Star. — London, England, 1829-12-15 00:00:00

STATE OF PARTIES IN SPAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. No. 11. s e .,—Ne sooner was the PORTUGUESE CHARTER promulgated, than the Apostolicals set about to effect its destruction ; and having under their controul almost all the Captains-General, and also the disposal of some places in the Ministry, they hid no great difficulty in causing many of the Portuguobe troops to desert—in re-organising them, and invading PORTUGAL even with the deserters from her own army, whilst they were pre pared to support their incursion with Spanish forces, if necessary. But the British Ambassador, Mr. La m is, tt ho had manifested, or at least affected, great indiffer ence towards all preceding transactions, at length spoke out—as with a voice of thunder—and all the machina tions of the Apostolical party, and all their wily projects, were alike frustrated. The " Noble Duke"—as they styled the Duke DEL INPANTADO•••••WitS obliged to abandon the position he had ventured to assume, and he relinquished the post of honour to that clever diplomatist, Ss Latex, with the same signal marks of distinction that he lißd gained by his former exploits. Mr. CAN had granted to the Spanish Government his famous " locus penitentice," and the Spanish Government hastened to avail themselves of it, by sending OTA LIA on an expiatory mission to London. From that period, the Spanish Government, which once again consisted chiefly of the Moderates, remodelled its foreign policy upon the principles of the English Cabinet; its influence and its numbers were augmented every day by desertions from the Apostolicals ; but they who were ever intempe rate, self-opinionated, and obstinate, urged the rest to the adoption of rash and impolitic measures, in the mis taken hope of bettering their affairs ; and thus precipi tated the insurrection of CATALONIA, the ill-fated re sults of which reduced them to the most desperate condi tion. Their partizans in FRANCE, finding themselves just as unfavourably circumstanced at the same time, and de spairing of assistance from SPAIN, gave way temporarily to their adversaries. Bat the Jesuits of FRANCE soon recovered from the discomfiture which seemed to overwhelm them at the close of the VI LLELS Ministry; and from their re-invigoration the Apostolical: of SPAIN once more gained strength and confidence. The bold, the daring, and uncontested usurpation of the Crown of PORTUGAL by the perfidious MIGUEL ;—the concession ofiEmancipation to the Roman Catholics of IRELAND;—and the triumphs of RUSSIA, which they have long looked upon as associated with their own,—inspired them with courage for fresh enterprises; but having been taught by experience to form a juster estimate of the present Ministry of SPAIN, and being assured of an attack from that quarter, they desist for the present from any public demonstration;—prepared, however. to take advantage of every indirect means or covert way of advancing their projects. In the meantime, the Spanish Government, professing a hearty friendship for the British Cabinet, and maintaining a good under standing, and correspondence with it, have acquired great credit thereby. Some of those who formerly adhered to the liberal party, rather from interested views than from principle, advanced their capitals and gave even their brokerage to support the financial schemes of the Minis ter BALLASTEROS, and thus pledged themselves to uphold the credit of the Government ; whilst the regularity observed in the payment of its obligations, and its avowed protection of undertakings of public utility, tended to the same effect. But if we more closely investigate the basis of the supposed credit of the Spanish Government,— that credit of which the Jesuits and the Apostolicals reaped the fruits—we will find how unaccountably false and illusory it was. The good understanding maintained with the British Government, is shallow in the extreme ; for in the only points on which they come in contact, viz.—the succession to the throne of PORTUGAL, and the independence of the SOUTH AMERICAN States, — they pursue very opposite lines of policy, if indeed Eng land can claim any credit for sincerity. The regularity now observable in the Spanish Treasury, must be attri buted, in the first place, to the money drawn fromFaANcE by the brokerage of the stipulated Rents: Perpe tuelles—that deceitful operation—the fallacy and fraud of which are already obvious, and which, in stead of proving a resource for the future, must inevitably be productive of the most ruinous conse quences:—secondly, to the reductions which have been made in the appointments and salaries of all classes, and which have been only tolerated on account of the depre ciation of the commodities resulting from the progressive depreciation of money : but when that continued depre ciation shall have produced penufy, the reductions al luded to must prove destructive to the public service : for ill-paid soldiers, and employs, whose discipline and in tegrity were already subject to suspicion, are not the best possible supports of a tottering Government : and, thirdly, to the undue application to the current expendi ture of those funds that were created for the sinking of the debt anteriorly to 1823, and its interests, all of which have been most perfidiously postponed and eventu ally abandoned—and the nation thereby reduced to a disgraceful bankruptcy. The boasted, but vain protec tion alleged to have been extended to undertakings of public utility, in fact amounts to nothing more than that Ministers have secretly employed certain persons, to whom they suggested plans,and advanced small supplies of money to enable them to make experiments and procure patents, and nominal privileges, that they might ultimately induce capitalists to form Joint-stock Companies : but these in dividuals, having perceived the snare laid for them, have kept aloof ; and hitherto the only result of these vaunted schemes and projects has been the useless ex penditure of some thousands of dollars,—with no other benefit than the important discovery of the fact, that it is absolutely possible to accomplish, in the present day, things that were not only known, but executed, two hundred years ago ! Such are the grounds of the ephemeral credit which the Spanish Government is supposed to enjoy, and upon the mere shadow of which the Apostolicals affect to thrive. They have in the Royalist Volunteers a force which they per suade themselves is stronger and more formidable than the standing-army. They maintain their influence over the municipal bodies (Ayuntamientos) and over a majority of the magistracy and the financial functionaries. They are almost exclusively intrusted with public instruction —all private means of acquiring knowledge being pro hibited. They enjoy considerable authority over the common people, by working upon their consciences, and still more securely, by means of the vast properties of the Clergy, and the amount of tythes, which extend so far, that there is scarcely one individual of the lower class who is net either a tenant or a contributor to their wealth. And, lastly, they possess an irresistible influence upon the decisions of the Crown; as they have too plainly evinced in the rash and ruinous projects which they have forced the King to undertake ; such as the recognition of Don Mlo um., whom all the Powers of Europe, in cluding even SPAIN herself, had concurred in declaring a Usurper :—and in renewing the war against SOUTH AMERICA—a war which has cost SPAIN twelve years of irrepatable misfortune, and which, to all human fore sight, can only terminate in her utter ruin. Having candidly detailed all the circumstances calcu lated to present to Englishmen an accurate view of the STATE OF PARTIES IN SPAIN, it is only necessary to observe that this statement is so far from being ex aerated, that deductions have been made from many of the facts, from a consciousness that nothing more detrimental to the public good than to permit ones-self to be bia s sed by the warmth of feeling naturally excited by the coneideration of whatever may favour or opp.e4. that good.—But we fearlessly appeal to the experience of those who have travelled through Sean' :—we appeal even to the candor of the genthenen attached to t! a SPANI iS 11 LEGATION in bifida), for the corroboration of this statement--whilst we defy them to impeach its voracity. And if they admit' its truth—if this picture of the Spanish Government be acknowledged by them to be as correctly faithful as it is sad and deplorable, what, we may well ask, can SPAIN be expected to derive oven from a crisis, which some people affect to consider most favourable to her? If the parties who, directk and indirectly, influence the destinies of that too long distracted and wretched kingdom, are not anxious to deceive us, or themselves, let them, ere it be too late, pause, and reconsider her deplorable condition. It is possible to cloak, and even to palliate for a time, the dread ful evils that now menace the destruction of that nation ; but to arrest, or cure them, is a task of a very diffenait kind. Without justioe and honorable peace—without strength and wisdom, it is but lost labour to attempt to delude us into the expectation of prosperity or happiness for the community. Some individuals may perhaps enjoy temporary success front the present system—but let them beware! The history of SPAIN herself, even in oar own days, cries out to them, in a voice of prophetic retribution, that those who abuse the patience of the people do not always escape with impunity. A SPANIARD. Eaaaea.—ln the first Letter on " Tr■ STA= 01 PASTIES 111 Seam," insert's:llA " The STA,'" of Saturday—for " 51mtenumcs" read " hiaaesonac"—and for " Don ANTONIO UGANTZ," read " Don AXTON° VOMITS" CHELTENHAM, Dec. 14. From the Cheltenham Journal. ANON !MOUS LETTERS.—A correspondent, who for some time past has been annoyed with anonymous letters, informs us that in every instance the Post Master General has, with the greatest promptitude, directed the remission of the postage. This we are induced to notice for the information of those who may be similarly situated, and more particularly of those miscreants, who are evidently ashamed of their own names, that their object has been frustrated, as it always will be, if repeated. SPORTING.—On Monday last, at an early hour, our sporting characters went in consVerable numbers to witness the stag hunt, from which much amusement was anticipated ; in point of number the company considerably exceeded that which usually ' attends Colonel Berkeley's hunt, whenever he draws Dowdes. well Wood. There were nearly 2.50 persons assembled, and many females went in carriages to see the stag turned out.— The animal at first did not seem inclined to make a burst, end quietly joined the company ; but on showing hint the bounds, he started off across the country towards Salperten, making a circuitous route back, and after thirty-five minutes hard running, the poor creature In taking a fence, was so exhausted, that it broke both Its legs; it was therefore fuund necessary to destroy it immediately. Had it mot been for this untoward acci dent the sport would have been excellent. There was some very fine horsemanship,and the harriers proved themselves a crack pack of dogs. On Saturday, another deer was turned out, which after a considerable chase made its way into Hablingdon Fields, and night coming on it was deemed advisable not to pursue it furthet. PROVISIONS.—A public meeting was held in this town on Wednesday last, Major Askew In the Chair, for the put pose of taking into consideration the present high prices of pro visions. The Committee appointed at the previous meeting, pre. seined a report of the result of the inquiries they had instituted in Oxford, Birmingham, Bristol, Gloucester, and various other places, front which it appeared that the prices demanded for butchers' meat and bread, at Cheltenham, were higher than those paid at neighbouring town.. The butchers ju-tified their charges, by alleging that they suffered to a greater degree by bad debt, and they were, moreover, exclusively subjected to an imposition made by servants, of what is termed pouniage upon the payment of bills. The Committee strongly reprobated the latter custom ; but with a view to obviate both pleas for overcharge, re stricted their consideration entirely to" ready-money transaction.," upon which basis they expressed their opinion that 6d. per lb. for the best meat, in such proportions of roasting and boiling as are usually taken by families, and Sid. for the quartern loaf, of the but wheaten bread, were fair remunerating prices for the trader. They therefore recommended all persons to support such tradesmen only as adopted these suggestions. The report was unanimously approved by the meeting. BODY SNATCHERS.—We regret to say that two fol lowers of this revolting trade have recently visited this part of the country, but it is some consolation to find that their career has, for a time at least, been checked. They travelled in a light covered cart, and for a few days took up their abode at the Lea, Hereford shire, whence, finding their proceedings had rendered them objects I of suspicion, they hastily decamped. They then proceeded to Eng lish Bickner, where they attracted such observation as led to their detection. Late on Sunday night last, a person having seen them go towards the church-yard, procured the assistance of three others, and on approaching the spot, the sounds they heard left no doubt of the unhallowed nature of the work that was going on a rush was instantly made to secure the operators, but the latter being alarmed, ran off, and the pursuers, in following him. stum bled over the body of a woman named Elia. Jones, who had been burled only three or four days before. The chase, however, was continued with suck energy, that the spoilers were soon overtaken, and after making a desperate resistance, were taken into custody. They are both from the vicinity of London, fnd gave their names as John Garwood and Wm. Yeasne ; the latter sus he is a native of the Forest of Dean. When taken before the Magistrates, the charge was brought home to them ; and being unable to find sure ties fur their appearance, they were fully committed to our county gaol for trial at the next Quarter Sessions. It is not known to what extent their practices hereabouts have been carried sin, but a has been excited against them strung sennt lon I. His Excellency the Loitu LIEUTENANT and her Grace the Duchess of No RTIIUMBER LA N 13, entertained the following personages at dinner on Wednegday, at the Vice-Regal Lodge:—The Earl of Roost:, Lord and Lady CLoNc tt RAY, Lieutenant-Colonel and Lady G. CATII CA RT, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Pxacv, Hon. M rst and Miss SEWELL, Capt. and Mrs. GORDON, Hon. Ca ptain GRA VES and Countess BRIJ Y ERE, Judge JOHNSON, Judge MooRE, Major-General Da LBIAC, Lieutenant- Colonel FREEMANTLE, Sir H. LEES, Captain CORN WALL, Captain BENTINCE, Captain RYDTERD, Le Comte DE CAUCLAUX, Major POWELL, Captain WEL LESLEY, Hon. Capt. ASRBURNIIAM, &C. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE.....-It gives us the greatest pleasure to state, that in the discussions which have taken place on the propriety of commencing a subscription for the relief of the unemployed poor in Leeds, Christopher Beckett, Esq. the Mayor of the Borough, took occas ion to state openly and repeat edly, that from all the information he possessed himself on the subject, and from the various inquiries he had made of those per. sons who are most likely, from being themwlves extensively en gaged in the business, to possess correct information, he was decidedly of opinion, that the woollen cloth trade in Leeds was in as good a state for giving employment to the poor as it had, almost ever been at this semen of the year. This highly important ob servation he did not merely apply to the town of Leeds, but extended it to the clothing villages in the neighbourhood. and in confirmation of this gratifying view of the subject, he men tioned that the woollen mills in the vicinity which did the work of couutry manufacturers, were very fully employed, and working longer hours than usual. The Mayor at the same time admitted, that great distress existed among the stuff wavers in the Bank and Mabgate divisions of the town, the Spitalfields of Leeds, and said that it was highly expedient that a subscription should be en tered Into for their relief, which be has himself been pleased to bead with the surnamed. Yesterday, a meeting of a number of gentlemen, convened at a very short notice, was held at the Court- House, in furtherance of this humane object, when a liberal sub scription, amounting to from two to three hundred pounds, was entered into as a ground work. This munificent example, we have oo doubt, will be followed by the respectable inhabitants in general, according to their means.—Lends Memory. -.4.-gree" LITERATURE. Miss ELIZABETH HATT! EL D—whOse " Wanderer of Scandinavia," published some two years ago, gave such promise of future excellence—has just sent forth a small volume, entitled " Moments of Loneliness."lt is a sul huge of prose and poetry, the offspring of the fair writer's meditative hours,—imbued with a pure spirit of religion, ividehased by superstition, and proceeding evidently from soul instinct with nature and sensibility. Speaking without any reference to the youth of Miss H EL D— for we understand she has not yet exceeded her sixteenth year—it has seldom fallen to our lot to take up a volume of fugitive writing with which we have been more de ', li,:hted. It abounds with touches that call into action all Our most exqiisite feelings, and must win their way even t.) the heart of the callous by their unsophisticated simplicity. We would gladly give the " Stanzas,“ suggested by' the rumour of BOLIV A It's intention to reside in England,. in which there is a strain of lofty thought, and pervading reflection, far above the writer's years, but the pre occupation of our colonial; does not permit it ; and of the " Minstrel's Mali:mu and Benison" our opinion is equally high, but the same cause exclu d •'s it. We extract, however—for the present—Some" Stanzas written at Ere:tiny," the natural simplicity of which does not owl any comment, beyond tho self-suggesting one, that if such are Miss !law I eLn's moments, t at lea.it they very sweetly lwguile the loneliness of ethers. STANZAS ITTISN AT ItiV EN I NG. I joy in such an lour as this, hi this bright evening's solitude; The gales hrerthe round a quiet bliss, All suited to the sacred mood Of sweet, yet melancholy thought, That makes the heart with feeling fraught . It is a time to read the tale Of pity, to affection stirr'sl. Or list to sorrow's softer wail, Or warbling of some plaintive bird ; Or voice of some beloved friend, Whose spirit with my own can blend! A time for that calm, tender joy, That hsth its sweetest light in tears; And casts, far off, each dark alloy, Or born of past or future cares; And every thought, and every word, Th it touches not the heart's deep chord ! A time each image to forget That darkens memory'. magic stream; And call back every softer fate That may awake a lovelier beam And shed upon its placid brew The tints that cal of joy and rest ! A time to see hope's peaceful star, Dropping through life's dividing cloud, And shedding its soft light afar alrorgh all the dim discovered road, Raising the sours pure trust on high, And beckoning it beyond the sky ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SIR,—You have, in your report of the proceedings at the Mechanic's Institute, on the 10th instant, truly stated, that the interruption which took place, proceeded from a packed body of about forty Irish labourers, placed iu a corner of the gallery that was inaccessible, except by scaling, and that they had manifestly been hired and sent in for the purpose ; but, of one thing you could not be aware, and I am sure your heart would havo rejected tho possibility of the fact being true—namely, that I recognized in the group several men, to whom I had given, or rather, for whom I had made, employment, partly, at any rate, for the purpose of relieving their pressing wants ; and, Sir, the two most conspicuous offenders (O'Brien and Curry), when dragged out, seeing my yoangest son amongst the gen tlemen who were pulling them along, saluted him with " Oh, Master Richard ! I would not hurt a hair of your good fader's head ; sure, did I not work for him and was he not a good gintleman many a time to me !" Thus claiming mercy on the ground of their black ingratitude ! Your own hearts, and the hearts of your readers will sup ply the commentary. I snl, Sir, your much obliged and molt obedient servant, Barn-Elm, Dec. 12. WM. COM:IEn% THE ARMY. LIJIRRICK, Dic. 12. Captain Tempest's company of the 60tb Rifles, with the Hon. Lieut. A. Dillon, marched hence yesterday morning for Ennisty mon, where they are now stationed. • This moroing, a party of the same corps, with Lieuts. Crum and Powis, proceeded to Corofm, County Clare. It is believed that the 69. d Regiment, quartered in this garrison, will embark in March for India. Two companies of e 76th Regiment, under Capain Grubbe, marched into Tipperary on Wedne-s,fay. A division of the 76th Regiment, under command of lajor Stevenson, has relieved the 70th at Cashel. Lieutenant-Colonel Power. Royal Artillery, assumes the com mand of the Northern District, (head-quarters at Charlemont,) in roam of Lieut.-Colonel Armstrong. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAns ARRIVID Tuts Dar.--Dublin I—Waterford I—France 1 —Turkey 1. The Theodore, Lowrie, from Westport, and Mani:, Rowland, from Killyshamion to Liverpool, were stranded at North Uist on the Sth inst. The Concord. from YoughaU to Southampton, is lost oo the coast of Iselsi d. The Sisters, ltamsey, front Demeter', is supposed to be arrived off over. The Henry, White. of London, 0/11 driven on shore at Gibraltar during a moat violent gale at S W. on the sad ult. The Cornelia. N 14): in, from Cape Hayden to Nantes, was wrecked on Belle Isle sth inst. The Vedra, from Sunderland to liamburgh, out 20 days, was spoken with on the 11th inst. six miles to the eastward of Smith's Knowl, by the Prince Oscar packet, arrived at Harwich. Mum Dec. It — Wind S.S.W.—Arrived front London, the Jane Ca therine. Davies, for Jamaica ; Royal Charlotte, Oudnian, for Bombay ; and Protein, —. for Jamaica. Poanatorett Dec. 14 .—Wind E.S.R.—Off the port, the Jeanette, Pundt, from Surinam. FLTMOIITH is . — Wind S . S.W.—Of the port, the Mar garet, Barbeek (tom St. Lucia. FALMOUTH, Dec. !S.—Wind S.W. to S.S. W. Livaarool., Dsc. !S.—Arrived the Prompt, Donalti.on, from Buenos Ayres, and Birmingham, Harris, from New York. Lamm& Dec. 12.—Arrived the Hannah, Cempbell, and Sarah, Randall, from Quebec. _ _ _ Wm.., Dec. 14.—The Friends, Hendry, grounded on the east side in coming into this harbour yesterday, but was got off neat tide, after being lightened, and it is supposed has not sustained much damage. The steam-carriages, which have been so often pro notinced as ready to start, appear still to hang fire ;—at least they do not go off. The carpenters at the Adelphi are beginning to tremble for their situations. The Elephant observed some nails loosened on the stage a few mornings ago, when she quietly seized a hammer, and very deliberately proceeded to fasten them. This is a positive fact ; and, we think evinces her extraordinary sagacity more clearly than her feats on the stage.—( Sunday Times.) 1,. . II ,i), ROYAL SOCIETY. •r , ; • The Second Meeting of the Fellows for tlurseason was held in the Council-room at Somerset-House at the end of last week. The meeting was mote than n•u fly crowed, in come quince of an opinion prevalent among many of the members that some discussion would have been entered into relative to the late transaction between the Society and the llriti.h Museum, in coll ocation with Arundel! MSS. GILIMItT, Esq. the President. in the Chair. After a paper had been read on the Isamu: of Pantmt. by Mr. Lloyd, The proceedings of the Meeting for the election of Officers were detailed, and the President's speech tead over A few of the details are interesting, and are as follow : " The PRZSIDINT, in elusion to the many distinguished Men - ben of the Society who had died in the last year. s ,h 1 that the name of Woolaston wieuld be banded down to posterity so long as science was esteemed. Dr. Wuolastun in early life intended to have followed the medical profession, but left it for a wider field of discovery, and the first paper presented to the Royal Society by that leaned man was on Gout ■nd Calculi. The President enumerated many of the discoveries of Doctor Woolaston. and then eulogised the late Dr. Young, who had also departed this life within the year. In alluding to the late Sir Humphry Davy, the President said that, from his having known that distinguished man from the earliest age, some particulars teLtive to him would claim attention. Davy. at an early age—and he (the President) could speak on this subject, having been schoolfellows together—was an enthusiastic admirer, when a boy. of fic•ion ; and in the school-ground at Penzance he might b ave been teen with a crowd of youth around him, amusing himself in ' reading stories or making them. His next essay was to poetry, and men) , excellent poems were composed by Davy while young. The President then glanced at the progressive steps taken by the deceaarcl in the attainment of a scientific knowledge, and refencd to the circumstances which led to a discovery of the Safety Limp After alluding to other di-coteries by the late Sir H. Davy. and paying a high eulogiton on the dreertr , d, the President touched on the admi , siun of uvw members, and other matters connected with the affairs of the Society." The reading of the speech excised a marked attention, and aft, r numerous presenes had been announced, Members hallorted to , and certificates suspended, the Meeting adjourned. CITY POLICE. 51r. BROWN stated at the Meeting of the Inhabitants of St. Bride's, on Friday, that the sum required to be raised by the City Authorities was £41.853, and 656 watchmen and 53 beadles should be employed, making a total of 709 men. The sum to be raised, therefore, being divided by that number, would average to each man £3s. a week, while the avetage to the new policemen was not more than els. a week ; and that the same extent of ground in the City. which took 709 men to watch, was done much l etter under the new system by 500 of the new police; conartpiently it would be a graft saving it some such plan was adopted then•. 'nit. following I.:ate:lulu sill funti•h the particulate mere at large _ _ Sum to he Number of Bead'', rAsed. Ws•chmen. • Aldersgate 4 1 lloo 25 3 A Idgate 1 ,:.300 21 v Bssti,hstv Billingsgate lAshopsgate Breadoart et Bridge Broad—treet Candlewick Castle ilaytiard . . 1.500 to I Cheap . . 1,400 ••1. 'J Celemati-street Cordwsiner Curnhill. . Cripplegste Within 1,61e 46 1 Do. Without Dowgate 9t,o IS 1 Farringdon Within Do. Without ...... Unshorn Lime-street . 650 9 2 Portsoken • • • • 2,1(0 32 2 Queenhithe .. • 850 16 1 Tower 2,200 32 2 Vintry Waibrook . l,OOO 11 2 Wartlt. £41,135.1 6543 Weekly Average ...........£bo4. 55 SMITHFIELD PRIZE CATTLE CLUB 4NNIVERSAIt r. Yesterday evening the Member. of the abuve Club celebrated the Thirty-first Anniversary• by a dinnsr at the Freemasons' Taea rn, whis b was most respectably stt nded, there bing agriculturist. present front nearly every county in lint& nsl. Lord ALTHONVIL took the Ch ,ir, and was supported by Loti Teynhani, Col. Sibthorpe, &c. &c. After the removal of the cloth, and the " King" and other usual toasts bad been drank, The COIAIRMAII, previously to distributing the piers awarded by the Club for the best specimens of breedings of Cattle, Etc. sent into the show, remarked that the Club was in a prosperous state, nut only in reference to the number of its numbers, but from the splendid specimens of breeding and feeding exhibited at the present Show. His Lordship then handed over the prize, awarded by the Club to the successful competitor-. In the course of the evening the Pre,ident's health was drunk with many cheers, and his Lordship returned thanks. On the proposal of the health of Mr. Curteis (the Member fur Suuez), Mr. Coasts, jun. returned thanks on behalf of his father, who, he said, but for indisposition, would have attended.—Mr. Curt, is, jun. was about to refer to the measures now in progress for int prese'ng on Parliament the necessity of an alteration in the Malt and Beer Duties, but was interrupted by Lind Aurnoare, who stated that tht Club was purely an Agricultural Club, ant ro • is tu-sion could be entered into on the subject of measures iurrnt;. t 1 to be brought before Parlimuent. Colonel Stsestosire, in returning thanks for the proposal of name, remarked upon the present distressed state of the la!~ using classes, and expressed his determination to exert all his I owers in obtain an amelioration of the condition of the agric.ib oral la bourers. Lord Tzurnast also, in returning thanks for the warm reception of his name, stated, that in the ensuing Session of l'arliametit o.na• measures mu•t be adopted to protect the agricultural interest.— (Loud cries of hear.) The health of the Dukes of Bedford, Earl Spencer, and other aviculturists, were drunk, as well as Sawal tua.ts connected with this branch of inlustry. Lord Althurpe retired about nine o'clock. At the Show were exhibited mangel-wurzel, Swede turnip., kohl, Mal, and common turnips of great size raised by Mt. Gibbs, Seedsmais in the Ltrard of Agriculture, with ral.bit which has proved a strung manure. The Duke of Bucii ',it: It ns Lord of the Manor of Aylesbury, ohjecti to the intended Bill for" liglitin;, watching," &c. &c. the town, unless rupi,orted by two thirds of the rated inhabitants. The new police will, it is said, be immediately c <tended to Vie eastern parts of the metropolis. THE FOG.—The dense fog of which we gave 'owe account yesterday still continues to envelop us, iu and about Cie metropolis, in a manner that it is hardly pos sible to walk any great distance without danger. We have been informed of several narrow escapes, and mile real avcidents. The greatest sufferers, we believe, are the butclurs and cattle drivers. One of these, Mr. New s, A x, Acre-lane, Camberwell, Lai seven cattle and a flu( k of sheep scattered ; and he knows not whe►e to lock loc them.—One of his bullocks was ran over late Inst night by Mr. N, WCO AI 13, of Ship-lane, landietti— the animal having strayed into his grounds—who, this morning restored _him to the rightful owner on conditi..o of being treated with a good rump steak. (las !iglits and candles arc necessary for carrying on our in-door operations. NEW FARRINGDON MARKET, Dec. 13. This market was finely supplied with meat this morning, par ticularly Beef, s o me very hue beams having been slaughtered since the Smithfield Cattle Show, and brought to this market. Mr prices of meat continue as on Saturday last: Bear—Finest Roasting parts. 6d. and 614 per lb. Boiling 44. and 41d. An equal quantity of each, 54. Rump Steaks, 94. and 104. Fine Beef Steaks, 64. 51urrou.—VFether Leg, 61d. Haunch 6d. Shoulder, 3d. Loin, sd. Neck, 40. Breast, 4d. VW* L-51. to 614. PORl—(Country fed)-50d and 61d. There was also a good supply of Gab and vegetables in the market place in the centre. 1 I 1.• • •