The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-24 00:00:00

SUN EXPRESS EXTRAORDINARY. The grand banquet given by the Tories of Glasgow to the Right lion. Baronet was held on the following Friday, in a magnificent pavilion, erected for the express purpose, with accommodations for 3,435 persons. The subsequent particulars we borrow from our spirited contemporary, The Stitt, the conductors of which made arrangements by which they were enabled to publish a report, exceeding eight columns in length, within twenty-six hours of the close of the banquet. This fact, when it. is considered that Glasgow and London are four hundred miles apart, must be regarded as a most wonderful instance of rapid travelling ar.d expeditious printing.—Leicester Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—We have often noticed the extraordinary exertions made by Mr. Young, of The Sun newspaper, to obtain and communicate to the public important information at the earliest possible period, but we never recollect an instance in which such dispatch has been used equal to the one we are about to mention. The re port of the speeches at the grand banquet which was given to Sir Robert Peel at Glasgow yesterday week, appeared in The Sun on Sunday morning, dated half-past one o'clock, .to the extent of nearly eight columns and a half! Such dispatch is, we believe, unprecedented.— Windsor Express. REPORTING E XTE.AORDIN A RY.-7'lle Sun London Even ing Newspaper has begun the new year, with a literary feat, which shows that the enterprise of its proprietor will be as active in the present year as it was on former occasions. The speeches of Sir Robert Peel at Glasgow, were reported to the extent of seven columns in The Sun of Sunday morning! The dinner speech of Sir Robert Peel was de livei ed in Glasgow on Friday evetain7 ; the proceedings of the dinner terminated at half-past twelve o'clock that night, and yet The Sun expresses arrived at The Sun office in the Strand at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning —a distance of only 400 miles in 25 hours! ! Such despatch is, we believe, without a parallel ; and when it is reflected that the report, about eight columns of closely printed matter, had been taken in short hand, then translated and copied, then set in type, and read twice in proof before it was published, it will be admitted that The Sun Reporting Extraordinary is among the curiosities of literature.— Hereford Times. We are indebted to the spirited proprietor of' The Sun for a copy of that paper, containing a report of eight columns 'of the proceedings at the dinner given on Friday at Glas gow, to Sir R. Peel.—Ckeltenhanz Journal. Through the extraordinary exertions of the spirited pro prietor of The Sun Newspaper, we re ce i v ed a copy of that _ _ paper on Monday, at 1 A.M., from which we give the folio ing outline. These expresses of The Sun ought to call for the same public expression of gratitude.—Exeter Western Times. The almost unparalleled exertions made by our indefa tigable contemporary, The Sun Evening Paper, enabled us to publish, in a second edition, on Sunday morning last, upwards of eight columns of the important proceedings at the 'dinner given to Sir Robert Peel by the Conservatives of Glasgow, on the Friday previous. Not having been Able to get the report into th e w h o l e o f our i mpression, ara-, • we now . insert Sir Robert Peel's speech entire.—Sunday ", A .Const ant Sub scr ib er " w h o complains of the omis sion of " Sir Joseph Surface's speech" from our last week 's paper, is one of those persons who show their wisdom by complaining that impossibilities have not been overcome. It is true that our friend Mr. Young, the spirited and en terprising Proprietor of The Sun Daily Paper, did ad vertise the town that he could publish this speech in his Edition of Saturday evening, and if any one could succeed in accomplishing this unprecedented feat, Mr. Young was the xnan to do it. Had we deemed it possible to obtain a report in time for our Sunday edition, the expenses of the express would have been considered as literally no object. But, oiving to the immense circulation of the Dispatch, we are obliged to go to press at a very early hour. We thought it impossible to give the speech, and the result proves that we were right. Mr. Young did not publish till rather a late hour on Sunday morning ; and it is a fact that no account of the Glasgow Dinner could be obtained in London till the whole of our impression was worked off, with the exception of a few .‘ extras.—Weekly Dispatch. _ - After copying the paragraph from the Glasgow Chronicle which we have already published, the North Slew dshiie meteury says _4 , We have heard that sheets of the Mo)n ing Herald, printed only on the first, second, and last pages, were sent down to Carlisle, where arrangements had been . wade for printing the Glasgow dinner on the inner page. This is the first instance we believe of a London Paper Leine printed in a provincial town !" We have to acknowledge the courtesy of The Sun and the Times in forwarding us copies of their journals con . taining reports of the proceedings at Sir R. Peel's dinner at Glasgow. The Sun published the whole of the speeches delivered on the previous F r id ay n i g h t at one o'clock on Sunday morning, and was far beyond all its London Con . .temporaries, notwithstanding the ruse which the Morning Herald has attempted to play off. The old lady of Shoe lane absolutely sent us one of her papers on Saturday morning, with the speeches delivered the night before at Glasgow, imagining that we, in conjunction with several of our provincial contemporaries should be gulled by the im posture. We are by no means disposed to underrate the exertions of the London papers, but when we find the jour nals of the metropolis endeavouring to take an unfair ad vantage of the provincial press, we shall do our best to ex pose and defeat them. The report of the Glasgow dinner was not published in London on Saturday, although several of our country friends may have seen the paper called the Morning Herald of SATURDAY morning, containing it. The truth is grandmamtna printed off a number of her Sa turday papers, leaving one page blank, which was com pleted at Glasgow or Liverpool. It is therefore an im pudent cheat to call a paper thus cobbled up, the London Morning Herald of Saturday. Our Glasgow contempo raries deserve equally as much credit for their exertions as the London press.—Yorkshireman o f S aturday. GREAT DESPATCH.—The Sun Newspaper which has on former occasions communicated intelligence conveyed in an almost incredibly short period of time, has been quite dis tanced by the Morning Herald in the publication of the proceedings at the great meeting at Glasgow, which took place yesterday week, the account of which was received here in a second edition of Saturday's p a p er , although the Chairman and Sir Robert P ee l did r not leave the Pavilli on until half-past one o'clock on Saturd a y morn i ng. We were also politely obliged with a copy of the Glasgow Couiier, wherein the proceedings were given at great length which we received on Sunday. The people are greatly indebted to the proprietors of such journals, for it is impossible that any sales of papers can reimburse them for the heavy ex pense incurred in conveying intelligence on such a system of despatch.—Preston Pilot. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.—" Latest intelligence," "early news," &c., are favourite topics for those who puff their Papers, and certainly we had here on Sunday last a speci men that would put competition at defiance, did not common sense drop in and set us right. A copy of the Morning Herald was presented to Sir Robert Peel at the King's Arms Inn, in this town, at half-past three o'clock on Sunday, purporting to have been printed in London on Saturday, and containing a garbled copy of the Right I - lon. Baronet's speech delivered at Glasgow on - rridey night at twelve o'clock. Sir Robert, we are told, looked at the paper and smiled ; but though others were gulled, he, no doubt, was up to the ruse or trick. The time from the breaking up of the meeting till the arrival of Sir Robert Peel here was about thirty-nine hours, and in that space the speech had to travel (if it. had been printed in London) nearly 700 miles, or about twenty miles an hour, without allowing any time for transcribing notes, composition, labour, and printing ; and if it had been done, I . t was, as w e are to ld , " b y t h e most extraordinary and un reeedented exert i ons. " A w i tc h on a b room -stick m us t FrZne been the m essenger f rom Gl as g o w to London, and few minutes, hither, and accomplished the distance in a readge.utes. But we might as well at once let our num! i nto the whole history of the secret. A . certain )er o f 0f.211 • • Herald was printed in Lond copies the of•notj . on Thu rs d a y th e 12th, ins t ea d o f Saturday the -46 , with a blank page, and forwarded per mail that night her e . I t arrived on Saturday, and in the evening as met by the gentlemen of the Press from Glsgo They furnished the matter, and it was carried to the a office w. of the Kendal Mercury, there , set up during Saturday night and the Sab bath elay—the blank page of the said Morning He rald printed off and despatched per mail that night, north and south. S uch is a history of the " early intelligence: We do not suppose that the iliereuly people had any share in the business beyond that of printing and getting paid for the job, otherwise we should have t headed Bob, the palterer, running about the streets o s " n y i :S l Sunday evening, and proclaiming, " Latest News , " Robert y Peel's Speech," &c.— Westmoreland d v a-: Gaz ette. EXTRAORDINARY SPEED — The London newspapers this week have surpassed all their forme r efforts to obtain im portant news at the earliest opportunity. The visit of Sir Robert P ee l t o Gl asgow was very natur.ally regarded as an object o f suc h great i nterest to the public at large that the utmost competition was resorted to for the purpose of being first i n th e fi e ld . Th e proprietors of the Morning Herald distanced all their competitors so far as regards the cir culation of the north. The reporters for that paper arm ived at Carli s l e , on t h e i r return from Glasg ow , at half-past three on Saturday afternoon, and at eight o'clo c k on Sunday evening a full report of the speeches printed in that paper arrived at Carlisle. Where that paper was printed appears a mystery—the report certainly could not have been to Lond on an d b ack in twenty-nine hours. The papers were immediately forwarded by express to Glasgow. The Sun, which is always famous for speed, had their Express con veyed throughout at a most rapid rate by horses I.t short stages. The first horse . left Glasgow at half-past eleven 'on Friday night, and the Express arrived in London fit half past one on Spilay . morning. The pai era wait QM LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 24. 1837. At the great Reform Dinner which took place yes. ,erday at Drury-lane Theatre, the best possible spiri was exhibited towards Ministers. Messrs. HUME GROTE, CLAY, DUNCOMBE, WARBURTON, and WARD, all joined in expressing their confidence in Lord MELBOURNE'S Government, and their deter mination to make every effort in their power to keep the Tories in their present position, on the shady side of the House of Commons. Mr. HUME well ob served that the faction would make a desperate effort this Session to regain their lost ascendancy, as was evident from the tone of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech at Glasgow, which was full of patty rancour and bigotry ; and that, therefore, it was more than ever the duty of all Reformers to combine and crush them. The struggle, he said, was not so much between this party or that party, as between aristocracy and democracy, which is the true view of the question ; for the people do not sup port the pr esen t Whi g Mi n i stry , b eca use itis Whig, but because it is their main stay and support against the encroachm en t s o f a d espot i c an d i ns idi o us oligarchy. They see in it unequivocal proofs of sincerity and de votion to their best interests; and seeing this, they are willing to overlook minor defects, and hold out the right hand of fellowship to them. But if the people thus show themselves willing to confide in Ministers, Ministers in turn should place a generous confidence in them. They should not cast a deprecating, be seeching glance at the Opposition Bench. They should not tame down this measure, or postpone that measure, in order to conciliate those whom nothing short of their unconditional surrender of office can conciliate. They should not act in this doubtful manner ; but play their part boldly, relying in a generous, unqualified spirit on the people, who, they may rely on it, will never desert them, so long as they prove themselves worthy of their support. Nothing can be more frank, or ex plicit, or encouraging, than the language now held everywhere by the Reformers. They say to Minis ters, " we will give you our ungrudging aid ; we will make every reasonable sacrifice that may be necessary to continue you in office ; we will fling all our little distrust to the winds, and act with you as if we held office with you ; and all we will ask in return is, that you will see fair play to the great cause in which we are both equally engaged, and equally interested. We will not ask yo u to perform impossibilities, but merely not to permit Reform to stand still, or throw obstacles in its way. Do justice, then, to yourselves and to us ; make open questions of the Ballot and Triennial Par liaments--questions which are hourly growing in fa vour with the public, and must inevitably be carried ; and for the present we will be content." Of such sort was the language held yesterday at the great Reform Dinner, and such has been the language—with a few unimportant exceptions—held among Reformers since the recess. Mr. CLAY'S remarks on this point were ad mirable. He said that the people were all tranquil and united, and willing to place every confidence in Ministers ; and that it was the upper classes, only - -meaning, we presume, the House of Lords—who Were disturbed ; and this from a not unfounded appre hension that the Reformers were far too united—far too determined for Tory purposes. This is strictly the fact, and another convincing proof that the high Con servative party entertain an uneasy consciousness of the close bond of union that now exists among Re formers, may be found in Sir R. PEEL'S late speech at Glasgow, which in some passages betrays a mental disturbance—an acute sense of disappointment, bor dering almost on phrenzy. Mr. GROTE'S speech was temp e rate and well reasoned ; as was also Mr. WA RD'S, who expressed himself, on the subject of " justice to Ireland" with an energy that—could he but have wit nessed it—would have made Mr. O ' CONNELL'S lungs " crow like chanticleer." It must be extremely gratifying to every friend of religi ous lib erty to see the exertions which the Dis senters, and those Churchmen who disapprove of the compulsory support of the Establishment, are making for the abolition of Church-rates. As the time ap pointed for the meeting of Parliament approaches, agitation on this question increases both in its range and in its intensity. In all parts of the country the most active measures are taking to promote the great obje ct in v i ew — meet i ngs are held—speeches of great ability, pointing out in eloquent language the real natur.: of the grievance, are delivered and circulated throughout the length and breadtl. of the land—and petitions to the assembled Representatives of the people praying for relief are numerously signed. This is the proper mode of proceeding. This is the true way for those who ask redress, to show the ruling powers that they are in earliest. They thus de monstrate that they are willing to take sonic trouble, and incur some inconvenience, for the purpose of getting rid of that which is equally a burden on the conscience, and a mark of civil degradation. The Dissenters know with whom they have to deal. They know that their demands must come before the House of Peers before relief can be afforded, and they are well persuaded that with this branch of the Legislature, constituted as it is at present, the justice of their claim will avail them lit le. Our hereditary law-makers must not therefore lave any pretext afforded them, for shielding their de lisl of justice under au apparent indifference on the - iart of the public as to the Church-rate question. The Dissenters, we say, are well aware of this, and are determined to deprive the Lords of this pretence for shelving their grievances, by loading the table of the House of Commons with their petitions. By adopting this constitutional course, they not only act indirectly upon the irresponsible estate, but they incalculably strengthen the hands of their friends in the people's House, and also of his MAJESTY'S Ministers, who, however willing to concede all that is required, are, it need not be denied, so situated that without such a demonstration on the part of the aggrieved, their power of granting relief must be greatly crippled. With respect to the House of Incapables, let it alone—as far as petitioning is concerned. The best policy is to treat it, in matters affecting the feelings and interests of the people, with that contempt which it has so well earned by its conduct. We should con sider the Dissenting cause dishonoured—stained with a blot never to be effaced, were a single petition addressed to an assembly which has, in addition to its inveterate hostility to every thing. good and liberal, done all that in it lay to degrade the Dissenting body, in the esti mation of their fellow-citizens, and indeed of the whole world. Among the Anti-Church-rate meetings which have given us most satisfaction, we have to mention one held on Thursday last at Bocking, in Essex. It was numerous and highly respectable, and the speeches de livered among the very best we ever recollect to have read on this interesting subject. There, too, the Mi nister of the Church of England, jealous of the true honour, glory, and strength of the Church, stood by the side of the Dissenting Minister, and eloquently de nounced the iniquity of levying a hated tax upon the Non-conformist, for the support of a worship in which he cannot conscientiously join, and from which he de rives no benefit. Can the public fail to interpret these signs of the times ? Must they not say with one voice, " Church-rates are doomed ?" The whole of the Paris papers of Sunday have been received. The Nouvelle Minerve contains a long and able article on the acquittal of the prisoners at Strasburg. The columns of most of the other journals arc like wise filled with comments upon the same subject. According to the political organ mentioned above, the Ministers and the inmates of the Palace are plunged into the profoundest affliction, in consequence of the verdict of acquittal pronounced by the Jury. Ministers know not what to do to quiet the alarms of the KING, the Princes, and nearly the whole diplomatic circle. The Austrian Ambassador has ex pressed himself in terms strongly condemnatory of the whole affair, as setting a fatal example to the armies of Europe. " What has taken place at Strasburg," said Count D'APPONY, in his first interview with Count MOLE, after the verdict of the Court was reported in Paris, " amounts to a promise of impunity to all armed revolts, and destroys the only barrier remaining for the protection of Kings. Europe will never consider France a regular Govern ment while such occurrences can take place." To this Count MOLE could return no answer. Deeply as he was mortified, nothing remained for him to allege in favour of the Cabinet, but that Measures would be adopted to prevent the example of the verdict at Stras burg from becoming contagious. But in what will these preventive measures consist? This is the question which now puzzles the French Government. The KING is for extending the jurisdiction of the Peers to every species of conspiracy on the part of the Press and the people. Several Ministers approve of this plan, knowing that the Government may always rely upon the pliancy of the Upper Chamber in returning verdicts agreeably with the instructions of the Crown. But the Peers themselves are against a plan which would degrade them in the eyes of the nation. They fear that the Government would render them so odious, that the people would insist upon the total abolition of their in stitution. M. PERSIL has a plan of his own for re- forming the jury system—or in other words, for disa bling juries from acquitting persons under trial for offences against the State. As for M. GUIZOT, he is reported to be engaged in preparing new projects of laws for more effectually destroying the Liberty of the Press, and suppressing all Secret Societies. This Minister has acquired great influence in the Cabinet since the retirement of M. TIHERs. The KING does not like him, but dreads his forming a new alliance with the ex-President of the Council. It is reported that his opposition has been sufficient to turn the scale against Marshal SOUET, who otherwise would have replaced General BERNARD in the War Department. As for M. GA SPARIN, the exposur© of his conduct by M. THIERS in the Cham ber, in the debate upon the address, has had such au effect upon him that he has resolved to retire from the Cabinet altogether. He has already tendered his re signation, and only consents .to hold the 'Portefeaille of the Interior till 'the GOsierninent can agree iAbOut the choice of his successor. There is no news of any moment from the North of Spain. On the 18th a courier arrived at Bayonne from Madrid with a supply of money for the army. of the north, of which a considerable sum was instantly transmitted to San Sebastian for the use of the British Legion. Don SEBASTIAN, the new Carlist Com mander-in-Chief, has ordered two officers to be shot for running away before Bilboa. PAras, JAN. 21.—A letter from London gives] us some particulars respecting the cession of the Isle of Cuba to Eng land, which has been announced by several Journals. The Queen's Government is said to have in fact offered to the British Cabinet to cede to it, riot the Sovereignty but merely the Ad►ninistration of Cuba, during the whole time that the Pretender shall remain in the Spanish territory. This cession would be made on the condition of a loan of two millions and a-half sterling (62,500,000 francs) which the English Go vernment would grant to Spain, and for which it would gra dually repay itself with the revenues of the Island. The sums which Spain might still owe to England at the expulsion of Don Carlos, and the restoration of Cuba would be a capital, for the repayment of which the resources of the island would be specially assigned. The negociation is said to be pro ceeding with great activity, but some difficulties in the details still delay the final conclusion of the arrangement.—Mes sayer, Jan. 22. The preliminary investigations into Meunier's affair rapidly draw to a conclusion. The public prosecutor, no longer hoping to obtain from him any disclosures, by reason of his continued obstinacy, is determined to hasten the trial. To all the questions hitherto put to him, ►Meunier has replied that no one was aware of his plan ; that it arose from a fatal idea that beset him, and which he could not shake off. As further de lays are likely to tend to no good, we are informed that M. Eugene Persil has drawn up a petition, requiring the imme diate trial of the prisoner before the Chamber of Peerr. The minutes are now being prepared by M. Barthe, d will shortly be laid before the Court at a secret sitting, the tri ,I, in all probability, commencing early in February. Letters and papers from Madrid to the 14.11 inst. inclusive have been received. On the 13th, Senor VERA, Minister of War, stated in the Cortes that General NAnvit . liz had not tendered his resipation printed off and expresses sent into the south. The speech was published in Paris at six o'clock on Monday morning. Takea altogether, the speed shown on this occasion ex ceeds all former efforts of the kind.—Cailisk Pattiot. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. ..... ~.... 206 1 ,6 56 6 5 'lndia Stock 2s'. 3 per Cent. Red. 90414 !Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. .36 per Cent ..... ... Oitto Red.... ' ,l-=%l,i New ll;tto ....... -- New 3! , (:, ii.... Cent 9 7 3# e!i, ; 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New sper Pent.... — Exch. Bills, X. 1,000 24 26 lit.. 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French, 5 per cent.......... --f. —r. Ditto Bonds, 1925 -1 4 per cent Ditto Account — 2 per cent. —f. —c AlAx ican Bonds, 5 per cent --I Exclimige Ditto Account Ditto, t 1 per cent. ........... 24.5 I Ditto Account Ditto Account NJapolitaii ' Ditto Account PRICES OF SEIARES THIS DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCK Paid. • ( 7 andonga Mining Company London and - Birmingh am Railway Company 75 London and Westminster Bank 2O Per Share. S 145 21N MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due 0A m eri ca .. ..... ... 0 1 France ...... ...... 0 0 Lisbon 0 i Brazil ....... ..... 0 0 Gum,. &Jersey I 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg........ 1 0 Mexico 0 a cartlial.ena..... 0 0 Hon.ind ...... .... 0 0 05tend........ I Dublin... .... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden .. 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ..... ....13 minutes after 4. I Evening. ..... `.).!t minutes after 4. IIAiNIBURGH, JAN. 10, 1837. ALL those who may have to write to us are re. quested to direct HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGII, which is perfectly sufficient for the address, and letters directed in that way will reach us just as' well as if directed, HEINE BROTHERS, BANKERS, in HAMBURG. Neither the deno mination of BANKERS, or any other, is required, and letters directed, HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGH. will do without any further remark or description. We further request to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 10/., 201., or 301., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 10/. remitted in zwo notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note, or one Bank Post Bill or Cheque ; or having to receive Money irom Haml.urgh, to receive the same in the same way, whenever possible. As to re mittances from Hamburh to England for large Sums, amounting to many THOUSANDS, of course they may rather be remitted in Bills of Exchange. All those giving orders for any Branch of our multifariousßusiness, that must be executed before FEBRUARY, are advised to lose no time in forwarding the same. HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURG. The publication of Tux SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock 1 t ra THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1837. 'to the Government. This is strange, considering- that a report of the whole affair, together with the orders addressed to the army by NA RVAEZ at Burgos ap peared in the Espagnol, a Madrid journal, whose Editor is a Member of the Corte-. In answer to sonic questions relative to the promotion of ALAIX to the Commandant-generalship of Alava, Senor CALATRAVA, President of the Council, de , dared - the charges preferred against ALA ix were not quashed, and that the Government only delayed 16,3 trial, knowing that it could always make its authority respected. This is a lame defence of its conduct. There ought to he no suspicions of the loyalty of general officers commanding in the Basques. The Constitutional cause is gradually triumphing over every difficulty in the South of Spain. The QUEEN'S popularity increases. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, JAN. 23. —Wind S. W. to W. S. W., squally, with rain.—Arrived the Perfect, Snell, from Calcutta ; Baboo, Brock, from Calcutta ; Victoria, Yates, from Rio Grande ; Intrepid, Watts, from Berbice ; and Enterprise, Gambia. MARGATE, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Isabella Cooper, Curry, from Calcutta ; Gloucester, Brooke, from Mauritius ; Ry mack, —, from Valparaiso ; Wilson, Campbell, from De merara ; and Ilighbnry, Falconer, from Berbiee. POUTSMOUTLI, JAN. 23. —Wind W. S. W., fresh breezes. Arrived his Majesty's ship Sparrow Hawk, from Rio Janeiro —sailed on the 11th ult. ; Westminster, Moore, from New York—sailed on the 23d ult. ; and Nymph, --, from St. Michael's. COWES, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Venus, Burridge, from Ips wich, leaky —cargo shifted ; bound to Liverpool. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Arrived the John, Jones, from St. Michael's; Fly, Soper, from Alicante; and Abeona, Janet, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH, JAN. 2:l.—Arrived the Margaret Marshall, Mills, from Gergenti. BUISTOL, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Tryal, Pasmore, from St. Michael's. GLOUCESTER, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Peri, Vivian, from St. Michael's ; St. Hypolite, Chapman, from Nantes ; Petty George, Hero, from Nantes ; and St. Sebastian, Renard, from Nantes. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22.—Arrived the Daniel, Wheeler, from Calcutta ; Ortensia, Reed, from Singapore ; P3rker, from Demerara—sailed the 14th December; Ilindoo, Ho garth, from ditto; Rivals, Briscoe, from Jamaica ; Galstone, Guthrie, from ditto; Mctmora, —, from New Orleans ; Chilot, Babbage, from ditto ; Frances Ann, Soule, from ditto ; Mary Ann Johnson, Soule, from ditto ; John Linton, from Mobile ; Charlotte, Wilcot, from Savannah ; St. Lawrence, Chase, from ditto ; Britannia, Chertz, from ditto ; Virginia, Graham, from ditto; Adam Lodge, Pace, from ditto; Syrus Butler, Martin, from ditto ; James Cakie, Young, from Virginia; John Porter, _, from Halifax ; Captain Ross, Morton, from ditto; Hope, Davis, from New foundland ; John Souchay, Hunter, from Palermo ; and Ro bert Sergeant, —, from the Mediterranean. Off port the St. Andrews, —, from St. John's, New Brunswick. TORBAY, JAN. 22.--Off port the Albatros, Foster, Fayal. DmrmouTir, JAN. 22.—Arrived the Salome, Yarnell, from Palermo; and Somerset, Cleft, from Messina, leaky, having struck the ground. The Nelson, from Shields, and the Joseph and Ann, from Boston to Grangemouth, were on shore near Bridlington yes terday.—crew saved. The Sir John Kean, Frazer, and the John Eschlin, Mac- Comb, were driven on shore at Valparaiso during a gale, on the 23d October. We have just seen a. view, engraved on stone, of Westminster Bridge, Deptford, and Greenwich Rail-way, in which a most troublesome and complicated perspective is handled with considerable tact and ability. An admirable idea of the distances of the line of road is given by the proportion of different steam-coaches which are travelling along it. The sketch is supposed to be taken from the summit of the Duke of York's column in Carlton-place, and is appropriately dedicated to the Directors of the Company. We arc authorised to state that the Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland has paid off the whole of its note issue that has been demanded, and the whole of that description of debt now remaining unpaid does not exceed 30,0001. Also, that all the other liabilities are nearly cleared off, and the assets of the Bank, which amount to 400,0001., are in course of collection. We are sorry to learn that fifteen persons, who were at the Peel Banquet at Glasgow, have sincQ died from the effects of the prevailing epidemic. The Dinner to General Sharpe, took place on Friday, in Dumfries. The company, to the number of about 150, sat down to dinner, Provost Kemp in the Chair, supported on the right by General Sharpe and Major Culton ; and on the left by H. A. Aglionby, Esq., M.P., and P. Miller, Esq., formerly M.P. for the burghs. Provost Shortridge and Mr. M'Diarmid were the croupiers. The dialler went .off well. From the way in which all the liberal toasts were given and received, it is clear there is no reaction in this district. The feeling of the meeting was al together with the General, for the support given by him last session to Lord Melbourne's Administration.—Dun f, Times. The newly-erected building of the College of Sur geons, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, will be opened on the 14th of February, when the Hunterian oration will be delivered. The Weslyan seceders, or new light Methodists, have increased to upwards of 20,000 persons, all of whop: have deserted the parent church for the new denomination, —Newcastle Standard. Such has been the demand for medical assistance, that some persons in large practice are only able to see their patients every other day. Many of the cross roads in Kent are still impassa ble. On Saturday Mr. Cartar held an inquest at Cudham, but he was unable (after great exertion) to reach the vil lage in his chaise, and was obliged to travel upwards of a mile across the fields on foot. On Sunday 24 persons were interred in the burial ground of Christ Church, Surrey ; seven extra men were employed in preparing the graves, and the Minister did not . finish the burial service till near six o'clock. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was mea sured on Saturday by order of the Directors, and was as certained to be thirty miles three-quarters, and thirty-three yards long.—Derby Mercury. The Commissioners have approved of Bideford as a warehousing port for all goods of foreign production, ex cept silk and tobacco.— North Devon Journal. On Christmas day, a young man from Hawkhurst, named Tool, was proceeding to Rye to see his friends, whom he had not seen for eight years, when he lost his way, and called at a house at Peasmarsh, where be was de nied admittance. The consequence was, that the poor fel low got buried in the snow, and was not discovered till the following Wednesday, when some boys at play found him dead in the garden, of the house where he applied for a lodging.—Maidstone Gazette. In consequence of Lurd Teignmouth's Conservative demonstration, the friends of Lord Nugent and of G. A. Young, Esq., of Portland-place, are already canvassing for those gentlemen, as candidates for Marylebone, on the Ra dical Reform interest. . • . On Monday 'Thomas Gubbins, an old man of great respectabilayi -tudebtor.at,the , suit of the Earl of Denbigh, died in the Warwickshire county gaol, at the age of 104 years. There had been a disputed law-suit between the Noble Lord and the poor of Railton, for the costs of which the old man became answerable. About six weeks ago he was taken on attachment for costs, at the Earl's suit, and died from the effects of confinement.---Lyinington Chronicle. The Archishop of York has placed at the disposal of the Church Comnlissioners the sinecure prebend of Strensall, in the cathedral church of York, the incum lbi‘e,niss t o. h . aving vol un t ar il y res i gne d i t , i n or d er that i ts reve nues may b e a ppli e d towar d s t h e augmentat i on o f poor The Colonelcies of the three regiments are now va cant by the deaths of Sir Samuel Hulse, Sir F. Ponsonby, and the Earl of Rosslyn.. - Early on Sunday morning an incendiary fire was discovered in - the stack-yard of Mr. T. Peel, an extensive farmer and grazier at Long Sutton. The whole of a large and valuable wheat stack was consumed, but through the ex traordinary exertions of the neighbours the other valuable property was saved. No cause can be conceived for this vile act.---Lincohtshire Chronicle. Arrangements are in progress for providing accomo dation in Somerset House for the Board of Examiners of the New London University, and for the transaction of all - the business connected with that establishment. The exa mination of the candidates for degrees will of course take place at Somerset House. We are happy to learn that Sir Robert Peel reached home in safety on Tuesday morning, the only interruption to his journeyhaving occurred at Hamilton, at three o'clock on the morning of Saturday. The London reporters had taken and paid for all the horses, and the Right Hon. Baronet was compelled to remain some time in the town. We presume we shall next hear of him in his place in the House of Commons.— Ghtsgow Constitutional. Mr. M'Nish, of Glasgow, author of the (‘ Philo sophy of Sleep," aad of the articles under the signature of a " Modern Pythagorean," in " Blackwood'b" and " Fraser's Magazines," died on Monday, in his 36th year. Mr. O'Connell announced to the General Associa tion, on Thursday, that Baron O'Loghlen had been ap pointed Master of the Rolls. Farinelli, the composer, died at Trieste on thq 13th CHANCERY . COURT.-Cr I-ITS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF HILL, A LUNATIC. The arguments in this lunatic petition, in his Lordship's private room, were resumed to-day. Mr. Wakefield, on be half of the petitioner, occupied the whole of yesterday, and part of today, in opening the petition. Several Counsel have to follow him or, the same side and it is said that no less than 200 affidavits have been filed on the matter. Such being the case, it may fairly be niviciliated drat several days will elapse before the arguments will be brought to a termination, unless his Lordship decides the application, without hearirg the opposing parties, VICE - CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY The causes that came before his Honour the Vice-Chancel lor, up to the period of our reporter's leaving, wore totally de void of public interest. URT.-(THIS DAY. BANK OF ENGLAND V. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER.BANK. SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK, on behalf of the Bank of Eng [and, in rcpiy, said that very little had been added to the ar gument of the defendants on the present occasion to that which had been urged before the Court of Common Pleas. He would show by authorities and statutes that the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas was founded on just legal principles, that it was alone the conclusion to which that Court could come, and that the province of this Court now was to grant the injunction - in the terms prayed. The case sent to the Common Pleas had been agreed upon by both parties ; every fact considered to be material was inserted in it, and now the other side had had the boldness to say, that assuming the judg ment of the Common Pleas to be right, there was no case for an injunction. He did not understand, this, neither did be con sider it very respectful to the Court to pursue such a line of ar gument. The question his Lordship had to decide was whether there was any statute which prohibited persons who were bankers—their number exceeding six—from accepting a bill in respect of money in their hands at a less date than six ;months, they giving such bill in lieu of the money in their hands. He would satisfy the Court the original inten tion of the Legislature was not to permit any persons exceed ing six in number to accept bills for any consideration what ever. :The argument had been divided into three material questions : first, that " bills and notes," in the original Statute of Anne, did not include bills of exchange; and that the word "bill" meant a sealed bill ; secondly, that the word " bor rowed" did not apply to a transaction like the present; and, thirdly, that the bills on which borrowing was prohibited were not the bills of the London and 'Westminster Bank. His Learned Friend Mr. Pemberton had started this proposition, that the question of legislative protection granted by the dif ferent Acts of Parliament to the Bank turned on this, that the Bank of England was a bank of issue ; that the word Bank meant a national establishment, supplyin g its credit in the place of th e current co i n o f t h e realm ; and that the object of the Legislature merely was to prevent an interference with the substitution of. Bank paper in the room of the current coin. On the first braitch of the argument he would observe, that "sealed" bills had entirely disappeared from the year 1711 ; and what did the word " bill" mean in the twelve or fourteen Acts which had been passed since " sealed" bills had disap peared altogether ? A book from the Bodleian Library had been 'referred to by the other side, on the subject of sealed bills ; but he would refer to a legal authority, which he thought the Court would pay more attention to; for it showed what the contemporaneous exposition of the Acts of Parliament was. Iu ?Tiers' Abridgment, under the head " Bills of Exchange," was this passage, showing what bills of exchange were then understood to he :—" Bills of exchange at first extended only to merchants, strangers, trading with English merchants; and afterwards to inland bills between merchants trading the one with the other here in England ; and afterwards to all traders and negociators ; and, of late times, to all persons, trafficking or not." That was in the Bth year of the reign of William the Third.. Promissory notes soon afterwards followed ; but, as early .as the Statute of Queen Anne, bills of exchange had become very general. In the thirteenth volume of the Commons' Journals, page 480, there was a resolution clearly illustrative of the proposition, that in 1711 " sealed" bills were discontinued. Resolved-_" It is the opinion of a Committee of the House of Commons that the restraining the Bank of England from borrowing money at interest, on any security that is not under their corporation seal will be a great encouragement to trade, and a support of the public credit." The 9th and 10th of William 111. chap. 44, was decisive of the question, which was" an Act for the better securing the privileges of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England," because that act shewed that as far back as 1698 Bills of Exchange had been mentioned along with " other bills or notes," and " bills or notes" was a phrase used in ac cordance with Bills of Exchange. In the 7th Geo. 1., there was a similar enactment. Under these circumstances, he ap prehended that whether " sealed" bills were meant or not, Bills of Exchange must be meant, and the very subject matter of the enactment itself required that Bills of Exchange should be included. Then upon the second branch of the argument that this was not a" borrowing," he could not go higher in point of authority than the two Statutes he had referred to. The Acts of Parliament viewed it as a borrowing, and the Bank was to be considered as hntrowing, the customer as lending. If that was so, what was the effect of a Bill of Exchequer drawn by the customer in favour of another party, and accepted by the Banker ? It was a transfer of so much of the effects to the person in favour of whom the bill was drawn and accepted. v bill of exchange was the bill of the acceptor, and it was in the faith of the Banker accepting the bill, which they were to pay at the end of 21 days, that they were allowed to keep the loan from the customer to them, and which, therefore, became a borrowing on their part from the holder of the bill. Ile contended, therefore, it was idle to say that this was not a borrowing. The Learned Counsel then went into the cases which have been quoted on this point, both in this Court and the Common Pleas, and contended that the case of " Brough ton v. Manchester Water Works," had not been overruled by any subsequent decision. Under all the circumstances, he contended there was a sufficient case made for the injunction, and hoped the Court would grant it without delay. Lord LANGDAT.E said he should take time to consider it, and would not take longer time than was absolutely necessary, owing to the other engagements that pressed upon him KING'S BENCH..-(THIS DAY.) The Court took the peremptory paper this morning. The cases argued did not possess any public interest. BAIL COURT. THE KING V. THE CORPORATION OF BOSTON. Mr. CLARK applied for a mandamus, directed to the Towns council of Boston, calling upon them to execute a bond, se curing to Mr. Edward Copeland, late coroner of that borough, the payment of a sum of 3001., as compensation for the loss of his office under the provisions of the Municipal Reform Act. , The circumstances under which this motion was made were as follow. On the 2d of May, 1536, the party, on whose behalf he appeared, having been remoned frortchis office by the new Town-council, put in his claim for compensation, demanding 3001., and setting forth the amount of his fees and other per quisites in all particulars directed by the statute. Upon this no determination was come to until the 18th of November, and then a Committee of the Council awarded Mr. Copeland a sum of 2501. Several communications passed between the parties, but his Lordship would observe that the claim must have been treated as an admitted one, no decision having been come to upon it within six months as required by the Act. • Mr. Justice PATTESON—Take a rule to show cause. THE KING V. THE CORPORATION OF Noamcn, Sir W. FOLLETT said he had similar application to make against the Corporation of Norwich for a mandamus requiring them to execute a bond securing to Mr. Boardman, late under Chamberlain of that city, and surveyor of tonnage works, the payment of a sum of 1,776/. 195., as compensation for the.loss of these offices. When the new Town Council came into office, they proceeded in a wholesale manner, and by a single vote they removed all persons who held office under the old Corporation. Upon this Mr. Boardinan,, as required by the Act, sent in his claim on the 7th of May, for compensation, and demanded the sum already mentioned. After stating the nature of his offices, and the amount of the fees, &c. received by him for the last five years, he set forth that he was 56 years of age, and he required 1,770/. 19s. for the loss he should sustain by removal. It would be necessary to attend to dates in this case, and his Lordship would remark from the affidavits that nothing hid been done by the Corporation till Oct. 20. Mr. 11,aardman was tnen summoned to attend a meeting of the council. He attended on that day. The council did not; but he was present afterwards, from time to time, and answered such questions as he was required by the Act of Parliament. On the 20th of November, Mr. Broadman received a letter from the new town clerk, stating that the council were of' opi nion that he was not entitled to any compensation, but that from motives of compassion they had awarded him 60/. The question would turn upon the construction of the statute as to the legality of certain acts of the counsel between the Ist and 4th of November. His client treated his claim as an admitted one, no decision having been properly come to upon it within six months from the date of delivering it in. It would be ne cessary, then, to know what had taken place. By the 31st section of the Act, the one third part of the town council should go out of office on the Ist of November, 1836, In Norwich the one third amounted to sixteen, who ceased to be council lors on the 31st of November. The plan adopted by the town clerk was this:-On the 31st of October he sent notices to all the then existing town councillors, including the six teen who were going out of office, • and wno were well known being those who upon the former election had the mi nority of votes, calling . upon them to meet on the 4th of Nov. to decide upon the claim of Mr. Boardman and other matters. By the 69th section it was necessary that three days' notice of meeting should be served upon all the Town. councillors either by personal service or by having a copy of the notice left at their usual place of abode, or at the premises in respect of which they were placed upon the burgess roll ; one-third of the Council should be present. Besides this a notee signed by the Mayor should be placed upon the door of the Council hall, setting forth the time and place of meeting. Now the Court would observe that no such notice could have been given by the Town-clerk, inasmuch as one-third part of the Council went out of office on the lsf of November, though it happened that some of them, but not all, were re-elected. The Mayor also, in the hurry of affixing the notice, called tho meeting Ile (Sir W. F o l lett) said for Friday, the 4th of November. Thursday, not - Eriday, was the 4th of Nov., and the notice was consequently irregular. At that meeting the vote respecting Mr. Boardman Was come to. Seeing therefor e that vlo depi sion had been regularly made within the tiTe prescribed by the Act, notice was served upon the ogunoil, requiring them to execute the bend, and treating the claim as an admitted one. Upon this the Council met, the question respecting Mr. Boardman's demand was put, and negatived by a majority ; and lie submitted therefore that ha wan entitled to his rule, Mr. Justice PATTESON—I do not say what may be the c. n sequences of this case, or the law npplit:able to it; but if y' u view should prove correct, the effect will ba that the T Councils canrot do any act between the 31. it of October ani the 4th of Ncvember. That 1 . think did not come within t 1.4 contemplilion of the Legislature. You may however tape rule to show cause. COMMON PLEAS-(TIIIS DAY. DALE V. THOMAS Mr. RYLAND appeared to show cause against a rule which had been obtained by Mr. Miller on a former day, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. The facts are shortly'these:— Da'e and Thomas b. came juint bail for another party of the name of Drasch. Drasch being unable to pay, the credi tor Cohen proce e d e d on t h e b a il b ond aga i nst the bail to recover the amount. Dale, Drasch, and Cohen arranged the matter behind the back of Thomas, by Dale and Drasch giving bins to Cohen. More the bills became due Drasch became bank rupt, and Cohen recovered the amount of the bills from Dale. Subsequently Dale brought an action against his co-bail, Thomas, to recover a moiety of the sum which he, Dale, bad been compelled to pay, and the Jury found a verdict for tlie plaintiff. Mr. Miller obtained a rule on the part of the,: de. fendant Thomas, calling upon the plaintiff to show cau se why this verd!et should not be set aside, and against this rule cause was shown to-day. The rule was directed to he made absolute, unless the par ties should consent to a stet processlis. EXCHEQUER COURT , --(THIS DAY. IN R 5 ANDREWS V. RYLAND. Mr POLDRN appeared on behalf of the Corporation of London; to show cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Adol phus, for relieving the above defendant Ryland from his re coguisauces into which he had entered, to the amount of 2001., as bail for Andrews. He said the circumstances were these : —ln December, 1833, a Mr. John Spencer, of Boston, bought a small vessel called, the Hudson, which he wished to have insured to the amount of 100/. He got a friend of his, named Wetmore, to write to Mr. Andrews, who was a broker, upon the matter, and on the 10th December Mr. Wetmore received an answer to his application, in which Andrews said he had insured the Hudson for 100/., and at the same time sent what purported to be a policy, fairly underwritten, and be also enclosed an account charging 9/. 9s. for the premium, and ss. 3d. for, the policy, which amount was sent up to him. In December, 1834, that policy was out, and, Mr. Spencer being anxious to continue it, wrote to Andrews, enclosing again the sum of 91. 14s. 3d., and desiring him to renew the policy. In answer he received a letter, stating that he (An drews) bad done as well as possible, but that he had been obliged to pay 101. 10s. as premiu m . He again enclosed what purported to be a policy, apparently all regular. In October, 1834, the vessel was lost, and application was made to An drews by. Mr. Spencer, who for a loom time could obtain no thing but evasive answers. At last he Caine up to town, arid made application to the party whose name was on the policy, and found it to be a forgery ; that, in fact, the vessel was not insured at all. Upon this he made application to tor. Lord Mayor, who investigated the ca se , an d held Andrewsto bail in t wo hundred- pounds, and one other in the like sum. The defendant Ryland became such bail. AndreWs gave notice to the City Solicitor, who had been ordered 'ro prosecute, that he would appear at the Central Criminal Court, plead 'to the indictment, arid traverse—the prosecutors were there, but An drews did not surrender. Application was made to the Court, who ordered the reeognisances to be estreated, process to issue, and if Andrews should be taken, the future bail was fixed at himself in 5001., and two sureties in 2501. each. Andrews was taken at his hors e at Tulse-hill on the Tuesday after the Session closed, an:: put in the requisite bail, and there was no doubt immediately absconded. The Court r called upon Mr. Adolphus to state the ground upon %Illicit he intended to rely in support of the rule. The Learned Gentleman said it was an application to'the mercy of the Court. Mr. Baron PARKE—We can have no mercy sitting here: Mr. AnoLrous was aware of that, but when ho put the facts before the Court, he trusted they would afford the relief sought for. He contended that in this case the ends of justice had not been defeated by his client, for the other and subsequent lahil put, that entered into before the Lord Mayor aside. The fact was that Ryland and Andrews in Court provided with bail, but one of them over whom his wife had considerable influence, took her advice and refused to meddle with other people's affairs. The parties then left the Court to try and procure other bail, but he did notsucceed until Andrews was again taken into custody ; being so, however; there was no detriment to public justice, and as five hundred pounds had ac tually been paid by the other bail, he hoped the Court would relieve the present applicant. The Court discharged the Rule. The applicant had done nothing towards delivering up Andrews. There was too much facility in obtaining bail, and the Court would not. increase it.—Rule discharged. THE FtINDS.7-_-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French Mails, and ship letters from Berbice, Valparaiso, Demerara, Rio Jancrio ; Singapore, 19th September.; Calcutta, 9th, loth, and 25th September ; Madras, 31st August ; Mauritius and New York. We have also received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 20th November; Calcutta, to the 21st September ; and New Bruns wick Papers to the 10th December. (From the Cape Papers.) " ITaraxn,toE, Nov. 9.—The rage for Emigration to Natal still continues. Many families and their flocks are already on the road to the promised land. This district has been visited by some copious showers." (From the New Brunswick Papers.) 10 PROVINCIAL. LEGISLATURE.—The representatives in Ge neral Assembly for this quarter, are about taking their de parture for the seat of Government, to be pment at the opening of the Session of the Legislature on Tu es d ay next . Recent imp or t an t dispatches, received by the Executive from the Home Government, leads us to anticipate a session of great interest." - Buenos Ayres papers to the 13th November have been re ceived. We extract the following :—" Our readers will per ceive by the abstract of official documents, that changes have taken place in the administration of two of the interior pro vinces, but changes effected in a constitutional mode. Cata marca has followed the example of Salta and Jugui. Monte Video journals to the oth inst. contain very little news. Exchange at Rio on London, 37 ; Stocks, 881 ; Exchange at Buenos Ayres on London, doubloons, 1221 ; Exchange, 7i. In the course of yesterday the terms mentioned at which the dead weight would be disposed of by the Bank Directors, was 171. 10s. for every 11. of Annuity ; but on some offers be ing made at 17/., the parties were given to understand, it is said, that 17/. ss. would be the lowest sum accepted. Late yesterday afternoon several commercial failures were announced on 'Change. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at 893- for Account ; Money, 891 ; Exchequer Bills, 24 26 ; India Bonds, 19 20 ; Bank Stock, 206 207 ; India Stuck, 256 258. • Spanish Active, 254- 4-; Passive, 7+ ; Deferred, 11 12i ; Portuguese, 481; Three per Cents., 301 a ; Colombian, 251; Dutch Two-and-a-half, 53:f 54. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. We continue in the same dull state as in the early part of the morning, without any further arrivals, and with little busi ness doing in either of the markets. The speculators and monied interest are looking to next Thursday, when it is ex pected some communication or hint will be given by the Bank Directors respecting the dead weight, the sale of which ap pears almost as certain. Consols may be quoted at 89 4 3_ for the Account. Ex chequer Bills, 24 26 prem. ; India Bonds, 19 21; Bank Stock, 206 205 ; India Bonds, 258. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 25i ; Passive, 7 ; Deferred, 11 ; Portuguese, 48 ; Three per Cents., 301.; Columbian, 25 ; Mexican, 241; Dutch, 53,- 54k._ From the Buen os Ay r e s papers o f t h e st h of November : The following is a copy of a note addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of the British Merchants, by Mr. Mande ville, H. B. M. Minister : Sir,—l have been informed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs that hostilities have commenced between Chili and Peru. (Signed) ... . 'MANDEVILLE. (From the Buenos Ayres Papers of Nov. 12.) Another note was sent by Mr. Mandeville, stating that ac counts had been received of a convention being concluded on board his Majesty's ship Talbot, on the 28th of August, by Nihich an amnesty was agreed upon for four months, giving time for a final settlement of the differences. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89a 11. There is• no truth in the report that one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Lethbridge is about to be united to E. A. Seaford, Esq., M.P. The conduct of the Mayor of Hull, in refusing to accede to the wish of a requisition, and convene a meeting on the subject of church rates, does not meet with imita tion. A requisition has been presented to the Mayor of Lincoln, requesting that he will call a public meeting in that city, which he promptly acceded to ; he states in his answer—" Believing it to be my duty, a s a pu b lic officer. to afford my fellow-citizens every facility i n g i v i ng expres sion to their opinions upon s u b jects of public imp or t, I feel bound to comply with the above requisition."— IM Advertiser. PEEL'S KNIVES ANI) FORK-S. —The. knives and forks used at the Pe e l b anquet amounted to forty-three gross, and weighed eleven hundred weight.--Doweaster Gazelle. The increase in the Customs at Yarmouth, for the year ended sth January, 1837, is 7,0001. A gentleman, of Henley-on-Thames, offered a farmer, when at the market, a dinner and a bottle of wine, if he would bring with him a grain of wheat on the follow ing market ,day, anti double the quantity each week until that day twelvemonth. This was readily acceded to fin the - moment ; but the following statement will perl.. a ps satisfy those who have never entered into any simi lar - calculations o the impassibitity of fulfil.':,,c g such an etigagemera of the munbe: r of grains, 4,503 ,599,627,57Q,4g:ii number 0tThubhe15,12,509,998,9j4 ; number of Quarters i 1. ; t^,_,3 ) 749,870 ; munber of loads, f. 112,749,974.., • 'frry s ,