The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-14 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) ROBERTSON V. LORD LONDONDERRY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL mentioned this appeal for the pur , Pose of having it advanced. Neither party opposed the app. • Cation, and it would be for the Court to say, under the circum stances, whether it ought to be advanced or not. The Vice- Chancellor dismissed the bill about twelve months ago. The Plaintiff appealed, and the appeal was yet about thirty out of the Paper. It was a very heavy case. It related to a harbour, and Was of great importance, not only to Lord Londonderry (who Was very desirous of having the thing finally disposed of) but to the public. The Loan CHANCELLOR directed it to come on some day be. fore the close of the term; and the nth was fixed for it to be • heard on. POINT OF PRACTICE.-COLLINGWORTII V. GRUNDELL. Mr. KENvoN PARKER stated that he was under the neces. sity of applying to his Lordship, in consequence of a discre- Pancy of judgment between their Honours the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor, upon a question arising under the late Chancery Act of Parliament and the last new series of orders. The Vice-Chancellor held that by the Act the juris diction was entirely at an end, whereas the Master of the Rolls Was of opinion it still remained, and that therefore a party pre senting a petition to the Rolls could, as a matter of course, ob tain an order to amend his bill. The terms of the 13th section of the Act were—" That the Master in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery shall hear and determine all applications for time to plead, answer, or demur, for leave to answer bills, for enlarging publications, and for all such other matters relating to the conduct of suits in the said Court as the Lord Chan cellor, with the advice and assistance of the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor or one of them, shall by any rules, order, or orders direct." The 14th section enacted— " That no such application as above mentioned shall in future be heard by any of the Judges of Chancery, except on appeal 1,8 hereinbefore provided." And the 20th new order was— " That all special applications for leave, &c., &c." shall be heard and determined by such Master in rotation. The introduction of the word "special" into the order here, the Learned Counsel said, had occasioned all the difficulty ; and he had to submit that the common jurisdiction still re. Mined in the Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR submitted that the greater proba. b nitY undoubtedly was, that it was intended that the special matter should be reserved to the Court, and the common sent to the Master; but he should consider it, and then state bis, opinion. KING V. HAMLET. The COURT resumed the hearing of this part heard cause, Which Is likely to occupy the whole day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BURY V. PHILPOTT. In This case the bill was filed for the purpose of having an account taken of the arrears of an annuity, which, under the wi ll Of their grandfather, belonged to the plaintiffs after the death of their mother, Mrs. Ann Pollock, who died in 1830. The testator in the cause decided by his will that the annuity in question of 601. per annum should be paid to his daughter Anne, weekly payments, for her own sole and separate use, and not subject to the control or engagements of her husband ; after her decease the testator also directed that the annuity should conti. flue to bePaid to h er children, who were the plaintiffs to the present suit, and their claim was now opposed on the alleged ground of their illegitimacy. From a statement of the facts of the case, iraPPeared that, in 1794, A.Ph ilpott, the daughter ofthe testator, who had en joyed,during her life the annuity in ques tion, contracted a marriage with a person named Pollock. She had been in extremely bad health, quite a cripple, and almost bed-ridden, and was altogether likely only to attract the regard of one who was more attached to her money than her person ; accordingly, having been treated by him with great brutality, she was C ompelled, a few months after th e marriage, to separate from her husband, and she 'continued to live with her father till his death. When he died it another home became necessary for her to seek another woman , and accordingly she w ent i nto partnersh i p w i th , and engaged in the business of selling coals, in the neighbourhoocror Carnaby Market. Soon afterwards her husband renewed his acquaintance with her, and t oo k lodgings in the same street, in a house opposite to that in which she carried on her business. In fact he was proved to have been in the habit of calling on her and treating her, on different occasions, with conjugal tenderness, in order to get money from her. About this tine the plaintiff); were born and baptised as his daughters. On the other hand, how ever, it appeared that at the same period another person of the name of Hughes was cohabiting with her, and the baptismal entry which the plaintiffs relied on, and which described themes the daughters of Alexander Pollock, the husband, was writt en on an erasure, which seemed as if it had originally described them as the daughters of Hughes. Pollock in his lifetime also appeared to have repudiated the plaintiffs as his children. Mr. PEMBERTON appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. BICKER BTETH for the defendants, who admitted the facts, but ex pressed a hope that the case would be sent to an issue. His HONOUR said, as the facts were not disputed there was no occasion to call in the aid of a Jury. The strict rule was, that if there was such access proved to have taken place be tween husband and wife, as that by possibility, and the course of nature, the husband could be the father of the child, the Court would declare her to be legitimate. The evidence, in the present case, went to that extent, and the strict rule could not be departed ttom. The plaintiffs were accordingly declared entitled to the annuity. COURT OF RING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) ______ THOMSON V. MAME& ' This was an action of trespass, the plaintiff having broken into and entered the defendant's premises. The defendant had pleaded a justification, viz., that he had been authorised to enter the premises by the Justices of the Peace, and that he did so by virtue of his office of a Rate Collector, who was em. powered to collect a Rate for the purpose of erecting a new House ofCorrection, in accordance with the Act of Parliament. The verdict had been found for the defendant, and subse quently a rule for disturbing the verdict had been applied for, and argued by Counsel on both sides. This morning the Court g;vejudgment and refused to disturb the verdict, being of opinion that the defendant was legally authorised to levy for the Rate. KEEN V. RAISES. The Court also gave judgment in this case, which had been argued last term. It was an action of replevin to recover pos. session of the Bush Inn at Staines, and a rule Nisi had been obtained for a new trial. The Court now discharged the rule. DOE DLNI. WETHERALI. V. BIRD. • Sir JAMES SCARLETT moved for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial in this case. It was an action of ejectment to recover possession of certain premises and land at Kensington, on the ground of a breach of the covenant of the lease by converting the premises into a private mad.house, which it was charged was a nuisance. The cause was tried at the sittings after last term, and a verdict returned for the lessor of the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel submitted that keeping a private mad-house was not what the covenants intended by the term " offensive trade." The premises had previously been used as a boarding-school for boys and girls, and also an establishment for the receptacle of French emi. grants, and yet no complaint had been made. It was also in evidence that the lunatic asylum had been exceedingly well conducted, therefore it could not be deemed a nuisance. The defendant had expended a very large sum of money in repair ing and improving the premises, and it was an exceedingly hard case to be now deprived of the benefit which he naturally contemplated from them. The Learned Counsel also took several objections respecting the pulling down and rebuilding walls, and cutting down trees, and submitted that, as upon several parts of the case the defendant was taken by surprise, and was consequently unprepared to meet them by evidence, a clew trial should be granted. The COURT granted a rule Nisi. OMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) _ - m.cw - ---''.------ This was an acti:r"'. v• um - J.l:on. against tin,ebdrought by the plaintiff, Dame Geddes Mackenzie, compensation in darnag e e . fendan t. Colonel Macleod, to recover s for the destruction of a mansion. house and furniture, let to the latter by the former. The cause was tried before the (.1 - ~whe-n'aLefJus.tice at the sittings in Guild hall after the last term Mr. Sergeant Wn.ria thivserdict passed for the defendant, of the plaintiff; for a rule ' t .no rning moved, on behalf verdict should not be set a ' s , s how cause why that t,„ th at the had, on the ground of misdirectit' and a new trial was against evidence. It was - ,i ' and that the verdict %plaintiff by the de_ house and furniture had been let -. trial that the nand that during the fendant for one year at a rental of occupancy of the defendant the houses'' tion of the furniture and plate, was :roleaest..,::.ce.lira:rkerr> sioned by a servant girl of the name : D r eucatbY ,o fir" 's Th,e pelaced furze to make the whose duty it was . .ut to cleanse the chimney in the servants' hall "° ' in and straw therein and fired the chimney. was the total destruction oft he house and premisselEseq"dence was adduced on the part of the plaintiff to show the s v t i -elle n ' , the law in Scotland in reference to the liabilities of the rn at a l for the acts of his servant, and which went to the extentter establishing that if the act of the servant, by which a mischieff or injury was done in the discharge of the ordinary duties for which such servant was hired, that then the master would be liable for the injuries done to a third party, consequent upon such act of misconduct. The Learned Judge at the trial left it to the Jury to say whether the firing of the chimney was such an act by the servant as came within the scope of the ordinary duties for which she was hired and engaged, and the Jury found for the defendant. The COURT, after a short deliberation, decided that the di rection of the Learned Judge upon the law was correct, and that the Jury were warranted on the evidence in finding the verdict they had pronounced.—The rule must therefore be refused. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A young lady was struck in the face (some years since) by a snow ball, whi c h bruised her face very much, but it soen got well; yet ever since, in snowy weather, a redness appears, and clear water runs down her face in large drops, so as to wet a napkin very soon ; she has had advice for it, but to her no p urpose; yet in fi ne weat h er i t d r i e s up, and fice appears as if t h ere was nothing the matter with it..--Bristol Mercury. GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, JAN. 2.—Yesterday there was a grand di plomatic dinner at Prince Metternich'e to which the whole diplomatic body and the Foreign Ministers to the Con • geese who have hitherto arrived were invited. Most of them are now here. The only ones yet wanting are the Prussian Minister, M. Ancillon, the Bavarian Minister, Baron Von Giese, the Wirtemberg Minister, Count Be roldingin, and the Mecklenburg Minister, Baron Von Plesson. It is not yet known who will represent the 13th vote at the Conference, as M. Vera Marschall, the Minister of Reuss, on whom the choice had fallen, is ill. The sittings will probably begin in the course of next week. The general attention is naturally attached to those discussions, which must be of the highest importance to Germany, and must therefore have an effect on the general policy of Europe ; for the situation of this continent is such that no event is insulated in its effects, but exerts an influence beyond the hounds of the state in which it occurs. Thu., for instance, the speech of the King of France, the contents of which are assuredly very harmless, had an effect on the Funds. When it was first published, the Funds rose; afterwards, when the many comments of the French journals were known, they declined, and have since continued very dull. It was inferred from the violence with which the whole of the French press, the Ministerial journals excepted, attacked the speech, that the French Government was not equal to the great task of silencing the faction., and that that which Louis Philip said to the Chambers respecting the endeavours of the factions to overthrow the Government was but too true. It was this particular part that had an effect on the funds, for in other• respects there is nothing in the speech to excite alarm. All other matters are, or soon will be, arranged and settled to the satisfaction of the Governments concerned. The affairs of the East have lost the importance that was attempted to be given them, since the equipment of some ships of war would not suffice to support any intervention except diplomatically ; this,too, seems the best and safest way, and is, under the present circumstances of the European States, the only one that can succeed. Gratitude is due to the Governments which have hitherto judged with so much prudence and caution of the affairs of the world, and have impressed on all their proceedings the stamp of moderation and disinterestedness. They will continue to proceed in the same course, and be able to defeat all the plans which are c ticulated on the general misfortune, and prosecuted with culpable obstinacy. (From the Austrian Observer.) TUREEY.—Accounts from Constantinople of the 17th, which arrived ye,terday for the first time since the new regulation for despatching the mail once a week, say—. On the 16th December Redschid Mebmed Pacba, lately appointed Governor of Sievas, s t out on board a steam-boat for the Black Sea, to proceed to his pachalic. Kadi-Kiran, the rebel chief in Asia Minor, who, as already stated, had fled at the approach of the Sultan's troops, has been overtaken by them, and after a short action made prisoner, with 900 of his followers : it is said he will be brought to the capital." On the 14th, the wind being lather high, fire broke out nearly at the same time in Pera, behind the place n here the Hotel of the English Legation stood, and in Galata, but it was soon extinguished in both places. In the same night, about twelve o'clock, one of the most violent hurricanes from the north arose, ever re membered here, and continued the whcle of the following day, with the same impetuosity. The houses built of wood shook as in an earthquake. Some minarets were thrown down, aged cypres , es torn up by the roots, and several vessels in the harbour, which is considered as re markably safe (nay, even men of war), were so violently driven against each other, that they are partly unservice able; many boats and small vessels were either sunk or lost their cargoes. The storm did great damage on shore, especially at Bujukdere. It is feared that there have been numerous shipwrecks, especially in the Black Sea. Later accounts from 'Constantinople, of the 19th of December, received by expres., state that the French and English squadrons are recalled from the Archipelago to their several winter stations at Toulon and Malta, and this has been already officially announced to the Porte. The impression which this communication has made on the population of the Russian capital was the more fa vourable, as it bad been immediately preceded by very alarming reports of the reinforcement of those squadrons. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 17.-1 refer to my letter of the 11th instant, and inform you that the energetic re monstrances of the Porte have succeeded in obtaining the withdrawal of the French and English squadrons, re hick had latterly been considerably reinforced. The English and French Ambassadors sent the day before yesterday directions to the comm alders of their respective fleets to return to Malta and Toulon, there to remain till further orders. An A visa has been despatched to Smyrna to inform the French Consul of the change. Only a few French and English men-of-war will remain in the harbour of Smyrna for the ordinary service. The news of the retirement of the combined squadron has produced the best effect; it is now hoped that all existing differences will be shortly adjusted amicably. An Eng lish courier bas set out for London and a French courier has arrived from Paris. The latter is said to have brought new instructions to Admiral Roussin, which probably contributed to his more conciliatory behaviour. VIENNA, JAN. 3 —Five per Cent. sletalliques 5 16 ; Four per Cent., 84 29 32 ; Bank Stock, 1,234. dillgetneine Zeitung, Jan. 8. ADELPHI THEATRE. The manager of this establishment last night brought out a new and very splendid ballet burletta. It is entilted Lurline, or the Revolt of the Naiades, and the wild story on which it is founded affords ample room for the display of the painter's art and the machinist's skill. Sir Hubert the Fearnought having exhausted his fortune in wassail and revelry, is on the point of dismissing the companions, as well of his dangers in the field as of his feasting in the Lall, whe❑ he is informed by a •age pilgrim that, if he be Wave and venturous, he may yet retrieve his broken fortunes. Sir Hubert eagerly inquires how such a desirable event cm be accomplished, and being instructed that the Naiads of the Rhine, who have immense riches at their disposal, often become enamoured of the sons of men, when they happen to be handsome and valourous, determines to seek an interview with those water deities. He repairs to the Rhine at the " witching time of night," and theme encounters Lurline (Mrs. HONEY), the chief of the nymphs. Although betrothed to Lady Una (Miss No- VELLO), the daughter of the Baron of Lorchausen, Le incontinently falls in love with the nymph, and boldly pursues her into her submit' ine abode, whither he is fol lowed by his squire Baptiste (Mr. J. REEVE), who, in his turn, has taken a fancy to Idea (Mrs. KEELEY), a gay and sportive attendant on Lurline. Sir Hubert vows eternal fidelity to his new love ; and, being loaded with treasure, ascends to the upper world, under a solemn pledge that he will return within a month. But no sooner does he meet Una than his early passion revives, and he hastens to espouse her. Ltnline is inconsolable on account of his inconstancy, and she resolves, at the head of her nymphs, to storm the castle of Lorchausen. The fair revolters appear in warlike panoply ; and having gone through a variety of graceful military fi g ures, they proceed to the attack, their hostile appearance having been heralded by a tremendous thunder-storm. They defeat the retainers of the Baron of Lorchausen ; but Lurline, struck with commiseration for Lady Una, foregoes all claim to the hand of Sir Hubert, and takes her departure for her aquatic palace amidst a brilliant display of fireworks. As a spectacle, this piece is entitled to very high praise. We have seen nothing at any of the minor theatres that in point of brilliancy at all approaches it. Tiie scenery, by Dle•srs. Toatruns arid PITT, would do credit to any theatre. The performers all acquitted themselves well, and The Revolt of the _Naiades will, we are confident, from the success which last night attended it, command a long run. The following has been communicated to us by a co n fi.l ent i al author i ty, as h av i ng occurred about a fortnight since, i n a v ill age i n th e i n t er i or , a b out two h ours : e t : e nce from Ali Hessar :—" At the beginning of the rooms`,and'w"esnet, Li,entay:ar (1833), a Turk, of this village, put into his he kr, hisnisderhble quantity of corn ; in the July following , Ix t v h i Lavine his fashutrni family y p t the (, K u c t o a r y n a , in and onere returned e l the in Is/over/Thep assailed by an On entering his house he was immediately by thousands of h: and on openi n ; d t r r, Which he found perfectly intolerable, piecemeal had d oor of the apartment, he was assailed not E i e , r t ats; they would have devoured him to the place, and i t W e a r : i6 e cries drawn the neighbours that the Turk was „ a ,,,,. ( r1y with the greatest difficulty Smyrna Journal. A a nd the rats destroyed."— BOY SUFFOCATED, 0 the afternoon of Wednesday last, a little boy, ah n je.. : tr u: three years of age, etiliiir Pe:ration of the liquid whose parents reside in Carneg et, Edinburgh, seized hold of a bottle of whisky which stood on and drank a a table, while s h m is a m il o g t u h a e n r ti rv ty as o e f n i g ts ag e e o d nte in nts o:l w ie h r got introduced into the windpipe, which chaaudsed th e chil almost instant suffo cat i on . Th e di stra cted moth er immediately c onveye d to t h e i n fi rmar y, but life was found d i to be quite exti nc t.—Ab er d een Observer. LIT RRATVRE. WORKS OF HANNAH MORE. Vat. I. LONDON, 1834. Few writers of modern times have attained a more extensive celebrity than Hannah More, and few have deserved it less. Of course, we here speak of her solely in her capacity of au thoress ; with her private character we have nothing to do. As an authoress, then, we boldly say, that she is—or rather was, for her fame just now is in a sad state of decrepitude— the most over-rated woman of her age. She had no nerve, or grasp of thought, to set the reader on his mettle ; she afforded no scope for inquiry or opposition by remodelling old truths, or enunciating new ones ; she had not an atom of fancy, and about as much sensibility ; no wit ; no lightening play of sarcasm ; nothing of that splendour, or sunshine, or irresistible, be wildering fascination, by which genius so often rivets the attention of the reader, even while it is misleading him. Hannah More had nothing of this sort about her. No one ever yet got a headache by poring over, and endeavouring to sound the depths of, some profound, recondite meaning in her pages, such as we perpetually turn up in those of Burke, Brown, Hall, or Hazlitt. She affords no ma terials for thinking. You rise from the perusal of her works just as wise as when you sat down to them. How, then, did she achieve her ex tensive celebrity—for extensive it certainly was ? The secret may be told in a few words. She was a shrewd, active woman of the world, with far too much tact to offend conventional preju dices ; and quite enough to enable her to see the taste of the day, and write up to it. She found poetry—the drama—the essay—and the novel, at the very lowest ebb—and she took special care, in her works, to leave them all where she found them. Hence, by that vast mass of common-place, which goes to make up, what is called the " reading public," she soon began to be looked on as a safe, respectable writer, whose works might be put into the hands of all classes and parties with equal benefit, because she was careful always to tread, like a horse in a mill, the same trite, hackneyed round of conventional propriety ; and to discover in " things as they are," whether literary, political, or religious, proofs of an all but perfect system. Sentiments like these were not slow to recom mend Hannah to the notice of the High Church party, which in those days was omnipotent, and which of course brought in its train the patronage of all the aristocratic and influential circles. Such were the means by which the author of" Ccelebs" achieved popularity. By always siding with the majority, and never disturbing society by any bright, bold, or original thoughts of her own, she kept in favour to the last. But these facti tious advantages can no longer avail her. She is now to go before the high court of posterity, whose decree is as impartial as irreversible. We fear she will cut but a poor figure there ; that that august tribunal will find her guilty of incurable common-place, and consign her name to eternal oblivion. For Hannah More► though she may perhaps have amused, has cer tainly not improved her age. She has added nothing to its stock of thought ; she has directed its tastes into no new, healthy channel ; she has thrown no new lights on the past ; broached no new ideas for the guidance of the future. The staple of her mind, whether as poet, dramatist, essayist, or divine, is essentially common-place. Her prose is feeble, mono tonous, and worse than any thing we know of, except her verse. Her private character was, however, spotless. She was a sincere friend, a good relation ; fond of the society of the great— perhaps from gratitude, since they made her what she was—and zealous in the performance of her religious duties, which, however, would have been still more praiseworthy, had they savoured more of the Publican, and less of the Pharisee. The present is the first volume of her collected works. It contains a few dull prose tales ; a brace of still duller allegories ; and a memoir of the authoress, remarkable for no thing but its copious panegyric upon her social and intellectual qualities. The writer evidently thinks he is discussing the merits of a phceno menon, and, of course, lays it on thick. BELFAST STEAM PACKET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Order to prevent any unnecessary alarm which might he occasioned by the circulation of exaE,r gera,ed and unfounded reports concerning an accident which happened to the Be ?fast Steam Boat, as she was entering Calais harbour yes•eeday morning, and which wia fortunately unattended with injury either to the passengers, the cargo, or the steam boat, I am desired to forward to you The following extract from a letter received this morn ing from the agent of the Company at Calais:— `-‘ Calais, Jan. 13, 1884 , " The Belfast, in trying to enter this harbour at two this morning, was arisen on shore about a hundred paces distant fiorn the East Jetty by a hurricane, which sud denly came on with such excessive violence that the sailors here all agree they never witnessed anything to equal it. I am happy to say that the passengers and baggage were all landed safely by five o'clock, and that no damage is done to the cargo; and that the machinery and the vessel are not injured. The wind has now a bated, and the Captain expects to get off by two this afternoon. The Harbour -master, the Custom-house officers, and the Commissary of 111 trine, have been very active in offer ing and rendering every possible assistance, and in seeing that everythin ! was safely landed." I am, Sir, your moat obedient servant, CHARLES BESSELL, Secretary. General Steam Navigation Company, 69, Lombard -street, Jan. 14. Lyons has been the scene of a fatal duel between M. Vitton, formerly Mayor of La Guilotiere under the restoration, and M. Clore. The parties fought with pistols, at twenty-five paces, and M. Vitton bad the first fire. His pistol miseed fire three times, and the seconds in vain interfered to put an end to the dispute. At the fourth discharge his weapon went off, but 111. Cl6re was untouched. The latter then fired and shot him dead by a ball in the breast. The contest arose out of a political discussion. An intelligent mechanic, of Canterbury, has nearly ready for the mid a steam.carriage, with an engine on the rotatory principle, in which respect it will be dif ferent from every other that has yet appeared.—Me chanic's Magazine. One hundred and fifty casks of bronzed sta tues arrived at Nov York from Liverpool, faithful like nesses of Bonaparte, Wellington, Van Buren, Jackson, Swartwont, Cambrelling, Hamilton, Biddle, and other distinguished personages, which turned out, on inspec tion, to be lead, some weighing 50 lbs. The bronze figures are free of duty; lead pays three cents p e r lb. The whole will be seized and melted down. What an amalgamation ! Let's have no fighting in the crucible.-- New YorA Star. COURT CIRCULAR. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at !he residence of Viscount Althorp, in Downing_street, which was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Ripon, Earl Grey, the Duke of Richmond, Viscount Mel bourne, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Sir James Graham, Lord Holland, and Lord John Russell. The Lord Chancellor joined his colleagues about two hours after they had assembled. The Ministers were in deliberation near five hours. Mr. Secretary Stanley and the Duke of Richmond arrived in town from the seat of his Grace at Goodwood, near Pet worth, yesterday afternoon. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from Sir Wilmot Horton, the Governor of Ceylon. Arrivals.—Viscount Melbourne, from Brockett-hall, Herts. Lord Auckland, from a visit to the Duke of Richmond, at Goodwood. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. A DECLARATION OF THE LAITY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. " At a time when the Clergy of England and Wales have felt it their duty to address their Primate with an expression of unshaken adherence to the doctrines and discipline of the Church of which they are Ministers, we the undersigned, as lay members of the same, are not less anxious to record our firm attachment to her pure faith and worship, and her Apostolic form of government. "We further find ourselves called upon, by the events which are daily passing around us, to declare our firm conviction, that the consecration of the State by the public maintenance of the Christian Religion i 5 the first and paramount duty of a Christian people ; and that the Church established in these realms, by carrying its sacred and beneficial influences through all orders and degrees, and into every corner of the land, has far many ages been the great and distinguishing blessing of this country, and not less the me ins, under Divine Providence, of national prosperity than of individual piety. "In " the preservation, therefore, of this our Nation 11 Church in the integrity of her rights and privileges, and in her alliance with the Sate, we feel we have an interest no less real, and no less direct, than her immediate Mi nisters ; and we accordingly avow our firm determination to do all that in us lies, in our several stations, to uphold, unimpaired in its security and efficiency, that Establish ment which we have received as the richest I.gaey of our forefathers, and desire to hand down as the best inheritance of our posterity." DEATH OF LORD GRENVILLE. Died on the night of Sunday last, at his seat, Dropmore, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville. His Lordship's health has been for some time in a declining state, and his dissolution has been daily looked for. Lord Grenville was one of the few remaining public men who acted a prominent Fart during the period of the French Revolution. From his connexions, his career as a public man was greatly facilitated. He was the third son of the Mr. Grenville whose name is so familiar to all who are acquainted with the history of the American War, and wI,o forms the subject of one of the ablest drawn characters of Mr. Burke. The Right Hon. George Grenville was allowed by Burke to possess great aptitude for business, and to be well qualified for the management of public affairs in ordinary times, but utterly unsuited for periods when men have no precedents to guide them. His name his become proverbial as the representative of the lawyer class of politicians. Lord Grenville was born in Oct. 1759. In 1789 we find him, from January to May, Speaker of the House of Commons. In June, 1789, he was Secretary of State for the — Home Department, and in May,. 1791, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—which situation he filled during the whole of the Pitt Administration. In 1790 he was created a Peer. His correspondence with M. Chauvelin, the French Minister in this country, previous to the breaking out of the war with France, has been often the subject of remark. When Mr. Pitt was succeeded by Mr. Addington, Lord Grenville quitted office. On the resumption of office by Mr. Pitt, in 1804, without having stipulated for Catholic Emancipation, Lord Grenville, with Mr. Wind. ham, refused to join him, and took a very prominent part in opposition. On the death of Mr. Pitt be became First Lord of the Treasury in what was called the Fox and Grenville Administration. He has never eince been in office. As a speaker, Lord Grenville held a high rank. We have understood that his earliest efforts were not very suc cessful, and that he is indebted for the nickname of "Boggy Grenville," then given to him, to his floundering on through speeches, the drift of which was not perceptible to every one. His perseverance, however, was in time rewarded by the very highest kind of secondary excellence. His elocution was, perhaps, too solemn, and his style was too uniformly laboured and, perhaps, prolix ; bat it made a strong impression. He always took care to prepare himself on every subject on which he spoke, and his speeches were, therefore, full of matter, which was well arranged. His knowledge on all subjects was very exten sive, and it is understood that few public men were more accomplished than his Lordship. In debate he did not pos.ess the fire, the acuteness, and the indignant sarcasm of Lord Grey; but during a long period he was con sidered only second to his Lordship, as an effective debater in the House of Lords and the two were associated as the heads of the Opposition, with whom negotiations were carried on during several emergencies, when it became necessary or politic to make overtures for a new Ministry. Lord Grenville did not hesitate to admit his errors of opinion on several important qu stions. Thus, for in stance, he readily admitted his mistake with regard to the Bank Restriction Act, and he wrote a pamphlet exposing the fallacy of the Sinking Fund. He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford, High Steward of Bristol, an Elder Brother of the British Museum, and a Governor of the Charter Muse, and he held the sinecure appointment of Auditor of the Exchequer, to which a considerable income was attached. Tee Act by which be was enabled to hold the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and Auditor of the Exchequer involved the Administration to which he belonged in 1806-7 in considerable obloquy. It has been often said that the secret of the authorship of s' Junius" would be discovered on the death of his Lordship, and that a Noble L•ird, his relative, not now in this country, has been repeatedly heard to declare that the secret was in his kinsm in's keeping, and would bt dis closed. His Lordship married in 1792 Anne Pitt, only daughter of the firt Lord Catnelf trd. H, was uncle to the Duke of Buckingham. He will he succeeded, we believe, by the Right Hon. C. Grenville. Hil Lordship way in his 75th year. PANORAMA OF BOOTHIA. A panoramic representation of the new continent in the Arctic regions, discovered by Captain Row., and to which the name of Bonthia has been given by that enterprising officer, is now exhibiting at Mr. Burford's rooms in Lei• center- , quare. Ii will, perhaps, appear strange to most of our readers, that a spot only associated in our minds with ideas of gloom and desolation should have been selected for delineation by a painter whose pencil has been chiefly employed in the representations of the mast fertile and picturesque portions of the globe; yet those who an ticipate that such a subject can produce nothing but a dull and monotonous picture, will be most agreeably disap pointed, as we were, on paying a visit to the panorama. It is true that in this painting we discern none of those rich and luxuriant landscapes, or stately cities, which h we hitherto supplied Mr. Burford with subjects; but in their Alice we have other effects singularly striking and beau tiful. The panorama represents the winter quarters of Captain Ross and his brave crew in 1830, and the ap pearance which the Polar regions exhibit at mid-day in the sunless season. A very interesting point of view has been seized for the pointing, for the three spots where i Captain Ross wintered during his long absence from this country are all brought within the sight of the spectator. The lower portion of the picture represents the rugged and dreary wilds of these regions of snow. In one part the situation of the magnetic pole is pointed out —in another the ship Victory is seen frozen in at Felix ll:rbour—and in an opposite direction a small village, in habited by Esquimaux, rears its snow-built huts in the distance, while in the foreground Captain Ross and part of his crew are represented conducting a party of natives to the ship. But the interest of these scenes fades almost into insignificance before the singuiar eft-et produced by the painting of the sky. The vast and clear firmament is studded with myriads of stars (whose apparent magni tude and relative position, we are assured, are preserved), of such refulgent brightness, that to the eye of the be holder they actually appear to scintillate. At the same time they are so well relieved from all surrounding ob jects, that they seem to be floating in the immense ocean of space. The same remaik may with equal justice be applied to a beautiful representation of the Aurora Borealis — a welcome visiter in those dreary wilds during the long absence of the sun. The varied hues and their gaseous appearance of this brilliant meteor are very hap ply depicted ; hut arduous as must have been the produc rim] of these effects, perhaps the greatest difficulty which the artist has had to overcome is the representation of that sombre vet clear twilight which pervades this desolate region fir so long a period of the year. This effect is beautifully maintained throughout the picture, and it imparts to the painting a solemn stillness perfectly in accordance with the awful aspect of the scene. The panorama has been prepared from drawings taken on the spot by Captain Ross, who inspected the work during its progress, and who has, we understand, expressed his satis faction at the successful manner in which the artist has completed what must have been a most difficult perform ance. The folloWing account of the panorama, extracted from the book of description, will, perhaps, be thought interesting to our readers, especially when they learn that it is from the pen of Captain Ross himself The situation of this panorama is half a mile north ward of Felix-harbour, in the newly discovered country, named by Captain Ross Boothia Felix,' and is in latitude 70 deg. north, and longitude 92 deg. west ; the land is entirely of primitive formation, the rocks being composed of various kinds of granite, and destitute of vegetation, exc-pt in the valleys, in some of which are lakes of a considerable size, but frozen over, excepting a part of July, August, and September. Reindeer, hares, and foxes were seen here, and two kinds of grouse, and bears were also constantly ranging along the coast. The time at which this view was taken was the 9th of January, 1830, at noon, after having communicated with an interesting tribe of natives. Captain Ross and his officers having obtained their confidence by giving them presents, persuaded them to accompany his party to the Victory, which is repre sented frozen at Fel x.harbnur, with her colours and flies flying. The ship is housed in, or, in other words, covered over with a roof of canvass ; the bow is exposed to view, but the starboard or gangway side is protected by a wall of snow, within which the men usually exercised when too stormy to walk on shore or at a distance. The island to the left of her forms the harbour, and on it the observatory was erected, and contained a three feet trsnsit instrument, and a six feet telescop., at which an officer is represented looking at the planet Venus ; this is decorated with flags, as well as the magnetic observatory, at a more distant point. Blond at a great distance is seen King William's Land, which, since Captain Ross's return, has been so named with his Majesty's gracious permission, as well as the position of the magnetic pole, which is be hind the high land to the right of the ship, which is named Boothia Felix, in honour of Felix Booth, Esq., the patriotic friend of Captain Ross, and on the point of which, near a gun, is planted his flag. Going on again to the right, will be seen the village of the natives, con sisting of 18 huts, built entirely of snow; and round the point is Sheriff's Harbour, where the expedition pass d the stcond and most severe winter. On this side, at the most distant point, called Cape Margaret, is Victory Har. hour, distant 15 miles, where the third winter was spent, and where the ship was left in May, 1832. The next to the right is Isabella Louisa, or Lady Parry's Island, which, b-ing nearest to Sir E. Parry's dis coveries, is so named in compliment to that distin guished officer ; and the lands which close in with that first mentioned are those visited, after much peril and I ihour, by Mr. Thom and Dr. M‘Diarmid, in March, 1830. In the foreground are seen the officers and natives proceeding to the ship. Mau, the old man, who bad been placed in the front of the natives when formed into a bo ly, is seen on a sledge drawn by Captain Ross, and his party of sailors. Tullooachiu, the man who had lost a leg, is sten on another sledge, drawn by Commander J Imes Roas, and another party, the rest of the natives are following, and by signs and gestures expressing their surprise at every object which is new and wonderful to them " To the south, looking towards the Victory, is seen the horizon as it is illuminated at noon ; as the sun passes some degrees below the horizon, Venus is seen to the left, and the fixed stars are everywhere shining as seen at noon ; in opposition, or in the north, is seen the Aurora Bared's, as it generally appear 9, shooting its pencil rays upwards, or towards the zenith. The tints which these phenomena give the surrounding bills is also given with striking effect." _ _ Among the company who yesterday visited the panorama were Captain Ross, the E irl and Countess of Caledon, Lord and Lady de Siumaros, Lord Colville, Sir Robert Stopford, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, &c. Mr. Pressly, the Secretary to the Commis sioners of Stamps, has stated, in answer to inquiries made by him, that " the anti-dating a bill, note, or receipt, is not prohibited by law; and that, therefore, the date of the stamp, although it may he posterior to that of the instru ment written upon it, cc ill not affect the validity of the latter." A very useful piece of information after the recent change in the stamp dies. A ROYAL SIGNET.--In the Hotel Soubise at Paris is a document of the date 1,404, to which is ap pended the public seal of the Welsh prince and renowned warrior Owen Glyndwr. Until this discovery was made it was not known that Glendwr had assumed the sovereign style of using a royal signet. DRURY-LANE. Sardanapalus is coming forward, and in this an attempt is contemplated which reflects great credit on the boldness of the projector, no thing less than a realization of Martin's " Fall of Nineveh." The sublime conception embodied on a scale so vast, and so appropriately magnificent, executed with the wonted felicity of Stanafield who models it, would be one of the noblest efforts ever made in the cause of the drama. Dr. Dibdin himself discovered Mr. Heber's will. He was in the act of taking down some duodecimo volumes, which had been placed rather higher in the library, when down dropped a sovereign and some papers. and immediately afterwards out came the will, which Mr. Heber appeared to have opened after it had been sealed up, Wednesday a public dinner was given to Mr. Ferguson, the member for the Kirkaldy district of burghs, by the electors, in the Town Hall, at which upwards of 160 gentlemen were present, Provost Malcolm in the chair.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. Mr. Pease, a brother of the Member for Durham, is on a preaching tour among the Quakers in Ireland. He held forth last week in Abbeyleiz, at the Methodist meeting-house, and proceeded thence to Mount ratb, where a large congregation awaited him,—Macc les • field Courier. The Hon. Colonel Grey, in passing through Nairn, on Tuesday week, was waited upon by Provost Ketchen, Dr. Smith, and Mr. Mackintosh, of Milbank, as a deputition from the Town Council, when they (in the name of that body) pres.ntel the Colonel with the freedom of the Burgh.—Elgin Courier. TITHES.—We are intern-led that the Rev. Edward Jones Lewis has commenced legal proc edin.4s for the recovery of the tithes of Cloheran, a parish very near Dublin, but which only conra'ns three or four Protestant faindies. This comes wirh the greater surprise on his parishioners, for at a tithe meeting some time ago, he had resolved, as he declared himself, to abstain from taking such a course. In the neighbouring parish of Swords, the Rector (the Hon. and Rev. F. Howard) has availed himself of the Parliamentary grant, and has then-by earned for himself that warm resolution of thanks and gratitude which was passed at the recent meeting held in that town. —Dublin Morning Register. ANSPACH, DEC. 3O.—Gasper Hauser's fu neral took place on the 26th ; it was attended by crowds of persons, all moved by the greatest sympathy, for the poor youth was universally beloved. His preceptor, Dr. Fuhrmann, pronounced an oration over the grave, which is to be printed at the general request. He alluded to the last words of the victim, who, on being asked if he forgave his enemies, replied, " I have prayed to God to forgive all whom I have known ; for myself, personally, I have nothing to forgive, as no one ever did me wrong." The police can obtain no clue to the murderer; it is therefore probable that the history of this young man will rem lin an impenetrable mystery During the storm on Tuesday last, a consi derable portion of the roof was blown off the Goat Mills, near Cockermouth, in the occupation of Mr. M iwson. Som e of the premises adjoining, and occupied by Mr. Harris, shared the same fate.—Carlisl e Journal. DO RAI ANT PEERAGE.--A gentleman of very noble and ancient descent is said to have completed the proof of his claim by descent to a peerage which has been dormant ever since the reign of Richard 11. The title claimed is Baron of Kt ych, in this county. —Derby Paper. What is become of the hard winter which was confidently prognosticated ?—intead of it we have fruit trees prematurely blossoming, and the banks and hedgerows teeming with violets and primroses at Christmas. Our market, on Saturday last, presented the u n usual appear ance of an abundant supply of bouquets of flowers, brought by the cottage's in the neighbourhood. There were, within the last fortnight, in the ga rden of Mr. 11. Chum. herlain, at Park Cottage, near this city, two bldg of straw berries in full blossom. Several roots are still in blossom, while others are bearing fruit of the finest fiaveur. The variations in the barometer have been extraordinary during the last three weeks, not remaining stationary at one point during twelve s uccessive hours. In December the wind was soutb.westfifteen days; it rained fifteen days; luantity in iucbes '1.95... Worcester "Aram. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. TI e Doncaster, from Ceylon, bas arrived off Margate, sailed on the let of September; the Surrey, from Bombay, has Lrr.ved off Margate, sailed on the 4th of September. Arrival at Eombay.—The lion. Company's brig of war Euphrates, from the Persian Gulf, on the 2Seh of August. Departure from Bombay.—The Janze, for Calcutta, on the 25th of August. Arrivals at Ceylon.—The Iris, on the Slat of July; the Copernicus, on the 4th of August ; and the Grecian, on the 17th, from London. Departures from Ceylon.—The Johanna, for Point de Galle, on the 30th of July; the Coote, for a cruise, on the 31st ; and the Iris, for Trincomalee, on the 6th of August. The Gulnare and Argyle, from Bengal, passed Point de Galle on the 21st of August. The Johanna sailed for Singapore on the 11 th of August. Arrivals at Trincomalee.—.The Coote, from Madras, on the 25th of July; his Majesty's ship Melville, from the Mauritius, on the 28th ; his Majesty's ship Undaunted, from the Cape, on the Qd of August, and sailed on the sth for Madras. Departure from Trincomalee.—His :Majesty's ship Alligator, for Madras, on the sth of August. His Majesty's ship Wolf was refitting at Trincomalee, and was to sail from Colombo, via Madras, for England, on the 30th of October. Arrivals at Batavia.—The John Woodhall, on the 17th of September, and the Strathfieldsaye and Diana, on the 18th, from London. Departures from Batavia.—The Westmoreland, for Bengal, on the 12th of September; and the Tremor, for China, on the 17th. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—,tIL per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBORLAND. Best Meadow Hay 2s. per load lower than last quoted; prices otherwise stationary. Supply moderate, and trade dull. varse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £t3 5 to £3 10 dew qeadow Hay 3 10 4 4 theful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0 Cine Upland Meadow and stye-grass Hay 4 0 4 4 Clover Hay 4 5 5 0 .lat Straw £1 Sto .£1 101 Wheat Straw... 1 10 1 13 3 .11TH FIELD. Supply short, trade very dull, ana pnces barely stationary. Coa .c h.:avy a.a.,wiaiAd Meadow Hay 2.3 0 ~. 4E3 5 .tw Meadow Hay .... 3 10 4 4 Jseful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 r ine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass 1 - lay ..... lover Hay (extra fine)....tis 0 ..Generau, at straw ...Li 4to .£1 61 Whei. -«.w 1 ' 8 1 10 SPORTIN u INTELLIGENCE. TTERSAL L'S. Very little was done ye,(erday, the following being the only horses mentioned :—. THE DERBY. 7 to 1 on the field 16 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Shelalah 20 to 1 agst Duke of Gratton's Olympic to 1 apt Colonel Cradock's Emigrant 22 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Viator OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Rosalie (taken) . Offers to take 6 to 5 between her and Mr., Walker's Cotillon.; DONCASTER ST. LEGKR. We are indebted to a Country Correspondent for the following list of the betting in the North 11 to I agst Mr. Hesseltine's Warlaby Baylock (taken) 11 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 16 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon 18 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Delirium (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Powlett's brown colt (taken) 30 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Guardian 30 to 1 agst Duke of Cleve and's Bequest colt (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Attwood's Polander (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Alexis (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Tariek (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Marchesa filly 40 to 1 agst Mr. Skipsey's Inheritor CHESTER TRADE CUP, P.P. 15 to 2 agst Lord Derby's Speculator S to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Controller 15 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Bridegroom Lord Hertford paid 7001. tor the exclusive use of the steam-boat which conveyed himself and suite from Mar , eilles to Niples in the autumn, to the great inconve nience of various persons who were detained for some weeks in the former city for want of the usual convey ance.—Dublin Morning Register. The Committee of the Surrey Magistrates, who were appointed to consider a charge of bribery against the Deputy High Constable of Surrey, have concluded their investigation, and the result has been the complete acquittal of the officer from all blame. THE LATE STORMS.---We understand that there are nearly 1,200 sail of merchantmen damaged by the late storms lying between the Downs and Portsmouth. Several of them have had their cargoes on board for eleven weeks. WRECKS.—A great number of persons have been convicted at Carmarthen, in penalties of 201., 101., and less sums, for being in possession of hides, &c., from the ship Brothers, bound for Liverpool, which was wrecked on Cefu-Sidan Sands. —Liverpool Chronicle. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.--.The pro vincial papers teem with instances of the extraordinary mildness of the season ; and we have this week been shown a branch from a gooseberry bust), growing in a garden a: Cheetwood, near this town, on which there were not only mature blossoms, but fruit actually fornied.—.Manchester Guardian. BERWICKSHIRE.—This county is still with out a contest, the utmost exertions of the party who are dissatisfied with Sir Hugh P. H. Campbell having as yet failed to induce any other individual to enter the lists against him. If rumours are to be trusted, Sir John Cam Hobhouse has been urged to present himself to the electors.—Kelso Mail. CONFESSION.—Hugh Kennedy, at present under sentence of death in Glasgow gaol, was visited on Friday by Goodwin, and afterwards by Cosmo lobes, Esq., Advocate-Depute, to both of whom he made a full con fes.ion of his guilt; but assigned no motives for commit ting the crime, except that he was led to it by the insti gation of other parties whom he would not name, but who were accessory to the crime. We understand that the Fiscal, in consequence of this declaration, is renewing his inquiries into the case.—Aberdeen Observer. A private letter from Leipsic, dated the 2d inst. says :—" There are many sellers at our New Year's Fair, but not so many fareign purchasers as could be wished. The inundations are the cause of their absence , some are prevented coming, and others are retarded. Pre cisely as the clock struck 12, on the night of the Slat of December, all the Prussian custom-house barriers in our environs were removed, as also at the boundaries. It was a eeneral jubilee along the entire frontier line; the hitherto divided inhabitants shook each other by the hand, and gave themselves up to rejoicings. Saxons and Prussians alreaoy- I.ok differently on each other. The Penny Magazine is in such demand that presses, woodcuts, and paper are wanting to meet it. We expect that by Easter, its cit.- ciliation will extend to 60.000." DEATH OF M R. OSWALD, JUN.—Not many weeks have elapsed since we announced the marriage of Mr. Oswald, the youneer, of Auchincruive, the *,,nly sun of the Member for Ayrshire, to one of the (IP:Lighters of the Marquis of Ailsa, and the series of fetes end merry meeti ngs which took pla ce t o commemorate the joyful event. Alts! the house of m i rt h h as a l ready become the house of mourning. We regret to communicate the distressing in telligence we have now received of the death of Mr. Oswald, jun., which has plunged hi. disconsolate widow, his father, and the families with which they are connected, in the deepest affliction. While on a visi , lately to Archibald Hamilton, Esq., and Lady Jane Hamilton, of Rizelle, with Lady Mary Oswald, daughter of the Marquis cf Ailsa, to whom he had been hut recen ly united, M r. Oswald b eca m e su dd en ly i n di spose d. H e lingered since then, amid d u bi ous h o p es o f hi s rec overy, and expired on Thursday morning at four o'clock.—Ayr Advertiser. MEMORIAL OF THE LEEDS DISSENTERS. —(From the Leeds M e rcuy.)—The following l e tt er h as r been received by the Rev T homas Scales fro m our repre sentative, T. B. Macaulay, E.q., relative to this m emo .. rizil " Lond on , J an . 7 . Dear Sir,—To-day I had an interview with Lord Grey, who retuned to ndon las week. I placed your m emorial in his r hands, Lo stated the substance of it to him fully, and assured him that, to my own certain knowledge, many of the gentlemen who had subscribed it were persons of the highest respectability, and persons to whom the present G..vernment owed great obligations, " Lord Grey requested me to inform you that seveitil other memorials, agreeing in substance with yours, were lying before him, that he was fully tensible of the respectability of the petitioners, and should feel it his duty to bring the subject under the consideration of his col. leagues in the Cabinet, " These are Lord Grey's expressions. I could say much, very much indeed, tin the subject, partly in the way of encouragement and partly in the way of warning: I ut my time is so much occupied that I can at present add no " Ever, dear Sir, yours most truly, " T. B. AIACAULAY." more.