The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-03 00:00:00

EVENING EDI rioN NOTES FROM PARIS. AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL ANECDOTE OF NAPO. LEON.—Among those who are conversant with the life and acts of Bonaparte, it is known that the earliest ex periments as to popular opinion on his secretly contem plated assumption of the " Imperial" title, were tried among his military supporters, who, from having shared the glory of his conquests, were best disposed to tolerate bis views of self-aggrandisement. The exact particulars of the occasion when it was first publicly tried, however, have not been given in any memoirs, although many persons who were present are still living (among others, Marshal Soult) besides the distinguished oficer, Baron Faure de Lilatte, who was, sportively, " the first to proclaim Napoleon, Emperor," under the following circumstances : At the time when Bonaparte contemplated his much vaunted descent on the English coast, he had ordered encampments of troops to be formed at Boulogne, Dun kirk, Autro, and, in short, at all the little towns ales.; that part of the French coast. Prince Joseph Bonaparte (now living in England as the Count de Survilliers) was then Colonel of the 4th Regiment of the line, and was stationed at Autro, in the " Camp de Gauche," commanded by General Soult, silage become a M irshal of France, and at this moment French Minister of War. After the camps had been some time formed, it was proposed by Prince Joseph and the other superior officers of the left camp, to give a grand et.tertate tnimt to all the field-officers of the other camps, and the neighbouring garrisons, including eoso the naval com manders on the station, and accordingly a very nume rons party were invited. Up to this time there had been no rumour, or even suspicion, as to Napoleon's intention of :assuming the title of E uperor. Oe the day preceding the dinner party, ro ne verses, referring to the Imperial title, were sent anony mously from Paris to the Baron Faure de Lilatte, who, though a young man, had seen much service, and was inti mate with the Bonaparte farti!y. He was surprlsed at the subject of the lines, and, after deliberating on what he sheuld do ,ith them. he determined to consult Stanislas Girardin, the constant companion and counsellor of Prince Joseph. Girardin took the manuzeript, with a promise of giving Baron Faure an early answer ; and, on the thy of the fete, he restored the lines, acceding to the young officer's wish for permission to give them public:ty. Accordingly, after the numerous party had partaken of a superb dinner, such as little Boulogne seldom wit nesses, Baron Faure requested Prince Joseph's leave to propose a new toast. Thie being granted, he rose, and, to the astonishment of the majority, read aloud his mysteriously-?ent couplet, of which the following is an ex act transcript : " Lorsque Napoleon, a la fiere Angleterre, Ira dieter les lois de la pais ou le gu. rre, Qui pent lui disputer le titre d'Empereur, Lorsqae ce grand nom est deja clans not re cceur !" " Vive i'Expercur !'shouted the young soldier as his toast ; and the sound ran like electricity among the vttemn ncinrPrs of Napoleon, " Vivo l'Empereur 1" re unding at the same instant from all the crowded tables, and it was taken up ag,lin and again with fresh enthu siasm after each mernentary pause ; so that the Baron Faure de Lilatte had the triumph of thus socially being the first who proclaimed his general and brother-in-arms en Emperor THE NEW REFORM CLUB- HOUSE. As this cd:fiee is now finished and about to be opened, a few particulars may be interesting. The style of architec!ure is what is usually understood as the Roman-laalian, the chief features of which consist in simplicity and chasteness of design, com bined with a finished elegance in its various details. The enriched entablature surmounting this building is greatly admired by connoisseurs, although the absence of a blocking is considered by a few objec tionable. The plain unbroken facade pleases the eye from its simplicity, and the ribbed roof, when reen from a distance, has a good and classical effect. The first object which strikes the spectators on passing • ; ,t the entrance hall is the saloon, the grand feature of the whole building, and upon which the greatest care, both •as to its arrergement nerd composition, has evi dently been bestowed by the architect. Space and convenience have, however, apparently been some what sacrificed, and made to contribute to its beauty and t ffect. This apartment extends the whole height of the building, being lighted by an immense sky light, composed of richly embossed glass fitted into a cast-iron frame, and from which a gigantic chande lier will be suspended ; it is oblong, being about 70 fret by 60, with a surrounding gallery of conside rable width, supported by lonic fluted columns of Si enna magliola on porphyry pedestals of the same matrri 11, the capitals and bases being in imitation of statuary marble ; over these columns is a second row of Corinthian columns supporting the entablature of the roof. The floor is mosaic, and is composed of small china tiles, three-quarters of an inch square, with vitrified colours on the upper surface, all firmly embedded in a thick layer of cement. The centre ornament is very tastefully designed. At the farther end is the coffee-room (looking towards Carlton-ter race), one hundred and fifteen feet in length and thirty in width ; the drawing-room over it being of exactly the same size and proportion. The ceilings are richly ornamented, but appear low. The walls of the drawing-room are panelled, and it is the intention to hang them with rich fluted silk. Over the centre fire-place is constructed a large arched open ing, which, looking down into the saloon, will be occupied by a single plate-glass, and decorated by columns, and entablature of a very rich and ornamental character. On the ground-floor on the right is the elegantly proportioned library, and above this room is the Parliamentary Library. It is intended to fix sliding shutters, each of single panes of looking glass to the two end windows of this library to be drawn up at night. The second floor is entirely devoted to the dormitories, about 40 in number, all fireproof, which are entirely separate from the Club, and under a dif ferent Committee of Management. VALUE OF BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. Captain Oldrey, commanding the Hyacinth, sloop of war, was working up for Barbadoes, Aug. 10, 1831, when the hurricane came on. He had been upon the deck during the finest weather ever witnessed in that climate, and had just been admiring the beauty of the evening. The atmosphere to the horizon was perfectly clear, not a cloud obscuring the sky ; nor was there the least probability of a change, as far as could be judged from any appearance observable in the heavens or on the ocean. Going below to his cabin, the captain flung him &el upon a sofa, and a minute or two afterwards chanc ing to cast his eyes upon a barometer suspended near, he observed that the mercury was failing. It was a mo ment when he would not have thought of consulting the instrument for any purpose, and so strange did he think the circumstance, that he rubbed his eyes, imagining he was deceived. Still the mercury fell ; he got off the seta, and approaching the instrument, discovered that the quicksilver was falling with a perceptible motion. He went on deck, but the weather was as lovely as before ; he descended again, shook the instrument, and s till the descent was certain and continued. A fall so rapid and remarkable, of which he had never seen nor heard of a parallel instance, convinced him that something was about to happen. He called the first lieutenant and master, and stated what he had seen. These officers alleged that there could be no storm likely, the sea and sky were then so clear and b eaut if u l. The captain was not of their opinion ; and as the ordi nary falling of the barometer indicated a storm, he re solved to prepare for one with a speed and energy pro portioned to the singular rapidity of the indication. He ordered everything to be instantly made snug, the topmasts to be struck, and all to be got down and secured upon deck. The o ffi ce rs and s i p 's company were surprised, and still incredulous. One man said to another, " The captain is determined to sweat us." By an activity urged on by the union of command and en treaty all was lowered and secured. The officers of the ship, except the captain, were still of their previous opinion, and well they might be : so far, none of the appearances then existed that usually precede storms and hivricanes in that latitude. The evening bad closed in by the time the operations on board the ship seta nearly comple ted. Capt. Oldrey relaxed nothing in the way of preparation to the last, and saw it finished to his satisfaction. An hour or two had gone by after wards, during which his mind had become composed with the reflection that he had been prepared for the worst, when he had pro o f o f t h e va l ue o f t h e i ns t rumen t a l warning ; a storm did come on, and reached its utmost fury almost at on ce, so t h at a rag o f sa il cou ld no t b e kept up. The wind blew with a f ur y so grea t th a t the sea could not rise into waves, but became one vast plain of foam, on which the ship lay driving furiously along. Fortunately there was ample sea room. Tnis extreme fury of the wind, in which it seemed as if nothing could live, did not continue more than two hours, and for the whole time the ocean was without waves . When the wind abated a little of its gr ea t est force, the sea began to rise , and falling a littl e more , the waves rolled in mountains, while through these the ship bored her way, rather th an sailed. The next day the Hyacinth arrived at Barba does. Th e hurricane was over. The vessels in Bar. badoes harbour, which is two-thirds surrounded by rocks, the remainder being a sandy beach, were all driven far up, hi g h and dry, and nearly buried in sand, to that, after the calamity was over, there was nothing to do but to dig them out again.—English Journal. According to a notice hung up in the Court of Exchequer yesterday, the business of the Weetern Cir cuit will be opened at Southampton, before Mr. Justice Erskine and Mr. Baron Rolfe, on the 20:h February. The Oxford Circuit, in Berks, on the 24th February, be fore Mr. Baron Gamey and Mr. Justice Coleridge ; and the Midland, at Northampton ' on the lit March , before Lord Abinger and Mr. Justice Paulson. ALCOCK FOR EAST SURREY. Four days only have elapsed since at one of the largest meetings ever held in this county, THOMAS ALCOCK, Esq., was rominated with acclamation to be the champion of the Liberal interest. A persona'. canvass at this late period is obviously impassible, but he has already visited many districts, and will attend meetings in other parts of the county, so as to afford the fullest opportunity of ascertaining his sentiments. We are delighted to state that we have found the independent Electors true to the great cause of civil and religious freedom. The returns now seat in prove that, by a continuance of the noble determination and exertions already displayed, success must, and will be the result. COMMITTEES for promoting the Election; of Mr. AL COCK SIT DAILY at the following places : Central Committee . The Bridge House Hotel, Borough. Bermondsey ... Simon the Tanner, Long-lane. Rotherhithe Old Kent-road Lambeth ... The White Hart, Kennington-cross. Christ church .. Newton's Hotel, Blackfriars-road. St. George, St. Sa }The Central Committee Room. viones, St. Olave Camberwell Wandsworth ... The Spread Eagle. Slreathavn ...... .. The Greyhound. Kingston Richmond ..... The Talbot Resgate Croydon . . The Crown. It is particularly requested that all communications which may lead to secure his election may be made at any of the above.mentioned places. SAMUEL PALMER, Chairman. GEORGE G. DE H. LARPENT, Vice-Chairman. Central Committee-room, 30th January, 1841. Now ready, the Third and concluding Volume, in Syn., of D Y BLESS' NGT 0 N'S " IDLER IN ITALY." " That the ' Idler in Italy' had neither been idle nor unob eervant, her former instructive and entertaining volumes abun dantly proved, and this concluding one maintains the same eha rar.tter for descriptive power and judicious reflection. Leaving Rome, our sensible and intelligent authoress leads her readers through many attractive scenes, pointing out everything worth noticing in her route, which includes, among other places known to fame, Loretta, Ancona, Ravenna. Ferrara, Padua, Venice, Verona, Milan, Ilelogna, Modena, &e., easing with Genoa. The whole work presents an animated and attractive view of modran Italy, sparkling with anecdote, and rich in cri tical remarks en literature and the fine arts. By it-Elide tra vellers, like ourselves, this fascinating conclusion to Lady Bles sington's popular work will be received with a kindly wel come."—Caledonian Mercury. tlllenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, FEB. 3, Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Dir. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbet: ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainfertb. To conclude with The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be repeated, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO ; OR, HARLEQUIN AND TEE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Colnmkine, Miss Fairbrotker. To-morrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with The New Pantomime. Doors to lse opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Cleck. Titkets and places for the Beat.; take taken of Mr. Grogan Lt the Box-office, from Ten till Fear, where Season Tickets r.ay oe had upon application. Dres. Boxes, is. ; Second Price, Bs. 6d.; First and Second l'ircles, ss. ; Second Prise, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. ior ; Gallery, Is. Private Bou. to be bad seelv of Mr. Andi furs, bookseller 67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Continual overflows, signal success of the Cask Vaulter, and increasing desire of the Public to witness Ainswerth's Tower of London, and the best Pantomime of the Season. THIS EVENING, FEB. 31 Will be ;acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaax Vivans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from tho Designs of the celebrated George Cruikslsanks. Niter which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE ; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the astonishing and incredible evolutions .f the Cask Vaulter will be given, as well as Brunning's Grand Dioramic Synopsis of Syria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri valled Bolen° Family; Mr. Southloy, the Original Clown; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astonishing Gymnastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Franeeni's, at Paris. rn•H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO MORROW. •rning...... 0 minutes after 0 1 Evening .27 minutes after 0. The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tua SUN corn- menaed at 20 minutes after Three. • v, • !••••*. 4:0-AP-:-‘‘ A r" ti ) " kz , ort . ilr.t„. • • , • " THE CHINA SUN," 'hich was RE-PUBLISHED on the Gth INSTANT, with the LATEST NEWS from CHINA, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received" at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. 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Petitions were presented by the Duke of RICHMOND from Dysart, complaining that the Trustees of a certain turnpike-road were insol vent, and that the parish was obliged to keep it in repair; by Lord ELLENBOROUGH from Bom bay, complaining of the Legislative Council for transferring the power of granting spirit licenses to the Chief Collector of Land Revenue; and by Lord BROUGHAM from Heavitree, praying for the establishment of Courts for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts. The Earl of CARDIGAN was called to the Bar, and having nothing to address to their Lordships by way of objection to the proposed proceedings, was placed in custody of the Usher of the Black Rod. A writ of certiorari was issued to remove the case from the Central Criminal Court, and a re turn havingbeen made, the Earl of CARDIGAN was bailed by two sureties, being bound in 5,0001. each, and himself in 10,0001. It appears by the statement. of Viscount DUNCANNON that sufficient accommodation will be provided for all the Peers ' and probably, as we understa n d th e s t a t ement , for about two hundred and sixty spectators. On the motion of Viscount DUNCAKNON (not Lord SHAFTESBURY, as appeared in the Parliamentary Report) it was moved that on the week previons to the trial their Lordships should adjourn from Friday, the 12th, to the Tuesday following, to enable the preparations to be made. The Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill was read a second time, ands eferred to a Select Committee. In the Common, Col. FERGUSON took his seat for Kirkcaldy. Several petitions were presented, and amongst them there was one by Mr. STRUTT, from Derby, for the abolition of the Corn-laws, which we are glad to see, as setting a good example ; and one by Mr. HANDLEY, from a Mr. HouGH TON, setting forth that there were many parts of counties of England much nearer to some other assize town than the county town. For example, there is a part of Lincolnshire 50 miles from Lin coln and only 10 from Oakham. The petitioner therefore prayed that such parts might be allowed to send their prisoners to the nearest gaol, and that the inhabitants of such place, liable to serve as jurors, might be summoned to the nearest assize town. We apprehend that the proper remedy for this source of great ex pense and trouble is Lord BROUGHAM'S Local Courts Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would this day moye a resolution in refefenee to oute papers left behind by the late Mr. RICKMAN. Mr. Classwzw. gave notice of a motion on TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. H'l. the 16th, in relation to the Danish Claims. As they have been twice before admitted by the House, and as only one class of these claims is disputed, while the two others are acknow ledged, it does not seem possible that the House will stultify itself' by refusing to accede to Mr. CRESSWELL'S motion, or that the Government should willingly take on itself the ungracious task of opposing ?it. Mr. HonGseal to propose an amend ment to the Standing Order requiring a deposit of 10 per cent. on. railway shares, and to substitute 5 per cent. ; HAWES, having already made such a nice mess of the police, is to try his hand at healing the medical profession—he would do better to allow the doctors to cure themselves; and Mr. HUME is, in the first week of March, to move to give votes for representatives to lodgers. Lord. JOHN - RUSSELL'S motion for a Bill for the better Regis ration of Voters, which stood for Monday, was,appointed for next Monday. Captain Poutim. renewed his question to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, touching the gentlemanly letter of Prince ALBERT'S Secretary to the Re peal A.sociation, when Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had. ween the letter, but thought it unneces sary tt) make any inquiry on the subject. The House: laughed at the Captain. In to Mr. HUME, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said flat the agreement between Sir R. STOP FORD and MEHEMET ALI had been accepted by the Sultan, alai that he had deputed Commis sioner 5 to inform 31EHEAIET Au that he bestowed the 11 , !reditary Pachalic of Egypt on him. Ar range ments were making for evacuating Syria, and NIEHEMET ALI had shown a disposition to curry his agreement into effect. The ar rangement was made in consequence of the ad vice rz.f the Four Powers. In reply to Sir ROBERT PEEL, Lord JOHN RUSS3UL said it was the intention of the Go vernw-General of Canada to proclaim the Union about the end of January, but if the Le gisla;are of Upper Canada should assemble be fore the Union was declared, the GOVERNOR GEN ERAL meant to ask the advice of the Special Com Ica as to the period. of issuing the procla town shall be handed with infamy down to pos terity. Base as Walsall ! will be a never-for gotten comparison in our language. We notice in the report of the proceedings on the day of nomination, that Mr. FOSTER complained of the interference of the Corn-law League. He wished, we presume, to make a pocket borough of Walsall ; but his success has probably cost him more than it would have cost, had the Anti-Corn-law League not visited Wal sall. He has known the character of his towns men. We gave them credit for possessing com mon sense and common honesty. They have preferred being the dependents of a banker and a landlord or two, to being free and independent men. There is no disputing about tastes, and we must leave the 365 Walsallers, who voted for Mr. GLADSTONE, to the enjoyment of their gro velling, unmanly disposition. Our cause, however, is too good for us to de spair because some 365 base Walsallers have gone against us. It is not in their power, nor in the power of the whole body of the Tories, to lessen the truth of the principles of Free Trade, or to make the demand for the Repeal of the Corn law otherwise than just. Our cause will not retrograde by the vote, but it will not be im pelled forward as it would have been by elect ing Mr. SMITH. The election at Walsall has decided that the non-electors have nothing to hope from the electors, nothing to hope from the representatives of those electors, and that they must help themselves. We regret this, because when the non-electors have lost all hope in the electors and in the re presentatives, they will begin to discuss the question of obedience. The decision of the ma jority of Walsall makes the duration of the Corn law a mere question of how long it is expedient to obey the law, and when does resistance be come a duty? The Canterbury election has also been de cided in favour of the Tory. We care little, comparatively, for that. Many of the Canter bury constituency are known to be venal, and there was no motive in the present election to prevail over the influence of money. The Tories have won. One of the arguments now used for continuing the discriminating tax on foreign sugar is, that the land of Cuba, Porto Rico, the Brazils, and other places, is more fertile than that of Jamaica and some other of our colonies. If, therefore, the sugar from these foreign countries be im ported for consumption, it is said, the pro duce of our colonies will be undersold, and they will go out of cultivation. To this we reply—if it be so, that such a tax is an attempt to counter vail the bounties of Providence, and prevent man from profiting by the fertility bestowed on the earth. We, however, believe that the assertion is destitute of truth, and that this is a miserable pretext for continuing to plunder the people of England. Will they believe that on the asser tion of some half-informed travellers and inter ested planters, who never have compared accurately the two countries, who do not know in what fertility consists—will the peo ple of England believe that on a vague statement of the fertility of Cuba and Jamaica, they are to be taxed by discriminating duties on sugar and coffee to the extent of 3,000,0001. a year ? The persons who allege that as a ground for taxing the consumers of sugar to maintain in splendour the West India planters, might as well allege that it rains less at Jamaica than at Cuba, and that the people of England must pay heavily for Jamaica being a dry cli mate. All such assertions are palpable attempts at humbug, and they are only invented for the purpose of beguiling the people of England into continued submission to a vile system of plunder by means of law. The Earl of ABERDEEN, last Session, tried to settle the Kirk, and failed. In conjunction with the Duke of RICHMOND, it is said, he will make a second attempt this Session; while Mr. RO BERT STEUART is to try his hand at the same hopeless task in the Commons. What sort of a thing the joint-stock concern may be, we have no means of judging ; but if it is either so incon sistent, so unjust to the people, or so partial to the clergy, as that proposed by a Non-In trusionist, the Kirk, as far as these parties are concerned, will remain as unsettled as ever. The Hon. Member for Haddington, in order to clear the way for his machinery, proposes to re peal the 10th of Queen ANNE, which he describes as " a gross violation of the Treaty of Union." Having removed this obstacle, he will introduce in place ofit, a new Bill, which is equally a gross violation of the Union, taking the presentation from the present patron, conferring it on the Ten-Pound Heritors and the Kirk-Session, and allowing only those persons to moderate in the call whom the clergy shall consider fit and holy men. Independent of the inconsistency of introducing a new Bill to supersede the Acts of 1649 and 1690, which Mr. STEUART considers utterly defective, though sealed by the Union, on what principle of common sense or justice can he transfer the right of presentation from patrons to heritors only of a certain class ? This is robbing the patron, and conferring a boon on Parliamen tary electors, while the non-electors are treated as the common herd, and only such of them a s are agreeable to the clergy will be allowed to hold up their hands for their favourite candidate. Nay, more, their " sweet voices" are not to set tle the election ; for according to clause five, if only a minority of the whole subscribe the call, " the sufficiency of the call is to be judged of by the Church Courts," and the General Assembly, that is the Church, (the great majority of the Assembly consisting of clergymen,) is to make up the roll of persons entitled to sealing ordi nances, the test of the electoral franchise. In the present temper of the Scotch clergy, such a power would lead to the most intolerable tyranny, for the Assembly may, and in all probability would, enact that the following persons shall be excluded :—all Chartists and Voluntaries ; all who neglect family worship, or who walk or travel by railroad, steam-boat, or stage-coach, on a Sunday ; all :who obey the law of the land in pre ference to the spurious law of the General As sembly ; and all other sinners of a similar de scription. So that, as in the case of DA VIOT where there are only five persons entitled to sealing ordinances, the great boon for whi c h M r . STEUART and the arrogant Non-Intrusionists are contending would be confined to a few select righteous men, mixed up with not a few these we will specify, as hypo crites and time-servers. There are other great defects and incongruities in t his ne w plan for set tling it shows the Kirk, on what onet dangerous o fwhi ch only ground N on - Intrusionists will venture to secure thei r darling object. For the purpose poss ibl y of concili ating the Lords, the Bishops, and t he other patrons of valuable English livings, Mr. STEUART a sserts that the right of patronage in Scotland is no original inheritance as in England, descending with the property of the Church, but at the same time admits that the Crown bestowed a portion of the patronage sometimes as caprice or pleasure dictated, but generally " to the chief heritors of the respective parishes." These gifts he would annul by an Act of Par liament, without seeming at all aware that on the same principle the houses of Bedford and Abercorn, and many other houses too, might be stripped of vast estates conferred on them at the caprice or pleasure of an unmitigated tyrant. Looking, therefore, at the difficulty of settling the Kirk to the satisfaction of the unreasonable party who now dominate in the Scotch Church, we would advise Mr. STEUA RT to leave them t o themselves, and follow the prudent conduct o f Lord MELBOURNE, who knows that he could not introduce any Bill without increasing to a va st extent the hostility that already_exists between the clergy of the Established Church and all eta of 'rite f tlutiritig is tilt. ova hue of the Bill: _ _ _ 1.--To roped the Act of the 10th of Queen Arum called the Patronage Act; and so much of the Act of the 3d of William and Mary as is inconsistent with this Act. lI.—To ab dish patronage, as at present exercised in Scotland, whether by her Majesty or by lay patrons. Ill.—To vest the right of presentations in the Heritors and Kirk-sessions (the Heritors to have a 101. qualifica tion ; the Kirk-sessions to be elected by the congregation) I V.—The presentee to preach before the congregation, and a call to be moderated in by .he Presbytery ; the call to be subscribed by male communicants, or male persons entitled to sealing ordinances. V.—lf the call be subscribed by an absolute majority of those entitled, the Presbytery to proceed to the trials ; if only a minority of the whole subscribe the call, time to be afforded for objections being lodged, and the suffi ciency of the call to be judged of by the Church Courts. Vl.—The General Assembly to snake the necessary regulations for moderating in calls, and for making up the roll of communicants or persons entitled to sealing ordinances. Copy thereof to be transmitted to Secretary of State. VII.— Act not to commence or take effect until it has been certified to the Queen in Council that the General Assembly has passed an Act for vesting the election of elders in male communicants, and persons entitled to seal ing ordinances. Thereafter the commencement of the Act to be proclaimed. Vlll.—Provision to suspend all pending suits for twelve months after the passing of this Act ; if any new summons is raised, Act to be pleaded, and proceedings to be barred for twelve months. IX —AI! suits to terminate upon the Act coming into operation, and presentations to be made anew under the authority of this Act. X.—Clauses to provide compensation to Patrons may, if necessary, be here alded. Xl.—Act to remain in force so long as the Act of As sembly for reforming Kirk Sessions remains unrepealee. The Mamma's of the 27th announces that Marshal Valee has caused apartments to be taken for him at an hotrl at Aycros, whore he intends to pass the winter with his family, on account of his granddaughter, who is in ill health. The ssme piper speaks of a letter of General Bugeaud, in which the new Governor of Algeria announces that an expedition will take place in the spring. The Sentinelle ties Pit rennees of Jan. 2Sth says that letter from Toulouse states that the Prefect had been in_ formed that Don Nliguel had passed, or would pass, through that city; it is b,lievcd that the Magistrates of Bayonne have received similar notice, and that this is the cause of the extraordinary movement of the pollee officers for some days past. The Austrian Observer of the 25th of January contains the news from the East published yesterday evening by the Messager. The Austrian Journal adds the following lines, which the Messager has omitted to copy : " The Sultan resolved to grant to Mehemet Ali the he. reditary• investiture of the Pschalick of Egypt, on condition that the submision of the Viceroy shall be sincere and complete. ' This resolution of the Sultan is expressed in the form of a Hatti Schcriff, dispatched on the 12th to the Imperial Commissioner Maslounabey, at Alexandria."--Le Com merce, Feb. 1. The rejection of General SCHNEIDER'S amend ment on the Fortifications of Paris Bill by a ma jority of sixty-one votes, disposes us to believe that the Bill, as prepared by the Committee, will be adopted. General SCHNEIDER'S amend ment embodied the proposal of Marshal SOULT for erecting detached forts without any wall of circumvallation. When put to the vote on Saturday it was rejected, 175 voting for it, and 236 voting against it. On Monday the debate was resumed, when the following three articles of the Bill were adopted by large majorities:— Art. I. of the Government project of law, as approved of by the Committee, was put to the vote, and carried by a large majority was as follows :—.' A sum of 140,000,000 f. is specially allotted fo the works of the for. tifications of Paris." Art. 2. These works comprise -1. A continuous line of enclosure, embracing the two barks of the Seine, bas tioned and terraced with ten metres of escarpment fronted with masonry. 2. And exterior casemated works. Art. 3. The funds allotted to these works are to be employed simultaneously towards the execution of the en closed and exterior works, and divided between different estimate?, and in proportions determined in the subsequent articles These articles embrace the whole substance of the Bill which, if passed and carried into full effect, will reduce the capital of European re finement to a level with Strasburgh, or any other fortified town on the frontier. But it is useless to remonstrate with a people bent upon the de struction of their own independence. The commerce states that the ball at the Tui leries, on Wednesday, presented a greater show of English than of French uniforms, and that one English officer had the bad taste to wear a Waterloo medal. We can scarcely believe that any officer in the British army could be guilty of such a piece of braggart insolence as this. No brave man, with a spark of generous and manly feeling, could thus abuse the distinguished hos pitality of the KING of the FRENCH, and thus offer a studied and cowardly insult to a nation, where it was impossible it could be resented. This man, whoever he was, should be known. The chances are fifty to one that he never fought at Waterloo, and that he is not more a braggart than a coward. The Journal des Debats of Monday devotes five columns to an account of the relations be tween France and Buenos Ayres. The Chamber of Peers sat on Monday to de bate upon a number of Bills of local interest. " It was reported," says the Courrier Francais, " in the diplomatic salons of Paris on Saturday evening, that Lord Granvillo had been recalled by his Government, and re placed by Lerd Clarendon in the post of Ambassador of Great Britain in France. Most of the editors of the journals who published the letters attributed to King Louis Philippe had been inter rogated by the Judge of Instruction. The Marquis de Larochejaquelin, who was supposed to be the possessor of the originals, and M. Auguste Johanet, had been likewise summoned to appear before that Magistrate. The Messager states that the editor of the Gazette de France bad served a citation on the editor of the Messayer to appear on the 12th of March to answer for having stated that the letters published by the Gazette, parport ing to have been written by his Majesty Louis Philippe, when Duke of Orleans, were false. M. Esquiros, the author, and M. Legallois, the printer of the Evangde du Peuple, were tried fur libel on Satur day at the Assize Court. M. Legallois was acquitted, and M. Esquiros, having been found guilty by the Jury, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 500 francs. The Obserrateur Suisse of the 28,h states positively that the Pope's Nuncio in Berne entered a formal protest on the 21st against the suppression cf the /1 ,- govian con vents. The cantons of Uri, Schweitz, and Unterwalden had likewise reproved the measure, as contrary to the 12th article of the Federal Compact, and called for an extraor dinary meeting of the Diet to ;nquire into the affair. Zug, Zurich, Neufchatel, and Friburg would, it was expected, address a similar application to the Vorort. BOURSE.—PARIS, MONDAY, FEB. 1, fir st Highest Lowest fast Price Price. Pricy. Price se..ch 5 ler Cents 4 per Cente 102 50 ... 112 50 102 50 ... IC2 4 per Cents 3 per Cents 77 77 15 7e 90 :.. 77 15 Sank of rrance I.4Atte Bank 1,0(X)t. IMO ...1“50 —11 , 50 _IMO 5000 f. stares 511.5 ...5117 50 —.5115 —51:7 50 :lank 5 per Cents.... New Loan. ..... ... 95% ... 984, ilnenish Active 25% ... 2:',9y ... 9554 ... •25N Passive 6:i ... 6 ... 614 ... 61.4 New Deferredl:3)... ... 1314 ... 13X, .. lity Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St Germain ... i:4 ... 720 ... 720 ye satlles,lt. B 441 '25 ... 443 75 ... 441 25 ..... 443 75 L.B Orleans .. Srs onurg to hale . touch nr:Luinro .41141JS—IntessfiLd, JAN. 31. tiCti,,l neitt, 1!,4 pc Ccnt. iii/thElCilii:l ., Laati, 5 per C.nt :MN, Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. (1.4 0 ) 9 6% ___---- 3 per Cent. ..... .77 ---Thirty-seven -- .. F9 Lozn of City, 0332, 4 per Cent PO Society ot Commerce, -1!.; per Cent lO2 Bank nt Belgium, 5 per Cent 67 National Soci - My . Exchange on Loniltn4 (short) —Brussels Papers, Jan. 30. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIEnNa, J.kx,2l. f tveper Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents Three pr Cents. Rank shares —Aligemrine Zcitung, Jan. 26, IGc6 The Moniteur of Monday officially,announces INIEHEmET ALi's unconditional surrender of the Turkish fleet to Admiral WALKER OH the 14th ult. On the 12th a steamer left Constantinople, having a Turkish officer on board, bearing the Imperial Illyrian conferring upon MEHEMETALI the hereditary Paellalic of Egypt. A glance at these dates shows that both the SULTAN and the VICEROY acted with good faith, for on the 14th the latter cpuld know nothing of the coming of the Finnan, nor the former, when granting the Firman that MEHEMET Au, without seeing it would restore the fleet. The Presse, t fter copying the note of the Messager, announcing that the Sultan has granted to Mehemet Ali the hereditary investiture of the Pachalic cf Egypt, adds, " We believe that we may affirm that the conduct of the Divan cn this important occasion, has been in consequence especially of the urgent representation of Austria and Prussia, which have need to contend, if not with the influ ence of England, yet at least with the prepossessions of its Ambassador, Lord Ponsonby, who has preserved till the very last moment his animosity to the Viceroy." Madrid Jaw —ls ult. has c r.acliett us. Ott the previous day the Duke DE LA VIC- ToRIA reviewed eight battalions of the National Guards of the capital, who received him with loud and repeated cheers. All parties were pre paring, for the elections, which were expected to go in favour of the Ultra-Liberal candidates. Fives, Active, 29i for cash. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (OLD COURT.) Before Mr. Justice 'WILLIAMS and Mr. Justice COLTMAN, The Court was cceupied during the mining with a charge or counterfeiting coin, against James Taylor. The Solicitor for the Mint had received inforn:a•ior. against the prispner from a companion of his ; hut i! •,p -peared very questionable from the evidenc. , . given whttlicr the informer had not himself prepared the facts stated against the other party. After the evidence bad been gone through, the Counsel for the prosecution withdrew the charge. (NEW COURT.) (Before the COMMON SERGEANT. ) Abraham Moses, a Jew, was indicted for stealing a bas ket containing some linen, the property of Win. Troude. Policeman 117 of the K division, saw the prisoner at seven o'clock in the morning, following a car on the Mile end-road, from which he took something, and then ran away. The policemen followed the car, and found that a parcel was missing. lle afterwards apprehended the pri soner, and though he found none of the property in his possession, it was proved that he had disposed of a por.. tion of it. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. It appeared from his previous character that he lived by theft. lie was sentenced to seven years' transportation. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh suppiies consisted chiefly of Barley and Oats in fair quantities. Wher.t firm at Monday's prices. Bar ley, Brans, and Peas, also supported their value. 0-its met a moderate inquiry at last quotations. The Flour trade as last reported. [nati on. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the Better Regulation of the Administration of Justice. This Bill is similar to the- one which was .before the Howe last year, and is confined to the Courts of Equity. The business in Chancery has increased so much, that there are between 1,200 and 1,300 causes in that Court; and it takes, on an average, five years, from the time a suit is entered till it is disposed of. The Bill is to abo lish the equity side of the Court of Exchequer, and to give two new Judges to the Court of Chancery. There are funds in the Court to meet the expenses which would be caused by the Bill. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN said the appointment of two new Judges was the creation of two new Courts, and with a new bar to each, and a new body of lawyers. He thought a strong case should be made out before the House consented to such a measure. He said the ATTORNEY-GE NERAL had more than doubled the amount of cases in arrear in the Court of Chancery. He referred to the Courts of Review and Bank ruptcy, which had fallen into contempt, to show the danger of appointing useless Conrts. He doubted whether they would facilitate the hearing of causes by multiplying Judges• He recommended that the office of the Masters should be remodelled; that a better Court of Appeal should be constituted, for an appeal to the House of Lords was little better than a mockery. He would have two Judges appointed, to be called Lords' Assistants, to make the House of Lords useful ; and he would make the Court of the 4)rivy Council, which has great powers, an efficient Court, with a proper head and regu- lar sittings. Mr. LYNCH supported the views of the ATTOR NEY-GENERAL, and contended that a case was made out for an additional Judge. Leave was given to bring in the Bill; and Sir E. SUG DEN also obtained leave to bring in his Bill to improve the Court of Appeal in the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Mr. LABOUCHERE, after making a long state ment relative to the price of rum, and the quan tity imported both from the East and the West Indies, after referring to the opposition his proposition to equalise the duties on rum) imported from both places, was likely to meet with from the West India interest and the dis tillers, moved that on Monday next the House should resolve itself into a Committee to consider the duties on rum and sugar. Mr. EWART regretted that Mr. LABOUCHERE had narrowed the question, which was one of jus tice, to a contest with the West Indian monopoly. The subject is of great importance to the com merce between India and Great Britain. Mr. GOULBURN would not then discuss the question, but he thought it impossible for the House to accede to the proposition. Mr. HUMS and Mr. HOGG supported the mo tion, but both thought it was only a part of what ought to be done for India. Sir JoHN HOBHOUSE appealed to those Gen tlemen, who thought the Bill did not go far enough, to support the Government, which had to encounter a formidable opposition in going so far. Mr. O'CoNNELL and Dr. LUSHINGTON referred' to the possibility of rum made by slaves being imported under the proposed Bill ; and Dr. LUSHINGTON declared it would never do to allow the East India produce to come in on the same terms as the West India produce while slavery exists in the East Indies. Perhaps the generous Doctor will give a hundred millions of the people's cash to buy the freedom of the East India slaves. Finally the motion was agreed to, and the House is to resolve itself into a Commit tee on Monday. Lord STANLEY then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to improve the Registration of Ireland. He stated that the present Bill would be similar to the Bill of last year, with some-alterations. With a view to meet objections, the Noble Lord re ferred to the Ulster Association as agreeing with him in almost every one of his principles, and claimed them as his coadjutors. Lord MORPETH announced the intention of the Government not to oppose the motion, claiming for himself a fair hearing when he introduced the Government Bill to effect the same object. Mr. O'CONNELL moved, after a short speech, referring principally to the injustice done to Ireland, that the debate be postponed till after the 4th inst. After a short discussion the House divided, when Mr. O'CoNxELL's motion was supported by 71, and opposed by 261.. Lord STANLEY then received leave to bring in his Bill, and the House adjourned. We have to announce, with great regret, that Mr. GLADSTONE has succeeded at Walsall. He has been elected by a majority of 38. Mr. SMITH received 327 votes, and Mr. GLADSTONE 365. Till we are supplied with the particulars we will say nothing about the causes of failure. There are none, there can be none, which would have weighed with a discri minating, right-minded, and right-feeling people, against the repeal of the accursed bread tax. Walsall will now be a bye-word in the land. The electors have sanctioned the bread tax. They have resolved that the robbery of the poor is proper, and henceforth robbery will be the main principle of our social exist ence. Base and degraded Walsall ! which votes to enslave and to plunder our suffering countrymen. That we should be obliged to give Walsall this character pains us for the i 4 , 4 L, of , o w f 3:27 lionez,t an.l vit.! il t-think in t; 1 voters it contains; but the brand is nowindelible. The majority have decided that the name of the NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A small supply of Game and Poultry ; tre.de dull, and prices same as last quotqd. A moderate supply of Meat ; trade fair, rod prices RS follow ;--Beef, 3s 41 to 4 4 , i; Mutton, 3s 4 i to 4; ; Vcal, 3, SI to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 2d to 4,10 d per stone of 8 lbs. COLONIAL MARKET. A limited bus;nessdene in pioduce, and prices un - li r went little variation ; the public sales were of little moment. The arrivala were, to a fair extent, from nit st Nuts. TEA MARKET. A fair amount of busi,:ess done in Fr cc Trade, and former rates were, fully supported, Company's Congcu, Is Gd cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firm for Russian Tallow. and a fair amount o! business done at 46s 6d on the spot. 11IETAL MARKET. Ail descriptions of Metals were in good request, am prices had an upward tendency. Iron in moat demand prices expected to advance. LLOY D'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY LONDON, Ern. 3. --Wind this day at noon, moderate breezes from E. to N. E , and fine clear frosty vrrathar. LIVERPOOL, FRB. 2.—Wind E. S. E., fresh.—Sailed the Spinster, Colquheun, and Vesta, NPG:iffio, for Trinidad ; Amity, Harris, St. Thomas's; Ellen Brooks, Hawes, New Oilcans ; Nicholas Biddle, Hierne. New York. PLYNIOUTH, FEB. 2.—Arrived off, the Tanjore, Hopper, from Ceylon. RAMSGATE, FEB. 2 —The William, Bird, from Lowe stoffe to Liverpool, has been as:deted in here with four feet water in her hold, and must discharge. SHEERNESS, FEB. 2.—The Paragon, Stafford, and Wel come, of Sunderland, and several light colliers, have put in here, with loss of ancbore and cable. Some others have run up the river. It continues to blow fresh from the Eastward. FALMOUTH, FEB. E., fresh gales.—Saile( the Pigeon packet, on a cruise, with supplies for the home ward- bound. ILFRACOMBE, FEB. I.—The Union, Green, arrived here from Limerick, passed near the Naar Sand this morning a large brig of about 200 tens, dismasted ; hailed her repeatedly, but could get no answer. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TT;EiDAT.—The sale! to-day are 5,000 bags, of which 1,000 of American have been taken on speculation; 100 Pernams. Rid. to 94d. ; 150 Surats, 411. to 4id., and a few Egyptians, at to d. per lb. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, FEB 2.—Eastern Counties debentures, 4H ; Grand Junction Quarter Shares, 52 ; Great Western, Fifths, 20N ; Lancaster and Preston, 29:1. MANCUESTER STOCK EXCHANGF., FEL 2.—Pr CPS may bo quoted as follows7—Manchester and Leeds, 73 ; Lancaster and Preston New, 1:31; London and South Western, 58 to 58i; Manchester and Birmingham, 24; 25k ; South Eastern and Dover, 13 to 135 ; Hull and Selby, 435 to 43 4 ; Man chester and Liverpool District Bank, 111,1. Accounts from Jamaica state that the Colonial Silk Company, notwithstanding the loss of their first cargo of morus murticaulis by the drought, are doing very well with a second cargo ; they are already hatching silk worms The agricultural prospects of the island are brightening. The weather of late had been much more favourable. Estates during► the last two years which had fallen from 200 hhds. to 20 or 30, now promise to yield as high as 50. TIM FUNDS. We have a complete blank morning both in respnct to arrivals and speculations in the British Funds. Up to the present time there is not a feature worth notice. Congo's opened at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 89f for the Account ; Money, 89* ; Exchequer Bills, 4 6 prem. ; Bank Stock, 164 166; India Stock, 246 248. In the Foreign Market Sdaoish Active heavy, closed at 244 1, at present 24k i; Deferred, 12f ; Paseive. 64 ; Portuguese same as they left off, 31i- 32 ; Three-per- Cents. 201; Brazilian, 72 73 ; Colombian same, 22k 23 ; Mexican same, 27k 28 ; Chilian, 60 65 ; Dutch Two-arid a-half per Cents., 504; Five per Cents., 98f 99. SHARES.-Great Western, 26 27 prem. ; New, 12 13 prem. ; London and Brighton, 6i 6 dis. ; Blackwall. 4 3 dis. ; Birmingham, 87 89 prem. ; Soulampton, B 7 59 per share ; Croydon, 12k per share ; Greenwich, 84 per shire; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 14 dis. ; and South Eastern and Dover, 154 14 cis. We have received no pipers as yet from the American packet ship Cambridge. !'RILES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. aAILwAYs. Paid. Per Share. Great Western London and Brighten London and South Western 3Si 57}..... to London and Croydon (Trunk)... I3i 12k...... to North Midland " COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam C F. 12 5 ,Gibraltar... ....... ....... 48 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 5i Genoa .. 23 80 Antwerp l2 5 ; Milan Ilaraburgh... ....M.B. 13 10 Venice . 47 Altoaa ............. ....... 13 10i Naples Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 ?'a ermo, per oz 120 D:tto, 3 months 25 65 ; Lisbon.. 511 Marseilles... .. ...... Bourdeaux... ...... . .... 25 76 !Rio Janeiro 2B Frankfort on Maine.... 149 Bahia 27 l'etersbnrgh, 3 U 5..... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin 7 0 INewYerk, 21 days' sight 46i Vienna, effee. 11. 8 M lO 3 (Philadelphia Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz 13ilioa 3si Barcelona Seville 3si Foreign Gold, bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10i Silver in Bars 0 5 HALF-PAST ONE. Letters from Perpignan state that 7,000 Spanish re fugees have entered Spain by Perth's. Accounts from Liverpool states that a steamer had left to meet the Cambridge off Holyhead ; therefore, in all probability, the papers and letters by her will be received by the train at three o'clock this afternoon. The British mat ket continues inactive, and Consols m y be quoted a shade tower than in the early part of the morn ing, 89i for the Account ; Money, 891 k 1; Exchequer Bills lower 6 3 prem. ; Bank Stock, 165 ; India Bonds, JO discount. _ In the Foreign Market Spanish Active continues heavy, owing to the heavy sale of the above Stock which took place yesterday, which still hangs over the Market : it has fluctuated from 24R down to 24. at present 241; Deferred 12 ; Passive 6 ; Portuguese 314 ; Three per Cents. 20 ; Colombian 22k ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 50 ; Five per Cents. 98k. In Shares scarcely anything doing, but the quotations aro lower. Great Western 903- ; London and Brighton 43 42i ; South Western 57i ; North Midland 74} to 75. The Foreign Exchanges were rather depressed yester. day afternoon. TIIE SIR EDWARD BANKS STEAMER.-- Groat apprehensions have been entertained for the safety of the large and powerful steam•ship Sir Edward Banks, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, and trading between London and Rotterdam. It appears that she got upon the sands called the Slim Hook, a mile below Goree Island, on the coast of Holland, at three o'clock in the morning of Sunday, the 24th ult., during very thick weather, and a severe gale from the north_ west. The passengers and the mail had been previously landed. The vessel has settled on the sands, and all the efforts to get her afloat again have proved unavailing. The engines, boilers, and cabin furniture have been taken out to lighten the steamer, and the Jolliffe and Melville steam ships, of the General Stearn Navigation Compat.y, have been sent to her assistence. She has been kept in an up right position, and it is hoped that she will be afloat aglin on Friday or Saturday. On the latter day there will be a lofty tide, the moon beii then at the full, and if there is no wind the Sir Edward Banks can be towed rff and saved, but should another gale take place before that time it is feared she will go to pieces. Loss OF THE FAIRY.—We have again to re cord, with grateful feelings, the ready sympathy with which our beloved Queen eaters into the afflictions of her subjects ; Sir Henry Wheatley having received her Ma jesty's gracious commands to forward to Captain Hornby, at Woolwich, the sum of 1001. for the relief of the widows and orphans of the crew of the Fairy. We are happy to hear that Sir. Chas. K.rnl)k' 1. ,: I!. t:ow ‘,:ith dauo , ter, Mrs Butler nut!! 14111. driv• ft indesd, e ba said of him that he ha's " stepped from his grill,' EVEN I NAT ED [TEN THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE- STREET. NOON FEB. Blrometer BO 07 N. Thermometer Highest 27 Lowest W:nd N. E by E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg, Much snow has fallen again during the night, "3 .hough the mercury has been on' y twelve degrees be!° v° the fret zing point, while during the late severe fru it It was From 16 to 18 degrees lower, the cold is fully more. Elt , " Ec owing to the keen north cast wind. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.M" Sa'urday night, at a late hour, a fireman named Macnei belonging to the Duke of Wellington steamship, lYi'g a a Irongate-stairs, Tower, went down to that place and La'.` a waterman to row him off to the ship ; but as he wai toxicated, and had no money to pay the tare, the only "' a. termite at the plying piece refused to convey bins to the vessel, nu which he exclaimed, " Then, you, I' d swim off," and plunged into the river. He was a g ° ' swimmer, and flaated on his back some distance towrd ; the inside steamer of the , ier, when, mistaking the s et ` the tide, he watt craven towsrde the stern of a steam er. a nd discovered his mistake, but teo late to save himself, a n dr s aen while he was shouting,'' 1-luzza, le r goes," h was under the tier and disappeared. The crew of a Thansfe police galley were immediately called to and thre w out the drags ; but after remaining about the spot fir three h ow : they desisted from searching further, and the body has sh% e e yet been found. The deceased had often swam ofr to ' vessel, and was a very daring felow. SCARCITY OF COMMON SENSE.--At a meet ing at M inchester lately, Mr. J R Richardson relate? the following anecdote of the Castlereagh and Sid:flout', times order estate do,vn to Bolton to the high e e .' stable there to search all the houses in Great and leitt:n Bolton, in order to see whether there were any o f PAW ° e . works secreted in any of the drawers, chimney liole6 be neath the 11 :ors, or anywhere else, and to bring ' coa owners of them before Mr. Dogberrv. The high i stable called the deputy constable, who commonly by the name of Jem. "Jena," said the high censt' e o " thou man go round the town and s e e whether thee est foind ony o' Paine's Age o' Reason, Rests o' 31 ° ° ,',, ° 11 Common Sense." brie set out and rteareheuif- t() through Great and Little Bolton. He then ceme h ic ' e o the high constable, who said, " Well, Jem, what success; e .4 Why," said he, " we've done as you ordered, and we not been able to foind eny eareesas sense or teases o' onywhere."—Leeds Times. A 5 ,e ri - CURIOUS STORY.—The Lord Byron, --- , , can trading vessel, from New °clean., laden with c ell reached this port on Thursday last, fifty four days n' lt il s a this was thirteen days later than other vessels which sa*nea at the same time, some anxiety was expressed to a the cause, when the following singular particulars tTio spired ;—lt appears that the Byron lsft New Orlean s a fair wind, and studding sails set, and Lad been eti i,s sea two days, when it was discovt red taut the stcws'bero man of colour, had stowed away in a berth below, ' c oo cotton had been deposited, an angelic-looking rn tl e , his girl about eighteen years of age, thieking to make h er his own in good earnest when she reached the land of I ' b the Tire captain, thus awkwardly situated, and knowi n g t ad penalty fir thus bringing away a slave, had n o allos o9 ; 0 1 but to put " ship about ;" and he accordingly did 9° ' for caused the love-stricken maid, is ith t e ars in her 0. t wo Sambo, to be re landed by a brig at the expense °' s od sovereigns; and thus had love's fetters been broken', to the voyage prolonged. What reparation Ssinh ° make we have not heard.—Liverpool Journal. (,0 Jet AN INCIDENT FOR A FARCE.—The de T— went on Tuesday morning to his hae" e , r , receive a sum of 10,000'., which he mentioned it'l sibs 1 ; t so presence of several other persons in the room w O pel banker, who replied that he had already sent the!„taer to the Count's hotel. M de T—, however, had ;of business to transact at his banker's, and went into s' eotir' room, where he said aloud he should be detained an a for On his return home M. de T— asked the Countelto the rouleau of bank-notes. She informed him t tat eo ras had been sent back to the banker's by a person typ e .„ in the Count's name for them, and was brought 'tied; own carriage. For a moment the Count was lISO Un to ot but perceiving a packet on the c himney-Pie ee ' a ral i ' it up, opened it, and found all his moneY, the minished by even a single note. It was `aril! 171' turn of the Countess to be mystified, for she ode lieved that the had given all to the stranger. T he ln t e however, was soon discovered. She had at the t i 0( the demand another packet. containing a N uleg a u , tickets for the Civil List Ball in the evening; 9 , 1 1 ' e ha o these were now missing, she was convinced that 6 ' ell given that instead of the berik-notes. The coachlll9 'bac ( being questioned, stated that the person whorn be 'o to brought to the hotel came out of the banking-he e vil' which he desired the carriage might immediately r bee% It was evident, therefore, that the thief must ha fe bs 4' some one who had heard all that had passed in t he . t erl lll cr's room. It was ascertained afterwards, as ma) %, pr e ,: be anticipated, that not one of the ball-tickets w sa a' , sented at the Salle Favart in the evening.Glig Mes anger. t i en' A MASONIC EMBLEM.—A masonic - has been foiled in a stone wall at Ghuznee. It 19rP f i it ' the five points, with an inscription in Persian r e r a n ' the translation of which inscription is " God g r :hod' what I want." During our campaign through Al ors, tr a tan, a strong resemblance to the customs, dress, 3 ' g te; ners of the ancient Jews, was very prevalent anl etl c i th e ( Affvhans. Indeed, at Candahar, they acknowledgejo 0 dircct descent, and called themselves " The chi l igli i 0 IS the Jews." No doubt, many more masonic e mble o ,hoo, o be traced, and if due examination were made, w e lt 0 0v r probably elicit those scintillations, embers of the c oo e light itself, which might be enkindled lane pristine and beauty.—Freemasons' Quarterly. f ti n EXTENSIVE ROBB ERY.--TtICSdaY •" - P r obbl was received by the police of the commission 0' 00 a 9 0 of notes and securities to the value of between I, " d 1,6001. It occurred on the evening of S etu ,,, r ir a dt 'i bo when, as a gentleman, whose name has not trample rpo ot • proceeding along Gill -street, in the town of lei, ve to gi re t ta was nccosted by two Men, of whom he is unah t h e l , on description, who knocked him down, and ' l "' n tgi ° eround robbed him of an old red pocket-b ' ° k c° •tb sec t' Bank of England notes of the value of 75 01, ' b ro rities to the value of about 8001. more, with w le pr :cu got clear off before he could raise an o utcry e t. assistance. 0 11 ` APPOINTMENT OF A MILITAILx eioasece OF WINDSOR.—WINDSOR, FEB. 1.---The ePriaollTee lately rendered vacant by the decease of CaP t ' ac i 0, 5 0 late of the 13th Dragoons, has just been confe t a r ' t he e at Majesty upon Quarter-Master Johnson, late 0' ceg lei Foot, and formerly in the 57th, in which latte r ,0 )1 he had served upwards of 30 years. „ rs FOSSIL INFUSORIA IN THE FL INT LEWES AND BRIGHTON.—It is now some yea the o'4oo were first made acquainted with the remains 0 1 101' 0 0 1 i) reptiles which abound in our sandstone snu„, s I° A bl reeks in the weals' and the startling and mou sse es ibe,': of the originals, depicted by the pencil and the pen of our townsman D:. Mantel!. Thes e be en o te an ancient world, many of which must lo ve f o°o l4 feet long, exceeded by air all living creatures eO,ll ccl family, and their petrified bones mig ht r an 09 al given rise to the tradition of there h a ving the f el mighty race of giants who were the lords go rc c liff ( in ages long past. But these facts arc n ft,l,e f is i ° known that they pass as matters of indisP ut ,hero o ct s ' and we are now called upon to receive an°inot`so phenomena, as overpowering from their iofinite b '" to and the inexhaustible field of inquiry to tch, ic ass tead° they conduct us. A few years ago, a eel ins of ; 0 0 1° man naturalist discove re d th a t whole moulitsl"o, iD were composed of the skeletons of beings bleb 0' as to be invisible to the naked eye, but , e S do ott , ° o 4 microscope revealed to us as of form as e, l i geot robco of organization as wonderful, as even the '3l.doesooi most beautiful of existing beings. The se o no o d' s have becn followed up by naturalists in cu r b ,i ( try, and among other wonderful re sults c od e d: ing fact, that our chalk flints are almost who' l l or iSs' of the shells, or more properly shields or cas° l; tures which must have lived in the sea in whicfoott was deposited. These beings are of va rioug ate 1 : 0 0 1 , referable to several getters, and all are so ivi e d it to ol i o / individual cannot be seen by the naked eye, 3 0 0 1 00 0 require many millions to form a mass of flin t ea og OP, cubic inch! Master Reginald Mantel!, 0) 0 Ta l o ros',soP, the author of " The Foisils of the South v o ier° hi' has been assiduously exploring with b il %, flints obtained from the chalk pits °` 0/' o oo i native place, has discovered that t he a nn (a fossil animal of a globular farm , rous tentacule or arms,) abound in 9 ti sal , r ti rr i; atom of flint, and that they are in as he ttu se e of perfecti on as th e f o s s il fi s hes from the sa'aere,a‘', Several of the species found by this you v gi; f' t)s to l et entirely new, that is, have not been previous icchesbesalc, a proof how highly interesting inexperiencedhese re n i aai r o yotathful mind, since the most p , ope ll o o no a discoverer in this new pith of inquiry. ; t he e 9. 0 0 t b o that the fossil teeth of the shark and other " 9 , pre' e ; t o dint in our chalk, when cut into thin secti°.°-' occt itP"v most extraordinary structure under the nlic,:°iO3 iO distribution and interlacing of the vesse l9 diffe ll9° of bone and ivory that compose the tooth 0 different genera.—Sussex Advertiser. 1 4° t° g ° ° e ,f: STATE OF PARTIES IN oit t y COMMONS,—After the last general election t • 1 ,, ! o p tabular statement, calculating the mejoriti of at tvrents-two, the test being, where ScilrCOrfecli.r; votes of members on the Irish Church ha ve f ony questions. We find that since then the re •,g " 1 0 cAloo' l •yi pa, vacancies or changes occasioned in tee •- ; eetaa'ac -19 by the death of members, 25 by 1 ' 94 eta t / Y c sa the accessions to the peerage and creatintro'rpraitreco.v since of office, and 13 by the decisions o f h oe b feri`al find, moreover, that in ten instances Tories by 10 , , t ,0 , cecded by Rsforrerre—in fifteen, Reforni' e hc I thus reducing the ministerial msjority rney be effected by the coming e'ectioes u"rv. at present to specul:te.—Livrpool Oferc to ok ?, r i t P la h Ott Wednesday a most aeftil eYel" c „ , ,e , y ett o t t a Daveholcs, about midwey bet;seen C!;sr i- n - s t tfl a fs r o d Buxt The day was extremely co ld ' s so n ° 14. r r o ld, Alla acrid one named Yates, about thirteen years a the " e a' in the parish of Chapel-en.le-Frith , en n iaa as ll l , 4 o l ' Holly, about seven years of age, and son , s o, ,r e s, and farmer at Dueeholes, together with n ::" as ret e b r ie h 0 ,1! to the top of a limekiln for the purpose they Hine' 'ltu43for selves, when the stone up n which tee)* S . _ of piled up and in the act of being burned in",,, i , e d t i e t a i , „s , sunk, and the two boys were instently beee3P,cs. fiery vortex far beyond the possibility FR try aseistaeee. Tho man with great stitlicnit., -,.• %., •; . ,e- - tar o it Jess ; e. et ' , ill ""' /if° ceneuutati i.O aaitee bs tests soy poratas - be recovered..--Derbyshire Chronicle. tl .„_ 84 er, , ha to to 14 ••L . I, 44 Ralf Ralf. CLO S nlvt Iviisc 69, L( 61 s Itithi t e tnu, R'lit n ee Iret a 6 r enel Up a Poi *he] taw Abb D o ; to r, col th 4 thi th,