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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Dec. 28 [MORNING POST.] By the Orpheus, Captain Finlay, from Bom bay, we have received accounts from that Presi dency to the 29th of August. They are of a gratifying nature, as the official dispatches from Sir A. Campbell, published in an Extraordinary Gazette in India, and given in another part of our Paper, will show. The Burmese in the neighbourhood of Rangoon have at last felt the superiority of our anus. After having been easily repulsed in a general attack upon the British po sitions, they had been assaulted in their turn, and had lost in one single day ten stockades, upwards of 800 of their best troops left dead on the field of battle, thirty-eight pieces of artillery, forty swivels, and many muskets. Their confidence was changed into alarm, and the difficulty of re placing the weapons of war, of which they had suffered themselves to be deprived, and which, rver► at the first, were very scarce In their army, had rendered them incapable of undertaking, for some time, any offensive operations. We received last night, by Express, French papers to the 26th instant. The proceedings of the Chambers had been confined to the election of five candidates for the Presidency of the De puties, and the appointment of Bureaux or Com crilttees to prepare the • address in the Peers. Messrs. Ravez, de la Rigaudie, de Montmorency, de Lungueve, and de Bailly, were the five candidates for the former, out of whom the King wits to select the one of whom he most approved. The general opinion was that the Royal choice would fall, as in the preceding reign, on M. Ravez. In the Peers the ap pointment of the Bureaux had elicited a display of party spirit, the result of which indicated that Viscount Chauteaubriand stood at the head of a minority of between 60 and 70, hich might perhaps have been still larger, had there been a full attendance of Mem bers.o--These papers contain intelligence from 11th .11ti.t111., which states that the Trieste to the t Egyptian fleet which had taken refuge under the batteries of the island of Candia, had been at tacked on the 12th of November, by two Greek divisions, and completely defeated. Twenty transports, full of troops, had fallen into the hands - of the conquerors. All apprehensions of an at tempt on the Morea had been removed by this victory, and it was even doubtful whether Ibrahim 'Fuchs would be able to maintain himself in Can. dia l of which he had till then imagined he had obtained secure possession. We are glad to see by an official document, that the lonian Govern ment has ordered the Greek blockade of several Turkish ports to be 66 most rigorously respect- [an min r Ess.] Last night we received the Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday. The Chambers are pro. eceding to constitute themselves for the Session. They have appointed the usual Committees, and 'the Deputies, sitting at present under the Presi dency of M. Chilhaud de la Rigaudie, the most ; aged member of th e Ch am b er , h ave e l ecte d t h e fire candidates from whom the King will select the President for the Session ; or, should a proposition made by M. de Feligonde he adopt ed, until the next general election, in Eng land. Th e c an did ates named are I. Raivez, M. Chilhaud de hi Rigaudie, the Prince de Mont morency, M. de Longueve, and the Nlarquis do Bailly. The first will, it is expected, be of course again chosen. Two candidates for the 'Vice-Presidency have obtained the requisite ma ' jerky ; viz. M. de Vaublanc and M. de Latour. The election of the other two was deferred till Monday. Some confusion arose d tiring the ballot, from discovering; on one occasion, that 252 balls had been put into them appropriated to receive the suffrages, when only 248 voters were present. The return was annulled, and the Chamber pro ceeded afresh to another ballot. The news from Greece, in these Papers, states, that the Greek Government, notwithstanding its struggle with the Turks, does riot neglect the education of the people. A COIIIIII4OOII of five of the most en lightened Members of the Legislature has been appointed to superintend the progress of public instruction. • Elementary schools have been esta blished in all the principal places, and a University is about to•be founded at Missolonghi, towards which Varvaki has given a sum equal to about 40,0001. A philantropic society Iles been esta blished at Napoli, which this generous patriot has endowed with an:annual revenue of a thou sand piastres. We are glad to find that the best feeling- has existed between the Greeks and the English since the revocation of the proclamation of the former againstneutrals. [me Timm') The CakuEta Government Gazette of the 25th 4f July, contains the narratives of a series of military operations at and in advance of Rangoon, all of which ended in a manner the most success. fat to the British arms. On the Rt of July, time Burmese were the assailants. They attacked the right of Sir A. Campbell's position,. and penetrated at one time between our picquets, but were shortly afterwards repelled and put to flight with little trouble or loos. On the Bth the British troops assumed the offensive, making an.. attack by water under Sir A, Campbell, Who carried three stockades after, a slight re ' stsiance, and destroyed considerable numbers of the, enemy. On the same dapa land attack took. Owe 'under Brigadier General 111 4 Creugh, who bad under him a force of above 1,9-00 Europeans, stnd•3oo Native infantry. The object of this enterprise was to turn, and if possible surround, theenemy ; but , though it appears that,the Oen , duct both of officers and meu was distinguished by skill• and courage, tthti though, sever) strong, stockades were stormed with very trilling loss, the, resulter i f the day a red escrtbed te he only the Mein and dispersion of the enemy, of , a ho w hear WOO w ere l e ft d ea d on the field. Ihe body of their army, estimated at 14,000 men, escaped into the interior. The British had not more In the whole than from 70 to 80 killed and wounded. The Burmese are said to have fought bravely ; but had not fire-arms for a fourth of their men. Of the ulterior operations meditated, there is nothing to be collected either from the dispatches or from the unofficial intelligence published by the Calcutta Journal. [NEW TIMES.] The Irish Papers inform us of some More ex travagances on the part of Mr. O'Connell, who will finish by making his cause perfectly ridicu lous. Having been indicted for sedition, he turns round and proposes to prosecute The Courier for a libel! So much for this worthy Gentleman's tender regard for the liberty of the press! lie labours extremely hard to make out that a general political discussion of the eon-, duct of large bodies of men, without an atom of personality, is a libel ; and in the same breath he asserts, that he is zealously attached to the Liberty of the Press. In the concluding part of his speech, Mr. O'Connell again takes occasion to pronounce a flaming eulogy on Cobbett, and by way of crowning all the other honours decreed to this voluminous writer, he pro. poses that the Catholic Association shall buy U complete set of Cobbett's works! Of course lie will begin with the severe lashing which Cobbett gave all the Reformers in Peter Porcupine! Nor ought this devout Catholic to omit the numerous articles in the Register, to prove that Tom Paine was a profound philosopher, and the Christian religion a fiction. Every sincere Catholic must look with feelings something stronger than con tempt on this monstrous inconsistency of Mr. O'Connell ! [TILE PUBLIC LEDGER.) There has been already a trial of strength be tween the Opposition and Ministerial Party, in the French Chamber of Peers, on the occasion of nominating the Members of the Bureau, and the Commission for the Address. The Opposition were left in a decided minority, having only 50 votes in one instance, and 61 in the next whilst there were 91 and 107 for the Ministry. M. de Chateaubriand voted in the minority ; and, if the first trial be a good criterion, he is likely to remain there till the close of the Session. But appearances may change, particularly if any impor tant discussion be brought on the tapii; and, rrom the fall of the rentes, one would suppose that Villele had some project in reserve, which would try the solidity of his power and the security of the present Cabinet. It is reported in private let ters that he Wend.; to reagitate his old scheme of converting the rentes, which would perhaps ex plain the hopes he entertains of being able to in. demnify the Emigrants, without recurring to the necessity of new taxes. However, the report is as yet of a very vague character; but, should it prove true, it might not lead to the consequences, which many are inclined to anticipate. The si tuation of the Government is obviously much al tered for the better since the last Session ; and a measure, which proved all but fatal to the Cabi net in the lust reign, might, on account of the popularity of the present, be agitated without risk, and carri,.d without much difficulty. Such are the advaniags.s which a liberal bas over an illiberal Government. Duo it NUN() CHRONICLE.] Mr. Canniug, it appears, has written to the go vermnent of Chile, requiring for the subjects of his Britannic Majesty not only the enjoyment of civil rights, but the freedom of religious wor ship. It is very well for Mr. Cunning to ask as much for British subjects in Chile as possible ; hut from all that we can learn, we should ima gine it will be prudent in them to delay the ex ercise of religious worship till their return. To leration is a plant of slow growth, and when we recollect that all the influence of Govern. merit failed to obtain a legal protection for the Catholics in Scotland in 1780, when the Metropolis was so near destruction, that even at this day the saying of Mass is a capital crime in Scotland, not to mention the num berless other atrocious laws against Catholics in that country, which, though never executed, are in full force. When we recollect this ; when we know (het even in England the first appearance of a Dissenting Chapel in a neigh- bourhood is usually a signal for riot, we ought not to be surprised that the Chilenos, like every other people, whose religious prejudices have never been disturbed, should be almost as much horror-struck at the sight of the celebration of the Protestant service as at the sight of a feast of Cannibals. By and bye they will allow the body of a Heretic to remain under ground t pres e nt will not if they can help it), and a n scomn c ommerc i al intercourse i ' al intercourse is the grand liberal istic, they may even, in due time, come to look with complacency Methodist Chap e l. But (a Catn aiing's ree , ornmendation would ti)retieta mr. on probably go as far with the robbers of the Appe nines, as with the Chilian populace.--.lf Canning could prevail on his colleagues to treat. the Irish and British Catholics with more huma nity, this would go much farther than his•rec om . mendations to the South American Governm en t to obtain religious freedom for our country. ) men _under. them. It consists with our owe knowledge, that an Irish Catholic Gentle. man, intimately acquainted with South Ame rica, is now translating Sully's work into Spanish, for the sake of circulation in that part of the world ; and we have not the slightest doubt that means will be taken to make it as extensively known as possible. We regret thi:; step, because to inspire the South Americans Wit h a hatred of Euglish Protestants as, bigots and persecutors, mustmot only be injurious to us, but to the South Americans themselves. The Irish Catholics, we should suppose, will even regret. it, But while we thus regret' to see reli gious hatred striking at th e sourc e s o f t h e pros perity of nations, we must own that we consider ;the PuTtY eAcites this hatred the chief cur-, howevei, Mr. Canning's reconunenda !i9" failed to Wye any weight with. his own bi gutted " ne agu"s) he can hardly be surprised if. it have no better sue'cess on the shores of the Pacific.. JAMAICA PAPERS. SAINT JAOO DE LA VEGA, Nov. is. The Honourable House of Assembly, having met on Tuesday, ag reeably to the Proclamation of his Grace the Governor, Sir Michail B. Clare and Mr. Lunen were ap pointed a committee to acquaint his Grace therewith. Soon after their return, a message was sent from his Grace, by the Provost Marsha), requiring the immediate attendance of the House in the Council Chamber whereupon Mr. Speaker and the whole House went over, when his Grace Was pleased to open the Stssion with the following speech (a correct outline of which we gave in THE Sim of yesterday) " Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly,—The unlimited confidence I have always re posed in the loyalty and fidelity of the lower classes of society in this island, renders it more painful to me to acquaint you, that since your last meeting partial disturbances have taken place amongst the slaves in several parishes, attended in some Instances by acts of open rebellion. " It appears, from the declaration of the principal offenders, made at a time when there could be no reason to doubt their sincerity, that they had been led to believe his Majesty had made them free—a delusion which even his Majesty's Royal Proclamation, containing the most distinct and positive assur ance to the contrary, seems not to have removed. " Deeply as these events are to be lamented; it is a console tion to reflect that the great mass of the slave population has continued to preserve that peaceable and orderly demeanour to which I have so often borne testimony, and their good sense has taught them to avoid those fatal errors which have brought de struction on many unhappy individuals. " I have received instructions from his Majesty's Govern ment, containing some propositions for the improvement of the condition of the slave population, which I shall make the sub ject of an early communication to you. " 1 am also to acquaint you, that his Majesty has been gra ciously pleased to appoint a Bishop for this island, to whom is to be intrusted the controul of the Clergy of the Church of Eng land within his diocese, and the duty of reportink upon the state of the Ecclesiastical establisinnent, particularly as it re lates to the slave population, and upon the best means of diffus ing the benefits of religious instruction to that part of the com munity. " In order to prove the deep interest which his Majesty's Government feel In the encouragement of the religious and moral instruction of the negroes, they have taken upon them selves the whole charge of putting the clergy under episcopal controul, and have placed funds at the disposal of the Bishop for the more immediate supply of persons in holy orders within his diocese ; sad his Majesty confidently expects to receive every as.' sistance from you in promoting the establishment of a system calculated to produce the most beneficial effects. " The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury have had under consideration the heavy charges to which the naviga tion and commerce of the United Kingdom are liable in his Ma jesty's colonies, with a view of reducing as much as possible all such charges ; and I expect to have it in my power to commit- nicate toou more conclusive info rma ti on on t h e su bj ect i n t h e course of y the present month. y k o e u r and wi Gentlemenll cheerfully of fu tle A r i nish sa s e u n c i h bl g y u , p — pl l am iesitspteirie su::dled tha t ea public service may require. " Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly,-1 am not aware of tiny business that can de tain you longer than has been usual, and you will find me per fectly disposed to meet all your wishes as fur as may be con sistent with my duty." ( From the Cornwall Courier of Nov. 3.) In our last we briefly noticed the disastrous issue of' a small armed party, which had proceeded on the 25th ult. into the back grounds of this parish, in pursuit of runaway negroes. The following are the authentic particulars we have since been en abled to collect from various sources, of the total failure of the expedition : Early on Tuesday morning a party composed of twenty-four armed whites and confidential slaves, with ten baggage negroes, proceeded from Pembroke estates, and at eleven o clock reached the provision mountain belonging to that property, dis tant about 12 miles to the southward ; after resting there a short time, the party, pursued their route for the rendezvous of the banditti of runaways, supposed to be about six miles distant from the mountain, and had traversed nearly an hour over a mountainous and rocky way, when in a narrow pass, through which they could only advance in a single file, they were fired' on from an ambush. Mr. Sutherland, the overseer of Pem broke estate, who had the command of, and was leading the party, was mortally wounded by the second shot, and fell. The remainder were panic-struck, and took to flight Mr. Galli more, a book-keeper of Bounty Hall estate, was wounded, and, as no intelligence has since been received of him, it is conjectured that he has died o f hi s woun d s i n t h e woo d s, or fallen Into the hands of the runaway negroes. An armed negro belonging to Good Hope estate was also wounded dangerously. The shame ful flight of the party put into the possession of the runaways about 15 stand of arms, and a quantity of ammunition, which were thrown away to accelerate their retreat. It is much to be regretted that the degree of caution and se crecy so essentially requisite in an undertaking of this nature was not observed, and from die want of which its failure is, no doubt, to be attributed ; the whole of the arrangements were made at least a week previous to the party setting out, and with which, the melancholy result too plainly shows, the runaways were duly apprised. There is reason to believe that the shots fired by the party in ambush did not exceed 19 or 12; but no idea can be formed of the number of the banditti, as not one of them was seen. On Wednesday last a meeting of the Magistrates was held in this town, when a reward of 150 dollars each was offered for the apprehension of certain slaves ; and an express was sent to Captain Smith, of Accomping Town, requiring the assistance of the Maroons. On Friday, six companies of the Trelawny militia assembled at Dromilly estate, from which 120, effective men, rank and file, were draughted, and proceeded on Sunday morning into the woods, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Scott, who too k up his post for that day at Hampden mountain, about six miles to the southward of ilromilly, where he was joined in the afternoon by • Captain Smith with 6'5 Maroons. At day-light on Monday, the force, consisting of nearly 270 men, including baggage negroes and pioneers, moved into the woods. Our latest intelligence from Hampden-mountain is up to five o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which time no accounts had been heard of the party, since it had left that post at day-light on Monday. (From the Cornwall Gazette.) The following is a brief narrative by one of the party that proceeded under the charge of Mr. Sutherland, to the back. grounds in search of the runaway negrocs, belonging to Pem. broke and other estates " Mr. Sutherland, overseer, left Pembroke-estate, with a party of eleven whites, overseers and book-keepers of adjoining properties, accompanied by about twelve black shots, a little after day-light on Tuesday morning. After reaching the Covey-estate watchman's hut,' the horses were returned to the respective estates to which they belonged. Here they loaded their guns, and Mr. Sutherland put himself at the head of the party, and taking the man Sambo (the runaway guide) imme diately after him, he gave directions that every w hi te s h ou ld place - himself behind one of the black shot, in which manner we advanced to the Pembroke negro-grounds and there took refreshment. After which we re-assembled, and Mr. Suther land expressed a Wish to have some of the best black shots next himself, when the narrator offered to act near hire, but this was opposed by two brows men, who seemed tenacious of their poses, and the narrator retired to his former station. The party then proceeded, in the greatest regularity and silence, for nearly three miles, when a negro said ? ' Softly hlas s a, igagement da come l Immediately after which, several of the negroes said they smelt fire, or smoke, which was strongly Indicative of their ambush being at hand. At this moment the party was et the bottom of a gradual ascent, quite clear of bush distinctly) or underwood, but :thickly studded with honeycomb rocks.— The party ascended in Indian file, there being no possibility of fell back in confu two going abreast, aed the fi rst had nearly reached the summit exclamations wwhen e n iy sl f d te d r en t o l b Y f i m ? IVe ll r tr e v d e , g w a li n e n as u w r ' hurreh' was heard, anti (%cry e p ll ar t t i; Iluckra.' Inune. :don and those behind found it difficult to keep their footing. Not an individual of the runaway*, In close ambush, was seen 1 by the narrator ; but it is evident ,four their. elevated situation to that of the party, that had .ftwther temerity been displayed , on the occasion, not a soul would leivii been left t o te ll t h e ta l e . ' 1 --A galling tire could have been kept up without the smallest hope of retaliation or of taking one of them : to a dd to the s trength of this opi nion , unfortunately, several of the negroes 'of the party were totally unacquainted Witlithe use of fire-arms. previous ,list"lead had been mortally wounded by the fi rst shot dupe esta te wa s confusion, and a negro belonging to the Good wounded. Mr. nallirtiore is now missing, a — nd 3l i ri t iSsusttcely probable that he can be alive." (Front t he , i rlyston Chronicle of November lb.) ST. 4 4 . 01 -)DE LA VEUA, Nov. 1 3 - ' team Tues day. Its Pro , , __, 0 generally will be found under its own House of Assembly adjourned to TUes. weeks 9 _ 4 7 th :a message from his Unlace, accompanied Council, .was sent over to the House, - sVe then said. .... 111)ye b aTtd a hi t .re l e tle l;nn ul urad e tru:r5ubt.°1 : u nt r d li ibt framed in England. Candid and plain as die fi rst is, we hardly expected that the sentiments we published ~ ago would have been thereby so com " that Ooverntnent ex pcets in *t oe shape or other, they (the Assembly) will in future legislate with a view to the ultimate extinctionot the property of their constituents:" the message observes that ~ on atten. pieiely t ios t e w i t i s ed. tively considering the provisions of the Order in Council, ite.,. and by incorporating in the consolidated slave-act those ad- ditional provisions, which as yet are not to be found in that statute, a foundation will be laid for such a system of gradual improvement," &c. So that, should our Assembly adopt every iota of this absurd and impracticable order, a foundation only will be laid for what is to come, and if our readers will only alter the word improvement into emancipation, they will then know what is intended for them. Under such circum stances, we Must consider that the most important duty our Assembly has to perform is to frame such regulations as may be best calculated to preserve the lives and properties of their constituents, and that, from this moment, they should never cease in their applications to the throne for indemnification, until they obtain that great national act of justice. Our repre sentatives will, we have no doubt, act with temper and firmness during this momentous crisis of our fate; and while they de cidedly reject every proposal that may be attended with danger, they will cheerfully and promptly adopt such measures as may appear to be safe and salutary. SAINT JAGO, Nov. 6. By the Fan ran we have received letters and newspapers to the 18th ult. On the eth ult. fourteen vessels arrived from Guayaquil at Panama, to transport the live thousand men which compose the divisions of Venezuela - arid Magdalena. The sa m e d a y th e y sailed from Guayaquil, dews arrived that the Spanish man of war Asia, and brig Hercules, had en t ere d t h e port o f C a ll ao from Cadiz. This tardy and inconsequent assistance has ar rived out of time, as the greatest part of Peru is in possession of the Colombians. BA RBADOES, OCT. 1. SPEECH of His Excellency Sir HENRY WARDE, 012 opening the new Session of the Legislature on Tucsday last. " Mr. President and Gentlemen of his Majesty's Councit, " In once again meeting you at the commencement of a new Session of the Legislature, I have to acknowledge your desire for the melioration and amendment of the Slave Laws by the Bill which you framed for that purpose, and on which you be stowed so much labour and time during the last Session ; and consequently, I entertain no doubt that you will consider on, and endeavour to adopt, such ineasures as may best tend to re., move the difficulties which have, and may again occur, to pre vent the completion of this most salutary and most necessary law. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " I have called you together, at the very earliest opportu nity, for the dispatch of public business, feeli ng th e urgent necessity of the immediate renewal of those labours which oc cupied so large a portion of your time during the last Session, in the consideration of a Police Bill; and more particularly of that of the melioration, amendment, an d conso lidation of the Slave Laws which was framed by the Speaker, and ultimately adopted for considereration by both branches of the Legisla ture, but which did not pass into law. " I have to offer to you, Mr Speaker, and to the House, my warmest acknowledgments of the uniform, pleasing, and cour teous terms in which your replies have been couched to all my Messages, which it bus been my duty, as his Majesty's Repre sentative, to submit to you, during a most eventful and most interesting period. _ " 16. * President and Gentlemen of his Majesty's Council. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly. " I cannot conceal from you the great disappointment I have experienced from the failure of a well-grounded hope that some Bill for the amendment of the Slave Laws would have been, long ere this, enacted. As both branches of the Legislature, immediately after the close of the last Session, honoured me with their separate statements in explanation of the delays which had occurred ; and as it has been, is, and ever will be my anxious desire that all the branches of the Legislature should, if possible, co-operate most cordially for the public welfare, and as the documents previously alluded to have both been transmitted to Earl Bathurst for his Majesty's in. formation; I shall forbear from making a single comment, further than by remarking, it is a very great consolation to me, that the sentiments expressed in both statements, lead me again to expect that every exertion will be made for the speedy completion and enactment of a Bill for the amendment, melioration, and consolidation of the Slave Laws. And I now seize with pleasure and sincerity this public opportunity, to express those sentiments most unequivocally, which have long been felt, but never called forth ; that though cases, as exceptions, do exist which, under similar circumstances, would exist iu every other part of the globe, so . long as men are im perfect, and their dispositions differ in an innumerable variety of Shades, from good to vile ; yet, after more than three years con stant residence on this island, it is my firm conviction (as far as it has come within my own observation to judge), that the slaves, as a body, throughout the Colony are uniformly treated with kindness, lenity, and liberality ; and to which their general ap pearance of cheerfulness and happiness may be fairly attributed. " Council Chamber, 28th September 1824." Tint Durham Agricultural Cattle Show, as announced in our Paper of the 11th instant, took place at Mr. %Yard's, Waterloo Inn, on Saturday last, the 16th. It was highly gratifying to observe the interest taken in this meet ing by many gentlemen in the neighbourhood, between forty and fifty of whom, after the show, sat down to an ex cellent dinner, C. Mason, Esq. in the Chair. On the cloth being drawn, several loyal end appropriate toasts were drank, after which the President rose, and declared the follow ing sweepstakes to be adjudged :—The sweepstakes of five sovereigns, to Mr. Arrowsmith, of Sherburn House, for the best cow in calf or in milk ; the sweepstakes of four sovereigns, to Mr. Wood, of Kimblesworth, for the best two-year-old 116. fer in calf; the sweepstakes of four sovereigns, to Mr. Cro ft on. of Holywell, for, the best yearling heifer; the sweepstakes of three sovereigns, to Mr. Teesdale, of Garmondsway Moor, for the best aged bull; the sweepstakes of three sov erei g ns, to 11r. Cunninghame, of Sherburn, for the best yearly bull ; the sweep. stakes of four sovereigns, to Mr. Crofton, of Holywell, for the best shearling waiter ; the sweepstakes of two sovereigns,to Mr. Crofton, of Holywell, for the best flit pig ; the sweepstakes of six sovereigns, to Mr. W. Seyinour, of Wood-house Close, for the best snare for breeding hunters or hacknies ; the sweepstakes of four sovereigns, to Mr. John Huston, of Chatham Stob, for the best mare for breeding carriage hones; and the sweepstakes of two sovereigns, to Mr. Crofton, of Holywell, for the best mare, for breeding draught horses.—The utmost conviviality prevailed during the evening, and many sweepstakes were en tered into : it was announced to be the intention of the Society to offer several premiums for the next show. The Chairman having left the chair, the thanks of the meeting were unani. mously voted to him for his gentlemanly conduct therein.— ( Durham county Advertiser, Dee. '25.) GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIEIL—FrOPTI a report read to the Geological, Mineralogical and Bo tanical Society of Auvergne, by its President, Count de LATZER, it appears that this gen tleman has ascertained an important goo logical fact. From the great plateau of ba oath and triffa, lying between the two rivers Correge, from Champein to the vicinity of Isoire, he has, for the first time, discovered or ganic bodies, lying between ancient triffor and basalt. These remains consist of the bones of very large animals, changed into carbonate of lime ; but preserving both their form and their texture. A piece of stag's horn changed into agate. And out of a stratum of pumice sand, situated beneath the tan, he has taken some teeth, the jaw bone, and two horns belonging to two spe cies of stag, now extinct. In addition to these remains, lie formed, beneath a testaceous lime stone between the volcanic tuffa and the primi tive soil, the grinder of a mastodon. This im portant geological discovery, will tend to show the relative age of the most ancient volcanoes. Wit EN TO LEAVE on DRINKING.--When you feel particularly desirous to have another glass, leave off; you have had enough. Whet' you look at a distant object, and appear to see two, leave off; you have had too much. When you knock over you glass, spill your wine upon the table, or are unable to recollect the words of a song you have been in the habit of singing for the last dozen years, leave the company ; you are getting troublesome. When you nod in the choir, fall over the hearth-rug, or lurch on your neighbour's shoulder, go to bed; you are drunk.—(The Economist.) On Wednesday last two chimneys in Berriug. ton-street were blown down ; one of. the bricks fell into a pail of water, which a female passen ger was luckily carrying upon her head ; she re ceived no injury, but was seriously alarmed at a salutation so abrupt and,unwelcume.—(Hereford Independent.) LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis, is ltd. le the 4th. loaf—there are ethers who sell from a halfpenny a ° three halfpence below that rate. IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foreign. Wheat 4,438 355 ---- Barley - ....... Malt 3,811 ---.--.. Oats . 4,131 1,345 . Rye . — ---- ......... Beans ... 9Ol ..-- .......—. Peas - ...... Tares ... Rapeseed Bratsk ... 34 Mustard . Seeds -- Flour .. Linseed .• • - - 62 ...... SEEDS, Dec. 27. New English R. Clover, per cwt...4Bs 63s 81s—fine 95s Old Dia° New Foreign ditto 6ls 70s 845—tine 985 Old ditto ditto New Whiteditto 67s 74s 77s—fine 86s Old ditto 33$ 48$ 63s—fine 94* New Trefoil per cwt los 21s 451—tine 265 Old ditto 5s 9s 15s—fine 231 New Ribgi ass Old ditto 21s 305 33s—fine 48$ English Carraway Seeds 41$ 45s .193—fine —9 Foreign ditto Coriandei d 0... 7$ 6d ;Is 10s—fine —5 St.ioin... ,per 4' 44s 44s—fine 41.) 1 6 Rye-Grass 22s 33s 53s tjric 3, Pare) , ditto 6os Linseed fur fettling 465 48s—fine 49$ Dil.o, fur crushing 38s 42s—fine 48$ n —, 65s 72s—fine 74$ Caary Seed W bite Mustard Seed.. per bushel is 9s—fine 118 Brown ditto 12$ 19s fine 17$ Turnip Seeds 6s 9s 6d—fine 10 * Tares 35 45—fine 55 ed R —I sei 941 261 Os ape iced ....per per last NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, Dec. 17. By the Carcase. B e ef Qs 4d to 3s Bd 1 Veal Ss 4d to 5 1 4 d Mutton ..... 3s 6d tu 4 s ad I Pork Ss , id to 6s 4d Lawb, Os 0.1 toj?!_j_h.l. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET, Dec. 24. Clover,O. tooted to 120$ Od Hay, Old 84s QJ to 100$ OA —1nf..... aOs Od to 97s 6d —New Inf. 68s Od to 77! 64 —New --1 Od to —$ OEI Straw .... 36s Od to 40$ Od ST. JAMES'S. Hay 66s Od to t los ott 1 Ciotti . .... 60s Od to 110,$ Od OA New Ditto —s ud Its —s od 1 Straw .... 33 s 04 to 45 WHITECHAPEL. Clover 76s Od to 122 s 6d . 1 -lay 6Ss Od to 1101 Od it raw ....40s Od to 46 $ od I blietitt 101 Os to 141 Its—Seconds, 91 05 to 1010 V PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., Dec. 94 . Kent Pockets Sussex Pockets Essex Pockets . Farnham, Kent Bags 11th. to 1265. to Ws. cwt' Sussex Bags loss. to 1 15s. to 1965. per cwt. Essex llngs I Ms! to 1201. to 130 s. per ewl. RAW 111 DES. Best Heifers 6.: Steers, per st. Ordinary .... es ed to Os od 3s 9.1 to Ss 4t Market Calf .. each.. 6 , w i , Middlings es tod to Ss Od Lanibs.... O s Od to Os Oa SHEEP SKINS. Polled Downs es Gil to 95 6(1 1 Lani 1.5...... Os Od to Oo ua, PRICE OF LEATHER. Botts, 50 to 56lbs each per.lb iod to Old Ditto. 51; to titilbs cacti Dressing Hides t6d to W A ' Coach Hides .. Crop Hides, 36 to 401bs for cut li lig l4d to 17 4 Ditto ...: 45 to 501bs Calf Skins..z:t; to 401b$ ow tp VA Ditto Si) to 7 0 Ibs Ditto 7O to aolbs yad to e4i. Small Seals (Greenland) 17,1 to 1 84 Laige ditto l6l to 18 1 Canned Horse Hides I 3LI to Lbw Spanish Horse Hides PRICES OF TA LLOW, U. Town Tallow 46. 6d od Yellow Russia 39s Od —s 0.1 White ditto.. 36s 64 —.I 01! Soap ditto.... S6s 6,1 —I 04 Melting Stull 31s On —s 04 Ditto Rough.. 19$ ad —4 Od Al', &c. per I 1111).---Dec. 44. Yellow Soap .......... 7114 Mottled B 9O Curd 940 Graves 'i6so 4, Good Dregs PRICE OF CANDLES. FROM TALLOW CHANDLER . . 140 1 " Price of Candles, per dozen, Gs a Ts—Moulds, 9s ed. 6.1 per dozen allowed fur ready . PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of 811).—Dtc. 2 4 ,,t hire of Tallow (as stated I.y the Tallow Melters), ec 51' COAL, MARKET, Dtc. 27. Ships at Market. Ships sold 72 Newcastle . . 22 12i Sunderland - 73 Price. „ 4 28i 6d to 39 9 29 6d to 40iir RESURRECTION TREES.—In the gale of Tog' day, the 26th October last, four elm trees, in a hedge row , t ri the farm of Mr. Willows of South Cockerington, near Loot"' were blown down. Mr. W. s en t a car p e n ter and a labourer t° lop off the branches, which they did, and brought them awg: In the morning after, to the surprise of the two men who We. n t ; to fetch the trees home, two of them were risen uP-- - " e q u n l y erect, the other nearly so, and are now standing witboutriozo of several sorts of brushwood, such as maple, branches. The roots of the trees were interwoven with the _ e t` ., the elasticity of which drew them up.—( Donca ster Gazf black th ort;;. DREADFUL FIRK.—On christams Eye, ab out eight o'clock, a fire broke out i n the manufac tory of Mr. B RADFORD , leather and silk japan. uer, situated in A nn -street, Spa- f i e lds, which wa s destroyed. Bllt'fllS. the WV et. On the 25th inst., a t Hart-street, Bloomsburly Richard Lambert, Esq. of a daughter' k leY 4 q l/1141 ' ( ' )u Sunda'' , the 20th inst., in Charles-stree t , e the Lady Louisa Kilderbee, of a daughter. . 4 b i dy of On Monday, the 20th inst., in Finsbury.square,‘" Mr. M. B. Lousada, of a son. 1 -street, th e On the 15th inst. at No. 6, upper MarYie.— ne lady of Josephus Kendrick, Esq., of am. th e On Christmas-day, at his house in Great Russem--- lady of E. H. Alderson, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. . ~ , ~o Ussrri On the 20th inst., at Gosford, the Right rson. Lsea.n to Lord Grey, eldest son of the Earl of Stamford igton, Warr , ari o f Lady Katherine Chatteris, third daughter of th e NVemyss and March. n blir'r b 0 James,t i n a I 1 1 1 , 0 0 0 n l n f d A n l y goo , un t n h ot j e f 0 2 y11 0 . s t o l I ib t if at s r e t . 5, , ,Ea ri Es qt i S n. t ~ oGfeoltrots.hcohuu:c: c . , 0 - - mi gn d it gy i 00 F t" Galway, Eat., to Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas 110% 1 11 ,,,i On the 27th inst., Charles Heard 'league, Est , defi er gineers, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late NAP; ~,,3 0 . James Pringle, East Indi a Compny's service, o,r ! daughter of the late Sir John Halkett, of PitftoTol__.22.;!.._js' DIED- ha C.Bgh tn* t On the lOth inst ., Edward W. Shopheard, Egl•I . year of his age. e pr o . 19, Ca d° On the 25th inst., D. P. v. Lel eld Esq., 0. - yv , Ap n nog gan-plate. On the 7th ult., Air. William Y ea te. , ut l iung--' Ware, Herts.kiur 191 On Christmas.dity, lEnens, youngest son of ADO° Esq., of Ilighbury.grove. tv ,doe' " On the 2'3d inst., at ‘Vatford, Iferts, John Bind ..', On the 23d inst. , at NVerthing i A me lia, the Yo l g . OM' ter of Mr. Archdeacon Goddard bu . On the 2tith inst., Ellen, wif e of Mr. John N ichiMs of Ebury-street, Chelsea, in the 39th year of her' e .us • ctri op- A '' , in September last, at Venice, Mr. John 1 . ) te^ late of Okl London-street, merchant. in Wl' On Wednesday, the 15th inst theat his residence , in chapel-road, Mr. Charles Hix ' . 53d yea r of h bl ru a Siclo el j On the 4th Lust., at litiswarp.hall, near ‘ 'ltitby, 1 ,5,1 . _ OlO , Jones Gowland, aged 33, eldest son of Mr. Benjtunin a ship-owner, of Whitby. so le, Printed and Published for the PROTIMETOMI at OPFICK. No. 112, strand, _ by J. a CMIZTAIRS• ca to 4)b rte oil Ts uti