The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 3.—We have received the following letter from our Correspondent at Toulon, dated Dec. 30 : " I have announced to you that Marshal Clausel was to come to give an account to the Chamber of Deputies of the causes which led to the unfortunate issue of the expedi tion to Constantine :my information was correct. A let ter, written on board the Montebello, which arrived in the road the day before yesterday, says that vessel left at Tou lon the Castor steam-boat, with the Marshal on board. " On its arrival here the Castor will be immediately ad mitted. The Marshal may, therefore, set out without de lay. It is to be remarked, that the packet on board which the Governor-General of the North of Africa now is, sud denly left our port some days ago with despatches, which were to be forwarded without delay, perhaps it carried to the Marshal the order to return. The preparations for the new expedition to Constantine occasion much bustle here. We learn that Lieutenant-Colonel Delarue, Lieutenant- Colonel Foy, and Captain Peilion, Aid-de-Camp to the Minister of War, have arrived at Marsailles. ‘4 These officers are going on an extraordinary mission to Africa—M. Delarue to Algiers, M. Foy to Bona, and M. Pellion to Oran. " These gentlemen, who are to embark on Sunday on board the Ramar steam-boat, are commissioned, as we are assured, to collect volunteers from the regiments now in Africa who are inclined to join in the expedition to Con- stantine. " We have no news from the north of Africa, it is said that there is no mail on board the Castor, which will very soon arrive in the roads.—Constitutionnel, Jan. 4. CADIZ, DEC. 19.—(From the Correspondence of the Journal du ('ommerce.)—Don Sanchez del Villare, dean of the Cathedral of Cordova ; Don Tadeo Pastrana, canon of the same church ; Don Olalla Sanchez, advocate of Cor dova ; Don Martinez Brenez ; Don Maroto Ferrara ; Don Istrias Calderon ; Don Celestino Labat, and Don Enrique Lubets, who were arrested at Algesiras, and other parts of Andalusia, have been conveyed to the prisons of Cadiz, where they arrived on the 15th, to be there tried by the Queen's orders. El Noticioso says that the first three in particular, who formed part of the Carlist Junta of Cordova, will be exemplarily punished, in order to awe other traitors, and to revenge the blood of so many innocent persons, sacri ficed by the denunciations and perfidious instigations of those partisans of the rebel Don Carlos. PARIS, JAN 4.—lt is said that application will be made to the Chamber for one million for the portion of the Queen of the Belgians, and for a dotation of 200,000 francs per annum for the Duke of Nemours.—Journal du Commerce, Jan. 4. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, It - - EDNESDAY, JAN. 4. At 1 o'clock the drums of the National Guard announced the arrival of the President, who was ushered in, in the person of M. Benjamin Delessert, one of the four Vice- Presidents. Not a single member was in attendance at the opening of the sitting. M. Felix Real, one of the sec retaries, waited awhile before he ascended the tribune, and read the proces-verbal in presence of five deputies. The President next communicated to the Chamber a number of letters written by members, excusing themselves, on account of ill-health, for not having yet arrived i❑ Paris. The sitting was suspended until 2 o'clock. In the in terval, the Ministers and Deputies entered the hall, and there was about one-half of the number present, when M. Duchatel, the Minister of Finances, ascended the tri bune, and read, in an audible voice, a project of law for settling the accounts of 1834, and another for validating the extraordinary sums laid out by Ministers during 1836 for unforeseen expenditures, and amounting to 19,000,000 francs, part of which, however, had been covered by a sur plus of revenues, exceeding 13,000,000 francs. The Minister afterwards entered into a long justification of the manner in which that extraordinary credit had been applied, and demanded of the Chamber to sanction its application. M. Duchatel afterwards presented the budget of re ceipts and expenditures for 1838. He prefaced this presen tation by a glowing picture of the state of prosperity which the country had attained since the revolution of 1830, which he ascribed to the wise system the Government had followed ever since that period, and in which he hoped it would persevere for the welfare of the country. He com pared the commercial situation of France in 1829, the most flourishing year of the Restoration, and in 1835, and stated that there was a surplus difference in favour of the latter of 372,000,000 francs. The revenues had also con siderably exceeded those of the Restoration. With re gard to the conversion of the 5 per Cent. stock, he consi dered the measure to be perfectly just and legal, but thought that the present financial situation of France and Europe did not render the operation practicable at this moment. It would be necessary, he said, to wait until capital became more abundant to effect it with safety and advantage. M. Duchatel then adverted to the late embarrassments in the markets of the United States, London, Amsterdam, and Hamburg, and contended that the state of those places rendered the measure extremely precarious. The Bank of France alone, in the midst of this crisis, had not increased its rate of discount, and had rendered most im portant services to the Government during the last six months of the year just elapsed, when, owing principally to foreign causes, there was a good deal of langour ob served in the commercial transactions, and the manufactur ing interests of France had likewise suffered from the same law. That state of things, consequently did not admit of Ministers coming forward at present to demand the neces sary powers to reduce the interest of the 5 per Cent. Stock ; but the moment the commercial situation of the country warranted their doing so, they would hasten to ac cede to the wishes expressed last year by the Chambers, and which were also those of his Majesty's Cabinet. M. Duchatel next explained the difficulties experienced by the Government in preparing a bill respecting the manufacture of beetroot sugar. It was his opinion that this article should be subjected to a tax, like all other manufactured articles, and he thought also that the entrance duties on colonial and foreign sugars should be reduced ; but until the law on this subject could come into operation, he pro posed an addition to the tax on licenses and liquors, to cover the deficit in the receipts occasioned by the extraor dinary increase in the manufacture of domestic sugar. M. Duchatel next presented—lst. A Bill having for its object to demand of the Chamber to be authorised to apply the reserve fund of the sinking fund to the construction of public works , 2d. A Bill for reducing the duties on the importation of colonial sugars ; 3d. Aother respecting the caisse de consignations, savings'-banks, &c. ; and 4th. A project of law regulating the pensions of officers of the Government. At half-past three o'clock, there being nothing more in the orders of the day, the Chamber adjourned to Friday, to receive a new communication from Government. The preliminary proceedings in the case of Meunier are conducted with the greatest secrecy, and it is impossible to gain any information as to their nature or results. The mystery, which is more strictly observed in this instance than on any former occasion, is said to b e i n t en d e d t o pre vent any warning being given to persons whose arrest may become necessary for the elucidation of the truth. The assassin is, it is said, daily visited by his uncle, who is al lowed to converse with him without witnesses ; and it is added that several individuals have been arrested in conse quence of the disclosures made by the prisoner in these con ferences. Meunier was an habitual drunkard, and the erup tion supposed to be the itch is probably that which is fre quently found on persons accustomed to take quantities of ardent spirits.—Messagcr. On Monday evening the King transacted business with the Minister of the Marine, and received the Marqui s de Villaflor, the Count de Montesquiou, the Count de St. Mau rice, and General Durosnel. Yesterday his Majesty granted an audience to the Belgian Minister, and afterwards held a Council of Ministers. The following are some particulars relative to the accom plice in the late daring attempt at the Bank. His name, as already stated, is Dubiez, and he is allied to an honour able family residing in the Jura . He is about thirty years of age, and was formerly clerk to M. Besson, wine-mer chant, in the Place Royal , from whose service he wa s dis charged about three months since , for having lost, accord ing to his own account, several bank-bills out of his pocket book, which he had received in the course of business. This story was, of course, disbelieved by his employer. After his discharge he returned to his native mountains, but came back to Paris incognito, about a month before the attempt to rob the Bank was made. He then met Martin, whose chamber and bed he shared in the Rue St. Claude, in the Marais. Here the two friends saw no one, spent but little it money, came home generally late, and some.timestes not at all. After th e di scove ry of their common re sidencewas searched, and a ball was found exactly cor responding with that extracted from the head of Martin. The door of the room was forced open, Dubiez having some days previously quitted it on some pretence, and taken the key with him. We are assured that much im portance is attached to the capture of this individual, and that, in the event of his retreat being a scer t a i ne d, he will be given up by the authorities of the country in which he may be discovered. The evening before last Madame Marillier, the widow of an officer residing in the Rue du Cadran, having impru dently fallen asleep near the fire-place, the flames communi cated to her garments. In the alarm of the moment she ran to an open window, to call for assistance. This incon siderate act increased the violence of the flames, and ren dered all assistance unavailing. The victim to her own im prudence was burnt almost to a cinder, and in a few hours death terminated her sufferings. RESENTATIONI OF THE ADDRESS FROM THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN RESIDENTS IN PARIS. Tuesday, at two o'clock, having been appointed by his Majesty the King of the French for the reception of the address, the Members of the Committee and the Deputa tion, composed of 38 gentlemen, and consisting of Sir C. Rich, Bart., Sir Robert Steel, Mr. G. R. Robinson, M.P., and Chairman at Lloyd's ; Colonel Woolridge, Colonel Caldwell, Colonel Thorn, &c., assembled at Lawson's Hotel at half-past one o'clock, and a little before two pro ceeded to the Palace. The Earl of Dundonald and Sir Sidney Smith, who are Members of the Committee, were, we regret to state, unable to attend from indisposition.— Shortly after two the Committee and Deputation were in troduced into the throne-room, where the King, attended by four or five of the officers of the Palace, was standing to receive them. The Chairman of the Committee informed his Majesty of the object of their visit, and begged to as sure him that amongst no class of his Majesty's subjects was there a stronger feeling of horror and indignation at the attempts made upon his life, or more unmixed delight at his providential escape, than pervaded the minds of the persons whose signatures were affixed to the address which he had the honour of presenting. He then read the ge neral address as agreed upon last week at the meeting. The King, who paid marked attention both to the speech of Sir Charles Rich and the address, and particularly to that portion of the latter in which allusion is made to the cruel infliction on the Royal Family, then addressed the committee and deputation in English in the following terms : Colonel Rich, and Gentlemen —I receive with very grateful feelings the a ddress which the British and Ameri can residents of Paris have done me the honour to present. I am the more sensible of this honour from my apprecia tion of the character of both countries. I have enjoyed, gentlemen, in a high degree, the hospitality of both. Your language is familiar to me. I can, therefore, enter like an Englishman into all your feelings, which I assure you I most highly appreciate. I thank you, gentlemen, for your very kind sentiments expressed for myself and my family. I am in every way bound to hold both your countries in especial and peculiar affection." His Majesty, who we are rejoiced to state appeared in good health, spoke with perfect ease, and with as pure an English accent as if he had been a native of Great Britain. His Majesty having received the copy of the address from the officer to whom it had been handed, bowed to the deputation, and retired. The committee and deputation then withdrew, much gratified with the gracious reception they had met with, and with the manner in which the King had expressed his feelings. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JAN. 4. Five per Cents., 108 f 35c 30c. 20e. 4Cc. Three per Cents. 791'. 45c. 30c. 3.'c. 40c. Rank Actions, 2,3301. 2,3101. 2,35(4. Rente de Naples, 911. 70c. 80c. 75c. 90c. Roman Five per Cents., 101 1003/ !i34. Spanish:Actives, 25 24 % 36 Spanish Passives, 0 3 4 5 4j Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102 Portuguese Three per Cents. 29• X 30 29%3(34. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 35c. ; money, 2.5 f. Three months, paper, 2.5 f. 12%c. ; money, 25f. 12 , Ac —( o , ,rs Authentoue. BOURSE, HALF-PAST Foeu.—The French funds rose about 20c., although little business was done in them. There was a good deal of bustle in Spanish Actives, which rose at one time to 25 3 . They, however, closed :at 244, on account of unfavourable reports circulated by the Carlists respecting Bil boa. The shares of the Bank of France were in great demand, and improved 25 francs. LAST PRICES, Five per Cents., 10Sf. 65c. Three per Cents. 79f 70c. Bank Actions, 2,350 t: Bente de Naples, 98f. 30c. Roman Five per Cents., 100%. Belgian Loan, 101 Brus-els Bank,3l. Portuguese Three per Cents., 29g. Spanish Actives, 2-Iti. Spanish Passives. 6%. Spanish Dinres, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. A new farce and a new burletta of domestic interest were produced at this theatre last night. The farce, The Wager, or How to Furnish a House without Money, is a poor affair, and its dullness of composition was not at all redeemed by any excellence in the enacting of it. The domestic burletta of Love is Blind is better in many re spects, and though improbable in plot, and in some respects disagreable in its moral, there are many touches of origi nality about it, and much to praise in the acting. :Miss Allison is a very pretty and well-mannered young lady, and got through a very arduous task with a great deal of suc cess. The part she plays is that of a young romantic miss (an orphan), who has some years ago been the ser vant at the Golden Lion public-house or inn in a country village, whence she Las been taken by Sir Charles Went worth (Mr. Saville), who has adopted her as his ward, and bestowed upon her a first-rate education. Sir Charles has become attached to her, and, at the opening of the piece, makes her an offer of marriage ; this, however, the young lady refuses, her love being dotingly fixed upon a certain rustic Adonis, named John Thistle (Mr. Barnett), the son of her late master of the aforesaid Golden Lion. Her warm fancy pictures this quondam playmate as a beau ideal of all that is good, elegant, and excellent, and being once more in the neighbourhood of the village where he dwells, she resolves to leave her kind patron's house, and seek her darling Thistle's arms. She makes her way to the Golden Lion, offers herself as a servant to the lioness of a landlady, Mrs. Dumps (Mrs. Penson), in which capacity she has the pleasure of serving up supper to John Thistle, who comes in swearing and swaggering from market. A sort of con venient marriage has been getting up between Thistle and Mrs. Dumps, who are plotting with Mr. Claw (Mr. Hol lingsworth), Sir Charles's steward, to cheat the latter's master out of a farm at a very inadequate rent. Thistle recog nizes his former favourite with some degree of kindness and good humour, but soon lets out the selfish and de based nature of his thoughts and disposition. He is an altered man. The Golden Lion glitters no more in our poor would-be heroine's imagination, and making the best of her way back to Sir Charles's mansion, she tells him she has changed her mind (the whole of this was done with great delicacy and prettiness by Miss Allison), frankly confesses the illusions which formerly prevented her from giving up her heart to him, and is welcomed as candidly and cordially in return. Mr. Barnett's performance of the cunning, heartless clodhopper, John Thistle, was a perfect picture, and, if unsupported by any other merit in the pro duction, would be worth going to see. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—SO great and unpre cedented has been the demand for this new periodical pub lication, edited by Boz, that, though an unusually large number of copies has been issued to the trade, the supply was wholly inefficient, and much disappointment has, there fore, been occasioned to numerous persons who were anxious for an early receipt of the work. We are now authorized to state that a new issue will be ready for delivery this day. The Hon. Capt. Gordon, M.P. for Aberdeenshire, has received from the committee a special invitation to the din ner to be given to Sir Robert Peel at Glasgow. The Hon. General Arbuthnot has also received a similar invitation.— Glasgow Courier. - Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, K.C.H., appointed to the Staff in India, will embark in the Aber eronzby Robinson, for Madras and Bengal, on the Ist of February, at Portsmouth. The office of Chief Superintendent at Canton, worth 6,000/. per annum, and held at present by Sir George Aber cromby Robinson, Bart., is, it is understood to be forthwith abolished. The longest snow-storm that ever was known in Eng land took place in the year 1614. It is recorded in the register of the parish of Wotton Gilbert, that it begun on the 15th of January, and continued to snow every day until the 12th of March. The loss of human life and cattle was immense. Two of the Giraffes in the possession of the Mena gerie of the Surrey Zoological Gardens have lately died ; the other, however, being in good health. The whole of the Giraffes at the establishment in the Regent's-park, con tinue well, with the exception of one, which has suffered much from the inclemency of the season. The New Gas Company have made a donation of fifty chaldrons of coke to the poor, the distribution of which they have placed in the hands of the Local Relief Committee. —Brighton Guardian. While our numerous curlers are bracing their nerves on an icy arena, amidst the keen excitement " the roaring play," and enjoying themselves in the evenings over beef and greens, washed down by liquids stronger than teetotallers consider lawful, or at least patronise, it is con solatory to know that the poor, so far from being forgotten, are supplied at fourth price, and in many cases gratuitously with a comfortable mid-day meal, every lawful day.—Duni fries Courier. The obstructions from the weather, which for seve ral days interrupted all communication with the Continent, have so far been removed as to allow the arrival of four or five French mails. A few days ago, as James Nevill, of Northgate, Wakefield, was loosing a horse from a chaise at the Straf ford Arms, the animal bit off his under lip. The lip has been sewed on, but the poor man is not able to eat in con sequence of this disaster.—Halifax Express. The Conservatives of Cambridge have resolved upon starting, at the next election, the Honourable T. Manners Sutton, as a second candidate, to stand along with Mr. Knight.—. Suffolk Herald. The German papers state that apprehensions were entertained at Belgrade for the plague, which had made its appearanc e at a village about 20 leagues distant. The most energ e ti c means by cordons, &c., have been adopted to prevent its further progress into Servia. These papers also contain accounts from Athens, of the 9th, which ex press great di sappo i ntment that the return of King Otho precent ors ' has b Th e e en pu so l lpi o t n s g delayed. and a Churches of this t own were h un e with sks ofs eenC black aot the fo r the E s t a d b e l a i s t cd of o. Sir M. Shaw Stewart. The Magistrates l i c n A t a h u e e Middle Church, was also put in m ournin4.-- Gre -Y 4 Aftik W kr4V--Zieft *P. / 04 1431,411!-Ai A-77- - ((lin LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1837. In another patt of The Sun will be found a com parative statement of the Revenue, for the years 1835 and 1836. It is extremely gratifying to see that the increase on the year just closed over that which pre ceded it exceeds two millions and a half. The increase on the last quarter is not of great amount, but any in crease under the circumstances in which the commer cial part of the community have been placed, during the last three months, is the strongest possible evidence of the vastness of our national resources. The deficiency which appears in the last quarter's customs, may be attributed to the check given to American importation by the state of the Money markeq; while, on the other hand, this deficiency is more than made up by the increase in the excise—that de partment of the revenue which is the truest index of what may be called domestic prosperity—of the com forts enjoyed by the great mass of the people. The Paris Journals of Wednesday, which we have just received contain no news of any interest, with the exception of the following telegraphic communication, which we copy from the official columns of the Moni teur The following despatch, dated Narbonne, 31st December, seven o'clock, A.M., was received yesterday by the Govern ment. It was conveyed by telegraph to Tours, and thence forwarded to Paris by the mail : " Mina died on the 24th at Barcelona. General Serene re-entered the town on the 26th, with 100 cavalry and 200 gend'armes. " El Serrador was, on the 15th, at Albocacee, with 400 horse, and Forcadell at Rosell, with 3,000 men. Royo, with 400 horse, and 200 font, occupied Rubiclos. " The municipality of Valencia succeeded on the 20th, in effecting the drawing of the Quinta. A detachment of ca valry dispersed the armed peasantry. The office of the paymaster of the army was closed for want of funds." A Morning Contemporary adds that General MINA was buried with military honours on the 27th. MINA as ever he N baredvas naturally was a man of incorruptible principles, and as brave a soldier a blade r i u n e aud defence tarnished o f human liberty ; but a distinguished military reputation by the most barba rous atrocities. As f Commander-in-Ch . le of the QUEEN'S army, he purchased for himself an unenvi able notoriety, and his execution of CABRERA' S mo ther will out-weigh his most daring deeds as Captain- General of Catalonia. MINA was one of those men to whom a long life has proved a curse rather than a blessing. The news from the North of Spain is favourabl e to the QUEEN'S cause. Of the troops under the com mand of General ESPARTERO, 8,000 are about to occupy San Sebastian, in order to allow the British an Legion an opportunity of taking the field against the Carlists. The Legion will first move upon Tolosa, and as active operations arc about to commence, General EVANS will not return to England for some months longer. For the proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, we refer to our extracts from the journals. M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of Finance, occupied nearly the whole of the sitting with the presentation of projects of laws, connected with the regulation and ap propriation of various items of the revenue. Brigadier JAUREGUY (EL PASTOR) has published a bulletin of the raising of the siege of Bilboa, dated St. Sebastian, Dec. 29th. He states the loss on the QUEEN'S side to be 800 men, put hors de com bat; that of the rebels, 1,000 men. On the 27th, 860 Carlist prisoners were brought into Bilboa. VIL LAREAL and EGutA, with the remnant of their forces, are at Galdacaro. The plight of the insurgents is most miserable. The whole of their artillery was captured. Advices from ;Madrid of the 30th ult., have been received. Their contents are unimportant. Rumours THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1837. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock. ; DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stoek 2543i173 3 per Cent. Red. , SON i 3 per Cent. Cons &SIN% ' 34 per Cent...„... - Ditto Red ...-- .. .. Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock — Uhl Annnities New Ditto - New 354 per Cer ....... New sP . er Cent.. Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpire Jan. 5, ISM.. Oct. In, 1 , 559 Jan. 5, WM 14%% Jan. 5, .88 , ►..._ April 5, 1880.,...,.,„ ....... Jan. 5, 1870 Omnium iper Cent. Annuities, 1751... Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 0 0 22 .20 pm Mitt() .500 20 22 20 pm. Ditto Small 0 4 21 24 pm. Ditto Commercial — pm• Ditto Advertised ------------ pm Bank Stock for Account - India Stock for Account 26 0 1A Consols for Acconnt 99U 9U PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds... ......... THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds — Ditto Account ..—.— ..... . 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Comprising the First of the Gurney Papers, by the Editor, and Humourous Articles by the Authors of " Paul Pry," " The Re jected Addresses," Leigh Hunt, Alfred Crowquill, Douglas Jer rold, J. B. Buckstone, &c. &c. Ilenrs Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. BOZ'S NEW COMIC PERIODICAL WORK. ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Now ready, No. 1., (to be continued Monthly), price 2s. 6d., em bellished with a Portrait of George Colman the Younger, and Humourous Illustrations by George Cruikahank and ,Samuel Lover, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. EDITED BY BOZ, And ILLUSTRATED by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. " Besides " The Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble," by " Boz," No. I. contains no less than Eighteen Original Humourous Stories and Sketches, by Samuel Lover—the Author of " Headlong Hall," —J. Fenimore Cooper, (Author of ' The Pilot') —T. Haynes Bayly —The Authors of " Hajji Baba," " Stories of Waterloo," " Rat tlin the Reefer," &c. Richard tentley, New Burlington-street. 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HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGH. P. S. To persons having to remit Si., on receiving a Ten Pound Note, we return Two Pound in the cheapest way possible. The publication of T►us SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. prevailed of a partial change in the Cabinet. The present Minister of War is deemed by a party in the Cortes incompetent to the discharge of the functions of his office. It is therefore possible that he may be obliged to resign. He is a man of high character, but not sufficiently acquainted with military affairs. Genural MARRON has been appointed President of the Tribunal appointed for the trial of General RODIL. The Cortes have not yet concluded their labours for the settlement of the basis of the Constitution. On the 28th the Chamber had not got beyond the discus sion of the 4th Article. LEOMINSTER.---We are informed from sources that we can rely on, that a canvass has been commenced in this place, in the anticipation of a dissolution of Parliament, on behalf of Daniel Hichford Davall Devor, Esq., a gentle- man of strong Tory principles. It is rumoured that his friends intend to give a public dinner immediately. Mr. Bish, we hear, does not again intend offering himself for the borough, but a gentleman professing decidedly liberal opi nions will shortly be announced as a candidate. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.-Mr. Bulwer's play was repeated last night, and, having been judiciously curtailed, went off with good effect. The farcical charac ter of the Marquis de Montespan was entirely dispensed with, and that of the Marquise de Montespan reduced to about a dozen sentences. Several unimportant scenes were also omitted, together with the dance at the end of the first act, and the greater portion of the singing at the conclusion. The Council of State of Neufchatel, in Switzer land, has laid before the Legislative Body of that Canton a Bill for the abolition of lotteries, modelled completely ac- cording to the law lately passed in France for the same purpose.—French Paper. It is said of the camel, that when deprived of its usual food for several successive days, it feeds upon the fat of its own hump. We understand that it is in contemplation to peti tion the Legislature for a remission of the duties on fire in surance, a measure, the propriety of which has been more particularly forced on public attention by the calamitous fire which has recently taken place in this city.—Edin- burgh Advertiser. On Wednesday night, about eleven o'clock, a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. James Shuter, green grocer and potato dealer, Gould's-hill, Shadwell._ Mr. Shuter, jun., first saw the flames in the shop, and he imme- diately alarmed his father and the other inmates. The house was gutted, and there was no time to save anything. The building and stock is insured. The police of the K division and the local authorities rendered very prompt and efficient aid while the fire was raging ; and, although a dense mob collected, not a single robbery, or any disturbance, took place. The London mails which, for some days, in conse quence of the state of the roads, had fallen behind consi derably from the regular periods of their arrival, are now mending their pace. The mail of Friday, due yesterday af ternoon, came in at seven this morning with the Glasgow past.—Greenock Advertiser. Among the casualities occasioned by the depth of the snow, one happened to a man named Carrott, of Lin coln, last week, which had nearly cost him his life. He left Burton, where he had been working as a stable man, about seven at night, in a state of intoxication. He had not walked far when he fell down, and on getting up again missed the right course. He wandered about in a state of stupefaction for seven hours, during which time he got into a river, and had to swim for his life ; and he after wards fell into a ditch, in which he was immersed up to the neck. The intensity of the cold by this time restored his senses, and espying a light he went to the house. He was subsequently taken to a public-house, where he was placed between blankets, and rubbed until the circulation of his blood was fully restored. Mr. Fitzgerald, a gentleman already celebrated private circles for his - faithful delineation of the peculiar style which distinguishes the oratorical displays of Mr. O'Connell, will make his first appearance at the Adelphi theatre on Monday next, in a new farce, which will give full scope to his imitative powers. The piece is from the pen of the successful author of the laughable farce called The Queer Subject. The announcement has caused consi derable agitation amongst the novelty-seekers, many of whom look for a political caricature, but this, we believe, has been sedulously avoided. The roads being tolerably clear of snow, the nobi bility and gentry will begin to return to their town resi dences, previously to the meeting of Parliament. In the course of a fortnight the town is expected to be remarkably full, and the winter fashionable parties will commence earlier this year than usual. According to the second report of the Poor Law Commissioners, the Minister of a parish in Sussex, the po pulation of which is upwards of 2,000, states that only two marriages have been solemnised during the past year—the previous average having been fifteen, and only one illegiti mate child had been christened during the same period. The Directors and Guardians at Brighton, with a most laudable promptitude, have employed between 500 and 600 labourers, thrown out of work by the snow storm, in rendering the streets passable, at an expense exceeding two hundred and twenty pounds. While almost every other part of the country has been of late visited with severe snow storms, Greenock has enjoyed delightful winter weather. The streets, generally speaking, have been dry, and this day has more resemblance to one in April than in January, and the genial tempera ture is rapidly obliterating the slight sprinkling of snow that remained on the ground.—Greenock Advertiser. Accounts from the coast are filled with afflicting details of the disastrous effects of a gale which commenced on the morning of the 25th ult., and continued all day. Several vessels either ran or were driven on shore by the violence of the squalls, others got into port with more or less damage. A number of lives have been lost at Cher bourg and other ports.—Galignanes Messenger. FATAL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION. — Yesterday morning, at an early hour, Mr. John Harris, residing in Ernest-street, Regent's Park, was brought to the North London Hospital, having been found lying on the footway pavement, opposite to his own residence, in an insensible state of drunkenness, and having sustained a compound fracture of the right thigh, supposed to have been occasioned by a fall. Every possible assistance was rendered him, but in a short time the unfortunate man expired. In such weather as the pressnt it may be of advan tage to pedestrians to attend to the following rules :—First, in walking over a causeway, pavement, or highway, when the roads are slippery, be careful to take short steps, and particularly so in turning- corners, putting as far as possible the whole foot to the ground at once ; second, in going along a descending path put the toe down first—this is a good rule whether the road be slippery or not ; and third, in an ascending path, plant the heel firmly first. A parti cular observance of these simple rules, dictated by the ex perience of a very aged pedestrian, will prevent many a sprained ancle and broken or fractured limb. The influenza, it appears, has not been confined to Aberdeen, but has also prevailed to so alarming an extent in Dundee, Arbroath, and Montrose, and many other places in Scotland, that three out of five in a family have been suffering from its effects at the same time ; and in many cases whole families have been laid up. The sudden change and great severity of the weather is looked upon as the cause of the disease. TEA-DRINKING.—The Town Council of Inver ness a century ago would have delighted Cobbett by their decided preference of ale over tea. They held meetings and drew up petitions to impose a prohibitory duty on tea, and a penalty on those who should use the seducing poison, " if they belonged to that class of mankind in this country, whose circumstances do not permit them to come at tea that pays the duty." The tea, however, was destined to triumph over the ale ; and this not only in the burghs, but in all parts of the country ; not a hamlet in the wildest part of the Highlands, but has some small shop for vending the precious plant—not a steam-boat leaves the Clyde for Inver ness but is freighted with packets of it to leave along the rugged shores of the west. Inverness Courier. On Monday last, as David Williams, a seaman be longing to the Lady Rodney steam-packet, was standing on the stage at Newport, close to the vessel, the Captain had occasion to address him, when Williams, who had his back towards him, turning round to reply, fell into the water be tween the packet and the stage. The tide running up strong at the time, the poor fellow sunk to rise no more. Every exer tion was immediately made to save him, but in vain. The body was picked up on Tuesday. He has left a widow and eight children.—Cambrian. The far-famed Joseph Ady made an effort last week to raise the price of a Christmas dinner, by offering his important services to Mr. Crosfield, the iron-merchant, of Newport, in obtaining money, to which he says that gen tleman is entitled, but which has quite escaped his observa tion. The cheat took nothing by his motion, but Mr. Cros field is minus the postage.— Welsh paper. The late Robert Scott, Esq., of Penang, second son of the late Walter Scott, Esq., of Raeburn, has be queathed to the heritors of St. Boswell's the sum of five hundred pounds," for the purpose of improving and ren dering more comfortable the parish church, for the accom modation of the parishioners generally?", In addition to this munificent bequest, Mr. Scott, several years ago, mortified two different sums for behoof of the poor, and very recently gave a donation of one hundred pounds " to assist in the building of new school premises in a more central situation ;" in all, having expended on his native parish, a sum consider ably upwards of 1,000/.—Edinburgh Advertiser. Due LLOYD'S SK .(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Hercules schooner, from Cork ; Frances Smith, Edmunds, from the River, for Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4.—The Lightning, Vesey, from Yar mouth to Trieste, which struck on the Warden Ledge, 14th inst., has been weighed and towed into this port. FALMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Variable light breezes.—Sailed the Mutine packet, for the West Indies; Blazer steam packet, for the Mediterranean ; Mina, Farren, for St. Michael's ; Sir Wm. Curtis, Sanders, for Terceira. ST. IVES, JAN. 4.—Sailed the Magic,tTrevavis, for Venice. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Leak, Hutchings, from Hamburgh', for Newfoundland. GLOUCESTER, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Phoebe, May, from Ko ningsborg ; Sarah, Hudson, from ditto ; Hebe, Partridge, from Charente. BRISTOL, JAN. s.—The New Three Sisters, from Balti more (Ireland) to this port, was totally lost on the 24th ult. off Padstow—crew saved. Arrived the Langley, Robertson, from Archangel. Sailed the Englishman, Davis, for Africa ; and Redcliff, Nevem, for Messina. STOCKTON, JAN. 4.—The Evenwood in going out of the Tees to-day, got on shore on the South Gar. DOTER, JAN. s.—The Adophe, Coffie, from Calais, having struck against a bolt inside this pier -head, has sunk. HARWICH, JAN. 4.—The Zoar, Storey, of Newcastle, the Deben, Duckells, of Ipswich, and the Commerce, of Ald borough, were got off the Strand to-day. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4. —Wind N.W.—Arrived the Elvira, from Demerara. Sailed the Napier, Stafford, for Baltimore ; England, Waite, for New York ; Amelia, Chalditch, for Genoa ; and Dandy, Mayhew, for St. Michaels. Off por t the Westmoreland, from Hamburgh ; and Alpha, from Ant werp. The Sandbach, bound to Demerara, was got off last night, and brought into dock. WHITSTABLE, JAN. 5. —The Twig, of Jersey, from Shields, is sunk on the Long Sand—crew saved. YARMOUTH, JAN. 3.—The Isis, Scott, and Wheathill, Park have been got off the beach, and brought here to repair. BALLINA, JAN. I.—The Janet, M'Cormack, which was on the rocks inside of Killalla Bar, has been got off with little damage, after discharging. The Rothschild, from Liverpool, will require to be hove down at Savannah, having been on shore there. The Erie, Funk, from Havre to New York, Boyne, God ings, ditto, and Eveline,:ditto to,Guadaloupe, are wrecked in the bay of Lalloque. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The chief feature of conversation and remark in the City this morning, is the official table of the Revenue for the quarter ended last night, which is looked upon as a very favourable account. The commercial advices from New York state that the pressure on the Money Market there has rather increased ; although bills to the amount of eight millions of dollars were paid on the 4th of December, not one failure took place. THE FUNDS. Consols which closed yesterday at 89/ for the Open ing may be quoted at present 90* ; Reduced, 88i ; Con sols, 88/ ; Ex-dividend. The sales of Exchequer Bills yesterday, had a great in fluence on the Market, and the decline would have been greater had not the sales been brought to a stand. Exche quer Bills, this morning, 20 22 ; India Bonds, 12 14 ; Bank Stock, 209 210 ; India Stock, 259 260. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 241 ; at present, 24* ; Passive, 5i i f ; Deferred, 91 ; Portu gese left off at 47 to ; opened at 461 47 ; Three per Cents, at 291 to 30, are 291 ; Colombian, 26/ 27/ ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531 /. Our only arrival this morning is a French mail ; Ostend due ; one Holland due ; no ship-letters. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols are better for Money than for Time. Consols may be quoted for Money 90 ; for the Account 89.. In the early part of the morning, fears were entertained that the Bank was going to sell Exchequer Bills ; but as yet this operation has not taken place. Exchequer Bills, 22 20 prem. ; India Bonds, 10 12 prem. ; Bank Stock, 209. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active does not advance as was anticipated, owing to the Carlist reports, at Paris, of a misunderstanding between Espartero and the English officers at Bilboa. Spanish Active, 24i ; Portuguese, 47 ; Three per Cents. 291 ; Columbian, 27 ; Mexican, 26 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., .534. Letters have been received this morning from Bilboa of the 26th ult., but they merely allude to the distressed state of the inhabitants, and the great losses sustained during the siege of the place—particularly at an attempt in No vember to retake the Convent of St. Augustine. THREE O' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 89*. We are happy to state that the market, both for yarns and goods, exhibit a very healthy and improving ap pearance. There is a decided inclination to make large purchases of the former for the East India market, and on suitable numbers an advance from recent prices is obtained without difficulty. Goods also, particularly power-loom cloths, made a readier sale at somewhat better rates than were lately prevalent ; and, considering the season, the market altogether exhibits a very satisfactory appearance. In money matters the impression created by the untoward situation of affairs at the Northern and Central Bank is less serious than might have been expected.—.Manchested Guardian. The Brussels Observer of Sunday announces that " the mortal remains of Madame Malibran de Beroit arrived here ( Antwerp) at noon on Saturday, by the English steam boat Tourist. The vessel was nine days on her passage. A complaint has been made that very little decency was ob served in the disembarkation. The hearse was waiting at the Hotel St. Antoine, to which place the coffin was carried on a hand-barrow. The numerous assistants assembled at this mournful solemnity loudly expressed their indignation." An increase of apoplexy, which appears to have taken place in the late times, in the opinion of Mr. Farr, is chargeable upon increased civilization. Hear him, ye brain labourers, and make your choice—" After sixty-five a man should undertake nothing requiring great intellectual exertion or sustained energy ; warmth, temperance, tran quillity, may prolong his years to the close of a century ; a rude breath of the atmosphere, a violent struggle, or a shock, will suffice to terminate his existence. The apo plexy of the aged can,:with care, be averted for several years ; but it is, perhaps, the natural death, the eutha nasia /of the intellectual ; their blood remains pure, the solids firm to the last, when a fragile artery gives way within the head, the blood escapes, and by a gentle pres sure dissolves sensibility at its source for ever. The life is no longer there : the corporeal elements are given back to the universe,"—Vital Statistics in Mr. M'Culloch's Work. A young woman was found lying dead at the side of a ditch at Turterow, somewhat midway between Cashel and Thurles. Upon examination, the body immediately presented to view marks of violence and murder. An in quest being held on the body, the surgeon proved she had been murdered. A. verdict of " Wilful Murder" was re turned, against some person or persons as yet unknown.— Tipperary Constitution. There was a report very current yesterday in Pad dington that the head belonging to the trunk of the mur dered female which was lately found in the Edgware-road, near the Pine Apple Toll-gate, had been dragged by a dog out of a pond at Watford, in Hertfordshire. On in quiry it was ascertained that a human female bead had been found, and from circumstances connected with its discovery there can be little doubt that the head found by the dog did actually belong to the female in question. The head is said to be now in the possession of a magistrate—that it is the head of a woman about thirty-four or thirty-five years of age—and that a female in the middle rank of life has been missing from that part of Hertfordshire during the last fortnight. From the fresh appearance of the head in question there can be little doubt of its relation to the sub ject of the recent horrible and revolting murder ; and it is hoped that the Government will lose no time in offering , such a reward as, when joined to that offered by the autho rities of the parish of Paddington may be the means of bringing the perpetrators of this horrible outrage upon hu manity to speedy and summary justice. In a miserable shed at the bottom of a garden, in the Faubourg Saint Antoine, in Paris, lives a female, who, in March next, will have attained her 103 d year, having been born in 1734. She married at the age of 29, became a widow 20 years afterwards, and has remained so ever since. She is frequently visited by the Rector and the Vicar of Saint Antoine. Her health is good, and her faculties are unimpaired. During the present week some workmen in a gravel pit, belonging to Mr. Weedon, on this side of the Henley road, discovered, 14 feet below the original level of the field, a white substance resembling a large bone, which upon exa mination proved to be part of the fossil tusk of an ele phant. It was very much decayed, and could not possibly be removed, except in small pieces ; but, whilst in its place, it was about four feet long and four inches in diameter. Part of an elephant's tooth, and some portions of bone, were also found in the same pit.—Reeding Mercury. The Churchwardens of St. Paul, Covent-Garden, alive to the necessities of the poor at this inclement season, have taken most judicious means of alleviating their distress. The mode of relief is by issuing tickets of the value of fifteen-pence each, in such numbers as the case appears to require. These tickets will obtain coals, bread, potatoes, grocery, or meat ; the provisions of course to be procured in the parish. This, we understand, has bad the most be neficial effect. The funds thus carefully bestowed are de rived from the interest arising out of certain farms, be , queathed to the parish above a century ago. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIS DAY. OLD COURT. George Forbes Atkinson, generally styled Captain Forbes, was indicted for feloniously forging a bill of exchange for the sum of 1,0001., with intent to defraud the Hon. Capt. Lauderdale Maule. Other counts varied the offence, one charging him with intent to defraud Mr. Lane, the solicitor, who holds the bill. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case for the prosecution. He confined himself to stating the nature of the evidence he had to produce, and cited the state of the law relative to forgery from " East's Reports," where it was laid down that the altering of an instrument to the prejudice of any other con stituted the offence. Capt. Maule deposed that he was a son of Lord Pan= more, and was Captain in the 79th Regiment. In 1835 he was desirous of raising a sum of 1,0001., and on the 11th February he was introduced to the prisoner, who was to assist him in that purpose. He met him in the York Hotel, Jermyn-street, where he drew a bill of exchange for 1,0001. at three months. Witness accepted the bill, and fully believed that the one now produced was the same bill. He waited until the 23d of February, when he again saw the prisoner, who said the bill was for too large a sum for discounting, and suggested that two for 5001. should be substituted, which was done, and then the prisoner took a paper out of his pocket, saying " as both yours and my writing are on this, it had better be burned." He threw it on the fire. Witness thought it was his acceptance for the 1,0001. Witness went abroad with his regiment, and while in Quebec he received a letter from Mr. Lane respecting the bill. He got leave of absence, and arrived in London on the 17th October, when he went before Sir F. Roe and made his complaint. The remainder of the witness's evidence was of the same nature as that which was so fully detailed in the police reports from Bow-street. Mr. Lane, an attorney, said he was the holder of a bill, which he produced. He received it from the prisoner on the 14th or 15th February, 1836, and it was now in the same state as it then was, with the exception of his own indorsement, which was now erased. He had known the prisoner between four and five years. The bill was put in and read, which closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. ADoLenus, for the defence, inquired whether his Lordship thought there was a case for the Jury. Mr. Justice PARK thought the Learned Counsel had better address the jury at once. He saw nothing in the case for the interference of the Court. The questions for the consideration of the jury were, first, did the alteration of the date of the bill constitute the offence of forgery ? and, secondly, if so, was the prisoner the party who com mitted the offence ?_ Mr. ADOLPHUS then addressed the jury. He said the prisoner was not one of those advertising money-lenders or agents with which London teemed. He was the son of an honourable and most respectable gentleman in Ireland ; in fact, though not of Noble birth, he was in every respect as well and respectably connected as the prosecutor. He commented upon the evidence, which he contended did not in any way bear out the charge in the indictment—that of forgery. Neither was there any appearance of fraud ; in fact the prosecutor ought to be thankful for the accommodation which had been given him, as in place of being called upon for the money he was liable for in three months, he got twelve to pay it. He left the case with confidence in the hands of the Jury. Mr. Justice PARK summed up. He went over the evidence, and made some remarks upon the conduct of Mr. Lane in the transaction. The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and then retired. In about half an hour they returned with a verdict of Guilty. Mr. CLARKSON applied for a certificate of the case being a fit one for prosecution by Counsel, and for the expenses. Mr. Justice PARK—Certainly. It is one of the clearest cases I ever saw. NEW COURT. Charles Foster was indicted for uttering a counterfeit coin resembling a half crown on the Ist of December last. It appeared in evidence that on the day named in the indictment the prisoner went into a public-house in White cross-street, Cripplegate, and had some beer, in payment of which he gave a counterfeit half-crown, and received 2s. 4d. change. The prisoner on being taken to the sta tion-house was examined by the police, and while search was being made on his person, he contrived to swallow something which was observed in his mouth. This he shortly afterwards vomited forth, and it was ascertained to be two shillings, one of which was bad. The Jury found a verdict of Guilty. William Godfrey was indicted for uttering, on the 9th of December, a counterfeit coin, resembling a half-crown ; and within ten days afterwards, on the 19th of December, offer ing to pass another half-crown, of similar base metal, to Stephen Ploughman. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner, on the 9th of December, called at Ploughman's shop in Bishopsgate-street for some tobacco, and gave in payment a half-crown, which was subsequently ascertained to be bad. On the 19th he came a second time, and tendered another counterfeit half crown ; upon which he was taken into custody. The half crowns did not appear to have been cast in the same mould. Guilty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S-YESTRADAr. THE DERBT. Business was very languid until near five o'clock, by which time the room became full and betting tolerably brisk. Tho most striking change observable is in Defender, against whom 20 to 1, and in one instance 2,200 to 100, was laid. To make up, in some degree, for this decline, another of the Stockbridge nags, Wintonian, advanced in favour, 20 to 1 having been taken in hundreds near the close, and offers made to go on. Two fifties laid out on the Phantasima colt appeared to have exhausted or frightened the betters of odds, as no ono replied to several other offers to back him on the same terms. The nature of his running and the influential quarters from which the money comes are calculated to make him a very prominent favourite. A Noble Lord took the following bets ;about Sir Mark Wood's Cetus colt :---4,000 to 100, 4,500 to 100, and 1,500 to 35 twice. No other material change occurred. 11 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's lot—offered Bto 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—taken and afterwards offered Si to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton—offered 15 to 1 agst Captain Gardner's Phantasima colt—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian—taken 20 to I agst Lord Jersey's Flare-up—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender—taken 27 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sambo—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Cartoon —taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Brother to Cactus—offered 33 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Troilus—offered 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bower's Lord Stafford—offered 50 to 1 agst Ld Exeter's Adrian, brother to Augustus--offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's The Pocket Hercules—taken 3,500 to 70 agst Lord Stradbroke s Caravan—taken 11,500 to 270 agst Sir M. Wood's Cetus colt —taken 500 even between Defender and Phantasima, five pounds being g i ve n for the choice of the latter 600 to 400 on Flare-up agst Norgrove 1000 to 10 agst Bro. to Bay Middleton winning the Derby and Leger, and Egeria the Oaks—t a k en 1000 to 10 agst Jereed for Derby and Leger, and Egeria the Oaks —taken 1000 to 10 agst Bro. to Bay Middleton, Egeria, and Henriade for the three races—taken 17 t o 1 a gainst Brother to Cactus and Troilus —taken ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Duke of Cleveland's Henriade and Cardinal Puff —take 5 to 1 TDE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P. T. (ACCEPT OR NOT.) 9to 1 apt Locomotive—take 10 to 1. No betting. The Entry for the St. Leger horses is smaller than was ex pected to be. The Pottery Race Committee have resolved upon extensive im provements, which will make the course one of the prettiest circu lar ones in the kingdom. To remove all danger to either horses or jockeys, the high ground is to be lowered several feet, and the lower part correspondingly raised. The Committee have already received several liberal subscriptions. Birmingham new year's ball took place at Dee's Royal Hotel on Tuesday evening, and was attended by 800 of the haut ton ; the dancing commenced at nine o'clock, and continued until a late hour. The rooms wer elegantlye fitted up, and the ball-room was splendidly illuminated. Adams's vocal gallope was repeated several times, by desire ; and the whole went off with brilliant eclat. Twelfth Night will be observed by the Court, as usual, as an ancient custom, at the Pavilion, Brighton, where a party of distinguished individuals have been invited for the purpose. The half year's dividends, due yesterday, will com mence paying this _day and to-morrow, to the bankers and merchants at the Treasury of the Bank, and the public on Monday, on the following funds :—Three per Cents., 1826 ; Three per Cent. Consols ; New Three Pound Ten per Cents. ; South Sea Stock Three and a Half per Cent. ; Three per Cent. New Annuities ; Four per Cents., 1826 ; Three per Cent. Old Annuities ; and Three per Cent, Annuities of 1751. The amount of dividends due on the half year is upwards of six millions. According to the Mark-lane Express, the cultiva• tion of potatoes in England has quadrupled within the last century ; and the importation of this vegetable annually into the metropolis alone amounts to 185,650 tons. The riotous mirth that used to usher in the first morning of the year in this city has been gradually dying away for some years, and we are glad to be able to state that little noise took place in the streets this year, the fes. tivities being pretty generally deferred till yesterday ; it the afternoon of which the shops were very generally closed The day, though cold, was highly favourable to the Han. set Monday keepers.—Edinburgh Paper. A School of Design is about to be formed at Pais ley by the leading manufacturers of the town.