The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-23 00:00:00

D EFEAT OF GENERAL EVANS, AND RETREAT TO SAN SEBASTIAN. ST. SEBASTIAN, MARCH I6.—General Evans has ex perienced a most disastrous reverse. The important and brilliant advantages which he gained yesterday have been infinitely more than counterbalanced by what has taken place irx the course of this day. The urgency of the hour me rely allows me to state that a general feeling prevails here that 'treachery and overpowering numbers have ruined all that he had achieved since Friday last. Every man in St.. Sebastian looked upon the capture of Hernani as mat ter beyond all doubt, after the Anglo-Spanish force had once secured the command of the Venta. In fact, hun dreds rode out this morning for The purpose of passing the (lay 'there. But in the mean time nothing was heard of Saarsfield or Espartero ; and the Carlists received a rein forcement of 6,000 men, in addition to fifteen battalions, which they had already in front of Gen. Evans. Time still presses, and I have but just returned from the scene of slaugh ter. I can only say that Saarsfield and Espartero have failed in their promised co-operation, that some Spanish regi ments have shamefully fled from the field, and that one-third of the Legion has been either killed or wounded in conse quence. The Venta is once more in the possession of the Uarlists ; and it is very doubtful, after what has occurred, whether the Anglo-Spanish troops will be able to hold the lines from which they advanced to so little purpose, and with such unexpected discomfiture. I must reserve all par ticulars for my next communication, observing, meanwhile, that henceforth Punka fides and Spanish faith may be re garded as convertible terms. SAN SEBASTIAN, MARCII 17.—A special messenger, who proceeds to Bayonne in about fifteen minutes hence, with despatches from Colonel Wylde, takes a few lines from me in addition to those of last night. General Evans and the Legion have been sacrificed to infamous jealousy and perfidious intrigue. The loss he has sustained it is quite impossible for him to repair by any resources which he can command at St. Sebastian. No official returns of the killed and wounded have yet been made out ; but the general estimate is that not less than 1,500 of the legion were put yesterday hors de combat, and 500 the day before, making 2,000 in two successive days out of the whole auxiliary force. In my letter of Wednesday last I stated that Colonel de Lancoy was killed on the field. It was not so ; he was only wounded in so severe a manner as to leave little or no hopes of recovery. He received a ball in the head, and now lingers in ex cruciating agony, there being no possibility of extracting it. Captain Fielding of the Rifles now lies in a similar state in a room close to that in which I am now writing, and from which a Spanish officer was, on Saturday last, taken to his grave, having died of the wounds he received on Friday. Every house in St Sebastian is an hospital at the present moment. Colonel Colter, of the 9th (the same, who with his brother officers, Colonels Considine and M'Cabe, so gallantly took the Ametza hill, on Friday), having had yes terday the misfortune to fall into the hands of the Carlists, was slain by them on the spot, his body being literally cut to pieces. Very different was the fate that awaited the Colonel of the Carlist Lancers, who was taken yesterday morning, after losing ten of his men in an e ncoun t er w i t h the Legion. He was conveyed into town under as escort, znd is now comfortably lodged in the castle, where he is secure from all danger. The particulars of the action will form the subject of a long letter, which I shall despatch by the very first opportunity that presents itself. In con cluding these hasty lines, I can scarcely repress my indig nation at the scenes of horror which I witnessed with my own eyes. The remnant of what once was the Legion, has been driven within the old lines, and still retains them. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BAYONNE, MARCH 17.—1 t is my painful task, at the moment I calculated upon having to record a victory, to be obliged to announce a decided reverse. In my letter of yesterday, I stated that on the evening of Wednesday the force under General Evans's command had taken the Yenta, and other Carlist positions around Hernani, and that on the following morning it was expected that place would fall. The fortune of war has so willed it that the positions thus taken have been all lost, and that the fate which to all ap pearance awaited Hcrnani has been for the moment turned aside. Your correspondent on the spot will of course supply you with all the details of this untoward event ; but it may nevertheless not be uninteresting to give the version of the affair which has reached this, and which, as it comes from the best authorities, may be relied on. On the morning of yesterday, the force under General Evans, after having during the night fortified the several positions they had gained the previous day, prepared to enter Hcrnani. As, however, the Carlists about the place evinced some signs of activity, it was determined not to risk life by assaulting the town, until the effect of a short bom bardment was tried. Accordingly, the batteries hastily thrown up along the Yenta were opened, and from seven in the morning until mid-day continued to try shells on the town. During this time the fictions kept up a brisk fire from the entrenchments, and made two or three trifling sallies, which were immediately repulsed. At mid-day the three positions occupied by the Queen's troops were these the centre ran along the Yenta hill, the right wing standing between it and the village of Lasarte, and the left touching upon the bridge of Astigarraga, a company of the Segundo Lageros guarding it. The entire force of which these three divisions was composed amounted to no more than ten thousand men. At about half-past twelve the order was given to form in columns to commence the assault upon the town ; just as this manceuvre was commencing to be executed, the Carlist bugles sounded from the direction of the Santa Barbara position (situated immediately behind Hernani). Instantly ten fresh battalions made their appearance on the scene of action—starting up, as it were, by magic. These, joining themselves with the force which had been partially engaged throughout the morning, advanced upon the Queen's troops in three separate bodies, and a gene ral engagement ensued. The Carlists charged the line. In the first advance, the centre of the right wing of the Christinos not only gallantly maintained their positions,but completely drove back their assailants upon the town. Not so the left wing. This consisted of four regiments, two Spanish and two British—the Ist and, I believe, the Bth. Upon these regiments five of the Carlist battalions, passing behind Hernani, directed themselves. Their first charge was well met ; but on the coming up t o a secon d , the Spanish regiments gave way, and the British were obliged of course to follow. The left wing was thus completely turned, be ing brought almost at right angles with the extreme left of th e centre division. Throe battalions of the Carlists, availing themselves of the opening thus made, passed be tween the centre division and the bridge at Astigarraga, and took the direction of the Oriamendi hill. On this Movement being observed, the sixth regiment of the Le gion, the Chapelgorris, and the Princess's regiment were detached from the centre, so as to form a kind of left Wing, and at the same time cut off the three battalions 'which had advanced. This they did in a most gallant style, and so effectually that not more than a fourth of these battalions returned towards Hernani, the rest being bayonetted in the attempt to retreat. However, while this took place, the centre, weakened considerably by the detachment which was sent to replace the left wing, was driven in, and the Carlist battalions pouring in fresh and fresh from behind Hernani, it became obvious that the numbers of the Queen's forces could not keep head against thoie brought against them, and a retreat was ac cordingly sounded. The result, I regret to say is, that after having had 1,000 men placed hors de combat, Gene ral Evans found himself on the evening of the day of which the mornin g looked so propitious in the same position he occupied on the 10th of the month—that is, within his old St. Sebastian lines, with the addition of the Ametzagana and Loyola positions. To deny that this has been a defeat would be ridiculous ; but as far as General Evans and the Legion are concerned, there i s no b lame to be found. The fact is undeniable that they were in a most cowardly manner deserted by the Spanish troops, all of whom took to flight the moment they were c h arge d . Th e sole except i on to th i s was th e Princess's regiment. They fought well it is on all sides admitted ; but what could 6,000 men, however deter mined, do against 20,000, hampered too as they were by their cowardly or treacherous fellow-soldiers? The 6th r egiment of the Legion and the Royal Marine battalion Much distinguished themselves ; indeed, but for the steadi 'leas of the latter, I am assured the result would have P r oved most disastrous. The day's loss, as I have above mentioned, amounts to 1,000 hors de combat. This is se riousi ; but th oug h v i ctorious for the moment, the Carlists have suffered still more ; f u ll y 1,000 o f t h e i r num b er were b ayonet e d while hemmed in between the retreating left W ing and th e d etachment sent from the centre, to replace it. s might be expecte d , no quarter was given, or, i n d ee d , ,„asked ; the b ayonet i n every case finishing the account. " 1 - great number of the Legion officers have, I fear, been Wounded. The Ist regiment, I am sorry to say, is reported to have b e h aved badly ; or rather, not as well as the other re giments of the Legion. General Chichester has been E _lbtlY wounded in the leg, I believe. All General unhurt staff, as well as the General himself, escaped uu t ; but all had horses shot under them. The bat taliontreee of Royal Marines had one man killed and twenty wounded. No cannon was lost in the retreat, all retir!Cins havi ng ear l y i n t h e general engagement been • Before leaving the Venta-hill, all the fortifications ere cted, 11 str cyed IN ether by the Carlists or Christinos, were de ing _ . a . k , and t wo h eavy guns f oun d t h ere, on the position be °. en the p rev i ous d ay, were sp ik e d , i t b eing impossible , 17. 11 1 :g to th e i r b e i ng without carriages, to bear them off. C° one lancers belonging to the Legion, command e d b y l tb ernseir Wakefield, behaved most gallantly, and proved during the most useful in g i v i ng t i me t o th e i n f an t r y t o f orm po 8 mehretreat. ig t be expected, the C ar li s t s h ere ar e quite trans . i. ett at their v. tory, and in their frenzy seem to imagine Don Carlos seated on the throne. According to them about 500 prisoners were made, and 2,500 men either killed or wounded. They acknowledge to have had 17,000 men on the field, and that their numbers nearly doubled that of the Christinos. Don Sebastian commanded in per son, having brought back with him from before Saarsfield the ten battalions he lately had at Lecumberri. They speak of now directing their force towards Eybar, to meet one of the divisions of Espartero's army. The Baron de Lasvallcs was the only officer of any consequence seriously wounded. MARCH 18, SATURDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST 11 O'CLOCK.—Accounts from St. Sebastian have just been received here, dated this morning at daybreak. By them I learn that there are not more than 1,000 hors de com bat, and the proportion of deaths out of these is one in thirty ; of severe wounds, one in fifteen. Tho Spanish Regiment of Oviedo suffered principally, two entire com panies having been cut off while acting as guerillas to the left wing on the first charge. They were of course to a man bayonetted. Notwithstanding these reverses, the troops were in good spirits, and most eager to be again led against the enemy. All the materiel brought out was saved. This is to be attributed to the noble conduct of the British Marine force. I have seen at least twenty letters this morning written by Spaniards, civil as well as military, and, without exception, all concur in expressing ad miration at the cool and steady bearing of this bat talion. Indeed there is very little doubt that but for them not only would a great number of can non have fallen into the hands of the enemy, but a loss of life double that which has unfortunately to be recorded taken place. Their retreat is described as having been as beautifully manoeuvred a thing as could be conceived. The casualties sustained by this regiment were trifling— only one killed and twenty-three wounded. The deputy Lujan, who was present throughout the affair of Thursday, arrived here last night, and this morning at five o'clock set out to join Saarsfield at Pampeluna. To the non-advance of this General it is undeniable the check which the Queen's troops have experienced is attributable ; but I am credibly informed that in addition to the bad weather and illness of the Commander, there were motives for this de lay which, when made known, will be fully appreciated. The latest intelligence from the Carlists mention that Don Sebastian only arrived with his six battalions at Her nani, or rather Santa Barbara, at nine in the morning ; and Villareal, with the rearguard of four battalions, did not' make his appearance until eleven. Don Sebastian's division had rested the previous night at Andoian, and Villareal's at Villabona. They were much fatigued on coming up, and it was found necessary to give them some little rest before the attack was commenced. Until their appearance Guibe lalde's force was in the greatest dismay, and on the point of retreating on Andoian. They admit to have quite as many men as the Christinos hors de combat, and the proportion of their slain is as one in fifteen. They are, however, much elated. If not to-day, to-morrow we shall have another move from St. Sebastian. The direction is not as yet known. MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF WtSTMINSTER. A numerous meeting of the influential electors of West minster was held yesterday evening at the British Hotel in Cockspur-street, to take into consideration the letter re ceived from Sir Francis Burdett, in answer to a request on the part of the electors that he would express his opinions upon certain measures now in progress through Parliament. Mr. W. B. Fearon was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, after referring to the circular by which the meeting was called, said that it arose out of a previous meeting which had been called in consequence of the posi tion in which the electors of Westminster were placed by their being deprived of representation in the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) It was not necessary to go over again the arguments that had been adduced at the former meetiog. That meeting had appointed a Com mittee to communicate with Sir F. Burdett and Colonel Evans. The Committee had done so ; they had received an answer from Sir F. Burdett, but of course it was impos sible, from the time that had elapsed, to receive an answer from Col. Evans. He would read the letter from Sir F. Burdett. The following letter was then read : _ " Brighton, 12th of March. " DEAR MR. POUNCEY,—I am requested by some electors of Westminster, who met at the British Coffee-house on Friday, the 3d of March, to return to you an answer to the following question—' What is my opinion in regard to the Ministerial measures now before Parliament ?' I thought my former answer to Mr. DEVEAR could leave no doubt on this point. I can, therefore, only repat my entire disapprobation of them, and of the whole system of Ministerial policy, both foreign and domestic; that the measures now before Parlia. ment are ill concocted, unjust in principle, feebly sustained, and mischievous to the public. A question so general admits only of such a general answer; but it is, I trust, sufficiently explicit. " I remain, Sir, with the utmost respect, vour's very sin cerely, " F. BURDETT." . - The letter was not in the hand-writing of Sir F. Bur dett, and he therefore supposed that that Hon. Baronet was not sufficiently well to write. After referring to the unexpected honour of being placed in the chair, he called upon any gentleman present to move any resolution and make any remarks applicable to the relation in which they stood.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. SIMPSON begged to say, in reference to a statement in the Times of this morning that the Committee wished to suppress the letter of Sir F. Burdett, that the meeting would have been called before, but there was no possibility of getting room till now.—(Hear, hear.) They had no desire whatever to suppress the letter, but they desired that the antidote should go with the bane, and they had a right to administer this antidote.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. POUNCEY did not know how the letter got into the Times. He could assure the meeting that it did not go from him ; and indeed he was satisfied that it must have been sent either by Sir F. Burdett or some of his friends.—(Hear, hear.) Ali the members of the Committee made a similar statement. Mr. PROUT said that as no other gentleman rose to pro pose a resolution, and as he had for many years taken an active part in the politics of Westminster, he considered it necessary to propose something according to his views of the position in which the electors of Westminster were placed with regard to Sir Francis Burdett. He vas pre pared to offer some resolutions on the subject for the ac ceptance of the meeting. The first resolution he had to propose was, that " the letter just read from Sir Francis Burdett, coupled with his late political conduct, as shown by his absence on all great questions that came before Par liament, had a tendency to destroy their confidence in his usefulness, and that the meeting felt that they would be precluded from aiding and assisting him on the occasion of any future election."—( Hear, hear.) It might be said that the language of his resolution was not strong enough. He would not object to make the language stronger ; but he thought it sufficient to pledge themselves to withdraw their support from Sir F. Burdett on any future election. He had a dislike to request a resignation at this moment, on the ground that they were not prepared with any man to put in Sir Francis Burdetes place if he took them at their word, and before the necessity arose they ought to be prepared ; it was their bounden duty to prepare for a contest against the Tory party. For several years past Westminster had not enjoyed a satisfactory re presentation in Parliament—indeed, they had been misre presented for a length of time. He had on several occa sions aided and assisted at the election of Sir F. Burdett, i❑ the hope that he would yet, on a little reflection, turn round to the rad:;al principles as evinced by him on former occasions. They had borne with him as long as it was possible to bear. They had had a somewhat similar case when Sir J. Hobhouse was their Member. He, too, went from his professed principles, as espoused by the Radical Reformers of Westminster, and ultimately a schism was created amongst the electors. The dissatisfaction that prevailed on that occasion led to the introduction of. Co lonel Evans. The moment had arrived when it was neces sary that they should be particularly careful as to what kind of a man, and as to the principles he should profess, whom they ought to select as the successor of Sir F. Bur dett on the next occasion of a vacancy, whether it should arise from a general election or otherwise. The city of Westminster ought to be represented in Parliament by men who were the advocotes and supporters of those Ra dical principles which were formerly maintained and sup ported in Westminster. No man could say that the pre sent state of things was satisfactory.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He would propose—and the resolution which necessarily would arise if the first were agreed to was to this effect : " That it is the opinion of the electors assembled that no candidate should be supported on any future vacancy who is not prepared to support the following principles—namely, the extension of the suffrage without making the payment of rates or taxes a condition of the franchise, a shorter duration of Parliaments, vote by ballot at elections, a reform of the Church Establishment, an ef fective reform of the Municipal Corporations in Ireland, the removal of all taxes that impeded the diffusion of knowledge, and more especially the stamp-duty upon news papers, a system of national education, supported by the appropriation of those funds which were known to exist in this country for this purpose, the repeal of the Corn-laws and of the Window-taxes, an improvement in the civil and criminal code of jurisprudence, the abolition of all pensions not shown to have been merited, the strictest economy in all the establishments of the country, from the highest to the lowest, the reduction of taxation in every practical shape, and the promotion and support of all measures that tended to increase the liberties of the people, and to pro duce good and cheap government."—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Prout) would propose a third resolution in conformity with the other two, to the effect that " in order to find such men a committee be appointed to select men who would advo eate, in the House of Commons, the principles contained in the foregoing resolution, and that such committee do re port at a future meeting the names of the gentlemen so se lected." Such a proceeding as this would prevent them from being taken by surprise by the Tories.—( Heir, hear.) They should be prepared to take all the proper steps con sequent on a resignation, and when they were so prepared, that was the time to call upon Sir Francis Burdett to resign. He would, without making any further observations, move the first resolution. Colonel JONES regretted that the resolution referred to the absence only of Sir F. Burdett which might have been produced by illness.—(Cries of " No, no.") It ought ra ther, in his opinion, to refer to the letter of Sir F. Bur dett, in which he disclaimed the opinions which he had formerly supported, and for supporting which he had ob tained the confidence of the electors of Westminster. The resolution should be based on some positive principle. If it came to the question of absence they must recollect that there was another member for Westminster who was absent. They should pass their censure upon Sir Francis Burdett for his departure from those principles which had obtained for him the support of the electors of Westmin ster and secured his return.—(Hear, hear.) It was a most lamentable thing to see a- man who had for forty years worked for the public good, become, by a calamity of Na ture, so impaired in mind as to give up the principles for the support of which he had been once called the glory of his country.---(Cheers.) It happened often that when men arrived at a certain period of life they returned to a second infancy.—( Hear.) Sir F. Burdett appeared to be approach ing rapidly towards that state. He (Sir F. Burdett), had been brought up a Tory, and now in his old age he seemed to be returning to Toryism.--(Hear.) It was indeed a most lamentable thing that a man who had distinguished him self by working truly and faithfully in the cause of the people should, on the brink of the grave, forget his former principles, and give up all those patriotic objects for which he had so long worked. It was a sorrowful fact, that those assembled in that room, who had for such a length of time cordially and successfully supported Sir F. Burdett, should now be compelled to declare that they could sup port him no longer ; and that, at any future election, they felt bound to withdraw their countenance and confidence from him. He was not looking at this question as one merely affecting Sir F. Burdett individually, but as affect ing the representation of the city of Westminster; it re ferred equally to their other Member, who, if he could not come home and perform his duties, ought to be re placed. They ought to have an effective representation. —(Hear, hear.) Sir F. Burdett had indeed fallen from his high estate ; but they ought not to seek to punish him only—their object ought to be to place the electors in a position becoming the great and enlightened city of West minster.—(Cheers.) Mr. POUNCEY thought that the resolution was too tame and weak.—(Loud cries of hear, hear.) It stated that the conduct of Sir F. Burdett had a tendency to destroy their confidence in his usefulness. Instead of having a tendency to destroy their confidence, he would say that that confidence had been entirely destroyed.—(Cheers.) Sir F. Burdett, instead of being, as hitherto, the friend of the liberal cause, was nowits opponent. Sir F. Burdett no longer represented Westminster ; be misrepresented those electors who had sent him to Parliament--(Loud cheers.) The resolution also stated that they would be precluded from aiding Sir F. Burdett at any future election. There again he thought it was tame and weak.—(Loud cheers.) If this resolution were carried he would retire from that meeting with the feeling that as an elector of Westminster he was degraded. The letter of Sir Francis Burdett would be a test of the sincerity of the opinions of the electors—it would show whether they were prepared to follow Sir Francis Burdett wherever he chose to lead them, or whether they supported him because they be lieved that his motives were pure, his intentions honest, that he was entirely devoted to the service of his country, and that his opinions were in unison with those of the electors of Westminster. He did not wish to throw the slightest impeachment on the motives of Sir F. Burdett.—(Hear, hear.) He believed them to be pure and honest ; but he also believed that his judgment had la mentably warped.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that Sir F. Burdett had been led to adopt a course of proceeding which would be most injurious to the country, and that he was now as ardent and warm an opponent of the true principles of freedom, as he had hitherto been their supporter.— (Cheers.) He would not trespass longer on the time of the meeting, but would conclude by moving the following resolution by way of amendment, and in substitution of that moved by Mr. Front :—" That the opinions expressed by Sir Francis Burdett in the letter just read, with regard to the measures now before Parliament, are in direct opposi tion to the opinions of this meeting, and, as i ljley believed, to the opinions of those who returned Sir F. Bllrclett, to the House of Commons, and that he be requested to resign his scat, and appeal to the judgment of the electors of West minster."—(Cheers.) Mr. DEVEAR rose to second the resolution.—(Cheers.) He begged to be allow 11 to make a short reference to an article in the Times of that day. Sir F. Burdett, in his letter, stated that lie " thought his former answer to Mr. Devear could leave no doubt on this point," namely, as to his opinion with regard to the measures before Parliament. Now he (Mr. Devear) had received a letter from Sir P. Burdett, which he considered to be a private letter ; but if the meeting wished he would read it.—(Cries of " R ea d, read.") The letter was an answer to a communication made by Mr. Pouncey and himself (Mr. Devear) respect ing the representation of Westminster, and certainly, a f ter the reference made to the letter by Sir Francis himself, h e considered that he had a right to read it.—(Hear, hear.) [The letter was then read ; but the only passage in it of any public interest was the following :—" I am sorry to say that, in my opinion, no Ministry in this country ever stood in a situation more humiliating and disgraceful than the pre sent."] He (Mr. Devear) concluded by seconding the re solution.—( Cheers.) Mr. PROUT thought they would be committing an act of political suicide it' they called upon Sir F. Bnrdett to resign before they had selected a successor.—( Hear, hear.) As to the absence of General Evans, that was a distinct question from the present, and could not be properly dis cussed until they had heard that gallant officer's reply. H e had no objection to leave the word " tendency" out of his resolution, if that were the only objection to it ; but he must again protest against calling on Sir F. Burdett to resign before they had selected a successor. Mr. TYRELL thought that they need not be alarmed about calling on Sir F. Burdett to resign, as he had no doubt that before the Hon. Baronet obeyed the call they would have plenty of time to select a successor.--(A laugh.) The amendment was then put to the vote, when there appeared— For the amendment 44 For the original resolution Majority in favour of Mr Pouncey's resolution 34 The announcement of the numbers was hailed with loud cheers. A Committee was appointed to announce the resolution to Sir F. Burdett. The Committee consisted of the fol loWing gentlemen :—Richard Burnett, Thomas Devear, Henry B. Fearon, Gilbert Pouncey, Thomas Prout, Henry Simpson, and W. H. Walker. Mr. TYIELL moved the second resolution of Mr. Prout as an instruction to the Committee. Mr. PROUT seconded the motion. Mr. POUNCEY suggested that they should adopt only that part of the resolution which referred to the exten sion of the suffrage, the shortening the duration of Par liaments, and to the adoption of the system of vote by Ballot. After a desultory conversation, Mr. Pouncey's sugges tion was moved as an amendment, and carried. The meeting then, after a vote of thanks to the Chair man, separated. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1837 CHURCH-RATES. TO THE COMMITTEE OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS AP POINTED WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTE THE ABOLITION OF CHURCH-RATES, AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT BE- ING ROMAN CATHOLICS OR PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. GENTLEMEN—Permit the son of the Bishop of Nor wich, the only Bishop, and himself the writer of this let ter, almost the only Archdeacon in England who has sup ported the extension of the privileges of Catholics and Dissenters, both in adversity and prosperity, to request you, under existing circumstances, to declare to the Go vernment that you will, for the present at least, sus pend your claims to the abolition of Church-rates. It is a question as to the adjustment of which, upon safe prin ciples, I have no objection ; but it is a question, as I have ventured in the public prints to show you, and experience has borne me out in the assertion, beset with great difficul t'es. Whatever may be the return that I have met with, though I will never shrink from supporting the great prin ciples of the Church Establishment to which I belong, I will never turn my back upon my father's example, even should I feel it right to cease to give my support to a Go vernment professing the same principles with myself, but with whom I may have some differences connected with the fair operation of those principles, after maturest considera tion, which becomes a matter of contingency and detail, and comparison with other public men. But, desirous as I am not to feel obliged to do this, and of holding as his son the good opinion of those with whose interests my venerable father has so long shown so deep a sympathy, do, by the obligations which you owe him, and such as, in your capacity as a large body of men, you never owed to any other individual—l implore you for his sake, now in the hour that the lamp of his life (a life spent in the exercise of public and private benevolence, and sacrifices in behalf of civil and religious liberty) is going out fast, in the 93d year of his mortal existence—l beseech you copy his example, and call, as he has ever called, to mind the great precepts of our blessed Saviour, and pursue the things which mare for peace, and if you charge the Church party with conduct which interferes with that peace, show them at least, by your example, that you can forego even supposed rights for the sake of peace—that you can bind up wounds and promote a renewal of the best Christian feeling-s, and do not drive your best friends, like myself, to take a part painful to themselves, and at variance with you. Give not cause to the great and good man, the Duke of Wellington, who, when he bowed to the general wish and carried the Catholic Relief Bill th roug h Parliament, did what he did in the spirit of a hero—give him not reason to repent of what he has done ; and give not reason to those who so long proscribed the Bishop of Norwich for having supported the cause which he sup ported in the teeth of the general opinion of the Church— give them not reason to say that he has contributed, more than any other man in the kingdom, to open a floodgate whereby the Church, of which he is so high a Minister, is in danger of being overwhelmed, unless it prepare for, and determine upon, a struggle painful to every Christian feel ing, and destructive of that which we pray for—viz., " that we all, who profess and call themselves Christians, may live in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteous ness of life !" Condescend to listen to one who has a right to offer himself as a mediator and counsellor to those in whose behalf he himself has been distinguished, and in whose behalf his venerable father has made more sacrifices than any individual in the country. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient and respectful servant, HENRY BATHURST, Archdeacon of Norwich. March 20, 1837. TO THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON BA THURST. Committee-room, Patriot-Office, London, March 22. Reverend Sir—The Committee of the Church-rate Abo lition Society, presuming it is your intention to address them in your letter inserted in the Times newspaper of this morning, although you have slightly varied their title, have instructed me to offer some observations on that letter. This they have done, not only as a matter ,of courtesy and re spect, but also, and chiefly, that you may be rightly in formed of the course which the Society intend to prosecute in relation to the abolition of Church-rates. But before I make this statement, permit me to assure you that in the committee and among the members of the society which I have the honour to represent there are many Episcopalians who render the most important ser vices to the association ; men whose attachment to the doc trines and to the discipline of the Church of England can not be doubted—who are anxious to relieve their Church of the power to oppress, and to establish her in the affection of the people. Your proposition is, that the Church-rate Abolition So ciety shall, under existing circumstances, " declare to the Government, that they will, for the present at least, suspend their claims to the abolition of Church-rates ;" and the con sideration by which you enforce your proposition are the following : The difficulties which beset the question. The uniformly liberal conduct of the Bishop of Nor wich and of yourself to the Protestant Dissenters. The undesirableness of giving occasion to the Duke of Wellington to regret that he carried the Catholic Emanci pation Bill through Parliament. The danger of alienating yourself, and others like you, and driving you to take a part painful to yourselves, and at variance with the opponents of Church-rates ; and The great importance of peace and unity. Is it not desirable, Sir, that you should have stated ex plicitly what the " existing circumstances" are upon which your recommendation is founded ? They are to be gathered from your letter only inferentially. I may be allowed to say, in passing, that existing circumstances are, in the judg ment of the Committee of the Society you have addressed, favourable to the prosecution of their claims. The public mind is alive to the monstrous injustice of the tax which they are endeavouring to remove ; and the just and libe ral men now in power are favourable to the redress of the grievance. • Perhaps you refer to the opposition with which the pro posed extinction of Church-rates has been met by the Pre lates, and by others interested in the continuance of the tax ; to the number of petitions presented to the House of Lords in favour of the present system ; or to the proposal of the Archdeacons of England and Wales in meeting assembled, that additional powers should be given to the Ecclesiastical authorities to make and levy Church-rates. I beg to assure you, Sir, these are not circumstances which, in the judgment of those whom you have addressed, will give any weight to your recommendation. You say that the subject is beset with difficulties. Ad mitted. Would the lapse of time remove them ? Have they ❑ot been increasing of late years with an almost unex ampled rapidity ? Is it not true that in very many places Church-rates cannot he levied, and that in those parishes the fabrics and the worship are supported by voluntary contributions ? Although it will be at once conceded that the Church-rate Abolition Society possesses the confidence of the country, yet such is the state of feeling in relation to the impost of Church-rates, that any recommendation to suspend opposition to them would be treated by the country at large as an idle sound, and the Society which gave such a recommendation would be regarded as traitors to their trust and to their cause. I pass over the reason you deduce from the conduct of the Bishop of Norwich and of yourself, not from uncourte• ousness, nor from want of a due appreciation of the obliga tions under which the venerable Bishop, and the son, who professes to inherit his principles, have laid the Protestant Dissenters of England ; but because personal considerations should not sway the mind in its judgment upon a great national question, and because the parties you have ad dressed are accustomed to pay more deference to argu ments than to authorities. Your next reason will not, I think, be deemed to be of much weight. Whether the continued agitation of the Church-rate question shall cause the Duke of Wellington to regret that he carried the Catholic Emancipation Bill through Parliament, or not, can have but little effect upon the settlement of the Church-rate question. But if the .agitation be continued, his Grace may be induced to do in this what you say he did in the other case, when he acted in the spirit of a hero," and—" bowed to the general wish !" You fear that persevering efforts to abolish Church-rates will alienate yourself, and those who think with you, from the principles we advocate. Most deeply would the Com mittee of the Church-rate Abolition Society deplore such a result. But their regret would be for the friends who had forsaken them in the hour of their need, rather than for themselves and the cause they espouse. • The last reason you assign in support of your recom mendation is the importance of preserving peace and unity. Sir, your estimate of the importance of peace and unity is not higher than theirs whom you address. To attain them, they would sacrifice every thing but TRUTH ; but they have learned that the wisdom which is from above is "first pure, then peaceable." They would follow the example of your venerable father, whose name is revered by the wise and the good of all parties, because of his perseverance in that course of principle which you advise the Dissenters at the present time to forsake for expediency. And now, Sir, be assured that the Committee of the Church-rate Abolition Society will not cease to agitate the question of Church-rates until they have secured the ulti mate triumph of their cause—that there will be no sus pension of their efforts—that be their day of success distant, or be it near, their course will be undeviating, their exer tions unwearied, and their confidence undisturbed. I have tile honour to be, reverend Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, T. H. BOYKETT, Secretary to the Committee of the Church-rate Abolition Society. THE ROBBERY ON THE ROCHDALE ROAD.— This subject, so fertile in the columns of the Manchester Guar dian, is still unexhausted. A long article in the last number of that journal begins and ends thus :—" We now come to con sider the most important part of this extraordinary case— namely, that connected with the repeated and consistent con fessions of the gang of Irishmen. • • We now come to the view which has been taken of the case at the Home-office ; and we are enabled to state that it is exactly opposite to that which Mr. Taylor seeks most anxiously to establish. It is now admitted at the Home-office, that the Irishmen were concerned in the robbery of the Messrs. Royds ; but it is presumed, on some grounds wholly unknown to us, that EaStwood and his companions were their accomplices. This presumed connection is now therefore, the important point in the case. We believe we shall be able to show, not merely that no evidence has been given to prove such a connection, but that it is inconsistent with the evidence on which the pri soners were convicted, and equally inconsistent with all the known facts and probabilities of the case." LAUGHABLE BLUNDER.-1 will relate a laughable blunder of a translator, by way of giving you a familiar ex ample of the manner in which the French fall into error con cerning the condition of other nations, and to illustrate my meaning. In one of the recent American novels that have been circulated here, a character is made to betray confusion, by tracing lines on the table, after dinner, with some wine that had been spilt ; a sort of idle occupation sufficiently common to allow the allusion to be understood by every American. The sentence was faithfully rendered; but, not satisfied with giving his original, the translator annexes a note, in which be says, " One sees by this little trait, that the use of table cloths, ; it the time of the American revolution, was unknown in Ame rica !" You will understand the train of reasoning that led him to this conclusion. In France the cover is laid, perhaps, on a coarse table of oak, or even of pine, and the cloth is never drawn ; the men leaving the table with the women. In Ame rica the table is of highly-polished mahogany, the cloth is re moved, and the men sit, as in England. Now the French custom was supposed to be the custom of mankind, and wine could not be traced on the wood had there been a cloth ; An erica was a young and semi civilized nation, and ergo, in 1779, there could have been no table cloths known in Ame rica !—Cooper's Recollections of Europe. MONEY MARK'ET. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The eagerness which the Bank Directors manifest on all occasions to throw the entire blame of the crisis into which we have been brought - upon the American merchants is anything but creditable to them, and is far from producing the effect which they intend by it. Such sophistry is too shallow not to be seen through at once by our merchants generally. That the great discount -brokers were the medium of operation, and threw the first temptation in the way of those extraor dinary transactions which were afterwards entered into, they are ready enough to concede ; but they knew per fectly well at the same time that the means for doing this were furnished by the Bank Directors, who issued, of course, the very bank-notes which were employed on terms so easy as to drive both parties into the temptation. They reflected as little upon the consequences as the mer chants themselves did, but with less excuse, because thty had the whole circulation under their view, and bet ter materials for forming a correct judgment than other men could possibly have access to. Now that the difficulty has come on, and that they have secured, as they imagine, their own position, they indulge in insults upon those whom their own, or perhaps mutual, faults, have placed at their mercy. The Bank Directors held another sitting to-day on this subject, but it is presumed very much to relate to matters of detail : the principle upon which assistance is to be given being conceded, there only remains the consideration of the quality of the security offered. It must not be too hastily concluded, however, that great perplexity may not arise from this source alone. The accounts from Amsterdam bring the particulars of the new Dutch loan. which is to be raised by sub scription. It is to be divided into 19,000 portions, of 1,000 florins each ; the whole equal to about 1,500,0001. For each portion a bond of 1,000 florins is to be given, charged upon the foreign possessions of Holland, and bearing interest at .5 per cent., payable half yearly in Amsterdam, on the Ist of April and the Ist of Octo tober, at the Netherlands Bank, and in the chief towns of the provinces. Each bond will bear interest from the Ist of April, 1837. The subscriptions are to be opened on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of April, in Amsterdam, Rotter dam, and the chief towns of the provinces. If the sub scriptions are filled on the first day, they are not to be opened on the next ' • but if more than the amount wanted should be subscribed, the sum will he assigned in proportion to the subscribers. The amount subscribed will be publicly declared. The loan to be taken at par, and the payments will be as follows :—On the 30th of April, 25 per cent. ; on the 30th of June, 25 per cent. ; on the 10th of Octo ber, 25 per cent. ; and on the 10th of January, 1838, 25 per cent. Discount at 5 per cent. will be allowed on the even months. The original subscribers are to have the liberty of giving 4 per cent. bonds at 93 ; and i per cent. commission is to be allowed to all brokers and agents. — Times. THE FIRE at MR. SPOT CIS WOODE'S / PRINTING-OFFICE. As soon as the danger had ceased, and the first confu sion been somewhat' got over, vigorous exertions were commenced for clearing out from the ware-room the vast stacks of more or less burnt newly-printed reams of paper. The quantity is estimated at 10,000 reams, and a number of men were in the afternoon after the fire, and during yesterday, employed in removing it to other pre mises where it can be conveniently examined, and the exact nature of the loss ascertained. From the greatness of the stock the examination will necessarily be a work of time and of difficulty, and is rendered more so by the unfortu nate circumstance that the stock-book kept by the bead warehouseman, which contained an account of the work received into his charge, and of what he delivered out, has been burnt in the fire. It was in a desk in the ware house, which, with all its other contents, is utterly de stroyed. Mr. Spottiswoode was on the premises in the course of the afternoon after the fire, and after going over the ruins, and giving a brief expression to his grief on the unfortunate occasion, gave directions for the work being resumed in every department, and yesterday, in consequence, the com positors, the pressmen, and the machiners were all as fully at work, as if nothing had occurred. It is mortifying to know that but for an accident, which seems to involve a charge of negligence in some quarter, the fire might have been got under without doing scarcely any damage. There are two capacious tanks on, the pre mises for supplying the steam-engine boilers. By contract with the Water Company a service-pipe was laid on from the main, and the tanks ought to be filled every evening. As a precaution against fire, a pump was fixed on the top of each tank, to which a length of hose was made to fit. When the fire was discovered, and while it was 'yet con fined to only a corner of the room, the hose was got out and fitted to the tank nearest the wareroom, but on work ing the pump, after the first half dozen strokes the tank was found to be empty. The, other tank was too far dis tant to be of any use. The insurances on the property are understood to be as under :—ln the Protector, 2,850/. ; in the Union, 2,8501. ; in the Guardian, 2,000/. ; in the Sun, 1,000/. ; in the Hand-in-Hand, 1,0001. All the insurances are on stock, except the 1,000/. in the Hand-in-Hand. In the month of January, 1833, Mrs. Ann Blore, of Derby, published a pamphlet, giving an account of the abscoudment of her son, Isaac Blore, 14 years previously. From this it appeared that the latter had been, by his maternal grandfather, a gentleman of considerable property, bound ap prentice at the age of 15, to a respectable silk mercer. Not liking the business, and being, according to the pamphlet, ill treated by his master, he represented the same•to his grand father, who, however, refused to listen to him. Immediately after this, in July, 1819, he absconded, and, up to the latter end of the past week, was never heard of. In the meantime, the grandfather having died, and left a very large property, to a considerable portion of which he was entitled, advertise ments were inserted in the papers all over England, but parti cularly in those of Liverpool and Manchester, offering large rewards for his discovery. Yesterday a relation of Mrs. Blore, who is a respectable resident of this town, had an in terview with the individual wbo represents himself as her son, and the result is perfectly satisfactory as regards his identity. It appears that he has been residing, during the whole period of his absence, in the South of France. He will come imme diately into the possession of a handsome fortune.—Liverpool Albion. IRISH CABINS.—It is possible to imagine any state of wretchedness which canes up to the reality of some of the miserable hovels and the families they contain, as described by the Assistant Commissioners, from their own per sonal inspection. Damp, dark, dismal, and unhealthy, these cabins would not be considered in England good enough to house cattle in. Nothing is more common than for the inmates of a cabin all to sleep in the same room, without respect to sex or age, the father, mother, and from one to five of the younger children in one bed, the grown-up sons in a second, and the daughters in a third, although the apartment is so small that all three beds are almost touching. Instances are even not rare where, as in cabins of only one room, this is done by men and women, of all ages, who are strangers to each other, such as lodgers, &c. ; and it is very usual, from the want of room, but still more of bedding and covering, for brothers and sisters to sleep together until they are 15 or 16 years of age, and in some eases even older. In Leinster, Queen's County, &e., the floor of the peasants' hovel is always damp, in consequence of its being usually from six inches to one or two feet below the level of the surrounding ground, from the practice of digging • out the top spit of the ground. and sometimes two spits, both to lay the floor on the most solid soil, and also to assist to build the walls of the cabin. Another cause of dampness is the practice of digging a large hole for the manure of the pig, the sweepings of the road and house, and other materials for the dung-heap, close to the door, and generally against the very walls ; which hole, in wet weather, becomes a pool of water, or liquid filth, and a constant source of damp to the house, and of exhalations noxious to its inmates. The habit of feeding the pig on the floor of the house, and letting him sleep in it, is another means of keeping the floor wet and dirty. There is also great inattention to cleaning out and opening the ditches and water courses near the cabins ; they may frequently be seen running over with water, and flowing back upon the house on every side, while an hour or two's work would clear the ' whole channel, and leave the site and vicinity of several cabins quite dry. Cabins have, in general, chimneys of some kind ; most are made of bits of timber, or wattles covered with mud. There are, however, many cabins with only a hole in the roof, and some with no outlet for the smoke but the door ; none have grates. Many of the cabins have no window at all ; others have only an opening, which is blocked up in cold or wet weather by a window shutter, or straw. The windows never open, and frequently have no frame, being merely a hole made through the wall, which is stopped up with a pane of glass. There are no hinges to the doors, which swing upon hooks and eyes, and have wooden latches and bolts : few or none have shutters. The cabins never have any privies. In and near towns the pigs almost invariably sleep in a corner of the cabin, and the donkey in another. The splendid steam-ship Duchess of' Sutherland, left Inverness on Friday afternoon, and arrived off Downe's wharf on Monday, at twelve o'clock, with a bumper cargo, consisting of 46 prime fat cattle, 200 fat sheep, and upwards of SO tons of dead meat, principally mutton and pork, besides corn, fresh salmon, salt fish, salt pork, butter, poultry, and other produce from Inverness, Rosa, Cromarty, Nairn, and Morayshire. The value of the cattle, sheep, and dead meat alone is estimated at nearly 5,000/., thus showing the advan tage of steam navigation to the North of Scotland, and en abling farmers, cattle-dealers, butchers, and others con cerned in trade, to send the produce of land and water to the metropolis of London in a fresh state, a distance of nearly 700 miles, which, before the establishment of steam to those northern latitudes, the breeders and feeders of live stock had no market for fat stock, and were therefore forced to sell them to be driven over-land to England, which has so reduced the condition of the animals, that they were only fit to be fed over azain when sold in the South; consequently many thousands of stones of beef and mutton were annually lost by the dete riorAion of stock by driving, whereas by steam conveyance little or nothing is lost, and the consumer in London receives , Scotch beef and mutton in perfection. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• The question with regard tcp Sir Francis Burdett's connection with Westminster one pnrelv of time. Ever since the defection of the Hon. Baronet to the Tories, his former supporters have been divided merely on the point whether Sir Francis should be called on to resign his seat at once, or Westminster should re main inadequately represented till the period of a general election. Many circurntltances conspired to render the Constituency reluctan t adoptatroet. H a His s e i c ia id m ed e course in the case of the Hon. ion is as it were identified with the .cause of Reform ; and when Toryism and corruptiorr were everywher e triumphant, the men of Westminster,. with Sir Francis Burdett at their head, gave battle to the enemy of free dom, and by their example contributed much to the spread of the opinions which at last obtained the na tional sanction in the Reform Bill. Sr Francis was truly in those days " the glory of Westminster." The cause of Reform was not 'merely advanced by his harangues, which were admirably adapted for popular effect, but by the co mutenance of a man of his rank and standing in society. In this Aristocratic country the public look always with great suspicion on any cause which is not pa tronised by rank ; but at the period to which we al lude rank and station were almost everything. The men of Sir Francis's own class were Oen peculiar)); hostile to the extreme opinions athrocated by Sir Francis; and we remember the time vs-hen the Hon. Baronet stood alone in the House of Commons, when both Tories . and Whigs kept studiously aloof from him. Few men have the courage to hre.;:ard the loss of caste as he did; and it is the recollection of Sir Francis's devotion to the cause of Reform—the sacri fices to which he unhesitatingly exposinl himself, for the sake of that cause, when it was upheld only in Westminster and its liberties—that rendlers it CO pain ful to the constituency to dwell on his present apos tacy. Between the Sir Francis of tkuirty years ago and the Sir Francis of the present.. day there is hardly a feature of resemblance. His character has undergone a complete transmutation. However painful it may be, therefore to the electors of Westminster to tell Sir Francis am his defec tion- to the enemies of Reform xenders it ne cessary for them, as honest and ceonsistent men, to call on him to resign a seat. which he can no longer with propriety hold, they have no alter: native. And yesterday evening a meeing of the most influential electors was held at the Beitish Hotel, in Cockspur-street, to take into consideraition a letter re ceived from Sir Francis, in answer to a. request on the part of the electors that he would express his opinion upon certain measures now in _progress through Par liament, in order that no decided step might he taken without such an evidence of die Honourable Ba ronet's defection as might leave no room for doubt on the subject. In the letter which had been published by the Honourable Baronet in the Times of yester day he says, with respect to the Ministerial measures on which, as a test, he was called to pronounce an opi nion—" I can only repeat my entire disapprobation of them, and of the whole system of Mblisterial po licy, both foreign and domestic ; that the measures now before Parliament are ill-concocted, unjust in prin ciple, feebly sustained, and mischievous to the public." To allow Sir Francis, after such an expression of opi nion, to represent Westminster any longer with their consent, would be to make themselves responsible for hii apostacy. The suliject was brought before the meeting by Mr. Prout, who proposed a series of reso lutions ; of which the first was, that the letter just read from Sir Francis Burdett, coupled with his ,late political conduct, as 4liowni by his absence on all great questions that came before Parliament, had a tendency to destroy their confidence in his usefulness, and that the meeting felt that they would be precluded from aiding and assisting him on the occasion of any future election. Colonel Jones very properly objected to this resolution that it referred to what admitted of diversity of construction, while it ought to refer to the letter of Sir Francis, in which he disclaimed the opinions lie had formerly supported, and for supporting which he had obtained the confidence of the electors of Westmin ster. Colonel Jones attributed Sir Francis's defec tion to the influence of disease on his mental facul ties. " It was (he observed) a most lamentable thing to see a man who had for forty years worked for the public good,, become, by a calamity of nature, so impaired in mind as to give up the principles for the support of which he had bven once called the glory of his country." This is the most charitable way of accounting for Sir Francis's conduct. At a certain period of life, in so:ne more protracted than in others, men return to asecond infancy, and in that second infancy the associations of the first are often found to have great force. In fact, it has often happened with many persons in the advanced stage of life, that the whole of the period between the first and second childhood has passed from the me mory, while it has seemed peculiarly tenacious of the culler impressions. Montaigne's first language was Latin ; and he tells us that though in after life he seldom spoke that language, when his mind was im paired by disease he returned to it. Sir Francis Bur dett had been brought up a Tory, and in his old age lie returns to Toryism. Colonel Jones spoke with be coming feeling of the prostration of mind to which he thought the Toryism of Sir Francis was attributable. Mr. Pouncey proposed a resolution in accordance with the suggestion of Colonel Jones, calling on the Honourable Baronet to resign his scat and appeal to the judgment of the electors of West• minster, which was seconded by Mr. De Vear, and finally adopted by a majority of 44 to 10. A Committee was then appointed to announce the reso lution to Sir Francis. We may speak of Sir Francis Burdett as an historical personage, for his part in the political drama is now closed. He certainly had con siderable powers as a speaker' on common and popu lar subjects. At Brentford, Palace-yard, and Covent garden he appeared to much greater advantage than in the House of Commons. This arose from the superficial nature of his education, his want of appli cati-m, apparently owing to some constitutional defect, and the limited range of his intellect. Where there was room for feeling, or the display of high courage, Sir Francis appeared to great advantage ; but tvheu ever he ventured to address the House on questions which required reasoning, his speeches were for the most part little better than twaddle. We cannot call to mind a single occasion on which Sir Francis dis played either extensive knowledge or powers of rea soning. In his earlier days he confined himself to those questions in which he could appear to advan tage ; but latterly he was less prudent, and same times ventured to speak on questions of an abstract and complicated character, in which lie egregiously failed. It may be true, as Colonel Jones observes, that Sir Francis Burdett's mind has been impaired by illness and age ; but we suspect the disease is in the will as well as in the head. When Sir Francis began his career it was a distinction to be a Reformer, and he was proud of being the acknowledged leader of the Radicals. The success of Reform has introduced a large body of Reformers into Parliament, most of them better qualified from their education anti pursuits to cut a figure on the great questions of the day. Sir Francis sees himself left far behind in the race ; and being no longer distinguished as a Retormer, and un willing to be altogether unnoticed, he seeks notoriety by abandoning his old opinions. We offer this, how ever, only as conjecture. Whatever be the cause, gratitude for Sir Francis's former services to the cause of liberty will restrain all Reformers of feeling from the expression of any other sentiment than that of pity at the spectacle which lie exhibits. Poor Sir Francis I 1f a better man had declared " that the measures now before Parliament are ill-concocted, unjust in principle, feebly sustained, and mischievous to the public," some castigation might not have been thrown away on him. But we abandon Sir Francis to his physician and his nurse ; and only wish that he may pass his remaining days in comfort and peace.—Morn. Clzron. A paragraph, appeared in a Ministerial paper of last night, which, though but of small size, was meant to be a pregnant one, and to bear, at the fitting season, a rich and abundant harvest. It is to this effect, viz.—that Lord Dulham is coming home from St. Petersburgh, and that the cause of his return is the intention of the Duchess of Kent to place the Noble Lord at the head of the Princess Victoria's establish ment on the occasion of her Royal Highness attaining