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biriet the , sters ssell, Rice, The ;bton .t the nine , and ,n on t the at at in his road iclg e ; i mile ,o the y, ac- usual lepar wart- y was I En 1r this a car- 4ueen .o to- .nister and m tho iussex and was present at the capture of Seringapatam. e was promoted to a troop in the 9th Light Dragoons, in _lreland, i n 1800 • he got a majority in the 28th Light 'Dragoons, in February, 1801, and the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 72d Foot in May, 1,802. He commanded the latter re tnent until 1F,;08, and was present with it at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope, under Sir D. Baird, in 1806. IFIe excaanged in August, 1808, into the 15th Ilussars, and commanded that corps during Sir John Moore's cam- Pair,n in Spain ; he was wounded at the battle of Sahagun, where the 15th greatly distinguished itself under Lord Angles, aa . In 1811 he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the 1 - irince Regent, and had his brevet of Colonel that year. tie embarked for Spain in January 1813, .and commanded hussar brigade at the action of Morales ; he was pre amt also at the battle of Vittoria, and served during the emainder of the Spanish campaign. On the 4th of June, 1 814, he received the brevet of Major-General, and com manded a brigade at Waterloo, in which memorable days he had five horses shot or killed during the battle. In 1830 be was appointed ' Lieutenant-General. For his services, Sir Colquhoun Grant was appointed Commander of the Bath and Guelphic Orders, Knight of (Russian) St. &c. SAFFRON WALDEN.—On Monday evening, about lalf-pa.st seven, an alarm of fire was raised at the old work }woo, and a small portion of the most delapidated part wa s in a short time consumed. There being reason to :suppose that the fire could not have been the result of ac- Tident, a reward of 1001. has been offered by the County }lre Office (where the property was insured) for the dis covery of the incendiary. ARDOUR IN BETTING.--Two gentlemen at a ta vern having summoned the waiter, the poor fellow had scarcely entered when he fell down in a fit of apoplexy. " He's dead !" exclaimed one. " He'll come to !" replied th e other, Dead for five hundred !" Done!" retorted tile second. The noise of the fall, and the confusion which followed, brought up the landlord, who called out to fetch doctor. " No, no Iwe must have no interference ; there's a bet depending." " But, Sir, I shall lose a valuable ser vant!" " Never mind ! never mind ! you can put him down in the bill."--Paris Advertiser. PRICE GIVEN FOR OPERAS.—Dr. Arne, in the Year 1763, received for his famous opera, Artaxerxes, 60 guineas. Mr. Shield, in the year 1781, for his popular two .Iket musical piece, Rosina, 401. Mr. Storace, in the year 1791, for his opera, The Siege of Belgrade, 1,000/. Mr. %rah= in the year 1804, for his opera, The English Fleet 'in 1342, 1,000 guineas. OLD NEWSPAPERS.—In the early part of the last century several newspapers were published at the low price of a penny and a halfpenny, in the shape of rivals to the " London Gazette." One of these was called " The Penny Post ;" another, " The Penny Post, or Tradesman's Select Poequet ;" a third, " The Penny Weekly Journal ;" a fourth, " The Halfpenny London Journal, or the British Oracle." One paper was even published so low as a farthing, and was entitled " All Alive and Merry, or the Loagion Daily Post." Specimens of these, and many more, are preserved among the literary curiosities in the British tbaseum. The Hull Observer states, that the Cove, corn- Inanded by Captain James Ross, for the purpose of carrying , Provisions, &c. to the seamen d e t a in e d by th e i ce a t D av i s Straits, was put in commission on Monday. Captain Scoffin, of the Dunecrnzb, which has succeeded in getting clear of th e ice, had an interview with Captain Ross, and described to him the positions of the vessels in the ice when he got away. From his description Captain Ross is of opinion that the ships are further in the ice than Captain Scoffin supposes. The Trinity House has subscribed the sum of 1 ,000/. towards fitting out the expedition, and liberal con tributions have been received from other quarters. The Mayor and Corporation of Hull have subscribed 1001. It is estimated that the sum required, independently of the Government aid, will be about 4,0001. Pt Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India House for the determination of the following question, " That this Court approve the resolution of the Court of Directors of the 4th November last, granting to the Right lion. the Earl of Clare, the sum of 5,0001. upon the rounds therein st a ted, su bj ec t t o th e con fi rma ti on o f ano th er eneral Court." At six o'clock the glasses were closed, lin d delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the question to have passed in the negative. It is stated that an Englisham, travelling in France, Went. to visit the chateau in which Madame de Sevigne re sided, and purchased for 80,000 f. the staircase, which he sent to England, to be erected in his own mansion, as a memorial of this celebrated woman. Imo scount Thom )erick, arshall rleton, Esq., ditto ; kville- Hon. More- Acme Mrs. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. BERS OF THE BRITISH LEGISLATURE. Paris ; ditto ; Need m the Mrs. ditto ; 1, from resent t their party them. ed his pril or _ )las, in ral, to Right !senta- ias be tapinin to the lioness l a few nhall, sed by P. for arable idle of ' their en are ington nt and DMMO- en oc apart- suiE- Ld par and place, , nce of issy at ind in , gave act of ' Lord to his larger ;übject s said ital on 1 their Berry The er and &tri c al a few ten a oppo bms of 'ready iecre ad an equer. ►e had at off es for Coni- anox, !ir ro• Tighe Lord. eturn Lady e un- iron's IZD• '. last :h the :0 his New- , viz., 5, for ajesty asure. c are to has ertain iarges never, owns lend- rticu- ill be ieut.- which Sir which an-in s, and ioun's iment lt, en -1 the a the e ex- Ions), ChlM At Newcastle Petty Sessions last week, a pitman who was employed in working in a coal-pit, was sentenced to be imprisoned three months, and to be kept at hard labour, for having taken off the wire gauze cover of a Davy safety lamp, whilst working in a dangerous part of the mine. THE MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT ISLE WORTH.---Yesterday afternoon a highly-respectable .Jury Was empannelled before T. Stirling, Esq., the Coroner, at the Rose and Crown Inn, Isleworth, to inquire concerning the death of Master Hugh Ronalds, son of Dr. Ronalds, of Kensington, who was accidentally shot by his brother on Monde.) , last. Henry Ronalds, jun., of Kensington Gore, o xaalined—ls brother to the deceased. On Monday last witness was in the nursery-grounds belonging to his grand .ther and uncle at Isleworth, accompanied by the deceased, %hooting small birds. Witness had charged his gun, but, laving forgotten to put wadding over the shot, he attempted to get the ramrod out of the rib on the side ; but, finding it ,fixed tight, w it ness requeste d t h e d ecease d t o pu ll it ou t, no (witness) having hold of the other end at the time. De ovased stood before the muzzle of the gun and pulled at /he ramrod. At that moment it accidentally went off, and :the contents entered the deceased's left breast. The gun, Which was a percdssion one, was not cocked, the hammer being on the cap at the time. Mr. Chapman, the foreman, said if that was the fact it was a most extraordinary circum stance. The gun was then brought into the room, when Air. Chapman endeavoured to pull out the ramrod, but it was 5 0 firmly fixed that his efforts were for some time ineffectual. When got out it was found there had been considerable pres sure on the lock, which it was conjectured might have occa sioned its discharge. Witness resumed—The deceased, on i bein g wounded, s t a g gere d an d f e ll, on w hi c h w it ne ss sent nis youngest brother (William) to fetch assistance, which he aid, and returned in about a minute, accompanied by Waring and °Ocr men employed in the grounds, who removed him to th e gardener's house. Mr. Cooper was then sent for, who promptly attended. Witness is fifteen years of age. The deceased was in his thirteenth year ; and his brother William, who also accompanied him, in his tenth year. The JorY, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." VERULAM PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF LON aCION, DEC. 23, 1835.— GEORGE ANDREW PATTERSON, ESQ., IN - THE CHAIR.—The P res id en t, P ro fessor Dew hurst, delivered his concluding discourse, on the Physiology and Natural History of Man ; wherein he took a compre hensive view of the various races of man throughout the globe, pointed out their peculiarities, manners, and cus toms ; adhering to the classification of the human race, according to the system of the venerable Professor Blumenbach, of the University of Gottingen, which divides The whole family of mankind into five distinct varieties, 'viz., the Caucasian, Mongolian, Ethiopian, American, and kaloy ; to which Professor Monro, of the University of LO.lnburgh added the Ceylonese, thereby forming a sixth. After which, he made some interesting observations on the }Poor degraded negro, who must for nearly ten years longer wear the degraded shackles of cruel slavery ; true, his con- Ilition was a little ameliorated, but be was still a slave under a new name. The learned Professor then proved most sa tisfactorily the intellectual abilities of the unfortunate African, whose general characteristices proved that he not °lily possessed warm moral sentiments, but excellent mental faculties, and who only required kind treatment and edu cation to cause their brilliant development, which he trusted Iwould ultimately take place when they were perfectly emancipated.—The thanks of the Society were then una nimously voted to the Learned Gentleman (who is the founder) for his recent gratuitous courses of Lectures on popular Anatomy, Phrenology, and the Zoology of Man ; after which, an interesting paper was read on the " Con duct of Parents to Children," by the Chairman ; on the conclusion of which, letters were read from the Right Hon. Earl O'Neill, R.P., George Handcock, Esq., C.E., Jas. Montgomery, Esq., of Sheffield, and Jonathan Durham, Esq., of Guernsey.—The Society then adjourned to the 13th of January. SHEFFIELD.—Extract of a letter from a respec table tradesman in Sheffield •to a friend in London, dated Dec. 21 :—" You will be glad to hear that the Sheffield trade of every description was never known SO steady and good as it is now, and has been for a long time. For nierly the trade was injured by speculators forcing their goods into the foreign markets without orders ; but, as that proved a ruinous system, they are cured of it, and the result is, that good& are now ordered as they are wanted, and there are constantly more orders on hand than can be executed ; in fact, there are advertisements almost every Week in the newspapers for 50 or 100 journeyman cutlers. A. band of music aad three hackney-coaches have just Passed my door. filled with some of the vilest rascals and lowesi scoanclit.s in the town, on the road to meet Mr. O'Connor, and welcome him into Sheffield. He is going to hold forth in the Corn-market, and persuade the people Low miserable good trade, cheap 'clothes, cheap meat, and cheap drink, must naturally make every idle fellow. Since writing the above I went down to the Corn-market, aril found that the meeting had proved a decided failure; for all was over in half-an-hour, and not more than 200 Peru:ins could be got together, and those the vilest of the vile."— Times. Regent street, Dec. 19, 1835. The Norwich coaches are, as usual at this season of the year, crammed full of turkies, to the entire exclusion Of human passengers, both inside and outside. TO THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN, MEM- My Lords and Gentlemen—Although I am led to sup pose that it has been decided to erect the New House of Parliament on the old site, I cannot reconcile myself to abandon the ideas which have suggested themselves for a Metropolitan Improvement, intended to combine utility, value, and convenience, with ornament ; until I have ex hibited the Model, which will, I expect, be prepared by the commencement of the ensuing Session, and as I am wholly uninfluenced by any expectation of emolument or reward, my briefly submitting the following outline will not, I trust, be thought obtrusive. If it be admitted that TIME, in comparison with all other things, is the most valuable, and that the employ. ment of Labour, united with the judicious distribution of means, is a sound principle in Political Economy, then it will not be disputed that the attainment of a concentration of the various objects, in relation to which public commu nications are requisite, must tend to a very material saving of the one, whilst it is obviously the interest of an enlight ened and liberal Legislature to recognise the consideration of those measures which may prove, upon investigation, to be comprehended in the other. No one who inspects the Map of London, can deny that a more inconvenient situation, or one which is more deficient in local advantages, than the extreme end of West minster, could have been selected for the Houses of Par liament and Courts of Law. Peers, Bishops, and Judges, Members of the House of Commons, all the Legal Pro fession, Bankers, Merchants, Jurymen, Witnesses, and others, must sacrifice a large portion of time either going to, or returning from thence ; whether it be in reference to their private residences, other places of business or re sort, the Clubs, the Inns of Court, or the City ; and it will, indeed, be a reflection upon the age in which we live, if the influence of prejudice, the spirit of party, mistaken economy, or individual feeling or interest, should be per mitted to preponderate in favour of the worst and most objectionable spot on which to expend the public money, when the opportunity presents itself to make the best available. Trafalgar Square has been adopted for the National Gallery, the Strand as a leading branch to the East, Cock spur Street; Pall Mall, Regent and St. James's Streets to the West, and one division of the North ; and another line is in part prepared to the North and North-East, from St. Martin's Church ; whereas Whitehall and Parliament Street must be traversed to the Houses of Parliament, the Courts of Law, and Westminster Bridge, the latter being the chief outlet to the South, and its inconvenience, if not danger, universally acknowledged. The Plan, therefore, which I beg to offer, is, That all the buildings at Charing Cross, from Scotland Yard to, and inclusive of, Craven Street, in the Strand, with Northumberland House, and the wharfs between it and the River, should be entirely cleared away ; and on that site should be erected the two Houses of Parliament and the Courts of Law, with their appendages. A Triumphal Arch, commemorative of our naval victo ries, should occupy the centre ; its entablature might be contrived to form a communication from one House to the other ; and compartments should also constitute an ap proach to a Bridge across the River (to be designated Tra falgar Bridge), terminated on the Surrey side by another Arch, in record of our military victories. The line of road from thence would be taken through a district which would be greatly benefitted, many narrow streets would be widened, inferior houses demolished, and a different and reputable class of property would arise in their place. Part of that ground should be appropriated for an Am phitheatre, on the model of the Colosseum, as the central point, from which the Dover, Southampton, and Brighton Rail-loads should diverge. It should be constructed to afford accommodation, by classification, to all degrees of persons travelling to and from the Metropolis, in those di rections ; and should be so far under the controul and pro tection of Government, that order, regularity, and punctu ality should be ensured, and every possible security pro vided for the lives and property of the public. ...Returning to Trafalgar Square, four houses between the Phcenix Fire Office and Messrs. Drummonds, should be taken down, and also a small chapel and two houses in Spring Garden ; and a carriage entrance would then be obtained opposite the Strand, to the Mall in St. James's Park, with a direct communication to the King's Palace, and to Belgrave Square, and that neighbourhood, by Pim lico, and Constitution Hill. The vacant space in front of the Palace should be en closed with massive iron railing and gates. The houses in Pall Mall, east of the Senior United Ser vice Club House, opposite to the south front of the Opera House, and along Cockspur Street to Messrs. Green and Ward's, inclusive, should eventually be removed ; the sta bling at the end of Warwick Street ornamentally enclosed ; and an architectural elevation formed from that point to the Phoenix Fire Office, S ome of the houses being rebuilt, and others new fronted. The elevation of the east division of Carlton Terrace could be completed (after the removal of the stabling of Carlton House), by alloting the remaining ground for the Sun Fire Office, and the offices of Messrs. Greenwood, Cox, and Hamtners.ley, with an entrance from Cockspur-street. The Site of the ancient Palace at St. James's would afford ample space for a suitable mansion for the Duke of Northumberland, in exchange for Northumberland House. TWO small houses in Pall Mall, and one within the gates of Marlborough House, and the German Chapel, should be taken down, to admit of sufficient court yards for both these mansions, and another carriage entrance would also be ob tained to St. James's Park, opposite to St. James's-street; the road branching west to the King' Palace, and east to Trafalgar -square. By a bridge across the canal, another communication may be effected, through Queen-square, and a part of Westminster, to Vauxhall-bridge. I am fully prepared to meet every objection to the mag nitude of the design, and the expenditure which the carry- ing it into execution would necessarily involve ; and my reply is,—that every nation derives dignity and importance, not only in its own mind, but in that of others, from the splendour of its Institutions and Public Buildings—that an immense saving of time will accrue to all those to whom it is most essential—and that, as the pecuniary resources of this country are unequalled by any other in the would, they cannot be better, or more wisely and efficiently applied, than in aiding the industry, skill, and enterprise of the people. I have the honour to remain, My Lords and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful Servant, ALEXANDER RAINY. CURIOUS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND Docu- MENTS.-Evans sold yesterday, at his room in Pall-mall, the Right Hon. Edmund Burke's original Receipt to Dodsley for the profits of the Reflections on the Revolution in France, for 2/. 2s. ; Mr. Wilks, M.P., was the purchaser. Burke's Receipt for the copyright of Natural Society Vin dicated, produced 1/. 2s. ; his Original Plan of the Annual Register in 1758 was bought by Glynn for 6/. 65.: who likewise purchased Sterne's Agreement with Dodsley for the Copyright of Tristram Shandy and Sermons of Yorick for 71. 7s. Dr. Johnson's Assignment of his Translation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal, 71. 7s. The Assignment by Gray of his two Odes, The Powers of Poetry and The Bard, for forty guineas, to Dodsley, 8/. Bs. (Mason, in his Life of Gray, states that the Poet never received any pecuniary re muneration for any of his works). Glynn likewise bought Johnson's Tour in France in his own Autograph, for 20/., and Goldsmith's Autograph Agreement to write the Lives of Eminent Persons, 71. 10s. The Captivity, an Oratorio, in the hand-writing of Goldsmith, prepared for the press, but never published, was purchased by Thorpe for 25/. 10s. (we understand for Mr. Murray, of Albemarle-street, for his new and complete edition of Goldsmith's Life and Works). Thorpe bought likewise Goldsmith's Receipt.for the copyright of his Essay on Polite Literature, 31. ss. Some original Poems of Allan Ramsay, unknown to Chalmers, 3/. ss. ; and a rare Autograph of Titus Oates, 1/. 7s. Bishop Percy's Agreement for the first Edition of the Reliques was bought by Mr. Wilks for 3/. 13s. 6d. ; and also the third Edition of the Reliques, and Young's Agreement for his first five Night Thoughts, 3/. 10s. Twenty-four Autograph Letters of the accomplished Lord Chesterfield, were purchased by Rodd for 61. Gs. Burke's Assignment of the Sublime and Beautiful, 51., bought by Mr. Young, who was a considerable purchaser of other rare documents. Oliver Cromwell's Autograph Signature was bought by Mr. Wilks for 2/., who purchased also Burke's Assignment of the History of the European Settlements in America for 2/. 4s. Lord Nelson's Letters, an exten sive series, most of which have been published, produced very fair prices. A most curious and important .manu script, written upon vellum, in the fifteenth year of Ri chard the Second (1391), was bought by Thorpe for 201. Pickering, the publisher of the Aldine Edition of the Poets, purchased original Poems on the great Duke of Marlborough, Sir. Robert Walpole, and George the Second, for 31. 15s. Haslewood's Roxburghe Revels, sold on this occasion by Evans, the second time, was bought by Mr. Wilks for 19/. 10s. After the above and other interesting Manuscripts were disposed of, a number of rare Plays and Poems were sold at prodigiously high prices. December and June have been considered cold unions, and roses at Christmas are not expected ; but still at Brill, in Buckinghamshire, in the garden of Mr. Roberts, there may be seen the effects of the recent mildness of the season, in the instances of roses, primroses, and pinks in full blossom. A mine of virgin quicksilver has been lately found in the Commune of Peyrat de Chateau, in the Haute Vienne. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1835. neral cry against the violation of treaties, and before this cry the Emperor of Russia drew back. At St. Petersburgh he again became King of Poland, according to the terms of the treaties, after having wished at Warsaw to be no other than the Czar of all the Russias. RESEMBLANCES.—The Emperor of Russia said to the Poles, " You yourselves must act as the police of your country." We attacked this proposition for making spies of the Poles, and we now read in the St. Petersburgh Speech, " Watch yourselves over'° the tranquillity of your country." The words are less hard, and more polished, but the thought is the same. At Warsaw the Emperor of Russia said, that at'i,:re " least appearance of insurrection the citadel would bombard the town, and that he would not rebuild it." In the St. Petersburgh edition, we read, "Be the guardians of the internal repose of your town, and the citadel of Alexander will only exist for your protection ; if not, you will draw upon yourself and your country incalcu lable misfortunes." Here the expression is more gentle, but the meaning is as savage in the one as in the other. Where, then, is the difference ? At 'Warsaw, it was the eloquence of despotism—at St. Petersburg, it is its rhetoric ! We now come to the phrase which we omitted, which omission, according to the St. Petersburg/i Journal, be trays all our perfidy. " I have long since pardoned your offences against me and my family. My sole desire is to render good for evil, and to make you happy in spite of yourselves. I have sworn it before God, and I never be tray my oaths." Why did we omit this sentence ? For the very simple reason that we know nothing about it, for in truth, if we had known it, why should we have sup pressed it ? What interest had we in hiding it ? Does it prove so evidently the goodness of heart of the Emperor Nicholas, that it was to change all at once a speech of gall and bitterness into one of clemency and generosity We wish it would, with all our hearts, desiring, as we do, nothing so much as to find in Nicholas the generous senti ments of his brother- Alexander. But, alas, these par dons, with which you would adorn yourself, where "are they ? In your speech only ! What clemency or what generosity have you ever shown to Poland? Do you think that Europe does not remember the exiles you have sent to Siberia, the mutilations of limbs, the confiscations of pro perty, and the children of twelve years of age, scattered abroad in every corner of Russia, in order that they may forget their name, their religion, and their country ? These arc your pardons ! and even yet we do not know the amount of them. Singular blindness, in truth, it must be when you speak of stability, when you sit upon a throne under which revolts and plots are continually fermenting ; and that you can speak of clemency, when you have made desolate all the families of a nation by death or exile I FRENCH PAPERS. (From theMoniteur.) At nine o'clock last night an estafette arrived at the office of the Minister of the Interior with dispatches, which were brought to Oran by the steam-packet Crocodile, which, on account of bad weather, was obliged to put into Rosas, in Spain. These dispatches announce that on the 6th inst. the French army, with the Duke of Orleans and Marshal Clausel, entered Mascara. It.appears that severe combats took place at Ghosouf and Habriii before Mascara was gained. The detailed reports of those battles have been sent by other vessels, which have not yet been able to reach the ports of France. The Duke of Orleans was struck by a ball on the thigh, which gave him a severe contusion. The Prince suffered from it at first, but he was afterwards enabled to remount his horse, and continue to march with the army. General Oudinot received a wound, but hap pily it is not dangerous. Abdel Kader has been com pletely routed, and is entirely abandoned by his Arabs. We shall probably have, in a day or two, the prior dis patches, giving details of this short aad brilliant expedition. We have received the following further particulars, which fully confirm the above account :—" The Crocodile left Oran on the 10th instant, and reached Roses on the 16th, not being able to make the French coast, on account of contrary winds. The Prefect of the Pyrenees Orientales immediately sent off by the telegraph to the Mi nister of the Interior the purport of the despatches brought by the vessel ; but this intelligence has not yet rea c h e d Paris, on account of the state of the atmosphere. being foreseen by the Prefect, he expedited by estafette the letters brought by the Crocodile, which contain the follow ing accounts Mascara was taken on the sth, and has been razed to the ground. The Emir twice gave battle to the French troops, and was both times defeated. Being at length abandoned by all the tribes upon whom he relied, Abdel Kader retired to the mountains. The object of the expedition has been completely obtained, but not without a struggle. -We have not, however, any very precise details of circumstances. Marshal Clausel directed the expedition with all the skill, judgment, and activity that was to be ex pected from him. A contusion on the thigh was also- re ceived by the Duke of Orleans. His Royal Highness was preparing to return to France, was to embark at Mostaga nem, and expected to reach Toulon on the 19th. We learn that Mascara was several times a prey to the rapacity of the Arabs. It seems that it was pillaged on the arrival of the news of the first advantage gained by the French, a second time when Abdel Kader retired with his Arabs, and again, it is said, the Turks under Ibrahim, who formed the vanguard of the army, had begun to plunder it, when they were stopped by an order from head-quarteri to desist. The most serious engagement was that of Ghosouf, between the Sig and the town. The Arabs fought with determined resolu tion, and only yielded to the superiority of the French artillery and char g es of the cavalry. It was in this contest th a t th e Duke of Orleans was struck, and Gen. Oudinot wounded. The operations of the army were for some days impeded by the weather. The rain fell in torrents, and the roads were rendered in some places impassable. Nevertheless, the Marshal took his measures so effectually that the army con tinued its progress to Mascara without any greater obstacles than those which were opposed by the Arabs. In some places the soldiers were obliged to make a road on purpose for the artillery, which, however, got on without suffering. The steam-boat Styx, which was despatched by Marshal Clausel before the capture of Mascara, with an account of the battle on the Sig, has not yet arrived. '1 ho store-ship La Lionne, which brought the news of it, entered Toulon on the 17th, and consequently has made better way than the Styr, which it seems has been driven by stress of weather to the coast of Italy." A letter of the 6th inst. from Algiers furnishes some details of the first engagement which took place near the Sig :—" It appears that a considerable party was assembled in a species of entrenched camp. Our advanced guard commenced the attack. The enemy was defeated and the camp taken ; it consisted of 400 Turkish cavalry, and 200 infantry, 400 cavalry of the tribes of the Douairc and Semela, and 80 Mozabites, under the orders of Ibrahim Bey. There were also some Zouaves and African batta lions with artillery. Abdel Kader took no part in the action. His troops are disheartened, and his credit is at a low ebb. We learn from the crew of the Styr, that although the Arabs, in consequence of his orders, had ceased to supply the market of Mostaganem, they have re appeared with abundant supplies." (From the Journal des Debats of Tuesday.) • THE WARSAW SPEECH. Order at Paris is the law, and law which is wise and liberal ; order at St. Petersburgh is the despotic power of one man, tempered from time to time by armed revolts and by Court machinations. We have remarked for some time a strange pretension on the part of the publicists of the north of Europe. Russia, according to them, is the sole and only depositary of European order ; it is from thence that society is to ex pect its salvation, for it is there that are preserved, as in an inviolable sanctuary, all the principles which constitute and protect society. This pretension was never more naively put forward than in the Emperor's speech at War saw. Despotism has long pretended to be the only safeguard of nations. To hear it speak, there is no calm, no repose possible except in its bosom. Because liberty is sometimes turbulent and agitated, despotism wishes to make us believe that it alone is always stable and peaceable. History is there to reply, and even the history of Russia will answer the pretension. Where is this admirable order—where is this marvellous stability which Europe ought so much to envy ? Without going very far back in Russian history, we find that it was by a conspiracy and a revolt that Cathe rine 11. ascended the throne—that it was by a murder that her son Paul I. descended it, and that it was a revolt which commenced the reign of Nicholas. And you talk of stability! The stability of the West, it must be con fessed, is quite as good as the stability of the North. Look at England, where there are laws which combine and which conciliate order and liberty. What stability and what power at the same time ! It is not true, that in order to be free a people must be condemned to be always in a state of agita tion. It is not true that to be slaves a nation must always be stable and tranquil. Liberty can also boast of having supported order. To reconcile order and liberty is the problem of political science among civilized nations. To kill order for the sake of liberty is the plan of a demagogue ; to kill liberty for the sake of order is the plan of a tyrant. Both these murders are hateful to us. They seem equally the work of ignorance and barbarism. When we remarked upon the speech of the Emperor Nicholas, we criticised it, we confess, in the name of order, such as we conceive it in the West, that is to say, in the name of respect for treaties, in the name of the considera tion justly due to the vanquished, in the name of humanity, in the name •even of the kingly dignity which always de grades itself when it gives way to insult and anger. It is in the name of order such as this, that we blamed the speech of the Emperor Nicholas. This order of the civilised West, is, it seems, not the order of Moscow. What can we do, • then, when we are not Russians, and have no wish to be come so ? However, it is order in the East, as well us in the West, not to misrepresent the words of any person, or to mutilate them ; and as the Emperor of Russia pretends that we have both misrepresented and mutilated his speech, we desire sincerely to free ourselves from the reproach. Our justifi cation will, however, be very simple. We will take the words which even the St. Petersburg Journal puts into the mouth of the Emperor. Observe, first of all, in this edition, the Imperial anger is singularly softened in form ; and in regard to this, we may make an observation by the way. It is said that the com ments we made upon the Warsaw Speech were the effect of powerless hatred. We will not deny the hatred—we con fess it at once ; but it is a political hatred, an antipathy of doctrines and of principles. Hatred like this need not be concealed ; but as regards the inefficacy of comment, we must contest the point. We think, on the contrary, that the comments of the French and English Press have been most efficacious ; and that, without knowing it, or rather without owning it, the Emperor of Russia has somewhat given way. The Speech published in the St. Petersburg Journal differs in several points, from the Speech of War saw. Let us see in what the two differ, and in what they are alike. It is a comparison which it is important to make for our justification on the one side, and for the instruction of the European public on th e o th er . In all that could give off ence t o E ur ope, the Speech of St. Petersburgh differs from that of Warsaw ; we arc even too gentle in calling it a difference only—it is a complete disavowal. In all that could wound Poland, or please the prejudice and hatred of the Muscovites, the Speech of St. Petersburg resembles word for word the Speech of Warsaw. DIFFERENCES AND DISAVOWALS.—At Warsaw the Emperor told the Poles not to cherish the dream of in dependence and nationality. This was as much as to say, that it pleased the Emperor Nicholas to annul a former ar ticle of the treaty of Vienna. At St. Petersburgh not a word of this complete union of Poland and Russia, and of this abolition of the treaties of 1815. There is still more : at St. Petersburgh care has been taken to add, "These are the truths which the Emperor and King," &c. The Emperor and King," that is to say, the Emperor of Russia and the King of Poland, the titles which the treaty of Vienna authorised the Emperor of Russia to bear. Thus at Warsaw the treaty of Vienna is contemned, but at St. Petersburgh is confessed and recognized. The Press, when it supports itself upon treaties, when it invokes the law of nations, is then useful in some degree, and not quite so inefficacious and so powerless as it is said to be. The Emperor despises and disdains loudly, but ne vertheless obeys in silence. We know not whether, on the occasion of this Speech, there was an interchange of di plomatic notes at London, Paris, and Vienna, but there were articles in the French and English journals, and a ge- SPAIN. MADRID, DEe.l4.—ln Valencia, in Catalonia, and even in Navarre, the cause of liberty and the Queen has latterly gained greatly. The Carlists are represented as much embarrassed from want of money, and of the means for• merly furnished by France, with the quiet sanction of Louis Phillippe ; and now Don Carlos, who is, as it is here re ported, as yet so far sanctioned by certain half-informed. partial London journals, as not to be called " the Pre tender," although the fact be as clear as the sun at noon, is more puzzled than at any time since his arrival in the Pe ninsula. The cause of the Carlist depression, of spirits is that Louis Phillippe hai discovered that Europe, and above all, England, will not patiently submit, in order to please him or his agents, while speculating on the Stock-Exchange, to have rights of freedom and of good government trampled under foot, or even exposed to the danger of being so in the Pe ninsula. Be these circumstances as they may, the Carlists begin to feel the check which the non-protection of Louis Phillippe has caused to their progress ; and, of course be, like all bad politicians, will have to endure the hatred of his former proteges, without insuring to him the good will of the friends of liberty in Spain. The news from the provinces in the North as well as from Catalonia is favourable to the cause of the Queen. The capture of the Carlist chieftain Rojo, and many of his companions, is advantageous, inasmuch as it will enable General Cordova to effect an exchange of prisoners. He treats the Carlists better than his prisoners are treated by them. The number of Carlists who apply for the benefit of the amnesty in Catalonia is daily increasing ; it was said that Don Sebastian intended to make an attempt in that province, by placing himself at the head of the rebels ; but he is too, late by several months in that plan. Senor Chacon, who during some time commanded the Spanish fleet on the Cantabrian coast, has been removed to make room for another admiral of activity and enterprise ; such qualities being now requisite, when the Ca'rlists at tempt to blockade St. Sebastian, and to take Guyaria. The 4th Regiment of the Guards arrived in Madrid on Thursday, after having spent two years in the North, and lost fifty-eight officers, with a proportionate number of sol diers. Their arrival was welcomed by the inhabitants of Madrid as that of conquering, heroes. Several of the Na tional Guards went some leagues on Wednesday in order to prepare quarters, and to give them a feast in the village where they halted for the night. On Thursday crowds of all ranks and stations, in carriages and on foot, went out to meet and cheer them on their approach to this city ; the whole National Guard of the capital was under arms at half a league distance, and accompanied them into town. The Queen came from the Prado to honour their arrival with her presence, passed them in review at their barracks, and admitted all the officers and two soldiers of each com pany to kiss her hand. Good cheer was prepared for them, to which was added, by the Queen's command, the distri bution of several boxes of cigars. M. Mendizabal was in vited to attend the festivities by the officers of the National Guard, but returned the following answer : " To my Companions of the National Guard of Madrid. " The invitation I have just received, to enjoy the satis faction of such a patriotic meeting, has given me the most li ve ly pleasure ; but most urgent affairs, which interest the service of our innocent Queen, that is, the welfare of our country, do not allow me to participate therein, except by m y gratitude. You will please to state these,my sentiments to the respectable meeting, and to assure them that my wishes are united with theirs." Toasts, songs, and sonnets were brought forward on the occasion, and the meeting passed over in harmony and good humour. On Friday the Estamentos were assembled, when the Ministry brought forward o important projects of la w . The first, in the Estamenti" t of Procuradores, by M. Men dizabal, was for the purpose of making additions and rec tifications in the law of the National Guard, as sanctioned by the Legislature last, session. The second project of law was presented by the Minister of Justice in the Chamber of Proceres, and related to the arrangement of a law of pains and penalties against those p e rsons who should in future be caught engaged in the slave trade. Another Bill was brought in by the same Minister to warrant the continuance of the Courts of Law esta blished by the decree of the 26th of September, until the whole judicial system should receive the approbation of the Legislature. Both the Estamentos have now subjects of examination, and they are proceeding slowly and surely in the discussion, in their commissions, of those projects of laws. The Go vernment, it is asserted, intends next week to present a pro ject of law to warrant the dismemberment, as it is called, of the Spanish Monarchy, by the recognition of the South American States, after the passing of which law that re cognition will, as it is further asserted, be effected uncon ditionally. The only source of complaint against M. Mendizabal is that helab;urs individually too much, as he retains in his own hands the regulation of four portfolios. He is Mi nister of Finance, and all the duties of that office are well performed, for he has paid all the pensions and monies due up to the month of October ; there were three months' arrears when he assumed the Ministry, and he has paid them. He has, besides, made provision by the volun tary subscriptions, which are as yet untouched, for beginning the next year with Effect. The Marine Mi nistry gave but little trouble to his predecessors ; he has effected great changes therein, and contrives to give the same impulse to that important branch of Spanish service which he has done in the others. As Minister of Foreign Affairs he has gained golden opinions from all Europe, yet he holds it but ad interim, in order to give that stability to the cause of Spain which his honesty and integrity merit. The War Department he holds merely during the absence of Count Almodovar with the army. There are some emo luments, of course, belonging to the temporary holding of these offices, but, with his usual disinterestedness, he has given them all to the general fund of voluntary subscriptions. The real danger is, that hemay injure his health by this con tinual application to business, for 18 hours' mental labour per day is too much for any man. The most curious proofs are exhibited of the attachment of the Spaniards to this Prime Minister: A subordinate magistrate in Teruel has written to present M. Mendi ' zabal his vineyard and the produce of this year, as a proof of his respect for his worth and talents. In the letter he begs that his humble tribute may be accepted, and that he himself may, if necessary, although 58 years old, be sent to fight for his country. Ho hopes that no refusal will be sent to him, for, as he loves his native country, he is ready to sacrifice his all for it, and as a proof he is willing, in order to have a Carlist who is doing mischief in this town re moved, to discharge gratis the functions of a double duty. The enthusiasm of Spain has been awakened, and now there is a strong probability that a truly liberal system will be fi nally established. POTATOES.—The estimated consumption of pota toes weekly in London and its environs, at - the present period, is equa l to 1,230 tons. S uppos i ng half th e popula tion consum e each one potatoe, weighing a quarter of a pound, daily, the average cost is upwards'of 4,300/. Weekly. GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. StictuN, DEC. I.—Prince Milosch, since his return to Servia, is the object of the greatest veneration and attach ment. The people can scarcely believe their own eyes, on seeing that he has returned not only safe and sound, but loaded with honours and dignities ; whereas, on his de parture, many believed that he would share the fate of so many Paellas and Governors, and be detained at Constan tinople. As matters now stand in Servia, Prince Milosch, if he makes a wise use of his present situation, may secure the welfare of Servia—without a Constitution, it is true, but also without excluding such salutary reforms as may be really advantageous to the country. Yesterday, by order of the Archbishop, there were thanksgivings , in all Servia, for the, return of the Prince. tis supposed that the Prince will issue the expected ordinance from Kraja jeratz, as all the Notables are summoned to attend him at that place. Jie will set out, with his family, on the 7th of this month. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 27.—A few days ago the Sultan went incognito to his Palace at Terague, and remained there • till the next day. It was immediately reported that Lord Ponsonby was with the Sultan, and that nothing less was intended than a secret conference with that Minister. It is not known what truth there may be in the report, which was still more spread, after the departure of a courier for London. The Sultan has since given orders to one of his favourites to be in readiness to go to England, to examine the manufacturing and other establishments in that country, as well as in France and Belgium, in order to decide what maybe calculated for introduction into Turkey.—Fran4fort Paper, Dec. 20. BRUSSELS, DEC. 22.—M. de Muelenaere, Minister for Foreign Affairs, gave yesterday a grand diplomatic dinner. The body of Lord Crewe, General in the English Army, and a Member of the House of Lords, who died about three weeks ago, at his country seat at Bois l'Erique, near Liege, arrived at Brussels the day before yesterday, on its way to London, wher i e it is to be interred. M. de Pouhon has just sent to the Members of the two Chambers copies of a pamphlet " On the Indemnities espe cially for the goods burnt in the Royal entrepot at An twerp." M. de Pouhon, who is especially interested in this question, published a pamphlet three years ago, in w hich he advised that it should be deferred till more favourable times. He thinks those times are now come. As the amount of these indemnities is very great, M. Pouhon proposes to allot a million annually to pay the interest and principal of the indemnity. _ . In the night of the 18th there was a violent storm at Ostend. A letter from Valenciennes of the 19th says they have had for some days past such dense fogs, that the dili gences are in the greatest danger of being overturned, or running foul of each other, though a postillion with two lamps precedes them _only a few paces. . _ ANTWERP, DEC. 22.—Neither the Tourist, nor the or dinary mail from London hive yet arrived to day. It must be supposed that both that steam - -boat and the Govern ment packet have been hindered by contrary winds from leaving the English ports. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BanssaLs, Dec. 22 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 103% Loan of City, 1532, Four per Cent. 99% Society of C4mmerce, Four and a Half per Cent 1:19 7 4' Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 114% —Brussels Papers, Dec. 23. PRUSSIA, DEC, 13.—The insertion in the St. Peters burgh Journals of the attack of the Debats on the Emperor Nicholas, which is now copied in our State Gazette, excites the more surprise here, as the Prussian Journals have hitherto taken little or no notice of this attack, which has made a very disagreeable impression in Warsaw, where it is wished that it had not been made. Since the return of the Emperor to Petersburgh, it is said he has chiefly turned his attention to the improvement of all branches of manufac tures in the empire. It is said also that it is in contempla tion at Petersburgh to make arrangements with our Go vernment and that of Austria to facilitate the intercourse between all the three States, and that to give encourage ment to trade and manufactures. As the Governments of Russia, Austria, and Prussia are now on the most friendly terms, it may be possible to come easily to an agreement, which would be of great advantage to all the three States. PRESBURG, DEC. B.—The proposal of the Estates for a further indefinite prolongation of the Diet, that is to say till the decision of some points not connected with the Royal Propositions, has not been approved by the Govern ment ; on the contrary, a Royal Rescript of the 3d of this month positively fixes the close of the Diet for the 28th of this month. BELGRADE, DEC. 7.—Preparations are making to receive Prince Milosch, who is expected next week. It seems cer tain he will visit Vienna in 1836. VIENNA, DEC. 14.-5 per Cents., 1011; 4 per Cents., 991 ; Bank Shares, 1,374.—A ligenteine Zeitung, Dcc. 19. FAMINE-EXPULSION OF TE- NANTRY. Last Sunday a public meeting was held at Clonegath, in the county of Carlow, on the subject of the late proceedings, proceedings which in the language of one o - the Sp?akers, " appeal to the heart of every human man in England and Ireland for sympathy and redress." In one parish there have been ejected within the last few years, by three or four landlords, 178 families, amount ing to 992 individuals, including 224 widows and orphans. From the townlands of Ballinkillen, the property of Viscountßeresford, where the system first commenced, there were evicted at once 39 families, amounting to 205 individuals, including 56 widows and orphans. From Ballyknocken, the property of the same Noble Viscount, 7 families, amounting to 33 individuals, including 13 widows and orphans. From Slyguff, the property of the same, 9 families, amounting to 64 individuals,- including 13 widows and orphans. From Clowater, by the same, 6 families, amounting to 29 individuals. From Clonegath, by the same, 25 families, amounting to 161 individuals, including 30 widows and orphans— Making a total of Befamilies, amounting to 492 indivi duals, including 112 widows and orphans. From that part of Colonel Bruen's estate, which is situa ted in this parish, the following number of families were expelled : From the townland of Ballyloughan, 13 families, con taining 63 individuals, including 8 widows and orphans. Ballytarsna, 19 families, containing 101 individuals, in ending, 21 widows and orphans. Knockthomas, 11 families, containing 53 individuals, in cluding 13 widows and orphans. li Boermore, 7 families, containing 45 individuals, includ ing 14 widows and orphans. Kildrina, 4 families, containing 22 individuals, including 6 widows and orphans. Nurney, 5 families, containing-30 individuals. Oldtown, 2 families, containing 9 individuals, including 5 widows and orphans. Ballyteglea, 1 family, containing 7 individuals, widow and orphans. Knockullard, 4 families, containing 18 individuals, in cluding 8 widows and orphans = Making a total of 66 families, containing 348 individuals and 82 widows and orphans. I must remark, that one of these townlands was not in the possession of Colonel Bruen at the time that the tenantry were ejected. From the townland of Ballywilliamro, the property of Colonel Latouche, Mr. Butler, agent, 16 families, con taining 98 individuals, including 17 widows and orphans. Dunroe, the property of the Messrs. Newton, 8 families, containing 44 individuals, including 11 widows and orphans. Kilcarrig and Dunlackney, belonging to the same, 2 families, containing 10 individuals, including 2 orphans and widows— Making a total of 10 families, containing 54 individuals, including 3 widows and orphans ; Amountinc , in all to no less than 178 families, containing 992 individuals, including 224 widows and orphans. Besides those already evicted, notices to quit in a few months, have been served by the same landlords, upon the following number of families, viz. : In the townland of Sliguff, the property of Viscount Be resford, 15 families, amounting to 94 individuals, including 23 widows and orphans. In Skaughanrane, the property of Colonel Bruen, 23 fa milies,.amounting to 123 individuals, including 33 widows and orphans. In KnOckullard, by Colonel Bruen, 2 families, amount ing to 11 persons, including 5 widows and orphans ; Making a total of 25 families, amounting to 135 indivi duals, including 41 widows and orphans. In Kilcarrig, the property of the Messrs. Newton, 31. families, amounting to 163 individuals, including 28 widows and orphans. Making a total of 71 families, amounting to 391 indi viduals, including 92 widows and orphans. If, then, you add those already ejected, you have 249 families, amounting to 1,383 individuals, including 316 wi dows and orphans. • We give the conclusion of the Reverend Gentleman's address from which we have taken the foregoing facts. " If I am asked, what has become of those people that liaNle been ejected ?—I answer that a considerable number, particularly of the aged and infirm, lived but for a very short time—the shock they received, when driven from the spot that gave them birth—the destitution into which they were plunged, soon terminated their sufferings ; others, after enduring eve - .7 species of wretchedness and privation, sunk at last beneath the weight of their afflictions into a premature grave ; others, again, sought a refuge in the ad joining villages, where they increased the burden of the humane and charitable ; many took shelter among their neighbours and friends in the neighbourhood. lam aware of many instances in this parish, where there are families lying and rising in one rniserable apartment, only of a few square feet. My professional duties enable the mortality which prevailed among tl people, and the privations they had to endure, were truly deplorarable." Before the close of the meeting, which was most nume rously attended, several resolutions were adopted, declar ing that poor laws were rendered indispensably necessary, especially on account of the great increase of the destitute poor by the depopulating syst-cm, and also calling for the extinction of the tithe system. The spot selected for the meeting was an eminence si— tuate in the vicinity of Clonegath, and commandin g a view of the lately depopulated district, with all its heartrending associations. Lord Beresford's agent, in order to prevent any expression of public feeling regarding his patron's con duct towards his pcior Roman Catholic tenantry, resolved, As far as in him lay, .to prevent the meeting taking place ; but the people met in thousands on the adjoining lands of .Boderduff. In referring to the subject of this meeting, the Dublin, ,Evening Post, with equal justice acid indig►zation, corn :ments on the spirit of persecution which has so recklessly vevelled in human suffering : . " Let us drive these bloody Papist rebels from amongst ifs."— :Mark Beresford's Speech. " Such were the words of the real blood of a Ben's ;ford,' as they hailed him on the occasion, addressed with -.vast applause to my Lord Downshire, my Lord Roden, and --horresco referees —to my Lord Glengal, at the Orange :Meeting in October last year, held at the Orange Mansion !house in Dublin." " What Marcus Beresford has said, that Lard Beres :ford has done. He has driven and is driving 'the Bloody ;Papist Rebels' from his lands." e • ta • • 4r.- 11, 0 0 ‘dc; AT•il OS 1 ) V unfortunate THE ICE-BOUND WHALERS. One of the vessels, the Duncombc, has arrived at the port. elf Hull. On Saturday last, the joyful news of the arrival, :at Shetland, of the Duncombc, of this port, one of the re .cently ice-bound whalers in the frozen seas, was cornmuni rcated to the inhabitants of this town. Between one and two ,o'clock it was reported that the Duncombc was in the Hum 'her, and hundreds hurried to the banks of the river to give :her welcome. The shout raised at the Vittoria was re sponded to with three times three loud cheers from the .densely congregated thousands thronging the Eastern Pier .of the Humber Dock-basin. The following statement from Captain Scoffin, of his imprisonment and release from the =frozen regions, will, we doubt not, be acceptable to all our ireaders On the 4th of October the Duncombe got beset in lat. 69. 30. with seven sail in company,—the Abraham, Alfred, _Harmony and Dordon, of Hull ; the Lady Jane and Gren -vile Bay, of Newcastle ; and the Norfolk, of Berwick. On the lOth of October the Alfred got out into water ; -the Duncombe and the rest of the ships continued to be "beset, until the Ilth of Novemi,er, when the Duncombe -was liberated and got into the water, in latitude 64, distance front the west land seventy miles. Saw the other ships beset, on the 7th of November, five sail, about thirty miles in the ice, and the Norfolk had got nearer to the water. These ships would be in about 64. 40, when then seen The Duncombe had water in sight the whole of the time she was beset, being between five and sir miles from the limits of the sea. There had been several swells, which had partially broken the ice, but never suffi ciently to permit the Duncombe tilo escape, until the tine above stated. Numerous attempts had been made by saw— ing the ice, after the Alfred got clear, to lib era t e th e Dun combe, in doing which they sawed through many miles of ice, in different directions, as there appeared prospects of success, but the ship was as repeatedly frozen in a b vain amidst solid flaws of ice. Has no doubt but all the other g.ix ships left in the middle of the'Straits will, by perso %Trance, extricate themselves, but could not be sure they would accomplish their deliverance under the same break ing up by which the Duncombe got free. The Norfolk had the prospect of getting free first. She was first in ad vance, and the remainder were nearly in a line behind her. The ships had altogether drifted from lat. 69. 30. to 64., a distance of 330 miles by the currents, being all the time beset. Captain Scoffin landed his men off Shetland on the 13th of December, but did not go into port ; when he arrived off Peterhead, the master; and owners of ships, knowing the Duncombe, sent off beef, onions, cabbages, fresh butter, and every thin; that could be deemed best for the crew. The ships all hoisted their colours, and the day was observed as a festival. Captain Scoffin assures us that the handsome manner in which they were received will never be forgotten by him. The Duncombe was. 108 days in the ice, and durinc , the time ,not a single accident oc curred ; the whole oof the crew conducted themselves in a most orderly manner ; they readily submitted to being put. upon short allowance, and to every other arrangement which Captain Scoffin proposed for their good, notwith standing the many and severe privations to which they were exposed.—Hull Observer. One ship,under a most able officer, will sail in eight or ten days, and two others will be dispatched, without con dition, by the Admiralty, to accomplish all that foresight and affectionate anxiety can suggest. A FRENCH HISTORICAL DRAMA. A M. de Rougemont has just presented, at the Theatre du Vaudeville at Paris, a bantling of his own begetting, which he bas fathered upon no less a personage than Oliver Cromwell. This " Fruit of dull heat and pooterkin of wit" is a Miss Frances Cromwell, whom her putative papa has, at the age of ten years, placed in a house "aoigU& du brait des crazes," probably a finishing establishment for young ladies in the rural vicinity of London. The young lady is. a staunch Royalist, and is quite shocked at what papa has done during her sojourn at school. At the age of 15 Miss Frances Cromwell falls in love with the Mon. 'Waster Claypole, the son of old Lord Claypole. His Lordship objects to the match from political considcrationg. kliss Frances is in despair, and old Oliver is at his wit's-m.ld. The distress of all parties approaches its climax, whe.7 fortunately they are relieved from their embarrassment, and. all ends happily ; for, " tout coup," the soldiers of the. Protector drag upon the stage a slim young gentleman of a sorry countenance and ragged clothes, whom they have. found upon the sea-coast. This new arrival turns out to be Charles 11., and to save his life from the vengeance of Crom well, old Lord Claypole eschews his scruples, and consents to the marriage of his son with the daughter of his enemy. This anecdote of Cromwell has certainly the merit of origi nality for its recommendation, and will be a novelty to the. most erudite peruser of English history. If our French neighbours be, however, resolved to resuscitate the old. Puritan, and make him exhibit for their amusement ore the boards of a theatre, albeit in his lifetime it was a plac he never. visited, there is an authentic anecdote on which a vaudeville might be successfully founded. White, a chap lain of the Protector, was enamoured of a daughter of his patron—the same, if we recollect, who was afterwards Lady Fauconberg. He was one day surprised by Cromwell in the f'act of pressing his suit. To relieve himself from the danger to which an avowal of the real state . of the case would have exposed him, he replied, in answer to the in terrogatory of the incensed father, that be was entreating his daughter to use her influence in forwarding his suit for the hand of her waiting-woman, by whom he had been treated coldly. Oliver, who saw through the subterfuge, resolved to avail himself of it, lest the ardour of the lover might some day prevail. " Oh, oh," said he, "is that the case ? does a waiting-woman refuse my Chaplain ? Call her here immediately, this matter shall be set right." The waiting-woman was accordingly called in, and asked if she would give her hand to White. She gladly consented, and Cromwell to maks all sure, took care that the mar riage ceremony should be instantly performed. THE WEATHER.— . rhe frost was so intense during Monday night, that yesterday morning considerable portions of the New River in many places were frozen over, the ice being above half an inch thick. It has been noticed during some of preceding hard Winters the New River, with the exception of the river Thames, was the last piece of water about London that became in a frozen state, owing to it being kept unceasingly in a running stream. The pro gress of the barges in the Regent's Canal is also much re tarded by the accumulation of ice in various parts, and yes terday morning ice carts were in requisition in all directions, and during the last three days an abundant supply of this summer luxury has been obtained: The ornamental waters, in the Regent's, Hyde, St. James's, and the Green Parks, are frozen over ; and the former, from its exposure to the northward, is expected to afford by to-morrow the enjoy ment of the manly and healthful amusement of skaiting. The tenth anniversary of the Gerard Hall Hotel, was held yesterday. About two hundred gentlemen, in cluding from sixty to seventy commercial travellers, dined ; Mr. Sheriff Lainson, the Alderman of the Ward, being in • the chair, supported by Alderman Thomas Wood, John Shuttleworth, Esq., and many members of the Common Council. Several loyal and liberal toasts were given, and the health of the chairman, Alderman T. Wood, Mr. Shuttleworth, and. Mr. and Mrs. Younghusband, were en thusiastically drank, and very eloquent speeches were made in reply. Mr. Sheriff Lainson having retired about 1I , Mr. Shuttleworth was called to the chair, and the company did not totally break up till an early hour in the morning. A man last , week, who had stolen a hog in the night, at Audruick, in the Pas de Calais found great dif ficulty in carrying off his prize, as it weighed 12.51b5. He tied the four legs together, and slung it across his neck, so that the body of the animal hung down behind. Worn out by fatigue he stopped against a wooden paling, and rested the back of the bog upon it. Unfortunately for him the animal slipped down. behind, by which the cord that fastened the legs was drawn so tight against the robber's 'throat, that he was strangled and found in that "" state next morning.---Gabgnani's Messenger.