The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-03 00:00:00

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Du( 0 Amef.ca . 0 1 France 1 0 Lisbon I 0 8rafd............ 0 0 Guam, &Jersey 1 0 Malta 0 0 13ue nos Ayres.. 0 0 Haltfliurg ..... ... 2 0 Mexico 0 0 CaTthagena ..... 0 3 Holland ...... .... 0 0 Ostend 0 0 Dublin... ...... 1 0 Jamaica ...... —.. 0 0 Sweden 0 1 Flanders ... 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 1 Waterford 1 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO—MORROW. - M0rning........38 minutes after 11. I Evening...—. () minutes alter 0. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. Boxes 45., Half-price 2s. ; Pit 25., Half-price ls. ; Gallery Is., Half-price 6d. The Lessee of this Theatre,.in deferring to the opinion of many of its Patrons, that a general reduction of prices would be highly acceptable to the Public at large, begs most respectfully to state that he has determined to make the experiment. In announcing this circumstance he claims to himself the privi lege of directing public attention to the fact of such alteration oc curring at a period when all his engagements are made on a totally different principle, and that the possibility of remuneration can only be found in a corresponding patronage. In the hope that he may meet with it, the Lessee begs leave to state, most emphati cally, that zyi curtailment whatever will occur in the representation of the Entertainments of this Theatre. The same performers will appear, the same engagements be entered upon, the Novelties already announced will be produced on the same magnificent scale which has ever characterised this Theatre, and altogether no reduc tion whatever will be made in the Establishment except in the prices of admission. With this assurance the Lessee again begs to state that he has taken the decisive step of reduciig the prices to the fol lowing scale : Boxes 4s:. Pit 25., Gallery Is. Half-price—Boxes 25., Pit 1.5.., Gallery 6d. Observing, however, that every proper precaution will be * Olken to prevent the possibility of any infringement on that comfort decorum which has hitherto invariably attended the respecteale sup porters of this elegant National Establishment. In hazarcFng this experiment the Lessee indulges a fula hope that its success may render the contemplation of any return to the late prices wholly unnecessary. EDIT i'.l) BY THEODO:t.:E HOOK, Esq., And Illustrated with a Portrait of the LADY CHARLOTTE BUP Y. THE FIRST NU'ABER FOR 1837 OF COLBURN'S NEW MAUAZINE, MONTHLY EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq. Who commenv e s the Number for January with THE GURNEY PAPERS. The New PubYication announced under the title of 'TH": HUMOURIST Is, at the suggestion,nf Mr. Hook, incorporated with THE NEW MONTHLY ' and forms a prominent feature of Wit and Comi cality in that Ma7,azine, which is accordingly increased in quantity, and contains var'.ous other improvements. N.B. With 'the exception of an article promised to another Journal, Mr.. - Hook will, in future, confine his periodical writing to the New Monthly. ER.NCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE JANUARY NUMBER. Thu Gur.icy Papers, No. I. By Theodore ':-look, Esq. The Yfanagm's Room at Little PeAllinguyo. By J. Poole, Esq. Achatcs Di'gbv. ByAlfred Crow quill. The Grrind Kentucky Balloon. By line of the Authors of " Vac Rejected Addresses." The Disasters of Carfington IP andel}, Esq. By Leigh Pala, Esq. So•.c4s of the Blacks. By J.B. Retrospection: all 1 Anticipations for 1837. The. late Georg.: Colman, h's Wit and Genius. The Mother's Heart. By the Hon. Mrs. Norton. A Tale. of th' Voyage of Hen drick Hr. t scn. By N. P. Willis, Esq. Subjects for l'ic;ur:s. By L. E. L. Recreations rul Natural History, No. I. liiiekstone, Esq. 1. The New Memoir of the Lady Charlotte Jim Crow. 2. A Nigger's Bury P..rtrait) r i I Bensons. Notes on Literatup., the Arts, Moralities for Families. By 1 . &e. Douglas Jerrold, Esq. 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Thanks to the intrepidity of Captain LAPID GE, commander of the naval forces in the river, Colonel WYLDE, Captain RICHARDS, Lieutenants PARKE, LE HARDY, EL L ICOMBE, and the officers, and men of his Britannic Majesty's Ringdove and Saracen, General ESPARTERO, after an obstinate engagement which lasted nearly the whole night of the 24th, drove the Carlists from fort to fort, and finally entered Bilboa in triumph on Christmas Day. The Spanish General behaved with as much heroic greatness of mind as personal courage on this occasion. His first act, on entering the city, was to proclaim that he was mainly in debted to the co-operation of the gallant British marines, for the power of relieving it. Assisted by his brave troops, he would have attempted to compel the Carlists to raise the siege—he would have perished under the walls—but success without British co operation would have been impossible. This magna nimity, on the part of ESPARTERO, will do much to remove the unfavourable impressions to which too many of his past acts gave extensive currency. As we copy below an account of the whole affair by an intelligent eye-witness, together with an official des patch of Captain LAPIDGE, addressed to the Lords of the Admiralty, we shall merely glance at the impor tance of this victory, as regards the prospects of the rival competitors for the Spanish Crown. The whole power of the Carlists, moral and physi cal, was directed in the most concentrated form against Bilboa. The siege was superintended by all the military genius in Spain opposed to the QUEEN. The Car list Council of 'War, held before the city on the 21st ult., was attended by :the Infante Don SEBASTIAN, EGUIA, VILLA REAL, GOAIEZ, and every military marauder of any note in the service of Don CARLOS, with the exception of the redoubted CABRERA. TIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1837. On the QUEEN'S side there were no officers of much more so did the boats of the Ringdove and Saracen, any note but ESPARTERO and the gallant SAN manned by British sailors and filled with the Queen's sol (hers. Captain Lapidge accompanied this flotilla in his gig, MIGUEL, military governor of the besieged city., with the British ensign flying. Lieutenant Le Hardy, corn- NARVAEZ and RIBEIRO were in Madrid—AL.A.l:, mending, the Saracen, did the Same ; and Mr. Harvey, first lieutenant of the Ringdove, Lieutenant Ellicombe, and Mr. was on the Ebro ; and such was the indolmce Stokes, midshipman of that vessel, with Mr. Hoblin, mate, of Ministers that no a t t empt was made to establish any and Mr. Rundle, master's-assistant of the Saracen, followed, extraordinary means of communication betwecai the each lt in charge of a launch laden with troops. QUEEN'S army before Bilboa a , arid the capital. All the wa y a was farsao very the b rbroken bridge, rid animatingscene.egethen I jumped went up thneCl raft ause- natural advantages to be derived from local position, full of troops as it passed, and returned when past the were highly in favour of the Carlists. The QUEEN'S bridge. I then went on with the advance of the troops troops were opposed in front by two formidable rivers— across an save w rT ie l r i e ot t fi h r e e of musketry, 2 ke 7 , nu a e s de fa r r ha a d s b th e e en po t sv h d e e re r by marshy grounds intersected with deep ditches—by was nothing remaining enemy'sbut a small p brass 4-pounder—an heights covered with thick underwood, and strongly de- E ng li s h gun—the same I believe that was taken at the fall fended by garrisons with mounted at Tillery, well served by of Banderas. The troops then gallantly advanced up Carlist engineers. These (iffier tides were all inde- s l t o s n t o e n d u e s C s n a m b in the fa c e tn o n f k sh t a h r i p s fi i ring p r from the C ti oanr-liit., pendent of the opposition which they had to encounter however, without very gre y at loss, and occupied it. It was from an enemy as numerous as tbiemselves—elated with now quite dark ; and the floating bridge across the Asua recent advantages—and fighting;, as it were, within hail was not completed until about half-past six. Whilst the of their Sovereign. The vice ory, therefore, obtained ,Bverirteisthhrsotll)nr:g wersparse c a o c n r s o t s r s u t c h t i e n f 3r t o h k a e t h , the h Spanis hlt wa engineers planked by the QUEEN'S troops Tinder the command of over by about ten p.m. ; and thus, according to the origi- ESPARTERO, is the first signal triumph obtained over nal plan suggested by Captain Lapidge, the troops could the whole body of the Carlilits since the commencement pass over two bridges at one and the same time. of the civil war. We ncerely trust that ESPAR- The crossir , of the Asua and taking Monte de Cabras were undoubtedly most important points—vital ones; but TERO will follow it up by pursuing the Carlists to the enemy had a dangerous battery composed of a twenty- Durango, and attacking them in the only strong four-pounder and two long brass eighteen-pounders, on the position they now occupy in Navarre. Any person height above Luchana. A part of the Santo Domingo height and Las Banderas was yet in the hands of the Car acquainted with military affairs who will take the lists ; a most determined attack, therefore, was made at trouble to examine the relative positions of the Chris- about ten at night, on these points, which, especially the tinos and Carlist; on the 21st ultimo, as laid down former, were occupied by large bodies of Carlists. in the plan of the - port and city of Bilboa, published General Espartero, though ill, and the weather was dreadful, led his men on personally, with his accustomed by WYLDE of Charing-cross, will readily admit gallantry. The struggle was most severe ; but it tenni , that ESPARTEI 10 has surmounted greater difficulties nated fully in favour of the Queen's troops, notwithstand than oppose b .is triumphant entry into Durango. ing the commanding positions the enemy held. At one The loss on bo th sides was dreadful, though that of critical moment General Espartero put himself at the head the Carlists is not yet fully ascertained. The Chris- r o e f tn a em ba b t e t r ali m on e , l _ ,, and yn s u a r id G to en t e h r e al men— children, 11; 0 1 d l i r o e w n , rn do e you r Espartero "iy tinos lost I,o' 00 men in killed and wounded. They liberty or death !" " Vive el General Espartero ; we'll captured 600 of the enemy, and took twenty pieces of conquer or die with him f.” was the noble reply : and a heavy artilley dreadful slaughter took place immediately on both sides. The follcr wino . is the official account received at the How the General escaped I cannot imagine. The guns wore taen, the enemy fled disheartened—and , Admiralty : our men bivouacked on the Carlist ground. At five this morning Las Banderas was taken this was the key to the whole of the enemy's positions. They immediately aban doned the rest ; and the result is that we have taken at loa - 4 19 or 20 pieces of fine artillery, some of large calibre, and that Bilboa is relieved. There are also (I am now speaking within mark) full 200 prisoners. I have seen great numbers of them. General Espartero proceeded to Bilboa with his 'staff from the Capuchin Convent, where a 32-pounder (brass) was-taken, at, about a mile distance. General San Mi guel, Captain General of the province, came out to meet him. It was an affecting scene. The two chiefs em braced each. other heartily. On entering the city, which we did through ruins, General Espartero dismounted, and modestly iyursued his way to his quarters, accompanied by the benedictions of the people. He was met, soon after he entcrod, by John Clark, Esq., his Britannic, Majesty's Consul, who congratulated him. The first thing the Genera al said to him was, that he owed everything to the exertions of his countrymen ; and not ten minutes ago he said, in my presence, to Captain Lapidge and his officer (Who had arrived on foot from the bridge at Luchana), that had it not been for the effective and generous assistance, the bravery and perseverance, of his Britannic Majesty's naval officers, the co-operation and advice that had been afforded him,by Colonel Wylde, the representative of his Majesty's Government, by Captain Lapidge as commander of the naval forces in the river, he could not have relieved Bilboa—that he would have sacrificed his own life to do so, but that he felt all would have been useless without the great aid he had received from British co-operation. This was spoken before his staff and some public authorities, with a manner and a sin cerity which do honour to his heart. You know I have always said that Espartero is a gallant and a patriotic Spaniard ; and one of the many good qualities be pos sesses is, that he has always listened to, acted upon, and been thankful for, the sug g estions which have been offered to him by the superior officers of the ally of his royal mistress. (OFFICIAL.) Accounts have been received at the Admiralty, from Command e r Lapidge, of the Saracen, dated Bilboa, Dec. 25, 1836, - that the insurgents, at daybreak on the 22d inst., opened a long 24-pounder, from a battery thrown up during the night; on the causeway above Luchana-bridge (touching the angle of the old powder magazine). Their fire was principally directed against the Saracen, the Spanish schoo tie!: Maria, and gun-boats in position under the Desierto, which was answered from the 32-pounders mounted in the Tort of Anglo-Hispano, manned by the seamen of the Ring dove and Saracen with good effect. The Queen's army still continuing to occupy Lescona-Aspe and the heights of Erand.ia, the fire from the insurgent positions impeding the progress of the operations of the General-in-Chief. At eight, a.m., the field artillery and howitzers attached to Major Colquhoun, placed in a position on the heights of Erandia, opened fire, quickly silencing the enemy's battery above Luchana. At daybreak on the 23d a pontoon-bridge was thrown across the Galindo by the seamen of the Ring docce and Saracen, for the purpose of enabling the Queen's troops to occupy the hill of Restigui. The mountain howit zers were planted in a near position, to assist in dislodging the enemy from Monte Cabras, which was accomplished in a feu rounds. An 18• pounder long gun was also removed from Portugalette, and placed in a battery commanding the enemy's, and commenced firing at nine, a.m., of that day, in concert with a Spanish battery of three guns, situated just above the same line of road, causing the enemy to re- tire t heir 24-pounder from the causeway during the nigh By the flood-tide, at four, p.m., of yesterday, the Genera in-Chief commenced his river movement on Luchana, launches and two rafts manned by the Spanish marine and the seamen of his Majesty's vessels, rapidly establishing themselves on Monte Cabras, and carrying the enemy's bat teries itt front of that position. A bridge of boats without the broken arch of Luchana bridge vas constructed by the men of the Saracen, imme diately after the first landing of the Queen's army, on the causeway above Luchana, the Queen's army filing over in support ot" the advance. The Queen's army promptly advanced to the attack, car rying the b atteries and capturing every gun of the insur gents along the line from the left bank of the Asua to the Augustin gate of Bilboa. The insurgents suffered a com plete route, with a severe loss in kille, wounded, and pri soners, and h ave retired by the Durango road. The Queen's army entered Bilboa at 9 A.M., relieving the brave defenders of that garrison, and up to this hour not a single! Carlist is to be seen on either bank of the river Nervion. On exam ining the river, a chain was found across just above the n lagazine under Monte Cabras ; two bridges of gabaras bets amen Olaveraga and San Marnes, and piles driven across s the river at the ford above the convent of San Marries. The city of Bilboa is greatly dilapidated from the effeets'of the bombardment during a siege of nine weeks, and greatly inwant of pros isions. The loss of the Queen'searmy doe s not exceed 800 in killed and wounded. No casualty has occurred to the Consul and families of the British residents. (From the Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.) BILBOA, DEC. 25. CHRISTMAS-Di \ N., HALF-PAST TEN, A.M.—Bilboa is safe. The wretched fact ion by which this rich commercial city has been so long torme rated has been driven from all the strong fortified points it had occupied ; and please God ! the re creant Carlos V. t.will never again be able to distress the inhabitants of this hcroic city. The dispatches wilt be, sent down to the (Anne/ almost immediately ; I must therefore content myself with giving you a very rapid skeich of the spirit-stirring occurrences of the last forty-eight hours. I have just taken m y leave of General Espartero at his quarters ; having had Ole happiness to enter Bilboa with him, amidst the enthusiastic shouts of all classes of the population. In the course of the n ight of the 22d a long eighteen pounder was, by dint of h 'reat exertion, mounted on the angle of a miserable nod which overlooks the place where the Carlist 24-poutider was mounted. The bat tery was formed by Captain Vicars of the British Royal Engineers. About throe hundred yards above it there were also placed two long 12-pounders and a 9. This was done by the Spanish artillery. On the 23d early, these batteries (the former of which was worked by British artillerymen under the immediate direction of Major Col quhoun), together with the two 32 - pounders in the Desierto , which Captain Lapidge and Lieutenant Le Hardy directed personally, having the men of the two British men of war to work the guns—all these guns, I say, opened upon the enemy's battery. The 24-pounder was struck by a shot from the 32-pounders in the Desierto, fired from Captain Lapidge's battery. The mass of fire must have astonished the Carlists. We were told that there were 17 men killed that day in their battery. The reinforcement which in my last I mentioned had arrived (or was to arrive) at Portugalete from Castro, being destined to operate on the other side of the Galinda, a bridge of pontoons was thrown over that river at the back of the Desierto, under the superintendence of Colonel Wylde and Lieutenant Le Hardy. This was done in three hours ; and the troops (about 2,500 fine men) crossed ; occupying immediately the Heights of Rou tegui. At about two P.m. two English mountain how itzers, under the command of Lieutenant Parke, were also conveyed, with the due proportion of marine artil lerymen, and four seamen of the Ringdove, under the or ders of Mr. Villiers, mate of that vessel, who was attached to Lieutenant Parke, over the Galindo pontoon-bridge. They occupied a ridge immediately opposite to the Luchana bride, and fired with very good effect until after night-fall upon the Carlists, who were in considerable numbers among the brush-wood upon Monte de Cabras. I was myself with these mountain guns, and my opinion, is that they did very great damage to the Carlists. They threw Shrapnell-shells, and must have killed and wounded a great many, and alto gether I felt assured that the work of that day had proved a severe and discouraging lesson to the enemy. Yesterday a proposition was made to General Espartero by Colonel Wylde and Captain Lapidge, to pass a part of the army beyond the Luchana broken bridge at the mouth of the Asua, in launches and on rafts ; and Captain La pidge engaged to make a floating bridge across that mouth. It was also proposed that all the artillery, Spanish and Bri tish, should open at 2 p.m., on the enemy's battery, and tha:t immediately afterwards the troops should pass. This pro position was acceded to, and carried into effect. The weather had been cold and rainy all day ; it took I must defer details of the state of Bilboa, and of its sufferings, to another opportunity. lam happy to tell you that the British Consul and his family, and all other British subjects resident here, have escaped any serious injury : no deaths have occurred among them. The au thorities, garrison, national guards, and all the inhabitanti, have behaved admirably : their privations have been very great. The houses have suffered much in many parts, but I have not yet been able to visit more than one quarter of the city. A list of prices of provisions has been shown me, viz.: horse-flesh, 2s. 2d. a pound ; half a cat, 2s. 2d. ; an egg, Is. ld. ; a fowl, 11. Is. Bd. This is, indeed, a glorious Christmas-day. I feel very happy in having been present at the whole of the proceed ings and operations, both naval and military, during this desperate struggle. The success of this day is a death blow to the faction. Our loss yesterday was severe ; it is calculated that there are not less than 800 killed and wounded : Major General Baron de Meer is slightly wounded, as is the General Mendez Vigo, and a Colonel (whose name I forget), who commands a brigade. The Carlists must have also suffered severely, the field of battle is strewed with their dead bodies ; hut it is their custom to carry off their slain ; and no doubt they did numbers of them during the night. The Spanish troops behaved with great bravery, and it has been very pleasing to notice how thankful every man, from the private to the General, expresses himself as being for the assistance they have derived from their English friends. It would be very unjust were Ito omit mentioning the persevering exertions of Major Colquhoun, of the British Artillery, and all the officers and men under his command. Captain Townley, aide-de-camp to General Chichester, of the British Auxiliary Legion, came round about a week ago to witness the operations : that gallant officer and my self were the first Englishmen who entered Bilboa with the General this morning. The Carlists had made the most formidable defences imaginable. There were three bridges of boats across the Nervion, as well as a chain to impede the progress of boats up the river, for the relief of that place ; and at a place a little above Capuchinos, they had stockaded the river, which is shallow at that place, in such a manner that nothing could pass. P.S.—Two seamen of the Ringdove have been wounded ; one yesterday. For the following additional particulars, we are in debted to an able and enterprising Contemporary, the Devonport Independe'at The Queen's General, &partero, has gained a decisive and glorious victory over the Carlists in the neighbourhood of Bilboa, and raised the siege of that town during the night of the 24th, Christmas Eve. General -Espartero crossed the river by a bridge of boats at the Desierte con vent, and the weather being boisterous, he completely took the enemy by surprise, they being all housed in the dif ferent cottages and convents around, not dreaming of at tack. Our marine artillery and a detachment of Royal artillery in a very short time silenced the guns of the enemy, killing the men as fast they came to re-man them. The heights of the Bandaras, a most formidable position, was taken about three o'clock in the morning, in the most gal lant style by the troops of the Queen, commanded by Espartero in person, at the point of the bayonet, after hay ing been three times repulsed. At nine a.m., on the 25th, the army entered Bilboa, the Carlists having fled in the greatest confusion. This has given a blow to the cause of the Carlists, which he will find it difficult to recover, for numbers of his followers declared that if they did not suc ceed in taking Bilboa they would return to their homes. Twenty pieces of :Artillery and 600 prisoners have fallen into the hands of the Queen's troops. The Carlists' loss cannot be know., for they make a point of putting them under ground. The Queen has lost 1,000 men killed and wounded. Our artillery had not a man touched, which is extraordinary. A party of seamen put planks across the bridge LuchP.na, which had been broken down by the Car lists, over which the army crossed ; and the boats of his Majesty's ship Ringdove cut out a 24-pounder which was placed on the quay, and in which dashing affair they had only one man wounded. The town of Bilboa has been be sieged since the 3d November, during which time it has been five times attempted. The Carlists were driven back with tremendous loss. It is said to be the intention of Espartero to move towards Durango. Some money has been sent down to pay the British Legion, but they remain inactive on the lines around San Sebastian. Dated his Majesty's ship Castor, Santander, Dec. 27. until four P.M. before the rafts and boats could be pre pared, even by the energy for which the British navy is so justly celebrated ; for the English had the honour of en tirely executing this important duty. At that hour the tide had begun to ebb ; and it was very doubtful as to whether the Spanish gun-boats and armed schooner, which were to protect the manoeuvre, could stem the current. A heavy storm of snow, too, came on at this juncture, and all seemed for a moment to tend to frustrate our efforts ; however, the plan was persevered in. The gunboats, bear ing the Spanish flag, moved slowly up against the tide ; one only of them reached the Luchana bridge, and fired upon some Carlist soldiers who were stationed there firing musketry ; the others could not advance so far. The boats and launches, filled with troops, outstripped them ; but The whole of the Paris journals of Saturday have been received. They are entirely barren of intelli gence. The following is all we find in them worthy of to-day to excite uneasiness. We have bad no news from London for these two days. Yesterday evening it was re ported that the King of England was dead. This morn ing it was said that the Government had received the news by telegraph, but the Ministerial .;ournal does not mention it.—La Paix, Dec. 31. In the Hanover Gazette we find the copy of a " Royal Family Law" for the kingdom of Hanover, for which we cannot make room in The Sun of this day, owing to a press of important matter. We shall ',pub lish it entire to-morrow. Wild and extravagant as are the opponents of the Government in this part of the island, and in Ireland, they are still more so in the North. Whether we look to the proceedings of the Tories in Renfrewshire, or Midlothian, or Haddingtonshire, we can come to but one conclusion, that they are determined to leave no means untried to recover their authority, and bring back Scotland to that glorious and independent state, when one man possessed more influence and authority there than Mr. O'CoNNELL now possesses in Ireland. Ever since the passing of the Reform Bill they have tried every expedient, no matter how unworthy, to effect their purpose. They have for the last three or four years been purchasing property, often at an enor mous price, and placing tenants on it, on the expressed condition that they were to vote for the candidate whom the landlord recommended. Finding that too experixe, they resorted to the plan of creating fici tious votes ; then by lying and slander they attempted to excite the people against the Government through the new system of education for Ireland, but still without effect ; for, notwithstanding all their exer tions, Scotland at the last :general election returned as many Reformed Members as she returned at the first general election after the passing of the Reform Bill. They have latterly adopted a different course, and one so extravagant, and so little calculated to effect their object, that we may safely conclude this is their dying effort, and they are reduced to the last extremity. Knowing the religious habits of the people, they have called religion to their aid—they . have intrigued with the clergy, and persuaded a certain portion of a body, hitherto exemplary for their attention to parochial duties, to forget their sacred calling—to mingle in the turmoil of politics, and to advocate the claims of Tory candidates, with a view to break up the Ministry, on the preposterous pretext, that by correct ing the abuses of the Irish Episcopal Church, the Mi nistry were paving the way for the destruction of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. This is now their great stay—ztheir only support—and it requires no spirit of prophecy to foretell that the people of Scotland will be still less influenced by it than by any of the miserable schemes which the Tories have devised for recovering their dominion. At the dinner given to Mr. GIBSON CRAIG, at Dalkeith, this subject was adverted to by most of the speakers, and by some of them with great effect. The words of Mr. FERGU SON, the Member for the county of Haddington, de scribe this disgraceful conduct in its true colours. " I trust," he said, " that the intelligence of the country will treat the influence of the Tories in this respect with the contempt which it deserves. We arc told that the Liberals would subvert the institutions of the country—l am inclined to think that were the illiberals in power, with all their antiquated notions, they would allow our institutions to crumble to dust. We are not revolutionists—we love and venerate the institutions of. the country, and would renovate them by removing every abuse, and by extending the principle of civil and religious liberty, by granting equal protection and justice to all. The leaders of the party know well, that these attacks arc made on us unjustly, but they allow these, attacks to go on, hoping that they may make an impression on weak minds." Dr. CHAL , MERS, who from the situation which be holds, ought - to be the last man to encourage such a feeling among the people, and least of all among those entrusted to his guidance and ; instruction, has taken the lead in attempting to deceive the electors, and by a mode of reasoning and an eloquence peculiar to himself, has prostituted his talents, and desecrated his call ing, for the avowed purpose—what will the de scendants: of the men who established Presbyterianism in Scotland think ?—of propping up Episcopacy in Ireland I This conduct may proceed from delusion, and we charitably impute it to such a cause ; but still it has afforded a pretext for others to follow the same course, and urge on their flocks the duty of supporting Tory candidates, as they value the established religion of the country. The people of Scotland, and more particularly the inhabitants of Renfrewshirc—a county the scene of as great horrors and cruelty as ever were perpetrated in the sacred name of religion—are not to be deceived by such miserable pretences. They have too vivid a recollection of the sufferings which their forefathers endured in resisting Episcopacy, to yield up their judgments to political ministers, or obey the worldly injunctions—clothed in the garb of religion—of a man, who possibly, if the same inducements were held out, might follow the example of SHARPE, who betrayed his companions, deserted his religion, and was made Arch bishop of St. Andrews. If the Tories persist in de nouncing the Appropriation Clause, and in trying to delude the people, by asserting that the downfall of Episcopacy in Ireland would be the forerunner of the destruction of the Scotch Church, the Liberal candidates at the next elections may opportunely refresh their me mory by quoting, from a Tory historian, an account of some of the deeds of those men who inflicted such bar barities in upholding Episcopacy in Scotland. The following description will be found in HUME : " The Presbyterians, alarmed with such tyranny, from which no man could deem hintelf safe, began to think of leaving the country, and some of their agents were sent to England to treat with the proprietors of Carolina for a set tlement in that colony. Any condition seemed preferable to their living in their native country, which by the preva lence of persecution and tyranny, was become as insecure to them as a den of robbers. Above two thousand per sons were outlawed, on pretence of their conversing or having intercourse with rebels ; and they were continually hunted in their retreat by soldiers, spies, informers, and op pressive magistrates. It was usual to put ensnaring ques tions to people living quietly in their own houses ; and when the poor deluded creatures refused to answer, capital punish ments were inflicted on them. Even women were brought to the gibbet for this pretended crime. Soldiers were dis persed over the country, and power was given to all corn missoned-officers, even the lowest, to oblige every one they met with to abjure the declaration, and upon refusal, in stantly, without further questions, to shoot the delinquent. Ten were hanged on one gibbet at Edinburgh—thirty-five before their own doors in different places. These criminals might all have saved their lives if they would have re nounced the Covenant." The descendants of a people subjected to such tyranny for resisting Episcopacy, are not the men to hack a Government in forcing it on the Irish people. QUARANTINE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TURKEY. —The Sultan, alarmed at the frightful progress of the plague, recently convoked a Divan, at which the Sheik Islam (principal law officer), all the Vlemas, and the Mi nisters were present. The Sultan asked why that capital should be more afflicted with 'the pestilence than the rest of Europe ? The Vlemas replied that Europe had adopted precautionary measures which were forbidden by the Ko ran. The Sultan then ordered the Seik Islam to quote the passage alluded to. On the promise made by that officer ' to give a new interpretation to the passage, the Sultan has ordered a religious ordonnance to be prepared, which, with the assistance of the Mussulcean clergy, will put it in his power to 'order the establishment of a quarantine through out the whole empire. This heroic reform inspires hope for the future, but, for the present, offers no consolation in ',the midst of the ravages to which the capital is now ex posed.—German Paper. Yesterday, at sun-rise, an immense flock of sea-gulls, many of which were of the larger species, passed over the metropolis, keeping, however, near the windings of the river, over which they hovered for short periods within gun-shot, but at times " wheeling and turning about," to the no small amusement of passengers on the different bridges. During the morning other flocks followed, amounting in the whole to thousands. notice :-6 PARIS, DEC. W.—The Prussian State Gazette says that the King has conferred on M. Comte, Director of the French Post Office, the order of the Red Eagle of the second class ; and on M. Peron and M. Dubort, the same order of the third class. The Diario di Roma of Dec. 17 makes no mention of any new indisposition of the Pope. His Holiness had been present the preceding Tuesday at the third sermon in the Vatican. M. Dupin was yesterday elected Director of the French Academy. The non-arrival of the English journals begins ef** CRNTRAL CRIMINAL COURT THIS DAY. NEW COURT. • AN ALDERMAN WANTED. The COMMON SERGEANT sat this morning at ten o'clock for the purpose of proceeding with the business of this Court, and the jurors having answered to their names, the prisoners were called to the bar, that they might be ar raigned and plead to their indictments. It was found, however, that no Alderman was in attendance, and conse quently this proceeding could not be gone through. The COMMON SERGEANT said, in a few minutes one of the Aldermen would probably come into Court. After waiting for about half an hour for the attendance of one of their Worships, a Juryman said this delay was really disgraceful and inconvenient to those who were punc tually in attendance in the discharge of a public duty, and if those high in power set a bad example, it would not be strange that more humble persons should neglect the inte rests committed to their care. He would feel obliged to the gentlemen of the Press if they noticed the circumstance. The CossmoN SERGEANT regretted the inconvenience complained of. If none of the Aldermen came into Court before 11 o'clock, he would adjourn the business for some time. At 11 o'clock the Jury repeated their complaint, and wished the Common Sergeant to adjourn. The COMMON SERGEANT said it was his business to be in attendance until five o'clock in the afternoon, and he would accordingly be within call. For the present he should adjourn for an hour. At 12 o'clock Alderman FARERROTHER came on the bench, and said he understood some inconvenience had arisen from the non-attendance of one of the Aldermen. This he much regretted ; hut he wished to state, that it was not owing to any neglect on his part—it was not his turn to as sist in that Court—and he was now present only at the re quest of the Sheriffs, who sent to apprise him of the delay in the public business, and to ask as a favour that he might come down to Court. William Hall was indicted for stealing four pigs, the property of Mark Pyle, on the 14th December last. It appeared in evidence that the prosecutor, whs resides near Great Stanmore, lost four pigs on the 14th December, and having given information to the police, they were found the same night in the possession of the prisoner near the five-mile-stone on the Edgeware-road. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. John Smith was indicted for stealing a chest, containing 941bs. of coffee, the property of Thos. Pickford and others. From the evidence of several witnesses, it appeared that the chest was committed for delivery to the charge of a carman, named Moore, in the employment of . Pickford and Co. The prisoner was observed to take it off their van and carry it away, but on pursuit dropped it in the street. He was found Guilty. PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY It appears that the publication of these proclamations has been productive of good to the defendants themselves, as but for them some are not aware of the proceedings pending against them. A lady lately seeing the account in the English newspapers, came over from the Continent and surrendered herself, in order to avoid the threatened pains and penalties, and others have acted in like manner. This morning, at the Middlesex Sessions House, Mr. Hemp, the Sheriff's Officer for Middlesex, called upon the foilowing persons to surrender on pain of outlawry, viz : The Hon. William Pole Tilney Long Wellesley, 17, Bruton-street ; Keys Tumour, Esq., commonly called the Hon. Keys Tourner ; John Treene, Westminster ; Thomas Haines Meredith, 14, St. John-street Road ; Charles Gray, 15, George-street, Adelphi ; T. H. Rcanor, 11, Charles street, Regent's-park ;C. Bailey, Gentleman, late of Adam street East ; R. Saudilands, Gentleman, Ibbertson's Hotel ; Lane Laurie, late of Bulstrode-street ; Charles Godfrey Mundenv, Park Crescent, Regent's-park ; Salisbury Hum phries, B. Culvert, and James Fitz James, all of Lincolns-Inn Fields ; G. Vykc, jun., Gent., Grecian Coffee-house ; H. A. Dalton, Esq., of the same place ; Eli Robert Munn , and Mary Ann his wife, Tothill-street, Westminster. LLOYD'S SIIIPiiNG.-(THIS DAY DEAL, DEC. 31.—Wind N. E.,. fresh breezes. Jan. I. Wind E. N.E., moderate. Jan. 2.—Wind N. W., moderate. _Arrived the Alert, from Belfast. Arrived from the river and sailed the Harlequin, Chienee, for Penang; William For ster, Young, for the Cape of Good Hope; Slanes Castle, Petrie, Bombay ; and Queen of the Isles, Lewis, St. Helena. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Wind N.—Sailed the Helen Mar, Hammond, Iris, Mackard, and his Majesty's ship Wolverine, for the Mediterranean. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 2. —Wind N. E.—Arrived the Nyverheid, Louvers, from Liverpool for Ostend; Beratul, Hain, from London for the Mediterranean ; Thames steamer, from Lon don for Dublin ; and his Majesty's steamer Messenger, from London. Sailed the Ann, Wise, for Van Diemen's Land. FALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Margaret, from Dublin for London ; and Manchester steamer, from London for Oporto. Jan. L —Wind N. E. to E.N.E.—Arrived the Wil helroina, Zalk, and Europe, Echell, from Long Sound. LIVERPOOL, JAN. I—Arrived off port the - Grace, Brown, from New Orleans. LEITH, DEC. 30. Arrived the Charlotte, Plagun, Weimar. Sot7Titwol.n, DEC. 31.—Arrived off port the Apollo, from Dantzic. WHITBY, JAN. I.—Arrived off port the William, Bill, Riga. PENZANCE, JAN.%.—Arrived the Alarm, Ilannington, from Limerick for London. WATERFORD, D E C.3o.—Arrived the Wexford, Pitt, Quebec. CORK, DEC. 31.—Arrived off port the Alpha, Turner, from Antwerp for Liverpool. CASTLEHAVEN' DEC. 28.—Arrived the Duchess of Kent, Lamb, from St. Andrew's, N.B. DROGHEDA, DEC. 31.—The Leon has been got off the shore, after discharging part of the cargo, without apparent damage. CHERBOURG, DEC. 24.—Arrived the France, Huguis, from Havre, for Vera Cruz. OMNI), DEC. 30.—Our inland navigation is closed, but the port and harbour are free from ice. The Norham Castle, from Quebec, is on shore on Holy Island. The Sophie and Nlarg,arthea, from Tonningen, was totally wrecked on Clay Beach the 28th ult. TILE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TIVELVE O'CLOCK. The important information received by Government of the entrance into Bilboa of General Espartero has caused a great sensation in the City, particularly among the Spa niards of the Queen's party ; and it has bad also a great influence on the Spanish Stocks. Spanish Active, which closed yesterday at '2O to 201, has improved to 231; Pas sive, 61 ; Deferred, 81. It appears that Espartero owes his success to the Eng lish artillerymen, as well as to the flotilla, without the aid of which he would have found it a difficult task. The gar rison was put to the last extremity for provisions, and could not have held out a week longer. Consols, which closed yesterday at 90h- 001, opened at the same price, since which they have improved to 90-1 for the opening. Exchequer Bills, 26 28 ; India Bonds, 14 16 ; Bank Stock, '209 210 ; India, shut. Portuguese Stock, 44i ; Three per Cents., 271 274 ; Columbian, 2.7,1 '2Bl ; Mexican, 27 '2B ; Dutch Two-and a-Half, 541. The wind having changed to the westward, a thaw has commenced, to the grea t gratification of the mercantile in terest, who will be able to pursue their business as usual. Our arrivals this morning are one French, one Ostend, and three Dutch mails ; a French mail is still due. No ship letters. Consols are now 90i 901. ONE 0 , CL 0 CK. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols are not so good as in the early part of the morn ing, when they were 9 0 i ; at p rese nt 90 for the Opening. Exchequer Bills 28 29 ; India Bonds 16 14 ; Bank Stock 210. Most of the Foreign Stocks are also heavy. Spanish Active, which were in the morning 23k, a t present 23 ; Passive 6/ ; Deferred 9 ; Portuguese 45 Three per Cents., 28, ex. div. ; Colombian 27 ; Dutch 2} per Cents., 54i ex. div. Consols for the Account, 901 I. THREE O'CLOCK, So great has been the influence of the present inclement weather on the prices of kitchen vegetables, that greens, which about a fortnight ago s old for 3d. per bunch in the metropolitan markets , now fetch 10d. i to Is. Tur nips, carrots, celery, &c , have becom e dear n proportion ; but parsley fetches a price almost unprecedented even in the annals of Covent-garden. Such is the scarcity of this article, owing to the overlaying of the snow, that last Thurs day ma rket-handfulls, which arc usually sold for a penny, fetched half-a-crown each ! A man who was lucky enough to possess a bunch, for which he paid 9d. to a market gar dener at Fulham, divided it into sundry small lots, or handfulls, and in about half an hour realised twenty-t wo shillings and threepence by re tailing them in the market ! Bates, the rag and old-metal collecwastor, w he hose body was found nsar Bideford on Tuesday, ,at t time he was murdered, on his road to Barnstaple, having sold his stock to Mr. I'Ans for 11. 165., at which time he had 4/. in his possession. On the body being found, the pockets were turned in:,ide out, and rifled of their contents. The old man had two dreadful wounds on the head, one across the temple, which caused his death. A most strict investiga tion has taken place, and is still carrying on by the local authorities, who have caused two persons to be apprehended on suspicion, and it is confidently expected that the perpe trators of the foul deed will be brought to justice. At the inquest on Wednesday a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned. Bates was a very industrious, honest, and sober man ; he has left a wife and one child.—Exeter Gazette. LI LORD BYRON'S WORKS. Mr. Murray has just brought out the first volume of ten, the number in which it is designed that the whole, of the poems of Byron shall he comprised. This un dertaking of Mr. Murray's affords another illustration of the progress cheap and excellent literature is making in this country. In the first volume, which we have now lying before us, we have the whole of Chi/dc Harold —beautifully bound—embellished with nume rous engravings by Stanstield and Finden—men amongst the most eminent artists of the day--printed in a clear and beautiful type, and altogether got up in a style of first-rate excellence. This book is sold for no more than three shillings and .sixpence !—thus ena bling readers to become possessed of all the poetical works of the most admired of modern bards, in a form that would grace any library in the kingdom, for ,tittle more than a guinea and a half. It is not our intention to enter with any minuteness into the merits of the pictorial e mbellishments, but an: Lake of Geneva, with Mont Blanc in the distance, ex-. torts from us our highest praise. It is an engraving of surpassing excellence. Every person who has not a:ready a complete edition of Byron's Works, will thank Airy: Murray for placing at their disposal the present exquisitely elegant collection. OLIVER AND BOYD'S NEW EDINBURGH ALMANAC AND NATIONAL REPOSITORY. For the Year 1837. No people have derived more advantage from the abolition of the stamp-duty on Almanacs than our neighbours in North Britain ; and there perhaps coact not be a stronger proof of the injury done to trade, and the needless expense to which a people are sub jected by enormous duties, than the change which has taken place in Scotland in this respect since the Act of 1834. For many years previous, tl:e capital of Scot land furnished only one Almanac, and that at a price so enormous that it was placed out of the reach o f all, except the wealthier classes. The other classes, h'ow ever, as well as those above them, naturally wished to know the age of the moon—the hours of sun-rise and sun-set—when particular fairs and markets were held", and also to have some of those prognostications of the weather, by which Moore has gained his title to immortality ; and the consequence was that latterly an unstamped Almanac was to be seen in every cottage bearing the title of " The Belfast Town and Country Almanac; calculated," accord ing to the Editor, " for the meridian of Belfast, which may answer for any part of Great Britain," and sold for three pence. Various attempts were made to put down the " unstamped," but without effect hawkers went openly through the country with the Belfast Almanac, the people openly bought it, and as the smuggler must charge somethiog for his risk, that charge fell on the purchaser, who go,t a bad article at a high price, and not a penny went into the coffers of the Treasury. One House alone (that cif Oliver and Boyd) now publishes three almanacs — a penny Almanac, a threepenny Almanac, and the comprehensive and well arranged Almanac now before us. The greatest change, however, has not been in the price, but in the quality of the article ; and taking both into account, the difference between the cheapest and the one formerly in general use, may be stated at twenty to one. The difference between the larger Almanacs is no less perceptible. The " new Edin burgh Almanac" consists of 512 pages of closely printed matter, containing the calendar ; tide-table, and, information connected therewith ; tables on commerce, agriculture, and numerous statistical details; and a general register of the British Empire, independent of a vast quantity of information relating chiefly, Ao Scot land, and sold at a price considerably less than the old stamped Almanac. In , addition to these, it contai.us the army and navy lists—the Peerage, with the age of the Peers—the House of Commons—lists of the pro - fessors in all the universities—and a vast number o f other details, which we have not space to enumerate. Having had occasion to make observations on some of the excellent works of this kind published in London, we can safely say the present Almanac will bear a com arison with the best of them. Viscount Morpeth will arrive in Yorkshire next week from Dublin. A meeting is to be held at Exeter on Thursdayriext, for the purpose of forming a Diocesan Church Buildiug As sociation, in connection with the incorporated society. The notice for convening the meeting is signed by the Duke of Somerset, the Earls of Devon and St. Germains, Lord Clinton, Sir T. D. Ackland, Sir T. F. Drake, Sir S. No.rth cote, Sir J. Kennaway, and other influential gentlemen,— Bristol Journal. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond have, in al 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, Colonel G. Wyndham, Mr. John Clayton, &c. At his Grace's battue considerable havoc was done amongst the pheasants. His Grace's son, the Earl of March, just entered at Christ Church, is a crack shot. The Hon. Mrs. Westenra entertained a party at dinner yesterday, and has a large dinner party to-morrow, in Green-street. The Earl of Ripon arrived in Carlton-gardens, froth a visit to the Duke of Richmond at Goodwood, where a se lect party enjoyed the diversion of a battue on his Grace's preserves, previous to the heavy fall of snow. Despatches of importance were received on Saturday evening at the Foreign Office from Vienna. Lord Francis Egerton was written to at Oat lands, to take the chair at the dinner to be given at the Gal-rick Club, to Mr. Charles Ketnble, on his retirement from the stage. His Lordship has consented to preside at the festi val, which takes place on Monday next. The anonymous warning sent to the Duke of St. Albans, at Brighton, relative to his hawking on the Downs, was signed with the names of the Rev. Mr. Wagner, J. Kemp, of Kemp Town, Esq., M.P., and several other respectable names, falsely affixed to the paper. Baron de Maltitz, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, ' arrived at Broadhead on Monday, on a visit to Viscount Palmerston, who is entertaining several of the Corps Dipto matique at his seat. The party is not expected to sepa rate for several days. The Countess of Minto had a juvenile party on Saturday evening at the Admiralty. The Noble Earl an complished the journey from Bowood to town in twelves hours, notwithstanding the difficulty of travelling through the snow, which was in some parts higher than the carriage. Sir E. Poore, Bart., has caused the necessaries of the season to be distributed to several poor f am ilies of Rushall and Charlton. The Duke of Wellington left Badminton on Friday for Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland. The ball on Thursday at Badminton was attended by upwards of two hundred and' seventy distinguished fashionables and exceeded in splendour any formerfete at this elegant mansion. On Christmas Day the Earl of Hatewood entered ' his 70th year ; and on that day he entertained his family circle, including no less than fifteen of his grandchildren. The party dined at six ; at eight a grand concert of sacred. music was given. Mr. White led upon the organ ; Mr. Walton presided at the pianoforte ; and the Noble Earl took part, with his usual skill and spirit, on the violoncello. The Christmas festivities will be kept up at Harewood House—open to all comers—till Twelfth Day , in the good " Old Engiish Gentleman " style of hospitality. It is not generally known that by the Act of the Bth of Queen Anne, entitled " An Act for the Encouragement of Learning," chap. 19, a power is given to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and other Judges, the Chancellor of the Universities, and the Chairman of Quar ter Session, upon complaint made to them to reduce the price of books when exorbitant, and to fix the costs of the proceedings upon the printers or publishers of the same. This provision has not been re voked by any subsequent Act relatin gto copyrights. Yesterday an inquest was held in Fleet-street watch heuse, before Alderman Sir Nicholas Brady, on view o f the body of John Rogers, who had been found dead on the preceding evening, by a watchman, in the hall of the house, 71, Townsend-street, under circumstances that left no doubt whatever of the poor creature having perished through want and the inclemency of the weather. A verdict ac cordingly was returned. This is the second instance of death from want of the necessaries of life that it has been our painful duty to record as having taken place within the last week, in the same street.—Dublin Paper. ~... '''. .4 Nf'