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ec. 25) passed 17 , cr, grant' ;dinar,' iillion 111 1831, f fugc in' law, B r ; the pen' ', ed among { D requi,te,4 ng vol n digt, 31onor s state d 0 ,1 s urro c''Charli be ,l hich W e ' d oblc, h 1 the rely resto%: vith 11 interOf neat. nezene, Boyer li° L larg f the • int to I with of the .4 NEWCASTLE. - V oubtlesl tered, 10 ; rd for O r )own Kith ed. iquillitY l'he a the& forced and fl' ling at /1 las been luny lepelid e . l I the tiro 1 11 0 th Co l ett di Tong I lle h ic) 1 idol', 0" has ret .adrid, tb esettted m posing ° o l Ise eY er ,i ;i -y the c securitl, - eel' ill ,o 1 l' ill Bourqu e {+; ht l I° , Iled to a F blished bl I RE CHOLERA AT GATESHEAD AND (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Dec. 26. The information I sent you yesterday of the cho lera havingbroken out in Gateshead you will find is but too true. To day it has increased to an alarm '"g extent. The following is the report just issued by the Gateshead Board of Health : C ASES OF CHOLERA AT GATESHEAD, 'FROM TES, A.M., 2.5 th, TO TEN, a.m., '26th. lumber Attacked. Recovered. Died. Remain. 39 9 30 Bad as this is all at once, I am sorry to say I ha ve heard of several other cases since the report Came out—not less, I think, than twenty new cases and about six deaths. It is not surprising, consi dering the filthy streets there are in Gateshead, and its Contiguity to Newcastle, that the disease should h ave made its appearance there ; but it is extraordi n"Y that it should have attacked such numbers at !no same moment. lam afraid the panic to which It has given rise will add to instead of diminish the sickness. The official report for Newcastle to-day is rather mote favourable. It states the new cases to be 16, the recoveries eight, and the deaths six. They are It 'll confined to the lowest class of the community, 441 chiefly to the dissipated, ill-fed, and ill-clothed, t es;ding in the low and filthy streets of the town. Mr. Wilkie, the apothecary to the Dispensary here, has just published a sensible letter, in which he states what he considers the chief, though re ,rniptei causes predisposing to spasmodic cholera. il• hese h e cons id ers to b e b a d bread, bad spirits, and fear, These are all very likely to have considerable 4111tience. Diseased wheat and rye, he contends, (); the continent, have repeatedly produced spasmo affections epidemically, and he conceives it t 'gh . ly probable that they may have been instrumen -41, m producing or extending the malady which pre vails in this neighbourhood. I have now no doubt that the idea of a case of toolera, which I alluded to in a former letter, having occurredin a house at North Shields by means of ; h a gs bro ug ht from Sunderland, was well founded. The old man's wife was attacked and died. The 1 : 1.. 1(1 man himself who brought the rags next took t u e Complaint but recovered, and the nurse who at - Tided him observed an offensive smell to arise from had ; 11 e rag s , took it, and died. The disease, it is true, reached Shields before this. It might have T he in a s i m il ar wa y, but at least this added to it. h! case itself suggests the obvious precaution of t`, _ l og car e that clothes and similar articles used . , 9 out cholera patients are either properly purified or d estroy e d. The complaint has made its appearance at How se,l?l a village by the river side, between North s ,'"elds and Newcastle, and, I hear, at Seaton 'ujoe, nearßlyth. There have been, I am informed, fo ur cases at each place. Ministers, it is said, begin to calculate, with c ° l lsid era bi e con fid ence , on many Re f converts in favour of ef orrn on the Reverend Bench. The votes of the Arch hilhop of Y OR K, and the Bishops of Lorroox, NORWICH. b 4 ltt and WELLS, and Cuic RESTER, are looked upon as tt t r tain ; and others are named who, though not willing a PPear as absolute converts, have given good reason to -4 PPose they will, at least, be neutral. GIFTS.--If it should be wondered at that a 14 biect c anno t rece iv e a gift from his Sovereign, without Paging for it to some one person or more, how will it "IlurPrise to hear that, within a century, the King could f ° t snake himself a present upon any other terms. In the ki ° ?rth volume of Earl ORFORD'S work, among his " Re 141ecences," written in 1788, we find the subsequent 44eedote of GEORGE the First :—" This is a strange t : un try," said his MAJESTY; " the first morning after my 4 ival at St. James's I looked out of the window, and w llly a park with walks, a canal, tcc., which they told me of mine. The next dAy Lord CHETWYND, and Ranger i 'ray park, sent me a brace of carp out of my canal ; and Was told I must give five guineas to Lord CHETWYND'S cant, for bringing me my own carp, out of my own 4 c , 4 in my own park." The Aberdeen Observer of Friday states, that th e " Extraordinary Story," which we copied into o ur last f rom t h e Ab er d een J ourn al, of a traveller having s ho t ,. rt a man through the heart on the highway, with all Wonderful circumstances connected therewith, is all a 4114 1 fabrication.— Caledonian Mercury. b o The journeymen bobbin net hands of Lough rough, who are now making a stand for the general t a t of the trade, have receid great assistance from benevolent inhabitants of that town, who have kindly co ntribut e d to their support, and also from the machine i l ''oers of Nottingham and Derby, who have been and are be rally contributing to their aid. Stamford Arews. MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESS OF ABRANTES. ; - ;'°f this work, the Literary Gazette observes that— Iv W ritten with all the liveliness of a clever woman, and 'th all the advantages of near observation., it combines 7: e4 t interest and entertainment. Madame JUNOT had yft rl u u'ual opportunities for studying Narotrox ; as a ng man he was continually at her house, and she ;"4.ards was wife to one of his favourite Generals. ' have every reason to place great reliance on the truth of her statements, and to believe them to he as generally Ze.orate as they are interesting. The early anecdotes of t T i 3 NApAtiTE: are the best yet given to the world, because re most intimate and familiar." The English translation ° th t nia work contains two engravings not to be found in originals ; and the elegant French edition, printed in 4 don, is only half the price of its Parisian prototype. UNION OF LITERARY COMPOSITIONS.- w t a large literary party in Edinburgh, some years ago, it 11 4 mentioned that a certain well-known literary character 44 written two poems—one called " The Bible," the 6 t, "r " The Ocean"—that he was offering them to the „qseller s , w ho, however, would not accede to Isis terms Publication, and that the worthy author was therefore Auctionsot a little as to what he should do with his pro " Why," remarked a sarcastic gentleman who t 1 154 present, " I think the Doctor could not do better 4 4 throw the one into the other !" t ORIGIN OF A POPULAR PHRASE.—A t : l ° , of Samarcand, living near the gate that led to the j;Ying-place, had by his shop-board an earthen pot hang , g Upon a nail, into which he threw a small stone when h 4 Y Corpse w a s carried by; and at the end of every moon ti e l counted the contents of the pot, in order to ascertain h i e number of the deceased. At length the tailor died N s !" 11 , 8 elf and some time after one who was unacquainted his death, observing his shop to be deserted, inquired ( 1, t Was become of him ? Ooe of the neighbours of the i i , - "Jief:l answered, " the tailor himself is gone to the pot ' well as the rest." CAUTION TO TEA-DRINKERS.—A lady in roPtt B e df or d-pl ace , Kensington, had a narrow escape ,na 4 being poisoned on Monday evening. Having drank I ,: u P of tea which had been simmering, with a metal ° n in it, for about three hours, in an oven by the side 4 4 a r t ., s h e was s hortly afterwards seized with violent hrnings in the chest, vomiting*, severe pains in the w ela and head, and all the symptoms of mineral poison „g• It is believed that had she not, on perceiving an n P l easant taste, as of burnt tin, mixed cold tea with that 1 ) n the cup, the consequence would most probably have fa fatal. There can he no doubt that the accident arose t r wri a slight decomposition of the spoon by the boiling as the lady had taken nothing for hours before, and the Mme tea had been drank by all the members of the family, l thout the smallest effect. 11 XLIGIOUS LIBERTY !—On Sunday se'n k,,ht one of Lord 111InnLEToN's stewards, being on a visit th . '' 4 ewark, sent one of the tenants from Little Carton, in feet him of Muskham, (two miles from Newark,) to h„,. at Newark. The wife of the tenant came, and vi i i:Pg knocked at the door of the house where he was af te ''g, was told that the steward was gone to church ; of r waiting his return, she was ushered into the presence y o th i , great man, who immediately said, " I understand receive the Methodists i nto your house, and have 4-r eaci . y e „'inys in it ; HIS LODSHIP WILL NOT SUFFER IT ! ‘ "°le, if you persist in R it, you will be discharged from r ead ''' . Cottage, &c." The poor woman then withdrew, to faint; and having told a fiend what h a d oc -I:4err:t'd, remarked that they could not take her Bible from 4 The husband of this poor woman is deaf and dumb, o t : th eY have six children : and this will be called religi „e t oleranc e in the nineteenth century...4ls this another 14 4 ' of the notorious Duke's declaration " May I not do k I like with my own?" Oh! these enlightened c)1111 ! n—Boatom Gazette, Etr t.,{44-44.01. Tun LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1831 CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT, COUNCIL OFFICE.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES, SUNDERLAND, Dec. 26, 1831. Remained at last report 9 New cases 0 Total Died 1 Recovered t2 Remaining at this date, 8 o'clock, A. 74 From the Commencement of the Disease, on Oct. 26, 1831. Cases, 523.—Died, 196. NEWCASTLE, DEC. 26. Remained at last report New cases Total. 56 Died 6 Recovered Remaining at this date, 8 o'clock, A.M....... 42 From the Commencement of the Disease, on Dec. 7, 1831 Cases, 226.—Died, 83. GATESHEAD, DEc. 26. Remained at last report 1 New cases 39 Died lO Recovered Remaining at this date 3O From the Commencement of the Disease. CasesZ•ll.—Died, 12. NORTH SHIELDS AND TYNEMOUTH, DEC. 26. Remained at last report 3 New cases Died 0 Recovered Remaining at this date 3 From the Commencement of the Disease. Cases, 13.—Died, 9. SEGHILL, DEC. 26. New cases 9 No other Returns received. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. Guildhall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 22, 1831 SIR,—I am directed by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of this town to convey to you their unanimous vote of thanks for the valuable assistance afforded by you in the ar rangement of those salutary measures which are likely to con fine within narrow bounds the ravages of the disease which has now broken out amongst us. I have the honour t• be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, JOHN CLAYTON, Town Clerk. Dr. Daun. The reports respecting a new creation of Peers are numerous and contradictory. One day there is to be a new batch manufactured, the next, Earl GREY is decidedly opposed to any such mea sure ; now the KING is averse, and now he is favourable to any step, no matter how extreme, that may ensure the triumph of the Reform Bill. Between these conflicting statements it is im possible to come to any thing like a decision ; reasoning, however, from probabilities, it is certainly far more likely that there will be a new creation of Peers, than that there will not ; first, because it has become almost self-evident that there can be no carrying the Bill without it ; secondly, because Earl GREY is bound, both as a man and as a Minister, by the strictest obligations of honour and gratitude, to do his utmost to support that measure with which he is more closely identified than any other individual in the kingdom ; which, in fact, is his own cherished bantling, the offspring of years of thought and observation ; and which, when he first brought it before public attention, he must have known was an extreme measure, and could only be sup ported hp measures of equal energy. These are two, among many other cogent reasons, which warrant us in the belief that a new creation of Peers will take place. As for practising the " soothing system " any longer, Lord GREY, in common with every other per son of the slightest pretensions to comm o n sense, welt knows that the very attempt is ridiculous, and will be misinterpreted by the Ultras, as surely as it will be laughed to scorn by the Reformers. Promptitude and energy are now the sole resources left to Government to enable them to carry the Bill. And the sooner they put these into operation, the better will it be both for themselves and the country. Since the above was written, we have just dipped into an able article in the last published number of the 11 7- csiminster Review, entitled " The Adjustment of the House of Peers," which views the question of a new creation pre cisely in the same light as ourselves. The writer observes, " even on the supposition of the most favourable event, as respects the simple passing I of the Reform Bill, two questions must ever re main subjects of equal wonder, till time, the divul ger, shall explain the mystery ; first, if the Bill be finally carried without a creation of Peers, why the opportunity was lost of carrying it with one ;—secondly, if it be carried by means of a creation, why this did not take place before ?" Whv, indeed ! The surprise expressed by the writer has been shared by thousands besides himself, whom the experience of every day more and more convinces that the Reform Bill should have been adjusted long ere this ; and that the delays consequent on the measure have mainly contributed to the difficulty of passing it. However, the auspicious opportunity has not yet wholly gone by ; let but a sufficient crea tion of Peers take place, and the Bill will be triumphant and the country regenerated. Despatches were received this morning at the Colonial-office from the Earl of BELMORE, the Governor of Jamaica, dated November 22. We understand the pitmen in the employment of the owners of Waldridge Colliery have turned out, in consequence of a dispute with their masters relative to the prices of working some fresh seams of coal. The owners have consequently engaged several lead miners, who are now working the colliery ; but it has been found neces sary to call in a party of military to protect them from the violence of the pitmen.—Durham, Chronicle. FORBIDDING THE BANNs.—An occurrence, not very usual at Chesterfield, took place at the Church on Sunday morning, during divine service. When the Rev. T. W. MINTON had concluded publishing the banns of marriage between different persons about to enter into that " holy estate," a man very audibly called out, " I forbid the banns." He was informed that his objections would be received after service, in the vestry. It would scarcely be " quite correct" to state further particulars than that he was father of the intended bridegroom (a minor), who not being well able to support himself, the paternal objection surmised would not be able to support a helpmate.—Derbyshire Courier. A GREAT DIFFERENCE.—The friends and opponents of the Reform Bill are divided into two very dis tinct classes—the a-bility and the no-bility. The following is extracted from the Leipsic Gazette of the 16th. inst. :—" The opinion is gaining ground at Vienna that the cholera is entirely telluric, and created by mephitic vapours which are formed in the earth, and first communicated to the water. It was owing to this, it is said, that at Vienna the cholera first broke out in the city, where the wells and fountains are deeper than in the suburbs. In the same manner is accounted for the fact that the cholera often attacks many persons in one house, whilst, in others, it attacks nobody. The water of the latter is not saturated with the telluric miasma. In consequence of this hypothesis, many persons drink boiled water, as they consider this a preservative against the disease. From this supposition it is probable, has arisen the generally-prevailing belief among the people that the wells have been poisoned. In some places the poultry and pigeons died in great numbers. A mortality has also been remarked among the fish in several rivers. Numer ous facts, moreover, prove that the cholera follows the course of rivers, and breaks nut chiefly in the neighbour hood of waters." EDINBURGH ROYAL SOCIETY.=—The se cond ordinary meeting of this Society, on Monday, was very numerously attended, principally in anticipation of a letter from their President, Sir WALTER SCOTT, respect ing the new volcano in the Mediterranean. This com munication was addressed to Mr. SKENE, and by him read to the Society, being expressed in the worthy Baronet's usual happy style, and affording considerable interest to the friends of science. He describes Graham Island as about bOO paces in extreme length, elliptical in form, but broken down on one side by the sea, which has made an inroad into its centre, and not more than 40 feet high on one side, and 80 on the other : the water round it is extremely hot, and at a few fathoms distance no soundings. lie found, on landing, the remains of two dolphins, apparently de stroyed by the heat of the water near the island ; also the body of a robin redbreast, whose death evidently arose from starvation, and picked up a large mass of the lava, which is now on its way to the museum of the Royal Society.— He mentions what some of our less scientific readers may he fully more interested in knowing, that his health is very greatly improved, and that he enjoys himself extremely.._ Caledonian Illercuri„. A report was generally circulated on Monday last that the much-dreaded cholera had reached Durham, and certainly a man died on the evening of that day whose symptoms bore strong resemblance to those which we have been given to understand are the distinguishing features of that disease. The circumstance of the case are as follow :—A man, who stated his name to be Joni.; DALTON, a native of Coventry, and formerly a soldier in the Foot Guards, applied at the Mendicity Office for a night's lodging, which was granted him, and on Sunday morning, according to the regulations of the society., he was conducted out of town. He had not however, pro ceeded more than a mile along the Darlington-road,when he was suddenly attacked by violent internal pain and cramp in the limbs. in this state he laid himself down in a fi e ld, where he remained for some hours, and then, with great difficulty, made his way back ; but, notwithstanding every attention was paid him, the unfortunate man gradually sunk, and on Monday evening expired. A post-mortem examination took place, and his remains were interred the same night in the churchyard of St. Oswald's parish. A report of all the circumstances of the case, and the ap pearance after death, has been drawn up and forwarded to London by the medical gentlemen who attended the de. ceased, but without, we understand, expressing any opi nion with respect to the real character of his malady, a , they could not agree upon this point. DALTON stated that he had lodged, a few nights before he came to Durham, in a house at Sandgate, Newcastle, in which a woman died, when he was there, of the cholera. For ourselves, setting aside all idea of cholera, and indeed of every other complaint, we cannot discover any thing remarkabl e in the death of a man who had lain for hours on the damp ground, in an open field, on the 18th day of December.— Durham Advertiser. ECCENTRICITY OF THE LATE UGO FOS coco.—l am told that be was once dining at the table of a distinguished Nobleman, when some person pre sen t, whose principles were widely opposite to his own, ventured to make i•emarks which he considered derogatory to the honour of Italy. He did not conceal his emotion, but re plied with all the force of his stentorian eloquence. The spirit of refined society quickly yielded to the indignation of the patriot, and, grasping the table-cloth with both his hands, he went on, increasing in energy as he pro ceeded, till at last his adversary having made a re mark which added more fuel to the flame, he jumped up, and, still grasping the table-cloth, drew, to the in finite consternation of the guests, most of the dishes into their laps. It may be as well, perhaps, to men tion here, that he was not less ready to say what he felt when quietly chatting with his acquaintances, if he chanced not to be in a remarkably forbearing hu mour, than when provoked to do so on some great occa sion. A friend of mine, for whom he in reality felt con siderable esteem, happened to be sitting alone with him one day, conversing on a variety of topics, when the discourse took a turn which tempted my friend to dilate at length, and with great gravity, on some point of philosophy. FoscoLo listened to him a long while, but at last, without saying a word, he rose, rang the bell for the servant, and, on her appearance, quietly told her to request her mistress to come up stairs. The lady obeyed, and he desired, in a supplicatory tone, that she would sit down' and talk with his friend, for that he had quite tired him with his ab surdities. Many instances of his intemperate passion have also been told by Mr. REDDING and other gentle men, w ho were in the habit of engaging with him at chess. He was remarkably fond of that game ; but such was his rage whenever his adversary made a very success ful move, that be would start from Li s se at, and gnashing his t ee th, pull up his hair in large quantities by the roots. It mattered little where he might be when his auger was roused. A gentleman, who was in the habit of playing with him in his own house, has told me that he always took the precaution of running to the opposite side of the room before he proclaimed check -mate. On the other hand, it is generally known to his acquaintances, that, being irritated in a similar manner one evening, when playing at the house of a Nobleman, he started up, and, before the whole company, challenged his astonished oppo nent to a rencontre of a different kind.--Stebbinis Lives of the Italian Poet*, VICE-CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR still continues to sit at Lincoln's-Inn to hear bankrupt petitions, of which his Honour has disposed already of the greater portion bet down before him, but not one of them have involved any questions of the least interest to our readers. His Honour is in expectation of being able to close his sitting on Sa turday next, not having more than fifty petitions now re maining for hearing. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) 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Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars I Silver bars, standard 0 0 0 FROM LLOYDS. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind E.S.E.—His Majesty's ship Charybdis has passed to the westward. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind N.E. light.—Sailed the Reform, for the Cape of Good Hope. The Halcyon, Robinson, from Sunderland, got off the Sand-head last night, after throwing part of her cargo overboard. FALmotrzir, DEC. 26.—Wind S. to S.E., moderate breezes.—Arrived the Princess Elizabeth packet, from Carthagena, sailed Oct. 10, from Jamaica 22d, and from Crooked Island Ist inst. PLYMOUTII, DEC. 26.—Wind tle Marshal Bennett transport, fur Ireland. Arrived the Lively, Cairns, from Riga. STANDGATE CREEK', DEC. 27.—Arrived the Edward, Brown, from Riga ; Aire, Standering ; Elbe, ',Vaughan ; Imperial, Gilderday ; Bromley, Bromley ; John, Blake ; Hamburg, Arnold ; Argus, Pain; and Perseverance, Pain, from Hamburg. LivEttrooL, DEC. 26 —Arrived the William Donald, Murphy, from Savannah ; John Francis, Miller, from Quebec ; and Camilla, Bobbins, from Newfoundland. Off port, the Belle Isle, Lloyd, from New Orleans. DAETarotrrtt, DEc. 26.—Arrived the Commodore, Bond, from Newfoundland. . . TORBAY, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Rose, Richardson, from St. John's, New Brunswick. SLIGO, DEC. 24.—Arrived the I nes, Johnston, from Quebec. PENZANCE, DEC. 26.—Thc Royal Adelaide, Mat thews, of Gweek, is reported to have foundered in the North Channel. 'fhe William Smith, Payne, hence to Cardiff, is said to have foundered three days since—crew saved, and landed at Bristol. BRISTOL, DEC. 27.—The Peter Proctor, Terry, sailed hence on the 27th ult., for Boston, and put back to-day, with damage, and loss of boats, bulwarks, &c. KINSALE, DEC. 23.—The Cyclops, from Quebec, was driven on shore on Mutton Island yesterday morning, and went to pieces ; very little of the cargo expected to be saved. The Bellerophon, Vibert, is wrecked in Green Point, Bay Chaleur. The Romulus, from Jamaica to London, was spoken on the 2d instant ; off Crooked Island. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals this week are only moderate, but there arc a good many vessels at hand, which could not get up yesterday on account of the fog. The Wheat trade remains exceedingly dull at the prices of Monday. In other Grain the transactions are so small, that rather lower prices are taken. Flour as last reported. ARRIVALS. I Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour. I English Irish Foreign 1,130 - brls. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TTVELVE O'CLOCK. A Jamaica mail has arrived this morning, which sailed on the 22d November, and brings news from Colombia of an unfavourable nature. (From the Jamaica Courant of Nov. 15.) By letters received by a very highly respectable gentle. man in this city, we much regret to state that Colombia is in a condition of anarchy. The English at Bogota, with the Minister of the British Court, Mr. Turner, are in daily expectation of assassination. Commerce is ruined, and hardly a doubloon to be seen. The man of blood, General Ohanda, is expected to be named President, and then all is over. The Vice-President Caicedo, after having ruined the republic, returns to his estate to milk his cows. The province of Caries is now the great bone of contention. The hero of Berruecos (Obanda, who assassinated Sucre) has assassinated four persons in Popayan, among them a foreigner, and caused a revolution, the object of which is to unite Popayan to the centre or republic of New Grenada. Asuero is as ferocious and bloodthirsty as ever. The address to the Governors speech contains as foi -1 owe : - " We his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the assembly of Jamaica, return our thanks to your Excel lency for the considerate regard which has induced your Excellency to call us together at this early period ; it af fords us gratification to know that the impediments to the operation of a law, framed with the most anxious desire to promote the happiness and civi'ization of our slave popu lation, are at length removed. We shall take into consi deration all communications made to us by your Excellency on the subject of his Majesty's troops. The House is as much disposed as ever to provide such supplies as the exi gencies of Government may require, but the unprece dented state of property in this island at present renders necessary every posale retrenchment." To which his Excellency made the following reply:— " I return you my acknowledgment for the address. It affords me great satisfaction to he assured that the same disposition to provide for the exigencies of Government, which has always influenced your proceedings, still con tinues undiminished. I have been so long accustomed to hold in the highest reverence the privileges of Parliament, that I never could meditate any encroachment on those of the Council and Assembly ; and I am not conscious of ever having on any communications to either branch of the Legislature, employed language which could justify such an interpretation." Private accounts from Pernambuco state, that the Go vernor has left for Rio, with a secret understanding of the Regency, that a declaration of the Federal State will be accepted. TUE ruNns. It is stated that the French Rentes, by the express, come about thirty cents, lower than the last prices ; in consequence of which our Funds, which left off yesterday at 844, receded a little this morning, and opened at 84 to ; at present they are £34i to 4, with little doing as yet. Three days ago we stated, from the French Papers, that a vessel had arrived at Bordeaux from Pernambuco, stating that they were en the eve of forming a Federal Government there, which would cause great anarchy in the Brazils, which is confirmed by private accounts re ceived direct in this country. At present we have no political news ; we hear all re mains quiet at Paris. In the Foreign Nlarket little or nothing doing. RALF-PAST ONE. Consols for Account, 844. THREE 0 CLOCK. Consols for Account, 84i i Lord BROUGHAM . and his two brothers were expected to dine with their venerable mother at Brougham Hall, on Christmas-day.—Carlisle Journal. We are happy to say that for the last two or three weeks there has been a marked improvement in the demand for yarns for shipping, with an advance of d. to I. per lb. in the prices of the most current numbers. The rates obtained, however, are still decidedly too low to remunerate the spinner. Nevertheless, there is a general belief, that if the alarm of cholera subsides, and the Re form question is satisfactorily disposed of without any great delay, we shall in the new year experience an ad ditional briskness of demand, accompanied by such a further advance of price as will restore the spinning trade to a healthy state. Some kinds of cotton manufactured goods are scarce and in request, and there is, as regards these, also a general expectation of further improvement. The silk trade continues dull ; the export of silk goods is, however, steadily increasing.—Manchester Guardian. A gentleman, who was present at the late duel between M. Ma tic nix and M. Vitt len', relates the follow ing pleasantry on the part of one of the Honourable De puties while the pistols were charging:_" Monsieur, c'est a premiere fois, depuia la Revolution de Juillet, que nous mettons deux boules de la meme couleur dans la meme scrutin." Luckily, neither of the balls told, at the respec table distance of malty paces. They manage " those sort of things" better in France than chez vous.—Court Journal. THE SPECIAL COMMISSION.---The Special Commission will he opened on Moriddy, the 2d of Jdnuary, and the trials will commence on the following morning. It is understood that the three Judges will sit together on the trials of the principal rioters, and that, after these are disposed of, their Lordships will each preside in a separate Court. Such is the distress of the times that at one village church near Nottingham, there are no less than thirty couple whose bands have been published thrice, but who hesitate to tie the silken knot, either for want of thr means or for fear of the consequences.—Nottingham Review. NEW PEERS. We find in an Appendix to the List of the Peers who voted on the Reform Bill, published by Ridgway, the fol lowing list of Peers who might be created without per. manently augmenting the Peerage. Many of the names here mentioned have, we hear, been recommended to the King:— List of such Heirs Apparent, &c. as are favoutahle to Reform, who may be called up in their father's Baro nies, without occasioning any permanent increase of the Peerage. TITLE DY COURTESY OF ELDER TITLE OP FATIf LK. & SON, C. Surrey, E. Norfolk, D. Seymour, Ld. Somerset, D. Euston, E. Graften, D. Tavistock, M. Bedford, li. Douglas, M. (of age in Feb.) Brandon (Hamilfun, i D. Tichfield, M. Portland, D. Wiltshire, E. Winchester, M. Kerry, E. Lansdowne, M. Uxbridge, E. Anglesea, M. Cassilis, E. (late Kennedy) Ailsa, M. Ormerlie, E. (late Glenorchy) Breadalbane, M. Grosvenor, E. (late Belgravc) Westminster, M. Stanley, Li. Derby, E. Andover, V. Suffolk, E. Morpeth, V. Carlisle, E. Bury, V. Albemarle, E. Harley, Ld. Oxford, E. Fordwich, V. Cowper, E. Milton, V. Fitzwiiliarn, a Althorp, V. Spencer, E. Ebrington, V. Fortesque, E. Newark, V. Manvers, E. Howick, V. Grey, E. Holmosdale, V. Amherst E. Cavendish, lAt Burlington, E. List of other Heirs, who might be created without per manently augmenting the Peerage. TITLE DT COURTESY OF ELDER TITLE OF FATHER. BON, &C. Duncannon, V. Besborough, E. Killeen, L. Fingal, E. Molyneux, L. Sefton, F. Howard, Hon. IL Howard of Effingham, L. Twisleton, Hon. W. P. F. Say and Sele, L. Fox, Hon. C. S. Holland, L. Vernon, Hon. G. Vernon, L. Moreton, Hon. H. G. F. Ducie, L. Dutton, Hon. J. Sherborne, L. Pelham, Hon. C. A. Yarborough, L. Wellesley, Hon. W. L. Maryborough, L. Plunkett, Hon. D. Plunkett, L. 1 Hill, Lord Arthur Next in remainder to Sandys, B. ' Sir Gerard Noel, Bart. Father to Lord Barham. Windham, Hon. F. Next brother to E. Egremont. N. B. The Earl of Darlington is not named in the first list, having expressed, in the House of Commons, opinions different from his father, the Marquis of Cleveland ; hut the lion. W. L. 'Wellesley is counted in the second list. his opinions being fAvourahle to Reform, to which his father, Lord Maryborough, is opposed. HYMN. BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR BROVGHAM. " There is a God," all nature cries : A thousand tongues proclaim His arm almighty, Mind all wise, And bid each voice in chorus rise To magnify his name. Thy name, great Nature's Sire divine, Assiduous we adore ; Rejecting godheads, at whose shrine Benighted nations blood and wine In vain libations pour. Yon countless worlds in boundless space, Myriads of miles each hour Their mighty orbs ag curious trace As the blue circle studs the face Of that enammell'd flower. But Thou, too, mad'st that floweret gay To glitter in the dawn ; The hand that fired the lamp of day, The blazing comet launch'd away, Painted the velvet lawn. " M falls a sparrow to the ground, Obedient to thy will," By the same law those globes wheel round, Each drawing each, yet all still found, In one eternal system bound One order to fulfil. [The above is from the Edinburgh Literary Journal Sir Walter Scott's Paper) of Saturday, which vouches for its having been written by the noble author some years ago.] FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 27. Royal Regiment of Artillery. Gentleman Cadet N. E. Harrison to be Second Lieutenant, vice Robertson, promoted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet C. Cheetham to be ditto, vice Hill, promoted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet G. J. L. Buchanan to be ditto, vice Bevan, promoted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet W. 5. Payne to be ditto, vice Mallock, pro. rooted, Dee. 16. Gentleman Cadet W. K. Gilbert to be ditto, Tice Burnaby, pro- meted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet A. F. W. Papillon to be ditto, vice Dyer, pro moted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet H. Aylmer to be ditto, rice Williams, pro- motel, Dec 16 Gentleman Cadet G. C. R. Levinge to be ditto, vice Patten, promoted, Dec. 19. Gentleman Cadet A. G. W. Hamilton to be ditto, vice Walker, promoted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet W. Fulford to be ditto, vice Geary, promoted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet A. Newcomen to be ditto, vice Pigot, pro moted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet A. Irving to be ditto, rice Caddy, promoted, Dec. 16. Gentleman Cadet D. Airey to be ditto, vice Morris, promoted, Dec. 16. WHITEHALL, Nov. 25. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Fowle, of North. allerton, in the county of York, Gent. to be a Muter Extraor• dinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. THOMAS SCHOFIELD, Wakefield, innkeeper. BANKRUPTS. JOHN RICHARDS TILSTONE, Cheapside, commercial agent, to surrender Dec. 30, at one, Jan. 6, at twelve, and Feb. 7, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Brutton and Co., New Broad-street. JAMES PRISM AN, Putney, wheelwright, Dec. 30, at one, Jan. 10, and Feb. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Scarth, Lyon's Inn. DANIEL DODGIN, Burlington-gardens, Bond-street, gold manufacturer, Dec. 30, Jan. 6, at ten, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Weymouth, Gray's Inn-square. ABRAHAM PHILLIPS BROMWICH, Tottenham-Court road, baker, Dec. 30, at ten, Jan. 6, at nine, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Lewis, Bernard-street, Russell square. CHARLES' GASKELL NNYLIE, Watton-place, Blackfriars road, cheesembnyer, Jan. 4, at eleven, 3, and Feb. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Bowden and Walters, Alder manbury. WILLIAM TALBOT, Birmingham, grocer, Jan. 13, 14, and Feb. 7, at one, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Becke, Devonshire-street, Queen-square ; Hughes, Worcester. JOHN BA MFO RI), Oxford, wine-merchant, Jan. 5, at seven, 6, and Feb. 7, at three, at the Bath Hotel, Leamington Priors, ' Warwickshire. Beaumont, Lincoln's Inn-fields. WILLIAM EM ANS, Birmingham, bookseller, Jan. 2,3, at ten, and Feb. '7, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Gem, Chancerv-lane ; Danks, Birmingham. WILLIAM BA RGH, Dronfield, Derbyshire, victualler, Jan. 11, at three, 12, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Chesterfield. Lowe, Tanfield-court, Temple; Thomas, Chester. field. JOHN HAMMOND PARKER, Wells next the Sea, Nor folk, ship-builder, Jan. 11, at five,l2, and Feb. 7, at ten, at the Crown Inn. Garwood, Wells ; Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frede rick's-place, Old Jewry. CHARLES and JOHN WALTON, Toxteth -park, Liverpool, builders, Jan. 14, 16, and Feb. 7, at twelve, at the Golden Lion Inn, Liverpool. Vincent, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Bristowe, and Bartley and Roberts, Liverpool. WILLIAM BISHOP HARDING, Gloucester, baker, Jan. 9, 10, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Ram Inn, Gloucester. Shear man and Freeman, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, London; Tipton, Gloucester. THOMAS WALLER, Hightown, Yokshire, leather-dealer, Jan. 6, at four, 7, at eleven, at the Sessions-house, Wakefield, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Yew Tree, Robert Town, York Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Higham, Brighouse, Halifax. PATRICK 'REGENT, Postlip, Gloucestershire, paper-ma nufacturer, Jan. 5,6, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the V. hite Hart Inn, Evesham,Worcestershire. Bonifield, Chatham-place, Lon don •; Workman, Evesham. WILLIAM BRADLEY, Manchester, manufacturer, Jan. 7, at one, 9, at three, and Feb. 7, at two, at the York Hotel, Man chester. Makinson and Sanders, Temple, London; Atkinson and Birch, Manchester. SAMUEL ATKINS BLAKE, Plymouth, ironmonger, Jan. 12, 13, and Fcb. 7, at - eleven, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport. Husband, Devonport ; Smith, Basinghall-street. WILLIAM HILL, York, miller. Jan. 4,5, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Office of Messrs. Wood and Newton, York. Jaques, Battye, and Edwards, Coleman-street, London ; Wood and Newton, York. CHARLES FREDERICK DAVIS, Nailsworth, Gloucester shire, clothier, Jan. 16, at three, 17, and Feb. 7, at eleven at the Golden Cross Inn, Cainscross, Gloucestershire. White and Whitmore, Old Buildings, Lincoln's-Inn ; Bloxsome, Wells, and Bloxsome, Duredey, Gloucestershire. DIVIDENDS. J. B. Benelli, quadrant, Regent-street, dealer, Jan. 2, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—E. Wilson, Wellington-street, Strand, upholsterer, Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commis. sioners—J. Brook and J. Hayward, Shepperton.street, Islington, iron -founders, Jan. 5, at ten, at the Court of Commissieners— E. Cottingham, Bexley, Kent, surgeon, Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—E. Cowling, Poultry, haberdasher, Jan. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners --A. Maniglier, Mincing-lane, merchant, Jan. 6, at one, at the Court of Commis sioners —J. Mullowny, Bristol, merchant, Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol—J. Howes, Norwich, grocer, Jan. 20, at four, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich—E. De Carle, Norwich, grocer, Jan. 20, at five, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich—R. Briscoe, Manchester, provision-dealer, Jan. 27, at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester—T. Griffiths, New Castle Emlyn, Carmar thenshire, tanner, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Boar's Head Inn Carmarthen. CERTIFICATES, JAN. 17. T. Johnston, Henrietta-street, Westminster, tailor—B. Dry den, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, brewer—J. Geary, Brentwood, Es sex, master-mariner-1. Bolt, Hart -street, Covent -garden, far pital, coach-makers—J. Guiver, Enfield, stage-master. rier—H. Smith and J. Holton, Charles-street, Middlesex Hos- PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Briggs and J. Brown, Birmingham, builders—J. Stewart and J. H. Schnibben, Dock.street, Whitechapel, sugar.refiners—J. Buchanan and C. Abercrombie, Liverpool, brokers—W. Cha. vasse and E. Swift, Walsall, Staffordshire, sadlers'-ironmon gers—C. Foulsham and G. Debney, Red Lion-street, White chapel, plumbers—G. and J. Waddingham, Sheffield, coach-pzo prictors—J. *Milian and J. Challinor, Bolton-le•Moors, Lan. cuhire, chunists, \ '~ CELEBRATION OF LORD E NATAL DAY. tf) Da , "rir -641 s S EJ z.f. 4 Sr ~} ~~~~ ~~; •Tre,. Yesterday week this benevolen t Nobleitstinittiam n eti 8 th year, in • full possession of all his mental and:-" t eys,/..e',) corporeal faculties. The event was looked forward to hy': ( 41&,::..) the inhabitants of Petworth ak one which ought to bee commemorated, and some days previously a subscriptie was raised for the purpose of providing a comfortable mOala for the poor inhabitants at their own houses. Ample funds having been quickly raised, the following notice was cir culated through the town : " There will be a gift on Sunday next by the inliabi tints of Petworth to their poorer neighbours, to enable them to have a comfortable meal at their own homes, when they miy thankfully and peacefully rejoice on the event of our Noble patron and benefactor, the Earl of Egremont, attaining his 50th year." The day was ushered in by the ringing of bells, and at the commencement of Divine Service the venerable Earl was observed in his own gallery at church (that church which his Lordship, at an expence of upwards of 15,0001., has nearly rebuilt), surrounded by a large congregation of his affectionate and grateful neighbours. At noon, each family having been furnished with a bushel of coals, one pound of beef, one pint of ale, and a dug portion of bread to each person, the poor families sat down (e2ceeding 2,000 in number) in l grateful recollec tion of the day and the donors. 4111 s On Monday the principal inhabitants, who had the day before provided for the poor, partook of a sumptuous din ner at the Half Moon, in celebration of the birth-day of a Nobleman whose rare qualities of mind and heart will stand in grateful estimation as long as true philanthropy shall be appreciated.- The smell of Mr. STANLEY in the House of Commons, on Saturday night, we are informed pro duced one of the strongest impressions within-doors which has lately been witnessed. Its disposal of the reading ac curacy of Mr. CROKER was so triumphantly complete, its operation was even externally visible on that ingenuous senator's countenance, an effect not rendered less conspicu ous by an involuntary exclamation by Mr. G• ByNG to the purport that the historical reputation of the lion. Member was Burked by the exposure irretrievably. This is always the case when gentlemen versed i❑ quips and calembourghs wade beyond their depth—they discover themselves to be ignorant of other things besides Russell square. To a Member so partial to whipcord himself, the written flagellation in the Edinburgh Review, and the oral one in the House, in such close succession to each other, must be unspeakably annoying. The next Quarterly will have a black border, and it is already reported that for works in embryo, an eminent bookseller has suggested the assist ince of a reader. The Hon. WILLIAM TEMPLE, the brother of Lord PALMERSTON, will, it is said, be appointed in a short time to replace Sir CHARLES BAGOT, the present Ambassador from our Court, at the Hague, with the King of HOLL AND. Mr. TEMPLE has filled several diplomatic offices at different Courts.—Court Journal. The Duke of WELLINGTON remains without any material alteration in his state; but the most well grounded hopes are entertained of his Grace's speedy recovery. FINAL SEPARATION IN HIGH LIFE.- Negociations of an amic 'hie nature are, we understand, going on between the friends of a lady of rank and a wealthy commoner, for a final separation.—Court Jonrn. It has already been stated that a treaty of mar riage was on foot between the King of the BELGIANS and Princess Loutst, the eldest daughter of Louts PHittr. It is now said to be in a forward state, and that the bride is to receive a dowry of a large amount. It is now stated with great confidence by the adherents of Ministers, that them will be no necessity for a new creation of Peers. They say, however, that if it should be necessary, the KING consents to the creation of thirty •fivr. Court Journal. The first number of the " New Monthly Magazine," for 1832, we are informed, will contain, among numerous other Papers of peculiar interest, a Tale, entitled the Anti-Reformers—a Paper on the Temper of the House of Lords—one on English Notions of Morality— another on the Universal Education of the People—also some curious particulars of PERCY BYSSHE SHILLY'S re sidence at Oxford ; and Menydrs of the Celebrated Diplo matist Prince TALLEYRAND, with his portrait after GERRARD. The railway betwixt Dundee and Newtyle has at length been opened. On Friday last carriages started for the first time, for the conveyance of goods and pas sengers. The distance of Newtyle, from the south side of the Law, the temporary place of starting, is nearly eleven miles, and was gone over by the coach in about an hour and a quarter, conveying along with it forty passengers The waggon, loaded with goods, went over the same distance in an hour and twenty-five minutes.—Scotsman. MR. COOPER'S NEW NOVEL " THE BaAvo."—" In this story Mr. Cooree. transports the reader to that time in the history of the " sea-girt city" when the DOGE sat as little more than a cypher in the Palace of St. Mark, when a proud and iron-hearted oli parclay held the power of the State, when the inquisitorial Council of Three, secretly, but regularly, despatched its crowd of victims across the Ponte dei Sospiri, to the silent waters of the Canal Orfani ; and when, in short, a fearful and invisible power, by means of a most intricate system of espionage, ruled and regulated the gallant and giddy citizens of a soi-disant and nick-named Republic. This novel has more firmly fixel in us the faith we have for some time held, that its author possesses a power and a perception for the delineation of general manners and na tural scenery surpassed by no living writer.—Scotsman. HIGHLAND ESTATES.—Some transfers of property have within the last eight or ten days been made in time north. The Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT, M.P. has sold the estate of Waternish, in Skye, to Major ALLAN Mecnosa.Ln for about 13,0001. Tee estate of Doch garroch, in this neighbourhood, has been purchased by Mr. BAILLIE, of Dochfour, for 10,0001., and we believe the estate of Corrimony has been transferred to Colonel Prance for 13,5001. We may add that the whole of these properties are considered well eold.—lnverness Courier. The Lincoln Mercury contains a letter of the Rev. WILLIAM TITTAFT, vicar of Sutton Courtney, in the county of Berke, giving fourteen reasons for re linquishing his functions as a minister of the Church of England. We have only to remark that Mr. Tierarr appears to he influenced by motives of conscience ; yet there is nothing in his objections which is ❑ot on the very surface of his profession. He must therefore have entered upon his office as precipitately as he is leaving it. The fact is, that no man should embrace such a profession without deep consideration. At present half of the clergy are driven into the church, either by their relations or by overpowering circumstances, at an age not very capable of reflection, and with a despatch which scarcely allows time for reflection even to those who are of conscientious habits of thought. A Perthshire Laird last week wrote a polite card to each of his tenants, inviting them to meet him at his mansion-house. As they are for the most part dread fully rack-rented, they naturally thought that in these days of " terror to Tories," he had resolved, during some " qualm of conscience," to give them at once a dinner and a❑ abatement of rent. They were accordingly in high spirits. After they had assembled some time. the man of might made his appearance with a roll of paper under his arm, which they saw with p'easure, as they naturally imagined it to be his rent-roll, in order to show them how much he meant to deduct from each of their rents. To their amazement, however, instead of a dinner and an abatement of rent, he entertained them with a long ha rangue about the ruin which the Reform Bill would assur edly entail upon the country ; and then unrolling his paper, called upon them to exhibit their names to an anti- Reform Petition, which he laid before them. The poor bodies were quite " dumb-founded" at this, and wilt not for a time what to do. Some of them complied ; but the majority slunk to the door, one after another, and made the beat of their way home, with their finger in their cheek, vowing that they would " never be sae rejoice d again at receiving a card from the laird."— Glasgow Citron. MARCH OF DETERMINATION.—At tbe time when the last petition for Reform was in process of signature, an old, grey-haired, hale-looking Highlander, who seemed to have see❑ seventy summers atleast, stepped into a bookseller's shopinPrinee's-street,where a paper for receiving names was lying, and expressed his desire to sign the petition. " Ca❑ you write ?" jocularly asked a 4entleman who happened to be there on the same errand. "Oh ! ay--I can mak nay name, at ony rate," responded the Gael. And, pray," said the gentleman, "do you think that mere petitioning will snake the Lords pass the Bill?" " Oigh, I'll no be just sae sure about that ; but we'll first try what this will do," continued the hoary Celt, taking up the pen off the counter ; " an' syi e if hat 'ill no do, then," said he, and he unsheathed a large skein dhu, or black knife, as he spoke, " then tv,i'll 4 ust cry thia."..-Edirtburgit Weekly Chronicle. <