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Tin. LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts franz the Morning Papers, Jan. 15. [THE TIMES:I Ferdinand's,.Decree, published in 'The Times of yesterday (See THE Sus of. yesterday) might not unfairly be called the composition of a King of Bedlam. This egregious Sovereign believes that the whole Spanish, peOple•are Ns friends, al though a foreign army is kept in Spain for no cause but that which every man in Europe, him, self excepted, is apprised of—via.,* that* in de fiance of the unanimous wishes of his subjects, he would not remain on the throne an hour atter the French soldiers .had removed.. He believes, that unless the Hierarchy be, omnipotent, he Himself cannot be absolute King - of Spain ! He persuades himself that he can reign in peace by rendering his - . partisans cold, and his adversaries desperate. Ile flatters himself that a mercenary army can be paid, inveterate factions reconciled, and a distracted kingdom governed, without a shilling in, the treasury. He takes for granted * , that breach of faith is sure foundation of public credit. Most wonderful of all, King Ferdinand dreams that Ameriqa is still his own. One of the most frequent manifestations of the dislocated spirit is a tendency to assume a vapourish dominion over goods and persons not more heyond the reach of the lunatic, and out of all relation with him, than are now the provinces and emancipated millions of America beyond the grasp or touch of Ferdinand. The coolness of the document proves less the sobriety of the author's mind than the deep seat of his distemper., Ferdinand, nay, we suspect Spaniards more sorthy of the name than he is, 'view the loss of America as a calamity so overwhelming that they have not courage to contemplate it 'as real. It is an event which penetrates in diverse ways to the centre of Spanish affairs in the Old World. It is, indeed, big with with the principles of change to all orders of men in Spain. There are no longer, since the loss of ..America, the physical means of holding an absolute monarchy together. A new and terrible source of revenue must be opened,. and in the bowels, of the Peninsula herself. That source is no other than the domain of the Church ;' and converted it will and must be, to the majntenauce of the body politic, or ,there. is an end of all shadow of Government throughout the country. The fall of the Church will be the resurrection of the People; but. such .a catas trophe is too frightful to be looked at steadily by the faction now in power ; and hence the wild phrenzy of still imagining that America is not ir revocably lost. That attempts will be made to call back that which is irrevocable we make but little question. The right is first assumed in the above-mentioned singular decree, as a man swears a debt before he can employ a constable. Neither can it be doubted that France is deeply etigatsed in the policy of re-conquering America. But her efforts are not likely to take for some time the form of force, until she has deluged the western continent with emissaries and intrigues, and all tile resources of unlimited corruption. Failing these, she will perhaps resort to arms ; and the Etoile and other French journals are labouring to depreciate the importance of a league between England, the United States, and the southern Republics—a league which, - when it does take place, we speak with moderation in pronouncing, will be strong enough to shake , every throne in Europe to atoms, should its powers be so ap- . plied. There is an attempt in one of these Paris journals to gain admission for Spain as party to the cooferenCes between Great Britain, the United States, and Russia, touching the north eastern coast of America, bat it is beginning at the wrong end : let Ferdinand first secure him self at home. [MORNING- 'POST.] The more one reflects upon ti►e Decree which the King of Spain has promulgated respecting the kingdom of the Indies, the moreinscrutable, indeed the more absurd, appears the policy which dictated such a manifesto. Neither the framers nor suggestors of the measure could in the -na ture of things .have the remotest, or the most shadowy conception that any individual would ever dream . of carrying its provisions into ef fect ;—we must therefore consider it an indi rect declaration of the right of Sovereignty which Spain once possessed, and would now pre tend to claim in the New World, and at the same time, perhaps, an experiment, to ascertain more specifically the feelings of this and other Cabi nets,► on whatever embryo projects may have been - entertained by the Holy Alliance for sub ieeting.the independence of South America. In the name of common sense, where has Ferdinand men, money, credit, or resources of any descrip tion to attempt to reduce his former transatlantic subjects under the yoke of the Mother Country ? Or how are his European proMpters to obtain the means vf supplying his wants in those respects, if it were even probable that they had the prac tical disposition to do so ? And yet it would seem from the alarm with which some per sons 'receive the Salmonean thunder of the Es curial, that they absolutely believe in the mira culous potency of the King of the Indies, and feel assured he could, aided and guided per chance by Prince Hohenlohe, create navies and armies, and, what is still more difficult, the money to pay them, at a nod of his most Catholic Head !, We. really deem it a waste of time and space to Owen on such impertinent chimera, and once again repeat our conviction that nothing has yet occurred to disturb the peace of the world which now so happily prOttils. [NEW TIMES.] Consols closed yeSterday exactly as they did the day before, viz. at 89 for the 16th instant, aup 894 for the February Account. The fluc tuations in Spanish Bonds wore very immaterial : those of 1821 closed at 244-, and those . of 1823 at 16i. The South American Securities, on the other hand, were in a very agitated state through the day : Colombians fell from 63 to 612, but recovered to the former prices : Chileans opened at 768, sank to 74k, and finally closed at 751. The parties in •general were making rap their accounts, and preparing for the settling day, to-morrow. Of foreign news there was nothing at all interesting.. People hear, with supreme indifference, about naval armaments fit ting at Brest to occupy Cuba, and at Lisbon .to conquer Brazil. The latter piece of intelligence -is accompanied ' with a statement that Count Palmella is coming to England to solicit the aid of the English Government in this nota ble project. 'We presume, if he does, he will take up his lodgings at the large building in St. George's-fields, destined for projectors of such a stamp,, An article in the Journal des Debats enters at some length into the pre tensions of various Powers to colonize the Wes tern Coasts of North America. The result of the whole seems to be, that England, Spain, and Russia, 'have well-founded claims to make such establishments if they think fit, and that the pretension of Mr. Monroe to exclude the Eu ropean Powers from those coasts is an impudent assumption of uafounded power. For our part, we are not satisfied that the United States have a right to;it foot . of land on the West Coast of America ; if they have, they owe it solely to priority of discovery, which perhaps may apply to one or two points of the coast, not more. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] king Ferdinand's. Decree has now been before the public of this metropolis twenty-four hours, and, if we can judge of the impression of.others by our own, we strongly suspect that those who have read it attentively *ill be inclined to think with us, that it is : nothing but a tissue of non sense, and is calculated rather to bring the Spa nish Monarch and his Government into contempt, than answer any salutary purpose. The pream ble is-certainly the most remarkable part of the composition, and . the Marquis de Casa Irujo has evidently consulted his own reputation in feigning illness, and being consequently ab sent from his post at the time this memorable paper was to be sent forth to the world: The high-toned compliments, however, therein paid 'to the " Son of France, who flew so swiftly to 'the banks of the Guadalethe," are intended for effect on the inmates of the Tuileries ; but it is not very clear to us that even all their power and ingenuity could cause this ominous document of the self-styled Monarch of . the Indies to travel with the same rapidity to the banks of the La Plata or of the Rimac. Through the English Papers it will no doubt reach the Wester: World quicker than through any other channel, yet it. would be as singular an anomaly to see the inhabitants of those distant regions singing a Te Deum (as they are politely ordered to do) from what they bad read in an English print, as it would be to see the Em peror of China offering up fervent congratulatious on Ferdinand's happy deliverance from the claws of the Constitutionalists,. from what had been translated to him out of the Restaurador, or any other of the Madrid Papers. Indeed, the more this docUment is c ons idered, the less calculated will it appear to produce any effect in those countries for which it is intended. In the " Do minions of America," which King Ferdinand still calls his own, the downfall of the Consti tution in Spain will be viewed with the utmost re gret by the inhabitants, because itsexistence was a sanction to rights, of which its despoiler now seeks to deprive them, and b e c ause the principles on which they have built their own ind e pendence and happiness are the same as thos e th e Spanish people called. to their aid, with a view to stop the 'inroads -of arbitrary power. The Revolution of Spain in ~1820, which had for obj ec t the re storation of the Constitution which Ferdinand VII. had-destroyed 41.1814, was hailed with en thusiastic joy . in the whole of the new world, not only on account of the immediate benefits- it might bring to Et people from whom - its inhabitants were themselves descended, but because its promoters publicly professed that their , object was to save their own country, rather than consent to carry chains and slavery, among their brethren in another hemisphere. The South Americans can not, besides, forget that the .great hardships and ill-treatment they experienced were in th e inter val between the year 1814 and 1820; when 'Fer dinand wielded no other than a despotic power. The several Chiefs who then went over to- the South American Provinces with armies, to quell the rebellion, as it was termed, were vauntingly styled Pacificators, no doubt to give a colouring to their transactions in the eyes of Europe ; but the sequel soon proved that their real business was to burn, murder, and devastate. Their plans and instructions were no doubt drawn up by that very. Supreme Council of the Indies of which King. Ferdinand again seeks to avail him self, and whosis . constant zeal he then expe rienced ; and to their eagerness for the public good he now entrusts the management of what he calls " his distant possessions." The Decree in question may, consequently, be considered as the forerunner of other more important measures he intends to adopt, in concert with his-magna nimous Allies, for the purpose of pacifying the- New World ; but of what character they will be, or to whose hands their execution will be con fided, time only can shew. rATORNING HERALD.] The decree of the King of Spain, respecting " all his Domains of America," is one of the most curious of the many strange State Papers of the present day. % iewed by itself, and with a view to any immediate practical purpose, the renowned Knight of La Mancha himself never issued a more visionary mandate in the height of his chimerical power. But as it has its pleasant, so also it has its serious side. And indeed it is in a serious, a very serious that it should be, and generally has been viewed. It is impossible to read the preamble with-. out recognizing not merely the views, but the very vocabulary of the circulars of Laybach and Verona. There is even some internal evidence 'of its having been ori ginally written in French. There are strong glimpses of French rhetoric and French idiom. What then is this document viewed in the lat ter light ? It is nothing else than a manifesto of the intention to proceed against the revolted colonies of Spain in the same manner as the .great allies have proceeded against the Neapoli. ;tan, Piedmontese, and Spanish Revolutions. It would be idle to waste a word upon the right of the King of Spain, to re-establish his authority in America, or the respective rights of other powers to assist or oppose him. The law of na tions is just as useless and idle as the pleadings before Judge Bride-Poie, who decided causes by the cast of the die. The great question is the interest which nations have respectively in the issue., As to Europe, there are, in reality, but two powers at this moment —England, and the Allied Sovereigns,—all the minor States of the Continent, including even Portugal, are in the train of the latter. It is evident, altnost to a moral certainty, that the same powerful confederacy which has already obtained sin easy triumph in Europe is about to carry its arms with the same views and principles into America. It is equally evident that nothing could be more ,at variance with the views and interests of Great Britain. No one is so little acquainted with the state of public affairs, as not to know that nothing short of case of pressing necessity would justify the Go vernment of this country in going to war—and perhaps, if a mere sordid view of commercial inte r rests were the only one that presented itself,the loss in that respect, supposing the confederacy to suc ceed, would hardly be worth the exertion. Even supposing the Hispano-Atnericans re-conquered, and again under metropolitan dominion, the com merce of England could not be cut off or ex cluded. But there is- another question, and'a most important one. The political estimation, the moral dominiori,and,therefore, the real power of this country are at stake. Who does not know, that England has sunk in estimation at, and par ticularly since the Congress of Verona,and on the subjugation of . Spain ? The Journals of the French Ministry openly say, that England has abandon ed her place in European politics, and has .no other resource for propping up her sinking thence than Parliamentary speeches—(discours de itibune) and " harangues after dinner," ob viously alluding to the - Noble Earl -at the head of his Majesty's Councils and the Foreign Secretary. The affair of Spain might .pass.. It was not an - unequivocal abdication of the place of England as an arbitress of Europe. But what will the world say, if after our ac know ledgmentof the New States of America, we quietly look on whilst our accredited 'agents are driven out as individuals without legitimate mis sion—perhaps Treated as criminals; and those whom we acknowledge as members of the c orn _ triunity of nations, punished as traitors and rebels. The instant effect must be that England would be regarded, and would actually become a sub ordinate power. There is surely something i n this to startle all who possess a particle of British feeling, and to alarm persons of reflection. EBRITISFI PRESS.I Political tyranny and persecution are alm os t as busy in France, under the sway of the mild " Lo u is the Well-b e l o ved," as they, were' at any period of the despotism of Louis XIV., or his Profligate grandson, whose reign was a COM.- Potthd of the most outrageous tyranny and dis gusting debauchery. The Charter i s now , in fact, a mere sounding scroll ; each suc cessive Ministry has made new , encroachments on it. More than nine years have passed since the wandering Bourbons were unexpect edly recalled to the splendid throne o; their an cestors, and the tolerant Louis granted to F ra nce apaspsed in hicknliticalwCo some nstitutil new Constitution not a y ear has attempt has not been made on the Charter,.until it is at length a mere thing of shreds and patches. Richeiien,Villele, Chateaubriand, all in succession have aimed their weapons at it : " 'Twasliere the well-beloved Brutus stabbed ; See.vihat a rent the envious Casca made!" As the elections approach in France, the most Unjustifiable attempts are made on the personal liberty of the Opposition. Deputies. M. Kcechlin, the patriotic Deputy for the Upper Rhin e , has already . b een .a d i gkm n, confounded with felons, for four months, and he is now threatened with the sam e fate again. Eight months have passed a w ay.since - this Deputy, with his colleagues, M.d'Argensnn Bignon and the younger La Fayette, addressed a letter to their constituents on the me morable expulsion of the undaunted Manuel ; and for this letter, at such an interval, they are now summoned before a criminal tribmial• If, as the Gonstitutionnel well remarks, this letter can be construed to be reprehensible now, it surely must have been so when first written. Eight months have passed since this letter was Circiflated IhroUgh Franc e ; during a .great part of the time these Deputies have sate in the Chamber ; and at the . close of suc h an interval it is now tortured into a criminal offence, notoriously to impede the pa-, triotic deputies in their election. While the Chamber sate - , not a' sentence was uttered im puting any criminal. intention of this sort, and the question is now only raised when the Depu- . ties of the Uppe r Rhi n e are again.about to appeal to their constituents, with the strongest chances of re-election. The object - evidently must be. to embarrass them by a prosecution. They cannot be rendered incompetent by any criminal pro- ceeding that may be taken,but there may be a pos sibility of defeating their election by flinging a vex atious prosecution of this sort in their path. The object for dissolving the Chambers seems to be to get rid of both of the most violent Ultras and the leading members of the left side, if possible, and thus procure a Chamber which be in a great degree passive in the hands of the present Ministry, and give no opposition to the policy by which France is now governed. FIltE.-Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Welwyn, in Mercers-row, Shadwell._ It was first discovered by Mr. Welwyn, who was awoke by the bed furniture and bedding, in which he had been sleeping; being in a complete blaze. It was with the greatest difficulty that, in a state of nudity, he escaped the fury of the raging ele ment unhurt. From the prompt assistance of the parish and other engines the devastation was con fined to Mr. Welwyn's premises. THE TREAD-MILL. SURREY . SESSIONS. . A most numerous meeting of' the Magistrates for the County of Surrey took place at the Ses sion House at Newington yesterday. The Mem bers for the. County and upwards of forty Ma gistrates were present: THOMAS HARRISON, Esq. in the Chair. The Reports of the Guildford and Brixton Houses of Cor rection, were brought up and read by the Clerk of the Court. By the Reports which were nearly similar, it appeared that the Visiting Magistrates had strictly attended to the operations of the Tread-Mill upon the health of the prisoners, moral and physical, and that they were convinced that with respect to the physical condition of the prisoners the greatest improvement had been derived from tbe application of the %lill as a pu nishment. They were also satisfied that the habits of those in confinement had been Materially benefited, a fact which was apparent from ,the difference in the behaviour of the prisoners on the first day of their probation and on the last. The Report added, that in every other respect the prisons were improved by the introduction of this mode of punishMent. Mr. BRISCOE, one of the Magistrates, then gave in a Report which he had himself dra;vn up relative to the injurious effects of the Tread-Mill. It stated that the Tread-Vill was calculated to do essential mischief to the constitutions of those who were sentenced to work at it, and it particularly deprecated the practice of compelling females to labour at so dreadful an engine. After both reports had been read, Mr. Bassos:4E said he rose under very great embarrassments to state his sentiments to the Court. When he visited those prisons for the purpose of ascertaining the grounds of the sus picion, that an improper and injurious, punishment was hourly inflicted upon those confined under sentence of hard labour, he had pursued a course of experinient the best calculated to ar rive at the truth. He was shewn round each of the prisons, and after having questioned them upon the effect of the regulations of the prison upon -their constitutions and strength, received the inforrxxotion contained in the Report which had been read in his name. He denied that he had ever used 'any inflamma tory language upon the occasion, or that he had encouraged any spirit of 'insubordination among those whose cases •he considered liable to objection an the score of severity. The punishment of, the Tread-mill, he was convinced, operated to the permanent injury of the prisoners. He had himself worked at this engine of torture, and had learned that the complaints of the individuals whose cases had been read in Court were esta blished upon the 6rmest grounds. In the course of the painful investigation, he had seen several unfortunate persons removed from the toil of the Tread-mill into the Infirmary. With re spect to the cases of the women Hall and Laden, which had appeared in the public prints, although he had seen them while they were undergoing the punishment of the Tread mill, he had not alluded to them. The motion of the wheel, which compelled the person at work to exercise the whole weight of the body upon the upper part of the feet proved that the work was of a nature which should not be f overpowering assigned even to those whose strength defied ordinary l a b o U r ; in his own person he had proved that th e T rea d -mi ll was the fofanengine that ev er h a d b een worked. The other punishment wou ld soon alter the the prisoners without t e ndi ng to i n j ure t h e i r to ne most substitutionohealth o morals, which certainly could not be expected to improve under a system which was calculated to excite the feelings of revenge and obstinacy. The Crank, or Capstan Mill would, in his opinion, be the most desirable substitute. He had seen two of those Mills.lately•in operation in Winchester Goal, - and was sure that the exercise, instead of inflicting diseases, was bene ficial to the prisone r s , and formed th? best mode ofprison dis- M r . Briscoe then handed copies of the statements made them enteredtov moved_" prison That ha in t a good Committee health, ofand to him by various prisoners in b o th Houses of Co r r ec tio n to his brother Mag i strates. They stated th a t the prisoners com plainedtsectio TwE hee yread- d mill. 141r.Magis trates appointed to i nqu i re i nto the nature and effects of the Tread-mill as an.instrum en t o f pr i son labour and punish. m e nt in as far as it e ff ects t h e strength and health of the on ed b by i 3 that prisoners." Mr. RANDAL JAcxsoN rose to oppose the' motion of Mr. Briscoe. Of the advantages derived from the Tread-mill there now existed not the slightest doubt, and all that had been stated against it as a mode of prison discipline was unfounded and untrue. ..He had investigated the cases of the women Hall and Laden, and had - ascertained that instead of being injured by the work at the Mill their health had improved, and their strength had increased beyond all calculation. When they entered the prison their persons were completely emaciated. One of them applied for leave to work at the Mill after having been removed from it, and she soon received an addition in weight of 9.1 b.— The other also was greatly benefited by the exercise, which in no case was greater than the prisoners could endure. For the vagrant there was no punishment like that of the Tread-mill, the strongest p . roof of which was that those who were longest in prison are in' the best condition. Mr. Jackson then moved an amendment That in the opinion of this Court the Tread mill has in an eminent degree answered the purposes of its in stitution both moral and judicial. And that the reports this day made by the Visiting Magistrates of the respective Houses of Correction are highly satisfactory as well as the Reports of the Surgeons attached to those establishments, in whose opi nions no effects injurious to the health of the prisoners have yet occurred." Mr. HOLME,S SUMNER. said, that in consequence of the direction of the Secretary of State, he had caused an inquiry to be instituted into the cases of the two women alluded to, and had received a' communication expressing that the health of neither was in the slightest degree affected. The good opera tion* of the punishment upon the morals of the prisoners, as well as upon their health, had been ascertained beyond all doubt. A. month's labour was sure to remove numbers of diseases, and those who had to undergo a long spell of disci pline, were sure to leave the prison in a most enviable state of health. Certainly in those prisoners who were accustomed to drink hard, the suddenness of the change caused a temporary falling off; but the admirable nature of the exercise soon re stored them to a viour of body Which Surprised themselves. All sorts of attatksliad been m a d e upon the mill, and there appeared in a Weekly Publication lately, an article of the most inflammatory tendency ; but he disdained to read it, as he con sidered it unworthy of notice on account of the tissue of false hoods.it contained. The Honourable Member concluded by declaring, that the prison communications respecting the pri. sons gave rise to a very dangerous spirit of insubordination, and that he would support the amendment. Mr. DENISoer spoke strongly in favour of the Tread-mill, and denied that. any other discipline at present inexistence could exceed it as an instrument of punishment in prisons. Mr. ALIEN (the Magistrate of Unlon Hall) said he had the strongest grounds for concurrence with those Gentlemen who approved of the Tread-mill, as a mode of punishment combining physical and moral effect. The surgeons who were in the habit of attending upon the prisoners had must unequivocally asserted that all the inmates were in an excellent state of health, and that the labour was calculated to preserve that health ; and it was manifest that the active employment in which the prisoners were engaged was far preferable to the sedentary oc cupation of picking oakum, by which• they were furnished with opportunities of engaging in idle and immoral conversation. Several other Magistrates spoke in favour of the Tread-mill. Mr. RItisCOE'S motion had but his own support. Mr. JACK- BoN's amendment was carried with the approbation of all the Magistrates, except the mover of the original Resalution. The Surgeon Of one of the Prisons was asked by the CHAIR MAN whether any of the statements made by the prisoners to Mr. Briscoe were correct ? The Surgeon replied, that all the prisoners alluded to had been benehtted in health by the Tread-mill, instead of being injured by it. The Tread-mill has thus received the complete sanction of the Surrey Magistrates. • Tuesday afternoon abOui five o'clock, a well dressed female„ about the age-of 23, possessing great beauty, with an elegant and- genteel ad dress, was observed walking in a confused and hurried manner to and fro on 131ackfriars-bridge; suddenly she caught hold of the balustrades, mounted on the top, and was just in the act of precipitating herself into the river, when she was prevented by a gentleman who fortunately seiz ing hold of her legs till other persons cam e t o his. assistance, providentially rescued her from almost, inevitale death. She was placed in a hackeny. coach and immediately conveyed home t o h e r friends. THE STACKPOOLE CASK 1 PARIS, JAN. 10.—M. TRIPIER was heard in defence of Stackpoole. He noticed the great difference between . the judgment given by the Irish Lord Chancellor, and that given on. the ap peal, by the House of Lords of England. The first decision, in awarding to his opening the enormous sum of 12,497 livres, rejected the other demands, having for their object the addition of the interest to the principal. M. Stackpoole would perhaps have deferred to this judgment, however injurious it might be to his interests, but his adversaries appealed, and the case came before the House of Lords. Here the Advocate pointed out as error in the English proceed ings, which permitted the same master of ac counts on the appeal who made the report against Stackpoole. in the first instance, and. who had acted with great partiality. By this appeal the pretended claim of the co-inheritors of G. Stackpoole was raised to the frightful amount of 322,000 livres. I cannot subscribe, continued the Advocate, to the eulogy conferred on the Chamber of Peers of England. It is,. without doubt, as a political body, entitled to . the highest consideraiion ; but in its judicial ca pacity, its authority is infinitely less imposing than that of our sovereign Courts ; for the Eng lish Chamber of Peers contains but few lawyers,. and many of them were influenced by feelings of personal resentment to M. Stackpoole. He can.. not, therefore, be reproached for withdrawing from the execution of a 'decree which he con sidered as essentially unjust. 'He repaired to France, and obtained from the goodness of his Majesty letters of naturalization and the title of Count. He is thencefOrth a Frenchman, and, like all citizens, has a right to the protection of French laws. We are led to believe by the words (rather eq uivoca 0' of the 121st article of the. Ordinance of 1669, that there is no ground for a revision, except whera the de cree had been made against a Frenchman. The celebrated Aguesseau has opposed this doc trine, and has thus expressed himself:—"All the laws which have been made respecting judgments given in foreign countries, which are to be exe cuted in this kingdom, ar e f ou nd e d u p on a gene- ral and self-evident principle—that whatever may be the extent of a Sovereign's power in his own States, he has none abiiad, or in countries subject to another ruler." It is true, that when it is (he reciproCal interest of Sovereigns,, this rule may be dispensed with by mutual consent. Upon this principle, the Courts of Colmar, of Poitiers, and Toulouse, have refused the execu tion of foreign judgments in "France: the Royal Court of Paris has also refused to execute thW judgment of the American Court of Beston, ins the case of Holker and Parquer. This decree was confirmed by the Court of A ppeal in a manner' which proves that the principle laid doWu. was admitted by them without any exception." In conclusion, N. ,Tripier expressed a wish that the Tribunal would not pronounce upon the ad ministration which G. Stackpoole had of the pro perty of his uncle, except with a perfect know ledge of the cause ; and that it would require from the parties more 'preCise explanations thaa". those which had been ,offered, and Which were still far from the question of right. The cause is postponed for a week, to await the answer' of M. ihein, who defends the other heirs, hay"- ing the sanp:l claims' with those of the clients of M. Hennequin. Sir ;31 ASTLEY COOPER, in a letter to a Medical Gentleman of Carlisle, expresses a decided opinion. that an operation should have been, or be, performed on Dempster. There is a precedent on the books of the faculty. A Prussian boor accidentally swallowed a knife of larger dimensions than that in the stomach of Dempster; an operation was performed, the knife taken out, and th e ; p at i ent was well less than a fortnight. The Kendal statement, that the sufferer is on his way to Sir Astley is not quite correct we believe ; his intention, it was. understood, before he quitted Carlisle, i s t o proceed to the residence of his mother in London; but it is probable that he will ultimately apply at one of the great hospitals.—( Carlisle Patriot.) ETEOR °LOGI CA L JOURNAL BY It. BANKS. PIIILOY , OppICAL M.4f:CR Thermo. meter. Weltht.i ~ .o ~.., ''''' r" • '-'s • 4) t 5 '2 > c r -4 ' R ,;:-- 0 ',.... •-• '7, '7: ti • - •'2 F.; P ra , ••• --...••--- - `-', z • 7'• • 7 • ::, • _____.....______, U 0 0 lnches Jan. 1.4249 42 29.56 .28 Fair Itainq 9 44 49 39 .49 .()3 Rain Cloudy 3 • '42 45 '4l 3 0 .30 . Do. Foggy 4 135 42 35 .53 Foggy Do. 5 6 37 41 31 .35 Fair Fair 7 38 p 42 34 . .40 Do. Cloudy 8 38 . 143 33 I .35 Do. Fail • . .31 of Rain have fallen: ...._ _,.. - • • 2 lie alsore eight days. 4 Boisterous N fight. BIRTHS. IL B. DIRTH,EXTRA.ORDINATIX.—On Saturdoy n i ght, the wife of a man named Thomas. Butler, servant to Michael Hamer— ton, Esq., was safely delivered, in New-street, Clonmel, of three, children, two boys and a girl, the latter of whom did not long survive her birth ; but the two boys, as well as the mother, are likely to do well. Yesterday, Mrs. R. L. Chance, of Highgate, of a son. MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 13th instant, at St. Paul's, Covent-garden. the Rev. Alexander Stewart, of Barnet, to Ann Kezia, eldest daughter of Mr. P. White, of Brydges-street. . On the 2d ult., at St. Michael's, by his Britannic Majesty's Consul-General of the Azores, Dr. Sanderson Walker, P. R. C. P.; to Emma Henriett a , thi r d daughter of Captain J. Popplewell, of Sistets' Cottage, Stoke Newington. DIED On the 601 instant, in the 63d year of his age, Mr. Thomas Killick, of New' Palace:lard, Westminster. On the evening of ; the 12th instant, at Little Stonham, Suffolk; the Rev. juries Richard Vernon, morning preacher at. St. Paul's, CoVent-garden, and e ve n i ng l ec t urer at - Bow-church, Cheapside. • . _ _ On Friday Jast, at his house, in Bunbill-row, aged 52, Mr. James Beavan, upwards of 30 years 4 clerk at Sir J. William Lubbock and Co.'s. On Monday, the 12th instant, - at Lambeth; Mrs. Marl - Wellford, formerly of Tower-dock, aged 91. On the 12th instant, at Brentford, Miss Burchett, daughter of GeOT!ge Burchett, Eq. • On Tuesday, the 30th ult., at Torquay, Devon, after a long illness, the Right Hon. Sarah Viscountess Kilcoursie. Printed and Publi4hed for the PaormEgrous, at the SuN‘ OFFICE,II2 : Strand, by J. 13. CARSTATIts. ' 4 -f-