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This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,000/. upon One Share. 2400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 1/. and upwards. One Share, 11. ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 3/. ; four Shares, 4/. ;. five Shares, 5/. ; six Shares, 61.; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 12, Will be presented Shakspeare's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. Harley ; Mr. Ford, Mr. Cooper ; Mrs. Ford, Miss Kate Howard ; Mrs. Page, Miss Rainforth ; Anne Page, Miss Poole; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Orger. To conclude with Auber's Opera of AIASANIELLO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI. Masaniello, Mr. W. Harrison ; Alphonso, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; Fenella, Miss Bailin. Doors 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 Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low. at the Box-effice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mal. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 12, Will be repeated the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Felix Trimmer, Esq., Mr. W. Farrcn ; Richard Sadgrove, Esq., Mr. Buckstpne. Mrs. Felix Trimmer , Mrs. Malone Raymond ; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Miss Bitterton, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, THE DOWAGER. Lord Alfred Lyndsay, 111 r. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Yestris. To which will be added, the Petite Drama of SUZANNE. Simon Swallow, Mr. Buckstone ; Suzanne, (an Orphan), Madame Celeste. T.) be followed by Mr. T. H. Bayly's Burletta of ONE HOOR ; or, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly, (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Dalton (her original character), Madame Vestris, who will sing " Love is the Theme." To conclude - with the laughable Farce of MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 12, Will be produced a new Burletta, entitled THE-MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters IN Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford. Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. Atter which a New Drama, iu Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Mi<s Faucit, and 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 Giubilei. To conclude with a Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. MAP OF CHINA. THE NEW CHINA SUN IS NOW ON SALE, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CAN TON, AMOY, FOO-CH OW-F 00, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS Orders reeezved at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. -- fa minutes after 8 I Evening 24 minutes after 9. • ---) %\NA) ` THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1842 • 14,a' ULt,c 4 4,/ C apfel.V . o ;l, fi r . :1111 • ; ,§un. LONDON : MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 12, 1842. It seems now almost universally admitted that the present Corn-law cannot be maintained. The Spectator on Saturday, for example, said, "Wil lingly or reluctantly, it begins to be generally felt that the Corn-laws must go." " We will not preterid to believe that the change can take place next session." " Agreeably to all English usage the new Corn-law must be fairly tried ' first, if only on the score of legislative decorum." This is deliberately written in a journal which prides itself on its careful observation, and on using the most guarded and well -weighed expressions. The first sentence accords so well with the tergiversa tions of the Times, and the language used at all agricultural meetings, that we may safely reite rate it, and assert that the Corn-laws " must go." But if the Corn-laws must go, because they are at once unjust, and now proved to be ex tremely pernicious, what will the public think of the propriety of giving the new law a fair trial on the " score of legislative decorum ?" What, let us also ask, can they think of the sagacity of the man, and what of the art he professes, who tells them that they must submit for another year, or perhaps two, or perhaps six, to the law which is doomed, and must go, fo: the sake of legislative decorum? Moralists assure us that the more speedily a wrong is redressed, or an error atoned fbr, the less is the demerit of the repentant wrong-doer; but in politics a flagrant wrong may be perpetrated, all men may be sensible that it is a grievous wrong, the Legislature itself may be convinced of it, and yet legislative decorum for bids the Legislature instantly to redress that wrong. The laws of morality and ofhonour, then, do not apply to the Legislature, an d the public good, on this principle, is to be sacrificed to the abstract decorum of an abstract entity called the Legislature. The prodigious suffering and misery of this great community must be borne for an other year, trade must be deranged or sus pended, agriculture must be uncertain, no leases - . must be made, no contracts relative to land en tered into, and a vast number of the people must be starved for the sake of legislative de corum. We quote this as a specimen of what is frequently described to be the highest branch of human wisdom, politics, or statesmanship. But now look back at the first assertion, "the Corn-laws must go." Why ? Not because Sir ROBERT PEEL wishes to get rid of them; not be cause the majority of Parlialnent dislike them ; not because they and he are even particularly willing to give them up, but because the conse quences of those laws, now so plainly marked in the misery of the nation, can no longer be main tained without leading to mischief, which even the decorous Legislature dreads to encounter. Those laws are a contravention of the laws of na ture, like building a house on a loose sand, or placing a half-welded axle to a locomotive engine. They are a violation of justice, and will as surely lead to injury, as the falling down of a house or the snapping of the axle. If the whole commu nity were polled, man by man, and woman by woman, and were to say the Corn-laws shall be continued, their united assent would not alter one tittle of their consequences, and would not make them less a contravention of the laws of nature, and less a violation of justice. The 1 mass of the community now see that, and therefore the Corn-laws " must go." The Spectator draws the conclusion as we draw it, from observing their consequences. All other men, even many of the landlords, draw the same conclusion from the same premises. When they affirm on these grounds that the Corn-laws must go, they try to overrule the will of the Legislature. They speak to it like a mas ter, and say it must do a certain thing. The authority of the Legislature, then, is virtually set aside in men's hearts and minds by the authority of nature. Respect for its decision on that par ticular point is necessarily at an end, and is over ruled instead of being honoured. On that point it is what Mr. CARLYLE calls a " poor simula crum"—a mere mockery. It has no faith or power yin it. According bo the Spectator, how ever, for the decorum of this simulacrum, the authority of which that journal, in this instance and many others, tries to overrule and set at nought, this great community is to be plunged fir another year into all the misery and vice which are caused by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S new modification of an old injustice. Our ConteMpo rary, like other partisans, prefers the Premier's reputation to the national welfare, and says, perish the people, but let legislative decorum live for ever. Agreeing with our Contemporary " that the Corn-laws must go," we have to say that it will now be the duty of the League, and those who have contributed to bring about that consummation, to be on their guard against admitting modifications of the law. The sliding scale being overthrown in the public mind, they will now have to direct their exertions to explain the mischief of a fixed, duty, however small. That is a nostrum which has not been lately tried, and the whole tribe of le gislators, for the sake of something more than decorum, will flee to that rather than give up all regulations on the subject. Whatever the omnipotent Legislature pro mises or designs, its humble lieges are apt, in spite of experience, to believe is sure to be ac complished. Mr. GREG, in the Prize Essay we have already quoted, very happily exposes, by a history of the vain attempt of the Legislature to keep up the price of corn, the folly of this general belief. At the same time it cannot be speedily eradicated, and as a tax on corn, for the sake of revenue, would operate in precisely the same way as an equal tax for the sake of protection, many persons will believe that it will raise prices, and will try to recommend it. Such a proposition appears in our columns to day, graced by no less honoured a name than that of Earl FITZWILLIAM, and the refutation which accompanies it is not likely to prevent a large number of persons from adopting it. If the opinions and views of the League be un altered, its lecturers, orators, and writers, must at once vigorously grapple with this new form of the old fallacy, and point out the evil conse quences, especially to farmers, of a fixed duty to be levied for the sake of revenue. Mr. R. GREG'S Essay contains some materials to this end, which we shall probably use to-morrow. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal household, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle, the Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce (Clerk of the Closet to his Royal Highness) officiating. The Rev. Gentleman preached an excellent discourse from. the 2,oth verse of the 19th chapter of the Gospel ac cording to St. Luke. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince, at tended by part of the Royal suite, walked out in the Home Park. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended divine service at the parish church. The Rev. Isaac Gossett officiated. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on her Royal Highness. Yesterday morning the Queen and her Illustrious Consort enjoyed their usual early walk. Afterwards the Prince went out shooting in the Great Park, and had very excellent sport. The party accompanying his Royal Highness consisted of Sir Robert Peel, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Liverpool, S;r E. Bo water, and Viscount Sydney. The Noble party re turned to the Castle to lunch. The Viscountess Canning was the Lady in Waiting on the Queen at the Privy Council, held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the further proroga tion of Parliament. Major-General Sir Edward Bowater attended Prince Albert as his Royal High ness's Equerry in Waiting. The whole of the members of the Council left soon after it broke up, excepting the Earl of Liverpool and Sir Robert Peel.' Viscount Canning and Archdeacon Wilberforce arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and at , h h e e Castle l rin ce i n oft h N e v a e l v e e s n a i n n g d . Lady Fanny H owar d, j o i ne d t h e Roya l di nner c i rc l e Princess Royal did not leave the Castle during the day. The Queen held a Privy Council at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at Windsor Castle. It was attended by his Royal Highne ss P r i nce A l b ert, Sir Robert Peel (First Lord of the Treasury), the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen (ecretary of State for Foreign Affairs), Lued Stanley (Secretary of State for War and the Colonies), the Right Hon. H. Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer), the Earl of Hadd'ngton (First Lord of Cie Admiralty), Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci (President of the Board o f Control for the Affairs of India), Earl of Liverpool .(Lord Steward), Earl Delawarr (Lord Chamberlain), Earl of Jersey (Master of t he Horse), and the Marquis of Exeter (Groom of the Stole to the Prince). At the Council Parliament was ordered to be fur ther prorogued froth Tuesday, the 13th inst., unto Thursday, the 2d of Febt uary, and a Proclamation was ordered to be issued summoning the meeting of Parliament on that day for the dispatch of business. Several reports of the Judicial Committee were sub mitted to her Majesty in Council, and were confirmed. Some Colonial orders were approved. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Viscount Sydney was the Lord in Waiting on the Queen ; the Hon. Captrin Duncombe, R.N., the Groom in Writing ; and the Hon. Colonel Grey, the Equerry in Waiting. The Duke of 'Wellington arrived from his seat at Strathfieldsaye, Hants, to attend the Council. The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, and Lord Fitzgel.4ld, arrived from town by a special train on the Great 'Western Railway. After the Privy Council his Grace the Duke of Wellington took his departure from Windsor Castle for Strathfieldsaye. The Earls of Aberdeen, Jersey, and Haddington the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lords St an l ey and Fitzgerald, and Mr. C. Greville, also left the Castle at the same time for town, and re turned to the metropolis by a special train from the Slough station. Major Malcolm arrived in town on Saturday morn ing with dispatches from China for the Earl of Aber (leen, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affitirs. Commander Richards, Royal Navy, arrived in town at the same time with dispatches from China for the Lords of the Admirillty. Major Mal colm attended at the Foreign-office, and also paid a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen at his private residence in Argyll-street. E XTR AORDINARY CROP OF POTATOES.—Mr: W. Hodgson, of Poulton-le-Fylde, in M ay l as t, cut i nto sets and planted twenty-four potatoes of the kind called " lumpers," the produce of which, when taken up, was no loss thin 101 bushels, or 7201b5. ! Lancaster Guardian. DEATH OF LORD HILL. (From the Shrewsbury News of Saturday.) This melancholy event, which has been anticipated some time, we regret to state, took place this morning. His Lordship expired at twenty minutes before nine o'clock, at his seat, Hardwieke Grange, near this town. For some weeks past his Lordship has been confined to his room, and his health has been gradually declining. His relatives and friends have been unre mitting in their attendance upon him, and his last moments were cheered by the presence of those who were nearest and dearest to him. The following is a brief narrative of his Lordship's eventful career : His Lordship was born August 11, 1772, and was second son to the late Sir John Hill, Bart., of Hawk stone, who married Mary, one of the daughters and co-heiress of John Chambre, Esq., of Petton, in this county, by which lady he had sixteen children, twelve of whom survived their mother. Lord Hill entered the army in the 16th year of his age. His first com mission was an ensigncy in the 38th regiment; and having obtained leave of absence, with the view of improving his military knowledge, he was placed at an academy at Strasburg, where he remained one year, and then accompanied his elder brother, and his uncle, the late Sir Richard Hill, in a tour through Germany, France, and Holland. Lord Hill commenced his military duty at Edin burgh, where he had the advantage of the best society, and received from many of the nobility and first families particular notice. His removal from Scotland took place in consequence of an offer he received of a lieutenantcy in Captain Broughton's (afterwards Lieut.-General Sir John Broughton) in dependent company, on his raising the usual quota of men ; this he soon after accomplished, and then re moved as Lieutenant to the 27th. His friends being anxious for his early promotion, obtained permission for him to raise an independent company, which gave him the rank of Captain in the army in the year 1792. In the interval of his being attached to any particular corps, he accompanied his friend, Francis Drake, Esq., who went out as Minis er on a diplomatic mission to Germany, from whence Captain 11111, through the recommendation of his friend, pro ceeded to Toulon, and was employed as Aide de-Camp to the then successful Generals com manding there—namely, Lord Mulgrave, General O'Hara, and Sir David Dundas. Captain Hill had not at that time attained his 21st year; but had the honour of receiving from each of his commanders decisive proofs of their approbation. lie was slightly wounded in his right hand at the time General O'Hara was taken prisoner, and narrowly escaped with his life ; it being undetermined for some minutes between himself and a brother aide-de-camp, Captain Snow, who should ascend a tree, for the purpose of making observations respecting the enemy, the latter went up, and received a mortal wound, whilst Captain IEII, standing immediately beneath, was preserved unhurt. Ile was deputed by Sir David Dundas to be the - bearer of the dispatches to England relating to the evacuation of Toulon by the British. His next appointment was to a company of the 53d, with which regiment he was on duty in Scotland and Ireland. His conduct at Toulon recommended him to the notice and friendship of Lord Lynedoch, who made him the offer of purchasing a majority in the 90th; this step was gladly acceded to by himself and friends, and was soon followed by pro motion to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the same regiment. He went through arduous duties with the 90th at Gibraltar and other places and had his full share in the memorable Egyptian campaign. In the action of the 13th of March, 1811, Major-General Craddocls's brigade formed the front with the 90th Regiment, commanded by Lord Hill, then Lieutenant-Colonel, as its advanced guard. Sir R. Wilson states the conduct of the 90th in this affair to have been most honourable ; and that nothing could exceed the intrepidity and firmness with which they charged the enemy. On this occasion Col. Hill 're ceived a wound on the right temple from a musket ball, the force of which was providentially averted by a strong brass binding in front of his helmet ; the blow was, however, severe, and he was removed from the field of battle in a state of insensibility. When his situation was made known to Lord Keith he im mediately sent for him on board the Foudroyant. The kindness and accommodation the invalid received from his noble friend no doubt greatly accelerated his recovery, and enabled him to rejoin his regiment and continue on duty the whole of the campaign. The Capitan Pacha frequen‘ly saw Col. Hill whilst he was on board the Foudroyant, and with many good wishes and expressions for his welfare presented him with a valuable gold box, sword, and shawl. Soon after the re turn of the troops from Egypt the 90th was ordered to proceed through Scotland to Ireland, and Col. Hill conti nued unremittingly to perform his regimental duty till he Was appointed Brigadier-General on the Irish staff.. His principal stations in that country were Cork, Galway, and Fermoy ; the inhabitants of which places mani fested their approbation of his conduct by public ad dresses inserted in the Dublin papers. On leaving Coils he was presented with the freedom of that city. Early in the summer of 1808 he embarked with his brigade at Cove to join the army in England des tined to act in the Peninsula, and most of our readers are in possession of the authentic facts connected with his Lordship during the warfare. During the ,whole of Sir John Moore's advance and retreat, General Hill continued indefatigable in his exertions ; and he was established with a corps, of reserve, guarding the embarkation of the army at Co runna. On General Hill's arrival in England, in the beginning of the year 1809, he found himself ap pointed Colonel of the third garrison battalion, and about the same period he became possessed of Hard wicke Grange, an estate left to him by his uncle, the late Sir Richard Hill, Bart. The General had not been many days in London before he Was directed by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander .in -Chief, to hold himself in readiness for further service ; and as soon as his instructions were completed, he proceeded through England (passing five days with his friends in this county) to take command of the troops ordered from Ireland for the second expedition to the Peninsula. In the year 1811 Lieutenant-General Hill was compelled to come to England on account of a severe illness brought on by exertion and fatigue in his pro fession during the active service of the Peninsular contest. lie soon returned. At the battle of Tala vera General Hill was slightly wounded on the head. After which, the activity which enabled him to sur prise a considerable corps of the enemy under General Gerard, at Arroyo de Molino, is indicative of his high attainments as a military man. On this latter enterprise he captured the Prince d'Aremberg, who was sent prisoner to Oswestry, and afterwards to Bridgnorth, both in this county. When the thanks of both Houses of Parliament were voted to the army, in consequence of the vic tory at Talavera, the then Chancellor of the Exche quer (Mr. Perceval) observed in the House of Commons, "that the manner in which General Hill had repulsed the enemy at the point of the bayonet was fresh in every one's memory." His Majesty on this occasion was pleased to appoint him Colonel of the 95th. And after the battle of Arroyo de Molino, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in his speech at the opening of Parliament, 1812, noticed in the fol lowing terms General Hill's success :-- "The successful and brilliant enterprise, which terminated in the surprise, in Spanish Estramadura, of a French corps by a detachment of the allied army under Lieutenant-General Hill, is highly creditable to that distinguished officer, and the troops under his pshe Int comma . o nw uib m al u yara. 1 n y, d . , and has contributed materially to ob struct the designs of the enemy in that part of the In 1812 he was elected Member for the borough of 814, General Hill was created Baron of Almarez and of Hawkstone, and an annuity of 2, Lo o r oO ds / h c ,hraaNn.aidnngnhuisbmeehnweiasrissgnmveoadtled withea,tb y -Paris Parliament a i r n l i remainderwimaeny t t 1008 .h4his s , nephew. reac his Lordship returned to the bosom of his venerable father and his friends, at llawkstone, in the following month. On his road thither he was received with the utmost enthusiasm in every town through which be passed. His Lordship now hoped to pass the remainder of his days upon his estate and among his friends ; but he was immediately appointed to take command of an expedition against the Americans. Happily, how tehveers, iginneagtoutrieatoiofns peace,w it h an t d h t a h t e P p o re w sp er ee te t terminated i t n r a a t n e g cl ui s l y h i t t y h again opened to the world ; but, alas ! the hopes of repose were blasted by the return of Bonaparte from Elba, on the 4th of March, 1815, and his re-ascend ancy in France. Immediately after this latter event Lord Hill was ordered to take a command in the Netherlands, and was present at the ever-memorable battle of 'Waterloo. His Lordship on that occasion had a horse shot under him ; and his two brothers were wounded. The most significant as well as the most graphic epitome of Lord Hill's brilliant career is, perhaps, that inscribed upon the. fine Doric column erected by the gratitude of the inhabitants of Shrewsbury, just at the entrance of the town. It is as follows : To Lieutenant-General IIoWLAND LORD HILL, Baron 11111 of Almarez and Hawkstone, G.C.8., Not more distinguished for his skill arid courage in the field, During the arduous campaigns in Spain and Portugal, the south of France, And the memorable plains of Waterloo, Than for his benevolent and paternal care in providing For the comforts and supplying the necessities of his victorious countrymen, And for that humanity and generosity Which their vanquished foes experienced and acknowledged; The inhabitants of the town and county of Salop Have erected this column and statue, As a memorial of their respect and gratitude To an illustrious contemporary, And an incitement to emulation In the Heroes and Patriots of future ages. A. D. 3IDCCCXVI. Civi svo Rolando Domino Baroni Hill, ab Almarez et lia,wkstone, Popvlares eivs ex Agro atqve Mvnicipio Salopiensi Colvmnam bane cvm Statua P. C. A. D. NDCCCXVI. Is in re militari qvemadmodvm se gesserit Testes sint Lvsitania, Hispania, Galliae, Narbonensis, ac Belgica Artvrivs et qvidem hostivm exercitvs. The foregoing is translated as follows: " To their Countryman, Rowland Lord Hill. Baron of Almarez and Ilawkstone, His neighbours in the County and Town of Shrewsbury have erected this Column and Statue, A.D. 1816. To his military Prowess Let Portugal, Spain, the South of France, the Netherlands, the Duke of Wellington, the Armies of the Allies, And even those of the Enemy Bear Witness." Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Douro, Talavera, Busaco, Arroyo del Molino, Almarez, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, llillette, Orthes, Aire, Tarbes, Tou louse, and Waterloo—there is not one of these me morable events, to the glorious consummation of which the daring intrepidity, or imperturbable coolness, promptitude, and presence of mind of his Lordship did not materially contribute. Perhaps the one in which he most distinguished himself, and the success of which is almost exclusively attributable to him, is the desperate fight of Almarez, in 1812, March 16, from which he took his second title. 'Wellington, having resolved upon his plan of operation, directed Sir Rowland Hill to destroy the bridge of Almarez, defended on both sides of the river by very formidable works and a sufficient garrison. The bold conduct and happy issue of this important expedition of General Hill gave a security and hope fulness to the offensive movements contemplated by Lord Wellington, which they otherwise wanted, and without which he could not have • availed himself of any success to penetrate far into Spain. This important service was effected with the loss of only 15 officers and 162 privates killed arid wounded. In reference to the battle of Waterloo, it is observed by Captain Moyle Sherer, that there does not seem to have been that accurate information gathered of the share borne by the corps under Lord Hill, in this most memorable battle, as in those actions already recorded. It is true, that for some time the corps of Lord Hill took no prominent part in the engagement. The post of his Lordship, during the severe combats at Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and on the centre of the position, was on the slope of the heights of Merle Braine, to the right of the Nivelle road, cover ing the right wing of the general line. From this position he anxiously observed every movement of the enemy; and as Napoleon gradually concentrated his left, in the impetuous attacks upon Hougoumont, his Lordship carefully opposed him until the whole of his command was formed into squares on the heights which overlooked that important position be tween the roads of Nivelle and Gemappe. From th!s moment to the triumphant close of the battle he di rected their operations in person. In the great crisis of this conflict, when Napoleon made his last effort, and the imperial Guard advanced to the attack, the services of Lord Hill, and especially of that brigade of his Lordship's corps commanded by Lieut.-General Adam, were conspicuous, and by the judgment and ardour with which he supported the British Guards he largely contributed to the final and glorious result. After the restoration of the Bourbon family to the throne of France, his Lordship was appointed second in :command of the Army of Occupation in that country, where he remained till the evacuation of the country by the allied armies. In the year 1828 his Lordship was appointed the General-Commanding-in-Chief of the army of Eng land, a situation at the Horse Guards which he con • tinued to fill under several Ministries to the present year. Though we believe Lord Hill, as a Commander, never suffered a defeat, yet no heedless sacrifice of life ever purchased for him the field of victory. The laurels he bravely won were solely attributable to his generalship and extraordinary skill in directing the energies of the troops under his command. " With Hill," it was usually observed by the soldiery, " both life and victory may be ours." The soldier's friend was his acknowledged title. His Lordship was in his 71st year, and is succeeded in his title by his nephew and heir, Sir R. Hill, Bart., of Hawkstone, which will consequently cause a vacancy in the representation of the northern division of this county. As we before stated, Viscount Clive will be the new Member. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, DEC. 9. SATuitnAir, DEC. 10, 1842. BY THE QUEEN, A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA R. Whereas our Parliament stan ds prorogued to Tuesday, the thirteenth day of this in stant December; We, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby p u bli s h an d d ec l are, that the said Parliament sh all be further prorogued, on the said thirteenth day of December instant, to Thursday th e second day of February next; and We have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly ; and W e d o h ere b y f urt h er, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thurs day the second day of February next, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and com manded to give their a ttendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the second day of February next. Given at our Court at Windsor, this tenth day of De cember, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty .two, and in the sixth year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. On Saturday last a convict, named Gomare, who had been condemned to death for having stabbed one of the officers of the bagne, at Toulon, was executed in presence of the rest of the prisoners. At an early hour, a strong body of artillery was pested in the court where the scaffold was erected, with the pieces charged with grape. A little before eight, all the convicts were marched out, and placed in order at each side of the gullotine. Shortly after the prisoner appeared, attended by the almoner of the bagne, who had passed the night by his bedside. Gomare had, it is said, expressed repentance for his crime, and wished to say so to the rest of the convicts. Ile was dissuaded, however, from addressing them at length, and he only uttered the words, " Comrades, friends, farewell !" The next minute he ceased to exist. Go mare was only twenty-one years of age. Ile entered the army at eighteen, and shortly after, at Avignon, he took offence at something his captain had said, and attacked him with a sabre. The blow missed the in tended point, but the officer's ear was cut off. For this Gomare was sentenced to death, but the punish ment was commuted to hard labour for life. THE DEAD ALIVE.—Mr. Hill, of Olatrim, whose murder was circumstantially recorded in a late num ber of the Limerick Reporter, has written to the editor of the Nenagh Guardian, to say that he is still alive and well. Mr. Hill complains of the trouble and expense his relatives have been put to by the report in question, some of them having come from distant parts of Ireland for the purpose of burying him. "On the day (continues Mr. Hill) the Reporter says I was shot, I, with 60,000 of my fellow-countrymen, at tended the great meeting at Dunkerrin, to hear the Rev. Mr. Nolan eloquently and emphatically ex • hort us to pay obedience to th e laws, and to aid in suppressing illegal societies. Now, Sir, I hope that you will contradict the vile report of my death, for if I was shot at and wounded on the day in question, I could not be at the Dunkerrin meeting; and if I was dead I couldn't write this letter." TILE on R Dunkerrin and if I was POLlCE.—Captain Stuart, late Superintendent of the city of Edinburgh police, EDINBURGH having been appointed Governor of the Penitentiary. at Perth, the above situation necessarily becomes va- P° lice is considered to b e wo rth 500/. per annum ; and, cant. The Captain Superintendency of the Edinburgh as may be naturally supposed, there were a great number of applications for the appointment, the gift of which entirely rests with the Lord Provost and Sheriff of Edinburgh. The latter made a special application to the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police to name som e e ffi c i ent o ff i cer belonging to their force who they considered would be able to perform the duties of the offic e satisfactorily ; and the result was an application from Mr. Raining, an inspector of the A division, for the appointment. 'The Lord Provost and Sheriff considered the .qualifications of Mr. Raining superior to those of the other candidates, and a few days since he was elected to the office. IRISH LINEN TRAD E WITH FRANCE.—The French linen manufacturers h ave aga in been forced to enter the Irish markets for their supply of yarns, despite the enormous import duties, which it had been sup posed would amount to a prohibition :—Belfast, Dec. 2.—We have experienced an improved demand for linen yarns during the present week. The French are again obliged to come to market, notwithstanding their high protective duties, as we learn considerable shipments are now being made to the French ports, which must have a favourable effect on the trade generally. Some yarns are going forward which will have an ad va- Threat duty of 50 or6o per cent. imposed 3O a y la 5 change in prices, but rather firmer at the rates pre viously ss. 6d. ; 3 5 lea, ss. to Linencrenlea, ss. them. e 3 m d.. to o 55.3 d.; 40 lea, 4s. 9 d. to s s. ; 4 q le u a o , ted. 4ssto 70 4s. 7,1 d. to 4s. 9d. ; 75 lea, 4s. to .ss. ; 80 lea, ss. to ss. 3d. Tow yarns-2 lea, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d.; 30 lea, 4s, 6cl. ; 35 lea, 45.3 d. to 4 s. 6 d.; 40 lea, 4s. 3d.—Northe r n Whig. We understand that M a j or -General Pollock, whose -5 recent gallant achievements in India have attracted so much-admiration, and Sir F. Pollock, her Majesty's Attorney-General, are both brothers of J. 11. Pollock, Esq., one of the registrars of the Court of Bankruptcy in this city.—. Bristol Mercury, THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 57 : Noon, 56. BAROMETER, 29.81.—W1ND, S.W. . 4. 44 , A r own t 7Zilittion SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock. From the time of King JOHN to the preset.t . day, monopolies have been the bane of this coun try. In the more early ages the Sovereigns granted exclusive privileges to deal in certain articles, to Court favourites, or sold them to companies to raise money for their pri vate uses. What the Sovereigns in those days did, has, to a certain extent, been continued by the Legislature. Without adverting to those re strictions on trade, and that class legislation which benefit a few to the injury of the great body of the public, we may state, that within the last fifty years more monopolies have been esta blished by Acts of Parliament, than during any similar period in any former reigns. We have water monopolies, gas monopolies, railroad mo nopolies, and twenty others, which, though placed under certain restrictions, cause nearly as great inconvenience, and levy as exorbitant profits, as those established by the most needy Monarchs. We hear from almost every quarter of the me tropolis loud complaints against these evils. The inhabitants of Lambeth complain of the water monopolists, who have conspired, as they assert, but who certainly from being bitter rivals have become good friends, and laid their heads together to fleece the public. These complaints are re-echoed by the populous and extensive borough of Marylebone, which, it would ap pear, is fleeced by the gas monopolists, they also having found it convenient to form a friend ship at the expense of their customers. In the eastern parts of the metropolis, too, the same grievances existed to such an extent that the trades people were compelled in self-defence to establish associations, in order to put down the monopoly. Thus, there are three or four companies who have each been at the same expense (that ultimately falling on the con sumers) in constructing works of great magnitude for the supply of gas and water, which one, if properly regulated by Act of Parliament, could have done equally well, and at much less ex- pense. Railroads, too, may be said to be great monopolies. A road that costs some ten millions sterling, is in little danger of a rival, even if Members of Parliament were sufficiently virtuous to forego their selfish interests, and grant other companies a charter for a competing line. It is needless to say that these corn panies are placed under certain restrictions, as to the charges per mile, and the convenience of passengers; for it is well known that Acts of Parliament are easily evaded, and that a coach and four, in the words of Mr. O'CONNELL, may be driven through the best of them. No one can grudge ample remuneration to those enter prising companies who have established such magnificent national works as the Great Western and Birmingham Railways ; but is it reasonable or just that they should have the power of charging rates which raise the shares to 100 per cent. premium? That, however, is not the least evil, for, from the partiality of secretaries and managing directors, facilities and favours are given to one class to the prejudice of others. Loud and • just complaints were made against, the Birmingham Railway direction, if we recollect right, by a carrying company, on the ground that it was not allowed the same pri vileges granted to a rival concern. If this is done in one instance, it may be done in fifty, and render these great highways the most dangerous monopolies ever established in any country. We will give a proof. The proprietors of rival newspapers are anxious to send expresses by rail way, but the one that bids highest, or has Shares in the company, or has some other means of procuring a preference, is enabled to outstrip all the rest. No Act of Par liament can prevent this, fbr there is an infinite variety of methods, which cannot be provided against, for effecting the object of the monopo list. The managing director can refuse a special train, or if he grants it, can interpose delays, pur posely intended, so as to suit the arrangements of the favoured party. This is a grievance for which a special remedy is required. Railroads have driven all coaches off the road. They were in tended by Parliament for the benefit of the public, and if preference of this kind is continued Parliament will be justified (and will carry a measure to that effect, too), in disfranchising, or, if we may coin a word, in dischartering all corn . panies which do not allow their lines of railroad to be as free and open as the Queen's highway. What Parliament gave it can take away, on good cause being shown that any company has abused its powers, and perverted a system, which was intended fbr the benefit of all, to party pur poses, or, what is worse, to the pecuniary ad vantages of the more venial directors. There are signs in sundry places of much uneasiness under the Income-tax, though they are not so numerous as we would wish them to be. They would be, however, with efficient help, enough to make the Ministry, uneasy, There can be no doubt too that the landowners and farmers, who are suffering very much, and many of whom attribute their sufferings to the Ministry, would readily join with the inhabitants of towns to put down the Income-tax. On this subject all the tax payers have a common in terest. But the people want leaders. There is uo Anti-Income-tax League. There is no for midable opposition, desirous of exposing the errors of PEEL, and occupying his place. All our great Parliamentary men have been so care less of the public expenditure, and they delight so much in a large revenue, that while they think they may have to administer that, both shame and hope will keep the Whigs from taking an active part in getting up opposition to the Income-tax. If any stir were visible in the country for an object which they could take part in, and whi c h would serve their purposes, the Whig agents and hangers-on, scattered through every town in the kingdom, would soon be set in motion, and public meetings would rouse the whole com munity to a due sense of whatever injustice it was thought fitting to complain of. It is at pre sent, however, a public misfortune that the wishes and wants of the public and the de signs of politicians, whether in opposition or in the minority, do not harmonise. There is no union betwixt them, and though the country has been in a worse condition during the last twelve months than for many years befbre, there have been no public meetings to which the leading statesmen of the day have lent their countenance, or given their support. The people are Chartists, Complete Suffragists, Anti-Corn law Leaguers, Monopolists, Dissenters, Church Extensionists, &c., &c., while our politicians are Whigs and Tories, and seem to have lost many of the sympathies, and weakened their connexion with the people. Even that most durable of all connexions, the tie between landlords and tenants, is becoming very feeble. They no longer have the same political views. Throughout the country the tenants feel that they have been sacrificed to, and by, the landlords, and they have ceased to hearken to them as oracles whichit would be im pious to doubt. The unenfranchised say that they have been sacrificed to the ten-pounders, and between them and the middle classes, to whom they used to look for their political opinions, there is even more estrangement than between landlord and tenant. It has become in fact, ob vious to all that the interest of each class is the parent of its opinions; mistrust and jealousy have taken the place of confidence, and no one class will any longer take another for its guide. This general rule extends to statesmen, who are the expounders rather of their own indivi dual opinions than of the opinions of a party. The Peelites, Melbournites, Stanleyites, or Rus sellites'are each amazingly few ; and the man at now rather borne with he head of the Ministry is from the opinion that society would fall into dire confusion without a Government, and that he is the only person who can at present administer our affairs, than because the public coincides with his opinions or regards him as infallible. There is not a single journal which heartily sup ports him, and not an individual who swears by him or who does not, though nominally one of is party, continually attack his opinions and fis measures. That the persons complaining of the Income-tax are without leaders, therefore, only one instance of the general state of poli tical decomposition in which society finds itself. For those who hate the Income-tax, the lesson this circumstance teaches is, that they must help themselves. They must plan something like an Anti-Income-tax League; they must appeal to farmers, tradesmen, and landlords for support; they must establish committees and societies in different places; and if they cannot get up the steam themselves, we can venture to assure them that they will receive no aid from any party politicians. Both Whigs and Tories are too desirous of a large revenue—the former are too sensible that their proceedings gave a colourable pretext to the Income-tax, and the latter are too eager to appropriate it—for either of them to take an active part in proposing its repeal. If the tax payers cannot accomplish that object , themselves, they will probably have to bear the tax for the whole three years. Madrid journals of the 3d and 4th inst. hav* been received. Those of the Opposition in ge ral censure the letter of the English Consul for refusing to receive Spanish refugees on board English ships at Barcelona, though he had . offered a reception to other foreigners. We can not see any good grounds of complaint against such a principle. Are Republicans, and Chris tinos, and Carlists to be encouraged to harass the - established Government, by promises of pro tection when unsuccessful ? This would be hold ing out an inducement to rebel. The following is a portion of the Consul's letter on the subject to General VAN HALEN : Your Excellency having replied that you .could not extend the delay granted beyond the morning of the 4th, I ordered immediately the English vessels to hoist their flags, and to prepare for the reception of English subjects, and also that of the subjects of other foreign Powers who might seek an asylum. At the same time I issued severe orders that no Spaniard should be admitted, and I have delivered no passport or granted the slightest pro tection to any of the subjects of her Catholic Majesty. In replying, therefore, to the dispatch of your Excellency of this day's date, and which I have this in stant received through the French Consul, I assure your Excellency that I shall rigorously maintain the same neutrality if any English vessel should enter this pert, believing, as I do, that if I were to grant the protec tion of the British flag to any of the insurgents I should be guilty of an act of hostility against the Government to which my Sovereign has accredited me. (Signed) " JOIIN ESTRORY PELENCORE. "Barcelona, Nov. 26." At Madrid the Three per Cents. were done on the 2d at 21i for cash, and at 21 at GO days; and the Five per Cents. at 261 for cash, and 26- at 60 days. On the 3d the Three per Cents. were done at 24 11-16 for cash, and 22 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 261 for cash, and-26i at 60 days. • We have received intelligence from Lisbon to the sth inst., brought by the Royal Tar steamer. There had been dreadful gales on the coast of Portugal, by which two English vessels were driven on shore. On the 26th ult., at Pedras Negras, 25 miles south of Figneira, the ship Chatham, SARGENT, Master, from London to Sidney with a general cargo and ten passengers, was stranded, and three seamen with two pas sengers perished. The barque Wexford, from Newport to Malta, with coals, ran ashore inside the bar of St. Übes, crew all saved. Hopes were entertained of saving the cargo of the Chat ham; but it was very doubtful whether either of the two vessels could be got off. The municipal elections at Lisbon and Oporto had terminated in favour of the Government; and throughout the districts of Douro and Aveiro the general result, it was believed, would be the same. The Paris Moniteur of Saturday announces the capitulation of Barcelona in the following dis patch, addressed to the French Government : PERPIGNAN, DEC. 6.—Accounts from Perthuis, re ceived this morning, state that Barcelona capitulated the day before yesterday. The inhabitants of Girona, who were marching on Barcelona, returned home on hearing the news. There are neither letters nor pas sengers from Barcelona. This result has been foreseen for some days, for a more wanton and ilbadvised outbreak, or one exciting so little sympathy throughout Spain, and even Europe, has never taken place in that coun try. The telegraphic dispatch received at Paris on Thursday, and published in The Sun on Satur- day, announcing a general rising in Catalonia, has turned out, as we suspected, a shameful stock jobbing affair. It bore on its face evident marks that it was of French manufacture, and was not en titled to the slightest credit, yet it has answered its purpose. The intelligence published in a Government paper caused great alarm at Paris, and occasioned a fall of per cent. in French Stock, and in Spanish Five per Cents. This is disgraceful conduct on the part of the French authorities. The telegraph is now used, not for conveying speedy and authentic intelligence, but as an instrument for depressing or raising the funds. The Government must be aware of this from the false, or at least greatly exaggerated accounts, transmitted to Paris from Marseilles and the Spanish frontier, and as they still allow their agents—officers, we believe, of the army— to retain their situations and delude the public, we can only infer that some of them have good reasons for keeping up this nefarious system. The bombardment of Barcelona commenced at eleven on the morning of the 3d, lasted all the day, and on the evening of the 4th inst. the town capitulated. Next morning the troops entered the place. It appears that in the course of the first day (the 3d) 520 bombs were thrown into the town, but no particulars are given of the 'damage done, or the number of persons killed. Some of the Liberal papers, and the Carlist Quotidienne, blame the REGENT for having re course to this extremity. Though their remarks are in general so extravagant and so unjustifiable as to merit only contempt, we however give a few extracts, to gratify the curiosity of our readers. The Quotidienne infers that ESPARTERO was induced by the British Ambassador to bom bard Barcelona, in order that the only manufac turing town in Spain might be exterminated:— The explanation of Espartero's implacable conduct may probably be found (says this rabid journal) in certain rumours afloat at Madrid, and which appear exceedingly likely. According to a letter in the Courrier de la Gironde, it was stated at Madrid that Mr. Aston had urged the Government to display the greatest severity agai4ist Barcelona, and even to de stroy that town, if it dared to resist. We can con ceive the great interest of England to exterminate the only manufacturing town in Spain, the products of which offer such an obstacle to the mercantile ambi tion of British subjects. The National has the . following : The bombardment of Barcelona is not merely a fault, it is a crime, and we are not surprised that this crime has caused the whole of Catalonia to rise. We should not be astonished if the insurrection were to gain the other provinces, and become general. Why did the Regent quit his usual place of residence ? What was the use of his presence, if, when he arrived before Barcelona, he was to conceal himself behind his Generals and his Ministers, enveloping himself in Iris glory like an Olympian Jove, and playing the ridi culous game of representative sovereign ? The Commerce asks— - - - - - What are the causes of this new and redoubtable episode ? Could the Regent have avoided it ? These are questions which ulterior information will enable us to answer, no doubt. At present wa do not hesitate in declaring, that, if Espartero, by his impla cable threats, his refusal to give guarantees, or at least to show some signs of clemen cy or modera tion, has driven the Barcelonese to desperation, he has committed an enormous, and perhaps an irreparable fault. • The Courier Francais, an ultra-Liberal jour nal, is equally severe on the REGENT, and as a matter of course, impl icates England in the affair:— The' dispatches which the Government has re ceived from Spain are of the gravest character. The inhabitants of Barcelona, who were treating with the Regent, and to whom Espartero dictated too severe conditions, refused to submit. The Regent, in place of reducing them, as he might easily have done by a bldckade, has come to the rigorous and deplorable determination to bombard this populous city. There are occasions where a government ought to avoid urging to the last extremity the execution of the laws. It is a sad renown for the first Magistrate of a country to strew the soil with the smoking ruins of a town which had raised him to the steps of the throne. , The Regent ought to have shown himself the more humane in repressing this revolt from the knowledge of it 3 having been provoked by a national sentiment. The project of introducing English cottons into Spain was the first cause of this fermentation, and - the appearance of English vessels before Barcelona increased the indignation of the people. At present, if the telegraphic news be true, alt Catalonia has risen. The Presse thus attacks England and the French Ministers : While France has thought only of saving Spanish emigrants of all parties, England brings cannon and gunpowder to ruin the industry of Catalonia. And yet, notwithstanding all this, the French Ministry, that it may dispense with taking a part against this odious invasion by England, labours to disguise its existence. God grant that this unfortunate business of Barcelona may be shortly brought th an end, for, if it last only a little while longer, it will give birth to some terrible questions. The Journal des Debats and the Constitu onnel abstain from all comment. We admit that the bombardment of the city was a measure 4 severity, and ought to have been avoided, it possible. But if the Barcelonese refused to yield !hat could ESPARTERO do? He had n ot ships to blockade the place by sea, and he cou ld not grant an amnesty to men who had kille d souse 500 of his troops, for no assignable awe' Delay, too, might be dangerous an d a ft er all , it is extremely probably that no great injury was done to the town. The REGENT too, has already shown his leniency by per mitting those implicated to quit the country " We learn," says the Constitutionnel , "that th e REGENT had formally declared to the authori ties of Barcelona, that he would permi t the nper sons compromised in the revolt to withd raw 11.° the vengeance of the laws by quitting Spain't.lo. r consequence of this declaration a great num ber of persons, amongst others the Preside nt o Directing . Junta, MANUAL CAnsv, had left na T r: celona, and retired to the French territory• is difficult to make this account square With t he bombardment, and yet it cannot be well doubteu, since the intelligence of the arrival o f the rf fugees at Perpignan has been received , and, °f their having been sent to Clermont-Ferr and. ;ull We shall be able, we hope, to give the particulars of this unfortunate affair to-morrow• The French papers contain no dome stic new s of importance. BOURSE—PARIs, SATURDAY; DECEMBER 10. Priceb.s Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 55... 119 60... 119 55... 119 25 First Highest Lowest L a . s . t Threes, ex div. 79 20... 79 20... 79 10... 79 3340 r A Four per Cents. 101 25... 101 25 .. 101 25... 101 00 Bank of France 3340 —3340 —.3340 •• Latlitte Bank 1,0001-1057 50 —1057 50-1057 50—. 1°57 ';() Belgian Bank 807 50... 807 W... 807 50... 80 ,,, 7 Belgian Fives 1034 1034 1034 ..• 1840 1044 ... 1044 ... 10-14 ••• " 03 1 4 / 1 01 ! Spanish Active. . ..„, 234 235 235 ••• #llO Portuguese Fives 32 ... 32 ... 3 1 5 "• 10 Neapolitan, ex div lO7 10... 107 1 0 ... 107 10... I,°• Roman, ... 1045 ... 1045 ... 104 ••• 10 AILWAY SHARE. St. Germain ... ...... R 3 78 50... 842 50.. 5 . 837 50... 842 5o 5 0 ,. 270 ... 270 ... 267 Versailles, R.B .. ,9 5 50... •-. 0 L.B B5 ... 97 50... 8 5 ••• 64 5 Rouen Orleans.... 615 ... 615 ... 615 ..• 615 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAT LONDON, DEC. 12.—Wind this day at no on, S." g light airs, and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 11.—Wind E.—Arrd. Marqui s ßute t t , Lamont, Calcutta. Arrd. from the River, Bunt, , Maria, St. Helena; Elma, Monte Video; G°l ' , . Fleece, Pernambuco; Isabella, Demerara. o S.? • PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind E.S.E . t fresh breezes.—Arrd,, Alcyon, I Sahlactuer, Maz atlan ; for Harnburgh ; Noma, Shields, for Sierra Leone; her Majesty's ship .Cambridge, Plymouth; ne'fi Todd, Rio Janeiro, Sld. Sappho, China. Arrd. Switzerland, Chadwick, New York. i . SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 11.—Arrd. Royal Tar e arn e r with the Mediterranean mails. Sid. Montrose steini for Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind E.S.E. to S.S.I. Arrd. Tory, Lakey, Quebec ,_• Her Majest4s 6';lrP. Thunderer, Eastward. Arrd. off, Castries, Clarb-e+ , Lucie DEC. 11.—Wind E.S.E. , fresh West FALMOUTH, and squally.—Sld. City of Glasgow steamer for oD.Ec (iu l e O en . Indies. Iv ERP L moderate.—Arrd. —Wind- Victoria, S being ashore ; David Carnegie, Hillman, Chili ; Gc.or& IV., Brownless, Bahia, sailed Oct. 22 ; AmittY' Little, Honduras ; Lancashire, Lyon, Savan" ab rd, _ p e rnerara : Robert Benn, Bombay ; Isabella, Thorpe, Zeno, Jamaica ; Gossipmen and Hope,ew Orleans. F. Depare and Caledonia, Savannah ; za Warwtelc, Charleston. Sld. Tartar Mobile; Guntra7 singapore ~ofmoderate.--11 Cantab, La Guaym ; Amelia, Trinidad°. e hee ; Diiblin, der DUBLIN, DEC. 9.—Arrd. St. Lawrence, Qu Dublin Bay, Naparina, Wilson, O ditto. tsollo Kober ANGER.—Arrd. The John 'Gaunt, Liverpool in 92 days. h e nce h e ncer e a r s GALWAY, DEC. 9.—The Factor, El liott, London, which was ashore at Kenmore poi been got off without damage, and will proceed. . __. KINSALE, DEC. 8.-Sld. Lord Sandon Charlestem HULL, DEC. 10.—S1d. Eliza Keith, dobile. OFF FALMOUTH, DEC. 9.—Florence, Madeira. JERSEY, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Damon, Gaspe. for salt OFF THE GALLOPER.—Isabella, Br emen, Yor Y k. A tr ti ' ARMOUTH ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. -.--- Apollo, Grenada. Surinam' DARTMOUTH, DEC. B.—Sld. Amphitri te, Brazilian, Port-au-Prince Arrd. off, Mali' s ' Clarke OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 9.—Anglicania, A , ; Quebec; Pegasus, Schaffer, Para, for Hobo* Ernst Gustaf, Beurman, Virginia, for J3rercea,._, • pl. B R ISTOL, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Lune, Miramiefa or Eliza, Warwick, Virginia. Waters , f OFF MARGATE, DEC. B.—Leontine, Nn New Orleans; Andromache, Odessa. r ige' COWES, DEC. 11 .—Arrd. Louise Freder icka, H lavannah. c . .• gel" OFF PORTLAND, DEC. 6.—Erfprinses oop.i,a . las, Batavia, for Amsterdam IN THE CHANNEL, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Mon soon ' lett,-New Orleans, for Antwerp. Sew' MILFORD, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Ebenezer, FOY' ff St. port, for Southampton, having been in conta Lan dono_ Gowan's Head. The George Watson, for in g is reported to have taken the ground' in dropp ing down the River, but had been got oft. ~,; Crag , KINGSTOWN, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Cynt...s, Demerara; Constitution, Wilson, Queb ec. u .„ e" LIMERICK, DEC. 9.—Arrd. China, Que''-sew' LOCHINDAIL, DEC. s.—Arrd. British Queen, foundland. - from London to Sydney, New South Wal es ' d, the at San Pedro on the 26th ult., haS been s ave os ed FIGUERA, DEC. I.—Part ofthe cargo of the Cliaitellavend vessel is nearly full of water. A vessel, saPtPcieared brig, was seen on the 29th ult ., diSinaSted, hilt wit h a the coast. the , 13 ' iv ' r. It is blowing strong from on the • ~ heavy sea on the coast, and a heavy fresh Iter NM ST. ITBES, DEC. 3.—The Wexford, Tong a. gale Newport to Malta, in entering this por t ,i,u,„ Ear, an harbo- concor 29th ult., struck on a sandbank inside "'" dre iir, an was driven on the rocks outside the mains fast ; crew and materials saved. Th e hi d, put dia, Permantier, from hence to S t. ITheso ws„rveyea, back to this port 26th ult., leaky, ha s been led, and is discharging to repair ; cargo (fruit) spjj ate w king, oi CADIZ, DEC. 2.—The Jane and Ma r y , gelfrom Seville to London , was driven ashore wes t w ard of San Lucca de Barrame da during a e a l _ 25th ult., but is expected off; car g o (oraug°s) charged. BRUSSELS, DEC. B.—A letter from Bruges , 0 f tile says—" This morning, between two and: three o'clock, during a thick fog, the fine Bel the Antwerpen ,Captain Jackson, coming from London, and bound for Antwerp, ran aground a league A n ! half to the west of Blankenburge ; it had thirty 1 33 ,'; sengers and a cargo of merchandise. Front to eatv hour in the morning cries were heard, but the fog gian steamer, was so thick that it could not be ascertained precisell. where the vessel was. At noon it was perceive Blau the coast to be a steamer. A fis hin g -boat from kenburge rendered important assistance to Captaill, Jackson. After taking on b oard the anchors and chains, to lighten the vessel, it greatly contribute d to relieve it from its danger ous situation. The Ant-. werpen could not be removed till high water. K I ARNOCK.—A rumour has been put into cireu lotion here, once and again, that it was the intention of our worthy Member, Alex. Johnston Esq., to r e : sign the representation of t he Kilmarnock District of Burghs. We are able, on th e best authority, to con tradict this statement, the wish is father to the thought, and to state for the satisfaction of his friends , and the discomfort o f his o pp onents, that lie still pur - poses taking his seat next session of Parliam Ayr Advertiser. We understand that Lieutenant-General Sir Mali' rice Charles O'Connell, K.C.H., commanding fore( ai n New South Wales, is to su cceed to the lonelcy of the 81st Reg i me n t , vacant by the deceas e of the late Lieutenant - General S ir John Waters! United Service Gazette.