The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-13 00:00:00

SIR ROBERT PEEL. P.,....... (From the Times Correspondent.) GLASGOW, TUESDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST TO'CLOCK, Sir Robert Peel arrived at Blythswood-house yesterday afternoon, having spent part of Saturday with Sir James Graham, at Netherby, and the whole of Sunday with Mr. Henry Monteith, at Carstairs, the gentleman who is to officiate as Chairman at the grand banquet on Friday next. The Right Hon. Baronet had been invited to a public breakfast at Lanark, but, declining that honour, in conse quence of the pressure of other engagements, Provost Bu chanan waited upon him, and stated that the Municipal Council had unanimously voted him the freedom of that burgh, and that yesterday was appointed for the purpose publicly presenting it. On his arrival Sir Robert proceeded to the Assembly Rooms, where he met a very numerous and respectable body of persons—many of them known to have entertained and acted upon political feelings very different from his own. His appearance among them was cheered in the most cordial and enthusiastic manner. Th e Provost congratulated him upon his arrival in Scotland, warmly welcomed him to the town, presented the free dom of the burgh, and proposed his health, which was heartily responded to by every demonstration of respect and enthusiasm. Sir R. PEEL, in acknowledging the compliment said— " However accustomed I may be to address public as semblies, I can with sincerity assure you' that this demon stration of your respect and good opinion, is so unexpected, that I am disabled altogether from adequately expressing the feelings to which it has given rise. I know not whe ther the compliment . you have paid me with so much enthu siasm implies, an entire concurrence with the political prin ciples which I hold, and by which I mean to adhere— (Loud cheers)—or whether it implies only on the part of many of you, claiming the right which I claim, of forming your own judgment of public matters, an acknowledgment of the motives by w hi c h I have been actuated in main taining opinions to which you do not subscribe.—(Re newed cheers.) In either case it is very gratifying to me, and I return you for it my warmest acknowledgments.— (Loud cheers.) The deep obligation which I owe to that branch of the manufactiires of this country which forms the chief stimulus to the industry of this place and neighbour hood—an obligation which lam proud to acknowledge at all times and udder all circumstances—would alone have established some kind of connection with Lanark, and en titled me to feel an interest in its prosperity. The munici pal body of this burgh has supplied an additional bond of communion by the freedom conferred on me this day.— (Loud and continued cheering.) You have drunk my health as the youngest member of the Corporation.— (Cheers.) I trust that time will improve our good fellow ship—(Loud cheers) —and that when next we meet in Lanark I shall have done nothing in my maturer age to make you repent of the act of this day." [The Right Hon. Baronet retired amidst renewed applause, loud and long continued]. The following address was afterwards presented to the Right Hon. Baronet by the members of the Presbytery of Lanark : " ADDRESS OF THE PRESBYTERY OF LANARK TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART. " We, undersigned, Ministers of the church of Scotland, and members of the Presbytery of Lanark, beg leave to con gratulate you on your arrival in Scotland, and ourselves on the opportunity we now enjoy of seeing and meeting with one whose name is known and respected wherever religion and literature are understood and valued. " We hail your election to a most honourable office in one of the universities of our native land as a proof of that better spirit which is arising amongst us, and as an indica tion of the return of our country men to those sound, pa triotic, and religious views, for which you have, through life, been distinguished ; and while we wish you much com fort and honour in the discharge of its duties, we cannot help expressing the hope that the union which has so long subsisted between these Universities and the Esta blished Church will thereby be only more confirmed and strengthened. " Well awere of your anxiety to support, and reform where necessary, the institutions of our beloved land in Church and State, we cannot allow the opportunity we en joy to pass without, in the name of our congregations, and in oar own names, reminding you of the destitute state to which a great portion of our people is reduced by the want of accommodation in our churches, owing to the immense increase of our population since Government acknowledged Our church as a part of the establishment of the country, and soliciting your powerful aid in support of our claims, which are already before the rulers of the land. " Wishing you all the happiness which your private vir tues and public conduct ought, in all circumstances, to se cure, and that when all the honours of this world have passed away, you may obtain a place in the kingdom that is above, we are, with every sentiment of esteem and respect, " War. MENZIES, Minister of Lanark. " GEO. MUNRO, Minister of Carstairs. " JAMES WALKER, Minister of Carnwath. " JOHN WYLIE, Minister of Carluke. " Ar.xx. STEWART, Minister of Douglas. " Af Lanark, Jan. 9, 1837." Sir R. FEEL, in reply, spoke to the following effect : " Any assurance of respect and confidence on the part of Ministers of the Church of Scotland is at all times peculi arly gratifying,to me. It has been my lot to be placed in positions in public life which afforded me opportunities of frequent and extensive intercourse with the Ministers of the national establishment in Scotland, and having exercised for several years that part of the patronage of the Church vested in the Crown, I have had the means of duly esti mating the high respectability of the Ministers of the Church, and the pure motives by which they are actuated in the performance of their professional duties. I trust the course I have uniformly taken in protecting the rights of the Church of Scotland, will be a better guarantee than any declarations I can now make of firm attachment to her interests and an anxious desire to promote her welfare— considering her to be the great bulwark of civil and religious liberty, and the most effective safeguard against the spirit of infidelity and immorality." So much for Lanark, so lately Whig-Radical to the core, witki ultra-Reformers in its Town-council, now converted into a body of most respectable and right-thinking Conser vatives. A pretty comfortable prospect for Mr. W. D. Gillon. . _ A. Vast number of addresses from various classes of per sensin Glasgow and its vicinity are in readiness and waiting to be presented to the Right Hon. Baronet. The most important of which are from the Trades' House, represent ing s‘ibstantially the skill, the enterprise, and the resources of this! great western, manufacturing, and commerci a l me tropolis of Scotland ; from the Presbytery of Glasgow, the Educational Society, the operatives of Glasgow, the Con servatives of Paisley, &c. It is not, however, expected that Sir Robert will receive them till Thursday, when we be lieve_ they will presented to him in th e common-ha ll be longing to the University. The Ri g ht Hon. Baronet, we are happy to add, is in the most excellent health and high spirits. It cannot fail to be recollected that the Town-Council of Glasgow have bestowed upon Sir R. Peel the ho nour of their di sappro b ation by negativing the proposition for giving him the freedom of that city. The rejection of this moti on , however it mi g h t grat i fy the feel i ngs o f a majority of the .19Wn-Council, has excited in a very large prop ortion of the inhabita n t s no other sentiments than those of unmixed dis gust, and the operatives (upwards of 3,000 in number) who have already signed the address to the Right Hon. Ba ronetp entered, within these few days, into a s ubscription *to orttitase for him the privilege of being a merchant burgess s a ve i _city, which they intend to preterit in a splendid fence r uf7o.. Ththat a few e subscribers are so numerous, the freedom m each suffices to defray the whole cost both o f ts:Exv,asctieve,shvg . and the box. A classification of the working Con '' ho have signed the address, and subscribed to the that as not been made ; but there is one fact relating to 140 or subjectir worth mentioning. There are in Glasgow about _ . .JO of that class of operatives engaged in the business of printing who are called compositors. of printmaster _. liberality are Radicals• A few of the Ii f . , and with that sort of fairness and aistentl or whi . eh Liberals are distinguished, they con be b ro w refused to let te address or the subscription list foreglit to th • operat. ; an y of their premises it was therefore not laid be- Neverthelesst Ives engaged in their e mployment. then, f • , fair pl a yA rn a atl Y as 80 compositors have signed. If, have bee n p rodtv A been allowed, written evidence could that a larg e mai 4 t n of that which now no one can doubt, what are • called g e o r f the compositors a class in which r__, least as in any oth e t :Pinions prevail as extensively at actually Conservatives. THE NEW I‘l,-----__—_-___--____—_________ TI-ILY MAGAZINE MOURIST.—EDITED t y T AND HU- New Monthly has taken a ll ti °l3 "E Hoax, ESQ.—" The Number appears under th:ii tnense strid e . The present prince of huniourists and goodirfat,nediate direction of that the best painters of life en d. ni e a l lcnvs, who is also one of Under such auspices we have 00 n f n es—Theodore Hook. that the reading and mirth.loving public—the pun-bunt ers lack the entertainment which they s and fun-hunters—will In deed, we expect a monthly banquet opfetily desire. In order, from the exertions of Mr. Hook,:, most luxuriant , 10 . is now fairly put upon his metal as a periodicalist. I n this Number he has recommenced the Gurney PaPers, arid tv selves m uc h amusement from t h e contiuuatioeu p of these omise our - ca pital Sketch e s.—Edinburg,h Evening Post. lit Ther e were upwards of 200 fashionahles at the en tertainment given by the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, at Bri g ht on , on Friday even i ng . I n the course o f the evenin g the D u k e o f S t. Alban ' s, in the dress of a Scottish Chieftain, delivered a comic recitation, the production of Horatio S m ith, t h e author of ‘‘ Brambetye House," which afforded cons id era bl e amusement. DINNER AT KIDDERMINSTER TO LG. R. PHILIPS, ESQ., M.P. (Abridged from an express edition of the Ten Hours' Messenger and Gazette.) Friday, G. R. Philips, Esq., Member for the borough of Kidderminster, was entertained at dinner by his constituents. The President was supported on his right by G. R. Philips, Esq., M.P., and on his left by Arthur Skey, Esq., of Spring Grove ; George Talbot, jun., Esq., Vice-President. After the usual loyal toasts, the CHAIRMAN said he had to propose a toast which he hoped those assembled would do justice to, inasmuch as he knew, by their measures, that they intended to do justice by them—it was " His Majesty's Ministers."--(Three times three and cheers.) The CHAIRMAN again rose and said, he had now to re mind them of the purpose for which they had assembled to gether—it was to prove themselves true supporters and friends of Mr. Philips. In proposing his health, he pro posed the health of a gentleman who was well known to them all—a gentleman who was firm and unshaken in his principles, and who, by his conduct and votes in Parliament, had proved himself to be truly devoted to the welfare of his constituents, and the happiness of his country.—(Cheering.) Should a dissolution of Parliament take place in the course of the present year, he trusted they would be all found at their posts, and prove themselves .as truly and firmly his friends and supporters as they had that day.—(Renewed applause.) The Chairman concluded by proposing, in a bumper toast, with three times three—" The health of Mr. Philips, their worthy and independent Member."—(This toast was drunk with enthusiastic cheering, which lasted some time.) Mr. PHILIPS rose, amidst renewed cheering, to return thanks. He commenced by saying that, returned as he had been, by their kindness and confidence, as their indepen dent and unshackled and unpledged representative—( Hear, hear)—it became his duty—and in every species of inter course with his constituents his pleasure and his duty had gone together—it became, he said, his duty, at stated pe riods, to come before them and state the political course which, as their representative, he had pursued, and the rea sons which had actuated him in pursuing that course. He would, then, at once proceed to tell them, fairly and candidly, that in his public duty he had thought it right to give a generous, zealous, and consistent suppport to his Majesty's Government—(Cheers)—and if there was any truth in what poets had sung and moralists declared, that the middle course between two extremes—that that golden mean was the path of safety and good sense—(Hear, hear) —that path his Majesty's Ministers had taken.—(Loud applause.) But it happened, by a singular coincidence, that for this course they had been loaded with abuse by the two extreme parties in the State. They were vi tuperated by one party as destructives, who were run aing on a course which must end in the subversion of property, order, and every thing that was dear to them, while by the other party they were designated as a milk and-water Government, that had done, and intended to do —nothing. Now he_(Mr. Philips) was bound in justice to declare his belief that they had pursued that course in the midst of great difficulties which was the best possible one they could have adopted.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the Tories had failed in making out any case of destruction against his Majesty's Government.—(Cheers.) Nor did he think that the party opposed to them on the other side had better foundation for the charges which they had brought against them. What, for instance, did they think of the Dissenters' Bills ?—how many governments after governments had tried, and tried in vain, to bring forward anything like a measure which could give satisfaction. What, again, did they think of the Tithe Bill—a measure which would put an end to those discords and bickerings which had too long, unhappily, existed between the clergy man and his flock ? Who could say, in doing this, that the Government had done nothing? The Government would have done more, but they must recollect that they were not omnipotent. It was very well for one party to say, why don't you do this, and why don't you do that ? But it was one thing to propose a measure, and another thing to carry it.—( Hear)—and it was against wisdom and common sense for any government to bring forward measures in which they must meet with perpetual discomfiture.—( Cheers.) But yet his Majesty's Government had tried measures, and he might instance as one the Irish Municipal Corporations Bill, which, he was sorry to say, with a degree of folly and baseness which he could not comprehend, the House of Lords had thought proper to throw out. That mea sure would, however, be again brought forward this year, and would be carried.—( Hear, hear.) He felt a confidence amounting to a moral certainty, that the House of Lords would be compelled to pass that measure—(Loud cheers) — but, let him add, that the passing of that Bill would create a very different sentiment to what it would have done last year; v it will now be considered as an act of justice unwor thily retarded—it would have been felt as an act of kind ness conferred.—(Applause.) There was another question to which he also referred with feelings of sincere sorrow—it was the question of the Irish tithes—( Hear, hear)—and here again, for the third time, the hopes and sincere wishes for the well-being of the Protestant Establishment of Ireland. and the peace and prosperity of that country, had been again disappointed.—(Hear, hear.) The golden opportu nity, it was true, had passed by—but yet he did not de spond ; and he still hoped, by wisdom and concession, and a better feeling in a quarter where that feeling should have long ago existed—(Hear, hear)—that this great question would be finally settled—to the peace, and satisfaction, and happiness of Ireland, and the security of the Protestant Church.—(Great cheering.) But the gentlemen who as sailed the Government, said that the Government was under the controul of Mr. O'Connell—(Laughter)—who seemed really a bugbear conjured up to frighten the whole island out of its propriety.—(Laughter.) The assertion was, he believed, made by some honest men, who believed it true—by some weak men, who feared it to be true—but, he must say, also by a great body of designing men, who knew it to be false.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Philips) never was, and did not appear there that night as the panegy rist of Mr. O'Connell ; he spoke of him there, as he would in any other place, fairly and candidly ; and he would be sorry to say behind his back, what he would not say before his face—(Hear) —but he said of Mr. O'Con nell that he did dissent from many of his extreme opinions, and deprecated the violence of his language ; yet he would do him the justice to say that he felt deeply grateful to him for the support he had given to his Majesty's Ministers. But on what grounds was his support given ? He said, openly and fairly, " I don't think the Government go far enough—l don't think the Government go quick enough ; my opinions go a great deal farther and quicker than theirs ; but, at the same time, they are the first Go vernment that have evinced a kindly feeling, and shown a disposition to do justice to Ireland.—( Hear, and cheers.) It is the first Government that has legislated for the happiness of Ireland—it is the first Government that has distributed its patronage without distinction of sects and creeds, looking merely to the qualifications of candidates as the test r.f their fitness for office—they have sent us a Viceroy who has given joy and hope to our hearts—they have placed Roman Ca tholics on an equality with their Protestant fellow-subjects —they have placed them in some of the most honour able and responsible offices of the land—they had given us a Roman Catholic Solicitor-General and Attorney- General, and a Catholic Judge ;" and he (Mr. P.) would say, right well had the Government been rewarded for their appointments, for a better Attorney-General than Mr. Sergeant O'Loughlen had never sat in the House of Commons ; and if he only carried that tone of consistency and conciliation which he had shown in Parliament to the Bench, his appointment would be hailed as a God-send to both Catholic and Protestants in Ireland.—(Loud cheer ing.) Mr. O'Connell says, " the ‘Catholics are kindly treated—their feelings are conciliated—their priesthood is not vilified—their religion is not derided," and these were feelings that came home to the heart of every man in Ire land ; and on these grounds he felt, as compared with any Government that had preceded them, or could be put in their place, that they were kindly disposed to every Catholic and Protestant in Ireland, and that it was a Government which could never declare that the Irish people were aliens in language and in blood.—( Loud cheering.) This, then, was the compact that bound Mr. O'Connell to the present Government ; and, he would ask, was it a disgraceful com pact?—(No, no.) Wes . it not, on the contrary, an honest and consistent support* , Aye, and he would say, a support that Sir Robert Peel, either in office or out of office, would be but too happy to accept.—(Laughter and cheers.) He (MK Philips) would state his opinions candidly and fairly, whatever those opinions might be, even at the risk of displeasing them ; for he always found that a straightforward course was the best. —(" 'Tis so.") He would allude first to the question of church rates— ( Hear) —and as a sincere friend to the well-being of the Established Church, he did sec with great sorrow the state of feeling throughout the country upon the subject. It became a question of political squabble at church-rate meetings, disgraceful, and completely rousing feelings of disgust among all the well-wishers of the Establishment.— ' (Hear.) The question must shortly come before Parlia ment, and before the plans of Government were stated there, he did not wish to enter on the question of the way or the mode in which it should be done. There were feel ings and prejudices to be consulted on both sides, but he hoped that a safe and satisfactory course might be taken, for if it was not a satisfactory arrangement it could not be a fixed one. If, in addition to the settlement of the great question of tithes, his Majesty's Ministers could bring to a satisfactory issue that smaller but not less irritating one of church -rates, he would say, that they would then have don e more for the benefit and permanence and stability of th e Establishment than any Government that had ever existed.—(Loud cheers.) There was another question to which he had casually alluded—he meant the state of the House of Lords.—(Hear, hear.) He must fairly say, WE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13. -637. upon this subject, that he saw no reason to alter the opi nion ha expressed to them a year ago upon this question. No man could deplore more than he did the head long course which the House of Lords had taken— (Cheers)—but, at the same time. before he discussed the question as to any organic change, he must see a little more of the current of public events and public feel ings. But where, it was asked, is the remedy for this evil Why, as he told them last year, it was in the constituency of that country. Let them do their duty when an election took place, and let them show the House of Lords that the people did possess Liberal feelings, and that the House of Commons did represent the people of that country. There was one question which he was not anxious to agitate upon that occasion, but as it had been freely discussed out of doors, he felt called upon to say a few words upon the subject—it was the question of the New Poor Law. Great excitement had prevailed upon this subject, and he re gretted to say it had been turned to party and political ob jects. He must, however, say, that all parties in Parlia ment, Whigs, Tories, and Radicals, had agreed as to the necessity of the New Poor Law Bill. It was a great legis lative attempt to do away with the vileness of a most vi cious system—a system that had baffled the attempts of the Government, until with a political courage and a political honesty that could not be too highly commended, his Ma jesty's Ministers determined to grapple with the question, and find a remedy for the evil. This remedy, however, had found favour, and was complained of by many.—(Hear.) He more than doubted the propriety of bringing forward this question as an exciting topic before great public as semblies. He did not mean to argue it there, but he must say, be the New Poor Law Act good or bad, let it have a fair trial.—( Hear, hear.) All he (Mr. Philips) would then say was, that he believed that Bill was honestly intended to be an act of benevolence and kindness to the really old and infirm, and destitute poor.—( Hear, hear.) He be lieved, too, at the same time, that it was intended to be an act of coercion and severity to the idle and the dissolute. —(Hear, hear.) If it was oppressive, let it be mitigated ; if it had errors, let them be expunged ; but let them not argue the question in assemblies where it was introduced for political purposes, but let it be settled by the arguments and reason of statesmen and philosophers.—(Loud cheer ing.) He would not trespass any longe r upon their time.— (Go on, go on.) They were threatened with a dissolution of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) When that day arrived (he would not call it an evil day)—when the enemy were in the field, it was right that every one should be prepared.— (Cheers.) The Tories were active, and the Reformers ought also to be found at their posts. (Hear, hear, hear.) As for himself, he would freely tell them, after a full and clear examination of the matter with some of his friends in Kidderminster, who were competent to judge upon the subject, that he did believe they had a moral certainty of success.—(lmmense cheering.) He did not wish to indulge in any braggadoci language, or speak in other than rational terms as to his future success. With their assistance every thing was possible, without it he could do nothing—(Hear) —and he would say, whether in or out of Parliament, the course he would pursue would be that of a sound, safe, and constitutional, but at the same time a progressive, search ing, and an efficient Reform. The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst great cheering and cries of " One cheer more." After some few more toasts, CHARLES TALBOT, Esq., proposed the health of a Noble man whose name he was sure would be received with plea sure by that assembly. He referred to the High Steward of the borough, Lord Foley.—(The toast was received with loud cheers.) " Ministers of Religion of all denominations" having been drunk, The Rev. P. HOLLAND returned thanks. The Rev. JOHN TAYLOR said, they had but a few minutes before drank with enthusiasm " Civil and Reli gious Liberty," and in proposing the Dissenting Ministers of that town, they but embodied in another form the prin ciple of that sentiment. What class of men, he asked, exhibited a more steady, consistent, and conscientious re- • gard for civil and religious liberty than the Dissenting Mi nisters generally ? Who were the men to whom they were principally indebted for that great measure of liberty which they now enjoyed ? The Dissenters of former ages. They did not want any of the tit-bits—they did not wish to pull down the Churches—(No, no) —but they would be rid of the odious system of church-rates—(Laughter)—and if the Government would not assist them, they would take the liberty of assisting themselves ; and if they did not give us a satisfactory remedy, we would wish them to let the ques tion alone. We will manage church-rates as the Irish ma naged tithes, but without bloodshed.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by thanking the meeting for drinking the healths of the Dissenting Ministers. Some other toasts followed. The Chairman, with Mr. Philips and several other gen tlemen, left the room about ten, and the company sepa ated immediately after. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FI?A N CE. TOULON, JAN. I.—Marshal ClauSc. , l was to have left Algiers last Saturday (yesterday), on board the packet that brings the mails ; he will land in our port. Preparations for a new expedition to Constantine, are still going on here. It is said that the military authority has received orders to pack up camp equipages for 16, 1 )00 men.—La Paix, Jan. 11. FRENCH I. UNDS.—PARI9, JAN. 11. Five per (cuts.. 109 f. 9;; . e. 891. Me.. Four and a 1-lalf nor Cents. lthlf. 23c. Four per Cents., 100 E lec. 'Three per Cents., 79f. 75e. 70c. Bank Actions, 2,330 f. ftente oe Naples, hST. 60c. 90c. Sc. 7 Roman Five per Cents., 1011. Spanish Actives, t. , 57: •2614% IA If, Spanish Differes, Spanish Passives. 711,45„%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102 1 / 2 . Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 107 8 Dutch Two and a half per,Cents., 55. ExcliANot; oN LONDON. One mouth, paper, 25c. 35c. ; money, 25f. 32,V, c Three months, paper, 231. ; money, `.151. 12 1 ,4 c. —('ours Authenticare. BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.—A good deal of business was done to-day in all the securities, which improved more or less. The Spanish Active, however, was in most demand, and had risen at one time to 26: 1 ,. There were no reports in circula tion, and the rise was occasioned principally by the improve• merit in the prices of the London market of Monday. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 109 f. 15c. Three per Cents. 79f. 90c. Bank Actions, 2,359 f. Rente de Naples, 99f. 10c. Roman }lye per Cents., 1015(. Belgian Loan, 102%. Brussels 8ank,31%. Portuguese Three per Cents., 30N. Spanish Actives, 26q. Spanish Passives, 7%.1 Spanish Differes, 9%. New Differes, 11%. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 55. SPAIN. BAYONNE, JAN. s.—At present the Carlist position is at Galdacano, about twenty-seven leagues behind Bilboa, but I am credibly informed that there are not more than 2,500 men. The rest, suffering from cold and hunger, have retired to their homes, to brood, until the snow melts, over their misfortunes. Villareal has been deprived of his command by his General-in-Chief, the Virgin Mary, who has been pleased to confer the charge of the Pretender's forces on the Infant Don Sebastian. This appears in " holy" orders, dated the 25th instant. Moreno, however, is to be the acting man, Eguia and Gomez both being passed over. This is likely to give great discontent—so much the better. " When rogues fall out," &c. &c. As far as the army is concerned, Eguia (or, as they call him, El Manco, from his maimed arm) is popular, but he is not sufficiently bigotted to please the Pretender's priests. Gomez, on the contrary, is very much liked by Don Carlos, but, as he does not speak the Basque language, If 6 is not able to make himself known to the men, who are principally of the provinces. The Car lists say here that they have blockaded Espartero in the town, and that they will never let him come out of it alive, &c., &c., &c. This fact, however, is inconsistent with ano ther, for which I can vouch, having seen the official account of it. On the 28th, about 1,500 Carlists came round from their position at Galdacano to raise a few guns they had buried in the snow. This was seen from the St. Augustin fort by Colonel Huagon, who was in command of it ; and, although he had but 500 men in his garrison, he sallied out as soon as the Carlists began digging for the guns, drove them off, and took possession of two eight-inch howitzers and a piece of 18. The English marine likewise keeps the river quite free, and boats are hourly passing into the town with provisions. The fact, however, is, that nothing but the grossezt mendacity on the part of their writers and agents has hitherto enabled the Carlist cause to raise its head. The following particulars have been communicated to me by a well-informed correspondent :—He says, " Disor der and demoralization are in the Curlist camp. Entire bat talions refuse to obey their chiefs, representing to them as their excuse the state of complete misery they have been in for many months past, and their disappointment in regard to Bilboa. In a letter dated from llernani on the Ist of January, I am informed that a battalion of Chapel churis, being in this dreadful weather without shoes or great-coats, and having several months' pay due to them, threatened to revolt. Cries of "We ha - ve neither shoes, great-coats, nor money ; long live the Queen !" were seve ral times repeated. The Commandant felt it his duty to assemble the battalion, with a view of punishing the prin cipal promoters of the disturbance ; but the moment he desired the mutineers to leave their ranks, intimating that he intended to shoot one in fire of them, a general cry was raised against him throughout the line, and the shouts of " Viva le Reyna" were renewed. Upon this General Gui beralde was sent for. He addressed the Chapelehuris, asking them, " What's the matter, my children ?" They replied, 44 General, we are in the greatest misery, and we are determined no longer to serve in this state." Guibe ralde, upon this, promised that their demands would be complied with ; and upon this promise, for the moment the men were satisfied. Along the entire line, from Irun to Durango, military supplies and men are want ing. A council of the principal Carlist Generals was ordered to assemble at Durango on the 29th, doubtless :o concert a new plan of operation, and repair the injury ;he cause in which they are engaged has just sustained. The pillagers, who were assembled in great numbers at Durango and the other villages near Bilboa, and who expected to enter the town on the 25th or 2.6 th, have been cruelly disappointed—without lodgings, they were rapidly dying of cold and hunger. Don Carlos, you are aware, promised them two days' pillage if his arms succeeded. The Carlists retired from before Bilboa but with two pieces of heavy artillery, and these in bad condition. At Tolosa they are expecting, with great anxiety, a supply of great coats, which a Bayonne house had engagad to supply for the Pretender's army. Their non-arriaal has given rise to the fear that the French contractor has repented his bar gain, and will be off it. To all this interesting and important information I have but. one more circumstance to add—it is not, however, alto gether destitute of interest. It is a homely saying, that " rats always desert a falling house." Lord Ranelagh has resigned his command in the Pretender's service, and may be hourly expected here. At St. Sebastian all continues quiet ; but both men and officers are looking forward with anxiety to a return of line weather, and the then promised operations. General Sars field's first move will, I have reason to believe, be in this direction, and, joining the - Legion to his force of 9,000 men, he proposes to operate in conjunction with Espartero around Bilboa. General Sarsfield's appointment appears to have given much satisfaction. He is considered the best general Spain possesses, and is most ardent in the cause of liberty. With•tt good commander much may now be done. Heaven send one, for indeed it is time. Narvaez (whose manly im peachment of Alaix for treason direct to the Queen has much added to his reputation) has taken the command of both Alaix's and Ribero's divisions. I trust Espartero will be added. For personal bravery I believe the superior of this latter General does not exist, but in his present posi tion he is worse than nothing. It was well remarked of him, when . his appointment es General of the Army was first announced, " that a bad General would be made of the best Captain of Lancers Spain ever possessed." General Quiroga, who has been recently named Captain-General of Aragon, arrived on the 29th of December at Saragossa. Tie Board for the consolidation and reduction of the British-Legion may "'pow, Generals Chichester, Godfrey, and La Merchant having arrived, be expected to tiit im mediately. The principal proposition will embrace the consolidation of the existing nine regiments of infantry into six, the Ist, 3d, and 4th being saved, and then divided into two, and a company of the rifles (the regiment to be broken up) being attached to each of the then six regiments. The next proposition in importance will be the giving to all staff and.field officers but the pay of the rank ,next in inferiority to those they hold, and taking from the staff officers all their staff allowances. This will be of a very important • alteration, and, considering the great abuse of the system of promotion since the Legion went out, ►nay well be borne by the officers. To the credit of the Lieutenant-General I must say he has set a good example to his officers, by giving up half of - his staff allowances and all his regimental pay as Colonel of. the 10th. The field allowances of the medical and commissariat departments are also to be consi derably reduced. This may without injustice be done. Only think of.the principal officer of the medical depart ment drawing for field allowance alone 325. 6d. a day. You must draw your own inference from the following little curious fact :—lt is unnecessary fhr me again to re peat to you that during the last four months the autho rities of this place have been in every possible way assisting the Carlists, and that, so far from the smallest interrup tion being offered - to the passing of communications be tween the agents of the Pretender stationed here and their colleagues on the other side of the frontier, they were nil but placed under post-office regulations ; and in almost every instance the 'telegraph was furnished with ma terials from these same letters. Day after day—week after week—month after month this openly took place, and the utmost harmony seemed to prevail between the sub-prefect and M. Henaut on the one side, and the Marquis of Leland° and his subordinates on the other. Well, on the 29th .of December the news of the siege of Bilboa and the route of the Carlists is announced. On the 30th a Cellist courier was due ; but the tide was turned ; the Christinos were in the ascendency, and accord ingly those dignitaries of the Executive, who, while the Carlist cause prospered, saw no harm in. allowing the cor respondence of that party's agents to pass unmolested, sud denly have their eyes open to all the enormity of the of fence, and accordingly the bag is seized and burned !. This, depend upon it, is but a type of the policy laid down by the French Government. A mail from J3ilbott has this moment arrived. Owing IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 11. The following letter, addressed to the Electors of Kil kenny, appears in the Pilot of this day : " Merrion-square, Jan. 11, 1837. " BELOVED FRIENDS,—It is my intention to present myself before my constituents on Monday next, the 16th inst. I respectfully request of them to fix upon a suitable place of meeting, where I can address them at the hour of one in the afternoon that day. " I intend to do these things,— " First—To tender myresignation, if there be any one amongst my constituents dissatisfied with any part of my conduct. " Secondly—To resume my functions in case the great majority of the constituency declare themselves satisfied with the exposition of my views. " Thirdly—To call on my constituents to consider the propriety of repeating the declaration of the General Asso ciation, that Lord Lyndhurst is an enemy of his King and country.' " Fourthly—To consider the propriety of forming a Committee of the city and county of Kilkenny to forward from every parish in each petitions for corporate reform— for the extinction of the blood-stained impost of tithes-- for shortening the duration of parliament—for the extension of the suffrage—and, above all, for the free right of voting by the protection of the ballot. " The proudest event of my life was my return for your fair and independent city. It is my most anxious wish to show myself deserving of your confidence by exerting all my faculties to promote the pure and peaceful principles of democratic liberty. " I have the honour to be, beloved friends, your ever faithful and devoted servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL." Mr. O'Connell has also published an address to the electors of the County of Limerick, on the subject of the opinions lately expressed by Mr. Smith O'Brien, their representa tive, relative to the ballot, and to the making a state pro vision for the Catholic Clergy of Ireland. The object of Mr. O'Connell's call upon the Limerick constituency will be seen by the following passage, which we meet with to wards the conclusion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's letter. " Your representative, Mr. O'Brien, has behaved fairly and manfully towards you—he has thrown upon you the duty of correcting his erroneous opinions. Up then, men of Limerick county, one and all, and call upon your repre sentative to abandon his mischievous scheme of pensioning the Catholic Clergy, and•his resistance to the honest, con scientious, and protective voting by ballot. He will, I am quite certain obey you, and then you will be able to treat him with all the confidence you at first reposed in him." Yesterday the usual weekly meeting of the Trades' Union was held. Mr. Ray brought up the petitions from the Committee, which they had prepared for the approval of the body. There were four forms of petitions prepared, which he would read to the meeting. The first petition was in favour of the vote by ballot. The second was for the extension of the elective franchise to all rent-payers. The third was for short Parliaments. It prayed that Par liament should exist only for one year, and that the mode of election might be simplified and made less expensive. The fourth was not inferior in importance to the other three —lit was for a Reform of the House of Lords. The Reformers of Derry met on Monday. Lord Morpeth sailed for England on Monday en route to Yorkshire. A grand high-mass has been celebrated at Brussels for the providential escape of the King of the French from assassination. The Queen and all the Court were present. TIIE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S STATUE. — The Committee appointed to take into consideration the propriety of erecting a public testimonial of the e minent services of the Duke of Wellington to the City of London is to assemble on the second Thursd&y in February, for the purpose of determining upon the sort of statue which it would be advisable to raise, and the most eligible site. It is generally supposed that the statue will be equestrian, and report is quite busy in fixing it in different parts of the city. The sum already subscribed towards the object is between 7,0001. and 8,0001. The " Flittings of Fancy," announced for pnblica cation on Monday next, are a collection of sketches by Mr. Robert Sulivan, the author of two of the most beautiful poems, of their kind, that have appeared since the " Ger trude of Wyoming" of Mr. Campbell, his intimate friend. The poems we allude to are " Faithful and Forsaken," and " The Silent River," of which Blackwood remarked on their appearance, that " their nature and simplicity were quite refreshing." The prose sketches now announced are about twenty in number, and we predict that they will afford much pleasure to the lovers of elegant literature. 1•01.••••••=•••••••••••••••,-••••••••• • • to the bad weather Espartero's troops are still in the town, I SPIRIT OF THE but there is no sign whatever of the enemy, who, as I have above stated, have taken refuge in their homes. Don Car los has fled from his favoured Durango ; he has taken the road to Ellorio by Aspeytia. The Queen's troops will march upon Durango as soon as the weather permits. The following is the text of the proclamation issued by the Infant Don Sebastian Gabriel, Captain-General-in. Chief, on taking the command of the army : " Soldiers—The King, my beloved uncle, whose sole thoughts are for your welfare, has conferred on me the command of the army. It is not for your General to judge the resolutions of his Sovereign, but to prove that he has given you for a chief a comrad disposed to share in all your labours and fatigues. I have often witnessed your exploits. You will' yourselves have an opportunity of witnessing my zeal for your welfare, and my efforts to terminate a war in which you are already covered with glory. Observe how the country contemplates your actions. The country groans beneath the yoke of that atrocious, usurping, and anarchical faction which devours the prosperity of the country, tor tures its victims, and by its impious acts, wearies the pa tience of Almighty Providence. Soldiers—For you is reserved the glory of plunging this faction into the abyss from which it has risen. You have before saved Europe— you will save her again. You are the defenders pre-des tined to preserve the throne, and to secure order, by show ing to the world what a handful of men can effect, and by exposing the intrigues of a vile ambition, entrenched be hind the aegis of treaties. Never has a more glorious un dertaking been reserved for the brave ! Confide in the justice of your cause ! The God of armies will protect that glorious mission which you have already honoured by your courage, and dignified by your sufferings. A few more efforts, and victory, my brave friends, will infallibly crown your labours. (Signed) "The Infant D. SEBASTIAN GABRIEL. " Head-quarters, Galdacano, Dec. 30." 'UBLIC JOURNALS. The account of the dinner given to Mr. George R. Philips, Membee for Kidderminster, by his constitue ents, certainly supplies no proof of the dissatisfaction with Ministers, of which so much has been said by a certain class of Reformers. Mr. Philips 'went over the proceedings of the lass. session, and claimed for Ministers the merit of several excellent measures, and observed, " The Government would, he was con vinced, have done more, but they must recollect that they were not omnipotent. It was very well for one party to say, why don't you do this, and why don't you do that ? But it was one thing to propose . a mea sure, and another thing to carry it ; and it was against wisdom and common. - sense, for any Government to - bring forward measures in which they must meet with perpetual discomfiture." These sentiments were loudly cheered by the meeting. In short, the people allow for the difficulties in which Mini sters are placed, and do not call on- them to make bricks without straw. The case against them is so grossly overstated, that something like the same effect is produced on the people as that which is produced on a jury by the extravagant exaggeration of a blunder ing barrister. A calm, appeal to Reformers, pointing out with fairness wherein any of the measures of Mi nisters fell short of the just expectations of the people, and indicating the course to be pursued in and out Of Parliament, with a view to influence the Government, might have been productive of the best consequences ; but the unmeasured vituperation to which reccurse was had will only have the effect of rendering Reformers at public meetings more timid than they might other wise have been in stating the claims of the people, lest they should be supposed to participate in any schemes'for breaking up the Ministry. It seems to be eVerywhere understood that the Lords have repented of the Lyndhurst policy, by which Ireland has been so much alienated. Mr. Philips said "he felt a confi deuce, amounting to a moral certainty, that the House of Lords would be compelled to pass that mea sure;'—Morning Chronicle. With reference to the Whig-Radical organs them selves, the cry of " beardless youths" set up against the student-electors in Glasgow University merely stultifies the former exultation, periodically displayed in the same quarters, at each recurring election of a liberal statesman, lawyer, or poet to the rectorial chair. But, for the sake of the public generally, it may be as well to state that this cry is raised on grounds utterly false. All matriculated students have the academic franchise. Of these more than two-thirds are in at tendance on the divinity, law, medicine, natural philo sophy, and moral philosophy classes—men in beard, in years, in mind, in character, in habits of reflection, and in spirit to act according to the dictates of their judgment. Even of those students who rank, as the technical phrase is, in the classes of Logic, Greek, and Latin, a very large proportion are of virile years, and certainly as capable of 'thinking and acting for them selves as any of those persons who now think it right to undervalue them. We give -a low average, and on the best authority, when we say ilia at least one half of the Logic and Greek students are above the age of 19 ; and in the Latin class itself, which is lowest in the academic course, there arc many persons of mature years who have commenced their literary pursuits late in life. Add to this, that only in one nation or division of the students, namely, the Glot tiana, comprising those from Glasgow and its neigh bourhood, are many very youthful voters found. That division certainly voted for Sir R. Peel, and we mis take his character if he feels any sentiment of disdain for the generous impulse of . young hearts thus render ing an unbribed tribute to his worth and talents. But for him also voted the divisions Loudoniana andßoth seiana, the former of which consists, in great measure, of the most advanced students. The only nation in which there was a majority for Sir J. Campbell was the Transfinikana, the name of which indicates its local position ; and to that locality, and the clannish feelings inspired by it, we charitably impute the sin gular preference it showed on this occasion. —[It may be necessary to explain to such of our readers as are unacquainted with the constitution of the University of Glasgow, that for the election of the Lord Rector, the professors and students are divided into four na tions—the Glottiana, comprising all who are natives of Glasgow and the Vale of Clyde ; the Rothsciana, which comprehends- all the students from the Hebrides, - Ireland, and part of the West Highlands ; the Loudo niana, including those who come from Edinburgh and the adjacent districts, from England, or from the co lonies ; and the Transforthana, containing the students from the North Highlands, and also those who are fo reigners by birth. The sense of each division is of course determined by the - votes of the electors who compose it, and as the nation Glottiana is by far the largest of them, a candidate who obtained their voices might have a gross majority of the votes given in the four _nations, and yet be defeated by having the voices Of the other three nations against him.]—Tintes. The visit of Sir Robert Peel to Scotland is pro ducing a sensation in that country more lively and more extensive than had been expected, even by those who estimated most highly the importance of tire oc casion—more lively and extensive than would have been sufficient to satisfy the wishes even of the warmest and most sanguine friends of those political principles of which the Right Hon. Baronet is the first and ablest champion. When we read the accounts which reach us by every post, we find it difficult to imagine that there can ever have existed in Scotland any con siderable number of those strange descriptions of po litical curiosities known in by-gone times under the denominations of Radical and ,Whig. They are all gone clean out of sight—dissipated by the approach of the great Conservative leader, as completely as ever mist, clinging to the side of a Scottish mountain, was 4lispersecr by the rays of the meridian sun. Such ves tiges of the scattered factions ,as yet remain are to be found only in the packed conclaves of town councils like that of Glasgow, where they lurk in sullen gloom and frigid self-conceit, apart from . all sympathy with their fellow men—just like fragments of the over powered mist, which often skulk before the glorious luminary of day into deep caverns, and fissures of the mountain, where neither light nor warmth can ever penetrate. We have collected, in another part of our paper, several interesting particulars, which illustrate the frank, and cordial, and generous spirit in which all classes, and, we might add, all parties, but that Scot land seems now to contain only one, vie with each other in showering marks of confidence, esteem, and affection upon their distinguished guest—the guest of Scotland—for a noble and hospitable nation has taught us to feel that any other designation would now be de rogatory to the dignity and importance of.the occasion. To be the honoured and cherished guest of the Uni versity and the City of GlasgoW, after having received from the former the highest distinction it had to con fer, would have been enough to satisfy the loftiest aspi ration of honourable ambition ; it would, no doubt, have fully satisfied that of Sir Robert Peel. But Scotland has decided otherwise : it has claimed a general participation in the honour of entertaining him ; and has hailed his approach by the sponta neous and universal acclamation, that, as a man and a statesman, he is entirely worthy of having a na tion for Iris host. But it is not to Scotland only that we should look upon this occasion for testimony to the we i g hs and dignity of Sir- Robert Peel's character, and to the importance of that national manifestation. o f feeling and principle of which his visit to that country is the immediate cause-. The anxiety and im patience of the people of England to obtain the earliest tidings of all that occurs on the occasion-of this visit, and, above all, the painful solicitude manifested by Sir Robert Peel's political opponents attest still, per haps, inure clearly the magnitude of the transaction.. The intensity of the interest which is excited by this great occurrence among all classes and parties of the people of England is plainly shown by the conduct which the' London press has thought it necessary to pursue with respect to it. Every one of the London morning papers, without, we believe, a single excep tion, of Conservative, Radical, or Whig, has a nume rous corps of reporters at Glasgow ; every one, without, we believe, a single exception, has made costly and complicated arrangements for the conveyance of their reports to the metropolis with the greatest possible speed. So strongly, indeed, does the tide of interest and sympathy set m one direction, that c . ven. Whig and Radical Journals are struggling; t(3 , sup- BEL GI UM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 10.—The average prices of wheat and rye in the first week of the month of January (Monday the 2d to Saturday 7th) were—Wheat 16f. 56c. ; Rye, 10f. 92c. per hectolitre, the import duties continuing at 37f. 50c. and 21f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. JANUARY 11.—The ilfoniteur Beige of to-day publishes the law by which the salary of the clergy (curates) are to be paid by the Treasury. The salary is fixed at 500 francs, independent of the addition which the communes and churches will be at liberty to grant. His Majesty has transacted business with the Minister of Finance. _ ANTWERP, JAN. 11.—We have announced the re-call of M. Van de Weyer from Lisbon. This re-call is certain. Mr. Smits, who, a,s we stated, was to have remained at London till the return of M. Van de Weyer, has just ar rived at Brussels, where he was not expected so soon.— Journal du Commerce D'Anvers, Jan. 12. BELGIAN kUNDS—Baussets, JAN. 11 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO% Loan of Thirty Millions 93 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. lu,g Society of Commerce, 44,', per Cent. 134% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l2B —Brussels Papers, Jan. 12. DUTCH FUNDS--Anianaoast, JAN. 10. Money. 11;11g. - Actual Debt, 21,i per Cent 54 54% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A fflort Syndic, 4 % per cent 95 Ri% Ditto, ditto, 3.i per ceiit. 7Si% 794 Commercial Company, 4t, tier cent 183% 183 Ditto (1832 end 1833) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 24, Two months AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 3. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1.:92 —Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 8. ~HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, JAN 6. Bills. Money. Austrian Mctalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. — Ditto ditto 3 per cent. 73 7234 Ditto Bank shares 1372 1570 Anglo-Russian Loan 103%"'" 1t3% Paper Inscription, 6 per cent — Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates - tortuguese Regency Beads. 5 per cent .— Ditto, 3 per cent. 26% . Dutch 2% per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents — -- Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 4 7 1% 15 , i% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents Norwegian Liman of It•t34, 4 pc r cents ll. 1 Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cent , — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93 92% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. IHamm:4 JAN. 6.-13 7%; twomonths, 135;3. STOCKHOLM, JAN. 3.—Two months, U 42. IsEam rf, Jan. 3. fhree m.iiths, 6.21% —Hamburg Payers, Jan. ti. In the report presented to Congress last month, by the Secretary to the Treasury of the United States (an abstract of which has heretofore been given), he anticipates even.a larger revenue, from the existing tariff than had characterized former years ; and in examining this subject lie gives the following statements regarding the imports and exports of the country :-- The Imports during the year, ending Sept. 30, DOLLARS. 1836, arc ascertained and estimated at They show, compared with the preceding year, an increase of 23,644,258 The imports during the three past years, have, on an average, been about The exports, the past year, are ascertained and estimated at Of these 101,105,000 dollars were in domestic, and 20, 684 , 000 dollars in foreign products. Compared with the preceding year, they exhibit an increase of 35,423 dollars, and arc 5,829,150 dollars more than the ave rage for the last three years. Thus the embarrassments of Congress, as well as of the the Government, from the excess of riches seem doomed to increase on every hand ; but the mercantile classes of Eng land contemplate the changes with much interest, calculat ing that, as no doubt Congress will repeal some of the duties on imports, increased opportunities for the enterprise of our manufacturers and merchants must be the result. ITALIAN OPERA. BUFF A.--The new musical ver sion, by Coppola, of the celebrated drama of. Nina, was brought out last night with considerable success. The story of Nina is simple and affecting. On the point of be ing united to her lover, they are separated by the cruelty of her father, and her lover slain (as she believes) by his rival. This blow deprives her of her senses ; and she remains in this state, lamented by her father with unavailing remorse, till the appearance of her lost lover restores her to reason and happiness. These incidents, enlivened by the humours of a whimsical doctor, compose the whole materials of the drama. The part of Nina was performed, for the first time here, by Mlle. Giannoni, who made it a very fine and power ' ful picture of love-lorn insanity. This young lady is of a graceful figure, and has a very expressive countenance. Her vocal gifts are of a very high order ; and there was some thing about her altogether which strongly reminded us of ,the lost Malibran. She was excellently supported by Catone in the part of Enrico. The repentant father was very finely _represented by Ronconi. Ruggiera, in the Doctor, relieved the sombre character of the piece by some touches of good Italian humour. Nothing could he more flattering than Mlle. Giannoni's reception. She was called for at the end of the first act, as well as at the conclusion of the piece. The other performers, too, were greatly applauded. The house was fully and fashionably attended. FIRE AND LOSS OF LlFE.—Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the front attic of the house of a man named Slitter, Oxford-buildings, Oxford-street,, and we re gret to add that two fine children, belonging to the lodger in whose apartment the fire began, were so dreadfully burnt that the death of, one of them has taken place, and the recovery of the other is considered very doubtful. From the information obtained from a neighbour it appears that at the time above-named a dense volatile of smoke was per ceived by a woman passing through the buildings to issue from the upper part of Mr. Slater's house, who, on being informed of the circumstance, rushed up stairs and broke open the room door, when he found the poor little sufferers' clothes in flames, and the fire raging with the utmost fury. He succeeded, after great difficulty, in removing the chil dren from the room into an adjoining house, when the as sistance of a medical gentleman was immediately procured, who -advised their removal to Middlesex Hospital. On their arrival there, every means were resorted to for their relief ; but the youngest died a few minutes after its 'being put into lied, and front the dreadful injuries the other had received, not the least hopes were entertained of its reco very. It appears that the father and mother were absent front home at the outbreaking of the fire, audit is supposed they were amusing. themselves with burning matches, as a portion of a bunch was found in a corner of the room, which had been taken from the mantelpiece. The Mary lebone engine soon extinguished the fire ; but the greatest portion of the poor man's bed and bedding was destroyed. Great praise is due to the D police for their active exertions The Literary Fund Club dined together on Wed nesday at the Freemason's Tavorn, About 20 members only sat down to dinner, the influenza having sadly dimi nished the usual number of those ‘vlio attended. Mr. Ser geant Talfourd, M.P., was ballotted for and admitted a member. It was stated during the course of the evening, that a reversionary sum of 2001. had just fallen in to the parent society ; and it was suggested that this sum might form the nucleus of an appeal to public benevolence for the creation of " Literary Retreat? for some half-dozen (to make a beginning) deserving literary characters, to whom a house (renaree) and a small garden might prove a happy retirement in their days of sere and yellow leaf. In antici pation of this being carried into effect, two gentlemen pre sent made contingent promises.bf contributions to form an ; indispensable appendage--a library.