The Sun. — London, England, 1834-02-06 00:00:00

k 1Z LI M ENT IS DAY, THURSDAY, FEB. 6. OUSE OF COMMONS. mAten, the new Member for Morpeth, took the seat. of the Tanjore Commission was brought up and le. iT presented a petition from Cambridge for the Gas Company in that town. ER presented a petition from an individual of William Maddox, with which, however, he to state that he did not agree, but as the respectfully worded, he thought it his duty to present tton stated that it was impossible to relieve the )ut a very considerable reduction of expenditure, )nly way in which this object could be effected was the debt called national.—(A laugh.) The Hon. .that when he was intrusted with this petition , he 'toner that he did not agree with him, but that he then stated, and he would now state here, that he that the funds paid a due share of taxation. resent Ministers came into power, they proposed a upon the transfer of stock, but in consequence of an was raised against them, and in his (Mr. Potter's) ly raised against them, they allowed the measure se had then had the honour of a seat in the House, tainly have supported that measure. LTER gave notice, that on Wednesday, the tary, he would introduce a Bill for the amendment Geo. 11., cap. 19, on the subject of equitable tents. JRCH PATRONAGE IN SCOTLAND. aNSTONE presented a petition from the Provost Council of the City of St. Andrews, praying that the take into consideration the subject of Church Scotland: He would not trouble the House by let subject at present, as an Hon. Friend of his given notice of a motion,upon the same subject, it came on, would, he had no doubt, receive the full uideration of the House. He would beg leave only to Present time,that the petition which he had to present in somewhat milder terms than that which was , esterday by his Hon. Friend, the Member for He begged leave further to observe, that if by the which was applied to those who sought to re- Church, was meant destructives and revolu denied that the term in that signification all apply to him or those who acted with him, multi venture to add that they were the true 'es of the Church, and at the proper period doubt he should be able to show to the House that true spirit with which he was actuated. They did iything extraordinary or unconstitutional— they ;ed for a renovation of the Church of Scotland, or `lt be restored to the situation in which it stood in IL He was not connected with the voluntary Party in Scotland, who were a most influential and re ' body, but they had undoubtedly left the Established and instead of wishing to restore it, they took a much ground, and alleged that there was no hope of get- Church restored to its proper constitution while a connexion existing between Church and State. regard to the connexion between Church and State, Ifes sed that no country could be done justice to without lnexion as existed in Scotland. He trusted the day og`rai'distant when the whole matter would be taken into motion. * .LIOTT wished, regarding the final settlement of a iat was of great importance, that in the observations lad been made yesterday in allusion to something last year, the Honourable Gentleman who made had at least the courtesy to give notice of his 'lion to bring such a subject under the consideration of 'se, as the charge of Simony implied was one, required particular attention ; he therefore deplored had not been in his place in the House for the purpose and repelling such. He (Mr. Elliott) had an office demanded his time and attendance out of the House ; could not he expected that he could waste his time dur 1Y in waiting, and perhaps often vainly waiting, for Ilion or charge which would require his inter- Now kb that he had adverted to what had fallen on l e et of a charge of Simony from an Hon. Gentleman, he 'ltradict it, and had no doubt but he was justified in that contradiction. ALLACE could not understand that when subjects of reference were to be brought before the House notice -given to that effect. During last year the subject had "Itr °duced, and the facts asserted there were such as to gen t i2 i irniation here. But it would be curious indeed that — " l en should be muzzled in that House, if certain Hon. le° thought proper to absent themselves. At all times , do ne, and still no notice was g iven. He would now 'ion. Gentleman who had just sat down, whether the O f a presentation in Scotland by the influence of pa- W as arranged. If it was, it must• have been these last ten days. The placing of incumbents 110 livings was a matter that should be preceded by some ' A g of the people over whom such were placed. And Louse would in hi s m i n d d o we ll t o as certain the prevailing feeling before a presentation was made. He would Fl l__u° onour a bl e Gentlemen of this, t h at th e voluntary m Scotland would find the co-operation from the of such previous inquiry. He, as a radical of Church 411 tu 4534: hear)--would do his utmost to maint ain nciChurch of S'cotland, in spite of the obloquy a nd ati " any man or class of men. As to giving any offence p~ M ..4, e mber , he did not do so, nor did he think that he -11 ' offer a n uPon to °wet Y apology; the only apology he felt himself les whi ch 5g to the House, for any omission of r oan, either it heat) e, as a new Member, might make. man take one of hini °r , would take no undue advantage of out of the House ; nor should Imes in vindication (Rear, hear.) He would stand up . of Scotland. Mainat present ELLIOTTse settled, e e d x f i n h e dibs y stating, and in defence of the stating, that the question lYtery, because an appeal was made from the Secretary LITTLETON was sorry that as an Hon. wuer had presented a petition yesterday from the eight .Idren of Leary, he had not given notice to that eft•bct, as it could not be expected that the time of his Majesty's "r • ntrient could be spent in the antici p ation of any t' Art " etd ar petition.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He considered was rather thoughtless of the Honourable Member iblin to have presented the petition he alluded to, and to exculpated the Irish Government by his observations made. Much attention, and a very long correspondence had Place before on the subject of that petition, and he would ~t6 l ) a ‘nd to say, that nothing WAS undone which tended to eh , 7 gt 4 te the matte r . F ur th er, th e p ar t t a ken by the then Lord enant and his advisers was to be borne out by the circum. u nes that marked the inquiry. When anything that im_ Deri°u slY demanded his (Mr. Littleton's) personal attendance, could be found in his place. F INN begged to say, that, in the absence of the Mem -or Dublin; he would remind the lion. Gentleman, that no as advanced be asadv;nced by him unless as an ex parte statement. all owed that when a petition of a particular nature effect p r esented courtesy demanded that an int imation to askedshould be given, and if any particular question was o , a Particular answer might be given. _ D WYER made some remarks on the state of his Ma s Gove rnment, and wished that such arrangements were :or to enable a res ponsible Member to attend for the pur- M r. g iv ing satisfactory answers. EVANS presented a petition from a parish in the p.mj___ ° : Dublin, praying for the abolition of tithes. The loners complained of the Act of last Session, commonly e; (1 11 1 the Million Act, because a fair commutation of tithes slot be made from the price of grain during the la st few r ears :; • 44 /3 4 had bee n kept up much above its proper le vel . t a , "Das the new Member for York, w as introduced, 4t t l i t. the oaths and his seat. alf-Paat ll court one o'clo ck dress ; Lo Lor rd d A Althorp stating thlthorp and Mr. Statanley his , M a i, in fu es ~."r nu ld receive the address at two o'clock. A t twenty 'tai,, "tes before two the House adjourned until five o'clock, Pr imm ediately ‘....iately proceeded in state to St. James's Pa l a ce, to the address. 711 E MARKETS.-(THIS DAY H AY MARKETS.—tAt per Load of 36 Trusses., CU M BERL,AND. • Cody rather limted, trade rather dull, and prices stational, Kew m e avY Lowland Meadow Hay £3 10 to .t 3 15 Pt ul'ataid d °l‘ T i . Jt i o ay 0 0 0 0 40 4 4 -loy e e tt r tf a lld Meadow and stye-grass Hay ...... cu.ii.euuerate stIPPIY Stra w ....... X 1 10 to £1 12 1 Wheat straw ll2 116 . r.,.... SMITHFIELD. and a steady trade; prices .t a 3 s la s st t r .fl ogd io New p,tl le avY Lowiajui Meadow Hay 00 0 0 c tu ti l o ad id o i r it li to ay 3 10 4 0 c:ov".P H l and Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... 1 6 4 At s tra - w aY (extra tine)....£s 0 -Generally ...Li Bto .£1 121 Wheat Straw ll2 115 41 pa t Scotch pedl a r, about 70 years of age , al'Cootobie was found murdered in a p ublic p ath -- "e the turnpike road in Dean-lane, near Little Dean, in cp s ... o ue, y a : n rsh a i l r: p . ici man, named Richard Gardiner, is in fro Trin comalee, as Nelson justly described lorir„personal knowledge, is " the finest harbour in the all A ' aeeeesibl e in all weathers, and capable of holding • pylon, MiPPing of Europe. It is situate en the east side d r '..,"Yl"a, Lat. B'. 32". N. Long. 81° 17. E. one bun and7tati,fif.ty miles N. E. from Colombo, one hundred eight miles travelling distance from Kandy, 4nd w ithin two days' sail of Madras. The scenery of the r e has been compared to Loch Katrine on a gigantic d ale, (the vast harbour appearing land-locked), the gran „e" °f which cannot be surpassed ; the fortifications l en •ee P °long the rocky coast upwards of a mile in length, p r i e ,tP"aing the base of a steep hill on the sides connected ~" Lim adjacent land : the town and fort are placed at bottom of a rock, and joined to a narrow neck of lend LL_lnlau out towards th e sea an d separat i ng th e inner bar ugrs from two outsid e b ays , w hi c h li e on either shore of three aided or cornered promontnry.—From Montgo• M erY Marti n ' s H istory of the British Colonies. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) ;Sittings at Westminster, before Mr. Justice ParrEsoN and a Special Jury. THE RING E. “RANT AND OTHERS. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL with whom was Mr. \VicArtm AN) stated the case for the Crown. It was an ex-eficio infor mation, filed by his Majesty's Attorney-General against Messrs. Grant, Bell, and Ager, the proprietors and printer of the True Sun newspaper, charging them with having pub lished in that journal, on the Ist and 2d. of May last, two libels, tending to excite discontent and sedition among the King's subjects. The Learned Counsel read the articles com plained of, in which a resistance was recommended to the p a yment of the assessed ta xes, and a proposition made to form an association for that purpose. He then, at considerable length, commented the dangerous tendency of such publications, and the io.c;,ssity there was of suppres sing all attempts to resist the execution of the law as esta blished by the legislature. The defendant's affidavits, lodged at the Stamp-office, in which they stated themselves to be the proprietors of the True Sun, was put in and read, and the two publications in question were also read. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that was the case for the pro- secution. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, as counsel for Mr. Grant,one of the defendants, then addressed the Jury. He said it was impossible to describe the anxiety under which he laboured in conduct ing the case for his client ; for he felt that if ever there was a case which ought to be free from all feelings of a personal nature, it was this. He felt deeply interested for Mr. Grant, whom it was now sought to brand as a criminal, but consider ing the circumstances out of which this prosecution arose, the quarter from which it emanated, and the possible consequences, all personal considerations feb before the public importance of the issue which the Jury had now to try. If he couldgoback for ape riod of 20 years, and fancy himself standing in that Court at that period—if he could fancy the Solicitor-General of that day, thus wielding the prerogative of the Crown over the liberty of the press—if he could imagine himself to be standing in the olden time of Crown prosecutions—he could then understand the nature of the case in which he was called to participate. But the anomaly of to-day astounded and confounded him ; for he had thought the time was past when lawyers, as in the olden time, should bring forward such prosecutions. The Jury, however, were now called on to decide in this season of agitation, and in a new state of things to decide whether the law officers of the crown should wield the old machinery for the purposes of petty vexation and annoyance—and whether they should pass by (as he would show they had), others of greater importance, for the purpose of crushing a new evening Journal. He called the attention of th e Jury to the circumstances under which the paragraphs were published, to the state of feeling which existed at the time of their publication, and to the then state of the moral and political atmosphere. The Jury knew how for many years past the people had been ex cited by the demand for Parliamentary Reform—how many were the fond hopes which the attainment of that object raised, which was to give to the genius and intellect of the country a fit representation in Par liament ; they would remember the consummation of the people's wishes by the passing of the Reform Bill ; and they would remember also—although those who raised those hopes and wishes appeared to have forgotten—the promises which the people had been led to expect would be realized, and then considering the enlightened spirit of the age, the Jury would not wonder if the people expressed in strong terms the disappointment they felt at not finding their burdens lightened and equalized. Was there no indulgence to be extended to these defendants when the great assembly of the people had voted one day in this way, and on another day in another way ? Was there no allowance to be made for the excited and disappointed feelings of the people ? Or was it because in the present case that disappointment was more strongly expressed, that this information ex officio was filed which they dared not trust ti a Grand Jury. The article began with a reference to that vote of the House of Commons, and he would observe respecting the gentlemen who were charged as defendants on this record, and to whom criminality was imputed, that their paper had existed but a short time, and whatever might be thought of their political opinions, they had pursued a straight forward, manly, consistent course; they had not pandered to any party in power, although they have been bitterly persecuted by those who pretended to be the friends of the people. The whole tendency of the articles in this paper was to make the people orderly, good members of society ; and it would be seen that among the articles would be found some of the most beautiful and brilliant efflisions of literature. He would pass over the description of the House of Commons in the article, nor should lie allude to Mr. Burke's description of another House of Com mons in his time, and of which no notice was taken by the Government of the day, but leave it to the Reformed House of Commons to take advantage of the attack upon them as they had done. His Learned Friend the Solicitor-General had most disingenuously taken advantage of a single word in the article, and said that it was an attempt to excite the people to use physical force ; but if the present Government were really the representatives of the people, they need not fear an attack ten times stronger. The article referred to the repeal of the Malt Tax, and called upon the people to agitate constitutionally, and yet here was a House of Commons springing out of that very agitation of the people which now sought to punish this paper. It was very like the falling out of lovers, and it would appear as if those who had trusted and hoped so much during the honeymoon of the Reformed House of Commons, had now turned round in their disappointment upon the object of their former admiration. The Learned Gentleman proceeded to read ex. tracts from the article :—" We must now employ threats as we have done before with success." This had been tortured into an attempt to excite the people to resist by force. But had physical force been ever used before ? Did it mean that an armed band should surround the House of Commons ? Did it mean that if the property of people should be seized for taxes they should resist to the death ? No such thing. No rational man could draw such an inference from the passage in the article. The article proceeded--" Whigs are but men." Here is the true secret of the prosecution. The tenor oft his, as west as other articles in the paper , was merely to suggest the best means of laying on the taxes, and it recommended as the safest and best mode, to take off the malt-tax, which had become un popular. The article had called on the people to do as Lord Milton had done, and resist the tax-gatherer. If Lord Mil ton had not done so, why had he not felt himself bound to come before this Court and ask for a criminal in. formation against the publishers of a vile and slan derous report, which charged him with doing the very act, the exciting to which was the ground of the pre. sent action? The Solicitor-General, indeed, had said, if Lord Milton, if my friend and not my enemy, had written a book, if he had published that he had done so, 1 would have felt it my duty to institute proceedings against him. If there was any inequality in the poor rates a man can bear the grievance and the worse than grievance, until the injury was removed ; but with respect to the assessed taxes, if a man is overtaxed and goes to the Commissioners, he has no redress, but he must wait for seven years, and he must then produce his little bill to his representative, and if lie could no longer humbug him he turns him out, and elects another to raise his single voice among the other five hundred representatives against the ine quality and injustice of these taxes. There is a sect, the most peaceful nearly in the world, and most nearly allied to all that is great and good in human nature, the Society of Friends, and these people had opposed tithes, and allowed their property to be seized. Had that produced any outcry ? Had it not rather obtained for them the respect of their enemies ? Aid not the works of their great men, of whom he might almost say that the earth was unworthy ; did not the writings of Penn, Fox, and Berkeley, all recommend them not to pay tithes ? Could they forget the season when this very Ministry had made an appeal to the heart of this great country ? Were not the people agitated from one extremity of the empire to the other ? If he were to speak of the wrongs of Ireland, there was no lack of the most appalling excitement. To what nice sensibilities had the Government appealed in this instance, when their trial had been achieved, their victory won, by the struggles of those very men they were now pro. scenting? It had been said that the tendency of these articles was to dissolve the social system. They might believe him, the time was gone by when the integrity of our social system could be sustained by prosecutions like this. If the verdict of guilty was recorded against these defendants, the principles which they advocated would still triumph. He relied upon the justice of the jury, and he was sure he should not rely in vain. Mr. KELLY was addressing the jury for the printer, Mr Ager, when we went to press. ry. Sunday last was the birthday of the venerable French Ambassador who completed his eightieth year. His Excellency yesterday was in the Foreign Arobass vtors' box in the House of Peers, and appeared to be in renovated health. He was decorated with the insignia of the French Order of St. Esprit. • The premium on gold at Paris is 71 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 33 ; anti the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 25, it follows that gold is 8 25 per cent. dearer at Paris than in London. By the advice from Hamburg the price of gold is 433 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9 ; and the Exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13 Si, it follows that gold is 11 32 per cent. dearer at Hamburg than in Landon. On Tuesday last a meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means to be adopted to check the progress of incendiary fires, was held at the Angel Inn, Halesworth, Suffolk. Lord Stradbroke w,.s in the Chair, supported by Lord Huntingfield, Sir T. Gooch, and several other gentlemen in the neighbourhood. Several rules for forming a protection association were proposed, and a Committee appointed to meet-immediately. A letter from Germany states that prepara tions ate making for the formation of the military hous - hold of Henry V. His governors, secretaries, &c., have taken the title of aides-cle•camp. Charles X. has, it is said, named as Grand Marshal of the Palace an old officer of gendarmerie.— Temp. S HIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. s.—Wind S.S.W., moderate. —Arrived and sailed for the river the Orontes, Camrey, from Bengal—sailed Sept. 7th, and from the Cape of Good Hope Nov. 28; Indus try, M`Keppin, from Belfast. Arrived from the river and re mains the Barossa, Reeves, for Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. s.—Wind S. and W. to S.W., blowing hard.—His Majesty's ship Jupiter is gone out of harbour to Spithead. FALMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Wind variable, light airs.—Sailed the Firefly steam-packet, for the Mediterranean ; and his Majesty's ship Leveret, for Lisbon. DOVER, FEB. s.—Arrived off port the William Stoveld, Wood, from New South Wales--sailed Aug. 17. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 4.—Arrived the Hespetia, Hicks, from St. Michael's. Offport the Blakeley, Jackson, from Bengal and the Mauritius ; Dampier, Findlater, from Nassau; and Beverly, Lawson, from St. John's, New Brunswick. GREENOCK, FEB. 3.—Arrived the S t. James, Boyd, from Demerara and the Martha, Greaton, from Charleston. DUBLIN, FEB. 4.—Arrived the Stephen, Thursby, from St. John's, New Brunswick. WATERFORD, FEB. 3.—Arrived the Ellen, Marshal, from Prince Edward's Island ; Harmony, Angel, Gemi, Mace, and Martha, Dyer, from London. CORE, FEB. 3.—Arrived, the Agaphea, Keck, from Laguna; Delight, Sandford, from Rio Janeiro; Maria, Meagher, from Newfoundland ; Bris, Olii, from St. John's, New*Brunswick ; and Lavinia, Hicks, from London. The Reform, Edwards, from Liverpool to Waterford, and the Mary, Walters, bound to Dingle, got in contact in working into Holyhead 3d inst., when the latte r sunk, and the former was much damaged. The Robert and Mary, Wyatt,from Glasgow to Dundalk, was driven on shore near the latter port, on the id inst., and filled with water. The Shannon packet, Dellow, from Bristol to Limerick, put into Youghal with damage, and very leaky, and supposed must discharge. 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' r ~ ••• of I [se w ,, - = si rt SO l4 A ' ''.4 *, ' r- I'd t he 4 . n i r 4 l ~ k., kid ,had i, - a nn , h* at i- Ica] de ' e r t d e , 3 h ! ' Ito pel l et elk ( •; 0g t -.. wil 4 0 I. lb, nee ' ,; ru t It i ll' It . b 0 po . ,/ 1 I nts • , i k LONDON CORPORATION COMMISSION INQUIRY, FEB. 5. Mr. Scott, of the Chamberlain's Office, was examined at some length to-day relative to the origin, the receipts, and appropriation of the Orphans' Fund, in the course of which some curious facts were detailed. The fund was originally established to make good deficiencies in the City accounts, but had since been applied to public pensions, under the strict control of Parliament. Mr. Scott stated that a sum of 3,5001. was granted annually out of it to the Mercers' Company to make good deficiencies in the funds of that body. A large portion of the fund had been appropriated in making roads on the Surrey side of the River, particularly from Black , friars-bridge to the Obelisk and Elephant and Castle, which was before a morass. The inhabitants on the southern side of the bridge, Mr. Scott said, complained of the dues, but they had derived great advantages by the outlay of the money arising from the fund. In the course of the inquiries of the Commissioners relative to the receipts into the Orphans' Fund, Mr. Scott stated that a sum of about 3801. was now received for leases of aqueducts for bringing water into the City. He further stated, that in the reign of Henry the Eighth the Corporation had the sole right of bringing water into the City, and that privilege had not been taken from them, but that the Corporation had never inter fered to prevent any others from establishing water com. panics. Two of the ancient aqueducts still remained, one leased by the Hampstead Water Company, and the other was in Marylebone. When the aqueducts were first formed they did not bring in much revenue; between 6001. and 7001. The Bishop of London had purchased one of the ancient city aqueducts. Mr. Scott then went into a detail of the expendi. ture of the city for police, and other matters of internal ar. rangement. The Orphans' Fund had ceased to be applied to the purposes for which it was originally intended, and was now applicable to pay off the principal and the interest of money raised to make the approaches to the new London Bridge. The annual sum applicable for this purpose was about 11,0001. Mr. Scott entered into various other details of the appropriation of the receipts for dues on coals, &c., levied under the authority of the Act establishing the Orphans' Fund. Shortly after four o'clock the inquiry was adjourned till to. morrow. THE MAGAZINES. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Our space is so exceedingly limited, that we have merely time to mention the " Campaign of Ibrahim Pacha in Syria and Karamania," which, just now, when the eyes of Europe are intently fixed on the slightest movements of this Prince, will be found well worth reading. EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. Our readers will find some interesting infor mation in an essay under the head of " Slavery in India," to which we direct their attention, as it is the only article of any moment (except, indeed, to Anglo-Indians) in this number. BRITISH MAGAZINE. The Clergy—for whose edification this perio dical is chiefly intended—will now begin to peruse its pages with avidity, for it keeps pace with the progress of the times, and devotes much time and attention to those ecclesiastical topics about which the country is at present so much interested. NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. Very learned and copious on all varieties o' field sports, and embellished with two suitable engravings from originals, by Laporte and Schwanfedder. LAW MAGAZINE. The Life of Lord Chief Justice Holt, a sketch of which appears in the present number, will be read with attention by all who desire to acquaint tternselves with the character of one of the most sagacious and profound lawyers Eng land ever produced. The case of Mr. D. W. Harvey, which is given at some length, will excite much curiosity. TOWER HAMLETS MAGAZINE. This little Magazine comes on us, like the spring, full of promise, and vindicating the old claims of the " East" to its " wise men." The prose articles are neatly and agreeably written, not in a slovenly, slip-shod style, but in sterling English. The poetry is more than respectable— it is positively good. In none of the more am bitious Magazines of the month have we read more graceful stanzas than those entitled " They say I am young," from the pen of a gentleman named Drennan. There is much tenderness and simplicity in this stanza : " I steal to the spot where we used to meet, When the evening was calm and fine ; And sigh for the voice that seemed so sweet, And the hand that was pressed in mine; And the pouting lip that, trembling near, To my own stole blushing up, Like the fair) bell, when the wanton air Hath opened its crimson cup." ASIATIC JOURNAL. A well selected digest of all matters apper taining to the East, where the Nabob at Chel tenham, Brighton, or any of our fashionable watering places, may gratify his curiosity by seeing how many of his old Indian cronies are married—how many are dead—and how many have made increase to their families. The tale of the " Baboo " is the liveliest article in the number, and the " Intercourse with China" the most edifying. COBBETT'S MAGAZINE. This pepiptliaal,, too,. like Tait's, is-reduced in price, and will be all the better for it. The magazine for which we pay two shillings should, in these days of universal economy, be first rate ; over a shilling one, we will allow an editor now and then to take his nap. The present number is not a whit inferior to its predecessors. The review of that delightful miscellany, the " Indicator," is very pleasant reading, chiefly, however, from its extracts. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The much talked of ballet, the Revolt of the Harem, was last night produced at this theatre. It has been extremely popular at Paris, and bids fair to be equally popular on this side of the channel. We give a slight synopsis of its chief incidents. The first scene opens with a representation of a splendid hall in the Palace of the Alhambra, opening upon the Court of Lyons, discovering Muhomet, King of Granada, (Mr. HOWELL) seated in a grand divan with the chief officers of his Court, who gives audience to Ismael, commander-in-Chief of his Moorish 111 a jesty's forces (Monsieur Swam), on his triumphant return from the field of war, in honour of whom he gives a grand en tertainment in the palace, which introduces the ladies of the se raglio, under the watchful guardianship of Myssouf, chief of the eunuchs (Mr. W. H. PAYNE) ; Zulma, a beautiful young lady betrothed to the conqueror (Mademoiselle PAULINE LEROUX)/ with Mina, her faithful negress (Mdlle. CAvA); 'and aoklieftra royal slave (Mdlle. VanoN), with Atargal, her companion (Mdlle. CELESTE). These entertain him with dances, in which he joins; and the numerous persons he has redeemed from slavery having been admitted into the royal presence, the great captain is honoured by all parties in a manner equally flattering and pleasing. But the beautiful Zulma is honoured by the preference of the king, and as she does not return his affection, he threatens her with immediate death ; she is, however, saved from the hands of the executioner, by her faithful negress, and apparently restored to favour. The next scene Is " the Bath of the Harem." In the centre of a large apartment a basin is seen, in which about a dozen slaves are beheld enjoying the luxury of the bath, while others are observed arranging their toilet. This task is soon completed, and the old eunuch and his followers enter with refreshments for the ladies. As one of the domestics is carrying a vessel of sweetmeats, or something which looked:like one, it falls from her hand in fragments on the floor, and Myssouffin a passion at her carelessness threatens her - - with a punishment commensurate with her offence ; bun Zulma intercedes in her behalf, and the old gentleman retires in a better temper, leaving the two females together. Grateful for the service rendered her, the slave discovers herself to be the Genius of the Harem (Miss KENNETH), presents her de liverer with a boquet which is to preserve her in every danger, and then disappears. Soon afterwards Zeir , principal page to the King (Mademoiselle LARCHE), enters, bearing a banner, announcing that in honour of the valiant Ismael his Majesty gives freedom to all his female slaves except Zulma. This ex ception not meeting with the approbation of either the en. franchised or the enslaved, strong measures are taken to make them more tractable. At this important moment a forest of spears starts up from the floor, and every member of the nume rous harem is immediately armed. The watchful Myssouf entering the seraglio, discovers the warilke preparations of its members, and instantly hurries to acquaint his master ; but before he returns with the guard, the spears are very inge niously turned into harps, and the astonished eunuch, per.. plexed by these changes, dismisses his companions, and remains to watch the suspected belligerents. In a short time the harpists are changed into spear-bearers, lay violent hands upon the unfortunate spy, bind him, and when the palace is alarmed by his cries, and the Court comes to his assistance, the ladies have made their escape from the seraglio. The third scene represents a pass in the Alpuxarras mountains, with the bivouac of the female army. The latter are asleep in different positions, with their arms piled, sentinels set, outposts in the distance, and every thing in martial order around them. Ismael manages to escape the notice of the sentinels and enters the camp, awakens Zulma, and, after a considerable courtship, is on the point of leading her off when a trumpet 'sounds, and, the Amazons starting up, he is discovered and 'made prisoner. A detach ment is then seen bringing in Zeir blindfolded, who bears the olive-branch from his master; after which Mahomet and his guard enter, apparently with thamost amicable intentions, and a liberal supply of presents from his majesty are produced in manifestation of his good will., :., ,As soon as the ladies behold the splendid cachmere shawls and other attractive ornaments they drop their weapons and hasten to receive the costly gifts, but while they are arraying themselves and admiring their appearance, by direction of the crafty king his guard quietly take possession of their arms, and the ladies are again at the mercy of Mahomet. At this crisis the scene changes to the " Gardens of the Genius of the Harem," whose powerful in fluence immediately brings everything to a happy termination. This ballet, if we may judge from the reception it met with last night, will make quite as great whit as Gustavus. It is a grace. ful trifle, got up with considerable care, and apparently with an utter indifference to expense. Mr. Burr sr is no churl in these matters. He lavishes his thousands with as much, and more, hearty good-will, than his predecessors lavished their hundreds. The scenery of the ballet alone—to say nothing of the gorgeous military costume in which the female warriors were attired — must have cost a prodigious sum, awful to think of, and still worse to pay. The Pass in the Alpuxarras Mountains, with the revolted slaves bivouacing by their watch-fires in the fore ground, and the sentinels keeping post in the distance, is one of the most striking scenic displays we ever witnessed. The Moonlight falls with a mild, silvery lustre, on the whole landscape, bringing out this bit of rock, and throwing shadow upon that, in a way that reflects the highest credit on Mr. GRIEVE'S pictorial skill. The bath scene drew down a few hisses from some chaste gods in the gallery, but the morals of the boxes were by no means incommoded by it. Indeed, nothing but the extreme of cant could have objected to it. The grand review of the female belligerents in the last act, evinced far more tact and grace than we have ever seen displayed by the Guards on a field-day in Hyde-park. The wheelings into line and out of line, the marching and counter-marching, now rank-and-file, now by square, now by sections—now by squadron, were executed with a precision that might have ex tracted a sunny smile of approbation from the grim face of his Grace of Wellington. The ballet was announced for repetition amidst applause from all parts of the house. It has not been generally known that a Sceur de Charite has been settled in this country ever since 1793. She is a woman of high rank and consideration, and has devoted her time and fortune for the last forty years to tLe task of visiting the sick and assisting the unfortunate.; LITERATURE. HISTORY of the BRITISH COLONIES, 5 VOLS. LONDON, 1834. Although the greatest colonial empire that the sun ever shone on, strange to say we have heretofore had no colonial history ! Under the gracious sanction of his Sovereign (the only English Monarch who has ever visited the co lonies) with the munificent encouragement of the East India Company and Trinity House, and under the auspices of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Right Honourable the Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Althorp, &c., Mr. Montgomery Martin has produced a history, as creditable to himself as it will un doubtedly prove advantageous to the commerce of the country and the prosperity of the people. The volume before us embraces not only the history of the magnificent possessions of Eng land in the East, but also every feature, topo graphical, commercial, and statistical, derived from official documents, and from unpublished manu scripts furnished by the East India House. The maps (which are engraved in the first style by the East India Company's engraver at the India House) are from the copies belonging to the Honourable Company, and they possess the unique4ature of being historical and statistical, as well - as geographical records. Our limits will not permit an analysis of one of the most im portant national works that have issued from the press. We must refer our readers to the volume itself,—it should be in the hands of every merchant, Member of Parliament—of every philanthropist, whose heart vibrates for the wel fare of 100,000,000 British subjects, now peopling half a million square miles of the richest portion of the earth, yielding an annual revenue of 20,000,0001. sterling, supporting a splendid British army of 200,000 regular troops, with an annualcreationofpropertyof 300,000,000/. and an amount of property, moveable and immoveable, exceeding 1,000,000,000/. sterling ! Such are the splendid possessions treated of, and which Mr. Martin has spent one-third of his life in exploring. That his labours may be crowned with success must be the wish of all who seek the prosperity of their country. He has shown how the commerce of England may be extended to an amount quite incalculable ; if we shut the productions of the richest half of the globe out from the British markets, it is not for want of timely warning from the author, who, we had almost forgot to mention, gives also a most interesting and valuable view of the MEI Chinese empire. In conclusion, the " History of the British Colonies" is well worthy the pa tronage of the Monarch to whom it is dedicated. Lady Jane Elizabeth Wathen, wife of Cap tain Wathen, 15th Hussars, is daughter of the late Earl of Rothes, a Scottish Peer, an :I the tent'' nobleman of that title. FUNERAL OF LADY LYNDHURST.—On Saturday the remains of Lady Lyndhurst were deposited in the family vault, St. John's, Paddington. The funeral was attended by two mourning coaches and four, contain ing Lord Lyndhurst, three of the daughters of the de ceased, Lord Henley, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Lockhart ; and by the private carriages of the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Holland, Chief Justice Tindal, the Master of the Rolls, Baron Bolland, Baron Vaughan, Baron Gurney, Judge Alderson, and other distinguished personages. The coffin was a very splendid one, covered with crimson velvet, studded with gilt-headed nails, and having the family armorial escutcheons in silver gilt frames. The inscription plate, which was silver gilt, had the following inscription :—" Sarah Garey, Baroness Lyndhurst, aged 38 years, died 15th of January, 1834." ALLAN BRECK.—This new novel, from the pen of Mr. Gleig, the author of " The Subaltern," is likely to attain equal popularity with Mr. Bulwer's " Eugene Aram," to which it is kindred in subject. Though the remarkable trial on which the tale is founded was charac terized by abundant evidence, the affair has continued a mystery to the present day ; but, fortunately for his pur pose, the present author has had access to some papers hitherto carefully concealed, which has enabled him to develop what, at the time when the event occurred, was beyond even the reach of conjecture. The character of Allan himself appears under a new aspect, and his strange infirmities are traced to their true source. Prince Von Puckler Muskaw has retired en tirely from the scenes of the gay world. His Highness resides almost constantly at his chateau at Muskaw, a spot which enjoys considerable celebrity in Prussia, on account of its mineral waters and picturesque scenery. There he divides his time between literary study, agriculture, and hunting ; dispensing his hospitality towards those who visit him in his retreat. A short time ago the Prince and Princess Royal of Prussia were among his guests. To MY PUBLISHER, MR. JAMES FRASER, REGENT-STREET.—SIR --I think our friend of The Metropolitan gives us some hard knocks to begin the year with. You may tell him from me, if you meet, or through the medium of your Monthly, that I think he is better than half right in some of his remarks, and, had I my life to write over again, or to live over again, I certainly would steer clear of many rocks on which 1 have split ; but I think he need not be so angry just because a body tells him that the s ins and daughters of Britain have not degenerated in their broad plains of America.—Yours sincerely, •- GRANT THORBURN. Dalkeith, Jan. 24, 1834. THE LATE FLOODS.—The devastation on the banks of the river Medway, from Chatham towards Sheerness, is beyond all description. The heavy rains and late westerly gales have completely demolished the banks at different parts of the river, and overflowed the marshes. Many of the farmers have been severe sufferers ; not only have their postures been destroyed, but large quantities of live stock have been carried off b y the flood. Mr. Taylor, of Rainhatn, a few miles below Chatham, has lost about thi ty sheep and six bullocks. It will cost several thousand pounds to repair the banks of the Medway.—Ken isle Gaz. GIN TEMPLES.—The expense incurred in fitting up gin-shop bars in London, is almost intre lible, every one vieing with his neighbour in convenient ar rangements, general display, rich carving, brass work, finely veined mahogany, gilding, and ornamental painting. The carving of one ornament alone in the Grapes gin shop, Old-street-road, cost 100/. ; the workmanship was by one of the first carvers in London. Three gin shops have been lately fitted up in Red Lion -street, at an ex pense, for the bar alone, of upwards of 2,0001. Time was when gin was only to be found in by-lanes and blind alleys—in dirty obscure holes, ycleped dram-shops ; but now gin is become a giant demi god—a mighty spirit, dwelling in gaudy gold-beplastered temples, erected to his honour in every street, and worshipped by countless thousands, who daily sacrifice at his shrine their health, their strength, their money, their minds, their bodies, wives, children, sacred home, and liberty. Juggernaut is but a fool to him, for the devotees of Juggernaut,though they put themselves into the way of being crushed to death beneath his chariot wheels, are put out of their misery at once; but the devotees of the great spirit Gin devote themselves to lingering misery; for his sake they are contented to drag on a degraded, nasty existence—to see their children pine, dwindle, and famish, to steep them selves in poverty to the very lips, and die at last poor, sneaking, beadle-kicked, gruel-swollen paupers ! In these temples of the treat spirit Gin may be seen maudlin, unwashed multitudes, the ancient and the infant of aspen long, old men and maidens, grandsires and grandams, fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, and children, crowding, jostling, and sucking in the portions of the spirit which the flaunting priestesses dole out to them in return for their copper offerings.—Sunday in London. CALCUTTA, OR THE CITY OF PALACES. —" This metropolis and commercial emporium of the East (now containing one million and a half of inhabi tants), so late as 1717 was a small straggling village, with a few clusters of huts, to the number of ten or twelve, the inhabitants of which were husbandmen, en deavouring to reclaim the surrounding forests and swamps, which extended evea to where Chandpaul Ghaut now stands ; it is not inaptly termed the ' City of Palaces,' and the vast amount of trade carried on will be seen in the Chapter on Commerce. The city is divided into streets at tight angles with each other, with large and handsome squares throughout, particularly in the European part of the metropolis, each square having in its centre an ex tensive tank or reservoir of the Ganges water, with green sloping banks, planted with verdant shrubs. The resi dence of the Governor_Goneral is of nearly equal magni tude to any palace in Europe. The architecture is of the lonic order, with arcades all round on a rustic basement. The palace has four wings connected by circular passages, in order to secure a free admission of air from whatever quarter the wind may blow. The grand entrance is to the North, where there is an immense arch of steps, beneath which carriages drive up to set down ; on the south side is a circular colonnade with a splendid dome. In the centre of the building are two magnificent state rooms, the lower paved with dark grey marble supported by numerous doric columns resembling Parian marble : the upper or ball.room is floored with exquisitely polished dark grained woods, sup ported by beautiful lonic pillars. The Vice-regal canopy and chairs of state are of light and beautiful construction. The apartments are lit by a profusion of cut glass lustres, suspended from a painted ceiline, with gold mouldings. The entrance gates are of a grand and imposing appear ance, and the square round the palace is tastefully laid out, particularly since Lady William Bentinck'a arrival in Bengal. The other public buildings are on a noble scale, l and even the private mansions are built in the fascinating style of Grecian architecture— From Montgomery Mar tin's History of the British Colonies. Vol. I.—Asia. Thursday night last, about nine o'clock, a fire was discovered in the corn-stole of Francis Harvey, Dq., Upper William-street. William Piercy, Esq., the senior city sheriff, was early apprised of the danger, and instantly communicated with Lieutenant-Colonel Hansel, Brigade-Major of the district, who with the ut most zeal and promptitude, ordered out pickets of the 4th Dragoons, 60th Rifles, and 85th Regiment, from their respective barracks. The first water-engine at the scene of conflagration was from the Sun Assurance Company, which was playing upon the small store when the mili • tary came up, but the roof bad fallen in shottly after, so rapid was the powerful element in its destructive ca reer. Under the directions of Colonel Hansel and Sheriff Piercy, the artillery in a few minutes forced out -the nu merous sashes in this building upon which the flames hail fastened, and placed against the apertures a lot of damp canvass bags, which arrested the fury of the element, and the wind blowing from the south, saved the store from to tal destruction. Under the excellent management of Lieu tenant-Colonel Manse!, the military preserved the best order, the fire-engines working all the while with facility and effect. The greater part of the small store soon became a mere wreck and ruin ; for, in fact, from the commencement, little hope was entertained at all of sivine any property from this part of the concern. The walls are standing, but the roof fell in upon the corn barrels and hoops in the premises, most of which, we fear, are lost. By the constant application of the fire-engines to the large store, and the precautions early taken in rerno. ving the inflammable materials, window-sashes, &c., this extensive building stands harmless and uninjured. But the private dwelling_house of Mrs. Magee, in the imme diate vicinity, has suffered much. By one o'clock in the morning the conflagration had so far subsided, as to arrest all apprehension of spreading farther; the flames had lost their terrific character, and the general uneasiness of the neighbourhood had abated. Yet Colonel Mans,-1 and the military remained on the spot to a late hour, will'. there was a vestige of danger, and Sheriff Piercy did not l m e a o v r e n n t h g e . sc T en h e e eoafusethe fire of fshe fireunt i four o'clos not t satisfactorily ck yst ctorileyaetrda aster tained,--Limerick Chronicle, RIVERS OF INDI " The Indus is seventeen hundred 'or the distance of seven hundred there is sufficient water to sa il a t ve,sel, and in some places it is fr, miles wide. The waters of the Arabian gulf in two great branchet lelta, of alluvia land one hundred Hiles wide at the base, and eighty hence to the point where they sep; miles below Tatta. From the sea to Lahore there it , an uninterrupted navigation (for fleets of vessels) of one thousand miles British. At seventy-five miles from the sea the tides are scarcely perceptible, and at full moon the rise at the mouths is about nine feet : there are no rocks or rapids to obstruct the ascent, and the current does not exceed two and a half miles an hour; when joined by the Pun jaub it never shallows in the dry season to less than fifteen feet, the breadth being half a mile ; the Chenab or Azesines has a minima of twelve feet, and the Ravee or Hydrastasis is about half the size of the latter : the usual depth of the three rivers cannot be rated at less than four, three, and two fathoms. Lieutenant Burns found the river Indus at Tatta (Lat. 24. 44. N. I.s•-g. 68. 17. E.) to have a breadth of six hundred and seventy yards, and to be running with a velocity f two and a half miles an hour, sounding fifteen feet; these data give one hundred and ten thousand fir hundred cubic feet per second, but estimated in April so low as eighty thousand cubic feet of water per second ; it exceeds by four times the size of the Ganges in the dry season, and nearly equals the Mississippi. The much greater length of course in the Indus, its tortuous direction and numerous tri butaries among towering and snowy mountains (the Sutlej rises in lake Manosawvara in Tibet, seventeen thousand feet above the sea) leads to such a result. The slope on which the Indus descends to the ocean is gentle, the average rate of current being two anti a half miles an hour, while the Punjaub rivers navi gated on the journey to Lahore were one mile in excess of the Indus. While the Ganges and its subsidiaries take their origin from the S. face of the Himalaya, the Indus receives the torrents of either side of that massy and snow-girt chain swollen by the showers of Caubul and th.c," rains and ice of Chinese Tartary. Doubtless the Indus owes its magnitude to the melted snows and ice of the Rmalaya's crested summ'ts. The Ganges is fifteen hundred 'mks long, and at five hundred miles from the sea, the channel is thirty feet deep when the river is at its lowest during the dry season, and its width makes it appear an inland sea. This magnificent river, like its compeer, rises amidst the perpetual snows of the Himalaya, in the 31st degree of north latitude, fourteen thousandfeet above the level of the sea ! The arch from beneath which it issues is three hundred feet high, composed of deep frozen layers of snow—probably the accu mulation of ages—surrounded by hoary icicles of gigantic magnitude. From Calcutta to Allaltabad the distance on the Ganges through the Sunder bunds is one thousand miles, and thither the steam ship Hooghly lately made three trips; the height of river at Allahabad above the level of the sea is three hundred and forty-eight feet, and the maxi mum and the minimum known rise is forty-five and thirty-four feet. There are other rivers, such as Brahrnaputra (which in some parts is from four to six miles wide 1), Sutleeje (which is nine hundred miles long, before its junction with the Indus) Jum ps, Jhylum, &c., which would be considered vast rivers in Europe. The length of course of some of the principal rivers to the sea is in English 'mks—lndus 1,700. Sutlej (to Indus 900) 1,400; Ganges 1,500. Jhylum (ditto 750) 1,250 ; Jumna (to Ganges 780), 1,500. Gunduck (to Ganges 450) 980. In the Deccan and South of India, Godavery to the sea 850 miles; Krishna ditto 700; Nerhudda ditto 700 ; Mahanundee ditto 550 ; Tuptee ditto 460; Cavery ditto 400.—From Montgomery Martin's Histmy of the British Colonies, Vet. I.—Asia. THE KING'S SPEECH.—Turner, in his in- teresting " History of the Anglo-Saxons," says—" In the year 993 we find this account of a royal speech The King says, in a charter which recites what had passed at one of the witenagemots, I benignantly ad dressed to them salutary and pacific words. I admoni%hed all—•that those things which were worthy of the Creator and serviceable to the health of m} soul, or to my royal dignity, arid which should prevail as proper for the English people, they might, with the Lord's assistance, discuss in common.'" The Duke of Wellington's dinner was given in the Grand Banqueting-hall, a room richly decorated with screens of marble columns (scsgliola), and the dis play of sumptuous plate and costly viands exceeded all former example. Covers were laid for twenty-four only. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland and Gloucester were of the party ; also the Duke of Newcastle, _ _ Marquis of Salisbury, 1;ord Cowley, Lird Beresford, Earl of Rosslyn, Marquis of Douro, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Charles Wetherell, &c. We are requested to state that k was not the Hon. G. Elliot who replied to Mr. Wallace yesterday, as reported in our twelve o'clock account of the sitting of the House of Commons. That Gentleman was not to the House at the t:me. _ _ It is reported that Major Sir Walter Scott, Bart., will succeed to the command of the 15th, or King's Hussars, vice Colonel Lord Brudenell, removed. Sir Walter has been an officer in the distinguished corps in, question ten years, and since the retirement of Major Buckley he has held the rank of sole Major of the regi ment. The Gallant Officer is at present in town, havieg come from Ireland on military business connected with the late much-talked of Courtmartial on his brother officer, Captain Wathen. EAST SOMERSET ELECTION.---The Lion for E tat Somerset took place on Monday last at Wells, when, there being no other candidate, William Miles, Esq., was declared duly elected. Tuesday night last, a respectable farmer, named Broughan, residing near Ballitore, was waylaid and brutally murdered, and his body thrown into a lime kiln. The body, on being taken out, presented a most frightful spectacle. The only cause assigned for the per petration of this inhuman murder is the unfortunate man having taken a farm some time ago, contrary to the regu lations of the barbarous code adoptid by the Whitefeet.— Carlow Sentinel. The following is an extract of a letter from a gentleman on board his Majesty's ship Volage, dated off Corfu, Jan. 4 :—" We have had lately many delightful trips to Alexandria, Grand Cairo, the Pyramids of Egypt, &c., and were very fortunate in having fine weather. The Pacha of Egyp , , Mehemet Ali, is a most wonderful man ; be has a large navy—twelve ships of the line, four three-deckers, frigates, &c., with a very fine dockyard, well supplied with timber for ship building, and I should think he has at least 10,000 men at work in the yet() ; but what crowns all, is his having cut a canal forty_two. miles loug in six weeks, a mile a day, and this done with out regular spades; in fact, they had no tools whatever; 280,000 men ware employed at one time, out of which number 32,000 died from absolute fatigue. They chiefly used a stick and their hands, the soil being very light." PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND.-7nrotlgh the centre of this island runs a range of tills, decreasing in height and magnitude as they reach, toward the south. On the west and south of the mountains there is-a cop. siderable quantity of level ground of good quality for ', very species of cultivation as is now demonstrated by th general culture thereof. Indeed two-thirds of Penang I R of level or gentle inclination. The east, owing to its moistness, is covered with rice f ields. The south and west valleys, though partly cultivated for the same purpose, are chiefly laid out in pepper gardens and spice plantations. Every where close to the coast, as in Ceylon, runs an ixtensive belt of cocoa nut trees, and scattered over the island in picturesque groups, appear groves of the grac, ful area palm (or Penang) from which the isle takes its Malay name. The hills and low grounds, where not cultivated, Are thickly covered with wood. Vegetation is splendidly luxuriant, anti for miles and miles the eye rests on one tense mass of mountain forest. Besides Georgetown (the capital) above alluded to, there is only one large collection ,f houses entitled Jamestown, situated on the sea shore, four miles to the south of the capital amidst a grove of , he lovely palm tribe. Numerous small villages and Mt. lay topes are scattered over the island (especially on the south side), often beautifully and romantically situat • on the coast or amidst spice gloves in the vales.—From Montgomery Martin's History of the VritishColonies, Vol. VOT lA. ;1 - ,71;t 0 d miles Ion_; and eighty ;woiluntit irrsit • ?s, fo and •• y in lengt eparate about six