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vn unassisted exet V biographical, LIBRAR Y, ' l ''s kno w l f'« Ticito," the, Roma!' LS, VoLs. ga, one of t h e D i t," though `g ee he time. T he have yet see"' 00K. P,ohog; id nothing. ortitt I—now # , 13 nographical c ` o ►ctions to all it is profuse rD DIVINE S " of" Dr, Barr ow !vines, an d ( 10 0 'd, who seldonlP. t reading tonle amily.lS7lr. ITO ire by the repo' ELLANY,r; th includes 0 ,1 is einbellish eu( 7 Valetta and Its 4 GAZIIVE• ala have hith ette i roP certainly from of tact in the W I The maga oe l lese defi ciencle di well written one see for extract, portions of the 'r E. E. CRO:: r. Crowe has 'if )d of the first of the Princes°, subject are eve Of course he 1/ ► rous atrocities t 1 The volum e 3abinet Cypclor ...!... R. P C ZS S'IOLICS ikl Skirg. ........... 202 .kt ent• ..... S 1 try t ; ty ' . 'e nt Cons.. ...... r Cent 9i.,4 5 f. Re; 3 4 per ,•• t 31 Cent A 17 2 6 '1 ,/ 2 L i p er nn. Cent. IB`2B 99:s to Js n orlg -tun. to expire Ott, 1 5 ' 188 n J an 0 , 18.59 J A • 5 1880 16.% —Prii 5' Ja n , 1880 1870 TES. .AY OM U r (' WI( • New 5 per Cent. .rue:, 21'. ti Bonds l5 16 prr Sollll3 :', l ca 55t.k4 nit Annuities New .. . 3 , er Cent. Ann. ;751 1.311i8,11,11w 33 34 Ditto Ditto '33 34 1 . it• Ditto Commercial - Ditto Advertise. - fn 3enk for Account for At roust I Cons. tot Feb. 25 8(114;3, COE OF THE P O O 4 .4 ,Tiox GF THE g l 3 iount Annual i t , the Hates P e .ps the the gr°6: r4l, it. of tite,' d li eh , • i s4 ,7_ . k i , et r an S OF FoREIGN FUNDS THIS H. aT 4NZ * * CLOCK k i o 4 aD B o o . I .VI: , . NE..1,0 . 112411 - a 6 14 . 6 Pcruvia- Bonds Ch„ 46,1' „Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bends 4T 4 I /1 tt4 0 ,,; - ", nonds Prussian, Ohi - I )iti"'„, Dian Bonds — Ditto, New th,,:' , 1824 tirg4h Cr e ql3 '074 60 : Spanish,.'...32: itt„, . o 'nds 0 14 — t r 1823 4e.","ala ;— Exchange —' bfit o an Bonds . — -- ',3 per cent. —, —c 1823 t .0 reg ret extreme l y to b e f orce d to express our eat s th at i t may not b e muc h l onger possible to 'reet the calamity of an European wsr. The em ', 4rettssin state of things in Belgium seems to tend t I I Plre andg more to such a crisis, and although the ' : ' ll r u he feeling in this country is so decidedly against ! 9 ' r;llgri intervention, yst it is impassible to contem -11: f l p 4ta BO fearful.a prospect without a deep . conc ern tle e jv ! 0- t hose national interests to which the rria , nt n, to i : 1 h l tln Pa t e . e is essential, as well as for the results • i s i ; 'rioa iity at large. . . 0 l' ti 4 the one hand it is clear that if the Belgians : 1 :l t e e i et the young Duke de NEMOURS for their Sove -10 i te ß or (which would be pretty much the same) ---. 10 t h Cre their alliance to France, they will . draw upon 6 . h e e t ill ,selves the instant wrath of the Allied Powers, ''''' 0 i i t r In conference in London, or at least of ithe__,marts ''''''' 11 6 1 1 1 i t ri tY of those Powers. On the other hand, if, 1 a t tniare probable, the Duke de . L 18 • i d ire he chosen, M. SEBASTIANI has u already de , ****** :* : I°, l , i a ie r h "' in the name of the French Government, that ********* 0 t i h. , a choice would be regarded as an act . of hos ********** 0• I thi s 41Zainst France. It is possible, certainly, that ******************* 1 6 / • 1 1 115:tehel.artition ought to be considered rather as a me._ .......... • 0 ii th e e Q n as a true . intimation . of the future conduct of 19 t i hit e a binet of the Citizen KING, but it would, at 1• 10 tip trots, be a necessary consequence of the elec ; I the f the BEAUHARNAIS, that Belgium would lose 1 ;t : top ttl fri endshi p and support of France in her future n should fill 10 t, the ; I le s, so long as the i.bnoxiou Prince g n II he tt el Thro ne . B e l g ium would] in that case - cf . Pt th e t he tender mercy of the Allies, who, under th the eelitarY e% r V ‘sti ° ti tle° of Luxemburg, or some other . bugbear, where tlie I' fitt i. " r esort to measures that could not fail soon to rid on the re" , I , , tie, while thediori tli:vir'::e"e• Belgians that an union with France was iably free from 0 4- o r ii ,, e ' o e necessary to be made for the preservation rthens betwe e ,"oii 01 4 e .: and liberty. Thus, again, France would be at; the attenno._ #r„ 4 why the rates ' o " d e r ‘a . 4 11-ie"s,san.,. antagonist to the Northern Powers,. I. in the pl tbe rk sto t Nut would be struck that would kindle he numbers °i l ;tVi? tt lilli ori bla ze those passions, with . which . so man i the Pound 0 or e' ) 1 (1 ) 1 0 n • Si of i breasts are now heaving, and the conflict in. The pre° c oo/ he agricultur al _;ll l .l ' ti lie- D'es - -the war of opinions —which the pro , In L a ncashl e r e . . d ev , eiletee, rn iee of Mr. CANNING anticipated, would at 1.. te n urst int o Ile counties el 9 1 , , (4 -'0 t i oto „ c flame. h e il ,": . th e t _.°! an be . entertained of the pacific views ;terday, w 13#' kiik ri 4. . ritis hintervention in Bel n,its to e mbark 0 .o i, 4tittiher par and we hope the same motive actuates duties, duties, be . st : ,lii i,) or in the conferences. But what rig a .citors, reasur_i fi e u ri eleA, ;A CC i the Allies possess to dictate to Belgium, the ether er a ' O O7 N it !' the choice of a Sovereign, or in any other when an ba s 1 tov,,. in Matters, we are wholly at a loss to dis pose, and the at e, t.i s of I\llve.i.ther can . we perceive upon what prin at-Banally, W o e . 4 4 11,,_. "lee, or international law, the Allies can Morning A Nere:°o themselves to sever the Duchy of Lux. c3 , i tli ti , fr nrn the rest of the new State—the people Uh„— UUCIi having I , ' , eh -.7 as completely N4 ) 3 ; 6 1) 4 as any other Belgian province, and h i ) et- e "Me position as other provinces Gr in all .)o,left(iecextept the relations with the s it e l Germanic , t hlea vat,ion, which can, of course, be t well m as 7 1 . t ier 4 end er a Sovereign of Belgium, as s lie Bel. i , .1 11, , rictt. vereigii of the Netherlands. 11,eit rod e heMselves of their oppressors, and effected OltepPendence, without the aid of the Great 7 1 1 h s i and all that they now want is, " a fair 4 ti e 4 1 " .(1 no favou i " We have on a former occa lit44iitt?rielssed our . opinion that too many Diplo- N th e ave already been at work upon Belgium, pee s tti rea "lt has been, that Belgium is just in the re4 t t oiub'tion as she was in September last, and the 1 *th, on is in imminent jeopardy. ' 0 .s it ~„.1_ . . woo wi tis :"0, meditatin g on the balance of power, v t aill I " fear at the union of Belgium with France, eh,hete,vrell .to reflect whether it be true that Je et n with an extended frontier, is the main Nlt o°f drea d to Europe, and whether there be . 41 ' 30i st e rlI r e (14flger to be apprehended from that mighty e v ! ae shi e ° _ f e the . north, c hich is only waiting a fit ;:Pott tae u casion to pour its baibarous hordes down llssiethltestern seats of civilization. It is against ~i lQ ed , a t the liberties of Europe need to be de "utiv ' e from - • the . ' all "d, her very nature, it is on France, it def er , °os that those liberties must rely for I°ll ' h. 'the,. the. It may therefore be questionable l ' o tit i 4, 41 un ion of Belgium with France, be, in et I llit ilia .leet ef a pprehension, but there can be no teNrat suspicion liossia ought to be regarded with the kitiTleettleutsPieinn• Some American writers begin hi.,ltaty Monarch eon urope becoming, one day, a great th't4elr 4.. Y, and the 14. e learned NIEBUHR, the !gee,:: ordinary diplomatist, in the preface to sItoo_"" voltnne Of his Itom ' an History, solemnly I the Western States of Europe to remember 4 , 2 AM. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1831. parliament reassembled last night, when Rill 41 r, in the Lords, and Lord ALTHORP, in the et rlitions, announced that Ministers had ar ;iet'ged, i n the most satisfactory manner , tht h a ils of the Reform Bill, which will be , / , ' , °l lht forward on Tuesday, the Ist of March. u e question is to be confided to the able manage hie; of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in consideration of s °ruler exertions in the good cause. Taking into i °unt the various matters of urgent business which n isters find it indispensible to get through at once, b lte do not see how the Reform Qtest ion could well ti:brought forward at an earlier period—especially as e discussion on it must be long and stormy. I .ord A LTHORP gave no ti ce t h a t the Customs and f, t111 4 1 Acts will be consolidated, and that Bills 4 that purpose would be ready by the 3d of March. We are glad to learn that the duty on Irish news papers Is not to be increased—and we shall be : ( 1 ) 11411 Y happy to hear that the duty on English is be reduced—as well as that on Advertisements. 4:the state of Ireland is to be taken into imme ilere consideration—the Vestry Act, and the Sub :fttillg at Act are to be remodelled, with other mters 4 like character. t h T his evening the Civil Li -t is to be submitted to et tiou. e b y L or d A LTHORP , w h en t h e corru p t et d of Pensioners, Sinecurists, and Pluralists, may spi P : it et 10 have their merits canvassed in a becoming I C —(From c? it the idainool 1,04; progress in 01,1 A, ight, GoPr F. ed letters fro°i, lc till half-past tot#,,i • In less thso he rick , buste d#fr the deteetoirlDr) t :e , they ‘vere sober , corn, ice. —Thc roods 1,1 mpsitire a re ee 'll has falleu the mails 0 4 tirl after their 00 t near Trstteo r in dragging 111) I died. of f uring di v in Dover, the Mi.ri„i by the folloellif ;entleman 011,04,), he bad beter,,,,i`;ll n ot a little °`," r godly pee t°r* SATirticA a OF PialtAf: rd vary critic is three buiadreu rst!'givi rope is il l „:0 0,,i greater ',co-...4 er)o on writers asoi, 01/ Don Juarii,.. to ,2 1 a prose tyrii`ja ng, and blelo ,; thos and dr ° h ernes of Csc 1 0? o i l moment oitt s and the 00•14110, 1 " Est su btle tb o loot 00 it to f o rege e vtl rity to the i i .. / 7 le v olum e And that a third irruption of the northern barbarian is not beyond the verge of probability. Against such a scourge of humanity, a stedfast union between England and France is the surest preservative ti at can, at present, be pointed out. The following are exiracts from German Papers eceived this morning. With regard to the Polish news, they are decidedly Russian in their wishes and misrepresentations:— AUGSBURG, JAN. 27 —The latest numb .rs of the Courrier de Smyrne, from sth to 19th December, that we have received, bring no news front Candia, so that the news given in the French journals, that. the island was almost wholly subdued, seems rather doubtful. There is merely an article in which all the blame of the continuance ,if the insurrection is laid on the Sphackiots, with an in. timation that so long as Regnieri is at the head of the in surgents, the exhortations of the President of Greece to submission may be considered as illusory. The Courrier indeed continues to accuse the President of despotism, and of all possible intrigues, while on the ether hand it con •tautly indicates Prince Paul of Wurtembing as the man who has the most hope, and at the same time the hest qualified, to the Crown of Greece. The Courrier de Smyrne gives an explanation worthy of attention respect ing the letter, (subsequently proved to be a forgery), which the Plenipotentiaries of England, France, and Russia were said to have addressed to the President of Greece, in which they were made to give him great praises for his Administration, to promise him an extension of the fron tiers, great assistance against the seditious, and the Re gency of Greece during the minority of the Prince to be chosen. It is remarkable that the letter, the style of which was calculated to excite suspicion at the first sight, was copied into the official Greek Journal of the Ist (13th) Nov., and quoted, for its authority the Allgemeine Zeitung, but on the 12th (24th) Nov. said that the articla first appeared in the Lausanne Gazette, but as it now ap peared, was a forgery, and characterised as such by the English papers. The Courrier de Smyrne calls the attention of its readers to the concern which M. Eynard, the President's friend, may have had in that article of the Lausanne Gazette, and how seasonably that letter came to support the intrigues of the President in the interior of Greece. Unhappily, it says, Admiral Malcolm saw through the affair, arid, in conjunction with his colleagues, the Commanders of the French and Russian squadrons, had required the article to he immediately contradicted. VIENNA, JAN. 20.—Prince Emilius, of Hesse Darm stadt, who lately entered the Austrian service, has arrived here, and will make a considerable stay. We learn from Gallicia that the cholera has attacked several persons on the frontiers, and that some have died, but that the disor der as it advances has a far less malignant character than in Russia. I: is therefore hoped that it will become milder in proportion as it advances towards the west. The Commissioners who are to go to Milan to receive the bride of his Majes•y King Ferdinand of Hungary will set out the day alter to-morrow. FROST THE POLISH FRONTIERS, JAN. IS.—We are now generally convinced in these parts that an amicable arrangement with the Emperor Nicholas is no longer to be thought of. Till the 12th inst. there was still a gleam of hope that a mediation might take place. But the Em peror will not and cannot extend the amnesty to the ring leaders themselves. The sequestration of the estates of Prince Adam Ccartoryski, and the sending of 300 students of Wilna into the interior of the empire by Count Novosilzoff, indicate that the most vigorous measures will be adopted. And what permanent resistance can unhappy Poland—a prey to licentiousness and insubordination—make to the Russian army of 150,000 men, and, with the addition of the Guards, 180,000 ? It sounds very well, when the Warsaw Journals speak every day of the enthusiasm with which all eassts take arms. But the most part exists only on paper. The Germans who daily arrive on the frontiers, after flying at the hazard of their lives from Warsaw, represent the whole country as infested hy swarms of armed peasants and scythe-bearers, who make all the roads unsafe, and treat every one who is leaving Poland aa a traitor or a spy. It seems evident that the brave and prudent Chlopieti, designed from the first to in duce the Emperor Nicholas—allegiance to whom has never• been renounced—to cause the Constitution promised by Alex ander, in 1 Sl4, to be completely carried into execution, so that Poland might become an allied kingdom, governing it self. But then nothing should have been said of the re union of the ancient Polish provinces. In this point the authors and chiefs of the insurrection at Warsaw have greatly erred in their calculations. The inhabitants of these countries have long since ceased to be Poles, if they ever were such. This was found by Napoleon in his Russian campaign. If the chiefs of the conspiracy Lelewel, Os trowski, &c. had had their way, they would have made much less ceremony with the Cesarewitsch, would have passed the Polish frontiers in December, and have revo lutionised the old Polish provinces, notwithstanding the corps of the Russians, which was then by no means com plete. Hence the animosity against Chlopieki, who has kept them in bounds. On the other hand, the moderate and more prudent party is satisfied that by this delay the way to negociation is still left open. Cassia,. JAN. 23 —The Duke of Cambridge arrived on the 21st at Gottingen, and intended to hear in person the desires of the citizens. VIENNA, J*w. 17.—Letters from Czernowitz, in the Buckowina, say that the cholera begins to spread in Gal licia. Symptoms of it Lave appeared in Hussyadin and other places, and fifteen persons have already fallen vic tims to it in the village of Wolycei, when it first appeared within our frontiers. The latest letters from Odessa and Constantinople say nothing of disturbances in Persia. We have given extracts from Paris Papers in eur tact page, with the funds of Wednesday. The following are further extracts from the Papers dated Wednesday and yesterday : General Berthrz:ne is appointed Governor of Algiers and Commander-in-Chief of the troops in Africa. He will set out on Tt.ursday. General Chefkin, who was sent to Paris by the Empe ror Nichol is about a month ago, on a confidential mis sion, is about to return to Sc. Pererslwrgh. The Carlists are circulating in the department of the Eure a printed paper in favour of Charles X., under the title of " A Prayer fur the King." The Journal de Rouen, which copies the production, says that judieid proceedings have been commenced in consequence of its publication. The Duke of Brunswick has published in a German paper a declaration that he has not abdicated, and that is is not hie intention to do so. Letters from Hanover of the 25th ult., state positive intelligence had been received there of serious disturb ances having broken out in Friesland. The Government has sent off troops with the utmost despatch, to quell the insurrection. Extract of a private letter from Frankfort, dated Ja nuary 28 :—" A courier has arrived here from Warsaw with letters, according to which General Chlopieki has been re-invested with the absolute dictatorship and full discretionary power to make war or peace, the first use of which was to offer submission to Russia, by a new de pot ition to St. Petersburgh. Although this news is not official, it has hid a favourable influence on the public funds. The five per cents. Metall.ques rose to 91, the four per cents. to 76k, the Vienna Bank Shares to 1282, and the Polish Bonds to 451. At Berlin the public fubds have experienced a similar rise. The last news we have received from that capital coincide in assurances that there was every probability that the afflirs of Poland would be amicably arranged. Intelligence from Warsaw has reached us, by way of Berlin, to the 21st ult. On the 20th, the Council of War, in conjunction with the National Council, had a sitting, with deputations from both the Chambers of the Diet. Their object was to appoint a Commander••in- Chief. The candidates were Prince Michael Radzivill and Generals Weisenhoff, Shernbeck, and Kryckowiocky. Prince Michael Radzivill obtlined 107 votes, and was pro claimed Commander of the Army. (From the Augsburg Gazette.) FuoNTrEits OF POLAND, JAN. 18. —lt appears certain that the brave and circumspect Chlopieki has had, from the beginning of the revolution, no other object in view than that of inducing the Emperor Nicholas, whose orders be never refused to obey , to execute in all points the Con stitution promised by the Emperor Alexander i n 1814 , according to which Poland was to have become a separate kingdom, and to have been governed by its ewn laws. (From tl:e Temps.) We learn from the Isle of Bourbon, that in consequence of the ridiculous, unfortunate, and expensive expedition against Madagascar, an embassy has been sent to Ermine which has met with no better success than the previous hostilities. The Queen refused to receive the envoys, all of whom have returned to Bourbon except one M. R on _ Lanny, who remains at Tanmarive. From Galiynenis Messenger. The Duke of Cambridge returned to Hanover on the 14th ult. after having visited Gottingeu, Mundell, Ostenode, Clausthal and Haldersheim. A part of the qoops had also returned to Hanover. His Royal Highness was well received by the inhabitants of Gottingen, who presented to him a respectful address, and in the evening the town tw•as illu min :ted. The Duke cave orders for thanksgivings to be offered up in all the churches for the restoration of tran quillity at Gottingen. (From the Nottv;lliste Vaudois.) . . Accounts from Balm- of the 20th stale, order is corn pletelv restored, and the insurgents have sent an address to the dot erntnent, in which they acknowledge their fault. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office this day. We direct attention to a table of Poor Rate s i n another column, showing the working of the system in the various countirs. It gives us pleasure to learn, on the authority of a iespectable Bristol Correspondent, that the late Anti-Reform petition, notwithstanding the mean shifts and devices to which its originators had rt course, has experienced a complete and ludicrous failure. Scarcely one man out of a thousand could be induced to sign it, and the majority of the wretched few who did, imagined that they were signing a petition for, instead of against, Reform. —This failure speaks well for the public spirit and intelligence of Bristol—a city whose poli tical, is only inferior to its commercial, influence. The 1 beral Papers, tie Gazelle and the Mercury. are both, of course, delighted with the issue of this Anti-Reform Meeting, and canvass the Question, especially the ballot, in a discerning spirit, which proves that they are actively awake to the signs of the times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) PROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB 3—Arrived the Amelia, Davis, from Prince Edeval d's Island. FALMOUTH, FEB. 3. Arrived the Confiance steamer, from Corfu, sailed the sth ult., Malta the 9th, Gibraltar the 19th, and Cadiz the 26th. COWES, FEB. 3 —Arrived the Rollestroom, Kreift, from Batavia, sailed the 2tth of September. BEAU MARIS, FEB. 3. —Arrived the Rokeley, Hopper, from St. John's, N. B. MILFORD, FEB. 2.—Arrived the Sarah, Hughes, from Cuba leaky, and with loss of sails, having experienced heavy gales, and shipped a sea. DUBLIN, FEB. 1.--Arrived the Pomona, Brown, from Quebec. YARMOU'T'H, FEB: 3.--The Venus, Thompson, from London to Leeds, was taken off the beach this morning. BATAVIA, SEPT. 22.—The London packet, Eden, of New York, put into Amboyna leaky, having struck on a reef, and was sold here in July. The Union, Dalton, and the Petrel, Waugh, were driven on shore, near Shields, on Tuesday, and it was feared would be wrecked. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). HOUSE OF LORDS. The House sat this morning at ten o'clock on Scotch Appeals. The Lords present were—the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Bishop of LITCIIIELD and COVENTRY, and Lords AucKLA ND and WHARNCLIFFE. ROBERTSON V. ALEXANDER. ..... The House was occupied the whole of the morning with new appeals in this case. The question in which arose on the segues tratration that was issued in 18'4 against the Stirling Banking Company. At the sitting of the House the Counsel for the respondent were not in attendance, when Ihe LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that it was exceed ingly inconvenient both to himself and the Noble Lords by whom he was assisted, and also to the opposite parties. He cer tainly should expect before the conclusion of the case, that evi dence should be given that every possible exertion had been used by the agents for the purpose of procuring the attendance of Counsel. He never remembered au instance of such an occur rence as the present. Mr. CAMPBELL, who, together with Mr.' CRAUFURD, of the Scotch Bar, eppeared for the appellants, said that he understood that a Learned Gentleman, of the Scotch Bar, was on his way from the north to London, and ought, in the regular course of conveyance, to have been here yesterday ; the agents on the other side could only account for his absence in two ways, either that he must have been lost in the snow, or that the roads were in such a state from its accumulation as to delay his arrival. The LORD CHANCELLOR trusted the accident first ad verted to by Mr. Campbell had not befallen the Learned Gentle man ; the House must get on with the case as well as it could ; he supposed Counsel were not to be found either in the Court of Chancery, the Court of King's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, or the Court of Exchequer, who were sufficiently acute to solve so knotty apoint as theconstruction of an Act of Parliament. Mr. CA MPE ELL understood a Learned Civilian (Dr. Lushing_ ton) also appeared on the other side, but in consequence of the short notice of the intention of the House to sit on appeals today, he was not in attendance. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that he had intimated his intention of sitting to-day so far back as Tuesday last ; but, as Counsel for the respondent were not in attendance, the cause must get on as well as it could. Shortly afterwards Dr. LUSHINGTON made his appearance, and took the station at the bar appropriated for the respondent's Counsel. 1 he case had not concluded when our Reporter left. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. JACKSON V. MEREDITH. The plaintiff in this case is a tailor, residing in Davy-street, Cavendish-square, and the defendant a corn-factor, living in the same neighbourhood. The action was brought to recover the sum of 2/. ISs., for clothes supplied by the plaintiff to the defen dant The delivery of a pair of trousers, and some alterations having been made in a coat, were proved; when, for the defen dant, a receipt, in the plaintiff's hand -writing, was put in, which clearly showed that the trousers, which formed the principal part of the bill, had been paid for. The Counsel for the plaintiff; however, contended that his client was entitled to recover for the alterations that had been made in some other clothes. Lord TENTERDEN—CertainIy not, as the alterations were made in new clothes furnished by the plaintiff; and it would he monstrous to suppose that if a tailor made a misfit, and was called upon to make an alteration, that he was entitled to corn_ pensation. Gentlemen of the Jury, you will find a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff's Counsel—l will elect to be nonsuited, my Lord. Lord TENTERDEN—Very well. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. Several other cases were disposed of during the morning, but they did not possess the least point of public interest. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE,. The arrivals of Grain this week are tolerably good of most kinds of Grain. The Wheat trade ramains firm at Monday's prices, with little doing. Barley is dull, and rather lower. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats hardly support the terms last quoted. Flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. Wheat. B ar l e y. Oats. I Flour. English .... Irish ........ ...• - 17,215 Foreign 110 - brls. SMITHFIELD MARKET. - - - ------ This day's supply, which consisted chiefly of middling and in ferior qualities, was limited. The trade was very dull, with Beef, Mutton, and Veal at a depression of from to 4d. per stone, and Pork at Monday's prices. Milch Cows, though numerous, were in steady demand at last week's prices; an useful short horns, with her small calf, producing from M. to 281. PRICES PER STONE OF BLRS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. 9. rt. to s. (1. s. d.t a. d. inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 6 210 Prime small d itto... 0 0 Prime largo Oxen 3 6 310 Large coarse Calves 3 fl 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 3!O 4 2 Prune small ditto... 4:10 5 g Inferior Sheep '2 2 2 4 Large Hogs '3 2 3 8 Second quality ditto 210 3 2 Small Porkers 4 4 4 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 4 0 Stickling Calves I2i to3B. each SouthdownWethers 4 0 4 '2 QuarteroldPigs 12s tolB4.each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. I 412 3,1 5 0 100 120 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The letters from the Post-otfice have again bcien delivered very late. We have the arrival of a Malta mail ; sailed Jan. 0. Accounts from Warsaw state that the Russian Government has seized at Odessa the funds belonging to the Bank of Warsaw, as well as the person going t o obtain them. From the Frontiers of Poland they state that the regular troops at present in the field consist of 100,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, 76 pieces of cannon, and that SO pieces are cast ing, and will be ready in the course of fifteen days. Accounts from Frankfort say that Prussia has ceased to send troops to the Rhine, but she is still making preparations for war. All her fortresses are provisioned, and her reserves are called out. In regard to Austria, alth oug h s h e professes pac i f i c inten tions, she is sending reinforcements to Ituly, and organizing the Landwchr in her provinces in the East. THE We have no arrivals of importance, with the exception of the Express from Paris, which brings the French Funds rather lower, fa. 95c. The debates in both House of Parliament occupy the attention of the public at present, and by which it will be perceived that important affairs are on the tapir, which will be discussed in a short time. Consols, which left oft* yesterday at 803: 2 % for the account, opened at SO% Y 2, since which they were done at 80%, with little business at present. The Foreign market is void of interest, and prices are much the same as yesterday. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stook, 201% 2% Ditto Reduced, India ditto, 212 13 Ditto,, New, 89 / 3 per Cent. Cons. 80% 6 Four per Cent. (1836) 99% % Ditto, for the Acct. tin% 34 India Bonds, 15 16 3 per Cent. Red. 81 % Exchequer Bills, 33 4 3% per Cent. 1,0 % FOREIGN Brazilian, 554 6 1 4 Buenos Ayres, Chilian 18 19 Colombian, 17 iii Danish, 60 34 French 5 per Cent. 93 4 Ditto 3 per Cent. 61 62 FUNDS Greek, 2614 7% Mexican, 35% Peruvian, 14 15 Portuguese, 43 4 Prussian, Russian, 92 3 4 Spanish, 16% % THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 801 2-• FOUR O'CLOCK.--CLOSING PRICES Consols B Ol i Danish 6O Ditto for Account 80i Greek, 1825 — Brazilian Bonds.. 56 Mexican, 1825 -- Buenos Ayres. ••• Peruvian .. - Chilian Ditto .... Russian WI Columbian, 1824 • Spanish l6l BRISTOL ANTI-REFORM PETITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am quite ashamed to obtrude any further upon your valuable time; but perceiving that you have so nobly stood forward in our cause by giving one entire column of yoer paper of }est rday to us, I am induced to think you will be glad to learn that the Anti-Reform Petition has been completely defeated. After keeping their petition for THREE DAYS at the Guildhall (where the public meet ing was held), in hopes to get some of our signatures. they have been able to obtain only '779 names. At the head of their Committee is a Mr. Os:mine. an attorney, who, I believe, got the situation of distributor of stamps for this city, worth 20001. per annum. This gentleman is generally employed by the Select Vestries. He has sen circulars to them, requesting them to let the petitions lie in the church porches, and to canvas from house to house for their signatures. Not being satisfied with adopting this mode of getting signatures, THE COMMITTEE HAVE SENT SKINS TO EVERY CHURCH WITHIN TEN MILES OF THIS CITY. Many have signed the petition under an im pression that it is the one belonging to the late public meeting held here. Such scandalous and barefaced an imposition I never before heard or knew of. It shall b told and known in both houses of Parliament. This stra tagem will defeat their purpose. Sr. James's parish, con taining a population of 15,000 inhabitants, has in three days contributed only 61 signatures—the other parishes a considerably less number. To you, I conceive, the inha bitants of this city are mainly indebted for stepping in with your powerful aid to stem the current of this most shame ful abuse of the right of petition. A FREEMAN. Bristol, Feb. 3, 1831. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir.,—lf you have not already received the Iris, I beg to call your attention to the following cases of distres4, which corroborate all and more than was advanced by your Correspondent in behalf of the poor miners, who are deeply sensible of ate great services rentfer,d to them by your powerful and eloquent advocacy of their cluse ; but for The Sun, from whence the article was copied into all the surrounding Papers, their ease would never have been heard of beyond their own neighbourhood. 1 am happy to say that donations are pouring in every day, and it is gratifying to hear the blessings and praises which the pow sufferers bestow en you and the gentlemen who first made their wants known. I am, Sir, Your grateful and obedient servant, Bradwell, Feb. 2. A DERBYSHIRE MAN, ELECTION FOR BR IDGE-4VIA STERe—This day the election is proceeding with activity, but Mr. WATSON maintains the advantage he gained yesterde.y. The numbers at three o'clock were :—WATSON, 334; GIBBS, 135 ; 11ouLDEN, 106 ; HAMWORTIIy 105. Lord DUNCANNON'S appointment to the Woods and Forests creates a vacancy in the representation of the county of Kilkenny. His Lordship's re-election will, it is said, be opposed by the Hon. Colonel BUTLER, brother of the Earl of KILKENNY, who was a candidate for the representation of that county in the General Elec tion of 1825. Colonel BUTLER, is one of the Anti-Union party, and, no doubt, that circumstance will be taken advantage of to influence the voters. At the election in 1825 Lord DUNCANNON all but lost his seat, and was so much afraid of the result that he took care to be elected for the borough of Youghal. THE BOOK OF THE SEA SONS.—This ele gant little work presents us with all the poetic and pic turesque features of the different S. aeons, laying open to the lover of Nature all the objects and appearances which in every month are to be encountered in the garden. the fields, and the waters. The embellishments which are numerous, describe the rural occupation of the twelve por tions of Cie year. There is.a singular report afloat that a distin guished Liberal of the House of Commons intends to move for a repeal of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill of 18=29, We have not beard what are the grounds on which he will support his motion.—Standard. ROCHESTER, FEB. I.—One hundred and forty artificers of different descriptions are ordered to Sheerness, to compete the repairs, &c. of the ships or dered to he brought forward at that port. Thirty ship wrights are ordered to proceed to Deptfdrd yard to com plete the Worcester, of 52 guns, building there. The Alfred, razee, of 52 guns, is immediately to be corn• missioned at th!s port. L'Aigle and Curacoa frigates, of 42 guns each, are to be reduced to corvettes, which will be effected by cutting off the forecastle and quarter deck, leaving tl.em flush fore and aft. .L'Aigle arrived from Sheerness yesterday for the above purpose. THE LAST OF THE QUEUES.—The last vestige of this o nce•prevalent fashion of wearing queues has at length disappeared in the House of Lords. Lord KEN YON, who was as ea , ily recognisable from behind by one of these appendages, as in front by his features, nppeared last night in the House without his queue. Thus has the hair powder tax completely triumphed. POLAND.—The curiosity which recent events have excited in the public mind, as to this ill-fated country, gives an additional value to any thing authentic which can be learned respecting it. The lately-published Travels of Mr. WEBSTER through the Crimea, &c. include a Narrative of a visit to Poland, in which are introduced various interesting sketches of the manners and condition of the inhabitants. The enthusiastic tribute paid by the Author to the memory of those heroes who once ennobled the Polish name, will he read with a double share of sym pathy at the present moment. The inhabitants of this town (non-freemen) are about to form themselves into an association, the object of which is to solicit the corporation to throw open the elective franchise to every householder who has paid IS/. rent for three years, upon their paying a fine of 151. to wards the benefit of the town. The prospectus says "it is presumed that the example of a borough so important as this, reforming itself, : would h ave more we i g h t i n sup port of Lord ALTHORP s motion, than many p e titi ons , and would be highly creditable to the town. Could such a Reform be promptly effected, if Lord ALTE 0 P'S mo tion be rejected a nd Parliam en t b e di sso l ve d , we woul d give him two votes in the new Parli-iment, in place of two against him : equal to four in a di v i s i on ." W e are i n f orme d th .t a meeting on the subject. of P ar li amen t ary R e f orm , will be held in this town in tie course of a few days.— Portsmouth Herald. The Rev. H. FARDELL, son-in-law to the Bishop of ELY, has been presented to the valuable living of Wisbech. The good effects of the approaching drawing rooms are already sensibly felt at the west end of the town. The marchandes de merle are in full activity. Many unfortunate women, who are plagued with cruel an ! ferocious husbands, are advocates for the destruction of threshing machines. Air. GRATTAN'S highly successful novel of the " Heiress of Bruges," is one of the most remarkable and exciting stories in English literature. Some of his earlier works may have been more highly finished, yet in none has lie put forward, such strength as in the present ; and when to this, no common praise, we add that his his torical descriptions, and his sketches of manners and cus toms of Holland and the Netherlands are graphic and stamped with a reality at once novel and interesting, we rm -,y be permitted, in common justice, to pronounoe the " Heiress of Bruges" one of the most successful produc tions of the present day. In future, the Assizes for Norfolk are to be held at Norwich : CO SoyB Lord BROUGHAM.—Esrey Standard. There has not been in Dublin so heavy a fall o f snow since the winter of 1813-14, at which period the streets were impassable for several days. The rich will be imperatively c tiled on to come forward with the ! warts of relieving the distressed and famishing objects that are in such numbers in Dublin. --Dublin Morn. Register. SINGULAR COlNClDENCES.—Buckingham house and York-house were pulled down at the same tinge, and were rebuilding at the same tines. Near the comple tion of York Palace the Duke of YORK died ; and near the completion of Buckingham Palace the KING died. Both buildings, it appears, are likely to descend from Royal hands. York Palace has been bought by the Marquis of STAFFORD ; and Buckingham Palace, it is rumoured, is to he given to the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, in con sideration for Northumherland-house, or it will be sold. The story of « The Heiress of Bruges" is of the times of Spanish domination in Flanders. The events turn upon the attempts to shake off the foreign yoke, in which the Flemings were aided by the Dutch, uncle' Prince MAURICE. The tale ends with the famous battle of Nieuport, gained by that Prince against the Spanish Archduke ALBERT. The hero is a leader called De Bas senvelt, who joins the popular cause.—The Heiress is the daughter of a Burgomaster of Bruges. A principal charm in the work is its seasonableness.—The interest at this moment excited by the struggles of the Belgians to shake t,ff an odious dynasty and secure the public liberty, has a retiospective effect upon similar scenes engaged in with similar objects. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Lansdowne, from Brighton ; the Marquis of Camden, in Arlington-street, from his seat, the Wilderness, Kent ; Sir J. B. and Lady Johnstone, in Grosvenor-street, f cm their seat in Yorkshire; Lord Acheson, from Suffolk; the Earl of Besborough, in St. James's square, from Dorsetshire; Sir Heni v Bunburv, Bart. at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from his seat, 'Paxton, ; Captain G. Fitzroy, at ditto, from Stoney Stratford ; Colonel and Mrs. Close and family, at the Purlington Hotel, from Bath ; Montague Chohneley, Esq. M.P. at ditto, from Lincolnshire; Hon. Robert Smith, M.P. in Belgrave street, from hi s seat, Gayliurst ; Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, ii P. in Grosvenor-square, from Ireland; John Smith, Esq. M.P. in Grosvenor square, from his seat in Suffolk; William Evai,s Esq. M.P. a t th e St. J ames ' s H ote l, Jermyn-street, front his seat in Derbyshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Tattoo Egerton, at White hall, from Brighton ; George Wilbraham, Esq. M.P. and Lady Ann Wilbraham. in Upper Seymour.strect, from a tour; G. Knight, sq. in Lower Grosvenor-street, from Bath ; Mr. anti Mrs. Hawkins, in Brook-street, from Bath ; the Hon. F. A. Prittie, at the Orleans Hotel (late Miller's', Jermyn-street, from Ireland; Lord and Lady Kilmaine, in South-street, Parl - lane. DEPARTURES. Earl Gower, for DunstiZle;Ca;t:i7;ll. Knox, for Brighton ; R. Arkwright, Esq. fit Tessington ; Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth, from Regent-street, for Brighton ; William Dennison, Esq. from I)over.street, for Ireland ; Captain Hooper, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, to Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay, from ditto for Bath. VII. ANTICIPATION. BY EDMUND READE, ESQ., AUTHOR OF " GAIN, THE WANDERER," " RETOLT OF THE ANGELS." Trust not, high-minded men ! to your great cause: Or think that Virtue's idol ye set up Will aid ye: men have dregg'd her hitter cup Too deep to trust in her capricious laws. She is the phantom of our heated hopes, The embodying of the immortal soul's desires, Shaping the godlike forth which it aspires! A shade that never• against Fortune copes : But lives and dies within her sunny hour, And crumbling sinks beneath the touch of Power. So hath it ever been since time began : So felt the godlike Roman •, who upheld The noblest cause that ever call'd on man ; And, oh! how many ardent hearts have swell'd, And own'd the melancholy truth too late, And left the shrine they worshipp'd desolate! No—it is Power that man bows down to!—strength Made the first Lew—who dreads the writhing length Of the crush'd snake—who starts not from his sting? Self-reverent Virtue to the strong must yield : Kneel to her still—but kneel with spear and shield: And when to all the world ye have proclaim'd, And prov'd in fight the high supremacy, Then o'er your swords the wreath of myrtle fling ! And raise her up with all her spoils reclaim'd„ Upon the pedestal of Liberty ! O how exalted must that triumph be When the dead share the highest praise! When we Feel in their deaths a deep, a sacred joy, An envy, but without its base alloy! A high enthusiasm, and a pride, As for pure martyrs who have sanctified The faith for which they gloriously died ! And what if the survivors fail ? have they Ought to regret—did they their cause betray ? Or shag they fail to meet their great reward ? Doth there not look on them from high a God In whose pure eyes the attempt and not the deed Is judged—with whom all virtue doth succeed ? Yes—they are judg'd alike in earth and heaven! There they shall join their brethren gone before: Here their great names shall be to memory given, To live among the great—the goad—for ever more! • Marcus Brutus. SUDDEN DEATH of THOMAS GARDINER BRAMSTON, ESQ. (From the Chelmsford Chronicle of this day.) It is with the most painful feelings of regret that we announce the loss to society of this highly respected gentleman, who de parted this life yesterday (Thursday) morning, in consequence, it is supposed, of the bursting of a blood-vessel, he having been found dead in his water-closet. The friends of Mr. Braniston had lately flattered themselves that he was fast recovering from the severe illness which he is supposed to have brought on himself by his close attendance to his duties in the House of Commons, during the period he remained one of the Representatives of the county. The irregular hours at which the House sat during that pe riod, were ill suited to the accustomed regularity of the Hon. Gentleman's domestic habits; this, and his anxiety of mind to serve his constituents, added to the consequent sudden transitions from heat to cold on the breaking up of the House, produced in disposition, accompanied by inflammation, which caused great apprehensions for his safety, not only amongst his family and im mediate friends, but even his medical advisers began to despair. As a private gentleman, the deceased was beloved for the bene volence of his disposition, which rendered him accessible to the humblest class : and in his public character as a Magistrate of the county, he distinguished himself by his unwearied vigilance and anxious exertions for the public benefit. He was a liberal patron of all charitable institutions, and by his conduct through life he has secured a lasting respect to his memory. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, attended by Lady Conroy, Baroness Lehzen, and Sir John Conroy, visited Drury-lane Theatre yesterday, to see the performance of the Brigand. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Dur ham, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Goderich, Viscount Althorp, the Right Hon. C. Grant, and Lord Holland. The Council sat about an hour in deliberation. The Spanish Minister, and Count Matoushevitz (Minister from Russia), transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Goderich, and others of the Cabinet Ministers, had a meeting yesterday at the Colonial Office. Despatches were sent off from the Foreign Office on Wednes day evening, for Lord Ponsonby at Brussels. Sir John Wrottesley, Sir James M.cintosh, Sir James Mac donald, Sir George Warrender, Sir Robert Heron, Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Law Hodges, Mr. Littleton, Mr. Tennyson, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Wood, &c., were present at the grand dinner party given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday evening to a party of Members of the House of Commons. --- BRIGHTON, FEB. 2. Their Majesties yesterday honoured Lord Chichester with a visit at his Lordship's seat, Stanmer Park. Their Majesties were attended by Lady Bedingfield and Mademoiselle l)'Este, and pro ceeded in a carriage and four, with six outriders. Sir Andrew Barnard, Lord Howe, Lady Whitshed, and Miss Watson, fol lowed in a second carriage and four. The Royal Party arrived at Stanmer Park at half-past two o'clock, and were received by the Earl and Countess of Chichester, his Grace the Duke of De vunshire, Lord and Lady Carlisle, Sir George and Lady Shiner, and several other persons of distinction, who were invited on the occasion. Shortly after their Majesties' arrival, they partook of a splendid defrune a is fourchette, and returned to the Palace at half-past four o'clock. On their Majesties' arrival at the gate of Stanmer Park, they were met by a number of the country gen tlemen and Lord Chichester's tenants, all wearing silk hatband., and carrying blue wands, and conducted to the mansion. On their Majesties' departure they were escorted to the gate by the same party. The severity of the weather diminished much of the pleasing effect which the arrangements made would have produced. It blew a violent snow storm during the entire day. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, accompanied by Prince George and suite, arrived at the Pavilion yesterday evening, on a visit to their Majesties. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria are the only branches of the Royal Family who have not been at Brighton during their Ma jesties' present sojourn at their Marine Palace. The Marchioness of Ely has arrived at the Palace. Lord and Lady Mayo and Lord Howe have taken their de parture from the Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, Duke of Sussex, Prince George of Cumberland, Prince George of Cambridge, the Duchess de Dino, Count and Countess Munster, the Duke de Valency, General Dalbiac, Colonel Downman, Colonel Rice, with the Royal suite, composed their Majesties' dinner party. Her Majesty's private Band attended in the evening. Their Majesties, it is said here, intend visiting Ireland early in the ensuing summer. THURSDAY, FED. 3 Their Majesties, accompanied by the Duke and nuchess of Cumberland, Prince George of Cumberland, Prince George of Cambridge, the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, and a numerous suite • the Marchioness of Ely, Countess of Errol, Lady Bedi ng . field, Wilson, Sir Andrew Barnard, Mr. Jelf, and the Rev. Mr. Hervey, paid a visit to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at his mansion, Kemp-town. His Grace had a select p ar t y o f No bility to meet their 'Majesties. The Royal partypartook of a splen. pid dejcune a la fourchelle, and after remaining several hours with the Noble Duke, returned in four carriages and four, with a splendid retinue. Their Majesties' dinner party was select. Count and Countess Munster, the Bishop of Chichester, General Dalbiac, Lord Farn borough, and Admiral Rolle, were the only g.. , ests. The Duke of Sussex has been indisposed since Saturday, and has been since confined to his apartments. His Royal Highness is considerably better to-day. The Duke of Cumberland, after his return from Kemp-town, walked on the Steine for some time. Several persons of distinction had the honour of paying their respects to their Majesties yesterday, by leaving their names at the Palace. _ This evening her Majesty gives a splendid juvenile ball : be tween 300 and 400 cards of invitation have been issued by the Lord Chamberlain. The entertainment will be a fac simile of the grand fete given on the 28th ult. Last night upwards of 350 fashionables attended the Almack's ball at the Old Ship Assembly Rooms. The Queen's private band attended at the Palace last evening. The Public, especially the numerous portion of it who take interest in the Arts, will be glad to hear that the Life and Literary works of Fem.' will be imme diately published by his friend and executor Mr. KNOWLES. The volumes will include the Lectures of FUSELI, which have been stamped as the noblest criticism extant on Art; his Aphorisms, and his History of the Schools of Painting and Sculpture in Italy, neither of which latter Dave yet been printed. It was for the last-mentioned production, that the late Mr. JOHNSON, the bookseller of St. Paul's Church-yard, agreed to give Fuszaz five hundred guineas. LORD BROUGII (From the Age.) M. A few weeks ago his Lordship attended divine service at Lincoln's inn Chapel. A sermon was preached by the. Rev. Mr. RAYMOND to prove the truth of the chriStiq.rt religion by the fulfilment of the prophecies in the Old and - New Testaments. His Lordship paid the most earnest and unremitted attention to the discourse, in which the preacher displayed eminent learning, zeal, and talent. As soon as the service ended, Lord BROUGHAM turned round to Mr. RAINF. and inquired the name of the gentleman whom he had he.trd with so much admiration and pleasure. Mr. R. sail it was Mr. RAYMOND. Lord BROUGHAM inquired if his merits had Lent in any way rewarded? Mr. R. said no ; when his Lord. ship, with great f,:eling. declared that such learning, in dustry, and zeal, merited a marked notice, and d.:sired Mr. RAINE to state to Mr. RAYMOND that he should have great satisfaction in making him one of the chaplains to the LORD CHANCELLOR, as an earnest of his desire to requite his merit in a more substantial manner. Shortly xf,ertvards the living of Portlock, in Somersetshire, became vacant, and his Lordship, without any application, pre• sented this meritorious clergyman to the living. We have hear! of another similar notice of modest but diving&shed merit by Lord B. If such were the grounds on which the Church patronage were usually dispensed, the Church of England would soon prove its own best defence, and the interests of religion would need no further advocacy than the grateful testimony and the exemplary lives of its profs ssors. Oar politics arc known to differ from his Lordsl-ip's, but no honest Twin of any creed or religion, or polities, can refrain from offering the need of approbation to acts so lioni.-e.rahle in their motive, and Bo beneficial in their constquenees as those we have related. [We can vouch for the correctness of the above, so far as the generous and discriminating intentions of the Lord Chancellor are concerned ; but Mr. Raymond did not ac cept the living of Portluck, as he his higher claims and better prospects. That living has Is, en presented by his Lord•hip quite unsolicited, to the Arabic Professor at Cam bridge—a most meritorious and worthy gentlemen, whose knowledge of languages is as extraordinary as his manner of acquiring them—self-tuition. Mr. Raymond will have the next valuable living that falls in. We understand that Lord Brougham's distribution of Church patronage is solely influenced by merit and worth.—En. Sulu] COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—The Dew operatic drama, so long announced, intitled The Romance of a Day, was produced here last evening, and was de cidedly succe slut, though we much doubt whether it pos sess vitality sufficient to ensure it the honour of an rid age. The story is simple, and the music will do no dis credit to its composer, Mr. H. R. BISHOP ; hut we do not imagine that it will greatly enhance the reputation which he has already acquired. 'There was a good hou,e, and the opera was announced, without dissent, fur repetition on Saturday next. THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, TOTTENHAM STREET.—Last night this theatre commenced its carer 'vial three new pieces, previous to the commencement of which an address was spoken by Mrs. GLOVER, the gist of which was, that in pursuing the foot teps of fashion westward, the Queen's theatre had determined to outstrip all its competitors. The best part of the evening's enter tainment was the pastoral opera of Galatea, with HA N DEI23 music. A Miss VERNON, who appeared for the first time in the part of Galatea, is a young lady of a pretty face and neat figure. She sung occasionally with considerable sweetness and expression. We were much pleased to meet litre Mr. RENNET and Mr. SEGUIN, whom we have seen already at the little Italian Opeta. They were both highly effective. This interesting little piece was succeeded by two petite comedies, called Three to One, and Every Body's Husband, presenting no great preten•ions to wit. Mrs. GLOVER contributed chitfly to the success of both. la the latter Mr. GREEN, late of Covent-garden, supported, with a good deal of originality and broad comic humour, the part of a Mr. Alexis Twisselton, who, having wan dered from home and his legitimate spouse, is at length discovered by her at Tunbridge, the reputed husband of four different ladies, all living in the same house; but of any real liaison with as hom he is, in truth, guiltles , .— The situations in this piece are very farcical. In general the company with which this little theatre commences ha campaign, is, taking all things into consideration, efficient. The investigation into the proceedings of the Liverpool election, which has done so much to exalt the fame and glory of the Liverpool burgesses throughout the country, will commence on the 17th of March. A whole cloud of witnesses from Liverpool will have to appear before the Committee. Na lees than thirty, it is said, are already summoned, some of whom are beginning to be very uneasy as to the result. We wish them well out of the scrape.—Liverpool Times. PARTIES.—We are informed that the forth coming number of the ( ourt Journal will contain a cu rious paper on " Parties," not in the political and prosaic, but in the fashionable and festive sense. The strict pro prieties of classification, will, however, be observed with as great nicety as that usually adhered to by the political disquisitionists en Party, as the fotowing list of i-übdivi siorot may serve to evince:—l. The Grandiose.—ll. The Sublime and Beautiful.—lll. The Recondite—lV. The Routineers.—V. The Distinguished.—Vl. The Whisto nian Controversialists.—Vll. The Civilized Communi ties.—Vlll. The Sociable.—lX. The Elaborate —X. The Erudite.—Xl. The Apologetic.—Xll. The Miscel laneous. THE POLES IN 1778.—Wh0 (says the Prince DE LIGNE) would not feel an affection for Poland, the Polo', and, above all, the Polish women ? Who would not admire the wit and courage of the men, and the grace and beauty of the women? The manners of the Polish ladies are more equally fascinating than those of all others. To prefer another city to Warsaw is impossible. There you find the most refined ton of Paris allied with oriental manners; the good taste of Europe and the magnificence of Asia united ; the politeness of the most civilized society, with the plain, unaffected hospitality of barbarous nations. Who would not admire a people whose external appear ance is universally noble and prepossessing, and whose manners, though plain and unassuming, are polite 'and cordial ; in the cities you meet with good breeding and urbanity every where, and in the country a good-natured roughness prevails. The comprehension of the Poles is quick, their cenversation light and agreeable, and their education has made them possessors of every talent. They have the gift of languages, are deeply read in general ratare, elegant, and accomplished. Their taste in every thing is highly cultivated : they are admirers of the fine: arts, passionately fond of fetes and private theatricals, and of their national dancing. Their dress is original ; come of their customs extraordinary ; their style of living mag nificent. They are good and open-hearted, and very gratefully inclined. My own admiration of them is un limited.—Journal of a Nobleman. A ROYAL EQUIVOQUE.—A well-known individual, some time deceased, who was admitted to the Prince's familiarity upon his first entrance into life, and for several years after, described or rather dramatised with much humour a scene which lie professed to have had from the Prince himself. So much depends upon tons and manner, that the spirit of these pleasantries evaporates on paper. The story was in substance as follows :—.) new suit destined for a ball that night at Cumberland House, was brought home to the Palace, hut ordered bat!: by him for the purpose of undergoing immediate altera tions. He gave directions that the tailor's return with it should be instantly made known to him. The Prince happened to pass the early p .rt of the evening se i h the KING and QUEEN at Buckingham House. Whilst he was seated in the Royal group, a German page entered, and pronounced in a tone meant for his particular ear, but loud enough to be heard by every one present, " Please your Royal Highness, she is come." There was a moment's awful pause. " Who is come ? " said his Royal Highness, in a tone between surprise, emharraissment, and anger. " Sir, she is come," repeated the page, with his bad English and German phlegm. "Eh ! what, what! who is come? " exclaimed the KING. " She, your Majesty," reiterated the unmoved German. " She is come ! " cried the QUEEN, bursting with wrath, and supposing that the visitor was one of the house of LorraELL, who already sought an undue influence over the Prince. All was for a moment inexpli cable confusion. The QUEEN summoned another pa ;e, and asked him, with fury in her looks, ." Who is she that darts inquire for the Prince of WALES ?" " Please your MAJESTY," said the second oracle, it is Shea, his Royal Highness's tailor ! g —Lardner's Cabinet Library. NEW WORK, BY THE AUTHOR OF PEL HAM.—The Siamese Twins are more thus ever the rage since Mr. LYTTON BoLweit has made them a theme t, r the exercise of his satire and fancy. The demand for the work is said to have been excessive, the whole of the first edition being, we understand, abtiorbed by the hooksellets in one day. The author is not, as has kern a s set trd, Member of the House of Commons, but is brotlier to the Aft. BoLWXA lately returned to Parliament.