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THE MAGAZINES.- (CONCLUDED.) FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY BET lEIV. To Brothers of the Masonic order—an order which, we are here informed, is of Jewish origin— this work will be acceptable reading. It is a care fully superintended periodical, and gives a copious record of the proceedings of all the chief Lodges during the month. But besides this, it contains many essays on topics of general interest, which deve lope more powers of thought than periodical essays usually do. The dissertation, in particular, on the origin and progress of Freemasonry, is written in a learned and philosophical spirit, and would have showed to advantage even in the " Edinburgh" or " Quarterly Reviews." Nor must we omit to notice in terms of praise, the " Remarks on the late Henry O'Brien's Essay on the Round Towers of Ireland," which dis play singular research ; and from which the lamented author of that ingenious and elaborate essay might have derived many a useful suggestion. We learn, but not with surprize, that the " Freemason's Review" has a large and increasing circulation. It deserves it. LIBRARY OF FICTION. As tales of the sea are now all the rage, this pe riodical, catering adroitly for the public taste, fur nishes us with the " Midshipman's Expedients," which is rather an amusing story, or rather anecdote, from the,pen of the author of " Rattlin the Reefer." The sketch of a middy's berth, anal of the progress of his toilette, on an occasion when the youngster is desir ous to figure as a sea-Adonis, is drawn from the life, as, indeed, is the whole tale, which no mere lands man could have written. The " Preacher Parrot, or th e Trials of Truth," by Douglas Jerrold, conveys a useful lesson in a very impressive manner. Poor Poll, it seems, has graduated at an auctioneer's, where he has picked up a variety of phrases, which he al ways blurts out at the most unseasonable times. Thus at the very moment when his first purchaser, Mr. Pho cion, a patriotic Member of the House of Commons, is r e plying to the regrets of his wife that lie has ob tained nei'Aer post nor pension ; and declaring in a lofty tone, ' it is my glory to prove that there is still some public virtue left, and know if I hold off from golden temptatim:—lf I refuse with inexpressible scorn to sell myself to the Minister, it is for this proud reason, that I have had"— a t the very moment, we say, that this placeless patriot is thus sublimely de livering himself, the parrot with impertinent propriety, screams out " no bidders"-- Good God ! who's that ?" cried the patriot, turning as pale as though called by the accusing angel. " No bidders ! no bidders ! no bidders !" replied the parrot ; from its auction vocabulary. Mr. Phocion stared and gasped at the bird as if a demon spoke in it.—a malignant spirit that had possessed itself of the heart of the statesman's mystery. " In the name. of Heaven, Mrs. Phocion," said her hus band, taking breath from his astonishment, " where did you get that plague ?" "No bidders!" said the irritating parrot. Unhappily, there lay on the table a copy of the Report of the Law .Commission. It will give the reader a very favourable idea of Mr. Phocion's strength, when we state that he seized the tome with one hand, and flinging it at the speaker, the corner of the book caught the right eye of the bird, and extinguished its light. In a very short time, the parrot was thrust, with curses on its head, from the hearth of the Senator." , Poll soon afterwards meets with other purchasers ; but he is so confoundedly matter-of-fact and unseason able in his exclamations, that everywhere he is treated with cruelty, rich and poor equally combining to resent his truth-telling propensity. He is at last killed by a shoemaker's wife, for replying to her modest praises of herself in presence of her husband, that she was— to use an auctioneering phrase—" cheap as dirt." But what becomes of this sincerest of parrots when dead ? Mr. Jerrold shall tell us in his own pungent style. " Lady H— had the most splendid collection of all that was rich and rare. Happy were they admitted to the wonders of her museum. And, pray, what have we here ?' asked a foreign Countess, pausing before our stuffed parrot —a parrot with its every feather composed, its eye replaced, set up in atl erect and self-asserting posture, standing be math a dome of glass, and supported by a pillar of most exquisite marble, whereon were inscribed in letters of gold . the hist ory , ac t s , an d death of our martyr. The parrot had in its life, been blinded, maimed ; had been hunted from place to place, with hate and curses following it, and had at last been trained by a shrew for the truth in a cobler's gar !et. But dead, its fame began to live ; and now, it stands In a palace upon marble, and is sheltered from the smallest mote by a case of chrystal ! What are the trials of truth, when we think of its monuments ?" This is well and aptly written ; but indeed the tale throughout shows considerable tact, but perhaps it will not be liked the better for being of such general application, and coming home to so many bosoms. TOWN AND COUNTRY MAGAZINE. Considering its cheapness—the price is only one shilling—and the amount and variety of matter it con tains, this Magazine is entitled to a favourable notice. The reminiscences of the celebrated "Mile-end Miser," John Ismay, who died the other day, leaving a fortune of God knows how many thousands and thousands of pounds, though lie commenced life with but one lean cow, and a sum of money in his pocket amounting to about half-a-crown—the recollections of this eccentric skin-flint, are as amusing as they can be, considering that avarice is the theme. The tales and prose sketches in this Number are cleverish ; and there is a good engraving of old Dunmow Church—accompanied ' by a sort of local chronicle, from which it seems that only a few score married folks have claimed " the flitch of bacon," for unexceptionable matrimonial behaviour, since the first institution of this celebrate! re , :;ma for nuptial immaculateness ! Here is a theme for the moralist to dissert upon I THE NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Th e idea of this work is good—better than the exe cution, which, however, as this is only the third Num ber, and the editor therefore may be said to be as yet bu t On the threshold of his undertaking, we hope to see improved. =_------ L COTTISH MONTHLY MAGAZINE. A. shrewd, practical periodical, appealing, for the Th 4 ° st part, to t h e tas t es o f men of business, and con ueted no doubt by members of this imaginative and -••er e ,...!_, i• , `inal community. " Its object," say the pu b_ 'suers, , • is to present to those interested in the su b_ guish e d ject, a monthly series of papers by talented and distin connecte au d .it t hors, on the various changes daily o ccu rring, with of t h e Brit' the home trade and foreign co m merce British empire; u n iti n g with this main feature the purs u i ts of general literature, thus making it a work poetically os e f b l suited to c„.,.. U i to the mercantile man, and equally cirde.,, T hese i nstruction and amusement to the family se objects are accomplished in the present Number, w h ich . " English join; Stock Banks," to an elaborate article on larly perplexing and .i which i looks 'milieu ,, soncraritninetic, contains a short, pithy essay on b writing , " wherein the NN riter pays a befitting trib ute , ~_., unity of character, - 0 Burns, as one who and Purpose"lent ing to the treasures of son , 1 f . , a ' nd high poetic dar. ,„ he found lying about ;" a clever' poem, entitled the " German Student," from the pen of Mr. Simmons ; and an essay on the " Ad vancement of Historical Design,” by an amateur of the Fine Arts. SPIRTING MAGAZINE. There are two excellent engravings attached to this Number —one, the " Gamekeeper and his Dog," and the other " October Shouting." 'rhe last is finished with considerable care, and represents a very pleasing ~ g lea n scene, with sportsmen in the foreground breaking their way through a tangled copse. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. There is a stirring tale in this Number, entitled, " Retribution, an incident at Sea," which would form the subject of an amusing melodrama. Let the Ma nagers of the Adelphi, therefore, look to it. The par ticulars of the " Retreat from Burgos upon Rodrigo," are also related with animation, and will, no doubt, be read with avidity, by many a military veteran at his Club. On the whole the Number is a good one, though, as respects variety, we have read many better. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDI4ESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1837. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (From the French Papers of Sunday.) The Deputies met yesterday at 12 o'clock in the stand ing committees, to name the committee on the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. From 36 to 40 Deputies were present in each of the standing committees. The discussion which took place on the Spanish question was extremely warm, and the sitting was prolonged to a late hour in most of the bureaux, especially in the 6th, in which it was adjourned only at 5 o'clock. M. Hebert, a Ministe rialist, was named in the first bureau, by a majority of 26 to 10. The Opposition candidate was M. de Schonen. In the second standing committee, M. Thil was named by a majority of 22 to 18 votes, obtained by M. Viennet. In the third bureau, M. Piscatory was named by a majority of 28 to 13. In the fourth bureau, M. Herue obtained 27 votes, and his opponent, M. Ganneron, only 17. In the fifth bureau, M. Calmon obtained the day by a majority of 24 to 17. In the sixth, M. Thiers was chosen by 20 out of 39 votes. In the seventh, M. Wurtemberg obtained a majority of 23 to 19. In the eighth, M. St. Marc Girardin was named by 23 out of 33 votes. In the ninth bureau, M. Jacqueminot was named by a majority of 24 to 21. It thus appears that the total number of Deputies who at tended the sitting amounted to 361 ; of these 208 are Ministerialists, and the rest belong to the different fractions of the Opposition. The disposition of Meunier in his prison appears to be changeable. Yesterday he took breakfast in good spirits, arousing himself by humming a waltz. The prisoner was examined yesterday with the greatest care by the Duke de Cazes himself, who, however, abstained from addressing a single worZ to the assassin. The following intelligence from Lisbon of the 17th ult., is contained in the Espanol :—" Money has become so extremely scarce, that even the grants to the Queen and Royal Family will not be paid at the end of the month, without great difficulty. Five months' arrears are due to the troops and many of the Government officers. The ge neral discontent naturally increases every day. The soi disant Constitutionalists of 1822, whenever they meet the Queen and the Prince, treat them with an air of disdain, and the most violent refuse even to pay them the ordinary marks of respect by taking off their hats. The rest of the people, according to custom, salute them with the greatest attention. All the efforts of the Government have failed in inducing several of the battalions of the National Guard to comply with the new regulations. The Civil Governor wished to address them, but was forced to withdraw. The Government is, in fact, almost without power or authority. The French squadron sails to-morrow, but the English ships of war will remain till the opening of the Session, in order to see what complexion affairs will then assume." The following, dated Frontiers of Italy, 19th ult., is given by the Augsburgli Gazette :—" The Sardinian Go vernment is said to be engaged in serious deliberations upon the reprisals to be made upon Spain, in consequence of the Cabinet of Madrid having sent all the Sardinian Con suls out of that kingdom." The proposal for a provision for the Duke de Nemours was only adopted a few days before the session, and subse quently to the unfavourable news from Constantine. The original idea was of a different complexion. Had the ex pedition succeeded, the Duke de Nemours would have been appointed Viceroy of Africa, with an allowance of 500,000 francs ; to the above title would have been ap pended the possession of the splendid chateau of Ram bouillet, which as a matter of form is under the administra tion of Crown lands. The untoward result of the expe dition has frustrated the accomplishment of this project ; the Government has not dared to establish a viceroyalty in a place the possession of which is disputed ; and on the eve of demanding 10,000,000 of supplementary credit for a second expedition to Constantine, it would have been al most impossible to have tacked to it a sinecure of half-a million. The marriage portion for the Queen of the Belgians is now a matter which belongs to the civil list ; a large por tion of this sum has already been paid to King Leopold, and it is only a reimbursement which is required, for no thing is neglected by the civil list. It is said that the pro visions for the King's youngest sons will be fixed at 600,000 francs, and that they are to be entitled to it at the age of 18, and that this will require an application to the Chambers on the part of the Duke d'Aumale in the course of next year. REVOLUTION IN PERU. SECESSION OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. ___ . We have received accounts from South Peru. They give the solemn declaration of the independence of that new State, which is as follows : The Assembly of South Peru, in the name of the Departments of Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cuzco, and Puno, decree : " 1. That by long and painful experience the people of South have acquired the conviction that their association with those of the North, under one Government, renders difficult, if not impossible, their organisation, and, in conse quence, is an obstacle to the public prosperity, which essen tially depends on the form of the Government. •' 2. That the revolutions of which Peru has been the victim prove this union to have been forced ; and the people of the south, as well as those of the north, are re duced to seek their security by the only means likely to obtain it, and which are indicated in the proclamation of his Excellency the President of Peru, which he has been induced to publish by the most grave and just considera tions, not less than by the unanimous voice of the people of the south. " 3. That the Gavernmcnts of Peru and of Bolivia are engaged by the treaty concluded at Paz on the 15th of June, and solemnly ratified on the 24th of the same month, to respect, accomplish, and guarantee the deliberations of the Assembly convoked by the decree of the 26th of June, 1835, and that his Excellency the Provisional President of Peru did in consequence, by his message of the 7th of De cember, 1835, remit to this Assembly the powers with which he had been invested by the Department. " 4. That his Excellency the Captain-General, President of Bolivia and Superior Chief of the United Army, Andre Santa Cruz, has engaged, in the name of the nation, by the declaration published at Puno on the Ist of July, 1835, to guarantee the resolutions of the Assembly. "5. That Bolivia, by the organ of her Congress, and by the same declaration of Puno, is engaged to unite by the ties of confederation, with the two estates of North and South Peru. " 6. That the memorable victories gained by the united armies in the plains of Yunacocha, Ananta, Camaracas, Callao, Graamandal, and Socobaya, in restoring peace and repose to Peru, has admitted the people to make known by the means of their legitimate representatives the ex pression of their views, conformable to their interests. " It is therefore solemnly decreed— " Art. 1. The departments of Arequiqa, Cuzco, and Puno shall be free and independent, under the denomina the Soil,tv,. Perw;;ap State, and adopting for its Go vernment the popular representative form. "2. The State of South Peru obliges itself, from this moment, to conclude with the State which is formed in the north, and with Bolivia, a federative compact, of which the basis shall be arranged by a Congress of Plenipoten tiaries, named by each of the three States which are to form the grand confederation. " 3. The exercise of all public authority of the State is confided to his Excellency the Captain-General, Superior Chief of the United Army, Andre Santa Cruz, under the title of Supreme Protector of the South Peruvian State. " 4. The Protector of the South Peruvian State will invite the other States to become a part of the above con federation, and will employ all proper means to assure per fection in the organization, in a manner conformable to the wishes of thepeople. " .5. The Protector of the State, immediately when, ac cording to his judgment, circumstances will permit it, will convoke a Congress, constituted in a definitive manner by the country. " In faith of this, we, the representatives of four de partments, give and sign, in their names and our own, the present declaration, &c. (Signed) " DON NICOLAS DE PIRROLA, " JOSE MARIE ANNE DE COSE, " CESAR TARGAS, " And eighteen other names, among which is that of Jean Casonia, deputy for Arequipa." SIR ROBERT PEEL—The following fudge is from the Glasgow Herald, a Tory paper :—" We understand that the address which the operatives of Glasgow intend to present to Sir Robert Peel on his arrival is in course of rapid signature ;—in fact, that the greatest devotion to the Constitution, and its most eminent living supporter, Sir Ro bert Peel, has been very decidedly manifested in quarters where it has been somewhat the fashion of late to allege that no feeling of the kind did exist. It is rumoured also, that, as the majority of our Councillors declined to confer the freedom of the City on the above distinguished states man, the tradesmen intend, us far as in them lies, to wipe away this stain on our courtesy, and to present Sir Robert with a burgess ticket themselves, not in a tin case, as is the practice of the Corporation, but in a handsome gold or silver box. There may be some difference of opinion yu the point, but we should imagine that the ur . I.'aus con fgSt: or Litee n h un d re d o f our respec t 1 be as gratifyi ng to Si r R o b ert P ee l Mlle nSwpgiel Wye IVPII 010 AperqvAl of our qitlet9a Qouncillarq. Sunday afternoon two gentlemen were amusing themselves by driving, in tandem ; a sledge round the Re gent's-park, A yc.ung lad was killed at Rocklifr on Wednesday vening last by falling into a tub of boiling water. ROYAL FAMILY OF HANOVER. HANOVER, DEC. 24.—The Hanoverian Gazette pub lishes the following : " ROYAL FAMILY LAW FOR THE KINGDOM OF HANOVER. " We, William IV., &C., &C., considering that since the dissolution of the Constitution of the German Em pire the essentially altered relations of the members of the German reigning houses to their head and now their Sovereign requires to be more accurately defined—consi dering further that the new arrangements in the provin cial department, in consequence of the introduction of the Constitution into our kingdom of Hanover, require a re vision of the law relative to the apanages, because this, with other important regulations, seems to be especially in dispensable for the contingency of a separation of the Crown of Hanover from that of Great Britain—have re solved, after a previous careful examination of the pre ceding family conventions, and upon their bases, to issue a new Royal Family law ; to abolish in it absolute or dinances, paying due regard to what is still applicable ; to substitute new regulations in their room ; and in general to prevent all future doubts and mistakes. We, therefore, and this so far as our Serene House is collectively concerned, in concert with his Serene Highness the Duke of Bruns wick, and with respect to the points calculated for the co operation of the Estates, with the assent of our faithful Estate of the kingdom of Hanover, ordain as follows : CHAPTER I.—OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, ITS HEAD, AND ITS THE PARTERRE. As this little Magazine puts forth no pretensions to superior literary excellence, it would be unfair to test it by a standard which it disavows. We will, there fore, content ourselves with saying, that it is an amus ing, modest miscellany, containing numerous tales se rious and comic, some small poesy, of that sort which neither gods, men, nor columns are said to allow, and divers anecdotes of great men told in a terse, epigram matic fashion. As for the wood-cuts they are, with some one or two exceptions, well engraved, while the typography is unexceptionable throughout. MUSIC. THE ROYAL ROSE. A Glee for Three Voices. London : Dale, Cockerill, and Co. The music of this glee is by G. F. Stansbury ; and a lady, in the excellence of whose taste and judgment, in all that relates to such compositions, unbounded confidence may be reposed, pronounces it exceedingly beautiful. It is dedicated, by permission, to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The words are by George Moore, and run thus : " Oft in a lone unheeded spot, The choicest flower may bloom unseen ; And such has been the early lot Britannia, of thy future Queen, Of thy immortal Royal Rose, The tenderest but loveliest shoot, Secluded to perfection grows, Yet in each British heart takes root. Hail Victoria I Princess hail ! Should treach'rous friends, or open foes, Thy safety, or thy' rights assail, Britons will guard their Royal Rose. " One stedfast eye, one prudent hand, The sweet expanding bud uprears, And with maternal influence bland, Its radiant progress guides and cheers. May both to this great realm be bound By ties of mutual love and trust ; And Britons still be gen'rous found To Rulers who will dare be just. Hail Victoria I Princess Hail I Should treach'rous friends, or open foes, Thy safety, or thy rights assail, Britons will guard their Royal Rose." The Duchess of Bolton—formerly Miss Fenton, the original Polly in the Beggar's Opera.—Charles, Duke of Bolton, took her off the stage, and after having children by her, married her. According to Walpole, " after a life of merit, she relapsed into Pollyhood." Two years before her death she picked up an Irish surgeon at Tunbridge, who, when she was dying, sent for a lawyer to make her will ; but he, finding who was to be her heir instead of her chil dren, refused to draw it. Another less scrupulous was found, and she left her three sons 1,0001. a-piece, and the surgeon about 9,0001. Walpolc's Correspondence. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond have, in ad dition to their own family circle, been entertaining the fol lowing distinguished party at Goodwood :—The Earl of Ripon, Lord William Lennox, Mr. and Lady Agnes Byng, Colonol G. Wyndham, Mr. John Clayton, &c. At his Grace's battue last week considerable havoc was made among the pheasants. His Grace's eldest son, the Earl of March, just entered at Christ Church, is a crack shot. The Chapter of the Order of the Garter, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the Duke of Montrose, will not be held, it is expected, until after the meeting of Parliament. His Grace was the sixth Knight in seniority, next to the Marquis Wellesley. The junior Knight is now the Marquis of Lansdowne. It is probable the vacant riband will be offered to the Duke of Cleveland or to the Duke of Sutherland. It is reported that a certain Irish Viscount, who re sides nearly all the year in this country, is about to lead to the altar a widow lady of considerable property. The Prince and Princess Polignac and family ar rived at the Terrace Hotel, Richmond Hill, on Monday, from London, where, it is supposed, they will stay for some time. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have post poned their departure from Baron's Court until the middle of the next month, when they will proceed to Woburn Abbey. The Duke of Norfolk has been detained in town by the inclemency of the weather. His Grace has ordered a plentiful supply of food and clothing for the poor in the vi cinity of his various estates. The Earl of Westmoreland and Lady Georgiana Pane remain in seclusion at Apethorp Hall. The Earl de Grey came up alone to St. James's square from Wrest Park on Monday evening, leaving the Countess and Mr. Henry and Lady Nary Vyner in Bed fordshire. Earl Grey is reported in some papers to be at Paris, whereas the Noble Lord, surrouded by nearly all the mem bers of his family, is enjoying himself at his seat at Howick. He is in excellent health The Earl and Countess of Haddington, at Tyning hame House, near Dunbar, are dispensing their hospitality to a select circle. The Earl of Essex remains in Belgrave-square, having declined giving his usual party at Cashiobury Park at Christmas, solely on account of the state of the weather. The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Lieu tenant of the county of Fife, having arrived at Dysart House about a fortnight ago, the Lieutenancy of tb - 4 county proposed to entertain his Lordship at a public dinner, which he has for the present respectfully declined. Lord and Lady Courtenay and the Hon. Henry Courtenay have been entertained by Lord and Lady Rolle, at Bicton Lodge. F. B. Ogden, Esq., the American Consul for Liver pool, entertained Mr. Edwin Forrest and a numerous party of gentlemen at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday last. The report of Mr. Wrench having been engaged at Drury-lane Theatre is, we find, erroneous. That spirited performer is at present wholly disengaged. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland and suite are expected to arrive at Kew Palace on the 28th inst., from Hanover. Lord Canterbury, the intimate per sonal friend of the Duke, is expected to accompany his Royal ilig!tfai..bl to England. The Right Hon. the Master of the Mint has been entertaining a select party at Highlands, Essex, during the holydays. The Right Hon. Gentleman has recently, we believe, purchased part of the Earl of Egmont's estate, Eg more, near Bridgewater. Lord Headley has been entertaining a Christmas party at his seat, Bramham Hall. The Lord Chancellor, on Wednesday next, the 11th inst., being the first day of Hilary Term, will give his usual dejeuner in Bruton-street, to the Judges, King's Counsel, &c. The Countess Dowager of Cork is on a visit to her nephew, and in the enjoyment of the best health and spirits, though now in her 96th year ; her Ladyship is among the first to enter into the merry " sayings and doings" of this fes tive season. Lord Dacre arrived in Chesterfield-street express from the Hoo, in consequence of the breaking out of a fire in Chapel-street, May-fair, close to the residence of his sis ter, the lion. Miss Brand, who is in a very delicate state of health, and who was removed to her noble relative's mansion. Lord and Lady Howick, and Mr. Secretary and Lady Mary Wood, and other visitcrs at the Hoo at Christmas, have returned to their respective residences. Lady Cockerel( left Hyde Park-corner for Sezincote, Gloucestershire, in consequence of the indisposition of tho venerable Sir Charles (Commissioner of the Board of Con trol). The Hon. Baronet, by the last accounts, has rallied and is much better. _ . _ ---- Mrs. Edward Lytton Bulwer, who is residing near Dublin, with her two chiLlren, will, it is expected, return to England in March, and fix her abode in London. The re port of a recently published novel being the production of this amiable lady is quite untrue, as it is not even the com position of a female hand. The American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson have left their residence in Portland-place, for a series of visits at the various ministerial and diplomatic country houses. MR. THEODORE HOOK AND THE " NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE."—SOMC idea of the popularity of the witty author of " Sayings and Doings," may be inferred, from the fact of the first number for 1837, of Mr. Colburn's " New Monthly Magazine," now under his editorship, being out of print on the day of publication. A new edition is now, how . ;.,'vet ; by the aid of Mr. Clowes's machinery, ready for delivery. They favourite periodical has most auspiciously N)rumenced th e new y ear w i L ', L , double its usuapl,,q9n tity of witty and facetious articles, in consequence 01 kliu .'" Corporation in its pages, of the lately announced comic work 0 4titled " The Humorist." Among other distinguished Writer s whose contributions serve to promote the merriment of Christmas with the laughter-loving readers of the " New Monthly," we observe, besides the Editor, the Author of " Paul Pry," Leigh Hunt, the Authors of the " Rejected Addresses," Douglas Jerrold, J. B. Buckstone, Alfred Crowquill, &c. &c. MEMBERS. See. 1. By the name of the Royal House that line of the collective House of Brunswick Luneburg is to be un derstood which either at present or in future reigns in the kingdom of Hanover. Sec. 2. The King is the head of the Royal house. Sec. 3. The members of the Royal houses are the Queen Consort of the King, the Royal widow, all Princes, Princesses, not reigning of the Royal Hanoverian line in the kingdom qualified to succeed to the Throne ; but in case of a separate one of the Crown of Great Britain and Hanover, only when they take up their abode in the king dom of Hanover, and are received by the King into the family circles of this kingdom ; for the rest, without touch ing on the right to the succession of the members of the collective house (d), the consorts and the widows of the Princes of the Royal house, if of Princely birth, and mar ried according to the family law. Sec. 4. The Princesses of the Royal house, after mar riage, according to their rank, to a husband who is not a member of the house, cease to belong to it. Sec. 5. The eldest son of the King has the title of Crown Prince, and is called Royal Highness. All the other Princes of the house, sons of the King, are called Royal Princes and Royal Highnesses. The Princesses, the King's daughters, have the same title. An exception takes place only in the case mentioned below. The Princes and Prin cesses of the house who are not Royal Princes and Prin cesses have the title of Highnesses. If the eldest son of the King dies during his father's life the title of Crown Prince and the predicate of Royal Highness goes to the eldest son of the Crown Prince who is to succeed. The same predicate shall then be given to all the other Princes and Princesses, sons and daughters of the deceased Crown Prince. Sec. 6. The Queen-Consort of the King shares the royal rank. Next to her the Royal widow—first the mother, then the grandmother of the King ; then other Royal widows, among whom the one who has last become a widow has the precedence. The order of precedence among the other Princes and Princesses of the house is determined ac- cording to the priority of their rights to the Throne. Points in dispute, respecting which no provision is made, are decided by the King. Sec. 7. If a separation of the Crowns of Great Britain and Hanover takes place an especial Royal Ordonnancc will be issued respecting the arms to be borne by the several members of the house. Sec. 8. In the relations of the Royal house to the Ducal house of Brunswick Wolfelbuttel, the senior of the two reigning houses will be considered as the head of the whole house of Brunswick Luneburg. CHAPTER 11.-OF THE RIGHT OF THE RING AS CHIEF OF THE ROYAL HOUSE. Sec. 1. All the members of the Royal house are subject to the supremacy and authority of the King, who, as head of the house, exercises a special superintendence over them, with definite rights according to the family law. Sec. 2. By virtue of this right of superintendence all measures to be adopted for maintaining the honour, tranquil lity, order, and welfare of the Royal house, for itself and in its relations to the whole house of Brunswick Luneburg, originate with the King alone. Sec. 3. But none of the enactments of the family law which concern the right and order of succession to the Throne can be altered, unless, besides the previous consent of the Estates of the kingdom, reserved to them by chapter 2, sec. 26, of the Constitution, all the collateral relations and the representatives of those who are minors, entitled to give their vote and qualified to succeed to the Throne, shall consent to such alterations. Sec. 4. Neither can the King make any change to the prejudice of the parties interested in incomes assigned to the members of the Royal house. Sec 5. The rights of the King, as head of the house, are exercised in case of a Regency by the Regent, with the single exception which is contained in chap. 11., sec. 23, of the Constitution. CIIAPTEIt 111.-ON THE RIGHT OF SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE. Sec. 1. The qualification to succeed to the Throne pre sumes community of blood and birth, of a legal marriage with a person of due rank, and according to the family law. Sec. 2. Those marriages are considered as of due dignity which, contracted either by members of the Royal house with each other, or with members of such houses as by art. 14 of the Act of the German Confederation are placed on a level with the Sovereign. Sec. 3. A marriage is according to the family law when it is concluded with the consent of the King, formally given. Sec. 4. The King alone has to decide in every case where there are reasons or not to refuse this consent. Sec. 5. The consent is to be given in writing, signed by the King's own hand, with the seal of the State, and coon signed in the usual manner. — Sec. 6. The children of a marriage contracted without the formal consent of the King have no right to the succes sion to tho Throne, nor to the rank, title, and arms of the Royal House. Sec. 7. The Princes and Princesses are, besides, bound to apply for the King's consent to the marriages which they intend to contract, which consent, when the parties are of due rank, will not be refused without special reasons. See. 8. The regulations in the preceeding sections, 3 to 7, are unalterably valid for the two lines of the whole house of Brunswick Luneburg, with respect to their dominions forming part of the German Confederation, according to the law adopted by both the reigning Sovereigns on the 24th and 19th of October, 1831 ; the whole of the essential part of which is adopted in the present law. Sec. 9. If the King should resolve to contract a mar riage with a person not of sufficient rank, he will declare such marriage to be morganatic in a document to be made in &IV:Late, signed by the King's order, and countersigned by all the Ministers, sad gle?osited in the archives of the kingdom, and in the archives of tle - ( ,: , ;_neral Assembly of the Estates. CHAP. IV-OF THE ORDER or SUCCESSION TO THRONE. Sec. 1. The throne of the kingdom of Hanover is here ditary in a single person, according to the principles of indi visibility and promigeniture laid down in the family law. Sec. 2. It is hereditary in the collective house of Bruns wick Luneburg, and first of all in the male branch of the present Royal line. The order of succession is the pure lineal inheritance, according to the right of promogeniture. If the male branch of the present collective Royal line be comes extinct, the Crown descends, with the entire exclu sion of females and their descendants, to the male branch of the present ducal line of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, that is to say, to the reigning Duke. No separation can ever afterwards be made of the collective territories, thus once more united. Sec. 3. In the same manner the Duchy of Brunswick, if the male branch of the ducal line of Brunswick Wolfen buttel should sooner become extinct, shall descend,with the entire exclusion of females and their descendants, to the Royal male line, that is to say, to the reigning King ; and no subsequent separation can take place of the collective dominions once again united. Sec. 4. Should it happen that the male line of the col lective house of Brunswick Luneburg shall become extinct, whether the Royal male branch or that of Brunswick Wol fenbuttel should become extinct the sOonest, the succession to the throne, conformably to the original charter of the Emperor Frederick 11., of 1335, shall descend to the fe male line, without distinction of sex. So that only the nearness of the affinity to the last reiunin g King, and 'in equal degree of affinity the antiquity of the lines, and in the line itself the personal seniority shall have the prefe rence, But in this case the right of primogeniture, and the lineal succession in the male branch, shall again be observed in the posterity of the reigning Royal family. Sec. 5. To remove every doubt respecting the order of succession to the throne among the members of the collec tive houses of Brunswick Luneburg, now living, and in ceding chapter, we further expressly deciln that ► pso, con formity with regulations contained in this and tip the death of us, the reieing Without male heirs, qualified to slic4eii4 iv tito throne, the succession shall be first in our brother Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cum berland, and his male line ; if that should become extinct, in our brother the Royal Prince Augustus Prederick, pulse of Sussex, for his person, and eventually liis ;gale descend ants, from a duly a s sorted murrin g e, conformable to the family law, which . he may in future contract ; and if ti. , - male branch should become extinct, in our broti— r the Royal Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke C r• . Cambri male descendants ; and, lastly, if this too should become extinct, the crown shall go to his Serene Highness the reigning Duke. William of Brunswick. Sec. 6. The Princesses o f the house, after they have completed their 16th year, and at all events before their marriage, have to execute deeds of renunciation, in which they renounce the succession to the Throne for themselves and their heirs, except in the case before mentioned ; and also declare that they claim for themselves and their heirs with respect to the private property no more than this family law expressly assigns them. The deed of renuncia tion is to be 9tentioned in the marriage contracts of the Princesses. CHAPTER V.-ON THE MAJORITY OF THE HEIR TO THE THRONE, AND OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. Sec. 1. The heir to the throne is of age as soon as he has completed his 18th year. Sec. 2. The other Princes and the Princesses are of age when they have completed their 21st year. CHAPTER YI.--ON THE CARE OF THE KING ' S PERSON DURING A REGENCY. See. 1. In the education of the King, when a minor, the directions in chap. 2, sec. 25, of the Constitution are to be followed. The same directions are to be observed with re spect to the remainder of the guardianship of his person, and the administration of his private property. No change can be made in the substance of them without the consent of the Regent, with the advice of the Ministry. Sec. 2. As by chap. 2, sec. 25, of the Constitution, the Regent is constantly excluded from the superintendence of the person of the King, who is hindered from exercising the Government, the care of his person devolves on the mother, grandmother, consort, and brothers and sisters of the King, residing in the kingdom. Which of them, or of other mem bers of the family, deserve the preference, is to be decided by a family council, to be summoned by the Regent, of all the members of the family who are of age ; in which family council the members of the Ministry have a seat and vote. Notice of the decision is to be given to the General Assem bly of the States. Every member of the house who is of age has a right to propose to the Regency a change in the arrangement, and the convocation of a family council for that purpose. CHAPTER VII.-ON THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE KING OVER THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHILE UNDER AGE. Sec. 1. The King takes cognizance of the education of the Princes and Princesses, and receives reports respecting it. Sec. 2. The Princes of the house have the nomination of guardians for their children ; but the King reserves the right of confirming them. If no appointment is made, or the confirmation is refused, the King appoints the guardians. Sec. 3. The guardians are to take an oath to the King for the conscientious performance of their duty. They are to deliver an account of the management of the property every year to the Ministry, or to the authority appointed by it. A report on the management shall be made to the King. CHAI"BER VIII.-ON TIIE RELATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WMO ARE OF FULL AGE IN GENERAL. Sect. 1. The members of the Royal house, when they have attained their majority, have the management of their private property, and may have an establishment of their own. Sec. 2. They are to inform the King of the persons who compose their household. Sect. 3. The King has a right to appoint guardians of the property in case none are appointed by will. In the choice of guardians the next heirs shall always be considered. Sec. 4. No members of the family can, without the King's permission, enter into foreign service, or fix his residence abroad. A violation of this regulation brings with it the suspension of the apanagc of a member of the Royal family. Sec. 5. Ne member of the Royal house can, without the special and express assent of the King, withdrawn himself or his family from the Royal supremacy and jurisdiction, even though he has the permission to reside abroad. CHAPTER IX.-ON THE JURISDICTION TO WHICH THE DIEM.. BERS OF THE ROYAL HOUSE ARE AMENABLE. Sec. 1. In civil causes the members of the Royal house have personal actions. The proper Court, in the first in stance, is the Chancery of Justice in whose resort they are ; and in the second and last instance the High Court of Ap peal of the kingdom. - Sec. 2. Matrimonial differences in the Royal house the King will endeavour to arrange, or, in case of need, ap point special authority to investigate the matter, whose sen tence must be submitted to the Kng to be approved. The alterations that may be found necessary, in a revi sion of the Constitution of the Courts of Justice, according to chap. 3, sec. 31 of th e C ons ti tut i on, are h ereby reserved. ° Sec. 3. In cases which arc calculated for penal action, so far as they concern the members of the house personally, and no royal decision intervenes, they come before the family council, which is composed for this purpose of those Princes of the house who are of age, and in whose case there is no legal obstacle, and the members of the Ministry who have a vote, to inquire and decide, as a supreme tribunal, according to the laws of the kingdom. If the member whom the in quiry concerns requires it, the family council may be in creased by members of the highest Courts in the kingdom, the King directs the inquiry, either in person or by com mission. He has the right of confirming the sentence, and pronouncing pardon. The Court establishment and ser vants of the members of the Royal Family are under the same jurisdiction as those of the King. [As the conclusion of this law would probably not so much interest our readers, we only add the heads of the remaining chapters. The 10th chapter treats, in five sections, of the State apanages ; the 11th of the private property of the King and the mem. bers of the family ; the 12th of the family and house en tails ; and the 13th of the validity of the family law.] ;MISCHIEVOUS HOAX.—Mrs. Connor, who has the care of St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, was, between eleven and twelve o'clock on Friday night, visited by two genteel-looking young men, who rapped her from her bed, ' and told her that there was a house on fire in Purdon street, and that they wished to have the bell tolled imme diately. She at once put the bell in motion, the notes of which soon put both horse and foot-police in motion. They proceeded to the street in question, which they found al most impassable, from the crowds congregated in and about it, all of whom looked in vain for the fire, as fortu nately no such calamity had occurred, pie whole story turning out to be an unfeeling fabrication on the part of the dandified ruffians who caused the alarm.—Dublin Freeman. MYSTERIOUS.—A family consisting of four indi viduals, a father, two daughters, and a mother, went to bed in a room in the Wallace Feu, Dundee, on Monday night. On Wednesday one of the daughters awoke, but could not awake the other members of the family. She immediately procured a light, when, shocking to relate, she found her father and sister dead, and her mother dying. The mother is since dead. The daughter, who awoke on Wednesday morning from her protracted sleep of thirty-two hours, becoming again lethargic, on Wednes day night was removed to the Infirmary, where the proper means for her recovery were promptly and successfully applied; and we understand that she is now almost well. The circumstances attending this mysterious affair are undergoing investigation by the proper authorities.— GlasAow Herald. PETERSBURG, DEC. 9.—The value of the silver ruble is fixed for 1837, at 3 rubles 60 copecs bank assig nats, on the payment of the duties of customs on goods im port,_ -4 and exported by th e f ron ti ers o f E urope a n d A s i a. The Ga-Or of Commerce publishes an account of the trade and navigation Of 1 .7 ronstadt during the y ear 1836 : - Ships. —• Arrived. Sailed. 104 . l,lBl fewer than in 1834 is s. ... 80 More than the half were English, as appeasr;i from the table ; Russian American 57 ...... 55 English French 42 Dutch Danube Lübeck Norwegian Prussian Swedish &c. At the close of the navigation in 1835, 95 ships re mained to winter. This year there remain only two at Pe tersburg, and eight at C rons t a dt. Th e nav i ga ti on was open from th 7th (10th) of April to the 15th (27th) Nov., the first ships arrived was in the 25th April, the last on 14th Nov.; the first departure was on the 23d April, the last on 22d Nov. The navigation was open 223 days, being three days less than last year.-3,330,618 poods of tallow have been exported ; 1,022,958 poods remain in the warehouses, of which 52,938 poods are already sold. The manufactories in the city consumed 72,750 poods. Almost the whole of the tallow exported goes to England. Dec. 14.—A letter from Cronstadt states that two ships bound for Dundee left that port on the Bth. They passed the light house at two LM., and were soon out of sight.—Journal de SI. Petersburg, Dec. 27. A GUIDE TO THE GOOD-NATURED._Benjamin Franklin used to say, that on walking the streets when they were slippery, one might see where the good-natured people lived, by the ashes, thrown on the ice before thei r doors. If this Mi.ct wove to ho rigidly applied to th e inha bito4. q oar great metropolis at the present time, bow Wkv: wwll.(k escape the imputation of being ill-natured churls. N caution or circumspection on the part o.f the pains taking pedestrian can, in the present Aaie o?the street , ' relielon, to preserve his erect attitud e . WI-i0 "e powers and faculties, aro absorbed in that i , - - w y A t a moment find his hew"...st all his he tportant object, hold on a level with his ..dered and battered those who arc ..cis. It is to be hop e d that tho n l, ..ouous of acquiring, at so littl e tr ou bl e , —.meter of good-natured people, and of eschewing cracked bones, or contusions in their individual persons, will act upou this hint for the prevention of hourly-inereas- MARK-FIRING BY A MARQIi - U4 ' ,i't (From the Morning Post.) On the night of Friday last a Noble Marquis, as well known upon town as he is across country, was at Drury. Lane Theatre in company with two friends—both among the good-looking and recherche clas s o f f as hi ona bl cs. At a late . hour the trio found themselves in the Saloon, where my Lord Marquis was insulted, or, what for our purpose comes to the same thing, believed him se lf to b e so. His Lordship's pro m ptit u d e i s we ll k no w n ; an d, act i ng literally upon the adage " hi s d a l qu i c it o slat," he kno c k e d hi s man down twice. Th e p a ti en t p ro t es t e d aga i ns t t h e pungency of the prescription ; but all the satisfaction he could obtai n was an assurance from the Marquis that he also requirea satisfaction. The thing, therefore, was settled ; and all parties agreed upon arranging the Affair, a coup de yishlet, across the billiard table at a room not very far from the Quadrant. But here there arose an unforesect:. difficulty— the door was fast locked, and the marker fay;, asleep. Other schemes were suggested, but none were found practicable. At length so much time had been taken up in these amicable dis. cussions that the morning had advanced to an hour that made interruption not altogether improbable. Something must be done, that was clear ; and the something was at least original. The Noble Marquis gave his adversary the choice of his two companions as a friend, and, one having been selected, pistols were procured, and all four started in a hackney-coach for the neighbourhood of Bayswater. The ground was measured, and the Noble Lord stipulated that whoever lost first blood should pay the joxvey. After a couple of shots each had been ineffectual:o, exchanged, the Marquis had some thoughts ofmak;, - n; a target of the pearl that adorned the shirt stud of opponent. This, how ever, it was thought might, 'sound ugly to the ear of dm Coroner in case of aceicl.ents, and, with a discrimination worthy the author of Al»zanach desGourmands, the leg was preferred to the breast. The third shot was fired, and the Marquis kept his word. The Leg was hit—we mean the limb, not the individual, The Noble Lord declared him self satisfied, but not so the unknown. He insisted upon another shot ; 'out when it was seen that the snow round his foot %.‘:4ta fast changing from white to red—that in fact he had not a leg to stand upon—there was an end of the matter. The Noble Marquis was disappointed ; he wished to do everything that was obliging, all sati s fi e d as h e was personally ; but h e was determined by the wheezy voice of the hack ne y- coac h man, h a lf lost in the noise he made by stinging his own sides to keep his fingers warm :—" My Lord, you oughtn't to fight that ere chp no more, 'cause why—he's only a snob." Exeunt Innnes. The Marquis was off for Ireland in three hours ; his friends lounged home to bed ; and as to the strange,:, where, mutterin g something he went no b o d y k nows shot was." 'about " what a b ore a p i stol - EXTRAOR6INARY EXPERIMENT. (From the Somerset County Gazette.) We feel much pleasure in communicating to or,,r readers the following singular experiment of our now celebrated neighbour, Mr. Andrew Cross. The publ;.c are aware that Mr. Crosse has been recently pursuirr g a series of re searches into the process of crystallizatin by means of his galvanic batteries, and that he has ma•ae discoveries which have thrown quite a new light ou se' de Some weeks ago ho prepared a silicious fluid for ti l e purpose of crystalliza tion. He heated a flint to a, White heat, and then plunged it into water to pulverize it. The silex thus reduced, was saturated to excess with, muriatic acid. The mixture was placedin a jar —a piece of flannel was suspended in it, one end of which extended over the side, and thus, by capillary attraction, the liquor was slowly filtered, fell into a fun nel, and thence dropped on a piece of iron-stone from Mount Vesuvius, upon which were laid the two wires connected with either pole of the battery. We should state that the ironstone had been previously heated to a white heat, so that no germs of life could have existed upon it. Mr. Crosse made his daily observations of the wires to discover the beginning of the process of crystallization. On the 14th day he saw some small white specks upon the stone. Four days after they had elongated and assumed an oval form. He concluded that they were incipient crystals. Great was his surprise on the 22d day to find eight legs projecting from each of these white bodies ; still he could not believe that they were living }:,eing-s. But On the 26th day his surprise was complete ; there could be no doubt they moved, they fed, they were, perfect insects. 18 or 20 of them have since appeared. I !,lany persons have seen them, but there is no record of %'..ich an insect. It is in form something like a mite. It has eight legs, four bristles at the tail, and the edges of the be ply are very bristly. Its motions are visible to the naked .eye—its colour is gray— its substance is pulpy. It %appears to feed upon the silicious particles in the fal;,d. The most extraordinary circumstance in this ph-dr.amenon is the nature of the fluid in which this ie.srct lives and thrives. The acid instantly destroys e:ae . ; ry other living being. B u t a secon d trial has confirmed the tact bey on d a d ou bt. A not h er por tion of silex was. prepared in the sam e manner , an d re d uce d to a gelatinol 4 t orso, but without the acid. A coil of silver wire was siasrended in it f rom one o f t h e po l es of the bat tery, and, the other pole was also immersed, so as to send throur . :a the mass an incessant stream of the electric fluid. Abe, u t three weeks afterwards Mr. Crosse examined the pe;i es to search for crystals, and in one of the coils of wire ne found one of these strange insects. This proves that it is produced, from the silex and not from the acid. Mr. Crosse, with his usual modesty, has contented himself with stating the fact, without attempting to account for it. He is in correspondence with Professor Buckland upon the subject, and the learned Professor has suggested an expla nation, which it will be for future observers, by repeated experiments, to confirm. 'We should state, that the insects were principally found at the negative pole of the battery. A German naturalist has recently discovered that silicious and other rocks are chiefly composed of dlr.; remains of in sects. May not the germs of some of then, released front their prison -house, and placed in a position favourable to the development of vitality, have sprin g to life after a sleep of thousands of years? MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. One of the most daring and audacious "achievements," says the Cork Constitution of Saturday, ever attempted in this city was accomplished yesterday (December 30). It has much of the character of romance, and the hero of it exhibited all the qualifications of an adroit and successful swindler. The circumstances are these :—At 10 o'clock in the morning, a person of gentlemaaly appearance, respect ably dressed, and apparently of middle age, went to the residence of Mr. W. Wise on the North Mall, knocked at the door, and handed a letter to the servant, to be con veyed to her master. This letter, which was•signed " Wil liam Lander," requested a p r i va t e i nterv i ew w i th Mr. Wise, as the writer ha some important business to transact, and, on perusing it, Mr. Wise desired the servant to show hire up. Mr. Wise was confined to his bed, and on entering the room in which he lay, the applicant closed and locked the door, walked over to the bed, took a pistol from his pocket, raised the pan, and examined the priming, and then with his left hand drew from another pocket a folded paper, open, however, at one end. This end he exhibited to Mr. Wise, and presenting the pistol at his head, he said, "Sign your name to this, or you are a dead man." Mr. Wise asked what it was ? He replied, " I won't tell you ; but sign it at the peril of your life." Mr. Wise said, that if it were money he wanted, he had blank checks on the table beside him, and he would fill one of them for him. The other answered, that he did not want a check ; he would either have his name to that document or his life. Mr. Wise, who, unable to summon the servants, or to make any effort to relieve himself of his unwelcome visitor, somewhat alarmed at the perilous posi tion he was so unexpectedly placed in, hesitated for a mo ment, on which the fellow said, " Come, coma ; there's no ti i :2 to be lost ; sign that, or in one moment you are a dead init: l •" Mr. Wise then raised himself in the b e d, and the side. AgitateTz4 - "is , Wise was suffi d. c fr ien% handed. him a pen from tho table at its master of himseli . to write his nann; from that in " 7 hich he ever wrote it before, as to afford au easy clue to the detection of the document whenever it is presented, w hi c h, it is supp ose d, w ill not b e unt il after Mr. Wise's death. While signing the name, Mr. Wise perceived under the folds of the paper an 8 and two, O's—what other, or whether any other, figures were there, he could not tell. When his object was accomplished, 6.0 person who presented the paper took it over to the: fire, and held it to dry, examining it deliberately two or three times during the process, and all the while remain;ng with his face turned towards Mr. Wise, and his eyes firmly fixed on him. This occupied about a minute and a half. He then (putting the pistol on half cock) returned to the bed. and said, " So far I have accomplished what I wanted. o h o a r y s e e, no o t r y btout g t i o ve sa3; h t e ha l t e i a f st yo a u la a r t in te , m o p o t t t ilo I m a a n lr ou th t e o le the house, though I should be at the ball dw u r, I. will TrAurn and blow your brains out.' This sa;.; i , he placed the paper and the pistol in his pocket, unlocked th e d oor , an d wa l his bow to M r . Wi se, Wise, in a few minutes', deliberately down stai rs . M r . rang the hell, and havi ng di recte d, some of the serva riffs and a 7:Ls to retnain with him, sent f or th e s h e . P .agistrate, and swore informations against 'Ana "na ".ent, who is a person IM. Ise •W . has no pcolle(Aion ever having seen before. Mr. Wise has offered a reward for his apprehension. The Spanish Government has commenced the sate of the property of Don Carlos, which has been confiscated by the Cortes. Purchasers have already been found to the amount of two millions of reals. A meeting took place last Friday a t Edinbur g h on: the subject of' the war at present prevailing in the Texas: between the American settlers in that provi nce and the S .-:_ T ~~~`~ == ;