The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-05 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The performance of last night introduced Mr. Lytton Bulwer to the public for the first time as a writer for the stage. No one who is acquainted with his powers as a novelist, or has marked the energy, the spirit, the pathos, and the refinement characterizing his numerous literary productions, could doubt Mr. Bulwer's qualifications for appearing as a dramatic author. The only question is, whether, in the present instance, he has judiciously selected his subject. " Perhaps few subjects," he observes in his preface, " can be found more adapted to the skill of the dramatic poet than the love and the repentance, the fall and the atonement, of Madame de la Valliere." That these 'would prove most fruitful materials for the construction of a dramatic poem may be readily conceived ; but we are far from considering them fitting for that particular species of dramatic poem which is composed for scenic representation. At the commencement of the first act we find Mademoiselle de la Valliere at her paternal chateau, and, by the end of the same act, at the court of Louis ; in the second act is the declaration of love by the King, and her flight to the convent ; in the third the intrigues of the Marquise de Montespan are begun, and brought to a successful issue. It is evident that these rapid transitions must tend materially to weaken the general effect. The prin cipal variation from the original stcry is in the two last acts. Bragelone, in the narrative, dies of a broken heart on hearing of the infidelity of his betrothed ; but here he is supposed merely to have spread the report of his death, and to have r.4sumed the monk's cowl ; presenting himself to the Duclaess after she has been rejected by the King, to urge her final retirement to the seclusion of a con vent. This character of Bragelone, which may be said to be Mr. Bulwer's exclusive creation, since in the original he is a very subordinate character, is by far the most success ful delineation in the play ; and being entrusted to Mac ready, was the medi um f or a se i r i es of sterling points, which told with all the force that expressive language and acting could prcduce. The passages we subjoin from his inter view wit's his betrothed in the first act, were delivered with exquisite feeling and truth ; and equally effective were his appeals to the Duchess de la Valliere in the fourth act, his rebukes and warnings addressed to the King. Nothing ever surpassed the effect of his tone and gesture in the words-- " Beware, great King, the Present cries aloud A prophet to the future. Wake ! beware." Anss Faucit, as the Duchess, performed her very trying part with much grace and propriety. She scarcely, how ever, invested it with the pure simplicity so essential to the true developement of the character, especially where ten derness an d l ove i s t h e t h eme ; b u t i n th e impassioned scenes she was very successful. The following lines were exceedingly well given : "Go Louis, go. All glorious as thou art Earth's Agamemnon, the great king of men, Thou wert not worthy of this woman's heart." Farren in the part of Lauzun, the witty, intriguing, reck less courtier, did not seem to be in his element, nor to take a corre c t view of the character, which surprised us, remem bering Lis admirable and discriminating style of acting in Bertrand et Raton. As Mr. Bulwer observes-4. Lauzun's gaiety was not animal but intellectual ; but Farren rather reversed this order, and threw more of the coxcomb than the refined and courtly intriguant in his delineation. Van denhoff, as the King, had not a very promising part allot ted to him; but at least he might have given to the great Louis something more of dignity and regal bearing. We could wish to have seen Charles Kemble in this character. The play did not reach its termination till about a qu ar t er past eleven. Pruned it evidently must be, if it is to retain Possession of the stage. The third act was heavy, and caused considerable impatience. Several scenes of it must be omitted, besides which we would suggest the retrenchment of the entire part of the Marquise de Montespan, and that the lads, who personates her should, lik e t h e Q ueen , b e dumb throughout. This alteration may be effected with out detriment to the piece. The greater part of the singing at the conclusion, which has nothing to recommend it, should also be omitted. The scenery is, for the most part, well painted, especially the anterior of the cathedral ; and the dresses are tasteful and in g oo d k eep i ng. O n t h e f a ll of the curtain there was a lon g contest b etween t h e ayes and noes, in which the former had a decided preponderance, though the latter were very persevering. After a time Macready and Miss Faucitt came forward and were loudly cheerea,. The following are the passages in the first act allud e d to above Sweet girl, my youth has passed in camps ; and war lath somewhat scathed my manhood ere my time. Our years are scarce well-mated : the soft spring Is thine, and o'er my sutrmer's waning noon Grave autumn creeps. Thou say'st I flatter 1"—well, Love tau g ht me fi rst t h e golden words in which The honest heart still coins its massive ore. But fairer words, from falser lips, will soon Make MY plain courtship rude.—Louise ! thy sire Betrothed us in thy childhood. I have watched thee Bud into virgin May, and in thy youth Have seemed to hoard my own I—l think of THEE, And lam youthful still The passionate prayer-- The wild idolatry—the purple light Bathing the cold earth from a Hebe's urn ; Yea, all the soul's divine excess which youth Claims as its own, came back when first I loved thee ! And yet so well I love that if thy heart Recoil from mine—if but one single wish, A shade more timid than the fear which ever Blends trembling twilight with the starry hope Of maiden dreams—would start thee from our union, Speak, and my suit is tongueless ! MADEMOISELLE DE LA VALLIRRE. 0, my Lord ! If to believe all France's chivalry Boasts not a nobler champion—if to feel Proud in your friendship, honoured in your trust— If this be love, and I have known no other, Why then_ BRAGELON E. Why then, thou lov'st me 1 MADEMOISELLE DE LA VALLIERE.--( A s id e. ) Shall I say it ? I feel 'twere to deceive him ! Is it love ? Love l —no, it is not love !—( Aloud.) My noble lord, As yet I know not all mine own weak heart; I would not pain thee, yet would not betray. Legend and song have often painted love, And my heart whispers not the love that should be The answer to thine own : thou hadst best forget me ! I3RAGELON E. Forget ! MADEMOISELLE DE LA VALLIERE. I am unworthy of thee ! DRAOELONE• Hold 1--. My soul is less heroic than I deemed it. Perchance my passion asks too much from thine, And would forestal the fruit ere yet the blossom Blushes from out the coy and maiden leaves. No let ME love ; and say, perchance the time May come when TIIOU wilt bid me NOT forget thee. Absence may plead my cause ; it bath some magic ; I fear not contrast with the courtier-herd; And thou art not Louise if thou art won By a smooth outside and a honeyed tongue. No 1 when thou seest these hunters after power, These shadows, minioned to the Royal sun,— Proud to the humble, servile to the great, — Perchance thou'lt learn how much one honest heart, That never wronged a friend or shunn'd a foe-- How much the old hereditary knighthood, Faithful to God, to glory, and to love, Outweighs an universe of cringing courtiers Louise, I ask no more I—l bide my time I scantily The King of Bavaria remarking, in hi s d a ily w alks !h rough Munich, how dressed were the gre a t num "ra of boys returning from the various charity schools, was gave ranch struck at the circumstance, and immediately his °rlers that more clothing should be provided for them . at remate expense. In this way more than 600 florins have , e xPended.—Frankfort Paper. , e xpended. —Frankfort due total number of individuals arrested and con- Ga ted to the Prefecture during the year 1836, says the .rzehtteedes Trib . un . aux, exceed 20,000. appear in the next Ga zei brevet, it is understood, will and te • Sir William Gomm, of the Coldstream Guards, Majo t r i l e e : e l r o a n s els above him, will all be promoted to be 1 The Majors now to be made will include all the Captain; o f 1822. th e n Herefordshire, "at the approach of evening f on andvigal of the Twelfth-day, the to farmers, with their walk rvants, meet together, and about six o'clock out a field where wheat is growing. In the highest part of the gr ßned twelve small fires and one large one are li ghted e pledge theatteadants, headed by the master of the family, these occasionrn—s.Panl in old cider, which circulates freely on when a gener a l s h out -. cir c l e is formed round the large fire, and hall oo i ng t a kes place, which you hear answered f rom Sometimes 50 or 60 o f all the adjacent villages and fields. This being finished, tbe these fires may be all seen at once. e °lnpany return home, where the housewife and her maids are prepa r i ng a goo d suppe m r. iddl A e. large ca k e i s always provided, w i t h a hole i n t h e After supper the company au attend th e b a iliff (or head of the o xen ) to the wain house, wh ere the f o ll ow i ng particulars are obs erve d : —Th e master, at the h ea d of hi s f r i en d s , fill s the cup (generally of strong ale), an d stands oppos i te t h e first or finest of the oxen. He then pledge s him in a curious toast ; the company follow his example with all the other oxen, addressing each by his name. This being finished, the large cake is produced, and, with much ceremony, put on the horn of the first ox, through the hole above men tioned. This ox is then tickled to make him toss his head ; if he throws the cake behind, then it is the mistress's per quisite ; if before (in what is termed the boosy), the bailiff himself claims the ptize. The company then return to the house, the doors of which they find locked, nor will they be opened till some joyous songs are sung. On their gaining admittance a scene of mirth and jollity ensues, and which lasts the greatest part of the night." DEATH ofaSENIOR KING'S COUNSEL and FATHER of the ENGLISH BAR. We regret to announce that John de Grenier de Fon blanque, Esq., died yesterday, in the 78th year of his age. This gentleman was acknowledged on all hands as a pro found, skilful, and eloquent lawyer, and a perfectly consis tent politician. Mr. Fonblanque had always been admired as well in pleading as in society, for the urbanity and polish of his manners, and was, we believe, the only lcgist whose principal work (the Treatise on Equity) was cited in the courts as an authority during his lifetime. In the meridian of his career, Mr. Fonblanque was designated for the fu ture Lord Chancellorship. His mind remained unimpaired to the last, and he contemplated the close of a long life of labour and care with the truest resignation. The deceased was a Benchcr of the Middle Temple, and formerly Mem ber for Camelford. During the time the Whigs were in office in 1806 and 1807, Mr. Fonblanque enjoyed the esteem and confidence of the heads of the party. He was one of the very few who stood in the breach when political freedom was in the greatest danger. In his case was exemplified the remark that they who brave the brunt of the battle seldom share the reward of the victory. Mr. Fonblanque was, we be lieve, the author of the celebrated letters of the Prince of Wales (George the Fourth) to his father en the subject of his exclusion from the army, generally attributed to Earl Moira. While the Prince was a Liberal, Mr. Fonblanque enjoyed his entire confidence. He has left behind him sons worthy of his name, who have inherited with his spirit his high talents. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 2. THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.—In the Pilot of the above date is published the following letter from Mr. O'Connell, in reply to Mr. Wentworth Beaumont's : Darrynane Abbey, Dec. 30, 1836. .... _ . Sir—l hasten to reply to the letter which you have done me the honour to address to me through the public papers. As a gentleman you are entitled to the most perfect cour tesy ; as a member of the British Legislature you are en titled to the most candid and explicit reply to your questions In the spirit, then, of respectful courtesy and thorough candour I reply to your inquiries ; suffer me only to adopt my own order in answering them. You ask—first—" If I believe that Ireland ever will be," or " ought to be tranquil, until the religion of the majority is placed on an equal footing, in every respect, with that of the minority ?" My answer is ready : Ireland cannot possibly be—she, in my opinion, ought not to be tranquil—until the religion of the majority is placed on an equal footing, in every respect, with that of the minority. I add, that until then she will not be ; and whilst I live, she certainly shall not be free from salutary, but peaceful and energetic agitation—that is, until perfect religious equa lity, without one particle of political, civil, or temporal as cendancy at either or any side—is firmly established. You next put the question in other words—secondly, you ask—" Is it not a point of honour, a consideration familiar with every Irishman, that the Catholics should be reli giously and politically upon an equal level, without reserve, with the Protestants ? " By point of honour I understand you to mean, motive of action on which the feelings and passions of men are equally, if not more engaged, than even their judgment and reason. I tell you then, that the reason, the judgment, the best feelings, and the most ennobling passions of the people of Ireland, are now deeply, resolutely, and irrevoca bly engaged in the familiar conviction of every man, that the Catholics should be religiously and politically upon an equal level, without reserve, with the Protestants. One word with respect to the nature of such equality : It is necessary that I should be distinctly understood— there are three modes of producing such equality. The first would be by leaving the present establishment of temporalities to the Protestants, and procuring from Parliament equivalent temporalities for the Catholics. The second would be to divide in portions, equal or un equal, the present ecclesiastical temporalities between the Protestants and Catholics. The third would be that the State should appropriate to education, and other works of charity and benevolence, the present ecclesiastical temporalities, leaving the Protestants to support and maintain their religious hierarchy and wor ship precisely as the Catholics maintain theirs, and, of course, leaving the Catholics precisely as they are at present. Now, the first method of equalization, we, the Catholics of Ireland, deem too borthensome to the British nation to be practical, and, even if practical, we deem it unjust to the Dissenters. We, therefore, reject it altogether. The second method—the dividing the present tempora " . . lities between the Catholics and Protestants—we deem equally unjust to the Dissenters. We repudiate it alto gether, and most unequivocally, because it would create a criminal and disastrous connection between the Catholic Church and the State—a connexion injurious to the best interests of truth and religion, taking away from argument its force and efficacy, and from piety its only but tran scendently great reward. A connection which has cer tainly injured Protestantism in Ireland, and could only tar nish and defile what I deem—l say it in no discourtesy— the superior sanctity of Catholic doctrines and Catholic institutions. I would rather die ten thousand deaths than consent to degrade and vitally injure the Catholic religion in Ire land by a connection with the state. I am convinced that the peace, tranquillity, and pros perity- of Ireland require the establishment amongst us of the voluntary principle of maintaining religion ; and that as long as any pecuniary ascendancy—as long as any power remains to a Protestant minister to put his hands into the pockets of the Catholics, so long dissension, dissa tisfaction, and turmoil will reign paramount in Ireland. There remains another question of your's unreplied to. Let me call it—though earlier in your letter—the third. It is this—" You desire to be publicly informed by me if _ . . I coincide with you in the opinion that the sole cause of the unnatural state of Ireland lies in this—that religion is made a point of honour between the Catholics and the Protestants." By point of honour I again understand a motive to irritated feeling and exasperated passion, arising from the painful sense of unjust inferiority on the one hand, and the contemptuous pride resulting from unjust superiority on the other. _ _ _ My answer, then, is, that I entirely concur with you in that opinion. You have discovered the true, the great, the gigantic, the all-pervading cause of the unnatural state of Ireland. It is, indeed, the sole cause—for it so exasperates and envenoms every other portion of misgovernment, that although without it our evils would be curable—they are rendered deadly only by the admixture of this fatal ingre dient of ever-recurring religious rancour. I beg leave to add, that in the other just and generous sentiments of your letter I entirely concur. I myself should despise the English people if they consented to pay tribute to a church from the tenets of which they consci entiously dissented. Why should the best feelings of man be outraged by calling upon him to support doctrines which he believes to be erroneous, and clergymen whom he is con vinced are the propagators of error? Yes, the English would deserve to be despised—and I for one should hold them in contempt—if they submitted to maintain in England a gorgeous establishment for the Eng lish Catholics. The Catholics of England bear at present about the same proportion to the Protestants of the esta blishment in England, as the Protestants of that creed bear in Ireland to the Catholics. The cases are parallel. You indignantly disclaim, under such circumstances, the sup porting a Catholic hierachy in England. You speak in the tone and temper becoming a high-minded English Protes tant gentleman. I, an Irishman and a Catholic, at an hum ble distance, reciprocate your high-toned sentiments, and scorn with as ineffable a scorn the compulsory support of a Church in which I have no faith. The people of Ireland join me in this contemptuous dis claimer of longer supporting out of our means that Church. We may, in our virtuous struggle to shake off the incubus of tithes, be hated or feared, or both ; but we will not con sent to be despised. The fell apostate Lyndhurst may in sult us, and the fallen aristocracy of England may re-echo the insult, but we never, never will be parties to our own degradation by acquiescing for one hour in the superiority of a Church to which we do not belong.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL. Mr. O'Connell is expected in town by the Bth. His son Maurice is convalescent. At a meeting of the electors of the county of Roscommon last week, it was resolved to in vite the Learned Gentleman to a public dinner. LONGFORD.—The victory in Longford is not to be esti mated merely by the majority of 92, which has borne the popular candidate triumphantly into Parliament. No doubt so great a majority is in itself a vivid demonstration of the energy and enthusiasm of the public feeling ; but to esti mate aright the whole amount of the victory we have ob tained, the circumstances of the last general election ought to be recollected ; we ought to see by what majority the late Member, Lord Forbes, defeated upon that occasion the same gentleman who has now been elected. The bribery and intimidation resorted to upon this occasion by the Tories transcends any former example upon record of the employ ment of the corrupt influences. They attempted not merely the virtue of the peasant, but they assailed the poli tical integrity of men of the highest station in society. They not only tampered with Peter Prunty, but they en deavoured to terrify Captain Aehmuty. —Freeman. The Mail is compelled to admit that a victory has been obtained, and that it is mortified as well as disappointed. In the teeth, however, of this admission, our Contempo rary, in order to keep up the drooping spirits of the fallen faction, consistently contends that the Longford victory is no victory at all, and that the Government has no great reason to rejoice ! This is amusing as broad farce ; but, in the faculty of invention, the following an nouncement enjoys a proud pre-eminence :—" We have to state (proclaims the organ of Orangeism)—and the evi dence will be produced on the petition—that if intimida tion the most unheard of had not been used—if the well disposed tenantry had not been threatened with assassina tion by midnight ruffians, and exposed to the denuncia tions of eternal damnation by their Priests, Mr. Fox would have carried his election by a large majority ; and this, too, in spite of the scandalous interference of the Government, including in its extended sphere of influence the guardians of minors and the receivers of rents under the controul of the Court of Chancery." After the farce enacted in the columns of the Mail, re versing the usual order of things, the entertainment got up for the Tories concludes with something very like a pros pective tragedy in real life. Not only are electors to be robbed of their franchise, but depopulation and extermina tion are to be carried to the homes and hearths of all those who presumed to vote according to their honest and con scientious convictions. Such revolting tyranny, however, if any should be found wicked and hardy enough to exer cise it, will only stimulate the country to a more determined resistance of Tory thraldom and Orange oppression. We give the passage containing the heartless and abominable menace without further comment :—" Mr. Lovell Edge worth, the proposer of Mr. Fox, as amiable a man and as benevolent a landlord as lives, has had the moral courage openly, and at the hustings, to announce his determination f not, in future, granting leases to his Roman Catholic tenants. This is wise and just. It is also merciful. The landlords of Longford and other counties must follow his example. They have a stern and a painful duty to perform ; but for their country's sake they must perform it. Mercy is not itself that oft seems so'---and such vigorous measures of disfranchisement as may break the power of the demagogue and the priest, and vindicate the legitimate authority of the landlord, will, in the end, prove the most merciful course towards the de luded peasantry themselves. The high-minded gentry of Ireland will despise, as they deserve, the outrageous cla mour and the crocodile tears of the miscreants, who, to carry on their own designs, and effect their own purposes, have severed the most sacred ties of civil society, and, un der the blasphemous pretext of religion, precipitated their misguided votaries upon forewarned and inevitable ruin." ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. Yesterday the annual meeting of the Governors and other friends of this highly useful Institution took place, for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report, and for the pur pose of granting rewards and honorary medallions to indivi duals who have exerted themselves in saving the lives of parties placed in peril by reason of immersion in water. The Chair was taken by Mr. Justice Gazelee. There were present Mr. Briscoe, M.P., Colonel Clitherow, &c. The minutes of the meetings of the Committee since the last annual meeting having been read, and which referred to the receipt of a communication from Lord Palmerston, containing the reply of the Due de Broglie, to the corres pondence of the Society with the French Government, for an alteration in the sanatory laws of France. A letter had also been received by the Society from the Collectors of the Custom House, on the conduct of the Dounaiers on the occasion of the wreck of the Amphitrite at Boulogne. The Society, in pursuance of a correspondence from Mr. Briscoe, M.P., recommending a branch to be established at Dover, had taken occasion to establish a branch of the Parent Society. A branch has also been established at Brighton. A communication had also been read from Sir J. Rennie, recommending that the Serpentine should be re duced to the depth of 41 feet. The SECRETARY (Mr. Westropp) stated, that during the past year 119 cases had been reported to the Court, of which 110 had been successful, and nine unsuccessful. Of the number of cases, 27 were attempts at suicide, of which ten were referred to the General Court. He then pro ceeded to detail the cases which have come before the Society, in which persons had rendered eminent services in saving the lives of others. The first case of interest was of Mr. Bamford, of the Ordnance Department, who saved a lad from death. The lad, while on the ice, in Rosamond Pond, in the Green Park, fell through into the water. A rope having been thrown to the lad, he was unable to extricate himself, when Mr. Bam ford rushed into the water, and struggling through the ice, succeeded in saving him, just as he was sinking. A silver medal was voted to Mr. Bamford. A silver medal was awarded to a sailor, named Brock well, of his Majesty's ship Malabar, for saving the life of another sailor in the Bay of Cadiz, in January last. The night was dark, and a heavy tide running, when a sailor, named Pepper, fell overboard. After great exertions, Pepper was saved, being insensible, and the means of resuscitation were, after three hours' application, successful. The next case was that of an officer of the police, Mr. Price, M 160, who had rescued three men from an old cesspool, in the Borough, at night, the unfortunate parties having become completely overpowered. Mr. Hawes, M.P., moved that the reward be left to the discretion of the Committee. on." A silver medal, after some discussion, was voted to Mr. Price, and thirty shillings to each of the two labourers who first made the attempt. The thanks of the Society, upon vellum, were voted to Mr. Brown, for having resuscitated a girl named Green way, after three quarters of an hour's exertion. The silver medal was awarded to Mr. W. Dobie, mate of his Majesty's ship illagicienne, for saving the lives of three seamen, who had fallen overboard in June last. Mr. Dobie immediately jumped into the sea while the ship was running nine knots an hour, at the entrance of the Tagus. This gallant man has received already a medal for previous similar courage. The next case of interest was that of the courageous con duct of Mr. Mant, son of the Bishop of Down, and midship man on board his Majesty's ship Waterwitelz. Mr. Mant, while in the Bermuda, saved the assistant-surgeon, who had thrown himself overboard whilst in a state of insanity, and though a very powerful man, the youth succeeded, after he bad been several times carried under water, in saving him. A. second intance of his courage had been displayed at Sierra Leone, where Mr. Mant was in charge of a slave-ship. The boat in which Mr. Mant and two seamen were was capsized by a tornado. The two seamen were in an exhausted state ; but Mr. Mant succeded in his exertions to save them, though fearful of sharks. While under a sea, Mr. Mant saw what he considered an alligator, and fainte:l, he having been rescued in a state of great exhaustion. The whole were picked up by the ship's boat, the safety of the lives of the two seamen being wholly attributable to the young mid shipman, who has, on a previous occasion, saved the life of a fellow-creature. . The silver medal was granted, with the regret that the gold medal was not yet in existence to grant it on the pre sent occasion. The SECRETARY then read the statement of the Society's account for the first year, from which it appeared that the receipts, in donations, legacies, &c., had been 2,8841.145. 4d., and the expenditure, including the cost of 1,0001. stock, about 2,5001., leaving a balance in hand of 3131. 13s. It also reported that since the new receiving-house in Hyde Park had been opened 109 cases of suspended animation had been received, of which 27 were in the last year. Of these, 20 cases were unsuccessful, and 17 were cases of suicide, or attempt at suicide. With the consent of the Woods and Forests the Society bad erected posts along the Serpentine River, the more effectually to protect the pub lic during the skating season. Thanks were then returned to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. The London Mail of Saturday, the 31st of Decem ber, reached Edinburgh on Monday night, at twelve o'clock, being eleven hours after its usual time. A requisition has been numerously signed in this city, which there is no doubt the Mayor will accede to, for a public meeting, to take into consideration the propriety of presenting petitions to both houses of Parliament, for the total abolition of church rates.—Lincoln Gazette. In Russia, during 1834, there were published 844 works, 728 of which were original, and 116 translations. These last form about one eighth of the whole, whereas, in 1833, the translations amounted to a sixth, and in 1831 to a fifth. The number of scientific works was 430, of which 359 were original. Works purely literary were 271, and of these 226 were original. Of the whole amount 544 were in the Russian language, 91 in the German, 54 Hebrew, 46 Latin, 37 Polish, 36 French, 26 Lithua nian, Esthonian, Finlandish, and Swedish, 3 Italian, 3 Greek, 3 Samogitian, 1 Dutch, 1 English, 1 Arabic, and 1 Persian. At no period was the press of Russia more ac tively employed than it is at this moment. James Brewster, Esq., of Halstead Lodge, had been drinking tea on Sunday with Mrs. Brewster, who has long been an invalid, and he had left her room only a short time apparently in his usual health, when he suddenly expired. The deceased had been in the Commission of the Peace for Essex twenty-three years, and by his urbanity in the dis charge of his duties as a magistrate won the respect of those with whom he had acted. He was also a Deputy Lieute nant of the county. There was an immense amount of commercial bills due this day (Jan. 4) ; and owing to the obstructions that have been thrown in the way of remittances by the state of the roads as well as the non-arrival of vessels long since ex pected, there were considerable apprehensions ; but the re mittances that arrived last night or by this morning's mails are understood to have been so ample as to remove all ground of alarm on this subject. The amount of disho noured bills from other causes was, however, very consi derable.— Tinter. RELIEF OF BILBOA. The following is Colonel Wylde's Official Report : " BILBOA, DEC. 25. "My Lord,—l have the sincerest satisfaction in inform ing your Lordship that the siege of Bilboa was raised, and General Espartero entered the city at the head of his ad vanced guard early this morning ; and the rest of the army are at this moment defiling through, and taking up their cantonments round it. " The enemy have been completely routed, and the whole of their artillery captured, as well as the commanding offi cer of artillery and engineers, and a considerable number of prisoners ; but I cannot give your Lordship the details at present. " The attack commenced about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, with eight picked companies, who were embarked in launches and rafts opposite the Desierto, about four o'clock in the afternoon ; the foremost launches being towed by the crews of the Ringdove and Saracen, Capt. Lapidge, and Lieutenant Le Hardy, in leading their gigs, covered by four Spanish gun-boats, and protected by the fire of the Spanish and British Royal Marine Artillery, the latter under the command of Major Colquhoun. In this order they pushed on past the enemy's advanced battery, and landed the troops immediately in its rear, with scarcely any loss— the enemy abandoning both it and their intrenchment on the broken bridge of Luchana almost immediately. This point gained, the rafts were moored alongside the bridge, to enable the column that marched along the quay to advance, until the engineers could repair the bridge. The enemy ap pear to have been taken completely by surprise, not being able to observe the embarkation of the troops, in consequence of a heavy fall of snow at the time ; and had it not been for the cheers of the troops giving them warning of their ap proach, many prisoners would have been made here. As soon as the battalion passed the bridge, they formed, and pushed up the heights of Cabras, leading to the Banderas, and gained possession of them before the Carlists could collect force enough to prevent their establishing themselves. About nine o'clock, however, the Carlists made a desperate attempt to dislodge them, and partly effeeted their object, which they repeated three times during the night ; but were at length finally repulsed, after four or five hours hard fighting ; and General Espartero, placing himself at the head of two battalions, carried the enemy's battery of three heavy guns, and the height and fort of Banderas, at the point of the bayonet. From this moment the flight of the enemy com menced ; the main body by the Durango road, and the rest who had been left to observe Bilboa, over bridges and boats they had constructed opposite the village of Olaveaga, which they had not time to destroy. " I cannot yet ascertain the loss on the part of the Queen's troops, but it has been severe ; the two battalions of Guards alone having lost nine officers killed and twenty three wounded, and nearly 500 men. Bilboa appears to have suffered considerably, one of its suburbs being nearly entirely in ruins. I believe from 1,000 to 1,200 of its gar rison have been killed or wounded. " I can assure your Lordship that it is impossible to praise too highly the indefatigable zeal and energy which has been displayed by Captain Lapidge, Lieutenant Le Hardy, and Lieutenant Otway, and all the officers and crews of the Ringdove, Saracen, and Comet, during the harassing opera tions carried on in the river for the last month, and I had the gratification of being requested by General Espartero to convey to them, and to Major Colquhoun and Lieut. Vicars, of the Engineers, and all the officers under them, his warmest thanks, the moment he entered Bilboa, and assurances that without the aid of the British force he could not have succeeded in relieving Bilboa. I have, &c. _ _ (Signed) " W. WYLDE, Lieut.-Colonel. " Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., &c. &c. &c." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 2.—We have received the following details from an authentic source : " All the journals, on the authority of Carlist reports, have announced that Gomez had returned to Navarre with four or five thousand men. This is substantially ineor. rect Gomez was accompanied by only about 1,500 men, in the most deplorable state of destitution, and so worn out by fatigue that they will be for a long time incapable of active measures. But to make up for it, he was attended by an ample train of monks and canons. The Constitu tionalists are well furnished with provisions and artillery, and have now a very large body of regular forces. There is a great want of resources among the Carlists, among whom lassitude and want of success begin to cause deser- Messrs. Grivet, Adon, and Vermont, manufacturers of socks, were arrested yesterday. They are accused of hav ing held language offensive to the King's person at the mo ment of the crime. This morning they have been taken to La Foreee. The number of persons arrested and brought t• the depot of the Prefecture of the Police during the last year was above 2,ooo.—Journal du Commerce, Jan. 3. PARIS, JAN. 3.—The Jtfoniteur publishes a very long report of the Minister of Marine to the King, followed by two Ordinances, both relative to some new regulations in the naval service. A letter from Arras, of the 28th of December, announces that the Hotel of the Prefecture had been totally destroyed by fire on the preceding day, notwithstanding all the efforts of the inhabitants and the garrison. The sappers and miners of the 3d Regiment of Engineers saved the archives, bu t all the paintings of any value were burnt, except one, which is the full-length portrait of Louis Philippe. This unfortunate accident, which is ascribed to the care lessness of some servants, will occasion the Department as expense of at least 200,000 francs. Several persons were wounded.-114essager, Jan. 3. (From Galignani's Messenger.) The following addresses were delivered to the King upon the occasion of the new year ; subjoined to them will be found his Majesty's replies : ADDRESS OF COUNT D'APPONY, IN THE NAME OF THE DIPLOMATIC BODY. " The Diplomatic Body, always the faithful organ of the Sovereigns it has the honour to represent, becomes particu larly so to-day, when, Sire, it is admitted to express to your Majesty its homage and its wishes. These are confounded in the feelings of gratitude we owe to Providence for the protection it has visibly granted to your Royal person, and which has again been signalised on the late horrible attempt, by which the repose and happiness of France were threatened. During the year which has just terminated, Europe has been maintained in the enjoyment of peace and union ; con fidence has prevailed in all the relations between the several Cabinets, and this constant accord has served as a new and more solid guarantee for future order and prosperity. The wisdom of your Majesty, which is the object of our unani mous homage, has obtained these blessings for France, and they are at the same time the delightful reward of your generous efforts. Deign, Sire, to accept the sincere and respectful homage of the wishes formed by the Diplomatic Body, on this occasion of the return of a new year, for the preservation of your Majesty's precious life, for your happi ness, and for that of your august family." THE KING'S ANSWER. " It is ever with the most cordial satisfaction that I re ceive the expression of the sentiments of the Diplomatic Body ; but, at present, when the lives of myself and my sons have been again threatened, and again preserved by Divine Providence, my joy is the more heartfelt at seeing you as sembled around me, to join in the testimonies of attach ment and sympathy with which I am surrounded from all parts of France, and which are the most delightful conso lation I can receive on an occasion so painful. If the year which has just elapsed leaves some painful recollections, at least it has afforded new pledges of a continuance of that harmony and confidence which so happily subsist between all Governments. lam happy to find that my efforts for maintaining it are appreciated by the Sovereigns you re present, and I am deeply affected by the good wishes you offer in the name of the Diplomatic Body, for France, for my family, and for myself." ADDRESS OF BARON PASQUIER, PRESIDENT OF THE CHAM- BEP OF PEERS. " Sire—When the Chamber of Peers congratulated self on the approach of the day for renewing to your Ma jesty the homage of its respects and its wishes, we are far from anticipating that before the arrival of that day we should again have to deplore an attempt similar to that which so lately filled France with consternation, and on which the indignation of the country has dealt speedy justice.. Where can the wretches live who have dared to conceive such crimes ? In what shameful haunt can they have spent their existence, that they are thus igno rant of the extent to which they call down upon their heads the execration of the country ? The public horror is no where more strongly felt than in the Chamber of Peers, and we can have no fears of giving full expression to it. As members of the first body of the State, and as Magistrates deeply impressed with the sacred nature of our duties, we have a right and we feel the necessity of so doing. 1 shall say nothing further on this subject, Sire ; but the reserve imposed on us by our exalted and awful functions cannot forbid us to offer consolation to your Majesty, and we ad here to that which your heart must best understand. The love of the French, their devotion to your sacred person, and to your august family, increase and strengthen in pro portion to the dangers to which they see your Majesty ex posed : for the nation is aware that those dangers are in curred as the price of your solicitude to preserve it from the evils which the partisans and the instruments of anarchy would fain inflict upon it. The nation is well aware that the men whose furious and sanguinary passions, and whose atrocious maxims so perseveringly arm assassins, are the declared foes of all honest and virtuous society, among which order, propriety, and religion, are not unmeaning words. Enjoy, at least, this affection, Sire, this devotion ; enjoy it as the most certain, and the most worthily and gloriously ac quired good. Is it now possible for us to quit a subject so fraught with terrible emotions, to resume the ordinary habits of the period which brings us to the foot of your Majesty's throne ? A great and memorable example of the force ofmind which can surmount those emotions is present to our thoughts, and will encourage and support us. It is a noble and an affecting custom, which, at the commencement of every year, assembles families around their head, citizens around their sovereign, and gives to the latter the first bodies of the state, and the first magistrates of the coun try, as their organs. In these assemblages all is placed as it were in common, and all ideas may be communicated. When, therefore, some reverses are mingled with accus tomed success, no apprehension need be entertained of dwelling on them ; for it is only the feeble and the incapable who, in appreciating great undertakings, obstinately turn from the contemplation of the inexorable condition of for tuitous events, and from the reverses which the most for tunate, as well as the most skilful, so rarely escape. We make no attempt to dissemble our patriotic grief, when the country has just lost so many of her noble sons, in a land in which their valour has been so often displayed ; but this momentary check has, at least, nothing of which an enemy can be proud—nothing from which the national honour can suffer ; and we are convinced that it will shortly be the source of a fresh triumph. The firmness which your Majesty unites with that high degree of prudence which is so justly and so generally admired, affords us a sure pledge for such a result ; and the young and ardent spirits which surround the throne would hold as unpardon able to doubt it. Has not one of them, amidst the pain ful circumstances which we now deplore, displayed a con stancy and firmness of soul which might do honour to a veteran soldier ? We congratulate you, Sire, on being able to show such sons to the country and to the army. Providence has hitherto protected them, and has even now preserved them as well as yourself, and we have confidence in his justice and goodness. If we contemplate the situation of affairs in the interior of the kingdom, can we avoid being struck with the results obtained by your wisdom ? Con fiding in that wisdom, France, under your aegis, reposes in her Constitutiona iGovernment as in an harbour which shelters her from the new and hazardous attempts of which too many examples have been given to the world, and which sometimes cost nations too dear. Guided by your long experience, enlightened by your profound knowledge of men and things, the Royal power displayed energy when the safety of the State demanded it. and clemency as soon as a better disposition was perceptible ; and a circumstance which may suffice to attest the progress of public reason is, that the measures of indulgence and pardon extended by you to all the errors that might have led passion into crime, have obtained universal approbation. The Chamber of Peers has joyfully seen your clemency extended to the acts of its justice. The Peers had fulfilled their duty, and you have worthily exercised your noblest prerogative. The Chamber, for its part, thanks you, happy at all times to devote itself to the interests of your Crown, which are those of every Frenchman, and to associate itself with the feelings of your heart, which will always be those of a Sovereign." The King replied : " I thank the Chamber of Peers for this new testimony of its sentiments towards me, for its attachment to its du ties and to the country, and for its religious solicitude to support the rights of the Crown in the general interest. I lament to see you so often called upon to exercise your ju dicial functions. I would fain efface from our annals the sad recollection of these attempts ; I could, above all, wish that we could henceforth preserve France (I speak not of myself) from the grief and affliction in which such attempts have already but too often plunged her.—(His Majesty was here interrupted by loud acclamations of Vive lc Roi.') I trust that the reprobation of the public will at length convince those who still entertain such guilty de signs, that their attempts will be in vain, that the suc cession to the throne, sustained by the national will, by the support of the Chamber of Peers and of the Chamber of Deputies, and of the great bodies of the State, is beyond the reach of their criminal efforts ; and that even, should Providence withdraw the shield which has been hitherto held over me, the stability of our institutions and the security of France will be equally guaranteed ; the rights of the Crown, and the succession to the throne will not be less irrevocably ensured.—(The King was here interrupted by fresh acclamations.) It has been gra tifying to me to hear you speak of the prosperity which the country enjoys. Unfortunately, this prosperity drives sense less men to despair. It is to overturn all that they seek my life ' • but for myself, the faithful guardian of the depos it France has confided to me, their detestable projects will only cause me to persevere in the steps I have constantly pursued. I am sure to obtain from you that assistance which has never failed me, and never will while the Crown or the country demands it of you.—(Loud and repeated cries of ' Vive le Roe followed - this reply.) ADDRESS OF M. DUPIN, PRESIDENT OE THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. " Sire—lt is but a very few days since the whole Cham , ber, in mournful silence, expressed its profound grief to your Majesty. To-day it ventures to yield to hope. You, therefore, see it pressing round your Throne, and saluting you with its good wishes. You cannot, Sire, doubt its sin cerity, which is the forerunner of that loyal support de manded of us by the King, and in which we can never fail towards his person, his dynasty, or in the sacrifices which may be required for the honour of the nation—the full maintenance of our Constitutional Institutions—and the energetic defence of the Government founded by our mighty Revolution of July. Sire—The year is good for the King when it is good for France. We desire, for our country, greatness and peace, and that prosperity— in its material interests—which forms its wealth. But we also desire the satisfaction of those moral wants of human societies which constitute the power and dignity of nations—sound education for the people, honesty in all business, and honour—French honour in every transaction, and, as a necessary consequence of it, the fulfilment of every duty, a conformity between acts, doctrines, and oaths, the real clement of enlightened public opinion, strong in encou raging well-doing, and powerful in counteracting the genius of evil, by establishing a conviction that evil cannot meet with support. May your Majesty's reign last for many years ! We desire this for the repose of the world, for the happiness of France, and, we may add, for that of our ex cellent Queen, the Majesty of whose character has no oc casion to be exalted by grievous trials. To our young Princes, our brave and faithful army, wherever the real in terests of their country may call them, we wish the most glorious success, in which the righteousness of the victory prepared by strict discipline may be sustained by integrity in its application. Sire ! Pure justice is the first condition of good government. Iniquitous judgment, or impunity for culprits, is the most active cause of demoralization. To the Magistracy, therefore, as ever, we wish uprightness, wisdom, and strength of mind and character sufficient for the execution of the laws in administering that impartial justice which is equal to all, which by a high fiction of our law is rendered in the name of the King only to attest that it is superior to all, and that no one can pretend to be above its inflexible level. Such, Sire, are the good wishes which I, as your faithful servant, respectfully lay at the feet of your Majesty." The King replied : " I receive with pleasure this new expression of the sen timents of the Chamber of Deputies. I was deeply affected by those which it addressed to be me in a body. That silent address, alluded to by your President, was neverthe less, strong and impressive ; but it was not silent when I appeared among you after the event which threatened the lives of myself and my sons ; and my heart was penetrated by the acclamations with which you received me. The Chamber knows the affection I bear towards it ; it knows how dear to me are the testimonies of its sentiments ; it also knows how useful is the display of these testimonies, in proving to those who meditate similar attempts, that they will ever be in vain, for they prove that France would give to my son the same support, and that their shame less projects will be disconcerted and annihilated. — (These words were responded to with loud and una nimous acclamations.) Yes, Gentlemen, these are truths loudly proclaimed and universally acknowledged, and will preserve us from a renewal of these odious attempts, and save our national honour from the in juries it sustains from these wretches, and the disgrace which they bring upon the French name in all countries, not only in Europe, but in the civilised world. It is time to reduce to impotence the few perverse minds which expose us to such dangers. Gentlemen, I speak not of myself. My blood is my country's, and I shall always be ready to shed it for her benefit. (The King was again interrupted by cries of " Vivo le Roi !") But speak of France, her happiness, her security, and the stability of her institutions. (Here the acclamations were redoubled.) I thank you for the support you have given me in defending them. You know you may rely open my perseverance. I feel confident that, with the aid of that Providence which has so often co vered me with its aegis, we shall succeed in preserving France from a renewal of these deplorable occurrences, and the vessel of the State from similar storms.—(Reiterated cries of " Vive le Roi !") It has been stated for some days past that the officers of the National Guards alone would be admitted to the pre sence of the Royal Family on the fete of the new year, and that, contrary to the custom formerly, when non-corn. missioned officers and privates were indiscriminately admitted to present their congratulations, an order, emanating from the Staff of the National Guard, restricted the invitation to officers alone. This determination, we hasten to mention, had produced a very unpleasant effect in the minds of the great proportion of the legions, and particularly those of the banlieue. The Go vernment were apprised of this, and early yesterday morning the order was rescinded, but with the condition that non commissioned officers and privates should, on entering, make themselves known to their respective officers. Although this new resolution was not known till late, a great number of the National Guards availed themselves of it, and joined their comrades. Another alteration was observed in the position occupied by the King and. the Royal Family at the moment of reception. On the last and preceding years the King stood before the throne, with his face to the Car rousel ; the officers defiled to thue right of the King, and sa luted to the left ; this year he o ccupied a position just the reverse ;he faced the Throne, a,-id the officers defiled to the left. It is needless to add tbat the National Guard manifested its accustomed enthusiasm in passing before the King, whose countenance evinced deep emotion.—Con stitzaionnel. FRENCH k UNDS.-Pants, JAN_ 2. Five per Cents., 103 f. 35c. 30c. Four per Cents., 99f. 20c. Three per Cents., 79f. 40c. 35c. 30c. ftente de Naples, 97f. 25c. 30c. Roman Five per Cents., 100 , X, 101. Spanish Actives, 213 i 22% 1 ,4. Spanish Differes, 8%. „Spanish Passives. 5 , X, Belg an Loan, Five per Cents., 101%. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 28% V I . EZCHANGE oN LONDON. Onemonth, paper, 25c. 35c. ; money, 251.32%c Three months, paper, 251.1246 c. ; money, 251. 11 1 /A.: -fours duthentio.ne• FRENCH FLNDS.-Ps RIS, JAN. 3. Flve per Cents., 108 f. 34c. 30c. 40C. Four per Cent., 99f. 25c. Three per Cents. 79f. 50c. 4.5 c. 40c. Flank Actions, 2,320 f. 2,325 f. Rente de Naples, 97f. 50c. 60c. 70c. 65c. Roman Five per Cents., 101. Spanish:Actives, 22 3 4 23 24% 25 24%. Spanish Differes, 9 1 A. Spanish Passives, 6%%%%%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102. Portuguese Three per Cents. 29% 30 29%%. Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 56. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month', paper, 25f. 35c. ' • money, 251. 32%c. Three mon 08, Paper, 25f. 12,4 c.; money, 25L 12%c. A.m.,ntigue. Bouas HALF-PASV Foun.—The French stocks improved in consequence of the rise in the Consols on the 31st ult., ; which was only known to ,:ay in Paris:. The relief of Bilboa, now - )laced be vond doubt by the re ceipt of several letters from the,: city, dated the 26th ult., had the effect of bringing up the Spanish Active, at one time, to 251. The Portuguese likewise improved 2' per cent. LAST PRICES, Five per Cents., 10SE 70c. Three per Cents. 79f. 75c. Bank Actions, 2,W5C Rente de Naples ' 98f. 10c. Roman Five per Cents., 100. Ilolgian Loan, 102. Brussels Bank, 29%. Portuguese Three per Cents., 29%. Spanish Actives, '24%, Spanish P4ssives. 6%. Spanish Differes, 8%. New Differes, 9 BELGIAN I UNDS—BRUSSELS, JAN. 3 Actual Debt, 21 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lo o l,i Loan of Thirty Millions 93 Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent lOl Society of Commerce, 4 Y.; per Cent 143 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l3O Brussels Papers, Jan. 4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dnc. 24. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1397 :Aligi;neine Zeitung, Dec.3l. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Dec. 3% t ilts. Money; Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto 'tato 4 per cent. — Ditto ditto 3 percent. Ditto Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan ....... ................. ..... 102% 1u2%, Paper Inscription, 6 per cent — Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian 1 nscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent. — Ditto, 3 per cent. 26% Dutch 2% per Cents. 52 51% Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Rands, 3 per cents. New Ticket 151 14 151% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents. 7lli 71 Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents..., Cortes Lean, 5 per Cent. IS% Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93 923 j EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 30.-13 6% ; two months, 13 5. STOCKROLNI, DEC. 23.—Two months. 11 42. BERLIN, Dec. 27.—Three ma.nths. 6. 21X. —Hamburg Fusers, Dec. 30 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER. NOMINATIONS AT YORK. Mr. Bullock's b. f. Flora, Mr. Flint's ch. f. Lady Sheffield, Mr. Nanney's ch. c. Lord John, Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b. f. Valen tia, Mr. H. Spink's b. g. by Arcadian, out of Saucha, by Sanchio; Mr. White's ch. c. Quicksilver, Mr. Wilson's ch. c. by Velocipede, out of Yorkshire Lass ; Sir J. Boswell's b. c. Calendar, Mr. Os baldeston's gr. c. Pocket Hercules, Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. Maho metan, Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. Blakey Toppins, Mr. Osbaldeston's b. f. Ebberston Lass, Lord Chesterfield's b. e. Capulet, Lord Ches terfield's bl. c. Sambo, Lord Chesterfield's b. c. by The Colonel, out of Miss Clifton ; Lord Chesterfield's b. f. Vacuna, Lord Wilton's eh. c. Brother to Elis, by Langer ; Mr. J. Scott's ch. c. Misfor tune, Sir J. W. S. 3l'Cance's gr. c. King of Rome, Mr. J. Bowes's ch. c. Mickle Fell, Mr. Whitelock's b. f. Maid of Avenel, Duke of Leed's b. c. Rubicon, Lord Kelburne's bl. c. by Jerry, dam by Ardrossan—Rubeii ; Duke of Cleveland's br. c. Henriade, Mr. Peck's gr. c. Clints, Mr. S. L. Fox's b. f. Theresa, Mr. S. L. Fox's bl. c. The Doctor, Mr. Bell's ch. f. Golden Drop, Mr. Heseltine's br. c. Slashing Harry, Mr. Robinson's b. c. Melburne, Mr. Golden's bl. c. Robin Hood, Mr. Massey's ch. c Bollington, Lord Eglinton's ch. c. Abraham Newland, Alr. W. Nicholson's br. c. Bonny Jack, Mr. Rhodes's br. c. Conservative. MEETING,IB37. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRIN ACCEPTANCES. WADNESDAY. Free. Handicap of 50 sovs, each, h. ft., with 200 added by the Jockey Club. Last three miles of B. C. Bodice, 4 yrs, 8;t. 81b. The Pope, 4 yrs. 7st. 41b. Tiber, 5 yrs ,7st. 101 b. Brute—Souvenir, 4 yrs, 6st. 131 b. Sepoy, 4 yrs, ist. 101 b. Idiot, 4 yrs, 6st. 81b. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, for the Week ended Dec. 30, 1836, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan4 and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 58s Pd. Oats Barley '33s I 44. Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat B a rley 375. 04 I Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat. 26s Bd. Oats I B ar l e y Os. 4d. Rye MEETINGS OF CREDITORS TO-MORROW. B. Brissenden, innkeeper, Tunbridge Wells M. A. and W. H. Abercrombie, brass-founders, Tottenham-court road 2 o 1 R. hild, upholsterer, Oxford - street II. E. (ale, victualler , Soho J. Nicholson, carpet-bag-manufacturer, Holborn 1 1 S. Douglas, omnibus proprietor, Popl a r CHOICE AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES.—SO much depends on the choice and management of horses that scarcely any thing was more needed than a correct guide on this important subject. The author of " Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse" has admirably supplied this in his lively little work under the above title. As a man of fortune he had ample opportunities of indulging his taste, and he did this so often to his own cost that it seems to have determined him on giving the public the benefit of his experience. The work has already had so large a sale as to put it beyond doubt that it will become the vade mecum on the subject to all who are interested in it. It is full of anecdote, which the pencil of Cruikshank has ren dered doubly amusing. SUCCESS OF ART AT YORK.—In the late ex hibition of pictures in the city of York, 43 were sold, for which 6001. were received ; 315 season tickets were sold, and 3,486 persons paid at the door for admission. The success of this first trial of a provincial exhibition has in duced the Committee of gentlemen, under whose manage ment it was formed, to continue their services another year. A most destructive fire broke out on Saturday morning in the flour and grain mills situated in Commerce street, Tradeston, Glasgow, the property of Mr. Craig. The fire is supposed to have originated in the kiln. About half-past two the alarm was given by the watchman, the flames having been seen to issue from the premises, and it was about three before two of the Gorbals fire-engines were on the spot ; by this time the roof of the mill had fallen in. The attention of the firemen was promptly directed to the safety of the store and large granary fronting the Clyde. The damage must be enormous, and we hear that the pro perty was only partly insured. —Glasgow Herald. " Row" AT THE BIRMINGHAM THEATRE.-- 011 Monday night our theatre opened for another season, under the management of Mr. Armistead ;, but we regret to !ay that the conduct of the mobility in the gallery was anything but creditable to the shilling playgoers. Mr. Booth and Mr. W. H.,Williams were announced to appear in the play and afterpiece ; but in consequence of the snow storm they were detained on the road , and unable to fulfil their engage ment. Under these circumstances Mr. Macarthy, the stage manager, ca me forward and read their engagements to the audience, and stated the reason of their absence. This at first g ave satisfaction ; but at the commencement of the farce, in which Mr. Williams was to have appeared, hoot ing a nd hissing prevailed ; the seats were torn up, and many o f the splendid chandeliers around the boxes smashed to pieces. At about twelve o'clock the police and watchmen s ucceeded, with the greatest difficulty, in ejecting the unruly audience out of the theatre.—Birmingham Advertiser. The mail coach from Edinburgh, which should have been at Stamford on Monday night, was dragged in on Tuesday afternoon by eight waggon horses, and stopped there. The business of the posts on the Great North Road could be transacted only on horseback, and in this way for three days we have received the mail-bags ; but the bags themselves in general contained little, showing that the interruption on the roads was almost general, and that there was no communication whatever between Lin colnshire and the great road at Stilton.—Lincoln Gazette. For some days past the take of garvie herrings in the Forth, above Queensferry, has been so great that they have been selling in our streets at a penny for two quarts ful.—Edinburgh Courant. We hear that the vacant Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the Royal Ayrshire Militia is to be conferred on one of our much respected Deputy-Lieutenants, Major Neill, of Barnwall.—Ayr Observer. • alier THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1837.