at Lady-day last, in addition to 20 per cent. returned since 1822. Letters from Gibraltar of the 15th November say, that not only the lines of St. Roch are going to be re established, but the fortifications of Tarifa are to be repaired, with the Green Island and Algesiras; also the batteries all along the coast of Cadiz. From Frankfort, of date the 3d inst. we have it stated that the dispute which rose a few years ago between His Britannic Majesty as sovereign of Hanover, and his nephew the actual Duke of Brunswick, was at first con sidered of little importance ; and it was generally be lieved that the good offices of a neighbouring power would be sufficient to end all difficulties. A Paris letter, received this day, says that nothing definitive has been beard from the east of Europe, rela tive to the modification of the Treaty of Adrianople. It appears that the Russian Envoys, whose arrival at Con stantinople has been already announced by the German Papers, are the bearers of the proposed modifications. Letters from Vienna state that one-sixth of the indem nity will be remitted. The Censor, a Mexican Paper, just received, in al luding to the attempt of Barradas, has the following pas sage :—" With energy and activity we have nothing to fear from eight or ten thousand, not even from forty or fifty thousand Spaniards. It is impossible for the public opinion to be more generally opposed to a cause so de testable as the one in question; for, except a very few insignificant exceptions, all the inhabitants of the republic detest the Spanish Government. The Abeille, a Paper of New Orleans, October 13th, announces that General Barradas had equipped, in that port, several vessels for the transport of his troops to Havannah ; and that he was soon to set sail with them. The yellow-fever begins to make less ravages in New Orleans ; but it still spreads great desolation along the banks of the river, up to the Natchez. The oldest amongst the inhabitants affirm that they never witnessed such a terrible eruption of the malady in autumn. PARTING. FROM THE FRENCH OF MADAME D . IIOUDETOT. The lover I adore, When just about to part— But for one moment more Would press me to his heart. Oh happiness how vain, To seize a fleeting trea,ure— Too closely linked with pain, Alas! to be a pleasure! THE ARMY. The following detachments margined on IV &mislay morning from London, for Bristol, on route, to join their respective regi ments and depots In Ireland : The 7th Hussars for Newbridge Birracks ; the 17th Lancers, for Dublin; the 10th Foot, for Kinsale; the 12th ditto, for Lon donderry ; the 70th ditto, for Templemore; and the 77th ditto, for Cloomell. A detachment belonging to the 17th regiment of Foot embarked yesterday morning on board a steam•vessei in the river, on route for Chatham. A detachment belonging to the 96th Regiment of F.ue arrived in town yesterday morning from Devonparr, on route to Berwick, on the retriting service. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Mau. Mama Tans Dar.—Holland I. The Charles Law, Smith, from Leghorn, has arrived at Dublin, leaky, and with loss of rudder, having struck on Asklow Liank. The following vessels have arrived in the Creek :—The Robert Soourfield, from Alexandria ; Harbinger, Champion, from Zante ; and Malvin', Brooks, from Palermo. The William and Agnes, Seaden, from Sligo to Bristol, sunk off Map. bland sth inst. The Premier, &ewart,from Quebec to Liverpool, was on shore near the Traverse 10th ult. and it was feared would be wrecked. The Delight, from Dundalk to Preston, was run down oil the Skerries sth instant--crew saved. DZAL, Dec. 10.—Wind N. N.W.—Arrived the Apprentice, Cadenhsm, from Havannah, and Speps, Cromartle, from Quebec. Porramourm, Dec. 10.— Wind N.B.—Arrived the Tareworth, Eastbrook, from Havannah. Off the Wight, the Henry, Clay, from Cape Henry, and Grecian, Marshall, from Fatmotrm. Dec. tr.—Sailed the Rinaidopacket, for the Brazils, and Livia, for St. Michael's. MR. COBBETT'S LECTURE. Mr. COBBETT'S Second Lecture was delivered last night in the Theatre of the Mechanics' Institute ; and without stopping to describe here the preliminary uproar by which it was ushered in—an uproar caused evidently by some bitter personal enemies of Mr. COBBETT, who :wilt into the galleries a gang of probably thirty hired bi lel:guards—we proceed to give such an analysis of the Lecture as our limits will admit ; and for which we are a I obli i zed to the Morning Herald:— sortnan—said Mr. Cobbett—when I had the honour of ad dressing you from this place on the 26th November last, I of fered to you statements and arguments such as were, in my old tzion at least, sufficient to convince you that the calamities under which this country is I :bouring. have proceeded from an arbitrary, a violent, and unjust change in the value of menet —to convince you that, by that unjust measure, the Govern ment had caused a violation of solemn contracts; that they had doubled the taxes which we. were called on to pay ; that they bad deceived and defrauded the children of those pa rents who had just before bequeathed morey to them ; that they had disturbed the whole mass of commercial contracts ; that they had, in short. Mgtd all those evils of which we no • have to cons. pla'n ; and that, if the snorer of th.,se evils he not removed by some measure, and that as speedily as the judgment and powers of men can make it, every single man of us, thus Arnie excepted who feed on the taxes so much to their advantage and to our disadvan tage—we-will. every single ore of us. be a beggared race of men. Gentlemen, two distinct projects have brett proposed for the pur pose of rectifying the curre, cy of the country. and regaining the former standard of its money. The first of these projects was ad vanced by Jr. Western, Mr. Atwood, and several others. Their proposition was, to reduce the gold and silver standard of the country one half—that is to say, to give one sovereign the value of two, one shilling the value of two, and m+ke sixpence equal to a shilling. They say that this plan has the advantage of being as fair to one as to the other, for it would make money plenty—it would diminish tastes—in short, they said it would communicate benefit to all and injury to none. Have patience with me, Gentlemen, while I trace for you the operation of this measure—until I carry you to its undoubted end—namely, a violent and general convulsion. It is said that this project is as fair for one as for the other. I will show you by and by, how much of this is true; for it is true, that the measure would be very fair, very greatly to the advantage of the landlords and the Clergy, who have been consequently very great advocates, I promise you, for this project. See how the measure would operate. Suppose a sum of money to be lent to a man yesterday. or lately, or any short space of time age you please. Say £lOO was I nt. Pass this law, and the debtor pays no more than X5O for his debt. Suppose money to be deposited with private bankers. and we know that throughout the country it is customary to make such de posits—say 1,000 sovereigns, or something ezquivalent, were left with a banker last week, pass this law, and the banker pays you MOO, end pockets the remainder. And this is the fine project for relieving the distresses of the country—(Applause.) Suppose it be the case of landed property or of goods not paid foe ; a man takes a farm,he pays down a certain portion of money ; and agrees to pay the rest by • instalments in twelve months—pass tile law in the meantime, and the seller of the land will receive only I half as much as he bargained for. Imagine the consequence ee l such a law in the case of wills recently made—there is a total sob• version of the arrangements made by the testator—half the pro. petty is gone, and the legatees, to whom particular sums of money have been left, receive no more than half the amount to which they were entitled. A law so monstrous, so vicious, so full of oppression in its operation, it is astonishing that any man could be found to pre pose. Gentlemen, the other project which is proposed. in a coven manner, is that of Mr. Western; it is stated in his recent letter to I l his constituents, the freeholders of the county of Essex. lie says that a change must take place in the laws relating to the cur rency—that we muss retrace our steps—in short, he is for putting out the paper money, the one and two pound notes, again. This is what Mr. Western is covertly proposing to do. Now, Gentle s men, with respect to these projects, my opinion is that the bele robbery, sod the other is theft.—( A laugh.) That is just the difference between them. The stealing in the one case is done openly—the stealing in the other is hidden from vulgar eyes Mr. Cobbett neat combatted the proposition put forth by Mr. Western, that as increase of commerce required an increase of cir culating medium. For a thousand years, be said, this country bad flourished as a commercial country, during which time merchants were enabled, out of their gains, to build monasteries, churches, and charitable institutions of all kinds. It was never thought. daring that period, that the increase of commerce required the bt erase of medium. That, said Mr. Cobbett, is no bad argument against this plan. There is another :—Prices accommodate them selves to the amount of money in any country. In 1615 we bad a harvest three-fold equal, in the amount of produce, to that oil 1828. Now, according to Mr. Western's ragument, since was so much more produce to be bought, assuredly Govern I meat ought to bring out fresh batches of money—( Laughter and applause.) I defy any .tan to get over the consequence of di rampant. If the Government ought to have issued fresh batdeel of money in 1815, bow ought the apple-growers of 1829 to rte an outcry, since ten times as many apples were produced last seseen as there were in any other season, on an average, for the last IND years. Why did nut Government put forth more money to noble the public to meet the superabundant growth of apples?—(Great laughter.) why, Gentlemen, I'll tell you how it tell you what regulates the demand and the price of apples, in a plain, hotnely, simple, but perfectly intelligible way. You shad! bear. The Reading Mercury contains this paragraph :—" It was lately announced by the public crier at Bridgewater that one hundred hogsheads of cider were to be sold at lb. per hogs head, and 1,000 bags of apples at lid. per bag." Here is the secret. The price accommodates itself. Instead of fresh batches of money being required to pay for the increased produce of apples, the apples come down to the scale of the amount of money in the market—and thus we have the cider at 12s. per hogshead, and the apples at led. per bag. Linen to what Mr. Western says— " We must legislate again, and we must take a different course from what has been pursued. or we must soon exhaust the sinews of our strength, and fall into a state of decay, out of which it will be extremely difficult to recover." " A different course!" rays Mr. Western. Well, it must be the right one at last, for to my certain knowledge we have not failed hitherto to take every single one that was.errooeous. He continues, "It is time the Wes trious and intelligent people of the country should interfete.'s So say I. He goes on, "If the agriculturists, merchants. menu facturers, and ship-owners raise their voice in harmony with each other, as they obviously ought on this occasion, and tell our States men that they ascribe their difficulties to the state of the currency, the Legislature will certainly take the subject into mature coed deration." Now, Gentlemen, Mr. W. may he very serious in believing that good may be derived from the mature consideration of the collected wisdom. But, upon my honour, Gentlemen, I have not the slightest confidence in them. He next says, " I think otherwise; nothing will be done till some dreadful catastrophe occurs, and which, if we go on as we now are doing, will take place at no distant period." That Is my opinion also. How, Gentlemen, are we to rely on them ? Are we to suppose that the delicate task of getting ,as out of our difficulties will be accomplished by men who provost themselves so incapable ? Are we to stand by and make no effect? Are we. the people. to be told that we have no thing to do in this matter? " The people of the country should is. terfere." exclaims Mr. Western. Interfere! How? As Crom well did? Go to the House, tarn out the occupants, and tell them to make room for better men ? No ; I do not say we should do each a thing. What then? Petition the House—to make an idle. viatica of our Iturdeoet What are we to expect from those on • whom the prayers of the people have had so little effect? Who have resolved, unresolved, and re resolved on the same matter—who have enacted, re-enacted, and repealed ? Are we to expect that these men, so negligent. so radically ignorant, will ever accomplish what is cecessary until some body be placed in that House who will he able to es plain and advise what may be conducive to the interest of the country? Constituted as the Parliament is at present, thia de sirable object never can be expected. Mr. Cobbett then said that it appeared t• hint there was no use of petitions from the people ; that in 1815 no less Oro one million and a ballot people petitioned for the very same thing that be now wanted the people to petition' lor, and yet in what manner were those petitions received? They were answered by green hags and dungeons. Some 40 or 30 were singled out as instigators of these petitions; some of them were put into prison; some were loaded with irons, and others, after having suffered a protracted imprisonment, were released, without ever knowing their accusers or receiving any redress. I myself. to ' avoid that kind of answer which I did not so well like, moved a little way tiff; for I said, Gentlemen. I bad rather the sea should be between us while you are in this state of excitement ; other wise I should not have had the honour of appearing ►.elore you this evening,—(a laugh.) Mr. Western tells us that we mast retrace our steps; but he has not said one syllable about responsi bility for what has been done. Do we not know here that mer chants have been broken ; farmers ruined; tradesmen brought to the brink of destruction, hot by any fault of their own, not by any negligence, by want of industty or skill. but by the Government. This, we are told, is the fittest coutttry in the world, and yet what •ernes are we doomed to witness. Let me read for you an account from the Nuttiegliam li•ei4o, which gives an account of the sale of four ',shouter. in this rite (test country et the world. This is the paragraph--. On Monday, the :.(1 Is ult. four men. labourer•, Wel.r sold by auction at the Nag's Head and Plough at Staplefortt The sale commenced by sticking a pin in the candle, whet, tlet highest bidder before the pin tell tr, claimed the man, J. his rightful property 'for tune month, at the price he had htet. One strung bard-working matt, with a family of small Odder', was sold for 41. Q. per week ; another, with a wife and large family. for 31. another for 3s. and a fourth for 2.. 94. and it is un derstood that the i.te is to be repeated ever ) month, so that the poor labouring man is to be bought and sold twelve times every year." Nevertheless, Gentlemen, this is England; nevertheless this is a land of lemony. This is the famed cradle of true liberty. They are our countrymen nt venheless. and, therefore. let us feel for them as coutttrymen. I would sooner perish in the depths of poverty; I would rather end my days in rags, beg ging my bread front &or to eller ; I would prefer ending nay existence, stretched in a ditch, with half-chewed grass in my mouth, sooner chase not speak out, and proclaim nay feelings, whet, I see my enteitry in such a situation a. this But never will I apply to that Pailientent again by petition, with out making it a special request that the House would exact front Ministers that responsibility which they owe for having brew& the country to its present situation. Mr. Coltbett assin adverted to the evil effects to be dreaded from the contemplated measure•. He believed that it was a moderate calculation, to conspire that one half the landed property of this country was snorts geJ. 1 lt.• effect of any measure of the nature he bad described, would nect a sarily be that every person paying off the mortgage. would cnly return sESOO for every .41,00 s be bad received. Wok respect to the Parson, be to. k his tithe in kind, so it mattered little whether the sovereign was a big or a little one for him.— Even in parishes where compositions had taken place, it should be observed that they subsisted only for a year ; so that if the parson thought the sum paid last year was this year reduced in value, be had only to require that if it was not doubled he would insist on being paid in kind. After a few words on the operation of such a measure on the poorer class, Mr. Cobbett concluded his lecture by thanking the audience for their indulgent attention, which was quite sufficient to repay him fox all be had suffered in the cause of his country. LORD MOO NIT AsII ee..-esAn authentic contradiction has been given to the statement, that it is a Presbyterian Clergyman, resident tutor in Lord Mountcashol's family. who writes the letters in his Lordship's name, in r.sply to the Lord Bishop of Ferns. It appears they arc, ipso facto, Lord Mountcashel's production. The Florida, packet-ship, which arrived in Liverpool on Saturday evening, made the passage from Few York in the usually short space of 17 days. The Clergyman of a village in Leicestershire desired his clerk to give notice that there would be no service in the afternoon, as he was going to officiate fur another Clergyman. The Clerk, immediately as the sermon was ended, rising up, called out " I am desired to give notice that there will be no Service this afternoon, as Mr. L— is going a-fishing with another Clergyman." Mr. L. of course corrected the awkward yet amusing blunder. A numerous party of fashionables have been invited to spend the Christmas holidays at the seat of the Mar quis of HERTFORD, at Sudbourne. CoTTox.---Monday's sale at Liverpool amounted to 1,000 bags, at the sanneprice as last week. This show., a raaAtet. which, without being so brisk as a forte 4:1 t ago, is steady, and not likely to go down. FAT. %L TRICK OF A CONJUROR.---A dreadful acci dent occurred at Arnstadt on the 10th of November. On that day, Lipsky, the celebruted legorderirein per former, gave, in the presence of the fawiiy of l'rince Schwartaburg-h-Sendershaueer, a grand exhibition, ia which he wished to distinguish himself by an ex - traordinary display cf his art. Six soldiers from the garrison were introduced, to fire with ball car tridges at Madame Linsky, the young wife of tl'a conjuror. They were, however, instructed in bitin g the cartridge to bite off the ball and keep it irs, the mouth, as they had been shown how tp on a rehearsal. Mad. Linsky, who had recently lost .; child, and besides, was pregnant, was fur a long time no wilting to perform the part allotted to Ler in this t:iek but, by the persuasion of her husband, she w A induced to consent. The soldiers, who were drawn up before the company, took aim at M. Linsky and fired. For a monnw. after the firing she remained standing upright, but the next moment she sunk down, saying, " Dear hcsbarel I am shot." One of the musket-balls, which had e f t been bitten off, passed quite through her abLmen. The unfortunate woman never spoke another word, and died on the second day after she received the wound. Many of the spectato's fainted, and the horror of the scene given n shock to the reason of Linsky. It was indeed a spectacle which might well have unmanned the reoet firm.---Austrian Observer. CORN-EXCHANGE, MAI 'LANE. Du. ii The Barky Trade was brisk this morning : One malting sanaylrs sold freely at Monday's prices, and grinding suns were m , ,r.• sought after. Oat', from the shortness of the supply. ohtsit,ed rather more mosey than on Monday ; bet in Wheat little ur ootb:1:4 has been done. Prices terrain the same. IMPORTATIONS assns MONDAY. Wheat, English (qrs.) . 4.000 , Barley, Foreign Irish • . -- Oats. &gilds . Foreign . 950 Foreign Barley, English • 0,350 Irish I r i s h Flour (rseks) COAL MARKET—Tins Deo. . I.`w . 1.9t0 8,0.50 The supply of Sunderland and Newcastle Coal at this day's mar. bet was rather better. 54 new ships having arrived since Wednesday last. A great number - of ships are yet at tea, and it I. to be teased some of them are severely damaged. The Coal Exchange was numerously attended by merchants. and Coals were In good demand. Ships arrived during the week 77—During the month tog. Best Wallsenti Coil.; 599. Od, 390. 6d. Other sons Ships at Market I. BRIGHTON, Dec. 9. Sir Francis Burdett rejoined his family at Brims wick-terrace, last night. Departures are beginning to multiply with us ; the last of importance are Lord Bexley, Lord Casillis, Mr. J. Alexander, Esq. M.P. and Mr. W. Morgan. The Marquis of Aylesbury has removed from Marine parade, and taken possession of West Cliff House ; Lady Inglis, from Bedford-square, is at King's-road ; and Lady Beauclerk, from Cannon-place, at Albion Lodge. Their Graces of St. Albans have exchanged their situa fions in Brunswick-square, for Brunswick-terrace, where they entertain a splendid party of nobility to-morrow. The Duke and Duchess are dining to-day with Earl Dudley, in Regency-square. The Marchioness of Downshire (Baroness Sandys) is entertaining a select dinner party to-day, at Silwood house. The Hon. Long Wellesley entertained a dinner party yesterday, at his residence, No. 1, Regency-square. TITHES. In a work, called Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk, there is an ingenious scene between a Noble Lord of many Boroughs, and a Scotch adventurer, who wishes to come in for one of them. His Lordship having hinted at cer tain points, with respect to which he should expect him to be ". tied up," the Scotchman acquiesces, adding: " But what would your Lordship expect, if it wu proposed to the House to clip the wings o' that fat goose—the Episcopalian Establishment?" " How !" cried his Lordship, in terror, " Touch the Church ! Are you In earnest?—why that would be to pull down the State." " didna say anything about my touching the Church. No, Gude forgive me, I'm no for meddling wi' Day sic slippery blade. as this Clergy ; M put the thing by way o' a hypothesis; for in this age of innovation and change, it's no impossible that some of the Gabs of the House will agitate the question ; and what I should like to know is, whether, if the matter were to come to an is •ue, ye wad expect me to vote for upholding the whole tot o' the esta blishment as it stands at present , or if it were proposed to reduce the tithes and to give a portion of them to the State or to the land lord. which your Lordship would prefer?" " The Marquis was puskd." Vol. 111. p. 14.—8 y the time ' the Gabs of the House' agitate the question. his Lordship will perhaps have made up his mind. The Earl of ELDON is arrived in London front Encomb. The Earl of ABERDEEN left town yesterday forenoon, rather unexpectedly, for Windsor, for the purpose of ob taining an especial audience of his MAJESTY. The Noble Earl returned to Argyle House in the evening. The Right Hon. the Earl of St. GERMANS visited his Majesty's ship Kent on Saturday, and was received with the usual salutes at Plymouth. Sir MASSAII LOPES, Bart. arrived at his seat, Maris tows, Tuesday se'nnight. It is among the " on dits" of the day, that her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland intends shortly to visit her sister, the Lady H. W. Wynn, and her mother, the Countess of Powis. It is, however, understood, that it is her Grace's intention to return to Ireland before Christmas. . . Monday Miss S. T. left Brighton suddenly ; the young lady, about 17 years of age, is said to have eloped with a Military Officer, Mr. W. L. In point of property, the former has the advantage, but the latter is understood to be an accomplished gentleman. We are given to understand, that it is determined forthwith to abolish the Checque Offices in the different Dock-yards, the mustering duty of which is transferred to the Master-Attendant's Office, and the money transac tions to the Navy Pay Office. A portion of the detail of the Checque Office will fall under the more immediate cognizance of the several Commissioners of the Dock yards. The Gentlemen who fill the situations of Clerks of the Checque will be transferred to other appointments. The piece-work is to be done away with, and the men are to work six days instead of five, for the same wages. —Plymouth Journal. WATERFORD ELECTION.---We understand that se- veral gentlemen, now in town, interested for the lade , ndence of the (aunty of - Waterford, have ordered two thousand copies of Mr. ()Tot/ ELL's address to be distributed among the freeholders.---(Morning Register.) DUBLIN; Dec. 7.---The dispute between Mr. THOS. WYSE and his Lady, Madame BON APA RTE WYSE, has long been a matter of notoriety. Friday last Mrs. W YSE, accompanied by her aunt, the Ex-QUEEN of Naples, ar rived in Waterford, with the hope, it is said , of be I being reconciled to Mr. WYSE. When she reached his house she found he had left Waterford for Dublin. She then asked to see her children, but they would not be shown to her. She and her distinguished relative took up their residence at the Hotel upon the Quay, and never was public sympathy so strongly manifested in favour of any Lady as in hers. Not a day has passed since her arrival that the Quay of Waterford has not been lined by the carriages of the neighbouring gentry, who were anxious to pay their respects to her. i