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

GERMAN PAPERS. FRANKFORT,- DEC. 14.—As soon tis the Diet doses for 1110 holidays .Count Von I\lo3l.ten Bellinghausen xvin set out • for Vienna::: iris, however, probabl e , that a p ro p osa l w ill be previousr;46tdc in the Diet retails e to the literature of Germany, and the object of which will be . to prevent the ap pearance of such works as have lately issued from the press. The work of Dr. Gutzkow under the title of " Wally," and several other works of a similar tendency - svhieh have lately appeared in Germany, have led the Go ve:nments to think of means of exercising greater vigilance lvith respect to such writings directed against the Christian -religion and Christian morality. Whether preventive laws will b e proposed with respect to all writings of certain classes, even if they exceed twenty printed sheets, or whether it will be thought stacient to render the existing repres9..ion laws more vigorom, remains to be seen. At present it is only known that the two great German Courts are endea vouring to induce all the Governments of Germany to come to an understanding on this subject. The nersociations at Coburg, as has already been an nounced, stand still, and it is impossible that the new changr. of Ministry in Lisbon may cause them to be wholly brok ..tn off. T OARMSTADT, PEe. 16.—1 n the sitting of the second Ghr.mber to-day, the President read the following Mes sage from his Royal Highness the Grand Duke : " Louis 11., by the Grace of God, Grand Duke of Hesse, &c., greeting, faithful and beloved, Estates of the Grand Duchy. Our dear Son, his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Hesse was solemnly affianced, on the 11th bf this month, to her Royal Highness the Princess Elinbeth, daughter of his Royal Highness Prince William 'of Prussia. It gives us peculiar satisfaction to be ablo ',;o inform our faithful and beloved, the Estates of the 'Grand Duchy, of this event, being convinced that they will participate in the sincere joy which it gives us. " We remain. "&c., (Signed) " LOUIS. " DU THIL." The Chamber rP:solved to return an address of thanks and congratulate on for this very welcome communication. Prince O.:Arles, the Grand Duke's second son, Major- General in the Austrian service, was born April 23, 1809, and is tirerefore 26 years of age. Princess Elizabeth of Prussia, eldest daughter of Prince William, was born on the 18th of June, 1815, the day of the Battle of Water lo,a, and is consequently 20 years old. The most amiable - and excellent family of Prince William of Prussia (the King's brother) being well known on the Rhine, where his Royal Highness has so long resided as Governor of Mayence, is universally honoured here ; and the public is therefore greatly rejoiced at this close communication with our reigning family, and the more intimate union between the houses of Hesse and Prussia. BERLIN, DEC. 12.—At the - late fete in the Royal Pa lace, on occasion of the birth-day of the Princess of Le gr,itz, his Majesty the King was remarkably cheerful, and conversed a long time with the artists of the Court Theatre, who were called in to heighten the attraction of the fete. The criminal proceedings against the mystical sect called the " Mucker," which exists chiefly at Konigsberg, con tains very remarkable dat'a in the aberrations of the human intellect in this particn. l iar, as well as the hypocrisy and worthlessness of some of the Members. The report to the Ministry on the subjest is a most remarkable document, and deserves to be published for general information. This and similar sects 'nave extensive ramifications in the whole of the eastern provinces of the kingdom ; but it is generally hoped that :he fanaticism which has lately manifested itself in many places, will show to what length toleration of it has led ; and that, unless energetic measures are adopted, it may easily become more dangerous than political fana ticinn. VIENNA, DEC. 9.—We understand that his Majesty the Emperor has, conferred the dignity of Baron on our ce lebrated Orien'olist, Mr. Joseph Von Hemmer. This new acknowledgment of his great services is universally ap proved. The Duca de Letta, who became celebrated in the time of Napoleon, died here the day before yesterday. Ile was at the head of the deputation which, in 1805, of fered the iron Crown to Napoleon, and thereby gave the coup de grace to republicanism in Italy. His body will be conveyed to Milan at the same time with that of his daughter, who died a few days ago—his sons are here.— Frankfort Papers. VIENNA, DEC. 11.—The Duchess de Letta is gone with her son to Milan, where, according to the latest accounts, of the 6th, the cholera had not appeared. It was not the Duca do Letta, just deceased, that was at the head of the deputation that offered the iron crown to Napoleon (as erro nerJusly stated in a preceding article), but his father. BERLIN, DEC. 16.—The speech of the Emperor of Russia at Warsaw has made persons of sense here call to mind the violent speeches which Napoleon used to make to the deputies of conquered countries, compared with which the speech of the Russian Emperor is mild.—Frankfort Papers, Dec. 20. THE Six OF HEARTS.—Sanctioned by William 111., the Duke of Schomberg sent a confidential friend to Grace, the last of the ancient Irish family of Courtstown, with the unqualified promise of any favour the Crown could bestow if he would follow the example of his illustrious kinsman, the Duke of Ormond, in joining their party. Without even pausing on so tempting a proposal, he in stantly seized a card accidentally lying near him, and wrote upon it thia indignant answer :—" Go, tell your master I despise his offer ; tell him that honour and conscience are dearer to a gentleman than all the wealth and titles a Prince can bestow." This card, which he sent uncovered by the bearer of the rejected offer, happening to be the six of hearts, is to this day known by the name of " Grace's card" in the city of Kilkenny.—Fraser's Magazine. SKAITING.—The Serpentine river was yesterday one sheet of ice ; and at the west end, that is, near the bridge, next Kensington-gardens, there were many adroit skaiters, displaying much skill in figure movements, i• e., the 8 and 3, the Turkish cap, &c. The promenade on the banks, particularly on the south side, exhibited nume rous groups of fashionable females _clad in fur pelisses and bonnets, a la R usse, . whilst their male companions were still more conspicuous for their Siberian costume. On the north side of the river the line of carriages extended along the whole drive, and exhibited much fashion and elegance. All the trees in the Parks were covered with a hoar frost, which had a striking and beautiful effect. - A few days since a second crop of penis were gathered by J. P. Westcott, Esq., on his premises at Coate, near Martock ; they were about the size of a walnut, and quite ripe.- - -=-Bath Herald. We understand that there is a great difference of opinion this year among the connoisseurs in fat oxen as to the adjudication o f th e first prize by the Smithfield Club to Earl Spencer, many persons considering Sir Francis Law ley's to have been the superior animal. Mr. Shillito, of Barrow, near Burn, has been for some time past feeding his pigs with frumcnty, or wheat et ushed in a mill constructed for that purpose and mixed with hot water, adding one bushel of pollard with six of corn. Wheat weighing 17-i stone net, at 14s. per coomb, which is the uttrwst that could be made of it, is the cheapest article that ear), be used for fattening either pigs or other stock, and there is no doubt that the stock on hand will be greatly reduced in this manner. Mr. Beck, of Lexham, in default of turnips, has this year steamed the tops of his mange' wurzel for fattening beasts, and found that they were devoured with the greatest avidity. It is found, also, that steaming hay is very beneficial, particularly if it be at all damaged in gating up, in which case the process gives it al most the freshness and sweetness of the best new-mown hay. —Sup,lk Chronicle. CREASING THEWHEELS-A few days since a man ailed at a watchmaker's in Barnsley, complaining that his - watch would not go. " Why," said the watchmaker, after examining the works, " I never saw such a dirty thing in my life ; what have you done with it ?" "Aw took t'fea ther awt o't'grease..horn," replied the countryman, "to grease faxletrces ; aw thowt it would goa easier loik we'r cart wheels When they're new greased, but it wouldn't goa at all at after:' , DEATH FROM I NTEMPERANCE AND EXPOSURE. --..Tuesday morning a man, who is said to have been for merly a Jew, and to have changed his Hebrew name to that of Middleton, died in the workhouse of Shoreditch parish, from the effect, as it appeared, of exposure to the inclemency Gf the weather, in a state of intoxication. He had been several years receiving occasional relief from Shoreditch parish, but was known as an habitual drunkard. He has been numerous times taken to the Worship -street police-office on charges of drunkenness, and so lately as Monday taken before Mr. Broughton, the magistrate, by some of the police, who had found him " drunk and inca pable of taking care of himself." Being then t o ld t h at h e e must pay a fine, of 55., he pleaded his inability to do so, and after some detention was discharged. On Tuesday morning, however, he was found by some of the police lying on the ground in Spitalfields. It was stated that he then appeared to be intoxicated, and that on being moved, he several times muttered the words " gin-shop." In the course of the day he was removed from the station-house to the police-office, but the excitement of the drink had passed away, and left him in a state of paralysis. Mr. Broughton thought from his appearance that he was dy ing, and having caused him to be carried into a warm room of the Northumberland public-house, adjoining the police office, saw some wine and water administered to him. Mr. Whitaker, a surgeon, who was sent for by the Magistrate, could not distinguish any pulsation at the wrist, and the ex tremities appeared as if already dead. By his advice the utrortunate being was immediately removed to Shoreditch workhouse, and it was afterwards reported to the Magis trate that be there received such medical ant other attention as his situation would admit of, but he died at four o'clock Oa Wednesday morning. LONDON", SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26', 1835. Our readers will find in another column of The Sun some particulars respecting the numerous lamentable accidents that occurred yesterday on the Serpentine, and the St. James's canal. It is greatly to be regretted that some decisive steps are not taken by the official authorities to prevent the constant -recurrence of such accidents. Prevention is better than cure, and we cannot but think it would be better at once to close the gates of the Parks on the public, until the ice is suffi ciently strong to bear the weight of a crowd with safety, than to allow people to venture on it, at the risk of almost certain destruction. To how many re spectable families has yesterday, which should be a day of rejoicing, been made a day of mourning ? We hear of ten cases of drowning ; but we have good rea son to believe that the loss of life has been much greater than this, and that many bodies yet remain undiscovered under the ice. Surely it were better to shut out the public from the Parks—though we allow that this is a great inconvenience— than to expose them to the chance of such a fright ful catastrophe as occurred yesterday I If, however, this cannot be accomplished, then more skill and care ought to be used in assisting those who have need of it, than has hitherto been the case. At the St. James's Canal yesterday afternoon many were drowned, simply because there were no means at hand to drag them from their state of frightful peril. Why could not ropes be placed at convenient distances along the banks, or even thrown, in allotted places, across the water, so as to rest on the ice ? This would be an excellent safeguard, and might be adopted with little difficulty. We return with no unpleasant feelings to the con- sideration of Master D'IsRAELI the Younger's most elaborate I , Vindicatio n " of the British Constitution. Will our readers believe that this youthful sprig of Toryism has discovered th a t the Peers of England are ~. ,~ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1835. legislatively as respon4ibk a body 118 the Members of the House of. CoMmons? We know . that they will not ; and yet such in reality is the fact. Master D'lsnAEtt does not. condescend to inform the public by what process a Peer is to be ejected, when his votes are found to oppose the wishes of a majority of his countrymen ; neither does he attempt to reconcile the rejection of poor Sir CHARLES WETIIERELL, CROKER, and the old boioughmongering chiefs of the Tory squad, by the electors of Great Britain, with the presence of NEWCASTLE, WINCHELSEA, LYND- HURST, ELDON, and KENYON in the House of Peers. With all his logical quibbling, he dreaded to approach the subject nearer than where he might safely ensconse himself behind a school-boy sophistry—the fallacious ness of which few schoolboys would be found incapable of demonstrating. We call particular attention to the flourish of trumpets with which the common responsi bility of the several branches of the legislature is in troduced by the author of the " Vindication Who has not heard of the fatal and anomalous irres ponsibility of the House of Lords ? Of what Whin•c.jour nal does it not form the subject of the choice and cock brained leading article ? Is there a tavern-Cleon, from whose foaming lips its anathema does not flow in rabid sentences of seditious folly ? Is - there a plebeiatroracle of a metropolitan vestry who does not warn the Peers of England with the solemn stolidity of his Delphic utterance ? Nay, the authorised agitator of the Administration itself is sent upon a provincial tour of treason to open . the.minds of the King's lieges on this urgent point of constitutional revelation—the vagabond and over-rated rebel—vomiting his infamous insolence in language mean as his own soul !" Here the cloven foot peeps out, and we discover in the new defender of the Tory political faith the rabid, rejected, impotent reviler of DANIEL O'CONNELL ! But why call the " man of the people" a rebel ? Is it rebellion to support his MAJESTY'S Government ? Is it rebellion to oppose by constitutional means the re-accession of a faction to power, by whom the coun try of O'CONNELL was bathed in her own best and bravest blood ? Was it rebellion to be instrumental in striking the chains from nearly eight millions of his MAJESTY'S British and Irisb subjects ? Was it rebel lion to co-operate with the Government in passing the Reform Bill, the Poor Law Amendment Bill, and the Municipal Corporation Bill ? Is it rebellion to advocate the claims of the Dissenters ; the Emancipation of the Jews ; and to denounce corruption, whether screened by an ermine robe, concealed by lawn sleeves, or be dizzened with a ducal coronet ? Is it rebellion to tell ,he people that their liberties are threatened ; that the Tories would sacrifice their country for place and power ; and that even Master DISRAELI is less con cerned about the fate of the British Constitution than about the chances of his individual honour and profit? If such be rebellion, then is there not an honest Man in England who is not as great a rebel in thought, in word, and in desire, as Mr. O'CONNELL is in deed. But no man with two sound ideas in his head would listen for an instant to such imbecile drivelling. The principles of the Tories are too well understood to allow any person to be mistaken as to the worth of such insane ravings. It is well known that were O'CONNELL to join the Tories to-morrow, and so enable them to seize upon the reins of Government, he might make his own terms with them. He might choose his own office, and even nominate every member of his family to some place of distinction and emolu ment. Nay, were he to take it into his head that a mitre would sit gr'acefully upon his ample brow, six months would not elapse before the Tories would ap point him to an Archbishopric—and that, too, with out a renunciation of his creed, provided the really re ligious portion of the people could be persuaded to hold their peace. In the profession of Toryism only, Mr. O'CONNELL would find a regenerative ablution, which would completely purge and purify him from every spot, stain, or Abomination communicated by a belief in the errors of Popery. We pray our readers to take especial notice of the charge against the Ministry, which is directly made in the last sentence of the above extract. The author assumes that Mr. O'CONNELL was " sent upon a provincial tour of treason" brhis MAJESTY'S Govern ment. Now this is not only a notorious falsehood, but even DISRAELI must have known it to be one when he made it : yes, this newly-reared pillar of that Corin thian edifice—the House of Peers—directly states, in the true spirit of Toryism, what not only himself, but every man in the United Kingdom knows to be a pure fiction, invented for the most dishonest purpose — namely, that of periling the peace of the country by exciting its distrust of the good faith of the present Government. Nor is O'CONNELL a person to be made the instrument of such a design, even supposing it to have received the sanction of the Whig Cabinet. He is not a man to be " sent" on any errand—a pro position which even Master DISRAELI has admitted, where he accuse Ministers of being the passive slaves of the Agitator. Neither can we see the propriety of a youngster, like Master D'IsEAELI, complaining of the mean ness of Mr. O'Co NNELL'S language. Has Mr. 0' C o N.• NELL ever made use of such a phrase as "the vaga bond and over-rated rebel," applied to a Member of the House of Commons, and virtually the chosen Re presentative of the KING'S subjects ? We will under- take to affirm, that he has never " vomited" forth any thing so insolent, foul, and calumnious. Mr. O'CoN NELL represents the opinions of the majority of his countrymen—does Mr. D'IsaAELI, the younger, dare to tax them with rebellious designs ? We are no advo cates of the extreme license which Mr. O'CONNELL allows himself in condemning the conduct of those who oppose his political views. We are persuaded that were he to abstain from personalities in his attacks upon those whom he looks upon as the betrayers of liberty he would be even more successful—in England at least—than he has been hitherto ; but compare his most furious harangues with the language of his youth ful Tory monitor, and then it will be easily seen that in foul-mouthed ribaldry Mr. O'CoNNELL has at least one successful competitor. So much for the attack upon Mr. O'CONNELL. We now come to the defence of the House of ' Peers with all its hereditary abuses, inconsistencies, and " anomalies." The morceau is among the daintiest rarities of the season " The estate of the Peers is in no greater degree irre sponsible than the estate of the Commons. Both are alike popular classes, that is, sections of the nation, established for the public and common good, into political orders or estates. For this reason are they privileged, and for no other ; nor is there any privilege of importance which the Lords enjoy which the Commons do not share ; though there arc very many, and those too very important privi leges, which the Commons in the course of time have ac quired, and which they have jealously monopolized. The Commons, for their own convenience, meet in Parliament by their representatives ; the Lords, from their limited number, meet personally. Yet a Peer is allowed to vote by proxy on the same principle that the Commons are al lowed to vote by their proxies or representatives ; it ever being the wish and intention, and genius of our Constitu tion, that the three estates should be as completely and constantly consulted on all subjects, and their consent to all laws as perfectly obtained as human wit could devise. This is the real and original cause of the Peers voting by proxy, an analogous privilege with that enjoyed by the Commons ; yet in these days of profound constitutional learning even this vote by proxy is held an anomaly,' and no less a personage than an exalted Member of the Upper House itself, eager to obtain a little vulgar popularity by falling in with the superficial humours of the day, has been found anxious to deprive his own order of an ancient and, as I have shown, not a peculiar privilege." 4 * " If the estate of the Peers be not more, irresponsible in . the exercise of the power with which it is invested than,the estate of the Commons, so also the qualification by which the Peers exercise their power is in it nature the same as the qualificatitm:by which •the - Commons exercise their power. If the institution of hereditary legislators be ab surd, I do not see that that of hereditary electors is less so. If it be absurd to enact that a man in the most elected and cultivated class of the community should be burn with the right of becoming, at a legal age, an English legislator, so is it equally absurd to - maintain'that It man in one of the humbler and less educated classes of the community, should be born with the right of becoming, at a legal age, the no minator of a legislator. Yet the qualification of a majority of the English Commons is hereditary." Principles are not worth a farthing unless they will bear to be carried out as far as they can go. But we will commence with the details, and so progressively reach the whole. - " The estate of the Peers," com mences•this most logical and acute reasoner, " is in no greater degree irresponsible than the estate of the Commons." This. is false in every sense. Taking the estate of the Commons to include the whole of the electoral body, can it be said that they are as irre sponsible as the Members of the House of Lords ? Most certainly not. They are not voters for life ; they cannot vote by proxy ; nor are they in any one sense of the word a hereditary body. An elector _ . dare not presume to claim a right to vote, because his father and grandfather were voters ; but solely and en tirely because he is hi:nself legally qualified to dis charge such a function. Is such the constitutional doctrine with respect to the Peers? Are they liable to prosecutions for bribery and co►ruption in the event of their votes being given in lieu of Ministerial patro nage ? Are they, too, subject to pecuniary scrutiny and disqualification at the commencement of every new Session of Parliament ? And if they are not, NVith what appearance of common discernment can Mr. DISRAELI assert that the estate of the Peers enjoys no privilege i❑ which the Commons do not partici pate ? . But the richest part about this defence is the sentence in which Master DISRAELI asserts that voting by proxy in the House of Peers, is " an ana ogous privilege with that enjoyed by the Com- In what, we should be glad to know, consists the analogy between the two cases ? Has .an elector a choice as to the manner of his voting as the Peers have ? Is it a matter of pure choice with him whether he sends a representa ive to Parliament, or takes his seat personally in the House of Commons ? Suppose he does not • choose to vote in the Legislature by proxy—what then ? Can mons. he claim a right to sit and vote in his own House ? Where then is the " analagous" discovery made by Master D'IsRAELI ? In these remarks will be found an answer to all Mr. DISRAELI'S bombastic defence of the Peerage abuses. They contain a complete refutation of the absurd nonsense beginning with, " If the institution of hereditary legislators be absurd, I do not see that that of hereditary electors is less so." Such reasoning may do for Lord LYNDHURST, but it will be justly scouted by the country. We have shown above that there is no such thing as hereditary electors. No commoner can inherit a right to vote from his father ; the right must be in himself, derived from a bona.fide qualification. If the eldest is not individually qualified he cannot vote, al though such a right is exercised by every member of his family. There was a time when the eldest sons of freemen had claims which entitled them to the exer cise tif the elective franchise ; but that time, with many of the abuses which disgraced it, is for ever passed away. But Mr. DISRAELI in admitting—what he cannot deny—that the Commons are an estate of the realm, which estate is equal to and constituted in the same way as that of the Lords, at once admits the prin ciple, that the people may exercise their own privileges in whatever way their representatives in the Commons approve of, without the sanction of the other branches of the Legislature. According to his doctrine, any English, Irish, or Scotch elector, who does not think proper to send, a representative to Parliament, may, by virtue of his " hereditary " right, come to London, take his seat in the House of Com mons, and record his vote personally on all subjects before the House. His sending a representative is regarded by this youthful Solon as a mere matter of personal convenience—nothing more: so that if his con venience prompts differently, be may act accordingly I Bless us I what a prodigy of talent the Tories may henceforth boast of, if they continue to be glad dened by the presence of Master D'ISRAELI. And yet this more than inspired youth—for all hu man learning would fail in leading to such wonderful discoveries —is contented to boast only of the extent of his legal knowledge ! Verily we do not marvel that our Contemporary of Printing-house Square was seized with a spasmodic affection while perusing these lucubrations. And yet we may be rong in all that we have assumed respecting the author; as in reality, perhaps, he intended his " Vin dication" for a quiz upon the Peerage. If so, we have reason to complain of the dullness of its pages. Such a mode of joking may be common in those circles within which D'ISRAELI the younger moves, but we beg leave to assure him that it is not intelligence to the great bulk of the British people. We are glad to team by a communication from a Dublin Correspondent, which will be found elsewhere, that the proposal for establishing a " Reform Registry Association in Ireland" is meeting with great favour among all classes of Liberals in that country. The first meeting of the Association was held a few days ago, and on which occasion, says our Correspondent "nearly one hundred individuals, including more wealth, talent, rank, and respectability, than ever before assembled as the nu cleus of a political body in Ireland, _were present." This is a cheering sign of the times. We have received the Fourth Number of the Port folio, published by It IDGwAY. Extracts - from it, as given by a Morning Contemporary, the general tone of whose foreign politics we highly approve of, will be found in another part of The Szi;z. On Monday we shall devote an article to the principal topics to which it refers. We have received the whole of the Paris Papers of Thursday. The victories of the French troops in Africa were celebrated on Tuesday last at the Turneries by a Drawing-room, at which all the Ambassadors were present, with the exception of the R ussian Envoy, Count PAHLEN. The reports of these victories will be found among our extracts from the French jour nals. PARIS, DEC. 24.—1 t will be observed that the Ministe rial account of the operations of our army in Africa, does not mention the a mount of killed and wounded in the short campaign of Mascara. A morning paper states it at 12 killed, and about 2 00 w ounded . This from a l e tt er d a t e d a t Mosta ganem, some detail s o f th e re turn from m as journal e The army co mmence d it s r eturn on the Bth. But 'the vang uard h ad proceeded only a short Mascara. j. 4 thl t Ds a a e : .e s s o e_m g ,b i , s e , e r distance, when it perceived the enemy's army extending on the right ; the position w as skil lfully turned, and the Arabs being between two fires, were obliged to fall back. How ever, they marched in good order to the defiles of Imadal, where they placed a battery of five small pieces of cannon. The position of our troops was becoming difficult, when the brave General Oudino t, foll owing only the dictates of his courage, placed him s e lf at the bead of the sharp shooters, and impetuously attacked th e enem y, w h o were obliged to open a passag e to us. O ur troops h a d severo l other combats to sustain, in order to reach Mostaganem." The La Guicnnc says it has certain information that General Alava comes to Paris, to require the execution of the treaty of quadruple alliance—that is, in other words, the intervention—but that M. de Rayneval has declared that it will not be granted, till it shall be authorised by a great majority in the Coytes,----Messager, Dec, 24. - f' It 1 C!....11 Vi' :ITUC 1: S 'l' 11 IS DAY AT JN P; 0 'CIOCK. 13aM; ISYMt ....2i1N 121 India Stock. , ..;:4. ' sliul l'ber Ct”,t, Red l/9 4 1,i51 Ditto Bonds' 2 4 pm. i per Cent Cons 1 , .; per Cent D tto fled 0 9 (1 3 1 New Ditto New 21:, per Cent ..... - 3r,tr Cept. Atinnill'e's, 1751... New 3 per Cent ... -.- txch.l3illsi Clots , l3 15 pm Rank Long Annuitiestotxptre thin , , 5O l, .... . ;14 Jan 5, !1 , 1"6 , ,, Mtn SViati , ' 13 15 pir Oct 10, 1 , , , ,:i • - ; MU. ynnmeYClal ... ..... .. - ~ Jan. 5, 1.0 1 , -,... ..--=-; Ditto T 'cn , erliSed — Pli. Jan. 5, IS-10 • pank Sleek for Account — April 5, I Bs , ) . -.—..011A Stock for Account `,..... 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Hal, Neapolitar — Ditto Account eRICEi OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. British Iron Company Reilmoor Con&olidated Mint Company 2 PRICES OF' IRISH STOCKS; DUBLIN, DECEMBER 29. 3 per Cent. Consols 90% Grand Canal Deb.. 6 per cent. 81 Ditto Reduced - Ditto, 4 per cent - 'I'S per Cent. Stock 9B Hibernian Bank I )itto New, 1830 PS% 'City of Dublin Steam Co. III% 1 per Cent. Debentures 9R Li National -Insurance Co - Bank Stock 2lO City Debentures, 4 per cent... 78 Royal ('moil Stock. 1:t 5 ,., Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grind Canal Stock Pe• cent DIAILS. Arrived, - Du %rrived. ---- Due Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Hamburg 1 0 Mexico 1 0 carti , zgcna 0 I Holland 2 Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 2 Waterford . . ... 0 HI"11 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-AIORIIOW. tl('r ling 43 minutes after 7. f Erefling 7 minutes after 8 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THE GREATEST COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. THIS EVENING will be performed the New Grand Opera of THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE. Count de llosemberg, Mr. Seguin; Marquis de Vahuour, Mr. Templeton Montatban, Mr. Giubelei ; Michel, Mr. H. Phillips. Clara, Miss Shjrreff; Marcella, Miss F. Healy. After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled THE JEWESS. A t , Cardinal de Brogny, Mr. Warde ; Prince Le old, Mr Cooper; The Grand Provost of Constance, Mr. Giubelei; The Bishop of Constance, Mr. Scguin ; Eleazar, Mr. Vandenhoft: Rachel, Miss E. Tree ; the Princess Eudocia, Miss Forde. To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime called WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. Harlequin, Mr. Eller; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Tumour; Haramscamm, Mr. W. H. Payne. Columbine, Miss G. Reckie. ORDER OF THE SCENERY. Master Fitzwarren's Counting-house, and View of the Thames. London in the Olden Times—Tower, London Bridge, St. Mary Overy, Winchester Palace, Old Bow Church, St. Paul's and Cross, Charing cross, Lambeth Chapel, Westminster Hall and Abbey. Magic Appearance of Busy Bee, the Genius of Industry. Court and Palace of King Longobarobonyo. Hall in Fitzwarren's House. Victoria-road, landing to Kensington. Mile.end Omnibus, a mile in length, Victoria Ground and Gardens, from which will start the Aerial Ship, called the Eagle, manned by a brave crew, through whose skill and enterprise is discovered— The Comet, with such a TaiL Ulswater Lake, in Cumberland—Farm-house and Corn-fields. Street and Shops. Inside of Mademoiselle Corsette's Show-room. Old Norwood set to a New Tune. New Beulah Spa—Display of Archery and Prize Dahlia Show. The General Railroad Office to all Parts of the World. The Railroad to the Moon—The Interior of the Moon. Outside of a City Tavern. The Great Boar. Inside of the Thames Tunnel (a much greater bore). The Temple of Industry, through which is seen— The Lord Mayor's Show and Pageant—The State Barge of Whittington, Lord Mayor of London. The unequalled attraction of The Siege of Rochelle and The Jewess, for 33 successive Nights, and the increased demand for Places, has di. rected the attention of the Manager to the possibility of their being per formed with the new Pantomime; and, therefore, notwithstanding the magnitude and complication of the splendid scenes in The Jewess, ar. rangements have been made by which this junction can be effected And, in order that the Performances may terminate at the usual hour during the Holidays, the Curtain will rise at Half.past Six. Stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, of whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained. Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, IL—Upper Gallery, Is. ; Second 'Price, 6d. HAMBURG, DECEMBER, 1835. THE TICKETS of the 67th GREAT LOT TERY of the STATE of HAMBURG, selling most rapidly, and being neatly cleared off, HEINE BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, Beg to state that NO TIME IS TO BE LOST in ordering, if desired to be obtained before a RISE IN PRICE. To those remitting a 101. note without delay, they will, on execut ing the order, remit a surplus of 2/. by return of post. To those remitting 20/., they will return 4/. ; and to those remitting 301., they will return 6/., provided they be in time for meeting atten tion. But to any person coming too late, or after a. Rise in the Price of 81., they will return his remittance, leaving the order un executed. Drawing 13th of next month. In the last 66th Lottery they sold £7,200 to Liverpool, £3;600 to Edinburgh, and many other Capital Prizes to Dublin, Limerick, Liverpool Hull, and various places in England, Scotland, and Ireland, Schemes gratis. HAMBURG, DEC. 18, 1835. ON approach of the 13TH of JANUARY, the Day of Drawing of the 67th HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY, HEINE BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, Beg to recapitulate the Capital Prizes above 500/. which they sold to England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the last Six Lotteries :- 61st Lottery. A Whole Ticket. Sold to Edinburgh, £3,000 do. do. do. London.... 1,000 62d do. do. do. Beverley.. 3,000 63d do. do. do. London ... 1,000 64th do. do. do. Aberdeen. 3,000 do. do. 65th do do. do. Liverpool. 1,200 do. Limerick.. 3,600 do. do. to a Hamburgh housel l,soo for account of a London house J do. do 66th do. do. do. do. do. Liverpool. - 750 do. Liverpool. 7,200 do.. Edinburgh 3,600 The publication V THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at Thrce o'Cluch. . 4.1 .4VP` • - bb LITERATURE. THE KEEPSAKE, for 1836. Longman.; London. 1835. We have already noticed at some length the Illus trations of this splendid Annual, and have now only to speak of its literary contents. These are, for the most part, of a superior character, as may be readily itna gined when we state that Mrs. Norton is the. editor. Moore contributes a sparkling poem, under the title of " The Pleasures of Painting," worthy in every respect 'of the author of Lalla Rookh, and more chaste in point of language, than his poetical compositions usually are ; Mrs. Norton a variety of prose talcs, and one sonnet, in her very best manner ; and the veteran Rogers—or the " eminent banker," as John Bull facetiously calls him—an address, in verse, to Earl Grey, full of elegance and feeling. But, perhaps, the best—or at any rate the most interesting—article in the volume is Mrs. Norton's tale of " Count Ro dolph's Heir," with which considerable pains have been taken, and which is more condensed and vigorous than this lady's productions usually arc. " Day Dreams" displays powers of fancy, but the talc would have been better for a little pruning. The manner overlays the matter. On the whole, however, we fed no hesitation in saying that the " Keepsake" is the most entertaining Annual that we have yet seen. • SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, Dec. 24. —Wind W. S. NV., foggy. —25. —Wind N. W., dense fog.— Arrived from the river and sailed, the M'Ghee, for Bombay ; Cleveland, Marlby, for Bombay ' • Lady Fitzherbert, Ferrier, for Jamaica ; Fortitude , Fowler, for,Barbadoes ; and other outv(ard-bound. Arrived from the river the Henry, Gilburn, from Sierra Leone ; and Dart, Ormston, from Madeira. The Hartford, from New. castle, has arrived, and is bound for Weymouth. All well in the Downs. Poarsmouvn, DEC. 24.—Wind foggy.-25.—Wind N., dense fog. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind E. • FALMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind N.N.E., moderate breezes. '24 —Wind variable.—Sailed his Majesty's cutter Quail, for Lisbon, with mails ; his Majesty's brig Pantaloon, —, for the United States, with despatches ; and his Majesty's brig Water Witch, —, for Africa. COWES, DEC. 25.—Arrivod the Harmony, Hammond, from Leghorn. PENZANCE, DEC. 25.—Arrived the Brothers, --, from Lisbon. SCILLY, DEC. 23.—Arrived the Jane, Kenrick, from Co runna ; and Trafalgar, Weyburg, Roache, from Dublin, leaky, and must discharge. Bound to Shoreham the Henry, Gale, from Milford, full of water, having struck the roads in Oram Sound. The Thetis, Haigh, from Liverpool, leaky, bound to London. Mttrouv, DEC. 24.—Arrived the Sparks, Milner, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—Arrived the Jarrow, Hutchinson, from Pernambuco ; and Catharina Charlotte, Gamba, from Carleby. CORK, DEC. 23.—Arrived off port the John Rais, Leek, from Quebec. TIIE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CI7'Y, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Liverpool papers, received this morning, state that the President's Message is not expected to be received be fore New Year's Day. The north-easterly winds which now prevail will most probably detain the packet at sea. It is also stated, by those who possess the best information on the subject, that the Message is expected to reach Havre several days before it probably arrives at Liverpool. The only arrival this morning is a French Mail. No ship letters. TIIE FUNDS. This day the Stock Exchange and Foreign Markets are open, and business _doing as usual. Consols, which left off on Thursday at 911 for the Account, opened at the above price ; Exchequer Bills, 13 15 ; India Bonds, 2 4 ; Bank Stock, 2111 ; India Bonds, 256 257. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active Bonds, which closed on Thursday at 48!, opened at the same price ; Por tuguese 83+ ; 3 per Cents., 544 ; Columbian, 324 I ; Mexican, 384 ; Dutch 2+ per Cents., 55 4 ; 5 per Cents., 1004 1014. The French Funds come rather higher, 5 per Cents., 108 f. 50c. ; 3 per Cents., 79f. 85c. HALF-PAST ONE. The Stock Exchange and Foreign markets are rather thinly attended this morning, in consequence of the holy days, and very little business is transacting up to the pre- sent hour. Consols continue steady at the morning price of 9114 for the Account. 'Exchequer Bills 161 ; India Bonds 24; Bank Stock 211- 212 ; India ditto, 256 257, account. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds have been fluctuating during the morning from 49/1 to 48 1 4 , at pre sent 484 ; Portuguese have receded to 83 ; Three per Cents 544 ; Colombian 321 ; Mexican 381 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. 55k. THREE 0' CL ocm Consols for the Account, 914 4. THE FUNDS.-C BRITISII Bank Stock _ 212 LOSING PRICES. FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Red 9 0% 3 per Cent Cons per Cent. 4O l /6 35¢ per Cent Red 98% New 3 1 / 2 per Cent 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire J 3.71. 18110 l6 4,1 Oct 1850 Jan. 1800 Omnium India Stock Ditto Bonds ...... 4 rm. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, Ditto 500/ Ditto 5(8(/ l5 pm. Bank Stack for Opg. ladia Stock (or Act. Consols for Act. Pm FOREIGIs Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Bry.zilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per co - it Chilian, 6 per cent 44% Colombian, 6 per cent. Ditto, 1821 Danish Bondi Greek Bonds, 1625,5 per cent Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 Peruvian, 1625, 6 per cent FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, Now Ditto B3 Prussian. 5 per cent. Ilusstan Bonds, 5 per cent. !O3 Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, kat 48% Feench, 5 per cent Exchange French, 3 per cent —t. --c. butch, *2 3 per cent. 55t4, Ditto, 5 per cent IOIIA DEPOPULATION.—We find, that in the Parish of Dunleckney, that nine hundred and Ninety-two individuals, including three hundred and Sixteen widows and orphans, have been dislodged, and sent to starve ; and that in addi tion to this number, for the purpose, no doubt, of celebrat ing the present Christmas like Christians, Lord Beresford, Colonel Bruen, and Mr. Newton, have served notices for ejectment in March next upon 391 individuals, including 99 widows and orphans, and it is stated distinctly, and not denied, that the parties had recourse to the exterminating system, because the tenantry were Papists.—Dublin Post. The Right Honourable Lord Saltoun has arrived on a visit at Ness Castle, the seat of Lady Saltoun, near Inverness. Fresh salmon, imported from Ireland, were selling in Edinburgh on Monday, at from 2s. to 3s. per pound. On Wednesday a meeting took place in the Assem bly Rooms, the Marquis of Tweeddale in the Chair, for the purpose of forming a Protestant Association in Edin burgh. INCENDIARISM.—A crime of a very heinous de scription has just been brought to light in the parish of Fal a, Scotland. PROSECUTION OF TLIE PRESS.—This week the declaration in an action for libel against the Kcal Herald, fur publishing certain extracts from some statements of Captain Hanchett, has been filed. The damages are laid at five thousand pounds. Party vindictiveness, is pretty apparent here. Riots at Ipswich have occurred this week, in conse quence of an attempt to separate the sexes in the work house, under the new Poor Law. The Minister of War, seeing that the budget of his department cannot be discussed before the Ist of January, means to ask for a credit of three millions.— Brusscls Papers, PENSIONERS.—TITRES.—The Government has stopped the pension of John Doyle, late 28th Regiment, for tearing down printed notices put up by the Rector of Mullingar, calling for payment of tithes. As the law stands every such proceeding is punishable.—Dublin Freeman. Mr. James Wilson, of Hunslet, in the borough of Leeds, a member of the Society of Friends, has resolved to fulfil his pledge given to the burgesses, on their invitation to him to allow himself to be put in nomination as a Coun cillor of that ward, and to bring the question to the test, whether the solemn asseveration in the Municipal'Act will be insisted upon from those who have conscientious ob jections against making a declaration in the nature of an oath. _ The Duke of St. Alban's, with his usual considera tion for the wants of the poor at this inclement season of the year, has presented the Rev. E. Harrison, of Redbourne, Lincolnshire, with 20/. to distribute among the needy of that parish, that they may be able to furnish themselves with such necessaries as may be required. W. Panton, Esq., now residing at Redbourne.liall, has also presented, with kind consideration, the sum of 71. to the above-named gentleman for a similar purpose. The Marquis Camden has resigned the Recorder ship of Bath, and the Mayor of that city has received the resignation in terms of regret at the dissolution of a con nection between the Corporation of Bath and his Lore.- ship's family, which has existed for more than 70 years. BUN. (mom ourt OWN CORRESPONDENT. " Sive res bellis agitancti, sive, Pace -- collates societe vires." DEC. 24.—The excellent advice contained in the leading article of The Sun of the 2211 inst. will be adopted by the Irish nation. A Reform Association on the principles suggested has already made conside rable progress in its formation ; and we are scarcely less indebted to our enemies than to our friends for the Institution. The struggles lately made by the Tories to arrest the progress of Reform have united Irishmen of different politics in a common cause. Dr. Johnson has written of political, improvements as being " opposed by every passion that can exclude conviction or suppress it—by ambition, by avarice, by hope, and by terror—by public ,fadion, and private animosity." It is now - one month since I apprised you of the operation of such vassions and prejudices in this country, and of their probOile , consequences. I stated that the manceuvres of the Orange Tories, under these impulses, were likely to produce effects,. ultimately, as salutary to the people at large, as they were intended to be beneficial to their autliocs alone ; and that out of the reaction occasioned by thejr ef forts would arise a new, strong, deliberate, and vigo rous society, for increasing the number of Liberal electors in Ireland, by- whom the battle of the Con stitution may be fairly fought. The announc ement of the " Reform Registry Association" within the last week proves that my informants did not deceive me, nor were themselves deceived in their most sanguine expectations. The number of Nobionen and Gentle men who attended the first meeting for ibe promotion of this object, was nearly one hundred, including more wealth, talent, rank, and respectability, than ever before assembled as the nucleus of a political body in this country. If the body bear any propor tion to the head—and there is little doubt of the sym metry of the whole, when it shall have attained ma turity—this promises to be the most important poli tical engine that has had existence here since the Catholic Association of 1828. The number of names already subscribed to a requisition for a public meeting . exceeds three hundred—not more remarkable for their respectability and influence in soeiety, than for this undeniable peculiarity, that the majority of them never before took part in the proceedings of any po litical meeting whatever. Though always Liberal, and discharging their duties as independent members of the community at elections, and elsewhere, this is the first time many of them have come forward to de clare publicly their sentiments, and animate their fel low countrymen by their example. There is not a country in the world where so many liberal men have been apathetic on great emergencies as' Ireland ; an d this circumstance arises, perhaps, more out of the anomalous state of things here, and the Tisk which prudent men would incur of offending their superiors, than from any want *of national spirit or inclination. The origin of the " Registry Association" is, how ever, in many respects worthy of the intelligence of the nineteenth century and of the Government under which we live. It was observed, that the Tory party were applying all their energies, and exerting every possible means of recovering perfas atque nefas, the ascendancy ; and were actually combined as one man —while the Liberals were dispersed, and inattentive to the security of their recently-acquired advantages— some of them rejoicing in these advantages, with ap parently ulterior hopes, in such a manner as to make their adversaries fear, or affect to fear, their triumph! would not be moderate. To counteract this false position both of friends and foes, and more particularly to im press on the minds of all reasonable men, of every party, the conviction—that certain members of society, whose whole lives, actions, and interests are a guarantee for the extent of that definite and necessary Reform which alone they required, were determined on obtaining it, and on upholding the Government that seemed pledged and willing to procure for them—in order, I say„ to exhibit to the whole empire a nation's fixed determines tion to effect these desirable objects, a few discreet persons resolved on evoking spriits of the age, not hitherto introduced on the public stage. They knew that many of the Liberal party had been reluctant to come forward, lest they should incur the imputation cast on some public men, of. wishing to upset the Church and present order of things; but that, if they had an opportunity of promoting the good cause, without incurring such an imputation, th'y were most willing to do so. These discreet persons, accordingly, consulted together—whether they could not find ma terials altogether new, in addition to the old machinery, for the construction of an Association of this descrip tion ; and the result of their deliberations was, to be gin with persons and principles beyond all suspicion. and exception. The persons selected as an original Com mittee, are of this character, and the principles, on which they propose to act, are universably applicable, and in fact such as have been already adopted, and are operating so effectively in England. Their object is, to encrease the number of liberal electors—and to protect those more humble members of the community, whose right ful and independent exercise of the franchise may draw on them the persecution of their Tory landlords. There is to be no debate—no speechifying about the freedom of the subject—liberty of the Press—or the abuses, of present institutions in Church and State. Nothing but business—in the course of which will be suggested the most simple and effective machinery for carrying their views into execution. No doubt O'Connell will unite all his power and influence—many of his follow ers have already signified their adhesion ; and thus junction of every class and shade of Reformers must impart more strength to the present administration than has ever been derived from Ireland. This happy amalgamation of all parties, seems to be among the first fruits of Earl Mulgrave's Government, which the majority of Irishmen agree in believing to be founded on justice, firmness, and impartiality. You may rest assured of this fact—that in this portion of the United Kingdom, the people have conceived new notions of, and imbibed a taste for honest and impar tial government, and that no effort of the Tories can either cajole or deter them from supporting those states men who have laid its foundation. They laugh ai the silly falsehoods of the renegade and itinerant agitators, who ascribe to O'Connell or 'the Irish Catholics the design of superseding the Protestant religion here, or contemplating any thing more than a thorough cleans ing of the abuses of our institutions, both in Church and State. This being once effected, there will be no further difference of opinion between the friends of British connection and British institutions, and their friends will be the majority of Irishmen. The Hanover Gazette declares that there is no foundation whatever for the account of a negotiation of Ba ron Leon Humboldt, to induce Duke Charles of Brunswick to sign an act of abdication, adding that the Government of the Duchy of Brunswick, as it now exists, does not depend on Any act of abdication, but is irrevocably fixed by the ordi nance of the family, founded on the resolution of the Ger man Diet of December 2, 1830, and recognized by the German and European Powers. GERMAN DINNERS.—The mere action of eating is performed in Germany pretty much the same as in other parts of the world ; the quantity demolished being rather below the French, who take the lead of all but the Russians, and above the English standard. They fall, however, into the great error of handing round champagne, which is a dinner wine, during the dessert, an error that should be rectified. It is also during the dessert that the principal conversation is carried on, and the moment this begins to flag the entire party start up at once as if by signal. rf it is a gentleman's party, each man wipes his mouth, makes his bow, and instantly vanishes. If there are ladies pre sent, you generally take your coffee in a drawing-room, and say a few civil things before you leave. When in the coun try you are probably treated to a walk round the grounds,_ and to a cup of tea, before the carriages, which have an intuitive knowledge of all these things, make their appear ance. 1 have dined at the distance of 12 miles from Dres den, and been safely lodged in my hotel before five o'clock in the evening. And as late as the year 1829, the dinner guests of the Old King of Saxony were all feasted, off, and out of the palace by two o'clock in the day—we English not knowing which way to look or to turn at findirg our selves thrown on the world in full dress at dinner time.--• Eraser's Magazine. An old miser, named Coleman, dropped dead a few days ago in Fermoy, while in conversation. The tubject of conversation, which Coleman introduced, was the most economical way of living. The wretched man, although 113 denied himself the common necessaries of life, bad two savings' bank-books, containing entries for dqosits for 70/. —Limerick chronicle. tenha Soho mond nnmc :511ffiCi home by hi: -maim Fusilc who E persoi ing-Ilc to me arc ST thous round the el tare there until Water the sa 1)y the Hum; drowr ICC CO persol but a was teal. reeovi dead. mon i more thowr used ccrtai of eyi Would SIT' Erida 3. B. 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