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ka: THE DECEMBER NUMBER OF COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST, EDITED BY THOMAS HOOD, ESQ., Contains, More News from China. By the Editor. Tour in Search of the Picturesque. By Laman Blanchard, Esq. The Hot Water Cure. The Five Incumbents. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." No. 5. The Sub-Vicar of Ditchingly. The Persian Bandit. By the Hon. C. S. Savile. Persons whom everybody has seen. By Laman Blanchard, Esq. Persons who joke at their own expense—Persons who don't know what to do. School Friendships. Reminiscences of a Medical Student. No. 11. The Story of a Genius. (Concluded.) Phineas Quiddy ; or, Sheer Industry. By John Poole, Esq., Author of " Paul Pry." Short Rides in an Author's Omnibus. The Diary and Correspondence of Madame D'Arblay. The Barnaby 4 in America. By Mrs. Trollope. Sonnet, &e. By the Editor. henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street., Embellished with a Portrait of General D'Arblay, VOLUME FIVE of MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY and LETTERS, IS NOW READY, And may be had of all Booksellers. New and Revised Editions of the First Four Volumes are also now ready. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " PAUL PRY.'' Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. PHINE.A.S QUID'DY; OR, SHEER INDUSTRY. By JOHN POOLE, Esq., Author of " Paul Pry," " Little Pcdlington," " The Comic Sketch-Book," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DUKE OF BEDFORD'S CORRESPONDENCE. Published this day, Vol. 1., in Bvo., with Portrait, IBs. cloth, THE CORRESPODENCE of JOHN, FOURTH DUKE of BEDFORD, selected from the Oliginals at Woburn Abbey : with an Introduction. By LORD JOHN RUSSELL. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Published this day, medium Rvo., 21s. cloth, THE, RURAL and DOMESTIC LIFE of GERMANY : with Characteristic Sketches of its chief Cities and Scenery. Collected in a General Tour, and during a Residence in that Country in the Years 1840-41-42. By ILLIAM HOWITT, Author of the 4 , Rural Life of Eng land," " Visits to Remarkable Places," " The Boy's Country Book," &c. Illustrated with above Fifty Engravings on Wood. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lon mans. WIT!! Sr UMER.OUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, LEECH, AND CROWQUILL, The DECEMBER NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of B ENT LEY'S MIS CELLANY, Will contain : Mr. LEDBURY'S ADVENTURES AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH. WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH. The Tiger Hunt, by H. R. Addison. Lines on Lord Vivian, by Miss Fox. The Last O'Rourke. Leaves of Legendary Lore; Legend of Roland, by Dr. W. C. Taylor. The Injured Individual, by Curio. Life in Hanover, by Dudley Costello. 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THIS EVENING, NOV. 30, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of THE TEMPEST. Alooso, Mr. Cooper; Sebastian, Mr. Diddear ; P ros p ero , M r . Vandenhoff; Antonio, Mr. J. Vining ; Ferdinand, Mr. C. Pitt ; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trinculo, Mr. Harley ; Ste phan°, Mr. Bartley. Miranda, Miss Vandenhoff; Ariel, Miss Itainforth. To conclude with Auber's Opera of MASANIELLO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI. M asan i e ll o , Mr. W. Harrison ; Aiphonso, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; Fenella, Miss Bailin. Door; open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery ls. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tielrets may be had. Private &,xes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr.' Sims, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 30, Will be repeated a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Fawcit, and Miss Murray. After which, a New Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giuhilei. To conclude with THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin eipal Characters by Messr3. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Ten Nights of Mr. T. P. Cooke's Engagement, and Final Arrangement of his Performing. THIS EVENING, NOV. 30, Mr. T. P. Cooke will appear in the New Nautical Drama, en titleti THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER. Mary, Mrs. R. limner. After which, ROBERT MACAIRE. Robert Macaire, Air. T. P. Cooke. 'lO conclude with Mr. Barber's new Drama, en titled THE - BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the F IA; ITIVESL AVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. The othsr Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W . Smith, Mrs. H ug h es, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of " Oh ! why does the White Man hang on my path ?" composed by Mr. G. Stansbury. Placei and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box .office, from eleven to four. T O CORRESPONDENTS. - - We cannot insert the letter of a Correspondent who pro poses a remedy for " The Relief of the general Desti tution." His signature is illegible. WP are obliged to " Studiosus," but from the tone of his letter we are sure he will see the propriety of not pAhlishing it. i ut , ll NA TEit AT LONDON BRIDGE ri-t ts DA Y. ;t or „r ik 0 minutes after 0 I Evening . ..... 5 minutes after 0. 4, 5 `1,1a. 4' 7 19 Yetr 04, -a -s r '"- - 111", - 4- qr „..„‘ 424." ~nov Ztt Yom ' LONDON : WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1842 Who is the ruler of the State? Not Sir ROBERT PrEt, fbr he is in a great measure carry ing into effect thepians of his predecessors. He has VX.:ecitted their schemes for reducing China to obe'dignee, and he has completed their design "av4vsAn . g our defeat in Afikhanistan, though he;has refused to follow up their plan for retaining thatcouritry, in subjection. Not Sir ROBERT l'EF)e 5 for" his plans for unsettling trade have pleaded no party, and he must alter them. But a man Nvlio must do a thinc , is not a ruler, he is ruled. Who, then, we again ask, rules the country ? and again we reply, not Sir ROBERT PEEL. His fine Income-tax, for which he coined a number of pretexts, has no longer any shad6W of justification, except it be thought de sirable to tax people, including the fundholders, in order to enable the Govermnent, by impeding trade, to reduce the Three-and-a-Ualiper Cents., and •take something more from the stockholders. His Income-tax, therefore, is creating general discontent, and this ruler of the nation must, we believe, submit to be ruled also in this point, and abandon sooner than he wishes his be loved Income-tax. PEEL will henceforward be known as Income-tax PEEL, but he seems more li kelY to/get the name, than receive the produce of the tax. He who directs its course is the rl lkr of society, not the man who receives a large salary%...and h as t h e di sposa l o f muc h p a t ronage , to proliose measures that cannot be executed,and -who is glad to take laws from the wiser multitude, whoo k he pretends to govern. Whoever may be the ruler of this mighty nation, it is perfectly dear that Sir Roniner PEEL is not. He only posse:4Bes the Treasury fir the interest of a party. The once happy and secure vales of England seem no longer safe dwelling places, and they are overrun with paupers. The terrible disease which the: country gentlemen and the farmers were long ago warned would spread its infection from the decaying towns to the rural districts, seems now to be ravaging them. "SUDDEN IN CREASE or PAUPERISM" is the heading of an ar- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1842, A with China, at a moment when nobody looked I for it, on most advantageous terms, opening a new and a ready peopled world to our trade, and stimulating enterprise in all our ports, is another piece of good fortune. Unfortunate delays in sending the avenging army into Caubul, and a hesitating policy in the Governor-General, had excited painful apprehensions. The skill of our officers, and the undaunted valour of our troops, have again accomplished a great victory, which spreads the halo of success and glory round Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Administration. The Tower guns have been fired by its orders; bells have been rung ; the animation, or perhaps we may say the intoxication of unex pected good fortune, has infected the public, and there has been a general clearing up of clouded countenances, and a general exhiliration on public 'changes and commercial marts, such as have not been known for years. Reports already prevail that the army is to be somewhat reduced; taxes, it is clear, may be remitted, as the war in Affghanistan is at an end, as the whole ex pense of the Chinese war, for which they were levied, has been reimbursed, and a large sum paid into the Treasury ; the people may be soothed, and the lucky Administration, which boasts of its strength, may possibly become po pular. Nevertheless, we adhere to our opinion, that Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Government is a failure, and that, though equally lucky and strong, it must give up the policy it was established to carry through. In the Times of yesterday appeared a letter, duly leaded, signed " Conservator," dated Man chester; and calling on our Contemporary boldly to advocate a moderate fixed duty on corn, as suring him that Sir ROBERT PEEL'S late measure has only whetted the appetite for further changes; that every Conservative in Lancashire, and perhaps in the country at large, is for a moderate fixed duty, and implying that nothing else can serve or save the nation. But Sir Ro- BERT PEEL was forced into office far more on account of our domestic distresses, than our foreign relations, and it was to cure them that he took his great fee. On being placed in office, he cast aside, as a useless nostrum, the Whig recipe of a fixed duty; but he adopted and re commended the sliding scale, and a high rate of agricultural protection, and his prescrip tion has made matters much worse than be the directing genius of the Cabinet, was at Ghent —not because he was the editor• of the Ghent Moniteur—not because be was the Secretary of the Abbe MoNTEsQuiou, but because he was Ambassador in London, where he betrayed his Govern ment.—(Cries of ' Bravo, bravo!' for some minutes.) I oppose the Ministry because it is in office, thanks to English influence. I oppose it because it is sustained by British influence.— (' Bravo, bravo 1')" The supporters of General JACQUEMINOT, though not so violent, still direct their attacks against Engl2nd, and appear only to wait for a misunderstanding among the Powers of Europe to make France what she ought to be—the ar biter of nations. England is a dreadful bug bear to these gentlemen, and seems con stantly to haunt ,their imaginations. "Every prudent and sincere person," says M. ADAM, in a published address, " admits that the consequences of our late wars and revo lutions have placed us in a situation, with respect to The rest of Europe, full of difficulties. These are the legacy of a past marked by reverses. Let us make allowances for a Government so situated. France resembles a great lord, who has embar rassed his fbrtune by the extravagance of his youth, and would reconstruct it by prudence and economy. Let us support this prudent and reasonable policy, and let us not be carried away by the adventurous illusions of revolutionary policy. When Europe, restored to confidence by our calm, shall have ceased to remain united in mistrust of us--wl►en the great Powers of Europe shall have recurred to their old quarrels —when .England and Russia shall fall to logger heads about Persia and Asia, and Austria struggle for the mouths of the Danube, then France, becoming their natural arbiter, may re sume the rank which her children would like to see `her take, and which must be the result of time and patience." We should be delighted to see Europe restored to confidence by the calm of France, but fear that day is far distant. The following telegraphic dispatch was received by the French Goverament on the evening of Saturday : " MADRID, Nov. 21. " The Regent left this morning at two o'clock. Madrid is tranquil." fore. Now friends and foes, Conservatives and Whigs, join in declaring that he has mis taken the disease, and that a moderate fixed duty is the true panacea. In spite, therefore, of an unexpected good harvrst, and in spite of unex pected successes abroad, the main shaft of Sir R. PEEL'S policy is broken in twain, and he must The last accounts received at Madrid from Barce lona were to the 18th. The French Government have also received the fol lowing intelligence : " The movement, which broke out at Valencia on the 20th, was suppressed on the 21st. "The Regent was to reach Saragossa on the 24th." BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 5... 119 5... 119 ... 119 5 Four per Cents 101 40... 101 40 .. 101 40... 101 40 3 per Cents 89 1... 80 45... 80 40... 80 40 Bank of France 3295 ...3295 —3295 .. 3295 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1057 50 ..1057 50...1057 50...1057 50 have a new one, or the machine will soon come .o a still stand. The distress of the people renders vain all his schemes. " The Anti-Corn-law League," says "Conservator," " are only powerful as long as the manufacturing population are distrtssed." That is the fulcrum, working on which the lever of agitation will tumble down PEEL'S Administra tion, unless PEEL changes his policy. He must satisfy the manufacturers .; the bulk of the people must have employment and reasonable wages; and if these things be not accomplished, as they cannot possibly be, either by a sliding scale or a fixed duty, he must come to a perfectly free trade. On any other principle he will make the Government responsible for all the wants of the manufacturers and the merchants; for all the uncertainty and sufferings of the , farmers; and for all the distresses of the people. Such a re sponsibility, now that the pretensions of Sir R. PEEL to cure all national diseases have fixed the attention of the public on him, and justified all the demands it can make for ease and health, will speedily convince him that he has no other alternative than to set trade entirely free, shake from the Government the awful responsibility he has assumed, and tell manufacturers, merchants, fiirmers ' artisans, and labourers, to provide for themselves. 5,0001...5080 ...5080 —.5080 ..5080 Belgian Bank Belgian Fives 103 f ... 103 f ... 103 f ... 103 f 1840 lo4f ... 104 f ... 1041- ... 104 f Spanish Active 9.3± ... 23f ... 23i ... 23d Passive ..• 3L 3L New Deferred 9/ ••• •••9 ... 9/ Portuguese Fives 3l- ... 31f ... 311 Neapolitan . lOB 55... 108 85... 108 85... 108 85 Roman, ex div. ...... 104 i ... 104 ... 104 k ... 104 k RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain 827 50... 830 ... 827 50... 8.30 Versailles, LB B7 50... 87 50... 87 50... 87 50 , Rouen Orleans.... Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75... 202 50... 202 50 THE LATE EXTENSIVE BANK ROBBERY.—We are happy to learn, from good authority, that almost the whole of the large sum lately lost by the London Joint-Stock Bank has been recovered. it was left at the Bank at a late hour last evening, and great hopes are entertained that in a short time the person accused of misappropriating it will be in custody. The history of those remarkable proceedings which led to the snit of CHESTERFIELD v. BA THYANY, copied from a weekly paper, will be found in another part of The Sun. The compiler of facts, if we may use such an expression in re ference to these very discreditable negotiations, has apparently taken great pains and time to as certain the truth, and certainly places the de fendant in a very different light from that in which he had been represented by certain jour nals. 'We have heard from other quarters that this view of the case is correct, and that through out the whole transaction Count BATHYANY conducted himself in a manner so honourable, as to form a remarkable contrast to that exhibited by his English friends. The plaintiffs are now convinced of the fact, and in order to hush up the affair, which prudence and regard for their rank should for ever have concealed, they have withdrawn the action put down for trial in the Queen's Bench on Saturday before a Special Jury. This is fortunate, for possibly some further details might have been furnished little creditable to the parties themselves, or the order to which they belong. If these are a specimen ofour hereditary legislators, and as they are nearly related toPeers who are constantly bawl ing out " Church and State for ever" we may take them as a tolerably fair sample, can we wonder at the enormous extent of class legislation, or the outcry raised occasionally by the lower and middle classes against the two Houses of Parlia ment? If Peers and Peers' sons and Members of the House of Commons be parties to such acts in private life, what security is there that they will act more honourably when they perform the functions of legislators ? To lay heavy taxes on others and screen themselves, to uphold an enormous Church establishment in which they have an interest, to vote pensions to their relatives out of the people's money, and to make severe laws which they know cannot reach themselves in one case out of a hundred, are only matters of duty compared with those deeds which, withi n the lust six months, have brought such merited disgrace on the higher classes. But the injury done does not only affect them. They are re garded us the leaders of fashion, a 3 models for imitation in all the walks of life, and aspirants to rank and titles, so that even the plebeian multi tude are corrupted by their bad example. We would, therefore, recommend such worthies as Lords CHESTERFIELD and MAIDSTONE to the especial care of the Bishops, and chiefly to him of LONDON, who would find • quite enough of work on his hands without lec turing the poor on the immorality of playing at skittles, or wasting his precious time in counting the boats that pass by his country palace on Sundays. Madrid journals, of the 21st, have been re ceived, and are chiefly occupied with the dis turbances at Barcelona. No further accounts have been received from that place of the slightest importance. ESPARTERO left Madrid on the 21st, with an army 0f1.5,000 mon, to put down the insurrection. The march will occupy at least ten days, and the general belief in the capital was, that the REGENT, in order to prevent such mad outbreaks for the future, would make some severe examples. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the election of a Deputy for the first arrondissement, which had become vacant by the appointment of General JACQUEMINOT to the command of the National Guards. The General again offers himself to the electors, and from all accounts will be the successful candidate. No less than seven are in the field, namely, the General, M. de VAUFRELAND, formerly Secretary-General at the Ministry of Justice in 1830, a Royalist; Lieut.-General Count GIRARDIN, Royalist; M. AUGUSTE PORTAL'S, formerly Deputy for Meaux, a Liberal; M. BOINVILLIERS, an advocate, a Liberal; M. CONSIDERA NT, editor of the Pha lange; and M. FOISSAC, a physician, a Liberal. A numerous meeting of the electors was held in the Rue Duphot on Sunday, when some amusing speeches were made. Most of the speakers de- , nounced England and her protegee, M. GUIZOT. All the English, sa id one, were not at the other side of the Cha nne l, a remark wh i c h exc ited shouts of laughter; and PORTALIS announced his political creed in the following words. " I op pose the present Ministry not because M. GUIZOT, tide in the Esse.r Herald, which thus goes on to detail the alarming progress The accounts received this morning from various parts of the county, announce the consequences eoa templated by the late rapid reduction in the produce of the soil, as regards the wages of agricultural la bourers, which threaten to fall i n p ropor ti on; i n some parts they are already lowered to Bs. a week. The dif ference will be felt, and be thought by some greater than it appears ; but there are parishes in this county where the wages have never been generally and permanently raised beyond nine shillings ; and if the reduction in the price of flour within the last four months is referred to, the shilling lost in the wages will be found to be fully compensated in that article. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the measures of late adopted to i ns tru c t th e labourer, and to promote his independence, will enable him to ar rive at the fact, that the present reduction of wages is the natural consequence alone of the crippled re sources of his employer, and that he may rest assured that on the return of the means, a proportionate in crease will quickly follow. For the moment there certainly is cause for the apprehension of the want of employ, and that many will be thrown out of work altogether. The present law, it is well known, forbids relief out of the house under every plea but that of affliction, however numerous the family, in order to counteract a principle that was prac tised under the old law—that of paying from the poor-rate a part of the wages ; instances have been found, however—notwithstanding the liberality of the master and the competency of the - labourer—in which numbers in a family have rendered such wages less than required to afford the common necessaries of life. In some unions it has been the practice to take from large families into the union-house one, and some times two children, in order to bring the cost of maintenance within the earnings of the parents ; and such a relaxation of the general rule has been sanc tioned, in some cases, by the Poor-law Commissioners. We hear of an increase of paupers in one union in particular, where the house was built for only 350, and there are now more than 300, and an overflow is looked for. The union-houses must be relieved of the aged paupers, if room is required, and accommo dation can be found for them out of the house. The reader will remember that the increase of pauperism takes place in communities already very seriously afflicted with that evil, and it can scarcely become more intense without absorbing the property of the soil, and rendering a country residence in England no longer either safe or pleasant. In spite of the New Poor-law and the Corn-law, the landlords will scarcely save their estates and the tenants their capital. We have printed in italics one statement, which we consider to be extremely important. Ac cording to the Essex Herald the resources of the farmers are already crippled. It is their need, not their will, for they are well disposed towards their labourers, which compels them to lower wages and turn off their hands. Similar state ments have been made of the farmers in Wilt shire, Cheshire, Surrey, Sussex, and several other counties. The Corn-laws, however, are still in existence, and have lately been altered on an im proved plan ; but they are so noxious to the farmers themselves, that the very first decent harvest in six years has crippled their resources. This is a most important fact for solving all doubt as to the effect of our legislation. In favour of the Corn-laws it is alleged that they enable the farmer to keep hands in employ ment and land in cultivation, but under their in fluence the farmers turn off their hands, and are crippled in their resources. What has become of the plunder obtained by the bread-tax ?It has been in a great measure imaginary, and has been dissipated as soon as got. The injury done by the laws to the rest of the community is not the less because the gain of the farmer has been nil: His expenses, we believe, have exceeded his gains, and all the advantages of bolstering up prices have gone to the landlord in the shape of rent. How rent is spent the foul disclosures lately made of the manner in which our nobility pass their time and employ their money, have in formed the public. The produce of the tax on the people's bread enriches courtezans at home and abroad. It is wasted in odious profligacy. It goes to nourish vice, not sustain labour. In all ages plunderers have been profligates, and there seems no difference in this respect between those who plunder by law and those who plunder by the strong hand. None of the wealth extorted by the bread-tax remains with the farmers, who have no hoards : no resources, and who cannot, like the Messrs. ASHWORTH and other manufac turers, keep a large number of labourers em ployed long after the period when they can hope to profit by their labour. One bounteous harvest, when the towns' people are unable to buy as largely as usual, suffices to reduce the farmers almost to as bad a condition as the labourers. What delightful, what blessed consequences, of that tax on bread, which stifles trade ! Pauperised Essex is, at the same time, not without its poachers. We see by the journal we have quoted, that three men were lately sen tenced to two months' imprisonment each for doing that on the squire's game which the squire does on the people's bread—that is, take it away without leave of the owner. In other places, too, the people imitate on game the conduct which the game owner pursues towards the people's food, and bloody encounters ensue. The New castle Journal gives the following account of a DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.-It appears that a gang of poachers have been in the habit lately of pursuing their nocturnal depredations on the pre serves adjoining Warkworth. On the night of Wednesday week information was brought to Mor wick-hall, the residence of Mr. S. G. Barrett, that a party of poachers were upon the estate, and that gentleman immediately went out, accompanied by his brother-in law, the Rev. 11. Bell, Vicar of Longhoughton, for the purpose of warning them off. Shortly after leaving the house, and being a short distance from each other, Mr. Barrett heard Mr. Bell call out as if for aid, and on proceeding to the spot he found the Rev. Gentleman attacked by the whole gang, five in number, who had knocked him down, and were beating him unmercifully with the butts of their guns and bludgeons. After defend ing himself, Mr. Barrett, who in turn was attacked, succeeded in getting out his pistols, when the villains fled. Mr. Bell was conveyed to Morwick-hall, with one of his arms broken by a desperate blow from the T a e s bu al t s t o en butt of a gun, which was also broken by the blow, severely v b e e r i enlgy beatenafterva aboutrdsfo the h found on the ead spo by t ; th h e e cowardly villains when on the ground. Happy, peaceful England ! Such a scene re flects equal honour on her people and her Government. Here is its counterpart in another place : DESPERATE AFFRAY wrt II POACHER S —Frid a morning last, about two o'clock, a most desperate conflict took place between the keepers and assistants of Mr. Peter Ark wright (nine in number) and eleven armed poachers. It appears that the keepers had some suspicion, and proceeded with two large dogs to Littlemoor Wood, about a mile from Matlock, where they met with eleven poachers armed with guns, which they instantly presented at the keepers, who immediately let go the dogs and fell in with them. Here Me battle raged most furiously for some time ; three or four shots were fired by the poachers (as they say only to kill the dogs), and, wonderful to relate, missed all the men, o ne dog only being killed. Not having time to re-load, they fell upon the keepers with the butt ends of their guns, four of which were broken entirely to pieces. The encounter now began to be in favour of the keepers, every man on both sides being more or less injured. 'The poachers at length gave up the contest, with the loss of four pri soners, one of whom was much worried by the dogs, as well as being otherwise injured. Three of the poachers, John Travis, Edward Travis, and Samuel Smith, were sent off to Derby county gaol, for trial at the next assizes, and the fourth, named Robinson, formerly a most respectable man, is on bail.—Derby Reporter. Secure from foreign foes, the people of Eng land; split into classes, make war on each other. lier worst enemies rejoice, and believe that she ►s only secured from them to be certainly de stroyed by her own hands. Let us add to these tmible affrays, bloody battles, and sudden in crease of pauperism, the prevalent practice of incendiarism, and then we see that the squires, by their legislation, and their administration of time law, have made our once " merrie" and free England, whose woods and fields echoed with jovial sports, a disagreeable and dangerous place to live in. No inconsiderable number of the landowners themselves seem sensible of this, and they put.the Channel betwixt them and danger. They seek from the police of the Continent the safety and protection of which they have deprived people and property in England. It cannot be denied that the Ministry is ex tremely lucky. A bounteous harvest, when least expected, promoted as much as possible Sir ROBERT PEEL'S schemes to give relief to our The termination of t h e war suffering people. Qaq ARV OF fj,,, E S AND tibitt ,=4)tutott. " Who runs may read.' FOIE MN. The Paris papers contain no news, if we except the excitement caused by the election of a Deputy for the first district of the city, and the violent speeches made on the occasion, which spare neither the Eng lish, nor M. Guizot, nor the king. himself. Nothing can be done in France without reference to England. Even the election of a church beadle would furnish topics for abusing " perfide Albion." On the 19th a peasant, named Mariano Rincon, who was found 'guilty of robbery, was executed by order of the popular Junta at Barcelona. The steamer Phenicien arrived from Cadiz at Mar seilles on the 23d inst. She -reached Barcelona on the 21st, and left at seven o'clock in the evening of that day, for Port • Vendres, where she landed 50 Spanish emigrants, amongst whom were the family of Captain-General Van Haien, and several superior officers. Accounts from Girona of the 21st announce that the authorities had fled, and that the declaration in favour of the Junta of Barcelona had been attended with no disorder. PUELIC OPINION. The Post thus alludes to the announced retirement of the British troops from Affghanistan :—" The re cent' news froM 'Affghanistan of the com pl e t e success of the armi es which had been ordered to advance upon Gliriznee and Caubul, was most gratifying to us, and not the less so, that it was far better news than we expected to receive from that quarter. We are bound in candour to confess that it did not seem to us pro liable that oui troops could have advanced so rapidly and so triumphantly, nor that Akbar Khan would have left it in our power to profit by the re-taking of Caubul to the extent of recovering the prisoners, whom he held in his possession. Even now, while we rejoice at the successes which our brave soldiers and skilful officers have achieved, we are inclined to think that had the same union existed among the Aff ghan military tribes, which enabled them to harass and destroy our troops in the winter, we should scarcely have accomplished so much, and with so little loss, as appears by the late accounts to have been accom plished. The satisfaction, however, which we felt in the vindication of our military honour, in the punish-. ment of the cruel Affghan chiefs, and in the release of the prisoners detained by Akbar Khan, has been crowned by a still greater satisfaction in the use which the Governor-General of India has made ®f his complete victory. The ,object for which the re-ad vance of the British troops upon Caubul was ordered having been triumphantly attained, these troops are to retire altogether from the territory of Aithanistan. Never was there a more honourabl e re ti remen t." The Times, speaking of Lord Ellenborough's pre sent course of Indian policy, says— " We hoped well from the speech with which Lord Ellenborough left this country, sanctioned as it was by the presence of all those who were responsible for the welfare of India. He then pledged himself to a policy of conso lidation and peaceful improvement. We rejoice to find that among all the temptations to conquest with Which the ardour and discipline of his troops, the tried courage and discretion of their Generals, and the taunts of his adversaries around him, he is showing that those promises were no hasty or ill-con sidered figures of speech, but the expression of a firm and practical sense of what would be for the benefit of India, and therefore for the honour of this coun try. Lord Ellenborough has, by this highly im portant and decided act, unreservedly staked his cre dit on the success of a just and pacific policy; and it will need for the future even more courage to seek eminence through the old means of blood and con quest, than he has now shown in their abandonment. He has cut away the temptation to relapse. The de cision and promptitude of this act mark a conscious ness that it will be approved at home. We willingly identify - the Government with their nominee, and in quire what they mean by this their act. It is a re nunciation as formal and pointed as- words and sir cumstances can make it, not only of the policy, which is bad enough, but of the principles, which are worse, on which his predecessors founded their invasion of Affghanistan." The _Herald says.: —"Elsewhere in this day's Herald will be found a proclamation from Lord Ellenborough, dated Simla, October 1, 1842, the efFect of which far exceeds in importance the destruc tion of Ghuznee or the capture of Caubul. Our as saults on Affghan independence are terminated • Lord Auckland's policy i s reverse d ; C entra l Asia fias no longer to be harassed by our criminal folly or foolish criminality; Affghanistan has to be evacuated; and the Indus and the five rivers of the Punjaub have again to become the natural boundaries of our Eastern Empire. We congratulate the country on this emancipation from guilt apd return to justice and sanity ; we congratulate L or a Ellenborough on the glory which this retributive aQt will throw around his administration, and on the ability which it will give him to benefit the magnificent territories committed to his; government; and we congratulate her Ma jesty's Ministers that their Eastern policy is at last placed in the most direct antagonism to that of Lord Palmerston and Lord Auckland. The Conservative Administration has but to take one more step in the right direction, and it will have accomplished all that was within its power, to redeem the British nation • from the disgrace into which the late Government plunged it—that step is inquiry into the origin of the Affghan ar, with a view to the punishment of those who commenced so unparalleled an atrocity." MONEY—TR./VIM —COMMERCE. The " Universal Hall of Commerce," which,has for some time past been erecting in Threadneedle street, was opened on Monday to the public. It is to be used as a hall of assembly or exchange, and is capable of holding 3,000 persons. Business will com mence in it in January next. LAW .eiND POLICE. The City Police-force has been advised by the Committee not to exceed 542 men for the year 1843. A quarter's rate, according to the prescriptions of the Act of Parliament, is to be made for this purpose. William Bennett, a man for many years in the em ploy of Messrs. Maudsley, the engineers in the Westminster-road, was charged at Union Hall with attempting to stab himself with a knife. He was committed to gaol to prevent a recurrence of the act, and meanwhile his difficulties should be arranged. Henry Tonikins was charged at Clerkenwell with having set fire to a hay-rick, belcmging to Mr. John Burgess, corn-chandler, of High-street, Newington. He was remanded, as positive evidence is expected agaitot him. ZlTZlit.anY /IND SCIENTIFIC. A monument to Zachariah Macaulay, the cele brated anti-slavery advocate, has lately been erected in Westminster Abbey. The splendid display of shooting stars which has annually happened for some years past upon the 12th inst., has not appeared this year. COUUT-rAIikiXONAIME. The Marquis of Hertford is expected to arrive at Dorchester House at the end of February. Earl and Countess Grosvenor and the Ladies Elizabeth and Cayoline are expected to arrive the middle of next month from Motcombe House, Dorset, to pass the Christmas At Grosvenor House, which is now under repair. The Marquis and Marcbioness of Westminster have returned to Eaton Hall, Cheshire, from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbraham Egerton, at Tatton Park, near Knutsford. The Earl of Cardigan has left Deane Park to join the hunt at Melton Mowbray. The Earl of Harewood has returned to Goldsbo rough Hall from Learnington Spa. The Envoy of the Sultan of Muscat to this country returns to his own Court by the overland route to Cape Aden, whence he wilt proceed either to Zanzibar or Muscat. The Envoy has been delighted with his residence in London. NIXSCELLIMEOTTS. In the present Baronage of England there are 3 Dukes, 7 Marquises, 31 Earls, 1 Viscount, 35 Barons, and 5 Legal Barons (not Judges), in all 82, who owe their origin to the profession of the law. The new comet in Draco will be at its nearest point to the earth on the 15th of December. Its distance, however, even at that period, will be seven millions of leagues. The British and North American Tfoyal Mail steamer Caledonia, which would leave Boston on the IGth, and Halifax on the 18th inst. will be due at Liverpool to-day. The Great Western, which would leave New York on. the 17th inst., will be due at Liverpool o n Th urs d ay. SEALS IN THE TWEED. —Since the close of the fishing season there have been two or three seals seen in the river. One in particular took up his residence nearly opposite to South Bells Fishery, where he has been ever since on the "look out," for salmon on their passage to the upper parts of the river. The bailiffs hearing of the depredations committed by this notorious poacher, sent out a party in pursuit of him, and after a capital chase of several hours they succeeded in shooting him. On being brought to shore he was found to weigh upwards of a hundred weight, and maintained, hi an eminent degree, the character for fatness for which seals are proverbial.—Berunck Warder. A letter from Ratisbon of the 18th instant, pub lished in the Frankfort Journal, announces that the King of Bavaria had sent 50,000 fib:-ins to the Danube Steam Navigation Company, in co nsideration of the critical circumstances in which the Company was placed. Dean Swift held this doctrine, that there were ,three places where a man should b e allowed to speak without 'contradiction, viz., "_ thtg bench, the pulpit, and the drop. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. A re-action has occurred this afternoon in the value of the public securities of a more decided character than we had occasion to notice in the early part of the day. The jobbers for a fall pretend that the quarter's income will not be satisfactory, and that other circumstances are against the maintenance of prices. At all events the sales made, together with the heavy feeling, have caused a decline to-day. Consols for immediate transfer closed at 941 f Time bargains were concluded at 95k to 941, being buyers at 94+ at the close. The apprehended reduction of the interest continues to affect the premium on Exchequer Bills, which to-day was down to 54 and 51. India Bonds receded to 51 and 49 premium. There were sales in India Stock also, which occasioned a fall to 266 and 264, but Bank Stock kept steady at 174 to 1721; New Three-and a-Half per Cents. were 101 f to 101+. No movement occurred in Spanish Bonds, although the accounts respecting Espartero being about to visit Barcelona must naturally lead to mueh suspense and anxiety for the result. Spanish Stock was firm at 18 for the Active, and at 224 + for the Three per Cents. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were steady at 38, and Mexican was rather better supported at 304 to 30i. Brazil Stock ranged from 661 to 651 ; and Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were quiet at 52+. Shares commanded a good sale, and the rates ob tained were satisfactory, being for the principal lines as follow :—London and Birmingham, 96 to 94 ; the Thirds, 301; Great Western, 20 to 21; South Western, 198; and York and North Midland, 43 premium. Manchester and Leeds were 2 ; Croydon, 4 ; and Northern and Eastern 81 discount. In the Foreign Exchanges the, same firmness was again exhibited. The following are the official returns of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last • Silver bars—Hamburgh 15,000 oz. Calais 60,000 Madras Calcutta Coin—Ditto B. West Indies 9OO Hamburgh ....... 14,000 (From The Sun of Last Night.) The accounts from Liverpool receited to-day notice a large business as having been done in Cotton, the sales being 12,000 bales, of which 2,500 were Surat, and 1.500 American, on speculation. In some instances rather higher prices were paid : 3,600 bales Surat realised 31d. to 40.; 1,200 bales Maranham, s+l to 6/d.; 150 bales Bahia, 61d. to 611:1.• 600 hales Egyptian, 61d. to 61d.; and 6,450 bales of American, 4d. to 70. Railway Shares were much the same. Eastern Counties, 8+ ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter, 58; Grand Junction, 183 ; Great Western, Fifth, 81; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter, 444 ; Brighton, Quarter, 10A ; South Western, 601 ; North Midland, 61A ; and Paris and Rouen, 24/. The Mexican affair continues to excite animadver sion, notwithstanding the imp o t en t e ff or t s o f th e P ost and Herald to smother inquiry, or strip the surreptitious issue of its objectionable character. Whatever the public may think of it, one thing is certain, the bondholders thems e l ves w ill never b e persuaded that they are not in a worse position than before. The Government, or its financial agents, it appears, have been no less free with the Deferred than with the Ac tive Stock; and thus a " pretty considerable" addition has been made to the permanent debt of Mexico, which no one ever dreamt or thought of. It is pretended that the Mexican Government has set apart one-fifth, instead of one-sixth of its Customs' revenue, but even if this be correct, which is denied in some quarters, the argument built upon it as a justification for the surreptitious issue is entirely fallacious, and what is still worse, by no means honest. The Debenture holders are clearly mulcted of their interest, which was to be obtained from any surplus after paying the dividend on the Active Stock ; and to write as does the Lizardi organ, the Herald,• of this debenture question, forming no inte gral part of the main matter in dispute, is both absurd and incorrect. The whole foreign debt of Mexico was included in the last compromise, and it is impossible the provisions of that compromise can be carried out while underhand measures are in progress, because the Mexican Government did not choose to come fairly forward and represent its necessities. The Post, which has been writing about Spanish iniquity till it has made itself remarkable as the Bondholder's organ, has not a word of sympathy for the Mexican creditor*, so different in its estimation appears jug gling ala Mendizabal, when transferred to the oppo site shores of the Atlantic. The Stock Market is drooping, and although upoh the opening of the market previous quotations were realised, there have been sales since that have led to a decline. The broker acting for the Savings' Banks invested 10,000/. in Consols at 941, but they have since been marked 941 f ; for the opening the rates have been 95 to 958, and are now 94+ to 95 ; Ex chequer Bills are lower again, being at 545. to 51s. premium. East India Bonds have obtained 50s. to 51s. premium. Bank Stock is worth 1711 to 172 A ; and East India Stock is n o t hi g h er th an 165 to 165 k- New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1018 to 1011 7 ; and the Three per Cents. 93+ to 94k. Some of the parties who suffer most by the recent serious depression in Mexican Bonds, hut who never theless approve of the " surreptitious issue," have been mooting a question as to the justice of not paying the differences on their speculative operations, but we doubt if they can under any pretence excuse them selves, seeing that the proceedings of the Stock Ex change in unravelling the mysterious origin of the constant sales that were depressing prices, have been perfectly justifiable ; and further, that the suspicions in the house, which were some time previously enter tained, must have told them something was wrong. The Stock is at 308 to 30k, being a little firmer; the Deferred are 8/ to 8g ; ; Active Spanish Bonds are at 18, and the Three per Cents. at 221 to 22+, being an improvement; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 52+. There is no animation in the Foreign Market. Railway Shares are firm, but the business doing is not extensive. Great Western New, are 121 ; Edin burgh and Glasgow New, 8 ; Eastern Counties, New, 11; Birmingham, 96 ; an d P ar i s an d Rouen, 41 to 4 premium. Bristol and Exeter are 241; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1 to 11; Eastern Counties, 14 ; and South Eastern,. 261 dis. National Provincial Bank of England Shares are -.A to I ; London and Westmin minster, 2 ; and Provi nc i a l o f Ireland, 17A prem. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, NOV. 26.—We have had a very quiet market, and lower prices have been taken for Edinburgh and Glasgow Quarter and South-Eastern New. The former have been sold at 5 1-16, and the latter at 18f and 181. Manchester and Leeds are 69 to 70; Manchester and Birming ham, .191 to 20 ; London and Birmingham, 185 to 186; Manchester Assurance, 9. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 9 4 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 94} Ditto Old Annuities 3} per Cent. Red... 1004 Ditto New Annuities — New 3} per Cent... ...... 101 i Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 53 pm New 5 per Cen' — Ditto 500/... .. .54 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 54 pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12} Bank Stock for Acct. Oct. 1859 Jan. 1:60 l2 13-16 Consols for Opg. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, b per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 3B Brazilian Bonds 6si Prussian, 5 per cent. ... Buenos Ayres 6 per cent — Russian, 5 pei cent...... 'Milian 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic . .... 'olombi - - an,',6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent lB Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... . Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 791 Fre nc h, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Danish, 3 per sent — Exchange f —c Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent ---f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent al Dutch, 2} per cent....... 528 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditt o , 5 per cent. .. ... 1011 ........_ Peru;i an, 1825, 6 per ct. SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ... .. ... 45 Eastern Counties (23 paid) 94 Ditto New (—paid) lO4 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ... 484 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) si Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid)...........~ London and Brighton (50 paid) ...... 35A London and Birmingham (90) ...... ,... 1844 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ...... ............ . 624 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid ) ... ........ ... 3 3 i London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 604 London and C ro yd on R a il wa y (T run k) ... 91 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( . 5 paid) 9 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 23} 8 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... - . COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsteniam CF. 12 9 Gibraltar ... ... 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 9i Genoa . ... 26 10 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice ..... Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon Marseilles - Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 23* Frankfort on Maine ...152 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37 Buenos Ayrea Berlin... ......... .. ...... 7 New York, 21 days sight 46i Vienna, effoc. fl. 3M. 10 1 Philadelphia 4€ Trieste, ditto ........ ... 10 2 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Madrid ... ............... 36i Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Cadiz ..................... 36i Portugal Geld C0m...3 17 5 Bilbao ................. ... 36 New Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona ............... 36 New Dollars 0 4 9.,1 Seville .........•.......• 36 Silver in Bars... ... . 0 4 11g Dickens' " American Notes for General Circula tion" reached New York by the Great Western on the evening of Sunday, the 6th inst., and was pub lished next day in newspaper " extracts," and sold for one penny Their RoGyaOlHUigßhilnessGestitheCDUultkanßd.Duchess of Cambridge, the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke of :Meeklen burgh Strelitz, and Prince George of Cambridge, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces ter yesterday, at. Gloucester House. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at their residence at Kew on Sunday, the birthday of the Princess Mary of Cambridge: terday his Imperial Highness visited the Horse. Guards, attended by the noblemen and gentlemen o f his suite. The Archduke also visited the extensive establishment of Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, jewel lers to the Queen, and was greatly pleased at the magnificent display of plate and jewellery. His im perial Highne ss muc h a dmired the numerous sp lendid pieces of presentation plate, amongst which, the, centre pieces presented to Sir George Cockburn an Sir Moses Montefiore, were particularly noticed by the Archduke. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouceste . r visited the D u k e an d D uc h ess o f Cambridge at. their residence at Kew, on Sunday. • = A meeting of th e E cc l es i as tical Commissione rs was held yesterday afternoon at their office in Whitehall place. Sir R o b er t P ee l, Si r James Graham, th e Chancellor of th e E xc h equer , the Bishop of L o ndon, and other Commissioners attended. Mr. George Moffatt, and Mr. W A deputation, consisting of Sir George LarPe nt ' Bart., Mr. J. Kempson Gladson, Mr. John Treversi an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at 1 113 official residence, in Downing-street. The Governor of the Bank - of E gland an d the n De - pug -Governor had an interview with the Chan' cellos of the Exchequer in Downing-street. .rset The Judicial Committee of the °Privy Couil W. W. Wilkinson, ha.d yesterday. The Lords present were--Lora Camp'. bell, the Jude of the Prerogative Court, the Vice,: Chancellor Knight Bruce, and the Judge of the Au miralty Court. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, , resumed_. in " Logan v. the Queen, ' from the -V Jo-, allat Court at Sierra Leone relative to the brig Gli the ship and cargo of n forfeited. 1)r. Phillimore followed which had bee n 1-1 Ad dara on the same side. m i. ' was heard in reply. Lordships, Lord Campbell, on the part of their ._ gave judgment on the question as to whether trw, loi , owners could prosecute an appeal, an inhibition i 0, having been obtained until a,fter the expiration _i_ twelve months. The C ourt of • on that au htisdnaldidrarelts; were opinion having appeal could not be prosecuted,' conditions n:t been imposed by Acts of Parliament which had been complied with.—Their Lordships then rose. HAYMARKET THEATRE; t .o A Cure for Love is the title of a most amusa l s last act comedietta, which was produced at this theatre night. As the di sease i s at all times a prevad,inftiuPtd d emic, and as i n thi s case i t was o f n ine years ,: col u ing, e our r ea d ers w ill b e d ou b t l ess anx i o us to u. e t his . acquainted w ith th e mo d e o f treatment which , in t i e ut Instance, was so completely successful. The Ttißer was Richard Sadgrove, Esq. (Mr. Buckstone I, w i t h rister-at-Law, who having, at Cheltenham, r ot onti , a divinity rejoicing in the name of Laura, in e . nently waxed, like Petrarch, amorous and Pn tic ,.., o o .Stead of took to reading Moore instead of Coke upon —wrote sonnets " to his mistress' eyebrow" is t f e i % ci r, endorsing briefs, and, deserting the Courts 0 ' .- 9,125 l opened pleadings in the Court of Love; bn,t actin after the record had been filed, notice 01 [ served, and the cause called on, poor Mr . b o a grove was nonsuited. A rich East Indj an a d the made an offer to Laura after Sadrove had cur wedding day, and the lady preferring a nie tBlhe ,uted rency to a paper or a parchment on, had ac h c iloos the gold, burthened as it was with a husband as - 1 s he looking as itself. Love is proverbially . ligh t, a 9,",, to only followed th e f as hi on o f th e ti m e s in ref,° s F of er accept a light sovere i gn. S a d grove w andered n i n e Europe in search of a cure, and at the end °. j o ient years returned t o L on d on w i t h hi s di se ase as v h ; de as ever. Havi ng arrange d hi s wor ldly affairs "-biro termined to try the cold water cure by throwin d g t he self and his woe s i n t o t h e Serpentine. A-rrive °n Felix banks of the river he finds there a certain the Trimmer (Mr. W. Farren), who had come wi A t " 3 re same Preissnitzian intention ; and here we fi r 9:, CO - ld markable instance of universal applicability of he ' nut waterSadgrove sought it as a remedy applicability w ife. of a wife, Trimmer as a cure for too pinc h , Te art lie, the son. of a cotton-spinner with B,o ool ` le had mad e an offer to a widow, who on t hat CO occasion had answered him " Yes," for wh ich . So" cession she had indemnified herself by saY in g A ,Afloe to everything th a t h e h a d propose d fromppl forward. But not alone by a wif e was the lin-li grs• Felix tormented—th a t w if e h a d a mo ther, 5 - of Major Browne (Mrs. W. Clifford) " a 'V I ; in war," as Felix feelingly describes her, who , o , e the same hits . ek4. brought the artillery of fie' -caj ole° to bear on the. ‘ ilaiserable victim, on - whose de : II it head she kept Alp a constant fire. These °II may be thought twou ld be quite enough to keep he a s elderly gentleman. in hot water, b u t they h 3,: o ld potent ally in Miss Bitt er t on (Mrs. Glover) , % o ur maid, who, if she had h a d a little oil is her for position, would have been an excellent dressi n g. n itted, salad; but that ingredient having beer', Tjuega, we find her composed of mustard 'll-la uen in equal proportions, and both of the most pun t in i s pleas a "ar possible quality. Company, they say, hanging; but, from this instance, it would app be that the proverb by ,no means holds gn°divroce, article of drowning, for Trimmer and '' °d Thitian having co m p are d notes, appeared to be of 0 P 00 e arl ti that the Serpentine wa s on l y li ce nsed to e inside, and, balked i n th e i r d es i re f o r water, thefoet journ to a tavern, and try wine. Here the kro e with some f r i en d s , an d th e w i ne makes Sal u ras tipsy, and T r i mmer courag eous. The latter re, al to his own hous e , accompanied by his fri erlds fe'ree s sumes the command, ej ec t s Miss Bitterton , s od " the woman o f war " t o s t r ik e her colou rs, Bot t ° his own wife to return to her allegiance., ag rove the cure. In the virago Mrs. Trimmer, ha vinv recognises his quondam di v i n ity, Laura, w ' hn' h in worried her East India n h us band to deotlbreol twelvemonth, has been endea vo uring to cut the ' we e. of the cotton- s pi nner i n th e same m anner ever fa it of Blessing his stars for his lucky escape, an d , 01 4 gratitude to Trimmer for having shown him tl e wse d, of angel into whi c h a divinit 7 may be metalling) iiu d he returns to the Middle Temple a merr ier d e ter happier man, completely cured of love, and mined advocate for celibacy. The piece was sim „led cast and admirably acted. Farren, as the he.ritrri husband, was the very beau ideal of well-bre d 4 :. he Sneakism. The tavern scene was excelletT,ort, warmed gradually under the influence of the °'... e r o red until at last, elevated but not intoxicated, he sc ;olne' his courage to the sticking-place, and, returning hi hous e stormed all the enemy's positions, and made — d s p r tal;- - once more his own ; and a most formidable 1111 „,,, - grs• ing it was, as all those must admit who saw,_ t "; ev erf Major Browne of Mrs. W. Clifford—she looked indis inch " a woman of war," and one by no raen n „ s ea l te posed to maintain her sex's charter by an arr st none physical force, if necessary. Miss Bitterton le - w ith of her pungency in the hands of Mrs. Glove r ; o d e of what gusto did she recommend, as the best f w orrY , managing the male wretches, to constantlY would worry, worry!" Oh ! what a proficien,t_ol4o.. she have been in the art if Providence, out lion tomen, had not doomed her to irrevocabl e ( "c` good ,ery ism. Buckstone, as the love-sick swain, was, v were in the earlier scenes ; his des air and his rnise r e - ver , he richly humorous. In his drunken scenes,'how intosi was somewhattoo extravagant—his was n otthe e ln cation of a gentleman—it was the drunkenness 0' • o n e a and bitters, not the effervescing inebriety of th rous juice of the grape. The piece wa s an tilts repetition by Farren amidst the una nimous plause of an exceedingly well filled house. • COLBURN'S UNITED SER VICE MAGAZINV rCr DECEMBER.—The new Number of this periodicai: which for utility and interest yields to none, aboanu'd as usual, with interestinc , discussions on nava l Y es military affairs, interspersed with stirring nai l ?, o ur of deeds of arms by the gallant defenders of - 0 ; 1 country. Among the most important of the PDT are the "Notes on the Army," the " Naval Imprte meats of the 19th Century " the " Late Prussian JO' views at Dusseldorf and BOnn," the " Errors in O f Military System," the " Staff," the "Volunteering Sr' tern in India," " Lieut.-Col. Wilkie's:Military Histori of Jamaica," the "Recent Operations in Syria," B '; e ' , A , Lmioenugt...tchoel.arNtiacpleies;svhNicoltlesfuornnsis3h7raiam;sing inform"- tion for the general as well a 3 the professional reader, passages the. Life of a Sailor," " Scenes in Ireland," "I\lY ° la . Messmates," by Jonathan Oldjunk, Pitcairn's Is" land," &c. At the presen t moment, too, gre at atten tion will be paid to the "Papers on the War in A ghanistan and the Peace with China," which are con tained in this Number, of so excellent an authofir on such subjects as the "United Service Magazine. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night between five .and six o'clock, a fire broke out in the lower part of the premises of Messrs. Warren and Co., blacking mow facturers. In a few minutes three of the Chandos street engines, with Mallet and several firemen, were on the spot, and instantly got the engines into om operr tion, but from the dense smoke issuing f srtraw tt. ?ie! cellars where the fire wa s ra g in g among the the crates, c onsiderable difficulty was experienced. for some time to bear upon the flames, till fottunatell We, v v es t County, F a rringdon-street, Crown-street, England, and also the City engines arrived to their ., assistance, with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent when the supply of water being abundant, they en abled to pour streams of water into the lower Aver p.s“' of the premises, and thug prevented the fire reacin.nvg the shops, otherwise the who le of that extensr.de establishment must have been destroyed. It I— that the fire was caused by an exp losion front matches. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, N OV . 29.—Wind this day a t noon, southerly, light b ree ze and fine. DEAL, N ov . 28.---Wind S. to S.S.W., bl ow i ng hard.—Arrd. Cowan and England, Quebec. All thg outward bound remain, and some with two anchors down. MARGATE, NOV. 28.—The. Ann, Wildridge, from Monte Video to London, got on the north-east spit of Margate Sands, but was assisted off and into the roads with loss of anchors. YAusiouTu, Nov. 28.,L—The Four Friends, from Guernsey to Hull, got ashore on the Warden Ledge, but is expected off if the weather moderates ; crew saved. COWES, Nov. 28.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Jansen, Sin gapore for Hamburgh, very leaky, and is coming into the harbour to discharge. TORBAY, Nov. 26.----Arrd. Harmonic, Rotterdam for Rio Janeiro. Sid. Sylphide, Havannah. BRISTOL, Nov. 28 .—Arrd. Five Sisters, Quebec. SWANSEA, Nov. 27 .—Arrd. Two Sisters Hon duras for London, very leaky, w ith l oss o f sails, bul warks, &c. MILFORD, Nov. 2 7.—Arrd. Woodstock, Liverpool for Calcutta. FALMOUTH, Nov. 28.—1 t blew strong yesterday from S. E., last night it veered to S. IV., blowing strong, but moderated towards morning, and again veered to W. N. W. The shipping all ride well. LIVERPOOL, NOV. 28.—Wind S.S.E. to W., fresh.— Sld. Coeur de Lion, Demerara; Columbus, Mobile; Basalama, Savannah. Arrd. off, Express, and Essex, Maranham ; Bradshaw, Quebec. CORK, Nov. 26.—Arrd. Dominica, Boroman, and Pallas, Hall, Quebec. Hum., Nov. 28.—%Vind S., strong breeze.—Arrd. Tom Bowling, Matheson, Miramiebi ; Maria, Odel mark, Buenos Ayres. EXMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Acrd. Alice, Miramiclii. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 28.—Arrd, Lloyd's, Quebec. Loss or THE RELIANCE.—The lower part of the hull, " with its content; whatever those may be," which is partly embedded in the sand, has been sold for 200/., the joint purchasers being Messrs. Fon taine and Leage, bankers, a n d M r . K en t ( an English man), a respectable coal-merchant in Boulogne. This sum, even for the lower part of the hull of a ship of the large tonnage of the Reliance, which, moreover, is said to contain upwards of 100 tons of ballast in iron with the more than probable chance of its also con taining some valuable property which the unfortunate and ill-fated passengers, officers, and crew possessed, will, at first sight, appear to be small in amount; but when it is considered that the spot where the hull lies is surrounded by numerous sand-banks, and nearly two miles distant from the land, and that, should strong north and north-westerly gales now take place the almost certainty of its being for ever covered with sand, and consequently unapproachable, the sum for which it was purchased, and the risk, under these cir cumstances considered, the amount may not be deemed altogether inconsiderable. AUSTRIAN BRAZIL TRADE.—The commercial navi gation of Austria makes great progress with Bahia. In the year 1837 only nine Austrian ships of 3,786 tons burden arrived there, and eight vessels of 3,794 tons burden sailed from the same port. In 1841, how ever, the proportions were altered. The arrivals were 24 ships of 10,320 tons burden, and the departures 22 ships of 10,187 tons burden. It would be more important if it could be stated that the Austrian ex ports to Bahia were in a corresponding proportion; unfortunately this is not the case. Of the twenty four Austrian ships which from Triest e , t h e rest were f rom P or t uguese , English, and oth er ports, not G erman ; b e sid es , th e y twbeerereallnmaoinstdeerntitr(e)lyot‘h l h a e d r i withlecinin 1841 only one entered foreign merchandise. Of the ships whi c h sa i led f rom B a h ia i n th e same year, 11 proc ee d e d to Trieste, one to H am b urg h, an d ports not in Germany.— German Paper. THE INDIA MAILS.--The next mails to Gibraltar, Malta, the lonian Islands, Egypt, and India, via Fal mouth, by the Great Liverpool steamer, will be made up: this day, the 30th inst., and the overland mail to Egypt and India, via Marseilles, on Monday next, the sth of De cem b er; the West I n di es , Mexico, &c., on Thursday next, the Ist of December ; the Uited States of Americ a an d U pper an d Lower Canada on Saturday next, th e 3d o f D ecem b er , by the Britannia steamer, via Liverpool ; .Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, on Tuesday next, the 6th of December, by her Majesty's brig Linnet, via Falmouth. RUSSIA AND TILE RUSSIANS IN 1842.—the first vo lume of this work, which appeared a few months ago, has attracted, and j ust l y so, more , o f the public atten tion than any oth er hi t h erto pu bli s h e d on that inte resting country. The Quarterly, and all the other leading Reviews, have borne testimony to the vivid picture, to the a na t om i cal d i sp l ay it p resen t s o f th a t extraordinary p eop l e; and we are, therefore, glad to observe the publi ca ti on of the secon d an d c onc l u di ng volume, comprisi ng , among ot h er su bj e cts, th e discus sion of which is not less useful than amusing, those of Education — Servants—the Table and Cookery_ Hothouses—Dress and Costume—Gardens and Dat schas—Public F easts and Fasts — t h e St a t e M ac hi ne —the Treatment of Foreigners—the Ladies of the Couz t--Pages Musicians Coffee-houses —Baths, &c. &c. As other books on Russia are occasionally appearing, our readers will do well to note the exact title of this work, which is pulilished by Mr. Colburn. be of e a , Or