The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-20 00:00:00

at whOl b e the. Or °v ; 3drell ica! A he I'TP°' intithably let Mr..f Ind atttor. emen* t of t: knd 1826,' meetil red f{o!'l A ty and g c ,,, 1 d re l boo' isinesS• was tatOrthe knev ; 3WitZer il ; and ace° cloied, S(' Jury f(3l. te at )o hv kifig ry „ .0 e st 1 1 . 11 1 1 1 10 9 e let doted' n pro tiof , t erpol 3 p , curt be I ['ocher lc ,nt. th his oto. t he case to Sir T h°ra 0 z tr od -, oh, Aby direet e " t . a d ho plail4,111: fir m d are 4413 S lie d obl e tt e r , late Ile lop ised ; a the B e . 4 Wer e cuoli- t be t o re t o t o Cents' d of ivstad of t o coo . r , ho Sir rge wit - b liv Y 11 1 a n lil'' Li t r, h i s & hole 0 ' w iobes. Court, all ie day. del s on to" 4 su d e ll a n d ,agents, a fl f e m atter had They d ze ouut, an e they baa a their chs chasers. V II the nt iff e to J U SE~~ veral ore Thoo r „ . St. Jo hn " k Sureele h e firock li ; rigage , Id been iv' With lb° Ing Wit 00 boat .vragi.,, don in drag' l e had d 'eiW even A 1, about 5 0 1 3 a very hey did - 1 7 ck the bo 9 over it ; 7.1 the veo; deceased' out, t was .el §fetou-S: 0 6 : 0 , nd hi a 4111 . bitt . g fence ° f 66 0 oat, 16 e hosts `hen vessel Wry ig flt ife jo ► witec o did not ° accident. last witee" e .h e Cor°,% rr , t WAS Pl'' tate lg any. 5.- .4 wed he )1 ' cident. nor the'o, but the III:ot on, mode e stopped 11, returne d s , tin John S ng Ins", 4 , the place bed to' li d 4 tee ," reP',4l 1-yar d a por tal 6 1 iv life." of lmoupt °0 , king 8 04 0 0 , EIS 7 101) (THIS DAY.) MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS-- This being the Adjournment Day, the Sessions commenced before Mr. CONST. )4 , dam es Zeatlzerdale was indicted with Hcnr' I.,_Y"ep - for breaking into a room in the possession :),``Be,Prosecutor, Having the lease of the house uiniseif,.Baylis did not appear.—" Not Guilty. li cen MisB A lAcauLEY.—This lady again applied for a ce this morning. On a former application, a Lil t Of implied p rom i se was given of a licdnce ; the on of not being aware of her intention to preach 'undays ; but supposing that she intended to lee ontl'Ohnurtsbdaeyms.orality of the Christian religion as usual On examining her prospectus, how ever,e it was specifically stated that she intended to h Mr. Allen, the clerk of the peace for Middlesex, communicated to her the decision of the Com t in a 4-7 of the 13th, she having applied on the 10th. g ¶ e P li ed by lettter on the 15th, expressing her au e¶ at the determination of the Court; that she r b efore received the permission of the Court ; re esting them to send R ome erson to attend her ▪ murex; and trusting th a t she p should not be the untrys law(s)t: an of the present day who .. . would o. her the uncertainty and injustice f terd She sent another letter yes an, a Y , in which s h e avowed her i ntent i on to preac h , withalen to add a portion of the church prayer, muskthe Itlnod sia f e in e g, at the same time asking granted to other Dissenters. b e n an wer was returned that the letter would presented to the Magistrates in Court this mor nate.. morningiMeetkuley, as before stated, attended this to 4 0 de termination of the Magi strates. ' r. no ° e'r informed her that the Magistrates had ti ou P° ,, m wer e Ja license her to preach. By the Seth licences vung Act, they were empowered to grant Geo. to lecturers or readings, but by the 5 d w ie h te cs nd p reedii lt they had no power to grant licenses for u g; ch P in e g rsons applying must certify that they in a certain place to the Bishop, officer would grant a certificate of the fa i r fi , cit ° ll 4ll: applicant taking certain oaths. That cert w• .otild exempt the person from being drawn fo r. . o ut mtia, serving as parish officers,&c. but througn. it w „ i l e Act, it expressed thathe should do so an d so, , could not therefore to be supposed that a woman be at nll licensed to preach. t h e .!! Maca.uley com pl a in e d l ou dly and wa rmly o f e , pitt h l i psitic e of a re f usa l ; b ut t h e Chairm an, after sati on ll l the A c t s to h er, stop p e d t h econver- M r, m od tim e 4 navarr said, that as Chairman at the th at ,1, 1 the f ormer app li cat i on , he bad understo d lecture as daps, I, she Y meant to h e , h 0 I , she had applied for lic u e s n u c a e l on to p T re h a u c r h s : • Mi s ull nve rejected it at mice. et aeauley then withdrew. ü ßtle SALES.—(THIS DAT.) A L,„ 1 , 11 . MUSGROVE, a family-house, eze. si ti 4 enold Estate, consisting of 111' AT THE MART. bei 1-al e N Ca mden-street, Islington-green, „‘ag for ch 0 ' 1, nnexpir A d terra o f 37 years from Michael at a ground-rent of 4 g uineas p er annum. T::„ — `ed dow n at 3001. aidee:"ocx-sQuAnE.—A Leasehold Family Re for 4 e eze. sit ua te No. 9 , Tavistock - square, held at an e lPired term of 70 f years, from June last, 0 - „ - A - Cnd-re n t of 381. per annum.-1,4401. hei n :Raseh o ld House, &e. No. 1, Duke's-row, ter4)6Bt. Pancras Church, held for an unexpired t ent, : f 1 6} years from Christmas next, at a ground -301. per annum.—Ml itr e, Shop and Premises situate No. 30, Norto n _ 1 6 is Marylebone, held for an unexpired term of keears from Christmas next, at a ground -rent of Per annum.-100 gs. 1 ,, 13Y MESSRS. CROGGON AN D SON, 114411 a. Yacht Marina, of 12 tons burtben, with all Rores.-601. ap:MESSRS. FAREBROTHER, WILSON AND • A LYE, AT GARRAWAY'S. litti st "bStantial Brick-built Dwelling-house, &c. tk till e No. 15, Star -street, Edgaware-road, held for at .a expired term of 94 , years from Lady-day last, ound-rent of 6 guineas per annum.--4001. • sam e Residence adjoining the abov e , h e ld on the . t etins.-400/. also adjoining, held r... Tasehold Residence, No. 16, A `mr t the same term, at a peppercorn.—.4o ol -04. 4 ;easehold Chapel, situate in Hanover -str ee t, an aAcre, held from the Mercer's Company, for at I CJ, 4 Pired term of six years from Michaelmas l ast , of 801. per annum.-401. MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) . 441 ' MARK} —(At per Load of 56 Trusses.) (cup ' ' gr. JAMES'S. ty bir... ••11 1 ,1 14 ... X. a. X. s X. 1,. X. S. 4- " II bt sad. ... X. 10 to 4 5 Clover Flay. ..... 4 otos 15 1.11 4 44 4 ) ,: ~;• . ...... 05 0 Oat Straw l6l 10 . A+c4 4 l l ' ...... 40 5 0 Wheat Ditto llOl 13 l 'elt r y l b; 3jo 410 • uPPIy, and a brisk tads, but no advance in prices.: tam SMITHFIELD. 14,1 " h k, ead i , 4. a. x. a. .C. a. .E. s. i0., - le• A ;_ttg — ‘ l aY3 :Ito 4 0 Clov. Hay generally 4 to l5 — e a lr e Lfi ~"••• 4 0 5 0 Do. extra fine 0 o 6 0 ir pn -.lct 1V 4. 1.; " . 4 Ba nd 51 1 ,, 1 1Y 315 4 5 Wheat Ditto ' 1 10 . , 1 13 'e l t. and a very dull trade, at Tuesday a prices. b - - this week. ,IstY littl e j 4ll of fish this • the market high. . The ati lS '' - hili. RKET, morningllll.ll(!r.r.eti riohotl ' uI SS been exhibsiWmdeitt:salowid Ther e 4 ith `'°a, ll - fish, and BILLINGSGATE. indeed Warver,, i e_ loantity of Fresh . ttirss.i&lisr• The following weren'etxh : ce l ue s etp . d od ritinch . gese t i o )l2l :ts a . l N i-t a y . Ditto a, th .,Thuat. oath ' 10 g 0 rine.c.—s4,,Per do 18 g lt 0 infatiftlir, ~,eji I. ~ „,, • !Intik il tb a.i. ..... . ........... . ......... ..- ... .1: 0 0 L.; 0 4 , 1 e e k 5z....,,„.,... ..... ......„ ........... 2 24 0 • l2 0 9 0 ' rine &les‘ji.4.B.t.o 1 0 i g Bril_. I, each' r``'hnt ire ........ ...-- Live F1c404."".......j„................ .... •• 2 0 ? 0 ".....„ I.4T ' Ee18 ) I:4l , ClA44tern 3 6 ° id 0 Th' —....- per dra u t sg. . 14 ° 0 0 1+ plaice, pi ake, per o ..i _t_ 0 0 0 0 3 0 kilntsit'erringli rl7l.lZdreo 00 4 0 , tor bustle ...... .... . . 40 0 4s 0 1 ofetior t tera .. Per score • io 0 lb Bhrho ittO ............. „.. / • - • pi 4e i , L. per gallon 0 w hy - tmoti th , th Ftod Rei t io gs , per hundred 6 0 - .7,.., g -, 0 "114 kitiaciii-7""---" 6 3 ,: i . t c., ....Wiii;;;;i: .............. ......... . : 0 24 0 t e; .......... .................. ...............„ I „Tvit, JE,,,;57-7---rho fcii;-,-------7:Z at —:‘,4 o lnSatiirda was attended by a great number .. 1 # 3 ,, - t --4: Mr. linon y ; having described th e opinions enter Salvador . fe't, - -necl of .the oral law by various writer s to whom he re .the t i* ttentio of the Jews to the written law, " °- "Petiol.--althoritv the oral. Mr. ICawlt";l‘Tr• Lvblrt, and Air L ie , -" to and agreed in stating that the Christians were :r• rep lied, e ,„ to the opinions of the Jews on the oral law, which they represented mainly alli a commentary upon the writte n I necessary especia ll y to titftrightunderstanding of the Je wish ceremonies, and to the P r aetien of the law at various e )eriods ; but never to be regarded as hio&tieg and the Prophets. when contra' I to the writings of MosE a s At the dos? of the meeting, it st n s rfrPosed to notninate a c ommittee to draw up regulatio ns :owe the.government of future meetings; but to this many n d a ; Q :lie atn ete e i li l d . • The ori • • • • being withdrawn, mid propoettion t proposed by Mr Baow the otakti 121e° . .. when Mr. . ut Etv • wee adjourned till Saturday net, w his ~...._ , vill'thon rroteed With the second branch o f N negatived, -- ""ftt oli the, extent and authority of the' oral JAW' Work/. A Itidicrous error of the mob entailed some li A ni , ° : lag inconvenience npun Colonel GROVES, Asaiatant "3l.l4taht-General, who happened to be leaving the Coort,• izyJk. report hiving spread amongst the populace that & Ill :', gentleman was to give important. evidence on Li% ,1 11 _ ,lii•A'S behalf; the Colonel's martial garniture and this fignre 'attracted their attention. He wee, by, .nditi,,_,altittitle forthteith .. cOnverted into the personality,' 4 — li s u j ed . mtd t ' o the ran.k..6l. tnaign.briithe, the evidence re al 'lrrider ,h i nt u nProgalort, the' Populus Roma -3:11,8r. -,N .1. ttbe C olon el to an Oration the ho- La" nta - f . *Me' I, tre ' • to d • • ' io t 4 t h- ..e MS anxious eClMitio he was gn i a m 5 , - .' 4.4' " 1; i .- . ,1 i e _ 1 ' of them. He, for Rome time good they hooartl)e atte nt i ons . inflicted trpo 'him ' , bat gallant offi get, 14 . 06 i, — "`k 00 Vodife.ro us and pressiogu, " that the the first time in hie life,' wig ~,:ipelied t 9 ietri-zjil-rior er of a house; henc t , at ii co mpelled hia retr cov e r absolute flight, for 11:tttlittoe,stii hip t‘t ht bstaine an running fire "of 1 wirt.F • • •• ,sts, under a re, tflti f irournat. ST.. LUKE, MIDDLESEX. • A paragraph appeared in the Morning Herald of December 6, 1827, purporting to be a communication from a Correspondent; and stating that Mr. JOHN WILKS, the late Vestry Clerk, was found by the books to be indebted to the Parish in more than Six Thousand Pounds. Several similar unfounded and scan daloits, reports having also been smuggled into other Papers by persons connected with some re tainers of the Press, Mr. WILKs was induced to send the following explanatory note to the Morning Herald, in which it appeared on the ensuing day. TO THE EDITOR OP THE MORNING HERALD. During a long professional, and somewhat public, life, l have ever been indisposed to notice occasional misrepre sentations, or to solicit the attention of the press. Seve ral very recent calumnies, unkindly and wickedly obtruded on the papers, I have treated with disregard ; convinced that the general estimate of my fortune and character would afford me sufficient defence against all such assaults. From i that practice I am, however, induced to deviate, by a pars graph in your Paper this day, stating that you was informed by a Correspondent that I am indebted to the Parish of St. Luke in the sum of Six Thousand Pounds. That statement could only be intended to wound my feelings—distress my family—agitate my friends—and de ceive the world. That Correspondent should have known that any clai4 is totally denied by me—that I run a cre ditor, and not a debtor, to the parish—that I am a bond holder on its rates—that I possess, within that and the ad joining parishes, estates producing more than 7001. per 'an num—end that I have ever been prompt and happy to satisfy any real demand. That Correspondent can only intend to produce a public prejudice by a partial and exag gerated statement, or ho would not have intruded a matter on the public that was in a state of litigation, or would have stated the real faeti. Then he would have added that no public Board, or well-informed parishioners, doubt my integrity or honour, or pretend that I have withheld from the parish one farthing that I ever received. lie would have informed you that, in consequence of certain . losses al leged .to have been occasioned by the misconduct of one of my clerks, and of some of the parish collectors, a party in the parish are desirous to recover the amount of 3,0001. from me, under a pretence that the loss was occasioned by my official neglect. To that information he would have added as my reply, that I contend that any loss has originated in the heedlessness of some members of the Public Boards—in their infringement of their own rules— and in their signing drafts privately and improperly at their own houses, or leaving orders for money with ser vants, contrary to their own specific regulations; and not only without my privity, but in opposition to every rule established for the public protection and my security--and to all which regulations they were bound to adhere. But as that statement was not made, I must be allowed to as sure you, that I deem myself neither conscientiously nor le gally subject to any demand—and fearlessly await that de cision from a Coutt and Jury, for which I am prepared— and which cannot fail to evince that all these efforts to ex cite prejudice and to extort money from me are indeed un founded, state g ungrateful—cruel, tefu el, m a u n s d t unjust. As the litigation, l—cru frattderedisabstainfrom .details which I should else gladly insert--acd shall not be induced to further controversy on a subject which a legal tribunal will decide. • Finsbury-Place, Dec. 6, 1827. JOHN WILKS. AN INTERCEPTED DESPATCH. FROIL THE MARQUIS OF TO SIR Dear Sir Thomas, 1 hastily drop you a line, Just to state that I think our affairs are thriving ; There's Goderieh already intends to resign, And the rest to the Devil are rapidly driving. 'Ea true, that as yet we have little to boast, But be on the alert and preparing for action; For myself, I'm quite busy in doing the Post, And contriving to get up a nice little faction. But, between you and me, 'tie a difficult thing To get a few brains on our side of the question, Tim' G.—y, it is hoped, will be fast in a string, If he isn't reliev'd front his late indigestion. Then'there's P-1, but so cold and so stately and dull, And I have my suspicions he is but a trimmer; When he tries to warm up the contents of his skull, The poor effervescence but reaches a simmer. As for W—g —n, tho' I have taken some pains In the North, to brush up his decay'd popularity, I fear he'll be useless; for what are his brains ! One would think they were given him only in charity. Then E —n, and B—th—t, and such May do well enough to increase a division; But the weight of their talents is somewhat too much To he borne by the strength of the New Opposition. But-as you are so brilliant, no doubt, we shall do, in the Commons you'll take your old place in the steerage Witile I shall be just as illustrious as you, The first of the mal-content Stars of the Peerage. Out of doors our auxiliaries are not amiss— Onr fame, though some villainous Papers bedaub it, Shall be saved from oblivion's woeful abyss, In the Pc.-t and the Standard, the Herald and Cobbett. So Lansdown, and Tierney, and Burdett, and Brougham ! From your triumph, depend on't, we'll speedily firk ye ; Your policy stout, whether foreign or home, And rail about Papists, the corn -bill, and Turkey'. And now, my dear L—th—e, I'll only just add, That I hope we shall soon meet again and be merry ; Our condition at present I own is " too bad," And trusting 'twill mend, I am yours, L—n—y. Dec. 19, 1827. Morning Chronicle. Lieutenant MACALASTER, 98th Regiment, has Succeeded the late Lieut. WHYTE in the mT aly ewn t • man— dof Listowell.—Dublin Morning Register. il HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY YeSter day, IInGII At r l!,Las, and Enettestra. .LAwsow or dictment for n aur de 111.1111aLaw, his W ife, t were brought up for trial, on an in t., and a statutary offence laid under Gth Gen. IV. chap. 126, Lnt a it t u te le m d pt a h n ig A to e m t a t i o m i o w r ev d er d t gu th re e malicious shooting a t, a any of his Maars.rr's subjects, ~ or l each In a° house, in far or one or o th er o f them,October as on the 17th of the up l o a n st, d beletshtairleading t o the au in the High Street, in which they lived, and when ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, painter and teacher of d eceased dn a g also resided , did throw u p on the head and face, ando cin other parts of the body of the said AB.CHIBALD CAMPBELL, a quan tity of sulphuric acid, or other corrosive or burning substance, which inflamed or burned him in so violent a degree, that he died in the Royal Infirmary on the 30th of October; or otherwise, that the pannels, or one or other of them, at the time and place aforesaid, did throw a quantity of sulphuric acid, or corrosive substance calculated to injure 1 the human frame, with the intent to murder, maim, or disfigure the said ARCHIBALD CA3lrant.—The Jury ac. quitted the husband, but found Euritustra. III'3IILLAN guilty ; who was accordingly sentenced to be hanged on the '23d of January. This is the first conviction under the Act —Edinburgh Observer. SHIPWRECK.—Thursday last was truly a dreadful night ; the sea, on our coast, ran mountains high, and amidst the violence of the tempest, the brig Alexander, of Liverpool, laden with a valuable cargo from Quebec, either missed, or was driven from her course, and by passing St. Bees in a wrong direction got involved in the intricate navigation of the Solway. , From the dark ness o f t h e n ight, and other circumstances, the crew were ignorant both of the bearings and dangers of the coast. The Alexander, in this way, soon got to windward of the narrow channel, and after a shock that might have started the very stcsatect timbers, stuck fast on a sand-bank, lo cally known by the name of Drumrcof. To move her was impossible, to save her equally vain and hopeless; ' an d from the first moment she ceased to float, the waves lashed her sides,, and •sponted-over her deck with such fury, that she began to break up at the approach of the high morning tide. ' The crew, though placed in, the greatest %jeopardy, remained on board as lon g as • they could ; but when every hope of saving the vessel had fled, they betook thernselvet to their boat, and in place of tempting the dan gerous surf that was whitening and chafing against the .Scottish coast, made for, and reached the harbour of Mary port.: At S ou thwick, Burnfoot, 12 logs of oak , 43 do. of pine, and 45 cart-loads of staves have been cast on shore; ae also the head and part of the stern of the unfortunate % brig. From ,other parte of the wreck the Alexander appears to have been copper-bottomed, and wa s not onl y a valuable ship, but contained a very valuable cargo. Since writing the : above, -we have learnt with regret, that the : stern o f another vessel has been cast ashore. The coast near the Brow is currently reported to be strewed with staves and other wreck, and there is some reason to fear that a Greenock vessel has also gone to pieces in the Sol way. Of the crew we have heard no ac count whatever.— ' Dumfries C o urier. - , • ~ , , . THE NORTHUMBERLAND YEOMANRY CAVALRY. The Newcastle Paper, the Tyne .21fercurg, of Tuesday last contains the following There was a Meeting on Saturday last of the Magistrates of this town, for the purpose of addressing a letter to his Grace the Doke of Northumberland, as Lord Lieutenant of the County, expressive ef a desire that the Northumberland and Newcastle Volunteer Cavalry should not be disbanded. Our readers are no doubt aware that the Home Secretary of State has addressed a circular letter to the heads of the counties of England, calling for the disbanding of the local troops in all cases where their presence is 'considered unne cessary. This we thought highly creditable to the policy of the Marquis of Lansdowne. It looked like a wish for retrenchment—a determination to abolish the useless ex penditure of the public money. The Marquis of-Cleveland accordingly, as Lord Lieutenant of the county of Durham, has caused the South Tyue Hussars to be disbanded. Can the prudence of such a proceeding be questioned ? Is there any reason to believe their services are necessary to the peace or safety of the district ? Such, however, does not appear to have been the opinion of the Newcastle Magic. trates with regard to the troops under the command of Col. Bell. They seem to have thought the presence of the Northumberland and Newcastle Cavalry necessary. We confess we cannot see any reason fur their continuance, though of course other people's powers of vision may extend further. The poet tells us that some persons see— " Where otherfolks are blind, . As pigs are said to see the wind." The magistrates or this,town, however, probably not agree ing as to the propriety of this application to the Duke of Northumberland for the continuance of Colonel Bell's corps, resolved on reconsideration to put the officers on another footing, and have applied to his Grace, that if th e Northumberland and Newcastle cavalry are disbanded, the number of the military ut the barracks may bo increased. In this application they were not even unanimous, and w e should have been much surprised if they had been. W e intend to say nothing against the Northumberland and Newcastle Cavalry, officers, non-commissioned officers, or privates ; but we repeat, at present we cannot see th e slightest necessity for their services, and we do not thinkit a little e xtraordinary in the Newcastle magistrates to st e p forward,, at the very. anoment the Administration are en deavouring to lessen the public, expenditure, and say,. " Hold, don't abolish this--continue this expense." We should rather have expected the reverse. But what is the effect of their procedure ? It seems to us to be neither more nor less than constituting themselves a local par liament, to lay on taxes for the community at large. This it certainly is doing, as far as it can, in miniature. Can any man acquainted with this district seriously say that he thinks the inilitari,depot, though strong at Sunder land, Tynemouth,• and Newcastle, are insufficient, without either local troops or an increase to the present regular military establishment ? If there were any danger of the Minister's laudable desire to retrench being counteracted in this respect; we should call on the inhabitants of this town` to hold a public meeting and express their sentiments. FROM A CORRES£ONDENT. The disbanding of volunteer corps, we find, is not un attended with opposition. Electioneering intereets will have their influence. In the county of Durham, indeed, the volunteers have been " released from their services" without an observation being made on the propriety of the measure; not so, with the volunteer force in Northumber land. Representations we understand have been made to the Duke of Noraturnberland to induce his Grace to use his influence with Ministers to keep on foot the different volunteer corps in this county. We cannot imagine any reason, as regards the tranquillity of this part of the kingdom, why the services of the volunteers may not very safely be dispensed with. The working people here are in general well employed, and never, we may venture to say, were they snore peaceably inclined. Why. than; to say nothing of the expence, should it be deemed necessary to keep up a volunteer force? We are led. to these re marks by a meeting of the Magistrates here on Saturday. It is not always that the public become acquainted with what passes at a meeting of such important personages. We hear, however, on this occasion, that the Aldermen or Magistrates of Newcastle, at the suggestion of whom we shall not say, thought proper to hold a meeting here on Sa turday, for the purpose of offering to, or rather obtruding on, the Lord Lieutenant their opinion on the propriety of a measure of which his' Grace must at least be as capable of judging as themselves. There were hnt six Aldermen present, via. the Mayor, Messrs. Cookson, Craniling ton, Surtees, Forster, and Wright. .Mr: Alderman Smith, being the sitting Alderman for the day, was unable to at tend; a note, however from him was determined to be *keen, as Isis vote. The principal question was, whether, under all the circumstances of the case, the Aldermen of New castle should take upon them to offer to the Lord Lieutenant an opinion unfavourable to the disbanding th e vo l u nt eers ? The discussion upon it was ver y warm, and upon a division there were—for addressing the 'Lord Lieutenant S, vie., Messrs. Cookson, Cramlington, mid 'Forster ; against ad dressing his Grace 3, viz., Meek*. Smith, Surtees, and Wright. The Mayor gave bis casting vote in favour of the motion, which was of course carried. Thus the Lord Lieutenant will have communicated to him, the opinion of the Aldermen of Newcastle, that in the present perfectly tranquil state of this district, the keeping up' f a volunteer force, at a considerable expence to the public, is a measure not to he abandoned ! We should say much more on this subject, were it not that his Grace, we are sure, must be anxious to see done away with every branch of useless expenditure. SUFFOLK YEOMANRY CAVALRY. The following letter has been addressed by the Lord Lieutenant to Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar : .‘ Wakefield Lodge, Dec. 8. "My dear Sir,—lt basing been thought expedient by his Majesty's Government to release from their present engagements the whole corps' of Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry in Suffolk, whether tinder your immediate command, or oonsisting of independent troops, I have to acquaint you, and beg you will make the same known throughout the corps, that no allowance will . be issued for the maintenance after the 24th instant. I have further to communicate to you his Majesty's command, signified to the Secretary of State, that you should lie informed, and through you the commissioned and non-commissioned officers and privates of every part of the corps, that his Majesty is deeply ten sible of the zeal and patriotism uniformly displayed by the highly respectable corps under your immediate com mand, or acting independently in the county of Suffolk, from the time of their services being first called in to action under the pressure of the war, down to the pre sent moment, whenever their services • have been required ; and it is His Majesty's pleasure, as a mark of his Royal ap probation, that the officers of the corps under yo u r com mand, and of every yeOmanry corps now subsisting, should ret a i n the rank and ,honours belonging to their respective commissions. To such testimonies of the m er it o rious ser vices of the corps of Yeomanry Cavalry in the county of Suffolk, nothing can be added to render the gratification of those who form part of this valuable establi s hment more complete; but I should feel wanting in ro y duty to the county and to the public, if I failed to take this opportu nity of making known, in the most unqualified terms of praise, the willingness, the activity, th e ar d our , and the judgment, which I have found t o prevail in every part o f this respectable corps, whenever it has been my duty, in my capacity of Lieutenant of the county, to call upon them fur the general good of the county. " I have the honour to be, my dear Sir, your most faithful and obedient servant, " GRAFTON. " To Lieut.-Col. Edgar, commanding. Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry." The Bishop of Droniore, Dr. SAURIN, has presented his son with a valuable living in that diocese, worth, it is said, I,boo/. a year. The Chapter has also elected young Mr. SAURIN to the Archdeaconry of the diocese. By the Bornou Laws, if a man be in debt and unable to pay his credits'.', cot clearly proving such to be t h e ca se, he is liberty, the Judge saying to him, - "God send you the means !" the by-standers adding, " Amen." - • BELL, LIFE IN LONDON, AND SPORTING CHRONICLE, TO WHICH PIERCE EGAN'S JOURNAL IS NOW JOINzp. —Several applications having been made for different numbers of 130,es Lire IN LONDON, containing CRUM- SHANK'S engraved Comicalities, it is i n t en ded to repub lish the wh o le which have, from time t o ti me , a pp eare d i n this Newspaper. They consist of sixteen, and will occupy three colum n s, and the whole of ece ia in t be he r country, desirous of them will be given in the oN; of Sund ay t h e 23d i ns t., ; the price, as usual, only h pa a pvei having gs o e f ßv en S EL e ..L o p, d esan y iei.r t . ...E h e pl 2 xe 3 r.L d oon D icns containing th e S er i es of engraved C 01 126E6 0 , can order it for that day on ly, from any Newspaper A gen t or Post master, or can co mmission a friend to buy it at the Office, No: 169, Strand, London : ' being a regul ar l y s t am ped Newspaper, it can be sent, free of postage, t o any p ar t of the United Ki ng d o m. It will be kept on sale at No. 169, Strand; properly folded up in franks, for the country; with out extra charge, until Monday, the 31st of D ece mber, inclusive. . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GALLOPING MATCH. A very fine galloping match took place on Tuesday, be tween Captain Swaine and Mr. Busher, for 300ga. a side. The terms of the match were, to gallop twelve miles, and the Captain hacked himself for another hundred, to do the. distance in 40 minutes. Betting was five to four against Dlr. Busher. The match took place upon a two-mile piece of ground, upon the Great Bath-:road, and was de cided in favour of Captain Swaine, who did it in 38 mi nutes 56 seconds, beating his adversary by two minutes twenty seconds. SPARRING. Whitheaded Bob took a benefit yesterday at the Tennis Court, which Was very thinly attended, probably from the wetness of the, day. A Cambridge swell and Harry Jones ; John Gaynor and Jem Burn ; Baldwiri and. Aby Belasco ; and several minors lent their aid on the occasion, and the day was wound up by Ned Neal and young Spring. Harry Jones c hallerted Bill Savage for 25/.; Bill answered, "and the meeting was fixed for tonight at the Norfolk Arras, Strand. Donovan challenged Pick for 20/. Bob bad all the best of his opponent, and returned thanks in a pithy strain, apologizing for the weather. The next deposit for the fight between Neal and Bald win is fixed for Wednesday, the 26th inst., at Josh Hud son's, Leadenhall-market. Jon Burn has "got into business," and, as host of the Red Horse, No. 10, Old Bond-street, is likely to obtain the patronage of the Fancy nobs in the West. Sutton, the Kentish Pedestrian, finished on 'Tuesday morning his gigantic task of walking 1200 miles in 1200 successive hours.. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after. noon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street, which was at tended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, Viscount GODiRICD, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Earl CARLISLE, Earl DUD txr, Mr. HusxmoN, the CHANCELLOR of the EIeCIIE QUER, Mr. WYNN, Mr. CHARLES GRANT, Mr. TIERNEY, Viscount PALMERSTON, and Lord BaxtEr. The Minis. ters assembled soon after. four o'clock, and sat in delibera tion till half-past six o'clock. The Marquis of ANGLESZA was prevented by the ill state of his health from attending the Cabinet Council ; Mr. STuacEs BOURNE was also absent, the Right Hon. Gentleman being at present out of town. The orders for the assembling of a Cabinet Council were issued on Tuesday afternoon. Previous to tke meet ing of the Ministers, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. had an interview with Viscount Gonzalo" at his Lordship's resi dence in Downing-street; Mr. Husxlssorr also visited the Noble Viscount yesterday. Earl DuDLEYleft town about three o'clockon Tuesday afternoon, for the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park, to have an audience of the KING : his Lordship returned to town in the evening. Mr. TIERNEY had also, it is under stood, an audience of his Manny at the Royal Lodge, on Tuesday afternoon. Count D'AGLIE, the Sardinian Minister, and Monsieur Rom; the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted business with Earl DUDLEY yesterday, at the Foreign-office, Downing street. ,: An express arrived on Monday night at the Foreign-office, with despatches from Viscount GnAxviLLE, our Arnbassador at Paris. The Duke of WELLINGTON left town on Tuesday on a shooting excursion. On Monday the Duke of DEVONSIIIRE Vi sited the. English Opera-house, for the purpose of selecting a private box to witness the performance of French plays. Lord DUDLEY entertained the Marquis of LANSDOWNE and a distinguished party to:dinner on Mon day, at his house is Arlington-street. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK, the new Go vernor-General of India, reviewed the troops stationed in the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. on Tuesdig. His Lord- ship is Colonel of the 11th Light Dragoons, of which Itvi ment there are .a musideratile number at the Depot. His Lordship dined in the afternoon *ith Sr JOHN and Lady Bitowsx, and yesterday left Maiintone for Plymouth, at which place the Noble Lord will, it is expected, embark thiS week for the seat of his Government in India, in the Undaunted frigate. Lord and Lady IV ANDEVILLE ac companied his Lordship. . • FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.--The Dowager l‘farchiOness of Exeter, at ker house in Privy-gardens, from her seat at Roehampton ; the Earl and Countess of I3elinore, in Hamilton-place, from their seat in Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Tracey, at their house in Dover-street, from their seat, Toddington, Gloucestershire ; Lo44..llluncaster, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from 'torkshire ; Thomas Oakland. Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. j am ere d . street, from Yorkshire ; T. E. Dyer, Esq. at dit►a, from Becks ; James Stevenson, Esq. at ditto, from 'Noffolk Mr. Md. and Miss Dobson, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from Berks ; Earl of WWI. ehelsea - , at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from Northamptonshire ; Edward Rice, at ditto, from North amptonshire; Captain Delancey, at ditto, from Tun bridge Wells ; Colonel Edwardsy at Fladong's Hotel, Ox ford-street, from a tour; Thomas Tennison, Esq. at ditto, from the Continent. DEPARTURES.— The Earl of Chesterfield for his seat, Bradley Hell, Derbyshire; the Earl of Chi ' chestir, for his seat, Stanmore, Sussex ; Mrs. and Miss Harcourt, from the Burlington Hotel, for the Continent, Thomas Swinnerton, Esq. from Fladong's Hotel, for Butterton ; B. Kingston, Esq. from ditto, for Southampton ; Thomas Wright, Esq. from ditto, for Nottingham. ARRIVALS AT HASTINGS.—The Earl of Westmoreland, Lord and Lady Shaftesbury, Major Bewen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Trapand, Rev. Mr., Crawley and family, Mr. Seaforth, Captain Thos. Martin, Mrs. Llyam and family, Miss Bury, Mrs. Colonel Johnstone, Rev. S. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Paul, Mr. Bingham, Mr. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Fielder, Mrs. Plumptre and fa. roily, Mr. Fetherstore, Sce. &C. ARRIVALS AT THE ROYAL KENTISH HOTEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—Mr. France; Mr. Wilmot, Mr. Erskine, Sir William and Lady Frances Calder and family, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. M"ravish, Mr. Frobisher, Mr. Mrs. E. — Byanr, Montgomery House ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Nash's Library; Mr. and Mrs. G.Palmer, Boyne Honse ; Lady and the Misses Brisbane, First Grove House ; Mr. Patrickson. DEPARTURES.--The Earl of Abergavenny, for London ; Rev. Mr. Craw!ey and family for Hastings ; Mrs. Ernes, and Mrs. Browning, for London. • ARRIVALS Ar C/I - ELTENIIANI.—Lord Va lentia, Rev. Sir Richard and Lady Wolseley, General and Mr s . Dyre, General Johnstone, Rev. Doctor Bell, Rev. M. Ward, Rev. Mr. Kelly, Major Edwards, Major Cur wan, Major, Mrs. and Miss Baines, Captain Bellamore, Captain Hilton, Captain Strachie, Captain Starner, Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Fri'lrani, Mr. and. the Misses B. Lloyd, Mr. and the Misses Shewell, Mr. and Mrs. Whit more, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Messrs. J. Lange, P. JOIICB, H. Puckl e , L. William s , Roberts, C. Duple, C. Holland, H. H. Thomas, °Neil Donovan, Cox, Warner, Reid, Henry, Thomas, Joh ns t one , Dukenfield, Lee, Wilts , Brady, w •• Tollemache, Shnttleworth, Connell, Pugh, Lambe, Haigh, Sutherland, Shephard, Bayly, Grimes ; Mistresses, Booth and family, Rawlings, Lam bert, Phillipps ; Misses H. Layard, Thompson, Hayward, Bennett, Smith, &c. A V it a ß l e l n V c l il a , L S Lo A rd Stuart,T B ATI r* Bishop BATH.--Ma rquis ogfu Down,is of B Bute, aron Lord Noleikin, H onoura bl e ' M r s. Cochrane, Honourable Justi ce Curzon, Si r E . H arto pp, Sir J. D. Astley, Sir T. an d Lady Lethbridge, Sir W. Call, Sir W. Holburn, Sir H. ik f a Lippincott, Rear-Admiral Shirley, Governor Penn, Col. Lewis ; Lieutenant-Colonels Coghlan, Lewis ; Majors Paul, Pothering; Captains Gould, Morris, Walgroye, Dawbin, Jack son ; Captain and Mrs. Sykes; Lieutenant Eyre ; Dr. J ones • Rev. Messrs. Magan, R o g ers , Heath= cote, Meyri c k , 111ergan, Barnard, Wise, Iti , Docald, Huntley ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wickham ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, Best, Cree and family, Stovi n , Nicholls, Pinchard, Ja c k son , Turner; Messrs. Bunn, Whitaker, Davis, Webb 'Hall, Everett, Ricketts, Wood, Srnaltbones, 'Feat, Knytton, Luxton, Mortimer, Bowles, French, Ma in " waring, Scott, P ar ker, Beckford, Bo wen , B roo k, Coulson, Ensor,Darids oLn,eeDhunirehraent, ,MFooorrtele,,rtTonundawilasy,,lTvrreitvheilny;nto, Weston, n , D Brock, Fear, Griffith, Waldron, Conway, Arundel!, Ni cholas, Gould, N or ton, Maitland, Bri ce , H an cock, Green, Smithson, Apthorp, Lyi 3 ham, Gellingwood, Siwiderl' Dinham, Mant, Waldron, Wickham, K e k ew i c h, Nanning, Parker, Tracey, Neate, Gouldin g , Phi l l ott , Phippen, anieL Bunton ; Mistresses Bendry, Shirley, Austin, Barker, Mapletoft, Daniel, Hulbert, Lee, Lyon, Mant, Taylor, Gabel!, Rue, eir, L _ , Lynch, Kek ew i c h p All e n, Baker ; Misses Wickham, .Astley, Aleyri c k , Barrett, Hartley, 1 Wbatleh Shirley, Gillius) &c. EAST INbIA HOUSE• A Quarterly General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock was held yesterday. A dividend of 54 per cent. was declared on the Company's capital stock for the half-year commen cing on the sth July ast, and ending on the sth of January next. PENSION TO CAPT. T. BUCHANAN • The CHAIRMAN (the HOD. HUGII LINDSAY) in formed the Court, that it was specially summoned for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors; for their approbation, a resolution- of tile Court of Di rectors of the sth instant, granting to Captain T. Buchanan, the present Superintendent of the Bom bay Marine, a pension of NM per annum. The Hon. Chairman concluded by moving, " That this Court approve of the resolution of the Court of Directors of the sth inst. subject to the confirma tion of another General Court." _ _ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN (J. PATTISON, Esq.) seconded the motion. Captain MAXFIELD inquired how long Captain Buchanan had held the situation ? The CUAIRAIAN answered two years. Captain MAXFIELD opposed the motion. Mr. HuilE objected to the grant, not on account of the amount, but because if such a precedent were admitted, there were very few gentlemen in India who might not, at one time or other, come forward with similar claims. ' The CHAIRMAN said, that was not the case. — (Hear.) Mr. GAIIAGAN expressed himself hostile to the grant. It was taxing their pension list unneces sarily and unwarrantably. General THORNTON opposed the motion, . and demanded what was the amount of salary received by Captain Buchanan, and what was his age ? • The CHAIRMAN answered, that the salary was 3,500 rupees a month ; and, from his personal know ledge of Captain Buchanan, he believed he was 54 or 55 years of age. _ • _. Mr. • WEEDING thought it was but fair, as Cap tain Buchanan has been removed to make way for a change in the system of the Company's Marine, that he should be remunerated. Mr. Hunts moved as an amendment, " that this Court disagrees with the resolution of the Court of Directors for granting a pension of 8001. a year to Captain Buchanan, Superintendent of the Bombay Marine, and recommends him to be appointed to the first vacant office in India, suitable to his ta lents." Captain MAXFIELD spoke strongly in favour of the amendment. Lieut: Col. STANIIOPB was of opinion, that the original proposition of the Court of Directors could not be ratified by the Proprietors, who had no legal right, he conceived, to sanction a grant which might extend beyond the period at which their charter would expire. The late Mr. Canning bad on this ground objected to the annuity proposed some years ago to be given to the late Marquis of Hastings. The question was then put from the Chair, when the show of hands appeared decidedly in favour of the original motion. Mr. HUME demanded a division, when there ap peared— For the original motion 3B Against it l2 Majority in favour of the grant —26 STAMP DUTIES IN CALCUTTA. Capiain MAXFIELD, before he submitted to the Court his motion on the above subject, wished to know whether the executive body had received any papers connected with it The CIIAIRIVIAN said, the Court of Directors had received a few papers, but so short a time since, that they had not yet come under their consideration.-- They had a notice from the Bengal Government that the question relative to the registry of the Stamp Act would be brought before the Supreme Court on the 6th of July ; but they were totally ig norant whether it had been registered or not. Captain MAXFIELD then; at - very considerable length, described the impolicy of the new regulation for the enforcement of a stamp duty in Calcutta, pointed out the evils and inconveniences which it mnst produce among the mercantile community, and particularly called the attention of the Court to the petition of the European and native inhabitants of Calcutta-to the Vice-President in Council on the subject, which appeared in the " SUN" a few days ago. The Hon. Proprietor then proceeded to that if the revenues of India .2,Leriorated, if the expenditUre were greater than the receipt, there were other modes of making up the deficit, much letter than the introduction of this odious and un p;•nductive tax. He concluded by moving " That tais Court, with reference to the recent act of the Legislature abolishing the use of stamps in certai n legal proceedings in this country, recommend the Hon. the Court of Directors to take into considera- tion the effects produced by the levying stamp duties in India, and to issue such orders on the sub ject as may appear best calculated for the attain ment of justice, and most congenial to the public interest." Mr. HumE, in seconding the motion, did so on grounds very different from those laid down by his gallant friend. In his opinion it was a matter of great importance, both in this country and India, to get rid of stamp duties which bore so heavily in va rious ways on the people. It was on this broad principle that he wished the stamp system to cease. But he must say, that the petitioners alluded to had no right to expect that Calcutta should be especially exempted from a burden which prevailed all over India. The persons who now complained never once opened their mouths in favour of the rights of the na tives of Indiageneraily. They didnot act upon princi ple. They looked only to their own interest. They were dormant until their pockets were touched, and then they started into life. When individuals were banished without trial—when the liberty of the press was overturned, they were silent; but they considered that their own petty, paltry interest, when once assailed, was sufficient to rouse and dis turb the whole community. The "lon. Gentleman eulogised the present Lord Goderich for haring, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, removed stamp duties to the a mount of 300,0001,, because he felt that it would be highly beneficial to the people; and he (Mr. Hume) wished that the inhabitants of Calcutta had taken the same strong and imistoveable ground, in ' stead of the paltry one which they had selected. In conclusion, the Hon. Proprietor hoped that a report which he had heard would prove correct,—na►nely, that the Judges at Calcutta had refused to sanction those stamp regulations, which were so obnoxious to the feelings of the people of India. Mr. S. Dixos thought that, in the absence of official information, the Court of Directors ought not to have been called on to entertain this question to-day. The CHAIRMAN said, the Court of Directors had advices from Calcutta, dated no later than the 21st Of June, and the question of registration was to have been entertained in the Supreme Court on the 6th of July. Of the result of that proceeding they knew nothing: This debate was, therefore, rather premature; and he felt it to be his' duty to move the previous question. After a few words from Colonel STANHOPE and Captain MAXFIELD, who was anxious to let the mo tion stand over to the next Quarterly General Court, the previous question was carried. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT IN INDIA. Colonel L. STANHOPE, after adverting to the ex tremely defective state of the law in India with re spect to the relief of persons boprisoned for debt, and pointing out the hOrrible oppression to Ivhich they were at present exposed, moved the following resolutions, in which are embodied the principal fea tures of his speech 1. That a petition ' dated February, 1827 , from tin debtors in the great gaol iu Calcutta, presented by Mr. John Palmer, and recommended by the magistrates, merchants, agents, and shopkeepers of that city, to the Vice-President in Council, is entitled to the attention of the Court of 2. That it appears by the petition, that in 1812, 100 debtors were liberated from Calcutta gaol, uncler the opera tion of the Insolvent Act, one of whom had been in that hot gaol for 18 years ; hut that when, in 1813, this Act was made permanent in England, it was not extended to Driti4h India. 3. That 14 years had since elapsed, and though. ting Court of Directors had extended the spirit of the Insolvent Act to the provinces of British India, still debt Ors in the metropolis of the three Presidencies (under the laws of England) are yet doomed to perpetual imprisonment. Thus one prisoner has been fourteen years, two have been twelve, and one has been eleven years, in the sultry and offensive dungeons of Calcutta. 4. That this Court (loth, therefore, humbly recommend. to the Court of Directors, to use all their influence in order to extend the Insolvent and Bankruptcy Laws to British India, and to aid in establishing there, as in London, a so ciety for the relief of unfortunate debtors, the operation of benevolent exertion being, in truth, the only palliative ap plicable to the present system of English procedure. Mr. Hums observed, that in the last Session of Parliament the attention of the President of. the Board of Control had been called to the situfttien of unfortunate debtors is India; and he had promised to bring in a ^ bill on the subject: He (Mr. Hume) wished that; by the interference of the Court of Directors, Indian debtors should he placed in the same situation as the debtors of Canada and other Colonies. The CHAIRMAN hoped, under these circum stances, that the gallant officer would withdraw his motion. • Colonel L. STANHOPE agreed to the suggestion. SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE OF AN INDIAN JUDGE. Caionel L. STANHOPE gave notice, that he would at the next Quarterly Court move the following re- 0 and as, , solutions : Chief Judge of the Supreme Native Court in Bengal, I. That this Coi:rt of P ro p rietor s has heard with re g ret, that Mr. Courtenay gu:l b as been suspended from his office for having expressed the folloliing opinion,-..namely, that " as suits appealed to the antboritie g in En g land are decided by them after many years , and a. the: period . of the Honourable Company's charter will shortly exp).-T , after the expiration of the.term of the present charter; it is uncertain whether it will be renewed, or the governnient of the country will beassumed by - his Majesty, in my "opinion the security of the Government is such as cannot be ac cepted. But as this is an uncommon circumstance, it re quires the concurrence of another Judge." 2. That Mr. Canning, When President of the Board of Control, acted upon the same principle as that for which Mr. C. Smith has been condemned,—the former having refused to sanction a pension which extended the grant !)c -yond the period of their charter. 3. That the conduct of the Government in suspending this most upright Judge for expressing his honest opinion, is calculated to corrupt the fountain of justice in British India ;• and that Mr. C. Smith, in laying down the rule of equity, and protecting the weak from the strong, has done his duty, and deserves the approbation of this Court. It is said that the Supreme Court at Calcutta had decided, on registering the celebrated stamp regula tion. The Judges delivered their opinion on the subject on the 12th of July. The proceedings oc cupied the Court between four and five days. THE LATE STORMS AND FLOODS. The gale of Friday week, which occurred at mid nveigryhta, hurch, and casualties of minor angry onrile continued hsi f pc o ih r r ea h mo o f i i i dt 7 ite s uccession of did so much damage to the brick chimneis . of the Cumberland Hotel, that they yielded and fel; with a fearful crash—was nothing to that which fellotstd on Thursday last. The wind, as Burns says, lite rally blew as it would have blown its last, while the rain battered with such fury against the casements, that very few persons could rest in their beds. The garrets of many houses were flooded from the rain that entered the narrowest vents ; and if we may judge from the Nith, the Cairn, the Annan, the Locher, and other streams, so great a quantity has very rarely, if ever, fallen in the same brief time. At six o'clock on Friday morning the town-mills were whisking about with their usual rapidity ; but by eleven the - wheels-were-not - only stayed, but almoas buried in back-water. At nine the river we,; obser ved swelling rapidly, and continued rising till very near two. At that time the scene was truly magnificent,par.- ticularly when viewed from the neighbourhood of Caa i t .o le a d r y n k lg es , t . u A m s b f l a in ra g s , the eye could reach wat in the santg ers, rection nothing was seen but one wrong, as if enraged at the inmedies allo• t i nti and brae, acute angles, and -: — r entine turnings, that hampered its course to the ocean. The Troqueer embankments were speedily overleapt, and the fields flooded a good way beyond; the caul rendered so level, that boats and barges, as well as salmon, might have swam with ease of r the top of it; while the Dock, in place of a plea,%ant promenade, or the favourite gang of the town kine, actually bore, from the comparative stillness of the eddying water, all the appearance of a peaceful. lake, adorned with trees at its upper extremity.— Above the town, where nature as well as art has thrown up bulwarks round the bed of the river, the Current careered with dizzying rapidity ; and at Lin eluden College, where the Clouden meets and mingles with the Nith, as near as may be at a right angle, the former, if we may be permitted to run into metaphor, poured such a broadside into the latter stream, that its waters succumbed under the shock.. By 11 o'clock the lower part of the town was floodedoo the depth of three feet. In Brewery street, you might have paddled a boat along, and the same remark applies to the White Sands, Waterloo street, and a considerable part of Nith-place. In the Kirkgate, carts passed with difficulty, and we observed several families as completely cut off from all communication with the world around them, as if they had been perched on a rock in the ocean. — Though attempts were made to keep the water out, it deluged many low houses to thedepth of two and a half feet ; some families had to retreat to the sipper stories of their dwellings; and although the Mod speedily subsided, it has left effects behind which it would require more fuel to expel, than the poor can at any time command. In Nith-place, we observed one poor woman whose house could only be entered by means of planks, and who yet contentedly took advantage of the spate which reached her door, to finish a /cashing which she appeared to have begun palling,v e near r s M I de a du x et l n v i e y l , l totvt: copse-wood,, y e: NEvisiqil.e, before on the previous day. ob served on Friday a good deal of wreck flo n a i t id in ai t tri l ode r c e tdi : r i Pe s, v et : e hd. o s racn, andats rsucherr.lrheael:enyswi .lames Smith, n : s t ,it g er i *iniarri away in,triahro), witnessedsso, floating restingof feeding , d l n o g s t on score of excellent sheep, which were suddenly sur rounded a fertile holm. The Rev. Mr. Brown, Minister of Gleneairn, hail nearly lost the whole of his cattle, and the peor animals were almost breast-deep in water before they were piloted to a place of safety. , Various other rumours of accidents have reached us, but these we forbear repeating at present. There can be no doubt, however, that a considerable num ber of sheep have been drowned. At the dock-head the damage done by the flood is much less than might have been expected. At the town-mills the workmen, got " day about" with the rats that annoy them sadly at other times. — Hundreds, if not thousands, of these vermin were ejected by the flood from their hiding-places, and attempted to move off in something like marching order—the young in front and the old in the rear. Large grey-headed rascals, who had licked in their time a full sackful of meal, were seen acting the part of Generals. and encouraging their comrades to make a stout resistance. But it would not do. The millers with their cleats found able allies in th e Maxwelltown curs, and at every onset made a fear ful breach in the ranks of the enemy.—Dumfries Courier. ARTs.—Our read ers w ill , no iou T tit, H b E e FINE g ratified, as we ourselves have been, to hear that it is in contem plation to try the effect of exhibition of paiuting aud improyand sculpture i in this town, f or the purpose of, ng the taste or t the Fi ne A r t s , and ' rwom oting the interests of its profesors. Dunii"" Courier. ,p ■ 1111