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Five per apons, 23 ; iption__tW ° l' ONE• t, with little Bank Stock, Stocks arc tter at B*. Cents., s°' ;LOCK A .-I t i 5 en to 13or :y to adop t iication be- zing. ween eigh t Elizabet h !et, she olr urried pac e ' wrapped IV d hek, Df -ed tone cal` ng as if frog~ spicion, !way in the fined that 0 1 it was M i r s given, alr e interfero d i a girl, age g liberate ,, kness, tilt 4 arents (Pe r cored that the men she 0 5 wretch fro ° 3d was td rzette. DUBLIN-SATURDAY. br.. " Le The faction which is beyond the law in this country, must be and their spirit subdued, or no law, however good, can be - " 4 .1 to operate usefully to the Government."—Dn. DOYLE. SO many circumstances, illustrative of the above senti those are d a il y occurring., as render it difficult to select most entitled to the attention of sincere Reformers. "_luee my la s t l e tt er — commun i ca ti ng f ac t s res pecting the e w a nceuvres of the Orange faction, and those who make _ o Minon cause with them, in the hope of again recovering their lost ascendancy,—much new light has been thrown s u i Pon the en em y' s proceedings. Not to mention, however, conspiracy entered into to prevent the Catholic Arch elsbop of D u bli n f rom b ecom i ng a mem b er o f the Dublin 0 0 • ctY, and other similar demonstrations of the spirit of t he party, party, I shall confine myself to a few topics not yet ticiently com men t e d on , or ex p ose d to public view, by n newspapers of this country. And having very briefly sh own the obj ec t s i n v i ew , an d the ends which the faction 1, f°Pe to att a i n , by means o f thi s new method of agitation, th em on mention the unexpected effects already produced by ti on the community, and the means adopted by a por uit of that community for converting them into certain re "bon in favour of Reform. In the first place, many Orange and Tory landlords have : Orribined and confederated together to defeat the law, by de stroying th e r i g ht s o f f ranc hi se on th e i r es tates, or limiting it to those only of their 'own persuasion and politics. This as being attempted in many parts of Ireland, but more par ticularly in the counties of Wexford and Carlow. The Plan is to expel or eject the Catholic tenants, and sub stitute Protestants in their place, under the pretext that the i °rlner are influenced by the priests in the disposal of their vote s for Members of Parliament ; while the latter will be as tractable and subservient to the will of the landlord, as Z easts o f th e p l oug h, or th e l ow li es t v ill a i n of feudal times! 'my, to say nothing of the cruelty of the ouster, or ex pulsion system, is there not here manifested one of the most flagrant acts of tyranny. and interference with that first 'af British rights—liberty of speech and action—which is to be found in the history of modern Europe ? What ? Are human beings, born to enjoy and participate in all the bless- Ns of knowledge and civilization diffused over the world la the nineteenth century, to be trained up in the habits of t he dark ages—having no more a will of their own than 4 ' 7 A subjected to barbarous despots ? It cannot be. Those Protestant tenants who are now made the instruments of a f actious oppositiOn to the " spirit of the age," will soon imbibe enough of that spirit to know the rights of British subjects, and knowing, exercise them. But this is not 41 °11C short-sighted policy ;it is injustice—it is refined cruelty. In a country where the six-seventh of the popu lation, of those who cultivate the soil, and who may be fairly said to be the natural ascriptitii solo, or persons des tined to dig, and delve, and till the ground ; in such a cOuntry as Ireland, is it not wicked, cruel, and unjust to dispossess the numerous Catholics for the few Protestants Who ma y b e found hardy and willing enough to become t he inheritors of that interest which an industrious Roman Catholic hitherto believed to be his patrimony, however scanty and precarious, as long as he punctually paid the stipulated rent ? Since the days of Norman conquest, when " Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began, A mighty hunter, and his prey was man," ' lo ' such causeless proscription or extermination of the People has been attempted. But it may be imagined, that besides exercising their franchise contrary to the will of the landlord, some of these ejected tenants have been lazy, in dolent, and unwilling to pay a fair rent, or any rent—and therefore have incurred the displeasure of their persecutors: No such thing; the contrary I believe to be the fact in very many instances. Having been myself, from certain circumstances within my own knowledge, as mentioned in a former letter, inclined to this opinion, I have made in quiry, in order to confirm.that opinion, to be enabled to state the truth respecting one or two landlords, whom I shall presently mention, and the result is as follows :—ln the county of Wenford, where a great number of Catholics ar e said to be removed for Protestants, a Mr. Phayre, an absentee for the most part of the year, when no Grand jury jobs, or other interesting political object is to be pro secuted, has refused to allow a respectable man, seventy Years of age, to continue on a farm, on which he and his family had been settled nearly a century—for no other reaso n than because he is a Catholic This is a fact, be- Yond all controversy, clearly demonstrative of the policy of Phayre, and those who act for and with the Orange Party. ' In the county of Carlow, Mr. Brewster, the Bar rister, has also ejected Catholic tenants, who offered to pay double their old rents, and considerably more than a rack rent for their holdings. I had regarded this as an impro bable story when first I heard it, believing Mr. Brewster to be a man whose understanding and knowledge of the world Must have pointed out to him the mischief and ultimate impolicy of such a proceeding. But when self-love strongly urges, reason cannot restrain. Mr. Brewster's self-love and sympathy have been ideptified with Bruen, whose prin ciples and purse are equally liberal in the eyes of his pro fessional adviser. It is no wonder, therefore, that Mr. Brewster, a Tory lawyer, should sacrifice a poor Catholic tenant to a rich county member, and alle th palmy pros pects of the old ascendancy. The Beresfords, Alexander:, Newtons, and Latouches of Carlow have not the same ra tional motive for the course they are pursuing. Theirs is, Purely and abstractedly, the policy of that regime which has been trying in vain, for centuries, to exterminate a nation. \\Till they not be taught by experience, and the history of Ireland, the fallacy, if not the danger, of such proceedings ? Ireland and its people must be pacified, not destroyed. This the present Government are disposed to effect ; and uo other can pursue a different course. The people know their rights, and will defend them, aided by the sympathy of British fellow-subjects and intelligent statesmen. A lteform Association, for the protection of the franchise, is Preparing, conformably to the plan of that in England, and will be publicly announced in a few days. Mr. William e •nlurphy, one of the most independent of our citizens -in Property and principles, is active in promoting the Dublin branch of this national institution ; and there is no fear but that the example will be followed throughout the country frith spirit and determination.- Such are the first fruits of ,The tenantry-persecuting system ; and such the re - action likely to be produced by the present confederacy and com bination of the Orange Tories! Another source of hope and expectation to the faction is lik e ly to turn out equally beneficial to the people. Great stre ss has been laid by the Orange speculators, for some Weeks past, on the prospect of having the tithes paid this Year, partly voluntarily, and partly by legal coercion. There is a coincidence of circumstances at this moment, favourable, on first view, to such a hope, but one that will • turn out as fallacions as the ejecting system. In the first Place, the universal confidence in the present Government has so conciliated the minds of the great body of the people, that even the abominable tithe persecution for payment cannot induce them to violate the law. And secondly, the operation of Stanley's Act is such as to bring about either i mmediate payment by the landlord, or an Equity suit, 'which of course procrastinates, till some final adjustment er abolition takes place. In the meantime, litigation will ex hibit the anomalous state of the law of tithes in this coun try, in more glaring colours than it has ever yet been Painted. lam informed that it will appear by certain pro ceedings now pending in the Court of Exchequer, that the -Right Hon. H. Goulburn, and not the late Doctor Doyle, \vas the author of "passive resistance !" In the Rev. Pre late's notice of Goulburn's Act, written more than ten years ugo, after predicting that it was the first step towards abo lition of tithes and ecclesiastical reform, he says—" For the commencement of this Godly work we are indebted to the Irish Government ; and though it were their only merit, it should endear them to the people." But on looking into the Act itself-4 Geo. IV., c. 99, s. 41—I find the following Proviso, after stating in general how the tithe composition Was in future to be deducted by the tenant from his rent— ' if " the occupier of any such land shall be one of the per -suasion of the people called Quakers, the receipt of any Collector having collected or levied any such composition, or any part thereof, and which receipt such collector is hereby required to give in such case, whether it be demanded or 2104 shall express the whole sum paid or satisfied by such lessee or occupier, including, in the case of levy, THE EX - I'ENsES OF SUCH LEVY ; and such receipt being produced to such landlord, such landlord shall accept the same in Payment (or shall suffer the amount thereof to be deducted as in payment) of so much of the rent payable to him by such lessee or occupier as shall be equal to the whole of such sum," &c. Here we have one class of Dissenters fro m the Established Church indemnified by Act of Parlia linent for " passive resistance" to the payment of tithes. If a Quaker owes ,five pounds for tithes, and withholds the Payment thereof until the collector, or person authorised lo receive it, goes to the expense of 501. in effecting a levy of the said five pounds, and then pays the 551., he is not one penny worse for his " passive resistance ;" be cause the 55/. is so much rent paid by him ! ! Now the Only difference between the Right Hon. H. Goulburn and Doctor Doyle in this particular is, that the former passed a law indemnifying one class of Dissenters for non-pay , Ment of tithes, while the latter said to another class of bissenturs, " Imitate the conduct of the honest Quakers, and no doubt the Legislatvre will in due time regard your conscientious motives, and extend to you the benefit of a recent Act ; but do not violate the law." The Hon. John Duncan Bligh, late Charge d'Af faires at St. Petersburgh, and, now Sir Edward Disbrowe's successor as Minister at Stockholm, returned to town yes terday from Brighton, where he went to have an, audience of his Majesty on his return from the Russian Court: Winter has at last made its appearance in earnest. On Thursday there was a partial fall of snow, and at night severe frost set in ; the thermometer, in a very ShOlteree 4 ituation, falling to 27, being five degrees below the freez. point. AMERICAN N The Official Return of the Navy of the lows, with the stations of the vessels of war by the Government last spring : CAPTAINS-37. J. 0. Creighton John Downes John B. Henly Jesse D. Elliott Stephen Cassia James Renshaw A. S. Wadsworth Geo. C. Read Henry E. Ballard David Deacon Sl. Woodhouse Jos. J. Nicholson John Rodgers James Barron Charles Stewart Isaac Hull Isaac Chauncey Jacob Jones Charles Morris L. Warrington Wm. M. Crane James Biddle C. G. Itidgely D. T. Patterson M. T. Woolsey_ MAST. George Budd Foxhall A. Parker E. H. M' Call Daniel Turner David Connor John Gallagher ERS COMMANDA Geo. W. Storer Beverley Kennon IE. R. Shubrick F. H. Gregory John H. Clack P. F. Voorhees Benjamin Cooper D. Geisinger R. F. Stockton Isaac M'Keever J. P. Zantzinger Wm. D. Salter C. S. 11PCauley T. H. Stevens Wm. M. Hunter John D. Sloat M. C. Perry C. W. Skinner John T. Newton Joseph Smith L. Rousseau Lieutenants 357 Surgeons Passed Assistant NIISCELLANEOUS. Chaplains ...... 91 Passed Midship- Surgeons ...... 15 Assist. Surgeons 41 Pursers ... 43 men Midshipmen 274 Sailing - Masters 27 VY. United States is as fol in service, as returned W. Chauncey E. P. Kennedy Alex. J. Dallas J. B. Nicholson B. V. Hoffman Jesse Wilkinson T. Ap C. Jones W. C. Bolton Wm. P. Shubrick Alex. Claxton C. W. Morgan L. Kearney T-• 40. Thomas M. Newell E. A. F. Valetta Wm. A. Spencer Thomas T. Webb John Percival John H. Aulick Win, V. Taylor Mervine P. Mix Bladen Dulany S. H. Stringham Isaac Mayo Wm. K. Latimer Wm. Mervine Teachers of Naval Name and Rate. I Where and when! Wh ere emp l oye d. built. School ... 4 Boatswains Gunners Carpenters ...... 21 Sail-makers ...... 19 Ships of the Line. , Guns. Independence '. 71 Boston lSt 1 Franklin 74 Philadelphia 1815 Washington N. H. Columbus 74 Washington 1819 Ohio • 71, New York ... 1820 North Carolina 74lPhiladelphia 1820 Delaware 74 Gosport, Va. 1820 Alabama 741 Vermont Virginia P,nnsylvania... 741 New York 74' Frigates. Ist ClasS. United States . 44 Philadelphia 1797. Constitution ... 4-1:Boston 1797 Guerriere 44 Philadelphia 1814 i Java 44 Baltimore ... 181 1' Potoma" 44 Washington 1821. Brandywine 44 Washington 182.1 Hudson Santee - 1 ,4 Cumberland ... 4 - Sabine 44 Savannah Raritan 44 Columbia St. Lawrence... 41 Frigates. 2d Class. 1 Constellation... 36 Baltimore .... 1797' Congress 36 Portsmouth, - 1 N H Macedonian .... 26 Captured lBl2i Sloops of War. I , John Adams ... 24 Charlestone, I 1 S. C Ca)'ane Erie l9 Baltimore .... 1813' Ontario ..... lB Baltimore .... 18131 Peacock ..... I l3 New York ... 1813 Boston • 18 Boston 1825 Lexing , on lB New York ... 1345 Vincennes IS New York ... 1826 Warren Natches Falmouth Fairfield lB New York ... 18-8 Vandalia... Concord l3 Portsmouth 1828 Schooners, &c. I Dolphin Grampus L NVashington 18211 Shark Enterprise Boxer l2 Boston lB3ll Experiment .... I:2l"Washington 18311 Fox' .. 3:l'utt:based ... 1823 Sea Gull (galliot) 'Purchased ... 18231 In ordinary at Boston Do. at New York Do. at New York Do. at Boston Do. at New York Do. at (import In commission. Mediterranean On stocks at Portsmouth, N. 11. Do. at Boston Do. at Boston Do. at Phil ,delphia Do. at Norfolk 'ln commission, refitting In ordinary at Boston Do. at New York Do. at Norfolk In commission. MeJiterranean Do. Pacific In ordinary at New York On stocks at Portsmouth, N. H. Do. at Boston Do. at New Yolk Do. at New York Do. at Philadelphia 1)o. at Washington Do. at Norfolk In ordinary at Norfolk Do. at Norfolk On stocks at Norfolk, rebuilding, 'ln commission, Mediterranean Iu ordinary at Pniladelphia !On the coast of Brazil Do. Do In ordinary at New York Do. at Boston at Portsmouth, N. H. In the Pacific In ordinary at Philadelphia In commission. coast of Brazil Do. West Indies Do Pac!fie Ocean In the West Indies Do. In ordinary at Portsmouth, N. 11. In the Pacific In the West Indies !In the Mediterranean On the coast of Brazil !In the Pacific Ocean In commission, West Indies Receiving-Ship at Baltimore Do. at Philadelphia. POST HORSE DUTIES. An Account of the Annual Rents of the Post Horse Duties on the Lettings commencing Feb. 1, 1833 and 1836. RENT. 1833. 1836. £. £. North Britain 2. Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmore land, and Durham 3. Yorkshire 14,520 14,520 4. Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, and Staf fordshire .. 5. Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Rutlandshire 9,300 9,180 6.' Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Ox fordshire 7. Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and Wilts 16,300 15,440 8. Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge 14,200 14,120 9. Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertford shire, and Huntingdonshire .0. Surrey Middlesex 31,320 31,260 Kent and Sussex ..... lB,OOO 17,220 Hampshire and Berkshire ... 13,600 13,800 Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset ...... 19,020 19,400 North Wales and Shropshire 7,520 7,400 South Wales, Herefordshire, and Monmouth- DISTRICTS. shire The following are the names o: tries for 18.36 :- 1. Mr. Mill 2. Messrs. Gillett and Sharman 3. Mr. Bower 4. Mr. Hammond 5. Mr. Bower 6. Mr. Levy 7. Mr. Bower 8. Messrs. Gillett and Sharman 5,620 6,000 the Farmers of the several Dis- 9. Mr. Levy 10. Messrs. Watton and Levy 11. Messrs. Sharman and Gillet 12. Mr. Levy 13. Mr. Levy 14. Messrs. Watton and Hanley 15, Mr. Levy ,16. Mr. Levy SUBMISSION TO THE LAW. Pay Office, Civil Services, 12th Dec. 1835. Sin,—With reference to your _letter of the 2d instant, and to my reply of the following day, I have now to ac quaint you that I have received the authority of the Loris Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to pay to you the sum of 1,5771., being the amount claimed by you as superannuation allowance from the sth of April, 1826, to the 10th October, 1835, and that:you may receive the same, upon application at this office on any day that may be most convenient to you, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock. I am, Sir, your very obedient Servant, W. SARGENT. V. Carmichael Smyth, Esq., 2, Raymond buildings, Gray's Inn. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, To-Monnow. Linnaan ' 8, p.m. WEDN ESDAY. • Society of Arts i p• 7, r.m Geological Royal Society p.B, P.M Society of Antiquaries 4 p. 8, F. m Royal Academy 8, F. Mt• City of Londpn Artists and Amateurs' Conversazione . THURSDAY. MONEY-MARKET.--01 the extent and beneficial nature of the business brought into the Bank of England by the late loan, some estimate may be formed when it is stated that the money lent out to individuals, in order to enable them to make up tie payment of the instalments, and to avail themselves of the superior advantage held out by the Government, compared with the Bank, in the mode of employing money, amounts to between 8,000,0001. and 8,500,0001. This is not a fact, of course, that is easily to be got at, but there are very good reasons for concluding that it is not far from the truth. The transaction then has worked in this way—that the Government commences an operation calculated to produce an immediate scarcity of money. It flows out of the circulation by the natural pro gress of the ,operation into the coffers of the Bank, fur nishing the directors with the means of hecoining almost the sole lenders, and making at the same time the best pos sible market for them out of doors. Such a benefit, and from such an unexpected source too, has perhaps never devolved upon the Bank since the granting of the first charter.—Times. FIRE AT HATFIELD HOUSE.—RECOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF THE LATE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF SALISBURY. — Some part of the remains of this unfortu nate lady were found on Saturday amidst the ruins. The portions of the body, which had been recovered up to the period of our latest intelligence were the :skull and an arm• A bracelet worn by the late Marchioness Dowager on the day of the fire had been found near the above remains A co roner's inquest will be held without delay, of which we shall present our readers with an early and careful report. In recording last week the death of the amiable Lord Vernon we were premature in stating that his Lord ship's remains had arrived at Liverpool. From letters since received it appears that this Nobleman died on the 18th ult., and that Lady Vernon contemplated leaving Gib raltar about the 30th, in the Harlequin yacht, with the corpse on board. The yacht would most probably first touch at Falmouth ; if-the wind be westerly, she may come up to Spithead. The interment will take place at Sudbury, in Derbyshire.—Hanzpshire Telegraph of Saturday. On Sunday night, about ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the stack-yard at Melford-place farm, Long Melford, the property of C. Westrop, Esq., in the occupation of Mr. Daniel Mills. The alarm wag instantly given, and the Melford and Sudbury engines shortly arrived, and ren dered very efficient service. Fortunately, it was a calm evening, or the dwelling-house and all the out-buildings would probably have fallen a prey to the flames. The pro perty destroyed consisted of two wheat-ricks, a barn partly filled with wheat, two straw stacks, and a clover-seed stack. Nine other, stacks of hay and corn were preserved, through the strenuous exertions of the persons assembled. The buildings were insured.—Steik Chronicle. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 5. The consolidation of the Government has, if it may bo called possible, assumed a more fixed appearance within the last few days. M. Mendizabal, with a tact exclusively his own, allows - both the Estamentos to declare their senti ments freely ; he neither overwhelms them by the force of oratory, nor does he strive to control them by any display of power. This system, which may be called new in Spain, is productive of good results, for it allows the opinion of all classes to be exhibited. In the Estamentos this day their judgment was called forth in the most impartial manner, as will be found in the reports annexed to this letter. The system adopted by the present Government in thus giving free scope to the expression of public feeling, has produced the best effects. The South, and by far the greater part of the West of Spain, are not only tran quil,but enthusiastic in their efforts to reduce to a proper sense of the duty which sensible men owe to a well-regu lated Government all the disturbed parts of the North and East. So much secured appeared to be the tranquil lity of the south, that, for instance, the Captain-General of Granada (General Quiroga) has written to Madrid, " I have no soldiers here, nor do I want any ; the people are tranquil, and delighted with the Government, and wish to introduce its good system all over the Peninsula." Thus may the enlightened Government of M. Mendizabal be called. the most decided enemy of Don Carlos, for the so lidity which is characteristic of the Spaniards, in whatever position they take voluntarily, will preserve them from the risks of precipitate changes. The Gazette of yesterday contains an offer from M. Mendizabal to the Queen Regent, which states, that his wants being few, he is enabled to offer for the exigencies of the state the amount to which, as Minister of Financu, he is entitled for confiscation in the colonies of Spain, being one-fourth of the product, amounting generally to about 2,0001. per annum. This and his other donations, as well as all other sums arising from voluntary donations, have not yet been touched, for M. Mendizabal, as Minister of Fi- nance, has declared his intention to keep those sums se cured until the beginning of next year. The want of mo ney has been much spoken of, and it was stated last week, by good authority, that the sums due to the passive classes were not forthcoming ; yet I this day learned, from the best month of that the pensions of the widows, &c. for the of October have this week been paid, which is not less than when M. Ivlendizabal assumed office, when there were two months due. The amount of the pay of the army, and of the dividends, is stated to be placed beyond all doubt. Thus, the most important wants of the State are provided for, and thus will M. Mendizabal be enabled to carry on the government with effect. The departure of General Alava and of the Minister of War, Count Alrnodovar,has been fixed for Monday. They proceed to Briviesca or Vittoria, where the British Legion, with General Evans, who has recovered from his indisposi tion, is now supposed to be, in order to hold a conference with Generals Evans, Zarco de Vale, and Cordova. Some designing persons got up a report in this city, that a mis understanding existed between Generals Cordova and Evans which is positively denied, as having no foundation in truth, for the best terms prevail between them. General Cordova a month ago expressed a wish to come to Madrid, in order to explain various points which it was not possible to do by letter ; but the danger of the removal of the Commander in-Chief being evident, it became necessary that the Minis ter of War, and some other intelligent persons, should pro ceed thither, in order to confer with the Generals on the line of campaign to be adopted. Generals Alava and Al modovar proceed thither fur the purpose. The Prime Minister, M..Mendilabal, in the present state of public affairs, cannot well absent himself, and therefore the Mi nister of War—to whom, in many points of view, the subject may be said to appertain, has undertaken the journey. There has been much anxiety expressed respecting the state of Galicia, where Lopez, the Carlist chieftain, has lately carried on his depredations with effect ; but the ar rival of General Latre, appointed to replace Morillo, now debilitated by sickness, will, it is expected, contribute to put down the disturbances there. The Government does not appear to entertain any serious apprehension of the acts of Lopez and his gang ; for M. Mendizabal, acting in a con trary sense to-his predecessor, Toreno, has contributed to pacify the inhabitants'of the sea coast. The quantity of fish caught there is estimated annually at nearly 2,000,0001., and of course the value of salt, which in Spain is a Royal monopoly, is proportionally great. Toren° raised the du ties on it from 10 reals (2s. 6d.) to 54 reals (135.), where by numbers were driven to starvation and misery ; but Men dizabal has lowered it again to 10 reals, by which he has satisfied the people. Lopez having been obliged to give up his attempt to blockade Corunna, where provisions can be received by sea, has tried his skill in establishing one round Santiago, an inland town, from whom loud complaints have already reached Madrid—a strong proof that this blockade is rather inefficient. Notwithstanding these comulaints, but little fears appear to be entertained of the struggles of the Carlists in Galicia ; for, as it is expected, the efforts of General Latr6, seconded by those of the people, will speedily expel them. The news from the neighbourhood is also favourable, for the freebooters there who call themselves Carlists, have been three or four times attacked, and different parties of them dispersed. Some of the Royal Guards who still remain in Madrid are preparinc , to go to the provinces of the North. The Gazette of Friday ' contains a Royal order for collecting at the Havannah and in Cuba such cavalry soldiers as fought in the American wars, and are still fit to carry arms, and who on their arrival in the Peninsula are to be called " The American Lancers of the Queen." Tranquillity is officially stated to exist in the island of Cuba up to the 3d of October, the date of the last letters. At the Univer sity of Alcala, within twelve leagues of this city, some con fusion is stated to have been caused by certain lay profess sors and others, who are called Jesuits, having attempted to procure exemptions from entering into the new levies. This exemption was refused, as they could not show any legal cause for it. In the other parts the levies have been car ried on with tranquillity. It is estimated that 70,000 men at least will be assembled, who being merely soldiers added to the army, will not cost more than Is. each man per day, or almost 1,200,0001. for the year's service—a small sum for which M. Mendizabal represents the Exchequer as fully prepared. This, together with the statement that Don Carlos will be driven out of Spain before the end of April, contributes much to elevate the good spirits of. the Queen's friends. At Zamora last week some disputes took place between the Portuguese soldiers and the retail dealers respecting the value of the Portuguese money. ,There were two or tree persons stabbed on both sides ; but the Spanish and Portu guese authorities and soldiers having combined together, tranquillity was restored by the Portuguese soldiers with drawing for a short time out of the town. It is said that General Cordova is about to go in the di rection of Pampeluna, in order to perform some military , movement of importance. The Carlists are said to be dis pirited, in consequence of the defeat of the Navarre bat talions ; but as yet the details are not known here. There is this day a, curious rumour, which I give, without in any manner guaranteeing the grounds of it, as it looks like the supposition of some Spanish politicians, anxious to account fur the departure of General Alava and Count Almodovar to the army. It is said that the British GoVernment, dis satisfied and discontented with the proceedings of Russia, has caused to be delivered some strong notes to the French Foreign Minister, in which the union of France with the Northern Autocrat is complained of, and a demand made for a declaration if Louis Philippe would side with England, and that in consequence France has come to a determination to support British policy, and to give up the Preterider to the Spanish throne, and that Almodovar and Alava go to the North in order to confer with Cordova and Evans on the means of embodying the Carlist army with that of Spain. Don Carlos is to receive a pension, and to quit the Peninsula—a matter of which he is described to be very desirous. The embodying of the Carlist troops with Cor dova's army is thought in the present spirit of the Spanish army to be pregnant with difficulties, to smooth which the Minister of War and the Spanish diplomatist proceed to the North. The latter is also to start speedily from thence to Paris to replace for a time the Spanish Ambassador there, who has been suspended for some reasons, respecting which there arc strange stories afloat. Among other Frenchmen who have latterly arrived in Madrid is the editor of the illoniteur du Commerce of Paris, who having this week attended two or three sittings of the Procuradores, in which there were strong comments made on the conduct of the French Government in succouring the Carlists in the northern provinces, has written a letter to one of the journals denying the existence of such a wish on the part of the French people or French Government. The letter is a weak production, and has been severely handled by one of the Madrid papers of this morning, in which an appeal is made to facts in support of the accusa tion. The dislike of the Spaniards to the French system of intrigue is thereby augmented, for they, like other nations, judge most satisfactorily by facts alone, and as many say— " We, while exiles, could no nothing against Ferdinand VII., because the French police would not allow us. 'Why does that police allow the French in the South to aid the Carlists now ? They can prevent them, as they did us." While the French thus continue to lose ground, the British policy has been forwarded by its steady perseverance in the paths of justice and of supporting liberty. The re gulations of the Consuls, as published in the decree of last Sunday's Gazette, of which I have already sent you a translation, having been very properly considered by Mr. Villiers, the British Minister, as likely to produce delay and obstacles to commerce, has, in consequence of an ener getic note addressed by him to the Foreign Ministry, been postponed in its operations, until another and satisfactory examination of the matter shall have been duly effected. Another measure, for which Mr. Villiers has been labour. THE SUN LON DON, "MONDAY, DECEMI3ER 14, 1835, ing during 15 months, has this week been carried into operation—it is the permission of English newspapers to be received in Spain in the same manner as Spaniel' ones in England—that is, gratis, provided the same mode of folding them to be adopted here as there, and that there be no writing on them, save that of the address. The English newspapers are much sought after by the Spaniards, whose taste in reading in many respects resembles that of the British public. In the committee of the Estamento of Procuradores this morning an arrangement was made, after much discussion, on the subject of the electoral law, to which it is thought that the Government will give its assent. It is to the effect that there are to be three classes of electors in each district. As every 50,000 inhabitants are to return one member, and the population of Spain is estimated at 12,000,000, the ar rangement is that the first class shall consist of the 100 highest contributors in the district ; second class, of all the " capacities, " such as lawyers, physicians, &c. ; and the third class is to consist of the highest contributors not other wise elected, one of whom is to be chosen by every 150 householders, not being menial servants or labourers. The number of deputies - for the islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Manillas, is to be double that which it is at present. The number of electors is therefore estimated as fol lows : For every 50,000 inhabitants, 100 chief:contributors 24,000 The " capacities," or persons entitled to vote from education Pcrsons chosen by the householders, viz., 1 for every 150 13,000 ,tal of Electors in S] 63,000 The Estamentos met this morning- in consequence of a note from the Miniater to the Presidents to assemble the members. • ESTAMENTO OF PROCERES, DEC. 5. The Chamber met at a quarter to one o'clock. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Justice were present. A note from the former was read, stating that the Queen Regent would be in Madrid on Monday next, to receive at two o'clock the answer of the Estamento to the speech from the Throne. M. Mendizabal then said that he had received the or ders of her Majesty to lay before the Estamento a docu ment which had been received from the General Com manding-in-Chief of the army of the North. The address of General Cordova was then read by one of the secretaries. It was dated the 29th of November, and' was to the effect, that the army hailed with rapture the second meeting of the Legislature after the turmoils which lately agitated the State. As good citizens, as faith ful defenders of liberty, and of the throne of Isabella 11., they welcomed the day on which the Legislature met as one that Was to heal the wounds of their country, and to consolidate its liberties. For them,. they would shed their blood in order to extinguish the torch of discord which now caused so much evil to their native land, and they renewed their oaths to defend to the last the independence of Spain, and the throne of their innocent Queen. _ _ The Duke de Rivas eulogized the character and conduct of the army, and said that it deserved well of the country. The Duke of Bailen (Castanos) agreed that it did, and thought that the proposition of the Duke of Rivas ought to be submitted to the Estamcnto. Gen. Alava praised the conduct of the army, of which he had seen a good deal in the month of September. The. Marquis of Mirafiores also agreed that it deserved praise and gratitude for its acts. Yet ho could not but think that a young general ought not to send _congratulations in the name of his troops to the Estamento. Such a proceed ing seemed to him pregnant with danger, as tending to anar chy and disorder. M. Mendizabal.—The illustrious chief of the army of the North sent this Address to the Queen's Govern ment ; and, with her Majesty's sanction, it was laid before the Estamento ; and, 'by this course, neither the privileges of the Crown, nor those of the Estamento, were injured or violated. The Marquis of Miraflores made no accusation against the General, who had given such numerous proofs of subor dination and discipline, but. there was a difference in the dif ferent powers of the State. The Duke of Goa wished that the matter, which he re garded as good, should be referred to a committee, and a petition presented to the Queen, for the purpose of hay- Lig a law passed to declare that the army deserved well of the country. Senor Cano Manuel, though not a soldier, supported the motion, which was to show gratitude to the brave army that had defended the liberties of the nation. _ _ The Duke de m Verauas said that the Estamento could not of its own accord 'declare the army deserved well of the country. Senor Cano Manuel asked what the Government in tended to do ? M. Mendizabal—As the Ministers have not taken the orders of the Queen, they cannot give any decision ; but neither they nor the illustrious General could make any de mands for the vote of the Estamento. _ _ The Marquis of Miraflores said that the proposition was two-fold—one of thanks, and the second of the army har ing deserved well of the country. He supported the first part., and would move that the resolution should be pro posed' in parts. The Duke of Rivas withdrew his proposition, and an other was drawn up by the Marquis of Miraflores, to the effect that the Estamento had received with gratitude the communication from the Army of the North, and thanked it and its General for their sentiments. This proposition was agreed to. The Chamber then agreed to enter _upon the discussion of several projects of law lying over since last session. ESTAMENTO OF PROCURADORES. A similar address from the Army of the North having been laid before the Estamento by the Minister of War, M. Alcala Galiano proposed to declare that the Army of the North deserved well of the country.—(Applause.) Senor Perpina contended that all the Spanish soldiers in every part of the kingdom deserved the same degree of praise. The Marquis of Torremejia and the Conde de las Navas Wished the matter to be referred. to a committee to prepare a reply to the General's communication. Senor Alcala Galiano said that fine words would follow, but the praise would be stale. Senor Montes de Oca, a naval officer, moved that the resolution should comprise the marine. Senor de Pedro thought it ought also include the Na tional Guard. Senor Alcala Galiano drew up the resolution to meet those amendments. Senor Martinez de la Rosa, in a brilliant improviso, eulo gized the conduct of the army—its gallantry, its patience, and its generosity. Yet he thought the resolution was not properly regulated, for the thanks of the Estamento ought to be given in the same channel as it had been received — that is, through the Government of the Queen. This speech, which was delivered with the usual grace of this accomplished orator, gained him the goodwill of many of his political enemies. It was loudly applauded from all sides of the house. _ _ _ Senor Alcala Galiano said that he with delight adopted the amendment of the member for Granada, and drew up the resolution to this effect :—" That the Estamento of Procuradores returned thanks to her Majesty for the com munication which she had been pleased to make to it of the felicitations of the Army of the North, and that the same Estamento declared that the troops of the Army, of the Marine, and of the National Guard, employed hitherto in making war against thesrebel bands, deserved well of the country, and that the Procuradores of the kingdom give them thanks, praying her Majesty to be pleased to transmit this resolution through the medium of the Government." This resolution was carried unanimously by acclamation. GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22. According to a report from the Capitan Pacha, the inhabitants of Samos are dis posed to submits The Capitan Pacha has visited most of the Turkish islands, and leaving two men-of-war at Samos, has proceeded on his voyage. We have received from Egypt the happy account that the Viceroy is ready to pay the whole arrears of tribute due to the .Porte. Part of it has already been paid here. Mehemet seems, by this step, to have taken the best way to refute the heavy accusations made against him, in consequence of the late troubles in Albania. Perhaps the news of the sailing of the Capitan Pacha to the Mediterranean, respecting whose real desti nation there have been so many reports, has had its influ ence on the prudent Viceroy. According to the latest accounts from Greece, received by way of Smyrna, the Sion steam-boat, purchased by the Greek Government, will begin its voyages from Athens to Smyrna twice a week. Our communications with Athens, by way of Smyrna, will therefore be more quick and fre quent. The Greek National Bank intended to have a branch bank at Smyrna. - SMYRNA—ZARA, Nov. 19.—The Gazzetta de Zara has the following letter from Scutari, in Albania :—" The Grand Vizier, who at first seemed to consider with great indiffer ence what had passed during the insurrection, to the great injury of public order, is now acting with great rigour. He has arrested Kaki Pacha, of Didea, Istain - Paella, of the city of Spech, andSeffulinPacha of Scrova, and sent them,with the old Kadi l\lollah Ibrahim, and the Batschi Mustapha Batschel rick, to Constantinople : the three first accused of treachery in having favoured the rebels by a perfidious retreat, and the two last as instigators and leaders of the rebellion. It is believed that other persons will be arrested. Many of the magistrates (or elders) have also been removed from their functions, and their places filled up by others more de voted ta.. the Porte. The Miriali, Ismael Bey, and the Kairnahan Veli Bey, who - capitulated with the rebels, have been dismissed from their posts. According to a late letter from Serajevo, the Sultan had conferred various distinctions and marks of honour on some faithful Bosnian vassals. SEMLIN, Nov. 24.—Prince Miloscfr remains in the neighbourhood of Widden. He seems ty have there re ceived the reports from all parts of Servia or the temper of the inhabitants. All the Bishops and Notabigs are sum moned to Pujarcratz for the 27th of this month, on which day the Pr ace and his family will arrive there. TRIESTE, Nov. 12.—8 y a decree of the United Aulic - Chancery, of the 20th of October, his Imperial Majnty has been pleased to confer the dignity of Prince on a 9 Archbishops of Gorz.—Frankfort Paper, Dec. 9. BRINgELS, DEC. 12.—The frost has been so intense since the evening of the 10th, that the ice on the ponds of Jaelles and Etterbeck is already an inch thick. The Governor of the province has just invited the Ma gistrates to take the necessary measuras for the solemn ce lebration of his Majesty's birth-day on the 10th of this month. The King and Queen, who never miss an opportunity for ercising their beneficence, have just sent 1,000 francs to M.. Deley, Bugomaster of Laeken, for the poor of that commune. The Independent coat&ns the following article :—" Are the certificates of the Active Debt, of the Deferred Debt, and the Los-renten, created while Holland and Belgium formed one Kingdom, to be considered as portions of the National Debt, or as certificates of Foreign Stock in ehargingthe duties on inherited property ? " 'rho tribunal of the first instance, at Antwerp, has de cided as follows Considering that these funds were created while Belgium and Holland formed but one kingdom, and c:nsequmtly constituted a part of the National Debt : that a part of the Debt contracted during the Union of the two countries is charged upon Belgium by the treaty of the I.sth November, it results that till the execution of the treaty, the National Funds have not become Foreign Funds, though the quota of Belgium is still uncertain." We mentioned two days ago that several vessels had been freighted by the Society of Commerce of Brussels, for the exportation of coals. 'We find by the Antwerp Shipping List, that four of these vessels had sailed from that port, three American for Berlin, and the Placeniz for Bordeaux. The American ships quit our ports in ballast, and yet coals are an article absolutely necessary to the indus trious Republic of the United States, Whose territory is traversed in all directions by iron rail-roads and by rivers crowded with steam-boats. The King of the French, by his last ordinance relative to the Custorns,.bas divided France into two zones, for the importation of coals. Till a modification of this ordinance, which cannot be long de layed, our coals could not hope to bear the competition with the English in the diStant ports of France, unless the freights were reduced. The Society of Commerce has found means to do this. Ships destined for a French port in the favourable zone will no longer go in ballast, whether they return from Belgium, or are going to fetch a cargo. The great increase of steam navigation, which is prepa ring in all parts of the globe, will secure an immenso sale for the produce of our coal mines. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Briussm.s, Dec. 13. - Actual Debt, C.V i per Cent , Rothzehild's Loan, Five per Cent lO3l Loan of City, 1632, Four per Cent Society of Csmmeree, Four and a Half per Cent IV) Bank of Belgium, Five per Cell' 1131.4 —Brussels Papers, Dee. 13. BRUSSELS, DEC. 10.—M. F. Moons, Director of the Balk, has returned from Paris, where he went ten days ago after the departure of Messrs. Vasquin, Demeor, and Noel, to confer with M. Thiers on the proposed rail-road from Paris to Brussels. - We hear. that these gentlemen have had daily conferences with M. Thiers, and that the French Government shows great willingness to support the project. It is hoped that all the objections will soon be removed, and that the works may be commenced in the spring. There is at Ghent a vessel lading for Algiers. The Chamber of Commerce at Lille, in a sitting of the 4th of this month, after the reading of a luminous report on the question of an iron rail-road from Paris to Lille, en tered into an elaborate discussion, in which it resolved that a rail-road from Paris to Lille would be a public benefit, and that the direction by way of St. Quentin would be the most advantageous. Messrs. Rothschild, of Frankfort, have given notice that the sum required for making the canal from the Danube to the Maine is complete, and that the subscription is closed. BRUSSELS, DEC. 11.—In the Report on the Ways and Means we find that the Revenue of the Excise is 900,000 francs more than it was last year. In this excess the duty on foreign wines is for the sum of 200,000 francs ; sugar, 50,000 francs : Geneva (not foreign), 500,000. The duty on foreign brandies has fallen off 100,000 francs. A letter from Antwerp states, that the Society of Com merce has lately laden half a dozen very large vessels with coals for exportation, and it is said that the Society has freighted several other vessels to export coals and other ar tic!es of Belgian produce. This will be very advantageous to our coal mines. On the 9th, at noon, an explosion of fire-damp, in a coal mine at Jemappe, severely injured 24 workmen, 12 of whom are since dead, and the others in much danger. Some miners are missing, and it is feared they are buried under the rubbish. Fifty men Ave re at work. The Nerd of the Bth of Dec. says—" The Count d'Es pagne, formerly Captain-GeneKal of Catalonia, arrived to day at Lille, and was immediately conducted to the where, it is said, he will he kept under guard." . .. ,„, DUI - Cli FUNDS-- AMSTERDAM, DEC. I I. Money. Bibs. Actual D.mt, 2ix, per Cent. . 51 , 4 5414 Loan (1;;:39) 5 per cent. A wort Syndic, 419 per cent 94 t!.I Ditto, ditto, 0!4 per cent 781.4 7.9 4 Commercial Company, 4.4 per cn t Ditto (1':32 and 93:13) 5 per cent. ExchanY,e on London, One month l2 20 Two months POLISH EXILES. PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF EDINEURGII TO PRINCE CZ ARTORY SKI AND COUNT LADISLAS ZAMOYSKI. On Tuesday last, the Town Council, on the motion of the Lord Provost, seconded by Councillor Bruce, unani mously voted the freedom of the city to the two illustrious expatriated strangers ; and on Thursday the Lord Provost accompanied by Bellies Macfarlan, Donaldson, Sawers, and Stodart, Dean of Guild Lamond, Convener Dick, and Treasurer Black, waited on them at their hotel, to present them with their burgess tickets. • The Lord Provost and Magistrates, &c. wore their robes of (Alice, and, preceded by the sword and mace, were ushered into the drawing room, where they were received by the illustrious strangers, attended by Lord Dudley Stuart, and were severally intro duced, when The Loan PROVOST addressed them nearly as follows : Most Noble Prince, and Count Zamoyski—We, represent ing the Corporation of Edinburgh, appear now before your Highness to congratulate you on your arrival in this city. As the organ of that Corporation, we he most sincerely to express how much we feel, and how deeply we sympathize with you, and with your noble countrymen, under the wrongs they have already suffered, and are yet called upon to bear. In consideration of your noble birth and exalted rank, and the great merit which attaches to your characters, the Town Council wished to pay you a mark of respect. That marl; of respect, the highest within their power, the freedom of this ancient metropolis, they unanimously agreed to bestow on you. The Council did honour to itself by testifying the high sense they entertain of your exalted cha racter, of the devoted patriotism wherewith you struggled to maintain the integrity and wishes of your country. These testimonials of our esteem and. respect I now have the ho nour of presenting to you. His Lordship having presented the burgess tickets, Prince CZARTORYSKI, evidently much affected, in reply said—Since the fall of my country, I have passed many sad and sorrowful days ; but they seem at this moment to vanish all from my recollection, for, I never felt before so much gratified, and at the same time so proud as now, when I receive from your hands the high honour bestowed on me by the Council and Magistrates of Edinburgh. I know that I owe this honour chiefly to the interest you take in the cause of Poland ; and this it is which makes me doubly happy and grateful in receiving it. This precious document will I show to my children, that they may learn from it how devoted patriotism and steady attachment to a just and glorious, thOughunhappy cause, is valued and recompensed in the great capital of Scotland ; and when I am no more, they will still preserve it with sacred care as a testimony of the honour done to me, whom, when an exile, you made your fellow-citizen. This, your gift, enriches me with a new claim on your friendship and kindness ; and, before I part with you, let me recommend to your Lordship, and the other Members of the Council, all the Polish exiles who have sought shelter within the walls of this hospitable city. Count LADISLAS ZAmovsp then addressed the Lord Provost as follows :—I really can attribute this most pre cious mark' of your kindness to no other circumstance than my being a near relative to my uncle the Prince Czarto ryski, for I cannot believe that any merit of mine could otherwise have deserved the high honour you do me in placing me in the same rank with him in this instance, and expressing thus your feelings and sentiments in regard to Poland, r wrongs, her rights, and I think I may con fidently add, her hopes teo, when I see these hopes enter tained by the great mass of the free, enlightened, and gene rous inhabitants of this great and powerful country. The Members of Council then retired, after having se verally congratulated the illustrious and noble strangers on their admiSsion to the freedom of the city. Wc announced in our last Chronicle, that an eagle had been shot in Radnorshire. 'We find that on nearly the same day, a remarkably fine eagle, of the golden species, was recently shot near Kinder Scout, Derby. The bird measures seven feet six inches between the tips of its wings, weight I It is now alive and well, and has been much admired. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. CRIN ENE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE. SUN. SlR—There are two important mistaks in your rei:ort of this trial which you will obl4 eus by contradicting. You state that on a former application an injunction was granted to the plaintiff; whereas it wa3 refused—that Mr. Sievier was the ingenious discoverer of the use of the pure India Robber for elastic purposes. Mr. Sievier lays claim to no such discovery, it being admitted and notorious that it has been so used for a number of years, both in this country and on the conti3ent. Mr. Sievier's clam is for the combination of elastic ma tvial, or India Rubli!lr, being previously braided with non elastic,and the same plane. A n d o f threads of cotton, this combination we maintC in he is not the first inventor, es it was known and used by ourselves and other manufac turers some time before the date of his patent. We are Sir, ya w. obedient servants, 13, Goldsmith-street, Cheapside. C. KEENE AND CO. Dec. 12th, 1835. BRIGHTON.-SUNI; AY. On Friday afternoon their Majesties took: a carriage airing to Rotting(lean ; yesterday the Queen did not leave the Palace, but his Majesty rode out in the morning in company with the Duchess of Gloccster to Rottingdcan ; and in the afternoon the. King, accompanied by Prince Ernest, took another carriacre airing to Norfolk-bridge. The Princess Augusta and the Landgravine have taken a carriage airing together, both yesterday and Friday. The Duchess of Glocester to k a carriage airing on Fri day, at noon, accompanied by Lady Herbert Taylor. Prince George has walked out both days in company with his preceptor, the Rev. Mr. Wood ; on Friday the young Prince also rode out on horseback. 'On Friday his Majesty honoured Captain Beechey, R.N., with an audience, on the subject of the gallant Captain's:. voyage of discovery in the Pacific Ocean. A vessel is now fitting out for the voyage at Portsmouth. The dinner party on Friday night comprised the Hon. W. Bathurst, Sir M. and Lady Tierney, Mrs. and Miss Eaton, Lieutenant-General ,Sir Thomas and Lady Reynell, Captain de Roos, Lord de Rcvs, Rear Admiral Thompson, Sir C. Vaughan, the Marquis .f.!arnden, General Gascoyne, and Colonel Wood. Yesterday evening General Ga scoyne, Mr. and Mrs. G. Byrn, the Marquis and March.loness. Conyngham, Sir William Fremantle, Miss Hervey, Miss Bathurst, Sir - B. Stephenson, and Colonel Wood din , d with their Majesties. The calls have included Lieutem_mt-Colonel Sir G. Hoste, Sir C. Clark, Sir P. and Lady Clarke Jervoise, Marchioness and Ladies Cornwallis, Lady Montgomery, Earl of Eglintoun, Captain Codrington, R. N., Sir Robert and Lady Fitzwygram, Mr. and Lady H. Baring, General Sir John Frazer, Major-Genera? Sir Thomas and Lady E. Reynell, and Baron Bulow, the Prussian Ambassador. - Prayers were read in the Palace chapel this morning by the Rev. H. M. Wagner, and a sermon preached by the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, chaplain to the Queen, on the Ist verse of the 4th chapter of Ist Cox - inthians. In the Royal pew were the King, the Duchess of Glo cester, the•Prineess Augusta, Prince George, and Prince Ernest. The Rev. Dr. Foord Bowes was Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Her Majesty, we regret to state, is troubled with a slight cold, and therefore did not attend divine service this morning. . His Majesty is this afternoon taking the air in his car riage. The following guests have been - invited to dine at the royal table this evening :—Colonel IVood, Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty,,Colonel Sir J. Eustaco, Major-General Sir Moore Disney, Colonel Walton, Colon.'l Chatterton, Co lonel Gooch, the Rev. Dr. F. Bowes, arkl Baron Bulow. The Countess Dowager of Huntingdon, Sir Peter Lau rie, Sir Felix Booth, andLieutenant-Generi:l Sir Charics and Lady Egerton are among the calls at the Palace this afternoon. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne has recovered from his recent indis position. Earl Spencer and Mr. Poulett Thomson had in terviews with his Lordship. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, visited Viscount Palmerston on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Hume, M.P., and Mr. Burnley, had interviews on Saturday with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial-office. The Right Hon. T. Spring Rice entertained M. Van de Weyer, the Belgic Minister, Mr. Vail, Charge d'Affaires of the United States, Lord Stanley, Lord Strafford, Sir John Macdonald, and Mr. Shaw Lefevre, at dinner on Saturday evening at his residence at Dulwich. A Messenger arrived at the Colonial-office on Saturday from Ancona, with despatches from Sir Howard Douglas, Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Despatches from Brussels were received yesterday at the Foreign-office. THE GENERAL POST LETTER- CARRIERS. At a meeting of the above held at the General Post Office on Friday last, Dec. 10, 1833, in consequence of the Post Office authorities arbitrarily refusing to admit Thomas Goodfellow, a letter carrier, an adjournment was moved to the Paul's Head in Cateaton-street, to hear the result of the interview of Thomas Goodfellow with the Under Secre tary, G. H. Freeling, Esq., and to adopt legal and proper means of again addressing the Earl of Lichfield, his Majesty's Post Master General, upon the great privations and distress the letter carriers arc now labouring under (many of whoni are now in a state of starvation) in consequence of: the loss of their privileges occasioned by the late extension, of time allowed to the public for the reception of letters. Resolu tions were moved and carried, and a petition founded thereon (including a copy of the petition sent - to the Post Master General in June last) humbly praying his Lordship to take their case into his serious consideration, to alleviate the great distress and privations the letter carriers are now la bouring under. On the evening of the above meeting a document wag received at the Post Office from the Earl of Lichfield, hid Majesty's Post Master General, and ordered to be react immediately to the letter carriers, informing them that he, the Post Master General, had received with pain and sorrow a report from the Inspector of letter carriers of great insubordination amongst the letter carriers, and for the better prevention of the like occurrence lie had ordered Thomas Goodfellow to beimmetliately dismissed as a warn ing to others—that he, the Earl of Lichfield, was not to be dictated to by those whose sole duty was to obey, nor should he give them an encouragement of the speedy redress of their supposed grievances, as he, the Post Master Gene ral, did not see any at present the letter carriers had to complain of—and that the Earl of Lichfield could get hun dreds of them who would be glad to accept the situations at the reduced rate of salary—and any one, or all, who were dissatisfied, had the privilege of resigT.ing their situations. NEW BRIDGE AT Bow.--On Saturday an inte resting ceremony took place at Bow, on the occasion of laying the first stone of a new bridge over the river Lea, which there divides the counties of Essex and Middlesex. The old bridge, which was built in the year 1110, and was supposed to be the first bridge of stone built. in England, had long been inadequate and unsafe. FRENCH OrznA.—The following operas are an nounced as in course of rehearsal at the Grand Opera at Paris :—Meyerbeer's St. Barthelemy ; Notre Dame de Paris, by Mdlle. Berton ; Stradella, by M. NiedermaY - er ; Count Julian, by M. Gomez ; and also a new opera by Berlioz. The Siege of Rochelle and The Jewess cannot be played many more nights together, owing to the prepa rations for the Christmas novelties. The receipts. of these attractions the last week have exceeded those of the preceding one. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION.—There has been produced this year, from a field of three and a half acres, in the occupation of. Mr. James Manley, of Tipton Mills, Ottery . St. Mary, the following extraordinary crop-- 31 hogsheads of cider, 153 bushels of barley, and 81 bags of potatoes ; the bags of these being of eight score weight each. In order to a perfect understanding of this, it should be stated that the apple-trees grow in the border, or con tiguous to the inner part of the fence or hedge of the inclosure, and the potatoes underneath and around them ; the barley grew in the central, or principal part of the field; and this (probably) unparalleled instance of success ful farming can he authenticated by many gentlemen of Ot tery.—Exeter Flying Post. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE STAR BREWERY, OXFORD-STRERT.—Friday:evening an in quest was held in the Board Room of Middlesex Hospital, before Mr. Stirling, on view of the body of George Davies, aged 53, who was killed on Wednesday last, at the Star brewery, Oxford-street, under the following dreadful circum stances :—Charles Cox, of No. 26, Queen-street, Seven Dials, deposed that he was in the employ of Messrs. Wil liamson and Marsden, of the Star brewery. The deceased was in the same service. On Wednesday evening last, wit ness, the deceased, and another man, named Melville, were engaged at the brewery in uncarting sacks of malt,iand car rying them into the bins in the upper flooring. The deceased was walking along one of the planks, when his foot unfortu nately slipped, and he was precipitated into the stond'yard beneath, a height of about 14 feet. He: pitched .upotfihis head, and the blood flowed from his nose, moatN-o.4ners. Wit ne ss and some of the other me n r an to his hskiislance, but the deceased groaned on ce or twice, and 411enWpired. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental elithlollod lie I