The Sun. — London, England, 1834-12-11 00:00:00

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'D e could do 1 1 . 0 ig for once 111 )sed ..„ any opial !ad of ribi c greatest ar, t Ministry; ac; isle-expec te i i Lt Lnd suppo rt l u i has beh ew f :he hand s ized his poll' ng himself ty t° ith his par,•' and intole' rid alarm th at Or so long 3 const i tu tion 3titutional rid attereP tbe t: tutions o f tr , Lnd it berm unconstittk Y immediate)l his Majeso,, ,, tant crisis -ies as bard is firm be:li:ie incompe!" - nent and Pr; nanent Pea ex presses that party ter." big .sented to low read t )oro ugh ofi" 1.,, L im on an u d is Majestn; ;sible perm,t by the N o charged .nt ,r 1 of Dail' ieral electi°ll," will ele alV ared prep ~,1 promote the )rm!er§ t o t ffenceSO 0 _ e t he g to ts, tant objec SCS • 4 0 E 3 10 to 4 0 4 0 4 1 4 P 4 0 4 15 5 315 l ls I`2 3 15 t - 0 S S, P 4 5 4 10 5 5 0 5.; 4 0 ll' 1 8 Ca 1 04 'i 5 t 0 4 4 5 0 0 48 4 10 1 9 G.'o " 1 4f1. ER ' - ng the been in those w nOW ditiOn is 01 Saunders try , and co.ni 4 0011 ay at sat c h e ep Ld there esiv )n v res i e or t, g the a ... ,,c1et llently d e ll niu T ll NC g 1- 1 , 1 7 5 1. Horac e ,. the In b .on. ro se any aPP• ot er , many e l s r e. n arenc tes are of the var tivi;Oif and ill .1 il eVer til eat piqoP cleP. t ic. CO of than;sionatc 0 c see; tI I 5 bee c, I 0 orag a" .e or Res I fe.Ufa ry, 1 7 5 0 0 ' 5 sb ° P al ° ;be Ifill'atee tbe A P I ded Li 0. 0 1 f aliar l Y . ) o l tibihtYnd, t"-ced ;,akeltie U ')U RTS BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) cQ j 4.. THE KING V. ROBINSON. (11rou SCARLETT (with whom was Mr. F. POLLOCK GODSON) stated the case. It was an indictment for eW ,ght by L against Captainieutenant-Genera Robertl Darling, Governor of outh Wales, Robinson. The o°raplained of appeared in the shape of a pamphlet pub 17about t we l ve mont h s s i nce , an d imputed very gross 7 11 cluct to the plaintiff in his treatment of his privates of ;false Regiment; and it also charged him with having got i and unfounded charges against the defendant, by tocans he was dismissed from his Majesty's service. te l l. ' EARLE appeared for the defendant, and the case is not to terminate till a late hour. INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) ,bt (FROM LLOYD'S.) AL. DEc. 10.—Wind N. N. W., moderate.—Arrived the roe: Britain, Swinburne, from Quebec ; Sarah, Hudson, tt l Far o ; Westmorland, Bagstock, from Calcutta ; and Lady IQt, Prong, from Batavia. Arrived from the River and ed ' Arethusa, and Jane, for New South Wales ; Ca -1(1141e, ullam, for St. Helena ; and Princess Augusta, Pear- I t Or Antigua. The Jane and Margaret, and Cyrus, have b for Charente. The Porcupine remains. ORTSMOUTII, DEC. 10.—Wind N.N. E.—Sailed the Lon -1.44111a, for the Cape of Good Hope. p ImorTit, DEC. 9.—Wind light and variable. ‘itLmotiTit, DEC. 9.—Wind W. to W. S.W. „..1011.r, DEC. 9.—Arrived off port the Sovereign, Griswold, New York. ksroL, D EC . 1 0 .—A rr i ve d th e Goshawk, Laing, from `ll,O Cabello. O t RPOOL DEC. 9.—Arrived the Mary Catharine, Oli , from Charleston ; Pleiades, Wisson, from Pictou ; k t, l iwina, Stewart, from Riga. Off port the Bombay Pac tre'rn Bombay • Pyker, from the Mauritius ; and Mary fro m InLisbon. 1%,,,,, 13 g, DEC. B.—Arrived the William and Mary, Parrott, Vewfoundland ; Sheams, Drysdale, from Bay Chaleur ; OCARDIFF, Bowles, from St. John's, New Brunswick. DIFF, DEC. 9.—The mast-head and stern of a vessel, Md to be a schooner, was seen between the Longlips and VCESTER, DEC. 10.—The Cybelle, which was on shore Severn, has been got off, and is expected in the canal crow. ate George and Ellen, from Africa, is on shore at Formbay. 0 Mary Biboy, Neale, from Bombay to Liverpool, was Ci t i e ;ltilia a day's sail of Mauritius, bound in, leaky, by the la b 2 Eliza Jane, bound to Dublin, put into Lytham with ,"`ge and loss of anchor and cable. P ‘R IVALS AND DEPARTURES AT THE SCOTCH I) WHARFS. WHARF, DEC. 10. —No arrivals or advices.- 4' 4 , at seven e'clock, A. M., the enterprising Dundee, Perth, l ' h °Rdon Shipping Company's splendid and powerful steam- N'undee, John Wishart, Commander, for Dundee, with and passengers. The Peterhead and London Shipping WitZPallY's smack London, JameS Robb, Master, for Peterhead, I t a general cargo of merchandise. tviLLER'S WHARF, DEC. 10. —Arrived the Edinburg h and krn Shipping Company's smack Earl of Hopetown , David t a 'Ma s t er , from Leith, with a general cargo. No depar ti or ad v i ces . kij I IR Arco GLASGOW WHARF, DEC. 9.—Arrived. at five, ki to ' t he Royal William steam-ship, William Chaplain Com fier, from Leith, with goods and passengers. Dec. 10.— vals, departures, or advices. 1111 SELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM k Ci t HOUSE, DEC. 10. 401 Y of Hamburg, Whittingham, from Hamburg ; Me ator, °w " c , Quebec ; London, Pearson, Rotterdam; Dash , Far ; Broughton, Castle, Cape of Good Hope ; La ti Carter, Quebec; Union, Galloway, Harlingen. TERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, DEC. 10 . k h Co lumbine, Corbin, for Hamburg ; Jane, Bell, Buenos i k : 3 ; Active, Whitnall, Dunkirk; Symmetry, Dare, Bor -461; Romul u s, Linder, Bermuda and Jamaica ; Dart, Stra- Vi o 's Ostend; Audilie, Luco, Havre and Rouen ; Princess Itp,T r ia, Cann, Genoa and Leghorn ; Petronella Cathar ina, ( e ling - , Amsterdam; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Rotter tikir; Nelly, Chancellor, Trieste and Venice ; Rosalind , Sin ci Saint Helena ; Vixen, Jennings, Terceira; Castilian cScott, Gibraltar ; Harriet, Marler, Antwerp. D ARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, DEC. 10. ti e :. Croi x , S m ith, f or Jersey ; Medora, W a tson, Malta and hi s f irl a; Earl Clancarty, Williams, Rotter dam ; Active, g 1 1.4141 1, Dunkirk ; Emma, Lyssender, Oste nd, Bru g es, and ett. eLp, -ARE") OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, DEC. 10. V • i tndschapp, Teppema, for Worcum; Adrianople, John 'lediterranean : Maria, Jancillo, tun — elan, Cherbourg ; Neva, Peek, Ne A w e South Wa l es. e, BIRMINGHAM CHURCH-RATE. FOURTH DAY.=-WEDNESDAY Against the rate 1390 For the rate 316 - 7 , , _ Fourth day's majority against the ra t e 1,074 '4l majority against the rate on the four days' poll 3,945 HASTINGS, DEC. 10. 0 4 Saturday last the Reformers here had a meeting at the Cu Hotel, when it was resolved that, should Mr. Herbert \„ ll :rteis b e opposed for East Sussex in the person of Sir T. „Yllson, and the 'l t at the, the Tory clique, with their 20,0001., at his back, freehold Reformers, six hundred in number, favour ' to g° t° the poll free of eense, and in Mr. Curteis's tkat And further, they give notice to those free voters cannot furnish themselves with a conveyance, that they are q u ested to le ave t h e i r na mes, and places of abode at the Swan Hotel, when conveyances will there be in readiness, when the Zof election takes place, to convey them to the poll and k, free. GORBALS POLITICAL FESTIVAL. (From the Scots' Times, Glasgow.) i i As DOWNFALL OF SELF-ELECTION. qee.steated in our last p u blication, the extinction of the self litrtt_l system, was celebrated on Thursday, in this Bar on y, by a public dinner. Seldom has the Baronial iij b :een occupi e d by a more numerous or respec table assem to47,,! and we are quite sure that its walls never contained a ky in which greater unanimity of opi nion p revailed, nor lii, e ev9 choed more cheering sent i men ts on the subject of civil titri:(3' and the progress of Reform. It was indee d a refreshin g 0 4 stration of en li g htened principles, as well as of the pro of -..vss pro ter public opinion ; and it could not have ha pp ened at a season, for the strengthening of the popular cause, which `now assailed by its most implacable and dangerous enemies. Ne e, j elin gs e li c it e d o n this occasion clearly pro ve that the er .'.a , spirit of the country is just what it oug ht to be at such 41 _3 , and if the Tory faction were wise , the y would take t _utary lesson from it to admonish the Dictator Duke, that It .4l 4l Pering, with weakness and ignorance in high places, in ti of looking to the aspect of the times , he p uts every klts to ha zar d, threatens the aristocracy with ruin, and even 4 1 ,,, t , he existence of the monarchy. A few minutes after C'l l i e 7ock, the chair was taken by George Ord, Esq., the o h L Magistrate of the Barony, who was supported IN 3( t he right by the Lord Provost of Glasgow, John \\r . `f,ell, Esq. of - Pollock, M.P., Bailey Fleming of Glasgow, P ror u• Gillon, Esq., M. Colin Dunlop, Esq. of Tollaoss, 4 11 .: sor Nlylne, the Rev. Mr. Johnstone ; on the left by i o b e s Oswald, Esq., M.P., Bailie Lumsden of Glasgow, Ardj, t Wallace, Esq., M. P., R. C. Bontine, Esq., of i4 r , e t ,n, Captain Speirs of Culcreuch, Alexander M‘Gregor, the . ; 'sq., and John Hamilton, Esq. The Croupiers were tq resident magistrates, Bailies Coats, Malcolm, Hedderwick, ki te raig, who were supported by Bailies Craig, Small, of ~,ti t Aa ji rpl l ,a ra i n c ( . l Turner of Glasgow, and Thomas Muir, Esq., lie EATII OF TILE REV. EDWARD IRVING.—On twe lve o'cl oc k instant, at Glasgow, between the hours of eleven and o'cl oc k a t night, in the 43d year of his age , t he Rev. tihi wa rd Irving, of Unknown Tongue celebrity. He was Sen a to the la s t, and his departing words were, " In life or in p s e : I t h I am th e Lord's ;" previous to which, he sung the 23 d J o h i ll in Hebrew, accompanied by his wife's father , t he Rev. Martin. enATllAM, DEC. s.—Yesterday twelve young „r t en from P or t s mouth were drowned by the upsetting of a on their way from Chatham and Sheerness to the Isis.— • eeutvich G a z e tte. Th e th . following singular circumstanc e took p lace ta eti ll the last few weeks : —A number of English, mostly th e I cal gentlemen, now in Paris, being at dinner together, ot lt e pversation turned ' on scientific subjects. A Dr. B. took k en °' his pocket Dr. Herison's lately invented instrument to bi o :Pre the energy of the pulse's impulsions, called the Sphyg 41Ftre : one of the company, Dr. S. in a careless way, and to feed the conversation, stretched ' out his hand to have Iquergy of his impulsion ascertained. Dr. B. examined it %aid wi great care and attention, and laying do wn his instrument, 1 14 ,., th a serious countenance,—" I would not for the world wi t e tt s ueli a pulse." Why ? " answered Dr. S. ; and not a l i t a 4, ll ding he then felt quite well, the ne xt da y he ex p ired in apoplexy !—French Paper. te r „,..., IZL IN is To THE LA DI Es. —An Ame rican writer gr en T 4 s , " I have generally observed t hat women who were eaters were great scolds, and in the last degree selfish." tO: ATA L ACCIDENT.—As the mail was proceeding Wa rds Arbroath, on the night of Monday week, it was upset th o e "ling in contact with a high bank at the bridge of Bal ho4ssie, owing to the lights being greatly bedimmed by the 1•4 1 , froast whi c h prevailed ; and the driver , Ale xander 4:ebinson, was thrown with considerable force from his seat. W ov at first thought little of the effects of the fall ; but they r 0 ,,,, d to be so serious, as he had never sufficiently recovered txlzrethe , injuries he received b a former accident, that he ea on Friday. The passengers and guard, fortunately, escaped 3 • unhurt. The communicator of a paper in the Medical Gazette hihikueB the follo w i ng accoun t o f the Polish Jews :—" If there is a J ew, of livin g fil t h i n human s h ape it is to be found in a Polish ea t , ..wito stalk s up and down the streets in a long g own an d fur his head, nor changes his gabardine 01 it falls piece his body rotted by age. His 10n , ..7 flowing hair falling in Wo uld upon his shoulders, and curling at the extremity, i trisi t , s , eern to offer a fine nursery for the " plica"—a disease ti• .ro m filth. LITERATURE. FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XXVIII. A. Richter. London, 1834. We have read with pleasure the opening article in this number, which is a sketch of the public and pri vate character of Frederick the Great, the greatest statesman and warrior—scarcely excepting even Napo leon, notwithstanding the latter's sphere of action was so much more extensive—that modern times have seen. The character of this founder of the present system of Prussian policy has been often canvassed—often made the subject of indiscriminate eulogy and as indiscrimi nate censure ; still the subject is far from being hack nied, fertile, as it is, in the most startling vicissitudes. The reviewer has canvassed his theme ably and impar tially, though we think he might have entered more at length into Frederick's conduct, during the famous seven year's war ; when, it may be remembered, he opposed single-handed the combined, gigantic powers of Austria, Russia, and France, and which stamped him the first warrior of his day. The great blot on Frederick's memory was the share he took, in concert with Catherine and Leopold, in the first partition of Poland, which was the work of a despot who acknowledged no right but that of might, laugh ing to scorn alike the faith of treaties, and the law of nations. The Prussian monarch it was who first pro jected this atrocious scheme, though it was not carried fully into effect till after his death. On this part of his subject, the Reviewer is somewhat too taciturn. " Life and Labours of Cuvier" will give the reader an opportunity of estimating the talents and Herculean industry of one of the most accomplished naturalists that ever existed. " Languages of the Oceanic Region " is a clever philological essay, though to those who do not take interest in such matters—and we fear they are a large class-.--it will be found rather dry read ing. " Van Artevelde " furnishes us with some curious particulars respecting the revolutionary changes that took place in Flanders, during the dynasty of the two Arteveldes, father and son. We know of few periods in modern history more interesting and eventful than this. On the whole, the number is a good one, and on some leisure day we may be tempted to give ex tracts from it. PROSPECTS FOR OLD ENGLAND! HINTS TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE NEW MINISTRY. are taken from works with which the world has lately grown very familiar. This is hardly worth notice, and would not have been pointed out, did she not sometimes make as free with the original form in which the thought is expressed, as she even does with the thought itself. Take the following as an instance from Lord Byron. Mrs. Hall, in the tale of the " Visionary" says : " How agonizing it is to see a man shed tears ? Women seem in some degree born for weeping ; but in men it appears a convulsion too painful to look upon." This is no improvement of the original which runs thus : " She was a good deal shock'd ; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking ; But there is something when man's eye appears Wet, still more disagreeable and striking : A woman's tear-drop melts, a man's half sears, Like molten lead, as if you thrust a pike in His heart to force it out, for (to be shorter) To them 'tis a relief, to us a torture.", In the tale of " The Mosspits, or the Trials of Agnes Hoskins," Mrs. Hall has made an unwarrant able attack on village debating clubs, and the object of those who endeavour to diffuse political knowledge among the mass of the people. Never was charge more unfounded than that politics have a tendency to make men dissatisfied with their condition, and dan gerous members of society. The introduction of Mr. Owen's name evinces a great want of judgment, on the part of the fair authoress of these tales. To Mr. Owen himself no person can impute bad motives. If his system be evil, he at least knows it not ; and surely the goodness of his intentions might have called forth an acknowledgment from a writer who cannot be sup posed to write tales under the influence of party ex citement. Sirnpkin and Marshall, and Ridgway and Son. Feeling a deep interest in the prospects of Old Eng land, having ourselves given a few Hints to the Duke of Wellington, by which we think he has profited, we were captivated with the attractive title of this pam phlet. Great was our disappointment, when, on opening it, we found that its object was to recommend a remedy for low prices and low wages, the efficacy of which we have the presumption to doubt. But let the author speak for himself : " This would be done by coining the ounce of gold in this country into a greater number of sovereigns than at present, to explain more clearly, say into eight instead of four sovereigns. " The consequence would be, that we should have double the number of gold pounds ; we therefore might have also double the number of paper pounds, without in the least altering our present system of paper money, founded on a metallic stan dard, and exchangeable on demand for gold. " This, then, would double our prices at home, without really altering them as respects foreigners. Our manufactures, as respects foreigners, would still be as cheap as at present; for the price at which they would sell abroad would be estimated by foreigners not in our home currency, but with reference to the ounce of gold. Therefore, when foreigners were nomi nally, in their currency, paying us only 10s., they would still be paying us one ponnd as regards our currency ; so, likewise, when we paid foreigners what we call two pounds, we should only be paying them one pound as regards their currency. The value both of our exports and imports would be estimated by our currency, and the balance in all transactions would be calculated by the same standard of value. Therefore, our foreign trade and power of underselling other nations, so far from being injured by the rise of our prices, would, by our consequent home prosperity, be increased in a tenfold degree." If we might be allowed to suggest an improvement on this plan, it would be that the farthing should be declared by act of Parliament to be a pound ; or, per haps it would be better still, if we went back to the iron rings, which Ccesar tells us our ancestors used as coin when he invaded Britain. The material is cheap (though our author might perhaps not think that an advantage), and the annular form is very convenient Beyond these objections, we know nothing which can be urged against these "Tales of Woman's Trials." They are full of life and character, enriched here and there with whole pages of the deepest pathos. Of the nine Tales, . four, at least, will force a tear from the sternest eye—and tears, after all, are the best and surest passports to the popularity of such a book. Nor ought we in justice to the authoress to omit to mention, that the sympathies which she awakens for her heroines in the breast of the readers are of a pure and humanizing ' nature. The distresses which she describes are not such as exist only in the mind of the morbid and the constitutionally melancholy ; neither are they the re sult of wounded pride, mortified vanity, or ill-starred ambition ; they are real legitimate causes of affliction, and such as only " modern stoics—men without a heart," could hear without emotion. In the " Trials of Marian Raymond," the authoress is most happy in her delineation of scales and feelings peculiar to Ire land and the Irish. She evidently understands the Irish character as well as it can be understood, for, in point of fact, it is incomprehensible. We are confi dent these Tales will be very popular, and they deserve to be so. As a new-year's gift, the book will be an acceptable offering to the young, and the old need not hesitate to present it from any dread of lurking immo rality in the uncut pages. The " Tales of Woman's Trials" all bear the impress of a virtuous, a delicate, ,and an accomplished mind, enriched with the purest thoughts and most dignified sentiments. 'or strin; THE SUN, LONDON', THURSDAY', DECEMBER 11, 1834. TALES OF WOMAN'S TRIALS. BY MRS. S. C. HALL. London : Houlsion and Son, 1835. "Women, and the lovers of truth and sincerity in women, owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs. Hall for this collection of beautiful tales ; in which she has vindi cated the claims of her sex to the possession of many sterner virtues than are allowed by the superficial, to find a genial soil in the female bosom. Even those who, like ourselves, cannot be more firmly persuaded of the excellence of women, wherever their minds are not perverted by bad habits, will peruse with pleasure a book, which aims to show that their faults are more frequently the consequence of an erroneous or defective education, than of an innate disposition to commit evil ; and that under all circumstances they possess FORTITUDE in an eminent degree. The examples are taken from the middle and lower walks of life ; and the tendency of the whole work is so uniformly and obviously moral and religious, that it cannot be read without profit, appertaining to either head or heart. Originality in books is so rare now-a-days that we know not whether we shall be judged to assume the just tone of honest criticism, or to exercise a cap tious censorship, in complaining of the want of it in this volume. Tales are often beautiful without being original, and sentiments are frequently as well ap plied by the twentieth writer who makes use of them as they were by the first. In judging of the merits of ordinary works, the application of the materials, not the materials themselves, is taken into considera tion. We know that judgment and taste are necessary to enable any person to select proper materials for a stirring, or an affecting story ; but these requisites for authorship are usually assumed to belong to all who write successfully ; and, therefore, the majority of those who read books, with an eye to criticism, think no more of complimenting an author on the presence of these qualifications, than of praising the legibility of the manuscript. It does not, however, follow that because writers are allowed to borrow the materials which compose their works, they are equally at liberty to adopt as their own the literary labours of others. Indeed, we question whether a propensity to appropriate, without acknowledgement, the fruits of others' toils, can co-exist in the same mind with genius of an exalted order. Now, if our memory deceive us not, we have read some of these Tales before ; and one of them—" The Trials of Grace Huntley"—has been already dramatized. We think it was due to the public to be informed by the authoress of this somewhat material circumstance. If we remember rightly, the original tale was published by Mrs. Hall some years since in one of the Annuals ; but that does not materially alter the case. It is dan gerous for any writer to indulge in liberties of this kind. The world is oftentimes too forgetful of merit ; but it seldom forgives an attempt to charge it with the costs of this defect. Obsoleteness itself would not ex cuse reprinting, in the judgment of the public, unac companied by any allusion to the absence of originality. Now Mrs. Mal is an authoress for whom the world has too much regard to forget what she writes this year before the end of the next ; and we therefore recom mend her not wilfully to incur its displeasure. Many of Mrs. Hall's most striking aphorisms, FINE ARTS. ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE LITERARY SOUVENIR. We have just been favoured with a sight of proof impressions of these illustrations, which show the taste of the editor in their selection, and of the engravers in the skill and refined delicacy with which they are executed. The " Literary Souvenir" has always held a high rank among the Annuals, and the present number is assuredly no falling off. "Ancient Garden," from the pencil of Danby, is a truly poetic landscape, and worthy to have belonged , to Alcinous. The en graving is by Hill, and is replete with grace and soft ness. The statue however in the foreground should scarcely have been in deep shadow. From its position it must have caught the light of the setting sun, which irradiates that part of the picture in which it is placed. ,‘ Euphrosyne" is clever as an engraving, but the features are rather too large and strongly defined. " Gulnare" comes nearer to our idea of Lord Byron's conception than any we have yet seen. The dark, piercing, full eye, and resolute expression of the mouth are strikingly characteristic. The attitude, too, of the figure is remarkable for its graceful freedom. There is apparently nothing studied about it, or the painter has had the rare art to conceal his art. " Sun-set," by Barrett, and engraved by Hill, might inspire a poet, and set him dreaming throughout " a dewy summer's eve." " Venice," is a cheerful, sunny view, touched off with the skill of a Canaletti. It is a rea lization of Mrs. Ratcliffe's well known description of the approach to this city. "La Pensee" is something after Paris's sentimental manner. We do not know why, because a lady happens to be thinking, she should be represented as melancholy. Surely there are as many happy, as lonely thoughts for a female to dwell on ! We must confess we are by no means partial to the broken-heart school of reverie. " The Deserted " is another picture in the same style, as its name im ports. Of the sort, it is excellent. " The Vintage " contains a finely-rounded, flowing outline of a female figure. The " Storm in Harvest" is better as an en graving than a painting, for Westall has neither invention, variety—power—nor, in fact, any thing but a stiff, small, dancing-master sort of elegance to back his pretensions as an artist. His countenances, male and female, all wear the same monotonous expression. In the present sketch, his boy sitting in the foreground, might be mistaken by a mathematician for a definition of an acute angle. " Diana Vernon" is arch and handsome, with a face marked by lightness and energ). " Dorothea" is good, but it is not original. The idea is literally taken from Hayman's admirable illustrations of Don Quixote, which G. Cruickshank tried the other day to equal, but in which, as a matter of course, he failed most egregiously. Altogether the embellishments to the " Literary Souvenir" are worthy of Mr. Alaric Watts's taste and judgment. FINDENS ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIBLE. The best Landscape in the present Number, which consists of four engravings, and all from the pencil of Finden, is decidedly the " View of the Ruins of the Temple, of Diana at Ephesus," which has been finished with the most scrupulous attention to detail. As Sir Isaac Newton (every body has heard the story) was riding one sunny day over Salisbury plain, a boy tendir.g sheep by the wayside, cautioned him to put on his cloak, which was folded behind him ; the weather being fine, Sir Isaac disregarded the advice, and was speedily soaked to the skin by a shower. Deeply pondering his own lack of prescience, and the sagacity of a peasant boy, the philosopher turned back and offered him a guinea to communicate the rules of his weather-wisdom. After pocketting his fee, the boy replied, that " whenever that old black ram turned his rump toward the sun, he knew a storm was at hand," and we know that many persons have used the Times in a similar manner, to divine the approach of changes in the political horizon. If an individual or a party be in full possession of power, place, and reputation, and if at any period there be ob served something of coolness in the support of which the Times will, of course, have given them ; if their unqualified adulation be by degrees changed to the rankest abuse, until the " leading journal" have got its rump fairly round, no matter how calm be the atmosphere at present, it is time for all men to button on their cloaks. The Times has about !Is much to do in effecting a political revolution as the other old black rain in raising a storm, but it has an instinctive hatred of the falling—a rat-like antipathy to a fated ship—some hollow, craving tooth, some decayed member, or increased itchiness of palm, from which it derives a strong consciousness of coming misfortune. We doubt not, in a very few days, we shall see more signs of its divination, and its back turned, with cumbrous alacrity, on the mighty Duke. COURT CIRCULAR. The King held a Court and Privy Council yesterday at St. James's Palace. The Rev. Dr. Allen, Bishop of Bristol, did homage to his Majesty in the Royal closet, on his appointment to the see of Bristol. The Duke of Wellington assisted at the ceremony as his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home De partment, and the Rev. Dr. Sleath, as Deputy Clerk of the Closet. Lord Denman had an audience of his Majesty, and delivered the seals of office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. His Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis Camden, the Earls of Rosslyn, Amherst, and Jersey, Lords Ellenborough, Cowley, and Maryborough, Sir Robert Peel, Sir C. M. Sutton, Sir John Beckett, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Messrs. Goulburn and Herries. Sir Robert Peel was sworn into office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and received the seals of office from the King. Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued, from the 18th of the present month to Thursday the 15th of January. The Lord Chancellor had an audience of the King, and presented an address from Thrapstone, in Northamptonshire, thanking his Majesty for calling to his Councils the present Ministry. Sir Robert Peel had an audience, and kissed hands on his. appointment to office. The King also gave audiences to the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Winchester, the Marquis Camden, Lord Hill, Sir Charles Manners Sutton, and Sir Henry Hardinge. The Marquis of Winchester (Groom of the Stole), Lord James O'Bryen, and the Hon. Captain George Campbell, R.N., the Lord and Groom in Waiting, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, Sir Philip Sidney (Equerry), and Sir Wm. Gomm, Field Officer in Waiting, and Master Graves, Page of Honour, attended the Court. - A party of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty, com manded by Mr. Charles Hancock, the Exon in Waiting. The Duke of Sussex and the Princess Sophia visited their Majesties yesterday. The King gave audience yesterday to the Earl of Mayo, Sir Geoffrey Wyatville, and Sir Hilgrove Turner. The external coffin for the late Duke of Gloucester arrived at Bagshot yesterday evening, and the body was placed in it preparatory to the interment this day. The Duke of Wellington gave a grand dinner last evening at Apsley-house to a large party, including the Lord Chan cellor, the Marquis Camden, the Earls of Aberdeen, Rosslyn, and Jersey, Lords Ellenborough and Maryborough, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Charles Manners Sutton, Sir George Murray, Sir John Beckett, Sir Henry Hardinge, Messrs. Goulburn, Her ries, &c. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Viscount Galway, in Brook-street, from his seat in York shire; the Earl of Onslow, in Albemarle-street; Major and Mrs. Home, in Park-lane, from Worthing ; Mrs. and the Misses Hall Dare, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their scat in Essex ; Hon. Captain Douglas, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour ; J. Kipburn, Esq., at ditto, from Sussex ; Doyne, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, and Miss Henniker, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from a tour ; W. Dixon, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. John Harvey, in Brook street, from Hastings ; the Rev. Mr. Jennings, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Cambridge; Viscount and Vis countess Weymouth, at ditto, from their seat near Bath ; Lord Edward Thynne, at ditto, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Schomberg, in Cadogan-place, from a tour. DEPARTURES. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, from Arlington street, for Hatfield ; the Rev. W. Smith, and Mrs. Marrioti, from Hawkins's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle -streets, from their seat in Kent ; John Winniugton, Esq., from ditto, for Worcestershire ; Baron Drawskaw, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brussels ; Captain and Mrs. Foster, for Brighton ; Lord Arthur Hill, from Arlington-street, on a tour ; Captain and Mrs. Jodrell, from Regent-street, for their seat in Norfolk ; Sir James Campbell, Bart., from Upper Harley-street, for the Continent ; Lady Clinton, from the Brunswick Hotel, for W. J. Poyntz's seat, Cowdray-park ; Lord and Lady Dinorben, and the Hon. Miss Hughes, from Bute House, for Paris ; T. Moore, Esq., from Hoporton Cottage, Wilts, for Italy ; Lord Forester, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Belvoir Castle ; Earl Compton, from ditto, for * Cambridge ; Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Barnes, from ditto ; T. Holdsworth, Esq., from the Blenheim Hotel, Bond -street, on a tour ; Lord Elibank, from Long's Hotel, New Bond-street, on a tour ; F. Wykeham, Esq., from ditto, on a tour; Hon. Captain Maule, from Fenton's Hotel, for Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. G. Bankes, from George-street, Hanover-square, for Kingston Hall, Dorset ; Caunt de Landes, from Fladong's Hotel, on a tour ; Arthur Aston, Esq., from Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, for Brighton ; D. Holmes, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Dimsdale, from ditto, for their seat, Essenden, Herts ; M. de Salis, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford ; Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., M.P., for RoSshire. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Earl of Oxford, Lord Doneraile, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Godsall, Sir William Hort, Sir Edward Stanhope, Captain Sir Edward Parry, Admiral Manley, Colonel Bruce, Colonel Beatty, Colonel and Mrs. Northey, Lieutenant-Colonel Jack son, Major Wright, Major Tinling, Rev. D. Morrell, Rev. J. F. Cole, Rev. J. Rashdall, Rev. Mr. Symmonds, Rev. Mr. Woodyatt, Rev. J. Green, Rev. G. Hall, Captain C. C. Frankland, Captain Jebb, Captain and Miss Jenkins, Captain Aplin, Captain and Mrs. Norton, Captain and Miss:Young, Mr. and Mrs. Poor, Mr. and Mrs. Arbutt, Mr. and Mrs. Vimil, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Browne, Mr. and Mrs. Orvey, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Harter, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Mayne, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton, Mr. and Mrs. Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. Ormely, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Reece, Mr. and Mrs. Elmley, Mr. and Mrs. Phipson, Mr. and Mrs. Essington, Messrs. Lindsey, Rawlinson, Dix on , Domville, Baskerville, Clive, Grceme, John Lewis, Waller, Ward, Brunel', Dickerson, Ravenshaw, Price Lewis, Lloyd, Barton, Irvine, Clarke, White, Cole, Banning, Wolseley, Johnson, De Vitre, Blackwell, Hunt, Howell, T. B o d en h am , Smith, Hanbury, aunders, Dennison, Hill, Haynes, Wood cock, E. Pollard, Henry Harvey, Hewer, Greenaway, J. Jones, Lettsom, Holmes, Jacobs, Proley, Shee, Richards, D'Courcey, Coffin, Gouldie, Martin, M. P., Kirby, W. Har ris, Shand, Gilton, Crother, Mammock, Marsh, Wyndham, Curtis, Young, Thompson, Preston, Thackeray, Gibson, Pratt;Mistresses Austin, O'Grady, M eares , W a k e field, Whalley, Hill, H%yling, Rseves, Symms, Turner, Arnold, Weare, Robeson ; Misses Smith, Edmunds, Stewart, Penni son, Sutton, Peel, Lee, Hodges, Park, North, Young, &c. HIGH-CHURCH DEBATE. " I wonder, my dear, that a Bishop like you, Whose denouncement of pride all so much like, Can retain what you teaoh other folks to eschew, Pomps, vanities, riches, and such like !" Why, am I not conscience-compelled, dearest wife ? For in this world whatever befal us, 'Tis our duty to keep in that station of life To which it hath pleas'd God to call us ! g , Then whatever the station may happen to be Which woman or man may be brought to, Good or bad, if so call'd,—l begin now to see, — Thence it follows--that therefore—they ought to—" 0 fie ! 'Tis to wisdom the churchman allures, And the practice of virtue enforces; The wicked, dishonest, corrupt, he conjures To abandon their dissolute courses." Aye ! there is the puzzle. There seems a surmise, If we credit newspaper narration, That something unvirtuous, erroneous, unwise, Exists in our church regulation." " Then if folks have been rightly informed, became warned And so stormed—now what virtue or use is The clergy's attempt to maintain unreformed The church's reported abuses ?" " You shock me ! The question implies an excuse For church-spoliation--is that it?" " Wife ! The church recognises no kind of abuse, Save that which tongues wicked throw at it !" " Still I cannot--(you'll pardon my dulness my dear, With the purest intentions I urge ye)--- t can't see how vice can be, made to appear 'l. A virtue, though cloak'd by the-clergy." - " Man may doubt, but such doubts are not pure, when he dares Thus to question his spiritual teacher ; If all understood these mysterious affairs, Pray, where were the want of the preacher? " Points of doctrine, church might, right, and revenue, nay, State connection, are doubts rife at present ; As a prelate and gentleman, such, I must say, Are impious and very unpleasant. " The church is abused, and accused, and ill used, The Bishops are bullied and twitted ; But this comfort is theirs--world-denied, world-refused, Things are right as they are-1F PERXITTED " If men starve, become bankrupt, or die in a ditch, Fight, or follow false-demagogue teachers, By that charity moved, we're commanded to preach, We lament their condition, poor' creatures. " But because of these plights, and mischances, and woes, (Only let Christian people bethink 'em— Can we help it you know !)—is it fair to suppose That the church should relinquish its income? " Let the scoffers beware ! Let them hoot, let them hate ; These destructives will find, I've a notion, That the church is church-militant yet—but 'tis late— Ring the household to evening devotion." The Due de Broglie will, it is now said, be imme diately despatched to London, as French Ambassador to the British Court. Mr. Byng underwent the operation of couching with success on the 7th instant. We learn by the advices from Trieste that the Em peror of Austria was about t? establish a new line pf packets between Patras and Alexandria. Three vesscls of war, among which was the brig Orestes , 1 14.4 loon appolhted to commence this service 4041(444 ,1 h It was reported that pirates had re 4PPektrod In the gulf of Santos, Porto Bello, the capture of which by Admiral Vernon made so much noise in the reign of George IL, and which once ornamented many sign posts in England, is now one of the most defenceless places on the face of the earth ; a boat's crew would capture it with ease, but would find nothing in it to repay them for the trouble.— Voyage of the Chanticleer. SIR ROBERT PEEL. Sir Robert Peel, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer and probable First Lord of the Treasury, the eldest son of the late Baronet by his first wife, the daughter of his partner, Mr. Yates, was born the sth February, 1788. He commenced his instruction at Harrow, where he displayed uncommon ap titude and ability, uniting ready talent with steady application. Lord Byron, his contemporary, sass of him, " Peel, the orator and Statesman, that was, or is, or is to be, was my form-fellow, and we were both at the top of our remove, in public school phrase. We were on good terms, but his brother was my intimate friend. There were always great hopes of Peel amongst us 'all, masters and scholars, and he has not dis appointed us. As a scholar he was greatly my superior —as a declaimer and actor I was reckoned at least his equal. As a school-boy, out of school, I was always in scrapes, and he never ; and in school he always knew his lesson, and I rarely." In due time Mr. Peel entered the university of Oxford; as a commoner of Christchurch. In 1809 he took his seat as member for Cashel, and early in 1810 seconded the address of thanks to the Throne. During the same year he was made Under Secretary of State ; and in September, 1812, was ap pointed Chief Secretary for Ireland. It is generally supposed that from the period of his leaving Oxford he' was marked out for the honour of representing the University in Parliament, whenever a vacancy should occur. This took place on the ele vation of Mr. Abbott, Speaker of the House of Commons, to the Peerage, in 1817, when Mr. Peel was elected to suc ceed him. In 1822 he succeeded Viscount Sidmouth as Secretary of State for the Home Department, and, with a short interval only held that high office eight years. In 1826 he commenced his most important measures, those for the improvement of the criminal code. On the appoint ment of Mr. Canning as Premier he resigned, but returned to office under the Duke of Wellington. The change in his opinions on the Catholic question led to the resignation of his seat for Oxford; he accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and stood at the ensuing election, but unsuccessfully. In the Right Hon. Baronet's public avowal of political opinion to the electors of Tamworth, in 1832, he said, " That he had never been the decided supporter of any band of partisans, but had always thought it much better to look steadily at the peculiar circum stances of the times in which they lived, and if necessities were so pressing as to demand it, there was no dishonour nor discredit in relinquishing opinions or measures, and adoptimg others more suited to the altered state of the country. For this course of proceeding be had been censured by opposite parties, by those who upon all occasions thought that no changes were required, as well as by those who, in his opinion, were the advocates of too violent and sudden innovations. That middle course, however, he would continue to pursue ; he held it to be impossible for any statesman to adopt one fixed line of policy under all circumstances, and the only question with him when he departed from that line should be, am I aetuated by any interested or sinister motive ?—do I consider the mea sure I contemplate called for by the circumstances and neces sities of the country ?" Tamworth, which is represented by Sir Robert, owes its prosperity to the manufactories established there by his father. On the demise of his father, in 1830, he succeeded to the Baronetcy, and almost the largest private fortune of any com moner in England. In 1820 Sir Robert married his present amiable and accom plished lady, a daughter of the- late General Sir John Floyd, Bart., by whom he has a family of seven children. WESTMINSTER PLAYS. The Eunuchus of Terence was repeated at the Westminster School last evening, and with a degree of success which does great credit both to the masters and scholars. Previous to the commencement of the play Master Vernon came forward . and delivered a prologue, remarkable not only for its ei: egan t latinity, but for the good taste and judgment ' 1 -is - played in describing an event which has not been reg. , - etted more by the inhabitants of Westminster than by ti tie w h ole community— the destruction of the two Hoi:ses of Parliament. Since the performance of last year, be said, a grievous calamity (neva calamitas) had befallen the country. In the neighbourhood of the place where they pursued their studies a fire had reduced to ashes those two Houses, so celebrated for the Acts which they had passed, for the eloquence displayed by the Members, and for the renown which they had acquired in every part of the civilized world by their debates and decisions. Whilst the destruction of two places so much revered by the country caused universal regret, it was a matter of great consolation that that Hall, so long dedicated to justice, and rendered sacred by the important trials of which it had been the scene, was preserved entire. And if there could be a greater con solation, it was the reflection that another edifice, rendered sacred by religious rites--by the Coronation of so many Sovereigns, and by the ashes of many Kings, and the most illustrious of Britain's sons, had been saved from the ravages of the devouring fire. They felt also grateful that th e i r seat of learning h a d been spared, and that the institution, which had been protected and fostered by one of the greatest of Queens and Sovereigns, was still cherished and supported by our gracious Sovereign, who had even, in the midst of the domestic calamity which had befallen him, expressed his anxious wish for its prosperity, and his desire to render it that protection which it so well deserved. The prologue was very well delivered, and had, as might have been expected, a unanimous encore. The play then commenced, and was acted throughout with much spirit. It is only fair to say, that on no former occasion have we seen more justice done to any .of Terence's plays. Master Lennard (Pythias), perhaps, deserves the most praise for the ease with which he represented that character, and the spirit, vivacity, and unconstrained humour with which he sustained it throughout.. Master Stedman _also represented the servant, Parmeno, with good effect ; and Master Vernon, as the parasite Gnatho, was still better. His acting, though occasionally a little overstrained, was judicious • his pronoun ciation distinct and correct. He was particularly happy in the following passage, which, not only for th e k now l e d ge o f hu man nature which is displays, but for the way in which it was delivered, met with loud and continued applause : " Dum luec loquirnur, interea loci ad macellum übi advenimus, Concurruni lmti nil obviam cupedinarii omnes, Cetarii, lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores, aucupes, Quibus, et re salva et perdita profueram et prosum sape Salutant : ad ccenam vocant : adventum gratulantur. Ele übi miser, famelicus, videt me esse tanto honore, Et tam facile victum quterere ; ibi homo ccepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me, sectari jussi, Si potest est ; tanquam philosophorum habent disciplinte es ipsis Vocabula, parasiti itidem ut Gnathonici vocentur." An epilogue, in the shape of a farce, followed, in which Gnatho boasted of the wealth which he had acquired by his trade, was robbed of bis money by the cooks and scullions who had formerly courted him ; and finally, to preserve his cha racter of consistency, joined and courted those people, low as they were, when he found it for his interest. The epilogue was the least successful part of the performance ; but, even such as it was the audience would have it repeated. ADELPHI THEATRE. The closely-packed audiences which nightly assemble here are the best evidences of success deserved. The present per formances are announced to close with the present a eek, and to those who have not yet witnessed Mrs. Yates's vivid pot , . traiture of Agnes de Vere, or the unctious humour of John Reeve in the Unfinished Gentleman, a time is still left for tears and laughter they will not soon forget the cause of. Huge John, indeed—that Momus in the flesh, and what a cu mulus of flesh it is too—seems to draw as many tears as the lady, only it is after another fashion. If Mrs. Yates some times makes the heart ache, Reeve, like a good leech skilled in the appliances of counter-irritants, successfully attacks the ribs ; and what between mirth and melancholy, you leave the Adelphi with April emotions—alternations of gloom and sun shine. It would be unseemly to speak of this house and omit mention of Yates and Buckstone, and " clever little Mrs. Keeley"—like wine, they improve by age. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, it appears, has died pos sessed of very great proporty, the whole of which is left by will to his widow, of whom he always spoke in the most enthu siastic terms ; a short time previous to his death he had pur chased a large freehold estate, in Hampshire, of great v=alue, and had upwards of 200,0001. in the Funds. It is believed that the whole of the property will exceed 500,000/.'in amount. So certain was his Royal Highness that his disorder would prove fatal, that a few days prior to his demise' he made all family arrangements ; and his last request .was that the Duchess should place a valued ring upon his finger, and he should be interred in the clothes in which ho died, and be placed in an elm coffin. The will of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester has been opened, and it appears he died worth up wards of 90,000/. He has left legacies to most of his house hold. Colonel Edmund Currey, the Duke's Secretary and Comptroller, has 20,000/. bequeathed to hi m ; an d C o l on el S. Higgins, K.H., the principal Equerry, 25,000/. ; each of his Aides-de-camp has been left 3,000/. It should be mentioned to the honour of the late Duke that he was never in debt, and afforded an excellent example in the punctual and immediate discharge of his tradesmen's bills. Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Hotel Bristol, Place Vendome, at 11 o'clock on Saturday night. Sir Robert left Rome on the 27th ult., at 2 in the afternoon, and slept at Massa Carrara, Susa, and Lyons. Yesterday morning Sir Robert received the visits of his Excellency Lord Granville, and his brother, Colonel J. Peel, and at 11 o'clock left Paris for Calais. A courier, who was despatched from England subsequently to Mr. Hudson, having missed Sir R. P ee l, ro. turned on Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, to Paris. a n d was immediately sent on to Calais, to have every _ 11"- e made for Sir Robert's immediate embarkittim par'atio Galignant ,n s Messenger. LAUNCH OF THE Roy • interest was excited the , . _AL VICTORIA.—Greater the magnificent on similar occasions on the launch of the Royal Victoria, from the oft Messrs. Menzies and Son, of Leith , file 2d inst., at half-past two o'clock. Since the memorable landing of George IV. so great a concourse of people had not been seen assembled in Leith as on that day. At about 20 minutes past two o'clock the Royal Victoria glided smoothly and majestically into the water, the ceremony of naming the vessel being performed by Miss Robison, daughter of Joh n Robison, E sq . , P res id ent of the Shipping Company, for whom this vessel was built. The Royal Victoria is the largest vessel ever built in Leith. Her length over all is 170 feet • length of keel, 142 f eet : b rea d t h o f b eam w i t hi n the paddle -boxes, 29 feet • ditto over all, 47 feet ; her length and breadth on the upper deck being nearly equal to those of a 74-gun ship. This splendid steam-ship will be ready early in the spring, and is intended to run in conjunction with the Royal William and the Royal Adelaide, powerful steam-ships already well known in the Landon and Leith trade. Its. PARIS, DEC. B.—A letter from General Mina, of Nov. 28, written by himself, informs us that the two convoys had arrived at Pampeluna, without being molested by Carlists. He intended to put himself at the head of his troops, and commence his military operations very shortly. M. Pussy has been elected Deputy at Louvier (Depart ment of the Eure). M. Spiers has notified to the electors of Aix that he - shall not present himself at any other Electoral Colle g e. M. - Duchatel, who was elected at lonzac and Ma. rennes, intends to offer himself at lonzac only, where he is sure of a majority ; but the Countess Duchatel has already been at Marennes, with one of her sons, to propose him as a candidate. We hope that M. Senne, who lost the elec tion by one vote only, will succeed this time, and defeat his young competitor. The Madrid journals of the 2d, are principally filled with accounts of the events of Navarre, which we have learned before by other channels. A letter from Madrid speaks of a change in the Ministry. Martinez de la Rosa to retire ; Toreno to be President of the Council and Minister for Foreign- Affairs ; Ramisa, Minister of Finance ; and M. de la Rivaherrera to take the place of M. Morcoro. The two latter, says the Ga. zette de France, are considered as men of moderate opi nions, perfectly adapted to the present circumstances.— Messager, Dec. 9. FRENCH FUNDS.—Pailis, DEC. 9. Five per Cents., 1011 f. 4 )c. 45c. 50c. Four per Cents., 931. —c. Three per Cents., 77f 10c. 77f. 77f. 10c. Bank Actions, 1800 f. —c. Rente de Naples, 93f. 75c 70c. SOc. Roman Five per Cents., 95. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 404 40, Royal Spanish Loan, 454. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Ccnt., 434. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 99. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., R 441. Haytian Loan, 240 f. —c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. Otte month, paper, 2.5f.:3214e. ; money, —.f. Three months, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 25f, 17}4c. - Ours Authentique. GERMAN PAPERS. DRESDEN, Rte. I.—Prince Esterhazy arrived here three days ago, from his extraordinary mission to compli ment the Emperor and Empress of Russia ; he had re ceived the insignia of the Order of St. Andrew, in diamonds ; on Saturday he dined with the King, on Sunday with the Prince Co-regent, and will set out to-morrow for Vienna, whence he will soon go back to London, to resume the functions of his post as Ambassador at the British Court, which he has held for these twenty years. Several cotton manufactories in the Saxon Ergebirze are now engaged in the manufacture of articles, which are fit for the markets of the United States of North America. At the last Leipsic fair the whole stock of cotton stock. ings, the consumption of which is very great in America, was bought up ; much more might h. _;'e been sold if there had been more at the fair. Mr. Craffe, a merchant from New York (a native of Rinteln, in Hesse Cas sel, who has ac q ui re d a l arg e for tune chiefly by cle";ing in the production of the Saxon stocking mani'factories, and had come to Germany to see his relattms, purchased at the autumnal fair, at Leipsic, c° 1. ...0n stockings from the .Ergebirze to the amount of 14,000 dollars, for his house at New York. CASSEL, DEC. 3.—His Highness the Elector h as con -. ferred the Cross of the Family Order of the Golden Lion on Baron Antony Von Rothschild in London. BERNE, Nov. —M. Rasthofer has withdrawn his famous proposal, and the reasons he assigns for this are—that the discussion of it would make explanation necessary, which ho (Rasthofer) had not foreseen ; that it had been misunder stood (certainly not, it was understood but too well by everybody) ; and that, contrary to the regulations, it com prehended too many subjects. For the comfort, however, of all lovers of the extravagant, he promises to bring for ward singly the measure which he had proposed.—Frank fort Papers, Dec. 7. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, DEC. 9.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans, who has been expected here for some days past, arrived at the palace of Laeken yesterday evening. Sir Robert Adair is expected at Brussels about the Gth Jan. next. Baron Diskan, who was lately sent to England by the Belgian Government, returned yesterday evening. Baron de Arnheim, the Prussian Minister, is expected at Brussels in a few days. CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES--SITTING OP DEc. 8. The President stated that he had received a letter from M. Gendebien,addressed to the Chamber, in which he says that he cannot attend the debates, but wishes his letter to be read. It gives his reasons for his vote on the budget. The Chamber decided that the letter should be read. It stated that the writer refused to vote for the budget, be cause he has not confidence in the Ministry, for various reasons which he assigns. The Minister of Finance had a communication from the Government ; he observed that the change of Ministry in a neighbouring country (England) had excited, doubtless without reason, uneasiness in our friends, and may give a gleam of hope to the enemies of our independence. As there is reason to suppose that there will be no change of foreign policy, the Government intended to wait for some weeks before it increased the budget of the war department ; but fears having been manifested in these walls, the Go vernment proposes a new Article, by which an addition of 10 centimes (that is 10 per cent.) would be levied indis criminately on all the taxes, which would make a sum of seven and a half millions applicable to the expenses of the army. This, said the Minister, will shew Europe that Bel gium is prepared for any sacrifice that may be necessary, and that if it was once attacked unawares, such an experi ment could not be made with impunity a second titne. As soon as the political horizon shall permit us to see the inu tility of our extraordinary armaments, the Government will immediately put a stop to them, and A project of law will be introduced to abolish the additional 10 centimes, if they should not be wanted. M. de Robaulx wished that the Ministry should make a report on the domestic and foreign policy of the country, which he thought absolutely necessary at a moment that the accession of the Tories to power in England threatens the existence of the national independence of Belgium. The Minister of Foreign Affairs said, at present there is only one remarkable event, the dismissal of Lord Melbourne, and the appointment of the Duke of Wellington. It is impossible to form our just opinion of the English Ministry , which is not yet formed. For my own part, ldo not parti cipate in the apprehensions which some members have ex pected. However, the Dutch governm e nt, considering this ministerial change in anothei light, tnd thinking it sees a gleam of hope, it is the duty of t'ne Belgian government to watch the movements of the butch army, in order to be prepared against any aP;gression. I am convinced that Belgium wo u ld not awdeal in vain to its old allies ; but it does not need foreign aiL, with Holland, it has nothing to fear from a contest ough tto be on its guard against any perfidy. It will, indr.ed, have to bear an additional expense, but I am con';'inced it will bear it with pleasure for the support of independence. I must, however, protest beforehand against any false interpretation that may be given of my words out of this Chamber. I therefore declare, that up to this moment the Government knows not of any act, of any fact, of any word whence it might be inferred, directly or indirectly, that the Tory Ministry does not consider itself as irrevocably bound by all the acts of its predeces sors, and there is nothing in our diplomatic affairs that can impose the slightest fear ; but prudence makes it our duty to reinforce our army into the same proportion as that of Holland. The Government does not mean to make any extensive armaments, but merely to prepare for any sud den event or rupture of the armistice. I therefore support. the proposal of my honourable colleague, to give the Go vernment a vote of credit, of which it will make nop use un less circumstances render it necessary. Some further discussion ensued, in the course of which, the Minister for Foreign Affairs said, that o 4; course the ex istence of a new Ministry in England ce,Uld not have been notified to our Plenipotentiary at Le;ndon, because no Mi nistry was yet formed, but that, the Duke of Wellington has notified in the same term: ; as to the other Plenipoten tiaries, that he would ree - ive our Minister at certain hou rs for communications to be made to his Government. The Duke has made other communications, not only to our Mi nisters, but to the King himself ; such, for instance, as the notice_ of the death of the Duke of Gloucester. With re spect to Luxemberg (M. Dumortier having asked aques tion on the subject), the Minister said the late decision of the Diet for the formation of arbitral tribunals, did not apply to' Luxemburg. Messrs. Robaulx and Pirson insisted on having a de tailed report on the political' situation of the country. The Minister for Foreign Affairs said he could give no farther information. M. Jullien thought the Minister had given all the expla nation he could give. The motion of Messrs. Robaulx and Pirson was put to the vote and negatived. The debate on the budget of Ways and Means was commenced (and continued on the 9tb). Nothing remarkable has yet occurred in the debate. BELGIAN FIYNDS.—BnussELs, DEC. 9. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent 51% Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 97 .!44 Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent 99% Brussels Papers, Dec. 10. The provisional arrest of Mr. Samson, son of a rich banker in London, for the enormous sum of 200,000 francs, has just been confirmed by a sentence of tho Tribunal at Brussels.