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Colonel TREVOR, one of the sitting Tory Members for that county, has just been handed to us ; and we request that such of our readers as are not yet converts to the necessity for the Ballot will carefully attend to the annexed extracts from it. Whether the petition ers succeed or do not succeed in unseating Colonel TREVOR is a question that cannot vitally affect the truth of the statement upon which their petition rests; as the question of success is oftener determined by the political complexion of a Committee than by any regard to the justice of the case. The petitioners attribute the re turn of Colonel TREVOR to the undue influence ex ercised by a Mr. WILLIAMS, formerly an attorney's clerk, but now agent of the Earl of CAWDOR, over his Lordship's tenantry in South Wales ; and the array of facts which they bring forward in attestation of this statement are of a nature to preclude the idea of fabrication on the part of the gentlemen advancing them. It is evident from the alleged conduct of the Earl of CAWDOR'S Agent, that his Lordship was cog n'zant of these proce_dings, or, at least, that they were in harmony with immemorial usage upon his estates. The present instance of the undue influence exercised by the agent of a Peer of Parliament, over the electoral body, is not one that calls for any very strong expres sion of reprobation. The Earl of CAWDOR has acted as the bulk of the Tory, and many of the Whig Lords have been in the invariable practice of acting for the last century. His Lordship, we presume, deemed it as much the duty of his tenants to vote as he required, as his groom to obey a summons to saddle his horse ; and, no doubt, was prepared to class disobedience on either side in the same category of punishable offences. The impunity with which Noble Lords and their agents have been suffered openly to violate the Stand ing Orders of the House of Commons naturally begot a contempt for the people, and an utter disregard of their opinions, political and moral. When it suited the purposes of their landlords, they were driven to the hustings like cattle, there, in the face of GOD and man, to commit an act of deliberate per jury, at the risk of entailing ruin upon their fami lies in case of refusal. Is this an exaggeration ? Look to the case of the eleven tenants of the Earl of CAWDOR, who signed the memorial included in the annexed extracts from Messrs. ADAMS and LLOYD HALL'S petition. Of these men some had been Re formers for nearly half a century; they were so at the last election ; they prayed to be permitted to exercise a constitutional right as their conscience dictated ; and yet, such were the threats held out, that only three of them dared to split their votes in favour of the Reform interest—the remaining eight plumped for the Tory candidate I Can the people of England be called free— save in bitter mockery—while such a state of the popu lar representation as this is suffered to disgrace the in stitutions of the country ? Compare the unmanliness— the un-Englishness—of the Ballot with the following re presentation of the most English conduct of the Earl . of C awDo a's agent, and then tell us which of the two Is the basest and most degrading : To the Honourable the Commons of the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, is Parliament a , sembled ; The humble petition of Edward Adams, the Younger, of Midd eton Hall, in the County of Carmarthen, Esq., and Edward Cromnton Lloyd Hall, of Picton Terrace North, in the County Borough of Carmarthen, Esq., Barrister at-Law, Slieweth,—That your petitioners were at and during the la,t election of Members to serve in this Parliament for tl:e runty of Carmarthen electors of the said county, and had and claim t, have had a right to vote for Members to serve in Par liament at the last election for the said county. That at the said election Sir James Williams, of Ede in's ford, in tha catm:y of Carmarthen, Bart., the Hun. George Rice Trevor, Colonel of the Carmarthen hire Militia, and John Jones, of Ystr,d, in the sai county borough of Carmarthen, Esq.; Barr'ster-at- Law, were candidates to represent the said county of Carmarthen in this Parliament. That your petitioners supported Sir James Williams. the only candidate on the !Vue, or Reform interest, the said E. Adams, t.ie younger, caava,sing in his behalf part of the &strict of Llandilo, and the sa'd E. C. L. Hall past of the district of Is4.wcastle E.t.l)n. That in the districts of Llandilo and Newcastle Eral‘n, and elsewhere in the county of Carmarthen. a large tract of coun try called the Golden Grove Estat , , is the property of the Rig,l.t Hon. John Frederick, Earl of Cascdor, a Peer of Par liament, whose principal steward or agent in South Wars is Richard Bowen Williams, of Llandilo, Esq., formerly a clerk to T. Lewis, of Llandilo, Attorney-at-Law, deceased, but now lately made a Justice of tho Peace for the county of Carmarthen. That upon the canvass for the clectio:i it was very soon as certained that the tenants of the said Earl would not be allowed to 'follow their own wishes in giving their votes; whereupon your petitioners resolved to break through the absurd principle which very generally obtains arnonget the landed gentry of the county of Carmarthen, of not canvassing tenant voters, who are almost universally considered by their landlords as bound to give t votes a - !cording to their dictates. That in the Newcastle Emlyn district your petitioner, E. C. L. Hall, soon discovered that one Richard Evans, the sub agent of the said Earl in that district, had been round to all the - ter.anta of the said Earl who were voters for the county of Catanterthen, with a letter from R. B. Williams on the subject of how such tenants were to give their votes at the election. That the feeling of the ferreeeer part of Lord Candor's te nat...Ty in the N ewcast l e -E m ly n di s t r i c t was s o s trongly in favour of Sir James William?, that the following memorial or remon strance was prepared, and signed by many of them : " Newcastle-Emlyn, 21st July, 1837. M y Lord,_Wo. your Lordship's tenants, beg to addsess y3it on a subject which 11.5; given us great uneasiness. Your Lordship has ever been to US the kindest of landlords ; we therefore approach you with every feeling of confidence in your Lordship's kindness on the present occasion. " We have been told that your Lordship has cased to sup part pi inciples of Reform. This we can hardly believe, but from the ilireata held out to us of being di-posse.ssed of our tene ments if we adi:ere to our well-known principles, and vote for Sir James Williams at the ensuing election, we know not what to think. ".My Lord, some of us have been for nearly half a century supporters of the Blue party. NVe have seen no We reason, and y . , y ou is, 1...,,,,(19,5ect,n0 reason, for altering c ur o p inions. pra • tberifiark,4lot to take advautege, of our dependent situation to .1---illaciene..inNie distressing dilemma of voting contrary to the —.dictates of 'd conscience, or forfeiting our holdin7s. The Lie,r3FileceveFca4 6 ise is a sacred trust. Force us not to act the atictatifirti of, raying that trust ; avert from us the finger of <i o , 0 I v er leorneepro ti; and suffer us to band down the fair fame we I)3Cef ur rattlers uncontaminated to our children. L 01: , our feelings arc strong ; pardon us if we ex- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1837. ss them strongly. Allow us, we entreat you, the uncon trellsd exercise of our franchise, and we shall ever remain " Your Lordship's faithful and attached tenantry, Sgned by 11 of bis Lordship's tenants). " To the Right lion. the Earl of Cawdor, &c. &e." That this Memorial was in a course of general signature amongst his Lordship's tenant voters, when intelligence r.ael:ed the ncis;hhouraoc.d that the Earl of Cawdor had left England for the Continent of Europe, and further signatures wens not affiseti to it. 'I hat your petitioner. E. C. L. Hall, on meeting in the maia street of the said borough, in the course of his canvass, Mr. Titus Thomas, a tenant of the Earl, who generally assists Ilichasd Evans in the Eusinsss of his sub-agency, cautioned him I,ot to interfere with the Earl's tenants at the election, who the said Titus Thomas at once showed your petitioner two lett rs which T. Thomas had received from R. B. Wi-- liams. The purport of one of which letters was that- " All support and assistance had been withdrawn from Sir James Williams," and of the other that " that the tenants were all to plump for Colsnel Trevor." That c. hilst your petitioner was so speaking to Titus Thomas, RiA a ..., a 17 vans came up, and also showed to your petitioner a letter which he ts.: received from R. B. Williams, and wh:oh your petitioner also knes's a the handwriting of R. B. Williams, directing him, the said Evans, to see all the Earl's tenant voters to desire them all to plump for Cole. ncl Trevor. That your petitioner, the said E. C. L. Hall, was subsc. quently informed, and believes that R. Evans afterwards re. ecived i'urtht r written orders from R. B. Williams, to press upon Lord Cawdor's tenant voters to plump for Colonel Tre vor, with a threat to make those who should vote for S'r Ja nes Williams pay their rents quarterly, a matter of some inconve nience is an agricultural district. That R. Evans accompanied almost every one of Lord Caw. does tenants to the poll, he himself handing in to the presiding officer in many instances their tally tickets, which were trade out in the Tory Committee room. That with very few exceptions, all the tenants of the said Earl did vote at the election for Colonel Trevor alone, more than one of them stating to your petitioner, E. C. L. llall, and others, that they did so in conscqucnc of " Mr. Wil liams's ostlers, which they did not dare to disobey," and of the eleven tenants who signed the remonstrance to the said Earl, only three sentussid to give a split vote to Sir James Williams. That in tho Llantii.o district the majority of the tenant vote's of the said Earl stated upon the canvass made by your petitioner, the said Edward Adams, that they wished to vote for Sir James Williams, but that they were afraid of their landlord ; and amongst others one Thomas Tobias, an elector, and tenant of the said Earl, told your petitioner that he s!leuld have been very happy to vote fur Sir James Williams, but that he roust not do it, and he subsequently produced to your pe titioner, as Ilia reason for not voting for 'Air James Williams, a letter from It B. Williams, of which the following is a copy : Stackpole Court, July 27, 1837. " Mr. T. Tobias,—l shall depend upon you to plump for Colonel Trevor at the coming election, who is the only can didate supported by your Noble Ltoitilord, and I have no doubt that you will do so. (Signed) " Mr. T. Tobias, Gwernbongam." The in consequence of this letter, which bears date from his Lordsis principal seat in South Wales, the said Thos. Tobias gave his vote to Col. Trevor alone. That another case of direct interference on the part of the said R. 13. Williams occurred with one Thomas Evans, a te nant of the father of your petitioner, the said Edward Adams, for his farm, and of the Earl for his house. That Thomas Evans stated to your petitioner upon his can vassing him for his vote, that lie wished to vote for Sir James Williams only, but had been directed by R. B. Williams to plump for Colonel Trevor, but that he would write to R. B. Williams for permission to split his vote between Sir James Williams and Colonel Trevor, which application to R. B. Williams, your petitioner was afterwards informed, and believes he did make. That Thomas Evans, in reply to his request, received a let ter from R. B. Williams, refusing such application, of which the following is a copy : " Sir,—Your Noble Landlord's interest is given to Colonel Trevor, and all support has been withdrawn from Sir James Williams, so that I cannot comply with your request, and I shall hope to find that you shall have plumped for the Colonel. ( Signed) " R. B. WILLIAMS." That R. B. Williatns also sent, amongst a variety of other letters of the same purport and effect to other parties, the fol- " Stackpole Court, July 27, 1837. " Wm. Jones,—l shall depend upon your giving a plumper vote in favour of Colonel Trevor at the coming election, and hope not to be disappointed. 1( Signed) " R. B. WILLIAMS." Stackpole Court, July 27, 1837. " Mr. D. Hopkin,—l shall rely upon your giving a plumper for Colonel Trevor at the approaching election, who is the only candidate supported by your landlord. (Signed) " R. B. WILLIAMS." (EXTRACT FROM A LETIER.) " Stackpole Court, August 2, 1837. Mr. Daniel Rees,—You had better see Evan Evans, of Llandebie Mill ; David Stephen, Smith ; Stephen Griffith, Flryngwynne; and William Morris, Abertrinant, and tell them that as they arc so very independent, and so very un grateful for the indulgence and favour shown to them by their landlord, that I hope to receive their rents to Lady-day last on my return to Llandilo, and then I shall see what fur ther is to be done in the matter. lam glad that the other parties arc safe, and I am very much pleased with Mr. Daniel Thomas's exertions, who can tell the parson that he had bet ter attend to his own concerns, and leave the Earl's tenants alone. We wish every man to plump for Colonel Trevor. a • • 4 , R. B, WILLIAMS." owing : " Be sharp and very careful on the days of polling. ( Signed) " R. B. WILLIAMS." That the said Daniel Rees is also a sub-agent or under steward of the said Earl, and was particularly active on be half of Colonel Trevor at the said election, and sent a letter to one Richard Thomas, of High-street, Swansea, of which the following is a copy:— " Golden Grove, Aug 3d, 1837. " Dear Sir,—You are hereby particularly requested to at end at Llandilo on Monday next, so as to plump for Colonel Trevor. " Your Landlord (the Earl of Cawdor) gives his entire support to the Colonel, and wishes that all his tenants should du so. ( Signed) DANIEL REES." That in consequence of the interference of R. B. Wil liams as agent, and ethers the under-agents of the Earl, in flueneieg by far the greater part of the tenant voters of the Earl to withhold their votes from Sir James Williams at the election. he lost his election by eighty-five vacs, as declared by the High Sheriff on the hustings. That your petitioners feel that the privilege of your Hon House to have your Members returned by the free and unin funned votes of the electors is not more a privilege of your Hon. House than it is the right of each end every elector throughout the country ; and that the interference of any Peer of Parliament, or the agent or servant of a Peer of Parlia ment to influene! the choice of the representativts of the people, is as unconstitutional as it is dangerous to the liberties of the country. Your petitioners have therefore deemed it their duty to bring the foregoing facts under tha notice of your Hon. House. The Tory Journals are, one and all, exceedingly sore about the proposed Committee of Enquiry into the Penkion List. The discussion of Friday night seems to hare fairly put them to their wit's ends. They scarcely know what to do, or what to say. 01 course, they are vehement in their abuse of Ministers, for tampering with—what they are pleased to call—" the eternal principles of truth and justice ;" but at the same time they appear sadly puzzled with Sir R. Peel's conduct in pres.,ing a division upon the House. Fain would they condemn him for, what they conceive to be an ;nconsiderite step ; but their fear of consequences p:e v...nts them ; so that, what between their apprehension and their conviction, our Tory Contemporaries are in as pre cious a pickle as can well be imagiord. We suspect there arc serious div'sions in the Conservative camp, and that not a few of the subalterns are disposed to mutiny against the authority of their comnemding officers ; for we find that when Sir Roneter PEEL on Friday pressed a division, not less than thirty of his regiment marched off ; while eiiht more voted flatly against him, and in favour of the Ministerial proposal for a Committee ! No wonder that these symptoms alarm our Tory Contemporaries, who are quite sagacious enough to foresee that they will be productive of infinite damage to " the good c use." The plain truth is, the faction see clearly enough that they are further removed than ever from the Promised Land of Pace, which, like the visible horizon, flies before them, at each step they take. Hence they are become impatient—splenetic— jea!ous of control—and exhibit all the symptoms of a once influential party about to fall to pieces, like the " good old" PITT Clubs, which have now been extinct—or all but ex tinct—for three years and upwards. The question of the Ballot is, as we predicted it would be, become the chief theme of consideration in the pro vinces. Public meetings on the subject have already been held at Glasgow, at Edinburgh, at Sunderland, and sever other towns in the nor th of En g land and of S cotland and at each of these Meetings the language held was that of stern, fixed resolution. No more inertness—no more tame. unimpassioned remonstrances—the people now see that they must he in earnest, and actively be , t;r t.lein selve, if they expect to ()titan that great measure, with out wi:i,•ll the Reform Bill is littla better than a caput mor bruin. Verily ; Lord RUiSELL is a consurnintie agitator, and can rouse England, as effectually as Lord LvsniluitsT the other d iy roused Ireland. He has given the Ballot a wonderful impetus, and set the country in motion on the s ubject from one end to the other. We shall give reports of the various Meetings on the Ballot, as they occur, which, we suspect, will tend more to the edification than the amusement of the Noble Secretary for Home Affairs. There are no words which the Tories so frequently use and which they pervert so much to their own purpos-s, religion and justice. Whenever they defend a bad cause or are defeated in argument, they fly to these for succour, and would make their ignorant followers believe that but fur them, these eacred terms would be banished from the earth. AhoseS prevail in the Church ; her dignitaries abound in wealth, and her inferior ministers are starving on miser able pittances—Church-rates create hostility betwccu two great portions of the clmmonity—the clergy of half a mil lion of Iri•hmen have a million a year, and cot even the slightest portion of that is to be cot apart fur the religions instruction of seven miliions—nay, these seven millions are to be treated as outcasts, r.nd render,d more bitter enemies of England than even foreign foes. And why ? For the sake of religion. If any job is to be defended—any grant of public money to be v..t.d for their party purposes—if a Tory speaker suffers from his own negligence—then justice is appealed to, while bee voice is not even heard when hundreds of ruined merchants claim compensation for losses which they could not prev.nt, and which were caused by an unjust Tory act too ards a Fortign State. But on no occasion, perhaps, has the tcrtn been more perverted than it has been on these debates on useless, prodigal, and unjust pensions. These old jobbers, when defeated in argument, as fortu nately they have been defeated by numbe.-s, still make the usual appeal, and cry out, " Justice." " Eternal Immutable Justice." They might appeal to charity Qr humanity, or almost any other values,but justice they cannot bring to their aid. It is entirely opposed to them. The nation, which pays these pensions, says justice demands inquiry, and the meritorious pension s say, do us justice by removing a stigma, and by sepa rating us from those who have made " pensioner " and I " mpg" Pearly synonymous terms. We live great pleasure in directing attention to the able Re t orts of Mr. RASTRICK and Mr. LOCKE, the engineers of the Brghton Rai!way, in our front page. It is satisfactory to learn that all the obstacles to the direct line have been completely surmounted, and that the esti mates are exceedingly moderate. The undertaking will be completed in about two years and a half, and the journey to Brighten be performed in about one hour. We heartily wish the Directors alt the success they merit. When the Rsilroad is finished a person may go from Manchester to Bri;hton in nine Lours ! Letters and Papers from Madrid from the 27th ult. to the evening of the 3d inst. inclusive, have been received. Their contents are by no means so interesting as the present state of that country would lead us to expect. On the 28th MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA deliv-red a splendid and most conciliatory speech in favour of the address, which was car ried without a div:ion. The ex-Premier dwelt so forcibly upon the necessity of a close union among all loyal Spa niards, and so powerfully urged the policy of a generous forgiveness of injuries, that on descendin g from the tribune he was surrounded and congratulated by the leaders of every party in the Chamber. We are happy to notice such manifestations of good feeling among the Spanish deputies. Were they to unite heart an hand against the Pretender, end grant a general amnesty to his deluded followers, the civil war would soon be brought to a conclusion. But their fist care should be to estab ish a strong Government—a Government whose policy would form the basis of the con duct of future Administrations. For such a Government materials seem wanting. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA is a poet, a philosopher, and abstractedly a sort of Righls-of- Man politician ; but he has neither the energy, nor the practical knowledge necessary to carry on the affairs of a country in a state of civil war. As for the present Minis ters they are pitiful creatures—too contemptible to be made the subject of either praise or blame. Go out they must, but it would be really difficult to name a list properly qua lified to succeed them. MENDIZABAL is no longer the po pular idol he was in 1835 ; and, besides, he has yet some mysteries to clear up connected with his late financial admi nistration, before doing which he could not very well ask for the confidence of the Chambers. In addition to these obstacles, he is no favourite with the QUEEN-REGENT—the greatest obstacle of all. The friends of MARTINEZ DI LA Roes are exceedingly anxious to see him again placed at the head of the Cabinet, and his speeches, since his return to Madrid, are calculated to obtain for him a large share of popularity. As he is a favourite at Court, he stands every chance of being successful, and could he prevail upon CA LATRAVA and MENDIZABAL to join him—now that he is all for conciliation and the Constitution—a Ministry might be formed capable of saving the country. The Address having been carried unanimously, the dis cussion commenced upon it, paragraph by paragraph, and up to the date of these arrivals, was very animated. MAR TINEZ DE LA ROSA was consistent in his support of the policy of the Government, and very skilfully parried the se verest attacks made upon it, by the leaders of the opposi tion. He repudiated any inquiry into the conduct of the Holy See, and maintaiued that France had faithfully ob served the stipulations of the quadruple treaty. To the astonishment of several Deputies, he added that were Spain now to demand an armed intervention, he was confi dent that the French Government would refuse it. The Senate, in its Address to the Throne, cordially ap proves of the conduct of ESPARTERO, in punishing with so much rigour, the supposed murderers of SAARSFIELD and MENDIVIL. How very soon the spirit of an irresponsible aristocratic assembly begins to develope its sanguinary propensities! From the North of Spain we have letters to the 4th inst., but their contents are uninteresting. Don CARLOS remains at Ammurio making preparations for another ex pedition into Castile. Supplies of all kinds are conveyed to him across the frontier. ESPARTERO is still at Vamp- Lela, negotiating with the Carlist Generals for a full ex change cf prisoners, and a safe conduct for travellers pass ing through the Basques. The whole of the Paris journals of Friday and Saturday have been received this morning. Thursday's journals are likewise before us—we having been'p r even!ed from noticing them in our columns of S tturday by want of space. The Commerce has a very absurd article to the effect that there is a coolness between the Cabinets of London and Paris in consequence of the English Government having accused ' France wit., fomenting political agitation in Ireland and the Canadas. A statement more preposterous could not well be conceived. There is not a single cylLble of truth in either as regards France or Eng'and. The Deputies are ar. iving very slowly in Paris. It is said they absent themselves as long as possible to escape the fascinations of the Court. There are se oral letters in these Journals from Africa, but they are so contradictory in their statements that no reliance can be placed upon them. Sonic are in raptures with the glorious prospects opened to France by the down f..ll of Constantine—others are confident that, if retained, French Africa will prove the ruin of the Mother Country. The following letter addressed by the King of the FRENCH to Marshal VALLEE, on sending the Conqueror of Abd-el-Kader, the baton of a Marshal of France is published in most of the Journals of Saturday : "My dear Marshal—l have just tcs'ified to the army which you command, the gratitude of France and myself, for the brilliant feat of arms which has added a new lustre to our colours by raising to the highest degree that spit it of glory which has led it to victory. Deploring from the very bottom of my heart the loss of the brave men which this conquest has ccst us, and particularly that of the brave Commander-in-Chief who has been Liken from u 4, I have still some consolation in thus being able to recorni , ense your long and good services, and the glorious share you have taken in so many ba.tles and so many sieges. The Minister of War tran , mits to you y.ur promotion, and I have sent Captain de la Salle, one of my ord,rly officers, to deliver to you, as from myself, the baton of Mars' at of Franc". In cletrging you, my.dear Marshal, with the tsk of being my into; e rto the amy of Africa, in comn:unicat ing those rewards which I have su much satisfaction in grant ing, it is particularly grarifying to me to find the name of the Duke de Nemours am ,ng those whom you point out as hav ing taken a prom:Lent shave in the success of our arms, and I thank Providence, which has preserved him through so many dangers, for allowing my second son, like his eldest brother and myself, to have the happiness of participating with our brave soldiers in the laborious and glorious services which they have at all times rendered to their country. Accept, me dear Marshal, my assurances. that I feel towards you all those sen timents you so well merit, and which I shall ever maintain. " Your affectionate, " LOUIS PHILIPPE." The Emperor of AUSTRIA having notified in a Ltter to the King of the FRENCH the death of the Archduke ALEXANDER LEOPOLD, son of the Archduke Palatine, the Court of France will go into mourning for a week. FRENC I FUNDS. PARIS, Lltc. 9. Five per Cents., 107 f. (70c. 70c. 55e. F o ur and a Halt' par Cents., 105 f. F.iir per ('eats., lulf. 85c. Three per Cents., 7vf. 3 c. 30c. Bente de Naples. 3Sf. 15c. 20c. 10c. Rowan Five per Cents., 100%. vanish Actives, 20 - 504%. Spanish Passives, 4%. Belgian Loan, 103. Brussels Society, 1,710 f. 1,712 f. Mc. Belgian hank, 1,51.9 f. 7' c. 1,530 f. 1,51.8 f. 75e. Portugue e Three per Cents., 19% 20 19A„i%. Dutch Two and a half per. Cents., 54%. Hay tian Loan, 355 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One ir °nth, paper, '2sf. ssc.; money, 15f, .12 1 ,4 c. Three months, paper, 251. - 27; i c.; money, 1,5 f. -Cour, Authentraue. LASP PRICES, Fiveier Cents. 107 f. 80c. Three per Cents., 7,f. 3.c. Roinans, 10014,. Loan, 103. Belgian Bank, 1,5211. 75c. Brussels Society, 1.702 r. 50c. Portuguese Three per Cents., 10%. Spanish Actives, 20%. Spanish Passives, 4A-4. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 51'. BELGIAN 1 , IJNDS-Bausszts, DEC. 9, Actual Debt, 2 ,- * , ..r Cent. --- Rotlischild'slo 2s4 ii ai,)7peCernct..t. 1017 . 4 Loan of Thirty Millions 91% Loan of (itv, Iltl2, 4 per Cent. liii i ii, Society of Commerce, 4 y4per Cent lll% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 14734 National Society . —Brussels Papers. Dec. 10. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtxxxii, DEC. 1. rive per Cents. MetaBives Four prr Cents uiin ~ Three pct. , .0.i.0, •••itt•••?•, 73 , ii Bank ,hares fet,t1•••re•tt!Ifl•••711.11•”••• IIION lilgemeine Zeitung, DEc. 3. ____......, - _,4it` By the arrival of the Tagus steamer at Falmouth from Portugal, sic have recoived advices from Lisbon to the 6th: inst. inclusive. The Government was still sadly puzzled to raise money to pay off the dividends—several plans to ant effe(%t having proved abcrtive. Th:! Last hope was the Or cbelha contract, which was about to be concluded between Ministers and a large body of influential pur chasers. This will supply the necessary funds for the more pressing and immediate wants of the Executive. We are obliged to postpone till to-morrow the puh'i”a von of the copy of an important Address from the Inha bitants of Kiel to the Seven ProfesEors of Gottin4in, who protested against the Letters Patent of the Hanoverian Despot, ERNEST of Cumberland. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC. 9. —Wind E. N. E. ; 10th, E. S. E.—Arrived rrom the River, and Imo Teded, the James Blair, ''Allister, For the Cape of Good Hope ; Tagus steamer, from Gibraltar, left 30th ult., Cadiz lit, Lisbon sth, and Vigo the Gth inst. ; Hero, Steward, from Belfast. Came dokAn from the River and sailed, the Tibix, Candles, for Malta ; Memorialist, Clark, Kingston, Sergeant, Hopewell, Patent, and Amity Hall, Ford, for Jamaica; Rivalry, Winfield, for Pernambuco; Mal vina, Burton, for Trinidad ; Wellington, for New York ; Dando, for St. Michael's ; Fierce, Marshall, for the River Gambia ; Rose, for Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 9. —Wind N. W. to N. ; 10th, N N. E. PLYMOUTII, DEC. 8. —Wind N. N. W. to E. N. E. ; 9;h, E. N. E. FALMOUTH, DEC. 8. —Wind N.W., 9th, N. E.N. E —Ar rived the Linn.•t packet, from the West Indies, railed from St. 'Thomas' 12th ult. : Royal Adelai2e, from Quebec ; Gleaner, Hare, from Newfoundland. O' port, the Dauntless, Pruder, from Calcutta; sailed the Reindeer packet, for Madeira and Brarl. DARTMOUTH, DEC. !O.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Tucker, 'nom Ne foundland. POOLE, Dile. 10.—Arrived the Otter, Rogers, from New found land. ABERDEEN, DEC. 9. —Arrived the Liberty, Gibb, from St. Petersbur g h. LEITH, DEC. 9.—Arrived the Urania, Younger, from St. Petersburgh ; Aurora, Cook, from ditto ; Gratitude, Murray, from Riga; Diana, Miller, Dalhousie, and Speedy, Young, from Cadiz ; James Watt, from Hamburgh. LIT/throw., DEC. 10.—Arrived the Samuel, Waters, from Newfoundland ; Tom Tough, Ferrington, from Cha rente ; Fortune, Bulosve, from Dantzic ; Sophia Maria, Hall, from Waser ; and Helen, Olden, Flcusberg. BEADMARIS, DEC. 9.—Arrived the Fortune. from Alicante. SHIELDS, DEC. 9.—Arrived the Eliza Ann, Stephenson, from St. Petersburgh ; and Agra, Mearns, from Riga. LOVVESTOFFE, DEC. 10.—Arrived off port, the Harriet, Pepper, from St. Petersburgh. The British Union, bound to Cork, is discharging at St. Übes, having sprung a leak. The Nautilus, Walter, from Licator to Newcastle, having sprung a leak, was abandoned on the 18th ult. off Cape Massaro. The Emerald, of Belfast, was driven on shore on the coast of Donegal on the 23d ult. The Princess Victoria, Butler, from Belfast. put into Dub lin, pumps choaked, and three feet water in the hold, bound to Bristol. ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE. LIEGE, DEC. 6.—The Chapter of the Collegiate Church of Aix-la-Chapelle and the Clergy of the same city have received from the Metropolitan Chapter of Cologne the following cir cular, dated March 20 :- , " Our very Reverend Archbishop Clement Augustus, Baron Von Droste Neschering, has been conducted (abductus) far from his diocese for weighty reasons (gravissimis ex causis), and hindered from administering to his church. In conse quence, seeing that the Archiepiscopal See is as it were va cant (quasi vacat), according to the rule laid down by the Canon Law in cap. Si Episcopus, 3 de supplenda neglig. prcelat. (1. 8), the Chapter must administer the diocese, both in spiritual and temporal matters, as if the See were vacant by death. We therefore signify to you by these presents, we have this day taken the administration into our hands, and we order you to apply to us by letter respecting all the ec clesiaQticaa affairs which you may have to treat of, till other means shall have been taken, conformably to the Canon Law. We shall send to the Apostolic See—which is instructed in providing for the wants of the churches—a detailed and ac curate account of this whole affair, and of the present state of the diocese as is fitting, and has been laid down by law ; and we shall humbly conjure it to settle our affairs, and to order what it shall see good. " We shall soon receive the Apostolic Decrees, and we ex hort you as the Lord's dear brethren, to wait for them as we do, with tranquillity and confidence, and to take care, for the ova of God, by your prudence and circumspection, that neither the church nor public affairs suffer any injury, and that the minds of the faithful be not excited or alarmed." In the name of the Chapter, CHARLES ADALBERT BARON DE BEYER, Vicar General in pontificalibus. Cologne, Nov. 21, 1837. The Countess of Bridgewater will keep open house at Christmas. The are now upwards of 200 poor people em ployed in the grounds around Aahridge Castle. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., continues at Oatlands, confined to his room by a severe attack of gout. His Lord ship was unable to come to town on Friday, to be present at the division on the Pension List. Count Charles and Countess Pozzo di Borgo will return to Ashburnham House the latter end of January, when a series of soirees will be given by the Countess to the beau monde. The forthcoming pantomime at Covent-Garden Theatre is to be called Harlequin and Peeping Torn of Co ventry, or the Lady Godiva and the Witch of Warwick. Balfe's opera of Joan of Arc, and the new ballet of The Daughter of the Danube, still attract crowded audiences to Drury-lane Theatre. We hear it is likely that Major-Genetal Sir John Colborne will succeed the Earl of Go.ford as Governor of Lower Canada. . _ It is reported, and we believe with good reason, that the Honourable Mr. Bligh, at present our Minister at Stock. htlm, is to be appointed Minister to the Court of thp• King 01 Hinover. The King of Hanover liaz named Baron Munchau. sen to be his Minister at this Court. _ The new Marquis of Queensberry, late Lord John Douglas, is to succeed his brother as Lord- Lieutenant of Dum.. fries-shi.e. We believe that the other offices held by the late Marquis are not yet filled up. The ship Upton Castle, bound to Sydney, having on board Sir George Gipps, the Governor of New South Wales, his suite, &c., arrived at Mad, ira on the 2Sth of Oct., all well, in twelve days, from Plymouth. QUICK WO R K.-011 Wednesday, a woman, charged with robbing a farmer of V., was committed from the police office, Rochdale; sent to Manchester, tried at the sessions, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment—all in one day.—Manchester Guardian. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—Thirty gen timen have passed their examination at the Royal College of Surge)ns during the past month, and have received their diplomas in consequence. EXTRAORDINARY TEMPERANCE.—OII Satur day, at a meeting of the Magistrates, a woman was put to her oath as to the temperance of her neighbour. Witness swore that she had known her for ten years, and never knew her to he iatoxicated, for she seldom drank more than sixteen glasses (gr ruin in the course of the day.—Manx Advertiser. FINE ARTS.—The President and Council of the Worcester Institution have issued a circular, soliciting the patronage of the inhabitants of that city and its neighbour hood for an exhibition of works of art, the productions of ' British artists, in painting and sculpture, which will be opened in a short time at the Athenceum. The Lord Lieutenant of the county, and the Members for the city and county, to;e ther with many noblemen B,nd gentlemen, have become yatrons of this undertaking.— Worcester Journat. It is already known that a correspondence has taken place between Lord John Russell and those persons who have control over our great national buildings, such as St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, &c. That correvondence is to be laid before Parliament, and we have had great satisfaction iu learning that, in the case of St. Paul's, his Lordship's en deavours have been wholly successful. St. Paul's is to be opened to the public, free of expense, every day from nine until eleven o'clock ha the morning, and from three to four o'clock in the afternoon. The public are also to have the benefit of a great reduction in the admission fee to the 'rower. The fee is t. 3 be reduced from three shillings to one. _Sunday Paper. The condition of the carriage way in the Strand, to wards Chasing-cross, is most disgraceful. It is full of holes, some of them nearly a foot in depth, and such as seriously en danger the axletrees of light vehicles that pass along this very important thouroughfare. In the old libiary of Upsal are deposited the mys terious iron coffers left by Gustavus the 'Third. The period fixed by the Royal will for opening the coffers falls this year, and it is expected that they will yield documents which will throw light upon the events of those times hitherto involved in impenetrable darkness. —Nuremberg Correspondent. 'clic distinguished young French artist M. Johan net has jw3t died at Paris, after a long and painful illness. Mr. Barnett, veterinary surgeon, has lately taken an enora ous wart, measuring nineteen inches in circumference, and we ighing three pounds and a half, from the belly of a va luable horse, near this town. The cure was performed is nine days, and has left no blemish.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. 'Mr. Robert Stubbs, of Sawdon, near Scarborough, has i ll hi s possession a turkey, in her second year, which, after laying seventeen eggs, afterwards sat, hatched, and brought up her brood. She again commenced laying, and has pro duced eighty-four, making a total of one hundred and one e t gg.s within this season. POsTAGEt—" My proposal then is, that every letter written upon a single sheet with a Stamp at one pepny, be carried not exceeding 50 miles, at twopence, 100 at threepence, OOO and at fompence,--every other distance. Such a ratio of charge I consider would be just, and I con sider it would be satisfactory and lam inclined to suppose the returns by this settle would got be far short, if tht4 w(,-tuid tint be hilly equal to the present amount.' —Extract from a commuhicatien addressed by Mr, Johnson to the Berwick Advertiser, HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY.) fhc Ilouso sat to-day for thi! purpose of hcariog app als. Th , ! Lords I resent acre, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Bute, and Lord de Lisle. .EHERIIAN V. LORD MUSKERRY. The arguments in this appeal, which were part h( and on Friday, v.e.c reumed to•day, and had not concluded when we left. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) (Before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) SQAIIPE V. PLACE. This is an action to recover damages for a false prosecution, the defendant hating, in June last year, indicted the plain tiff, and three other persons, upon a charge of Nudulently obtaining from Lim certain bills of exchange. It appeafe3 that the prim ipal in the transaction respecting the bills tt as John hinter Hart ; and the prosecution against the plaintiff fell to the ground. Under these ircuenstincts this action Wes brought. The defendant was High Sheriff of the County of Warwick, and the case excites considerable interest. It has occupied the Court all the morning, and up to the time of our reporter leaving was too much of an ex pante character to be published until after the conclusion of tile whole evidence, which probably will not be until a late hoar. QUEEN'S BENCii.-(THIS DAY.) WALKER V. OWEN. This was an action to recover compensation for injury sus tained by the plaintiff in consequence cf the misrepresenta tion of the defendant, from whom he had purchased the lease and good-will of the public-house ca'led the " Blue Boar" Aldgate, for 1,8501. on the faith of the receipts b,ing from 2601 to 2701. per month. The receipts turned out to be only alnut 1501. per mcnth. Mr. Thessiger and Mr. Erie appeared for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General for the defendant. The case had not terminated when our :Reporter left. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. The adjourned Sessions commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Farebrother, Marshall, Lainson, She rids Montefiore and Carroll, and the other civic authorities. After the Grand Jury had been sworn, the RECORDER ad dressed them to the following effect : —The interval had been so short since the last sessions, that he hoped their labours would be comparatively light. On looking over the calen dar, he saw no case which required observation from him ex cept one, which was a charge of murder on the high seas. The charge was preferred against the captain and mate of a vessel called the Margaret, and the crime was alleged to have been committed on her passage from Charleston to Liverpool. The deceased, who was one of the crew, had been labouring under the effects of disease, attended with swelling of the limbs, but it appeared that an impression existed on board that he was unnecessarily absent from his duty, in consequence of which he had been more than once lifted on deck by means of a rope, and while there, a quantity of water had been thrown on him. Beyond that, however, it did not appear that any corporal punishment had been inflicted upon him. After adverting to some cases of minor importance, his Lordship concluded by some general observations with respect to the nature of the duties of the Grand Jury, and impressed upon them the necessity of a careful investigation of the bills that would be sent before them. The common jury panel was then called over, and amongst the exceptions allowed was a registrar of births and deaths, who said that he could not be spared from the discharge of his public duties. „ A deputy registrar was soon after called, and thought to excuse himself on the same ground, but Alderman Farebro tiler told him " That he should get his superior to do the work this time."—( Laughter.) There are only 53 prisoners for trial during the presen Sessions. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY7TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. By the Gibraltar mail we have received the Chronicle of the 30th ult. but the information has been already anticipated by the French telegraph. We have received Demerara papers to the 14th October. There is no news of immediate moment. The Barbadoes papers are occupied with an account of an unsuccessful attempt of escape on the part of certain prisoners in the gaol. His Excellency the Governor sent a message to the House of Assembly, for the information of the House, inclosing co pies of despatches from Lord Glenelg, and of the letter therein alluded to from Mr. Buxton, in reference to the charge im puted to Mr. Clarke and the planters of Barbadoes, of forcing the apprenticeship of free children without the consent of their parents. These documents are of considerable length. THE FUNDS. During the whole of Saturday there was not a feature either in the British or Foreign Markets worth notice, and Consols closed at 93a for the opening. Exchequer Bills, 47 49 prem. ; India Bonds, 27 28 prem. ; Bank Stock, 205 206. Money was rather in demand out of the house. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active closed at l9i 20 with Coupons, opened this morning the same ;_ Portuguese closed 30 to 30k, opened the same ; Three per Cents., 20 to 201 ; Mexican, 281; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 54k. Consols opened this morning at 93i ; nothing doing. There is every prospect that the trade with the United States and this country will soon revive. The Quebec Lon don line-of-packet ship left the river last week, with a full cargo, for New York. Another vessel has also left the river for New York, with a full cargo of the value of 40,0001. to 50,000/. _ HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. We have no further arrivals since the morning, and the only one worth notice is that from Lisbon. All was tranquil there, and the Ministry were occupied in raising the wind, which appears they find a very difficult task. They propose an additional duty of 20 per cent. on tobacco and snuff, ex pecting it will bring into the Treasury 90,0001. annually. The Royalist party must be in force, as they occupy the at tention of the Government, and they intend sending a re inforcement of 500 to 600 men, to the - Algarves. Consols in the course of the morning declined from 931 to 93a, for the Account ; since which, they have again resumed their former price, 93a, but there is no feature in the Market of consequence, and little doing to the present time. Ex chequer Bills, 47 49 prem. ; India Bonds, 27 29 prem. ; Bank Stock, 204 205. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active continues steady at 19- 20, with Coupons ; Passive, 4 : f ; Deferred, 71 i; Portuguese rather improved from 294; in the morning, to 291 301; Three per Cents., 191 20,{ ; Brazil also better, 7SA- 79 ; Colombian, .251 ; Dutch Two-and-a-lialf, 54 4 -1 ; Mexican, 281. London and Birmingham Shares have risen this morning from 60 to 66 prem. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for thu Account, 93i On the Ist of January next the London and Bir mingham Railway will be open as far as Stoney Stratford, and also the Birmingham end as far as Rugby, making in the whole - seventy-seven miles of this great undertaking completed. OPERA BUFFA.— On Saturday, L'Elisir cr Amore was advertised as the performance for the evening, but at a late hour it was changed for L'ltaliana its Alyieri, at the spe cial desire of the Queen, uho honoured the opera with her presence. Her Majesty entered shortly after the curtain rose. She was accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the Duchess of Suth9rland, Lady Barham, Miss and Colonel Cavendish. Her Majesty arrived quite privately, and on her entrance no notice was taken by the audience of her presence. This is as it ought to be. Catone was in excel lent voice, and sans charmingly throughout. Madame &ler lin was also greatly applauded. This lady is making daily inroads upon public favour. Her Majesty remained until the conclusiJn of the opera. The [louse was crowded, and the attendance was not only great in quantity, but excellent in quality. _ COURT-MARTIAL AT CHATIIANI.—The finding and smtence of the Court-Martial recently held at Chatham on Ensign C. S. Dickson, of the 51st Light Infantry, were on - Sunday last read to that officer. The Court found him guilty of the charges preferred against him, and sentenced him to be dismissed ; but our gracious Sovereign, taking into considera tion h;s youth, his previous excellent character, and the 'strong recommendation to mercy by the members of the Court, has been pleased to remit the punishment, and to order hm to be restored to the service. DESPERATE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A Fo- REIGN GENTLEMAN.—Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the following desperate attempted suicide was committed by Monsieur Antonio Bellina, an Italian gentle man, between forty and fifty years of age, residing in East stseet, Lisson-grove, St. Mar ) l..bone, who attempted to put a period to his existence by shooting himself through the head with a pocket pistol ; the ball, taking an oblique direction, passed through the lower jaw, which was frightfully shattered. Sargical assistance being procured, the wound was dressed, and slight hopes are given for his recovery. A very simple method has lately been adopted to render the surface of paint perfectly smooth, and eradicate to the brush marks, It is done by asmall roller covered with cloth or felt, about eight inches long and two inches in diameter, worked in pivots, similar to the common h arden toiler. The flatting colt, by this method, is made beautifully even, and looks exceedingly well. Mr. T00k.2 announced at the meeting of the Council of the University College, on Saturday we.tk, the munificent donation of 1,0001. by Mr. Brood , ett, to the funds of the College. Such liberality is alike an honour to the donor and to that branch of the profession of which he in a member. The experiment which was tried about two months ago of paving Ludgate-hill, in the angular way—that is with the edges of the stones a little elevated, has been found not to answer, and the street is again stopped to admit of the proved pavement being taken up, and another of the former kind laid down. It was found that the noise oceatione Iby the passage of carriage,' ever this succession of ledges was so great as to be quite a nuisance to the inhabitants. The stones were not by any means so well placed as those on Holborn* hill, where an angular pavement has been in est) fur souse years, and is found greatly to facilitate she draught up the hill, In lieu of thia, the pavement which is now in the course pt being laid down on Ludgate-hill is formed of stones of the u%ual size, placed in the usual way, but having their upper surfaces indented, so as to affortl lKiter hold for the feet of bol.§,csi ROYAL ACADEIqY OF ARTS. „.:I. o ;a ti ri S ( : f tu t r il l e ay f,u ! di 9 tio h i r o is f ta t n h t e , h R t o in y g al tl A ie ca s d ixt il y i General Assembly a the Academicians t h ei r was hold at e apartments in Trafalgar-square. when the fo l l owin g distribud flan of Premiums tcuk place, viz. - v ni o n f th A A rt n s, ni ; Paii.f on., the Gcld Meda', and the Discourtes of t he Prelli To M. Ebenezer Butler Morris, for the b est His!oric!! dents Re3nolds and \Vest, handsomely bound and inscribed , To Mr. Edward A. Gam!, for the best Architectural Design, the Gold Medal, and the Discoarsea of the Presid dents Reynolds and Vv'est. Painting School, the Silver Medal, and the Lecture s of the To Mr, John William Hayes, for the test copy made in the Professors Barry, Opie, and Fuseli. To Mr. Samuel Taylor, for the next best copy made io the Painting School, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Thom.ls William Harland, for the best Drawing horn the Life, the Silver MedA, and the Lectures of the Professors Bar. y, Opie, and Fuseli. To Mr. Thomas Barton, for the next best Drawing from the Life, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Charles Augustus Rivers, for the best Model P.on the Life, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Hubert Williams, for the best Drawing of the West Erma ef Spencer House, in St. James's Park, the Silver Medal, a.al the Lecture; of the Professors Barry, Ope, and Fuseli. To Mr. William Snooke, for the s(c nid best DI . , wing of the same, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Alexander T. Ashton, for the third. best Drawing of the same, the Silver Medal. To Mr. William Carpenter, for the best Drawing from V* Antique, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of the Professors Opie and Fuseli. To Mr. Henry Le Jenne, for the second best Drawing from the Antique, the Salver Medal, To Mr. Henry Nelson. O'Niel, for the third best Drawing from the Antique, the Silver Medal. To Mr. G , ,..erge Nelson, for the best Model from the Antique ; the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of the Professors Opie and Fuseli. After which the President addressed a Discourse to the Candidates and Students. The General Assembly afterwards proceeded to aPP°ine Officers for the ensuing year ; when Sir Martin Archer S l3O was unanimously re-elected President. Council, New List. Abraham Cooper, Esq., Sir David Wilkie, Edward liwleges tinily, and Charles Lock Eastlake, Esqrs, Old List.----Charles Robert Cockerell, Joseph Mullord \Vitamin Turner, \Villiam Hilton, and William Etty, Es-qrs. Visitors in the Life Academy, New List. William Etty, Henry Howard, Richard Cook, Alfred Ed ward Chalon, and Edwin Landseer, Esqrs. Oil List. —Abraham C oo p er , Ch ar l es Lock Eastlake, George Jones, and Joseph Mullord William Turner, Esqrs. Visitors in the School of Painting, New List. William HiltOn, George Jones, Joseph Mullord William Turner, and William Mulready, Esqrs. Old List.—Charles Lock Eastlake, Henry .1101 ” Thomas Phillips, and Clarkson Stanfield, Esqrs. Auditors Re-elected.—.W. Mulready, J. M. W. Turner , Esqrs., and Sir Richard Westmacott. HYDRAULIC TELEGRAPH. A novel and ingenious method of conveying intelligence from one place to another has been lately invented by Mr Francis Wishaw, of South-squ a r e , G ra y' s Inn, in whic h place there is now a model o f th e con t r i vance . Th e principle on which the process is carried on depends on the well-known fact of water always finding its own level (unless under cir cumstances where operated upon by suction, &c.), or, in other words, of every part of a stream of water, when left to its natural tendency, continuing to be equidistant from th e centre of gravity. The invention is worked by the risinf or depression of water, and is therefore appropriately callet . the " Hydraulic Telegraph." The detail of it is as fin lows :—lt is proposed to place station-houses at va rious distances, from 20 to 30, 40, or 50 m il es apart , the dig' tances to depend upon the nature of th e groun d t o be tra versed, as to its being a level or an unequa l surface. From the termini of the line, to which th e commun i cat i ons a re to be made, and of course through the sta ti on h ouses, l ea d en pip es are to be laid down at a dista nce o f a b out fi ve f eet f ro m tne surface of the earth. In th ese p i pes t h ere i s a l wa ys t° be a sufficient supply of water . A t t h e term i n i , sa y Len; don and Liverpool, and at each station, pipes are to extend from the main pipes into a proper apartment, and an DPP' ratus of glass pipes to be placed at the extremities of then. These glass pipes will be perpendicular, and placed upon a table of figures, which figures, by means of a vocabulary e r dictionary, are known to represent certain words, and are in terpreted by reference to the dictionary, or to the knowledg e of their signification which will arise from memory practice. By cocks fixed to the pipes at each station O r at the termini, the water in the pipes can be heightened i f ia lowered in such a manner as may b e requ i red to eon the water in the glass pipes to rise or fall, so 0 A ° R bring the upper surface i mme di a t e l y oppos i te any f i gu re " t, the table that may be necessa r y t o re p resent t h e correspondent, word or syllable or sentence in the dictionary. The wa le .a rising or falling in the g l ass pip e i nstantaneous l y, an d by the principle of always finding its level, rising or falling at the pipes at the corresponding stations in a space of time incre dibly rapid. By this means the communication is made froul one station to another with the greatest accuracy and velocity' and with little danger of di sarrangement. A nother d e t a il the same principle, which is appended to the model o f this ccntrivance now exhibited at the office of Mr. Wishaw, i 9 the use of cylinders at the extremity of the pipes at the sta tions, in which cylinders are floats, to one of which float!' in one contrivance, an upright piece of wood is W u ' which operates upon a transverse horizontal index, traversing a sextant table, on which the figures representing the wor ds arc marked ; and on a float in another cylinder an u pright index is placed, having a small horizontal piece of wir e pointing to figures on an u p r i g h t o bl ong ta bl e. Th e se la s t two methods are elegant and ingenious, but do not, perhaps, at least as far as can be discerned at a first and cursory in' spection, materially improve the machine. The pipe of the model now in operation extends from a back-room in the office of tit:: inventor through a larger room, and into a third aPsrt meet. The pipe is about half an inch in diameter, a dimensio n said to be large en oug h f or t h e actua l p l an, convoluted and twisted in many f o ld s , i n or d er to ren d er the distance through the pipe as long as possible. At each end of it cocks le regu'ate the water, and upright glass pipes, such as have been described, with tables of figures are affixed, in which the water mounts and falls by the regulation of the coc k .% tha surface pointing to the figures on the tables, 7: mercury or spirits of wine in a thermometer points to the scale of heat and co ld. I n t h e exper i ments which bar been made, sentences of several words have been conuneni c rtt d with the greatest rapidity from one room to the oth; i P and the interpretation, a lth oug h t h e vocabulary of Mr. t : shaw at present has not ab ove 12,000 wor d s, h as b ee n perfe c t, The rough estimate of the exp ense o f a telegraph of this s ort, including stations and conting en t expenses, i s 2001. a ita ea The invention is exceedingly curious, though depe n dent on web-known and simple principle. It is well worthy 8 visit from all scientific person s , an d from all who are i n terested iitfr the rapid transmission o f i n t e lli gence f rom places at gr eat a tances apart. D - ESTRUCTION OF THE MAID OF BU' STEAMER t FraF..—By a l e tt er rece i ve d l as t night from v , liothsay w e l earn th at t h e M a id of Bute, Capta i n Johnst ° fire was t:tally destr o y e d by fi re w hil e l y i ng at the qua: -. The ft broke out in the morning. between six and seven o'clock.. c h originated i n th e coo k' s h ouse am i d ships, and sprea d with sue rapidity that th e vesse l was speedily burnt down to the wilt — edge. — Glasgow Courier. On Sattud a y t h e fl y - w h ee l o f one o f the Wail; en:ines of M essrs S omerv ill e an d Sons, Little Govan, igle, way, and the segments of the rim were projected witll velocity in different directions. Part of the floor of the eng, house was t or n up, an d one pi ece o f th e w h ee l we nt threng" o . thick iron d oor , ano th er th roug h a wa ll t wo f ee t in thie .n n ce awl afterwards reb oun d e d against another wall at the dicta a in of eighty feet. 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