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11111. LONDON JOURNALS. DA 1 LI" Extracts front the Illorning, Papers, Jon. 10. [MORNING POST] - We have heard through a private channel that ep to the last advises from Demerara, the White population of the Colony remained in a state of high exasperation against the Missionaries. This ►aay be explained .we understand,• both by the danger in which .the lives and property of the Colonists were placed by the recent insurrection :aid the prevalence of free opinions on religious subjects among the better classes of society in that island. • The trial of Mr. Smith by a Court - ;4lartial, .w.`.lich his friends at home complain of, should therefore, we think, be considered a proof not only of the wise discretion of the Go verner, but of his Excellency's anxiety to obtain for that pious Gentleman the most impartial in estigation of the very serious charge under which If , is arraigned. The case for the prosecution occupied about three weeks, during which some evidence of a curious nature was elicited as to the effects produced on the Negroes by their un assisted perusal of the Bible, and the practical conclusions they drew from isolated parts of the Old Testament in particular. One chap..' ter, for instance, in the inspired writings of the Prophets, they construed as perfectly appli cable to themselves, and not only as justifying, but commanding them to throw off the yoke of slavery. Accordingly, for a considerable period previous to the Insurrection, this Chapter was constantly read by the Blacks, and, at the desire of the leaders of the Rebellion, faithfully com mitted to memory. As we have not heard that this important circumstance tended to prejudice Mr. Smith's case, we mention it as a fact, establishing the importance of strictly attending in future both to the principles and character of persons under • whose guidance the West India Negroes should be allowed to drink of the fountain of eternal li Fein the revealed will of the Almighty. The opinions enter tained of Mr. Smith's guilt or innocence by our informant, even if they were more decisive than they appear to be, we should not attempt to state, while we are without an opportunity of knowing the validity of the defence which he has set up in proof of his innocence. The Governor of De merara, we understand, deeply regretted that so many Negroes had lost their lives during the commotion.—The next arrival will probably en able us to communicate the result of Mr. Smith's trial, which, as we yesterday stated, was to be suede known on the 24th of November. [BRITISH PRESS.] Wednesday's French Papers reached us last From these it appears that the Spanish tyrant has at length extended his wide-spread proscription, even to his own family. The In fant Don Francis, Ferdinand's brother, who was looked on as the best .of that imbecile family, has, it appears, been exiled. by the tyramt's • caprice to .Naples, in consequence of some strong observations made by the Prine, at an interview between him and his bro thers. Don Francis probably remonstrated - against the insane despotism now trampling on Spain, as at once the ruin of the unhappy country, and likely to drag down ultimate destruction on his owl head and that of his entire family ; and the jealous tyrant repaid his fraternal advice by exile. Worthy successor of the monster Philip ! who imbrued his hands in the blood of the hap -less Don Carlos, his own son !—No amnesty had yet been published, though daily expected ; hut the arrests still continue in almost every pro vince, and the dungeons of tyranny were crowded. NEW TIMES.] . ••Several expresses were yesterday received from Paris ;- but although the French Funds were quoted lower than the day preceding, this cir cumstance had little effect here. On the con trary, the Funds materially improved. The ti reach Papers communicate no important news. Private. advices state, that although the Spa nish Bonds closed at three o'clock at 251, they were subSequently done at 24. The British Funds continue in a firm and gradual manner to ad.vatice.;. and the temporary depression on Wednesday has been followed by Consols ad vancing to SSZ• for the present account, and 89fr for :the account ending the 26th of next month. Spanish Bonds closed at 241, and little busi ness was dune in them compared .with what usually takes place. French Rentes were done nt c4f. (25c. and Scrip at 5-L premium. In other Securities .thece was no alteration from pre vious prices. [TLI E - T 1 b 1 E6.] A. letter from Paris, dated Wednesday last, states that accounts had been received of the ern lia'rklation of 1,800 men at Brest-1,000 for Mar tiniq.ne, and 800 for Guadaloupe. It is under. stood that our Ambassador at Paris has received explanations from:the French Government on the subject of this expedition, who is assured that it is solely intended for those islands, and that it has tin relation whatever to the events passing in South- America. The same letter states, that the French Admiral, recently returned to Brest, from the %Vest Indian station, has declared that complete " anarchy exists in all the South. American States : " but, that although " there are to be found in the different provinces " partisans of every_ political sect from Royalists to " at:publicans,— yet. none advocate either the so " vvreignty-of Ferdinand or submission to Spain." VMS opinion, coming from, such a quarter, toge lber with the:speechof the American President, is siiid• -to 'have greatly cooled the ardour of the party in the. French Cabinet disposed to assist in_regaining possession of those,provinces. 'ft: will - be „seen by an article frotrithe Madrid Ga zfltes that even in, that, capital Peru is the only ,quarter 'respecting which any hopes are enter . . [IIQIOIII•4I...CLUtOMICLE.] It is very. -evident from all the advices lately re c e ived from Ma*id, that the great dilemma in w hich the Spltivigh IVlinisfers are placed, is, how to oittain • Wurnueity in favour of those im plicatod fry their political opinions ; and on this subject, it is but justice to add, they' have been, for some time, I)bourin,g with the utmost activity. We cannot ourselves see what extensive effect a decree of amnesty would have, at the present moment, in the affairs of Spain, as, most assuredly, it would induce very few of those -who have sought an asylum in a foreign land to return home ; for if, by virtue thereof, they were protected by the law (if any such thing as law can be supposed to' exist in Spain at present), they never would be safe as long as the fanatical party can so easily stir up a commotion, in order to murder them, as has been the case in Bilboa, and other places, or hire an assassin, under the certainty of impunity. The amnesty decree can, there fore, only be intended to produce an effect in foreign countries, where it may be de sirable to gloss over the error; and crimes of the King, as a means of re-establishing the national credit. We, however, suspect that it will be ne cessary to do more than prove that vengeance and injustice are no longer the order of the day in Madrid. Some specific guarantee must be given before money is obtained ; and, above all, there must be a return to good faith before con fidence is restored. [ - MORNING HERALD.] Three of the four vacant law appointments have, at length, formally taken place—Sir Robt. Gifford, the Attorney-General, was yesterday sworn in Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Alexander, Chief Baron of the Exchequer; and Sir John Copley, Solicitor-General, was raised to the office of Attorney-General. The unusual delay in these appointments has not es caped the notice of the public, and has been the subject of a great deal of, curious conver sation. There is little doubt that the delay was the result of much hesitation, caused by the balancing of conflicting interests and claims.— In no instance, it is said, has there been so large a number of Candidates on the lists, or so stre nuous an exertion by the respective friends - of the aspirants, without, of course the knowledge of the latter, The promotions, it is said, have not given entire satisfaction to some of the parties themselves. This, however, is of litle import ance, as the appointments are calculated to give general satisfaction to the public. If profes sional ambition alone be the object of the aew Chief Justice, he has good reason to be content. After, we believe, only nine years practice at the Bar, and before be had yet sat in Parliament or obtained a silk gown, he was appointed Soli citor-General. From that time to his present advancement to the Bench, his life has• been under the public observation. It will he gene rally allowed that he has exercised his discretion with judgment, and his authority %vith mild ness. NITe have alluded to professional ambition, as distinguished from political, with reference to Sir Robert Gifford. In the latter career—that of politics—he made what may 'be called a respectable figure ; but it it is evident, that as he is well qualified for a lawyer or a Judge,• so he is incompetent to be a politician—much less - a Statesm an —to exert force in Parliament, or influence in the Cabinet. But the time seems gone. Oy wh en men rose from the Barn to the Cabinet —o r rat h er the in. stances are become rare. Perhaps this is not ;a to be expected. No single age twice produced a Lord Somers. M a Al ex ander has obtained all that, in al4 lik elihoo d, h e leas s desired, and is still in proper station— w hich sel dom happens when men's wishes are fulfilled• We must pass over Sir J. Copley c o mpliment without corn —for compliment to an Attorney -General might come with a doubtful grace —and pass on to his new colleaguewho, by the bye, h as n ot yet been sworn. There is something curious in the career of the two Learned Gentlemen. Both de fended Watson and the other state prisoners on their memorable trial. • How is that the one so easilily atoned for this act—or, perh aps , was rewarded for it, whilst the original sin of re sistance to authority seems sticking to the other, even at this moment Of his appointment, how ever, it is said there is not the least doubt. MARLBOROIUGU STREET. - Yesterd a y James Walsh was held to bail upon a charge of at tempting to rob the Exeter Mail on Monday evening last, at the Gloucester Coffee-house, in Piccadilly. POWERFUL OPTICAL ILLUSION.—A young lady, who died in this town, fral been some time previous to her death attended by a gentleman of the medical profession. On the evening of h e r decease, as this gentleman was sitting in com pany with a friend of his, and in the act of taking a glass of punch, he imagined he saw the lady walking into the room where him self and his friend were sitting, and, having but a few hairs before visited her, and found her in a dying state, the shock that his nerves experienced was so great, that the glass which held the punch fell from his hands, and he him self dropped on the floor in a fainting fit. After he had perfectly recovered himself, and made in quiry about the lady, it was ascertained that a few minutes before the time the medical gentle man imagined he had seen her in his friend's apartment, she had departed this lifa.—(Carlow Paper.) On Wednesday morning, about four o'clock, three men, with their faces and hands blacked, entered the house of Mrs. WHITTINGLIAM, West Country Coffee-house, Parliament-street, by means of a rope ladder. Mrs. Whittingham, being alarmed, went down stairs, when she was immediately seized, knocked down, and very ill treated. A knife was held to her breast with threats to dispatch her if she gave the alarm.— They then forced her into the front parlour, where they rifled her pocket-book, and took away 301. They had with them a dark lantern, and had been regaling themselves for some time in the house. On going away, they turned back to carry off two bottles of spirits. They also took two hams with them, and made their escape be fore sh e cou ld g i ve any a l arm , though there w ere three men sleeping in the house.--(Liverpool Courier.) LAW PROMOTIONS. SWEARING-IN OF THE NEW CHIEF-JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS, THE CHIEF-BARON OF THE EX CHEQUER, AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. The ceremony of swearing-in the above Gen tlemen was appointed by the LORD CHANCELLOR to have taken place cn Thursday morning. The King's Warrant had not arrived, and it was consequently deferred till yesterday.— Precisely at a quarter past ten o'clock, the Lord Chancellor arrived at Lincoln's-Inn-Hall, where his Lordship was shortly after joined by Mr. Justice Park. Sir Robert Gifford and Sir John S. Copley next arrrived in one carriage, and in a few minutes after Mr. Alexander. The proper Of appointed to administer the oaths Were then admitted into the Lord Chancellor's private room, when the Letters Patent, appointing Sir Robert Gifford, Chief- Justice of the Common Pleas, were read by Mr. Wilbraham. —lt stated his Majesty's approbation of Sir Robert's fulfilling the office ; it was dated the 9th of January, and signed on be half of the King, " Bathurst." Sir Robert Gifford, then on his knees, repeated after Mr. Wilbraham the oaths of allegiance and supremacy ; on rising, the usual oath was ad ministered' to him, whereby he promised well and truly to per•. form the duties of the office of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,- not to receive any fee or reward from any person, ex cept the King, and finally, to administer justice equally to the poor as well as the rich. The Letters Patent were then handed to • the - Lord Chancellor, and his Lordship delivered them to the Chief Justice. The Letters Patent appointing William Alexander, Esq. Chief Baron of the Exchequer, were then read by Mr. Wilbra ham. They were dated the Bth of January, and signed, on be half of the King, " Bathurst." ;Ur. Alexander then, on his knees, took the oaths of alle giance and supremacy; and on rising Mr. Thompson admini stered the oath for the due performance of the duties of his office of Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The Letters Patent were then delivered to the Lord Chancellor, and his Lordship delivered them to the Chief Baron. Sir John Singleton Copley next advanced to the table, when the Letters Patent, appointing him Attorney-General, were read by Mr. Wilbraham ; the document was dated the 9th January, and signed, on behalf of the King, " Bathurst." Sir John, on his knees, then took the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and, on rising, also took the Oath for the due performance of the duties of his office of Attorney-General of all the Courts of Law in this Kingdom, to speed all matters be longing to the King, and, on every occasion, to promote the King's suit according to the best of his cunning and ability. The Letters Patent were then delivered to the Lord Chan cellor, and his Lordship handed them to the Attorney-General. The Learned Gentlemen received; upon the conclu►ion of the ceremony, the congratulations of the Lord Chancellor and Justice Park ; the latter Judge shook hands in a most cordial manner with them. Air. Wetherell is named as the new Solicitor-General; in deed it was understood the ceremony of his admission would have been gone through yesterday morning, but he was not in attendance. The Lord Chancellor's health appeared to be considerably improved. TRADE WITH IRELAND. The following Memorial on the subject of the repeal of the remainder of the Irish Union Duties will be per used with great satisfaction. There is no place in Great Bri tain 'so deeply interested as Liverpool in a free and unrestricted intercourse with Ireland ; and we trust, that the merchants of this town, and all engaged in the trade with that kingdom, will follow the example of the city of Dublin, and memoralize the Treasury on the subject. Such an application transmitted to- our Right Honourable Repreientative, who is the enlighten ed advocate of the liberal conunercial system, cannot rail to he listened to. It would, perhaps, .be impossible to point out a more rapid or stril - ing change of .opinion than is exemplified in the memorial subjoined; • , VtTe always felt persuaded, that dis cussion and reflection, and interest- itself, would, ultimately, Open th e eyes of the manufacturers to the policy of a total re peal of the Union Duties ; but we were hardly prepared f or so speedy en avowal of the advantages which have already arisen even from their partial repeal, and that, too, from the manu facturers themselves, who were lately so strongly opposed to th e measure. " TO THE RIGHT HON. AND HON. THE LORDS OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. " The Memorial of the ttnacrsigned Merchants, Manfac turers, and Traders of the City of Dublin, •. • " Sheweth—That a very considerable improvement has taken glace since the cessation of p a rt of the Union inD tllli increase of emploprn e nt h a s been t e ies, trade and of a Ireland great thereby afforded to the working classes, especially in the manu facture of calicoes and other descriptions of cotton goods ; at the same time your Memorialists are not aware that in any branch Of manufacture where the aforesaid d ut i es h ave b een remo ved, any of - the workmen engaged ther e i n h ave b een; even par tially, throw n ou t o f employment. With the testof experience, and a . your Lordships to take into consideration the expediency complete change of public opinion .i n in favour of such a measure , your Memorialists respectfully pray of to the .Lc"isl a ' tore, in the ensuing Session, to repeal the remn an t of the Duties, and thereby afford to your L or d s hi ps a greater f ac ility of placing the intercourse between th e two countries comp l e tely on the footing of a coasting trade." The above memorial has been si gne d b y three hundred and sixteen of the most respectable men o f b us i ness i n Dublin, and among those who'hav w w againste signed it are to be found Mr. Humph reys; Irish woollen factor, ho asilnion taking off the duties two years ago : see his evidence before the Parliamentary Coin- Missioners, fourth Report. He has changed his opinion, and has now signed the memorial. Mr. Vance, of the house of Vance and Beers, who gave his opinion to the Parliamentary Commissioners, two years ago, against taking off the duty on woollens : s e e fourth Report. He h as no w signed th e me , morial. Mr. Dwyer, of the firm of Dwver and Troy, secre tary to the master silk manufacturers of Ireland.—(Liverpool Courier, Jan. 7.) --........._ INCREASING TRADE OF LivEltPooL.—From the Ist of January to the 31st of December, 1823, inclusive, 9,507 ves sels have reported inwards at our Custom-house—namely, From foreign ports and Ireland ........ 5,927 Coasters 6 • 9,507 TEARS. VESSELS. TONS. AVERAGE. 7,795 In 1823 9.507 9,571 3,310 1322.. ...... 8,916 1,010,819 ..113 _„. 8,916 Increase. 0 1 • • ••• - . 1 09 , 295 The number of vessels and amount of tonnage reported in wards, in the year ending December 31, 1822, was greater than that of any other year since the rise of the port. We have now the gratifying pleasure of announcing over that year an excess of nearly six Hundred vessels. We are sorry to say the operative cotton-spin ners in Renfrew have again given their em ployers serious cause of complaint. Their wages, for a considerable time, have run from 24 shillings to upwards of thirty shillings per week; but, not satisfied with these wages, they have en deavoured to dictate to their employers, and to controul them in the choice of their servants, so that none may he employed about the works except such as are approvers of the combination. Determined to enforce their extravagant designs, the association have hired and paid incendiaries and assassins, who have attempted to burn the works and murder such as are obnoxious to the combination. Finding themselves no longer safe either in their persons or properties, the master cotton spinners have come forward in a body, in aid . of the police of the country—resolved to adopt efficient measures for the utter suppression of a system of crime, which is at once injurious to the interests of trade, dangerous for the public peace, and degrading to the character of the operatives. Some time since the masters intimated that warning was no longer necessary for either party, and the cotton-mills in Ren frewshire are now shut up, and the proprietors are determined that they shall remain so till the exiting combination among the operative cotton spinners be suppressed.—(Glasgow Chronicle.) PULPIT ELOQUENCE.-MR. IRVING. [From the 58th No. of the Quarterly Review.] Our articles was nearly concluded when we re ceived the Orations of Mr. Irving.' That in him we have discovered our imaginary preacher, we can by no means admit ; we have read his volume with bitter and painful disappointment : bitter, because the work falls so far short of the expectation which his fame had excited; painful, because it is an ungracious and unwelcome office to depre ciate, in the least, the labours of a zealous man, which appear to have produced so striking an effect on so great a concourse of hearers ; to have startled so many of the thoughtless and dissipated; and captivated so many of the undisciplined, but ardent and enthusiastic minds. But Mr. Irving would dispise us if we were not as fearless in per forming our duty as he is in his. We consider popularity, in London especially, so uncer tain a criterion of excellence, that its ver dict can neither awe nor controul our opi nions. From the tone of our former observa tions, the author will perceive that we are not blindly weded to our own system of preaching ; and as to the charitable insinuation of ' illiberal jealousy,' with which we find that Mr. Irving's admirers attempt to beat down every one who will not bow to their idol, that we can only treat with disregard,---as we do the wanton falsehood, so industriously circulated, that our ministers, in whom the inseparable interests of the church and state ire vested by the crown, have followed the prevailing fashion of deserting their parish churches, and hurried, day after day, to what, by the law of England, (we speak without intend ed, and, we hope, without suspected disparage.. meat to the Scottish church,) is no more than a licensed conventicle. Had the orator attained or approximated to the lofty station assigned to him by popular report, we might have felt a blameless regret that our own church had not produced the consummate preacher ; that the crowds which flowed to Hatton-garden had not rather thronged tootle of our splendid new churches at Marylebone, Pancras, or Chelsea; but still we should have hailed the eloquentadvocate of Chris tianity with pride and satisfaction, as an ornament to our common literature, and a support to be valued as much as it is wanted in our caprici ous and uncertain days, to our common religion. But we cannot recognise, as the champion of our faith, a reasoner so vague and inconsistent, a declaimer so turgid and unintelligible, a wr i ter e inore to W t e interests deprecate of the h r i Chris tianity, troduction of a system of preachi ng w hi c h must eventually so coarse and be dangerouswhich is equally o bj ect i ona b le in its dg execution. H owever i mperfect our design and aiid rules o f pulpit eloquence may be, we are con those Mr. Irvi ng o ff en d s ; nor do we vinced of their substantial truth ; a ga i ns t a ll an d each of thi n k that his own merits, which, better regulat ed, would be considerable, counterbalance the violation of every principle : for we must be excused in saying that his is not the brave ne glect of a transcendent genius, but an affected and elaborate , outrage a ga i nst nature, s i mp li c i ty, and truth. Far from creating a favourable im pression of himself, his book commences, and we lament to say, proceeds, in a tone of self-suf ficiency, we had almost written arrogance, which not all the piety of Tayl or , nor th e th eo l o gic depth of Ba rrow , nor the conscious strength of Horsley, could excuse ; but here, with nothing to vindicate it beyond the erudition of a school boy, and a theology so indistinct and inconsist ent, as to appear to take refuge from the de tection of its unsoun d ness in its redun d ant and confused lan guage ; i t is not merely in itself offensive, but destroys the effect of that bold. ness, which otherwise all would admire, with which many fashionable folles and vices are as sailed. In this Christian country (says the Preface) there are perhaps nine-tenths of every class who know nothing at all about the applica tions and advantages of the simple truths of reve lation, or of revelation taken as a whole; and what they do not know they cannot be expected to reverence and obey. This ignorance, in both the higher and the lower orders of religion, as a discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart, is not so much due to the want of inquisi tiveness on their part, as to the want of sedulous and skilful ministry on the part of those to whom it is intrusted.' Now we do not scruple to as sert that this contemptuous depreciation of the labours not merely of the Church of England, but likewise of all the dissenters, not only of the national system of education, but the weekly and Sunday schools of all descriptions, is directly false. We can only compare this assertion with the customary phrase which ushers in the recommendation of some inestimable se cret, where the want of success in the regu lar faculty, long consulted in vain, adds irrefra gable weight to the testimony in favour of the new cordial panacea. To correct this evil, and here we fully coincide with him, 'Mr. Irving would imbue the literature of the country with the spirit of religion : but he must be as ignorant of the real state of the press in this country as of the religion, if he supposes that others have not acknowledged, and endeavoured to act upon this principle before his appearance amongst us. His remedy, as far as the pulpit is con cerned, is not quite so clear from the preface, and must be gathered from the work itself. His system seems to be, not to confine religious ad vice to topics of religion alone, but to introduce every subject which may occur, either literary or political, in the way of digression and, illustration. The sermon is to be made as amusing as.possible ; no longer to restrict itself to the exposition of scripture, the unfolding of points of doctrine, or exhortation to Christian duty, but the preacher is to add to his office, those of pamphleteer, Jour nalist, and reviewer. But has not Mr. Irs'wg the good sense to perceive that to admit matters of taste and opinion into the pulpit, however attractive at first, must invalidate its authority, and detract from that religious reverence, which the sanctity of the place and the priestly character ought to ensure ? It is dangerous for a peaches to give his audience an opportunity of differing from him with justice and propriety. If they question the truth of his discourses on these points, they will suspect his authority on those which are more important. If he is a bad critic in their estimation, they will naturally doubt his being a good divine. There is, how ever, a more serious charge. We cannot endur e the liberty of the old Grecian comedy being as sumed in the pulpit. Mr. Irving introduces per sonal allusions to the authors of the day, and even atacks them by name. We must reprobate a practice so irreconcileable with the charity, and. which may lead to consequences degrading to the dignity of the pulpit. Be the merit or demerit, of Mr. So u th e y' s Vi s i on of Judgment what it may, with this we have nothing to do ; but does not Mr. Irving perceive that, in his attack on that gentleman, he himself incurs a suspicion of not being exempt from the influence of political animosity ? At all events what could the effect of such a passage be upon those among his hearers, honestly if you will, opposed to Mr. Southey's principles ? Could it be a charitabl e , d evot i onal, Christian feeling? Must it not have been a triumphant satisfaction at this authoritative condemnation of their adver sary ? Surely Mr. Irving must have discovered his error, not without shame and regret, if he noticed the avidity with which the passage in question was transferred to all the radical journals. Finally, we intreat Mr. Irving, for his sake as for our own, in the name of that cause which he is pledged to advocate, not to waste his extra ordinary power; not to sacrifice a permanent and, extensive influence to a transient, theatrical suc. , cess. His usefulness must depend upon his real and lasting excellence ; let him therefore de spise the poor pride of sending forth his works crude, disjointed, and unconnected ; let him lower his pretensions, without in the least compromising the boldness of a minister of di vine truth ; let him be more cautious in his as sertions, and the subjects which he introduces into the pulpit, without being restrained or timid ! let burn set us an example of that solemn sequestration of the mind,' of which he speaks, for the great conception and perfect exe cution of some enduring work in favour of Chris tianity, and we assure him that none of his fondest admirers, or more eager followers, will hail his appearance more proudly, gladly, or affectionately. We speak in perfect sincerity when we add, that the pleasure which we shall then derive, from giving him our hearty and unrestrained tribute of praise, will be heightened by the desire of com pensating for the unwilling severity of our pre sent remarks. We are rejoiced to find there is a prospect of Dublin once more appearing like itself. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, we.understand, is determin e d to keep up a brilliant Court__ (Dublin Evenin g Post.) With the exceptio n of a Police homicide the state of the country is satisfactory. On the other hand, fh re i s no truth in the story, that a Policeman was murdered in Cork. On the whole, notwithstanding the efforts !rade to mis represent it, the present conditio n of the country forms a very agreeable contrast to our condition in the beginning of last year.—(Dublin Evening Post. ) ALARMING FIRE.-Yesterday morning, at two o'clock, a very alarming fire,_ which co mp l ete l y destroyed the premises and furniture, broke out in the house of Esq. 8, Leigh-street, Burton -crescent. Mr. Clarke and family are on a shooting excursion at Romney, the seat of Lord Pal merston, consequently the house was occupied by the servants- The furniture is insured for 1,300/. in the Sun. The building is not insured. ACCIDENT AT THE LATE. FIGHT.-It Is with!. great regret that we have to record several most melancholy ac cidents which took place in the course of the day. Previously to the commencement of the fight, a considerable portion of :he temporary galleries in front and to the right of the grand stand, on which were upwards of 1,500 persons, fell with a tremen dous crash, and soon afterwards the remainder, with about 2,000 more, gave way. It is not in the power of language to give a picture of the scene of disorder and distress which ensued. —the number of broken limbs was very great, and we have beard that two or three are not likely to survive the,injuri , :s they sustained; hut we are not able, from the lateness of the hour, and the bustle and confusion which prevails, to ascertain. particulars.—( Worcester journal.) COAL-MARKET, JAN. 9. Ships sold Ships at Market. 72 Newcastle 27/ Sunderland 1 Scotch Coal Price. 36s 0,1 to 44s Oil 36s Od to 44s 6d —s Uti to —I: Oct COURSE OF EXCHANGE, January 9. Arnett:l'd:tin F. Ditto, at Sight I 1 19 Rotterdam 12 4 Atths.'erp 5 Hamburg!) l2 U Altotia Paris,ll Day's sigh Ditto 2S (15 0 Us. B 85 2 ourdeaux, ditt o Berlin 5 10 (;) La, Frankfort on th e Al a i n . Pstelsburgli • ls6i Ex. Monet • Vienna 9 10 14 Trieste 10 1.1 Madrid Cadiz tiilbua 356 Efiectivt; Barcelona ieville Gibraltat 304 Leghorn .... 47 . • .... , :31-17enice, Ital. Lir. 27 30 Malta --_Naples 3 Bl Palermo Lisbon Oporto 49 Bahia . 51 Curl: 91 yes Cent. Portugal Gold ,i n Coin... Fsoreign Gold, in Bars New Doubloons New 11 , 011ar3 Silver in Bars, Standard BULLION. .(? 0 0 per OP 3 17 6 •.. 0 0 0 0 4 94- 0 4 I 1..4! BIRTHS. On Tuesday, the 6th instant, at F ores t-hill, near Wi ndso r, the Lady of William Felix Riley, Esq., of a son and heir. On Wednesday evening last, Mrs. Isaacson, a poor wows° residing in Meard's-court, Dean -street, Soho, was safely de' livered of three children, two girls and a boy. MARRIED. On the Bth of January, at Marylebone, the Rev. Jame y Barrow, Rector of Lophain, in the county o f N or f o lk , to Alir Louisa linlet, daughter of the late Sir C. 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