The Sun. — London, England, 1825-12-31 00:00:00

Plate, because, says the Editor, the series of the Batavia Jour nals which were brought by the unfortunate ship Betsy and Caroline, is imperfect. We have only the Journal of the 3d August, aad the Supplements (chiefly dedicated to advertise ments) of the 6th and 13th, damaged by sea water and full of s and. The Journal of the 10th, which is wanting, probably contains farther particulars of the events in the dominions of the Prin ce ,. The Ratavlon Journal of the 3d of August contains the Pro eletriation of General de Kock, in which he declares, that in the nam e of his Excellency the Governor General, he has assumed the chief authority in the States of Socracarta an d Djoejocart a promising an amnesty to such of the 44 biects of the rebellious Princes, DipO Negoro and Man kae Boernie, as return to their homes immediately, and threat- i eniug examplary punishment tho those who persist in support. 15 those rebellious Princes. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. ? , ts.TtynAsr, D r.c. 37.-40. 2. ; two months, 39. H). Dr.c. *3.-34. 9.; 2 Us., 34. 6. Drc.l9.—Three months, 6. MI. ri'suldx, DEC. 20.—Three months, 6. 23i. The Frankfort German Journal of the 24th I) ('ePrnber, which came to hand this day, contains "hint: but a short detail of the illness which Preceded the d(fath of the Emperor ALEXANDER. These accounts, however, differ from those contained in the Dutch Papers, as to tho Ir ninodiat e can f' of that indisposition, hut "f‘vertheless, there is sufficient consistency in them to warrant us in concluding that these re. c;tals are not mere inventions. There . is nothing in these Pap s w orth extracting. The followiu,7 are extracts from a Flanders /ti ll received iast night 4, T. . "B RU SSELS, DEC. 27. Cochlll stated, that the celebrated English Admiral, Lord .ane, who arrived at Brussels, with his family, some days ago, seems resolved to fix his abode here. 11 4. There are now building at Amsterdam, in the dockyard of f ' n Meyer, a frigate of 700 tons ; in that of M. Knol, a ' frigate i t - 0 4 1 u 0 , a frigate of 850 ;in that of M. Van Zwietnna frigate of 5 a frigate of 400, a steam-boat of 600, a ditto of 550 ; in that Duytz. a frigate of 4so, a steam-boat of 170; in that of Arlen and C o .. a frigate of 1,000, and one of 450 ; in that of 1 .• ,• ( le Vra n f, a of 300 ; and in that of Haring and Co., al t idate of 400 and a brig of 400 tons, in all 14 vessels. " FRANKFORT, DEC. 23. " Letters from Berlin of December 18, say, that the Empe l'er Constantine has set out from Warsaw for St. Petersburgh. " The Court has gone into mourning for three weeks, and 4.e,u'hole army for three days ; and the regiment of Grenadiers t tle Emperor Alexander will have a funeral service per r:rrnett for its Colonel. Prince William, accompanied by. ` . ?_lotiel 'de Thele, has set out for St. Petersburgh. Numer i"Pere couriers continue to pass through this city."—(Brussels 'tract of a Letter from Buenos Ayres, dated Bth October, received by a Gentleman in Glasg ow on Tuesday . .. . `` Monte Video is at present in the hands of the Imperialist 3 " d er the command of General LEconE. The Patriots are abo ut four miles from the city, and getting very strong. Buenos a ~.- " Yr e s is very q u i e t on the subject, at ate same time may be ' 44 Y : the Portuguese fleet was off here yesterday. T uE Dutir. op YORIC—From reports in some -1 the Newspapers, we were led to understand th at his Royal Highness the Duke of YoutE tou red under a dangerous indisposition at Belvoir '" ti e, the se a t o f th e Duke of RUTLAND; this lave colour to a variety of reports, during the N - r tli ng, of his d ea th, from a spasmodic affection. Pro " r ; ire happy to state, that on application at the vp , s ` - ! 1. Office, we found that his Royal Highness 4 ,, id "'I Perfect health at six o'clock iast evening, d o ° fly prevented from the enjoyment of yester 'B shooting by a dense fog. B s ; '""lts'CLEnus.—The situation of this class p .3f r"lety, o w i ng to t h e f a il ure of their prwci - Whethe r temporary or final, has been pro perly r ecommended to the attention of the former I n t : lt i ° , 4l ers. M os t o f t h ese C LEnt c s are men of ,; D -Q t -}l tY and t a le nts, an d many h ave f am ili e s to R 11)°11 . At this period of th e year they have f:: „ " I rally received a requital from the customers 1 7r their attention. Such a gratuity at t hi s cri ,tLe'll Period would be highly acceptable at all , e ,c.", but pa r ti cu l arly after the untoward even t s i!ch have fallen on their employers. The prin.. „1 4113 may h ave wealthy and power f u l f r i en d s , `') Y effectually come f orwar d to assist them , in dist ress : b ut the CLERKS, except, eer h l uch a Pss very few instances, have no r esource. W e t h ere f or° earnest ly recom mend to the kind attention and liberal feel- Z" of all the former customers of those Bankers u i t '° have . met with unexpected misfortunes, the to „ at , lo ° of their C r . E ns.s and their &pendant i , s n i ft -ne R• -The principals themselves must find beTient calls for all the resources which may hf , e h r t to them, b u t th e C LERKS , independently o n t h e sYmpathi z i ng sorrow w hi c h th e y must fee! 11 , 1 ,".° fate o f t h e i r employers, must b e p re ss e d y ore their own pecuniary difficulties, and there to 1 %. " ) again most h eart i ly recommen d th e ir case i11.i%.4 wealth and benevolent who have exrrenEepe. their attention and assiduity. QO ll , —,,,, , T0r.--- It aad, —' A V tit A 0 ES.—T h g, W e following, Under , l'Ort tt ., are the aggregate averages which regulate foreign im rig,z".,n, and Which will appear in the Gazette of this even ilt,.?l,-447.ihe,,a.t, 645. 4d. ; Barley, 41.. 2d.; 9a!s, The ports, _81 :_ ; , i: col l3e " ; Beans, 455. 9:1.; Pease, 48s. lOd.. 1: 1 . 1 )0 ?"Is " - eas e quence, will close against the importation of foreign I Yeel ta l and continue open for foreign Barley for the next six A 41 40 re eann 't but admire the manly spirit of Mr. , decli n i ng to receive the transfer o the P.. coeosion allotted to his father, and offered by th, Mari s ELLESLEY to him. To exert t: ti "Forts o f hi s talents in su pport of his family 11 ue rle ; P' i t °1 ") displays a dignified mind, and Ye ki}l, l Y hope that the exertion of those talon t s 4, 4 . 4 "'equat e l v provide for the commen d a bl e in of iyi" 4 ' But considering the political princil es %til t Moons, he could not act otherwise, yet f ew t tm ay be sa id to hi s h oneur , that there are tr l , t "Ci`no d(.p end upon their talents, w h o would_ fe elin e g s s. t th e same disinterested and dignified ?Vit t ttl ite (l t r o t ttn't';" EVENT.—We understand that have been received from Dublin this the stati ng that on Monday last, at C a ll an , Iva y le county of f Kildare, a Popish Chapel gave th e a nd, dr ea df ul to relate, a great num b er o Nitiusofo rt unate congr ega tion were buried in the THE FUNDS. Consols----Yesterday closed - 82i1 After the Clore - - B'2 8?..i This Looming opener! We yesterday noticed the determination of the Bank to require repayment of the sums ad vanced on Stock, and Circulars have since been issued, limiting such repayments to the 15th of Ja nuary Although this may have operated slightly to repress any advance in Consols, it is confi dently asserted, that no inconsiderable proportion of the three millions advanced by the Bank, will be returned intact—precisely in the form in which it was received. In several instances, the sums remitted to the Country Bankers were merely precautionary, and have riot been used. If the expectation on this point be well-founded, the pressure on the market by sales of Consols for redemption of Stock pledged at the Bank, will be greatly less than has been anticipated. Consols opened thii morning at 82, and went to 824,—buyers. The price afterwards receded to 81:4, but at one o'clock the quotation was 82, to The transactions in Consols have not been of Magnitude. The demand for 3 kind 31 Reduced, has been great, and the scarcity of those Stocks is been proportionate. Three per Cents. Reduced have been done at 81i, and Si at 80. India Stock (for opening) - 2474. I3onds - - - 6 pm. .;chequer Bills, £lOOO-2 pm. par I pm. £560-.--2 pm. par 1 pm. £lOO-3 b pm. FOREIGN. There has been a small advance in most of the Foreign Securities, Colombian 61,d0. 1824, 62/, 61 ; Mexican 6 per cents. 601, 06 ; Peruvian, 42 ; Danish, 598. Spanish - . - 12 i Guatamala - a. 15 dis. Russian - - SHARES. - In the afternoon of yesterday, the price of Shares improved in several of the mining con cerns ; Anglo-Mexican, 10 prem. ; Anglo-Chi , lian par ; Brazilian, 4 prem. ; Colombia:l,92 prem. Potosi 24 dis.; Royal Irish 1 dis.; United Mexican 9 prem. , QUARTER-PAST TWO. Consols - - - • 814, 82. We are informed, from a quarter on which we place great reliance, that the negociation with France, on the subject of a Commercial Treaty, so far from being at ar► end, is now in actual progress, and with every prospect of being brought to a favourable conclu sion. The unexpected death of the Emperor ALEx INDEn has tended, it is sad, greatly to strengthen the relations of amity between France and England—the two Great Powers, by whoFe union alone, any undue pretentious from the North could be put down. A deputation, cots isting of Messrs. FITCH And PARRY, of A veley, from the tenants of Sir TllO9. LENNARD, waited upon the Baronet, and repro. settee,d that the very great difficulties into which his tenantry were thrown suddenly by the late failures, &c.. in Essex, required that some indul gence should be extended to them. Their land lord immediately consented to 'allow them till next February for the payment of their rentals. This indulgence would afford considerable relief to a great number of agriculturists, who, if it had been withheld, would not be able to pay even their labourers. Most of the letters from the sea coast notice a great fall of snow both yesterday and the day before, with thick and foggy weather. The City of London Literary and Scientific Institution have taken the house near the Albion Tavern, Alder gate-street, formerly occupied by Sir John Welsh, and now the property of the Wax-Chandlers' Compay, for the purpose of forming reading-rooms, and of building a theatre or lecture room on the garden behind. The lectures are now given twice a week at Albion-Hall. Mr. Cromwell, who is, we are given to understand, a lineal descendant of Oliver Cromwell, will 50011 give a gratuitous course of lectures on topography. Dr. 311 - ntyre, of Stockwell-park, Fellow of the Linneean Society, is now lecturing gratuitously on botany, and on the last lecture night, notwitstanding all: severity of the season, made a fine display of plants. The Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Mechanics' Institution commenced its active operations on Thursday even ing last. The meeting was held in a neat chapel in Jamaica row. DANIEL BRENT, Esq., one of the Vice-Presidents, took the chair,. and made a suitable address, pointing out the advantages which must be derived from an establishment cal culated to make shipwrights, and other persons connected with maritime architecture, scientific, and otherwise intelligent.— Some of the liberal and enlightened merchants of the vicinity are aiding in this object, which is likely to succeed beyond even the most sanguine calculations. After the address, Dr. Mitchell gave a lecture upon the Terrestrial Globe, and received great applause and attention. We understand that Dr. M'lntire, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Partington, and other friends of science, have also undertaken to give gratuitous lectures. Se veral valuable donations of books have been received, and the number of members amounts to nearly 300. The English Gentleman of to-morrow, Jan. 1, 1826, will contain an interesting letter, most re spectfully addressed to his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK. Opinions on the present state of the Country, and more particularly as to its internal credit and resources. Also a completa list of all the late failures of Banking Establish ments ; distinguishing those that have re-opened ; those that have commenced liquidating the claims of their creditors and holders of their notes ; those that are preparing and have announced their in. tention to do so ; and those that have been de clared Bankrupt ; with much other important and interesting information; To be had of all News venders, and at the Office, N 0.7, Brydges-street, Covent.gardeu.—Price Seven-pence. FA.SIIIONA 111 - 4 E INTELIAGF,NCE. THE ICANi;, &c. WN DS on, Dr.c. U.-- His 31 STY left the Royal Lodge yesterday afternoon at hall-past one o'clock, in his pony phae ton, accompanied by the Lora ;toward, and \: as followed by the Earl of Stratimven, with a portion of his Suite, in the double-bodied His 31ajesty took the tnost pleasant rides in the Great Park, for little more than on, hour, the weather hz:ing too cold to permit him a longer enjoyment of his favourite pursuits. The phaetons are ordered for the same hour this day, when his Majesty is expected to take an airing. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN. &,-". _ _ • Lord and Lady Say and Sale, from Itamsgate, for Belvi dere ; the Marquis of Lothian, for Scotland ; Emily Marchio ness of Londonderry, for North Cray, Kent; Lord Selford, from Selford House Northain tonshire, for Bracey Hall, Warrington ; Lady Elizabeth Stuar, for Brighton ; Colonel and Mrs. Steele, from Cheltenham, for Bath ; Mr. Du Pre and Mist Du Pre, from a tour, from Wilton Park, Beaconsfield ; Mrs. and Miss Dugdale, for Bath. From Ncrot's Hotel, ClitTord-g net—Mrs. and the Miss Croft ; Mrs. Biddulph and family. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Marquis of Camden, from the Wilderness, Kent ; Countess de Grey, from Putney Heath ; Baroness d'Ersby, the Hon. Miss Burrell, and Miss Elliot, from . t;heltenharn. At Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square—Lady Keith, from Kent. At head's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street—Henry Oakes, Esq. from Suffolk. At the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street—Mr. Rice and Edward Rice, Esq. from Dover. At Long's Hotel, Bond-street--Charles Hyndham, Esq. from Brighton. At Nerot's Hotel—Dr. and Mrs. Lamb ; Mrs. and the Misses Latouche; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Ha mit TON, DF:c. 29.—At the Pavilion every thing remains n quo. There is yet a talk of the return of the KING, but, unfortunately, it emanates from no authority to be relied on.—Sir Robert and Lady Kennedy are again with us, and for a lengthened sojourn They arc residing on the Marine Parade. Lord Bingham, and the Honourable Mr. Twis leton, are remaining at the Royal York Hotel—and Lord Archibald Hamilton is yet a guest at the Marine. Hotel. Mr. Smith, the Secretary of the Bishop of Lincoln, with his accom plished bride, to enjoy the pleasures of the honey-moon, is also at the latter Hotel. Lady Elizabeth Stuart has left us for St. James's-square. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are remaining at Preston House Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Clarence gave an enter tainment to their Royal Highness's domestics, their friends, and their tradespeople, at the Duke and Duchess's residence, at Bushy Park. Yesterday Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, trans acted business at the Foreign Office. The Earl of Liverpool came to town yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, at his house in Whitehall, to meet some official and other Gentlemen upon public business. . Lady Carrington, we are sorry to state, is seriously indisposed at her house, Whitehall. The Dowager Marchioness of Exeter arrived yesterday at her seat, at Roehampton, from Burleigh, Lincolnaltire. The Bishop of Chichester has left the Palace, Chichester, for Lancing House, Shorebam. MEMOIRS OF SHERIDAN.—Mr. MoottE's Life of our late eminent Statesman and dramatist has already been pirated in Paris, and a great num- her of copies have been transmitted to London in a cheap octavo size. This is a hard tax upon English Booksellers, who have given liberal prices to authors, and are thus forestalled of their rightful profits. It is also a lament- able check upon the genius and learning of this country, as who can hope for an ode (pate, and less for a liberal, reward for their labours, as the chief patrons of literature and talents, the booksellers must be cautious in risquing even the expence of printing and pub lishing, while exposed to the piratical villainy of foreign competitors. IiTTEMATURE.—Mr. H. HUNTINGrOItn, Fellow of Winchester College, has, we understand, in the press, an English translation of some dialogues between a Romanist and a Protestant, published in French, at Geneva, in 1713. This little work is valuable, from its containing an accurate state ment of the difference between Romanist and Protestant doctrines, while at the same time it does not injure its sacred cause by any expres sions of violence or asperity. It seems pecu liarly useful, as a manual for Protestants, from its containing in such abundance those texts of Scripture on which the Church of Rome builds its religious system, with the interpretation of the same texts which Protestants think to be more correct. All lovers of pleasing acting will be glad to learn that Mr. ELLISTON is recovering his health very fast, and bids fair, contrary to medical opinion, to resume his professional avocations. His intellectual faculties are at this moment per fectly sound and vigorous; and he is employed in studying Falstaff, a character which, with the capacity he ooze possessed, he would have been perhaps more likely to play well than any man on the stage. His pecuniary deficiences, he says, do not exceed 24,0001.; hich is not so large a sum as he laid out in the alteration, a few years since, of Drury-lane Theatre ; and, for this, he proposes to make over to his creditors four fifths of the annual profits of the house, until the whole is paid. How the money affair may turn out, we are not prepared to say ; but, as an actor, Mr. Elliston has been quite without a rival, and every admirer of the Drama will be rejoiced to see him again upon his legs.— . -(Times.) The following anecdote of an intrigue of SITARSPEARE is related in Wit.ttEs's History of the Stage.__ One evening, when Richard the Third was to be performed, Shakspeare observed a young woman delivering a message to Burbage the player, in so cautious a manner as to excite his cu riosity. It imported that her master was gone out of town that morning, and her mistress would be glad of his company after the play, and to know what. signal he would appoint for admittance. Burbage replied, "Three taps at the door, and it is 1, Richard the Third." She immediately withdrew, and Shakspeare followed till he observed her to go into a house in the city ; and inquiring in the neighbourhood, he was informed that a young lady lived there, the favourite of a rich old mer chant. Near the appointed time of meeting, Sheakspeare thought proper to anticipate Burbage, and got introduced by the concerted signal. The lady was very much surprised at Shakspeare's presumption, but as he did not want wit or elo quence to apologize for the intrusion, she was soon pacified. Burbage came soon after to the house, and repeated the signal, but Shakspeare, popping his head out of window, bid him be gone, for that William the Conqueror reigned before Richd. 111. ,11 ' 1PROVEIVIENTS.-The customary preparations are now in progress at the Parliament Houses, preparatory to the re-assembling of the Lords and Commons ; the re-cover. ing of the seats, the laying down new matting, &c. There have been about both Houses considerable alterations for the accomodation of Committees, who last Sessions were sometimes obliged to assemble even in Westminster Hall. Several addi tional rooms have been provided, or are in progress of building. At the Commons, the rooms heretofore used as Mr. Bellamy's dinner and coffee-rooms, for the convenience of Members, and afterwards occupied as store-rooms for Parliamentary Papers, have been emptied of such documents, and converted into Com mittee-rooms. At the Lords, the Bishops' entrance and lobby, the housekeeper's rooms, &c. have been pulled down, and new Committee-rooms are building ; but when they are likely to be finished is not mentioned. At present both Ilouses, especially the Lords' entrances, are unapproachable for carriages, owing to the fencings, piles of broken stones, mountains of rubbish, dirt, &c. collected for the purpose of Macadamising the vast area in front of the Houses, Henry Vll.'s Chapel, &c. M. DAYID, the celebrated painter, continues in the same state : the love of that art in which he has acquired so great a name is the thought which most intensely occupies him.—(Paris Paper of Wednesday.) POETRY. STANZAS ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR. The year's brief course is in the wane, And soon Time's swift though noiseless sea, Will bear the circle far away, To blend with past Eternity. Yet still the Earth, the Deep, the Sky, Remain unalter'd to the sight, Nor record give, of days gone by. Nor token of Time's ceaseless flight. "'et deem not that the year bath left, Nor speech, nor tongue its power to tell, Oh ! there are hearts of hope bereft, Will chronicle its History well. Go ask the YOUTH before whose eye A wreath of future glory shone, Where are the flowers ? a bitter sigh Tells the year wither'd, every one Go ask the MAID who fondly deem'd That love and truth should never fail, Where is the bliss of which she dreamed F Her faded cheek will tell the tale Go ask the MOTHER, who when first The fleeting year above her rose, A smiling blooming infant nurs'd For that fair babe at this year's close. Go ask the GRAVE if none have prest Its bosom, while the year bath fled ? 'Twill show its dark and gloomy breast, Fill'd with the hosts of mouldering dead ! Oh ! who each word, and wish, and thought, Can fearlessly, or calmly trace, Or ponder on the acts he wrought, Within one year's eventful space 1 How many a wayward wild regret My lip has hreath'd, my heart has known. What burning tears my cheek have wet, Since the last changeful year hath flown ! Farewell. farewell—thou. closing Year, With joy I almoSi part from thee, For thou bast brought me sorrow drear, And days of bitterest agony. Oh 1 may the year which soon shall rise, To me, to all, bring joy and peace. May each improve it, as it flies, Nor feel remorse when it shall cease! GERTRUDE. SPORTING. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS TN THE ENSUING WEEK• His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Langley Broom; Friday, at Stoke Common. The South Weld Subscription Hounds, on Tuesday, at Thornton ; Thursday, at Wetton Mill; Saturday, at Tathwell. The Somerset Subscription Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Dunecombe Bottom ; Friday, at Crocombe Park Gate. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Darnhall ; Wednes day, at Ithinshaw Hall ; Friday, at Oulton Lodge ; Saturday, at Shipbrook Bridge. The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Potton Wood ; Fri day, at Kaeesworth. Sir R. Sutton's Hounds. on Monday, at Goltho ; Tuesday, at Staplesford Moor ; Wednesday, at Saxelby ; Thursday, at Lea; Saturday, at Colehy. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Monday, at Barnwell Told ; Wednesday, at Abbots Ripton ; Thursday, at Old Weston Windmill. The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Clif ford Moor; Wednesday, _at Spacey House ; Friday, at Sut ton Mill. The Badsworth Hounds, on Tuesday, at Red House; Thurs day, at Fenwick ; Saturday, at Ferrybridge. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Grafton Wood ; Friday, at Bransford. The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Montfurd Bridge; Tuesday, at Acton Burnell ; Wednesday, at the Fox ; Thurs day, at Sundorn ; Friday, at Cross Houses; Saturday, at Ac ton Reynald. Sir R. Puleston's Hounds, on Monday, at Overton Cross; Wednesday, at Sam Bridge ; Saturday, at Oteley Lodge. Mr. Dewing's Hounds, on Monday, at Thernehhorpe ; Wednesday, at Swanton Church ; Friday, at Twyford. The \Vestacre Stag Hounds, on Monday, at the Kennel ; Friday, at \%Tatton George Inn. Mr. Muster's Hounds, on Monday, at Sywell Wood; Tues. • day, at Althorp Park ; Thursday, at Brampton Wood. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Monday, at William's Bridge ; Wednesday, at Beachampton Grove. The Oakley Hounds, on Monday, at Halsey Wood ; Tues day, at Pick's Hill; Thursday, at Marston Thrift; Satur day. at Rox ton. The Quorndon Hounds, on Monday, at Eaiston Park ; Tues day, at Howthorpe, Northamptonshire ; Wednesday, at Roller ton ; Thursday. at Easton Park ; Friday, at Frisby ; Satur day, at Widmerpool. A GREAT MATCH LOST. — Captain PETERS, .of Oadley, near Leicester, lost his undertaking of 300 sovereigns, to ride half way, and go on foot the other half, from Hoddesdon, Herts, to the 160• mile stone, close upon Doncaster, on Thursday, in 18 hours. He rode his 71 miles upon eight horses, as follows :- 12 miles in 40 minutes, 10 ditto, in 34 minutes, 8 miles in 26 minutes, 10 miles in 33 minutes, 8 miles in 27 minutes, 11 miles in 35 minutes, 10 miles in 34 minutes, and the remaining 2 miles in 7 minutes. The Captain then shifted into flannel and became a pedestrian the other half the distance of 142 miles. He went on regularly at'the rate of six miles an hour the first 36 miles, when he complained of a pain above the right ancle, and a vein the size of a nut protruded stself. After performing b 0 miles in 20 minutes within ten hours, and having no chance of going on with success, he resigned, having more than 21 miles to accomplish in four hours. EDINBURGH ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST CENT II ItY.—About 200 yards eastward from the Nether-bow, and directly opposite to the head of New-street, which there branches off from the Canongate to the left, is an alley, now designated the Auld.Play House Close, at the bottom of which stood the house which served Edinburgh as a theatre previous to the erection of the present edifice in 1768. To this obscure retreat the liberal part of the gentry of Edinburgh, and the most degraded part of the common people, (for of these classes were the playgoers of Edinburgh then composed), resorted to see such actors as Digges, Ward, and Bellamy ; and many a night, as gossips tell, has this mean alley been crowded with sedans, containing the most brilliant toasts who flourished in Edinburgh at the middle of the last century. We have heard a laughable anecdote related of the destruction of this house, which serves to illustrate the popular feeling respect ing the stage in Scotland. The prejudice against theatrical amusements amounted in the minds of the vulgar to absolute superstition ; and we cannot wonder at the persecution which Home met with from the clergy, when it is understood that the devil was believed to be in league with the players, and that the simplest stage-tricks were attributed to supernatural agency. This absurd notion was so prevalent and so strongly rooted in the public mind, that it at last caused the destruction of the Canongate play-house. Upon one occasion, when the manager broke faith with the public, by substituting the tragedy of Hamlet for a play that had been announced in the bills, the audience expressed their disapprobation and horror at so pro fane a play by the most outrageous declamations, and being shortly joined by the disaffected people out of doors, from less to more, proceeded at length to set fire to the house. To pro tect the peace of the city, the town guard were called out, and marched to the spot ; hut though these veterans had found no qualms in facing the French at Blenheim and Dettingen, they had not courage sufficient to suport them in an attack upon the frontiers of the Evil One. When ordered, therefore, by their commander to advance into the house and across the stage, the poor fellows fairly stopped short amidst the scenes, the glaring colours of which at once surprised and terrified them. Indignant at this pusillanimity, the captain seized a musket, and placing himself in the attitude of a determined leader, called out, " Follow me, my lands !" But just at the moment that lie was going to push across the stage, and attack the rioters, he happened to tread upon a trap-door, (which had been left ajar, we suppose for the ghost, or perhaps for Ophe ha's grave), and in a twinkling vanished from the sight of his men, who instantly retreated, and left the house to the destruc tion which they had been called to prevent ! It is further said, that when their honoured captain re-appeared, the guard, who had given him up for lost, received him in the quality of a ghost, and could scarcely be undeceived even by his cursing them in good Gaelic for a parcel of cowardly scoundrels I— (Edinburgh Independent.) Several serious fracas have taken place lately among the troops in the garrison in this city (Canterbury.) In one row, upwards of 200 of the men belonging to the 38th and 41st depots, were engaged, and several severely hurt.—(Kent Herald.) Christmas evening, a quarrel took place in Madden's Tavern, Queen-street, Dublin, between a few of.the Guards and some of the 731 Regiment. The picket interfered and took them to the barracks; one of the Guards was wounded in the head. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. [FROM LLOYD'S.] DEAL, DEC. 30.—Wind N.W. light airs, with thick hazy weather and snow.—Arrived the Marwood, Peckett, from St. John's for Hull; Cordelia, Watson, from . Passed through from the River the Juno, Stour, for Alicant; and the Fairy, —, for Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind N. with a thick fog.— Arrived the Laurel, —, from Cork. Sailed his Majesty's ship Royal Oak, for Bermuda; and the Ceasar, Fisher, for Sierra Leone. Pr.rmoUTll, DEC. 29.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Eliza beth, Hauzell, from Pictou in 23 days, for Newcastle ; Europe, Lemon, from Memel; and the Onyx transp(zt, from Dept., ford. Sailed the Medea, , for St. tlbes; and the Atlas, Longren, for Terra Vechia. FALMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Wind variable, light airs.—Ar, rived the N ew ton, Forster, from Memel ; Commerce, thicken, from London ; Brothers, Jenkin, from Milford ; and the Gnat, Codd, from Wexford. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29.--Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Miranda, 111‘Leod, from St. Michael's; Atlantic, Wright, from Duntzic ; Henrietta, Groat, from Riga; and the General Bolivar, Atkinson, from Petersburgh, The Don, Hall, from Miramicbi to Leith, has put into Shields leaky. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court, previous to deporting for their respective destinations— via. Captain John lnnes, of the Abercrombie Robinson, and Captain Henry Bax, of the Edinburgh, for Bombay and China Mut:amt.—lt gives us extreme concern to find committed within, or upon the confines of, our county, one of those inhuman barbarities, at which the mind sickens, while it deplores alike the fate of the suff erer an d t h e savage i sm o f th e guilty. Thy following i s an extract of a letter di rected to'our respectertieiihbour Brigade-Major BEEVOR " Newtownbarry, Dec. 26, 1825. " I am sorry to inform you, that a most atrocious and wilful outrage has been committed on Saturday night last, in this neighbourhood, near G. Warren's, at Ryland, on the body of a man named H. Hughes, who was inhumanly murdered about the hour of nine o'clock. An inquest has been held yesterday. 1 have been on the Coroner's Jury, and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" has been given against Nicholas Jordan and Simon Cowman, They have both tied the country."—(Carloro Morn, ing Post, Dec. 29.) A most SHOCKING INSTANCE Of CRUELTY was exhibited on Tuesday, in Old-street-road, at two o'clock, by a horse-dealer of the neighbourhood. A small mare, with two heavy fellows in a chaise or break, were driving the poor ani mal to its utmost exertion, twisting it round with great force from one side of the road to the other, in the form of a figure of eight, applying the whip with all its power, without intermis sion, on the ofFshoulder, till it was cut through and through, nor did the cruelty cease till the savage inflictor was quite ex hausted, and the animal unable to move, panting for breath.— Such was the ferociousness of the savage, that the spectators were deterred from interfering, dreading the vengeance of such a monster. If the animal is alive, it must exhibit a shocking spectacle. Surely there should be street-keepers in every con spicuous part of the town, to prevent such outrages of humanity, or to secure the persons of the offenders, that they may undergo an exemplary punishment. Awrtrr. INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DF.ATII.-OR Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, as Thomas Barnes, coachman to Mrs. APQuean, was attending to his horses in Plurnix-yard, Princes-street, Cavendish-square, he fell on his face on the dung heap. lie was immediately taken to the Plicenix public-house, when the poor fellow gave three groans and expired three minutes after he fell. The deceased had been remarkably cheerful the whole of that day, and had but a few minutes previous to his death eaten a very hearty supper.—Ver dict, " Died by the Visitation of God." SUDDEN bEATII.-AS Mr. JAMES SHALE, a re. spectable tailor, of Clerkenwell, was going home, on Thursday evening with a coat to one of his customers, who resides in the neighbourhood of Kennington Common, he dropped dowa in Gloucester;street, Newington, and immediately expired. The deceased, it has been since ascertained, went into a chymist's shop in Blackfriars-road, and there complained of a, spasmodic affection at his stomach, to which he said he was at times liable, and begged to have something administered for relief. The person who attended in the shop accordingly gave him a draught, calculated to remove the spasm, which the de ceased drank, and then walked away. flaying reached Glou cester-street, in which some relation lived, he fell down in the manner described, and immediately died. Ile has left a wife and family. Yesterday afternoon a smart cabriolet was ob served passing along Bridge-street; Blackfriars, with the novel equipment of an overgrown chimney-sweeper seated behind it. The driver perceived for some time that something about hint attracted general attention, and at length stopped ; but•having as much power of seeing into the bowels of the earth as to the back of his vehicle, was unable either to detect the intruder, or even dislodge him after he was pointed out. At length a gen, tleman, passing on horseback, took compassion, and flogged down the obstinate. attendant ; after he had been carried, it ap. peared, by the unconscious cabriolet driver, all the way from the Elephant and Castle, for the public amusement. • EA RTHQU AKE AT STRASHU RG.-011 the 23d inst. about five o'clock in the morning, some very strong shocks of an earthquake were felt at Stras burg and its environs. The weather was perfectly calm, except a slight wind which blew from the south. The barometer, however, had experienced .a decline of nearly two degrees during the night; the thermometer, with Eteautnnr's scale, was about l at five o'clock in the morning. The guard on the tower of the Cathedral ; after having struck the three quarters for five o'clock, sitting on their bench, felt three successive shocks,sn powerful that they were much alarmed. It is not surprising that, at the height at which they were, the os cillations were much more violent than nearer the earth. They assert also, that they heard, between two and three o'clock in the morning, an extraordinary whistling in the air. It appears, front inquiries which have been made, that the direction of the shocks was N.E. to S.W. Some persons further state that they were accompanied by a rumbling noise.—(Etoile.) The - MASTER TAILORS of this town have turned their men off, and are determined to re duce their wages at least five or six shillings per week, which is likely to cause much distress.— (Leicester Journal.) The introduction of the beneficial practice of inoculation was not generally effected without great popular opposition. in the year 1768, when. two philanthropic gentlemen (Messrs. Sutton and Bond) opened a house at Yaxicy. near Peterbo rough, for inoculation, the mob totally demolished the building, and compelled its humane inmates, after shooting one of the gentlemen in the arm, to save their lives by flight. PRIVATE DiSTILLIERy.-Early on the morning of the 23d instant, Messrs. M'Donell and Rode, officers of Excise, Busby, accompanied by a party of the sth Dragoons, discovered a private dis tillery at work in the muirs of Eaglesharn, consisting of a still of eighty gallons contents, a mash ton of 250 gallons contents, four fer menting tuns, the contents of each 220 gallons, one cooler 160 gallons content, 241.5 gallons of worts, 365 gallons of fermented wash, 6 spirit casks, and 16 bushels of ground malt, with 4 variety of other articles, which, aloug with the distillery.huts, were effectually burnt and de stroyed. This distillery having been carried on in a remote part of the hill, and the smugglers keeping a watch, discovered the approach of the party, in consequence of which they made their escape.—(Glasgow Paper.)