The Sun. — London, England, 1831-01-12 00:00:00

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PETERSBURGH. th, t he 25 . --His Majesty the Emperor, having learnt i ne reports o f t h e G ran d D u k e C ons t ant i ne , th at e , Lab eaki Minister of Finance of the kingdom of land and Count Jeserski, Deputy of the Provinces of te dont of P o l an d, h as se t ou t f ro m W a rsaw for St. y rs , uar gh, his M a j es ty has given or d e r s that they should i,e,fireat,4l.l; "f Narva, and has charged Count Grabovski, Minister State of the kingdom of Poland, to write to e e k 4h "ki , that the motives which determed P r i nce . to undertake this journey are unknown to his 9 7 1 1 ,Y; th it if the events which have taken place i li t ,, rs aw hav e i n d uce d hi m to come here in the Of delegate of an illegal power, the Emperor app n i Z s r t e cetve hin t , nor grant the permission t-"ttlat Capl; butt if the motives of his arrival "i i tohdlik e With the duties of the office with which 11 receive o f t h e Emperor has i nveste d him, his M a j es ty l' !'eceive him, and will hear him in quality of Minister le in " o f the kingdom of Poland. The Emperor has red to be added to this explanation, that Count Jeser co'old not either obtain permission to enter St. Peters the k 7ept in his capacity of Deputy of the Provinces p ri mgdoin of Poland. „. nee Lubeshi has given to Count Grabovski the fol :nighansWer dated Narva, the 11th (23.1) December : I just received the letter in which your Excel- L f ee - ty s ; had the goodness to inform me of the will of his .ten regard to myself and to Count Jeserski, and I to inform you, Monsieur le Comte, of the . mo lar induced me to undertake this journey. by the Administrative Council of his Majesty en - ', r ry to th e f oot of the Throne t h e part i cu l ars o f th e aii ` t s Which have taken place at Warsaw, I came in °I Minister of the kingdom, to submit to his s; -Y al l the detail s o f those circumstances, of which it " „., 11 ”'"lf a wit ness . I ne v e r was charged to pre sal:l"if bef ore t h e E mperor i n any other capacity thatver• The l e tt er of your Excellency informs me that ea " his Majesty will deign to admit me, and to tve' and to grant, in like manner, to Count Jeserski, Deputy of the Kingdom of Poland, the entree tore' capital. I take the liberty of begging you to the necessary permission for us to proceed from St. Imperial Maj es ty h as ac cordingly given the orders 4 tY for the arrival at St. Petersburgh of the Mi r of Finance, Prince Lubeski, and of the Provisional at of th Kingdom of Poland, Count Jeserski. titters or STOCKS THIS rk U ktit . ... 9 0 1 e r . c . "ett h e Rod ''''''''''' 3170 i 't4ixtreenett. Cons . . ....... I 9 1 44! Red. l/ 0. Xt nd Cent . Ann. 1726 'el ton eau. min NA 3 g issy Ana, to expire 4,1860._ ...... 1749 5-16 18 6(e .... ^l6 1-16 17 5, le4o ..... .7. 5, lE4go DAY AT ON IC O'CLO , X. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Atm Bonds South 5 , ...ts Stock Old Annuities News Ditto ............ 3 fer Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, .£I,(VO 35 37 pm. Ditto '3s 37 pm. Ditto .:mall '35 37 pm. Ditto Commercial ...... pm. Ditto Advertise.l — rm. jlank Ae Account India for Account Cons. for Jan 21 ...... ,s3ii s` %0......, Krian ►4ltiets or roxxio n F UNDS t Bonds ........... ',llill4rl onds . ..... ......... rya ao ilßyreds 4•011oinn°111OrZi : ................... 7 tto, .................. . 141,11 ................ aglo ittNiel( ?;;:n"ci;: .. ................. Atiop 1k25 ........ "'" ........ exicrnala ........................ an Bonds ............ ".. IPe5 .................... TM'S DAT AT OR= O'CLOCK. (Neapolitan — Peruvian i fonts Portuguese Bonds r— russian, Old Ditto, New — Ruwian 9 INU% , Spanish, ' Rdt I 16 1 Vi French Renter, 5 p. c. 113 i. 50 . I--- Exchange 'lit. 30-. 1-- 3 per eent. Exchange —f. —c. P4le Es or SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. ta tili Paid. Per s hare. an I biittato 'T!la. Min. Co. Cm t/ . at 5/. pm.) X 2ti „ ohn Del R ey 7 Navigation Co. OVlstera C OTIRSK OF EXCHJ fitt "arA. e ........ C.F 12 01 ' o lt ttth t , ll 17 , .......... 2 U 12 1 Larto,J 0 Itet,4 ............ 813 12 11 121 itte: ' l a ' .' 4104 25 30 . 0r,14••••........... U 2 25 6f) erii 4 ................ 2:9 65 fr41 e i r k 4 4.1.0", ; .* a . ..... ....... .............. 152 ie4,,, ‘ lf gh, ruble : 3 U. 10 0 Fieg . C e . ' ef fective 2 Si. 10 10 ari d ...... do 10 I 1 ilhoriz 3 f;Li ................... arc 00....................... .•• .. 'rine ........ ....... 56 36m 47q NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47 Genoa () - 3 75 Venice 46 ril.tlta 46 Naples if3 Palermo per oz. 1174 Lisbon Oporto 45 Rio .laneiro Bahia 175 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 9.1 days' sight 1 Cork l3a BULLION, PER OZ. X. P. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 Ncw Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 4 lli and tely ,on. mal y of 00, tble )rd by and utes try► one my wed I of (the rith I for ;alie• , .r. 0 0 NG A n 0 , heat ND, the AS ED SIZE OF THE ATLAS NEWSPAPER. His rirt HI STORY OF THE YEAR 1830. en d lE ATLAS of next Sunday, January 16, f the )c 3und . Will contain' on a single sheet, increased one-half and 1 1, its e. ordinary size, and nearly three times larger than 15 . .44, 8 , , in addition to its usual weekly News and Cri !oota,_ THE INDEX FOR TIIE YEAR 1530, which 13 r a f o r ; isoot'sn'at'eference to Reviews of upwards of 500 new ,silt- ti o , i 's n all the Dramatical and Musical Novelties—produc shall . cl f P ar i ; r 1 rine A rts—Scientific Notices—and a Summary ears, L in ite tolig e 'r ee l ta fo rY i. Proceedings, and Foreign and Domestic g ive jary, and 1 4 "ng a complete Chronology, Political, earli...i.scellaneous, of the past year. 'rid ' I PP 'cations are recommended to all Newevenders u i ld in :rict o ooksellers. Published at the Atlas Office, Beaufort- Ltiel Strand. Due, Due. Arrived. 0 trtna:iti1e . 4 ............." .... (1 0 00 Hambur g Holand 0 Buenos A yr...e." '''''' " 0 Jamaica ztliiiang '''' ............ 0 Flande;re .... .. ......... 0 0 Leeward Islands 00 0 0 Malta Frarice ................ ................ ‘(.3) ykJerseY.. 0 0 Sweden Waterford (1.1 - • 7 5 _l4l/ ‘`-• A __zip t 4 th LONDON, -NESD AY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1831 9 an. letters expres has ar r i ve d f rom P ar i s w ith It from that Capital, dated Monday night. Wa s . had t , stated on 'Change that an engagement . tits it a ; . ell place on the Polish frontiers, between ils lanced posts of the Russian army and ‘, lle Polish force assembled there. The result itas not known, although it was current that the thu3sians had been compelled to fall back on c e M aio body, I t was known that the Austrian par "ero m ent were m a ki ng extens i ve m ili tary pre at' I L I° ' lB , and fe ars were entertained at Warsaw that in tue event ofthe Russians being successful hi th L , e first onset, an Austrian force would com aeut with them. The Polish Deputy who had :ethed Paris, it was understood was fully in „rlacted to strenuously urge on the French Go 'ernment that its bounden duty was to see the fell-intervention principle acted up to in the ,These deg ree, anti we have no doubt it will. $, follo w i ng are the prices of the French e n ds at the close on Monday evening : P ::Cil FUNDU.—Five per Cents. 931. 25c. 931. 'l4 ? - Per Cents. 77f. 50e. Three per Cents. elf. 95c. Ite e. 13 aok' Actions '1 510 f. Rente de Naples, GM. 15c. Spanish ote d'Espagne 14 ,3 -. ' Rentes Perpetuelle, 47. Royal 1.0,,,, Loan, 62k. 4 Havtian Loan, 340. Exchange on ""n, one month, 25f. 'lsc. ; three months, 251. sc. p (Prom the t'ourricr F ranca i s , o f Monday.) C al "NTIIERS OF POLAND, Dec. 24.—Letters from BeVF skPrineipal houses of commerce from St. Petersburg . h, Nress the following • The moment the first official tv' e ° ,. rt a f the events of . %Vareaw reached the Government, rliu.), thing wax put in motion at St. Peter burgh ; the poet prompt military measures were ordered . to reduce the libillsh Revelinion by force of arms, since which the lively ion made by this revolution is greatly appeed i,„ is believed that an amicable reconeiliation is not '-priNble. , the pe\t.VA,RsAW3 Otte. 30.—A courier has arrived from r St. an clt;:l'corgh, and it is reported he is the bea h rer c o o f u a neie - f foie' Adill%li°3toraftom the Emperor, which order as tbefere, i :o po r , e i s t r i t e m n e a their functionsnamed din the 641 1 4 4, 44 3' to take " despatches, and forwr,n4it there the orders of the Emperor, and the new , •, th at t a d corps to be disbanded. If this be true, it proves It 1" there re Empeior is not informed of what has passed since 10 0 9 vlreat of hisbrother. This has had but little effect. ed b ij 46: 4 : officers of the Lithuanian corps have escaped, and ,elli °n 1 11 1 - ,;:' here. They state that it will he impossible for the 11 61 ' 1 " it i l l 4 ' to compel that corps to go against the Poles,. and .y re- . 11, 4 'petted.'x they will be marched into the interior of re °P . ail° . lhey are ready with 60,000 excellent troops, Wes t Inn, idol Ty °' r,O lO nary'too. and 10,000 cavalry. They have also 10,000 irre gular cavalry and 100,000 militia ; but these last require to be armed with muskets, and every day there is being formed new volunteer corps. The war of extermi nation which is preparing will cause torrents of blood to flow, but we can state, without fear, that Poland will not be subdued. . In the direction of Valenciennes they are making 15,000,000 of cartouches; Valenciennes is to receive 4,000,000 of them. We would recommend those few people who may be inclined to doubt the wisdom or expe diency of lightening the punishment of the poor deluded Hants rioters, to take into consideration the very significant fact, that the sense of the country is daily becoming stronger and stronger on the subject. Petitions, as we know on the best authority, are getting up in a variety of places, all imploring in sufficiently earnest terms, the mercy of the Crown on the wretched criminals. The question, in fact, is fast becoming a national one —so strong is the growing conviction of the community that the rigourous justice which is awarded to the most deliberate and deadly crimes—to aggravated forgery, or equally ag gravated murder, is not the measure which should be meted out to the Hants rioters. These men, it seems, acted not from premeditation, but excitement ; not from wantonness of pur pose, but sheer desperation. If ignorance be any excuse for guilt, they may with the utmost confidence urge that excuse, both indivi dually and as a mob ; for there was scarcely a man among them all who pos sessed even the common rudiments of edu cation. " But," said Mr. JusticeVAuGHAN, by way of apology, we presume, for his severe sen tences, " the object of the law is not the pu nishment of individuals, but by way of example to others not to follow their course." If this be the sole reason for visiting the Hants rioters with the last penalties of the law, we can assure his Lordship that it has most signally failed. The buntings still continue—machines are still broken—discontent still manifests itself in acts of outrage, and will probably continue so to do, despite a hundred exeeutions in every county throughout the kingdom, till the cause that produced such insubordination is removed. We have all seen, in the single case of forgery, that capital punishment has not had the slightest influence in restraining its commission, and we fear it will be found equally inefficient in the present instance. What, then, is to be done ? We answer—imprison, whip, banish, condemn to hard labour or the hulks (always, however, proportioning the punishment to the offence), those who may be found guilty of transgressing the law; but for Heaven's sake— for the sake of humanity—of common sense— nay, even of expediency—do not destroy that life which can never be restored—do not place the starring and phrenzied rioter on a level with the callous and abandoned murderer—above all, do not furnish the country at large, already sufficiently excited, with further proofs of tile sanguinary character of the Criminal Code. Teach the people to love—to respect — to stand in awe of justice, but beware how you Igive them reason to denounce and curse it. We recommend to the perusal of our readers the report of the proceedings which took place at the Town-hall in Salisbury, when the pri soners were called up for judgment. More heart-rending details the annals of fiction never yet furnished. He must be more or less than man who can peruse them with a dry eye. To what a state has the profligacy of all former Administrations reduced this unhappy country We beg to direct the attention of the Land holders generally to the suggestions of a sensible and patriotic correspondent, who signs himself " Agricola," and whose communication will be found in this day's Sun. It is idle for the Landholders to be making a show of charity to their oppressed tenants by returning ten or twenty, or even twenty five per cent. on their rents at Audit-day, when it is obvious that most of these tenants arc charged at a rack rent. The lordly donation is a mere mockery of benevolence, which the donors take especial care to have inserted in the newspapers and publications of the day, that their good deeds might not be lost to the world. But the trick will not do. It is not benevolence but justice, that the tenants and farmers of England want. If the Landholders find it necessary to make returns of rent at each suc cessive Audit-day, is it not a palpable ad mission that they exact too much ? When the prices of the farmer's produce fall, and continue to fall, ought not the landlord to make a corresponding reduction in his rent ?—and that reduction should be made not as a matter of favour, but conceded as the farmer's right. Let the landlords but act in this liberal spirit, and they will assu redly find their reward in the tenant's grati tude. The yeomen of England should be re spected as honest men, ambitious to uphold a proper independence of character,—not be treated as paupers, anxious and glad to receive the landlord's boon,---be it even from a Peer of the Realm. No ! The farmers of England are not yet reduced to that degrada tion—and we trust never will. Let the landholders at once reduce their rents—the Clergy their tithes —and the farmers will soon be able to dif fuse joy among the starving peasantry by giving them work. It is impossible for any country to be prosperous and happy, where one class is slumbering in heedless luxury, and the other struggling with want and wretchedness. , IMMENSE COAL.—We omitted to state in our last week's paper, that an immense entire coal, weigh ing upwards of two tons, was sent down, by the Stockton and Darlington railway, to Middlesborough, from the Black Boy colliery, on the 27th ult., to be shipped for the London market; and which, when broken, was calculated two make two London chaldrons ! We understand this was ant of the largest coals ever hewn in the north of England. It was shipped for Londonby the brig Maria, the first vessel loaded at Middlesborough on the 28th.—.... Durham Chronicle. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 10.-Wind E.—Arrived the San Juan Baptista, Arima, from Seville. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 10.--Arrived the George Canning, Buley, from Singapore. Off port the William, Atwood, from St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind N. N. E. to E. N. E. strong breezes.—Arrived the Eliza Moore, Munro, from Gallipoli. PENZANCE, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Terra Nova, Kelso. from thhia ; Comet, Ormston, from Madeira ; and the Wilhelmina; , from Seville. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Hector, f rom Smyrna ; and the Vine, Evans, from Havre. Off port the Lady Rowena, from Charleston. PADSTOW, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Symmetry, Nook, from Leghorn. BRISTOL, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Jame Aledo, Desprez, from Bordeaux. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 10.—Arrived off port the John, Kane, from Palermo. ConK. JAN. 9.—Arrived the Restarauder, Olivera, from St. Jibes. STANDGATE CREEK, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Phvleria, Dodd, from Malaga. GRAVESEND, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Harriet, Cum mings, from Newfoundland ; and the Joseph and William, Anderson, from Copenhagen. The Lydia, Stephens, from Banff to Newcastle, was on shore at Hartlepool on Monday, but expected to be got off; cargo landed in a damaged state. The Agenoria, from Cardiff, arrived at Oporto, after being on chore. The vessel and cargo much damaged. The Theodosia Matilda, from Bordeaux, was totally wrecked off Oporto on the 25th ult. The Mercury, Callers, bound to Charente, ran on shore in Gowrock Bay, on Saturday, and bilged. The Ann, Jolly, from Newfoundland, arrived at Oporto after being on shore, and obliged to discharge part of her cargo. The Euphemia, Lailland, from Singapore to China, was totally wrecked at Linton, during a heavy gale on the 24th of July. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) These Sessions having terminated at ten o'clock last evening, with Mr. Carlile's sentence, the Recorder at one o'clock this day, passed sentence on the various per sons who have been convicted these Sessions. Sentence of death on T. Adams and James Butcher, for stealing goods in the dwelling-house ; J. Hanslay and R. Robertehaw, for house-breaking ; Frederick Smith for forgey ; six were sentenced to be transported for life ; four for fourteen years, and 38 for seven years. The remainder were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, according to the nature of their crimes; and several were sentenced at the expiration of their imprisonment to be either pub licly or privately whipped. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There is some increase in our supplies this week, but the market presents an appearance very different to what it usually has done at this time of the year. There is no alteration in the rates of any kind of Grain to-day, but the factors ask high prices for good samples. In the Flour trade there is a moderate husines doing at the late advanca. Alt ftIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Flour. English ...« I 1,053 qrs. 3,810 qrs. 5,650 qrs. 3,Wosacks. Irish Foreign 540 I 1,340 - brls. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TW EL TR 0' CLOCK Singapore Papers to the 19th September, Canton to the 18th July, and Charleston to the Bth December, have been received at the North and South American Cedee-houst. (From the Singapore Papers.) We arc informed that his Majesty's sloop Zebra has been ordered on a survey of the eastern coast of the Peninsula. By a private letter from Linton, of the 26th July, the melancholy intelligence has been received of the loss of the French ship Euphcmia, which left this port for Chine. We are informed from Canton, that the Thomas Coutts and Duchess of Atholl were the only Company's ships that had arrived, and were detained outside the Boura, until the despatches were received from the Court of Directors. We have hekrd that no less than 300 clerks have been discharged from the different public offices in Calcutta. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, Earl Dal housie, and Lady, arrived at Penang, and it is not unlikely his Lordship may proceed to China to complete the restoration of his health. (From the Singapore Price Current.) Raw Silk, about 20 chests, have been sold at 325 to 370 dollars. A fete• chests of Benares Opium sold at 800 to 810 dol lars. Saltpetre exchanging hands in small quantities at 7i dollars. Wines totally unsaleable. (From the Canton Papers.) COMMERCIAL R E MARKS.—COTTON.—Our last reports on the state of the Cotton Market are very unfavourable. Opium since our last has bee❑ so low as 520 dollars. Turkey Opium is not in much request. (From the Charleston Papers.) By the British sloop Ceres, arrived at Charleston, we learn that public notice has been given by the principal officers of the Customs at Nassau, that on the sth Jan. next dollars will cease to be recoverable in the British Colonies for duties on import, and that after that period the duties will be payable in l3ritish money only. This subject ap pears to have excited some interest at Nassau, as there is net sufficient British money in the colonies to answer such purpose, the exchange being from 11 to 16 per cent against the colony. Accounts from New Orleans state that at the beginning of December the cotton crops at Louisiana and Mississippi will be larger than ever was known. LivEnrooL, JAN. 10.—The transactions in British Plantation Sugars this week reached 1,000 hhds. at full prices. There was a spirited inquiry in the early part of the week for cotton, and the sales, including those by auc tion, have been made to the extent of 23,000 bags. The demand for pine timber has been limited for the past two or three weeks, and owing to large arrivals the article has been rather dull. THE FUND~. We have no arrivals as yet of importance. The city speculators are anxiously waiting the arrival of the express from Paris, by which we may have further accounts from Poland ; but they can only relate to their local informa tion. An important debate in the Chamber of Deputies at Paris, in regard to Poland, was expected to take place, which no doubt will be interesting. Consols, which left off yesterday at 82} for the Ac count, opened at 824, afterwards were done at 821 since which they have receded to e2l 4, at which price they are steady at present. We do not hear of any local information. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. Console continue firm at 82! for the Account. In the Foreign Market little doing. - TWO O'CLOCK. Our Congo] Market remains at Sq- buyers. Very little business has been doing in Foreign Stock. Russian Bonds are 914 4, Danish 591 and Portuguese 39 to 41. THREE O' CLOCK. Congola are quoted at 82i -1-0 Her Majesty the QUEEN has ordered a manu facturer in Edinburgh to furnish her with a dress of velvet, of the same description as that for which the Hon. the Board of Trustees for the encouragement of Scotch Manu factures awarded a premium. —Scotsman. The DUNDONNELL cause—MACKENZIE v . Box, and others—involving the question whether cer tain deeds sought to 'be reduced, were, or were not the deeds of the late KENNETH 111acKENzIE, which has ex cited much interest in Scotland, has been decided at Edin burgh, the Jury having found for the plaintiff. An Evening Paper states, that the "general policy of the WELLINGTON Cabinet was, very properly, to abstain from Press prosecutions." Most persons who remember the war of extermination against the Morning Journal will be inclined to think that this is " saying the thing which is not."—Morning Paper. It is reported that Mr. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY has been appointed Solicitor to Lord BROUGHAM'S Commission of Charities—_a situation worth 2,000/. a )ear. —Essex Herald. YEOMANRY.—A report has reached us that the Marquis of DONEGAL, as Governor of the county, yesterday received a communication from Government, directing the immediate embodying of the Yeomanry. This, if true, is the first and most efficient step that could possibly be adopted for the tranquillization of Ireland. — Belfast Guardian. LAW INTELLIGENCE,-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH. At the sitting of the Court, this morning, William As tell, Esq. M.P., and Chairman of the East India Direc tors, attended, fur the purpose of exhibiting articles of the peace against an individual named Carey, who, it appears, has been for some time carrying on a species of annoyance towards Mr. Astell, and using threatening expressions, such as, " He would shoot him," (meaning Mr. A. ) "He would do for him," &e. &e. Mr. Astell having sworn that he went in bodily fear, the articles were ex• hibited. Carey was some time since taken before the Lord Mayor by Mr. Astell, when be was ordered to find bail for his good behaviour. He is now in custody, IN RE GOLDNET. Mr. WIGieTMAN applied for a rule calling ulna the Magistrates of Cheshire to admit a surgeon of the name of Goldney (who had been committed to prison on a charge of manslaughter) to bail. The grounds on which he made the application were shortly as follows :—A abort time since Mr. Goldney was called in to attend a female, named Margaret Sykes, in her confinement. After attending her for a few days, she died, and it being alleged that her death arose in consequence of negligence or unskilful treatment, a Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, when the Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and Mr. Goldney was committed to prison. The object of the present application was to save the expense of being irought so great a distance by a writ of habeas to be bailed before a Judge. A great number of affidavits in favour and against the application were read. Those from the friends of the deceased stated that Mr. Goldney acted in a very careless manner, and re• laud many of his e xpressions at different conversations. On one occasion he told the deceased that more children were born than the earth could tiliptiort, it was therefore better to procure a miscarriage, and if she would come to him before a certain period he could accomplish it without any danger. He wished, however, this to be kept secret, as, he observed, it was " a banging matter." The affi davits, after detailing various acts and conversations, stated that when Margaret Sykes had been &bet red she exclaimed " Thank God, it is all over !" Goldney replied, " Thank God ?—you ought to thank me, as God could net have done any thing without my aid." The affidavits went on to detail many minute particulars, which it is impossible to report. An affidavit was then read from Mr. Goldney, in which he stated that he was a regularly-admitted sur geon and man-midwife; that he had been in extensive practice more than 20 years, during which time he had been most successful. He denied many of the allegations in the affidavits against him, and explained the one re specting thanking God, by stating, that when Margaret Sykes ejaculated " Thank God that it is all over," he replied " Yes, that is all right ; but have you not also something to thank me for." A number of affidavits were also read from individuals to whom Mr. Goldney was known, and whose families be attended. They in substance stated, that he was a humane and kind-hearted man—that he bad been very successful in his profession, and concluded by expressing the greatest confidence in his medical attain ments and moral character. After the reading of the affidavits, their Lordships con. suited for a short time, when Lord TENTERDEN said, they . were of opinion, that it was a case that did not call for the interference of the Courts in the way applied for.—Rule refused. No other case of any public interest occurred up to the time our reporter left, Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE sat at Nisi Prius in the Bail Court. DESTRUCTION OF THE GREENWICH THEATRE BY FIRE-THREATENING LETTER On Monday night, about twelve o'clock, the little theatre in London-street, Greenwich, was discovered to be on tire. On the arrival of the engines every exertion was used to preserve the theatre from total destruction. The interior was, however, completely gutted. and the whole of the scenery, machinery, dresses, and decorations, were de stroyed. The fire communicated to the premises of Mr. Wheatley, the Greenwich-coach and omnibus proprietor, which were much injured. The horses and carriages were removed in safety. Mrs. Wheatley, who was labouring under illness, was taken out of her house by one of her eons in an insensHe state. How the fire originated is not known, but many reports arc in circulation. On the morning of the fire Mr. Wheatley, jun., who is one of the Overseers of the Poor, attended a meeting at the church, when be received a letter, bearing the Green wich post mark, and addressed as follows : ac Mr. Wheatley, coach-master, Greenwich, Overseer. " January 10, 1830. " and thomas Wheatley, _ _ " I will inform you that three men is coming from Bark shire to destroy all your machines and stables. iam your well wisher : here is three of their names—William Jones, George Millwood, and John Strong ; but I shall not tell my name, but I would Have you be upon the Look Out. i am a native of Greenwich myself; if you don't employ me again i will set a light to all the straw that is in your Big Loft. There is one thing you cannot swear to the Writing. there is one thing more, I myself will Poison all your horses for you. I will have my revenge on you, if I don't may I be el—d.—[Here there is a drawing of a knife and a heart; the point of the former has pierced the latter.] —You shall have that in you afore long, you rouge you shall ; I will send you two more letters after• this, then I will execute." This epistle excites much conversation, and a meeting is to take place on the subject. Mr. KEAN is engaged by the Lessees o Drury-lane Theatre for a limited number of night!, at 501 per night. - - The Queen's Theatre, inTottenham-street, will be opened by the new lessee, Mr. 'WARREN - , the be ginning of February. Mr. SEGUIN, the exceedingly pro mising and accomplished vocalist, from the Academy of Music, Mrs. GLoyER, Mr. BENNET, who sung at the Oratorios last year, Mrs. HUMBY, and Mrs. GARRICK, from the Haymarket Theatre, are amongst the new arrange ment. Mr. WINSTON, a gentleman of considerable ex perience, is appointed Manager. The Local Courts Bill of Lord BRoUGHAM has not been withdrawn, as was stated in an Evening Paper. —Morning Chronicle, In consequence of the reduction made last quarter in the price of iron, by the Staffordshire and p i gs 5 , a nd bars I Os. p er ton. T h i s pr i ce, o f Welsh makers, the S hro pshire houses have, this week, re remains stationary , for the ensuing quarter, as re cdouueresde, gards Shropshire iron ; but the Staffordshire and Welsh masters alter their prices dk:ring the intervening time.— Birmingham Journal. The repairs of the Junior United Service Club House turn out to be much more extensive than were at first contemplated. What would our ancestors have thought of a large public building which would not have lasted a quarter of a century ? ANECDOTE OF SIR T. LAWRENCE.—"A lady once asked him the reason why he had so long ceased to p l a y at billiards, the only game he was fond of, and at which lie so greatly excelled. His reply was full of character. "My dear Mrs. —," he replied, " although I never played fur money myself, my play attracted much attention, and occasioned many and often very high bets. Next to gambling yourself, is the vice of encouraging, it in others; and as I could not check the betting, have given up my amusement. I have not played a game for many ars The last time I was in a billiard-room was a few years ago, when who should casually come in but the Duke of WELLINGTON ! We had often played together, and with nearly equal success. 'We agreed to have a batch ; but we were both so perfectly out of practice, that after a few strokes we could not help smiling at each other, and we laid down the cues."—Annual Obituary. CONSTANCY.—Six-and-twenty years ago Colonel —, then an Ensign, being in Italy, fell in love with the Marchesa —, and she with him. The lady mast be at least twenty years his senior. The war broke out ; he returned to England, to serve—not his country, for that's Ireland —but England, which is a different thing; and she—Heaven knows what she did. In the year Hill, the first annunciation of the definitive treaty of peace (and tyranny) was developed to the astonished Milanese by the arrival of Colonel —, who, finding himself full length at the feet of Madam e , murmured forth, in half for gotten Irish Italian, eternal vows of indelible constancy._ The lady screamed, and exclaimed, " Who arc you?"— The Colonel cried, " What ! don't you know me? I am so and so," & c. ; t i ll, at length, the M arc h esa, mount i ng from reminiscenc e to reminiscence, through the lovers of the intermediate 25 years, arrived at last at the recollec- ' tion of her poeero Sub-Lieutenant. She then said " Was there ever such virtue ?" (that was her very word) and, being now a widow, gave him apartments in her Palace, reinstated him i n a ll t h e r i g h ts o f wro ng, a nd held him up to the admiring wor ld as a m i rac l e o f i nc ontinent fidelity,. and the unshak en A nnul , o f absence.—Moore's life of Byron, Vol. 11. COURT CIRCULAR. Their MAJlsTiss will, it is expected, gi7e A grand ball at their Pclace, at Brighton, on the 28th instant. The Duke of Ridirtol , ru, the Marquis of LAeesnowNs, Viscount MELBOURNE, and ilia CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, visited Earl GREY yesterday at the Treasury. One of the Commissioners from Belgium transacted busi ness yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State fur Fo reign Affairs. The Russian ArnbassadM received despatches yesterday from his Government. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Foreign-office for Viscount GRANVILLE, our Ambassador at Paris, and also for Lord PoissoNny, in the Netherlands. The Duke of RICHMOND and Lord JOHN RUSSELL had interviews yesterday with the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER at the Treasury. The Marquis of LANSDOVNE arrived in town on Mon day evening, from his seat at Buwood, Wilts. BRIGHTON, JAN. 11. The K!No eat yesterday to Sir W. BEECIItir for his portrait ; afterwards his MAJESTY, with Lady SYDNEY, drove out in a carriage and four ! with two outriders, for roane time. Her MAJESTY, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince LEoroLn, Lord and Lady Mayo, 31iSt , MITCHELL, rali , e BoYLE, and suite, rode on hw seback for a considerable time. Their 111A. - Ir.sTtas enjoy the best health, CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 10. (From our Cambridge Correspondent.) I am glad to announce that the spirit of incendiarism is no longer in active operation in this county, two fires only, and those of minor importance, having occurred within the last fortnight. The Times, and other London .lonrnals, have taken an erroneous view of the Returns of the Rovsnue for the last quarter, as to the malt and beer duties. The Nitor of the Times observes, that the yearly produce of the beer duty being 3,200,000/ , the consequent loss of re venue in the past quarter ought to be 800,0001. This would be correct if the collection of the beer duty had been finished on the 10th of October, but the fact is, in the country, and I believe also in London, one moiety of the duty charged in the preceding quarter has been paid since the 10th of October, and of course is brought to account in the returns just published, The quarter terminating sth January, 1830, was re markable for the small quantity of malt manufactured, the maltsters having suspended their operations in anticipation of some alteration in the duties. In the two following quarters the trade was in great activity, the current con sumption of beer requiring to be provided for, as well as a stock of sealed beer for consumption after the 10th of October. Thus by the reduced quantity of malt made to January, 1830, and the increase in the two following quarters (part of which came into collection on the quarter just ended), the Excise revenue for the past quarter, as compared with the previous corresponding quarter, appears in too favourable a light. EXECUTION OF WINTERBORN. READING, JAN. no The respite arrived at the gaol on Monday evening, and was immediately communicated to Oakley and Dar ling but it was not until the morning of yesterday— the day of execution—that the devoted Winterborn heard that be was to suffer alone. He bore this additional trial in the most manly and becoming manner. He ex pressed himself glad to hear that his companions were spared, and he did not repine that mercy had been de nied to himself. On the contrary, he continued to de clare that he was prepared and willing to die, and his whole conversation was marked by the same absence of all expressions of regret at quitting life. He was a mar ried man, and his wife was lying dangerously ill of a typhus fever. He had been made acquainted with her hopeless condition, and one of the last wishes lie ex pressed was that she might die before be suffered,—or, at least, that she might not survive to be shocked, with the news of his execution. The hour appointed for the last sad ceremony which the ill-starred man had to undergo was twelve o'clock. Shortly before that hour be came out of the chapel pinioned, and attended by the officers of the prison, who were to lead him to the scaffold. His large muscular frame seemed cramped,—probably from the position of his arms and the tightness of the bonds by which he was pinioned. He walked firmly, but his cheek was pallid, his eye glazed, and the prayers he uttered, though fer vently and audibly expressed, broke from quivering line. The scaffold was erected on one of the prison walls, op posite to the principal parts of the ruins of the Abbey. Winterborn ascended it without assistance ; and, still de voutly occupied in prayer, submitted himself to the hands of the executioner. As the prison clock finished striking twelve, the drop fell, and the unhappy man died almost without a struggle. The spectators were not very numerous,—amounting probably not to more than three hundred, and not a syl lable escaped them as they witnessed the awful spectacle. They dispersed peaceably, as soon as the body was cut down. CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH. From a Correspondent of the Times.—The petition, signed in 20 hours by not less than 6,000 persons, was hastily closed and sent up a few days ago to Lord Mel bourne, under the apprehension that the Winchester pri soners were sentenced to die on Saturday last. It appears, however, that another petition in favour of these unhappy persons is in contemplation, and that a Ward Meeting for this purpose has been convened in Langbourn Ward for this day, at which the Lord Mayor will preside. Only one of the six prisoners left for execution at Winchester has been respited. The petition, if agreeeto, will lie at the vestry-room of St. Dionis Backchurch, Fenchurch street. Affidavits, containing circumstances of mitiga tion, will, we understan3 , be also forwarded to the Secre tary of State. The Skaiting Club met again yesterday in the Regent's Park, where we understand they will meet daily during the THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S RECEPTION AT NEWARK.—It having become known that the Duke of NEWCASTLE intended honouring the town of Newark with his presence at the assembly which was advertised for last Friday evening, a great number of the lower class of the inhabitants anxiously waited at the entrance of the Town hall for his arrival, and so anxious were they to give him a salute, that, for fear they should miss him in the darkness of the evening, they prepared upwards of 100 torches, with which they carefully examined every carriage that drove up ; at length his Grace arrived, and was saluted with a most tremendous yell from men, women, and children, and every opprobrious epitbet which could be thought of were called into requisition. It may be imagined that his Grace did not waste much time in in quiries after the health and comforts of the mob which surrounded his carriage, but hastened into the gateway, and ust as he got in one fellow hurled a torch at him, which he fortunately missed. Such is one effect of " doing what you will with your own."—Boston Gaz. The disturbances which existed in Wales, when nor last publicatio❑ was put to press, have, we are most happy to say, entirely subsided. The men have re turned to their work, the Yeomanry Cavalry are discharged, and tranquillity reigns where dissatisfied multitudes had assembled. This information will, doubtless, surprise many individuals who are not aware that in almost every instance the demands of the men have been complied with; a fact which, with its consequences, proves two important things; first, that the men were not sufficiently remunerated for their labour before; and, secondly, that it was nothing but sheer want which induced them to act as they did. We have devoted some time i❑ endeavouring to ascertain the origin of the distress in Wales, and we arc now tho roughly convinced that it is not attributable to any local cause, but to that common one which afflicts the whole country—excessive and overwhelming taxation, which has already ground down the working-classes to the utmost misery, and which is rapidly subduing the middling classes to the same state. Profits and wages are equally low ; the masters complain of the men, and the men of the masters; both parties strive by all means in their power, to relieve themselves, and in the unsuccessful effort dissatisfaction and confusion are the result. It is therefore worse than useless for the men to upbraid their employers, or the capi talists their dependants ; it behoves each party calmly and dispassionately to view the position in which they re spectively stand ; and, having ascertained the true origin of the evils under which they suffer, to join in repre senting it to the Legislature in a firm, energetic, but re spectfal tone, claiming relief. Ualsss this be universally done, end speedily too, it requires but little foresight to predict what the direful consequences must be. Equal distress pervades all parts of the kingdom ; it is the same in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; and may be seen in every direction, not th, south, east, and west.— I Chester Courant. ON THE DISCONTENTS IN RUSSIA. LETTER IL Peter the Great, in removing the seat of em pire from the Moskva to the Neva, appears to have committed a mistake similar to that of David, the soil of Jesse, in Jewish history, who fixed his capital at one extremity of his domi nions, while he proceeded to extend his terri tories in a diametrically opposite direction. But the position chosen by the Jewish King, however much it facilitated the future dismem berment of his kingdom, was in the heart of the possessions occupied by the privileged Levitical order, the dispensers of good and evil fame, and his policy united the interests of his dynasty with those of the most influential and the only educated class among his subjects. Peter, on the other hand, owing, perhaps, more to his naval propensities than to any higher political views, chose a position, which at the same time facilitates the future dismemberment of the Russian empire, and has tended in a great measure to prevent any thorough union of inte rests between the Crown and the Aristocracy. If Moscow had remained the capital of Russia, in the hands of rulers not so pig-headed as the Stuarts in England, the mutual fears and hopes of the Emperor and his privileged subjects would, probably before this time, have converted the Government into a sort of Joint Profit Com pany, in which the Romanoff family would have been the principal shareholders ; whereas, in St. Petersburgh, owing to the influx of strangers from other parts of Europe, and the absence of the grandees, who could have overawed the Court, the Autocrat has, in the mean time, such a com mand of foreign tools, and of the poor and needy from among his own subjects, that he can beat down very low the allowance of power to be shared by his Aristocracy, and keep a very large portion to himself. By a natural consequence of this policy, the old capital had become a focus of discontent so long , ago as the time of Catherine 11., who, in allusion to the freedom of conversation which prevailed there on political subjects, it is said, used to call it her " little Republic." If it was only for• the freedom of speech, the Autocrat would have little cause for apprehend ing danger from this quarter. But it must be recollected, that by far the greater part of the officers in the army is drawn from the Aristocracy (every mother's son of which is obliged to serve either in the civil or military departments) ; and that, as this class of the community musters much stronger in Mos cow than in St. Petersburgh, the ties of relation ship bind the majority of those who have the physical force under their controul to the one place more than the other ; that Moscow lies more centrically than St. Petersburgh with re spect to the bulk of landed property, on which the officers are much more dependent than on their miserable pay ; and that it also is much nearer to the corn districts, which, considering t he:r importance, may be called, in some sense, the key-stones of the empire. The Autocracy having then no moral ties, either on the bulk of the population or on the influential classes (with the exception of those who enjoy the sweets of place) and cooped up for its own safety in a corner, where the head is too distant from the heart to preserve the body politic long in a healthy state, depends for its very existence upon the good will of the army ; if it should rebel, or be inclined to revolutionize, the crown•serfs would be but a poor support, scattered as they are in patches over all the provinces of the empire. The double rows of military colonies which stud the country between the two capitals, and hedge in St. Petersburgh, Riga, and Archangel, have at present no inducements to separate their interest from those of their fellow-soldiers ; and even if they had, the country which they encircle would hardly be worth the fighting for, to the possessors of the fertile southern provinces, though, of itself, it might form a snug enough little kingdom, which would place the Czar on a more equal footing with his Swedish neigh bour. Z. The expedition round the globe, for the purposes of discovery, commerce, and civiliza tion, proposed to be undertaken by Mr. 13uoc- INGHAM, has now received such high support. as to render its completion no longer proble matical. There are some persons who imagine greater difficulties in the way of its execution than are anticipated by its author ; and to afford every possible explanation to these, we perceive that Mr. BUCKINGHAM has announced his intention to give a gratuitous Lecture,: at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street, to-morrow, at one, in which he proposes to answer these objections fully, and to show the entire practicability of the plan throughout.— After receiving the cordial support of London and Paris, and the patronage of the Royal Fa milies of England and France, Mr. BUCKING HAD' purposes visiting the great mercantile towns in which his Lectures on the East have been already delivered, and from whence his ex pectations of general support for his proposed voyage appear to be well grounded. BLANDFORD, MONDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—Oa my way freni Salisbury to-night, I saw two apparently extensive fires ; one, which cast an immense glare for miles around, was, I was informed, in the vicinity of Wilton ; the other, which appeared a considerable dis tance off, I was told was between Wimborne and Ring wood. The alarm amongst the people on the road to this place is excessive. A party who was spending the evening here, were called off to the fires, and broke up in much confusion.—From a Correspondent of the Times. We have just heard a rumour which we do not believe, that Colonel DUNDAS, commanding the 83d Regiment in this garrison, has received an order to inspect the Yeomanry of this county, preparatory to ttieir being placed upon permanent duty.—Fernutnagh Reporter. We understand that there is no truth what ever in the statement that the County Courts' Bill has been withdrawn. It has not been withdrawn; there is not, nor has there been, any intention of withdrawing it. The confident reports of the withdrawal of the bill have probably originated iu the wishes of its opponents.— Morning Paper. DIGNITY OF AN ELECTOR.--Mr. P., Pall-Mall, lately travelling through Germany, presenting himself at the gates of Maestricht, was desired, in the usual !manner, to describe himself: " I am an elector of Middlesex," said he. The Germans, who hold the dignity of elector as next in rank to that of King, and know little or nothing of English titles and rank, immediately opened their gates, and the guard turned out, and did him military honours. PRIESTLY AVARICE --" I was One day speaking to a Greek gentleman respecting the state of edu cation among the Greek priesthood. ' To show you,' said be, the estimation in which they are held, I will relate to you a story current among the people. There was a merry fellow once who, wishing to expose the igno rance of the priests, led an ass up to the Bishop, and re spectfully begged that he would confer ordination upon him. Out upon you!' said the Bishop in a rage, how dare you insult the mysteries of our holy religion by such a proposition ?—away with you 1' The man turned round, and was leading the beast away, when the Bishop perceive a purse full of gold hanging to his tail. ' Stop, friend, he cried out, I we., wrong; bring your animal back ; for, although only an ass in front , I se e that b e will make i an excellent priest Trant's Travels in Greece. aces Ge g or coo- reel, in. ken iear ) be .65 but hree