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FORb lON INTELLIGENCE. PARIS PAPRRS. PARIS. JANUARY 11. M. Deems is still confined. His physicians do not seem sativfied with his state. It is said that N. De Satire is much better. We are, however, nett asoured, that M. Parquier will be charged with the narte-feuille of the Ministry of Justice. Notwithstanding the severity of the season. the Arabs, who brought hither the houses sent by the Dey of Algiers to `►is Royal Highness the Duke of llerry, - see.n to fancy themselves sail at home. They give themselves lip to the aniu.etortits of their own . country. Yesterday evening, as two actresses of the •ririeles were peering the Rue Cadet, about ten •'cluck, they were attacked by three of these Arabs, and would have been robbed by them, bad not their cries drawn a person, who, by a few smart blows of his cane, set these slaves to flight. Madame B—, one of these ladies, quite terrified, exclaimed, "but • these Arabs are 'finks !" The list of petitions to the Chamber of Deputies, published on Saturday, contains• 139 relative to the maintenance of the Charter and the Law of Elec tions, on which t► Report will be made the first public sitting which may take place alter the 10th instant. M. Mestadier is charged with the functions of Reporter. The number of signatures to these various petitions is 19,057. Two other petitions, included in the published list, explain the ma nu•uvres practised at Chateaubriaut and La Charite to obtain signatures to them. FLANDERS MAIL 011.=•== , GHENT, JANUARY 0. The Court of Assizes had to try yesterday an action, in which important points of the kW of nations are involved. M. Granter, Baron de Beau regard, knight of St. Louis, taking the title of lorpector-General of the Artillery of the Army of New Grenada, was indicted for having by hostile • actions, incited against the State a declaration of war f Spain, one of the Allied Powers. M. Joubaud, counsel fur the accused, began his defence by proving that his client had not assumed a false title, and that he had been appointed by General Macirone, Inspector-General of the Artil lery of the Army of New Granada; then entering on the examination of the important question before the Court, he endeavoured to prove, that a Slate . keeps within the bounds of neutrality when it tole. rates in favour of one nation what it does not pro , Whit to the nation against whom it carries on war, and then that • Government is never responsible for the acts of a single citizen, still less those of a foreigner. M. Joubaud alleged, in this important discussion, the authority of Grotius and Puffendorlf, whose (Tinian he developed with the force of reasoning of which the Tribunals of Ghent have so often been witnesses. We observed at the end of his spree!' the !passaged in which he combats the assertion, that the laws of nations applicable between one nation and another, cannot be appealed to in favour of the revolted colonies. The following were nearly his expression' " Such is, in fact, the language of Spain ; and this horri. hie distinction, silencing every sentiment of humanity, has eommenced that war of extermination which has made of America the 'moot vast tomb that ever was created by the hind of man. Bat the language of oppression and rage is col that which wr ought to hear within these walls Let is Oro leave to Spain to proclaim as rebels a whole people, who, inhabiting a country above 1,500 leagues is extent, have reason to demand its independence, which • handful of Europeans refuse it. Bat has not the voice of ty tinny also proclaimed as rebels these same Spaniards, who but lately eowdrsied with so much heroism for the same blessings which their American brethren now defend against thrill? Were not those North Americans also rebels who dared to withdraw themselves from the yoke of England; were they nut called criminals till the moment when other tale testa caused a different language to be held?—then Govern. mrnt proclaimed that the cause of America was • sacred cause. The King of France equips his fleets, and the flower of his omit..., enflamed with noble enthusiasm, goes to fight fur independence." Tile Court, by its decision, sanctioned these developed with equal ability and courage, and NI. de Beauregard was acquitted. GHENT, JANUARY 10. M. de Beauregard on his acquittal by the Court of A.sizes, was immediately carried back to his place of confinement. It seems that he is to quit the kingdom, nod that lie will be immediately con st•yeil beyond the frontiers. This officer, who contracted mail debts, for the interest of a cause for which he has never been indemnified. has ho tiourably discharged them by menus of sacrifices wade by his family. It may conceived that these drill. have much increased durin g his long confine tripod, and that he has heeded ill his misfortune the assistance if • person who has persevered iu his kindness and humanity. send the presents to he trade int retera—iAils' % r 4 triat ( llideerver , E taws 29.) ... : I ",*, .A. ... . Iputip. JANUMIT le Tiff 'le poblishitt to-day Mlwader li thiStiwi'.. it Abo Sing to the Minister,: of the in terior end cif War which makes several modifications in the organisation of the Landwehr. The number of bottaltons attached so each wriiinetst of Airline to reduced from four to three. After giving the order et length. the Gnsetie odds the following re flections :—" The muscats of ibis .C.htuet• Order will suffice to shew the worth of the 'Mister reports circelated.inirtly by the public papers, and partly in the circles of the capital and in the provinces, as if the Landwehr were on the point of experiencing, if not • total depopulation, at least all entire chinige, tending to the same cud, and which, it was even predicted, bad beau concerted with Austria. The truly patriotic institution of the Landwehr is a creation of the King's own free will. His Ma jesty has experienced from it the bravery, the de votedness, the fidelity of his people, in a moment of the most iniinineut danger. If it had been ne cessary to strengthen the bond of union between the Throne and the people, the Landwehr would have done it. The provinces here had repeated proofs of the King's satisfaction, oith the zeal every where displayed iu the establishment of this institution, partly from Isis Majesty's own mouth, partly in writing ; • calumny alone can form or spread the idea that his Majes►y intended such a change in the Landwilir, as would draw after it an entire alteration iii the whole of our present military system. The only changes to he made, as We see, will be in the external organiza tion, the object of which is partly economy, and partly the simplification of the mechanism, fur Ilse more speedy employment of the mem in case of a sudden drawing together of the troops. The es sence of the iustitetion is so far from bring affected, that those changes in the organization will mon bute to accelerate its perfectiou.—(fronkfort Papers, January ti.) GERMAN PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLE. NOVEMBER i 5. The Porte loss been obliged to pay some attention to the complaints brought against 'eii Paella, he lino lost the Government of Livadia, and obtained in its stead that of Lepanto ; Soliman Paella, of Lepanto, goes in the time quality to Livadia, sod *dim Seri Pacha to Saloniche. The troubles in Diarbekir are appeased; the Pitchy has returned to the city, and the instigators of the revolt will be puiliolied with the etmoit rigour. Less favourable necootits have been received from Aleppo, where Homed Ashmed Packs, formerly Grand Vizier awl Stihdar , of Servia, with ditEcnlty escaped the swords lifted against him. . ... —. The oppreartour of all kinds laid to his charge hive 'Netted the greatest indignation among the J !mime, ie. slid cherifs, who are for .the moot part F i mirs. 'They renounced all ohathence - to hit% and the furious verbiage Miseries of rage to tie eelece of the eremitical, whore the;!paps every person they found•to the sword. The Debi hi well' escaped, and placed himself at the head of tile troops who remained faithful to him, with whose aid he lereitolsed to besiege the. city and subdue . the insurgonta. The fate. of this Armenians who hest been.eintetrittbd in .the direction of the mint is not fief decided, bat the plague has penetrated iota the4...050n.; 'Poe of them is dead, and Abe i others aroAfootst‘ . . The Dspssy from Algiers who arrived here seine ! bans ago with ts, is dead' he was a very old 1111•11 r 's il 'rg liiie lit tfie j lest desr. . . all 4 bi% .. .:!, Prtlwak 004 rar • c ...0 . 04 a„a ~te .... i . - ' 1...... 011441 4 TI I 1•. Sit PI:ESS. LONDON, SATURDAY, Jl,ll, ART 15. 1 O. We yesterday presented to our readers ■ com parative account of the produce of the Excise Du ties in the quarters ended respectively on the ith of January, 1819, and the sth of .January, 18720, by which it appeared that in the excise there was an increase to the amount of 201,504/. in the last quarter, as compared with the corresponding quar ter in the former year. The excise, it will lie re membered, was the only head of the general reve nue under which there appeared any considerable increase during the last quarter to cotnpensate, in part, for the serious deficiency that was expe rienced in the customs and various oilier branches ; but as the amount of the excise duties is usually, though in many last:ince. erroneously assumed as an evidence of our domestic condition, their increase in the account of the last quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of the former year, was hailed as the harbinger of our wonted prospe rity. The account, however. which we published yesterday, shewing the comparative increase o► diminution in the several articles comprised under the general head of excise, will, we fear, prove that our hopes in this respect were not well founded. The most productive, and, in every point of view, the most important articles of the excise, are beer, malt, British spirits, and sal[ ; and from these principally ought we to collect evidence to illustrate the improvement or deterioration of our domestic circumstances. In all these, however, du we find a great and alarming decrease. We must premise. notwithstanding the assertions of the Treasury Prints, that the year 1818 ought by no means to be considered as a productive year, frr although it exceeded 1816 and 1817, it fell far short of 1815. In the quarter which ended on the sth of January, r 1819, Beer produced la the last quarter Leaving a deficiency of Malt, sth January, 1819 sth Jastiary,1820 Deficiency British Spirits, 566 January, 1819 Silt January, 1840 Deficiency Salt, Sib January, 1819 —.... sth J y, 1820 Defieirael f10,844 Besides these, which we regaid as the most .portent articles of the excise, considered as an indication of the internal condition of the country, we find • decrease of not less than 772,7221. iii the article of wine ; and some other instances of decrease in articles of less importance. Let us now tura Abe picture, and examine the several articles in iwhich au increase has taken place. In the article lot tobacco and snuff we tied a large increase, to be amount of not less than 216,5137/. An increa.e ache produce of the excise coos be accounted fur in only too ways; one an increase of consumption, the other no increase is the imposition of the duty. A very considerable increase was made in the ansouut of the duty .oti snuff and tobacco by the CHANCIII.I.OR of the EXCHLQUER during the last Session of Pgliament s and we can understand from eome.oonfieosed suidretaitera arnoag our acquaint ance, the( snuff is it hurtsry from which' no advance of psictswithio *heir moons mold possibly door them : gise intiny o lon toliove.ntaj be laid of tobacco is its t r • wo tit w , nbt• &Mot 111111.44." • JU1.14 • s• ••• A+.lt9, undried stele. Upon these articles,. therefore, the (71tancr.1.1;OR of the Exceitetypt may safely im pose au additional duty, end it is probable Alit the increase made during the last Session of Parliament was productive in the last Au:titer 'nearly to the amount contemplated. But a the produce of the duty in- this instance were improved teen by so increased stowitimptioo of the' article, it is evident that such au improvement in the revenue of tiie excise could not fairly he considered au indication of the increasing prosperity of Greet Britain. se tobacco is the produce of foreign cotintries or of the Colonies. The same might be said of coffee aid cocoa, upon which also an additional duty was imposed, mud of ter, in which, however, notwithstanding the summit of the duty imposed, and the necessity of the article for all classes of society, *e find an in crease in the produce of not more than i 3,275/. 11l fcreign spirits we find •n increase of 49, 1311 . but this certainly affords no greater proof of the increasing prosperity of the country than did the increase in the produce of tea, tobacco, or coffee. There is, however, one article chewing an increase which we notice with sincere pleasure. We find au improvement under the head of " Printed Goods" to the amount or 139,197/. This holds forth the promise of n reviving trade in an important branch of our manufacturing system which we hope may not prove fallacious. It cannot but be thought singular that so extensive an improvement should have taken place iii the trade of printed goods dur ing a period within which the town+ of Manchester and Glasgow were repimented as beit.g a prey to angry th,conteist and violent commotion*: nor will the hingul nity of the circumstance be diminished when we remember that during the last quarter the cry of distress has been universal g all the cotton-manufacturers, as well mister. as la bourers. In the general increase of the quarter is included a sum of '20,0001. for peppt r. This is the entire amount of the produce of this article for the last (wailer, for the return wider the same bead in the corresponding quarter of the preceding year I• nil. In 1.01111 there is an increase of 14,366/. and al•o 1111 improvement iii some oth:r articles oh . 'Moor import- WWI., from which the result is, 714 we b. fore stated, an increase in the excise duties in the whole quarter, as continued with the corresponding (patter of the last year, of '201,5041. lf, however, from this in crease we deduct the avowed receipt of 200,0004 in the excise, as the produce of the new duties, hut which is 600,000/. less its the quarter than the esti mate niatle I,t• the CtiaNcEt.t.nit of the Excnx- QUER, we reduce the aggregate amount of the excise for the last q wirter to nearly an ,quality with the aggregate produce for the corresponding quarter of 18tH, hut with this essential 1111 alarming decrease has taken place in those articles of domestic Frothier, such es bee►, mull, and British spit its, front which principally evidence ought to he collected for estimating the actual in ternal condition of the country. We have received Paris Papers of Tuesday last, from %Omit we have made some extract.. The con• nutted illoeps of %I. DECAZES rio.l NI. DR SEIIIIE lids castiserl an interruption iu the luesine,s of the Legislative Chainlors , it was not thought that the Chamber of Deputies would meet before Thursday or Friday, when 4 Report was to be made front the Committee of Petitions. The C..mmittee to whom the project of law fir more effectually securing the purchasers of time national property WWI referred, have held their fiat They assembled on Monday, and de voted the day to the consideration of the subject. The PitEstnENT's Memiage to the Congress of the United States of A inerira, is, of course, insert ed to the Paris Papers, but the Journal des De buts is the only French Jour nal that mikes any re inui k, upon the coutelits of this State document. Its comments, lionever; are not iii the shape of a connected article, but ure appended to the Message in the firm of mites. Upon the passage in the Message which relates to the losses sustained by American citizens from Spanish cruisers, the Edi tor of the Journal rtes Debuts remarks, that " if th e Treaty of 1803 twas not ratified by the Cabi- Het of Madrid, it follows that the estimate of the losses sustained by the Americans was never recognised by the Spanish Cover iiiii ent. This debt, then, has, been cmertently iu dispute, rod no obligation has as yet been acknowledged on the pert of Spain, as the PRESIDENT would il3l. Hittite." The Menage alludes to It cession of ter eitory to Spain by the United States as being of considerable value to Spain, and an equivalent for Florida; upon this the Editor says, "It is the pro. wince of Texas of which the PRESIDENT speaks; het this territory claimed by the United Stites, as far g a part of Louisiana, was never possessed by Fiatice, and was not included in the cession of Louisiana. The United States therefore seers. to cede to Spain what never belonged to them."—The Editor declare', that the tion of the Pant DENT, " that Spain had lost all authority in Florida," is totally false" (de tense /muscle.) " There are in Florida only two fortified towns, Pensacola slid Send Augustin, and bath were occupied by Spanish garrisons. The United States aurprised Pensacola, but dared not attack Saint Augustin. The coun try then was far , from being abandoned." The PIisIDBMT sane., that the tienliuseuts of Ragland " ~ . Y: ti r • . • % and France were favourable to the United State urimithe subject of Spain's tatifying the Treaty. ' ll The Pnaitosat,"4.isys the Rditor, no doubt spealih the truth, but not the Miole truth.. 'We have 'reasons to bolivie that Rossini France, ind England, did not advise Spain to ratify the Treaty of the Fhoidas,•except on the supposition that the United States would faithfully execute it, by pre venting every hostility on the part of the Americans against the faithful Colonies of Spain. But not 'poly has the Texas been attacked, but a convoy charged with munitions of war has been sent from New York to Admiral COCHRA NE, to assist him in his attack upon Limo. The European Courts have not forgotten what they owe to Spain as a Member of the Alliance." 1;pon this last note we may remark, that the PitEstnENT deniee in the moot satisfactory mitnnet any participation oss the part of the Government of the United Ststmin the acts of individuals :mucking the territories of Spain. The Five pvr Cents. are 72 f. 50 c. Bank Stock 1,425 1. We rejoice to find that Mr. HICKS'S plan for the relief of the houseless nightly wanderers in this great metropolis succeeds to the extent of his most sanguine wishes. The LORD MAYOR, immediately after the meeting at Mr. Fltcks's warehouse, in London-wall, sou Thursday, dispatched a letter to Lord Sinwoung, stating, th it he had been given to understand, that, at a late inclement season, Government had supplied the poor with covering from a quatstity of old stores; that a meeting hail taken place in the City, for the purpose of relieving the existing distresses of the poor; and that if the present Committee were assist ed by the same powerful and benevolent hand which was extended upon the occasion alluded to, a moat important service would be ren dered to those unfortunate persona, who seemed destitute of every thing in life. To this applies film Lord SIONIOUTII answered, he was not aware that there were soy old stores in the bands of Government, bolt if it were found upon inquiry that there were soy, they should certainly be applied to the commendable purpose. In the early pint of yesterday, the Secretary of the Sea. men's Committee, so well known for its extraor dioary exertion's since the establishment of peace, waved upon the LORD NIATOR, ■nd informed him that he was instructed by the Committee to assure his Lordship, that their exertions should not be wanting at this time of pressing exigesicy. Of late the Committee fool to attend merely to the appli cations of tie sick ; those who were able to work having, until within a very short time, been supplied wills ships. The Secretary ohserved, that in conse quence of the severity of the season numbers of sea men were out of employment, the frost having effec tually prevented vessels from working out of dock, and the Committee had come to a determination to depart from their plan until those difficulties were removed, and co-operate with the efli►rts just com menced for the benefit of those who were without the means of sustai ii iJJ g life. It was observed upon the pert of the LORD MAYOR, that the co-operation would tend to no crease the public c on fid ence I n th e r o ‘et s i n ns of the Coy for the relief of the necessitous; the great activity of the benevolent at the east end would no doubt lead to a generous competition amongst the most fashionable and exalted ranks of society its the opposite direction ; and the general apprehension entertained with respect to the bound less extent of pauperism would soon disappear. It was stated by Mr. Wowris Ea, the City Marshal, that four-fifths of those who were now in the Asylum for the Ilouseless were seaniets, mid that massy of them were under orders, but the severity of the season, which had checked that, amongst other occupations, left them withoot the means or opportunity of sap portiog themselves. It was at once admitted by the Secretory of the Seamen's Committee, that this was the case, and the Loon MATok was assured by him, that very few ins►ances of deception or lazi ness had been discovered lately amongst the appli coots. Indeed, for the last six months it had been found unnecessary to make complaints to the Ma gistrates with respect to those who claimed upon the Committer. The Committee considered the warehouse fur the protection of wanderers as particularly favourable to the laborious class of his MAJESTY'S subjects, the ship in the river for the accommodation of poor sailors bring completely full, and nothing having presented itself until Mr. Macs's extensive premise. were offered. It was with no small slegree of pleasure that the LORD MAYOR received the intelligence that this excellent Committee were to co-operate with that of which he was appointed President. The valu able addition would, in his Lordship's opirsion, in conijnisction with those other benevolent societies which were always heard of in times of distress, be acknowledged by the newly-formed institution with every mark of approbation. A letter from Venn■. dated December 29. says: " All the deliberations of the Congress of Ministers are covered with an impenetrable veil. which will not be removed till they separate. All that hss bees. published, or *loch may he published by foreign JOllllllll4 011 this subject. is jtist as authentic as the Arabian Aights. The meassues adopted ire such, that it is impossible to learn any thing. This is the truth, and it is proper that people at a dies twice should he unformed of it. that they nay be ou their gamed against false pew s and these be circulate Iladh": ' Vitt .. t .. A14 9 ...:. -:,-,L,4 t i l lt ::! : -.. -....r.---,14-: :a c--. _---- -i .. --:: z • - " 41.•4‘ i.-- . . 1. .,. --• .:, 16 ' -;. •Ao -see ";...!: • ;.:". , 1 •iv.,• :. a it,, wt. . ~_____ %. 0 i., 44 i j 0k.,, , . -...A.,... •vs 11.- ..---. ." PO . STRY. [From " The Sae Evening Paper.; BRITISH BENEVOLENCE. WRITTEN BY JOON TAYLOR, L$Q. The loog historic track of Tinge puree, Far as Tradition sheds a duhrous ►ay, Still Britain was hells-LI, with patriot pride, In her lov'd Isle the Charities reside. Let but Distress, whalr'er the cause, appear. lap! Pity yields the sympathising tear, And at her side Benevolence is found, To raise the helpless mourner from the groom!, Still, as of old, the Polls of Britain feel, And her fair daughters share the gen'rous zeal , Oue only contest in their breasts can glow, The noble rivalry to succour woe. Tho'G eeeee sod Rome their ancient worth pros And Godlike Heroes of immortal fame, The deeds of valour which our annals grace, Attest that Britain boasts an equal race ; An equal race in rack heroic part, Willi gentler virtues that refine the heart, Virtues that tower shore their proudest plan, That cheer, embellish, and ennoble Man. Doty Envy doubt ?—belsold the smiling 'ant Ou ev'ry side the Domes of Feeling stand ; Where Sickness finds a balm to 'moth its pain, And Age and Want a ready shelter gain. Nur leas the bounteous aim to spread relief Where Merit lingers in sequester'd grief ; Enough they Lear Affliction's faintest sigh, All Volunteers where Sorrow's ensigns fly. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS and DEPARTI.PF:q. ♦RRIVALS. The Duke and Mechem. of St. Albin., at their home St. James's-square. (ruin their seat. Gaiton.Smr,y, The Earl of .4neram, in Kine-..treet, St. mante..... Lord Ciiestererich's aeiit, North Cray, Ern,. Lord St. Helene, at his house its Grafton.atrert, sm.!. *towel, from a tour. DEPARTURE 4. The Marquis of Worre;ier, from his house in Pork %trey, Grosvenor -newt. tor 114diniuton. Gloucesiershire The Earl of Porta,linrluu , from the St. P•tri ., , ,r{', Hotel. Dover-street, for his seat in Ireland. Lord Rivers, from Iris house in Chesterfield-strret, u^ t tour. C.Nreird Lambe, jan. E.q. from Worrea's Hotel, R' r:. street, for Cambridge. The Dowager Duchess of RUTLAND has art,%,3 at Belyuir Castle. The Nlarquis of BATH has a large party of fatthn..... able vieiturs these holidays at his elegant seat, Leyl4- 60. Eirl and Conntess COWPFR hare left their 4eto. Paissanger, Herts. on tt vieit to the Eu I in 1 Counter; of J ERSEY,at their seat, blhidletins-pa, k, Oxfordshire. The Amhasontlor of the Netherlands gives pi growl entritsminent In-morrow to a party of :1,.. tniction at his lonise, Whitrhall-place. Sir WlLLtsat SCOTT, Bart. will entertain • liortr. party of clistonguisiwd pirsonages nu Satureay orst at his reilivoice in Grafton-street. Bond-rtreet. Gorhambure, the seat of toe Earl and Countess VERULAM, lies been * scene of great festivity and attiiiiminent mete holidays. Lord ERSKINE has paid a visit to his native coati try, after an aispeoce of fifty-one years. He arrived at the house of his brother, the Earl of Bucts x. in George-street, Edinburgh, on Saturday last, acid there met his grand children (who are receiving education iii Edinburgh) with their parents. The Noble and Learned Lord will find a new creation since lie left Scotland in 1768. The new town ,‘" not thili begun, and the improvements iii every di rection exceed all that can be witnessed in any other city upon earth. The Noble Loi d says in his burr that, "in his own family, he finds three new gene. rations around him, whilst those of former days have passed sway." The Journal des Dames informs us, that in seve ral fashionable houses ui Paris, a new arrangement has been introduced in pacing th e compan y at a dinner tumble. The Ladies first take places, leaving intervals for the Gentlemen; after being seated. each is desired to call on a Gentleman to sit beside her ; and thus the lady of Inc haute is relieved from all embarrassment of etiquette, a. to rank and pretensions. lint, without douht, says the Jour nalist, this method has its inconvenient:tell. It oily happen that a bashful beauty Lot name the object of her secret wishes, and au acute observe may determine from a single glance, that the elected is not the chosen. A correspondent, whn has just returned from n Clnistmas visit to some old friends in the sitighhoor hood of the lakes, highly pleased with his exciarsio informs us, that he never saw the mountains pre sent a more sublime grandeur att.! magnificence, as, from the mow and heavy-hoar frost•, every thiog in nature wears but one hue. Derwentwater beiag frozen over, its stupendous surrounding meal:tains exhibit, with its skating inhabitants, a mot chanting scene. "1 lie waterfall at Stockgilt-force, Ambleside, is all it. fantastic shapes, is pet!! ter as grand a spectacle as this country van at this 1.011 produce ; but noth;ng can exceed the most 1-N., traorthurry, picturesque, or rather grotesque is-tirry of the Stock-badge arid Mill, at Ambleside the huge masses of ice hanging in every possible di rection around the whole building and bridge, n 1,4 particulatly on iisrl sh.nit the waier•vrheel. offer toot of the most complete subjects for the artist's lie - tit : it is a pet feet L'plaittl scene. At the head t* IVindermere our correspondent was agreewt , ,,, , surprised with the appearance of • Ii tie on the ice, where. amongst the group of skatt rs. some of whom shrived much activity. weer to he found " ladies" learning to skate, who.. imPervloue to the cold winds, or the hard solid ice, in spite of repeated falls, shewed their niountain strength and hardihood by a steadiveneverance.—(ltiendai Chreseiire.l ..16