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of him by they m on the othe r I and Langley d the other two • Johnston said said " Burk e iitness i nto the he felt a kn ife td the knife cur ; his hand 03 Eglinton wet e less cried au' t door shut to, out witness in?' Witness co o t; t , he gave t he ° n up stairs , a a s were torn sev eral holu s to the proe m defendants t° what was t k i e he matter---Y°j for the defend' )n. ed that he he . 1 and 2 o'cloe x daughters, vbs°s ar while witt' e ab ressing thro,;,,.t street all no , Os t He never et whom he as that day s arse of Satu rag Ile lying e. into custoi under 1% 10 dence, as 't Atle , t m eqt was ither side), „, s fatal, so Isri; for the assatiie !ould not go IS DY.) A lf.) rcP!'',l , o a ate, s a v l d ,oo„,site„ e r. natognot c'e a ` but 00"'. 0 "‘V' 1,2 ro. v Y.) . , j ,o exys c 1 L recci` t' a POP t i cCiAs do ' ntirev S. tY ) ' )v 4 P er or! f doll tar. of 0 ( 0 " t icCeloarse o tio s' 1) 0.„ 0 • 1g De rice v e "" ing• L . itle uo tio ‘ ceil 1110 , s we ( 4 ' ,llO Art' ri d fe e cf r o O f , 1 1 ) .c e s i s "iwO o f ;; SP 9 ' il' ;jef e" t ot b e 1 , , /' 40 0053 fo r the r r schis rif as . 0 ( 0 0 0 , a t too) lIV ceivi P e e , o f y ra t or t ear l / V e t. 0 LITERATURE. SI R W. SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS. VOL. VII. e i o te Mr Odell, Edinburgh. 1834. • r C , adell h as d one goo d serv i ce to the cause of literature by the republication, in their present cheap, airnodi ous , an d e l egant f orm , o f Si r W a lt er S co t t ' s r ose Works. Those who know this illustrious author, only 8 a poet and a novelist, know not one half of the various P°lvers of his intellect. His learning was scarcely sur- P h assed by his imagination, and in the wonderful facility !l ad of applying it, we know not where to look for his equal. The edition now lying before us of his prose nr°ll s) will, when completed, include all the iniscella lie°lls criti c i sms , an d memo i rs , and fragments of his tand essays on Scottish and other antiquities, that a re scattered through upwards of a hundred different publicati ons . Si r W a lt er , it i s well known, was for a Quarterly of y ears an a l mos t co nstant contributor to the rarterly Revi e w. In its most palmy days his proli the Pen lent it it s c hief lustre. We shall never forget delight with which we devoured at one sitting that ` lll roirabl e art i c l e on t h e " C u ll o d en P a p ers ," in which th e auth or p oure d f or th w ith a prodigality that seemed a bsolut e l y i nex h aus tibl e , an d w ith a freshness and vi v° eity of spirit that acted on his readers like a spell, u his stores of anecdote—research—character—and se ntiment, that bore upon the wild, eventful period of v Forty-Five. His account too of the manners of th e primitive Highlanders, with which he opened this •1. ended essay, was to the full as fascinating, if not as 1111 posing in its style, as Gibbon's con amore, but frag mentary details of the nomadic habits of the Asiatic Tartars. In the same publication appeared that gene 'Us and discriminating criticism on Byron, which ;X • oited so much attention at the time, and can never to be looked on as a master-piece. But not only e Quarterly, the Edinburgh Review was also, in 1 , earlier days, assisted by Scott's indefatigable pen. eit was, if we mistake not, who contributed the a blest notice we have ever met with, of Maturin's woman, or Pour et Contre." Now, all these valu able essay s are, it seems, to be incorporated in the pre aent edition, which, as it contains, in addition, Sir waiter's biographical and critical accounts of Swift an d Dryden ; his notices of the British novelists ; his f at. famed essa y s on c hivalry and the drama ; on Sir 'alph Sadler's State Papers, and on the early min strelsy of the Scottish Border ; to say nothing of his g l owing and chivalrous Life of Napoleon, which has 4 ' l th e advantage of his latest and most careful re- Ilsi °ns, will form the completest edition of his prose W °'ks that has yet been projected. That the work is M eeting with a prodigious circulation , we are not at all "Qrpri se d at; for out of the twenty-four volumes, of Wh ich it is to consist, there is not one in which the le ader will not find something to amuse and instruct hi 4 . Scott's prose style—whatever Mr. Bulwer may a llege to the contrary—is as full of grace, ease , an d fi e xibility as it is possible to be. Even his abstrusest 'nat ters of information are conveyed in that free, trans parent manner, which at once enforces attention. el'e is nothing stiff, dogmatical, or perplexing ua bout him. With the lore of the scholar he combines th e polished ease of the gentleman. In fact, he is It Can the only voluminous author on record of whom C an with truth be said, that he never wrote an un t t ea dable book. His very worst attempts are superior 1 ° the best of most other writers. The reason is this. 1 6 mixed himself up with no literary coterie ; adopted eccentricities of thought or style ; was no pedantic, th °iste re d sc h o l ar ; b u t t oo k a warm , active interest in e world a b ou t hi m . His prose works are a hive of Wisdom,tit which will carry down his name to the re :test generation. It is something to have the w o r ks such a man in a collected and revised form, embel ?d also with the landscapes of Turner and o ther 4 -rate artists, at the comparatively insignificant price of l five shillings per volume ! 17 OYAGE OF THE CHANTICLEER. 2 VoLs. R. Bentley. 1834. This work is not only interesting from the extensive and novel natur e of its scientific researches, but also front its consta n t succession of incidents, which, in some respects, . are as romantic as any contained in Capt a i n Cook's m e morable fourth "and last voyage of discove r y The expedition of the Chanticleer to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, under the command of Capt. lenry Foster, was undertaken by order of the Admi ralty, and was in every respect successful, except as regarded the gallant officer in command, who was accidentally drowned when proceeding to his ship in 4 canoe, near Panama. The particulars of this fnelan • oly event are thus given by Mr. Webster, from whose private journals the present volumes are drawn up : 01 :` The observations for th e difference of longitude by the ronomet ers had been made ; but the rockets fired by Lieu lienant Williams from Mount Algoroba, although the weather i i a ti been in every way favourable, had not been seen. It was, 3 , l9e ver, most important that they should be observed, and Ptain Foster determined on crossing the isthmus again, an , e order to make sure of seeing them, to station a party at % Ne es. Things being thus arranged, Captain Forster left e Chanticleer on Friday the 28th a second time, and took a t at toe on th e , 28t h o f J anuar y, an d proceded, as before, direct °l' Panama. " Captain Fo rs t er , on leaving the Chanticleer, was cheer doebaad gay; but gave me his keys, ordered me to pay his t ts, and bequeathed various articles, which he most valued, to friends. " It is quite right to make preparations like t s e," he said. Then, half recanting, his conversation be -aloe jocose. tqs " In the morning the officers breakfasted with him, and all ti, enthusiasm and glee. He had made particular prepara tio-as for going up the river in his gig, entertaining a strong aver- T 1 to th e rr rascally " can ; but on his arrival at Cha- Vs altered his determination, and took a canoe. Lieutenant vili dian is was again despatched with rockets to Gorgona, a ti a ge on the river Charges, and as his notes contain informa and are connected with the melancholy event which en ', I have again availed myself of them. * '5 '5 * * About five in the afternoon, the canoe having just passed a Pid, Capt. Forster suddenly rose up from the party saying We w ould go and s ee what the man abaft was about. They ti re reclining beneath the awning of the canoe in conversa -411,4s Captain Foster crept out at the after part of it. Being ti „,ie of it, with his feet resting on the gunwale, be incau e:c3tY seated himself on the awning, which had no sooner re illtfoted his weight than it gave way, and he was precipitated the riv er . Th e no ise of his fall was heard, and Mr. Fox 11 1 ; his coxs wa i n , Peter Veitch, instantly plunged after him. th e ' their noble efforts were of no avail. The current' swept before rapidly from the spot where the accident occurred , F doefore she could be turned round to regain it, Captain 't : te r ws seen sinking, with uplifted hands, to rise no more ! a l Per a ished our unfortunate commander. * * • We were obliged to stop during the night, as the canoe likc;, W ere unwilling to go down the river by dark. At day the ‘ , "e proceeded down the river till I met Mr. Collinson in aw - gig, t;-ho was then sweeping for the body. After we had rapide for a b out two h ours , we observed two canoes paddling ~ alon g . one passed without taking any particular no ea ttl ° ' r but' another man, in the canoe that was following, me 11 P, shouting t • us in English. 414 )1 , 4 ', sh e approached - u.!''nearcr, he said in Spanish something % el ; C aptain Foster ; immediately caught at it, and h ask h ed d h f im lea e (supposin g that as it was now days since e a l al- Fanovered board) that the body had floated; he replied, ata p ace Palamatio Nueva. We immediately g - , Ot down the awn- Hhow everand the men stretched out with all their 14 4 ' We had not proceeded above half a mile, when „he bow -1111 called e 9led out, Good God, Sir, there is the Captain 1' We -th e eLdiately laid in our oars, and proceeded to the spot wherb l i vet 7d Y lay. There was an old tree that had fallen in the ur aeci a:d the body of Captain Forster was lying between the ,41,,5, surrounded by Turkey buzzards. oft "oen we examined it, we found that one of the shoes was and that a fillet of wicker-work was made fast to the left its' t and there appeared no doubt but that some canoe had had 1 11 . 0 te w. I immediately desired the coxswain to feel for the w i i t i ? t neters ; we found, however, that the right hand pocket, off , I ,eh Captain Foster carried his own watch, had been cut four',(lll,_e.other was left. We then felt his other pockets, and his observation-book and purse gone. He had, how -1141 but in it that could in the least benefit them, as he ver n ut two or three dollars when he left Cruces, and a Go , a ibl e — , e j l t hill. It was the wish of Lieutenant Austin, if pos.. .-oat the body should be towed to the ship ; but, on con 'that Vogether, we consicitzed it in such a decayed state, ship, _ lt tOlt possibly be the means 'wed particularly as the men had lately bringing a fever into the „:rn so much here e„and.exposed. We therefore towed the bo,-4,‘, across to rPosite bank, and having left the ship in a hurry, we were obliged to dig the grave with the loose thwart and an axe. When every thing was prepared, we placed it in the grave, and covered it over with the union-jack. " Having no prayer-book, we were unable to read the burial service ; but we reflected on the event, and considered it as a warning to us all that, but a few days before, he was among u 3 in health and spirits, laying out plans and arrangements for his future guidance. Alas ! how futile become all our anticipa tions ; for, how truly may we say, " in the midst of life we are in death." His grave was quickly filled up, and wattled over so as effectually to prevent any beast of prey from being able to get at the body. The spot lies nearly half-way between Palamatio Viejo and Palamatio Nueva. There is one lone tree, close to the spot, on which is nailed a board with this in scription cut out with a knife :—' Commander H. Foster, his Majesty's ship Chanticleer, drowned in Chagres river, Feb ruary sth, 1831.' We left the spot as soon as possible, and started for the ship, which we succeeded in reaching at two that morning." From the period of the Chanticleer's arrival at Rio Janeiro on its way to Cape Horn, down to its return home, these volumes are full of incident and adventure. The accounts, in particular, of the Hottentots, of the storms at the Cape of Good Hope, and, above all, of St. Helena, its rocks, and its once celebrated Long wood, cannot be read but with feelings of deep interest. The residence of the Imperial Exile is now, it seems, inhabited b) cow-herds, and his state-apartments have been converted into barns and stables T. Mr. Webster's reflections on this humiliating change are penned in a worthy spirit, without the slightest parade of sensibility or false enthusiasm. The accounts of Terra del Fuego, often as this desolate region, the home of the tempest, has been described, contain much that will be novel to many of our readers. We subjoin a descrip tion of the Fuegian women : " The Fuegian men are an indolent race of beings ; they cultivate no ground, and, like the women, take little or no exercise. The riches of a Fuegian family consist of a canoe, a dog, and their fishing tackle. They are of a chubby appear ance, generally well conditioned, of moderate stature, but ra ther inclining to be short than otherwise. They have no beards, and only a few short hairs on their upper lip ; they have dark glistening eyes, with long, fine, and soft black hair ; their teeth are white and regular, and the calves of their legs are very small. " The Fuegian women are rather less in stature than the man ; they are also stouter, and have slender wrists, with ra ther small hands and tapering fingers. which they use with a gracefulness not to be found elsewhere among their class in the scale of the creation. Their habits are simple and inof fensive ; their general demeanour modest and becoming. They are remarkably quick in speech, and imitated our words fre quently with considerable success, repeating what was said with great rapidity. They have a filthy habit of daubing soot and grease mixed together on their faces; they disfigure their legs with streaks of a white pigment, the principal ingredient of which is grease ; they also anoint their hair with a mixture of grease and red ochre ; all of which tends not a little to ren der the vicinity of their persons by no means desirable. They wear necklaces made of shells, the principal of which is a little red snail-shell ; and their persons are also decorated with various bone ornaments strung together. The onl) em blem of cleanliness which we could discover was the jaw of a porpoise, for it appears that the minuteness and regularity of the teeth enable them to use it as a comb, a contrivance which cannot be considered but as highly creditable to these people. The children are in general pot-bellied, but good looking. " The women, as is the case with most other Indians, are the obsequious servants of the men, their idle lords and mas ters. They paddle the canoe and fish, while the men in dolently look on ; in fact, the women perform all the laborious duties which belong properly to their male companions. The first canoe that came to us after our arrival was paddled by two women, while the men in her were idly looking at us " In taking leave of these volumes, of which, had we had space, we would willingly have given a more ex tended notice, we must not omit to mention that they are profusely embellished with engravings from designs furnished by Lieut. Kendal, and by a map tracking the course of the Chanticleer from England to Cape Horn and South Shetland. The book is written throughout in a concise and unaffected style, and is full of valuable matter, especially to scientific readers. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1834/ COURT CIRCULAR. The King gave audiences yesterday at St. James's Palace to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Charles Manners Sutton, the Marquis of Winchester, Lord Hill, the Right Hon. Cutlar Fergusson, Sir William Woods, and Sir Alexander Woodford. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Privy-gardens about eight o'clock yesterday morning. The arrival of Sir Robert was soon afterwards communicated to his Majesty and the Duke of Wellington. His Grace paid a visit to the Right Hon. Baronet in the morning, and remained with him upwards of an hour. The Marquis of Chandos called upon, and Lord Granville Somerset had an interview with, Sir Robert. At two o'clock Sir Robert went to St. James's to have an audience of the King, and on his return visited the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Rosslyn, and Lord Ellenborough, at the Treasury. No Privy Council was held yesterday, but summonses were issued last evening to a number of Privy Counsellors to attend a Privy Council this day at St. James's. Count d'Aglie, the Sardinian Minister, visited the Duke of WOington yesterday at the Treasury. It was rumoured last evening that a communication had been despatched to Lord Stanley. The consecration of the Rev. Dr. Allen to the bishopric of Bristol, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, took place on Sun day, at Lambeth Palace. The Bishops of London, Worcester, and Chichester, assisted at the ceremony. Lord Charles Wellesley had arrived in town from Ireland. The. King has caused it to be intimated to the Westminster scholars that he will attend the third representa tion of their Latin play, the Eunuchus of Terence, on Mon day next, with the Duke of Wellington, &c. His Majesty made this promise in reply to the invitation of Mr. White (on the part of the school), the son of the Magistrate. Sir Robert Peel is in excellent health and spirits. He was accompanied by Lady Peel, who travelled eight nights out of the eleven occupied by the journey. Lady Peel accompanied Sir Robert to Dover, but being unable to proceed further at the time, from fatigue, re mained at the Ship Hotel, but was expected to arrive in town last night. Lady Manners Sutton has been confined to her bed for several days by severe indisposition, supposed to have been occasioned by the anxiety and fatigue arising out of the cir cumstances of the late fire. The accounts yesterday were favourable. The late Duke of Gloucester's fatal illness is said to have been brought on by his Royal Highness imprudently following his favorite amusement of shooting, while labouring under previous indisposition. _ . A paper was found open in the escrutoire of the late Duke of Gloucester, containing a request that the process of embalming might be dispensed with, and that he might be buried in the sheet on which he died. The Very_ Rev. the Dean of Tuani, senior Chap. lain to his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, ar. rived in town yesterday from Ireland. POPULARITY OF THE DUKE.—Amongst other evidences of feeling respecting the recent change of Ministers, a circumstance occurred at the Ashby Castle, Northampton square, on n Saturday evening last, when, after a supper at which 52 gentlemen were present, it was proposed by an indi vidual to drink the health of the Duke of Wellington. This proposition was negatived by 49, there being only three hands held up in its support. The gentlemen who frequent the above house are of great respectability. Captain Benjamin, of the brig George Washington, informs us that the planters of Surinam were under great ap prehension about their slaves, numbers of whom had stolen boats and got to the English side, where they were at once made free. The inhabitants had applied to the Governor, who sent a cutter and several boats to prevent the negroes escaping. —New York Advertiser. Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, two flank com panies, belonging to the Royal Scotch Fusileer Guards, of the 2d battalion, lying at Knightsbridge barracks, marched for Windsor, for the purpose of attending the funeral of the Duke of Gloucester. W. 11. Elkins, Bookseller, of 85, Lombard•street, City, begs to inform the public that he continues regularly supplied with the Hamburg Import and Export Lists Price Currents, &c., &c. ; that he has also on sale all the Lists of Drawing of the 64th Hamburg Great Lottery. The Earl of Pembroke's stud on the Continent con sists of nine carriages and thirty-five horses. The extraordinary beauty of his equipages astonishes the Parisians. PAROCHIAL APPROBATION.—At a recent vestry meeting of the trustees of the poor of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, George Ward, Esq., the upper church warden, in the Chair, the following novel resolutions were u n:tnimously agreed to :—Resolved, " That this Board, taking i nto e L ;:tsideration the arduous and manifold duties confided to the Magistfates, are unanimously of opinion that the conduct of Samuel Twyford, and Robert Edwards Broughton, Esqrs., of the Police-office, Worship-street, in the administration of the laws for the relief of the poor, has been most honourable to themselves, and highly valuable and advantageous to this parish, both as regards the consideration always evinced towards the rate-payers, and the humane attention paid to the necessitous deserving poor. And that they be requested to accept the cordial thanks of this Board for the same,—That a copy of the above resolution be fairly written, and presented to each of those gentlemen, by the churchwardens and clerk." In accordance with Clioabove, Stayn es , one of the beadles, on Saturday made application to Messrs. Twyford and Broughton, who were sitting of Worship-street office, fcf them to appoint aday.nl most n st i su L it , ahle to themselves for receiving this 4ppointeil Choir vnt l e v d b o s rsh i ;p 4 s, a after (Tuesday)consnl attipg deputatio n together f or a few min form, anti ~"in two o'clock, BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, DEC. 7.—The Monitcur Belge of to-day publishes the Cordereau of 182 bonds, of the value of 2,520 francs, each redeemed at the average price of 98f. 98c. per cent. foi the redemption of the Belgian loan of 100,800,030 francs, which bonds were publicly cancelled at Paris on the Ist of December 1834, in the :presence of M. Charles le Hon, Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of the Belgians, of Messrs. Rothschild Brothers, bankers. . _ Several journals have announced that petitions addressed to the King had been found in the possession of various shopkeepers in this city, among which were many which ought not to be exposed to the curiosity of every body. The Moniteur contains an article in which M. Vinchent Secretary-General to the department of the Minister of Justice, confesses the fact ; but be adds, that it is the con sequence of an inconceivable piece of negligence, since express injunctions were given to those who had or ders to make the selections to keep back, that they might be preserved, all papers that were not sim ple requests. As soon as he was acquainted with the fact, he caused the papers to be taken back, which were voluntarily given up, a very small quantity only having been used. The provisional arrest (at the instance of a banker of this city) of Mr. Samson, son of a rich banker at London, for the enormous sum of 200,000 francs, has just been con firmed by a sentence of the tribunal of Brussels. The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting of to day, discussed several articles of the Communal Law up to the 119th inclusive, which were adopted. The Minister of Justice introduced three projects of law, after which, there not being a sufficient number of members to delibe rate, the Chamber adjourned.—Brussels Papers, Dec. 7. GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, Nov. 28.—Yesterday eveninc , the Directors of the Steam Navigation Company received, by an express from Constantinople, the news that the Maria Dorothea steam-boat, Capt. Viconti, bad arrived safe at Constanti nople on the 14th of November, at eight in the morning. This steam-boat was built at Trieste, andis intended to ply between Constantinople and Gallacz. It left Trieste on the Ist November, and performed the voyage from Trieste to Corfu in sixty-two hours, from Corfu in Zante in six teen, from Zante to Smyrna in fifty-two, and from Smyrna to Constantinople in thirty-four hours—that is 164 hours in all. The remainder of the time was spent in landing and taking on board goods and passengers at Corfu, Zante, and Smyrna. On the next day (Nov. 15) the steam-boat left Constantinople to return to Smyrna, and will for the pre sent continue to ply regularly between these two cities. Our funds are rising again, as it was to be expected they would do, as soon as the speculators had recovered from the surprise caused by the unexpected news of the change of Ministry in England. VIENNA, Nov. 29.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 99S ; Four per Cent. ditto, 90/ ; Bank Shares, I,274.—Allge miene Zeitung, Dec. 4. PRUSSIA. In the official calendar published under the superinten dence of the department of foreign affairs, the royal families of Spain and Portugal are omitted this year, whence it is in ferred that the Prussian Cabinet is resolved not to acknow ledge at present the existing governments of those coun tries. A speedy recognition of Don Carlos by the northern powers is even spoken of.—Nuremberg Correspondent, Dec. 1. • ALTONA, DEC. 2.—We hear that a company has been formed by inhabitants of this town and of Hamburg, to es tablish a line of telegraphs to Cuxhaven, in order to have the earliest shipping intelligence from that port at all times of the year. The line would be in the direction of Uelersen, and thence across the Elbe to the Hanoverian territory. WARSAW, Nov. 28.—Yesterday about noon Warsaw was favoured by the long-wished for arrival of His Majesty the Emperor and King, in excellent health, closely sur rounded by the people, who welcomed their kind Father with tears of joy and loud acclamations. The monarch went to the citadel, which he inspected, and then retired to the parade, where he reviewed the troops in garrison here, with whose appearance he was en tirely satisfied. The Emperor, accompanied by Field Marshal Prince Paskewitsch, then went to the palace, and honoured the lady of the Governor with a visit, after which he proceeded to the Belvidere Palace. The joyful inhabitants of Warsaw surrounded the carriage, in which the august Sovereimn drove about with out any escort, and filled the air with their acclamations. In the Belvidere his Majesty received the general officers, the Russian bishop, the Catholic bishops, the members of the Council of Administration and the COuncil of State, and at 8 o'clock in the evening set out for the .fortress of Modlin, now called New St. George's fortress. The whole city was illuminated in the evening. —Warsaw Papers. COPENHAGEN, DEC. 2.—His Highness Prince Fre derick William Charles Louis, of Hesse Philipsstal, died here on the 30th Nov. The Court has gone into mourning for four weeks.—Hamburg Papers, Dec. 5. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 26.—We have still a tempera ture of sor 6 degs. below the freezing point. Since the 17th, the ice has become so solid between Orancan-Daum and Cronstadt, that it may be passed without any danger. OnEss A, Nov. 11. The Nicholas I. steam boat, which has arrived in 47 hours from Constantinople, has brought private letters, which state that the plague was no longer so violent in that city, though there had been more new cases on the 3d than on the Ist and 2d. The Peter I. steam boat, which has been built in England for the Go vernment, arrived here yesterday. PRUSSIAN FUNDS—BERLIN, DEC. 2. St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent. 94% 90% Pru,:..ian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent.... 95% 95% FOREIGN EXCHANGES. On Amsterdam, 250 florins, 2 months 140% Hamburg .300 francs, 2 months 152% London l/ 3 months 6 25'4 Leipsic 8 days Frankfort 2 months lO3 LA Petersburgh...loorubles, 3 weeks 3O 1-12 —Prussian State Gazette, Dec. 4. ____ HAMBURG, DEC. S.—BORSEN HALLE.—The return of mild weather, and the consequent opening of the naviga tion, have tended to depress the Corn Market, and all the principal descriptions of Grain are heavy at the quotations. Rapeseed is• eagerly sought for, and for Peas of the best quality, the prices quoted may be had. From the 22d to the 28th ult. twenty-one cargoes of Corn had passed through the Sound. Of these, fire were bound for England, three for Holland, ten for Sweden and Norway, and of three the destination was unknown. Rix-dollars. Rix-dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white ... —to Oats, Upland., .... ........ —.to red ..... .... 75 to 82 -- Mecklenburg 4O to 42 .—. Marks 7B to 84 -- Lower Elbe 35 to 38 Mecklenburg -- Holstein Lower Elbe 64 to 85 Buck Wheat to Rye, Mecklenburg -- Holstein ----- Danish to Tares 95 to 112 Barley, Anhalt to Rapeseed to ------ Holstein --- Lower Elbe 4B to 53 Linseed ditto to During the week 154 lasts of Wheat have been imported, 46 exported, and there remains on hand 6,400 lasts. Stock of Rye remaining, 1,250 lasts. SUGAR.—This week the business done in raw Sugars has again been extremely limited ; in yellow Havannah alone has business to any extent been done. Of refined some very large parcels have been sold at the quotations. Bahia, White, fine .7 4 to 7% Havannah, Yellow, fine... 7 to 7% mid 7 7% mid. & ord 6% 6% ord Brown, fine 64 6% Manilla, Yellow 6% 6% mid 6 6t, Refined, fine .... 10 1014 ord. 5% 5% finemid 0% 9% Havannah, White, fine mid... 8 8% Melis, fine 8 8% ord ... 7% 7% English lumps in loaves 7 7% CoFFEE.- , --The sales of the last week are estimated at -5,2, 0 bags Brazil — 4% to 5% 3,1u0 bags St. Dom ngo 5 to 5% 1,40 Padang 4% to 4% 700 bags Havannah Funds have remained nearly unaltered since our last. The market is without animation, as appears to be the case with most of the markets from which accounts reach us. In Vienna prices have recovered, which tended to give greater here. Discount, 25.; per cent. End of November, Anglo_Danish Loan, three per cent 73 Aliglo.Russian lO2 Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 1121 95% Ditto, ditto, 1831 95% Ditto, ditto, 183 9 Certificates Polish Bonds Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares, 1832 167 Ditto Metalliques 90% Ditto 4 per cent.. oi i i i . Ditto 4 per Cent. (1834) Spanish 3 per Cents 954 Spanish Cortes (A. F. Haldimand and : ons) Ditto 4 per Cent. 46 Dutch 2% per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents Portuguese Regency, 5 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent. —llamburg Reporter, Dec. 5 . ! 46q The living of St. Giles, Reading, has been bestowed by the late Lord Chancellor, upon the Rev. Mr. Barham, a relative of Earl Thanet. Another paper assigns the living to the Rev J. C. Grainger, vicar of Bramshaw, Wilts. RAPIDITY OF CONIMUNICATION.—Advices from New York of the 2d of October were received in Liverpool by the Victoria ; answers were returned by the Caledonia, which reached New York in 26 days ; and replies to those answers were received on Saturday last by the Britannia, thus com pleting three communications between Liverpool and New York In the tinexilmpleci 01911 ;pace of q 5 days.—Ziverpoo? Albion. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. B.—We have had a renewed inquiry for Cotton to-day; the tr4?lo,aetit:m are? iI ( TCYPT , confined to about 2,000 bags, at ra ther prices : The particulars are 4cl 4aranhams, at ; a feW Pernams, at 14d., and the remainder American doscririgns ? at 9 f icl. to lOid. per lb, STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN TOWN AND COUNTRY. ST. PANCRAS. A numerous meeting of the Southampton Parochial Committee was held last night at the Queen's Head and Artichoke Tavern, Albany-street. An address to his Majesty on the present state of public affairs was agreed to, and put in course of signature. ST. MARGARET'S AND ST. JOHN'S, WEST MINSTER. On Monday evening, a highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster, took place at the Prince's Head, Storey's-gate, to take into consideration the steps necessary to be pursued for the purpose of calling, immediately, a public general meeting (at which their Members should be invited to attend) upon the present crisis of political affairs. Mr. MILNER was unanimously called to the Chair, who briefly explained the object of the meeting, as detailed above. It was ultimately agreed that the two Members for Westminster should be invited to attend the public meet ing, and the following resolutions were moved, seconded, an carried unanimously : " Resolved, That this meeting views with astonishment and dismay the contemplated appointment of those men to the Go vernment of the country, who have invariably shown them selves hostile to every species of improvement, and have uniformly supported acknowledged abuses and corruption, both in the Church and State. . " Secondly, That the meeting feels confident, in order to prevent anarchy and confusion, and establish permanent peace and order in society, the right of the many must be conceded, and that the present improved state of society demands an ex tension of all liberal political principles. " Thirdly, That the meeting pledges itself to oppose, by all constitutional means, the return to power of that faction pledged to oppose all improvement, the Tories, and to support those men only who will unflinchingly advocate household suffrage, short Parliaments, and the vote by ballot." After several inhabitants had addressed the meeting, thanks were voted, the Chairman briefly returned thanks, and the meeting adjourned. STOCKTON. A public meeting of Reformers was held at Stockton on Monday last. Though called at a few hours' notice, the Freemasons' Lodge, in which it was held, was, at the ap pointed hour, crowded to excess, by a most respectable au ditory. The utmost unanimity pervaded the meeting ; not a dissentient voice was heard, all being convinced that safety is to be found only in union. Their great object, as was happily stated by Mr. Hardcastle, was, " without mincing the matter, to drive out the Duke." Demonstra tions such as these will be sure to effect that object. BARNARD CASTLE. A meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of Barnard Castle and the neighbouring district, was held in that town on Wednesday last, for the purpose of taking into conside ration the propriety of "addressing his Majesty, at the pre sent momentous crisis, when the liberties of the subject are so much endangered by the threatened return to power of the bitter enemies of all Reform." Though the handbills giving notice of the intended meeting, were only published on Monday, the attendance was most respectable and nu merous. The meeting took place in Thorngate, where com modious hustin g s were erected for the accommodetion of the speakers. The speeches of Mr. Pease and Mr. Hutt, as reported in the Durham Chronicle, are both excellent ; and we regret that we cannot find space to transfer them to our columns. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. BATH.—We much regret to be informed, that Mr. H. W. Hobhouse has been so injudicious as to reject the ad vice of his brother, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, not to divide the Reformers of Bath at the ensuing election. Mr. H. Hob house has, it is said, expressed a determination to contest the election to the last. This is not the conduct of a Re former. General Palmer and Mr. Roebuck, both tried Reformers, and the sitting Members, have announced their intention of coming forward again, " if the lamentable dis missal of the Ministry should lead to a dissolution." The return of both is, we are happy to hear from the best infor mation, certain. BOLTON.—Colonel Torrens has announced his intention of offering himself again, in the event of a dissolution. Mr. Bolling and Mr. P. Ainsworth are also expected to offer. COVENTRY.—Mr. Morgan Thomas again offers himself ; the Reformers, at a meetint , held on Monday last, resolved " that it would be wise and politic to make common cause to secure the return of Messrs. Ellice and Bulwer."— Aris's Birmingham Gazette. CHATHAM.—colonel Sir Archibald Christie, who com manded fifteen years at Chatham, has been requested to offer himself as a candidate for Chatham, on Conservative principles, in the event of a dissolution.—Standard. CHATHAM.-Sir C. Wetherell will not come here ; and the Tories may now keep to themselves, for Captain Byng does not want them. Friday a meeting was held of the members of Captain Byng's committee, and also of the In dependent Club, who, forgetting all minor differences, have cordially shaken hands together, and resolved to support the Captain. The Government nominee for Chatham is Sir John Poo Beresford. CORNWALL.-It is probable that no opposition will be offered to the return of the four Liberal Members for this county, but we suspect the chance is too small even to be tried. No opposition will be offered to the return of Sir Wm. Trelawney and Sir Wm. Molesworth, for the eastern division. DURHAM.-Mr. Harland, M. P., for the city of Dur ham, has declared himself a candidate in the event of an election. The Hon. A. Trevor has also declared himself a candidate on the Tory interest. We observe that the report of the retirement of Mr. Bowes from the represen tation of South Durham is contradicted.—Sunderland Herald. DUNDEE.---A great meeting was held, in the Magdalen yard, at Dndee, on the 3d inst., at which 10,000 persons were present. Provost Kay took the Chair, and Bailie Symon, Mr. George Milne, Bailie Christie, Mr. John Penny, Mr. Lindsay, &c., addressed the meeting ; and an address, similar in spirit to those already specified, was unanimously agreed to ; as was also a motion in approba tion of the conduct of Sir H. Parnell. ELGlN.—Similar addresses have been agreed to by the Elgin Town Council, the Elgin Guildry Incorporation, the six incorporated trades of Elgin, by the inhabitants of Tain, Nairn, Wick, Peterhead, and a number of other places, too numerous to mention. HAMPSHIRE.—The following statement is extracted from the canvassing books this (Saturday) evening. Ports mouth :—Lord Palmerston (in positive pledge), 97 ; Sir George Staunton, Bart., 100 ; John Fleming, Esq., 35. within the walls of Portsea :—Palmerston, 99 ; Staunton, 103 ; Fleming, 53 ; Compton, 32. KILMARNOCK.-A great meeting has been held at Kil marnock, at which 4,000 persons were present ; the Pro vost in the Chair. A series of spirited resolutions, and an address, embodying them, were agreed to. LYMINGTON, DEC. s.—We have had rare doings here this week. On Wednesday there was a meeting of the friends of Fleming and Compton, the Tory candidates for the southern division of the county, in which our retiring member, Sir H. Neale, took a conspicuous part, assisted, of course, by his friend Mr. Mackinnon. Our independent member, Mr. John Stewart, has not been idle. He has been received throughout the borough with the greatest kindness, and cheered in his progress by many additional promises of support. Mr. Stewart is a moderate reformer. It has just been announced that James Weld, Esq., the brother of the worthy proprietor of Lulworth Castle, in tends offering himself on the Reform interest, in opposition to Mr. Mackinnon. If he does, the present reform candi date, Mr. Scott, will merge his own claims in making com mon cause against the common foe. Mackinnon's party have finished their canvass in the town. They look very glum. MACCLESFIELP.—We do not hear of any opposition being intended to the return of the present Members, Messrs. Brocklehurst and Ryle. MONTROSE.—Captain Ross has announced his intention of retiring from -the representation of this district of burghs. Mr. Chalmers, the new candidate, will, it is expected, be the successful candidate against Mr. Leader, of London, connected with the manufacturing establishments at Mon trose formerly belonging to Mr. Moberly. ROSS , -SHIRE.—The following letter of Sir George Mackenzie to his tenants, is published in the Inverness Courier :—" I have been asked (says Sir George) by the agent of Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, whether it would be dis agreeable to me that a canvass should be commenced among you. I replied, as I did not interfere with you myself, I should not reckon it civil that any other person should at tempt to bias you one way or another. You are free and independent electors, gentlemen, and the only advice I can presume to offer you is, that you make no promises of sup port to any one, but inquire into the character and tx_s_le nts of such as may offer themselves as candidates, and give your votes as independent men. If there is to l oap vassing, as before the Reform Bill p.awed ; electors must demand the ballot, that tll,a), Tay 11,e all as independent of their landlords as you are,' and *as your landlord wishes you to be." Sutt4EY—(Western Division.)---We are informed by q correspondent that Mr. Leech, one of the present liberal members of the 'Western Division of Surrey, has inti mated his intention to retire, and that Mr. H. I. F has addressee ; d the electors. der—:--- ' • -- ;; Kiand vacancv. --wig-- Himself to supply the ' eAr, " it i trathuana s addressis very moderate—not promising very much, but perhaps sincere in the pr o mises and op -. ,nions which he gives. We understand that he is expected by the electors to become a worthy successor of Mr. Leech. The other candidates in the field are Mr Scarlett and Mr. Hankey ; the former an avowed Tory, the latter a pretended liberal, though, in fact, as much a Tory as the other. SHEFFIELD.—SamueI Bailey, Esq., has taken the field, in opposition to the present Member, Mr. Buckingham. STAFFORD.—Captain Chetwynd again offers himself, and Captain Gronow, it is believed, has the same intention. Rumours of other candidates are afloat —among them a member of the Bagot family, Mr. Farrand, &c. Sir George Chetwynd has stated that he shall not again offer himself for any place, his health not being equal to the duties of a Parliamentary life. ' STIRLINGSHIRE.—A most numerous meeting of the elec tors of the Western District of Stirlingshire was held at Balfron, on Saturday last. Mr. Jaffray, Captain A. G. Spiers, Mr. John Ure, Mr. A. Lyle, Mr. W. Weir, Mr. G. Muirhead, Mr. J. Neilson, Mr. Leslie, and many other gentlemen, addressed the meeting. The numbers are not stated, but it is described as " a vast assemblage," ranged in great order, with flags and banners, and bands of music. The address agreed to, expressed " astonishment and re gret" at the dismissal of the late Ministers. ST. ALBAN'S.—It is most unfortunate that Sir F. Vin cent should have been prevented, in the first instance, from taking the field with Mr. Ward. Had he done so, we do not hesitate to affirm, that the return of two liberal candi dates would have been certain. In the absence of Sir F. Vincent, Mr. Edward Grimston came forward, and, al though on the second day, the Reformers started against him Mr. Muskett, the banker, who was induced to offer himself by a requisition, calling upon him to fight the battle in conjunction with Mr. Ward, it became evident, after a week's canvass, that the thirty-six hours' start, which Mr. Grimston had obtained, must prove fatal to any hopes of returning two Reformers. Under these circumstances, the same generosity of spirit which had induced Mr. Muskett to take the field, in the first instance, led him voluntarily to quit it, in order to prevent a division of the Liberal interest, which might have engendered Mr. Ward's seat. WARWICK.-At the inauguration dinner of D. Mallory, Esq., the new Mayor of Warwick, held at the Court-house on Tuesday, Sir Charles Greville and Bolton King, Esq., declared their intention of again becoming candidates for that borough in the event of a dissolution of the present parliament. Sir G. Phillips was also present, but did not avow himself as a future candidate for the division.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. ARwicxsuißi.—E. Sheldon, Esq., of Brailes, has an nounced himself a candidate for the southern division of this county. Sir John Mordant is also in the field. It is certain that the two present members, Mr. Dugdale and Sir Eardley Wilmot, will offer themselves for re-election. WORCESTERSHIRE.—CoIoneI Lygon and Mr. Paking ton have coalesced, and offered their services unitedly. Captain Winnington is also again in the field. Mr. Godson and Mr. Phillips are actively canvassing the electors. Party spirit runs very high, and considerable tumult and violence have already been exhibited. DUBLIN. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The Duke has begun his Irish reign in character, by ap pointing Baron Leslie Foster, a Commissioner, to hold the Great Seal. Some of the London journalists express great indignation at this, as if it were a purposed insult to the Irish bench and bar. But the Irish bench and bar are not easily provoked. " The dog will be patient that's struck with a bone," and there are too many of the profession now looking out for bones, to resent any contumely which his Highness, in the wantonness of his contempt, may think proper to inflict upon them. There is a time for all things ; and the time for the Irish bar to feel aggrieved, if it ever had reason to be aggrieved at the fortune of Leslie Foster, was four or five years ago, when the Duke of Wellington made him a Judge. That, indeed, was a stretch of the prerogative. If he chooses to make him a Lord Chancellor now, what matter ? It is twenty to one that he will not confer that high distinction upon so harmless a man. For Leslie Foster is, of a truth, an upright, single-hearted individual, and takes more pains to go right, than half of the brotherhood do, to lead the world astray. If he seldom succeeds in his laudable efforts, nature, which designed him for a Methodist parson, should be arraigned for it, and not the Duke of Wellington, who knows as little about the qualifications of a good Judge as any dignitary of the Irish bench. But the Duke had no intention to insult the Irish bar by this recent nomination. If the truth were known, he has too sovereign a contempt for the whole squad of them, to care about insulting them. His object is more practical, and he adopts no bad ruse to achieve it. He wants to influence the Louth election, by showing in what channel the loaves and fishes may be expected to flow. One of the Fosters (a bright lad too, though he has not been educated for the Bench,) is a candidate for that county, which was represented formerly by Mr. Leslie Foster. This is the true version and plain English of Mr. Baron's Conzmissionership, to which, sans doute, his Highness was advised by his Irish brain-carrier, Mr. Fre derick Shaw. The popular spirit in Louth was lately in a dormant state, and there were divisions in the camp of the people. But this conp will completely rouse, animate, and unite them. The Louth freeholders are more easily insulted than the polished members of the legal profession, and as re-action is a fashionable doctrine just now, the Duke may congratulate himself on having effectually called it forth by the first overt act of his new government in Ireland. Leslie Foster is made a Commissioner, to affix the Great Seal to his kinsman's rejection. DROPPED DISPATCHES. SIR R—B—RT P L TO THE DUKE OF W. Rome, Nov. 26. My Dear Duke—That I am ready to make any personal sacrifice in the service of my country, which can be require' of a public man, will best be shown by the promptt ido with which it is my intention to attend to your all unex P P- Sted summons, and to follow this n o tifi ca ti on o f myse lf w • ; :11 the speed that peculiar circumstances may rende' possible. Thus much in obedience so the Commands of my Sovereign, and considera tion for the claims of Inrty imperatively demand of me. Ex cuse me, if I cautiously abstain from committing myself further at present. I might, if necessary, justify this reserve on the ground of the scanty information you have furnished me with as to the past, the necessary ignorance as to the present, in which, of course, I am at this moment involved, and the speed with which, as to the future, I am to exchange specula tion for personal observation. The young gentleman you have sent, whose name I have now forgotten, is perfectly in competent to give me any verbal information on any political topic. Indeed, he seems to have no idea beyond that courtly circle from which he has been rather irregularly selected for this purpose. You state that Lord Melbourne's Administration, having lost the confidence of the Crown and the support of the people, were at last summarily dismissed on the combined plea of Lord Spencer's death and their own internal dissen sions. That they had lost the confidence of the Crown, is of course as undeniable as Lord Spencer's death, and is proved by the result. The internal dissensions to which you allude, will, I trust, be such as must be admitted by themselves, and clearly of a practical and immediate nature ; because, if merely speculative and supposed, they will of course in the first in stance be denied, and the accusation will rebound against ourselves, when we attempt to form a Cabinet, the recorded opinions of which must, in the present state of party, be an ob vious bar to unanimity. I will not, at this distance, pronounce any decided opinion as to the late Government having lost the support of the people, but much must have happened since I left England, if that support is withdrawn, not only from the individuals, but from their principles ; and if there is, there fore, any reasonable hope that we can, with the concurrence of the present constituency, honestly support in power, those principles which we have advocated in opposition. You will recollect that I stated on the first opening of the reformed Parliament, that " I had no desire to succeed the gentlemen opposite ; that, on the contrary I considered there was a wider gulf between me and office, than between it and any other man in the House," because I knew that the country could only be governed through the House of Commons, and I felt that my opinions were not those which were supposed to in fluence the majority of that House. Since then I am obliged in candour to admit that the most constantly recurring portion of my Parliamentary duty has consisted in aiding the late Go vernments in their attempts to modify the opinions of that ma jority. Without referring more particularly to the decided manner in which, upon all those questions still open, I have declared my opinion in opposition to the popular voice, how could I expect to be allowed in office to take that line, which in conscience I would—in consistency I must—recommend ? You refer to an immediate dissolution as an inevitable re source ; the solid advantage likely to be derived from suela P step you will, of course, by this time have ascertained such indications as you then anticipated -44 di v io: • the Reformers"—" contempt and dislike of •' eons , irom among —and will expressions i n per- These will P• - ..versal desire to see us in office. before I would . son al confidenceg - , far as they go , b e sa ti s f ac t or y ; b u t myself advise hi s M a j es ty t o so strong a mea sure 80 . 'a dissolution, I should desire to see, in detail, that the most unfavourable calculation of our best informed friends in sured us at least a certain majority in the new House. With out such a promise, I would not be the man to throw the whole country into confusion for two months' power. As to the future policy of the Government, which you hint must be guided by circumstances, you will, I am sure, excuse me if I remind you that my position as a politician is rather different from yours. You have in your military character ac quired such an inexhaustible fund of reputation, that upon the accumulating interest of that, your fame will be supported in splendour threugi all inture generations. There was, on the one incident in my public life, to which I always re cur with pain. A successful sacrifice of opinion to expediency was to you additional glory—to me irreparable injury. But change of purpose in one question may arise from honest con iction, whilst a general abandonment of recorded opinions is always stigmatized as want of principle ; and where the first was so sudden and striking as to excite increasing suspicion, ho s fatal to reputation would official apostacy be ! I have now, on the contrary, an unexpected opportunity of vindicat ing, to all posterity, my conduct on the Catholic question. But, tempting as such an occasion is, I will not on that ac count refuse to serve my country now, if I can do it w,th honour and with success. We must not promote Reform for the sake of place. We must take office to restrain, if not re store ; but to obtain power for such an object we may make general professions—but we must beware that the resistance is real, the concessions unsubstantial. This course—the only one which in prudence can, I think, be followed, is, however, beset with difficulties ; surrounded as we shall be with suspi cious supporters and active adversaries : and the fatal objec tion, I take it, will be found, that the people who were impa tient and dissatisfied at the tardy course of Reform on the part of their own friends, will not be deceived by our specious mockery. As I shall so soon follow this letter, I had not in tended to have thrown out on paper even these few hasty doubts. lam obeying your summons with, I own, but very faint hopes of being able to form such a Government as, true to its principles, should at the same time receive general sup port. But as far as lam myself concerned, I must repeat my readiness, for such an object, to make any personal sacrifice, except that of character. I am, my dear Duke, your ever faithful, R-B-RT P—L. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The completion of the buildings intended for the future ac commodation of the Lords and Commons ra , ,,ldly proceeds. The internal arrangements of what is to constitute the House of Lords, heretofore known as the Painted Chamber, are now manifest. The woolsack and throne end of the chamber will be towards the Thames, and at the most distant part from the temporary Commons' House ; and the approach to the House for the King, and to the several seats for the Peers, will be through the door-way from the royal gallery, along which the King used to pass on his way to the robing-room. This, it. may be remembered, is the modern gallery, and was erected by Sir John Soane. The floor of the House of Lords will be according to the forms that existed in the old House. There will be throne, woolsack, table, and beyond the table cross benches, and a bar, below which counsel can appear on ap peals, &c. On each side, gradually rising step by step, there will be seats for the Peers. At the end opposite to diat oc cupied by the throne and the woolsack there is a gal.lery of se veral rows of seats; it abuts upon the building formerly con stituting the House of Lords, now to tie used as the House of Commons. The front row is to be allotted to reporters, with increased protection against the interrup tion of strangers, and additional facilities of ingress and egress. The sides and ceiling of the House are boarded. The Commons Chamber (heretofore the House of Lords) also presents the arrangements in a state far advanced towards completion. The Whole of what constituted the former House of Lords, and beyond it, or behind the throne, set apart for the Kim's robing- room , i s to b e t h e House of Commons ; but thongh - there is the addition of the robing-room to the chamber, and which will be the site of the Speaker's chair, the lower end of the House will be somewhat diminished, to form a member's lobby. Over this lower end of the House there is erecting a stranger's gallery, about where the former strangers' ladies', and reporters' gallery for the House of Lords was con structed, by the cutting of the wall and the tapestry, so that the gallery should be out of the House. Under this gallery will be the members' door. On each side of the House will be seats for the members, gradually rising from the fl oor , as i n the old House ; and o n eac h s id e i s raised a members' gallery, constructed after the fashion, if not of the materials, of the galleries raised for Peers at what was termed the Queen's trial. The semi -circular windows at the summit of the walls, and just under the roof of the old House of Lords, are the chief lights for tie House of Commons. The Speaker's chair will be stationed at the southern end of the chamber_ namely, that end opposite to the members' entrance and the strangers' gallery. The gallery for the reporters will be above and behind the Speaker's chair ; the gallery to be for those connected with the press exclusively. There will be a separate entrance to this gallery ; and this increased facility will have the additional advantage of a ready communication with the reporters' seats in the House of Lords. The long gallery is being fitted up for the Commons' offices the Commons' entrances will be along the former route ; those of the Lords will be changed. TOWER HAMLETS.—A general meeting of this influential borough will be held on Thursday. ACCIDENT TO BISHOP PHILI)OTTS.—WE regret to state that on Wednesday last, as our Right Rev. Diocesan was going down the hill near the four mile stone on the Tiver ton-road, in Rew parish, his Lordship's horse fell with him, and threw him, by which hiS Lordship was severely bruised, but not seriously hurt. The Bishop was immediately con veyed to the house of Ile Rev. Mr. Bond, of Stoke, who sub sequently sent his Lordship home in his gig.__ Western Times. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Calcutta has signified to Government his intention to commence his episcopal visita tion next month, and that, if possible, one of the Government steamers is to be provided for his accommodation. His Lord_ ship's first visitation will be held in the Cathedral in the early part of August, and he will embark somewhere about the 15th or 20th of the month, with his Chaplain and a medical at tendant, for Moulmein, Penang, Malacca, and Singapore, pro ceeding thence to Madras. This voyage, it is calculated, will occupy about six weeks. The steamer will then return to Calcutta, and go back to Madras fur his Lordship and suite about the 20th of February ; so that his Lordship's absence from Calcutta will not extend beyond the month of February. The cold weather will be occupied in visitations in the Madras Presidency and Ceylon. It is his Lordship's intention, after.. wards, to proceed to the upper provinces and to the Agra Pre sidency.— Calcutta Courier, July 2. SHERIDAN KNOWLES.--A friend informs US (would we could disbelieve him) that private letters from New York bring the mournful intelligence that this excellent poet and warm-hearted independent man has had a severe attack of paralysis. These news will occasion wide and sincere grief.—Glasgow Argus. On Monday, Mr. Perkins, of Snaith, surgeon, in company with a Mr. England., and other friends, went out for a day's shooting. TE7 bs:..d not been long enjoying the sport, when, melancholy to r'..tate, by some accident, Mr. Perkin's gun went off, and 'As contents were lodged in the neck of Mr. England, Ito almost immediately expired. An inquest was held "::ne body by Mr. Pearson, coroner, of Selby, when a " .. .n . ict of " Accidental Death" was returned. There is an awful singularity connected with this fatal event : the father of one of the party was, about two years ago, suddenly called to another world by a similar accident from the hands of one of his own sons.—York Herald. CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN.--On Tuesday a bottle, containing the following notice, was picked up on tho shore at Southport :—" Thrown overboard from the packet ship South America, by the passengers, March, 1833, in the Gulf Stream, off Cape Cod, lat. 40, 30, long. 68 west. The finder is earnestly requested to publish this in the nearest newspaper to where it may be found, to show the currents of the ocean, and oblige the pas Angers, as well as confer a be nefit on science." SHOCKING ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, be tween ten and 11 o'clock, Mrs. Petty, an elderly Lady, the wife of Petty, Esq., of No. 22, Brook-street, Grosvenor square, was in the act of descending the drawing-room stair case to the breakfast parlour, having for the first time quitted her apartment after a confinement of several months through a severe and dangerous illness, when her foot failed her, owing to the enfeebled state she was in, and the unfortunate lady fell, headforemost, down twenty three stairs, striking the right side of her head with fearful violence against the ban nisters. Mrs. Petty was lifted up in an apparently lifeless state, with the blood oozing from her mouth and ears ; and on the attendance of Mr. Michael, surgeon, of Duke-street, Oxford-street, being obtained, her skull immediately over the right hemisphere of the brain was found to be extensively and dangerously fractured, and but very slight hopes can be enter tained of her surviving. DEATH BY POISON.—On Monday night an in quest was held at the George, in Market -street, Borough road, before Mr. Payne, the Coroner, on view of the body of Rebecca Mogg, aged nineteen. It appeared from the evi dence of the mother and sisters of the deceased that her bro ther had ran away in August last, and had not been heard of since. SEe reproached herself being the cause, and was con tinually crying. For the last two days she had been delirious, ever since the men had been hanged at Horsemonger lane, when she said she thought of her poor brother. She re mained with Mr. Bennett, in whose service her brother had been, some time after he had, left, but she complained of their always reproaching her for being the cause of his running away. She had a sweetheart, but the intimacy had been broken off some time, and the witnesses did not think this preyed upon her mind. On Friday last she went to a che mist's shop and purchased some arsenic, on the pretence of poisoning rats. The shopman refused to serve her without a witness, and she returned, accompa.tiled by a younger sister, when he put up half an ounce With the word " arsenic " on the paper, as she appeared collected and rational. The de ceased took the poison the same night at twelve o'clock, and died the next day.; Verdict—" Temporary Insanity." TIM Wi...t.ECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.—The brats pans, three in number, which have been r a i se d f rom the wreck by the exertions of Mr. Dean, are 24-`founders, weighing, on an average, 51 cwt., and dated 1742, 1748, and 1759. When first raised they were loaded ; the shots are as clean and perfect as the moment they came from the foundry, and the rope-yarn of which the wads are composed sound and strong. The guns are incrusted with a coat of lime about the twentieth of an inch thick, to which several oysters have attached themselves ; but these, as well as the calcareous coating, separate very easily from the metal, leaving the gun perfectly clean and sharp in its castings. Two of these guns, in addition to the King's arms, bear those of the Duke of Montague ; the other, a Viscount's coronet over a shield, in the upper part of which is a vertical crescent between two stars, and underneath a lion rampant motto, " A Rege Victoria." A few days since some officers of the Victory went on board Mr. Dean's vessel, and fired several rounds from one of these guns. Captain Bagnold, who has carefully inspected them, states that the perfect and undecomposed state in which t'ne gun-metal has remained for half a century suggests As utility as an alloy and it is also worthy of r a e p m pl ar ic k ab , le tha t t o i t v h h e ils s t he t a h t e hin c g ast of iro sh ns shot has been unassailed by' the sea-water, three wrought-iron bars, which appear to have been included in the base ring of each gun at the time of cast ing, are nearly dissolved.—Guernsey Star.