The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-23 00:00:00

-6111,1 T. OP TBA a . PUBUIC= JOURNALS. From the visas ist.the; :Bishop .of Viseu, on opening the Seision'Of-thiqit t irt4hise 'Cortex, which, with other interesting documents,_ was brought to us yesterday morn ing, it may - be. -oliserved,.titatt the military rebellion of Chaves was spokerteof as "-approaching its term." This expression -would scarcely have been hazarded in a dis eourse distingtiiihed by temper, dignity, and circumspec tion, if the state arid progress of the insurgents had been such as described by the little-scrupulous Quatidienne, and other organs of that incurable faction, which works equal mischief to the peace of - nations and to the s t a bility o f thrones, whether north or south of the Pyrenees. The speech of the Cortes places on its true 'grounds the Royal appeal to the Portuguese 'people, when it tells them that the privileges now imparted by their Sovereign, are no more than -a _revival of national institutions tinder Which the kingdom had for ages flourished, and a recognition of rights tee law and liberty enjoyed by their ancestors, the exerchteotwhich had by the hand of brutal - poWer been tyrannically and barbarously torn from them, and suppress ed. With great mildnescand exemplary charity, the good Bishop tonchei on the ntrogious conduct of the Govern ment of Spain towards Portugal. He even affects to be lies', in the repentance and conversion of that hardened sinner. It is no bad policy of the Court of Lisbon, thus to divest its own proceedings of every shadow of irritation and resentment, by - whatever outrages both may have been pro voked. The same paper Which contained the above speech (the Journal des Debats), gives also a letter from Madrid of the Bth ''instant, announcing a sudden stop to the arrangements which had been meditated for a chancel almost total in the Spanish Ministry. Salmon, Caro marde, and Zembrano, were, according to report, on the point of being succeeded respectively by MM. Offalia, Arjona, and the General Piles, the last as Minister of War. But, says the letter, all these substitutions, by which men reputed to be of less furious character would have replaced the firebrands of the Apostolic faction, were at once broken short, on the arrival, it is dis tinctly asserted, of " an expreie from Paris, despatched by far other hands than those of the Minister."—This, if it be true, is more deplorable than surprising. It would be foolish to deny, that there is hove . going On in the FrenCh cakital a deadly, struggle between the two parties, 'of vOiele Jt e plaj e be said, that on one iidethey cling fatuiteliali to_ Aeie e .preaedices—sie :At- other, ee- dese peratelyesto. theisspliteette 4 UMW French . porstmagas -who are wittily, hatteettith: melancholy eaccuracy,-. represeesed as haVirf in ::this--long lapse ,of -thirty years " forgot-. ten nothing,. and learned nothing;"-these -person, with theie old companions and dependents;' if they have morel 'fbll :1O be taxed" with, have also we are of opis nion . „ ,, to .iittil2fe hoqsty than others who make a *or show o yieltgseloctantly, to their . commands. If the contest shou reach • that critical point, at . which ..a ternporizieg s Diliniqee is .eold, " You must either exe cute. my ensittre e or - leave room for one, who will"— why we are obliged to confess that experience.and obser- . e stion would render us uneasy about the issue of such an alternatiite.. Its is not because a similar subserviency of principle 'tir plata was exhibited in the instance of the Spanish - liNation—that is . riot the immediate ground of our ditiiiiSttesyetting the firmness of any leading indivi dual of taTrinch Cabinet: ' No; but when we see the futile memere of i+ elling an Ainbasstdor from the Court, whereslw elisgrecerisweintsee in the eyes of every qn lightened. nuut.in t Ewope, .*lada ;the evidence of integrity. in those who employed him ; when, instead of being die countenaisceil.at homes, end' forbid the Court, and looked at coldly by the Ministerial majority of the Chamber of Dept:idol...lW is"(kipite,Titie said, of the Chief Ministei)_ selected . pi iiii inaphetilie le*islativesctinuriiision, to whieli none are raised by.)o4terlek influence, but. the choice '. 4 favourites-.tba Court ; ,it,js undei such. circumstances impoesihle to rely on. ,the straight-forward fiingleueso,.oi, purpose assumed by those.. who tread a coarse the .parts of which are._.eo_ directly at variance with each other. Again, was there ever such a law as that for extinguish ing ' then — ptesenf - Frtuice, supported - bye Minister -who aeribeidienteatiefoleive 'behind him a characterfOr man liners AflCllifitce? . Can they he trusted in their verbal tributesfo ite s 'indefieddeude of other nations, svho stenTor- ward Withinitthe least syMytOm of regret to oVerthrow whatever remains of freedom, or of security for free dom, itt their own country ?. If the French 3linieter who, it is said, has avowed -, lac readiness to " destroy. all . the jouraals except two or Three"—to be employed as his'dWil teolind to suppress 0 all popular pamph lets"s-licatafeinatz.;' We say, has been the willing pro tector isf ti - sclienie'lio - priefliOte,. egainSt the deirest rights of instructilti r ind civilization in' France, he is one - whom none eta idiots, can think - of 'associating with themselves, hi any,cause Which has ethe lionOni and independence of any pertiree of mankind, at home or abroad, for its ob jects. If, on the other band, this odious offioe has been forcibly inflictedort him—if he at first disapproved—then remonstrated—then explained the evil - consequences of the attack on mink-in-ail -its nobler attributes and aspects, - throuthoue-i the Flierith moharchy—and knowing all, and constectile - or all, 'bedtime, in cold blood, this deliberate •destroyer of the'soul and spirit of his country, rather than ere ,:'irace the real glory of a dismissal 'for the love of France — t h e e) much more is such a Minister to be narrowly watch ed, an d pertinaciously suspected, when he sends forth to f ore i gn ea blons a display of sentiments manifestly the re verse of those which circulate through the palaces of a master whose noel may end his ministry. We dwell not upon triples like - those with gratification; we pronounce no peremptoryindment. ,ii the secret inclinations of cer taineneividuidslorming "parte of the French Government ; but with the honoutand 'safety of England before u; as the - 11 ret",.Attielfe . e iteid Midst; and surn of our solicitudes, we will .tier :es . - -irons Ute w duty of anti the igno . ..--. et s eten s e st ,frig Our . countrymen, when danger is 7 l e e s , ' e .senTuzeutsby false security, and by con s precipitately grran.Tinies. _ via no rnonnn*Volo - eh the • nation could raise to imesireietelanebes...e.Dielt•-of York so honourable ,to his. A t i, m bi c h,hia own bands erected,.-the Royal Mi syintant,Chelseak2of which. he was the founder: 'volent Patron. This work of - charity will corn rilint when - statuevand sculptured tombs shall ttleetlikitiO don; for what can be a nobler insti . *tat doh ids to the orphan children of ehiltilk*Of taieirkountry a home from the mi. ''" eiir:lifeSeiverld, and a protection from its had liee;ti 'kelt ICreproach to England that the t e d telde vi ds e soldiery whose 'steadiness and _ it ry he'veiwei teen sorpassed, re ce i ve d so li tt l e at tentiotrOiseppore from ;. country in whose defence their nittureke ee - - - es ' hail fallen. The late lamented.Com mand* ,es e:: ' Aid - eeeiv thing in his power to remedy this' . i te ' *.'. oiler efforts and his distinguished' ex 4 nIPTi ...seJ...tie:t e s" , to linprove and consummate the dis- eipiliA.: ''''l!.ess ifeei not more remarkable than his so lic"44-. ' ' !..:• - Ae.,.,eiarows and destitution that are. 7 .v nlc i t k .; 4i t t i, e ,'" , :. - i r ',-.'::'-...‘,1. - .... LUences of war. Not satisfied w...-Ametine of military arrangements w f t h tbe= melt*. minute zesacumpart,,,- 1 correctness, he con :.ecf.et:f with hie ofheieldrista the exercise of a feeling that 4;:ll essfilieet.a: rnm* :, *l4a r%;_ s , tightness on his name than :liii• in - till_i i t ir r:W7f 7e i . 'nolit• that with his personal exertions mu' .... 1 0t il'ili'll ' Elie beletiSt of hi s ee . - pie.— Those who 11 . 0" . Ylitousitle 'pay.'hOPOnt s it ,:4 - betteetribute of i to his memory, could not rendez! Nr — . espect than by enabling the foundation sq the i unary , rn A- ue tlum to be so extended as to mike it produeeive of as good as its R e nd. Founder could have desired. ThiS wo u ld bo indeed a glorious and a national memorial, which, like'Greenwich H os pital, would constitute one of the noblest ornam ents o f England. The principle of the charity is excellent, and it only wants' to' be-earried into effect on a greater scale to make it as useful in its operation as it is bestitiful in design. The 'extreme popularity of the Duke of York with all ranks ofehe Army, from the Field Marshal to ti private eoldiets will, no doubt, cause the contribution which is epokee of, for some permanent tribute to his memory from that class of society, to be both a grateful and a liberal of- fering to departed worth. We would ask how it Gould be better appropriated than in the way which we have men tioned? Not the Army only, but all .classes,_we believe, in England, are desirous of manifesting to posterity the estimation in which they held a General whoi.by remodell ing the Army,- in- the most effective -menner, greatly contri buted to the, preservation of the country in the. most event ful crisis, and the sympathy with which theyregarded the departure of a Prince who, though not free from errors common to our nature, had virtues and kindliness of heart which more distinguished him than his illustrious descent, We do not, therefore, think it improper, at this time, to suggest that an Asylum for soldiers' widows, not otherwise provided for, might be erected out of_,the_funds for a mo nument, to complete, irking with the Asylum for the soldiers' children, the imperishable testimonial of charity consecrated to his.remembrance.--Moraing Herald. It has been imputed to us, that because we have tint embarked in Mr. Canning's Portuguese crusade with the same zeal as either his hacknied or his new partisans, we therefore - despair of the energies and resources of the country, and are lowering her in the eyes of foreign na tion:. It is the common fate of all who are not harnessed to the chariot of one party or another, to find all who are, ready to impugn their motives; while their own are, in fact, the only ones which ought to be-impugned. We do not at all dispute " the giant's strength," which Mr. Can .ning attributes to his country. We agree with him, and with the poet-, that "'tis exeellent to have" it ; but,stliy, because we possess it, we are to expend it upon -objects such as those which have unfortunately fired Mr. Can ning's mind upon this occasion, is what we cannot com prehend or accede to. Of the energies and resources of the country, we do not at all despair. She is, it is true, a giant recover from a vast and fatiguing exertion, to whom, therefore, repose would be more desirable than renewed activity; but still she is a giant, and so far from being ex hausted by past exertions, if it is necessary, the experience of action would only strengthen her means of future exer tion.. To speak more intelligibly, we entirely agree with a writer in the last number of the' Quarterly Review, who states, as we think, very truly-, " - that this country, at the present moment (depressed as it may be) is ten titnes more:' able to support and maintain its present debt, enctits pre sent, establishments, than it Wouldluive been able to . haxe 1 maintained one 7 fourth part of that. debt,. and of those estab lishments, in the reign of Queen Anne." All that we cone I tend is, that peace is the obvious policy of the country; that , the maintenance of it is the duty. of every honest-Governs: ment ; and above all, that to embark. in melees mar, to-say nothing of its injustice, is to ,waste and anticipate those resources,' which wise and :provident rulers would husband against the hour of unavoidable necessity. - - - That - hour, - hi our apprehension, has not arrived ; for though Mr. Cait ning may possess a somewhat romantic attachment towards the country which afforded him an asylum (a somewhat inglorious one nevertheless) from the triumphs of a sue-. cessful rival, it does _not therefore follow that-the country: at large will partake of his enthusiasm ; on the contrary, we are persuaded, that as the momentary excitement subsides; men's minds will gradually sober down into a more ra tional view of things, and no small number Will look back with astanishment, but in vain, for the why and wherefore of the nine days' madness of their past'deliriutn. But still -it does not follow that, taking this view of the matter, vvv. therefore despair of the resources of the country. just as truly might it be said, that a man taunted and urged into litigation, about objects he has little or no concern in, avows either his poverty, his weakness, or the injustice of 'the cause, by wisely and _prudently refraining from -em 'barking in a quarrel with which he has nothing to do. Let the hour of danger, or of real necessity arise,-and-Great Britain will show the world that her powers are unimpair- , ..- est; bat till that period arrives (and, which we had fondly' hoped was far distant) it, is little short - of mere extrava gance and folly, to See her funds expended, and her troop embarked, on an errand on which, if successful, little :even of glory or gratitude is likely to be obtained, and On 'which, should we fail, we shall not have the consolation Of knowing, that our failure will have been unavoidable. —lbid. We recommend to our unbelieving contemporary, who passesi so hasty an opinion on the Archbishop of Toledo's Exposition to the-King of Spain, which we published is our Paper of the 'lsth mat., the perusal of a letter on the same subject, which we have this day- inserted in our co lumns. It equally deserves - the attention of our readers in general;-as corning from one 'of the most distinguished of the Spanish Exileiin r this country, a 'venerable Ecclesi astic, whose le'ariiing and liberal sentiments are alreadv known to the British public. Don Joaquin ,Lorenzo. de. Villanueva, a native of the-kingdom of Valencia, was edu cated for the church, and, at the early age of eighteen, ob tained a professor's chair in the Seminary of Orihuela. His profound knowledge of his own, and some of the Orientallanguages, obtained for him the appointment of Member of the Royal Spanish • Academy; and after ob taining the Crois'of Charles 111., and being chosen Ho norary Chaplain of Charles IV., he obtained . a Canonry in the Episcopal Church of Cuenca. In 1808 be followed the popular cause of his. country, and in 181() was elected a Deputy to the Cortes for the province of Valencia. In this assembly of the Delegates of the Spanish nation, he contributed by his talents, and sanction, to the formation of the Political Constitution of his country. lie strenu ously advocated the abolition' of the Inquisition, defended the rights of the People, and co-operated, by every means in his power, to curtail the exorbitant revenues of the Church of Spain. He was anxious that the labourites classes among his country Men should be relieved from the enormous exactions of the Clergy, and the people at large educated in a manner conformable to their respective sta tions. The liberality of his principles, displayed during the whole period of the Revolution against the French, pro cured hiM some enemies aMons , the higher dignitaries of the Spanish Church; - and in 185-ls on the return of Ferdi nand from his captivity in France, Canon Villanueva was immured in a dungeon, at a time that a similar. habitation was - prepared for many others of his countrymen, for the mere crime of, having laboured to promote the deence and regeneration of their native land. At the end of twenty months' close confinement, and_ when . no other charge Could he produced or concocted against him; except what could be gleaned from the public JoUrnals of the Cortes, the King .cut short the proceedings instituted against him, by issuing a Royal and arbitrary Order, command ing the Canon to be confined.. as a recluse, in the Con- , vent of La Saleeda,_ during a period of six years, at the same time depriving him of his benefices,. sequestrating his property, and prohibiting him from receiving either visits or letters. No punishment could have been more unjust and tyrannical.• La Salceda is a Convent of Recluse Minor Friars, situated on the mountains of Alcarria, in the pro vince of Guadalajara. It is built on the side of a broken hill, anciently called Del Infierno (Hell.) The place is cold and dreary, and the building extremely inconvenient. In 1820, when the Constitution was was re-established in Spain, he was again elected a Deputy to the Cortes, for the province of Valencia. In 1822, he was named the Ambassador of Spain to the Roman See ; and, in the following year, when the liberti es o f hi s country were a secon d time over thrown, he 'sought an asyl um among us , and, at the ad vanced age of 72, has n o t cease d emp l oy i ng hi s p en on various topics connected with the welfare of his country and of Britain. It is curious, but not the less true, that the pretensions of the Court of Rome have always found a greater number of opponents among the Clergy of Spain than those of any other Catholic country (as our readers m ay see from the Apology for the Catholics, by Dr. Geddes); and the same liberal principles which the Spa nish Ecclesiastics generally maintained at the Council of Trent found en advocate in Dr. Villanueva, when the Ca tholic Bishops were lately examined by the Legislat ure .— On that occasion, he appeare d in print as the opponent of several of the views of Dr. Doyle, which he considered too favourable to the pretensions of Rome.—Morning Chron. It is far from being creditable to France that her late Ambassador at Madrid, De Moustier, should not only escap e without ignominy or punishment, but should even il)e allowed to take, without reproach, an active share in the business of the Legislature. Either Charles the Tenth and the French Ministers have pledged their word and their honour-to the grossest falsehoods, or this de Moustier has violated the dutieShe had to perform, and betrayed the trust reposed in him, with unequalled im pudence. Is Charlei X. indifferent ,whether those who represent him - at . foreign Courts - disgrace his royal name or not 7 Can any Miniiters think themselves safe if their diplomatic agents may thus counteract them with impunity ? Can any Government hope to be respected by its neighbours, if its accredited functionaries may with safety violate all their instructions ? We do not attach much political importance to the impunity of De Moustier, as an indication of the present policy of France; for the policy of France is guided by her interests; and though cabal has still much power at' the Tuileries, and though, among the caballers, whose - influence is' not the least con siderable, there are many who would protect De Moustier, yet the intrigues, which would Suffice for that purpose, would not be potent enough to drive the Government into a career full of_mischief to their country, and of danger to themselves. But though court intrigue saves De Moustier from Court punishment, where is the spirit of freedom in the French Chamber of Deputies, that they do not-runke :him answer for his conduct ? Why is not an investigation of his proceedings instituted without - delay by the R . epre sentatives of the Nation ? Had an English Envoy acted as this man has done, how our Parliament would have re echoed with indignant accusations against him; and how vain would have been every , attempt to shelter him from overwhelming disgrace.,--:-.Sew The reports of Ferdinand's warlike preparations make but a slight impression -on us; nor do we regard these preparations even if real, as an y sure i n di cat i on o f a - pun -, pose to defy our hostility, and that of Portugal. In the first place he has, in his domestic situation, ample cause to collect an armed force, if he can find troops on which lie can depend. He has so mach to dread from his own sub jects, that the means of repressing their efforts are highly desirable to him. At present he trusts to'his French al lies; but, if he' derives security from their presence, he is also,- in a considerable degree -subject to their tutelage ; and his wayward caprices - hay-Ay no means the free scope, which the unrestrained 'disposal of , a military force of his own Would enable him to give them. Secondly, -even if Ferdinand: is perfeCtly aware that lieuntst yield, and' has made up his mind to submit tollkkiirrini*reqUire of him, it is natural"' that lie'Shou - Td" endel:votti to tiaire his dignity ,and his pride as, much as. 4- can. . His >ears.will.gladly assume the disguise of reason . ; and he will ,pretend to do, 4 . 1)f his own accord that which, in-1ue442 extorted from him by a- sense of danger.:: „He:. will., be apt to imagine that bltistering nntl, - •:a ,Iblustering attitude, will give dignity to concessions which would otherwise cover him with disgrace. He has- even - enough of mean cunning not i tabe above the fraud of pretintling to muster 'warlike ar maments; in order - to draw Mistiey from all who would he to contribute to a holy war of bigotry and des potism, against the freedom of neighbouring countries. If, therefore, Ferdinand and -his Ministers were beings guided by reason, we. should see,_in ,the course of conduct which • - is imputed to them, nothing inconsistent with a purpose to yield to the reasonable, demands of rather than to risk a War with her. Reason,howaver, has little to do with their affairs.—lbid. - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE, GUILDHALL.— Marge England, awell-dressed young man, was charged with forging and uttering a .cheque for 340 /. It was proved by Mr. Booth, clerk to Mews . Hanbury'a, the bankers, that a cheque - for 3431:, dated - Oct: S, 1626, drawn in favour of Mr. William Wright, and purporting to be signed by Mr. Sewell,, a hap merchant, theAprongh,, and who kept an account at their bons*, yiee, ort`the..4th October, presented to be easbed. 800/. ; note and fo,rty - ce_sovereigns were paid to, the person who prelsente4the.cAeque...4l . e.had no recollection of the paid )se m person to whom he,Paie outx,_ nor could-he swear that the :signature_ to the cheque Wa,s not A:4 , Setsrell's. hand-writing. Mr. Shepherd, assistant to Mr. Hawley, jeweller, in the Strand, said, that on the evening of the4th of October, the pri soner came to Mr. Hawley's shop, and purchased a watch and appendages, which amounted to forty-four pounds, and he paid for it with sovereigns.. -When la...Tulle(' out. his money he ob served—" I must take care thialarge note.". The witness inquired the amount of it, and the prisoner replied that it was a - SOO/. note ; that it was too much to ram. about at night, and that he would be glad if witness would take care of it for him until the morning. Witness consented, and took hie address, " William Parker, Princetiplace, Kennington." Next" morning the prisoner called for his note, and observed, that he Was going to see his father in Northumberland, and he selected a watch, ehaitrand seals, value about thirty;five pounds, as a pre tent to his sister, and requested the witness to deduct it from the note. Witness asked the prisoner if he had any objection to accompany him to the Bank to get change? He answered, none, whatever, and away they went, and got four 50/. notes, and one for 1001. The prisoner received the difference, after. paying for his second purchase out of the 1001. note, and re quested the witness to take care of the 601. notes until he returned from the country. Mr. GATXS, the solicitor for the prosecution, said he could bring forward other evidence to prove that the signature to the cheque was not in Mr. Sewell's . hand-writing. The prisoner was therefore remanded. It is understood the prisoner was formerly in Mr. Sewell's employ, as Clerk. On Saturday morning the prisoner presented himself at Messrs. Banbury's, and gave himself up as the titterer of the cheque, and he was immediately given into the custody of Mr. Cope, the City Marshal: He seemed quite calm, and un mindful of the awful punishment that almost uniformly awaits such offenders. MAJILBOROUGH-STREET.—A man named George Page was charged on suspi c io n of h av i ng comm i tte d a robbery on Fri day last, in St. James's-street. The prisoner was observed among the crowd which was assembled at St. James's Palace, on Friday, and one of the officers saw him drop a packet-book ; he was taken into custody, and SOL in notes and sovereigns and also a gold watch were found upon him. The owner of the , pocket book, a gentleman named Fell, of Wanstead, Essex, came to the Office yesterday, and identified the pocket-book as his property, but no person attended to claim the other property, which the Magistrate ordered should he restored to the prisoner in the - course of a week, and he was committed for stealing the pocket-book. Tw o other persons, named Thompson and Brown, were also charged with surrounding sevetal persons, and attempting to pick pockets. On Brown were , found a gold watch and some cove reigs ; and, on the other prisoner, were likewise found a watch and some gOld coin. They were committed to the House of Cor rection as rogues and vagaboruk WOR S 111 P- STREET. —CH Aan r. or Ausog.—Yesterday Mr. Holden, charged on suspicion of having set fire to his house, in Great Cambridge-street. Hacktry-road, was again brought be fore the Magistrates. Mr. Andrews and another gentleman; who reside opposite the defendant's house, described the appearance of the place. They had entered the house en the alarm being given. On the landiug place of the first- floor, they observed the straw spoken of by Mr. Angus and Mr. Yates. There was none on the stairs, and but a little en the landing. It appeared to have come there by accident, and would not have been sufficient to set fire to the house. Elizabeth Barnett, Mr. Holden's servant, said, she bad laid the cloth, a n d was preparing for dinner, when the alarm of fire was given. Mr. Holden conveyed her mistress, who was in a delicate situation, to the Wellington public-house, whither she faowed them. _ _ The landlord of the Wellington being examined, stated, that Mrs. Holden was brought to his house in a fainting state by her husband, who was in a state of great agitation, and said his house was on fire. The witness immediately went tothe spot, and enter ed the house. He saw a small quantity of straw on the first-floor landing, and which did not appear to have been placed there for any particular purpose. Several persons of unquestionable respectability came forward to speak in favour of thedefendant, and they declared lie was incapable of suck conduct as he was sus pected of. They also spoke to the value of the furniture in the defendant's house. gentleman, w h o i s agent to two of the A f irs t-rate Fire Offices , said, from his knowledge of the defendant, he would gladly take his insurance even now. Mr. HOLDEN accounted for the straw being seen in the house, by stating, that he had opened a hamper of wine a abort time before the fire took place. He could not account for the con flagration in any other way than he had already stated, namely, that the flame of Mrs. Holden's candle had communicated to the bed curtains. Mr. TWYFORD observed, that the defendant was fortunate in holding such a high character as he had received; but, as doubts had existed, the inquiry had been very properly instituted, and h e *as glad it bad proved so favourable to bimo—Pischarged. IAYING THE DEVIL. In one of the small interior towns of New England, where the superstition of our ancestors still possesses a strong hold on the minds of the people, the facts oc curred a few years since on which the following tale is founded : An honest farmer and his family, preparing to celebrate thanksgiving at his wife's father's, in an adjacent town, were hurried and confused extremely on the day preceding that festival, by the multiplicity of things which must be done before they could leave Home with safety. The house was to he banked up, and the gleaning of the harvest, cab bages, turnips, &c. put into the cellar, that the external entrance thereto might be closed for, the season. Having carried in the vegetables, the boys were despatched to the barn for straw to fill the passage way, while the good man himself was busied on the opposite side of the house. An old ram, the horned patriarch of a large flock of sheep kept on the farm, having got a taste of some of the scattered leaves of the cabbages, unobserved entered the cellar, and silently continued his feast. The avenue through which he had entered was immediately closed up, and all the necessary work and arrangements being completed the larger boys and girls set off on foot in high glee, the dog turning and barking before them, apparently as well pleased with going to grandpapa's as any of the happy group. In the afternoon of the day following the festival, which had been kept under the paternal roof with many devout and jovial exercises, the family returned home, accom panied by some of their young cousins. Some of their youthful neighbours of both sexes were invited in, and a merry thanksgiving carousal was in the full tide of succes ful operation, when one of the boys who had been sent into the cellar with a little two wick'd candle, which gave just light enough to make darkness visible, to draw cider, run back into the room, with eyes glaring wildly, uttering a half-sutfocated exclamation, " the Devil is in the cellar!" ' t Pooh," said the father, " you have only been frightened by your own shadow; give me the light." On which he seized the candle, leaving the candlestick clenched fast in theahaking hand ot the boy, and boldly rushed into the cellar stairs., but ere he had descended half the steps, the large saucer eyes and enormous horns of the beast, caused him to retreat as much terrified as his son. " Sure enough the Devil is in the cellar !" The utmost confusion and Uproar now prevailed in the house. The good man seized the great Bible, and attempted to read, but the candle ",sputtered," burnt blue, and threw so feeble a light -on the saered:page, and 'the book trembled so much in the hands of the reader, that he could not distinguish one word from another: 'The little children cried, and clung to their mother—the lasses nestled to their favourite swains—and the whole house shook with the agitation of its half demented inhabitants. One bright thought, how ever, occurred; a messenger was despatched for the mini ster to " lay the DeVil." The parson, a man more celebrated for good nature, piety, and credulity, than for talents or heroism, slipped the small Bible into his pocket, put on his band and surplice, that he right appear as formidable to his great adversary as possible, and hastened to the relief of his distressed • pens If toners. On coming to the house, the reverend man was hailed as a deliverer, and implored by at least a dozen voices to " drive the devil away." But a few moments were lost in asking questions which no one could answer, before the parson was pushed forward as a leader, lighted by the same pentirioas candle, into the cellar, the most courageous of the company keeping close behind him. When ho reached the foot of the stairs, the eyes of fire, and the :hadowy , outline of enormous - horns , magnified tenfold at least by the terrors of those who beheld them, removed az doubt, if ,any had previously existed - his mind, as to the. infernal nature - of the being with whom he had to contend.. The divine instantly fell on his knees,. and with uplifted hinds begin to pray in the most, fervimt I manner. The ram, not understanding the good man's mo, tiVes, bait supposing by the motions of his hands.that be was daring him to a butting contest, made a pass with all his might at his supposed adversary; but, deceived by the swelling dimensions of his drapery, missed the slender body of the priest, and drawing hastily back to renew the assault, hooked one of his horns into the belt of, his aur plice, and pulled the parson with ,him into, the. cellar ! While thus in the power: of his victorious foe, lost to hope as it regarded himself, the • natural benevolence of his dis position burst forth in the exclamation, "Brethren, take care of yourselves, the devil has got me." This exhorta tion was better obeyed than any that he had ever delivered frorn the pulpit ; his friends fled, and left him to his fate. Among the company was a shrewd young farmer, who had from the first supposed the fiend .to be nothing more than some domestic animal ; but being a lover of fun, and willing to see a comedy, he. kept his thoughts to himself,- and pretended to sympathise with the others in their fears. - He now thought it time to interfere, and snatching a pitch pine knot blazing from the fire, expressed his determination to rescue the priest, or perish in the attempt. 'A lovely young damsel laid hold of the skirts of his coat c --ao4 the , cry of " don't" proceeded from every part of the room. into Unheeding thi s ki n d concern f or hi s safety, he rushed into time e e v s e tl l i a lg r, gl s i e n i g ze a d n t ii h n e al ra u m p by one calling t o o r horns, theo and as draggedtns h e d parson, " follow me." The -,horned Devil was led in triumph, followed by the evanqnishe silence dePclesia and d hanging midst of the company- A momentary down the heads e nsued. The past scene, how. ver, was too ludicrous to admit of sober reflection, and 1011(1 pe a l s ' of laughter bu rst from ever y side, (hiring which the rain was turned out of the door, the parson absented hims e lf without ceremony , and the s p or t s o f the evening were re sumed with better spirits than before.—Grecnock Advertiser.' A woman was found dead on the road-side near anzheen nu Monday.— Waterford Chronicle. The last number of the Carlisle Patriot relates be tween twenty and thirty eases of robbery in that City and neigh bourhood. The New Club House for the United Service is to be erected upon the ground which at present forma the East wing of Carlton Palace ; and it is to enable the architect to commence his building with the least possible delay, that thatend of Carlton house is to be taken down first. MRS. TAGG'S CHRISTMAS Pi E. —The following we believe to be a correct analysis of a Pie made at Christmas, at the King's Arms Inn, Eccleshall. It contained a goose, a-turkey, a hare, a brace of pheasants, a brace of partridges, a couple of rab bits, a couple of pigeons, and two tongues ! These articles wete all prepared after Dr. Kitchener's best style of the culinary art, and without a single bone to interrupt the process of mastication. This unrivalled pie, when completed, was two yards long, seven eighths of a yard wide,' and five-eighths of a yard in depth.— Staffordshire Advertiser. On Saturday last, at the Bell Inn at Ranskill, near Bawtry, Yorkshire, two valuable horses, belonging to Mr. Mason, of Stilton, had stopped, and being suppered up for the night, were left by Mr. Mason's servant, as well as- by Mr. Palian's hostler, perfectly safe to all '• appearance ;, but the hostler, some time afterwards, having occasion-to pass by the stable, and observing a great smoke issuing from it to was induced to open the door, when he found both tke horeei dead, they having been suffocated with the smoke.' - Hew to account for the acci dent the landlord And his servants are at a loss, as Mr. Mason's man, as well as the hostler, left the stable (as they thought) per fectly sa fe. The horses were immediately got out, but life was quite extinct in both. Mr. Palian had in the same stable a va luable stallion, which shared the same fate, STRATHEA RN - HIGHLAND SOCIETY. The Strathearn Highland Society held their third annual hall and supper, at Muthill, on the evening of the 25th ult. in celebration of the birth of Albrick, son and heir of the 'Right Hon. Lord and Lady Gwydyr. On this happy occasion the company was nu merous, and fully, equipt in the Highland garb, generally in the Drummond of Perth tartan, which rendered the tout ensemble lively and Interesting: At the proper boar there was a cessation of the merry reel and the life-inspiring notes of the pipe, when the whole party sat down to supper—Mr. R. Menzies, Crieff, in the chair, Mr. C. Campbell, croupier. After many loyal and pa triotic toasts were drank, among which were the healths of Mr. Canning anti Mr. Brougham, the evening was spent -in the full spirit of Highland hospitality,—Fife Herald, Printed and Published hy'lll. YOUNG, at ohs SUN-ODIUM, Nu, 112, STRAND. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, THURSDAY, Jay. 25. B a l e s, W., Newmarket—Eagle, Cambridge-11 Black, W., Liverpool—Mr. Houghton, Liverpool-12 Blogg, W., Norwich—Norfolk Hotel, Norwich-3 Featherstone, F., Liverpool—Lace and Co., Liverpool-1 Halls, S., Stowmarket—j(ing' s Head, Stowmarket-11 Jarman, E., Holcombe Bogus, Devonshire—Three Tort., Tiver ton-11 Jones, T., Criekhowell—Castle, Breeon-1 2 Knowles and Co., Gorusrsal—Blaek Bull, Gomersal-10 M'Kengie, H., Walsall—Woolpack, Birmingham -11 Marsden, G., Cartworth—Court-house, Leeds-1 1 Shave, J., Stonham Aspal, Suffolk—King's Head Inn, Stow, market-3 Ring, S., Bristol—Mr. Smith, Bristol -11 Rowlinson and Co., Liverpool—George, Liverpool -11 JAN. 26. Adcock, H., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham -11 Bales, W., Newmarket—Eagle, Cambridge -11 Bateeou, J., Wortley—Court-house, Leeds-10 Blogg, W., Norwich—Norfolk Hotel, Norwich-4 Child, A., jun., Waleot—Angel, Bath-12 Carr, J., Wyersdale, Lanrarhirs—Mr. Woodburn, Preston-11 Drury, C., Whetstone, Leicestershire—White Hart Inn, Hartle bury-4 Flower, T., Melkaham—White Hart, Bath-11 Gibbs, J., Chard, Somersetshire—Office of Messrs. Llyett and _„ Ha C ll o s ; , J ß ., lis S t a 9 w l— sto i n—Bl a ck Bull, Cambridge-1 .1 Halls, S., Stmemarket—King's Head, Stowmarket-11 Hartley, R., Penrith—Angel, Sheffield-11 Hawker, A., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham-11 Helm, G., Worcester--Crown, Worcester-10 linnt, J., Cholsey—Lamb, Wallingford -11 Ikin, J., Hoehead, Mirfield, Yorkshire—King's Head, Rudders field--10 Ives, C., Cumberworth—Packhorse, Huddersfield-0 Jones, 0., Liuerpool—Golden Lion, Liverpool-1 Marsden, G., Cartworth—Court-house, Leeda-11 Miles and Co., Rock mill, Painswick, Gloucestershire—White Hart, Bath-3 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Linooln's-km-Fields, JAN. 26, AT NINE. Abbott, C., Fleet-street, victualler Crawford, W., Iloundsditch, sealing-wax manufacturer Daffey, J., Westminster, hatter Duthie, T., Fetter-lane, bookbinder Kingham, A., Bailey, Herta, painter Dankaton, W., Drury-lane, victualler Atlanta, R., Shadwell, leech-dealer Meldon, S., Saffrim-hill, chemist Mercer, T., Bow-street, comedian Metham, R., Islington, silversmith Onion, T., Deptford, baker Probin g J., Lisle-street, gun-maker Shaw, T., Coin-cross, cheesemonger Spencer, webiine, L p sg*b b enebekham, ,coemoachmuaaakseterr LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 91d. for the 41b. Loaf—There are others who sell from a halfpenny to two pence halfpenny below that price. :PRICE OF SEEDS.—Jan. 22. New English 13.-d Clover Seed (per Cwt.)--_,,,„ 665. 7Ss. fine 70s. 75e. Old Ditto 445. thie 50s. 6Ss. New Foreign 665. 60s. fine BSc. Ms. Old Ditto 28s. 40s. tine 4u 45.. New White 525. Ws - . Sue BAc. Mg. Old Ditt0...,.,. New Trefoil Old Ditto,.,„„ Rib Grass , 30s. Ms. tine 46a. UV 28a. 954. Sae 3*. 365. 7s. 12s. tine 10s. 245. 28s. fine 323. Mc. Lnglish Carraway Send S5s. 395. fine --s. Foreign Ditto Coriander --s. 284.305. new 46.40;. St. Tom (per Quarter) . -s. 42/4 445. fine -s. Rye Grass ••••••••••••••••••••••••WW.WIliWo . *•••••••••••••••••41, 259. 30s. new 504. 41.*. Pacey Ditto Sds. 425. new 406. 4.56. Linseed, fur feeding -e. as. 41s. tine 435. Ditto, /or . 8. gis . 38 0 . tin e 39 5 . Canary Seed, New-90c 105 s. tine 110 s. -s. -e. -s. fine -s. White Mostar/3 Seed -4.....-(per -s. 12s. 14s. the -4. Browri Ditto a . 166.. 20s, fine 2244 Turnip Seeds, Green and Red Ditt0n...»..... •••••3. 445. 404. Aim -e. Taros, Old 7r. 0.1. o'. 6d. tine Os. 04. ... . ...New -s. in. One 12s. 134. Rape Seed, English, fine (per Laat) 241. to 261. Foreign 221. to .25,/, PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown Refined f 0 Linseed Oil --- - Ski Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand _ l5 Rape Cake, per ton 3 10 WHITECHAPEL HAY INIARKgr.—Jarl• 0,1. to 105 s. Od. I 0(1. to 38s. Clover .----- i/Os. Od. to Ott PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.) an. Pockets. Rags. Kent 4/. 06. 4!. 156. to 61; 06. Kent « 31. 84. 41. Os. t o 5/. 03. Stusex 31. 16., 4: Is. to 4!. 103. Soisex 3 4 3 3 . 3!. 103. to 3/. 103. e;.4/1 133. to 5L Essex.., 31. 06. st , Ifis, to 41. 10s. Varnhatn, fins (Pockets) 1. la. to 8/ 12 i. — Seconds. W. 0 3 . to 7/. N. PRICE OF ,P°T,....,..AT°4---477 .t. ;0s07: totaone(cl7o.t. O. to 4.. 10e. ditto. Yorkshire K t Oxnobles and Shawl wow..**•••••••* al. 5, 3 , t. IN. ditto. Per lb, PRICES OF LEATHER. a. d. Per lb. d. d 20 to 21 , Tanned Horse Hides...—. 12 to 16 22 to 23 Spanish DIU .13 to SO 13 to 15 . Per do I:, to 18 Calf Skins—. 86 to 40}11. 16 to e 4 131 to Ir. Ditto - to 700). 22 to 27 15 to 17 Ditto 70 to SOIb. 26 b? 22 17 to 19 Sisal! Seals, Greenland— 18 to 2 8 u tu,„,.,......50 to Wk.,. tßto----00 to Dresslog Floe Coach Hides Crop Hides, 15 to 44)1b.,_ Ditto—..--45 to 50Ib 1 )itto RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. s. d. Per Stone. s. d. s. d. Best Heifers aeti Steers 210 to 3 2 Ordinary d 0 to 2 4 Middlings ue 2 6to 2 8 Market (227-. 7 0 each. SHEEP SKINS. Downs2s. Id. to 3s. Od. f Lambs...N.od. to Oe. Od. P011ed..., SA. tad. to 54. Od , AL MANKET.—Jan, Burdon 33 0 I Ilebburn 3•2. 6 lleworthPrimrosell 0 Holywell 3'2 0 Killingworth 33 6 Ord's Itedlingli 26 0 Old Walk er 31 0 Po atop W ndso 26 6 0 Tanfield Moor 33 0 WallaDulßewieke3s 0 W. E. Brown's,—,, 33 6 Ships at Market, 1. d. W. E. 0reen'5......33 0 W. Hilda., 32 6 W. E. Nevnnarchlit 3 W. E. Northumb. 34 0 W. E. Riddell's 34 6 W. E. Russell's 33 6 W. E. Walker.-- 34 0 Tantield Trader.,, 33 0 Cowpen 30 6 Culm Pembr:.7 26 0 Hartley a. d. Stone Coal Chriitia4o Lyou'a Main 53 6 Nesbani Main— 99 0 Walls End Helton fol 0 W. E. I.aznbton 31 Walls End Lyons 32 0 W.E.Ravensworth9o 0 W. E. 9pringwell 2a 0 W. E. Stewart's-81 0 Itt!”elysidetton's 11A, fihips sold, - Walla s si--unsoid, 81. A Stiow.—A fat Southdown Sheep, weighing 2001b5., has been transported from London to Paris, where Monsieur Mouton is made a show like the learned pig,. at floe . (Inauspiciously named) Rue des Boucheries ; which seems to promise a catastrophe to the neck of our country, sheep, and a greasy feast to the citizens of Paris, of the nature of which their long-legged wethers can have given them no idea.—Lit. Gasetts. Printing was not introduced into France without ao - ne difficulty. In 1470, three German Printers went to Paris ; they took with them some specimens of their art. and even com posed in the pretence of.thy Sorbonne. It was reported, and be lieved by the people, that they practised magic, and the copyists, who were very numerous, and whose interests were at stake, pre sented a Memorial to the Parliament against them. The Parlia- Ment, by a decree, caused their books' and work to he seized ; but Louis XI. interposed, heard the affair in Council, and the Gentians were paid the value of their works. BIRTH. On the 20th inst., at Deptford, Airs. Henry Thornton, of 4 daughter. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Ann's, Blackfriars, by the Rey. the Rector, John Frost, Esq., F.A.S., of Emmanuel Wier/ Cam bridge, and of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, to Harriot, only daugh ter of the late John Peter Yosy, Esq., of Berne, and niece to Colonel Brooke. On the 19th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Gray, William Grey, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Eleanor, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Ge neral Ker, of East Bolton, Northumberland. ' DIED. On the 13th inst., after a severe and lingering illness; the Lady of Sir Charles Ibhetson, 134 rt, of Denton Park, in the Coynty of York. On the 19th inst., at Copt Hall, Hendon, John, the third and youngest son, aged 14, of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Nicoll. On the 20th inst., at TOrquay, Devon, Miss Katharine Low, daughter of Alexander tow, Esq., of Aberdeen. On the 21st inst; in Hatton-garden, Anthony Robinson, Esq., in the 65th year of his age. • On the 20th inst., at Goodhurat, Mr. Webb, aged 95-. -On the 14th inst., aged 86, Mr. Charles-Mills, of Burford, Oxon, baker.