The Sun. — London, England, 1835-12-26 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENTS ON TUE SERPENTINE RIVER.-SEVEN PER- SONS Di3OWNED. A most melartelroly and fatal which tended greatly to mar the pleasures of the day, and has thrown a nu - tuber of highly respectable families into the me , rt ri`4 - Thant glistress, occurrred yesterday at the Sr.l',Zritine-river, in Hyde-park. From inquiries we have made on the spot, we believe the following particulars may be relied on. In con sequence of the unparalleled intensity of the fret taring the previous night, numbers of persons commenced skating on the Serpentine at an early hour resterday morning, and, 'with the exception of the customary falls, every thing went on very pleasantly until about half-past twelve e'ela‘,k, at which time several thousand persons were en the ice, when loud shrieks were heard to proceed from the vicinity of the Receiving -house belonging to the Royal Humane Society, on the north hank of the river. Hundreds of persons, both on the ice and on the banks, immediately hastened to the spot, when it was discovered that a large piece of ice which Itn.d been marked " Dangerous" had, notwithstanding the exertions of the Society's men to prevent them, been crowd ed with skaters, and given way, immersing nearly the whole of them in the water. Batson, the foreman of the Hu trnane Society's men, summoned his assistants, by means of his speaking trumpet, who, with their flat-bottomed boats, drags, and ropes, succeeded in about 20 minutes in extri cating 15 persons, whom they immediately carried into the receiving -house, when Messrs. Woolley, Sawyer, Elsgood, and other surgeons, were in attendance. Hot-baths, and the other means for restoring animation recommended by the Society, were with the greatest promptness resorted to ; but we lament to say, that notwithstanding the unremitted 'exertions of the surgeons and assistants for near two hours, their efforts were only successful with 8 out of the 15, the vital spark having fled for ever from the remaining 7. The names o f th ose res t ore d are, Vi ncent an d Ri c h ar d Brooks, sons of Mr. Richard Brooks, stationer, 421, Ox ford-street ; William Hubbard, 30, Windmill-street, Tot tenham Court-road ; Richard Seager, 31, Church-street, Soho ; Henry Kent, 18, Stacey-street, Seven Dials ; Sy monds Dummock, 21, Robert-street, Chelsea, and 2 persons named Beardmore and Catherden. The first four were sufficiently recovered about three o'clock to be able to walk home, and about five o'clock, Dummock was conveyed home . by his father in a hackney coach. The other two still re mained, at seven o'clock last evening, at the receiving -house, in a fair way of recovery. About six o'clock the bodies of . the unfortunate sufferers were removed in shells to the workhouse of St. George's, Hanover-square, in Mount street, where they await a coroner's inquest. Four only of the bodies had up to eight o'clock been owned. Their names are, Henry Schooling, aged 24, a sawyer, residing in Bull-Inn -court, Strand; 'William Cave, aged 27, a boot maker, in King-street, Golden-square ; a lad named Jerry O'Conner ; and a fine young man, son of Major Baron Heath, of Connaught -terrace. Several other persons were we understand rescued by the bystanders, who were able Immediately to proceed to their homes, and among others who rendered themselves conspicuous in their endeavours to rescue the persons immersed from a watery grave, we must not omit to mention a drummer belonging to the Scotch Fusileer Guards, whose name we were unable to ascertain, who by his own ir,Aividual exertions saved no less than five persons. Froln the numerous inquiries made at the receiv ing-house hst night, after persons whose names we forbear to mention, strong fears are entertained that other persons are still *under the ice. THREE PERSONS DROWNED. ST. JAMES'S PARS.—Yesterday being a holyday many thousands of the inhabitants of the metropolis assembled round the sheet of water in St. James's Park, to witness the evolutions of the skaters who had the hardihood to ven ture their lives on its slightly-frozen surface. Although there were hundreds upon the ice, it remained unbroken until about twelve o'clock, when a young man fell into the water, and eight others, in attempting to rescue him, shared the same fate. Fortunately, the life-boat was at hand, and ty the prompt assistance of the men employed by the Royal Humane Society, the whole were rescued from being drowned. Thi s warning had no effect, as other parts of the ice continued as crowded as ever. About three o'clock four persons fell in ; three were got out in a very weak state, but an hone having elapsed before the body of the other was four,d, all attempts to restore animation were ineffec tual. About four o'clock five persons fell in ; three were recovered, but the other two were not found until quite dead. One of the bodies was removed to the Grapes pub lic-house, and the other to the King's Head, Pimlico. A correspondent suggests that in shallow water a com mon iron rake attached to the end of a long pole, would be more effectual in ascertaining whether the body of any drowned person was at the bottom than the grappling iron used yesterday in St. James's Park. The rake would as certain in the most expeditious and precise way, the nature of every object within its reach, and the grappling-iron would be useful in the deeper parts of the water. LAW NOTICES. SITTINGS IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY PREVIOUS TO HILARY TERM, 1836. (Before the LORDS COMMISSIONERS at Lincoln's Inn) Monday, Jan. 4, Tuesday 5, Wenncsday 6, Thursday 7, Friday 8, and Saturday 9, appeal cause petitions from the , Viet-Chancellor, and appeals before Sir C.C. Pepys and Sir 1. B. Bosanquet. HILARY TERM.--( At Westminster.) Saturday, Jan. 16, and Monday Is, appeal cause petitions, adjourned lunatic petitions, motions by date and appeals, be fore Sir L. Shadwell and Sir J. B. Bosanquct. Saturday Jan. 23, and Monday 25, motions by date and ap peals before Sir C. C. Pepys and Sir I. B. Bosanquet. Saturday, Jan. 30, motions by date, and appeals, before Sir L. Shadwell and Sir I. B. Bosanquct. (Before the VICE- CHANCELLOR, at Lincoln's Inn. Tuesday, Jan. 5, Wednesday 6, Thursday 7, and Friday 8, moion. and adjourned petitions. Saturday 9, petition day. HILARY TERM, at Westminster. Monday, Jan. 11, motions. Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13, Thursday 14, Friday 15, Satur day 16, Monday 18, Tuesday 19, and Wednesday 20, pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Thursday, Jan. 21, motions. Friday, Jan. 22, Saturday 23, Monday 25, Tuesday 26, and 'Wednesday 27, pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and fur ther directions. Thursday, Jan. 28, motions. Friday, Jan. 29, short causes, pleas, demurrers, exceptions causes, and further directions. Saturday, Jan. 30, pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Monday, Feb. 1, motions. The Privy Council will sit on the Ist of January. THE CORPORATIONS ACT. C OMPENSATIONS TO DISPLACED TOWN CLERKS AND OTHER RETIRING OFFICERS OF THE OLD CORPOUATIONS. The following minute of the Lords of the Treasury, of tile date of the 10th of September, after a communication - with the Town-clerks on the passing of the Corporation Bill, will be also subject to the 66th and 67th sections of the Act : " My Lords read the 60th clause of the Act for the Re- Form of Municipal Corporations, by which compensation is provided for all Corporate Officers whose office shall be abolished, or who shall be removed from his office under the provision of the Act, or who shall ❑ot be re-appointed' as aforesaid ; in certain cases an appeal is given to the Lords of the Treasury, who shall make such order as may appear to them just, which order shall be binding on all parties. " Lord Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer inform the Board, that, in the discussion which took place in Parliament on this clause, it was stated by them, that in fixing the amount of compensation, it would be right and equitable to take into consideration, not only the salary and just emoluments of the office of Town-clerk, but also the profits teriyed from the performance of legal business of the several Corporations executed by Town-clerks in their official capacity, and the just emoluments of any other cor porate appointment held be such Town-clerk, and usually held in conjunction with or attached or annexed to the office of Town-clerk. " My Lords concur in the views expressed by Lord Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and arc pleased that their opinion should be recorded for the future guidance of the decisions on such cases as may be referred to them under the Act. " My Lords proceed to consider the principles upon which such compensation should he awarded. " lily Lords read the Act Ist William IV., c. 58, by which the Legislature have secured compensation to officers of the courts of law upon abolition of office. " My Lords read the 4th reason of the House of Com mons, for dissenting to the amendment of the Lords, pro posing to continue the existing town-clerks for life, in which reason it is to be stated that a just and liberal constructio❑ cannot be given to the compensation clause proposed to the House of Commons. " My Lords consider that the principle adopted by the Legislature in the forfeited Act may fairly be applied to the eases of the Town-clerks, and they arc of opinion that in all Cases where such officer holds his office for life, or when the usag e has been such as to raise a just expectation that the offi ce should continue for the life of the holder, a compensa tion of not less than two-thirds of his profits may be granted to such officer, estimated upon the principles stated in the commencement of this minute, and calculated upon an cvcrage of his just emoluments for the five years previous to the Ist day of January, 1835." We hear, with much regret, that Lady Harriet Williams Wynn has had a most alarming attack of illness at Wynnstay, and that her Ladyship is considered in the tno t imminent danger.—Salovian Journal. the 11 be ation iside ircely Is for ,' the mited .ausC. its as .elude :c, by rivatc d you !es in !s. 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You Ttion of ved new I impar- ries can e .states gh at the gitators, )lics the here, or cleans- Church will be iends of flcl their e is no m of Ba runswiek" nment of t depend , the ordi the Ger by the )f eating ; in other ig rather Russians, however, which is should be principal begins to al. if it h, makes idies pre room, and the coun grounds, have an r appear- DM Dres- e o'clock is dinner I, off, and English cling our time.-7-• .ad a feyr e t.:ubject the most although Lad two .s for 701. THU StTN ; I_,ONDON, SAI J URDAY, DECEAIBER 26, 18;. FRENCIi PAPPI) y.. ~J. The proceedings in the Court of Peers on Thurs day were confined to the plratlitlgt e tlie lawyers in behalf of 'Clients. Messrs. Ledru, Rollin, and Ayncs again vindicated Caussidiere and Nicot against the charge of murder brought against them by the Attorney-General ; aild M. Baud was addressing the Ctlft, in i'avour of Tiphaine when our Reporter left the Hall. In conseqnernm erah Imperial ukase, funeral monu ments are to be raised on all the fields of battle of the campaign of 1812. The Ministry had accordingly applied to the Russian artists fur plans to carry that project inte execution. A private letter from Frankfort of the 19th instant denies the existence of a new treaty, emancipating Moldavia and Walachia, and making them indepen dent States. Several boyards, who had protested against the new institutions introduced by Prince Michel Stourdza, met with no sympathy from the in- habitants. Their conduct was highly condemned by the Sovereign Court, by the dignitaries of the Church, and the members of their own body, and Prince Michel Stourdza ordered them, on the 25th ult., to retire to their respective estates. The Ottoman troops concentrated on the frontiers of Syria amount already to 60,000 men, and rein forcements are daily marching in that direction. Me hemet Ali, on the other hand, is collecting a large force in Syria, which would seem to indicate that he is not without some apprehension of being attacked in that quarter. The new treaty of commerce, con cluded between Austria and Greece, had given great satisfaction in the latter country, and King Otho, wishing to evince his gratitude to Prince de Metternich and Baron de Brenner, appointed them Commanders of the Order of the Saviour. The foundation of a city have been lately laid in Hungary, in the palatinate of Schimech, on a height situate at the meeting of the Mar and Kanischa, branches of the Danube. (From the Journal des Debats.) The Deputies have been convoked for Monday, the 28th, in order to draw the names of the twenty-five Members of the grand deputation, who, with the senior Deputy, acting as President, and the provisional Se cretaries, are to wait on his Majesty, at the Royal sitting of the following day. The legislative labours will commence on Wednes day or Thursday. The Chamber of Peers will ap point, on the 29th, the Commission of the Address. The preliminary operations of the Chamber of Deputies are more complicated, It will first meet in its bureaux, to verify the powers of the Deputies, re-elected or re turned in the interval of both Sessions ; after which the reports are to be read and discussed at a public sitting. The Chamber will then have to name, by ballot—lst, The President for the ensuing Sessio❑ ; 2d, Four Vice-Presidents ; and, 3d, Four Secretaries. Once constituted, the Deputies will appoint, in their bureaux, a Commission, of which the President is by right a member, who will be charged with drawing up the project of the Address, in answer to the Speech from the Throne. After the discussion of the Address, the Chamber will receive various communications from the Govern ment, and may, on the motion of one of its members, begin the discussion of the projects of law on which reports have been presented during the preceding Ses sion. Such are the Bills of customs, licenses, &c. There was a grand reception (or drawing-room) at the Tuilleries on Tuesday evening. All the corps di plomatique, with the exception of the Russian Ambas sador, the Marshals of France, the Presidents of both Chambers, Baron James de Rothschild, and upwards of four hundred persons, attended on the occasion. REPORT UPON THE EXPEDITION AGAINST MASCARA. The Minister of War has received from Marshal Clausel the following report upon the expedition against Mascara : " On the 26th ult., every preparation being com plete, the troops commenced their movements. The Duke of Orleans placed his Aides-de-Camp and or derly officers under the orders of the Governor-General. The army was divided into four brigades ; the first under Major-General Oudinot ; the second under Mhjor-General Perregaux ; the third under Major- General d'Arlanges ; and the fourth under Colonel Combes. The reserve was placed under Colonel do Beaufort. While the troops were being established round the camp at the Fig -tree, Marshal Clausel in person pushed a reconnoisance as far as the salt marshes of Sebkha, without hearing or seeing any thing of the enemy, except signal fires lighted on several of the heights of the Atlas, and on the lands of the tribe of Beni Amer. On the 27th Marshal Clausel advanced a league beyond the Tlelat. On both these occasions he was accompanied by the Duke of Orleans. At seven in the morning of the 29th the whole of the troops were under arms, and passed, in the most perfect order, the defile of two leagues in length, formed by the fo res t o f M u l ey I smae l, where General Trezel met Abdel Kader in June last. About 100 Arabs only appeared on the right flank, but they contented themselves with firing a few shots out of dis tance, which were not returned. At one in the after noon the whole of the columns arrived on the immense plain watered by the Sig, which was then at a distance of two leagues and a half. When half way between the forest of Muley Ismael and the Sig, about 100 of the enemy's horse showed themselves in front of Bey Ibrahim's column, but were immediately put to flight by his cavalry. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Zouaves and the troops of Ibrahim were established on the other side of the Sig, and the whole army, as at Tlelat, formed itself into an immense square, with the artillery and baggage in the centre. During the whole of this day the Arabs refrained from committing any act of hostility, but set up their tents at the foot of the Atlas, on the right bank of the Sig, and conse quently on the right of the French camp. Their troops gradually collected at this point, where, in the evening, they amounted to about 4,000 men, infantry and ca valry. On December, Ist, at one in the afternoon, Marshal Clausel left the camp ; our troops charged the Arabs vigorously, to the number of 1,500 or 1,800 men, near a marabout in front of their posi tion. This post was carried instantly, and our troops penetrated into the enemy's camp in order to seize on part of his tents. Many of the officers of Marshal Clausel headed in this charge the auxi liary troops. Lieutenant Duhesne, his orderly. officer, had his horse killed under him, and two other officers had their horses wounded. It was then, as Marshal Clausel had foreseen, that the cavalry and infantry of Abaci Kadcr, who were lying in a deep valley, joined battle, and a combat took place, which lasted a long time, between our skirmishers, supported by the artillery, and about 600 Arab horsemen, mixed with a number of foot soldiers. Marshal Clausel had expressly forbidden General Oudinot to enter among the mountains, and time object of the reconnoissance being attained, the troops returned to the camp about six in the evening. During this fight, which lasted nearly five hours, the Arabs showed vigour and de termination ; they remained firm before our cannon, but the fire of our musketry caused great loss among them, while, on our side, we had few men killed and only 43 wounded. The army had, however, to regret a brave officer, Sub-Lieutenant Arnaud, who was killed after the retreat had begun. The Duke of Orleans was fully satisfied with the troops, a part of whom were fighting the Arabs for the first time. The moral effect produced by this first success on the troops of Abdel Kader determined Marshal Clausel to quit the position which he had fortified ; he found that the Arabs were in great force in advance of his camp, and were in position on the sides of the gorge, through which the direct road to Mascara lay, and he saw this with the greater pleasure, as he had before thought of going round by another road. The troops were allowed to rest on the 2d ; and on the 3d, at the break of day, the army passed the Sig, by two bridges thrown over it by the engineers. Between the Sig and the Habra!) there was a plain of seven leagues in extent, to be crossed in the midst of a numerous army of horsemen, and Marshal Clausel made his arrangements accordingly. The troops of Colonel Combes had hardly quitted the right bank of the Sig, when they were assailed by a body of about 3,000 horse, who repeatedly attacked the 47th and the 66th the whole of the day, without causing the least confusion in the march' of the co lumn. A thousand or twelve hundred Arabs held themsk`ts rtl he, 116 1 1 d at`rtelting him not VigOrOusly; . blit appearing tp reserve their efforts till It'f; sliodld flticl himself enAaged wiith. the troops of the Emir, who were stationea neat t t., cara road, and 500 or 600 horsemen in his front and on the left occupied out '+irtrisbers without retarding the march Of O e. fi.if a single The MarslolaffiVedlil tiffs sftlei 8f liffttle a ,tie height Of Sidi-Guarouf, where the camp or IstcP2l Rader was placed. The latter, persuaded that the Marshal was going to take the direct road to Mascara, put in motion his ninner i otis illftititry, in the midst of whom he marched himself, surrounded by his principal chiefs and standards. Takin g advantage of the Moment when the eireftly presented an immense mass of troops, the Marshal caused several pieces of cannon to be brought up, and their fire was so well directed, that the first shot aimed at the group that sur rounded Abdel Kader wounded his secretary, who was marching near him, and killed the standard-bearer of the regular regiment. About 50 shots and shells corn pelleethe Arabs to fall back on the mountain, and to regain the positions which they intended defendin g against us. But, as soon as they saw the Marshal continue his march through the plain, there were thousands of horsemen, with regular and irregular infantry, upon us in the twinkling of an eye. Th e Marshal continued his march, and in an hour's time he attained his objects, leaving behind him on his right flank the infantry and several thousand horse of Abdel Kader, whom he determined to get rid of by a vigorous and decisive blow. He ordered two brigades to change their direction of march on the right, and to advance perpendicularly on the Atlas ; while eight pieces of cannon advancing rapidly cleared in less than half an hour all the space between our troops and the mountains. Resuming his march upon the, Habrah he advanced with more ease, ha rassed, nevertheless, by 4,000 or 5,000 horsemen, who, however, kept at a long musket's-shot distance. Before coming to the place where the plain narrows considerably between the Atlas and the great wand of the Habrah, the Marshal contracted his columns, and gave his troops a few minutes' rest ; he had ob served that the Arabs, after their rout at the Camp of Guarouf, had gone with all speed in advance, with the probable aim of arriving soon enough to defend the passage of the Habrah. The defile into which I was about to enter, says Marshal Clausel, presented a superb position for a General having any notion of the art of war. I was unwilling to traverse it without precaution. I soon had reason to congratulate myself on this piece of prudence. Abdel Kader had formed a true estimate of the advantages for a new combat given him by the wood of the Habrah, covered by a deep ravine, and only separated from the mountain by the vast cemetery of Sidi Embarck, well wooded and concealed on the side of the plain by a curtain, which it was necessary to approach ill order to discover the oppo site side. Foreseeing the case in which I should take the road of the plain, he had skilfully placed upon this point a strong ambuscade, to which he had re treated in order to rally his forces after the defeat of Sidi Guarouf. Three pieces of cannon, well placed upon a little hillock on the side of the Atlas, com manded the ravine in front of the cemetery. Impa tient to discover the ground in my front, and for that purpose to clear the curtain of which I have spoken, I advanced with the Duke of Orleans in front of the column, preceded only by a few skirmishers, whom we had almost come up to, and followed by a platoon of forty or fifty chasseurs. On a sudden we found our selves within 200 paces of an enormous body of horse men, whom the ten or twelve voltigeurs who preceded us were on the point of touching. One of those sud den movements, which have proved of so much value to us, was immediately manifested by the Staff and or derly dicers who were . following his Royal High ness and myself—to draw our swords, to bring on with the brave Captain Bernard the chasseurs of our escort, by cries of " Forward, forward," to charge into the thick of the enemy, to make him retire in disorder !for more than 500 metres, to keep him in check while supporting the chasseurs, who were ordered by their Captain to quit their swords for their carbines, and to open a skirmishing fire. All this was done as quick as lightning. Fortunately the Arabs, notwithstanding their immense superiority, remained, for the most part, motionless, and as if struck with astonishment at the intrepidity with which they had been attacked ; only a part of them thought of firing on the small body of troops opposed to them. A company of infantry and two howitzers, which I caused to advance, re leased the cavalry ; and some shells, which burst in the midst of the Arabs, drove them back and dispersed them. I sent word to General Oudinot to march in good order, keeping his right in advance, which rested on the mountain ; a cannon-shot was fired at this mo ment from a projection of the Atlas, as if it were a signal, or a trial of the range and firing of a piece. I then caused Perregaux's brigade to advance on my left, while Genelal Oudinot continued his movement. All of a sudden the advanced guard was stopped by the ravine, on the other side of which the irregular infantry of Abdel Kader was placed in ambuscade ; the artillery of the Emir began a very slow fire, but well directed, and all the side of the wood of the Halvah poured forth, a fire so strong that it would have been difficult to support it for any length of time. The Zouaves and the Volti geurs of the 2d and 17th Light Infantry cleared the ravine, and attacked the Arab infantry with such im petuosity that it quickly left its ranks and fled in dis order. The brave General Oudinot received a ball in his thigh, but still wished to continue fighting ; it was with much difficulty that his Aid-de-Camp persuaded him to allow his wound to be inspected. While the Ist brigade was thus forcing the pass, General Per regaux attacked the wood of the Habrah. Many of my officers threw themselves at the head of the troops, ane the Duke of Orleans, consulting only his ardour and his courage, rushed into the middle of our infan try, giving an example to our young soldiers, who in an instant made themselves masters of the position. The artillery, whose fire I directed myself, finished the overthrow of the enemy, who, after that time, repulsed on all sides, abandoned the field of battle, upon which, notwithstanding his efforts, he was obliged to leave his killed and part of his wounded. The Duke of Orleans was struck by a ball on the leg, which, for tunately, caused him only a contusion, but which proves the glorious share which his Royal Highness took in this severe combat. The army arrived on _ the bank of the river by :seven -in the 'even. ing, and a bridge was ordered to be thrown over the stream during the night. On the sth, at break of day, the whole army was drawn up on the right bank of the river ; and the command of General Oudinot's • brigade being given to General Marbot, and the co lumns being all formed, the Marshal directed his march towards Mostaganem, in order to cause the re port to be believed that he wished to get this place to rcvictual his troops. It was one in the afternoon when the army arrived at the summit of the road leading to Mascara ; the Marshal determined upon clearing the first chain of the Atlas, and made several manceuvres preparatory to attacking the Arabs, who were close upon us. The Marshal ordered the attack to com mence, and the artillery immediately sent a shower of shot and shells among the enemy's ranks. The skir mishers advanced running, an d the Zouaves began, after their manner, addressing the Arabs, and uking them if they still thought we had renounced taking Mascara ; pursuing them at the same time with their usual ardour. The enemy became discouraged, ceased to fight, and left us free to mount the steep slope, from the top of which there is a descent into a little valley, where the marabouts of Sidi Ibrahim are built ; there the Marshal fixed his head-quarters. The army had still six leagues of difficult mountain country to pass ; but by the dispositi on o f the troops, as ordered by the Marshal, this was of the next day without any serious engagement : although the fatigues and sufferings of the army were increased, who after leaving the Habrah had met_with no water but what was nau seous and unwholesome. During the whole of this day it was evident that the Arabs, despairing to continue the fight with advantage, had abandoned the cause of Abdel Kader ; they endeavoured, however, to defend an excellent position against General Marbot, who, however, drove them f rom it. This. was the last com bat we had with the Arabs, who soon abandoned the .Emir on all sides. kis said one :of the chiefs of his army, snatching away from hirii-bis Ftwwl, thc symbol of sovereignty, said to him insultingly, " We will give lit back, to you when you are made Sultan again." On the stli, at se'Veit ht the ttiornitig, the road to Ain- Kebira had been rendered practicable by the 'engi neers, rid rill the brigades were there by an early hour. The having advanced so far as the village of LI-13t4f g . .i, On, the summit of the i„,, m t tha t ;',7 . lmes of pillage and murder were going Bff ifi A ldstm , ; that had retired , into the tri,h6 the, ManOirkl acter mined to Mase'ara; j ai five .hours" distance, the same day by a forced marcii, the guard of the baggage to General d'Arlanges, whom he ordered to folioW Notwithstanding the rain which began at three in the wile1'10)1-qt! he rapidly drew near the town, with the troops of Ibrahim 'l4 ifirft4titv at the 1”2!..d !_tf the column ; and despatched a squadron of chasseurs with the i'eg'A!!! Stulhs, to take possession of the gates, and to keep order in Ole trin. By five o'clock in the evening, his Royal Highness ent&led Mascara, On the evening before, the army of Abdel Kader had committed every species of disorder ; the ' Jews were plundered, and a great riiany of them mas sacred ; women and children fell under the fury of the Arabs ; even the family of Abdel Kader was not spared. The town, in which were left 700 or 800 Jews, presented a deplorable spectacle, and mdfly of the houses were etill burning. Marshal Clausel, having ascertained that the town was of itr.elf of small importance, and that it would be difficult to keep Up r. communication with it, either in peace or in ‘var, resolved id remove the 13cylielt to Mostaganem, which is a fortified town. Having therefore given the troops repose, and de stroyed all the military atablohments of Abdel Kader, he uitted Mascara on the Oth, taking with him all the Jews and the Arabs of Oferes FAinelas who inhabited the town. The Jews and their families who followed the army presented a distressing scene. Nearly the whole of them—old men, women, and children—were forced to travel on foot through a heavy rain which completely decomposed the clayey ground of the mountains. They ittfe Unable to hear the fa tigue of crossing them, and it wag itapossible to put them on the camels, as even these animals stumbled at every step. Happily the soldiers were as generous as brave ; the cavalry took the wollieti and children on their horses, and even the infantry, though marching themselves with the greatest difficulty, seated some of the children upon their shoulders or their knapsacks. Marshal Clausel praises the good order preserved by the troops, notwithstanding the harassing nature of their march ; and states that only a few of the camels were lost from falling into the ravines. Gen. Oudinot having resolved to mount his horse on leaving Mascara, the Marshal gave him the command of the brigades that had been under Generals Perregaux and Margot. The wea ther cleared up in the night of the 10th, and on the 12th the troops entered Mostaganem, where the Marshal granted them the repose they so much required after so much fatigue. The Arabs lost upwards of 800 men, killed or wounded, in the several engagements, while the loss of the French was very slight. This is explained by the unsteadiness of the aim of the Arabs, who almost entirely fought on horseback. Marshal Clausel be stows very high eulogiums on the conduct of the troops, and distinguishes by name Generals Oudinot, Perre gaux, D'Arlanges, and Marbot ; Colonel Combes, Commander of the 4th Brigade ; Colonels Daverger, Chief of the Staff; Menne, of the 2d Light Infantry; Corbin, of the 47th ; Leveque de Vilmorin, of the 11th ; De Gout', of the 2d Horse Chasseurs ; and also all the Officers of the Staff, and particularly Cap tain De Rance. He also points out the Artillery and Engineers as having rivalled each other in skill and exertion, under Colonels Lasnon and Lemercier. He', adds that the service of the -Commissariat was, from the nature of the country and the absence of all re sources, extremely difficult ; but that the Intendant, Melicon d'Arc, had made unexampled exertions, and was ably seconded by the Sub-Intendants, De Gui roye and Lafitte. A full statement of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, who have merited promotion or other marks of honour, will be drawn out and laid before the King." FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, DIECEMBER 21. Five per Cents., 1081. 44t. 45c 35c. Four per Cents.. Sof. Three per Cents., 79f. 70c. 75c. 80g. Bank Actions, 2,15 Pf. 2,1801. • Rente de Naples, 97f. 50e. Roman Five per Cents., 101 1 4 Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents.. Itente I'erpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 36%. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents 8 t 74. Dutch Two and a half per Cents ;56f. 40e. Haytian Loan. 4001. 405 f. 4001. • EXCITANGR ON LONDON. Ole month, paper, 25c. 55e. ; money, 25f. 52 , 4 C. T:iree mouths , paper, 251.40.5. ; money, 25f. 37!;, c —Co .rs Authesll2iir. Bouesx Timm' o'CLocc—lt appears that the Bank has modified its resolution to receive Three per Cent. Stock by depositing 10,0001. for every 1,500 f. Rentes. The measure will certainly not take place for the next settling-day, and in January a meeting will take place to fix the epoch at which it will commence. The market has been very flat and calm to day ; the Three per Cents have been the whole day between 79f. 80c. and 90c. Spanish Stock has improved a little ; the securities were better, and more in demand than at the close of the market yesterday. QUARTER TO FOOL—Five per Cents., 1081. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 79f. 85c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, 25i ; Gueb hards, —; Differes, 18 ; New Loan, —; Actives, 49 ; Passives, 14V; Ducats, 97 56; Romans, 1011; Pedros,. 841 ; Belgians, —; Dutch, —f. .—c. ; Haytians, 4401. —c. ; Miguels, 21 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 131 ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 251; Fire per Cent. Perpe -. TIIE PORTFOLIO-NO. IV. " COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM PRINCE LIEVEN AND COUNT MATUSZEWIC, ADDRESSED TO COUNT NESSELRODE, DATED LONDON, JUNE 1 (t 3), 1829. " The courier, bearing your Excellency's despatches of the 20th of May (Ist June), arrived here on the 2(ith (7th) of the same month. " We awaited his arrival with the greatest impatience, as at the approach of the moment when the session of Par liament was to close, the English Ministry manifested a daily increasing desire to know if the protocol of the 21st of April would obtain the approbation of the Emperor, and if his Imperial Majesty would consent to modify the ex tension which Rear-Admiral Ricord has just given to the blockade of the Dardanelles. 'These two circumstances could not but materially in fluence the speech at the close of the session ; and Lord Aberdeen, urged by the Duke of Wellington, bad fre quently insisted in his confidential interviews, both with ourselves and with the Charge d'Affaires of France, on the necessity of a protocol which should emancipate the British Government from the embarrassments occasioned to it by the blockades of the coasts of Roumelia. Although he had always expressed himself on this subject with great modera tion, although M. de Roth had received a positive order to rePire'sent ; to him that thejCabinet of the TuileriekoUside4 any new protoCol entirely useless ;gad Witt on our side deve loping the same opinion we had proved to him that, before the return of our courier it would be impossible to hold a positive language on a matter of so delicate a nature, we had every reason to think that there might be great inconvenience in prolonging these delays too far ; and that the Ministry, ignorant whether it ought to publish our blockades, and to render them binding on all the subjects of his Britannic Majesty ; or, whether it ought to calm the uneasiness and jealousy which measures of this kind create here, would not delay to demand of us precise answers, equally difficult to give and to receive. ‘: Your Excellency's courier has put an end to this un pleasant alternative ; and we have applied ourselves, with out loss of time to fulfil the orders which he brought us. " We could not conceal from ourselves that the idea of the blockade of Enos would bring on some discussion with the Cabinet of London ; that it would not correspond with their hopes; that the public press would seize the oppor tunity to excite against us anew the passionate sentiments which animate the British nation, the moment any question arises of sea and commerce : and that this discussion might re-awaken the dormant question, of the exercise of our belligerent rights in the Archipelago ; nevertheless, in order not to make any concessions without an evident necessity, and above all, with a view to contribute as much as pos sible to the realization of the wishes of his Imperial Majesty, we resolved to insist on the blockade of Enos, to develope the motives which told in its favour, and not to make use of our power to cede this point, until the moment when such a decision would become indispensable, in order to pre vent interests of a higher order from being compromised. " (We omit the relation of various interviews with Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Wellington, but give a few extracts from the arguments used by the Russian Plenipo tentiaries). " We represented to Lord Aberdeen that on the one hand, the Gulf of Enos joined that of Saros ; and that it ' was as necessary to blockade the former as the latter, in order to impede the provisioning of Constantinople ; that, on the other hand, Adrianople equally drew its supplies from the Gulf of Enos, and that we must consider it as essential never to allow any supplies to reach the 'army en camped in th e env irons of 'Eke latter c ity. That thus this . • operation offered us a double Inivantage. conse :. quence of the proximity of the point, it ought to be consi dered as the inevitable consequence of the blockade of the Dardanelles. Besides, we explained, that in reality this blockade was not a blockade in the strict acceptation of the term, and that it did not impose any loss on commerce ; in fact, the commerce exported from Turkey continued with unrestrained liberty ; and never, or hardly ever, had any corn been imported into it from the Mediterranean. Such importation could only rake place durinc , war, but the com merce of peace, the usual commerce of the Levant, would not be subjected to any restriction in consequence of our blockades aL therefore offered no motive of legitimate , of commercial interest were objection. The considerak..! not therefore titiOieable to our measurei; we confined them nu reste to the narrownt circle ; and we bad everyr reason to believe the so moderate, so generous a policy, be appreciated by w C4overnment like that of Great Britain. To this declaration, which the Duke of Wellington seemed tti flint to 'employ as a bugbear (epouvantait), we opposed a deduction from the policy of the Emperor, founded on his acts and sverd:l. We repeated what his imperial Majesty had not ceased fo gay respecting the fall of th (*Oman empire. His language, full of moJeration ; his measures tilwayA adopted under the same influence ; the concessions made by him to even the most gratuitous alarms ; the guaranteeS offered even by the last communi cations of his Ministers ; and the necessity under which we should be to interpret in an unpleasant manner the uneasi... ness, the fostering of which was persited in, notwithstand ing so many motives of confidence. Resuming then, the question of the blockade of Enos, and allowing the care to be appreciated which the Emperor took to discuss it with his allies, and to make known the true aim of his determi nation, we applied ourselves to reproduce, &c. " We then thought it useful to let him perceive, without any reserve, that much as the Emperor was disposed to con cert with his allies, and much as he was desirous of sponta neously making every sacrifice compatible with his interests, when asked of him in friendship, he was equally resolved never to suffer any compromise of his dignity—never to yield to threats, and never, indeed, to admit them. We added, that such means, united with unjust suspicions, would lead to incalculable consequences. " I know, I replied, the weight of public opinion in Eng land, and I have seen it change in a few days. It is against us in our wars, because it thinks us aggressors, whilst we have been attacked ; because it imputes to- us the idea of overthrowing the Ottoman Empire, whilst we declare that. such is not our object, because, finally, it believes that we pursue an ambitious policy, against which we protest. To 91ighten it on this poinf would be the surest way to cor rect it. 'fft " I replied, that in no i',ulT in the world he) all the results ►een calculated beforehand, rof they depended on the for tune of arms. But the declarations of the Emperor suffi ciently made known the views which animated him. The pe cuniary indemnities which he should claim would be nothing exorbitant—nothing surpassing the means of accommodation, which the Porte could reasonably offer. With respect to the guarantee of the free passage in the Bosphorus, it constituted one of our necessities, for, in fine, the free navigation of the Bosphorus, and the prosperity of a part of the domains of the Emperor, were united by an indissoluble link. We could not permit the caprice of a visier* of a favourite sultana to arrest at will the whole movement of commerce, the whole pro gress of public and private industry in many of our pro vinces. We could not place such interests at the discre tion of it barbarous Government, but these interests are not ours. The liberty of commerce in the Black Sea was equally important to all other European Powers, and espe cially to England. Thus, fir from having to object to our demands; ore could not help finding them, on examina tion, both useful and just. * # # * * "It was to be apprehended that events would carry the Emperor beyond the limits which he had prescribed to himself, which would occasion a convulsion in Europe. My replies had for their object to prove that the case was inadtnittible. I declared that I could only ima gine such events by . pushing suppositions beyond all probability. Lord Aberdeen was not ignorant that the Emperor would then be under an obligation to consult his allies, and that a definitive state of things would not be established Without their assent and concurrence. I took advantage of this opportunity to remark to Lord Aberdeen, that from the moment that justice was ren dered to our policy, it would be right to manifest it publicly, and to abstain from all the direct and indirect measures, which make people believe in {no favourable a disposition towards the Porto, and which encourage its' resistance. We had never uttered a syllable of complaint oti this head, but it would be easy for us to prove that more than cane step had necessarily produced this effect, and we bad at leaLl,- right to expect these incidents would not be again renewed. " We have been anxious not to leave your Excellency in ignorance of the details of those interesting conversations. " Persuaded that at the present moment our first interest is to preserve as long as possible the last remains of the al liance established by the treaty of July 6, to gain time, and to strengthen the security which our military operations re quire, we have not hesitated a moment to take advantage of the powers with which we were furnished in order to obtain these major results by the sacrifice of a blockade of no relative importance. " We shall add, that, in meditating this language of the Duke of Wellington and of Lord Aberdeima it reveals the apprehension of the embarrassments which would be raised by any Parliamentary discussion, and the not less real fear of seriously indisposing us. The Prime Minister made the amende honorable as soon as he perceived that his words and his bravadoes would only serve to trouble that peace which is necessary to him. It is perceptible that he avoids and even dreads the examination of the situation in which he stands, and that, according to his custom, he charges events with the care of overcoming difficulties . But e more this situation is critical the more it would enter into his character to turn to profit the slightest incident to emerge from it by a coup d'cclat. Singular combination of timidity and audacity—the Duke of Wellington provokes often the chances which he apprehends, and thenceforth he confronts them without calculating the real consequences of his determinations. It would have been the more im prudent to irritate him, after his protestations and his ex cuses, in refusing him this puny concession, as the question of the blockade really does excite the opinion of England against. us, wounds the national pride, and imposes silence on those who are disposed to defend us. The news that Count Pozzo di Borgo has sent us on the position of the French Ministry, which is every day more and more uncertain, has also led us not to alienate from us completely the Cabinet of London before the epoch when' the answers from Con stantinople would relieve us from nll anxiety, Finally, everything proves more than ever that the general tran quillity will be maintained in spite of t'sc faults and the passions of the Duke of Wellington. The cry of peace has resounded in the Lower House, and has been unani mously repeated there by the Tories as well as the Whigs. Your Excellency will have remarked that the Ministry has not dared to answer either to that part of the observations of Sir James Mackintosh relative - to the danger of any guarantee in favour of the Ottoman territory, nor to the speech in which Lord Palmerston, whose name is hencefor ward associated with those of the first orators in Parliament, has insisted on the preservation of the general peace, and proved that an Austro-Turkish policy would only serve to disturb it. Messrs. Broughatn and Baring have, spoken in the same sense, amidst - the hears' of the Ilouse ; and it is probable that, aided by our moderation, this salutary dis position will make every day new proselytes. " It will not escape your Eacelleney that the Duke of Wellington and Lord Abet dean have put every thing in motion to wrest from us confidence as to the conditions of our future peace with the Turks. It appeared to us use less to repeat the assurances which on this point all the de clarations of the Emperor contained, or to add even any developement of them. We shall confine ourselves to these generalities, for every circumstantial communication on a subject so delicate would draw doWn real dangers, and if once we discuss with our allies the articles of a treaty with the Porte, we shall only content them when they would have believed that they had imposed upon us irreparable sa crifices. It is in the midst of our camp that peace must be signed, and it is when it shall have been concluded that Eu rope must know its conditions. Remonstrances will then be too late, and it will then suffer what it can no longer prevent.t " We cannot doubt that such will be the result of our campaign. The British Ministry can undertake nothing without our furnishing it with motives by alarming opera tions in the Mediterranean. Our security is complete—our forces are immense. It remains, therefore, only to combine them all, and to employ them with energy on the theatre of war. It will be there that we shall conquer all our known and secret foes—there we shall obtain that consideration which is our due—there, finally, we shall confirm the in fluence of Russia on the internal and external repose of the rest. of Europe. It would be dangerous, on the other hand, to dissemble to ourselves that these ends, easy of acquisi s " If for none of these reasons, each by itself sufficient to justify all her efforts, the possession of the Dardanelles were desirable, still would it be necessary for the security of the actual commerce of Russia, and must be possessed, before the Government can peimit the extensive development of industry which night, at any moment, convulse the empire and over throw the Government, in consequence of a verbal order -of the Reis Effendi to the port captain of Constantinople.' " England, Franc; Russia, end Turkey, p. 26. " Eve ry line of it is fraught with the deepest meaning— and we ebs twin from all comment; but cannot r efrain from beg ging those who are 'not accustomed to believe in such turpi tude. as tlsrs, to compare these lines with the declaration made to I.,(1.1 Aberdeen—ts 179. —Ed." tion in 1829, risk becoming problematic and crca impcssib in 1830. " We I,av, the honour to be, B,te.* " (Will Europe doubt after this where her independence is to be struggled for or lost ? To talk of Russian designs is now to quote history that is past rs a cause of action.. But when England and France Lave reckoned over their comforts, feelings, passions, and wealth, and have decided that these are worth defending against the curtailment that Russia may impose upon them—when they have arrived at this conclulion, they will, no doubt, be interested to know where the particular point is that Russia finds diffi culty in paSsing, and I^ill be glad to obtain an indication or it from her own lips.) The following is the letter (same daiP) of Prince Lieren to the Earl of Aberdeen, pub ►shed in the Parliainentary papers presented to both [louses on the 30th of 511 y, (Translation.) TIIE PRINCE OF LIEVEN TO THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. " Dover-street, June (13), 1829. , "My Lord,—ln answer to the questions which your ,Fx eellency did me the honour to address to me on the occasion of the blockades which have been lately established before the Gulfs of Enos, of Contcssa, and of Adramitti, by the com manders of the naval forces of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias in the Mediterranean, I am authotized to inform you, my Lord, that the blockades to which I have alluded are about to to raised V order of his Imperial Majesty; but that the blockade of the Darticuelles, in which is comprised, as of right, that of the Gulf of Sar,-q, will be maintained and made applicable to the objects specifiK l at the period of its esta blishment. " His Imperial Majesty flatters himself that these measures will be justly appreciated,—that his allies wu End in them the best pledge of the sentiments by which he is actuated,—aA that he may, in his turn, c xpect from them on all occasions a reciprocity of the disposition which he manifests towards them. " I avail myself of this opportunity, &c. "LIEVEN. " His Excellency the Earl of Aberdeen, &c." THE MARKE - T6-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GAR )EN MARKET. this day's maact, and the trade week's prices : There was a moderate supply tc was somewhat brisk at nearly last .. . s. d. to s. (1. Pot: toes (cwt.) 2 0 4 6 Ca'.l ages, White (12) 2 0 3 0 Ditto Red 1 0 4 6 11. d. to F. ti Spinach (half-sieve) 6 30 I 9 Apples I d 5 0 Pears 3 0 7 0 Cabbage Lettuces 1 ti 2 t► Mushrooms 1 6 3 0 Onionc Sweet Oranges (100) Seville Oranges ... 8 0 15 0 Lemons 5 0 12 0 Asparagus 15 9 29 0 Walnuts I:itto Savoy Endive 1 0 2 0 Norte Radish (bundle) 1 6 2 6 Celery 1 0 1 6 Carrcts 12 bunches) 5 0 7 0 "nirWps Coleworts or Greeas 3 0 5 0 Leehs 1 6 2 0 Pine Apples (lb.) For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 10 6' English, Forced 1 6 4 0 Filberts 1 3 1 6 Span. Chesnuts ( peck) 4 0 6 0 French ditto 3 0 4 0 Spanish Hazlenuts 4 0 6 o Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 .t per Load of 36 Trusses. ) RLAND. HAY MARKETS.-(A CU MBE Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow flay .£2 15 to £3 5 gew Meadow Hay 0 0 ll 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 10 3 13 Fine Upland Meadow and llye-grass Hay Clover Hay 4 0 5 5 0 ..!. Straw £1 6to£l 8 1 Wheat Straw llO 112 SMITHFIELD Lowland Meadow ay £2 15 to .£3 Coar.-e beiry 0 NQIV Meadow h.: 0 0 0 3 1 1/ Useful Old Ditto lan d Meadow a. „;(1 Rye grass Hay . 3'15 4 Fine Up • 5 0 . Generally , . .. 3 15 Clever Hay (extra tine ..., 4 I Oat Straw ...... ... X 1 sto :?.1 8 I 'Wheat Straw .. . 1 8 1 t ji u:4 GERFORD. Coarse Meadow Hay New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto ., Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay Oat Straw £1 4toX 1 G 1 Wheat Straw .. lt; 110 The Monarch and • Soho Edinburgh !.eam-ships have been making extraordinary quick passages during the late heavy north - cas t g ales. The Monarch lft Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon, and arrived in .the River on Mon day afternoon ; and the Soho started from Gravesend on Sunday forenoon, and arrived at Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon. About two years ago a young woman who had borne a child - to a young man, hearing that he Was about to be married to another, sought to revenge herself upon her se ducer by throwing a quantity of sulphuric acid on his face. She was tried for the offence before the Court of Assizes of Herault, and, although she confessed the fact, acquitted. Another female, named Courriege, who declares herself to be the victim of similar perfidy on the part of her former lover, lately improved upon the example of her predecessor, and, not content with wreakin g her vengeance upon the man 'who had deceived her , extended it also to his bride and their relations. Courriege met the young couple, attended by their relations, in their holiday clothes, and threw sulphuric acid at them. _ The liquid besprinkled the whole party, but the bride and bridegroom escaped with sonie burns, and the rest of the party with the loss of their clothes. Courriege was arrakrned before the same Court of Assizes on the'2d inst., - and acknowledged the act, but the Jury, afraid of the e 'l'ects of another acquittal, declared her guilty, bud the Court: sentenced her to be imprisoned for four yest:s. , -- French. 1-f.74)er. TILE IiECZNT GALES.—MARCATE, DEC. 21. —Th ere has been a ve;7 heavy gale blowing since Friday evening from the north. cast. Our boats early this morn ing brought into harbour tlie schooner Tane, of St. Ives, and about ten a. m. took an an chor and chain off to a brig in the roads. About three p. m. the hoy Fol., of Mar gate, in making the harbour was strzick by a heavy sea, which broke her tiller short off, knocking the man at the helm overboard, who was, however, providentially saved by clinging to a rope. The vessel was forced with destructive violence against the square head, tearing away her bowsprit and staving in her stem. It was expected she wcitdd in stantly founder, being completely ripped ; but by the praise worthy exertions of the crew she was ultimately run aslute, by which the merchandise with which she was freighted re ceived little or no damage. This morning (Sunday), the wind shifting snore to the eastward, a bark from Honduras, laden with mahogany, which had been riding out the gale in the bay with both anchors out, and her windlass upset, slipped her chains and ran for the river. At half-past two p. m. the Royal Sovereign steam packet, Captain Grant, came into harbour, with about forty-six passengers. This vessel left London on Saturday morning at nine o'clock, but was afraid to venture out of the river till the gale abated, affording her passengers the delicious treat of spend ing a tempestuous night on the water, and the luxury of a wooden bed.—Kentish Chronicle. NOItTII LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION. The day fired by the Sheriff for the election for the northern division of Le!cestershire is Tuesday next, the 29th iest. The only coviidee at present in the held is Lord Charles Somerset Masosser:7, the brother of Lord Robert William Manners, by whose o,eath the vacancy in the representa tion of the northern dincion of the county has occurred. A mine of virgin via:silver has been lately found in the commune of Peyrol tie Chateau, in the Haute Vienne, France. in front of Buck- The office of V. 7 ootls and Foilnts have given orders for those unsightly wooden rails that at,' high= Palace to be removed, and an o.namental similar to that in 171y:1! Park, crectO. Th:s is necessary, to keep the horses .x.d carriages on the camage-road. They have. also given instructions to have the 1 :oot-path paved from 13uckinghern-gate to Greet George-street. This will be a great accommodation to the public, as in int weather, from the great thoroughfare, it is nearly unpassable. RAILWAY B ETWIXT GREENOCK AND GLAS ooW.—The men of Greenock have lwads as well as those of Glasgow, and they have taken up the project of a rail,- way in thejnost f'ir - - •Poaching i 9 carried' on A;igoron.siy in • S a il'r6n Walden. The poachers go out in gangs of 9.0 or 30 in the evenings, and commit great havoc in toe preserves. On Friday night last s everal of them went to work on the grounds of the Lord Mayor, at Lee House, Littlebury, and, after having done a great deal of mischief, fired at his Lordship's gamekeepers, when within about seven yards of them. Their guns; it a warad, were loaded u'ith swan shot, so that if the aim bad bee.': good the effect at so small a distance would, probably, have been fatal. Wednesday aftcrnoan, as.thc Rin , ..Mr. Wilcox, of - Hampstead, was descending from one of the Hampstead stages in T o tteuhran 7 ceurt-road, he was 71,:tacked by an apopletic fit, and although every moans were resorted to, to res t o re animation, by Mr. Brooks, to whose s l ap he was con veyed, he died before he could be removed. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THE ELEPHANT HoT7sl:.—This building has now received the considerable personage for whose use it has been prepared.; but , al though it is by far the most „handsome and substantial building in the gardens, and, nmong other, attractions, it offered - to him was that of the Young female elephant which had been previously conducted there, he resolutely resisted all allurements, and turned his back on them. All the powers of soft p ers uasion having been t r ied in vain, . cord:: and terror were at length applied, to the force of which he yielded, and he now scams quite reconciled, and at home. There is a contrivance, adopted for the warming of this house which appears to be so novel, and at the same time so simple and economical, as inchesto merit particular notice. A circular hole, of about ten diameter, Observed in the fluor, at the bottom of which, at the depth ot' about two feet, a - small but strong fire is seen burning. This has a lateral vent in a horizontal flue, nearly 100 feet in l e ngth, which is carried under the floor through the interior of the building, and terminates in an upright chimney shaft. This horizontal tine is in construction a common brick drain. The dralt is produced by the downward pressure of •the air on the vacuum caused by the ere, and as all the smoke that rises is driven down through the fire, it is there consumed, and adds to the heat evolved. This, beat almost-wholly rises through the floor before the horizontal :hie reaches the upright shaft, consequently none of it is wasted. All the heat is distributed in the places desired to be warmed.