The Sun. — London, England, 1823-12-11 00:00:00

Madrid to the-4th` initunt. The news which he brings is of .great importance. There has been nearly a total change of the Spanish Ministry.— The Madrid Gatette of the . 4th contains four Royal decrees. By ; the first, his Majesty ; appoints, as first Minister of State, the Marquis of Casa Irujo ; as Minister of Grace and Justice for Spain and the Indies, John Narciso de He redia ; as Minister of War, Major-General Don Josef de la CruZ ; and as Minister of Finance, Don Luis Lopez Uallesteros. The Minister of Marine remains •This , decree• is dated Dec.,2, and is couritersiped Luis Maria Salazar, who remains as Minister of Marine. ti•v • By tho se con d d ecree his Majesty appoints,: af. President of his Council, Don Ignacio Martinei This place was vacant by the re fusal of the Duke del Infantado to accept it. By the third decree, Saez; the King's former Prime IVt• • • - " lst er and Confessor, is nominated to the Bishopric of Tortosa, vacant by the death of • Don Monne! Ros y MedranO. At the same time that he ceases to be Minister, he ceases to be Confessor to the King. By the fourth decree his Majesty, seeing the ,absolute necessity, for the good government of Ins vast Monarchy, of establishing a Council of State which may unite i the knowledge and the ex perience requisite to guide the resolutions of his Sovereign authority,has nominated ten individuals, composed of persons selected from the old Coun cilOf State, existing on the 7th of March, 182(..), and others, to a COuncil of State. His Majesty r "erves the power of adding to their number.-- Ili ' Majesty, as well as his two brothers, may P r eside at this ceencil: The Councillors named are_Eguia, the Dukeof San Carlos, Don Juan Perez Villarrril , Don Antonio Vargas Laguna ; Don Antonio Gomez Calderon, Don Juan Batt.. Erro, DOn Josef. Garcia de In Torre, and Bon Juan Antonio Rojas. Tile Ministers are, ex officio, Members of this -Council. This decree is dated the 3d inst., and counter sinned Casa Irujo. Casa Irujo is a'man of talent ; and of more libe , rality than the Minister Confessor. lie was Am. bassador at Paris before the late Revolution. The Madrid Gazette of the 2d instant gives a literal translation of the letter addressed to the Paris Journals, on the 10th November, by. M. Guehhard. The Gazette o6serveS, that the de- Qt4ration of M. Guephard ought completely to %111%ti, all delusion relative to the Loans o the f , —ort(. sl Never, .us is stated in the letter o "that "-J ). anke'', will the Royal Government re i m . ',ar se e to money lent to the gaolers of Ferdi. Tin " Vll., and to the oppressors of his subjeCts t'r elich Fluids at four o'clock, 91, 45.; Spanish Funds, 31i r rt, Twelve o'Clock.-0 wing to the intelli gence from Madrid this morning the Forelgn .11 "'ket was crowded at an early hour, and when th e A alarket opened a great bustle and confusion tool; place. Spanish Bonds, which left off yes. te , r , da c, Y 4 t 26i, opened this morning at 28i, - "15 28 4 , 29, oB 7c 29 , with a great deal ' 49 business doing, as it is now expected that the flew Ministry of Spain will make some ar 41)10nwnt for the Old Spanish Loan before they call ()hullo the new one s which is again on the taDis a nd likely to be taken by one of the first "rninere. houses in Paris. French Rentes soc. Spanish 31f to 32.—Consols opened this 17 " r ning •a t ou S 5, and up to,this hour they are ' 85 ,1 f or the Accnt. Lf•• • ~pw '"terS from Bayonne give the following ac of the affray in Madrid, which has already 11 noticed in the French Papers tithe ti ed 26th, one French and two Spanish soldiers, guar- NI In a soli tary quarter of the city ;, the Frenchman was tetblY handled ; the 'guard coming up, on hearing his cries, 414 three to the guard-house,.where a sergeant commanded. 4 datachment of Spanish Lancers came to demand ,the 'F,, et le of the two prisoners,.uttering imprecations against 41 as 0 . ' 1 ,4 in general ; the people joined them, and the post )1144 I.tkaeffpoint of being:forced, though the sergeant defended hy u ih e a t ea - ura velY when it was rnforced by a detachment from o te llt Post' Which had been informed of what was passing hsyt,e'dier Who made his way through the crowd with his , k e t, Ci eneral 'Bouririont being informed of this disor ie c°ll 3equence of which might have, been WM, ordered titit4 lll ; l to beat to arras and the garrison'hssembled, which gal tle streets. Ther'e were two persons killed and seve firtlet-„lllic'ed• • Such was the result of this unfbrtunate affair. I tr se " a s soon restored; but to prevent the recurrence of' sinu to en e , , qui t 3 „.! ut.neral Ilounnont has ordered all the Spanish troops themulTiMdrid. The letters from Madrid of the 27th say, that , W its 2 4 I "er of persons wounded in the above-mentioned affl.ay A ek mree are dead. The officer who commanded the at, 'e Post is arrested, and will be brought to trial." , ho n . t oo peeing of the States General of N . Virtem- TO t° °k place at Stutgard, on the Ist ms_t_i_in o t i; thee King in his speech congratulated himself u - jtet:lnien which reigns between him and his s 1: 'ritttt e ' tiliS Majesty acknowledges the suffering ne Wo rt i ch the Agriculturists ; but does not say Roc of the state of foreign affairs, II " of o l ti l i v e pro,Y Alliance. Ilis Majesty alluded to the t . t . t ill i , Q tti e c t l e . to be presented. 44 Some," he said, Nel l "Portant subjects of legislation ; others, 1 t t ,,,, 4 , the mode of election for the assembly, 'ee li - Itite nded to fulfil the promises which had Th e Pre •titittlivell io the Constitutional act." A a tern 4: Prince , Hohoololie-Ochringen ) made I ireentary reply. THE THEATRES. COVENT•GARDEL—The second appearance of Mr. YOUNG, last night, in the part of Sir Per. tinax Macsycophant, was even more gratifying than his first performance of that character, the natural effect of his having passed with great suc cess through the ordeal of a London tribunal. He displayed a perfect conception of all the ar tifice, all the insulting pride, and all the abject submission, as irell as 'of the broad humour and sarcastic shrewdness of the part. — He was equally successful in his impression on the audience, and was animated through the whole by reiterated and well merited applause. We are confirmed in our opinion that the satire in the play is as hackneyed as it is illiberal ; and since the rogui-th hero of the piece is styled The Man of the World, why should he be designated as a Scotchman, as worldly men are not only to be found in all countries, but as regard to self-interest in the common characteristic of mankind. ROYAL WEST LONDON THEATRE.—We lately noticed the representation at this place of the Tragedy of Douglas, which, in addition to its intrinsic merits, has the approbation of GRAY : and there cannot be a better poetical or critical authority. The play was repeated last night, and the young adventurer, who acquitted himself so well before in the part of Young Norval, repeated the character with equal success. He bears some resemblance in his face and voice to the late JOHN PALMER, one of the best actors that has appeared in our time. The Young Norval, hose name is PERKINS, holds forth a very strong promise of future excellence and I if the London Theatres are " filled and dammed up" with Performers, he is already well calcu lated to take the lead on a Provincial Stage, whence in due time he would doubtless make his way to the Metropolis. Mrs. 13EvettLcy, its be fore, displayed maternal dignity and feeling in Lady Randolph. The second piece was The Turn pike Gate. BEVERLEY, who is really a good comic actor, gave humourous support to the part of Crack, and the farce altogether went otf with good effect. The last pii;ce, intitled Alchnoth, or the Wanderer, is quite in the terrific style of modern compositions. The hero is a Vampire ; the story strongly excites attention, and was uniformly welt supported. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.—TiIe King's scholars last night repeated their performance of TE RENCE'S Adelphi. It WaS a chaste and elegant representution—no less honourable to the talent and assiduity of the masters than to the applica tion ai intelligence of the young men. The scene nnist, have been more than ordinarily grad tying to thvir relatives and friends, who attended in very great numbers on this occasion. The play went off excellently, and elicited very great applause throughout. Mr. H. SAwnxfp, as Mitio ; Mr. T. KNIGHT, as Demea ;-Atir. D. DUNLOP, as Su/01/0 ; Mr. F. MARKHAM, 43 S:9/113 ; and Mr. J. M. lIEATit, tt's &strati, signalized themselves particularly. They were the most prominent figures, where all were good. Mr. MAttxuAst's Syrtis is one of the cleverest performances hich the school has witnessed for some time. Ilis conception of the character, which he plays with archness and vivacity, is correctly humorous. The prologue, which contains a graceful eulogium on the genius of Terence, was spoken by Mr. D. Salim. The epilogue %vas ,delivered by Mr. 11. SANDERS and Mr. T. KNIGHT, as Alit ° and Demea. It touches on the Utopian system of the modern school,' by pursuing which some philosophers suppose misery may be entirely banished from the earth, and the blessings of Paradise introduced in its room. MORAL ACADEMY. Yesterday being the Anniversary of the Insti tution of the Royal Academy, by his late MA JESTY, a General Meeting of the Academicians took place, when Sir TIOMAS LAWAEr ! ICE pre sented the following Premiums to the successful Candidates in Painting, Sculpture, and Archi tecture : Ix PaixTisa.--The Gold Medal, with the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds and West, for the best Historical Com position : the subject—" The contention between the Arch angel Michael and Satan for the body of Moses," to Mr. F. Y. urlstome. DITTO IN SCULPTURE.—For the best Composition, to Mr. R. B. Hughes. Ix AncitiTEcTilitz.—The subject, the design for a Hos pital for Invalided Sailors to Mr. 'l'. Bradbury. IN THE SCHOOL 01' PAINTING.-,—The that Silver Medal for the best copy, to Mr. Cobbett; the second, to Mr. Marks. The Silver Medal, for the best Drawing in the Life, to Mr. . Cahusac ; the second, to Mr. Haus. The silver Medal, forthe best Model in the same, to Mr 4 R. Williams ; the second, to Mr. Collingwood. The Silver Medal, for the best Drawing from the Antique, to Mr. G. R. Ward ; the second to Mr. Y. Ross; the third, to Mr. Cieele. The Silver Medal, for the best Model from the Antique, to Mr. Dear; the second, to Mr. Stothard ; the third, to Mr. Behnes. The Silver Medal, for the best Die, to Mr. Stothard. The Silver Medal, for the best Architectural Drawing, to Mr. Rickley ; the second to Mr. Jenkins. The President concluded the ceremony by d 0.• livering a discourse distinguished by its eloquence and beauty of composition. The liberality with which he bestowed the highest encomiums upon hii predecessor, Sir JOSHUA Itt:YNoLns, reflect ed as much credit (since he is undoubtedly his successful rival) tipon the speaker, as upon the object of the panegyric. Loup Easturfs.—The following Invitation is in general circulation among the Members of the Legal Profession _ . fnderstanding it to be the wish of the profession of the law that some mark of respect should be shown to the memory of the late Lord Erskine, wt: take the liberty of requesting your attendance at Lincoln's-inn-hall, on Moaiday, the lsth of De, comber, ut half-past seven o'clock in Ow evening. John Lens James Searlett, John Vaughan, John Bell, Arthur Onslo,w, John Gurney, Albert Pell, George Heald, Thomas Jeivis, W. E. Taunton, Henry Mroiln. Win. George Adam, J ()maim Paine, &c. &c.'' • ---+.r~e~••---= RETAIL BREWING.--iiii doubts, if any existed on this subject, are i now removed, the lion. Commissioners of his Majesty's Board of Excise having issued a circular letter, dated the sth inst., to the Collectors of Districts throughout the kingdom, divecting them to regauge and charge the allowance on the stock of all brewers who wish to sell. retail ; and to grant brewers! retail licences to all persons requiring them. MURDER •IN ESSEX, upon Mumford, :when he quitted the coacki was dressed hi a large great coat, which had been stripped off and hid in an adjoining field. This may account for the . temporary ab s.ence of Parrot, supposing him to be the perpe tratiir of this foul deed, when Mr. Smith found• the body,.,A report is prevalent in the neighbourhood' that Perrot has confessed the .w hole, but'for . the truth dT this wo cannot vouch at preSent. The Coroner's Inquest tvill sit on the body to-day (Thursday, Dec. 11.) 'Threaltsighbottring,tda gistrates have been most auteely employed since Monday evening in investigating all the circumstances, and the arrangements they have. deethed itadvisable to adopt will greatly facili tate the proceedings before the Coroner. The de- . ceased was about 20, short in stature, and of pleas ing gentlemOoly uppearatice. Parrot is tall and athletic, of very indifferent .previous character, and has been-employed by Mr. Mumford's father almost ever since he was a child. It is not yet ascertained whether more than ,o,we person was concerned in the murder, but the'grehod near the spot shows marks of a grea t struggle having taken place, and for a considerable extent is literally deluged in blood, - . 'he town of Amsterdam has for a moment Peen disturbed by a deplorable event ----A n idiot, who was diverting the people by his antics, was on the point of passing before the Hotel tie Ville, when the sentinel opposed his passage ; the man, regardless of his threats, still endeavour. ed to pass: this so irritated the sentinel, that he stabbed him with his bayonet, and he fell dead on the spot. The populace assern. bled, surrounded the soldier, and unable to escape their fury, he was stabbed to death with their knives. The guard hastened to the spot, and endeavoured to disperse the multitude. A struggle ensued ; the populace threw stones, and theguard were forced to yield. A wounded soldier fell into the hands of the mob, and he was murdered in the same way as the sentinel. The Military Commandant of the town arrived at this moment, and did all in his power to appease the enraged populace, who did nut disperse until the town guards were drawn up, and had levelled their muskets.—Three of the ring -leaders have been arrested, several individuals have been grievously wounded by bayonet stabs. MYSTERIOUS Dl:AM—Between the hours of seven and eight o'clock on Friday morning, the body of a man was found lying amid some rub- bish in a yard at the rear of Great Brunswick street ; the body appeared to have lain a consi. derable time in water, and there were the marks of some bruises on the face. It has been ascer tained that the name of the deceased was Michael Bryan, and that he resided on the Puddle, and lived by making mats and mops. The body, it appeared, bad been brought to the place where it was found in a cart, and thrown there with some lime and rubbish. The back board of the cart was found on the spot, and has been brought to College•street Police-otEce. inquest was held on the body on Saturday, by Al derman JONES, Coroner. The following was the verdict of the Jury :—" We find that the de, ceased, Michael Bryan, came by his death by the bands of some evil-minded persons, at pre sent unknown."---(Dublin Morning Post,) We understand that the miscreants known by the name of Piqueurs have again made their up pearance in Paris. On Friday two persons were wounded, one in the Itue des Fossees, St. Ger main l'Atucerrois, and the other upon the Pont Neuf. information. has been given to the Com missary of P e n ce of that quarter.---(Galignani's 111elsonger.) URTHER PARTICULARS.--7The consternation which prevailed through the whole country in consequence of the murder of Mr. Weare, and its attendant circumstances, 'has not yet subsided, and the agitation of the public mind will scarcely be removed till the ensuing trial ht Hertford on the 6th of January next is over. It now becomes our painful duty to announce another instance of barbarous assassination, which is accompanied by . points of aggravation, if possible, still more ap palling than those of the unfortunate Mr. Weare's death. A young man named James Nltunford, the son of a very reSpectable, farmer at Widding ton, a village about four miles from Saffron Walden, in Essex, was returning home last Mon• day afternoon, by one of the Walden coaches, which he quitted at Ovendon, as being the nearest point toward s hi s f at h er ' s house to which the coach approached. :He then had a, distance of two mileS to walk, and without delay he com menced his ill-fated journey. It was remarkable that a man named Parrot rushed out of the public house where Mr. Mumford left the coach, upon some person accidentally saying that it was a dark night for Mr. Mumford's walk to Widdington, About a quarter after eight o'clock the unfortu nate young man was found about a mile from his father's house, in the middle of the road, most inhuManly murdered: Bic' bend was dread fully bruised, as if by a club or hedge-stake, 14 that the features Were not recognizable, and his throat was partially cut under the chin ; his neckcloth having prevented the design, evidently contemplated by the mur derer, of severing the windpipe. Animation was not entirely extinct when he was first discovered, end , the person w h o f oun d him, M r . J o h n S m i th, of Stansted, Mountfitchel, gailopped back to IViddington for lights and assistance. On, his return he met Parrot advancing with the de ceased on his shoulders ; and. though Mr. Smith had not been absent ten minutes, the body had been removed to a considerable distance from the spot where the foul act had been committed.-- On being questioned, Parrot said that helium it was James Mk , inford, and was carrying him to his father's house. Several suspicious circum stances seemed to poiht him out as the murderer. He is the son of a poor man at Widdington, who attends Mr. Mumford, senioes, horses,and had been punished by the deceased for lopping leis father's trees, and committi ng o th er trespasses. This punishment had generated the most impla.; cable revenge in his mind, and he had been .re peatedly heard to say that he would do for young Mumford. On Parrot being searched, a knife belonging; to the wretched victi m was fou • FASHIONABLES IN TOWN. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess Dowager of Manchester, Marquis of Hertford, Marchioness of Westmeath Earl of Fowls, C ountess o f ' Albemarle, Mr. Greenwood, diuntess of Harrington, Count and Countess Lieven, Colonel and *Mrs. Stourton, Mr. John Drummond, Mrs. and Miss Curzon, Conntess of Essex, Mr. anti Mrs. _Robert Dubar, Bishop of London, Mrs. and Mis s Fl etc h er, Mr. Tierney, 31. p., Mr. John Dent. ALP., Lord Dilllon, Major Bullock, C ountess S t. Aubin' Mr. Stone, Mr. Moore. Lady Elizabeth Montague, Mr. a nd Mrs. Wallace, Colonel Duff; Mr. and Mrs. Seymour, Major anti Mrs. Asgill, Airs. and Miss Blachfbrd, Mr. anti Mrs. Vivian, Viscount and Vis countess Dungannon, . Captain Perceval, Major Fitzgerald, Mrs. and Miss Colton, Sir J. Leach, Sir J. Laugh:nu, Lady and Miss. Campbell, Mr. W. Paget, Lord St. Helens, Captain and Alrs. Winchester, Countess of Stamford and the Ladies 'Grey, Mr. and Mrs. Oglander, Gen. Smith, Countess of Guild find, Lord Barberton, Mr. and Mrs. Clive, Baron Page), Cap tain Barry, Lady Cremorne, Mr. and Mrs. Gage, Sir John Harrington, Earl of Ashburnham, Colonel Potter, LadyCis wahi, Marchionesa of Bath and Lady .1. Thynne, Mr. Denison, Lady Anne Beresford, Colo ne l R o b erts, Mrs. and Miss Darrell, Sir Humphrey and Lady Davy, Captain and Mrs. Young, Baroness de Rolle, Mr. J. Markham, Lord and Lady Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton, Earl of West more l an d , L ord Garvagh, Mr. Hop e , Lord Palmerston, Mr. and M rs . Ki ngston, Mr. Peel, Earl Countess of Listowell, Mr. Trevor, Mr. Bnks, Sir George liobinson, Bart. Mr. l'Aliarn, Mr. Petrp,.Lord tuid Lady Granville; Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Beville, Sir John N'iChol, Mr. Raikes, Mr. Keppel Craven, Pin.. Fitzlierbert and Miss Seymour, Colonel lioldero, Earl of Shrewsbury, the 3larouis of Carmarthen, Lord Hervey, Lord Caledon, Mr. and Mrs. Morland, Lord Elliot, Lord de Dunstanville, the Hon. Misrßasset, at Ner v e s hotel; John Fullerton, Esq. and Family, at Miller's Hot e l. CH AlcaEs.--The Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Lady Char lotte Seymour, and the Earl of fincksavage . , for Hastings ; Sir Stephen Glynn, Item tin his mother's, Ludy Glynn's seat, in Wales ; Lord Grantham, at his seat, Newby Hall, Yorkshire, from a tour ; the llon. Col. Lowther, at the Earl of Lonstiale's seat, Cottesmere, Itutlandshirc, front a tour lt. Gordon, E sq . ALP. and Mrs : Gordon, from Nerot's Hotel; the Um Mrs. and the Misses Haniilton, from ditto. • FASIIIONA lILE PARTY. 'Mr. Rush, the American Minister ; Mr. Stratford Canning. lately returtall front the United States ; Mr. iluskisson, and 11r. Plants, dined with 31r. Secretary Canning, at Oloucester Lodge, yesterday. • Belvoir-castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, will be a scene of great festivity during the .approaching holidays. A numerous party of distinguished FaShionables are invited. • • a , • • • 0 7.0 NIW • ZA OA 4l‘ g 4 Vb SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING. 3IEETTNOS or HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEER. The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds, on Friday, at Walton 'oath.. • The Hatfield Hounds, on Saturday, at Kimpton 31W. BRIGHTON; Drc. 9.—A brilliant field, including upwards of eighty fashionable , sportsmen, attended our Subscription Pack of Harriers yesterday, which threw off, as usual, on the Monday, at Patchani, at half-past ten in the morning. Needy three tedious hours were passed before a hare could be started, but which, at length, was effected near Stanmer. Puss was sturdy and fleet; slit flew over Hollinghury-bill to Withdean, and thence skinithed the surface of the Henfield:.road to Streeter's,mill, and measured Coldstone-t•)ttom to Blatchin* ton and Aneldtati,, the dogs often running . with their object in view. After a' bupt of about eight miles, in twenty-eight minutes, the pack` rukinto her; in the centre of a deep pond, near the latter place. . . . Tilt IRAND ST IMPLE CHASE. The Steeple Chase between Mr: Ilanson's Rambler, Capt. Salter's Ellen, and Mr. Hudson's Pedigree, made after the Hunters' Sweepstuko at Bagshot-heath on „Tuesday,. for 45 sow. took place yesterday, from the Brixton-mill, where the race was run to Maidenhead thicket. The hunters in the former race stood thus : Rambler 4 Ellen . Pedigree 6 2 ' • The distance of thi s r ace i s a b out ten m il es, and Itchm money was pending upon it. The view across the heath, over the en. ' Canipment ground, on Windsor Forest, was grand, from- th e number of horsemen on f u ll stretch. At Winktield the com. Petitors were lost in the narrow defiles, where they all separated, and encountered some daring leaps in a straight dir e cti on . Mr. Hanson got too much to th e right, and was thrown out. Mr. Hudson entered the thicket in the south-west corner, fol.- lowed closAy by Captain Salter. The race was to a selected half mile on the llath-road, crossing the thicket, and Pedigree won it by three minutest, followed . by Captain Salter. The ground was done in forty-two minutes. • TROTTING OVER SUNBURY COMMON. A bay horse, the property of a Oentleman in the Borough, was started yesterday for 200 sovereigns, to trot in harness twelve miles'in fifty-nine minutes. The match was won cle verly by a minute and a half within time. The American roan started on the same ground to do one mile in three minutes and six seconds, upon the trot, for fitly sovereigns. The match w as won with two seconds to spare. ..ADP llama, STANnoee.---Captains IRBY and Maxtats, in their recent publication, make the following mention of this eccentric Lady :—" As we were entrusted with .a letter from Mr. Salt, a packet of English letters from Acre, and a hook from Jan, we deemed it our duty to wait on her, and therefore. set out for her usual residence, an old deserted con vent in the mountain ‘ about one hour and a half distance from Saida, called Mar Elias Alza ; but her Ladyship had re moved, on account of the heat, tot a more el eva t e d spot on t h e J mountains, called Castle eba ; we therefore forwarded the let ters, &c. together with a note requesting her Ladyship's permis stun to wait on her. The following morning we received a letter, saying; that she had made her mind up not to receive any more hlnglishmen, with the exception of ()diem of the army and navy, 4 nil fine fellows,' as site was pleaSed to express herself. She is always dressed in the Turkish costume as a man ; her generosity we heard spoken of in all directions." Early on Tuesday morning considerable alarm was excited in th e v ill age o f the Water of Leith, in conse quence of the late heavy rains. Through the neglect of the man, whose duty it was to let down a sluice and to pre vent the stoppago of the grating of the water-course, or mill-lead, which passes under the road, it overflowed, and suddenly inundated the houses on the lower side of the lane, in most of which the water was about three feet deep. Providentially no lives were lost, although in ,sorne instances cradles containing sleeping infants were afloat. The inha. bitants, thus untimely awakened by so unexpected a visit ation, rushed from their , dwellings half naked ; and, owing to the construction of these houses, there being a descent of two or three steps into them, it WAS necessary to make apertures in their back walls to let out the water, which has done consider able damage. The Corporation of Bakers of Edinburgh, who are the joroprietors of the mills and granar i es, have distributed a cart of colds to each house to dry them.—(Edinbargit Courant, Dec. . - = Last night the house of Mr. Broadbridge, Stoke Newington, was attempted to be broken into, but the robbers were disturbed by a dog, which had but that evening been left there, They had entered by cutting a pane of glass and unfastening the window. MELANCHOLY " ACCIDENT.—On Thursday se'n. night, Mr. John Hearn, surgeon, left a gen tleman's house, about eight o'clock, for the purpose of making a call in North Leith, but owing to the darkness of the night, lie mistook a lane leading into Mr. Syme's dry dock, opposite to the Custom-house, for Sand Port-street, and fell to the bottom of the dock, in consequence of which his thigh bone was broken and his body otherwise much bruised. He was found shortly afterwardsland carried to his lodg ings, vrherel every medical assistance was pro cured; but all was unavailing, and he expired on the evening following.---(Edenburgh Courant, Dec. 8.) THE ARM'. THE INDIAN ARMY . : ITS NEW ORGANIZATION. fly the present organization of the Indian Arm every to regiments have b ut one C olonel, and each regiment y H of infantry is comp ose d of two battalions, commanded by one Colonel. By the new organization, each regiment of cavalry will have PA own Colonel, and each regiment of infantry will be divided into two regiments, with a Col one l to each. By this arrange. went .1;., Lieutenant-Colonel s upon the Bengal Eatablisiunnt will obtain reghnents, viz, : four additional ones to the cavalry: 32 inftantro the infantry ; and four to th e four irregular regiments of y. NEW ORGANIZATION OF .TriE BENGAL AII3IV. We understand orders have been sent out to the Governor, General of India to the following effeet :—The COmpany'a Army upon the 'Bengal Establishment is to consist of eight regiments of light Native cavalry, 3 brigades of horse artillery, battalions of feat artillery, 1 corps of artillery plandatirs, I corps of engineers, 2 regiments of European Infantry, mid 61 regiments of Native infantry, including four new regiments- Each regiment of cavalry is to be officered by one Colonel, 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 illaior, .Captains, 10 Lientena::ts, and l Cornets. Each brigade 'of Horse Artillery, each bat. taiion of Foot Artillery, and. the corps of Golandaurs, it to have the same number and rank of European ofne s ers as a regiment of cavalry. Tlie Engineer Corps to have 2 Colonels, 2 Lieutenant-Colonels, 2 Majors, Itlfjaptitins, 20'Lleutenants, and 10 Ensigns. Each regiment of European or Native. In_ fanny is to have same number and rank of officers as a cavalry. Ensigla prO Cornett. Those Colonels who are an the senior list, and' those who now hold regiments. are to continue in the erjeyinent of the rim off-reckoning s of two cern* as at riresent. The. Cole., nels and Lieutenant-Colonels, Commandants of flegnewioinut, are to succeed to oil-reckonings as vacancies occur among, the present Colonels of Regiments; every such vacaney will occa sion the succession Of two of the steaor new 'Colonels to a half or single share each ; and then Lieut.-Colonels of Regiments, who now stand first for promotion, and may succeed to half shares within two years from the date of this,arrangement, to receive f r o m t h e Company an equivalent te . the difference bet tweet) full and half shares. Casualties occurring among the Ge.nerel,Oilicers on the Re tired off-reckonings Fund List, rind among those who are pe yr on , the Senior List, are not to Cause preinotion after the iiPw ar rangement has been carried into . execution. Those two Itis:s will become extinct on the demise of all the CI enera.l Otlicera enrolled thereon. All Colonels of regiments, and Lientenrinr.Coloreli Cont.. mandant, not entitled to off.rockenings, will be permitted to come to Europe, and to remain there on the fuli-par of Co lonel, succeeding to ofltreckonings in their turn: and those who ch ose to rema i n in India will he allowed Colonel's` pay, Nitta, and other fixed allowances, until they succeed to.otf reckonings. Every Officer in the a c tu a l command or a regiment doing I duty with it, whatever rank be holds, is to receive , inkl rupee s the month, in addition to his other allowances, during .th e period of his command. Those officers who are absent on furlough to Europe, 'and who hive been Ant years at home, are to return. rerthwith to the Presidency to which they belong, or, in faildre.thereof, to foifelt all claims to promotion and off-reekenings. The ar4ingement is to take place from the date a its pro- Mulgation in General Orders in India, and the illatleaA Bombay armies are to be reformed on the same principle as the above. Each battalion' to constitute a regiment. • kIERCANTILI 4 I SHIPPING. DEAF, DEC. 10.—Wind W.--Came down from the River and remain, the Lady Holland, Towel; Eclipse, Hearn; and Dorothy, Forster, for Jamaica. Pon'remount, DEC. 10..:,--Wind S.S.lV.:—.Arrived the Oillmore, from the Downs for the Cape of Good Hope, ' anti is come into harbour to lighten and reran., having sprunga-leak. Pt.YMoIJTn, Rec. 9..—Wind I V.N.lV.—Arrived and Aailed again the Sovereign, Sisk, for Jamaica: OW the Port the Prince (korge, London, Louisa, Retrench, anti !lope, rpm London, for the West Indies. FALstou,Txt, Mc. .—Wind N:---Sailed the Adrian, Gordon, for Van Biomes Land. The Neptune, Petrie, from Sunderland, was wrecked the •Itli inst. near jossiemouth t crew saved. The Good-Intent, 111`Kenzie, from Wick to Dorchester, sunk off' the Island of Gromsay the Ist inst. The Shamrock, Gowen, from Liverpool to Belfast, was driven on shore on Ramsay flay; cargo eischarging in a damaged state. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India nouse, when the following Captains were sworn into the cam mind of their respective ships, viz.,—Capt. John Barnet So. theby, of the London ' for St. Helena, B om b ay , and China ; Capt. Thos. Larkins , MarquisCaroden,for Bombay And C4inaz Capt. James Head; Canning, and Capt. Peter Cameron, Rail .of Belcarras for Bengal and China. FEMALE INTItEPIDITY.—On Tuesday evenitisr, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, a young lady, of respectable appearance and . manners, was accosted at the lower end of l'arliament-street, - Westminetet, by an ill-look ing fellow in sailor's apparel, who importuned her in rough language for charitable relict. She . eesured him that she had no money to give away, and desired Alit he might be gone about his business, or she should be compelled to charge him on the watch. Seeing the coast clear, the fellow seised a smell work-basket which was suspended from her arm, and made oil' along by the House of Cotumons in the directicii of the street leading to the Millbank ; but Just as he was turn ing the corner to the House of Lords, his foot came. in con tact with a large stone, and.lie _was thrown against the, ofe ment with great violence. The lady, who wail pretty closely . at his heels, came tip before he had time to rise, and . 11011 ;!i at down, notwithstanding his struggleti, antil her erica of " " &c., fortunately brought two gentlemen to h er - as s i s t ant.. the fellow was secured. and given into the c usto d y o f , T .; man, who all the previous t;me was not to be I ,, teid.—. Inftlie struggle . , the wr etc h lied struck the femslo two se vere blows, one of which produced a coesiderable discharge of blood from the stomach. The young woman ati.ted that she been tnaking some trifling purchases at a shop in the Btrand, where she received change for a sovereign, and on leavieg the shop, remembered having seen a man peeping throb ; It the window, whose appearance was answerable to that of the prisoner's, and she therefore toncluded that he had NMI her receive the money; and being. placed in the ba s k et , t h at he bed formed the protect of running away with it, if oportitesey presented. Th e u n ii eq uentedeureet through which she had to pass, and her being without a protector, were most favourable to such intention ; and there is no doubt that the mendicant's charact er wai t assumed for that purpose. Both gentienitin, having escorted the holy to her abode promised to appear the following m orn i ng ( yesterday) at Union-hall tto give evidence, in the event of any further proceedings Lein; taken. We learned, however, that name entreaties were Mille by the , delinquent's relatives on him behalf before the (We' was called on, and the lady, who had fortitude enough to grapple with and detain an Athletic robber, had the humanity tliolveyer ill-bestowed) to abandon his proeecution. REPRUSENTATITE BOUlielit En, De puty Clerk of the Crown and Ilanaper, 4;ave notice in the Dublin Gazette of Saturday last, Pith instant, 66 that the 'tight Hen. CHARtVB ViSCOUrit GOHT bus been chosen to be the Pepe to sit and vote on the part of Ireland, in the /louse of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of RICUARD Viscount PoweascounT, de ceased." There was a sharp frost yesterday morning,. The basin in the Green Park was frozen over, and the ice in some parts was double the thick. ness of a crown piece, but in others it was not thicker titan half.a,crown. About noon, the wind having changed to the westward, a thaw took place, and by two o'clock three-fourths-et the sheet of ice bad disappeared. ---.--- Orders h ave just be --- en issued to the Recruiting Departments to employ their Staff in the raising of Recruits, and the regulation which has been in force since the termination of the late war, for limiting the age at which recruits were to' be ac cepted to 25,has been repealed, and instructions given for taking men as old us 30. It is understood that Major-General Sir T. Bradford, K.C.it. will be appointed Colonel of the 94th (now raising) Regiment of Infa ntry. —Major-General Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.8., it is also said, w ill b e appointed Colonel of the 95th (now raising Regiment of Foot.