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rank of Captain, and placed on half-pay at ss. a-day. They are to he replaced by Lieutenants from the half-pay list of 4s. a-day. The Officers so promoted are to be eligible for employment. on full pay as Captains, and their widows entitled to the pensions of Captains' widows. Besides which the seniors of these Officers in their Regiments are, in the event of companies becoming vacant without pur chase, within two years, to be appointed to them in pre ference to the next senior Lieutenant ; and further facilities are held out for their getting on full pay by paying the difference. This measure of justice to a numerous and most deserv ing class of military Officers is entitled to the approbation of all .who can appreciate the services of the British Army, and feel a generous sympathy for the fate of gallant soldiers of fortune whose merit is great, but whose means of purchasing promotion is less than that of many of their junior brother officers. It will be received with thankful ness by the Subaltern Officers of the Line, and it will be held in grateful remembrance, not only by those who will be immediately benefitted by the regulation, but by the Army generally, long after the ashes of their illustrious Benefactor shall he deposited in the grave of his ancestors. .Private letters from Paris, dated o n S un d a y even in g , give some curious views of the state of affairs in Spain and Portugal, evi dently originating in the ultra party, and showing very strongly their despair at the approaching frustration of all their hopes. Their main point is, that Miguel is in fact the rightful King of Portugal, his brother having abandoned his right to that Crown b . y the treaty whi c h es t a bli s h e d the' independence of Brazil, and Infer from it that Pedro possessed no legitimate right to impose a Constitution on Portugal ; that the English, consequently, are forcing on the Portuguese a charter of their own manufacturing, contrary to the wish of the people, and that it ought to be resisted by all the supporters of legitimacy ; with a tirade of French ultra-political reasoning in the same strain. It is even affirmed that Miguel, notwithstanding the care with which his proceedings are watched at Vienna, where, as is well-known, he is kept under a restraint not the less strict because managed in, conformity with courteous treatment, is anxious to maintain a legitimate right in his own person to the Crown of Portugal, and that it is at his request that Ferdinand has caused or connived at the secret assist ance given lately to the insurgents calling themselves the Royalist Party. On this basis is built the justification of Ferdinand for what he has done, and a variety of extravagant speculations to "how. that France is bound, if those facts are in any measure established, to interfere in the support of legitimacy, and to prevent, if possible, the occupation of Portugal by the Eug lish troop s . It is said, however, that the King of France is too well convinced of the danger of confiding the helm to such counsellors to allow them to obtain the ascendancy, and that the pacific disposition towards England remains, therefore, undisturb ed. By the latest accounts received at Paris from Madrid, which are dated the 24th, it appears that the mind of Ferdinand was in a state of vacillation with respect to his future course in the affair of Portugal, his wishes for the success of the insurgents, and his fears of the resentment of England, alternately obtaining the as cendancy, He knew that the English were about to send troops to Portugal ; but recollecting how many months in Spain were Wasted of old in the preparation of an expedition of equal magni tude, he thought that the threat and the execution, on the part of England, would be alike distant, anti, consequently, was relying that, through some signal success by the Portuguese insurgents, th e constitution would be overthrown before our troops could ar rive. This hope, on his side, was the leas absurd, inasmuch as it was actually believed at Madrid, on the 212 d, that Oporto was in th e hands of the rebels. The intelligence of the arrival of the English troops in Lisbon, which would reach Madrid by the 29th lilt., would, no doubt (seeing Ferdinand'a previous disposition of mind), strike astonishment and dismay into that scion of legiti macy. About the sth instant, says one of the Paris letters, it is expected there will arrive frOm Madrid " a Royal submission, couched' in the very lowest terms of humility."— Times. Private letters from Lisbon mention that the 31 prisoners, embarked on board of the steam vessel at Oporto, twice mutinied in the course of the voyage to Lisbon, trying to compel the Cap tain to put into Vigo. The Captain, however, was able to resist their attempts, and after quelling the riot, safely landed them in Lisbon, to be tried as traitors. During the struggle, the greatest consternation prevailed among the women, of whom there were ►pwards of 100 on hoard, as passengers. Adviees have been received from Alexandria, in Egypt, to the 26th November. On the 17th of that month, the European ships about to leave that port, homeward-hound, were laid under an embargo, which, it was announced, would continue 48 hours after the Egyptian fleet had sailed with the transports for the Mores. The fleet was six days clearly out of the harbour. It Consisted, altogether, of 78 vessels, including some fine frigates and corvettes, two of which had recently arrived from Marseilles, Where they had been built fur the service of the Pacha. There were also several brigs of war manned with Arab sailors, who have been lately disciplined on a new plan. The sailing of the fleet was delayed some time, in consequence of an acci dens, by which a brig, filled with stores and ammunition, was destroyed by fire. The cargo was entirely consumed; but the soldiers and seamen on board effected their escape. On leaving the harbour, three vessels ( Austrian transports) struck on the reefs, and lay fir two days in great danger of being lost. 'l' he Paella was determined to keep his fleet out at sea during the winter. Ile has is sued positive orders to the Commanders of the ships of war, that they are on no pretence to return to the port of Alexandria, under pain of death. The supplies which Ibrahim Pacha will receive by this fleet would only he sufficient to enable him to maintain a defensive Position. Mehemet Ali, it was generally supposed, was heartily tired of the war, which has entailed upon him enormous ex- Pences, and he would willingly withdraw from the contest, if he Could do so in any safe and honourable way. lie had found that to keep military possession of Greece was impossible, without means which he cannot command. It was suspected that he waited only for the interference of the European Powers, formally to abandon the hopeless attempt in which lie had engaged. '['hose who had some opportunity of arriving at a knowledge of his sen titnents, were of opinion, that when he entered into the war, he 'lid not believe it could possibly last more than three months. His r ash ambition has brought him to the brink of ruin ; his finances are decayed, his country neglected , and his people grievou s ly op .. T re ssed. On the 25th of November, his fleet having departed, and the embargo being removed, the Pacha left Alexandria for , air °. His health had latterly been much impaired. Hi s Ma - Jetty's ship the Seringapatam was to sail in a few days , takin g under convoy, several British vessels.— Chronicle. THE FUNDS. CITY, (THIS De r), Twelve o' Clock. This is another barren day at the English Stock Exchange, and hardly any business ; Consols opened at 80 if, and the only al teration is to 841-, the price. The speculators are keeping a 411 a 1 P look out after their opponents, the Bulls, and are expecting t he next intelligence from Spain will prove favourable to their views ; they calculate upon the hereditary obstinacy and folly of Ferdinand, and that he will refuse to accede to reason ; a short Period must settle this point ; in the mean time there are many Who have pow er f u l mot i ves for supporting t h e pr i ces o f our bonds, for at least the present account, in which they are strongly aided E b y the strength of the money market. India Bonds, 43 5 ; !eb equer Bills, 23 4 pm. The Foreign Funds seem to sympa thise with the British securities, and are almost at a stand still; elleau ' 6 Per Cent., are 65 ; Colombian, sq ; Portu guess, 75 • G by the Du'tehreek, notwithstanding the favourable reports received yesterda have not felt the beneficial effects !IniPtteted'.awl are I3i 144 Y ' No fresh information can he given tress dopi r n i g ee i n of th S e h m ar , es, and t here appears to be scarcely any busi- Three per Cent. Consols for 43 5. account, 80; ; India Bonds, Consols are rather heav Two o' Cook and are now a t their openin g pri,;, 801 i f o r aFeount. Y, they h ave been 804 i and 80i i, Mexican and Colombia n form er 65, and the latter 34i 4 Bonds are q uoted a shade lower, the Coutol s f or A cc ount, 80i THREE O'CLOCK. i. FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. C sol s Dani s h Bonds 591 for Ac. 80i A / Greek D o. 1825 14i B uenos B on d s Mexic an D o. 1825, 65. Ayres D©. 594 Peruvian D0.._.._. Chilean D Russian D e . Co is • c '' 11111L- uArl, 1824, 34i Spanish Do. 131 4 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—(Tuts Da Y.) Michael Davies was charged by W. Camplin, street-keeper of St. Brides, with being drunk and disorderly, yesterday afternoon, in Fleet-street. —Remanded. Sarah Henderson, a pretty-looking young woman, was charged by John Kiinburg, watchman of Whitefriars, with being di•unk, last night, on his beat.—Discbarged. BOW-STREET.—(Txts DAY.) DARING BURGLARY.-Robert Young, John Stevens, alias John Snobb, and John Goodwin, were charged with having broken into the house of Mr. Thos. Burnell, at Witton, 'Twicken ham, on Sunday night last. Mr, B. stated, that he learned by his servants, on Monday morning, at six o'clock, that the house had been broken open ; he found that the thieves had entered by very ingeniously boring a piece out of the kitchen door with a centre-bit, by which they were able to loosen the bolts. The dining-room door was locked, but hail two large holes bored in it, one of which had a candle thrust through it, apparently for the purpose of peeping through the other for property. The drawing-room had been en tered, and the plate closet broken open ; but, luckily, more of the plate having been taken up stairs the night before, there were only some spoons and plated articles there. All of them had been taken out and placed on the table. The thieves had selected the 14 silver tea-spoons and four salt-spoons, but had taken none of the plated goods, except a coffee-pot. They had then ransacked the library, and stolen from thence a fowling piece and several articles of wearing apparel. From the kitchen they had taken some clothes belonging to the servants, and some keys, altogether amounting to 501. in value. Cook, a constable of Twickenham, found on the person of Young a bunch of skeleton keys, among which was the dairy key, two centre bits, which corresponded with the holes bored in the doors, and with a stock, which was found in his house ; they also fouud in the house several other articles stolen from other houses in that neighbourhood, consisting of ladies' silk purses, books, &c, a hat, belonging to Mr. Burnell, and several other articles, now identified by him. He be lieves the prisoners to he part of a gang of 15 burglars in that neighbourhood, who rendezvous at a house on Hounslow Heath, twenty gentlemen's houses having been broken open in that neighbourhood. Nothing was found on the two last prisoners to convict them. The two first prisoners were dressed in new clothes, such as are generally worn by husbandmen ; Goodwin appeared rather shabby, Young is a stout athletic fellow, with a settled ferocious look ; there was nothing so remarkable about the two others. Mr. HALLs remanded them for a week, to produce other evi dence against Goodwin and Stevens, and to bring forward the owners of the other property. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—(Tats DAT.) Hugh Cummins, who was charged on a former day with com mitting a rape on Amelia Riley, was brought up this morning for re-examination. There was no evidence, however, that the com plainant had made the resistance necessary to involve a capital offence, and therefore Mr. Rox ordered the prisoner to find bail to answer at the Westminster Sessions for an assault only. ITATTON-GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.) IMPUDENT ROBEEIM —An ill-looking fellow, named James Hedhouse, was charged with the following robbery ; —About three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, the prisoner was seen by an op posite neighbour to walk up to the door of the shop of Mr. Mote, pawnbroker, Clerkenwell, and deliberately take down a coat, hanging within for sale, with which he ran away.—Committed. THE LATE FIGHT. Last night most of the houses frequented by the fancy were filled. At Belcher's there was scarcely a possibility of obtaining standing room; Crawley made his appearance, he exhibited but little punishment, except about his eyes, and the mark left on his os frontis, by the floorer he received in the second round of the fight ; he was in the highest spirits, and was overwhelmed with the polite gratulations of his numerous winning friends. Paying and receiving was thr order of the night, and the blunt, if not willingly parted with, was posted with the greatest good humour. Another match was talked of between the men, but nothing was definitively arranged ; indeed it is thought an offer would be made to the friends of Ward, first to match him with another—a good one, though not at present standing so high on the pugilistic list. Crawley came to town on the morning of the fight, without feel ing the least inconvenience. Jem Ward came town yesterday af ternoon ; he feels his punishment much. There were souse offers of bete made on the forthcoming fight between young 'Gas and Robinson, but no takers ; and it was whispered, that it might be any one's fight, this probably arose from 6 to 4 having the offer, and to take .2 to 1. COINERS.—On Wednesday evening the whole the apparatus and base coin discovered at th: , three establishment s from which the eight individuals now in custody were taken, was removed to the strong room of Hatton Garden Office, and filled three carts. It had all been previously collected at one of the three houses, and guarded by a body of officers until the time of removal, though there has not been yet time to ascertain the ex act amount. One lot .consisted of one thousand one hundred and ten finely-executed half crowns, and another of two thousand half sovereigns, all ready far circulation. On the night of the remo val, and while all the officers were busily occupied, one of the houses they had just left, situated in Tiverton-street, near the Elephant and Castle, and which was left in charge of the people occupying the next house, was entered by some thieves, and stripped of all the furniture that could possibly be removed with , out running the risk of discovery. Fortunately this morning two of the officers of Worship-street, in passing through Golden-lane, saw a covered cart at the shop-door of a broker, under somewhat suspicious circumstances, and finding it to contain beds and other articles of furniture, they detained two individuals who were with the cart ; and, on inquiry, the articles found were proved to be part of those stolen from Tiverton-street. The broker was after wards taken into custody as a receiver, part of the property, par ticularly some articles of silver plate being found in his shop._ Shortly before the last removal a letter containing orders for coun terfeits to a large amount was received from Birmingham, and is expected to be the means of leading to further important dis coveries. A REHEARSAL, NO JOKE.—Jack Withers, a noted highwayman, who flourished and got hanged above half a century ago, was returning with some of his hopeful companions over the Marylebone-fields, at four o'clock one summer's morning, after a country excursion in the way of business, when they observed a gentleman walking alone, making all kinds of impassioned ges tures, and talking, what to them was incoherent nonsense. This gentleman happened to be Vanbruggen, the celebrated player, who was getting his part; but the thieves not knowing him, supposed he was deranged, and about to lay violent hands upon himself, and, as there is sometimes a glimmering of what is called honour among that class, they were prompted by humanity to watch his movements from behind a hedge in the field where they stood. At length Vanbruggen, who was studying the cha racter of Varanes, in the tragedy of Theodosius, exelairned, in the passionate language of the part, " I charge thee not ! " But, when I am dead, take the attending slaves, " And hear me, with my blood distilling down, " Straight to the temple; lay me, 0! Aranthes, " Lay my cold corse at Athenais' feet." When Jack Withers rushed forward, exclaiming, " By --, the poor gentleman is going to kill himself for love." Jack and his companions, to the amusement of Vanbruggen, seized him by both, arms, and entreated that he would be advised, and have better thoughts than to drown himself there. " What a plague is all this for," exclaimed the actor, " I am not going to hang, stab, or drown myself. lam not in love—l am only a player ge tti ng my part." "A player, are you ?" replied 'Withers ; if we had thought that, you should e'en have drowned yourself, and been too, before we would, have taken all these pains for the last half hour, following you up and down. However, as we have met, you can have no objection to pay us fur this trouble." Upon this Jack and his companions rifled Vanbruggen's pockets of his watch, and 108. in silver, and marched off with his silver-hilted sword, threatening to realize the cattistrophe of the player, by running him through the body with it, if he did not remain in the field till he finished his rehearsal. The quantity of Scotch whiskey ,that leaves the port of Leith for the London market is almost incredible ; upwards of 4,000 puncheons have been shipped for this place within these three months. The price of pork, wholesale, at Cork, according to the Cork Market returns, is only 235. the 'cwt. or about 21d. per lb. The London pork-butchers, we believe, charge in gene ral 10d. per lb. In an attack made by the smugglers on Saturday morning last, at No. 57, Tower, near Pevensey Sluice, in this County, on the Coast Blockade, to enable a cargo to be landed, aid which was frustrated . by the steady conduct of the seamen be 13nging to that district, two petty officers and two able seamen were dangerously wounded, as well as some of the smugglers,— Brighton Paper. VINTRY WARD.-(Twii DAY.) At ten o'clock the LORD Mauna directed the poll to be again opened; but from the very active exertions made on the two for mer days by the friends of each candidate to bring voters t o the poll, very little remained to be done to-day.— The Lord Mayor, however, repeated what he had stated several times yesterday, that unless he had the consent in writing of the two Candidates, that he might adjourn the poll, immediately after opening it this morning, till about two or three o'clock, and then meet again to declare the election closed, he certainly should keep the poll open till four o'clock. This consent not hav ing been given, the Lord Mayor did accordingly sit the whole of the day, and his morning's task was, that of culling over the Newspapers, and gossipping with the gentlemen around him. Up to two o ' clock only two voters presented themselves, both of whom appeared to support Mr. Wilde. The state of the poll at that hour was as follows : , For Mr. Winchester 49 Mr. Wilde 48 Majority It is said that there are not more than three good voters re maining unpolled, and that those three voters declined coming for ward for either party, in which case Mr. Winchester will of course be returned. It is understood, however, that a scrutiny will be demanded, so that the close of the poll at four o'clock may not he final. IRON CHAIN BRIDGE. The Suspension-bridge thrown over the Thames at Hammer smith, is daily visited by the admirers of mechanism. A chain bridge so near the metropolis is a novelty, and during fine dry weather the works are attractive. The advantages to be derived from this Bridge in the saving of distance, will be a direct passage from Hammersmith to Barnes, East Sheen, and other parts of Surrey, without going over Ful ham and Kew Bridges. The intended road by the Suspension-bridge leads out of Church-street, Hammersmith. FAITHLESS SALLY BROWN.---AN OLD BALLAD. (From Hood's Mims and Odditees. ), Young Ben he was a nice young man, A carpenter by trade; And he fell in lore with Sally Brown, That was a lady's maid. But as they fetch'd a walk one day, They met a jibes-gang crew ; And Sally she did faint away, Whilst Ben he was brought to. The Boatswain swore with wicked words, Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem is a fit, 'Twas nothing but a feint. " Come, girl," said he, " hold up your head, He'll be as good 89 me ; For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be." So when they'd made their game of her, And taken off her elf, She roused, and found she only was A coming to herself. " And is he gone, and is he gone ?" She cried, and wept outright : " Then I will to the water side, And see him out of sight:" A waterman came up to her,— " Now, young woman," said he, " If you weep on so, you will make Eye-water in the sea." " Alas ! they've taken my beau, Ben, To sail with old Benbow;" And her woe began to run afresh, As if she had said Gee woe! Says he, " they've only taken him To the Tender ship, you see ;" " The Tender-ship," cried Sally Brown, " What a hard ship that must be ! "0 ! would I were a, mermaid now, For then I'd follow him ; But, Oh ! I'm not a fial f rivoman, And an I cannot swim. " Alas ! I was not born beneath "rhe Virgin and the Scales,' So I must curse my cruel stars, And walk about in Wales." Now Ben had sail'd to many a place That's underneath the world ; But in two years the ship came home, And all the sails were furl'd. But when he call'd on Sally Brown, To see how she went on, He found she'd got another Ben, Whose Christian-name was John. " 0 Sally Brown, 0 Sally Brown, How could you serve me so, I've met with many a breeze before, But never such a blow !" Then reading on his 'bacco box, He heaved a heavy sigh, And then began to eye his pipe, And then to pipe his eye. And then he tried to sing " All's Well," But could not, though he tried ; His head was turn'd, and so he chew'd Hie pigtail till he died. His death, which happen'd in his birth, At forty-odd befell: They went and told the sexton, and The sexton toll'd the bell. Mr. CANNING.—A Paris letter in the Literary Gazette, dated 22d December, says " the English have risen five hundred per cent. in French estimation within these three days. The Honourable Sir Canning, as Mr. C. is called here, has ef fected- this revolution subito ; half-a-dosen authors have an nounced literary new-year's gifts to the public on Mr. Canning's speech and proposal to send a British army into Portugal. Sir Caneinge is on every one's lip ; all look to him for the restora tion oforder in the Peninsula, and the liberty of Greece." A CANDID ACKNOWLEDGMENT.--A farmer re cently received a polite note from a neighbour, (whose children were going on a visit a short distance,) requesting the loan of an ass for a few days. Being unable to decipher his friend's hiero glyphics, and wishing to conceal his ignorance from the servant, the farmer hastily returned for answer--" Very well, tell your master I'll wait upon him myself presently." FIRES.—The Limerick Chronicle, and the Drog heda Journal, mention two great fires that occurred in their re spective neighbourhoods a few days since. As neither, however, were attended with loss of lives, and in no respect differed from other fires (except in the circumstance of their being an immediate supply of water), we refrain from entering into further particulars. ACCIDENTS FROM FIRE ARMS.— Lately, a dreadful accident occurred at the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson's, who keeps an extensive school in Aldenham. It seems to have been a practice with the senior boys to amuse themselves with fire arms, by firing at a mark with ball. On the present occasion one of them, about 17 years old, was showing his dexterity, when unfortunately, the ball lodged in the back of another pupil, the son of Dr. Pideock, of Watford. Mr. Foot, of Edgeware, and Mr. Ward, of Watford, were both sent for on the instant, and a messenger was despatched to London for Sir Astley Cooper. Every attempt, however, to extract the ball has hitherto proved fruitless ; but we understand great hopes are still entertained of his life being saved. The young gentleman who wag the acci dental cause of his school-fellow's sufferings, is in great distress of mind from the unfortunate occurrence. It is somewhat remark able, that about two months since, as Dr. Pidcock was passing the school, on hearing the report of fire-arms, he called, and pointed out the impropriety of such dangerous weapons being allowed in hands so inexperienced, and Mr. Wilkinson immediately prohibited their use in the school ; though, as the melancholy catastrophe proves, they had still been used without his know lea son of Th omas H awor th, E sq . o f dge. , few days pvly, the ahsenereeofiohuiss;atents, whilst amusing himself with a powder flask, by making trains, &c., a spark accidentally com , municated with its contents, the explosion of which seriously in jured his face and hand ; he is, however, likely to do well with the loss of a thumb.—Essex Herald. A considerable quantity of snow must have fallen in some parts of the country on Tuesday night, for the tops of the Western coaches were completely covered, when they came into town yesterday morning. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR, JAN. 3.—His INT AJEs TY has not left the on Lodge since his late visit to his Royal Brothe r on Friday last, nor has he since that period received any visitor, except Sir Astley Cooper, who has occa sionally arrived at the Royal Lodge, in order to report to his MAJESTY the state of his Royal Highness the Duke of York. _ . . It is not expected, from his MAJESTY'S late visit and interview with his Royal Brother, with which he was so much afflicted, that he will renew his visits, except a favourable change should take place. His MAJESTY, although in the enjoyment of good health, appears low spirited and dejected, which can be accounted for only from his natural and affectionate attachment for his Royal Brother. Her Royal Highness Princess Augusta, we are happy to state, is fast recovering from her late accident. His MAJESTY'S stag hounds have not, agreeable to announcement, lately met, owing, no doubt, to the state of his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The KING will of course not come to Brighton, while the Duke of York remains in his present distressing state., There is no doubt that in the event of the Duke of York's de mise, his MAJESTY will immediately come to Brighton, and we have reason to believe that he will remain here some months. The baths in the Pavilion have been fitted up by Mr. S. D. Mahomed. Some musical instruments, and two of the Mem bers of the Private Band have arrived, and the remainder are ex pected to follow immediately.—Brighton Paper. - Mrs. Canning arrived here at her new residence on Monday — Brighton Paper. _ _ On Friday last, Charles Lyne Stephens, Esq., gave an elegant Christmas fete to a distinguished party, at his resi dence, the Belvidere, Weymouth. During the Christmas week her Grace the Duchess of Buckingham distributed an ample supply of bread, meat, and beer, to upwards of 1,000 poor persons in the neighbourhood of Avington Park ; besides new clothing to all the children in the schools established and supported by her bounty. _ _ - - A splendid fancy ball was given, on Thursday last, at Stoneham Park, Southamption, to all the neighbouring Nobi lity and Gentry; independent of which, open house has been kept by Mr. Flemming the whole of the Christmas week, in which the poor have not been forgotten. Upwards of 150 of the neighbouring Nobility and Gentry attended the first Devizes Assembly for the season, last week, and were much delighted with the magnificence of the draperies of the full-length portraits of the late King and Queen, recently presented to the Corporation by Mr. and Mrs. Watson Taylor. Sir John Copley, Master of the Rolls, has signified his intention of paying his respects to the Mayor and Aldermen on Thursday next, to be sworn in Recorder of this city. After the ceremony, Sir John will be elected an Alderman. His Worship gives a grand entertainment to the Corporation, their ladies, and friends, in honour of his distinguished guests.—Bath Chronicle. The Speaker of the House of Commons has issued a warrant, directed to the Mayor and Corporation of Marlborough, directing them to allow an inspection of all the municipal records of that hitherto close borough. Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz. :—Captain John Char retie, Bombay, and Captain William Manning, Waterloo, con signed to Madras and China. Last week the carriage of Sir Joseph Yorke, on returning from Mr. Fleming's fancy ball, at Stoneham Park, was overturned ; but fortunately without injury to any one. The Rev. Mr. Rede preached a sermon, a short time since, at St. Leonard's, Colchester, in which he exhorted his congregation on no account to visit a theatre. This the players have resented, by a measure equally absurd, viz.—an application to the Bishop against the preacher. The members of the Old Berkeley Hunt have pre sented Colonel Berkeley with a splendid gold cup, capable of con taining twelve bottles of wine. On a goblet of such capacity, the motto should be—" Drink deep, or taste not." We understand that the Brighton Hunt dinner is postponed, in consequence of the distressing illness of his Royal Highness the Duke of York.—Brighton Paper. The remains of Mr. Gifford are to be buried in Westminster Abbey, on Monday next. Mr. Gifford saw his friend, Dr. Ireland, the Dean of Westminster, on Saturday, for the last time, in whose presence he executed a codicil to his will. He died, in the utmost tranquillity, without a groan. He has left the bulk of his fortune to the family of his early Patron, Mr. Wil liam Cookesley. THEATRES.--It has of late become a common practice with the door-keepers at the Theatres to open the doors leading out of the Pit, ten minutes before the conclusion of the performance, by which many persons are greatly annoyed, and severe colds are caught. This is mentioned with a view of in ducing the Managers to remedy the dangerous inconvenience. Kean is- to make, his appearance at Drury-lane Theatre on Monday next, as Shylock. We hope, and we believe that he will be favourably received. His sins by this time are nearly forgotten, and at all events they ought to be forgiven. He has nothing to do but to do his best as an actor ; and if he acts well—which he can do when he pleases to take pains—we have but little doubt of his complete restoration tq public favour. We would, however, recommend him not to employ, as he did before, any of the theatrical Wolves—and the less he cares about being puffed off by the press the better. To THE LOVERS OF ROAST TURKEY AND Tnanic COURSES.—It may be a matter of melancholy interest to be informed, that in a weavers' village in Lanarkshire, some of the poor operatives have been reduced to such necessity as to put their children upon a ration of three potatoes per day ; and the fire for the purposes of cookery has been an expellee shared by two or three families clubbing together.--Edinburgh Observer. ARRIVALS.—Capt. and Mrs. Hawkins, in Gros venor-street, from Brighton ; the Earl of Winchelsea, at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from his seat in Northampton shire ; Augustus Henniker, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Major and Mrs. Palmer, at ditto, from their seat in Northamptonshire; Major F. C. Smith, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, frcirn St. Petersburgli ; Capt. Eden, at ditto, from a tour ; Capt. D. Murray, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, at ditto, from Bath; Colonel and Capt. A'Court, M.P., at their seat in Wilts, from Bath ; the Hon. Lindsay Burrell, at Baroness Wil loughby d'Eresby's, from Hants; Countess de Grey, at her house in St. James's-square, from her seat, Putney-heath. DEPARTURES.—The Duke of Rutland, yesterday, from his seat, Belvoir Castle; Lord Cranley, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat, Clandon, Surrey ; Major. Hamilton, for Brighton ; Capt. and Mrs. Mill, from the Pulteney Hotel, for their seat in Norfolk; William Oliphant, Esq., for Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. There are said to be at present no less than forty persons confined in York Castle for brewing and selling an illicit spirit, called " whist ;" and there are probably twice that number in the King's Bench Prison for playing r the same game. A NEW LODGE.—On Thursday last the Lodge of Innocence and Morality met at the Swan Inn, Hindon, Wilts. The party, consisting of about of the brotherhood, sat down to dinner at four o'clock. Brother James Anne presided. The dinner was excellent, and the wines of the first quality. Shortly after the removal of the cloth, a silver vase was placed on the table, and presented to Brother - James Anns, bearing on one side an appropriate inscription, and on the other various virtuous de vices. Brother Tucker, master of the Market-Lavingtou Lodge, accorupauied the presentation with a suitable address.—Bucks Chronicle.—What a comical lodge. It must do one's heart good to see twenty genuine specimens of Innocence and Morality sitting down to a jolly dinner at four o'clock. For our own parts we never saw above one specimen of male innocence in our lives, and he was mad. How much wine did these specimens drink? Of what nature were their toasts? Did they luxuriate in Can ticles or Anacreontic*? "We pause for a reply," as Shakepeare says. We fear the Stamp Duties in this county will prove to have fallen off considerably during the present quarter. — Brighton Paper. Last week the larder of Wilton House, the seat of the Earl of Pembroke, near Salisbury, was robbed of 25 head of game, viz.—nine pheasants, seven partridges, seven hares, and two woodcocks. There being a clause in the last Bankrupt Act, en abling two Barristers, instead of one, as heretofore, to act in country commissions, to the exclusion of solicitors, some of the latter, it is said, have resolved to give no briefs, or other profes sional business, to such of the former as avail themselves of it. THE DUKE OF YORK His Royal Highness the Duke of York passed yesterday with out experiencing any alleviation of his sufferings, which be basis with Christian fortitude and resignation. The inquirers were, as usual, very numerous, and aiiieng them were Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, Baron Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, the Saxon Minister, and the Colombian Minister. The answer given to the inquirers was—" His Royal Highness has passed a tolerably quiet night, but is not better to-day." The medical Gentlemen left his Royal Highness on Tuesday night, ex cept two, who remained in the house during the night for the purpose of alternately sitting up with the Royal Duke. There were some alarming symptoms in the night, but they went oft; and the Royal Duke had some refreshing sleep at intervals. On Tues day his Royal Highness conversel with the Prince's Sophia and some gentlemen. All the Medical Gentlemen assembled at eleven o'clock yester day, and remained about an hour, when their report was scut off to the King at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park, and also to Mr. Secretary Peel. Later reports were sent to his Majesty during the day, as well as to the different branches of the Royal Family who are not in London. The Dukes of Clarence and Sussex ar rived in Arlington-street, at twelve o'clock, and remained dur;n? . ; the day. Sir Astley Cooper returned at two o'clock, and immediately at tended the afflicted Royal Duke. The Duke of York took a small qulntity of nourishing broth, yesterday and on Tuesday. The Dukes of Clarence and Sussex, left the Duke of Rutland's, at six o'clock yesterday, for the apartments of the Duke of Sussex, at the King's Palace, at Kensington, where their Royal High neses dined, and returned to Arlington-street about nine o'clock, the same as Tuesday evening, to attend upon their Royal Brother, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington, and remained till half past ten o'clock last night, when their Royal Highnesses left. Sir Astley Cooper was in attendance on the Royal Patient up wards of three hours yesterday afternoon. Sir Henry Ha!ford and Sir Astle t Cooper left at half past ten o'clock last night, and reported that his Royal Highness continued in the same state. The Duchesses of Kent anti Gloucester, and the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, were among the earliest who sent yesterday moaning to learn the state of the Royal Duke's health. The Bishops of Exeter, London; and Landaff, and the Lady :Mayoress, were among the inquirers yesterday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S.—(Tats DAY.) DEAL, JAN. S.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Harvey, Findlay, from London for New South Wales. The outward-bound have sailed yesterday afternoon and evening. The Bridgwater and the Lowther Castle are expected from the River, but are not in sight. PORTSMOUTH, .1.41.7. 3.—Wind N.E.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Clinker, from Sierra Leone. Six, P.M. the transports t'or Lisbon are preparing for sea. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Wiad W.—Arrived the Eliza, Edward, from St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Simpson, Black, from London to Gibraltar. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Swallow, APKean, from Pernambuco ; Duchess of Gloucester, King, from Quebec; Woodman, —, from St. John's, N.B. Sailed the Leeds, Stod dart ; and Canada, Rogers, for New York. EXTRAORDINARY MURDER. DuoN, DEC. 22.—An extraordinary trial for murder took place here two days ago. A gamekeeper, named Baruarvon, was found on the 16th of August, wounded in the most shocking manner; the unfortunate man had received eight stabs in diffe rent parts of the body and a violent blow on the bead, which h. 4 fractured his skull : he was carried to his dwelling, and, in the presence of his wife and children, made the following statement : " Two neighbours called upon me, for the purpose of obtaining my assistance in preventing a miller named Andrea from turning the course of a stream which belonged to them : after settling this business, I returned homewards, when, passing near a nar row moad, Audran sprang from behind a hedge, anti felled me to the earth with a bludgeon ; while lying senseless upon the ground, the murderer took out his knife and stabbed me in the bosom ; the pain caused by the second blow brought me to a sense of my dreadful situation, and rising on my knees, I said, Audran, take pity on my poor family, and do not kill me !" My prayer was unheeded ; he inflicted several stabs, and left me in the state in which I was found." Audran was of course arrested, and brought into • the presence of the dying man, who gave the F above evidence. " But where did I commit the crime ?" said Audran. " Near the wall of a garden belonging to Mr. Louis," was the reply. Immediately after uttering these words the wounded man expired. The police repaired to the place that was mentioned; no marks or the smallest traces of blood were to he found; but the confusion of Barnarvon, added to the circumstances of a coat which Audran wore on the day of the murder not being discovered, was deemed sufficient evidence ; the Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to death. Although the prisoner had denied most solemnly knowing any thing about the crime, when brought back to the condemned cell, he stated, that he killed Barnarvon, not on the spot indicated by the latter, but in his (Audran's) own garden, where a quantity of blood would he seen ; this proved to be the fact ; he added ; that Barnarvon entered the garden for the purpose of committing robbe ry, that a struggle took place between them, and Barnrayon, who was a powerful man, fought in so determined a manner, that, not withstanding the different stabs inflicted, had net the blow upon the bead being given with a heavy piece of wood, which happened to be near the place of combat, he, the prisoner, would have been murdered. This statement reaching the Jury, on the following day, and they requested the Judge who had passed the sentence of death, to recall several witnesses ; they were re-examined by the Jury, and the account given by the prisoner proved to be a fact. However, the trial was over, and the unfortunate man, who would have been acquitted, still remains in prison, under sen tence of death ; he is, of course, recommended to the King's mer cy, and there can be but little doubt that in a few days he will be liberated from confinement. THE LONDON GYMNASTIC INSTITUTION, Yesterday morning, the General Half-yearly Meeting of the Members of this Institution was held at the extraordinary hour of half-past six, in the large Room of the Lancasterian School in the City-road. Dr. BORTHWICK GILCHRIST, the President, took the Chair. The room was large, and imperfectly lighted, and there being a sharp frost, the assembled members, muffled up in dark cloaks and surtoute, presented the appearance of a band met in deep divan for some mysterious purpose. The Report of the progress of the Institution during the last year, on the whole, appeared satisfactory to the Members. They had covered the first outlay of capital in procuring ground and erecting apparatus, at the Chief Gymnasium, Islington. From the great accession of respectable Members, and their zeal, no doubt could be entertained of the permanent adoption of the system in the metropolis. A motion was then made, that a special general meeting should be held in six weeks, for the purpose of receiving the complete accounts of the Institution, and for considering the measures to be adopted on their Report, which was carried unanimously. It was agreed to hold it in the evening. Thanks were then voted to Professor Voelker for the zeal -, ith which, as Gymnasiarch, he had superintended the public itistrue tion and exercises of the members, Thanks were voted to thou of the Committee who had at,- tended to their duties, and a little after day-break the Meeting separated. FLAY MARKET; (At per Load c ST. JA. 'S.-ITrits DA Y .) of 36 ' russes.) MES'S. Hay ............. £4 10 to 6 6 10 510 Oat Straw llO 1 12 1 1 0 0 to 5 4 1 1 0 0 Clover Ditto Upland Rye-grass nay ... .. 112 116 New Meadow Hay ..... 4 5 5 5 Supply very short, and trade, owing to a stubborn, but iinsuccesifol, effort haying been made to obtain an advance, exceedingly dull. SMITHFIELD. Lowland Meadow Hay/3 sto 4 5 Clover Hay generally £4 10 to 6 0 Upland Ditto Ryegrass Hay New Meadow Hay .... 4 0 5 0 Wheat Ditto Supply limited, yet '.l s uesclay's prices were barely supported. Lowland Ditto. Meadow . . . . . 11 . . .. a . . .. Y . . .. ~4 There are now in - the garden of Mr. Brown, at Mullen's Pond, near Amesbury, a lilac and honeysuckle, both in full bloom. CORONER'S INQUEST.--On Tuesday afternoon an Inquest was held before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq., at the Wood man Tavern, in D'Oyley-street, Sloane-square, Chelsea, on the body of a male infant, found in a box, where it had been deposit ed by its mother, Martha Wells, upwards.of three weeks, The Coroner, in summing 'lip, said, there was no proof that the WO man intended to have murdered the child, and her acknowledg ment of the infant being born alive, was a circumstance highly in her favour. The Jury now consulted together, aud, aft er sonic consideration, returned a verdict—" That the child died in it 4 birth ; there being no marks of violence on the Wily.