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It appears from the Parliamentary returns, that this Union has placed us at the head, and con siderably at the head, of all our Contemporaries. The attainment of this position has not been effected without very great sacrifices, and still greater exertions—exertions which the whole of the Pro vincial Press has declared to be unparalleled. We shall not, however, pause here. There are other things of importance which have never been attempted by any Newspaper, but which we propose to effect. The private business of Parliament involves property, and affects interests to a much larger extent than any of the Courts of Law ; vet there have been no systematic or periodical Reports of those pro ceedings. We intend to supply the desideratum, by furnishing accurate and daily reports of the proceed ings of every Private Committee; so that smuggling of Bills through the Legislature, often of the most itnvortant character, can no longer, take place. Every individual who chooses may become ac quainted with any matter affecting himself or his property that comes before Parliament. To Law yers—to Members of Corporations—to Joint stock Companies—this information must be very desirable. Our agricultural friends will not be forgotten. At present they are dependent for prices either upon local Newspapers, which are generally published on the morning of each market day, and consequently only contain the prices of the preceding week ; or upon Lon don Journals published only once a week. We propose to remedy this defect by giving daily reports of every Corn-market of importance in the kingdom immediately after it takes place ; so that before any farmer goes to market, he may know the prices that have been obtained, in the shortest possible time, in .his neigh bourhood. Besides the above, we propose many other im provements which must contribute greatly to the advantage of our readers ; but we have not time to advert to them. Let us be judged by our merits. Sun Office, December 30. The publication of Tux SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. _ -tilAt‘f ezin WITH WHICPf " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1837. We see, by the Court Circular, that Colonel Sir GEORGE ARTHUR—of Honduras notoriety—has been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Ca nada, and that his " Excellency" leaves London to day for the seat of his Government. This is the worat--the very worst—Colonial appointment ever made by the Whigs. We should be glad to know the name of the Minister who took upon himself to re commend to her MAJESTY the nomination of a Go vernor whose presence may be the signal for another appeal to arms against the tyranny of Great Britain. There must be some sinister influence at work, which thus renders of none effect the best in tentions of the Cabinet. Colonel ARTHUR is the last British subject, with the exception of General DAR LING, who ought to he entrusted with the Government of Upper Canada. Whatever disturbances, on the part of the people, may take place in that Province dur ing the period of his Administration, the insurgents will not fail, we fear, to ground their justification in the presence of such a ruler. Of Col. ARTHUR'S private character we say nothing. We speak of him, as we have a right to do, as a servant of the Crown—as a civil and military Governor, whose official conduct proves him to be better qualified to act in a subordinate capacity under MEHEMET ALI, than to represent among a free people the Majesty of a constituti ona l So venlign. We repeat, there must be some sinister influence at work which thus neutralizes every good that is proposed to be done by the Cabinet. This bad influence must be corrected, or the Ministry cannot stand. The very appointment of Colonel ARTHUR to the govern ment of Upper Canada would overthrow a Government in whose good intentions the country had less confi dence than it has in that presided over by Lord iVIEL IROURNE. But these freaks of tyranny cannot be in dulged in any longer ; and should the presence of Colonel ARTHUR provoke a civil war, the effect, as regards the stability of the Cabinet, may be easily predkted. - We ..know not how it happens, but we have frequently had occasion to observe, that the more any servant of the Crown renders himself odious to the people, the surer he - is of promotion at the hands of Ministers. Does an officer of the army order, and . witness the flogging of a British subject, till he expires of torture at the halberts ? Parliament echoes the Ministerial cheers which hail the announce ment of his humanity—his excessive tenderness for the wrongs and sufferings of his fellow-crea tures. Promotion awaits him, from the hour the 'voice . of an indignant people is,raised in execration , of his tyranny. Does a Colonial Governor leave the :history of Itis Administration to be written in tears and blood? The_Court claims him as an object on which to waste its sweetest hlandishments—to shower its choicest favours. All who opposed him, were THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1837 ham on the subject of negro apprenticeship, Mr. STURGE, who was present, and addressed the meeting at considerable length, stated that the twenty millions of money given by the people of England, under the notion that the. were thereby putting an end to all the horrors of slavery, has produced few, or no, beneficial results ; for that the slave-system is still kept up by the West India Colonies with quite as much ri gour as ever. In proof of this startling asser tion, Mr. STURcn adduced a whole host of facts—observing, in particular, that the flogging of women was carried to quite as atrocious an excess as ever it was. If these things be really so, it is high time that Government should look to it, with a view to apply a prompt and efficient remedy ; but for our own part—without at all designing to impugn the ve racity of the gentlemen who spoke so eloquently at the Birmingham meeting—we cannot help thinking that there is much exaggeration in the matter, and that they have been misled by false statements from interested parties in the Colonies. One reason why we incline to this opinion is this—we lately published in The Sun a communication addressed by a resident clergyman in Jamaica to a friend in England, wherein alluding to the present condition of the negroes, he ex pressly stated that they were all, with scarcely one exception, in an improving, and even a thriving state ; that they were satisfied with the treatment shown them, and evinced every disposition to meet the views of their masters. Now, as this communica tion was from a gentleman well qualified to give a sound opinion, inasmuch as ha is a man of great experience, a shrewd observer, and one not likely to be carried away by prejudice or passion, we think it goes far to neutralize the statements made on the other side of the question. However, be this as it may, there seem to- be considerable doubts and uneasiness in the public mind respecting the present condition of the West Indian slaves, and therefore we think it the bounden duty of the Colonial Office to lose not a moment in enquiring into the subject. vite all opinion to conciliation, and promise more security for the future. It is under such auspices that the present Session opens, and that the Crown has summoned us, no longer to a work of repression, of which the statute-book affords but too ample traces, but to improvements which are the results of tran quillity, and the aim of the general feeling of stability. This Chamber will be Conservative, in this sense, that it will not permit faction to raise its head, nor disturb public order ; and that it will also express with frankness the wishes of the country, and keep with firmness what is its prerogative, with out ever exceeding it. It will be Conservative, in that it will resist and prevent all retrograde measures, and all deviations likely to frustrate the true principles of our constitutional Go vernment. To maintain and to , contain : such shall be its motto. I hope that our Parliamentary discussions will show signs of this favourable state of affairs and of opinion, and that the labour of the President will require few efforts beyond your adhesion to direct your deliberations." The accounts from Madrid are of the 20th inst. Senor CA NOS has been gazetted Minister of Marine. A report of the approach of CA BRERO upon Sara gossa, at the head of 8,000 Carlists, had roused the patriotism of the inhabitants of that city, who flew to arms and rushed out in crowds to meet the enemy. CA BRERA on their approach fled to the mountains. FRENCH FUNDS -Pants, Nor. 28. Five per Cents., 1071. 80c. 90c. 80c. Four per Cents., 1011. 10c. Three per Cents., 781. 75c. 95c. Bank Actions, 2,535 f. 2,537 f. 50c. 2,539 f. rtente tie Naples, 971. 91c. SOc. 95c. Roman Five per Cents., 1011%%. Spanish Actives, 20%%. Spanish Passives, 4%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102. Brussels Society, 1,7101. Belgian Bank, 1,5401. 1,51171. 50e. 1,5401. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 19%. Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 53. EXCHANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, -f. -c. ; money, 251. 47%e Tree months, paper, -f. money, 2.51. 30c. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 1071. 90c. 'Three per Cents. , 781. SOc. Ban), Actions, Romans ' 100%. Belgian Loan, 102. Belgian Bank, 1,5101. Brussels Society, 1,7101. sPortuguese Three per Cents., 19%. Spanish Actives, 20%. Spani;h Passives, 4%. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 53. CANADA. In February last, Mr. S. JONES LOYD published a pamphlet on the influence of the Bank of England on the state of our monetary affairs, in which he pointed out the incompatible functions of the Bank as a Bank of Issue and a Bank of Deposit and Dis count, the serious consequences of such an incon gruous union of functions, and the necessity of adopt ing some means to separate the management of the currency from all ordinary banking affairs. He has followed up that pamphlet with another, the object of which is to prove that the late crisis has confirmed his opinions, and that while the same system is continued, the commercial world must be periodically convulsed, and the Bank exposed to the greatest embarrassment, and even insolvency. To this system he attributes the dangerous position in which the Bank was placed in the spring of this year, and which he thus describes— " The situation of'the Bank of England at this period was critical and difficult in the highest degree. The first indica tion of the approaching crisis, not perhaps at the time suffi cien►ly attended to, bad been a change in the state of the ex changes ; a heavy draM upon the gold of the Bank had taken place; her treasure had suffered a continuous and alarming diminution ; and the urgent necessity on that account of a corresponding contraction of her issues was very generally acknowledged. But to effect this was found impracticable ; the demands for assistance to concerns brought into a state of temporary embarrassment; the calls of commerce for sup. po►t during a period of pressure ; the necessity of pre venting, if possible, any convulsion among the country is suers, lest the alarm thus produced should cause an in= ternal drain upon the treasure of the Bank simultaneously with the exterual drain, though the exchanges, under which sho was already suffering; these considerations, deriving ad dition weight from the concurrence and sympathy which they met with on the part of a large portion of the public, proved to be irresistible ; and the consequence was that at the period in question the Bank, in rendering her account to the public, appeared in this anomalous and alarming condition :-1-ler treasure reduced to an unusually low amount, whilst her cir culation was undiminished ;—The aggregate amount of secu rities held by her unusually high, whilst it was notorious that the most realisable class of those securities had been parted with, and that, in lieu of them, in her efforts to meet the de mands alluded to, she had load herself with securities of a very different character." TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD (MENEM), ITER MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS, The Memorial of the British American, West Indian, and Ge neral Shipping Association of the City of Glasgow, Showeth—That your memorialists are engaged to a consi derable extent, and many of them have embarked capital to a large amount, in the trade between this country and Canada, and are consequently deeply interested in the welfare and prosperity of that colony. That your memorialists cannot contemplate without dismay and alarm the successful efforts now making by an evil dis posed faction to disseminate seditious principles in the minds of her Majesty's North American subjects, particularly of those composing the French population i• the province of Lower Canada. That the leniency and forbearance hitherto mani fested by the Executive in that province, so far from having had the effect of repressing the disaffection now unhappily so prevalent there, r..ther seem to have stimulated it to greater activity, until it has at length displayed itself, not only in the most daring attempt to intimidate the officers of the Crown from executing their duty, but in open acts of aggression and rebellion, opposing the public authorities with force of arms to the effusion of blood, whereby the lives and property of her Majesty's loyal subjects have been endangered, and the whole framework of society exposed to the risk of being dis organized. That the executive government in Lower Canada secras either inadequate or unwilling to exercise its power in a judicious, firm, and efficient manner, and the disaffected party appear determined to leave no means untried for subverting every thing constitutional and British in the province. That, so long as matters are suffered to remain in their pre sent unsettled state, it is quite obvious that the operations of commerce must either be at a stand altogether, or receive such a check as to occasion the most serious loss and incon venience to your memorialists and others engaged in this trade ; while by such interruption the revenue of the country must also be greatly diminished. Your memorialists are firmly persuaded that the principal cause of disunion which exists in the Lower Province, and to which in great part the present alarming state of affairs is to be attributed, arises from the existence of a municipal system vicious in principle and injurious in operation, whereby the inhabitants of that province are subjected to a code of laws administered in the French language, and governed by rules not recognised by the English courts—a codo which affords no security either to person or property, and which, so long as it is permitted to exist, must ever oppose an insuperable barrier to that harmony between the two great classes of the commu nity which is the surest guarantee of national prosperity. Your memorialists would therefore respectfully but ear nestly submit this most important subject to the consideration of your Lordship; and while they pray that you would be pleased to call the attention of her Majesty's Government to the urgent necessity of immediate, vigorous, and effective mea sures for quelling the rebellious and mischievous spirit which has been manifested, and restoring tranquillity and security to the colony, they would humbly beg to offer it as their decided opinion, confirmed by the experience of well-informed persons, that the root of the evil cannot be wholly extirpated until the inhabitants of Lower Canada are put on the same footing in regard to the administration of laws with . those of the Upper Province. Such a❑ alarming condition of our monetary affairs he does not impute to wilful mismanagement on the part of the Directors, but to the double and incongruous functions of the Bank, which compel her to practice the very reverse of the principle on which she ought to act—that principle being, that the joint liabilities of notes and deposits should vary as the amount of bullion. Mr. HORSLEY PALMER, in March, 1837, declared that the Bank had acted up to that principle laid clown in 1832, yet, according to the Bank returns, there had been a gross departure from it in the course of this year. On the 14th of December, 1837, the circulation and deposits amounted to 28,194,0001., and the bullion to 8,172,0001.; whereas, on the 7th of March previous, the former amounted to 31,438,000/., and the latter to only 4,048,0001. " By this statement (says Mr. Loyd) it appears that the bullion has increased 4,124,0001., whilst during the same period the joint liabilities have diminished, not increased, 3,244,0001. Therefore it is clear that the joint liabilities have not varied as the bullion has varied, and consequently the rule laid down by the Bank has not been observed." Signed in name And by appointment of the Association. Letters have arrived from correspondents at Montreal of the date of the first inst., bringing intelligence up to a later period than was brought by the Independence, by which the message of President Van Buren was conveyed to this coun try. The following extracts are from the letters of a gen. tleman who has the amplest means of ascertaining the true situation of affairs : " Lieut.-Col. Wetherall's return to town (after fourteen days' absence, with the loss of three killed and 18 wounded, with 32 prisoners taken in arms, their cap of liberty, &c.) has given us all fresh courege. He will no doubt remain. Five hundred men are barricading all the smaller streets of Mon treal. None but Great St. James, Notre Dame, St. Paul, and the main street of the St. Lawrence suburbs, will remain open. A strong redoubt has been erected on the Cote a Bar ron. Lieut.-Col. Gore was sent off yesterday with three companies of the 32d Foot, two of the 24th Foot, one of the 83d Foot, a division of cavalry, six field pieces, and a train of artillery, to take St. Denis by storm, and reduce it to ashes. It will be done this evening or to-morrow morning. The rebels are not over 400 to 500 there. Neither, it appears, has the rule laid down by Mr. LOYD been adhered to—the rule, namely, that the circulation should vary as the bullion ; for while the securities, in March, amounted to 30,579,0001., they had diminished to 22,727,0001. in December, when the bullion had nearly doubled. Mr. LOYD contends that the best remedy for these alarming fluctuations is ,o separate the two functions, those of Issue, and those of Deposit and Discount ; and that the proper remedy, under existing circumstances, would be a de termined action on the part of the Bank, for the pur pose of keeping,up the amount of its securities, and making the circulation vary, at least in some propor tion relative to the increase of bullion. No doubt the Brown, Papineau, and O'Callaghan, are still at large. The two latter ran away at St. Charles before the troops came up —the former, as Lieutenant-General of the rebels, remained to hear the first shot, and then speedily departed. Every thing is doing to place Montreal in a good state of defence. Fears are entertained that the rebels are arming and equip ping in great numbers at Terrebonne, at the Brule point Claire, and in the direction of the Lake of the Two Moun tains. This last place has been the hot-bed of rebellion for some months, the conventions being held there. Fears are also entertained that the by-town and Upper Canadian mails will be stopped, or have to be sent round by the United States, a detour of fully 120 miles. We have full informa tion that General Scott commands the rebels in chief at the Brule ; Lieutenant-General Eschambault is second in com mand. They have, in three divisions, fully 2,000 men, well armed and equipped. Rumours are afloat, that in the winter they purpose, by a combined movement, to attack Montreal by storm I The priests at St. Charles, previous to the troops coming up, administered the sacrament to the rebels, to encourage them to stand bold or die. The slain that were left on the field were voraciously mutilated by hogs which had been penned up' in the rebels' stockade, and got loose on its being fired by the troops. Poor Lieutenant Weir, of the 30th regiment, was shot by a rebel captain's order, immediately after falling into their hands. He was conveying despatches to the regular troops, and was betrayed by his rebel conductor, who drove him to St. Denis, instead of St. Charles. former would be the safer course for the Bank ; but would it be equally advantageous to commercial inte rests ? If the Bank, in a time of difficulty, such as that which has just passed away, were to contract her issues as the bullion left the country, and refuse to take any but convertible securities, certain ruin to thousands would be the result ; many with assets double the amount of their liabilities, but which they might not be able to convert for years, would be forced to part with them at half their value, and would consequently be brought to a state of bankruptcy. The Bank, dur ing the late crisis, has acted on a very different prin ciple—on a principle somewhat similar to the second proposed by Mr. LOYD, but in a more generous spirit, and what has been the result ? She has re lieTed many who were in temporary embarrassment— she has saved thousands from utter destruction—and but little doubt remains that if she be a loser at all it will be only in a trifling degree. Whatever may be the defects of the system, there can be but one opinion as to the important services which the Bank has rendered to the commercial world within the last nine months. We have not space for further comment ; but we have no doubt Mr. LoyD will gain his object, and draw public attention to questions of such serious importance to the steady and equable progress of commercial welfare. " TO THE QVEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. "May it please your Majesty, " We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, in habitants of the settlement of Victoria, in the district of St. Francis, and province of Lower Canada, humbly beg leave to approach your Majesty, and to offer our sincere condolence on the demise of our late beloved Sovereign William IV. " If there is left to us and our fellow-subjects a consolation under the loss of a King whose entire reign was devoted to the welfare of his people, it is in the confidence which we feel that your Majesty will pursue a similar course of rectitude in the government of the British dominions; and that by follow ing the dictates of a noble and ingenuous mind, your Majesty will, like your several predecessors, securely retain the affec tion which your subjects have unreservedly devoted to the de scendant of an illustrious line of Sovereigns. " As Britons, we revert with pride to the splendour which has characterized the reigns of former Queens, and hail the accession of your Majesty to the Throne of your ancestors with every presentiment of increased glory to our country. " We are remote from your Majesty's august Throne, but we yield to no class of our fellow-subjects in the sincerity of our loyalty. We are now in this, the country of our adop. tion, but our attachment to your Royal person has been brought with us from the land of our birth, and though form ing an inconsiderable portion of your Majesty's numerous subjects, yet we venture to exprers our sentiments of true gra titude for the Royal care and protection in which we know that we participate. " In the arduous task of subduing the forest, and convert ing the haunts of wild beasts into the abode of man, our first efforts were made under the auspices of your Majesty's high name ; and, though yet few in number, we are the precursors of tens of thousands of our countrymen. As fathers of the Victoria settlement, it shall ever be our aim to inspire our followers with the centiments of attachment to your Royal person which are so warmly cherished in our own hearts. " That Providence may bestow upon your Majesty every blessing, that your Majesty's reign may realize every antici pation of happiness and prosperity formed by your Majesty's dutiful subjects, and that your Majesty may be permitted long to govern a free and faithful people, your petitioners will ever pray." (Signed by 200 male inhabitants of British origin.). The Paris Journals of Thursday have all been re ceived. On Wednesday the Deputies concluded the election of the President, Vice-Presidents, and Secre taries ; and the only two new names appear in the list for the ensuing session, the votes of the opposition have greatly alarmed the Cabinet Liberal Members, who at the last election could hardly command a vote against the Cabinet were only defeated on Wednesday by majorities so narrow as to mark their all but equa lity with Ministers in dividing the suffrages of the Chamber. On being conducted to the President's chair, M. D uPrN addressed the following speech--or rather Ministerial manifesto—to the assembled de- putics " Gentlemen, and dear Colleagues—My first necessity is to express to you the gratitude with which your suffrages have filled me. I thank the Chamber for conferring on me the greatest honour that election can confer upon a citizen. This election, repeated seven times, through so muc h vicis m situde of events id oscillation in opinion, giv e s m e li berty to cast a regard upon the past. The Legislature of 1830 saw the victory of an heroic population com bating for liberty and laws. It drew up a declaration of the 7th of August, and called a new dynasty to the throne. The Chamber of 1831 was employed, upon exeFri plernentary laws, guaranteeing the public liberties, whilst it was at the same time obliged to combat those attempts at creating disorders which the union of all good citizens has succeeded in putting down. The Chamber of 1834 sought to establish a balance between extremes. But alas ! another clime, more execrable than sedition, interrupted its labours, and flung public opinion into sad perplexity. Yet, before terminating its career, it witnessed a royal amm - sty, in accord with its wishes, bring a salutary truce to hatefcl passions, in. The Dowager Countess of Dunmore left Farrance's fotel, Belgrave-street, yesterday, for Leamington. rebels—all who were the victims of his tyranny, malefactors.' We are sorry to say, that in the past conduct of the Whigs towards the official ob jects of popular detestation, we find no excep tion to what we may designate as a general rule of the Court. In their promotions and appointments ample pains have been taken to mark their contempt of popular opinion. The Governor, whom even a convict population could not endure, is sent to blight by his presence every re maining hope of preserving Upper Canada in a state of obedience to the will of the Imperial Legislature. 'What troops have been ordered to attend the new Lieutenant-Governor to his Province ? Surely Ministers have not ventured to play over again the ridiculous game of the Canada coercive resolu tions--provoking a civil war without having made any preparations against such a.fearful catastrophe. We have received a file of Upper Canada News papers up to the 29th of November. A great deal has been said of the contentment and peace existing in Upper Canada, and that it is in Lower Canada alone, amongst the French Canadians, that discontent exists. - We extract from a Toronto Paper of the 29th of No vember, resolutions of the Political Unions at Ux bridge, in that Province, on the 1 lth of November, which denote a state of feeling in that province any thing but satisfactory. Nor can we wonder that dis content and a desire of a change should exist under the misrule that exists there. Sir JOHN COLBORNE, formerly the Governor of Upper Canada, and now the Military Commander-in-Chief in Lower Canada, was removed from Upper Canada, on the complaints of the people, for misrule, having excited in that province the hostility of the House of Assembly; which by'a large majority objebted to his conduct, and by petitions to the British Parliament and to the KING, requested his re moval. The House of Assembly and the people thought Sir Joel N COLBORNE'S Government was bad. But Sir FRANCIS HEAD, whom the Government sent out to supersede Sir JOHN, and to redress their grievances, and to remove discontent, has turned out much worse than Sir JOHN COLBORNE. Sir FRANCIS HEAD, after he had been some weeks in the province, formed a strong opinion of the state of misg,overnmeot that had existed under preceding Governors, and in his an swer to an address from the people, declared " The grievances of this province must be redressed ; hnpar ttal justice must be administered ; the people have de manded it ; the KING has ordained it ; I am here to execute his gracious commands ; delay will only in crease impatience." But ere he had been four months in the province, he fell into the clique of evil advisers, chiefly violent Orangemen and Tories who filled his councils, and proceeded to acts against the liberty of the people which out-heroded Herod. He dissolved the House of Assembly which had supported popular measures ; and, by bribery, corruption, intimidation, and the creation of voters by grants of land, he car ried a majority of Tories into the new Parliament. He then removed every Reformer from the Com mission of the Peace, and from the Courts of Requests, and other situations of honour and profit, filling these places up with Orangemen, and partisans of the same na:ty, which had rendered the Govern ment of Sir JOHN COLBORNE odious and detested. Although with a majority in the new House of Assembly, he was afraid of having recourse again to a new election,-and passed a Bill (similar to the Sep. tennial Bill in Englalid), by which the House of Assembly should continue their own existence for four }ears, notwithstanding the demiSe of the Crown. In Canada the people would have had a new Parliament within six months after the death of WILLIAM THE FOURTH, and their opinion of the conduct of Sir FRANCIS HEAD and of his Government would have been shown by the elections to the new Parliament. But that was too great a risk to he permitted. The Reformers had been put clown and disgraced in every part of Upper Canada. A lavish expenditure had been incurred beyond all example, bringing on the province a load of debt and many other acts which rendered Sir FRANCIS most unpopular ; and, afraid of meeting the people at a new election. He had therefore recourse to the perpetuatinp, the packed House of Assembly ; and Lord MELBOURNE'S Government, to their eternal disgrace, gave the sanction of the Crown to that innovation on the constitutional rights of the Upper Canadians. The subject was brought before the House of Commons in July last, just before the dissolution of Parliament, and Sir GEORGE GREY defended that most uncon stitutional conduct of Sir FRANCIS HEAD, and so made it a Ministerial measure. Ministers also made Sir FRANCIS a baronet, to reward him for the bold ness with which he had violated the constitutional rights of the Upper Canadians, and the zeal he had manifested in reducing the Reformers of the pro vince to the most abject state. Political Unions have been formed in every part of Upper Canada, and reso lutions of the strongest character have been agreed to—Resolutions in which the Upper Canadians speak out plainly, and tell the world that they only wait their time to free themselves from the tyranny that oppresses them. On the day on which the Patriots in Lower Canada were arrested on charges of sedition and treason, the Political Union at Uxbridge agreed to resolutions which appear in all the Liberal News papers of the province. First, they express their disgust at the House of Assembly being allowed to continue its existence for four years longer than the Constitution allowed ; secondly, they state that re forms are wanted, and that those in power are un worthy to be continued in office ; thirdly, they approve of the conduct of PAPINEAU and his party in Lower Canada ; and fourthly, they resolve that every man in the Township who has not a rifle should get one, as soon as he can, to maintain their political rights, " let the consequences be what they will." After these proceedings, who will say that Upper Canada is is a st e tter of peace and contentment ? Sir GEORGE ARTHUR, the most unpopular Governor that ever was in Yan Diemen's Land, is to be sent out to succeed Sir FRANCIS HEAD, and to conciliate the highly excited and much injured population of Upper Canada. We ask, can it be wondered, that affairs are in so dis tracted and disgraceful a state in the Canadas, when it is known that such misrule exists there ? England is put to a heavy expense to keep up this state of discon tent and misrule, as disgraceful to England, as it is injurious to these Colonies. And all this under a Re form Ministry 1 We implore Lord MELBOURNE to reflect for a moment on the evils and the disgrace he is heaping on himself, and .upon all who are his sup porters, and let him have some consideration for them, if he has none for himself, or for the poor Colonists. LIMERTY, TRUTH, UNION, AND TER GENERAL GOOD. At a joint meeting of the Oolitical Unions, No. 1 of South Uxbridge, and No. 2 of the North-east and North-vest corners of Pickering and Markham, the following resolutions were moved, seconded, and put fr• am the chair and unanimously adopted:- 1. Resolved—That we consider the present Bread and Butter House of Assembly do not represent the people of Upper Canada, as they passed a law to retain their seats in the House four years longer than the reign of their Sovereign. Is that one act not enoughto disgust any honest man against Sir F. B. Head and the Home Government who gave their assent to such a disgraceful act ? We trust the day is not far distant when we sholl have a Constitution in reality—a cheap, honest, and responsible government. 2. Resolved—That the priyvince needs a thorough reform. Those who proposed and supported such a disgraceful act are no longer worthy to be eleva, 'ed. to, or continued in office, and that their places should be SU, *plied with honester and better men. 3. Resolved—That this mee ting approves of the conduct and proceedings of the Hon. X.,c,uis Joseph Papineau, and his brother Canadians of Lower Gan.lda, for the manly and bold stand they have taken against the British Ministry, whom this meeting, and, we believe, a v( ;ry large majority of the people of Upper Canada, repose not ire jot of confidence in, as they will always be for plundering and oppressing the people, to keep up the old and rising ails', ;ocracy. 4. Resolved—That every re, in in this township who has not a good rifle, do forthwith prep ir e himself with one, as we do intend to maintain our political ri, ghts inviolate, let the conse quences be what they will. NiTe • know our cause is a great and honest one, and we will har e one who is stronger than man to go with us ; therefore,. I rother Reformers, be.encou raged, be true to each other •, and be united, as union is strength. 5. Resolved—That the heart r .thanks and goodwill of this Meeting be presented to the E ors of Liberal Presses in Canada, for their able oppositio. n ot . the present state of 'our public affairs. _ WNI. BRt )WN, Chairman. WM. VAI Secretaries. IRA AND 2 . 1150 N, South-East Corner, I , Vhitchur. - ,1 Nov. 11, 1837. At a public meeting —some: report of which will be 'ound in another part of The Sun—held At BirtnifT- GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) TRICKS UPON PUBLICANS.—A decent-looking young man was placed at the bar under the following circumstances. The complainant, a licensed victualler, stated the defendant went to his house and called for two-pennyworth of something to drink, for which he tendered a half-crown. The barmaid gave him 2s. 4d., and the defendant went away, but returned in a short time, stating that he had received only 10d. Complainant on inquiry having learned that the defendant had practised a similar trick in the neighbourhood gave him into custody, although he believed him to be a respectable young man. The defendant stated that a mistake existed somewhere, and that he found himself to be 2s. Gd. out of pocket. Mr. Alderman T. WOOD discharged the defendant, telling him, the better way to escape such mistakes in future, was to avoid those houses altogether. A chimney.sweep was charged with breaking a pane of glass in a pawn-brokers shop.window in Goswell-street, and stealing several ar ticles of jewellery. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the transac tion, but the ALDERMAN said he had no doubt of his guilt, and sen tenced him to two months imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Two notorious thieves, named Wm. Sawyers and John Chambers, were placed at the bar by Pocock, of the F division, who stated that at eight o'clock last night he observed the prisoners in company proceeding along the Strand, and having a bundle in their possession. Having questioned Sawyers what he carried, he said he did not know, but it was given to him by a gentleman, to leave it at the Treasury. As he had the prisoners in custody on a charge of smashing last week, he con ducted them to Scotland-yard, and on turning round he observed Chambers attempting to make his escape, but he was instantly appre hended by a policeman who happened to be coming in the opposite direction, when he made an effort to swallow some counterfeit shillings he took from his pocket. Mr. Francis Broughton, solicitor, Falcon-square, Aldcrsgate.street, identified the writing desk produced as his property. On opening it there were several valuable papers and memorandums deposited in it, and he could not account for the manner the prisoners became pos sessed of it unless they contrived to effect an entrance into the parlour where it lay, by the hall door, which had been incautiously left open for a few minutes. The prisoners made a rambling defence, and Mr. MINsHULL ordered them to be fully committed for trial, Leopold Hyman, a foreigner, was brought up by Kirkman, a police man, charged with having in his possession a quantity of obscene prints. Mr. Pritchard, from the Society for the Suppression of Vice, was in attendance. George Clarke, a painter, deposed that he was in a shop in Wych street, yesterday evening, when he saw him offer the prints for sate to a gentleman, who declined to purchase them. Mr. MiNsnura. enquired—Did he expose them in any street, highway, public road, or place ? Witness said he did not ; the circumstance occurred inside of the shop, and they were spread all over the counter. Mr. MINSHULL told the prisoner he had come to England for a very bad purpose, and after referring him to the - Act, ordered him to give 24 hours' notice of bail, two housekeepers in 251. each, and himself in 501., to answer the charge at the Sessions. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) A WARNING TO APPRENTICES.—A master brought up his appren tice before the Magistrates, complaining that on several occasions he had kept away from his work. He did not wish the boy to be punished, but to have it impressed upon him that if the offence WS repeated he would incur a penalty. Mr. CONANT said if the boy appeared again before him for a similar offence, he would certainly punish him. This once he would look over it, hoping that it would operate as a salutary warning for the future. The boy, after promising not to be guilty of the same fault again, then retired with his master. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAT.) DEAL, Dec. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Came down from the River and proceeded, the Velocity, Ternsen, for Jamaica; William Forster, Young, for New Providence ; and Braganza steamer, for Lisbon. The Isabella and Canton sailed again this morning, but have since put back and remain. Arrived the Mariner, Squire, from Quebe.. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Wind S. to \V.—Sailed the Isabella, Den ning, for Demerara. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Wind S.E. Fatmou'rn, DEC. 28.—Wind S.S. W. to S., strong breezes. Hutt, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Seahorse steamer, from Rotterdam. HUMBER, DEC. 28. Arrived the Watson, Prost, St. Petersburgh. SClLLT.—Arrived the Premium, Newman, from the Mediterranean. DOVER, DEC. 29.—Arrived off port, the Scotchman, from Valparaiso ; and Enigheden, Melly°, from Tarragona. CONES, DEC 28.—Off port, the Melville, Conforth, from Messina. BRISTOL, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Sarah, Webber, from Charente. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Tallyho, King, from Patras. Off port, the Athabaska, Northfield, from Richibucto, part of the cargo thrown overboard. WATERFORD, Dec. 29.—Arrived the Picton, Knox, from St. John's, New Brunswick. ANCONA —Arrived the Pera, Ferisy, from Lowestoffe; and Ma gic, from St. Ives. DEMERARA —Arrived the Chandos, from Liverpool; and Ellen, fl•om St. Andrews.: The Dove, from Newcastle to Guernsey, was totally lost off Al derney on the 26th instant. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Not even a ship-letter has been received this morning ; consequently a very great dearth of news prevails in the City to the present hour. TOE FUNDS. A better feeling prevailed in the Consol Market during the course of yesterday than for these few days past, and Consols reached 921 in the early part of the day, closing at the same price, sellers for the opening; opened this morning at the same. Exchequer Bills, 46 prem. ; India Bonds, 27 prem. ; Bank Stock, 205. In the Foreign Market Brazil Stock closed rather heavy at 731 opened this morning at the same; Portuguese closed at 30, opened ai the same; Three per Cents., 191 ; Spanish Active closed at 191, will Coupons, opened at the same; Dutch Two.and.a-Half, 531; Mexican 254 1. Ira the Foreign Exchanges a trifli PRICES OF STOCKS THI; Bank Stock 2044% 3 per Cent.:c,:, 9l J AVA I 3 per Cent. Cons P. per Ditto Red 98 44% % New 3X, per Cent New 5 per Cent Bar' , Long A rinuitiesto expire Jan. 5, 1860 14N 13-16 Oct. 10, 1R59 Jan. 5, ISZO Jan. 5, ISEs'i April 5, !SS(' Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Ronds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds ..............74 SM, 4 Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account ;hillian Bonds Ditto Account Cdumbianßonds.,,.,., Ditto Account C3lumbian Bonds, 1824 — Ditto Account 23% Ye Danish Bonds .........« 7 2 14 Ditto Account ........ Greek Bonds ....... Ditto Bonds, 1825 ....... Ditto Account . Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent.... Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THI ng adance took place yesterday. 3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK India Stocii — Ditto Bonds — 25 pm. South Sea Stock — Old knnnities — New Ditto -- 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 44 46 om Ditto 500 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial ...... ... pm. Ditto Advertised — Pm Bank Stock for Account 205 India Stock for Account 26634 Consols for Acconnt 92 V04 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ....... ............ Ditto Account ..... ..... Portuguese Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds 293i Ditto Account 29 Y 4 Ditto, 3 per cent........ 1934 ', Pruudan Bonds Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account ....... Ditto Metallic.... ....... Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account •.• Ditto Bonds, 1834. l9 Ditto Account French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —c. -- 4 per cent. —l. —c :3 per cent. —.l. —o Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, 2Y,', per cent 5 314% Ditto Account 5 3 1,4,4 Ditto, t. per cent. ... 10031 1 Ditto Account lOl i DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share Brighton Railway Company 5 4%%W14 London and Southampton (New) R a il wa y 5 it l i a London and Croydon Railw a y Co m p an y Manchester and Birmingham Railway 5 4 3% HALF-PAST ONE. We still continue without any arrivals here either from Canada or the United States, and the Liverpool express has not arrived; conse quently we do not know of the arrivals there up to six o'clock yester. day evening. Consols were in the early part of the morning at 62f for the Open. ing, since which they have been at 921, alternately buyers and sellers. Some money stock having come to the market was the cause of their re ceding. Exchequer Bills, 21d., 44 46 prem.; India Bond, 25 ; Bank Stock, 2041 I. In the foreign Market, Spanish Active, 19 with Coupons ; Portu guese, 291; Three per Cents., 191 ; Brazilian, 74; Columbian 25}; Danish, 72: ; Dutch Two.and.a-half per cents., 531 4 ; London and Brighton Shares, 41. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92i. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam• C.F. 12 4 Ditto. at sight Hotter.inm 2U. 12 5 Antwerp... llzmlaurg. ....... ........ M. 13 l3 14 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 Ditto 3 Ms. 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 153% Peterebutgh, ruble 3 Us lO Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2 M. 10 13 10 15 Niadrid 34N Cadiz.... Bilboa ............... ....••••• 34 Barcelona Seville NOE YESTERDAY. Gibraltar 4B Leghorn 31% Genoa 'X 15 Milan 31 Venice Naples 39 Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon 59 y v Oporto 53% Rio Janeiro 29 Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £3 13 9 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 4 11% The Earl and Countess of Wilton arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Tuesday from Melton Mowbray, and the next proceeded to Bingleton to visit their infant daughter, who is staying there for the benefit of the sea-air. The Earl and Countess will return to-day. Lord and Lady Albemarle left Berkeley-square yes terday morning to dine with the Queen and the Duchess of Kent at Windsor Castle. _ _ Miss Aylward, daughter of W. Aylward, Esq., of this city, and Miss Power, of Shanclune, took the veil this week—the former in the convent of Tallow, the latter in the convent of Lismore. - - Waterford Chronicle. We have heard it stated that the princely fortune of the Duke of Buccleuch is about to receive an augmentation of 3,0001. a-year, by the leases which have been recently taken of his Grace's properties in the parishes of Sanquhar and Kirk council in this county. The climate of the district in which these properties are situated is cold and damp —several of the farms, however, are susceptible of considerable improvement— and the whole, by means of a judicious management, it is to bc hoped, wil remunerate their respective tenants. —Dum fries Paper. Among the objects of antiquity lately brought to France by M. Minaut, the French Consul in Egypt, was the table of Abydos, a monum ent un i que i n i ts ki n d , di sp l ay i ng a chronological series of the predecessors of Sesortris. This' table has been bought by an English gentleman for 14,200 fr., and would prove a valuable acquisition to our National Museum. The Paris papers complain loudly of the neglect shown by the French Government in not securing the table of Abydos for 'the Louvre, INJ)SOR-FRIDAY• The Royal dinner party yesterday evening consisted of the . Queen, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Princ George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, the Duke ant! Duchess of Sutherland, Countess Mulgrave, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Viscount Torrington, the Hon. Coloael Grey, the Hon. Mrs. Campbell, Baroness Lehzen, and the rest of the persons attached to the Royal suite. The Queen and her illustrious relatives drove out, in open carriages, in the Great Park, this afternoon. In the first car._ riage were the Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, and the Duchess and Princess Augusta of Cambr id g e ; In the second were the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and the Countess of Mulgrave ; the Hon. Mrs. Campbell and the Hon. Miss Murray occupied the third. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle are expect ed at tbe Castle this evening, on a visit of a few days. COURT CIRCULAR. Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper th e nada, had an interview with Lord Glenelg, last evening, at Colonial Office, to take leave of his Lordship, on his dep arture for that colony. Sir George, it is expected, will leave town this day for his government. The Commander of the Forces and the Master-General of the Oidnance had an interview with Viscount Melbourne Yes" terday, in Downing-street. vrfound- Despatches from Capt. Prescott, Governor of Ne land, and from Lieut.-Col. Macdonald, Governor of Honduras, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. Mr. Moffatt and Mr. Gillespie had an interview with • I count Melbourne yesterday. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY, 1838. ( From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion;) PROMENADE DRESS.—Redingote and Mantelet of 0511°, . velvet, trimmed with ermine, and frill of gouffered blotto Capote of velvet, with plume of three feathers. w ith CARRIAGE DRESS.—Manteau-r e di ngo t e of broche silk, collar and facings of velvet. Sleeves large and loose, and to body full, confined by 'a cordeliere. Bonnet of white satin, with very long drooping feathers. EVENING DRESS.—Robe of pink satin • the corsage aP ° open in front, and laced with satin rib a nd. Short sleeve s °_ P two bouffants, with manchettes of blond. An o en skirt, ea tablier, laced in front in a similar way to the body. Cap °l dentelle de soie, worn much off the face and without brid es. t BALL DRESS.—Robe of white satin, with corsage a ornamented with wreaths of small flowers, en cceur. Se 3 a. sleeves of a ,single bouffant, with flowers to correspond. Si m lar flowers descend the skirt, en tablie r , t o w hi c h the train I ' looped up, Deep flounces of dentelle de s o ie, headed by a wreath. Coiffure of hair and flowers. r CLOAKS, &c.—Spanish cloaks have been introduced II ladies in Paris. They are cut a complete round, have a ° la p square collar, and do not quite reach t o th e knee. MEM' . lets are frequently made of fur, and lined with wadded silk; they are usually of the large pelerine form. Muffs are als t ' much used. Very large brooches are used to fasten mantelets in front. BONNETS.—Amongst the novelties lately imported fool Paris are beaver bonnets, with a sin g le f ea ther of the sa l colour, and a feather trimming round the front ; velvet, 1 10 " ever, is not likely to be superseded. Presses are worn with deep flounces, indeed flounces are general. Sleeves a la jardiniere are much worn. Tight sleeves continue in favour. leeves THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY•) COVENT GAR I here was a moderate supply ti was steady at the following prices s. d. to s. .4. Potatoes (cwt.) 2 0 5 0 Caiibages, White (12) 0 0 0 Ditto Red 2 n 4 0 Brocoli 1 0 1 6 Horse Radish(bundle) 2 0 3 0 Celery 0 8 2 0 Endive 0 10 1 6 Carrots (12bunclies) 3 0 4 6 Turnips l 6 1 Onions 1 0 2 0 Colewortsor Greens 2 0 3 0 Leeks 1 t) 1 4 Spinach (halt-sieve) 0 6 0 8 Apples 2 0 6 0 Pjlirs 3 0 7 0 french Beans Onions (tor pickling) 0 0 0 0 Comm' n Plums 0 0 0 0 DEN MARKET. A) this day's market and the tract. --- hiA. Y AIARKETS.—(At par Load of 36 Tranes.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland 51.1adow Hay...... New Meadow Hay „. Useful Old Ditto £4 1 11 0 to 4 1 0: 1 • Fine Upland Meadow and Rye.grase Hay 415 ,10 Clover Hay l 4 15 " ij Oat Straw £1 14 to £1 161 Wheat Straw 1 16 SMITHFIELD. wit 5 Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£4 oto -,' 0 New Meadow Hay 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 4 5 410 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass H a y Clover Hay (extra fine C.S 10 Generally .. ...... 410 , 5 li Oat Straw £1 12 to XI 14 1 Wh ea t St raw 1 14 • WHITECHAPEL. Coo's* Meadow Hay New Meadow Hay :Ireful Old Ditto • Fine Upland Meadow and ftye.grass Hay ....... 4 41 1 1 o °s 44411 15 Clover Hay 4 10 - 1, Old Straw ..... 10 to X 1 12 j Wheat Straw ...... 114 1 NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Trade was but moderate to-day in Butcher's Meat, and prices le e :, guid. Supplies of both Town and Country kill e d good in both qualitit; and quality. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 3s. Sd.; Mutton, 2s. 6d. to 31. Bd.; V es " 4s. to ss. ; English Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. The supply of Eggs was good, and prices are rather on the decline' being 7s. 6d. to 10s. per 120. . - Of Game and Poultry the supply was not great, and trade was he 3 : /: Hares, 2s. 6d. to 35.; Rabbits, 11d. Grouse, 35.; Woodcocks, 2s• d to 45.; Turkeys, from 3s. Gd. for Hens, to 12s. for Cocks ; Wild Due",, 9d. to Is. 6d. ; Snipes, Gd. to Is. ; Fowls , 3 s. t o Gs. ; Chickens, ls. ;" 2s. ; Geese, ss. to Bs, ; Pheasants, 2 s . 6d. t o 3 s. 6d. ; Part ridgegk le * ° 25.; Larks, Gd.; and Guinea Fowls, 3s. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fish of good quality was scarce and ,dear everywhere as well se he re ; Turbot, ss. to 18s., 19s. and 20s. for very fine; Cod Is, 6d, to 51 1 ., and 7s. ; Soles, 9d. to Is. Gd., and higher ; Lobsters, 9d. to Is. 6d* sn t, 2s. MEAT.-The weather is agai ns t thi s b ranch of trade; prices M u d " . as before ; Beef, 7d. to 9d. ; M u tt on, 7d . to Sid.; Veal, 84. to g Pork, 7. to Sid. Vegetables fetch much the same prices as those :,• Covent Garden. Hay and Clov er are not extensively supplied here' but it sells, and prices are looking up. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. 0 Trade not very brisk t o- d ay, and good Fish rather scarce and d uo Turbot were as high as 21s. each ; Cod up to 7s. and Bs. ; Soles, fid: fo r Is. 6d. ; and 2s. for very large ; Lobsters, 9d. for small, up to 2 5 ' large; Haddock, 6d. to 9d. each. Other kinds in proportion. TALLOW AND OIL MARKET. Th e P.Y.C. to-day is 455. 6d. to 455. 9d., which is rather lower. ejt demand is steady. Oil is in dem an d today, and higher price s are 2 51 ‘ owing to the quantity consumed by the fire. s. d. to 9, do Sweet Oranges 100) 8 0 !! 0 Seville Oranges 12 0 I`l 0 Lemons 8 0 s Walnuts 0 6 1 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 2 0 0 French ditto Spanish liazlenuts 2 6 0 French Walnuts 2 c 74 0 Brazilian Nuts 0 - 0 0 For. Grapes (perlb.) 0 0 0 English, Forced• , 2 6 Ditto, Outdoor 6 0 00 Filberts 0 10 g Pine Apples (11).) Nfelons (each) Cucumbers (brace) 0 I % Peaches (dozen) 0 0 ° Nectarines 0 C BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DUB: THE WEEK. ed o Our summary is this week very brief, as th e h o lid a y s h ave super° rti business. The imports have been fair for the season—the 0.. the eXP ° light—but the deliveries for home consumption ha ve b een to a ffu tent. The only alteration that has occurred in th e pr i ce of produce the been in Pepper, which has realized rather m ore money. Tea, on at whole, may be regarded as having fetched much the same price the last public sale. For next we e k th ere i s at present but little I) ness advertised in the Colonial Markets. Her R I !og .oval Highness the Duchess of Kent hoL l ';' o been made acqua i nte d, as P atroness of the Royal 1301 V-to Lying-in Institution, with the intention of the Committe° extend the benefits hitherto conferred by a supply of line oi money, and other necessaries to each of the poor patient-Id, the charity, has gene rous l y f orwar d e d to the Treasurer haiSpf some contribution, conveye d i n terms of confiding apPrcd in the beneficial i n fl uence o f a plan such as that conte mplatethat the proposed arrangement. It is gratifying to announcewbo of upwards of two thousand industrious married vionle° : , t o have been a t ten d e d s i nce t h e commencement of the c har ,. ' 1832, three deaths only have occurred. ay' Lord Falkland's term i n wa iti ng on t h e Queen h his ing expired on the d e p ar t ure o f th e C ourt f or Windsor , will Lordship, in company with Lord Frederick Fi tze larcncov e , leave the Clarendon H o tel t o -d ay f or hi s seat at Sutheci near Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham. Lord Stanley has t a k en , on l ease , one o f the In n; sions in St. James's-square. His Lordship's late resideocirt to Carlton-gardens, adjoining Mr. Gladstone's, being ob ° be again occupied by the owner, Count de Salis. tt ok The Bishop of Pete r b o r oug h h a d a serious °: re last week, and his life was c o ns id ere d i n d an ger ; h e sti ll mains very weak.--Peterborough Gazette. The Earl of Durham entertained Viscount . pee • les cle bourne and select party at di nner l as t even i ng , at his r in Cleveland-row. try gay The Earl and C oun t ess o f M or l e y a re vmouth this winter at thei r s pl en did sea t, S a l tram , n ear Ply se ason Theatrical parties have been given during this festor __ to some of the largest circles of the nobility and ge"try in Devon. at The Earl of Clare is receivin a e k. Lir a larg. erne ' gt M bibe o b u oD n n t o:av S ra h eg a ev n ri r s :on, his seat near Limerick. Lor... i tiCountessng the Noo f ble C Burghley • std March' H ouse , the seat of the Marquis . t ., ioness of Exeter, has been the scene of great festivi/ ing a re expected during Christmas. His Grace the Duke of Wellingtonlis to visit Burghley before proceeding Bel oir Cast e• The Earl to v Earl.lare and Lady Isabella Fitz r, imerousanfadmCilyoucinrctleessatotfheFcoratsetlse7Bexaerteero.ntertaiu il.arl Digbv is entertaining a family circle at Sher borne Castle, Dorsetshire ; the Lord Chancellor a nd Lar_ Cottenham, who is a daughter of the late Lady Cheri° ty Wingfield, sister to Lord Digby, are o f the partY• of Their Royal Highness the Duk e and Duebes; riu. Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George and die to ber cesses Augusta and Mary, on their return from a visit _ Majesty, at Windsor, will' morning. leave town on Tuesday for St. Leonard's, on a visit to the Queen Dowager. . _, The magnificent aquatic plant found in Gtnan 4 f which has received its name (Victoria Regina) in honour 0. our youthful Queen, is of the genus nymplwea. The lov i r attain to the length of 18 feet, and the flower is no less th . D' .. 4 feet in circumference. The fruit it bears, of the size 0 0 1 ,7 large orange, 's full of seed, and 'serves the natives for f ?c , A very fine drawing of this plant was shown at the last meeting of the French Academy. . O'Connell Mr. ' i C s °sNtilNl E c r o j n i fi — ned Wl `to 'e nablePto sition. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman w as u 0 . '.f. attend the Poor-law Committee last Wednesday. Journal, briseghroeutsetobyliseeavrerethaltutilVis or: --Freenia • _ • 1. ; i } y 4 T