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The Journal des Debats of Friday last has an article from which we may gather sup port for 111C33 views Debats justly connects the democratic party in the United Sates with hostility to a national d.;b7. Nothing higher could be said in its praise. The practice :n the monarchical Governments of Europe of pledging the resources of posterity has bee❑ found pregnant with mischief and ruin. If no other reproach can he heaped on the principle of &ineeracy than hostility to a national debt, the able6t financiers and most honest councillors in Europe will regard it. with reverence ; for they, like .Dr. HAMILTON and Mr. M'CuLLocu, have ad •visea that every nation should raise within the year !a sufficient revenue to cover the expenses of the year. The Debals imputes to democracy, as an offence, aversion to a na ional bank. Its disadvan• tapes are not yet so dear as those of a nation , ' d,br. bat ADAM SMITH, no mean authority, pre 'fel led private banks. Every establishment ap vro,,,)ng the nature and character of a national in Europe, not even excepting the Bank of England, has made something like a bankruptcy ; .and he manner in which the monarchical Govern laieffla of Europe have degraded the. paper they have iissued has brought misery my? ruin on thousands if is he characteristic of a democratic, or mercantile pint to hat& a national bank, we reckon that to its lionour. The Journal des Debals, ignorant of the nature . 3.ntl,,sourees of mercantile credit, and of the paper which it puts into circulation, which, as BURKE says, is 44 of value on 'Change, because it has no value in Westminster Hall," which is defiled by the sanction of the law, because the Legislature creates no wealth, and has no tzoods on their way to market, like the merchant, wherewith to take up its bills—the Journal des Debats, has a short mc t of overturning the careful observation of S a I Tll a n ' the shrewdness of BURK E. " From the moment," it says, 4, when a system of banki ng i s admitted into, the country, from the moment that it is acknow ledged that the United States cannot dispense witl: paper money and credit, it is not only useful, it is absolutely indispensable to the national welfare, that a great institution of credit and circulation should .te placed above all the banks." In that passag e 1 the spirit of NAPOLEON domineers over trade, (. and as certainly crushes it as the same kind of -Imperial spirit has lost France her colonies, and ruined her commerce. The Debats might as well assert that from the time that London could not dispense with gas light, and Manchester was obliged to have recourse to cotton spinning, that a great gas and spinning establishment should be placed by the power of the Government above all the manufactories of gas and cotton twist. Bank promises and credit notes are as much the offspring of commerce and division of labour as gas lighting and cotton spinning, and the Government might as well undertake the management of the latter as of the former. It is amusing at present to find the Journal des Decals, which seems to misapprehend the nature and effect of the democracy of the United States, ascribing to it " a savage national and personal inde pendence." " Its perfection" is said to destroy every bond between individuals in each country, and be tween each portion of the human race. This is amusing, at a time when France is almost isolated by her absurd political system, though she he in the heart of Europe ; and at a time when the United States has by its commerce more connection with England and with the continent of Europe than any one of the great monarchies of Europe has with England or with the rest of the Continent. The democratic system, which requires co-operation to elect a wardman as well as to elect a President—which puts no obstacle to the division of labour, and thus makes every man dependent on others, and which allows of free trade with every other nation, is the very reverse of a system of isolation either of individuals or of No, the proud monarchy where man has no occasion to commune with man to attain a com mon end, but where the whole herd is driven by a common master—where the apprehension of some rival monarchy interdicts traffic, and cuts off a nation as France is now almost cut off from the rest of Europe—the proud monarchy, elate with vain glo rious conquest, utterly regardless of the millions who live in it, is the Government for isolating a nation from other nations, and isolating the indivi duals who compose it. As France is now separated from the rest of Europe, so the inhabitants of Paris and the distant provinces of France, the luxurious idlers of the Chaussee d'Antin, and the hard working, hard-living artizans of the Faubourg St. Antoine, are more estranged from each other, and have less sympathy with one another, than any classes of American citizens. When the well-Informed Journal des De bats writes on France or on the continent of Europe, it is worthy of much respect, but its re marks on the democracy of America are tinctured with the spirit of the Imperial Guard. For that body BONA PA RTE was a divinity—for the Debats, the Government of France, at present, is perfection. We prefer the activity of the demo cracy which has called into life " a multitude of cities, an incredible extent of canals and of rail roads," to the inertness of a monarchy of which the cities, except one or two, are not flourishing, i n which not above one canal has been made for up wards of a century, and which has not yet con structed more than a single railway of very short extent. nations. Some of the Scotch clergy have assumed a bold attitude of defiance towards the law which is worthy of notice, if not of imitation. The Rev. Gentlemen, however, will probably find imitators. They teach the laity a lesson, and set them an example. They are our authorised teachers. They claim a higher authority than lawmakers, and their pretensions tend to overthrow either the law or themselves. Careless or superficial writers and thinkers may turn up their eyes with astonishment, and wonder whi ther this will lead ; but they live in times such as never were before, and strange events are every day the parents of strange doctrines. At a meeting of the Presbytery of Edinburgh on the 6th instant, that body adopted this resolution in reference to the Strathbogie case, which has been decided adversely to the principles of the Presby tery, first, by the Court of Session, and subse quently, on appeal, by the House of Lords : " That the Presbytery contemplate this decision of the Court of Session with the deepest regret and alarm, as involving the exercise of jurisdiction by a civil court in an ecclesiastical matter, and as being thus inconsistent with the word Y . God, the standards of the Church, nod an encroachment upon the acts and liberties secured to the Church and people of Scotland by the Revolu tion settlement, the Act of Security, and the Treaty of Union." The Presbyterian clergy, then, not to be behind the priests of the Romish and the Anglican Churches in claiming a power derived from a higher source than the law, set up the " word of GOD," in opposition to the jurisdiction of their civil court• When it suits their purposes every " authority" is said to be of GOD, and men are commanded to " obey for the LORD'S sake ;" but now another authority is set up against the law—the word of GoD " in opposition to the authority of law," which is also of GOD, and, therefore, according to the clergy GOD'S authority is in conflict with GOD'S authority. It will require some of the mystical and holy con juration in which the priesthood deals to remove the discrepancy between their demands on the laity to obey the authority of the law as of divine origin and their claims to set aside that authority because it is opposed to the word of GOD. When the Court of Session lately ordered the Presbytery of Strathbogie to induct Mr. ED wARDS,II they bad no reason for refusing, the LORD PRESIDENT said, the Act, 1592, provided that the Presbytery " were BOUND and astricted to admit and receive whatsomever qualed person" who was presented to them ; " so the Court," adds a Commentator, " simply declared that a Presbytery could not refuse, without any reason whatever, to perform a duty, and to repudiate an obligation laid on their, by statute." But a Mr. CUNINGIIANIE, a leader of the most-holy-of-all men, and therefore very little lower than an angel, has found out that the Act of 1592 has not provided any means for enforcing on the Presbytery the div.y it requires the Presbytery to perform. He said at die meeting— " I have further to state, that there is no statute in the land which professes to give to the Court of Session the power to order a Presbytery to receive and admit. They can produce no principle from national law ; they can produce no dicta from distinguished writers on law ; they can produce no decisions from the Court of Session itself, since the era of the Revolution, which affords them the slightest vestige of countenance for this order. The question then occurs, on what ground does the Court of Session found their claim to this power, or on what principle do they defend it ? Why, we all know that there is an Act of Parliament binding and restrict ing Presbyteries to receive and admit qualified persons. It is quite true that there is an Act of Parliament con !ain ng these words, and that by that Act an obligation •s imposed upon the Church to receive and admit. But then there is no provision•by which that obligation mat be e , ifureed, nothing giving authority to the Court of Session to interfere to enforce it. ‘• Thera may be a deficiency in the statute—that is no business of mine ; but lithe Court of Session supply that deficiency by a contrivance of its own —and that, in this case, they have done—they break the law, they t themselves,theselve s set themselves above the law, unquestionably th ey set themselves above the law ; assume i t n h e s u p p a p r o t r o t i o l f eg w i l s li h c i l t i or t sl hty cltieay k y e l nnot ws for o point to any statute or their own. But it may be said, i s • there no e nodsesn °1 v i zyt i° •ofenfarcing this civil right ? We say, they leive no right to invent modes which the law has :,et sanctioned ; anti they have no right to , break other lawsltti is ndeorott twi the pretext s o n f d en t f h o a r t ei t n ,h g n i. s h u is pr o o n n e w . 'civil ';iurt . . „ interpret and et fOrce the statute. The right of the Court to enforce statutes against all the rest of the subjects is not expressly given to them as to us Church men. Hence we may violate the statute will: perfect impunity. `'This I will s3y, that the decision pronounced in volves a great sin against God ; that it is in violation of God's word, an interference with Christ's arrangements, haensd:er n a t ssumption of powers and prerogatives which He front then:, and conferred upon the Church. It is an assumptio n substantially of the same jurisdiction in the,government of Christ's house ; and I venture to say that it is not lessened, perhaps it may be increased, because that assumption is made by the civil power, in place of a power callin g itself ecclesiastical. Not only , s it a great and heinous sin and to be regarded in this light, but it is fraught with danger to the rights and liberties of the Church and people of Scotland." Mr. CUNINGHAME, then, objects to the Court of Session enforcing the law of the land, unless that law prescribes the means of enforcing it, and lays on the Presbytety some heavy punishment for disobedience. In England, the omitting to obey such a positive enactment would be a misdemeanour, and Mr. CUNINGHA ME'S doctrines might here end in a two years' imprisonment. In Scotland there must be some similar mode of enforcing the audio rity of the 1,,w and the Court of Session. It has the power to cause its own decrees to be obeyed. Not to obey the order of the Court, made to en force a statute, must be considered a higher offence than merely to omit fulfilling the conditions of a statute, and either Mr. CUNINGHAME and the Presbytery must carry the order of the Court into effect, or go to prison. But Mr. CUNINGHAME, speaking in the name of tile ALMIGHTY, as all the clergy speak, asserts that this assumption of jurisdiction over the go vernment of CHRIST'S house, is a great and heinous sin. The Presbytery adopted the resolution which this speech recommended, and the Presbytery go with Mr. CUNINGHAME in tesisting the ordinances of authority for the LORD'S sake. The Church, then, is at issue with the law on the point of autho rity ;• and while it declares disobedience in laymen to be sin, it declares the acts of authority, in rela tion to the clergy, to be sin. Its doctrines are fashioned to time passing hour. They arc adapted as they are required and paid for, to make men the slaves of the State, or the State the slave of the priesthood. Mr. CUNINGIIAME'S objection to the jurisdic tion of the Court of Session is not in substance different from an objection now frequently made in England. It is naturally assumed in both countries that as the Statute Law!provides for one thing it ought to provide for another. As it enacts that the Presby tery " should admit and receive a qualified person," it ought to have ordained a penalty or punish ment for not obeying, and ought to have described how the fine was to be lc vied and the latter inflicted. It ought to have followed out the business to the end, and not have regulated one-half by positive statute, and left the other to the arbitrary will of Judges. All that it does not prescribe, and which the Court neveithe less does, is Judge-made law. Mr. CUNINGEI A M E says that " the attempt of the Court to supply the deficiency of the statute is breaking the law and setting themselves above the law. They assume to themselves the duty of legislation." In substance, then, the priests of the Scotch Church do not much differ from the philosophic BENTHAM and his dis ciples, "who object in the strongest terms to the Judge-made laws of the Courts. Other persons make a similar objection when it suits their own purposes. The House of Com mons, for example, would never, on a question of privilege, oppose a statute which could completely overrule a privilege. The laws which the Com mons and the Lords oppose are, like the assump tions of jurisdiction to which Mr. CUNINGHAME objects, Judge-made laws. In fact, therefore, the priesthood, enlightened jurisconsults, and the two Houses of Parliament, treat Judge-made or common law with contempt, and recognise only the statute law. Such a conflict between authorities claiming respect seems well calculated to unsettle the reason or the obedience of the nation. It is plain from the united objections of the clergy, the two Houses of Parliament, and enlight ened jurisconsults, that all laws, even to their minutest consequence, should be written, and should be deliberately enacted. The yearly increase of statutes setting aside, term after term, more and more of the common law is perhaps intended to realise this object. Will the change be beneficial The common law is unknown even to the Judges. The statute law is a confused jumble which they are often puzzled to apply, and can never unravel. It now, however, becomes the duty of the priest hood, who have invalidated the authority of law for their own purposes, to teach us laymen the grounds of obedience, and to relieve us from all doubts as to what is and what is not to be obeyed. The Paris Journals of Monday have all been received. The Moniteur publishes the following official news from French Africa:— " TOULON, JAN. 15, 4 O'CLOCK, P M. " THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " During the list days of December, General Guir- Bret executed a razia on the territory of the tribe of Beni Sala Haam. The perpetrators and accomplices of the murder of the Captain of the staff Saget were either killed or delivered into our hands. 60 Arabs were killed ; 800 oxen, 1,200 sheep, tents, and a great quantity of grain, fell into our power. " The expeditionary corps returned to the camp; in the beginning of January, without having suffered any loss. " These particulars have been given to me by the Commander of the Isere." There may be some English readers who know not what a razia is ; and for their information we nay observe, that it is the surrounding an Aral village or district with troops, when the inhabitants fancy themselves in a state of security, and indis criminately slaughtering all capable of offering the slightest .resistance, and carrying off tlieit.property. This is the Fiench system Of colonization; arid in the - records of the murder of every Frenchman found separated from his companions, we read the history of the only success which so inhuman a system merits. The French war in Africa is a war not simply of conquest, but of extermination. M. TIIEERS dined with. the KING on Friday last. The ex-Minister's Report on the fortifica- Lions of Paris, has made him an especial favourite at Court. What do the war faction now think of the consistency of their champio❑ ? The following paragraph appears in Galignani's Messenger of Monday : Several of our contemporaries have intimated that M. De Lamartine is to have the embassy at Vienna, but we under,:tand that these reports are devoid or foundation. It is true that the present Ministry, im mediately on its installation, gave M. De Lamartinc his choice between the embassies of Vienna and Loc don, but he declined accepting either, from metirts which M. Guizot duly appreciated. Since then affair has not been again brought in question. The ported acceptance of the embassy at London by the Count de Saint Aulaire is equally erroneous—h e has, on the contrary, refused it fro►❑ family motives. The same Journal contains a summary of the opinions of the French Journals on the proposed amendment of M. LARABET on the Fortifications Bill, which demonstrates clearly enough that the Government will have the detached forts, or op pcse the Bill altogether. The debate on the Bill is expected to be exceedingly animated. The Tou/onnais of the 13th inst. states, that the Phaeton steamer was waiting the arrival of a personage from Paris, who, it was believed, would replace M. Cechelet, the Consul-General of France in Alexandria. Another steamer, the Chamelion, had been ordered to hold herself in readiness to convey General Bugeaud to Algiers. '.I:ItEAT Y WITH BUENOS AYRES.—M. Meruilliod, the Ministerial Duputv for Havre, has addret.sed a letter to the P res id ent o f the French Chamber of Deputies, stating that he had to present the protest of P 2,000 French subj ec t s i n L a P lata against the Convention signed by Admiral Mu<kau, and adding that the stale of his health would prevent him from asking explana tions of the Minister before the ensuing week. The following is the latest news from Solcure : it is dated the 12th of January : " At this moment (nine o'clock) in the morning, a salute of 101 guns announces the acceptance of the Constitution. The following is a statement of the votes :—For the acceptance, 6,259 ; Against, 4,277. —Majority, 2,012. Of 15,600 c iti zens i n t h e canton entitled to vote, 5,13 4 did not make use of their right. All seems tranquil at Soleure." The sanguinary conflict which has taken place in the canton Argovia may be considered as e n ded. Berne and Zurich have sent their troops i n t o t h at can tonihaneddoocrudemreinst distributed completely restored.—G az .d e F rance. among the members of the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNRSDAY, JANUARY 20 1811. Chamber of Deputies relative to the project of law for the fortifications of Paris:— lst, •An extract from .the Memoirs of Napokrocron the question of the fortifi cations of Paris. 2. An extract from an unpuYisf,::,, .Memoir of Vauban on the same question. 3. A:, Analysis of the Inquiries made by the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the question of supplying Paris with Provisions. 4. An Essay on the Fortifica t ions of Paris, considered with a view to the Expense. 5. Another Essay on these Fortifications,. considered with respect to the Time and Number t4cessary for their Co - mpletion. M. Duver g ier de Hau ranne h as wr i tten a l e t ter to the Editor of the Journal des Debats, in which he gays that he has entered his name to vote not against, but for, the project of law for fortifying Parts.—Le Condi tutionnel. BOURSE .--PARIS, MONDAY, JAN. 18 tire. Highest Lowest Last Price Price. 1- I ric« Piii, rei,ch 5 per Cents ll2 25 ... llt 30 ... 112 25 ... 'l2 21: t uer Cent, Vti ... 99 ... 9,) .. 1;9 3 per Cents 7/ 25 . ;7 35 ... 4' 25 ... 77 3-1 3 ink 01 erance ....... '.. Ilia, tt:411( 1,0001. SO IMO ...11'50 ...1050 ...1r,5 0 . ~,ipan Bank .. 5 per Cent , 3 ter Cents 6B 00 .. 6i 90 ... 1 18 90 ... 08 11:i New Loan .... ..... , !suniAt Active 25 - ... 25 ... 2,5 ... 25 Pasilte 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... 0 I,7•apvliz:lll , r.tilan 19.4i, ... 100% ... lon ... 110 • ,~~ri~.`.~~:ti~`~;~':,F.': '-:i~ia ~~+..;',41','1`. :i~.t'^. • - .:~t HALLWAY SIIAItEs. St. Gerrnsip 1 ersalik3,ll. B 450 450 ... 450 45 ; L. 8...... . 312 50 312 50 .. 310 .3 2 Z.O ()deans . Str:...stturg to Bale It is a melancholy thing in the present state cif Europe to be always having to complain of the unprincipled conduct of Liberal Governments. States blessed with free institutions might be sup posed anxious on all occasions to prove by example how much more conducive such institutions are to the promotion of human happiness, than those sub • H ect to a despotical form of government. Such ex amples Spain and Portugal are especially boUnd to give the world, after so recently passing throUgh the fiery furnace of civil war, rather than bend the knee hofore the footstools of Carlist and Miguelite despot ism. Speaking an almost common language, having a common origin, with institutions in perfect harmony with other, is it not, therefore, disgraceful to find these countries ready to'cut each whet's throats about the instant settlement of a question which has been five years in abeyance without pro voking a word of remonstrance or complaint ? The Douro question is in the same state now that it was five years ago, and yet we are told that Es- PA RTERO refuses to allow the Portuguese Govern ment a single day after the 31st of the current month to settle it, although it cannot be co►istitu tionally settled without the consent of the Car tes. The champion of the Spanish Constitution openly threatens the violation of that of Portugal. No.v, Portugal having asked and obtained Bri tish mediation, ESPA RTERO cannot hope to cross the frontier without offering a deep insult to the British nation—a nation. for whose sympathy he ought to have a profound respect, seeing that it saved constitutional freedom in Spain, and mate rially assisted in making a Regent of a soldier of fortune, who otherwise would have shared tire - Tate of the equally brave and patriotic General RI EGO. But, however warlike may he the feelings of ESPA R TERO, we cannot suppose that in a step which would force Spain into a collision with Great Bri tain in any way, he would obtain a majority of votes in the Council of Regency. Spain would not readily par don the Cabinet that would deprive her of that British sympathy which so mainly contributed to the suc cess of her revolution. Possibly, however, we over-rate the danger of a hostile collision. Such at least is the opinion of the Journal des Debats, in whose columns of Monday we find the follow- ing paragraph : " We think that too much importance is attached to the vivacity with which the Spanish journals and the Madrid Official Gazette express themselves with regard to the Portuguese Government. The passage of the speech of the Queen of Portugal relative to the affair of the Douro, and the terms of which have ap peared offensive to the Spanish Government, is the sole motive of this momentary excitement. The Re gency declares that it will enforce by arms the execution of the treaty ; there is every reason to believe that the treaty will be executed without its being necessary to have recourse to this extremity. Portugal has already applied for the mediation of England ; and as the British Government, according to the language of its organs, recognises the justice of the Spanish claims, it is very probable that the difference will end in a pacific solution." Both Portugal and Spain want repose, to con solidate their civil and ecclesiastical institutions, to foster industry, paralysed by civil dissensions, and to extend their commerce. If ESPARTERO wants employment for his army, let him employ them in making roads, building bridges, and other great works calculated to benefit his country. Ili this way only can he increase his claims to the gratitude of his contemporaries and of posterity. The Madrid Journals of the 11th inst. have reached us. The report of a new treaty of com merce between England and France, by which the duty on French wines imported into England would be reduced from 321. 10s. to 101. had seriously alarmed the Spanish wine-growers. It: was fur ther dreaded that the British Government, dis pleased with the new Spanish tariff, would increase the duty on Spanish wines. The merchants of Xeres had deputed an agent to England to watch over their interests. On the Bourse the F►ve per Cents. were it much demand on the 11th. They opened al t?.B 11-16ths, and closed at 28a for cash.. The private intelligence teceiveil from Constan tinople of the 28th ult., brings a very different ac count from that previously communicated to us o the conditions upon which the SULTAN has signed the firman granting the hereditary Government of Egypt to MEHEMET ALIT In fact, from the statements now made in private letters from the Turkish capital, it appears to us that the VICE- ROY has been very shamefully treated ; and from the tenor of an article, of which we quote an extract in another column, from the Manzari Shark, an English journal, published at Smyrna, and supposed to speak the sentiments of Lord PONSONBY upon all questions connected with Egypt, we fear that our Ambassador has had a larg, share in the proposed humiliation of a Chief of whom his Lordship has long been supposed to en tertain a strong personal dislike. The correspon dent of a Contemporary, whose letter from Constanti nople is dated the 28th ult., gives the following account of the conditions upon which the SULTAN consents to allow MEHEMET ALI to retain the Pachalic of Egypt : The Supreme Council has at length decided on the terms to be conceded to Mehemet Ali; they are such only es t conqueror would ia.puse on an enemy completely at his mercy ; and the insolent spirit in which they are dictated may be characteri,ed in two words, Vice vielis ! The tenure on hch he will be allowed to retain the Pachalic of i Egypt will he no better than that of any other Pacha of the Porte. H. is to have neither army, fleet, nor revenue; he is to bo as signed a yearly salary, while the Pate appoints its own mouhasails for the collection of the public taxes. The Egyptian troops are, to a certain extent, to quartered every year in Turkey, and to be replaced by a Turkish force, which is to be commanded by Paellas of inferior rank, nominated by the Porte. Such part also of the Egyptian fleet as it shall deem expedient must be delivered, together with the Turkish, nto the hands of L•;:op;erd. The cif' et of thee" previsions will, if duly executed, be to reduce. Mehemet Ali in the Government, a here he has or the last 30 years en joyed sovereig n an d un di s p u t e d a uthority, to a mere cipher. He would, in sho r t, b e pl ace d by them so completely in the power of the Sult an t h at h e would have no security for his head, which, indeed, there has already been some question in the Council of declaring forfeit. The Sheikh Islam, . doubtless at the instance of Reschid Paella, and in order to silence the supporters of Mehemet Ali in the Council, openly denounced him as one with whom no terms could be observed, and who, by his treason and his crimes (th e most atrocious of which was having put to death two of the principal Sheikhs), had forfeited all claim to mercy. I t is evident, therefore, if the Four Powers still lend their assistance to the Porte, that the Pacha has little to expect from its forbearance. We sincerely trust that the Four Powers, and es pecially England, will not constitute themselves mere executioners of the vengeance of the Porte. MEHEMET ALI'S right to the Government of Egypt on the conditions at first proposed by the Four Powers, and sanctioned by the Porte, is as ~aerod a, ABD-I,L-IkLEDJID'S to the oivus,- ture of the sword and mantle of the Prophet. Now these conditions implied the uncontrolled do. minion of Egypt, civil, military, and financial. It was in this sense they were understood by the VICEROY, by the Four Powers, and by France. If the Porte meditated treachery from the com mencement, let us be no parties to it. Oo the contrary, it is our especial duty, having signed a convention with the PACHA, to protect him in every right which we thereby, acting with the con sent of the Porte, guaranteed to him. Dr. It lACII, who was attached to the embassy of Sir JOHN NPNEIL, proceeded, on the 27th tilt, from Constantinople to Teheran, charged with the ultimatum of the British Government to the Shah of PEIISIA. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals this week have been moderate, with so lilac dispAition to business that the sale of all kinds of Corn has been very small, as the buyers arc looking for larger supplies soon. Flour very little in demand. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. All descriptions of Game and Poultry were in good re quest, in consequence of the small supply received since Saturday, and prices were as last quoted. Eggs in good demand at 6s. to Bs. for English. Meat was in very short supply ; the trade was rather lively, and the market was cleared at the prices of last week. COLONIAL MARKET. The market presented a quiet aspect ; the public sales were of little moment, and privately the transactions were on a small sc-de ; prices, however, were firm for most articles. The arrivals have been small from all quarters. TEA MARKET. _ The demand for Free Trade was very limited, and prices had a downward tendency. Company's Congou flat at Is 60 per lb. Some public sales have been declared. TALLOW MARKET. Prices on the decline, and the demand very limited, for P. Y. Candle ; 4GL 3d. was the value on the spot. METAL MARKET. Spelter in good request, and pric firm ; 241. 10s. was the value on the spot. Iron and Lead in large demand. SPIRIT MARKET. _ Brandy in better request, and prices firmer. The Rum Market quiet, but prices firm. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—We continue to experience a good demand for Cotton at full pricee ; the sales to-day are 6,000 bags, of which 2,000 bags have been taken on speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, JAN. 19.—Eastern Coun ties, 84; Debentures, 5Q ; Grand Junction Half Shares, '._93 -;-London and Birmingham, 1711. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 19.—Our market still continues heavy, prices receding. Man chester and Leeds, 78i, London and South Western 58, Manchester and Birmingham 25 a 26, ditto Exten sion 3 a 3b, Eistern Counties 8/ a 9, Edinburgh and Glasgow 29 a 29i, Union Bank of Manchester 8 a 81. Demerara papers to the 28th November bare been received, by which it is stated that the British Guiana Insurance and the British Guiana Steam Navigltion Bills have passed the Court of Policy. The capital of the latter is to be 100,000 dollars, in the first instance, with power to increase it to a million, on the recom mendation of the Governor. The shares have bee❑ fixed at 50 dollars each, as it would allow the labourers who arc now purchasing landed property to invest their capital in that speculation. The means of increasing emigration of the free labourers into the couiltry are still under discussion, and various means are suggested of inducing the negroes of the Carribbee Islands and the United States to settle in British Guiana. Much discussion is also going on as to comparative value of property before and since the emancipation. The Guiana Chronicle mentions the fact of Plantation Sparta, which was bought in 1834 for 11,700/. having been recently sold for 18,000/. JAMAICA.—The accounts from this fine island are much more favourable, the planters and labourers b,)- Mg on much better terms, and the prospect for the fu ture more favourable than they have been for some time. TIIE FUNDS. -Consols °purled heavy this morning ; left off at 90 Sellers for Money ; at present 894 i for the Account; closed at 90k I, at present 89i 90, since which done at 90 to 90k We Cannot as yet account for the heaviness of the market, but it is supposed that money is tagain getting tight. Exchequer Bills 8 10 prem. ; 13.tuk Stock 169 171 ; this stock is 14 per cent, higher than it was a month since ; India Stock 251 253. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is a shade lower ; left off at 24/ at present 24i ; Deferred 12 Passive 6L ; Portuguese same as they left. off, 82/ 4 ; Three per Cents. 201 ; Colombian 2314 ; Mexica❑ as they closed, 291- 29 ; Brazilian the same, 72 73 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50k ; Five per Cents. 98/ 99/. SHARES.--Great Western 28 29 prom. ; New 13 14 prem. ; London and Brighton 6.-1 6 dis. ; Black wail 14/ 13/ dis. ; Birmingham 83 85 prem. ; South ampton 57 58 per share ; Croydon 12/ / per share ; Greenwich 81 / per share ; Manchester and Birming ham 15 13 dis. , South Eastern and Dover 141 I dis. PRICES OF SILAItES THIS DAY AT OiN t,. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol dnct Exeter GO ...... 32 .. to Great Western London and Brighton London and Birmingham London and Greenwich (New). 20 JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American . ..... 40 London Joint Stock .... 10 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam C F. 1" 31 , Gibraltar Oat°, at sight ...... ~.. 12 3 Leghorn. Rotterdam 2 U. 12 6 'Genoa 25 85 Antwerp l2 4Milan ' Ifamburgh.......M.B. 13 10 Venice ... 47 Alums.. Paris, 3 days' sight 25 45 'Pa ermo, per oz 121 D;tto, 3 months 25 70 'Lisbon .. 514 Marseilles... .. ...... .... 23 75 'Oporto . . 521 Bourdeaux... . . .. 25 75 , Rio Janeiro 2d Frankfort on Maine.... 1491 i Bahia 27 Petersburg'', 3 U 5..... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effec. 11 3 M lO 3 !Philadelphia Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz 36 Foreign Gold, bars.. 3 17 9 -lillaoa Barcelona 351 New Dollars.. 0 4 101 Seville 351 ,Silver in Bars 0 5 01 HALF-PAST oNF. Consols cintinue heavy, anti have been done at •89i ..,:. the Account; at present may be quoted 894 90; in the ea rly part of the morning a little Money Stock was brought to market, but not to any extent. We have a report id a fAilurc in the mercantile line of a very respectable report to some extent, wh;ch has had ratir2r an effect upon the market. Exchequer Bills have fallen, 4 10 6 prem. ; I.,dia Bonds, 8 dis. ; India Stock,2sl ; Bank Stoch,l7o 171. Money is easy in the House at present, but is expected to be scarce in a f.'w days. In the Foreign M ar k et Spanish Active 241 i ; 'Portuguese 32,i ; 'Flue,: per Cents. 20 1 ; Brazilian 721 1 ; Dutch Two.and-a- Half her Cents. 501; Five per Cents. 994. In the Share Market scarce anything doing. London and Brighton 43. ; London and Birmingham 173. IRELAND. MR. O'CoNNELL —The Drogheda correspondent of the Pilot supplies the following intelligence : " BELFAST, SATIMDAY NIGHT, - NINE O'CLOCK.— YOU Will be happy to hear the Liberator arrived here safe and well at seven o'clock this evening. , The town is gairi soiled by 1 500 fine troops. You see bow very careful they are of Ls. The excitement here is beyond description. The Irish Correspondent of a Contemporary writes:— " T'ne violent Orange party appear to be sadly disap_ pointed at not hiving a brush' with the O'Connellites : but, from all I can learn, the Roman Catholics in this part of the north have so greatly increased of late years that they would be fully able to defend themselves, if any at tack were made. . However, the Government have wisely taken such precautionary measures that no such collision can take place, and the O'Connell party, even before his arrival, had announced their determination to have no pro cession on the occasion of Mr. O'Connell's entrance. " The military forces will be stationed in various parts of the town on Monday, when the dinner to Mr. O'Connell is to take place." FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.—This morning, about four o'clock, a destructive fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mr. Wrleher , tallow-melter, Crucific-lane, Bermondsey. It appears that the tire originated in the warehouse, but from what cause cannot at present be as certained. From the early hour at which the fire coal nienced, and foam the inflinunable nature of the materials, the flame had attained a terrific ascendancy before any aesistance could be rendered, or any engines had arrived. On their arrival the firemen immediately commenced operations, and, having a pien:iful supply of water, suc ceeded, by great exertions, in confining the fire to the area in which it commenced, the adjoining buildings being out partially injured, but it was not till nearly half-past Seven o'clock that the fire was got under—even at ten u'cl( ck the firemen were still playing on the ruins, which mined vast columns of smoke. The whole of Mr. Wilder's extensive warehouse, covering a space of about a quarter of an acre, is completely destroyed, merely the 'care walls of the dwelling-house are left standing. Un fortunately a very valuable cart-horse was burnt to a eind..r, although every effort was made to ,rave it. The greater portion of the valuable stock of raw and manufac, lured tallow, &c., has become a prey to the flames. The brewery and store-house belonging to Messrs. Cox, and Mr. Harrison, the woolstapler's, warehouse, were consi. &nib!) . injured, and some damage done to the surround. in,, buildings. The amount of damage cannot at present be estimated, but is supposed to exceed 4,0001. It is un derstood the parties are all insured. CHANCE.Ry COURT-(THIS DAY.) IiAPN ARP V. PO!\II7TT 'Tie Loan CHANCELLOR gave Judgment to-day io this case, which came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls. The question in the case was, whether an executor, having admitted assets to pay legacies, and being obliged afterwards to apply those assets in payment of the testator's debts, was bound to pay those legacies. The Master of the Rolls decided that he was, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. His Lord ship was clearly of opinion that the judgment of the Court below was correct, and dismissed the tippgial with costs. BUCKERIDGE V. GLASSE. His LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this easo, re versing the decree of the Vice-Chancellor, which dis missed the bill with costs. VICE-CHAN CERY.-(THIS DAY.) BANNATYNE V. LEADER. The further arguments in this case occupied the Court the whole day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS I)AY.) (Sittinv,s in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THOS. lIOPKIN3 AND THE COMMISSION ERS OF THE BOSTON COURT OF REQUESTS. In this case a rule had been obtained calling upon the defendants to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, directed to them, commanding them to deliver to Meaben Statuelan, who had been duly elacted Clerk of the Commissioners, certain books and papers, which he was entitled to hold by virtue of his clbce. Sir F. PoLeocx now appeared to show cause-against the return. The return which had been machc to the writ by the Commissioners was, that they had no power or control over any papers or documents connected with the office of Clerk ef:t he Court of Requests, and there • fore they could not deliver up the same. Tne return of Mr. Hopkins was to the effect that by the provisions of the Act 47 Geo. 111., the Mayor and Aldermen, under the eld Municipal Act, and not the Town Coun cil, under tho new Act, were the proper persona to ap point to the dffice of Clerk of the Court of Requests; that Mr. Stamelan had been appointed by the latter, and that at. the time of his appointment he ( Mr. Sta. rnelan) was a Councillor of the borough, and by virtue thereof inca'pacited from filling the office of Clerk of the Court of Requests ; that he ( Hopkins) had been duly nominated and appointed by a majority of the Alder men, and by virtue of his office claimed to retain these documents. There were two points for the considera tion of the .Court. First, it being admitted that the Town Council elected Mr. Stamelan, and that the Mayor a nd Aldermen elected Mr. Hopkins, the ques- tion was, which of these two elections was the valid one. The other question was, whether Mr. Stamelan at the time of his appointment, being a Councillor, was in a con dition to be elected to the office of Clerk of the Court of Requests. The Learned Counsel, after referring to se veral authorities on the subject, submitted that the return made by Mr. Hopkins was bad and insufficient, arid that a peremptory mandamus to compel the delivery of the books and papers, ought to go. Su. WILLIAM FOLLETT took a preliminary objec tion to the rule on the ground that the whole of the facts had not been disclosed to the Court at the time the applicatiin was made. It was clear from what had now been stated, that it was an attempt to decide the right to . a' disputed election, both parties claiming to have been duly elected ; and the Court would at once see that that was a proceeding which could not be done by mandamus. The COURT was of opinion that the objection was good.—Rule discharged. BAIL;•COURT.-(THIS DAN.) (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS ) His LoaDsHIP heard several motions in the early part of this morning, but they were ail of them devoid of every feature of public interest. (Sittings at Nisi Prins.) ALEXANDER V. LINGFORD. This case, which was an action on a bill of exchange for 8001., had been special-ly fixed for eleven o'clock this day. When the Jury had gone into the box, and the case was called on, it appeared that neither of the counsel for the plaintiff were present. On the plaintiff's attorney being asked what gentle men he had instructed, he replied that he had given briefs to Mr,Ylatt and Mr. Wightman. On inquiry it appeared that Mr. Wightman was at that moment engaged in speaking in another Court, and that Mr. Pratt had not been seen about the Courts during the morning. The Attorney then said that he had, since the case had been called on, given a brief to Mr. Petersdorff, who shortly after entered the Court, and proceeded with the case. Mr. IticHARDs and Mr. HUMPIIREY appeared for the defence,, i which was that the defendant's signature as endorser wets a forgery. Considerable laughter was excited during the course of the trial by the cross-exa mination of the accepter's brother, from which it ap peared that the accepter was living either rah the drawer of the bill or her mother—that he was exten sively engaged in bill transactions—that he had not been living as a gentleman, but in the style of a gentle man, for the last three years, upon nothing. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. DREADFUL DISASTERS AT SUN DEEtLAND BY THE FLOODS. SUNDERLAND, JAN. 18.—Never within the memory of the oldest inhabnant has the shipping interest of this part sustained, by sit er floods, damage and loss so extensive as that which has this day been occasioned by the breaking up of the ice in the river Wear. The thaw and the heavy rains to the westward, which prevailed for two or three days, bad led the crews of the respective vessels to use every pre caution in securing them, so as to withstand the pressure of she vast body of ice which would inevitably, on its breaking up be borne along with the ebbetide ; but notwithstanding the utmost vigilance on the part of thetrewk and the river authorities, the harbour from the entrance to the Hetton Coal Staiths, (a mile and a half iiiilength), presents one vast scene of wreck and confusion. The main body of the ice, borne down with increased rapidity by the floods, swollen by a continuance of rainy weather, reached the harbour at about half-past four o'clock this ,roorning, bearing away with sweeping and irresistible sway all before it—driving front their moorings (and; in some instances, with their mooorings) upwards of 100 sail of ships, several steam boats, besides innumerable keels and other small craft, to gether with rafts of timber, all huddled together in the most distressing confusion. The scene which presented itself at day-break was truly terrific, and is beyond description. Vessels entangled with their broken masts, bowsprits, rudders, bulwarks, stanchions, stems, sterns, bows, arid rigging, so as ' in many instarrees to render it impossible to identify the respective . properties. The ice is so compactly formed into pne solid and extended sheet that it has remained immoveable during the whole of the day, undisturbed by the flux and reflux of the tide, inter spersed, as we leave stated, with detached pieces of tim ber, broken spars, wrecked boats, and damaged keels, and men and boys, Walking without trepidation, from side to side, in pursuit of what they might find of value. In the present confused scene, it is difficult to furnish any thing like a-correct estimate of the damage done to property, or of the number of lives lost, as several vessels have drifted out' of the harbour, and it i s h o p e d some are I on board. The following is a partial list of the vessels, which have been driven from' their moorings and are laying about tbe harhour in great confusion :—The fine brig Pilgrim, of Lynn, sunk and almost a complete wreck in the middl e of the harbour , ; William Henry, belonging to Suader_ land, sunk, stern-post and rudder given way, bulwarks and stanchions stove in, and foremast carried away ; Kirton, seriously deranged and sunk ; Resource, dismasted, broad side sent in, and decks partly carried away, supposed to be past repair; Effete, sunk, and terribly damaged ; Ata lanta, bowsprit, bulwarks, and stern stove in ; Thistle, lying atelletton Spouts, lost foremast, bowprit, and sustained various other injuries ; Beeswing, driven from Lambton's - Drops, foremast and top etanehions carried away. The Hare, steamer, drove to sea, came behind the south--pier, chore she became a total wreck ; the Safety, steam-boat, lost; George and Ann, steamer, lost ; Prince Albert, steamer, sunk, and much injured ; Earl Durham, steam-boat, sunk, and greatly damaged ; the Neptune, steam-boat, drove from Hetton Spouts to the ferry-boat landing, having lost paddle-cases, paddles, rudder, stanchions, and bulwarks. The brig Queen Victoria, Sunderland, has lost foremast, main-topmaat, main boom, bowsprit, and carried away her stern and a considerable portion of her bulwarks ; a Rochester barge, timber laden, drove behind the south pier, but was after. wards towed into the harbour again ; Petrel, of Sunder land, lost bowsprit, and had her bulwarks stove ; a foreign vessel (Dutch) was cut down to the water's edge, present ing, a most lamentable appearance ; the Era, of Rochester, drove to sea without any living animal on board, save a dog ; the brig Jean was driven to sea, arid has not yet been seen or heard of; OW GAIIIIII,I was also driven to sea, with eirly one boy on beard, but has sinee been reported to have got into Haitiepool ; . and several other vessels, whose nettles we have not been able to ascertain, were likewise forced out by the pressure, some of which, having crews on board, were brought up in the roadte and afterwards towed in ; but the number missing is not correctly known, such is the general confusion. A poor boy, while in the act of leaving a ship which was in imminent danger, by means of a rope, was unfortu nately- cut in two owing to the vessel he was leaving closing with another ship near Mark Quay. He was the het one left on bard, the others having succeeded in getting front her. The coal drops and part of lietton-spouts were carried away by ships coming in contact with them, anti several of the Sunderland and Durham Railway Corn pany's stacks sustained partial injury. The most disastrous and melancholy case is that of the brig Newby, which lies bottom up across the I:111bour mouth, and must become a total wreck. This vessel was drivee against the north pier, and the crew, Severn in number, were with great difficulty and immense danger drawn on to the pier by means of a rope, throws on beard by Mr. Garthwaite, dock•master= the men oue after the E4WEN INN, EDITION other were drawn a'onz this rope and lando o n ac pi p A' this moment the vessel went over, and an active 301I'r, ro , ”„Johq Daysorr, f 1 ) ()' • was forced oicibtiatti by tie drowned. l. The late severe weath er h a d cause d con siderabl e tress and want among the humbler classes, rat ticuli cal shipwrights, and the awful calamity of to-day must ° to in a greater or less degree by every clays of 1110 O li v a nity. The banks, and quays, and piers have all day thronged by thousands of anxious spectators ,• in thei ricif tenances of many of the shipowners were depicted - sternation and dismay. 10 The following vessels, although seri ous ly dsmage A l it io succcded in getting into the North D ec k, so that , t jt event of another rush of ice, which it i s d o ubtful 51 ", place, they wi.l be secure from further r isk of darsag` ,. o l The Epsilon—main boom carried away, and _:eta or bulwarks terribly shattered; Boreas—cat-head end e d board bow stove in, stern a nd quar t er muc h &wor t Sunderland packet—both quarter and stern shatteredtb°o sprit gone, and bow stove, main yard bloke. and c oiled a'cay. Also the Coadjutor, Swift, Nortel•r y Economy, Delta, Melrose, A n trim, Thomas arid 1461/ ad considerably damaged. 110 Fearful as this account is, though it c om p r ehendst - i o. the t:reatcst industry could obtain, it is by no ad, quate picture of the distress and ruin which p,e/si' TURKISH NEWB. 1° We copy the following from the Smyrna . 1 Shark c.:t the 29th ult. : 01. " CONSTANTINOPLE, IE-g a g _ _ _ ; 1 "" " Oa the lith instant the British stean..iriF,4L2 oleo buli arrived here, and brought from Mehemet Ali $ O 4 of nominal submission, couched in terms moil . 0. 0 ,1 tionable. Since then diplomacy has had a busy 11 f 0 it. The day following the Amba s sad ors of t he fi Powers had a conference on the subj e ct - a t the '" palace at Therapia. _ _ eft On the 20th they went in a body to the house Excellency Reshid Paella, Minister for Foreign where a very warm discussion took place. According', express stipulations of the memorandum drawn el l io signed in London on the 14th N o v em b e r, is is ;i that Mehemet Ali must not only submit truly, fo right whatever to claim the good offices of toed Powers until he shill have restored the fleet, and 0 14 0 certain places. If the present question therefore be: .l l then he has done this or not, the answer is limple--10 not, and therefore is not in a position to demand the, yo vention of the Powers, or to expect the favou- of Sovereign. But public report says the Ainhassa d hot exacoly agree on this head, though on what g te A any of them can differ from his colleagues we cau o/ 0 1 ceivo. In the m ean ti me not hi ng w h atever h as be c iti tided on that we can learn. It is evident that thero cannot accept the empty assur ances o f a P ac h a o ff to the teeth, and making the most extensive reran', o lo fence his resources will admit of, as a bona fide and supposing that he were unarmed, and at the feet Al Sultan, even all the Four P owers cou ld t h en dov ° ,•o only to ask for the rebel's pardon Whether " I , granted or not would depend upon the Ottoman Gli o Y merit, whom no one has a right to compel. This lieve, the present state of the affair. _ " Any arrangement made upon such a basis eeu: t o i be a truce, and war with all its horr ors wou ld re; b certain as the sun will rise to-morrow. Deprive Ali of all future power to be disobedient, and big!! sion will be complete, not otherwise. A welt skin is still a wolf, and he will ever seize the first turiity of bursting through his disguise to repeat, proper form, the depred a ti ons w hi c h are natura l to a " The wish of the Four Powers to cairn the aro ire of self-hritated France is of course sincere , I is impossible that they should desire to do it e :f expense of' probity and justice, nor can t he r d able portion of the French p u bli c expect i t. If 14;f really injured by Meh eme t All's being deprivri power to renew his designs against the Ottoman e nothing can be more evide n t th an t h at s h e hersel f have views which, were they known, would he Mug, taste of the Sultan and his true friends. Her Or!! mination to use all her influence to p reserve the bC d scourge must proceed from some plan fixed, and,wki'. cannot consent to renounce even at the greatest : P.' risk of ultimate injury to herself. for It would be highly ridiculou s t o i mag i ne , that g mere sake of the tyrant himself, sh e wou ld laylers e to so much oblecpy, put herself to so much expen 9 , el o at such hazards, oppose the wishes of all has done. This cannot be. She has views for advantage. Should they be legitimate, they sb f b first discussed, and not the rights of the Pa hl ' cannot possibly exist. ' " The Stromboli remains here until it is quilo r. ,, o whether the Egyptian affair is to assume a to remain as it was. This will depend in a great P o ', upon the conduct o f th e F our P owerrs. N o utletb ' surely be paid t o th e unmean i ng assurances of 14 ' e Ali. " The Porte has received official intelligeneee z d brd et 3 9th instant, of the entrance into Aleppo, of :toIF A Pacha and Esaad Pacha. Th e f ormer was ab ° :i i ipleF, teed to occupy Damascus, whi c h h a d b e et c , tr eat,' evacuated by the Egyptians, w h o were i n full , r ,"4 the Mecca road. Ibrahim P a cha, s i nce the fa" appears to be exceedingly confused in the bead-- - " I i into his presence officers who have long been M: i, others he should know to h ave abandoned Win s '," people whi about chhegiv e h s im dir a e r e c tio o n a s e s n o c d o i rn re p c i t e ly to c y on p t u r z a z d l i e c d to h ry os r i:i 4 Suleiman Pacha, on the contrary, it is added, is lected and cheerful as if nothing had gone wroeff's fe li' " Five thousand more troops are going off f° ,. e ida a reinforcement. The steamer Tahiti Bahri pr o % day, and takes a detachment, besides Hussein „, 11 01 sident of the military council, who goes on a gP`;‘ . l l sion to organize the re -conquered Sandjaks, en"' turn shortly, Reshid Pacha, late of Top ' killt e %tria, Pacha, and Abdi Pacha, who are to servo oil t ue yeri Zecherieh the new sersakier, who had l' f lto' ceived news of his appointment, when he preps" 1 out from Aleppo for Damascus. I gel " The newlj-fitted out steamer the Iscudar % i v formerly Orient) is now ready for sea, and yes,,, t , e ' c i l $ e l ; Sultan took a trip in her to the mouth of the DI t e His Majesty was accompanied by Riza Pacha an d t e!, gentlemen of his court, and was d e li g h te d w ith 4 ; 4 9' stet', for which the weather was favo ura bl e . She I A beautiful craft, is as swift as an arrow, carries a 0 8) t el aud will do exactly to run between Stamboul and Tr' o l o as intended. She belongs to a Turkish t cernpanYte ,e r chiefly of persons very highly pl ace d, amon g v/"" h s Sultan himself figures. Ahmed F et hi P ac ha; ' l , O managed the whole affair with th e hi g h est cre dit Ibp;S' self, gave yesterday a grand banquet on board. br Lambert, commander of the Iscudar, was in a 'less some uniform, with epaulettes and a fees. 1" " The Persian Ambassad o r, Mi rza Dji s ff er , ;' 9 ig ie drys to be admitted teen audi ence o f t h e S u ltan. d o . A ir. .6 Mr. Churchill, editor of the Dejeridei 11 011 sie received from his Highness the decoration called h i Iftihar, in brilliants. e a t " On the 20:h there was a g ran d con f erenc e, - ,, 0 00 1, 0 by the Ambassadors of the F our P owers, at t he 7 0 0,,,,,d Reshid Pacha. The Sul'a n ' s steam yac h t wa s the disposal of Lord Ponsonby (who still resides i ; p 9 sepia) on the occasion. Th e su bj ect o f diSens9eollie of course, the Egyptian question. Afterwards e 4. if, I I was held at the Porte, o n t h e same moruereous 4 1: 0 e 1 in the evening anoth er t oo k p l ace at the ' IT " lieshid Pacha. COURT CIRCULAR. Vol WINDSOR, TUESDAY.--He r M a j esty ark-d irris Albert walked on the Terrace of the Castle 613 be ll Slopes this afternoon f or some t i me. The Due • r b e i Keat has not left th e C ast l e to-day. f Lady Portman h as succeeded the Duchco, r - he ford as the Lady i n W a i ting on the Queen• '`,llo„it" of Listowel h as succeeded the Earl of Fieli eb 1 Lord in Waiting on her Majesty, and Mr. tti succeeded Vice-Admiral Sir Robert 0 01704 :5 Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. oft' J The Royal Dinner Party at the Castle 1) 11( included the Earl of I .lxbrYitge, Lord par c to ;0 0 .4 1 George Paget, and th e L ad i es Eleanora an d C°s ; Paget, Lord b and L a dy Kinnaird, and Mr' • • and the flop Mrs. Anson. • A Cabinet C o u nc il was h e ld yester d a y after °° 00 the Foreign-office. The Ministers present or er ` j ii: count Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, bad 5 0 1 1, Lansdowne, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Nofr„oct Viscount Palm e r s t on , Lnrd John Russell, the f, for of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Viscounirte cannon, the Ri g ht H on . H. Labouchere, 1)°j1 peth, and the Right Hon. I', B. Macaulay. IPA The Agent for Jamaica , accompanied bY Jo* Moncrieffe, had an int erv i ew with Lord Jc' bn yesterday at the Colonial-office. ijeo t :cl The Marqui s o f L ans d owne, ' as Lord Pr e° gf fr s t the Council, w ill g i ve, on the 30th instant, of 1 1- 1 dinner, at which the Roll of Sheriffs for the Pr es d e 0 1/c b e i ng will be arranged, previous t o it s submid e- MaDespy jest in Council tc Despatches from . the Governor of Gibraltar W e ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. PY EAST SURREY ELECTION.--The TAbCr,lt terest in Surrey is en the alert, and an unexcepti" ° ,: - tfr i . didate will be announced witho u t d e l ay. The very u e ift ° 4 prevails throughout the di s t r i c t , and there is ever):o',oo, r est of success. Major Beauclerek, Mr. AngePttstiii bg Mr. Larpcnt have all been named, but no addre.o„fiV, issued until a meeting of th e principal county elec t , been held. 3 .6a f It is said in the City that the PottUoile oto vernment concluded yesterday a contract for 25 ° ` , ;,i:it l o sadiPery, 12,000 sets of accoutrements, and othe r 6 .0 4 1 . 0 slorc.s; and that the English Government ba g a ° i3i a ;;ite tilern on credit a large quantity o f muskel''4ee anti oilier arms, the delivery of which is taking r this moment in the 'Fewer. ,r0O• ELECTION Volt BRIDGE MASTO'.--;sr0OCI o'Cleek this day. At th e a b ove h ou r the nulhberoihb* thus:--Gibbs 2,467; Ledger, 2,195; majority 272. : o Tizu ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY --- Ti .1 Vie ' '' of Stamford and Warrington has inclosed to Mr%jost' d o sets., the treasure r o f thel1o) al Humane Society, a of 101. in aid o f the lr.nevolent purposes of that il oar hoRTICULTUNAL SOCIETY.—The; fit cocid°2; nary meeting for the present year was held 02, _ P w oo% afternoon, Dr. Henderson, V P., in the cha ir • presents were announced. The meteorologica.„l ,Fc:rcr kept at the gardens since the last meeting , frOu r , v h ' 1) 44 '. 7to January 19, gave—barometer, highest 2 7 r ittlg ,s 30,044 inch, lowest llth Jan. 28,86 4 inch, 10 ) a n hb,.,,c 1 4 within a fortnight of V; inches ; thermornete.r, h j 'g lu Dec. 56. F. ; lowest 7th and Bth Jan. 6. F• ' an •.0 of rain 2.68 inches. Sir F. Pollock, P. was adir , a Fellow s and tht mcqting adjourned to Feb. 2. ~~ . a ti e Pei TI t 1 w e of ; I)( Et hitt liarn JOlti 0r.% tp ti hh 14 01: LP 'I tile; 4rl lol ti e Pet !Pt tot. ith t 1 1 .14 , Aot, th, n, th I 11 0; i ld bt 4 ' Il k ti it I v, tu, . it e 9 to ~~'c a,~ *ru t Ate, • d 0 Nhit , 4 !. 1 " • tlib i IK.t 1. f .;.