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PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 11,:nk 5t0ck.................... 208 714 i India Stork Z per Cent. lied..,. .. 904 5 iDitto MotWs Z per Cent. Cons 593 'South Sea Stock ........--• -- 3 1 4 per Cent...-. .......... ........ —'Old Annnities .... ..... ........ Ditto Red. 98 1 i% New Ditto --. New 3 , 4 per C0it........ ........... )6% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 -- New sper Cent.......—.-........ Exch. Ellis, .£l,OOO ...... 21 19 21 pm. Bank Long Annuitiestoexpire Ditto ....... ........500 22 20 pm. Jan. 5, 1810 Oct. 1 1 4 1650..-- ....... ...... Ditto Commercial - pm. Jrn. 5, le6o l4 9-it) Ditto Advertised —— Pm -Jan. 5, i5fr............... ..... -- Bank Stock for Account „..... April 5, it:o4o .......... ..... --- India Stock for Account.____ Jan. 5, 1870...• - Consols for Acconnt ....... 89%14% Oninitrin - PRICES OF F OREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ......... —l Peruvian Bonds ................... Belgian Bonds —, Ditto Account ...... ....... .-..— I htto A ccouut — 1 Portuguese 80nd5.—....... ...... Brazilian Bonds ..... —l Ditto Account — —I Ditto New Bonds ..... .. ..48 714 El Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Account - --1 ilitiO -1714 Ditto Account — Ditto, 3 per cent. 3oy, Chillian 80nd5.... — Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account ......... ...... .. Russian Bonds, Bel ......« — Columbian 80nd5....... ........ ... -- Ditto Account... — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic. — Columbian Bonds, t 824 2 5 1,4 Spanish Bonds ......... ..... ....... Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Doniih Bonds .............« ..... 76 Ditto Bonds, 1534... 25% 5 Mii% Ditto Account . .......... ....... —i Ditto Account 25% 5 %lii Greek Bonds...—. ...... ......-- French, 5 per cent. ......... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 18:5 — -- 4 per cent ....... ... —E —e. Ditto Account ...... ..... .• — per cent. —f —c. Siexicart Bonds, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c. Ditto Account . — Dutch, 2!4 per cent. 5331 3, 4 Ditto, 6 per cent: ............ 25: Ditto Account — Ditto Account —I Ditto, 5 der cent 103% 3 Newi1itan....—........ ...... ....... --; Ditto Account .... ..... ........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Alton Mining Comnany 1 .156 134 fircat Western Railway Company 3O 41 2 London Grand Junction Railway South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 6 London Caoutchouc Company 2.% 3 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JANUARY O. 3 per Cent. Consols 8914 Grand Canal Debb. 6 per cent. S 9!, Ditto Reduced — I Ditto, 4 per cent ......... ....... 60 :3) , 4 per Cent. Stock 9 7 1,4 Hibernian Rank — Ditto New, 1830 3'S per Cent. Debentures 90%, National Insurance Co ...... .... Bank Stock 19714 Cit 4 Debentures, 4 per cent... Royal Canal Stock 34 BaNast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock 27 %, net cent — MAILS. Arrived. Due.lArvived. Due Arrived. Due O America ..... ..... 0 2 Fra - nce ...... ...... 0 0 Lisbon 1 O Brazil...—. 0 1 Guam.&Jersey 0 0 Malta .... ....... 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena ..... 01 1 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 1 Dublin... . ..... 1 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden .. 0 1 Flanders ......... 1 ! 0 Leeward Islands 0 2 Waterford....... 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mr, minutes after 8 Evening......l9 minutes atter 9. THE NEW COMIC PERIODICAL WORK. EDITED BY " TIOZ," AND ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, SAMUEL LOVER, BUSS, &c. On the Ist of February, No. 11. (to be continued Monthly), price Half-a-Crown, Pmbellished with Three Humourons Illustrations by George Cruikshank and Samuel Lover and Buss, of BENTLEY'S - 1/IfSCELLANY. . EDITED BY BOZ. CONTENTS. Oliver Twist, by " Doz," with Handy- Andy, No. 11.,bv - Samuel an Illustration, by George Lover, with an Illu.'cration by Cruikshank. the Author. Song of the Month, by Dr. The Abbess and Duchess, by T. Maginn. 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A LL those who may have to write to us arc re quested to (lima IMINE BROTHERS in HANIRPRGH, which is pc_rfeetly sufficient for the address, a•ad letters directed in that way will reach us jut as well a: 1 .j directed, HETNE BROTHERS, BANKERS. in HANIBTJ'AG. Neither the deno mination of BANKERS, or any other ; is required, and letters directed, lIEINE BROTHERS in HAMEURGII ,tors were only waiting to ascertain the wishes of the public, by unequivocal signs, before they proceeded to legislate upon the subject. Let not the Dis senters, however, relax in their present exertions on this account. They must, if possible, redouble them. They must bear in mind that when they ob tained the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, there was a petition from almost every Dissenting Congregation in the kingdom. Let them exhibit the same zeal now as then, and success will be equally certain. Let them rever forget—none have greater reason to remember—the maxim, aide toi, et le Ciel t'aidera. On Monday last we remarked i❑ The Sun that the, Dissenters will prove at the next General Election, rAot only their posser as a body, but their sincerity and zeal in the cause of religious freedom, by turning out ; th ose who have betrayed them, or been found 01,-,-,,,,05ed to their just and conscientious demands; arA on Wed nesday we intimated that a resolution would be passed the same evening at Boston to that effr:,tt. We have now an opportunity to state that the fol lowing resolution was adopted, wlaich may serve as a good warning to wavering Metn7ors of Parliament at the commencement of the Sesriiirin Thi s M e eting, therefore, dee•a3ing it essential to the peace and welfare of the empire that the question should be at once satisfactorily settled,—Resolve, most decidedly to withhold their confidence and support from any Member now in Par liament, who shall in any wax thwart or oppose the entire ex tinction of Church rates, rs, regards the payment thereof in any shape by Protestant D,Lssenters ; or to any candidate for a seat in Parliament_who -will not pledge himself to a similar line of conduct." This is bold, manly, and sensible conduct ; it will be followed in every part of the country ; and it shows the time is fr,st approaching when that which Lord RUSSELL, at the Middlesex Reform Dinner. ex pressed Vanself anxious to see—the self-government of the peopl e . We warn the Dissenters to bestir them selves. The staunch Reformers .of Worcester are actively lit work in assisting their fellow-countrymen to obtain for the electors of the United Kingdom the protection of the Vote by Ballot. On Friday last an immense public meeting was held at the Common Hall—the Mayor presiding—for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament upon . this im portant subject. The meeting was most respectably as well as numerously attended ; but, owing to the crowded state of our columns, we are compelled to delay the publication of a very condensed report of the proceedings till to-morrow. In the Worcester Herald of Saturday the speeches of the se .veral gentlemen who addressed their fellow-citizens on this occasion arc given at great length, and it is but common justice to the Reformers of 'Worcester to state that they have taken a very comprehensive and enlightened view of the mischief's arising from the present system of voting at Parliamentary Elections The speeches of the Mayor, Mr. ELGIE, Mr. ACTON, Mr. A RROWSMITH, and Mr. HANDFORD do great credit to the research, the political sagacity, and the good sense of these gentlemen. Mr. ELCIE'S re futation of the stale arguments of Lord STANLEY, with respect to the operation of the vote by ballot in the United States of America, will silence the Tories wherever it may be repeated. They have no argument equal to that of the surplus revenue. The following is a copy of the petition adopted by the meeting To the floncurahle the Commons of Great Britain and Ire land in. Parliament assembled,—The Petition of the Inha bitants of the City of Worcester and Neigbbouihood, HUMBLY SIIFIVETII, will do without any further remakor description. We further request to observe, that a letter with, one inclosure doubles the - Postage only, but several inolisnret 'would by far increase the same. Thus 10/.. 20/ , or 201., fir ii , Jance, if rentltted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 10/. remitted in iwo note., would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advist-Ale, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham -I,l,rg'i, to for war I the amount in One Note, or one Bank Post Bill or Chen i lle ; or having to receive Money t: cam I ramtnigh, to receive the ; same in the same way, wherever possibit.. As to re mittance'i -from liamburgh to England for large Sums, amounting to inan•, - THOUSANDS, of coarse they may rather be remitted in hills tif Exchange. All those giving orders for any Branch of our mult'farious Business, that must be executed before FEBRUARY, arc Advised to lose no time in forwarding the same. " That your Petitioners are of opinion that the elective suffrage for Members to sit in your Honourable House is a most important public trust, and ought at all times to be exercised by every elector according to the best of his judgment unbiassed alike by private interest, undue interference, or unjust intimidation. But your Petitioners have, for a number of years, perceived with feelings of deep regret, derived from painful ex?erience, that a vast proportion of those in %chose hands the Legislature has placed that power, hare not discharged the trust in a pure and legitimate manner for the benefit of the public, but that, while some have degraded themselves by making a commerce of their birthright, for personal emolument and gain, others, owing to adverse and disadvantageous cir cumstances, have been made the tools of designing men to pro mote party purposes, without king allowed to use their own discretion or to vote for those candidates their own better judg ment, uncontrolled, would have directed them to surport. " That your Petitioners humbly entreat your Ilonsu:able House, that if the statements made by your Petitioners be correct—and they believe few will be bold enough to deny them—then are the means used to return Members to your Ho nourable House equally disreputable to the high and important station of the people's representatives, as they are oppressive and debasing to those who are nominally their constituents, and who have prided themselves on being called' Freeborn Britons.' " That your petitioners do therefore most earnestly implore your Honourable house to adopt such measures as in your wisdom may seem fit, to remove these most grievous evils, and to afford due protection to every elector; and your petitioners entreat your Honourable House to enact a law whereby the electors may be enabled, conscientiously, without fear of mo lestation, to exercise their suffrage by Ballot—a system which your pstitioners conceive to be essentially necessary fur purity of election." TIEINE BROIIIETIS in HA3IT3UTIG. Eati.A7l7m.—There was a misprint in a paragraph pullisbed in cur last number, deprecating the false pretences by which the clamourers ag.,Taingt the amended Poor Law Bill endeavour to bolster up their mischievous opponent} to that beneficial meaiure : insteal of the word " monkish" " mawkish" ought to have been printed. The puhlication of TFIR SUN 1 EWSPAPEI commenced this da at 30 minutes past Three o' Clock: c gr, - • 7 :7 , „ ,I ' ,l Is> LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1837. The Session of Parliament, which opens to-morrow, promises to be more fruitful of events than any that has passed since the Reform Bill became the law of the land. That Act was intended to restore to the people the constitutional right of making, through their Representatives, the laws by which they are governed, which right had been usurped by those whom the Times once happily designated the .‘ dragons of the oligarchy." The Reform Act has no doubt brought about a great change in the relative positions of the two houses of Parliament. But has it effected all that it was intended to effect ? Let the ghosts of slaughtered, and the skeletons of mutilated Bills answer the question. The experiment which has been going on for the last four years, to test the potentiality of the Reform Bill, is now, however, nearly completed. In . a very short time—proba bly within three months—it will be proved beyond a doubt whether it is an instrument of sufficient power to secure to the people a system of good government, or whether we shall again revert to the old plan. It is clearly impossible that legislation can go on any longer in the way that it has done for some time past. That measures of the most vital importance to the interests of the empire should year after year be passed by the representatives of the people, and rejected by a few individuals who represent only themselves, is a state of things wholly unprecedented in the history of the world. The time is now at hand that must put an end to the struggle, and decide finally which party is to prevail. Both parties seem convinced of this, and have therefore been arming for the mortal conflict. The course which it seems natural for the Ministers to pursue, in this crisis of the country's fate, will be to introduce again the measures which justice to Ireland require, and on which the tranquillity if not the in tegrity of the empire may be said to depend. In framing these measures we cannot anticipate any the most minute concessions to the " Ascendancy" party. There will be no attempts at conciliation by paring down and rendering inefficient the remedies proposed for national grievances. Experience has amply proved that such concessions fail of their objeet—that they satisfy neither party—and serve only to throw suspicion on the motives of those who propose them. This policy, we have reason to believe, will not be fol lowed by Government in the Session about to commence. And of this the MELBOURNE Ad ministration may rest assured, that a fearless and un flinching course, is the only one that will draw forth the sympathy and cement the attachment of the people. Another measure of absolute necessity is the Aboli tion of Church-rates. This is no longer a sectarian question. It has now become a national one, and Mi nisters are prepared to treat it as such. A Bill, en tirely relieving the community from this obnoxious impost, will, we believe, be introduced by Lord JOHN R USSELL at a very early period of the Session. This will show the Dissenting part of the nation that " And your petitioners, &c." This petition was adopted:by the meeting, without a single dissentient voice being raised against it, al though the Tories were expressly invited to attend and oppose it, if they disapproved of a syllable it contained. A strongerargument in favour of the ballot could not be advanced. The country at large is now for it, as the only means that can be devised to secure to the electors of Great Britain and Ireland the right of exercising, without any apprehension of evil, the political advan tages ceded to them by the Reform Bill. Rights are nothing to the people without facilities of exercising them in the promotion of their own social improvement. The Paris papers of Friday and Saturday, just re ceived, are filled with accounts of the arbitrary and unjust proceedings of the infamous agents of the French Government. Nothing is heard of but arrests and incarcerations, founded on false suspicions and re gicidal plots. As an instance of the despotical manner in which these prosecutions are conducted, the Na tional publishes the following letter, dated " Jan. 25," and signed by seven individuals at present confined in the Prison de la Force : " It is with great regret that we are compelled to lay before the public some of the numerou s a b uses o f w hi c h we are t h e victims. After having long suffered in silence, we consider it our duty to break it when, under the most trifling pretext, men arc dragged away from their occupations, their affairs, their families, and their friends. Many of us were called upon to appear as witnesses, and when we arrived at the Palais de Justice were placed in a state of arrest and taken to prison. For more than three months it has been impossible for us to learn anything as to our arrest. " It will scarcely be believed that we have not as yet under gone a single examination, although, it appears, the law di rects that an examination shall take' place within three days from the time of the arrest, as we have not seen any warrant, and are even still ignorant of what we are accused. If we pro test against this treatment we are not listened to, for they have other things to do, probably, than to attend to a few workmen and fathers of families. Were it a Prince, no bars would be placed to oppose his exit. This document is sufficient to satisfy every English man that justice is trampled under foot by the Go vernment of France. Louis PHILIPPE aims at nothing less than absolute power. France cannot re main ignorant of this fact. Marshal CLAUSEL is daily expected in Paris. The journals publish an extract from a letter addressed to him by the KING, containing assurances of his MA JESTY'S unchaginng affection and esteem. On Saturday a petition was presented to the Cham ber of Deputies, in the name of the Polish refugees, complaining of the reduction recently made in the pittance granted by the Deputies for their support. It gave rise to an interesting debate, which will be found in another part of The Sun. Madrid Journals to the 22d inst. have been re ceived. The news contained in them is, for the most part, favourable to the QUEEN'S cause. The follow ing letter has been addressed by the President of the Cortes to Commodore Lord JoHN HAY, as a testi mony of Spain's lively appreciation of his Lordship's TILE SUN, L(t)Nl)O_N, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1837. services. The letter was enclosed in a large silver box, of rare workmansh i p , c - CONSTITCENT CO r ATES OF Tar SPANISII NATION. - - " Mr Luau,.—The general Cortes of the Spanish nation have seen with singular satisfaction the noble conduct of your Excellency in the important services which the vessels of the Royal Eengllsh navy, and other forces under your orders, have afforded to the national cause, whenever an occasion has offered. Your Eaer.:llency has done more : you have sought occasions to render these services, and your z4 - ;al and valour have taught you where. 'to meet with them, of w'oich there is a signal proof in the '.e.emorable siege of Bilboa. All Spain is grateful for it, and .'regarding it as a duty to make known publicly their senti nu- nts, the Cortes have issued., under this date, the decree of w hich the following is a copy. Your Excellency will receive it AP, a testimonial of gratitude and esteem entertained towards 'your Excellency personally, and towards all the individuals who were under your orders in that signal victory, which has excited at the same time the admiration and the gratitude of the national congress. IR fulfilling the flattering and gratify ing task imposed upon me by the Cortes, I pray of your Ex cellency to accept the assurance of the distinguished consi deration and respect with which I have the honour to subscribe myself your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, " JOAQUIN MARIA DE PERRER, President. " Palace of the Cortes, January 14, 1837. " To the most Honourable Lord John Hay." What will M. GUIZOT say to this? In the debate upon the address, the philosophical Minister of Public Instruction denounced the Spanish nation as ungrate ful for services rendered it. M. GUIZOT forgot on that occasion to distinguish between acts which a nation re gards as wrongs, and those universally admitted to be real benefits. When France by force of arms deprived Spain of her Constitution, and saturated her fields with the blood of her best and bravest sons, France merited what she obtained—the execrations of the Spanish people, not their gratitude. But because a nation is not grateful for injuries, M. GUIZOT would have the world believe that it must necessarily remain indifferent to the most important and well-timed public services. Verily the reasoning is worthy of the chief of the Doctrinaire tribe of legislators. The best public feeling towards England is daily manifested at Madrid. Men of all classes consider us as the most faithful allies the Spanish nation has ever had. Ministers contribute all in their power to render permanent the feelings with which the popular mind is now imbued. We have copied in another column, from the Espa nol of the 17th, an account of the arrest of a Carlist agent at Valencia on the 12th, upon whose person four very important documents were found. It appears from them that a solemn alliance has been entered into by Don CARLOS of Spain, Don MIGUEL of Portu gal, and HENRY the Fifth of France, whereby they stand pledged to assist each other to the utmost of their power. This is fresh encouragement for Louts PHILIPPE to persevere in his under-hand sup port of Don CARLOS. It must be gratifying to him to reflect upon the fact that, were the Spanish Pre tender to succeed, his MAJESTY, with his illustrious allies, ISABELLA 11. and Donna MARIA, might take up their abode in some fashionable square in London, free from all fears of regicidal conspiracies. The following, from the North of Spain, is from the French Papers : PARIS, JAN. 27.—A letter fr)in Toulon of the 24th gives various details of the preparations for the expedition : " The movement of the troops is ready to begin, the marine is not behind hand—the ships are rapidly assembling. We have now in the road a sufficient number of men-of-war, &e. to convey 6,500 men. There are besides seven or eight steam boats, which would be ready in twenty-four hours, and could convey with g reater rapidity at least 1,800 men. There ar c four steam-boats belonging to the Finance Department, which will not be employed in the service of that department till the Ist of April, and in the interval they might be very advanta geously used to convey the troops. Two more ships of the line, the Scorpion and the Couronne, are to be fitted out to convey troops. " Nierchantmen are now getting ready to convey the stores; draught horses, and mules, which are shortly to arrive at Toulon ; a hundred vessels will be required fur this purpose. -Many persons have already written, from different places, to bespeak places, and to be present at the sailing of this expe dition, which must be a very interesting sight. No general officer is yet named to direct the preparations." A letter from St. Sebastian says that six steam boats are gone to Santander to take on board the troops of Gen. Riveiro. Other vessels have brought a tnilivu of rations to St. Se bastian. Letters from Bilboa say that the troops of Gcn. EFpartero have received the uniform great coats and shoes which they were in need of; on the 17th, 12,000 qui , ita!s of dour had ar rived in that city, as well as provisions of all kinds. Accor ding to the reports that had transpired, the Queen's troops will act between Durango and Tolosa. Desertion continues daily in the Carlist Army ; a band of 16 deserters has come to Sare, another of 10 passed through the village of Espeletta on Saturday; 20 Carlist deserters arrived here at Bayonne on the 2 4 d. PARTS, JAN. 27.—The capture of the Vixen is now officially confirmed. The Russian Cabinet has made it the subject of a special communication ; and it is beyond all doubt that the affair will lead to a discussion in the British Parliament, be cause this vessel was sent only by way of experiment. We subjoin the article published in the Journals of St. Petersburg of 12th January.—Journal du Commerce. Jan. 28. The Journal de Frankfort—a Paper conducted under the auspices of Russia, and whose articles on foreign affairs arc regularly_transmitted to it from the Bureau of Count ICES SEL RODE, contains the follow- iii article : " FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, JAN. 1 1.—Several foreign jour nals have latterly taken much pains for the purpose of repre senting in a false light the results of the .armed expedition of the Russians against the barbarous hordes of the Caucasus. They have even considered the war which Russia is obliged to urge with them, to quell their revolts, as a war undertaken with views of conquest and unjust aggrandisement. Though no doubt can be entertained of the final success of Russia in the war in that country, though not without requiring scme sacrifices of men and money, yet the point of view in which it is attempted to represent the expedition is completti; false. The Caucasian, or rather Trancaucasian tribes in question, have become the lawful subjects of White Russia by virtue of the Treaties of peace made with Persia and the Ottoman Porte ; therefore, then they attempt' to throw off the obligations which result from this quality, these tribes must be looked upon as rebels whom Russia may compel to obedience by virtue of the general law of nations. We therefore cannot regard, as a project of aggrandisement, the efforts which Russia makes to effect the submission of these tribes conformably with the treaties ; we ought rather to consider it as a means of civilization which was continually checked by the invasions of these barbarians, so long as they were under the feeble sceptre of Persia or the Porte. Thus, a power which supplies these rebels with the means of resistance, by sending them ammunition as all the world knows, evidently acts in contradiction with its own mea sures, when it nevertheless boasts of being the nation which contributes the most to the civilization of the world. And as to the right which Russia has to declare in a state of blockade the sea ports which belong to us, and by which such supplies are made, nobody certainly can costest in the present state of things." So the murder is " out" at last. Russia then is actually, by her own confession, at war with Circas sia. Wherefore was this not admitted before ? How happened it that up to the present time, Russia denied that she was engaged in hostilities with the Cauca sian tribes ? She now admits the existence of the war, and even dares to claim the territory as a justification of her seizure of the Vixen. This is a monstrous aggravation of her guilt. Circassia never belonged to her—never could belong to her—inasmuch as the peo ple of that country were independent, recognising neither the dominion of the SULTAN, the SCIIAII, or the CZAR. But as this question will so soon oc cupy the attention of the House of Commons, we de cline to enter into details which mu*be shortly placed in a strong light before the country. DIED.—On Saturday, the 28th of January, in Lower Grosvenor-place, Dame Mary Turton, wife of Sir Thomas Turton, of Felcourt, in the County of Surrey, Baronet, in the 72d year of her age. In " Bentley's Miscellany," No. 11., for the ensuing February, we are glad to see that the Editor (" Boz") leads the '.ay in an article of his own, called " Oliver Twist." The hero of this tale is a pauper-boy, born and bred (if semi-starvation can be called breeding) in the parish work house. This sketch is the finest, perhaps, that ever ema nated from the inimitable pen of the author. It is w r itt en with a mingl e d s pi r it o f h umo ur, pathos, philosophy, and satire, and will do more than a hundred Parliamentary speeches to demo ns t ra t e th e c ruel and unchristian spirit o f the existing Poor L aws . A s the " Miscellany" in which this most interesting story appears, is very extensively cir culated and perused, the attention even of persons hitherto lukewarm as to the question of parochial relief to the des titute, must be aroused to it, and it may be predicted that the suffering of the friendless child, " Oliver Twist," wilt act as a lever to upset the hard-hearted system of which he and others are the victims.—Morning Poat. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) SKIEVENING V. 1 EI3F.RENS. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this day in this case, which was argued before his Lordship on Friday. It ivas an appeal from the decision of his Honour, the Vice Chancellor, dissolving an injunction granted by him, restrain ing the defendants from availing themselves of an attachment issued out of the Lord Mayor's Court upon a sum of 8001. in the hands of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was the agent of a commercial house at Lubeck, and in that cha racter had received the funds in question. Several persons beside the defendants put in a claim to that fund, and the plaintiff in order to have the rights of all parties determined, filed his Bill in this Court, and applied for an in junction to restrain these different parties from proceeding against him in the Lord Mayor's Court. The Vice-Chan cellor granted the injunction, and upon application on notice ordered that injunction to be dissolved. Against that judg ment the present application was brought. His LORDSHIP affirmed the order of the Vice-Chancellor. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR took short causes today, none of which were of the least public interest. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BROWNE V. SLOWMAN. Mr. J. BACON applied in this case for liberty to amend the answer of the defendant, by inserting a skin of parchment which had been omitted by mistake when the answer was sworn and filed. There was an affidavit of the defendant of the fact of the skin of parchment being accidentally omitted in the an swer, and there was an affidavit of the solicitor that no altera tion whatever had been made in the omitted skin. His LORDSHIP granted the application. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE KING V. FERRIN.-CRIMINAL INFORMATION. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL had been instructed to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed- against Robert Perrin, proprietor of the Leeds Intel ligencer newspaper for a libel. The application was made upon the affidavits of Messrs. Clapham, Musgrave, and Lin coln, three Magistrates of the borough of Leeds, who stated that there had been a riotous procession in the streets of that Own, and on that occasion one man in particular was suffering from the ill-treatment of the mob, weo were dragging him violently along the streets. The tumult had risen to such a height, that it was at length thought necessary to call in the assistance of the police, and one of the body, named Grim shawe, took a very active part on that occasion, and succeeded in rescuing the man from further ill-treatment. The mob im mediately commenced an attack upon the policeman, and the man was rescued from the policeman's protection in conse quence of the riotous conduct of a person named Clapton. Grimshawe very properly made a representation of all the cir cumstances, to his superior officer, and the result was, that an investigation, which lasted three or four hours, took place be fore the Magistrates, and the offender Clapton was convicted of the rescue, and fined in the penalty of 205., which was sub sequently paid. Shortly after this occurrence, a most per verted and garbled account of the investigation appeared in the newspaper in question, stating that the Magistrates gal loped through the investigation—that two of them quitted the Court while it was going on—and the third was engaged in a frivolous conversation, and paid not the least attention to what was going forward. This was followed up by a leading article upon the same subject, in which it was stated that the Russell Magistrates were glory ing in fulfilling their functions, and were unblushingly sacrific ing the duties of their office to party purposes ; that justice might no longer have a bandage over her eyes or hold scales in her hands, with other slanderous insinuations to the same effect. He (the Attorney-General) had the affidavits of the three highly-respectable gentlemen who made the present apL plication, in which they totally deny the charges made against them—that they in no way neglected their duty, but were guided by the most impartial feelings in the decision they had come to, and had acted to the best of their knowledge and judgment. He did not recollect a grosser attack made upon Magistrates in their judicial character, nor one which more promptly called upon that Court for its interference. Lord DEN MAN said that the Court did not think that it ought to grant the present application. Great inconvenience would arise from the practice of entertaining applications that might be resisted upon preliminary grounds.—Rule refused. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) CORNISH V. KEEN. The rule which had been obtained in this case was discharged to-day, the Court being of opinion that there was nothing to warrant them in granting a new trial. RANSOM V. DUNDAS AND OTHERS. This was an application on the part of the defendants to vary the judgment entered up by the plaintiff as to certain costs. The plaintiff, it will be recollected, obtained the Speaker's warrant for 4,000/. to defray the costs incurred be fore the Ipswich Election Committee, when the defendants, Messrs. Dundas and Kelly were unseated. An application was made to this Court for leave to enter up judgment on the Speaker's warrant, which application was "granted, and judgment entered up accordingly. The plaintiff, however, in e!uded in the judgment the costs of the application to this Court ; and it was to set aside the judgment, as far as related to the 'costs, that the present application was made by the de fendants. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, after shortly referring to the facts of the case, granted the application, with liability to the pl&ntiff to amend. COURT OF REVIEW.-(THIS DAY WESTMINSTER IN RE MARKLAND. Mr. Francis blarkland lent to his son Edwin 1,0001. on his promissory note payable with interest, in order to enable his son to pu rc h ase th e h ouse a nd business of a chemist and drug gist in Yarmouth, and at the same time signified his intention of exonerating the son at the time of the father's death from all liability to his (the father's) representatives, and he men tioned also orally and by letter repeatedly, that he would in sert such intention in a codicil to his will. The son pur chased the house and business, and on his father's solicitation he passed a bond in live years after to exclude the promissory note from :the statute of limitations. On one occasion the father visited the son, and induced him to incur expenses in the alteration of his shop to the amount of 600/. The father died and made no allusion in his will to the 1,000/. The son be came a bankrupt. Mr. BETHEL, for the executor of the father, applied to have this:sum from the son's estate. Mr. SWANSTON, for the assignees of the son, resisted the ap plication on the ground thlt the repeated declarations of the father made the 1,000/. a free gift. The Court said that the assignees had not a shadow of right or reason to resist the claim. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, accompanied by the RECORDER, Aldermen JOHNSON and LAINSON, the Sheriffs, &c., this morning opened the business of the present Session. The Grand Jury having been sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to address them. He said, the calendar contained the names of a considerable number of pri soners, and, unhappily, many of the cases were of a very se rious character. There did not however appear, upon looking into the depositions, to be in any of them any difficulty of a legal description on which the advice of the Court might be required ; but if such became necessary, however the Court might be constituted, at the time every assistance should be cheerfully afforded them. He should trouble them with a few observations upon some of the cases. There were, he ob served, two charges which fell within the terms of an Act which made the attempt to wound, or fire loaded arms with intent to do a grievious bodily harm, a capital offence; and if the in strument used were a blunt instrument, but yet capable of effecting such an object, it equally came within the meaning of the statute. A prisoner named Penruddock having undergone an examination before medical practitioners, and being dissa tisfied with the result, was charged with having, under feelings of great excitement, struck several blows on the head of one of the persons engaged in examining him. In considering this case it would be important for the Grand Jury to inquire with what kind of an instrument the blow was inflicted, and whether it was used in such a way as to leave no doubt that the intention of the prisoner was to do a serious bodily injury. As far as' he (the Learned Recorder) could collect from the depositions, as well as from information otherwise obtained, the instrument used was a life preserver—an instrument which received that name, though its tendency was exactly of an opposite nature from that which the word imported. If the jury were of opinion that the pri soner's object was to endanger the life of the person, or do a serious bodily injury to him upon whose head he dealt forth his blows, they should not hesitate in putting the case in the way of further investigation. There was a case of a person named Jonathan I3ailley, who was charged with the wilful murder of his wife. There would be laid before them evi dence of the previous bad treatment of the prisoner to the deceased, but no eye-witnesses could speok to that which was the immediate cause of her death. There would, however, be placed before them the dying declaration of the unfortu nate woman as to the circumstance, and this the law al lowed, upon the principle that a person supposing himself at the point of death, and on the brink of eternity, could have no motive to induce a departure from the truth in the slightest particular, and would have every reason to give a faithful ac count of the cause of his approaching dissolution. If, then, a declaration implicating the husband appeared to have been made by the deceased, and if the evidence of the surgeon who examined the wound after death tended to the belief that from it death resulted, they should find the bill, and thus put the matter in the course of a more deliberate inquiry. There was a case with the particulars of which he need not trouble them, that of the prisoner Pegaworth for the murder of Ready. He feared in this matter the jury would have no dis cretion, and would be obliged to present a bill for the full charge. There was also a serious case (for unhappily the calendar con tained many of them) in which the Captain of a vessel was charged with the murder of one of his crew. It was stated in the depositions that the treatment of the deceased by the pri soner was such as to cause his death ; and while on the one hand it was their duty to protect masters of vessels in the ex ercise of that authority which was necessary for the due navi gation of their ships, they should,'on the other, take care that the discipline should not be such as to endanger the lives or the health of those who were subject to it. From all the cir cumstances of the case to which he alluded, he feared there was too much reason to apprehend, at least, that the conduct of the accused repaired explanation. The Recorder having adverted to the case of Mr. Kelly, charged with firing at a policeman, concluded his address by recommending the Jury to pay great attention to the consideration of every case, that so the ends of justice would be attained, and the interests of the public duly attended to. RENFREWSHIRE ELECTION. PAISLEY, JAN. 27. STATE OF THE POLL AT FOUR O'CLOCK. William Houston, Esq. Sir John Maxwell 636 Majority Sir John Maxwell resigned at nine o'clock this evening. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 29.—Wind S. E.—Arrived the Mary, Under wood, from Limerick. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Dispatch, --, from Sunderland ; and Mary, Longford, from Sunderland, Put back the Harvest, Fuller, for Amsterdam, and passed on to Cowes. Sailed the Ceylon, Waterhouse, for St. Vincent's ; and his Majesty's ship Hercules, from Sheerness. STANOATE CREEK, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Areopago, To manorick, from Trieste. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 28.—Arrived the North America, Moxay, from New York. DUBLIN, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Meriar, Oalsina, from Memel ; Anion, Chambers, from Demerara ; and Killigrew, Noyle, from Seville. CORK, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Sally, Mackenzie, from Pictou. LEITH, JAN. 26.—Arrived the Prince Leopold, Richard son, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; and John, Drummond, from Bordeaux. SUNDERLAND, JAN, 28.-:-Arrived the Mary Anne, Auden son, from Ouebec. The Royal Adelaide, Liddle, from Seaham to Portsmouth, was wrecked on Newcombe Sand on Friday—crew saved. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.I CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals of Wheat were moderate ; of Barley, Oats, and Flour, good. The trade was generally dull throughout the week for every article. This morning there was a small fresh supply of Wheat, almost entirely in tender con dition. Of Barley, Beans, Pease, and Oats, the quantities exposed for sale were considerable. The millers manifested very little disposition to purchase Wheat this morning, and ex cept for superfine dry parcels, the trade was again is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Barley and Malt have both been extremely heavy in sale, and are full Is. per •quarter cheaper than last Monday. Beans hardly maintain their previous rates. Boiling Pease continue unsaleable. Grey Pease have further declined Is. per quarter. The Oat trade has been very dull this morn ing, and this article scarcely supports the terms of the pre vious Monday. The Fiour trade partakes of the general dull ness, and ship parcels are selling at lower prices. ?RILES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) 'ls. 626. Beans, Small (new) 389.424. White (01d).........€0;. 6's. --- (old) 443 50s. Red 16(.16) 444. 50s. Tick (new) 34s OOP. -- Fi ne ',2s. 555. Superfine t-66. 60s. Harrow (new) 365.38 s —.White (1836) 465. 525. ----- --- (old) 425. 46s Fine s4s, 58s. Brank .....345.3.86. -- Superfine 603. 626 Oats, Feed 283.325. --Foreign free —s. s• ----- New 243.273. Rye 34s 3•48. Poland 0 5s. 32s Barley °6;.25;. New 24s. 00s. Grinding 23.4. 31s. Potatoc 30,323. Malting Malt 465. 55, Scotch 3O. 335. Fine New 60, 65a. Irish °ls. 266.236 Pease, Grey, New 345. 37.. Flour Town (per sack) 513.55 i. -- Maple New -- White '34; 4));. -- North Country 4 .1 s 45 . -- Boilers 4C•. , lis. Bran lO. ii, GRAIN IN LONDON Wheat. Barley. English Irish - 879 Foreign , 812 " 1,089 DURING LAST WEEK. oats. I Flour. 5,999 qrs. 110,3.19 sacks , 20,-235 +,741 SMITHFIEL: MARKET This day's supply was very good, and the sale was dull at little alteration from the prices last quoted : PRICES rEtt, STONE or B.s. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s (1. to s. el a d to s d Inferior Beasts 222 4 i Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 0 Second quality ditto 2 5 3 2 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Prime large Oxen 3 6 310 Coarsp-waolled dittO .... 4 6 410 Nine Scots, &c -2 - 4 4 Fois.hdown Wethers ... 5 2 5 (i Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Prime sto,ll ditto . 5 2 5 6 Small Porkers 4 6 410 siiekling Calves each ...I7 t. 34 0 1 Quarter old Pig „each) 12 U 20 (1 SUYTLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. I Pigs 2,195 I 9.3,301 • I 110 195 Al nut 409 of thy Beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 500 up the other northein roads; a' ~,a 3SO (inriiiding Irish) from the western and midland distrirt , ; about NO from Noi folk, SuMilk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire"; a bout 50 from K u' a“d Sussex ; and melt of the remainder fro. the m ars hes, &c. in the neighbourhood of London. NEWOATE AND LEA At per stone, 1 s. d. tos d. • s dto s _ Beef, inicrior...... ...... ... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior middling ..... ....,... 4 9 3 0 middling '3 2 '.:. 8 -- pi nue large - prime 4 2 4 6 --- prime small 3 8 3 It, Pork, large '1 4 4 2 Veal DENHALL MARKETS. by the Carets`. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORN MA RK ET.—Jan. N. Our supply of Wheat at this day's market from the country was small, but the arrivals from Norfolk and Suffolk continue large, and the whole was in moderate demand at a slight de cline on the prices of last Saturday. Barley was in very 1 arge supply, and prices 2s. per quarter lower, except for the very finest qualities v%hich nearly supported last neck's rates. Oats were in fair supply, and the sale brisk at an advance of 61 per quarter. Malt was exceedingly dull and prices may be considered almost nominal. Rye continues a very slow sale. In Beans or Peas there is no change. The arrivals of Flour are unusually large, and prices are 2s. per quarter lower. --- New. Old. Wheat, Northumberland 395. ',l's Norf.lk an:t Suffolk Berwick and Scotch 49'. s —s 53 —. Foreign Bye, Nothtlk and Sullulk -...-.... FOrei Ttl , S. -.--11 Barley, Alaltipg, Norfi!l . l, anilSiillitlk... 31s. 41s Grinding and Feeding o'is 295. Malt, Norfolk and Su ilia 53 -. 63; Beans, Small 18 , 42s ...... —a. —a. Tick 36s. 40; —s —s Pease, Whit.. 39: 42s —s. —4. ___-- Gray 33; 36i —s. —s. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc 23s. 27s 27s. 303. ----- ----- Fccd 203, 23s ‘.).6s. 253. foreign Flour (per sack) ----- THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The excitement which - prevailed during .the last week re specting the Dead Weight, and the raising of the interest from five to five and a half per cent., has now subsided. Up to the present time, nothing has transpired from the Bank of England. THE FUNDS. . • The various Funds, which closed heavy on Saturday, Con sols at 89k for the Account, and the same for Money, opened this morning at the same prices, with little doing in either of the Markets. Exchequer Bills, 18 20; India Bonds, 15 17 ; Bank Stock, 206 207 ; India Stock 257 259. Spanish Active closed on Saturday at 251 26, opened this morning at 252 - ; Passive, 7i I; Deferred, 12k • Portu guese, 47i 481; Three per Cents., 301 31 ; Colombian, 254- i; Mexican, 241 253; Dutch Two and a half, 53i- 54. Owing to the fall of snow yesterday, and the badness of the roads, we had a very late delivery this morning of letters and papers from the Post-office. Our arrivals this morning are two French mails, one Ostend, one Dutch, and ship letters from New York. • ISELaAN UNDS—BRUSSELS, JAN. ‘..'5.! Actual Debt, 2! , ,; per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO% Loan of Thirty Millions 92% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent lOl% Society of Commerce, 44; per Cent 132 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 1%9 Brussels Papers, Jan. 29. DUTCH FUNDS—AnsTaapsm, JAN. 27. • Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2!4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Syndic, 4 per cent. 9431 95 Ditto, ditto, 354 per cent. 7.s 78% Commercial Company, 454 per cent lBO%, 181% Ditto (1632 and 1833) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 02 Two months AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 20. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1362 —Allgemcine Zeitung, Jan. 25. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The dullness of the weather, with a great scarcity of Conti nental information, has the effect this morning of preventing any spcculaticrns of consequence either in the British or Fo reign Markets. We hear that letters are in town from St. S e b ast i an , of the 23d inst., stating that Ribero's division had arrived there. We have just received a Montreal Paper of the 27th of De cember. We extract the following from the speech of Mr. Mn delivered in the Upper Can a d a H ouse o f A ssembly, on a th aha ed in ebate of the Legislative Union of the Province : " He was in favour of an Union, and if h pleased his Ma jesty (whose life may God prolong), and his Ministers, to de cree our Union to-morrow, he entertained no fears but that of the proper and lawful distribution of the franchise in this pro vince, and in corresponding distribution in Lower Canada; aided, by such saving and helping clauses, as his Majesty would enact in decreeing such an Union. The constitution s of the two provinces would be quite able to overcome the Gallo- Canadian faction, which bad so long held sway to the entire destruction of the sure sources of our wealth and strength, commerce and emigration." A resolution moved by the Soli citor-General, declaring it the opinion of the House, that the proceeds arising from the sale of the clergy revenue should be applied to the purpose of moral and religious education, was carried by a majority of 35 to 21. Money Exchange at 60 days, Bank, 12 per cent. ; private, 12 per cent. ; Montreal Bank Stock, 20 per cent. The Consol Market has improved since the morning, when they were 89} ; at present may be quoted 8N- for the Account; Money, 80i! Exchequer Bills, 21 19 21 ; India Bonds, 16 18 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2071. Spanish Active, 25,i ; Portuguese, 48 ; Three per Cents , 301 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 533 54. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 893. His Majesty has been graciously pleased to present Capt. Ryder Burton, R.N., with the insignia of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, for his services and the severe wounds he received during the late war. ARRIVALS OF FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF THOMAS MOORE, Esq. Ward, London, 1837. We have just seen a portrait of this distinguished poet, which is an excellent likeness, full of charac teristic expression, especially about the brow and eyes, and realizes the vivid and accurate description which: Leigh Hunt has given us in his brief notice of Moore, ! , The engraving is by Ward, from an original painting by Mulvaney, and is executed with considerable skill and ability. LITERATURE. GLENLONEL Y. 3 Vols. Longman, London, 1837. Glenlonely is the production of an author who has tact, talent, and evident practical acquaintance with the world. It is full of incident worked up with great effect ; of descriptions fresh and glowing, without being overstrained ; and of characters which show that the writer is well read in that strange volume—the human heart. We have a strong suspicion that he is a military man ; for his best developed character, that of the brave, frank, and chivalrous Highlander Colonel Murray, could scarcely have been pourtrayed by one who had not been disciplined in camps, and was not practically acquainted with the feelings and peculiari ties which a military life engenders. The disap pointed, high-minded recluse, Herbert Lindsay, stands out in fine relief to the gallant Colonel, as also does the wayward and vindictive Gordon—a charac ter which is depicted with striking vigor. The . opening of " Glenlonely" is somewhat heavy and tc- , dious ; but when the author once gets fairly warmed with his subject, his story becomes extremely interest ing, and this interest is kept up undiminished to the close. We should have been glad to have seen fewer digressions in the tale ; but as these evince ingenuity of thought and shrewdness of practical remark, many readers perhaps may think them the best portions of the work. As a specimen of the author's descriptive ability, we subjoin his sketch of the bursting of an Alpine lake, which is worthy to vie with Scott's famous description of the escape from the equinoctial tide, in the " Antiquary" : " He had stopped to gather some flowers that grew upon the bank, and was attracted by the colours of a splendid trout, which, like himself, appeared to have fed most satisfactorily, and was now indolently alive to the luxury of living. While gazing on its beauty, and thinking how happily a monk might have fasted on such a prise, a low rumbling noise broke upon his ear, like distant thunder. Another moment it seemed like the crash of mountains burst by volcanic fire—then a pause— till the answering echoes passed it, like a watch-word of warning. " What's that ?'" asked the Colonel, turning quickly tee his guide; but Giovannino appeared too much astounded and • erplexed to reply. " What's that ?' "he repeated, " thunder " " No, Signor.'" " '.Earthquake?' "‘ It cannot be,' said Giovannino, looking at the bright blue sky ; it is not possible.' " Before these hasty words were spoken, the shock was re newed with redoubled power, and, borne by the echoing moun tains, it approached in one continued and terrific peal. " Speak, Giovannino,' said the Colonel,' in a sterner tone ; what can it be ?' " Giovannino made no answer. Pale, and fixed in the attitude of listening—his mouth open, and yet not seeming to breathe —his hand raised, and one finger extended, as if com manding silence, that he might catch the truth—he was not long in divining the cause. " Holy Virgin !' he cried, crossing himself at tho same time ; the lake ! the lake !' " Having expressed his fears, he hurried to the projected angle to ascertain whether they were founded in truth. The Colonel followed. Though self-possessed, he knew not how to act ; there was no mistakiag Giovannino's sense of danger. The voice of a thousand thunders proclaimed some dread con vulsion ; yet all was undefined, and doubly awful from its dark and bidden mystery. " On passing the angle alluded to, the river might be traced until lost among the high and broken crags which fed its source. The distance was considerable, but the fall was so rapid and broken, that, wherever the channel was narrowed by the approaching cliffs, it leapt the barriers in one bold and dark cascade. At rather more than half way between the far thest point of view and the spot where the travellers stood, the river was traversed • one of those wild unearthly bridges which puzzle posterity.' As usual, in all ages and countries, the work was ascribed to the devil, who, determined to walk the earth, and lead others in his steps, has, from time to time, turned architect, and thrown arches where the boldest of men had not dared to fix a centre. By some omission or whim in the sponsors, the work was known as the Black Bridge,' in stead of bearing, as is usual, the builder's name. There were two arches, and the centre . pier was worthy of his Satannic Majesty. It consisted of a mass of blackened rock, which rose amidst the foam like a monster from the deep, yet suffici ently like the human furm to suggest the idea that the devil had borrowed from his palace in hell, and placed a huge Afri can Caryatis to favour his progress on earth. From either end of this bridge was a zig-zag path which led to the heights above, and a third also leading from the bridge to the rood, which here was abruptly terminated. " The Colonel was not long in overtaking Giovannino and, obtaining a view of the object which we have attempted to sketch, by the time he stood by his side, the poor boy, had attained a full perception of the peril he foreboded. Telling a small crucifix from his bosom, he kissed the image of Christ; and, turning to the Colonel, said, in a tone of calm despair. • May the Saviour save us ! We must die ; the lake has burst 1 -We shall be swept away like chaff before the wind, and perish in the roaring flood I' the to e r ic o re e b k ir. s si , d,,g w sea h i? i d e , h frowned d e fi ance ; no path from the " Is the re no escape ?' asked the Colonel, as he turned r f r o o g Giovannino ; but it's too late ; the speed of hawka ust wouldry, said the notsave us . ' Let Colonel, who saw ,G io as that iijieni irn h ea o ff ie dependedli)o.ratssrauets. were d on ti toos action,ofm decision.wenergy of one n th an d ; t b h a e t obeyed efloods the sum mons. were hurrying with th e w hi r l w i n d' s w i ng. C waters w Curved like one enor mousrauvseheaboute t ao wedge,, b u u p t r o n o e t i v a e ; r t b h r e e a f king, t t i he ea s swollen e rocks, and tearing huge masses from their sides. Mass upon mass, rent and loosened by returning centuries of frost, and now deprived of their base, fell in the torrent like an avalanche of stone. A dark dense cloud rose from the falling ruins—a moving column, which marked the destroyer's path, and shrouded the screaming eagle which strove to soar above. " Every instant lessened the Colonel's hope as he watched the approaching column, and measured with his eye the dwind ling space between that and the bridge. Still he persevered : the fantastic figure of the pier became more distinct : it looked like a demon risen to mock the agony of man, and enjoy the convulsions of nature. " It can't be done,' said the Colonel, coming to, a dead halt, and seeing the impossibility of gaining the bridge before the flood. We must climb the rocks, or die l' " Giovannino saw the same alternative ' - and, supported" by the Colonel's self-possession, he glanced to everrspot which could give the shadow of success." •-. ON DEFORMITIES of the CHEST and SPINE. By WILLIAM CouLso.v, M.R.S., F.R.S., London, Hurst, 1837. This excellent work, which ought to be in the hands of all mothers, heads of familieS, and guardian s of youth, has, we are happy to observe, reached a se cond edition. It is greatly enlarged, and, if we mis take not, the number of plates is -considerably in creased. We confess, that before seeing Mr. Coul son's book, we had no idea of the many diseases to which females are subject from the pernicious practice of tight-lacing ; and no lady, who. has a due regard for her health, ought to remain for an instant ignorant of his The diseases incid en t tothe remarks po female constitution, t n i st l i r t is u t ion subject. from mal-conformatio n o f the spine, and the wearing of tight-laced stay s , are treated with great tact and delicacy, so that the book may be safely placed in the hands of the youngest and least experienced in such matters. Mr. Power, step-son of Mr. Sheil, who is just of age, will be the new Member (unopposed) for Dungarvan. The writ for Evesham, for the election of a Member in the room of the late Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart., arrived at Evesham on Friday last. the Norfolk Chronicle intimates that a Tory Can didate for the representation of Norwich will be soon an nounced. Lord Stormont, the sitting member, retires to contest Perthshire. The gentlemen of th e l o ng robe will next T erm b e employed in an action against an English Radical Member, who attempted to invade the affections of the wife of a branch of Nobility in a western county.--4inwrick Chronicle. The Tory Lords are preparing for an extraordinary muster at the meeting of Parliament. Peers who haVe not been in the House of Lords for several sessions, are recal ling their proxies, with the intention of giving personal at tendance. A French paper thus describes whiskey, eats de.we, fortement epicee (brandy, strongly spiced.) A large meeting of Tory Members of both Houses takes place this day at Sir Robert Peel's residence in Privy- L gardens.