Star. — London, England, 1826-01-11 00:00:00

.4;4r :de biairion. _ Geortermifgett, _ . ‘, • ' • Till?, EVENING SPAR ~... Iperor at St. Petersburg!), we believe on the ."" • irreart certain that the r.sad Duke gt mum AS .ded tlttTbroneof4Rustta, the personal chit re tis4llustrieus\Prince is s - therefore, of the utmost tance to the peace of . E•trope, and it affords us the highest gratification to state, that no changes could have occurred which is so likely.to benefit, mankind in general, and to preserve the relations of--amity with England in particular, as the accession of htesso- LAs to the Sovereignty of a country in which the personal will of the Plince is all powetful, and uucontroeled by any authority whatsoever. He has travelled in this country, inspected our manners, customs, arts, and productions, with an intelligent rye; made himself throughly master of our laws and institutions, and spared no personal exertion to acquire the means of transplanting in his native land those im provements, on which are founded the permanent happiness of a people, and the real glory of a Pririce. His character is essentially pacific, and in every respect such as to qualify him as a fit successor to the throne of the immortal PETRA, the father of hit country. We therefore sincerely congratulate our Readers on an event so favourable to the welfare of mankind, and to the continuance of peace and tranquillity. Unquet-, tionably the efficial details of ti ese remarkable occur ? rences, will be looked for with the utmost impatience, and we hope it will be found that C')NSTA NTINX was entirely, and from the first, a free agent in the conduct he has pursued. Monday night, Mr. WARING, the King's Messenger, was sent off with dispatches to Vienna. Last night, Mr. HUNTER, sen. the King's Messenger, left town with dispatches for Paris. Yesterday, Mr. WYNN and Mr. Under Secretary lloauouss transacted business at the Foreign Office. The Marquis of HASTINGS transacted business at the Colonial (Ace yesterday. Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, the CHAN• cectoa of the gunmen arrived in town from Beckenham, in Kent, to transact business at his once, and in the Treasury. At five o'clock the Right Hon. Gentleman left town, on his return to Beckenham. Yesterday, the PI incess SOPHIA visited the Duke of Yoac, at his house in South Audley-street. Yesterday afternoon, at a quarter past five, o'clnck, the Duke of Toni held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, as Commander-in-Chief. The following were among these pre sent—General GAIKOTNIt i Lord CaeorsT, Lord Caseacsai., Lord SALTOUN Lieutenant-General Stumm, Major-General &Tyumen, and abo ut 30 others. The LORD CHANCELLOR still suffers under his indis position. His Lordship will, however, if possible, resume his sittings in the Court of Chancery on Monday next. Yesterday, Prince POLIGNAC, the French Ambassa dor, transacted business at the Foreign Mee. Yestet day, a mceting his Majesty's Commissioners appointed for building additional Churches In populous parishes, held a alerting at their office in Parliament -street, which was at tended by the Bishop of Lomses and several others. Yesterday, the dispatches for Bombay and China, by the ship Abercrombie Robinson, Captain Joni Inuits were closed at the India House and d e liv e red to t h e P urser o f t h a t DUEL.—A Dublin Paper saysii We understand'a duel took place yesterday morning, ,near Saniymount, between Mr. W. G. C— as and Mr. P. G —v, when thYball Of the fatter Gentleman passed through the side of the Litter ; and, frotiv the ' opinion of the sot `eau who attended anal extracted the ball, we are led to fear that it Is of a dangerous nature. The dispute, we are told, occurred concerning a political subject." The success of the Drury-lane Pantomime surpaises anything since the memorable days of Mother Goose. Sir 'l. SYKES has given notice to Lis ten ints, that in consideration of the failure of the local banks, be will not require hie Michaelmas rents until the beginning of Februaty next. MINING INTELLIGENCE.—Quantity of copper ore sold at Redruth, January 5,2958 tons—Average produce, 71—Quantity of fine copper, 227 tons, 8 cwt. Amount of sale, X 18,893 12s. 6d. Average stan dard, .CllB 16s. Miss STEPAIENS is engaged for the Oratorios at Co. vent-Garden this season ; and Miss PATON, Madame Vestats, Mr. BRA wax, and Mr. PYILLIPS, will combine their great talents with her's so the occasion. W. T. Cinemas, Esq. is appointed Comptroller and Surveyor of the Customs a: Gloucester. on the retirement of Messrs. Bow YZIL and Jonas. Bills of indictment were sent up to the List Cnmmi • siun Grand Jury in Dublin, against Captain Bassos. charging him with the capital offence of killing, &c. the bailiff shot recently in attempting to execute a writ at Phipsborough. The Grand Jury have found true bills. The Rover Thames above the bridges yesterday, dis played abundance of loose ice. The thermometer yesterday afternoon stood at 26 deg. Fahrtowards midnight it rose to 32—(freezing point.) Mr. Cot twit, an en► nent surgeon at Hartford, was dreadfully bruised on Sunday the Ist inst. by one of the coaches tanning against his gig, Wild) was dashed to pieces, and Mr. COLBECK and his servant thrown out. private letter from Lisbon announces the death of the Patriarch, and states that a Friar had been named by the KING in ,his stead, to the very great annoyance ot the secular Clergy, particularly ot that past in moie immediate contact with the See of It ime. SW. LLOW•STREET CenAPEL.—A Meting tcok place la t night of a considerable number of members and se,...vildeis, II 1:0 are dissatisfied m ith the proceedings in calling a M nister to the above Chapel, when it was unanimously resolved to lay their grievances before the Scottish Piesbytery in London.—lteasons of protest against the call mere drawn up or signature by the Members, and a petition was framed for the seat holder!, who claim equally with Members the tight of voting in the election of the Minister. Kirro's I:IIEATRE.-11 oocinto in Egitto was re peated last night. A paper was circulated, announcing that Signor Vata.um " labouring under a severe Imarsene.s and sore ducat, was under the painful neces sity of omitting son.e of his part." In other respects the Op. ra went off, as well as usual. The Ballet of La Cron/re Cassie followed. Considering that winter in London is just beginning, the house was exceedingly well attended. On the 22d ult. a range of outbuildings belonging to the Vic.trage House, at ltuabon, Denbighshire, was .:estroyed by fife. A grand match of snipe and woodcock shooting of three days, was finish e d on Alonday, In a sweepstakes of 2 sovereigns each, between Mr. ltugesion, of Bently-stern' louse,. near-Colchester, Captain Patiton, and Mt. Hollingsworth; belonging to the Hats Club, who should bag most. The scrue of operations was on the bank of the Citelnict river, each taking different ground, and having an umpire chosen by du; opposite party. The birds pro.' dliced were as follows: . . ; w. s. w.s. „., , . w. s. ble. H. killed, lit day, 9 4-31 r. P... 8 6-.41,4 R... 5. .5 . . 2d day, 4 7 3 3 4 4 3d day, 5 II 5 '6 ...- 4 11 18 19 19 18 13 20 C]ptaln ninon had .6 shots; Mr. Hal inisviorth, 1:9; and itogsson. Ma ' -.- •. . 'claimed Erni Norse, Derbyshire, - taint/41041m. . Edward Roberts and 26th Wt. :.; Sales:thief, . DoVariAtie,•lNiniseproad, Middlesex. brick- makers. Thomas - Toter and.. Thomas BMith, Fast India-r . • NNW, shipwrights. JitCsolitivrin, John Taylor, Charle4 SILw:I. n • i k V fide and Oahe& Orton, [She end: Sioke-ispon-Trent, Staffordghire m bas :1110 ended eartllkrinitt rninufactureriz . Enlaces Wiggins, John I lerbrr‘ 'ter of thiskillt And Claaks.Wigetit, Bury -street, Sc. Mary-Axe, mactandlindergt . . ... . Stephen Bond, Richard llornbutkle. and John Frederick Chignon, importance tt '..Beatingoin-street, Maty ! ii-boemeowine-merchants as far as regards the highest g the said John Fredincle thurton. —Jahn nowlatt. Robert Kemp, George`Seggett, and Anne Willitritogi, Barbican, merchants. have occurrel LONDONe . I.7T'-.-• •1 WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 11, 1896. ~ STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. . s . : Ateola, which left of yesterday at 824, opened this morning at ll'ltn c il,wese dose at $24 II for the Account ; but this price did ,long, and they went down to 824. They rose again to 824 1. 3 10stafe new 824 to 4, and far next time much the same price The market has been very gloomy, but as yet there is no real cause foe the depre.sion, unless Jenny be attributed to a great deal of nmilly stock coming to market. A great leading man in the City sold out largely yesterday. .4ahe Foreign Market little doing, and all Foreign Securities are bitter, • Current 'West Old Spanish 131 14i, Mexican 691, Colombian Ner 4,4 A Austrian 914 99, Russian 844, Brazilian Scrip 14 disc.. Ortqk Honda 154 144. mac OF STOCKS AT TWO 4/CLOCK. "Link Stock 222 219 1 ,4 S ler Cent. Bed. 81 1 / 4 % • 3.ter Cent Cont. ez div. 81 80A % i:tr Cent. 90% 'A sit pe: Cent. Lted. 90% 1 / 4 % 4 per Cent. New es die. 98% 5 4 98% . Lone Ann. 20 1 / 4 5-16 liidi.r Lionds 23 20 prem. • • Ll,OOO Eri.eq. Bills 6 7 4 prem. 4:500 ditto 8 4 prem . . 4:100 and 1.24 X) ditto 5 7 prem. : Cons. for Account 82 1 / 4 8178 82 1 / 4 Vs FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. tustriati lids 5 p Ct. llex. Scrip, 3racilian Bonds, Neapolitan Bonds, Ditto Acet. Pertly. lids. 6 p C. 45/ Do.Scr ip,s C.l Ft 25, I Ditto Acct. • Buenos Ayrei Builds IDitto Scrip, 1825,4 p C. Odium Bonds, 6 p Ct. 'l'm tuguese Bonds Colombia!, Ms, 6 p C. Noss. Lids. 4p C. Do. 1111;1824. 65 41 Do. Bonds, 1822, Do. Acc. 65; 41 1 ,Ituss.lkls,lB22, i p C. 841 31 21 Osnisli !Ditto Acct. 83 2/ Do, Marks Span. 5 p Ct. C. 131 14 Do.lids, 3 pC.1825, 621 2 Ditto Fur Acc. 141 Ditto Acct., Ditto 510, Greek lion.). Span. p. Ct. C. 1823, 18191 Do. lids, 1825, French Reines, 5p C. Ditto Acct. Exchange, bleu. Bonds 5 p. Ct. French Itentes, 3 p C. Ditto Acct. 5 p C. Exchange, M. 114,1825, 6p C. 69 81 1 Guatemala Bonds, Do. Acct. 70 68. 1 011 d 1 Ditto Scrip BRITISH AND FOItEIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK. MAIM rain. Anglo Chaim 100 5 4 Davtien 100 $ ei Ikibernian - • . 50 4 1 I'asc.l Peruvian 100 5 4 United Mexican 40 20 , Ditto New 40 10 19 20 Alliance British & Fur. 100' 10 111 British Iron Company - 100 9S 17b British Rock & Patent 3.11 r 10 6 7a F;ench Brandy Distillery Comp. 50 9 8 Gineral Steam Navisation 100 5 3 i Alesicaii Company .100 10 3,1 It is reported in the City this forenoon, that intelli. Pence has peen rcceiv.:d from St. Pttersburgh, of a mutiny in the Grand Duke CONSTANTINR% regiment. It is said that on learning that this Prince had abdicated t' e ill, one, the suldiers became dissatisfied, and, refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the Grand Duke Nr cttott.s, revolted ; that coercive measures were resorted to . ; but it was not until several lives were lost that the regiment was !educed to subordination. It is further stated, some of the ringleadtrs were taken, and shot. 'Being this morning without a single arrival (torn the Continent, we have no information on which we can stiictly depend as to the causes which have induced the Emperor CONSTANTINII to abdicate tie throne of Rus sia, to which he has not only succeeded as lawful heir, but by the declaration of the Russian Senate, and the adhesion of the civil and military authorities. Sonte.of Our centeirporaries attribute this extraordinary event to tho intrigues. of the Empress Mother, while others regard the renunciation of an imperial throne as a voluntary act.on the- part of CONSTANTINE, rather than be sepa rated lion! his wife. Neither of these statements appear to ns satisfactory. and if either is the true cause, this Prince Must be different lions what it has been repre seratolo ..If CON&TANTINE is . ambitious. as he has been retrt,i4 . lxe •W'sruld not be deposed by any authority vllsoinia,pry Iggle. for it is.idle to talk of his fears ; if, on the otdret 'hand; he gives up his throne to preserve his wife, A . l • 1 .. . it ts..4;sact jecit. is keeping with his former cor duct, vel en he reviewed the troops at five o'clock in the morning, aftiititifortner marriage; besides, uxoriousness is not the most striking virtue in Russia.. Again, admitting that Cr/astir/11Na, on his marriage with the Princess of I.oBi ) iii",'COnsented that , his rights to the throne should beiet:is t scie, jet, when the brother in whose favour such asgcrike. %v.'s made, refused to takeilre benefit of it, we see no reason why' he should still insist on such a violation of isereditai right. He might, we doubt trot, have as; cendo the Throne, and proclaimed his wile Empress, wittoui the slightest fear of exciting a Civil war in Russia, shish then nambitlus chat acte r e f the Grand Doke Nt• cuou.as would have preverted.We need only refer to the case ail the Empress CATHERINE, to shew that suljects have shared the honours of ltoyalty in Russia, and the bit' ro the t Princess of Locwrcz is certa nly more Mu, trigps than that of CATUERI&it, , A ho not only wasEmpr eras during the life of PETI-It the Great,but at his death suc ceeded him on the ThrOne . : • A short time will 'perhaps the mystery ; all that we know at present is. that. '4.OI , ISTANTINE has abdicated in favour of bi b/other NICHOLAS, and that the latter has been pro ~~ FASII lON MILE INTELLIGENCE. ' ' -. t ea, . gm - ' s's ' The Duke of Argyle has arrived in town from* wow. The Esri and Coess of Basta arrive.' its toys* yesterday, from their seat, l'ut Beath. . . • • The 'Dowager Countess Citrisammin has left twit for her wag Payneolill, Surrey. Lord Alvanky has We town on a tour. Lord Sydney arrived in town yesterday, from his *eat, Frognall, Kent. Ihe Hon. C. and Lady Catherine Cavendish, have arrived in town from a tour. _ _ . . The Marquis of Lansdown entertained a large party of friends during the holidays, at his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Departures from the British Hotel :—Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, for Bath ; William Gordon ' Esq. for Melton Mowbray ; and Captain Lawrence, IL N. for Portsmouth. Countess de Grey has arrived at her house in St. James's-square, from her seat, Putney Heath. Lady Bloomfield has left town for the Stud House, Kingston. Departures from Long's Hotel, Bond-street :—Captain Milner, for Norfolk; J. Richardson, Esq. for Melton Mowbray; C. Oswald, Esq. for Cambridge; and J. Lucas, Esq. for Bath. Viscount Althorp bas left Wiseton Hall, Yorkshire, for Northamptonshire. Lord Robert Spencer has arrived at his seat, Woolbeding, Sussex, from a tour. Sir John Stanley, Bart. has arrived at bis seat, Alderley Park, Cheshire, from North Wales. TILE ARMY. WA It•OFFIC; JAN. 6, 1826. The following is a Statement of the daily Rates of Allowance to General and other Staff Officers, and to Field and Staff Officers of Infantry Regiments, in lieu of Forage for the horses required to be kept by them for the public service, for the half year ending the 24th December, 1825, agreeably to which the charges for the Forage of the Horses are to be corrected, if a charge at a different Rate has been already made in the Paymaster's Accounts. (Signed) L. SULLIVAN. In Great Britain the Rates of Allowance are-Berks, 2s. Id. Cornwall, 2s. 241. Devon, 2s. Dorset, Is. lid. Essex, 2s. 241. Hants, 2s. Id. Kent, 2s. Id. Lancaster, 2s. Id. Middlesex, Is. 2d, Norfolk, 21. Id. Northampton, L. 3d. Northumberland, 2s. Id. Nottingham, 24. 2d. Somerset, 2s. Suffolk, 2s. Surrey, 2.5. 3d. Sussex, 2s. Warwick, Ss. 3d. York, is. Id. North Britain, ls. 1 Id. The Counties in which there are no Contracts, 2s. Id. Jersey, 24. 6d. and Guernsey, Is. 11d. In Ireland, the Rates of Allowance are-Antrim, 2s. 4d. Down. 2s. 441. Armagh, Is. 841. Monaghan, Is. Id. Cavan, Is. sd. Fermanagh, Is. sd. Londonderry, 2s. Id. Tyrone, 24. Id. Dub lin, ls.7d. Wicklow, Is. 7d. Kildare, is. ed. Kilkenny. 2s. Car. low, 2s. Queen's County, 2s. Louth, Is. 6d. 'Meath, is. 641. Wes ford, is. 941. Galway, Is. sd. Sligo, Is. 7d. Leitrim, is. 7d. illayo, It. 7d. Roscommon, Is. 3d. Westineath, Is. 3d. Longford, Is. id. King's County, 2s. Cork, Is. 7d. Waterford. Is. 104, Kerry, Is. 10d. Clare, Is. 641. Limerick, Is. 641. Tipperary, Is. Bd. The Counties in which there are no Contracts, is. sal. The Depot of the Bah Regiment of Foot has arrived at Liver ml, from Manchester, and embarked fot the Isle of Man. . - The Depot of the 57th Regiment of Infantry is now on its route to Weedon Barracks. Detachments belonging to the lOth, 64th, and 65th Regiments of Foot, marched yesterday, from Westminster for Bristol, on route to Ireland. The loth Regiment of Infantry has completed it augmentation Establishment. A Detachment belonging to the 2d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade embarked on the 22d ult. at Dublin, fur England, on the Recruiting Service.—Detachments belonging to the 33d, 421, 56th, and 79th Regiments of Infantry, embarked, on the 22d ult. at Dublin, for England —Detachments belonging to the 2d, 3d, 6th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 21st,27tb, 28th. 30th, 31st, 35th, 36th, 38th, 40th, 41st,44th, 45th, 48th, 53d. 54th, 59th, 60th (2d Bat.), 64th, 67th, 82d, 97th, 119th, 94th, and 98th Regiments of Infantry, embarked, on the 24th ult. at Dublin, for England.— Detachments belonging to the 6th Regiment of ight Dragoons, the 55th, 60th (lat. Bat.), 69th, 97th, and 99th Regiments of Foot, embarked on the 29th ult. at Dublin, for England. FATAL ACCIDENT IN ST. JAMES'S PARK. The Serpentine River, the Bason in the Green Park, and the Canal in Snlames's Park, were yesterday com pletely frozen over, and in most parts the ice was of sufficient strength to admit of` the healthful diversion of skating. Though a great number of persons con tinued on the Serpentine River during a greater part of the day, no accident happened; but this unhappily was not the case in St.James's Park, where many lives were endangered, and two were lost. The ice having given way, no fewer than nine per sons fell in. Four or five of them clung to one strong man, who was endeavouring to get away by ' swimm ng, and brought him down, and the whole sunk together, but immediately rose to the surface, .and separated. The bystanders by this time had procured ropes, which were cast to the struggling persons, and six st ere drawn out ; but the ropes breaking, the fate of the others seemed inevitable. One of them, raising his arms, shrieked out, " 0 Goa, save me! my poor mot - her ! my mother!" and sunk below the ice. Several persons ran to the brink of the broken ice, and grasped at the drowning men, but the ice again breaking, they were immersed, and with difficulty escaped. However, ropes being fastened round three young men, they plunged in, seized the straggling persons, and rescued one youth, who was taken ashore in a state of insensibility. The attention of the throng was , at this instant attracted to an elderly Gentleman, dressed in a blue coat, light buckskin pantaloons, and Ire.sian boots,who, at great per sonal risk, saved the lives of two, but in his third effort the ice gave way, and he sunk beneath it, but almost immediately he extricated self and called for assist ance. Ropes were thrown to tut the danger was so great, that none would approach filif rescue, and the venerable Gentleman appeared likely to share the fate of the remaining two, but the ice being broken to the bank, several versons locked their hands, and ad vancing into the water, dragged him to the side, to the great delight of the assembled multitude. But it was checked instantaneously by the convulsive cry of the two young men, who had gt asped a firm hold of each other as they sere drowning. Some watermen, in a few minute., came up with a boat and the drags. and in' about twenty -minutes, succeeded in bringing from tie bottom the two bodies. The means recommended by the Humane Society were in vain • resorted to both in :he Park and at a public-house. One of the dead was attired in a sailor's dress, and his right arm is marked with a blue compass and squat e. The other was very genteellyattired in a blue coat and dark trowsers. They were both fine young men, apparently not aged more than twenty-one. Last week, a young Gentleman, of Dover, attempted to skait on a pond in the vicinity, before it was suffici ently frozen, and having reached the middle, the ice gave way, and he sank until his hands caught hold of the sutrounding ice, when, by great caution and deli beration, he extricated himself from his perilous situa tion by crawling fro.o the hole.. Erasipclas, known in.Scotla id by the name of "rote," and in Englund by " St. Anthony% fire." has been prevailing much of late . .sinong the lower orders of society 'n Montrose and its neighboulhooJ, particu larly in dirty and il-ventdard twines; and has been in several instances f.tt 1. Mr. HUM F., M.P. has ordered . 4oo batrels of coals to be distributed arrior.g the pour of Alvatto.e. Mr. Man has also scut ht, u.ual donation of coals to the poor ol iL cch:n. lc AVA t INTELLIGENCV. -+-- FALMOUTH, JAN. 9. —Wind L—SJile4l the llinallo packet, for Jamaica ; and Francis Freeling do. fur America. Piratourit, JAN. 9.—Wind E.—Arrived the Caroline, Sammy, from Lisbon;, Atlas, Anams, from Richmond; Ebriune, Alum, from Lisbon ;*and spoke the John Shand, fin Jamaica, 18th ult. in lat. 40. long. 11. Sailed the Erin. 111'Caasur, for liourileaux. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind \.W.—Arrived the Iletsey, Hownot front Cadig. Sailed the Sarah% Samtau, for Londor __ DIAL. JAN. 10.—Wind N. light breeze.—kassed through from the River, the Viscountess Exmouth, Oxxeir, for St. l)..mingo. The Ann, and the Cadmus, are reported to have paxsed.througb this morning. The Admiral Cockburn remains. RA lISCATIC, JAN. 7.— Arrived his Majesty's stram.packet African, from London to Sierra Leone, where she was procetding,, we hear, with dispatches. Encountering a very heavy gale, she unshipped her rudder, and was brought in here by three boats. A Deal boat in attendance unfortunately came in Contact with the African's anchor, which stove her, but luckily not to create any serious apprehensions fur the brave hoatnicies lives. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JANUARY 10. &tin Bream. hawk aus—The A una, from Jacubstedt ; Aerefit r from DAIitZIC • and Hera, from GrieswAld. Erman) 01;twaitos—The Merton, for Gibraltar; Mary, for St. Michael's; Vrow Elizabeth, for Ghent; Union, for Smyrna; Industrie, for Hamhurgh ; and Africanus, for St. Mary's.. CLEARING OUTIEARDR- , —The Dispatch, for 1.34h0tt ; Ils.ibella, for Lima ; Bervekkahire, for China; Regalia, for New South Wale,; William, fur Oporto; and lktty, for. Buurdeauz. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, i _AKUART 10. TONIKINS V. BASKERVILLE. This was an action brought by M. Tomkins against Mr. Baskervill-, to recover a compensati n in damages for a loss sustained by a misrepresetitestion of thepmti s of the Cambrian ,Hotel, Russell -street, lta,sell-squate. The plaintiff in his declaration coirplaineJ that be being a publican purchased the lease and goodwill of a pub lic-house in which the cletend,nt carried on business, and that the defendant deceitfully avid fraudulently re. presented that the returns were 2001. a month, v z 601. or 701. in foreign spirits, the same sum in British s r tiri., and the rest in beer and other articles. In conseq fence of that representation the plaintiff consented to give 43 the purchase-money of the said lease and goodwill the sum of 1,1501. The plaintiff then alleged that the r representation was not true: that after he took pos. session of the house, he fount the return. nv•: 2001. a. month, but considerably less—namely, 1061. The first enquiry was, whether the above represetratiun was made by the defendant, and, secondly, whether it was made fairly or dishonestly ? The witnesses caned for the pl.tintiff preyed his case. and under an the circumstances the Jury found'a verdict of 200/. damages. WOODROW U. JONES. This was an action of escape, brought by the Wain tiff to recover from the defe dant, who is the Mar shal of the King's Bench Prison, the sum of 811. being the amount of a debt due from Mr. Vs'illianis, late proprietor of the Surrey Theatre, to the plaintiff. From the evidence for the plaintiff it appealed, that in the year 1824 I.e had lodged a detainer against Mr. Williams, who was then a prisoner crnifined in the Rules of the King's Bench Prison; that pn the 12th day of August,. 1824, Mr. Williams acted as ViCf• Plesident at a dinner given in the coffee room of the Grapes public house, in Suffolk street, S •uthwark, and that he did not leave the room from four until eight .21 the evening. The bill was filed and notice given to th.: Marshal before half-past six o'clock t h at evening. A: Rule of this Court, made in 1795, stating, that " pubic houses, and places .of public amusement or entertain althou h locally situate within the Roles, should "not be considered as part of the Rules," was put its hod read. It was also proved, that in the coffee-room there • was a cupboard, which had the Exciseman's mask as a place for keeping wine. From the evidence for the defendant, it appeased that the room in which Mr. Williams dined was in the yard of the Grapes publicshouse (within the Rules); that it was let by the landlord at Its. a week to a Ruler named Greaves, who charged one penny for each pot of beer brought from the Grapes. and drank in that room by the Rulers ; th it it had been for years known by the name of the" Rulet s' Room r that it was a place in which Rulers who had not a second r •ons were in theJiabit of meeting their friends, attianies, and.ciedi tors; that warrants of attorney had • been frequently executed there by the Rulers, and that it was the woo in which the Coroner held Inquests upon the bodies of such persons as 'night die in the prison, the prisoners always constitut:ng a Jury. Upoo the suggestion of his Lordship, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff for fit, subject to the opinion of the court upon this point —Does this coffewroom Mlle within the operation of the Butt of Court put in by the plaintiff? Commercial letters from Marseilles state, that a stop had been put, by high authority, to the building of seve ral ships of war at that port, for the Viceroy of Egypt. CATHOLIC AFFAIRS.—The grossest, the most de grading, the most intolerable insult that was ever offered to the Catholic Aristocracy of Ireland, or to any individual of them, was the recent offer made by our Leaders to the English Duke of NORFOLK, to come over and take the Chair of the Irish Catl.olic Associa tion, which we had been told would meet on the 10th of this month, and continue for fourteen days ! This motion was agreed to by that non-descript thing, the present Ass ciation, on the motion of the Deputy- Leader, Mr. Swat.. This astute politician, wi t h Me. O'CONNELL. and we believe the Catholic Secretary, Mr. O'Goassara, dined, it seems, with the Duke of Notteor.x, and ibis is the mode selected by the Leaders to return the compliment. They insult Lord KILLEgN and his father !! Why do they insult Lord KILLEEN? It is because he was a chief obstacle to the attempted base bargain. Why does not Lord KeLLEEN—why do net the Catholic Aristocracy unite themselves with the peo- ple, and overthrow the unprincipled traffickers? In such a case as this, it is cheering to find that a proper rebuff has been given, where it is so richly deserved. 'f he English Nobieman felt that it was sought to make a tool of him—he saw of what 4. perilous stuff" the talkers were composed. and he treats them acct rdingly. He tells them in good set terms, that " in his opinion, the Chair would be more suitably fillcsd by an Irish Catholic Nobleman, of eminent private virtue and loi;g tried worth ;" plainly alibding to the venerable Eail FINGAL. Here was proper treatment I we are to his Grace of Norfolk for its—Deblin ,ilorninh; Post. A letter from Paris, dated Saturday last, states, tat Government it is not the intention of the French Gower grateful t in any case to nominate natives of France, Consuls to the New American States, but that an order has been transmitted to Admiral DUPARRIL, who commands or. the Leeward Islands station, to select, in the principal pmts. oi South America and of Mexico, from Among the res i sectab:e merchants residing there, such individuals As lie may e th o i n n fi k dc q u t a o l i fie t 1 i e d m to thc lu p l i fi o l tc t c h t e io d n u o ty t it ! . C i o v n , s o; u t l i s c , and t : l ;uc t:: cud lamest-.