The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-28 00:00:00

,s ~ . BRIGHTON-FRIDAY. We are happy to state that both the King and Queen are in excellent health. This morning at noon their Mr.- . jesties took a carriage airing together. Tile Royal dinner invitations yesterday evening com prised—the Dowager Countess of St. Germain's, Earl and Countess Somers, Hon. Capt. Paulett, Sir W., Lady, and Miss Pringle ; and Colonel Parke. The Rev. R. Wood left the Palace last night, lut will re turn again in a day or two. • • The calls at the Palace to -day include—Sir Henry Ons low, Lady and the Misses Napier (on leaving), Mr. Sher field Grace (on leaving), Mr. Robinson, Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir W. and Lady Pringle, Lady Augusta Seymour, • Captain E. J. Johnson, R.N.; Captain and Mrs. Freman .. iticlou leaving), and Mrs. Ilidyard. The Duchess of G!ouccster'a health is ready re-esta 'Visited. • • This morning the most Fatisfa et o y accounts were rc !mired here of the health of Lord Farnborough, who has -been seriously indisposed for some time. Mr. Estcourt, M.P., is expected at the Norfolk Hotel to-morrow ; Mr. and Lady Vaughan have arrived. The Ron. General Phipps will entertain a select party this evening at dinner at the Norfolk. Lady F. Burdett left Brighton this morning for her resi dence in town. The family of Sir Francis Burdett will remain her', it is expected, a month longer. Sir Ralph and Mrs. Rice gave a ball and supper on Wedneseay evening on a splendid scale. Mrs. Gib - bins's dance on Wednesday evening was attended anump. - others by—the Duke of St. Alban's, Mi,ses Bur dett, Lady Fremantle, Sir R. and Lady Fitz Wygram, Countless of Bosse, Lady 'Tierney, Sze. COURT CIRCULAR. Th e M em bers of the Grand Cabinet (the Cabinet Mi nisters and the G: eat Officers of State) assembled at Lansdowne House, Nrkeley-square, last evening, to settle the Roll of Sheriffs for the present year. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained the party at dinner. The Lord Chancellor, Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Mr..Poulett Thomson, Viscount Howick, and other Mi .. ; misters, the Lord. Steward, and the Master of the Horse 'were present. The Hon. William Bathurst, Clerk to the 'Privy Council, also dined with the party. - • .A meeting of the Church Commission was held yester- d a y, at the - Office in Whitehall-place. The Archbishop of Cant:rbury, the Bishop of London, Marquis of Lans downe, Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, and the Right Honi.H. Hobhouse, were present. The meeting met at two, and broke up soon after four o'clock. Mr. Burge, Agent for Jamaica, had an inter view with Lord Glenelg, yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Mr. Burge had also an interview with the Chancellor of the 3 "' Exchequer, in Downing-streeet. sa The Hanoverian Minister transacted business yesterday, IL at the Foreign Office. 214 Mr. Robert Fergusson, M.P., h a d an i n t erv i ew w ith : • Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing -street. The rumoured marriage of E. A. Sanford, Esq., M.P., to one of the daughters of Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Bart., is contradicted. Baron Bulow was present at the sumptuous but select dinner given by Prince Esterhazy on Thursday 'eve ning at aandos House. The Baron was visited yester day at . Mivari's Hotel by the whole of the diplomatic corps at present in town, including Prince Esterhazy, Count Pozzo di Borgo, Prince Paul Lieven, Count Seckdendorff, Baron Gersdorff, Baron Ompteda, M. Dedel, &c. The remains of the wealthy W. Fulke Greville, Esq., the father of Viscountess Cornbermere and uncle of the Earl of Warwick, were removed from his residence on Tuesday for interment in the family vault at Eastry. General Soublette, one of the Colombian Envoys, has left Mivart's Hotel for Sheernes, on a visit to Admiral and the Hon. Mrs. Fleming. General O'Leary is still at Ale above hotel. Count Demidoff, after a tour of the most celebrated German spas, has arrived in Paris, and will shortly resume his brilliant fetes in that luxurious city. Lord Mahon is labouring under a severe attack of influenza. . LordLeveson Gower, the son and private secretary of Lord Granville, arrived at Hanover-sq uare l a t e on Thursday night from Paris, with important despatches from his Excellency to our Government. The last bulletin of the King's health, from Copen hagen, dated Jan. 20, is as follows :—" His Majesty the King has had a good night, the fever is trifling, the cough better. His Majesty is recovering his strength." We learn from the Hague that his Majesty has give)) orders to purchase at his own expense the fine collec tion of oriental MSS. belonging to the late Mr. J. Wilmot, professor of oriental languages in the Athenaeum at Am sterdam, to make a present of them to the Royal Netherlands institute of Arts and Sciences. A plan has been formed at Amsterdam for establishing a commercial bank for which his M a j es t y ' s sanct i on w ill b e so li c i ted. , The Duke of Devonshire is to arrive at Devonshire House, Piccadilly, to-morrow, from Chatsworth, and will be accompanied by Sir Augustus Clifford, who, after a tour of visits, arrived at Chatsworth shortly after the arrival of his Grace from Pansanger. Dr. Verite has been amongst the visitors at his Grace's mansion. The Duke of 'Wellington arrived at Apsley House, from Stratfieldsaye, on Thursday evening. The Marquis of Lansdowne commenced his dinner parties yesterday, at Lansdowne House. he Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Countess of Kerry, Lord Henry and Lady Louisa Pitzinaurice, are expected in town on . Wednesday next. The Marquis of fweedale h as l et his mansion in Belgrave-square to Mr. Tracey Lei g h, f or the season. The Viscount and Viscounte ss D eer h urst left town on 'Thursday last, on a visit to Lady Cockerell, at Seizin cote Hall. We are authorised to state that 'one of the accom plished daughters of Lord and Lady Bridport will shortly be led to the hymeneal altar by Henry Hall, Esq., of Hol brook House, in the county of Somerset. Died at his seat, Keddleston, near Derby, on Thursday morning, Jan. 26, the Right H on. Lord Scars dale, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. H e i s succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Nathaniel Curzon, now Lord Scarsdale. Father Enfantin, ex-Pope of the St. Simonians, who, after he was released from prison went to Egypt, h a s just landed at Marseilles. He remains in France only a short period, and then returns to convert the P ac h a. At a meeting of the Royal Institution, held yester day. evening, Professor Braude delivered a highly interest ing lecture on embossing. He commenced with a brief history, and detailed the various processes in the art, illu s _ trating his observations by several fine specimens. The theatre was crowded to excess. The following distinguished persons have witnessed the performance of Jim Crow and the Bedouin :—LordedouinAo.r, LFoor Arabs at Lord ,the Ad e l p hi Th eatre d ur i ng t h e past we rester, H on . 'C ap t a i n F orester , H on . C a pt a i n Byti Tenterd en , B. Wall, Esq., M.P. ; Countess of Aldhorougl i , Colonel anti Mrs. Maberley, Colonel Lyste,r, Lord George Lennox, and Colonel Burdett. The King's Speech at the opening of the Session will be submitted, it is understood, to his Majesty to-day, at the Pavilion ; and on Monday Viscount Melbourne will giv e a grand entertainment in Downing-street, to the mover of the Address, the Earl of Fingal], and other Noble Peers, to whin the Speech will be read. The same ceremony will tak e place at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, by Lord John Russell, who will entertain a numerous party of the House of Commons. Those Mt 'fibers of Parliament favourable to the present Ministry have circulars sent to their town resi dences, respectinc , their retu rn t o th e d u ti es o f the Ses s io n . The Irish Members arc the first who have made their ap pearance at the Clubs. The marriage of the King of Naples and the Arch duchess Maria Theresa took place at Trent. The Royal pair left th at p l ace on the 12th to return to their dominions. RIESTE, JAN. 14.—. King Otho and his Queen .are expected here next week ; also the Archduke Charles, and p er h aps the King and Queen of Naples, as they will he at V en i ce this The P oi tl an d f r i ga t e i s awa iti ng the arriv a l o f KingvO k tho. Dr. Bowring is here for a few days. Lord John Russell will give his grand Parliamentary dinner to Members of the House of 'Commons on Monday next, at the Foreign Office, and not at his Lordship's resi dence in Wilton-crescent, as has been stated. Mr. D'Eyneourt's health is much improved. He will arrive in town next week, to resume his Parliamentary duties. It is his intention, es soon as public business will permit him, to pay his respects to as many of his constituents as he can possibly visit. The present Earl of Rosslyn, Lieut.-Colonel of the Dth Lancers, of which his Noble Father had been Colonel since 1801, was appointed by his father, the late Noble and Gallant Peer, to be Clerk in the Scotch Chancery, the emoluments of which were returned at 1,1364 per annum. No successor has been yet named to succeed Prince Esterhazy in the high and distinguished post of Austrian Ambassador. The Princes of Schoenberg and Trautsm an d or f Leichtenstei n have been mentioned in diplomatic circles as candidates for the appointment. eu3The late Hen. and Right Rev. Earl of Plymouth nyed the family honours only a few years, haying suc ceeded his nephew in 183 , Oth er A rc h er, s i xt h E ar l o f Pl ymouth, 3. The Noble and Rev. Earl dying unmarried : is succeeded iu the titles and estates by his only surviving brother, the Hon. Colonel Henry Windsor, youngest son of Other Lewis, fourth Earl of Plymouth. The last Earl but one died suddenly on board his yacht, in the prime of. life. He was prohibited by his medical adviser from hunt ing the season bef o r e hi s d ea th at Melton Mowbray, as bad been his custom for several years. This cessation from powerful exercise was thought to have had an un favourable effect. The Earl of Minto gave a grand dinner on Tliurs- ,by evening, at the Admiralty, to the Marquis of Lans• !lowne, Viscount Morpeth, the Speaker an-1 the Hon. Mrs. Abercroniby, Mr. and Lady Mary \Vood, Rcar-Admirai Sir Charles and Lady Adam, and the Hon. Mr. Cowper. The Countess received a select evening party, consisting of the Russian Ambassador, Lord Glenelg, Sir Rufane Don kin, the Hon. Frederick Grey, Mr. Romilly, Admiral and the Misses Elliott, Count Gramtriont, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. and Lady Catherine Boileau, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, Hon. Mr. Grey, Lord and Lady llowiek, Mrs. Lister, and Mr. and Mrs. Drummond. Yesterday, before the Commissioners of Excise, Sir J. Doyle, Chairman ; T. Harrison, Esq., and H. Da vies, Esq., the following defendants were fined in the heavy penalties affixed to their names for adulterating the beer they sold with salt, sugar, water, and other ingredients, not malt or hops :—George Temple, landlord of the Cock, Chalton-street, Somers' Town, 100/. ; E. J. Denton, of the Dundee Arms, Wapping, 751; James Flack, of the Maid and Magpie, Stepney, 50/. Yesterday being the anniversary of the birth-day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, when lie entered his 64th year, the morning was ushered in at Kensington by a merry peal from the bells of the old church, which were again repeated at one o'clock. During the day his Royal Highness received numerous visits of congratulation from members of the Royal Family and the nobility. At five o'clock, seventy of the Duke's tradesmen and principal inhabitants of Kensington, sat down to an excellent dinner, at the King's Arms Tavern, High-street. In the evening the tradespeople's houses were illuminated. The festival of the London Temperance Society took place on Tuesday evening at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. After the company had par taken of tea, coffee, &c., W. Janson, Esq., was called to the Chair, and the meeting was addressed by Mr. J. E. Howard, Mr. Gilbert, Dr. Oxley, Captain Marshall, of Hull, Mr. Teare, of Preston, and the Rev. Richard Mills, in explanation of the principle of total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks. The principal speech of the evening was that of Mr. Teare, the founder of the far-famed Temperance Society of Preston. He stated that it had originated with himself and a few other persons who had persisted in their scheme in defiance of all the ridicule thrown out against them. The consequence had been that crime had decreased in Preston 60 per cent., and, for the last seven or eight assizes, not a single criminal had been sent from that town to Lancaster for trial. The chap lain of the House of Correction of that place declared that he was losing all his customers. There were now in the United Kingdom 300,000 tea-totalers. In Wrexham there were 32,000. Twelve months since he had gone over to the Isle of Man, and converted nearly all the drunkards on the north side of the Island. Of the whole population of 40,000, 3,000 had become members of the society. He particularly deprecated idly partial abstinence from intoxi cating liquors, and enumerated various instances of the ad vantages of the system. Mr. Tears certainly appeared, if we may judge from his robust frame and powerful voice, to have suffered no ill effects from his abstinence. After the delivery of the speeches the Chairman was presented by the society with a medal, in testimony of the sense entertained of his exertions in the cause, and it was proposed, and we believe unanimously acceded to, that - a gold medal should be granted to Mr. Teare, A new opera bufFa, composed by M. Benedict, the conductor, will be produced next week, at the Lyceum. Mozart's Nozze di 1479aro,witli the whole strength of the company, is to be put into immediate rehearsal. The Jury of the Basse,; Alpes has just pronounced a verdict of a singular and rather ►mportant character. A young woman was brought to trial before them on a charge of infanticide. Her guilt was fully proved, but the Jury acquitted her because of their conviction, that " had not the cradle hitherto kept in every ho.q);ec for the reception of children about to be abandoned been suppressed by a late order of the Prefuct, the prisoner would not have de stroyed her infant !" Late accounts from the Cape of Good Hope state that a most virulent scurvy had made its appearance amongst the men of the 75th Regiment, quartered in the new pro vince. No less than 120 men of the regiment were la bouring under the disease, and many were in an extremely dangerous state, It was generally attributed to a want of vegetable food, and the use of impure water. A letter from Rouen says--" In consequence of an increase in the demands for our cottons and other tissues, our manufactories have become more busy than they have been for a length of time. The accounts received from those countries which are the great markets for our produce are most satisfactory. Confidence is evidintly reviving, and everything indicates a favourable termination to the late crisis." The French comedians, we are sorry to learn, have sustained pecuniary loss in their tour in the provinces, and intend immediately returning to the metropolis. The medical practitioners in most of the provincial towns are said to be worn out with fatigue. The sight of the day-book and iticl:er will probably furnish the surest re cipes fur their recovery. An individual, sentenced to hard labour in a house of detention at Wurzbourg, recently committed suicide, be cause the judgment pronounced against him deprived him of the elective franchise.—Galiynani. The Oldham turn-outs were principally disinclined to agree, on Monday morning, to the terms proposed by their employers—the payment of the prices of two years ago. The spinners and other hands of two mills, Walshaw and Greenbank, commenced work, however, on the morn ing named ; and, from present circumstances, it is probable they have permanently arranged the differences between them and their masters. The spinners and remaining hands of the other 2 1 2 mills continue unemployed.—Manchester Guardian. MONEY-MA RKET.--The house of Medley, Scott, and Co., extensive bill-brokers, stopped payment this morn ing (Friday). Besides the business in London, they had a direct interest in two or three country banks, which have either stopped payment, or will be compelled to do so, in consequence of this event. The agency in London for these banks was conducted by Esdaile's house, but, in con sequence of what recently occurred there, has been trans ferred to others, or at least was under treaty for that pur pose, when the stoppage of this morning occurred. These country banks are said to be of recent formation, and not to have entered, therefore, into very widely-spread spread engagements. One of the partners of the house has taken heretofore a leading part in the establishment and manage ment of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, and has enjoyed some celebrity in the city for his experience in matters of the kind, which introduced him to and obtained for him the confidence of some of the leading bankers. Of the extent of their general engagements we have not heard any ac. count that can be depended on. Burton has his benefit to-night. It is quite useless to say a word in his behalf, for the box-sheet is already full, we believe, and he is so general a favourite that praise is almost valueless to him. Persons with lung noses should abstain from going ; there will not be room in the theatre for organs of that description.—Philadelphia Paper. Thursda; morning, between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock, the wife of a labouring man of the name of Good ridge, residing in John-street, City-road, St. Luke's, was safely delivered of four children, three boys and ono girl, all of whom are alive and very healthy. The mother is ra pidly recovering. Orders have been sent to Woolwich to prepare for embarking more of the Royal Artillery for the North coast of Spain. Lieutenants Warburton and Dickson, and fifty men are in readiness the moment one of his Majesty's steam vessels arrives from the westward to convey them to St. Sebastian, where they will be under the orders of one of their field-officers, who left here some time ago with thirty men. INIELowsTs' CLUB.—The first meeting was held on Thursday at the Freemasons' Tavern, and the musical treat given on the occasion was of a very superior order. The standing song (composed by Braham for the Club), " The King, God bless him," was extremely well sung by Mr. J. Bennett ; after which Horsley's charming glee, " Come, gentle zephyr," was sweetly sung by Messrs. Spencer, Ben nett, Parry, jun., and Sir G. Stuart, who presided at the pianoforte. Mr. Moscheles performed an extemporaneous fantasia on the pianoforte, taking for his leading motif a portion of Mr. Horsley's glee in a manner that elicited the most rapturous applause. He also in the course of the evening played IlLidel's beautiful air, " The Harmo nious Blacksmith," most delightfully, and took part in the celebrated conceitante duet for violin and pianoforte called " La Sentinelle" (composed by Mayseder and himself), with Mr. Eliason, who executed a romance by B.!ethoven, ac companied by Sir G. Smart, in a most tasteful and brilliant manner. Mr. Bennett sang " Autumn leaves," from the opera of The Village Coquettes, very sweetly, and Mr. Parry, jun., gave a mock Italian duet, also an imitative solo of the serpent, accompanying himself on the piano forte, which afforded great pleasure to the company. The healths of Mr. Braham and Mr. T. Cooke were then drank with musical honours, the Chairman observing that professional duties prevented their attendance. Mr. Parry (Honorary Secretary) announced that he had already re ceived upwards of a dozen songs from candidates for the premium offered by the Club for the best approved words, to be set to music by the professional members of the Club, as competitors for a silver goblet which the Duke of Sussex intends to present in the course of the season. 2 0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUX. Stn—Several of. your readers will feel themselves greatly _obliged by your answering the following question :—ls it just and equitable, or in accordance with public practice, that the Chairman of any meeting should, upon a division, support by his vote either of the two opposing parties, less in the case of an equality of votes, where the casting vote may be required ? Jan. 2701, 1836. I a:: - i, Sir, your; very reTectfully, H. M. [Cetta:nly not. It is only a red-hot partisan who couli be guilty of such bare-faced indecorum. DiFerction ant strict impartiality should be the rule of conduct of a Chair. SUN.] THE SUN, LONDON, SATVRDAY, JANUARY 28, 1837. DUBLIN-WEDNESDAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) " As things seem large which we through mists dei,:ry, Dulness is ever apt to magnify.''—Yore. " Our natures do pursue (Like rats that raven down their proper bane) A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die."—SIIII:SrEA RE. You have in the Dublin journals of this day a fall and true account of the great Protestant Meeting, which was to over turn the powers that be, and frighten this island from its pro priety ; and I will venture to say that never were (pith:lines of all parties more disappointed than in the perusal of its pro ceedings. So great were the preparations, and so loud the threats during the last two months, that many persons did an ticipste some manly and vigorous demonstration on the part of tho Tories, likely to produce a sensation at least among their adversaries. But the history of Irish politics affords no such signal instance of a complete failure and disappointment as was experienced here yesterday at the conclusion of this Pro testant meeting. Not one single sentiment of novelty, to gra tify the curiosity of friend or foe, is to he found in the volu minous report of the meeting ; nor is the tautology of the thrice-told tale of Protestant fear and apprehension redeemed by one flash of genius or effusion of intellect. Verily Sir Wiliest Peel can derive but small consolation or encourage ment from the efforts of his friends on this side of the Chan nel ; and the hopes of ascendancy are extinguished fur ever I I will frankly confess that the intimations of sonic respect able Protestant acquaintances, during the last month, had led me to expect some powerful exhibition of Tory tactics on this occasion ; and accordingly I could not resist the solicitation of a friend to step into the crowd, after they had been a few hours engaged in their fabulations. We found certainly a consider able number of respectable gentlemen and ladies assembled, intermixed with groups of the vilest and most contemptible portion of the community. The dregs of Orangeism had been summoned, not only from every ally of the city, but from some remote parts of Ireland ; and they contributed their quota of sound and fury to the oratorical effusions with which the papers are so well filled. In order to form a proper' esti mate of the business of the day, it is only necessary to state that it commenced as early as eleven o'clock, and did not end before eight o'clock in the evening. Every sentiment that was expressed is fully reported, and this will suggest to thole ac quainted with the reports of speechifications to ask, " H6w comes it that the account of this affair is not even more volu minous than it appears to be, if engaged in declamation for up wards of eight hours ?" The answer is, " That for more than one-third of that time this rational and respectable assembly amused themselves with a new species of music called the Kentish Fire I" No speaker was allowed to exert his lungs for more than ten minutes at a time, without being relieved, and allowed to refresh his memory, while a five-minutes' interlude of this dulcet chorus was being performed. It would be diffi cult to give an adequate description of this strange demonstra tion of hilarious feeling—for such it appears to be regarded by the performers--to the uninitiated. But only imagine a meet ing, in which there were certainly many individuals of rank and respectability, seemingly pleased with the notes —" One, two, three—One, two, three"—sounded forth by clapping of hands, accompanied with a stamping of the feet, so as to keep time, on a wooden floor ! This was so frequent during a great part of the day, as to make it appear that the majo rity of the meeting felt more pleasure in listening to it than to even the best of the speakers. It was occasionally varied, however, by an altercation between the speakers and the mob part of the meeting, as often as the former used the word Catholics. " Don't call them Catholics, was vociferated from different parts of the room ;" " they are Papists. A groan for the Papists, the General Association, and O'Con nell." I can't say whether the ladies present joined in the last-mentioned part of the sound and fury entertainment : they certainly did in the " Kentish fire." Such was the great Pro testant meeting, called together for the p urpose of petitioning both Houses of Parliament, praying thorn to adopt measures of protection for the Protestants of Ireland 1 and calling his Majesty's most serious attention to the imminent danger threatening the liberty of all classes of his loyal subjects, and the attempts to undermine and destroy the Protestant religion ! If this be not a sinking of the cause of Toryism in the minds of all rational Englishmen, nothing can dishearten the faction. Contrast with it the Protest of the " Peers," and Representa tives of the People of Ireland, most numerously signed in the space of a few days, and you may anticipate the quality of ar guments to be used by the Opposition in the approaching ses sion of Parliament. LORD WHARNCLIFFE. Tha following correspondence has passed between Lord Wharncliffe and Messrs. Ridgway " Curzon -street, Jan. 25, 1837. " Sin—ln a pamphlet published by you, entitled What Next ?' I see that I am quoted twice over as having, at Halifax, talked of re-conquering Ireland !' " Whoever the anonymous author may be, I must sup pose that he has been somehow misinformed, and that he has no deliberate intention of palming a falsehood upon the world, even for party purposes. I beg you, therefore, to inform him that this statement is entirely unfounded, and that I have never, at any time, at Halifax or elsewhere, used such an expression respecting Ireland, or anything the least like it.—l am, Sir, your very humble servant, " Mr. Ridgway. " WHARNCLIFFE." " 169, Piccadilly, Jan. 26, 1 837. " MY LORD—NVe have the 'honour to inform you that we have communicated the contents of your Lordship's letter of yesterday to the author of What Next ?' " On hearing your Lordship's disclaimer of the sentiment respecting Ireland, he instantly instructed us to inform you that he was therefore wrong in attributing it to your Lordship. " He has directed us to correct this error, and to convey to you his regret at having, by an inadvertent reliance on the information of others, attached temporarily to your Lordship .that sentiment which was current about the time of the Halifax meeting, but which he is now fully satisfied, both from your Lordship's disclaimer and a subsequent re ference to the newspapers, was erroneously attributed to your Lordship. " We have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient and very faithful servants, • " JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS. " Right Honourable Lord Wharncliffe." The " New Nionthly Magazine and Humourist " is progressing gloriously under the new editorship of Mr. Theo dore Ilook. No less tha❑ three editions of the first Num ber for 1837 have been required ! The forthcoming Number for February promises to be eve❑ more attractive than the first, as it will contain, besides the continuation of the " Gurney Papers," by the Editor, more than twenty contributions from some of our most popular writers, in cluding the Authors of " The Rejected Addresses," " Paul Pry," and " Rattlin •the Reefer ;" Leigh Hunt, /Haynes Bayly, Laman Blanchard, Douglas Jerrold, Alfred Crow- . quill, J. R. Planche, Hamilton Reynolds, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Miss 'Landon, &c. &c. This phalanx of talent must be irresistible. The Directors of the Birmingham Musical Festival, which takes place on the 18th of September, are actively engaged in making the necessary arrangements. It is ru moured that there will be also festivals at Edinburgh and Bath. The triennial Hereford reunion will, of course, come oft at the usual period. HENRIETTA TEMPLE.—Those who appreciate fervid and enduring love, will be delighted with the perusal of this new novel by the Author of " Vivian Grey." The diction is polished, and it abounds with sentiments of the highest tone. The reader's attention is interested, with but little interruption, from the first page to the last. Among the passages the declaration of Armine to Henrietta Temple is perfect : it will make the author highly popular with many of his fair readers. The man of the world will also be amused, and cannot fail to recognise scenes and persons so graphically sketched by the talented author.—Morning Past. JUDGMENT AND FArSHlON—Judgment and the physicians say—keep your feet w arm an d t h e h ea d cool ; but the fashion of the day says to the ladies—wear cloth cloaks, fur capes, and the indispensable boa round the neck ; but be certain to encase the feet in cotton or fine leather and prunella. Thus judgment and fashion are at war, and the victory always belongs to the latter. )FITTINGS OF FANCY.—The extracts which are appearing from this work of Mr. Sulivan, must demonstrate the point, grace, and veritable power of his pen. Several styles of composition are exhibited with- equal success. The original and peculiarly picturesque features of the story of Wild Water Pond, must at once impress the reader with a conviction that he has in Mr. Sulivan met with a guide, qualified to conduct by the oddest but pleasantest by-paths, either to the beautiful or the ridiculous. Two workmen having quarrelled at a sugar refiner's at Valenciennes, one of them threw his comrade into a cop per of thick molasses. The latter scrambled out, covered from head to foot with the sugary-stuff, and, angry at his adversary, rushed into the streets just as ho was, to make his way to the King's Procureur to obtain legal redress. It was freezing very bard at the time, and the sugar became so firm that when he arrived at the house of the Magistrate lie looked like a substantial stick of barley sugar. His arms were glued to his side, and lie was compelled to ask a by stander to ring the bell for him. This curious exhibition attracted crowds of spectators, and excited much merriment. 'rho proseot year emninenced (111 a Sunday, will . end on a Sunday, and, consequently, will comprise more Sun days than weeks, 'RP LA ND. DUBLIN, JAN. 26. THE CATHOLIC PaLLATEs.—We see by the ec man's Journal, that the Catholic prelates have come to two determinations uithin the last week on subjects of the highest importance to the Irish community ; the . first. is a repudiation of a State provision for the • Catholic clergy and the sceowl, a disavowal of the dander that they an opposed to a legal provisioa for the hish poor. The fol lowing letter of his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, will, we think, put an cud to all further calumnies on the Irish Catholic prelates on the subject of Poor Laws : Mountjoy-square, Jan. 2-1, 1837. My dear Sir—Your journal of this day has put me in possession of a quotation from a Contemporary print, charging the Irish Roman Catholic bishops with twin , / op posed to the introdu c ti on o f a P oor L aw i nto Ireland.' I nce.l not tell you, hut I beg through you to tell the slan derer of the Irish Roman Catholic bishops, that the re verse is thefact ; every Roman Catholic bishop is decidedly and zealously in favour of a legal provision for the Irish poor. With regard to the precise ex tent to which a Poor Law, at its first introduction into the country, should reach, there may be, and, in a matter so complicated, it is quite natural that there should be, some difference of opinion ; with regard to the principle, there is among the Irish Roman Catholic bishops none whatsoever. They, on a late occasion, unanimously petitioned the Letrisiature t o gran t to I re l an d t h e b enef i t of a 1 ‘gal provision 'for its poor, and they would do so again were they not convinced that their interference in this re spect would be now superfluous, as the sense of the empire appears to have loudly echoed their sentiments ; and the benevolent Government under which we live seems, with its characteristic feeling of justice towards Ireland, to have pledged itself before the country to bring forward, in the approaching session of Parliament, such a mea sure of relief for the Irish poor as their suffering's de mand, and the resources of the nation arc adequate to meet. I have the honour to remain, dear Sir, your faithful, humble servant, I- D. MURRAY. Michael Staunton, Esq. GREAT MEETING IN THE COUNTY WENFORD.—Tues day last one of those manifestations of popular feeling at the base and insulting conduct of the men who refuse Ire land a participation in equal laws, was made in the vicinity of Taghmon, by the inhabitants of the spirited Baronies of Shilmalier and Bargy. The meeting, which was composed of upwards of ten thousand persons, was held in a large field in the neighbourhood of the town, at the entrance to which several excellent devices, attached to long poles, were raised ; among the principal of which was " Earl Mulgrave —justice and equal laws •to Ireland." F. R. Hawkshaw, Esq., took_ the chair. The. speeches which were delivered at this meeting were received by th e coun tl ess mu l t i tu d e with th un d ers of applause. DEATH OF DTI.' ABRA - lIAM.—It became our melancholy duty, in-a second edition of Tuesday's paper, to record the demise, at the hour of ten o'clock on the preceding evening, of the Right Rev. William Abraham, Catholic Bishop of the united dioceses of NVaterford and Lismore. This dis tinguished prelate, who for a long time had been labouring under considerable debility, was attacked by the epidemic, now so prevalent, about ten days since, and its effects on a weak constitution is the fatal occurrence, which, from one extremity to the other of the large district over which he spiritually ruled, and which, by every man of' every party who •enjoyed the acquaintance of the deceased, is mourned deeply, sincerely, and generally.—Waterford Chronicle. VIOLATION.—On Saturday night last, between eight and nine, a woman named Mary Gibbons, who had been but just discharged from hospital, went to Beggar's Bush bar rack, to make some inquiries after her brother, who be longed to some regiment quartered in Ireland. She met two soldiers of the 71st regiment, named James Cuherson and William Meldron ; she treated them to some drink, in a public house near the barrack, and on their way back they seized her and dung her down ; one held her, while the other completed his purpose ; they then exchanrd s;itia tions, and, after accomplishing their designs, robbed her of her shawl. On Sunday, she gave information -at College street police office, and accompanied by Peace-officer Ste phenson, she proceeded to the barracks, where she recog nized and identified the two men, among a group of sol diers. They have been fully committed to take their trial at the next commission. Mr. O'CONNELL IN CASTLEBAR.—On Tuesday last ex tensive preparations were made to give - Mr. O'Connell a public procession. The Hon. Gentleman, however, litit being aware of the intention of those who thus desired to do honour to the Liberator, did not arrive till the evening, IV/Jen he 'sat down to a sumptuous entertainment. Not less than 800 gentlemen, composing the rank and respeota-, bility of the county, assembled to receive him. Sir NV. Brabazon, one of the Members for the, county, presided. The Marquis of Waterford was accompanied tcl Dublin by Lord• William Beresford and Lord John Beres ford from Curraghmore, and on the• Noble Marquis's re turn to his above seat, which will be immediate, he Will en tertain a large circle of friends. The prolific writer for the French stage, M. Scribe, has produced a new comedy in five acts, at the Theatre Francaise, in Paris, under the title of La Camaraderie ; ou, la Courte Echelle. It is agreed on all hands that the piece has been eminently successful, but the oritles in the French journals differ materially az to its merits. The plot turns upon the intrigues of a literary clique, to whgoo fiat all writers must bend. A tiler of the name of Thomas Lewin, who had re sided for many years at Ongar, in Essex, died on Wednes day last of the prevailing disorder. After his death 7,0001. in cash, and documents proving the possession of an equal sum-in funded and landed property, were disoovered. Saturday, when Meunier 's dinner was brought him, consisting of some pea-soup and two mutton chops, he refused to take any ncurisliffient whatever, and declared to the gaolers that ho would rather die in prison than on the scaf fold. . He frequently speaks of 'Morey, who attempted, as is well known, to starve himself in prison. —Paris Paper. The plagUe is making the most friahtful ravages in COnstantinople. Some idea may be formed of the mor tality now prevailing from the 'fact that out of fifty musi cians who compose the band of. the Grand Seignor, under the direction of the celebrated player Donizetti, no less than thirty-seven were, within a few days, carried off. Lately, at the theatre of Weimar, during the repre sentation of a German tragedy, the public, consisting of seven spectators, who occupied a portion of one of the benches of the pit, thought proper to hiss the actors most unmercifully. The latter returned the complimeat with interest, emboldened by the feeble numerical force of their opponents, and reinforced by the mechinist and bill-sticker of the theatre, and also by a personage who combined in his single person the offices of prompte?,‘ candle-snuffer, and sceneshifter. The audience, having the second-best of the contest, were ultimately obliged to evacuate the theatre. Before the late amicable adjustment of the difficul ties with France, a caricature was 'published in America, re presenting General Jackson shaking his cane at the King of the French, while in the left hand'he was holding a bag of 'money, bearing the inscription " '25,000,000 francs ;" with the words huhis mouthi ." 'Tis well'that you paid me, or by the Eternal ;" to which the Kin.. ' was represented bowing and waving hi s h an d s , with the words, " Not another word of apology; My; dear: .General, I beg of you." It would, perhaps, be- difficult to , tunke a: better comment on the conduct of either of these distinguished individuals than is contained in that print.".--Grand's Americans, in their S.;cial, Moral, and Political emulation. THE CROSSINGS.—We hear repeatedly of persons losing sometimes• their limbs, and not unfrequntly their lives, by being run over in crossing regent -street. A gentleman named` Graves with a view to the prevention of this sort of accidents suggests that a commodious tunnel under the pavement should be. made. He says "it may be approached by an easy inclined plane, or by steps ; it should have two entrances at each end, one for right hand passengers, the other for left hand, and they should be kept separate from each other by a rail the whole length. The approaches may be rendered ornamental, and need not encroach much upon the present carriage way. They might be lighted by one, two, or three open funnels, railed .round of course, and lighted by lamps, or the whole tunnel may be covered over and lighted with gas. In order to reduce the descent as much as possible, the coiling to he made of iron plates, water tight. The whole interior to be painted:white." IVe.think the suggestion not unworthy of attention. If the plan be practicable, its execution being so obviously desirable, ought not to be delayed, The number of persons named in the register of electors for the Eastern Division of Somersetshire for 1835-6 was 8,504, and in the present register is 9,561 ; so that there are now 1,037 persons more qualified to vote than there were under the former register. As regards the Western Division, it is a curious coincidence tat, not withstanding the numerous changes that must have taken place, the numbers in, the registers for 1835-6 and 1836-7 are precisely the same—viz. B ,Bs4.—Doi.set Crouicle. A poor man and his wife at Bellfield, near R.oelt. dale, have been greatly alarmed by the following circum stance :—" On Thursday last when the husband went into the honroost for the eggs he was astonished to find upon one egg the following words :—‘ Repent, for the hour is nigh.'" Under these words were a death's head and cross bones, besides some other hieroglyphics, resembling Hebrew cha racters. On Saturday and Sunday hundreds of people went from all parts to look at this wonderful egg . . Any one who hazarded a suspicion that the hen bad not laid the egg such as it now appears, was unceremoniously classed among infidels Thl,l engraving upon the erg is. ingeniously done, and appears the c'oc'k of an artist. Of course the use of a little noid will oxplain the whole mptery.—Manchester Guardian. CAPTURE AND CONDEMNATION OF THE VIXEN. ST. ,PF.TERSUTP.O, JAN. I.4.—The Journal de Si. Peters. Lurq contains the following article " The English journals have announced that the Vixen, brig had been sent by some shipowner s :of- London from Constantinople, for the openly-svwved purpose of con vey 'hr.. a carg o . c hi e fl y consisting, gunpo.vder to the coas t of' Circasaia .; the same journals hare added, that as the importation of that article is prohibited by the Russian Tariff, the expedition of the Vixen was undertaken for the special .purpose to defy the vigilance and the proven Live measures with which the Russian squadron, cruising on these coasts, is charged against that prohibited and clan destine trade. " At the same time that the object of this culpable urn dertaking was announced to us by the public journals, a re• port from the : Board of Admiralty of the Black Sea in. formed the Imperial Governimmt that the Vixen had really appeared on the Circassian coast, that it had been detained by one of our cruisers, and carried into Sebastopol. The following are the particulars of this affair " On the 24th of November, in the evening, the Vixen was descried on the Circassian coast, Ghelendschik. The brig syssr, of the Imperial Navy, Capt. Wielf, had received orders from the Commander on the station, to watch the motions of this vessel, and came up with it on the I.lth (2Gth). It found it at anchor at the bottom of the Bay of Sudschuk-Kale, at a point where there was neither a Custom-house nor a Quarantine establishment. • Part of the crew was on shore, and attempted, by• rowing, to reach the ship at the moment when the Ajax surprised it. Being questioned respecting the object of th e i r vo y a a e , Th omas Childs, the captain of the ship, and George Bell, owner of the cargo, (lid not hesitate to declare that they had come for the purpose of trading with the inhabitants of the coast ; that the ship's cargo consisted of salt, an article, the impor tation of which, into our ports-of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff, is expressly prohibited in our Tariff. The confession was decisive ; the offence of smuggling was proved ; the violation of our sanitary regulations was ma nifest. Convicted of this double offence, the Vixen was immediately detained, and on the lbth. (27th) of November brought tq Ghelendschik, where it ar rived on the lath (28th). Rear-Admiral Esmant, commander of the station here, appoint a Commis sion of Inquiry, which was ordered to proceed to the interrogation of the crow, and an investigation of all the circumstances which had led to the. captor() of the ship. It appeared, from the investigation, that the Vixen, Captain Thomas Childs, belonging to Messrs. Alexander Polden and Thomas Morten, in London, had been freighted by the house of Bell, Anderson, and Co., in Buchareat, for voyages to Constantinople or the Danube, and to the coasts of the Euxine, the sea of Azoff, and the sea of Marmora ; and that in consequence of this osistract, the said ship had been placed at the diar,osal of Mr. Bell, who frei4hted it with a cargo of salt at Constantinople that, the latter did. not acquaint the Captain with the c,lajoet of the voyage till the 7th (19th) Nov„ when tlia ship had left Bosphorus ; but the Captain, tv; as 'he heard that he was to go to a coast with which he was unacquainted,- observed to Mr. Bell that the ship must ha s Issovided with a pilot ;' that " Mr. Bell having - on the 1 lth:(20d) November, actually en gaged a Turkish pilot at SamsouasOrdered the Captain to sail to Toughe-Pachad, orSudsaink-liale, 'at which three places there is neither a QtigtOiii -house or a lazaretto ; that the Captain preeeeded to Sudschnis-Kale s because the wind hindered him /Vein touching it at the two other places.. ; that the. ship, by the Captain's confession, lay at anchor there 36 . hours before it was overtaken . by the Ajar ; that during this time Mr. Bell commtinivated with the inhabitants of the coast, confessedly for the purpose of trading with them, that the cargo of the ship, according to the declaration of the Cap tain, consisted only Of IQ° tons of salt. The correctness of this declaration needs eonfirmation, because regard to the sa nitary rezAtiations has not yet permitted an examination of what maybe in the hold undern ea th th e declarged cargo that the - Turkish pilot of aged at Samsoun was landed on the Circassian coast, and was left there, which was indeed denied by Mr. Bell, but proved by the confession of the captain and the confrontation of both ; that during the 36 hours communication between the ship and the inhabitants of the coast, something passed which, under the present cir cumstances gk'es occasion for very serious conjecture, viz., that of the four cannon with which the ship, according to its papers, was, provided, only two ware on board. .This circuastance deserves to be the more particularly noticed, as the English papers hall affirmed that the cargo of the Vixen was chiefly to consist of gunpowder, for the landing of which the time of 3b hours would have fully sufficed ; lastly, that the fact of. a clandestine communication with the inhabitants of the coast, to trade with them at a point where there is neitho a custom-house nor quarantine office, was formally confessed by Mr. Bell, and so confirmed by tha dispositions of the captain, that no doubt could re mufti that there was a_two-fold iolation, as well as of our sanitary regulations as of our custom-house laws. These considerations, - taken together, were considered by the commission as decisive. It decreed that. the Vixen and its cargo had, according to the laws, incurred tine penalty of confiscation. In con sequence of this decision the said. ship was sent to Se ha*topol, where it arrived on the 29th of November (11th of December). The Imperial Government having been made acquainted with all these circumstances, has sent order;, t 4 the Admiralty of the Black Sea, to confiscate the Viscn and its cargo, and declare them good prize. With respect to the crew of this ship, though, according to the sanitary laws in force in all the States of Europe, they might have expected the severest punishment, his Majesty the EMperor has been pleased to consider the extenuating circumstances, from which it. appears that Captain Childs was . originally a stranger to the object of the voyage, the responsibility and disgrace of which must fall on those who proposed and attempted the expedition. The Emperor has therefore given orders t o d es i s t f rom a ll further proceedin gs aga i nst Captain Childs, and to set him and the crew at • liberty. Nay, more ; as his Majesty learned from the reports of the Admiralty that these indivi duals were entirely destitute of resources, he instructed Count Woronzow, Governor-General of New Russia, to furnish them with means to return to Constantinople. These are the facts which preceded, and followed the capture of the English brig Vixen, and these are the motives which led to its confiscation. " The Imperial Government thinks it fit to give the greatest publicity to this rigorous and just measure, in order to prevent the repetition of an attempt which the legislation of all countries condemns. But that public opi nion may be fully informed respecting the criminal views of this enterprise, the following circumstances are to be considered :—As the coast of the Black Sea, from the mouth of the Kuban to the harbour of St. Nicholas inclu sive, came under the dominion of the Russian empire by Article IV. of the treaty of Adrianople, one of the first measures resolved upon by the Russian Government was the foundation of custom-houses and quarantine establish ments in the harbours of Anapa and Redut-Kale. Both ports were then opened to the regular trade of all nations, expressly excluding the other places, bays, and harbours on the coast where there is no customhouse or quarantine establishment. When the Imperial Legation signified this regulation to the Ottoman Government and the represen tatives of all the powers at Constantinople, it had at the same time orders to notify to them that every attempt of foreign seamen to traffic with the said coast, the two harbours of Anapa and Redut-Kale alone excepted, would be c-onsidered as contraband trade, and the in dividuals who were guilty of such an offence would be liable to the legal 'responsibility to which all illicit. and clandestine trade is subject. And since that time the squadron appointed by the Imperial Government to cruise on the east coast of the Black Sea, exercises the commission with which it is. legally charged on that coast. Notwithstanding these measures formally announced by the Russian Government, foreign ships attempted, in the years 1834 and 1835, to keep up a secret communication with the inhabitants of the coast. This obliged the commander of our squadron to use double vigilance and vigour. ' M. V. Boutenieff was instructed to repeat to the foreign legations at Constantinople the communications which had been made to them in 1831. He performed his duty by addressing to them the subjoined circular. By this note M. V. Boutenieff called on all the representatives of foreign powers to be pleased to give the necessary information to ships under the flag of their respective Governments, which should visit the above-mentioned coasts of the Black Sea, in order to prevent the consequences which might arise from a violation of the regulations against contraband trad e . Thi s c i rcu l ar i s d ate d Ist (13th) September, b 1836. Yet in spite of these repeated warnings the Vitae was sent from Constantinople with the avowed purpose of despising and violating our regulations. The simple st a t emen t o f f acts w hi c h we have here given will suffice to place the conduct of the English ship-owners in its true light, who. disregarding the respect which they owed to their national flag, did not hesitate to mina:ploy it for the purpose of protecting a shameful traffio, or of covering trai torous intentions, which the impartial judgment of all well disposed persons roust condemn and stigmatize. The pub licity which the Imperial Government has thought itself obliged to give to the particulars of this • affair will at the same time suffice to prove as well the justice as the vigour of the measures which Russia has adopted to procure res pect for its ordinances, and to protect them against any new attack. "I. CIRCULAR OF M. V. BoUTENTEFF TO THE DIPLOMA TIC BODY AT CONSTANTINOPLE. • " Bujultdere, Sept. 13, 1836. " In the course of the year 1831, and by a communication of the 12th Oct. of that year, I had the honour, by order of my Court, to acquaint the representatives of forcin powers at Constantinople with the regulation which the Imperial Government had established with respect to foreign ships intending to visit the Russian eastern coasts of the Black Sea, in order to preserve those coasts from the intro duction of the plague, and to prevent smu g li ng . A s t h e sa id coast is chiefly frequented by Ottoman ships, I have not omitted to make similar communications to the Sublime Porte. Now, as since that, some cases have occurred in which these regulations have been violated, the Impend Government has found itself obliged to strengthen the force which bus to see to the strict observance of the existing regulations, Irvi has therefore instructed the to repeat my precediiig-communi• cations on this subject. According to this or(kr I hatem to communicate to your Excellency the annexed copy of the communication of the Imperial Ministry relative to it, and I am at the same time . so free as to request your kind' intervention that ships which frequent toose ports of the Black Sea, under the flag of your Government, ni,ly re. ceive such information on this subject as you may judge the .best calculated to hinder the consequenees'that to3y arise from a violation of the existing regulations twinst gling. " Please, to a&ept,ae., &e. " 11. COPY OP A COMMUNICATION Jt Tni INtrEut.M. NisTity M. vl' BOUTTNICEF. St. Petersburgii, July 19,1836. Your Excellency is aware that the Imperial Govern ment published an Ordinance prohibiting foreign seamen who frequent the cast coast of the Rack Sea to land at any place excepting where there is a quarantine establish ment, or a custom-horse, namely, at Anapa and Redut- Kate. Now, as it has happened that ships have attempted to , lelate this prohibition and to entertain an unlawful intercourse with the inhabitants of the coast, the squadron cruising there is obliged to be doubly vigiLvat and strict to hinder similar violations,and it is therefore sometimes Obliged to detain and search even such ships as have no unlawful intentions, hut excite suspicie,i t by too closely ap proaching that coast. Such cases have occurred more than woe, and took place evenlin tlu,lcourse of last year. The Imperial Ministry has therefore judged it necessary to think of means to prevent occurrences of this kind for the future, or at least to make them as rare as possible. For this Ow pose you arc requested to take the first opportunity that offers to acquaint the diplomatic body, and, through your chancery, the foreign consuls and merchants that the above mentioned prohibition, which was already made known to t i ne•r.n by your communication in :the year 1831, is still 1 11 force, that an armed squadron watches over the obser vance of it, and that therefore merchantmen which are not bound either to Anapa or Yedut-Kale will do bet ter not unnecessarily to approach the coast of Abaisa, if they will not expose themselves to the inconvenience of being detained and searched."—Prussiali Slate Gazette 22f Jan., and Hamburgh Papers, 23d and 24th Jan. AFRICA. Extract of a letter from Tripoli, dated 2d inst. :—" A brisk cannonade was heard throughout yesterday. A serious engagement was fought between the Mesehins and the Turks at about a league from the town ; it lasted tii the Pasha sent out several hundred s o f his bravest Delis, who brought in a•considerable number of . heads , hitt the sortie was not decisive, and they will again have t o conten d' w i th the half- savage Arabs. The Porte is continually increas ing. the number of its•troops stationed here ; first, through pride, not wishing to yield to the natives, and having garri sons engaged i n th e E ast : secondly, because the Sultan is deceived by the reports of Tahir Pacha ; and thirdly, and chiefly, to maintain a footing in Africa, and take advantage of any favourable opportunity that may offer for supporting the Bey of Constantine, who keeps up an intercourse with the Pacha of Tripoli both by sea and land. We learn from various sources that troops will shortly be sent to the Boy, with whom an arrangement has been made for paying them, and furnishing them with necessaries. An Ottoman sloop has just anchored here with a convoy of three trans ports, from which between 500 and 600 men have been landed. They still appear to remain half laden, which in duces us to believe that they have ammunition on board. A certain Nadir Bey, formerly in the service of the Paella of Egypt, and who has the reputation of being a good soldier, has also arrived at Tripoli. According to general rumour, he is about to proceed to Constantine. UNITED STATES. (From Galignani's Messenger.) We this morning received New York papers to the 3d instant, brought by the Utica, Captain Pell, which arrived at Havre yesterday. These Journals are satisfactory as regards the health of the vnerable President, whose acti vity in the ,duties of his 'nigh office shows a great improve ment, if not an entire restoration of his health. He had transmitted to Congress a Message, relative of the admis sion of Miel - Agan into the United States, which was re ferred to the usual Committee. The General had like wise recommended, by a communication to Congress, the re-construction of the Washington Post-offices, and that the, new buildings should be fire-proof. A terrible fire had deStroyed a great part of Broad -street, St. Augusta, the damage of which was computed at 75,000 doilars. Much of the property was, however, insured. From Texas the news is of little importance. Reports . had been spread of the advance of the Mexican army, but it turned out to be a false alarm. Bravo, the Mexican General, had been unable to raise money, and in default of these sinews of war," could not advance. The Texan Senate had passed the law for raisin? 5,000,000 of d o ll ars , an d the rage for speculation' in lands in that quarter is described to rival the European railway mania. St. Anna was pursuing his way to Washington ; it had been reported that he had been iyachtd at a town called " Memphis," but the intel ligence seems unfounded. Mr. Clay had been elected re presentative for Kentucky by a majority of twenty-two over his opponent, Mr. Guthrie. White, whose trial for setting fire to the Treasury buildings was proceeding at the last ac counts, is to undergo a fresh trial. The proceedings against the pri .oner occupied six days, at the end of which the jury were seventy hours in considering their decision, and then returned notice to the judge that they were unable to agree to a verdict. Turning to lighter subjects, we find that the Bowery Theatre, lately burnt down, had rt sprung from its ashes more splendid than ever, and from the description appears to be really a fine edifice. An amusing part of the manager's announcements is the engagement of a Miss Louisa H. Medina, who is to fulfil the double post of dramatist and literary censor. A man in Salem, Ohio, in hewing out a mill -stone, after having broken off the upper surface of the stone to the depth of three and a half inches, discovered several holes in a straight line across the stone, and in one of these holes a part of a wedge. Two thin plates of iron had first been put into the bole, and the wedge was driven between them. Part of one of the plates was broken off, but otherwise they were both, as well as the wedge, in a perfect state of preser vation, and but little rusted. The stone which contained , them was perfectly solid on ,the outside, and also within, except at the holes, and had apparently grown over them.' A book ant! Pamphlet seller, living in the New Hungerford Arcade, has two papers in his window, on one of which is written, " The influenza to be had here for 2d. ;" on the other is, " The influenza cured for 2d." On Monday, shortly before nine o'clock, an alarm of fire was given, and guided by the light, which illumina ted the horizon to a great distance, vast crowds proceeded to the Humber Dock, where it was found that the engine employed in clearing the mud from the dock was on fire. We have not heard how the fire originated, but it is sup posed to have been from some part °ldle machinery, which is worked by steam. The engine -house, which was of wood, and a great height above the water, was totally enveloped in flames, and the sight of so large a burning mass was very splendid, reflecting on the hulls and shrouds of the sur rounding vessels. Fortunately the night was very calm, and the copious showers of rain which had fallen during the day had saturated the rigging of the vessels with which the dock wes crowded, and thus prevented any serious results. A large body of police, under tlw direction of the superin tendent, were immediately at the place—they disposed themselves on rafts surrounding the engine, which was got into the middl e o f th e d oc k, and communication cut toff from any part of the adjacent vessels, or the dock sheds, which contained much valuable merchandise. The wood compcsing the machine burnt to the water's edge. We have t of heard of any fatal accidents arising from the im mense number of persons who were on the spot; thought several got overboard, they were promptly extricated.— lie/lObscrl'Cr. In the llarleian Manuscripts in the British.rom the Mu seum, 991, will be fbund, folio 7, some extracts f pocket-book of Richard Symonds, who, after giving a brief i account of the splendid inauguration of Oliver Cromwell, second to a coronation only by the absence of the c rown , he says, film() 23, " At the marriage of his daughter to Rich, in 1657, the Protector threw about sack posset amongst all the ladies, to soil their rich clothes, which they tool: as a favour, and also wett swete meates ; and dawbed all the stooks which they were to sit with wet swete meates, and pulled off Rich's perucque, and would have throwne it into the fire ; hut did not —yet he sate upon it." BREMEN, JAN. B.—The emigrations to America last year were very numerous. In 1835, 75 ships with 6,185 passengers, left this port for the United States ; in 1836, 11,811 passengers in 107 ships sailed direct from the Wire, and 2,326 were forwarded from this place to Cux haven, who sailed from the Elbe in 23 ships, making a total of 14,137 persons and 130 ships. A ship is also gone to Maranham with 160 sailors for the Portuguese navy, where a trial will be made to substitute German for English seamen, of whom the crews are now chiefly 2ompos6d. Coleridge, on parting with a fellow•student (Ger man) at Gottingen, being requested to inscribe same me morial in the album (or stammbuch) of the place, wrote the following lines We both attended the same college, • Where sheets of paper we did blur maize„ And ln r E o n l l ‘ an ce d 're 4 g a o n in d g y t o o u sport our c o:l ai r: L : 4 lw; Jedgv„