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sign countries, rather than for the graphic details wh'ch they may give of the 'scopes, scrapes, surprising adventures, wonderful fortitude, and presence of mind of their authors, will lose very little of the pleasure which awaits them, by commencing the perusal of Captain Scott's Narrative, at the' beginning of the fourth chapter 'of the second volume. From that to the close it is full of moat important matter, particularly the gallant Cap . • • tam s suggestions respecting the expediency of recog : nizing Mehemet Ali as Sovereign of Egypt, and ob taining from the Egyptian Viceroy the island of Candia, , by means of which England could effectually baffle the fr - 3'f 'designs of Russia in the East. As Mehemet Ali King of Egypt, th e S u l tan h av i ng f a il e d to El • Bl """teilike' him to submission by force of arms, Captain If Scott- is of opinion that England could easily persuade the Porte to recognize his independence ; and that for 'such an act the newly recognized Monarch would cede Candia to England, now a source of weakness rather than of strength to him. Once in possession of Candia, England could easily protect by her fleet the whole Egyptian coast, cover Greece, and shelter the Porte from all future attempts at conquest on the part of Russia. MehemetAli, finding it to be his true interest to cultivate the closest alliance with the only power in the world capable of enabling him to bid defiance to the Czar, would cheerfully co-operate with us in opening a direct communication with India, so that we might cal culate on trebling our present trade with the several nations of the East. France would not think of taking umbrage at placing Concha in the hands of Great Britain while we remain passive to her conquests in Africa. Such are Captain Scott's views, and they unquestion ably tieserve consideration. The lovers of light, and occasionally instructive reading, will find in these volumes much to interest them. The gallant authorrelates all his adventures in a straight r :forward dashing style, such as we only meet with in the - records of military 'or naval life. His descriptions of the scenes.which he witnessed are graphic—now and then ludicrously so. According to his report, which we see no cause to doubt the truth of, the condition of the Egyptian population is greatly improved ; and with respect to an intercourse with foreigners in general, they are three centuries in advance of what they were when Mehemet Ali assumed the reins of government. An "Englishman's head is now as safe on his shoulders in Cairo as it would be in Paris, and his dress is equally as respected as if he stood among his own countrymen. Robberies are in a great measure unknown, and the country, if not very prosperous, is rapidly improving. The following account of the gallant author's interview with the Egyptian Viceroy will be read with interest : " Previously, however, to my presentation at Mohammed Ali's court, accident had given me a sight of him. Strolling one morning through the citadel, a fine looking old man, mounted on a handsome charger, and attended by a single sais on foot, rode by me towards the gate leading to the city. He bowed on crossing my path, but fancying his salutation was intended for a friend—.who, I imagined, was close behind me —I did not return it. He repeated this compliment, which, of course, I then acknowledged by a removal of my hat. " Waiting for the first coming up of my friend, I inquired, " ' Who is that very polite old gentleman ?' " "' Who !—why, the Viceroy.' " "' What I the merciless tyrant, Mohammed Ali ?' " "' The same.' " And does ho ride into the city without a guard ?' " "' Even so ; you may see him there most days. if you will only be in the main street at his usual hour of taking exercise. '" " So much, thought I, for the tales told in England of the detestation in which this " sanguinary monster" is held by all classes of his subjects. " A few nights afterwards my introduction took place. My visit was paid at night, it being during the Fast of the Itharnadan. The reception-room used on these occasions is 'in a palace contiguous to that of the Viceroy, which contains also many of the public offices and the apartments of the Se cretary for the Home Department. " We alighted at a handsome portico, and, passing through at long wide passage, paVed with slabs of marble, arrived at a kind of ante-roonf, crowded with attendants, dragomans, &c. From thence we passed into a large room, filled with persons of all kinds, making their prostrations most devoutly to the eastern cardinal point; and from it we were ushered into the presence chamber, a long and handsome apartment at the fur ther extremity of which sat the Egyptian sovereign. " Mohammed Ali was attended by one only of his secre taries —a young Armenian—who translated the Viceroy's con versation into French, styling him always ' Son Altesse.' The introduction - was made without ceremony, the Consul- General merely mentioning the names of the different pre sentees. " His Highness repeated the names of each person very distinctly after him, and then requested us to be seated, adding we were welcome to his dominions. . " In person, M o h amme d Ali i s s h ort, an d rather corpulent, but perfectly erect. His dress was studiously plain, being composed entirely of blue cloth. - A handsome Cashmere shawl was folded round his loins; white silk stockings, yellow slippers, and a white muslin turban, completed his costume. He wore no jewels of any kind upon his person —not even a ring ; but the pipe which he held in his hand and occasionally applied to his lips was blazing with diamonds and other pre cious stones. " He is decidedly a handsome old man ; but his fine grey beard is hardly in keeping with his vivacity and personal acti vity. In the expression of his quick and piercing eye, there is more of jo coseness th an cunn i ng ; an d , i f his high and ample forehead does not give the lie to the assertions of his detractors, it forms the exception to the rules of Spurzheim ; for never did I sco the organ of bcnovolence more strongly developed.'. " A peculiarity in his mode of wearing the turban--close down over his eyes—takes off much from the fine character of his countenance, concealing his handsome forehead, compress ing the eyebrows, throwing the eyes into shade, and giving them a sinister expression, which is foreign to them. But when, in the course of conversation, he becomes animated, and pushes back his turban, which he has a habit of doing, the un favourable impression is instantly removed. " He conversed with much freedom, joked and laughed a great deal, and was evidently in a gossiping humour. Though he does not profess to understand the French language, yet it struck me that he had some knowledge of it, from the manner in which he often anticipated the answers made to his obser vations, before the interpreter had translated them into Turkish. " Having been informed that I had lately travelled through the Delta, he asked me a variety of questions as to the route I had taken—what I thcught of the state of cultivation, &c. I Was rather amused, on one occasion, when the conversation flagged for a moment, at his jokingly desiring the interpreter to request the Consul-General to say something. Son Al ter se dit, dites quelque chose P was the literal translatio n of the terms in which this unregal though sufficiently despotic corn ' , viand, was conveyed. " Shortly after our arrival, we were presented with some thick sugarless coffee, served up in filagree silver cup-holders, tidily set with brilliants. This, I was informed, was no in considerable honour. The Chilbouque is a mark of distinction .• .reserved for persons of very exalted rank, which, being esti mated according to his Highness's ideas, is oftentimes rather ludicrously bestowed. t• As in all Turkish apartments, the furniture was very scanty, consisting merely of India chintz window-curtains, and Divan round three sides of the room, the cushions of which were covered with the same materials. From the ceiling a very handsome cut-glass chandelier Was suspended ; and, on the floor, stood six massive 'silver candlesticks, with feet about a yard in diameter, and disposed in tw o rows, so as to form a ki n d o f avenue lea di ng u p t o th e • presence. A seventh, of a more portable size, was placed near the others, as I first thought, to make up the mystic number, seven ; but I afterwards found that it was kept at hand to enable the Viceroy to read any papers that might be presented to him, 0 " Our visit lasted, altogether, about an hour. During the whole of that time, the apartment was open to all such persons as had the usual right of entree, as well as to those whose n ames had. been given in, as requestin g an audience— if foreigners, through the Consuls of their respective nations." The embellishments of these volumes consist of a number of views from drawings on stone, some of which are Very well executed. We recommend the work to the notice of every class of readers. . AL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. CoThum. _London, 1837. The Part befor e us is the ninth, and is embellished with three portraits—the first, of Sir Sidney Smith, the veteran hero of . Acre, who, it may be remembered, sent Bonapa r t e a challenge ; the second, of Sir Edward Codrington ; and the third, of Captain Brenton, the Editor of this Naval History. The second is a striking • likeness ; of the correctness of the two others, we cannot speak. In the literary contents, we find an animated account of the putting down of the revolt and piracies in the West Indies. SCOTTISH MONTHLY MAGAZINE. There is an admirable criticism on Charles Lamb In this number, rather too enthusiastic perhaps, but showing. in every page a thorough acquaintance with the works of that quai;it and subtle humourist. We agree with all that the writer says in praise of " Elia," and of the masterly criticisms eii Lear and 'floprth ; A Ji 6rjw 31( - sd r iil4 7'; 72„x- but demur to his extravagant laudation of " Rosamund Gray," which, with all its grace and refinement of thought, is anything but a picture of life, though, doubtless, intended to be such. The review of Bul wer's " Duchess de la Valicre" contains some just ob servations, but the opening paragraphs are flippant and irrelevant. The article on " American Currency" is of a sound statistic character. FAMILY LIBRARY. No. LIL Tcyg : London, 1837. We are glad to find that this excellent Miscellany still flourishes. It is the best of the sort that modern clays have seen, appealing to the tastes of all classes of readers. The present number will be sure to he popular, for it records the lives and exploits of Banditti and Robbers, by sea and land, in all parts of the world. These memoirs are from the pen of Mr. Macfarlane, who has executed his task with spirit and diligence. ONVERSATIONS IN FRENCH, ENGLISH, AND GERMAN. Bailey : London, 1837. A serviceable little elementary work, compiled by Mr. Coghlan. The dialogues are all, very properly, upon the most familiar, every-day topics. FINE ARTS. FISHER'S VIEWS IN SYRIA, &c. Fisher, London, 1837. Four parts of this publication are now lying be fore us, each of which is illustrated with four views in the East, drawn from nature by Bartlett, Purser, and other artists. The descriptions of the different plates are from the pen of Mr. Came, author of " Letters from the East," a work which was deservedly admired at the time of its publication, now some six or seven years since. The engravings are all finished with great care ; the view of " Rhodes," in particular, the mountainous back-ground of which, as seen from the heights near Sir Sydney Smith's villa, has a very striking and picturesque effect. THE SUN EXPRESS. EXTRAORDINARY DispaTcli.L.Sir Robert Peel's speech, de livered at the Glasgow dinner on Friday evening the 13th ult., left Glasgow per The Sun Express, about eleven o'clock the same night ; reached London at 45 minutes past one, on Sunday morning ; was there printed, and then re-expressed to all parts of the kingdom, and over a considerable part of the Continent, in an almost incredibly short space of time. It reached Paris between one and two o'clock on Monday. Such expedition is without a precedent, and may, without a figure, be called a railroad rate of speed. The Sun has long been distinguished for the celerity with which it diffuses light, but it has never taken the shine out of the other papers so com pletely as on this occasion.-8/ictland Journal. . . SUN EXPRESS.—We were indebted to the spirited proprie tor of The Sun, and to Mr. Wiley, news-agent, for a copy of Tuesday's Sun, containing the Royal Speech, delivered that day, so early as eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning. The papers were sent from London by express, to overtake one of the north coaches, which brought them to Newark, whence Mr. Wiley had arranged to have them conveyed by a horse express. But for the extremely heavy state of the roads, and the circumstance of its being Magazine Day (the Ist of the month), the papers would have arrived here considerably earlier. Mr. Wiley also forwarded papers by express to Barnsley, Wakefield, &c. But the exertions of Mr. Young did not end here. The London Mail brought a second edi tion of The Sun, in which the debate was reported to the ex tent of four columns and a half ; and a third edition was sent by horse express, after the mails, containing the conclusion of the debate in both Houses. It is deserving of remark, too, that The Sun of Wednesday and Thursday, brought by the Mail, contained the whole of the debates of those two evenings ; thus putting us in possession of them eighteen hours sooner than we could have had them, before Mr. Young commenced his arduous and costly system of second editions. Sheffield Independent. The Sun of Friday week contains nearly five columns and a half of testimonials respecting its extraordinary express of Sir Robert Peel's dinner from Glasgow. The way in which this unexampled affair was conducted is thus described by a contemporary :—Mr. Young had his reporters stationed at Glasgow, who, as quickly as possible, transcribed their notes for the printer ; these were securely packed in a box or bag, and buckled on the back of a light weight, who mounted on one of the best steeds which could be procured, set off at a rattling pace, making light of the " lang Scotch miles" which lay before him. At the end of each six or nine miles, a fresh steed and a fresh rider were in readiness, and the dispatches being transferred from the shoulder of the one rider to that of the other, the gallop was renewed with fresh vigour, and under the influence of a feeling of rivalry, and the hope of additional reward. And thus was the journey, of 400 and odd miles, accomplished in the incredibly short period of about 25 hours I—Shefj►eld Mercury. BRIGHTON.-SUNDAY. This morning their Majesties attended Divine worship in the Palace Chapel. The Rev. R. Wood, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, Earl Howe and the Countess of Mayo, were in the Royal closet. Their Majesties were looking re markably well. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Everard, assisted by the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, and the latter preached from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, chap. 2, and part of the 12th and the whole of the 13th verse. The choir sang Rogers' service in D, and an anthem (Marsh), from the collect of the day. His Majesty, accompanied by the Countess of Mayo, drove out yesterday afternoon. His Majesty also drove out again this afternoon, attended by Major-General Sir Charles Shen stone. On Friday evening the Royal dinner invitations were limited to the Earl: of Yarborough, Lady Charlotte Copley, and Colonel Fox. Yesterday evening the dinner invitations com prised the Hon. W. and Mrs. Ashley, Right Hon. G. Byng, M. and Mde. Dedel, Marquis of Bristol, Major-General Sir W. Tuyll, Captain Dacres, Lord Hill, and Admiral Sir J. Beresford. On Friday evening, the Archbishop of Canterbury arrived at the Palace, and was immediately admitted to a long audi ence of the King. His Grace, after dining and passing the night at the Palace, returned to town the next day. Additional arrivals at the palace on Friday, comprised Colonel Fox, Viscount Falkland, and the Hon Miss C. Boyle. Lord de Lisle and Dudley returned yesterday from town. Yesterday the King gave audience to Admiral Sir Robert Otu ay, Admiral Sir J. Beresford, Hun. George Byng, and Captain Lyon. Colonel . C. Fox left the palace this morning for London. Yesterday the calls at the palace included Major J. Tre lawney, M. Dedel, the Dutch Minister, Captain Courtney Boyle, R. A., Lady Catherine and the Misses Bernard (on leaving), Mr. and Lady Charlotte Wolfe, Earl and Countess of Surrey, and Vice- Admiral Sir John Bcresford. The calls this day include Lieut.-General Sir Evan Lloyd, Licut-Col. Sir J. R. Eustace, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe (who arrived last night at the Albion), Colonel Arnold (on leaving), Mr. Gratwicke (from Ham-place, near Arundel), Captain Dacres, R.N., M. and Mdllc. Dedel, Col. Sir William do Tuyll, and the Hon. Major and Mrs. Massey. The lion. General Phipps entertained at dinner the Duke of St. Albans, Lord •Cantelupe, Capt. S. Freemantle, the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, &c. Mr. Charles Kcan was among the guests. The Commander-in-chief arrived yesterday at the Norfolk Hotel. Lord and Lady Lowth, and Mr. and Lady E. Dick ins, are also among the arrivals at the Norfolk. Mr. and Lady Mary Ann Vaughan left yesterday for town. Mr. Kcan's Hamlet last night attracted a full and fashion able house. Among those present were—the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, Lord Beauclerk, Misses Burdett, Vice-Admiral Sir R. Otway and family. Lord Cantelupe, Lady Paulet, Colonel Maddox and the Officers of the Ennis killen Dragoons, lion. Mrs. Greville, &c. Mr. Kean having to play at Bath to-morrow evening, he was under the necessity of leaving Brighton very early this morning. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans sent him on in their carriage. COURT CIRCULAR. 'mar A cabinet council was held at half-past one o'clock on Sa turday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. It WRS attended by the Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenclg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hob house, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Lord Chancellor Joined his colleagues at three o'clock. Viscount Morpeth, Chief Secretary for Ire land, attended at the Foreign Office during the sitting of the Council. The Council sat three hours and a half. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Grey had an interview with Lord Glenelg, on Saturday, at the Colonial Office. • The Lord Mayor had an interview with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday, in Downing-street. Despatches from Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay, were received in town yesterday. The Danish and Belgian Ministers transacted business at the Foreign Office on Saturday. Despatches from Sir Howard Douglas, Lord High Com missioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. THE POLITICAL A LPIIA BET.—Under this title an amusing series of caricatures, in one small duodecimo, has just been published by Maclean, in which O'Connell is hit off with nearly as much spirit as 11. B. shows in his unrivalled political sketches. • On Thursday night last Mr. Ward, waggon -master, of Salisbury, left that town as usual, to proceed with it towards London, and has not since been heard of. Accounts from Weimar say that there is a great deal of sickness in that town ; not only does nervous fever prevail, but the small-pox has broken out. The house of Goethe is now occupied by Dr. S. Vogel and his wife, who being ill of the natural small-pox, the ptTlice has caused a board to be affixed to it, stating that it infected with the small-pox, as is usual in such cases.- , —Gcrman Paper, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1837. IRELAND. DEP,LIN, PER. 4. LEGAL DECISIONS.—REGISTRY SESSIONS.— An import:mt :nfigment was pronounced yesterday. It will be recollected that the Lord Lieutenant's power, under the Act, to adjourn the Registry Sessions from Kilmainham to Kingstown, N a as,-, Ballymore Eustace, was denied, and it was hoped tint a de cision in the Court of King's Bench would render nugatory the majority obtained by the Liberals at these latter places. Mr. Justice Crampton held that the clause under which his Excellency acted did not limit his power to the first General Registry Sessions held under the Reform Act. His Lordsihp, therefore, decided the registries held under such circumstances were valid for all the purposes of the franchise. TITHE DECISION.--In the Court of Common Pleas, yester lay, an application was made by Mr. Serjeant Green for sub stitution of service in a tithe cause. The Court. after having inquired into the practice of other Courts, and the recent de. cisions made by the Lord Chancellor, expressing also their impression of the great discretion given by the statute, and their opinion that they should best consult the public peace by so ruling, ordered service of the notice to be good, by posting some on the doors of the church, chapel, post-office, police barrack, or other most public place in the neighbourhood. A writ of assistance was also granted, lest military or police aid should be necessary. Lord Plunket, on the contrary, decided that service on the houses of defendants was necessary. APPOINTMENTS.—The law appointments are at length com pleted. This day the patent, countersigned by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, appointing Mr. O'Logh len Master of the Rolls, was received at the Castle, as well as the oflicail letters appointing Mr. Richards fourth Baron of the Exchequer; Mr. Woulfe, Attorney- General, and Mr. Maziere Brady, Solicitor-General. All those functionaries are to take the necessary oaths to-morrow. The new Master is to take his seat in the Rolls on Saturday. THE CARLOW CALUMNY.—This, we trust, will be the last time that we shall have occasion to advert to the flagitious speech falsely ascribed to Mr. O'Connell. The reporter of the Morning Register distinctly denies the truth of a report of a speech alleged to have been delivered at Carlow, calling upon the people to be prepared for the shedding of blood. Mr. Clayton Browne, we apprehend, is now bound to retract the adscription, and to confess that he was in error. Mn. S. CRAWFORD.—A meeting of the electors of Dundalk was to take place yesterday, at which, it was believed, that an endeavour would be made to remove the misunderstanding that exists, or did exist, between the honourable and right principled Member for Dundalk and his constituency. GENERAL ASSOCIATION.—The meeting on Thursday pos sessed no particular feature of interest, neither was the at. tendance numerous. SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS. The meetings which Mr. O'Connell suggested should be held, were general throughout the country on Sunday. The object proposed, it will be re collected, is to petition for Municipal Reform, and the extinc tion of Tithes. BOROUGH OF CARLOW.—We have authority to state that Mr. George Latouche will offer himself as a candidate for this borough, in opposition to Mr. F. Bruen, on the next vacancy. It is reported that Colonel Bruen, despairing of the county, will take his`brother's place in the contest for the borough, but Mr. Latouche will oppose the one as well as the other ; and, we have no doubt, with triumphant success. . Mr. La touche would be an excellent representative.—Freeman. We feel much pleasure in being enabled to announce to our readers, that Thomas Bunbury, Esq., of Moyle, has come forward, at the solicitation of the gentry of the County Car low, as a candidate for the representation of that county, va cant by the lamented death of the late Member, Mr. Kava nagh. Mr. Bunbury is a gentleman of independent fortune, and one of the best of landlords.—Kilkenny Moderator. PROTEST AND DECLARATION.—TO the names already pub lished we may now add those of the Earl of Belfast, the Member for Antrim, and of J. Grattan, M.P. for Wicklow. This gives a total of 59. The Dublin Evening Post says that " Mr. Ralph Howard, for reasons best known to himself, de clined signing—a circumstance, of which, we imagine, he will be reminded at the next General Election. There are Forty three Peers, signatures to the Protest and Declaration, two of whom alone, in point of property, are worth all the Orange Peers present at the Round-Room." LIMERICK LIBERAL CLUB.—EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH OF T. STEELE, ESQ.—The Club met on Tuesday last to discuss the subject of Vote by Ballot, and to take into consideration the correspondence which has lately been brought forward be tween Mr. O'Connell and Mr. O'Brien, the Member for the County. The Evening Packet publishes the report of a speech ascribed to Mr. Stele, of a most extraordinary description. The gist of this gentleman's reported speech is to assert that Mr. O'Connell desires to dictate to the electors whom they shall re ject and whom they shall choose as their representative in Parliament ! Mr. Steele, in his tirade, is reported to have said—what he will no doubt be glad of an opportunity to deny, by impugning the Accuracy of the Packet, from whose version of the harangue we copy the following passage:-111r. Steele is made to say— " You are now about to be stripped of all your boasted privi leges, and to be Subdued and trampled under foot by that base and unprincipled swiadler and hireling, O'Connell.—( Hear.) Yes—you are about to be ground down, as your wheat is ground in a mill, by this tyrant-dictator, and to be debased and oppressed, vilified, and scandalized by this descendant of a Darrynane smuggler. For a long time we praised his acts, because we thought they were directed for our good—we lauded his name, because we thought it was associated with liberty and universal equality for all mankind—we dubbed him a demi-god, because we believed him more than angel in ac tion,. and something less than a deity in form ; but merciful heavens ! what a dethronement is here !—(Continued cheer ing.) I believed him—you believed him—to be all I have now said; and, if two years ago, and while we retained such a creed, we were informed he would prove the scoundrel he has since turned out, would we have believed such informa tion ?—(No.) Would we have believed that he not only would lend his aid to prevent the poor of Ireland from getting sea sonable relief; but also, that he would interlard his speeches and letters with dictatorial rules and despotic commands ? I tell you that we would not. But above and before all, would we have believed that he would in this month of January, 1837, call—for it is a call—upon the intelligent constituency of the county of Limerick, to oust such a man as Mr. O'Brien from its representation 7" SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING CIIEStEIi 'P R, I to 2 agst Chasse—offered 9 to 1 agst Sylvan—taken 11 to 1 agst Hampton 11 to 1 agst Trapball 12 to 1 agst Traveller 13 to 2 agst Bubastes 13 to 1 agst Stockport We understand the fol:owin h, Blackburn, Theophilus, Noodle, a IN THE COUNTRY. Alit cur, r.r. 15 to 1 agst Elizabeth—taken 18 t, 1 agst Tamworth 18 to 1 agst Friar Tuck—taken 20 to 1 agst Red Rover - 20 to 1 agst Diana 25 to 1 agst Philip 25 to 1 agst Master of the Rolls icrses have paid forfeit :—Snyders, Ind James. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. ENTRIES. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added by the Town o Liverpool, for horses of all denominations ; four years, list. ; five, I Ist. 71b. ; six and aged, 12st. Gentlemen riders. Over a country not exceeding five miles. Mr. Knaresborough's Dan O'Connell, aged ; Mr. Aspinall's Po lyanthus, aged ; Mr. Williamson's The asowned, Mr. Temple's Seagull, aged; Mr. Chawner's The Duke, aged; Captain Tuthill', Bilk, 6 yrs; Mr. Sharratt's Zanga, aged. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. e ac h, w ith 20 added from the Racimg Fund. Weights, &c., as above. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., &c. The last horse to pay five sovs. to the second. Mr. Knaresborough's litzmauriee, aged; Mr. Knareshorough's The Wonder, by Equator, 6 yrs ; Mr. Oldforth's Clinker, 6 yrs ; Mr. Newall's Miss Fanny, Mr. H. Clifford's Eagle, .5 yrs ; Mr. James's Sir Thomas Lawrence, aged ; Captain Tuthill's Bilk, 6 yrs. A Hurdle Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 soya. added from the Racing Fund ; four yrs, 10st. 71b. ; five, Ilst. 61b. ; six and aged, 12st: Thorough-bred horses to carrysll). extra. A win ner of one hurdle race or steeple chase to carry Sib. extra. ' Heats, once round. Gentlemen riders. St. Alban's Steeple Chase is fixed for the 7th of March ; it will be for a Sweepstakes, with a Gold Cup added by a Nobleman. The Ware Steeple Chase will take place on Thursday next, over four miles of good hunting country, 12st. each, entrance 3 sovs., with 201 added. The second horse to receive back his stake. The Leamington Steeple Chase will take place on Thursday, the 16th of March. COURSING. NEWMARKET NEW MEETING.—FRIDAY. First Ties for the Port Stakes. Mr. Vipan's Vanish beat Mr. Edwards's Actress. Mr. Dobede's Delight beat Mr. Baildon's Luck's-all. Mr. Moody's Junket beat Mr. Bryant's Elizabeth. Mr. Saberton's Spot (late Killeens) ran a bye. Second Ties.—Vanish beat Delight, Junket beat Spot. Second Ties for the Cup. Mr. Dobede's Daisy beat Mr. Vipan's Verity. Mr. Fyson's Francis beat Mr. Edwards's Assassin. Second Ties for the Allington-hill Stakes, for Bitch Puppies. Mr. Baildon's Liska beat Mr. Dunn's Bellona. Mr. Dobede's Dirce beat Mr. Saberton's Silkworm. Sce md Tics for the Chippenham Stakes, for Dog Puppies. Mr. Bryant's Election beat Mr. Edwards's Adam Brock. Mr. Dunn's Blucher beat Mr. Baildon's Levite. Match ei. —Lunar& s beat Dolphin, Wallace beat Ellin g to n , Lily agt Helen (undecided), (M ess beat Belle, Violet beat Delia, Go cart beat Vulcan, Grenable agst Kidnapper (undecided), Kindle beat Gavotte, Swap beat Gay Dillamore, Sailor beat Faity, But terfly beat Aconite, Fairy beat Au Fait. ASHDOWN MEETING.—CONCLUDID. • I "TIP' Second Ties for the Cup. % Mr. Edwards's Eisler beat Mr. Pettat's Panic. Colonel Newport's Nicol Jarvie beat Mr. Pettat's Preserve. Deciding Course.—Elsler beat Nicol Jarvie, and won the Cup. Deciding Course for the Claret Stakes of 5 sovs. each. Mr. Goodlake's Glee beat Mr. Pettat's Philomel and won the Cup. Deciding Course for the Scrub Stakes of 2 sovs. Mr. Etwall's Presto beat Mr. Cripps's Crystal, and won the stakes. Deciding Course of the First Class of the Craven. Colonel Newport's Newlight beat Mr. Goodlake's Garland, and won the Stakes. Second Class Craven Stakes. Mr. Pettat's Pedigree beat Mr. Cripps's Cedric. Mr. E. Cripps's Ellis beat Mr. ; Goodlake's Geoffrey Gambado. Deciding Course.—Pedigree beat Ellis, ane won the stakes. Weyland Stakes of 2 sovs. each. Mr. E. Cripps's /Etna beat Mr. Morant's Martin. Mr. Etwall's Erne Nymph bt Mr. Cripps's Chapeau d'Espagne. Deciding Cours e .—E rne N ymph beat /Etna, and won the stakes. First Class Lambourn Stakes. Mr. Cripps's Consul beat Colonel Newport's Mrs. Nettleway. Mr. Squire's La Sylphide beat Mr. Morant's Mountebank. Deciding Course.—La Sylphide beat Consul, and won the stakes. Second Class Lambourn Stakes. Mr. Cripps's Coxcomb beat Colonel Newport's Nick Bottom. Mr. Etw•all's Eldorado beat Mr. E. Cripps's Eagle. The stakes decided.—Mr. Etwall and Mr. Neeld are Stewards Or next season. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds on Tuesday at Gobswen ; Friday, at Brymb's Hall-11. Mr. Leche's Hounds on Friday at Sam Bridge -10. The Chesterfield Harriers on Wednesday at Wessington-10. The Cheshire Hounds on Thursday at Saltersford Bridge ; Satur day, at Booth Lane Smithy—hf-p.lO. Mr. Mcyneli's Hounds on Thursday at Swarkstone ; Saturday, at Radborne—half-past 11. The Marquis of Hastings's Hounds on Wednesday at Leake Pit House; Saturday, at Blackfordby—half-past 10. The Duke of Rutland's Hounds on Friday at Rop3ley Rice Cor ner ; Saturday, at Colsterworth—half-past 10. The Sandbeck Fox Hounds on Wednesday at Maltby ; Friday, at Clown—half-past 10. The Badsworth Fox Hounds on Thursday at Owston ; Saturday, at Fryston—half-past 10. Mr. Foljambe's Hounds on Wednesday at Scrlby Hall; Friday, at Darlton—half-past 10. Mr. Errington's Hounds on Thursday at Quenby Hall;, Friday, at Widmerpool—qr. to 11. Lord Yarborough's Hounds on Wednesday at Melton Low Wood ; Saturday, at Crosby Pond—ll. Sir C. Constable's Hounds on Friday at Wyton Bar-11. The B. V. H. Hounds on Tuesday at Marsh Coppice ; Friday, at King's Hill. The Brookside Harriers on Mondays at Newmarket Hill ; Fri days, at Telscombe Tye—half -past 10. The Brighton Harriers on Mondays at Patcham ; Wednesdays, at the Race Course ; Fridays, at the Dyke. The Cheltenham and Cotswold Stag Hounds on Tuesday at Cold Aston; Thursday, at Beckford Inn. THE TORY UNION. (From the Observer.) The following is the letter to which we have elsewhere alluded, and which proves beyond question that Sir Robert Peel, the moment he had secured himself in office, must have openly declared himself an Orangeman, if he entertained any desire to be called the head of the Tory party. With what face will these profligate Tories ever again talk of differences among Reformers ? " St. Giles's, Dorset, Jan. 10, 1837. " My DEAR CASTLEREAGII,—I regret very much that your letter of the 25th of December should have remained so long unanswered, but I did not receive it until to-day, my letters n A hav;n ,, been forwarded to me from Ireland till last Thurs day, on which day I was expected in Tyrone for the purpose of a'tcnding the Conservative meeting—a project I was after waris obliged to abandon, as, in consequence of the snow, the state of the roads in this part of the country obliged me reluc tantly to give up the journey. " Sir 11. Hardinge's answer to a question put to him in the Hods° of Commons, was the first intimation we had of the in tention of Government with regard to the national system of education in Ireland; and to the best of my recollection, at a meeting of Irish Members, which took place soon after the Carl!oi, it was the general (I think the universal) opinion, that it would he highly injudicious to embarrass the Govern ment at this moment, by declaring our opposition to it. On the subject of education, althou g h we differed from it on that important question, we still .fclt that we should only be playin g the game cf our adversaries, by adding to the many difficulties against which it had to contend ; at the same time we consi dered the subject to be of far too great importance to be made subservient to any, other consideration; and it was accordingly understood that whenever the question should be brought for ward, we should all take our own line. We, however, felt that ours was a peculiar position, as our being in office ren dered us liable to the imputation of being actuated by interest ed motives in adopting this course; but this we were willing to incur rather than create a division. We, at the same time, expressed our determination to tender our resignation at the p °per moment, and to vote 'against the grant.—Very sin cerely yours, • "H. CORRy." THE SMITHS. There arc two Smiths, " Rebellion" Smith and " Alphabet" Smith. With the merits of the first, the Court of Exchequer and the public are very well informed. He it was, we believe, who sketched the plan of the Great Tithe War, which has raged so generally through the land, and who, until within a few months, conducted the campaign with such success. But it should be said, in justice, that the right-hand man of our friend, Rebellion, was Alphabet. Rebellion directed the warfare, but Alphabet, on almost all occasions stood by Caesar and gave him counsel : and, certainly, we do not know a better leader of a division. In other words, Alphabet Smith was the Counsellor, and Rebellion the Attorney.—Dublin Evening Post. An application for the appointment of a receiver over the property of the late Baron Smith was made in the Court of Exchequer this day. His debts are said to have amounted to .50,0001. The application was granted. With much concefn we have ascertained there is a letter in town this day from Dublin, intimating that the Lord Lieute nant can afford no relief to the sufferers by the late gunpowder explosion.—Limerick Chronicle. J. H. Talbot, M. P., has been labouring under an attack of the epidemic, and has in consequence been obliged to pair off for a few days with the Hon. H. Ashley. Stephen Moore and John Carden are canvassing the county of Tipperary, preparatory to a general election. Several individuals have been taken up upon suspicion of having. been concerned in stealing a portmanteau from a car, containing 700/. in Agricultural Bank notes. A clerk in the concern was scated,on the vehicle iwhen the property was abstracted. • , SIIIMRECK.—SeveraI spars, and part of the bottom of a vessel, supposed` to hive been about 300 tons b•lrthen, have been picked up on the coast near Robert's Cove Coast Guard Station, from the appearance of' which there is no doubt that she was a new vessel, and fir-built. —ark Standard. Almacks assemblies will recommence the week after Easter. The precise period for the commencement of the first set has not yet been decided on, in consequence of the absence from town of Some of the ladies patronesses. The Countess of. Lichfield, it is understood, will be the new laly patroness, vice Princess Lies-en. The Rev. Cmsar Otwat• has resigned the chaplaincy of the asylum, Leeson-street,'Dublin, and will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the opulent Miss Lltouehe.— Limerick Paper. , Our obituary contains the names of nine persons who have (lied between the ages of GO and 70 years; of 10 between 70 and 80; four between 80 and 90; and two be tween 90 and 100 years.—Essex Herald. The plea which has ,been carrying on for some time past by Sir Norman Lockhart against the family of his brother, the late Sir Charles M`Donalci Lockhart, for the estate of Largo, in Argyleshire, was decided last week in favour of Miss M'Donald, which has given great satisfaction in the neigh bourhood of Lanark.—Glasgow Chronicle. The visit of the Marquis of Anglesey to the French capital is for, the purpose of receiving medical advice from a ce lebrated professor, as to the complaint under which his Lord ship has been so long suffering, the tic doloreux. The Marquis of Abercern, the Marchioness and family, contemplate being in town in about a fortnight, when their mansion in Carlton-terrace Will be thrown open with a series of parties to the fashionable world.- The Birdcage-walk, which has been latterly so much improved by the erection of the Wellington-barracks, and a handsome church, for the use of the soldiers, which is rapidly Approaching a state of completion, and is now undergoing a further embellishment. The old and decayed trees opposite the park front of Park-place, arc all to be cut down, and workmen are now busily employed in laying the foundation of a wall, which is to extend from that immediately adjoining the guard-house .to the lodge at Story's gate. When this has reached a certain degree of elevation, iron railings are to be placed upon it similar to thoie in front of the barracks, and the additional frontage given to the houses along the line is to be laid out in such a manner as to correspond with the inte rior of the park. The footpath is to be newly gravelled and heightened. Elegant buildings are also rapidly proceeding on the ground formerly occupied by the Cockpit ; and if the corporation of the City of London would grant permission to open the direct mode of communication between Park-place and Queen-square (by taking aJ , ,.ay the railing which now separates them), the neighbouring inhabitants would derive no inconskierablo advimtage, FuItEIGN IN SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 23.—The latest a 'counts left Ribero re viewing his own division, now united with thet of Narvaez in the vicinity of Miranda del Ebro. Alaix still holds his command in Vittoria, notwithstanding the denuniesti nis nn-' assurances of speedy punishment by the Ministers. And Narvaez, that intrepid soldier and incorruptible patriot, has been placed under arrest and conveyed like a felon to Cuenca, in which town h e i s to b e d e t a i ne d as a prisoner, until suci, time as the Government shall prefer their charges against him, and with a view to his trial. It is worthy of remark, and a good commentary upon the whole proceedings, that Narvaez, the only General sent in pursuit of Gomez, who fairly met him in the field and routed him, is now a pri soner in the hands of the officer who suffered the greatest disaster from the rebel chief that can occur amongst the ca sualties of war, namely, the loss of the entire body of troops under his command, with his own capture -by the enemy. Brigadier Lopez, who was made prisoner with his whole di vision at Jadraque, in the mouth of September last, by Gomez, and released from captivity upon the taking of Can tavieja, is now Military Commandant of Cuenca, and in that capacity is the appointed gaoler of Narvarz. In this style are rewards and punishments apportioned in this country. Whilst Gomez figures in Navarre as the Count of Almaden, a place betrayed to the enemy with its gallant defenders by Rodil, the hero of Maja Aceite is an outcast, in exile--a dishonoured captive. This contrast is openly remarked upon by a periodical of this evening, in the following terms :—" Citizens, hear ! Ge neral Alaix, the direct or indirect protector of Gomez, disobe dient to Government, is in command. Brigadier Narvaez, the conqueror of Gomez, the defender of order, an idolator of discipline—banished. Representatives of the people do you sleep?" The feeling, already strong, gains strength every hour, and the Government will not, I believe, be allowed to remain uncatechised by the Cortes upon a question of so much importance. The history of the proceeding is short. The Brigadier had applied to be allowed to retire from the army ; an application which it is in the option of every officer, in strict conformance with the regulations of the Spanish service, to make. It is also in the option of the Crown to refuse the application ; and this was done by a Royal Order, requiring the Brigadier to rejoin his division. In the Royal Order the act of separation from his division, and the coming up to Madrid without first obtaining permission of the Government, were treated as two separate offences against the existing laws. In reply to this, the Brigadier proceeded to prove by reference to the strict letter and spirit of the military ordinances,that he had been guilty of no illegality. He showed that in compliance with a Royal order to that dffect, he had placed himself and his division under the orders of General Ribero in Burgos, at the same time demanding, in consideration of his wounds, •to be permitted to retire. The permission was granted by his superior officer, who also gave him a passport for Madrid. This language seems not only to have offended, but to have alarmed the Go vernment, and on the night of the 24th, at a very late sitting of the Council, the resolution to arrest him was taken. In pursuance of this resolution the Teniente del Rey and the mi litary governor waited upon the Brigadier at five o'clock in the morning of the 25th, and by eight o'clock he was on the road to Cuenca. The Royal order authorising this act of re moval defined the charges against the Brigadier to be his hav ing " separated himself from his division without competent authority from her Majesty, and the disrespectful terms of his reply to the order to quit Madrid within twenty-four hours." And upon such " shuffiings, such backslidings, and jealou sies," are the vital interests of this country to be sacrificed— military virtue is to be branded with ignominy—military rebel lion fostered and upheld, and an example most pernicious in its consequences, in alienating the hearts of all the best of ficers of the service, to be established. The present Minis ter at War seems to possess a happy facility in disgus ting every brave and honourable soldier that goes near him, or with whom he has correspondence. (From the Spanish Papers.) (From El Independente of Jan. 27.) (Postscript.)—CASTELLON, Jan. 23.—0 n the 20th inst. Cabrera with his band passed the vicinity of this town, but without daring to enter it. They assassinated fourteen or fifteen country people who were at work in La Huerta, and slept at Benicaro. Next day he fell in with Borso's division at Torreblanco (north of Castellon, and on the sea side, be tween Oropessa and the Peniscola), and it is positive that Cabrera has been wounded. To-night it is said that he is dead, but this is not certain, though the wound he received was in the abdomen. It appears that the whole force which now composes the band of the rebel Cabrera is reduced to 1,508 infantry, and little more than 400 cavalry. ( From La I?evista Nacional.) MILITARY POSITIONS OF DON CARLOS.—According to the last accounts, the Carlists concentrate in the lines from Her nani to Iran all their possible means of defence, and employ, without distinction, all the peasantry they can lay hold of. The redoubt of El Parque has been reinforced by five great guns of odd calibre, and one howitzer; Fontarabia, with six 18- pounders, one of 121 b., two of Sib., and two of 41b. ; and the palace of Torre Alta, an advanced position on that point, has been fortified with two small pieces of artillery. Ten more great guns are disposable at Hernani, to be placed on that line, which will be defended by 29 pieces of artillery, forming the whole materiel of the band. It appears that all the Navarrese battalions, except one, which still remains near Bilboa, have returned to their pro. vince. Six of them have placed themselves under the com mand of Taragual, in the valley of Alzama, and five others, with the cavalry, occupy Estella and Solana under the corn mand of Garcia. This new concentration is, for the object of opposing the movement of General Sarsfield, talked of this last month, but not yet effected. Since the changes subsequent to Don Sebastian's review, the Carlists have kept in the positions whence they retired on the 26th of March last, between Ochandino and Zornosa, and towards Munguia 1 battalion of Navarre, 4 of Maya, 8 of Biscay, all the foreign deserters, and 1,000 men, commanded by Quilez, at Ochandiano. Further east, in Biscay, 3 batta lions of Gomez have gone into cantonments at Arechaveleta and Escoriaza. The Carlists have to a certain degree neglected the defence of that part of Alava of which they arc masters, having left only 4 battalions to occupy that province, 1 in Moja, 1 in Salinas, commanded by Villareal, and 2 others of Gomez, to which are added all the Castilians who deserted from the Que"n's troops. Such were the positions of the Carlists since the 15th inst., which they have taken in anticipation of a simultaneous at. tack of the Constitutional troops, whose number amounts to no less than 60,000 lighting men, concentrated en masse, at Bilboa, St. Sebastian, Pampeluna, and between Vittoria and Burgos, without taking into account the battalions stationed on the line from Valcarlos to Pampeluna, or those on the Ebro. From these details it may be inferred, that if the Go vernment &splays due energy, and arranges its measures well with the Generals, the rebuts will be exposed to disasters that may annihilate them for ever. (From El Castellano.) They write from Valencia that Chelva is saved. The gal lant Ist, the battalion of Val j encia, which defended it has added another wreath of laurel to its previous triumphs. The canaille (the Carlists) has had 40 men killed, and a great number wounded, and retired to hide its shame and confusion in the mountains. Our brave brigades raised tl.e siege, and the CQnstitutional standard waves, to the joy of all, on the fort of Chelva Letters from Bilboa state that on the thawing of the snow 300 dead bodies of the rebels have beer discovered ()a the mountains of Cabras and Banderas. In Navarre desertion is increasing among the Carlists, a ;mat number of whin have presented themselv,2s at Pam- • The weather is fortunately improving, the snow disappears, and the communications arc open again. VITTORIA, JAN. 24.—The Carlists have withdrawn their artillery from Iron and Fontarabia to Oyariun, Mount Amet zagana, and the Vinta Oriomondi, points in front of the His pano-British lines before San Sebastian. The desertions are numerous amongst the Biscayan. battalions, and at Guibalalde many of the relation; of the dsserters have been arrested and conducted to liernani to repress it in future. Buaoos, JAN.—To-morrow Don Bernardo Elizalde, Captain of Artillery, leaves - this with eight pieces of cannon and much ammunition, to join the Army of the North. ( From the Madrid Gazette of Jan. 28.) " Hosts: DEPARTMENT (CIRCUI.AR).—Though the prompt termination of the civil war is the almost exclusive object of the maternal attention of the Queen Regent, her M tjesty's foresight and solicitude could not do less than cast her eyes on the riches of monuments of arts and science buried in the libra ries of convents, and to apply them to public instruction. " The necessary measures having been already dictated for the preservation of pictures and sculptures, her Majesty has learned with much pain that many of the books belonging to the aforesaid•convents have been abstracted for the use of pri vate individuals ; or rendered useless by their sale, and that great literary treasures have been thus lost which her Majesty hoped to have the gratification of offering one day, amidst the s . .vects of peace, to the improvement of all Spaniards. With this .view her Majesty commands me to repeat to you the most exact fulfilment of the orders already issued fur this purpose, it being her royal' Will and pleasure that you should most scrupulously collect all the books of the sup pressed convents, depositing and guarding them with zeal and safety, and transmitting to this my department an in ventory, separately from that which comprises objects of art, and accounting for their sources, in order that in due time her Majesty's Government may realize the Queen's beneficent views, by forming in every provincial capital a public library, to pro mote public instruction generally, and to make the people sen sible of the benefits which the reign of liberty confers. " By Royal orders, communicated by the Home Seery tary, I apprise .you of this for your information and street compliance. "JUAN SUBERCA SE, Chief of the Fourth Section. " Madrid, Jan. 25, 1837. " To the political Chief of —." Till: EDGEWARX-ROAD_MURDER.—THIRD IN QUEST.—The jury, summoned by Mr. Carter, the Coroner for the Eastern Division of the County of Surrey, assembled on Saturday afternoon, at the Royal Veteran beer shop, in Cold harbour-lane, situate between the spot where the legs were found and the station house where they were deposited, for the purpose of entering into an inquiry i n t o t h e c i rcumstance. Witnesses were examined, after which, the jury having agreed together, returned the following verdict : —" The pair of legs found io this parish are of a femlle, and belong to the trunk of the female lately found at Paddington, in the County of Mid dlesex, on which a coroner's inquest has bren held, but how or Dv. whom here we have no evidence to prove." _ • THE SEIZURE OF TIIE yIXEN BY RUSSIA. (From No. 39 of the Portfolio.l Our readers will be better able to form an orinien on the subject of the voyage of the Vixen front the foli. - 'wing decla ration, signed by the injured parties,'and transmitted to their • own Government, the greater part of the facts connected with which were actually before the Imperial Government when they published the St. Petersburg Ggzette. " Deposition of James S. Bell, Esq., merchant and super cargo; of Arthur Morton, part owner; and Thos. Childs, Captain of the British schooner Vixen. " We, James S. Bell, merchant and supercargo ; Arthur Morton, part owner; and Thomas T. Childs, Captain of the British schooner Vixen, hereby jointly and severally declare, that in the prosecution of a trading voyage, undertaken, and, in every respect conducted in strict accordance with the mer cantile laws of Great Britain, we arrived, ,on Thursday morning last, on the coast of Circassia, off a bay called. Djoug'on Kodos. That not haying found it advisable, e ith. the strong breeze then blowing on shore, to anchor in that open roadstead, we proceeded northward along the coast ta another small bay, called Pchiat ; and, having neared the land, we judged it impracticable with the strong sea-wind still blowing, to remain at anchor in the latter bay ; and, therefore, determined to proceed to Songouljak (or Soujoukali ), prefer ring this roadstead to that of Glielendjik, because we learned that the latter is a harbour in which Russian vessels frequently sheltered; and would, therefore, be less likely to be frequented by the natives of the country. That in passin g , in day light, within three or four miles off the bay of Ghclenjik, we observed several men-of-war there ; and proceeded to the bay of Sougouljak, where we cast atelier. That, on Friday morning, we made a visit to the shore, to make arrange meets with the natives for exchanging our cargo of salt for the products of the country, which arrangements having been completed in the course of the day, we returned on board, where we were detained all Saturday by a very heavy gale of wind from the south, which placed the vessel in imminent danger of parting from her anchors, and going on shore. That, during this day a brig-of-war ar rived, and cast anchor in the entrance of the harbour. That, on Sunday we made a short excursion on shore, on returning from which we perceived the brig-of-war standing towards our schooner, and immediately went on board. That she cast anchor a little astern of our schooner, and immediately fired a gun, and the captain hailed for some of us us to come on board. That Captain Childs, in compliance with a defe rence which he said was usually paid by merchantmen to men of war, proceeded in his boat alongside of the brig, taking his British register and other ship's papers along with him. That he then learned that the brig in question was a Russian man of war; and her captain, after having learned from Captain Childs that the Vixen was a British vessel, and legally cleared for the voyage in question, said that she must go with him to the Russian Admiral at Ghelendjik ; and that Mr. Bell, whom, he understcod from Captain Childs, to be in charge of the cargo, must come alongside; and that if these orders were not complied with, he would instantly give orders to sink the Vixen, in proof of which he had the guns of his broadside run out, and his men beat to quarters. That on these particulars being communicated to Mr. Bell, lie judged it proper not to run the risk of such forcible measures being put in execution to the loss of many lives, and went alongside; where, in answer to questions put to him, he stated in substance what Captain Childs had already stated, and in answer to a query from the captain of the brig whether he were not aware that the coast of Abasia (as it is called in the Russian charts) was under blockade by order of the Emperor of Russia, Mr. Bell informed him that, before his quitting London, the Government Gazettes, which formed the only rules in such cases for British merchants, had been examined for the purpose of ascertaining if anything to pre vent the voyage in question had been published in them—that no such publication having been found, application had been made on the subject to the British Government, which referred the parties to the Gazettes as the rule of their conduct; from which it was justly inferred, either that no regulations to pre vent the voyage existed, or that they were not recognised as legal by the Government of Great Britain; that, under these circumstances, the voyage had been undertaken ; and Mr. Bell declared, that as he knew of no right Russia possessed to interfere in the prosecution of his intended enterprise, lie would certainly persevere in it unless force were employed to deter him—that to this the captain (Captain Woulf, of the Ajax, of twenty guns) replied by an order instantly to weigh anchor, and accompany him to the Admiral, renewing and reiterating his threat of giving orders to fire in case of refusal. That Captain Childs declared that, with the few hauds he had on board, he could not raise his two anchors and proceed to sea before it was dark ; and that, as he did not consider that safe, he would not obey any such order. That Captain Woolf again repeated his threats, but even tually consented to defer sailing till next morning. That Captain Woulf having then frequently pressed Mr. Bell to come on board the Ajax, the latter at length did so, fearing lest any ' misconstruction might be put upon his continued refusal. That, being on board, he was treated with every civility ; but, when he wished to return on board the Vixen, it was objected to by Captain Woulf. That, on Monday morning, a gun was again fired by the Ajax, as a signal for sailing ; hen both vessels got under weigh, and proceeded together in the bay of Glielendjik, which the Vixen entered that evening, but the Ajax did not till Wednesday. That, being arrived there, Mr. Bell had been still detained in the Ajax, and he and Captain Childs had been subjected to separate and vexatious examinations on the subject of the voyage. That Mr. Bell answered such questions as regarded the names, nation, cargo, and clearances, of the Vixen ; but refined to reply to others which lie did not deem it incumbent on him to answer. That Captain Childs, in like manner, an swered similar questions. 'That the papers of the vessel, in cluding her muster-roll, and Mr. Bell's passport, have been taken possession of by the Admiral ; and finally, that the said Admiral Esmante has declared that we have come to this coast in contravention of a blockade established for five years, and proclaimed to Europe by ,the Emperor of Russia. That a Turkish, or such other vessel, in our circumstances, would have beer, taken possession of by the Russian cruisers as a legal priz,e ; but that, under the existing amity between Great Britain and , Russia, lie deems it his duty to remit our case for decision upon it to his superiors at Sevastopol, for which port he says we shall depart in a short time under charge of the Ajax, the captain of which shall have charge of our papers scaled, and on board of which he has desired that Mr. Bell may still remain, and that his servant and the only four efficient sailors of the Vixen shall be placed there also, an officer and crew of the Ajax being placed in charge of the Vixen. That, under these cir cumstances, we have deemed it proper to renounce all charge of the Vixen, and the property embarked in her, and have intimated such determination to Admiral Esmante accordingly in a letter signed by the aforemention James S. Bell and Thomas T. Childs, and of this date. (Signed) at Ghelendjik this 2d of December, 1836. • "JAMES S. BELL, " THOMAS T. CHILDS, master, " ARTHUR MORTON, gentleman." Lc tter from the Captain and Supercargo of the British Schooner Vixe►►, to Admiral Es:nante, Commander at Ghelendjik:— " Ghelendjl, Dec. 2, 1836. arrived openly and without any disguise on this coast on Thursday last, in prosecution of a voyage under taken, and in 'every respect cenducted, according to the mari time laws of Great Britain and the general usages of trade ; and our British-built and British-registered schooner the Vixen, of London, was, in prosecution of our undertaking, at anchor in the Bay of Sojouk-kali on Sunday last, when the Ajax, Captain Woulf. acting, as W 2 understood, under your Excellency's orders, came alongside, and her cap tain, on the plea of our having contravened a blockade of these coasts, establiShed by the Emperor of Russia, ordered us to quit our, anchorage, and follow him to Ghe lendjik ; and, in proof of his determidation to enforce these orders, he had the guns of his broadside run out, and pointed towards the Vixen, .and his men I,eet to quarters. Being in no condition to offer resistance, we complied with his requisitions, and, Upon our arrival here,'vre find still further violations of our rights as British subjt , cts perpetrated against m. Our ship's papers and Mr. Bell's I,as , port have been taken possession of, ourselves kept apart and subjected to degrading examinations as if we Were contrabefulists, and finally informed that we shall not be permitted to complete our voyage, but must proceed, under escort of the Ajax, to Savastapol; and the only plea that has been put forth by yrur Excellency, and those acting wider your Excellency's orders, fur the constraint we have suf fered and the violence that has been threatened us, is the afore-mentioned blockade of these coasts. by the Emperor of Russia. We beg leave to inform your Excellency that no such blockade, nor any other regulation to 'prevent our voyage, was published in the Government Gazettes of Great Britain previously to the 4th of September last, at which time the subscriber, Mr. Bell, left Loudon ; and the only answer re turned by our Government, when applied t* on these sub jects, was a reference to the Gazettes as the rules of conduct for British merchants in such cases. therefore, h oter justified in concluding either that nollbre felt,locl<ad e nor impediment to the trade of this coast existed, oe that they were not recognised nor intended to be recognised by our Government. Our conviction on this latter point remains unaltered. We, therefore, protest against all concerned in the infringements of our rights as British subjects, which ee we have suffered and are still suffering under the commands of your Excellency. We withhold all consent to interrup tion in the completion of our voyage ; and . , if such interrup tion be 34i 1 I enforced against us, we beg hereby to give notice to your Excellency that we abandon all charge of the Vixen and the property emba• ked in her, and request your Excel lency to afford us and those embarked with us, as soon as pos sible, an opportunity of returning home, that we may lay our case before the Government of Great Britain. " We have the honour to be, &c. " JAS. S. BELL •Merchant and Supercargo , (Signed) " TEIOS. T. CHILDS, Master. " To his Excellency, Admiral Esmante, " Commanding at Ghelendjik." Friday morning, about ten o'clikk, a determined act of suicide wns committed at 19, Bennett -street, Blackfriars mai, by Mr. 11411, a respectable gentleman, well-known in the club-house circles, The unfortunate man was a bachelor of 40 years of age, and had recently been appointed to an of ficial situation in the Island of Jamaica,, to which place he was shortly to have proceeded. It appears that his mother apd sis ters, who are fondly attached to him, - were much opposed to his leaving England, and the consequent embarrassment appears to have perple;:ed his mind. Oa Tboxsday night he returned home at a late hour and retired, and nothing more was.heard of him titl yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, when Mrs. Knowles, who keeps the house, was-alarmed by hearing the re. port of a pigol from Mr. room, WHEAT E'LOtJR IN FRANCE COMPARED WITH LONDON. - - - WHEAT.—The highest price of the best wheat in Paris is 254 francs peril- hectolitre, which is equal to 395. per English quarter. The hip hest price of the best Essex and Kent wheat in Mark-lane is 655. per quarter, showing a difference of 265. dearer per quarter in London than in Paris, or 66 per cent, and that the 655. which in Loridon buys but eight bushels of flour will, in Paris, purchase nearly fourteen bushels of the best wheat. FLOUT, —The highest price of flour of the first mark in Paris is 49 francs per 159 kilogrammes, equal to 30s. 10d. per English sack of 280 pounds. The highest price of the best town made flour in London is 555. per sack, showing fine flour to be 245. 11c1. per sack dearear in London than in Paris, or very nearly eighty per cent. ; and that' the same money which buys but 280 pounds of flour in London, is in Paris the price of 500 pounds of the finest flour. The general trade of this town, is, we regret to learn, in a very depressed state, almost amounting to complete stag , The cause of this state of things has been as sudden as it is undefinable. An address to Lord Melbourne is now in course of signature, to which are attached the names of the high and low bailiffs, and the principal merchants and manu facturers of the town, soliciting the serious and immediate at tention of the Government to the subject. The memorial states, that during- the last two or three years the greatest prosperity prevailed ; but within the last three months that gratifying state of things has entirely disappeared, without any prospect of its being restored.—Birmingham Advertiser. A mechanical genius in Boston has succeeded in in venting a " new thing under the Sun." It is called a " Patent Intelligent Door Plate," and is so contrived, that when a lady or gentleman wishes to be from home, a servant has only to move a slide inside the door, and the intelligent door plate ex hibits to the visitor the words " Not at home." This is cer tainly vastly convenient, and as it will save a great deal of wear and tear, both of conscience and shoe leather, it will doubtless come into general use.—Nets York Paper. • Friday morning the body of a young woman was found Heating under the timbers near one of the arches on the south side of P,lackfriars•bridge by the workmen employed in the repairs now going on. It was taken ashore and identified to be the corpse of a female, the niece of the landlord of the Guy Earl of Warwick public-house in Blackfriars, who had been missing since the preceding evening. Her mind had been for several days in a disturbed state, owing to family dif ferences, and she is supposed to have .cononittcd nation.