The Sun. — London, England, 1837-12-29 00:00:00

WINDSOR-THURSDAY. The Queen, attended by the Duchess of Sutherlana, rode out in the Park this afternoon, at one o'clock, in an open phaeton drawn by four grey ponies, and followed by two other open carriages; the former contained the Baroness Lehzen, Lady Mulgrave, and the Hon. Miss Campbell ; the latter contained the Duke of Sutherland and the Hon. Mr. Cowper. The Hon. Colonel Cavendish accompanied the Royal party on horseback. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the remainder of the Royal visitors and suite walked on the Terrace and through the Slopes. The Hon. Miss Dillon left the Csstle this morning for town. The Hon. Miss Cocks also left for Leamington. The Hon. Misses Murray and Paget arrived at the Castle this afternoon, and succeeded the two former ladies in their waiting as Maids of Honour. This evening their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge, and the Prin cess Augusta of Cambridge arrived at the Castle. Lord and Lady G. Somerset also arrived. The following distinguished personages were included in the Royal dinner party of this evening:—Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and Princess Au gusta of Cambridge; ,the Duke of Argyll, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lord Torrington, Lady Mulgrave, Lady Mary Stopford, the Hon. the Misses Campbell, Paget, Murray, and Davys ; Baroness Lehzen, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, the Hon. Mr. Cowper, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and Lord and Lady G. Somerset. The Court will leave Windsor for Buckingham Palace on the 15th of next month. COURT CIRCULAR. PRESENT STATE OF THE ELEC- TION PETITIONS. TORIES WHOSE ELECTIONS ARE ALLEGED TO BE VOID. Canterbury Bridgenorth Huntingdonshire Evesham Bridgewater Berwick Worcester ... Oxfordshire . H. Broadwood, P. Courtenay R. Hodgson, W. Holmes J. Bailey ...... G. G. Harcourt, Lord Norreys, T. A. W. Parker W. Fielden H. T. Hope Blackburn Gloucester .... Total l5 REFORMERS WHOSE ELECTIONS ARE ALLEGED TO BE von,. Roxburghshire Bridgenorth London Pattison T. H. Davies Worcester ... Limerick County... ... Hon. R. Fitzgibbon, W. S O'Brien Wicklow County J. Grattan or E. Howard Leicester .... . . J. Easthope, S : Duckworth Great Yarmouth ... . .. C. E. Ruinbold, W. Wilshere Total l3 TORY RETURNS AGAINST WHICH THE SEATS ARE CLAIMED. Places. Sitting Members. Seats claimed for. Ipswich T. Gibson R. Wason Petersfield ........... Sir W. G. H. Jolliffe C. T. Hector Lanarkshire Newcastle- under- W. H. Miller ll. Badnall Lyne Tralee ...... .......... J. Bateman M. O'Connell Evesham G. R. 80w1e5....... W. Wilberforce .... W. Hutt Sir W. C. James... B. Wood Kerry ....... ...... Newry .... Tamworth E. H. A'Court J. Townshend Sligo (County) .... A. Pereeval D. Jones AI aldon ... ... J. Round T. B. Lennard Carrickfergus ....... P. Kirk. Dudley T. Hawkes .......... W. M. Turner Stirlingshire W. F0rbe5........... Hn. G. R. Abercromby East Norfolk H. N. Burroughes R. H. Gurney Flintshire Woodstock . .. H. Peyton .... Lord C. Churchill Bedford H. Stuart Denbigh.............. W. Jones Norwich Hull — the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge left town, at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, on a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Miss Kerr and Colonel Cornwall. Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office, and, preparatory to a contem plated visit to Paris during the holidays, introduced to Lord Palmerston Mr. Benjamin Rush, the Secretary of Legation, as Charge, ad interim. The Commander of the Forces and his Military Secretary, the Master-General of the Ordnance, Sir George Arthur, Colonel Craig, and Mr. Hart Davis, had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial-office. Hon: R. Scarlett W. M. Nurse Bolton-le-Moor. W. Belling A. Knowles The Earl and Countess of Warwick are entertain ing a large party at Warwick Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey are receiving a splendid circle at Beaudesert, including several distinguished members of the nobility. Total 25. REFORM RETURNS AGAINST WHICH SEATS ARE CLAIMED The Marquis Camden entertained the Earl and Countess of Brecknock, Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Baron and Baroness de Cetto, Mr. Hope, Mr. and Mrs Adrian Hope, and a large party on Christmas day. The Earl and Countess of Harewood are dispensing their hospitalities at Harewood House, Yorkshire. The Marquis of Northampton is seeing company at Castle Ashby, Northampton. The Duke of Portland's party, assembled at Wel beck Priory, includes the Marquis and Marchioness of Titch field, the Ladies Bentinck, Lady Howard de Walden and family, &c. Viscount and Viscountess Clive are entertaining a select circle at Ludlow Castle, Shropshire. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort's grand reunion at Badminton, where Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Mar quis of Worcester, Lady Augusta Somerset, Hon. Captain Talbot, Lord and Lady Granville Somerset, Lord Ellenbo rough, Mr. Bailey, &c., are partaking of the superior enter taiwnt of their Graces. The Earl and Countess Brownlow gave several grand dinners at Belton House, Grantham, last week. The Duke of Rutland and the Manners family were among the visitors. BY TORIES. Places. Sitting Members. Seats claimed for. Ipswich Salford Canterbury Longford H. White Belfast Earl of Belfast Sligo Bristol ...... ........ Han. H. Berkeley W. Fripp Honiton J. Stewart. Marylebone ...... ... Sir S. Whalley Lord Teignmouth Youghal Taunton .. . E T. Bainbridge R. N. Lee Queen's County...... J. W. Fitzpatrick Hon. T. Vesey London Reading C. F. Palmer Carlow (Borough) W. H. Maule Carlow (County)... N. A. Vigors J. A. Yates T. Bunbury Wal.all F. Finch Dublin (City) R. Hutton Shaftesbury ... J. S. Poulter ...... G. B. Matthew Poole Ponsonby G. R. Philips Kinsale P. Mahony Colonel H. Thomas Wicklow (Co.) ... J. Grattan, or R. Howard W. Acton Waterford (City)... H. W. Barron W. Beresford Westmeath Sir R. Nagle... .... R. Hardwick Total ... RETURNS AGAINST WHICH THE SEATS ARE CLAIMED BY MEN OF SIMILAR OPINIONS. Tynemouth Durham (City) .... W. C. Harland...... T. C. Granger 1 At Holkham Hall, the seat of the venerable Earl of Leicester, great gaiety prevails from Christmas ave until Twelfth night. A succession of guests are expected. Lord Ilchester, Lord Stavordale, Lord and Lady Waterpark, Hon. and Rev. Thomas and Miss Keppel, Mr. and Lady Louisa Digby, have arrived, and the Duke of Sussex is expected. Harewood House, near Northallerton, Lord Hare wood's seat, is at present full of visitors. All the Lascelles family have assembled, except Lord Lascelles, who is abroad. The Earl completed his seventieth year on Christmas day. The Lord Chancellor has been staying at Sherborne Castle, Dorsetshire. Lord Holland had a dinner party last evening at Hoiland House, Kensington. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter will give, according to custom, a juvenile party at Burghley House on New-year's day. Lord and Lady Petre are entertaining their friends at Thorndon Hall, near Brentwood, Essex. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prin cess Augusta and Prince George, left Cholmondeley House yesterday, for Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness is High Steward of the borough of Windsor. Lord and Lady Vernon have a party at their seat in DerOrshire. Lail and Lady Rivers are entertaining a party of friends at Mistley Hall, their seat in Essex. Viscount Combermere is receiving a succession of visitors at Nantwich, Cheshire. The Earl of Fitzwilliam's party at Wentworth House. includes Lord Milton, Lady Mary Thompson, and the Ladies Fitz william. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton have a family circle at Oatlands. The Dowager Marchioness of Conyngham has a large circle assembled at Bifrons, near Canterbury. Colonel and Countess Pozzo di Borgo arrived at Achburnham House yesterday evening, from Paris. Lord and Lady Poltimore have arrived at their seat, Hardington Hall, near Frome, from Paris. The mansion of the Noble Lord is full of company. Count Tolstoy left the Russian embassy in Dover street yesterday with despatches for St. Petersburgh. The Master of the Horse and the Countess of Al bemarle left Berkeley-square this morning on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A considerable portion of the Duke of Sutherland's magnificent gallery of paintings havo been removed from Bridgewater House to Stafford House. A very fine collection still remains at the new house of Lord Francis Egerton. Five monuments to the memory of the late much regretted General the Duke of Gordon are erecting in the ,aunties of Aberdeen and Banff. Among the principal subscribers are the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Huntly, the Earl of Errol, Lord Saltoun, Captain Ferguson, of Pit lour, Hon. Captain Gordon, M. P. THE GREAT SEAL.—During the proceedings in the Court of Chancery, the Great Seal is always supposed to be lying on the table before his Lordship. This, however, is a fiction. The seal itself is never there—it is carefully locked up in the Lord Chancellor's house. Nothing but the bag, which contains it on important occasions is on the table. This bag is made of a peculiar kind of silk, and has the designs of the seal itself wrought into it.—The Bench and the Bar, by ;the Author of " Random Recollections." The new church recently consecrated by the Bishop of Cork at Monkstown, was built entirely by private sub scription, and has been endowed by Lord de Vesci and Lord .Longford. On Thursday, being St. Thomas's day, the Right Rev.. Bishop Walker held an Ordination in St. John's Chapel, Prince's-street, when the Rev. Thomas G. S. Suther, B. A., of King's College, Windsor, in Nova Scotia, and the Rev. John Hunter, Minister of the Episcopal Chapel in Alloa, Isere admitted into Priests's orders. The Marquis and Alarchioness of Westminster lately gave their annual dinner to the children of the Grosve nor School (300 in number), in the vicinity of Eaton Hall. Before dinner the Noble Marquis distributed Bibles and Prayer Books, as prizes to the emulous young scholars. The Marquis, Marchioness, Bishop of Chester, Archdeacon Wrang ham, the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, and a large circle of the clergy and gentry were present. This school was established by the Noble Marquis in 1811. Tuesday's Gazette affords a pleasing but unusual instance of not announcing a single bankruptcy in or near the metropolis. Amongst the recent arrivals at Worthington's Ship Hotel, Dover, on their way to the Continent, have been—Lord and. Lady Granville, Count and Countess de Salis, the Marquis of Sligo, Lord Lyndhurst, the Duke and Duchess of Mont rose, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and Lady Aylmer, Captain the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Lord Francis Russell, Lord Harry Vane, and Mr. Cuninghamc. The subscription towards the erection of a public testimonial to the military services of his Grace the Duke of Wellington is making the most satisfactory progress. Indeed, it could not fail to do so, with all who look on the Duke as the first Captain of the age, and consider his achievements as a - warrior at least equally worthy of commemoration with his 'exertions in effecting the re-building of London Bridge. Owing to the long continuance of rainy weather, • nd to the floods caused by the late storm, the roads generally t hroughout the country are now in a dreadful state of rotten- It ass, so that for several successive days the mails, particularly .orn the northern provinces, have been unable to keep their "ti me, notwithstanding that on several parts of the roads tl ray were dragged forward by sometimes six, and occasionally • yen eight horses. The evil was particularly felt during the mcluding part of last week, when the coaches were most 4 wavily laden with Christmas presents. The guards state that roads are rotten to their foundations, and the wheels sink do .wn at places a foot deep in heavy adhesive soil, through 51 iich with difficulty the mails can be dragged for ward. On mday the delays in the arrival of the mails had become so se 'lions, and the complaints of the guards so general, that in n, ectors were sent out by the Post-office on various lines of Id to make the necessary arrangements for obviating the flip iculties as far as possible, and getting the roads repaired Wit i t the least possible delay. The effect of the exertions made are treadyC visible, for yesterday the mails generally arrived Wit! aor it any great loss of time. • ( , Dn e consequence of closing the Paris gaming houses, eared, will be an influx of foreign black-legs and swig idle, "s into this metropolis. PETITIONS ALREADY DROPPED. Bury . Beverley Frome Preston Bodmin Pontefract Downpatrick Portarlington Total... . 10 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—YEgrartaar. The room was more fully attended and betting brisker than could reasonably have been expected in the Christmas week. It will be seen from the subjoined quotation that the principal favourites remain as before, the only difference, a very alight one, being in The Early Bird, about whom offers were made to take 16 to 1. The colt out of Nonplus's dam is constantly inquired after, but no definitive price has been named of late. Bamboo, Cracker, and the colt out of Tranby's dam were seve rally backed at 30 to 1, the latter so freely that the layers were first to cry " Enough." The following is the substance of the " sayings and doings" of the afternoon : THE RIDDLESWORTII. Even money laid on Cobweb colt against the field. TWO THOYSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 30 to 20 laid on the geld against D'Egvillc and Cobweb. THE DERBT. 19 to 2 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville—take 20 to 1 11 to ] agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—take 12 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus—take 16 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early bird—take 16 to I 26 to 1 agst Sir J. Mills's Volunteer—take 30 to 1 39 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Smith's Cracker—taken and afterwards offered 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's s. out of Tranby's dam—taken freely 1500 to 24 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Amato—taken 600 to 500 laid on D'Egville agst Cobweb, and 200 even between Bamboo and Tranby's dam ?111 OAKS, 12 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Calisto—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Barcarolle— taken (These fillies wore backed in one bet.) STEEPLE CHASES BETWEEN YORK AND LEEDS. On Tuesday last these races came off at Tadcaster, about nine miles from York. The sport was conducted under the management of Mr. B. Thompson and Mr. T. Briggs. The circuit marked out was as follows :—To start at Stutton Cross Hall, above a mile and a half from Tadcaster, and to run in the form of a horseshoe, crossing the turnpike, and arriving at the winning post in a very large swarth field near Tadcaster. The start took place at two o'clock, and off went the brave and gal lant heroes of the chase, " neck or nought. It was for a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each for any horse carrying 1 Ist., thorough-bred horses to carry 141 b. extra. Three miles across the country. Gentlemen riders. The second horse saved his stake. They came in as follows: Capt. Richardson's b. g. Deceiver, aged... Mr. H. S. Thompson 1 Mr. M'Donnough's ch. h. Sir William Owner 2 Capt. Ibbetson's b. g. Mazeppa Mr. Whitworth 3 Mr. Bentley's br. g. The Unbnown, by Mulatto Mr. Arnold 4 Mr. F. Cholmeley's eh. g. gory O'More Capt. Smith 5 Mr. Pedley's br. m. Par a sol Mr. Nicholson 6 Mr. Sykes s ch. g. Daisy Cutter, by Orion Betting at starting-6 to 4 agst Sir William, and 2to I agst Deceiver. Others not much mentioned. Mazeppa cleared the first fence before his competitors, all of which re fused, followed by Sir Willian, and in this manner they pro ceeded till they came to the road. Sir William and Unknown then took the lead of the others about 100 yards, but, both of them obstinately refusing to jump out of the lane, they lost a great deal of ground. Daisy Cutter was first out, and De ceiver next, the former having the decided lead over the re. maining fences till they came to the last but one—the severest leap in the race—when Daisy Cutter refused. Sir William then came up, having made up the lost ground over some ploughed fields; he hesitated at the last fence, but Young NPDoneugh cleared it in a beautiful manner. Deceiver then came out, and took his place alongside Sir William, Daisy Cutter having bolted through the hedge, refusing to take the leap. Sir William kept the lead in the last field ; but slack ing his pace in going down the hill to the winning-post, a countryman shouted out, " Go it, Thompson ! thou'lt have him ; 'tuther's done," and Deceiver sprung forward, and, after a splendid race, won by about a length. Mr. Arnold fell at tho last fence, and was dragged a few yards in the stirrup, but he was not much injured. The pace was very severe the greater part of the race. The second race was for a silver cup, value 201., given by the gentlemen of Tadcaster,for horses the property of farmers, to run the twe last miles over the same ground. Weight for age. Out of 10 subscribers the following started, and came in as under : Mr. Cook's br g Transport Mr. J. Sykes's eh g Conservative. Mr. Demaine 2 Mr. Lamplugh's b m Mischief Mr. Roundling 3 Mr. Jackson's ch h Driller Mr. Styan 4 Mr. J. Allenby's ch in Violet Owner 5 Mr. Swale's ch h Elis Mr. T. Hogg's b m Miss Honey Mr. Peirse 7 Transport led off in beautiful style, and took the fences gal lantly ; he had nearly lost the race by going on the wrong side of the flag. Mischief fell three times, and, after all, ran strong to the finish. There were three of them down alto gether at oue fence, but not much damage was done. Elis ran against a tree a n d l ame d hi s s h ou lder, thus destroying all chance of his winning. This closed the day's sport ; and, the country being so well adapted for steeple chases, another is talked of during the bunting season. We undertand that a thousand pounds have been paid by the publisher for the manuscript of the Diary of the Times of George IV., just published. It is said that with the exception of the Pepysian Diary of the Times of Charles 11., nothing has appeared to be compared with it for private anecdote and curious disclosures. Baron de Bourqueney, First Secretary of the French Embassy, arrived yesterday in London with despatches from his Government. TII.E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1837. PUBLIC MEETING OF THE INHA- BITANTS OF ST. PANCRAS. A numerous meeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras took place at the Vestry-room, Gordon-street, Gordon-square, yesterday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to express their opinion on the declaration made by Lord John Russell against Extension of Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and shorten ing the du-ation of Parliaments ; also the enormous Civil List, and the exclusion of Mr. Harvey's name from the Com mittee appointed to revise the Pension List; and to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament on those subjects. Amongst the persons present were Sir S. Whalley, M. P., Vigors, Esq., M.P., Mr. Murphy, Dr. Carpue, &c. Mr. W. Pickman, Senior Churchwarden, was in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said this was the time in which, if the people did not exert themselves, they would never obtain liberty. He thought the declaration of Lord John Russell was unbecoming the name be bore. The Reform Bill had not given a real extension of liberty. The motion proposed by Mr. Walti”y was strongly called for, and; he only regretted it had not been brought forward much sooner.—(Cheers.) Mr. MURPHY was one who had never been guilty of placing confidence in the Whigs since they had been in office. He believed there were very many who all along, like him, did not place confidence in them. But the practice had been, if any man spoke against the Whigs, to raise a cry that that man must he a Tory. It could not be said he (Mr. Murphy) was the friend of the Tories. He had been persecuted by them. He was now entering his twenty-fifth year of his resistance against them.—( Cheers.) But he would say, it was better to have in office an open and declared enemy, than an insidious and de ceiving party.—( Cheers.) Those who, with him, had sup ported in this district the cause of universal franchise, and the vote by ballot, before the Reform Bill was passed, supported the Reform Bill, because they expected that, as soon as it was passed, the advantages which he had named would be con ceded.—( Cheers.) Lord John Russell, upon the Ballot, had said that he would make it an open question ; that he was not strong enough to carry both it and the Reform Bill through the Legislature at once, and that he must postpone it, leaving the country to expect that, whenever he had carried the Reform Bill, ho would support the Ballot. Now the Noble Lord declared that he would have no share in supporting the Ballot, the Extension of the Suffrage, &c. ; he was nothing but a Tory in disguise.—( Cheers.) All that the Noble Lord did, however, was pleasing to his Whiggish House of Commons. The House of Commons was worse now than formerly. Would the Reform Bill have been passed by such a House ? He ( Mr. Murphy) considered Mr. Wakley's motion most called for, and excel@ntly well-timed. What difference was it, he asked, whether they should have a Peel receiving 5,000/. a-year of the public money, or a Russell, when both equally refused relief, and when both had only one object, namely, providing for their relations.—( Loud cheers.) It by no means followed that because they expelled the Whigs, therefore they must have in the Tories. He could make a Governraent out of those who were in that room. The Mi nisters were at this moment surrounded by Tories. The Ministers had appointed Tories even upon the Civil List. The two factions were working together against the people. ( Cheers, and a voice exclaimed " Canada.") He regretted very much that the notice for the meeting had not included the subject of Canada.--(Deafening cheers.) A year ago he said at the Crown and Anchor, that he hoped they would soon meet there to celebrate Canadian independence. He thought that time was now fast approaching, and he was glad of it. He denied that this Government had any right to interfere with the Local Government of Canada. He pro ceeded to say that the Civil List and the Pension List both fell in at the decease of his late Majesty. The Queen as cended the Throne without a penny. It was only what credit she might have with the tradesmen who supplied her prede cessors, that formed her resources. The Ministers were quite free. Their pledges had ceased with the demise of the late King, and they were perfectly competent to make reductions. It was at such a time, however, that they proposed a Civil List more expensive than ever.—( Hear, hear.) They had heard much about the liberal principles of the Queen. He should like to know, however, what expression of liberality could be quoted of the Queen. All he knew was that the Civil List for the new Sovereign was greater than at any former period. The Civil List included a vast number of persons. But her Majesty had 60,0001. for her Privy Purse • it was 10,000/. more than the last Queen had. It was true that her Majesty kept up a great state, but it was all paid by the people, and what could she have done with 60,000/. for her privy purse ?—( Hear.) The Pension List was 75,0001. (as we understood.) He was sure four-fifths of the pensioners had done nothing for their pensions. They had seen lately three monarchs die, and twice they had seen the Pension-list renewed, and he was of opinion that the Ministers wanted to renew it now for the third time. That was their only reason for rejecting Mr. Harvey.—( Cheers.) They had no wish that the Pension-list should be cut down. What other opi nion could be formed when they excluded the only man who gave confidence to the public upon the question, and who had been the great means of forcing the inquiry.—( Cheering.) It was said, they (the Radicals) were keeping up excitement. The excitement was consequent on bad Government.—( Loud cheering.) He concluded by moving Resolutions to the effect— " Ist. That cheap and good government could be obtained only by means of a suffrage so extensive as that all Member's should be returned by large constituencies, and by means of the Ballot, and of the shortening of the duration of Parlia ments ; and that the meeting condemned tha late declaration of Lord John Russell, the Ministerial Leader, against those reforms, and that they considered him a Tory in disguise, and placed no confidence in him." " 2d. That the large Civil List proposed was a violation of the repeated pledges of economy given by Ministers." " 3d. That the labour devoted by Mr. Harvey to the sub ject of the Pension L'st rendered him particularly fit to be on a Committee of Inquiry into that List, and that his ex clusion therefrom showed there was no chance of a reform in the said List, and that the proposed inquiry was a delusion." " 4th. That a petition be drawn up, grounded upon these resolutions, and presented to the House of Commons by Sir S. Whalley, Bart., and B. Hall, Esq." "sth. That these resolutions be printed in the public papers." Mr. H. S. DRUMMOND, in seconding the resolutions, said the declaration of Lord John Russell had the effect of throw ing the people upon themselves, and showing them they must trust to their own exertions, and he hoped they would make efforts throughout the country. Mr. Vtootts, M. P., came forward amidst cheers. He bad been one of the twenty who voted for Mr. Wakley's motion.— ( Loud cheers.) He confessed he thought it was brought forward at an unseasonable period.—( No, and hear.) But, however, it was a motion which at all times he should have supported. He rejoiced much that it had elicited the de claration of Lord John Russell. None could judge of the strength of manner of speakers from the reports. He wished they had seen, as he had, the stern countenance and the clenched hands of Lord John Russell as he de clared himself against the reforms in question. It was as if he had been in conflict. It was that manner which de termined him (Mr. Vigors) that he could never look to Lord John Russell as a Reformer. But there was a doubt whether the Noble Lord spoke the sentiments of the Cabinet. It was the determination of the friends of liberty to wait until there was the opportunity of getting a de claration from them. That opportunity would present itself on the 15th of February, when Mr. Grote brou g ht forward his motion for the Ballot.—( Hear.) But mean.• while they ought to get up public meetings to dissolve all doubts that the Ministry might entertain, and to compel them to a Liberal course. He could no longer place any hope in Lord J. Russell, but he believed the rest of the Ministry wanted only the voice of the people. He considered this meeting auspicious.—( Cheers.) He had voted for Mr. Harvey's name being added to the Pension List Committee. He thought that on that last occasion the Minister had evinced infatuation. He might raise his voice against the Ministers in defence of the noble and generous people of Canada, and he hoped they mould have another meeting expressly upon the subject of the Canadas. Dr. CARPUE supported the resolutions. Sir S. WHALLav agreed that Lord J. Russell's declaration would prove eventually useful, though he must think that the motion which had elicited it was brought on at a very im proper period. But at the same time his declaration showed the people what they had to expect. It showed them that they must not put their faith in statesmen. Hear, hear, hear. ) The people must unite, arid he trusted the declaration of Lord . Joint Russell would put them on their mettle. He proceeded to say, that the Reform Bill had done nothing. England and Scotland were in a minority of Liberal Mem bers, and it was only the support of the Irish Members that enabled them to make head against the Tories. He was in favour both of the Ballot, and the Extension of the Suffrage ; but ho would be glad to have the Ballot, even if they got it before they could obtain other measures of relief. He pro ceeded to expatiate on the advantages the Ballot would pro duce, especially amongst the country constituencies. Lord John Russell would have no reason for opposing the Ballot. Let them wait until the Ballot question came on. lie did not think the Cabinet participated in the sentiments declared by Lord Joists Russell. In regard to the Pension List Commit- tee, there were some good men and true upon it ; but the Mi nisters ought not to have excluded Mr. Harvey. It was said he would have published the evidence. But no good could be done unless the evidence was published. He supported Trien nial Parliaments. There should be less expense also to can dates at elections. Mr. VINCENT moved, as an amendment, that the words " Universal Suffrage" should be substituted in the first reso lution for " Extension of the Suffrage." The Ballot, without the great Extension of the Suffrage, would be an evil. Mr. TII'FIN seconded the amendment. After some conversation between Mr. Murphy, Mr. Vigors, &c., it was agreed to withdraw the first resolution, and to move it again in the shape proposed by Mr. Vincent in his amendment. 'rile first resolution, thus altered, was put and carried una nimously, as were all the other resolutions. Mr. Muaeu/ then came forward, and pledged himself to propose and carry in vestry a resolution for a public meeting concerning Canada, to take place about the 12th of January next.—(Loud cheers.) It was proposed that three cheers should be given for the Canadians, which was accordingly done in the mo.t enthusiastic manner. Cheers were given for the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. Measles are represented as being so prevalent in Exeter, that there is scarcely a house in whicli the disease has not appeared. The largest turkey exhibited this Christmas in Lead enhall-market was bred by Mr. Rayner, of Whittlesford, near Cambridge, and weighed 32 lbs.—the price being 51. ss. Twelve capons, weighing 120 . 1b5., bred by Paget and Page, near Dorking, fetched nine guineas. NEW POOR LAW AT HUDDERS- iALLD.-PUBLIC MEETING. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER). A meeting of the inhabitants of Huddersfield, convened by a requisition of the rate-payers to the constables, was held in the Philosophical Hall in that town, on Wednesday. Mr. Firth, the deputy constable, was called to the chair, in the ab sence, from town, of the chief constable, Mr. Hayley. Letters were read from Lord Stanhope, and Mr. Fielden, M. P., excusing themselves from attendance, and expressing their entire concurrence with the object of the meeting. Two cases of extreme hardship, u.ider the New Poor Law, were referred to by Lord Stanhope, were also read. W. STOCKS, Jun. Esq. m3ved the first resolution—He said the cases recited had made his blood boil, and he asked was this England ? Was this the country of constitutional liberty— and them there, sending petition after petition for the whole of the twelve months which were just concluding, and this horrible law was in existence yet? He maintained that the old Poor-law had worked well upon the whole. He viewed it as a club which they entered into, to relieve one another at present in case they needed it ; after then for themselves to draw from--but this was not the impression of the political economists of the day, who wanted their labour for nothing.; who wanted to send the labouring men to cultivate foreign lands which they had purchased ; they wanted to fill ships with Eng lish labourers as they had been filled with African labourers, to make slaves of them. He deprecated the system of applying the poor-rates to any other purpose than the relief of the poor. He attributed the abuses of the old system to an union among the overseers, the landlords, and the farmers in the agricul tural districts to lower wages by what he called the " rounds men system." They would remonstrate and petition week after week against the new Poor-law, until the accursed law was repealed. He contended that wages were now not near so good in that neighbourhood as they were sixty or seventy years ago, according to the price of land and the price of food at the respective periods. They did not ask anything extra vagant of Government ; they only asked that the curse of God might be fulfilled.—( Hear.) God said that man should get his bread by the sweat of his brow—not that by the sweat of his brow he should starve—and that they should get their bread by the sweat of their brow was all they wanted. He denied the assertion that the poor were impro vident, and contended that they had not an opportunity of rising--their wages being so low. He knew that the poor in that neighbourhood were provident, from the great number of Benefit Societies there were amongst them. He condemned the political economists of the day, whom he said had speculated in land in Canada and America, and had thought to pay for it with paper ; but the President of the United States had re quired cash, which had burst the bubble, and that caused the late panic, and their present distress. Mr. Oastler here entered the room, and was most enthu siastically cheered. Mr. GATLIFFE seconded Mr. Stocks's resolution, which was then put from the Chair, and carried unanimously. Mr. OASTLER then presented himself, and was received with loud cheers. He said—l rejoice to appear before my neigh bours and my friends on this occasion, more than I ever re member to have rejoiced before. It has been my duty on many occasions, in times past, to meet with you when the conten tion was of a party nature, and when all the bad feelings of human nature might be supposed to be called into the aid of each party against the other ; but, Sir, upon this occasion, I rejoice to be among you, to help you in the settlement of a question which is as interesting to the Tory as to the Whig, and to the Radical as to either of them. The question which we arc this day, Sir, required to discuss, is a ques tion which is as dear to the rich—is as serious to the rich, as it is to the poor. The question which this day calls for our cool deliberation, is as dear to the Churchman as to the Dissenter ; nay, if there be an infidel in the room, he being a member of the human family, this question is equally dear to him.—(Cheers.) Let me, then, my friends, call upon you all, of whatever party, of whatever sect—let me require of you as you love yourselves—to banish every party feeling. Rich and poor, for your own sakes—Whig, Tory, and Radical, for your own sakes—and for the honour of reli gion, Churchmen and Dissenters—let me require that on this occasion you shake hands and mingle your common judgment with each other, and then determine what shall be done.— (Cheers.) I know that I hold very, very strong opinions on this question. I believe those opinions to be founded on the word of God; I believe them to be founded on the principles of the British Constitution. Believing that to be the case, I on many occasions deliver my opinions boiling hot from my heart, and I have said strong say_ ings_l have spoken strong things. To day it is not my intention to give utterance to the warm feelings which I begin to feel working at the bottom of my heart. I will try to keep them down; nor do I intend on this occasion to appeal to the feelings of any person in this assembly ; it is to their judgment that I will address any observations which I intend to make; and although I know I have been charged as a madman, an enthusiast, an incendiary, and a disturber of the public peace, it is my intention upon this occasion to prove that if such be the epithets which belong to my opinions, they attach also to those men who have hitherto ranked high as men of wisdom ; that if I am an incendiary, so was Locke ; that if I am an enthusiast, so was Blackstone ; that if I be a disturber of the peace, so was Hale and many others.— ( Cheers.) If there be an individual in England who ought to be guided by judgment and by reason, I certainly am that individual. It so happens that all my private interests lay on the other side. I happen to be the steward of a gen tleman in this neighbourhood who is a doating friend of the Poor-law Bill. I have opposed him as respectfully but as firmly as it was possible for a poor respectable man to do in the presence of a rich master. I have thrown my livelihood over board. I told him that this question was at the bottom of the title to his estate ; and although he thinks it will secure his rental, I know very well that it will destroy it. This question is of more importance than many persons are wont to attach to it : it is a question which drives every man, I don't care who or what he may be, who studies the Poor-law Bill, back to first principles ; he forgets the delusion of party, and he begins to enquire how was society first constituted ? and why was it con stituted ? Now the answer is, most indubitably—for the good of all. Society was introduced by man on the face of the earth for the sake of the preservation of the weak and the poor against the strong and the rich ; and each party made this contract—the rich shall have a title to their property, on con dition that the poor shall have their liberty and life.—( Cheers). Do I express that too strong ?—( No.) If Ido I will give you the very words of Paley, who, certainly, is calculated to be a very high authority upon all these sorts of subjects. He says, " The poor have a claim founded upon the law of nature. All things were originally common, no one being able to pro duce a charter from heaven of any better title to a particular possession than his next neighbour. There are reasons for mankind agreeing upon a separation of this common fund, but this separation was made and consented to upon the ex pectation and condition that every one should have a sufficiency for his subsistence, or the means of procuring it."—( Cheers. ) And you will recollect that I never yet advocated the prin ciple that a man who was too idle to work should be allowed to live out of the produce of his neighbour's industry. But Paley goes on and says, "No fixed laws for the regulation of property can be so contrived as to provide for the relief of every case of distress which may arise." The share in the common stock was given up, that those who were acquainted with them best should provide subsistence, which was the way society acted before kings began to reign, and before laws were made. That is from Paley. Is it to be be lieved that those persons who hold property only hold it on the express condition, that every member of society should have his liberty and his life ? This being granted—and Ido think that no member of the human family can dispute it—l proceed to inquire into the condition on which the Crown demands and asks a right to allegiance from its subjects. That I shall find defined by Blackstone himself. We do not find that the right to live was given up ; but we find that the Crown is only permitted to claim our alle giance, upon the score that it gives us its protection.— ( Cheers.) Blackstone says, " Allegiance is the tic which binds the subject to the King in return for the protection which the King provides the subject ;" and the coronation oath of our own Queen requires that all the laws shall be ad ministered in mercy, that if there be any doubt whatever as to the rights of her Majesty's subjects, she swears before God and the people, that the doubt shall be on the side of mercy.— (Cheers.) She is asked—she will, however, be asked on the day of the coronation, " Will you cause law and justice to be administered in mercy ?" and she answers, " I will ;" and she shall have nay allegiance, because I know she will. We are all under one common head, equally protected in our rights, excepting that in all cases of doubt the poor are in mercy to have the benefit of the doubt. The Crown is, as I shall show you before I have done, seised or possessed of all the land in the kingdom. The Crown is the only real free holder, for all the soil in England, and those persons who receive a title to land, receive it upon this condition—that all the poor shall live nut of confinement, enjoying their liberty, for the Crown holds all the land in bond for the good of all, and the Crown has only the power to distribute the land for the good of all. She can't grant that which the laws of so cieby and the principles of our Constitution do not empower her to grant. Do I seem now to speak treason? Not I, in deed! 'Tis the brightest gem;ln the British crown that mercy is its darling attribute ; that she only holds her power for the good of the people. Do I say that men like to live and be free ? I do, and I wish the argument to be fairly borne in mind, because in the new Poor-laws man shall give up his liberty to save his life ; lie shall go into a prison be fore he shall enjoy his inalienable right to live. I will go a little farther back, to that chart of English freedom we are so much in the habit of talking of, Magna Charta, which says " No man shall be taken and im prisoned unless be be judged by his Peers and the law of the land." Thank God the laws of the land do not yet say so ; but the laws of the Commissioners do, but I am going to dis pute it. We will go on with Magna Charta: it says, " We will not by ourselves or others procure any thing by which any of these provisions may ba revoked, and if anything be obtained let it be null and void." Hitherto we have not come to any written law on the subject: we have spoken of the rights of society, and we have spoken of the rights of Magna Charta, hut it was soon found it would not do to let this great question be left to the caprice of any King or Queen. Judge Hale says, the laws of this country make sufficient provision for the necessity of the poor; by the 43d of Elizabeth, which made charity a system, and interwove it with our very Con stitution, so that the brightest gem of Christianity is interwoven upon the British Constitution—and shall the New Poor Law Amendment Act put it out ? (No.) Blackstone says, " the law not only regards life and member and property, every man is the enjoyment of them, but also furnishes him with everything necessary for sup port, for there is no man so indigent or wretched but he may demand a supply sufficient for all the necessaries of life from the more wealthy part of the community, by means of the civil statutes enacted for the relief of the poor, a humane provision dictated by the very principles of society." I scarcely dare go on ; hitherto we have travelled very well together, but did I not tell you that this question of the Poor-law was as serious to the rich as to the poor? Puffendorff, Coke, Blackstone, and Grotius all agree in this principle, that landlords have only the use of the land, and hold it from the Crown ; it follows, here we come to the knotty point, that the denial of relief to any destitute subject, or even alien, when in the Crown's dominion, is a breach of civil law which brings all men under the Crown's protection, and all lands under the Crown's dominion, the land lords having the use after payment of all just taxes, rates, and im posts. I saw this question was a serious one, and I said to the Duke of Wellington, " if you pass that law, Apsley House is yours now, but it may be mine next."—( Cheers.) It is o❑ this account, as well as a feeling for the poor, that I have made so much noise on this subject. I did not want to open this question ; but seeing that we must go to the bottom of society, I have this day determined to clear myself, and prove to you that if I am a fool, if I am an incendiary, I am so with the best and wisest of the human race..—( Cheers. ) I grant that this view of the question may appear unpleasant and unsatisfactory to those persons who have hitherto fancied themselves sole proprietors of their own domain, and that every morsel of bread they give to the poor is so much charity doled out to the undeserving; but it is truth, and against truth error may kick and place its batteries, but truth is as eternal as God himself, for he is truth. I rejoice in this op portunity of opening the Poor-law question in this newfan gled manner. Society could not usefully be continued in exis tence on any other principle, and therefore it is for the security of the property of the rich that England's laws have recognised this principle. What says Locke—" As justice gives to the pro prietor of lands a title, so charity gives to the poor man a sub sistence." Paley says, " When the partition of property is rigidly maintained against the claims of the indigent in distress (as it is under the Poor-law), it is maintained in opposition to the intentions of those who made it, and to him who is the supreme proprietor of every thing, who has filled the earth with plenty for the sustenance and comfort of all whom he sends into it." And Grotius says, "In cases of extreme necessity, the right of society to use all things in common is revived." That brings me down to the last stage of this part of the question. Grotius opens the question and tells you, that if you will raise the question or doubt of the right of the poor to live, you reverse the order of society, and you begin to open back again the common fund of nature and make it lawful for any man, or any men, to take any thing which they desire. —( Cheers.) Now I come forward to declare, that if this right be withheld, then the title to all property reverts to the Crown for the good of all. It must be so—if the right to live ceases, the needy may, without harm, take what they need. I knew this as soon as I read the Poor-law Amendment Bill. I saw in a moment that this must inevitably be the consequence ; but since I find the very thing which I never dared to utter in public before is sanctioned by the wisest and highest authorities of the law and the Constitution, I will only add, that it is sanctioned by the Poor Law Commissioners themselves—l mean the Inquiry Commissioners—not the three despots. Now, on this most dangerous point, for I acknow ledge it is dangerous, I have urged my master for months and weeks, and have never written to him but I have mentioned it, and the only way is to restore charity to the laws of Eng land, and all will be settled..—( Cheers.) And in it is this pas sage, "to punish even depredation when committed as the only resource against want, is repugnant to the common senti ments of humanity." It is scarcely necessary to go further— no evidence need be stronger than this. Puffendorff says if any man, from no fault of his own, is in extreme want of victuals and clothing, and can't obtain from those richer than himself either by entreaty or by some payment or other, or by his labours, that which he needs, he is by no means guilty of theft or larceny, if he takes them either by force or privately.—( Cheers.) I have proved that every man in Eng land has a right to his liberty and his sustenance ; that the Crown is the guarantee that those rights will be secured ; property is held on that condition for the good of all ; or it must be taken per force by the needle. lam prepared to meet any man in England on these points, and I will prove them, and that the reality of them will very soon be witnessed in England, if charity, embodied in the 43d of Elizabeth, be not restored. After some further remarks in a similar strain, the Honour able Gentleman concluded by moving a resolution, condem natory of the New Poor Law. Similar resolutions were afterwards proposed and seconded by several Guardians of the Union ; and, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. In another part of our Paper is inserted a very im portant communication on some singularly ingenious and emi nently successful operations for cataract, performed by Mr. Stevenson, the distinguished and scientific oculist. When we consider that so much good--namely, the restoration of sight— can be attained by that gentleman's agency, with such an im mense reduction, or the entire saving, if pain, and compare the result with the frequent and severe sufferings and total failures experienced under every other mode of treatment, we cannot too highly appreciate the improvements Mr. Stevenson has been the happy means of introducing into the ophthalmic branch of surgery. To those who are interested in the sub ject, we can conscientiously recommend the third edition of the author's small and familiar work on " Cataract," published by Highley, Fleet -street, in which the advantages of the sys torn alluded to, as well as every other topic connected with the disease, are most satisfactorily elucidated and explained. The Court Journal of to-morrow will contain the authentic and exclusive account of the termination of the most important and interesting suit, between two persons of high rank, that perhaps ever was instituted. . . On Wednesday last, as Mr. F. Browne, butcher, of West Sandford, near Crediton, was in the act of skinning a sheep, after being slaughtered and hung up by the heels, to his great surprise a sovereign dropped out of its mouth ; it is supposed to have been taken in while the animal was grazing. The sovereign was a little discoloured by having lain in the chest. Western Luminary, THE ARMY.—AII officers on leave of absence frotn regiments at present serving in Canada have had their leave cancelled, and are ordered to proceed forthwith, via New York, to join their respective corps. JANE LO MAX.—By the Author of " Brambletye House," 3 vols. (Colburn)._A novel from the pen of Horace Smith can never fail of a hearty welcome from us. There is a genial tone, a fine vein of humanity, to say nothing of the charms of a polished wit, running through all his writings, which place them amongst the most agreeable contributions to the literature of the day. He is excelled by some in the graces of style, as well as in the form and construction of his inven tions, but by none in the moral spirit that pervades them. No one can read Horace Smith without feeling that his is a mind of the gentlest and wisest order, amorous of good, in whatever shape it presents itself, and chivalrous in its proclamation and defcn co. —A this. The King of Prussia, in his permission to construct railroads in that country, stipulates that Government shall at any time be at liberty to take possession of the whole concer n paying a compensation to the existing shareholders ; and far ther, that at the conclusion of 90 years the railroads shall be come unconditionally the property of the State. PARIS Gossip.—The recall of M. de Mulinen, Wirtemberg Minister at Paris for the last fifteen years, has been absurdly ascribed by the Carlist papers to the part (in significant enough, God knows I) which he has taken in the conclusion of the marriage of the Princnss Mary with the Duke Alexander. The truth is, that an over-activity, a con stant intellectual sur-excitation, an intolerable loquacity allied to much cleverness and natural parts, had rendered M. de Mulinen obnoxious both to the Court arid his colleagues, who. could not refuse him, however, both esteem and affection. It is related of him, that being some time ago at the Tuileries, and having unawares taken sudden possession of a seat which did not belong to him, upon the remark being made to him, he hastily and civilly returned it to its rigl,t owner, but in jump ing up indiscreetly exclaimed, " I dislike, you know, usurpers and usurpation too much not to atone for my involuntary mis take, and return you your legitimate property with alacrity !" Some people add, that Louis Philippe, within whose hearing these words were spoken, turned round and good naturedly smiled.—Paris Paper. The Canterbury Clergy have addressed a requisition to the Archdeacon of the diocese to convene them, for the purpose of petitioning for the repeal of the new Acts for Mar riages and Baptisms ; for the repeal of the Acts of Premu nire, whereby the Cathedral Chapters, together with the Clergy, may elect their own Bishops, and fur the restoration of the Houses of Convocation. At the Insolvent Debtors' Court yesterday, John Miller applied to be discharged. The insolvent had exhi bited the cuterpcon, which had been distrained upon for rent. A replevin bond was signed, and the instrument sold by Mr. George Robin. It realised 4201. The party who had signed the bond was about 201. out of pocket. Mr. Cooke said he had been instructed to ascertain to whom the euterpeon had belonged. The insolvent had put down 6001. as the cost price, he had better consider whether he had ever paid one shilling. The insolvent made no reply. The Court advised the in:ol vent to be cautious as to what statements he swore to, as he might be indicted for perjury. Mr. Cooke said the allegation was worded in a strange manner. The account of Mr. Ro bins was read. The expences of the sale were about 501„ of which 301. had been paid for advertisements. The insolvent was discharged. Power commences his engagement at the Hay market Theatre this evening, and will perform every night duriug the remainder of the license, which extends to the 15th of January, when he leaves for Dublin. His attraction, com bined with the 70th night of Sheridan Knowles's comedy of The Love Chace, and Mr. Ranger in The Romantic Widow, form an unrivalled evening's entertainment. Liston, the comedian, whose health has for a length of time been in a vi ry precarious state, is, we are informed, completely recovered. Mrs. Liston and he are still residing at the village of Pen, in Buckinghamshire. They purpose re turning to London in January for about a month or six weekl, when they will again depart for another part of the country. Liston has left the stage for ever, in the possession of an ample fortune, the result of a successful theatrical career, and great prudence into the bargain. The Greenwich railroad on Christmas Day was so thronged with passengers that on several occasions the car riages were unable to receive them. The works between Deptford and Greenwich are rapidly progressing. The non-arrival of the 'Gibraltar, Lisbon, &c., mails on Tuesday, as usual, was occasioned, it appears, by the detention of the vessel (the City of Londonderry) at Lisbon, by order of the British Admiral, one day beyond her time, and then being also detained the followine , day beyond the usual hour of sailing, which prevented her from reaching Vigo in time to get out again the same day. But for these circumstances the mails would have arrived with the accus tomed punctuality either on or previous to the day on which they were due. MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) A dirty-looking man in the garb of a mechanic, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged on suspicion of stealing a pipe and some gas-fittirgs from the premises of Messrs. Cooper and Co., the wholesale grocers in Pudding-lane. Thomas Cooper, jun., deposed that about a fortnight ago. a gas-pipe and fittings were removed from their premises, which it would cost 21. los. to replace. The prisoner could not be distinctly sworn to as having been on the premises on that occasion, but their potter saw a man who answered in every particular the man a'. the bar. On that morning witness was called into what was called the Saltpctre-room by the clerk—he there found the prisoner who said he had been sent by Mr. Bateman, their gas fitter, to inspect the pipes, as he had been informed some of them were leaky. As they had not given any orders for such an inspecti,n, and having so lately been robbed, he gave the man into custody, in order to sec if he could give any better account of his conduct to his Lordship than he had done to him. William Goldsmith, porter to the prosecutors, believed that it was the prisoner he saw on his master's premises on the day the pipe was stolen. James Coates, Clerk to Cooper and Co., said about nine o'clock that morning, he saw the prisoner come into the gateway, and turn into the saltpetre room with a candle in his hand. Witness thought it strange, and therefore followed him. When he went in the prisoner had taken the steps, and was going up to the gas burners. In answer to questions, be said he had been sent by Mr. Bateman, his master, to look at the pipes. Witness was not satisfied, and went and informed Mr. Cooper of the fact. John Bateman, gas fitter, said that the prisoner was in his employment for about ten days, but was dis charged last Saturday. He had never given him orders to go to MI . Cooper's. He had discharged him partly in con sequence of a slackness of trade, and partly from having missed many little articles from the premises. The prisoner said he was in the habit of searching for little jobs for himself when he was out of work, and had gone to Mr. Cooper for that purpose. His LORDSHIP had no doubt he bad been there with the in. tention of committing a felony. He was committed for hard labour in Bridewell for one month. BOW-STREET.---(THIS DAY.) John Ruth, Edward Xollins, and John Granger, were charged by 97, F division, ith being disorderly and creating a disturbance this morning in Drury-lane. The complainant stated that the prisoners were amusing themselves by urging two unfortunate dogs to fight, which caused such an obstruction in the street as to collect upwards of 200 persons to assemble, who kept hooting and shouting so as to prevent the policeman to separate them, and although he used all his efforts to put the dogs asunder, he was inter rupted by the prisoners. In answer to the charge, the prisoners said they were not guilty of setting the dogs fighting, nor did they belong to them ; but it was quite accidental. Mr. Tvvyrono inquired if any of the prisoners were known, and being answered in the negative, ordered them to be dis ctarged with a reprimand, as such proceedings usually gave an opportunity to thieves to exercise their calling with success. Daniel Lynch, an Irish labourer, was convicted of violently assaulting two policemen in the execution of their duty, and ordered to pay a fine of 2.05., and in default be sent to hard labour in the house of Correction for two weeks. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Among the persons charged at this office was Owen Swift, once the well-known prize-fighter, who fought the memorable battle with Noon, which unfortunately terminated fatally for the latter. It appears that Swift, who is now filling a most respectable situation in society (his present occupation, we believe, is that of a plasterer), went into a cook-shop with a friend, and while waiting for vault be had ordered, jocularly pushed a bull's tongue that lay on the counter against his com panion ; a waiter, named Symons, thereupon struck Swift, who immediately returned the blow, and repeated it again coming out. Symons not appearing at the appointed hour, Mr. DI ER ordered Swift to be discharged. Shortly afterwards Symons entered the office, his left eye bearing evident witness of the punishment he had received. lie was informed of shat had taken place, and that he could have a warrant if he pleased. This, however, he declined doing, and retired in high dudgeon. UNION HALL--(THIS DAY.) A young man of shabby-genteel exterior, was brought this morning before the Magistrates of this office, charged by the landlady of the Rose and Crown, Long-lane, Borough, with raising a disturbance in her house, and breaking several ale glasses. From the statement of the landlady, it appeared that last night the prisoner, together with several other persons, entered the Rose and Crown. The prisoner called for 2s. worth of brandy, but the landlady not liking the appearance of his outward man, and fearful if She let him have the liquor to the fearful amount of twenty-four pence, she might have to whistle for the,alioney, endeavoured to persuade Lim to con tent himself with some cheaper commodity. This good ad- I ice, however, was of no avail, for the prisoner having regaled himself with sundry glasses of brandy and water, was de termined to take nothing less than that lordly liquor unadul terated. Upon the landlady telling him that 2s. worth of brandy was more than he could pay for, he said, " Well, what's it matter whether I pay you for it or not ; it's a good way to get a Christmas-box from you." The landlady refusing to subscribe to the creed of the prisoner, a general row was the 'consequence ; during which the fracture, we have before stated, took place. The police were called in, and the pri soner captured and held in durance vile for his ingenious mode of endeavouring to catch at a Christmas-box. The prisoner was ordered to pay for the damage he had occasioned, but being unable to do so, was committed for seven dad s. Shortly afterwards his better half appeared, pro mising to procure the money in an hour or two. This was assented to by the Magistrates, and upon the money being pro cured, the Christmas box hunter, who loved brandy, was dis charged, not at all satisfied with the mode in which his frolic had ended. CHRISTMAS FROI.ICS.—A young man, of rather respectable exterior, named Fox, was brought this morning by one of the police of the P Division, before Mr. JEREMY, charged with disturbing the peaceable inhabitants of Camberwell by sundry knocks and rings at their doors, at a late hour last night. Upon being asked by the Magistrate what he had to say to the charge ? Fox stated, that being Christmas time, and having dined with some friends at Stockwell, where the bottle had passed pretty freely, he felt disposed to have a lark in order to pass the time away till the morning, until which time he could not get into his lodgings. Mr. JEREMY said, that the nuisance of ringing the bells of respectable persons at a late hour was becoming intolerable. He regretted extremely that it was not in his power to fine the prisoner, for if he could he would make an example of him. All he could now do, was to order him to enter into his own recognizances, to keep the peace for six months. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. ANTWERP, DEC. 27.--The departure of the Prussian Charge d'Affaires from Brussels, first announced by the Lynx, then called in question by the other journal, is now confirmed by the Moniteur Bilge, which says he has obtained leave of absence on private business; but it would be very strange if the representative of the Cabinet of Berlin withdrew for such a reason, at the very moment when the difficulties arising from the affairs of the Gruneuwold may render his presence at Brussels so necessary. The public, on seeing M. Von Galen leave the country, will believe that these difficulties are more serious than has been supposed, and the explanation of the official journal will not be thought satisfactory. We hear that the division which has been sent to Luxemburg► arrived at Bastogne yesterday. Several officers of the Staff and the Engineers have received orders to join General Olivier. The corps which he commands will be called the '• Division of Observation." A letter from Arlon of the 23d December says—" It seems that the answer which the Government has revered from Frankfurt is not so favourable as was expected. We learn, at the same time that such rigorous measures are taken as the circumstances require. Whatever may hap pen, Belgium has full right to reckon on the support of France and England ; this is of immense weight in our quarrel with the federal garrison of Luxemburg. It is confirmed that two Prussian regiments will shortly arrive to reinforce the garrison of Luxemburg.—Journal du Commerce d'Anvers, Dec. 28th. BRUSSELS, "'DEC. 27.—The affair of the forest of Grunen wold has been arranged diplomatically. France and England have intervened. To avoid all collision for the future, the question of the property of the Grunenwold Las, it is sa►d, been declared doubtful.—Litigieuse. M. Van de Weyer, our Minister at London, arrived at Brus sels yesterday. BERLIN, DEC. 7.—The English Government appears to be at present engaged in a particularly active correspondence with its legation at the Russian Court. Lord Wm. Russell, the English Ambassador in this city, has for some time past es tablished a regular station here for the couriers of his Govern ment. The despatches which are brought by messengers com ing by the steam boat from London, either to Hamburg or Rot terdam, are received here by the messengers, who are under the direction of a German, formerly an officer in the Hanove rian service, and forwarded immediately to St. Petersburgh. CON STANTINOPLI, Nov. 30.—There were several meetings of the Divan last week, in which the principal subject of consi deration was whether the Porte should again send a squadron to Tunis, to assert the rights which it claims respecting that regency, or whether it would be best to secure them by nego elation. It seems that the latter was thought to be the most advisable, but it was likewise agreed that it became a power like the Porte to support its representations by means whiell, though they c3uld not be calculated to inspire the French Government with fear (as the Turkish marine is incom,ide rabic), may yet Ow* the world that no sacrifices are spared,, and and that all dangeis will be braved, when it is necessary to defend the honour and the r:glits of the Porte. will certainly tend to gai❑ public opinion, on which the Porte lays great stress since the Greek Revolution. It, therefore, seems as good as certain, that remonstrances will be madre, not only in respect to Algiers, which, as Admiral Reussin now un equivocally declares, will remain in the possession of France, cost what it may, but likewise with respect to the French Admiral at Tunis. We learn from Greece that the Government to relieve its financial e mbarrassments is negociating with Fn Ince to obtain the last portion of the loan, to which they are ready to agree at Paris, but on such burdensome conditions tlaat the Greek Government must hesitate to accede to them, I