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Duchy of Lancaster. He certainly was of a profession—that of the bar ; but it was never understood that he lost man briefs by leaving it to make motions in the H ouse of Commons. e was 1 .1 there a considerable talker to d e f en d th e mos t a c c ursed sy system of Government. He was of the P itt sc h oo l an d Pitt faction, fro which the greatest part of our present misery maybe dated. The talk and cheers of brother Bragge are not deserving—at least of the country, if they are all of one and his family—of nearly 1,4001. a year' and if Charlotte be his wif e or w id ow , th a t the sum of 9001. Should be toiled for by the people to secure to her the indulgences of life. If not mistaken, I apprehend this gentleman assumed the name of Bathurst for a considerable property in Somersetshire, lett to him by a relative or friend : the rents may have 'failed, and so the small increase of her pension, in 1829, of 100/. tie. 9d. might be requisite to make up the deficiency. Mr. Bragge might have served both his party and his brother well; but that his family deserve these pensions, it is well to inquire what services he ever rendered to the people. All that I recollect of him are his cheers. The following couplet records them : " Cheer him whilst he answers drily, " Cheer him, cheer him, brother Hiley ; " Cheer him, when his spirits flag, " Cheer him, cheer him, brother Bragge." There is a Miss Clemenlina Drummond, as far back as Sep. tember, 1E96, on the Scotch list, for 491. 10s.: on that' to be granted by his present Majesty , is Ca p tain Geor g e Drummond (de Melfort) for 97/. 10s.; and they, I apprehend, are brother and sister. The lady has changed her name by a marriage with a gentleman who holds a lucrative office in the Court of Excite. quer, and who should be above drawing so miserable a pittance when, from the perquisites of his office, though it be really for labour performed and enjoyed for life, lie receives from the public a very handsome income; but as he finds his superiors so tenacious of their holding, he, as a man of the law, feels, I sup pose, he would only be acting unwisely to let go this. The brother is on half-pay in our army. This family is one of the many who so madly attached themselves to the: for. tunes of the Stuarts, and followed them into exile, , and thereby lost their estates, receiving only empty honours as the recompense of their devotion. The De Melforts were established in France, and were driven from it only by the Revolution. The wily Harry Dundas contrived to ha ve restored to a Drummond the great estates belonging to that powerful family,—to a member of it whom he could turn to his purposes, by having the influence of the property placed in his hands. This person he got restored to the earldom of Perth. This case was thought to hare some resemblance to that of Doug. las. Under every circumstance, the nobleman who, by marriage, has come into possession of these vast estates, should take upon himself the support of these relatives of the received heiress. It was not enough by . his interest to hare obtained a commission in the army. There is also Barbara Cockayne on the Irish pension list since June 1798, for 2221. 3s. Now this lady is apparently the Hon. Mrs. Cockayne, who married the brother of a Lord Cullen, an Irish peer, the title being now extinct, he and his brother, the lady's husband, having died without male issue. On her marriage, this lady's husband might have been limited in his means, but the estates of the family were large, for on their sale for distribution to the daughters, they are said to have produced nearly 300,00/. One of the daughters, who married the second son of the Earl of Limerick, received no less a sum than 60,000!. as her fortune. His sister is the amiable lady of the Se cretary of the Treasury, Mr. Spring Rice. Mrs. Cockayne is said to he living in affluence in one of our great midland towns. Really these pension lists cannot be re-voted. No Member representing any body of the people can be found bold enough to give his vote for such a grant : if he does, he will well deserve to lose his seat at the next election. This matter is more an affair of the House than that of the Ministers. The people are expecting both to do their duty. There must be at least a Committee of revision. Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. John Wood, and Mr. Warburton should be members of it. Sir James Graham shout 1 preside as Chairman. Unless there be such a Committee, it is to be hoped that the people's " Watchman," Joseph Hume, will insist upon the vote being taken upon every individual case, so that no abuse shall be continued ; and this cannot tail to he agreeable to his Majesty, who so nobly sets himself against all wanton expenditure. The coadjutors of " Radical" must not cease to labour, as there are yet many cases deserving of notice, and which call for particular exhibition. The case of Dame Louisa Harvey is not yet made clear. It is proved that this person is not the widow of the late Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey. It is not the present Marchioness of Carmarthen, as the widow of the late Colonel Sir Fenton Harvey, one of the bravest of the Peninsula soldiers. She was an American lady, a Miss Caton, the sister of the Marchioness Wellesley. It would be singular that the daughters of the free Americans should come to be quartered upon the industry of the ground down Briton. It would be disgraceful that the grandchildren of the old patriot Carroll should partake of English pensions. PHILO-RADICAL. CHANCERY COURTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIDIES. Ste,—lt is now my task to examine the judicial offices, and I tremble : the long flowing wigs of my Lords, the Judges, float before my eyes, neither upon their blocks nor on their proper heads ; yet hanging in the air,---they seem to say " Beware, be ware ! you will appear before us some day, and then we shall show no mercy. You may now beat the powder out of us, but take care you are not yourself extinguished with our dust. , But as to the Lord Hi:4ll Chancellor, I dare fearlessly make my attack on him, as he is a merry good-humoured gentleman, and smiles even at the growls of Old Bruin, if he stumbles on him in Westminster, near the Cockpit. THE LORD CH•NCELLOR. X. s. d. - 4,829 5 0 Net yearly salary - - - Fees, after deducting 2,100/. paid to the Vice-Chan cellor, and 450/ land-tax 10,271 17 11 This does not include the fees received as Speaker of the House of Lords, nor, as I suspect, those for commissions of bankrupt and lunatics, as the in come of the Chancellor is calculated as nearly 16,000/. per year. His Lordship has three secre. taries : Ist, his principal secretary, who is a bar rister, and receives annually from fees only, and after deducting the expenses of clerks and rent of offices - - - - This gentleman is Mr. Lemarchant, the secre tary of the late Lord.. Mr. Murray was also Cur. sitor for Essex and Berks, but which is a place for life. The Cursitors being under 1,0001., no men tion is made of them in this return. The fees in this office fluctuate. 2d. For commissions of Bankrupt. A salary allowed by the Chancellor out of his receipts in Chancery Fees for business done in his office - 1,070 13 6 400 0 0 . 2,309 14 4 2,709 14 4 This secretary iii 1 31 r. VizARD. 3d. Of lunatic,.---Fees for business done, having de ducted the salaries of clerks employed therein - 1,301 810 This secretary is Mr. Lout's'Au, the late Lord's secretary also. Gentlemen of the Chamber to the Chancellor from fees - - - • The Chancellor has the patronage of the ten Masters in Chan cery whenever a vacancy occurs : these must be barristers, but need be of no eminence, but are named entirely at the pleasure of the Chancellor. They are allowed to sit in Parliament ; he has also the nomination of seventy-five Commissioners of Bank rupts, or bringing forward young inexperienced barristers either for political objects or giving them a maintenance until they be come established in practice, or of assuring a scanty livelihood to the old ones who are not so fortunate. The incomes arising from fees average from three hundred to three hundred and fifty pounds per annum. This office of Commissioner of Bankrupts is a sad imposition on the 'public, and is quite a disgrace to our legal institutions. They are divided into fifteen lists, five in each list, and three are necessary for all acts : so it is not unusual for a member of one list sitting there as a Judge, to go before an other list, and there act as a Counsel, very often supporting a case, upon the very contrary principle to that on which he has before passed judgment as a Judge ; for their mutual convenience members of the same list arrange with each other as they have business, whether to play the part of Counsel or that of Judge. For each case as Judges they receive one pound, and it is very often curious to see them pocket their fees. A story is told of a Commissioner ringing his Sovereign on the table to ascertain its not being a counterfeit. Three or four cases are disposed of at the sitting, Whoever has attended the Bankrupt Court, either on business or from curiosity, must be shocked at the confusion and indecency which prevail there ; strangers and foreigners cannot understand its being a Court of Justice. Bankrupt s , assignees, solicitors, creditors, Commissioners, witnesses, all one mass of confusion and uproar. It is to be hoped that the present Lord Chancellor will, in his course of law reform, cause this Court to be constituted very ditfbrently from what it now is. One-third of the church-livings of the country is also in the gift of the Chancellor, and he has likewise the disposal of some nice snug sinecures, as will be afterwards shown. TILE VICE-CHANCELLOR. Sir L. SHADWELL has only a net salary of 6,0004 per annum. Sinecures held by W. H. J. Sccrrr, the son of Earl Eldon, formerly Lord Chancellor,—lst, as Re ceiver of the Fines of the Court of Chancery, fees on the issue of writs at the office of the Cursitors of the Court of Chancery 171 9 0 On the preparation of the Chancellor's orders for the election and removal of Coroners, Verderers, and Regarders . ----- Per centage of 2s. in thepound on amour t of fines received for the use of the Chancellor and Master of the Rolls 12 0 0 Deduct for expence3 320 14 8 80 0 0 210 14 8 This deduction is naturally for a clerk who does the duty. As Registrar of Affidavits. Clear income, after paying the expences of carrying on the business of the ofticc, entirely derived from fees - - - - - As Clerk of frjle Letters Patent. Clear income, after paying the expences of carrying on the businei;s of the ollice, entirely derived from tees - 553 14 11 Total '2,611 3 :1 What the expences of these offices are the p ublic is kept in ignorance, but they are likewise de. frayed by the unfortunate suitors. Crown-office in Chancery. Earl BATHURST, Clerk of the Crown, holding it from his father or uncle the Chancellor, fees upon the several commissions, patents, and writs, pre. pared in the Crown-office, and passed under the 1,108 0 Great Seal - --- - Besides this high Nobleman, there are several others who receive in this office below 1,0001. a.year, but not exceeding that sum, they are not distinguished as is his Lordship. As patentee for the execution of the laws and sta.- tutes concerning bankrupts, Rev. THOMAS Tit un- Low, who inherits this from his brother, the late Lord Thurlow, son of the Bishop of Durham„ on the nomination of his uncle, the Chancellor, from fees upon commissions, writs upon super. scdeag, and procedenclo in bankruptcy As Keeper or Clerk of his Majesty'sllanaper. Salary as Clerk Allowances as ditto - Balance of fees after expences or office 1,141 6 114 Prothonotary to the Court of Chance 1,192 7 5 ry, a ., such 97 10 0 - 8,5Cr2 2 5 Total - 9,77 l 19 IQ , Now this holy pastor of a flock takes in fees from the unfor anthde Lord Highl responsible: tunate, a sum nearly equal to what is allowed to r. ng to oo Ch a ncellor for the performance of his high o ffice. It is not requisite to enter into any reasoning v ince the publi . how requ isite it is that all the acoo.pl a ces should be abolished ; an d if the fees ca n not be a v brcig °inm t th e n that they should be c arried to the account of theepaubfi for defraying the salaries cf the real working officers of this, Court. Mr. Lott, Earl Ba thurst, and the Rev. Thomas i nurlow are not blameable for receiving the different sums which they are reported to do, but it is the system wh ofnich gives such sums of mon ey to them for the performance o duty, sum f st; abominable, and which ought at once to be amended without, any reference to these individuals, but solely as regards the public weal : their deaths should not be awaited for the correction of such abuses ; without compensation they should, instanter, be • away with. It is not surprising that either toy Earls Eldon or Bathurst should not have been friends to the Reform of the Chancery Court. Next in the List comes something like a sinecure, Mr. H. J. SIIEPUERD,—a relative of Lady Lyndhurst, and a son of the late Chief Baron for Scotland, Sir Samuel Shepherd,—is Counsel to the Admiralty, and Nary, and Judge Advocate of the Fleet. Salary - ------ 278 0 0 Fees Clerk of the Custodies, after deducting salaries to the deputy and clerks - - Clerk of Presentations, after some deductions Commissioner of Bankrupts - _ 450 0 0 - 4300 - - 230 0 0 Total - - X 1,173 0 0 It appears no office, however trifling, can be held without a deputy—the principal unequal, or unwilling, to perform the duty of his office. 'lmn comes the Master in Ordinary and Accountant-General, J. S. 'lmam As Master in Chancery. Salary paid ont of the dividends of Bank Annuities purchased pursuant to Acts of Parliament - - Ditto residue of 1001. paid at the Exchequer after deducting 121. 14s. retained for taxes thereon and fees of office - - - - Fees received at the Public office for oaths adminis tered there . - 600 0 0 - 87 6 0 As Accountant -General. 132 0 0 Salary paid out of the dividends above-mentioned 900 0 0 Part of the commission payable to the broker on the sale and purchase of public annuities - - - 2,284 9 7 Then follow the Masters in Chancery and their 4 cl 4 iref clerks, but nothing is said of their other clerks, so the whole cost of the establishment is not given to the public. There are ten each of these gentlemen. Their income arises from salaries, fees, and emoluments, and which is derived from copies of papers, and other proceedings, warrants, swearing affidavits, and reports, and certificates, sales and other matters, fees at the public of fices, and salaries. That of their clerks, from copies and tran scripts of reports and other papers ; on affidavits, &e. ; on re ports and certificates ; on sales and other matters, and for gratui ties. As even the salaries differ, as well as the fees, I am obliged to give each Master and his clerk separately, but which will enable the public better to appreciate the merits of the Court of Chancery. i. FRANCIS PAUL STRATFORD, Esq. - 3,948 2 8 His Chief Clerk, HENRY KENS= - . . 1,075 311 2. SAMUEL COMPTON COX, ESQ. Salary j- 600 0 0 Exchequer money Robe-money Fees 3,300 5 1 3,994 2 111 PIM CHIEF CLERK, HENRY PENN. Fees Gratuities 1,425 15 6 3. JAMES STEPHEN, ESQ. Exchequer salary Salary from suitors' fund . - 600 0 0 Robe-money Official fees and emoluments - - -3,006 5 11_ - 3,700 0 0 As this gentleman's clerk is not allowed by Mr. Stephen to receive gratuities, as the other clerks are, he makes no return of him, either as to name or sum he receives. 4. J. E. DOWDESWELL, ESQ., M.P. Salary Robe-money Fees 3,202 13 0 3,896 17 6 MS CUTER CLERK, THOMAS DRAKE. Fees Gratuities 592 13 6 1,426 10 1 5. F. CROSS, ESQ. Fees . - - - - - 3,106 4 5 Exchequer salary - - - - 87 6 0 Salary payable out of the public funds, purchased by the Accountant-General 600 0 0 Robe-money 6 8 10 ---- 3,799 19 3 lIIS CHIEF CLERK, WILLIAM JONES. Fees and gratuities, or gifts 6. JAMES TROWER, ESQ. Fees and emoluments - - - - 2,646 19 7% Exchequer salary - - 87 6 0 Salary out of suitors' fund - - - 600 0 0 Robe-money --- 3,340 14 6 Ills CHIEF CLERK, THOMAS GEORGE HOUGH. Fees and gratuities ------ - 1,209 13 1 7. WILLIAM WINGFIELD, ESQ. Salaries, fees, robe-money nts CHIEF CLERK, M. ELDERTON. Fees and gratuities 8. JAMES WILLIAM FARRER, ESQ. Salaries, robe-money, and fees - 1 6% ins climb" CLERK, GEORGE MUNDAY. Fees and emoluments SIR GIFFIN WILSON, KNIGHT. Salaries Robe-money 6 8 10 Copies, and other fees, received by his clerks Affidavits at the public-office - 3,280 1 0 Ills CHIEF CLERK, JOHN PUGH. Fees and gratuities, net 10. LORII HENLEY. Fees and salary HIS CHIEF CLERK, WILLIAM lIORNIDGE. Fees and gratuities - - ----- 1,650 0 0 No wonder the prudent Hon. Robert Henley Eden, on sue. ceeding to the empty peeraage of Henley, declined to .abandon the full substantial receipt, as a Master of Chancery, of some good thousand pounds per annum. As he is quite capable of perfonning his duties as a Master, though a Peer, it is far more praiseworthy that he should continue to work for his mainte nance than to throw himself on the country as a poor Peer, and receive a paltry pension, as does the elder branch of his family. But the situation of Masters in Chancery is very questionable. They are a sort of judge ; but then they work in private, and their judgment is never given consecutively. They are occupied with one cause for half an hour or an hour, or the period con venient to the different solicitors of the Court, and thus in a great degree originate the great delays in Chancery. If the Masters were obliged to go roundly through a case, the charges would be considerably lessened, and cases would not outlive their suitors; but then fees and emoluments would be reduced, and the solicitors' bills also diminished, as every hearing is attended with an increased expence. It is to be hoped that the present Chancellor's powerftil mind will be capable of grasping all the vices of his Court ; and though as yet he has been influenced in his views of its Reform by those of his lamented friend the upright Sir Samuel Romilly, whose notes I am aware on this important subject he holds in his possession, and by which he has been greatly governed ; but if that great and good man had lived on, he would have gone on with the spirit of Reform,---he would have moved with the times, and not have stopped at the threshold on which he was the first to place his foot. He would have gone farther than he did to attack the errors and weakness of the Chancellor, be would have allowed, as the promise of the bar (Mr. Bickersteth) has allowed, that the evils lay deeper than the man who presided; that he only added to them ; that the evils were of older date, and had in some degree corrupted the then Chancellor himself, who had not courage to resist them, much less to eradicate them. Henry Brougham has an awful responsibility attached to him. How ever Lord Eldon may be forgiven and forgotten, he will not; here I must cease to speculate, and recollect that an old soldier may overthrow and destroy by his sword, but not improve and reform by his pen. Yet common sense may be a soldier's portion as well as that of a lawyer, and he may equally understand the principles and purposes ofjustice. The public will naturally be surprised at the large incomes of the chief clerks of the Masters. They arise principally from the gratuities, which are so many presents made by the solicitors to expedite his business, and which eventually is paid by the poor suitors. Master Stephen, whose office, I understand, is snore regular than that of any other, allows no gratuity to be taken by his clerk, and which clearly proves that all gratuities are really an abuse, and which should also be discountenanced by the other Masters. MASTER OPTRE REPORT-OFFICE.. Who the fortunate holder of this lucrative office is, does not appear; who, from profits and emolu ments (deducting the charges of the office) re ceives no less a sum than It is observed that there has been an extraordinary increase of the business in the last year. Registrar of the Court of Chancery is composed of four regis trars, two entering registrars, two chiet clerks, and several others with incomes under 1,0001. The principal are— TIIONIA9 ALEXANDER RAINSFORD. Salary 550 0 0 Allowances - . - 119 0 0 Fees 4,870 )0 0 FRANCIS BENJAMIN BEDWELL. Salary Allowance Fees 3,877 17 11 JAMES CRISMAS FRY. Allowance 110 0 0 Fees 4,224 2 19 r.DWARD DOD COLVILLE, Salary 91 10 0 Allowance . . - 2,590 7 2 - 2,759 7 2 Salary - - - Feea - - - - . 275 0 0 - - - 1,301 19 6 1,576 19 6 rRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT *NE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds ......56N%M% Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bends Chinon Bonds lB Prussuur, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1624 Danish I — Spanish, :121 ....16%% Greek Bonds - '—. 1822 _ Ditto, 1825 Ni, s l , 'French Rentes, sp. c. 941 —,.. Guatirnala :— I--- Exchange 251. 30 . %lexicon Bonds „, 27 --- 2 per cent tilt. 50c. Ditto, 182.1 - Excbarge 2lf. 30c. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRFFISII CORN, For the Week ended Jan. 23, 1830, made up from the Returns of the inspectors in the difthrent Cities and l'owns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. ~i heat 71s. Bd.l Oats 255. Id. Barley 41$. 6d.f Rye 445. 7d I Pease-. 41s. 21. imps MAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE sIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat fins . 3d I Oats —. 240. 6.11 38s. 4(1. 8ar1ey—........3.95. Id. Rya 425. Pease...--.. 425. Od. . - DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. fild. l Oats 10s. 9d.1 Beans--... 12s. 6d. Harle 3s. 4d.R) • e dc. Od. 62. 6d. WILLIAM SOUTH. JOSEPH COLT IS. Salary Fees ..... - 1,161 13 10 ---------- 1,447 13 10 JOIIN FRANCIS LE COINTE. Salary Fees 9:33 15 10 I,MO 18 5 HENRY EDGEWORTH BICKNELL. Salary F ees - : - - 1,421 7 5 1,622 4 1 The incomes of th ese persons appear quite enormous : the fees arise from the drawing up of decrees, and orders pronounced by the several Judges of the Courts of Chancery, paid by the suitors. Surely these duties might be done at a much less expence, the table of fees being reduced. Their last settlement was made by Lord Erskine in 1806. As other offices must be reduced, so should these. The Master of the Rolls and his Court winds up the Chancery. The Master of the Rolls, Sir John Leach, which is an appointment for life, and tenable, with a seat in Parliament, receives from many sources, which vary yearly in amount, a yearly income of - 7,000 0 0 part of which is paid from the consolidated fund to complete the deficiency of the other sources. lie has also an excellent residence, with gardens, &c. lie has the patronage of a Chief Secretary, whose average income is from 1,4001. to 1,500/. a year, last year was - . _ _ 1,418 15 0 Also the appointment of the six clerks ? which is an office for life, whose income, arising solely from fees, amount annually to 1,2171. 10s., so for the six say Their office is nearly a sinecure. One of the six can at any, one time do the duty of the whole, the work of their office being done by clerks, of whom there are many under them. These gentlemen are enabled to enjoy tours on the Continent or villas on the sea coast. There are also two examiners of the Court of Chancery. Their incomes arc chiefly derived from the profits of their office.' The first is reported to have received for the year given, the sum of 1,300/. ; the other 9001. ; each having from the suitors' fund a salary of 3001. • Let the reader but carefully examine the various sums quoted, and lie will perceive at what an enormous charge his property is protected. Well might Mr. John Smith, the Mem ber and banker, declare lie would advise no one to enter the Court by way of recovering his property. The total charge of salaries, at and above 1,0001. per year, of the Court of Chancery, is, 1 find, altogether, as far as the return goes, no less a sum; than 132,578/. 4s. Oil.; but then this sum gives no adequate idea of the whole amount of salaries, or what is the attendant ex peril:es on a suit in Cliahcery,—besides the torture of delay. If trl_h4.tieryi should succeededent Parliamentary papers?dl loudly nriisvinntygh means e t i o r t v h o e i public, who have no access to voice ef againstc coming such h t h ruinous decision e that' ta blishment, I shall be well repaid for the trouble I have taken. RADICAL. RE-ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. PREVIOUS to the opening of the new Par liament, the SPECTATOR ventured to predict that the Session would be distinguished in a remarkable manner by the important results of its deliberations. The country knows how this has already been realized ; and it looks forward with anxious interest to the labours of the remaining portion of the Session. The SPECTATQR, as a watcher and expositor of events, will continue to be stow upon Parliamentary subjects the same searching serutiny as heretofore; and will narrate, with clearness and impartiality, the whole proceedings of both Howse, after its own peculiar method—a method which has been much approved, as communicating the greatest amount of accurate information at the least cost of time to the reader. The flattering success which has attended the recent ex ertions of the SPECTATOR, (its regular weekly sale having, since the commencement of the Session, increased by nearly 1,400 copies), justifies perseverance is the Fame course, and will stimulate to increased activity in every part of its comprehensive plan. The proprietors pledge themselves that no pains or cost shall he spared to render the SPECTATOR the first newspaper of the kind in this country. 4, Wellington-street, Strand. DAY AT ON Z O'cLOCK. fItICES Or STOLICS Tllib &in stuck .3'per Cent. Red. per Cent. Cans. 80% per Cent. 904, 90!y 90 New 334 per (:et: t .8934 3 per Cent Ann. 1726.... - 4 per Cent. 1 e 2 6 - 3nn4 L ong Ann. to expire 7Jan. 5, 1860 ..... 3-16 Oct. 10, 1859 17% Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 Aprils, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 New 5 per Cent. InMa Stock ..................213 12 titto Itcnis l5 16 pm. south Sea Stock old Annuities Ditto... ......... - er Cent. Ann. 1751 81116,41,001'. ..... 33 34 pm. Ditt 0..- Ditto Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertise i —pm. Bank tbr Account India for Account Cons. for Feb. 25. ..... l if e, 0 1 3 43 511411. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1831. The Sun this day presents in the PENSION LIST a picture on which the people of England, Scotland, and Irelard, will gaze with shame, sorrow, and in- dignat ion ! They will behold there some Pensioners without desert—hirelings who rob the poor, and defraud the rich—very locusts, preying on the vitals of the people ; persons as devoid o private shame as destitute of public prin- , ciple—Lords of fashion and Ladies of pleasure— bankrupts in fortune and vagabonds in charac ter, all, all mixed up with many respectable and meritorious exceptions, whose virtues and whose services are not only brought in question, but placed in jeopardy by figuring in such company. But all this comes of dirty jobs and reckless patronage. It was not enough for the Minister of the day to tax the public with his minions, but he saddled pos terity with their descendants—present possession and reversionary interest ! Who that looks on this melancholy memorial of extravagance and abuse, can wonder at the national distress ?—Who that contemplates this damning chronicle of tnis-government-profusion and nameless jobbing, but must now rejoice that the time has at length arrived when in the words of Lord ALTHORP, corruption shall cease, for the day of governing by patronage is gone for ever—and thank GOD that it has! Presenting such a mass of observation and scru tiny from the able pens of " Radical" and other patriotic Correspondents of the Times, along with the Parliamentary document, it would be idle to extend our own remarks, for indeed the thing is so bad as to suggest its own commentary. He who runs may read of poor Peers —and cast-off mistresses—bastard mendicants and pro fligate foundlings—political adventurers and a host of others whose vocations are as unknown as their merits, or, if known, it were, perhaps, uncharitable to record. In the Law, the Church, the State, there are few places of emolument in which the unhallowed fingers of corruption have not found their way. _ _ _ But, thank Heaven, the days cf such political sorcery are gone by !—there is yet abundance of hope for England—a most gracious KING placing the utmost confidence in the integrity and wisdom of a REFORMING Ministry—and they again relying on the support of a loyal and patriotic people—these are good and cheering omens—omens of political regeneration and returning prosperity. By the Hamburg Papers we have a Proclama tion addressed to the Poles by Marshal DIEBITSCII on his assuming the command of the invading Rus sian Army. The Proclamation differs little in spirit from the imperial one. We hope the Pules will view it in the same light :-- ST. PETERSBURGH, JAN. 19. Field Marshal Count Diebitsch Sabalkansky has issued from his head-quarters the following proclamation :--- " Poles !--His Majesty the Emperor and King, our August Sovereign, has confided to me the command of the troops which are destined to put an end to the lamentable disorders which afflict the kingdom of Poland. The proclamation of his Majesty has already acquainted you, Poles, that the Sovereign will dis tinguish in his magnanimity the faithful subjects who have re mained true to their oaths, from the criminal agitators who would sacrifice to their hateful ambition the welfare of a happy and quiet people. Besides this, his clemency will extend even to the unfortunate personS who, through weakness or fear, have become accomplices of a lamentable crime. Poles, hear the voice of your Monarch, of your father, of the successor of your August re storer, who, like him has always desired your welfare. Even the guilty, if he, full of confidence, has recourse to his generosity will experience the effects of it. Only those who have stained their hands with blood, and perhaps those still more guilty who have invited them to this detestable crime, shall suffer the just punishment decreed by the laws. On my entering with tke troops under my command the kingdom of Poland, I think it me duty to make you acquainted with the principles which will guide all my steps as a faithful soldier, and a conscientious per former, of the commands of my Sovereign. I shall never deviate from them. " 1. The peaceable inhabitants who receive us as friends and brothers, will find in the troops under my command the same sentiments, and be treatedon their part with perfect reciprocity. The soldier will punctually pay for all that is furnished to him, and if circumstances should make it necessary for the troops to receive their subsistence from the inhabitants, or if we should be compelled to requisitions, which will, however, be avoided as much as possible, the inhabitants will in this case receive printed bonds in payment, which will be received as money in payment of the taxes in the public offices of the kingdom. The prices for the articles furnished shall be fixed according to the current prices in the several districts. " 2. On the approach of the Russian troops the inhabitants of the towns and villages who have taken up arms at the command of the illegally established Government are immediately to deli. ver them to the local authorities, when the latter havealready re turned to theirduty. In the contrary case they are to lay down their arms as soon as they learn the arrival of the troops of his Majesty the Emperor and King. persevere rt i h n e h , is h r o ebe le l r l i i g o o n u a r n d o f i s t i t , a e k e laws, nwith d a t ir o s se i v l h ii o s " 3. Every inhabit an t w h o, t aili ng i n h is alleg i ance to hi s So vh e a r n e d i g s n 'w Il u shall attempt to defend themselves against the troops shall be tried by a court martial. The towns and villages which may op pose his Majesty will have an extraordin ar y contr ib ut i on i mpos e d upon them, which willbe greater or less according to the resistance they have made, and this contribution shall be imposed chiefly upon those who have taken part in a criminal defence, whether they have taken up arms themselves, or encouraged others to do so. In case of a relapse or of a rebellion in the rear of the army, the revolted places will be punished by military execution, the Principal ringleaders will be punished by death, the others ba-• nished ; on the other hand, care will be taken to spare and to indemnify as much as possible those who have taken no share in ' the crhrie. "4. To prevent such misfortunes, I call On all civil autho rities, as well as the military in the towns and villages, on the approach of the Russian troops to send deputies to their com manders. These deputations shall bear a white flag as a sign of submission to their lawful Sovereign. They are to announce that the inhabitants submit to the clemency of his Majesty, and that the arms have been deposited in such or such a place. The Russian commanders will then take the necessary measures of secu rity. They will confirm thecivil authorities that existed before the revolution, as well as those who have been since appointed, if they have not taken any active part in it. The stationary veteran Guard shall also be preserved, if it has made no resistance and given no visible proof of treachery to its legitimate Sovereign. All these authorities, both civil and military, are to receive their oath of fidelity. By command of his Majesty, amnesty and obli vion of all that is passed shall be granted to all those who imme diately submit to, and fulfil the above conditions. " 5. The Russian commanders will, according to circumstances, in those places where there is no Russian garrison, organise civic or communal guards, to be chosen from the most faithful veterans and respectable inhabitants, and to be entrusted with the internal police, and the maintenance of tranquillity and order. "6. The organisation and administration of waywodeship, districts, and communes, shall remain on the same footing as before the rebellion, the same applies to all direct and indirect taxes. The persons in office will be retained on their complying with the conditions under No. 4. In the contrary case new au thorities will be appointed at the discretion of the officers com manding the corps. They will especially choose those indivi duals who are known to possess the necessary qualifications and good character, and who have given proofs of fidelity to their lawful Sovereign. All those will be excluded who have in any way taken part in the rebellion, as well as those who, after the entrance of the Russian troops into the kingdom shall persevere in an open opposition to legal order. " 7. The owners of lands and houses who remain peaceably in their dwellings, and submit to the conditions above declared, shall be protected in all their rights both by the local authorities and the Russian troops. On the contrary, the property of all those shall be sequestrated who remain in the ranks of the rebel troops, or retain the functions committed to them by the illegal Government, as well as all those who have taken open part in the rebellion. " These, Poles, are the principles which will guide thecon duct of the army, which the confidence of his Majesty has ;been pleased to put under my command. You have to choose between the advantages which entire submission to the will of our mag nanimous Sovereign ensures to you, and the misfortunes which will be brought upon you by a state of things without object and without hope. I feel myself. .honoured by being chosen to an nounce to you these resolutions emanating from the noble in tentions of the Emperor and King. I shall take care to fulfil them scrupulously, but also punish with Just and inexorable rigour a criminal obstinacy. (Signed "Marshal Count DIEBITSCH SABALKANSKY." " Jan. 1831." " Polish warriors,—lt is now 25 years since your country, in the midst of the wars which were excited by the gigantic plans of a celebrated conqueror, was implicated in the general confla. gration. The often-revived and always-deceived hope of an il lusory regeneration had made you the companions of his fortune. Faithful, though unfortunate, you answered to deceitful pro mises by the sacrifice of your blood. There is no land, however distant, that has not been stained with blood, which you shed for interests unconnected with the fate of your country. This fate was at length determined, at a period memorable for great events. After the determination of an ever memorable contest, in which Russia saw you among the enemies whom she had to combat, the Emperor Alexander, of immortal memory, following only the impulse of his generous heart, desired to add, to so many other titles to glory, that of be ing your restorer. Poland recovered its name, and the Polish army received a new existence. All the elements of prosperity, of tranquillity, and happiness, met together as by magic; and fifteen years of progressive improvement now prove the extent of the benefits which your country owes to the paternal care of the Sovereign who restored it, and no less to the constant care of the Monarch who has so nobly continued his work. Polish war riors l his Majesty the Emperor and King believed in your grateful fidelity. But a short time ago he joyfully did jus tice to your zeal and attachment. The exemplary con duct of all the Polish officers, without example, who shared with our armies the fatigues and glory of the Turkish war, gave him the greatest satisfaction. All of us rejoiced in this companionship in arms, which became a new bond of union between the Russian and Polish troops. The biightest hopes of reciprocal advantages were naturally attached to this thought, which was founded on every thing that military honour holds sacred. These hopes have been cruelly disappointed. A handful of young people, who never experienced the dangers of battle, young officers who never were in the field, nay, even recruits, shook the fidelity of the brave. Then it saw the greatest crime, the murder of their commanders, committed before their ranks. It did not hinder the rebellion against their lawful Sovereign. What unhappy blindness, what cowardly conde scension could seduce veterans to suffer the greatest crime to be committed, and join bands thirsting for blood. .Is it possible that the intention of serving the country can have been even for a moment the excuse for such crimes. But the country is ready to tell you, that it has not for a long period been so happy. It had gained much, and had every thing to hope from its fide lity and the maintenance of public order. It risks every thing by engaging in an unequal contest, by rebelling against a Sove reign whose firm and; energetic character it knows, and by de fying a power which was never provoked with impunity. " Polish warriors,—The insurrection will brand your foreheads with shame. Save yourselves. from such disgrace ; history will one day say, that in the hope of serving your country you re. mained faithful and devoted to the man who promised you every thing and performed nothing. Shall it also say, that returning with ingratitude and perfidy the Sovereign who generously granted you every thing which you had no right to hope, you have brought new misfortunes on your country and indelible dis grace on yourselves. If any grievances existed, you ought to have confidence enough in the character of our august Sovereign to lay your complaint before him in a legal manner, with the frankness which characterises true soldiers. The Poles hold the unadorned language of a soldier ; I never heard any other. Obedient to the command of my Sovereign, I reiterate in the same spirit what he graciously said to you in the procla mation of the 17th of December. Our august Master has seen, with great satisfaction, the fidelity of the brave yagers of the Guard, of the greater part of the Grenadiers of the Guard, and of the ensigns of the cavalry. He does not doubt the greater part of the troops wished to remain faithful to their oaths, and that many others were only hurried away by a momentary im pulse. May they both hasten to execute his Majesty's commands contained in the proclamation. But should unforeseen circum. stances not allow you to take the way indicated, recollect, at least, that on the approach of the faithful army of our common sovereign your duty and your oaths. The troops under my command do not enter the kingdom of Poland as enemies ; on the contrary, they are sent to restore order and the laws they will receive as brothers all the civil and military persons who return to their duty, but, with the courage and firmness which they have shown on all occasions, they will overcome the resistance which any ill-disposed persons may attempt to make, who, trampling on the sacredness of oaths and the laws of honour, sacrifice the dearest interests of their country to anabi. tious and criminal plans. To you, in particular, whom I was accustomed to consider as worthy companions in arms, Generals and Colonels of the Polish army, I address myself with confidence. Return from the momentary error in which you may have indulged, that by joining the rebels you might reclaim them, and serve, your country without break ing your oaths. Experience must have undeceived you • return to your duty, and thus you will bring back happiness to your • country. The clemency of our august Sovereign is known to you ; return, therefore, to him. Think of the immense respon sibility which you would bring upon yourselves by a criminal ob stinacy. " Join your brethren in arms. Show that you are still the commanders of the troops which your Sovereign confided to your honour. I repeat it, you will be received as brothers. Oblivion of the past is promised you. The troops under my command will honourably fulfil the views of our Sovereign and the gratitude of the country, for the restora willbeona sweet : reward for y our return to g you men hard ene d i n cr i me, who d ti u o t n y e ; f bturatniqfuthilelirtey are am are not able to confide in magnanimity, because they are strangers to the exalted feeling from which it flows, tear all the bonds of military community with them, and the Almighty hand of God, the Protector of the just cause,. will bring upon their heads the punishment which their crimes deserve. (Signed) " Marshal Count DIEBITCH SABALKANSKY." " January, 1831." . _ BERLIN, JAN. 25. St. Schuld Sch. 4 per cent BS.)4 Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent.. Ditto Ditto 1822, 5 per cent. 95 Ditto Bonds 1830, 4 per cent, BRUSSEI:S • NATIONAL CONGRESS.--StyriNa Or SUNDAY, JAN. 30. The President-- After what passed yesterday, I think it ne cessary to have article 40 of our regulations again read. This being done, the President said, I confide to the good citizens in the galleries the care of maintaining order, and of turning out those who may interrupt it. The order of the day was the report of the committee ordered to draw up a protest against the protocol of 20th January. Nothomb, the reiiorter, observed that the object of the Con gress at London is changed, and that it has taken on itself to re sume what it did in 1815. It has appeared to the committee that a mere pretext was not sufficient, but that it was necessary first of all to prove the right of Belgium to the provinces in dispute. Hol land demands the left bank of the Scheldt and the province of Limburg by the right post liminii, whereas it is proved that these provinces belong to Belgium by the cession made of them to France by the Batavian Republic, in exchange for possessions which Holland still enjoys. As for Luxemburg, we claim it, by the same right post li,ninii, and the facts of our revolution. The reporter then read the protocol proposed by the committee. It is declared by the National Congress, in the name of the Bel gic people, that the foreign Powers proposed the conclusion of an armistice only to prevent the efffision of blood, without pre judice to what should be subsequently determined respecting the boundaries • that it is not from a spirit of con q u es t but by right adjustice that Belgium claims Limburg and the left bank of the Scheldt ; that by fixing the limits of Belgium the Five Powers violate the principle of nonintervention, and that every thing relative to negotiations on this subject be. long exclusively to the Congress. In consequence the Congress protests against any demarkation of the Belgic territory made without its participation. It appeals to the recognition of its in dependence by the Five Gre.it Powers. It will never submit to what would aftct the integrity of the Belgic territory. The Representatives of the Belgic nation would denounce to the civi. lized world the injustice of every thing that might be done in contempt of this protest M.:Van Meenen observed that the protest proposed by the Com mittee says nothing of that part of the protocol which relates to the forced neutrality imposed on Belgium. He thought that such a neutrality would hinder us from joining in the ellbrts of any Power whatever, that in any case our commerce would be exposed to restrictions, to the right of search, &c. This, how ever, should be mentioned in the protest. He thinks that it would be premature to discuss the protest which must not be de. cided upon with precipitation. The proposed protest was ordered to be printed for the use of the members. The Congress resumed the discussion on the choice of a Sove reign. M. Detheux sees with the Duke of Nemours, war and the loss of the independence of Belgium. If Belgium sympathises with the French character, it does not with the French dominions. She prefers the Duke of Leuchtenburg, but if the Powers will not leave us at liberty in the choice of a Sovereign Prince, let us choose one ourselves. M. Leron regrets the republic, if we had chosen that form of Government we should not now be embarrassed about the choice of a Sovereign. We are told that Russia, Prussia, Aus tria, and England, would recognise the Duke of Leuchtenburg, but France will not; and the recognition of France is the most important to us. Without France our commerce is destroyed. You must, theretbre, attach France and the means of doing this is to choose the Duke of Nemours. He spoke with indignation of the manwuvres practised to gain par tisans to the Duke of Le.uchtenberg. Jottrand said, that asking for the Duke of Nemours is no thing more nor less than asking for the union with France.-- (Murmurs,) He added, that the Protocol does not prove that Luxemburg will belong to Belgium. Gendebien.--It has be en sa id t h at we dece i ve d France re specting the wishes of B e l g i um. I protest, a gainst this assertion. An animated dialogue t oo k p l ace between Messrs. G en debien and d'Aerschot, on one sid e ; an d M essrs L e b eau an d Jottrand, on the other. on my honour, Maclagan---I always thought the Powers would intervene ;. they have soon declared themselves. I always indulged the hope that peace viould not be troubled. I have lost that hope since the return of our envoys from London. France repels us--it is. great enough not to desire any territorial aggrandisements—we. have every thing to fear b y t h row i ng ourse l ves into the arms of France. Whom shall we elect?—(Attention.) The Duke of Leuchtenburg embroils us with France and Holland, and the Duke of Nemours with a ll E urope. Th, : i n terests of commerce, the only source of n a ti ona l prosperity, requ i r e peace. Let us ne gociate frankly. Do es th e C ongress o f London impose such hard terms on us that we cannot listen to them ? I reserve my vote.. N. Beyts has little to say after the truly eloquent speech of M. Lebeau. M. de Brouckere is for the Duke of Nemours. It is to France that many Belgians are indebted for having thei r heads on their shoulders. Lord Ponsonby has said that the elec. Lion of the Duke of Nemours would be the signal for war. On the other hand, neither France nor the Powerg will recogiise the Duke of Leuchtenberg; he will, therefore, be always isolated among us. Without resources we should have no vent for our commerce. We shall be reduced to misery. Now war is pre ferable to such a state of things. The day of the election of the Duke de Leuchtenberg will be recorded : we shall be attacked on all sides. The assembly broke up at three o'clock. The greatest tran quillity prevailed in the galleries during the whole sitting. SIT'T'ING OF JAN. 31. A very long debate arose on the question whether the debate on the proposed protest shall precede that of the election of the Sovereign. It was decided that the debate on the protest should take place to-morrow at the opening of the Sitting. The debate on the voice of a Sovereign continued. m. de Smick voted for the Duke of Leuchtenberg. M. Chas. le Hon for the Duke of Nemours. Et•i: Ory regretted that a decree of exclusion hinders him from proposing what might contribute to the happiness of Belgium. He would propose Prince Charles, brother of the King of Bavaria. M. Devaux is for the Duke of Leuchtenberg, though he would have preferred the Prince of Coburg allied to France. He said that there is an agent from the Duke of Leuchtenberg at Brussels, and has given the, assurance that the Prince would • accept. Messrs. Nothomb and Lardinoise spoke in favour of the Duke of Nemours ; MM. Baillet and Zoude for the Duke of Leuch tenberg; M. de Hassart niade a speech in favour of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, which was much applauded by the galleries. HAM BURG, JAN. 28. —.BORSEN-lIALLE.-LSOMe small purchases of wheat have been made by our own consumers, and some for de livery on the opening of the river. Rix Dollars. Silesian 165 to 188 • Anhalt, White . . . . 165 to 188 Ditto, Red . . • • • 165 to ISB Holstein, Red . . • • • 125 to 140 Danish • 120 to 135 Discount, two per cent. End of January. Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent. . • • 57 % Anglo-Russian Loan 87 1 4 Hamburg-Russian Loan 87 Polish Bonds 86 New Prussian 4 per Cents 7B Austrian Bank Shares (ex. div.) . . Austrian Metallique s 89 New Austrian 4 per Cents. New Hanoverian Loan . . . 97X4 Exchange on London.---Two 'Aionths, 13 6%; Sight, 13 834 • From the French Papers we learn that General SEBAsTIANI has finally announced that he shall look on the election of the Duke de LEUCIITENBURG to the Throne of Belgium as an act of hostility to France. By the Express from Paris we have received the following :- PARIS, Ern. 1.--BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR, p.m.---Poland, abandoned to its fate by the French Government, is this day entirely forgotten, public attention beingentirely absorbed by the proceedings of the Belgic Congress. Influenced by the gloomy aspect of that affair, the speculators in the Funds commenced their operations this day at a quarter per cent. lower than the closing prices of yesterday. Shortly after the commencement of business, however, they received an impulse, the result of which was, that the Three per Cents, rose from 61f. sc. to 6lf. 30c. They subsequently fell to 60f. 90c. It is nearly ascertained that the • settlement will pass off without defaulters. PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE', FEB. 1.---Five per Cents., 93f. 70c. 6.5 c; 60c. 50c. 4.5 c. 50c. 45c. 50c. 65c. 50c. 45c. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 61f. sc. 10c. 25c. :20c. 10c. 61f. 60f. 90c.; Bank Actions, 1,530 f ; Rente de Naples, 63f. ; Rente d'Ecpagne, 14N ; Royal Spanish Loan, 61) 6034 ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Epage, 46% 46 46% ; Haitian Loan, 310 f. 300 f. Exchange on London--One month, paper, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 25f. The Coast Blockade, it is stated, will shortly be broken up. This measure, it is said, will effect a saving of two hundred thousand per annum, or enable a proportionate addition to be made to our disposable force, without additional expenditure. We rejoice to hear that such is the intention of Gco vernment,—it will be p;o tanto a substantial re trencliment,—the Preventive Service, however, un der the direction of the Customs, is to be retained, which though far less costly, we trust at no distant period will, under a more wise and honest 'system of legislation, be also dispensed with, though with our present high and impolitic duties that may not be possible. The Coast Blockade! ! the very term is an ano maly. In time of war we blockade the ports or coasts of our enemies, and other nations possessing the ability adopt the same measures, but we do not believe that in time of peace any nation was ever taxed and oppressed to blockade its own coast, save the English, under the legislation of the Boroughmong ers. The Coast Bleckade.—That is a part of the public force, raised by Government, paid by the people, employed NOT against a public enemy, but against the people themselves, to prevent what it ought to be the great aim and end of a wise and honest Government to promote,—more especially the Government of an industrious, manufacturing, and highly commercial people,—a free intet course with other States. Providence has given to diffe rent nations different climates, productions, and habits, and the greatest benefit one and all can en_ joy is a free interchange with each other, of all their various products, whether of nature or art. If France produces wines, which England does riots spirits, or other products of a cheaper or better quality, upon what principle of sound policy are the English people to be debarred their use, seeing that if, consumed here, they MUST be paid with the cottons, woollens, cutlery, &c. of our manufacture, which by the increased demand would give activity and employment to thousands of our industrious artizans, our shipping, our seamen, and directly or indirectly, by legitimate means, promote the common benefit of all classes of the State. The fac titious and artificial system which regulates, or rather cramps and fetters the commerce of England, has sprung from, and is part and parcel of the Borough mongering system, which recognizes no interest but its own, and has recklessly promoted that interest by means of wars, loans, taxes, patronage, and a lavish expenditure, violating at once the wise inten tions of Providence, and every principle of justice, policy, and common sense. Such a system never could have existed had England been governed by a reformed and honest Parliament; we trust, how ever, that a better sera is at hand—but let not the people relax in their efforts,—if true to themselves the Borouglimongers must succumb, and the nation achieve a triumph, from which it will derive more solid benefits than front all the splendid victories emblazoned in its history. LITERATURE. THE EXTRAORDINARY BEA CK B 0 OK. NIFINCHAM WILSON,-..LONDON, 1831. An extraordinary book indeed, and one that should have been bound in red to show that it blushed for its contents ! Conceive a full-sized closely-printed octavo of six hundred pages, solely devoted to an exposition of the abuses in the Church—in the Civil List and Crown Revenues-- in the diplomatic and consular establishments—in the judicial administration--in the monopolies of the Bank of England and the East India Company; —conceive, we repeat, an immense octavo, solely devoted to these abuses, and yet not half exhaust ing its subject !. Every farm er , every mechanic, nay, every man i n the kingdom, no matter whether he be Whig, Tory, Liberal, or Radical, young or old, rich or poor, should b u y t hi s b ook. Its publication is a national benefit, for besides the matters just enumerated, the book contains lifts of pluralists, placemen, pensi oners, s i necur i sts — an d a precious list this is, beating hollow the longest Chancery bill ever heard of !--strictures on the debt and funding system, and above all, a complete impartial view of the expenditure, patronage, and abuses of Government as they affect Church, State, !MY, and representation. The man who after dili gently perusing this record of aristocratic enormities, ci.n remain contented with things as they are, is a creature who in stubbornness may vie with th‘... mule —and in stolidity with the long-eared animal that chew s t h e thistle. We confidently predict that this book will create—what our city correspondent calli --"a sensation." We defy any country in the world, w h et h er anc i ent or modern, to produce itst equal. Shame on the Boroughmongers, that it should contain so much truth COVENT-GARDEN.—A petite comedie (which in English means a farce) called Married Lovers,' was played here for the first tine last night. It is from the pen of Mr. POWER, and was received with unanimous and deserved applause. COURT CIRCULAR. Prince Leopold had an interview with Earl GreYle'w the Treasury. rdaY aft A Cabinet Council was h e ld a t f our o'clock. yes te r d at the Foreign-offic e , w hi c h was atten d e d by tnelnr Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscotint , "'file, t e h‘ count Goderich, Viscount Althorp, the Earl of Carli , l e p Hon. C. Grant, Lord Holland, and Sir J. Graham. broke up soon after six o'clock. ,ster . A conference on the affairs of Belgium was ternoon by the Representatives of the Great Powers, reign -office. It was attended by the Russian, f, e 130 French Ambassadors, the Prussian Minister, tL' A itoti , Weisenburg (Minister from Austria), Count' heto_7 - 0 t (Minister from ltussia), and Viscount Palmerston. " Fs The Ministers were engaged i n consu lt a tion al '7Ol , office three hours, and broke up their meeting! after the Cabinet Coun c il h a d conc l u d e d t h e i r 6ittlitiWP Previous to attending the conf ere n ce , Visconti had a conference with Earl Grey, at the Treasury. ~,tllO , A numerous deputation of gen tl emen i n t e resten . ly and commerce of the W es t I n di es , atten d e d yestt;i4f' Board of Trade, and had a conference with the Vice-President. SNO ~, ~ 'RE • , dRLIAMENT 1 4 4 , I ' c count of al Ireland, a V each Perso n ' j Pension, and 1 A A rnold, James Rol !nit`rwall, Marv] Au, k ? 4 _ 3 d, Isabella., 4, 41 d, George I A t b 7,George Jo Artintuot, Harrie k °1 ,14 William F Lawren kr h 7,_Halt!, August t4:l'or- _ Paril'°,444ll..zybelr_so..l4.l4r! j_'.)4:niteei'lAiiriB 11.;..!!erie, Frances Itz, johsolhnl,i:Ariihuia.oimusalt., had Thein interviews wesh yesterday anceli o r and i t t h h E e a C ri h aGnrceeyllaotr the o , Ann., Despatches were received yesterday at the ," ~, girt, Elizabeth from the Earl of Bellmore, the Governor of Jan'iart;reTtP:!: .11 1111- ! °l ; :w:l3ba'e e Goutant, A deputation from the West India merchants, ,:be ;r' ::::::,„: t A he u r g i u n s : ri C u a e ll r ag y h es a t n e , rd h a a y d , a a r t i i t n h t e er T v r i e e as w ii w ry it . h the Chancellor et.' 4 • ' rer'S lie ' e ton Mary—. arrMivred. WiniltmoowtnHyoerstteornd,atyhefrnomewhlyisapsepoatinaVsuGdobvrooerte:oro Hon. Gentleman transacted business in the Alen ,t. lii-Let, Christian 1%1 Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained . ?,, ` l tlelt, Lady Jei tween 20 and 30 Members of the House of CorstrinT e rti;;, Catherine yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. l A ;g6to l Ik t Jan e eluded those Members of the Cabinet who have• l `. 1, h. u .5. 4 - e., Antoine Lower House ; the Judge Advocate General, the j t,...croft, Susanna War, Viscount Morpeth, Sir John Newport, &c. „sr 1117.,e, 'Mt, Frances. Mrs. Walker (formerly Miss Reynolds) has been 1 ; , : d, Dame Ha Miniature Paintress to her Majesty. • ' 11,4 0 W00d, Sir He lk,_,W, Sophia ti„..‘:4, William 1 . bi7Z,rliflootir). Robert 1 Ili ah 4 tefield, Jo e lm lati," ° rt, Louisa C 4..,Urst, Charlotte 1ai.V.412 Edward iliVe, Mary z a chariott, )1, 7 . , Penelop n ie a r n i li e l Hartle} IL. urst, Mary rtarst, Charles Itrod,7e, M a maso F Itrc, ( 7,elt ry. 8., ' , thank, Eliz., Il l tb".te, Sir Henry tom Pt, Charlotte th_relarn, Dame -A Rarianniace;fati Ch ti Ornelia Soph le, Ann. THE WEATHER. (Extract of a letter from Bristol, Feb. p) tt o' " My journey from London, on Monday night, by Hart Bath and Bristol coach, owing to the snow, . with much wind, so as to drift the snow in mall ;,4 , ,1 perilous and tedious ; and as to the difficulties some idea of them may be formed from the fa t coaches, &c., were delayed for about seven or elgr, the road. The snow fell continually, but not viole: the time of our getting a few miles from town 1 ,1"4 night; anti by the time that we had accomplishi i e, our journey, the roads became very bad, and nt , route with d fficulty traceable, and, at times, CO'" guessed at. At Marlborough the coachman 0 " . r„ that the drift, a few miles forward, was consider.' , tainly not absolutely impassable, for as the Blue 1 ,0 leaves London at one o'clock in th e d a y) h a d not 70 was inferred that it had been enabled to COIII journey. Ours was the second coach that had stay..: London about half-past five.): On such informati o !* ferences we proceeded on our way towards the $7O/ Downs. When we had arrived near the top of CO which is four miles beyond Marlborough, —id half.4 l fore we could reach Kennett, the coachp were in a drift of snow, that it was uj and, what was worse, that the horses from our situation. By this time it wa. Tuesday morning, (several , hours after arrival ;) but the lateness Ihad its ad was beginning to dawn (the moon I had the benefit of some light. This, in and alarms, was a great blessing. All at however, were ineffectual, and the poor was wet with perspiration, had stood shoulder deep in snow. The Company's by six horses : they had got an addition and by a desperate effort, and which Ix they pa, sed us but only a few paces, and w were. Both coaches were thus agroune a waggon from London came up, havil horses that they use for such species of offered whatever the waggoner should I four of his horses to draw us out, and I their offers, and under such circumstan he at the risk of upsetting both coach be regretted that the writer of so dist name the waggon, [that the man's ma portunity of showing whether he apps Our leaders were then put to the Cot their number of horses eight ; and b tressing exertions that carriage was ev , of the hill. By this time the Bath nearly to us; but no further coul Shortly afterwards the Bristol mail the Regent Bath and Bristol coach arrir from the spot where we were. Every effi was made, by one party lending horse efforts even to move the vehicles,, were the traces of our horses were broken. Al horses were procured from a farmer's at and after much tugging and terrible wor drawing out both the mail coaches. It was us : in the exertions of pulling, our split Our horses by this time, from cold anti fa tressed; and they were conveyed forward repairs to our coaches, traces, &c., were mean time men were obtained to " dig" had become requisite,—a labour that men, and who thence clearedtheroad fc so as to enable the coaches to pass ale after eight o'clock, a time by which we Bristol, that we were once more enabled SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(Tgw" FROM LLOYD'S. m a L r l a V n h Elt I: O a O h dL is , o Fes. ,, shore nearl—Arrived t Johnson, from Demerara; the Lancaster, Dearn,..`"ed does and St. Thomas's ; and the Adventure, LeviNir he magazines the Mar y ,; t r : , 1 f? 2 . 41 sins. Arrived oft' port the Ripply, Hesse, from Deng Isabel, Griffiths, from Demerara. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DA Pt CITY, TWIG TIC 0' -- D elf o / 1 The delivery of the letters from the post-office hal" very late this morning. A number of foreign mails ...four Hamburg, one Flanders, and one French. .11 0 The complicated state of the affairs of BelgiuMr,lf tiani's letter to the Congress at Brussels, stating thalog de Leuchtenberg should be elected as their King.ii Ministry would regard the choice as an act of bot , oe, France, have caused our funds to recede, as it ' d el li that:the Belgians will now make choice of the Duke_..o,64 and should the French Government accept of this c 'oeo in all probability, entangle the Allied Powers, and c a :et4 the continent. TIIE FUNDS. • , r eV Conso s, which left off yesterday at SON % .° 1907 . , opened at 80y, %; went down to 80%; up again W oo f , present they are 80IA %. tet • The estafette from Paris brings the French Re° ifi, cent, lower, 60f. 90c. °AO HALF-PASId fr 4 The letters and Papers by th e diff eren t Mails arr" 0100 have been delivered. The Hamburg Papers bring ;aO l 'nation from General Di e bit sc h t o the Poles, ad"Rerje submit to the Emperor, a nd prom i s i ng th em 01 e . , A those towns and villages which do not comply W i ritir, are to pay heavy contributions and be punished oth , e e op We have seen a letter from Antwerp, dated %I yesterday, which states that great fear is eater d a Duke de Nemours will be elected as their King a n it •A the French Governinent : if so (the writer adds), great dissensions amongst the Allied Powers. stop„e The accounts from Madrid state that the Mitill i f begin to entertain great fears about what , 4 1 in the Spring, and that they hear from a ,..Stfajo that in a great number of the convents they,ha._v e „ii th e l e ird to decide on selling the lands and property, wn'' f 0 •ri divide amongst the Clergy, who will leave for ‘ , 3 000,0 4 ii The Government have made a forced loan 0 1 .., t eilej reaux. The French Ambassador has frequent o .'„plr, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs ; he t''; fr arrival at Madrid of officers belonging to Charlesr ,s_A and of their being well received. Energetic mens ti o na Vl' re i by the Minister of War for the levy of fifty thO l 4Ol . W Consols still continue heavy at SON,. Strong se- 1 0§7. • o + 4 count caused by the information received from • - dtt:, estafette from Paris brings the French Rent e i ' r , fir hours at 61f. 20c. which is an improvement. , o ef Market nothing doing. 'O ' THREE Consols, 801. ptjald FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING P Consols Bo} i Danish ..•'' Ditto for Account 801 i Greek, 19 !!.q1; i Brazilian Bond s s6i Mexican, "- ' Buenos Ayres Peruvian ••'' ... i Cliilian Ditto Columbian, 1824 Spanish ..... .''' h i DUBLIN, MONDAY, JAN. 3..1 .-"T,11! pd - 14 1 1 ) ng the city wa s a ll b us tl e an d lif e , caused 7 0 0 ),1 tiling and marching of the various trades 011 ; 0 0 4 Ball's-bridge, on the road to Kingstown. ' lo o° Ai t) was fully as numerous a muster of the trade . , tri of the procession f rom H ow th. At half-P o '. P r o" O'CONNELL, acc o mpa n ied by two of bis sen- i friends, took his departure for Kingstnnt, 4 J 1 ,04) ascertained that a notice was served upon 'T,'"'slse A t this morning, calling upon him to atten°,ol King's Bsnali from (lay to day, to go int o the demurrer, and to be ready to receive tbe ilksjii the Court. I have learned that in co n ' eq soo2 o ( notice Mr. O'CoNNELL will not proceed tl. gto rb,l6 in order to prevent any excitement or ":" st toe", might result from a public announcement t" j vented by law proceedings from going tn F' r i be vtg,) O'CoNNELL has determined to accomPsq.„ t he se) to Kingstown, to go on board a v essel I" of 1 _ a l re • t i and when the people have quietly disper s " - „„Isr l , to-night. It is a strange fact that bis Pic o o'er,' even to hare increased since the institutivotosto r proceedings against him. I never saw s ° , joi Wage as that which congregated this day ' vs f' cession. —Evening Paper. , Debt 1 4 ,0 THE PARLIAMENT.—AS: eut e e i t it o 7o oti v ensuing Session of Parliament are traordinary interest, the conductors of t co sbi e f tb d € paper have made arrangements that w ili , o rt ° , 1 1; 1 present a snore elaborate and accurate r 0 : 0 *- p list , ceedings in both Houses than can he ac e ,e tl i ` e tol d oi other Weekly Newspaper. The subjects " co otOols .7 di of such paramount i m p or tance, that theof,doool,bi, ther pledge themselv e s t o the publicatiot or eire o t„ l ; o I without any additi ona l c harge, wh ene l a rge °e tfie, may demand it. By this expensive en the p n' , e i was received with such satisfaction by 0 jo 0 0 00 0 ( 11 occasion of the Memoir of the late f 9 0 ' double sheet was published, and uPwa r s i;rd were sold. The MIAs may be ° d i : , no re r Irp", mentary Record of greater magnit u ere 00( i 0 utility, and permanent value, than 'v f l' it f1: 0 00 bodied in the newspaper form. 13 e!,, 11 ;i e Ws / Orders takes by all Booksellers an d United Kingdom. . F rances eEri ll i a sl r Is leo .itt4 1 Il i ' I t a li e : ' . . 6 . H rin idd ° o :l n t n wo ° o nh ed u ~..n. r . r. g a .t g t t o ,rt idel p.t , .. ,1144,,ett.ii..okk3,4i.4 ' .4ewes,to 'in tid i ,e, l , y .n e tr oe n ura t tli ti i l l, Hanourah ilsan ei , Chas. V t ' lt et s i . Elizabeth ac ' . Fees, Amelia, a plie ti ' r3 Fbarlotte 0 44, and ,Jane t i , t zlierZ: t ! Selma t. f fe t f i 7 ,_Lord I 1 , Caroline..,, Bri paler'. I...arohne tit il ,' M i e s i l • . It.„,ldin e, la li,`?roy . r 'sartha , 1,141,,eri, Lady Max p i! 11 1 .e4 C: c eo ca r . ! ;; k.t.47.2! . Sarah 0.C1,Z 1 5e, Geo izat„ v . ee, d( ellori" 'Award I ~„.,„_, Albinia E 14S`t'aune,,,eorgian qta,. 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Y ' 41 1. cq, 1 .1,.„,:: . 44,4Y,1 1 : d ' , y liii-, tlk, ftply Eli,4l.ttogh:r4tt ii ? 1 , ,1 Pe, L liz: rl k 4 E ; - ran c ,,,, el ere Jain --- I 4 (1 0W: b er V it 're ''', Ann * ler t 4 .1iz,,,, t kt i NeY gt°l ' , A 1. k !NoOlon. Err kl,ti, A lf , mt. rzo un, ef a ' i rl A 4 13 r ! e k, ka r tor,anek Lab: 4 t''' tedt' 4i t litoh t 4 .a t cif lion rah ' 11:t)frYs Sarah 114:11: pleli a. : , fiel4 t ,,r.iora, IN , t ir etl ' 14 : tli za eini XIN, liar r i, - •••• 4N,44ii ce — - A tt'cii '". tr s ar' 4tki l l. k tz a I 4 ° "ta ll kit, .I r :h. 41 O; i tet° 1 1 1 4r teok try, Mai t rY, Isw ic:hgtomhinhae-nddibsedchoriiiiho,v‘Zlettseti.e.;z:6l2a Am s were unable 4 00, -, ukb e l' iza nn ' fl , rland was half-past ~,d e , e „,, , Lady after the regt , . , `,M t 1 5 7 , ,, Elizabeth [vantage, for, T i ol ~ “ T tl_l, 3larianr had not been . ' t „ , ,Low y, Lady, a i the midst of our ' klar ' 11 , Eliza blz ittempts to moved lop ~.,:1 , Elizabett )r horses, whose d# `,.;:kei,`"aY, Elabe Pi' `A[ r e, I for nearly ,h oi, . I ._se, xi_ el o pe Penelope, s coach then avir r , j M C ry Ann „, nal pair at IV lO ' Y Ot, f r otine early upset the:, 'Ack e. .,,,nerine , were then stuclt_o ~, 4 Ne ; , ; nzabeth At id and irnITIO , n - , k i ttliabji l f ' adY "Ma mg eight of thy : r pok e .‘,, Catherin f labour. Each , , ~`'ao!,is lances demand, if he _ l O kOw nn. Diary , to the top of th., • 41% 1 7r, Catherin aces, were unav , 'p rl , Ann, st ch es passe d ort i , 'pela..;Tl, Dame N iscreditable a fe', 4 0 )' 4 01 Le i,' , "?.., Augusta caster might 11$ ',, i Nrs— Rosamond ,proved of such ..,koai,,,;'!_aY, Anne ompany's coach' I Xorch7, Dame Is by dint of the e , .„& da Zer, Lady l eventually got:. ', - 11ris on 14 :M.1 Jan ma i l came tir.,o vek so 1 4ane tld it get, there,ol . h iq son a, Caroline l 1 approached , , ,M idas , Louisa Sa ived, but neither , 14,,,... 'Therese M .frort to extriCa t go ; be 14r2_ , Jame Ch: rses to the 0 _.„,., itle Elizabett e vain. In they.. '.. '''Kel, J. ed 4,44 ~,,Awpt,iastc:::ll:,etchentiregt:ntbshhiaadertteystelrirzew,adirji ~t i, ,,,,, 0. 400. elaa...irt.. ! fi n s.ria, .au d o.r:n.s. , ifioi A gnetb f etsnaeyaAH.ci::::.,l a fatigue were o 1• .Lady G. and to Iteno A pt - : Essa: 1, ii. attY, spin: re in progress. , F ..,fl , irt:rr , Y Beelb3 ;" out our ceacip ;; ps. „...?. n sl f o o: n ; u u g a g h t i o P t : I r 3 about f ol a: 1 ; n n I b It i .. r : o ,esi , -° ,-!' : I t,tk:e 3 1 -‘- 64: 44 , t , , ee, ' " ,Lt 1:a !I. a dto proceed 0. i t se ß; l4 , 4B este i r , ............. 4 .E d ,_, ta meenii,