The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-09 00:00:00

LITERATURE. R OUSEKEEPER'S GUIDE. LoNnosr, 1834. A useful book, giving a vast Variety of plain SM, suitable directions for cooking game and poultry ; buying butchers' meat, and making the most of it when bought ; manufacturing soups, pastry—in fact, all that belongs to the culinary department. We are not much a judge of the merit of this sort of publication, but there seems to have been much time and trouble bestowed on it, so we are willing to hazard a word in its praise. CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION INQUIRY.-(THIS DAY.) When the Commissioners took their seats this morning, Mr. Woodthoipe alluded to an ordonnance made in the Mayoralty of Henry Fitzirving, the first Mayor of Lon don (1189), which related to the mode of settling dis putes respecting buildings, iu order to show the value of land in the city at that period. Sir F. PALGRAVE said he had seen, in the records sub. mitted to him, one of an abbey in Normandy, founded by William the Conqueror, which contained the particulars of a dispute about ten feet of frontage in Wood-street, Cheapside. The Cousrtssronea then called Mr. Woodthorpe'e attention to a fact he gave in evidence yesterday, as to some resolutions of the Common Council, re specting the mode in which the Court of Aldermen drew upon th e Ch amberlain for large sums, without the sane- tion of that Court, and asked whether be had anything further to state upon that point. Mr. Woodtborpe had stated that the Court of Coln coon Council had passed certain resolutions. to the effect that the ald ermen should no t h ave suc h power, but they had w i not had the d es i re d effect, for the aldermen still dren the s ame manner, and th e i r c h ec k s were pa i d. He had then befo re hi m a record of some resolutions agreed to by the Court on t h at su bj ect, of the date of May, 1651, during the time of the Commonwealth. They referred to a petition of the Court to Parliament, in L 4 a Co mmittee P r eceding October on th e same su bj ect, and sent to of the Council o f St ate. Th e C ourt o f Aldermen t eir hen a gr eed to a memor i a l on statement of th hen to suc Council, in which they asserted, that front ancient usage which was confirmed by Magna Charta, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriff., with some of the Commoners, held the lands and moneys of the city in t rust, and th ey comp l a i ned that the Corn- Mons had taken on themselves a power to dispose of such moneys without the concurrence of the Al dermen. Formerly a Committeisti o fou ald ermen and seven commoners, e cons of whom ng two f alder men and three commoners were a quorum, had the power to dispose of the lands and moneys of the Corpora tion, but that from time to time the commoners insisted on having a larger number of th e i r b o d y as members of such ttee that afterwards they had twenty-one of the commoners put on the committee, of which one alderman and nine commoners were to form a quorum, and that they actually took to themselves the power of disposing of all city lands and moneys, Without any concurrence of the Court of to tak Aldermen. Th ey prayed the Council of state e these matters into consideration and grant them relief. It did not appear that any ffec tive steps were taken in the matter by the Council. That fact showed, that even in times of trouble, the Commoners asserted the right to restrain the power of the Aldermen over the City funds ; but as he had stated yesterday, these acts had not had any effect in restraining the Aldermen from drawing upon the Chamberlain without the concur rence of the Court of Common Council. The Commissioners then proceeded to inquire into the constitution of the Irishsociety and the mode of the election of its officers. It was constituted by a charter granted by Charles the Second, and consisted of a governor, a deputy governor, and twenty-four assistants. Five of the assist ants ought to be aldermen; the governor was also . required ca.' be an alderman. Th e R ecor d er was c offic i o au as . sistant, the others were members of the Common Council. Twelve went out every two years—they went out by rotation ; and an equal number of aldermen and commoners went out, though the charter only named the specified num ber without particularising the persons. The Governor was elected every year—the Deputy was chosen from the Court of Assistants. The Governor was generally an Alderman who had passed the Chair, though the present Governor was elected previous to hie being Mayor. The Charter did not point out the manner of electing the Go vernor and Assistants—it was regulated by a Rule of Court. The usual Rule was to elect the Alderman ac cording to senority ; but in 1831 a Rule of Court was agreed to by which all the Aldermen were eligible for the situation. The inquiry into that part of the subject was proceed ing when our Reporter left. THE MARKETS. —(THIS DAY. HAY MARKETS. --(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Supply moderate, trade dull and prices as last quoted. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to .t 3 10 Mew Meadow Hay ............ . 3lO 4 6 Useful Old Ditto .............. ....... .... ... 315 40 . Fine Upland Meadow and Hye-grass Hay ...... 4 2 4 6 45 5 0 Clover Hay Oat Straw £1 Bto .£1 101 Wheat straw... 110 113 SMITHFIELD. Supply moderate :trade rather brisk, :and prices stationary. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay... ............ .t 3 0 to .C 3 4 New Meadow Hay..................... ................. ... 310 4 5 Useful Old Ditt0................... . .................. 3 314 Fine Upland Meadow and Itye.grass Hay .... 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s o ... Generally .... 310 410 Oat Straw ... £ 1 4to .£1 6 Wheat Straw .... 1 8 110 -_—___......_ __.....______ LIVE RPOOL CORN EX CHANGE.—Jan. 7. At this day's market sales only to a very moderate extent were effected of every article in the trade, and excepting on the most superior qualities, which fully supported last quotations, a de dine of about Id Flour per 701 b. on Wh eat, of about Is. pel 2801 b. on submitte %dd to. per 45 1 b. on Oat s , an d 3d, per 2401 b. on Meal was WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. 7B 4d. to 7s. 9d. ..---..----.... R ed 0 7 3 .-----. Scotch, Welch, and Manx "----- Irish, White 7 0 7 3 .------____ Red ..------ 6 8 0 OATS, English, W e l s h, and Scotch, per 451 b 2 8 3 0 ----- Irish --- Foreign 2 8 2 9 2 BARLEY, Enghsh,7Malti ng , per Imp. quarter 33 0 6 2 7 ...------ Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. 3 .—.....- Feeding 2 3 6 Beams, English, pe r I mper i al quarter.... --- Irish, &c. 30 0 at 0 ----, Foreign ......................................... 36 0 41 0 38 0 PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter -- Foreign ....... ._. „.. 4 0 42 42 0 44 0 0 FLOUR, Riglish, per 2801 b. - 40 0 41 0 - Irish -----. IS OATMEAL, English and Irish per 0 101bs 2l 6 2:3 9 RaINDIAN CORN, per 41011). ~ ' - 36 0 38 0 e, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter Wheat I Cia m t P s. O T T Ba Ii e GRAIN for the Week ending Jan. 6. Flour. Oatmeal Qrs. I 2 r.• Qrs y IForeig, Brl i a. l l l ris . h, 4 & l F 7 . s Bcks.l Loads 8,511 2,196 • ••••••....,....,........_ . __ ...................._ a 23-2 FIRE AT 80 0 LT Saturday morni ng friction of the ma c hi ner the wind corn-mill at this p l ace caugh t fi re, ow i ng to the —Liverpool Albion, y, and Was burnt t o th e ground. CURIOUS CUSTOM AT Lill) in thr:OW.--Til 101 lowing ancient custom still exists sss borough, as ap pears by the recent examination into its t ncoirrate affairs by Messrs. Wilkinson and Hogg, the Com ners specially appointed for that purpose. The Ifi g h c onstableshiu a, office not recognised by the charter, yet ex isting, • ' ' --' an honorary appointment, seldom solicited to be el erv tne d relY seems, because no emolument is derived from i t, and ' therefore, usually conferred on some opulent person in tl:e town or neighbourhood, its duties consisting p ri ncipally i n treating the constables, and, on every Shrove Tuesday, pro. viding a long and strong rope, with which the good people of Ludlow pull each other through the river. On the Commissioners remarking that this was " a new duty for a Corporation officer," and inquiring its origin, they were, in reply, informed by the town clerk, that " it was lost in obscurity, hut it was believed that the people of the town had once banged a High Bahiff—(A laugh)—and that the ceremony was annually performed in commemoration of that event.—(Great laughter.)" The diversion is now, t appears, more relished by the inhabitants at large than iy the Corporation in particular, who have endeavoured, if late years, to abolish a custom which, as reft-cting on is Chief, they no doubt consider more " honoured in the 'reach than the observance." The attempt, however, 1:bo.11y to suppress so wholesome a hint against any abuse I delegated authority was happily resisted by a respect- ble professionalr gent'emau, 111 r. Downes, wh om t h e town lerk pleased • somewhat sneeringly to designate as "LI atriot," for having, at his own cost, provided a r o p e to he " gre at gratification of the inhabitants, who continu e d to diversi on in as se town clerk, ,pinilteittoefd th the Corp orat i on, " for so its organ, ile) fact to b e . B es id es this, the ta rless exertions of 11Ir. tvestigation have tended tvvne in the course o f the late mg existi ng abuses in the coorpeollrcaittembaond. y y facts in pro o f of COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria were present at the performances at Covent-garden Tbeatre last night. Prince Talleyrand and the Chevalier de Vial, the Spa nish Minister, had interviews with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreigo.office. The Marquis of Sligo and Mr. Mayers, the agent for Btrbadoes, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial office. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, accompanied by two of the Directors, Messrs. Horsley Palmer and Drewe, had an interview with Vis count Althorp yesterday at the Treasury. The Duke of Richmond left town yesterday morning for his seat at Goodwood, Sussex. Mr. Secretary Stan ley and Sir James Graham left town yesterday on a visit to his Grace. A large party are expected to assemble at Goodwood. Viscounts Palmerston and Duncannon had interviews with Earl Grey yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council assembled yesterd , y in the Council Chamber. The Lords present were the same as at former meetings during the week. Sir John Bosanquet gave judgment on the part of their Lordships in the appeal " Gopee Mohun Takoor v. Raja Radhanat (Bengal)." The decree of the Sudder De wanny Adawlut was reversed ; each party to pay their own costs. Their Lordships then adjourned. Despatches were sent off last evening (by an officer) for Lord Nugent, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, from the Colonial-office. Departure—Viscount Melbourne yesterday morning, for his seat, Brocket-hall, Herts. BRIGHTON, JAN. 8. In the forenoon of y es t er d a y his Majesty gave audience to Lord Saltoun, after which be drove out in a close car riage, accompanied by the Countess of Mayo, through various parts of the town. The Queen enjoyed her favourite exercise (on horse back) for nearly two hours, accompanied by Miss B igot, Lady L. Cornwallis, Earl of Errol, Sir Andrew Barnard, and Col. Sir Charles Thornton. The Royal cortege proceeded through East-street, along the West Cliff to Hove, from thence over the Downs, and returned to the Palace by the north road. The Princess Augusta and Duchess of Gloucester were in public in the early part of the day. Baron Bulow, M. Dedel, Lady Culling Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Bathurst, and Sir Robert and Lady Wil mot, visited their Majesties yesterday. The invited guests to the Royal table last evening in cluded Judge Bayley, the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Cal. vert, Sir William Alexander, Honourable Captain Poulett, Sir John Ely, Baron Tuyll, Baron Bulow, Duke of Ar- gyll, Lord Saltoun, Earl of Belfast, Sir Charles and Lady Rowley. their Majesties' relatives, and the Suite and Household. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans left here yester day for their town residence, where they will sojourn for a few days, and then return to Regency-square. The sloop Dolphin, which run ashore here on Sunday morning, has since gone to pieces. The wreck was sold yesterday for a few pounds. The much talked of Hurdle Race, between six Naval and six Military officers will not take place, as a sufficient number of subscribers could not be obtained. The East Sussex fox-hounds will meet to-morrow (this day), at Telscombe Tye ; on Saturday at Ditchling Com mon ; and on Monday at Exceat-bridge—each morning at a quarter before eleven o'clock. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Countess of Glengall and Lady Charlotte Butler, in Grosvenor street, from Gorhambury; Baron Wessenburg, in Montagu square, from Brighton; the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, in Portman-square, from a tour; Hon. Captain Percy, from Hatfield ; Lady Cowley, in Grosvenor street, from ditto ; Lord Alvanley, in Charles street, from Woburn Abbey; Col. Sibthorp, in the Albany, from Lincolnshire; Lord and Lady F. Fitclarence, in Eaton square, from Brighton; Rev. Henry Drury, Mrs. Drury, the two Misses Drury, and H. Drury, jun., Esq., at the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street ; William Lambert, Esq., at ditto, from his seat near Epsom; James Williams, Esq., and Mrs. Williams, at ditto, from Bath ; the Rev. John Jones and Mrs. Jones, at ditto, from ditto; Alfred James, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton; Lieut. Willis, R.N., at ditto, from Dover. DEPARTURES. Viscount Melbourne, for his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts ; Mr. and Mrs. Turner, from the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, for Shropshire; Thomas Davies, Esq., and Mr. Davies, from ditto, for Oxford ; William Cobbett from ditto, for ditto; Henry Watterton, Esq., from ditto, for Bucks; Major Jones, from ditto, for Cheltenham; the Rev. John Williams, from ditto, for Cambridge; the Rev. Thomas Watts, from ditto, for ditto; the Rev. Edward Jackson, from ditto, for ditto; the Rev. James Owen, from ditto,'or Dover. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile, Countess of Athlone, Dowager Lady Fraser, Hon. Mr. St. Leger, Sir Gilbert Stirling, Majors Francis Power, Lewis, Williamson, Dr. Williamson, Revd. Edward Higgins, T. Lewis, W. Colston, Captains Coult hard, Manic, Seward, Lewis, Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholls and family, Mr. and Mrs. Helm, Mr. and Mrs. Troughton, Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, Messrs. Richardson, Patrickson, Brock, Leyson Penoyal,James Clay, Stewart, Maclean, J. Bainbridge, Harrison, Fenleton, Ackerley, Buller, Stoughton, T. Mcyrick, Watson, Fisher, Fry, Pointer, Drayton, Martin, Fenton, Cook, Franklin, Webb, Garrow, Churchain, W. Rowan; Mesdames Ramus, O'Grady, W. H. Justice, Robertson, Grooge, Dowdall, Johnston ; Misses Ogilvie, Reade, Julia Saxton, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A paragraph having appeared in your paper of the 6th inst., alluding to the Master of the Ceremonies of Bath, I take leave to state that I have the honour to be the only Master of the Ceremonies here, and that as far as reg irds myself', the paragraph is totally unfounded; I therefore must call on you for a prompt contradiction. I remain, Sir, your obedient, &c. Bath, Jan. 8. JAMES HEAVISIDE. [The paragraph alluded to was copied from the Sails. bury Herald, and the party alluded to is represented as Mr. D—ri.—ED. Sun.] The Lord Chancellor and his brother, William Brougham, Esq., M.P., are expected to retur❑ to town this day from Broughatn Hall, near Penrith, where they have been attending the obsequies of their lamented relative. O❑ Saturday next, being the first day of Hilary Term, his Lordship will give the accustomed dejeunc in Berkeley rquare to the Judges and King's Counsel. The Marquis and Marchioness of Down shire have been dispensing their hospitality to the sick and their benevolence to the poor during the recess at Hillsborough Castle, in Ireland. Viscount Castlereagh, Viscount Massareene, and Lord Marcus Hill, have been visitants of the Marquis, and, with his Lordship and the family, attended the County Down Hunt Ball. The Earl of Hillsborough has been making an interesting tour in the north of Europe. Mr. Lamb's funeral is to take place this day. He is to be buried at Hatfield, in Herts. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Thomas Babington Macaulay, Esq., 111. P. , was sworn in as fourth ordinary member of the Council of India. Mr. Macaulay afterwards dined with tile Directors at the City of London Tavern. The Lausanne Gazette announces that Mont St. Bernard is at this moment very dangerous : in conse quence of the quantity of snow that has fallen, travellers lare threatened by the avalanches. Three persons arrived ately at the licti,e of refuge with th e i r h an d s and feet zen. They received immediate assistance, and are to ult. annw remain until erfectly cured. othe Ito let tes of the t t rile Gazette f T , S . . 1 . lB I ce ~, inces that two persons, Francesco Angellotti and 1' r° 11"arllili condemned to death for taking part in the moment conspiracy at wer e o n t h e I ,!eles, which was discovered last summer, when'Te.brought to the scaffold, but, at the summated, a G”..". execution was expected to be con pardon. .averntuent messenger arrived with their WESTMINSTER i l AfALL.--The late floods in Lambeth and on th e fltlENtil,esex side of the river, have induced the Department o : f ds and Forests to order an inspection of the foundation ash:Wdestalinster Hall, which time out of mind has been w a a r altered appearance effect of the floods may be see n in by s pring tides. The of the walls, which in many parts cu:ar. The thickness of stone and t e he out of perpendi int those buttresses against the exterior keep th e wai S is tr f ong piers or yet the roof, which is not supported by p i ll ,, , , r s oin h falling; curious oak timbers so admirably carved, ~,, danger from any considerable inclination of the heig h t i ` c ; herefore, in the repairs, which are to be made forthwith t n li it is well to look at the foundation. On Monday t h e workmen commenced the examination by taking up t he Mare in the south-east angle. The old stone floor, ovei , ,vhicli the lawyers on more than one occasion were rowed out in wherries, was raised to the present level. In open • THE RECENT WRECKS. —Yesterday, at low water, the banks, particularly the north bank, was covered with men employed in searching for the remains of the vessels and cargoes wrecked during the late dreadful gales. Pieces of wreck and articles of merchandise are collected on various points, and numerous boats were employed in conveying the relies of the storm to places of safety on the mainland.—Liverpool Albion. Great indignation has been expressed at the manner in which the Cross of Honour ie profaned, and we are assured that. in order to stop the outry, orders will be issued, directing how those upon whom it is conferred are to wear it. The fashionables will wear it suspended from their cravats ; the gluttons, from their bellies ; the j.wrnalists, who have been bought, from their pockets; and the suborned of M. Gisquet, from their shoulders. It will continue to be worn upon the h?arts of soldiers, and of those citizens whom France honours. —Le Corsairc. We take the following from the Journal de Geneve The Patriotic Society of Bienne, atone of its late sittings, voted an energetic address, demanding the expulsion of the Jesuits. A motion that an application should be made for the admission of Prince Louis Bona parte, who has become naturalised in Thurgau, into the Federal Military Council, was rejected. In corning to this negative vote, the society expressed its conviction that the Government, when occasion arose, would best know how to avail itself of the talents of this young prince." On Tuesday a distressing accident occurred to a fine youth, aged 12, the son of H. Rushbrook, Esq., Alpha Cottages, Regent's Park. A bellhanger had bored a hole through a post by the garden door for the purpose of inserting the bell wire, and the unfortunate boy, who was within the garden and unobserved by the workman, supposed he had finished, and applied his left eye to the hole. The workman at the same time again introduced his auger for the purpose of clearing the bole, when the instrument entered the poor boy's eye. His screams were agonizing, and it is feared be will lose the sight of both ►yes. " A very interesting book has just been pub lished, under the title of ' Naval Adventures during Thirty-five Years' Service, by Lieutenant W. Bowers, R.N.' The author has passed through a career of sin. gular hardship and adventure, and his narrative fully verifies the remark that truth is frequently stronger than fiction. Lieutenant Bowers has spent a good portion of his life in various parts of South Atnet ica, and his account of that country, and of his voyages, particularly those made in the Pacific, contains much useful information on the subjects of trade and navigation, and records some very extraordinary occurrences. We have here a repetition of the daring enterprises and wild romantic adventures which characterized the voyages of the early navigators in the South Seas."— Times. PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF DANCING. The sum and substance of the matter seems to me to be only this :—A party of ladies and gentlemen (who elsewhere pass for intelligent and rational beings) assemble at the ball room. They soon array themselves in oppos • ing lines. Presently a young lady jumps up from the floor, shakes one foot, and comes down again. Again she springs up, and the other foot quivers. Then she turns round in her place, springs up, and shakes both her feet. Her intelligent partner opposite performs the same opera tions. Then both rush forward and seize each other's band, jump up again, shake their feet, and stand still. The next lady and gentleman very rationally and soberly follow the example just set them, jumping, shaking, and turning, and so on to the end, and for no other reason than brcau.e black Coffee sits in the corner yonder draw ing a horsehair across a catugut —American Paper. COLONEL MACERONE'S STEAM-CAR RIAGIL—Tbis carriage yesterday completed the eighth day of its trips for hire, from Oxford -street to Edgware ; and, notwithstanding the extremely unfavourable state of the roads at this season of the year, the journeys have been performed with success, and without any accident to the machinery or otherwise. The average speed has been three minutes per mile, at the quickest rate, and seven minutes per mile at the slowest; this mile including the ascent of 'Windmill-hill. The carriage will, we under stand, to-morrow start to and from Uxbridge, a journey of greater extent, as well as upon a more crowded road, and including Notting-bill, and other steep ascents. During the running on the Edgware-road some amusing contests took place between the stage coaches and the steamer, in which the latter came off victorious. When the comparative merits of these vehicles must necessarily justify their claims to adoption, it will Le well worth the while of scientific men scrupulously to observe the pro gress of Colonel Macerone's machine, as well as that of Sir Charles Dance's. DEATH OF RICHARD MARTIN, ESQ., LATE MEMBER FOR GALWAY,-BOULOGNE, JAN. 7.- 1 This gentleman, so generally known to the public by the Act of Padiament which bears his name, departed this life i❑ the SOth year of his age, yesterday (Monday, the 6tb inst.), at his house in Boulogne, in which place he has principally resided since his retirement from public life, universally esteemed and respected by all who enjoyed the pleasure of his acquaintance. There are few persons now remaining who have seen so much of what is termed " the world" as Mr. Martin. As a public character he was connected with and bore a part in some of the most importannt events recorded in the annals of our country. Intimately acquainted, both in a public and a private ca -1 pacity, with Pitt, Fox, Burke, Sheridan, Grattan, Flood, and all those great leading personages which formed, in his day, a galaxy of wit and talent, which England may in vain expect to see united in her Senate, at any future era, he had such opportunities as few persons possessed of forming a just estimate of the talents and principles of each of those great men, respecting whom some of his anecdotes and reminiscences were not only entertaining and piquant, but in many instances formed highly useful and instructive commentaries on the times in which he lived, and the great and important events they gave birth to. As a Member of the Irish House of Commons he had ample means of marking the intrigues, cabals, and gro•s corruption of that celebrated body, and which, though a Member of, no person was more ready to admit, or for ward to condemn than he was. The merciful advocacy of the interests of the brute creation by Mr. Marti❑ has been sneered at and censured by some, as being based on a fake humanity, but how unjustly, the numerous instances of brutality and cruelty brought to light since the enact ment of his Bill will best attest. able appear opcp :i a , re t oolLe ., l w n p e r , lc : the channels for draining off the water L •mod order. T , !e f y ot h m a d v a e ti n o o n t . yet T t h w e ,er w ) alls, to ascertain the real state 01 *-- the reign of according to Stowe, were rebuilt of stone Richard IL, when, indeed, the whole of the Royal Court at Westminster, which stood on this site, was repaired. A letter of the 31st ult. from Brest says, " A great number of sailors, recently enrolled, are daily arriving at Brest. It is said that all the companies of crews of the line are to be carried to their complement of 100 men, so as to be ready to embark the instant orders are given, if it should be found necessary." The Ministerial Journals have forgotten to designate the species of the three birds which citizen royalty has just presented to the Cabinet of Natural His tory. We will lay any wager that they are not birds that could be served up at table, or turned to profit in the poultry market.—Le Charivari. M. Gaillard, the chief instructor of the troops of Sultan Mahmoud in European discipline, has arrived in Paris, but the object of his visit is not known. He is an old non-commissioned officer of the French army, covered with scars, and is the first Europea❑ that the Grand Seignor admitted into his service.—Galignani's Messenger. RARA Avit.—On Monday, about noon, a stormy petrel was observed within a short distance of the shore. A dauntless son of Neptune waded up to his chin in the water, and notwithstanding the heavy breakers, while thus situated, with a gun " killed his bird ;" but it was with some difficulty he obtained it when it was dead, the tide being on the ebb.—Brighton Gazette. The suppression of the mail-coaches, and the new adjudication of the conveyance of lett , rs and despatches, have, it is said, been settled by the Minister of Finances. This measure, it is said, is calculated to re duce by one-fourth the present enormous postage of let ters, without diminishing the produce of this branch of thn public revenue.— Courrier Francais. An old gentleman near Honiton, having no family of his own, some time since sent circulars to his nephews and nieces (thirty-six in number) to meet at his house. Before dinner he called them one by one into his private room, presented each with 1001., admonishing them to be frugal and industrious, and live in harmony with each other.—( Western Times ) PRIZE FIGHTING.—BeII's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle of Sunday next will contain a complete refutation of the calumnies contained in an article in the United Service Journal of the present month, on the subject of " Prize Fighting" and " Prize Fighters." A list of the Jockey Club, and a variety o articles interesting to the sportsman and general reader, Price of Bell's Life in London sevenpence. MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM. (From the Liverpool Albion of Monday.) On Saturday I tot a meeting of the Proprietors of the was held in the Cotton Sale Room, to Exchange Buitoin e . - -sition to close the News take into consideration a prop..., " , ES BATES ON Room during the whole of Sunday, Mr. J *- in the chair. Mr. Jinni EDEN, after Otte etplanations respecting certain names which appeared on the requisition, in conse quence of which the meeting had been convened, proceeded to state hie reasons for proposing that the newsroom should not be opened on Sunday. With the reasons used in sup port of a strict observance of the Sabbath our readers are familiar ; we need not, therefore, being rather pressed for space, report Mr. Eden's argument on the point at length. He said, that the proprietors of the newsroom in question allowed it to be opened on a Sunday for purposes of profit. —(No, no.) As a proprietor, he had long felt th e im propriety of their room being opened on that day, and, as a man and a Christian, he deemed it to be his duty, so long as he held property in eke building, to endeavour to prevail on his brother proprietors to shut the newsroom on the Lord's Day. To adopt the motto graven on the statue which graced the centre of their square, " England expects everyman to do his duty ;"and he felt that be was only discharging his duty by now giving the proprietors an opportunity of showing their attachment to Christian principle by keeping the newsroom shut the whole of Sunday. He concluded by making a motion to that effect. Mr. Alderman Ifonseam. briefly seconded the motion. Mr. GODFREY BARNSLEY gave the mover and the seconder of the motion the greatest credit for the purity and sincerity of the motives which had actuated them in bringing forward the present proposition. Mr. Eden's arguments bad not, however, convinced him of the pro priety of the course recommended. He did not think that the Sabbath was desecrated by the keeping of the room partially open on a Sunday. He should, therefore, move, as an amendment, that the meeting decide, in stanter, on the proposition brought forward by Mr. Eden.—(Applause.) Mr. THOMAS BOLTON seconded the amendment. He reminded the meeting, that considerable difference of opi nion existed among Christians as to whether the first or the last day of the week should be observed as the Sab bath. lie approved, however, of the appropriation of one day out of the seven for religious purposes, and was sen- Atible of the good which resulted from the observance of the Sabbath. But Christians differed in their opinions as to the strictness with which the Sunday ought to be kept. The Catholics, as was well known, did not keep it so strictly as the Protestants ; while in the reigns of James the First and Charles the First, it was deemed pro per to discountenance, by royal proclamations, the strict observance which the puritans of those days wished to enforce, and to urge the people to relax its severity by mingling in games and pastimes. Many great and good men had maintained, that there is no special command in the New Testament to observe the Sabbaths with the strictness with which the Jews were commanded to ob serve it. For himself, lie did not think it a sin to visit a newsroom on Sunday, much less to read a newspaper on that day; on the contrary, he thought the room being open, many persons were induced to frequent it who, were they not there informing their minds, might be viciously employed elsewhere. Mr. T. B. HORSFALL never could sit there and hear it said, that there was no command binding Christians to the observance of the Sabbath.—(Applause, and cries of " No! no.") Mr. Bourote—l said that there was no command to keep it as the Jews observed it. Mr. HORSFALL continued—The command was, " Thou shalt keep the Sabbath Day holy." If they could dispense with obedience to that command, then might the thief dispense with the command, "Thou shalt not steal ;" un til the commandments being separately neglected, the whole Decalogue was abrogated.—(Applause.) Mr. H. EARLE—Does your servant, Mr. Horsfall, do any work on a Sunday? Mr. Iloasrate—l have no servant. Mr. EARLE—Perhaps you have a housekeeper? Mr. HORSFALL—Nor housekeeper. Sir W. DE Bents observed, that the circumstance of the newsroom being open on n Sunday might enable the owners of vessels to ascertain when they were iu danger, and be the means of promoting works of mercy, by the sending off assistance to ships in distress. Mr. Rico opposed the proposition for closing the news room on Sunday. He thought that the gentlemen who were so anxious to carry the proposition ought to show their respect for the S ibbath by refraining from riding in their carriages on that day._(Applauee.) It was noto rious, that there was a greater display of pride and osten tation among the rich on that than on any other day.-- (Applause.) He was now 70 years of age, and the father of a large family, which lie had endeavoured to train up in the principles of morality and religion : and experience had satis fied him that it was much better for gentlemen to allow their sons and their nephews to visit newsrooms, where they could store their minds with useful information, than to frequent potliouses, were they learnt nothing but vice and dissipation.—(Great applause.) Gentlemen should observe the Sabbath with the strictness they wished to enforce on others ; they ought to stop the whole course of labour on a Sunday, neither driving their carriages nor sailing their ships on that day.—(Applause.) It was knowledge, useful knowledge, which the rising generation wanted ; and he for one never would consent to shut up reading-rooms during the whole Sunday.—(Cheers.) It was singular, but it was true, that most of the supporters of the preposition for closing the room resided in the country and did not come to town on Sunday; and it was unfair in them to attempt to close the newsroom on that day. For his own part, he never canoe near it on a Sunday, but he did not wish to prevent others from avail ing themselves of the information or the accommodation which it afforded. "Don't," slid Mr. IL, " don't let us imitate the Scribes and the Pharisees. Let us, on the contrary, do unto others as we would that others should do unto us."—(Much applause.) Mr. H. EARLE supported the amendment. People might go to a worse place, if they were shut out from the newsroom. What was the consequence of stopping the sailing of the boat on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on a Sunday, by which passengers were conveyed into the country ? Why, that six or eight omnibuses immediately started ; and the proprietors of the canal, of whom, he believed, Mr. Eden was one, then consented to let their boat ply as usual.—(Applause.) In doing this, they never dreamt of profit.—(A laugh.) Shut up the news room, and what guarantee bad they that persons who now visit it will not resort to the public houses to read the newspapers? He was, he hoped, as conscientious a Chris tian as most gentlemen present; yet be was in the habit iif reading the newspapers on the Sunday, and he thought he was not the worse Christian for reading either a paper or a letter. —(Applause.) These were his sentiments : he held them conscientiously, and should continue to hold them until he heard better reasons for altering them than he had heard that day.—(Great applause.) The meeting. which had shown a marked impatience at the protraction of the debate, now bee ime clamorous for a division. A division accordingly took place, when Mr. Barnsley's amendment was carried by 65 to 25. The de cision was bailed with pleasure by the subscribers to the newsroom. DISSENTERS.—(From a Correspon dent.)—A meeting of Independent ministers was held yesterday at the Congregational Library, in Bloomfield street. It was understood that, after a lengthened discus. sion, it was resolved to seek the redress of practical griev ances, and this only by means of—lit, a national registra tion of births ; 2J, marriages to be celebrated by Dissent ing ministers ; 3d, burial in churchyards, where there are no burial -grounds belonging to their chapels, by ministers selected by the friends of the deceased ; 4th, relief from church -rates ; sth, admission without subscription to the articles, &c., of the church to the national universities. It is generally believed that the Government will not ob ject to the first two measures, and that some others of their claim s are under consideration. CARTIIAGENA, Nov. 16.—The High Court has decided that M. Barrot, as Consul of France, was entitled to the enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of a n office which places him beyond the jurisdiction of the courts ; the documents• relating to the late occurrences with respect to him should be delivered to the Govern ment, in order that it should treat with the French Go vernment on the subject ; and the passports for returning to France, demanded by M. Barrot, could not be refused. M. Lemoine, the Charge d'Affaires at Bogota, has accord ingly written to the commander of the French squadron, and therefore we have every reason to believe this unfortu nate affair will be terminated without any act of hostility. [The city had some time before been alarmed by an appre hension of an attack from the blacks, and the English and American Consuls went on hoard the French vessels to inform the Commandant of that circumstance ; the answer of the French was, that in such a case they would give their aid to put down any revolution of the coloured people, ”nd in the mean time would not act in a hostile manner. More than 2,000 of the inhabitants have gone to the country, and many more intend to do the same. Provisions bait been scarce and high, and business in a state of perfect stagnAti-in. I—Journal du Havre. AMERICAN PAPERS. "Feeling my responsibility to the American people, 1 am willing on all occasions to explain to them the grounds of my conduct: and I am willing upon all proper occasions to give to either branch of the Legislature any information in my possession that can be useful in the execution of the appropriate duties confided to them. " ' Knowing the constitutional rights of the Senate, I shall be the last man, under any circumstances, to interfere with them. Knowing those of the Executive, I shall at all times endeavour to maintain them, agreeably to the provisions of the constitution, and the solemn oath I have taken to support and defend it, " ' I sin constrained, therefore, by a proper eente of my own self-respect, and the rights secured by the constitu tion to the executive branch of the government, to decline a compliance with your request. ' ANDREW JACKSON, " ' Washington, Dec. 12.' " After the message had been read, " Mr. Clay said, that a call had been made on the President for a copy of a document which had been pub lished and extensively circulated by the papers in this city— a document immediately connected with the safety of the treasure of the country. The call for it was made under the full conviction that the Senate ought to have that docu ment. It had been refused, under the pretext that the rights of the Chief Magistrate were invaded by it. He always would be disposed to respect the rights of every public officer, but the President could have no more confi dence in his rights than I feel in the rights of the Senate. The right of the Senate to call for• the paper was founded on the ground that the whole world was in possession of it. It was made because the document was set forth to the American people upon an all-important subject, and because it was the right of the Senate to have it. Nor was it because the call was in violation of precedent or an esta blished usage. But the President has refused to give us this document, and it is not necessary to proceed further in the pursuit. One result happens from it; the President does not deny the genuineness of the paper. It is before the world, and as we have endeavoured to get it, and it has been refused, I have a right to take the next best evidence of the document, and that is as- it has already been published in the official paper. In every instance, therefore, where I have occasion to use it, I shall avail myself of the publication of it as genuine. " Mr. Giundy said be thought when the proposition was made that it was a very unnecessary proceeding. " Here the presiding officer interposed that the debate was out of order, unless some motion was intended to be made. " Mr. Grundy said he intended to move before he con cluded, that the message be laid on the table; and then resumed—That be thought it necessary, because we only wanted evidence when facts bad not come to our know ledge, or when they were denied. Now, he believed that both friends and enemies admitted this document to be genuine --to he what it purported to be. He, therefore, had thought that nothing beneficial could result from this proposition, and this was what induced him to vote against it. The President bad given his objection to complying with the call, and what is it ? Why, that the Senate has asked for a private communication from the Chief Ma gistrate to his Cabinet. He (Mr. Grundy) would never questio❑ the propriety of the motives of the senator who wanted this information ; but the President has said that it is a matter which you have no right to interrogate him about ; and his opinion is, too, that to comply with the request would be setting a dangerous precedent. He (Mr. Grundy) was not inclined to say anything on the subject of the removal of the deposits, when that matter should come up for consideration ; but if he did, he could not, even if be were so disposed, speak of that paper as any other than a genuine one, or deny its authenticity. Ile therefore moved to lay the message on the table, which was agreed to. " THE DECISIVE VOTE. " At length the strength of the Bank in the house has been fairly and conclusively tested, and with pleasure and pride we congratulate our countrymen on the result. Its power is as 96 t.t 133, the majority of its oppouents being 37. The country, then, is redeemed, its liberties are rescued, and the dominion of the odious institution is for ever overthrown. " It will be seen by the report, that on Friday a test question was made on the reference of a memorial to the house from the directors—probably a reply to the Bank manifesto—Mr. M‘Duffie and friends desiring to send it to the committee; of the whole with the general Bank ques tion; and Mr. Polk and the friends of the Administration insisting that the Committee of Ways and Means should have the management of the whole subject; and that it was carried against the Bank by a very large majority. Mr. Polk requested expressly that the House would indi cate on this vote how the question was to go, and it did so, as indeed it must have done—for the real thing to be decided was, whether the course of the Administration in regard to the deposits, &e., should or should not he sustained. Mr. M‘Duffie set his face against the reference of the Bank affairs to the Committee of Ways and Means, di s ti nc tly f or t h e reason that such •a reference would he an admission of the right of the Exe cutive to remove the deposits ; his party voted upon that understanding, and whether it would have been such an admission in reality or not is nothing to the result; for, believing that it would, they brought out their whole strength, and have now displayed it. We assume upon their statement that the House has decided that the Presi dent has the right. Allowing them 4 , votes more from the absentees, their force in the House is 100 out of 2431 All the Antitna:ons and Nullifiers have voted with them, and so has Mr. Clayton and our Mr. Stlden ; the delega tion from New York voted 9 for, and 31 against, the Bank; Pennsylvania stood 15 for, 13 against; South Carolina, 6 for, I against ; North Carolina, 5 for, 7 against; Georgia, 5 for, and 3 against. " The Bark party, then, can carry no question in the house, except upon its merits, and we may consider this vote to have d-cid,d all the interesting points in the con troversy. They can attain none of their leading objects ; the deposits will not he replaced ; the secretary will not bs censured ; the President's course will he approved, anit the United States Bank will rioter be rechartered. " It has failed, then, in the end for which it resolved to inflict upon the country its present unparalleled suffer ing ; it has not coerced Congress into yielding its demands; and it must now change that course forthwith. It has five years more in which to wind up its affairs, and it must propose to do that in a manner least embarrassing to the community. Adherence to its present course would bring universal execration, not only upon its directors, but its stockholders, and the latter will need rather the sympathy of their fellow-citizens when the affairs of that institution are settled. " Mr. Clly is welcome now to do what he can i❑ the Senate ;he cannot influence the result—he can only gra. tify his hate. Let him do so—so may Mr. Calhoun. They are both fallen beyond redemption—l e t them rail. It is noticed with pleasure, but certainly not with sur prise, that there are daily indications that Mr. 'Webster will not follow in this train ; the right path has stronger inducements for his proud and powerful mind. " FROM VALPARAISO.-The Boston Commercial Gazette of Friday contains a letter from its correspondent at Valparaiso. dated July 30. This is a month later than previous advices. The letter gives a lamentable picture of the state of society, and of the government of Peru, which is represented to be in a very agitated state— arrests, imprisonments, banishments, and executions, be coming daily more and more frequent. G Iguana, the present chieftain, it is understood, will not be re.elected in the legal Way, and intends to hold over, and try hi, chance in defiance of the electoral college, relying on mill- !ary support. the science o f government " In Chili, sa y s th e writer, is somewhat better understood. A new political consti tution bas just been formed at Santiago, and the ceremony of swearing to it was the other day enacted in that city. There was, according to the custom of the country, a great civic and military display on the occasion. " Many speculations are made by the writers, as tc f The following are extracts from the INew York Paper s to the 20th ult. " CONGRESS. "IN SENATE, DEC. 12. " A message froth the President was received by the h an ds of Mr. Donehon, hls ptitate secretary, which was read as follows: THE att O Fs considered N th lT e ED res s o T i a o T ti u o s o , of ti,e SENATE ea ;E iv N e A lycoo Senate of the Ifth inst., requesting the P res id en t o f th e United States to communicate to the Senate a cony of the paper which has been published, and which purports to have been read by him to the heads of the executive de partments, dated the 18th day of September last, relating to the removal of the deposits of the public m:neys from the Bank of the United States and its offices. " The Executive ia a co-ordinate and independent branch of the Government, equally with the Senate ; and I have yet to learn under what constitutional authority that branch of the Legislature has a right to require of me an account of any communication, either verbally or in writing, made to the heads of departments, acting ce a cabinet council. As well might Ibe required to detail to the Senate the free and private conversations I have held with those officers on any subjects relating to their duties and my own. _ - • ,1 1 e rte,titi disturbed conditiot of the South Atuaieat) RVultiies ; tinq cif the div.:sitit.t) of the ruling powers t) usurp authority belonging Vi tithers, and not confided to them." BRITISH RESIDENTS IN HA'!BURG. PO THE RIGHT HON. LORD OUNT PALMERSTON, 11l AJESTY'S PRINCIPAL 41:4_ ItLTARY OP STATE FOE. FOREIGN AFFAIRS, See. The memorial of the undersigned, appointed a committee at a public meeting of the British residents in Hamburg, nn the L"th of December, in pursuance of the following resolution Tbat a committee be appointed to recover a propertywwith o fu l l o p n a . ; ; factory, ory to his Majesty's Go vesrsfetromearplyplybelonging to the British velnmeet to petition the Hou•et of Commons, and to take such other measures as they may :kern expedient for the accomplishment of this object, and foe the general advan. Cage of the British residing in Hamburg and the neigh.. bourhoodn (appendix A),— Showeth,—That ever since the renewal of ieercourse with the continent in 1814, the British residing at Hamburg have felt themselves neglected by the British Government, and their interests wholly disregarded. Previous to the dissolution of the factory in 1808, in consequence of the French military o ccu p at i on , t h e Bri tish could reside and carry on business in Hamburg duties. Th ey are now compelled to become citizens, althon,'h always treated as without subjected incurring bi,ated to an elleglence to the stat e , an d w i t h out being any aliens, and subjected to personal military services. They have at various times applied to his Majeety's Gov. rn went to have these (their former privileges) restored, especially as German merchants settled in England have the like, but without obtaining any redress. Their mor tification has been much increased by the s'rcums tane that the Government of the United States of America, in their treaty with Hamburg of 1828, have procured these advantages fur their citizens. At the dissolution of the factory there were funds he longing to it to the amount of about 17,0001. sterling. More than one-third of this sum had been bequeathed to the factory in trust for Joan., without interest, to young British merchants settling in Hamburg, and the remainder arose from public sources. These funds are claimed by the British residents, who have repeatedly petitioned the British Government on the subject, parti eularly in the memorial of January, 1824, and in the report of the Commission appointed by them under the direction of his Majesty's Government the same year, copies of which are annexed, marked B and C. But, although the Government recognised the right of directing this Commission to recover these funds, and the law officers of the Crown gave it as their opinion that the factory was a public institution, and neither in equity nor good faith funds could be appropriated by any of its iudividua members (extract in appendix D), yet the Commissionl being without the power to enforce payment, the meeting with no support trom his Majesty's agent in Hamburg, were not able to effect anything. It appears, however, to your memorialists that a part of these funds may yet be recovered. The factory were possessed of obligations on the city treasury for 80,000 marks banco (about 6,0001. sterling), which was paid to some members of the factory in four instalments. The Senate, evidently doubtful of the legs. lity of these payments, took from them what was con sichred a good and sufficient security against any demand that on this account might afterwards be made against the city. The sum of 23,500 marks banco remained until very recently in the possession of the Senate, charged with certain small annuities, which arc now fallen is. The commission appointed in 1824 had in the mean time been dissolved by the death or removal from Ham.. burg of the greater part of its members, and your memo ' rialists think the Consul-General, being acquainted with all the circumstances, ought to have reclaimed this sum from the Senate for the residents ; but without their knowledge or sanction it has been paid over to M . Richard Perish, who bolds it on behalf of the members of the late factory, with their engagement to deve)te at least a part of it towards the erection of an episcopal place of worship. Considering that the Hamburg Government is still ins possession of the Steel-yard in London, granted by the British Government in return for privileges and valuable buildings belonging to the British residents in Hamburg, new taken away without any equivalent, and Irons which Steel-yard a large annual rental is drawn ; anti considering that the Hamburg Government if left in charge of the collection and distribution in Hamburg of the letters conveyed by the British packets and steam boats, from which at present it derives a clear annual revenue of about 15,0001. sterling ; whereas all other Powers, when the advantage will warrant the establish went, have their own post-offices in the city;-- and as in this manner the British Government has gratuitously given to the Government of Ham burg a sum which, including the accumulation .4 interest since the abolition of the factory, pro bably exceeds 300,000/. sterling —your memorialists con ceive the Hamburg Government can offer no serious ob jection to comply with a requisition from his Majesty's Government to place at the disposal of the British re sidents the two sums of 80,000 marks banco, and 23,509 marks banco; and your memorialists therefore pray that his Majesty's Government do claim from the Senate of Hamburg the sum of 80,000 marks banco, and the furthe sum of 23,500 marks banco, for the use of the British residents, to be placed at their disposal for purposes of general utility. JOHN JACKSON, THOMAS CARR, THOMAS BECKITT, JOE-IN C. RAMSDEN, THOMAS BOYS, Jan. H. NV. EDYE, Secretary. On the Rhine at this moment there are, op posite Mayence, from ten to twenty machines at work, vhich may be almost said to be in-" perpetual motion.' , ['hese are water-mills in boats, which are moored in a certain part of the river ; and as the Rhine is never dry, these mills, which are simple in their construction, would. go a few years, indeed until`they are quite worn out. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 2d of November were received in the city yesterday, (Tues •lay) via Bordeaux. The following is an extract of a letter dated that day :—" The letters by the Shelthake packet, of the 22d of August, have at length arrived ; and the 'nail for her return will be made up here about the 9th. * * The President, Santa Anna, is now here, but the best informed consider it very doubtful whether peace will he maintained. It is said that Zavala will be made Minister of Finance, instead of going to Europe. He made a motion in the Congress last night to reduce the duties to 30 per cent. ad valorem on all goods imported. Quicksilver keeps up at 85 to 90 dollars per quintal. Exchange on London has risen to 431 d. per dollar pre mium ; and on Vera Cruz and Tany'co it is 6 to S per cent. premium." The doubt expressed in the above lelter re,, cting the maintenance of peace is said to rest on the fist of Santa Anna, in his late proclamation, having abo lished tithes, by which he has made the whole of the ec -lesiastical order, who possess great influence over the army, his enemies. The proposition for the reduction of the duties is thought to have a good chance of being sane• cloned by the Legislature. The Constitutionnd says--" It is asserted that the pacific address delivered on New Year's Day by Count Pozzo di Borgo was settled at a diplomatic breakfast given by the Prussian Ambassador, and that -the Count , i'Appony had the greatest share in framing it. The first draught was confined to a mere compliment on the retur a of the new year, but it was afterwards insisted that some thing should be said as to peace, which Europe is more than ev,r anxious to preserve." IMPORTANT DECISION.—At the Middlesex Sessions, Mr. R. Twining, the eminent tea-dealer, of the , Strand, appealed against a conviction by Sir Roe, on in information laid by Benwell, the informer. Mr. Twining had frequently caused a truck with goods to b e wheeled down Essex.street, Strand, through Essex. court, to his warehouse in Devereux court. Renwel contended that this was against the 64th section of Ifichael Angelo Taylor's Act. Mr. Alley and Mr. Adol phus stated that no nui sance h a d b een complained of by the inhabitants, and fir 150 years the premises had been in the possession o f M r. T wining ' s family. If the con s'ruction of the Act, as put upon it by the informer, was enforced, what would be the situation of the numerous merchants and others, who were compelled, from the siAiition of their premises and the narrowness of the in .4ress thereto, to have recourse to trucks to remove their 400ds from carts ? He would instance the Grecian Coffee-house in the court in question ; Slaughter's Cotle .iouse, St. Martin'sdanc; Garraway's, and many others in the city, where only by trucks and manual labour could tie goods be removed and deposited from the open street. I'he Chai rman (M r . S ergeant A n d rews ) on e xamining the Act, said th a t the 65th section, following that upon which tae information was foundcd, allowed the removal in loading and unloading goods. If the truck :mil buen used to supply customers, it would have been anothtr thing. The Court were unanimously of opinion thist the conviction should he quashed. I I I