Star. — London, England, 1831-09-12 00:00:00

I The newspapers are still filled with discussions open the new Peerage law, the reivrt of which will not he presented by the commission until next •xeek. The abolition of the hereditary principle will be still a bone of contention in the two Chain 1/ers, and a good deal of shuffling and intrigue is Fa il to be employed at this moment upon the iebj3et. It is still said here, that the British Govern ment objects to the sojourn of even the 12,000 French troops in Belgium, and that remonstrances lad explanations are continuing between the two Calais respecting it. IVEST INDIES. We !lave received Grenada Papers to the 12th Julv. Their contents are similar to those of the ,titer Colonies, and the excitement already noticed zeents likely to lead to something serious between the Mother Country and the Lem: ard Is!nude. On the sth July a general meeting of the planters, merchants, and others,was held at the Court-house, to consider the present alarming crisis of colonial affairs, John Ross, Esq. in the Chair, when the following strong resolution, among others, was passed : " That if in the present embarrassed state of the Seances of the kingdom the means cannot be found for making coin. pcnaation to the Colonies, and the country can no longer, 'torn conscientious motives, stiffer slavery to exist under its dominion—and it being apparent that Ministers are acting under the influence of a sect who think Colonies of no value, and that the country would be better without them—let it then, rather than persevere in measures dirt must end in our utter ruin, relieve us at once from our alleg:ance, and give us tittle to look for other protectors. That, driven as we are to the verge of desparation, by the gra d u al encroachmems which, fur many years past, have from time to time been made upon our insular instittnions and domestic privileges, and at beholding a British Al ini4ury acting under the influence of an interested and bigottixi fac tion, to the prejudice and ruin of one of the Shires' portions o f t he globe, it becomes us, under these circumstances, to recollect .hat we have duties which we owe to ourselves and nor d o ecndants, and that in the last resort we ought not to 1; 2 found war time to them. It is with fedings of the tieepest regret that we advert to the possibility of a separatiott from our parent state, since tic obligations on its part aiii' ours are reciprocaL For if pruction to our persons and properties be withheld—if the Government of the country, instead of standing forward in our defence, and stretching forth its powerful unto to shield us from the attacks of a confederacy in the kingdom, corn. posed of our most inveterate enemies, who by shamelessly inventing and recklessly propagating the most atrocious calumnies against us all, arc evidently bent upon ac complishing our utter ruin, even to extermination—. if Government, instead of performing this obligatory duty towards us, lends its aid to the party in question and acts in conjunction with it—if we arc to be continually con sidered aliens and outcasts—nay more, treated as a guilty and proscribed race, with whom public faith may be law. fully broken, and to whose misfortunes no commiseration siieuld be shown—if our local privileges arc to i_ for ever disregarded, our constitutional rights trodden under foot, and the bard earned produce of our estates fettaed with rigorous, unequal, and ruinous impositions—if no merit is to be conceded to us for what we have effected in improving the moral comlition of our slaves, nor say limits assigned to the further sacrifices which may be required of us—in fine, if by tin measuics which have already been put in force, and others which Ministers have declared iu Parliament it is their purpose to adopt, we arc in consequence to be more arid more laid open to injustice and injury, nay, even ex posed to imminent danger of our lives, and without the iunallest compensation being made us, then the tie by which we are bound to t h a another country must be considered as virtually severed, and the duty of allegiance at en end." Tile United States papers, down to the 15th ult, are filled with further correspondence respect ing the resignation of the American Cabinet. Mr. Berrien, late Attorney-General, has published notes of an interview with Colonel Johnson, who acted as a mutual friend of the President and the mem bers wise resigned, in which the first cause of dif ference is represented with much detail as the re puted private conduct of Mrs. Eaton, and in which President Jackson is exhibited as a whimsical vio lently passionate old gentleman, insisting with the txtremest arrogance on subjects altogether out of decorum and common behaviour. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 12. ONE O'CLOCK, THIS DAY.—Thermometer, 66. Ba. raireter, 30.17. Wind N. Weather,: cloudy. We entertain no doubt whatever, THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY ROUTED, AND PUT TO FLIGHT NEAR WARSAW. We have Dutch papers, Hamburg papers, ex- tracts from Berlin Gazettes, and private letters, all of which concur in representing some great battle, its results as unfavourable to the Russians, and their confused flight. We ardently n ish that it may be so ; but to confirm our conclusions, we Ili!1 give a brief summary of the information, as it Las reached us. First, by the Flanders Mail, we obtain in the 41/via/cur Beige of Saturday, a letter from Cracow, hich, tile Editor says, may be depended upon, an ~ecount of a decisive victory that had been gained KRZYNECKI, at Sochaczew, to which place the Russian Main Army must have re treated from Nadarsyn ; and the same letter •Also refers to that victory, as matter of course, Whiell SKRZYNECKI obtained on the 20th, over RCDIGER; and of which we gave accounts at the , t'ginning of last week, though since doubted by our croaking contemporaries, owing to the silence of their favourite authority —the Berlin Gazette. rile Russians, by this account, had many thou sands killed, arid lost two thousand prisoners, and many cannon. The Brussels Moniteur of the 9th states, emphatically, that the following very important intelligence may be depended upon. " Cracow, August 26. A letter, worthy of credit, just received front the theatre of war, contains the following The Generalissimo of the Polish army (Skrzy -14 (10 engaged in a sanguinary conflict near Soch lcielv• The loss of the enemy amounts to several I , usands left dead on the field of battle. We kuk 2,000 prisoners, besides a quantity of baggage Ud ammunition. This victory is doubtless, sub lequent to that of the 20th of August, obtained by ILlt2l . N lA. hi in the engagement with RUDIGER, ihu "as driven into Austria. The city of So thacaew, which has witnessed this further triumph of the Generalissimo, is situated about ten leagues to the west of Warsaw, upon the road leading oui this city to Posen and Berlin. The distance Nal Sochaczew to Cracow, where the above news has been received, is more than fifty leagues. We are in expectation of shortly receiving the fullest details upon this important engagement." Second, the Hague Gazette, of the 9th, gives au extract from a Cracow journal, which announces a second victory of the Poles, in advance of So- CiIACZEW, at 'Colo in which it says, that besides a countless numbe_ of prisoners, they had taken thirty-eight pieces of cannon. Then, be it ob served, these Cracow journals are published under Austrian syrueillance ; but, oddly enough, iu r , paper of the 306, a later of the Polish General ROZYZICI rrears. dated the 25th, from the province of Saud.) ner, in which he says, thai ao news came from Warsaw, because the city wa..l completely invested by the Russians; but if we read, as a mistranslation, was for had been, and if the battles took place between the 20th and 25th, there is no inconsistency in this document ; while the General himself states his belief, that the Poles had g•ained some advantase on their left wing. Aird, we have a private letter, dated Ham burg'', on Friday, in which our Correspondent says: " The Russian corps under KNOIIING has retreated to kalisch. Yesterday, three thou sand infantry arrived, who are waiting for a large reinforcement or ten thousand more, from the neighbourhood of Warsaw, since their defeat by SK RZ TN EC I . is still a larger army hourly expected in Kalisch. The re organization wiil be completed in a few days."— This is a professed translation from the Hamburg Correspondent of that day. The same paper also quotes from the Cracow Courier, the same account of the great battle of Socbaczew to which we have alluded above. Kalisch is about 180 miles west of Warsaw, and presents no object for military operations, except as a refuge. Fourth, the Hamburgh mail of this day, brings a letter from Berlin of the 3d, in which it states that news has been received from Thom, that the Russians were in general flight on the right bank of the Vistula, pursued, as it appears, by General UMINSKI ; and that to save themselves they had destroyed the bridge over the Vistula near Thom. Our inferences, therefore, are as follows ; and we trust we shall be justified in them, by intelligent readers who consult the maps, and compare the dates, circumstances, and sources of intelligence, which have seldom erred in their admissions of Polish victories: I. We conceive that about the 24th or 25th, the Russians fell back from Nadarzyn and Blonie towards Sochaczew, agrecal ly to accounts that we received through Berlin last week. 2. That while performing those retrograde move ments, they were attacked on the 24th or 25th, by the Polish army, under SKTR Y NBCKI, and totally rout d. 3. That, at the same time, the Polish garrison of Modlin, and other corps under Uxissxi, forccd the Russian positions at Plotcs, and other places, driving them to the bridge near the Prussian fron tier ; and these were probably part of the troops which arrived at Kalisch. A Haniburgh steamer is expected this after noon ; and on its arrival, we will not fail to give its contents in a Second Edition. The topic at home, 18371/Tolite and vulgar cir cles, is the absence of the Duchess of KENT, and her daughter, the Princess VICTORIA, from the ceremony of the coronation. It has produced commentaries of all sorts ; and any point of etiquette is not considered as a satisfac tory apology. Different reasons are as signed ; one, an objection to the FITZCLA RE/ICES, who had some direction of the arrangements ; and another is said to be a baffled expectation, that the young Princess, as Heir ' Presumptive, ought not to be confounded with the juvenile sons of the Dukes of CUMBERLAND and CAMBRIDGE. Some of the papers assert that there existed a predisposition not to be satisfied, since the Lady in question is alleged to have objected to the Reform bill; and even to have left a letter of the KING, relative to the Coronation, unan swered for some weeks. As an excuse, it is alleged that the delicate state of the Princesses health hindered her from travelling, from the Isle of Wight to London, and sitting several hours, during the ceremony. Be this as it may, it did not prevent her mother's appearance ; and it scarcely will be admitted that the fatigues were of a character, to prevent the attendance of both. With reference to the question of etiquette, the Princess (Heir Pre sumptive) is not yet come out, as the term is un derstood, and therefore could not be summoned by any personal designation as such ; neither could the Duchess as a Peeress, not being such in her own right. Had the Princess attained the age to have ' been first presented at Court, according to her Blood, the case would have been different ; but the Earl Marshal had certainly no rule by which to write her name in his official roll for the late grand so lemnity. The whole affair is the more malapro pos, because the last Royal act of the KING had been to give assent to the Bill, settling such liberal grants on this branch of the Royal Family. In every sense we lament the affair. The Windsor Express of Saturday night says, the Duchess has always manifested a strong desire to keep aloof from the Royal Family altogether, even during the reign of GEORGE IV.—" This statement, which has, doubtless, been authorised, is only incorrect inasmuch as it does not con • fain the whole truth. It does not put us in possession, for instance, of facts which, if re- .P corded, might indicate the existence of a cer- I taro state of feeling which would at once clear up the mystery. As regards the Coronation, nothing transpired that would indicate a dissatisfaction on the part of her Royal Highness, excepting a cer tain tardiness in signifying her wishes on the sub ject. But there is no doubt the Duchess of KENT did feel an indisposition to be present with her daughter—not, as The Times states 'from a system atic opposition to all the wishes and all the feelings of the present KING,' but because, from some unex plained—some indiscribable motive—some idiosyn cracy—the Duchess has always manifested a strong desire to keep aloof from the Royal Family alto gether, even during the reign of GEORGE IV._ This craving for seclusion is perhaps an unfortu nate longing on the part of one to whom the edu cation of the Heiress Apparent to the Crown of England is entrusted ; but at the same time it is not surely a crime of sufficient magnitude; to make the lady obnoxious to cutting remarks." In another column we give the first speech of King LeoroLD to the Belgic Congress. The circumstances of that country render this docu ment of secondary importance ; and therefore it may be necessary to remark only, that he dwells with emphasis on the services rendered by France, but says sot a word of the naval movements of the British fleet. We are happy to observe, that preparations are making in the French ports in the Mediterranean, for the sailing of an expedition, as is believed, for the Tagus. At the same time, it is understood, that some British ships of force are fitting for the same destination. Whether they are to escort Don PEDRO, or his daughter, to the throne of Portugal—an event devoutly wished—we are at present unable to state. This day the QUEEN held a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace. The Drawing-room, being considered as a consequence of the Coronation, was the most splendid and numerously attended of the season. Tho Peers and Peeresses attending fn their Coronation robes. Large remittances in silver have been received in London within these two days from America, for the purchase of English wool for American manu factures. ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, which left off on Saturday, at 821 to } for the Account, opened at 82i, with little doing as yet. The American papers received this morning say, the long-pending negociadons has at length been I brought to a close. The French Government has agreed to pay, as an indemnity to the subjects of the United States, for their loss of property, 25 millions of franca, about one million sterling. The original sum claimed was sixty millions of francs, two millions sterling. Letter from Lieutenant Saffnall, commanding the United States schooner, Grampus, to the Se cretary of the Navy, dated Pensacola Bay, July 20 :—" I fell in with an English sloop from Tor tola to St. Kitt's, dismaated, and finding abe had important despatches for the Governor of St.Kitt's, and that there was no prospect of her reaching that island, I took charge of them and conveyed them to their destination. I found every thing quiet at Martinique; the insurrectionary spirit among the slaves bad been quelled. I remained but a week on the island : I there saw residents from all the English windward islands, whose slave population had been in a disorganised state; and having satis fied myself that order was again restored, made all haste to the Spanish Main. In Venezuela all was I quiet. Accounts from Brussels state that the Belgian Government have received the Protocol, No. 38, but nothing of its contents had transpired. Very unfavourable reports were in circulation for several days ; it is said that the powers are determined to make a sacrifice of Luxembourg to the King of Holland. Accounts from Toulon say that preparations are making there for a new expedition ; by some it is presumed it is for Don Pedro to act against Por tugal, others say it is for Hayti. Letters from Madrid state that some agents have arrived there of the Duchess de Berry : they were favourably received : one of them set out again for Italy. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols have been the whole of the morning 821, alternately buyers and sellers, scarce any thing doing. Not a feature in the foreign market. The Hambro' steamer is not as yet arrived ; con sequentlywe have no further accounts from Poland. Letters have been received from Madeira of the 20th August ; great fear was entertained of an expedition coming to attack it. Several persons were leaving the island. The general topic of conversation on 'Change, regards the two first rate ships going to the Tagus. We understand it is the intention of government in future not to employ any more transports to con vey troops, therefore it may be probable that these first rates will take troops out. THREE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, shut. Three per Cent. Reduced, shut. Three per Cent. Consols, 821 1. Three and $ Half per Cent. 1818, shut. Three and a Half per Cent. Red. shut. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 891 90. Four per Cent. 18118, shut. Long Annuities, Jan.lB6o, abut. Annuities, Oct. 1850, shut do. Jan. 1860, 16 15.16 1. India Stock, ; do. Beads, 1 preen par, 2 prem. South Sea Stock, £lOOO Exchequer Bills, 10 11 t £5OO do. 10 11; .1100 and 01200 do. 11 13 ; Advertised, 9 10. Bank for Account, 1991. Consols for Account, 821 I. AMUSEMENTS FOR THE 11721. VAUXHALL—(Lear night roronation Gala. HAYMARIERT—" Heinle'," Hamlet, Mr. Kean ; Ophe lia, Miss Taylor—" Belles Have at ye All"—and ""A Husband at Sight." ALIELPHI—" The Evil Eye"—" The Picturesque"— and " The Szrjeent's Witc." SURREY—" Pedlar's Acre"—Pictorial Exhibitim oi'ilie The Rubber's Wife"—and " The Odd Volumz." QUEEN'S—" Love and Mystery" --and other Populas Pieces. CITY—Mr. J. Vining's Bendt—" William Tell"_ Dancing, with lilusical Melange—and " A Rowland :er an Oliver." ASTLEY'S—Mr. Ducrow's Benefit—(first time) " The Ali of Athens"—Scenes in the Circle—she two Lie phants—and (first time) " The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza." COBURG—(And during the Week)—" The Victim of St. Vincent"—and " The Orphan of Paris." PAVILION—(Ditto)—" .1 London Tradesman's Lift" - and (first time) " Victorine; or the Maid of Pans." TO- MO RR') W. HAYMA RIEET.—" Quite Correct"—" Belles Have at ye All"—My Wife or my Place"—and " A Rowland for an Oliver." ADELPHI --" The Evil Eye"—" The Picturesq•ie" _ and '• Jonathan in England." SURREY—" The Honey Moon". -" Children in the Wood"—and " The Heart of Mid Lothian." WEDNESDAY. HAYMARKET—" The School for Coquettcs"—" Belies Have at ye All"—and other entertainnicnts. ADELPHI—" The Evil Eye"—" The Picturesque" —and " Tom Thumb." SURREY—" Pedlars' Aere"—" The Coronation"—and other Entertainments. THURSDAY. HAYMARKET—" Belles Hare at ye All" with (first time) "John Jones"—sad other Eatertainments. ADELPHI—" The Bell Eye"—" The Quartette"—and " Jonathan in England." FRIDAY. IIAYMARKET—" King Lear," Lear, Mr. Kean ; Cor. dafia, Miss Taylor—with other Entertaintmnts. ADELPH I—" The Evil Eye"—with popular Atlerpieces. SATURDAY. HAYAIARKET—" Belles Have at ye Air —A favourite Comedy. &e. ADELPIII—" The Evil Eye"—and popular Afterpicees. THE ROYAL FAMILY. Their Majesties attended Divine Service yester day morning, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duke of Leinster, the Marquis of Wellesley, the Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester, the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Goaford, and Viscount Valletort, were among the Nobility in the Chapel. _ _ The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta partook of a dejeune with their Majesties yesterday. The Duke of Sussex also visited the King and Queen. The Duchess of Cambridge took leave of their Majesties at the Palace at St. James's, on her de parture for Hanover, on Saturday evening. The Landgravine of Hesse Hoiuberg and the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, attended by their re spective suites, left town on their return to the Continent about two o'clock on Saturday afternoon; her Majesty accompanied her brother and the Landravine to the place of embarkation, at Dept ford. Tho Duke and Duchess of Cumberland took leave of the Landgravine in the morning, at the Palace at St. James's. The Princess Augusta accompanied the Queen and the Landgravine to Deptford. 7'HE NEW PLERS. The Earl of Burlington (late Lord George Ca vendish) selected the title by which he has been elevated to the Peerage in consequence of its hav ing been borne by his Lordship's maternal grand father, the last Earl of Burlington and Cork, who died in 1754. By the Earl's ascension to the Peerage, a vacancy occurs in the representation of Derbyshire. Lord Dinorben (late Col. Hughes) is the repre sentative of a Welsh family. His Lordship has sat in several Parliaments for the borough of Wal lingford, and his political opinions, judging from his votes in the House of Commons, are liberal. Baron Oakley (the Hon. Capt. George Cadogan) is the second son of the late Earl Cadogan, and heir presumptive to the present possessor of that title, who is far advanced in years. Lord Oakley's elder sister is the wife of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, and the present Marchioness of Anglesey is another sister of his lordship. Baron Panmure (the lion. William Ramsay Maule) is brother to the Earl of Dalhousie, Com mander of the Forces in the East Indies. His Lordship has always acted with the Whig party; land, as member for the county of Forfar, has voted in favour of reform although every place in Scot land elects on the close borough system. Baron Templemore (Col. Chichester,) is ne 'phew to the Marquis of Donegal, and son-in-law to the Viceroy of Ireland, having married Lady Augusta Puget, his lordship's fourth daughter. liaron Mostyu (Sir Edward Pryee Lloyd) has represented the town of Flint for several years, and has uniformly supported the present adminis tration. Sir G. W. Baron Poltimure (Sir G. W. Bam fylde) is little known in political life. His Lord ship succeeded his father, the late Sir Charles Bamfylde, 1823. Baron Wenlock (Sir Robert Lawley, Bart.) is brother to the Member for Warwickshire, and pos sessed of vast estates in the midland counties. His Lordship is brother-in-law to the Marchioness of Conyngbam, and Mr. Denison, the Member for Surrey. Baron Segrave (. 01. Berkeley) is well known as the elder son of the late Earl Berkeley. Tke Bishop of Chichester is to be translated to the see of WorcLiter, and Ur. Maltby is to be the new Bishop. Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Byng declined the Peerage. Admiral Saumarez is to be among a further number of the new Peers. The day of the Coronation seems to hare been a day of general rejocing throughout the country. in every city, town, and village, there was on that uay a general ag itation from labour, with bell-rinnging, procesaiona, farming, and illumination. The following promotions and appointments will take place lo the Irish Church : Bisset, lissliup of Itaphoe, to be Archbishop of Dubliii ; Ponsotiby, Bishop of KA'. foe, to be Bishop of Derry. _ . . . _ . A considerable sensation has been made in Ire land by the failure of a great home in the linen trade at Belfast. It has given a great check to commercial con fidence in the north of Ireland. The Duke of Wellington's windows were closely boarded up on the day of the late illumination. BREVET COMMISSIONS. The absence of a Brevet in Friday night's basalt, has been the cause of no small disappointment. The present Coronation is the only one in our history which has not been attended by a naval and military procnonon dater. A shilling each was distributed by his Majesty's desire to every private soldier in the United Kingdom, one belt being given in money, and the other in bread, cheese, and beer. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-TIIIS DAY CONVICTION OF NOTORIOUS UTTERERS OF BASE COIN. Elisabeth Russell, about twenty years of age, was in. dieted for feloniously uttering, on the 24th of June, to Francis Spring, shopman to Mr. Hawkcs, of Glasshouse stem, Regent-street, a piece of coin purporting to a ge nuine shilling of the current coin of these realms and, also on the same day, with uttering to Mrs. Sarah Webster, of Tylcvstreet, another piece of base coin, purporting to be of the same value. The prisoner was observed in company with another woman, well known as anurteter, who has repeatedly escaped justice, and watched until detected in the fact. The prosecution was conducted at the instance of his Majesty's Mint. The prisoner was found guilty, and secoenced to one year's imprisonment, and to find sureties for two years for her good behaviour. Ann Ryan and Mary llechc were convicted of a like 'ltem, on the 26th of July, the former having tendered a base piece of coin to Mr. Robert Traniield, *hit the latter in her company, on whom was found a had half crown, a shilling, and a good half crown, at the Sawyer: Arms, in Mary-la-bonne -lane. The two latter are well known ut. terers also. The public cannot be top tuuc'. on their guard against the numerous gangs of utt‘rers at present infest not only the town, but the country around. Some of the coun terf..its are well executed, but by copinion caution may be detected by their slipperiness and liability to yield to pres sure. The uverers arc generally females, and the only sure mode of bringing them to conviction is to give them change, and then watch them until they column a second uttering, which is invariably doncin the same neigi.bourhood. We have just heard the lamented circanustince of the death of Mr. Calcraft The Overseers of St. Giles, Camberwell, %vow not behind their brethren of other parishes en the day of the Corsoition. On that day the inmates of their poor.licuse were plentifully regaled with roast beef, plum pudding, and strong beer. It is natural for the army and navy, Ltcause their anticipations are borne out by the practice, to calculate on • promotion in both these services on the occasion of • ceremonial of a coronation ; to such expectations the prevent event does not form an exception, for they have been warmly entertained. The ministers, acting on that:system of eco nomy to which they are pledged, and affirm they will adhere to, on this occasion either discountenance any promotion, or consent only to a very confined one. It is stated un good report, that, at all events, only four Colonels will be pro. motel to the rank of 31ajor.Oeneral, the promotion in the lower ranks being proportionate. In the Navy, seven Captains will reach the rank of Rear-Admiral the four Naval Colonelcies of Marines then vacant will be abo lished, u well as the situation of Lieutenant-Governor of the Naval College, the duties of which will in future be discharged by the Commissioner of Portsmouth Dock-yard. Bartholomew fair has been this year ahuost hthe Coronation and had weather. Tho Middlesex Grand Jury, at the present Ses sions, will have bad to decide upon upwards of 700 Bills. The Middlesex Magistrates, at a Meeting- held on Friday, agreed to request Mr. Const to continue to 1401,1 the Chair for the present; and appointed Messrs. pal's, Rotch, Marriott, and Swabey, to assist hint. NEW ENTRANCE TO ST. JAMES'S-PARK AT CARLTON.TRILZACE. —The steps of this splendid entrance, which was opened on the coronation day, are made of granite from the Wand of Henn, near Guernsey. This granite is of such autperior quality, that we find, faom the upon of an eminent architect who tried a small cube of four inches, in Bramah's hydraulic press, that it required a pressure of 116 tons to crush it. Parliamentary commissioners are at present en gaged Suing the boundaries of the towns and burghs in the west of Scotland which are to. return members under the refotm bill They were engaged with the Ayishire burghs during the early part of last week ; with Glasgow during the latter part of that week and on Monday ; and on Tuesday with Paisley. The greatest praise is due to Go vernment for having selected the gentlemen employed on this occasion; for, should the principles of the bill be made as liberal as the views of these gentlemen are, It will give satisfaction to the keenest reformers in the country. A Report of " the Committee of the Naval and Military Library and Museum," dated the Ist August, has been put into oor hands. The institution boasts of 1,100 members. Donations of books, and natural and artihcial curiosities, will be gladly received; several hundred of the former and a good collection of the latter have already been sent in. The reason assigned for the Duchess of Kent's absence is, that Lord A. Fitzclarence, who bad the marshal. ling of the procession, assigned a place to the Princess Vic toria after the other members of the Royal Family—whereas her illustrious parent thought that, as heir presumptive to the Throne, hre Royal Highness should have come filmic (Rattly after the Bing. A few sensible and benevolent inhabitants of Cripplegate parish have formed a society fur the present. don of health. Each member allots a portion of lus leisure hours to visiting the habitations of the poor in his district. Where sickness exists in such a degree as to require medical aid, the sufferer is provided with it, or recommended to some hospital, if necessary ; where it does not, the rooms are pu rified and whitewashed. GREAT AGE.—In noticing a celebration of the 4th instant, near Raleigh, North Carolina, the Register states, that Mr. Arthur Wall, now in his 109th year, was particularly invited ; brat he excused himself on account of being " busy with his crop;" and said he would send one of his boys, a lad of about 82.—.deserieou Paper. Died lately, at his seat, Ards-house, county of Donegal, Alexander Stewart, Esq. in the 85th year of his age; brother to the Stu Marquis of Londonderry, and uncle to the late Marquis. He is succeeded in his estates by A. R. Stewart, Esq. who married the tiiira diught.r el' the Marquis Camden. On the 21st of July died Baroness Caroline de la Motte Foque, one of the most popular of the female writer of Germany. Several of her novels, e. g. Roderick, die Prow des Falkenstein, Feodore, her Tates, and her Letters on Female Education, do her peat credit. The Thunderer, of 84 guns, will be launched at Woolwich on Thursday, the 224 inst. The new basin just completed by Messrs. Joliffe and Bankes will be opened on that day for the first time, when the Thunderer will be taken into it. Their Majesties hays expressed their determine d= to be present at the ceremony. We heartily coucur in opinion with the writer of the able pamphlet, " What will the Lords do that " a vast majority of the House of Lords" entertain " a general though partially concocted hatred to the present Reform Bill, indeed to ill Parliamentary Re form." If the Reform Bill answer the object for which it is intended, it will give to the people the power of enforcing economy and retrenchment. But a great majority of the House of Peers ate necessarily cutout.s of economy and retrenchment, for their dignity is maintained by the pillage of the people. Do not let the people delude themselves with hopes that a majority of the Peers can be friendly to Reform in their hearts. They any, notwith. rianding, be brought to see the wisdom of voting for the Bill, as &damn, in spite of his desire for the riches And honours of Balak, was obliged to bleu those whom he wished to curse.—Ca rookie. An immense block of freestone was last week detached by the workmen in Cragleith Quarry, the dimen sions of which are u follow :—Length 44 feet. breadth 20 fat, thickness six feet, and will weigh about 400 tour ! The block was spli: off by 172 wedges, and moved about 2 feet from its bed. This is the largest stone ever cut in the quarry, except one for the Nation.' Monument, • hicis somewhat exceeded even these 'ample dimensions.-- Cale. doniaa Mercury. ALARMING FIRE.-FORTVNATE PRESERVA TIoN or LlTL—About two o'clock this morning, the neighbourhood of Berwick street, Soho, was thrown into consternation by the alarm of fire. In a few minu.es it was discovered that the shop of Mr. Lawrence, hair dresser, was in flames. The ne.ghbuun instantly rendered assistance and, fortunately, some firemen being on the spot, a I•leatiful supply of water was obtained, and by great exertion the Me was confined to the premises of Mr. Lawr‘nce, and overcome eventually, but not until very consultrable damage had been done to the furniture and the buildin t, which are insurtd in the Sun Office, Thee was a number of inmates in the boniest the unreal the discovery, who would, in all human probability, lave fallen a medley but fur the timely alarm given, as a few momenta moat have cut off all means of escape. I i I I 'i t 1