The Sun. — London, England, 1834-12-31 00:00:00

TITHES. SLAUGHTER OF THE PEOPLE AT GORT ROE—CORONER'S INQUEST. (Abridged from the Cork Southern Reporter.) FRIDAY—FIFTH DAY. The arrivals at Rathcormac this morning were numerous. The country people, it being the feast of St, Stephen, assembled in vast numbers, but observed throughout the day the utmost decorum. At half-past eleven o'clock four companies of Infantry and a troop of Cavalry marched in from Fermoy, and occupied the positions throughout the town assigned to the troops during the first days of the Inquest. At twelve o'clock the investigation was about to be resumed when a Messenger arrived in Court, and announced that one of the Jury—Mr. Griffin—was so ill as to be unable to attend. Being questioned as to the nature of his ill ness, the Messenger stated that his stomach was so deranged—(Laughter)—that he had to return to bed that morning. The Juror was then called on a fine of 101. and the Messenger was told by Mr. F. M'Carthy that the Court of King's Bench alone, at a cost of 101. more had the power to remit the fine. It was then agreed upon at both sides that the evidence should be gone into before the 22 jurors present. The Magistrates in attendance were Major Galway, Captain Bagley, and the Rev. Joshua Ryder. Thomas Bowderin, of Gortroe, was then produced, and his examination was proceeded with.—l am a mason; I was pre sent at the transaction at the widow Ryan's haggart, on Thurs day the 13th inst. I was in the yard before her house before any shots were fired. I saw Richard Ryan, one of the de ceased, there • he was near to me. I heard him say, after a good many ;hots were fired—(l first having run into the kitchen garden from the dwelling-house and the side of the barn)—to a soldier in pursuit of him, " Soldier, don't fire-- don't fire--for I have done nothing." I immediately heard two shots fired, and saw Dick Ryan fall back, Ile struggled as far as the gap, with a view of entering the kitchen garden, but he was unable to go ; he fell back, and soon after died. During the ten minutes which I saw him before the shots were fired, he (Ryan) was behind the people. I knew a earl named John Curtin, who was also present. Curtin entered The gap before Ryan and me, and he cried out, in hisk after shots were fired—" Boys, your souls to the devil, run awray, they have balls in, and lam done !" Curtin was wounded ; he is brother of the deceased Curtin. When Curtin went into the garden he immediately threw off his coat, and the witness saw that he had received a ball in the back. Patrick Curtin is dead—John is in hospital. I didn't hear the Riot Act read. Cross-examined by Mr. FORSATTII-I heard horns blowing on the Wednei;day evening, when I heard that the military were to be out, we (Ives's boys and myself) agreed to go to look at thcm. _ _ _ _ In answer to a question, by a Juror, the witness said that he did not hear any of the Magistrates give orders to fire. Michael Marks, of Desert, in the parish of Gortroe, was walking down the Bohreen along with the soldiers. I left the soldiers at the gap of the bawn and went into the haggart. I saw people on the haggart ditch, at which time I was standing in the haggart between the two Collins's. The soldiers offered to stick the people who were inside the ditch ; but the people were too frr in. When the people were forced back, Captain Bagley was in the Bohreen. Captain Bagley said to the sol diers—" fire, fire," upon which several shots were fired. I was at that moment standing between the two Collins's—one of the ( Michael) dropped at the first fire. When the firing ceased I went over the rails of the gate into a Linney in the bawn. Some of the military followed me to the door of the little Linney ;—they came there from the haggart, but he does'nt know by what way. The officer upou coming up to the door, with four or five of five of the soldiers, said—" Come out her 4 jou villain." I went out, took off my hat, and begged pardon. He said nothing. He had his sworn drawn, and the soldiers had their fire-arms presented at me ; upon which the officer told them not to fire at me-" Don't" said he," boys, fire at them ; let there be no more sluughter I then went off, through the old orchard field, where I saw three bodies lying on the ground. They were lying pretty close to each other—one at the gap, leading into the field. By a Juror—Capt. Bagley desired the people, " For God's sake to have peace and sense." Mr. Ryder was going up and down ; he did'nt hear him give the word fire at any time. Mr. Ryder might give the word without my knowledge. I saw Capt. Bagley reading the Riot Act on the high road, leading from Bartlemy to Tallow. About 300 of the people were present at the road, when the Riot Act was read. HAMBURG, Nov. 26, 1834. EINE, BROTHERS, Contractors, for the Great Lottery, published and drawn by authority and under guarantee of the Hamburg Government, beg to inform the public, that the 65th Lottery of 10,000 Tickets will be drawn on the 18th of March next; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks banco, or 8/. The prizes are lof 100,000, lof 50,000, lof 30,000, 1 of 20,000, 1 if 10,000, '2 of 5,000, 4 of 3,000, 7 of 2,000, 20 of 1,000, 40 of 500, and 1,500 of 108 marks, which 1,578 money prize* are altogether stated in marks banco, and payable without any deduction whatever; 4,000 tickets being delivered gratis to the holders of the 2,000 first-drawn tickets, as per scheme; those purchasing one ticket, at the trifling cost of 81., may obtain three prizes : and thus, if fortune prove favourable, gain 180,000 marks banco, at the present exchange, equal to 13,00 W. sterling. Owing to the gratis tickets, the number of tickets on sale is a very limited one, so that, of course, they will be clearest off very ra pidly, and a rise in price occur very soon. Those desirous to pur chase at the present first price of 81., are requested to direct, by one of the first mails, but only for whole tickets, to the above named contractors, Heine, Brothers, in Hamburg. Those remitting a 101. note will receive an order for the balance of 21., together with the ticket, by return of mail ; on the ether hand, those preferring to pay Heine Brothers' draft for the cost, are recommended to pay such draft immediately when presented. A full scheme, and every desirable information, being always sent with the tickets, those giving orders will only have to write a line, ordering the ticket or tickets, adding the money, or an order for the same, or stating the mode of payment that may be more convenient to the orderer, and giving their full and plain directions, to secure the safe receipt of the communications. Those honouring Heine, Brothers, by purchasing, may depend on the strictest secrecy, as to their taking a chance or getting a prize ; such being the undeviating rule of the old-established and most lucky Office. SATURDAY-SIXTH DAY. Mr. Coroner JONES and the Jury re-assembled at a quarter past ten. Mr. Coroner FOOTT arrived at ten minutes past eleven, and Mr. Coroner O'BRIEN entered and took his place at twenty minutes after eleven o'clock. At half-past eleven, the Rev. Archdeacon J. Ryder and Capt. Bagley entered. Major Galwey was at his place from an early hour. The proceedings were resumed, by the production of Dr. Barry, in reference to the state of health of Mr. Griffin, one of the Jury, whom he represented to be in such a delicate state as to require, at all events, that he should not be kept in town till the night should set in. It was now discovered that another Juror, Mr. Lloyd was absent from illness--so ill, as repre sented by a brother Juror, as to be incapable of attending. The result was that about 12 o'clock this day, Mr. Coroner Jones, after consulting with his brother Coroners, said that the pro ceedings had assumed such national importance it was neces sary that the fullest investigation should take place, and that there should be no undue expedition. Therefore they would adjourn till 10 o'clock on Monday. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. This morning there has been a small arrival of all kinds of Eng lish Grain, but a large quantity of Irish Oats. The Wheat trade remains as reported on Monday. In other Grain there is a dull trade, at no variation in prices. Flour dull sale. ARRIVALS. Wheat Barley. Friglish Irish Foreign Oats. Flour. 2,090 qrs 2,530 sacks , . 2;,(10 THE FUNDS.-C BRITISH 4OSING PRICES. FUNDS. India Stock Ditto Bonds "0 pm. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Bank Stook' .......22:2!4 3 per Cent. !Led. VI .3 per Cent Co Ls — ::<:, per Cent. — 3% per Cent. Heil 9BT liew fs per Cent. — 4 per Cent. A,sent,t Dissented — Long Annuities to expire JA., 1:110 Ex. Ei pin Ditto s'wl/ `'.9 pin Ditto Strl Bank Stock for Act. India Stock Ibr Opg. Consols for Opg. ' 2 , :et lea) Jan 1.0 EIG per c.:nt per cent Brazilian! .Boctis FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent 8 , Ditto, Now Ditto Prussian. 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent_ Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, 18 . ..13 French, 5 per cent ......... Exchange French, 3 per cent 11,:enos , .yres, 6 per cent _ Chilian, 4 , per cell. I:ohm:Nan.. ti per cent Ditto, 18.24.... Dunifli ..... .... Bond:4 ~ ! U5, 5 per t ent, Islexican, 5 per cent . 1835 Ditto, tS2S, vent 41% Peravian, ti pvcr cent Dutch,.•2:per cent. 54 Ditto, 5 per cent ........ " The Tories, to do them justice, die game. Having long since, through the selfish abuse of unbridled power, lost the affections of tho people of England, and having, through the purification of our representative system, lost the power itself, which.they had so abused, they still show fight, and Cbark and threaten, as a caged lion will growl and grin, after teeth and claws have been extracted," &c., Times of only the 23d of October last. SALISBURY, DEC. 30.—Our first Almack Lady Pan messes' Ball, went off last night with great eclat. The ball-r, -iom was, as.usual, brilliantly illuminated, and fitted up with superior taste. Weippert's band commenced playing at ten o'cloct wi6 the Lothian Quadrilles, and the gay and fes tive scene was kept up until a late hour. NORTH LANCASHIRE.—It is said that Peregrine Edward Townley, Esq., of Townley, is to contest the north ern division of the county with the present members. He is a professed Reformer.—Liverpool Albion. BERLIN, DEC. 24.—His Majesty the King has conferred the Order of the Red Eagle of the second class, on Dr. Von Wiebel, his Majesty's physician, and physician to the general st aff of the army. Prince Dogorucki, Russian Charge d'Affaires la the Hague, has arrived here. No intimation is given of his ;Majesty being indisposed. —Prussian State Ga zette, Dec. .?,4. HAMBURG, DBE. 2G.—Mr. C. M. Lexow, in a letter dated Turin, yesterday (the 25th) says--." I have caused the mast which has been driven on shore at Brisum, to be closely examined, and the a uthorities of that place are, with myself, fully persuaded that this mast belonged to a steam boat.—Hamburg Papers, Dec. 26. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 29. 'There has been a fair attendance of buyers in our cotton market to-day; the sales amount to 4,000 bales, at full f prices of last week, and less cotton offerin . The sales arc 50 Pernams, 131-d. ; 150 Maranhams, 12d. to 13d. ; 200 Bahias, 1l d . to 12d. ; remainder American,from 81d. to 100. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—We have now be fore us some green peas in the pod, nearly full grown, and picked within these three days, in an open garden at Newn ham.— Gloucester Journal. One of the brothers of Ar►nand Farrel, so cele brated at Paris, entered holy orders on Saturday last, and on the following Sunday performed his first mass in the church of St. Mary, Rue des Capucins. We are sorry to have to announce the death of Mr. Charls Lamb, late of the East India House, the author of :the essays signed Elia, which were collected from the London Magazine, and of other excellent prose articles. He died at Edmonton .1n Saturday last, in the sixty-first year of his age. Those who lu:kew Mr. Lamb best, prized him for his amiable qualities most. We have just seen a letter from Fermoy, which states that the troops han been called out again._ Cork .Fvening Herald. The usual hospitality prevails at Clumbcr Park at this season, under the superintendence of the Noble Duke of Newcastle. As a proof of the mildness of the season, primroses and honeysuckles are seen in beautiful perfection near Stock bridge.—Salisbury Herald. LOIJD ON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 81, 1834. The dissolution of Parliament has been the signal for the commencement of hostile operations between the Reformers and the Anti-Reformers. Throughout the whole of the Metropolitan districts the utmost activity prevails, and we are happy to observe that this activity, as far as the Reformers are concerned is not,. as has sometimes happened, thrown away in insulated and useless, because unconnected exertions. The ex ample of the Committee for furthering the election of the four liberal members for the City of London, under the able superintendence of Messrs. KINGsco - r E and TRAVERS is worthy of imitation, and will, we trust, be followed by the Reformers in every part of the kingdom where a Tory dares to show his face. Men of character and influ ence must come forward, and sinking all minor consi derations, endeavour to establish among the Reformers that unity of purpose, and to direct ',hose combined ex ertions without which no success can be expected, but with which victory is certain. The Address of the Lon don Committee is given in another part of The Sun. It is an admirable composition, a noble appeal to the best feelings and the best principles of our nature. Citizens of London I Listen to that heart-stirring appeal. The eyes of the nation are anxiously turned to you. To you is committed the post of honour in this conflict. You stand in the front of this mightiest of battles. Your example will be powerful to animate or to discourage. Then 'quit yourselves like men, who feel that all they hold dear it. at stake. Remit not your exertions because your enemies are despicable. In point of power they are not to be despised. Threats will be used to intimidate you, and influence employed to bias your minds. The hoarded plunder of your own hard-won earnings will be poured forth in lavish profusion to corrupt you. You have on former occasions been in effectually assailed by the same temptations ; shall you yield to them NOW ? Reflect that, if you flinch now, T SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1834. your former achievements, instead of being remembered to your honour, will one add to your degradation. Hold, then, no parley we' your enemies. Follow the honest impulses of your Own hearts at whatever hazard. Obey the dictates of an enlightened patriotism, and show an admiring world that the citizens of London have Hearts resolved and hands prepared, The blessings they enjoy, to guard. When bad men combine, the good must associate for common safety. Political coalitions can be only justified by extraordinary emergencies. When the objects of a nation's wish resolve themselves into one point of concentration, minor differences of opinion upon mere matters of detail, theoretical or practical, must be forgotten, in order that the one desired en(' may be surely and fully attained. When men have to pronounce aye or no, discussion becomes irrelevant. Recent events have split the people into two parties, which admit of no shades of gradation in either. By what name soever these parties may be severally dis tinguished—Tories or Whigs, Liberals or Conserva tives, Loyalists or Radicals, Reformers or Anti-Re formers—there are now but two, and on one side or the other the electors must range : the Neutrals—if, at a juncture like the present, there be any such in all the land—were too contemptible to deserve regard. But every true lover of his country and the Consti tution—every man who is not at heart a traitor to both, must make his selection ; he is with us or against us, on this side or on that,—there is not an inch of intermediate ground whereon to maintain a footing, and at once lie must take his stand. TORY or ANTI TORY (for that, after all, is the best antagonist term), he must declare himself and prepare to fight accordingly for one party and against the other. There is no alternative course. A good general is not over much squeamish about little peculiarities in the philosophy of the men that swell his forces in a time of need ; their zeal is all he wants, and that given, all minor peccadilloes must be overlooked. The Whigs have been craftily urged to dissociate themselves from the Ultra-Radicals, because of the violence and extravagance of their doctrines ; the Greys, and Lansdownes, and Hollands are ad monished not to disgrace their noble houses by a poli tical intermixation with the Cobbetts, and Fearons, and Wades, and " that sort of people," for the attainment of an object common to both, though differing in measure—Reform I Is a good officer to thin his troops by the expulsion of those whose valour he suspects to be somewhat overbold ? Will Lord GREY forsake the cause which has immortalised his name, by reason of the advocacy of Mr. Trades unionist Fuzboz ? Hardly so. Union is the soul of the anti-tory body. Whatever may be fire-side shades of difference in opinion, all such nice distinctions must now for a season be abandoned. There is but one enemy, perfect and complete in its unity, and equally united must be the forces opposed to it—else more than doubtful may be the fight We cannot in language too emphatic implore the people to be true to themselves in the approaching " struggle of struggles." If ever the aid of Heaven might without profanity be invoked in the warfare of man, the present is an occasion that justifies the prayer. It is not (as has been impudently and falsely alleged,) because Reformers desire to desecrate the Church, jeopardize the Throne, or undermine the Constitution, that they war with the Tories. We love those institutions too sincerely to endanger either. It is because we wish to uphold them uninjured to the end of time, that we oppose a party whose blind infatuation must inevitably lead to the overthrow of all. By pernicious counsel the Tories are alienating the affections of the people from the Monarch, the Church, and the Constitution. The corruptions which deface the Church Establishment, and the institutions of the country, are sought to be maintained in perpe tuity by a wrong-headed, or wrong-hearted, faction, who, wickedly or unwisely, would bring the Kings name into public odium, as a support to those corrup tions. Never sat a King more firmly in the hearts of his people than WILLIAM the FOURTH, from the hour of his accession to the throne of this kingdom, up to three little months of time since. Never was the Christian Church more devoutly or more sin cerely reverenced, by good and wise men, than it is at this moment. Never was the Constitution more justly appreciated for the excellence of its contrivance than now. But the glaring corruptions that beset both- Church and Constitution are in spiring popular contempt, and so endangering the downfal of these sacred institutions ; and it is on this account, and for such reason alone, that their true friends are desirous to thrust forth the real despoiler, that they may be once again established in purity, and the veneration of the people. All the infidel writers or talkers, from VOLTAIRE down to ROBERT TAYLOR, never accomplished so much injury to the Christian Church as its Tory supporters have in this country wrought. No mad brained Republican that ever ranted, has effected by a thousandth part so much danger to the safety of the English Constitution, as its Tory maintainers. It is of the abuses which have " crept in " upon them during Tory misguidance, and which are now rotting both Church and Constitution to their core, that complaint is made by Reformers ; and it is against a faction which has battened upon the corruption that they are alone rebellious. Let none be deluded. The Reformers of England are denounced as haters of order and promoters of anarchy ; the foul aspersion they throw back with scorn upon the maligners who make it—the Tories I It is they, the Tories, who by incessant and pertina cious attempts to regain their lost step, and thereby uphold the abuses which would supply them in place and power, now really endanger the tranquillity of the Empire, and the stability of its institutions, and, if possessed of official influence, they will never rest in their career of abuse-sustaining, until an oppressed and disgusted people are goaded to a resistance that may burst the bonds which holds society together. One or other of. two things must sooner or later happen—the downfall of the Tories or the downfall of the Constitution ! Englishmen, which shall it be ? With you now rests the decision. . The Paris Papers of Monday have been received, with intelligence from Bayonne of the 25th inst. The former contain a report of the death of the King of PRUSSIA, which however is discredited by the Jour nal des Debats. The subscription for paying the fine of 10,000 francs, in which the National was amerced by the Chamber of Peers, already much exceeds that sum. We presume the surplus will be devoted to the private use of the incarcerated Editors. One of the most prevalent rumours in the Parisian political circles is that Marshal SOULT will be appointed to the Pre miership, in the room of Marshal MoaTIER, who has suEcieutly pioved his inadequacy to discharge the du ties of such an office. The Bayonne Papers are filled with an abundance of rumours respecting the war in the North of Spain. It appears from them, as well as from private letters from San Estevan, St. Sebastian, and Madrid, that the recent victories obtained by MINA, and his subor dinates, are far from being as important as they were at first represented. MINA himself is at Pampeluna, confined to his room by a sudden attack of severe indisposition—such is the general phrase in which his illness is described. So conflicting are the reports of the success on both sides, that we are obliged to abstain from giving them. Spanish battles, or rather the accounts of them, are different from any to be found in the annals of chivalry. Not only do both- parties claim a victory, but both declare solemnly, in the presence of the same audience, that the other is only to be found strewed, and torn limb from limb, on the field of battle I Thus, after every engagement, MINA, or some of his subordinates, publish a bul letin, in which the Carlists are all shown to be either slain or made prisoners—not one of them remains alive and at liberty to tell the unfortunate fate of his companions in arms ; yet hardly has there been time to read this record of victory, when forth issues a Carlist proclamation, in which the whole order of the battle is reversed, and MINA and his generals are represented as running for their lives before the subduing army of ZUMALACAR.• RiAG UI I In a word, no report can be relied upon ; and the persons who have been sent there for the ex press purpose of telling the truth, are not a whit more entitled to public confidence than the native journalists. We speak of them of course collectively. They are no doubt " all honourable men," but by some means or other, they are continually Contradicting themselves, and each other. In their retrospective glances at our own policy, in elucidation of their views, some of them make sad blunders. As an example, one of them, in a letter to a veering Morning Con temporary, states very gravely that the Dukc of WELLINGTON had been always in favour of 'the accession of Donna MARIA to the throne of Portugal, and therefore her Most Faithful Majesty may calculate on the good offices of a Tory Govern ment in England I What a consummate blockhead this wiseacre must be I Why, in the very debate on the address from the throne at the opening of the first Session of the Reformed Parliament, the Duke de nounced her MAJESTY'S claims to the Crown as spurious, and repudiated the recognition of the inde pendence of Belgium. (From the Sentinelle des Pyrenees.) We have some further particulars of the affair of the 15th. Cordova and Oraa had advanced by the wood of Sorlada with 8,000 men ; Lopez advanced from Muez with 2,000 infantry, 300 cavalry, and 3 pieces of artillery. The Carlists and Christinos are said to have expended 32,000 cartridges. The latter had 1,200 men killed, wounded, and taken prisoners, not 1,500, as we stated by a mistake. The Carlists had 200 men killed or wounded. The son of General Oraa was killed in the battle of Ararta. Charandaja and two other superior officers of the Christinos were killed on the same day at Carascal. The Budgat will be presented to the Chamber on Tuesday ; the amount is said to be 1,009 millions, besides the supplementary vote of credit.—Messager, Dec. 29. FRENCH FUNDS.—Panta, Dec. 29, Five per Cents., 106 f. 30c. 15c. 30c. Four and a Half per Cent, 100 f. 10c. Four per Cents., 92f. 25c. Three per Cents., 76E 35c. 40c.f0c. Bank Actions, 1,752 f. 50c. Heide de Naples, 9:IE sc. I°c. Roman Five per Cents., 94 94 94g. Rente d'Eepagne, Five per Cents., 41 40% 41. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 27 27 1 ,4 1 / 4. Royal Spanish Loan, 4314 , i%. Retite Perpet. d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 42%N. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 97% 8 1 4. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cent., 8A %. EXCHANOS ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 325 , 9 e- money, ---f. —c. Three months, paper, 25r. 17):;e.; money, —f.--c. —Cours Authentiaoe. HALF-PAST 3 O'CLOCK.—Five per Cents. Rentes, 106 f. 65c. ; Three per Cent. Rentes, 76f. 65c. ; Five per Cent. Spanish, 424 • Three per Cent. ditto, 27i ; Corte., 41i ; Coupons, 24 • Guebhard, 43 i Differes, 13i ; Ducats, 93i ; Romans, ; &tiros, 85} ; Miguel., 21 ; Dutch, 54. 25. We have received from Madrid a report of the debate in the Chamber of the Procuradores, during the sittings of the 17th, 18th, and 19th inst. The subject was the project of the law for regulating the civil list. The speeches on both sides are dry and uninteresting, and refer entirely to questions of mere detail. In the sitting of the 19th, M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA informed the Chamber that the Go vernment had received despatches from the army in the North, detailing the victory of the 12th instant. Strange enough the Spanish Ministry know what is going forward as imperfectly as we do ; and in Madrid, hardly one person :in a thousand takes the slightest interest in what is going forward at so remote a distance as Navarre. There is no account of the intended resignation of the Ministry in the journals last received from Madrid. Letters and papers from Lisbon, bearing date the 22d inst., by his Majesty's brig Espoir, Lieutenant RILEY, which arrived at Falmouth on the 29th, have been received. On the 18th instant, her Majesty, Queen DONNA MARIA, prorogued the Cortes in per son by a speech from the throne, which will be found annexed. All the accounts received agree in stating that she went through the ceremony with all the dig nity of a sovereign, and all the grace and elegance of an accomplished woman. She was received with the loudest acclamations of joy by the people, and her presence seemed to give the most unfeigned pleasure to every member of the Cortes. It is thought that her MAJESTY expects an appeal to the people will put an end to the fierce opposition between the parties headed by the Duke of PALMELLA and the Duke of TERCEIRA, by giving such a preponderance to the one as shall render the opposition of the other of no avail. It is astonishing with what rabid bitterness the Duke of PALMELLA is opposed by numerous bodies of Liberals throughout Portugal. During the whole of the morning of the prorogation he sat silent, moody, and apart in the Chamber as if ruminating on the future. Not so the Duke of TERCEIRA. He was in a most talkative humour, and had a smile, a nod, and compliment for every person. PALMELLA is in some respects the PEEL, and TERCEIRA the DURHAM of Portugal. The following is the speech of her Most Faithful Majesty Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, 64 Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese nation, " It is time now to interrupt, for a s h or t p er i o d, the labours of the General Extraordinary Cortes. Their minds—fatigued by assiduous and protracted application—need some relief from such a laborious task, and the approaching Christmas holydays render a religious repose of some days advisable. Th e principal objects recommended to your zeal by public exigencies, and the solemn speech at the opening of the Cortes, were twofold, namely—the continuance of the Regency of the kingdom, which, during my minority, was intrusted to my august father, and the measures which appeared to be neces sary that my then eventual husband should be selected from amongst foreign Princes. Both these objects were fixed by the Cortes, with that pruden ce an d w i s d om w hi c h might b e expected from an enlightened nation, and in both the Cortes obtained the general approbation of the Portuguese, and de served my praise and cordial thanks. " A melancholy event covered the nation with mourning, and changed the first of these wise measures. A fatal disease attacked my august and blessed father, and, in a few days put ting a period to his glorious life, rendered it indispensably ne cessary to provide for the government of the nation. A per fect unanimity of the Chamber of Deputies, and a great ma jority of that of the worthy Peers of the kingdom, pronounced me to be of age, and conferred upon me the exercise of the government. Th is resolution, which was accepted with uni versal satisfaction by the whole kingdom, pledged my gratitude so much the deeper, and will ever be a powerful motive for exerting all the efforts in my power to promote the general prosperity of such loyal and honoured subjects, and to repair, in every possible way, the otherwise irreparable loss which all experience by the demise of the immortal Regent, the father of the country, and true friend of all Portuguese. " My marriage with the august Prince, the Duke of Leuch tenberg and de Santa Cruz, adjusted and concluded under the most happy and felicitous auspices, and with the sincere appro bation and general applause of the whole nation, afforded me another proof of the love and loyalty of the Portugese. and will give, as I hope from the favour of Heaven, anew basis of stability and perpetuity to the Throne, and new strength to the political institutions of the monarchy and the Constitutional Charter derived therefrom. " I likewise must not forget in this place to thank the Chambers for the generous attention with which they have provided my endowment and that of her Imperial Majesty, the Senhora Duchess of Braganza, and of her august daugh ter, in accordance with this respect to the noble sentiments which so eminently belong to the Portuguese people, and in deference to the recommendations of my august father, as laid down in his last will. " The same relations of peace, friendship, and concord, continue to prevail between us and friendly, and allied foreign nations. From others I have proofs of benevolent dispositions, and I am confident that within a short time there will be re stored with all that ancient correspondence which is suitable to the reciprocal interests of the people, and the general peace of Europe. "The interior of the kingdom verges towards tranquillity. Some disquietude, which might have been dwelling in minds less reflecting, or swayed by more ignoble sentiments and pas - sions, must vanish, when they become sensible of the necessity of merging in, and conforming to the general wish of the na tion. The conciliating discretion of Government, seconded by a prudent degree of activity, energy, and vigour, will ulti mately be crowned with the desired success. " It would have been very conducive to the attainment of this object, if the Cortes could have employed all their time, all their zeal, and all their efforts to discuss the regulating laws, which ought to develope and put in practice the prin ciples of the Constitutional Charter, to impart unity and regu larity to the judicial and administrative system of the kingdom, to improve its fiscal resources, to promote the most important branches of public prosperity, and, finally, to make the Por tugugse feel all the salutary effects they may and ought to ex pect from their new institutions. " I trust, however, that these grave objects will be consi dered in subsequent Sessions, and be attended to with re doubled zeal, and that the nation will experience very ample and beneficial effects from the wisdom, prudence, and constancy of its illustrious Representatives." Since writing on the article on the prorogation of the Portuguese Cortes, intelligence has reached us, that the Government, at the express desire of the QUEEN, has ordered troops, to the number of five thousand effective men, to march into Spain, for the purpose of aiding the REGENT to crush the rebellion in the North. We have further learned from the same source, that on the 16th instant the Belgian troops recently engaged in asserting the constitutional cause in Portugal marched into Lisbon ,and encamping before the Palace ) threatened to set fire to it, unless the whole of their arrears were instantly paid. Their demands were complied with, and vessels were provided to carry them to Belgium, unless they preferred joining the Royal army in Spain, which they declined doing. It is further rumoured that the Irish and Scotch battalions are resolved to adopt such another expedient, to obtain the arrears clue to them. Such is the statement as it has been conveyed to us; but we confess, except as far as relates to the sending of troops into Spain, we can hardly credit a word of it. We ourselves published, some weeks since, on the authority of the Portuguese Government, a statement declaring that the demands of all auxilia ries in the late war had been settled ; and advertisements have appeared in all the London Papers, appointing days for the payment of all monies due to such of the British auxiliaries of the QUEEN, as left Portugal- without receiving their wages. Now, it is not likely that the Portuguese Government should pay up all arrears due to men in England, before settling the demands of those who are in Portugal, and who, while unpaid- and unemployed, must be a burthen to the country. This being settling day in the Foreign Market, we rather suspect that the above is a stock jobbing manoeuvre. The following arc extracts from German papers : VIENNA, DEC. 17.—The Hungarian market town of Ganz, where, on the Bth September, 350 houses were burnt, was deso lated on the 19th November by another fire, which destroyed many houses and the Catholic church. VIENNA, DEC. 19.—This forenoon news was received here of the arrival of Sir Robert Peel in London, of his appointment to tho Office of Prime Minister, and of that of the Duke of Welling ton to the Foreign Department, and also of the probable dissolu tion of Parliament. This news has caused some sensation, espe cially because it was believed that the Parliament would not be dissolved, and that the Duke of Wellington, if he accepted office, would confine himself to that of Minister of War. The Exchange was greatly agitated, but at the close the funds bad risen. The mail from Constantinople has arrived; it brings no very in teresting news. The Porte is said to continue its armaments, and to be uneasy on account of the state of Syria. It is said that as soon as the season will permit the Sultan will go to view the army in Asia. It was also reported that the Turkish Ambassador at Lon. don was recalled, and that another would be sent in his room. The plague had abated ; but cases still occurred every day. VIENNA, Dec. 20.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 994 ; Four per Cent., 91i ; Bank Shares,l,277.—Allgemiene Zeitung Dec. 25. HAMBURG, DEC. 26.—BoasRN HULLE.---The corn market continues in a depressed state, and, generally speaking, the quota tions are lower than last week. Prom the 13th to the 19th, three cargoes of corn passed through the Sound, of which two were bound for England, and one for Norway. There passed also one cargo of flour, bound for London. Rlx-dollars. Rix-dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white ... to Cats, Up1an1.„.....—... — to ------ red 74 to 78 ltleiclenburg IS to 4t2 Mal ks 74 to 80 Lower Elbe 34. to IS - Mecklenburg - Petersburg!' & Riga to -- llolstein Lower Elbe 6O to 78 Buck %Vhca' to Rye, Mecklenburg -- Holstein --- Danish — to Tares 95 to 1:2 Barley, Magdeburgh — to (SO Rapeseed 140 to tni Holstein --- Lower Elbe 44 to 51 Linseed ditto 9O to 111! 3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK New 5 per Cent India Stock shu Ditto Bond.: IS 20 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto • 3 per Cent. Annuities, • Exch. Bills, .f; 1,000 37 310' pre. Ditto 500 37 pm Ditto pm. Ditto - —pm Ditto Advertised — pm • Bank Stock for Acc0unt......... • India Stock for. Account • Consols far Opening THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Peruvian Bonds Dito Account — Portuguese Bonds 854 Ditto Account — Ditto New 80nd5...1574 6 5% 6 N Ditto Account t . , 6 ,.i Prussian Don& -- Ditto roi:cN,lB2. Rucsian Bonds, 18'2" Ditto Account. Ditto Metallic Spanish Bends .52 :3n Ditto Account i:3!;!•.", 41%7:i Ditto Bonds, 15:33 Ditto Acconnt French, 5 per cent. —c. 4 per cent. —f. —e. 3per cent. —r. c. Exchange —f. --c Dutch, 2 1 .‘ per cent. - 1 1.,i% Ditto Account 'A 'i k., Ditto, 5 per cent S , fi;,; Ditto Account S DAY A'! ONE O'CLOCK. Pak!. Per Are •ctrl .311. 10s. NGE, 'YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCLI Amsterdam C.F. 12 11 Ditto, at slight hotterdam 2 U. 12 6 Antwerp .... l'2 5 M.B.llatt Lung l3 11 Altona..: ~ 13 11 Paris, 3 *lays' sight 25 50 Ditto '2 Us. 25 SO Bordeaux Berlin .. Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 151lii Petcrsburgh, ruble .3 Us. 14 :3 Vienna, effective fl 2M. 9 59 Trieste' ditto lO 0 Ma Asa. 57 li Cailiz 37q Bilboa Barcelona Seville • ;;i 0 ibral tar Leghorn 1 7 1,4 Genoa 9.5 t.l) Milan 9( Venice 47 van!, P:clermo per oz. Li-bon ... .53 Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres Dublin, '2l clays' sight 1 Cork PRICE OF BULLION, PER 01 Portugal (4.4 d, coin £0 CI 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 1 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars Silver,: bars., standard 0 0 0 PRICES OF IRISH STOP :KS. DUBLIN, DEC. 27 . , 3 per Cent. ConsolsSA Grand Canal Deb.. 6 per cent. 91% Ditto Reduced fliM' Ditto 4 per cent i , 3c . , per Cent. Stock l B l4 Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 1..3.311 3;4 per Cent. Debentures.., 9l National Insurance Company -.:-6:!i lank Stock 2f: 0 14 City Del.entures 4 per cent .., VP' . .. .... . Royal Canal Stock - • f% 4 !Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - • Grind Canal Stock ...... ..-..... 24 pe• cent. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arnved. Due. 0 Arnerina (P 1 France 0 1 Lisbon 1 0 lirazil • Buenos Ayres... • 1 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 1 0 Cartbegena • 0 Holland • • Ostend 0 1 Dublin 0 1 Jamaica 1 1 Sweden • 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 1 HIGH XV ATER AT LONDON ISRID4E TO-MORROW. Morning... ...... 40 minutes after I Evening C minutes after 4 THE ELECTION.-FOR DISTRIBUTION. ACHEAP EDITION OF MR. BULWER'S LETTER on the PRESENT CRISIS, for DISTRI BUTION, is now ready, price 1/. 12s. per Hundred. Orders (with remittances) forwarded to any part of the King dom, addressed to Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER. APUBLIC MEETING of the Friends of Colonel EVANS will be held at the British Coffee House, Cockspur-street, TO-MORROW EVENING, at Seven o'clock precisely, to take measures to secure his return at the ensuing Election. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed MASANIELLO ; OR, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI. Masanfell°, Mr. Templeton; Don Alphonso, Mr. Duruset. Elvira, Miss Betts; Fenella, Madame Proche Giubilei. After which the New Faroe. called TAM O'SIIANTER. Tam o' Shanter, Mr. W. Farren ; Souter Johnny, Mr. Bartley ; David, Mr. Webster; Roderick Allan, Mr. Brindal. Dame o' Shanter, Mrs. C. Jones ; Maggie, Mrs. Fitswilliam ; Jeannie, Miss Murray; Mrs. Macklewhee, Mrs. Broad. To conclude with the New Grand Chivalric Entertainment, called KING ARTHUR and the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE. In which Mr. Ducrow's magnificent Stud of Horses will be introduced. Arthur, Mr. Diddear ; Sir Roland, Mr. T. P. Cooke; John Galadin, Mr. Harley ; Gybe Dagonet, Mr. Webster ; Gabriel, Mr. Bedford. Gyneth, Miss Clifton; Morgana La Faye, Mrs. Vining; Dorothy Stump. Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed • HENRY THE EIGHTH. King Henry, Mr. Cooper; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Vandenholt Queen Katherine, Mrs. Sloman. After which the New Grand Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND QUEEN MAB; OR, TIIE TIIItEE GLASS DISTAFFS. Harlequin, Mr.'Ellar ; Pantaloon, Mr. F. Sutton ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Whirligig; Mr. W. H. Payne. Columbine, Mi:s C. Reckie. 1 5)- -; i 4 "*. • - 4 4,1 a 5: •ri-‘ ejffit FUNDS. Prices are a shade higher to-day than yesterday, and some busi. ness has been done at the quotations in Austrian and Portuguese se curities. Discount, 3 per cent. End of December Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent 7 3 14 Anglo-Russian lolh, Rusaian inscription, 5 per cent., 152 i 1../ittoolitto, Is3l 9 5 71, Ditto, ditto, IV3. 93;4 Ccrt;firates Polish Bont's Prussian Bonds, 1832 140% Austrian Bank sharer, 183. Ditto Metalliques V..174 Ditto 4 per cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. (W 4) Spanish 3 per Cente ... . 2 5 14 . „ - Spanish COrtes (A. F. Haldimantl and -ons) Ditto 4 per Cent 47 Dutch per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents 97 'Portuguese ltegency, 5 per cent B2 Ditto, 6 per cent 9134 —l-laythurg Reporter, Dec. '26. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. 2f1.-13 7 ; two months, 13 6q. BREMEN, DEC. 23.—T, 0 months, 6 5 4,-i. VIENNA, DEC. 17.—Two montlus,..o 47. Beaus,. DEC. '27.—Three months, 6 24%. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. To the present hour we have a dead calm in the City both in politics and in the Funds. Consols, which left off yesterday . at 91 3 4 74 for the Account, opened at the same price this morning, with scarce a bargain doing. In the Foreign Market, although it is reported that the Portu guese troops are going to march into Spain, it has had no effect on Portuguese Stock, which continue at 8614 1 4 ; Spanish is lower, receded to 52 3 % 53. The Express from Paris brings an improvement in the French Funds—Five per Cents. 106 f. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 76f. 60c. No official accounts have been received from the theatre of war in Spain, but a report prevailed that a battle had taken place on the 19th, between the Carlists and the Queen's troops. Result not known. The information from Portugal is favourable. The Q ueen i n person prorogued the Cortes to the 2d January, and was most gra ciously received. From Constantinople the accounts differ. It was stated that a new insurrection had broke out in Syria : other information states that peace would be maintained in the East. Some doubt prevails in the City respecting the marching of the Portuguese into Spain. • HALF-PAST ONE. Since the early part of the morning, the Funds have become firmer, without much doing. Consols which were 911 • for the Account, may be quoted at present at 91 /, 92. Owing to the badness of the weather, and canvassing for the elections, commercial affairs are much neglected, and the city is exceedingly dull at present. In the foreign market it is settling day, and the heaviest account to settle is in Spanish ; the extreme fluctuation of the above Stock during the account, has.been from 52 to 55%. Portuguese firm, at 84% to 87. Up to the present hour, the foreign account is go ing off easy, and we do not hear of any defaulters being announced. Spanish Bonds this morning have been done at 52k, since which they have reached 63ii for money. Portuguese may be quoted at BS} for money. The President's Speech is hourly expected. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 94 92. I'IZICES (31' SI'()CKS Bank Stock •22-.141 Slier Cent. Red. . 9 )301 I 3 per Cent. Cons shut 3 , i per Cent i)itto Red. gal New 3! , f, per Cent. Assented - 4 per Cent i piss i nted - P.:ank LongAnnuitiesto expire JMn. 3, .860 lti 15-16 17 Vet. 10, 1359 16 13-16 Jan. 5,186 r _ Jul. 5, h'SSO - April 5, i sAn — Jan. is, 1870 - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian telgian Bonds Ditto Account' Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Ci Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account — Colun:bian Bondi, 18'24 31% Ditto Account : 3 2% Dani4ll Bonds lAtto Account Greck Bonds Ditto Nottdr, 1325 atto Account Mexican Ilonds, 5 per cent— — Di:to Account ;per cent. 41% Pitt AN'ount tienpolitaii PUICES OF SHARES VII Real del Monte Mining Co.. Registori Ditto Unregistered United Mexican (iaitted at Y. pm.) PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeals. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the ar guments in the case of Kelly v. M'Gaffog, which was an appeal from the Isle of Man. Their Lordships affirmed the judgment of the Court below, with costs. The Lords present were, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice llesanquct, Mr. Justice \ aughan, and the Chief Judge of the Ilankruptcy Court. Their Lordship then adjourned to Monday. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. ---- ---,C.-- CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 30.—The business of the preliminaries f‘ir this great contest proceed most briskly. Mr. Rice And Mr. Pryme are actively inviting their friends to rally round the standard of Reform, whilst Mr. Knight, the Tory candidate, has commenced a system rather novel in the gentlemen of his party ; he meets his friends at the yard in the Eagle Inn al most every alternate evening, and on Monday he delivered a long address. There will be a contest for the county, but Major Hall will not come form rl, as was at first anticipated. Mr. Eaton is named in his stead. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, Drc. 30.—Wind S.W., hazy.—Arrived the Jules, Le Cler, from Rotterdam for St. Melo, and remains, with a coaster. PoaTsmouri 2 t DEC. 30.—Wind S.W. PLYMOUTH . , DEC. 29.—Wind S.E. to S.W., stro ng b reezes .— Airived the Menai steamer, from Lisbon and Corunna. FALMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Wind S., fresh gales and squally.—Ar rived his Majesty's ship Espoir, from Lisbon—sailed the 22d inst. ; Olive Branch, Peters, from Gijon; and Liberty, Fudge, Figueira. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Goshawk, Laing, from Porto Cabello. Off port the Duke of Lancaster, from Demerara. WATERFORD, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Martha Pope, Jones, from London. CoRK, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Patriot, Law, from Trieste; Beiram, Easier, from Gibraltar ; Barkley, Gething, from Lisbon ; Governor, Corney, London; and William Gray; Gray, Oporto. COWES, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Cid, Amezego, St. Ande.ro. DANTZIC, Dec. 22.—The Amphitrite, Bastel, from Pillau to London, which was on slime en Hela, is totally wrecked. CUXHAVEN, DEC. 23.—The Dorothea Marianne, Tukkers, which was on shore near 011endorf, has bean get off with little da mage, after discharging greater part of her cargo. The Sarah, Campbell, from St. Michael's to Bristol, is on shore near Cardiff —cargo discharging, and with damage. The Jane Ingram, Badham, from Rotterdam, was totally lost on . the Long Sand on Sunday night—crew and passengers saved. The St. Lawrence, Cully, from Pugwash t 3 Sunderland, put 'Tito Aberdeen, with loss of every thing on deck, boat, bulwarks, tkc. Royal Swedish and Norwegian General Consulate, 17, Great St. Helen's, Dee. '26. Sir—Permit me, for the iaformation of the Committee of Lloyd's. and all whom it may concern, to hand you.at the foot hereof a no tice officially transmitted to me by the Royal Board of Trade at Stockholm.—l remain respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES TOTTIE. William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. " Information having been received of the two new lighthouses erected on the Niding Rock, on the coast of Holland, in the Catte lat, being now so far completed that coa l-li g ht s , under covered lanterns, may be exhibited from them on the 15th of December, in the current year, the Department for managing matters appertain ing to navigation do hereby give notice, for the information of ma riners, that the new lights will commence to be exhibited from the said lighthouses on the aforesaid day, and that the lights in open pans hitherto used will thenceforward be discontinued. " The new lighthouses, which are built of granite, are of a sex angular form; their elevation above the rocks, including the lan tern, is 44 feet, and the rock itself 15 feet above high-water mark. The width of the tower is 22 feet. The focus of the flame in the lantern will be 50 feet above the ordinary level of the sea. Two third parts of the towers, from the rock upwards, are painted in the stone joints, the upper one-third part being whitewashed for the better guidance of mariners. " The lanterns are painted white. The true bearing between the towers is N. 47. E. and S. 47. W., or N. 67. 30. E. (E.N.E. ), •and 67. 30. W. (W% S. W. by compass, and at these points the lights and the towers have the same bearing. The me dium distance between them 100 feet. The lights, viewed from a chip's deck-10 feet high, ought, in clear weather, to be seen at the distance of full three German miles; and from one of 15 feet in height, at the distance of 3i miles. - On the north side of the towers a stone building has been erected 48 feet in length and 20 feet in height, with a roof 9 feet high, covered in with tiles. The building is painted in the stone joints, and has three windows on one side, and two windows and a door on the other side. On the side of the western tower a steeple is erected, in which a large bell is fixed, which will be tolled at certain short intervals, or at least every quarter of an hour, in thick and foggy weather. Besides which, a wooden shed for coals has been erected, close to the towers. " These lights will, like all other Swedish lights in the Cattegat and the Baltic, be continued throughout the whole of the year from half an hour after sunset until half an hour before sunrise. " A boat will be kept in constant readiness at the rock. " Stockholm, Nov. 20." Admiralty, Dec. 9.7. Sir—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty to transmit to you herewith copies of the translation of a notice which has been received from the French Government, an nouncing that a change has been made in the lighthouse of the rdole of Algiers.—l am, Sir, your very humble servant, JOHN BARROW.- The Secretary to the Committee for Managing the Affairs at Lloyd's. " REVOLVING LIGHT ON THE MOLE OF ALGIERS ( Received from the French Government. ) " Notice is hereby given, that since the 18th of November, mu, a revolving light has been substituted for the old fixed light on the Mole cf Algiers, continuing throughout the night, and the light dis appearing regularly every half minute. " In fine weather the flashes may be seen at a distance of five leagues. " The light does not disappear entirely at a less distance than three leagues. " Hydrographical-office, Admiralty, Dec.. 27." VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM- HOUSE, Duc. 30. The Active, and the Maria Victoria, fro m Dunkirk—the HetV,F, from Rotterdam—the Bowes, from Llanelly—the Christopher, front Miramichi—the Union, from Gravelincs--the Commercial Packet, from Rotterdam—the Canadian, from Quebec—the New Bruas— wick, from Magazandria--the Union, from Calais—the Jane, frctra Sierra Leone—the Margaret, from Lisbon—the Erasmus, from Sourabayi and Batavia. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, DEC. 30. The Sir Edward Banks, for Hamburgh—the St. Petersburght for Gibraltar—the Arno, for Bilboa--the London Packet, for Antwerp. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, DEC. 30. The Ramona, for Rotterdam—the Time, for Malta and Smyrna —the Janet, for Trieste—the Sir Edward Banks, for Hamburgh. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, DEC. 30. The Lord Strangford, for Cardiff and Marseilles—the T A:flack Nymph, for Sierra Leone—the Gloria, for the Baltic. • VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Catherine, from London to Calcutta, on t1^.41 6th of October , in lat. 8., long. 25. W. The Caroline, from the 'Mauritius to London, on the 19th ult., in lat. 6. N., long. 22. W., and the Jane, of Waterford, from llirarnichi, on the 21st inst., in lat. 51, long. 19., by the Jobu Al'Lellan, arrived in the Clyde. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Perhaps you will have no objection to insert the fol lowing in an early number of jour paper. TO THE BISHOP OF My Lord, I am emboldened by the high estimation in which your Lordship is held for learning, for a benevolent and equitable turn of mind, and for devotion to the cause etreli gion, to address you in beh a lf o f th a t meritorious but ill-re quited body of men, the Curates of the Established Church. Your Lordship well knows that these gentlemen, brought up like yourself in the English Universities, must unavoidably Lave incurred considerable expense in their education, pre paratory to their entrance into the Church ; and that after they enter upon their clerical duties, they are expected to associate with the best sort of society. If they possess a n independent of that which they derive from the Church , this may be done ; but if they have no other support than the , stipends which they receive from their respective incumbents , - how can they afford the expense inseparable from frequenting' the circles of the more polished and enlightened part of the coin , - munity ? Again, suppose that one of them, with such limitea means, were to become attached to an amiable and accomplished woman, without any fortune—that he found he could not be; happy without being united to her—and that in the coarse 0 1 10 or 12 years he had five or six children—what provision could he have for them out of a stipend of 1001. or 1201. p er annum ? Yet this, my Lord, i s no extreme case. I n tna course of a long life I have known many similar instances- And I shudder when I call to mind how many of these deservw ing but uncomplaining men have sunk into the grave from (l'."' appointment and neglect. But is there no mode of bettering their condition ? pe r- Imps your Lordship will not deem it intrusive if I venture to suggest a plan by which this desirable object may be attained. It is this. That every Bishop do require . all the incumbent s within his diocese, to send him answers to the following questions : 1. What is the annual amount of the stipend which you paY to your curate ? 2. How many years has such curate officiated in the church. Altogether ? 3. How long has he officiated in your parish ? 4. Has he performed his duties to the satisfaction of yourself and your parishioners ? 5. Is he single or married ? If married, what number of children has he ? . _ The Bishops to keep a register of the returns made the them by the incumbents, and from s uc h returns t o select the names of those curates who appear t o b e mos t d eser ving f recommendation to the Archbishop of Canterbury, a nd th e Lord High Chancellor, for church preferment, as o ccasied may serve. And whenever an Incumbent, who possessed two. or three livings shall die, on e o f th e sa id livin gs t o b e bestowe d on some curate on the recommendatory list. The adoption of such a plan would silence the reproach too successfully flung out against the Established Churc h ' that the benefices belonging to it are never offered to those , who, from .long services and straitened circumstances, have strong claim to them; but to persons who are relatives, con"' nections, or aquaintances of great and opulent families, or sou' have interest at court. I have the honour to be, most respectfully, Your Lordship'4 ypr .y• obedient Servant , December 29. A LAYMAN. CAUTI TO ELECTORs.—it is not generally known, that persons betting on or against the return of .can didates, disqualify themselves for voting.—Liverpool Albwa• A Cabinet C t ellloon, at the C hancellor, Si Earl of Rosslyr Right Hons. J. 110 Earl of d uring the time bad an interviei The Council A deputation ensation, corn Antyot,. with the Earl o M. de Bacoi liusinsss y es terd Panied the ness I t etidenc e of the Viscount LoI Lord Strathi t erday at the C The Princess ViSit to the D Lord Auckla d euce in the At °Y Mr. Secrets Th e Lord ( ' 3 "ighton. The Judicial /esterday in tl , Ir°Tri Lower Ca The be part of their tottsider their jt " Des Riviera /1 this case Mr. which was gran " Keneim C; ;Ur Lord the h I°4 and Mr. I fated that the Lower Cana, L awrence and t Y grants from tiaid to the pm Lake), of N t , ,alte), an d by t hree leagues qieolet, added tl ght of the pr G overnment su dent grants of Macarthy I tr4rit s . , The case for Lordships acljou LIST OF T. SELECTIO I do not afire tosed to suppor ook at, the men. °Ter thero.—Si hill. B. The, u I never heart t 'ira.ct cr y repre t nent. It dese: a nd I will say f , nuld create m 0 1111 not expo t he same descri lkred with any 4 , 11 Y measure of Present positioi V eding his expi [lt is uuncce 11 1832, and hi Reek of its dat My belief is, s ensed to a gre t e Governme an d my opiniol 'neat possesses „ "ouee of Parli , [lt tvould be h e new Forei g elgiau s trug l 1.,41.10s —has d , '"e uniform. ad That I may ' 4 s' not be vi& !!'ise from the Bill will treat, 1) given as m „ 1832,--T1 Should the 4 0w then will [Note—Evi °Pinion.] Let it uot r ecover Ace. hider gulf, th 1 4 this House. trough the I it'e not in ace, fl majority of Reformed Pai EARL ROE :For forty y( 411 A Grey--sil ;gel Duke of ^ (l Nier opinio LORD NA Was the P olt th e mo ti on 'or its second 40fainst it bef siAall pal But, m y kods ; you temporizing te you, te 1 , to avo id "April 13, ),,Aly Lords, "Itlister of t m ach I read ~ted and ur s hort of trey t he Monarch : 1 , 0 11 of duty tnoes laws anl i t c' 14 Yself perm Nlcerned, I T, • KIGRT " the Pirl Tu. %Testi t he 1 4 , VI 'sco t lays cI ARL W. E. "I'Llteb ast